by Rodimus Prime » Wed Jul 13, 2016 4:39 pm
- Motto: "Individual freedom above all else."
Corridor of The Lollipop
Ironhide and Pipes were taking hits from Lock On, trying their best to keep the big Seeker's attention on them instead of Starfire. But it wasn't working, as the 'Con started to back up, giving orders to the others to do as well. If they let them retreat into the cockpit, Starfire was trapped.
"We gotta move!" Ironhide said. "Now!"
"But there's no cover!" Pipes answered. "We'll get..."
"NOW!!!" Ironhide shouted and started running towards the Decepticons, his rifle discharging as fast the autoloader could keep up.
"Aw, scrap!" Pipes cursed and took off after Ironhide, even though he was dragging his right side and limped on his left leg after a couple of Lock On's shots hit their mark.
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Command Center of The Lollipop
Starfire was firing out into the corridor, but she wasn't looking that way. Those shots were just to keep the 'Cons out there busy. She made it in here to take control of the bridge. Starscream, however, was a prime target, and she couldn't pass up the opportunity. She was looking at him as he struggled to stay on his feet, the previous wound still taking its toll, even though he looked like he was recovering. Starfire didn't say anything. Her temper was getting the better of her, as it often did. She was furious at Starscream, her memories of the Decepticons' destruction from the past coming back to her. Destruction that can be attributed in large part to the Air Commander himself. Despite Megatron's might, he could never have achieved as much carnage as he did during the war if it wasn't for his air force, commanded by this despicable pile of bolts in front of her. Starfire was too angry to even try to speak. She knew in the back of her mind that she should barricade herself into the command center to prevent the other 'Cons from coming in. Starscream was wounded and thus easily controlled, and she could fly this crate either to Earth or back to Cybertron, or wherever. But...
Starscream had to PAY!!!
She pulled the trigger on her sidearm and the blast hit Starscream square in the chest as he propped himself against the back of the command chair. The impact spun him around so he was huddled onto the control console. Starfire, now filled with rage, aimed at the back of his head. She was going to finish this worthless pile of scrap execution-style. But as she pulled the trigger again, Starscream fell off the console, and the shot went right into the shuttle's power-controls. The blast scrambled and fried the circuits, and the boosters went into overdrive, lurching the shuttle forward with speed.
The damage to the console also knocked the autopilot out, as well as the navigation system, and with the boosters out of control, the shuttle wobbled at first, then, as they were close to the planet Mars, began to nosedive towards the planet's surface due to its gravity's pull, now that there was no force from the shuttle to counter it.
As the command center tilted around Starfire, the shocking realization of what she had done broke through her rage, and she froze with shock and fear. She tumbled inside the command center, away from the door, smashing against the back of the chair where Starscream was moments ago, flinging over it, and crashing into the wrecked remains of the control panels, causing further damage. The impact hit her in the back of the head, and caused her to lose consciousness. Her last thought before blacking out was that she just killed herself and two of her fellow Autobots.
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The out of control Lollipop made a straight line to the planet's surface, as if someone had aimed it. Without the buffers to counter the planet's gravity, it was dropping like a stone.