2033 Olympics - Team Combat: Shockwave & Elita One versus Cyclonus & Carnivac

Decepticon Island - Beachfront

This place is as close to a R&R facility that exists on Decepticon Island. The location is actually quite nice, an isolated beach that is carpeted with fine white sand and framed by a nice ring of luxurious green palm trees. Like many other parts of the island, the ever-present screeches and barks of monkies provide a playful chorus in the background and the occasional flying coconut at someone who comes too close. Unsurprisingly, there is the occasional burned out area where an irate Decepticon has set this area on fire.

From here, one can look out on the volcano that is the heart of Decepticon Island as well as the looming shape of Trypticon in the distance. Her and there, cabling and tubing pokes out of the pristine sand that it is mostly buried in to reveal the connection from Trypticon and his support systems to the island's most important facility.

Indeed, a giant bar facility has been haphazardly constructed to resemble a galactic standard tiki bar out of available materials. A giant statue of Galvatron wearing a tiki mask dominates the actual barfront, and much effort has been made to make sure only the finest grades of energon are available -- including an on-site minature energon processing facility for those who consider themselves mixologists.

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Galvatron's Head On A Spike!

Galvatron's Head On A Spike!


 * This towering, imposing edifice consists of a representation of the intimidating Decepticon leader, Galvatron. Below the neck, however, it dwindles into a burned and charred slender-thin figure of a Giant Redwood. Given the time of year, some bold souls have decorated the giant Galvatron-head with lights, tinsel, and a humungous paper crown. However, further down the trunk, near the base of the charred redwood, somebody has taken a blade to the wood and carved "RUMBLE WUZ HERE" into the huge trunk in crude block letters. It may be difficult to trace a suspect...

Shockwave has arrived.

Elita One has arrived.

Carnivac has arrived.

Carnivac flips up from his grinning mecha-wolf mode into his manic robot mode.

Hubcap has arrived.

Contrail has arrived.

Shockwave's handle separates into legs as his barrel splits into arms. Straightening out, he completes his transformation into robot mode.

Perceptor has arrived.

F-35B Lightning II < Contrail > never actually visited Decepticon Island in its heyday. She was lost in space, and by the time she got back, Computron had wrecked the place with acid fire, which burns you twice, which is sort of like exploding twice. Now she wanders the blackened sand with a clipboard and a whistle.

In a transformation that is harder than it looks, Contrail rises up into robot mode.

From the sky, the familiar and terrifying form of Shockwave's laser gun mode soars into view, swooping down low near the edge of the burnt out beachfront before twisting around and transforming into robot mode upon landing. The last time Shockwave was here was in the skeleton defence against the Technobots. The place is a wreck, with entire buildings having been turned into ash. Each heavy step that Shockwave takes kicks up black dust as he stomps towards the arena. In choosing this place, the Olympic Committee was clearly interested in showcasing a location not often seen by the public. Spying Contrail, Shockwave stomps towards her.

A purple spaceship rapidly descends from above, ejecting a passenger, who isn't Elita One! And the spaceship, of course, transforms into Cyclonus, landing on the beach with a *plomf* into the wet sand. He stands, glancing at Contrail, then narrowing his optics at Shockwave. Oh yes, after the crap Shox has given him lately, he's looking forward to this. He steps forward.

The space fighter's nosecone snaps back as its body flips upright. Arms and legs unfold from the wings and fuselage respectively, and a dour face emerges from the body, forming the robot mode of Cyclonus!

%T Dust and sand leave a trail behind the pink techcar that is Elita-One, as she makes her way across the island to the competiton. Hitting a large rock, she is sent soaring for several moments The car shifts and flips, as she turns into her robot form, slamming into the ground with authority as both feet and a fist hit the earth in unison. "Someone..." She says in disgust, "in the Olympic command hates me." She glances aside to Shockwave and then Cyclonus. "At least I don't have to feel bad about anyone I scrap. More like..." She shrugs, "Business as usual."

At one time this place was the bastion of the Decepticon Empire upon Earth. Now it was little more than a burned out wreck of scorched beachs and mangled ruins of the Shark half sunk in the bay. Something once prideful and noble, reduced to a twisted, disjointed mest.

It's probably similar to what Carnivac's current mindscape looks like.

So it's only fitting that the Pretender hunter be here to fight upon it, giggling as he engages his anti-gravs and coasts down to land with a dust jarring thump next to where Cyclonus transforms and sets foot. "It's about time we got back on with this, ehehehe, yesss..."

Contrail makes sure she's topped up on fuel, just in case she needs to run away. Elita One and Cyclonus might be angry at her after their match, and also, Cyclonus is probably up to /something/. On the other side, Shockwave is unknowable, and Carnivac is crazy. She pulls out a cache of shanix to flip some coins.

GAME: Contrail rolls a (6)-sided die:

ROLL: Carnivac rolled a 5

ROLL: Shockwave rolled a 5

ROLL: Elita One rolled a 4

ROLL: Cyclonus rolled a 2

If Shockwave had a sense of humour, he'd just forfeit the match and watch Cyclonus's head explode from rage. But no, there is a serious edge to this battle. The question of who would kill who between Cyclonus and Shockwave is the sort of thing that could become important depending on how Decepticon politics plays itself out. Shockwave considers whether this knowledge is more or less important should it become public. Spending the match gauging Cyclonus and letting him win, thus fooling Cyclonus in a future *true* match has some merit... but having the rest of the Empire think so as well is dangerous.

Turning towards the newly arrived Elita One, Shockwave states, "I have no grudge against you, Elita One," he lies, "Perform at your top potential and you will have nothing to fear. Disappoint me and suffer the consequences." Finally Shockwave glances at Carnivac. He has no issue with the Pretender and is, as far as Shockwave's concerned, just here to fill space.

Motormaster has arrived.

You send a radio message to Carnivac: Carnivac, Shockwave is *mine* unless I say otherwise.

Hubcap is... somewhere in the audience, rooting for the lone Autobot in the match. He's easily overlooked.

You receive a radio message from Carnivac: That's okay, pink stains bled energon better anyways *giggle*

Motormaster comes lumbering in up the beachfront, kicking at a piece of burned out refuse that has washed up from when the island was destroyed. He sees the crowd standing and sitting along the sidelines and decides to join them to watch the battle.

Contrail announces, "And Lord Cyclonus has the low. Lord Cyclonus, your team attacks first."

Cyclonus could care less what the damn Empire thinks. Though admittedly, this is partly because he feels self-assured that he can beat the daylights out of Shockwave. At least, he can so long as he doesn't get nailed by too much of his deadly radiation. Have to be... *dodgy* for a bit. Anyway, once the match is begun, Cyclonus runs forward, firing at Shockwave with laser beams, dodging left to right as he closes in. "SHOOOOCKWAVE! We've business to settle, you and I! INSOLENCE to be punished! And what better way than to do it here, where I can do it under the guise of 'Sportsmanship,' hm? Does that sound LOGICAL to you?"

Combat: Cyclonus sets his defense level to Protected.

Combat: Cyclonus misses Shockwave with his Disruptor attack!

Combat: Gained 1 energon.

If he knew what Shockwave was thinking.... He would be totally okay with being considered just taking up space. All he cared was being here to beat on something, or so the disjointed grin that creases his expression would seem to suggest.

As soon as the go-ahead to start is given he turns on a heel and dives off to the side, tumbling behind a fallen and battered piece of bulkhead. A moment later he peeks out the other side, just long enough to point his handcannon in Elita's general direction and fire off a quick shot.

Combat: Carnivac sets his defense level to Guarded.

