A sinister smile grows across Raf's face as his long black cape drops down to the floor. Mounted on his back, a high tech box erupts with two twin cables, each with a serrated razor at the end, lash out at the attackers, Luna and Cheetor.
"A foolish attempt at a sneak attack." Raf bantered, "I realized you two were back there a mere three point two seconds ago." The cables whipped across Cheetor and Luna, the two being recoiled across the room, as Raf approached, fixated on Luna, "A new Autobot? Or another of Optimus' laughable attempts to bring humans and Cybertronians together? Regardless of the means, allow me to welcome you to the war."
Raising the staff that slayed the Vehicon before, Raf stabbed Luna's shoulder, the hooked metal alloy chipped Luna's armor plating, as small red sparks of energy coursed over the wound, "They just don't make them like they used to do they?" Raf quipped.
The centrally place door opened once again, from which a squad of five Vehicons entered, all of them immediately aiming their blasters at the wounded Luna, and Cheetor.
"Luna, are you alright, speak to me kid." Cheetor asked, as he viewed the Vehicons moving in closer.
"I'm no kid, Cheetor." Luna responded, "And Raf… We aren't down and out just yet!"
With her cry Cheetor sprang into action, leaping up using his speed, Cheetor landed on the back of the nearest Vehicon soldier, stabbing his Scimitar blade through the Decepticon's neck. "Luna, I have these guys handled, you need to secure the target!" Cheetor yelled out, dodging the laser fire of the Vehicons.
Luna stood up, her hand placed on the wound, "Nice toy kid." Luna said as she reached up, grabbed hold of the staff, as she pushed it forward into the shoulder of Raf, "You must play with it a lot." Raf let out a low chuckle as pulled the prod out of his shoulder, no blood split, nothing suggesting the wound was damaging.
"I play with it enough for it to not affect me little Autobot." Raf chuckled as four metallic cables emerged from the device on his back, "This toy is my favorite though, and my victims make the loveliest sounds when they're dismembered this way."
From the cables transformed two thin, but lethally, sharp spinning blades, from the other two sprung out metallic claws, armed with razor sharp hooked talons. The twin clawed cables slammed against Luna's chest, as they pushed her hard against the wall. Raf approached slowly, taking his time as the two spinning blade cables reached out, colliding with Luna, sparks flying, as her armor slowly began to be chipped away.
"SLAG! This is bad.." Luna mumbled from inside her armor, "Armor systems, release in three seconds." Luna called out, hoping this plan would work.
The seconds passed, as Luna's armor exploded off her, pushing the cables holding her down away as pieces of the armor flew out around the room. Raf turned to see the pieces of metal land on the floor around him, then he turned to face Luna.
"Clever one aren't you." Raf laughed, "The clever ones are always the most enjoyable to ki.." Raf paused, looking at what he thought was an Autobot. "You're no Autobot."
"I'm full of surprises." Luna responded, as a determined smile formed.
Within moments her hand shifted from a blaster into a hooked sword, as she lunged towards Raf, "DIE YOU CREEP!"
Cheetor watched on as he struggled holding off the remaining Vehicons, "Oh no you don't, you aren't excused from the table young man!" Cheetor quipped as he grabbed a Vehicon by the leg, pulling him away from assisting Raf. Cheetor's attention was broken as he heard Luna's head on attack, dropping what he was doing Cheetor went to rush after Luna, "NO! DON'T, LUNA! HE-" Cheetor was cut off short, a barrage of Vehicon laser fire hitting him directly in the back.
Raf stood as he viewed Luna's assault, never did he drop his sadistic smile, "How foolish, did Optimus teach you nothing?" From his back emerged a cable that sported a mechanical drill. It whipped forward as it pierced into Luna's unprotected shoulder, stopping her charge with ease as blood slowly dripped from the wound.
"Y..You bastard…" Luna muttered, trying to stand despite the horrific pain.
"Ah, name calling will not help your situation here..." Raf responded, "You're in enemy waters little girl, and with your blood, the sharks will come, and trust me when I say, noone alive will survive the frenzy." Two more cables erupted from the device on his back, mounted on each was another drill, "Hmm, not yet, let's have a little fun shall we?"
With his signal, the remaining Vehicon soldiers dragged the now unconscious Cheetor over to him, "Funny how even the noblest of intentions can go wrong, isn't that right?" Raf asked halfheartedly, he knew the answer, even if it was one he created himself. "Something about you though..it seems familiar. Just who are you?"
