Transformers Prime - A New Life
Chapter 4: Abduction
All MJ could do was stare at the robots in sheer shock and terror, trying to figure out what was going on. Here she was hoping to get away from everything and raise her child in peace. But now these things were after her, and she didn't know why. And to make things even stranger, Raf and Miko seemed to know the yellow robot that transformed from a car and had tried to help them. Just as the robots started walking closer, her fear just consumed her mind and without thinking she just turned and started running.
"MJ, WAIT!" Miko screamed at her friend, just as the robots transformed back into cars and took off after her.
MJ, however, didn't hear Miko's cry as she was completely dominated by her fear. All she wanted to do right then and there was get herself and Petey as far away from this place and those robots as possible. Unfortunately, all within a matter of seconds, one of the cars got in front of her, transformed back into a robot and grabbed her.
A moment later the second car transformed and tapped the side of his head. "We have the girl. Requesting immediate ground bridge back."
MJ didn't know what the robot was talking about, but she knew that it couldn't be good. She tried to get out of her captor's hand, but it was no use. Then, much to her surprise, a large green vortex materialized, and the two robots started walking towards it.
The yellow robot then weakly pushed himself up with one arm while he raised his other one which opened up to reveal some kind of blaster which he aimed at the two purple bots. But before he could even fire, the two bots stepped through the vortex just before it closed, leaving him along with Raf and Miko to just stare in shock and awe at what just happened: right before their eyes, MJ and Petey had just been abducted.
Coming out the other side of the vortex, and after taking a moment to get over a slight head rush feeling, MJ looked around to find that she had been brought into some kind of large corridor that was around the right size for the robots. She could only assume that whatever, or wherever this place was, was like a headquarters for them or something like that. Regardless, she knew that she had to get out of there before these things, whatever they were, did something to her, or Petey. But no matter how hard she struggled, she still could not get free of the robot's grip.
Soon, another robot, who appeared more female in terms of body shape, with black armor along with some violet and gold coloring, two horns on her head, bright purple eyes, and some odd appendages attached to her back, approached the other two and looked down at MJ with an apparent smirk. The two robots that were holding onto MJ stopped upon seeing her and seemed to stand at attention before she stopped in front of them and lowered herself until she was face to face with MJ.
"So, these are the humans that we've been after for so long?" she asked with a light snicker, "I must admit, I was expecting something… better."
"What's going on?" MJ asked, starting to become more and more terrified.
"Let's just say that you and your son have become something of great interest to our cause," the fembot said turning her attention toward Petey who was whimpering in fear, "We know about his… unique genetics, and that of your currently deceased boyfriend…," she turned her attention back to MJ, "the ever so popular Spider-Man."
MJ felt her heart skip a beat. How could these robots know about her and Peter? Better question: what were they going to do with her baby?
"You know, shortly after coming to this world, I heard a great deal about this so-called… Spider-Man," the female robot said with a small smirk, "I know many people saw him as a hero, but… if you ask me… he was pathetic. Perhaps, if I'd had the opportunity before his... unfortunate demise," she said showing MJ her clawed fingers, "I would've hunted him down, and torn him apart myself," she finished with a dangerously unnerving edge.
"I doubt it," MJ said trying her best not to be intimidated by this thing, "You may know about him, but none of you ever really knew him."
After hearing that, the robot just gave a light laugh, like she was amused by what MJ said.
"We know, 'all' about him, including how… close the two of you were," the fembot, "I can't imagine what it must've been like for you…. You not being able to save him from dying, and to go the rest of your life without him by your side to help you raise your child," she said with a snicker.
MJ's heart felt like it was going to burst out of her chest. How could this be possible?
"How…?" was all she could get out.
"How do we know all this?" the female bot completed MJ's sentence with a wicked grin, "Let's just say there's hardly any information that's completely safe from us, Ms. Watson," she said extending one of her claws and bringing it towards MJ.
Before the fembot could do anything else, MJ heard a distinct thumping sound, like footsteps. She looked over the female robot's shoulders and was met with a sight that sent a chill through her bones: a massive grayish silver colored robot, with hateful red eyes that seemed to bore a hole right through whomever he looked at, and a large mechanism that resembled some kind of cannon mounted on his right arm.
