You arrive at what can only be called ruins as no other term does justice to what you now bear witness to. This area seems to have fallen under a great attack long ago. Little evidence shows who did this or why, and bodies of guards bearing no insignias litter the area. These valiant defenders were, apparently, the first to fall in what was can only be described as a blood bath. The gate has long since been open and ready to fall away at a moment's notice. Little prevents you from entering this town.
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Shockwave
Obvious exits:
Up leads to Sky above Silicon Trench.
South leads to Bypass to Tetrahex.
East leads to Highway to Tetrahex.
Shockwave's optic flashes as he sits himself down on the rubble. He scans the surrounding area looking for any possible trouble, and then looks down to the ground. His mind seems to slip into a set of his own deep thoughts.
The surrounding area is dead-quiet, as though no living thing is within miles of here.
Shockwave continues to keep to himself, as he looks at the body of a dead guard. He looks over it and shakes his head. Soon his gaze is diverted up towards the stars. Optic shimmering he continues to think to himself.
Jammer arrives from the Bypass to Tetrahex.
Night Raven arrives from the Bypass to Tetrahex.
Night Raven enters the area and melts into the shadows to watch and wait.
MedusaSaur is totally hidden, no way to tell anyone's here. No sign of life, no hint of movement.
Shockwave is sitting up on a piece of rubble, and seems oddly oblivious as to what is going on around him. His head is set in his own little world, and he shouldn't need to worry, since this is very close to his own city.
Night Raven follows Jammer in, not really sure where he's going
Jammer strolls in looking around, never having been here before...just wandering up from the canyon on a whim
Jammer mutters to Night Raven: " ... eye"
Shockwave's optic flashes brightly enough to give him away to anyone hidden in the rubble. He continues to look up at the stars, and is at the moment a sitting target.
Night Raven mutters to Jammer: " ... ... ... ... wise to ..."
Jammer mutters to Night Raven: "Or ... ..."
Night Raven mutters to Jammer: "... ... I'm ... ... ... the best ..."
Jammer mutters to Night Raven: "Oh ... on..live ... little"
Shockwave's optic flashes as he looks over his shoulder as if thinking he saw something. He then looks back off into the distance again, since he thinks of it nothing other than a turbo rat.
Night Raven mutters to Jammer: "... ... ... not taking responsibility ... ... ..."
Mono arrives from the Highway to Tetrahex.
Mono flies in after he returns form admirign the meteor
Jammer nods, and powers up, shouting.."NARF!!!!!!"...as a blast of energy shoots forth towards one eye...
Mono walks in "I coudln't draw any Autobots, sir"
Mono ACKS
Jammer strikes Shockwave with her electrostatic attack.
A deep growl issues from under a pile of sheetmetal covering the shadows below....
Mono looks at Jammer, and growls
Shockwave turns around quickly as Jammer goes to open fire on him. He is struck and starts to short out and lands on the ground with a heavy crash. He speaks, "Mono, go back to Darkmount and get help. I should be able to handle these two."
Night Raven sighs and reaches for his rifle.
Mono nods 'Yes sir"
Mono enters the Sky above Silicon Trench.
Mono has left.
Something black and tentacled bursts out of the darkness and arrows towards Jammer.
MedusaSaur tries to pounce Jammer...but fails.
Jammer eeks as something long and slimy comes at her..and jumps back
MedusaSaur's claws gouge long furrows into the ground as she misses her target and catches herself, spinning around to keep her balance, bringing her head up to reveal a gaping jawful of serrated white teeth.
MedusaSaur snarls furiously and gathers herself to spring anew.
Jammer says, "Shoot it, shoot the squird"
Shockwave continues to remain on the ground and prone. His optic flares as he intones, "The miserable whelp was smart enough to shoot while my back was turned. I will see her reduced to scrap if I must..."
Night Raven levels his rifle at Shockwave and snaps off a quick burst of fire
Night Raven strikes Shockwave with his plasma_rifle attack.
MedusaSaur instantly switches her attention toward the other Autobot, her tentacles powering up with flickering blue light.
Shockwave's effects of the stun are deactivated after he is struck again. He stumbles and then slowly brings himself towards his feet. He picks out a piece of sharp metal, that was from one of the fallen guards. Optic flaring he looks for the one who stunned him. Slowly he starts to walk over towards her, and soon he throws the piece of sharp metal in his direction.
MedusaSaur sends a shower of sparks in all directions in her fury, then snaps her tentacles forward to bring most of her power up against Night Raven.
MedusaSaur misses Night Raven with her electricity attack.
MedusaSaur snarls as brilliant blue light arcs from the tips of her tentacles -- though in her aggitation her aim is somewhat off....
Shockwave strikes Jammer with his Blade attack.
Jammer staggers back, as the metal digs into her
Night Raven rolls off to the side, trying to put some distance between himself and his attacker. He crouches in firing position and levels his left forearm at the MedusaSaur.
