Below the Border Brawl

Mexico Covering almost 762,000 square miles, rugged, mountainous Mexico is a land of extreme diversity: the modern tourist resorts coexist with awe-inspiring ancient cities, and snow-capped volcanoes slope down to evergreen forests, colorful deserts, and endless tropical beaches. The huge, crowded metropolis of Mexico City is only a short distance from tiny villages. Mexico's diversity is also reflected in its people; there are over 50 different indigenous peoples with different languages and customs.

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&lt;Decepticon&gt; Ramjet says, "See to it that we retain these.. evacuees. Slaves are integral to the success of the Imperial war-machine!" &lt;Decepticon&gt; Astrotrain says, "Do we have to? They're so gross."

&lt;Decepticon&gt; Snapdragon says, "Hrn. I knew there was a reason I got out of bed this morning."

Far above the sparkling gulf of California is a sleek craft with curved wings. The sun glints off of bright red and reflective black enamel, which compined with the distinctive scythe-like wings means this is none other than the space warrior Redshift. His atmospheric engines roar as he careens through the atmosphere, heading towards the human territory designated 'Mexico'.

Look up high, up there in the sky! It's a Decepticon called Snapdragon, and he is on the prowl. He got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning, and is -especially- grumpier than usual. Which is really saying something. So when the command comes down from his Aerospace commander, the great and glorious Ramjet, to snag some Mexican refugees fleeing the destructive space laser...well it just tickles him -pink-. The Horrorcon comes in low across the landscape in his jet mode, leaving a long trail of greasy black smoke in his wake. A skeletonized human is chained to his nose, which is coated in a thick sludge-like combination of oil and blood. Think the ships the Reavers use from Firefly. Seriously. &lt;&lt;Redshift. Come to help the Terrans evacuate?&gt;&gt; Snapdragon calls to his Decepticon brethern, his voice tinged by uncharacteristic humor.

Pyramid Fighter &lt;Fusion&gt; rockets through the air not far behind Redshift and Snapdragon, his own form more narrower and more angular, with clean mechanical lines that stress function over form. His own engines are burning close to full power just to keep from being left behind. &lt;&lt;So,&gt;&gt; he begins over local radio frequencies, &lt;&lt;We're here to...what, clear out the area ahead of the laser? Make sure there are no mirrors or laser-reflective surfaces...?&gt;&gt;

Vigil was flying in starfighter mode, beginning to escort people along the border of the mexico further south or north, based on what he can discern of their origins. His sensors pick up two decepticons when he gets done distributing a small family and was about to report it when he heard a familiar voice. "No way..." He says softly, the engines hovering slightly as he begins to fly towards the radio signals.

The Dark, sleek, TVR Tuscan S makes her way down to Mexico. Flying past the border guards and jamming to some music. With the windows also rolled down and at the decibel she is playing it out, it can be easily said the world is listening as well.

&lt;HAHAHA...&gt; Hilarious laughter erupts from the speakers of the massive transport, Dropzone, as a few donzen humans who boarded the craft thinking it was a rescue plane are carried off the beach and dropped a few miles off shore. Having too much fun playing his cruel game, he doesn't notice as the air becomes cluttered with other Decepticons.

Shrinking down Decibel transforms into a digital media player. iPod is riding along comfortably resting in a cup holder or other nice spot. The ride is a far cry from bouncing around Hound's floorborads from his last trip down this way. In fact it's rather pleasent. The air is cool and the sound system is superb. The only problem is the volume which is making it rather difficult to think clearly let alone keep watch over the airwaves. But there is a price to pay for everything.

1983 Chevy S-10 &lt;Gears&gt; is tootling along down the road behind Tempo. He can't go quite as fast as she can, but he's going fast enough to hear the music coming from Tempo's interior. "Ugh, this dust is getting in my manifold," he complains, "I've got enough room for about five or six people, but it's going to be sweaty and they'll get my vinyl seating all sticky..."

The small red and black craft sends back a grumbling reply over the local radio. &lt;&lt;I'm not here to do /anything/ with the Terrans, they can all run if they want to.&gt;&gt; Redshift snaps back, flaring his engines to pull ahead, leaving the slower Decepticons in his wake. &lt;&lt;I'm here to smelt some Autobot into molten slag pure and simple.&gt;&gt; As Redshit takes point on the Decepticon formation, he prepares his maneuvering thrusters in case he needs to make fast course adjustments, because it won't be long before the 'bots start taking potshots at the incoming fliers.

Combat: Redshift sets his defense level to Protected.

The Dastardly Villains!

Pyramid Fighter &lt;Fusion&gt; dives down out of a last bit of cloud cover, wisps of smoke still clinging to his shape, and then sees the view of the ground open up before him. &lt;&lt;Nice view,&gt;&gt; he mentions. He's not talking about the way the sun sets over the plains and coastline of Mexico, or the way the sunlight touches off distant peaks...he's referring to the giant destructive space-laser with a beam that seems miles wide and the huge swath of destruction behind it. The occasional people on the ground trying to eyeball the path of the beam and see if their homes have a chance of survival. The roads choked with cars and trucks racing away from the sight of the moving disaster and the few moving towards...wait, moving -towards- it? &lt;&lt;Autobots!&gt;&gt; he reports cheerfully.

&lt;&lt;Hrn. Decepticons, our purpose is -clear-. I will lay WASTE to these Autobots, and ANY Terrans that cross my path!&gt;&gt; Snapdragon roars over the radio, apparently indifferent to the poor audio sensors of those listening. He simply has no concept of polite volume when speaking into a radio. It's one of his many flaws.

The Horrorcon drops in low and observes the scene as well. The laser is incredible- a column of beautifully lethal energy penetrating the atmosphere and sundering everything in its path. Glorious. He quietly resolves to toss at least one Autobot into its deadly stream of red hot death before this day is done. The Headmaster transforms into his imposing robot mode and lands astride near the main road already brimming with cars, trucks and buses. &lt;&lt;Look, the pitiful Terrans flee our might. How adorable.&gt;&gt;

Snapdragon shifts into his robotic form.

In the middle of his fun, Dropzone finally over hears the other Cons on the radio and notices the incoming Autobots. &lt;Looks like I have work to do!&gt; his words echo over a hidden speaker as he harshly banks to the side forcing the rest of his "cargo" to fall into the saltwater below. After closing his rear hatch and taking aim, Dropzone decides to welcome the Autobots with two missiles fired from under his wings.

Combat: Assault_Transport misses TVR Tuscan S&lt;Tempo&gt; with its Twin Missiles attack! [Pulled -3]

The Goodly Heroes!

Tempo continues to move in and notifies the little guy hanging with her, "Decibel, gonna be transformin', so ready ya'self." She gives him the heads up. Her lights flicker as she passes up some humans and skids in the dusty roads for a hard turn, allowing her to avoid the Missile that exploded nearly ontop of her, throwing up dirt. Good thing those humans got out of the way. "Gears, I suggest ya break off and help some of these people. I'll see wha' I can do ta get some of these cons off anyones tail down here."

The Dark, Europeans Sports car continues to drive, but that warning time was up, so with a fast shifting and a hard stop. Those tires spun for a donut, however in the process of the donut, Tempo emerged from all the dust crouched down with her Swords in hands, sparking as the dust hit the energy sabers.

Hands push down on the ground, as the hood breaks by the window, shield, and face emerges, the hands then force the body up into the air, legs kicking outward from the back in a mid-air flip, the doors swings down to her side, and then lands down on the ground in a crouch, Tempo is ready for action.

As for Decibel, he probably got thrown out in some direction, and hopefully he was ready for it so he could catch himself.

Vigil detects the autobots and calls out in the radio. &lt;AUTOBOTS, the decepticons are here!&gt; He calls as he flies straight for the pyramid fighter, shooting at it with full lasers. &lt;You will pay for those you have slain, Fusion!&gt;

Combat: Vigil misses Pyramid Fighter &lt;Fusion&gt; with his Disruptor attack!

iPod sighs as he thought he heard something over his radio but isn't completly sure. "Tempo can you turn that down a bit please?" As wind rushes through the open window Decibel slides a bit but is saved by a nice comfy leather seat. "You know a bot could get used to traveling like this." Shifting his attention back to his scans of local and Autobot radio traffic it becomes clear very soon that something is amiss. The fact that one of the Decepticon craft overhead opens fire is a quick sign on just how off things are. As Tempo turns to avoid the assault Decibel's once comfy seat becomes a launching platform sending him out the window and spinning end over end in the air. He doesn't worry however as he begins to transform landing with a practiced ease from having recovered from odd start positions before. Kicking up a bit of dust as his feet touch down he quickly shifts around to draw his rifle and get his bearings. Growing in size Decibel returns to his robot mode.

1983 Chevy S-10 &lt;Gears&gt; moans. "Ohhhh, nooooooo!" The humans being dumped into the salt water will of course need rescuing! As he speeds towards them, knowing that the corrosive salt water will get in his joints and cake up his filters and make his windshield all streaky, but he'll do his duty! Even if he doesn't like it. And of all things, one of Gears' least favorite things is salt. And water. He takes some pot shots at Dropzone with his truck-mounted laser.

Combat: 1983 Chevy S-10 &lt;Gears&gt; misses Assault_Transport with his Laser attack!

The Maniacal Villains!

Pyramid Fighter &lt;Fusion&gt; rolls out of the way, his compact form able to manage the maneuver despite a lack of atmospheric control surfaces through judicious use of thrusters and engines. &lt;&lt;Great Sands of Cybertron! Vigil, is that you? It IS you, isn't it? I never forget a heroic proclaimation of Autobot justice! Vigil!!&gt;&gt; Long gunports at the base of his wings begin warming up in preperation to unleash thermal energies. &lt;&lt;I can't believe you survived. All these years...&gt;&gt; his voice holds a tone of wonder. Then he continues matter-of-factly. &lt;&lt;Well, not for much longer.&gt;&gt;

Combat: Pyramid Fighter &lt;Fusion&gt; strikes Vigil with his Thermal Beam attack!

The red and black spacefighter breaks into a dive as the action begins to heat up, a few lasers and missiles having already been fired across the battlefield. So many possible targets! Humans are desperate to escape the giant death laser, and the Autobots seem ill-placed and unled, with no sign of any leadership or guidance. Perfect. He quickly shifts into his robot mode, closing in on an unsuspecting Autobot he doesn't recognize clad in white armor. His plasma-powerd Incinerator rifle heats up, and fires a searing lance of burning charged ions at the 'bot.

