AN:Hello people. Sorry it's taken me so long to update but I'm having a bit of writers block and since I'm sick I thought now would be a good time to finish up this chapter and get on with the next. Plus I've been having a whole bunch of plot bunnies attacking me lately so it's been really hard to concentrate on this story. Well, here's the next chapter I promised you all so I hope ya'll like it! Please review.
Disclaimer: I don't own transformers. Hasbro does, but I do own the wolves, Luna, and the bats.
"Hello" normal speech
"Hello" thought speech
"Hello" wolf/bat speech
"Hello" transmissions.
Chapter 9
Luna woke up hanging upside down from the cave ceiling. Letting go of the ceiling she flipped onto her feet and landed gracefully on the ground. With a huge yawn she stretched her wings and arms hearing satisfied pops as they cracked. Rolling her neck she sighed contented as loud cracks were made. Looking around she saw Buzzsaw waking up and stretching as well and Diabla hanging from the ceiling asleep with the others.
Luna couldn't help but smile as she watched all of the bats sleeping peacefully. Looking at Buzzsaw as he approached her she nodded and silently headed towards the entrance of the cave.
She winced as the bright rays of light hit her sensitive eyes but was relieved when her eyes quickly adapted to the brightness. Taking a deep breath of the early morning air she put her hands on her hips and turned back to Buzzsaw.
"So what do we do know Luna?" Buzzsaw asked. Luna looked up at the sun for a moment in thought. Finally she said.
"We contact base, tell them what happened and we pay a visit to grandma. Hopefully we'll met the others there and we get back to base. But first, we find a place for us to get a drink and send the transmission." turning back around she unfolded her wings and beat them a few times before jumping into the air.
She relished the feeling of the air under her wings as the powerful appendages pumped up and down rhythmically. Turning her head she spotted a small clearing with a stream cutting through it. Descending quickly she dive bombed out of the air before spreading her wings and front flipping landing gracefully on her feet with a small thump quickly followed by a second as Buzzsaw landed behind her.
Walking over to the stream she squatted down before taking a few greedy gulps of the fresh, clear water. Licking away the access water she stood back up walked back over to Buzzsaw who was scanning the area.
"We're close to the Autobot base so they might pick up the transmission as well when we send it so we had better keep it short and sweet."he said. Luna nodded before she signaled Buzzsaw to begin the transmission.
Decepticon's Base
Demolisher cycled air through his vents as he looked at the monitor screen. He had done numerous scans on this mudball but still hadn't found any trace of Luna or Buzzsaw and it was really worrying him. He would never admit it out loud but he, like all the other Decepticons had grown a soft spot for her and he would and was doing everything he could to find her.
Obviously it wasn't enough.
Jerking his head up in surprise when her heard the monitor beeping he brought up the incoming transmission. What he heard blew his processor.
"Luna to base, Luna to base, respond." He stared wide-opticed at the screen for a few seconds before quickly answering while simultaneously paging the others to open their COM's.
"Luna this is base, we read you loud and clear." He said as he heard Megatron scramble off his throne and rush over to where he was sitting at the console.
"Luna is that you?" he asked as he slouched over Demolisher's shoulder.
"Who else would it be, the tooth fairy?" Luna joked making a smile crack over the tyrant's face, not that he knew what the slag the tooth fairy was.
"Luna it really is you!" Starscream's voice crackled over the station as he opened the link.
"Luna? Where are you?" Sideswipe cried out as he to opened the link.
"Luna are you alright? What happened? Where have you been?"Cyclonus's panicked voice roared as he himself opened the link. Luna clutched her ears as she heard the questions pouring out of the Decepticons.
"SILENCE!!!!!!!"Megatron roared as the others fell silent. Luna let go of her ears gratefully. "Now Luna where the FRAG have you been for the last 24 hours? We have been all over this pathetic waste that is called a planet looking for you!" he demanded.
"Hey, this planets not THAT bad. Anyway I was with Scavenger when he took me to the Autobots, turned out he was a spy." she heard Megatron growl deeply as did several of the others.
"Any way I did a prison break thanks to some help from some friends, and right now I'm not to far away from the Autobot base so I've gotta keep this short in case they tap into this transmission. I'm gonna head towards grandma's house and meet you all there. I'm pretty sure one of you is there right now anyway."
"That would be me." Cyclonus said.
"Great, I'll meet you at about noon, but be careful. I'm supposed to meet my family today at grandma's so they're probably gonna be there when I meet up with you. Can't wait to see how that goes." Luna sighed tiredly.
"Very well. Just be sure to make it there in one piece." Megatron said. Luna smiled slightly to herself. '
"Of course I'll be careful. You guys don't have anything to worry about."
"And that's what worries me." Starscream said.
"Oh Ha Ha, very funny guys. Luna out."
"Starscream, out"
"Sideways, out."
"Cyclonus, out."
Demolisher disabled the transmission before turning to face Megatron. "Do you think she's gonna be alright?" He asked. Megatron only rubbed the bridge of his nose.
