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"You have got to be kidding me..." I mumbled while glaring headlong at my group of friends before me. Amy shook her head no and then launched herself at me with a wide grin.
"We are finally winning this war Ironhide." Amy cried with stars in her eyes. I rolled my eyes and shoved her away from me.
"Back down Sideswipe! Jeeze..." I snapped.
"Hey! Don't shove my sister like that!"
Whipping around, I pulled out my sling shot and pulled back, aiming it right at Sunstreaker. The blonde glared at me as her sister, Sideswipe, pulled on her arm.
"Come on Sunny, Ironhide is not in a good mood. I mean, we should be celebrating because Megatron is moving after all."
I blinked and dropped my hands to my sides with the sling shot held in one.
"Woah! Sideswipe say what?" I blurted, going way out of character right there. Amy and Tanya glanced at one another and grinned evilly.
"Oh, nothing at all. We're just gonna head out, ya know?" Amy snickered while the twins snapped their heels together and wheels shot out from the shoes that I had made for the whole team. Realizing that they were playing with me now, I snarled and did the same, shooting down the sidewalk on the wheels that came out of my boots. People jumped out of our way as we came barreling by and shouts were thrown at us as we passed by.
"Sides, Sunny, get your afts back here!" I snarled and lowered myself closer to the ground to pick up speed. Laughter left their mouths and they also sped up. Turning another corner, I watched with surprise as we passed Ratchet. Forgetting about the twins, I did a spin while skating backwards now.
"Come on Ratchet! We have pests to squish!" and I grinned as Ratchet caught on and quickly snapped her heels together and caught up to me. Spinning back around, Ratchet pulled up besides me and grumbled about having to fix clothing or what not by the time we finished.
"Any new news?" I questioned while swerving around a person who looked shocked to see four teens racing down the sidewalks on skates. Ratchet looked at me out of the corner of her eye and shrugged her shoulders.
"Sorry Ironhide...I have not spoken to Optimus Prime yet."
My eyes focused back onto the two in front of us and then I lit up as I remembered something.
"Guess what, I finally finished the new communication devices. Got them here in my pack." I stated with a proud grin on my face. Ratchet nodded in acknowledgment and tried to speed up in an attempt to catch the slowing twins. Grinning, I then pulled up beside Ratchet.
"And another accomplishment." I stated while lowering myself close to the ground and pressed a button on the inside of both my boots. Swiftly standing back up, I tapped my boots together and a small whine came from them. Ratchet squealed as mini boosters came out and shot my forwards. Both the twins turned to see what the squealing was about, only to shout in horror as I started gaining ground on them really fast.
"Slag, slag, slag!" Sunstreaker cried out while both began quickening their pace.
"Make her stop Gale!" Sideswipe screamed.
"Get back here you slagheads!" I cried out while Ratchet called out for us to slow down.
Both the twins passed an alleyway and as I went to pass it, a person shot out of it and I slammed into them. Both of us fell to the ground and went rolling because of the speed that I was traveling at. Sunny and Sides skidded to a stop while Ratchet started to panic over me.
"Oh Primus, Ironhide! No, no, no!" Ratchet cried while screeching to a halt and falling to her knees next to me. Rolling me over, she then checked for any external damage and found a large gash above my eyebrow and going down to my temple. Quickly taking out a cloth, she then pressed it against my bleeding gash and glared at the person that had more or less jumped out in front of me. Recognition registered in Gale's eyes and she then pulled out the wrench that she always carried.
"The frag Starscream! Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, get over here and help me out!" Ratchet snapped while still glaring at the girl before us known as Starscream.
"Where's your Leader Dorito? Sideswipe snapped while helping my dizzy self up. Starscream glared at us and then got up, dusting herself off.
"Our Leader shall be back! Unlike Jazz!" she snapped right back. Sunstreaker then lunged at the girl with a cry of hatred.
"The frag you even bring up Jazz! Everyone knows that her parents died and she had to go live with her aunt!"
Starscream stumbled back to avoid Sunstreaker and she then glared before running off.
"Coward!" I blurted as I dizzily tried to focus on her retreating back. Ratchet tightened her grip and hauled me in the direction of the hospital.
"Get Optimus! We need to go to the hospital!"
"Warning: Use mini boosters when no Decepticon's around." I grumbled while my head tilted back and then fell forwards as blood started to drip through the cloth. Sunstreaker was on the phone with Optimus and Sideswipe was looking at me worriedly. Soon a car pulled up along side us and the window rolled down, revealing our leader.
"Get her in here now!" Optimus ordered in a calm voice that still held worry. Ratchet quickly pulled me over to the passengers door and with the help of the twins, I was buckled up and on my way to the hospital.
