Deth Truk Kannon

Cairo

There are visible signs of improvement in the once-destroyed city of Cairo. Many of the outlying, burnt-out buildings have been cleared, as well as the blackened, twisted metal that made travel so hazardous. The countless dead have been recovered and given proper burial. Near the spaceport, a vast tent city has been erected by the Autobots and the Red Cross, equipped with badly-needed food, supplies, and equipment. The massive skyscrapers of the downtown area still lie in ruins, huge, ragged chunks of concrete and twisted girders piled high, but much of the debris has been moved out of the way in the search for both the dead and any survivors. Oddly enough, the spaceport outside of the city and the massive Arcology still stand, untouched.

 TLC Reporter says, "Hi, I'm Jane Dyoff, and I'm here at the World's Mirror Exhibit in Cairo! We have a wide variety of mirrors, here, some small, some weird, and some SUPER big. Not only that, but..." She frowns, looking off to the side as there's a bit of a commotion. The camera follows her gaze. Outside, Motormaster appears to be driving towards the exhibit, with none than Galvatron in cannon mode, strapped down to the top of his trailer. "OH SHI--"

Deth Truk Kannon < Motormaster > 's laughter is almost drowned out by the roar of his engine. Almost. Motormaster is rampaging through the streets of Cairo. Said streets are well known to be among the most dangerous and frightening roads to navigate, with drivers crossing through lane after lane in a chaotic mess, cutting off each other, swerving to avoid others, and outright speeding during the few times they aren't in gridlock. Motormaster is one level even worse than this as he barrels through the Cairo ring road towards the World's Mirror Exhibit. Yes, the city of Cairo, with some of the most famous landmarks and artifacts in the history of humanity, has decided it needed a mirror exhibit. Egyptian style corruption, ladies and gentlemen. Someone got a huge government kickback out of this.

Motormaster rolls down the road at 100 kliks, smashing through cars and sending them hurtling out of his way. Several of them flip over as the drivers desperately try to make room for the mad Decepticon. As frightening as these 18 wheels of pain are, what's on top of the truck is even more frightening. Galvatron has been strapped down, and Motormaster is gleefully giving his boss as many opportunities for destruction as he likes. "We're almost there, Galvatron!" he calls out. "Just a few more moments and-" WHAM! A cab is flung aside from an impact that hardly slows the Stunticon down, "-we'll be there." He doesn't ask what they're doing at the World's Mirror Exhibit. Although curious, he figures it's the sort of question that might get him shot.

Time to go incognito. Beachcomber spins around and folds his legs up before dropping to the ground on all four tires. Now he's a dune buggy. That's totally freaking me out man!

Galvcannon < Galvatron > is, as seen on TV, strapped down to the top of Motormaster's trailer, and barreling right down the road to the exhibit. The tyrant laughs uproariously. "HAHAHA, FLEE flesh-creatures, FLEE!" he yells at the poor humans in their vehicles unlucky enough to share the same road as the Decepticons. "Hahaha, so this is a taste of what it's like to be a Stunticon! I am ALMOST jealous!"

As Motormaster delivers his report, Galvatron hmmms thoughtfully. "Good, excellent work, Motormaster!" Galvatron says as he casually discharges his cannon on the lane opposite from Motormaster, instantly oblitering a number of cars. "But before we move on the objective, why don't we swing through that parking lot? Those cars REALLY expensive-looking, and I can only imagine the humans' mewling once they realize their possessesions are no more--provided they SURVIVE this day! HAHAHA!"

The Autobot shuttle responds quickly. Maybe the Orion Pax just happened to be overhead? Mostly, though, it's because the bad guys might get bored if they're left to rampage on their lonesome for too long. Rodimus has the pilot touch down in a cleared lot a block away, the nearest easy landing point. Then he's rushing for the exit, transforming before he's off the shuttle. "I don't know what they're up to," he says, either to himself or anyone accompanying him as he roars towards the Mirror Exhibit, managing a surprisingly good speed as he ducks and dodges along the crowded roads, "but we don't have a moment to lose!"

Sweepcraft < Sunder > is skimming the clouds, converging on the area where Motormaster and Galvatron are. < < What is your command, my Liege? > > the Sweep wonders, <  < I am here to serve. > >

The Global Pose Tracker marks that Winnebago < Rodimus Prime > has 'skipped' his action for this round.

Dune Buggy rolls out after Rodimus. "Hey, it's cool man. They've got hookahs here. Been wanting to get one sometime. Now is the perfect chance if the deceptibums don't make a mess of things." He hopes they don't but deep down he knows they will. He takes off after Rodimus heading along the streets making good pace with Rodimus clearing a path for him.

Monster Truck < Monstereo > launches out the shuttle, "Land at last!" ~Kissing noise as he touches down, bouncing on his shox.~ He rumbles after the Autobots, motoring along after the Winnebago and Dune Buggy on four giant wheels made of 100 percent pure awesome through the streets of Cairo. Egypt, a cradle of civilization. Egypt, home of two of the old seven ancient wonders of the world. Egypt, the motherland of some really epic movies. His sound system starts cranking out what he feels appropriate music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IACiTz59w54

(Walk Like An Egyptian by The Bangles)

"Heh heh. You have the soul of a Stunticon, Galvatron" Motormaster compliments. He doesn't blame the Decepticon leader for being (almost) jealous of his ability to rule the roads. Something about beating the Autobots' at their own game appeals to him as he veers off the side of the ring road onto a side street, going out of his way to crash through the barrier protecting the parking lot Galvatron pointed out. His wheels crush several expensive cars with diplomatic plates. This is way better than crushing the rest of the slums that fill Cairo. Galvatron and Motormaster may be wasting their time with this distraction, but deep in his fuel pump Motormaster suspects this engagement is just an excuse to go draw out Autobots for the killing. He figures that's why Sunder is here - to tell them when the Autobots have shown up. And it better be Autobots that show up. He'll be disappointed if they only get EDCers and Junkions.

< Decepticon > Galvatron says, "Alright, you two. Listen to me very carefully. I don't care what happens to this silly exhibit. Smash and destroy as you like... BUT do not even SCRATCH the 40' Mirror of Crystal Perfection, by 'John Dunn,' I believe his name was. I NEED the mirror, and you will bring it to me! Oh, and as for Mr. Dunn, he is to spared, THIS day."

< Decepticon > Motormaster says, "You got it."

< Decepticon > Big-Brother-Sweep Sunder says, "Acknowledged."

Galvcannon < Galvatron > hehs! "No, I have the soul of a Decepticon, and every true Decepticon relishes violence and brutality! Nevertheless, this is FUN! Heheheheh! Oh, I think that was one of those new hydrogen fuel cell limousines!" Galvatron cackles as one of the wrecks erupts in a huge explosion all around them--and both Decepticons barely even feel the blast. "It would be even better if one these overpriced vehicled was an Autobot! They so love the luxury models! Hm... that reminds me." He radios back to Sunder, < < Keep an eye out for those Autobots! I don't want them SPOILING our fun. > >

The Sweep begins his scan for Autobots, letting out a radar ping. His sensors eager to pick up the signals that bounce back to him.

Combat: Sweepcraft < Sunder > initiates a radar sweep of the area.

"Oh, they will, Beachcomber," Rodimus answers. "I'm sure of it." It isn't hard to find the Decepticons - just follow the explosions. The hard part, really, is getting there without killing anyone. Partway through, Rodimus switches to robot mode, at which point he stops bothering with the road entirely, leaping fences, walls, and any other obstacles between him and his intended destination. He just assumes the others can follow. And so his final approach is not from the roadway, but from the roof of a nearby building. He pauses a moment at the edge, taking in the destruction. Then he shouts, "Galvatron! Playtime's over!"

Dune Buggy cruses along, following Rodimus but not itching for action like some are. He's more interested in getting that hooka, but his hobbies can wait. The dune buggy does a quick check if he's got his pistol, sometimes he forgets it. "Right, always trust them to do that." He fish tails just as an old lady in a car runs across the road after Rodimus passes. "Hey, excuse me ma'am, it's dangerous on the road." The human screeches and shakes a fist speaking some language Beach can't understand. "Sorry, but I'm in a hurry, have a nice day!" He transforms and leaps over the woman following Rodimus over the wall...and having a hard time in it. He eventually climbs the wall hoisting himself over and lands with a whump!

Heeeey, groovy. The dune buggy flips up and around unfolding into Beachcomber. Let the good times roll man.

Monster Truck < Monstereo > has recently been upgraded into a snoop, and relays an intercepted transmission to Rodimus Prime as he transforms to leg it the rest of the way. "Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin glass. Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past." A snake charmer in a hovel gives the towering bard-on-the-go the thumbs up and a funk-fan nod, his cobra loves that song or something. The Junkion's love of this planet has him in tune. Yeah. Team Good oughta be renamed Team Cool. Primo Rod, Beachy and the Monster Mac. Roof-vaultin in Cairo.

The rugged monster truck legend in the making makes a clickety-ratcheting series of sounds as it transforms into the Junkion robot Monstereo.

Winnebago < Rodimus Prime > transforms into his Robot mode.

Combat: Rodimus Prime sets his defense level to Fearless.

The Global Pose Tracker marks that Rodimus Prime has 'skipped' his action for this round.

< Decepticon > Motormaster says, "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

The Global Pose Tracker marks that Monstereo has 'skipped' his action for this round.

< Decepticon > Galvatron says, "Bring us around, Motormaster!"

< Decepticon > Reflector says, "What are the odds?"

< Decepticon > Galvatron says, "And I am! Hahaha!"

Shockwave has arrived.

Shockwave undergoes an extremely simple transformation to become a giant flying space "laser."

< Decepticon > Big-Brother-Sweep Sunder says, "My Leader, Autobots are approaching."

< Decepticon > Reflector repeats, "What are the odds?"

< Decepticon > Galvatron says, "Oh, really? Well, good thing you warned me, or I wouldn't have noticed!"

Shoxcannon, the responsible Decepticon commander, hovers about twenty thousand feet over Cairo, pointed downwards to scan the terrain ahead of Galvatron and locate the 'artifact.' < < Unsurprisingly, perhaps, >  > he radios, <  < Rodimus Prime has appeared to oppose you, Great Galvatron. Be aware. > >

Deth Truk Kannon < Motormaster > grunts as he flattens the hydrogen fuel cell limo. "There goes their photo ops..." Deciding that there's an actual mission that needs doing, Motormaster reluctantly changes course and starts back towards the World's Mirror Exhibit. Motormaster bashes his way out of the parking lot, ramming through another section of the barrier even though he could have gone through the original breach he made. That's just how he rolls. Motormaster slows to a stop as he hears Rodimus's demand. Although temporarily stopped, his engine has not quieted any. No, it is in fact revving up.

"Wrong, Prime! The playtime's just getting started now that you're here!" He spies all three heroes. Prime, Monstereo, and Beachcomber. Decent assortment, he decides. Motormaster bursts forward, crashing across the street (and sending a parked car that was in the way hurtling several blocks) towards the building Rodimus, Beachcomber, and Monstereo are on. Crashing into the building, the entire structure is shaken. Buildings in Cairo are often crap, and this proves to be no exception. Deserted long ago and in a state of disrepair, the building begins to collapse, spewing dust and wreckage in all directions. Avoiding the ground is no escape, heroes!

< Decepticon > Shockwave says, "I detect three Autobots opposing the three present Decepticons, not including myself, Reflector."

Combat: Motormaster sets his defense level to Fearless.

Combat: Deth Truk Kannon < Motormaster > misses Rodimus Prime with his The Burden Of Leadership Means You Get The Coded Attack attack! [Pulled -7]

< Decepticon > Reflector says, "Thank you, Shockwave. +o-d Thank you, Don Pardo."

Galvcannon < Galvatron >, the completely irresponsible Decepticon commander, cackles madly, "Oh, Rodimus Prime, I was wondering when you'd be here! Motormaster, swing us around! I want to say hello to Rodimus Prime! Hahaha!" As Motormaster surges forward, Galvatron waits for Motormaster to smash through the building, and either he tries to blast Rodimus as he falls through the structure, or blast him as he's trying to jump off.

As he BZOWSHES away, he overhears Shockwave reporting to him, and Galvatron's mood sours quickly. "ARGH, WHY IS EVERYONE TELLING ME THINGS I ALREADY KNOW!? SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!"

Shoxcannon is a redundant expert in redundancy.

