Here's chapter two. I hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except my OC Ionette. Viper, Airazor, Ravage and the minicons belong to Dragonmaster789.
Rating: Safe T
Ionette watched from behind a boulder as a green vortex opened by the wreckage and four 'bots came through. She recognized the last one as none other than Optimus Prime, the bearer of the Matrix and supreme commander of the Autobot army.
The silver-black jet dodged down as the group's small femme scouted their surroundings. "All safe." Ionette could hear her say. The vortex closed and disappeared behind them.
"Jackie!" The biggest of the four, a green mech exclaimed and lifted the white mech off of his pedes in a friendly manner.
Upon closer examination the quiet jet was able to identify the two as Wreckers; The white one being Wheeljack and the big green lump of metal Bulkhead, and by the radio static she had been following, they were the only Wreckers left.
"Hi Bulk, nice to… ugh… see you too", Wheeljack stated and was set down with a loud thump.
"It gives me great joy to see that you were able to survive from the unfortunate crash", the tall red mech said in the calm tone he was known for and pointed at the smoking debris.
"Yeah", came a short answer from the white Wrecker, "but I wasn't the only lucky one." He turned and gestured Viper closer.
She eyed the four Autobots cautiously before taking a step forward the minicons still clinging to her frame. Optimus nodded to the lavender-bluish grounder and placed his big servo on her shoulder.
"By the Allspark, I am truly happy to see you again, Viper."
All of the other 'bots exchanged confused looks. The femme giggled to this and smiled at the crowd.
Placing her smaller hand over Optimus's she said: "I am happy to see you too, mr. Prime, sir."
The additions of mister and sir to his name made Optimus tilt his helm a bit in embarrassment. This didn't go unnoticed by the other Autobots, not to mention Ionette who recorded the fact for later use.
"I haven't heard of you after you were forced to leave Cybertron in the first tides of the War. I am surprised how much you have grown up. The last time I saw you, you were a mere sparkling."
"Yeah", the lavender-blue femme mumbled and avoided optic contact before replying in a happier tone: "But now I'm here, so no reason to feel grim of the past."
"So, were you traveling alone?" Arcee asked, eyeing the other femme cautiously.
"Uh", Viper started, unsure what to say of Ionette.
"Hey 'Cee! Give the kid a break; she just survived a crash by a spark beat!" Bulkhead said nodding towards the wrecks.
Pouting the motorcycle sighed and relaxed a bit. Viper smiled at the green Wrecker who winked at the small femme.
"It seems you have already met Wheeljack, but it's rude of me not to introduce you to the rest of the team. The one standing behind you is Bulkhead and they are Arcee and Bumblebee", Optimus said gesturing to each Autobot.
Bumblebee emitted a series of bleeps and waved his hand as a hello.
The young femme blinked at this. "A damaged voice box…? Intriguing!" She walked over to the yellow sports car.
"Not a bad alt mode, what is it? Is it fast?" Viper asked and circled around the mech examining him.
Happy and proud of the attention he was getting, Bumblebee started explaining about his Earth based vehicle form and of its durability, acceleration, brake control and other specialties with his normal bleeps, beeps and buzzes. The grounder femme nodded her helm and asked a couple of clarifications. The rest of the 'bots smiled at this; be it the comicality of the situation or the enthusiasm both grounders seemed to be sharing.
A scraping noise caught the group's attention.
"Who are they?" Bulkhead asked pointing at two bots who were scouring the wreckage.
Viper stopped examining Bumblebee and turned to look at her friends. "Oh, they're Ravage and Airazor. They help me around with my research." She said smiling.
Arcee tapped her forearm thoughtfully. "I have a feeling I have seen them before…"
"Hunh?" The lavender-bluish femme mumbled and glanced at her two friends. "Hey, Ravage, Airazor! Come here, will ya?"
The beasts put down the metal plating they were moving and walked over to the others.