"Bumblebee?" I heard myself asking as I tried to watch the houses and trees pass by. Optimus glanced at me out of the corner of her eye and she shook her head.
"Bee is at the house watching Wheelie for my mom."
We pulled into the emergency parking lot and the three that had tumbled into the back quickly got out and began helping me out of the front seat. When we finally stepped foot into the emergency room, a nurse looked up and spotting me, she quickly called for help. A doctor and another nurse came rushing out and loading me up on a stretcher, they quickly took me away with Optimus following with the other Autobots right behind her.
I didn't know how long I had been out, but when I finally came about, I looked around with a funny expression. Turning my head toward the door that was being open, I watched a doctor come up to me with a clipboard.
"Ah, Miss Aqua, you're finally awake. You hit your head pretty hard and received a concussion. Also you have ten stitches above your eyebrow. Luckily your friends brought you in on time. The amount of blood you actually lost was quite surprising. You are free to leave after you have eaten something."
I watched the doctor walk out and then two heads soon popped in to look at me. I snorted and looked away as I crossed my arms. Just what I need after hitting my head. The twins bothering me.
"If you've come to make fun of me you slags, then get out." I spat, only to receive innocent eyes from Sunny and Sides.
"But Ironhide! We were so worried! Optimus and Ratchet are on their way up to see you too!" Sides whined while tackling me and causing a groan to leave my lips.
"If you don't get off me in two seconds, I'll blow you to smithereens with that new cannon I've been working on." I shot at her while she tightened her grip on me. Sunstreaker rolled her eyes and crossed her arms while refusing to join in on the hug.
"Sorry, but I just did my makeup and hair. I can't ruin my look right now."
I snorted and looked out the window of the hospital. Finally, I turned to look at the girls. "My mother and father?"
Sunny and Sides both looked away and seemed to go silent. It was right then that Optimus and Ratchet walked in to see how silent we were.
"Um...Ironhide...Your mom is still working and refuses to leave and...well, your dad is...uh..." Sideswipe muttered, not being able to finish. Tears welled in my eyes and I snapped my head in the opposite direction while refusing to let the tears fall. Mom only worried about work and herself while dad was drunk off his aft all the time. Probably couldn't even answer the phone.
"I don't need them anyways." I grumbled while swinging my legs over the side of the bed and getting up. I was not going to be weak. I could feel everyone staring at me with sad eyes, but I just smiled slightly. "Alright, let's get goin'. I want to see Wheelie and show you all my new invention."
We signed me out without eating and we began our journey back to Optimus Prime's house. Once we arrived, we all found Bee sprawled out on the floor with Wheelie sitting on her chest.
"Bumblebee, Wheelie!" Sideswipe cried while quickly joining in on the pig pile that had started. I headed over to the couch and dug through my back before pulling out six necklaces. Wheelie was too young to get one right now, but I had a bracelet that had a tracker in it for her. We were not going to loose our little princess.
"What do you have there Aqua?"
Turning, I smiled as I found Prime sitting down next to me with Ratchet on the other side of her.
"Ah, a new invention for communication. Storm, I would like your approval for us all to wear these." I said while pulling out black chokers with a silver decoration on it and the Autobots symbol upon it. "All you have to do is press the middle of the decoration and it will contact the whole group. They are devices to speak through."
Storm looked at me with gray stormy eyes and then looked at the new inventions. Finally she nodded her head while smiling slightly.
"They will come in handy." she said while I passed everyone their own before giving Wheelie a bracelet with a small tiger on it. Once everyone checked out the necklaces and I explained how they worked, we finally put them on. We all fell silent as we all gathered on the couches and began to get comfortable in the quiet house. Katielyn found it comfortable in my lap, trying to show that she really loved her new gift. It was then the phone began to ring and since it was closest to me, I picked it up and answered it.
"Storm's groupie speaking." I stated while a monotone voice. It was silent for a second before another voice filled the line.
"Ironhide? Is that you?"
Surprise flickered through my eyes and then I pulled the phone away and then put it back.
"Jazz?" I asked with a weak voice. A chuckle came from the line and I grinned as I pressed speaker phone as everyone stared at me.
"What's crackin' bitches?" Jazz cried out while everyone surrounded me in seconds.
"Oh my Primus! Jazz, how is everything? Nothing is the same without you!" Sideswipe cried out while Sunstreaker pulled up right beside her.
"Jazz! I miss my pampering buddy! When you gonna come down and go to the spa with me?"
"I do miss listening to music with you!" Bumblebee sobbed while wiping a tear from her eye.
