Ok, here's the third chapter! The plot is going to thicken after this D
I do not own Transformers or its characters.
I do own Ark Angel and Icefire
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-Hopeless-
Chapter 3: Interruption
Ratchet was normally a very grumpy mech. If you asked anyone about his personality that would most likely be the first thing they'd talk about- how grumpy he is. But after a few rounds of high grade, he was quite hyper and happy. It was showing now, with his giggling and rolling around on the floor. The others eventually ignored his gleeful giggling (they had no idea why he was laughing, he hadn't said anything after that joke) and the rest of the Autobots continued to chat amongst themselves and dance to Bumblebee's radio.
Bumblebee thought what Ironhide and Ark Angel were doing was supposed to be dancing, anyway. It looked like they were practically sparking. The only actual movement they were doing was shuffling from side to side and Ironhide was trying to grope Ark Angel's aft.
Bumblebee's optics moved from the pair to Optimus Prime, who was leaning against the counter beside him. Bumblebee was often finding himself staring at Prime; there was just something about him that was very interesting, rather, appealing. Bee found it quite odd and looked away, flipping through radio channels to occupy his wandering processor.
Ark Angel finally let go of Ironhide, giggling as he gave her a pleading look to stay here. She hadn't had anything to drink and was the only autobot who hadn't drunk anything. She slapped Ironhide's hand who tried to hug her again (Okay, technically she was making out with him) moving away. She skipped away and into the hallway, glancing behind her to see Ironhide stalking her.
"You big drunk oaf!" She giggled as he picked her up from behind. Ironhide swung her around so she faced him and he planted another kiss on her lips. Angel wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her forehead against his after ending the kiss, still in midair with Ironhide's hands on her hips holding her up. She was tiny, miniscule compared to Ironhide, and it was kind of odd how such a big mech could handle delicate little Ark Angel without crushing her.
"I was going to go wake up Chromia and invite her to the party."
"Forget about her."
"You meanie!" Ark Angel whined hitting him lightly on the face. Her arms were now crossed, a pout on her lips. "She's my best friend. How can I forget about her?"
Ironhide set her down again, closing the door to Rec Room C with his foot. "Right now I should be the only thing you're thinking about." Ironhide smirked, raising an optic ridge.
"Quit being so adorable!" Ark Angel squeaked, jumping up to throw her arms round his neck.
Outside the base...
Megatron transformed into robot mode, falling from the sky and hitting the ground with a light thud. Sand whirled around his feet as he turned to focus upon the other decepticons, who were either transforming or standing attentively for his orders. Starscream landed beside him, smirking broadly. What a know it all.
"Barricade, Brawl, Bonecrusher, Starscream and I will invade the base. Frenzy, you will hack the gates. It seems like no one is here, so this will be simple. The rest of you stand guard outside and shoot down anything you see." Megatron growled, signalling the ones he had listed forth.
Turning quickly he proceeded towards the gates. Frenzy chattered excitedly in slurred cybertronian as he darted toward the gates. The complex was surrounded by a high steel wall, with only one way in- the entrance gates. They had fairly simple security precautions- video cameras, guns trained on approaching figures and a numeric keypad that you entered the password to open the gates with. Frenzy being quite the expert at hacking was able to disarm the cameras and guns through the keypad and open the gates at the same time. Starscream still proceeded to blow the cameras up, which made Megatron gave him a deadly look and a scowl.
The group walked into the base silently. Despite their large size, they were stealthy. Frenzy had disabled the other video cameras along with the ones outside so there was no real risk for the Decepticons to be caught, but they stayed stealthy and spy-like as a precaution in case an Autobot crossed paths. Megatron ran quick scans of the building, searching for energy signatures.
Megatron's hand shot out and he stopped suddenly, alert. He whispered quietly to his minions. "There are around 21 energy signals that I detect, but there are few that are online and not in recharge. They seem to be coming from the upper level. Bonecrusher, you and Brawl will stay on this level, understand?" Megatron said in a raspy whisper. Frenzy would of course come with him in case there were any other doors that needed to be decoded. He picked up Frenzy by the back of his neck and tossed him to Barricade.
The Decepticons continued to wander in the dimly lit passages. The energy signatures of resting Autobots came from behind every door. Starscream tensed each time he detected one of those useless, pitiful lives, they were so unaware- why not just go and blast the slag out of them? His grip tensed on the gun he carried in his hand, and as if Megatron sensed this, he spoke to him through the internal connections they all had.
