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Post by Hoist on Jan 15, 2009 7:08:34 GMT -5
As Speed Trap made it to the motor way he hit the heavy afternoon traffic, his passengers were in a high state of anxiety, banging on the door windows and shaking the door handles as they tried to get out. It wasn't everyday you were knapped by a giant alien robot that changed into a motor vehicle.
Meanwhile, hot on his trail, Rythimus, with Mars and Salvador inside were still in the residential areas of Florida, trying to get to the motorway. The Autobot had got a good start on them, but his carelessness during the operation would be Rythimus' advantage, if ever he could find his way out to the main highway...
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Post by Speedy on Jan 15, 2009 15:44:01 GMT -5
The voice seemed to come from the the steering wheel, more than the figure.
"Please, relax, and buckle up... You will be safe." Said Speed-Trap.
~Traffic, wonderful... Alright here goes nothing.~ he thought.
*Lights sirens*
~Of course... traffic everywhere... i should have known that...~
Hw was forced to ride the shoulder part of the way. This actually went slower because people were weaving in and out of the shoulder.
~Gotta hurry up~ *starts on new route*
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Post by Thunderclap on Jan 15, 2009 22:41:47 GMT -5
Rythmius was gas all the way, the pedal slammed down as far as it could go. Slavador was in the passenger seat, his head sticking out the window and he shrieked high notes as he sped along. Mars hopped over from the back seat and yanked his companion back with him. Grumbling a few low cordes furiously, he threw the tenor sax into the back seat and buckled him up. Then he took a seat himself, right next to his fellow instrument, and bckled up, knowing this wasn't going to be pretty.
Rythmius grumbled silently to his friends as they tusstled aroudn in the back seat and he flicked the radio off in annoyance. They fell silent. Pleased, he slammed the pedal down as hard as he could and raced in persuit of the autobot. He heard sirens.... and what he saw clearly did not make him happy. The traffic was as thick as jellied brains and it was not making his 'happy' mood any better. His throat throbbed with unspoken words as he attempted to speak once they landed, but his voice never worked, and once again, he was disapointed.
Clenching his jaw, he drove onto the shoulder, racing apst cars that honked in protest. He mentally stuck a tongue out at them as he passed. He slammed on the brakes, swirving into a small space in front of a small car and drove further up more. Swirving around another car, he skipped a few before pulling back onto the shoulder. A little ways after, he twisted his way back into a lane, passed a few angry drivers, when a semi truck was coming closer. Deciding that it wasn't the best idea to pick a fight with somthing that big, he tisted the steering wheel so that he jerked sideways, nearly flipping over. He hit the gas again, his tires spinning hot and squealing in protest and he pulled away from the truck and back oto the shoulder in persuit of the autobot.
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Post by Speedy on Jan 19, 2009 1:14:32 GMT -5
The humans had calmed slightly, having seen the ship... at least they were getting away from it...
"Don't worry... I will protect you." said the voice from the front again.
He saw the Decepticon truck some distance behind them.
He continued to drive down the shoulder, trying to find his exit.
+COM-Autobot emergency channel+ This is a Priority Alpha distress call, this is the Autobot Speed-Trap, i am currently heading away from the scene of a Decepticon attack, I have two humans. The Autobot Speedway is not responding to my comms. We need help. There is a decepticon warship involved Do you Copy, over. +COM-repeated over the frequency+ (silent to the cabin's passengers) There was his exit, Miami Beach... He'd be able to get to the docks that way.
He rode the shoulder of the off-ramp, until he was able to get back to normal traffic flow.
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Post by Thunderclap on Jan 19, 2009 21:48:27 GMT -5
Rythmius' tires squeeled as he tried to dodge his way in betwen cars and pathetic, disgusting human vehicles. He silently hissed angrily, their quick obnoxious movemnts making his life much harder. Once the Decepticons took over this planet eventually, if that was part of the plan, he would get rid of those nasty fleshcreatures. 'Pests...' He thought to himself, spinning a harsh right.
He sped past a few cars, then slammed on the brakes, his gripped tires screaming in protest. He stopped, scanners searching. Where did they go? Outraged by their temporary escape, he sat still and silent, cars honking and humans yelling at them. He opened his ears and listened, Mars and Salvador being unsually quiet. He waited. And Waited. For a specific sound he remembered from the Autobot.
THERE! Sirens! He hit the gas and sped off in the direction the sirens were wailing from, dodging around cars trying to escape this madness. He switched to the shoulder lane, and sped off.
Ready or not! Here I come!
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Post by Speedy on Jan 24, 2009 3:25:55 GMT -5
Speed Trat was making reasonable time to the harbor, thinking he had finally lost his pursuer in traffic.
