Speech Legend:
"Human Speech/Cybertronian Speech"
[Bumblebee Speach] -Beep Translation
"Spirits Speech/Communications Line/Karas Talking"
'Thoughts'
"Inhuman/Non-Cybertronian Creatures/Intense screams or yelling/Introductions"
Chapter 6: Of Blades and Bombs.
-There isn't a problem in the world that can't be solved by the proper application of explosives.
Nevada Desert (Exact Location Unknown):
At a distance, this desert in the middle of Nevada would appear to be nothing sort of a barren wasteland, no life near it for miles.
But taking a closer look, one could notice that the sandy floor of this bed of land was something much more, a battlefield.
Littering the landscape with their clashes, the two armored warriors were determined to give not even a single inch to the other. Small bursts of sparks randomly appeared throughout the desert, the two swordsman cutting away at each other at a speed that was nearly impossible to see by a normal human. The intensity of this speedy battle eventually slowed down when these two figures locked their blades together in a huge clash, sending shock waves through the sandy environment.
With a brief moment to think, Karas had to admit that this Mikura was...quite different then its cousins (well, besides the humanoid form anyway).
Quickly into this battle, Karas had imminently taken notice of Ridorī's impressive speed which was more then capable of keeping up with his armor's own abnormal reflexes. That and the fact that he still possessed the strength of his dragon form had made this Mikura one hell of a foe.
This stand still did not last that much longer however, as the two figures eventually broke off from each other with Karas swinging high and Ridorī swinging to the side. Both of their swords clashed once more, a torrent of sparks erupting.
"For a giant metal dragon, you are much more -Clang!- nimble with those swords..." Karas muttered, one of his arms blocking a slice at his ribs. He then took a quick slice at his foe's head, his blade being stopped just centimeters from its target.
Ridorī chuckled, pushing the blade away from his temple, "Indeed, and you are much of a challenge then I -Clang!- expected from a child."
"Wha?" Karas was not expecting this Mikura to know that he was...well, a teenager. He didn't have a chance to question him however, as Ridorī pressed onward.
"Ah Ah, no spoilers!" Pushing Karas' sword off to the side. The Mikura then extended both of his swords forward and trapped Karas, both of his swords at the boy's neck.
Ducking out of the way of a near decapitation, Karas dove to the Mikura's side and swung his sword at the monster's midsection. Sparks flashed as his blade connected, but Ridorī quickly brought one of his blades down and swatted Karas' weapon away. Kicking the warrior in the stomach, Ridorī quickly returned to his offensive strategy, slicing and dicing away at Karas, attempting to find any open spots on the warrior.
The head -Clang!-
His knee -Clang!-
His Elbow -Clang!-
His torso -Clang!-
And even his damn foot! -Clang!-
But despite his aggressive advancements, Karas still managed to either block his attacks or just simply roll out of the way. Growing extremely impatient, Ridorī continued to press his attack but in doing so, his attacks became much more sloppy. His rage was overriding his reason. His swings became wild, savage, going wide and growing even more impactful as they slammed into Karas.
Ducking, side stepping, or just parrying, Karas started to notice the sloppy style that his foe was employing. After toughening through a nasty slice to his arms (his armor taking much of the damage), Karas started to feed his foe's annoyance. He did this by simply backpedaling, jumping out of his foe's range and angering him even more. If he made his foe mad enough...the a mistake was inevitable.
"Ah!" Ridorī roared, thrusting both of his swords at his enemy's torso in a attempt to gut him like a fish.
But this attack was a too obvious for Karas to ignore. Quickly grabbing the Mikura's arms in mid thrust, Karas restrained his foe's weapons with one arm and reared back his free arm in anticipation. Keeping a strong hold the arms, Karas quickly started to go physical on Ridorī's face. Punching after punch, Karas delivered quite the beating upon the Mikura until he was knocked away by a very explosive kick to his own head.
Staggering back from each others onslaughts, the two armored warriors quickly launched back at each other. They tested each others strength for a brief second before once again engaging in another lightening round of slicing and dicing. Their blades clashed over and over again, the three blades cutting at each other as the attempts at each others lives were intercepted and blocked.
