To Chase The Sun
"For those who gave up too soon."
To Chase The Sun- Iland Girl
Transformers- Hasbro
Chapter 9: The Other Twin
"We received confirmation that another Autobot has entered Earth's atmosphere." Ironhide said, Optimus and Ratchet exchanging glances. My own eyes widened in surprise. I hadn't expect more to come so soon, and not at such short notice!
"I need to speak with the General," I began, looking to Optimus. "I need clearance to authorize myself to come with you guys."
"There is no need for that." Ratchet insisted, but then I frowned up to him.
"Yeah, because letting you guys go off on your own is really going to make things look good." I muttered before heading to the raised platform. "If I don't go with you guys it'll only make things more complicated."
"I understand," Optimus began, though I knew he was just in a rush to find his comrade. They all seemed to be hurrying. I tapped on the computer a few times before getting a visual of the General.
"HRA, what seems to be the problem?" Morshower asked, but I shook my head.
"No problem, but another Autobot has recently landed. I need clearance to escort them to find their comrade." I said, to which Morshower too looked surprised.
"Understood, permission granted. Use anything you wish in Hangar 4, the pass code is 49386." He said, to which I nodded before excusing myself and terminating the connection. I rushed to the stairs, not glancing at the bots at all.
"Boys, get ready, when I get back we'll leave." I said in a rush before jogging over to Hangar 4, the only one off limits to everyone unless granted by Morshower. I typed in the code before entering the human sized door. Inside was a large wall of weaponry, I grabbed a belt that had a couple of grenades on it, a Browning M2, and a two handheld guns that were semi-automatics. The only car was a militarized Chevy SSR, which wasn't as bad as it could've been, but still.
I revved the engine to make sure the black truck still worked before opening the garage door to drive out. The Autobots were all standing on the tarmac, a human man standing next to them. I stopped beside him, rolling down the window to talk.
"I'm taking these boys out, guard the base." I said, being rather vague. He saluted, I was actually surprised how calm he'd been around the three. Then I glanced at Optimus, he seemed to be noting my gear. "There's a chance of Decepticons, I'm not taking that risk." I said, to which he frowned before nodding.
"I would prefer you stayed out of the battle, it is not your war to fight."
It became my war the moment the cube landed on Earth.
"Whatever, it's just precautions, are we going or what?" I asked, frowning as I pulled on some sunglasses that were sitting on the passenger seat.
"She's right Prime! We're wasting daylight!" Ironhide said urgently. Whoever they were going after, must be an old friend, or somebody important to cause such concern. Optimus nodded, but then he held out his hand towards my truck. I raised a brow, but then I noticed he was pinching something between his fingers.
"This will allow you to communicate with us." He said. I took it, a small headset that looked like a blue tooth, then watched as they all transformed and rolled out. I slipped the piece over my right ear before following after them.
"So how far is this friend of yours?" I asked, glad to see a full tank of gas, nearly jumping out of my skin when I heard Ratchet's voice in my ear.
"Approximately nine Earth hours." Ratchet said, making me frown. Well, goodbye lunch time...
"Alright, let's do this then." I muttered, and we drove for what seemed like forever. At some point I turned out the radio, humming and tapping my fingers to the beat, just making sure I kept the Semi, Topkick, and Hummer all in front of me. We stopped every now and again, getting gas for the truck and energy drinks for me before we kept on rolling.
I was about ready to eat my own shoes when Ironhide growled. It scared me for a moment, so I turned the music off and listened for him. They all stopped then, so I pulled over as well.
"What's wrong?" I asked, we were on a road in the middle of nowhere. The only thing in site was a small barn that looked like it would collapse at any moment.
"He's not here!" Ironhide growled again. "He said he was here!"
"Easy Ironhide," Optimus said smoothly. "We'll just have to spread out and search for him."
"Can't you guys just... call each other?" I asked, Ratchet snorted through the line.
"It's a lot more complicated than that," He insisted. "He turned off his communications unit so that no Decepticons could listen in."
Ratchet, Optimus, and Ironhide all didn't fill me in anymore, so I dropped it with a sigh.
"Alright," I muttered, pulling out from behind them. "We split up, I'll let you know if anything goes bump in the night."
