The Undergrid - A Forgotten World

[Laser]

Kol cursed this stagnant situation. The entire Decepticon Armada had stopped to light this lone bot up. The only one missing was Laser....

Thank God.

"Blast it! There's no time. His chances of lying are beneath 10%. If we're to make any progress and have the best chance of prevented casualities, we need to follow him! And we need to do it quickly--" Kol stopped and walked close to Shadow. He spoke lowly and seriously. "Listen close to me master. I hope you will respect our decision to follow you. I hope you can refrain from deceiving us as well. Because if you stab us in the back, we will go for your spark. I'm sure you can understand. Let's go get Prime, shall we?"

[concentratedrandom]

Starport wasn’t sure what to think of this new member. Shadow was in bad shape and his circumstances weren’t pretty either. He needed energon obviously, and he couldn’t escape anytime soon. The look on his face when they mentioned Zeta Prime was serious, and Starport was sure that he had a grudge with him. Though Shadow was following them for who knows how long, Starport believed they could trust him. It’s not like he killed anyone, right? Suddenly Towreck said “Alright Starport, I know your big but try to stick close.”

“Don’t worry about me Towreck, I’ll be fine. You should watch out for yourself, you’re a little more fragile than I am. But thank you for your concern.”

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Stockpile was dragging himself through many tunnels. Not being able to walk was annoying him more and more each time he dragged his body farther. He wasn’t sure where he was or where he was going, but it had to be away for all those transformers. If he was found wasn’t a thought he wanted to imagine.

“How am I going to make it out of this? I don’t know what to do, for the first time ever, I don’t know… I can’t be found, not by them. I need to… what is that light?”

A light was shining through a large crack in a wall. Where does it go to? Doesn’t matter though, if it’s out of here, than that will do. Stockpile had a chance, and he took it.

[Muezick]

~Undergrid~

Starfire wasn't going to leave Chase behind as they all made a mad dash for the exit. Chase can be very quick when she wants to be though, so it wasn't a huge worry. She had been keeping her distance from Towreck, she simply wasn't sure how to speak to him, but considered her debt to him valid still. Should his life come under danger in her presence, she would find a way to save it. Though he'll probably be pleased that her tenure as a decepticon is about to be very short lived, in all likely hood she will not be able to destroy her brother, and she will not be fighting on the same side as him. Being that the autobots now oppose the Prime's as well, well it makes defecting all the sweeter, but that will come later, for now..

"Chase, transform and flee with them!"

She tells her shorter friend, who is in all likely hood, invisible and already way ahead of her. Starfire honestly doesn't need to worry about Chase, she is fast, small and can cloak, by all rights Chase should be able to navigate down here real easily. Starfire's thrusters ignite and she follows after shadow, but she allows less martial bots to go infront of her. She can handle a couple thousand scrap bots without a problem, she'll be really chewed up after ward, but she wont be ... well scrap ... other bots, not made of sterner stuff, would undoubtably be eaten alive.

It's very likely, due to waiting for others to go first, a few scrapbots may wind up on Starfire, but they would not scare her. She stands near the entrance to the escape route, motioning other bots through as she keeps her Cluster bombs ready, should any scrap bot show it's terrible littler chompers, she'll light that whole area up with destruction. When Darkfire passes the threshold, presumably after her sister, and near the back after other bots have passed by, Starfire will give Darkfire's aft a slap as she herself passes through and leads up the rear.

"Was just waiting on you, curvy."

[Magma]

Undergrid
Scraplets?! For the love of Primus, why didn't they just add some of those gigantic worms that was said to roam closer to the center of Cybertron and then we could have a fraggin' party down here! Chase wasn't sure about how much their 'guide' could be trusted, he could i theory just lead them to a dead end, let the scraplets take them and then come to collect whatever that was left of them, which was most likely going to be Energon. After all, Scraplets didn't eat Energon. None the less it didn't seem like there was much of a choice and there was no way she wanted to be eaten by scraplets, no fraggin' way.

