Scattered hope Chapter one
Outside Jasper, Nevada.
Overlooking the former remains of the once lively and buzzing town of Jasper was a huge tangled metallic fortress from another planet, Megatron's new palace on earth. Only a week and a have a go had the town been filled with cheerful children and busy working adults, but all it took was a bright blinding white lightning bolt and the town was abandoned out of fear and as the government forces made their way towards the town and started evacuation of jasper and all surrounding towns in a fifty mile radius. The town and the fortress was enclosed in a huge bubble shield, which was then surrounded by over five hundred tanks two hundred anti-aircraft missiles and over five thousand ground troops, numerous helicopters and who knows how many warships with their weapons facing the occupied town. If they could they would have advanced into the town and destroyed the tower themselves but try as they might there earthen metal vehicles wouldn't pass through the shield but only Cybertronian's could as seekers flew out and around the dome trying to scare the army off and track the enemy. Even though the Army couldn't advance into the town because the shield was impenetrable to any vehicle or weapon that tried to fly through it that the army possessed, they could still see the smouldering, charred remains of the town. Even though the fires had at this point been extinguished the smoke still remained, acting as a thick fog in the dome, which hid the top of the towering fortress of destruction which had been built on the ashes of the former town and the rubble of the remains of the once busy and bustling Autobot base omega one. The former mountain in which the Autobot base once resided was now just a large pile of boulders and dust, between the rubble you could see the steel beams which once supported the hollow mountain and parts of broken computers, Ground Bridge and personal belongings which were unfortunately mangled and destroyed beyond further use, and recognition. All the while a group of Decepticon drones were digging through the rubble with the towering sliver warlord sitting on a make shift throne, made out of mangled metal and rock from the remains of there the destroyed base.
The towering gladiator stood up from his throne and took a good look around, he took a long gaze around at the former base that the Autobots had once resided in. The brute of a war lord then brought a smile to his twisted and serrated face plates and bared his sharp fang-like denta. As he looked over the working drones a grey and red seeker walked over to his leader. The towering brute looked over to his approaching second in command.
"Starscream, how goes the search? I want to see some Autobot chassis by the end of the day." Megatron asked with sadistic glee evident in his voice.
"My lord, we have found the remains of their ground bridge but it appears to have been used just moments before the base collapsed." Starscream reported.
"Optimus must always make things hard for me, mustn't he?" the warlord cursed with venom laced in his voice. "Have you or Soundwave been able to use the control console to find the last few ground bridges that the Autobots made?" Megatron continued.
"No my lord it appears that whichever bot was last out destroyed the controls, erasing all known past ground bridge locations." The seeker started only to notice his leader seething and getting angrier at the moment. "But Soundwave had managed to locate the last known co-ordinates of multiple ground bridge disturbances all across the north of America, and I have sent some of our troops to locate and eradicate any remaining auto scum but have them on orders to capture Optimus prime alive for the joys of watching you be the one who terminates the last of the primes."
"You have such a way with words Starscream, but it's still not enough. I want to see to the termination of the last of the Autobots, and then Earth and Cybertron are mine and under Decepticon control.
"My lord the remains of the wrecker Wheeljack's ship is still in the dome and there is no way he has escaped the dome. With your permission, if the wrecker is still online I wish to torture him into giving us the location of the remaining auto scum." The grey and red seeker asked,
"See to it you do Starscream, and if he isn't helping give us there location throw him into the new smelting pits. He will certainly make a nice new table once he has been melted down to match my new throne." The warlord instructed while turning around to see the pile of remaining belongings which were once in the position of the Autobots as well as the few relics left behind like the forge of Solus Prime, beside it was a mangled guitar and amp, a TV and a games console as well as many medical tools which Ratchet had left behind in his rush.
The warlord then turned his attention back to his new palace and transformed, he took off flying towards the throne room at the top. The crazed warlord looked out and down at the views from his fortress, oh it was a great day to be a Decepticon.
"Starscream, recall the troops working at the Autobot base and send them to join in the search for the remaining Autobots." Megatron instructed as he talked through the comm link he opened to the seeker second in command.
"Of course my lord, we have the Autobot wrecker Wheeljack down in the torture chamber but he is refusing to talk, permission to use the cortical physic patch, my lord?" the seeker replied.
"Of course Starscream, use any method possible to get him to talk before you throw him to the smelter." Megatron said through the comm link, which he then disconnected.
With that the Silver warlord looked down across his new domain, smiling evilly at all he had recently accomplished.