This went on for less then a few seconds but for the two enemies, it seemed like hours. The swords never gave an inch however, the multitudes of impacts not even denting or nicking the sharp pieces of metal.
Ridorī was starting to grow tired of this however. Despite the enjoyment he was getting out of this battle, the Mikura knew that he had a mission to complete. Sparing a split glance (any longer and he would have gotten his head chopped off) at the canister of Dark Energon, the Mikura considered the options of prolonging this fight any longer.
"Let me answer that for you my friend," A sudden voice echoed through the Mikura's head. This caused the Mikura to lose focus for a brief second, earning a nasty wound to his shoulder due to it.
"I have a old friend of yours positioned nearby, one with more then enough firepower to glass the entire area."
Sending a roundhouse kick towards Karas, Ridorī couldn't help but listen to the voice,"If you don't hurry it up a bit then I won't be held responsible if he gets...impatient."
Eyes widening at the implication, Ridori figured that if he wanted to get out alive...he would have to get a little imaginative.
Catching the kick that was thrown towards his head, Karas tried to crack the Mikura's leg in half like a twig. But before he had a chance to do so, something suddenly sprang forward and struck the warrior across the head. Getting tossed backwards by the sudden attack, Karas quickly recovered and prepared for another assault.
However...something was just a bit different about his foe now.
His body was basically the same but one of his arms had changed significantly. Now instead of the humanoid arm with a sword attached to the wrist, the Mikura's arm was now huge and had a reptilian feel to it. In fact, it was the same arm he had while in his dragon from.
'He can transform individual sections of his body?!'
Ridori chuckled a bit, playfully swinging his over sized arm, "It took me some time to learn how to do this, but I must say...its proven quite useful."
"Really?" Karas sneered, "With what? Being finally able to reach that one itchy place on your back you normally can't reach?"
Inwardly grinning as the Mikura sneered at his joke, Karas quickly shot off like a bullet and closed the distance between himself and the Mikura in a instant. But as he got in spitting distance of the Mikura, Ridori's arm suddenly returned to its previous form, the blade on his arm clashing with Karas once again. With one arm free however, Ridori quickly aimed his blade and brought it down towards the warrior's neck. But before the blade even nicked his armor, Karas used one of his own arms to quickly restrained the Mikura's limb.
It was a stalemate, both foes with their arms and swords locked away, neither able to attack. Staring into the eyes of the other, the two did the only thing they could do.
Bam!
They started to headbutt each other, hoping each blow could cause the other to weaken enough to be overpowered.
Bam!
It didn't seem to be working.
Bam!
But on the third collision Ridori started to chuckle, a grin on his boney transparent head. Karas raised a nonexistent eyebrow but noticed something slithering and shifting behind his foe. It took a second but Karas suddenly spotted something long and metallic rising above the Mikura's back. It was almost like a-
'Tail!'
Quickly bring a leg up, Karas kicked off the Mikura away and rolled backwards before a sharp blade stabbed into the ground. flipping onto his feet, Karas spotted a long tail attached to the Mikura's back. It seemed like the Mikura wasn't just limited to his present limbs.
Like a scorpion, Ridori hunched over and gleefully launched his tail at Karas. Hopping out of the way, Karas was forced to go defensive as his foe retracted his new limb and launched at him over and over again. Karas tried to block or deflect the tail's blade but the flexibility of the appendage made it difficult for him to get his sword to connect.
Thinking quickly, Karas waited for his foe to launch his tail at him again before putting his idea into action. Tossing his sword into the air, Karas ducked as the tails swiped at him and grabbed it with both arms. Digging his feet into the ground, Karas struggled for a moment so he wouldn't get tossed around like a rag doll. But the moment he solidified his footing, Karas started to heave and pull the Mikura's tail like a ball on a chain.
Perhaps playing enough Super Mario 64 was about to pay off-
'Poof'
That train of thought vanished unfortunately when Karas suddenly found a certain tail vanishing from his grip. Looking at his foe, Karas cursed as he saw Ridori rushing at him, his swords aimed high. Looking up to the sky, Karas quickly retrieved his sword and slashed sideways, his sword clashing with Ridori's once more.
Meanwhile...
While the chaotic struggle between these two continued on, a lone figure watched from a impressive distance.
