It was then that the other Autobots and Decepticons who had taken
notice and were standing stunned for the moment when a noise caused
Blur to look upwards.
        "manymanymanyohmyheretheycometheregonnagetusohboy!!!!!!!!!!"
        Trailbreaker turned to ask Blur what he had just said, but was
suddenly floored by a pouring of alien creatures from above
        Autobot and Decepticon alike whirled and were met by the hissing
of creatures that now stood six feet tall.
        "What the..." was all Hound could get out before he found himself
being torn into by alien teeth.
        The constructicons regrouped together, and quickly formed into
Devastator, with barely enough room to fit in the cavern without bumping
his head.

        Roadbuster was standing over Starscream, looking around at the
insinuating carnage around him.
        "Roadbuster," was Starscream's plea, "I propose an immediate truce
to put an end to this....situation."
        "Agreed!" replied Roadbuster, and backed off of the Decepticon's neck.

        Bluestreak, the Autobot gunner, managed to free his arms from the
attack and reveal twin double-barrelled machine guns, and began spraying
the creatures.
        "They're mortal!" he screamed, "shoot them and they'll fall back!"
        Autobot and decepticon now fought side by side.  Quickly, they began
to form a perimeter, emptying their ammunition into the greedy mouths
of the alien creatures.
        One of the creatures latched onto Jazz's form before he could move
to shoot it.  He held it back with his free hand as it hissed and drooled.
Suddenly, the inner row of teeth moved out in a free moving tentacle that
sunk deep into his chest.  Jazz yelped.
        Bluestreak, who was alongside him, saw his plight and steadied one of
his guns directly into the creature's gut and squeezed.  The adamantum
bones scattered through the air, but refused to break, sending the shattered
skin and tissue and blood all over the Autobots.  It was then, however, that
they discovered the true nature of their acidic blood.  As it burned into them
Jazz and Bluestreak twitched and barked.
        Now blind with pain, the transformers doubled their against the
alien creatures.  Skids attempted to steady his fire, but was troubled by the
attack.  "These are life forms!  We can't just shoot them all!"
        "Shut up, Skids!" shouted Blaster, you want to end up like Cosmos?
An alien at Blaster's feet reached for his legs, with a swift backhand motion,
he sent the creature flying across the cavern.

        Devastator was confused.  Although heavily armored in his form, he
could do little against the creatures but shoot down at them, and look
confused.
        "Devastator," shouted Roadbuster, "split up into your component
forms, we'll have more success that way."  The constructicons duly followed
their orders, much to the dismay of Starscream.
        From behind, Starscream pointed his laser at Roadbuster's head.
        "If you ever give an order to one of my troops again, Roadbuster, I
will melt your face."
        Roadbuster jerked the gun, and Starscream along with it, to the
ground and placed his rifle deep into Starscream's mouth.
        "If you continue to boast Starscream, I WILL make you eat your ego
quite literally."
        Starscream heaved up his legs and kicked Roadbuster, sending him
flying against the cavern walls.
        It was then that a shower of aliens fell on top of both the Autobot and
Decepticon commanders.
        "This is foolish!" Shouted Roadbuster, "concentrate on destroying these
things before we're overrun!"

        Beachcomber hadn't felt well since first examing the alien carcass on
the surface, and now, he felt "sick to his stomach," to use an Earthen phrase
that he had used often, but never quite understood.  Pacifist, and unarmed,
he stood in the background shadows, attempting to stay out of the way.
Suddenly, he lurched, heaved, and felt his insides twist themselves inside
out.
        A sickening cracking sound ensued as Beachcomber felt his chest
swell, and then, quite dramatically, explode, as an alien larva attemtped to
break its way out of his body, severing his torso from his lower legs.
        "BEACHCOMBER!' Shouted Skids.  He immediately ran over to his
good friend and sprayed his body with liquid nitrogen, hoping to preserve
him to be repaired later.  The larva that squiggled at his feet now attempted
to make its way away.  Skids sighed and stomped on it.  He now felt no
remorse for any such creature.
        Trailbreaker continued throwing up his force field bubble that was
able to bounce back wave after wave of the Aliens, but he was tiring
quickly.
        The aliens poured forth, despite being smashed, burned, and gutted
at every turn.  The odds were overwhelming.  Soon, the transformers were
on their knees and backs, their guns blazing and turning white-hot.
        Starscream turned around and found Soundwave fighting along his
side..
        "Soundwave....?"
        "The creature's left me to attack all of you, if you don't mind."
        Soundwave elbowed Starscream to the ground, and continued firing
his pulse blaster, guided by sonar and infrared to compensate his blindness.
        
        Autobot and Decepticon alike were cornered, tired, burned, bitten,
torn and scratched, they sluggishly raised their weapons to fight off the
next wave.
        Over the pile of smoldering bones, an alien appeared, hissed, and was
sooned joined by others.  As they came forth, all knew this would be the
last of their resistance.
        
        Suddenly, the lead alien burst into flames and fell dead.  This was
soon followed by one after the other in quick succession.
        Behind them, Slugslinger appeared, his gun drawn and smoldering,
followed by Blitzwing, Skywarp, and Dirge.  The Decepticon reinforcements
had arrived.
        Screaming, the aliens fell back as the Decepticons pursued, plastering
bits of blood and bone along the walls.
        
        Starscream wasted no time, he quickly ordered the constructicons to
gather up the adamantum and pointed towards the direction of the mouth
of the cave.
        The Autobots let out a cheer as the aliens fell back and looked back to
see Starscream and Rumble standing between them and the entrance.
        
        "So sorry to leave you like this, Autobots, but we have what we came
for, and after all, it would be rude to leave our hosts without any company.
Rumble, would you do the honors?"
        Rumble grinned and spread out his hands above the ground.  "Sure
thing, boss."
        Emanating sonic waves, the cave began to shake, as the roof crumbled
and fell.
        "NOOOOO!!! " Shouted Roadbuster, as he ran to Starscream's cackling
visage.  It was too late.  The exit was sealed.
        
        The Autobots looked around.  The aliens were hissing and ready for
another attack.

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