The sleek red spacecraft transforms into the winged warrior Redshift. Combat: Redshift sets his defense level to Aggressive. Combat: Redshift misses Decibel with his Incinerator Rifle attack! [Pulled -4]

After missing with his missile attack, Dropzone decides its time to get up close and personal. Quickly maneuvering above the truck while deftly dodging laser blasts, the once massive transport shifts into his smaller but still dangerous robot mode. Allowing himself to freefall through the air, the massive machine picks up speed and as he nears his target he rears back his metal fist in attempt to deal a forcefull punch.

Both wings of the ship rotate upside down as the thrusters and missile pods on each side retract into themselves. The wings then retract into the shaft of the ship as the tail and aft thrusters move onto the top of the plane's shaft. Finally the ship's body flips vertical as it breaks into a upper and lower body and the arms, legs, and head of the robot form.

Combat: Dropzone misses 1983 Chevy S-10 &lt;Gears&gt; with its Punch attack!

"Come on Autobots! Show me what you're made of! Show me that you're willing to die to save these...FLESHLINGS!" Snapdragon roars giddily, his gyro-guns resting their reticles on a nearby half-functioning Ford minivan filled with refugees, who begin screaming 'Dios mio!' and the like.

"Ahahaaha...yes. Scream to your God. He can't hear you. He isn't going to save you, fleshlings! Because God is dead!" He cackles once more. "I should know, I killed him!" And so he raises his second gyro-gun towards the nearest Autobot, who happens to be Tempo, and looses a low-yield bolt of purple fire.

Combat: Snapdragon misses Tempo with his Disruptor attack!

The Bold Heroes!

Tempo hears some people and her emerald green optics narrow down to thin slits, "..Hehe.." Her wheels then drop down to her feet before she skates in the direction of the distress. Moving faster and faster as her body bends down to get more speed. Blades held back and to her side, till she spots her target, "Well, there ya are.."

The dark femme continues to move right for Snapdragon. He fires his shot and she dodges by a swift move to the side, but as she gets nearly ontop of him, she leaps up in the air and spins, allowing her blades to spin with her, hoping to slice his armor on the pass by.

As she lands back down, she skids back around in a 180 and spins her blades, "Come on sugar-- surely ya got more for me ta handle."

Combat: Tempo misses Snapdragon with her Spin Slice attack! [Pulled -2]

Vigil tries to weave around the beams but they hit him and a small part breaks off of him. He groans as he turns back around, engines humming as he pushes them. &lt;I am amazed you survived. I was certain Cyberblade killed a useless piece of slag like you before he was overran.&gt; He says, firing lasers at the pyramid fighter.

Combat: Vigil misses Pyramid Fighter &lt;Fusion&gt; with his Laser attack!

Decibel uickly gauges the scene as humans flee this way and that and weapons fire begins to blaze across the sky. Searching for a good place to help the humans get away or offer support to his comrades he hears the telltale transformation sound a bit too close for comfort. Having visual on his friends he knows without doubt that this one is not friendly and so dives forward narrowly avoiding the searing heat which turns some sand to glass. Coming up in a crouch he aims quickly and fires off a quick energy burst to his attacker and bay.

Combat: Decibel misses Redshift with his Disruptor attack!

The Minibot Truck transforms, rolling out of the way of the punch. "OH, getting up close and personal, are we? Okay, Decepticon. How about I introduce my fist to your face?" Gears attempts to uppercut Dropzone!

Gears unfolds and rises from the ground, standing before you in robot mode. Did he have that scowl even as a Truck? Combat: Gears strikes Dropzone with his Grumpybot Knuckle Sandwich special delivery (Punch) attack!

The Malicious Villains!

Pyramid Fighter &lt;Fusion&gt; flies straight for a bit as Vigil lines up his shot. As soon as the Autobot finishes his sentance, Fusion breaks hard to the right - just in time to vacate the space Vigil's lasers burn through. &lt;&lt;Hm, it appears that Decepticon Strategist Windshear's theorem was correct. Timing IS key in a everything in a dogfight.&gt;&gt; While saying this, Fusion continues his turn until he's facing Vigil head-on. He pulls up at the last second, just before collision, but opens a bay door and unleashing a small swarm of chaff in the airspace Vigil is about to fly through - only this being Decepticon chaff, it's glowing with destructive energies that are sure to ruin his armor if any of it touches the Autobot!

Combat: Pyramid Fighter &lt;Fusion&gt; strikes Vigil with his Disruptor attack!

A flare of thrusters flash at Redshift's left shoulder, sending him strafing off to the side, leaving Decibel's quick attack to streak off into the sky. He arches an eyebrow, peering down at the white and black armoured Autobot. "Well well, what do we have here? A new face? Interesting..." He says idly. "I wonder what it would look like.. Melted?" He adds in a mildy amused tone. He throws a switch on his rifle, from 'FRY' to 'BROIL', and begins spewing great big gouts of flames around the impromptu battlefield, aiming for this new guy(Decibel), and the ever-grumpy little 'bot, Gears. But of course, since he's spewing flames around like a maniac, there's no telling who's going to get burned.

Combat: Redshift sets his defense level to Fearless. Combat: Redshift misses Gears with his Flamethrower Area attack! [Pulled -1] Combat: Redshift strikes Decibel with his Flamethrower Area attack! [Pulled -1]

Snapdragon fires rather inaccurately at the speedy Tempo as she nears him. "RAAAAAAWR!" The Horrorcon shouts, his bolts of magnetic energy not finding home anywhere on the Autobots body. Yet when she goes skyward, the Dragons torso snaps backwards in a moment of shocking dexterity. As if chasing down the world championship limbo trophy, his torso seems to bend straight backwards, allowing Tempos deadly blades to cut only the air.

Yet he was not merely limboing backwards- it was all part of a larger offensive motion, wherein he actually lays his now outstretched arms on the dirt behind him and uses his momentum to swing straight back in Tempos direction. The gigantic Headmaster is essentially backflipping towards Tempo in the same motion as his dodge, and with the incredible strength in his forearms he is able to spring towards Tempo with staggering alacrity. His entire body, legs first of course, hurtle towards Tempo's midsection in an act worthy of an action movie.

Combat: Snapdragon sets his defense level to Neutral. Combat: Snapdragon strikes Tempo with his Kick attack!

Catching a minibot fist to the chin is not what Dropzone had in mine for upclose and personal. The Decepticon takes a few steps back as he catches his balance and readies himself. "Argh, lets go!" roars the bot as his pushes down on each of the knuckle servos on his hands, each emitting a loud crack but seemingly having no damaging effects. With that, the Dropzone lunges forward, fist first at Gears.

Combat: Dropzone strikes Gears with its Punch attack!

The Flawless Heroes!

Vigil gets hit with the chaff and he growls, transforming into his robot mode. His normal green optics is bright red and he flies at high speed for Fusion, a bladeless hilt appearing in his hand as a blue energy blade activates. "Try this, a gift from Cyberblade!" He yells as he swings it.

The starfighter shifts and folds into itself, forming into Vigil! Combat: Vigil strikes Pyramid Fighter &lt;Fusion&gt; with his Sword Strike attack!

Decibel wastes little time getting back to his feet after his shot is fired, in fact he does not even pay attention to if it hit or not. Darting this way and that he tries to keep clear of the vehicles that are still fleeing the area. The safety of their human occupants is much more important than his after all. Foolishly this run brought him close to Gears who is caught in the flames suddenly blasting his way. Stopping dead in his tracks to prevent the burning fires from engulfing a nearby truck Decibel is bathed in glorious fire. Parts of his armor scorch and blacken but he stands firm bringing a weapon of his own into play. "Hah, ya know what really burns my aftplate? You do!" Sad, pathetic quip said he fires a burst of energy from the weapon at Redshift.

Combat: Decibel strikes Redshift with his Feedback Blaster attack! Combat: That attack has temporarily affected Redshift's Accuracy. (Blinded) Combat: That attack has temporarily impaired Redshift's Agility. (Crippled)

Gears get a return fist to the faceplates and grunts. If he was organic, he'd probably have a tooth knocked out of him. "Now it's time for you to hit the dirt. And maybe eat it!" Gears says, kicking out to try to trip up Dropzone. "This is for making me have to go in salt water!

Combat: Gears misses Dropzone with his Kick attack!

Tempo is slammed by Snapdragon, and the impact strong enough throws her into several buildings which fall down on her. That is one autobot out of the count.

The Evil Villains!

"Ooooo, what a nice comeba-AACK!" Redshift tries to make an snappy little retort, but is cut off when a blast of feedback rips through his circuits. He reels back, trying to cover his audials without dropping his rifle in the process. His optics flash as he glares down at Decibel, but he's more stunned than hurt by the blast. He backs away, trying to be a bit more cautious until his ears stop ringing... But his disorientation doesn't stop him from firing another bolt of charged plasma in Decibel's direction.

Combat: Redshift sets his defense level to Guarded.

Combat: Redshift misses Decibel with his Incinerator Rifle attack! [Pulled -5]

Pyramid Fighter &lt;Fusion&gt; nearly gets a wing slashed off by the energy blade. "NnnNNNH!" he grunts in pain, before transforming to robot mode himself, one hand clutching at his shoulder which is still smoldering and sparking slightly. His expression is momentarily pained before it goes back to his normal, neutral look. But then it flickers slightly in recognition. "Did you say...a gift from Cyberblade? Ah...now it all makes sense. You see, we were wondering where his other sword went. Maybe if he had -two- he could have held off our last assault." he points at the sword in Vigil's hand. "But I suppose we'll never know, will we? Your friend Cyberblade certainly won't ever know. You could even say...he'll never know...anything. Ever again." Fusion smirks slightly, then suddenly dives at Vigil in a mid-air body check.

Fusion transforms into robot mode. Combat: Fusion misses Vigil with his Smash attack!

As Gear's legs kickout for Dropzone's ankles, the thrusters on the Decepticon's back flare up causing the robot to front-flip forward, raising his legs behind him. Using the momentum of the flip, he brings his legs over top stretchs out his body in an attempt to crash them overhead of the Autobot.

Combat: Dropzone strikes Gears with its Kick attack!

Snapdragon stares as Tempo is launched straight into a series of buildings, which then create a comfy little grave for her. "Hrn. Autobots. It's like they've started making them out of tin." The Horrorcon mocks, though he does little else. For now he'd be content exercising his laziness- and watching the other Decepticons and Autobots fighting for their lives. Combat: Snapdragon takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

The Awesome Heroes!

Vigil tightens his grip on the sword and slashes at the pyramid fighter. "DONT YOU /DARE/ TALK LIKE THAT ABOUT CYBERBLADE!" HE roars out as the slash was an obvious miss but the kick he sends to the being in mid slice was probably as the true attack.

