New bots and old allies (closed)

[Shadow]

The Dragon former entered the main hall of New Kaon, a cube of energon in hand at last at the delivery of a eradicon. The femme eagerly sipped at it, as it became apparent how low she really was. Shadow put up a tough and prideful front, showing little to no weakness, but she had really been pushing her systems to their limits. She wondered who would be debriefing her or who was in-charge on New Kaon. She had a suspicion that it would be someone like Starscream, or even Megatron himself judging by how grand the structure was. Still it was better not to assume, least you jump to conclusions.

As she slowly drained the cube it occurred to her she was tracking mud into the base. The predacon grimaced a bit, at least it most of the mud was on her peds, but the years in stasis had lefter her caked in dust and dirt as well. She would need some decontamination for sure and just hoped her appearance didn't offend her superiors. She had met many that seemed to be very particular about appearance. "Might I inquire on a place to decontaminate prior to debriefing? I do not wish to offend our brothers in arms." Shadow stated more to anyone than just the Humvee that had been her escort thus far...

[Kickback]

"Well," intoned a smooth masculine voice from the corner, "I can show you to the cleansing facilities... or I can get that for you."

Leaning against a wall, arms folded, standing as tall as Megatronus himself, was the jet black, violet and yellow form of an Insecticon. Regcognizable as a swarmer-type he was far more ornately colored and much bigger than the tiny creatures that regularly maintained Shockwave's laboratories on Cybertron.

Noting the old cybertronian accent, he decided to match it. "Thou speakest well to attend to thine own state, so that thou mayest not offend our kindred. Nevertheless, favor shall be granted to thee by thy countenance alone, whether it be anointed and clean, or unwashed and abased. Hail and well met, thou captain of dragons, find thee rest here among thy kind."

[Coldstart]

A laughter echoed on the corridors, it just took a few seconds to the Decepticon who was laughing show up, a 30 feet soldier of pure insanity, his snow camo chassis was covered in scars, and his visor was glowing with light blue while he swinged his arms around, demonstrating some kind of tic.

"Oh, HAHAHA! We got a guest... it's always good to have MORE PEOPLE AROUND! So we can KILL MORE AUTOBOTS.. KILL...kill..kill.."

The crazy mech stared at the femme, examining her, stepping close enough to get in awkward situation, that visor giving a blue flash before giving her some more again and shook his whole chassis, giving another tic before extending a servo offering it to a servo shake.

"TheeeEEE name is Coldstart! I like TO KILLLL... "

He looked to the side, giving a glace on the Insecticon and waved a servo to him, trying to be friendly with everybot he could, even if most just used to ignore him it was worth a try. And it is not like Insecticons were THAT respect on Nemesis anyway... at least not for the "flying noisy dude".. Starscream.

"Hello Kickback! It HaaaaD been a whiLE!"

His chassis would shake again and his helm tilted a bit, but kept staring at Kickback, sadly, it was not easy to express himself, his helm looked more like a skull, and he lacked way to express himself as he had a visor instead of optics, and his mouth could not even be seen. But his awkwardly friendly behavior could show that he was feeling happy, if not more than just happy, guests were always welcome, and on his logic if they had more Decepticons, they would have more chances to kill, more chances to avoid the pain he constantly had to deal with.

[Shadow]

The insecticon's reply gave Shadow an unexpected second option. And though she was not offended by the thought, as it would likely be far quicker she did not wish to reduce a warrior to what would be considered janitorial duties. "My but thou art a big one! ...And Nay friend, the cleansing facilities shall be fine. I would not trouble thou with with such a duty meant for drones and maids. I have known thy kind to be powerful, mighty warriors, worthy of more respect." She intoned with her best attempts at being friendly. A smile on her face plate and a look of respect was apparent. "My spark feels glad. That I would find another that speakest so--" The dragon started but the words died on her glossa as did her expressions get washed away with the arrival of a loud and rather twitchy mech. This left the black femme with a puzzled and bewildered expression at first.

The Mech seemed to be well and truly mad, indeed, is Shockwave was suppose to be insane he had nothing on this guy. This was not to say Shadow though Shockwave crazy, simply that the scientist had developed something of a reputation, personally she thought him smart and perhaps ahead of his time at some points.

