Deathsaurer

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"We could try it but I have serious doubts it will work. This is hardly a ground breaking tactic and he wants us to come to him. I'd also like to avoid burning out all my spare space bridge projectors which will likely happen from all the modifications necessary for this. Now, there are a few things you need to know before we try this. First I'm going to tweak it to project the portal a good twenty or so meters from you so you won't get sucked in. It should be a large enough portal to envelope all of them provided you bait them into a tight enough cluster. I'm guessing thirty or so meters in diameter should do it. The faster you open and close it the better because not only is it likely to burn out very quickly but due to the size the pull will be severe. If you get sucked in you're kinda screwed since there is no exit destination. I'm overriding several safety protocols to make this work. Any other questions?"

Brainwave waited while Rastun digested the new information.

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Megatron was growing bored of the indecisiveness about the plan.

"I'm just going to point out the obvious. Someone here has a timestop and thus the perfect opportunity to make this work."

"Yes, he also has a space bridge generator. I should be able to tweak the targeting system to minimize the risks. I was thinking a buried projector or something but this could work much better."

Both turned and stared at Rastun awaiting his reply.

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"Drone bombs." Brainwave snickered. "I have a much better idea. Trap them in transwarp space. Of course the trick will be baiting them into the trap at the same time."

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A warning alarm sounded gaining Brainwave's immediate attention.

"Hmm, that's not good. The computer back at base has been monitoring for additional Unicron related signatures and it seems there was a sudden spike somewhere in the city. If I had to guess judging from the readings they're elite shock troops roided up on Unicron's power. Possibly undead...ish. Guess it's a good thing we didn't rush the cults leader."

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Brainwave pondered the question for a moment. "You know this drone thing. It's something Cybertronians haven't really looked into. That's why we have scouts. I mean sure we have mass produced, disposable, not very bright units at times but I doubt that is the context you mean. This might be something worth looking into." He quickly ran through a few ideas to increase their utility. "Maybe even slap a high yield bomb into them..."

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Carbombya: Countdown to the Finale

"We've already had the let's try not to blow everything up chat, thank you. Sadly Predacons aren't exactly known for their restraint. As for the cult leader. Well he's never tried to hide his location. He wants us to come to him and we can do just that at any point you want. But I expect any shoe unit that isn't actively engaged in combat will be falling back to the capital so we'd be better off ambushing them unless you think we can take the overlord before they dogpile us. It's up to you."

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Carbombya: The Chase

"That was a nice shot with the power plant, I think you only put holes in 2 buildings. Would you like to take another shot at it and see how many more you can hit or is the structural damage from the explosion satisfactory for your needs?"

Megatron was not in the mood for this. "Look, we don't have time to play nice."

"Are you implying you've ever played nice?" Came Brainwave's bemused reply. "Pull over, I'm getting sick of trying to shoot these things with you constantly ramming cars."

"No, that would be a really stupid idea. What if they have the Unicron Virus?"

"You're right, speed up. I'll take care of the cars so you can put some distance between us and them." Brainwave proceeded to haphazardly climb forward on Megatron's back.

"Hey watch where you step!" Megatron fumed.

"I'm sorry, was that something sensitive? I thought we were in a hurry."

Annoyed by Brainwave's sudden smartass antics Megatron decided to retaliate once a path was cleared ahead of him. He suddenly accelerated trying to dislodge the Transtech for the annoyance.

"Whoa now. Don't you think that's being a bit wreckless? If I land wrong and can't transform in time allowing them to infect me with the Unicron Virus everyone is screwed."

"Then quit being a smartass dick!"

"Maybe you should stop to reconsider what happens to you if something happens to me."

The sudden realization angered Megatron. Having put enough distance between them and the pursuing Piranacon he transformed to unleash his full weapons payload to vent his frustration sending Brainwave flying forward in the process. Not paying any attention to the Transtech he ready all his weapons and unloaded on the pursuing unit annihilating them, taking out a several mile stretch of Carbombya's main road in the process.

Brainwave managed to land on his feet no worse for the experience. "And I stuck the landing like a boss." He bragged. Hearing Megatron unload with everything he had and the resulting massive explosion Brainwave turned to survey the damage. "No kill like overkill eh? I'd hate to be the poor bastard that has to clean this mess up."

"Save it." Megatron replied no longer interested in their bickering.

"Look, I don't care what happens to this shithole. But you have to keep in mind other people might not be happy to see us show up with the trail of destruction we're leaving. We don't need them attacking us on sight if this isn't the end of it. We're going to have to start being a bit more practical about the way we handle things."

"Then you should have planned better." Fumed the Predacon.

"If I had known there was a fully established cult running this mess instead of some idiot that found a Unicron artifact I would have planned differently. I'm certainly making a series of tweaks when this is over. For now let's try to minimize any additional damage. And watch out for large concentrations of shoes. We have no idea where these bastards are hiding."

"Fine." Megatron agreed as he fired his arm mounted gun into a nearby store. "Shoe store." He added.

Brainwave sighed. "Whatever..."

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Carbombya: Tarantulas' Best Day Ever

In his dark lair the overlord looked on at the scene gravely annoyed. It was only a matter of minutes before Megatron could target the pathetic cities power generators and knock all command and control off line. At which point they'd have to decide whether to leave the cultists to their own devices or... directly puppet them all. He could not wait till Megatron came to him looking for a fight. He was going to enjoy giving him the Primal Prime treatment.

"Yo Tarantulas, Bludgeon wants to talk to you." Sideways pulled him out of his thoughts.

