One day has passed and I've already got the second chapter up. Well, technically I could have upto chapter four posted tonight but I want to wait for some time between each chapter. Anyway, Blurr's gonna get more of a part in this chapter, I promise!

The only characters here that belong to me are Flash Bang, Mercury and Gearshift. Everyone/thing else is Hasbro.


Chapter Two: Memory Wipe

"He's lost his memory?" Flash Bang asked incredulously as the two scientists poked in the blue mech's processor.

"It looks that way," Wheeljack admitted.

"So, what exactly can you do to help him?" she demanded.

"There's only so much we can do," Perceptor began. "If the processor is destroyed, the spark does contain a backup, but it only lasts for so long before the spark becomes too weak to hold onto it."

"So there's no way of getting it back?"

"No," both scientists said in unison.

"No way of jogging his memory?" she pressed. Wheeljack's shoulders sagged as he grew tired of the femme's questions.

"No, Flash Bang," he insisted, turning to her. "None that we know of."

"There may be one that you don't know of," Flash Bang added, pushing even further than she ought to have.

"Flash Bang, one more word out of you and you're out the door," Wheeljack snapped, finally at the end of his patience. Flash Bang sat down on a stool and became silent.

After a while, the two scientists reactivated the mech they were working on, and Flash Bang tried to peer round them to see what was happening.

"What is your name?" Wheeljack asked. The blue bot looked up at him, completely blank.

"I don't know," he said. Flash Bang couldn't help but notice that his speech was faster than any other bot's.

"What happened to you?" Perceptor asked.

"I don't know," the mech repeated. The two scientists continued to throw questions at him about who he was and what happened to him and so on and so forth. Flash Bang was bored out of her shell and also wanted to know why they were asking him questions if they'd already established he'd lost his memory.

"The question remains, Wheeljack, what are we to do with him now?" Perceptor asked his colleague. Wheeljack shook his cranial unit.

"I'm really not sure," he admitted. "Alert Intelligence, certainly. But for the time being…"

The two scientists looked from the mech to Flash Bang and then to each other.

"I see no problem in having Flash Bang watch him for a while," Perceptor said. "She seems keen."

"She's more than slaggin' keen, if you ask me," Wheeljack muttered. "I'll get him some armour."

Flash Bang was, by now, very excited. Was this to be the beginning of the adventure she wanted? She certainly hoped so. Wheeljack returned before long with a set of armour that had been built as a spare for Blurr and stored in the Ministry of Science for safekeeping. He and Perceptor helped a rather confused Blurr into the armour and made sure he knew his name.

"You're called Blurr, okay?" Wheeljack told him. Blurr nodded vaguely, but from then on answered when he was called by the two scientists.

"Flash Bang is going to take you home with her," Perceptor said. "She'll take care of you whilst we work out what to do with you."

"Okay…" Blurr said hesitantly. Flash Bang bounded up to him then.

"Hello," she said jovially. Blurr looked quite shocked at her tone but nonetheless returned the greeting.

"Flash Bang, please don't overload him with your overenthusiastic personality," Perceptor warned.

"If he was to be kept from personality, I'd leave him with you," she retorted harshly. "Come on, Blurr, I'll take you home."

Blurr was a little hesitant to follow, but did so after a small gesture from Wheeljack. He looked at the small red femme curiously, as if he'd never seen a femme before. Obviously, that was the case, and so Flash Bang couldn't blame his curiosity.

She was sick of it by the time they were at her home, however.

"Look, I'm a different shape to you because I'm a femme, okay?" Flash Bang hissed as they turned onto her street. Curfew had long passed whilst she was still waiting for Wheeljack and Perceptor to finish, and the two were free to walk the streets as they pleased.

"This is my home," she said as they came to a small sized building down a quiet but pleasant alley. "It's not much, but it's where I've always lived with my femme creator."

Blurr soon became distracted by the brightly coloured sign above the doorway saying "Mercury Deliveries, we deliver faster than the speed of light", but was soon dragged inside by Flash Bang.

"Mercury?" Flash Bang called out. She knew the femme would be furious with her for having been gone during curfew hours and she really didn't want to start an argument with her in front of Blurr.

"Flash Bang?" the purple and silver femme called out as she descended the stairs from the apartment above and entered the shop. "Where have you been? And why do you have a famous racer with you?" she added when she saw Blurr, who was looking around the shop with wonder.

