Onslaught heard the words from Blitzwing's vocal processors and doubled back straight towards the war room and entered. "Blitzwing, I need details and information on our situation, stat. You said you've found Optimus Prime?" he said. From what he'd gathered observing the state of the Nemesis, a battle had occurred and knocked the ship onto the planet in a crash landing. Why the ship's systems didn't activate him immediately upon crashing was anyone's guess, but that didn't matter. Their target, the leader of the Autobots, was potentially within their sights. It was then he noticed his leader in the same room as him. "Oh, apologies Lord Megatron. As soon as I heard Blitzwing's words, I acted rashly and assumed you were not aware. My apologies," he said, quick to make sure he was at least not on his lord's bad side at least. ----- On the outskirts of Las Vegas's Industrial District Sunstreaker followed the signals into a much dirtier, much more filthy part of the vibrant city, muttering under his breath about how his tires were getting crud all over them, when he spotted two familiar signals, and felt his spark sink. Of all the Autobots he disliked, only one of the targets of his disgust had been shared. "Prowl." He said through gritted teeth on his holo-matter avatar, looking over at the police car with Arcee parked nearby. "So, you survived. Joy." he said. He looked through his avatar to see Verity. "Who's the pet?" he asked. Then he finally seemed to notice that Arcee was there, and just shrugged in indifference. ----- At the Oregon-Nevada border "This is Hound of the Autobot Resistance. To all Cybertronians on this frequency, please tell me your location, and grant me a rendezvous point to meet up with you. I repeat, this is..." Hound's broadcast went through a coded frequency, and while the signal itself was weak, he could locate several weak signals south of his location. And so he continued south.
Las Vegas, Nevada "How did you manage to find us with our trackers off?" Prowl asked. Verity looked confused. "More of your guys?" "Yes." Arcee replied "This is our scout and frontline soldier - Sunstreaker." --- Area 51, Nevada Skywarp laid down on the ground as the engineers began operating. This is humiliating. He thought. Then he caught a brief signal, it was an Autobot beacon, coming from Oregon. "Brother, did you also pick this up? Someone activated their transmission beacon." Skywarp said to Thundercracker as he picked up Hound's beacon. --- Crashed Nemesis, Mars "No way, Soundwave, make someone else to the recap thing. I have better things to tend now, since you made me your doctor." he said that as he walked out of the room towards whatever place he could turn into a laboratory. Meanwhile Runabout noticed Brawl too. "Come at us, brah! We gonna send you to hell!" he roared. --- I-80, Gas Station "We good to go? Anything ok?" Bumblebee asked. "Hey guys..." Cliffjumper began "I found that this place had a wi-fi network and connected to the internet. You won't believe what's on there. Reports coming from the entire country about meteors crash landing here. One apparently destroyed a whole military base." "Decepticons!" Bumblebee stated. "Wait there's more. Some place called Stoneville had an accident of its own, reports state that two mechanical beings obliterated the town, no deaths but many injuries and firefighters are still putting down the fires. I guess the Decepticons made their appearance in a grandiose way!" "That's bad, real bad. Let's get going." Bumblebee turned his engine on and took off, followed by Cliffjumper.
Dreadwing groaned. "Another time, Starscream. For now, focus." Dreadwing continued on towards where the General and Burns were headed. "I am sorry... we are not familiar with some of your languages... we've been... "testing them out" if you will..." Spitfire found a crate of spare jet parts, and started rummaging through to find the necessary parts to fix his let thrusters, and his busted shin plating. "My am I thankful these locals have at least a decent understanding of armor and platings..." He tapped the side of his head. "Now, where is an energy source we can use?" --- Mirage drove back into the warehouse, and transformed as soon as he was inside. "Well, good news and bad news. Good news, is that I found an energy station not far from here that can gives us a... rough, refueling. Bad news, is that it's grosser than that "Nightmare Fuel" stuff Swerve cooks up." Mirage tapped his arm. "I might need some more soon though, my energon reserves are starting to run low." He then pulled up a map. "The station's about 4 kliks from our location. It also had another powersource I was afraid of touching because it was so unstable... wonder what Ratchet could do with it."
