[IC] Transformers: Rise of the Masters

[Revans Exile]

This is over.

[Zero Hex]

If he'd been in his own body, Overboost would've spat in disgust. The images he was seeing from Road Gator's cameras disgusted him to the point where it was hard to keep his mind within the motorcycle. "Now if you are willing to put your life on the line to kill as many Decepticons as possible then follow me" said yet another leader wannabe, and he could feel his hands, those of his body several mechanometers away, clenching in frustration. Ever since he'd escaped from Chopper's clutches he'd travelled Cybertron's surface, avoiding large concentrations of NAILs and only fighting Decepticons when absolutely necessary, hooking up with whatever group of Autobots he could find, and every time it had gone the same way.

The autobots he'd joined up with were all dead now, or most of them were, and Overboost's own survival was entirely because of the power afforded to him by nucleon. He knew why they'd died, and it was "heroes" like this Mega Wire, gung-ho firestormers who fashioned themselves Sideswipes, Prowls, Ironhides or, worst of all, Primes just because they'd managed to set up a semi-permanent base of operations and whose only concern was taking the fight to the Decepticons, guaranteeing a rapid and overwhelming response. He'd tried to warn other before and they never listened, but he had to keep trying. He had Road Gator tail them out of their turbofox hole and, once they were out, climbed on the bike itself and sped towards the head of the group, practically grinding against the large vehicle's side as he caught up. "Stop and listen to me before you get your people killed. You're going about this the wrong way". Overboost had lived through too much to be a people person and if they didn't listen, well, his survival rate amongst suicide groups was rather high anyway.

[Revans Exile]

Mega Wire knew Overboost's type, he seen them before. Thinks he is some kind of big shot, just because he has all this raw power and survived several groups being wiped out, the only difference between him and the rest of them was he was foolish enough to listen to some shyster promising the moons and stars and became some kind of freak. He didn't really want to hear whatever the complaint was but he found it was best to feign interest to keep them happy and fighting. "I will not stop but I will listen, we have a long way to go before we exit these caves you can talk on the way. At our current rate of speed you have exactly 30.35 cycles (cycle = one minute) before we exit."

Every day it was a different exit and a different entrance, he liked it, kept things interesting and it kept the Cons from staking out a regular place, they would have to stake out over a hundred different cave entrances. What he liked the most was sealing all possible points of egress within thirty cycles.

[Zero Hex]

"No, you need to stop this, all of this" Overboost waved his arm around to signal Mega Wire's group. "You take the fight to the Decepticons and you will be discovered and wiped out sooner or later. You think they care about reducing a whole area to a new sea of rust on the off-chance they'll offline some of the few autobots left on Cybertron? They have the numbers, the resources and control over the population, you...we have nothing. NAILs can go burn in the Pit for all I care but if you want to achieve ANYTHING you need to win them over to the Autobot cause and you're not going to do that by acting like the terror cells the Decepticons claim you are."

[Revans Exile]

"Pull your processor up your exhaust port and get with the times, we are all dead Bots waiting. That slaggin Prime destroyed the Autobots the milli-cycle (milli-cycle = 1 second) he took the best and brightest on a fool's errand. The Autobots are extinct, the only thing we can do is make sure our last act is to destroy as many as possible. As for the NAILs being on our side, they signed on with the Cons the cycle Shockwave took over and they did nothing but cheer. We do not have nothing we have our sparks and long as my spark still pulses I will do one thing, kill Cons and anyone who gets in my way." Mega Wire could tell Nitro Shot was getting itchy to put some holes in Overboost, so he gave Nitro Shot a signal to stand down. "Besides the Cons wouldn't dare, destroy our base at it's current location, it would take a bunker buster smack dab in the middle of the city above us, which would destroy the entire city. If they were to send in a spy pretending to be an Autobot and a bomb big enough to wipe us out would destroy the city above. Shockwave can't afford it, he would destroy the fifth largest Energon refinery on the planet."

[Zero Hex]

"You obstinate malfunctioning piston rod, you are dragging people to their deaths for no reason and you're proud of it. I won't stop you, but Autobots are supposed to be better than that, we were better than this. You're no better than the cons who'll bomb the city to get rid of you, factory and civilians be damned, or the NAILs who'll pretend it didn't happen for their own benefit." With that, Overboost hit the brakes on Road Gator and turned it around, heading away from the group. "IF ANYONE WOULD PREFER NOT BEING KNOCKOFF K-CLASS AUTOBOT, YOU'LL FOLLOW MY LEAD AND GO FIND A BETTER LEADER!". There had to be someone out there who wasn't a lunatic, someone worth taking orders from. Xaaron had not boarded the Ark, even Impactor would do. And so Overboost rode off to look for a more promising future.

[Revans Exile]

No one joined Overboost, many there owed their lives to Mega Wire, others owed their lives to those saved by Mega Wire. They put Mega Wire in charge of them. None owed anything to Overboost. "You are forgetting one thing, the only thing back there is the base and absolutely no exits. I made sure of that myself. The only way out is forward and through Convoy." Mega Wire & High Motor transform into Convoy. Nitro Shot leapt up to Convoy's right hand. "As long as you have knowledge of the base in your processor you aren't fleeing."

[Zero Hex]

"YOU HAVE TO BE THE SECOND WORST AUTOBOT I'VE EVER MET!" Overboost yelled out as he pushed Road Gator's engine further, activating the motorcycle's magnawheels to allow him to ride at high speeds essentially everywhere while ignoring the effects of gravity, as all of Cybertron was made out of metal. Some even considered magnawheels the best upgrade an autobot could ever acquire for that very reason. "THIS IS YOUR LEADER, HE WOULD KILL ME FOR WANTING SOMETHING BETTER THAN SIMPLY KILLING DECEPTICONS FOR VIOLENCE'S SAKE" he yelled as he began to engage in evasive maneuvers, zigzagging in practically random patterns while deftly going from the floor to the walls to the roof as he pleased "YOU'RE NO BETTER THAN THE CONS, MEGA WIRE".

[Revans Exile]

"I don't care if you want to be a coward and flee but you aren't leaving with the location of this base in your processor. Either submit or be destroyed." Several men under Mega Wire unleashed everything they had. "Looks like my men have spoken." Meg Wire opened fire on the ceiling in front of Overboost. If he timed it right it would collapse just in front of him. "You have absolutely no where to go now. I just collapsed the only way out. If you submit High Motor can remove this location from your processor and you can be on your cowardly way, or we can terminate your spark. Your choice, I'm fine with either one."

[Revans Exile]

Overboost chose to fight. Mega Wire and the rest of the Autobots under his command terminated his spark. They then used his corpse for a decoration.