Title: The Wrecker and the Moonlight - part 2
Characters: Wheeljack, Prowl, Jazz
Genre: Romance, Family, Adventure
Description: As their relationship blossomed, Moonlight's eager to become a Wrecker is ruined; Wheeljack had left the Wreckers due to it being returned to Ultra Magnus' command. Moonlight goes on a mission to track the Wrecker, thought to be somewhere on Cybertron for departure of a tour of Space, even risking death. Then she discovers about a battle, so she begins her search...
All the Autobots, Wreckers, and the others were brought to the bridge, surrounded by Vehicon troops, all brought before the Warlord himself.
"Optimus, you surprise me!" Megatron was surprised to see the Prime. "All this for a lonely Wrecker. I presumed from Cybertron's history, Autobots didn't work with Wreckers, but now I see that this is not the case. Prey, why do you rescue a lonely Wrecker with no value to the Autobots?"
Optimus didn't reply, only sending death glares to the Warlord, refusing to answer.
"So it seems that way. Prey, why would you all risk your lives to save a Wrecker? Surely only his Wrecker comrades come to his aid, but the rest of you amaze me? Including you, Prowl, or should I say, Lord Prowl of Praxus."
"Because he is important, and I won't reveal anymore than that!" the Praxien replied, remaining cool not to give away too much.
"Well to you, I'm amazed he is," Megatron's gaze turned towards Moonlight, who had been knelt beside Wheeljack the whole time. He saw her glance, and smiled. "Now I see... You two are an item, you're together. And this Moonlight is a cousin of yours Praxien. Now it all fits in."
Megatron walked closer to the bots, Moonlight stood up in his way.
"Leave him alone!"
Megatron grabs her by her neck, and lifts her off her feet. "And prey why would I?! This mech holds valuable information to energon mining grounds, and hiding a secret source of energy from me, I'd like to find out what that secret is!"
Vehicon troops stepped forward and dragged the Wrecker away to the side, the others all held their weapons up to the bots to stop them stepping in.
"You're all fools to think you could stop me!" Megatron laughed. "Once we extract that information, he'll be of no use to me. And, I won't release him back into your care. He'll be useful for Knockout's experiments."
"So you haven't extracted the information yet?" Moonlight asked.
"No. Not yet."
"Then what in Primus have you been wasting your time for the past month?!"
Megatron growled at Moonlight, tightening his grip around her neck. "You question me!?"
"No! I do!"
The Warlord turned around, to be delivered a roundhouse kick to his head, sending the Decepticon flying backwards, and crashing into the controls at the back of the room, releasing his grip on Moonlight as this happened.
Wheeljack stepped forward and caught Moonlight before she could be injured, and gently drops her to stand on her own feet.
This prompted the others to join in, withdrawing their own weapons and attacking all the troops.
"If we're going to have any hope of getting out of here now, we'd need to disable the ship's cloaking shield, so Ratchet can pinpoint our location!" Wheeljack told the group. "Overheard Buckethead talking about it earlier this week."
"But we can't disable it through here! We need to locate the controls immediately!" Roadbuster replied.
"Buckethead would keep it hidden out of plain sight incase intruders got onto his ship, we need to check the obscure places first."
"Understood, Jackie," Roadbuster turned to Prowl. "Think you can pinpoint it's location from here."
"I can try," Prowl replied, running over to the control panel, and working fast on the keys.
Soundwave stood out into view, extracts one of the tentacles from his chasis, and fires it towards the Praxien, giving him an electric shock, knocking him out.
"Soundwave! Stand down!" Prime ordered.
The mech didn't listen, and opens a groundbridge behind the group, extracts the other tentacle, walking towards the bots to get them into the portal. His tentacles aim at Moonlight, who covered her optics.
Wheeljack stepped in, grabbing the two lines, using them to his advantage by tugging, and spins Soundwave, letting go, sending the mech flying into the control panels on the other side of the room, falling off them, and into the green portal himself.
Moonlight uncovered her optics just as Soundwave went into the groundbridge and it closed behind him. "Wonder where he went?"
"No time to think about that," Wheeljack helped her to her feet.
"Prowler?" Jazz ran over to the mech, helping him up.
"I'm Ok, Jazz," Prowl rubbed his helm. "Only injury was impact on the hard surface." He returned to the control panel, and continued his work. "While I search, get moving and find that control panel!"
Optimus nodded. "We'll send for the groundbridge once back at base to get you two out."
Prowl nodded, continuing his search on the panel.
"I'll stay here and be backup," Smokescreen replied. "Incase troops are deployed."
The others left, all exiting the bridge to find the panel.
Vehicons came at all angles, The Autobots shooting down all the troops that got in the way. Arcee and Bumblebee would kick and punch some of the cons, Bulkhead bashes the cons with his wrecking balls, the Wreckers shooting down the Cons, also providing melee attacks.