Night Raven misses MedusaSaur with his laser attack.
Jammer says, "OUCH, that hurt..."
MedusaSaur dances sideways, her tendrils writhing, her burning violet optics locking onto Night Raven. "Come and get me, Autobot scum," she growls as she dodges the retaliation.
Shockwave continues to stalk over towards Jammer. His arm-cannon coming online as he drops down into a defensive stance. Optic flaring he intones, "Then I will see your death is very painful indeed wench."
MedusaSaur says, "Try attacking a target from the front, rather than shooting in the back!"
Jammer grrs, "Your not nice"...as a blast of energy shoots forth at Shockwave's head...
Jammer strikes Shockwave with her EM_pulse attack.
MedusaSaur hisses tauntingly, hoping to draw Night Raven further away from Shockwave, her tentacles flickering with blue light still.
Night Raven glances over his shoulder for a split second to check on Jammer, then refocuses his attention on Whiplash.
Shockwave's optic flares as he is struck in the mid-section. He looks at the welt, that she left there as he levels his weapon-arm at her right knee, and he intones, "You seemed to have missed your destined location child." He then fires off a shot of electromagnetic impulses at the young Autobot female.
Shockwave strikes Jammer with his Em_Pulse attack.
Jammer goes flying back
MedusaSaur crouches, growling, moving back with slow deliberation, ready to spring back or forward at a second's notice, still trying to draw Night Raven after her.
Shockwave's arm-cannon begins to smoke from the discharge, and it was not much that he placed into his brutal onslaught. His pace as he walks towards her is still slow, and he clenches his hand into a fist. His voice is icy and cold as he speaks to her, "Jammer, now you will learn not to shoot me in the back."
Jammer grrs
MedusaSaur hisses, "What's wrong, Autobot? You prefer a stationary target? Can't hit a moving one?"
Jammer changes into her skimmer mode.
Green Skimmer says, "STOP RIGHT THERE"
Green Skimmer fires a burst of brilliant green energy at the advancing con..
Green Skimmer strikes Shockwave with her disruptor attack.
Night Raven remains in his position, watching Jammer's next move, he turns back and begins to advance on Whiplash as Jammer connects with the disruptor.
Green Skimmer says, "Now, if you'll excuse me...I think it's time to leave."
MedusaSaur's attention is abruptly distracted again by the events going on behind Night Raven. Abandoning her opponant instantly, she darts sideways to circle him and reach Jammer.
Shockwave drops down to one knee as his systems freeze over. His optic flares again as he starts to consider his next move on her. Prehaps he is going to rip her to pieces. He calls out to Whiplash, "I need you to break the current of this infernal disruptor.."
MedusaSaur stretches out into a series of leaps as she closes in on her new target, leaving herself open to attack from behind and apparently not caring....
MedusaSaur watches the skimmer draw back rapidly, and fires a burst from her tentacles, a brilliant-blue corona directed forward.....
MedusaSaur misses Green Skimmer with her Electricity attack.
Green Skimmer hits a burst of speed, letting the attack eat up the ground behind her
Night Raven takes a few steps forward and transforms, heading skyward.
Green Skimmer enters the Bypass to Tetrahex.
Green Skimmer has left.
Night Raven jumps. He seems to pause in midair as his body folds in half to form the upper and the lower parts of the cyberjet's fuselage.
MedusaSaur growls and spins toward the other Autobot as the first darts out of range, bringing her tentacles forward once again and firing, out of sheer fury.
MedusaSaur strikes Black Cyberjet with her electricity attack.
Black Cyberjet shudders slightly under the attack, slowing only for a moment before putting on a burst of speed and leaving a sonic boom in his wake
Black Cyberjet enters the Sky above Silicon Trench.
Black Cyberjet has left.
Shockwave continues to remain on the ground and unable to move. His hand is digging into the metal ground and by the looks of things. He is not all too happy about this. Optic flaring he speaks to Night Raven, "Such cowardence. Quicksilver, speaks logically, that you have lost what you fight for."
MedusaSaur leaps up on a jutting piece of sheetmetal and hisses, her tentacles writhing around her.
Shockwave speaks in the general direction of the hiss, "Whiplash...."
The burning-violet light in Whiplash's optics slowly cools to its usual shade as she recalls the reason she went after the Autobots with such fury in the first place. Slowly she turns back, trying to pick out Shockwave amidst the clutter on the ground.
MedusaSaur leaps down, transforming as she does so.
MedusaSaur transforms into Whiplash.
Whiplash crosses the space between them quickly, kneeling by Shockwave, looking him over in a moment of silence, until she finally bursts out, "I can't leave you alone for a few days, can I? First I hear some two-bit warlord tries to knock you off, then I find you out here -- what have I told you about paying attention in a place like this!?"
Whiplash says, "Great Cybertron, Shock, I can't believe--" she swallows the rest of the words with a sharp intake of breath and whispers, "How bad are you hurt?"
