Hotshot: Yes, I skipped Convoy...there's gonna be a lot of skipping episodes. It's mostly because I have no idea and what to do with them. Anyways, enjoy and remember to review, it helps!
Transformers Prime
Eternal Flame
Chapter 7
Autobot Base, Outside Jasper, Nevada, Earth
*FLAMEBURST*
I was up top, sunbathing next to Cliffjumper's marker a few days after our first encounter with MECH. I had taken up the habit of going up every day, sunbathing and just talking to the marker, as if it was really Cliffjumper. I didn't entirely know why I did but it helps calming me down- especially when I must vent.
"Flameburst, your needed in the main room." Carrier suddenly commed, making me sigh. I stood up, shifted in my robot form and went down to the room. I saw carrier at the ground bridge controls and Bulkhead in his alt mode with Miko inside.
"You're going with them." Carrier stated before I could ask. I gave him a surprised look before walking over to Bulkhead and transforming back. The bridge activated and we went through, Bulkhead letting Miko out and him transforming.
"Sweet!" Miko ran to the edge of the stone platform that we were on. "So, what are we doing in Greek-o-ville?"
"Flameburst and I are scouting energon, you're doing research for your history report." Bulkhead stated as he looked down at the energon scanner that he was holding.
"You punked me Bulk? Not cool." huffed Miko.
I started to sniff around us. I could smell the energon veins that the humans had hit at the excavation site...but I do smell something else. I continue to smell until I heard Bulkhead staying about the energon harvester, an invention I had read about on a datapad when I was younger.
"You're smarter than you let on." Miko chirped. I looked over and saw that she was taking a picture of the mural on the wall that had a painting of the harvester.
"But even dumber than he looks." A voice suddenly came from behind us, making us turn. There stood a blue mech with a smug smile on his face.
"Breakdown." Bulkhead growled.
Breakdown chuckled. "Miss me?"
"Like rust in my undercarriage."
"You know this lughead?" asked Miko.
"We have a... history."
"And you have a pet. Does it play catch?" Breakdown grabbed a pillar from beside him. "Catch."
He threw it towards Miko, but Bulkhead quickly intercepted it. "Miko, stay down!"
I saw Breakdown charging and I quickly jumped and latched onto his back before starting to slash at it.
"You have a second pet!" Breakdown chuckled before he managed to get me off by grabbing my tail and yanking me. He cocked his arm back before throwing me hard into one of the three stone pillars that was holding up a stone roof. Without the pillar I hit, the roof came down on top of me, burying me.
I could hear battle happening until there was a loud crash and an engine roaring away. I waited and soon enough, Bulkhead dug me out and helped me onto the ground. I could feel bruises all over my body and a small gash on the top of my head.
"Come on, let's get back to base." Bulkhead stated before calling for a bridge. It appeared a second later and we walked through it. I saw carrier looking at me before ushering to his medbay and got to work on the gash on my head. He dabbed at the blood and I could hear the others talking about the harvester.
Once carrier had a bandage patch on the gash, he went to the monitor and after being ordered by Optimus, tried to reach Fowler- which didn't go too well.
"I hate talking to machines." he grumbled as I walked over.
"Without agent Fowler's aid, we'll have to confiscate the harvester on our own." stated Optimus.
"Woah, woah, wow! Confiscate? As in steal museum property?" questioned Jack.
"That's sounds...illegal." Raf spoke up.
"I do not wish to break human law, but once the Decepticons learn of the harvester's location, they will not hesitate to obtain it by any means necessary." Optimus told them. "We must act covertly."
"O-okay, N-no offence Optimus, but covertly and giant robots don't really go together." Jack stated. "Museums are public a-and they have guards and security cameras."
"No problem!" Miko stepped in. "We're small enough to sneak in and we're not a government secret."
"Miko, I'm not sure that's wise." Bulkhead scratched his cheekplate.
"But it may be our best option, Bulkhead. The longer we wait, the more time we give the Decepticons." Optimus reasoned.
When it was time, I had to stay behind with carrier- mainly because my flame would be a source of light and could attracted attention. So, once the kids went in via ground bridge, I wait next to him.
After a few minutes, I decided to go into my room for some rest. My head was still pounding from the gash that I received. I walked inside and climbed onto my berth before curling up. Now, I could feel an ache in my horn for some reason. Of course, I didn't think anything of it. Pretty soon, my eyes drooped, and I slipped into recharge.
Of course, I wasn't asleep for long. I was awoken by a touch on my back, making my eyes open. I looked and saw it was carrier and he looked slightly worried.
"Are you alright?" He asked.
"Yeah, just a headache." I reassured him, leaving out the fact that my horn aches.
"It should be gone soon than with a few more hours of rest."
"Did we get the harvester?"
He started to explain about Soundwave grabbing the harvester, Miko getting caught by a guard, Bulkhead going where we had gone earlier and now he was getting energon transfusions for the amount that he had lost.
"Glad everyone's okay." I yawned slightly and I felt carrier rub my back.
"Go back to sleep."
"Okay…" I slowly dozed off again and my dreams were filled sire, carrier and I just sitting at home, just...being a family.