Combat: Galvcannon < Galvatron > misses Rodimus Prime with his Galvcannon attack! [Pulled -9]

The Sweep swoops down toward the Mirror Exhibit. He must find this mirror that Galvatron's been talking about. Transforming, he lands outside the building where the mirrors are being shown, and proceeds to create his own doorway into it.

Sunder shifts into his fearsome-looking robot mode.

Rodimus Prime, in fact, leaps off the building just as Motormaster tries to crash into it, a hair too fast for Galvatron's blast as well. He pulls his legs towards him and flips in the air, then straightens and twists, landing on *top* of Motormaster's trailer and behind Galvatron. Then he rushes towards Galvatron, attempting to push him off the Stunticon despite the straps holding him in place. "Time to play King of the Hill on the 'King of the Road,'" he observes cheerfully before looking back and shouting, "Beachcomber! Try getting to the Mirror Exhibit!

Combat: Rodimus Prime misses Galvcannon < Galvatron > with his King of the Hill on the King of the Road attack! [Pulled -7]

The interior of the exhibit features thousands of mirrors, and they take all kinds of shapes and sizes. Colored mirrors, twisty mirrors, mirrors that invert your reflection, 3D mirrors, holo-mirrors, colored mirrors, black-and-white mirrors, and more lie within. Alas, Sunder smashed one of the "happier version of yourself" mirrors as he entered. Somewhere Dreadwind has cautiously avoided celebrating this.

Monstereo wobbles as the building beneath the trio begins to crumble. "Bringing down the house... " The Junkion falls down into the dust cloud and rubble as it collapses in on itself. From out of the debris he arises, putting his goggles down over his optics. "Don't expect a standing ovation and we won't ask for an encore." He bends down and rummages in the ruins of the building, pulling out something chrome metal with pipes jutting out it. He grabs it by the pipe under the U-bend and swings the larger chrome plated hunk end at the Stunticon truck like a hammer.

Beachcomber shakes his head and stands up dusting the junk off of him. Then the huge dust cloud created when Motor brings down the building next to him. No worries. He clicks over to his additional sensors as his optical goggles light up. "No worries, I'm outta here!" He transforms and speeds off bouncing off the wreckage as only a dune buggy can. Eventually, he makes it to the exhibit and transforms again. He enters and pulls out his laser pistol holding it in both hands. "Helloooo, any evil nasty con types in here?" He looks at the broken mirror at the start of the exhibit, "Well, that's 7 years badluck for someone..."

Combat: Monstereo sets his defense level to Aggressive.

Combat: Monstereo strikes Deth Truk Kannon < Motormaster > with his The Kitchen Sink (Punch) attack!

People helpfully scream and point at Sunder.

< < One of the Autobots is entering the exhibit, >  > announces Shockwave over the radio. < < Sweeps, intercept and destroy. Positional update is transmitting. You may be able to use this data to come upon the target unawares. > >

Combat: Shockwave sets his defense level to Protected.

Combat: Shockwave analyzes Beachcomber for weaknesses Sunder can exploit.

Shoxcannon keeps his distance (or altitude, rather), understandably wary of Rodimus Prime. He seems more inclined to assist by offering oversight and completely unnecessary warnings and commentary than to actually take a direct hand in the proceedings.

Sunder growls as Beachcomber enters the exhibit. He warms up his headcannon, pointing it at the minibot. Data received from Shockwave pinpoints an area on Beachcomber that would do more damage. Hopefully he'll get the shot off before Beachcomber can react.

Combat: Sunder strikes Beachcomber with his Headcannon Blast (Laser) attack!

Deth Truk Kannon < Motormaster > can't immediately see the results of collapsing the building. His armour, and probably Galvatron's armour as well, is thick enough that the cheap construction materials probably won't hurt them, but there's so much dust and crap everywhere now that he can't tell if the Autobots died or not. He gets his answer when Rodimus's voice is heard, and he instinctively shifts into reverse. Tires squeal as Rodimus falls towards him, and Motormaster barely manages to get out of the way. The end result is Rodimus standing right in front of Motormaster... more to the point, right in front of Galvatron's cannon. Happy coincidence.

< < Sunder, Prime mentioned something about Beachcomber going for the mirror. You're in the best position to get to it first. > > Motormaster's too busy having fun. Shockwave ends up giving the same order, but this way Motormaster can feel like he's bossin' the Sweeps around, which is a good feeling. Suddenly Motormaster feels an impact on the back of his trailer. "What th-?" He checks his rear view mirrors and sees that Monstereo has just wacked him with a pipe. Monstereo... monster truck, ain't he? Motormaster figuratively licks his lips at the potential there and then tries to back up over the Junkion.

Combat: Motormaster sets his defense level to Aggressive.

Combat: Deth Truk Kannon < Motormaster > strikes Monstereo with his Backing Up attack! [Pulled -6]

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

Galvcannon < Galvatron > growls as both Decepticons fail to hit Rodimus Prime. Oh, and how he wanted to gloat about his superior combat abilities to Motormaster. Alas, it is not to be. On the plus side, he was spared a beating by Motormaster's deft maneuvering, which helped him avoid injury. "Oh, yes, Prime, send Beachcomber to stop one of my warriors--BY HIMSELF. If I didn't know better, I'd say you didn't like him! I can't blame you--I don't care for him either! HAHAHA! Oh, but of course, it's not him you should be worried about!" Galvatron raves, as he lines up Rodimus Prime for yet another shot. "HOLD STILL FOR ME, WON'T YOU!?"

Combat: Galvatron sets his defense level to Aggressive.

Combat: Galvcannon < Galvatron > misses Rodimus Prime with his Galvcannon attack! [Pulled -8]

Beachcomber takes the heat cannon in the shoulder causing the armor to warp and not feel so good. He pulls the shoulder away and rolls around to hide behind a big mirror. It's thin but at least it gives him some cover. "Hey! Not cool!" He pops over and fires off a few pew pews from his smaller than a headcannon pistol. "Don't suppose you want to talk about this?"

Combat: Beachcomber sets its defense level to Guarded.

Combat: Beachcomber misses Sunder with its laser pistol (Laser) attack!

Rodimus Prime fails to knock Galvatron off of Motormaster, but by dropping low into a sudden crouch, he avoids Galvatron's return blast. "Beachcomber's more resourceful than you suspect, Galvatron!" Rodimus proclaims as, from his crouched position, the leg nearest to Galvatron strikes out, attempting to further upset any blast the cannon might make. Hey, maybe he'll get lucky and hit that guy orbiting overhead?

Uhm. No.

Combat: Rodimus Prime strikes Galvcannon < Galvatron > with his Cannon Kick attack! [Pulled -6]

Combat: You took 10 damage.

Rodimus Prime is also still on top of Motormaster, too.

< Autobot > Monstereo says, "We have a spy in the sky, one very nosey Shockwave guy. Beachcomber. Rodimus. The handicap on this course just went up. We're on a date with danger, and she just ordered the lobster."

Monstereo furrows his brow-servos, using his com-fu to co-ordinate with his allies when he should be watching out for traffic. The butt-end of the truck crunches into the Junkion, putting him back down into the rubble-wall. "Errrgh... Anybody get the license of that truck? Nevermind, I'll just call 'How's my driving?' hotline. He rummages in the rubble once more, this time fishing out some of the building materials themselves... A plank with a few nails jutting out of it. The Junkion tries throwing the plank under the path of Motormaster's tires. "If you hit em high hit em high hit em high, then I'll hit em low hit em low hit em low."

Impactor has arrived.

Combat: Monstereo misses Deth Truk Kannon < Motormaster > with his Tire popping hazard (Punch) attack!

< Autobot > Rodimus Prime says, "Got it, Monstereo. Impactor, you're in the area, right?"

< Autobot > Impactor says, "Ready and waitin' bossman!"

< Autobot > Rodimus Prime says, "Well, time to switch that to arriving and engaging."

< Autobot > Impactor says, "More like aWRECKING and enRULING..."

Galvcannon < Galvatron > snarls in frustration as Rodimus Prime dodges him AGAIN, at almost point-blank range, no less! Worse yet, however, Rodimus Prime's kick dislodges from the top of Motormaster's trailer! Since he is still strapped in, the artillery cannon is now hanging off the side of the trailer, waving its little tread-arms around helplessly. "NYAAAGHHH! Rodimus Prime, I will KILL YOU for this! I'll kill everyone you care about! I'll kill this damn planet! And the Junkions! I'll kill them too! AAGHHH!"

Combat: Galvatron sets his defense level to Fearless.

< Autobot > Rodimus Prime says, "Just get over here."

< Autobot > Sludge says, "Sludge not think those real words..."

Combat: Galvcannon < Galvatron > takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

< Autobot > Sludge says, "Sludge grade-reader book not show them."

< Autobot > Patchwork says, "What's going on, and should I be finding my way over there too?"

< < I calculate, >  > drones Shockwave's disinterested voice over the radio, <  < that 'Monstereo' might be easily overturned if struck perpendicular to his direction of movement. > >

Combat: Shockwave analyzes Monstereo for weaknesses Motormaster can exploit.

< Autobot > Impactor says, "Sheesh, you'd think the guy with the Winniebago altmode would have a sense of humor?"

Sunder grins at Beachcomber and ducks behind a mirror as the laser shot is incoming. Hopefully the reflection will bounce the laser right back onto Beachcomber!

Combat: Sunder misses Beachcomber with his bounceback! (Disruptor) attack!

Monstereo is a sucker for a good kazoo concert.

Deth Truk Kannon < Motormaster > grunts as Rodimus climbs on top of him. Crap, that wasn't part of the plan. Galvatron's probably a sitting duck up there, and when Rodimus kicks him off the side, Motormaster is suddenly thrown off balance due to still being strapped down. "Sonuva..." The tractor trailer tilts to the right due to the weight of the Galvcannon, almost getting lifted off his left tires. On the plus side, this makes Motormaster's wheels avoid hitting the hazard Monstereo tried to get him to run over. On the downside, Motormaster can't really move, run anyone over, or even transform without causing some serious problems. Due to this, Shockwave's 'helpful' advice remains unexploited for now as Motormaster tries to rebalance himself. This has the potential for great embarassment, and he hopes Sunder is having better luck.

Combat: Motormaster sets his defense level to Fearless.

Combat: Deth Truk Kannon < Motormaster > takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

< Autobot > Rodimus Prime says, "Sure, I do, Impactor. Now say something that's actually *funny*."

< Autobot > Rodimus Prime says, "Patchwork: Cairo, 'Cons, and it depends on how fast you can get here."

Patchwork has arrived.

Cairo. Impactor received Rodimus' transmission, found himself within the vicinity and decided to WRECK the party! The ground underneath gives a little shake, a little shiver before finally the earth is cracked open... ...two giant drills bore through it! Two giant EVIL drills if you care to listen to Crystal City propaganda. Slander or not, the Drill Tank quickly follows them out of the hole.

The Wrecker leader's alt mode shifts and transforms into Impactor, the /only/ gold and purple Autobot. "Damn boss, keep the ribbin' off channel... ...you're hamperin' my style!" he remarks, assessing the situation before making any hasty moves.

Beachcomber sees the lasers coming back at him and gets a nifty idea. He kicks at the mirror he's hiding behind so it spins around, then grabs it to bring it in the path of the incoming lasers. They bounce back right at Sunder. "Right back at you, decepticon!" Now it's time for everyone's favorite game 'Laser Bounce'!

Combat: Impactor sets his defense level to Protected.

Meanwhile, in the exhibit, as people flee in every direction--that laser was bounced off of about 20 mirrors before it finally obliterated the Starbucks stand--one person seems unable to leave, despite two security guards desperately trying to haul him away. "NO! I can't abandon my masterpiece! They want it, I know it!" the man raves.

"Mr. Dunn, you have to come with us!" one of the guards says, but it doesn't calm the man he's trying to help!

"They want my mirror!" John Dunn screams. "It took me fifteen years to make! I'll never give it up! I'll die to stop them if I have to!"

< Autobot > Patchwork says, "With 'Cons involved, I can guess what the outcome'll be."

Combat: Beachcomber strikes Sunder with its laser re-bounce (Pistol) attack!

Well, ok, *one* of the lasers, I guess. There's more than one bouncing around, then.

Monstereo gets out of the rubble while the getting is good. Out into the open where he has more manuvering options to avoid being backed into by a truck going beep beep beep, but less makeshift junk-weapon improvising options. "No more handy weapons you can find around the house. That's okay. Action figure Monstereo comes complete with accessories." With that, Monstereo draws out his Nintendo Zapper, Transformer sized ofcourse, and opens laser fire on the highway hellion Stunticon commander. "Hit the road, Jack, and don't-choo come back."

