California
Covering almost 158,700
square miles, the Golden State contains everything from redwood and sequoia
forests in the north, to the fertile Central Valley, to the deserts of the
south and east. A land of contrasts, the lush beauty of forested national parks
such as Redwood and Yosemite are matched by the harsh beauty of the Death
Valley and Joshua Tree national parks. The coast, too, varies from waves
dashing themselves at the foot of the rocky cliffs in the north to gentle
swells lapping the sandy beaches in Southern California. The state is not only
one of the most beautiful, but is also the most populous in the United States,
concentrated mostly in major cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Contents:
Hook
Scrapper
Mixmaster
Obvious exits:
North <N> leads to
Northwestern States.
Southeast <SE> leads to
Mexico.
West <W> leads to North
Pacific - North American Coast.
East <E> leads to
Southwestern States.
Fly <Up> Arizona
<AZ> Mojave Desert
<MD> Death Valley <DV> Los Angeles <LA> San Francisco <SF>
Scrapper shouts, "Constructicons, MERGE to form Devastator!"
With a shudder of metal, the
Constructicons undergo a stunning transformation and combine into the mighty
form of Devastator!
Devastator glares at the facility in front of him with his two dull,
nearly lifeless optics. The Constructicon Supreme is currently in Silicon
Valley, and the six Decepticons that make him up didn't waste any time forming
up into the horrifying creature that many can now see before him. Devastator is
not even trying to be stealthy, and even if he were, it would fail. From miles
in all directions, he's a shining lime green beacon of hatred. The facility
he's staring at in particular is a sprawling network of office buildings and
labs. The area is moderately populated, but nothing terribly extreme.
The Constructicons
continue to stare at the facility, trying to remember why he even came here in
the first place. The six Constructicons inwardly bicker amongst themselves
about what to do, but finally raises his arms over his head and bellows a
horrific roar that causes nearby buildings to sway slightly. "FLEE, GNATS!
FLEE BEFORE THE DEVASTATOR DESTROYS YOU ALL!" He commands, stomping
towards the first building awkwardly and slowly.
Little Yellow Volkswagon<BUMBLEBEE> zooms onto the scene, probably
the first there unless DC used his cursed anti-gravs again. And what he
sees...shocks him, too the core. "Oh Primus..." Devistator. Stepping
on a facility. Chip is going to be /angry/. Bee lies low for now, going over
strategies in his head, and radioing the disconcerting news to HQ. Yes, he's
sneaky, that Bee. Shame he's bright yellow...
Bumblebee transmits a message via radio.
Bumblebee receives a radio transmission.
Gold hovertruck races along towards silicon valley at her top speed,
completly ignoring the roads as she tries to shave off some of the traveling
time. Ahhhh, the advantages of being able to hover. As the Alteronian femme
reaches Silicon Valley, she can see a very, very large lime green being
stomping towards... something, probably a building she can't see yet. Cursing
with all the venom she can, the femme begs a little more speed from her engine
and begins to race down the streets, homing in on the very large... target.
oO(I hope I'm not the only one that answered this or this is going to be a very
short battle... Oh... well there's bumblebee...) the femme transforms in a
flurry of gold and lands lightly across the 'courtyard' from the yellow
slugbuggy. "I'm going to pray reinforcements are on the way?" she
asks by way of introduction, pulling out her pistol and taking a few pot shots
at the gestalt, hoping to draw his attention away from... whatever he's after.
"HEY! Devestator! What's the matter? So afraid of the Autobots that you
won't show your faces unless you're hiding behind the armor with the CPU of a
turborat pellet?!"
With the traditional transformation sounds, Sheng transforms from an
updated hovertruck to her sleek and deadly battle-mode, ready for whatever may
come.
DepthCharge comes flying in to silicon, flying low to the ground. A
stream of dust and rock particles fly out in streams from his wake as the
Aquabot rockets on into the scene. This shouldn't be so hard, should it? Only 6
Decepticons. But as the airborne fish arrives on the scene, he gulps. There
ain't no 6 Decepticons. Only one giant one! Pondering if he should turn tail
and run, DepthCharge sees 'bee arriving. Well, that settles that. Other
Autobots are here. He can't run. So instead, he does the next best thing.
Soaring over to where Devastator is towering, DepthCharge forms a forcefield
around himself and soars up to 'optic' level. He says, in his most commanding
voice, "Decepticon Devastator. You are in violation of at least 10 terran
laws at the moment. I recommend you leave now, less you face the
consequences." Go DC!
DepthCharge successfully activates a powerful protective forcefield,
shielding him from the next attack.
>PING!< >PING!< The alteronian's attacks riccochet off
Devastator's armour. "HA HA HA! PUNY LITTLE AUTOWENCH!" Devastator
bellows at Sheng. "STOP PLAYING WITH TOYS AND GIVE DEVASTATOR A REAL
FIGHT!" He ignores the Aerial Aquabot's idle threats, and anything else in
the area, as he starts to tear into the building in front of him, a large
warehouse and factory for various cutting edge computer circuitry and
componentry.
