Nano-klik = 1 second
Klik = 1 minute
Cycle = 1 hour
Solar-cycle = 1 day
Lunar-cycle = 1 month
Deca-cycle = 3 weeks
Stellar-cycle = 7.5 months
Vorn = 1 year
Meta-cycle = 13 months
Turbo sat on the med berth (having been taken there after Nightstrike was quite literally thrown into the brig) as Lockdown stood before her. He held a welder in his servo, as his hook steadied himself on the berth beside the femme. "Hold still fem. This may sting" he said, as he started to weld the wound shut. He muttered a soft apology as the femme hissed in pain. It didn't take long before he set the welder down. "There you go. Good as new" he announced gently, as he ran a thumb over the new weld.
Turbo mumbled a 'thank you' as she closed her optics. She had to admit that the sensation coming off the fresh weld (as Lockdown rubbed his thumb over it) was not entirely unpleasant. Suddenly his servo fell away as he cleared his vocaliser. "Ok, well that should fully heal within a couple of Solar-cycles" he started as he picked up the welder and moved over to place it in the storage cupboard. "Might wanna get some rest kid. It'll be at least a Cycle and a half before we get to Uraya" he announced as he walked out leaving Turbo to her thoughts.
Turbo lay on her berth, her thoughts kept drifting back to the way Lockdown touched her in the med bay. She couldn't get him out of her processor; she just couldn't stop thinking about how he had brushed his thumb against the fresh weld above her brow. "Turbo, we're here" she heard Lockdown call from the other side if her door. In all honesty, she hadn't even heard him approach, or knock for that matter. "Come on Turbo, let's go kid" he called again.
"Yeah alright, I'm coming" she called back, as she rolled off the berth, landing smoothly on her pedes next to it. She walked over to open the door, grabbing her rifle as she did. "Alright, I'm ready" she said, as she strode past Lockdown to walk towards the brig.
Lockdown easily fell into step beside her as they marched to the brig. It didn't take long to reach their destination, which was fine with Turbo as the silence was beginning doing in her processor. Once they arrived, Lockdown entered first. "Alright Nightstrike, on your pedes" he said (more like barked) in a tone that held no room for protest.
The mech in question simply smirked as his optics fell upon the small femme. His optics scanning up and down her frame; causing the blue and black femme to feel rather self-conscious. "Why, where are we going?" the large mech asked, almost sounding innocent.
"To put you back where you belong" Lockdown growled as he dropped the energon bars. "You're home Nightstrike" he continued, with a slag-consuming grin on his faceplates.
Nightstrikes' smirk dropped almost immediately understanding straight away what the large bounty hunter meant. "Uraya" he whispered with an edge of fear. "No. I can't go back" he said, backing away from the hunter. "I refuse!" he snapped, vocals laced with rage. He placed a pede on the back wall, using it as a launching point. He flung himself at the larger mech, causing them both to fall to the ground.
In the heat of the moment, neither mech noticed Turbo move around so she was directly behind the Autobot. She brought her rifle up, once again set to stun, and shot the autobot before he could do anymore damage to the other hunter. She watched as he slump forward over the black and green mech. She slung her rifle over her helm to mount it on her back, before walking forward to drag the mech off her partner. "I'll be glad when this one is off the ship" she said, as she helped the larger hunter to his pedes.
Lockdown growled slightly as he (once again) leant down to scoop up the autobot. "You and me both kid" he grumbled as he led them both out of the brig. They started down the hall towards the docking bay. "Once we finished here kid. We got another job" he said as they reached the docking bay.
"So soon" the femme answered, as she walked over to the ramp controls. "We haven't even finished one, and we're already on another" she stated more than asked, as she activated the ramp.
Lockdown chuckled as he watched the ramp lower to the ground. "This is a fast paced job kid" he announced, as he started walking down the ramp. "I very rarely ever have down time" he finished as he stepped off the ramp. Turbo was a little shocked at this (though she should not have been at all surprised). She quickly recovered and followed the black and green mech out of the ship.
