Disclaimer, transformers aren't mine at all. They belong to Hasbro. However, I have OC's in this story; Sunblaze, Flame and Spitfire. Oh and a neutral who will feature later in this story an as of yet has no name.
This is a sequel to Spark's desire, a lot of time has passed by since Sunblaze has had the twins and they are now younglings. I shalln't tell you much about them but all is not right with one of them.
Prologue.
Deep in the forest a capsule landed clumsily leaving a trail of devasation in its wake. It sat there for a while as the trail smouldered a little bit and an old tree came crashing to the ground narrowly missing the tree. The sound of shifting metal echoed on the air as the capsule started to separate and grow in height. A pair of yellow optics scanned the forest for anything which might offer her a disguise and when they looked up into the sky she spotted a jet flying across the sky. Rays zig zagged up to the plane and scanned it, the alien creature stood in the forest while her armor settled itself onto her body.
The pilot sat in his seat and looked through the wind screen of the cockpit. All was well, the weather was perfect, they had strong tail winds and the flight crew were a good team. A smile sat on his ruddy features as he slid the plane through the cloud formations. All of a sudden the instruments glitched and a bolt of electricity shot through his hand,
"Oww," he shook his hand and looked at it to see if there was any damage, "What was that?"
The co pilot shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know," he replied as he checked all the instrument but they had settled down, "I'll put in a report when we land."
The alien tried to move but the armor was heavy and clumsy making movement difficult. She growled as she shed the heavy metal and went on a quqest to seek another vehicle with which to disguise herself. She didn't have to look far, she heard a vehicle coming down a dirt track and hid to see what it was.
A group of young people sat in a red pick up singing and laughing; it was quite old but well looked after and a person could be forgiven for thinking it had just come off the assembly line. The alien scowled as she zapped the car when it passed her, the driver a blonde haired seventeen year old was totally oblivious to the presence of the femme neutral or the bolt of electricity which had just zapped her boyfriend's truck,
"Perfect," the femme neutral rumbled as she moved around in her armor.
A red warning light flashed on her HUD telling her she was about to go offline if she didn't have energon soon. She went on another hunt for fuel but in the woods it was very hard to find, little did she know that on this organic planet energon was hard to come by unless she was with the Cybertronians already living on earth.
Jazz and Bumblebee were on their way home from a mission in New York where there were strange sightings of alien jets. As they drove through the forest Bumblebee picked up an energon signal and slowed down,
"What the...? Jazz, are you picking anything Up?"
"Yes I am Bumblebee."
The silver saboteur turned off the path and drove along the dirt track closely followed by Bumblebee. The path was narrow and muddy in places, the yellow camaro found a hole in the path which was full of muddy water. His wheels sank into the mud making him cringe at the wet squishy feeling under the tyres. Jazz was equally displeased as sharp twigs and thorns scratched the side of his body. Ratchet would chew them out if too much damage was done.
The femme neutral heard the sound of the high powered engines before she saw them and shrunk behind a clump of ferns and thick undergrowth. She watched them as they drove past and stop just nearby and transform. One of them, the yellow one, was wearing an Autobot symbol on his helmet. She looked at them in a stunned silence as they looked around at the environment. Bumblebee picked up the femme's signature on his HUD but it was neither Autobot nor Decepticon,
"I have her signature but it's neither Autobot or Decepticon which means it's a...,"
"Neutral," Jazz interjected. He planted his claws on his hip and dropped his visor over is optics. He scanned the area and stopped when he picked up a thermal imaging, "Alright little lady, I know where you are. You're completely safe we won't let anything happen to you so you can come out of yer hiding place,"
The femme neutral wouldn't move at first, she was too scared. Jazz waited a minute before he spoke again, "Are you going to show yourself or do I have to force you out of your hiding place,"
The femme growled in frustration and slowly stood up. Both the Autobots looked in her direction and then at each other,
"She is a neutral," Bumblebee said, "I thought they were all killed,"
He stepped forward but Free Runner put up her hand, "Don't come any closer," she yelled. Both the mechs stopped,
"Yeah and she's very nervous" Jazz replied,
"Huh, who can blame her, she's probably one of the few surviving neutrals left," Bumblebee retorted, "What's your designation femme?"
"Free runner," she replied,
"Free runner," Jazz said thoughtfully, "When did you arrive on earth, missy?"
She shrugged her shoulders, "A few breems ago," Free runner looked at Jazz, "You wouldn't have any energon would you, I'm kind of...,"
Jazz's sub space hissed as he opened it and he produced a canister of energon, "Here," he said, "It's not to Cybertronian standards but we have survived on it,"
"We?" Free Runner looked at him and took the cannister, she drank the contents greedily watching them all the time.
