I let out a gasp as air flooded my lungs, the light blinded my wide eyes, and the sound of fighting of Cybertronian proportions rang in my ears. All around me, Cybertronians were fighting: blasters roared, swords clanged, and ambushes popped up everywhere. I spun quickly to the side as a 'con barreled toward me and into another Decepticon. What was going on? 'Cons fighting 'cons? That wasn't normal right? 'Bots were fighting the 'cons as well, but that was to be expected. I edged against the back wall as a 'bot fell in front of me, jumping right back up and continuing on.
"'Saders!" A voice yelled out, and I saw almost all the 'cons and all the 'bots move their optics in the direction of the voice. "We lost her! Find Miko!" I jerked my head in the direction of the 'bot or 'con, whichever symbol he bore, and my mouth dropped into an 'O' of surprise. Miko was here? Now? Hope filled me as I swiveled my head in all directions, hoping to find my mischievous sister somewhere in the fray.
"This what you're looking for?" A voice smirked, and I screamed as cold metal fingers grabbed me around the waist and hoisted me up high. "Lost little Miko indeed." The voice smirked, and my mind blanked as I was held in front of a huge 'con. The fighting stilled as the ''Saders' realized I had been kidnapped, what they didn't know was I was Miki, not Miko my sister. Indignation finally overrode my paralyzing freak out.
"Let me go! What do you think you're doing? Put me down, now!" I ordered hotly. "I'm warning you, you vile, whack job idiotic-"
"Miki! She's here Raf!" Jack's voice shouted in the sudden lull.
"Miki?" The 'con holding me said confused. "Well, you may not be who they're looking for, but I still have a hostage it seems."
"Let her go, you big bully!" Raf yelled, and relief flooded me as my two friends ran into the room.
"More humans? On my ship? Terminate them! Now you fools!" The 'con holding me roared, and I paled as a cannon was pulled out and locked on target.
"NO! You can't! Please! Stop!" I begged in fear, and watched as the cannon glowed. "Run guys!" I screamed, and my friends skedaddled out of the line of fire. The cannon shot off round after round, but by fate or sheer dumb luck the boys dodged and avoided the blasts, and I was sure Bulk would be proud if he could see them.
"Crusaders!" A familiar voice screamed above the blasts. "Save the boys! 'Saders, attack! This is what we came here to do, unless you all forgot. And somebody, SAVE MY SISTER!" The voice screamed in annoyance, and I gaped as I looked across the space separating me from my only twin, Miko Nakadai. "Hey sis." I saw her mouth, and gave a somehow cheerful and grim wave in my direction.
"M-Miko?" I breathed, and Miko just smiled and jumped onto the shoulder of a 'con. The fighting started up again as a 'con, one of 'Crusaders', or whatever Miko had been talking about, came tearing in my direction. I braced for the collision as my captor was slammed to the ground, and I was forcibly ripped from my captor's grip. The 'Sader was none to gentle, and I screamed as he broke one of (okay, all of) my ribs.
"Quake, we're not trying to kill her." Miko's voice came with a smiling reprimand. "Not today anyway." I whimpered and gasped in pain as I was jostled in the 'con's grip. "Geez Quake, what did you do to her?" Miko asked shocked when she saw me in the Cybertronian's hand.
"Miko I-" Quake began, but his words were cut off as one of the real Decepticons came barreling into his side. I was thrown from Quake's hand, and slamming into the wall I let out an ear piercing scream and sobbed as the pain escalated and I had to scream and scream and scream.
"Miki! Miki!" A voice called urgently, and opening a tear filled eye I saw Raf and Jack racing toward me. Raf reached me first, and falling to his knees he looked my broken body over in horror.
"Miki." He breathed just as Jack reached me.
"We need to move her out of the line of fire." He said grimly after accessing our situation. "Raf, she's bleeding profusely, we need to make her a tourniquet or something." I smiled dreamily as I realized he sounded so much like his mom. He would make a good doctor, I thought sleepily. "Miki, don't you dare fall asleep. You have to stay awake, okay?" A bang soared over our heads with an angry roar, blowing a chunk of wall out and raining down on us. We all looked up in horror, waiting for our dooms, but my sister (actually being practical and in charge for once) shouted for someone to save 'that dumb sister of mine'. Well excuse me if your friend crushed all my ribs, I am so sorry my ribs got crushed during all this craziness; what was I thinking? Completely inconsiderate. I grumbled mentally as Jack, Raf, and I were shoved out of the way of the debris. Jack and Raf carefully maneuvered me closer to the wall as 'cons rushed by, and then a blaring red light echoed over the warship.
"Oh no, the control panel's been breached!" A 'con realized in horror. "We need to evacuate! Everyone, get to an escape pod, we'll exact our revenge later you pathetic Crusaders. Just you wait." My original captor warned as he lead the escape.
"We need to get out as well, good job 'saders. Let's get out of here while there's still time." A 'sader spoke calmly, brushing concrete bits off his metal like this was a normal day at the office. "And comrades, we took the other ship in less than 15 minutes. Sloppy, sloppy, if you ask me." The 'sader tsked, putting his hands behind his back as he walked into a ground bridge. The sullen 'saders all grumbled as they shuffled into the bridge as the warship began a descent into the dark waters of the frozen Alaskan waters.
