"What?! You can't do that!" She shouted at the commander, snickers behind her was heard. She spun her head around, glaring at the two women and four men.
"You think i don't want to, Z!" The commander snapped. "I need you here on this base, acting as our outside man who can break down security. Right now, i need a hacker not another warrior."
She flinched at the harsh tone. Her lips curled in annoyance. Her hands clenched into her fists tightly. "Fine" She spat, turning around and walking away.
"Oh come on, Z" Sarah tried to coax."Don't be like that, he just wants to protect you." Sarah said, running after her.
"Yeah, it's not everyday we see the commander acting like this. He really really cares for you."Alice pointed out, following right beside sarah.
"I doubt Commander V would ever care for someone like me." She stated harshly.
"Don't be like that, Z. Of course the commander likes you." Alice said with a giggle.
She rolled her eyes, glaring toward Alice and Sarah." Then he better get one thing straight.. I Don't like him, I will never like him. He is my commander and he is my friend, I will not.. Allow my emotions get in the way of that." She stated coldly.
Sarah and alice looked between the themselves before looking at Z. They could tell in Z eyes she was not believe them and determined to go by her words. But the two always have been able to persuade Z's mind.
"Can't you atleast give him a chance?" Sarah tried, holding her hands up a bit with a pleading eyes.
"Yes, please, you two would make a lovely couple!" Alice added in, doing the same motion with sarah.
Z mood was beginning to spike. Her narrow eyes harden and glared more harshly toward the two. But she knew she was gonna regret this but she needs to make it clear.
"Fuck off and start acting like soldiers.."Was her answer, she began to stomp her way down the hall until she rounded the corner. She could tell her feminine friends had flinched at her words.
Her optics flickered on. Her spark thumbed sadly at the memory. She had indeed regretted those words toward her human comrades. Guilt building up her spark before she covered her optics with her servo's.
She was so obsessed on getting her job down, she forgotten how others felt. She was so angry that day. She left out a shaky vent. She wanted to cry right there on her berth.
Her processor running miles on end from her recent memories. Her human memories. She needed to tell someone. But who would she tell. Everyone on the ship, springer's ship, was wreckers.
She was the only femme wrecker. She let out another shaky vent before she pushed herself up, swinging her legs over the edge of her berth as she faced the wall.
Maybe i should wait and tell ironhide, maybe pop the question of bonding, that way i can show him my memories.. Her spark stalled at the idea, her thoughts traveled to ironhide.
Sighing softly, she knew she wasn't gonna see the weapon specialist any time soon. Her feelings for ironhide seem to be fading from the mech. She thought she loved him but she didn't know what she felt.
Maybe telling him would be a bad idea..She thought to herself, looking toward the door. She stood up slowly, walking toward the door before it slid open, revealing the white armor mech.
"Pulse, i was just about to knock.. Er well, try to anyways"Drift said calmly, holding up two energon cubes.
Pulse blinks a few times before taking a cube into her servos. She brought the cube up to her lips, taking a small sip of it before humming calmly at the taste. "Thank you drift."
Drift smiled and nodded."Don't need to thank me, just happy to help you."Drift stated, walking down the hall.
"Drift.. For some reason you aren't telling me the whole story of what happen when you found me."Pulse questioned, gesturing toward her upgraded frame.
Drift looked at her and sighed softly."When i found you in simfur temple, i found you as deadlock, serving under turmoil still." Soon Drift story began, his optics lit up as he allowed the hall they stood in turning into an holographic memory for pulse to see.
-Drift's memory-
Pulse had watched the memory in front of her. Her cassettes, high tone and sonar blip, run toward the silver, black, yellow with bits of red armor mech, his red optics peering down at them with so much hate.
"Please you have to help us!" high tone said loudly, her servo digits pointing toward the simfur temple.
"She injured badly by a riot cannon."Sonar blip pleaded, his frame turned around and run back toward the temple.
"At first i thought the cassettes were playing a game but i wrong and followed them" Drift stated calmly.
Deadlock had followed the two cassettes cautiously. Making his way down the tunnel. Confusion written on his face-plates of why a femme would be down here and why would she be attacked.
What reason did she have to be down here. Following the steps down to the underground tunnel. The cassettes were moving quickly ahead of him and he had to walk quickly to keep up.
Rounding each corner, he came to the opening and what caught his optics was indeed a wounded femme on the ground, her side was barely being clenched by her servo.