"Don't worry about me, just keep ya' own aft out of trouble."

Activating all systems and sliding her battlemask into place, hiding her faceplates completly, Chase followed the others, 'fleed' as Star had put it, but something kept bugging her. How where they going to get rid of the Scraplets before getting into the Citadel? They might be able to get up there before the Scraplets reached them, but that didn't seem too likely. Leaving one behind? No, that would be insane, even for 'Con standards. Using EMP? Maybe, if they had enough of it, but they couldn't rely on it. Shaking her head, she turned her attention to those she followed, although not too obviously. It might seem like and odd time for it, but Chase started analyzing them, taking in things she couldn't when they were just standing in the main hall. It was mainly which weapons they had, how they used them and how well they took running for their lives. It seemed like the old days, a game of who was best, but it wasnt. This was real, they were fleeing from scraplets, following someone they wasn't even sure they could trust. What a crazy cycle this had come to be...

[Foxfire]

Undergrid

Darkfire hated surprises. Scraplets posed a problem, but she hated the fact that they had to follow this...idiot! The assassin shoved aside her anger and looked to her sister. Her thrusters kicked on and she flew over to her, grabbing her arms. Darkfire then began to fly backwards, dragging her sister along. It slowed her down a bit, but not too much.

"Fox."

"Already on it!"

Glad that she had thought to equip the EMP emitter to her pistol already, Foxfire took aim. She shot off several blasts on the walls, floor, and ceiling. Any scraplets caught in the radius of those would stop functioning properly for a breem. Maybe two. Foxfire looked up at her sister.

"I got us a breem. Maybe two, but I wouldn't count on it."

"Got it. Keep going on!"

Darkfire heaved and threw her sister a good distance ahead. With Foxfire going on ahead, the assassin dropped down and ran. It wasn't the fastest mode of transportation, but she wasn't going to go ahead of her sister. When Foxfire passed the threshold of the exit, Darkfire relaxed considerably. She passed through the threshold and was forced to restrain the instinctive impulse to rip Starfire's arm off when she decided that it was a good idea to slap her on her aft. Whirling around, Darkfire seized the door of the entrance and began to push it closed. Whether Starfire made it out before she closed it completely was of no concern to Darkfire.

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Vibro stayed behind his group of Autobots during their escape. He had his photon pistol out and ready. While he wasn't sure what good it would do against scraplets, he was more than happy to stay behind the rest of his team. It was his job to keep them safe.

"Keep going everyone!"

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Deathdancer just didn't understand it when everyone started to run. Scraplets? They were adorable! Deathdancer used to play with them back in the old days. When everyone started to run, however, Deathdancer immediately burst into action. She flew up and blasted toward Shadow, dropping down beside him as she caught up. She leaped and pranced and frolicked until she noticed her Blackie was not up here. She stopped, dead in her tracks until she saw him. With a happy squee, Deathdancer danced around her partner as he made his way to the exit.

"Run, run, as fast as you can! You can't catch him! He's my blackie-boy-man!"

[Rexacon]

The Undergrid

Shadow continued running through the tunnels as the sound of scraplets were coming behind them. Perfect timing for the little munchies. They were able to make them follow his plan. Perfect. After going through various tunnels, he managed to find the emergence doorway to the citadel. Shadow put in combination keys for the password. After several tries, he remembered the password and put it in. The door slowly opened as Shadow urged them to enter.

"This way, once we are inside, we'll be safe."

Rexacon continued following Shadow and making sure that the gang doesn't get left behind. If there was one thing he was afraid of instead of Megatron's wrath, it was scraplets. Rexacon stand beside the door to make sure he does a headcount in how many of his troops made it.

"Move move cybertronians. Blackout, block the scraplets path."

