January 19th, 2003 ~Blitzwing(D), Nosecone(A), Cloak(A), Novastar(D), Sapphire(U) Trinomian Skyway The Trinomian Skyway is a vital link between the ruined highways that used to be the major highway that linked Dead End and Iacon. Without it, it would be necessary to travel over 200 kilometers through the treacherous areas to the south -- not an attractive concept, and one which a traveller might avoid for as long as the Skyway stands. The bridge and its exit to Cerrius City has outlasted two near collapses, several direct hits by bombs, and two proton bombardments, as well as its Cybertronian critics. At 42 kilometers long, and 300 meters high, this bridge is the longest and tallest highway bridge still left intact on the entire planet of Cybertron. Novastar [Robot] [D] Cloak [Robot] [A] Blitzwing [Robot] [D] Decepticon Tollbooths Obvious Exits: -N- North leads to Road to Cerrius City -E- East leads to Meteorite Flats -W- West leads to Asteroid Canyon -Where he can't find tunnels, or they've been blocked, Nosecone makes his own damn tunnels. -Blitzwing looks to Onslaught. "Sir, I'd like to scout the tunnels, is that ok?" -As if on cue, the ground rumbles a little. -Blitzwing hops down into the tunnel. In tank mode. Off road traction. -Nosecone is drilling his way towards the ruined city, in the dark and confusing tunnels. The sound of his drill can be clearly heard once underground, but the echoes are confusing. -Moonlight decides to let someone else take over patroling. Looks like she's on mech-sstting duty instead. Blitzwing /just/ got out of trouble, and he's obviously eager to hop right back into it. She wanders over to the hole and peers down into it. -Blitzwing is rumbling around looking to ply kick the homeless guy. -Moonlight lightly jumps down into the hole as well. She creeps up to Blitzwing. "What are you doing?" she whispers. -Blitzwing whispers. "Patrolling. Figure if theres anyone down here...Ill find them, and remove them." -The sound of rock being ground into dust gets louder and lounder.. there's obviously something in these tunnels besides Moonlight and Blitzwing. As the sound increases, it might become familiar to those that have heard the distinctive engine before. -Moonlight shakes her head. "Alone? That's not a good idea Blitz..." -Blitzwing knows that sound all to well. "Get behind me Moonlight. Somebody's down here. And if its who I think it is...he could be ugly. I mean...This could get ugly." -Moonlight obligingly gets behind Blitzwing. "Who do you think it is?" -Just then, the tunnel wall beside the two Decepticons begins shaking, large cracks appearing in its surface as the pointed tip of a huge drill appears, showering Moonlight and Blitzwing in rock and sand. -Blitzwing transforms, and says "Well..if it isnt the worlds stupidest archeoligist. What's his name again? Nosejob? Snowcone? Something like that." -Moonlight pfhes as bits of stuff flies into her face. "How rude!" -Suddenly, the drill stops grinding through the wall. In fact, it backs out, leaving a huge dark hole in the side of the tunnel. There's the sound of rock being ground under tread.. somthing executing a three point turn? Then somthing else emerges from the hole. It's a bright orange and brown rocket launcher. Surprise! -Blitzwing ducks and sprays his blaster into the hole before jumping in like a big multicolored Rambo. -Moonlight does something absolutely useless. She steps back to let the mechs play. -Nosecone's missiles spiral uselessly down the tunnel past Blitzwing and Moonlight, lighting up a section of tunnel in the distance with a WHOOPH. Dust falls from the tunnel ceiling as Nosecone transforms, reeling from Blitzwing's sudden attack.. the driller didn't expect him to retaliate so damn quickly. Rolling for cover, Nosecone opens fire with his rifle. -Onslaught is far too busy having some conversation on his radio to notice the sounds of explosions, nor to notice the fact Blitzwing and Moonlight have gotten themselves into some 'hole' trouble. -Blitzwing staggers back, and fires another blast. "Fancy seeing you here!" -Moonlight frowns. "Hey, Nosecone, there's two of us and one of you. Why don't you just trundle off to where you came from?" -Nosecone umphs as his armor gets another large scorch mark, courtesy of the triple changing moron. "Yeah, small world, ain't it?" he mutters, reviewing his options. "Can't do that" he replies to Moonlight. "Got orders" Raising his rifle at Blitzwing as if to let out another blast, he suddenly lashes out with the butt of the weapon. "Why don't you call off lover boy here instead, before he gets hurt." -Blitzwing grins as the mech slams into him. "This could be amusin'." He steps back, and lunges, throwing a forearm shiver at the Mechs throat. -Moonlight's frown deepens. "Well, I'm afraid I can't do