Car Carrier <Ultra Magnus> having heard the call to arms from
those already on scene wasted little time gathering who he could and heading
out to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons. Hitting the road he puts the
pedal down knowing every moment he delays endangers those already there even
more. Traffic is light, at least in the direction he's heading, as everyone who
was able is fleeing the area where the jolly green giant appeared. Thankfully
the area that was choosen is not too far away and he is making excellent time.
Before long the looming form of the Decepticon gestalt comes into view off in
the distance. With a belch of black smoke from his smokestacks he takes the
nearest ramp towards the city proper. Should be no time at all before he's on
scene.
Vrrrrrrrrrm!
You hear that? That wonderful
purring of eight fine-tuned cylinders? Some might mistake that for a
particularly well-kept engine...and they'd be right, to some degree. No, that's
the sound of the CAVALRY- the mechanized cavalry, that is, in the form of more
vehicular autobots! Well, at least Smokescreen- it's another question if
there's anyone backing him up this time. He skids to a halt at the edge of the
battlefield and transforms to his more sturdy robot mode, surveying the
battlefield.
The titanous form of Devastator,
stomping on all sorts of non-titanous Autobots. "The more things change,
the more they stay the same..." he muses, appraising opportunities, lines
of fire, escape routes...the usual.
DepthCharge mutters as his tactic of distracting Devastator didn't work.
Time to pull out the big guns. Soaring back towards the gestalt, the Aquabot
darts in front of Dev's optics every now and then, still shielded, all annoying
insect like. As he flies he says, raising his voice so as to be sure the
massive green form can hear, "Oh, and that Decepticon Mixmaster. What a piece
of work. He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that
fool you. He really is an idiot." Now.. if only he had some canned
laughter to go with that. He continues on, performing the comedy styles of
D.C., "And that Decepticon Hook. The only genius with an IQ of 60."
Yes, thank you folks. DC will be here all night. Remember to tip your
waitresses.
Sheng shrugs mentally and holsters her pistol. She hadn't really
expected her attack to get Devestator's attention, so the fact that it didn't
even scratch his paint is no unexpected development. The femme suddenly dives
to the left, then the right, dodging the falling peices of maisonry as
Devestator tears through the building. Sheng's optics suddenly narrow as she
stares at the debris. With a flurry of gold, Sheng transforms back into her
hovertruck mode and floors her accelerator and... races away from the battle?
Two blocks away, Sheng suddenly hits the brakes and fishtails intoa 180.
Revving her engine once or twice, she again floors it, heading back into the
battle at her maximum speed. Her basic plan is to use her hovering ability and
momentum to, hopefully, use the debris as a makeshift ramp, hitting Devestator
somewhere on the back when she 'lands'. Reaching her top speed, Sheng hits the
'ramp' and is air born, transforming as she goes and praying that devestator
doesn't suddenly turn around...
Jetfire finds himself travelling out of Autobot City yet again to stop
another Decepticon raid. It's starting to feel like a race now, a race to stop
the Decepticons from completing whatever the bloody hell they are trying to
build. "At least this time the Decepticons has chosen a site closer to
Autobot City for raiding, maybe they're actually starting to feel bad about how
much energon they're making me guzzle down each time I make these trips."
The massive aerospace fighter looms above the blue, white, and red car carrier
below him.
Taking two massive forward strides Jetfire leaps up, his head retreating
into his frame as the nose of his fighter mode raises up to join with the rear
wing connections. Firing quickly to boost his altitude his legs shift back
along the hip joint to rest snuggly beneath the wings.
Little Yellow Volkswagon<BUMBLEBEE> frowns, inwardly. How to stop
a Devistator...hmm. Is that grapple line? Grinning, Bee zooms towards
Devistator's huge, crushing feet. Is he crazy? Yes. He makes his way towards
the office, and, yep, a hose! He transforms, and grabs the hose line, and turns
the water on-holding the spout tight. He runs to the other side of the Big Old
Gestalt, starting to get his trap ready....
With a click and a whir, Bumblebee bursts into his robot mode.
Tanker Truck <Colossus> follows down the highway behind Magnus -
the two massive trucks clearing a path before them as the truck horns blair
their approach. As the traffic lightens with their encroachment to the scene
Colossus pulls alongside the carrier. "Magnus, I'll try and handle and
orchestrate further evacuation of this area. I'll lend my help towards any humans
that might be trapped, and to the local law enforcement services." With
the immense form of Devastator now in view a gasp is issued out by the tanker
truck with an exasperated, "Oh my.." The truck barrels on down the
off-ramp behind Magnus, but then turns in another direction to participate in
this scene in the background.
With a changing of parts and that telltale sound, an otherwise Mundane
Stock car converts to the Autobot Smokescreen.
Hazard emerges from San Francisco.
"GGGAAHHH" Devastator shakes himself, trying to get that
Autobot flea off his back. He tries in vain to grab her off her, then decides
to ignore her. He spots a little yellow Autobot running around.
"DIE!" is all he growls, as he brings his foot up, then down again,
hopefully on Bumblebee. Whether or not, he continues tearing building up.
Bumblebee evades your Crushed underfoot attack.
Within moments, Smokey takes in the situation: Devastator's tearing the
hell out of some building, meanwhile a bevvy of amateurs try to do
Smokescreen's job in distracting the Jade Giant. Again: The usual. However,
there is the matter of Bumblebee's pulling of the hose- and so, the tactician
smiles, getting some idea of just what the yellow bug is trying to accomplish.
