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(Sam and Mikeala's Residence)
Wheelie sighed in boredom as he sat on the sofa, switching through the T.V channels. It has been at least two years when he switched side, and at least half a year when he met his fellow ex-Decepticon Drone, Brains, had moved in with Warrior Goddess aka Mikaela Banes and her sissy boyfriend, Sam Witwicky. Despite living with a sissy male and a slobbering mutt, it was better then his old life, when he was still just a Decepticon drone, just another useless pile scrap for them to with as they pleased.
He had to admit his first few weeks with the Autobots weren't a skip across the park, they still had trouble trusting him and the only thing that kept Ironhide from blasting him was Optimus Prime. The Autobot leader seemed more comfortable with Wheelie joining them, even saying he was in the drone's debt for helping Sam find the Matrix of Leadership. Soon after that the other Autobots got less stiff with Wheelie around, especially when he revealed that Soundwave was listening in on military communications up in orbit.
Brains also proved helpful as well when they found him, or he found them. He had fled Shockwave who was preparing to dismantle him and made his way to Mikaela and Bumblebee one day. By then the Decepticons had found them and full out battle started between them and the Autobots. Eventual the Autobots won with many Decepticons dead and Brains switched side while providing the location of several Decepticon outposts.
He heard shouting from upstairs. His only guess was that Brains had decided to take a peek on Mikaela while she was in the showers. Wheelie could practically see it all now, Brains running for his life from an angry Warrior Goddess. He focused back on the television set, when a newswoman started to talk about something "And in recent news, Mathew Dane, former employee at NASA and was currently worker at Fed Ex, was killed in a car accident. Though theories of murder are up for suggestions, no signs of tampering have been found on the vehicle. Police have begun an-"
"Yeah, yeah boring!" Wheelie sighed as he flipped the channel, this time getting an episode of Star Trek. "Ah slag, reruns. This is the one when Spock goes nuts." Wheelie mumbled as he changed the channel once more. He paused his T.V surfing and decided to check up on Brains who was running down the stairs from an angry Warrior Goddess. To his luck, her hair was still wet a loose blowing in the wind and she had nothing on but a towel. He had to admit, he couldn't blame his fellow drone for taking a peek at her.
"How many times have I told you not to watch me while I'm taking a shower?" She snapped at Brains. Brains acted like he was trying to remember and just giving a shrug, earning an annoyed grunt from the female who stormed off to her room to get change and head off to work. While she was doing that Brains jumped onto the sofa bed beside Wheelie and had a big smirk on his face. "Heh, that female got a pretty good figure huh Wheelie?" The drone asked.
Wheelie rolled his optics. "I already knew that Brains but you should be more careful next time or she'll blowtorch your optic in 10 seconds flat."
Brains waved this off as he flipped through the channels and by then Mikaela had left for her job. From what Wheelie recalled it was for some guy name Dylan Gould who owned big company, and had a collection of exotic cars too apparently from what she had described. Wheelie first saw the guy when he came over to interview Mikaela when Sam was away, and the drone couldn't help feeling suspicious about the man too.
"Hey buddy, anything good on?" Brains asked as he ate some nuts and bolts. Wheelie shrugged "Eh, nothing really, just some Star Trek reruns, car deaths, the usually crap." The sound of an unfamiliar car engine caught their attention. "What the slag is that?" Wheelie asked.
"Must be Mikaela's new ride that she got from her boss, since that hot pink fembot an't here no more." Brains replied.
Before Mearings had restricted the Autobots from civilian interactions, Arcee would ride Mikaela to and from her old job. Since both of her sisters had mates that they spent equal time as they did with her, Arcee felt like she should guard the only female human that knew of them. Mikaela had also accepted Arcee as a friend and in some ways, the two were almost like sisters, sharing secrets and laughing whenever Sam and Bumblebee did something goofy. Chromia and Elita would use this to tease Arcee how she was just using this to get closer to Bumblebee, causing both said bots to fluster deeply.
"Yep, things are definitely changing." Wheelie murmured as he and Brains looked at the black T.V screen. Then the blue drone suddenly perked up, "Hey want to check out Warrior Goddess's underwear draw? Saw her buy some new ones."
"Wohoo! Let's go!" Brains yelled.
(With Barricade)
If Barricade wasn't in vehicle mode, his grin would've been obvious. Currently he was using his police car form to get close to a car accident on the Highway near D.C. But he knew the truth: the victim was one of Soundwave's human operatives, who had been disposed of by Laserebeak. The only other police present there were several police officers and their vehicles too.
As if hearing his name, the condor assassin contacted Barricade. :Like my work?:
:You overdid it: Was the Con's reply as he inspected the crashed vehicle. :There are talon marks on the hood:
Laserbeak screeched through the comms. :He was going to fast, had to get a grip somehow:
Barricade rolled his optics as he backed up and drove away from the scene. The other cops didn't really take notice of this, another sign of this specie's stupidity. "So, where are you heading towards to now?"
