Ragona Prison

Description of Ragona- Ragona is a large Autobot maximum security prison built on a planet surrounded by a large astroid field, the prison extends towards towards interior of the planet *meaning most of it is underground* the prison its self has 5 levels with new ones being built in order to handle a sudden influx of inmates, level 5 is where the less danerous and most sane criminals go, level 4 is again, not the most dangerous but enough to go to level 4, level 3 is where deserters, betrayers and other minor war criminals go, level 2 handles the inmates with certain glitches in there hard drives and require heavy rehabilitation *an insane asylum*, lastly level 1 is maximum security where bots who if let out into the open could be potentially dangerous.

In more simpler terms

Level 5- hangers and minor prison cells

level 4- minor prison cells *not much else*

level 3- major prison cells *prison security is also based here*

level 2- the madhouse also contains medical equipment

level 1- maximum security

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5 years ago

"Dead bot walking!" an inmate suddenly shouted as the main entrance to level one was opened. two Autobot guards where escorting a new prisoner in, Shockshadow looked around, his singuler "eye" scanning the place, the room he was in was large and rectanguler and cargo seemed to be stored everywhere, it was the entrance to level 1 of Ragona. "Wow......nice and gray........maby you should hire a new decorator." Shockshadow remarked towards one of his guards, "Keep moving scum!" the guard suddenly bashed him with the butt of his rifle on his back, Shockshadow cursed as he was hit, to bad his arms where bound......and the fact that there where a bunch of other guards in the area or this guy would be dead. He was then escorted down a hallway where the inmates where stored. "haha fresh scrap!" "HA watcha in for?!" "He don't look to tough!" among other cries where heard as he passed the cells. He was led down more and more hallways and different directions, until he finally reached what would be his cell. The door was opened and he saw a small room, before he could even walk in he heard the guard yell "Get in!" and he with that he was kicked inside and the door locked.

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5 years later

"So......guard duty huh?....thats what they stick you with.......you must be a pretty bad fighter if they just stick you in this little backwater prison." The Autobot guard remained quiet and motionless infront of his cell. "Awww whats the matter.......got no comeback? huh? huh?" No reply came from the guard. "Well then I guess I am ri" "shut up.." the guard suddenly responded. "ohhhhhhhh did I hit a circuit?" Shockshadow replied the guard merely grumbled at him "Well.....why don't you come in here and prove it" Shockshadow's singuler red eye suddenly glowed the action being the equivelent of a grin. "I have nothing to prove to you" the guard said calmly "HA you probably could not beat the weakest Decepticon out there!" The guard suddenly growled again, but stood motionless indeed the security of Ragona had become less brutal, back then an inmate would have probably gotten a beating for provoking a guard like that. "Maby its not that your a wimp......its just you don't have the bolts *guts* to come in here...." Shockshadow's eye suddenly glowed brighter the equivelnt of a grin getting wider. "THATS IT!" the guard was mad now and was just about to open the door to beat the crap out of this inmate who just would not shutup already two other guards grabbed him telling him he was not worth the trouble and to calm down. As he was dragged away Shockshadow silently laughed to himself, while he was on Ragona he recently started a hobby of agictating the guards who got the pleasure of guarding his particuler cell. He was up to 4 angry guards today......a new record...

A chorus of Manic laughter came from the next cell along, causing the guards to stop for a few klicks and shiver. However other then this there was no sign that they had even noticed. the door to this cell was sealed shut, the only gap being a three inch hole designed to fit a tube which energon could be poured through. Although currently it's function was served as a peak hole. as there was a singe bright green optic looking through.

"HAHAHA GOOD ONE! hey, Maybe next time he'll get the door open before they can stop him! That'll be a laugh right?" the one visible optic Twitched and turned a sickly shade of pink. "Aww I think he needs a hug..."

Suddenly the Optic dissapeared from view and the was a series of clanging sounds. Obviously the Bot in the cramped cell had lost his balence and fallen over sideways. After a few klicks he managed to right himself and the optic returned to the hole, only this time it was lemon yellow. "HAVE A NICE DAY GUARD PERSON!"

