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Ultra Magnus frowns and peers down at Caern. He leans over him and says 
  with frustration, "You are the only other one with security clearance. 
  Why is my entry not being accepted?" 
Matthew Sharp transmits a message via radio. 
Delores Sidhe blinks. "What the hell..." 
Autobot Standard Troops #5044 transform and step behind Ultra Magnus. They 
  blink in confusion at Caern's command and look ambiguously toward each 
  other. 
Matthew Sharp receives a radio transmission from Jennifer. 
Caern says, "Commander. It has come to my attention that it is very likely 
  you were exposed to the junkions behavior altering device. With that in 
  mind I have changed the access codes and relieved you of your command 
  pending review by Rodimus and medical division. If you power down your 
  weapons please."" 
Matthew Sharp receives a radio transmission. 
Ultra Magnus makes a flat gesture with his hand toward the troops, "Belay 
  that order. Caern, I am the city commander. You will undo your meddling 
  with the systems. Do not force me to consider this an act of treason." 
Matthew Sharp idly taps the side of his helmet-radio, beginning to filter 
  through to the communications system. He hmmms, nodding a few times, 
  murmuring things into his radio. "..hmmm..apparently coming from 
  somewhere in Asia..will take a little bit longer to pinpoint..." 
Caern says, "I'm sorry Magnus. You know I can't do that." 
Caern says, "You aren't yourself." 
Matthew Sharp transmits a message via radio to Jennifer. 
Matthew Sharp transmits a message via radio. 
Caern says, "Please stand down and let me try and help you." 
Ultra Magnus shakes his head toward Caern, "You are acting upon 
  misinformation, soldier. I order you to stand down and reauthorize my 
  verification codes." 
Caern says, "No" 
Caern shakes his head. 
Caern says, "I have a responsibility to this facility and its inhabitants. 
  That includes you Magnus." 
Caern says, "Surrender" 
Ultra Magnus straightens his posture and frowns. He looks toward the troops 
  then back to Caern. "Address me with the correct title and respect." 
Matthew Sharp hmmmms slightly. 
Caern says, "Sub Commander. Under article 329a123 and the security protocol 
  division 38j. I hereby relieve you of duty." 
Matthew Sharp receives a radio transmission. 
Caern gestures at the troops, "You are familar with those orders. Take the 
  Sub Commander into custody." 
Matthew Sharp idly looks over to Delores, checking to see if this 
  information is helping to ccalm her temper any. 
Delores Sidhe takes several steps back at the obvious hellfire passing 
  between the two Autobots. "Look," she begins, "If this is something that 
  I should kind of get the blazes out of the way of..." 
Ultra Magnus's blue optics flare brightly, "WHAT?!" he shouts in surprise. 
  "How dare you?" he bellows angrily. 
Ultra Magnus drops his arms back to his sides and balls his hands into 
  fists behind his back. He leans forward and grunts, "You are making an 
  unwise decision, Caern. Treason is a charge viewed MOST unhighly among 
  military circles." 
Delores Sidhe unconsciously pats her backpack to make sure that her sonic 
  stun emitter rifle is there. 
Caern shifts slightly and almost looks like he is ready to take a step back 
  before steeling himself. His optics glint. 
Delores Sidhe receives a radio transmission. 
Caern says, "I am carrying out my duty and I will let Rodimus and whatever 
  forum he deems fit judge my action. Until that time you WILL surrender 
  yourself to me at ONCE!" 
Matthew Sharp , having been engrossed in his work in tracing the signal, 
  looking up to finally notice the two autobots talking. He lip syncs an 
  'Utoh', beginning to to turn around and follow the steps taken with 
  Delores. 
Matthew Sharp receives a radio transmission from Jennifer. 
Autobot Standard Troops #5044 stand motionlessly for several moments, 
  almost in shock. A red and white Autobot with green optics takes a single 
  step forward, casting a regretful glance toward several other troops 
  within the squad. 
Matthew Sharp receives a radio transmission. 
Caern gestures at the troops, "Carry out your orders." 
Delores Sidhe receives another incoming transmission... and her fists 
  clench at her sides, her teeth gritting. In the brief silence that 
  follows Magnus' words, she thunders, "You BASTARD!" 