Abandoned Warehouse, Colorado "Huh...." Bud thinks for a moment and then his smile grows huge. "I know just the thing! We've got a projector in my parent's garage! I could set that up and... yeah, I'll need parts for the other stuff though. He eyes the warehouse and then looks up to Bluestreak. "Me and Coby can probably buy some old tech from a parts store for the global... er the internet you want." He then spots Mirage appear once more. "Cool guy! Hi!" Ratchet makes a sweeping gesture with his arm out. "This will be our new base it seems. Let's go Track's." He walks inside the doorway and watches for Track's to follow. I-15 entering Las Vegas, Nevada "Las Vegas... strange name." mumbles Sideswipe. "Whoa!" He's suddenly cut off by a vehicle slip into the tiny space between his front bumper and Ultra Magnus's back bumper. "The frag?!" He honks at the aggressive driver and the human inside it holds up a single finger at him. "What's that supposed to mean?!" Area 51, Nevada Thundercracker begins ripping parts off of planes and sits down beside Skywarp to weld his body. He was used to such pain by now. Every Decepticon worth his grit had their emblems branded on instead of simply painted. It showed their strength and dedication to the cause. And so everytime the emblem got damaged, the brand would have to be renewed. Only pathetic Autobots needed pain blockers for something like that. As he sits there he studies the humans and realizes they are moving slow because they are studying Skywarp's cyberbiology as they work. He hopes Starscream has noticed. Crashed Nemesis, Mars Soundwave immediately pivots and grabs Knockout. He slams the smaller bot against the wall and looms with his visor brightening. "Soundwave: Not scout. Not Medic. Not technical engineer. Soundwave: Has done all three since crash. Soundwave: loyal to cause in all capacities. Soundwave: Third in command. Soundwave: earned his title and respect. Knockout: Will serve cause in all capacity. Failure: not optional. Disrespect: unadvised. Soundwave: can make Knockout's functioning the pit should Knockout fail to serve cause. Knockout: Comprehend?"
"Uhhh. We took damage from the local asteroid belt and crashed onto this planet" said Blitzwing. "And it's unconfirmed." --- "Wanna practice a prank on him" whispers Runamuck. --- "How big can you guys get?" asked Marcus. "And you probably mean Rockville. I used to work there." --- Starscream continues welding himself. "I don't think they meant rip their planes apart" he said, noticing Thundercracker ignore the spare parts. --- Bluestreak looks around. "Inter-what now? Whatever, I'm sure it can help" said Bluestreak. He then walks up and down the factory floor. "We could also do with something to black out the windows, in case people get nosy" says Bluestreak, next looking at Mirage. "Some of the crash vaults had energon seeders. If we can find them and find secluded places for the crystals to grow, monitor them and such, it should serve as a more useful method. If we can find a way to use their powers sources to make an energon substitute, it may work in the meantime. For the systems, we should be able to hook them into their power grid. Question is actually making recharge pads to refuel with."
Nemesis Megatron was unphased by Soundwave's action and turns to Onslaught "At ease, I am glad to see more loyal mechs have woken." He returns his gaze to Blitzwing "Find transportation while Onslaught I need you to rally the troops together." --- Colorado Coby jumps out of the truck "So, how are you going to build a base... here... oh no...." Coby notices the sun coming up. Hot Shot parks at the warehouse "Does it really matter?"