Indeed I would be lucky to see anything right now. The lights from the Autobots beaming on the barn was the only reason I could see it, everything else was pitch black now, and I was absolutely starving, but I didn't say anything since I had slowed them down.
Even only by twenty minutes... Still, whoever they were looking for wasn't here, which meant we'd better find 'em before the Cons did. I glanced in the rear view mirror to see the others really did split up, we drove our separate ways for a while. I pulled on to a slightly busy road, a car here and there coming by, but otherwise nothing happened.
I switched to another road, a car doing the same as I continued to drive. It wouldn't have been suspicious, except this car looked too good to be on a dirt road. C'mon, a Lamborghini Gallardo? Out here? Pfft, I wouldn't drive such a fine piece of machinery anywhere near a road as bad as this one! It's got pot holes so deep I might disappear if I fell in!
Still, I had to make sure, so I took a few more turns before realizing it indeed was following me. I slammed on the brakes then, it doing the same a few yards back. The brake light lit up the front of the car, the place that would've held the logo wasn't there, instead I could see a face print, the size on my hand at the very least. It actually looked kind of cool, no matter how bold it was.
So, thinking I found the Autobot, I opened my mouth to say something, but then my blood ran cold as I heard Ironhide on the other line.
"I found Sideswipe." He sounded angry that he had to look, but I was more concerned with the vehicle behind me. If that wasn't the Autobot, why was their the insignia on the hood? Unless it was a Decepticon in disguise, I wouldn't put it past them to fake an insignia to see who would buy into it. However, my mind went all jittery when I noticed the car was slowly rolling closer.
I slammed down the gas pedal, peeling down the road as quickly as possible. The Lamb took off after me, but then I saw a tight turn. The one reason I liked this SSR was the Rear Wheel Drive, which would balance out the back end and allow me to take tight turns without spinning out. I prepped for the turn, braking slightly to line my self up, then gave it gas and fought the turn as I came around the bend. Once I made it through and straightened up, I glanced back to see the Lamb hadn't been prepared and spun out, but it was already starting to come after me again, I barely bought any time at all.
"Say, is there any chance that another Autobot is here?" I asked.
"Not possible, I came on my own." A new voice said, making me shiver.
"Oh, well this is awkward." I muttered, taking another turn, but the bot was smart, it was learning and only slowed down half as much to take the turn. It still bought me precious seconds though as I tried to make it back to the boys.
"What is it Carena?" Optimus asked, I snorted as I took another turn, practically screaming in frustration when the car took it perfectly behind me.
"Oh y'know, thought I found the Autobot, turns out to be a Decepticon in disguise. Y'know, the usual day." I said in a quick but casual tone. In the dark I missed the turn off to get back to the Autobots, noticing a dead end sign not far off.
"Hold on Carena, we're coming." Optimus said, but I chuckled.
"Don't bother," I began, using the E-brake to spin around and kicked it into neutral, braking to stop and let the car pass me. The Lamb passed me, knocking the dead end sign out as it kept going down a hill and into a ditch. I snorted before putting it in drive and speeding off. "I'm on my way back, I shook him off but he won't be down for-"
I gave a small squeak as another car almost hit me. It didn't have any lights on, I only saw it because it was a light grey Audi. A cruse broke through my lips as I put the pedal to the metal and rolled out of there.
"Carena?" Optimus called, sounding frantic.
"Two Optimus! There's two!"
"We're coming, I know your location." He called, but with his size I doubted he'd make the twenty minute drive fast enough. Perhaps Ironhide might be faster, but still, it wouldn't be enough.
Not like I ever relied on anyone before.
"Don't worry," I muttered, rolling down the window as I fished in my belt. I yanked a grenade lose, losing its pin, and chucking it out the window. "That's why I brought this."
It exploded right above the Audi, the four rings the only thing I could really see. The car swiveled, not expecting me to fight back I supposed. I took another tight turn, but this Bot was a lot meaner. When he missed the turn and spun out, he transformed and took a running start in my direction before transforming again. I barely caught those red eyes before they were gone, the Audi turning on its lights now that it was caught.
"Fuck fuck fuck fuckity fuck fuck!" I half sung half growled, but then I caught site of the barn and smirked. "Yes, perfect."