Combat: Vigil misses Fusion with his Kick attack!

Decibel grins and quickly takes a moment to pat out a wisp of flame on his arm that refuses to go out on it's own. It is while doing this that he watches as Tempo gets flung like a rag doll through a building, which gives way burying her. "Tempo!!" He gives a cry of concern when she does not appear soon after. Wanting to go and offer aid he is brought back to his own perilous situation when Redshift fires on him once again. Dodging the blast with a grace one would not expect from one with such a bulky design he gives no verbal retort. Instead he lets his actions speak for him as he lifts his rifle and fires another burst into the sky. Like evil flashlight beams they streak forward.

Combat: Decibel misses Redshift with his Laser attack!

"OW!" Gears gets clocked on the head by Dropzone's boot. "That hurt! Now I bet my gyros have shaken loose. And it's all your fault!" The angry minibot pulls out his pistol and fires. Combat: Gears strikes Dropzone with his Pistol attack!

Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; Tank was speeding along the shore, checking Mexico out but once command told him of the attack, the pilot quickly turns towards shore and makes a beeline for the fight. While Noah's iffy about joining a fight, remembering the last time, he knows he's in an armor and won't exactly be hurt like the last time. Bad memories filter back of him stuck in that regeneration tube and getting his back turned into hamburger. Still, keep a stiff upper lip and all that. Noah takes it in stride. He switches over to an aerial picture of the battle, complements of EDC spy satellites. Noah's not about to attack, he wants to take in the situation before running head first into this.

The Vicious Villains!

Fusion leans backwards in mid-air to avoid the slash, but was apparently watching Vigil closely just in case the attack was a feint. Fusion expertly raises one foot and holds it out in a stop-kick, the bottom of his foot planting agains Vigil's leg and blocking the attack. "Okay, okay...no more talking about Cyberblade. Agreed." The sheer force behind the blow has pushed Fusion back a bit, and he raises his voice to continue. "But if we want to get techinical...you're the one who brought him up." Fusion then launches himself towards Vigil again, one fist chambered next to his torso for a punch.

Combat: Fusion misses Vigil with his Punch attack!

Redshift shakes his head to get rid of the last lingering effects of the disorienting feedback. Even crippled by the lingering feedback, the exceptionally swift Decepticon can still evade the ill-aimed blast of laserlight from Decibel. "Is that all you've got? Some noise and some wimpy little lasers? I'm afraid you'll have to do a bit better than that!" Redshift quips, before leaping backwards and transforming back into his spacecraft mode. The small craft with the broad, curved wings circles around, lining up Decible in his sights, he drops a compact explosive that packs a punch; A bomb that bursts into a huge flash of burning, blinding white-hot phosphorous!

Redshift transforms into his sleek spacecraft mode and takes to the air. Combat: Redshift sets his defense level to Fearless. Combat: Red Spaceship &lt;Redshift&gt; strikes Decibel with his Phosphorous Bombs attack! Combat: That attack has temporarily affected Decibel's Accuracy. (Blinded)

Dropzone winces a bit as the pistol's shot burns a dark singe mark on his right shoulder armor. His metal faceplate then forms into what appears to be an evil grin. "Is that all you got, Autobot?" a deep grating chuckle emits from his voice box, then once again the Decepticon lunges forward with another reinforced fist aiming straight for Gears' faceplate. Combat: Dropzone misses Gears with its Punch attack!

Snapdragon approaches a nearby vehicle, unfortunately stuck in the gridlock, comes up to its drivers side window and bends down to meet the driver face to face as if he were a deranged state trooper. He taps at the glass once, then pokes his finger through it and effortlessly removes the entire door from the crowded car. The refugees inside begin crying out in terror, but Snaps just shakes his head and says, with a menacing chuckle, "Ya'll boys know how fast you were drivin'? Clocked you in at damn near -zero- miles per hour."

The Spectacular Heroes!

Vigil growls as he swings the sword again. "You have no right to even speak of him. You are worse then any of the decepticons here, and that is why I will not be happy until your nothing more then SLAG!" He yells as he brings the sword down ontop of the decepticon.

Combat: Vigil misses Fusion with his Sword Strike attack!

Decibel hopes he managed to buy himself some time with that shot and tries to make his way towards the buildings that are pinning Tempo. Not only out of concern for her well being but also in case any humans had thought to use them as cover. He almost makes it there too but the dastardly Redshift has other plans and makes a bombing run on poor heroic Decibel. As the explosive detonates he is not only thrown backwards by the blast but is also blinded as chemical charge burns bright. Forced to crawl until his optics adjust so he doesn't inadvertently step on somebody he feels his way forward. As he goes he tries to focus on his other senses. The wind, the cries of terrified people, the grumbling of Gears, and lastly a rock. Well he thinks it's a rock anyway but he can't be sure in his current state. Taking a deep breath he staggers to his feet takes a moment to listen and find the whine of those sleek jet engines and lets fly tossing the object into the air.

Combat: Decibel strikes Red Spaceship &lt;Redshift&gt; with his Pistol attack!

"I should be asking you the same question," Gears snorts, dodging to the side of the incoming fist. He backs up, then charges full-tilt at Dropzone. "I think you're cruising for a bruising, there, Decepticon!" Combat: Gears strikes Dropzone with his Haul attack!

Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; Tank roars ahead. The pilot puts the hammer down and throttles up to near max power. The hovertank zooms and zips between parked cars, then finally over them as he nears Snapdragon. Noah squints a little, but never keeps his eyes off the target he's aiming at. He hopes he nails the horrorcon headmaster to knock him away from the car. "Leave those people alone!"

Combat: Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; Tank misses Snapdragon with its Desperation (Ram) attack!

The Wicked Villains!

Red Spaceship &lt;Redshift&gt;'s sexy engines certainly do put out enough noise to be easily aimed for, as Decibel's expertly-thrown rock can attest. The rock smashes into Redshift's wing, ruining it's perfect curve and polished finish. Still, it does little to deter Redshift from circling around for another pass, as the speedy space fighter swoops in, firing it's lasers full bored down at the crawling from of Decibel.

Combat: Red Spaceship &lt;Redshift&gt; misses Decibel with his Laser attack!

Fusion bobs under the sword strike, then floats backwards, eyeing the blade carefully. Looks like it gives Vigil quite an advantage in reach. Fusion doesn't think that any specific tactic is going to get him close enough to do some damage to Vigil...so instead he changes his strategy. He flips over backwards, reconfiguring into his jet mode as he goes, and then blasts up away from the Autobot. He was having a lot more success in air combat, so maybe he can lure Vigil back to where Fusion has the advantage. "Come on, Vigil...catch me if you can!"

Combat: Fusion takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

Gears catches Dropzone in the torso with his charge, throwing the Decepticon back a couple of feet. As Dropzone hits the sand and continues to skid backwards, with a growl, he takes the opportunity to activates two small disruptors on either side of his helmeted head and fire at the Autobot. Combat: Dropzone strikes Gears with its Disruptor attack!

Snapdragon is just reaching to wrench the terrified driver free of his car when the hovertank makes it desperate charge against him. He catches the tanks movements out of the corner of his eye and reacts accordingly. He takes a quick leap skyward, using his mastery of his flight thrusters to propel him well above the ramming trajectory of Wolfe's charge. "Well what do we have here...a fleshling defending fleshlings. YOUR zeal I understand. It's YOUR race that is on the chopping block." He draws a gyro-gun from subspace, takes aim on the hovertank, and looses a series of low-yield bolts at the tanks aft, and continues,

"But your allies, the Autobots...I'll never understand why they protect you. It's a losing battle."

Combat: Snapdragon misses Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; Tank with his Disruptor attack!

The Pleasant Heroes!

Vigil growls as he chases after the being but he raises an arm, a slot opening to reveal a laser barrel which fires out at the jet. "Dont you dare FLEE!" He bellows as he flies after. Combat: Vigil misses Fusion with his Laser attack!

Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; Tank transforms just as it misses Snapdragon. Since it's going rather fast, it takes a few lengths of cars to fully transform. It plants a hand down on an empty car, crushing it but lifting itself up and over it vaulting over the car and dodging the gyro-gun blasts which slam into the car Noah's now using as cover. The armor is now sitting and lifts the car up onto its side even as it thumps with multiple hits from the weapon. "It's not like I have a choice here, ya wanker!" Noah pulls back on the controls, lifting the armor up, and points a forearm at Snapdragon. A panel opens up showing a gatling laser on it which spins and spits out multiple red splinters towards the headmaster. "You're the one forcing us to defend ourselves!"

Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; Tank transforms into its Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; Robot mode.

Combat: Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; strikes Snapdragon with its high speed laser cannons (Laser) attack!

Stop, drop and roll! That's the plan as Decibel hears those engines getting closer. A quick double tumble in the dirt has him looking very much the action hero as the laser blasts zip over him with scant inches to spare. Popping back up on his feet the once white armored mech is now a sandy shade with splotches of black where he was burned. Best of all however is the fact that his sight has returned, well a little at least. Now instead of one big bright blur he can see numerous tiny patches of dark moving about. And in fact that's really all he needs. Keeping track of the one spot that is both in the air and moving away from him after an attack pass he takes aim. This time it's the rifle in hand and charged. Ready, aim, two and three quarters, fire!!

Combat: Decibel strikes Red Spaceship &lt;Redshift&gt; with his Sonic Rifle attack!

The grumpy Minibot arghs as the disruptor fire catches him in the shoulder. "Why you...!" he shouts, "Here, have some hot air! It'll blow you away!" He aims a blast of compressed Air at Dropzone. Combat: Gears strikes Dropzone with his Air Cushion attack!

The Menacing Villains!

The laser fire that is spit from Noah Wolfe's exo-suit has no trouble finding Snapdragons hull, though it does relatively little besides singe his exterior. "That's my entire point! You -have- to fight us, or you'll DIE! Actually..." His thrusters reorient himself to face down the defiant Terran. "...Actually you'll DIE either way!"

Black smoke belches from Snapdragons turbines as he spools up for a charge. In the span of a heartbeat he is across the short distance that divided him from his foe, and he brings a hard uppercut towards the exo-suits midsection, malice and odorous fluids spewing from his every orifice.

Combat: Snapdragon strikes Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; with his Punch attack!

Once Dropzone comes to his feet he charges across the sand back to his opponent. Thrusters firing, the bot increases speed as he nears Gears. "You'll regret ever crossing fists with Dropzone!" The Autobot's air attack raises a small cloud of sand striking the Decepticon. In the haze Dropzone quickly transforms and flies through the blast heading directly at Gears.

