The Perdition - CorridorsThe mighty Decepticon battlecruiser,
Perdition approached Nebulos with a smaller, wounded destroyer
Rancor in tow of its tractor beams. A terrible wound entrenched where the bridge of the
Rancor had once been. How many Decepticons had lost their lives in
Farstar's swan song was still to be determined. Even the number of the wounded was vague at best. The ship's captain - Death-Grip was missing. The question was whether he had been a casualty of the Autobot attack or had he just escaped to avoid the shame of being defeated by an inferior enemy vessel. The destroyer could be repaired, even the Decepticons lost in the battle could be replaced, yet it did not ease the conscience of the Vice-Commander of the Decepticon 2nd Fleet. Loss of lives was ultimately a tragedy, one that many Decepticons had become too used of.
For Turmoil, bringing the war to a quick and decisive end the driving force behind his actions. He had accepted the fact that the war could not be won without sacrifices a long time ago. Justice would be served. Autobot High Command and their co-conspirators would be brought to justice. And while Turmoil knew what their fate would be in the hands of Megatron, he was still determined to give the majority of Autobots a fair trial. Until the day the Autobots were defeated he just would have to keep crushing them under his feet and lock the survivors into various Decepticon penal colonies until the war was brought to its ultimate end.
As Turmoil marched towards the bridge of the
Perdition, his main interrogator, a femme known as
Soul Siren had decided to tag along given all the current prisoners had been dealt with. Interrogation was an ugly but necessary aspect of the war and Turmoil preferred to leave it to others. Some of the interrogators on Decepticon ranks like Darkride, were stains on Cybertronian society that would have to be taken care of once the war was over - perhaps even Soul Siren. Until then they just had to be tolerated.
"The lack of strategic cohesion between the Autobots still plaguing this planet is all too clear." The large Decepticon commander, twice the height of his charge - replied back to the interrogator. "But I have to give it to the Autobots. They have always known how to hide."
"Scourge and the Sweeps will find them. It is only matter of time. Your bath however will have to wait." Turmoil added as he made his way into the bridge. "
Reflector! You reported new prisoners from the Horrorcons, give the details to Soul Siren and prepare the
Perdition for landing."
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Rainforest of Patalappu"What's next? Waste of time. Boohoo. I am so full of myself that I could take on Prime all alone." Apeface smirked at
Deadlock as he bounced down from a large tree branch where he had used a massive vine to tie Vestra and River to hang upside down from their feet.
A devious grin formed of the face of the Horrorcon in his primate mode. "Next we're gonna get your ugly mug clogged with dust, heh."
Having said that, Apeface transformed back into robot mode and inserted the coordinates given by Reflector into an orbital bounce control unit embedded into his forearm. Such units were given only to select few like unit commanders or special operations agents. It allowed the Horrorcons to bounce around without confirming every bounce from the orbital fleet.
Summoning up his semi-automatic sonic boomer gun, Apeface activated the bounce sequence and in less than an astrosecond later, a brilliant flash of light enfulged both Horrorcons and Deadlock.
Equatorial DesertAs suddenly as the trio of Decepticons had been removed from the rainforest of Patalappu, they appeared on the barren landscape of Nebulos' Equatorial Desert. While Deadlock was still pulling himself together from the aftershock of the orbital bounce, Apeface had already blasted to the skies in his jet form to scout their immidiate surroundings.
>>"We are few miles away from the known coordinates of Skullgrin. Crashed command level escape pod 7 miles to the west. Are your olfactory sensors getting any readings
Snapdragon?"<<