Setting and Character List

Setting

The Cybertronian War is over - the Decepticons have won.  Optimus Prime is dead, and there is no replacement Prime as Megatron has taken the Matrix of Leadership.  One hundred years have passed since the end of the war, and the remaining Autobots are being hunted.

Our story primarily takes place on Earth, or New Kaon, where Megatron has set up his base.  Although he had previously been leaving them alone, humans are now being exterminated for sport or are slaves to the Decepticons.  The year is 2117.

The All Spark, having been ejected into space by Optimus Prime and Alpha Trion earlier in the war, is now lost.

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Character List

Autobots

Stormrunner - leader
Ratchet - second in command (captured)

Brushblaze - acting second in command

Knockout

Foxtrot
Remix

Flux
Padfoot

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Decepticons

Megatron - leader

Starscream - second in command

Soundwave - third in command
Shockwave - fourth in command, Cybertron guardian

Hardstop - New Kaon hunting party leader

Fierce
Doombird
Talonflame

Twinblade
Quake

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Neutrals

Predaking
Thundersnarl

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Humans

Autobots
Dr. Talika Nayar
Owen Hunt
Sakura Akimoto - mech driver

TBE
Cassandra Woods - leader
Lance Striffe - squad commander

Story: Hobbies

Mood Music:  "Dangerous" - Cascada

Characters:  Knockout, Dr. Nayar (Tali)

...I don't even know, Ruki.  I don't even know.  There wasn't even high grade involved.  But it was late.  And...  ...eeup.

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Knockout's engine purred idly as he rested on his tires outside the Primus forsaken barn.  The sun was warm across his hood, and no one was snarking at him.  But the real treat?  He'd pestered their main human into waxing his plating.  Fleshy digits aside, the feeling of the cloth rubbing in a good layer of wax that made his plating gleam like the edge of a blade was simply glorious.  He didn't care who knew it.  Frag them.  This was fabulous.

Revving a bit just to make her jump at the sudden noise, Knockout was thoroughly enjoying himself.  He didn't even mind when she smacked his hood in reproach.  

"Easy, darling, or you'll just have to buff it again," he said with an obvious, devious grin to his voice.  

"You're just lucky I like you so much.  I don't see anyone else willing to put up with you."

"They just don't know how to handle me."

Tali huffed indignantly, but she was smiling and her hands never faltered.  It figured.  Regardless if her patients were even lower ranking life forms than humans, only a surgeon could so expertly shine him up like this.  She almost - almost - put Breakdown to shame, and it wasn't even fair to his deceased sparkmate when her hands were so much smaller than his.  

Abruptly, Knockout's good mood sidled off, and the rumble of his engine dropped.  For a moment.  Then he was back to his sassy self.  She didn't comment, but he had the annoying impression she somehow knew anyway.  Tali was like that.  It could make her so frustrating at times.  Until he remembered she was easily bullied into this.  

Story: Hanging Tree

Mood Music:  "The Hanging Tree (Mash Up)"

Characters:  Orion Pax, Megatronus

War looms on the horizon as diplomacy stutters.

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The Iaconian assassin hadn't anticipated just how much time the clerk spent with the gladiator.  It was ridiculous, except, he supposed, to prevent events like the very one he was trying to bring about.  It would have been nearly impossible to target the gladiator.  A mech of his standing and from his background was naturally suspicious - a poison wouldn't work.  Neither could he attempt to ambush the much larger mech; that had already been tried to disastrous results.  No, the easiest option for stopping this supposed revolution was to target the clerk named Orion Pax.  

It was Orion who tempered the master gladiator - a surprising feat when most were caught up in the rush and energy of Megatronus.  Yet, somehow, amazingly, this little nobody could stand within that wave and not be washed away.  He brought knowledge of Iacon to the surprisingly already well-versed brute.  He offered a sounding board.  He offered company.  For that alone, he was wanted.  How could a mech with alpha heritage deign to fall so low as to offer himself to a once upon a time slave?

If he was killed, surely Megatronus would lose that edge that could change the weak hearts of the public.  No one could relate to this fierce creature from Kaon in the decent places of the world.  He wouldn't gain ground there.  Not without Orion.

