Dark Matters [open]

[KI3T]

<Autobot base>

"Yes, I'll get a ground bridge going again shortly." Ratchet glanced to KITT then, pulling up a holographic image of a Decepticon drone and waited to speak again as he spoke to Delta.

KITT nodded briefly at Delta. "We will depart shortly. I am sure if he was captured just a few moments ago, Megatron will not get very far with whatever he has planned. Their base is a ship that is at altitude at 25,000 feet AGL currently."

"KITT, I highly insist you scan one of these drones and change into it right away. The Nemesis swarms with drones and all though having Cira with you could be a bit of a...liability, it will improve your chances DRASTICALLY of not being caught." Ratchet advised, knowing the AI would agree without much doubt.

"Certainly, scanning now." A wave of red light from KITT's scanners moved over the large holographic image, and immediately the nanoskin began to change from black to an elegant and mysterious midnight purple sheen that almost looked black. It would certainly look like the darkest of purples when in a dark room. In bright light the change was significant. Had it been any darker in the room however, the change wouldn't have been that noticeable.

"First mission with mah best bud! Sweet!!" Cira checked her ammo in the AA12, she would certainly need some in case they had to face off with some of the drones or whoever else was around....worse off she might have to use it on Megatron again. At least this time she could focus on firing. "Ammo, check, ready ta roll!"

[Knock Out]

Knock Out's head raised as he heard the Decepticon Leader enter, and his optics seemed to brighten with curiosity at the armored human he carried. "So this is our mysterious guest?" He commented as York was seated. Well, like he would've had much choice otherwise. You just didn't disagree with Megatron. The Medic didn't particularly like the idea of fighting this human, though - Primus knew how much it would damage his recently repaired paint job after his encounter with Danny. But he was also curious about this mysterious energy source that Megatron seemed to have detected. Obviously it wasn't there now, so where could it have gone? It wasn't likely that the Decepticon Leader had imagined it.

[Agent New York]

Well, York couldn't say he didn't like the idea of getting to test out his skills again, just like in the old times. Except obviously these poor grunts would be a lot bigger than him. And they'd probably have live ammunition, which would be unfair, but he imagined these robots didn't really care about fairness. His head then raised at the mention of the energy source. Delta... He put on a confused expression and blinked. "Energy source? Well, the suit radiates a bit of energy, if that's what you detected?" He suggested, hoping to direct attention away from the possibility of a second being in his armor.

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"I appreciate your assistance. If it is alright, I wish to accompany you so that I might be reunited with York sooner. He may need his helmet if a battle follows your plan." Delta pleaded, knowing that with York's damaged eye he would be prone to a disadvantage, one which this Megatron probably wouldn't care about if his reputation was anything to go by. They needed to get to the Freelancer as soon as possible.

[Lord Megatron]

"Possibly, but it seemed to disappear when your friend took the space bridge." Megatron insisted. "Energy just doesn't 'disappear' like that." Megatron paused and glanced at Knock Out, which reminded him of something, and would seek to inquire about York's role from there, but he would not put the previous question to rest. "Indeed Knockout. Oh, how rude of me, I forgot to ask for proper introductions. I'm Megatron, leader of the Decepticons, and this is my Chief Medical Officer Knockout. And you are?"

Megatron was in a rather...interesting mood. He was inquiring, but also in the mood for a little violence. By the time Delta and Cira arrived, they would be just about ready to go toss him at some drones.

[KI3T]

Cira glanced between KITT and Ratchet upon hearing Delta's request. That seemed like a very logical, reasonable thing to request, she couldn't blame him for wanting to be united with the guy as soon as possible. "Sure thing Delta, as long as I have at least one hand ta use while mobilizing carrying you in the helmet shouldn't be a pain. If worst comes ta worst I'm sure KITT can figure something out for ya by temporary means." Cira replied.