Combat: Monstereo sets his defense level to Guarded.

Combat: Monstereo strikes Deth Truk Kannon < Motormaster > with his Nintendo Zapper (Laser) attack!

Rodimus Prime stands on top of Motormaster's trailer, maintaining his balance despite the fact that Motormaster himself is in the midst of a battle with Monstereo. He looks down at Galvatron as the other dangles off the side of side of the big truck. He snickers involuntarily at the sight, then shakes his head. "You've been singing that same old tune for years, now, Galvatron. I don't buy it anymore now than I did then," he answers as he fires down at the Decepticon leader.

He is standing on top of Motormaster's trailer. Galvatron is dangling off the side of said trailer by some straps, while Motormaster battles Monstereo, all still some distance from the exhibit. Meanwhile, Beachcomber and Sunder actually battle inside the Mirror Exhibit, while Shockwave orbits far over everyone's head.

Combat: Rodimus Prime strikes Galvcannon < Galvatron > with his Arm Blasters attack!

Combat: You took 17 damage.

Combat: That attack has temporarily affected Galvcannon < Galvatron > 's Accuracy. (Blinded)

< Decepticon > Galvatron says, "SHOCKWAVE! I'm entangled! Blast those straps! Do it now!"

< Decepticon > Shockwave says, "I will utilize the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum to burn the straps with a minimum damage to yourself and Motormaster, Great Galvatron. Please shield your eyes."

< Decepticon > Motormaster says, "Just do it!"

< Decepticon > Galvatron says, "That won't be a problem--I can't see anyway, thanks to Prime!"

Shoxcannon, in response to an enraged transmission from Galvatron, adjusts his focus to Galvatron himself. A shimmering heat haze of infrared laser lances down out of the sky to burn away the straps that have entangled Galvatron to Motormaster. Some minor collateral damage may also ensue.

Combat: Shoxcannon strikes Deth Truk Kannon < Motormaster > with his Infrared Burn Area attack! [Pulled -9]

Combat: Shoxcannon misses Rodimus Prime with his Infrared Burn Area attack! [Pulled -9]

Combat: Shoxcannon strikes Galvcannon < Galvatron > with his Infrared Burn Area attack! [Pulled -9]

Combat: You took 7 damage.

< Decepticon > Shockwave says, "Burn complete."

< Autobot > Monstereo says, "Incomming ray-gram from the Death Star... oooh too late!"

< Autobot > Beachcomber says, "We can't repel firepower of that magnitude!"

< Autobot > Impactor says, "So what's the four-one-one bossman? Or are ya too busy trailer surfin' ta splain?"

Sunder hisses as a laser takes an odd bounce off one of the other mirrors and just grazes his wing. It doesn't do a lot of damage. "Let me introduce you to an attack that cannot be bounced!" the Sweep says, lunging forward at Beachcomber, claws outstretched.

Combat: Sunder strikes Beachcomber with his Talon Swipe (Punch) attack!

Galvcannon < Galvatron > screams in rage as Rodimus Prime blasts him with impunity, his tread-arms flailing around. Not only that, but the bright blast overloaded his optical sensors, doubling his rage. Shockwave then dutifully burns away the straps securing him to Motormaster, though even the low setting seems to burn quite a bit, and the moment he's free, Galvatron transforms into robot mode faster than he ever has. He grabs onto Motormaster's side, and with an assist from the rockets in his boots, flings himself to the top of the Stunticon's trailer. Once there, he flies into a berserk rage, swinging his fists at Prime. He might not be able to see Rodimus, but his Hate-dar might help him find the guy anyhow.

The small fighting area helps, too.

The artillery cannon's back section snaps apart into two legs, its treads convert to arms, and the main body slides down as GALVATRON rises up before you!

< Decepticon > Galvatron says, "Rrrrgh--GOOD JOB."

Combat: Galvatron strikes Rodimus Prime with his Bare Hands attack! [Pulled -2]

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

< Autobot > Rodimus Prime sounds almost amused. "Well, I *would* ask if you had anyway at striking at something in orbit, but now I'm starting to think that maybe we should leave him up there..."

Deth Truk Kannon < Motormaster > is trying to right himself again, but Rodimus and Monstereo aren't making it easy on them. Rodimus is beatin' down a helpless Galvatron, and Monstereo is shooting at him now, which finally causes Motormaster to tilt over onto his side with a resounding CRASH. Shockwave fries him, but at least this undoes the straps that were keeping them together. Maybe Deth Truk Kannon was better on paper than in practice. Now free, Motormaster shifts into robot mode, towering over Monstereo. "It ain't the road I'm hitting," he hisses, brandishing his huge club-like sword. He swings at Monstereo.

Motormaster transforms into robot mode.

Combat: Motormaster misses Monstereo with his Sword attack! [Pulled -2]

< Decepticon > Astrotrain says, "You guys have all the fun while I'm off hauling replacement parts."

Beachcomber yelps and falls backward. The mirror he's holding gets shredded with the claws raking him across the chest leaving nice stinging slash marks. "Woh, hey...easy...don't make me use this! Aww what the slag..." and fires off his hot rodesque exhaust pipes. They fire off sticky clouds of some...unusual smoke. It's best not to ask what it is. But he did pick it up in Amsterdam.

Combat: Beachcomber's Suspicious-Smelling Smoke attack aimed for Sunder backfires!

Combat: Beachcomber strikes itself with its Suspicious-Smelling Smoke attack!

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

Monstereo performs one of those cool bent-kneed arms out at the sides back-jumps from the swing of the mighty sword, torso bent slightly forward ofcourse. He doesn't want the warrior getting too close, knowing in a fight the Junk Doc, no matter how cool and beloved by viewers, will not prevail. "Good one, Davey... er wait, maybe that oughta be /your/ line, Goliath." The Junkion pocket holsters his Nintendo Zapper, making it disappear from the scene, and replaces it with his hyper slingshot. Removing a bolt from his frame, he pulls back on the slug pocket and fires.

Combat: Monstereo strikes Motormaster with his Slingshot Junk Slug (Pistol) attack!

John Dunn, who earlier had been raving about the Decepticons trying to steal his mirror, catches a whiff of the fumes, and... strangely calms down. His pupils dilate as he stares off into space. "Woooahh... man..." He looks around the exhibit as his own hallucinations dart in and out of the many mirrors within. "Woaahhhh."

As Motormaster crashes into his side, Rodimus leaps off and clear of the trailer, avoiding the blast from Shockwave at the same time. He rolls into an upright position and twists to face Galvatron, but no sooner is he pointed in the right direction when the Decepticon Commander is upon him, guided by pure hate! Or maybe he got hit before he jumped off. Something like that. It's sometimes hard to keep sequence of events straight in these things. Either way, he weathers the barrage and finishes by darting forward, attempting to make a grab for Galvatron. If he makes the grab, he'll throw the Decepticon Commander at the Stunticon Commander. If he fails to make the grab, maybe he accidently picks up something else and throws it in all the confusion.

< Decepticon > Shockwave says, "I detect that Beachcomber has, possibly intentionally, 'hotboxed' himself. He should be temporarily vulnerable to attack while 'chill.'"

< Decepticon > Motormaster says, "Why'd Prime send an incompetent geologist to stop a Sweep anyway?"

Combat: Rodimus Prime misses Motormaster with his Thrown Galvatron Area attack! [Pulled -2]

Combat: Rodimus Prime strikes Galvatron with his Thrown Galvatron Area attack! [Pulled -2]

Combat: You took 14 damage.

Combat: Rodimus Prime's attack has damaged your Agility!

< Decepticon > Big-Brother-Sweep Sunder says, "Perhaps he thought the Geologist could mellow me out?"

< Decepticon > Galvatron says, "Oh, you know Prime. He wants all his little Autobots to feel like they're useful too--ARGH!"

< Decepticon > Shockwave says, "Rodimus Prime is an incompetent leader who only holds his position due to force of arms and religious awe."

< Decepticon > Motormaster says, "I think Prime's getting dumber every year."

Impactor quickly unholsters his laser pistol and takes a couple of pot-shots at Motormaster, positioning himself closer to Rodimus. "Nah bossman, ain't got nothin' in the way of shootin' the moon... ...why do ya ask?"

< Decepticon > Galvatron says, "HE'S GOING TO BE DEADER THIS YEAR!"

Combat: Impactor misses Motormaster with his Pew Pew! (Pistol) attack!

It took a bit longer than she would have liked, and a bit more maneuvering, but Patchwork has managed to get to Cairo...and none too soon it seems. She -knew- things would end up this way if there were 'Cons involved. So predictable. The medic's entrance isn't fancy, and doesn't involve alot of fanfare, as she makes a quick assessment of the Autobots and their current shape. Seeing as no one appears to be down, as of yet, the medic turns her focus instead to the battle as a whole while she pulls free her rifle, deciding who needs a hand most.

< Decepticon > Astrotrain says, "I always wondered, that flame paintjob. I bet it's really stickers."

< Decepticon > Astrotrain says, "Probably has to keep puttin new ones on every morning."

Sunder smells the sticky smoke and leaps backward to avoid getting caught in it. He smirks as Beachcomber is stuck in his own mellow. No stoned Sweep here. At least, not yet. He transforms and tries to rope the minibot with his laser lasso.

Sunder's head disappears into his chest, his wings fold around him, and now he is in Sweepcraft mode, his headcannon still visible.

< < An additional Autobot has entered the city limits of Cairo, >  > announces Shockwave over the radio from his high place. < < It does not appear dangerous at this time but it may interfere with the mission. I will examine it more closely. > > His magnetic lenses adjust an infintesimal degree as he trains his acute senses on the new arrival.

Combat: Sweepcraft < Sunder > strikes Beachcomber with his Minibot Rodeo! attack!

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

Combat: Shockwave analyzes Patchwork for weaknesses Shockwave can exploit.

Motormaster is back in robot mode. As much of a terror that he is in his truck mode, he has more mobility given all the destruction they've caused as a robot. Also not having Galvatron attached to him helps in the defensive arena. Crouching slightly as he rests the flat of his blade in his open palm, Motormaster's optics narrow. He surveys his enemies. Monstereo, Impactor, Prime. All of them want a piece of him, but Motormaster is determined to make them pay for every pound of metal they carve out of his hide. "Impactor, eh? I still owe you for that ambush on Monacus."

The Stunticon brandishes his sword threateningly as all three Autobots target him. Motormaster's optics widen right back up again when Rodimus grabs Galvatron and chucks him. He ducks his glorious leader successfully, though receives a slingshot bolt to the forehead for his troubles from Monstereo. Unlike Goliath, Motormaster takes more than a single shot to finish him. Roaring in defiance, the king of the road moves in on Monstereo for another swipe of the sword, but is prevented from getting to him as several laser bolts fly in front of him. "So... it takes three Autobots to handle one Motormaster, eh?!" he snarls. "As it should be! You pussies want me?! WELL COME AND GET ME!" He lunges towards the nearest Autobot, which happens to be Impactor, fist flailing and sword coming around to batter the Wrecker into submission.

Combat: Motormaster misses Impactor with his Sword & Board attack!

Galvatron is unceremoniously hurled from Prime upside down, and though he narrowly avoids colliding with Motormaster, Galvatron himself is not so lucky, scraping his 'crown' across the tarmac before he tumbles into the heap of cars he and Motormaster had wrecked earlier. Galvatron emerges from the wrecks, spitting out a steering wheel and glaring murderously at his nemesis. He peers over his blocky shoulder, squinting at the mirror exhibit, and hmms to himself. Then he decides to run closer to it, firing a few shots back at Rodimus Prime with his electric laser rifle as he darts off.

Moments later...

SMASH! "SUNDER! WHERE IS MY MIRROR!" Galvatron yells as he suddenly bursts in through the large windows of the exhibit.

Combat: Galvatron sets his defense level to Guarded.

Combat: Galvatron misses Rodimus Prime with his Direct-Current Electric Laser attack! [Pulled -1]

Impactor narrowly avoids the sword lunge, twisting backwards and to the right like that one dude in the matrix... ...except this guy isn't as flexible. Thus, it results in him falling backwards on his aft. "GYAAH!" The Wrecker leader attempts to use the situation to his advantage, fighting from the ground. Positioning one leg in the middle of Motormaster's two, Impactor thrusts out with the other one... ...attempting to topple the big guy over.