As the drones left the site of the former Autobot base, one bot was partly visible but went unnoticed as the drones took off and headed towards the fortress to take the ground bridges out to the last known locations of the bots. Under the newly moved rubble was the one bot who had remained behind to Ground Bridge the others out, the large mech was partly lodged under some steel while the rest of his chassis was buried under the rubble which they had once called home. The truck formers optics flickered on and off as he tried to come out of stasis, but failed to do so. The one bot which was at the top of Megatron's hit list was battered, and bruised and getting weaker by the moment, but if he was conscious would be glad that the drones had not discovered him yet. All he had to do was hope that some members of his team would come looking for him and get him medical attention before the cons discovered him and he was terminated at the hands of the mech he had once considered a friend, a brother. All he had was hope, which was slowly dwindling.
Some were in Idaho
Driving silently on what appeared to be an abandoned road was a green s.u.v, and its two occupants after having driven all the way from the Nevada desert and across the state line into Idaho. One off which was a thirty nine, forty year old man with black hair with a few orange highlights and supposedly glowing honey golden eyes, while next to him was a sixteen year old girl with black hair just like the man beside her but with pink highlights instead of orange, she two had the same glowing honey golden eyes as the an beside her. The drive through was very silent as it had been over the past few days since they had abandoned base. The teen was looking out the window while her dad was focusing on the road ahead. The teen was so use to urban surroundings as she grew up on the outskirts of Tokyo were the country met the city, so she was enthralled as she they drove past but staring out as you pass through a forest could only keep one entertained for so long.
As Miko pulled out her phone and flipped it pen her father noticed.
"Miko no phone calls!" he shouted at his daughter, making her jump and drop her phone. Bulkhead swerved on the road but soon regained control,
"Hey I'm driving here, care to give me a warning before you shout sir." The s.u.v said over his radio,
"Hey, I'm only looking at some of my pictures. Not making a call or even a text." Miko replied as she picked up her phone to show her dad. Springer relaxed and apologized to his daughter, she needed one right then and there.
"I'm sorry Nova daring, I've just been on edge lately." He sighed
"Yeah haven't we all." Bulkhead sighed
"I just miss them all…" Miko started before a question popped into her processor
"Um Bulk… where are we going?" Miko asked,
"To meet up with Wheeljack. We made plans just encase a scenario like this ever occurred, never thought we would have to use it though." The green s.u.v replied, leaving the Cybertronian pretender chuckling
"Good to see that you're still using wrecker protocols Bulkhead. Still true to your wrecking roots." The small pretender joked, lightening the mood which had been stale and depressing ever since the cons found the base and forced the bots to abandon it.
"So where are you going?" Miko asked,
"Me and Jackie set co-ordinate's to meet up in the Rocky Mountains." Bulkhead replied, "I didn't tell you about it Springer because of your… you know, human alt." the car finished.
"Fair point… but I have been thinking about reverting back into a semi-truck, but only if Miko want me to." The mech said while reaching over to give his daughter a well needed hug. Miko didn't reject, and leaned into the embrace, feeling a bit better once the pair broke it up a few minutes later.
"I don't care dad… as long as you give me a few rides… Wait what about my competitions, my free running, paintballing, and roller derby, kendo, and karate tournaments." Miko question, curiosity laced her voice as well as a small hint of disappointment.
"Heh, kiddo I thought you said you were retiring from half of those competitive sports. You told me last year that and I quote "there's no real challenge anymore, dad no one can keep up with me. I might as well retire and take up the guitar until there is someone who will actually pose a real challenge comes forward. Heck I've beaten people twice my age and there is still no real competition, I basically give up no one is fast enough to block my strikes and I win ever kendo match in two minutes flat same as free running. Mind taking me down to the music shop so I can get a guitar." The man's words left bulkhead chuckling and miko blushing
"Hey I still practice though, although I don't know if any of my equipment survived, now that Jaspers a bombsight." Miko sighed and looked down at her pictures she had taken over there many adventures.
"Well it's a good thing that you still have the majority of your equipment back in Japan." Springer sighed
With that the rest of the journey was silent until the group reached the co-ordinates were they would be waiting for Wheeljack at. Once Bulkhead pulled over into a secluded part of the forest, he let his two passengers out. As Springer and Miko got out Bulkhead transformed, he was thankful that the trees and foliage was thick enough around the clearing to provide a cover for him. Springer walked around collecting some pebbles to make a base for a campfire. Miko pulled out her swords and chopped down a few newly planted trees and chopped them up into usable sizes for the campfire her father was building. As she dumped the pile of logs into the pit, her dad pulled out his path baster and shot the pile to start the fire. Miko had asked to hear a few stories from the war about her dad and Bulkheads missions. But Springer had a better idea.
