Command CenterProwl continued entering code after code, trying to access the main system to shut down the scrambler. It looked as if he was going to have to try and bypass the system manually, which would take up more time. If Blaster were with him, he might be able to figure out the code through some back door, but even that was a gamble.
It was in that moment that a blast came from nowhere, hitting Prowl in the back of his shoulder. He fell to his knees, clutching his shoulder with his arm. Fortunately, he was more durable enough that he would need to take several hits in one spot in order to go down. He did an internal systems check to see the functionality of his arm.
Damage report:
Right shoulder exterior armor plating: Structural integrity down to 84%.
Arm functionality at 93 %.
Prowl got up and looked around. There was nobody there... as it looked to be. There was a Decepticon nearby, in the room with him and having most likely changed position to avoid being traced to the laser blasts origin point. The blast itself would have done some real damage to one of Prowl's less-durable comrades. It was logical to assume he was dealing with an infiltrator type. The question was, which one?
His optics scanned around, looking for any possible movement, hypothesizing that the enemy didn't have a complete cloak like Mirage. If he could breach the cloak, eh could better track this one, but he would need to act fast. Looking around, Prowl did the best thing he could think of, eliminate the “attack from behind” advantage. He stood as close as he could, with back faced to the console. When the Decepticon attacked again, Prowl would definitely see where it was coming from.
CorridorBrawn smirked as his blast connected against Skywarp, who had chickened out. Still, they were pinned down. It was time to do what Autobots did best: Bust of Decepticons in sheer numbers. Blitzwing had been taken down by Hardhead in a grudge match and Annex had lept after dropping a charge at Skywarp.
“Well... I count seven of them and three of us.” he told
Annex and Hardhead. “I think one more and we'll even the odds. Hold this line no matter what! I'll be right back.”
Brawn retreated behind the doorway to the Bounce Pad and hid around the corner. He saw Ironhide engaged with Baneblade. There was no time to deal with this Decepti-creep. If the trio was gonna take down these Decepticons coming, they needed Ironhide.
Brawn was certain that he,
Ironhide, and
Hardhead could manage two each, leaving
Annex the rest. However, he saw Baneblade use an EMP Ironhide was in trouble. They needed all the Autobtst they could get. He wasn't going to let one of the toughest fall, not this soon.
He charged in and lept, flying at Baneblade to tackle him. “Looks like you haven't got enough on your plate yet! I'll give ya some more!” Brawn told Baneblade.
Clearly,
Baneblade towered over Brawn, but what Brawn lacked in size, he made up for with sheer brute force and endurance. With him and Ironhide, Baneblade should go down quickly.
Breakdown gathered with the Constructicons, oblivious that his team had already escaped. Still, there was a battle to be fought. It was then he felt a slight rumble from the mountain. He decided to inquire to
Hook as to the activity.
“Say uhh... what's the rumbling? Is it normal?” he asked the Constucticon as he felt his anxiety level begin to slowly escalate.
OutsideStarscream simply responded to Jetfire's words, claiming that the days of his treachery were over. But Jetfire knew Starscream too well. His ambition was matched only by that of Megatron's and treachery was not something Starscream could simply forget about unless Megatron reprogrammed him. Jetfire simply took Starsceams claims as his way of biding his time for opportunity. He was certain that Starscream would try to overthrow Megatron, once more and fail, as always.
Jetfire used his rudders to perform evasive maneuvers to avoid being hit from behind by the seeker commander. However, it was within mere moments that Jetfire found himself beneath Starscream, who then transformed and fired a nullray blast. Jetfier tried to ever off, however, the nullray hit one of his rear boosters, incapacitating it. Jetfire still had others, and he could reroute power to the others to compensate.
He took a few moments to reroute power to his remaining boosters. However, he knew even they could take so much. He would not be able to do it again without risking the functionality of the others. But he noticed Starscream seemed slightly winded. Even for the seeker commander, that trick had to be costing. If Starscream tried that again, Jetfire was going to need to be ready, one point-blank shot was all he needed. It was time Jetifre showed Sarscream what he was capable of.
“What's the matter? Is the 'all-mighty Starscream' starting to show his age?” Jetfire said in a taunting manner.
Jetfire veered on an intercept course towards Starscream, hitting his afterburners. He fired several missiles and his particle cannons to put pressure on the seeker. He then hit his afterburners to full throttle and flew right at Srarscream, until he was close enough. He then launched two missiles at point-blank range.