Ilgaz - The Burden of War

[Bowhead]

Turkey, a hot, arid country in the Near-East region, connecting Europe to the violently contested lands of the Middle-East and once home to many empires. It was in this ancient land that titans had renewed their ancient, bloody conflict... humans trampled underfoot like insects as the city of Ilgaz, once home to seven thousand, was reduced to smouldering ruin. Thousands displayed, dying, or dead.

Flashes of violet and crimson were all too visible in the afternoon sun, dark crystals spiring out of the ground and providing a hazard for the four that were presently engaged in battle; two Autobots, a rookie and an elite, against a veteran and a specialist of the decepticons.
Whoever won this day, humanity suffered a loss.

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((Bold will be used for Baryon. Italic will be used for Differential. Underline will be used for Hadron. Normal text will be used for Oblique.))

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Taking cover behind what little was left of a flipped diesel hauler, the jet and motorcycle transformers exchanged volleys of fire with their foes across the way; a tank and sports car. "Scrap! Where in Primus' lugnuts are those reinforcements?" The smaller Autobot growled angrily, popping out of cover just long enough for his weapon to fire a few potshots. "Yeah, hello, command! I hope you are really enjoying sitting in your comfy chairs sipping Energon, because we're getting pounded out here! I need help, now! I've already set a beacon an-scrap, run!".

The two quickly charged towards the next piece of cover as the truck they had hid behind was sprayed with a shower of Dark Energon; first crystalizing, then violently exploding behind them... a thin figure unflinchingly strolling out of the inferno, weapons already pointed at her foes and firing. "Baryon. We've got them on the run. Contact headquarters, we'll need pickup soon enough.".
In response, the large tank chuckled before setting an extraction beacon. The decepticons seemed fairly certain they would be victorious in that battle... although only time could truly tell that tale's conclusion. The Autobots, meanwhile, were hidden behind a crumbling hospital's ruins, still doing their best to get whatever backup they could.

"Oblique... go. They can try all they want to track you, but these are no seekers."
"What? No, I'm not leaving you to get killed! What sort of idiot order is that? We can hold out just a while longer, Optimus will send help!"
"They aren't even out of stasis lock yet... I've gotten no reply; either my reciever is dead, or more likely they can't hear us."
"If they can't hear us, I'm dead anyways once the Decepticons get their forces here. If I'm going to die here, on this strange planet, then I'm at least taking them with me. Surely you feel th-scrap!".

Another wave of Dark Energon, and they were sent running once more. "Alright, so, here's the plan. You're better with that gun than I am with mine. I'll get their attention, draw them in, then bug out. You can hit them from behind." Oblique spoke, clutching a tear rent in her arm by a flying piece of shrapnel. "... If we get out of this, energon is on me. And for reference? You're a fine shot, yourself.".



It seemed the battle was nowhere near reaching a resolution yet, and both sides had sent for backup. It was anyone's guess when... and if... it would show up for either.

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It was a hard day today. Who knows what exactly went down here but, all you can see is ruin. These bloodthirsty battles never seem to end well do they. In fact the metal bending fight was still going on. The sad part is time was running out. Just like Iacon, rubbish. The story told here was unimaginable. Truthfully there was no way for either faction to progress without the other learning about it. As soon as that happens it is straight forward seige and, warfare.

At this moment two iconic Autobots were making their way to a distress call. The refuged S7 base picked up the transmission a good while ago. They patched it through the nearby command and, they sent whoever wanted to get their hands dirty. A lone wrecker and a medic were on their way. Isn't that cute. One bot killed at tearing things apart paired with another that is skilled at fixing things. Opposites attract.

The medic/expert intel bot Turbojet was scouting the skies with the stealthy ground ninja Jacknife. Jacknifew as swift and precise with her movements and, even though Turbo had the femme marked on his radar he was failing miserably at actually seeing her. However Jackie was well aware of where Turbo was. For someone with such a sweet and beautiful voice this femme has a headcount larger than those tallied from battles on cybertron alone. The devastated terrain was meer childs play compared to her movements in her sports bike form. She uploaded the tracked Autobot feed to her HUD as soon as an echoing blastershot came within audio reach.

"Not too far now. When we break the gap I'm going silent so keep a leveled head up there." she stated through the open commlink.

"I copy that, I'll check up on your 12' up ahead. This place is backlashed with the aftermath of a heated fight. Lots of lost sparks out here." Turbo responded back. Just then a building crumbled threatening the aerialbot to take evasive action as it tilted into his flight path. Turbojet veered right hard and barreled through the incoming buildings after. It was a tight line between fresh air and, scrapmetal so he pitched upward into a clearing to keep safe. This would reveal him alot more but, at least he could stray off the walls for sure now.

"Gah!..*huff..*huff*..this place is a barren wasteland. Its practically set to auto-collapse!" he complainted breifly. There was no reply from Jacknife though as she sped up. Turbo waited, and waited but, still nothing. He was going to cut in but, he could finally hear the stalemate going on ahead. Illuminations of red and violet pin pointed the direction. They were near...

It looked worse than they though. Oh well it was time to get edgy. Turbo dive down to the surface again before untransforming and, proceeding on foot. Jacknife went directly for the supressed teammates using the ruins to her advantage. The transmissionw as dead but, as soon as the two meet the others it would be clear command was listening afterall. Jacknife rolled into a decently stable parking garage, all the way to the top. She scanned the area until she finally spotted the other two bots. Her gaurdian mask was activated and sealed tight as she signaled for Turbo to stand by. She then cycled through her utility launcher and fired three smoke grenades that would quickly screen off the two fighing sides. Jacknife then sounded her bike form's sound alert to get the bots attention. She would wave as well hoping they saw her. If so she would signal them move and, take cover behind the toppled building instead, towards the left of the street. From here Turbo could advance and deal his part of the plan...