The snow camo mech came a bit close for comfort, but shadow showed no signs of being bothered by this as he inspected her and finally extended a servo. "Thy eagerness to fight the good fight is welcoming, brother." She stated awkwardly shaking the extended servo with one of her own. "Coldstart? A fine designation. I am simply called Shadow, former guardian of Iacon, and honorable knight and warrior of the Decepticon Empire." The black colored femme stated, hinting that despite a youthful appearance she was sparked before the war. Upon observation one could also note that next to her was a medium sized (compared to her) crate of an older Cybertronian design, complete with Decepticon markings and seals.

[Coldstart]

Coldstart would shake the femme's servo quickly before letting it go, his mind was not working like before, all those experiments he passed by affected him, consequently it was difficult to him understand some words, so instead of replying right away, he stared at Shadow in silence, trying to figure out what she said, he was not really used to "fancy words", it would be like trying to have a formal conversation with a wall. He was just that slow sometimes, but that is what you get when you have almost your whole memory erased and your data all messed up.

After a minute or two he began to give signals of life again."Uhh..you speak funny. It is different! And yes I am eager to fight! I LOVE TO KIIIIiiiIIllLLlll!!!" He began to swing his arms again, even if he was not holding his axes, it seemed that he was trying to chop the air with imaginary weapons. When she said her name and pointed out her designation, he would at least TRY to move his arms down.

"Shadow? That is a different name! I like it. And well.. I am a soldier I guess...I can't,,, can't..remember about my past.." For a moment the mech looked down, feeling that emptiness inside him bothering his engines once more before he suddenly laughed, trying to pretend he never said that, trying to avoid it. "HAHAHA, Welcome! You will like this place, they have many stuff that you can use to KIIIILLL...." He went silent again, staring at her chassis in an attempt of recording the smaller details and hoped that she could understand him, at least a bit. It would be bad to scare a guest on the first conversation.

[Kickback]

"He's probably a victim of the Institute," Kickback mused, watching Coldstart flailing around and gibbering like a loon. "For the most part he's harmless, at least to us, but when there's Autobots around... well. Watch your back. He gets a bit carried away."

He moved away from the wall and approached Shadow, walking around her in a circle, studying her carefully. "Mmmn. Oh you're going to have a lot of fun here... Shockwave has sent over a few guests to aid Lord Megatron. I think you might want to meet with at least one of them."

[Shadow]

After the vigorious hand shake, the snow camo's mech seemed to stare blankly at her. For a moment, Shadow had thought that she had broken him, then he slowly seemed to come out of his trance to say "Uhh..you speak funny. It is different! And yes I am eager to fight! I LOVE TO KIIIIiiiIIllLLlll!!!" before getting worked up once more. Funny? Did she really speak strangely? She had come to think that those around her were the once speaking oddly but perhaps she was the one. Her model wasn't exactly new and with it came the dialect of cybertronian she was accustom too. "I shall attempt to amend this around thee." The femme stated passively. Then the mech proceeded to comment on her name and seemed sad when he couldn't remember much of his past. The dragon consider this as more of a blessing in disguise, sometimes the past was better left forgotten. "Thank you, Sir Coldstart. And perhaps your memory will come to you in time." She stated in an encouraging manner. It wouldn't do to lower morale after all.

Shadow looked to Kickback with a nod when he spoke. "I-Indeed, any thou art? I do not believe thou hath given thy name." The predacon stated addressing the Insecticon as he circled her and seemed to be inspecting her. She listened to his words with great care. So Lord Megatron himself was in-charge of this outpost, what's more is apparently their was aid from Shockwave. "Indeed? I shall make a point of doing so, but first if yon Insecticon wouldst be so kind as to show the way to the decontamination room? I really should get clean and deliver mine charge it saver hands." The dragonformer stated lifting the medium sized crate into her talons from it's position on the floor next to her.

[Coldstart]

Coldstart seemed really confused with the words the femme insisted using, they were just getting into his mind to be chewed on for minutes, it was not easy to him to understand them at all, but at least this time he gave a fast reaction, he would just give some fast nods at her, shaking his chassis some before looking at Kickback, fear could be seen on his visor when he mentioned the Institute. "Don't say it! It is a bad word... it hurts me..", his behavior change again when he mentioned autobots, making the snow-camo mech go insane again. "HAHAHA, AUTOBOTS.. I KILL THEM!"

