Huge thank you to transformedstarwarsgal. She wrote quite a bit of this, since I was growing frustrated. Yes, I know not everyone is gonna be happy with this (I haven't exactly gotten to the party yet) but please review. This stories coming to an end. I've lost the urge to write this, so it has maybe 2, 3 more chapters. More than likely 2. Check out my other stories if you want to see some of my better work. Anyways, thank you my friend for the major help!
"Something's wrong here," Ironhide mumbled. The ground bridge had dumped them off in the middle of no where. Large rocky cliffs were the only things even Ironhide could see. He walked over to one and felt the rock, trying to see if he would be able to scale it while having the kids hold on to him. He wouldn't leave them down there alone. There were parts that stuck out enough for Ironhide to grab onto. "Kids, come 'ere. I don't like this. Something's off."
The kids did as asked. Ironhide gently picked them up, and told them to hold on as tight as they could. Once they had, he began to climb. Not long after, the sound of jets was heard.
"Slag," he mumbled. "I hear 'Cons. Whatever ya do, hold on." A blast beside him nearly made him lose his grip. He was about a quarter of the way up, but he could see the Decepticons landing below them. "Frag, frag, frag. Comm's down. Frag!"
"Is there anything you can do?" Jack questioned. He was watching the Decepticons below.
"Not if you want to live," Ironhide mumbled. Jack and Raf exchanged a glance.
"This is so cool!" Miko yelled. Jack and Raf glared at her. "What? We get to see 'Hide in action!"
"Miko, we're going to get captured. Or killed! And you think this is cool?" Jack asked. Ironhide sighed and transformed a servo into a gun. He fired, nearly getting hit.
"This isn't working. I'm jumping down there. Get off, and grab hold of the rock," Ironhide ordered. The kids did just that.
Ironhide jumped, landing on two of the Decepticons at the bottom. Transforming both servos into guns, he fired on Vehicon after Vehicon. There were too many for even Ironhide to face alone. It wasn't long before he was over powered. Several Decepticons holding either arm. With him as their prisoner, two of the remaining Vehicons turned their attention to the three kids who were each trying to remain attached to the rocks. Ironhide's optics widened when one fired at the children.
He struggled as he tried to get to his friends. Miko lost her grip and fell with a shriek.
"No! Let me go! Miko!" Jack and Raf both cried out as they tried to catch her, but failed. Ironhide pulled as hard as he could, only resulting in dislocating his shoulder. Tearing wires. Energon slipped down his shoulder and he cried out. Miko's screams were spark wrenching.
One of the Vehicons caught her, tightly it seemed. She started choking as she was squeezed.
"Let her go! I swear to Primus, if you hurt her, I'll tear you apart!" Something blunt and painful struck Ironhide's back, overloading his systems, as he went limp in their arms. The Decepticons opened a ground bridge and took the two they had with them. They didn't notice another open farther away and the two kids being rescued. Or the Autobot that saved the kids following behind them.
When Ironhide woke up, he was tied to the wall in chains and Miko was in a cage across the room from him. He pulled at the chain, only to stop when pain erupted in his shoulder. He groaned, but besides that made no sound. Miko moved. She coughed for a moment before rolling over. "I-iron-h-hide?"
"Yeah. I'm here. You okay?"
"Guess so. You?"
"My shoulder's hurt. Besides that I'm fine. We need to get outta here," Ironhide replied.
"I know," Miko said, a tear threatened to escape her eye. Tears were rare for this burst of annoying energy but right now she was scared, no, terrified. "How are we supposed to do that? You can't contact the others."
"Let me think of something," Ironhide said. Miko fell silent and pulled her knees under her chin.
Ironhide stood there, thinking about the problem and how to fix it until the door slid open, revealing a large mech. The mech walked over and smiled at Ironhide.
The darkened room made Ironhide think the mech was Megatron, considering the height. He started struggling, swearing at the mech to release him and Miko. "Go anywhere near Miko and I will tear you to shreds!"
"Ironhide, it's Optimus," the mech said, raising an optic ridge at his friends reaction. Optimus carefully tore the door off Miko's cage and lifted the girl onto his hand. "Miko, are you alright?"
"Now I am!" Miko said in her usual tone. "You are so awesome sometimes!"
Optimus smiled and placed the girl on his shoulder so he could get Ironhide out. He ripped the chains down, making Ironhide flinch when he hit his shoulder. He whispered 'sorry' then turned on his comm link. "Optimus to base. I have them both. We need a bridge."
"Alright, Optimus," Ratchet said. The bridge opened as they walked towards it, calmly. They were about to enter when a blast from a fusion cannon hit Optimus directly in the back. Everyone whipped around as Megatron glared at them from the doorway, his blaster smoking.
"Optimus Prime, what are you doing here?" Megatron growled, aiming his cannon at Optimus' face.
Optimus quickly turned his arm into the blaster and shot at Megatron. The Prime pushed Ironhide, holding Miko, through the Ground Bridge (Ironhide growling in protest) and continued firing at Megatron. He slowly started backing up as he dodged Megatron's fires.
"Optimus, they may have gotten away, but you will never escape me!" Megatron growled, firing at Optimus' back again, hitting him, as the Prime tried to retreat through the Ground Bridge. Optimus quickly ran through the Ground Bridge, feeling energon rolling down his back.
He appeared through the bridge and Raf turned it off. Ratchet was repairing Ironhide's shoulder and Miko was sitting on Bulkhead's shoulder, hugging his head. Ratchet looked up and flipped when he saw the energon trailing down Optimus' leg.
"Can you please even attempt to keep yourself in one piece for once?" Ratchet growled, finishing the welding to the frame holding Ironhide's arm in place.
"Noticed you have your leg back. How?" Ironhide asked.
"Ratchet finished with it before you left, and reattached it after you went through the ground bridge," Optimus replied.
"You're done," Ratchet said. Ironhide stood up and allowed Ratchet to shove Optimus onto the med berth.
As the welding to his back was done, Optimus could tell Ratchet was trying to be as painful as he could with the repairs. "Ah, ow, ah!" Optimus groaned, shifting his back as Ratchet put everything back together.
Ironhide couldn't help laughing as Ratchet "fixed" Optimus. "There," Ratchet said, smacking Optimus' fresh welds, getting a light yelp from Optimus.
Everyone started laughing as Optimus closed his optics to make the pain subside. "Why do you find this funny?" Optimus asked.
Ironhide decided to answer, "'Cause I do."
Optimus sighed and smiled. He missed that about Ironhide.
