Transformers E-war: Army of Metal

[dinoman666]

As Arachno fell, he rolled on his side, firing his pulse cannon. The energy blast knocked Roadrage backwards as he transformed, giving the Decepticon time to spin around and fire his cannon again, this time at the police cars. The explosion destroyed several of the vehicles and sent the rest tumbling away, while Arachno got to his feet and fired on Roadrage with the pulse cannon again...

[The Kingpin]

sparks flew as Roadrage finished transforming, skidding to a stop on the tarmac and launching himself forward, firing the mace at the Decepticon when he got close enough, the spike-tip hitting the transformer in the lower torso with enough force to make it double over, retracting it as he leapt into a helix twist over Arachno, firing the fully charged pulse blast into the back of the Decepticon's skull as Roadrage went over him, driving him face first into the ground, cracking the concrete ground from the force, Roadrage landing in a rolling crouch a short distance away, using his retracted, spiked mace as an anchor, twisting sideways, ready to fire again if the Decepticon got up, though the blast was likely to make that a difficult feat at this stage. along the plasma cannon arm, several vents opened up, whitish blue wisps pouring from them as the central pulse cannon went into cool down mode...

[TyrannoTitan]

Starscream rolled in the air, transforming in the middle of said action, crashing down in front of the AutoBot, pointing the missile-totting arm at its chest, firing two missiles at point blank, blowing the AutoBot back, some of its chest armor removed by the blasts. Burnout threw himself forward, landing on the Decepticon's back heavily, causing Starscream to crash to the floor, Burnout's wrist blade extending as he stabbed at the Decepticon's back...

[dinoman666]

Arachno staggered to his feet, slowly turning to face Roadrage, eyes glowing angrily. Raising his palm, he fired his pulse cannon at the exposed, cooling down weapon on Roadrage's wrist several times, before converting to vehicle mode and trundling away, in the opposite direction. Even so, his arm extended out of the top of his vehicle, still firing at Roadrage to keep him at bay while he made his escape, and find Jetlag...

[The Kingpin]

scorch marks were left on the Plasma cannon, though the thick armoured plating prevented any serious damage from occuring. Roadrage charged forward after the bulldozer, transforming mid stride and leaping, landing on his wheels as the Tahoe, plasma cannons pointing out of the grill on the hood, firing at the bulldozer's arm in an attempt to suppress it's fire. the SUV weaved right and left avoiding the machine's shots, Roadrage doing his best to prevent it's attacks slowing him down...

[dinoman666]

Arachno's arm suddenly retracted, and he turned off the road, back onto the dirt leading to the coast, moving out of Roadrage's line of fire for the moment. Turning around, he peppered the Tahoe from a distance with the autocannons, now mounted in front of the bulldozer...

[The Kingpin]

the Tahoe skidded around a civilian truck as the shots were fired, the truck taking the brunt of the damage, the Tahoe skidding past the front of the vehicle and driving after the bulldozer, the headlights' gkas sliding aside as two of the lights went out, sliding downwards as 2 missiles were fired, augmenting the suppressive fire being put forth by the plasma cannons, as the missiles slammed into the bulldozer's treads, exploding violently as the SUV gained on it, the vehicle raising itself to better handle the rough terrain...

[dinoman666]

Ignoring the missiles that slammed into his armored front, Arachno waited for a moment, then growled, "Scorponok, now!" A large tree, having been weakened underground by the burrowing Scorponok, was suddenly uprooted by the Decepticon, timing it so that the tree fell on Roadrage just as he passed, trapping the Autobot underneath. As the Decepticon tracker went deeper underground, Arachno converted to robot mode and began pounding the trapped Tahoe with a mixture of autocannon and pulse cannon fire...

[The Kingpin]

the Tahoe transformed, the tree being launched upwards as Roadrage flipped back onto his feet, the Mace being extended as the tree came down, slamming into the trunk, launching it right into Arachno, knocking him back and pinning him as a salvo of 12 missiles were fired, engulfing the Decepticon in flames and explosions as a jet-like whir could be heard, the mace being pulled back as Roadrage neared Arachno, clamping his vice-like right hand shut on the Decepticon's neck, heaving him up. "Not bad...considering you were a battered lump of scrap when i found you" came Roadrage's deep, gravelly voice, as the Plasma Pulse went off in Arachno's gut, launching him back several feet before he hit the ground, tumbling along it as the plasma cannon continued to fire in auto-mode, pelting the tumbling Decepticon with plasma fire...

[dinoman666]

Scorponok burst from the ground behind Roadrage, slamming into his back and drilling into the Autobot's armor, threatening to cause mortal damage. However, the distraction allowed Arachno to get back up and slam his blade into the pulse cannon, driving the edge deep into the weapon. Scorponok pushed himself off Roadrage, his work done for the moment, and burrowed away, out of sight again. Wrenching his blade free, he slashed it across Roadrage's face, knocking him away. His final attack was another shot from the pulse cannon, exploding against Roadrage's back and knocking him into the dirt. "We are called Decepticons for a reason, trashcan!" Arachno snarled, firing a second pulse cannon blast into Roadrage's to push the point home...

