Retaliation Pt. 2:
Bittersweet
Reports of the first run by the ULSSA naval force reveal to be unsuccessful; the Decepticons apparently adjusted their shields since the ASSM-Hachiman incident. Reports also come in about the Kingdom of Oceania arriving in subs and images of Megatron are uploaded revealing his damage. Also that their subs were unsuccessful breeching the shield, images come in revealing the Decepticon base is one massive warship.
"Dois mio it's massive!" Fleet Admiral Carlos D. Lopez of the ULSSA Carrier Llorona gasps as he views the images on his holo-view screen. Branched off the holo-view screen are several other admirals as well as three other fleet admirals from the various sects.
"Fleet Admiral Lopez that shield is impenetrable. On the bright side we got their leader on run and by the looks of it with one massive limp. " Admiral Jody Davis of the UNAS Destroyer USS-William P. Lawrence replied.
"Indeed it is Admiral Davis, I am open to suggestions if anybody has any." Flt. Adm. Lopez inquired
"Herr Admiral." Wheeljack pops up in a new holo-view screen. "I have untz a zuggeztion."
"¿Que eso pinche rata? Who are you!" Flt. Adm. Lopez exclaimed
"Now that vaz not very nice herr admiral." Wheeljack replied slightly hurt.
"Pues pendejo you startled me. You're an Autobot si?" Flt. Adm. Lopez chuckled.
"Ja, my name iz Vheeljack. And I vill not take your name calling." Wheeljack said irked and hurt.
"Buneo pues, I'm sorry. Tell me am all ears." Flt. Adm. Lopez aplogizes
"Your NDBs are on a frequency ja?" Wheeljack inquired.
"Si." Flt. Adm. Lopez replied looking at him curiously.
"Allov me to modulate that frree-quency to zee Dezeptikonz zhield frree-quency." Wheeljack says with a slight smirk in his voice, if he could grin he would have evilly.
"Alright uploading ULSSA frequencies I suggest you all do the same" Flt. Adm. Lopez responded in tune to what Wheeljack was going to do.
"Aye, aye, uploading UNAS frequencies." Adm. Davis smirked getting it.
"KO frequencies uploading now." Adm. Kruger of the KONF sub the KONF-Destiny
"Danka, Teletran 1 download Dezeptikon zhield frree-quency to all NDBs!" Wheeljack said with glee. "Dis vill lay down of zee hurtingz."
Teletran downloads the frequency to the NDBs which now pass through the Decepticon shields exploding on the Nemesis' hull. Megatron warps inside to his quarters and views water pouring in.
"Megatron to all Decepticons, battle stations!" he orders over the PA system. "Heheeh this is glorious they might put up a decent fight. The outcome remains the same but this will be fun." Megatron chuckles to himself removing the rest of his arms' armor and replacing them with new armor. He still would have to visit the CR chamber later to fix his back and legs. For now this is will do temporarily.
The Decepticons take to their stations and activate the Nemesis' defensive measures. Their shield compromised they take it down. Cannons extend from the Nemesis' port bow and starboard bow. They fire taking out four destroyers from the UNAS and ULSSA. Flt. Adm. Lopez and Adm. Davis fire back sending more NDBs to the Nemesis.
"Decepticons lets take the fight to them to the surface!" Megatron says through gritted teeth as he along with his troops warp out.
Meanwhile KO, AS, AC and NJ forces arrive and have already setup stations on Antarctica's Southern plains waiting for the Decepticons to surface. Sgt. 1st Class Peter Furler lies in wait with his contingency. As soon as he caught wind of Operation Sabre he was at his superior's door wanting in. His superior already had his paperwork ready he knew it was a matter of time before the sargent came to his door. "Easy mates, we'll bail up those metallic bludger billies and take them down." Sgt. 1st Class Peter Furler said
"Bloody right we will and bloody hard too."
"That's the spirit mate." Sgt Furler cheered "Joel how we lookin' ya cut lunch commando"
"They just appeared beyond the black stump ov'r there ya bastard. One looks like brown-eye mullet an' as mean as cat's piss."