Combat: Carnivac strikes Elita One with his Defensive shot (Laser) attack!

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Elita One shakes her head with a sigh, "Well it looks like you two have some 'personal' issues to work out. Fine." She regards Carnivac finally, who is already preparing to fire. She dips off to the side in the sandy beach, but the shot takes her in the shoulder. With a growl, she rolls up onto her feet, "Coming out strong eh?" Subspace blueprints of her cannon form, as the weapon comes into being. "I can respect that, if not you." Plasma fire roars from the device.

Combat: Elita One sets her defense level to Guarded.

Combat: Elita One strikes Carnivac with her Plasma Cannon attack! [Pulled -4]

Shockwave comes to a halt, staring forward at his two opponents. He listens to Contrail, hearing the Shanix as it hits the ground, clatters, and the announcement is made. The moment this happens, Shockwave moves, diving behind the wreckage of a huge anti-aircraft cannon. Its two barrels are still pointing up into the sky, but half of its armour was disintegrated when Strafe blew past it with his light-pulse blasters.

The laser beams slice into the wreckage, but Shockwave is protected. "If you wished to punish insolence, Cyclonus, then you never should have waited until now. A Decepticon leader does not reorganize his schedule based on the whims of fleshlings." Were Cyclonus's shots anymore powerful, the cannon would have been destroyed, but at least for now its armour holds. Whipping about from cover only briefly, Shockwave fires a quick arm cannon blast at his 'superior' officer.

Combat: Shockwave strikes Cyclonus with his Arm Cannon Blast (Laser) attack!

Combat: Shockwave (Shockwave) used "Laser": A Level 2 RANGED attack.

Combat: You took 6 damage.

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Cyclonus grunts as the beam slices into a shoulder. "Oh, but you know how it is, Shockwave, we have to observe a certain level of propriety in the chain of command! Besides, if I simply beat your damn hexagonal head in upon hearing your accusations, that would surely only reinforce them! But here, of course, we're no longer under such restrictions. I can do as I like... to YOU!" He vaults over the ruined cannon, flips through the air as he he draws his sword, and lands behind Shockwave, trying to drive his sword *behind* him into Shockwave's back.

Combat: Cyclonus sets his defense level to Aggressive.

Contrail recovers her shanix from the sand and watches, reserved and cautious, as the combatants get underway. The tension between Lord Cyclonus and Commander Shockwave is, well, thick enough to block radiation, she feels, but she isn't going to comment on that. Instead, Contrail comments, "It doesn't matter what Elita One respects - it'll hurt her all the same."

Combat: Cyclonus strikes Shockwave with his Diamond-Boron Carbide Sword attack!

Combat: Drained 8 energon.

Carnivac jukes back behind the bulkhead as Elita pulls her own weapon and fires, but the plasma obliterating his cover showers the hunter with bits of burning shrapnel despite his crouched position. He looks up, grunts, and grabs a shard and pulls it out of his shoulder. Then starts snickering again. "Prehaps your reputation isn't entirely unfounded."

Okay, cover didn't work. He's not the skulking type anyways. He leaps out from the remains and breaks towards Elita's own spot, transforming as he does. Moments later it's a horribly colored mechanical wolf that tries to jump on top of her.

Combat: Carnivac sets his defense level to Neutral.

Carnivac drops to all fours, turning into a mechanical wolf.

Combat: Mecha Fenrir Wolf < Carnivac > misses Elita One with his Pouncing Wolf Hidden Femme attack! [Pulled -3]

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Elita One gave a tiny nod of approval to her first shot, it was a targetting blow, the sizzle thereof was still picked up by her receptors. She crouches down, circling around Carnivac's cover when the telltale sounds of his tranformation occur. She knew he was a beast, a large beast, and anticipated his method of attack. Sheer brute force and overtness. Elita rolls down a slope, swapping out her rifle. She needed to lure him, needed to frustrate him....She had just the weapon to do so.

Combat: Elita One misses Mecha Fenrir Wolf < Carnivac > with her Battle Pistols attack! [Pulled -1]

Hubcap despite being lost amongst the crowd, keeps looking from the nigh-total devastation of the island, to the Tree with Galvatron's head upon it, which seems to show signs of new growth. Huh. What 'Con got away with /that?/

"Accusations, Cyclonus?" Shockwave retorts, ducking back behind the anti-aircraft gun. That weapon had been a centerpiece of Decepticon Island's defence ever since the island was cyberformed, having withstood numerous Autobot incursions... but now it's only good for debris to hide behind. "If you mean discussing your illogical reaction to Ultra Magnus's destruction, I would hardly consider that an 'accusation'."

Shockwave prepares to jump out from behind the gun again, but he suddenly hears a noise. Looking up, he sees Cyclonus hurtling over it, landing straight in front of the Cybertronian Commander. Shockwave turns fast enough to avoid getting stabbed in the back, at least. He swings his right arm, trying to knock the sword away from Cyclonus, but the second in command is too crafty, and Shockwave receives a slash along the arm for his trouble. Reacting quickly, Shockwave gives a vicious swipe with his gun arm to knock Cyclonus back.

"If I were to accuse you of something, Cyclonus, I would accuse you of keeping secrets." Shockwave follows up with a kick to Cyclonus's mid-section. "Secrets involving your involvement with the 'large Galvatron' head on Cybertron. Secrets involving Armanda-Galvatron." Shockwave tries to finish the combo with a punch to Cyclonus's face. "I am starting to doubt your reliability."

Combat: Shockwave strikes Cyclonus with his Accusations attack! [Pulled -2]

Combat: Shockwave (Shockwave) used "Red Right Hand": A Level 4 MELEE attack.

Combat: You took 17 damage.

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Mecha Fenrir Wolf < Carnivac > emits a growling chuckle as the femme rolls away from him and down the hillside. That's okay, he liked a challenge... Though when she stops and pulls her pistols he draws back again, shots bursting in midair as they fail to score a hit. The bright flash is still hard on the eyes, but Carnivac doesn't rely on just sight in this mode. Olfactory sensor can still pick up her scent, ears swiveling forward to try and pick up on her movements. "Now now, there's no need to be shy..." As he starts stalking down the hill his back turret swivels to one side, then the other, and then back again and opens fire! But will the heat diffusing beam actually hit something important, that will be the question...

Combat: Mecha Fenrir Wolf < Carnivac > strikes Elita One with his Anti-Thermal Cannon Turret attack! [Pulled -2]

Combat: That attack has slowed Elita One, making her less efficient.

Cyclonus snarls as he slashes at Shockwave, "You logical damned *calculator,* how can you understand? How can you understand having your hopes dashed cruelly by an unknown interloper, hm? How can you! The glory of conquest, the thrill of victory... it's all a bunch of *numbers* to you, you soulless...." He grits his teeth. "...abomination! Argh--" He catches the gun arm to the face, which rip plating away and briefly sends him spinning about like a top.

"Ufff..." he grunts, staggering about for a moment. "A worthy blow, Shockwave! Truly you can justify your status as *an advisor* if nothing more. But your rumor-mongering is tiresome!" He whips out his oxidizing laser, firing it right at Shockwave's chest from an extremely close range. "And nigh treasonous! How dare you suggest that that deluded heap of machinery had any coherent thoughts whatsoever, any rational reason to be angry at me? And how dare you doubt my reliability! HOW *DARE* YOU!"

Combat: Cyclonus sets his defense level to Fearless.

Combat: Cyclonus strikes Shockwave with his Oxidizing Laser attack!

Combat: That attack has temporarily impaired Shockwave's Agility. (Crippled)

Combat: Drained 32 energon.

