Watching Over Cybertron: Autobot
Chapter 1: Tracer
A small jet soared through the air. Luckily, she was in Autobot airspace, so she had no problems reaching her destination. She saw where she needed to be, and she quickly dived down towards the ground. Her legs were orange yellow, and her body was brown. She also had an orange visor that covered her optics. She transformed into her robot form, and rolled on the ground, stopping right in front of an Autobot soldier, startling him for a bit.
"Oh, sorry, luv!" She smiled. "Be out of your way!"
She quickly walked around the soldier, and quickly ran towards her location. She stopped behind a wall, and looked at who was there. Jetfire, Silverbolt, and Air Raid were busily directing other Autobots to their other respective duties. She breathed in deeply, and then quickly walked up to them.
"Tracer, reporting for duty, sir!" She announced herself.
Jetfire, Silverbolt, and Air Raid looked over to Tracer, who was saluting at them. Silverbolt and Air Raid then quickly glanced over to Jetfire with a look that said, "You deal with this." Jetfire rolled his optics, so he simply walked over to Tracer while the other two Aerialbots transformed and took to the air.
"Where are they going, sir?" Tracer asked.
"They have other things to attend to." Jetfire replied. "So, you're that new recruit Optimus sent over?"
"Yes sir!" Tracer replied proudly. "I am ready to do any task!"
Jetfire sighed, and looked down at his pad.
"Well, we won't be seeing any sort of action for a while." He assured. "So, for the main time, you'll be moving supplies out of this base."
Then, Jetfire began to move away from Tracer, but she still had questions.
"Wait, we're abandoning this base?" She asked.
"Yes." Jetfire replied. "A patrol noted of a small Decepticon platoon heading towards here."
"But sir, with all due respect, shouldn't we stay and fight?" Tracer asked. "I mean, the Decepticons are taking one Autobot installation after another!"
"Believe me, I would like nothing more." Jetfire admitted. "But we can't risk losing any more Autobots over a simple outpost. Get moving."
Tracer wanted to continue arguing, but she didn't want to disrespect a superior officer. So, she simply trotted over to a nearby storage facility, and began moving Energon cubes out and over to some gunships. After she had moved several cubes, she decided to take a break. She pulled out her Pulse Pistols, and just checked it out, making sure that it was loaded or not.
"Not your ideal first deployment?" asked a voice.
Tracer looked over and saw another flyer. His armor was black and white, but his face was distinguishable as it was orange. He had just moved some turret cannons over to a gunship that was just prepping for takeoff.
"Well, to be honest, yes." Tracer admitted, rubbing the back of her head. "I was expecting to see a lot of action when Optimus sent me over…"
"Tell you what." The Autobot smiled. "I'll talk to Silverbolt. Maybe we could be partners."
"That would be nice." Tracer replied.
The Autobot extended a hand, and Tracer took it kindly. The two shook hands, and began to moving supplies again.
"Oh!" Tracer suddenly muttered. "I never got your name!"
"I'm Skydive." The Autobot replied. "You?"
"Tracer." Tracer replied.
Together, the two Autobots along with others moved supplies out. For a while, nothing huge occurred. Soon afterwards, Jetfire made the call for the gunships to begin departure. One by one, the gunships began to leave. However, the first gunship was met with a flurry of lasers and bullets, which brought the gunship down to the ground in burning pile of scrap. The Autobots soon discovered that the Decepticon platoon have been waiting for the moment when all of their supplies have been put away to be put into use right away. Jetfire called the alarms, which blared loudly.
"Well, looks like you got your wish!" Skydive called to Tracer.
Tracer quickly ducked for cover, as the Decepticons began to push in. Despite all of the Autobots munitions being inside the gunships, it took some time for them to get armed up. However, Tracer had her Pulse Pistols. She quickly swung in to cover the soldiers that prepped themselves. She felt the rush of Cybertronian-adrenaline within her. Decepticon troopers went down one by one, and the more she shot down, she felt more satisfied. She quickly then dashed forward to land a melee on one trooper. But she left herself vulnerable to an attack from behind, which is a what a sleek white Cybertronian jet did. Tracer was launched forward, landing herself right into a squad of Decepticons. Luckily, Jetfire swooped and bombarded the Decepticons. Silverbolt and Air Raid flew in behind him and grabbed Tracer.
"Ramjet!" Jetfire called out. "I should've known this spineless attack was from you!"
The white Cybertronian jet turned around and transformed into a sleek Decepticon Seeker. He cackled as he flew above Jetfire.
