LoC Second Dawn: Log 11

Dante hoisted DN onto his back after he was sure all her wounds had been
tomporarily patched up and she was in a stable condition.

The guards muttered among each other, looking up. The thunderous crashes
had stopped.

"Slagging..." DN's optics narrowed as pain wracked her body every now and
then, "I hope he finds him and makes him suffer...PAINFULLY and
SLOWLY..."

"Shhh.." Dante instructed as he rounded the corner to encounter the first
guard.

One glanced over his shoulder and nodded. "Didn' hear a blast. Well, okay,
plenty still goin' on at that point prob'ly."

"She dead?"

"Yep.. didnt even put up much of a fight for me... the Screamer must have
worked her over prety badly..." Dante acted once again. "Im going to take and
dump her out with the rest of the junk." he replied with the same slang once
again.

Which is the point one guard rounded the corner, at a full sprint.

"We have a problem, few of a--"

His optics locked on Dante.

"He's supposed to be DEAD!"

Dantes optics narrowed at that his cover having been blown he sprinted
forward towards the new guard putting distance between him and the other
guard beside him. with a flash his disguise was dropped and his blade was
drawn and sent straight into the new guards midsection.

"SHEE-AAK!" The guard died with a Furmanism.

pushing away from the guard he continued running as the other went to stop
him.

"Open fire!" One ordered, unslinging rifles and taking aim.

however just as they took aim dante activated the devices he had left behind
on each of the remaining guards shoulders and backs. he ducked behind a
branching hallway as multiple explosions errupted from ahead and bahind
them. he had hoped to be out of the area before detonating the devices he up
DN on the ground and shielded her form any flying debris

A series of sharp explosions sounded and the hallway behind them flashed
fiery red. Then all was quiet, save the rolling of a separated helmet unit.

"You think you could of been a little more obvious?" DN growled, her body
aching even more.

I had planned on leaving the perimiter before setting them off... an going away
present for your mistreatment." Dante hoisted DN back up and begun running
through the depbris and back down the hallway doing his best to keep the
vibrations of his movements form stiring her damaged frame to much.

The halls were thankfully absent of further guards. Monitors nearby helpfully
displayed a level two alert was in effect- Presumably summoning them
upwards.

it had been what Dante was counting on

Megatrons homing signal gave both Dante and DN a good bead on his
location above them. Once out of the denser halls, they could phase up to him.

"My sensors indicate we have exited the last reinforced hall... I will initiate
the melding technique for both of us so save your strength Dark Nemesis."
Dante instructed.

the two of them phased into the metal wall and Dante brought them to
Megatrons position

activating his cloak Dante phased out of the wall keeping them both hidden
form any others.

"we are here Megatron" Dante sent a com to the leader

"Excellent."

DN nodded, "Go for it..."

Megatron blasted the door down and strode inside.

Striding inside, a blast came from his right.

Dante followed holding DN in his arms

Then an azure flash came from the right ,Starscream appearing from a warp of
space-time.

the two remained hidden

A savage, swift barrage hammered into Megatrons armor, echoing like gongs.

Until Megatron grabbed one arm and pulled it free of the socket.

"MY ARM!"

"Oh, you want it back?"

Throwing his body back, Megatron used the limb as a blunt instrument,
bringing Starscream to his knees.

Megatron lifted Starscream up, hands buried in his armor painfully. "Its... too
late, Megatron!" Starscream hissed.

"I already gave the order to have her terminated!"

"Really?" Megatron asked, looking back, tilting Starscream on his side to
allow him a view of his error.

Dante at that moment revealed himself and DN

Megatrons jaw clenched slightly at the sorry state of Dark Nemesis, before
quickly pushing it down.

DN grinned evilly, raising a rather promising finger to Starscream.

"Do you know why you will never best me or mine, Starscream?"

"You NEED me."

"What?!"

Was all Starscream coughed.**

"All this. All your ambition, all your power, all your ego has never had a
purpose except one."

"You needed someone to validate yourself. You, Starscream, have no meaning
without someone else."

"I make my own meaning Starscream. You do not."

He threw Starscream to the ground, then tossed DN the null ray from the
disembodied arm.

"I will not give you the privelage, the honor, of dying by my hand."

Starscream looked up, terrified. Shaking.

"Make your own justice, Dark Nemesis." Megatron said.

Dante lowered her to the ground so she could stand proudly like a decepticon
empress

DN had leaned over a bit, her aching body taking in its new task. She looked
down to Starscream, seeing the fear in his optics, his expression of complete
and utter horror. She tossed the null ray around in her hand, grinning
maniacally.

"Y-You cant do this!" Starscream pleaded.

DN only grinned further, "Oh?" she said, "but I can..." She stood back up
again, holding the nully ray and pointing to the seeker's helm. The tip of the
null ray hitting the metal of his helm, "How I would love to see your head
splatter against the wall..."

"B-but, I.. it... it wasn't meant to be like this!" He was reduced to a panic
squeal now.

DN tilted her head, it cocking to the side in interest and curiosity. She fired
up the null ray, the hot plasma building up and charging. However; instead of
firing at his head, she aimed for his legs and fired.

"AAAIIIIEEEGH!"

Starscream fell to one side, clutching his wounded legs.

"I dont think I should kill you..." DN grinned almost maniacally, "At least not
yet." She looked down at Starscream, knocking him a bit with her foot,
"Instead I believe you should be tortured..." her optics glowed, "To the degree
when you think you should end your life yourself..."

Megatrons smiled in approval.

Starscream clutched at her leg. "Please, I-I'll do anything! Anything! Be
merciful!"

"Oh but I am, Starscream," DN leaned over, optics blazing, "I'm letting YOU
decide. Do you want US to kill you? Or do you want to do it YOUSELF."

Starscream could only lower his head as Megatron stepped forward and
abruptly reached into Starscreams chassis, yanking out the power chip
rectifier and the housing for it.

He didn't even look at the yelping, quivering heap on the floor.

"Dante, stem his wounds. He will not be allowed to bleed out on us any time
soon."

Dante nodded to the Decepticon overlord. he walked forward and brought his
blade to the other it began to drip acid. he brought it over the dound and let the
acid melt the metal shut around the leaking energon wound before he placed a
bandage over the wound. he purposfully let the process hurt as much as
possible for the seeker.

If the screams were any indication, they did.

Megatron regarded DN. Or more accurately, her injuries.

"I'm glad to see you did not suffer captivity in apathy."

"Thats gonna leave scars..." DN hissed.

"There is no need to fully repair a future corps..."

Dante simply stated his optics narrowed at the other as he finished

he stood up and walked back over to DN being sure to be ther incase the
younger fem needed his assistance from her injurys

Megatron simply picked her up and carried her, however.

"Its time we went home, Decepticons."

And, quietly to DN: "Next time, be more careful."

DN smriked, "I'll try..."

Megatron marched down the hallway, out the Polyhex bar, and toward Praxis.

Dante walked forward unsubspacing an shorter blade from his subspace. he
rammed it into the cons other leg leaning forward he whispered. "Your
choice... let it be the honorable one." he left the blade imbedded in the leg
incase the con decided to use it. with that he turned aorund and followed the
otehr two out the door ever loyal to both of them.

Starscream didn't resist. "You've won this day."

But tomorrow was another story.