I drove into the barn, skimming down the tiny dirt road that lead right into it, blowing the doors off as I did so. Thank god it was empty, but then I glanced back and saw the Audi was hot on my tail. It transformed and took a leap at me, but I just slammed on the brakes and he jumped right over top of me.
He didn't like that, so when he landed he turned and pointed a canon at me, but I gunned it forwards. I drifted right before his legs, his aim off a bit as he shot right over the truck, and took his legs out with the bed of the truck before peeling out of there. I tossed another grenade right by the door, it exploded and made the entire barn collapse in on the Decepticon.
I stopped just outside, wanting to make sure that the Audi was indeed dead. It was a big mistake though, because a second later a blast shot the truck, flipping it over. I jumbled around inside before it landed upside down. A groan escaped my lips as I tried to crawl out, feeling nauseous. Which way was the ground again?
A growl escape my throat as the Decepticon landed on the truck, making it squish down around my one trapped leg. He didn't car though, grabbing me around my waist and ripping me from it. I dared not to utter a scream, I could never show weakness to my enemy, never. He held me up near his eyes, I could see splinters and other shrapnel stuck in his armor, bits of his body blown away.
"You stupid little brat!" He hissed, squeezing around my torso. I couldn't breathe, my ears barely recognizing Optimus calling me through the headset. My spine, my spine felt like it was snapping.
Squeeze.
Stop it, it's going to snap!
He squeezed again, I couldn't take much more, so I grabbed a piece of wood stuck in his arm armor. Swinging, I stabbed him in the eye, breaking the glass and making a blue liquid ooze. My hand ached from the wood stabbing my palm too, but my back ached even more as he dropped me and clutched his eye.
Stars burst in my eyes as I laid there for a second.
Get up! You have to get up!
Yet no matter how many times I screamed this in my head, nothing changed. My breaths were ragged, my body was in so much pain, but I couldn't show any weakness...!
I stood up then, panting heavily. His one good eye zeroed in on me then, narrowing as he lifted his foot. I went to take a step back but tripped.
Are you kidding me?!
Fuck!
Yet to my surprise, somebody rescued me. A body the same size as the Con's slammed into him, knocking him to the floor. They wrestled, I stood up again and limped away. The sound of metal smacking metal alerted me to their battle, but by the time I got to the end of the road heading to the barn, everything had gone quiet.
In the dark, I could barely see, so I stood there, hunched slightly, waiting. A pair of lights turned on, the hum of an engine sounding as it came closer. I tensed, getting ready to grab a grenade, but then I paused. What if it was my savior who won? Still, I waited, patient and quiet as the lights came closer slowly. It was only when I caught sight of the front, just twenty feet from me, did I relax a tiny bit.
"Carena! What's going on?" It was Ironhide this time.
"Nothing, I'm fine." I answered, still watching the lights.
It approached slowly, the lights shining in my face. I didn't wince though, watching as it stopped just a foot from hitting my legs. In the light I could see the cuts going all down my legs, but I was more focused on the yellow Reventon in front of me right now. Slowly, I reached forward to touch the hood, just a pat to say I was friendly, but the damned thing sped backwards ten feet so god damned fast.
Well, somebody doesn't like to be touched.
I snorted, raising a brow at it before tapping my headset.
"Optimus, you sure there isn't another Autobot?" I asked, there was a long pause then.
"Sideswipe is positive he came here alone." Optimus said, but then I glanced at the car that came closer again. I smirked, curious as to what would happen if I tried to touch it. I jerked forward, pretending to smack the hood, but it jumped back again. I sniggered a little bit, grinning.
"Well, what do I call my savior then?" I asked. It went dead silent for a moment, then I saw the lights of the giant semi truck in the distance.
"We're almost there." Optimus said before cutting out. I glanced at the Lamb, revving it's engine. Testy thing isn't it? I pretended to ignore it, walking away. It followed, practically at my heels, then I jumped and spun around, it slammed on the brakes and reversed. This made me chuckle as I turned and continued to walk away.
The car revved it's engine before gunning it for me, but then I turned and held out both hands as though to touch it. It didn't slow, so I licked my hands, making sure to have the liquid dangle from my palms. It slammed on the brakes and reversed so fast that I broke down laughing, wiping the spit onto my pants.