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Wreck-Gar has arrived.

Pain roared up her leg as the heat from Carnivac's cannon struck her. She was foolish, and worse yet, she missed with her flare. His motions betrayed him now, it made sense that he could use the tracking ability wolves are known for... Elita rubs some sand on her thigh, hoping to transfer some of that heat to it, to alleviate the pain. It didn't help...but maybe she could use it for something else. Disrupt his scent, perhaps. Elita tosses the handful of sand away, scattering the scent of her metal to the wind as she finds a large piece of scrap to work with. Her forearm laser would do the rest.

Combat: Elita One sets her defense level to Protected.

Combat: Elita One strikes Mecha Fenrir Wolf < Carnivac > with her Laser attack!

Contrail watches the match, doubting to herself. Maybe she could discuss her suspicions with Shockwave. Maybe... And maybe Shockwave is actually secretly working with Cyclonus to try to lure out those disloyal to Cyclonus. Ugh, shadowy power wars are hard. Contrail settles on narrating, "Looks like Little Pink Riding Hood is packing some heat in her picnic basket today!"

While he engages Cyclonus in close quarters combat, Shockwave is aware that he's lost track of Elita One. The anti-aircraft cannon blocks his line of sight, but as he hasn't heard either her or Carnivac screaming in pain, he assumes they're both still operational. Shockwave refocuses on Cyclonus, planning on pressing his advantage via judicious use of overwhelming brute force. The oxidizing laser blast, however, catches him off guard, striking him perfectly in the chest. Shockwave lets out a pained wheeze, sounding like two improperly aligned gears grinding against each other.

Clutching his chest as sparks shoot out between his fingers, the Commander slumps slightly, knees bending. "Am I wrong, then?" he asks, activating his boot jets and sending himself flying upwards into the sky. For a brief moment the jets almost cut out before Shockwave reroutes power to them. The oxidizing laser may have done more damage than it first appeared. "Armada-Galvatron displayed both intelligence and emotion throughout our engagement with him. He was only deterred by appealing to his Galvatron-like nature. Tell me, Cyclonus, am I wrong? Do you hold no secrets involving him?" Shockwave takes aim downwards and fires a short burst. "If you prefer I can extract the answer from you via mnemo-surgery..." Even as he says this, Shockwave glances to his left, now able to see how Elita One and Carnivac are handling each other.

Combat: Shockwave strikes Cyclonus with his Irradiate attack! [Pulled -2]

Combat: Shockwave (Shockwave) used "Irradiate": A Level 4 RANGED attack.

Combat: You took 11 damage.

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Carnivac snaps his head to the side as he hears the sand scattering... and takes a laser blast to the shoulder as Elita's diversionary tactic works. Smoke hisses up from it as he staggers to the side briefly, then catchs himself.

Unfortunately it did nothing to remove the grinning expression from his oversized muzzle. "I guess a few million years of gruellia warfare does teach you a few things." The mecha-wolf bounds a few strides and then jumps off the hillside, flipping in midair to switch back to robot mode. And drops back to the ground aiming for where Elita is, trying to catch the femme off-guard with a punch from above as he lands.

Carnivac flips up from his grinning mecha-wolf mode into his manic robot mode.

Combat: Carnivac sets his defense level to Aggressive.

Combat: Carnivac misses Elita One with his Dropki-err-punch (Punch) attack!

This is why the Decepticons don't use Shockwave as an ambassador, if they ever need one, that is. "I HOLD NO SUCH SECRETS! That fleet had an IMPERFECT copy of Galvatron's personality! Your accusations are GROUNDLESS!" Cyclonus roars. "And you DARE to threaten me with invasive surgery? You have gone TOO FAR Shockwave! Too far indeed!" The radiation beam smacks into his chest, and he snarls as his armor boils away before the invisible rays. "You pride yourself on having no emotions, but now you shall see the folly of provoking MY rage!"

Cyclonus transforms into fighter mode, trying to slam right into Shockwave. He'll even propel him right into space itself--Cyclonus is REALLy ticked at his rival right now, but he was too close to Shockwave to do an awful lot of damage to him.

Cyclonus flips forward ninety degrees, limbs folding up and a nosecone snaps down across his head. Wings emerge from his sides and Cyclonus is now in his powerful space fighter mode!

Combat: Error: 'normal' is not a valid defense level. Please see '!defend' for a list of valid entries.

Combat: Starfighter < Cyclonus > sets his defense level to Neutral.

Combat: Starfighter < Cyclonus > strikes Shockwave with his Ramming Speed attack! [Pulled -3]

Combat: Drained 5 energon.

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By the time Carnivac does his leap to her last known position, she had already moved, of course. Such is the strategy of war in the environment about her. As the enormous wolf had noted, she had ages to practice her craft. Dust rains down from Carnivac's blow, sending dirt, scrap and dust into the air. She muses to herself, 'A few things.' Plasma again roars towards the wolfbot, taking advantage of the momentary disorientation. Off to her side, she catches a glance of the Cyclonus and Shockwave duel. She pauses a second longer, noticing a scrapped engine not too far away...if it still worked... She hurries off to investigate before Carnivac recovered and inevitably pursued.

Combat: Elita One misses Carnivac with her Plasma Cannon attack! [Pulled -3]

"Your rage has become worrisome," Shockwave retorts. The Cybertronian Commander glances down, seeing Elita One outmaneuvering Carnivac. What is she...? ah ha. Clever girl. He recalls a similar tactic from her four hundred and seventy eight thousand, nine hundred and thirty-seven point six years ago. It was quite effective then and he expects it will be here as well. Shockwave would like to get down there and help his 'partner' out, but keeping Cyclonus off her back might be the best thing he can do right now.

As Cyclonus shifts into spacecraft mode, Shockwave calculates with 98.7% confidence of what he's going to do, but the sparks from the oxidizing laser are still heavy, and Shockwave's boot jets keep threatening to cut out. Unable to evade due to this, Shockwave braces himself and /catches/ the spacecraft with both arms, trying to use them to protect himself from getting speared through the chest by the pointy spaceship. Both Decepticons go soaring higher and higher into the sky, with Shockwave beating on the nosecone in vain. "...!" he says, but it's lost to the wind. Finally, Shockwave manages to push himself off and tumble downwards. As he falls, he fires a quick arm cannon burst before crashing through the burnt out roof of a hangar that once served as Cuddles's home.

Combat: Shockwave sets his defense level to Protected.

Combat: Shockwave strikes Starfighter < Cyclonus > with his Irradiate attack! [Pulled -2]

Combat: Shockwave (Shockwave) used "Irradiate": A Level 4 RANGED attack.

Combat: You took 16 damage.

Combat: Shockwave's attack has damaged your Agility!

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Descending from the clouds, a Junkion transport is on approach. But this one, like everything else the Junkions make, is hardly standard. Beyond the mismatched parts and colour specifications, it has a railing on top, and what looks like an oversized steering wheel. Standing atop the transport, one hand on the wheel, is the Junkion leader Wreck-Gar, and he's singing, "I want to be a Junkion, a Junkions life for me, all my friends are Junkions, and sail k. n. you jay, I've got a jolly Junkion, its orange and white and vast, forget your bot and Decepticons, or I'll run over your aft."

Carnivac wrenched his fist out of the island turf and stood up as the wily femme opened fire, reflexively grabbing a nearby chunk of debris and flinging it into the air to intercept the blast. Plasma detonates against scrap, scoring no hit upon the manic hunter but does give Elita a precious few moments out of sight as she scrambles off.