Combat: Assault_Transport strikes Gears with its Ram attack!

Red Spaceship &lt;Redshift&gt; speeds away from Decibel as he completes his strafing run, and his thruster assembly in the rear is blasted by the shimmering wave of compressed sonic energy. Warning lights flash inside his cramped cockpit as his onboard computer warns him of the damage to his targetting sensors. Neglible, but still bothersome. Redshift angles his nose upwards, and pulls off a harshly-steep loop, rising nearly vertical into the air, before sweeping around and diving down towards Decible in a suicide run. Is Decible aware of just what Redshift's favorite trick to pull in a fight is? "Time to stop playing around, 'bot!" The slightly-battered craft emits, before plunging down on a collission course with Decible's dusty-white frame.

Combat: Red Spaceship &lt;Redshift&gt; misses Decibel with his Full Speed Ahead attack!

Fusion snaps off another barrel roll, letting the lasers scorch the air harmlessly around him. "Oh, come on Vigil...haven't you learned anything from our past? -You're- the one who flees. I'm the one who -chases-." He comes around for another run, Thermal emitters already glowing.

Fusion transforms into jet mode. The arms, legs, and head of the robot fold into it's body as the upper and lower body combine to form a plane's shaft. The shaft flips forward horozontally and the thrusters on the back move aft and form the ship's tail. Two wings elongate from the plane's sides and two missile pods and two additional thrusters form on top of the wings. Finally the wings rotate into place along with the front thrusters and missiles.

Combat: Pyramid Fighter &lt;Fusion&gt; misses Vigil with his Thermal Beam attack!

The Big Damn Heroes!

Vigil growls as he flies up towards Fusion and then brings his sword down to try and cut the pyramid in half. "No more running, I will not leave until I have you reduced to slag!" He bellows as he chases after the decepticon.

Combat: Vigil misses Pyramid Fighter &lt;Fusion&gt; with his Sword Strike attack!

Gears is smacked into and basically run over like desert roadkill. He's slow to get up, but he kicks a foot up at Dropzone as the Decepticon passes over him after having knocked him over.

Combat: Gears strikes Assault_Transport with his Kick attack!

Decibel lowers his weapon as soon as the shot is fired and drops to a knee. Hoping that Redshift will be kept busy for at least a few moments he runs a quick reboot of his optical array. Though it only takes seconds it feels like an eternity to Decibel who lets out a relieved sigh when they flicker back to life. Now with his vision fully restored he looks up and just in time too as Redshift is streaking his way looking to strike him down. Having none of that Decibel quickly sidesteps and ducks then pops back up as the spacecraft passes hoping to kick it in the afterburners.

Combat: Decibel misses Red Spaceship &lt;Redshift&gt; with his Kick attack!

Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; looks surprised, as much as an exo-armor can. The car is ripped away from his cover and Snapdragon is upon him. The fist crunches hard into the midsection, driving the force home so much even Noah can feel it. Noah grunts and says, "Wrong, there's always a choice. I could run. I could hide. But I'm EDC. I choose not to for those who can't fight." Sparks and arcs of electricity surge around Noah, but he still holds on swinging his armor around into a knee strike.

Combat: Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; strikes Snapdragon with its knee shove (Smash) attack!

The Vengeful Villains!

Red Spaceship &lt;Redshift&gt;'s engines smolder after the burst-output of trying to crash into Decibel's face, but they have plenty of kick left in them, more than enough for Redshift to speed away from Decibel's kick. He flashes his retro rockets to slow down, and transforms into his robot mode again. A pair of slendr blades jackknife out of his forearms, and Redshift dashes at Decible to slash at the Autobot with the small but sharp weapons.

The sleek red spacecraft transforms into the winged warrior Redshift.

Combat: Redshift misses Decibel with his Snict! (Kick) attack!

Dropzone takes a light hit on his left rear thruster from Gears' kick. As the massive transport reorients itself from the Autobot's attack it swoops around and takes aim at its opponent on the ground. Fearlessly the Decepticon charges once again, this time letting go a torrent of missiles.

Combat: Dropzone sets its defense level to Fearless. Combat: Assault_Transport misses Gears with its Twin Missiles attack!

Snapdragons optics narrow for a moment amidst the warfare and general chaos. And it is chaos. The hellish laser in the sky is approaching, albeit at a snail's pace. Thousands of refugees have abandoned their vehicles and have taken to the hills, screaming in horror as the transformers wage bloody war against one another in a feud that has lasted millenia.

"Your voice. I...remember your voice. Did you...have we met before, Terran?" Even as the exo-suits knee strikes against Snapdragons stomach with a sharp *CRACK*, the Horrorcon remains quizzical, though still blood hungry. He reaches out for the exo-suit left arm and attempts to grab hold of it, and tear it clean from its socket with the brutality expected of a true monster.

Combat: Snapdragon strikes Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; with his Grab and tear! (Kick) attack!

The Badass Heroes!

Tempo has been out cold, but with a groan, her hand extends out from the rubble of the wreckage. Then moving things out of the way, she climbs out from what could have been her tomb.

The Dark femme then shakes her head, her chrome cable-hair clanking against her armor. Her optics flicker as they readjust, "When I get my hands on tha' wanna be lizard.." Tempo then reaches down for her blades and checks them, "..Oh-- tha pain is so gonna be on.." She flicks her wrists and kicks on her energy sabers, then makes her way down the road-- walking.

Vigil continues to chase after Fusion. He raises his other arm and fires disruptor bursts at the being. "I swear I will destroy you Fusion, no matter what planet you go to, even back to Anhur, I will wipe you OUT!" He yells.

Combat: Vigil strikes Pyramid Fighter &lt;Fusion&gt; with his Disruptor attack!

Decibel kicks at nothing but empty air as Redshift rockets past. Not that he really expected anything different given the speed of the spacecraft but it was worth a shot. And speaking of shot, what a cheap one it is when Redshift stops mid fly away to strike back. Decibel who had luckily been looking in that very direction is not taken by surprise when the Decepticon transforms and rushes at him blades at the ready. Having no blades or sticks or stabby things of his own to retaliate with Decibel goes for the tried and true fist to the face approach charging into fisticuffs.

Combat: Decibel strikes Redshift with his Punch attack!

Gears is up and running by the time Dropzone has circled to make another pass. "Oh no you don't!" he shouts, as he hits the deck, causing the missiles to pass above him harmlessly. Armed with his laser, he tries shooting down the huge Decepticon transport.

Combat: Gears strikes Assault_Transport with his Laser attack!

From Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt;, Noah is a badass hero? That's up for debate, but standing his ground is something that could be seen as heroic for Noah. Pain explodes in Noah's head as the teeth find their mark on the side of the armor. They clamp down hard, sinking through the armor like fingers through tissue paper. Noah's pain comes from the teeth, they find Noah's hip biting through the chair and armor of Noah's hardsuit. The pilot's personal protection. Blood drips off the teeth and splatters as it rips into flesh and bone. Noah just squirms and screams in agony before he almost falls off the teeth. Thankfully, Noah won't need to go into a life support system or become a headmaster for Arcee. That's probably a good thing. Noah, with shaking hands, holds onto the controls with one hand, and stems the flow of blood with the other.

In reality, it's not that bad. But right now, it hurts. He growls and says, "I'll kill you! I'll kill you! YOU'RE GONNA DIE!" He pulls back on the controls and transforms the wounded armor. It falls backward as it the main cannon rises up and points at Snapdragon. The hexagonal end of the cannon glows a bright yellow before it fires sending a beam of destructive energy out at the headmaster.

Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; transforms into its Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; Tank mode. Combat: Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; Tank misses Snapdragon with its Main Cannon attack!

The Relentless Villains!

It seem's Redshift's reckless head-on attack has let him down, as all he ends up doing is driving his face right into Decibel's fist. His face crumples as Redshift tumbles, then hits the ground. The left side of his face is smashed in, the optic destroyed. He glares at Decible with his good eye, and brings his rifle to bear. He jams the gun up to full power -Aptly labeled 'Incinerate'- and fires off the rifle at Decibel from point-blank.

Combat: Redshift misses Decibel with his Point Blank Flambe attack!

Gears' laser blast strikes Dropzone's cockpit doing damage to the Decepticon's optics. &lt;Grrr....&gt; Partially blinded the Deception banks back towards the Autobot. Deciding to take this back to the ground, he shifts mid-air and falls towards the other bot in an attempt to drive another forcefull fist home. Both wings of the ship rotate upside down as the thrusters and missile pods on each side retract into themselves. The wings then retract into the shaft of the ship as the tail and aft thrusters move onto the top of the plane's shaft. Finally the ship's body flips vertical as it breaks into a upper and lower body and the arms, legs, and head of the robot form.

Combat: Dropzone misses Gears with its Punch attack!

"COME ON! You can do BETTER than THIS!" Snapdragon roars, his voice crackling and his faceplate shaking. "You are fighting for your LIFE! And for the lives of EVERYONE here! This isn't a game, and I'm NOT playing!" The Horrorcon chides, his mercilessness showing through with all due vigor. Blood is just another stain for the Decepticons disgusting armor, and he has every intention of swimming in the stuff before this day is through.

"You -won't- kill me, human! You WON'T! HAHAHAHAHA!" He rolls across the highway, over top of several abandoned vehicles which are thoroughly crushed under his weight. The arcing blast from Noahs tank does not find purchase on his filthy armor, but only serves to drive his point home. "You'll just fail. Like -every- would be Dragon slayer." And so he bounds into the sky, then falls like a stone, straight towards the hovertank.

Combat: Snapdragon misses Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; Tank with his Inertial crush (Punch) attack!

The Heroic Heroes!

Tempo locates Snapdragon. Her emerald green optics bright, a smile on her face, a, very creepy smile on her face, with a soft laugh behind it as she walks closer. Then with a swift kick off, she runs right at the Decepticon, and with a mighty yell, goes to slash those blades at any location on the decepticon. Not even aiming or even concerned to aim.

Combat: Tempo strikes Snapdragon with her What about a Dragon Slayer? attack!

Decibel smiles inwardly as his fist connects with metal. He hasn't had a work out like this since he can't remember when. Still riding high he almost misses as Redshift adjusts his rifle. At this close of a range it is little trouble for Decible to side step while giving the barrel a little shove away. "Hey now watch it with that thing, somebody might get hurt." Being this close also means that with a quick forward lunge Decible can close the distance again and bring his knee up into Redshifts midsection.

Combat: Decibel strikes Redshift with his "Knee Strike" (Kick) attack!