Luna shook her head, doing her best to ignore the pain in her shoulder, "Here's a hint you piece of slag!" Luna shouted, her robotic arm raised as it converted into an ion blaster, ready to fire.
"I wouldn't do that now" Raf calmly said, the other drill cable piercing into the shoulder that carried her robotic hand, "Now then, back to my question" Raf said, watching Luna's robotic arm fall to the ground. Raf raised his distortion staff, now pointed towards Cheetor's spark chamber, "The look in your eyes, you came after me with revenge in your heart, a feeling I know for true, you came, sword raised, filled with vengeance, and I want to know why you did so!" Raf yelled, dropping the serrated edge of the staff onto Cheetor's shoulder "NOW TALK!"
Luna turned away from the scene, "I just have that look I guess, I came to attack a Decepticon, and you looked smaller and weaker than the others." She said, lying.
Raf leaned in, inches from Luna's face, "Nice try." he whispered, as he pulled out a small energy pistol from his pocket, firing at Cheetor's chest, as the Autobot woke from his unconscious state, crying out in pain.
"Lie to me again little Autobot…" Raf said, aiming the blasted right at Cheetor's head, "You get the picture don't you? You are a nice, smart little girl aren't you?"
Luna cringed slightly, "It was a half lie anyways." She remarked, her cringed expression turning into a smile. Luna knew she couldn't reveal her identity to this madman, but she couldn't risk the life of Cheetor, her friend. Luna knew her one option was to stall. Stall until help arrived. "You need to ask in the form of a question..it's a…condition of mine, I need to know what I'm being asked is all."
Raf shook his head in disgust, his weapon still aimed at Cheetor's head, "Fine, answer this: Who are you?"
Luna smirked and raised her head slightly, ignoring the pain in her shoulders, "I'm Luna, the new Autobot..kind of…I'm in training. That good enough for you buddy?"
Raf laughed and twisted the driller in Luna's shoulder slightly, getting a sick rush out of seeing her wince in pain, "Not good enough at all." Raf said, motioning for the Vehicons to bring Cheetor closer, his pistol now directly on Cheetor's head, "Out of all the threats on this vessel, why go after me? Why go after the 'Small weak one' when you could've ambushed Megatron, or even Breakdown, there must be a motive behind…" Raf stopped mid-sentence, his eyes and mind fixated on something else entirely. "WHAT. IS. THAT. MARK?" He yelled, pointing to a small, crescent moon shaped birthmark on Luna's pale neck.
Luna raised an eyebrow and glared at Raf, "It's a birthmark, people get one, it's not unusual you know."
Raf's eyes widen before a wicked grin appears across his face, "So one of you survived after all. Of ALL the people to survive my assault, the daughter, barely old enough to care for herself, is the one to live through it all! Pure poetry, if I had any humanity left in me, my heart would grow less cold from the pure sentiment of your survivor." Raf said, as he turned the blaster from Cheetor to Luna's head, "Unfortunately, I have no time to waste with such things, however, I have time to clean up one mess I should've snuffed out, a. Long. Time. Ago."
Raf's finger twitched against the trigger, Luna's head in the cross-hairs of the gun, "Any last words? Survivor of the Inferno?"
Cheetor chuckled as he lifted his head up, his shoulder sparking where he was damaged, "Oh, I have a few words to share, Raf."
The pistol turned from Luna to Cheetor again, "Oh, please do share, I'm more than happy to oblige a kitty who wishes to be put out of his misery." Raf coldly replied.
Luna watched helplessly as Cheetor kept his calm expression across his face, "Do all villains do this? I mean Raf, you're being pretty cliché here." Luna muttered, as she taunted him.
"I collect the last words of the Autobots I slay, so far I've got a lot of duplicates." Raf said as he pulled back lightly on the trigger, "Please give me some new material, Autobot."
"Oh, I'll give you something really unique, Raf." Cheetor said as his eyes began to glow an intense shade of green, "Computer, deactivate all safety protocols, interface with Core Matrix Unit 47923-L, begin diagnostics and prepare holding mechanisms to be deactivated."
Raf and Luna watched by, in a state of shock at the words Cheetor was speaking.
"Computer!" Cheetor cried out.
"INITIATE: SAVAGE CLAW MODE!"