"Well Miko, how about you tell me how Wheeljack and Bulkhead promoted you to an honorary wrecker. You still haven't told me yet and I've been waiting for about three months now to hear this story." The father asked, he saw his daughter perk up at being asked to tell her story.
"Well it all started after Arcee, Bee, Jack and I returned from New York after retrieving the spark extractor relic, if I'm correct. We had just arrived back at base and I was wondering if Bulkhead had arrived back yet…" Miko started before trailing off, Bulkhead butted into the story and told Springer,
"I had been fighting Hardshell, while they were in New York. The stupid insect had shot me from behind just as I was leaving through the ground bridge and the toxic energon didn't help. I had to go into surgery straight away, I was critical at that point and only moments away from joining the well, but Ratchet worked his magic and brought me back from the edge of termination." Bulkhead filled in, Miko then found her voice again and continued her story.
"Well Optimus called Wheeljack back to base to inform him of the situation. He was pissed and went for revenge. I tricked some simple minded idiot into giving me the name of the insect that shot Bulkhead down, I bartered with Wheeljack to let me join him in the Jackhammer and in return I would tell him who shot Bulkhead. So he took me out, and we went after the bug. Jackie contacted the Nemesis and we had Hardshell meet us at some co-ordinates somewhere, I don't really remember it." Miko told her father, who was listening intently at what his daughter had to say, she took a quick pause to stop her voice from cracking and to stay strong and not break down into tears as those horrid, vivid memories passed through her mind, she shook her head and continued with her story, as small smirk inched its way into a small smile. "Once me and Wheeljack reached the co-ordinates he set the ship to autopilot to take me back to base encase anything happened to him. Moments later the bug and half the insecticon army had arrived to watch the show down. After a really close battle Hardshell got the better of Jackie and was about to snuff his spark, I was at the controls of the ship wavering my hand over the autopilot button, but decided against it and pressed the missile launcher instead. The missiles that launched hit Hardshell right in the spark chamber and his parts went flying" the girl emphasised, " Wheeljack limped back to the Hammer and we set off back to base but I think I enraged the insecticon by being the one who snuffed there current leader. They transformed and gave chase to us, Wheeljack picked up a crate full of his grenades and lobbed the whole box at the herd flying behind us and shot the closest grenade setting them all off and blowing the chasing insecticon to scrap metal. On the flight back Wheeljack praised me and made me an honorary wrecker. Once we got back the others were a little ticked off at what we had done, Optimus sent Wheeljack on his way for a while and the others started a lecture on what I had done. After the boring as hell lecture Ratchet told me that you would be walking up shortly and I ran into the medi bay and was there when you came to. And help you through your recovery." Miko finished while looking up at her huge Mechfriend, who in returned smiled down at his femme friend.
"Well I was wondering what had happened for a while now. You're just like your mother. She had the nerve to do the same, she's the reason why Motormaster, Dragstrip, Deadend, and Wildrider have been terminated, but you and Wheeljack pissed off and took out over half of the insecticon army. What do you think Bulkhead, I think the title of honorary wrecker isn't enough after hearing your story, how about junior wrecker or wrecker cadet, and she can wreck her way up from there." Springer said as he pulled Miko into a hug.
"Yeah, I like the sound of junior wrecker, what do you think Miko." Bulkhead said while smiling, Miko squeaked with joy,
"You guys mean it? Really?" she asked,
"Totally Novaflare darling." Springer replied. "But it's getting late, you two need to recharge I'll take first watch. Bulkhead take second." Springer said as he transformed into robot mode.
"Wanna sleep inside my alt Miko?" Bulkhead asked the hybrid,
"Um… no offence Bulk, it's a little uncomfortable sleeping inside a car, I think I'll just transform into my own alt and recharge on my own four wheels, but thanks for the offer buddy." Miko said as she transformed into robot mode and then down to vehicle mode.
"Um, Miko honey do you think you would be able to transform into vehicle mode from human mode it would be a lot faster in a really bad situation." Springer said.