Lockdown walked down the halls of the Uraya base. He glanced back to ensure that the small femme was still following him, which he was glad to find she was. "Keep up kid" he announced, as he rounded a corner.
Turbo took a few large steps to walk beside the other bounty hunter. "I'm sorry. Just a little nervous" she muttered, as they passed yet another decepticon soldier – who turned to stare at her.
She heard Lockdown chuckle as he shook his helm slightly. "Don't be. You're safe here" he said, as they rounded another corner, ending up in front of a large set of (what Turbo assumed to be the command centre) doors. He pushed the doors open to reveal a room completely full of decepticons. "Bounty Hunters in the house" Lockdown announced, as the two hunters entered the room.
"Ah Lockdown. Glad to see you tracked down our escapee" a feminine voice said. "And who is this?" the voice said.
Turbo looked around to the source of the voice, to find a blue and red femme (large than herself). "This is my partner, Turbo" she heard Lockdown announce.
"Ah, this is the infamous Turbo. Lord Megatron has told me so much about you" the other femme said, as she approached. "My designation is Lynk" she finished as she held out her servo.
Turbo glanced at Lockdown before looking directly at the femme before her. She finally smiled a little as she reached out to grasp Lynks' servo. "All good things I hope" she joked, causing both Lynk and Lockdown to chuckle.
"Of course" Lynk answered. It was at this time that the autobot slung over Lockdowns' shoulder began to stir. Noticing this Lynk called two soldiers. "Blackhawk, Burnout. Take Nightstrike back down to his cell" she said.
"She ma'am" they both said in unison, as they took the autobot from Lockdown and slapped a pair of stasis cuffs on him.
Turbo watched as they took him out of the command centre. "200, 000 credits as promised" she heard Lynk said. She turned to in time to see the femme hand a data disk to the older hunter. "Thank you for retrieving him" she said.
"Our pleasure" Lockdown smirked. "I hate to love ya and leave ya. But we got another job lined up" he said, as he turned towards Turbo. "Until next time Lynk" he said as he started for the door.
"Ok Turbo. You need to be on high alert this time" Lockdown announced as he brought up their new job stats. "Nightstrike was easy compared to this" he said.
Turbo read the mechs details.
Designation: Shockblast
Race: Iaconian – Autobot
Aged: 3200 (Adult)
Charges: Sparkling-napping, sexual assault, rape, grievous bodily harm, murder.
"Holy slag, and here I thought Nightstrike was charming" Turbo said, as she lowered her helm.
"Apparently this one has been causing a lot of trouble for the decepticon forces in Tarn for quite some time" Lockdown announced, typing in their co-ordinates. "We have to act quickly and quietly" he finished, causing the femme to nod.
Turbo raced down the border line to Tarn. She and Lockdown had (once again) decided to split up, against Turbos' better judgement.
:I'm in position: ~ Lockdown
Turbo skidded to a stop right where Lockdown had advised her to. She transformed before darting behind a rock formation.
:I'm in position. Let's get this party started: ~ Turbo
:Don't get cocky now kid: ~ Lockdown
She knew Lockdown was right, but she was a little excited. After a successful first mission with the bounty hunter, she got a taste for the hunt. She unmounted her rifle from behind her back as she dashed to a new hiding spot.
:He's heading your way kid. I'm gonna drive him forward: ~ Lockdown
Turbo gripped her rifle close as she peered out from behind her hiding spot. It didn't take long before their prey made an appearance.
:I see him Lockdown: ~ Turbo
She was about to step out from behind her cover when suddenly the autobot turned to face her hiding spot. Turbo froze, hoping she had not been seen. She could just see as the autobot suddenly smirked, pulling out what appeared to be a remote detonator. "Hope you enjoy the show bounty hunter" he said, as he set off the detonator.
Panic and fear swelled up inside Turbo as a massive explosion went off in the direction the bot had just come (in the direction Lockdown was coming from). She couldn't control her next actions as she shot out from behind her cover. "LOCKDOWN!".
I know another cliffy, I couldn't help myself. Please review and let me know what you think.