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Chaom: I swear, I will strangle Authoress when I find her.
Balm: But what if she didn't do anything that bad to 'Mala?
Chaom: Well, then I will only scare her.
Authoress: Well, then let's wait until this chapter ends. Shall we?
Ch. 2: Determination
Pandimala felt like she should be panicking. These six bots were running at her with daggers drawn, prepared to offline her. But, a different emotion was taking over. While she did feel panic and fear, the most powerful feeling that she was experiencing was to protect. She had to protect the sparkling that she was now carrying on her own spark.
So, with a snarl, she lowered her shoulder cannons before firing a stream of flames in front of her, stopping the mechs in their tracks.
Once the flames cleared, the main mech chuckled and said, 'Well, it seems like this might be more difficult then we first thought." He then shrugged his shoulders before saying, "Oh well, that just means more fun for us."
Pandimala let out a snarl at the mech. She was not going to allow them to come any closer to her sparkling if she could help it. And, if they did come closer, she would make them pay for it. "If you all walk away right now, I will forget this happened." Pandimala tried to convince them. She didn't want to fight them and put her sparkling at risk.
But, the bot on the left of the main mech smashed that hope when he, for he had a mech voice, said, "Well that would cause us a problem since your offlining is what we need for our plans to come through."
Pandimala narrowed her optics at them before asking in a growl, "What are you plans?"
The main mech let out a laugh and brought his dagger up before saying, "Maybe we will tell you as the life leaves your chassis and the light leaves your optics."
Pandimala felt another wave of protectiveness flow through her frame. This caused her to take out both of her broadswords and charge her shoulder cannons before saying, "Well, then you will have to work for it because I will not go down standing idly by."
She then braced herself as the six bots again charged at her. From how they were talking, Pandimala figured that they weren't going to back down, so she decided that only one thing would work. Roaring her battle cry, Pandimala charged at the bots, her broadswords ready to defend her sparkling. When her swords finally clashed with their daggers, Pandimala felt a surge of rage that caused her to strike out swiftly and decisively. As she tuned and blocked off her attackers, she felt like she had created an invincible barrier of flashing metal and nothing was going to get through to her sparkling.
Suddenly, a flash of searing pain going across her right wing caused Pandimala to shriek in pain and retreat to her previous position. When she did, the bots backed up as well, probably to see the damage they had done. Glancing at her chassis, Pandimala saw that there was a slice that probably spanned a meter across her right wing and it had gone deep enough to draw energon but it hadn't gone completely through the wing.
The fighting drive that had driven her earlier had now gone to the escape response. She had to get out of there or risk her sparkling becoming injured. So, even though it was a risk, Pandimala activated her only functioning thruster before launching into the air.
She heard the Virons cry out in shock. She sighed in relief when she shakily landed on the roof top. She stumbled a little before breaking into a run. She had to get away from these bots as quickly as possible. When she came to the edge of the building, she saw that she would be able to jump it so she sped up before launching off the edge. Pandimala felt a jolt of fear travel through her when she heard a shot travel behind her. Risking a glance down, she shuddered when she saw one of the bots below her with their blaster smoking.
Because she glanced though, she lost her concentration and fell onto the roof she was aiming for. Pure panic shot through her systems and she threw open her bond with Chaom before sending her fear, pain, and panic to him while screaming through the bond, CHAOM!
Ultra Magnus was relieved when Dragstrip finished his report on the ammunition store. He didn't know why Dragstrip had to drag all of his fragging reports out for so long. They could be just ten clicks if Dragstrip would just get to the point.
When Dragstrip called for the next break, Ultra Magnus immediately stood up and stretched. He had felt so sore from sitting for so long.
Once he was stretched, Ultra Magnus glanced around the room and smiled when he saw that Chaom had fallen into recharge. Ultra Magnus felt a smile creep on his faceplate as he studied the triple changer. The young mech had so much stress on his processor that he was surprised that Chaom hadn't gone into recharge earlier.
Deciding to let the young mech recharge, Ultra Magnus quietly walked out of the room. After slowly shutting the door so the sound wouldn't waked up Chaom, Ultra Magnus turned and let out a grunt as he ran into a bot. When he finally stabilized himself, he realized that he walked into Megatron, who was talking to Starscream. "Sorry Megatron. I was trying to be quiet so I wouldn't wake up Chaom and I didn't realize that you were behind me."
Starscream walked next to Megatron as Megatron nodded and said, "I understand Ultra Magnus. I too noticed Chaom's fall into recharge. Starscream and I were actually just talking about what we could do to help him."
Ultra Magnus nodded and said, "I agree. I know for a fact that Pandimala and Chaom have almost been pushed to their limits with this alliance. Actually, from what has been happening to Pandimala lately, she might have just gone over her limit."
Starscream put his digits to his chin in a thinking matter before saying, "Why don't we record these meetings for them and give them a day off. That way, they won't miss it and they can fast forward all of the useless information that some bots seem to think that we need." He jabbed a digit at Dragstrip when he said the last part.