For a moment he glances in the direction of the other fight at the sound of a collision, but for the moment it seems that Cyclonus is holding his own as appropriate for the Emperor of Destruction's right hand mech (and whipping boy). With a grunt he shrugs, and darts into the lingering cloud of smoke and debris from the intercepted plasma blast.

And emerges on the other side as a much bigger beast, abiet taking his time to stalk towards Elita One as she scampers across the devestated island scape. "Come out come out wherever you arrrre...."

Carnivac is sealed within his Pretender shell, becoming a giant biomechanical wolf.

Combat: Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

Starfighter < Cyclonus > takes a beam right to the wing, spinning out of control for a few moments. "Aahhhhh...." Shockwave seems to lose him for the time being, slamming back down to Earth soon after. But Shockwave has little time to recover, as Cyclonus soon crashes through the roof after Shockwave. "My rage will be your undoing, you soulless automaton!" Cyclonus snarls, trying to slap a silver disc onto Shockwave's chest. "Here, I saw your Autobot wench over here..." With a grunt, he lifts Shockwave out of the hangar, spins him about, then hurls him at the engine Elita was inspecting. "May you both burn together!"

Cyclonus is satisfied this will turn out well, but then he remembers something. "Carnivac, watch out! I'm going to detonate them both!"

The space fighter's nosecone snaps back as its body flips upright. Arms and legs unfold from the wings and fuselage respectively, and a dour face emerges from the body, forming the robot mode of Cyclonus!

Combat: Cyclonus has created a bomb: "Bomb Of Screw You Shockwave"!

You don't have that!

Decepticon Island - Beachfront

This place is as close to a R&R facility that exists on Decepticon Island. The location is actually quite nice, an isolated beach that is carpeted with fine white sand and framed by a nice ring of luxurious green palm trees. Like many other parts of the island, the ever-present screeches and barks of monkies provide a playful chorus in the background and the occasional flying coconut at someone who comes too close. Unsurprisingly, there is the occasional burned out area where an irate Decepticon has set this area on fire.

From here, one can look out on the volcano that is the heart of Decepticon Island as well as the looming shape of Trypticon in the distance. Her and there, cabling and tubing pokes out of the pristine sand that it is mostly buried in to reveal the connection from Trypticon and his support systems to the island's most important facility.

Indeed, a giant bar facility has been haphazardly constructed to resemble a galactic standard tiki bar out of available materials. A giant statue of Galvatron wearing a tiki mask dominates the actual barfront, and much effort has been made to make sure only the finest grades of energon are available -- including an on-site minature energon processing facility for those who consider themselves mixologists.

Contents:

Bomb Of Screw You Shockwave

Wreck-Gar

Perceptor

Contrail

Hubcap

Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac >

Elita One

Shockwave

Galvatron's Head On A Spike!

Obvious exits:

East < E > leads to Decepticon Island - The Flat Iron.

Spaceport < N > leads to Decepticon Island - Spaceport.

Airspace < Up > leads to Decepticon Island - Airspace.

Ocean < O > leads to Western Central Atlantic.

Trypticon's Rest < W > leads to Decepticon Island - Trypticon's Rest.

Combat: Cyclonus sets his defense level to Fearless.

Combat: Cyclonus strikes Shockwave with Bomb Of Screw You Shockwave's Huge Explosion #11007 Area attack!

Combat: Cyclonus's Bomb Of Screw You Shockwave is destroyed!

Combat: Cyclonus misses Elita One with Bomb Of Screw You Shockwave's Huge Explosion #11007 Area attack!

Combat: Used up 1 Bombs. 0 remain.

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Shockwave hits the ground floor of the hangar, leaving a crater behind. He's slow to rise, and he barely finds his feet before Cyclonus grabs him, placing something on his chest at the same time. Shockwave grunts and tries to tear it off, but as he's now being lifted up into the sky he cannot get proper leverage. Finally, Shockwave is hurled down towards the ground, smashing against the engine and ricocheting off it and coming to a screeching halt not far from it.

Rolling onto his front, Shockwave tears at the disc, ripping off a section of his chest as he does. Flinging it away, the explosive goes off in mid-air. Winds and fire buffet Shockwave, knocking him clean off his feet and, for the second time in ten seconds, crashing against the engine. But even still, Shockwave gets back up, stomping away from the engine to avoid what's coming up. In front of him is nothing but fire, and behind him is *soon to be* fire. For now, he scans the skies for signs of Cyclonus through the smoke and ash, silently rerouting power internally.

Combat: Shockwave quickly patches up some of his minor injuries.

< Decepticon > Scorn says, "What's the status on the fight?"

Elita One was just in the process of wedging herself into an unlikely spot, beneath one of these large thrusters laying about. That alone shielded her from the blast. She could see the wolf too, he was coming this way. Her attempts to keep him confused were good, but wouldn't help her for long, especially if she started leaking energon. It'd all be over in a moment, she hoped as a energon booster pack clamps against the internal workings of the engine. Had to be quiet, had to be just so quiet for the moment. Fortunately it was all crackles and explosions, and one more was to be added to the mix.

She sees the wolf, so very close now to her...and to the thrusters for this shuttle. Throwing caution into the wind, she slams her fist into the console, engaging it. Fire explodes outward, catching Carnivac in the backblast. The engine groans, as Elita supports its weight with her own sympathetic groan. The engine turn missile screams as it takes flight towards Cyclonus, and beyond!

Combat: Elita One sets her defense level to Aggressive.

< Decepticon > Der Stukacon Banshee says, "Sadly, Buzzkill has just been knocked out"

< Decepticon > Scorn hisses loudly, "What??"

< Decepticon > Der Stukacon Banshee says, "Ja, Repugnus just knocked her out unfortunately"

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< Decepticon > Scorn sounds quite irritated, "Buzzkill... I am sorely disappointed."

Decepticon Island - Beachfront

This place is as close to a R&R facility that exists on Decepticon Island. The location is actually quite nice, an isolated beach that is carpeted with fine white sand and framed by a nice ring of luxurious green palm trees. Like many other parts of the island, the ever-present screeches and barks of monkies provide a playful chorus in the background and the occasional flying coconut at someone who comes too close. Unsurprisingly, there is the occasional burned out area where an irate Decepticon has set this area on fire.

From here, one can look out on the volcano that is the heart of Decepticon Island as well as the looming shape of Trypticon in the distance. Her and there, cabling and tubing pokes out of the pristine sand that it is mostly buried in to reveal the connection from Trypticon and his support systems to the island's most important facility.

Indeed, a giant bar facility has been haphazardly constructed to resemble a galactic standard tiki bar out of available materials. A giant statue of Galvatron wearing a tiki mask dominates the actual barfront, and much effort has been made to make sure only the finest grades of energon are available -- including an on-site minature energon processing facility for those who consider themselves mixologists.

Contents:

Wreck-Gar

Perceptor

Contrail

Hubcap

Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac >

Elita One

Shockwave

Galvatron's Head On A Spike!

Obvious exits:

East < E > leads to Decepticon Island - The Flat Iron.

Spaceport < N > leads to Decepticon Island - Spaceport.

Airspace < Up > leads to Decepticon Island - Airspace.

Ocean < O > leads to Western Central Atlantic.

Trypticon's Rest < W > leads to Decepticon Island - Trypticon's Rest.

< Decepticon > Der Stukacon Banshee says, "It voz a hard fight, unt if it's any consolation, he looks pretty messed up"

Elita One

Elita One, one of the sleeker and pinker Autobots ever to be designed. One of the taller female Autobots, Elita One wears a triangular crown upon her head, with two angled antenna upon it. A large yellow lense sits right over her brow, with two small circular red sensors on each side, akin to ears.