"What for? We're a little... busy at the moment."

"No kidding. You know we wouldn't be in this mess if you'd upgraded their stupid city like I said in the first place."

Oh here he goes again... "We've been over this like ten times already, we needed to keep a low profile so no one suspected us. How was I supposed to know a Transtech would show up and finger this hellhole as the best place to start looking?"

"Eh whatever, you know I'm right." Now the annoying dimension hopping double agent was pushing his luck. "So what do you want me to tell the crazy samurai dude?"

Groaning Tarantulas relented. "Put him through so we can get this over with and get back to business."

A slightly distorted hologram appeared before Tarantulas.

"So Tarantulas, how goes things in the multiverses biggest joke?"

He could see this was going to be a fun conversation already... "Things could be going better."

Bludgeon was shocked it sounded like Tarantulas was having difficulties. "That's odd... all resistance I'm meeting, if you could even call it that, is falling with minimal effort."

"What? I had a Transtech randomly show up, dragging the Megatron from my time with him, and try to ruin my plans and everyone is just rolling over for you? I call BS."

"A Transtech? Really? And your Megatron? If that's true I wish I'd taken your assignment. This place is a joke. We've even nicknamed it Boringverse. You should check it out when your plan finishes blowing up in your face there."

"Shove it, my plan has worked flawlessly. The cult has already set everything in motion. Now we need only await the other anomaly to appear and the end of everything shall begin."

"If you say so Tarantulas." And with that Bludgeon severed communications.

"Smug bastard."

As soon as he uttered those words the city went black and all his camera feeds ceased.

"Oh great..."

There was no way Sideways was going to want to micro manage all the shoes via direct networking and honestly neither did he. Guess they'll have to sort things out for themselves.

"So... it seems right before the power went out we got attacked by someone else. I have no clue who it was though." Came Sideways wonderful news over their person to person communicators.

"Did you at least have time to set up a counter attack?"

There was a pause while Sideways decided how to answer.

"Uuuuuuuuh, maybe..."

One of those days it seems.

"By the way, since my position here has been rendered moot I'm taking a vacation."

He has to be kidding...

"Sideways..."

"What? I was only here to pretend I was a double agent if someone found us and stab them in the back. I can't pull that gag on a Transtech and you know it. So I'm going to Shanghai."

Tarantulas rolled his eyes at this ridiculous reasoning. "I'm probably going to regret this but... why Shanghai?"

"Simple! I've always wanted to go and I need to do it before everything is destroyed."

"But..." Honestly it wouldn't matter if he did it or not since once everything was destroyed he wouldn't exist anymore. "Ah whatever, I don't even care anymore."

"That's cool, cause I'm already there. Have fun!"

It was obviously going to be one of those days...

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Carbombya

"Are you sure about this? It sounds awfully silly that they won't have some sort of back up system in place."

The Predacon was getting seriously annoyed by Brainwave's refusal to accept what he was saying. "Look, we've been over this three times already. Tarantulas can't be controlling everyone directly. There has to be a hub to process the data and issue orders and that hub will require power."

"Okay, sure. But why use Carbombya's shitty infrastructure?"

"What else are they going to do if they want to keep a low profile? Build a giant ass spire everyone can see from orbit? Who the hell is crazy enough to do that?"

"More Megatron's than you'd like to know..." Mused Brainwave. "I'd like to point out once again if this isn't Tarantulas, and I agree it likely is which may not be a good thing, but if it isn't him our plan is worthless."

"I'm aware but I don't know any of Unicron's other servants personally to make a plan to deal with them."

Megatron continued plowing through abandoned cars on the way to Carbombya City's main power plant. The cars left on the road as people ran for cover as the fighting on the outskirts of the city started had made this plan slow going. Slow enough that the overlord's Piranacon's caught up to them.

"Oh this is ridiculous... Those things should be way too slow to catch up to us." The Transtech transformed and once again jumped on Megatron's back to fire upon the Piranacon horde. "Why'd you have to use your particle accelerator cannon first chance you got and scare the shit out of everyone in the city."

"How was I supposed to know? Why didn't you give me any rear facing weapons? I'd be able to take care of this easily if you did."

"Oh shut up, we copied your original vehicle mode. It's your fault for picking an awful one."

The pair argued as Brainwave picked off members of the horde 1 by 1. The power station was in sight, they'd be there in a few minutes. The problem was there would likely been shoes there guarding it and with the razor toothed beasts chasing them they'd be fighting a battle on two fronts.

"Megatron, we have to stop and fight them now! We can't deal with them and the power plants guards at the same time."

"I'm curious what makes you think we're fighting the guards at all. I just need one clear shot, yes!"

"Define clear shot." Brainwave had a feeling he knew where this was going and he didn't like it.

"Use your imagination."

The answer certainly wasn't to his liking. "I'm sure this country is going to love us when we're done..."

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The shadowy figure was becoming quite annoyed with all the holographic booby traps his guests were leaving him. The shoes were incredibly stealthy but when it came to open combat they were seriously lacking in mobility. Something he'd rectify in the future via turning them into triple changers. But for now he had several annoyances to deal with.

"Wait a minute... Are those bastards on the main road of Carbombya city?"

Indeed they were. As if saying up yours to the cults leader, looking for a way to disrupt his command and control.

"Damn you Megatron. Most of the army is too scattered to respond. Guess I'll have to use my Piranacon's to deal with them. Go forth my pets and devour them!"

Dozens of the mast produced monstrosities surged forth to hunt down the invaders. Anyone that hadn't already run for cover once the fighting started panicked at the sight before them.