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Short Curcuit
Chapter 1
The Decepticons were on the rampage again looking for more energy. Always hungry, they were determined to drain the planet and conquer all the inhabitants, subjecting them to their will. There was one human however, who would not stand idly by and let the robotic monsters take over her world. Her name was Josie Beller - AKA Circuit Breaker. She had been a normal human up until a few years ago when the Decepticon known as 'Shockwave' attacked Blackrock Industries where she worked as an technician causing all the generators to explode she got caught in the blast, which had left her paralysed and hating all Transformers.
She had spent countless months in hospital, learning to walk again, biding her time she waited until the moment was right to take her revenge; now that time had come, thanks to the exoskeleton she wore she would finally accomplish that goal and make them pay for what they did to her.
Sneaking stealthily into the power plant, Circuit Breaker crouched down behind a crate and watched silently as the two Decepticon jets prepared to load up a Purple F-15 jet carrier with the energon they had plundered.
"We better hurry up and make this the last load before the Autobots get here," the red and white jet ordered "The last thing we need is to get involved in a fire fight with those Autobots."
"I don't know Starscream, I wouldn't mind a bit of action," The purple jet interjected "I'm so bored of this sneaking around, I would love to crack open some Autobot skulls, how about you Thundercracker?"
"You said it Skywarp," Thundercracker agreed, "I'm itching to kick some Autobot ass, the sooner Megatron puts the plan into motion the better."
"Yes, but until that time gentleman we have our orders to follow, to avoid any confrontations with the Autobots. So get those energon cubes loaded quickly and move out, we can't afford any mistakes, not with the plan so close to fruition." Starscream replied.
Leaning back on her haunches Circuit Breaker digested this new piece of information with interest and disgust. Whatever the Decepticons were planning to do, Circuit Breaker knew she had to stop them from carrying it out.
"You bastards! You're not leaving here alive with those energon cubes!" Josie thought.
She was unaware; however, that she had already been spotted by Ravage – and did not see him until it was too late. Pinning her to the ground quickly Ravage growled as Circuit Breaker struggled to free herself, managing to wriggle her arm free she placed it on his leg sending a shock of electricity through him, causing him to jump back alarmed and slightly shaken.
Hearing the noise Thundercracker scanned the vicinity to see where the disturbance had emanated from.
"Hey guys, I don't think we are alone here." He commented.
"Then go and see what it is! It might be an Autobot spy – if it is then waste them! We don't have much time!" Starscream snapped.
"I thought Ravage was guarding the perimeter, why do I get all the dirty jobs?" Thundercracker muttered sullenly and went to investigate, only to see a small female human in a weird robotic body suit defending herself against Ravage – and winning!
"What's the matter Ravage, this itsy bitsy fleshbag giving you grief?" Thundercracker joked chuckling to himself.
Ravage growled angrily in response, his tail swished back and forth, as he circled the human, watching her movements keenly.
Omitting a piercing shriek of rage the human turned with impossible speed, aiming a highly charged electric pulse at both of them, she blasted them to the ground. Shaking his head Thundercracker tried to clear his thoughts.
"What the hell was that?! She is only a weak human! A HUMAN knocked me down!" Thundercracker growled, irate that a mere human managed to knock him down. Getting up shakily, he quickly performed an internal diagnostic on his systems to confirm there had been no serious damage. Satisfied that there was none, he looked around to see that the human had disappeared. Seeing Ravage lying motionless on the floor he walked over to him and knelt down beside the injured cat to assess the damage, he was badly injured and would need attention - but that would have to wait. He wanted to get that human and turn her into a messy bloody puddle for messing with him.
"Come out; come out where ever you are!" Thundercracker taunted evilly.
"Thundercracker, come help us!" Skywarp yelled.
Responding swiftly to his wing mate's cries for help, Thundercracker ran to join them, side stepping quickly to avoid collision with Skywarp.
"Get her, kill the flesh creature!" Starscream shouted, quickly transforming into his jet mode; he blasted the human who lithely somersaulted backwards to avoid the laser fire.
"Die robot scum!" Circuit Breaker yelled releasing burst after burst of energy, striking Starscream, he writhed in agony as he fell to ground transforming into his robot mode mid-air.
"Alright bitch, show's over! Prepare to die!" Thundercracker charged at her.
Quickly breaking off the attack Circuit Breaker decided to retreat but not before planting an explosive device on the energy cubes before leaping out though an open window.
