I do not own Transformers that honor goes to Hasbro/Takara.
With that out the way, BEGIN!
Offroad checked the coordinates that Steeljaw gave him as he moved down the winding mountain road. He had about fifty to sixty miles before he reached the meet up point with Steeljaw, after that he would get paid and, if Steeljaw wasn't lying, a place in the future of the Decepticons.
He had already put a good few miles ahead of schedule to he would arrive at the meet up first, as well as hopefully avoid any trouble along the way. A hope that was quickly dashed when he saw Sideswipe and Strongarm pull out ahead of him.
"Not those two again:" He seethed as he backed up a bit to avoid being seen by them. "Can't you ever mind your own business Strongarm?"
"So how far ahead do you think he is?" Sideswipe asked.
"Back the academy we had mile drives, and were timed to see how fast we could go, Offroad usually beat the course within two minutes."
"So he's probably far ahead of us, great." Sideswipe moaned. He then looked in his rearview mirror, and noticed something; a big 4X4 truck was trying to keep itself out of site. Sideswipe smirked ad bumped Strongarm a little.
"Looks like you can take the title of academy fastest now." Sideswipe whispered and Strongarm looked back, spotting Offroad as well.
"We need to surprise attack him." Strongarm said. "Act like we think he's far ahead." She whispered.
"You mean go faster, that I can do." Sideswipe floored it as he and Strongarm raced down the road, getting out of Offroads sight.
"Finally their gone, but to be on the safe side;" he mused as she saw an older road that went uphill and pulled onto it. Soon he was on a road that overlooked the current highway. He saw Strongarm moving along on the road below and chuckled then he looked again.
"Wait, where's the red one?" He asked.
He didn't have to wait too long to find out as a few seconds later, Sideswipe dove in from the trees and kicked Offroad in the side doors. Offroads wheels struggled for a grip as he fell off the road where Strongarm transformed and kicked him into the hill side.
"Offroad, you are under arrest for thievery." Strongarm said and pointed her hunter at him. "Hand over what you stole and this will all go smoothly."
Offroad sneered as he got to his feet. "Tell me Strongarm, did you really think that would work?" He asked as she flew at her. Strongarm blocked her face and body with her arms as Offroads fist crashed into her arms.
She stumbled back and punched Offroad in the chest plates. Offroad took a step back and then pulled his axe out and swung it at Strongarm, who dove out of the way as Sideswipe came down behind Offroad and grabbed his arms.
Offroad dropped his axe and grabbed Sideswipes arms and swung him over himself in an arch and brought Sideswipe down, right on top of Strongarm. Both Autobots crashed into each other as Offroad laughed.
"Typical Strongarm, you think that you've knocked me down but I always get up again!"
Strongarm tossed Sideswipe off of her and kicked out Offroads feet. Offroad hit the ground again as Strongarm tackled him.
"You have the right to remain silent!" She shouted as she tried to hold Offroad down and bring out the stasis cuffs. Offroad kicked her off as Sideswipe attacked.
Offroad held his axe and blocked a blow from Sideswipes sword, sliding it off he and Sideswipe traded blows with their bladed weapons.
"You're pretty good for a street punk." Offroad said and Sideswipe blinked. "Wait street punk, how did you know that?"
"You were breaking the law enough times that we were taught about you in the academy!" He laughed as he ducked a blow from him. "I didn't think you'd settle down with a stiff like Strongarm."
"I am not settled down!" Sideswipe shouted and jumped up, doing a kick as well as swinging his blade. Offroad ducked, grab bed Sideswipes foot and slammed him down once again.
"I'd love to stay and continue this dance, but I've got a meeting to get too." He said and began running before Transforming and driving off.
Both Autobots groaned as they got up, Sideswipe growled. "Aw, we almost had him!"
"We need to keep moving, he mentioned a meeting, and I'll bet my next five oil changes who it is he's meeting with." Strongarm said.
"Is that a wager?" Sideswipe asked as Strongarm rolled her eyes.
Meanwhile, Offroad belted down the road, his engine rattling as his tires burned. "Does Strongarm just exist to get in my way or something?" He said to himself as his mind went back to the incident that started his downfall.
It had been a few weeks since Strongarm had come under Offroads tutelage, she had done everything he had said exactly to the letter and she felt great, her test scores were up to near 100%'s and people were beginning to like her.