Megatron nodded and said, "Good idea Starscream. That would allow them some time at home together to relax and just enjoy the peace that they worked so hard to bring to us all."
Ultra Magnus nodded and said, "Yes, and I hope that the both of them start to get more recharge soon and that Pandimala starts to feel better. She has been through too much to be having this happen to her now."
Megatron nodded and said, "Yes, I hate it that Pandimala is not feeling well now. She has worked her spark off to make sure that everyone else has been happy but she hasn't had much fun time."
Starscream smirked and said, "Well, I hope that our little surprise for them works and then they might be able to have some, fun."
Ultra Magnus let out a sigh and he and Megatron must have been thinking the same thought because they both helm slapped Starscream.
"YEOW! What was that for?" Starscream asked the two leaders.
Megatron narrowed his optics and said, "You know exactly what for Starscream."
Ultra Magnus nodded and said, "So don't try that again."
Starscream smirked and said, "I'll be more subtle with it next time." He then bolted back into the meeting room before either leader could say anything.
Ultra Magnus shook his helm before saying, "How do you deal with him without offlining him?"
"I tried, he just refused to die. So, I just gave up" Megatron stated before following Starscream into the room.
Ultra Magnus stared at where Megatron was for a click before shaking his helm and following Megatron inside. He had a lot to learn about Megatron and he knew that he had better get started soon.
Chaom jumped out of recharge when he heard a loud banging sound. Glancing up, he glared when he saw that Dragstrip had banged a mallet on the podium that he sat behind normally. "Ten more clicks until we start again." He called out.
Chaom narrowed his optics at Dragstrip. The fragger had to do that at this moment. He was actually enjoying the recharge that he was getting before that fragger decided to wake him up. Stretching, Chaom glanced around and raised an optic ridge when he watched Starscream practically run into the room. He then watched as Megatron and Ultra Magnus followed.
"Have a good recharge?" Starscream asked him.
Chaom stood up and walked up to him before saying, "What have you all been up to?"
"Just talking Chaom. Did you have a nice recharge?" Megatron answered and then asked.
Chaom nodded and said, "Yeah, though the wake up wasn't as pleasant." He glared at Dragstrip when he said the last part.
Starscream followed his gaze before turning back to him and nodding before saying, "I see. Hmm, I think I am going to be having to have a talk with the twins."
"Which ones?" Ultra Magnus said, coming up to them. "I know three sets. But, if I am thinking that you are planning what I think you are, then I would advise using them all. I can tell Jetfire and Jetstorm to meet you at your convenience. I'm sure that Chaom can contact Hindsight and Foresight and ask them to meet you. Plus, I'm sure that you can convince Frenzy and Rumble to meet up with them."
Chaom raised an optic ridge at Ultra Magnus and said, "Didn't think that you would be the bot to help out with this Ultra Magnus?"
Ultra Magnus smirked and said, "Well, your bondmate has a way of rubbing off on bots, especially bots that she is close to. Don't think that I didn't notice the black ink on the mallet a few human weeks ago that seemed to get on Dragstrip's servos right before he faceplate palmed himself when you suddenly came out of recharge by yelling that phrase. What was it again?"
Chaom glanced at Megatron when said mech let out a snort and said, "I believe that it was 'The Redcoats are Coming!'."
They all then let out a chuckle before Chaom said, "There is no evidence pointing that I had any involvement in that."
Before any of them could say anything else, the others bots that were supposed to be present walked inside. Chaom took a seat in-between Megatron and Starscream. He would need the two mechs to hold him back if Dragstrip decided to have another hour long report.
He flinched when he suddenly felt a feeling of pain from his left thruster. When he didn't feel anything afterword, he figured that there was a glitch in his systems and he would have a medic check it out later. He noticed Megatron and Starscream looking at him with worried looks so he said, "I'm fine, just a glitch in my systems."
They looked like they didn't believe him but they returned their gazes to the front as Dragstrip said, "Ok bots, now, we are going to talk about housing developments that will allow us to accommodate the newly arrived bots."
Chaom nodded but froze when he felt something. Fear. He was feeling fear from Pandimala. The results from Balm must be terrifying for her to send him an emotional response. He needed to find some way to excuse himself from this meeting without upsetting the bots around.
He noticed that Megatron and Starscream were glancing at him with worry and he was about to tell him that he really was fine when he quickly rose from his seat when a powerful wave of pain, fear, and panic flooded their bond and Chaom heard Pandimala cry out, CHAOM!
"What is wrong Chaom?" Ultra Magnus asked with worry.
Chaom noticed that everybot in the room was now staring at him but he didn't care. He had to get to 'Mala. He could feel his spark pulling him in the direction that she was in.
"Pandimala's in danger." Was all that he snarled before he suddenly charged out of the room. He wasted no time in running outside of the building and transforming into his jet mode before speeding to the location that the pull on his spark was leading him.