that either Nosecone. He's been itching for a good fight lately, and everyone keeps telling him no. I wouldn't want to disappoint him." He chuckles. "Don't tell me you've heard those rumors too?" She shakes her head. -Nosecone ducks his head, allowing Blitzwing's attack to glance off his helmet. "Rumors?" he says, lunging at Blitzwing. "Me an a million other beings saw a bit more than that.." The driller's given up all pretense of finnesse, fighting like a tavern brawler, hitting hard, fast and brutal, pummelling at Blitzwing with his fists. -Blitzwing avoids Nosecone's mighty swing. He starts grinning. "Thank you Moonlight. You really do understand me better then anyone else." He throws a boot towards the big mech's chest. -Moonlight folds her arms. "That was a tactical move for your information. Besides, it's enough you're shooting at him, do you /really/ need to belittle him too?" She glances back at Blitzwing. "No problem Blitz." -Nosecone staggers back, a lovely Blitzwing boot mark right in the middle of his chestplate. Damn, a full on assualt didn't work. Gotta think. Trouble is, Nosecone's not what you might call a thinker. He snaps off a kick punch in Blitzwing's direction, stalling for time. -Blitzwing takes the punch. "Okay, let's go the distance big fella." He returns the shot with one of his own, uppercut. -Nosecone's head snaps back, and he staggers once more, mech-fluid running from his nose. "'S a good one" he sniffs, wiping the fluid from his face. "I'm runnin out of options here, Blitzwing. If ya don't stand down, I'm gonna have ta go /through/ ya." Nosecone fires a low-powered burst of energy from his rifle to emphasise his point. -Blitzwing looks to the mech as the laser blasts hits him in the chest. " Your kidding right? You really think I'd run from a fight?" He draws his sword, and back hands him with the butt of it. -Moonlight watches the fight, half-amused and half-concerned. Violence really isn't her thing. She glances at the tunnels around her. She doesn't know much about the literal underground, so she doesn't trust it. She pulls out her blaster and points it at Nosecone. "I /strongly/ suggest you leave Nosecone. As I pointed out before, there /are/ two of us Cons down here." -Nosecone's armor is dented and scorched all over, and there's still a trickle of mech fluid running from his nose.. but he's still functioning, and running well enough to throw up one arm, knocking Blitz's arm away and diverting the weapon. "Need ta get some room" he mutters, dropping a shoulder and trying to barge his attacker off him. "Not likely, Moonlight." -Blitzwing gets knocked back slightly...he loves macho crap like this. He lowers his shoulder, and charges right back at the mech. -Nosecone grits his teeth as Blitzwing slams into him, sending up a shower of sparks that breifly illuminates the tunnels. "Warned.. you.." he says, pushing the Decepticon away just enough to transform, his evil looking drill already spinning up to speed. With the grinding of treads, the big drill tank lurches forward, intent on making it's own tunnel...right through Blitzwing -Moonlight knows that Blitz wants to do all the fighting, but she also knows that danger lies in not attacking Nosecone at all. The last thing she needs is for him to get back to the Bots and tell them that Moonlight is all talk, no action. Shrugging she decides to make a move. "Suit yourself Nosecone. Just remember, I /did/ warn you." -Blitzwing screams as he gets a hole put into his leg. He falls, clutching his leg. "You call that offense? Catch!" He looks at Moonlight. "Thanks me lady..but I got this." Blitzwing swings his sword at his foe. -Moonlight shakes her head at Blitzwing. "Yes, I know you do, but you don't want Moonlight here to be just another empty talker, do you?" -Moonlight's laser barely makes a mark on the Technobot... but Blitzwing's Energy sword cut deep into the armor of the drill tank, severing an important cable. Well, it must be important, because the huge drill slowly winds to a stop. Now, Nosecone's no fool, and this isn't going well. He's not scared his life is in danger, but he knows he's going to get nowhere with this. His tracks whine as the drill tank suddenly reverses, grinding around in a 360 degree arc. "Guess we're gonna have to cut this party short" he emits, voice edged with pain, rocket launchers swivelling to point at the ceiling of the tunnel. -Blitzwing gets dinged. "Thats all you got?" He fires a blast then looks up "Oh slag." and gets buried by a ton of rock. -Moonlight is horrified as she watches the ceiling make it's decent on her friend. "Blitzwing!" she calls out once, dropping her blaster as she runs for the pile. "Are you still functional in there?" she asks, obviously concerned. She starts clawing away at the rubble. -Blitzwing doesnt