One of the few bulky spots on her, are her shoulders, heavy angular braces of armor with more antenna fastened to the outside, shielding support for her lighter grey arms beneath it. Her torso is akin to chest armor, with a more exposed abdomen, a delicate nuance of sleek style and feminine characteristics lead into a heavy pink skirt, set up of attached metal plates, leading into her grey legs, and heavier pink boots. Her cannon is more than enough to punch a hole in the most durable of enemies, a large, bulbous four pronged plasma cannon, with a generous square housing.

Carrying:

Half of a Muffin < Autobot >

< Decepticon > Hubcap says, "makes with the disguised voice. "Besides, you'll need to wait for her to awake to chastise her."  Hey, who said that?"

< Decepticon > Der Stukacon Banshee says, "Who -is- zat? I do not recognise ze voice."

< Decepticon > Misfire says, "Apeface?"

The Junkion Transport finally lands, just as Wreck-Gar finishes his song. He puts on a club, meant for a car, over the steering wheel, and leaps off, before he pulls out what looks like a keychain, and presses a button, making the noise of a locking car. Approaching the spectators, he gives a kind nod, "Hidey ho, good neighbours."

Elita One

Elita One, one of the sleeker and pinker Autobots ever to be designed. One of the taller female Autobots, Elita One wears a triangular crown upon her head, with two angled antenna upon it. A large yellow lense sits right over her brow, with two small circular red sensors on each side, akin to ears.

One of the few bulky spots on her, are her shoulders, heavy angular braces of armor with more antenna fastened to the outside, shielding support for her lighter grey arms beneath it. Her torso is akin to chest armor, with a more exposed abdomen, a delicate nuance of sleek style and feminine characteristics lead into a heavy pink skirt, set up of attached metal plates, leading into her grey legs, and heavier pink boots. Her cannon is more than enough to punch a hole in the most durable of enemies, a large, bulbous four pronged plasma cannon, with a generous square housing.

Carrying:

Master Bomb

Half of a Muffin < Autobot >

Combat: Elita One strikes Cyclonus with Master Bomb's Huge Explosion #11006 Area attack!

Combat: Elita One's Master Bomb is destroyed!

Combat: Elita One (Elita One) used "Huge Explosion #11006": A Level 6 AREA-RANGED attack.

Combat: You took 13 damage.

Combat: Elita One's attack has damaged your Agility!

Combat: Elita One strikes Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > with Master Bomb's Huge Explosion #11006 Area attack!

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 * FWOOSH* Flames erupt out of the engine as it hurts out of the wreckage, the gout of fire washing over the advancing Pretender's form during the 'launch'.

Smoke rolls off the giant wolf's form as the improvised fire blast trails off with the engine's take-off, a bit of a manic cackle rumbling from within the beast. Followed by a somewhat singsonging, "Don't hate me cause I'm funny; don't hate me cause I'm beautiful..."

The monsterous beast leaps at her with gleaming claws. "Hate me cause I'm better than you!" Followed by trying to chomp down his brutish jaws on her pretty pink form.

Combat: Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > sets his defense level to Fearless.

Combat: Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > strikes Elita One with his When Animals attack!

Cyclonus had been pursuing Shockwave diligently, but sadly, Elita brings a halt to that. He gapes in shock as a shuttle flies right at him. The space warrior is trying to think of which way he should dodge, but it's too late! The shuttle slams into him, and Cyclonus is plastered across the wreck for a few moments. "Unngh... argh..." he grunts, the g-forces pressing him into the sabotaged vehicle. Eventually, through a feat of sheer strength, he pulls himself away, tumbling off into the ocean. He transforms just before impacting the water and roars off.

"Is that what Shockwave does? Relies on Autobot females to do his dirty work for him? How far you have fallen Shockwave!" Cyclonus scolds as he soars across the distance in but a few seconds, and sprays oxidizing lasers at his enemy. Cyclonus realizes that Shockwave may knock him out, but he may still retain his honor and dignity if he leaves the logical commander too badly crippled to finish off Carnivac!

Cyclonus flips forward ninety degrees, limbs folding up and a nosecone snaps down across his head. Wings emerge from his sides and Cyclonus is now in his powerful space fighter mode!

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PROTECTED                  -20        +20

GUARDED                    -10        +10

NEUTRAL                      0          0

AGGRESSIVE                 +10        -10

FEARLESS                   +20        -20

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Combat: Starfighter < Cyclonus > misses Shockwave with his Oxidizing Laser attack!

Combat: Drained 32 energon.

Inferno has arrived.

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Elita One was in a very vulnerable spot as the engine burst into flames overhead. She missed the backblast, but Carnivac suffered the blow easier than she expected, and the price was paid, even as the wolfbot was crackling and steaming from the fire. Elita groans as she wrenches herself out of the beast's jaws, using his own snout's upward momentum to boost herself over a makeshift wall from the outer shell of the crashed ship. It was a good spot to hide, several nooks and crannies and at least thirty feet of blockade between her and Carnivac. He'd be back soon, though. Cyclonus screamed through the air before her. Shockwave must've been near then as well. It was a rare chance to deliver a sucker punch to the lackey, and one she'd not be able to resist for long. Climbing up onto a pile of pipes, she takes aim for Cyclonus.

Combat: Elita One sets her defense level to Aggressive.

Combat: Elita One strikes Starfighter < Cyclonus > with her Plasma Cannon attack!

Combat: Elita One (Elita One) used "Plasma Cannon": A Level 6 RANGED attack.

Combat: You took 16 damage.

Combat: Elita One's attack has damaged your Accuracy!

Shockwave, chest shattered from removing Cyclonus's explosive disc, watches the second in command go over the edge. "Farewell, Cyclonus. Perhaps you will have a different tone when we next discuss matters." Shockwave turns, now stomping towards Carnivac in order to finish the Pretender off. As it is, Elita One is doing a superb job of keeping Carnivac busy. He gets half way to the new target when Shockwave suddenly halts. He turns his head slightly, having heard the faint but clear sound of transformation.

Now doing a 180, he watches as Cyclonus roars up from the ocean on a strafing run. Shockwave sprints away from him, zigging left and zagging right as laser blasts leave deep potholes in the road. One errant laser annihilates one of the few towers not caught in Computron's methodical rain of destruction. Another causes what's left of the famed Decepticon Tiki Bar to collapse. "The Autobot female you refer to, Cyclonus, led the Autobots in the absence of Optimus Prime. *Her* successes outnumber *yours*." Shockwave does not mean to compliment Elita--only insult Cyclonus. Still running at a breakneck speed away from Cyclonus, Shockwave finds himself charging for Carnivac. Lowering his shoulder, he attempts to bodycheck the Pretender into next week.

Combat: Shockwave sets his defense level to Neutral.

Combat: Shockwave strikes Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > with his Bodycheck attack!

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While Team Shock One seems to be switching targets, Cyclonus is hellbent on destroying Shockwave. "She led a miserable rabble of energon-starved RATS, Shockwave! Her successes are, in truth, YOUR failures!" A plasma blast strikes him in fuselage, tearing away a huge chunk of his armor plating and internal components! Flames belch out from within! "DAMN YOU Elita One, you could strike with such force and you only do so NOW? Do you feel some sort of kinship with Shockwave, is that it?!"