"I've been with Perceptor and Wheeljack," Flash Bang began. "And I have Blurr with me because he was crushed into a cube and lost his memory, so Perceptor and Wheeljack put his spark in a new body and then gave him to me to look after."

"No-one in their right processor would give something, or someone, to you to look after," Mercury replied in unmasked disbelief. Flash Bang's entire body sagged and she moaned loudly to show her frustration.

"You have no faith in me, do you?"

"Well, very little," the older femme said, giving her sparkling a wink. "Now, you can put Blurr up in the spare room, I think there should be a berth in there under all the boxes. I'll lend you a servo."

The two femmes quickly arranged the spare room for Blurr. Well, Mercury did – Flash Bang spent most of the time drilling Blurr with questions he couldn't answer.

"So you haven't even the slightest idea what happened to you?"

"I wish you'd stop asking me that," Blurr replied. He was becoming a little more comfortable with Flash Bang, but was already starting to find her annoying.

"Flash, stop bombarding the poor bot with questions," Mercury chided. "If his memory is going to come back, it will do so in its own time."

"Do you think it will, Mercury?" Flash Bang asked. Mercury shrugged.

"I can't say for sure, sweetspark," she told her. "But leave him be for now, he needs to rest."

Flash Bang reluctantly left to go recharge, allowing Blurr some peace, but as she entered her own room, she made a promise to herself to reconstruct Blurr's memory, even if it took a lifetime.

The speedster didn't get much recharge; his rest was taken up more with pondering his unknown past. There'd be people who knew a lot of his history, but who would know about how he was crushed?

Meanwhile

"Longarm Prime, sir," Wheeljack said over the telecom.

"Wheeljack," the Prime greeted. "What can I do for you?"

"We've found and recovered Agent Blurr from a near-death state, but he has lost his memory," the scientist told him. "We're unsure of what to do with him, so he's been placed in the care of a femme called Flash Bang, who is also responsible for finding him."

"Agent Blurr?" Longarm asked, surprised and only just managing to cover the wave of fear that tore through him. "I thought he was still on Earth."

"I have no idea when he returned," Wheeljack admitted, "but he turned up in the incinerator, crushed into a cube and barley alive"

Longarm took a moment to ponder the situation, but then looked back at the monitor in his office and said to Wheeljack, "Have him come to my office as soon as possible; I'll take a look at him for myself."

"Very well, sir," Wheeljack replied. "I'll alert Flash Bang immediately."

"Thank you, Wheeljack," the Prime replied. The monitor went blank, and Longarm turned to look out of the floor-to-ceiling window behind him.

"So, Blurr survived, but his memory is gone," he said as he changed into his true form. Shockwave laced his claws together and pondered for a time. Had he had a mouth, a wicked sneer would have spread across it. "Next time, I'll be sure to rip out his spark before I hide the remains."


"Flash Bang, sweetspark?" Mercury called up the stairway to her sparkling.

"Yeah, Mercury?" the young femme called back.

"Wheeljack just called," she replied. "He says Longarm Prime wants to see Blurr as soon as possible."

"Longarm Prime?" Flash Bang asked. "No way am I gonna be allowed into Intelligence!"

"It's Blurr they want to see, Flash, not you," Mercury called back.

"But I'm taking care of Blurr!" Flash Bang replied. "I need to stay with him at all times."

"He'll be fine inside the Intelligence building," Mercury retorted. "But I'm sure they'll let you stay with him."

"Fine," Flash Bang grunted as she went back into recharge. The conversation had woken Blurr up from the only recharge he'd have chance to have, as the mention of the name "Longarm Prime" sent his processor going. The name felt like it should mean something, but Blurr had no memories from before that day, and so tried to think nothing of it. But something in the back of his process just screamed at him, he just didn't know why or what it was shouting.

When Flash Bang awoke the next day, sometime around early afternoon, she was up and running to Blurr's room in seconds.

"Hey, Blurr," she whispered loudly through the door. "Are you awake?"

"Yes," was his simple reply.

"Is it okay if I come in?"

"I don't see why not," he answered. Flash Bang opened the door slowly and slipped inside. Blurr was sat cross lagged on the berth with his chin resting on top of both fists.

"Morning, Blurr," Flash Bang greeted cheerfully.

"Morning, Flash Bang," the speedster replied, his oddly fast speech blending the words together. He didn't seem willing to say more than necessary, however.

"Did you recharge okay?" Out of politeness, Blurr replied yes. "Longarm Prime would like to see you today."