"Don't know, never tried. I'll try in the morning, but now can I just get some sleep." Miko wined,
"Recharge Nova darling, recharge, and yes you can daring, Bulkhead I'll wake you in a few hours' time and you can take over the watch." Springer said as Bulkhead finished drinking the cube of energon he was drinking and transformed down into his alt mode to recharge just like Miko had only moments before hand. While the dad waked around and kept watch, making sure that no Decepticon ambushes them or takes them by surprise.
Darkmount, torture chamber.
The prison inside the newly built fortress was dark and damp, but empty and silent. All the cells were empty bar one, the occupant had been dragged from his crashed ship which had been shot down only days before by the silver and red seeker second in command to the Decepticons. The poor bot had been tortured to find information on the last known locations of his associates, but after hours of torture the cons gave up as he had no relevant information to give, they couldn't even find anything interesting using the cortical physic patch.
The poor bot in question was resting on a berth in the cell he was currently locked in, he had did a systems check during his time in his cell and was surprised that his weapons system was still operational. Usually the cons would have had your weapons deactivated and removed at this point, if you were a prisoner. The white mech with green and red accents was brought out of his chain of thought as a silver and red seeker and a handful of drones approached the cell and rattled the bars.
"Good morning Wheeljack, I hope you had a good recharge and rest after your…fun time with knockout yesterday." Starscream said as he walked towards the cell.
"What do you want screamy." The inventor asked, hatred and anger filled his voice as he spoke to the mad mech who was responsible for shooting him out of the sky.
"You have proven to be of no further use to us after yesterday, so Lord Megatron has ordered to your execution. You are to be melted down and turned into his new ped stool." The silver seeker said sadistically.
Starscream opened the cell and had the drones put the wrecker in cuffs. The drones then led the Autobot to the smelting pit.
"I take it bucket head it to afraid to get his servos dirty on this one. Had his lackey do it." Wheeljack smirked as the drones pushed him closer to the edge, the drones then removed the cuffs from the white mech.
The drones pushed the inventor forward, one of them then ordered Wheeljack to "jump".
"Are you a flyer?" Wheeljack asked, before the drone could reply the Autobot had picked him up and chucked him into the pit. The drone quickly transformed into his jet mode, before he could regain controls wheeljack jumped and landed on the jet and rode him like a flying bull around the arena. The other drones present armed there blasters and started shooting at the pair, although no shot connected to Wheeljack as he used the drone he was standing on as a shield. After forcing the drone into a nose dive Wheeljack jumped off and transformed, while the poor drone crashed into the side of the smelter and fell into the pool of molten metal bubbling below him, never to see daylight again.
All that could be heard through the fortress was the alarms as Wheeljack escaped the fortress and speed off before any con could lay optics on the direction he was heading.
Wheeljack made his way across the desert and over the border state line with Idaho after a few hours of driving as fast as he could. The roads were abandoned so he had the road all to himself as he increased his speed and drove towards the co-ordinates he and Bulkhead had set weeks ago. Hopefully the cons hadn't dug that out of his mind and used the co-ordinates to capture Bulkhead, Miko and Springer or worse terminate them.
'What About Arcee' blazed through his processor, was she alright? Is she online? or have the cons captured her and terminated her and Jack. 'No' Arcee is a capable femme with a reputation, she was too skilled to be captured by the cons and she would protect Jack with her spark. he would have loved to continue thinking about her well being but that would have to wait, He needed to know if Bulkhead had made it. that big green mech was like a brother to him, heck he would actually call bulkhead a brother at times because they had been through so much, and Miko, the femme that had saved his aft from joining the well, she was a wrecker, she was family. If Springer was with them then they would be alright, after all he was the best commander the wreckers ever had. He would only find out once he got there, and hopefully soon. He picked up the pace and went into over drive to make up for lost ground and to try and put as much room between him and the con's that could soon be following him.
Its great to be back with another story. Right now I want to clear a few things up that I left out in the first story 'the tsunami of truth' and if you haven't read it yet WHY ARE YOU READING THIS?
Firstly Miko's first alt the Audi tts 2016 model was a beginner car so she could get used to driving, Secondly some of the bots have had a colour revamp like Arcee who is now Black and Blue with pink accents instead of always being pink and white in past shows. So I revamped Springer so instead of being green like in G1 he is Black and orange with golden optics, because I want him to look similar to Miko's Cybertronian mode. and finally Miko's mother died because of having given birth to a child from an entirely different race, the cancer was a side effect from the birth and it lead to her death.
It's a grim start to the sequel, I know but I wanted to make things clearer. Please enjoy and look out for more chapters in the foreseeable future. Thanks.