Datatap(A), Klaxon(A), -Steelwind listens to Swivel expressionlessly. Steelwind mutters to Swivel: "I ... ... But if you want ... ... a ... other ... to ..." -Blitzwing feels left out. "Thats rude!" He's half joking.... -Novastar counters, "Well, it has been a slow-building worry, and the point was to clear things up so I wouldn't HAVE to," he almost jokes. -Swivel furrows her optic ridge, looking at Steelwind. -Omnisaber smirks as he sits down, 'tossing' the datapads on the table in front of his seat, almost non-chalantly... -Steelwind continues whispering to Swivel: "in ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... to head to one of those ... places..." -Blitzwing says, "And the Decepticons are the ones without manners huh?" -Swivel mutters to Steelwind: "not ... ... Besides... ... needed to talk to you ... about the other day in the tunnels ... the ... and ... You ... Silentlight. ... um... ... was ... saying? ... yeah. WHAT are ... ... ... ... ... have ... choice ... leaving but you aren't leaving ... you? So why stay?" -Moonlight smiles at Novastar. "He's with us because he saved my aft a while back and the Bots took offense to it." -Novastar says, "That does sound like their sort of character.... so is half of Crystal City being recycled for having shipped supplies to our territory?" -Swivel gives a quick Glance at Blitzwing, and then Moonlight and Novastar. She then turns her attention back to Steelwind for a response. -Steelwind mutters to Swivel: "... then let's go. we'll ... ..." -Swivel taps her foot. -Omnisaber smirks, "Oh...so we're talking about me are we? Wonderful..." he looks at the datapads a moment before looking at the two 'Bots, a smile across his face, "I think you should both stay a while. Have a drink on me." -Novastar simply folds his arms and says bluntly, "Yes." -Moonlight shakes her head at Novastar. "You don't get it. He actively attacked a Bot to save me. This is a war and they figured that if he is willing to attack one of them to save a Con, then he might as well be one of us...and started treating him accordingly." -Blitzwing looks to Swivel "Any reason your ignoring me? What I do?" -Novastar pauses, and then looks at Omnisaber and nods after a moment. "So why not mention this earlier and save yourself some aggravation?" he asks with more open curiousity than hostility. -Steelwind pipes into Moonlight and Novastar's conversation. "Yeah, he attacked me." Then glances at Omnisaber and Blitzwinf. Looking to Swivel, he glances at the door... -Moonlight stands up and walks over to Steelwind. "The Bots believe in protecting people, right?" -Omnisaber raises an optic ridge at Novastar, taking one of the datapads in hand to take cursory glances at..."Why not mention what and save what aggravation? I don't follow..." -Steelwind looks at Moonlight, and dead seriously says, "I'm sure they do." -Novastar says, "Why you're in Darkmount, but not technically a Con. All I've gotten to this point was the latter section." -Moonlight blinks. "They? Aren't you a Bot?" -Steelwind just snorts at Moonlight's comment, then looks at Omnisaber... -Moonlight hmphs. "How rude. I'm not done with you yet." -Swivel looks at Omnisaber with a stern face. "YOU! I also need to speak with you... but perhaps that can wait until your done your 'business'?" she says a little annoyed at him obviously. She looks at Blitzwing. "Sorry. Didn't mean to be rude by ignoring you....." she shrugs and looks at Steelwind then the door. "yeah...." -Steelwind raises an optic ridge towards Moonlight. "Well, what is it then, at the risk of sounding impolite...?" -Omnisaber says, "Well Novastar....wasn't any need to explain why I was in Darkmount. I was there, in all honesty, for the most part...to pick up a few things." pats the large sword on his back, "A sort of legacy gift from my creator...." looks at both Moonlight and Steelwind, then at Swivel...and he merely grins. The datapads he now has are far more interesting and important than any idle chatter..."" -Blitzwing stands up "You rude to Moonlight?" Another reason to kill him. ClkClick. Out comes the blaster. "Somebody give my a reason NOT to scrap him...quickly." -Moonlight nods her head once. "Okay then. I was going to ask, if you Bots /do/ believe in protecting people and all that, then why are they throwing a fit because Omnisaber was protecting someone he considered a friend?" She looks over her shoulder at Blitzwing. "Would you cool it already?" -Steelwind looks levelly at Moonlight and calmly says, "Which is why I never attacked him." -Omnisaber mutters to Blitzwing: "How ... ... ... ... ... ... my business. ... ... her ... ... her. 