Matthew Sharp receives a radio transmission. 
Ultra Magnus says calmly "Caern, just because I reprimanded you earlier for 
  acting without my accord is NOT sufficient reason to usurp my authority. 
  If you have a problem otherwise, I will eagerly speak with you about it 
  IN PRIVATE." 
Caern turns in shock at Delores' exclamation. His attention moves away from 
  Magnus. 
Edward Bryant receives a radio transmission. 
Delores Sidhe covers her mouth quickly as her voice carries, thankful that 
  the two Autobots are too engrossed in their own dispute to notice her 
  outburst. 
Edward Bryant receives a radio transmission. 
Caern turns back to Magnus, "Commander. Your reprimand of me earlier is 
  immaterial to the actions I am carrying out currently. If I have accused 
  you in error the most timely and effective solution would be for you to 
  surrender and accompany me to Medbay to be examined." 
Edward Bryant transmits a message via radio. 
Ultra Magnus tilts his head briefly toward the humans, issues a disgusted 
  sneer, then turns his attention back to Caern. He shakes his head and 
  says, "I will not surrender my authority just because you don't approve 
  of something. You job as security director is highly valued within this 
  facility, but your paranoia is not." 
Delores Sidhe sets her backpack down on the ground, and grabs her radio, 
  thumbing what she thinks is the transmit button. "Look Ollin, you son of 
  a bitch, if I wanted an opinion from you, I'd pay one of your ex-wives! 
  Get off my channel before I take the first plane to Asia and..." She 
  trails off, lowering her voice and attempting futilely to calm her 
  temper. 
Caern says, "I am merely carrying out an investigation to the extent I see 
  fit. Call it what you will. I am well within my rights in this matter. 
  You are the one that is behaving unusually. Should it be determined later 
  by Rodimus or medical that I have behaved in a manner unfitting my rank 
  and station I will step down." 
Caern says, "UNTIL, that time though you will surrender your weapons and 
  accompany me." 
Delores Sidhe transmits a message via radio. 
Caern produces a restraining bolt. 
Caern takes a step forward, "Surrender your weapons Magnus." 
Ultra Magnus snarls in disapproval as he looks toward the other troops. 
  Turning his gaze back down at Caern, he grumbles, "You are indeed acting 
  within your protocols, Caern. If you think that I have acted 
  inappropriately, so be it. You may only be demoted when your accusations 
  are proved false." 
Delores Sidhe receives a radio transmission. 
Caern moves forward and raises his hand to attach the restraining bolt. 
Delores Sidhe finally picks up her radio, and hurls it against the wall of 
  Autobot City. "Tigh i dtigh diabhail!" 
Delores Sidhe switches off her radio. 
Caern again glances over as he is distracted by the sudden outburst. 
Ultra Magnus twists his head sharply toward Delores. "I hope you are going 
  to clean that speck on the walls." 
Caern turns back to Magnus, "Your arm Magnus." 
Delores Sidhe, fuming, whirls on the larger Magnus, heedless of the danger 
  in the midst of her rage. "Not bloody likely!" she seethes. 
Ultra Magnus sneers toward Delores and turns back toward Caern. He leans to 
  his right side, reaching into his leg compartment. He withdraws his 
  plasma rifle and hands it to Caern. 
Matthew Sharp , finally coming out of his engrossness again, looks over to 
  Delores, erming. He idly murmurs for them to end the trace. "..I take it 
  that we've well-determined who the caller was..." absently pushing the 
  microphone bit of his radio back into his helmet. 
Caern takes the plasma rifle and places it behind him before reaching out 
  and taking Magnus' arm with one hand and moving forward to affix the 
  restraining bolt with the other. 
Ultra Magnus holds his hands out before him, forces Caern to reach as much 
  as he can to strap the bolt onto them. 
Caern is slightly thrown off balance and leans forward as he tries to 
  connect the bolt. 
Delores Sidhe just gives Sharp this look. "Yes," she snaps, "we have quite 
  well determined who the caller was. Thank you for your help." She bites 
  off each word one at a time, crisply, her accent fading as her anger 
  ebbs. 
Matthew Sharp gulps faintly, the nodding quickly to Delores. Yet again, he 
  attempts to take the route of least resistance. "..Y-you're welcome..Ms. 