It was a large imposing creature, a culmination of a what looked like a tank and a massive crab. It was huge, nearly as large as a military tank with its treads buried into the barren landscape. With three sickly green eyes staring at the two clashing warriors, an familiar voice rang through its ears like the Mikura before it.
"Enough of this, Ridori is taking too long." The voice stated, its voice clearly annoyed.
"Raise the landscape Rampage, render it to glass."
The tank-like creature chuckled, releasing a dose of psychotic laughter. Positioning itself in the direction two warriors, a tri-barreled cannon on the monster's torso slowly shifted and revealed itself. Twirling and taking aim, three distinct missiles were locked into place and were aimed for deployment. Three thunderous cracks filled the landscape as the missiles fired, more psychotic laughter echoing as well.
Back in the Battle:
The battle continued on, neither side gaining an advantage on the other.
Ridori continued to use his transformations to slide the battle in his favor but none of his attempts worked out the way he wanted them to. He summoned his wings at one point to block more of Kara's energy knives, he transformed one of his legs to enhance his kick but Karas just powered through it, and he even transformed his head back into his dragon form so he could blast the warrior with a bout of fire.
But even that didn't work out as Karas sliced the stream of fire in half, his sword glowing red from the intense heat.
Ridori growled in annoyance as he shifted his head back into his humanoid form. He was getting nowhere in this fight. Grinding his swords together, the Mikura was about to rush into the battle once more until a series of thunderous claps caught him off guard.
Looking up into the air, Ridori spotted three incoming beacons of light falling right towards him and Karas. The sudden appearance of these lights confused the Mikura for a moment, why did they seem so familiar? A scratching feeling poked the Mikura in the back of his head for a few moments until a recent memory made him realize was exactly these lights were.
"..."
"If you don't hurry it up a bit then I won't be held responsible if he gets...impatient."
"..."
"Son of a Bitch!" Ridori screamed, the three beacons of light inching ever closer. Twisting his head back towards Karas, the Mikura shouted at the boy and took off in a dead sprint.
"I'll deal with you later!" With that said, the Mikura quickly approached where he had set down the canister of Dark Energon. Grabbing the large canister with one hand, the Mikura engulfed himself in another dome of energy and returned to his dragon form. Roaring at the incoming missiles, the massive dragon lifted off in a sudden jump, taking flight with his massive wings.
Karas looked on in confusion. Why after this long battle did his foe suddenly turn tail and run? And he sounded more then a bit concerned...but from what?
Looking in the same direction that his foe had, Karas spotted the same three beacons as before, their distance from the ground growing even smaller. Taking a closer look at the sources of light, Karas groaned as he realized what they actually are.
"So thats why he ran..."
Team Prime's base:
Optimus was...not in a good mood when he returned to base.
After a terrifying encounter with Megatron and his undead horde of Dark Energon infused Cybertronians, Optimus and Ratchet had returned to a fairly deserted base. The only ones there at the time was Bumblebee and three of the children (Yurine included), with Arcee, Cliffjumper, Bulkhead, and Jack missing...sort of. Jack was there alright...but only in the physical sense.
Meaning that Karas was somewhere else.
Confronting the scout on the subject, Optimus was imminently brought up to speed on the Fowler situation. Hearing about this, Optimus quickly ordered Bumblebee to occupancy him and provide back up while Ratchet stayed behind with the children...
That was the plan...until a space bridge opened up in the middle of the command center, depositing three Autobots and one injured human before it closed.
Optimus breathed a sigh of a relief for a second, the sight of his team and Fowler being alright was a sight for sore optics after the day he had been having...or at least it was until he noticed that one person was still missing.
"Arcee, where is Jackson?"
This sudden question, made Arcee stop in tracks. Looking to her teammates for some help (the same teammates who were bust with messing around with Miko at this very moment), Arcee had the displeasure of explaining to Optimus why Jack wasn't all there right now.
This was around the time where Optimus was told about the un-welcomed third party that had been discovered aboard the Nemesis. Getting a quickly run down on how it had been the Mikura that had taken Fowler and slaughtered a good number of Cons in the process, Optimus was greatly displeased to learn that none of the bots had seen Karas since he had run off with giant Dragon close on his tail.