'Nuff ..." -Novastar ahs slightly, rolling his optics. "Okay, I think I'm getting it now... You're programmed so you have to make everything about you mysterious, right?" he asks, apparently really not caring what the answer is. Proclamation made, Novastar looks around, "Waitress, can I get a refill? -Swivel looks at Blitzwing. "You already DID that.. isn't it getting old?" -The bartender looks up sharply, "No weapons or fights in here, sir." -Blitzwing throws the blaster down. "I dont need a weapon....I AM A FRAGGIN WEAPON!" -Omnisaber shrugs and smirks at Novastar, "Listen...I can't get into the whole story at the moment...it's best I don't...besides, I don't really know you all that well Nova...that might change, and perhaps so too will what you know." -Moonlight throws up her hands in disgust. "Maybe you didn't...but your team-mates seem to think he's evil personified for wanting to save me. Now, I know that I'm no saint, but I'm not really such a bad femme once you get to know me." -Novastar just sort of grumbles as he gets a refill. "I can understand an urge for privacy... but you certainly go about asking for it in an odd way." -Omnisaber shakes his head, "The 'Bots made their decisions....I made mine accordingly...although, this isn't the time for arguments. It's time for celebration, so please, drink, be merry." -Steelwind forces himself to stay calm, but a bit of irritation enters his voice. "My "teammates"" - again, pronounced in quotes - "can be a bit simpleminded at times." He starts to say something else, then glances at Swivel... -The bartender's optics seem to narrow. Two fairly burly neutral Mechs make their way to stand at the edge of the possible confrontation as the regulars scoot to other tables. -Omnisaber mutters to Novastar: "I've got ... ... ... ... me ... ... ... ... change ... be sure to state ... ..." -Swivel crosses her arms, nodding to Steelwind. "Yup... very bad time for me to step in." she shrugs her shoulders. "I'm a 'bot and I don't see why they are holding it against Omnisaber, excpet maybe the fact that simply they don't know the full story and won't hear it coming from him ro any Decepticon becuase they have to be careful that omnisaber isn't just a Decepticon spy as lead to popular belief or at elast Decepticon sympathizer. But perhaps coming from some people in their own ranks.... but what am I sayiong? No one wants to hear me talk. I'll leave now. Good bye." -Novastar raises his hands in the air, relenting for the time being, and turning around to watch Blitzwing be Blitzwing... -Steelwind reaches to grab Swivel's arm..."wait" -Moonlight throws back her head and laughs. "I think I've got your number." She glances at the babbling bot femme and Steelwind's attempt to keep her still. -Omnisaber laughs out riotously..."Oh...my....aft....THAT is hilarious....the 'Cons think I'm a 'Bot traitor, what with the intel I've got....the 'Bots think I'm a 'Con spy....and my own people are wondering what the heck is going on....oh...this...is...rich....HAHAHAHAH." -Steelwind looks at Moonlight questioningly, then at Omnisaber, shaking his head. -Blitzwing watches Steelwind place his hand on Swivel. "Unhand her. Now." -Swivel turns looking at Steelwind. "What?" -Moonlight just keeps laughing and shaking her head. "I think I'm going to step outside for a moment." She heads for the door, but looks back over her shoulder for a moment. "Please keep your maleness at a reasonable level, okay Blitzwing...I don't want to have to come back because you're misbehaving." And with that she is out the door, laughing the whole way. Dead End - North Strip The first thing that draws the attention of most is the massive, hexagonal building that rises several stories above the other buildings in this area. This building at the end of the strip is the Karkas Arena, once the home of some of Cybertron's most famous professional gladiators. The street itself is lined with what remains of the various champions' statues, though most have crumbled or are in poor repair. This district of the city branches off into a number of small alleyways, and serves as a mostly residential area. While generally much more quiet than the rest of Dead End, the Wild Surge bar pumps out more than its share of loud music, and occasionally the roar of a crowd can still be heard from the arena during one of the rare events staged by the city. Light Deal Gladiator Residential Complex Karkas Arena The Wild Surge Obvious Exits: -NE- Northeast leads to Bismuth Causeway -S- South leads to Dead End - Central Strip -Omnisaber follows Moonlight out...hopefully catching up to her... -Moonlight isn't moving very fast, but she's still laughing, one hand pressed to her side that is aching now from all the jolliness. -Omnisaber smiles at Moonlight, softly laughing himself..."Everything okay....Moonlight...?" -Moonlight keeps laughing, but she nods her head, managing to say through her laughing, "Would I be laughing if there were a problem?" -Omnisaber mock strokes his chin...."Possibly...was just concerned about you is all..." -Moonlight slowly calms down. "I'm a big femme now, I can usually take care of myself. But thank you for the concern." -Omnisaber shrugs, "Never said you couldn't...I suppose I didn't want to be in there any longer...gave me a good excuse." -Moonlight grins. "Well, they do say that honesty is a virtue." -Omnisaber smirks, "They also say that opportunity is something one shouldn't let slip through ones fingers...besides, I have no reason to lie...goes against what I believe in." -Moonlight takes a deep breath in recovery from all that laughing. "You think Blitz is going to behave himself?" -Omnisaber nods softly, "He has to...no choice in there. And even if he tries something when the 'Bots come out, I've got that covered...I'm not worried about him...rather, I know things'll be okay." -Moonlight shrugs. "I'm not worried either. Just wondering what your take