Nemesis "At once, Lord Megatron," he said, and stepped out of the war room to rally the troops together, when he sees Runamuck and Runabout taunting Brawl. "If you two have time to taunt one of my subordinates, you have time to shut your vocal processors, and prepare for battle. Brawl, if you really want to vent your frustrations, I have a better target than these two idiots." He said. "Now mobilize, all of you. We've got a mission, and you three are, for the moment, my troops. Find anyone else not preoccupied aboard, and tell them this: 'We're moving out. Join Onslaught when the transport is ready in the hangar.' If I don't get results, someone is going to have a very painful ride." He said, and stepped out of the room to search for others. --- Sunstreaker's holo-matter avatar shrugged. "Followed some Autobot signals and a trail of energon to you guys. What, giving me the third degree already? Shouldn't you be happy you have one of your soldiers still alive, Prowl?" He said, biting into the name with venom. Then his sensors lit up, and he picked up a signal, far north of their location. "If you're about to tell me off Prowl, you should hear what I just picked up. Listen to this," he said, and began to play a Cybertronian message over his radio.... ----- Winnemucca, Nevada Attention all Cybertronians, this is Hound of the Autobot resistance. I've arrived in a native wildlife settlement, and will be broadcasting here for a few cycles. I have tracked down at least one Autobot signal, belonging to Sunstreaker, south of this location. If there are any Autobots with him, or have picked up this signal, respond in the native inhabitants' language with this phrase: "Till All are One,". Hound felt exposed, but he didn't know any better way to broadcast this signal than to use the native inhabitants' technologies to his advantage. That large storage of data and information they colloquially called the "Internet". Was useful though. Great way to pick up the languages with those online lessons. Kinda like a recharge slab that had a built in teacher bot with it. He stayed close to the radio tower he was parked near, and remained holographically hidden using his projector, until he felt ready to leave, and followed up the message with a code, one in a little language called Morse he'd picked up from online: "To any Autobots that pick up this hidden message, I will be actually heading east, as I've found a large collection of Autobot signals closer to my location than due south. If I encounter any Decepticons, do not try to aid me. I'm likely too far away from you to be reached within time. Hound out."
I-15, Nevada Ironhide rammed the car frim the side, trying to push him out of the road. "Move aside, ass wipe!" he said. "Ironhide!!!" Ultra Magnus irritatingly shouted. "What?! It was the work of an enemy stand Decepticon." --- Colorado "Weren't we going somewhere, I'm confused?!" Tracks wondered. ((I wonder that too)) --- Area 51, Nevada Burns waited for the Decepticons to get their repairs before continuing with their mission. He rubbed his eyes, because he didn't catch much sleep the last couple of hours. From the touchdown by that base, transporting Spitfire to Area 51 and now communicating with extraterrestrial beings. ((Also guys, did I miss anyone that I have to reply to?))
Crashed Nemesis, Mars Knockout transformed the panels on his arms into blades and turned around, putting them on Soundwave's throat. "I'd die for that cause too, Soundwave, but if you want us to survive this place, get to that blue planet and defeat the Autobots once and for all, you will have to let me go and do my thing. Because, and I promise you that, I'll find a way to get us out of here!" Knockout stated that coldly with resolve in his voice, at that moment he was speaking from his spark not from his brain. "Sure bro!" Runabout replied "What do you have in mind?" --- I-80, Wyoming, 30 minutes to Rock Springs "Heh." Bumblebee chuckled "It depends, there are mechs as big as a skyscraper, turning into huge ships. And there are small mech that turn into cassettes. So our sizes vary but the norm is guys around Cliff's height, just a bit taller than me." "We've just passed Creston." Cliffjumper notified. --- Las Vegas, Nevada "Listen, Sunstreaker, nobody is punishing you. I'm just concerned about the Decepticons getting our location. You know that we aren't at our strongest right now?" "Still no news of Optimus?" Arcee asked. "None that I'm aware of." he replied. "Can't we find him somehow?" asked Verity. "If he has his beacon up, which he probably doesn't." Prowl stated. --- Area 51, Nevada Skywarp was slowly getting repaired.
