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Lizzie: Another chapter already?

Paul: Have I gone insane? She never updates this fast.

Authoress: Hey! I try to but it just never works out that way. Of course, that is also because this chapter is shorter than the others.

Ch. 11: A Happy Little Working...Oh Scrap.

I was running through an open, dead field. The ground beneath my feat send up dust with every step that I took. But, I couldn't let that bother me as a roar sounded from behind. This roar was one that I had heard somewhere before but could not place. Footsteps from behind told me that the beast was getting closer and closer to me, whatever it was. But, just as I thought that it was going to catch me, the footsteps paused and the growling stopped. When I turned, I saw the husk of something dead. But, it was not the sight of the dead being that caused me to start to back up. No, it was the being on top. The eyes were glowing purple and it seemed to be staring straight at me. I then watched as the being touched the dead beast. When it did, a purple energy traveled to the beast and, at first, nothing happened. But, after a few seconds, its eyes snapped open, now the same violet as the beast.

"Lizzie wake up!"

I shot up from my sleep and struck out. It was only the yelp that followed that told me that I was in the clear. My mind took a few seconds to clear and that was when I realized that I had hit something when I woke up. When I turned to my right, I saw that the 'something' had been Paul's face.

"Paul are you okay?" I asked him in worry as I crawled out of bed and knelt down next to him.

He sat up and nodded. "Yeah. I came in here to check on you and that was when I realized that you were having a nightmare. I have been trying to wake you up for a few minutes. What was the nightmare about?"

I tried to think about it but, for the life of me, I couldn't remember. It seemed that I never could remember my nightmares or dreams when I needed to. "I can't remember Paul. I can never remember my dreams or nightmares." something then crossed my mind. "Hey, what are you doing up so early anyways?"

Paul then stood up, me following, and said, "Well, I woke up a while ago and couldn't fall back asleep."

I glanced at the clock next to me and groaned. It was only five in the morning. Why did life have to hate me so much? But, I knew that there was no way that I was going to be able to get back to sleep so I said, "Okay. So, what are we going to be doing today?"

Paul smiled. "Well, I talked to Optimus while you were out racing the other day and told him that we were not going to be at base today."

Okay, that caught my attention. "Why?"

He smiled. "When you get ready, get some work clothes on. You are going to need it." He then left my room.

I shook my head in confusion but did as he said. Once I was finished with my shower and getting into my work clothes, I walked downstairs and smile when I smelled the wondrous scent of bacon. As in the words of a great man; Mmm, bacon.

"Okay Paul, what the frag is going on today?" I asked as I walked in. I smiled when I saw the bacon sitting on the plate. Bacon was a great way to wake up on such an early morning.

"Well," Paul started, "there is something big that we need to change, but it will take a lot of time."

I raised an eyebrow. "Paul, it is five thirty in the morning. My mind is still asleep and too tired to play games."

He let out a laugh as he served the bacon before saying, "Fine. We are going to be going to the Harbinger to start fixing it up. I don't want it to fall into Decepticon servos. Plus, with how things have started to change here, I want to be fully prepared and armed just in case."

"So, how long will these repairs take us?" I asked him. That ship was not only split in half, but ancient. Who knew how long it had been there in a state of disrepair. We had better not have to get this done by tomorrow or I was going to have to be dragged down there.

Paul seemed to be doing some mental calculations before saying, "Well, if the two of us work really hard, we should be done by the time that the Omega Lock gets destroyed."

I frowned. While that was quite some time away, the notion of us two having to work on it alone was going to be awful. But, at least it didn't have to be done today. I shoved my last piece of bacon in my mouth and swallowed it before saying, "Ok, let's get going. The earlier we start, the more we are going to get done."

He nodded as he finished off his bacon before the two of us grabbed our bags. We then walked out to the garage and I stared at the two vehicles. I wasn't sure which one we should take. Both had their advantages and disadvantages.

"We are taking the car. I've already packed some stuff in there." Paul stated.

I nodded and hopped into the passenger seat. I didn't know how to get the Harbinger from here so Paul would have to drive. Hopefully, the ride wouldn't be very long. Paul soon got in and started the engine before pulling out and heading out of town. It was still dark out so I was able to glance up and admire the moon. Call me weird, but I liked the moon a lot better then I did the sun. It held such wonder and beauty behind it that we could actually admire and not be blinded by. It was clean and yet shown light. It also allowed us to see the star filled night sky, even with its light glowing. It held so many mysteries that it made me wonder what it would be like to walk on it. Just once.

"Lizzie." Paul started, drawing my attention to him. "When we get there, we have to start with getting the systems online. We'll have to save most of the heavy lifting for later. Once we get the systems up, then I can use them to scan for other Autobots besides Team Prime who might be in this solar system. We are going to need all the help we can get. Plus, we can use the new recruits to help with the heavy lifting."