Thank Vector Sigma that Gears is a small target. The Decepticon's punch goes wide again. "When are you Decepticon flunkies going to learn you can't beat a minibot?" Gears grumbles, "But I'm going to beat you but good!" He attempts to bodyslam Dropzone. Combat: Gears strikes Dropzone with his Smash attack!

Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; Tank pulls the same move he dodged the gyro blasts. He transforms and plants a hand down on the ground, flipping himself up and away from the crashing dragon. Now in robot mode, Noah breathes heavily and says, "You think I was looking to kill you? Haven't seen a win before mate. Don't know the meaning of winning I'm afraid. But pulling you from the innocents for a little while, now THAT I can do. So common!" With laser rifle in one hand, he lets fire with a burst of fire before flinging an empty car upward, hopefully to distract Snapdragon so this attack hits now or be in the way of his next attack.

Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; Tank transforms into its Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; Robot mode. Combat: Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; misses Snapdragon with its Medium Laser attack!

Vigil continues to attack the flying pyramid jet only to see that Noah needed help. He didnt want to let Fusion go but he knew he had to help somehow. He was about to transform when he see's Tempo attack the decepticon. He then turns his eyes back to fusion watching him fly away. He just pants, trying to regain his energon. [Pass]

The Intimidating Villains!

Pyramid Fighter &lt;Fusion&gt; gets riddled with small holes from the new attack. "That does it! I am out of here! Vigil, you can try to follow me if you want. But you wouldn't want to leave -- all those defenseless humans!" Hoping the Autobot will fulfill the heroic expectations all Autobots have to live with, Fusion opens his engines up on full power and burns out of the area.

Snapdragon has a few fatal flaws, and one of them is his rage. He gets narrow-sighted, and unable to see anything beyond the enemy to his front. And so he does not take much notice of Tempo, who closes on him and effortlessly rends into his armor, in mid-air, sending him off course and crashing away from Noah Wolfe, who himself managed a deft evasion.

"Blargh! I...I see there are MORE to KILL now! I thought I dispatched you already, Autobot!" He draws -both- of his gyro-guns from subspace and his targetting sensors push themselves to max power. Time to feel the dragons breath.

Combat: Snapdragon sets his defense level to Fearless. Booster Pack Radar Helmet is activated! It will use up a charge the next chance it has!

Combat: Snapdragon uses up a charge on his Radar Helmet booster pack! Combat: Automatically deactivating booster pack Radar Helmet Combat: Snapdragon strikes Tempo with his Gyro-Guns Area attack! Combat: That attack has temporarily impaired Tempo's Agility. (Crippled) Combat: Snapdragon strikes Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; with his Gyro-Guns Area attack! Combat: That attack has temporarily impaired Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt;'s Agility. (Crippled)

The minicon slams Dropzone...hard. "Uugh..." The Decepticon grunts as several internal servos sputter and creak with damage, still Dropzone doesn't know when to say stop as he attempts to reverse the minicon's move with his own slam. "I will /break/ you!"

Combat: Dropzone misses Gears with his Smash attack!

The weakened Redshift is battered down by the solid knee strike, sending little red scraps of metal into the air. He wipes a trail of oil away from his mouth, glaring at Decibel with his one good eye. He backs away, scooting across the rough ground on his skidplate. "It doesn't matter now... We've held you Autobots off long enogh to delay your rescue efforts. How many homes destroyed? How many lives lost?" He inquires, trying ot buy some time as he creeps away. He kicks off from his prone position, jumping and transforming, heading into safer skies. On his way up? He drops another burning-bright phosphorous bomb at Decibel. Redshift transforms into his sleek spacecraft mode and takes to the air.

Combat: Redshift sets his defense level to Fearless. Combat: Red Spaceship &lt;Redshift&gt;'s Phosphorous Bombs attack on Decibel goes wild! Combat: Red Spaceship &lt;Redshift&gt; strikes Dropzone with his Phosphorous Bombs attack! Combat: That attack has temporarily affected Dropzone's Accuracy. (Blinded)

The Miraculous Heroes!

Lesson, this femme should know better about. When in close combat, always be on guard, she.. was not on guard.

Tempo finds herself being aimed at and having no time to react, is blasted back and then flung slightly due to the force. After all, she was a light wieght, not heavy like many fighters. Though the dark femme does land on her feet, she lands in a crouch and slams her knee to the ground.

Grimacing in pain, Tempo rises to her feet once more. "EDC-- if you are badly damaged, sugar-- I suggest ya pull back.. ya a human, if ya die here-- ya die for good. I can always been put back together again.." This aimed at the direction of Noah.

Then Tempo charges again and however she leaps up and hopes to smack the dragon in the face with her foot.

Combat: Tempo misses Snapdragon with her Boot to the head! (Kick) attack!

Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; is hit again, this time the gyro weapons blow some of the magnetic drivers on his weapon, impairing the effectiveness of the weapon. Noah sizzles in the heat caused by the weapon and twitches. Battered, cut, bruised, and sore, Noah contemplates running for the hills before he looses all senses and runs anyway. He hears Tempo and says, "My thoughts exactly, I can't do much good against him right now anyway. Sorry." He flips a switch sending his armor back into hovercraft mode, then turns. Noah jams the throttle down and takes off, not really wanting to press the attack any farther than he has too. Running now feels better than running while having a mental breakdown. Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; transforms into its Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; Tank mode. Combat: Exo-Armor Warthog &lt;Noah Wolfe&gt; Tank begins retreating, leaving itself vulnerable to parting shots from Vigil, Red Spaceship &lt;Redshift&gt;, and Awesome-X Suit &lt;Hank McAwesome&gt;

"Gotta catch me first," Gears says, easily avoiding the attempted body-slam. "By the looks of things, you're the one getting broken." He leaps up into the air and interlocks his fists, then comes back down, to try to plant said fists right into Dropzone's head or back.

Combat: Gears misses Dropzone with his Punch attack!

Decibel watches as Redshift falls and slides. He lets him get to his feet with no trouble as he listens to his words. Taken a bit off guard at the reminder that they were supposed to be helping people and all he had does was duke it out with the Decepticon Decibel does nothing as Redshift takes to the skies. He does however wait expecting an attack of some kind and is pleasantly surprised when the dropped payload is accidentally delivered to a fellow Decepticon. Free for the moment Decibel uses this time to collect his thoughts and prepare for the next barrage he's soon to face. Combat: Decibel takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

Vigil grunts as he takes his sword and transforms. He then flies down at high speed, engines flaring as he attempts to ram Snapdragon's back, since his attention was on Tempo. He even spins to try and make him faster. "Hey Tempo, Need a hand?" He calls just as he blasts down there.

Vigil leaps and begins folding into himself, wings extending to his sides as he is a starfighter! Combat: Vigil strikes Snapdragon with his Ram attack!

The Bad Luck Villains!

As Dropzone prepares to slam the minibot he gets an optic full of phosphorous, allowing Gears to easily slip from his grasp. Blinded, the Decepticon begins throwing random punches in an attempt to hit the wiley Autobot. "Come here, you little pile of scrap!"

Combat: Dropzone strikes Gears with his Punch attack!

Snapdragon uses his thrusters to recoil swiftly, pushing himself back towards the countless abandoned vehicles underfoot. And they are underfoot- literally- as the Horrorcon makes landfall on top of a Honda Civic with spinners and all manner of pointless additions. It earned its fate.

"Oh really, Autobot? Can you be put back together? We'll see. We'll see just how BADL-" And Vigil slams into him, crashing him through a line of cars, causing a line of explosions to marr their wake. From the wreckage a roar can be heard. A loud one. A single draconian foot crashes down hard against the pavement, next to a burning truck. Then a second. Snapdragon, in his Tyrannosaurus Rex mode. Slag.

The beast breaks into a full charge towards Tempo, it's jaw opening wider and wider with each new thunderous footfall. For once, he does not speak, for speech is now beyond his capacity. The shared thoughts of both Snapdragon and his Nebulon component join together in a flawless unison as they find communion in one goal: Take Tempos torso from her legs. His grease laden fangs seem apt to do just that.

With a spray of oil and a clattering of gears, Snapdragon contorts and reforms into his intimidating Tyrannosaur mode. Combat: Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; misses Tempo with his Rend attack!

With his Energon wasted and his ammunition depleted(and a social faux pas commited by shooting Dropzone in the face), there is little left for Redshift to accomplish here; He makes a quick survey of the battlefield, and then tries to sneak away. Hopefully nobody will notice him missing from the brawl.

Combat: Red Spaceship &lt;Redshift&gt; begins retreating, leaving himself vulnerable to parting shots from Vigil

The Genuine Heroes!

The dark femme nearly gets chomped on to become dragon food. However she is swift, even with her injured knee and hops back away from the snarling beast of a decepticon. Then Tempo pulls out one of her daggers and keeps moving back, trying to get room between her and the big, bad, decepticon. When she gets the distance, she flings the dagger at Snapdragon.

Combat: Tempo strikes Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; with her Throwing Knives attack! Combat: Tempo's attack has damaged your Accuracy!

Vigil flies back from the dragon and notices someone trying to run away. He then flies at top speed into the air again and fires a laser right at Redshift as he is leaving.

Combat: Vigil strikes Red Spaceship &lt;Redshift&gt; with his Laser attack!

"Gah!" Gears shouts, as he's struck by Dropzone's fist. "You just threw my shoulder struts out of alignment! I'll be laid up for weeks!" The Minibot is thus more greatly angered and punches back.

Combat: Gears strikes Dropzone with his Punch attack!

Decibel smiles at a job well done as Redshift is sent packing and quickly turns his attention to other matters. Those being the continued evacutaion of the human travelers and the well being of his friends. Mainly this currently has him directing the few reamining humans in hiding on safe paths out of the area.

The Dastardly Villains!

That last punch to the faceplate severly damages Dropzone's optics. Uh oh, the Decepticon is now seriously visually impared, time to sound the retreat. "Next time, I will do away with you, Autobot. But for now..." Dropzone takes a couple of steps back to transform and flee.

The arms,legs, and head of the robot fold into it's body as the upper and lower body combine to form a plane's shaft. The shaft flips forward horozontally and the thrusters on the back move aft and form the ship's tail. Two wings elongate from the plane's sides and two missile pods and two additional thrusters form on top of the wings. Finally the wings rotate into place along with the front thrusters and missiles. Combat: Dropzone sets his defense level to Neutral.Combat: Assault_Transport begins retreating, outrunning all pursuit.