Crashed Nemesis, Mars Soundwave did not release Knockout. A painful sensation would begin in the back of Knockout's processor. Soundwave's words would begin to echo to him, as if he were INSIDE his processor itself and not simply speaking to him. "Knockout: Errored. If Knockout can do anything for cause, then Knockout can obey chain of command for cause. Failure to do so: Treasonous. Knockout: traitor?" The processor pain would then increase exponentially. Soundwave would not tolerate some arrogant soldier doing whatever he wants on missions that he and the other commanders worked so hard in ensuring victory. He needed to know this soldier would obey. 'Letting him go to do his own thing.' was not an option when an order was given. 'I'll find us a way to get out here.' was a nice proposal, but it was not what was ordered of him now. Soundwave had ordered for one simple thing of this soldier: to inform the lead tactician of the situation, so that the command could stay focused. But even something so simple was being fought over. What would happen in a critical mission were this soldier suddenly to decide he didn't want to do something? This flagrant insubordination was a threat to the cause and Megatron. Soundwave would broker no threats. "Soundwave: Repeats Query. Knockout: Traitor?" Abandoned Warehouse, Colorado Bud hears Coby's uh oh and turns around to see the ground begin to peak light over it from the sun. "Ack! We gotta get back home before mom and dad find out Coby!" (( @CyberRavager they were leaving for the warehouse. They have arrive now. Tracks response makes no sense )) I-15 in Las Vegas, Nevada The beat up Sedan driver was rammed into lightpole in the side of street and his unseatbelted self was flung into the passengers side of the car. He didn't move after that. "Holy Primus on a ruststick! The armor on these vehicles is scrap! Ironhide barely touched him!" wows Sideswipe in amazement. Area 51, Nevada Thundercracker shrugs. "Too late now." He finishes welding and begins perusing the paints and sealants. He mixed and brought over cans of paint for the colors Starscream, Skywarp, and himself. The fact Thundercracker knew his brothers exact hues spoke of how many times he had to help repaint those two after battle. Sigh.
Lori hops out of the car, and looks at Coby, Landmine and Hot Shot. "My parents think I'm on a fieldtrip, I'm good" she says. She then begins to pull the heavy iron gates to fully allow Landmine and Hot Shot in without them having to transform. Landmine drives in and transforms once he's indoors. "I'll get yo two home" Bluestreak says, heading out and transforming. "Though you're gonna have to show me the way. Hopefully, you can make your excuses and still help me get those resources." Landmine looks at the place. "Bit dusty" he said, sliding his finger one of the walls. --- Getting closer to your friends, then?" Marcus asked. "How much longer do you reckon?" --- Starscream finished patching himself up, and looked to Thundercracker. "Thundercracker, a bit of red, if you will?" he called, trying to get his brother to spray his intake with the paint. He then looked over at Agent Burns. "Few minutes, then we can make plans to look for Autobots" Starscream said to him. --- "Right" said Blitzwing, who taps Soundwave's shoulder as he leaves. "Mind helping me see if any of the bridge systems work?" --- "Time to shut your-? What are you on about? You sufferin' from stasis sickness" says Runamuck, getting up close to Onslaught's face. "Yeah, looks like Onslaught's got stasis sickness. Second opinion, bro?"
Nemesis Onslaught was not someone who liked getting his hands dirty. But he didn't take scrap from anyone he didn't respect. And Runamuck was not a mech he respected. His shoulder cannons lowered so one was pointed right at Runamuck's face, point blank. The other was aimed right at Runabout's chest. At the distance he was from them, neither shot would miss. "Megatron specifically instructed me to rally any troops who are willing and able aboard this ship. I'd love to see you say that same scrap you just spouted to his face, but I need troops. We're heading out. So, I'm giving you two options, to both you and your brother. One, you can shut up, and find others who are aboard our ship, and get them to a transport on the hangar, as I ordered. Or two, I put you and your brother in stasis lock, and Brawl and I drag you to the transport, we do your job better than you, and leave you in stasis lock for the duration of the trip, and enjoy a nice, quiet ride without you two whining. So, do you really want to find out how much a stasis bolt straight to the face stings, Runamuck? Or do you want to do your job, and find someone else to annoy with your brother?" He said. "I'm giving you three nano-kliks to decide." ------ Las Vegas, Nevada Sunstreaker sighed, and turned off his radio. "Yeah yeah, I get it Prowl. Can't afford to blow our cover. Despite how much Arcee has already got a pet," he muttered. "So, you heard Hound's message, and whatever the pit that noise afterwards was. Should we meet up with him?" he asked. ------ Nevada-Utah Border As the sun roses into the sky, Hound found himself listening to whatever he could on the radio his altmode provided. Apparently "meteors" had been spotted falling all over the country and even a few towns had been hit. He hoped that his fellow Autobots were okay. But he didn't have much time to worry, trying to keep cover with his Holo-Matter avatar up as he traveled along the road.
