Hi, here's the next chapter of Just Lucky. thanks to those who reviewed so far, you have no idea how much that means to me.

Disclaimer: i don't not own anything, except Adina. also, sorry if it's a bit confusing. enjoy!


Chapter 3 Blackout

A week has passed since the game has started and the members of the PD don't know wither their leaders are angry or happy. It's hard to tell with their emotionless eyes and stone hard faces.

It was just a cloudy Tuesday when the members were surprise to see their newest recruit running through the base. One thought pass through their heads. He either has new information on the girl or he's in big trouble with the bosses.

The new recruit was just a fifteen year old boy. No one knows why he was recruited but there has been a rumor that the bosses had threaten his love ones to join the gang, which wouldn't be much surprise since they have done it in the past.

The boy isn't buff or anything, he's just scrawny. He isn't handsome or ugly, he's just average. He doesn't have the petty blond or black hair that most have; he just has dull brown hair. He doesn't have the deep brown or blue eyes that could trick any girl into getting what they want; he just has dull green eyes.

The boy reached the main quarters of Scar and Kovu before stopping to get a breather and gulp down his nervousness. With a steady hand, he knocked on the door and waited for the signal to come in.

"Come."

The boy pushed the door open slowly and step inside, closing the door behind him. The two leaders looked up from their table and stared at him. Scar then signal with his hand for the boy to speak.

"A-a helicopter has pass by earlier today," he said, slightly afraid.

Scar sighed and shook his head. "Nick," he said in a menacing tone of voice, making Nick flinch a bit. "Helicopters pass by here all the time."

Nick shifted his feet a bit. "Yeah, but this one went towards the east."

This caught both leaders attention.

"What, you said the east?" asked Kovu, conforming what he just heard.

Nick nodded. He then closed his eyes, waiting for his punishment, thinking that he failed. Imagine his surprise when he received a pat on the head instead.

"Good job," Scar said, chuckling darkly as he saw Nick flinch in shock. "It looks like the girl missed an important info when summoning that copter. Make sure it goes round here twice before heading towards its actual location."

He then turned towards Kovu. "You know what to do, do not fail."

Kovu nodded and started to send the message to the others. "Attention, attention, game has taken a new turn point. Location: east, weapons," Kovu then chuckle darkly, never a good sign. "Anything that goes boom."

Nick could hear the others run around the base, searching for the items mention. He could have leave but he wanted to know something before he left the room.

"Excuse me sirs?" he asked nervously, catching the attention of the two. "You'll keep your promise? Won't you?"

Scar chuckle deeply before nodded. "Of course, they will be safe for now, just keep up with your work and they'll be spared."

Nick nodded and exited to room. He walked alongside the shadows that the building gave till he reached outside. In the darkest corner that he could find, he released the tears that he long to cry ever since he was brought here.

Do not trust those who want something,

A sharp chip soon brought the young boy out of his thoughts. Nick quickly looked up and saw a bright blue jay watching him from the branch of the tree in front of him. The jay gave him a searching look before shaking his wings.

You'll lose some feathers; you won't be able to fly.

Nick watched in wonder as the bird gave him one more look before flying off towards the distance, leaving some feathers behind. Was it just him or did that bird acted a bit odder then normal?


Meanwhile, deep through the woods and pass a secret passage that was hidden within a cave, Adina and Virgil were resting in a small cabin that used to be a getaway for the Whitewood family when they needed a break from life.

They had arrived just hours after they left the house and Adina had watch in amusement when Virgil somehow got caught in quicksand. She didn't even know that there was quicksand around these parts. Hmm, guess you do learn something new every day.

After a while of watching, Adina soon felt pity for the poor guy and helped him out. Virgil had growl at her but when she made a motion of pushing him back into the sand, he quickly apologized for his behavior.

Right now, Virgil was messing around with the small computer that he had found three days ago while Adina was taking a small nap in her room. He still doesn't know how she could sleep with all this noise.

Ravage was growling and chasing the crack monkeys, the nickname kind of stuck to him, who were running as fast as they could. Ratbat was watching from the ceiling, small chirps conforming that he was laughing. Laserbeak was standing next to Adina's door, making sure that the chase wouldn't get near the girl.

Virgil is still confused by his behavior, no by all the cassettes behavior. Adina had met each one of them by accident on night when they got here. Damn, he didn't know that she had really good aim. She partially knocked him unconscious until she was distracted by Ravage. Turns out Adina have a real soft spot for any type of cats.

Anyway, after that incident, all the cassettes developed this strange argue to protect and make sure she is always happy. And that brings us back to what Virgil was doing.

Virgil was trying to come up with an explanation to why that girl could bring out such emotion from the cassettes. His only conclusion is that it has something to do with her past. The only problem is that he couldn't see if that is the cause because whenever Virgil tried to bring the subject up, Adina would either change the subject, throw something at him, or yell at him that it's none of his business and that he should just fuck off.

