Outside Alpha Dome>>”Slag! Get your fraggin’ aft back here now!!!”<< Grimlock bellowed through the Dinobots’ shared frequency as the flamethrower barreled into the dome, causing the remaining Constructicons to scatter like cyber-gnats and flee deeper into the base. Cowards, all of them. Still, with the potential of traps left behind, it was better to err on the side of caution. Grimlock may be looked at as just a big brute with a speech impediment, but the Dinobot leader was actually a very intelligent battlefield commander who rivaled some of the best the Autobots had to offer. Slag, on the other hand, let his rage dictate his actions most of the time unless reeled in by the rex-former.
“Bah! Was not done with that one!” Sludge said as he walked up beside Grimlock. Before the Dinobot Commander could respond to his subordinate’s comment, more fire came from within the dome, this time from Skullcruncher and Battletrap.
“Look out,
Sludge!” Grimlock shouted as he pushed the jungle warrior out of the line of fire and explosions erupted behind them. A shot from Skullcruncher’s metal softening gun struck the rex-former on his left wing, causing a small portion of his armored plating to weaken and crumble. It wasn’t severe and it wouldn’t prevent him from transforming, but it did provide a weak spot in an otherwise incredibly tough outer exterior.
Grimlock got back to his feet as he finally received a response from Blaster inside the dome:
>>”A little worse for wear, but we’re alright. We’re still inside the base. The outer layer should be passable now if you’re itching to storm the place. Cons withdrew a little while ago. Guess we have you to thank for that. I’m finishing gatherin’ up what little the Cons didn’t delete on their database as we speak. What do you want us to do?”<<
>>”Finish up, Blaster, and get your team's afts out here ASAP! Be careful of traps! ‘Cons aren’t going to leave base, even empty one, without something to remember them by. Move now before Dinobots bring base down on your heads!”<<Cutting his transmission, Grimlock turned to look at
Sludge,
Swoop, Snarl and
Hardhead. “You all stay out here. Provide cover fire if needed.” The Dinobot Commander then turned and stalked towards the Alpha Dome.
“And where you going, Grimlock?” Snarl yelled after him.
“To get Slag.”
Inside Alpha DomeSlag chuckled internally as the Constructicons scattered at the mere sight of him charging towards them in his Triceratops mode. “That’s right, cowards, run away! Hahahahah!!!” Having passed effortlessly through the outer barrier of the dome, the flamethrower now found himself inside a drier environment. There was still some small pools of water here and there from the various cracks in the dome’s walls, likely caused by the exchange of weapons fire. Slag didn’t care. He just wanted to impale a Decepticon with his horns. Unfortunately, his initial targets had all fled the base. Thankfully, another target quickly presented himself.
“Miss me, did you? Just wait you could not? Blame you I cannot. After all, parting is such sweet sorrow,” Weirdwolf said as he launched new volley of missiles directly at the enraged Dinobot.
“Me miss smashing you, little doggy!” Slag roared as he turned his charge towards the lupine ‘Con, unleashing a torrent of flames from his mouth at the yellow wolf-former. Explosions then erupted all around him, knocking the mechanical triceratops off course and causing him to tumble sideways onto his back. A bit battered, but no worse for wear, Slag transformed back into his robot mode and picked himself up, energo sword in hand. “Aaaarrrrgggghhhhh!!!! You think that stop me, Wolfy? You wrong!!!!”
As Slag began to charge again, he felt a firm hand grasp his shoulder plate and halt his advance dead in his tracks. Thinking it was another ‘Con, Slag delivered a quick elbow to the mech’s faceplate and then spun around to impale the unlucky fragger with his blade. Slag stopped himself when he saw who it was.
Grimlock.
“What part of stay outside dome did you not understand, Slag?!” The Dinobot Commander growled, having been unaffected by the elbow to his faceplate. “Now, get back out there!! Me not going to tell you again!” Grimlock then shoved his disobedient subordinate back towards the edge of the dome as more weapons fire came their way.
Turning back to face those Decepticons that remained, Grimlock raised his doubled-barreled rifle in his left hand and opened fire on
Weirdwolf while at the same time lifting his rocket launcher in his right hand and unleashing a volley of missiles directly at
Skullcruncher and
Battletrap. “Go, Slag! Now!!”
“Fine,” Slag conceded angrily as he backed towards the outer barrier and unloaded more shots from his electron gun at any ‘Con that moved.