Treadquake grabs the tale and pulls hard. Using enough force to hopefully throw the predacon to the ground, or at least rip it off all together.
“Very funny…”
Starchaser groaned as she stood up.
“So… Can I fly?”
Skystalker tosses the rifle aside, before blasting at Laslow with more of his freezing breath.
The four predacons menacing the rest of our heroes were sure to catch Spectrum’s attention.
Vertebreak launches another pair of rockets at Split.
Treadquake does not succeed in either endeavor, only seeming to make Skylynx angrier. The red lights on his body brighten as the dragon spreads his wings and takes flight, violently twisting and weaving through the air.
“Yes, you should be able to,” Forcep replies.
The autobot refuses to let go, staying with the predacon in the air. His claw gauntlets make sure that he’s plenty secure in his grip, but he’s unable to do much else.
Starchaser moved her limbs around, as if testing them out. She transformed into helicopter mode and hovered for a few moments.
“Thanks Doc! I owe you one.”
With that she flew straight up, in order to good look at the battle. Surprised to see a predacon flying through the air, with some bot hanging off the end.
“Well now. A bagging a predacon kill might just be exactly what I need to get back on my game. What do you think little buddy?”
Click bounced and chattered happily from within her cockpit. More excited about the flying he’d get to ride through than the actual combat.
“Now that’s what I like to hear.”
The areal ace flew forwards, firing her machine guns at Skylynx. Aiming primarily for the wings.
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Laslow tries to scramble out of the way, but again, he wasn’t quick enough, and now all but his upper body had been frozen. laslow was now trying to slide his way out of the way, but he wasn’t very fast.
"Looks like I was outta my League… He Thought.
Skylynx’s wild maneuvers would make it difficult for Starchaser to land a direct hit on the predacon, and she might end up inadvertently shooting Treadquake as he is flung about on the dragon’s tail.
Skystalker rears back his head, before lunging forward to bite Laslow in half.
Laslow screams in pain as his he is picked up in the beasts maw. He isn’t bisected, but large teeth through the abdomen are obviously quite painful.
Spectrum stares at the Predacons. She looks intently at Vertebreak, scanning it/her/him.[quote=“Chromeharpoon, post:7892, topic:49995”]
Vertebreak launches another pair of rockets at Split.
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Split raised his shield, the explosions knocking him back.
He growled and split into the three brothers, who transformed into jet mode and took off above Vertebreak
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Llun grits as he jumps towards the decepticon, transforming for the first time. The average looking merc soon forms into a larger beast-like form… a horrific form. The wendigo was unleashed.
The explosion from the missile hitting the ground, bursts behind Llun sending the shrapnel against his back. The wendigo grunts as he sails through the air towards the decepticon.
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Treadquake continued to hold on for deer life. Caught off guard by the incoming bullets. He looked at the attacking decepticon, and became very angry.
“HEY! JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING!”
He shouted furiously.
“I’m trying to kill the Predacon. Obviously.”
Starchaser replied.
“Well in case you didn’t notice, I’M ATTACHED TO THE PREDACON!”
Treadquake shouted again.
“That sounds like it’s less my problem and more your problem.”
With that Starchaser transformed into her prop-fighter and flew in closer. Now she would be able to more accurately follow and track the predacon. Continuing to fire upon Skylynx.
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Skystalker drops Laslow from his jaws and proceeds to start mauling the bot.
Spectrum is able to transform into a smaller version of Vertebreak, equipped with a tail blade and a less-powerful version of the predacon’s rocket/stun cannon.
Vertebreak growls as he looks upward, unable to take flight after the Splitter brothers. He sets his sights on more approachable prey: the mercenary known as Llun.
The Sharpshooter veers out of Llun’s path… and into that of the yellow-armored predacon, Vertebreak. The hulking dragon swats the New Decepticon out of the sky, his claws tearing the sniper apart in a fiery explosion.
