The Cold Resolve of Steel

[herodecoded]

WHO: Dinobot and anyone
WHERE: By the lambada
WHEN: Just after the invasion
WHAT:  Dinobot goes samurai mode
WARNINGS: Some battle carnage

Dinobot heard the call from Vector Prime. His feelings on the self-proclaimed Prime were still dubious, at best. However, the Vector had a point when he mentioned they had a duty to this Cybertron. It wasn't his own Cybertron, but with the fragility of time he knew it could easily alter the hundreds of other Cybertrons. He himself was not sure exactly what future he wanted, but he knew these...invaders from the lambada threatened the existence of any future.

Nothing more needed to be said, he took up his sword and went straight to the coordinates. Make no mistake, he wasn't a team player. He came to fight for himself, for his honor. Already he spotted the teeming number of mechanical monstrosities. They had no place on this Cybertron or any Cybertron. Sword and tail-shield at the ready, he charged the nearest hideous mech, running them through with his sword.  Already it had gained the attention of the others.

The Maximal took light footing when taking on the others. He bobbed and weaved through the onslaught of attacks, taking out only one or three at a time. He knew he couldn't fight them all. This warrior was in over his head. He hoped he could fight off enough for the rest to hold off.

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[herodecoded]

She looked like she wasn't doing so well, at least according to his standards. He leaped on one, bearing his weapon down into their head before fending off three others.

"Watch yourself more carefully!" he scolded, "I will not allow human casualties on my watch."

[not_halfbaked]

Korra was in the middle of an affirmative nod--when she noticed some monsters leap for Dinobot. She quickly bent up a wall of earth blocking his side, so that the monsters slammed against that instead. With another swipe of her hand, she made that wall come down and crush the monsters.

[herodecoded]

Good human. There may be some promise in her just yet, along with a whole slew of questions about the powers she had.

Speaking of, handy earth moving powers there. Really saved his aft. Now he had some freedom to take care of some other monsters having free reign. He dispatched the second to last of the group when a ball came bearing down on him. Even with his strong Maximal chasis, it hurt.

He snarled, rising up and stabbing it with one deft move. That will show these ruffians.

[not_halfbaked]

The hell...?

What was that ball that just hit Dinobot?

He'd stabbed at it and--

It was exploding.

A bomb?!

Eyes widening, Korra rapidly bent to contain the exploding fire, throwing her own control over the blaze.

Sweat started to bead her forehead. She didn't often try to restrain a fire per se.

Finally with a gasp she just bent the fire forward, slamming it into another monster.

[herodecoded]

Korra did a good job of containing the explosion. However, it was still enough to induce harm to the warrior. The force of the explosion blew the Maximal straight into a junkpile with an audible clang.

A growl rumbled through his throat. How could he not see that? What a fool he was! Already his chassis had been charred badly, leaving heavy black marks on most of his body.

He needed a moment to rest, all he could do was to keep them at bay with his weapon, stabbing those who got too close.

[not_halfbaked]

Korra went to cover Dinobot.

She bent the water to freeze the monsters, then bent the earth below she and Dinobot to rise up and give them higher ground.

Heart pounding, she asked Dinobot, "Where the hell are these things coming from?" She swiped the blood from her cut. "I mean, if they're coming from...something...shouldn't we stop that something?"

Korra checked the frozen monsters, and concentrated again, resealing the cracks that started, but knowing they wouldn't last. "I mean, we've just been hacking and slashing at these guys...shouldn't we come up with some kind of strategy or something?"

Ohman, if Tenzin could see her now....

[herodecoded]

Give Dinobot a moment, he needed to catch his breath first. Once again Korra managed to save him, but it was wrong. He shouldn't need saving, he already died once. That pitiful human needed to run. He was sure if she died, somehow the species would be effected somehow. And that would give his Megatron a chance for winning.

Slowly, he hoisted himself up from his resting place. Enough idling. He turned to the frozen monsters. Stabbing them at the moment wouldn't be honorable.

But the girl was right. Strategy was needed.

"They are coming from the same accursed place we were drawn from. We must stem the tide of the arrivals, if not at least divert their attention away from the others."

He went into his battle stance.

"When we have drawn them away, you must go."