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Chapter 12
"Relics?" Optimus asks Ratchet.
"Yes Optimus. All of them. We need all of them in order to build the weapon."
"How exactly do we do that?"
"If we place them in a certain formation, they should connect like puzzle pieces."
"And we could do anything with the weapon?"
"Yes. Anything. Even bring back Cybertron."
Optimus optics widened, "We cannot let this fall into Decepticon hands."
"Agreed, but as long as we have at least one of the relics, they cannot build the weapon."
"Do you know where the relics are?"
"Yes. I decoded the coordinates for each one."
"Then we mustn't waste any time."
"Wait," Bluestreak steps forward, "Let me go with."
"Are you sure Bluestreak?" Optimus asks placing a hand on his shoulder.
"I'm sure Optimus. I'll do my best." He answers confidently.
Optimus turns around to Ratchet and gazes down at him, "Ratchet, where are the first coordinates?"
"In Manhattan. I'm do not know the exact location, but it is somewhere on the island. Manhattan is highly populated. Highly. I suggest bringing a small team accompanied with some of the humans."
Optimus nods his head and turns to the rest of us, "Arcee, Jack, Bluestreak and Parker. You four will go search Manhattan while the rest of us search for the next one." Raf and Miko look down upset that they won't be going, but since we are going to a populated place, looking like you're old enough to drive is key.
Ratchet punches in the coordinates and activates the bridge. Arcee transforms while Jack puts on his motorcycle helmet. Then, Bluestreak transforms and I hop in the driver's side. When we are all set, we wave goodbye and drive through.
For one relic, Manhattan is a lot of ground to cover for the four of us. We teleport below ground in a subway where the tracks fork off. We don't know where they lead so Arcee and Jack take the one on the left while Bluestreak and I take the one on the right. Apparently, the right path leads above ground. The city is huge and so different from Jasper. There are stores everywhere and tall buildings that go higher than I have ever seen. People are everywhere. Crossing the streets, walking, on their phones, talking, shopping, eating. I didn't know this many people existed.
Bluestreak and I drive around, weaving through traffic and searching for any sign of the relic. After about an hour and a half of searching, we start to get restless.
"Any Decepticon activity?" Arcee asks over the comm.
"I don't see anything." Bluestreak answers.
"I'm not getting any signals." Ratchet adds.
"Maybe they beat us to it." She says with a disappointed tone.
"Let's just keep looking." Bluestreak tells her then the comm link falls silent.
"What are we looking for?" I ask gazing out the window searching for anything out of the ordinary.
"It's called the Apex Armor. It's like a disc that can give you super strong armor. It's awesome. I mean it sounds awesome. I haven't seen it before. Ratchet just told me what it looks like."
I smile at the sound of his voice. It sounds light and comforting, like it used to. I hope this means he's doing better.
We stop at a street light and Bluestreak groans. I keep looking around, not seeing anything, but feeling something. It feels like I'm being pulled and then something catches my eyes in the reflection of the window. The outside of my shirt, directly over my heart, is glowing. I peer down at my chest and see the light color glowing a soft blue. The light turns green before Bluestreak starts driving and when he starts to drive forward, my heart gradually gets brighter and brighter then starts to fade.
"Blue, wait." He slams on his brakes and the car skids to a halt, the cars behind us honking. He flashes his hazard lights and they drive around him.
"What's wrong?"
I unbuckle my belt and gaze through the back window.
"Make a U-Turn. Go back down...please."
"Yes ma'am." He says sarcastically. I smile again.
He makes a U-turn at the next light and the same thing happens. The outside of my heart glows bright before fading away. I tell him to do it again and we drive up and down the same road about five times before I ask him a question, "You said it looks like a disc right?"
"Yeah something like that."
"Go back down again."
We do and this time instead of staring down at my heart, I search the buildings, sidewalks, everything on the side of the road, but can't seem to find anything.
"Bluestreak could you pull over?"
"Do you see it?"
"No, I don't."
