Hotshot was there, waiting for the three. He greeted them with a friendly smile.
“So. How’d it go?”
Just then the intercom crackled and snapped. Iota’s voice shouted through, the audio quality noticeably much worse than normal.
@Chromeharpoon@ProfSrlojohn@keiththelegokid
“Alright all of you, LISTEN UP! One of you filthy mangy mongrel savages came into my office and DESTROYED MY SANCTUM! I don’t know how you did it, but I KNOW you did! From this moment forward all energon provisions will be completely halted until the culprit is identified, apprehended, and EXECUTED!”
Hotshot looked down at the minicons. His face a mixture of shock, confusion, and anger.
“What did you do?”
He asked.
Machbreaker puts the scanner back and wonders if plugging it into the computer systems would reveal more about the Vex. Tie-Grabber puts the unused needles away.
Railgun just looks up at Hotshot unwavering as he types, with the the tablet replying, “We gathered intel.”
“Not in the slightest. But whoever did, I’ll be sure to give them a real thanks for all of this. I don’t know about you but I’m not a huge fan of going hungry.”
The scanner had shown all it could, and wouldn’t be able to show anything they hadn’t already seen.
“Then you mind explaining that announcement? You were supposed to scope the place out. Not wreck it.”
Hotshot said. Rather agitated.
Hotshot was shocked silent. Railfire, who wasn’t paying attention until now, turned his attention to the minicons.
Hotshot pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed.
“Alright. Fine. We can talk about you trashing Iota’s office later. Tell me everything you found out.”
Maximus and Axis went quiet.
“What dumb glitch head…”
The maximal muttered.
Maximus was particularly concerned. That last word stirring in his mind. Executed.… Someone was going to die, and soon. That scared him. And he made no attempt to hide it in his face. A look of fear, anxiety, and worry. @Chromeharpoon
Spirit said nothing. Her mind going to the stockpile in her locked up quarters. Due to it being able to taste Energon she never used more then enough to keep functioning…as a result she ended up storing what she didn’t use in hr room.
“Look, all that matters is finding whatever punk decided to do this, so we can throw him to the dogs and get our energon back as soon as possible.”
Razorclaw said, not thinking much about what Sprirt said.
“Their queen visited here recently, something that has not happened before. From what the other Vex said, she doesn’t like this place - displeased as it put it. Iota has made some deal with the queen, though we were not able to learn the details of this deal. We know there is a deadline and the tournament is part of meeting those conditions. Attempted to find more, but we were unsuccessful. Obtained biological data on Vex to better determine our attacks on them as needed.” Came the lengthy reply from the tablet.
Oddball and Backbreaker exchanged worried glances.
“Yeah, that wasn’t part of the plan,” the gladiator says, turning back to Axis. Oddball looks down at the ground, devising a plan of his own to keep the Railroad minicons from being executed.
Axis looked to her partner. She had seen Maximus feel a lot of different things but fear was very rarely one of them. She put an arm over the predacon’s shoulder and brought him close. Pulling Maximus into a comforting embrace.
“Hey. It’s going to be alright. We didn’t do anything, so we aren’t in any danger.”
Axis said comfortingly.
“But someone is. Someone here, probably someone we know, is going to die…”
Maximus said. The idea haunting him.
“Well… Sometimes that just happens. It’s scary, yeah. But its kinda how things are sometimes…”
Axis said. Trying her best to be supportive.
Maximus said nothing. He merely closed his optics and shuttered. Leaning into Axis’ arms.
“Lockjaw I swear to Primus you’ve raised him for who knows how long. Taught him everything he needed to know about being a slagging pirate. But couldn’t bother to teach him how to cope with death?”
Axis muttered. Though not quietly enough. Maximus shuttered again.
“I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I didn’t really mean that. It’s going to be alight.”
Axis said hastily. She began to gently pet the top of his head as he leaned harder into her embrace. This was very clearly a situation far outside his comfort zone.
“Yeah! You’re d*mn right it’ll be fine!” Oddball triumphantly pipes up, holding a finger in the air. Unlike Axis, Backbreaker still couldn’t understand the little guy, and so he jumps and stares uncomprehendingly at him.
Axis gave the bot a stern look. Not angry. Moreso a ‘now isn’t a good time for that’ kind of expression.
Though even she wasn’t completely sure how to handle the situation at hand.
“Hey, how about we try to change the subject. Take our minds off of, this. Backbreaker, maybe you could tell Maximus about that plan you have?”
Axis said, as cheerfully as she could. Though it did sound a little forced.
Maximus lifted his head. Trying his best to push out the fear and worry of what was going on. Getting worked up over it wouldn’t do him much good, so it would best not to think about it.