He roars straight down at Shockwave, his bomb bays opening. "Whatever the case may be, Shockwave, NOW YOU BURN!" And he pulls up and away, leaving a rain of incendiary bombs in his wake! And it seems that he literally dropped every single bomb he had, as the island seems to instantly erupt into a raging inferno! If any structures still stood before now, now it's rather unlikely that they'll remain standing! But will Shockwave be caught in the blast?

Combat: Starfighter < Cyclonus > strikes Shockwave with his Incendiary Bombs attack!

Combat: You are running low on energon!

Combat: Drained 23 energon.

< Decepticon > Hubcap says nothing, but apparently there's some frequency bleed, as Cyclonus' voice rants: "She led a miserable rabble of energon-starved RATS, Shockwave! Her successes are, in truth, YOUR failures!" Static, then, "NOW YOU BURN!"

Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > continues to cackle even as Elita wrenchs free of his fangy grip, rubble crunching beneath massive paws as he continues to stalk after her fleeing form taking shelter amongst the wreckage.

Up until Shockwave blindsides him, slamming into the beast with enough force to send them crashing through a battered hull section and into who knows what it use to be as part of the ship. Doesn't really matter, as Carnivac doesn't stick around to find out. "Excuuuse me!" Followed by a cackle as he leaps free of Shockwave's grasp and onto the top of the Shark's remains... Just before Cyclonus starts throwing firebombs down on him instead.

Leaping and bounding across the protrusions of ruined metal and broken electronics, Carnivac's tracking sense hold true as he lands on an outcropping half-twisted decking. Right over where Elita has tried to take cover after her shot. "I spy, with my evil eye..."

And evil they are, as two beams of energy flare from said eyes, tearing through the ground below as they trace towards the femme's form.

Combat: Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > sets his defense level to Neutral.

Combat: Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > misses Elita One with his If Looks Could Kill attack!

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Elita One snorts, "The only kinship I feel is with the spectators here. I find it so amazing that such tyrants butt heads so often...Still don't let me stop you." She glances down to Carnivac beneath her, and to the side. His eyes gleam, beams fire, slicing through the air....and she is simply not there. She didn't even dodge, she was just not there for that moment. The telltale pink aura starts to envelop her, waiting for Cyclonus to do his next pass. She makes her way to another slanted metal bunker as best she can just before an expanding aura of pinkish purple ripples through the arena. Only the audience and her erstwhile partner Shockwave can see how the Cons simply slow in their tracks, time itself standing still for them. Surely this is the first time Shockwave was on the aggressive side of this tactic, fortunately there was very little he could garner from it that he already didn't know...

Combat: Elita One sets her defense level to Protected.

Wreck-Gar takes up a seat in the stands, and when a passing vendor calls out, Wreck-Gar shouts, "EnerBeer me!" He pays for it and enough for his entire section with gold, for some reason Junkion has plenty of it, "There you go gents, ladies, and asexual beings."

Combat: Elita One strikes Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > with her Time Stop Area attack!

Combat: Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > has been temporarily incapacitated.

Combat: Elita One's attack leaves her temporarily incapacitated!

Combat: Elita One strikes Starfighter < Cyclonus > with her Time Stop Area attack!

Combat: Elita One (Elita One) used "Time Stop": A Level 0 AREA-RANGED attack.

Combat: You took 0 damage.

Combat: Starfighter < Cyclonus > has been temporarily incapacitated.

"Cybertron was wasting away... shutting down," Shockwave retorts, standing up straight again and resisting the urge to rub his shoulder after smacking Carnivac. "Hypothesis: You would not have done any better leading Cybertron during those four million years were our roles reversed. Secondary hypothesis: I would not be whining as much as you were our roles reversed. Consider, Cyclonus, that you are one of the faces of the Decepticon Empire. Act like it!"

Shockwave looks up as the starfighter comes around for another path. The bombs fall, obliterating the area. For the second time this month, Decepticon Island is on fire. Marching through the blaze, Shockwave knocks aside a piece of flaming wreckage as it topples down towards him. The orange fires reflect off his ultra-hard heavy armour, and he calmly steps out of them towards Elita One in time to see that the battlefield is... different. Shockwave glances behind him. The fires are stationary. Cyclonus is up in the sky, unmoving. Carnivac is stuck in eye-beam-firing stance. Shockwave stomps towards the femme, scanner held out. "Remarkable," he emits. "I would inform Cyclonus that this is another reason for your success, but it will have to wait until his audio circuits work again." Shockwave examines Elita One, trying to get readings on how her time stop abilities wor- I mean, so he can patch up the injuries Carnivac gave her.

Combat: Shockwave quickly patches up some of Elita One's minor injuries.

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Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > goes to leap off his perch towards Elita... but ends up 'freezing' just before his back paws leave the metal, lupine form stretched out in the beginning of a pounce as the wily femme utilizes that freaky unique power of hers.

Starfighter < Cyclonus > is frozen where he is, experiencing a moment of satisfaction as the bombs land on their target. Or more accurately, close enough to harm him. His engines leave trails of magenta energy, suspended in the air, their light shining brilliantly. He's also in the middle of thinking up retort to what Shockwave said. Was he going to tell Shockwave that he had no right to judge him? Tell Shockwave his own inability to inspire made him a poor judge of what inspires the troops Or would he bluuuhhhhhhhhhh--

The Global Pose Tracker marks that Starfighter < Cyclonus > has 'skipped' his action for this round.

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Shockwave takes swift advantage of the situation Elita has given him. Having studied battlesites where Elita One's strike team had been back on Cybertron, he knows approximately how long the effect lasts. Time and time again Shockwave would be sifting through wreckage, interrogating Decepticon survivors only to hear confusion and uncertainty as warriors reported that, one moment they had Elita's team pinned down, and the next they were on the verge of defeat.

Shockwave grabs onto an I-Beam with one hand, swinging it like a nightstick to smash the leaping Carnivac out of the air and ruin his attempt to bite Elita One. The impact strike is extremely satisfying. He then hurls the beam straight upwards towards the starfighter. Despite the damage he's taken, Shockwave's strength has hardly been diminished.

Combat: Shockwave strikes Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > with his I-Beam (Ruckus) Area attack!

Combat: Shockwave strikes Starfighter < Cyclonus > with his I-Beam (Ruckus) Area attack!

Combat: Shockwave (Shockwave) used "Ruckus": A Level 2 AREA-MELEE attack.

Combat: You took 7 damage.

Combat: You are very aware that your life is in danger!

Combat: Shockwave's attack has damaged your Strength!

Combat: Starfighter < Cyclonus > falls to the ground, unconscious.

What an interesting sight for Shockwave, his nemesis frozen in time with the others, and he takes a few moments to actually repair her form. Perhaps Shockwave wasn't so logical as he thought or perhaps he crunched the numbers. Maybe there was more to him than met the...nah, he's just wired that way. Granted all this hyperbole in Elita's mind is delayed, slowed down to the merest crawl of nanoseconds as she lays in her bunker, having prepared for the inevitable counterstrike. Strange bedfellows in war indeed.

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Starfighter < Cyclonus > thought up a fitting rebuttal to Shockwave!

Starfighter < Cyclonus > thought up a fitting rebuttal to Shockwave! "Don't make me laugh, Shockwave--" THRAAKKKK! The I-Beam tears away one of Cyclonus's wings, and the space warrior bellows as he plows into what used to be a DCI office, the structure tumbling down around him as it collapses on top of him. Eventually the structure catches on fire.

Decepticon Island - Beachfront

This place is as close to a R&R facility that exists on Decepticon Island. The location is actually quite nice, an isolated beach that is carpeted with fine white sand and framed by a nice ring of luxurious green palm trees. Like many other parts of the island, the ever-present screeches and barks of monkies provide a playful chorus in the background and the occasional flying coconut at someone who comes too close. Unsurprisingly, there is the occasional burned out area where an irate Decepticon has set this area on fire.

