Chapter 4: Legacy
The following day, Optimus gave the order of the first patrol to Wheelie and Bumblebee, who transformed into their vehicle forms and sped out of the base. As the two Autobots rolled down the street, Bumblebee started to get slightly agitated as Wheelie, who was still very young compared to the other Autobots, was doing all sorts of reckless driving stunts. The youngling eventually managed to stop his antics when he almost rolled off the road and crashed into a telephone pole.
"That's why there's road rules, kid," Bumblebee said as his partner reverse-drove back onto the road.
"Yeah, you may have a point there," Wheelie replied as the two continued driving down the road, this time side-by-side. As they drove, Bumblebee suddenly picked up an energy signal on his radar.
"Hey Wheelie," Bumblebee said, "You getting this energy reading?" Wheelie noticed that his radar was spiking too.
"Yep, and it's getting stronger," Wheelie answered, "And judging from my map, I'd say it's about 5 clicks due north." And with that, Wheelie booked it and began speeding down the road as quickly as he could, Bumblebee trying to stop him.
"Wait, humans have speed limits on their highways!" the scout frantically called out as his partner sped up.
"What do you mean 'speed limit'?" Wheelie called back, "I have a gauge in here that can reach up to 100 miles an hour! If the humans who made my car mode didn't want it to go that fast, then they shouldn't have given me the option." And with that, Wheelie kept zooming down the road… until he almost crashed into an oncoming driver, swerving to the side and skidding to a halt. As Wheelie tried to regain his senses from all the spinning he went through, the driver of the other car angrily stepped out of his vehicle with what appeared to be a crowbar in his hand.
"Hey, toy-mobile!" the driver angrily called out, "By the time I'm done with you, you'll need more than just a little super-glue to put you back together!" Just then, Wheelie transformed into his robot form, which stood a good 15 feet in height, approached the driver, who was now stepping back in fear, and kneeled down to his eye level.
"Bring it," Wheelie taunted. The driver dropped his crowbar and flinched when Wheelie raised his arm in a mock attack. "Who's the tough guy now?" he jokingly asked. Just then, Bumblebee transformed into his robot mode, ran over and pushed Wheelie back.
"What do you think you're doing?" Bumblebee asked as he looked back at the terrified human, "Autobots can't harm humans!" Wheelie started to laugh.
"Relax, Bee," Wheelie replied as he put a hand on Bumblebee's shoulder, "I'm just messing around with him." As Wheelie said this, the driver took out his phone and held it up to the two Autobots. Bumblebee saw this and frantically waved his hand in front of him.
"No, wait…" but it was already too late, as the driver had just taken a picture of him and Wheelie, climbed back into his car, and sped off as quickly as he could, causing Bumblebee to shoot a glare at Wheelie.
"What?" Wheelie asked as he put his hands in front of him.
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On the Nemesis, Sunstorm and Jetstorm were in the armory meeting up with Dreadwing, their captain and commanding officer back in the War for Cybertron. The three Seekers were standing in front of a table, upon which Dreadwing was tending to his rifle.
"So Lord Megatron has requested that the two of you are to remain under my command," Dread wing said as he finished putting the bayonet back on the barrel of the gun, "And as your captain both on and off Cybertron, you both are to report to me and to follow my commands. Is that understood?" The twin Seekers stood at attention and saluted.
"Sir, yes sir," Sunstorm and Jetstorm responded.
"Good," Dreadwing said as he finished putting his weapon back together, "Now Megatron has also told me that he has a mission for you. Would you care to tell me what this mission is?"
"To find, subdue and capture an Autobot named Jolt," Jetstorm answered.
"And the significance behind capturing this Autobot?" Dreadwing asked again.
"He contains an Electro-ceptor in his framing," Sunstorm responded, "With that thing in his body, he can become both a living power generator and a deadly weapon. If Lord Megatron can persuade him to join our cause, he could become a valuable asset." Dreadwing thought over the twins' mission for a moment.
"I see. You have my permission to proceed with this mission, but wait for my signal. We must first draw the Autobot into the open, then strike," Dreadwing said as he clenched his fist. With that, the twins nodded and left the room.
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Back at the Autobot base, Jack was scrolling through the internet until he found the picture he was looking for: the picture of Wheelie and Bumblebee on the highway.
"Found it," he called out, "Looks like old Road Rage didn't waste any time posting your mugshots. Raf can fix that as soon as he's back from house-hunting." As Jack closed out the browser, he turned around to see the Autobots getting into a big argument with Wheelie.