The robot facing MJ turned around upon hearing the footsteps herself and seemed to take a step back in apparent surprise.
"Oh… Lord Megatron…" she said before she put her hand across her chest and bowed her head to the larger one, "I was simply…"
"That will be all, Airachnid," Megatron said with a sneer to the female bot, obviously displeased with what she was doing.
Airachnid simply nodded and walked away down another corridor. Megatron then approached MJ, who clutched onto Petey, paralyzed with fear.
"W-What do you want with us?" was all she could manage.
"Not you," Megatron replied, turning his attention to the infant, "just him," Megatron then looked to the robot who was holding onto the two of them, "Well done trooper," he commented, "Now, bring them to laboratory, I want Knockout to start running tests as soon as possible."
"Right away, Lord Megatron," the bot said with a nod before he started walking again.
MJ could swear her heart was about to stop. She didn't know what these robots were up to, nor what they wanted to do with her baby, but she knew that she had to get away. She tried again to get loose of the three-fingered hand that was gripping her, but it still proved to be useless as the robots took her and Petey to the laboratory that Megatron, who was obviously the leader of these things, mentioned.
Back at the Autobots base, all of Team Prime was present at the screens, watching as Ratchet furiously typed something into the computers.
After a while, Bulkhead just shook his head. "I don't get it," the ex-wrecker said to nobody in particular, "Why would the cons want to take a baby?"
"I do not know," Optimus said slightly turning his head to look at Bulkhead before returning his gaze to the screen, "But whatever the reason, it is certain that Megatron will not give them up without a fight," he finished narrowing his eyes.
"From what Arcee told me about… Petey," Ratchet started while continuing to enter data into the computers, "it's entirely possible that the odd energy signature she said he was giving off may be the result of some sort of genetic anomaly that Megatron believes can be useful to him and intends to exploit."
"Well," Raf spoke up, "how are we gonna find them?" he asked followed by a couple beeps and whirs from Bumblebee.
"I'm working on that right now Rafael," Ratchet replied, still focused on the computer, "This modified variable frequency wavelength algorithm should be able to lock onto and give us the precise location of the Deceptions' warship. We can then use the ground bridge to get aboard, find the girl and her child, and get them out," he stated as he finished typing and took a couple steps back to let the program run.
"They have names you know," Miko said, earning a slight glare from ratchet before he muttered something under his breath.
Bulkhead then put on a dangerously determined look. "Well I say we just call 'em out and then pound 'em all into scrap metal!" he cried as he slammed his fist down onto a table to emphasize his point, smashing one of Ratchets tools in the process.
Ratchet turned around after hearing the noise and found what his teammate had done before angrily glaring at him. "BULKHEAD!" the old medbot shouted, "I NEEDED THAT!"
"Calm down, Bulk," Arcee said attempting to keep a level head herself, "Believe me, I'm just as desperate to get MJ and Petey off that ship, but we can't just go and call Megatron out for a fight, that'd be suicide."
"Agreed," Optimus nodded, "Doing so could not only endanger our lives but those of MJ and her child as well. For now, we must wait… and-"
Just before Optimus could say anything else, an alert sounded on the computer, and a message showed on the screens, prompting Ratchet to open it. To his surprise, the message was encrypted, but after entering a quick sequence into the computer, the medbot began to read back the decrypted information.
"What does it say?" Jack asked.
"'I know about the girl's abduction and have vital information regarding the whereabouts of the Decepticon warship'" Ratchet read, "'It is currently stationary at these coordinates, but I suggest you hurry as I do not know how long they will remain there.'"
"Whoa, that was lucky," Miko said with a slight bit of surprise.
"Yeah," Jack agreed, "but who sent it?"
"I don't know," Ratchet said going to the ground bridge controls, "but I suggest we take their suggestion and hurry."
Optimus nodded. "Agreed old friend," he said before turning to the rest of the team, "Autobots… prepare to board the Nemesis."
A/N: Sorry it took so long to get this up, I've been busy with stuff at school and other things. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this. Please review and tell me what you think. I own nothing.