A/N Ok, I may not update until this Friday due to my slice of Hell opening up again….Gweh. So I bid you all a farewell until the end of the week.
Also, Wreck-Gar's diolouge is courtesy of my pal, Insane Rice of the Cosmos.
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Megatron sat in the meeting room, looking up at the two screens which held the images of two different mechs.
One had a face with a very skull-like appearance, and had a hook for a hand, completing his space pirate attire. The other had enormous purple optics and a carefree grin plastered on his faceplates.
"Megatron! To what do I own this call?" The one with purple optics asked in a cheery voice.
"Make it quick," The skull-faced mech growled. "I've got prisoners to deal with."
"Swindle, Lockown, I'd like to request some help. We require help in assembling a space bridge…and we have all the parts we need." Megatron said, cutting off an eager Swindle, who looked as though he'd wanted to say something.
"Huh? Megatron, my pirates are warriors, not construction bots." Lockdown snarled.
"And I generally don't have extra help lying around…" Swindle said.
Megatron frowned. How in the world was he going to convince them to help? Suddenly, help arrived…in the form of Wreck-Gar. Said mech poked his head into the room, looking around curiously.
"Hey, this isn't my room!" He pouted. "This place is too confusing!"
"Hey, is who I think it is?" Lockdown looked at the newcomer. "Wreck-Gar, you old screw-loose bucket of bolts, I though I recognized your voice!"
"Wait, Wreck-gar? As in, 'THE Wreck-Gar'? The inventor?" Swindle asked curiously. "Really now…"
"Huh? Oh, hey Mr. Piratebot and Swindle!" Wreck-Gar said cheerfully and turned to Lockdown's screen. "I never could remember your name."
"It's Lockdown. Remember? You repaired my ship when we crashed on your planet roughly half a vorn ago?"
"Oh, yeah! Well, Lockup, think you could help my buddy Megatron here?" Wreck-Gar asked.
"Sure thing, since I owe you a favor…and it's Lockdown."
"Okie dokie, ShutDown."
"Lockdown."
"That's what I said, ShutUp."
The pirate scowled as Swindle began to laugh. "As for me," the chuckling mech said "I'll se what I can do about rounding up some workers and maybe some spare parts…Heh, 'ShutUp', I have to remember that…"
"We'll be there in half 'n Earth day…" Lockdown growled.
Once the pair had shut off their screens, Megatron turned to the orange mech. "Since when were you an inventor?"
"An inventor? I was an inventor? Gee, I was just tinkering around with a bunch of trash heaps and sold whatever I made to Mr. Swindle over there. I guess he really liked them." Wreck-Gar said, shrugging.
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Jazz had returned to the base, tired and covered in dust. As he dragged himself to his room, he was soon accosted by a very angry Blurr.
"Jazz, where have you been?!" The mech snarled. "We've been looking all over for you!"
"I was infiltrating the Decepticon base…" Jazz said without his usual sneer and Blurr noticed.
"What's eating you?" He asked.
"I tried to break Prowl out…he said he was joining the Decepticons." Jazz continued. Blurr tried not to smile. If he couldn't have Prowl, then neither could Jazz. The ninja handed the mech a small disk. "I took the liberty of mapping out the Decepticon base…The rumors are true, it really is a maze." Jazz trudged off without another word.
Blurr looked down at the disk and grinned. Ultra Magnus needed to know about this.
Jazz strode silently to his room. He hurt all over, physically and mentally. All he needed was a quick wash and some rest. After that, maybe he could think of something to change Prowl's mind…
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Lockdown was indeed take pride in his promptness. Indeed, in only half and Earth day, his crew was there, grumbling slightly about having to do construction work, but Megatron assured them there would probably be fighting, since the Autobots were so nervous as of late.
MixMaster, Scrapper, Bumblebee and Skywarp had already started setting up the base for the portal into a large cave that had been the original heart of the Decpticon base. Soon, things quickly picked up as over one hundred mechs and femmes pitched in to help.
As Starscream stood over the site, he was interrupted by his com link going off. 'Starscream? It's Quicksnipe. Get Megatron down to the Brig, out prisoner has something to say.'
'Very well.' The Seeker said and swooped down to look for Megatron, who insisted on helping in the building of the space bridge. Said mech was helping lift a very heavy load along with Lugnut.
"Megatron, that Autobot Prowl has something important to tell you." The Seeker said, "Says it can't wait."
"Very well, Starscream, I'll get down there once I've put this component into place.
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Sari was bored.
She and BlackArachnia hadn't had anything to do since Megatron had decided to build the space bridge. "BA, isn't there anything to do around here?" she asked. "I'm bored."
The spider femme smiled at the nickname Sari had given her. "Sadly, no. There isn't much to do around here."
"Well, I really need some fresh air. Can't we go outside?"
"Well…"
"Please, BA?"
"Alright, but I'd prefer it if we had Sunstorm with us, since the Autobots are looking for you…" BlackArachnia replied hesitantly. "Also, I suggest you leave you key behind, just to be safe."