Yet another laugh came from Shockshadow's cell after Shadowlancer added his two cents, "Ya maby one of these days....." His mind began wandered back on how he got into this dump in the first place, damn captain, damn crew, sold him out. "5 cycles......5 cycles and the guards here have suddenly become complete wimps.....When I first got here I remenbered that if I so much as looked at them wrong I get bashed in the head!" It was true Ragona's prison staff had become less brutal over the cycles with all the etiquite and "proper treatment" inmates supposedly deserved "Speaking of which...."

Surprisingly Shockshadow had probably been next to this bots cell for a while and he never really asked him his name or what he was in for......"How long have you been here anyway?" he did not really know if the Decepticon in the next cell could hear him, but it was better than talking to no one......even if he did have a screw or two loose *pun intended.* Escaping had always been on Shockshadows mind, but how evaded him for 1 or 2 cycles, however due to some recent news he heard *which for now will remain unmentioned* there may be an opening in the Ragona's supposedly perfect security. theroeticly even if he got out of his cell he would have an army of Autobot guards to deal with........on level 1......lets not even get into the other levels right now.....then say he got past all the other levels he would need to hijack a ship to get off Ragona. and in order to Hijack a ship you would need three things, the ships ignition codes so you could take off as well as the passcodes so the automated defence turrents on Ragona's surface did not blow you to bits, and lastly you would need the astroids navigational charts which have to costantly be updated so you don't get crushed into slag. Indeed the odds where slim......but a chance like this was rare......and he was going to take it.....who knows....maybe the bot in the next cell could help...

There was a pause and the optic that was visib;e flicked slightly in the direction of the Cell next door. Twitching and turning a deep, mournfull Purple. "Longer then I can remember..." He said sadly, but perked up almost instantly, optic turning orange. The clink of a clawwed finger against a helmet could be heard, he was obviously tapping the side of his head. "Sommet happened to my Memory core. Can't remember what though!" He burst out laughing once again.

There was a Hiss as the Bot Litterally let off steam, then he tapped on the wall deviding the two cells. and his optic twitched slightly as it turned an Icy Blue. "Tell ya what Mate, It's a REAL Drag nattering through two locked doors. Who says we make a Chat hole? Hmm?"

Without any other warning he pulled back his arm... and Punched the Wall. this should have shattered his servo into a million pieces. However instead it caused a dent (About three inches into the twelve inch steal) He then drew back and punched the same Place again. and again. About the fith try he managed to break through and flexed his knuckles (Which were now cracked) Before withdrawing his servo and looking through the small hole he had created, grinning manicly at the Bot on the other side. "Now WHERE were we?"

If Shockshadow had a jaw to drop it would be slamming the floor right now. "you....you.....how did...............but I tried tha......how....but....but...but!" He did not know wheather to be terrified or amazed that bot just tore through some of the toughest material one could find. Shockshadow's fear was then replaced with a matter of confidence. "Well buddy...your the first person I have told......so....you know....secret and all....." he then went over to the peak hole at his cell door and did not see any guards listening he then paused for a second thinking wheather he should really tell this bot what he was thinking, what if he told the guards to get out for good behavior............YA RIGHT! as far as he was concerned there was no paroll on Ragona.....he was probably as desperate as he was."I may have a plan to bust out of this place....took a few cycles.......and the chance is slim....but......I am going to take it.....I am sick of rotting in this cell, shure steaming off a guard is fine and dandy now and again.......but now....I want out."

Shockshadows eye then glowed a bright red......


"You want in?"

Shadowlancer seemed to think for a minute before a slow, manic grin began to spread across his face. His Left optic turned blood red to match his right. "Bring it on! One condition: I get to smash some heads."

The Light in his cell had been Broken long ago. And since his had been sealed off completely it had never been fixed so the Bot was totally shrouded in shaddow. Until, of course, he leaned forward. Which revieled exactly how old he really was.