Blackout hurried up to catch up to Deathdancer, this was a pain in the butt as Blackout tried to catch up. He then heard Rexacon's voice telling him to block the path. Blackout turned around as he saw Darkfire pass through. Blackout takes out his hammer and raises it up in the air as he slams it down causing a EMP shockwave across the tunnels. The scraplets movement will be slowed down once they are hit. Blackout hammers the floor again to cause a cave in on one of the tunnels. He turns around and heads for the door.

[Towreck]

Towreck didn't trust this Shadow guy as far as he could throw him, but he went inside the door as Shadow motioned them in. He sighed with relief as he made it inside, and saw Blackout shooting an EMP down the tunnel. He also heard one of them collapse as well. Towreck eyed Starfire as they were running though the tunnels, and put it in the back of his mind to speak with her when he felt the time was right.

[zaphead1]

~Undergrid~

At the sound of the incoming scraplets, two panels lifted from Ghost's back and calves revealing his thrusters. He blasted forward following the rest of the group. The situation was bad, the arrival of the scraplets forcing the group to put their lives in the hands of some bot that lurked in the Undergrid. As the reached the entrance to the Citadel, Ghost twirled around to face the scraplets, locked on to his targets and fired upon the enemy. He noticed that Shadow had the password.

Ghost turned to Rexacon and the others. "There's no way we can trust this guy. And Undergrid lurker who just happens to know how to get in the most secure location on Cybertron? Something is up here..."

[Laser]

Kol overheard Ghost. It pained him to admit it, but the man was right. He could not be trusted. But they were wasting time. Kol had spent many years in the army, and even in the lowest ranks, there was no fighting, there were no "pilgrimages" in unknown territory. There was no flirting between the same sexes. There wasn't even talking. If his old squadron were on a mission, they'd be fully informed, equipped, and stealthy. If they were cut up in groups, they'd move in a smooth and orderly fashion, and undoubtedly would have made short work of this lurker once they had found him.

Yet Kol knew better than to underestimate his new team. Once they'd been alerted of the incoming threat, they'd acted quickly and efficiently. But now they had put their lives in the hands of this shadowy character. He'd be a fool to betray them, but stupid is what stupid does. He only hoped that he'd been right about following this cybertronian. He kept him under the view of his watchful eye.

[Muezick]

~Undergrid under Iacon Spire~

Starfire's processors were processing a teraflop of information a second. Her circuits were probably smoking in some places where upgrades were needed, but damnit this was exciting, so many possibilities, so much could go wrong. Inter-group strife, mistrust, close friends, closer enemies. The shadowy figure opens the door, several bots run by, Vibro, Foxfire, Chase, Kol, Rexacon, towreck and the big guy, Starport. Even the psycho managed to get through, good.

"LIGHT! IT! UP! YEAH!!!!"

She shouts loudly as black out smashes the ground and foxfire's EMP bombs explode, then the second hammer causes a cave in. A few stray scrap bots come whirring through the debris and Starfire takes pot shots at them with her armor piercing lasers. That'll definitely ensure they shy away from this direction if not a single one makes it through!

Black out makes it through the door, and Starfire pops in afterwards, Her wing is nearly clipped in the massive door as Darkfire slams it shut, she gives Darkfire a glamy smirk and a wink, then moves after the rest of the group. Pops of static build up discharge down her central processor pathways, simulating phantom feelings through all her pressure and heat sensors across her body. What a rush!

"What a rush! Hell yes. Now I'm definitely ready to slaughter some box heads and put one bad prime on his aft!"

She bounces lightly, then does a flip forward, landing on her hands, she goes end over end in a majestic display of acrobatics, firing her thruster's at the last second, she balls up, spins several times over, and lands mid-jog to run ahead. It's very clear she loved every second of that.

"Come on Darkfire!"

Of course she's just grandstanding, it was actually terrifying for a few astroseconds, till an escape presented itself and safety was assured. She worried for chase though, she knew chase was around there some where, probably cloaked, she sends a private transmission to chase only;

"That was a close one, eh Chase?! Just like Old times, stick close to me and Darkfire, we're not outa the fire yet!"