From here, one can look out on the volcano that is the heart of Decepticon Island as well as the looming shape of Trypticon in the distance. Her and there, cabling and tubing pokes out of the pristine sand that it is mostly buried in to reveal the connection from Trypticon and his support systems to the island's most important facility.

Indeed, a giant bar facility has been haphazardly constructed to resemble a galactic standard tiki bar out of available materials. A giant statue of Galvatron wearing a tiki mask dominates the actual barfront, and much effort has been made to make sure only the finest grades of energon are available -- including an on-site minature energon processing facility for those who consider themselves mixologists.

Contents:

Wreck-Gar

Perceptor

Contrail

Hubcap

Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac >

Elita One

Shockwave

Galvatron's Head On A Spike!

Obvious exits:

East < E > leads to Decepticon Island - The Flat Iron.

Spaceport < N > leads to Decepticon Island - Spaceport.

Airspace < Up > leads to Decepticon Island - Airspace.

Ocean < O > leads to Western Central Atlantic.

Trypticon's Rest < W > leads to Decepticon Island - Trypticon's Rest.

Contrail watches Cyclonus go careening into an old office building, which is now on fire. Keeping her voice very carefully neutral, she announces, "Lord Cyclonus is out for the count, courtesy of Commander Shockwave's I-beam! Now Carnivac is alone against the titan of logic and his terrorist companion."


 * CRUNCH* goes the I-beam against Carnivac's side, Shockwave's sheer strength making up for the protective exterior the Pretender process gave him. Thus turning what would of been a graceful leap into a humiliating fall as he crashes to the ground.

On his head. Fortunately, that won't damage anything extra important!... he's already insane, after all.

"Now I know how Mega Man feels," he rumbles to no one in particular as he gets his paws on the ground and yanks his head free. Looks up as Cyclonus goes down. Looks at Elita. Then back to Shockwave.

And then starts laughing again as his cannon swings around to fire on the giant one opticed calculator. "Might as well enjoy the rare oppritunity while I can!"

Because what Decepticon wouldn't enjoy the one time they can actually shoot at a superior officer, after all?

Combat: Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > misses Shockwave with his Anti-Thermal Cannon attack!

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< Decepticon > I'm just your problem Hubcap's false voice, - Apeface? - grumbles out "Cyclonus is in no rush. Could be up to something."

Shockwave watches for the entire time as Cyclonus arcs through the sky, descends, and collides with the DCI Offices. He had to be sure that the Decepticon second in command was truly and definitely out of the picture. Secretly, a part of Shockwave would have liked to continue his conversation with Cyclonus. It was proving to be extremely enlightening. It will have to wait, though. Contrail announces Cyclonus's defeat, and Shockwave turns towards Carnivac.

The cannon swings around, and Shockwave jumps into the air, reconfiguring himself even as the cannon blast creates a new crater just behind where Shockwave was standing. Now in space gun mode, Shockwave fires a quick but powerful blast at the Pretender. This is less of an offensive tactic and more the only way he could escape getting blasted by Carnivac. "Surrender is a viable option, Carnivac." he calls out. "Cyclonus has been defeated. Spare yourself the time and energy and concede victory to us."

Shockwave's legs combine as his back unfolds. A wide, silver barrel appears out of subspace and connects to his arms, completing his transformation into ray gun mode.

Combat: Laser Gun < Shockwave > misses Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > with his Gamma Ray Burst attack!

Elita One snaps to, as time floods back into place. The pink aura about her disintegrates in a pixelated explosion as her eyes flicker back to consciousness. She pulls herself out from under the metal sheet, a hand upon it for the moment. She takes a general assessment of the situation. Cyclonus wasn't visible above, fire was spreading and there were sounds of combat outside the makeshift wall. She starts towards the commotion, her wristlaser primed when she pauses. Wasn't her shoulder bothering her? She spares a second to glance at it. Her arm and shoulder were welded. The thought was so foreign it would be like Galvatron dancing. Did Shockwave tend to her wounds? Maybe there was hope for him yet.

Outside the shuttle shell, she spots Carnivac with his back turned as he turns to face her unseen partner. A burst of energy roars past the wolf. If she was a second faster, she might've been caught in that deadly blast...again. Cyclonus was down? Then this battle was almost over. She opened fire with her sidearm.

Combat: Elita One takes a moment to shake off the effects of the last attack.

Combat: Elita One sets her defense level to Neutral.

Combat: Elita One strikes Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > with her Laser attack!

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Starfighter < Cyclonus > is still trapped under tons of burning rubble.

"Surrender? -Surrender-?" For a moment Carnivac stares at Shockwave like he had sworn or something... But then it dissolves into his usual grinning cackle as he leaps aside of the gamma blast as it burns its way through another discarded portion of rubble. "You -do- remember who you're talking to, right? Besides, you know how bad that would look for Decepticons in general if I just ga--ow!" The laser blast rattles off one of his shoulder pads, shattering it to pieces. Turns his head just enough to glare at her. "Hey, no interrupting!" Then swings it back towards Shockwave. "As I was saying... oh, slag, lost my train of thought. Nevermind! No Mayhemer goes down without a fight! Nyahahahahaha!" Eyes light up and turn their wrath on Shockwave this time.. or try to. They go a little kitty-wampus in angle due to his head being partially smucked from the landing.

Combat: Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > strikes Laser Gun < Shockwave > with his Just proving how crazy he really is attack!

The great wolf collides with Shockwave. There was really no way for a weapons platform to get missed. Elita broke into a sprint towards the two. What she needed to do now was to buy Shockwave some time. She arrived on scene 3 seconds after Carnivac landed from his last leap. She makes a jump of her own, grasping at the wolf on the side of his muzzle. While hardly a strong bot, she had experience on her side and surprise, two dangerous foes in their own right. She kicks at Carnivac's leg as she goes to trip him onto the ground, in her headlock.

Combat: Elita One strikes Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > with her Taming the mighty predator grab (Grab) attack!

Hubcap rises to his feet and glances around, then descends to the floor below, snatching up a canister of fire-suppressant foam as he goes. Reaching the conflagration, he hesitates, but, much as he'd like to see Cyclonus incinerated, there's this whole truce thing. With a sigh, he starts spraying the rubble.

Laser Gun < Shockwave > considered the odds that Carnivac would surrender to be low, but the chance to regain some of his time made the attempt worth while. Even as he's trying to transform back into robot mode, Carnivac blasts him mid-transformation, sending Shockwave down to the ground and skidding to the edge of the beach in a crumpled heap. It takes him a few moments to sort himself back out. Getting back up to one knee, he sees that Elita One has already snagged Carnivac's muzzle and shoved him to the ground. That should make him perfectly open for an arm cannon blast. Shockwave takes aim and...

Shockwave's handle separates into legs as his barrel splits into arms. Straightening out, he completes his transformation into robot mode.

Combat: Shockwave strikes Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > with his Laser attack!

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There's an explosion from the DCI office. Cue more burning.

< Decepticon > Shockwave says, "If someone could check on Cyclonus..."

< Decepticon > I'm just your problem Hubcap's vague decepticon-y voice adds. "I think he's on fire."

< Decepticon > Shockwave, tersely, "Then go put him out."

Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > grunts as the smaller femme grapples with his fat neck, technorganic muscle and fur bunching as she hangs on. "Oh come now, what's that suppose to do--oomph!" Cue face first into the ground as she kicks his front legs out from under him. Making it all the easier for Shockwave's blast to sheer down his backside, burning through metal and synthflesh alike. With a bit of grunting and growling he yanks his head back out of the sand. "You know, you're right. I shouldn't give him -all- of my attention."

He snaps his jaws to grab Elita by the shoulder, yank her free, and with what remaining strength he can muster try to fling her in Shockwave's direction.

< Decepticon > I'm just your problem Hubcap's 'con drawls softly. "Ehhhh."

Combat: Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > sets his defense level to Fearless.

Combat: Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > misses Elita One with his Chomp and Chuck (Ruckus) Area attack! [Pulled -1]

Combat: Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > strikes Shockwave with his Chomp and Chuck (Ruckus) Area attack! [Pulled -1]

Wreck-Gar, having enjoyed the show so far, finishes off his EnerBrew, dusts his hands, tapes a red cross to his chest, and leaps down, into the edge of the combat. He's careful to avoid the active combatants, and heads for the burning DCI building to check on Cyclonus. "Hi-ho, hi-ho, into the burning building I go . . ."

Hubcap winces as the fires reach something that, frankly, triggers them to burn hotter. "I'm pretty sure we have firefighters for this sort of thing!" He cries.

< Decepticon > Shockwave says, "That was not a request."

Shockwave forces himself back up to his feet. His structural integrity is still solid. Aside from the collapsed chest courtesy of Cyclonus and his infernal bombs, Shockwave's chassis doesn't show many breaches. The power fluctuations caused by the damage is the only thing slowing him down at this point. Thus, when Carnivac grabs Elita One and hurls her towards him, Shockwave finds it more efficient to just catch the femme with both arms, dropping her a split second later. For Shockwave, this is only an act of maximizing their advantage over the now lone Carnivac. "Enough delays, Elita One. Finish this." he orders while he tries to summon up the energy to go back on the offensive.

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

Elita One tumbles through the air, thrown by Carnivac's powerful frame. Already she was anticipating the landing well enough, Carnivac barely had a chance to snap at her, the landing was going to be smooth enough. While not perfectly graceful, she does recall her cannon back to her arm in her forced transit state. The moment she lands, plasma belches from the beast of a rifle, intent to simply finish this fight, by putting the wolf down. It is then she realizes where she is...in Shockwave's arms? She pushes him away, taking a knee towards the wolf, "Don't tell me what to do, Con. I'm the one still fully operational." ....this time.

Combat: Elita One sets her defense level to Fearless.

Combat: Elita One strikes Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > with her Plasma Cannon attack!

Combat: Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > falls to the ground, unconscious.

So do the Olympic organisers. Human firefighting teams roll up and start to combat the raging inferno (not the bot) even as the Autobots and Decepticons worry about the fire. Remarkably they demonstrate a willingness to ignore the continuing fight as they battle the elements.

Cue fiery plasma explosion of explodiness! And one smoking, battered beast left in its wake. "Eeheehe.. well.. I did say without a fight..."

Followed by a cough of smoke, and then the hulking monster keels over on his side with a thud. "My everything hurts... hehehe... hahaha... hahooooo...."

Fittingly the only time he stops cackling is when he finally passes out. -Still- grinning though. Because, y'know, masochist and all that.

Elita One looks back to Shockwave. "So...you fixed me?" She didn't wait for an answer, as she starts to make her way to the few Bot spectators, "Thanks. Guess we work well together, who knew eh?" All in all, she hates what Shockwave does in his duty, if he understands such things; not so much what he's done...at least for today. She approaches Hubcap and Wreck-Gar, "Been a good day, I'm buying oil, let's get out of here."

Shockwave watches as Carnivac finally goes down. He knows the fight is over only once the cackling stops. Then he sloooooowly turns his head towards Elita One, staring at her. He answers her only with silence before stomping away from her and past Carnivac. He's going to fetch Cyclonus and make sure the Decepticon doesn't burn to death in the old DCI offices.

Hubcap coughs slightly as his fans try to expel the thick, blackened smoke that Cyclonus left in his crash. He staggers out into the middle of the pitch, then raises his hand dramatically. "Team Purple loses. Team /red/ and purple wins!"

< Decepticon > I'm just your problem Hubcap's Con snorts "Irrelevant now."

It turns out that Cyclonus landed in the DCI indoor swimming pool. Oh, wait, fuel burns on water. Well, he's still under the surface at least.

Shockwave reaches the pool, and doesn't hesitate by splashing down into it. A moment later and he emerges, flying up with the starfighter up over his head. Setting Cyclonus down on the side, Shockwave kneels, performing work on the mech to bring him back online, even if his damage is still extreme. When Cyclonus awakes he will find Shockwave looming over him and the burning remains of the DCI Offices behind him.

Combat: Shockwave prepares Cyclonus for surgery, his COMBAT flag has been waived.

Combat: Your COMBAT flag has been cleared.

Combat: Shockwave expertly repairs Starfighter < Cyclonus > 's injuries.

Combat: Shockwave is able to repair some of Starfighter < Cyclonus > 's internal systems damage.

Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > will just lie here and smolder from plasma burns, that's not really anything new. He blends in well with the ruined scenery at least!

Starfighter < Cyclonus > shudders as he comes back to life, and rapidly transforms back to robot mode, even though this causes him enormous pain to do so. "Wha--where am I, are we under attack!?" He collapses into his rear, and glowers up at Shockwave. "Oh, right. Well, I suppose you expect me to thank you, Shockwave."

The space fighter's nosecone snaps back as its body flips upright. Arms and legs unfold from the wings and fuselage respectively, and a dour face emerges from the body, forming the robot mode of Cyclonus!

As blackened shards of the Decepticon Central Intelligence offices crumbles, sliding off the side of the building and crashing to the ground, Shockwave just stares at Cyclonus with his single, unblinking optic. He doesn't answer Cyclonus's question of whether he's expecting a 'thank you'.

Cyclonus raises a brow at Shockwave. The silence is... unnerving. "Bah," is all he says in response as he tries to stand. This struggles with due to his lingering damage, but to his credit, Cyclonus doesn't beg Shockwave to help him up. Eventually he's back up on his knees, his back slowly straightening. "Nnf. Well, fortunately for you, Elita One decided to *contribute* during this battle. Hmph." He steps past Shockwave... then realizes all the exits have collapsed. Awkward.

Shockwave watches as Cyclonus tries to get back up. Cyclonus doesn't ask for help, and Shockwave certainly doesn't offer. The exits have collapsed, but Decepticons can always create one via firepower. Stepping aside as Cyclonus moves past, Shockwave points towards where he suspects the weakest part of the external wall is.

Giant Armored Timberwolf < Carnivac > meanwhile gets carted off by an Olympic medical team while the two big purples sort their entrapment out. Fine by him, the nurses are cuter

Cyclonus grumbles under his breath, raising his rifle to blast a hole through the wall. He steps through, wondering what exactly that was all about.

"Some day," Shockwave emits, finally speaking, "I will discover what designs Armada-Galvatron had for you. One way or another." Shockwave braces himself as Cyclonus blows a hole through the wall. "As will Galvatron, I imagine." Shockwave flies through the hole Cyclonus made, making his exit.

< Decepticon > I'm just your problem Hubcap's 'Con has, unsurprisingly, managed to ignore all orders to assist. "Hm." He grumbles, as the sound of a fire extinguisher can be heard, "He dead yet?"

< Decepticon > Shockwave says, "Cyclonus will make a full recovery."

< Decepticon > I'm just your problem Hubcap's Con simply makes a disparaging noise, then falls silent.