Smokescreen leaps forward and
transforms, crossing the battlefield to dart around Devastator, hopefully
passing by Bumblebee in the process. "Toss me the hose!" he calls
out, pausing (hopefully) long enough for Bumblebee to do so.
Smokescreen's form twists and shudders, and mere moments later, the
Diversionary Tactician is no longer there, replaced by a red and blue stock
car, engine revving.
Car Carrier <Ultra Magnus> having made his way down the off ramp
quickly transforms to make his way through the city easier. Rifle in hand he
clambers over the burnt out remains of a car that wasn't quick enough to avoid
the stomping foot of the gestalt warrior. Shaking his head as Devastator
bellows out a cry of some sort. "He really was the first off the production
line wasn't he? Six of the sharpest minds on cybertron mushed into 'GGGAAHHH
DIE!'. That's progress for you." Noticing a few people still trying to
escape the area he flips the wrecked car tossing it out of the way to make a
clear path down the road. For the moment he holds his fire, allowing
smokescreen to do what he does best.
With a small motion the back trailer seperates from the front rig and
begins transforming. Rolling forward a few more yards the rig lifts up and
transforms on its own as the trailer section wraps around it protectively.
Bumblebee grunts, seeing Smokescreen. Good. Grinning he...rolls aside,
dodgeing a perticularly nasty foot-stomp. "Watch where you're stepping,
you green git!" Taunting aside, Bee tosses the hose to Smokescreen's
compitent hands, and takes some more, transforming and buzzing around
devistator, trying to get the hosery around its legs...
Hopping into the air, Bumblebee shifts into a compact Volkswagon.
'Not working. Not working' is all DepthCharge can think. He is making
himself a prime candidate for causing Gestalt rage and yet nothing. Come on.
There has to be some button he is able to push. Maybe he should just spray fire
resistant foam at the ugly green giant? Wait, looks like 'bee might be doing
that. So DepthCharge just tries a somewhat more 'in your face' approach. He
says the Devy, as he watches 'bee almost get squished, "Are you always
this stupid or are you making a special effort today?" and draws power
towards his arm mounted 'electro-booster'. Time to give Devastator a bit of a
string with . . . the Awesome.. the Twinky.. the Fearful.. DC-Taser!
Concentrating, DC sends a blast of taser like proportions towards the gestalt.
Fear!
DepthCharge strikes you with DC-Taser for 1 points of damage.
Sheng digs her talons into Devastator's back, bracing her feet against
the armor. After the massive robot stops flailing around, she looks up and
considers how far up she has to climb, then frowns. Reaching up, she slams her
talons into the armor above her, then begins the slow, careful process of
climbing up the wall of living, moving metal, doing her best not to be thrown
off. oO(Alright, I'm up here, now what... Well, I can see if I can hack through
his armor enough that I can create a hole in his armor and then...) Sheng pauses
and looks back down towards the ground. oO(I probably should have tried to get
a bomb or some other useful item that could do a large amount of damage before
I pulled that stunt... Oh well, first let's see if I can actually do any damage
up here...)
Bracing herself with her feet and one hand, the femme slams her talons
as deep into Devastator's armor as she can, then rakes down. oO(Let's see how
you like it when you've got an itch you can't scratch.)
Sheng strikes you with let us see what you are made of for 1 points of
damage.
Tanker Truck <Colossus> turns away from the group of Autobots
gathered infront of the jolly green giant. He heads away from the battle, more
interested in the path of devastation left in the robots wake. Trying not to be
seen or be a part of the giant's wrath, Colossus heads over to a smashed
building where there are many fires erupting forth from it. Several of the
human fire trucks are on scene already, but they are having a hard pressed time
in putting out the fires. "Hang on, help is on the way." Colossus
calls out to them. As he arrives he stays in his truck mode and directs some
humans to the hoses on the right side of his tanker. "Those contain
chemicals that will help smother the fires.. use them." he says. Being a
tanker truck, and usually carrying a mix of all sorts of dangerous liquids at
times he has to be ready in the eventuallity if he looses those chemicals or
fuel.
Super Valkyrie VF-1S [Jetfire] lets out an audible groan, finding
Devastator doing all sorts of colourful things, as he finally enters within
visual range of where the latest battleground of the Cybertronian civil war is
taking place, "Looks like this is going to be another one big mess for the
Protectobots when this is all over." The massive aerospace fighter
suddenly explodes with monstrous speed towards Devastator as its afterburners
engages, leaving a gaseous trail of fumes behind him. From the way Jetfire is
accelerating towards the Decepticon behemoth, it almost seems as if the Autobot
Air Guardian intends to ram at the belly of the beast regardless of the
consequences. Fortunately looks can be deceiving. Jetfire quickly drops down in
altitude a few meters away from Devastator, sweeping down towards one of to the
smaller falling buildings and transforms right underneath it. The two story
high building collapses into a rubble as it crashes into the giant Autobot's
back, causing a slight gust of dust to be kicked up. So why the Jetfire do such
a seemingly retarded thing? It's probably because that underneath Jetfire's
crouched posture are two human couples who couldn't get away in time when the
building behind them started to fall.