"Not now, Starscream. You'll see what I have in mind."
Starscream was still pissed and Megatron's acknowledgement of his want seemed to make him angrier. Just when he was about to say something snide he picked up the faint voices of two Autobots- One he knew all too well. It was Ironhide and that pesky Ark Angel. That little femme had nearly blasted his head off in one of their battles. Barricade heard their soft laughter and chats and pointed towards the spiralling staircase just ahead of them. Megatron nodded and began to jog forward, landing softly on the tip of his feet to not make much sound besides a gentle thud.
The group scaled the staircase quickly and arrived in the upper level of the base. The dark hallway was only illuminated by light that streamed through a window in one of the doors and soft moonlight came into the base from tall windows that scaled the hallway's full length. Starscream advanced to the front of the group only to be pushed rudely away by Megatron who gave him a nasty look. "Let me do my job, Starscream." He snarled before advancing towards the light coming from Rec Room C.
Starscream was pushed into Barricade's chest. Barricade snorted and shoved him aside to continue on with his duty. Barricade must have been given an O.K from Megatron because he moved away from the group to follow the voices of Ark Angel and Ironhide. Starscream looked frustrated. He never got to do any of the fun stuff- He wanted to be the one to terrorise random Autobots!
Barricade walked down the corridor quickly, hearing sensors on high alert. He had the muffled giggle of Ark Angel programmed into his memory and the voice of Ironhide on priority; he paid no attention to the other sounds he heard. Optics scanned the darkness, looking rather than advancing down the corridor. He wouldn't want to run into them, anyway. He located their energy signatures coming from a few offices down, His cannons humming softly as he saw their silhouettes. He felt disgusted; the Autobot had Ark Angel draped around him like a towel.
He smirked as Ironhide looked up from the femme and saw Barricade melt out of the darkness. The mech gave a little gasp and hurriedly took Angel off him, putting her behind him. Ironhide's hands transformed into cannons but Barricade had already fired. The blast hit the wall beside Ironhide's head, leaving a large black mark and a dent. Ironhide was quick to fire back and duck from a second shot that Barricade fired. Barricade let out a cry as he felt the force of a blast hit his abdomen but saw Ironhide had not fired the blast; Ark Angel did from behind Ironhide. She was grinning and smoke came from the gun of her arm. Barricade let loose a string of cybertronian swears as he clutched his side where he had been hit, dodging another of Ironhide's blasts with agility. He let out a cry and fired his cannons at Ark Angel. She took full impact, the gunfire hitting her in her left arm and abdomen. She was blast into the wall behind her, hitting it with a metallic clang.
Ironhide was enraged as Ark Angel fell to the floor, limp and covered in her own energon fluid. It seeped from her heavy wounds. Ark Angel twitched once, let out a groan, and lay there as if she was paralyzed. Ironhide let out a roar of anger, shooting wildly at Barricade. His shots shattered the windows behind Barricade, the glass raining down like crystals on Barricade and him. He fired once more, hitting Barricade square in the chest. Barricade let out an energon-curdling scream, falling backwards at the force of the hit. His scream continued his voice raspy and harsh as he fell backwards into one of the windows. He tried to regain his balance, arms rotating like a windmill, trying to clutch onto the windowpane. He caught hold of the metal for a second but continued falling, losing his grip. The window smashed and he fell down to the roof of the first level. Ironhide winced as he heard a loud shriek as he fell through the roof of the first floor, but it was replaced with a feeling of relief as the scream ended quite suddenly as if it were cut off.
Ironhide looked out the window to where the Decepticon had fallen. He winced again, realising he had fell through the roof into one of the med bays. Ratchet would be pissed! Ironhide saw the Decepticon twitch and he fired another shout at him, this time the shot searing right through him. That would be the last of his life.
He quickly turned around to the heavily bleeding Ark Angel. Ironhide walked forward and leant down to her face. Her spark was still pulsing, but just barely. Barricade's shot had severely damaged some of her internal systems, maybe damaging her memory. He dared not touch her so he wouldn't hurt her. She gave a little gasp and a shudder as her worn systems recognised his presence.
"It hurts." She stuttered, sounding much like a sparkling. Her hand reached out to his, her arm shaking slightly. She put it in Ironhide's and grasped it.
