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Rattrap receives Jazz's comm and exits the shuttlebay. He pulls their current position off the nearest terminal and makes his way through the winding halls to find the three bots and strange music blasting.

Just what's going on here? What is that racket?

* dirge eyes rattrap *

" it elvis over there that thinks that music is good "

* dirge again trys to kick jazz in the shins *

Jazz yet again move out of the way of the kick.

"Me and TLA have caught ol' Dirgey here. He was at the ruins of Iacon...in a go-kart....What should we do with him?"

Dirge scowls at Jazz.

" how about shutting that racket up ? "

* dirge hears jazz ask what they sould do with him *

" you could always just let me go "

Unless you think you can get him to talk about something important before his buddies notice he's missing and decide to get him back, dump him somewhere in 'Con territory.

Rattrap pauses for a moment.

When you're done with him, we're going to Iacon. If rodents like him are poking around, we need to put boots back on the ground.

How much longer until we make an approach back to Iacon? I've got a few projects to complete, some might be useful for Iacon in some form or another.

Sideways appears behind Jazz and TLA. Next to him comes Rev, who looks a little worn out.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I could use some fresh energon and a recharge cycle.

The Last Autobot spins around and walks backwards and talks to Sideways.

I've been meaning to speak to you about an invention, Sideways. Would it be possible for you to whip up an energy shield for my hologram so that I might be able to interact with things and also be of some assistance in situations like the one this afternoon when we lost Dirge here.

"Aw right..." Jazz says with a smile as the two escort Dirge down the corridors.

"I guess I should turn down my jams..." With that the beat of Jazz turns off.

"It just never gets old..."

Jazz fades back in time, to him and Prowl. The two were guarding several Autobot scientists, sitting around a display screen, planning....Plans for a new Energon transportation system for Iacon. "I hear a new is leader coming in." Prowl says.

"What was the name again? ClamRaker? Blamshaker? I dunno, this crazy war recently is frustrating..."

Jazz, current day, shudders.

He is still walking.

In The Last Autobot's real alt mode, a single light begins to blip on a panel, and a radar shows a massive object heading towards the 'Spite. The Last Autobot's hologram fizzles away, confusing the other transformers near him

What's with The Last Autobot? ... I got a bad feeling about this.

Sideways turns and heads for the communications room.

The Last Autobot disembarks from the "Spite and begins to slowly fly loops around the frigate, weapons primed and ready for action.

C'mon, c'mon. Where are you? I know you're there...you don't think me fool, do you? No, you couldn't...

He continues to circle, waiting for something to happen.

Sideways reaches the communications room. He goes to one of the consoles and plugs a cable into it. He rapidly presses keys on the console, and directs an encrypted signal towards Iacon. After he recieves a confirmation from the destination, he unplugs himself from the console.

Now all that's left to do is wait.

The Last Autobot conducts a sweep of the area, and gets back nothing. Then, as he circles, he sees it. A Decepticon battle cruiser. He flies towards it, preparing to engage, when a single missile screams through the void of space, connecting with his starboard side.

RAGH!

Smoke pours out of his side, and he slowly spins towards Cybertron, the gravity of the planet slowly pulling him away from the 'Spite. As he begins to enter the atmosphere, a massive ball of flame consumes him, obscurring his alt mode from vision. Eventually, he gets low enough to turn on his retrorockets. He slows down and the fireball disappears, before quitting and falling for about 100 feet, ultimately landing with a heavy thud.

Agh...my aching servos...

He stands slowly, not recognizing where on the planet's surface he is.

"I smell Decepticreep...." Jazz says standing by Sideways in the communications room.

Dirge says something snippy about himself being a Decepticon, to which Jazz replies- "No, the Decepticreeps that can actually do something." Dirge tries to bust out of his stasis cuffs, thrashing around like a demented cartoon chatacter.

Jazz and Sideways share a chuckle, still worried about The Last Autobots sudden exit.

* dirge finally manages to bust out of his designer cuffs

then he runs off towards the shuttle bay laughing like a drain *

" FFFFREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOM "

Skywarp kills the fuel cells powering his afterburners as he notices commotion below. Staying airborne and gliding in he also shuts down any electrical devices that might be detectable. Noticing his old comrade Dirge below fleeing towards a shuttle bay he transforms and warps to an area that provides adequate cover down below..."Pssst. Over here."...he sticks his faceplate out from behind some crates and flags his fellow decepticon over..."This way."

* dirge hits the brakes when he hears skywarp *

" skywarp ...

how in the name of chedder cheese did you get in here ? "

* dirge hears some security heading his way *

" nevermind

get us outta here and back to my lab in the kaon industrial district "