"I hope all is well Jazz." Optimus stated.
"You better be taking care of yourself!" Ratchet snapped.
"Ha, you guys have not changed at all. So, guess what I'm currently watching."
We all fell silent and looked at one another before looking back at the phone that was in Katielyn's lap.
"What?" I questioned.
"Turn the television on."
We did and flipped it to the channel that she told us to and we fell silent. There, in the middle of the screen, was Megatron, frozen.
"Awesome!" Sideswipe cried as she settled down to watch Transformers. Jazz chuckled on the other line and then we all fell silent when the screen froze.
"HEY!" Jazz cried from the other side of the line. "It froze!" she cursed.
"Same here..." Ratchet stated while huffing. The house then started to shake and everyone, including Jazz, started to panic. We didn't know what was going on, and we never had an earthquake here. Yet it crossed my mind as to exactly why Jazz was screaming.
"Simone! What's happening there?" I asked Jazz as she cried out again. Simone picked up the dropped phone and thrust it to her ear with panic filtering through her voice.
"The 'hole god damned 'ouse is shakin'!"
My grip on a crying Katielyn tightened as a bright light flashed and we all watched as the television sped up to the battle in mission city. I began to panic as it froze again and a blinding light filled the whole room. Our screams filled the house along with Jazz's and then everything fell silent as we disappeared. The phone line went dead, leaving it on that annoying dead line as it laid upon the couch with no one to turn it off.
Wind whipped around me and my scream heightened as I felt that falling feeling. Katielyn was sobbing and I held her to my chest like she was my lifeline.
"Oh Primus! Hold on Wheelie!" I cried out while slamming my eyes shut.
"Help Us!" I screeched while I opened my eyes to see buildings and my long black hair flying pass us as we probably got closer to the ground. It was then that I hit something and I felt pain travel up and down my back. On instinct, I curled my body around Katielyn just to protect her and make sure no harm came to her. My stitches throbbed from earlier and I felt bile starting to rise up in my throat before I forced it back down. I snapped my eyes open as another voice pierced the air. Looking up, I found Bumblebee flailing her arms to see if she could fly and then a couple feet above her, falling too was Ratchet. As for Ratchet, her eyes were wide and filled with horror, but she kept her mouth shut in an attempt to try and figure out something.
"Dude! This is awesome!" Squealed Sideswipe.
"Oh, I just did my hair!" Cried out Sunstreaker as the wind messed with her once perfect hair.
"Mother Fuckin' snowballs!" Jazz shouted as she appeared falling out of nowhere with Optimus right after her. Panic struck both Katielyn and I as we watched our friends fall and she watched her own sister.
"NO!" I cried out as I stumbled up to my feet, not realizing how both of us were still alive in the first place. Surprise filled me as each and every girl was caught and I fell silent as my eyes landed on who exactly caught them.
"Oh..." I choked out as I stared at the bots that we had come to know so well. Before I could even begin to squeal, panic or think, a voice right above Katielyn and I had us both spinning to see who had caught us.
"Its Starscream!"
And just like that, I and the three year old were quickly placed on the ground along with the others. It took a couple of seconds to command my legs to move, but I did. With Wheelie in my arms, I raced over to Optimus and then looked at the rest.
"Middle of a war, need to find someplace safe! Did one of you grab my bag?" I questioned while looking at them. Ratchet sneered and then held out my large black bag that held mostly all my gadgets that I was working on. Optimus quickly grabbed her sister and began to run toward a building that would cover us, yet both Jazz and I stayed right where we were. Ratchet stopped as the rest ran into the building, already trying to think of something to get our afts inside with them.
"Sorry, you know how Simone gets when a certain someone gets killed! Not going to let it happen!" I called out as Ratchet rolled her eyes and then disappeared into the building. Jazz smiled at me and I nodded.
"Thanks Aqua..."
Digging inside my bag, I pulled out my enhanced sling shot and handed Jazz her own. One thing our group was good at, was aiming and sling shots. I then searched for the ammo and grinned when I found some that I have yet to test.
"Hey, Jazz, want to test out my new project that I've been working on?"
Jazz grinned and gave me a thumbs up as she took a huge handful of the ammo.
"Careful, that will explode if handled too roughly!" I said while loading it up in my sling shot and taking aim. Both of us watched as the bot Jazz attacked the tank and I eyed the barrel of the tank with a devious gleam.
"Watch this!" I cried while pulling back and letting go. I watched with anticipation as the small packed pellet went flying and for some reason, everything became quiet just as my pellet hit its mark and exploded, taking off the barrel. Jazz looked at her handful of ammo and almost looked like she wanted to drop them right then and there.
