Here is the next chapter just like I promised, sorry for those of you who voted who wanted me to write something else, but don't worry, those
other ideas will be written eventually. So here is chapter 2 of The Mercenary Returns.
Chapter 2
The base was silent everyone was trying to process what had just been said. Miko was the first one to break the silence
"Wow, jack is such a kidder I mean really, him? Shadow? Yea and I'm Goku." She laughed
"Miko Jack wasn't joking." June said. "He told me of his adventures, but he never said that he tried to kill Kooro."
"Where did jack learn to fight like that?" Fowler asked.
"I don't know that was something else he never told me. I wonder what else is he keeping from me." june said sadly.
"What I don't understand is why." Raf said.
"What do you mean Raf?" Miko asked
"I mean Why did jack become a mercenary? what happened." Raph asked
"His father died, thats what happened." June said. "It was hard, maybe jack became a mercenary because he felt responsible for his fathers death, so he
thought the best way to get back was to find the murderer, so that might be the reason. Johns murderer was found just before jack came home."
Just than Jack and Arcee reappeared.
"What?" Jack asked
"You've got some explaining to do jack or should we call you Shadow?" Miko said angrily
"What? Miko are you feeling ok?" Jack said nervously.
"We saw your entire conversation on the top of the silo." Bulkhead said. "we know."
"How could you not tell us jack I thought that we were friends?" Miko said
"Are you telling me you don't have any secrets Miko?" Jack said
"Well yea everyone has secrets." Miko said
"You just rendered your argument invalid." Jack said
Before Miko said anything else Fowler said "So 'Shadow' can you confirm that the one on the video is indeed Mist? Or could it be an impostor?"
"Its Mist alright." Jack said angrily.
"One thing what's with the weird codenamed?" Bulk asked.
"Kooro was called Mist because you can't catch mist. Moon for her beauty and grace in battle." Jack said
"And Shadow?" Raph asked
"Because I got all our intel by watching from the shadows." Jack said.
"Well jack you've dealt with mist before how much trouble are we in?" arcee asked
"How much trouble are we in? On a scale of 1 to 10?" Jack said "11, now he probably knows that I live in Jasper, but not my friends, which means ."
"What is that?" Fowler asked,
"Simple, I find Mist and kill him, its the only way to end this insanity." Jack said
"Jack you're not a killer, you don't have to do this." Optimus said
"Optimus its not that I have to it's that I want to." Jack said
"Jack you can't mean that." Arcee said
"I'm dead serious Arcee, Mist will die for what he did." Jack said angrily. "He will pay!"
"What exactly did he do jack, from agent fowler told us, he was one of your best friends?" Raph asked jack sighed and said. "it was supposed to be a simple
mission, recover a golden idol from a deadly temple," June gasped.
"We got it easily and were on our way out, by this time Ayla and I were in a relationship." jack said
"You mean?" Miko said.
"Yep, Ayla was a real spit-fire, I couldn't get away with nothing with her." Jack said happily. "anyway, on the way out Kooro intentionally tripped a trap, it was
meant for me, but Ayla pushed me out of the way I demanded why he did that and he said that I took Ayla from him, that if he couldn't have her than no one
could, he then stole the idol and left, I tried desperately to save Ayla but I wasn't strong enough, I had watch as the women I loved was crushed by a ceiling
covered in spikes, when it rose up she was impaled on them, smiling because she said that if she died in my arms she was happy, after that I got real low, I
spent years hunting Kooro down and I found him, we battled on an active volcano, I thought I killed him by dropping him in it but he survived, and the only way
for any of you to be safe is for me to kill him."
"Wow, I never realized, just how hard your life was." Arcee said.
"Yeah, well now you do, Fowler, I need my axe back." Jack said.
"No dice kid, I can't get it, and you won't either." Fowler said
"You think I can't, you forget I am shadow if I wanted to I could take you down in less than 5 seconds." Jack said
"That I'd like to se-" Fowler started to say but never finished because before anyone could blink he was pinned under jack
"That was me holding back, way back." Jack said "Kooro won't hold back though, so just tell me where my axe is."
He thought that he had won until arcee picked him up and locked him inside an empty energon cube. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! LET! ME! OUT!" Jack screamed
banging on the side.
"Sorry partner but it was your mom's idea." arcee said
"Jack I lost your father, and thought I lost you for nine years, but then you came back, and I swore that you would never do anything like that again, you are
not going after Kooro, and until you accept that you are staying in there." June said.
"You really expect this pathetic thing yo hold me mom?" Jack said calmly, "I don't want to leave either but if I don't Kooro will find you and kill you because you
are my family."
"Sorry jack but you are staying there." June said "arcee will you keep an eye on jack?"
"Of course." Arcee said
"And until he comes to his senses about going after Kooro, he is to be watched at all times." June said
"very well june." Optimus said.
THAT NIGHT
It was bulkheads turn to guard him and he had fallen asleep, and jack knew it was time to act. lightly tapping the sides he found the weakest point, than using
the one of the techniques he had learned from his master he stuck out his index finger, slammed it into the side and the side disintegrated. acting quickly he
punched in random coordinates into the groundbridge and jumped through just as the rest of the autobots came rushing in. they saw jack enter the portal and
then he was gone.
"BULKHEAD!" arcee said "YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ON WATCH WHAT HAPPENED?!"
"I-I-I- I fell asleep, I haven't had a recharge in days." Bulk said
"we must locate jack before he gets hurt, or worse trying to find Kooro." Optimus said
MEANWHILE
"Told the they couldn't hurt me now just gotta grab my stuff from the house and then I'll try to find my axe." jack said and so he took off for home, not knowing
that someone was following him.
Well chapter two is done, hope you liked it, will try to upload another chapter soon.
Until we meet again!
PrimusPrime Out!