I nodded. "Great. Only problem is we have no idea who is still online and who else might pick up on signal. What if the 'Cons trace this. Plus, we will have to set up security measures to make sure that the Decepticons won't know that we have activated the Harbinger's systems."

Paul nodded and he soon drove under an arch that I recognized from the show. We were almost there. It only took a few more minutes for us to drive inside the ship. Once we were a good ways down the hallway, Paul stopped and we both got out.

"Okay," Paul started. "the bridge should be up ahead. From there, we will e able to take care of fixing the communication array and the tracking systems."

I nodded and followed Paul. Soon, we were walking inside of said room and I stared. It reminded me so much of the Nemesis that, for a second, I half expected Starscream to suddenly walk through. "Well, let's get to work." I stated with a smile before walking toward one of the consoles.

"Lizzie, you will need to cross the red and blue wires underneath that panel to help us block the energy signal that this ship will send out when we get it running." Paul yelled to me as he started working on a panel on the opposite side of the room.

"Got it!" I yelled as I accessed the panel underneath and looked for the two wires that Paul just mentioned. They were near the middle of the panel and so I had to move a few wires to get to them. Once I was there, I grabbed the wires and switched them. When I did though, I got a rather painful shock.

"Frag!" I yelled as I jumped back, my fingers throbbing with slight pain. "FRAG!" I yelled again as my head met the top of the panel I was working in due to my jump back.

I worked my way out and sat down, massaging my hands and my head. Why did luck have to hate me so much? "Lizzie, are you okay?" Paul asked as he ran over to me.

I nodded. "Yeah, just going to have a major headache after this. One of the wires shocked me when I was switching it."

Paul nodded and said, "Okay. These wires are older so please be careful. If you get shocked again, I want you to take a small break."

I nodded and then asked, "So, now what needs done?"

Paul motioned to the panel I was working in and said, "Next I need you to get the communication up for that panel. Once we have that up, it will help just in case we need to make an emergency call."

I nodded and was about to go over when I realized that we were missing something. Something that I always had when working. I needed to concentrate. "Hey Paul, can we hook some music up to this and get some tunes playing. That would make this work go so much faster."

He stared at me and sighed before saying, "Fine. Before you do the communications for that console, go up to the main console there in the front. You will need to cross the green and black wires to access the search programs that allow this ship to gain access to the information of the planets that it visits. But, the wires might be frayed so, if that is the case, you'll have to replace them with wires that I brought from home." He then motioned to his bag. "They are in there. The colors should be the same."

I nodded and walked up tot he console with Paul's bag. I wasn't going to walk all the way over there and find out that I needed to replace the wires and have to walk all the way back to get Paul's bag to walk all the way back to the panel. No, this was much easier.

When I got to the panel, I took of the cover and coughed as a typhoon of dust swept over me...okay, maybe not that much but still, it was a lot of dust. Once my coughing fit was over, I pulled myself into the panel, for it was big enough for me to do that, and I looked around until I found the wires that Paul had been talking about. The green one looked fine and I took out the one end to cross it with the black when I saw that the black one was frayed. So, I carefully took it out and tossed it back on the bridge before taking the extra that Paul brought and putting it in.

What I didn't expect was a feedback jolt that threw me out of the panel. "Ow." I whispered, to in shock to move. Why was my luck so bad today?

"Lizzie, what happened?" Paul asked as he again ran up to me.

I sat up and groaned before saying, "When I switched the wires, there was some major feedback."

"Can I take you anywhere without you getting hurt?" Paul asked with a smirk.

I let out a laugh before saying, "No, but luckily I recover quickly." I then glanced at the screen and saw that it was on and doing something. "Um, Paul,"

"Yeah Lizzie?" He asked.

"What is the screen doing?" And I pointed to said screen as I asked that.

He glanced at the screen that was above to panel I had been thrown out of and I watched as his face turned to shock. "Lizzie, what else did you touch in there?"

"Nothing!" I immediately responded. But, after some thinking, I realized something. "I might have hit something when I was thrown out though. Why?"

He crawled up to the top of the panel and I followed him before saying, "Well, this screen is already doing searches for any bots in our solar system that are not being cloaked."

"But, since the war is going on, most bots are going to be using the cloaking." I said as I glanced up at the screen.

Paul nodded. "Yes, and I hope that this screen will be able to distinguish between Autobot and Decepticon energy signals. If it can't, then we are so royally fragged."

I nodded and then glanced at my watch. "Hey, it's lunch time."

He looked at me in surprise. "Already! We have barely gotten anything done!"

I nodded. "You're telling me? It is already two o'clock. Why does it feel like time is going by fast just to taunt with us?"

He shrugged his shoulders and the two of us set about eating the small packed lunch that Paul packed for us. The lunch, which was just some ham and cheese sandwiches, was pretty good. But, neither of us talked much during it. Guess we had a lot on our minds at the moment. Well, I still had leftover electricity going through mine and that was causing me to have the most random thoughts. The one thought going through my mind as I finished my sandwich was that this room would be awesome to have a dance in. We could have the multi-colored lights and use the screens to post awesome color shows to keep people entertained.

