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Post by Vatimus Prime on Apr 14, 2017 16:03:10 GMT
This would be the next town Gnitav would come across. He had been knocking people off the road and killing all the way here and they still hadn't been able to rally any defenses due to all the attacks at once across Europe. He simply transformed and started walking into the city, unloading his Scrapmaker into anything that crossed his path, he loved this feeling of mass murder.
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Post by ShadowZone on Apr 15, 2017 8:54:47 GMT
The Seeker stepped out into the open looking around. He had not even seen the carnage at first, nor the source of it. His attention instead of the planes not too far off from where he arrived. There were some of the latest generation migs there too, was it mig 29, mig 35, he wasn't even paying attention, it was one and the same, almost. Just better, upgraded. One wouldn't have thought to find them here, really. But humans seemed to have decided on prepping up for the fight with the Aliens invading their home. So maybe those were here because of that.
He scanned one of the jets, storing the design in his processor while his body adjusted slightly. The calculations on how to form the jet were probably made too. He waited a little while before his cloaking ability was started up. Being fully refueled certainly benefited it as the jet disappeared from view.
After a moment longer he jumped up and transformed mid leap. He was going to test out the new body and then return. While nothing could be seen from below the slightest of hum would have been heard by those nearest and when he was far too high in the air, he was as good as not there. He sped up. The first loop was executed a bit haphazardly. The next was done rather perfectly, and turned into a barrel roll, following up with another twist, turn and dive. Perhaps he might soon notice the carnage left behind by the Decepticon, but before that the skies were his main priority.
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Post by Vatimus Prime on Apr 15, 2017 15:32:30 GMT
Gnitav had blown up a couple gas pumps now, filling the sky with smoke. He just never seemed to stop firing, it was a beautiful sight, indeed. He casually stepped on any human that got too close to him and continued putting holes in every possibly location in the town. By now, Shadowzone would have trouble navigating above the city due to all the smoke blocking his optics.
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Post by ShadowZone on Apr 15, 2017 18:25:38 GMT
ShadowZone flew through the smoke, still as 'invisible' as before. He didn't think this much smoke was normal for a human town. Something was up and that something had a body and a face and a good deal of weight by the looks of it. He zeroed in on the target. A pair of railguns appeared in the space where usually blaster rifles would be. Each fired one blast at Gnitav. The moment they released their charges they would begin to recharge for the next blast. He began to pull up. While this meant the guns could no longer fire at the Decepticon, the opportunity was passed off to the machinegun. He fired a round of shots this time, and then broke off to the left.
What the Decepticon could see? Not very much. The source of the fire (ShadowZone) utilized the cloaking ability, which meant that he was more or less concealed, and it would be used until he would fly into the clouds.
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Post by Vatimus Prime on Apr 16, 2017 5:14:03 GMT
Gnitav had ignored the railgun blasts for the split second they were inbound and took one to the chest. It left a massive dent, but no actual penetration. What was he made of that made him capable of taking a shot head-on? No clue, but we're gonna blame dat broke endurance stat but he somehow managed it. The other one hit just behind him, blowing some shrapnel all around him. He turned to the source of all this, spotting nothing but gunfire coming his way. He was tanking it all, lowering his mask over his face to protect it, and raised his scrapmaker in the general direction of where the shots were coming from. If you can't spot a target, just shoot everywhere around it, you'll hit it eventually. That is exactly what he did, he unloaded into the general vicinity of ShadowZone's gunfire trying to bring the pesky little flier down.
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Post by ShadowZone on Apr 16, 2017 7:32:06 GMT
ShadowZone began an evasive manoeuvre to avoid getting shot. He'd stopped firing too, to prevent being able to be easily tracked. Most of the shots flew close, but missed, a couple were uncomfortably close and some were entirely too far away.
He flew around, and while most of it was just a fairly long circle, he had changed direction a couple of times with intent to have his next attack come from a direction that the Decepticon would not expect. His railguns were aimed at the enemy again. Only one fired though while the other was saving its shot for the next flight in attack. The flight path was more to the left, but he had aimed at about the same section as before. The chest. A moment after he shot he pulled off again, changing his position and logical whereabouts. For the moment he was choosing to continue the engagement as he was. It was the most logical way to attack, minimizing the risk of sustaining damage.
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Post by Vatimus Prime on Apr 16, 2017 13:16:07 GMT
Gnitav was prepared for the railgun shot this time, he awaited the distinct sound in the air and the second he heard it, dived forward. The explosion rolled him a bit further away, but that only helped protect him. He rolled to his feet and began firing in the general area of where it came from again, then realized it was probably a jet and just began firing wildly everywhere to hit this piece of scrap. The second he would be able to spot the jet, he's lock on with his missiles and then fire the barrage.
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Post by ShadowZone on Apr 16, 2017 14:12:27 GMT
ShadowZone pulled into the clouds again. He was out of range of the shots currently, and just circling around high above. He was waiting. Mostly, waiting for the Decepticon to settle down again. He had time. He could play with his new target until more Autobots came.
He had to climb a little higher though. The shots were haphazzard but could very well strike lucky. Damaged plating could give way to a reveal of his presence. When he next descended it wasn't from the front as it had been earlier. He'd learned his lesson. The bot would be careful now, and while he was invisible his shots, once fired, were not.
Speaking of those. He'd flown over the devastated city and then over the sections that were still undamaged and so had no smoke rising to the skies. He was looking for the best spot to fire a pair of heatseeking missiles. He wanted them locked on the massive enemy. When he fired, he was back to the area of the sky covered in smoke and clouds. He used that as a cover so that when the missles were released their immediate source would not be revealed. What Gnitav would see is a pair of missles zooming towards him through the smoke, how soon he'd notice them though was really up to him.