"Is this what you learned while serving under Jazz during your time in space?!" Ratchet angrily asked, "I doubt that Prime's first lieutenant would condone of such behavior." Jazz stepped in between Wheelie and Ratchet.
"I'm right here, you know," Jazz snapped, "And while I can say that what Wheelie did was not cool, bear in mind that he's still a kid. He's going to make mistakes, something that kids are prone to do."
"Yeah, but blowing his cover like that could've made it easier for the 'Cons to find him and terminate him, or even worse, track him so they could find our base and destroy us all," Arcee responded. Wheelie hung his head in embarrassment.
"Look, I know I screwed up, but I won't make the same mistake twice," Wheelie said as Optimus walked in behind him.
"While Ratchet, Jazz and Arcee are correct," the Prime said, "I believe we are all equally responsible for this incident." Arcee and Ratchet just gawked at him.
"Us?" Arcee asked in shock.
"How?!" Ratchet asked in equal shock.
"We weren't even there!" Warpath said.
"I was there, doofus," Bumblebee snapped.
"Well, Bee was," Warpath calmly added, prompting Fireflight to elbow the Defender in the gut.
"Our recent efforts have been so intensely focused on averting crises, that we have overlooked simple matters," Optimus replied, "Such as teaching our new recruits how to properly function on this planet. It is an oversight that must be corrected." Sensing an opportunity to prove himself to his hero, Wheelie looked Optimus dead in the eye.
"Optimus, I'm willing to train under you," Wheelie pleaded, "And I'll do whatever it takes to make things right. To make you proud." Optimus placed a hand on the youngling's shoulder.
"Perhaps the best way for you to learn about the human world, Wheelie, is from a human," the Autobot leader said. Arcee cocked an eyebrow in confusion.
"Wheelie gets his own partner?" she asked. Ratchet scoffed.
"Oh please," he groaned, "Aren't three humans enough?" When eighteen pairs of optics and a pair of human eyes shot him a skeptical glance, Ratchet just groaned and turned back to the monitors.
"I was referring to one already among us," Optimus said as he gestured over to Jack. Jack widened his eyes for a moment, but then regained his senses instantly.
"Uh, sure," he said, "Robots in Disguise, traffic laws, don't crush humans. I can bring Wheelie up to speed." Bulkhead walked over to Wheelie and put a hand on his shoulder.
"We've all put in curbside duty," the Wrecker said, "Part of the gig." As Jack climbed down from the computer section, Wheelie walked over to him.
"Then let's go for a drive, teach," he said as he transformed into his car mode, Jack climbing in through the open door. As Wheelie sped out of the base, Arcee looked over to Optimus.
"Optimus, with all due respect, Agent Fowler is out relocating Raf's family because the Decepticons found out where he lives," the two-wheeler said, "Meanwhile Wheelie, in all his wisdom, chooses a vehicle form with a large, open windshield and screaming silver checker-patterns on the doors. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't more than concerned about Jack's safety."
"Nonetheless," Optimus replied, "the fact remains that our youngest recruit is in need of instruction. I believe that Wheelie's Spark is in the right place, and that he now understands the necessities of protecting humanity."
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Meanwhile, out in town, Jack was busy giving Wheelie his lessons in driving on human roads. As soon as they rounded a bend, Jack saw an intersection up ahead.
"Alright, intersection," the teen said, "Let's review. Light's green?"
"Green for 'go'," Wheelie replied. Then the two came up on a yellow light.
"And yellow?" Jack asked again.
"Go faster!" Wheelie replied, gunning the motor and taking off at high speed. Jack suddenly got a little scared for his life. Just as Wheelie was gunning it, the light suddenly turned red. Jack now felt terrified, until Wheelie hit the brakes, skidding to a stop just at the white line under the light. As Jack tried to catch his breath, Wheelie couldn't help but laugh. "Hey, I'm just kidding." Jack gave a sarcastic laugh in retort, but then heard a familiar noise coming from behind. Looking in the rear view mirror, his eyes widened as he saw a black muscle car with a red-flame paint job around the grill coming up next to them. Jack immediately crouched down and raised the window. Wheelie suddenly felt antsy.
"What is it, 'Cons?" he asked.
"No, just someone from school I'd rather not talk to," Jack replied in a half-whisper. That "someone from school" was none other than the local bully Vince, Jack's old rival from the street race he participated in a long time ago. Smirking when he saw who it was in the car next to him, Vince reached into a brown bag in the passenger seat and pulled out a burger he had ordered. Without a moment's hesitation or second thought, he unwrapped the paper from the sandwich, and then threw it at Wheelie's window, its contents smearing all over the glass. Vince laughed as his light turned green and sped off.