As she walked over to Offroads dorm room, she felt a bit upset. She and a teacher had found Offroads friend Blackjack trying to steal teacher's notes from the desk. He had been given detention on the spot, possibly worse if they discovered that it wasn't a first time incident.
As she knocked on the door Offroad answered, he however wasn't happy looking today, he was glaring at her cold and hard.
"Hey Offroad, I've got some bad news." She began but she didn't finish as Offroad pulled her into his dorm and slammed the door shut.
"Uh, is this a bad time?" She asked as Offroad glared at her and then slapped her faceplates. "Why the frag did you do that!?"
Strongarm held a hand to her face and looked back at Offroad shocked. "Offroad, I, what?"
"Why did you get Blackjack busted!?" he roared, picking up a data pad and hurling it at her. Strongarm caught it with her hands and looked at it in shock.
"These, these are the answers to the Magnus test!"
"No really, I thought they were a recipe for energon cookies." Offroad spat. Strongarm looked at him with a look of horror.
"You've been cheating this whole time?"
"Not just me, Oh no Blackjack's just been giving me the stuff so I can pass it off to others who need a little "help" with their school work.
"Offroad this "help" is letting others cheat!" Strongarm shouted. "I-I can't believe this whole time you've been cheating."
"Yeah, and no one's going to believe it." He said, yanking the data pad out of her servos, and bringing out his weapon of choice, an axe. "If you report this to anybody Strongarm, and I mean anybody if you even write it down in your personal journal, I will destroy your life, you may not have looked at the answers but you've been an accomplice to this thing the whole time!"
"What?" Strongarm asked in disbelief and then it hit her. "All of those times you told me to go to the teachers for help, that was a cover to get the teacher away from their desks!? '
Offroad smirked. "Ding din, we have a winner!" He smirked as he saw Strongarm's face grow to be one of anger.
"Oh what?, you're going to do something about it? There is nothing you can do to me without getting yourself tossed out Strongarm, face facts, you've lost!"
"Hurry up or we'll lose him!" Sideswipe called, snapping Strongarm out of her thoughts.
"Right, my bad." She said and she began to pour on the speed as well.
"So he knows that we're coming for him, what now?" Sideswipe asked as Strongarm thought things over. "We've got no element of surprise."
Strongarm mused over the thought and decided on something. "Then we'll just have to do it the Grimlock way."
"What way?" Sideswipe asked.
"Hit them till they fall down and stay down while taunting them to do something stupid.=." She said.
"Oh..I like that idea!" Sideswipe laughed and took off ahead, Strongarm poured on the speed as well as they raced down the road. Soon they caught up with Offroad. Sideswipe transformed and jumped atop the hillside and began breaking into a sprint.
He ran until he was in front of Offroad and he transformed and jumped, slamming into Offroads side once again and grinding him up to the Guardrail.
"You again?" Offroad growled/ "Can't you take a hint?" He bashed Sideswipes side, and Sideswipe did it right back.
"Come on tough guy, can't you beat down little old me in a race?" Sideswipe laughed as he pulled ahead and Offroad crashed his front into Sideswipes bumper.
"I'll show you tough guy!" Offroad declared.
"Given my previous experiences with Sideswipe that's impossible." Strongarm quipped, hitting Offroad in the tailgate. Offroad swerved as his tires skid to get a firm grip on the road. "Can't you ever just leave me alone!?" Offroad snapped.
"Nope." Strongarm answered flatly as she once again bashed Offroad. His back end turned and he found himself beginning to flip. He transformed and landed on his feet and brought his axe out, just in time for Strongarm to have a head on collision with his legs.
With a cry Offroad fell to the pavement as Strongarm transformed. He got up and kicked her, but she was able to block it.
"Sideswipe double team!' She called and Sideswipe raced over and kicked Offroad in the back, sending him crashing to the ground again.
Offroad got up and turned as Sideswipe brought down his sword but Offroad blocked it as Strongarm grabbed his head and threw him to the side again.
"Looks like someone's finally gotten a tailpipe!" He laughed as Sideswipe charged him again, and Strongarm ran around to the rear but Offroad ducked away and Strongarm found Sideswipes blade coming down toward her. She rolled out of the way only to be kicked by Offroad.
Sideswipe bashed himself into Offroad causing both of them to stumble. Offroad grabbed Sideswipes arm and slammed him into the hillside and Sideswipe jumped and tackled Offroad yet again.
