Holi
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Captain Can-Do
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Post by Holi on Oct 4, 2007 17:39:19 GMT -5
The talk on the radio is worrisome, but Holi tries not to think of that too much. If Hardwire comes their way, he'll be ready. He may not have used it much at all since he arrived, but Holi still has his pistol and he knows how to use it. He'll be ready, he tells himself while sifting through some of the assorted electronic things Wheelie, Synapse, and Firebolt have managed to find. These little squares look like storage devices, but they're odd – he's used to discs and these are like tiny cartridges hardly wider or taller than the last segment of his thumb. Holi sets them with the stack of discs he's sorted and casts about hopefully for anything that might read some of them.
So preoccupied is he with his search that he pays the cacophony of approaching engines little mind. In fact, he's just found something he's sure will read the minuscule cartridges when he hears a strange, gruff voice call out. He looks up to see Hardwire flying fast toward him with a cold smirk on his face. It sort of reminds Holi of Leozack.
He knows he should draw his pistol. He should draw his pistol and open fire. It's what a proper Autobot warrior should do when faced with a Decepticon. Holi freezes up instead, dropping the maybe-a-cartridge-reader. He doesn't mean to be afraid, but he is, and comes back to his senses too late to scramble more than a step or two before a large arm hooks around his midsection and drags him off his feet.
"L-let go of me!" he wails when he finally gets his voice back. Tossed over Hardwire's shoulder like this, he can't see what's happening, but the sound of blaster fire sends another jolt of fear through him. Hardwire's shooting at the others! "Stop!" Holi cries, voice much stronger than before, and pounds his little fists against the larger bot's back. "Stop it! Leave my friends alone!" He tries a few more punches, but he doesn't seem to be doing much more than scuffing Hardwire's paint.1
Oh, right! His pistol! Holi pulls it from subspace and promptly very nearly loses his grip on it when Hardwire launches higher into the air. It takes him a brief moment to get proper hold of it again, but once he does, he makes a valiant effort at landing a shot or two on Hardwire's feet, or the backs of his knees – somewhere, anywhere he hopes that damage will make harder his kidnapper's attempt to get away.
1 - Hits landed with permission of Cannonball's player.
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Wheelie
Rookie
Can't sleep. Sharkticons will eat me.
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Post by Wheelie on Oct 6, 2007 0:53:04 GMT -5
Instincts take over when Cannonball starts shooting at them, propelling Wheelie behind cover without ever giving time for the actual thought to enter his head. When he does poke his head out, he discovers, to his horror, that "Hardwire" has captured Holi!
He can't let that happen! Even with the chatter over the radio about how he's supposed to get away, Wheelie acts without thinking, launching a firerock from his slingshot at the fleeing mechanoid.
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Firebolt
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Brutal Gladiator, Scarab Lord Firebolt of the Shattered Sun
Moving Violation
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Post by Firebolt on Oct 6, 2007 12:43:44 GMT -5
... What.
That's the only thought that runs through Firebolt's head as she watches the pirate barrel forward and snatch up Holi. She stares blankly at what's going on but then acts almost without thinking.
It's like an action movie.
Her powerful engine screams to life as she starts racing forward and then Transforms, pulling a handstand and flipping over in order to be upright. Then, out comes the boomerang. Ah yes. The least expected weapon of them all. Firebolt grabs her spoiler off her back and slams it together, bits coming out of subspace and forming a huge boomerang, only fit for a Transformer. She chucks it forward without a second thought.
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Post by Mirage on Oct 6, 2007 19:31:02 GMT -5
Mirage drops and rolls, avoiding most of Hardwire’s laser spray. A few of the ‘Con’s shots hits though, prompting a Mirage to question the other bot’s ancestry in a rather vocal fashion. Standing, he quickly process the situation…
Oh no, nonononono, that walking eyesore did NOT just take Holi hostage. He’s heading…back toward the base? Oh slag, Perceptor was working on of his components, wasn’t he?
Damn! He could shoot, but taking down Hardwire also means taking down Holi. And the Micromaster did not look built for such a drop. Mirage could, however, try to slow the pirate down, making it easier for others to capture.
“You!” he yells, pointing at Firebolt, “Transform! Keep pace with him, in case he drops Holi!” Without waiting for her acknowledgement, he quickly shifts position to give him a better line of sight, take careful aim, and fires, two shots in rapid succession. The shots, if they connect, are headed for Hardwire’s left thigh.