Slowing rapidly the lower jet thrusters swing down and forward firing a
quick burst to halt all forward motion. Hovering for but a moment the rest of
the fighter transforms until Jetfire stands before you ready for action.
Devastator barely even seems to notice that Bumblebee managed to evade
being kicked. The Constructicon Supreme lets out a not-so-contented growl and
looks around slowly, somehow not spotting the little yellow bug. The dim-witted
Constructicon stands still for a moment, thinking to himself, himself, himself,
himself, himself, and himself. The six Decepticons all argue mentally about
what's to be done, even as Devastator keeps a vague eye on what Smokescreen is
doing. Finally, Devastator looks up even as Ultra Magnus arrives, but ignores
the big suck loser. Devastator had a mission to take care of... now... if only
he could remember what it was. His distraction means that DepthCharge shoots
the jolly green giant, but the beast doesn't even move. Not even from the
mighty DC Taser!
Devastator lowers his Bonecrusher
(available for apps!) arm and rips off the ceiling of the building he was
smashing before, tossing the debris to the ground far below. With his Scavenger
(available for apps!) hand, Devastator reaches into the building and feels
around like a kid trying to get the very best cookie in the jar. This
complicated thing is tough for him, and he moves very slowly. Finally, he pulls
out his prize - a crate of delicate microchips and hardware. Devastator puts
the crate inside of Mixmaster's drum for safe keeping, not even noticing Bee
down there. As Sheng starts ripping into him, Devastator roars in annoyance
even though precious damage is done and tries to turn around to face the golden
mech even though Sheng is /on/ Devastator. And so, like a puppy trying to chase
its own tail, Devastator is doomed to fail. Twirling around, trying to face
Sheng, the green giant gets caught in Bumblebee's insidious hose-related trap,
teeters... tooters... and WHAMMO, falls down flat on his face. <no attack...
unless you count beating the crap out of the pavement with our face
Devastator then lands on his aft (Long Haul, Available for apps!)
Little Yellow Volkswagon<BUMBLEBEE> blinks. Even as a car, he
defies physics, and blinks. "He's...down. He's down. HE'S DOWN!" The
Mighty Bee drives a quick victory lap around Devestator, chanting "He's
down, he's down, he he he's down!" over and over again. Yes. Suffer. (No
attack. Just glee*)
Ultra Magnus knew he had made the right choice letting Bumblebee and
Smokescreen complete their plan before taking action himself. Now that the
massive gestalt has been brought to ground things may start going the Autobots
way. Hoping the others can keep him down he assists with the evacuations.
Hearing faint cries and spotting a few waving hands from a basement he lowers
his shoulder and slams into the collapsed upper floor clearing it out of the
way enough for him to punch a fist into the floor to retrieve the trapped
family. Placing them safely on the ground he points and sends them on their way
towards the recently arrived rescue teams.
DepthCharge spies the Constructicons fall. Fall like a giant green
beanstalk. Or a giant that was on said beanstalk. And now, shouldn't all the
Autobots live happily ever after? If it was a fairy tale, maybe. DC would be
come rich with golden eggs. But, alas, this is not a fairy tale. Devastator is
down, but he isn't out. If only there was some way to keep him down. No ideas
come to DepthCharge. Well, one does. Collapse the building onto Devastator. But
since that would kill HUNDREDS of people, the Aquabot decides against it.
Instead he just soars on the big giant, waiting for when he attempts to get up
again.
As the layers of dust clouds begins to settle back onto the ground the
massive form of Jetfire can be seen, now bent over with his arms outstretched
and back high up, over the two humans, "Oooh, I didn't think it'd hurt
that much..." The humans below Jetfire stares up at the massive
Cybertronian above, shaken and unable to fully absorb the situation yet.
Soon the great Decepticon
behemoth falls to the floor, somehow Jetfire's comrades has managed to grant
them the window of opportunity to escape and the Air Guardian intends to use it
wisely. Jetfire rises up onto his knees and points his large hands towards the
northern part of the city, "Go, quickly! We'll handle the situation
here." The Autobot scientist doesn't know if the couple understands that
he's a friend, but a slight sense of relief is felt by the large Autobot as he
watches the couple flee away towards the direction he had told them to.
Tanker Truck <Colossus> hears the yells and screams of the humans
at seeing the huge valkyrie jet descending quickly from the sky. The fires of
the current building just about out Colossus transforms and looks up at
Jetfire. "What are you up to now?" he says to himself. But then he
hears the screams coming from the building that the super jet whose trajectory
is lining him for. He starts running for the building just as the building
collapses on top of Jets. "Hold on Jetfire, I'll get you out." The
scene transpiring so quickly, that by the time Colossus gets to the building
Jets is already emerging with his safe rescuees. "Good job, Jetfire."
he says. "You want to continue in this area, and I'll go back to helping
with the fires and the other destroyed buildings..?"
And so, Devastator is felled- the crash even goes so far as to propel
Smokescreen a few feet up into the air before he comes down upon the asphalt.
Hard. "He's down, but not out, Bumblebee!" Smokescreen warns,
circling around the opposite way. Shedding the hose, Smokescreen goes for his
namesake, portals opening along his rear bumper, as to issue forth a billowing
cloud of noxious black gas, enshrouding the Gestalt!