Upset over this, Optimus quickly turned his gaze on Bulkhead, who had allowed Jack to come with them on this mission in the first place.
Seeing the Prime dig into the Wrecker, Arcee couldn't help but sympathize with the Prime. Having an innocent in all of this out somewhere with a giant monster trying to kill him? Yeah, that was a bit worrying. Still...when the kid involved was the same one that had previously killed a giant mechanical monster...then it was a bit hard to actually worry about the boy's condition.
Luckily for the Wrecker, Cliffjumper quickly jumped in to play referee between the Prime and Wrecker.
"Hey, its not like we could follow him! The kid can fly after all. And besides, you've seen what the kid can do." Cliffjumper tried to reason with the Prime(It was his big mouth that had gotten Bulk to let the kid come along in the first place) and pulled out a small data disk, "I'm sure hes fine. Besides, you won't believe what I found while-"
-KABOOM!-
The base shook from the massive explosion, shock-wave rumbling and quaking through the base itself. The Autobots quickly grabbed something to stabilize themselves while the humans did the same. They even had to watch the ceiling as bits of the rocky structure was shaken loose by the thunderous shock-wave. With Bulkhead and Cliffjumper blocking any falling debris from hitting their human allies, the base's occupants could do nothing but wait for the rumbling to subside.
A few minutes passed before that happened however and by the time it had happened, only one thing could be asked.
"What the slag was that!?" Cliffjumper shouted, the shock-wave having cut him off earlier.
Ignoring Cliffjumper for a brief moment, Ratchet quickly went to work with his console. Dusting off the few bits of debris that had fell onto his keyboard, Ratchet was able to quickly pull up what exactly had happened to cause such a shock-wave.
It...didn't look too good.
Explosion location:
"Ugh..."
Everything felt...numb. That was the best word Karas could describe himself at the moment. Numb. Nothing hurt too much really, he was sore alright but other then that it wasn't too bad really. Just numb.
Slowly pushing himself off the ground, Karas could feel a good amount of dirt and dusk just slide off him. Brushing any left over dirt off his head and out of his eyes, the armored warrior carefully got to his feet. The numbness he felt didn't help but in a few seconds Karas managed to get back on his feet. He wasn't that stable and any fighting wasn't the best idea at the moment but Karas was back on his feet.
And what did he see the moment he got back on his feet?
"Wow...that is one hell of a big hole."
Well, of course the first thing Karas saw was what had knocked him on his ass in the first place.
Just about a football field's length in front of Karas was three massive craters, three giant holes in the ground. They were completely charred, fires still burning inside them as giant clouds of smoke filled the air. Bits of debris and burned pieces of rock was scattered around the entire area around the craters, basically making it impossible to walk around the massive holes in the ground.
These were the impact sights of where those missiles had landed, where they exploded.
Taking a moment to consider what happened, Karas couldn't help but laugh at his good fortune. Not even his armor could stand against such a explosive force directly. The only reason he was alive right now was because he had seen the Dragon Mikura run away with his tail tucked between his legs and used his limited time altering capabilities to escape the explosion...mostly.
Speaking of which...who had launched those in the first place?
Scanning the landscape for a moment, Karas sighed when he couldn't spy a single thing out of the ordinary. Like Ridori, whoever had attacked the two of them was long gone as well. Apparently they weren't willing to risk the off-chance of Karas surviving the explosion and coming after them.
Still, it wasn't like he could do anything about it now. After rummaging around the debris for a moment or two (for everyone else at least, for Karas it was more like fifteen minutes or two), Karas found and re-sheathed his sword before he transformed back into his jet form.
'Now...what direction is the Bot's base?'
...
'Ah crap.'
Team Prime's Base, sometime later:
The sound of the elevator descending made all the bots fall into a fighting stance. Since Agent Fowler was already there with the bots, the team had no idea who could be inside the elevator. Unwilling to take a chance after the recent events, the Autobots quickly positioned the humans behind themselves and readied their weapons for anything.
But once the elevator came to a stop, the bots were confused when the doors opened and nothing was inside. Some of the Autobots sworn that they had seen something but the sight of a empty elevator told them otherwise.
