Chapter 10: Upgrade
Jazz and Bumblebee were relieved to have stop sliding. They coughed as dust and bits of metal was brushed off of them.
"You alright Jazz?" Bumblebee asked.
"Yeah I'm good! You?" Jazz asked.
"Yeah, where are we?" Bumblebee wondered as they walked through the last entrance.
As they got near the other end of the tunnel, light blinded them for a second before they found themselves at the edge of another cliff. They looked down to see a pool of fresh energon. Then what really surprised them was the dead bodies of cybertronians leaning against the walls.
"Uh...mabye we weren't supposed to survive this!" Jazz said as the head of one of the bodies tumbles off.
"I'm scared!" Bumblebee said. "We need to get back to the surface!"
"Well, I think I see an opening on the other side of this river...wait...what's that?" Jazz asked pointing to the other side where a few different car parts layed around.
"AWESOME! Let's go get a better look!" Jazz said and actually jumped off the cliff.
"Wait Jazz!" Bumblebee called out but Jazz was already down.
Jazz landed in the energon and resurfaced. It was cold!
"Come on in Bee, the energon's fine!" Jazz said swimming around.
Bumblebee jumped and landed in the energon splashing Jazz in the process.
"Hey watch it!" Jazz said.
"He-he sorry! Nice look though!" Bumblebee said before swimming away from an angry Jazz.
"Oh I have a perfect look for you when I get my claws on ya!" Jazz said.
Jazz eventually caught Bee and the two wrestled around in the energon before realizing they need to get going to find Sideways. They exited the river and noticed all the car parts. They were all solid gold. Spoilers, rims, super chargers, underskirts and mirrors layed everywhere.
"Wow, we just hit the motherload!" Jazz said. "We could use some of this stuff!"
"Yeah...hey wait, I once heard of a legendary racer that used to be covered in golden car parts." Bumblebee said thinking.
"Really? Could this stuff be his?"
"Possibly, I forgot his name, but he was the first one to ever race around the entire planet, it made him famous. But when he retired he hid his special car parts so no one could find him!" Bumblebee explained.
"Hmm, so I guess he wasn't a good hider since we found his stash!" Jazz said examining a rim.
"Guess so!" Bee chuckled.
"He's not one of those types that would rather die with his stuff was he?" Jazz asked.
"I doubt it! But he's been dead for millions of years!" Bumblebee explained. "No one knows where he's been buried...for all we know, he could be buried around here."
"Wait, those bodies that we pased by. Who were they?" Jazz asked.
"Probably some of his friends that helped him bury this stuff! Mabye the got greedy and try to take it for themselves, but apparently they failed." Bumblebee chuckled.
"BUMBLEBEE LOOK, IS THAT HIM?" Jazz said stunned at a dead body of a mech leaning against a wall near the parts.
The legendary mech was in fact who that body belonged to. It was gray and broken. Jazz moved in closer to take a look, lifting his visor too.
"Man, he's really old!" Jazz said and tapped the head.
Suddenly, the one tap of one of his talons made the head snap in half and the rest of the body crumbled to dust. Jazz jumped back knocking into Bee.
"Oops!" Jazz said.
"Jazz!" Bee whined.
"So...should we take some of this stuff, I could use some of these nitrous cans." Jazz said. "Mabye even pick up something for Sideways."
"Yeah, and these cans don't look like they have been used!" Bumblebee said picking one up.
"Cool, but the rest of this stuff can stay. Besides, I think it's best to let his crumbled body lay with most of his possesions." Jazz shrugged.
"I agree!" Bee said.
So, Jazz and Bumblebee only took the nitrous cans. 3 for Bee, 3 for Jazz and 3 for Sideways! They were satisfied.
"Alright then, let's find that exit!" Jazz said as they transformed.
The exit was right in front of them and they zoomed in, it was a steep hill they had to climb at first. They worried about what was on the other side. Once they reached the top, they were horrified to see a very long drop that led to a ramp. They gulped inside their car modes.
"Ready!" Jazz asked.
"Ready!" Bumblebee said.
"AAAAAHHHHHH!"
They screamed all the way as the way down was nearly a 90 degree drop. They zoomed back up the long ramp that leads to another hole which was sure to be the very end. However, the hold was blocked by a wooden fence.
"Oh this is going to hurt!" Jazz said.
"SCRAP!" Bumblebee yelled.
BAM! CRASH!
They destroy the fence and find themselves soaring across a highway. They transformed and landed on their feet. It was extremely dark and no one else was around. They were lost. Jazz pulled a map on his left arm and it read that they were on the right intersate to Tarn, but it will be 15 minutes before they get there. Unless of course they raced there.
"Uh Bee, care to have another race?" Jazz asked.
"Sure, as long as we get back to Tarn. We need to find Sideways...again!" Bumblebee said.
The two transformed and raced away. They were desperate to get back. Their engines roared as they sped through the night. It was cold and windy but they could handle it.
"Holding up Bee?" Jazz asked.
"Yeah...are you?" Bumblebee asked.
"Yeah I guess, oh...thank you coming with me Bee, I couldn't have gone through all of this without ya!" Jazz said.
"What are best friends for?" Bumblebee said. "You know I got to tell you I've never had a grand adventure like this since the day you left!"
