Shocking Revelations [Shockwave]

[Allison Texas]

((January 1st, 2025 // Time: 11:30 PM // Location: random parking garage in DFW, Texas))
((Note: feel free to say the Nemesis is nearby, whatever makes it easy for you to drop him in here.))

Tex was on her own like usual, resting in an abandoned parking garage late one Friday night. She'd made sure the building was clear before entering. She had a chance to get out of her suit and wear normal clothing with out worry of being spotted and questioned, though was now back in it for the most part since no one else was around. Hardly anyone lived this close to the Decepticon base any more except for those that worked for them, now that they apparently had an established residence, most people stayed far away from their vicinity as possible.

Not Tex, of course, Tex was a crazy red head who had spent most of her career being hired to kill people one way or another, and now that this madness had started back in 2010, she gradually became a classic project, among the first of a group of ex-military soldiers or contracted civilians who offered their lives to test suits called Spartan suits, the first model of their kind. Now after the corporation that controlled the project had been discovered and disbanded by Sector 7, most of them were either on the run or had the suits taken from them. Tex was one that was able to get away thanks to MECH.

One leader of MECH in particular, Jack Hurst, had picked up on their activity and decided it was MECH's current interests to investigate and see what remnants they could make use of. Tex was that remnant. In turn for helping her maintain her armor when she needed new parts or surgery, she would help them do their job, and that job was to track down any Bot they could see and kill it.

Tex was taking a break currently, not entirely planning on fighting anything at this time. Her rather buff feminine body needed a break, and she was actually a little sore from the last fight that occurred a week or so ago. The Decepticons were keeping her pretty busy, so she had no reason to go farther across the country just yet.

She sighed, other things currently on her mind. She wondered if she would ever have a chance to live a normal life, or if this was all she would ever get to do. Idly spinning a butterfly knife out of boredom as she lay on the tailgate of her black Acura SUV, Tex wondered if she wanted to get out of her role at some point. The red head had turned down the one person that used to love her twice, and she doubted he would ever approach her again. Yeah, she was a bit lonely, but she didn't really care about love that much, she was still trying to understand herself after all. She wasn't the same after all the experimenting they'd done on her to get an AI fragment into her skull. Tex knew she was special to have survived such things, but who really gave a rat's ass about that kind of thing any more? Most saw her as an enemy not to be trusted, so socializing was completely alien to her, she'd have to learn all over again if she wanted to try...

Alas, Tex knew she was too deep into this for her to quit now. She was getting good money just spending time tracking Cybertronians down and causing significant damage, though she hadn't actually found any yet.

Tex sat up and stared ahead at the view with empty dark green eyes, her straight orange-red hair shifting gently in the light breeze. She wondered over and over to herself 'is this all I'm ever going to be?'...

[Shockwave]

Why was he here? There was no logical reason for him to be here. Perhaps he just desired to get away from the rest of the emotionally ridden idiots he had to work with. Shockwave never listened to his emotions, but even he sometimes wondered if a few of his fellow comrades had any sense to them, at all. His thoughts were on numbers, calculations, things of the sort that he often did in his spare time. Everything could be answered by logic, even something as simple as complex mathematical formulas. His mind did not wander on things that had his concern, because nothing had his concern. What was done was done, and he had more important things to focus on. His hand was moving, almost like a metronome as he went along, trying to plan the next strategy, but what was the logical thing to do when there was really nothing left? He could be back at the base, running programs, but not with the many distractions from those below him. This was why he went away.

Driller was hiding somewhere, waiting for his master's command, should Shockwave ever need his assistance, he would tear through metal and dirt just to reach the large Decepticon. Perhaps it was just because Driller knew that Shockwave could terminate him without so much as flinching. The large Decepticon, Shockwave, was moving throught he abandoned garage, unaware of someone hiding out there. The earth rumbled beneath him as he sat on his haunches, and grabbed a nearby piece of metal, idly pulling it apart like someone would pick a blade of grass and tear it apart out of boredom, or to give them something to do while they thought. For Shockwave, it was just something to keep him focused. He wanted to return to the base and go back to doing what he did best, but again, there was still the problem of various distractions and Decepticon soldiers that made him wonder how they could use their weapons properly, or even transform for that matter. Everyone had a few bad ones in their ranks, but it was no less annoying.

[Allison Texas]

Tex was left alone to her thoughts a little while longer, until her helmet made a quiet but audible beep, just enough to alert her something was up. O'malley based in her skull, but he did like the roomyness of the helmet and the realm of data sources he could make use of in and out of combat.

{"We have a...visitor. Shall we intercept?"} The AI known as Omega replied. {"Don't see why not."} Tex replied, putting on the helmet and making sure the seal at the neck was secure. She'd had a nice long break from her armor, so she was ready for action now. Loading up, she made sure she had her standard combat knife, a shot gun and sniper rifle, grenades and a little C4. That was about all she could carry with out a pack, but it was more than enough to last her through most fights. The combat knife came in handy frequently, and its metal was much tougher than a typical military grade knife simply because of her origin with a classified organization.

