I'm trying a new writing style that I saw in a book, "The Book Thief" Tell me how you like it...
Warning! Spoiler alert at the end of chapter for Darkmout NV.
"C'mon Jessie!" A young boy, Johnathan said, running toward the school. "You can't catch me!"
"Johnny, slow down!" Jessica said, racing after her younger brother. A plane flew overhead, but the two siblings didn't notice. (Which was really too bad.)
"No! You can't catch me!" Johnny said, running faster.
Something landed a few feet away from the young boy. A silver and red robot with red eyes. A robot from TV.
"Johnny!" Jessica screamed. The robot saw Johnny as he stopped.
It smirked and raised its right arm. There was a missile on it. Johnny turned and started to run back to Jessica when the robot fired it. "Jessie!"
"No!" Jessica screamed as the missile hit the ground behind him. Her brother and concrete flying through the air. A chunk hit Jessica in the head. Then, nothing but total blackness...
Jessica jolted awake in her hiding place. She reached up and gingerly touched the bump she had gotten on her head from where the concrete hit.
"Johnny..." She whispered. She curled up into a ball. her younger brother. Dead.
She was hiding in one of the few bushes that remained after the attack. She had no idea why she survived.
*Why She Survived*
Someone had
helped her. Who that
someone is, I can
not reveal just yet.
You will find out later.
She sighed as she uncurled and crawled out from under the slightly charred bushes. She stood and started down the destroyed street. She was uncertain which street she was on, but she figured it was somewhere near where she had been knocked out.
She heard the plane overhead and looked around fearfully for a hiding place. A pile of rubble was the closest spot. She ran to it and crawled her way inside. Just in time.
The plane drew close to the ground, then changed into a giant robot. Like the one who had killed Johnny. There were differences, though. Several differences.
*The Differences Between the Two Robots*
The one who had killed Johnny was silver.
This one was red with orange things on its
back. There was a different symbol on its
chest. It didn't have missiles on its arms.
It had reddish-orange optics, instead of
the plain red ones the other had.
Sarah didn't trust the robot, though. She cowered closer to the other side of the rubble as it looked around.
"Hello?" It had a feminine voice. She looked over in Jessica's direction. "Are you alright?"
Jessica hesitantly crawled out. "Kinda."
The robot moved toward her, kneeling down a few feet away. "Are you hurt?"
"I have a bump on my head, but I'm fine other than that." 'I am not fine!' She thought. 'I watched my brother die in front of me!'
"What is your name?" The robot asked.
"What is yours?"
"Fireflight. Now will you tell me yours?"
"Jessica."
Fireflight took a small step forward. "Come with me."
Jessica immediately took a step back. "Why?"
"My friends and I can protect you. And a friend of mine can fix your helm. I mean, head."
Jessica looked at her hesitantly. "I guess..."
Fireflight gave her a small smile and transformed. "Hop in."
Jessica moved forward and hesitantly climbed into Fireflight's cockpit.
The three Autobots had made it to Winterstorm's base. It was a huge, Cybertronian ship in a large cavern. Winterstorm had brought Smokescreen and Optimus down several halls, making the young Autobot lost.
Optimus was currently on a medical berth in the ship's Med-Bay, on life support. Winterstorm had manually put Optimus in stasis.
"Will he be okay?" Smokescreen asked.
"As long as he is on life-support? Yes. But he can't stay on it forever."
"Then fix him!" Smokescreen said.
"I can't! I'm a medic-in-training!" Winterstorm exclaimed.
"What? Then what are we supposed to do?"
"Find Ratchet."
"Great." Smokescreen said sarcastically. "I thought you could actually fix him."
Before Winterstorm could retort, there was the sound of an engine in the halls. A lime green and black car skidded into the Med-Bay.
"Whoa!" Snokescreen said, backing away.
The car transformed. The mech had red optics, and a Decepticon insignia on his chest.
"A Decepticon!" Smokescreen took out his weapons.
"Wait!" Winterstorm said.
The mech cringed. "Oops. Forgot." The mech transformed, except he didn't change shape. Only his colors changed. He was now a red and light blue mech, with blue optics.
"Who are you?" Smokescreen asked.
"Topspin." The mech answered.
*Quick Look at Topspin's Past*
He had been a normal mech
once, until he had been
captured by Shockwave. The
scientist experimented on him,
giving Topspin the ability to
change his colors. Topspin
had managed to escape.
Believing he was a monster,
he tried to kill himself. At
least, until someone came
and offered him a chance
on his team. You will meet
that 'Bot soon. The last
member of our little group.
"Topspin?" Smokescreen asked.
"Yes. I'm a spy. I work for this group, but I also work for the Decepticons. At least, that is what Megatron believes."
"Okay." Smokescreen said, but he obviously didn't trust Topspin.
The mech sighed before looking at Winterstorm. "Where is the captain? I have important news for him!"
"Wait... Who?" Smokescreen asked.
"I'm not sure. I believe he has joined in the search to find the other Autobots. What is wrong?"
Topspin looked at Winterstorm. "Arcee and Jack have been found, but they fled and we have no idea which direction they have gone in."
"Anything else?" Winterstorm asked.
"Yes. Shockwave has arrived." Topspin said grimly, anger flaring in his optics..
"Shockwave?" Winterstorm asked, stunned. "I thought he was off-line!"
"Aparrently not."
"I know I am a lower rank than you, but you have to go back and figure out what is going on. How he survived on Cybertron that long, and what Megatron's going to do now that he's here." Winterstorm said, sounding worried.
"I will. Tell the captain what I said." With that said, he turned, transformed, and raced out of the Med-Bay.
"Shockwave?" Smokescreen asked, sounding confused.
"Yes. It's very bad that he is here."
"Who is he?"
"A Decepticon scientist. This isn't good..." She turns and exits the Med-Bay.
Smokescreen followed. "What about Optimus?"
"There is nothing I can do right now. He will be fine. I'm heading to the bridge."
"Why?"
"Because. When my crewmates return, that is where they will head."
"Oh. The why did Topspin come to the Med-Bay?"
"There was probably no one on the bridge. He knew I was probably in the Med-Bay, though. I'm not going to get involved with the search. Just in case."
"In case of what?" Smokescreen asked.
"The others find your teammates. And they need medical attention." Winterstorm answered. "I just hope we find them before the Decepticons do."
