Alone in the void [OPEN]

[Tori Jacobs]

So the theory about it being a Cybertronian was correct. The only thing that remained now was finding out just how different, if at all, the Cybertrons here were compared to the ones that made the brief appearance in Genesis. So far communications has gone well and Cosmos didn't appear to be any threat.

"I am a Cybertronian, a being from another world. My function is deep space exploration, formerly surveillance. Do tell me, what exactly is the mission and function of this vessel?"

“This ship primary objective is to explore space and make contact with any alien life we can find. Given the dangers that come with such a mission we're more than prepared to defend ourselves if things go wrong.”

Tori made sure to sound like she was more along the lines of stating a fact than making a threat.

“So far so good if I do say so myself.”

[AurixValen]

Megatron stood at the helm of his ship, the Nemesis as it sailed through the sea of stars coming up to a vessel. He looked over at Soundwave and spoke.

"Soundwave, report."

Soundwave was at the radar controls while he spoke.

"We have detected a human-Alliance-Vessel, also scans indicate an Autobot is aboard."

Megatron used his hands to bring up a link with the vessel, but then half way through didn't. He looked at Starscream he laughed a bit. "Starscream, go and let the others know.. We found an Autobot to add to our ranks. We will need to see what he knows."

Starscream walked out of the bridge as Megatron looked at the ship that he was closing in on and opened up a coms like on an open frequency. He pressed a button to finish opening the com, to try and get some answer. With a smile on his face he spoke. He was curious on how this would play out, if they fought, he would respond.

A raspy metallic voice came into play.

"This is Megatron, leader of the Decepticons. We come in... Peace." As he shut off mic of his comms, leaving the coms open for receiving from the other ships that may be in the area he looked over the Schematics for a new toy he was looking into making.

"Soundwave, when we finish here. Do make our friends... Comfortable." He said with a chuckle as he made his way through corridors to the top of the ship where a large flight deck was with some Cons saluting him as Megatron gazed to the stars while he had his feet firmly planted on the deck. Awaited something from the ship that was at hand to respond.

[clash]

The voice echoed through the Midori's comm systems, even down in the landing bay. Cosmos was frozen in place, his spark flickered, his systems glitched. It couldn't be possible! Was he hearing things? It COULDN'T be! It just COULDN'T! He was gone! It wasn't... He couldn't be back... Cosmos turned his head, looking over at the humans. They had reacted, they had heard... It wasn't just him, he wasn't malfunctioning. Sparks flew within his body, panic rose in his very spark. "Oh no, oh no no no no no no no no no no no no no no."

The Autobot was almost shaking, a rattling sound emanating from his chassis as he shook, looking around quickly. His optics darted to every corner, every door. "Oh this is not good... This is very bad... This is not right... I have to... I have to get out of here. I have to flee..." The autobot turned away from the humans and took two steps before hastily reverting, his body folding back in on itself, compacting down to its Saucer form again. "I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE!" The Saucer rose from the ground and began to hastily fly around the hanger. "OPEN THE DOORS! OPEN THEM! I NEED TO GET AWAY!"

[Saephara]

Tifa had been standing to the side, listening to the conversation but as soon as the strange voice came across the comm system, she could feel a shiver go down her spine. Cosmos was going crazy, muttering to himself and saying he needed to leave. She immediately moved into a defensive stance in front of Tori. "What are you going on about, Cosmos?" she demanded. He didn't stop.

"I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE! OPEN THE DOORS! OPEN THEM! I NEED TO GET AWAY!" yelled Cosmos. He had transformed into a round ship and was flying around the hangar. If he didn't stop, he would cause damage to their ship. Quickly, Tifa pulled a Lightning materia and Speed Plus materia from her side pocket, placing them in the connected slots on her God's Hand. Immediately she felt the effect. Tightening her fists she turned her head to Tori and said, "Get back. This may get ugly."

Tifa ran close to where the saucer was flying and jumped up to the wall closest to it, using her foot to connect to it and push off towards Cosmos in the air. Reaching out with her hand, she grasped the lip of Cosmos and felt herself get thrown around in the air. Grunting she pulled herself up, using various holes and jutting items to hold herself on him. "Cosmos, I don't want to hurt you but you need to calm down and land or I will force you to reboot your system the hard way!" yelled Tifa over the robot's ranting. She began to charge her Lightning magic in case she needed to use it.

[AurixValen]

Megatron had stood out in what was the vacuum of space on top of the open hanger of his ship as he looked around for something. He smiled, baring his sharp teeth he looked at the other ship. Looking in the direction of the bridge he spoke.

"Soundwave, anything else to report?"

an almost unemotional metallic voice came into play.

"None, no answer. We cannot pinpoint who is on the ship."

Megatron's aim wasn't too bad, but he wanted to get closer to the other ship as well to find out what was going on. He needed that Auto bot. He needed to know the true state of Cybertron while he was gone. Who ever it was, was going to give him the information he wants. "Soundwave, patch Starscream into the comm system to let him speak. Something isn't right.."

