Chapter 2: Next stop Antilla
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:57 pm
Soon the two Decepticon warships departed from Char and made their way towards the planet of Antilla. Burn, Phaze and Icon Jade plotting a path around the sun that Antilla orbitted. Meanwhile Name_Violation, Potentate, and Wrath detoured to pick up the bounty hunter Bristleback before navigating towards the asteroid field on the other side of the planet. Both ships maintained radio silenced and waited for the cycles to tick down to where they would launch their attack simultaneously and destroy the unsuspecting Autobots.
"Just remember our agreement N_V. I get all of the remaining parts from the Autobots, plus a weeks supply of Energon."
"The deal was for the parts and two days Bristleback."
"No I am pretty sure it was five days."
"I don't care if he is your friend N_V, I say we just jettison him into the asteroid belt and continue without him." growled Wrath.
"Oh yeah, it was two days. So anyone want to tell me why we have so much firepower going after just a few bots?"
"That is classified" stated Potentate.
"Well if I am risking my servos I think I need to know" demanded Bristleback.
"Galvatron wants Ultra Magnus and these bots eliminated" coyly replied Potentate.
"Makes sense. I just wish that damned planet wasn't giving off such a weird radiation. I mean all of of our motion sensors work, but anything else that detects a pulse or Energon has spiked beyond belief."
"It is time folks. Lets put on our war paint and start practicing our war cries!" exclaimed Name_Violation as the ship powers up and prepares to attack.
"I hope he is joking this time" sighed Wrath.
"The great thing is that he rarely is! Wait.. why do those asteroids look so strange?"
"What do you mean Bristleback?" asked Potentate, "What's... wait are they blinking?!"
Cycles before the Decepticons arrive:
"That was unacceptable. We need to run that scenario again" stated an exasperated Ultra Magnus.
"Magnus, the shielding works. Even this close to the planet the radiation hasn't bled through our armor into our circuits and the new Holo-drones that Jetfire built has been are virtually indistinguishable from the real thing. No matter how many skirmishes we run somebody has to lose. Besides, when do we get to play with the new weapons that Preceptor developed?" asked Absolute Zero.
"Not until I am sure that all of you won't accidentally blow each other up. You forget Absolute, we are not here to win or loose. I want you to be able to determine between friend and foe without even seeing the targets. We will keep running scenarios until only the drones are eliminated. That is final. Now go lets reset the drones and get back out there."
As everyone turned to reset the squads of drones Alarms pierced through the ship.
"What the hell is this damn rust bucket falling apart?" questioned Vic.
"No those are the long range motion sensors we posted on the moon." replied All Darker. Quickly the mysterious bot made his way to the nearest console.
"We have an incoming warship coming in. It looks like they are trying to use the planet's radiation and the Sun to mask their approach."
"Looks like we get to play with the new weapons after all" said Absolute Zero with a smirk on his face.
"No, if its the Decepticons we can't reveal our hand or even let them get their hands on the weapons." said Magnus sternly. "Let us just hope they haven't detected us and are ". Before Ultra Magnus could finish his statement another set of alarms sounded off through out the ship.
"We have another warship making its way through the asteroid belt heading to our location. Damn it, how do they know we are here Magnus?" asked All Darker.
"They probably picked up all our skirmishes and figured we would be an easy mark" pointed out Crossblades.
"Well this is no good. We are about to become the wrong part of this Decepticon sandwich in the next few cycles if we don't do something. Magnus lets use the weapons, between your ship, the ark we are in, and those weapons we should be able to take them out easily." argued Zordon.
"Its too dangerous. Preceptor told us that one wrong move and we might end up evaporating ourselves. That is why we are out here in the middle of nowhere. If something went wrong we would be far enough away to prevent damage to any life forms."
stated Magnus, his normally stern attitude starting to show signs of annoyance with the constant pressure.
"Magnus is right." stated Absolute Zero. "Listen we can't let those weapons fall into the con's hands. We have already rigged the asteroid belt with mines and explosives with the old drones before they were destroyed so we should be able to slow that one down enough that a few of us can other board it or destroy it. The other warship however will be a problem."
"It won't be a problem if we use the new drones. We just set them up to look like copies of us, deploy the full lot and let Zordon, Crossblades and Vic take the ship coming from the sun. The way those drones fight they will be able to do just as much damage as the mines we put on the Asteroid. While you and Absolute Zero take out the other warship Magnus can escape." stated Alldarker.
"I will not leave a battle or leave you to be destroyed."
"You have no choice Magnus, your ship can escape while we create a diversion. You said it yourself, several times. We all know how dangerous those things could possibly be. Besides we have fought worse odds before. Remember we did save the Wreckers once or twice ourselves."
"I can't let you " started Ultra Magnus.
"Ok we all know what we need to do" interjected Zordon, cutting Magnus off before he could start. "Remember to keep your antidote packs that Preceptor gave us with you at all time. The new armor may protect us from radiation but I don't think its going to protect us from whats going to happen after we blow up those asteroids. We should have enough for 24 doses each just in case."
"Time to kill more cons right Crossblades?" Vic screamed as he started activating the drones and running towards the armory.
"You know it, besides with me piloting, even in this heap, we will be able to run circles around the cons."
"Ok Autobots, I am convinced, but once I am out of range of the radiation I will drop off the Cargo and come back with some reinforcements to help you" stated Magnus as he started making his way to his ship.
"Help us? By the time you come back with reinforcements the only thing we will need help with telling the story about how we took out two Decepticon warships with just two hundred drones." stated Alldarker.
Soon Antilla's orbit was lit up. The Absolute Zero and Alldarker raced out to meet the Decepticon Warship in the asteroid field. The ark with Zordon and Vic raced towards the other with Crossblades at the helm. Name_Violation, Wrath, Potentate and Bristleback's ship rocked violently as the asteroids exploded around it. The force of the explosion nearly tearing the ship apart and allowing Absolute Zero and Alldarker to board the ship. However even with their squad of drones the Autobots found themselves quickly out gunned and pressed for a retreat to an escape pod as the broken Warship lost its power and started its final destination towards the planet's.
Zordon, Vic, and Crossblades with an even worse situation on their hands. Before they were even able to scratch the Decepticon warship with a laser blast, Phaze and Burn had managed to take out one third of their drones. As Icon Jade started swinging the Warship for the killing blow on the battered Ark the Autobots saw once last chance. While Zordon and Vic turned the remaining batteries on the Warship's engines Crossblades deftly maneuvered their ship into the warship, disabling both ships and causing both ships to spiral into a death spin towards the planet of Antilla.
During the confusion of that was happening aboard both ships, Ultra Magnus escaped, vowing to return and assist his comrades.
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