on the situation is...that's all." -Omnisaber says, "My take is...well...that the 'Bots have made a few too many mistakes, and that Blitz is too easily riled...thankfully Novastar is in there otherwise there'd be a problem." -Moonlight pulls out the bag of credits from earlier. "So, what was all this," and she jiggles the bag, "about?" -Omnisaber smirks, "Ahhh...look in the bag. I think you'll find a datapad of interest to you at the bottom...links up directly to the Monacus planet wide database through a back door one of my employees set up. Should get you the information you need, and if not, should at least give you some hints." -Moonlight tucks the bag away again, not looking at it now. "I see." -Omnisaber shakes his head, "Well, not only that...it's a nice bunch of creds too...the datapad I can't guarantee on...just thought you'd want it is all...if that's okay..." -Moonlight shrugs. "Sure it's okay. Why wouldn't it be?" -Omnisaber shrugs, "Not sure really...just a small gift...a token of appreciation...I owe you quite a bit is all." -Moonlight blinks. "You owe me? /You're/ the one who saved /my/ aft." -Omnisaber shrugs again, yet smiles, "Perhaps...but you've done more for me in other ways than I know. If given the chance to redo everything over, I'd still save your aft...I'd make that same decision without hesitation a thousand times over...all the same, maybe we should head back in, before they get any ideas..." -Moonlight nods. "I suppose so. But don't give me so much credit where it really isn't due. It might go to my head." And before Omni can respond, she sprints back into the bar. The Wild Surge - Bar Dimly lit and noisy, Dead End's only bar is never lacking in patrons. While the energon isn't of the best quality, many of the chemical additives are unique to the place, and so highly prized by those who can afford them, even outside of the city. For those less affluent, the wall behind the bar still offers old, contaminated energon and various forms of crude-grade fuel as well as the more acceptable low and high grade energon, plus some interesting compounds that are better left to the imagination. Swivel [Robot] [A] Steelwind [Robot] [A] Novastar [Robot] [D] Blitzwing [Robot] [D] Obvious Exits: -O- Out leads to Dead End - North Strip -Moonlight sprints back into the Wild Surge, somewhat calmer than when she left. -Omnisaber mutters to Moonlight: "... more than ... ... day ... be able to explain." Omnisaber mutters to you: "It's more than due...maybe one day I'll be able to explain." -Omnisaber casually enters the bar once more, a smile still upon his face...until he realizes he left the datapads at the table for all to peruse...darn. -Moonlight mutters to Omnisaber: "We'll see." -Novastar was sorta watching the door, though he's working on his rifle moreso, and holds up a hand in greeting. -Steelwind mutters to Blitzwing: "... ... some information ... might ... useful to ... I ... have some information which will ... useful ... you if it stays ... me. ... ... and ... ... ... me ... cycles from now...somewhere neutral. ... good ... ..." -Swivel sighs, looking from the sword, to the blaster to the sword again. Fun...puts them on the ground and sits beside them, imagining that the 'chat' mgiht take a while. Great... now she's a caddy. -Omnisaber glares at Steelwind, calling over to him, "Hey...you...Steelwind. We're going to have a short chat outside now. An /INFORMATIVE/ chat. Now." -Blitzwing stares at him. then Turns to Omnisaber. "stop. I'm takin care of buisness." He whispers to the bot... -Moonlight looks to see what sort of mischief was afoot while she was gone. -Blitzwing mutters to Steelwind: "What The Frag ... ... talking ... If ... ... to kill ... today...youd ... double dead! ... on ... ..." -Omnisaber just chuckles and shakes his head, looking over at Blitzwing..."Be careful what sort of deals you make then...VERY careful..." -Steelwind smiles a twisted smile as he listens to Blitzwing whisper to him. He whispers in reply... -Moonlight walks over to Blitzwing. "You have a strange way of behaving yourself Blitzwing. I'm disappointed. Words like 'kill' and 'dead' aren't exactly friendly talk." -Omnisaber sighs, as he sits down at the table....all this whispering...quite rude...quite rude indeed. Almost makes him want to sit at another table - nah...sitting at another table during conversations is even more rude... -Steelwind mutters to Blitzwing: " ... ... ... ... never find would you. ... ... ... ... fully ... we meet. But ... ... If ... want I'll ... Swivel ... ... ..." Novastar says, "Novastar to command. Might be a good idea to route some fliers to Dead End. A couple Autobots have wandered into the Surge, and they might be maneuverable enough for me to lose them in the streets..." -Swivel watches BLitzwing and Steelwind, sounding like she's listening intently on the whole conversation, while she begins fiddling absently with Blitzwing's sword. She glares a omnisaber a moment or two, irritated, then returns her attention back to Blitzwing and Steelwind. Enfilade says, "Negative Novastar, the aerial units are all busy patrolling Polyhex in hopes of finding out what's causing that interference with our scanners. You'll have to make do with the units you have with you." -Moonlight moves to