Rendering herself invsible, she locked up her truck and moved along the nearest wall, using her visor to scan for Energon or heat signatures of the target. To Tex, there were few enemies, only "targets", and she would call them as such unless something changed drastically at some point during their encounter(s).

If Shockwave had good hearing and was fairly alert to his surroundings, he or Driller might hear, smell or sense someone on the move in the abandoned parking garage. It was not Cybertronian, but it definitely gave off an interesting signal.

[Shockwave]

Something did pick up on his scanners, and his single, red, optic began to search through the dark, with the dim moon being his only real light, plus the glow from his optic, he was trying to find whatever it was that was moving amongst the abandoned garage. His right arm, with the arm cannon, flexed the fingers as he prepared to fire at anything. Shockwave was the type to bide his time, not just start firing at nowhere like some of his other trigger-happy comrades. He found it more logical to know what he was shooting at before he actually fired at it. As he continued to move his gaze across the horizon, to the left, to the right, back and forth, he slowly took a step forward. Something was out there, and if it was a human, the logical choice would be to just terminate it. What? It would just be one less human to worry about, it was not like there were billions more.

[Allison Texas]

Shockwave would soon realize that something was different about this one, if he didn't now, he might in the future, in the very near future. To Tex, Shockwave was currently prey, and she used this opportunity to learn more about what she was ordered to kill or take to MECH. She rounded the corner of the garage perpendicular to her vehicle from the North, her visor's HUD display scanning for the target. She moved to a pillar on the edge of the garage, guessing they were somewhere out there below.

Spotting Shockwave's looming figure a bit below steadily approaching her side of the multiple story parking garage. Ducking behind a pillar, the red head waited patiently, shotgun all ready prepared for action. She had her hardy combat knife ready to go at the left side of her chest, as well as other explosives.

It would be a similar attack as she set up for Vicky, but no matter, she kind of had to jump at some point given that she was in an even higher location this time.

She waited until he got closer, then tossed a grenade over the edge, carefully pulling out the pin to avoid making sounds. From about two stories up, it would fall several feet before it exploded short of the ground where Shockwave was, at about his mid-level.

[Shockwave]

Shockwave had barely any time to react when an explosion went off around his midsection, but Shockwave had more armor there, so it only did minor damage but he staggered back a little. His red optic began frantically searching around for what it was that just hit him and where it came from. The giant Decepticon soon looked upwards to a building and aimed his cannon, a bright flash of light appeared as he fired it, shooting at the building that he devised was where the grenade came from. After firing, he began to back away. His optic was still looking around, keeping an eye out for any movement, any at all, just in case he missed. His mind was skittering this way and that as he tried to figure out who exactly just shot at him. He also had signaled for Driller to come, since the two could find whatever is after him together. Driller could use a treat, he had not gotten to snack on Autobots or Humans for a while.

[Allison Texas]

The shots were pretty close to where she was, right near the edges of the ramp she was currently on. Tex rolled, ran low and darted to the next pillar near the bend behind her by about 45 degrees, which would put her behind Shockwave's current location. Thus unless he turned around fast he would catch a glimpse of her black suited figure jump right along side off the edge of the ramp towards the lower level just above the first floor of the parking garage.

Tex grabbed onto that ledge and swung back up inside the parking garage to hide herself once again before prepping another grenade. She wasn't ready to use the shotgun just yet. Of course Tex and the AI couldn't locate Driller just yet until they could detect the initial movement or sound. Staying crouched behind the edge of the ramp, she waited one second, then tossed two grenades from a lower angle towards the back of Shockwave. Their small forms fell down silently, exploding just before they hit the ground, closer to Shockwave this time.

[Shockwave]

Unfortunately, Shockwave was not that fast to turn around and stepped forward to investigate the rubble that was now the destroyed building he had shot. Had he not moved, he would have taken more damage than he did from the two grenades that exploded near his feet. He staggered a little before turning around, wondering where the grenades had come from. His large red optic was looking in the horizon before he aimed his arm cannon and fired again at the closest location to the explosion. Now he was just trying to make a calculated guess, his arm cannon moved upwards a little, just to shoot a little further and cover his distances. Perhaps he should start firing at every building, just to try to decrease quality cover for whoever is attacking him,
"You who are hiding in the darkness and shadows, reveal yourself." He finally said, an emotionless tone to his voice.

[Allison Texas]

Tex activated her invisibility cloak, the signature feature of her Spartan suit, and jumped down from the second level. It was an easy jump since the suit helped soften her landing. She rolled once and stood up, a light thump an the sound of movement against pavement could be heard as she did so. She stood up promptly and pivoted, gun pointed at Shockwave's back.

Her eyes were on a constant scan through the currently invisible gold visor, watching for movement. This guy was indeed big, she'd have to be careful. Thanks to her level of agility though, maneuverability was not a problem.

Sure she'd show herself, but not visibly. "Over here." she said through a male voice filter. It crackled a little bit as it warmed up, but it wasn't that noticeable and instead it just made the voice sound more creepy.