"Until the next time we meet monsters, you won't be so fortunate!" she thought
"Huh? What the hell?" Thundercracker did not get much time to ponder why she had retreated before the cubes exploded, sending him crashing backwards into a wall and going off line.
Sprinting quickly, Circuit Breaker gasped for breath as she stopped a safe distance away from the power plant to recuperate and to thank whatever god there was that she managed to survive to fight another day.
"That was too close for comfort," Circuit Breaker chided herself "But the next time I will be ready for them and then I will kill them!" clenching her fists tightly Circuit Breaker continued running into the forest.
Few hours later….
Arriving at the scene of the crime, Optimus, Jazz, Bumblebee and Spike searched the power plant and scanned the surveillance tapes for clues as to what the Decepticons were planning. From what they could gather, it was a standard hit and run energy swipe. That was until the mysterious female human, wearing a weird robotic suit had turned up and blasted the crap out of them. This made Optimus and the other Autobots smile. Who would have thought a mere human could have done that to the finest Decepticon warriors and lived!
"Well I guess there's nothing left for us here now Optimus, we'd better head back to base and try and figure out who that mysterious woman was." Spike said leaning on Bumblebee looking bored.
"You're right, there's nothing left for us to do here. Let's roll for home everyone." Optimus Prime ordered and shifted into his vehicle mode. The other Autobots followed suit, transforming into their other forms, and rolling for Autobot base.
Decepticon Headquarters..
After returning to base, the seekers headed to the repair bay to repair the damage they had sustained during the attack.
"I still can't believe she did so much damage, she was only a tiny little thing but look," Skywarp turned his back slightly to show his team mates the damage to his wings, twisted slightly from battle. "She's twisted my fraggin wings! If I ever see that woman again I'll kill her!"
Picking up a metal hammer, Thundercracker sighed as he went to work on repairing the damage to his wing mate.
"You and me both Skywarp," Thundercracker said "But right now I'm more worried about what Megatron will do to us when he finds out we've failed in collecting those energon cubes they were a vital part of his plan."
"You leave Megatron to me," Starscream cut in "I'm sure I can smooth things over with our leader, this woman needs to be eliminated before we can go forward in our plans and I think I might have an idea on how to do that."
"That's as well as maybe Screamer," Thundercracker muttered "But I ain't picking up the pieces when Megatron's done with you." Skywarp shook his head and snickered.
Before Starscream could retort, the intercom beeped and Megatrons voice came over the comm.
"Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp! Report to the control room at once, I want a report on the latest energy raid you carried out!" Megatron yelled.
"Acknowledged Megatron, we will be there shortly." Starscream replied.
"You have two astro minutes, don't keep me waiting! Megatron out!" Megatron replied acidly cutting the comm.
Wincing slightly Starscream lifted himself off the med-bed "Better to get it over with, but like I said before leave the talking to me." Starscream said getting up to leave with Thundercracker and Skywarp following behind. Skywarp started humming a tune that Starscream recognized as the 'Funeral March'.
"OH DO SHUT UP!" Starscream snapped. Skywarp complied.
When the seekers arrived at the control room, Megatron was examining weapon schematics with his trusted advisor Soundwave.
"Reporting as ordered Megatron." Starscream said.
"It's about time you got here," Megatron said turning to address the seekers "Now report on the latest energy raid you carried out."
Megatron listened with disbelief and rage to the account Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp gave of the battle at the power plant.
"She was pretty tough for a human Megatron; she wore a robotic body suit and shot us with some powerful electromagnetic pulse that knocked us for six." Starscream explained.
Pinching his nose Megatron attempted to quell his anger but to no avail.
"So that's why you failed in your mission? YOU WERE BEATEN BY A HUMAN FEMALE!" he raged. The fliers shrank back, apprehensive and fearful of what their leader might do to them in this agitated state.
Starscream attempted to smooth things over with his commander, still perturbed that he was defeated in such a manner.
"Should we run into this woman again leader, she will be terminated." Starscream said.
Unable to contain his rage, Megatron responded by smacking Starscream full in the face knocking him to the ground. The other fliers tensed, waiting to see what would happen next.
"Failures! You are all FAILURES! Get out of my sight all of you! I don't want to see your wretched faces for the rest of the day!" Megatron yelled. The fliers hastily departed leaving Megatron with his thoughts.
"Bested by a human female! Well, whoever this human is she will be terminated…. or perhaps she could be of some use to us.., she might even get rid of the Autobots for me… I will have to investigate this matter further myself."