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Post by Wheelie (ROTF) on Jun 8, 2010 19:15:36 GMT -5
Hohoho, spiderman over there sure has a creative vocabulary! "Mighty big words, coming from an aft-face!" Wheelie spits right back at him, giving Tarantulas the best glare that he can manage.
Wheelie decides to ignore Rattrap's comment (pissing off your allies never works out), letting the rat do all the talking while he's content to just keep standing there, grinning at what the Maximals says. But oh snap, is that the kid he sees peeking around the corner? //Other one's just around that corner.//
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Post by Tarantulas on Jun 8, 2010 21:23:21 GMT -5
On the one hand, this really isn't worth fighting over. On the other hand, hurting people is fun, and Wheelie is really starting to piss the spider off.
"You've made your point, Rattrap," Tarantulas says, slowly subspacing his gun behind his back, then raising his hands over his head and backing away slowly. Once he's backed up a few paces he pretends to trip, falling backwards and at the same time launching a salvo of rockets from his shoulders. Honestly, these stand-offs are such a pain.
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Post by Rattrap on Jun 8, 2010 22:12:51 GMT -5
See, this is why Rattrap doesn't stick his neck out. He sticks it out, someone puts a blade to it. He hisses curses unfit for the rating in any language and tumbles sideways off the step, making a grab for Wheelie as he does so, when Tarantulas launches rockets. If he manages to get a hand on the pipsqueak, then he's hauling Wheelie with him as he books it down the alley, leaving that smoke bomb – now activated and counting down from five nano-kliks – on the step. If he can't grab hold, then Wheelie's on his own.
No-one can blame Rattrap for escalating the situation to actual weapons fire this time, slag it all.
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Post by Mistwind on Jun 9, 2010 16:23:33 GMT -5
Mistwind has seen enough and ghosts past the alley's mouth, further down the street.
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Post by Wheelie (ROTF) on Jun 9, 2010 16:34:51 GMT -5
Okay, maybe it was a bad idea to piss off the spider so much. Wheelie yelps as he makes a run for it, only to be snatched up by Rattrap. "What the FRAG is his problem!?" Wheelie manages to call out as he clings to Rattrap's arm, his head turning to try and see how far behind Tarantulas is.
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Post by Tarantulas on Jun 9, 2010 22:09:46 GMT -5
Tarantulas stares after the retreating Maximal. If he'd known Rattrap wasn't going to shoot at him he wouldn't have fallen. As his rockets impact with the sides of the alley, leaving craters in the stucco, the spider's gaze lands on the smoke bomb. He quickly scrambles to his feet, screaming "Oh no!" and running out of the alley. He's had quite enough experience with the rat's explosives, thank you. Five nano-kliks later, the smoke bomb explodes harmlessly behind him. Tarantulas turns back around, curses, and transforms to "vehicle" mode, motoring through the alley and after Rattrap and Wheelie, coughing and whipping up the smoke in his wake.
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Post by Rattrap on Jun 10, 2010 12:10:10 GMT -5
"His problem is I'm runnin' off wit' his afternoon snack," Rattrap snaps at Wheelie. The other Wheelie has that annoying rhyming habit, sure, but he still manages to be less of a pain in the skidplate. He's really the lesser of two pains at the moment.
Now, Rattrap's an old hand at this gig. He knows you never look back at the guys chasing you because that's a surefire way to get caught. But he shouldn't be hearing the sound of an engine when it's String-Butt behind him, so he has to check over his shoulder. The sight of a Tarantulas-shaped motorcycle racing up the alley makes his jaw drop.
"When the heck did you sprout wheels?!" he screeches.
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Post by Mistwind on Jun 11, 2010 14:45:14 GMT -5
Don't look back. Look up!
If Rattrap would do so, he would see the flashes of Decepticon kid who's toggling between both buildings in equal pace to the three below. Sometimes, even the smallest of flight enabledness helps lots if it's short distances.