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As the spider scuttled across the barren wasteland that used to be a forest, the orange Seeker flew ahead and acted as a scout. Sari sat on BlackArachnia's back, looking around. She never knew the bots that had been her friends could cause so much destruction…
"Horrid, isn't it?" BlackArachnia asked, as the ruined city came into view. "The Autobots must be stopped from making the whole planet like this…
After a few minutes, they had reached the city. Sunstorm transformed and landed close to the girls. "I didn't detect any Autobots around here, but still, I recommend you be careful."
"Since when do you recommend being careful?" BlackArachnia asked.
"What? Just because I embody recklessness doesn't mean I can't be careful once in my life."
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Megatron stood before the Autobot, waiting for what he had to say. "Speak your piece." The Decepticon leader said.
"Megatron," Prowl began. "I happen to know that the Autobots know the location of your base."
"How's that a problem? The place is a maze."
"Earlier, on old Autobot friend of mine decided to visit…and I'm betting he did a mapscan on the whole place." Prowl replied, a note of sadness in his voice that was disregarded by the Decepticon.
"Thank you for bringing this to my attention…" Megatron said, "But why are you telling me this?"
"I…I want to join the Decepticons."
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Sari sat on BlackArachnia's shoulder, looking at the destruction that surrounded her. All around, he ruins seemed to echo with sad memories…
"Wow…" Was all Sari could say in the face of all this destruction.
"I know." BlackArachnia said. "If only we'd activated first, then maybe we could have done something to stop this…"
"It's not your fault you overslept." Sari said reassuringly. "It happens."
"Yes, I guess it's too late for regrets now…" BlackArachnia sighed.
"Hey, just out of curiosity, were you and Optimus ever together?" Sari asked, remembering something.
"Excuse me?" The spider femme asked, looking surprised.
"Back in my universe, you and Optimus seemed like each other each other before you turned into a spider." Sari explained.
"Well…" She gave another sad sigh. "Optimus is a bit…pompous and I only liked him as a friend. Sentinel was too quiet, but loyal, so he was also only a friend…The only mech I really liked like that was Skywarp." She glared over at Sunstorm, who appeared to be listening in. "Can I help you, Sunstorm?"
"Who, me? Nooo, I was just…looking over there."
"You're a terrible liar, Sunstorm."
"Yeah, well-Look out!" The mech shoved BlackArachnia away, as a bolt of electricity shot past them. Getting up, the Seeker turned to see a green mech standing before him. The mech was about Bumblebee's size, but with a large lower jaw guard.
"Aha!" The mech growled. "I though I saw you flying overhead, Sunstorm. Although I'm surprised the wing I zapped off grew back."
"Wasp…Pleasure to see you again." The mech growled back, null rays at the ready. "Or it would be, if you hadn't nearly robbed me of my flight, you pile of scrap!"
"That's Wasp?" Sari asked. "He's so short!"
"Don't let that fool you, Sari," BlackArachnia said, getting up as well. "Wasp's the Elite Guard's best Marksman, and for good reason. Only HE could zap Sunstorm's wing off while he was in flight."
"Ah, that's the child Ultra Magnus wants." Wasp said, grinning beneath the jaw guard. "I'll just be taking her along to the base then."
"Over my dead body, Wasp!" Sunstorm hissed.
"Well, that can be arranged. Autobots, attack!" The trio soon found themselves surrounded by enemy forces.
"Huh. Looks like we'll have to fight our way out of this then." Sunstorm said, null rays powering up.
"Are you crazy?! We'll be slaughtered!" BlackArachnia hissed, bristling at the advancing Autobots. "I don't like the looks these guys are giving me…"
"Don't worry, darlin', I'll protect you." Sunstorm said in a teasing voice.
"Shut up."
As the Autobots began to shoot, the two Decepticons transformed and charged at the group, webbing and lasers making the Autobots jump back in alarm. They'd expected the enemy to hold their ground.
Sunstorm gave a loud whoop as he took off into the sky, lasers raining down on the Autobots. Meanwhile BlackArachnia had transformed again, injecting venom and shooting webbing at every enemy in her path. Sari was balanced precariously on her shoulder and hanging on for dear life.
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Back at the base, Megatron had gone back to the site of the new space bridge with Prowl in tow. "Mixmaster, how goes the building?" The Decepticon leader asked.
The mech looked up from the blueprints. "At this rate, we should be done with it in a few Earth days."
"Excellent news."
"Yeah, well, there's one thing: we lack a powerful enough energy source to power this thing."
"What about Sari's key?" Prowl asked. "It managed to fix me up in less then a few kliks."
"Hmmm…We'll have to see. Speaking of which, has anyone actually SEEN Sari or BlackArachnia?" Megatron asked.
"Or that freak, Sunstorm? He was supposed to be helping me with a few things, but he's gone and disappeared."
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Sunstorm was having a blast. BlackArachnia was not. Plain and simple.
The techno-organic was getting tired and the Autobots had backed her into a corner. "Uh, Sunstorm?" A little help?" She yelled at the jet, who swooped down, guns blazing.
"I got you, BlackArachnia, don't worry." The orange Seeker said, grinning. "By the way, it appears they've jammed our com links."
"YOU TELL ME THIS NOW?!" She snarled.
"Well, yeah." He replied, grinning.
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A/N I'M SORRY. This chapter just seems so short…And I can't update until this Friday…