stand beside Swivel. "What's this all about then?" -Blitzwing snaps slightly at Moonlight. "Words? Fragging Words! Be thankful I didnt break him! Sorry...just lay off. Im trying to be calm." He turns back to Steelwind 2nd Lieutenant Blitzwing says, "SItuation under control. Repeat....situation under control." -Omnisaber taps away at his datapads...not taking part in the conversation, just...reading the information in front of him...a half smile upon his face. Novastar says, "Understood." -Swivel looks at Moonlight, distracted. "Hm? Oh... just keeping the weapons out of immediate reach of Blitzwing. He's trying to remain calm." she nods definately and speaks in a casual, matter of fact tone. She looks at the sword she was fiddling with and puts it down, lacing ehr fingers together to keep them from fiddling too much. -Blitzwing mutters to Steelwind: "Im ... ... to ... you... ... ... ... ... ... ... I ... my ... bag what will ... ... ... ... Anyway...If your yanking ... I kill you! ... this is ... ambush...I'll do ... then kill you." -Moonlight quirks an optic ridge. "Want to go outside and discuss it then?" -Omnisaber looks up at Moonlight when she mentions the idea of outside..."Oh Moonlight...I know you didn't ask me...but I think Steel and I will be 'discussing' things outside soon enough..." -Steelwind mutters to Blitzwing: "... ... not ... ambush. ... ... is ... ... ... my rifle to ... me. Okay?" -Novastar finishes his checkup of the rifle's emitter array, slamming the power pack home forcibly enough to cause some noise even over the crowd. -Moonlight glances at Omnisaber. "It's a big world out there. There's plenty of 'outside' to go around." -Omnisaber grins at Moonlight, "Too much outside if you ask me... -Swivel looks up at Moonlight, puzzled. "WHy would I want to go outside and discuss it? I'm watching his weapons, and I think taking them out of the bar are against the rules right now." she doesn't jump, and just slowly looks over at Novastar, then shrugs. -Moonlight shrugs. "I think that I have a few questions for you...that's all." -Omnisaber looks over at Swivel..."Swiv...she won't mean you any harm...I'd indulge her." -Novastar shrugs. "Nothing wrong with the weapons leaving the bar with me... and Moonlight's higher ranked than me..." -Blitzwing looks to the two femmes "Go...just dont break my toys." HE turns back to Steelwind, with another beer, and one for the bot. "Sit. Talk." -Swivel looks at Moonlight. "Personal questions you'd rather not ask in front of listening crowds?" she asks, looking up curiously. She shrugs. "Sure. what the hey." she takes the sword and the blaster and walks out with Moonlight. -Moonlight follows Swivel out the door... Dead End - North Strip The first thing that draws the attention of most is the massive, hexagonal building that rises several stories above the other buildings in this area. This building at the end of the strip is the Karkas Arena, once the home of some of Cybertron's most famous professional gladiators. The street itself is lined with what remains of the various champions' statues, though most have crumbled or are in poor repair. This district of the city branches off into a number of small alleyways, and serves as a mostly residential area. While generally much more quiet than the rest of Dead End, the Wild Surge bar pumps out more than its share of loud music, and occasionally the roar of a crowd can still be heard from the arena during one of the rare events staged by the city. Light Deal Gladiator Residential Complex Karkas Arena The Wild Surge Obvious Exits: -NE- Northeast leads to Bismuth Causeway -S- South leads to Dead End - Central Strip -Swivel walks out, dragging the sword behind her, and holding the blaster carefully so not to break anything. -Moonlight comes out of the bar, moving at her usual, casual pace. "So, Swivel, you're a Bot right?" -Swivel looks at Moonlight. She nods her head. "I still need to get my sigil repainted. But yeah... I'm a 'Bot. Well, most of the time." she smiles. "On only alternate cycles." -Moonlight nods. "Er...yeah. And Blitzwing is a Con right?" -Swivel nods her head. "Yeah. He is. Let me guess....you want to know why aren't we killing eachother and rather being chummy-chummy?" -Moonlight shrugs. "Maybe. Actually, what I'd like to know is...why did he give you his sword? Last time I checked it wasn't a smart idea to give one's weapon to the enemy...unless one is surrendering of course." -Swivel shrugs her shoulders. "He handed them to me and said "out of sight, out of mind" and that's all I know. So I just took them. I never said I'd give them back though. I want to keep the sword... it's shiney..." she gives a quick smile, then goes to a dull expression again. "Just kidding...:" she says in a nuetral tone. -Moonlight nods, listening to what Swivel has to say. "That's too bad. From what I've heard you're not such a bad kido, so I really don't want to do this but..." And then, without much warning, she lashes out with a punch. -Swivel steps back as the fist connects with her face. She takes another step, processing what just happened. "What was that for!?" -Novastar comes outside, looking a bit down. -Omnisaber absent mindedly or apparently so walks out of the bar, not paying attention, grabbing an ener-cig from