Maybe the gladiator was aware of this.  He certainly kept a frustratingly close optic on the smaller mech.  Already the assassin's superiors had berated him for the amount of time it was taking to off one little nobody.  They didn't understand.  They didn't know Megatronus, and they didn't know the gladiator's must trusted ally Soundwave.  That mech was always watching...  Always aware.  Always-

A clawed hand punched through the wall he was hiding next to.  With a startled yelp, the assassin rolled away, bringing the guns in his forearms to bear as the master gladiator himself  tore apart the wall to allow his admittedly impressive bulk through.  Before the assassin could fire off his weapons, the massive servo was around his throat.  Knowing what awaited him and hoping to catch the gladiator off guard, the assassin sent a code to trigger the bomb hidden next to his spark chamber.  

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"Megatronus?" Orion asked as his friend entered their small apartment.  The silver armor was coated with black streaks and the distinctive stain of coagulated energon.  "What happened?  Are you alright?"

A low chuckle greeted his worry.  "I am fine.  Calm yourself, Orion."

After looking the gladiator over, Orion nodded and smiled, his plating settling from its worried clamp against his protoform to something more at ease.  "I know you can take a lot of punishment, but I still worry."

"I know you do."  He set a servo on Orion's shoulder, gently squeezing it.  "It's one of the things I find endearing about you."  The servo slid from Orion's shoulder to beneath his chin, a single blade-like finger raising it so that their gazes met.  The heat from the massive frame warmed Orion, and when the gladiator bent down to kiss him, the clerk rose up eagerly to meet it.

Roleplay: (Bots, Cons, Humans Day 9) Three Way

*doom bird after flying for an hour perches on a telephone poll and decides to sit and listen to radio chatter if any
Tflame sores waay over head searching from the sky *

Quake:  *Makes large loops in the sky as he watches for any signs of Autobots.*

Stops and feirce keep an eye out from on the ground every now and then stopping for HS to get up on a snipper spot to look*

HS:: status report

Quake:  ::No signs so far.::

Doom bird:: nothing commander

Tflame:: nothing yet sir

Twinblade:  *Chitters.*  ::This is boring.::

Tflame:: dose the baby need attention?

HS:: non of that on the radio check back in a half an hour ::

Twinblade: *Growls.*  ::I'll slice you in half.::

Quake:  *Audible sigh of disgust.*

Doom bird:: silence! Im getting something

Twinblade: ::Autobots?::

Doom bird: sounded like it but they are keeping chatter breif I can't get a lock on Thier com signals
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HS:: everyone stay off coms let's see if we get a lock

Doom bird: *continues to listen

Padfoot: staring at he garish mech and foxtrot. With stormrunner out in front she drives by fox almost tripping him up*

Pad:: watch your trot fox::

Fox *growls audibly

Brushblaze:  ::Maintain radio silence!::

Doom bird:: (to cons duh) got them (making up corrodinents) the are west an hour and a half out 32:12: 15

Quake:  ::Shall we intercept?::

HS:: no. Tract them then when they reach the mine we cut off Thier exit

Twinblade:  ::Can't wait that long!::

HS:: do not engage I repeat do NOT engage til my order!

Twinblade:  *Twitters angrily.*

Tflame:: Roger that commander getting up high and heading towards then I'll stay out of sight::

Sakura* is now eating Doritos inside her mech un aware they are being tracted

Fox: keeps pace with Sakuras mech*

Stormrunner:  *Has an odd feeling he can't shake, but ignores it, still flying low with his shadow covering the mechs below him.*

Twinblade:  *As the Autobots draw closer, his twitching picks up, antennae bobbing rapidly.  His clawed forearms click together against his chest.  The dual spark within him swirls impatiently.  As soon as the Autobots come into sight, he transforms.  Guns coming online, he fires rapidly into their midst.*

Tflame:: commander we have a problem

Padfoot almost takes a hit :: deceptions!

Stormrunner:  *Barrel rolls to the side.*  ::Autobots, attack!::

Brushblaze:  *Revs her engine, speeding ahead, but Knockout outpaces her in his faster alt.*

Tflame:: twinblade has engaged what are your orders

HS:: slagging bug! Surround them! Don't let them escape!

Knockout:  *Transforms before reaching Twinblade, ducking underneath a blow.   Growling, he transforms his right hand into his saw and swings the spinning blade at the Insecticon.*

Foxtakes to the air onl to get almost blasted by tflame weapon* :: not to state the obvious but it's a trap!