"Seriously?" Wheelie asked as he and Jack drove off.
"Just let it go," Jack replied.
"Are you kidding me?" Wheelie asked again, "Where's your self-respect? We've gotta stand up for ourselves."
"We also have to follow Optimus' rules," Jack replied, "We can't just protect humans, but we can't harm them, either." Then Wheelie got an idea.
"Whoever said anything about harming?" Wheelie asked in a devious tone.
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A couple hours later, Jack and Wheelie drove back to the base. As soon as they entered the base, Wheelie opened the door and let Jack out, and the two immediately burst out laughing.
"Oh, I am so posting this tonight!" Jack said as he took out his phone, "Hey Arcee, you've gotta see this! Check out Vince's car!" Arcee walked over and looked at the photo. It showed Vince's car stuffed from the floor to the surface with hamburger wrappers. "Hey, Vince, want fries with that?" Jack jokingly asked, prompting him and Wheelie to go into another laughing fit.
"So let me get this straight," Arcee said as she got up, "You taught Wheelie everything he never needed to know about fast food?"
"He passed Driver's Ed," Jack replied, "Work hard, play hard."
"Yeah, no humans were harmed in the making of these photos, honest," Wheelie said as he and Jack walked off.
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Back on the Nemesis, Soundwave put up a display of the coordinates for the next Iacon relic on his monitor-like face. Megatron looked at the picture with peculiar interest.
"You have decoded the next set of coordinates?" Megatron said, "Excellent, Soundwave. Then it is time to beta test our decoy." As he said this, Megatron held up the fake relic he had shown the Combaticons earlier.
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Back at the base, Optimus was hard at work decoding the very same coordinates that Soundwave had completed.
"I am nearly finished decoding the next Iacon coordinates," he announced. Just then, he and Ratchet heard a beeping sound coming from the monitors.
"You may not need to complete your task, Optimus," the medic said as the monitor showed a signal coming from somewhere in central China.
"An Iacon locator beacon," Optimus said in a half-whisper.
"It seems that the Decepticons have already excavated the next relic," Ratchet replied.
"Ratchet, triangulate coordinates and prepare the Ground Bridge," Optimus ordered as Ratchet readied the portal. Optimus then walked over to the green vortex, where every other available Autobot, minus Wheelie, was standing ready for action.
"Bring on the 'Cons," Bulkhead happily declared as he banged his fists together. Optimus looked at his troops and noticed that one of his troops was missing.
"Where is Wheelie?" Optimus asked.
"Out training again with Jack," Arcee replied.
"We cannot wait. Autobots, transform and roll out," Optimus replied. With that, all the Autobots, except for Ratchet, who was managing the Bridge, and Flareup, who was still bedridden after the battle with Bruticus, transformed into their vehicle forms and sped through the Ground Bridge to the designated coordinates.
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While the Autobots were busy following the fake coordinates, as he suspected they would, Megatron accompanied an excavation team, led by Barricade, to the real coordinates provided by Soundwave. After what felt like an eternity of digging and removing rock, one of the miners stumbled across the relic.
"Lord Megatron, we've found it," the miner called as Megatron approached.
"I certainly hope that our newfound acquisition is of Decepticon origin," Megatron rumbled as he walked over, but what he saw stopped him dead in his tracks, "It cannot be!" Another miner removed another boulder so Megatron could get a better look at the relic, which appeared to be the hilt of a sword, the blade completely embedded in the stone. "Power of this magnitude must never be allowed to reach the hands of Optimus Prime… no matter what." With that, Megatron approached the sword and placed his hand on the hilt, proceeding to pull on it with all his strength. But to his surprise, the sword wouldn't budge. Deciding to do things his way, Megatron aimed his Fusion Cannon at the stone and fired several blasts at it. When the dust settled, Megatron was astonished to see that the stone was completely unscathed.
"The rock is impermeable," he snarled, "The relic is emanating a protective shield. It will only respond to the power of a Prime." He then turned to his troops. "We remove the relic, even if we have to take the entire mountain!" Barricade looked over at his excavation team.
"You heard him," the enforcer shouted, "Start cutting that rock!" With that, the Vehicons and Insecticons immediately got to work on removing the stone.