"Well, what can I say?" Ramjet cackled. "I like to prey on the weak!"
Ramjet then raised his arm and fired his blasters. Jetfire took some hits, but he prioritized in getting Tracer out. Air Raid and Silverbolt both dragged her out, and put her in some cover.
"I can still fight, sir!" Tracer insisted.
"Is that so?" Silverbolt joked.
Then, the two Aerialbots just left Tracer on the cover, and soon joined Jetfire in taking out the Decepticons. Tracer peeked out of her cover and saw the three Autobot fliers fighting Ramjet and the remaining Decepticon forces. However, she was too focused, she didn't see a Decepticon sneaking up on her. The Decepticon took aim at her back, but Skydive quickly flew in and crushed his head with a piece of rubble. Tracer turned back just in time to see Skydive.
"Oh!" She gasped. "Thanks, luv."
"Don't mention it." Skydive smiled, extending out his hand.
Tracer took it, and stood up.
"I don't think Jetfire and the others can handle that many Decepticons for long." Skydive explained. "And the troops are still trying to set up."
Tracer looked back at the massive amount of Decepticons still trickling in.
"I've got an idea…" Tracer suggested. "But I don't think you'll like it."
Skydive raised an eyebrow, curious about what she meant.
The Autobots troops that managed to get enough weapons, began repelling the Decepticons. Meanwhile, Jetfire, Silverbolt, and Air Raid were still fighting Ramjet. Ramjet quickly grabbed Silverbolt and Air Raid by their wings, and bashed them together. He then darted up and dropkicked Jetfire. Jetfire fell on his knees, but fired a shot to Ramjet's chest, sending him back.
"One more round?" Jetfire smiled cheekily.
Ramjet scoffed, but he smiled.
"I've delayed you long enough…" He said. "My forces will plow through your troops…"
The three Autobots froze, and Ramjet used that opening to transform into his jet mode and escape into the sky. Recovering from the shock, the three quickly flew back to their troops. They were holding the line pretty well, as the gunships couldn't take off and provide them air support. Some of the other fliers tried to make do, but the Decepticon artillery kept from doing any good. In the midst of this though, Silverbolt was doing a bodycount.
"Where's the cadet and Skydive?!" He shouted.
"I don't know, I don't see them!" An Autobot soldier called.
In the midst of this, Jetfire was providing aerial support for his troops. Then, he saw some blue explosions coming from the backline of the Decepticons. He flew down to see what was up, and soon figured it out. Tracer and Skydive, in jet form, were doing a flanking bombing run.
"Woo-hoo!" Tracer called as she barrel-rolled, releasing another set of bombs.
Skydive, while not being thrilled about this as Tracer, still went with the bombardment. The bombs have begun to scatter the Decepticons. With that, the Autobots all began to charge forward, guns blazing. The Decepticons withstood the pressure for as long as they could, however, the force was too much for them to handle. Eventually, what's left of the attacking Decepticons called for a retreat.
After the attack was repelled, Tracer and Skydive all flew down to the Autobot troopers, who were now reloading the gunships with their supplies. The two assisted some people, but when Jetfire came, it was a different story.
"Tracer! Skydive! A word." He called.
Tracer and Skydive quickly walked over to Jetfire. They didn't know what to expect, as Tracer had just survived her first Decepticon attack.
"Well, I don't know what to say." Jetfire admitted. "For one, I should reprimand you for initiating a plan without any consent from me, Silverbolt, or Air Raid."
Tracer and Skydive tensed up. It was true. Tracer's plan was to use her signature pulse bombs and flank the Decepticons from behind. However, in order for the plan to work, she hadn't told anyone but Skydive.
"However…" Jetfire continued. "I should commend you for this."
Tracer and Skydive perked up at what Jetfire was about to tell them.
"Tracer." Jetfire began. "You showed great initiative. You saw what you have to do to save your comrades."
"Does that mean I'm an Autobot soldier now, sir?" Tracer asked eagerly.
"Hold your afterburners, kid." Jetfire chuckled. "You've got some ways to go. But I'm sure Skydive will guide you."
Skydive was taken back by that comment.
"Me, sir?" Skydive asked.
Jetfire didn't reply. He simply walked away to talk to contact Optimus that they'll be on their way back to main base. Tracer, quickly wrapped one of her arms around Skydive's shoulder, smiling.
"Alright, partner!" She smiled. "Show me the way!"
Skydive, smiling a bit, was now in for a ride. Like Jetfire said, Tracer still has quite a ways to go. And Skydive is well aware that his newly found partnership with Tracer is not going to be bland to say the least.