"You carry this stuff 'round wit' you?" she said with disbelief in her eyes. I shrugged and quickly handed her communication choker and a set of her size roller blade shoes.
"Slag! Hurry it up, Megs just grabbed Jazz!" I sputtered while pulling out two pellets and loading them up as I hit my heels and started skating my way as close as possible for a perfect hit. Jazz was right behind me when we heard Jazz crying out.
"Ya wan' piece 'f me!"
I took aim as quick as possible as Megatron began to tighten his hold upon the bot.
"No, I want-
Releasing my shot, it was followed up with Jazz's and when it hit Megatron, he bellowed and lost his hold, dropping Jazz from his hands.
"INCOMING!" I cried while quickly managing to move out of the way as Jazz hit the ground right where we had been standing. The bot groaned and Jazz and I looked at one another before quickly running up to him. When he looked at us, we all were distracted as both our twins started screaming. Since Sideswipe had not arrived yet and Sunstreaker might not be here either, we panicked.
"Sides! Sunny! Get out of their firing range!" I commanded, only to see Optimus running up to them with fury in her eyes. I could tell by her calm face, yet raging eyes as she spoke to them that they were in major trouble if we survived this war.
"Thanks 'or da save!" Jazz stated while sitting up and making sure no threats were around us. Jazz smiled sheepishly while rubbing the back of her head.
"Na, its al'ight. Most we could do 'or ya." Simone stated, getting a long stare from Jazz as he realized that she spoke like him and seemed to actually act like him.
Storm then turned to us with a glowering face. "Girls, forget about the sling shots! We need to group together, now!" she roughly stated over the communication device around her neck. I could feel Simone starting to complain about not helping out anymore, but I understood Storm's worry along with her little sister Katielyn. One look sent to Tanya and Amy had both bolting back toward the store that Optimus had staked out. Abby was out front with worry written on her face while gesturing us to move it. Grabbing Simone, I quickly began moving back to the current safe zone. Simone pulled her hand out of my grasp and ran past me with fear in her eyes. Furrowing my brows, I glanced over my shoulder and spotted what exactly made Jazz run even faster. Starscream was zooming pass the stores, quite low to the ground and my heart faltered as he drew closer. Just like Simone, I sped up and slammed the shop door right behind me when I stumbled over its threshold.
"How in hells name did we get 'ere?" Simone questioned. Shooting could be heard and we all ducked when the windows imploded, shattering glass across the room and at us. I flinched when one slice clean across my face with a vengeance. Blood quickly surfaced and spilled over the edges of the cut, running down my cheek. Katielyn screamed in absolute horror and Storm panicked, trying to calm her down. The twins were huddled together on the floor with Abby, while Simone and I were upon the ground next to one another. Gale, who had been absent so far, came racing out from the storage room, tripping over whatever was mysteriously placed in front of her.
"Decepticon out back! We need to go, now!" she cried while narrowing her eyes on me because of her medical side kicking in. The shaking building had us scrambling to get out the front door, but we skidded to a stop when we spotted Sam Witwicky running past our hiding area. Ironhide and Ratchet followed closely behind him and pulling a stupid move, I ran out after them. Screams fell upon deaf ears as I ran after the three.
"Aqua!" Storm shouted with so much emotion tumbling from her voice that it threw me off track. My foot caught over some rubble and I fell to my hands and knees, hissing as gravel and other broken pieces of things dug into and broke my skin. Pushing myself up, I glanced back at Storm before running on. I spotted Starscream coming in, and I ducked behind a truck to avoid being seen. I instantly jumped when the twins, Simone and Abby appeared next to me with worry. Storm soon arrived with her little sister before telling all of us to proceed onward. We didn't make it far when a blast sent us all scattering. Splitting up was a very bad idea, but when shots are going off everywhere, it might actually not matter. Yet we had all been swept off our feet and I flinched at the pain of landing heavily on my back. Sitting up, I spotted Simone out cold and I crawled toward her with a heavy heart. Coming up to her, I placed my hand on her shoulder and shook.
"Simone, come on!" I grunted while trying to get the pain to go away. When she didn't move, I began to feel out of place.
"Simone! Jazz! Get up!" I snapped with worry in my voice. When she finally started to come around, I let my breath that I was holding, out. Looking up, I then froze as Amy fell over a still figure with glazed over eyes. My heart skipped a beat as I realized it was Sunny, Tanya, her twin.