But what caught his attention was the autobot symbol on her chassis. He walked over, preparing to pull his blaster out but he froze at the thought. Hearing her vents run very low but her frame not moving.
He could tell the stasis lock was on. Bending one knee, he draped his one arm under her knee joints and the other under her helm before he picked up up with ease.
He watched the cassette hold open on her chassis automatically before he watched the cassettes shift and flew into her chassis before the hold shut.
"When i actually first saw you, i literally thought you were another decepticon by your frame colors. Then i saw you're autobot symbol. I wanted to offline you right there and then but i just couldn't do it. I couldn't bring myself to offline a femme autobot as i have done so before." Drift admitted.
"What made me any special than any other femme."Pulse questioned.
"Don't know, you were just different. But at the moment, i knew you were any sort of autobot and that is what made me realize something, you help change me." Drift stated calmly, chuckling softly.
By the time deadlock managed to get out of the temple of simfur and toward the decepticon vessel of turmoil. He was greeted by other decepticons but soon their attentions went onto pulse virus frame.
"That's Pulse virus!" One of them called out.
Soon the decepticon began to mutter. Deadlock didn't say a word but walked past them toward the medical bay of turmoil ship.
"Turmoil crew wasn't to happy the fact that you were brought onto the ship but Turmoil had other plans for you, ones you wouldn't be happy about and some you would be." Drift stated, his helm was lower.
Pulse watched the memory change, Her optics widen at what she was seeing.
"Pulse virus, you are awake." Turmoil said calmly, looking toward the femme in curious through his yellow visor.
Pulse tilted her head calmly in confusion before looking around."Designation: unknown, Location: unknown." Pulse said in her monotone.
Turmoil was slightly taken back by her sudden answer before he chuckled."I am turmoil and you are on my ship. My second in command.."Turmoil gestured toward deadlock."Is deadlock, he was the one who brought you."Turmoil stated.
Pulse looked toward deadlock with a stoic look on her face, nodding her head calmly."Then.."Her monotone faded, showing a more dry tone. "I will do my best to repay my debt to deadlock." She said calmly, almost dryly.
"Somehow you knew turmoil would act like this. You were an autobot through and through and acted as a decepticon. The medic had tried to temper with you processor to make you seem more like them but you're cassettes wouldn't allow it to happen, which i'm grateful they did something about it." Drift admitted.
Turmoil didn't look please with her answer. Seeing how pulse pushed herself off the berth and walked toward deadlock. Gesturing her servo out to him, he calmly took it and shook her hand.
Soon the battle happened. Deadlock, Pulse and a large some of decepticons were sent down toward cybertron to hold off the autobots. However, instead of following command, Deadlock and pulse both smirk and fired their blasters.
Both standing shoulder to shoulder. "Spare no one!" Deadlock commanded loudly.
Pulse jumped forward, spinning her frame as she swung her knee joint into the jaw joint of the autobot, sending him flying toward the side and into the ground before she fired her blaster into the helm of the autobot.
Her optics saw a shadow casted over her of deadlock kneeing the green and white autobot, watching the bot fall onto the ground before being stepped on and getting his helm fired off.
"Don't let up!" She spoken loudly over the loud blasts of plasma shots. Each shot hit the retreating autobots but the rest of the blast shots missed.
"We did it!" One cheered, holding his red blaster over his head.
"Rejoice all you like. Turmoil will not be happy." The purple and yellow 'con spoke up before point at pulse and deadlock. "Orders were no firing unless fired upon deadlock. Here, you are again, disobeying orders" The bot stated.
"Results: Achieved. Mission: Complete. Casualties: Zero. Explanation: Negative"Pulse stated in her monotone.
"Like pulse said, He won't know how." Deadlock said calmly, agreeing with pulse.
"But he will. I'll tell him. Everyone else might be scared of both of you, deadlock. But I'm not." Pulse clenched her fist tightly but she saw deadlock hand in front of her chassis. "Second in command won't count for anything. The minute turmoil finds out, you're both as good as -" The 'con made a mistake turning around as he gotten mouth full of plasma blast, causing his helm to disintegrate.
"Wars aren't won by overly cautious cowards. It's time for new leadership. Who's with me?" Deadlock questioned, his dente's gritted a little while his red optics landed on pulse.
Pulse looked into deadlock optics with her golden optics." Pulse: Stands with deadlock." Pulse said calmly, earning a smirk from deadlock.