The glow of the ground bridge reflected onto the four beings as they turned towards it expectantly. "Cira, I suggest you ride on my back, having us stick together for the mean time will be safest, if there is any protocol to get around, I am sure I can figure it out. If not, I can call Ratchet to assist me in deciphering Cybertronian dialog and programming. Hopefully that won't be necessary and we can weave our way through..." KITT replied. Cira swung the AA12 back over her shoulder and with the help of KITT's right arm, she kept her grip on the tan helmet and climbed her way onto KITT's back just behind the shoulders above the powerful Ion Boosters used for Turbo Boost. She didn't want to sit right on the shoulders in case he had to activate the gattling guns, which rose up rather close to where her right hand had to place its grip.

With that done, they moved into the bridge which showed a dark hall of the Nemesis hull on the other side. Creepy.

[Knock Out]

Whilst all this was going on, Knock Out quietly did scans of his own on the suited human. He wasn't detecting any unusual energy source, aside from the one that the suit itself seemed to radiate. Still, if this man wasn't too keen on spilling the information, he didn't mind. As long as he stayed still for surgery. Although that was probably unlikely, since he knew from experience that not many liked getting their limbs removed. He'd just have to hold the squirming human down.

But he wouldn't operate yet. Megatron hadn't gotten the information he wanted, and interrupting such an important, if rather boring interrogation could be suicide, especially with Megatron's increasing liking of Cybertronian Sparks. He liked his where it was.

[Agent New York]

"Sorry, sir, but I don't know anything about it." York replied. No way was he just spilling secrets about Delta or any of the other AIs, or even his own previous corporation. Certainly not to a giant alien robot who clearly didn't have the man's survival in mind. Who knew what would happen here? Although the introduction was a bit surprising. Okay, was he trying a different tactic, this... Megatron? Interesting name. And Knock Out seemed a bit too accurate for a Medic. "My codename's York." He stated simply, not about to go any further than that. Hey, he hadn't with Cira, so why should he with the Decepticon Overlord? Even if the odds weren't exactly in his favor...

((Delta is going to go quiet until Cira and KITT catch up with York.))

[Lord Megatron]

Megatron's red optics squinted suspisciously at the inferior human. Odd codename...humans seemed to have no taste. Wait a nanoclick, York sounded like one of the 50 states...New York, right. So maybe he was from there and that was why he was called such. Well, moving on. That wasn't exactly super important information for the overlord. "York, interesting. I'll remember that. Well if you don't know anything about the signal, then surely you can enlighten me on what you might know about "artificial intelligence"? It's not impossible you know, we have artificial intelligence all over this ship." Megatron actually hoped MECH wouldn't be brought up in some way because like the others, he hated them even though he didn't hold any personal grudges towards them. They were just humans in the way of his plans. If they were truly smart, maybe they ought to consider joining the Decepticon cause. Nevertheless, he would keep trying to get some answers - obviously the fact that York didn't know about the signal was a lie, surely he had known about it, though it had disappeared when that ground bridge opened. Granted, this meant he was a little irritated, but he'd let it go for now.

He eyed the scar on York's eye, suddenly wondering how he got that.

Little did he know that with every second's passing, he was closer to loosing time with interrogating his captive. Megatron had pretty good patience, so as far as things stood currently, he was in no rush to deliver a barrage of questions towards the human.

[Kira Knight]

<On the Nemesis>

Cira hopped off KITT's shoulder with the helmet still in hand, the AA12 swaying slightly behind her. She didn't have her pistols, but at least she had her favorite high powered weapon with a lot more rounds than the pistols had to offer, as well as her gauntlets. Her ear wig was active, they'd need it. "Delta, does York still have a signal we can follow?" Cira queried in a mutter, moving with KITT for now unless they thought they needed to split up. Her eyes immediately started a constant scan from side to side, up and ahead for enemies approaching them, even though KITT could scan the area well enough for her.

This place gave her the chills, it was rather dim and filled with shadows. The lighting wasn't very luminous, and everything seemed to give off a dark purple and black-ish hue.

Her heart was racing with adrenaline from the excitement, she hadn't done this sort of ground based mission before, it was certainly interesting for a change. She was so used to shooting at things from the air! She missed the growl of the A10's engine over her head gear, but this was certainly just as fun, even though it was a rescue mission. She would have to tell the man about the other suited woman they had in the cells, evidently she was likely one of the soldiers he was looking for. She had heard about the capture from KITT, who had been the first at the scene when Carolina tried to get into the base. This was going to end up being an interesting day for all of them.