"Quake get my sister! Red, have the portal's coordinates reset." Miko screamed over the blaring alarms as she hopped into a 'sader's hand. Quake headed toward us, and I thought it was weird that he was almost all black. To dark, I mused as my eyes spotted with stars and blackness.
"We don't have time, Miko. We'll have to take the boys as well." The other 'sader, Red, shook his head.
"The water's going to be deep enough for me to get them home in time." Miko replied crossing her arms defiantly.
"I'm not worried about depth, Miko, I'm worried about pressure. You won't survive much deeper." Red argued worriedly.
"Well stop arguing and it'll be over, okay? Besides, Breaker wouldn't like it if they came, and you know it." Miko retorted, and sighing and making a face that only some one who's met Miko Nakadai can make, spoke into an intercom system asking for the redirection of the portal. "Where, Miss Nakadai?" Red asked brusquely.
"Autobot base, they'll be safest there." Miko nodded in reply, looking at us three with a wistful smile. "I'm sorry, guys, but we're not going to be having one of those tearful reunions. To bad though, I've needed a hug really bad and the 'saders can't give me one without killing me. Tough times these are, huh?"
"Miko, you have to come back with us, we miss you." Raf cried miserably.
"Aw Raf, I've missed you too. That's why I left you with Miki, I knew she could keep you happy. Haven't you been having fun with her, Raf?" Miko asked softly, a sweet smile taking over her face.
"Sorta." Raf replied quietly.
"'Sorta'?" I demanded, looking at him angrily and snapping out of the coma I was probably entering unless I got some medical attention. How much blood had I lost anyway? How much can you lose until your dead? I don't want to die, I have a test in math next week...
"And what about you, Jack? Been to bored?" Miko asked with a cheerful smile.
"It's not been as interesting without you around." Jack replied, and I knew he wished Miko would close the gap between them. She was high up aloft on the 'sader's hand, and we were down here looking up at her.
"I knew it, and Miki dear...we need to get you to a hospital like now." Miko realized with a calmness I didn't know my sister even had.
"No duh." I murmured, unsure if she heard me or not.
"Well, good bye Raf, Jack. I'll get back to the base one of these days. Quake, throw the boys through." Miko decided, and the 'sader reached down, grabbed both boys and shoved them through the portal.
"MIKO! MIKI!" One of the boys screamed, and I reached out weakly towards them, but the portal blinked, and they were gone.
"Raf...Jack." I whispered sadly, slightly shocked.
"Red, get the portal redirectionized, we need to have Miki checked out stat." Miko was saying as I finally blacked out.
~(0)~
"Thanks Doc, you really are the best." I heard Miko saying, relief laced in her voice.
"I try." The other voice replied humbly. "But resetting the bones was no easy task, and she'll need your help. May I be frank with you, Miss Nakadai?"
"Of course, you always are." Miko replied, surprise in her tone.
"Why did you not you take her to a human hospital? They would have been better suited to this sort of injury. And the size would not have been a problem with human physicians, I could have smashed her skull without even trying. Broke what was not broken, injured what already was."
"Frank as always." Miko breathed with a smile as I cracked my eyes open a millimeter. The light burned me mercilessly, and I squeezed my eyes shut as a headache began to pound in my head. "I don't know, Doc. I knew you were the best by Cybertronian standards, and I knew she kinda wasn't Cybertronian, but...I wanted my sister here with me. She's my only sibling, my best friend. I-I wanted her here, with me."
"Chain Breaker will not be pleased." Doc replied quietly.
"Oh, he won't mind." Miko responded, probably with her famous eye roll. I tried opening my eyes again, and found the light less painful.
"I will leave that argument between the two of you, but as for now, I have other patients I must check up on. Please inform me if your sister's condition changes."
"Course Doc, what else would I do?" Miko replied easily.
"Knowing you? Well, the sky truly is the limit." He chuckled, and heavy thumping footsteps followed the 'sader as he left the room.
"Aw, he knows me so well." Miko laughed.
"Not that hard to figure out." I rasped quietly.
"Miki!" Miko gasped, and she ran to my side. "You're awake!"
"Well duh, I'm talking aren't I?" I groaned.
"Course, of course, I can't believe you're awake! Doc was saying a possible coma, but I knew you'd pull through, if there's a test waiting for you I knew you wouldn't die until you took it."
"How'd you know about my math?" I rasped.
"Mr. Cantrell always gives a test every second week. Next week is the second week, I'm not idiot you know." Miko told me with one of her trademark 'Miko' looks.
"Your grades would beg to differ." I told her dryly. Miko gave a indignant snort.
"I'm telling Mama your ragging on me again, she's told you that you can't use my grades against me."
"Oh did she?" I asked with an eyebrow raised.
"Of course, don't you remember?" She asked with a nervous laugh.
"Miko." I groaned, closing my eyes.
"Ah good times." Miko laughed. Yes indeed, what good times. I thought with a rueful chuckle.