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Back at the Autobot base, Ratchet was working overtime between checking on the life signals of the other Autobots and healing Flareup's wounds. As he finished patching up the smaller wounds and covering up the larger one to work on later, Ratchet went back to the monitor, where he found another signal activating.
"Optimus, I've just picked up a second Iacon locator beacon," the medic said into the com-link, "Optimus, do you read?" The only answer he got was static.
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In central China, Optimus and the other Autobots were busy pursuing the "relic."
"No sign of 'Cons," Bulkhead said.
"Aw, and I was looking forward to blasting someone," Warpath said, disappointed. As the Autobots continued walking in the direction of the "relic," Soundwave flew overhead, carrying the false relic with him, which was the origin of the first beacon.
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Wheelie drove back into base, skidding to a screeching halt. Once Jack stepped out of his vehicle form, Wheelie shifted back into his robot form as he shared another laugh with his human partner.
"Oh man, my boss is gonna freak!" Jack said as he laughed.
"That thing we stuffed in his tailpipe, what was it called again? Pizza?" Wheelie asked before going into another laughing fit.
"Will you two keep it down?" Ratchet snapped as he tried calling into the com-link again, "Arcee? Bulkhead? Ironhide? Can anyone hear me?" Once again, all he got was static.
"Ratchet, what's going on?" Jack asked as he and Wheelie walked over to him.
"Our sensors just detected a second Iacon locator beacon, but I can't reach Optimus," Ratchet replied. Just then, Wheelie got an idea.
"I'll go," the youngling declared.
"Alone?" Ratchet asked.
"You got any better ideas?" Wheelie retorted. Without a second thought, Ratchet activated the Ground Bridge on the coordinates the beacon provided. "He says 'fine,' but I don't think he really wants me to go alone," he said as he looked over at Jack.
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At the mountain the sword-relic was in, a Ground Bridge opened up, revealing Jack as he walked out of the portal, Wheelie appearing right behind him.
"I just pulled a 'Miko'," Jack said as he placed his hand on his forehead, remembering all the crazy stuff his friend would get herself into.
"Let's go grab a relic!" Wheelie said as he ran off to get a better look at what their prize was, Jack following suit. Upon reaching a rocky ridge, the two saw Barricade's mining team as they cut their way through the rock. Jack saw the relic and widened his eyes.
"Whoa, looks like some kind of sword," Jack said as he looked over at Wheelie.
"Yeah, and if Optimus had it, imagine the damage he could do to the 'Cons with a weapon like that," Wheelie replied, "I'm gonna make Optimus proud." As he prepared to make a dash for the sword, Jack stopped him.
"Not a good idea, Wheelie," Jack said.
"Why's that?" Wheelie asked back.
"Because Megatron's here too," Jack replied. Wheelie looked out and saw the Decepticon leader himself giving an order to two of his troopers.
"The 'Dark Lord' himself," Wheelie said as a cocky grin spread across his face, "He won't know what hit him." As he prepared to dash again, Jack once again stopped his advances.
"Hold up, something isn't right," Jack said, "Why doesn't Megatron just take the sword himself already?"
"Germophobe?" Wheelie asked.
"Seriously, we need to wait for backup," Jack said as he crouched behind a boulder. Wheelie thought for a moment before piping up again.
"You heard Ratchet," Wheelie said as he climbed on top of a rock, "Backup's not available right now." And with that, he leapt off the rock he was standing on and made a mad dash for the Decepticons, with Jack being helpless to watch as the young Autobot tested fate.
Down at the excavation site, the troopers had finally finished cutting through the rock. Megatron walked over and put a hand up to his com-link system.
"Commence transport!" he commanded as the ship lowered a tow cable onto the rock. Once the cable was attached, the crew on the ship began the long, arduous process of hauling it up into its cargo bay. As Megatron watched with glee as his prize was being removed, he suddenly heard the sound of blaster fire going off. He looked over to his left and saw Wheelie opening fire on his troopers with his Energon Battle Pistol. "Who in the Pits of Kaon is that?!" he asked, surprised to see an Autobot in the area. Wheelie shot holes through four troopers with the gun and subdued two more with several martial arts moves. After shooting another trooper in the head, Wheelie dashed over to the sword and tried to pull it out of the stone, but like Megatron's efforts, his own struggles were fruitless.