Shockshadows eye continued to glow the same red, "Good then....now.....here is how its going to go....and listen carefully I don't want to repeat this more than once."


"You see...I have heard a few things now........don't ask..........from the news I heard there is a lot of construction going on above level 5....from what I can tell they are buildng a level 6. now....why would they build a level 6? simple....there are some prisoner transports coming soon....big ones.... level fives, level fours, level threes, maby even a few level two prisoners. there are so many of them that they don't have enough room to contain them all. So when those transports get here there going to unload all those inmates to Ragona, now as we all know level 5, 4, and 3 prisoners can get a bit rough, so most of the guards on station will be topside getting everyone to there cells, and if most of the guards are up there and with all the confusion of moving everyone to their cell block.....no one would notice a small ship getting out.....though we will have to sneak into security on level 3 to get the ignition codes and the passwords to the defence system but again with most guards up there...no one would notice much, the astroid navigation charts we can download from the ship we hijack......and once we have that........where home free...." It was a good plan in Shockshadow's opinion, maby they could even start a riot below levels to increase the confusion, but first they had to get to level 3 of course.
"We still need to be carefull of course....I am shure they might leave a few guards down below....but I shure we could take them."

Shadowlancers left optic turned a sunny yellow and he grinned widely. "Sounds like FUN!" He clapped his servos together, crating a clang of metal on mettal each time.

[AAAAAAND I have nothing else to do XD]

[Don't worry I got some events planned out but for now let us fast foward to the nice shiny jailbreak day]


"security devisions 3 through 12 report to level 6, devisons 3 through 12 report to level 6, devisions 3 through 12 report to level 6."
the automated message played multiple times, even in their cells, Shockshadow and Shadowlancer could hear the many footsteps of grunts and sargeants barking out orders, indeed just as Shockshadow said it was pure chaos, most of the guards security devisions were heading topside.

"What did I tell you? pure chaos......now.....for our cells...." Shockshadow pulled out what looked like a security card "Don't think I make the guards mad at me for my health..." indeed one guard got so angry once that he did not even notice that Shockshadow managed to steal his card when he got to close to the cell.

with some difficulty he reached his hand through the hole of his door and managed to get the security card into its scanner, and with that......the door flew open.

"Now for you..." Shockshadow sticked the card into Shadowlancer's cell but his door did not open.....probably due to how old the eqiupment was "AWWW COME ON!"

he then kicked the wall under the scanner, after which Shadowlancer's cell opened up...probably for the first time in many cycles.



[Ya I pulled the card thing out of my but.....but hey got to keep it moving right?]

Shadowlancer stepped out of his cell and streached, left Optic turning a sunny yellow. "Oh Look, Space to move! What a Novelty!"

A Slow, cherefull grin spread across his face as he shifted his wings (Which had the bacic design and shape of a seeker but were positioned differently and much older) out of the retracted position they'd been forced into since his cell door had been sealed.

From the left there was a shout as one of the few remaining guards spotted the escaped Prissoners. Before he could raise the allarm however Shadowlancers left Optic turned pitch black and he turned, raised his arm with his palm facing toward the Guard, and shot a large bolt (About the same size as a human spear) strait through the guards Processor.

The Guard grunted, swayed on the spot for a few seconds, then colapsed.

Shadowlancers left Optic turned a Teal colour as he looked at his own plam in disbelief. "Now where the Pit did THAT come from?" His Optic shifted from teal to Green and a manic grin spread across his face. "Guess they never checked for Outdated Weaponry..."

Once again Shockshadow was impressed by the bots abilities.....though lady time was definatly not good to him, but still you definatly could not deny the bots abilities, Shockshadow was about to inspect his own weapons which where essentially grafted onto his arms, "Well....the guards did something smart" on his sonic disruptor cannon there was a strange disk shaped device attached to it, it was a weapons lockdown disk, as long as it was attached he was not going to be firing at anyone any time soon,

Shockshadow then turned to his "partner" "I don't suppose you could do something about this" who knows? the bot has been living for a long time...maby he had the knowledge to take it off.