The thought of music reminded me as to why I was over at the other panel in the first place. So, I stood up and walked over to the panel.

"What are you doing Lizzie?" Paul asked in a very suspicious way.

I sighed as I climbed up the panel before saying, "Just putting on some music. Remember? That was why I reconnected this panel in the first place." I then randomly typed a few things before realizing that I needed Primus' expertise. "Primus, could you come up here and help me?"

He nodded and came up before saying, "You know, maybe I should teach you how to read Cybertronian. It would help you if you are ever in a tight situation."

Meh. I didn't want to go through any more school but hopefully the lessons with Paul would be fun. "Okay, but don't make them boring. I would think that I was in school."

He let out a laugh and said, "Whatever you say Lizzie." He then motioned to an opening on the panel and said, "Ok, just plug your music in there and then it will play. Just don't do something annoying."

I nodded and dug out my phone before plugging it in. "Don't worry Paul, my music is fun." I then went to my media and hit for a random song to come on. I laughed when 'Trashin the Camp sung by Phil Colins and N'Sync came on.

"I guess this I okay." Paul said.

I jumped down from the point that I had crawled down from and said, "It is better then okay!" I then grabbed his arms and said, "Come on. Let's get back to work."

Paul nodded and so we started to walk in our opposite directions. Of course, I didn't tell him what else I had planned.

"But Lizzie," Paul started. "There is to be absolutely no,"

I knew what he was going to say so I immediately turned around and did the exact opposite. I started to sing.

"Wap pap pada doo wa wa!" I sang out.

"I'm going to get you Lizzie!" Paul yelled as he ran at me.

I let out a laugh before zooming out of the way. We circled around each other for quite some time, during which I grabbed my bag and he grabbed his, before I bolted out of the main room and down the hallway.

"Not if I outrun you old man!" I yelled behind myself as I put on some speed. I knew I wasn't going to outrun Paul for long. Hopefully, I would be able to hide before that could happen. But, only time would tell if I was going to be able to do that. As I bolted around the corner, I found a door that was open so I quickly ran inside and shut the door before Primus could come near. Hopefully, he wouldn't find me inside.

I jumped when a light came on and I glanced around to see where I was. It took me to realize that I was in some sort of lab. It was strange that some of this stuff was still running by itself and yet the main computers were still going. My mind immediately went to the episode in season two where 'Screamer made the clones and I realized that this room looked different yet. There was so much more space and it seemed like it was much brighter than the room that he was in.

"Whoa." I whispered, forgetting that I was hiding from Paul. This was way too important than hiding. This was a lab that I hadn't seen before.

But, before I could get very far, Paul walked in. "Lizzie, are you in here?"

"Yeah Paul. I'm over here." I said because, when the door opened, I was somewhat behind it so he probably didn't see me.

He walked around and said, "Hey, let's get back to the main room and finish fixing the panels. We can come explore in here more later on. I want to get the electrical repairs finished before we even think about exploring anything."

I really wanted to explore the lab some more but Paul had a point. We had to get everything important working before we could do anything risky. If one of us got hurt, we would need the main communication system working. So, I nodded and followed him back to the main room.

We stayed at the ship for about five more hours. In that time, we got most of the systems running on most of the ship. Now we just had the med bay, brig, the lab that 'Screamer had used to make his clones, and the lab that I had found. But, of course, with how things would be going with the Autobots soon, we wouldn't have time to come back here until much later. Probably during the episode where Jack and Arcee meet up with Airachnid again and June finds out about the bots. But, only time would tell.

Once we were home, it was seven thirty so we cooked dinner and had a bite to eat before we got ready for bed and went upstairs. The work had been hard so we decided that we were going to head straight to bed. As I laid down though, I shuddered. Tomorrow would begin the resurrection of Megatron. While I didn't hate him, I definitely didn't like him. He was sort of in the middle. But, what I did know was that he was ruthless and that he was not going to be fun to deal with.

When I felt myself start to fall asleep, I allowed myself one last thought;

Tomorrow was going to change everything.

Authoress: *hums JAWS theme*

Lizzie: Shut up Authoress.

Paul: Yes, we know that next chapter is going to be as scary as heck. Now stop that!

Authoress: *smirks* Fine. But just think about this; if I don't get the scary out now, than that means that I have to get it out in the chapter. *walks away*

Paul and Lizzie: WAIT AUTHORESS! *run after*

AN: Well, this was a fast update. Next chapter will not be updated as quickly but I'll try my hardest to get it out as quickly as I can. Hope you all liked this little chapter. It foreshadows a lot of stuff that happens in the future. Also, the next few chapters will be with the episodes so you don't need to worry about that. XD Until next time though, please drop a review to say high. *runs from Lizzie and Paul*