There is a large explosion that can be seen, as the ground cracks and splinters under the sheer weight of what seems to be a ranged projectile. Though, as things come back into focus, at ground zero stand Avalanche. Apparently late for the attack it seems, the Horrorcon just decided to -drop- in for the festivities. "Sorry comrades, I got held up in while flying over. What am I missing?" Avalanche pauses for a moment, absorbing the situation. *no attack*

The Tyrannosaurus rages uncontrollably, flailing about wildly as Tempo manages to evade its black fangs. He needed to taste her delicious armor. He needed to swallow whole chunks of her, so as to regurgitate what remained in his grease pool, so he might bathe in her rusting putrescence. Yet he put his needs before his skills, and now he pays the price.

Tempos dagger bounces rather harmlessly off of his theropod armor, but he is still annoyed enough to drive him to further acts of insane anger. He storms towards Tempo again, this time attempting to merely trample her under his incredible weight. He and Krunk would lie slumbering with her broken body as their pillow. This, the Horrorcon monstrosity reasoned, had to come to pass.

Combat: Snapdragon sets his defense level to Fearless. Combat: Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; misses Tempo with his Stomp ya gud! (Punch) attack!

The Goodly Heroes!

The Dark once again manages to avoid the Filthy Tyrannosaur.. Barely. Tempo jumps to the side and then using her wheels on her feet, seems to run away, but instead, skids back around and goes to run up a building, using her wheels to stream along the side of it, before she kicks off and goes right over SnapDragon once more. As she passes over, she takes out her sword and tries to slam it into the mech below. Hopeing to get the blade to dig into the armor and maybe ride this wild primative dragon like the cowgirl-femme she is.

Though if she misses.. no Rodeo for her and she'll have to continue to play Torro with the dino.

Combat: Tempo strikes Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; with her Ride 'em Cowfemme! (Grab) attack! Gears sighs in relief as the Decepticon he's been beating on finally retreats. He sits down momentarily, as he's certain his gyros are glitching on him. Combat: Gears takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

Decibel rushes around like a crazy mech helping those on the road get away. First there is moving people and belongings to undamaged vehicles, then there is the moving a truck out of a ditch. He may not be doing any shooting but he's still doing some good. Moving to help another car past a bit of road block he looks up to see yet another Decepticon take off and bug out.

Vigil then flies down at top speed, flying straight for the horrorcon as he also begins spinning once more, as if to dive bomb the beast before transforming and using a blue energy blade to try and cleave into the beast. The starfighter shifts and folds into itself, forming into Vigil! Combat: Vigil misses Avalanche with his Sword Strike attack!

The Eeeeeeevil Villains!

Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; roars menacingly as Tempo mounts his back. The beast begins bucking wildly, his anger now reaches its apex. He clearly could no longer afford pure, unadulterated fury if he were to win this particular battle, as his quarry was irritatingly quick.

Yet that rather logical line of thinking simply was not finding hold in the Dragons mind. All he could see was her armor cracking under his fangs. All he could taste was her blood. No matter how hard he tried he could not shake the visceral sensations from his sensors. And so he continues bucking madly, attempting to fling her off of his back, so that he might finish this with a quick snap of his filthy jaws.

Combat: Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; misses Tempo with his Ride em cowgirl! (Kick) attack! [Pulled -1]

Avalanche raises an optic ridge, as it seems Snapdragon is the only one left standing. "I am too late, it would seem." He says to himself, ignoring the destruction that seems to be happening all about him. "Oh well, Ill just take some Autobot wreckage back to base!" He says this in a very cheerful manner, and pulls out his grenade launcher. However, it seems one of the Autobots get a bit antsy, and descends straight down at him. "Woah there, Kossack!" He says just moving aside the attack. "Allow me to prepare, but....if you're being so impatient...I can oblige you!" loading a shell into the launcher, Avalanche takes aim and fires!

Combat: Avalanche misses Vigil with his Grenade Launcher attack!

The Goodly Heroes!

Vigil leans to the side, barely dodging. He smirks as he raises his arm, laser cannon appearing from a slot and a blue energy bolt fires from the decepticon. "Sorry, but I wont even allow you time to kill anymore innocent life." He says calmly. Combat: Vigil strikes Avalanche with his Laser attack!

Tempo continues to hold on and laughing the whole while, "Face it Broko, ya can't take down this femme-bot. Cause I'm all over ya, haha." Yes the dark femme was enjoying herself. (No attack) Combat: Tempo takes extra time to steady herself. [Pass]

Decibel waves quickly as the freed vehicles make good their escape. Looking back to see the battle still raging he lets out a sigh and tries to stay out of sight. Given that is once pristine white armor is now as dirty and scorched as the surrounding area he should be able to do an ok job of it. Ducking down behind a rather large truck he waits, hoping that the Decepticons will soon withdraw. Combat: Decibel sets his defense level to Protected. Combat: Decibel takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

Gears is still recovering from his tangle with Dropzone. He looks over at Decibel, and sees that for now, he's safe. But what about the humans that Dropzone had dumped into the water...? Combat: Gears takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

The Dastardly Villains! Avalanche takes the laser right to the shoulder, it only leaving a small burn in the paint. "Was that all?" Avalanche asks in a -really?- type of tone. "I can go one on one with Dinobots, and you think this will stop me?" He cackles to himself and shakes his head. "Looks like ill have to be educating you on this." Avalanche mag-locks the launcher to his side, as he just watches Vigil for a second.

Avalanche slowly strafe sideways, along with Vigil, keeping his optics locked onto the target. "There it is..." He says quietly, spotting what he thinks is a weak spot in the Autobot's defense. Swinging his arm back, the Horrorcon leaps at Vigil and tries to slam his fist into the mech! Combat: Avalanche strikes Vigil with his Punch attack!


 * Snapdragon are you listening to me? Calm yourself. Calm -us- down.| The Tyrannosaur continues flailing, petrochemicals dripping from his gruesome maw. |SNAPDRAGON! Get ahold of yourself!| The Headmasters Nebulon component continues screaming in his minds eye, until finally, silence seizes the Horrorcon, if only for a moment. His optics seem to glaze over, his thrashing stops, and a low growl comes from his voicemitter.

"Hrn. Time to finish what I started." Is all Snapdragon has to say before he transforms back into his robot mode. Mid-transformation he begins to take a full stride, a sprint, towards a nearby crumbled structure. It is, in fact, the exact same building which he had kicked Tempo into earlier in the battle. He, and his rider, would now be in for a tour. Snapdragon shifts into his robotic form. Combat: Snapdragon sets his defense level to Neutral. Combat: Snapdragon misses Tempo with his Smash attack!

The Goodly Heroes!

Vigil tries to dodge but the punch hits him and he slides back, weapons system damaged. He looks to the beast then stops, as if trying to listen to something. "I understand." He says as he puts the sword away. "I am sorry Decepticon. I have somewhere else I have to be. If you want to continue our match, I will track you down." He says as he transforms into a starfighter and flies off. Vigil leaps and begins folding into himself, wings extending to his sides as he is a starfighter! Combat: Vigil begins retreating, outrunning all pursuit.

Tempo notices where they are going and she oh-ohs. Then shutting down her energy saber, she flips off the large mech and lands down on her feet, grimacing slightly for her knee enjury. "Gotta admit sugar, ya real fun." She says with a laugh, "Been ta long since I've been out on this here battlefield. However, I think its time ta get serious again." With that said, Tempo charges again and jumps up, bring one blade up, but on her way back down, she swings the other blade back toward the ground. Hoping in this attack to catch the decepticon in the middle of it.

Combat: Tempo strikes Snapdragon with her What goes up must come down. attack! [Pulled -1] Combat: Tempo's attack has damaged your Accuracy!

As Vigil leaves the area, Gears decides to try to chase off Avalanche. "Hey you, get lost! Your buddies have already taken off, so beat it!" Gears pulls out his pistol and fires it at the Horrorcon. Combat: Gears strikes Avalanche with his Pistol attack!

The Dastardly Villains!

Avalanche pulls out his warhammer, and raises it to the sky. "Autobot coward! Come back and finish what you started!" Ava just watches as Vigil disappears into the skies, without so much as a chance to be caught up too. "Glitch, that was beaing a waste of time." He says to himself, and then slams the head of the hammer into the ground. "My comrade, do not allow this defect to get to you. You are being a proud and powerful Decepticon! Destroy them all, and leave nothing standing!!!" He bellows, trying to encourage his fellow Horrorcon to new feats of strength! So impassioned are his words to his comrade, that he ignores any oncoming damage. Combat: Avalanche inspires Snapdragon with frightening and intimidating words! Combat: You feel more courageous!

"HRNNNRAAAA!" Snapdragon cries as he tackles his way through an entire building, causing an enormous swath of dust and wreckage to follow him. He turns to see if Tempo has been crushed by the falling debris, but instead only finds an energy saber slash delivered directly to his chest.

A line of oil drains from the fresh wound, and Snapdragon sighs lowly. "I am weary of this encounter. But I will not withdraw. Not yet. I want you...badly. Your head will make a wonderful trophy...a 'rubber ducky' of sorts for my grease bath."

What a gentleman he is. He transforms yet again, back into his Tyrannosaur mode, clearly an indication that he too is done playing around. Then, like a lightning bolt, his fellow Horrorcons words strike him. His weariness fades, and his virulent hate is restored. "AGREED Avalanche! We will eat WELL on this day!" His gyro-guns alight, sending purple fire laced with magnetic electricty down towards Tempo.

With a spray of oil and a clattering of gears, Snapdragon contorts and reforms into his intimidating Tyrannosaur mode. Combat: Snapdragon sets his defense level to Fearless. Combat: Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; strikes Tempo with his Gyro-Guns attack! [Pulled -4] Combat: That attack has temporarily impaired Tempo's Agility. (Crippled)

Those Wacky Heroes!

Tempo doesn't seem to take any damage from the attack, but it does screw with her motor functions a bit. She steps back and shakes her head, blaming his odd since of-- humor about her head. Though she doesn't place it past the brutes.

Once she shakes it off, she feels like her feet are about five times heavier then they should be. "Slaggin' decepticon, ya want to eat me so bad, then eat me!!" She yells out before snarling her moral guards at him and her emerald green optics narrowed.

Was she really serious? (No Attack) Combat: Tempo takes extra time to steady herself. [Pass]

Gears sighs as Avalanche ignores him. Well, at least he's not shooting at Gears, then. Oh well. If shooting won't work, maybe punching will. Combat: Gears strikes Avalanche with his Punch attack!

Those Wackadoo Villains!

Avalanche smirks as his comrade is mentally put back on track, the power of words can sometimes be greater than any show of strength. "Yes my comrade, we shall feast on their cores!" He proclaims, before there is a tiny feeling of pain. His optics glaring down as he just stares down Gears. "You will die this day, Autobot." Falling foward and nearly crushing Gears under his weight. "Destroy!!!!" He roars, and charges at the Autobot, his claws thrashing all about!

