User blog:Bzero/Dominicon Defenders?

Strikedown sits at a bar in the Altihex Casino. Lights flash and bells whistle around him, but nothing seems to cheer the sour expression on the Micro Transformer’s dull grey face. He turns around a moment and yells, “Power Run! You’re never going to win that! Just give up!” He turns back to the bartender and shakes his head. “Now, where was I?” he asks. Before the server can respond, Strikedown says, “Oh, yeah. The Neutral Territories.”

“So,” Strikedown continues, “Pipeline and Gusher were taking their Tanker Truck to the Neutral Territories – even with the new bounty, not everyone has the means to extract and refine energon, so Pipe and Gush wanted to help their old buddies. Stupid idea, I told them, but nobody listens to me.” Strikedown emits a long-suffering sigh, and stops to take a drink before carrying on. “So, they’re driving down this lonely stretch of highway, when suddenly they’re attacked! By Skyquake! The Decepticon!”

Strikedown shakes his head in response to his own story. “The dumbafts! So, naturally, they’re instantly outmatched, and with a tanker full of liquid energon, the chances of being blown sky high were pretty strong. But then!” Strikedown pauses, waiting for a reaction from the bartender. Getting none, he sighs again. “Then, suddenly these vehicles appear out of nowhere, transform, and pound the pit out of Skyquake – Skyquake! – with what may have been a little more force than necessary.”

“Now get this,” Strikedown demands. “These weren’t no Autobots that came to the Tanker Truck’s rescue. No, according to Pipeline and Gusher -- who are morons, but not liars – it was the Dominicons that saved them! Apparently they said something like, ‘No one threatens people in our territory,’ and then took off, leaving the Tanker Truck intact!” Strikedown shakes his head once more. “I swear – they’re building something out there in the territories, and it’s bad. I’d stay clear if I was you.”

He turns back to his partner again and yells, “Power! Will you knock it off?” Sighing, he returns to his drink.