subspace, spinning it around a bit in his hand, and placing it in his mouth already lit, looking up at the 2 femmes... -Moonlight smiles slightly. "Most Cons would give you some dribble about not needing a reason to hit a Bot, but it so happens that I /do/ have a reason. You seem to have this astounding ability to confuse Con mechs. This has /got/ to stop." -Omnisaber raises an optic ridge, the ener-cig now dangling from the side of his mouth, "What's going on out here?" -Blitzwing stomps out the door with a smile on his face. -Swivel looks at Moonlight, her mouth agape. She blinks once, then twice. "What the-? Do what????" -Steelwind walks out looking rather - emotionless. -Swivel holds her faceplate.... -Novastar has just come out the bar, and has just spotted Moonlight and Swivel, and walks over to be ready to assist, back to the door where Blitz and Steel are. -Moonlight pulls her whip out from where it sits nestled against her hip. "If you think about it Swivel, you'll know what I mean. Don't take this personally. Just look at the bright side...at least you're getting attacked by someone who isn't a nutty sadist." -Omnisaber is just outside the door, ener-cig dangling out the side of his mouth...wondering what the heck is going on...having actually ASKED. -Blitzwing says, "what the frag is going on here?" -Moonlight isn't answering. Instead she's winding up to strike at Swivel again. -Omnisaber merely stands in awe, watching...unable to really move or do anything. -Swivel looks at Moonlgiht, then her face hardens angrily. "I'm not the one confusing anyone? Ever think I might have been the victim!?" Swivel fianlly puts down Blitzwing's stuff. She COULD try using them.. but she never plays with anoher mech's toys. Just as she goes down to put them down carefully, she notices something out of the corner of her eye and skids aside, barely out of the lashing of crackling energy whippling out at her. She tries grabbing BW's swird to reatalliate, heaving it at moonlight, doubting she can hit her. Swivel has never used a sword in her life... ooo.. it's so shiney. -Novastar draws his rifle to cover the fight, but holds it rather loosely, ready to prevent anyone from jumping Moonlight from behind, but content to wait for Moonlight to finish, or be finished, by what's been started. -Steelwind watches the fight developing, but then notices Omnisaber. He charges towards him... -Blitzwing bends down and picks up his toys, pointing his blaster squarly at Steelwind. "By the way No Deal." He holds the blaster there... -Moonlight winces as the hilt of the nice, shiny sword come thudding into her chest. "Well, you're an odd sort of victim then, sitting there all contentedly with a Decepticon sword in your little hands...one that was given to you /willingly/." She shakes her head and lashes out again with her whip. Blitzwing says, "Ahem. Im doing this for everyone's best interest. Any Bots by the Wild Surge...come collect your charges before something ugly develops...and Hurry!" Novastar says, "Or, to put it better. "Shots reported fired outside Wild Surge. Autobot and Decepticon altercation. all units to assist, over." -Omnisaber knew Steelwind was charging at him...but was quite transfixed by the battle in front of him, side stepping the attack such that he grazed his shield, spinning around, a smirk upon his face, he unsheathes one of the blades on his hip, and slashes upwards in Steelwind's direction. -Swivel drops the sword and rolls out of the way, getting to a crouched position. "Well not now... but you were implying about... the OTHER scenario. DARE say a thing and I'll.... I'll find something intimidating to say later. You really ought to thinks things through yourself and keep to your own affairs..." She takes a few steps back and charges at Moonlight. -Novastar hears Steelwind's sudden maneuver, and switched around, but Steelwind's already too close to Omnisaber, and judging by the number of weapons, Omnisaber can handle close combat. -Omnisaber says, "Warning one Steelwind. Next slash hits. If you're sure you want to do this...let's go..."" -Steelwind pirouettes out of the way of Omni's blade. In response to the warning, a Glasgow kiss... -Moonlight hits the ground with an oomph as Swivel tackles her. She struggles to throw the Bot femme off of her with a grunt. -Blitzwing facepalms at Novastars announcement. "remind me to talk to you..." He looks from the femmes to the Mechs. He walks over to the mechs. Ready to observe...for now. -Omnisaber chuckles as he sidesteps Steelwind completely..."Rememer...I only give you one free shot....one...." with that making a quick slicing motion across Steelwind's abdomen. -Datatap whrroos into the outskirts of the warning, satellite craned toward whatever might be happening. It was from a pair of 'Cons, after all - it could easily be a trap. -Steelwind cackles lunatically as he twists himself out of the way of Omnisaber's attack. "Hah...you're getting rusty and slow." He lunges at him again... -Swivel jerks back, stumbling back, getting hit in the face again. "Oh... this is surely... VERY civil..." she says... "Just great.. really..." she says sarcvastically. She shakes her head and grabs for somethihg.. anything to cast into Moonlight's optics. Alright, it seems that Swivel lieks to