Shadowlancer glanced at it for a few klicks and shook his head, eye turning Blue. "Sorry Mate, even if I could remember half my life I don't think I'd have come across one of these, It only looks ta be a few Vrons old..."

[Yea yea I know... not much to work with XD It's Late okay]

[we must have one hell of a timezone difference, its hardly late where I am]


Shockshadow mentally sighed, he could probably get it off in a quiet enviroment, "Hmm level 3 may have a device to get it off." they where lucky that guard did not set off an alarm and that all security teams where topside, or they would be in big trouble. "alright guess Ill have to do with some close combat for now."

He was a bit worried though, he would have to rely on Shadowlancer for defence for a time being, "Alright lets get going, the longer we stay here the more chance we have of getting an alarm set on us."

he then pointed, at the hallway which would eventually lead them to the entrance of level 1 which you take them to level 2

"after you..."

Shadowlancer's eye turned light pink and he did an eleaboret bow before proceeding down the Indicated hallway.

As he walked some of the other Prisoners called out to be freed as well. So naturally he ignored them.

[Well I'm used to that XD I'm English -Shrug-]

"Eh shut up and work for it you lazy scrap piles!"

Shockshadow basically gave them that remark and moved behind Shadowlancer keeping the rear watched incase some more guards decided they suddenly had something to prove, "This is going better than I thought." he thought though one should always be on guard, even the best plans can go horribly wrong.

"Alright where almost there." It was then that Shockshadow and Shadowlancer saw the entrance to level 1, which would take them right to level 2.

unfourtunatly.......security was tight......5 autobot guards where in the area, all of them grumbling or complaining that they where sent down to do nothing but move boxes of energon around.

basically the room looked like a large warehouse with large crates everywhere and at the otherside was a large iron door with a large number 1 inscribed on it

"Well.....I promised you could smash some heads did I?"

Shockshadows eye once again glowed red

"Go nuts"

A Cruel, sadistic grin spread across Shadowlancers face as his left Optic turned red to match his Right. Charging strait at the Guards they barely had time to look up before he was Uppon them.

He Grabbed the head of one guard in his left Servo, the Head of another in his right and used them to scrush the thirds head by slamming them together. Energon spurted everywhere , quite a bit landing on Shadowlancer himself.

Then he did something truly sick, letting the now offline guards fall from his Servos he licked the energon off his fingers.

A soft click click click could be heard as Shockshadow was shaking, seeing a bot take out a bunch of autobot guards like that.....and....and....HE WAS LICKING THE FREAKING ENERGON OFF HIS CLAWS!!!


"errrrrrr ok.....now......door...." Shockshadow walk over to a control console on the side of the door and began to inspect its many little nobs buttons and err.....whatever that big red thing was.

"alright give me a few seconds.......ok....you can do this Shockshadow.....you just have to slice into a security system where if you get so much as one number wrong you will be stuck here forever and likely deactivated.......no pressure...." A high number of beeps could be heard as he continued to slice into the system "Not to mention your with a complete glitched up phsyco" he silently thought

"keep an eye on the door will you?" he asked Shadowlancer

As he continued to operate on the console he only hoped that something bad did not happen......

"Almost......almost......almost..........GOT IT.....Take that top level security!"

"Get ready...........next up is the mad house.....I heard some crazy things go on up there.........."

He looked at his companion and hoped that level 2 wold somehow not trigger either unpleasant memories or that his already unstable mind did not somehow snap in there......

Shadowlancer's left Optic turned yellow as he clapped his (By now clean) Servo's together and bounced up and down slightly. Yep, he was acting like a school girl. "Ooooooh, sounds like fun! Think I'll makes some new friends?"

He stopped and tilted his head to one side, looking at the door with a manic grin. "Or Enemys..." his Optic twitched and turned midnight blue.