respond. A ton of rock tends to make you less talkative. -Cloak glides in from above slowly scanning the area ...seeing no one else he lands next to the pile of rubble landing in a puff of dust! -Nosecone pauses to catch his metaphorical breath as Blitzwing is buried. "Looks like those rumors /were/ a bit more than that" he emits wearily, treds slowly grinding up to speed, taking the drill-tank away from the scene of the combat and into the darkness, his battered frame illuminated by sparks emitting from a evil gash in his side. -Moonlight doesn't notice the arrival of the Autobot. She's too busy frantically trying to dig her friend out of the pile. She's all dusty now and her plume is now a rather sorry, drooping thing. -Cloak is not noticed..as usual he guesses and he doesn't make his prescence known. He takes a secluded position in the shadows and watches what is going on. Of course he hears the sounds of things going on but that doesn't interest him at this time. -Blitzwing still hasn't made a sound...or motion. -Moonlight calls out to Blitzwing again. Her voice is frantic and her optics are getting a bit teary. She stops her digging only once to see if Nosecone is still around. -Cloak still hiding in the shadows calls out, "Loose something?" -Moonlight looks around for the voice. When she doesn't see anyone right away she goes back to digging. She doesn't have /time/ to look for mystery voices. "What do you think?" is her rather short reply. -Blitzwing can't hear or see...theres just too much damn rubble in him. -Cloak replies, " I think you like playing in the mud. You are a decepticon are you not?" -Moonlight keeps digging. "So what if I am?" -Cloak says, "I care not whether you like playing in the mud or not, but I do want to know what you are looking for." -Moonlight takes her hat off, it's getting in the way. "Who is asking? You're obviously not a Decepticon or else you would be helping me right now." -Cloak chukles, "Obviously you don't know your own kind too well. Alternately, you haven't even told me what you are digging for." -Moonlight frowns...he's so very right and so very wrong about her knowing her own kind. "I'm not looking for something...I know what's under here." -Cloak steps out into the open if Moonlight is watching and causally walks up to the pile, nothing threatening, "Well," he lets the pause linger, "what -are- you digging for. You never know what will happen. I might like to help and I might not." -Moonlight doesn't stop to look at who it is. "I'm trying to dig a friend out. The tunnel collapsed on him." -Cloak takes a slow walk around Moonlight looking at the pile, "Is your 'friend' a decepticon. Or a ..'civilian'?" he spits that last word out. -Moonlight doesn't like the sound of that. For some reason she has more trouble with those who hate civies than those who hate the Cons. But she keeps digging, throwing bits of tunneling here and there. "He's not a civilian." -Cloak pulls his Rapier from his hip, it makes an audible scrapping sound..purposely, "I am afraid that I can't let you do that. Step away from the pile of rubble please." -Moonlight turns, ever so slowly to face Cloak. She eyes the rapier and wishes she hasn't dropped her blaster back there. He definately has the advantage. "I can't /not/ do it..." -Cloak takes one step closer with his rapier and proceeds to press it against Moonlights chest area and begins to trace a pattern around her torso ending up at her neck, "If you value your helath at all, you will take leave at once and let ...me" he says with a pause, " 'Dig' him out." -Suddenly a huge mitt pertrudes from the rumble, followed by a growl. " I live. Leave now...or you wont." -Moonlight raises her hands, slowly as well, so that her enemy can them. "Oh, I do value my life, make no mistake about that. But there's something I value much more." She is still for a moment, but Blitzwing's hand breaking through the rubble startles her slightly, and a look of relief crosses her face. -Cloak quickly tilts his head looking at the hand then slowly it pans across the rubble towards Moonlight. Removing the rapier from her neck he walks slowly overr to Blitz's hand. He squats over it and puts hie rapier right at the wrist. He slowly traces the diameter of the wrist. "Well, if you don't value your life you must value this ones wrist." then Cloak stomps on the rubble and says simply, "Silence." -Blitzwing grunts. -Moonlight gives Cloak a direct look. "What do you want?" she asks bluntly. -Cloak raises both optic ridges and says, "You to leave." -Moonlight isn't backing down...yet. "Why?" -Cloak slowly stands up. He looks around the area and notices the surroundings, then stamping on the rubble once more he steps away from it towards Moonlight. Then he quickly, in the blink of an optic pulls his rifle from