"Everything will be alright." said the voice to the passengers.
~Whew... glad that's over.~ he thought, but, too soon.
Still a ways behind him, but gaining was his pursuer.
He repeated his distress call again
+COM-Autobot emergency channel+ This is a Priority Alpha distress call, this is the Autobot Speed-Trap, i am currently heading away from the scene of a Decepticon attack, I have two humans. The Autobot Speedway is not responding to my comms. We need help. There is a decepticon warship involved Do you Copy, over. +COM-repeated over the frequency+ (silent to the cabin's passengers)
~I just hope a friendly catches that.~ he thought, grimly.
There was still a good distance to the dock, and still considerable traffic to get through.
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Post by Thunderclap on Jan 24, 2009 21:08:02 GMT -5
((OOC: Not quite to sure, but Shipwreck is answering your distress call and ... might be coming on thi sthread? O-o? >< xD))
+COMM+ "SpeedTrap, this is Shipwreck. I'm waiting at the docks and hope you shake that Decepticon! The base has heard your call, an' reinforcements are on their way.... keep your cource!" ++END COMM++
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Rythmius frowned as he slid past a few more cars. He was gaining on the autobot and was feeling quite proud of himself for dodging around the pathetic earth vehicles. He would have much prefered blasting them out of the way, but... it might just be better to keep hidden. Mars was growing bored and had slid from his seat in the back, to the very front and slid in a CD. With a happy 'humm' he spoke a few words in his note language, begging Rythmius to play it. With a silent sigh, the truck agreed and the instruments cheered. Practicly falling on the volume button, the guitar pressed play as 'I'm on my way' began to play. He squeaked happily and ran to the back seat with Salvador, singing happily with his tenor saxophone buddy.
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Post by Speedy on Jan 26, 2009 3:02:35 GMT -5
Speed Trap listened to the com from Shipwreck. ~Thank goodness, at least it sounds like a friendly.~ he thought. +COM+ "Don't worry... with enough road, i can shake this clown." said Speed Trap to Shipwreck +COM+ He continued on the street, still having to use his pursuit lights to get through traffic. Just then, a message came through on his com. Speedway layon the ground he didnt want to move so he opened a comm channel to Speed-Trap. "Um Speed-Trap this is Speedway we have a serious problem The Cons have Bryan i want you to get this message to Altech HQ ASAP. Im down but not out i was shot in the back but Im ok. I can move again im lying in wait all i hear is gun fire and missiles. Please I repeat tell Altech HQ that Bryan is now the Cons captive." was Speedway's message to Speed-trap. +COM+ "Don't worry pal, it's the least i can do right now..." responded Speed Trap" +COM+ ~SLAG!!~ he thought to himself.... +COM+ "Shipwreck this is Speed Trap... I need you to forward this message onto Altech HQ... There's a situation at Speedway's last known location... He's down, but still functioning... hpwever Bryan is being held hostage by the cons... presumeably on their ship now... we're gonna need major backup..." said Speed Trap. +COM+ He was starting to gain a little distance again, and the traffic was clearing up.
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Post by Thunderclap on Jan 26, 2009 19:11:37 GMT -5
Shipwreck grinned as he got a responce, and continued sloshing threw the heavy current and sea water to the docks. All most there! ++COMM++ "Aye aye! I'll send the transmition right away! Good luck with that clown!" ++END COMM++ He chuckled.
Rythmius rolled his optics as the musical instruments began pacing around in the back seat, jumping off the seats and playing the air guitar, even though Mars was one. They were making quite the racket and all the bouncing around was making it harder to judge his slides and turns. He silently sighed and decided to keep his eyes on the road. He hit the gas petal as much as it could go. 'At least the traffic is clearing up!' He thought to himself.
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Post by $hØ©Këyë on Jan 27, 2009 3:56:41 GMT -5
It had been a while and Tanda had now arrived over the highway. She then tried to look at Speedway and his pursuers but she didn't know what form they were in. All he saw were some cars weaving through traffic and one car with flashing lights. She continued to follow the motorway, in hope of spotting them somehow.
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Post by Speedy on Jan 28, 2009 2:36:55 GMT -5
"Hold on." said the steering wheel voice, as Speed Trap sped up.
He then did a quick right turn into an alley, where he was out of sight, just long enough to change his look.
His outside digitized to the regular street look, and when he emerged on the other side of the alley, he turned left onto the roadway, just to find oncoming traffic. He screeched to a halt, reversed and did a 180, to get back to the intersection. Then it would be onto Shipwreck, finally.
