The Intergalactic Highway

Aurora turned her head to look at Icebreaker as he entered, following his movements with curious optics as he approached. The newcomer appeared friendly enough, if a little.. awkward in his approach. Almost seemed nervous, in fact, although she couldn't imagine why that would be. Was he feeling threatened by her presence here? The female could not imagine why, if so, since the male stood at nearly twice her own height and it was apparent she posed little threat to him physically.

Dismissing Icebreaker's awkwardness as a mixture of shyness and surprise at seeing her here, Aurora tilted her head a bit and smiled at him. It was a reassuring smile, yet very sweet and welcoming as well.

Er.. Hi.. Um.. Oh! I should introduce myself. I'm Icebreaker, field medic of the Axalon.. Er.. That's the name of this ship, the Axalon.

"Hello Icebreaker, nice to meet you!" she responded, trying to maintain an impression of maturity yet her childlike voice made it impossible to do so.

"My name is Aurora.. or so I think at least. It is, right? I just woke up and I'm feeling a bit lightheaded still.."

She watched him, curiously.

"Did you come to check up on me?

Aurora moved herself back on the bed before pulling her legs up close to her body. Icebreaker seemed friendly enough, so she saw no reason to distrust him. In fact she appeared relieved that he was here, as waking up somewhere for the very first time and finding you're by yourself could cause some concern in most.

"You seem a little bit tense.. I hope I didn't scare you?"

In a playful notion she made a grimace that was apparently supposed to be a 'scary face' just after saying those words. Although words like 'cute' and 'silly' could be used to describe this grimace, scary was hardly an accurate description of it.


Finally breaking eye contact, she let her eyes wander around the lab a bit. From what little information she'd been able to access through the computer terminal at her bed, she knew this was a laboratory that doubled as a sickbay of sorts, yet she had no recollection of being anywhere before she woke up in this place. As far as Aurora was concerned, this very spot was her 'birth place', and she was happily unaware of the events that had lead up to her waking up here.

Settling her gaze back on Icebreaker she awaited his response. Although she probably had a thousand questions lined up about who she was, how she ended up here, and wanting to know the life story of the male in front of her, she decided to wait to see if he'd provide some answers on his own. She did not wish to disturb him even further, after all..

(ooc: sorry for 'less-than-adequate-post'.. I'm falling asleep at the keyboard. )

((OOC: Had to post my future post in this post just incase if I can't catch up. Exams starts next week. DON'T need to wait for me to post ))

Cecaelia was sleeping at her desk. She was too tired to stay awake to wait for Glowstick to regain his consciousness. Her optics flickered and then glowed, stretching her arms with a yawn escaping from her mouth. Looking at the tank, Glowstick was already awake. "GLOWSTICK-KUN!!" , she rushed over to the tank, "daijobudesu ka?(are you alright?)"she asked with her face slowly turning into a cute frown.

"BAKA!(idiot) You shouldn't have risked your life for me! You made me worried sick for the whole night..." Cecaelia's optics turned into sad puppy eyes.

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In the jungle, Starshadow was doing her usual routine early in the morning, hunting, for their flesh and bones, even their fangs if her prey was a carnivore. Well, for decoration purposes. Her new lair needed a femme's touch. She looked up at the sky. Something was burning and it crashed somewhere not far away from where she was standing. What in the name of primus was that? she thought and ran to the direction where the ship crashed.

After reaching to the crash point, she climbed on a tree, hiding herself in the shadows as she looked at the ship. A star hopper! This was a great opportunity to escape this planet with Cecaelia, only if the ship gets some repairs or she could use the spare parts to repair Laufeia(her ship). Something was coming out of the cockpit, the panther was ready to pounce on it but wait- a honey badger? Isn't that one of those animals that she tried stealing from Sonar's lair once?

“I’m a badger?”

It talks? So that was the pilot? Starshadow smirked and jumped out of her hiding spot as she roared, attempting to pin the badger down with her claws. She will kill the pilot just to get the ship or its usable parts. There's no way she would tell her comrades about the badger's arrival but they will find out...eventually.