subspace turns and fires on th surrounding buildings bringing down more rubble on the place where the hand emerged, "Look Out." is all he says as he performs the expert motions. -Blitzwing screams in pain....then goes silent. -Moonlight hears the warning and reacts to it...just a tad too late. While escaping the brunt of the new cave-in, Moonlight's leg is trapped under a pile of rocks. She cries out in pain and a bit of anger and frustration. Things aren't looking too good for her. -Yes, things are looking much better for her beau. He's now pinned under two tons of rock. Imperial Warrior Novastar says, "Novastar reporting neutral territory looks calm currently. Any updates from drones or support I should head to?" Lieutenant Moonlight is clearly in a lot of pain. "Help.......it hurts." Imperial Warrior Novastar says, "*blink* Moonlight? Where are you? Do you need extraction?" Lieutenant Moonlight says, "At the Tinomian Skyway...by Cerrius. I'm trapped, so's Blitzwing....there's Bots." -Cloak looks at Moonlight as she is trapped. He turns his back on her and walks towards the bridge. there he turns back around and draws a line in the dirt right in front of the bridge then calmly walks back towards Moonlight, "I told you to leave." he pauses for a moment and looks at her. He kneels down to her level and whispers into her audial, "If you cross that line I will kill you. tell that to all of the Decepticons." he then stands and looks down on Moonlight, "Should I pull you out so that you may leave?" Imperial Warrior Novastar says, "Understood. Any fliers? I'll call for shuttle assistance. " -Novastar roars in under afterburners from patrolling nearby neutral territory, having received a faint distress call. -Moonlight looks frightened. "Besides the obvious crime of /just/ being a Decepticon, what did I ever do to you?" She winces from the pain. "I want to know what you're going to do to Blitzwing..." -Novastar starts honing in on the IFF signals through the area, using radar as well. He's probably showing up clear to the Autobot picket lines farther east.... -Cloak begins to respond to Moonlight when his head snaps up and the sound of a new visitor. He squints into the distance then looks back down at Moonlight snapping his gun back into subspace and his rapier back onto his hip, "You are spared this day Decepticon." he turns and begisn to speed away on foot. " but turns and says, "Remember the line." and with that he runs to hide in the shadows. Maybe Silhouette will make an entrance here tonight. -Novastar, having received some broadcast intelligence, transforms and lands under the skyway, looking for entrance to one of the passageways beneath the surface. "Underground... that's a bad sign to being with," he murmurs as he, nevertheless, hunts. -Moonlight pulls herself along the ground, reluctant to stand. Eventually she frees herself from the pile and again starts working on Blitzwing's pile of rubble. She only hopes that he's still surviving under there. -Blitzwing's body hurts some much that he wants to pass out from the pain...he'd scream, but he's barely able to whisper into his radio. -Novastar continues hunting around for those he needs to render aid, now drawing his weapon as he moves into the shadows of the skyway itself, visor glowing intently as he picks his way over broken ground. Lieutenant Moonlight says, "The Bot seems to be gone...but I'm pretty hurt and Blitzwing is burried under two cave-ins." -Cloak having seen Novastar the whole time takes careful pains to avoid him. 3 on 1 are not good odds at all. He circles around to get as far away as he can but still be able to see comfortably.. Imperial Warrior Novastar says, "Medical teams are on their way, but they're uneasy about entering a potential fire-zone. Where the slag are you, and how many Bots aren't accounted for?" -Moonlight attempts to stand up and crawl out of the tunnel. Maybe if someone can /see/ her, she can get help. With great pain she is able to stand up. She crawls out of the hole and looks around. Turning on her whip, she flicks it three times in the air, hoping the bright yellow of it's energized state will attract the /right/ sort of attention. -Novastar finally picks up something from the trails of battle, a bright searing bit of energy against the darkness. The warm body lying underneath is another good indication. Novastar breaks into a run, yelling, "I see you, don't move! Where's Blitz and the Bots?" -Moonlight points to the pile, barely able to hold herself up due to the damage on her leg. "He's under there." She grabs Novastar. "We /have/ to get him out of there. I don't know where the Bots went." -Novastar shakes himself free and moves to try and ease her to the ground. "You stay still, unless you want your oil pump to try sucking air, since there's no