Shockshadow thought for a moment "Ya I am shure you guys could all have a party together."

Shockshadow had been to level 2 before, and needless to say it was the scariest half an hour of walking he had ever done, all the bots there had glitches that could crash a supercomputer, when he passed through there the first time, he nearly lost his cool and became mad himself,

"Keep on your toes."

It was only two steps into that two throwing knives passed by both Shockshadows and Shadowlancers heads.

"Don't move.........both of you!" A voice called out from the shadows, it was obvious level 2 was much darker than level 1

"Cyber ninjas..." Shockshadow said in disgust, however he refraimed from moving in order to not have another knife thrown at him, who knows how many of those creepy bots where on this level

"This is bad......real bad" he thought, but there was no way he was going back to his cell

Instead of becoming Still Shadowlancer just burst out laughing. "For all I Know I INVENTED the Cyberninjas! I'm Certanly old enough, you just need ta look at me ta see that." His left eye turned midnight Blue and he hopped from Stabalizing Servo to Stabalizing servo.

"What you gunna do Cyber Ninja? Stab us in the back? From what I've heard you nutbolts had 'Honour' (A rediculas notion if you ask me) So I doubt you'd have the guts!" By this point you'd probably be wondering if he always talked this mutch before a fight, the awnser bing no but whatever, Unpredictable old bot is Unpredictable.

His eye changed to yelow with a twitch and the next thing he said was quiet, but powerfull. "Come out and fight, unless you're a coward."

Shockshadow for a few seconds was fearing for his lifecycle when Shadowlancer just kept on moving when the ninjas had told them to NOT move, but then he relised something, whether he knew it or not Shadowlancer was employing the tactic Shockshadow used in provoking his opponents into anger, and now Shockshadows actually quite intelligent mind began to work out a little plan one that would not only take down one of the agictated ninjas that was probably going to charge out of no where, but also get rid of this darn weapons lockdown that was stuck on his arm, this means he would actually be able to put of a fight rather than just be some hulk of metal Shadowlancer would have to drag around across this dangerous prison.

No words or warning where ever given to Shadowlancer when one of the cyber ninjas decided to actually take his advice, silently like they always where, the cyberninja drew both of its wrist blades and attempted to stab Shadowlancer straight in the back,

A second ninja came straight towards Shockshadow while the other tried to attack Shadowlancer, unfourtunatly *for the ninja* this one was more hotheaded than the other which seemed the more silent and strategic one, this generally made Shockshadows little feight easier, the ninja started with a roundhouse kick towards Shockshadows head which he dodged by jumping back "OOOOHHHHHHH SOOOOOO close......" the ninja then drew one of its wristblades which glowed with a blue glow of plasma and tried another frontal assault against him, he swung his wrist blade at Shockshadows head in a swinging motion, which Shockshadow dodged keeping it to look like the ninja was almost hitting him, after a couple of more swings the ninja seemed to have cornered Shockshadow and he went for the final stab towards his face, and thats when Shockshadow sprung his trap, he put his disabled sonic disruptor cannon infront of him which acted as a makeshift shield, the ninja when stabbed at his large arm and grinned at the Decepticon letting its self get hit....

....until he relised one thing....

the ninja was suddenly forced back, causing him to stumble back a bit and he relised what he hit.......Shockshadows weapons lockdown disk.....

"Oh no...."

"Oh yes...."

A loud sound could be heard like a beam being charged up for a few seconds, before the ninja could even react, a brillient white beam with splotches of black in its colloring all surrounded by a ring of sonic waves fired at the ninja, before he could even react an explosion rocked the room they where in, causing the mad prisoners in their cells to turn even madder and go into fetal position in their corners, there was barely anything left of the ninja, half his face had been blown off, his chest was practicly torn open revealing the mangled innerds of the bot due to the damaging sonic waves, both his legs where nothing but stumps as well as his right arm while his left arm looked like it just got mutilated....
Shockshdows singuler eye just glowed bright red.....

