The Undergrid - A Forgotten World

[Rexacon]

Shadow quickly doing work on Stockpile as he makes his fail attempt to counterattack. With his drones soon falling one by one, it is only a matter of time before the battle is won. However, suddenly an explosion occurred around the section. Shadow quickly fired his thrusters at the opposite direction as the explosion sent him flying through the cave. An explosion so close would cripple or severely damage any transformer. As the smoke cleared out, Shadow came through the smoke all battered up and injured. Energon is leaking a bit as he walks towards Stockpile with his sword dragging on the floor leaving a trail of flames from his deathcalibur. He looked at Stockpile with as he did a little laugh heading towards him. This wasn't over, not by a long shot. Having his drones destroyed, he'll make sure that Stockpile will enjoy his time in the under grid.

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Stockpile couldn’t believe it. Shadow had lived through the explosion and could still fight. With no more time to make another drone, Stockpile was out of options. Shadow walked closer and closer and Stockpile had sent all his drones down suicide style. He knew that no matter what happened that it would not be to his liking. Then he noticed that the blast that he had made had blown a hole leading down. This was his only option, so he jumped. He fell for only a little time, but it felt like eternity. He hopped that he could live through the fall, but he could not tell. He knew for a fact that if Shadow jumped, that he wouldn’t make it in his current condition. Hitting the ground was hard on his body, and he couldn’t stand back up.

“No, I must live on… Low energy levels.. too much damage… So much darkness…”

[Rexacon]

Shadow slowly walked over to Stockpile as he puts his deathcalibur away. Before Shadow is able to get a grip on Stockpile, he backs away and falls down the hole to escape torture. Shadow curses as his prey got away, not knowing how deep the hole is, it seemed to him that the creatures down there will deal with him. Shadow leaves the site slowly as he starts to find and pick up scraps of energon shards.

"What a complete waste of my time, for him to go escape me like that."

Shadow struggled walking through the maze as the explosion did more damage than he expected. However, once another transformer enters the under grid then he'll be ready for them. Like all predators do when waiting for their prey to come. Suddenly, he gets a transmission from Zeta and Vibro. From that all he can do is smirk. He might be having guest as sooner as he thought.

[Rexacon]

~Entrance~

Rexacon continued walking towards the entrance to the Undergrid. Most of the civilians had left the under grid after the bomb threat had left. The guards all saluted Rexacon as they opened the door to the Undergrid. The doors open as they made a small screech echoing the whole area. Rexacon turned to look at the group.

"No one gets lost, you will all stay by your partner side and follow my lead. The under grid is a dangerous place for cybertronian wildlife. If you get lost, you are on your own. Vibro, make sure that they don't get lost will you."

Rexacon turned towards the entrance and entered the Under Grid as he goes through the maze to Iacon.

Blackout followed Rexacon, he let out a long sigh as Deathdancer is holding his hands. An embarrassment to a gladiator such as himself. The sooner they get to Iacon, the better cause he can't take Deathdancer making a fool out of him. On the bright side, at least he won't lose her if she goes skipping around cause he'll just drag her back to his side like a child.

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The sound of the door opening had echoed throughout the under grid. The vibration of the doors alerted Shadow as he smirks at the guest arriving. Time to go pay them a visit after all, this is his territory. If it is what he thinks it is then he will have to be careful. After all they have the most firepower and vastly outnumber him. Shadow activates his night vision scanners as he heads through the maze looking for them.

[Magma]

Kaon
Chase vented lightly, relieved when Star calmed down, due to both of them. She might nok like this 'Darkfire', but it might change slightly some day. For now all they have to do is to stay close, how bad can that be?

Down in the Undergrid
Chase was far from a fan of the Undergrid; it was a place where crazy mechs wandered around, being all strange and very dangerous at least. There were many things she didn't like but this place was in the top 3.

,,Star, hold me, this place gives me the creeps."

Chase's voice was teasing over the private link, but then she considered it. Star could very easily just do that and there was no fraggin' way that should happen.

,,After second thought; don't even slaggin' consider it."

Turning her attention to herself, Chase could see that she definitly wasn't dressed, so to speak, for the mission. She wore civilian armor, medium armor, but still it wasn't that functionel. Since there wasn't much else to do, she decided to change some of it back to how it had been in the army. Just letting it break into parts, make others and if necessary, make it thinner in some places to cover up others.

[Foxfire]

Gates of the Undergrid

Darkfire scowled at the flirty nickname that Starfire had used. Annoying. However, it seemed that the other seeker was now focused on the mission. Whatever worked. Her scowl slowly lessened to her customary frown. The sooner this mission was over, the better. Darkfire followed Rexacon to the dilipidated gates of the Undergrid. Who knew what creatures lurked within? She had used the Undergrid before. She knew its dangers. Unfortunately, she was not alone this time. Her "partner" was likely not stealthy in the least. Terrific.

"My name is Darkfire."

There was a bit of an edge to Darkfire's otherwise smooth tones. She did not like nicknames. By the primes, she would probably preferred to be called "you, cybertronian, standing there". Pet names were simply annoying. Darkfire passed by Ghost and glanced at him.

"Come, if you can make yourself useful. Get the Pit out of my way otherwise. We have enough bots to protoform-sit."