So in other words, Adina is unpredictable and he suspected that she might be suffering from several past traumas.

"AAHHHHHHHHHHHH! Down Ravage! Down kitty! … AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! Ok! Not going to call you kitty!" yelled Frenzy as he jumped away from Ravage, leaving his brother, Rumble, to be the bait. "Nice knowing you bro!"

Rumble scream as Ravage got him and started to drag him away. "NNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Help me! Anyone!"

Virgil tried to ignore it but it was no use, he just snapped.

"SHUT UP! RAVAGE! LET GO YOUR BROTHER! RUMBLE, FRENZY! GET A GRIP OF YOURSELF, BOTH OF YOU!" He yelled, ending the fight between the brothers.

Ravage blinked his optic at him before releasing his brother. Rumble quickly scribbles towards his twin, thinking to himself that once they are alone, he's going to kill him. Besides, no one will miss him, much.

Virgil closed his eyes and tried to relax, taking deep breathes. Again, how can Adina sleep through this noise?

As if hearing his silent question, Adina chose that moment to exit her room, humming alone to the song that she happen to be listening to. She walked towards the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of water and took a sip from it. She then notices the stares she was receiving and took out her iPod and pause the song.

"Um, what?" she asked uncertain.

Virgil just stared at her before banging his head against the table in front of him. I'm going to lose my mind!

Adina watched him in concern before hearing a noise, the sound of a helicopter coming. She frowned at that. Helicopters never come out this far from the neighborhood unless.

"Hey, Vir," she said, stopping Virgil from busting his head open against the table. "Did you happen to have a friend that happens to have a copter?"

Virgil frowned from behind his jacket. A copter? He then remembered that there was only one person who owns a copter. Blackout. Did he happen the survive the battle?

"Yes, I'll go outside to meet him." He answered, getting up and headed towards the door. "You stay here, understood?"

Adina rolled her eyes but didn't argue. She just took another sip from her water and went towards her room.

Virgil sighed before stepping outside. That girl is so annoying and he concluded that she doesn't have any information that could be useful to them. Yet, he doesn't know why he still hangs around her.

He watched as the helicopter slowly landed in the clearing that stood next to the cabin. The helicopter soon quieted down and something unlatched itself from it. At a closer look, Virgil realized that it was a scorpion robot like his own. Scorponok.

Virgil soon contacted the crack monkeys and Ratbat to come outside and make Scorponok feel welcome. He then turned towards the copter and watched as someone stepped out of it. It was a man that was roughly around his early twenties and wore something similar to Virgil except that instead of an orange jacket covering his mouth, he had a dark blue t-shirt and a black unzip jacket.

"Good evening Soundwave," he greeted Virgil. "May I ask what's with your holoform?"

Virgil sighed before answering. "Evening Blackout, survived the battle? Change it in order to complete mission."

Damn, how good it felt to speak in his usual speech pattern!

Blackout nodded. "I see, yes, I somehow manage to survive the battle and found Scorponok in the nearest desert." He explained before tilting his head. "Has is the mission so far?"

"Failure."

Blackout closed his eyes and sighed. What's up with all these failures? He opened his mouth to speak before a chirp of a bird capture both mechs attention.

They turned to face a tree that was behind them to see a bright blue jay bird watching them with great curiosity. They watched as the bird jumped a bit and flapping his wings.

"Weird, I think that's the same bird that I followed to this location," Blackout said out loud.

Virgil blinked behind his sunglasses and turned to face Blackout. "Explain."

"When I came back online, the first thing a saw was a bright blue jay. It kept on pecking me until I got p and followed it. It leaded me to Scorponok who was in stasis at the time. When I looked up, it had disappeared but I pay no attention to it because I was more concern on getting Scorponok back online," he stopped for a while and watched the jay chirp a bit more. "Once Scorponok came online, I swear that the same jay came back and annoyed me into following it to here."

Virgil nodded and turned to face the jay before flinching a bit at the looked it was giving him, but lucky for him, Blackout didn't seem to notice. Is it possible for a bird to glare at you?

They continue to watch the jay before it suddenly flapped its wings angrily and flew towards a window at the cabin and peck at it a couple of times before flying away.

The mechs were surprise as they saw Adina came towards the window in either annoyance or curiosity before backing up and yelling at someone.

Adina then disappeared from view and then was seen with a bag that Virgil soon recognized. It was the same bag that she took with her. What could cause her to have this reaction?

Suddenly, both mechs soon heard a sharp whistling sound and were soon thrown back against the trees as the cabin exploded. They both watched in shock as the cabin was engulfed in flames, not knowing wither the remaining cassettes or Adina manage to escape.


so? how is it? if i made any mistake, do tell me. thanks for reading! R&R

question: which Autobot should find Adina? (yes she will survive the explosion) should it be either Ratchet, Bumblebee, or the twins (Sideswipe & Sunsteaker)?

-Bluebutterflywitch