Combat: Impactor sets his defense level to Neutral.

Combat: Impactor strikes Motormaster with his Leg-lock Trip! (Kick) attack!

< Decepticon > Motormaster says, "I vote Shockwave forgets all the giving-us-useless-data and starts blasting Autobots!"

Beachcomber coughs as his pipes belch smoke from cracks in the joints...not that kind...and bad work all around for the weapon. One of these cycles Beach needs to take himself up to get that fixed. But right now, he's seening double as a rope snares him around the ankle. "Huh? Wha?" and hauls him off his feet and onto his skidplate. "Owwww! Hey, kick me when I'm down...take this!" He points the pistol one handed and fires it off again. Isn't there a rule about giving someone with a 'habit' a weapon? There should be.

"Well, the moon's shooting back," Rodimus answers Impactor as he darts after Galvatron. He really isn't even listening or paying much attention to Motormaster. Chucking Galvatron towards him just seemed like a better idea than chucking him towards Monstereo or Impactor! Earth's gravity well is a bit stronger than Unicron's, so tossing him right off the planet is right out, although Rodimus may give it the old college try if Shockwave continues to harrass them from above. He chases the Decepticon leader right into the mirror exhibit, drawing his Photon Eliminator and firing as he runs. "You don't need a mirror, Galvatron, I can tell you, you're just as ugly as you were yesterday."

Combat: Rodimus Prime strikes Galvatron with his Photon Eliminator attack! [Pulled -8]

Combat: You took 7 damage.

Combat: Rodimus Prime's attack has damaged your Firepower!

< Decepticon > Astrotrain !

< Decepticon > Astrotrain says, "I just realized something. I figured out your secret, Shockwave!"

< Autobot > Monstereo says, "Hiya Patchwork, are you a sight for sore eyes. Not cause we're hurtin just yet, but because Cairo needs prettying up with a Sweep crawling around uglying it up. There goes the neighborhood. Hmm, speaking of which, how's Beachcomber doing in there with the ugly one? Uh oh, Motormaster just asked Shockwave to stop tattle-telling our weaknesses and just start shooting. Will the cyclops comply, find out after this commercial break!"

< Decepticon > Astrotrain says, "Hah! I'm SO smart!"

< Decepticon > Shockwave says, "What do you suppose my 'secret' to be, Astrotrain?"

< Decepticon > Astrotrain says, "You're the first Targetmaster, aintcha?"

< Autobot > Patchwork says, "I dunno how he's doing, but I'll give him a hand...Sunder's a Sweep I know too well."

< Decepticon > Shockwave says, "...I do not follow your 'logic.'"

< Decepticon > Astrotrain says, "Oh come on."

< Decepticon > Astrotrain says, "You transform into a gun. Sure a flying space gun, but come on. Did you have some -really- big Decepticon used to shoot you a long time ago?"

< Decepticon > Shockwave says, "I prefer not to speak of that unfortunate episode."

CHAT: You may wish to set the CHAN_USEFIRSTMATCH flag on yourself.

Combat: Beachcomber strikes Sweepcraft < Sunder > with its Disruptor attack!

< Autobot > Impactor says, "Yeah, I've seen his Facespace page... ...nasty lookin' Sweeper!"

Monstereo motions to Motormaster with defiant sneer. "Wah wah wah pot calling kettle black. You don't seem to care about numbers when you're playing road warrior against your average everyday soccer mom in her minivan." The Junkion draws his sonic rifle out and sets it to a lower power setting, taking up less amp-processing time and power as he plays back Motormaster's own words: ~COME AND GET ME!~ IT ripples a trail of kicked up dust from the ground as it travels at the speed of sound at Motormaster.

Combat: Monstereo misses Motormaster with his Short Soundbite (Disruptor) attack!

Combat: Patchwork strikes Sweepcraft < Sunder > with her Rifle attack!

"Shoulda known..." Patchwork mutters as her optics roll to a stop over Beachcomber and Sunder. Shifting her stance, the medic smirks at something before she lifts her rifle to to take a shot at the Sweep who's picking on her snow-fort building buddy, planning to be a distraction if she can't be useful. "How you holding up, Beachcomber?" she calls, starting towards the other 'Bot.

Beachcomber coughs and gives a thumbs up while still on his butt.

< Decepticon > Motormaster says, "Shockwave, pick either Impactor or Monstereo and kill that one. I'll kill the other."

Sweepcraft < Sunder > is struck twice, but neither shot does that much. He transforms and points at a mirror in the center of the displays. "There is your mirror, O Great One," he says to Galvatron. He notes that one of his attackers is a Medic who he has desired to take as prey many times. "Ahhh, so it's you," he rumbles at Patchwork, "Come to deliver yourself into my claws, then?" He pounces, attempting to claw Patchwork before she can see to Beachcomber's injuries.

Sunder shifts into his fearsome-looking robot mode.

Combat: Sunder strikes Patchwork with his shred-a-medic! attack! [Pulled -2]

< Autobot > Monstereo says, "Yikes, Impactor. One of us Ants is about to become under Shockwave's magnifying glass."

Shockwave fires his attitudinal thrusters, a few gentle puffs bringing his barrel into alignment with Motormaster. An array of Autobots surround him, lunging in and out to strike at the much larger Decepticon and evade his counterattacks. This is convenient for Shockwave in that it means that out of the Autobots fighting Motormaster, the most distant is within fifty feet of the nearest. Purple circles are drawn around the heads of each of the Autobots in question, telemetry data and vectoring details spooling out as Shockwave ticks down to a solution and spins up his reactor to full military power.

< < Motormaster: stop moving immediately, >  > transmits Shockwave over the radio, as purple rings of light appear around each of the three Autobots' feet, and a fourth ring of orange warning triangles encircles Motormaster.

A brilliant white beam of light slams down out of the night sky, melting the sand into glass as it maintains its blinding outpouring of hard radiation. The pillar of light immediately begins moving, inscribing a circle around Motormaster as it pursues each of the Autobots he is battling.

< Autobot > Rodimus Prime says, "Damn it. We've *got* to find some way to get him down here... hang on..."

Combat: Shoxcannon strikes Rodimus Prime with his Shoxcannon Eight-Second Maintained Burn Area attack! [Pulled -1]

Combat: Shoxcannon misses Monstereo with his Shoxcannon Eight-Second Maintained Burn Area attack! [Pulled -1]

Combat: Shoxcannon misses Impactor with his Shoxcannon Eight-Second Maintained Burn Area attack! [Pulled -1]

Motormaster misses Impactor and ends up running down the rest of the building. It takes him a while to stop, turn, and face down Impactor again, and by then Impactor sticking his leg out and tripping the Stunticon. Motormaster falls forward and lands on his face amidst the ruined building he collapsed. He doesn't really need his face anyway. He rolls over onto his front and holsters his sword, gritting his mechanical teeth in frustration. Impactor and Monstereo may be too much for him, but he has too much pride to say so outright. Instead he just yells at Shockwave in an attempt to get the cyclops to join in the fight.

Getting back up to one knee, Motormaster stares down Monstereo. The Junkion's defiance grates on his nerves. He hates it when people point out the double standard. He's about to say something when Monstereo unleashes the sonic soundbite of his own word. Motormaster raises his hands protectively but this does not help much. It is instead the trailer 'hood' around his head that saves his audios from permanent damage. "All you showed me there," he hisses, "Is how /awesome/ I sound." He's about to say more when Shockwave tells him to stop moving. Thus prevents him from running over and smacking Monstereo in the head. Instead, he draws out his Atom Smasher Cannon and cuts loose, hoping his aim is better than Shockwave's.

< Autobot > Impactor says, "I don' think mah hook'll reach /that/ far Prime!"

Combat: Motormaster strikes Monstereo with his Atom-Smasher Cannon attack!

The pillar of light fades and winks out after eight seconds, leaving a hissing cherry-red trench in the ground as birds fall out of the sky and paint peels off of nearby cars. < < Burn complete, >  > announces the radio.

Galvatron winces as he gets zinged in the back by Rodimus Prime. This day was starting out to be so much fun, then Rodimus had to ruin everything! "Ugly?" Galvatron sneers. He's not really vain, at least not in the sense of 'OMG my paint is ruined!' but everything Rodimus Prime says has a pretty strong tendency to enrage him. In fact, Rodimus could probably tell Galvatron what time it is, and it would set him off all the same. "I'LL SHOW YOU UGLY WHEN I MELT YOUR FACE OFF, PRIME!" Galvatron screams as he fires away at Rodimus Prime with his fusion cannon.

It's about this time that Sunder points out the mirror Galvatron wants, and for a moment Galvatron stares at it in what seems to be wonder. "So... it is true! That mirror... it IS perfect!" Galvatron mumbles to himself. Briefly forgetting about Prime, he slowly walks towards the mirror, crunching lesser specimens beneath his feet, amazed at the perfect reflection. Not really of himself, but of everything. "It will do NICELY for my plans, heheheh!" Galvatron says, watching himself smirk evilly.

Combat: Galvatron sets his defense level to Neutral.

Combat: Galvatron misses Rodimus Prime with his Fusion Cannon attack! [Pulled -9]

< Autobot > Rodimus Prime screams. After a moment, he pants, "Well, I've got the biggest gun down *here* right at hand... Let's see what I can do with it..."

Monstereo runs around the tracking circle until his superior intellect tells him to jump out of the apparent track of beam too far out for it to correct for the varience. On the run from the orbital death ray, Monstereo leaves himself vulnerable to the standing still Motormaster's atom smasher. Rusty armor flakes off and a pint of oil splatters to the ground. Was that a can of beans that fell out of him too? Monstereo clutches his side, but he sees Rodimus Prime is not so lucky when it came to the beam from above. He moves to the Autobot leaders side and makes to support him with a quick patching. His hands turn to work tools.

Combat: Monstereo quickly patches up some of Rodimus Prime's minor injuries.

Impactor managed to keep close to Motormaster, what with all the FRIGGIN' LASERS COMING FROM THE HEAVENS! When he opens his optics, he's a couple of feet away from the Stunticon leader. Was Impactor, the great and brave warrior hiding in plain view? With his optics closed? Hopefully noone else noticed it, cause he'll never tell.

The Wrecker leader lunges out at the Decepticon "Why don't 'ya try takin' on a bot of yer own size!" , but not in time to save Monstereo from yet another devastating attack. Still while in mid-air, the harpoon launches out of the wrist and towards Motormaster.

Combat: Impactor sets his defense level to Fearless.

Combat: Impactor strikes Motormaster with his Hook-Shot attack! [Pulled -1]

< Decepticon > Air Governor Ramjet snickers.

Rodimus Prime screams as he's blasted from the heavens, despite having entered the exhibit himself. The move does melt off his spoilers and the edges of his upward pointing shoulder bits, and leaves a few other places looking more softened than they should, but his face is still in-tact. The blast also knockes him off the feet, just in time to avoid being hit by Galvatron's own blast. "Thanks, Monstereo," he pants out as the Junkion leader patches him up, and then he pulls himself back up before darting for the distracted Galvatron.

"I've had... just about... enough... of this nonesense!" he exclaims, grabbing Galvatron's cannon arm and pointing it in the direction that the skyward blast just hit him from.

< Autobot > Impactor says, "Where's that blasted Telestar when you need his aft?"

Beachcomber frowns and shakes off the effects slightly of the smoke. "Mirror huh?" and transforms. Being small does have its advantages. He wheeeeees with a high pitched engine noise, transforms again in front of Galvatron and the mirror. "You want this?" He tips the mirror so it follows him transforming back down into his dune buggy mode so the mirror is sitting on top. "Come and take it!" With a squeal of tires, the mirrored table dune buggy takes off zipping off like Speed Buggy. Put put put...that's me, purrrrrrrrr!

< Decepticon > Darkwing says, "Oh great, the 'mighty' Conehead is snickering. This won't be good."

Time to go incognito. Beachcomber spins around and folds his legs up before dropping to the ground on all four tires. Now he's a dune buggy. That's totally freaking me out man!

Windshear has arrived.

Combat: Rodimus Prime strikes Shoxcannon with his Really Galvatron's Cannon Not Rodimus's Gun attack!

Patchwork finds herself stumbling backwards and landing hard on her aft, the Sweep's claws digging deep through her armour. "Not a chance," she growls back. Luckily, the medic manages to keep pher grip on her rifle, though its caught between her and Sunder. It's difficult to tell just what angle it's at, other than not pointed at herself, and she can only hope her shot will at least hit Sunder. "Just go away!"