Darkfire continued on her way down into the Undergrid.

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Deathdancer looked around the Undergrid making all kinds of "oooh"ing and "ahhhh"ing sounds. Bounding away from Blackie in one great leap, Deathdancer twirled around in the darkness. She nodded several times and looked back at Blackout.

"I like this place. Reminds me of home. Hurry up Blackie! Last one to Iacon is a rusted circuit!"

Deathdancer took out her scythe and waited for Blackout to catch up. She twirled it absently with one hand, looking ahead into the darkness. A sly smirk spread across her face. The other voices in her head were rarely quiet all at once, but they were now. It was a sign. Whether it was a good one or a bad one...Deathdancer had no idea! She would just enjoy the ride!

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Foxfire walked into the Undergrid alongside her partner. She glanced at Ghost as she walked by him, but didn't say anything to the mysterious visitor, feeling kind of shy. She looked over to Kol, glad to have him at her side. She heard the familiar annoyed sound of Darkfire's voice. She couldn't help but smile. Her sister just could not play nice with others at all, could she?

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Vibro walked along Rexacon and listened to his words. Sounded like the Undergrid was a dangerous place. Vibro had really only heard stories before, so he was a bit apprehensive. He didn't agree with leaving anyone down here, however. Vibro would go back for his Autobots. He turned and smiled reassuringly at the Autobots.

"Stick together Autobots! No bot left behind."

[zaphead1]

~Gates to the Undergrid~

Ghost readied his assault rifle and followed the rest of the bots down into the depths of the Undergrid. He immediately turned to Dark, looking her over after her comment. An assassin, not very well known.

"Useful, huh? Well I've got something you can use, but how bout we talk about that after the mission." Ghost said this as he turned his gaze away from Dark.

He turned to his attention to Foxfire who he'd just passed. She was a much shorter version of Darkfire, sisters no doubt. Height wasn't the only difference though, Dark seemed to be built for combat, there was no question she could deal a serious punch, where as Fox seemed more gentle. Her Decepticon insignia was perplexing, there was no way this fem was a terrorist.

Ghost finally couldn't keep himself from asking. "Hey, I gotta ask...Why are you here? I mean you don't exactly look like that kind of fem that would go about blowing up buildings and murdering innocent people for the sake politics."

[Rexacon]

Making his way through the under grid, Shadow had stumbled upon Deathdancer so was skipping through the tunnels as if she was having fun. She turns around and was yelling hurry up Blackie, catch up. As Shadow watched from inside the tunnels, he saw the group coming. One...two...three...there were about thirteen cybertronians. A high number than he expected, but nevertheless, this was an opportunity to pick out the weakest link out of the group. By following the group through various tunnels, he studies each and every cybertronian there. The one in the front must be the leader of the group so he was knocked out the list. The one swinging the scythe looks to be a close combat specialist and would be a waste. The black gladiator bot was off the question too. The drone and his partner are a contender on his list. The two seekers are off the list, but the civilian is a contender. For the autobots, Vibro, what was he doing there? Either way, he is also a contender. Finally, the big guy who somehow manage to the fit the tunnel in the under grid, he was a contender and it seemed like he had no weapons either. Perfect. All the bots that are contenders would be perfect to feed off their energy levels. Shadow quickly unleashed his claws as he begins to climb on the wall and slowly follows them.

[Foxfire]

Tunnels

Foxfire turned to look at Ghost as he approached. She had seen Darkfire talking to him earlier. Could this be about that? Her head tilted slightly as he spoke.

"Huh? Why am I here? Oh. Well, I want to protect Cybertron and the people from Cybertronians like Zeta Prime. But...I don't know what you mean by murdering innocent people. Sure, the Decepticons blow up buildings, but that's a scare tactic. There's no one inside. They check and make sure!"

Darkfire jolted as she overheard a bit of Foxfire and Ghost's conversation. It was straying into dangerous territory and fast. Darkfire glanced back watching the pair out of the corner of her optic. She didn't show her concern outwardly. She only hoped that her sister would believe her over the newcomer. Foxfire was so naive sometimes, it could be sickening.

"....."

[Laser]

The question directed towards Foxfire was puzziling. Kol didn't understand this bots evident disapproval of the Decepticon Armada. Even though he'd only been part of it a while, he never heard of them blowing up any buildings. Foxfire's answer was interesting, too. However he doubted the fact that any side of the army would care about danger close. It was just that harsh.

Suddenly, he felt it. A presence. His sixth sensory alerted him of an approaching danger. Yet he couldn't pinpoint where it was exactly. The threat was likely cybertronian, and large, very quick...the sensory ended. Using the clues he had to work with, Kol shaped the threat in his mind. He glanced at Fox, then her sister. Poor Mistress Foxfire would be too inexperienced to understand his next move--she was too occupied with Master Ghost. But her sister, yes....she was sharp that one....he'd be able to warn her before things go south, and still keep everything calm.

He waited until Mistress Darkfire turned her head to check on her sister, which he had calculated to be every 15 to 35 seconds, and stood in the way, blocking her view from Foxfire. Staring back at Darkfire, Kol's battlemask opened and shut, flashing the seeker with his large red eye. He then resumed his position at Foxfire's side. He hoped his subtle hint wasn't too subtle....