"Wow, it's really in there nice and tight," the youngling said before he was tackled by an unseen force. As Wheelie rolled across the floor with his assailant, he saw that Barricade himself was onto him. When they stopped rolling, Barricade pinned the young Autobot and began pounding on him. After a few successful hits, Wheelie managed to knock Barricade's arm aside and threw a punch of his own right into the enforcer's face. As Barricade stumbled back in a daze, Wheelie got up and began to launch a slew of punches right to his torso. Wheelie was doing a good job at first, until Barricade managed to catch the next one and pin his arm behind his back. Barricade then pinned Wheelie underfoot, ensuring that the young Autobot had no means of escape.
"You're really starting to get on my nerves, kid," Barricade said as he raised his fist again. Wheelie braced for impact, but the hit never came. Instead, he heard a voice.
"At ease, Barricade," Megatron said, "I think this child has been disciplined enough." Barricade raised his foot off Wheelie's back and lowered his arm. The rest of the troopers pointed their blasters at him to make sure the Autobot didn't pull any tricks. From his hiding place, Jack could only watch helplessly.
"No," he whispered as he took out his phone, "This can't be happening." He quickly dialed a number into his phone. "Ratchet," he said, "You gotta get Optimus. Wheelie went for the relic. It looks like some kind of sw…" Before Jack could finish his sentence, he suddenly heard the sound of hissing. He turned around… and saw an Insecticon towering over him.
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Back at the base, Ratchet was listing to Jack's distress call.
"Jack, where in the name of Cybertron are you," the medic asked, "And did you say a relic that looks like a sword?" Then he heard the sound of the Insecticon chasing him. "Oh my," he said with wide optics. He quickly turned to the monitor where his teammates' health signals were. "Optimus, please respond!" Once again, static. "I can see that you're alive, Optimus, but why won't you answer me?"
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Back in China, the Autobots continued their wild goose chase for the false relic. Arcee looked down at the signal tracker and noticed that the signal moved to another location. She groaned in frustration.
"Every time we get close to the beacon, the signal moves," Arcee said as Bulkhead walked up next to her.
"All this leg work is giving me itchy fists," the Wrecker said as he punched one hand into the other. Optimus walked up next to them.
"It seems we've been led astray by a Decepticon trick," the Autobot leader said. Just then a Ground Bridge opened behind them, Ratchet running out of it.
"We have a situation," Ratchet said.
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Back in the mountain forest range, Jack continued being hounded by the Insecticon, who apparently brought a second along for the hunt. The teenage boy had to run, jump and dodge to the best of his potential as he avoided being stepped on, crushed and slashed at by the bestial warriors. Meanwhile, the sword was finally being lifted up into the air by the cable, and Megatron eyed Wheelie with a malicious gleam in his eyes.
"Bring him to me!" he commanded. Barricade hoisted Wheelie up off the ground and dragged him over to Megatron, throwing him at the warlord's feet. Back at the Insecticon hunt, Jack managed to crawl into a crevice inside a large rock, but it wasn't enough, as the Insecticons began to claw their way through the rock. At the same time, Megatron glowered down at Wheelie.
"What is your name, Autobot or should I say youngling?" Megatron asked.
"Why?" Wheelie answered with the same cocky grin on his face, "Who wants to know?" Irritated by the youngling's answer, Megatron raised his hand to smack his prisoner, when he suddenly heard the sound of gunfire going off behind him. He turned around and saw the Autobots plowing through his troopers. But then he noticed that one of them was missing. "Where's Optimus?" His answer came in the form of seeing Optimus Prime scaling the side of the mountain in pursuit of the relic, which was being hauled away by the ship. "Keep Prime away from the RELIC!" Megatron commanded as he and three jet Vehicons transformed and flew off to prevent Optimus from getting the sword. Meanwhile, Wheelie was trying to aim his pistol at Megatron, only to have a Vehicon aim his own blaster at him. A moment later, a shot came out and hit the Vehicon, killing him instantly. Wheelie looked over and saw Ironhide running up to him.
"You alright, kid?" the veteran asked. Meanwhile, Arcee finished slicing a Vehicon's head off with her arm blades when she heard the growl of an Insecticon nearby. She looked in the direction of the sound and saw two Insecticons digging away at something. Realizing that Jack was there, she ran over as fast as she could and eliminated them, killing one by dropping a boulder on its head and the other by slicing its throat with her blades. Jack saw her and sighed in gratitude. Arcee, however, was not so amused.