"No..." I blurted while getting to my feet and letting my body take me to Amy's side. Falling beside her, I tugged on her arm to get her moving. I gulped as I realized that Tanya was far too gone to save. Trying to ignore the pole lodged inside her skull, I pulled harder on Amy's arm. There was absolutely nothing I, or anyone could do. It hurt, seeing one of my friends gone, but we could not dwell here and mourn when there was a war going on around us. Clicking the middle of the choker, I took a deep breath.
"Storm, come in...we...we lost Tanya..." I choked over the device. Yet Storm did not reply back and fear struck me as it remained silent. Pulling Amy and followed by Simone, we stopped and hid behind a car. Going for Simone's necklace, I tried hers, also getting nothing.
"Slag..." I mumbled before pulling out the tracking screen to see where Katielyn was. Not a single signal was displayed upon the screen and I was beyond frightened now, being watched by a crying twin and our moving friend. We were all silent, only the noise of the war kept it from becoming too awkward. Simone then sucked in a breath harshly while pointing ahead of us. Following her finger, both Amy and I choked on our spit as we watched in slow motion as Abby attempted to scramble back, only ending up crushed by a car flying through the air. Our screams were muffled by an explosion and tears erupted from my eyes. My throat constricted before I started sweeping the area with blurry eyes.
"Gale!" I shouted, receiving sorrow filled eyes from Amy and Simone. "Don't count her out yet!" I growled while searching harder than before. Movement caught my eye and I quickly shot forward to see if it was Gale. Upon arriving in front of a pile of debris, I started pulling slabs of rock off, revealing a semi conscious friend.
"Gale! Are you alright? Have you seen Storm and Katielyn?" I questioned while pulling her out, making sure she looked okay and nothing too beat up. Gale pulled out of my arms and forced herself upright and to her feet with a painful grunt. Looking us three over with furrowed brows, she swayed and then righted herself.
"Where is everyone?" she managed and we flinched from the pain that filled our forms. Simone shook her head and Gale's eyes filled with tears as she realized what she was implying.
"We need to move! We can not stay here." Amy choked out with red eyes from her tears. The four of us scrambled to our feet and began making our way down a destroyed street. Bodies littered the ground and my heart lurched, finding a form covering another smaller one.
"Storm, Katielyn!" I screeched, bolting forward with my heart pounding in my ribs. Falling to my knees next to them, I rolled the limp form of Storm off her sister and tears of relief came to my eyes as Katielyn stared up at me with water filled orbs.
"Come here..." I cried, scooping the three year old up and into my arms. Gale had been trying to wake up Storm, but when no movement came from her, we knew we had been too late. We all hit the pavement when the ground shook and something slammed into the road ahead of us. Looking up, I felt like my whole life stopped short when I spotted Optimus and Megatron arguing over who the cube belonged to. It was when Optimus cried out for Sam to put the cube in his chest that I scrambled back and behind a large piece of road, followed by the other three. Katielyn clung onto me and I made sure she was safe in my arms. Pained screaming came from Megatron before it went silent. I glanced between Simone, Amy and Gale before standing up with my extra load. The girls followed and we stared in awe before a burst of wind came charging outwards and sending us to the ground upon our backs. Something sharp pierced my chest and I inhaled sharply when Katielyn screamed in fear and pain. Sitting up in agony, I quickly got to my feet and started to run with Katielyn pressed against my breast. I needed to get somewhere safe with her.
"Stop!" someone shouted behind me. I could hear Gale, Simone and Amy keeping up, but none of us slowed down at the shout. A horn honked and I stumbled, but righted myself out with little problem.
"We got a follower!" Simone called over the necklace. Glancing back, I found a GMC Topkick following right behind with two soldiers in the back. Pressing my necklace, I replied, "Katielyn is all that matters right now."
My feet pounded hard as I picked up the pace and I could hear the three following with frenzied movements to get away from the closing in truck. After running head long through alleyways and such, we eventually lost our followers and we all came to a stop while panting to catch our breaths. I finally spun with the three year old clinging tightly around my neck and legs around my waist.
"What the frag! What happened, why are we here and...and..." I ground out before just bursting into tears. Simone tried to hold strong, but she started sobbing with Amy being held in her arms for comfort. Gale was breathing sharply, trying to control the ache in her throat as her eyes watered at the edges. We had lost Optimus, Storm, our leader. We had lost Sunstreaker, Tanya, Amy's twin, and we had lost our Bumblebee, Abby. Our friends and also sisters in a way.
"Damn it! What the Frag we suppose ta do now?" Simone snapped while trying her best to sooth a balling Amy.
"We need to...find shelter right now..." Gale whispered and we fell silent as we all nodded in agreement. Looking around, we found a decent building that was definitely abandoned. We would just have to get some rest and see what happens from there.