"I know," Blurr said. "I heard you and your femme creator discussing it."

"Oh, we didn't wake you, did we?"

"No," Blurr lied.

"That's good," Flash Bang said. "I'll take you to the Intelligence building as soon as you're ready."

Flash Bang pottered downstairs and into the shop. Mercury was serving a customer when she entered, but took a brief moment to point to two containers of Energon she'd left out for Flash Bang and Blurr. Flash Bang went back upstairs with the Energon for Blurr, and went back down to drink her own.

"Yes, Cliffjumper, sir," Mercury was saying. "We'll have those new data pads delivered to you by tomorrow afternoon."

Cliffjumper? Flash Bang thought. Doesn't he work in Intelligence?

"Cliffjumper, sir?" Flash Bang called to him. The red mech turned to look at her.

"Can I help you, femme?" he asked. Mercury was giving her sparkling a warning look.

"You know Agent Blurr, right?" she asked him.

"Yes, why?" He was obviously eager to get going.

"Well… he's upstairs and he's lost his memory," she explained.

"Lost his memory?"

"Yes and I'm taking him to Intelligence to see Longarm Prime in a moment," she told him.

"I see," Cliffjumper replied. "I'll escort you both, if you'd like?" Flash Bang smiled.

"That would be brilliant, sir, thank you."

A little later, Blurr came speeding down the stairs, surprising himself with the speed his was famed for. He crashed into the wall opposite the stairs and fell back into a stack of creates.

"Mercury, I'm so sorry! I had no idea I could go fast! If anything's broken, I'll make up for it, I promise!" Mercury chuckled warmly.

"Not to worry, Blurr," she said. "Those creates were all empty."

Blurr brushed himself off and tried to restack the creates with little success. Cliffjumper came and gave him a hand.

"Hey, Blurr," he said. "Remember me?" Blurr looked up at the red mech.

"I don't, I'm afraid, sorry," Blurr told him. Cliffjumper chuckled slightly.

"Must have been a heck of a knock on the cranial unit you took," Cliffjumper replied. "I guess the memory loss also covers what happened to you?"

"Yes," Blurr replied. "I don't remember anything."

"Well, not to worry," Cliffjumper replied. "I'll take you and your friend to Longarm Prime."

Blurr shot a glance at Flash Bang. Something in his glance suggested he didn't want her to come, but he didn't say anything.

They were at the Intelligence building before long, and Cliffjumper took it on himself to explain to everyone what had happened to Blurr. There were more than a few curious stares at Blurr and a fair number of unwelcoming ones shot at Flash Bang. She could practically see it in their optics – what's a delivery-bot doing here? No-one asked, but she would have been happy to tell everyone how she had saved Agent Blurr.

"This is Longarm Prime's office," Cliffjumper said, gesturing to a door marked "Head of Intelligence". "And as much as much as you're going to hate it, Flash Bang, you're going to have to wait out here."

Flash Bang's shoulders sagged, but she stepped back and slumped down in a chair behind them anyway. She gave Blurr a small smile to give him some confidence as Cliffjumper knocked on the door. She heard Longarm Prime call out "who is it", to which Cliffjumper replied with his name and Blurr's.

"Blurr?" Longarm repeated. "Send him in." The door slid open and Cliffjumper gestured for Blurr to enter. The red mech stepped just inside the door after him and had a quick chat with the Prime about the data pad delivery before leaving to go to his own office.

Blurr looked about the office briefly, trying to find something familiar in the room. There was nothing and even the figure sat at the desk before him didn't rise any memories from the depths of the black abyss that was his past.

"Agent Blurr," Shockwave greeted the speedster. "Is it good to a familiar face again?" Blurr didn't pick up on the undertone of cruel sarcasm in his voice. Blurr didn't remember Shockwave; he thought this bot must be Longarm Prime and so showed no fear towards the Decepticon.

But Blurr didn't remember Decepticons either.

The mech stepped round the desk and tapped a claw against the cold flat metal as he leant against it. "You really don't remember anything, do you Blurr?" the mech asked. "Well, allow me to reintroduce myself. My name is Shockwave and, whether you remember the reason or not, I am your destruction." He raised his gun and fired.

Blurr was off in a second; using the speed he'd discovered he had earlier. The Decepticon charged at him, reaching out for him with his silver claws. The speedster dodged easily and aimed for the door. But Shockwave had quick reactions, too, and was there before him, cutting off his exit. Blurr hit the brakes quickly and scanned for another way out. The window seemed like the only choice, but he didn't really want to freefall a hundred or more storeys to the street below. But it did spark a plan.