  Sidhe.." he returns to an ultra-polite tone, absently straightening 
  himself up, and adjusting his collar a little. 
Delores Sidhe gathers her pack, and stuffs the broken pieces of her radio 
  into it. Shouldering the light load, she pushes herself to her feet by 
  her walking stick, and begins hiking quickly back up the road... only to 
  find herself face-to-face with a rather inconvenient number of Autobot 
  troops. 
Matthew Sharp idly decides to follow along behind Delores, as it'd at least 
  place some distance between him and the arguing Autobots. He then looks 
  up..waaay up to the troops, rubbing his chin slightly. He turns to look 
  back to the two, and then back to the troops, stating the obivious. 
  "..This could be a problem.." 
Delores Sidhe folds her arms, and looks all the way up the road, trying to 
  find a point at which she does *not* see red frowny-face symbols. "Ultra 
  Magnus," she begins, raising her voice so that she can actually be heard, 
  "Is there a particular reason you have twenty thousand and one Autobots 
  blockading the only way out of here?" 
Ultra Magnus lowers his arms slightly, allowing Caern to more easily slip 
  the restraints onto his hands. His blue optics seem to have a dark, 
  ominous feeling to them, an uncharacteristic coldness... 
Caern attaches the restraints with a click. 
Delores Sidhe appears oblivious to this, still expecting Magnus to have 
  some vestige of authority. She taps her foot... 
Caern stoops and picks up the rifle before gesturing towards the troops, 
  "Normal patrol routes. No one in or out without a scan and stop them from 
  a distance verbally before allowing them any closer." 
Matthew Sharp idly watches this, putting one hand on the back of his 
  helmet, and his other hand on his hip. "..Maybe now is not a prime time 
  to ask a ques..." he pauses as he hears Caern, squinting from behind his 
  visor. 
Caern steps forward and raises his hand to activate the restraining bolt. 
Ultra Magnus twists his waist, turning his shoulders and arms to his side 
  in a rapid motion. He interlocks his fingers into a tight fist and winds 
  back. Turning with his hips and shoulder, he forcefully swings his arms 
  through the air, his blue optics suddenly beginning to glow intently as 
  his body explodes into forceful motion. 
Caern glances up in shock at the sudden motion and is thrown violently off 
  his feet as the blow connects against his head. He flies several yards 
  back and lands with a crash before skidding to a halt. 
Caern shakes his head slowly and looks up stunned, "Magnus....Neddron's 
  Belt. Are you mad?" 
Matthew Sharp's eyes widen visibly, looking over to Delores. "Now would be 
  an excellent time to take cover, I think.." 
Delores Sidhe instinctively flattens herself into a ditch as she sees 
  Magnus strike, rolling to get out of the way. As she swears violently in 
  Gaelic, she fumbles in her pack for the pieces of her rifle, snapping 
  them together with frantic, practiced movements as she looks up from 
  inside the ditch. 
Ultra Magnus shakes his arms below the elbow. He lifts then to holds the 
  bolt in front of him. Grunting as he exherts himself, he pulls his arms 
  apart, rapidly shattering the bolt into thousands of tiny metallic shards 
  which splinter and fall to the ground with a crescendo of faint metallic 
  clings. 
Caern comes to a kneeling position. 
Caern swears and comes to his feet with explosive swiftness. "Magnus. 
  Desist at once." 
Ultra Magnus takes three forceful steps toward Caern. He looms over him and 
  snarls, "Mutiny against a commanding officer is something which this 
  faction has seen far too much of. I have sat back while Autobots decide 
  the faction no longer present them with any worth." 
Delores Sidhe snaps the power cell into her stun rifle with a final click 
  of plasteel, shouldering the stock and sighting from a prone position, 
  trying to remember the setting that disrupts a transformer's cerebral 
  net. 
Matthew Sharp watches, murmuring out of the side of his mouth. "..Well, she 
  listened, at least.." he then looks back up, to the two, taking a few 
  steps back, and getting down to one knee. He looks over to his side, 
  pulling out his taserpistol. 
Caern says, "Stand down Magnus. You aren't yourself. You know this isn't 
  what you want." 
