Autobot Base, 3rd POV
It had been two days since Jack's run-in with Starscream. He hadn't talked much and had been avoiding everyone recently.
It worried Arcee silly.
He didn't even talk to Miko, Raf and his mom.
Jack sat lay on his berth, his right hand lifted so that he could look at it.
'He had the same blade as me...but it was just a nightmare, he isn't real...right?' Jack wondered to himself as he turned his hand palm up. The white and green armor clasped to his hand shone in the light, and reminded Jack of everything that had happened in only a matter of weeks.
He felt like some sort of monster, when he'd mutilated the 'cons how it was so wrong.
Yet felt so right.
"If Arcee knew...would she still want to be around me? Would...any of them...?" He wondered aloud.
"If she knew what?"
Jack yelped, jumping and turning quickly to see Miko. Jack let out a sigh of relief. "Miko! Are you trying to give me a heart attack?"
"Maybe." She replied, climbing up to sit next to Jack on his berth.
"So what'cha talking about?"
"Nothing." Miko shrugged with an 'ok'.
"So you gonna come out of your little bat cave here and chill out with us?"
"I don't know..."
Miko rolled her eyes, before standing on the berth and tugging at Jack's hand.
"C'mon, Optimus is gonna send us all out on a mission! C'mon!"
"Mission?" Jack asked, leaning down so he could hear Miko better.
"Yeah! They found lots of energon! They're gonna blast at the rocks and stuff, and it's gonna be WICKED!"
"...Fine. Let's go."
"Sweet!" Miko exclaimed.
Jack held his hand palm up and she climbed on. Then both headed out to meet up with everyone else for transport.
Jack(Overload)'s POV
Everyone looked over at me, and I managed a smile.
When I looked at Arcee, she looked...relieved? I walked over to stand next to her, setting Miko down next to Raf.
"Jack, do you plan to accompany us on recon?" Optimus asked, gesturing to the already open groundbridge.
"Yeah, Miko desided to drag me out of my 'bat cave', as she puts it." I said, crossing my arms and giving her a pointed look. She just laughed, pulling out her phone and taking a picture of me.
I rolled my optics before following the other's through the groundbridge.
Later, On recon, 3rd POV
The ground shook from the multiple blasts that the Autobot's were sending into the rocks.
Well, except Jack who only knew how to use his blade, he stood with Miko and Raf, keeping Miko from running in front of the others.
"Jack, you should help 'em!"
"Miko, we've had this conversation 5 time's already. I can't."
"Oh c'mon! Just try!"
"Maybe if you try the same thing you do with your blade?" Raf suggested, adjusting his glasses as he looked up at Jack.
"Well...I don't know..."
"Plleeaassee! It would make an awesome snap shot!" Miko exclaimed, holding up her cell.
Jack hesitated for a momment, looking up to make sure the others weren't watching (He was sorta shy trying new things around them). He then lifted his left arm up to look at it.
'Last time I just had to think about it...c'mon...please, please do it.'
The sound of shifting and clicking was drowned out by the sound of blasting.
"You did it Jack! Smile!" Miko cheered, taking a picture of a shocked looking Jack.
"Why don't you try it out on that rock?" Raf said, pointing at a large boulder away from the Autobots.
"But how do I fire?" Jack asked, aiming the gun at the boulder. A target popped up to focus on the boulder.
'The weapons seem to follow comands in my mind...'
Jack placed his complete concentration on the boulder, his optics zeroing in.
'Fire...!'
The gun let out a powerfull blast. The Autobots all jumped around to stare as the boulder burst into pieces.
"Jack?" Arcee said increduosly, Jack gave a shy smile and a nervous laugh as his left arm shifted back into, well, an arm.
"Uh, I figured it out?" Jack said feebly. Miko laughed, and even Raf chuckled a little.
"Jack, you must be carefull, especialy on a recon mission." Optimus explained.
The white and green 'bot nodded, "Sorry Optimus."
"...But very good job on learning to use one of your primary weapons." He commented, smiling ever so slightly.
Jack's face lit up, and he turned to smile at Arcee, who nodded in approvel, returning his smile. She then waved him over.
"Aim for that small crack in the wall, see it?" She said, pointing it out to him as he walked up to stand with her.
"Yeah, I see it." Jack said, his left arm changing again as he aimed. He then hesitated.
"Are you sure this won't, y'know...make the whole wall fall on us?"
"Just shoot."
"Yes ma'am."
Jack planted himself firmly before letting out a powerful blast. He hit the crack in the rock wall and it blasted a neat hole. It didn't disturb the other area's where the energon was already being removed. In the hole, a small amount of energon crystals sat, glowling brightly.
"Cool..."
Arcee smirked at Jack's awe before goin over and pulling the energon crystals out. She then gave them to Jack, pointing at the steadily growing energon pile everyone was making.
Jack got the message, quickly striding up to the pile...
"Join us!"
"Fight them!"
There was a crash as Jack collapsed, the energon crystals flying out of his hands. The Autobots all turned, running up to Jack as soon as they saw him on the ground.
"Jack? Jack!" Arcee exclaimed in worry, falling to her knee's and grasping his arm as hee began to prop himself back up on his hands.
"I-I'm fine, just got a little dizzy..." He then winced. One of the energon crystals had speared inbetween the armor plating on his right leg.
He gingerly removed it, his own purple mix of blood and energon driping from the crystals point.
"Again?" Arcee asked, exchanging a look with Optimus.
"Yeah, I think it's just an after effect from the transformation. Really, I'm okay." He slowly stood, dusting himself off before looking around.
"Sorry about dropping the energon, I'll pick it up. Go ahead and collect the rest."
"No, I'll pick it up. You need to sit." Arcee said, her tone left no room for argument.
"Are you su-"
"Yes. Now go sit down."
"Yes ma'am."
Autobot base, After recon, Jack(Overload)'s POV
"I really don't know Jack, everything seems fine with your system. It might be, as you suggested, after effects from your time in the M.E.C.H base, or perhaps because of your problems in stasis the other day."
"So am I good to go now?"
He eyed me with confusion for a momment.
"Yes, yes. But I don't see what your rush is, there's nothing for you to really do."
I shrugged, standing.
"Arcee made me do this, I already knew I was fine."
'Liar.' I thought to myself bitterly.
Ratchet sighed, then waved me off.
"Go on, get out of here, I've got work to do."
I nodded, heading towards the base's exit, maybe a drive would clear my head.
Either that or get me in an accident if the voices came up again.
I perfer the first turn out.