way I can weld that," he warns, looking it over, and shaking his head when he sees what Blitz is in this time. "I can't dig him out and stand guard, do you still have a weapon?" -Moonlight points to her whip. "This is all I have. My blaster was burried under the second rock fall." She winces as she is eased to the ground. "Please...hurry." -Novastar curses, "No, the air superiority guys get detachable forearm laser pistols..." Novastar summons his sword, and drops ito n the ground near her, "Here, this is an ordinary hunk of metal, but it doesn't burn energon... Anything that looks like a bot, throw it at him and scream, all right?" That said, Novastar goes to hauling rocks. -Moonlight takes the sword and tries to get herself into the most defensable position possible. This is /not/ her cycle. -Cloak takes a stance from his position with his rifle magically in his hands again, he is a distance away and against a black backdrop yet he may be able to be detected if you look very hard. He drops to a knee and...uses his radio. Imperial Warrior Novastar says, "Medical teams, we have two wounded, one probably badly, and one at least disabled. Bots are still in the area and where are those slagging patrols?" -Dig, dig, dig, receive message-wait a sec. Novastar looks around as he gets a message, scanning the energy bands for something nearby. "Moonlight," he says carefully, "WHICH Bots were in the area?" -Moonlight sighs. "The Autobot named Nosecone started it. After he left, another mech showed up," she gives a brief description, "but I'm not sure who he is." -Novastar mutters something unpleasant under his breath, before muttering something to Moonlight. "That SOUNDS ... a Shadowbot and judging ... ... I ... ... the probably Cloak. ... ... the drop ... ... as well... ... ... ... anything ... the area? If you do say ... ... quietly..." ((That SOUNDS like a Shadowbot, and judging by what I got over the radio, probably Cloak. He's got the drop on us as well... do you see anything in the area? If you do, say so very quietly...)) -Moonlight nods, doing a great job of looking concerned and miserable. -Novastar protests loudly, "I DID step away from the rubble!" as he starts to move for cover... -Blitzwing starts moving again...slightly. -From the darkness another barrage of compressed air streaks into the area. It strikes the building above whereteh rubble is and sends even more down how much more. -Moonlight can do nothing but gasp. This is a nightmare. She can only hope that Blitzwing is unconcious under there...she doesn't relish the thought of anyone having to /think/ about being in there. If only she would wake up. She slaps her own arm. That felt way too real, as does the pain in her leg. -As opposed to last time, when the tank got entombed completely....this time it's worse psychologically. This time he hears the rocks crashing all around, hoping he can avoid this somehow. And he almost does. Only one rock hits the pile. One Really big rock, further pulvarizing him. He screams at the top of his voice... "AWWWWW PRIMUS!" after getting done screaming, he says in a clearly pained whiper. "You coward *cough* when I emerge...I'll get your head." -Novastar grimaces and raises his forearm as rocks bound down, denting his armor, but he keeps the cockpit on his chest and his sensitive optics clear. "No energy blast... pressure weapon. Definitely Cloak" he murmurs. A definite weapon of the light armored to keep people AWAY, but also a nasty weapon against fliers. "Blitzwing?" he says cautiously, "You on-line?" -Moonlight hears that familiar voice and limps back towards the rubble. "Blitz?" she calls out. -Cloak only continues to watch and sends off another radio message. -Blitzwing coughs. He challenges His mystery foe in a pained raspy voice most not like his usual self. "It'll take more then this to kill me. Let me out you backfighter. Let them leave...and it'll be just you and me." Imperial Warrior Novastar says, "Cloak... not much of a warrior. Can't even backtrace compressed air from here..." -Novastar sniffs slightly when he hear's Cloak's next plan and shakes his head. "Blitz, I'm going to try and pull you out. Anything I should worry about injuring?" he says, almost strutting. He's got a plan, and it's got him too excited to try and disguise it. -Blitzwing whimpers "Everything hurts...but my leg is really fragged up, Needlenose or whatever that piece of aft rust's name was got me pretty good." -Novastar hesitates upon approach, still and his guard completely down for a moment. Blitz is admitting he's in pain. So it must be really bad... of all the times to be caught without extra fuel supplies. -Cloak transmits: 'If either of you try to find me I will fire at the pile of rubble. Then I will call for back up...'