((Skipping this round with KITT since he's pretty quiet as well.))

[Agent New York]

York paused for a few moments to make it look like he was going over that in his head. Well, of course he knew about Artificial Intelligence - he had Delta with him most of the time - but he wasn't going to tell Megatron about that. "Other than there's a few groups of Scientists around the world workin' on it and such, not much. I'm usually a little too busy to think about stuff like that." He 'admitted', sounding slightly apologetic on purpose. He knew that making himself look not worth much was probably the quickest route to being beaten up and killed, but he wasn't exposing anything, even with the dark red Medic that was liable to have all sorts of sharp, dangerous torture tools.

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Delta hummed quietly in response as he checked his scanners to work out where his partner was. Within the helmet, a display of the Nemesis schematics appeared, showing their locations as well as a tan dot which was York. "He is currently in this vessel's Medical Bay. I can upload the location directly to KITT if needed, but my scans also show two other signals, one of which matches that of the robot we encountered earlier." He replied, the display disappearing again once he had finished speaking of the results.

[Lord Megatron]

"It would seem Aritifial Intelligence is gradually becoming more of an interest to humans, which is rather interesting. Take KARR, an AI we revived recently. He's certainly not like the other Cybertronian AI's we have here." Megatron replied with a light shrug. "Well on that note, let's get you to one of the sparring rooms to test your suits durability." he motioned to York and Knockout then with a wave of his hand to get moving, glancing towards Knockout then. "That armor doesn't have nanomachines, does it, Knockout? It's hard for even our average Cybertronians to see."

[KI3T]

KITT continued to scale the wall as best as he could without being detected. Having a neutral signal helped, and he might be mistaken for KARR at first glance if their difference in scent weren't in place. "Please do so, that way we can move faster." Once receiving the location, KITT and Cira broke into a jog, which for Cira was more like a run, and she still carried the helmet in her hand firmly. They slowed when they thought they saw some drones bustling around up ahead down the next intersection. Each of them temporarily took a wall, hoping they wouldn't move this way.

[Knock Out]

Knock Out paused for a few moments as he watched the suited human jump off of the berth and head towards the Med Bay entrance. Apparently he was keen for a fight. Or something. After a few more scans, he shook his head. "Not as far as I can tell, but it's made of a rather strong alloy. Not as strong as our own metal, of course, but stronger than most human materials. I'd go as far as to say that human can probably survive a great deal, even more if he were to have a helmet of some sort." He replied, then caught himself. Helmet... now there was a curious thought. What if... "Lord Megatron... did this human by any chance have a helmet?"

[Agent New York]

York carefully hopped off of the large metal bed whilst Megatron was talking to Knock Out. Sure, the suit didn't have these nanomachines or whatever they were called, but the Medic was right - the suits were very strong, and could indeed survive a great ordeal. Take Carolina - she'd survived being thrown around and smacked into on a busy highway. The mention of the helmet made him miss the presence of his AI partner, and he sighed ever so softly to himself. Though, Knock Out's question made him freeze on the spot. They were figuring it out. They were figuring out how Delta had escaped. If they found out where he was...

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Delta made a small click of acknowledgement, and sent the schematics of the Nemesis and the location of York to the other AI, whilst keeping an eye on it himself. Hopefully they'd be able to find his partner before anything happened to him - he didn't particularly like the robot that had attacked them earlier, and didn't want to think about what his intentions were, especially with such advanced human technology that could, possibly, benefit him, his soldiers, and his cause.

[Lord Megatron]

Megatron's observant optics flicked between Knock Out and York. Interesting indeed. "Hm, noted. Then we'll see just how tough this alloy is momentarily." he stepped ahead of Knockout and eyed York, wondering if he'd stopped to wait or, maybe something was running through his equivalent of a processor. What was that thing humans called their processors, anyway? Megatron didn't ever really bother to find out, oddly enough. This would be quite a fun event for the overlord to watch, certainly less so for the human of course. "And I don't know, it was hard to tell at altitude, but by the time I flew down, he didn't have a helmet. The suit would seem incompelte with out one though I'd think."