"Yeah, the Autobots," Bumblebee confirmed,
You mean there is more of you?"
"Most of us who survived the evacuation," Bumblebee replied, "Listen, why don't you come back with us?"
Free Runner smiled, "Thanks for the offer but...no thanks. If I go back with you I'll be dragged into the war. I assume the cons followed you,"
"Yeah...they're here," Jazz sighed as he looked around but the forest had a peaceful ambiance about it, "You can't stay here; you're too close to the Decepticon border. I suggest you come with us before they find you,"
Free Runner shook her head, "I can't I promised my father I'd always be. You haven't seen or heard from him have you? He was called Encryption,"
"Can't say I have," Jazz replied matter of factly,
"Oh," Free Runner looked down, "I didn't think so but it was worth a try,"
"Are you sure you don't want to come back with us, you'll be safer," Jazz insisted but Free Runner shook her head.
Jazz opened his sub space and gave her some more canisters of energon, "Give me your arm," he said.
Free Runner looked at him, "What are you going to do?" she asked,
"I'm going to download the coordinates for the Autobot base, if you permit me to do so...just in case you change your mind,"
Free Runner held her hand over her arm panel, "I won't!" she insisted,
"Stubborn femme," he said under his breath, "Free Runner, we are trying to help you here, the Decepticons are one mile to the west of us and they frequently use these woods to stay out of sight. You will be in danger if you stay here,"
"Then I'll move," she snipped.
"Okay have it your way, we'll show you a safer area. Stay there and I'll bring you more energon and Ratchet to check you over for any damage from entry into the earth's atmosphere,"
"I've heard of Ratchet, he doesn't need to come,"
Bumblebee cocked an eyebrow ridge, "His reputation precedes him,"
Jazz chuckled.
"You will have no choice, he will want to check you over," Bumblebee replied,
"Then don't tell him," she retorted a little impatiently,
"We have to give Optimus Prime a report, Ratchet will find out," Jazz retorted equally as impatiently. The femme's optics lit up,
"The Optimus Prime?" she asked.
Jazz smiled slightly, "Yes...the Optimus Prime. Come back with us and you can meet him,"
"No...I can't" she yelled,
"Fine have it your way," Jazz snapped, "Come with us to a safer place and don't move from there until we have come back. My designation is Jazz and here is my call sign and the coordinates to the base. Contact me if you're in any trouble,"
He transmitted the informtion to her via a private comm link, "Thank you," she said, "Oh and you don't need to worry about me," as she said this her color changed to the dappled sunlit forest and almost disappeared,
"I didn't think neutrals could do things like that," Bumblebee said,
"My father made me a program to protect me from being captured by the Decepticons. I was his only child," she replied sadly, "My mother died from dark energon poisoning,"
"Sorry to hear that," Jazz replied.
They drove along the forest path leading the femme deeper into the forest and thicker undergrowth,
"You'll be safer here," Jazz said as Free Runner transformed, "Be careful,"
"Thank you," she replied.
Bumblebee whined as a sad expression crossed his face, Free Runner smiled, "I'll be okay," she said,
"I hope so," Bumblebee's scratchy voice replied.
Jazz and Bumblebee continued on their journey home, "Will she be okay?" the yellow scout asked,
"I hope so Bee," Jazz replied,
"I don't like leaving her like that," Bumblebee said, "Who knows who was watching us,"
Jazz opened his comm link to Optimus Prime,
"Go ahead Jazz,"
"Prime we have a situation, we have found a femme neutral..." Two seekers flew overhead. Jazz immediately shut down the link and waited for the seekers to disappear.
Skywarp looked down at the Autobots and then at Starscream, "Did I just hear what I thought I heard?"
"Something about a femme neutral,"
"Yeah, wonder where she's hiding,"
The seekers dropped down as they flew over the forest so they were flying just above the trees. Jazz and Bumblebee stopped and watched as their fears became realized,
"No!" Jazz yelled as he mentally slapped his hand to his forehead, "This can't be happening. How could I have been so stupid."
Bumblebee placed his hand on his suprerior's shoulder, "It's not your fault sir,"
The seekers searched the forest for the femme neutral methodically, leaving no stone unturned. Free Runner watched anxiously from her hiding place, she kicked herself for not taking up his offer. The Autobots would probaly have offered her sanctuary, the Decepticons would use her for their own devices. She scanned her environment from her hiding place and changed into the dappled forest colors.
This is just the prologue. I'm planning on updating it as soon as possible but there's loads of other stuff going on at the moment.