:My last target has a job in D.C, so I'll be heading there next: The condor replied. "Very well then, I'm still busy with the assignment Megatron gave me and then I'll be returning to the city once I'm done. Whose your target anyway?" Barricade asked.
:A man named Jerry Wang. I'm actually quite fond of him: Laserbeak replied with a twisted laugh, :He is very unexpected, I wouldn't be surprise if he pulled out a gun on me when I get there:
Barricade grunted as he made a turn onto a dirt road off the highway. He continued driving, with the trees looking down on him until he stopped near a small field. "This will do." He thought to himself as he transformed into robot mode.
He walked towards the center of the field, where he pulled out an object from his compartment. It was shaped like a grey pole with lights blinking and a sharp tip at the bottom. Barricade twisted it in several directions before slamming it into the ground and when he did, the pole extended upward, revealing a small screen with a keypad. The Decepticon began typing on the pad and after a few seconds the screen lit up. Barricade transformed and headed out back towards the highway. "Lord Megatron come in."
:Report Barricade: His leader ordered.
"I've finished setting up the device and shall return to the city awaiting further orders." Barricade reported.
:Excellent work soldier, I want you to remain near the edge of the city once and report on any Autobot activity and wait for your signal:
:Understood Lord Megatron, Barricade out:
(NEST Base)
"Hey Jazz, don't you find it odd?"
The 1st Lieutenant turned around to look down at Sergeant Graham, a British soldier from SAS (A/N: I don't know his actual rank, I'm just taking reference from Call of Duty), and the one who asked the question. The human was currently sitting in front of the T.V, which was showing human information or the News as it was called.
"Find what odd Graham?" Jazz asked.
"That only a week or so after we learned that the blokes up at the top had been keeping information about that ship of yours a secret, a lot of people who worked for NASA during the Moon Program, have been killed these past few days."
Jazz rubbed his metal chin, "Hmm, that is interesting, I'll have to do a look on it." He said and then walked off, passing Wheeljack who was doing adjustments to Bumblebee's plasma cannon before handing it off to the said bot.
"There you go Bee, I've managed to reattach your missile launchers into your cannon, making it a lot more devastating when in battle." The inventor said as he watched Bumblebee tinker with it. "Their small and have a shorter distance, but the explosion is big."
Bee pumped the cannon, his only reply through his radio voice was, "Groovy"
Mirage came forward, having watched from afar, before coming up to Wheeljack. "Hey inventore have you finished with that sniper rifle I asked for?"
Wheeljack rubbed the back of his head, looking sheepishly. "Well…I haven't finished that yet."
"Per amore di dio! Why not? You managed to create two new guns for Ironhide and replace Bumblebee's missile launchers and put it into his cannon, why can't you build a simple Cybetronian sniper rifle?"
The inventor waved his hands exasperatedly. "Do you have any idea what kind of parts I need to build such a weapon here on Earth, with all the loose scrapes we have so far?" He asked before turning over to his desk. "And it's not really the weapon itself, it's the ammunition for it. Ironhide's new weapons were easier because the bullets for them were simpler to manufacture. A sniper rifle for you to take out Decepticons requires bullets made from Cybertronian metal." Wheeljack huffed. "Anyway, Optimus said he and the Wreckers would salvage parts from the Ark for me to use." Then he began tinkering with small devices lying on his desk. "Now if you don't mind, I need to finish these boom-sticks for the humans."
(On the Moon, Ark)
"His vitals are low." Ratchet reported as he stared at the motionless form of Sentinel Prime.
They, as in Optimus Prime, Ratchet and Jetfire had entered the Ark. It was hard for them to walk through the vessel without seeing the destroyed body of a fellow Autobot. But the managed to reach the bridge where they discovered Sentinel inside a hidden chamber, stasis lock and holding what Ratchet identified as the control Pillar, the technology that Sentinel himself had designed.
Optimus Prime bent down to pick up his mentor's body, "Let's get you home Sentinel." Optimus said. "Ratchet, head back to the Xantium with the pillars and prep the med bay just in case. Jetifre, go and inform the Wreckers that they can begin salvaging, but take only what's necessary. Then I want you to scout the area for any signs of hostiles."
"Yes Lord Prime" Jetfire said before walking out. Optimus sighed with slight annoyance. Ever since Jetfire had been fully brought into the Autobot force, he always referred Optimus as "Lord Prime", "My Lord", "Lord Optimus" or "Master". While Optimus respected his desire to retain the old ways of the Dynasty of the Primes, he found it somewhat aggravating to being referred with such a feudalism title, one that Megatron had taken accustom to.
As Optimus prepared to leave he paused and turned around, as if expecting someone to be right behind him. But there wasn't, just the destroyed screen of the Ark and the stars outside in space.
"Perhaps I was just imagining it." Optimus thought to himself as he continued walking out of the ship.
But as he left the Ark he did not notice one of the ship's cameras watching him go, nor did he hear the computer like voice.
"Sensors: Online. Scanning for internal damage." The voice said as a small light came on for a few minutes before speaking again, "Warning: Damage critical, initiating emergency stasis lock. Preparing Energon reserves and self-repairs immediately."
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