Quake:  ::Orders acknowledged.:: *Swoops down, firing on the Autobot party.*

Remix:  ::I'm detecting six energon signatures.  We should be able to take them!::

Stormrunner:  *Angles up to tangle with Quake.*  ::Destroy them!::

Quake: *Speeds off from Stormrunner.  On an open comm frequency.*  :Come and get me, Autobot!:

Fox:: trying to out fly tflame and stay in fox form to grab her but she's too fast and ends up toasting his bird feet for the effort

Twinblade:  *Dodges to the side, transforms, and slices at Knockout with his arm blades and a pleased chitter.*

Knockout:  *As he deflects with a forearm.*  You scratched my paint!

Twinblade:  *Snickers.*  Horrible paint job.  Garish.

Padfoot: trust to pounce on twinblade only to get shot at by doombird

Padfoot: dam mini flyer I'll crunch your wings off!

Knockout:  *Snarls, the saw transforming back into his hand.*  Big.  Mistake.  *Removes his shock stick from its place at his back and swings it at Twinblade who shrieks when the crackling tip makes contact with him.*

Stormrunner:  *Catches up to Quake when the Con loops back to fire at him.  Digs his talons in deep between two plates on Quake's back and tears into him with his beak.*

Quake: *Hisses and transforms, punching at Stormrunner.  The hit connects and gets the larger bot off of him.*

Sakura: gah you guys are fighting too close ! *Final gets doom bird in range and fires but he's too fast

A shot fires from out of the corner and clips padfoot as she jumps for doom bird

Foxtrot:: watch out for sniper fire hardatops in play

Padfoot:: now u warn me! *Gets up and starts trying to tact the shot

Fox so trust to get a lock but keeps getting pecked bytflame

Another shot rings out and fox is hit in the shoulder causing him to drop

Sakura: foxtrot! Oh that's it no one hurts my kitsune! *Starts firing away from battle into the surrounding area hopping to hit him or at least flush him oht

Fiece in hyhena mode pounces into the battle*

Fox: och... *Sees feirce about to crunch him but Sakura destracts him with fire * come on ugly come play with .e

Fox:Aki no he's a tank!

Feirce turns into tank mode* I'll gladly play with u fleshie

Sakura: game on ugly *hands on controls tightly

Knockout: *Manages to subdue Twinblade with another strong pulse of electricity from the shock stick and immediately moves on to the next Con.  Intercepts Fierce, leaping on top of the tank and jabbing the stick down.*

Stormrunner: *Swings a wing around into Quake's midriff then kicks with his back talons, scoring a deep hit to the jet.*

Sakura: alright doc u hold him I'll *snipper fire hits Sakuras mech * I'll find the god damn sniper!

Quake:  *Transforms back with a groan and peels away to gain ground.*

Stormrunner:  *Takes off after him with a screech.*

Fierce: yowls and transforms to knock ko off*

Knockout:  *Tumbles away.*  My paint!  *Hauls himself upright, using the stick to help.*  You fraggin' Cons!

Sakura: where are u sniper u put a hole in my nice new mech

Padfoot tries to pounce on fierce again only to get hit on her side by snipper fire *

Sakura: sees the shot this time* got u *speeds her mech twords stops* :: found the snipper on the hill

Stormrunner:  ::Take him out!  No prisoners.::

Fox:: padfoot took a bad shot she's down . I m trying to get to her but mini birds are in my aft

Brushblaze:  *In her root mode.  Fires at Doombird while Remix takes Talonflame.*

Fierce goes for the already wounded and downed padfoot

Fox having gotten backup from brush and remix is able to get away from the mini birds :: knock out let's take out this bruit
*referring to fierce

Knockout: *Swings his staff around and slaps into his other hand so he's now gripping it with both.*  I agree.

Fox leaps up and attacks going for feirce gun arm

Sakura rushes hs as he lines up for a shot at fox tunnel vissioned dose not see her at first but when he hears the engine he's able to roll out of the way of the charging mech*

Sakura: found you ! Coward fight like a real mech now

Stormrunner:  *Catches up to Quake again when the Con comes around for a strafing run.  This time, Storm rips off a wing and sends him crashing.*

Quake:  Augh!  *Transforms as he rolls across the ground, reaching a hand up to delicately touch the sparking sensors after he stops.  Glares up at Stormrunner.*  Fraggin' 'Bot!