"Corporal James take aim at the brown-eyed mullet and cark it!"
"Which one is the brown eyed?"
"The one with the gimpy leg!"
"10-04 on it." Corp. James replied aiming at Megatron's left calve. "This one is for my brother at Origin you bloody wanker!" Crop. James fires his is sabre rocket it hits obliterating Megatron's left calve. Megatron falls cursing in Cybertronain in agony.
"Get them! Starscream you and the seekers annihilate them. Axis you and Dreadnaught come up the flank and pick off any stragglers." Megatron roars.
Sgt. Furler and the rest of his contingency cheer realizing Corp. James got the Decepticon leader. "You dux that one corporal, that drongo is mad as a cut snake."
"No bother but his mates are headed this way and they don't look too happy."
"Bloody marvelous, well boys let's take'um down by the numbers." Sgt. 1st Class Peter Furler said as his minigun began to whirl. "Why hello, hello, hello, lookie here it's that bloke I took out at Origin. My, my have we grown. Right then mates, take out the others, leaves this here dingo for me." Sgt. 1st Class Peter Furler charged full speed ahead as his teammates took positions.
Chaos spotted him charging him; this zip was the one that took him out in Sydney. Chaos transformed to cannon mode. Sgt. 1st Class Peter Furler only smiles he was expecting this, his minigun was loaded with special sabre rounds, the explosive kind. Round after round poured out of his minigun hitting and melting armor with each explosion. Chaos' treads give way and explode off. Chaos fires his cannon but misses completely due to his treads exploding. Sgt. 1st Class Peter Furler cheers with glee as Chaos returns to robot mode. "Why you little!" Chaos growls.
"Blimey, he sure is pissed. Hehehe" Sgt. 1st Class Peter Furler said as Chaos takes aim at him. The sargent strafes while firing the rest of his payload. The rounds tear away at Chaos' armor; Chaos cannot get a bead so he starts firing wildly. The shots miss the sargent as he loses the now empty minigun and pulls out a magnetic mine. He set the timer and throws it at Chaos it sticks to Chaos' side and goes off. Chaos cries out in pain and takes a knee. Sgt. 1st Class Peter Furler run towards him with two more in his hands running up his crouched leg he plants them on his right thigh and tosses the other which sticks to Chaos' face. He leaps off Chaos and they go off "KABOOM! BOOM!" Chaos' left optic is permanently damaged. Before the sargent can land Chaos catches him. "MY Face you slagging human!"
"Get off my planet!" Sgt. 1st Class Peter Furler says as he pulls out a small SMG and unloads on Chaos other optic taking it out. Chaos releases him as he falls Chaos blindly swings and shatters Sgt. 1st Class Peter Furler left leg. The sergeant screams in utter agony as he lands on his back his other teammates call for a medic. "That bloody bastard took my leg!"
AS reinforcements arrive their plasma tanks take out the remainder of Chaos. Above the ROAF and navy engage Starscream and his seekers in aerial combat. New Jerusalem marines pour in flanking Axis, Dreadnaught, and Blitzwing. Not ones to surrender Axis and Dreadnaught systematically begin to take out NJ and AS ground forces. Blitzwing transforms to F-22 Raptor mode and moves to assist Starscream and the others. The KO air forces begin to suffer casualties. Megatron transforms to missile carrier mode and attacks from the rear taking out the remaining NJ and AS tanks.
At 1900 hours the UNAS and ULSSA along with more AC and AS ground forces strike the shore unloading immediately! Wave two engages the Decepticons while Optimus along with the USS-Ross prep wave 3 not to land but take out the Nemesis! On board both Optimus and the USS-Ross are experimental fusion depth charges, clean bombs that are the first hybrids of human and transformer tech. Wheeljack along with his new friend Dr. Julius Gino have been working non-stop since Optimus returned with the layout of the Nemesis a few weeks before. Their results were promising though neither human nor transformer have been successful with fusion technology yet together even though it's in its infancy with humans had filled in many gaps that the other lacks. Thus it has rewarded both with two heavy loaded depth charges.