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Post by Vatimus Prime on Apr 16, 2017 14:32:37 GMT
Gnitav was now in his full combat focus. He hadn't instantly spotted the missiles behind him, but he caught on with enough time to turn around and generate his shield from his left arm to catch the blasts. This guy was really getting his nerves. He continued firing wildly into the air, being sure to leave no spot unaccounted for. All he needed was for one hit, one hit and he could identify his target and fire his missile barrage and unload with relatively decent accuracy.
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Post by ShadowZone on Apr 16, 2017 16:07:22 GMT
ShadowZone circled above, higher than the shots could reach and waited for the Decepticon to tire again or run out of ammo. He focused on listening to the shots, their frequency and their general direction. He would have been entertained, had he reason to feel anything. Now, he was just observing. His strategy was perhaps boring to those who liked to engage in battles, but he was not made to be rash and race into an engagement blindly. No, he could wait.
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Post by Vatimus Prime on Apr 17, 2017 12:49:16 GMT
Gnitav soon stopped firing his seemingly endless stream of ammo and decided to get smart. He backed away into one of the burning buildings, under a heat cover so no heat sensors can easily detect him. Next he got ready to jump at the first thing to land and investigate.
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Post by ShadowZone on Apr 18, 2017 5:47:52 GMT
And Gnitav would find himself waiting. ShadowZone had noticed that the bot disappeared, but he knew that if he was intent on wrecking more havoc, he would be both seen and heard. So rather than come down and see where he'd gone he'd allow the destroyer to do what he had done so far and then, maybe then attack again. For the time being though he would appear as if he had just left, given up, got bored, any of those things that would perhaps convince Gnitav he was no longer in danger because the enemy was no longer there.
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Post by Vatimus Prime on Apr 18, 2017 12:25:51 GMT
Gnitav waited for about ten minutes before growing bored again, moving to an undestroyed part of the town and started blasting again. He was unaware of ShadowZone being there still and just fired to his spark's content.
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Post by ShadowZone on Apr 18, 2017 13:11:45 GMT
Finally. The Decepticon appeared to have gone onwards with his feat of destruction. With the noise his weapons were making it should not have been heard to add another of his own flying towards Gnitav's back. It wasn't too original. Two railguns fired one after the other, each unleashing a single shot, before their fire was replaced by that coming from a pair of missiles flying at the large Con.
Just as he dove down, to attack, so he was pulling off to one side, then up, to get out of range again. Perhaps he could herd him away from the area populated by humans. Give him a push and shove of gunfire, until he went where he wanted him to. He'd try at least.
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Post by Vatimus Prime on Apr 18, 2017 15:27:00 GMT
Gnitav hadn't expected the railguns again and after one nearly took his arm, he turned around and finally saw what was making all this ruckus, movement in the air, smoke, dust, and debris (all unnatural) flying near him. He opened fire, locking onto it and unloading a barrage if missiles at it while still peppering it with gunfire. This thing wss gonna either die by his hands, or run for it's life licking its wounds.
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Post by ShadowZone on Apr 20, 2017 13:02:56 GMT
ShadowZone turned a hard left when he realised that Gnitav's aim wasn't going too far off and rather had been near on point. Missiles shot in his direction had narrowly missed his undercarriage and one of the wings, as missile deflectors were released from the back. One missile still exploded a bit close as it ran into the heat of his engine exhaust. It caused ShadowZone to slip off course, only to manage to avoid crashing into the ground. The gunfire left a few marks on his wings as well. He responded by returning fire with his cybertronian machine gun. It had the power adjusted to that of the cybertronian armour rather than what humans would normally have. Since it was on a pivot, it had easily adjusted the direction of his shots. The jet was now much more aware that the enemy had wisened up to his moves and soon after made his first reveal (also to save energy ). At the same time a message was sent to Skyspray (Aquahaze) . It included the location he was currently at, as well as the report on there being a Decepticon present. The same message was then transmitted once more, this time to Sparkflare . He made another loop, higher than before, circling Gnitav like a shark ready to bite. "Leave the town and surrender." He said loudly enough for Gnitav to hear.
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Post by Vatimus Prime on Apr 20, 2017 13:22:45 GMT
Gnitav had withstood the fire of the machine gun with little trouble. He ignored whatever the Bot was saying, it wasn't his problem. He just fired off more ammo at the Bot, laughing hysterically.
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Post by ShadowZone on Apr 20, 2017 13:28:29 GMT
ShadowZone trained his railguns on Gnitav. In the next turn he fired them again. First one, to see whether his opponent would try to evade it, and if he did, the second would go for that next spot he moved to, just at the moment he would have been shifting weight and thus could not change position as fast.
He could feel feel some of the projectiles hitting his armour, but could for the moment stand more of a beating.
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Post by Vatimus Prime on Apr 20, 2017 14:31:35 GMT
Gnitav still had his shield out and used that to withstand the railgun. He got moved back a few yarda by the shot, though was able to quickly recover and began firing back with another volley of ammo.
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Post by ShadowZone on Apr 20, 2017 14:49:05 GMT
ShadowZone flew away from Gnitav again, mostly to recharge his weapons but also because an idea had sprung to mind. It would both help as a momentary shield and once released, hopefully land right on top of his opponent.
There were a few burning vehicles close by and some that were still in one piece and just waiting for their owners to save them or, which he decided to do with a heavy looking truck, be used for other means.
He transformed landing beside the large truck. He gripped hold of it hefting it into the air. He turned towards Gnitav, who was a fair distance away. If he was fired upon now, most of the shots would be going into the vehicle rather than the jet frame himself. He flung it at the other bot hoping to knock him back and over.
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