Falling foward, Avalanche reverts to his tiger mode. Combat: Avalanche strikes Gears with his severe clawing! (Punch) attack!

Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; lowers his gaze on Tempo, his optics narrowing. Oil sloughs away from his toothy maw and his tiny arms wriggle anxiously. His servoes tense, and his clawed feet dig into the earth.

"As you wish." He growls, the air of menace about him intensifying. His body surges forward with all of his predatory focus brought to bear. He is going to eat her. For once...he is doing exactly as an Autobot wishes him to do. There is little else to say- he aims to devour her wholly, and leave nothing but stumps when he is through.

Booster Pack Radar Helmet is activated! It will use up a charge the next chance it has! Combat: Snapdragon uses up a charge on his Radar Helmet booster pack! Combat: Automatically deactivating booster pack Radar Helmet Combat: Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; misses Tempo with his Savagery attack! [Pulled -2]

The Awesome Heroes!

Olay! Is what Tempo should say as she steps right out of his charging back and then watches him find out he missed his target, "Guess I'm just ta swift for those pretty choppers of ya." She says snapping her finger and hrms softly. "Ain't ya made of oil?" There is some gears turning in that femme's head. That is easy to tell. She powers of her blades to full power as she then charges at him, however this time, she slides down low, and uses her blades to take a wack at his ankle joint as she slides by to get back up on her feet.

Combat: Tempo strikes Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; with her Ankle Slash attack! [Pulled -2] Combat: Tempo's attack has damaged your Agility!

Gears ows as he is clawed! "Hey, stop clawing me!" he shouts, and pulls away. He charges at Avalanche, attemptiong to give the big robot tiger the smackdown. Combat: Gears misses Mecha Tiger &lt;Avalanche&gt; with his Haul attack!

The Dastardly-ish Villains!

Mecha Tiger &lt;Avalanche&gt; jumps back, completely avoiding Gear's attack. A laugh leaving the Horrorcon as he looks down at the Autobot. "Enough of this!" He roars, and he then attempts to snap his jaws about his opponent. If he is able to get a hold of him, he flail the smaller one about like a ragdoll. Gotta love being such a large mech!!

Combat: Mecha Tiger &lt;Avalanche&gt; misses Gears with his Kitty treats! (Smash) attack!

Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; gets a wonderful slash to his ankle joint, causes a glob of oil to slick forth. Nevertheless, the Horrorcon rebounds with casual ease, and once again lowers his gaze upon her. "Why do you persist, Autobot? We are Horrorcons! We are MIGHTY! And we are -relentless-!" He shouts with all sorts of maliciousness. He stomps past Tempo mid-speech, and swings his tail around towards her, hoping to catch her off guard with a lucky thwack which might deal enough damage to level the playing field.

Combat: Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; misses Tempo with his Tail Whack! (Kick) attack! [Pulled -1]

** End of team poses**

Gears avoids becoming the proverbial ragdoll, for now. "Find yourself another chew toy," Gears snaps, "Or I'll break all your teeth!" He kicks at the Horrorcon Tiger. Combat: Gears misses Mecha Tiger &lt;Avalanche&gt; with his Kick attack!

Tempo ducks down to avoid the tail swing and notes the oil leaking out, "Why dun' ya just stop bein' such a hot head, no wait-- ya about to become one.

"With another flick of her wrists, Tempo lights those blades up and hoping to Primus she doesn't have any of Snapdragon's oil on her, which she doesn't believe she does. She kicks down her wheels and kickly skates around him, and then gives him a optical week as she passes by the front of him, to only go back around to the ankle she cut a gash in, slide down those blades and light that oil up like a roman candle! That is-- if she doesn't miss the oil.. and maybe take a nick out of him on passing...

Combat: Tempo strikes Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; with her Time to light you up! attack! [Pulled -3]Combat: Tempo's attack has damaged your Accuracy!

Mecha Tiger &lt;Avalanche&gt; leaps up into the air, and away from Gear's attack. He continues to look down at the much smaller minibot, and scoffs. "Enough of this! Comrade Snapdragon is correct, we are relentless, and we are UNDEFEATABLE!!!!" He says, transforming into his robot mode. The balling up, Avalanche attempts to fall RIGHT ON Gears. "Die, Autobot!!" Combat: Mecha Tiger &lt;Avalanche&gt; strikes Gears with his divebomb!!! (Smash) attack!

Gears grunts as the Tiger smooshes him. Thus trapped under the giant robotic feline, he squirms and complains. "Get off!" he demands, punching at the underside of Avalanche to get himself free. Combat: Gears misses Mecha Tiger &lt;Avalanche&gt; with his Punch attack!

Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; is...frigging lit on fire! Holy crap! He's dying! He's...a robot. Fire is considerably less of an issue for him than for organic creatures, even if his second mode does emulate one from the ancient past. Now he is burning alive, the grease and oil coating him slowly but surely being consumed as fuel for the inferno. This does little to hurt him, but it most assuredly does ANGER him, cause he -likes- to be dirty. Cleansing fire is not cool with a Horrorcon. He releases an ominous roar, made moreso by the chunks of burning offal falling from his jaws, and he attempts to headbutt Tempo with his dinosaur face.

Combat: Set custom attack name for punch to 'Flaming headbutt!'. Combat: Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; misses Tempo with his Flaming headbutt! (Punch) attack!

Mecha Tiger &lt;Avalanche&gt; transforms, leaving his foot on top of Gears. Reaching behind his back, the Horrorcon brings his energon maul to sight. "Now Im gonna crush you, and you're gonna stay down. Agreed?" He asks, and cackles. "Ill make sure to tell your compatriots the bad news..." Bringing the weapon up, Avalanche grasps it with both his hands. "Die." He says, and slams it down onto Gears! Leaping up, Avalanche transforms into his titanic robot mode. Combat: Avalanche strikes Gears with his Energon Warhammer attack!

Gears is really in trouble now. He's going to die, he knows it...and then without warning, an expulsion of gas emanates from his exhaust system! Hopefully this is enough to distract the Horrorcon and enable him to escape! Combat: Gears begins retreating, leaving himself vulnerable to parting shots from Tempo, Awesome-X Suit &lt;Hank McAwesome&gt;, and Decibel
 * BRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP*

Tempo dodges out of the way of the infernal dragon, she laughs to herself and wishing she had one of those human's cameras right now. "We can keep on dancin' or you can go on home." She states before she goes right for the blazing Dino and jabs her swords right into his very armor!

Combat: Tempo strikes Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; with her Is this very wise to attack an Infernoing dino? attack! Combat: Tempo's attack has damaged your Firepower!

Avalanche cackles even more, as he raises the hammer into the air once again. "Oh, tougher than I thought. No matter, this one will reach your core..." However, as this one is about to be finished off, Avalanche begins to focus his E-senses, hoping to find another opponent to deal with. Though...there it is. "Wha...what is that...AHHHH!" He says, and buckles backwards and off Gears. "The SMELL, it's being so bad!" Avalanche has been around Apeface, that MUST be bad! His hands grasp at his face, trying to stop the stench! *no attack*

Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; is a maaaaaniac, a maaaaaniac, that's for sure! And he's dancing like he's never, danced before! No, seriously though. He's on fire. "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWR! I am SO tired of you! You stand alone now, Autobot! Who will save these people from my RAGING INFERNO OF HATE?!" He attempts to stomp Tempo underfoot once more, in an attack which has consistently failed up until now, but may have a chance of hitting now that he is...madder?

Combat: Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; misses Tempo with his Stomp ya gudder! (Kick) attack! [Pulled -1]

Avalanche gets his bearings, and shakes it off. "Damn Autobot..." However, Gears is retreating. "Then, there was one..." He says, and charges straight at Tempo. However, if he can, Avalanche doesnt intend to steal Snapdragon's kill, rather...aid him with it! Combat: Avalanche misses Tempo with his Grab attack!

Tempo ducks one and dodges the others, "My my, the mechs just fallen for me ta day, didn't realize I was such a popular femme." She says waving her hannd sarcasticly at her face, "Whatever shall I do.." Then she holds up a index finger, "Wait-- wait-- dun answer that." Then Tempo glares at Avalance, "However ya, sugar-- dun got no reason jumpin' inta my fight with ya buddy." She then charges right for Avalanche, going to strike him down as well. Maybe she can get these two to accidently ram into one another... maybe.

Combat: Tempo misses Avalanche with her This is for trying to attack a poor-helpless ha femme! attack!

Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; sniffs the air, which is filled with jet black smoke. The last bits of burning grease and oil slough off of his armored hide, revealing a deeply scarred surface underneath. "Avalanche. Hrrrrrnnnnn...this -witch- is my prey. I will permit no interruptions. But you have EARNED a piece of her hide." He snorts once more, and coughs up a large glob of something godawful onto the sundered earth.

"When I finish." He growls to Avalanche. Slowly but surely he strides towards Tempo, his gyro-guns springing back to life. "What is your name witch? I will engrave it on your chestplate, which will be my prize at the end of this day." A bolt of electrical fire leaps from its barrel and scorches the landscape between Tempo and Snaps...and hopefully it would find her scorched as well.

Seriously though. Fingers crossed.

Combat: Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; strikes Tempo with his Gyro-Guns attack! [Pulled -3] Combat: That attack has temporarily impaired Tempo's Agility. (Crippled) Combat: You are running low on energon!

Avalanche backs up, and nods. "Then I shall hold off, comrade. If you fail, I shall be forced to finish her off." With that, Avalanche walks away. This is of course, after he had distracted the femme with his attempts to grab her!

Tempo was indeed distracted-- wait, didn't she meet that mech in the park or.. somewhere? Then zap! She got hit, but not for a great deal of damage, but enough to wake her up as her motor functions try to freeze up again. "I guess-- ya losen all tha' oil made ya lighter." She laughs softly, "This outa be real fun now. Come on! Show me wha' ya got!" Then Tempo charges once more and with a crouch, tries to do a flip kick to snap that jaw of his shut.

Combat: Tempo strikes Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; with her Flip kick of Femme-anger! (Kick) attack! Combat: Tempo's attack has damaged your Agility!

The brutally filthy Tyrannosaur watches the little creature charge him, once more. His weathered optics had seen this song and dance before, and now he was ready to deliver a finishing blow to this farce. Even as Tempo closes and goads him, he remains restrained. With Krunks aid, he doesn't lose his cool, and instead stands steadfast, even when she gives him a harsh little kick to his chin. His jaws snap together, and one carbon-steel fang comes loose and falls free from his ugly maw.