"Almost ready Wheeljack, how 'bout you?" Dr. Gino asked from the USS-Ross into a monitor.
"Ja, juzt a bit more time." Wheeljack replied aboard Optimus.
"I recommend hast you two the Nemesis won't be venerable for very long." Optimus stated.
"Ja voll herr admiral." Wheeljack sounded off, Optimus chuckled he couldn't get use to Wheeljack's German accent.
"Yeah, what he said." Dr. Gino agreed wiping his hands "Done here Optimus, I mean admiral!"
"Ja, az vell I" Wheeljack cheered
"Affirmative, Mr. president we are ready when you are."
"Excellent, unleash Project Nexus on them!" Pres. Gieraltowski ordered as alarms on both destroyers went off readying troops stationed on both of them. Some of the crew on the USS-Ross boarded Optimus not only to compare him to their ship but also to "assist" Wheeljack. Their real intentions were to just to tour inside Prime. Optimus didn't mind he was actually honored to entertain them. Crews on both vessels took to cranes and loaded the charges in the cannons which were going to be used to launch them. As the vessels got within range Megatron remembers the Nemesis is empty and then thinks of V.J. He tries to warp out but the previous hits damaged his warp controls. He transforms and rises on his right leg balancing himself using the wheels from his alt mode make his way to the shore.
Optimus is alerted seeing Megatron heading towards the Nemesis. He notifies the USS-Ross and they both activate their rail guns, Optimus is allowed access to the USS-Ross rail gun targeting systems and they zero in and lock on Megatron and fire! "VOOM! VOOM!" the shots launch towards Megatron.
"Ah slag, I'm sorry V.J." Megatron sighs as the shots rip the remainder of his left leg and remove a fourth of his right side. He falls…Terminal Stasis Lock.
Back on the battlefield of the Antarctic plains the UNAS ground forces take out Axis and Dreadnaught. Servo seeing the battle is at a loss transforms running over as many humans has he can before an AS Bradley Tank flattens him as it completes its run a KO paladin cannon fires removing Servo's back end…Emergency Critical Stasis Lock. In the air ROAF jets receive back up from Torrence and Skyfire. Thundercracker and Skywarp are taken out only Starscream remains. Realizing he's outmatched fires an orbital flare. Torrence and Skyfire transform to robot mode and look at Starscream as if he fried his central processor. They draw their primary weapons and charge them to full power.
Suddenly the clouds part in a circle and super-heated laser beam obliterates the ROAF and removes Skyfire's right arm and Torrence's left.
"Umm…Thanks Soundwave, but now I am in your debt a place I rather not be."
"First one is always free, Starscream." Soundwave says in his synthesized voice. "Decepticons retreat to…." Soundwave is cut off as a huge explosion rocks the southern hemisphere. "BARRROOMMM!" The explosion originates from the Nemesis' former position.
"DECEPTICONS THE NEMESIS HAS BEEN DESTROYED! SCRAMBLE!" Soundwave and Starscream cry out. Soundwave takes aim and fires again the blast hits but not the target it wanted.
"NOO!" Optimus cries as he is capsized due to the waves caused by Soundwave's orbital weapon. The USS-Ross is destroyed Optimus' audios ring with the screams of the crew on board. Wheeljack transforms and head towards the disaster, he spots Dr. Gino along with a few other survivors he returns to robot mode and grabs Dr. Gino along with three others he transforms to car mode expelling the water in his interior and fills it with oxygen then warps out. Activating his deck's shield Optimus saves the crew that was on him then warps out. Skyfire and Torrence fall into the ocean near where the USS-Ross was they each gather up as many survivors including the ships admiral and first mate along with a few others. They are surround by death faces of most of the USS-Ross' crew they look away and warp out.
The distraction provided by Soundwave gives the rest of the Decepticons the chance to escape. Axis takes Megatron's body then warps out, Dreadnaught grabs Chaos then warps out, Blitzwing grabs Thundercracker and Skywarp and follows suit with the others. Servo is left for dead.