go for the optics. -Novastar is by the door to the Wild Surge, gun ready, but watching both fights warily if the current Cons break off their attacks. -Moonlight makes a sneezing sort of noise as Swivel throws all sorts of junk at her face...not a very painful experience, but annoying nonetheless. She spends a great deal of time trying to clear the mess from her vision, making her rather vulnerable. -Omnisaber chuckles as he side steps, making a motion to slash at Steelwind's new opening... -Blitzwing begins shadowboxing, Oh, somebody is getting punched in the face. So he begins punching a wall out of disgust. -Novastar sees that Blitzwing considers the fights are well in hand, and so he switches to his air cover role, doing a quick scan sweep for any approaching Autobots. -Datatap is an awfully tiny little sucker, and is doing approaching tentatively, hearing -something- over there. -Swivel takes a few steps back, shaking her head. "You are crazy... you know that? I dont' like fighting..... but you provoked me..." she says. She frowns, angry thinking of what Moonlgiht was implying and what she was REFERING to... or what she thought she was refering to. Swivel shakes her head, taking out an odd instrument..... -Omnisaber shakes his head as Steelwind lunges at him again, blocking it with one of his shields...unfortunately feeling a jolt of electricity throw him off balance, causing him to stagger a bit backwards, unable to move properly... -Novastar is flying overhead, keeping out a radar overwatch. Near the arena, Datatap is one more reciever, but something big just showed up on scopes. -Sirens flashing, the long black interceptor comes peeling in off the roadway at top speed. As he careens to a halt, Klaxon transforms back into robot mode, a visor dropping down in front of his optics. "Well naiyow, Ah guess this mus' be some soht of a party. Ah must have lost mah invitation." -Omnisaber Steelwind takes advantage of the momentarily disabled Omnisaber, and lets a kick fly... -Omnisaber still unable to control his movements gets knocked back by the kick, staggering slightly he smirks, regaining his composure...and pulling out an ornate energy sword from subspace..."Oh Steel...to sleep...perchance to dream..." -Blitzwing stands in the middle of the road awaiting the immpending arrival, sword in one hand, beer in another. "This is gettin Fun!" He sips that beer and lets lose a fearsome roar. -Novastar's flaps raise from his wings, cutting his speed when he sees the car transform, spotting the Autobot symbol on it. "I guess it was worth it to head out tonight!" he says, locking on weapons. Concealed weapon bays slide open on his bottom two wings. -Moonlight finally clears her face and it is clear that she is frowning. "I'm not crazy. I know where I stand and I don't wander around earning Bots' trusts. Sure, I talk with them now and then, but I don't think any of them are bedazzled enough to hand me their weapons. They don't trust me further than they can throw me. You're unhealthy you know." She shakes her head, pulls out her blaster, and takes a shot at Swivel. -Steelwind rolls backwards, out of the way of Omni's sword, finally getting to a distance where he can fight on his own terms. He retrieves his rifle and shoots... -Omnisaber begins charging at Steelwind as Steel rolls back, calm...collected, bringing his energy sword down upon Steel one more time. -Swivel glares at Moonlight as she grits her teeth, not making a sound feeling the beam seer her armor. She furrows her optic ridges and narrows her optics. "What I do, Moonlight, is try to avoid trouble at all costs. However, it seems that isn't working. What? You think I am purposely trying to 'bedazzle' anyone? No, I just want to cause as much pain to myself and others possible to keep my sanity through this slagging war. If someone hands me their weapons, that's their problem. I've doen the same thing before........" she shakes her head, taking a few steps back. "Does this really have to be settled over violence? I thought you were different...." -Moonlight shrugs, and grins despite her discomfort. "Yeah, it does have to be settled this way. As for being different, usually I am. Typically I'm not too fond of beating the slag out of someone, but you bother me for some /odd/ reason that I can't seem to fathom." She takes another shot at Swivel, not seeming about to relent. -Blitzwing stands in the middle of the road looking around. Swiv...No. Moonli...No. Stee....no. Omni...no. Gah. Whose a mech to pummel these days? He twirls his sword. -Datatap looks forward, and a shudder runs through his frame. That guy. Turret man. Brrrr. -Swivel sidesteps the laser, her optics on Moonlight, shaking her head. "If I bother you so much, I'll just leave." she says. "Don't need ot waste your precious energy on me. I never meant to be a stick in anyone's side..." swivel says, edging towards the nearest retreat. -Klaxon gets caught by the rockets, somewhat unawares, and is blasted away from where he was standing. "Aha. A playmate." The Autobot Cop doesn't sound too disturbed by the attack, but his handguns are both in play right now. "Ah thank you, Deceptiscum, foh yoh offah of entahtainment. Let us commence." He snaps off a blast of ionic energy at Novastar with one handgun. -Moonlight