User blog:Bzero/Clench – Valvolux Lost

Clench appears in a message recorded in Castle Decepticon’s main lab. His size makes the room look small, and repair drones swarm like gnats around him. His yellow-green optics narrow. “Valvolux is lost,” he says bluntly. “I don’t know what happened with Shockwave’s forces, but we were overrun by a combined force of Autobots and Dominicons. We were doing well until Dominicus merged – even I have trouble taking on a combiner myself.”

A twinkle forms in Clench’s optics. “Just because we lost, however, doesn’t mean the Autobots won. Just when things looked bad, the city’s main refinery blew in a pretty impressive display of fireworks. The timing was just too perfect to be a coincidence – Overlord or Shockwave had to be behind it. In any case, our enemies will be busy with rescue and cleanup for a while, giving us time to move onto fresh targets.”

“I should be back in service soon. Once I am, I’m yours to command, Lord Megatron. Clench out.” The recording ends.