Whether the shots hit or not, Mirage transforms and peels out, sending a quick radio communication to Kup. Mirage’s concern for the Micromaster is so great that he doesn’t even consider that the frequency he has for the older mech shouldn’t work, not if they’re from different realities.
OOC: and Mirage is out
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Cannonball
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Me, I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest.
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Post by Cannonball on Oct 6, 2007 20:10:19 GMT -5
The pirate growls, shaking in the air from Holi's assault. Gotta come up with something to keep the brat still...
"Ach, ye'd best be cuttin' that oot, lad, unless ye be wantin' me tae drop ye from way up 'ere...be a pity for ye to land in a million pieces that may not go t'gether again."
Then a red...spinning thing flies in front of the pirate, causing him to halt for a moment, getting struck in the thigh by one of Mirage's shots, putting a decent hole in the armor, as well as the fire-rock hitting him in the back, scorching some of Hook's paint off. A good deal of pain comes from both, and the pirate spews curses on Primus, Unicron, Prima, and their ilk not fit for the audios of Holi.
Going forward again, at an upward angle to try and get out of range, Cannonball shifts Holi to his cannon arm for a moment, wrapping his limb 'round Holi's legs. "Be still!" he hisses, fumbling around in subspace...full flask..empty flask....s. Lots of them. He grabs one, moving quick so the Micromaster won't see what he has, and crams the metal liquid-holder into Holi's undercarriage1, more than likely bending some parts to do so. Switching him back, he holds the lad, facing him forward now, blaster stuck up under the Micro's chin.
"Now then, be a good lad, and git on ye radio and tell your little friends tae stop their shooting, and back off if they know what's good for you...any more hostilities, an' the bomb I crammed in ye back sends ye off tae see Primus 'imself. Tell Perceptor I'll be takin' me radio as soon as I get back tae Repair..."
And with that, Cannonball takes off toward his destination.
---------- 1Done with permission of Holi's player.
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Holi
Major
Captain Can-Do
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Post by Holi on Oct 6, 2007 20:54:55 GMT -5
Briefly, Holi stills at the threat of being dropped. They're… they're really high in the air. Not as high as on Omega Supreme's rocket tower, but… high enough. Unfortunately, when Hardwire dodges Firebolt's weapon, Holi is jostled enough that he scrabbles to keep from falling. Then Mirage makes good a shot and Wheelie lands a fire-rock square in Hardwire's back, and Holi very nearly topples backward. It's actually a good thing Hardwire grabs hold of his legs. Not so good is the hand jamming into his undercarriage. Fingers almost the same size as his own legs force aside struts, hoses, pipes – it hurts. It hurts. Holi yelps before he can bite back the sound, and then there's a gun barrel in his face. He's still grimacing in pain – there's something there, something left in his engine compartment, he can feel it – as Hardwire rattles out orders. Holi might actually blanch a little once he processes what's being barked at him. "Bo– bomb?" It's hardly more than a dry croak, his voice. What does he do? So long as Hardwire doesn't hurt any of the others…. But, Holi realises, they'd be hurt if something happened to him, wouldn't they? Wheelie sounded so frightened on the radio… and what about the doctor, and all the others? If Holi is hurt, or even… even killed… would it hurt them? He can't risk hurting his friends, no matter what. He finally nods, weakly, and transmits as he's been told. OOC: And Holi's out with Cannonball, of course.
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Firebolt
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Brutal Gladiator, Scarab Lord Firebolt of the Shattered Sun
Moving Violation
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Post by Firebolt on Oct 7, 2007 11:48:16 GMT -5
Firebolt's lost in thought, wishing she could cry, wishing that this kind of stuff hadn't followed her here. She reaches up and snatches the flying boomerang and replaces it to its spot on her shoulders with a deep cycle of air. She slowly leans down, looking almost like she's going to do a push-up, but instead transforms back into vehicle form.
Her powerful engine revved to life as she blasted off, wordlessly, and was gone in a blast of dust.
OOC: And she's out of here!
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Wheelie
Rookie
Can't sleep. Sharkticons will eat me.
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Post by Wheelie on Oct 7, 2007 12:44:27 GMT -5
They're not about to leave Wheelie alone! He transforms and follows after Firebolt.
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