"Oh my God! I love you! Ha! You're such a prissy thing!" I said between my giggle fits. It stayed where it was until a Peterbilt, Topkick, Hummer, and another car that looked vaguely like an old Stingray model rolled up then. They all transformed, their blue eyes illuminated in the darkness. I watched them for a moment before glancing at the two newcomers. Ironhide held open his palm above us, a light shining so that I could see them properly.
The Lamb transformed, standing tall as he glared down at me. I grinned when I saw he too had blue eyes. It seemed to be a thing, blue was good and red was bad. After that though, I heard the strangest of sounds coming from the newcomer standing by Optimus. What was his name again? Sideswipe? That rung a bell, but what the fuck was he saying?
It was then that I realized, as the other newcomer answered back with a similar sounding gibberish noise, that it was a different language. Cybertronian most likely. Optimus glanced down at me, before kneeling to look at me closely.
"Are you damaged?" He asked, looking at the blood on my leg and the scratching all over me. I shook my head though, don't show weakness Deni!
"I'm fine, nothing a few Advil won't cure." I said casually. Optimus nodded, but then he continued.
"This is Sideswipe," He began, introducing me to the silver Corvette. He nodded down to me, but otherwise seemed to be more interested in staring at the yellow car. "And that is Sunstreaker, Sideswipe's twin."
Oh, well that would make sense.
"Hm, he has quite a kind way of saying hello." I muttered, remembering how he stalked me down the road. Sideswipe gurgled something to Sunstreaker, who replied in a rather angry tone as he glared at me. Optimus explained for me.
"He said that he read my signature from that headset you're wearing. He thought you would be able to lead him to us, but his communications have been damaged, he cannot search the web for Earth's languages either at this point."
"I see," I began, glancing at the giant. He didn't like me one bit, that much I could tell. Optimus didn't have to translate the next garble for me to understand. He even pointed at me! "If he said anything about me or my saliva, I'll show him how disgusting it is up close."
Sideswipe laughed, garbling back to Sunstreaker, who in turn took a step back, a scowl on his face. I laughed too, amused at just how prissy he was. Optimus didn't seem amused by Sunstreaker's words though, probably something along the lines of terminating me since Ironhide chuckled too.
"Nevertheless, we should all head back to base. Ratchet can fix his communications systems from there." Optimus said, but I shrugged.
"Meh, a I like mute Sunstreaker, he's funny when he runs away like a wimp." I said, but was ultimately ignored as they all transformed down. Before they said anything, I walked over to the flipped truck, the Decepticon lying a little ways off. I yanked the door off the truck, which wasn't that hard since it was barely holding on as it was, before grabbing my phone and snapping a few pictures, jotting down the location. The Con wasn't anywhere near a busy road, so I called it in to General Morshower. He said he'd dispatch a team to clean it up before I hung up and made my way over to the Autobots.
"So uh, my rides busted, anybody willing to put up with me for a bit?" I asked, curious as Optimus rolled closer, but was really surprised when Ironhide stepped forwards.
"Optimus needs his rest, burning out our leader with annoying questions is taxing on all of us." He explained, but I just laughed.
"Now now if you really wanted me to ride with you all you had to do was ask! There's plenty of Carena to go around 'Hide!" I teased, climbing into the massive truck. He growled, not at all amused, before Optimus lead the way back to the base.
My god, this would be the longest nine hours ever.
Wow! So the Twins are here! Woot! Finally the moment you were all waiting for! So I figured this would be an interesting introduction, since this story needed some excitement. I got rid of Sideways in favor of making an even better plot for the future, it should be pretty interesting! So what do you think of their first encounter, I personally see this as how Sunny would act, well I actually see him going through with running her over and then whining about her scratching his paint, but hey, then we wouldn't have a Deni, just Roadkill. LOL, too early for that!
I especially love this new angle I thought of for Deni and Sunny, I mean who else would laugh in the face of danger (Sunny) and not bat an eyelash? Oh I loved thinking of this scene, it just sort of flowed eh? Well I'm going to try and squeeze one more chapter in before I leave for the weekend. It's written but I've only got about twenty minutes of spare time to edit!
Also, if you see anything along the lines of Gallardo or Corvette, I originally wrote those down just so I wouldn't forget who I was talking about, because I often mix my colors up, hopefully there wasn't anything like that!
Review please!
Question of the day: So would you have the balls to bother Sunstreaker like Deni?
Cheers!