Shockwave is on the ground his hand clutching into the sheet metal surface of the planet. Optic flashing he intones, "I thank you for coming to my assistance. I was not paying attention, and the little one scrambled my sensors. I got her fairly well for this, and as for Jhiaxus I made short work of him. I am still under the effects of this disruptor..."
Whiplash reaches out toward him with her hands and several tentacles, her aggitation slowly fading into concern. "What can I do? Should I get someone? ... Can't leave you out here alone like this, though...."
Shockwave hmms to himself, "They must be testing our borders." His optic pulsates as he responds, "Hit me...."
Whiplash seems taken aback. "Hit you?"
Shockwave's optic flashes as he responds, "It should assist in removing this sensation in my motor relays."
Whiplash looks uncertain. "Um..." She balls a fist and strikes half-heartedly at the side of Shockwave's chest - it's doubtful he even feels it.
Whiplash strikes Shockwave with her punch attack.
Shockwave's optic flickers as she is able to knock some sense into him. He sits himself up and looks himself over. Optic flashing he intones, "I really must thank you for this..." Soon he looks about as he stands up to his feet, "It seems, that so much has happened in my life within such a short time..."
Whiplash stands also, watching Shockwave critically and still with concern.
Shockwave's optic flashes and he reaches for something...a small radio. He looks it and then hands it over towards her, "The damage is only minor cosmetic."
Whiplash backs away from the radio that he holds out to her. "What's that?"
Shockwave says, "It is the radio I gave you before." He looks around still worried about another attack, "Maybe we should go speak elsewhere, so that we don't have to face another ambush." A hint of concern fills his voice as he asks, "Are you hurt?"
Whiplash:
To those who knew her before, this female Decepticon seems subtly changed ... at first it's hard to detect, because her pure-black plating hides much of the damage - but on close inspection, the high gloss is missing from her color, and various dents and chips and even missing panels mar her armor, as though she simply no longer bothered to keep herself in repair. Against the dull black, the intense purple of her optics stand out almost in startling contrast, as does the only other splash of color on her structure, the purple Decepticon symbol on her chest. A writhing mass of dusty black tentacles covers her back, coiling forward over her shoulders and around her waist, and snaking restlessly about her legs.
Whiplash says, "Me? Nah. Look, Shock..." she sighs, trying to seek out the right words. "I wasn't planning on running into you out here. You gotta wonder why our paths keep crossing."
Whiplash still does not accept the radio, looking at it with uncertainty.
Shockwave's optic glows slightly as if giving off the signs of a grin. He looks into Whiplash's optics, "Maybe it is part of our own destiny, almost as if it wants us to be together..."
Whiplash peers around warily herself, part of her always on the alert for danger.
Shockwave's sensors go back online and are on full alert. He places the radio away and continues to look into her violet optics.
Whiplash's optics flicker in confusion. "You know that's -- that's just exactly why I was trying to stay the hell out of your way. Because there's things I've been meaning to tell you about, and I figure you don't need that kind of complication in your life. At least...." her voice drops to a nearly inaudible whisper, "At least that's one of the things I told myself before I left."
Whiplash drops her gaze to the ground and wraps a few tentacles around herself, silently struggling with something.
Shockwave sits himself up on a large piece of sheet metal. Optic flickering he looks around and he intones, "I enjoy your presence, and I am not bothered by it. Almost if it is beyond enjoyment, prehaps there is more to our 'friendship' than either of us do relise. I am comfortable and willing to hear what you have to say..."
Whiplash darts a glance around, then raises her head to regard Shockwave steadily. "Okay then. It's long past time I was honest with you -- and myself. But not here. Too out-in-the-open."
Shockwave says, "Then would you feel comfortable about speaking to me with this in my quarters in Darkmount?"
Whiplash wraps her tentacles around herself a little tighter. "I was thinking, more neutral ground. There's a back alley in Dead End City that you can disappear into - did it myself recently - no one knows or cares who you are, no one asks dumb questions. There's corners there that no one goes near."
Whiplash considers, and then adds almost apologetically, "Maybe not quite your style, though. No place for the Decepticon leader."
Shockwave holds his hand out as his optic flashes, "Polyhex is close to our location, and I do have an office in there. If not we can make use of my quarters in Darkmount. There are no cameras and nobody bothers me there."
Whiplash nods, a bit hesitantly, and reaches out carefully as though to place her hand in Shockwave's ... then draws back, making the motion look almost casual.
Whiplash says, "Lead on, then."
A trace of humor flickers through her optics for the first time.
Shockwave inclines his head back and then pushes himself off the piece of sheet metal. His optic glows and he intones, "It seems we have more instated for us." He flexes his fingers as his retro-rockets start to kick in.
Whiplash hovers upward as she follows.
Shockwave and Whiplash continue on to reveal their feelings for one another, but from this point onward we will leave them their privacy....