by Rodimus Prime » Fri Jun 23, 2017 11:23 am
- Motto: "Individual freedom above all else."
"Okay." Starscream replied. "Now cease fire, all of you!"
He then turned toward the scrapheap where Ironhide and Starfire were hiding, his hands in the air.
"Cease fire!" he yelled. "You hear me, Autobots?! Don't shoot! We have to talk!"
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"What do you think?" Starfire asked.
"I don't know." Ironhide answered. "Starscream might have the reputation of a coward, but he's not stupid. He's very cunning."
"Well, I have clear a shot at him, not as if he's hiding." Starfire replied. "The others seem like they're hurt. If I take out Screamer, that's a 1/4 of their force. I'm sure you can handle 2 of them, and I'll deal with the last one. We can end this right here."
"Yeah." Ironhide said. "But we're not sure what shape the others are in."
"What does it matter? We take them by surprise, and even if they're healthy, we can take them out."
"No. Not if they fly away." Ironhide said. "They think they have us cornered and beaten. That's the only reason they're willin' to expose themselves."
"Uh, hate to tell ya, big bot, but they do have us cornered..."
"But not beaten." Ironhide said. "I have an idea. Even if they're settin' up a trap, we'll use their trap against them."
"What...? How?"
"You stay here. I'll go out there, see what Starscream wants. While I'm out, I'll get a good look at the other Seekers, see what their injuries are."
"But you'll be in the open, they can blow you away."
"It's a chance I'm willing to take. Besides, unless all of them concentrate their fire on me at once, my armor can withstand one surprise assault. If you see anythin', and I mean anything out of place, you start blastin' away. Cover my retreat. Even if I don't make it back, at least you'll cut down a couple of them. I'd take it as a personal favor if ya started with Starscream."
"You got it."
With that, Ironhide got up slowly, his gun pointed off to the side. He stepped out from behind the junk pile, and started slowly walking towards Starscream. He put his gun away to show that he wasn't a threat.