Back at Autobot HQ Optimus is in his quarters in full privacy mode. He has already destroyed half his quarters and separate office. The echoes of metal on metal have resounded throughout the base for several days. The Admiral of the Autobots is plagued with countless emotions. Joy from the destruction of the Decepticon base and sorrow from the not only the lives lost from the seven sects but the destruction of USS-Ross the source of his alt mode. Though most of the crew was saved along with its admiral, the screams of the crew still replay over and over in his audios. He has ignored calls from various heads of the sects; though the UEF mission was a success it didn't feel like one. Though many lives were lost there was victory. The incident with the USS-Ross was treated like the others, causalities of war. Optimus however saw things differently.
"Optimus Prime, Admirals log begin encryption code omega sigma one." Optimus collapses in a chair with a stiff glass of energon. It was going to be one of those cycles, the kind that just makes you want to give up.
"This war just rose up four levels; the involvement of the humans has further complicated it. Though the humans are united as a planet they still have several millennia of learning to do. Megatron has opened up what the humans call a "Pandora's Box" awakening a force that should never have been awakened. I am torn wither or not to help advance this race. They are such an impressionable race, but they are unpredictable and frustrating. They are weak but in their weakness they are at their strongest. How I wish this planet had no sentient life but it does and adding further fuel to an already blazing inferno. The Battle in the Antarctic was not a victory, despite the destruction of the Decepticon base, many lives were lost, though it is expected in war, but this is not their war.
Then again it is for they are fighting for their planet and now I am faced with a choice: The new summit is two weeks away and Ratchet awaits my decision on how much should we share. If I tell him use your better judgment I fear he will share little to none thus leaving the humans defenseless to a force that will stop at nothing to make them extinct. Wheeljack seems eager to share but I fear he will advance them too far too quickly disrupting their natural adaptation and technological evolution. These humans are a proud race, a little too proud but so were we. I see these humans as very powerful ally as well as a powerful threat. There is a lot to be learned from both our races, the destruction of the Decepticon Base proved it. My choice is this: Do I cancel the summit or proceed with caution? I believe the latter I will choose and send Prowl to supervise I trust his judgment. He will brief Ratchet and Wheeljack.
The loss of the USS-Ross has struck me hard. It feels as though I loss an unexplained part of myself. My first order of business after this battle settles is to raise the USS-Ross and restore it and improve it, despite Ratchet's ranting against getting involved in human affairs. That shot was meant for me not the USS-Ross. I could of taken that blow the loss of that destroyer was inexcusable. I will make amends! Teletran 1 end log. "
Several miles underneath the center of Antarctica Naylz tends to his comrades. Before he can get to Axis she is upon him and pins him to wall and stabs her torture device into his left side. "WHERE WERE YOU!" she screams at him inches from his face. Naylz yelps in pain and explains to her that Megatron prior to the attacks ordered him set up this base. He further explains that Megatron started setting up his new base because he planned to lure the humans over the Nemesis and when they all gathered there detonate it crippling the UEF forces. Unfortunately the humans were more resourceful than originally thought matching the frequency of the Nemesis shields was not calculated. Axis concluded that when her father escaped he took with him more information than they thought. Releasing Naylz he moves to Megatron's bed side. Without Servo the overlord's recovery was progressing slowly.
"V.J." Megatron groaned in a whisper, for several cycles now he had been saying his little penguin name. Axis had made it her top priority to find the chick for her leader. Her internal scanners were the best in the whole Decepticon regime. She knew V.J. was alive for there was no trace of the little chick being dead anywhere.
A week later traveling near the southern shore she detects a small life form a few clicks from where she first started searching. The vitals are faint and fading, she races towards it. Her scanners reveal it too small for a human. She transforms to robot mode to investigate it further, just beneath the snow she pulls the life form out. It's V.J.! Axis transforms to back to vehicle mode and blasts her heater. The chick defrosts; further scans reveal that the chick is unscathed only in need of nourishment. She gives the chick a liquid supplement and the chick's vitals balance out. V.J's eyes open to a hologram projection of her in the driver seat. It's the size of a human but V.J recognizes it and is comforted. Axis cheers and heads back to base…
END.
