by Davekma » Sun Sep 09, 2007 4:48 am
Autobase Tau ~ Perimeter
"What the?" was about all that could run through Roadbuster's thoughts before the enormous tank opened fire on him. The grinding voice sounded familiar, but there was no time to try and work out why, as the Wrecker was struck full on his left side by the fire from the twin shatter cannons mounted atop the 6 wheeled monstrosity, sending him flying backwards through a half demolished section of wall that, until recently, had made up part of the Autobase defenses, and as he lay there, more fire pounded into him and the wall, bringing it crashing down around him.
The left side of his torso had taken a massive hit, as had his left arm and the top of his leg, whatever armor that hadn't been blown clean off, was dented beyond repair. His vision blurred for a moment as his systems tried to balance themselves out after such a colossal impact, and there was an audible grinding noise as the Wrecker began to try and get back to his feet "Yup, that smarts a bit" He thought to himself as he struggled to get back to a sitting position, pushing broken lumps of concrete and twisted metal off of his body.
The grinding noise got louder as Roadbuster finally got free of most of the debris that had covered him, and could now see his attacker, still in tank mode, shatter cannons smoking and pointing right at him. Things had gotten ugly in a hurry. From planning an attack on the Stunticons, the Wrecker was now face to face with an as yet unknown foe, who seemingly possessed more than significant firepower, still, it could be worse, he could have been on downtime with nothing to do.
This was no fight for the Throttlebots, it was bad enough he had led them on a pointless hunt and dragged them into clearing up his mess, when they could of, and should of, been back at the base when the Decepticons attacked, in better position to assist in the defense. No, he'd already let them down enough. Opening up a secure link to the 2 Throttlebots, Roadbuster's voice was calm and even as he spoke.
>>Searchlight, Freeway, listen to me. I don't care if you've got any objections this time, just get the pit out of here and back to the base. The nearest tunnel entrance is about 4 clicks east of our position, you can't miss it, just follow the others who are falling back and make sure you radio Chase and fill him in while you're at it<<
The Wrecker closed off the link as he struggled back to his feet, optics set firmly on Roadblock's tank, before transforming into his alt mode and setting his sights firmly on the 6 wheeled tank, readying his linear blaster cannon for attack. He had heard the taunts said to him just before he was attacked, but there were to be no verbal objections offered, just 2 in the shape of 2 shots from his linear cannon, not taking any real time to be specific in his targeting, just long enough to make sure that both shots were heading for the tank.