I-15, Nevada "Ironhide!!!" Ultra Magnus shouted "What did you do to the native?! Did you murder him?" "No, I just rammed him out of our formation." "He's right Magnus, that creature was violating the law, Article 16, paragraph 4, line 5, I believe." Trailbreaker added, in terms defending his comrade from the by-the-book commander. Ultra Magnus paused for a moment, to check his inner protocol and law database, then sighed. "Yes, he violated the law and was punished for that but let's keep casualties to a minimum, shall we?" --- Abandoned Warehouse, Colorado ((Ignore it then, I really didn't know where we were)) When Tracks neared the warehouse he sighed in disappointment. "This...? This will be our base?!" --- Area 51, Nevada Agent Burns nodded, he then remembered that he left his red Ford Raptor parked back at the military base, in which he had left some food he bought form the gas station he entered last night. --- Nemesis, Mars Barricade continued looking at the debris in the sky, what the computer just finished calculating was shocking. He pressed the ship's speaker button and hoped that the speakers still worked. "Attention everyone, in the next few kliks ((minutes)) part of the debris above us will fall near and on top of the Nemesis. Braise for impact!" he notified.
Crosshairs arrived at the spot and transformed out of his alt mode and just sighed at Track's remark. "Ah, stick a cork in it, Tracks. Just because it doesn't meet your standards, doesn't mean it isn't useful." As Crosshairs said that, Streetwise stepped out. "Ok, you guys made, come inside." He said as he opened the doors.
Crashed Nemesis, Mars "I'm not a traitor! I'm not! Alright I'll tell that asshole what you want me to tell but keep it brief." Knockout stood down, reverting his arm blades back to normal arm panels. "I see that he doesn't have a drop of an idea what's happening. Mind lending him a hand in refreshing his mind?" Runabout sarcastically mocked Onslaught as he cracked his knuckles. --- Area 51, Nevada Skywarp's repairs were almost finished, now he only had to rescan a vehicle to be sure everything will be tip top and working. "How long did it take for the repairs, I must have passed out." Skywarp said "I think I dreamed of something." --- I-80, Wyoming "Between 6 and 8 hours, depending on our driving pace." Cliffjumper replied. "Cliff... you've been really talkative as of our pit stop." Bumblebee said. "I've been going through the Internet, learning more about the language, culture and news. Many news about our touchdown. Sightings from around the continent. Some people are fearing of an alien invasion, while others believe it was just a simple meteor shower with the coincidence being that many comets landed in America." Cliffjumper explained. "Maybe it's a coverup, so your leaders Marcus, are trying to persevere the peace of your world." Bumblebee speculated. "That's an outright conspiracy? Why do you think their leaders are the same corrupt assess like ours were once?" --- Las Vegas, Nevada "Pet?!" Arcee wondered. Verity raised her middle finger to Sunstreaker. "Calm down, Verity." Jimmy tapped her tigh. "I don't agree with Arcee's choices either but I'll let it slide. What I won't is Hound. Did he just blew his cover sending this long range message or not?" Prowl asked.