You are temporarily incapacitated by Smokescreen's Screen of Smoke
attack.
Down but not out, the Jolly Green Giant pulls his torso from the ground
with his arms. The Devastator-sized imprint in the highway is evident. The six
minds that form the brute are completely unaware of the rescue efforts of the
other Autobots, as they focus on the annoying minibot who outsmarted them
all... the gloating volkswagon in front of him. "PUNY AUTOBOTS WANT TO
/PLAY/ WITH DEVASTATOR?!" The behemoth bellows, the force of his voice
smashing window panes about him. "WANT TO /TOY/ WITH DEVASTATOR! FINE!!
DEVASTATOR PLAY!!" And with that the giant beast reaches out suddenly, but
not too accurately, in the direction of Bumblebee..
And then that DAMN DIVERSIONARY Tactician covers his view. His arm
connects with a >THUD< into tarseal and stonechip.
"GRAAAAAAAAAH!" Devastator flails his two appable arms about, in a
vain attept to get rid of the smoke, and see again.
That's Bumblebee 2, Constructions 0. For those keeping count.
Ultra Magnus smiles as things are going well with keeping Devastator
busy for the time being. Not letting his thoughts linger when there is still
work to be done he moves towards one of the buildings that still has people
streaming out of it. Knowing that the longer they remain inside the more at
risk they are he starts ferrying them down from the upper windows. Two
handfulls at a time he reaches up to the floors he can reach, while letting the
lower floors use the stairs. Activating his comm link during a brief pause he
fires off a transmission to the other Autobots. "Status of the evacuation?
How long are we looking at until things are clear?"
With a click and a whir, Bumblebee bursts into his robot mode.
Just as DepthCharge expected, Devastator makes his move again. And so
does DepthCharge. Detaching his trident weapon from his back, the Aquabot
decides to see exactly how tough Mixmaster's drum is. After all, the stolen
property is in there? Maybe a few good bangs will shake it up or at least spin
the drum a bit. Yes, he is pulling at straws. But really. What do you want him
to do to a gestalt. Options are pretty limited. And in a worse case scenario,
maybe he will have caused Mixmaster a bit of hurt when they demerge. And so,
DepthCharge soars on in and swings at the side of Mixy's drum with his trident
whilst Devy is blinded thanks to Smokescreen.
Jetfire moves his arms behind him wearily and tries to dig his trapped
legs from the crumbled building, "Blast... that took more out of me than I
had expected." The Autobot scientist looks up and towards Colossus as he
is spoken to, "Sounds like a plan, Colossus. Just give me a bit of--"
Jetfire lets out a whew as he keeps his upper body from wobbling around,
"---time to get back my coordination. Who'd thought stopping something as
small as a two story building would knock this much out of me?"
DepthCharge strikes you with Trident Slash for 1 points of damage.
"Told you, Bumblebee." Smokey quips as he eases around the
felled decepticon- only to catch sight of Bumblebee as the little minibot
speeds hell-for-leather towards Devastator's head. "You IDIOT!"
Smokescreen exclaims skidding to a halt. "You're supposed to SHOOT him at
this point! Shoot him!" This said, Smokescreen pops up into his Robot mode
and whips up his machine-gun fingers, blazing away to show Bumblebee just what
he needs to do.
With a changing of parts and that telltale sound, an otherwise Mundane
Stock car converts to the Autobot Smokescreen.
Bumblebee strikes you with Volkswagon to the FACE! for 1 points of
damage.
Smokescreen strikes you with Fifty Caliber Fingertips! for 1 points of
damage.
Hopping into the air, Bumblebee shifts into a compact Volkswagon.
Colossus steadies Jetfire in his moment of fatigue. "Easy
now.." He lowers Jets to the ground in a cleared spot. "Take a rest,
you deserve it after that. I'll head off and see what help I can be to the
humans." He casts a look in the direction of the battle. "It's
amazing.. you know. We just might be quelling Devastator's rage.. He's having a
tough fight against our fellow Autobots. Lets just hope they can hold
out."
Finallity being able to see again, the green Gestalt looks around,
optics blaze with anger as he sees...Bumblebee. "LITTLE YELLOW BUG!"
He bellows. "DIE!" Is that his favorite word today? I guess. He pulls
himself up to his knees, and stares at Bumblebee. "BUMBLEBEE STING?
DEVASTATOR HIT BACK!!" The Gestalt pulls his fist back, and swings.
You strike Little Yellow Volkswagon<BUMBLEBEE> with Tin Can.
Teehee.
Little Yellow Volkswagon<BUMBLEBEE> is smashed but good. His full
body blow didn't even /damage/ Dev's optics. Good Primus. He seems little
Constructicons dancing around him...heee, they're foony...quickly, he regains
himself. Scowling, he Transforms, pulling his two laser pistols out and fireing
another volley at Devastator's optics. At the very least, while angry at him,
Dev is still /on the ground/, and the Bots have a chance in hell..."Guys?
Some /help/!"
With a click and a whir, Bumblebee bursts into his robot mode.
Bumblebee strikes you with Robin Williams Ain't Got nothin on this. for
1 points of damage.