"I was literally relieved to know i had you on my side. If i was gonna take over, i wanted you with me as my second in command. You are a remarkable femme, Pulse and you truly have amazed me every day." Drift words ended up making her fluster a little.
Pulse spark fluttered happily at his words, she never felt that way by anyone. Even ironhide had never said those words toward her and right now, if she could, she would be beat red.
Turning her attention back toward the memory that had changed, seeing turmoil infront of them.
"Hold Them!" Turmoil shouted. "Get their guns." Turmoil commanded, pointing toward their weapons.
Both Deadlock and Pulse were held up by their arms from two decepticons each. Seeing a blue wiring connected to their right arms. "Stasis locked. Let's see you change modes and escape now." The green and red 'con stated.
"Betrayers." Turmoil stated, leaning forward.
"You need us, Turmoil." Deadlock pointed out.
"Like i need a disease."Turmoil turned toward pulse." and a virus." He scolded, raising his blaster and aiming it toward deadlock chassis. "You're becoming increasingly reckless desperate."Turmoil pointed out.
That was turmoil mistake of letting his guard down. Pulse twist her waist, her upper frame pulled her arms toward the side, forcing the mechs to hit the ground before she landed on their helms.
Deadlock swung his leg up, kicking turmoil arm and making the brute fire his blaster at the same time, into one of his crew members. Both deadlock and pulse nodded their helms and ran straight ahead.
Making their way down the hall, they took a few turns before they made it to the escape pod. Adding the code into the system, the doors slide open before they ran in.
Pulse entered the code into the system, taking the seat as the doors began to shut, blocking the blast shots but one slipped through, hitting her exposed waist. With a sharp intake of pain, she grasp her side tightly.
Soon the pod launched itself out of the ship, flying off.
"It shocked me literally to see you sitting there losing energon. But i was amaze how well you handle the pain. It was also amusing to see turmoil look but we did royally fragged him off." Drift stated with a laugh.
Pulse laughs softly, nodding her head calmly." What happen then?" She questioned calmly.
"Well, we landed. "Drift said.
The memory changed to a planet. A planet she wasn't familiar with but it seem familiar to her.
The pod had landed into the ground, skidding across it before the shaft was open. Deadlock was the first to climb out before he helped pulse out of it. Her wound seem to have stopped leaking meaning her system repairs had done its work.
Pulse could feel the wind and sand brush against her armor as they walked ahead. Abandoning the pod for safety reasons. Making their way to the mountain. Deadlock was the first to climb it before Pulse virus followed behind him slightly.
When they finally managed to make it up to the top, they saw something within the mountain. A tower, but what they didn't expect was someone behind. First one to be alert was deadlock who pushed her to the side before he swung his arm toward the being.
The being jumped back before side stepping to avoid another first through by. Another leap as deadlock third punch hit a rock as the being flipped onto his feet and landed.
"Calm yourself stranger, i'm a friend." He stated, holding his up while steadying something on his back.
"Friend? You don't know us." Deadlock stated harshly.
"I don't need to know you to mean you no harm." He stated. "I am you're ally, my name is wing." He said calmly.
"It was actually funny, i thought he was some kind of green alien under all that cloth." Pulse pointed out which made drift burst out laughing, holding his sides.
"Good one!" Drift stated between his laughs.
"Where did you come from?" Wing question."You're not from this planet. Are there others of your kind with you?"
"Just me and her." Deadlock gestured toward pulse virus. "We need to get out of here, i need a ship." He jabbed his thumb digit toward." Your one of them? They're friends of yours?" Deadlock questioned, narrowing his optics.
Pulse walked over and crossed her arms. DEadlock leaned against the rock while wing stood on her other side, pointing at the tower."They're friend to no one." Wing stated.
Pulse followed his digit and spotted calls belower. "They're slave traders. They capture all manner of racers and bring them here."Pulse pointed out.
Wing nodded his head, looking toward her before turning full to them. "You need a ship. I can help you, in turn you can help me."Wing said, the sound of a smirk was in his tone.
"Help you?" Deadlock questioned confusedly.
"Why should we help you?" Pulse questioned, pointing her digit at wing.
"I wish to free their captives. Alone, it would be impossible, but together.." Wing said calmly.
"We'll need a gun.." Deadlock look to the side. "Three guns." Deadlock stated calmly.