Nemesis Onslaught decided he had better things to do than mess with the two resident pranksters, and retracted his cannons. "Fine, you wanna cause trouble? Go ahead. Brawl, you and I are heading out. These two probably wouldn't give a scrap if the chance to slag Optimus Prime was staring them right in the face," He said as he stepped out, expecting Brawl to follow. ---- Las Vegas "Well, seems Hound's gone and done just that, the bolthead. So, what do we do now? Set up a base somewhere else?" Sunstreaker asked, ignoring whatever that finger the pet had thrown him meant. Probably an insult, given her attitude. ---- I-80, Utah, near Salt Lake City Hound felt for some reason like he'd screwed up somewhere along the way, but he couldn't place how. Probably with the transmission. If Decepticons got a hold of it, then Susnstreaker was in trouble. Scrap. And he was too far away now to change the transmission until he got to another...populated area. He looked at an approaching sign. "Salt Lake City?" He muttered aloud. He looked out into the distance, and saw a bustling metropolitan area up ahead. He could easily blend in there, and head over to a radio tower or broadcast station and send a new message through there. Plus, the Autobot signals he'd picked up heading in his direction from Winnemucca, were likely already near here. It was taking a risk, but if he activated his signal in that area, it would be endangering the local species, yet protect him as they would be like hostages. But it didn't feel right. Hostages were things Decepticons took, not Autobots. So, he settled on a compromise. Heading off road and into a forested area, Hound hid himself and activated his signal, broadcasting it for a full klik ((minute)) before shutting the signal off, and driving back onto the road and into the city. Hopefully, it would be his friends who received the signal first, and not his enemies.
Crashed Nemesis, Mars Being superior, Soundwave knew Blitzwing had already voluntarily completed the mission because he was keeping tabs on the conversations behind him. He retreats from Knockout's processor, but keeps ahold of the mech against the wall. "Knockout: Negative. Blitzwing: Pro-active. Has informed Onslaught all he needs to know. Knockout: Insubordination will be punished. Punishment: Will-" He is suddenly interrupted by Barricade's notification that some of debris is falling planetside. "Punishment: Scouring the Nemesis and planet for valuable fallen debris parts. Knockout: Should prepare to get filthy and worn out." Soundwave lets go of Knockout, turns, and bows to Megatron. "Soundwave requests: taking skiff and Blitzwing to salvage parts floating in nearby space for repair of Space Bridge. Soundwave: Suspects seeders also in debris field. Seeders: Invaluable to cause." Soundwave left unsaid that he suspected salvage pirates in the area had been tailing both ships battling and were just waiting for one or both to finish the other off to collect metal. He knew his Lord wouldn't want to miss a fight, but Soundwave didn't want to have to worry for his Lord's welfare at the moment. Besides, if any pirates came planetside, his Lord could get his fill of battle that way.... safely on the ground. Colorado "Come on Bud! We still have time to sneak through our windows!" urges Bud running up to Bluestreak. "We won't need excuses if we get there fast! Come on Coby!" He hops up and down excitedly waiting for Bluestreak to transform. Ratchet sighs. "It's better then being found by the locals Tracks." He walks inside and eyes the truck beds. "We can turn some of this into medbay equipment." Area 51, Nevada Without a word, Thundercracker dutifully took out a paintbrush and began helping Starsceam with his paint. He looks over at Skywarp fully repaired. "I got the paints needed for that scuffed up chest of yours, brother. Let me know if you can't reach something." He finishes up with some paint sealant on starscream's throat to ensure it shined along with the rest of his body. He knew Starscream was fussy like that. He wouldn't be surprised if he had a stash of hidden jewelry somewhere. Maybe even a gaudy crown. Thundercacker snorted to himself in amusement. Before stepping away and looking to his own paints. I-15, Nevada "Well, if the locals are this easy to defeat, sir. Maybe we shouldn't worry about keeping disguise?" suggests Sideswipe to Ultra Magnus
Warehouse, Colorado "You have a problem with my opinion, eh Crosshairs?!" Tracks transformed back into robot mode. --- Nemesis, Mars "You want me for something?" Brawl asked, while walking past Runabout and Runamuck "See you around, dipshits!" --- I-15, Nevada, 25 minutes to Las Vegas "That's still violation of the law, Sideswipe. Keep your cover until further notice. After all we don't want to start a conflict, one is enough." Magnus replied. Meanwhile Trailbreaker caught hold of a brief signal coming back from the area of Salt Lake City. "Boss, I think I detected for a second, a signal from another cybertronian." "Probably the 'cons setting a trap or something. It's not really safe to do anything about unidentified signals." Ironhide stated. "What if it's one of ours?" "Then, they'll find they way to us, have some faith in your comrades!"