DepthCharge continues darting back and forth, making sure to keep out of
range from Devastator's flailing. And since it seems pooooor Bumblebee is the
focus of all of Devastator's attention, DepthCharge just keeps on working away
at that drum. Sure, he won't be able to penetrate something that can withstand
being eaten away by deadly acids, but hey, he is short on ideas. And this is at
least more interesting that practicing his trident moves on the training room
drone. He gets to actually hurt Mixmaster. Well, kinda. So, swooping back in
with his trident extended, the Aquabot gives a good ol' jab towards the drum.
Kinda like jousting. Guess DC is the Blue Knight.
DepthCharge strikes you with Trident jab for 1 points of damage.
Jetfire forces himself onto his foot, "Thanks for the offer,
Colossus, but I can't rest just yet." The Autobot Air Guardian points down
the battered street of California, "I saw a terran vehicle fleeing away
from the other collapsed buildings, I don't know if it managed to get
away." Jetfire begins to run down the battered streets, kicking away the
occasional debris that gets caught by the tip of his foot, "I still have
my doubts about this one, Colossus, but lets try to do our best to clear
everyone out while we still have the chance."
Ultra Magnus finishes clearing the last few stragglers from the
multi-story building and ushers the people towards the medical area being set
up outside the city. Not having heard back from anyone yet he makes for the
area that Devastator face planted in, expecting the situation to be
undercontrol. Seeing the gestalt starting to get back to its feet was not high
on the list however. Hoping the rescue is almost complete he pulls his rifle
from it's magnetic clamps and charges off towards the others to lend a hand
taming the gestalt.
"Now you've got the idea!" Smokescreen says to Bee as the Spy
Commander bounces to a halt beside him. This done, he whips up his own gun and
lets fly a burst of blue electricity, thunderclap echoing over the battlefield
*KRA-KOW!*
Even still, for all its noise,
Smokescreen knows his weaponry to be...less than impressive. "Anybody call
the Dinobots? Please, tell me, somebody called the Dinobots..."
Smokescreen strikes you with Electricity for 8 points of damage.
Colossus transforms back into his truck mode and departs off to another
section of the city that's under siege. The roar of the abomable giant echoes
through the area, as does the crunch of metal on metal. Off to the side he
views Bumblebee going flying through the air just having been smacked by Dev's
fist. But the resilent 'Bot gets right back up and charges once more. Ahead of
him on the street are some humans running away from the battle torn city. They
look like a newlywed couple as they are carrying their baby boy. The large
tanker truck pulls aside and opens up the side door to the cab commanding,
"Quick, get in. Hurry up, this is no place for you to linger. I'll get you
out of here quicker." Once all of them get in he continues on down the
street towards the city's limits to let them out there - a good safe distance
away from the destruction being wrought.
DECEPTICONS
Devastator takes the time that he has to stand back up so he can better
smite those who oppose him. He's only vaguely aware that Bumblebee got smacked
hard by his fist, but it brings great satisfaction to his six minds. Now back
up on his feet, Devastator stands perfectly still as the six Constructicons review
the situation even as Bumblebee shoots him with little in the way of results.
Thus far, he has received minimal damage, and is barely scratched. Mixmaster's
drum has not been ripped, so the microchips the Constructicon Supreme has
stolen still remain. Although, DC is scratching the heck out of Mixmaster's
paint... wait... is... is that RED underneath Mixmaster's lime green? As DC
keeps chipping, he'll notice that there's another green layer underneath the
red. WTF? Devastator takes Smokescreen's shot square on, and it's a tribute to
the diversionary tactician's firepower that Devastator actually notices that
he's been shot.
The six Constructicons
finally decide that it'd be a good idea to get on with the mission, as these
Autobots can't stop him. Devastator snaps the hose around his legs and, with
but a few short strides, leaves everyone a good deal behind as he makes his way
to another building in the facility. This one is a low hangar-style building,
and Bonecrusher smashes down one of the walls with one swoop. Scavenger reaches
inside and pulls out a huge number of contents. Dev isn't being picky - he's
taking everything! Now, with his right hand full of supplies, Devastator is
about to put them into Mixmaster's drum - but wait, someone is there ON the
drum! How annoying. Awkwardly, Devastator tries to smack DC away so he can put
away his stolen merchandise and get out of here.
DepthCharge evades your This one is for FULCRUM! attack
AUTOBOTS
Bumblebee is...walked past. Damnit. The "blind Devastator"
strategy failed. Hmm. What can he do now....wait. Mixmaster's Drum. Heh heh
heh. Bee grins, and runs towards Decistator's leg. "Everyone! Concentrate
fire at the Mixmaster component, that's where he put the stuff he stole! We can
at least keep them from getting what they want!" That said, Bee tries to
grab onto a leg...but not the obvious one. No, he's grabbing at...Scrapper.
Someone has a plan.
Bumblebee succeeds in grasping , throwing Devastator off-balance.
"Not good. Not good!" Smokescreen mutters. Sure, Devastator's
not attacking him PERSONALLY- but there's still the matter that the Decepticons
are wining in the 'Getting the Objective' sense of the term. Damnation!