Tex then ran forward, shooting up his back almost literally. Now she was at a different angle, at his 5 o'clock position, basically opposite of where she'd been before jumping. These bullets were just good for distraction, she'd get more aggressive once she determined how he reacted to her current attacks.

Clearly, she wasn't here to play nice. After all, she could tell this was a Decepticon, there was no point in even trying. She had no interest in making friends right now anyway. Duty called.

[Shockwave]

Shockwave soon go this wish as bullets began to pelt him from behind. He began to turn as fast as he could, aiming his arm cannon in the direction they were coming from, but not seeing what was there. His arm cannon could make up for the lack of sight as he finally fired. Not realizing he was about to miss. About that time there was a light trembling in the ground as Driller was quickly approaching. The cyclops began to move further into the garage. Standing in one spot was going to make him a target. He had to keep moving, and he had to figure out where the person was that was shooting at him and had been attacking him,
"Hypothesis: Combatant is hiding due to cowardly nature. Based on weaponry and lack of sight, combatant could be human." He spoke out loud as he continued to look for his target. Most Decepticons would be frustrated by now, and Shockwave was not pleased that his target will not face him, but was determined to carry on like he normally does.

[Allison Texas]

"Taunting already I see, very well, two can play at that game."

Tex allowed herself to be visible as she rounded the front before tossing a grappling hook up towards Shockwave's shoulder. If that failed, she'd just climb up the ramp walls again and use that as leverage. "Invisibility is an advantage, not cowardice in my opinion. I don't really need it, and I can prove that to you, but with a cost. We'll see who's a coward soon enough I expect."

All though Tex appeared human under the suit, there were plenty of surprises with her involved should this discovery be made.

She fired at the red eye because it was an easy, obvious target and a good way to distract him, as well as perhaps piss him off!

[Shockwave]

Suddenly he felt something clutch his shoulder, but Shockwave quickly brought his hand up and tried to brush it off. It was a good thing he had turned to look as well, since the sound of a gun shot was heard, and a bullet bounced off the side of his helm which caused him to place a hand up close to his face to shield his optic from the attacker. One of these days, he was going to have to create some sort of shield for his eye in order to keep people from wanting to target it. He realized it did not help that it was the brightest thing on him, and thus would attract more attention. He felt the ground rumbling as Driller burst from the ground, heading straight towards Tex, a few 'arms' stretching out in an attempt to grab her.

[Allison Texas]

Tex rolled to her left (Shockwave's right) and barely missed one of the arms as it grazed her back. She runs a bit before skidding to a stop and twisting around to fire at Shockwave again, then glances over at Driller, scanning his figure. If she could eliminate that target, it would be pretty easy getting to Shockwave.

She ran towards where Driller was stationing himself from the ground currently, towards where all the arms connected to his main body. The red head wasn't sure how big it really was, but she didn't care, improvising in battle was one of her specialties. The magnetic fields on her boots aiding her ability to stabilize herself on the shifting 'beast', she crouched low to help center herself before tucking away her gun and reaching for some C4.

Driller could definitely try to knock her off if he thrashed about enough, but with all them arms, Tex was sure to be persistent in trying to find ways to stay on...

[Shockwave]

While she was distracted with Driller, who had begun thrashing about, Shockwave was watching and aiming his arm cannon. He knew not to shot since he would risk hitting Driller, but as soon as he got a good aim, he would have the worm-like creature keep distracting her while he fired at her. The problem right now was, Driller was moving too much for Shockwave to get a good shot without hurting the worm-like creature. It was why he stood there, almost like a large statue and was biding his time while the worm thrashed about, arms coming around to try to grab the woman, sometimes flinging at her in an attempt to knock her off. Sometimes being huge was not a good thing.

Suddenly the worm began to bury itself beneath the ground again as a way to try to brush her off. She would be fool-hardy to try to go underground with him and Shockwave simply watched, anticipating that she would jump off and he would use this moment to try to attack. At least he knew what he was fighting. Wait, was that a human? The way she moved and fought, it was not typical of a human, not even their soldiers. Was she a human? Or was she something else/ She looked human, but did not fight like one. Perhaps she was one of those Techno Organics he had heard some about?

[Allison Texas]

Tex ducked into a crouch and flipped into a backwards hand spring as the arms shifted about around her, but some of them moved too quickly and too close for comfort; one almost snagged her leg as she made the flip and fired as she held onto the gun with her left arm as thoguh it were a part of her.

Every time she changed positions wasted time, so she had to keep moving as fast as possible. Feeling Driller start shifting downwards. Leaping off, she fired from left to right in small bursts at the arms as she fell, attempting to plant C4 on its back the very last second prior to catching air. She was already moving a fair bit just from keeping up with Driller as Shockwave tried to aim for her. Her helmet alerted her of this through her sights as she scanned her perimeters while moving about so vigorously.

Landing on the ground with a heavy thump but making no cracks, she darted for the wall and did a running pass up the side to the first story, initially grabbing on with her free hand to get better leverage temporarily. She'd wait for Driller to move and determine the effectiveness of the block of C4 before she targeted Driller upfront again. In a crouch, Tex fired at Shockwave from his left towards his Spark area this time, knowing that and the optics were good targets.