Traveler enters from the Golden Gate Park to the east. 
Autobot Standard Troops #5044 move to circle around Ultra Magnus and Caern, 
  attempting to get the best view they can. They watch in astonished 
  amazement. 
Delores Sidhe swears as a few of the Autobot troops get in her line of 
  fire. Combat-crawling, she berates herself for not having the strength to 
  lug her armor around like Kenya or Mixcal, and attempts to reposition 
  herself more advantageously. 
Ultra Magnus shakes his head toward Caern, "I have led hundreds of Autobots 
  for many years, Caern. Scant few have chosen to turn their back on what 
  we have spent millenia fighting to achive. I think the years on Neddron 
  affected you adversely." 
Caern sighs, "Have it your way then." 
Caern launches into motion. His right arm streaks out palm forward lashing 
  once...twice three time. Towards Magnus midsection and chin. 
Ultra Magnus, caught entirely by surprise at the smaller Autobot's 
  dexterous move, begins to fall forward as his upper body is thrust 
  off-balance. 
Delores Sidhe makes it to the treeline, and slings her rifle, cautiously 
  testing the lower branches of the nearest tree and beginning to climb up 
  into it. 
Matthew Sharp idly looks over to Delores as she does so, taking a couple 
  crouching steps tow the side, to try and get a viewing area between two 
  larger autobot troops. 
Caern pivots to the side and thrust a foot forward to further throw Magnus 
  off balance before sweeping the Commander's own plasma rifle up over his 
  head with a vicious chop at the back of Magnus' head. 
Ultra Magnus growls audibly as Caern *THWAPS* him over the head with his 
  own plasma rifle. Planting his hands on the ground, Ultra Magnus thrusts 
  his weight onto them, lashing his powerful legs around in an attempt to 
  deliver a powerful kick. 
Caern turns slightly and appears to be about to say something as his legs 
  suddenly are kicked violently out from underneath him. 
Caern lands on his side with a crash. 
Delores Sidhe quickly reaches a comfortable crook in the tree, her agility 
  carrying her up through the branches with astonishing speed. Now able to 
  see above the heads of the Autobot troops, she sights her stun rifle 
  again, double-checking the setting to make absolutely sure it's the 
  disruptive stun. 
Ultra Magnus staggers as he gathers himself to his feet. He wipes the dirt 
  from his torso and frowns down at Caern. He points a finger directly at 
  him and says sternly, yet in a quiet tone, "I do not want to fight you, 
  Caern, but this army has absolutely no room for traitorous officers with 
  high-level security clearance." 
Delores Sidhe hestitates, indecision clouding her features as she stares 
  down the sight of her rifle. Who's really in the right here? How much 
  does she really know about the Autobot military structure? 
Caern rolls to his feet, "This doesn't need to go further Magnus. Surrender 
  and this ends now." 
Ultra Magnus sends a radio transmission. 
Metroplex receives a radio transmission. 
<EDC> Combined Arms XO Matthew Sharp says, "Hmmm..an interesting web, this 
  ray ha made.." 
Ultra Magnus leans over to hold out a hand to Caern. "I will accept a 
  request for a discharge, Caern, if you feel this faction no longer 
  follows a purpose that falls in line with that of yourself." 
Caern nods slowly and takes Magnus hand. He then launches forward slightly 
  and attempts to plant his feet on the bigger Autobot's chest forcing him 
  into roll/flip. 
Delores Sidhe thinks over the events of the past few days as the aim of her 
  stun rifle wavers between Magnus and Caern. As she thinks over the entire 
  mess with the Junkion in New York, and the person she had to rush to the 
  hospital... her rifle finally settles on a target, her finger slowly 
  depressing one ounce of pressure after another... 
Metroplex remains stubbornly sealed at Caern's last orders. 
Ultra Magnus is amazingly flipped through the air in an impressive feat of 
  acrobatics by the limber Caern. He lands squarely on his back two meters 
  away. 
Matthew Sharp stands up a little, seeing that neither of the two are paying 
  a good deal of attention to him, hrming. He barely comes up to the knees 
  of any of the Autobot troops around here, considering ways to use that to 
  his advantage. 
Caern rolls to his feet and charges towards the fallen Magnus. 