That was until a sudden voice called out to the group, "I swear, if one of you shoot me...I won't be held responsible for what I do to you!"
Recognizing the voice, the bots slowly lowered their blasters. With the threat of being blown to kingdom come out of the way, the elevator's occupant slowly exited the metal box and revealed Karas, in all of his armored glory.
"Thank you." Karas nodded to the group, "It took me nearly a hour to find my way back here, I'd rather not get shot in the face after all of that."
"An hour? With your speed what took so long?" Bulkhead asked.
Karas looked away, a bit embarrassed, "Well, you base is hidden and I don't know my way around this place...so I got a bit lost okay?"
With the tension slowly fading away, Optimus went ahead and asked Jack what had happened to him on the Nemesis. After being given a minute to return to his body, Jack started to relay the entire experience to the group.
Jack described how he and the Mikura ran a few laps around the ship, how a certain annoyed Decepticon had bridged them to another location, and finally how the battle between the two went on until a sudden explosion interrupted them. It was all surprising for the group, especially due to the fact that the giant explosion that rocked the base was actually directed at Karas.
Still, there was one detail that the Mikura had escaped with a large container of Dark Energon. After fighting a horde of undead that were fueled by the stuff, the idea that a unknown threat now had Dark Energon in their procession was worrying.
Seeing how concerned the local Prime was with the recent turn of events, Cliffjumper thought that now was a good opportunity to tell their leader of what he and the others had found on the Nemesis. He tried to tell him before but...something had interrupted him, so hopefully nothing distract him this time.
"Seeing how the Cons were a bit occupied with their...guest, I found something quite interesting on one of their consoles." Lifting up the same data-disk as before, Cliffjumper tried to show Optimus it but was thwarted when the team's medic swiped it from his grasp.
'Oh come on!'
Ignoring the annoyed expression on Cliffjumper's face, Ratchet walked over to his console and inserted the disk. With a few clicks on his keyboard, the medic soon processed the data that Cliffjumper had discovered and displayed the results on the console's monitor for everyone to see. The humans among them had no idea what the plans could be for but the Cybertronians had a much better idea.
"...is that blueprints for a Space Bridge?" Arcee reluctantly asked.
Ratchet nodded, "Indeed. It seems we've discovered the means that Megatron used to travel here..."
"...and how he means to bring an army of Undead Cybertrionians here as well."
The team instantly looked at the Prime, their faces expressing the horror that the very idea brought to their minds. Optimus quickly went down what had exactly happened to him and Ratchet not so long ago, revealing the hordes of undead that they had to fight off before they could return. It made a few of them nearly gag.
And they were hoping that the zombie-con they had seen back in the mine was just a stupid experiment or something...
Still, there was one good thing about all of this. Ratchet quickly pointed out that without a massive navigation dish, the Cons would be unable to lock onto their planet's coordinates due to the massive distance between there and Earth. Even if the Cons wanted to steal something on Earth, there shouldn't a telescopic disk available to them that could be powerful enough to achieve their goals. Or at least there was some relief until Raf brought up a interesting point about Earth's own resources.
"What about a whole bunch of linked radio telescope dishes? Like the giant size array in Texas!" Raf suggested.
Now that was interesting, if there was a single dish they could use...then why not combine some weaker dishes that could produce a single that would be equal to what they needed? Still, this just made the situation even worse. Now that the bots knew that the Cons could connect to Cybertron, that just made it even more important to deal with their Space Bridge sooner rather then later.
"Ratchet, while there are inherit dangers in what I am about to ask, we need to use the ground bridge to get to Megatron's space bridge." Optimus asked the medic, who merely looked at the Prime like he was crazy or something.
"Optimus...do you have any idea of the implications that you are suggesting?"
Jack didn't like the sound of that, "Implications? What...implications?"
Ratchet sighed before explaining the dangers of bridging to someplace at a extreme distance, "If a ground bridge is stretched far beyond its physical limits, it could snap and scatter everyone inside it among the stars."
Optimus nodded at the implication but didn't back down, "It is a unfortunate risk but one we must take Ratchet," The Prime then turned the rest of his team, "the Autobots and I must take care of Megatron's Space Bridge while Jackson and the others make sure the Decepticons do not gain access to the Dishes in Texas."