Icebreaker nodded to the greeting, then blinked a bit surprised at the name she came up with. The same as the file name used for the project. Uh.. Yes, your name is Aurora. Well.. the light headed feeling should fade, if not I'll try to help with that.

Aurora wrote:"Did you come to check up on me? "You seem a little bit tense.. I hope I didn't scare you?"

Icebreaker nodded Yes, I did come to check up on you. Um.. You see, you went through a rather rough experience. I'll try to explain the best I can.. Basically our ship the Axalon, is a exploration vessel with the latest and greatest in Cybertron's technology, our home world..The most notably being a transwarp drive. We received a report about a criminal group making away with a relic to our people and were asked to assist in apprehending them, as not many ships are able to keep up or use transwarp technology. The two ships warped and came into battle, we ended up crashing onto this planet. In a last ditch effort to protect the rest of the crew in storage, Optimus Primal had the Stasis pod cargo expelled into orbit over this planet.

Icebreaker then walked in the room moving closer to her.

Er.. in the case of you.. well, this planet is rather.. weird. The high energon levels require us to shield ourselves from it using modes acquired from the lifeforms on this planet, beast modes. We scan the DNA structure of the creature and generate it in the CR chamber, it only takes a moment to do. You'll.. have to do that if you want to go outside. Uh.. anyway, one day an ancestor to our race crashed onto this planet, exhibiting abnormal technology.. She awoke once again and using that technology.. assaulted and integrated technology from your stasis pod. You were extremely badly damaged..Your datatracks destroyed, the fact your sitting there talking to me now is a miracle. So.. I wasn't entirely sure what to expect.

We had to use a experimental method to restore you, which seemed to have effected you down to the genetic level.. in a strange way, you could technically be like a sibling to me due to part of the donor process.. But enough about that.. Um.. Would you like to meet the others? He then held his hand out towards her smiling warmly.

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Glowstick blinked looking at Cecaelia, then transformed to his robot mode and looked himself over, surprised to see his damage was repaired. Or perhaps he was still in his dream state.. Yes, I'm fine now.. I think. I apologize for making you worry.. He climbed out of the tank and rubbed his head Hm.. I guess I need to make it up to you then.. unless I'm still dreaming, then I need to beat up the green one, steal the purple one's camera, and save you from the evil horned whale on world 8-2 because the you here right now could be a mushroom guy... He the blinked, realizing how insane that sounded. Um.. How about we just go to the beach today? I have a feeling being impaled by a rock messed with my logic circuits a bit.

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Tarantulus raised part of his optic ridge for his optic band as he noticed a incoming vessal on the monitors. Well Well.. a Star hopper..Heh heh heh.. that could come in handy.. the spider said to himself in a dark tone, then started to crawl away into the darkness of his tunnels.

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Megatron looked towards the monitors as the computer displayed the fallen ship, he frowned Another visitor so soon? How unfortunate.. Hrm.. Scorponok and Terrorsaur aren't back from Patrols..I guess I'll leave this to the Squid..

He then pressed a button on his chair Glowstick, Steelclaw, Cecaelia. A Starhopper has been detected crashing in sector 7 5,2. Deploy immediately, I want that ship destroyed at once, but do explore the contents.. There might be something of value.


After hearing the radio, Glowstick blinked Guess we'll go to the beach after that.. Should be easy if we take the Leviathan and Steelclaw along.

((OOC: Whitegrazer is going for the Arachintron storyline. Hey, before I make a post, does anyone want to be with Whitegrazer so she could teach your character some moves and meditation techniques? I just didn't know what to post but I realized that Whitegrazer could teach a group or a couple of people if anyone was interested. XDDD ))

(Hm not sure how to join but I can volunteer Wintersong to go with Whitegrazer for Arachnitron's storyline.)