Though over open channel they used Starscreams voice would appear. It was a loose metallic voice.

"This is the Decepticon Warship Nemesis leaded by myself, Lord Starscream, We are... Sorry. It seems we have been having problems with our systems after hitting something. We do come in peace, please respond." He said with a smile on his face. He also loved hearing the sound of his own voice a lot.

Megatron had walked backwards into the inner docks, and quietly assembled some flyer Decepticons.

[Tori Jacobs]

"This is Megatron, leader of the Decepticons. We come in... Peace."

“They're just coming out of the woodwork now, aren't they?”

"Oh no, oh no no no no no no no no no no no no no no."

“What is it, Cosmos? What's wrong?”

Cosmos began to freak out and Tifa was quick to try to get him to calm down. She wasn't sure what was going on but it was apparent that the voice of this “Megatron” was upsetting him. But why? Well, they weren't going to get any answers if he was flying out around the ship in this matter.

“Cosmos, you need to calm down and let us know what's wrong so we can help you.”

“Captain?” spoke June through Tori's combadge. “Do you want me to patch you through to the new arrival?”

“Stall for me.”

“Okay...”

"This is the Decepticon Warship Nemesis leaded by myself, Lord Starscream, We are... Sorry. It seems we have been having problems with our systems after hitting something. We do come in peace, please respond."

“This is the KKR Midori, are you in need of assistance?”

[clash]

"No, you don't understand!" The Saucer continued to jerk around, trying to force Tifa out of his cockpit. He hated it, why did he even have such a compartment?! Cosmos turned and began to rotate, trying to put himself upside down. "You don't know what is out there... How could you? He hasn't been on your world in over four hundred years! He'll kill you! He'll kill us all!" Cosmos turned himself completely upside down and started to spin, trying to drop Tifa so he could escape.

Cosmos stopped in his erratic only long enough to arm his fore-mounted lasers, charging them and keeping them trained on the Midori's hanger doors. "He'll kill you all if I don't leave!" And with that Cosmos fired, blasting a hole in the door large enough for the Vacuum to pull him out, leaving the ship, Tori, and hopefully Tifa if she hadn't hung on.

[AurixValen]

Megatron had kept a sturdy eye on the ship that the Nemesis was shifting to be pointed at, in case things went south. With a smile on his face he had gotten the Fighters to move around the Warship as he moved his hand, slowly closing his hand as they all transformed and went off in squads around the ship. About Twenty were sent out. As he watched space he spoke to himself.

"During my.. Short Exile, I would think space boring to me. Now, I see a galaxy, rich with Energy. Ripe for the taking! With no Prime to help. Every Autobot MUST bend to my will. Or Perish."

---


“This is the KKR Midori, are you in need of assistance?”

Starscream had canceled the voice for his end as he growled a deep hate for another that was not Cybertronian.

"I STARSCREAM!? HELP!? NEVER!" He had yelled. His finger slowly moving to reactivate comm traffic. "Why.. Yes we are. It seems that in MY absence something had happened to Cybertron, our beloved homeworld, but you see." he said moving his other hand to by his face rubbing his index finger to rub his thumb he smirked. "We require.. Some-bot with the information we seek, I prefer to talk to someone.. Of a higher caliber such as myself. We promise no harm to either your ship or it's crew."


As he took his hand off of the comms Mic button he chuckled a deep laugh as a wide grin came to his face.

"For now.."
--

Megatron over heard the comm traffic going on and what was a smile turned into almost pure hate for him. Megatron thought to himself that he should have ceased his and everyone else's spark who dared outburst at him.

[Saephara]

As the creature turned to and fro, Tifa couldn't hold on much longer. Quickly she thrust her hand against the machine, pushing her lightning through it. Hopefully it would at least disrupt some function. But it seemed it wouldn't be an immediate fix as Cosmos fired at the hangar wall to blow a large hole in it. Immediately, a vacuum was formed and Tifa had just enough time to jump and anchor herself securely next to a row of emergency facial oxygen masks and tanks. Wrapping her legs around a rod, she snagged a set and quickly put them on. Her very next thought was Tori. She looked towards the Captain and saw a couple of her soldiers holding securely onto solid structure and ensuring that Tori wasn't taken away. They must have heard the commotion.

Rapidly, she made several hand signals to them, messaging to quickly get Tori on oxygen and out of the danger zone before starting to pull herself towards the inside of the hangar. There wasn't much that could be done without a full suit and a large repair. This would set the mission back several weeks. The least Tifa could do was ensure the safety of her members. Through the headset integrated in the mask, Tifa began to give a report to the bridge. "Attention, attention. We have damage to the aft landing bay area. Emergency closures of all major access ports have been closed per protocol due to breach. I have Captain Tori here still with two members of the Security force. Please ensure that passageway P-08-625-7J is evacuated and sealed to accommodate four personnel. Please confirm. Over."