"Endgame, witch. Let's see how you taste!" He cackles, his hideous mouth opening wide once more, then snapping down towards Tempo with all the ferocity of a cornered predator. I bet she tastes like chicken. Delicious, forbidden chicken.

Booster Pack Radar Helmet is activated! It will use up a charge the next chance it has! Combat: Snapdragon uses up a charge on his Radar Helmet booster pack! Combat: Automatically deactivating booster pack Radar Helmet Combat: Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; strikes Tempo with his Savagery attack! [Pulled -5] Combat: You are running low on energon!

Tempo's luck seems to have ran out or it was being out in the fight so long that had slowly drained her down. When the large jaws go crunch she lets out a yelp in protest, but not a scream, no-- she wont give him that satisfaction. However due to the impact, it causes her to drop her swords and her weak armor easily crunching under his maw. "..My name is... Tempo.. and we.. ain't done.. yet." She snarls out, Then with a flick of her hand, a knife comes into it and she goes to jab the knife right into his optical sensor, "Now-- Let me.. Go!"

Combat: Tempo misses Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; with her Optical Knife Jab (Punch) attack!

Snapdragon shakes his head back and forth, trying to shake the life out of his Autobot victim. Luckily the knife which is meant for his optic fails to meet it; which is by itself an act of god. The Horrorcon hardly needs to do anything except gloat, at this point, to claim his victory. "You have fought bravely...Tempo." Her name rolls of of his tongue literally at the same time as a large piece of -her- rolls of his tongue as well. The way he says the name is the way one might say the words 'turkey dinner' on Thanksgiving- with all loving sincerity. He adores Tempo- she has proven delectable beyond words, and more for her cunning battlefield talents.

"I require more sustenance, Tempo." He addresses her again, and again as if she were a dish to be devoured at his leisure. He chomps down at her again.

Combat: Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; strikes Tempo with his Lazy NOMNOMS (Punch) attack! Combat: You are running low on energon!

Tempo muffles herself, sparks fly out and her own fluid starts to drip out. Her systems struggling now to stay online. She reaches out to her saber on the ground, as if willing it by some force to come to her hand. A victim to the very thing she faught so well. "No.." She whispers out, as fluid drips down her chrome lips. Tempo then tries again, with what strength she can muster to take out that optic, thought at the same time tries to call for help, "..Tempo-- requesting.. assistance.." She grits out.

Combat: Tempo strikes Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; with her Stop chewin so I can stab you! (Punch) attack! Combat: Tempo's attack has damaged your Firepower!

Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; takes a firm whack to his right optic with Tempos saber. He takes a step back and inhales deeply, a long line of mech-blood now draining from his slightly damaged right optic. The damage is entirely superficial, but the taste of it now pervades the air around the site of the battle, along with the blood of the Autobot Tempo. "Do you smell it, Avalanche?" He closes both of his optics, even the injured one, and inhales once more. "It smells like...victory. Like finality. Delicious, isn't she? Come. We dine." He decrees to his Horrorcon ally. Combat: Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

Avalanche takes a moment to savor that scent, the scent of mech oil and energon. "Yes my comrade, it smells so sweet." He cackles out and crosses his armor over his chest. "It seems that command will enjoy this victory even more, so it makes it that much more...enjoyable." Falling foward, Avalanche reverts to his tiger mode.

The red lightning form of Fireflight zooms in from the east at full speed. His engines ran burning hot as he dove in, scraping along the ground as he rips right on towarsd the others, seeing Tempo there.

He overshoots, by accident mostly, but his sonic shockwave rumbles past a moment later. Relatively harmless, if loud.

&lt;Decepticon&gt; Avalanche says, "They are being most persistant, arent they comrade?"

Tempo falls out of his mouth and cringes and tries to not cry out in pain. Her whole middle section torn to nothing, however she manages to somehow pull herself to her blades and takes ahold them, "..Give.. me strength.. so.. I may.. survive..to see... that blood mech.. fall.." She whispers out, before she swings the blade, even from the ground at Snapdragon. Yep even though she is nearly lifeless on the ground, she is still trying to fight to her offline-breathe will allow her so. A true warriors spirit she has... No wonder Swoop likes her.

Combat: Tempo strikes Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; with her Its only a flesh wound! attack! [Pulled -3] Combat: Tempo's attack has damaged your Velocity!

"Hrn. Look, comrade. She still squirms. And look- another has even joined the fray. They will not steal me prize." Snapdragon growls, his eyes off of Tempo for a moment. In that one, precious moment she continues her defiance, and strikes out at his muzzle once more. A long gash is drawn across his noseplate, but he just shakes his head and laughs menacingly. Flecks of oil and petrochemicals rain down upon Tempos position and perhaps her as well as he guffaws at her fighting spirit in true Decepticon fashion.

"She fights on still. Good. She is tenderizing herself. But I will do the cooking." His gyro-guns lower on her and loose a hailstorm of low-yield bolts designed not to kill, but to, as he said...cook.

Combat: Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; strikes Tempo with his Disruptor attack!

Mecha Tiger &lt;Avalanche&gt; turns to face the new arrival, his optics dimming as he literaly squints at the Aerialbot. "So persistant in these hopeless situations. They warrent respect, ill give them that. However, they're too simple to realize we have won!" The tiger roars out, trying to get Fireflight's attention. The beast's claws digging deep into the ground, and Avalanche rearing back. "Come Autobot, face me, and let me have my fill of battle!"

"Leave her alone!" Fireflight growls, banking sharply as he transforms. He lands perhaps a little TOO close, crashing down feet first right beside Tempo. There he kneels, no weapons in his hand as he reaches to grab at Tempos' shoulder "Not until she leaves" he states to Avalanche.

&lt;Decepticon&gt; Avalanche says, "He tries to steal your prey, comrade!" &lt;Decepticon&gt; Snapdragon says, "He will not succeed!"

Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; roars, his voice sending tremors across the ground. Or perhaps that is just the rattling of the earth underfoot from the encroaching space laser beam. "She is MINE, Autobot! My prize! My meal!" The red rage takes him again, and Krunk will not stop it this time. "RAAAWWWRR! MINE! MINE! MY PRIZE! NOT YOURS!" He storms forward, fangs bared and pure malice dripping off of him as if it were a real substance.

"MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE!"

Fireflight lands, even as her armor is impacted and yes, it burns-- but slag, the pain from the already damage is enough to almost take her into stasis. "Fire--flight..." She reaches out to him, the handles of her blades maglocking themselves to her lower arms. Hopefully Fireflight can get her out before Snapdragon takes a bit out of him as well.

Mecha Tiger &lt;Avalanche&gt; says, "Do it Snapdragon, kill these pests! DO IT!!!"

&lt;Decepticon&gt; Big-Brother-Sweep Sunder sounds like he just woke up. As he speaks he sounds like he snorted awake momentarily. "Avalanche, report. What is your status?"

&lt;Decepticon&gt; Avalanche says, "Victory...."

&lt;Decepticon&gt; Big-Brother-Sweep Sunder says, "Excellent!"

Cringing ever so slightly at the howling creature in his face, Fireflight's hand grips tightly onto her arm, starting to pull her back... stretching his arm out behind her so his own wings were in the way. He bit his lip a little, eyes bright and wide as he continued along. Once a few feet clear he crouched to pick her up a little better. Then he turns his back - perhaps daringly - and bolts.

&lt;Decepticon&gt; Big-Brother-Sweep Sunder says, "If you will drop by the Sanctum on your way back, I shall reward you."

&lt;Decepticon&gt; Avalanche says, "Ill be sure to drop by then."

&lt;Decepticon&gt; Ramjet says, "Sweep! Where is the shotgun of the Autobot that I have demanded of your kind?"

&lt;Decepticon&gt; Big-Brother-Sweep Sunder says, "My apologies, Ramjet, but Dredclaw has been waylaid temporarily and we were not able to go and Hunt him yet."

Scorponok once referred to Snapdragon as a strategic weapon. Something you drop into an area, then you get the slag away, because you can be consumed by him just as surely as by atomic fire. Usually this isn't true- the Horrorcon is simply to busy sleeping to afford to be hyper destructive. But there are some things that bring out the beast within, and taking his meal from him was roughly number one on that list.

"I'll kill you." He says. He doesn't growl, he doesn't roar, he doesn't hiss or intimidate. He says, with absolute clarity and the utter certainty found only in the truly mad, "I'll kill you all. I'll eat your cores. Your souls. Everything about you will be dead, and I will eat it all. Not because I have to. Because I -can-." His words come out as if poison, dripping from his disgusting maw. He isn't lying, nor is he threatening. The next time he sees Fireflight, or Tempo, he is going to kill them. It is a horrifying statement of fact. But that's why he's a Horrorcon. [Pass]

Tempo is being carried by Fireflight, that is all she knows. The pain is fading to nothing, no whispers come out, as her body goes limp in his arms and she goes into stasis. Unknowing of what may come next for her fate. But hopefully Fireflight isn't fearful of mechfluid, because at this point, its probably all over his arms.

Candy Apple and Cream white Phantom Jet is too busy paying attention to what was behind him than all the mechfluid. He continues to jog quickly along, optics focused on the ground in front of him.

The sounds of engines are heard as something is spinning from the sky. It is a Starfighter and it seems to be flying straight for snapdragon, not changing course. He is aimed at the beings head, more likely the eye area, hoping to hit hard enough to distract the beast.

Vigil leaps and begins folding into himself, wings extending to his sides as he is a starfighter! Combat: Vigil strikes Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; with his Ram attack! Combat: Vigil's attack has damaged your Velocity!

Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; is done talking now. His mouth opens, this time only to find prey. But he takes a single step and finds something entirely different in his mouth- a freaking starfighter. He is slammed rather brutally, albeit not taking that much actual damage all things considered, but it is enough to jar him from his pursuit for a few precious moments. They would be all Fireflight and Tempo would get.

Like a banana in the presence of ice cream, Fireflight splits! Combat: Vigil begins retreating, outrunning all pursuit.

Filthy Tyrannosaur &lt;Snapdragon&gt; shakes his head and then stares to the skies, where Vigil makes his escape.

"Avalanche. Remember these Autobots. Remember their -taste-. We will enjoy it again." His optics narrow on the laser beam still blasting away on the horizon. "This, I guarantee."

Mecha Tiger &lt;Avalanche&gt; holsters his weapon and nods, "Yes, comrade, we shall. However, we will cause more energon to flow next time, when they truely face...HORROR."

Leaping up, Avalanche transforms into his titanic robot mode.

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