(( OOC: I think I'll have OP join Whitegrazer and whoever else for the Arachnitron event since fliers will be needed anyway. He would like more training with 'Grazer since everything was interrupted last time. I guess I'll throw Rattrap with Aurora and Tigatron with Ironclaw. ))

((For the record, I don't think BlackRoseFencer is going to be posting for awhile. She went away for the weekend and has been pretty busy lately.))

Whitegrazer sat indian style in front of her comrades who she got to join with her in some meditation and also promises to teach them her moves.

"Focus within yourselves, the pulse of your spark, your soul. Maintain control over your emotions, clear your minds over any distractions." She peeked to see how everyone was, "Good. Calm. In a state of true serenity, you can control yourself. We are not trapped inside our passions, physical shells or emotions. We are our own masters. We alone are responsible for what we are and what we do. Every action, every response, every reaction sends ripples through the universe and towards the people we care and love for. We must all learn ourselves and what lies within in order to overcome the inner demons we have within ourselves. IF we can't, then how can we defeat the demons that are outward?"

((OOC: I can't believe I wrote that. XDD))

She took a deep breath and decided to ask, "How is everyone?"

((OOC: Oh okay, Worpex.

Also, to let anyone know, that anyone can still join Whitegrazer's teaching circle. XD))

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((OOC: Blackarachnia would in the Ironclaw storyline.))

She was stalking a deer that was so innocently walking around the forest. Little did the deer know it was getting closer and closer to its doom. It wasn't sadism or personal attack. It was instinct and she was hungry. The deer seem to realize that something was wrong. Its head looked around the trees and bushes, trying to make sure no predators were hiding, ready to pounce. With one step, she let out a chuckle and the deer struggled against the stasis web. She watched it struggle for minutes until it was futile.

Her spider form crawled over the deer's body as she rubbed her hands together. Time to eat. She was about to dig in when she saw teh starhopper flying across.

"A ship?" She mused with a dark grin.

"I better hide this meal. I don't want Tarantulas getting his mandibles on it."

But before she left it, she dug in to poison the deer and satisfied her hunger alittle. She covered it in the bushes and scattered away.

Wintersong had gone out for a little while after the last battle and the little run around in the tunnel network the aliens had created just to have some time alone. Though now the tigeress sat cross legged within Whitegrazzer's teaching circle, her optics closed as she listened, her breathing slow and steady as she cleared her mind. Flicking her tail Wintersong listened to a few chirping birds, feeling a slight breeze and focusing on the pulse of her spark feeling a bit at piece. Meditating seemed rather relaxing she had to admit and really took your mind off things but she opened her optics as Whitegrazer asked how things were going.

"Good on my part." She answered flicking her tail a bit and looking at the white equine.

((OOC: I'm not going to post yet, waiting for Night-hunter. Plus a lot of characters seem to be reacting to Ironclaw's arrival which is always nice for me . Una, since Blackarachnia seems to have a fair amount of knowledge about decepticons and autobots. Do you think she could make the connection between Ironclaw and Ironhide (full back story in bio). It would be nice to get that set up and get his progression rolling. Please.))

((OOC: Of course, Mystrea. I will have her mention that. ))

"Focus within yourselves, the pulse of your spark, your soul. Maintain control over your emotions, clear your minds over any distractions."

Sitting cross-legged in beast mode on the ground outside of the Axalon, Primal's palms resting on his knees, he remained silent in the group's circle with his eyes closed, listening to Whitegrazer's words, her voice. Feeling his spark's pulse slow down, Optimus relaxed and cleared his mind while the rest of his senses seemed to be enhanced. These techniques were coming to him much easier now, and after their last battle with the alien clone, the Predacons, and the Maximals that had been trapped undergound facing terrible obstacles, he definitely needed this meditation. The gorilla's ears picked up all of the birds' songs surrounding them, the insects' buzzing and clicking, the waterfall beneath their base. His sense of smell grabbed the aroma of the water, flowers and each individual's scents in the group. His feet felt the ground he sat on and his fur lightly ruffled in the calm breeze. He felt at peace and regenerated, which was quite an accomplishment for the exploration-captain-turned-war-commander.