. -Moonlight frowns. -You transmit 'For an Autobot, you sure are a Bastard!!' to Cloak. -Cloak bides his time and sits in his secluded position watching the scene unfold. -Novastar moves to grab Blitzwing's hand... and figuring getting the weight off him is more important so they can find out what he needs, hauls back with all his strength, figuring he can easily take another blow or two. -Cloak nods his head as the Cons seem determined to pull this one out, and frankly there is nothing he can do about it. He is out numbered. He does one more thing he steps out into the open and pulls his rapier out but this time it flashes in the distance clearly showing were he is. -Moonlight is, to be honest, too busy watching Novastar doing the excavating to notice much else. Imperial Warrior Novastar says, "Medical teams, we've got serious injuries here! And I think some ground support would be useful to hold the damn Skyway, so get some tactical geniuses out here to agree with me, please?" -Blitzwing gets about half way out thanks to his friends selfless effort. Now, it's his turn. You don't seem him in the dark, you see a visor, that shade of red, you know the shade,... pissed off. He stands, (on one leg you can't tell that though do to the pile covering his lower torso). He then falls on his face. No, he didnt pass out. He uses the momentum to loosen his legs. He flips foward into tank mode and simply says... "Now You die." All you see is a poof from the turret...and then you hear the familiar howl of ordinance. -Moonlight is so used to holding Blitzwing back...but she has no such notions in her mind now. She's happy that he's free and feels no compassion for the bastard who burried him twice more on top of Nosecone's initial handy work. -Cloak waves the sword in the air things brings it down as the explosion lands just next to him and blows him into the air and back down among the shadows. But he is not there long you soon see the soft blue glow of a cyberjets engine as it begins to speed away... -Novastar falls backwards onto the ground as Blitzwing heaves free, skidding for a moment before shutting his propulsion off. Covering his ears from the roar, training takes over as he rolls to see where the fire's going... and definitely there's a flash of energy rapier and an outline in the explosion... "Nice work!" he says appreciatively as he starts to run forward, rifle at the ready. -Moonlight is on the verge of being a bit gushy, but since she doesn't like that sort of thing, she simply lets out a grateful, "Blitzwing!" instead. -Blitzwing would pursue...but he can't so he flips foward again, back into Robot mode, and stands, attempting to walk to his prey. Mistake. His leg buckles, and he finds himself on all fours. He tries to stand, but can't. 2nd Lieutenant Blitzwing says, "Nova, You said you got an ID on the assailant?" -Novastar comes to the top of a rise as he bursts free of the threatening shadow of the Skyway. "Okay, this is giong ot take some work..." Nova preps himself for flight, but the sound of Blitzwing buckling in the background attracts his attention. Nova raises his rifle, charging it up as he bends to one knee for a longer-range shot. "Something to remember the Empire by," he murmurs, hoping he can live up to Blitz's example here... -Moonlight limps over to where Blitzwing is. She definately loses her usual cool. "I was so worried," she admitts. Imperial Warrior Novastar says, "Yeah. Shadowbot by the name of Cloak. Harsh, very much 'Autobots are cool' type. Not much for standup fighting. Real pain." -Blitzwing hobbles up on one leg, about to put his weight on the femme, when he sees her leg. He chooses to fall back on his aft. -Blitzwing says, "you aint lookin too hot yourself Darlin." -All you can see is the soft blue flame of the engines begin to spetter and fall from the sky...but eventually the sputtering stops and the flame is solid blue yet again, then shortly a black 'smoke' seems to engulf the blue flames and then they are no more...the Shadowbot has effectively disappeared. -Moonlight shakes her head. "I wasn't burried alive like you..." -Cloak transmits: 'Remember my warning...'