Feirxe gets a price of his arm plate ripped by foxtrot* and even tflame takes a hit

HS: servays the situation as he looks at the mech in front of him* slag ::fall back and retreat doom bird u know what to do

Stormrunner:  *Zooming down towards Hardstop.*

Doom bird fly's across the field almost taking shots as he lays down a smokescreen

Quake:  *Trying to get to his feet.*  ::Acknowledged.::

Tflame: *already flew off after getting grazed

Brushblaze:  *Flaps her hand in front of her face, narrowing her optics to try and see through the smoke screen.*  ::They're getting away!::

Fox:*coughs from the smoke

Sakura trys to fire at HS before smoke gets there but it's to late and stops fire when she no longer can see

Twinblade:  *Drags himself upright after the last of the shocks wears off.  Skitters away, mumbling to himself all the while.*

Fierce: *scampers away in the smoke

Knockout:  *Whacks Fierce.*  What.  About.  My.  Finish!

Feirce: get off I don't care about your finish *flings him away transforming again

Fierce: * keeps attempting to get away

Knockout:  *Transforms after him, speeding over with a squeal of tires.*

Fierce:trys to stay in the thickest parts of the smokescreen and slowly retreating away he fires a warning shot into the fog reminding the bots he's a tank

Foxtrot: *goes over and tends to padfoot to attempting to stabilize her bleeding* :: knock out padfoot is hurt bad. I can't keep her stabilized forever

Sakura ::lost my target commander
Stupid coward sniper

Knockout:  *Growls and skids to a stop, heading back toward Padfoot.*

Fox*is bleeding himself but is ignoring it*

Stormrunner:  ::Everyone rendevous with Padfoot.  We need to take stock.::

Sakura:: rogger

Lance:: commander reports have it that snipers team has retreated buckbeaks team is week should we go in?

Cassandra: ::Roger.  You have permission to engage.::

Lance:: let's light em up boys!
*leads the charge in his lion*

Remix:  Commander, we have incoming!

Fox: what now

Stormrunner:  *Snarls.*  Stay here.  Protect yourselves.  *Leaps into the air with a mighty screech as he flows through the air to the approaching humans.*

Sakura : * stands Infront of the injured bot on the ground* :: amo is low commander whoever it is I hope they are friendly

Fox: doubt it

Brushblaze:  Knockout, status on Padfoot.

Knockout:  *Grimaces.*  It's bad.  I'll do my best.  *Continues to work.*

Brushblaze:  We don't have long.  *Taps her lower lip in thought.*  ...can you work in my trunk?

Knockout:  *Briefly glances up.*  Can you hold both of us?

Lance: *sees storm* ::(open com) buckbeaks. U and your fantasy novel rejects are coming with us dead or alive

Stormrunner:  *Doesn't dignify that with a response.  Instead swoops low then breaks with his wings as his hind talons come

Lance:: (to humans) open fire !
*fires on the incoming mech

Foxtrot: what do u have in mind brush?

Brushblaze:  I'll have to, won't I?  We need to get out of her.  Alright, the rest of you - defense.  I'll need it.  *Folds down into her truck form.*

Knockout:  *Frowns a bit, still working on clamping energon lines to keep Padfoot from bleeding out.*  I have mixed feelings on this.  *Carefully lifts her up and puts her in the truck bed then climbs in after her, sitting on top of Brush's cab and leaning down to continue working on Padfoot.*  No sudden swerves, or I'll be on the road.

Brushblaze:  *Strained.*  Noted.  Autobots, roll out!  *Tires squeal but she manages to take off.*

Knockout:  *Steadies himself by bracing his pedes against the sides of her truck bed.  Mutters to himself as he continues to work on Padfoot.*

Foxtrot takes to air but due to injury can't transform just fly's normally

Sakura hits the glass on her mech and follows

Stormrunner: *Collides heavily with Lance's mech, wings spread wide and peppered by fire.*

Lance: whooah the birdie wants to tangle * retracts the claws of his lion and claws and bites at storm*

Stormrunner:  *Kicks at him, taking a glance around at the other humans.  Some are turning to help Lance and others are going after his Autobots.*

Lance: no no keep your focus on me big boy hmm ::open com that the best u got ugly

Stormrunner:  Idiot, human. What do I care what you think?  *Shoves him away then goes tearing after the humans going for his Bots.*

Lance: damn! ::Bird broke off watch yourselves

*gives chase in his lion

Brushblaze:  *Going as fast as she can with the additional weight of two mechs.  Her engine whines with the strain.*

Knockout:  *Mutters inaudibly under his breath, occasionally cursing.*

Fox trot:: humans closing in

Sakura: oh fkn great Its Lance's squad

Fox:: keep going *stops to face them

Knockout: *Finishes clamping off the last leaking energon line and roughly getting the major dings out of her armor.*  We'll finish fixing you up when we get back to base.  *Knocks on Brushblaze's cab before swinging himself over the side, transforming, and streaking off next to her.*

Stormrunner:  *Does a strafing run along the front line of the humans, knocking as many over as possible.*

Sakura:: what are u doing kitsune?!