[clash]

The voltage ran through Cosmos, blowing fuses and frying circuitboards, his spark surged... Then it stopped, the girl had been flung free as the Autobot, lightning arcing from his form to the ship. Cosmos's damage was deep but manageable. Systems were not responding, his brain skipped as though thoroughly and repeatedly concussed, and signals became muddy and hard to direct. He limped through the hole in the airlocks before they could be sealed, turning to see what filled him with so much dread. Twenty Decepticon seekers, all elite warriors of Megatron's personal vanguard. How could so many have survived? Hadn't the war dwindled these numbers? At their head was Starscream, few Autobots didn't know the name Starscream.

Cosmos broadcast through the vacuum of space in panic. "GET AWAY! GET AWAAAAAYYYYYY!" The Autobot panicked and whirled around, cutting his engines and letting himself free-float backwards, facing the seekers and arming his weapons. From the front of his form, two energon lasers extended, revealing themselves from his metal body and glowing red as they charged. "I'm... I'm warning you, Decepticons! I don't want to use these but I will defend myself!" He kept himself steady, making somewhat clumsy adjustments as he ensured his aim remained trained on Starscream. He wouldn't be taken, Cosmos simply couldn't.

[AurixValen]

Starscream transformed and his Null Laser Cannon hit his shoulders, pointing at the Autobot.  After the Autobot said his piece his body changed again and he became some what normal as the cannons turned around and almost worked as a jetpack while he was in space.

"Listen Autobot! For now, we wish you no harm, we just have questions, as well as wish to reunite you with an old Autobot friend of yours." He commanded the ships to return the Nemesis as well as put his own hand out. "For now, we are... Allies."

What he said had left even a taste in his mouth that was sour, that was.. Off. He didn't like it. He wanted to Slag any Autobot he saw, but someone else was holding all the cards. There was information that Megatron wanted to get that this one may have. He left out a heavy sigh. while waiting for the Autobots response.

---

Megatron had walked back into the hallway, awaiting for their new friend to land on the runway at the top of the Nemesis while Seekers moved by him, Megatron made a fist with his hands.

"That incompetent Starscream! He'll ruin everything!"

[clash]

Cosmos balked, then slowly transformed himself. His weapons vanished back into the hull of his Saucer mode, which in turn shifted, opened, and unfolded into the rotund yet squat robot he was. small thrusters kept him stable, even slowing his retreat to a crawl, as he regarded the descepticons. The seekers all returned to the Warship, leaving Starscream and Cosmos floating together, the Midori nearby remaining silent. That was a relief, Megatron was a killer and they shouldn't have to die because they meddled in affairs that didn't involve them... Cosmos regretted involving them...

"W-We still have a truce, Decepticon! And what makes you think my information would be useful to you?"

Cosmos stalled, keeping himself steady as best he could. It was hard to have good footing when there wasn't any ground under you.

[AurixValen]

Starscream smirked a bit as he was floating through space, his left foot twitched to see if there was ground under him- which there wasn't as he was going, his arms moved to point at himself and Cosmos.

"Oh yes, the Truce." He had almost forgot but he didn't really care, he wanted a reason to slag an Autobot after all this time, all he knew was war. "But you were obviously in a hurry to get out of the other ship, for now, our goals are the same. To find a way for all Cybertronians to.. Co-exsist once again."

He wasn't lying. Starscream believed that he would be a better lead for the Decepticons than trying to find a way to kill everything he saw. What Megatron wanted, he got. He knew that maybe his words were not ringing true to the Autobots Audio receptors, but if needed Starscream would take him directly to the ships true captain.

[Wolf]

Cruising through space the Predator mothership, nracha-dte bhu'ja was seeking a new hunt when it intercepts a number of transmissions.
From the pilot throne, a clawed hand reaches to the side while a screen emerges from the back of the throne and is extended to the front. Pressing a few buttons the screen shows a small vessel on which the transmissions originated.

Making a series of clicks and grows the pilot presses several more buttons before changing course and engaging his phase drive.

Upon exiting sub-space the ship seems to vanish as it closes in towards the small vessel and the much larger one which had also seemed to respond to the distress call.

The Kantin pilot watches as the smaller vessel entered the larger one, but this seemingly peaceful event was interrupted by another vessel, which he did not recognise appearing and opening fire upon the warship.
Recognising the warship under attack as a human alliance vessel he opens a open comm channel and setting his translator to human English.
"This is the Yautja Vessel, Relentless Spirit calling the human-alliance vessel, do you require assistance?" As he finished he primed weapons and shields for combat, but kept his active cloak enabled.
He had learned about hailing methods used by the human-alliance and decided it was best to use them in this case.

Wolf respected a good number of humans as honourable hunters and decided to offer his aid.