"We've taught her how to take care of herself. Hopefully those lessons will pay off now." he said before walking back over to his throne and sitting down heavily.
Demolisher turned back to the blank screen. He hoped Megatron was right because he didn't know what he would do if the one thing that kept the Decepticons going was destroyed like everything else they had been fighting for and were still fighting for was destroyed.
Autobot Base
Red Alert turned off the transmission and turned to look at the others. The children looked at each other nervously as they all turned to Optimus.
"So, what should we do Optimus?" Smokescreen asked. Optimus looked as though he was deeply in thought. Turning to look at everyone, he sighed.
"No matter what the circumstances, we can not allow Luna to remain with the Decepticons."
"And why NOT!?" Hot Shot yelled as he stared angrily at his commander. Optimus sighed heavily.
"Hot Shot I know you are against us taking Luna away from them but no matter what the circumstances are, she is with Decepticons, there's no telling what could happen. She could be caught in the crossfire of this or be squished just by accident."
"So could the children!" Hot Shot yelled angrily. "We both know that this isn't about her safety it's about her being with the Decepticons!" He said.
"Hot Shot that is out of line." Optimus said while narrowing his optics at the younger bot.
"So? It's true and we both know-"
"Hot Shot that is enough!" Optimus said firmly. "You will be put in the brig for a few days until you learn until you learn not to speak out of turn like that again." he said
Hot Shot shook angrily for a few seconds before turning on his heel out of the room. Optimus turned to look at the others.
"All of you to the launch room, we leave in five minutes." he said before leaving the room followed by the others.
Luna's Grandmother's cabin
Cyclonus looked down at the old woman at his feet with a huge grin plastered to his face which was returned in full by the other. Sally (who is Luna's grandmother's name. I know I finally gave her a name.) looked at Cyclonus with a twinkle in her eyes as she heard the good news.
"See? Didn't I tell you boys not to worry? I told you that girl could take care of herself." she said happily.
"Yeah, but I wish I could get my hands on that traitor Scavenger." Cyclonus said darkly as he clenched his hands into fists.
"Well you have to look at this situations from all points of views before you act irrationally Cyclonus." she said calmly.
"What do you mean?" Cyclonus asked confused.
"Well I had a talk with Scavenger not to far back concerning this exact situation." Sally said as she recalled the conversation she had had with the older bot.
FLASHBACK
Sally sat on a tree root next to Scavenger as he leaned against the strong oak tree that groaned under his weight but supported his immense weight. The two were watching as Luna and Buzzsaw played near by, both lost in thought.
Sally looked at Scavenger and saw that he looked troubled.
"What's bother'n you Scavenger, you seem quiet." she asked cocking her head to the side in curiosity. Scavenger looked down at the human beside him and sighed.
"I'm concerned about Luna staying with the Decepticons." he answered truthfully. "You see, the Decepticons have a long streak of violence and want to conquer the universe. At this moment the Decepticons are fighting with another faction, the Autobots over a smaller kind of our race, minicons. They're like Buzzsaw and make transformers stronger when they find their minicon partner."
"You see, the reason I'm so concerned about Luna being with the Decepticons is because what if she takes on the Decepticon traits and becomes violent and cold like Megatron or unstable and treacherous like Starscream?"
Sally listened to these words silently and had to agree a little with what Scavenger was saying having met the two before. She had often watched as Starscream taught Luna areal tricks and listened as Megatron told Luna of past battles and the history of Cybertron.
But then she had to look at things from Luna's point of view. For the first time in Luna's life she was actually genuinely happy and she smiled real smiles, not just some fake smile she plastered on her face everytime she was around her family. She had friends who cared for her and acted like the family she never had and always wanted.
Megatron was a father figure to look up to and respect.
Cyclonus was like a mom who was always there to help her, always there to play with her and just taking care of her, making sure she never came to harm.
Buzzsaw was her twin who understood her like he was the other half of her soul, and was always there for her no matter what and staid by her side through even the worse of times.
Demolisher and Starscream were like her brothers. Demolisher taught her about mechanics and how to work the command center, even building her her own computer.
Starscream taught her about math, science, astronomy, geography, and various topics she soaked up like a sponge. He also helped her with learning how to fly.
Sideways was her cousin. He kept her up to date about what was happening on Earth. He would sometimes play games with her and help her with some of her studies from Starscream and Demolisher.
The minicons adored her and made their days brighter while being forced to build the shuttle. She would joke with them, help them with the shuttle, and when they weren't working on the shuttle, they would play games with her. Really she just made life a little more bearable for them.
And Scavenger was like her grandfather. He was old, but still as nimble as he was when he was a young bot. He often listened to Luna when she had problems and gave her words of wisdom to help her with them. He made sure nothing happened to her and at times could be extremely over protective of her.
"Well, you'd have to look at her prospective of this situation." Sally said. "For Luna you all are her family, do you know what would happen if someone took her away from this? For the first time in her life she's happy and she would fight till her last breath to stay with you all."