Combat: Patchwork misses Sunder with her Rifle attack!

< Autobot > Beachcomber says, "I've got it! Where do I go with it?!"

< Autobot > Rodimus Prime says, "Away from the Decepticons! Whatever they want it for can't be good for us!"

Combat: Dune Buggy takes extra time to steady itself. [Pass]

< Autobot > Impactor says, "The opposite direction of the big Purple guy!"

< Autobot > Patchwork says, "If it's a mirror, why aren't we just breaking it?"

< Autobot > Beachcomber says, "It's a work of art. That's why."

< Autobot > Monstereo says, "One of a kind worht more than any of us make in a year. Plus it's snazzy and we're not desperate... I hope."

Shoxcannon spins out of control as the shot from the Earth's surface clips the corner of his hexagonal barrel! He transforms to try to regain his stability, thrusters puffing away rapidly. < < Position compromised, Great Galvatron, >  > he transmits. < < I cannot offer fire support at this time. > >

Shockwave simply straightens up and rotates in a few places to assume his robot mode.

Combat: Shockwave sets his defense level to Neutral.

< Autobot > Patchwork says, "Oh. Oh, well, that's a good reason!"

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

< Decepticon > Galvatron says, "Sunder. Leave the female Autobot to ME."

< Decepticon > Big-Brother-Sweep Sunder says, "As you wish. I shall attempt to apprehend the Autobot with the mirror."

Robot Windshear transforms into a Cybertronian pyramid/Tetrajet.

< Decepticon > Galvatron says, "NO! Don't touch him! He has a giant mirror on him! Hold off Rodimus!"

< Autobot > Monstereo says, "Patchwork, Galvatron is hot for you... and I don't think he's bring you flowers."

< Decepticon > Big-Brother-Sweep Sunder says, "As you command."

< Decepticon > Shockwave drones, "I feel obliged to warn you not to underestimate the capabilities of FE-male Autobots," sounding peevish about it.

< Autobot > Patchwork says, "Why not? I like flowers...but I don't want them from Galvatron.  I don't like him."

Tetrajet < Windshear > was out on patrol, his route taking him over this area when he happens to stumble across this confrontation. He drops down toward the battle and brings his weapons online.

< Decepticon > Galvatron says, "BAH! The day I'm bested by a female is the day I paint myself entirely in pink! That is to say, it will never happen!"

< Decepticon > Windshear says, "Just came onto this situation; orders?""

Motormaster flashes a crazed grin at Impactor's comment. Yessss, this is what he needs. Slugging it out with one of the toughest Autobots out there. He hopes that Monstereo gets too busy patching up Rodimus or getting shot by Shockwave to interfere. The harpoon shoots from Impactor's wrist and imbeds itself deep in Motormaster's right shoulder, shredding right through the heavy duty armour plating that protects Motormaster's systems. That a grunt is all Impactor gets by way of satisfaction is telling, but the injury is obviously considerable. Motormaster reaches over with his other hand and rips the hook out, tearing off more metal. He winces in pain at this action, but at least he's free again.

"You took the words right out of my mouth, Impactor," he snarls. "Forget the others. You and I. Right here. Right now. No interference. Autobot vs Decepticon. Wrecker vs Stunticon." Motormaster clearly relishes a potential fight with Impactor. What a fight they should have! He draws his sword back out, swinging it repeatedly in an overhead fashion in an attempt to club the Wrecker to death.

Combat: Motormaster strikes Impactor with his Titan vs Titan attack!

< Decepticon > Galvatron says, "Kill the Autobots, except for Beachcomber--he has something I want and I can't risk damaging it!"

< Decepticon > Windshear says, "As you command, Lord Galvatron."

< Decepticon > Air Governor Ramjet says, "Silence, Dorkwing!"

Sunder receives orders from Galvatron and acknowleges them. So Prime is the target. Fine. The Sweep transforms and attempts to lasso the Autobot Leader. Well, Galvatron did say to hold him off...

Sunder's head disappears into his chest, his wings fold around him, and now he is in Sweepcraft mode, his headcannon still visible.

Combat: Sunder sets his defense level to Aggressive.

< Decepticon > Darkwing says, "That master on insults as always..."

Galvatron only vaguely realizes the reflection of Rodimus Prime is coming up on him until it is too late, and the real Rodimus Prime has seized him! "What--" Galvatron says, as if just waking up. He's so surprised that he reflexively fires off a shot, which is exactly what Rodimus Prime wanted, since the Autobot leader was forcefully guiding his arm up at Shockwave! Angrily, Galvatron tries to shrug him off, muttering, < < Well, guess you'll have to manage, won't you, Shockwave? > >

Galvatron's rage turns to panic, however, when he sees Beachcomber balancing the mirror across his altmode. He reaches out to it, gasping in shock. "No! I... dammit, I cannot destroy him, I'll damage the mirror! Unless..." His gaze turns to Patchwork, and he lunges for the femme, attempting to grab by the arm and shoulder. "BEACHCOMBER! Stop, and give me the mirror, or I'll tear this one apart!"

Combat: Sweepcraft < Sunder > misses Rodimus Prime with his Prime Rodeo! attack!

Combat: Galvatron misses Rodimus Prime with his Hostage Situation Area attack! [Pulled -4]

Combat: Galvatron misses Patchwork with his Hostage Situation Area attack! [Pulled -4]

Combat: Dune Buggy takes extra time to steady itself. [Pass]

Shockwave catches up to his separately orbiting translucent purple barrel and seizes ahold of it, fastidiously reattaching it while he continues to spin harmlessly (for now) over the Earth.

The Sweep is blinded as a shot from Rodimus Prime shorts out his optical systems momentarily. Snarling in frustration as he transforms, the Sweep tries lashing out at melee range with his foot at the Autobot Leader.

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

Sunder shifts into his fearsome-looking robot mode.

Tetrajet < Windshear > scans the Autobots in the area, brings them up on his HUD, marks the one labeled 'Beachcomber' to the side so to speak and without a word, fires at the closest one to him...the femmebot, Patchwork.

Combat: Sunder misses Rodimus Prime with his Kick em when they're up kick em when they're down (Kick) attack!

Combat: Tetrajet < Windshear > strikes Patchwork with his Laser attack!

Motormaster is clearly enjoying the fight. He feels Impactor and him are the opposite sides of the same coin. Tough, strong, macho. Just on opposite sides. Motormaster wishes there were more Autobots who gave him a real workout like Impactor is doing here. Motormaster's sword is eventually parried by Impactor's hand, throwing him off balance. The Wrecker's fist comes up and hammers into Motormaster's face. There's the sound of metal breaking, and Motormaster has to take a step back to recover. Slowly, with his free hand, he touches the corner of his mouth to see if there's mech fluid. There is, and he seems unsurprised by this relevation. For a moment, Motormaster looks like he's chewing something until he opens his mouth and spits out a mechanical tooth knocked loose from the blow.

Apparently agreeing with Impactor's demand that he shut up and fight, Motormaster lets his actions do the talking for him. He barely spares another thought towards the other Autobots (and Junkion) in the area as he lashes out with an oversized foot, trying to kick Impactor in the kneecaps to send him to the ground. Hit or miss, the Wrecker receives a confident, cocky sneer from the Stunticon leader. Is Impactor enjoying the fight as much as he is?

Combat: Motormaster strikes Impactor with his Kick attack!

Galvatron's optics go wide in shock as the mirror slides off of Beachcomber, only to fly right into several other mirrors. The result is predictable--a veritable EXPLOSION of glass shards flying in every direction. Galvatron's mouth opens as he screams, "NOOOOOOOOO!!!!" at ear-shattering volumes. "My plans!" he says, sounds almost heart-broken as he completely forgets about his mission to mangle Patchwork. He doesn't even react when she shoots him. "Ruined..."

Then Galvatron notices John Dunn, the creator of the mirror he was trying to steal, kneeling by the wreckage and weeping loudly. "Hmmm... or maybe..." Galvatron thinks for a moment, then grins evilly as he steps right up to the human. "Maybe all I need is YOU, human!" Galvatron says, and snatches John Dunn up in one quick movement!

Combat: Galvatron sets his defense level to Neutral.

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

< Autobot > Beachcomber says, "Woooh, hey stop! *smash!*  Noooo!  I'm sorry!"

< Autobot > Patchwork says, "He's goingn to squish that man!""

< Autobot > Beachcomber says, "That my bad."

Monstereo stops with the hall-of-mirrors rennovations as the big prize one is shattered and scattered. "Fumble!" Hey, that'd make a great name for one of his Tape projects... Annnnnnnnyway. The Junkion looks about the battle and tries to figure out where he can best serve... He moves to Patchwork switly to provide a field-patchup support. "He won't injure him, that's John Dunn... he's the only one who can replace the mirror..."

Combat: Monstereo quickly patches up some of Patchwork's minor injuries.

Impactor was enjoing the fight and smiling, until his knee buckles... ...the opposite way. "HRWARR!" the Wrecker yells, excruciating pain shooting through his lower body and he himself unable to keep his balance standing. Falling forward, Impactor faceplants on the ground...the taste of mech-fluid and shame filling his mouth.

Painfully, he rolls his body to the side and lashes out his harpoon forearm at Motormaster's shin? Seriously, the shin?

Combat: Impactor strikes Motormaster with his Desperate Ankle Smash (Smash) attack!

The mirror does indeed slide off of Beachcomber's frame and crash into millions of glass chunks. For a split second, he thinks he could glue it back together with a lot of time and even more glue. Then he hears Galvatron's cry and stops for a second. "Oh slag..." then peels out of there. He's not about to stick around while Galvatron crushes him with his own bare hands. He's not for that crushing thing.

Patchwork bobs her head once in Rodimus Prime's direction, starting back and away from Galvatron only to be struck by a laser from another direction entirely. Yelping, the medic stumbles, head twisting round in an effort to locate her attacker while still trying to gain distance. The shattering of the mirrors has the medic pausing, yet again, before Monstereo's at her side. "OH...well, he'll squish him when he's doing making him help him. He's Galvatron..." She trails off, turning as she hears Impactor. She dashes in his direction, moving to do what she's able to.

Rodimus Prime rather easily avoids the blinded Sweep, and starts to dart back towards Galvatron, heedless of the shower of broken glass, when the Decepticon snatches up a human. He stops suddenly and stares. Sure, Monstereo says Galvatron doesn't want him hurt, but Galvatron is *nuts*. Who can trust that? He clenches his fists and brings his right shoulder nearer, as though ready to charge as soon as he gets the chance. "Put that human down, Galvatron!" he demands.

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

Combat: Patchwork quickly patches up some of Impactor's minor injuries.

Combat: Dune Buggy misses itself with its Grab attack!

Sunder finally gets his sight back. Phew, he won't have to put in for a Seeing Eye Igyak. He sees that Rodimus is in some sort of standoff with Galvatron over the human that made the now-destroyed mirror. His energon is a little low so he pauses to recuperate.

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

Tetrajet < Windshear > does a barrel roll and turns around to head again for his target when he sees the Femme rushing to... well well, if it isnt Impactor. Looks like hes not having a good day... what a shame. With a slight chuckle he brings not the Wrecker but, Patchwork into his sites once more and fire again.

Combat: Tetrajet < Windshear > strikes Patchwork with his Laser attack!

Galvatron glares down at the whimpering human in his hands, then turns that glare on Rodimus Prime. "Put him down? Oh, I can't do that, Rodimus Prime. You destroyed the mirror, so now I need to take this human with me so he can replace it. Funny, isn't it? You tried to save an inanimate object, but in so doing, you endangered a living being." He grins knowingly at the Autobot leader. "Funny how that hero nonsense works, isn't it? If only you were more like us, and didn't care about the collateral damage, then you'd have no problem with killing this human, as well, would you? Yes, you know I need this human for a plan that your feeble mind cannot comprehend, but you can't bring yourself to do him in! And that is why you Autobots will never defeat us!"

Galvatron laughs uproariously as he activates his rockets and smashes right up through the glass ceiling of the exhibit. "Hahaha, Decepticons, I have what I want, depart at your leisure! Ahahahaha!"

Combat: Galvatron begins retreating, leaving himself vulnerable to parting shots from Dune Buggy, Shockwave, and Tetrajet < Windshear >

Shockwave, having restored his cannon to its rightful place, recovers his balance and gets his sensors back on target just in time to observe Galvatron flying away. Shockwave is not disappointed that he missed the climax of the raid. Shockwave is not capable of being disappointed.