is hurting a bit, but she isn't about to give up right now. "Oh no you don't. I'm not letting you get away with it /that/ easily." With that she sprints after Swivel. -Blitzwing stomps towards the only available playmate. He finishes his beer, and remarks "Sorry Datatap, everyone's got a dance partner and I'm lonely. Dont take this personally!" -Novastar lets out an audible yelp as the quickly aimed ion bolts tear into the base of his airframe. The attack craft quickly retracts the flaps, kicking in the afterburners as he goes into a giant loop. As he approaches the top, he gets a split-second target acquisition, and snaps off a quick burst from his flechette guns as the threat of a stall forces him to pull out and zoom across the Autobot's range again. -Steelwind starts to charge Omni, but stops suddenly, having received a message that his presence is immediately requested elsewhere. He transforms and races off accelerating hard enough that within moments, he is airborne... -Datatap mutters Cybertronian curses under whatever passes for his breath. He tries to whrroo back into the crowd, hoping to Primus he can hide in it. -Omnisaber smirks at the retreating 'Bot...they ALWAYS run....always.... -Swivel sees Moonlight will not give up, shaking her head. She'd never had an outright enemy until now.... and it surprised her of all mechs and femmes... Moonlight was after her. She zips aside, getting down and roundhousing Moonlight, hoping to trip her. -Omnisaber leans back against the bar, puffing on his ener-cig, watching the rest of the carnage ensuing...he raising his left shield arm - the one Steel cut a nice gash into...well...a small scratch really...one that seems to be disappearing by the moment, oh well, he crosses his arms across his chest, smoking...watching casually. -Klaxon winces as the flechette chews into his armor, and he reholsters his discharged sidearm. "Why Deceptiscum! You thinkin' to hurt me with needles? Heah, let me show you how it's done!" He hauls out a large double-barrelled shotgun, grinning as he lines it up with his target. "Gotta lead the moron...lead 'em...lead 'em...." He flicks a switch with his thumb, and both barrels autoload with an audible CHA-CHUNK! Both barrels then speak with authority, launching a pair of explosive ramjet rounds at Novastar. -Moonlight is acting rather odd...for her. It's not surprising that Swivel is confused by her behavior. Moonlight seems to have a reason for her centered attack on Swivel, but that reason is elusive and hidden. Moonlight scowls and relies on her whip again, striking out at Swivel. -Blitzwing screams "Where'd he go? I'm not going to hurt you! Much..." He looks around for the medic. -Datatap isn't about to fire a shot, either, nope nope. No use letting the fellow know he's there. Though, the crowd now breaks up slowly; Datatap frantically tries to slide back in, likely to little success. -Swivel finds the whip all too familiar. Not as overused as her relying on junk, yet enough. Swivel grabs for something, anything, and holds it up, allowing hte whip to coil around it with a tight grip, and pulls Moonlight by the whip forward, reeling her in for a swift knee to the midriff. -Novastar is still pulling through his loop, but the heavy rounds are clearly audible despite the howl of the wind. Novastar quickly rolls up on his side while feathering his thrust, as the rounds pass by him cleanly. Novastar finally pulls out, lining up again on the Autobot. "No, Autobot, the needles were a lucky shot. THIS is intended to hurt you!" Novastar's front is backlit as he unleashes his primary cannon. If one were close, they could hear a murmur, "Hey, not bad!" -Blitzwing stomps around angrily finally spying the mech, putting his arms behind himself. "Make this intersting. Take A shot! I mean I could spontaneously combust or somethin' like that." -Moonlight groans as she gets a knee to the gut...that never feels nice. She's showing quite a bit of wear and tear. The Moonlight that everyone is familiar with would have backed down already, but it seems her common sense is a bit low at the moment. She pulls out one of her hidden blades and slashes Swivel with it. -Omnisaber continues watching, a small smile upon his face, flicking the rapidly disintegrating ener-cig butt away from the bar, leaning back comfortably and pulling out a few datapads he was looking over in the bar, casually switching between reading them and watching the battle. -Datatap searches for his handy little disruptor, and realises he's in the rather _wrong_ form to use it. But, the Con _does_ seem him.. Datatap crunches upward into a robot, and .. hesitates, optics darting nervously. -Novastar is slightly blinded by the use of his cannon, and roars as ice crystals tear through the back of one of his wings, cutting apart the aerlion and jamming an engine intake. Novastar's tumble is cut short by his transformation, but he lands a bit unsteadily, off his feet for the moment as he struggles to recover from the rough landing. -Swivel cringes a little as she feels a blade slice into her armor. Swivel looks up at Moonlight, right in the optics, and lets her optics flickering grow to a brilliant blinding flash. She opens her mouth to say something, but stops herself. She feels Moonlight is beyond