[Bowhead]

Limping as quickly as they could towards the signalled location, the two autobots' leaking energon mingled as it fell below them, leaving a glowing trail behind the two as a pair of shadows emerged from the smoke. One's arms were covered in hoses and valves, while the other had what looked like pieces of a scrapmaker replacing her own manipulators. These decepticons wasted no time firing on the prior position of Oblique and Hadron... and promptly turning to follow the trail with their weaponsfire coming soon after.

Whoever the two decepticons were, it was clear they were a killteam sent to mop up, as they clearly demonstrated when they caught a terrified human and let themselves get distracted by trying to use their bodies to smash the unfortunate man. "Hahaha! Look at it run! Rip it apart, I want to see the sparks fly!".
Not the brightest pair of 'cons, but one couldn't argue with how dangerous they were... even as Baryon held down a human and Differential pulled out a syringe of dark energon to inject him with. Were nothing done to stop them, there'd be a field experiment taking place to see if Humans could be transformed into monsters.

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This was maddening but, the task at hand was surely important. As Jacknifed watched the other bots try their best to get moving Turbojet went on the move. He carefully navigated through around smoke and waited. It was a tense moment but, these two Decepticons left opening after opening. But the problem was the unexpected human to be there. Turbojet was going to have to think faster. When he looked over to Jacknife she wasn't there. He paused for a quick moment until he spotted her barely.

Immeadiatly after spotted the human, Jacknife dropped down into the street. With her light weight and, expertise her landing wouldn't make as much noise plus a decreased rumble effect. She then sprinted torwards the con with the syringe. She would wallrun against the closest building and, leap off to send a powerful spinkick to the con's head.

Turbojet however would react right before Jacknife by firing a distraction shots towards the con holding the human. A simple bait and strike technique.

So in that case Jacknife the sleek red and sliver painted wrecker was ready to rock. Her golden Wrecker insignia was rightfully placed on the middle her chestplate and upper back. She had a very curved body and wide hips perfect for her style of fighting. Agile and in your face. Anything in straight forward armour was crimson and resembled a Kawasaki Sports Bike in some way. The rest was bare and shiny sliver. Her face from nose to chin was protected by her Gaurdian Battle Mask. This left her bright cyan eyes sharp and focused on these cons as if the surprise attack did its job in separating them she would have one Energy Katana sword in her right hand ready to fight. Again, odd how someone so beautiful could be so aggresive and warhardened.

[Bowhead]

Both decepticons looking up from their would-be test subject at the sudden assault, Differential dropped her syringe and clumsily rolled back; the high-speed limb sending sparks flying as it deeply marred her face and threw the interrogator off-balance. Baryon would have a much more effective response, however, as she spun up the barrels of the Scrapmaker she had used to pin the unfortunate human to the ground with sickening snaps... the poor man brought up with his arms trapped within the winding-up weapon to be thrusted forward at the incoming wrecker as a living shield. Once dangerous, the situation was now dire... and Oblique who was about ready to retreat had a distinct lapse in self-preservation; transforming and skidding along the ground at high speed to attempt assistance.

This, of course, left poor old Hadron covering his face with his palm and sighing. "It's like everyone has a deathwish today... Can't go a day without somebody getting killed. Welp, scrap it, I'm in.". Four against two, with odds in favour of the Autobots was much more favourable, especially given the sheer destructive capabilities of the two on the field.

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The kick connected flawlessly. It brought one of them off balance but, it was not enough to keep the unfortunate human hostage out of harm. Jacknife's reflexes were sharp as she turned back hearing the spooling barrels, just in time to catch the screaming man in mid launch. She swiftly leaped into the air, side flipping into a corkscrew 5 meters towards the right. Keeping the human held tight, she then released him launching the human in the air.

Turbojet boost jumped and, caught the man, transformed and put the human safely in the cockpit as he flew off. Turbojet would drop the human off on top of the parking garage and, gave a gesture for him to stay put. From here Turbojet turned back to look at the cons as he would stay back just in case.

Jacknife would then grab her other katana sword and, stood defensively as she sized up both Cons prepared to fight.

[Bowhead]

Standing just in time to get rammed by the flying autobot, Differential was having a very bad day as she soared off into the horizon, with Oblique weakly sprawling after several rolls across the ground. "All yours, you three... I'm leaking energon too badly to continue.".

Hadron, meanwhile, was climbing a building to sit on the roof and get a better line of sight on Baryon; letting off a few tracers to correct his aim and distract the large Decepticon... who seemed none too pleased about her current situation. There would be only a moment's warning before massive, repeating waves of electro-magnetic energy began to pulse out from the outnumbered target and she charged towards Jacknife with little more than a quickly-removed concrete support column as a weapon.

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Things were goinng to get really up close and, personal at this point. With Turbo in overwatch it was up to Jackie to fight the ground battle. No problem.

She took Oblique's words in mind, noting what the ratio was. In truth the odds were even at the moment depending on the actions. Her senses were going off looking at her attacker. The counter came quick as Jacknife swiveled out of the way of most of the shots. 3 meters towards the left, not even flinching from the very few that did hit. Her training hardened her ability to handle such things.

Her opponent was setting up a melee by the looks of it. Jacknife decided to charge forward as well with her katanas in hand ready to battle it out. So her challenger would have to think faster to cope with Jacknife's foot speed.