Maximus Prime shook his head and put his hands on the display in front of him.
We're getting nowhere, he thought. The Autobots under his command had somehow gotten a second wind and managed to stall the Decepticon advance for a while.
But for how long was anyone's guess...
"What do you think, Steelwraith?" Maximus looked over at his tactical officer, who now looked as old as he felt. "We can't keep this up for much longer," he said grimly. "We're low on ammo and energon, our crews are exhausted, and it seems the 'Cons are much stronger than we thought." Maximus sighed and looked back at the display. "Groovy," he said dryly.
The blue Autobot, who by Transformer standards was still young, now felt the weight of age on his shoulders. He stood up and crossed his arms. "Any word from Evolution Prime?"
Searcher shook his head. "We haven't heard anything since Spectrum and Event Horizon came to reinforce us. We hadn't heard much from any units from the other parts of the city, but from what we know they're doing about as well as we are."
A communicator crackled and broke the silence that ensued.
Sonicblast wrote:This is Sonicblast. I've spotted another raiding party in Lambda Sector. I'm gonna pick up some other 'Bots and intercept them. Catch ya later!
Maximus smiled slightly under his battlemask.
At least he won't stop, he thought. He uncrossed his arms and picked up his Null-Ray Rifle. "Alright. Searcher, stay here and hold things down. Steelwraith, you're with me. Transform and roll out!"