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Post by Wheelie (ROTF) on Jun 11, 2010 17:33:19 GMT -5
"What?! Man, the Cons where I came from are loons, the whole lot of 'em, but they ain't freakin' cannibals!" Wheelie sounds just a bit panicky and his hold on Rattrap tightens even further. But when he hears that rumbling noise coming up behind them he panics, looking around for something to stop the spider, before pointing up at a couple of pipes. "Shoot those down, squash that bug!"
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Post by Tarantulas on Jun 11, 2010 18:06:27 GMT -5
Oh, Rattrap, don't be such a drama queen. Tarantulas doesn't want to eat Wheelie. Perish the thought! He just wants to dissect him to find out what makes him tick. He can always eat you.
"It's a long story! I'll tell you all about it while I'm killing you! Ahahahahaha!" the spider shouts back, quickly gaining ground on the fleeing Maximal and his loud-mouthed passenger. Once he judges himself close enough he transforms to beast mode and leaps, aiming to tackle Rattrap to the ground and bite him.
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Post by Rattrap on Jun 13, 2010 21:37:29 GMT -5
"This is what I get fer not keepin' my mouth shut," Rattrap complains to no-one and everyone, still hoofing it. Is that a grate ahead? A sewer grate, maybe?
Not enough time to contemplate the fine points of pedestrian mall architecture with Tarantulas trying to jump him from behind. Rattrap glances over his shoulder at just the right moment to get an eyeful of the bike turning into a spider and he drops to the ground to evade.
"Hey! Let's keep dis mutual loathing professional, String-butt!" And like a professional, Rattrap takes aim and opens fire.
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Post by Mistwind on Jun 14, 2010 10:04:02 GMT -5
Rattrap opens fire, and Mistwind's look turns sour. "Awh, but weapons aren't any fun!!"
The kid wisely decides that jumping down to street level is not a funky idea at the moment.
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Post by Wheelie (ROTF) on Jun 14, 2010 14:29:12 GMT -5
Wheelie screeches as Rattrap does a barrel roll rolls over the ground, trying to hang on but failing spectacurarly, skidding over the ground before he finally smacks into a pole.
"...Ow. Ya freakin' cheese for brains rat, couldn't ya give me a warnin'!?" Wheelie snaps at the Maximal while getting up on his feet again. But when Rattrap starts firing at Tarantulas he screeches and dives into the nearest safe spot: A tipped over garbage bin. //I, uh, ehehehe, see that yer busy. I'll just hang back here.//
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Post by Tarantulas on Jun 14, 2010 15:45:13 GMT -5
Tarantulas's lunge misses Rattrap completely, as dramatic convention dictates. When the rat ducks, he sails overhead, gets blasted in the belly, and lands headfirst on the ground. Cursing, the spider pulls himself together and transforms to robot mode, clutching his chest and producing his pistol from subspace and returning fire on the Maximal, hoping to keep him pinning down while he goes after Wheelie. He runs over to the trash can and shoves his arm in up to the elbow, shouting "You're mine!"
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Post by Rattrap on Jun 15, 2010 13:16:44 GMT -5
//If you don't like it,// Rattrap snaps at Wheelie even as he takes cover behind another stoop, //you can just cool yer skidplate back here wit' Tall, Fast, and Gruesome and wait for somebody else to come save ya!// All the while, he peers around the edge of the stuccoed concrete, watching with as little of him sticking out as he can manage, waiting for his opportunity. Stupid slagging freak spider getting a stupid slagging new vehicle mode. Rattrap misses having wheels. Why can't Rattrap have wheels?
Oh, right, because he signed on with Gung-Ho Primal and got stuck in the furry version of Jurassic Park.
Tarantulas starts dumpster diving and Rattrap takes his chance, ducking out of cover to aim for the spider's outstretched arm.
"No gettin' grabby on the first date!" he jeers. Rattrap, super spy, demolitions expert, marksman, horrible chaperone.
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