~I hope that worked.~
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Post by $hØ©Këyë on Jan 29, 2009 3:38:04 GMT -5
Then Tanda meanwhile overhead got impatient and tried to see if they could see her. She then deployed flares in the hope of someone noticing her. THen she contacted on what she hoped to be Speed Trap's frequency and said 'Speed Trap, Speed Trap, this is Tanda. Come in, over'.
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Post by Thunderclap on Jan 29, 2009 20:22:53 GMT -5
Shipwreck thundered to the docks it bot mode, caring nothing about the humans seeing him as a large, giant killer robot. He didn't care at the moment, but his commerads were in trouble and that's all that matters. Water swirled behind his crashing footsteps and the liquid sprayed out of his way in large droplets and waves.
~*-=-*~
Rythmius sped over the road to find the autobot... gone. To his astonishment he stopped on the shoulder to look around, Mars and Salvador falling to hte floor with heavy thuds. Frustrated he started up again, and was passing by the alley when he saw a glimmer of another car speeding past the other side after doing a 180. Frowning, he turned to the alleyway to find he was to big. With a silent grunt and roar in frustration, he went for it anyway, barely finding space to fit. Sparks flew from the sides, making lond scratches in hte pain and metal and knocking the rearview mirrors off. Grinding his teeth, he tried going faster to catch up.
Salvador clutched onto the seat in terror, while Mars sat next to him, angry fists clenched at his sides. "SLAG!" He spat in his musical language.
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Post by Speedy on Jan 30, 2009 0:00:23 GMT -5
Speed Trap saw a large plane, seemingly circling around the industrial yard and the highway. He brushed it off as a plane looking for a nearby runway.
He continued on towards the shipyards, then got the com from Tanada.
+COM+ "Finally some help... hey if that's you circling around up there, you like my driving..." he said, trying to make light of the situation. "Anyway, I have two human passengers, and am outrunning this clown decepticon... I must say though, for a klunky truck, he's keeping up pretty well..." +COM+
He saw the truck behind him again, still a little distance off, coming out of the alleyway.
~SLAG~ he thought.
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Post by Thunderclap on Jan 30, 2009 22:40:50 GMT -5
Rythmius squeezed out of the alley way with a shower of sparks, but the 'u' turn wasn't so easy. He spun his tires a little to fast and the curb was positioned just right to cause the ground to leave his feet and he tumbled head over heels... or wheels over roof. Slavador, buckled was fine, but Mars, unbuckled was thrown threw the window with a loud crash of glass and he landed on the street hard with a crunch. Once, maybe twice the truck flipped over, metal crunching and glass snapping from the pressure. Dizzy, confused, damaged and rolling around like a bowling ball, the Toyota Truck transformed into bot mode, Salvador clattering to the ground with a squeak in surprise. The musician rolled to a stop on the other side of the street, his back pressed up against a now cracked brick building. Scrabbling onto all fours he stared at the pavement while he watched musical note shapped stars bob around his head, and very slowly and dizzily climbed to his feet. Head rolling and feeling completely off balence with one to many high grade energon, Rythmius was finally able to stand up and take a look at his surroundings. Cars had screetched to a stop, the pavement was cracked with holes and the bricks in hte building were loose and luckily not ruined the support beams to hard. The Autobot, was getting away, and fast; but for once this Decepticon didn't care. Mars still lay unmoving and Salvador was having difficulties standing up. with a silent cry in rage, frustration and sorrow he walked over to the his little friends and gently helped the tenor saxophone to his feet. Smiling warmly, he left Salvador, to go find Mars, the woodwind transformer right on his heels. Mars was a live, thank Primus, but not in well condition. Rythmius knew his friends weren't very endurant, but he made the best of it and nudged Mars' side. He grunted, making a low fat cord in his throat to vibrate. 'Leave me alone.' Rythmius sighed silently, his throat throbbed with unspoken words and he glanced down at Salvador who looked as if he was going to well up with tears. Patting him on the head, he scooped Mars up who groaned in complaint, then reached over to pick up the other before starting to run after the Autobot he was persuing. 'They arn't that badly damaged, Salvador seems fine, Mars on the other hand is just sore and will be bouncing about after a quick tune up.' He rolled his eyes at Salvador to joke. 'Mars is always grumpy after he gets hurt...' The tenor sax giggled, and with one instrument in each arm, Rythmius started out on foot after SpeedTrap. He knew they would loose lots of time, but they'd catch up .... eventually and once Rythmius had recovered his balence and stability, he'd transform and start rolling again. ((OOC: *headdesk* Essays... ugh.... hope this gives you a head start! ))
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