[The Kingpin]

Roadrage snarled, starting to get irritated. his pulse cannon's sheer depth made damage relatively minor, but it'd be dangerous to fire it with the barrel damaged as it was. he rolled forward and onto his feet, turning his right arm to face Arachno. "Eat mace you lump of spare parts" he snarled as the mace was fired forward like a harpoon, blazing spike first, into Arachno's face, the second nearest spike ripping into the Decepticon's upper torso just below the neck, getting hooked on the armour there, Roadrage pulling back violently as he stood, before roundhouse kicking the incoming Decepticon, forcefully ripping the mace free of the armour, a bit of the armour coming with it as the Decepticon was launched back. he fired at it with several missiles, increasing the damage done to the already heavily battered Decepticon. even the damage done to it when they started hinted that it had taken a battering from the other Autobots and the vessel escorting them. the odds of it taking much more were slim...

[dinoman666]

Arachno got to his feet again, armor smoking from the heat of the spikes. Scorponok burst from the ground next to him, firing his plasma cannons at Roadrage. The blasts hit Roadrage in the face, knocking him backwards and blowing off a couple of chunks of armor. The smaller Transformer sidestepped, scurrying to the side and behind a tree, firing a barrage of rockets from his back, which crashed down on top of the Autobot and surrounded him in a cloud of smoke and flame. As the cloud cleared, Arachno charged in, his spikes legs hooking into gaps and handholds in Roadrage's armor. Grabbing onto the Autobot's shoulders with his two hands, he lifted Roadrage in the air, then threw him over his shoulder, letting go with all his limbs. Going back to vehicle mode, Arachno sped back to the road, trees collapsing behind him as Scorponok burrowed after him. Again, the trees had been weakened earlier to be used as effective traps, or a good escape route...

[C S]

Sidewinder flipped backwards with the force from the blasts, landing on his feet hard, axe sliding into place before he launched back at Starscream and slammed the weapon into his shoulder, sparks jumping off where the axe sliced cleanly into the Decepticon..

[TyrannoTitan]

Starscream got to his feet, grabbing Burnout's arm as he lunged, throwing him forward, causing the AutoBot's blade to stab into Sidewinder's leg, before taking a step back, firing another missile at the two, blowing them back toward the edge of the ship, leaping into the air as he transformed yet again, seemingly fleeing from the scene...

[The Kingpin]

Roadrage got to his feet with a low groan. "That's gonna hurt like a ***** in the morning" he grunted as he looked back at the retreating Decepticons. firing a barrage of missiles at the bulldozer one more time, ripping up the back of the vehicle, he disengaged. after the damage he'd inflicted, the odds of that Decepticon going into combat too soon afterwards was minimal. he checked himself over. there were a few small chunks of armour blown off by the double teaming attacks, numerous scorch marks, and a mildly damaged pulse cannon. what little damage he could repair, he did, using the spikes on his mace like a soldering iron to weld the more significant bits of armour back into place, as he shifted plates within the pulse cannon to minimise the effects of the damage. still...he'd need to have it looked at by Ratchet or some other Autobot medic just to be sure...



"You're losing your touch, Arachno" hissed the voice of a Decepticon, a black and silver McLaren F1 rolling up to the bulldozer's side. he had come to investigate the events at the docks, and the trail of wreckage soon led to the bulldozer and Roadrage. now that the Autobot had disengaged, it was a preffered move to avoid more combat. the Decepticons' ranks were thinned as it was. they needed as many Decepticons intact as possible, and non-vital confrontations were to be avoided...

[dinoman666]

"Enough, Overcast," Arachno hissed back. "We have more pressing matters. My scout, Blitz, has discovered that the human ship carrying the Autobots is heading towards a source of Energon. We cannot let them get there intact."

[C S]

Sidewinder wrenched the blade from his leg, a gash in the silver plating on the limb. Getting back to his feet, he muttered "We should've gotten some repairs or an upgrade before we left.."

[The Kingpin]

"And you intend to get there...how, exactly?" hissed Overcast with a malevolent snicker, amused with Arachno's take on the situation considering there wasn't much they could do at that point...

[dinoman666]

"Jetlag called for reinforcements," Arachno hissed back angrily. "They're probably attacking the fleshlings' ship as we speak."

[The Kingpin]

"Last i recall, the only 'reinforcements' we have in the area that would be able to do much good there was Starscream....somehow, i don't think he'll be much use on his own" hissed Overcast as he overtook the bulldozer, shifting to a lane across from Arachno's so as to avoid attention. "Perhaps if you had done something to actually SINK the vessel, we wouldn't be in this situation" he hissed...