"What could you have possibly been thinking?!" she asked like an angry mother would to her child. Meanwhile, Optimus continued his chase after the sword, but he now had a lot more on his plate with four Decepticon fliers, Megatron included, chasing after him. Once Optimus got to an equal height as the relic's stone capsule, he transformed and sped towards a raise of stone on the mountainside, using his speed and momentum to launch himself into the air. Once airborne, however, Megatron and his compatriots began to open fire on him. Most of their shots missed, but then one of Megatron's shots managed to hit Optimus on the nose of his truck form, sending him spiraling through the air. But even then, that still wasn't enough, as Optimus still managed to grab onto the hilt of the sword as it hung from the rock. A moment later, the sword itself began to glow as blue as Optimus' optics, and it seemed to radiate raw power. Then suddenly, it slipped out of the stone, and Optimus began to tumble back toward the ground. After free-falling through the air, Optimus straightened out and pointed the sword at the ground, the impact of the blade sending a wave of blue light rippling in all directions. When the light faded, Optimus rose up from the ground and held the blade up high, like a knight who had just won an epic battle. Megatron, who had since returned to the ship, angrily clenched his fist and growled.
"Drop the mountain on him!" he roared. The crew released the cable from the ship, and the large slab of stone was sent falling to the ground and rolling down the mountainside… straight at the Autobots.
"Optimus, retreat!" Ironhide called out.
"Now," Warpath added. Instead of turning around, Optimus turned around and performed an uppercut slash, cleaving the stone in half like a piece of butter. The Autobots and Jack could only stare in shock as Optimus lowered the sword and looked up at the Nemesis, where Megatron was also looking on not only in shock, but also horror, as Optimus Prime just gained a powerful advantage for his side. Optimus then ran forward, spun around with the sword pointed outward, then slashed sideways, sending a crescent-shaped energy wave at the retreating ship, hitting it in the engines and sending it falling down to the ground, where the ship managed to get airborne at the last second.
"We Decepticons now face our darkest hour," Megatron rumbled as the ship arced back into the sky.
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Back at the Autobot base, Ratchet bridged the other Autobots back to base, and Smokescreen was still in complete shock at the way Optimus used the sword.
"How epic was that?!" the rookie excitedly asked, "Optimus was using the Star Saber like he had been using it for a long time!" Wheelie was equally excited.
"I know, right?!" the youngling said, "I can't believe it! The way he swung out the mountain and Megatron's ship was AMAZING!" Just then, Arcee stormed over to him.
"You know what I can't believe?" she angrily asked, "That even after everything you were told, you still put a human at risk!"
"Look, Arcee," Jack started, "It wasn't his fault, I shouldn't have…"
"Don't you even start with me, Jack!" Arcee snapped, "We'll talk tomorrow." She then turned around to Ratchet. "Send Jack home." Ratchet complied and opened a Ground Bridge to Jack's house. Jack slowly turned around and walked toward the green vortex, taking a last moment to look back at Wheelie.
"Green for 'go'," Wheelie calmly said. Jack smiled and walked through the Ground Bridge. Wheelie then turned around to face Arcee again.
"We've been in need of another Autobot in our ranks, not another child," she said in a scolding voice. Wheelie got tense.
"Then you may as well just kick me out right now," Wheelie snapped, practically getting up in Arcee's face, "Because in case you haven't noticed, I am a child!" Arcee flinched as Wheelie prepared to attack her, but Sideswipe held him back.
"Easy there, kiddo," the martial artist said as Optimus walked over, placing a firm hand on Wheelie's shoulder.
"Disregard for human safety, or anyone's safety, will not be tolerated," Optimus said as he placed the tip of the sword on the ground, "Is that understood?" Wheelie only hung his head in shame.
"Yes sir," he replied.
"We must never lose sight of the fact that upon this Earth, we are titans," Optimus said as he took his hand off Wheelie's shoulder, "And such power must be used wisely." Suddenly the Star Saber began to glow light blue. Optimus picked up the blade and began to stare into it with extreme intention.
"Optimus, speak to me," Ratchet said, "Optimus?" After a moment, Optimus spoke.
"I am receiving a message," the Prime answered.
"From whom?" Ratchet asked.
"Alpha Trion," Optimus replied.
Now it looks like things are beginning to get a little bit tense for both sides. Also the reason I switched places between Smokescreen and Wheelie was because I made Wheelie younger and greener than Smokescreen, and as such, a child would be more likely to do something like put Jack in danger than a rookie soldier. I also didn't like the way Arcee kept belittling Smokescreen for that one mistake on the show, so I made some slight changes. Wheelie also begins an intense rivalry with Barricade. Next chapter continues the Star Saber saga. As always, read, enjoy, and review.
