Chapter 15

The LONAC crew quickly filed into the Doom Gaze. They ran in all directions with the intent to hunt down each Spectral Death member.

Diablo ran into Dominion almost immediately. “No time for words!” Diablo transformed to his dragon mode and pounced on Dominion.

Dominion threw Diablo against a wall. Before Diablo could get up, he was pinned. “I would have waited much longer for a chance like this!”

The rest of the Tacticbots came racing into battle. Diablo motioned for them to stop. “This one is mine, go help someone who needs saving.”

“Have it your way” Chameleon replied.

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Shadowstrike lead Deadlift, Splitwit, Takedown, and Shadowpaw down a corridor. “Don’t let appearances fool you. It may look like no one is here-”

“But Bataract could pop up anywhere!” Bataract shouted as he jumped behind the group.

“Oh give me a break, you can’t take all of us down!” Takedown commented.

“Hey, just let him try” Splitwit responded.

Bataract cackled. “That confident eh LONAC?”

Deadlift and Shadowstrike made their way behind him, trapping him in a circle. Seeing he was trapped, Bataract used his blinding flash in attempts to stun the LONAC group. When the light was gone, the group was still surrounding him.

“Sorry Bat Boy, this time we were prepared” Deadlift said as he retracted a set of extra thick visors covering his optics.

Shadowpaw drew her weapon. “Let’s not waste any more time shall we?”

The LONAC crew all smiled viciously as they nearly emptied their firepower on Bataract.

As the smoke cleared, Bataract laid in pieces.

“Direct hit,” Splitwit replied with a smile.

The group started to jog away. Shadowpaw took one look back at the debris. Not nearly as much as she thought they had seen after the smoke cleared, but she was satisfied. Shadowpaw turned around to continue running with the others. However, she was knocked over.

A badly dismembered Bataract stood over Shadowpaw. “Urrrg. That hurt.”

Bataract started to reach for Shadowpaw. She covered her face, not knowing what to expect. Suddenly, Bataract was tackled from behind.

“I don’t know how you got up, but this time you’d better stay down” Takedown said as he transformed back into his robot mode.

Bataract remained unconscious on the floor as the group ran off once again.

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Waitstate boarded the Doom Gaze long after the others had cleared a way. He brought with him Scamp, Ruse, Drill Master, Diamond Fire, and Amethyst.

Waitstate pointed to the Dark Force members. “I want each of you to pair off. Engage in battle only as needed, your primary function is to locate Xaraxus. Drill Master, you’re with me.”

Scamp paired off with Diamond Fire. “And I thought we were going to have some real fun” Scamp sighed.

“Oh come on, a mission is a mission” Amethyst replied as she made sure her guns were loaded.

The group walked down a corridor and eventually split up.

“Why me Waitstate?” Drill Master asked.

“I know I can count on you. You’re not as high strung as the others,” Waitstate said as he looked at Drill Master. “Besides, I don’t know you as well. I’d like to change that.”

Drill Master smiled. Their happy demeanor soon dropped they spotted Toom ahead of them.

“Not this again!” Waitstate shouted as he drew his beamsabre.

Drill Master smiled. “I know it’ll make an awful mess-” he paused as he transformed into missile platform mode. “-But I’ve always wanted to do this!” Drill Master fired one round of missiles at Toom, sending him through a wall.

Waitstate smiled. “That’s one way to do it. However, you need to work on your aim.”

Toom attempted to free himself from the debris that fell off of the ship.