Hearing a jet engine behind him, he used his radar and identified the bot behind him as Starscream. Megatron probably sent Starscream to help him when he found Pandimala. Refocusing his attention, Chaom increased his speed, praying to Primus that he would get to Pandimala in time.
Pandimala felt her spark racing as she leaped across the next rooftop. She wasn't sure where the bots where that were chasing her and right now, she only cared about getting away. She was scared, more scared then she had ever been in her existence. They were after her, her, and they were willing to do anything to kill her. After the first shot, she had to evade three more as she jumped in-between the buildings. She knew that her luck would run out eventually but she was hoping on finding a bot that could help her before that could happen.
Seeing a particularly large gap, Pandimala knew that she would have to use her thruster to get over it. She knew that it was a risk but she knew it was even more of a risk for her to stay put. So, sprinting forward, Pandimala pushed off of the roof that she was running across before activating her thruster and using it to get across.
"Scrap!" She cried out in pain when she felt a blaster shot slam into her thruster and she felt herself slam against the roof of the warehouse she was aiming for before she rolled to a stop. Slowly standing up, Pandimala felt more fear run through her systems when she saw that her left wing was now bent at the tip, meaning that any sort of gliding that she hoped she could do to get out of this situation was now out of the question.
"Well, as much fun as that little chase was, it is now time for you to offline."
Pandimala turned her attention back in front of her and she felt panic when she heard the main mech speak and she saw that she was now surrounded by the six bots. She knew that she had no choice but to fight now so she pulled out her broadswords and held them at the ready, waiting for them to make the first move.
The second mech let out a laugh, telling her that he was to the right of the main mech, before saying, "You actually think that you will be able to hold us off? You are more delusional then we were told. Of course, we will soon be riding the galaxies of your idiotic self."
Pandimala let out a growl at the insults that he threw at her and said, "If you were a true mech, you wouldn't need all of these bots just to take me down. Why don't you face me one on one and find out how persuasive my 'delusions' are?"
The mech growled in turn before the main mech said, "Well, as much as we would love to do that, we need our mission here to succeed and that means that you will need to fall quickly. I do not know how much longer we have before your bondmate catches wind about what we are doing."
Pandimala snarled when he mentioned Chaom. How dare he let her bondmate's name come off of his frag covered glossa? She was going to rip that out of him and shove it so far down…
Her thoughts were stopped when the six mechs suddenly started to close in around her. She felt like this would be the end. So, she gripped her swords, ready to meet her end honorably.
The sound of jet engines was the only warning that she got before a streak of lightning crashed down and struck the main mech and the three mechs to his right, throwing them back and only leaving two for her to handle. But, those two immediately turned to zero when two null ray attacks suddenly slammed into them and threw them back.
Pandimala glanced up as two bots transformed above her in midair before landing at her sides so the three of them formed a circle.
"Chaom! Starscream! Thank Primus you are here!" She cried out in relief. They had come at exactly the right moment.
"Pandimala, who are these bots?" Starscream growled as he followed them with his blaster as the ones behind Pandimala moved to the front to stand with the others.
She growled at them and said, "I will tell everybot at once. Right now, we need to get them out of here."
Both mechs nodded and readied their weapons. But, they were surprised when the main mech said, "Scrap! You were not supposed to be here this early. Fragging femme, you might have won today, but we will be back." They then watched as they jumped off of the building.
Once they were gone, Chaom turned to her and asked, "Pandimala, why were you near here in the first place?"
Pandimala sighed, finally calming down, and said, "I'll tell you when we get to Fortress Maximus. Tell Ultra Magnus to have a medic there waiting in the meeting room for us when we get there. If they ask why, tell them that I am injured and that I do not want to be in a medic center right now."
She could see that Chaom wanted to argue with her but she was glad when he nodded and said, "Ok, can you fly dear?"
Pandimala shook her helm and said, "Even if I didn't have this bent wing, they shot out both of my thrusters. I can't fly right now."
Starscream nodded and said, "Ok then, we will carry you."
Chaom nodded before each of them hooked one of her arms around their shoulders before they both launched into the air and made their way back to Fortress Maximus. As they flew, Pandimala knew that she needed to tell the council about this and was dreading every click; especially since she was going to also be healed in their presence while she talked to them. She was almost dreading going to get healed.
Chaom: Authoress has to be the luckiest writer to ever exist. If she had even made Pandimala unconscious, I would have made her existance a living pit.
Pandimala: I love you Chaom. But, Authoress would have known who did that to me so would you have so readily let that resource get away from you?
Chaom: *sigh* I guess not. But I would have made her squeal to talk.
Authoress: You do know that I can hear you, right Chaom?
AN: Well, here is the next chapter everyone! Next chapter will have Pandimala telling the council what happened and she will be telling Chaom that he is going to be a sire! That should be very fun. Plus, we will be seeing just how scary Pandimala can be when...well, that would be telling so I will make you all wait until next chapter. So, while you are waiting, please read and review! But no flames.