"Im back!" gloating over the ninja falling for his trick and attacking directly

Meanwhile the cyber ninja attacking Shadowlancer had obviously not expected the old bot to be so dambed QUICK. He hadn't moved at all untill the Cyberninja was inches away from taking off his arm...

Then in an intant he had taken a hold of both the Cyber ninjas wrists, twisted his arms up behind his back and forced him to the floor, pressing his stabalizing Servo against the Cyberninja's back. A perfect pin. The Cyberninja was unable to move as he was forced to watch his friend practically blown out of existence.

Shadowlancers left eye turned a manic red as he tugged harsly at the Cyberninjas arms, litterally RIPPING them off and throwing them to the side as if they were nothing before sending one of his Razor sharp Bolts strait through his back and into his spark chamber.

"Oops." He giggled.

Silence filled the level 2 for quite a while, it was that type of peaceful silence people felt when something really really really REALLY bad was about to happen.....

And then the alarm went off........

Red lights all over the room began to flash as the alarm suddenly went off, Shockshadow silently sighed as he knew this would happen eventually, the rest of the way up was going to be one heck of a fight.

"Alert....alert level 2 security breach...reapeat level 2 security breach....squads 50 through 56 report to level 3 do not let level one inmates exit the premises at any cost....Alert Alert level 2 security breach....Squads 50 through 56 report to level 3 do not let level one inmates leave the premises at any cost....Alert Alert....level-" BAM

The calm female voice on the alert speakers was suddenly cutoff when Shockshadow suddenly fired his smaller arm mounted rifle at the speaker

"Yeesh its like a broken....err" He struggled to remenber that analogy a certain species used on a certain planet, but there was no time for that, Shockshadow and Shadowlancer needed to get off this rock and they needed to do it NOW and time was certanly not on their side....

"That alarms probably got le-" Shockshadows sentence was cutoff when multiple guards came from behind them and began firing indeed that alarm had alerted more of the base then they would have liked, under normal circumstances he would have stayed and creamed them but that would probably attract only more of them, "As much as I would love to smash these idiots into tiny little pieces, we have a ship to catch "LETS GO!" Shockshadow could only hope the Shadowlancer would see reason and relise getting off this rock was more important than killing every Autobot they came across...

Shockshadow proceeded to run up the hallway heading into level 3 he occassionally turned around and fired at the chasing Autobot guards "Alright.......security should be this way, once I am there....heheh we might as well consider the base mine" and it was very true as they where getting close to security

Shadowlancer, see reason? You MUST be joking right? Luckily there was SOMETHING About the old bot's armor (Probably the same thing that had let him punch through the wall with only a few cracks in his Servo's) that REFLECTED the blasts from the Autobot's Guns BACK AT THEM.

Ironicly the effect was that they were shooting themselves.

Seeing this Shadowlancer grinned and gave them a sarcastic sallte before following Shockshadow, laughing as he did so. "DID YOU SEE THEIR FACES!?" He did a miniture victory dance. "They were Practically INCINERATING themselves!"

Left...
right...
straight...
left...
left...
left.....
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left....*again*

Shockshadow was dashing through hallway after hallways as more and more guards just kept coming after Shadowlancer and him, already level 3, Shockshadow did not know whether to be terrified or amazed, despite the alarm the plan seem to be going well, and they had yet to run into any real trouble, "Thinking about it now.....this might be two easy! either where too good or security really got lousy all of a sudden!"


Level 3's security room, seeing a few some guards stationed at the entrance He pulled out his sonic disrupted cannon and fired the explosion blowing up both the guards and pretty much the door, running into the room Shockshadow was like a *aherm* machine, working the controls like he had done it a thousand times before,

"GAHH!" He ducked his head as a laser almost nipped him "The laser fire is REALLY distracting! Hold them off will ya?!"

At that point Shadowlancer could take that as the translation to "go nuts" and almost on cue wave after wave of security guards poured into the room