Smokescreen and Jazz had their weapons withdrawn, aimed at the entrance to the bridge incase troops came in. On time, group after group of Vehicon troops entered, including the flyers and ground based of the cons, all shooting and aiming at the mechs. Jazz used his shield as cover, firing at the bots, Smokescreen had good aim at aiming at the spark chambers of the troops.
Then more and more came in with less being shot down.
"Surrender!" one of the troops ordered.
Smokescreen and Jazz looked at one another, before Prowl walked between them, standing before the troops.
"Last chance to surrender, Autobots!"
Only a small curve of a smile appeared on Prowl's lips.
The troops tilted their heads to the side, before all stepping back in shock from the small fireball appearing in the Praxien's hand. He raised his arm to his back, and swings his arm around forward. The fireball speeds towards the troops, and upon impact, the troops all exploded into parts, the fireball travelled in a straight line obliterating all the troops in its line of sight.
"Whoa..." Smokescreen was speechless.
The Praxien then brought his hands together, out stretched infront of him, facing the troops, a huge gust of air sends the troops flying back towards the wall, most falling unconsious on impact, some of their heads breaking off at the force. Only 5 troops remained.
They all started firing at Prowl. He only smiled, only holding his hands out infront of him, a shield barrier appears. The shots hit the shield, and are blasted back at the troops. Smokescreen and Jazz step out the barrier, and fire at the remaining troops, knocking them all out.
"Whoa whoa whoa," Smokescreen was shocked at the actions.
Prowl smiled. "Heritage." He went back to his work on the control panel, his fingers running all over the control panel at lighting speed, before there is a small ping.
"Found it," Prowl answered. He then locates Prime and the others, before activating his comlink.
Optimus and the others were fighting down the troops, taking cover and firing at the enemy line, when his comlink rings.
"Prime, I managed to locate the control panel to the ship's cloaking."
"Good job Prowl, where is it from our current location?!"
"About a two minute run from your current location, in the Eastern part of the ship. Same floor you are on... I'll guide whoever goes to it."
"Copy that!" Optimus turned to Wheeljack. "Go to the control panel and deactivate it! Prowl will guide you."
"Come!" Wheeljack said to Moonlight, Bulkhead. Impactor, Pyro, Arcee and Bumblebee followed as back up.
The group ran down corridor after corridor with Prowl guiding them,
"Take the next turning on the right, then a left, on the next right will be some troops!"
Upon reaching that turning, the team fired on the troops, and continued down the path.
Reaching their destination, the door opened, revealing...
"Starscream!"
The seeker turned around. "Attack!" he ordered his seeker armada.
The troops all fired at the team, being shot down and knocked unconsious from some melee attacks, before the team fired at Starscream, who as a coward, transformed into his jet form, and flew off down the corridor to escape.
Running over the control panel, Wheeljack taps into the shield, and attempts to remove it.
"It only has a 'temporarily' shutdown, only got 5 minutes," Wheeljack said. "What's the access code to?"
"52446541"
Wheeljack typed it in, and it was granted. "Shield is down!"
The team turned on their heels, and began making their way back down to the others. Prowl, Jazz and Smokescreen immediately left their post.
"Ratchet, we disabled the shield, we'll all group up for groundbridging!" Prowl said.
"I'll be on standby. I got the ship's location co-ordinates. Give me the co-ordinates when you're all grouped and I'll bridge you back."
Heading down the corridors, the troops were losing, many of them where shot down.
Wheeljack and the others arrived at Optimus' location. "Shield is disabled, we got another 2 minutes before it activates again. Prowl and the others are on their way here now."
"We'll hold off the troops till they arrive, we'll meet on the ship's deck!" Optimus replied. "Let's move!" He activates his comlink. "Get to the ship's flight deck!"
"We're almost there now, meet you there!" Prowl replied.
"Copy that!"
Shooting down more of the troops, the teams both arrive at the surface and regroup.
"Good work Prowl," Optimus said. "Now we.."
"Prime!"
Optimus turned around as Megatron dived at him, colliding into the red and blue mech, sending them both flying down the other side of the deck.
The groundbridge opened behind the team.
"Get inside!" Ultra Magnus ordered.
The Autobots ran into the groundbridge, then the Wreckers...
Wheeljack turned around, and took a shot. It slowly approached Megatron, colliding with his face, sending the mech backwards onto the ground. "Prime, come on!"
Optimus transformed and drove towards the groundbridge, both mechs entering, before everyone was safely at base, the groundbridge closed behind them.
Megatron got to his feet, and gave a loud yell.
TFP Prowl is my idea of a mech who can bend the elements, described as a 'gift' as the Lord of Praxus, kind of an ancestors' heritage he gained.
MEGATRON LOST! *jumps for joy* WHEELJACK IS SAFE! *cartwheels*