"Excuse me?" Jack asked the tall Prime after hearing his name being called among Optimus' plan.
Optimus settled his optics on the young boy and the other non-cybertronians, "With Agent Fowler out of commission due to his injuries, I need you and the others to make sure that the Decepticons do take control of the dishes until the Space Bridge has been dealt with."
Jack really wanted to face-palm at that moment. He just got done with fighting a Mikura and surviving a massive explosion...and now they wanted him to go with Miko and Raf to protect some giant dishes? Seriously? Sure, it made sense...but really?
Looking over at Yurine, Jack wondered if she would even agree to this? This was a bit out of their jurisdiction. Oh sure, so was the mine situation but that at least had a Mikura involved in it...this time however? Not so much.
But after one look from Yurine made Jack sigh. Things were never that simple right?
Giant Dish-Array, Texas:
Stepping out of the ground bridge, Miko, Raf and Karas slowly made their way towards the array's entrance.
Turns out that Yurine was less concerned with their jurisdiction when it involved the threat of a giant army of undead robots coming to earth and killing everything. They had enough to deal with at the moment when it came to the Mikura, so dealing with the undead was something that both her and Jasper wanted to avoid. And just be careful, Yurine sent Jack in as Karas, you never know when something could go horribly wrong.
Tugging on the door, Miko groaned, "Its locked."
"One second."
Walking up to the front door of the complex, Karas drew his sword and sliced at the door right down the middle. At first it appeared as if nothing happened, but with a slight push the two doors slowly swung open with a creek. Miko just starred at the doors for a moment before slowly glancing at Kara's sword, which was still in Kara's hand.
"Don't even think about it." Karas didn't even look at her when he said this but it was just a feeling she had.
Miko stuck her tongue at the armored figure before following behind him and Raf. As the three walked through the military complex, they were surprised to see how little security it had. Sure, Karas could deal with anything that came up (nonlethal of course) but it was still strange to see barely anyone in a complex such as this.
The tiro ignored that oddity for the moment and processed to the computer room. Quickly finding a nearby terminal, Raf got to work as quickly as he can. There were a few firewalls and protection programs, but they all proved ineffective as Raf plowed right through them.
"I'm in," the boy told his companions, "but so are the Decepticons."
Karas and Miko were stuck by this information as they were hopping that they were ahead of the Cons at the moment, "Already? How can you tell?" Miko asked.
Raf zoomed in a few bits of data that were running across the monitor, making the other focus on the speeding data.
"Its the same language that was on the blueprints that Ratchet showed us," Raf pointed to the Cybertonian language, "But this time there is one major difference."
"Whats that?"
"This time, I can interact with it." And with that said, Raf quickly got to work. Unlike the still pictures that Ratchet had shown the group back at the base, with the Cons inside the network this time Raf could interact and sync up with their processors. Over a few seconds of keyboard crunching, Raf was already messing with the Decepticon's attempts to link up with the dish array.
Still, it wasn't the perfect method as the Cons continued to attempt a break it into the system despite Raf's best efforts. It was like a endless tug of war, one that would continue until one side gave up or was defeated. Too bad for the Cons, Raf wasn't anywhere near giving up yet.
So perhaps some...alternative methods were necessary at this point?
-Crash!-
Apparently so.
It had only taken a moment, but Karas had to think fast when a giant metal tentacle burst through the room's ceiling and made a beeline towards Miko and Raf.
"Behind you!" Karas called out, grabbing the others before the tentacle crushed the computer Raf had been working on. Rolling out of the way, the trio gazed at the strange appendage, Karas preparing his stance for another interception just in case.
Turns out that it was a good idea, as the tentacle did in fact try to strike the children yet again. Karas denied such a attempt however, as he quickly cut down the metallic appendage as it flew at them. As his blade reduced the tentacle to nothing but a stub, the limb quickly retreated back through the hole it had used to attack them in the first place.
Karas waited for a moment or two but when nothing happened he turned to Raf and Miko, "Raf, continue your work. I'll deal with this."