Fox:: storm can't hold them off all by himself go keep them safe *looks back at her before flying off obviously switched to valor*

Stormrunner:  *When he sees Foxtrot.*  I gave you a direct command!

Foxtrot:: no disrespect sir but u can't hold them all off by yourself

Sakura *follows along the others *

Stormrunner:  That's not for you to decide.  Now go!  *Snarls as a particularly well placed shot goes through his thigh.*

Foxtrot:: *keeps flying and knocks down the mech shooting*:: your orders were to protect ourselves. I'm protecting. You can't be foolish they will break loose or kill u trying better to even the odds so everyone gets home safe and the autobots need Thier leader I'm not loosing another one:: *swoops by knocking another down

Lance: continues trys to fire at storm getting chatter on radio of "Naruto" joining fight (fox demon lol)

Lance::: where's the others dose anyone have sight on them..

Human:  ::No sir.  We have lost visual.::

Lance:: damn it!! Status report how many are down

Stormrunner:  *Growls.*  We'll discuss this later.  *Lunges at Lance now that there is someone else to keep the leading edge away from pursing the bots.*

Fox: continues swooping at random mechs*

Lance: tangles with stormrunner*

Random dude:: 12 mechs disabled no casualties but we can't keep this up sir

Lance: *keeps trying to hold off storm * :: dam commander request promission to draw back. Buckbeaks and Naruto blocking us from fleeing bots and disabling mechs to fast

Cassandra:  ::Fall back.  We've learned what we need to.  ...and stop using those ridiculous nicknames.::

Lance:: Roger that everyone back off and out when able

Fox* gets snacked away by a mech as they try to retreat
:: they are falling back Commander

Stormrunner:  *Lets them go, very weak and needing energon.*  ::Leave them.::

Fox*nods and fly's up and away from humans
* back at have flux paces uncontrollably* we should of heard from them by now
Base**

Stormrunner:  With me, Fox.  We still need what we came here for.  *Watches to make sure the humans leave then heads for the mine.*4:39 PM

Fox:: Roger *fly's along side him

Fox * is watching all round as they fly making sure there are no more surprises

Story: Romantic Interlude

Mood Music:  "Hold My Heart" - Lindsey Stirling

Characters:  Stormrunner, Brushblaze

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Brushblaze purred as her back hit the wall of the recharge bay.  Everyone else was currently topside, and it had seemed a perfect time to entice her closest friend.  Stormrunner had been stretched thinner than usual with their severely depleted energon stores.  He made sure to keep everyone else properly fueled and often went without when no one was watching.  In fact, Brushblaze was pretty sure the only other person who knew was Knockout.  Surely, as a medic, he couldn't miss the strained sounds of Stormrunner's engines.

He'd clearly been needing this.  Roughly pushing aside her chest plates, Stormrunner plugged into the port located next to her closed spark chamber.  He didn't accept a reciprocal cable from her.  The merge would be entirely one-sided, and that thought thrilled Brushblaze.  He really needed this.

As the first burst of energy crackled into her systems, she groaned and let her optics go offline.  He hauled up one of her legs to hook around his hip, bringing them closer together, until she could feel the heat of his spark, even through their closed chambers.  Stormrunner growled something in beast language, but despite it being her native tongue, she couldn't understand it.  Everything was fuzzy and wonderful as he continued to pour frustrated energy through their connection.  

Her talons locked onto his broad shoulders where his wings would unfurl when he transformed into his alt mode.  In root, it made him bulky in a way she found utterly enticing.  Strong.  Clever.  He could win this war, even though they had lost their Prime.  He'd tangled with Megatron himself a few times and had lived to tell the tale.  Well, she had on his behalf.  Stormrunner, much like Optimus, never boasted.  It was another thing she found attractive about him.

Hissing, Stormrunner wrapped an arm around her waist, hauling her still closer to his frame.  His other servo landed on the wall beside her head, talons digging in and leaving deep furrows in the packed dirt.  The energy exchange was picking up in intensity.  Data packets were now streaming across the hardline connection.  She unraveled them and found his frustration, determination, a certain degree of helplessness that left her reeling in shock, and a ruthless vengeance.  Normally, she'd soothe him with her own data packets, but right now, Brushblaze let herself submit and receive all he had to give.  