Delores Sidhe (sidhe) pages Ultra Magnus and Caern: Do either of you mind 
  if I pose washing a neural net stun over Magnus' head? I can have the 
  weapon malfunction if so. 
You transmit a message to Metroplex: Accept command override 
  86-tango-alpha-9-1. Verify Ultra Magnus. 
Metroplex receives a radio transmission. 
Transmission from Metroplex: Unable to comply, Sub-Commander. 
Metroplex transmits a message via radio. 
From afar (to Ultra Magnus and Caern), Delores Sidhe (sidhe) ? 
Ultra Magnus's optics dim slightly as a frown falls over his face. He 
  kneels and begins to stand as he says, "You have abused the access given 
  to you, Caern." 
From afar (to Ultra Magnus and Caern), Delores Sidhe (sidhe) was thinking 
  that over ICly, but nods. 
Caern closes the distance swiftly. His foot lashing out towards Magnus' 
  midsection. He grunts, "I am prepared to face that option. Until that 
  time though....you are coming with me." 
Delores Sidhe finally pulls the trigger all the way after much hesitation. 
  Apparently, her skill with the technical details of the stun settings 
  were not the best, as her sonic stun rifle emits a wild, high-pitched 
  squawk of ear-piercing omnidirectional noise... for all of a second. 
Ultra Magnus looks at the troops, "Autobots, take former-security director 
  Caern into custody. He --OUUULF!!" His command is cut short as Caern 
  lashes at him with a swift kick. 
Caern's head turns to the side suddenly and he looks disoriented as he 
  clutches at his ears, "Feedback." 
Caern shakes his head from side to side and tries to gain control of his 
  faculties. 
Caern (cae) pages Ultra Magnus, Delores Sidhe, and Delores Sidhe: I posed 
  that because of my esenses. If you want to get a shot in here Mags feel 
  free. :) 
Matthew Sharp achs, his eyes openning nearly all the way, as part of his 
  helmet's radio amplifies the sonic signal. He lets out a small yell, 
  quckly reaching up and pulling his helmet off. 
Falling forward as the kick strikes him, Ultra Magnus shakes as his systems 
  are thrown temporarily further off-balance by Delores's small blast. He 
  collapses on the ground loudly. 
Ultra Magnus growls, "Noone on this planet wants our protection!" 
Caern shakes his head with a final grunt before moving forward and kneeling 
  on Magnus' back and trying to drag the large Autobots arms behind him, 
  "Restraining bolt. I need a blasted restraining bolt." 
Delores Sidhe (sidhe) pages Ultra Magnus and Caern: It was omnidirectional. 
  It wasn't the intended effect, it was just annoying. :) 
From afar (to Ultra Magnus and Caern), Delores Sidhe (sidhe) posed screwing 
  up the setting. 
Connected players on that channel are: 
Skydive, Slag, Metroplex, Brent, Arcee, Afterburner, Caern, Silverbolt, 
  Ultra Magnus, Kebal 
Matthew Sharp looks around a moment, absently hitting tthe side of his 
  ear/head. He looks up to Caern, thinking he heard something, saying, 
  "What?" 
Delores Sidhe almost falls out of the tree as she recoils from the sound, 
  not wearing her armor with the sonic dampening. 
Delores Sidhe manages to grab an overhanging branch, and steady herself, 
  thankful that the rifle was on a shoulder strap. 
Caern gestures wildly as he continues trying to pivot Magnus' arms behind 
  his back, "Blast it all. Get me a restraining bolt!" 
Matthew Sharp looks around in slight confusion, then looking back up to 
  Caern. "..A restraining volt?" 
Ultra Magnus brings his arms about, using his superior strength to break 
  Caern's hold. Growing increasingly agitated, he whirls around, flinging 
  his arm through the air with a restrained punch toward Caern's left 
  shoulder. 
Aston Martin enters from the Entrance to Autobot City to the east. 
Aston Martin rolls into the area. 
Aston Martin rolls to a stop just a few yards from the group. 
Caern shifts slightly, "BOLT...Restraining.....UGH!!" He is thrown 
  violently up and off as the blow connects with his shoulder. 
Metroplex sits quietly for a moment, then transmits, "Sealing all gates.." 