Area 51 Dreadwing nodded, walked away from the General and Burns, and looked over to his comrades. "How go the repairs?" --- Spitfire plugged himself into one of the Maintenance consoles, and pulled up a world map, connecting himself to the Internet. He scoured recent landings and supposed meteor landings. "Commander Starscream, I have a report. 15 Unconfirmed Landing sites that are presumably Autobot landing sites. I've already counted out the landing sites that we have confirmed we have come from, but from these reports..." He pulled up the two states of Colorado and Nevada. "These two areas are of the highest concentration when it comes to the landing sites, and thus it is safe to assume the Autobots have gathered in either area..." Schematics of the Human vehicles and their weak-points scrolled through his optics. "Dreadwing, Starscream, I've stumbled upon information regarding the Human technology. Willing to share it over Optics Communicators." --- Colorado Mirage sighed. "Well, guess we're stuck here for now..." He sat down on a steel pipe. "Guess we just wait..."
Bluestreak shifts into vehicle mode, and his passenger doors open. However, in the driver seat a holographic human was projected, resembling a mixture of people Bluestreak had passed during his and Ratchet's travels. "Don't want people to think you guys are driving" Bluestreak said. "Anyone want to come with." Landmine looked around the building. "Don't look too excited" Landmine said. "Besides, with the ark gone we haven't got the luxury of being picky." Landmine then turns to Ratchet. "Problem is we don't have any energon to refuel ourselves efficiently with" he said. "I dunno how compatible we are with what powers their devices." Lori looks up at Crosshairs. "Where'd you come from?" she asked. "You kinda disappeared." --- "These are bold assumptions, given you've never met them" said Marcus. "True as they are." Marcus grabbed one of the sandwiches from the back set, before stopping for a moment. "You don't mind if I eat one in here" he said. "I haven't eaten since we let." --- "Thank you, Thundercracker" Starscream said. Starscream may be a lying ass most times, but if there's one thing he can genuinely compliment someone on it's a good job done on his paint job. Starscream stands up and walks over to Spitfire. and looks at the screen. He tried to remember where he fought Mirage, Tracks, Streetwise, Landmine and Hot Shot, but never had time to check during the battle. He looked hard. "The debris from the ark doesn't make things easier" said Starscream. "You may be making the wrong assumption. I'm also fairly certain the Autobots launched Crash Vaults. Perhaps Agent Burns can help us." He then raises his optic ridge to hear about the human technology. "Proceed." --- Blitzwing nods at Soundwave. "See if any of the Cargo Shuttles are intact. See if some of the troops can help us" Blitzwing suggested. "I'll go and check the spacebridge room, assess the damage and see if I can estimate what materials we need." Blitzwing proceeded to the space bridge room, where found it in relatively good condition. He used his sword to cut down a collapsed beam blocking his way, and proceeded to the bridge itself. Opening a maintenance hatch, he saw the internals were messed. Pulling out a datapad, he begins listing any parts that need replacing. When he final finishes his work, he makes sure to send a message to Barricade. "Barricade, get a message to Dreadwing" Blitzwing orders. "Tell him that a major Autobot target has been located off the coast of the Earth City of California. Tell him to mobilize and get there as soon as possible. We'll meet you there once we restore space bridge systems to working condition." ((@CyberRavager )) Blitzwing if Starscream was with Dreadwing, then if he knew who the target was then he would attempt to take the glory and screw up affairs, figuring it would be best to tell them target once Megatron was in the field. Blitzwing then runs back to catch up with Soundwave, wherever he had got to by this point. Runamuck flips the bird at Brawl and Onslaught as they depart. "Gotta be something we can do to get back at them, bro" he muses.