"Good. Calm. In a state of true serenity, you can control yourself. We are not trapped inside our passions, physical shells or emotions. We are our own masters. We alone are responsible for what we are and what we do. Every action, every response, every reaction sends ripples through the universe and towards the people we care and love for. We must all learn ourselves and what lies within in order to overcome the inner demons we have within ourselves. IF we can't, then can we defeat the demons that are outward?"

Inner demons. Did Optimus carry inner demons? Everyone had a dark side, didn't they? Or perhaps his inner demons were a different kind. The kind that crept up on the confidence of his leadership and gave him doubt. Being a positive or negative influence, a good or poor role model to his crew. As this war resumed on this planet, Primal was learning more and more about himself every day. Sometimes his comrades helped him discover knew aspects and qualities, and sometimes the Predacons did, especially when they pushed him to the edge. The way Whitegrazer worded it, Optimus hadn't thought of the whole picture like that; that every action and reaction effected everyone and the entire universe. He and his Maximals were right in the middle of the balance. That was a lot of responsilibity and weight on his shoulders, but he wouldn't wish it upon anyone else. The Maximal leader accepted it and would lead his crew to the best of his ability, to the end. He would see it through. They would stop Megatron and go back home to Cybertron.

"How is everyone?"

"Good on my part."

"Improved," Optimus answered Whitegrazer without opening his eyes. Immediately following his response, he seemed to slip right back into his meditation. A deep inhale, expanding his chest, and a slow exhale, clearing his mind.

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"I don't care how many drones he got running over the city! You focus your attack on him. I want him dead, and I want him dead now!"

"O.k., boss. So you want me to do that before or after I scrap the robots that are destroying the generator, which is keeping our weapons and communication systems online?"

"Oh, I love this one," Rattrap said, walking up behind Cheetor who was watching the movie.

"Heads up 'bots," "A star-hopper just touched ground, and I'm reading a Maximal signature by it. Sector 7... 5, 2."

"Eh?" He watched the monitor pause the film and switch to the scanners. "What the heck is another Hopper doin' out here?" Rattrap wondered. "A Maximal?" Please let it land safely so they could someone to get help and finally go home!

"A star hopper out here? Think the planet is becoming a magnet for ships."

Looking at Feralnight, Rattrap said, "Huh. I don't think it's a coincidence."

That area? That's not that far away..We should send a scouting party to investigate.

The Maximal spy nodded, agreeing with Rhinox.

Hrm.. she's awake. I have some things to deal with in the lab, but I can take over monitor duty for you Cheetor. You and Feralnight can go investigate the scene, you should probably take Icebreaker with you.

Rattrap crossed his arms over his chest and stood back, watching the others. "She's awake, eh? When do we get ta meet 'er? Should we refer to her as Icebreaker's daughter?" he smirked. In all honesty, the vermin was curious to see what kind of Maximal she was going to be. He hoped she would be as kind as Nightmist was.

(( OOC: Not sure what to do with Tigatron just yet. With both episodes being open at the same time, I might lag a little in either one trying to keep up. Taking a break with one character would make it easier for me for now. XD ))

Aurora sat with her hands folded in her lap, listening to Icebreaker telling her the details of how she'd come into being. She had not asked for the specific details just yet, but was not about to stop him when he offered them so willingly. She didn't interrupt him, figuring she'd have time to ask questions later. So instead she merely listened, processing the information provided to try to make sense of it all.

Icebreaker wrote:Uh.. Yes, your name is Aurora. Well.. the light headed feeling should fade, if not I'll try to help with that.

The young female nodded, silently noting how the much taller male still appeared to be dragging his words a bit. But Aurora paid it no heed. As Icebreaker continued, the words started to pour out of him. He told a story of how this vessel had gotten here.. wherever 'here' was.. and that she had come out of a pod that crashed on this planet. Aurora could only assume the two of them were among many that had gone through a similar fate.