However, As Devastator pulls out
heaps and heaps of expensive circuitry, Smokescreen gets an idea! As to deny
the constructicons at least SOME measure of victory, Smokescreen fires off his
shoulder-cannons, not at Devastator himself- but rather at his hand. The
rockets explode accordingly, showering the components with circuitry-wrecking
magnetic chaff!
Ultra Magnus quickly reaches the others just as Devastator starts to
move off towards another building. "Well at least you had him contained
for awhile. We need to find a way to stop him before he levels this entire
facility." He then gets cut short as Bumblebee rushes off and clings to
one massive leg of the gestalt super warrior. "Not exactly what I had in
mind." Not willing to leave Bee on his own he power up his rifle and takes
aim at one of the joints. Maybe he'll get lucky and find a weak spot. Once the
shot is away he again acivates the comm-link, "Colossus, Jetfire get a
move on with the evacuations. Devastators on the move again."
Ultra Magnus strikes you with Plasma Rifle <Low> for 1 points of
damage.
(This drum is thicker than Devastator) O o . thinks DepthCharge. He
isn't having much luck getting through the steel of the drum. He just seems to
be.. stripping paint? And then Devastator moves on, to steal MORE stuff. Grr. What's
an Aquabot to do. A giant hand comes past to swat him, but fortunately
DepthCharge activates his annoying forcefield in time. Unfortunately the
impact, though not damaging him due to the shield, sends him flying back onto
the road. His forcefield deactivates once he makes impact with the road, but
DepthCharge gets right on up again and flies at Devastator. He looks at the
components the gestalt holds and says to himself, "Well, if you get away
with those they will be lost anyway. So, might as well not worry about
destroying them before you can do so." Raising his electro-booster towards
the components, DepthCharge fires at about the same time Smokescreen does,
sending off a volley of electrical energy at the hand and components.
DepthCharge strikes you with Snaking tendrils of electricity for 1
points of damage.
Tanker Truck <Colossus> , having deposited the human family on the
outskirts of the city, is now arriving back at the heated battle scene. Quick,
ain't he? As the large truck draws near he hears both the command of Magnus,
and the desperate plea of Bumblebee. He transmits a message primarily to
Magnus, but on the Autobot frequency so the others can hear as well.
"Magnus, all humans from the area have been evacuated. Only the law
enforcement agencies remain to seal off the city." Taking what Bee said
into acount, the truck slows to a halt off to the side of the giant robot, and
lets loose from his launcher on top of the tanker.
Tanker Truck <Colossus> strikes you with Round Mini-Missile for 1
points of damage.
Blaster moves towards the city of San Francisco.
DECEPTICONS
Even Devastator knows that the stolen items in his hands have been
rendered useless by Smokescreens efforts. He looks at what he had in his hand
in disgust, before flinging it off to a side.. "GRAAAH!" The
components hail harmlessly over a few building tops. The Constructicon's
ultimate form managed to swat off DepthCharge, but now Bumblebee is trying it..
climbing about Scrapper's girly high-heel of a foot. "PUNY AUTOBOTS IN A
HURRY TO BE CRUSHED? COME TO DEVASTATOR! DEVASTATOR WILL CRUSH YOU ALL!!"
His left-side Scavenger arm is raised in the air, higher than some of
the tallest skyscrapers, before being brought down with the force of six of the
strongest the Decepticons have to offer.
Devastator connects. But not necessarily Bumblebee. Scrapper is struck
hard. Let the bickering commence. "AAAH! Who did THAT?"
"Bumblebee was climing, we had to.." "Don't blame /me/ for this,
I never get to have any--" "THis is why *I* should lead, the lot of
you are.." "..Shut UP! Shut up or I'll pound you all into.."
"GAH! You can see the red paint now! I know it! I'm gonna kill those
predacons.." "That shows you for such a sub-par paint work.."
"You can't say that to me!" "I'm.." "Going..." "To..."
"Kill..." You.....!" Devastator clutches his head in agony as
all the brothers bicker, before finally dissolving into a pile of green fists
and limbs, flailing about on each other.
You strike Bumblebee with Tin Can. Teehee.
Devastator separates into the individual Constructicons.
Hook has arrived.
Scrapper has arrived.
Devastator has left.
Scrapper lands in a big mess of lime green and purple bodies. And, being
a leg, this means everyone /else/ lands on him. The Constructicon Commander
gets a face full of Long Haul's rear end and falls back as more Constructicons
continue to land on him. Rolling free, Scrapper curses loudly. "You
idiot!" he shouts at Mixmaster, moving to throttle him. "If you
weren't carrying the stuff we needed, I'd kick your tailpipe!" The
Constructicon is just about to commence the beatdown when he freezes,
remembering where he is. The Constructicon looks around at all the big mean
Autobots approaching. "Er... lets continue this later..." Scrapper,
suddenly in no mood to stick around, lifts up into the air.
"Constructicons, RETREAT!"
Scrapper begins retreating, leaving himself vulnerable to parting shots
from Mixmaster, Hook, Slag, Motormaster, Smokescreen, Tanker Truck
<Colossus>, Jetfire, Ultra Magnus, DepthCharge.
He's the head, so Hook falls the hardest. "Infernal
imbeciles!" he screams loudly, punching Scrapper in the face. Noticing the
many Autobots around him, he gulps and mutters some Cybertronian curses.
