Cybertron - Pre Arc Launch.

[megatron]

:: As the noise and smoke cleared they could all see the hole which had once been his back, a slight movement and the carcass fell to the floor. CRASH!
The crowd looked up, his eyes were glowing an ever fiercer red, was that also a hint of a smile across his lips??

Why was he still not saying anything, the other Decepticons were starting to fidget! Finally…::
“Does anyone else have anything to say about my plan?”

:: No one was going say anything about Megatron’s plan now ::

“Good, section leaders get your assignments from Soundwave and do not fail me, for if you do you know I’ll do worse to you than any Autobot resistance you come across.

Those who think their talents are in Espionage I want to stay behind after everyone has left. Skywarp and Thundercracker I want you to do a recon over sector 6-5-7 if you see any Autobot snooping around, make an example out of them, oh and someone pick up what’s left of Starscream and put him in a CV chamber, he may yet survive.”

:: I think to myself, are they deliberately taking as long as they can to leave, maybe if I blast another…no one a day is fine.
What is this Prime thinking? I need conformation and who can supervise my special project, it’s clear Starscream is incapable. They can fight, Soundwave maybe? I will have to give this a bit more thought. ::

[springer]

:: I exit out of the Decepticon Audience Chamber, make a few quick turns down the vast array of corridors and sub-levels, I keep checking no one is following me, finally I get to my destination, what looks like just a normal part of a normal corridor, brush part of the wall, then another and finally a third making sure the code was transmitted each time, a section slides back. I enter the hidden room.

I think about what I’ve just witness, Starscream should have known better than to suggest a different plan with Megatron there, still he’s got guts!

The door opens, another bot enters, looks around and says ::

“Thanks the matrix you’re here, I don’t like waiting here on my own, the internal chronometer seems to play tricks on you!”
“Nice to see you too Sandstorm, still enjoying being a spy? No me either, I’d rather be out their fight these scum, but you know as well as I they don’t know about us yet, so we’re perfect for this job.

I’ve got our assignment I’ll meet you and Broadside in the MESS later as planned, we may need to get a message back to Iacon, Megatron is assembling all his spies for something, but what is puzzling me is he sent some seekers to a disserted sector, 6-5-7, do you know of anything there? While you carry out the orders I may fly over there and take a look.
Have you found any more information on what Shockwave is up to? Oh can you also look into who Megatron will use as his number 2; yes it’s true, he blasted Starscream right in front of us!
Give me your data download; I’ll input it into the computer to send during the next venting cycle.”

:: Sandstorm leaves, I finish my work and check the scanner, no one out there and I exit, and soon enter the main part of the Decepticon Command Bunker.::

[Maxima]

Maxima stood there watching Starscream take his punishment. Well deserved punishment, she thought. Barely a wince out of her as she watched the damaged forum crumple to the floor.

Only reacting to when Megatron finally piped up and gave orders once again.
Standing there a moment, rather at a loss of what she should do. But that quickly ended as she decided to do the same, go out, spy... generally do a bit of Reconnaisance. After all, that's what she was good at now. Gathering the information and bringing it back. As well as in the heat of battle dealing with opponents and putting them in permenant deactivation.

With just a nod, she turned and began to make her way out of the chamber where they had assembled.