Jazz seemed to be quiet at that statement. Jazz always felt guilty for leaving Bee. But it was only because he wanted to explore...but that extended longer than he thought. For 5 years Jazz and Bumblebee were seperated. Yet, they didn't recognize each other when Jazz came back. They fought, they raced, they laughed, they slid, they even screamed like a little femme with each other! Nothing was able to keep them apart now, and nothing could stop them. Unless when a certain enforcer was coming up in their rearviews.
"Oh scrap! Bumblebee please tell me that's not who I think it is!" Jazz said nervously.
"Oh please, Prowl would never follow us out of Kaon!" Bumblebee said taking a look through his mirrors.
"I don't know Bee, it looks like him!" Jazz said.
"He would be out of his jurisdiction!" Bumblebee said.
"True...but we should speed up!" Jazz said.
Once they did, the enforcer sped up too. Then the mech spoke.
"Miss me?"
"OH SCRAP!" Bee yelled recognizing the voice.
"RUN!" Jazz yelled.
It was actually Prowl who had followed them all the way to Tarn. Bumblebee and Jazz gunned their engines and raced away. Prowl was using his nitrous to catch up.
"PROWL WHAT THE FRAG ARE YOU DOING OUT HERE?" Bee yelled.
"SEARCHING FOR YOU TWO! I DON'T TRUST YOU NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO!" Prowl snarled. "I HEARD A FEW RACES ARE AROUND HERE, IT WOULD BE A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU GUYS LOSE!"
"YOU'RE CRAZY!" Jazz yelled.
"STAY AWAY!" Bee yelled.
"Hey Bee we should try the new legendary nitrous cans!" Jazz suggested.
"Excellent idea!" Bee said. "CAN'T CATCH US PROWL!"
"WHY?" Prowl snarled.
"THIS IS WHY...NOW JAZZ!" Bee yelled.
CHOOF!
Bumblebee and Jazz suddenly turn into a blurr of gold and they jet down the highway leaving Prowl in the dust. Prowl is so surprised he loses control and barrel rolls several times before transforming and coming to a stop. He growls as he sees no sign of the two. But this wasn't over! The racers finally reach Tarn and gain control of their speed, they had went so fast they broke their speed meters inside of them. They proceeded to the building where Warpath and his friend Ironhide were standing around.
"Sorry for the long wait, we got lost!" Jazz said. "NOW WHERE ARE THOSE FRAGGERS!"
"Trust me Jazz, we gave them their punishment!" Warpath said said high-fived Ironhide.
"Who are you?" Bee asked.
"I'm Ironhide, Warpath's good friend. And trust me, I'm really good when it comes to busting up mechs!" Ironhide chuckled.
"Where's Sideways?" Jazz asked.
"In here being fixed up by my friend Shockwave." Ironhide said guiding them in.
"Man, we are meeting a bunch of people today!" Bee said.
Once inside, Warpath led them to a medical room where Sideways, Shockwave, the insecticons and combaticons were in. Jazz and Bee growled when they saw a severely beaten Brawl and Onslaught! The two mechs were embarrased and ashamed. Vortex, Swindle and Blast Off were huddled with the others examining Sideways.
"YOU TWO ARE SO LUCKY IT WASN'T ME WHO BEAT YOU!" Jazz warned and had to be held back by Bee and Bombshell.
"Sideways you alright?" Bee asked.
"Yeah I'm okay! Where have you guys been?" Sideways asked as Shockwave worked on his dents.
"Out nearly getting lost!" Bee said.
"He'll be okay?" Jazz asked very concerned. Shockwave looked at him with an emotionless look.
"He should make a full recovery, his optics are working good, his dents seem repairable, the claw marks on his chest will be successfully removed and we'll get him new tires. He'll be fine, it's just logic." Shockwave said.
Jazz felt better knowing Sideways was going to be okay, he took one more death glare at the two bullies before looking back at Bee.
"Oh, we found something really cool!" Bee said.
"Really? What?" Barricade asked.
"Well on our way over here, he stumbled into this abandoned cave, we slid around for quite awhile before falling into a river of energon. That's when we found the grave of the lengendary racer that raced all around the planet millions of years ago. Of course his body was reduced to dust, but his hidden golden car parts were scattered around. We took 9 of his nitrous cans that were never used. And so after finding the exit, we ran into Prowl who chased us. But the help of the cans we lost him and came back here. But now we have to worry about him coming back!" Bee explained.
Everyone and the room had "HOLY SHIT" faces on them. Shockwave and Bombshell did their own version of one.
"YOU TWO ARE LEGENDARY, POW!" Warpath yelled.
"Okay everyone, I usually don't work well with people huddled around my patients." Shockwave said.
Everyone leaves so Shockwave could work in peace. Jazz waves to Sideways as they leave too. Sideways waves back till the door closes.
"So Barricade, how much more training does he have left?" Bee asked.
"Not much, the kid is a fast leaner! You know Jazz you got a pretty special cousin there!" Barricade said.
"Yeah, he's very special, but so is my best friend!" Jazz said nudging Bee.
"Aw come here you little runt!" Bee said playfully headlocking Jazz.
"So who's this Prowl you were talking about?" Ironhide asked.
"Well, let's just say, he's someone you really just want to pound your fists into!" Jazz begun!
To be continued...
More and more surprises! Let's hope I can come up with another mabye for the next chapter! However, I think I got one or two more chapters left of this story. It depends if I want to add more things in. I don't know...not much left of what needs to be told...we'll find out soon won't we? Please Review!