saying anything and frowns.... she feels there is something more that Moonlight is attacking her for. -Moonlight doesn't say anything either, but shuts her optics against the blinding flash. She seems almost relieved that Swivel isn't talking anymore...relieved that she doesn't have to talk anymore either. She flails about ineffectively for a bit, waiting for her sight to return to her. -Klaxon smirks at Novastar, and then snaps back into his robot mode. "Not talkin' so loud now, are yah?" Klaxon's lights flash, and then the rocket launchers mounted next to the lights launch a brace of projectiles Novastar's way. -Blitzwing looks at the Medic "Take your best shot...just don't miss, eh?" He's trying to get all raring to tear this guy apart but, alas, he will have to do it halfheartedly. He stands there waiting for the Bots best shot. -Novastar yells out as rockets hit him in the back again for the second time in less than five cycles. He manages to stop his fall, and comes again to his feet, despite the cracks in his armor. The mech lunges for his fallen rifle, quickly firing off a low-energy snapshot as his auto-repair system struggles to reroute power and lubricants from damaged lines. -Swivel sighs. "You...." is all she says... but says nothing more. Swivel sounds upset that she is fighting period. She hates fights. She prefers coushy jobs like errands. But this isn't a fight about war... it's personal. Swivel hates personal fights even more. It's all bad! Swivel reaches for that weird THING again, it's obviously some isntrument used to manipulate sonics. -Datatap quivers a little, but pulls one of his two blasters out. His hands shake, knowing not to take a Con's taunts and reluctant with the help of that. "You -want- to be shot .. ?" -Klaxon takes the blast squarely in the windshield, which polarizes under the impact of the coherent light. A small hole burns through the transparex, and then Klaxon emits a chuckle. "Surely y'all ain't done playin' yet, mah friend? Y'all _ah_ my friend, right? Ah don't think Ah could bear it, if'n Ah thought y'all we'n't mah friend." -Moonlight cries out as the sonic blast hits her. She wavers on the spot, uncertain of whether she should attack again or run away. She's certainly hurting now, and she can't deny it, but she might end up just trying. -Blitzwing looks to Datatap "Aww comeon! Shoot me!" He needs some reasomn to pummel this poor mech... -Omnisaber raises an optic ridge, and merely drops the datapads, now REALLY noticing that there might be some real trouble between Moonlight & Swivel, holding back another moment before deciding to do anything... -Datatap lets a blast loose, and gives it - and Blitzwing - a shot. Theoretically. -Blitzwing Steps back a bit unnerved, and slightly disoriented. -Swivel looks down at Moonlight. "Going to get your common sense back... or are you going to keep attacking? I won't hesitate to brutal you if you push me, but isntead I'll never show my face in a bar again if you just leave and not do anything foolish." Swivel says in a flat, expressionless tone. Neither Swivel nor Moonlight are being themselves it seems. -Moonlight starts to back away, the pain telling her one thing, but something else is telling her another. She takes a few steps back. "Not about the bar..." she mutters...taking a final shot at Swivel. -Datatap isn't sure whether to be satisfied with that hit, or disappointed in his taking of the Con's taunt. He backs up, a little disoriented himself, and finds that the crowd doesn't seem to want to open up. -Swivel shakes her head as she ducks. She lifts her head. "I know htis sin't about the bar, but I know you are usually in bars, so you won't see my face. I don't want to start fights, I don't like aprticipating in them, and I sure as heck don't like causing tension. So, I promise, you won't see me around.... in your environment... so this won't happen again. All of this is about... HIM isn't it?" -Blitzwing frowns and just sits down... its not meant to be. He's a big boy.... he'll have to deal with it. -Datatap tries to elbow his way through the crowd, now, and his optics narrow as it -really- doesn't seem to budge. He turns an over-the-satellite-shoulder glance to Blitz and he's .. -sitting- there? The irritation he feels from the crowd flashes toward Blitz, and he cringes, barely restraining another shot. -Novastar struggles to his feet, leaving a small trail of oil trickling down his back, but he picked up his rifle despite the damage. "Your combat skills are quite impressive, and I respect that." Novastar pressed a stud on his rifle, causing a quick whine as capacitors charged. "However, I've got some tricks left myself." Novastar's rifle bucked slightly as bolts of lightning shot from the gun. -The electricity blast sizzles into Klaxon's frame, and his sirens overload as his lights go haywire. "Gyaaaaaaaaak!" He's blasted airborne, and the charge actually activates his transformation sequence. The Autobot lieutenant lands face down, twitching, making dull noises that sound an awful lot like 'Gah'. -Blitzwing is now pissed, so he goes into death harbinger mode, and begins shooting of ordinance "Cease This!" -Moonlight makes a sound that is almost like a snarl, then runs off into the streets and shadows of Dead End city.