Icebreaker wrote:well, this planet is rather.. weird. The high energon levels require us to shield ourselves from it using modes acquired from the lifeforms on this planet, beast modes. We scan the DNA structure of the creature and generate it in the CR chamber, it only takes a moment to do. You'll.. have to do that if you want to go outside.

Now this sounded exciting!

"Wow. That sounds so cool! So we take on alternative forms, based on the local wildlife? I definitely would love to explore that possibility!"

Her eyes lit up as she spoke in a much more excited tone than before. Alternative modes.. how exciting! And the computer could help provide this other mode? Awesome!

Aurora already felt an affection for computers, as they seemed to provide endless opportunities. The femme had already decided she wanted to improve her computer skills.

Her exciting new ideas came to an abrupt halt, however, as Icebreaker took on a much more serious tone when he started explaining how she had gotten there.

Icebreaker wrote: Uh.. anyway, one day an ancestor to our race crashed onto this planet, exhibiting abnormal technology.. She awoke once again and using that technology.. assaulted and integrated technology from your stasis pod.

Aurora tugged lightly on her lip as Icebreaker told her this account of what had occurred. Truthfully she had no recollection of any of this, or anything else for that sake. Everything had been a complete blank until she woke up in this lab. Perhaps just as well, judging by the story she was now being told.

"That is awful..," she responded, a bit more quietly than before. Then she looked up at Icebreaker once more. "What happened to the one who attacked me? What did she want with my pod?"

Icebreaker wrote:You were extremely badly damaged..Your datatracks destroyed, the fact your sitting there talking to me now is a miracle. So.. I wasn't entirely sure what to expect.

She paused for a moment, letting her gaze sink to the floor again. The look on her face revealed genuine concern. "I hope nobody else got hurt during all of this.."

The thought was rather terrifying to her. Aurora felt a strong urge to keep those around her safe from harm, possibly a trait she had inherited from Nightmist. So the idea that others might have gotten hurt, or worse, and she could be partially responsible for it even if she had been in an unconscious state, was rather devastating to her. It was as if she sensed someone getting seriously hurt so she could live, yet she had no recollection of it whatsoever. Just a peculiar sensation of severe pain abruptly ending with nothingness. It was probably nothing.. Probably just her imagination running wild.

Icebreaker wrote:We had to use a experimental method to restore you, which seemed to have effected you down to the genetic level.. in a strange way, you could technically be like a sibling to me due to part of the donor process..

Without looking up from the floor, Aurora whispered a soft "Thanks..", before shaking the upsetting thought of others getting hurt on her behalf.

An experimental method to save her.. So that explained her waking up in a lab. This really was a lot to take in all at once.

Icebreaker wrote:Would you like to meet the others?

Aurora glanced back at the computer monitor again and then slid off the table. She briefly contemplated taking Icebreaker's hand, but she was fairly confident she could stand just fine on her own.

"I'd love to meet them," she said while looking around the lab, trying to locate the device used to provide them with the alternative mode Icebreaker had just described.

Yes, I'm fine now.. I think. I apologize for making you worry..Hm.. I guess I need to make it up to you then.. unless I'm still dreaming, then I need to beat up the green one, steal the purple one's camera, and save you from the evil horned whale on world 8-2 because the you here right now could be a mushroom guy...

Cecaelia blinked then giggled at it.

Um.. How about we just go to the beach today? I have a feeling being impaled by a rock messed with my logic circuits a bit.

"YAY! THE BEACH!!" The short femme's hands were in the air, was feeling excited. No one has ever asked her out before until now..

Glowstick, Steelclaw, Cecaelia. A Starhopper has been detected crashing in sector 7 5,2. Deploy immediately, I want that ship destroyed at once, but do explore the contents.. There might be something of value.

Guess we'll go to the beach after that.. Should be easy if we take the Leviathan and Steelclaw along.

"Okie dokie Glowstick-kun~!!" She rushed out of her quarters then outside of the Darksyde. "To the Starhopper!"