Strongarm began opening fire with her weapon as the shots hit Offroad. He scowled and raced toward her, Sideswipe following.
Offroad grabbed Strongarms arm and punched her directly in the face. Strongarm recoiled in pain as Offroad punched her again.
"You've always been a thorn in my side, always running what I've got good, this time I'm finishing it!" He shouted and grabbed his axe and swung it toward Strongarm, the axe grazed along her chest leaving a gash.
Strongarm stepped back and dodged as Offroad swung it down diagonally. She kicked up and hit him causing him to stumble back as Sideswipe kicked his back.
Offroad flew forward and opened his arms before Strongarm could kick him again he grabbed her and they both fell to the ground, Offroad slamming Strongarm into the pavement and leaving a deep groove. Offroad then began wailing on Strongarm.
"This is for Blackjack, this one's for my Carrier, this one's for the life that you stole from me!" He roared as he kept punching her. A Loud cry was heard as Offroad was sent sailing from off Strongarm and back onto the road.
He looked back as Strongarm stumbled to her feet and Sideswipe changed his Decepticon hunter into a blaster and began firing.
Offroad got to his feet and Transformed and began to race off.
Sideswipe groaned. "Not this again!"
"Relax; he's not getting away this time." Strongarm declared and Transformed and began to race after Offroad. Her sirens blared as she raced up to him.
"Stop this little game Strongarm, you're not going to win!" Offroad challenged.
"That's what you said last time!" Strongarm commented and bashed Offroad into the guard rail. She did it again and the rail began to buckle and grind. Suddenly it caved in and with a yell; Offroad flew off the mountain side.
Strongarm transformed in alarm as she watched Offroad go over the edge, he screamed as his front crashed into the hillside, denting it inward and he twisted into a roll, his front left tire burst and then the entire wheel came off as he began to roll sideways downhill.
He flew into the air once, and crashed back down, transforming as he rolled until he came to a stop at the bottom of the mountain. The chips went scattering out. Offroad looked up and struggled to his knees; reaching for the chips his hand was grabbed and forced down next to his other hand and then a pair of cuffs was slapped onto them.
Offroad looked up to see Strongarm holding the cuffs and he growled. "Why can't I ever do anything without you being there to screw it up?"
"I guess that's just the way life works." Strongarm said.
Strongarm gently knocked on Offroads door; she looked down the hallways for a second as he opened it greeting her with a warm, yet fake smile.
"Strongarm, what a nice surprise." He said happily as she walked in and slammed the door.
She turned around and his grin faded. "What are you doing her,, we were on holiday today."
"Yeah I know, Offroad I wanted to talk to you about something, about the whole thing with Blackjack and the cheating."
Offroads optics lit up. "Yeah what about it, do you have word on what his punishment is?"
"Yeah, he's getting suspended for a month; they couldn't find proof of him doing it more than once."
"A month, that's harsh, that really is harsh." Offroad said looking down. "Guess I'm going to have to work on studying for real for once."
"Actually, I have an alternative." Strongarm suggested and Offroad turned to her. "Yeah what?"
As he said that his door flew open and he turned to look, and saw Ultra Magnus, Smokescreen, Warpath and several other troops. "Offroad, you are under arrest for peddling stolen goods in the academy, extorting from students and attacking a fellow student!" Magnus boomed.
Offroad stared in shock and then he shook in fury. He turned and with a cry leapt toward Strongarm knocking her into a stack of Data pads. "You snitch!" He roared and drew his axe. "I'm going to end you!"
Before he could he was hit in the back with a stun round and dropped to the floor twitching. Strongarm gasped as Smokescreen helped her too her feet as Offroad was hauled away and other Elite Guardsmen began to take out Offroads stock.
Magnus walked over to Strongarm and placed his clawed hand on her shoulder. "You were very brave Strongarm, it takes skill to stand up to your enemies, but it takes guts to stand up to your friends."
Strongarm looked to the side. "I don't even think he was my friend sir."
Ultra Magnus frowned a little bit. "I know its tough Strongarm, I watched Optimus Prime go through the same thing, and it's my belief that if he could do it any bot can."
A small smile crept onto Strongarms lips. "Thank you sir."
There was going to be more between Magnus and Strongarm but I felt that it was enough.
And we've got one more chapter to go before I draw the curtain on this little story, and there's going to be a bit of a surprise at the end of next chapter.
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