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Though out of it, Aquaformer knew she was online, but in stasis lock. She also knew she was too low on energon to come out of stasis lock that she was in, but she knew she had to fight. She had to fight for the precious sparklings growing within her. Her audios picked up on the fact that she was in the con base, and if she had to guess, she was strapped to a med bay berth as she could hear the foul bot hook messing with things and trying to figure out her secrets. She knew it was him by his distinctive voice. She hoped and prayed that the Autobots would think she was worth saving.
Meanwhile, outside, with the seekers and coneheads actively engaged in a battle for sky supremacy, Optimus divided the remaining troops, for some to fight in the ground battle and for some to sneak in and find the femme who had been captured by the foul Megatron. Optimus stayed out on the battlefield, though it wasn't by choice. Prowl reminded him that Megatron would go where the Prime was and so Optimus begrudgingly remained on the field of battle, hoping to lure out the despicable con leader.
And as Optimus waited for Megatron to show, Mirage and Hound as well as a few others made their way to find a secret way into the con base. Ratchet had been sent with this group as Optimus knew the cons would do what they could to destroy the femme and Ratchet would be able to help her. And just as Megatron showed up to face Optimus, Mirage found a secret way into the con base. Little did they realize that they had a few bots to fight before they would be able to rescue the precious femme.
Before the group that was trying to sneak into the base could make it into the base, Megatron headed out to attack the disgusting Prime. Megatron had spotted the Prime almost instantly. Now, Megatron figured he had his chance to slaughter the goody-two-shoes Prime. "There you are, you foul bot" Megatron called out after spotting the Prime.
"Up yours" Prime responded, having played this game with the tyrant for far too long. Prime knew Megatron would bloviate a bit before finally attacking.
Megatron, peeved at the retort, replied, "Time for you to meet your make, Prime" Megatron responded, angrily.
"I wish you'd just shut up and fight" Optimus replied, waiting Megatron's first shot, which soon came and completely missed the Prime. "My, my, your aim is terrible today" Optimus added and then blasted the con leader with a full on laser cannon blast. Megatron, incensed at the name calling and the most recent shot Optimus had taken at the con leader, began his attack on the Prime just like his other troops were attacking the other bots.
Meanwhile, finally having breeched the con base, Mirage and his small troop made their way to where they thought the cons would be keeping the downed femme. "Where do you think they have her?" Hound asked softly, hoping not to give themselves away.
"I am guessing that she is one of two places – the brig or the med bay" Ratchet retorted, trying not to be loud but failing at that.
"Shhhh. There could still cons here" Mirage added, "as we all know that Megatron would leave at least one bot if not more to guard Aquaformer in just this sort of situation. Megatron may be evil incarnate but he is not stupid."
"Right" Hound stated and they continued on in silence, hoping that they could save the femme before both she and the Prime were slaughtered.
Elsewhere, in the battle of the skies, Starscream and his trine seeker brothers were attempting to thwart Skyfire and Powerglide, but were somehow being easily outmaneuvered. Part of the reason was that Skyfire and Powerglide knew that their purpose was simply to be a distraction to the flying Con bots, and right now it was totally working, as the seekers and the coneheads were so focused on Skyfire and Powerglide that the cons didn't even notice the battle on the ground below, which was just how Skyfire and Powerglide wanted it. The other part of the reason was help from Primus, who was keeping the con flyers busy as well.
Back in the base, Mirage and the others split up, with Mirage taking a few bots towards the med bay while Hound and a few other bots headed for the brig. Little did either team realize that they soon would be battling a con that had been left behind for this very reason. And while the brig bound team would meet a fairly easy con to beat, the team heading for the med bay had no idea that they were in for a very tough con to beat.