. -Novastar shakes his head for a moment, before thumbing the safety on his still-warm rifle, half-walking, half-sliding down the hill. He pauses for a moment at the bottom at seeing their condition. "Great Primus within," he says, awed, "You hit him when you can't even walk, Blitzwing...." Nova gets a message, scoffs for a moment, before firing a signal laser for the on-coming medical teams. Imperial Warrior Novastar says, "We're more or less clear,a nd we need an evac." -Blitzwing snickers "Next time Fil has one of these ideas, we turn off our radios and stay in my quarters." He wipes the crud from his optics. -You transmit 'I'll remember more than your warning...believe me.' to Cloak. -Moonlight chuckles slightly, but winces at the same time. "It would make life easier, now wouldn't it." -Novastar moves to offer some support, though hesitantly. The heavier mech leaning would probably make his frame buckle. "I'm surprised Cloak actually attacked near one of our fortifications," Novastar grumbled. "Now I'll have to do security sweeps in case that cowardly pile of scrap planted something..." -Blitzwing transforms...into the mode suited for the occasion. "Can't make it back to Darkmount. Get in you two. We're stopping by a friends." Blitzwing says, "Sapphire you there?" -Moonlight wearily climbs abaord Blitzwing. Blitzwing A large heavy duty aircraft, larger then a seeker but smaller then a bomber. He's not very pleasing to the optics, with a purple top, tan underside and bright green tail fins. He carries various types of ordinence under each wing, including concusion missles. Where as an earthen equivalant would have machine guns alongside the cockpit, he wields lasers. Sapphire says, "er.. hello yes?" -Novastar looks over Blitzwing, and shakes his head, explaining after a moment, "I appreciate the offer, but I'd.... rather fly cover so I can spot the bastards for you to fry, yes... Not that you probably need it, considering that last little shot." Nova realizes he's babbling a bit more than covering for not trying to put stress on a friend, and shuts up. -Blitzwing replies "Understandable Novastar. Thank you for your bravery. I'm forever In your debt." His tone gets a little lighter. "Moonlight, you'll get a slightly different kind of reward." -Moonlight chuckles. "Well, I still have a bottle of wine to share with you. Strangely enough it came from Onslaught." Sapphire taps her resever "hello? Waystation Originally, this site was a popular waystation for travellers moving between the cities. The remnants of an old refueling station are scattered around the roadway. A few tattered structures remain, serving as a fall-back point for the Autobots in times of battle. Also here is the beginning of the Bismuth Causeway, which runs from here to the west. Novastar [Attack Tetrajet] [D] Blitzwing [Heavy Cyberjet] [D] Sapphire [Robot] [U] Sapphire's Home Obvious Exits: -U- Up leads to Sky above Ruined Outpost -S- South leads to Guardian Pass -E- East leads to Deadlands -W- West leads to Bismuth Causeway -Sapphire stands outside hwe makeshift home tapping her raideo resever... -Novastar lands on the ground as the others do. He shakes his head as he looks around. From the being-rebuilt Skyway to one of the deadest places on Cybertron. Not a very positive shift. Blitzwing says, "Hey Sapph...We just landed." -Moonlight wearily steps out of Blitzwing's Cyberjet mode. She looks very tired and dusty and is limping. -Blitzwing stands...or more aptly tries to, then crouches, looking at his leg, angrily. He pulls his blaster out of subspace, and notes its flatter then sheetrock. Not good. He waves febly to Sapphire. -Sapphire blinks as she turns to look at the spectical behind her, her bright amber optics taking only a second to lock on to the battle scars "oh my" she whispers -Moonlight waves to Sapphire, but her usual cheerfulness is somewhat trampled. -Novastar nods to Sapphire, but doesn't speak, instead unsheathing his rifle and looking around him cautiously. This place is an old battlefield, but everything old is often new again on Cybertron, and he's the only one with a decent long-range weapon left... -Blitzwing looks to Nova. "She's a friend buddy." He then looks to Sapphire. "Take care of moonlight first, I'm a big boy." -Novastar nods, but seems a bit distracted. "We've met through Onslaught and some problems with pickpockets," he says, "But I'm not sure Cloak is smart enough to stay away and lick his wounds, or come back in with enough Shadowbots to actually be a problem....." -Sapphire drops the repair work she's doing on her home and rushes to Moonlight "Hi Nova" she says as she passes him to look the femme over. -Moonlight patiently lets Sapphire look at the wounded leg. It looks as though something really heavy fell on it. -Blitzwing waves Novastar over, so he can speak without screaming. -Novastar moves closer to the group, still looking at the skies. "How're you doing?" he asks, a trifle inanely, finally tearing his gaze away. -Blitzwing just gives a thumbs up. "Thanks alot. I owe ya big time. I don't get it. That Nose guy fights me like a mech, straight up. He then drops rocks on me and run off. But that Cloak fella...I want to rip his head off. He hurt her. I swear by Primus...I will kill him." -Sapphire seems all buisness as she looks at Moonlights leg "all of you inside now" she says as she helps support Moonlight "lets get you all undercover -Blitzwing uses his sword like a crutch to hobble towards Sapphire's home.