"Don't worry, it'll be fine, Ratchet will fix you right up, I promise." Ironhide said softly, his hand enclosing on hers. He held it there for a moment whispering encouraging things to her. He didn't dare call for help as there were probably be more Decepticons in the base, so he monitored her systems and kept her out of stasis. Primus was he thankful that he hadn't had a lot to drink and he had only blurred vision. If he had drunk more he probably wouldn't have been able to respond like he did. Now, he only hoped the other Autobots would be able to take the surprise attack.
A sharp squeaking noise from Ark Angel made him pull out of his thought and turn his head around to see Starsceam's foot.
"Oooh, look what I found here. Bots in love! Too bad this relationship will be short." Starscream cackled, firing at Ironhide. Ironhide was blasted backwards, away from Ark Angel. Ark Angel had released his hand when Starscream spoke so she hadn't been dragged along with him. Starscream turned his gun to Angel but instead of shooting he transformed his gun back into his hand.
"I wouldn't want to waste such a pretty thing like you. I think you'd make a good Decepticon, don't you agree?" He said in mocking tones, picking up Ark Angel. She twitched and let her energon-soaked body be picked up by Starscream, falling limp in his arms and drifting into stasis lock.
Megatron looked at the Autobots. Pitiful. They were all drunk. Optimus Prime was looking only half awake as he attempted to shoot his gun at him which missed by several feet, wrecking the wall beside him. The others had been shot by him, in stasis. He raised an optic ridge as Optimus stopped shooting his gun.
"I never thought that invading the Autobot base would be so easy." He snorted, smirking and blasting Prime in the shoulder. Optimus skidded backward into the corner of a wall.
"I won't be brought down." Optimus spoke but Megatron merely laughed.
Starscream had, as the humans say, 'messed up Bumblebee's face'. Starscream kicked the fallen yellow bot that was on the floor once more. Megatron had let him go at it as he fired at the other drunken Autobots. Megatron watched as Bumblebee's optics flicked offline. Ha! There was only one left, and that was Optimus Prime.
"You think you can defy me?" Megatron spoke in a deadly whisper, advancing upon Prime. A blade emerged from his hand and he dragged it across Optimus' arm. The blade cut his armour and circuitry, making Prime cry out in pain. The long slash from the blade flowed energon freely. Prime shot once more, his aim wavering, causing the blast to hit another wall. Megatron laughed and then plunged his sword into Prime's side, the blade slicing through Optimus' systems. Megatron laughed louder as Optimus Prime screamed in agony, energon pouring from the wound as Megatron withdrew.
"You'd like me to end it, don't you?" Megatron shouted so his screaming brother could hear. He stabbed Optimus once more into what would have been his thigh if he were human. Optimus screamed louder, a bellow of pure pain that echoed pleasingly in Megatron's hearing systems. "Never." He said softly, uttering the single word. "You should suffer for all the destruction you and your silly Autobots caused for the Decepticons!"Megatron bellowed at him, optics flaring with such rage.
He had seen so many allies fall to the hands of the Autobots. Plans ruined because of this idiot, this force that always seemed there, the reason why he always failed. Not today. No, today this was his victory, and nothing was sweeter than hearing his brother's cries of pain. He smirked and raised he blade, only to drive it deep within Optimus' shoulder. Energon splattered against his silver armour, His brother's precious energon that kept him living. Megatron laughed evilly as Optimus' cries of agony increased, becoming a deep bellow that voiced all the pain. He finished driving it in his shoulder and then gave it a twist, cutting all the circuitry and wires in his left arm. He smirked as Optimus' systems could not take it anymore and he fell into stasis lock that would probably lead into being offline.
"The pain has overcome you, hasn't it?" Megatron hissed, removing the blade heavy with energon. Optimus Prime's left arm hung limply from his body by a few strands of wiring. He stepped back and found that his torso and front of his body was coated with Optimus' energon. He walked out of the room with Starscream trailing him. A sense of respect and almost pride came from Starscream as he looked at his energon-soaked leader. He left the bodies of the Autobots behind as they exited Rec Room C, which was basically an energon bath.
Megatron paused as he heard a cry from Barricade and the sound of smashing glass. He turned to face Starscream and noticed the look of awe he gave Megatron when he saw Optimus Prime's energon all over him. Megatron almost grinned for a minute but then spoke.
"Starscream. See what is going on with Barricade. I'll meet you outside with the others in ten minutes." Megatron paused, brushing some of the energon off his arm. It splattered on the floor, causing Starscream to look down at the droplets in interest. "And I might suggest getting a little souvenir."
So how was that for a chapter ending? Chapter four probably won't be as long, but you never know :P and I'm not finished with this fanfic yet, by the way!