Shockwave undergoes an extremely simple transformation to become a giant flying space "laser."

"Hah!" Motormaster calls in triumph as Impactor goes down. The way that knee bent doesn't bode well for Impactor, and the Stunticon is almost to start the celebratory brutalizing of the victim when suddenly Impactor proves he may be down but not out. The harpoon impales Motormaster in the left knee, and he bellows in pain, falling to the ground himself. He clutches at the harpoon but isn't quite able to get a good grasp on it. His hands are too slippery from the mech fluid of both himself and his enemy. Failing at this, Motormaster retaliates with a brutal backhanded smack towards Impactor. Both Autobot and Decepticon are on the ground and in great pain. This is the part of the battle that is less impressive, but no less glorious.

Combat: Shockwave sets his defense level to Protected.

Combat: Shoxcannon begins retreating, leaving himself vulnerable to parting shots from Tetrajet < Windshear >

Combat: Motormaster strikes Impactor with his Backhanded Smack (Punch) attack!

"NOOOOO!!" Rodimus yells, in proper, frustrated good guy (or, well, any comic book character) fashion. He charges for Galvatron, but it's too late - the Decepticon leader has gotten away. "Damn!" he exclaims, then mutters, softer, "Damn." He'll spend the rest of the night helping to dig out victims from the glass and rubble and similar things, all convienently where any ongoing fights are not happening.

If there's one thing Patchwork does not deal well with, it's someone attacking someone she's trying to repair. "Hey...back off!" she informs Motormaster, reaching out to try and whack the 'con back, only to yelp in mild pain as the second passing of Windshear takes place, the laser leaving a small scorch mark on her paint job. "Stop doing that!"

Combat: Patchwork misses Motormaster with her Punch attack!

And as the 'Titans' lay on the ground, Motormaster lashes out with yet another blow. Impactor's head whips backward violently as the backhand makes contact with his face, a large crack can be heard coming from his neck. Little chucks of metal and bolts fall off his helm, it's knocked slightly to the left; obscuring his view. Just great, first the knee...now the noggin'. Fraggin' Motormaster!!

Lashing out with a fist of his own, the Wrecker attempts to regain nominal status and sight. "Hey!! Where'd ya go!"

Monstereo fist shakes silently up at the escape for the kidnapper. "Rue the day! Rue it, damn you!" Okay, so the best heroic lines are written for Prime. :p The Junkion looks for either someone to help or someone to fight off from the scene of the crime.

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

Combat: Impactor strikes Motormaster with his Light's out Punch! (Punch) attack!

Motormaster growls as Impactor gets /help/ from a /doctor/. "So much for me vs you," he hisses, not that Impactor ever actually agreed to those terms or anything. It goes without saying that were the roles reversed and a Constructicon here, he'd cheat too. As Patchwork tries to wack him, Motormaster lashes out with his hand, slapping the offending hand away with much more force than is required. "Piss off, medibot! You can't fix him faster than I can destroy him!" Impactor, flailing away blindly, wacks Motormaster on the side. The Stunticon forces himself up onto one knee, cringing in pain from the damage to his shin with each stage of getting back up.

Finally, though, he is successful, and the result is him standing and Impactor still on the ground. Motormaster laughs despite his damage, wheezing in success at being on his feet while his foe is downed. His optics dart towards Patchwork, as he briefly considers how best to hurt the Wrecker. Some Bots, the best way to hurt them is to /hurt them/. But other bots... Motormaster grabs his sword again, gripping the handle with both hands to avoid having it slip out of his grasp. He raises it above his head. "But other bots," he says, continuing his own line of thought, "The best way to hurt them is to hurt /someone else/." He brings the sword down towards Patchwork.

Combat: Motormaster misses Patchwork with his Overhead Bash attack!

Sunder notes that he has time to land another attack. Snarling at the Medic, he tries ripping off her armor again. "Oh my Hunt isn't quite over yet," he says.

Combat: Sunder strikes Patchwork with his ain't it clawful? (Punch) attack!

Tetrajet < Windshear > sees Galvatron and Shockwave leave, hears the order and drops down to do a fly by over Impactor, "Looks like you're not having a good day, Wrecker." his baratone rumbles sarcastically, "What story could I tell from this I wonder...?" with that he lights his afterburner nearly over the Fallen Autobot and blasts off and away from the battle. Hes not longer interested in the battle and continues on his patrol without a look back.

"Missed me!" Patchwork seems as surprised by that as anyone else could be. She actually moves to interject herself between Motormaster and Impactor, if she can, only to find herself once again being latched onto by the pesky sweep, grunting at the punch he delivers. "You're worse than...than...than something sticky!" she informs Sunder as she swats at him.

Combat: Patchwork strikes Sunder with her Punch attack!

Impactor adjusted his helm, his sight restored! Primus, it's a miracle! I can see! And just in time it seems, to catch Motormaster attempting to bash Patchwork over the head with his sword. Pulling strength from reserves he hasn't tapped in years, Impactor lashes a hand out and grips the sword's blade...it tears into his hand but falls short of his comrade. It appears Patchwork's quick work repaired his knee.

"Patchwork...GET OUT OF HERE!!" the Wrecker roars, quickly raising to his haunches and putting all his weight into a punch, directed towards the Stunticon's gut... ...a harpoon punch! Making contact or not, Impactor fires off the shot; hoping to propell the Decepticon away from the two of them.

Combat: Impactor strikes Motormaster with his Shoo fly don't bother me attack!

Monstereo nattows his optics. "Oh boy, ugly-face is jealous of Doc-Awesome. King Tut Funky Tut... The Dude can't abide." Monstereo levels his Sonic Rifle and channels a soundbite at the Sweep, cranked up to eleven. The hysterical voice of Carrie's mother declares ~THEY'RE ALL GONNA LAUGH AT YOU!~

Combat: Monstereo sets his defense level to Fearless.

Combat: Monstereo strikes Sunder with his Sonic Rifle attack!

Combat: Tetrajet < Windshear > begins retreating, outrunning all pursuit.

Sunder's swatted by Patchwork and sonically challenged by Monstereo. He whips around to face the JunkDoc. "So we meet again. Prepared to meet your creator?" Sunder bares his talons and attempts to tear Monstereo apart.

Combat: Sunder misses Monstereo with his Jack the Ripper! attack!

Windshear has left.

Motormaster's face twists into an annoyed scowl as Patchwork taunts him. He's about to keep his focus on the medic when Sunder comes in to help him. He grunts his appreciation to the Sweep and turns back towards Impactor, hopeful that there'll be no more interruptions from plucky young cheerful Autobot surgeons. Looking down at Impactor, Motormaster smirks. He smiles. The leader of the Wreckers... the mighty Impactor, downed by his hand. Downed but still defiant. Primus, what would Motormaster do without the Wreckers around to give meaning to his quest to be the best? It'd be too easy without Autobots like him around.

"Still thrashing, Autobot? Still squirming?" He readies his sword, "Still fighting to the last? Honour? Duty? All that rot?" He twists his grip on the sword so it's pointing down like a dagger, still holding it with both hands. The weapon dangles over Impactor. "You should know better. It's /over/. /Fini-"

The harpoon rips through Motormaster's chest, and the blade bursts out through his back, having torn its way through the weakened armour plating. The impact sends Motormaster falling backwards back onto the streets Cairo, now littered with crushed cars and debris from the nearby destroyed squatter's hovel. Motormaster's sword clatters to the ground uselessly next to Impactor, having fallen from the Stunticon's grasp. Stumbling backwards over several crushed cars and a donkey carriage, Motormaster falls... and lands on 18 wheels. He waits patiently for Impactor, revving his engine in challenge.

Motormaster folds down into truck mode.

Combat: Motormaster sets his defense level to Neutral.

Combat: Kenworth K100 < Motormaster > takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

Monstereo pulls a tire off his back and swings it around to shield from the sweep claws which rake harmlessly off it. "Cat scratch fever! You's a baaaaad putty tat. Bob Barker knows how to take care of you." The Junkion crouches suddenly and spring-drives a spikey shoulder up towards the Sweeps general midsection. "Hut-hut-hut!"

Combat: Monstereo strikes Sunder with his Shoulder Spike Tackle to the Tacklebox (Smash) attack!

"Not without the rest of you..." Patchwork informs Impactor, stubborn as well as cheerful it seems. Turning back to Motormaster, the medic switches weapons, her much smaller pistol being brought to bare on the 'con in question. "Go away, or I will paint you with rainbows and daisies...and I'll use permanant paint!" she threatens, optics bright.

Combat: Patchwork misses Kenworth K100 < Motormaster > with her Pistol attack!

Sunder gets the spike in a really bad spot. He yelps in agony. But this is hilarious, like those football-to-the-groin movies in America's Funniest Home Videos. Good thing Sweeps can't be neutered. "You'll pay for that!" the Sweep howls at Monstereo, warming up the headcannon again and firing.

Impactor smirks as the blow lands, and knocks back Motormaster...at least enough for some breathring room. He is however, not exactly enthused to see the Stunticon's alt-mode. "I don't care, just get out of the way!" the Wrecker barks at Patchwork, coming off as a general aft but harboring noble intentions. Motormaster was right in his analysis, that the pains of others sometimes hurt more than anything you can inflict on him.

Leaning over with some effort, Impactor notices it's fairly obvious that the repair job wasn't exactly top class...but it'll do. Picking up the Decepticon's sword, Impactor reaches backwards and chucks it at the enemy. "I think you dropped sumthin'!!" Not the most effective attack, but it'll do for now.

Combat: Sunder misses Monstereo with his Headcannon Blast (Laser) attack!

Combat: Impactor sets his defense level to Guarded.

Combat: Impactor misses Kenworth K100 < Motormaster > with his Sword Chuck! (Disruptor) attack!

Monstereo thinks there must be some secret boost of awesome when you get promoted to Leader. He's still alive and yet to get patched at all during this farce...er fight. The Junkion shoulder rolls away from Sunder, using his shield to roll even more smoothly. He rises up. "When Isreal was in Egypt's land, let my people go." He whips out a chain and partially wraps it around a fist, lashing it out at the Sweep. "Back, Sinbad! Wa-pish!"

Kenworth K100 < Motormaster > is unable to wince at Patchwork's threat in this mode, but it does almost give him pause. That cheerfulness is insufferable. Evil is always weak versus plucky underdogs who have hope. He hopes Sunder is able to deal with her soon, unaware that he's being confronted by Monstereo. Motormaster does not have a good sense of the battle as a whole, focused too much on the enemies in front of him. Barreling forward, Motormaster tramples several already crumpled cars and blast others out of the way. The pistol blast from Patchwork glances off his front grill with no noticeable damage, and he winds up running over his own chucked sword as he slams towards Impactor, trying to run the wounded Wrecker down and crush him beneath his wheels.

Combat: Kenworth K100 < Motormaster > misses Impactor with his King of the Road attack! [Pulled -4]

Groove has arrived.

Combat: Monstereo strikes Sunder with his Sweep Tamer Chain Whip (Kick) attack!

Sunder howls again as Monstereo's chain whip nails him good. Part of the chain wraps around the Sweep's forearm. He grits his fangs and tries to yank on the chain, attempting to pull the JunkDoc to him, like Scorpion in Mortal Kombat. 'C'mere!'

Combat: Sunder strikes Monstereo with his Yanking Your Chain! (Kick) attack!

Impactor transforms into his Drill Tank mode and manages to burrow into the ground, the front end of the Kenworth knicking his tail end...but no amount of considerable damage. The Wrecker keeps going down a ways, before turning around and begining his ascent to the surface. This fight isn't lookin' too gravy for the Bot crew at the moment, gotta swing the momentum their way...and FAST!

Folding down upon himself, Impactor transforms back into his Drill Tank mode.

Combat: Drill_Tank < Impactor > takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

"OH, and kitty cats. I'm -good- at sunshine pictures, too!" Patchwork just adds further to her threats of painting designs on Motormaster. She has always wanted a canvas bigger than the little pebbles she gives away to the other 'Bots, and the idea of painting bright, cheery designs on a Decepticon has suddenly struck her fancy, not to mention her funny bone. And then poor Impactor hears the words that any older figure hates to hear from a younger, "I can help too!" And the medic takes another shot at Motormaster in an effort to proove it.

Combat: Patchwork strikes Kenworth K100 < Motormaster > with her Pistol attack!

< Decepticon > Motormaster says, "Sunder."

< Decepticon > Big-Brother-Sweep Sunder says, "Yes?"