The bullets ripple of Skylynx’s armor, and the wrathful predacon roars with anger as he dives into corkscrew. Skylynx torpedoes himself into the ground, skidding through the dirt and kicking up rocks and energon crystals.
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Treadquake took the brunt of the damage. Getting a face-full of the elements, only managing to make him angrier than he already was.
Starchaser transformed into her spacefighter mode and flew forward and down close to Skylynx. Positioning herself so that when she transformed into robot mode, she landed perfectly on to the predacon’s back. Holding on by the beast’s shoulders.
The pain was so overwhelming Laslow began to not feel it anymore as his body was mutilated.
“Well… This is it… The end of the line… Juliana… I’m sorry… I couldn’t… protect you…”
With that, he breathed his dying breath.
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Skylynx snarls and transforms to robot mode, the rapid shifting of parts throwing his enemies off his back. The red lights on his limbs and trunk die out as the predacon assumes a hunched-over stance, still managing to loom over many of our heroes.
Skystalker bellows a roar of victory over the frozen remains of Laslow, sweeping the gorge for anyone else who dared to challenge him.
A blast of plasma strikes the side of the dragon’s head, and he whips around to see Salvo standing atop the wreck of a Siege Walker, the barrel of her riot cannon still smoking.
“You’ll pay for that, ugly!” she vows. Skystalker accepts the challenge, his wings coming ablaze as he leaps at the quartermaster.
Around the entrance to the ancient fortress, Topside and ■■■■■■■■■■■■ led the crew against the remaining New Decepticon forces, lead by Obsidian, Strika, and Lockdown. Both sides were giving the predacons a wide berth, with the crew of Salvation leaving the beasts for our heroes to deal with, and with the New Decepticons all too aware that the four dragons were beyond their control. While Skylynx, Skystalker, and Vertebreak all did battle, the the Predaking spread its massive wings, their frames filling with icy-blue plasma, and it shot itself into the sky with a rush of wind. The great dragon flew around the fortress, weaving around the guns that protruded from its ring, which had been deployed by Scorchlock.
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Starchaser and Treadquake are both thrown to the ground. They get up, both trying to think of how to tackle this enemy.
“You got a plan?”
Starchaser asked.
“Yeah. You shut up and let me do all the work.”
Treadquake ran forward with reckless abandon, firing a missile at Skylynx while he charged.
“Oh like hell I’m gonna let that happen!”
Starchaser assumed her helicopter mode and flew upwards a short distance, firing her machine guns as well as her anti-armor rifle at the predacon.
Spectrum runs towards Vertebreak, firing her stun cannon.
The Splitter brothers aim their weapons at Vertebreak from above, firing missiles and machine guns.
Skylynx falls onto his side, groaning. The predacon quickly scrambles back onto his feet and starts to run away.
The stun blast does little more than grab Vertebreak’s attention.
It’s enough, however, to distract him from the Splitter brothers’ attack. Vertebreak falls over
“Don’t think you can get away lizard head! You’re mine!”
Treadquake transformed into his vehicle mode and gave chase. Starchaser going the same from the skies.
“Are you delusional? The predacon is mine!”
Starchaser shouted back, continuing her areal assault on Skylynx.
Llun lands and faces the predacon, “I thank you, but if I remember correctly I’ll need kill you now.”
The wendigo charges at the dragon, blades extending from his forearms, coating themselves in energon.
Skylnyx falls over, before transforming back into his beast mode. His crimson lights flash back on, shooting out more bolts of energy as the dragon takes flight, leaping at Starchaser with his talons outstretched.
Vertebreak had been left momentarily vulnerable from the Splitter brothers’ attack.
Starchaser shifts into robot mode and flawlessly evades the predacon. She hovered in the air for a moment, looking at the creature with a smug grin.
“Oh come on. Is that really the best you got?”
She taunted.
Meanwhile Treadquake fired another missile at Skylynx, hoping to hit it while it was distracted.