"Then why are we pulling over?"
"I'm not really sure." I pop open the door and look out to the street. I glance at car's hubcaps, glowing LED building signs, tables, benches, everything, but nothing even comes close. Maybe it's underground.
"Bluestreak, could you tell Arcee to lock onto our coordinates, but stay underneath us?"
He contacts Arcee telling her to relocate so she is directly below us and to search that straightaway for anything. She agrees and within minutes she calls us back telling us that she is below. They search down there while I keep looking around above ground. I get back in the driver's seat really quick, "I'm going to take a walk." I snatch my sweatshirt and put it on so hopefully no one can see the glowing.
"Wait Parker-" He whispers, but I shut the door. I don't mean to be rude, but the relic is so close. I can feel it.
I walk up and down the street searching for a disc. I glance down alleyways, but still find nothing. I reach the end of the street and wait behind a group of people to cross the street. I decide to check the other side of the road, hoping that it's over there somewhere. A white "Walk" sign glows and the huge group pushes and shoves their way through. Struggling to keep up, I run head on into someone coming from the opposite direction.
"Hey watch where you're going!" He shouts angrily while I fall onto the ground. No one offers to help and I feel like I'm back at school again. Exhaling a breath, I start to stand up until something shines in my eye. I turn my head down the middle of the street. Something sitting in the center of the road is shimmering. I quickly get up and rush across the crosswalk to the pavement. I stare at the black road and that's when I see it. "Oh my God…" I whisper to myself. The silver disc is engraved with a blue circle in the center and is more triangular and edgy than I thought it would be. Of all places, the Apex Armor is being used as a sewer lid. I pull on my hood, tightening it around my head to hide my face and, when the traffic is stopped by a red light and the street is clear, I run out and snatch it. Racing to Bluestreak, he opens the door for me and I hop in placing the Apex Armor in the passenger's seat and he takes off.
"Ha! Primus, I can't believe it! How'd you know it was there?" Bluestreak cheers.
I shrug, "Just a hunch."
Bluestreak contacted the others saying that we had found it. Arcee and Jack had run into some Decepticons, but it wasn't anything they couldn't handle. Just scouts sent to look for it. As for us, we left just as they were coming above ground to search. Ratchet bridged us back to base and once I got out of Bluestreak, he transforms.
"By the fraggin All Spark, how did you find it? How did you know?" Bluestreak holds his head in his hands, "We were just driving up and down the street. I thought for sure it was under us, but you kept looking and you found it being used as a sewer lid. Of all places!"
Ratchet looks at us with an expression of confusion, "What are you rambling about?" He tosses Ratchet the Apex Armor and he clumsily catches it. His eyes widen, "The Apex Armor? Already? How did you-"
"It was all Parker. I don't know how she did it, but it was amazing!"
I smile sheepishly as Ratchet flips the Apex Armor in his hands, "How did you do this?"
His eyes dart from me to the armor while he waits for n answer. "I um…" I consider telling him about the glowing, about how it helped us get the relic easily, but hold back. "I um... just got a feeling." I clear my throat, "How are Optimus and the others doing?"
Ratchet shrugs, "I haven't heard anything from them."
"What are they getting?"
"The Immobilizer in Death Valley. I'm hoping they'll be back soon."
I nod my head and, when silence builds up and Ratchet returns to his work, slowly walk away back to my room. The whole way there, I can feel Bluestreak's stare burn into my back.
The Autobots ran into some difficulty when retrieving the Immobilizer. The Decepticons had beat them to the location, but after a hard fight we ended up taking it and doing some damage to the Decepticon's fleet. They got back late at night and retired to the recharging chambers a few minutes ago. Meanwhile, I've been laying in bed trying to wrap my head around the fact the the shard in my heart could glow bright enough to illuminate the outside skin. I don't even know why it happened. I convince myself it happens to the Autobots, but just doesn't shine through their external armor. Deciding to let it go, I turn over and focus as best as I can on getting a full night's sleep.