Roleplay: (Autobots Day 9) Preparations

Sakura dressed in body armor hops into her mech who was last night painted pinks and blues with an atubot symbol sprayed onto its back* laddies and gental bots I give u d.va named after my tots fave video character. We are ready to slag some cons! I'm saying that word right?

Fox: *chuckles* this is an energon run hopefully we don't have to deal with the cons

Brushblaze:  Sure, but this isn't a game.

Stormrunner:  Stay on point or stay home.

Padfoot: stay focused kid or it will be "game over" for all of us

Sakura: mutters in Japanese that they are being total buzzkills

Stormrunner: *Shoots her a look before climbing out of their underground base and into the barn.*

Fox: best to mind him Aki . Walks along side her *

Sakura: I know I know *follows

Knockout:  Hmm.  *Follows Stormrunner.*

Brushblaze: *Waiting for everyone else to leave first.*

Flux: good luck out there

Stormrunner: *Nods to Dr. Nayar as she waves them off.*

Knockout: Later, Tali.  *Grins rogueishly before transforming down into his car form.  Revs his enjoy show-offishly before zooming off after Storm.*

Dr. Nayar: *Sighs and rolls her eyes.*

Brushblaze:  *Transforms down into her vehicular mode too, waiting for a moment for the others.*

Padfoot transforms and heads out*

Dr. Nayar: *Pats her hood.* Come back home.

Fox stays in fox form following on foot along side Sakuras mech.

Brushblaze:  We'll do our best.

Remix:  But no promises.

Dr. Nayar:  I know.  But still.

Brushblaze:  *Rumbles soothingly then heads off.*

Sakura* inside her mech drinking mountain dew from a straw cup and has on her radio that is switched on/off depending on communications coming in*

Stormrunner:  *Takes to the air, flying low over them.  Over his comms.*  ::Keep your speed moderate.  We can't afford to use up too much energon before we get there.::

Fox: :: roger. That's why I'm sticking to the ground I'll fly when / if I need to I burn to much in jet mode::

Brushblaze:  ::Roger.::

Knockout:  ::Whatever you say, Herr Commandante.::

Padfoot:: Roger that alpha

Brushblaze:  ::Watch it, Knockout.::

Sakura:: I think this IS my top speed...

Pad:: your using fuel u don't count

Stormrunner:  ::Second closest energon mine is a three hour drive.  Keep communication to a minimum.::

Sakura: *to herself* man 3 hours . Wonder if this thing has an autopilot

story: shattered

Above the war fox soard trying to avoid the conflict below and provide feedback to those down below. A shot rang out and he was hit in his engine he was forced to transform and use his wings to glide down into whatever safe landing he could. He tummbles on the landing at first it appeared as if no one was around him just dust. But when the dust cleared he can see a large fem sabor cat. He knew the cat well. There was a time they were allies maybe even sort of friends but the cons had not saved his life as he once thought. They STOLE it. He hated swift in particular as the one who handed him to shockwave to begin with and now she stood before him. "Your mine" she said with a growl. She had hated him for his betrayal, and what a prize he would be to bring to her Lord and Master. The 2 began with claws and teeth. She ripped a good chunk into his other engine just to make sure he couldn't just jet out of there. She tried going for his wings next even without his jets he could still fly. He countered her turning and swiping at her. He couldn't let her ground him he had to take flight and get in the air. He tried to fly and with a pounce she had him pinned. He could hear Megatron at that moment shout that Optimus was dead. He can hear his voices fighting for control his mind was racing trying to keep him in the fight as swift stared down at her pray struggling  "You hear that it's finished your mine!" The words melded with Optimus is dead your finished... Rang over and over his eyes flashed  red just for a moment. His voice slightly altered but somehow still himself "you ...Are finished" he freed his left arm and fired his wrist weapon a spike launcher right into her neck. The world became silent as she slumped off hin. It took a moment to realize it was a fatal shot. "I ...No I couldn't off this was your fault" his red eyed voice responded" no that was all you I was there as a witness but YOU pulled the trigger. You and I are no longer that separate." "Shut up" fox was shaking he was starting to get closed in apon he took to the air shots fired but missed. His mind still echoed you can't run from it. You are a murderer now"