"Have you met her before?" Viper asked gesturing towards Arcee. The beasts looked at each other before nodding their helms.
"Interesting. Where?" she muttered quietly.
Ravage scratched his helm a bit before shrugging.
"Well, I don't think it was anything bad. It will come back, I guess", Arcee said sighing.
The Autobot leader nodded in agreement. "Ratchet, send the ground bridge." Optimus said through his comlink and the vortex appeared once again.
"Just wait till you meet Ratch!" Bulkhead laughed and guided the lavender-bluish femme through the bridge the others close behind.
Watching them leave the wreckage area, Ionette transformed and took off to the skies.
On the Nemesis the Decepticon officers were on the command bridge. The dark, slender intelligence officer was decoding the Iacon database, as the 'con medic Knock Out and First lieutenant Dreadwing stood close by discussing over new Energon mines. The doors slid away with a swoosh and a tall, silver mech walked in. He passed his two bowing officers and halted behind the silent mech.
"Any progress, Soundwave?" Megatron's deep voice asked.
The tapping halted for a second before a gauge popped up on top of the Iacon decryption.
"Excellent. Any new minable Energon resources?" The Decepticon leader inquired turning to his second-in-command.
"Yes, master. One large deposit and two smaller side mines." Dreadwing answered.
"Well well, what a progressive day this seems to be", Megatron chuckled with a grin and headed towards the door placing his servos casually behind his back. He halted halfway and spoke over his shoulder: "Has there been any contacts today?"
"None, milord", the dark blue jet answered puzzled of his master's question, "Why?"
The silver gladiator resumed his walking and left the bridge.
After passing a couple of guards in the corridor Megatron unlatched his sword and spoke out to the emptiness of the hallway: "Come out, I know you're here."
A shadow flicked behind a pillar and a femme stepped out to the lights. A surprised look ran through the Decepticon Lord's face plates before settling to a malicious grin.
"Ionette, it has been a while."
The silver-black jet bowed.
"But Optimus! She's the one who started the Scraplet infestation! You seriously can't let her wander around the base more or less let her continue her questionable experiments!" The Autobot medic cried out.
"Ratchet, I understand your worry old friend, but I have no intention to turn an Autobot away from home and safety."
"Besides the Scraplets weren't programmed to be 'bot eaters, they were designed to dismantle the sparkless piles of metal on the home planet so that they can be reused. The reason they eat living metal… Well, you can thank the mad scientist for that." The lavender-bluish grounder said.
"Shockwave?" Arcee shot in. "That Con was more than unstable with his psyche, he might've done it."
"He got hold of my research files during the first waves of the War, I still haven't gotten them back. I really feel bad for losing the biophysical formulas… I didn't get to complete them." Viper mumbled sadness coloring her gentle smile.
Ratchet looked shocked. "You… You designed the metal compounds of the Insecticons? That was a scientific breakthrough in understanding the link between the spark, organic substance and living metal!"
"Well, I couldn't have done it without Ravage's and Airazor's help", the lavender-blue femme said gesturing at her friends who seemed taken by the compliment.
"Enough of the nerd talk! What do you transform to? A race car or a motorcycle? And what are they? Do they transform also?" the young Japanese girl said jumping down from the metal bar she was sitting on and running to Viper and to the minicons by her feet.
"I found the discussion interesting", Raf said clearly sad that the subject was changed.
"Well we aren't all kid geniuses!" Miko scoffed.
"Noting that we are the only kids here", Jack put in between the arguing duo.
"Whatever", the girl mumbled and folded her arms.
A signal beep cut the forming storm between the humans and Ratchet walked over to the computer.
"It seems to be an energon signature." He said triangulating the coordinates. "And a weak one."
"Oh no!" Viper hitched and mentally face palmed herself.
"Do you know who this bot is?" The medic asked turning around to look at the femme scientist.
"Yes. It's Ionette."
Well that's for chapter two. Sorry for it being a bit short. Comments, reviews, requests and ideas are welcome. ^^