"Constructicons...Retreat! Now!" Following his own advise, he flys
away.
Hook begins retreating, leaving himself vulnerable to parting shots from
Scrapper, Mixmaster, Slag, Motormaster, Smokescreen, Tanker Truck
<Colossus>, Jetfire, Ultra Magnus, DepthCharge.
Mixmaster carried half the weight Scrapper, and you know it!
"Bonecrusher.. so help me, get off me or I will..." He stares as his
weight is lifted. Mostly because of his brothers retreating. "You
cowards!" he shouts, shaking a fist.. "Come back and...!" And,
just like in the cartoons, Mixy turns around, seeing everyone behind him. He
lets out an "eep!" before fleeing behind them... "Hey, wait for
me!"
Mixmaster begins retreating, leaving himself vulnerable to parting shots
from Scrapper, Hook, Motormaster, Smokescreen, Tanker Truck <Colossus>,
Jetfire, Ultra Magnus, DepthCharge.
And there they go...Suddenly, seperated, the Constructicons aren't
nearly so much of a problem. Smokey raises his rifle, sighting down at the
bickering brothers. "If I recall correctly...this is the part where you
guys run away. Isn't it?" And then, they go ahead and do so. Smokescreen
fires off a few shots of his own at the retreating Decepticons- yet he doesn't
aim to kill, instead opting to just buzz the projectiles RIGHT close to
Decepticon paint...added incentive, it would seem.
This done, Smokey looks back to
the other Autobots, grinning widely. "Well, that went surprisingly
well...everyone in one piece?"
Bumblebee has defeated Devastator! And then...had all SIX Constructicons
fall on him! Ow! That sucks! Groaning, The Mighty Bee pulls himself out of the
warring Con brothers, grumbleing about "gettin no respect, no
respect" and "must kill...all...sentient...life...". AND he gets
no parting shot oppertunities! Bastards! Ten bucks says Smokescreen gets the
credit, too.
Ultra Magnus watches the mighty Devastator go to pieces and land in a
jumble of brawling parts. It doesn't take them long to come to their senses and
make good their escape. As they fly off Magnus secures his rifle and looks at
the devastation left in their wake. "Is everyone alright?"
"I'm fine, sir." Smokescreen replies, reaching back to put his
rifle back into subspace. "As are the rest of us, by the looks of it.
Well, except for Devestator, of course." The Tactician grins- an honest
one, for once, instead of his normal charming dispisition: "But you know
the Constructicons. They just have this terrible habit of falling apart under
stress."
Wah-Wah-WAAAAAAH
Bumblebee moans, both from his damage-being the only target Dev could
/hit/ tonight that was, y'know, moving, and from the joke. "That's it. I'm
demoting you to janitor." Bee is functioning, though. "Looks like my
plan worked...luckily, the Constructicons live to bicker. Umm," Bumblebee
blinks, remembering that he's standing by Brass, "That is, I'm
functioning, sir. We, err, did our best."
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Message: 2/49
Posted Author
SMASH!
Sun Jan 11 Mixmaster
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Mixmaster is in the NCC Medical ward. Grinning like a loon. Which is
what he is. No red paint. Green paint.
"Today. Well. Today was interesting. In an expedition to the
vaunted Silicon Valley, my brothers and I plundered the city of everything that
we will need, for the Dinocon project. There should be more than enough for the
brain, and everything else is being put into inventory. Hook, that can be your
job. Maybe your meticulous time-wasting will mean we can actually find
something.
"As for The valley.. /well./ We formed Devastator, easily getting
the parts we required. There Autobots were being irritating with their
peashooter weapons, and then they were irritating tripping us up. But never
mind. We absolutely TOTALLED the Minibot pest Bumblebee, as well as distracted
many of the autofools with damage control. Ha! After we got what we wanted..
we.. errrr..." Mixy's voice states to fade and lose confidence,
"dissolved.. of our own free will.. yeah.." and to make up for it,
says this really loud, "AND THEN we took off, fine, except for a few
scorch marks. Oh, and some scratches. In other reports, MSE is to mix paint in
Lime Green and Constructicon Purple, in ten astrogallon batches. We seem to be
going through enough of it. Mixmaster out."
Mixy pushes the button shutting the report off, and turns away, but not
before the report shuts off. There is a large scratch on his beautiful purple
drum.. the Predacon red showing up underneath. Die, Headstrong.
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Message: 3/14
Posted Author
Mean and Green
Sun Jan 11 Ultra Magnus
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*The screens flares to life before Ultra Magnus appears.*
Once again the Decepticons have struck seeking to gather something other
than energon. As of yet we are not clear what was taken, but that is not the
reason for this transmission. Instead I would like to talk about the heroic
efforts of those Autobots that stayed on hand to deal with the destructive
rampaging of Devastator. Through the valiant efforts of Bumblebee, DepthCharge,
Sheng and Smokescreen he was forced back and was prevented from gathering all
the materials they had come to claim. Additionally the rescue efforts of both
Colossus and Jetfire saved many lives of those trapped in the area. You all did
an exceptional job people you should be proud of yourselves.
*Screen flickers and fades to black.*
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