Scavenger looked up at Luna and Buzzsaw who had collapsed and were panting heavily after they had finished playing. He knew Sally was right. That just made it harder for him to do what Optimus had ordered. Even if Luna eventually forgave him for doing this, he never would forgive himself.
With Luna
Luna walked up to the front of her grandma's property. She couldn't see Cyclonus and she saw her parent's car in front of the cabin. Taking a deep breath she walked up to the front door and knocked. She could hear the muffled voices of her family coming from the kitchen and heard footsteps as someone came to open the door. She prayed it was her grandmother.
Luck was not on her side as she was greeted with the sight of her brother. He looked over her dirt covered form with disgust as he moved as far away from her as possibly and let her into the house with Buzzsaw at her heels, glaring at Jason.
Jason walked into the kitchen while Luna followed. He looked at his parents before pointing his thumb in Luna's direction.
"The freak has entered the building." he said as he sneered at Luna. That was when Luna had finally had enough. Her eyes seemed to glow in anger as her spikes shot out with a shink. She grabbed Jason and had him slammed against the wall before anyone could even blink.
Jason grabbed her hand, desperatly trying to pry them away from his neck as the precious little oxegen escaped from his lungs and he began to turn blue.
"JASON!!!!!" her mother screamed as her eyes filled with fear and tears.
"I am so sick and tired of your pathetic bullshit. You continue to ridicule me for something I can not control and before that you treated me like slag. You have always been a weak piece of shit from the very beginning. You are pathetic. Your not even worth the little effort it would take to end your pathetic existence." Luna said dropping Jason to the ground as she gasped for air to refill his lungs, neck turning black and blue.
"Luna how dare you! You have no right you little-"
"SHUT THE FRAG UP!!" Luna screamed as the room fell into silence. She looked at Sally who was again sitting at the table drinking coffee looking as calm as ever. It made Luna smile a little and walked over to the cupboard to pull down a glass and poured herself some coffee adding a few spoons of milk and sugar, her parents following her every move with fear filled eyes, that made Luna's smile all the wider.
Her spikes were still extended as she sat down next to her grandmother and took a sip of her coffee and looking at her parents who stood beside Jason across the room who had regained his breath and was standing shakily on his feet.
"Please, sit." she ordered more than suggested as she waved them to the open chairs. They hesitantly walked forward and sat at the table shaking a little.
"So, what was it you wanted to meet me hear about?" she asked as she scratched Buzzsaw's head. Her parents glanced at each other then back to Luna.
W-well you see, Luna, we ju-just wanted to see you for the day." Luan's mother explained. It was clear that she was lying, Luna could smell it.
"Is that so?" Luna said slowly taking another long gulp of caffeine, though a bit ocuardly since cups weren't meant for muzzles. "Then if that is so why are you lying?"
"W-wh-what ar-are you ta-talk-talking about L-luna?" her mother asked shaking uncontrollably. Luna smirked to herself. She continued to stare at her parents, eyes flashing.
"Well I know you aren't here for me. You've never been there for me unless you have a business deal or just making an appearance for the press. So tell me, what's the real reason you're here?"
Here mother looked to her husband desperatly. He looked extremely nervous as Luna stared back and forth between her mother and father. Clearing his throat, he was about to speak when Luna's head snapped up.
Her nose twitched and her ears swiveled on top of her head like miniature satellite dishes. Standing quickly she bared her teeth in a snarl and growled. She looked angrily at her parents, teeth flashing in the light.
"You slaggers, you didn't come here to see me, you came here FOR me!" and just as these words left her muzzle, tear gas was thrown through the windows clouding the air causing all occupants of the room to cough and gasp.
Luna grabbed Sally and ran for the back door as the front was torn off its hinges. She heard Buzzsaw behind her and the boots of the soldiers coming from all directions. Her sonar was going off and she could see the soldiers in front of the back door. Gritting her teeth she headed towards the window. Jumping through it holding Sally close she ran forward and spread her wings and jumped into the air.
But just when she and Sally were only a few feet above the ground, cables were wrapped around her foot to keep her from flying any higher. Snarling she tried desperately to get her leg free, but was only shot with more cables. She heard the same being done to Buzzsaw behind her who was biting and clawing anything that got near enough.
As she was hualed back to the ground she hugged Sally closer to her body to protect her from the chaos going on around her when Sally was suddenly snatched away. She couldn't help it, she screamed, struggled, snarled, clawed, bit and cursed. Anything to get away and find her grandmother. Anything to get away and be able to protect her from the men around her.
She felt a prick in her side and suddenly felt extremely tired. Soon her struggles ceased to little more than nothing. The last thing she saw was Cyclonus tearing out of the woods, guns blazing and eyes glowing in anger before she was greeted to blissful darkness of unconsciousness.
AN: Well, there you go people, chapter 9 hopefully you all like. Anyway, tell me what you thought, think, and anything else that you can come up with. Hopefully I can get another update in before Thanksgiving. Please review!!!!!