His servos wiggled for a moment, his helm cracked in ways that seemed impossible, or just terrible to be seen. He looked back at Shadow and tilted his helm again, really confused about being called by "Sir Coldstart", and when she mentioned about him getting his memories back, he waved his arms in happiness. "YES, I WILL GET THEM BACK! And I never knew I was a knight! That must explain why I have axes! It is a honor to talk to you!" , the insane Decepticon gave a formal and clumsy bow towards her before almost getting into a serious posture.

When they mentioned Shockwave, he stepped back some, he hated Shockwave... he was a scientist after all, and a crazy one, maybe crazier than himself, as he was sick on so many levels. But it did not stop him from being noisy and expressing himself yet.

[Kickback]

"My name is Kickback, and I command the hive," the grasshopper replied to Shadow. "I am Shockwave's foremost assistant. I've been sent here to lend my particular services to Lord Megatron here on Earth. Master Shockwave believes it prudent." Coldstart's ravings were noted but not responded to - not that Kickback was intentionally ignoring the other Decepticon; his focus was on what Shadow was carrying. When it came to things to be delivered to Shockwave he was all audioceptor.

"Shockwave will be arriving soon to make a report on the current status of the war on Cybertron, and on the reconstruction of the space bridges," he explained, glancing over at Coldstart to see how the crazed combatant would react. "In the mean time, Shadow, I would be happy to guide you to the decontamination area, and assign suitable quarters for your stay, however long you intend it to be. I would also recommend maintenance and fueling immediately afterwards. Our medic, Knock Out, is quite competent for a Stunticon."

[Shadow]

Well, even as it wasn't precisely what she meant when she called Coldstart "Sir", It made the mech happy so she was not about to spoil it for him. In a manner they were all knights of the Decepticons weren't they? Well this is how she tended to look at it at least. The only ones referred to as less that "Sir" in the Decepticon ranks were the Vehicons and Eradacons who she referred to as squires. Of course those of higher rank were often address much greater. "And to you too, Sir Coldstart." She replied simply before focusing on the other mech. Kickback seemed to be very smart and reliable for an Insecticon. It was no wonder Shockwave thought highly of him. "I see, tis a honor, M'lord Kickback, I feel blessed by the kind servo of fate that has brought us together. Certainly my presence here will be of great value to the cause." The Dragon stated proudly, approaching the Grasshopper-con.

"Indeed? Then I can inform M'lord straight away of my progress. No doubt he will want to hear of it's safety." The black femme stated and the almost cat-like smile showed that she was very pleased with herself in that regard. And when Kickback mentioned Quarters, Maintence and refueling, Shadow nodded seriously. "Of course M'lord! If Thou wouldst be so kind? But First and foremost, lead thy way to the Decontamination." The predacon stated enthusiastically and gave the Insecticon a bow of respect. Most of Coldstart's reactions to Shockwave largely lost on her, as she herself had a great deal of respect for the one optic'ed Scientist.

[Coldstart]

Coldstart looked at them excited about his new designation, he never saw himself as a "knight" ! Now he could do all those awesome things like break into castles, kill the princess and save the dragon! Oh Primus, it was going to be something so nice! The insane Decepticon began to look at his back wondering how he would look like with a fancy light blue cape, he also would need a broadsword...

His random thoughts stopped when Kickback mentioned "Shockwave" again and how he would be arriving soon, he instinctively jumped back and began to shake his helm in fear. "NO, NOT THAT CRAZY SCIENTIST... I don't want to see him.. he makes bad stuff.. really bad stuff.." In a mix of fear and confusion, he bumped against the wall, feeling surrounded before giving a loud click. His visor would go dark for a moment before glowing again.

"What am I doing here? OH HELLO YOU TWO! I could swear I was talking to you two.. maybe I took a nap? Hmm.. so weird.." He looked around in confusion, he could swear he stood all that whole time awake.. but he could not remember what the other two were talking about, besides saying hello to each other, their names.. something was wrong, but he did not care! It probably was not important..

[Pearl Forrester]

(OOC - If you guys want to just move to the showers or start new threads from here, I'm good. Otherwise I'll post one more as KB.)