The Aston Martin shifts into its true form, Scamper. 
Scamper looks a little confused, and glances over to Metro and grins, 
  "Guess I got you just in time." 
Delores Sidhe quickly reworks the settings on her stun rifle, thumbing 
  through the display on the side and trying methodically to find the 
  proper one. 
Caern hits the ground with a thud. 
Matthew Sharp nods to Caern. "..Ah..BOLT..." he then pauses, getting 
  another confused look, this time peering over to Scamper. "..What's a 
  restraining bolt?" 
Ultra Magnus quickly looks around and notices Scamper. He calls out to him, 
  "Please assist in the detainment of the former security director. He is 
  attempting to stage a mutiny against the faction." 
Scamper steps forward slowly, unsure of the situation. 
Scamper says, "What is going on?"" 
Metroplex transmits, "That is correct, Scamper. It has become apparent that 
  Ultra Magnus and Caern are both afflicted by the beam weapon of the 
  Junkion Longsight. Suggest you remain your distance, Scamper." 
Caern sits up, "Scamper. Magnus has been affected by the junkions behavior 
  altering device. Do not assist him. Get me a restraining bolt." 
Scamper nods to Metro. 
Caern swears, "Why can't this ever be easy." 
Scamper steps back away from the pair and draws his weapon. 
Delores Sidhe snaps her rifle back around and draws aim... but takes in the 
  words of those present, and starts to question who really is the sane one 
  here... 
Caern staggers to his feet. 
Metroplex remains in place, unwilling and not wanting to fire at his 
  compatriots. 
Delores Sidhe swears at herself for breaking her radio... and then suddenly 
  remembers something. She grabs a pine cone and throws it at Matt, trying 
  to get his attention. 
Caern jumps in the area and whips a strong kick towards Ultra Magnus. 
Ultra Magnus sneers toward Metroplex's external speakers. "I have NOT been 
  struck by the Junkion beam. If it had not been for the intervention of 
  several troops I led there the other night, numerous Autobots could have 
  been struck." 
Scamper stands still, watching Caern and Ultra Magnus, weapon ready, just 
  in case. 
Matthew Sharp idly scratches the back of his head, still wondering what a 
  restraining bolt is. As he does so, the back of his hand gets struck, and 
  he looks up in the general direction of where it came from. Ignoring the 
  autobots, he walks over to the tree, calling up more loudly than he 
  probably needs to be doing, "What?" 
Delores Sidhe suddenly narrows her eyes at this. Remembering actually 
  seeing Magnus struck with the beam, she takes in his words to the 
  contrary... and after a minute, waves to Matt, miming the shape of a 
  telephone at her ear with one hand. 
Matthew Sharp looks down to his helmet, which he's holding in his hands 
  now, since the sonic relay went through. He then looks back up to 
  Delores, hrming. He calls back, "..You want a phone?" he points to the 
  helmet, which is the closest thing he's got at the moment. "..You want me 
  to phone..?" he points to himself. 
Delores Sidhe fingerspells the name: R-A-V-E-N-S-T-E-P. 
Matthew Sharp takes a moment to figure that out, nodding. He calls back, 
  still somewhat loudly, "..Wane me to get him here?" then slipping the 
  helmet back on his head, and pulling out the mouthpiece. 
Delores Sidhe rolls her eyes, and nods quickly. 
Matthew Sharp transmits a message via radio. 
Matthew Sharp looks up to Delores, rapping on the side of his helmet, and 
  making a helpless shrug. He points to the mouthpiece, then hitting it 
  lightly. 
Matthew Sharp transmits a message via radio to Ravenstep. 
Matthew Sharp receives a radio transmission. 
Something beeps once quietly. 
Matthew Sharp calls up to the tree. "..No response.." more loudly than 
  normal. 
Scamper moves around Ultra Maguns, and Caern, closer to the humans. 
Scamper looks at Matt, "Just what is going on?" 
Delores Sidhe calls down to Scamper from her perch in the tree. "I might be 
  able to disable one or both of them." 
Matthew Sharp looks over to Scamper. "..Huh?" 
Scamper looks up at Delores, "You might want to shoot them both, just to be 
  on the safe side." 
Matthew Sharp looks around for a moment, rubbing his chin. 

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