Blurr dashed towards the window, not quite at full speed so as to allow Shockwave time to intercept him. Once the other mech was in his way, he doubled back and shot through the door. On the other side, he grabbed Flash Bang and tore out of the building with her.

"Damn!" the Decepticon hissed as he changed back to Longarm and went out into the corridor. "Where did they go?" he demanded to the perplexed looking Autobots looking at him.

"Um… that way, sir," one bot said, pointing down the corridor to the stairwell. Longarm took after them without an explanation.

"Blurr, what's going on?" Flash Bang demanded as she was pulled down the stairs. Blurr was terrified and everything he did was a mad frenzy. He didn't give her a reply until they were out of the building and back on the street.

"We have to get away," Blurr told her. Flash Bang missed what he said, but understood the urgency in his tone.

"Blurr, what happened?" Flash Bang demanded, trying and failing to pull herself free. Blurr didn't answer her, just towed her along towards nowhere in particular.

"It wasn't Longarm," Blurr began. "He was called Shockwave and he said that he was going to destroy me but I have no idea why. Why would he want to destroy me?" Flash Bang only narrowly managed to understand him.

"Shockwave?" she gasped. "Isn't he Megatron's first lieutenant?"

"Who?" Blurr asked. A sudden blast before them both stopped them dead in their tracks, Blurr coping easily with the sudden halt, but Flash Bang flying forwards. Blurr pulled her back by the servo and took off down another street.

"What was that?" Flash Bang yelled. She shot a quick glance over her shoulder and gasped as she saw a huge tank rolling up behind them. Blurr continued to pull Flash Bang down the street, but the young femme still stared at the mech behind them as he transformed into robot mode and opened fire on them.

She'd never forget the look of sheer glee at this vicious rampage in that single red optic.

"And here I was thinking this would be easy," the two bots heard him jeer as they ran. "But then again, Blurr, you've never been one to make a chase easy."

Blurr led Flash Bang through a twisting and turning tour of Cybertron's back streets and it wasn't long before she was sure they were lost. Shockwave managed to stay on their tail, however, and Flash Bang realised that she was slowing Blurr down.

"Mercury always told me that you were the fastest bot alive," she said to him. "But my mech creator could move faster than this. Blurr, I'm slowing you down."

"He'll kill you, too, I'd wager," Blurr replied, clocking onto what she was getting at.

"You're more important," she persisted.

"No bot is more important than another," he retorted, making up excuses he had no idea about. Everything suddenly stopped as Blurr came to a halt again. This time, rather than pull her back, Blurr span round and caught Flash Bang before she could go flying. She looked up at him with a confused expression.

"And not to mention, I owe you one for saving my own life." Blurr smiled at her. It was the first smile she'd seen him make and it didn't half make him look handsome. But there were things to worry about other than good-looking mechs. One glance at their surroundings told Flash Bang exactly where they were.

"My home is just around the corner," she told Blurr. "Mercury's delivery ship is kept in the hangar over there." She led Blurr to the aforementioned hangar and opened it up. The ship inside was small, but well kept and in good condition. Flash Bang ran a servo over the metal and then turned to Blurr.

"We can use it to get off Cybertron," she explained. "We can escape the planet and, hopefully, Shockwave won't follow us into space."

"But this ship isn't yours," Blurr pointed out. "Isn't that stealing?" Flash Bang shrugged.

"Only if you get caught." She opened up the hatch and led Blurr inside, following him in and sealing the door after her. She sat in front of the controls and began to prepare the ship for takeoff.

"Look out!" Blurr cried from behind her. She looked up and saw Shockwave advancing on them, cannon out and firing at them. Flash Bang activated the weapons on the ship and fired back, not doing a lot of damage, but the ship hadn't been designed for warfare. She managed to hit Shockwave directly in the chest, sending him flying into the far wall. Taking the opportunity, she set the ship off, moving forwards into the street and then upwards as soon as possible. The two were safely away before they knew it.

"Damn!" Shockwave cried out as he came back online only to see the ship had gone. "Mark my words, Blurr, I'll hunt you down and annihilate you if it's the last thing I do!"


Thanks go to Blackmoondragon1415 and Anodythe for putting the story on your alerts! And a special thank you to Anodythe for reviewing! In reply to your comment - I've got chapters planned for the entire Season 3 arc, so there's plenty to come!