Raf quickly nodded and turned back to the computer while Miko ran to the nearby wall. Quickly grabbing something, the teenager returned to Raf's side with a fire axe in hand. Giving Karas a nod as well, the armored individual vanished it a burst of speed and took off after the source of the limb that had attacked them. Coming to a stop outside the dish array, Karas found himself face to face with a familiar looking individual.
Standing in front of him was the same Decepticon that he had seen on the Nemesis. It was tall, thin, and had a very ominous feel being generated from it. But none of that mattered to Karas because he noticed something much more important (in his mind anyway).
This was the same Con that had sent him flying through a ground bridge while a giant flying Dragon was trying to kill him!
"You!" Karas pointed his sword at Soundwave, "You're the same Con that transported me to the middle of nowhere...while more then a hundred feet in the air!"
Soundwave didn't even acknowledge the boy's words and instead looked towards the base's computer console. He had a mission to complete for Lord Megatron, but this creature would prove to be quite the obstacle. So, alternative measures were needed to occupy this threat until the mission was completed.
Luckily, Soundwave brought one hell of a distraction with him for just such a occasion.
Turning back to Karas, a few clicks were heard before something was deployed from the Decepticon's chest. It looked like a strange back contraption, somewhat similar to Laserbeak's casual form. But unlike the likes of Laserbeak, this Deployer was much more bulky and had a black finish to it. As it flipped through the air however, it quickly transformed into a more manageable figure then its compact form had been.
Landing in front of Karas was a large robotic looking jaguar, one that was about twice the size of what a actual jaguar should be. It was covered in plates of armor, had very sharp claws and a spiked tail, and it even had two large guns attached to its back!
Staring at Karas with its two red optics, the metallic cat's ears went flat as it barred its teeth at its prey.
"Ravage...Kill."
-Next time:
Karas comes face to face in battle with one of the Decepticon's most loyal and dangerous soldiers. Soundwave and one of his many deployers, Ravage fight head to head against the guardian of Jasper, but what will happen to the Autobots in the meanwhile? And the Mikura? What of them and their plans with the Dark Energon they had taken from the Decepticon warship?
Notes:
-Ravage is somewhat based on his Revenge of The Fallen incarnation, although he looks far closer to a cat in this one and his combat abilities are far more advanced. I did away with that giant single eye of his though, his head looks far more like a actual jaguar then...whatever they were going for in the movie.
-Expect more of Soundwave's pets to show up later on. Ravage and Laserbeak (who will return later on) are simply the first of the Deployer that will make their presence known.
-Ridorī will also make more appearances after this. I would like to continue on with the tradition that Ridley has in the Metroid series as a recurring foe for the main character. Although with his fate in the potential concept of his death? We shall see if that follows Ridley's tradition as well.
Mikura Archive:
(Chapters 5/6)
Ridorī
- A massive dragon-like Mikura, this is a Mikura with both a form of massive destruction and intense strategy. With a alternate form that can match speed and power to that of a Karas, this massive dragon has a intelligence that most Mikura appears to lack...but follows the orders of something else entirely.
Physical Characteristics:
- A Large metallic bipedal Dragon covered in thick armor despite his thin appearance.
- His head is long and streamlined, processing many sharp teeth with a techno-organic tongue.
- Long energy based wings, can regenerate if damaged.
- A long armor plated tail with a sharp-spear tip.
- Its most important valuable spot is in its chest. There is its core, which is protected at all times with a series of armor plates.
Alternate form:
- A humanoid body, covered in a grey armor with a domed helmet on his head.
- Possesses three bladed weapons, one of each wrist and a third in the shape of a sword attached on his back.
- The head is actually a glowing skull, one of the few remains of his previous form prior to becoming a Mikura.
Threat Level: 3.5
- Armor plating makes damaging it in its dragon form hard, and its alternate form is quite durable as well.
- The dragon form can fire plasma from his mouth along with other projectiles such as fire, ice, and other elements.
- In the humanoid form, he has extraordinary skill with his bladed weapons and agility matches such skill.
- Flying Speed with his wings are able to match the speed of Karas' aerial form.
- Has the ability to shift individual parts of his body while in the humanoid form, transforming them into the dragon variation.
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Next chapter is the last of the Darkness Rising arc and then we will move onto the Season 1 episodes!
RXR!