"We can strike the guards on the upper pass first. You can use their armaments." Wing pointed toward the cliff where three guards stood. "Once we free the captives. We'll commandeer you a ship. You can take the captives with you." Wing stated calmly.
"Not likely." Deadlock said with a frown.
"I can't leave this planet, you must do this. Helping another is the highest calling one can aspire to." Wing said wisely.
"You sound like an autobot." Deadlock stated.
"What does an autobot sound like?" Wing questioned.
"Weak" Pulse said coldly in a monotone, the shine in her golden optics were there.
They ran onto the highest part of the cliff before leaping off of it. Wing landed on one, punching it's throat before it could make a sound. Deadlock took out the second, full body slamming the creature into the ground.
Pulse however landed behind the creature before she spun, tripping the creature before she brought her elbow down, a knife slipping out before it jammed her dagger into the forehead of the creature.
Standing up, she turned around. The cloth around the being was bringing off and what caught her off guard was that wing was actually cybertronian, mainly white and red. Yellow opens gazing into both her's and deadlock optics.
"You're cybertronian!" Deadlock walked over, pointing at him. "I knew you were an autobot." Deadlock stated.
"I'm no autobot." Wing confirmed.
"Well, you're no decepticon that's for sure."Deadlock said confusedly.
"Let's go." Pulse said,nudging both wing and deadlock forward.
"What are you?" Deadlock asked, walking toward the edge.
"Alone is what i am. I'm alone. Now if you want to get out of here. We better move." Wing stated.
Jumping off the second cliff, the glided down to the ground. Landing calmly, deadlock tossed her a blaster as she caught it. Looking over the cliff.
"What are your names?" Wing ask with a smirk.
"Drift." Deadlock, no drift, said calmly.
"Designation: Pulse virus." Pulse said in her monotone.
Wing nodded his head. "Good luck, Pulse. Drift. " With a nodded from both, they edged closer. "Ready?" Wing asked.
"Ready."Both said in union.
All three of them jumped down. Soon the alarms went off. Wing was near the prisoners. However drift and pulse had other ideas. Both racing toward the ship.
"What are you doing?!" Wing called out in fear.
Soon they neared the ship but as soon as pulse turned around. She saw the purple giant bring his fists down onto deadlock, slamming him into the ground. Pulse spun around, running toward deadlock.
She jumped into the air, her daggers slipping from her subspace and into her hands as she brought them down into the shoulders on the giant. The giant roared before using his hands to grab her.
Swinging pulse down onto deadlock before bringing both fists down onto them, destroying their frames.
Her optics flicked. Catching view of them being surrounded before her optics fell offline.
"That day.. I actually thought i lost you, drift." Pulse turned toward deadlock." That was a mistake we made." Pulse said quietly.
"Yeah, i know." Drift frowned softly before touching her shoulders lightly. "But hey, you tried to save me. You tried to pay a debt that couldn't be paid yet." Drift stated, chuckling softly.
"Which reminds me, didn't i save you from turmoil. Distracting him enough for you to kick his blaster?" Pulse questioned, her digit on her chin.
Drift shuttered his optics before chuckling softly. "I think you did. Debt paid then." Drift said, keeping his idiotic smile on his lips.
Pulse optics came online, Her frame shot up quickly as she looked around from left to right. She felt a pair of servos on her shoulders as she looked up to see deadlock standing beside her.
"W-what happened, what's going on? " Pulse question really quick.
"Your bframes was severely damaged almost completely destroyed." Wing said calmly with a proud smile.
"We rebuilt you both, decepticon. Your life was saved." The red and white with very little yellow spoken up.
Both deadlock and pulse leaped up off the berth and away from them. "Rebuilt us?! Who Are you?!" Deadlock shouted.
"It's okay. You're safe. I took you out of there. You would have offlined." Wing side, holding his hands up in a calming motion
"Cassettes.." Pulse mumbled, looking around as she was nudged toward the doorway. "High tone: Return! Sonar Blip: Return!" She commanded but for some reason, her cassettes weren't answering her.
"Took us out of there? To where? Where is this…" Pulse turned around, grabbing deadlock shoulder to make him turn around as well. His voice stalled at the sight infront of them. "Place?" Deadlock optics widen.
"You cassettes are fine, they are rest as we speak." The mech stated calmly.
"I told you, you're safe. No one will harm you here." Wing smiled softly to them. "Welcome to the new crystal city" Wing said calmly.