< Decepticon > Motormaster says, "Who is this Autobot medic?"

< Decepticon > Big-Brother-Sweep Sunder says, "She is called Patchwork."

Monstereo whips forward, yanked by Beardy McPinknails and recieving whiplash to the neck. A spoke pops out... so does a couple bolts... and even a slinky. "Get a little closer, don't be shy." Monstereo uses the sudden proximity to drive his Viking Helm at the Sweep's face. "Pay attention, ugly!"

< Decepticon > Motormaster says, "She needs to die."

< Decepticon > Motormaster says, "People like her, Sunder... they threaten everything we Decepticons stand for."

Combat: Monstereo sets his defense level to Neutral.

Combat: Monstereo misses Sunder with his Headbutt (Punch) attack!

< Decepticon > Big-Brother-Sweep Sunder says, "I don't understand. Are you saying -Decepticons- like her?"

< Decepticon > Motormaster says, "..."

< Decepticon > Motormaster says, "Unicron should have done a better job teaching you language."

< Decepticon > Darkwing says, "Maybe Motormaster has a Crush on her?"

< Autobot > Monstereo says, "You're annoying the truck, Patchwork. Kudos!"

Sunder manages to avoid getting poked by the horned Junkion. "Close but no cigar," he hisses, striking out with a fist at Monstereo's head.

Combat: Sunder strikes Monstereo with his Robo-Noogie! (Punch) attack!

Monstereo steps back and makes an annoyed head-slapping at his helmet with both hands repeatedly like one of the Three Stooges. No, not Thrust, Dirge and Ramjet. He transforms into Monster Truck mode and drives at Sunder, kicking up Cairo street dust in his wake. "Oh a wise guy eh?"

Combat: Monstereo sets his defense level to Aggressive.

The Junkion robot makes a clickety-ratcheting series of sounds as he transforms into the disguise of a monster truck... labelled Monstereo. Are you fooled? ;)

Combat: Monster Truck < Monstereo > misses Sunder with his Monster Truck Madness attack!

Kenworth K100 < Motormaster > 's speed increases as he barrels over any obstacles in his way on his quest to destroy Impactor. He sees what the Wrecker is doing but isn't able to prevent it. Motormaster slams over the hole Impactor's made, screeches to a halt, and slowly starts to turn around. It's then that a certain young medic shoots at him again, and once more the shot glances off his grill, leaving little to no noticeable damage. "People like you, Autobot, is why we Decepticons need to exist," he hisses. Although not particularly frightened by the threat (he'll tear off his own armour if he has to in order to avoid kittens), he finds her happiness and cheer irritating and dangerous. He wants his enemies miserable, not happy. "Helping is exactly what you're going to do..." he now barrels towards /her/. What is she going to help Motormaster with? Hurting Impactor, of course.

Combat: Kenworth K100 < Motormaster > strikes Patchwork with his Kill The Medic First attack! [Pulled -6]

Drill_Tank < Impactor > 's underground navigational scanners work for the topside as well, painting a pretty picture of the battlefield... ...complete with little face images next to targets! The Wrecker bores through the soil, zeroing in on Motormaster's position and picking up speed. < < Get out of the immediate vicinity, this ain't gonna be pretty!! > > Impactor transmists over the shortwave, his drills making contact with the surface and hopefully the underside of the Kenworth K100.

Combat: Impactor sets his defense level to Fearless.

Combat: Drill_Tank < Impactor > strikes Kenworth K100 < Motormaster > with his You Know The Drill attack!

Sunder keeps his head. "Yes, a wise guy," he says, flattening himself down on the ground, face-up. As the Monster Truck rolls overhead, he reaches up with his talons to try to eviscerate Monstereo from below.

Combat: Sunder misses Monster Truck < Monstereo > with his Sudden Undercarriage Renovation attack!

< Decepticon > Big-Brother-Sweep Sunder says, "Windshear. Are you in the vicinity?"

< Decepticon > Windshear says, "Yes?"

Patchwork finds herself being run down by the large truck, and quick as the medic is, she isn't quite able to dive out of the way in time. The Femme's cry of pain can't quite be stiffled as she goes tumbling a short distance away. It takes a moment, but the medic does move to get up again, head twisting about to follow Motormaster's path. "Fine, then I'll paint puppies on you instead of kittens!" she informs him, getting to her feet before she looks back to Impactor ust to see how he's doing.

Windshear has arrived.

Robot Windshear transforms into a Cybertronian pyramid/Tetrajet.

< Decepticon > Big-Brother-Sweep Sunder says, "I request your presence in helping clean up this mess."

Monster Truck < Monstereo > squirts oils down on the Sweep at that moment, distracting him from being able to connect with those claws. He drives onward off the Sweep and transforms, tire-shield raised once more. He levels his Rifle and amps a low level soundbite. ~How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice!~

The rugged monster truck legend in the making makes a clickety-ratcheting series of sounds as it transforms into the Junkion robot Monstereo.

Tetrajet < Windshear > flies back into the area, "Are we still having fun here?" he rumbles and brings his weapons back online.

Combat: Monstereo sets his defense level to Guarded.

< Decepticon > Windshear says, "Im on my way back -- be there momentarily."

Combat: Monstereo misses Sunder with his Short Soundbite (Disruptor) attack!

Sunder wipes the oil off his optics, which keeps him from clawing open Monstereo's undersides. Heck, he'd probably get more oil in the face if he actually had connected. "Ewww," he growls, rolling out of the way to avoid the sonic rifle blast. "No waste disposing on the beard!" He aims his disruptor at Monstereo.

Combat: Sunder misses Monstereo with his Bad Junkion! Not on the carpet! (Disruptor) attack!

Tetrajet < Windshear > sees the fight is still going on. This femme bot seems to be a tough one. The Seeker sees Impactor is still down and the Stunticon still in combat with him, the Sweep with the Junkion..mmm.. choices, so many good targets... he takes another swipe at the femmebot as he does a fly by.

Combat: Tetrajet < Windshear > misses Patchwork with his Laser attack!

Monstereo puts his shiled up to deflect the disruptor pulse. He then pokes hi shead out from behind it again and taunts, "Neener neener neener, you are a weiner." Monstereo fires off another quick soundbite, the sound of a tongue making a raspberry noise.

Combat: Monstereo misses Sunder with his Short Soundbite (Disruptor) attack!

Sunder snorts and ducks out of the way of the audio raspberry. "An Oscar Meyer weiner?" he asks mockingly. Yes, Sunder's seen a few commercials. He counters with his own pistol. Pew pew pew.

Combat: Sunder misses Monstereo with his Cuz everybody'd be in love with me! (Pistol) attack!

Kenworth K100 < Motormaster > revels in Patchwork's cry of pain. It isn't that he's a sadist about these sorts of things (well he is, but it isn't his main motivation), but he's just so happy to have shut her up about kittens and the like. Good cheer in the enemy has to stamped out like a fire before it can spread, and Motormaster laughs at the Autobot surgeon's misfortune. "Your protector is gone, medic. You're an idiot to keep taunting me. There's plenty more crushing left in these wheels," the truck declares.

Motormaster slowly turns around, plainly planning to run Patchwork down again and again. However many times it takes to destroy her. Motormaster gets half way back when something breaks up from underneath him. A drill punctures first the surface and then the undercarriage of the Stunticon. Motormaster tips over onto his side with a gaping hole beneath him. He skids along the road, narrowly missing Patchwork as his sides are torn up. Motormaster transforms into robot mode, clutching his trailer hood as if suffering a headache. "You and your teamwork," he says, spitting on the ground. He lifts up into the air, "You owe me a fight, Impactor. Me and you! If I don't get it from you..." He glances down at Patchwork, "I'll be getting it from someone not nearly so tough." And with that, he flies upwards.

Motormaster transforms into robot mode.

Combat: Motormaster begins retreating, leaving himself vulnerable to parting shots from Galvatron, Patchwork, Monstereo, Drill_Tank < Impactor >, Shoxcannon, and Tetrajet < Windshear >

Drill_Tank < Impactor > transforms and stares up at the retreating Motormaster, even in defeat...the Decepticon isn't scared to shout off an insult as well as a challenge. A cybertronian right after his own spark, it's a shame... ...if not for this war, they'd most likely be drinking partners. But now is not the time to think of could-bes and what-ifs.

Pointing a finger at the Stunticon Commander, "I'm like seven-eleven buddy, always open and ready to kick your AFT!!" It doesn't make any sense, but don't tell him that.

Combat: Impactor sets his defense level to Neutral.

Combat: Drill_Tank < Impactor > takes extra time to steady himself. [Pass]

The Drill Tank shifts and transforms, revealing the Wrecker leader Impactor!

Patchwork is one of those sad creatures who will be likely be cheerful til the moment her spark is extinguished. "Go Impactor!" the femme cheers. As shots once again start to hit near her, the medic ducks her head, taking a half step to the side before she glances up. "Come down and play!" she challenges, raising a fist to shake at the flier before she turns back to Impactor. "You okay? Need more fixing?"

Monstereo headshakes as Sunder just don't get it. "You ain't BAD, you ain't NOTHIN!" He ducks behind his shield again, on the move ofcourse. And his rifle targets Sunder again, this time cranked up to 11 for a longer shot to track down the Sweep. ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns31Qy2MfYE ~

Combat: Monstereo sets his defense level to Fearless.

Combat: Monstereo strikes Sunder with his Sonic Rifle attack!

Impactor's last pose: Drill_Tank < Impactor > transforms and stares up at the retreating Motormaster, even in defeat...the Decepticon isn't scared to shout off an insult as well as a challenge. A cybertronian right after his own spark, it's a shame... ...if not for this war, they'd most likely be drinking partners. But now is not the time to think of could-bes and what-ifs.

Pointing a finger at the Stunticon Commander, "I'm like seven-eleven buddy, always open and ready to kick your AFT!!" It doesn't make any sense, but don't tell him that.

Motormaster's last pose: Kenworth K100 < Motormaster > revels in Patchwork's cry of pain. It isn't that he's a sadist about these sorts of things (well he is, but it isn't his main motivation), but he's just so happy to have shut her up about kittens and the like. Good cheer in the enemy has to stamped out like a fire before it can spread, and Motormaster laughs at the Autobot surgeon's misfortune. "Your protector is gone, medic. You're an idiot to keep taunting me. There's plenty more crushing left in these wheels," the truck declares.

Motormaster slowly turns around, plainly planning to run Patchwork down again and again. However many times it takes to destroy her. Motormaster gets half way back when something breaks up from underneath him. A drill punctures first the surface and then the undercarriage of the Stunticon. Motormaster tips over onto his side with a gaping hole beneath him. He skids along the road, narrowly missing Patchwork as his sides are torn up. Motormaster transforms into robot mode, clutching his trailer hood as if suffering a headache. "You and your teamwork," he says, spitting on the ground. He lifts up into the air, "You owe me a fight, Impactor. Me and you! If I don't get it from you..." He glances down at Patchwork, "I'll be getting it from someone not nearly so tough." And with that, he flies upwards.

Sunder's struck! He growls savagely and pulls out his rocket launcher. Oh no, YOU will get out of here! Or I will destroy you!" he retorts. He loads a Rocket-Propelled Grenade into the secondary firing chamber. "Here, CATCH!"

Combat: Sunder strikes Monstereo with his Nuclear Football! attack!

Combat: Windshear strikes Patchwork with his sword punch (Punch) attack!

Patchwork didn't mean it, that much is clear from Patchwork's face as Windshear actually lands and starts to approach her, her attention pulled away from the Wrecker she was checking up on. Fumbling for a moment, the medic manages to get her rifle out only to drop it as she comes face to fist with Windshear, sending her backwards a step or two. N

"Not nice!" she adds.

Impactor marches up to Patchwork, casting a glance at the sky and then back down towards her. "You did good there kiddo, couldn't have done it without ya!" he remarks, a wink at the last statement. Suddenly the Seeker strikes her, and it sends him over the edge. Even though the femme added her own rebuttal, Impactor seethes with mech-rage, MECH-RAGE!! He swings wildly with some fists and a headbutt at Windshear. "You lookin' to leave in a body BAG!!"

Combat: Impactor sets his defense level to Fearless.

Combat: Impactor strikes Windshear with his Devastating Combo of RAGE!! attack!

Monstereo yeows, having peaked out from behind his sheild too much and catching a facefull of grenade boomage. His body wracked.... he transforms and says, "You may be right... but I got friends in low places... Autobot, tag in!" He drives away, perhaps to go find a junk pike to put himself back together, perhaps to go aid Rodimus in rebuilding. Perhaps both.

The Junkion robot makes a clickety-ratcheting series of sounds as he transforms into the disguise of a monster truck... labelled Monstereo. Are you fooled? ;)

Combat: Monstereo sets his defense level to Protected.

Combat: Monster Truck < Monstereo > begins retreating, leaving himself vulnerable to parting shots from Shoxcannon

Windshear's head snaps back and he steps back a step as Impactor clobbers him. He looks at the Wrecker as his optics flare. A cold grin spreads across his face, "I thought youd never ask." he rumbles and aims a punch/sword combo at the Wrecker as he just did the Femme.

Combat: Windshear strikes Impactor with his sword punch (Punch) attack!

"Not nice!" Patchwork repeats as she gives her head a shake, gathering her wits about her again and moving to join in the little brawl. It seemed to work to annoy certain others before, and it seems appropriate for the time being...with a running start, Patchwork leaps, arms stretching out in a Hug of Doom aimed at Windshear.

Combat: Patchwork strikes Windshear with her Grab attack!

"Then run!" Sunder shouts at Monstereo, "I'm STILL prettier than you!" He takes some time to recover a bit before helping Windshear with the other troublemakers.

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

Impactor accepts the attack, shaking it away as it was just a means to an ends. Not guarding himself or dodging allows the one bot wrecking crew to close some much needed distance between the two, and he lashes out in kind. Circling around the Seeker, he hopes to hit him from the blind-side AKA not the one Patchwork is on. "How about I ask you this? LIE DOWN!!" It's not a question, but he's a Wrecker...not a Technobot.

Combat: Impactor strikes Windshear with his More MECH-RAGE!! (Smash) attack!

Monstereo has left.

Windshear gets grabbed errr hugged? by the femme suddenly and as he twists to fling her off the Wrecker nails him again. Oh this is not going to work... he attempts to fling the femme into Impactor.

Combat: Windshear strikes Impactor with his Patchwork smack upside the wreckers head. (Grab) attack!

Patchwork promptly finds herself flying through the air and landing heavily against Impactor, and then likely into a heap on the ground. She'll be hard pressed to get to her feet and turn to face the attacking pair, let alone attack, before anything happens.

Impactor is surprised to be randomly hugged by Patchwork, whether it was of her own volition or not! "Just couldn't wait till we got to AC, huh?" he laughs, getting up and setting his sights on Windshear. "You watch my back, I'll take care of /this/ one!" Impactor charges forward, firing off a few blasts from his laser pistol. Pew Pew Pew!

Combat: Impactor misses Windshear with his Laser Pistol (Disruptor) attack!

Windshear turns to the side barely missing the laser pistol attack and spins around with a kick aimed at Impactors gut, afterburner rumbling slightly to build some heat as he does.

Combat: Windshear strikes Impactor with his Kick attack!

Air Raid has arrived.

Groove has left.

The super-heated kick lands as intended, Impactor letting out a tiny facial expression of pain...but not much. The Wrecker dashes around and behind the Seeker, attempting to load his Seeker schematics from his data-base.

Combat: Impactor sets his defense level to Protected.

Combat: Impactor analyzes Windshear for weaknesses.

Sunder snarls and attacks, leaping at Patchwork in an attempt to make her his prey. "Haven't forgotten about me, have you?" he says.

Combat: Sunder strikes Patchwork with his pounce (Punch) attack!

"Okay!" Patchwork agrees with surprising brightness as she, too, turns back towards Windshear, Sunder ignored for the moment. Her rifle was dropped earlier and so she instead grabs her pistol, and joins in on the little rain shower of fire on the sweep. Unfortunately, she should have known better, as Sunder hits her from behind, knocking her forward into the dirt. "Ow!"

Combat: Patchwork misses Windshear with her Pistol attack!

F-15 Eagle < Air Raid > flies in from the west 'cause someone somewhere told him there was a party going on. Well looky here, it's that jerkface Compactor... And Patchwork... And that damn tetrajet! And the friggin' Sweep who stole his girlfriend! Well not really. "Hey! HEY! Winged turborat!"

The Global Pose Tracker marks that F-15 Eagle < Air Raid > has 'skipped' his action for this round.

The Seeker spins to keep the Wrecker in his his sites and he sneers about to say something when a laser blast just whizes past his head. With a quick glance at the Sweep Windshear looks back at Impactor. "I never thought you'd be one for anything but head one, Wrecker..."

Combat: Windshear strikes Impactor with his sword punch (Punch) attack!

Impactor once again is hit, but soldiers on towards his goal...to see Windshear either in pieces or leaving in pieces! The large cannon on his shoulder charges up, a faint red glow coming from the barrell as well as an audible *HMMMMMMMMM*. "I expected this from ya, tryin' to pick up where Motormaster left off. Can't start and finish a fight, CAN YA?!?!" The weapon discharges, rocking the Wrecker back and shooting a ball of super-heated plasma towards Windshear.

Combat: Impactor sets his defense level to Fearless.

Combat: Impactor misses Windshear with his Shoulder Cannon attack!

The Sweep tries tearing armor off of Patchwork. "Finally, you're all mine! You will make an excellent trophy," he hisses.

Combat: Sunder misses Patchwork with his talon swipe (Punch) attack!

"You keep saying that...I think you have a repeat button." Patchwork grunts up at Sunder as she turns over and twists to the side, avoiding the swipe of his claws. With her pistol still in hand, she tries to take a potshot at the sweep.

Combat: Patchwork misses Sunder with her Pistol attack!

Windshear dodges out of the way quickly and spins back around at the Wrecker, "Oh no.." he rumbles, "You are not going to blame this on me, Impactor. In a perfect world I would have prefered a rematch when you are not warmed over by Motormaster but you decided otherwise and who am I to pass by the opportunity that you begged for." He jacks his right arm cannon forward and fires.

Combat: Windshear sets his defense level to Neutral.

Combat: Windshear misses Impactor with his Slow Ray attack!

F-15 Eagle < Air Raid > hates being ignored. He circles a bit before firing off a few shells right at Sunder's feet, but not at the Sweep himself. "I'm talkin' to you, aft hat!" He's just trying to be a distraction at this point.

For something called the Slow Ray, it certainly doesn't misrepresent. The Wrecker leader leaps to the side, letting the blast bounce harmlessly off of the ground. "I don't...BEG!!" Impactor yells, throwing out a few punches at the Seeker in another seething of Mech-Rage...yay.

Combat: Impactor misses Windshear with his More MECH-Rage YAY!! (Punch) attack!

< Autobot > Impactor says, "Impactor here, any flybots in the vicinity for coverfire and evac?"

< Autobot > Air Raid says, "What're you blind!"

< Autobot > Impactor says, "I repeat, any flybots that aren't named AIR RAID; in the vicinity for coverfire and evac?"

< Autobot > Air Raid says, "Hey!"

Windshear leaps into the air to avoid the lastest attack of mech rage and then lands down to the side of the Wrecker, "Temper temper." He snides as he throws another punch at Impactor.

Combat: Windshear misses Impactor with his Punch attack!

Sunder dodges Patchwork's shot, and looks up at Air Raid after hearing more insistent belligerence. "Can't you see I'm busy? Go away and come back after I've dismantled the Medic," he snaps, turning his attention back to Patchwork. "Oh, I'll have no more need for 'repeats' if I finally get what I want," he says. He aims a pistol at her.

Combat: Sunder misses Patchwork with his Pistol attack!

Patchwork is nimble, if nothing else. Air Raid's distraction is just enough to give her time to roll out of the way of Sunder's shot. "But you'll never get what you want...you keep trying, and you keep faililng. Just give up!" she advises Sunder as she scrambles to her feet and starts to move away. She isn't much of a fighter, really only doing so when it means saving or helping someone she's tending to, and right now, Sunder isn't the threat to her friends...Windshear, on the other hand, is. And he gets targetted because of that.

Combat: Patchwork misses Windshear with her Pistol attack!

Impactor catches the fist in his hand, attempting to twist it into a violent game of peaknuckle. "Temper? You haven't seen my temper flare Decepti-trash! You'll know when you see unbridled hate loathe and seethe from my essence...maybe when you're a grown bot, then you'll understand. Until then? I suggest to take some LESSONS!!"

Combat: Impactor strikes Windshear with his Peaknuckle FTW! (Kick) attack!

Windshear feels his arm twist and the rotator snap. He doesnt make a sound but his optics glow just a bit and he sets his jaw, the only indication that hes in any pain. He turns his back to the Wrecker not fighting the arm twist anymore then he could and suddenly rams his head back toward the Wreckers face.

Combat: Windshear strikes Impactor with his Smash attack!

"Aw, too busy for me? Your favorite Aerialbot?" Raid can't appreciate Impactor's totally awesome mechliness because he's too busy firing off missiles at Sunder.

Combat: F-15 Eagle < Air Raid > misses Sunder with his Heat-Seeking Missiles attack!

< Autobot > Jayson Redfield snickers.

< Autobot > Air Raid says, "See if I cover yer' aft then."

< Autobot > Impactor says, "Well, you're doin' a frakked up job right now!"

< Autobot > Air Raid says, "Like you're doing any better!"

Sunder LEAPS out of the way of the missiles that Air Raid sent in his general direction. "Really now, you could at least wait until I have my prey," he says, firing his disruptor at the Aerialbot.

< Autobot > Impactor says, "'Nough! Move into intercept Sunder, give Patchwork a chance to get outta here."

Combat: Sunder strikes F-15 Eagle < Air Raid > with his Pistol attack!

< Autobot > Patchwork says, "I'm fine!"

< Autobot > Impactor says, "We're pullin' out, mission was accomplished. Galvatron got away with what he came for, and there's no reason to sit here tradin' blows until the sun come up."

Patchwork turns back towards Sunder as she hears a shot from him, and nothing hits anywhere near her. Well, dammit, NOW who's she supposed to help? "Let's -go-!" she calls, in general. "Impactor, you're mechly...I get it. Come - on-!" she calls, taking a pot-shot at Windshear, finally.

Combat: Patchwork misses Windshear with her Pistol attack!

< Autobot > Patchwork says, "I'm just waiting for you!"

F-15 Eagle < Air Raid > yelps as the blast sears his undercarriage, banking to recover. He pulls around to let loose an attack of his own on the Sweep. "Get movin' Patchwork!"

Combat: Air Raid sets his defense level to Fearless.

Combat: F-15 Eagle < Air Raid > strikes Sunder with his Laser attack!

Impactor gives Patchwork a grin, offering a few shots at the Seeker as well. "Sorry ma'am, always taught femmes first!!"

Combat: Impactor begins retreating, leaving himself vulnerable to parting shots from F-15 Eagle < Air Raid >, Galvatron, and Patchwork

Combat: Patchwork begins retreating, leaving herself vulnerable to parting shots from F-15 Eagle < Air Raid > and Galvatron

Snorting softly, Patchwork rolls her optics. "Medics last." she challenges, again. "Get going!"

Windshear warches the Wrecker retreat and smirks, "Whos leaving this time, Impactor?"

Sunder snarls at Air Raid as a laser blast connects. He notices his prey is escaping, and he's rather damaged. "Another time, Aerial-brat," he says, transforming to Sweepcraft mode and preparing to depart. "Next time, I will make YOU the prey! Come along, Windshear, we've wasted enough time here."

Sunder's head disappears into his chest, his wings fold around him, and now he is in Sweepcraft mode, his headcannon still visible.

Combat: Sweepcraft < Sunder > begins retreating, outrunning all pursuit.

< Autobot > Patchwork says, "He's -always- saying that. Boring!"

Impactor simply obliges, without putting in a word edgewise.

"Bye bye!" Raid cheerfully bids Sunder farewell.

Windshear gives the aerialbot a side glance then, damaged himself, he slugishly transforms into tetrajet mode and follows the Sweep.

Robot Windshear transforms into a Cybertronian pyramid/Tetrajet.

Combat: Tetrajet < Windshear > begins retreating, leaving himself vulnerable to parting shots from F-15 Eagle < Air Raid > and Sweepcraft < Sunder >

< Autobot > Air Raid says, "He can't think up anything better, don't blame him, his processor is made from bottle caps."

"I'll bring rainbow glitter for you next time!" Patchwork promises over her shoulder at the two.

< Autobot > Patchwork says, "That's true."

< Autobot > Patchwork says, "Remind me to find a big supply of rainbow sparkles from the humans, okay?"