I'm sorry it took so long but unfortunately my grandfather had passed away a week before Thanksgiving. My family has been a complete wreck ever since. We've had one side of the family nearly lose their home. My other grandpa in the hospital twice in one week and my brother's baby on the way. A lot of stress none of us need. So I'm hoping that you'll all forgive me and enjoy this chapter.
(In the base- Optimus)
It had been two weeks since Scavenger had joined our team. Things had calmed down a great deal since he had saved me from the cliff. Smokescreen had taken to training with Hot Shot and Scavenger now. Even the little camping had gone by with little difficulty. The only downside is we had only seen Ashley once since her fight with Scavenger. Red Alert had not been happy when he found out about it. He was worried that she may have been hurt but Scavenger had assured him he had not afflicted any wounds when he had last seen her.
Ashley was getting more aggressive with each passing day. We would hear her screams and feel the rumble of earth and when we would go to investigate the destruction of the area shocked all of us. At first it was only a couple of boulders blown to pieces but now it's trees being ripped from the ground, rocks and boulders nothing but ash. Now it always looked like a miniature hurricane had gone through the area.
"You're thinking about her again."
I turned to see Red Alert fixing a console. He wasn't looking at me but concentrating on his task at hand. I knew he didn't have to look at me to know that I had gone very quiet. It was always easy to tell when I started thinking about her. Even Hot Shot could tell and that was saying something.
"I have good reason to be thinking about her. Sooner or later the humans are going to be wondering who's damaging the area. We don't need them looking around here. We need to find a way to get her to calm down."
"I agree with you there Prime. I'm beginning to think that we should take Scavenger's advice and call him. Scavenger said he has similar abilities to what Ashley has. He may be able to help us or at least teach her to control herself."
I knew they were probably right but something was telling me that he wouldn't be able to help with Ashley's problem. He might be able to teach her to control herself but I had the feeling that Ashley was getting this anger from a different source. She wasn't angry at us. She wasn't even mad at Scavenger. She was missing a piece of herself. She was lonely.
(Out in the forest- Ashley)
I stood at the edge of my last episode. I could feel the tears streaming down my face. I was taking my anger out on the wrong thing. I needed to find something that I know I can hurt. One of these days people are gonna start wondering who was doing all this damage and I didn't want the Autobots to get the blame for it.
I felt a tingle race through my spine. At the same time a jolt of electricity shocked my hands. The tingle I knew was the alarm back at the base. Another Minicon had woken up but the jolt was something I was very familiar with. It meant that another Transformer was here.
I warped away to the base to see them all scrambling around to figure out the Minicon's location. Once the coordinates were set they headed for the warp gate while the kid's stayed behind. I locked onto the screen once I saw where they were headed before warping away once more.
As I looked around I noticed we were once again in another desert. I stood on an outlook and waited for the fighting races appear. The Autobots made it first but the Decepticons were just seconds behind them. Shots immediately rang out as they fired upon each other. Smokescreen and Demolisher were each scanning the area hoping to find the little green panel first.
I knew where it was instantly. The Cons were closer to the rock pile it was hidden in. I was contemplating on whether or not I should head for it when I felt a strange presence. It was creeping closer to the fight. I figured it was the new Transformer but unfortunately his mind had the same strength and barriers that Scavenger had. I was trying to pinpoint his location when I saw movement.
Red Alert had been hit trying to take Demolisher out but Cyclonus had gotten to him first. I saw Demolisher hold up the Minicon with a smirk. Megatron gloated his victory to Prime before warping away with the Cons following him. I was about to warp away as well when another shot rang out and the Minicon flew from Demolisher's fingers just as he warped away.
"TRANSFORM!"
I looked to where the cry had come from and saw a white Corvette sped up an incline before transforming to catch the Minicon. He grabbed it just as it activated into a small blue racecar. The other Autobots headed to greet him but I ignored what they were saying to drink in the sight of this new Autobot.
He was a sight. He was mainly blue but he had white hanging off his back that looked very much like a cape. His helmet was very unique. He wore a facemask and a red see through visor. He also had orange fins on both sides of his face. When Optimus said his name it sent a shiver through me. Blurr.
I'm definitely gonna be keeping a close eye on him. I was getting careless with my staring when I noticed they were all staring back at me. I didn't do anything but watch him. He was the only thing that held my attention and with the way he was staring back it looked like he didn't care either. It was when I felt a small push on my mind that got me to react and send a fireball in their direction. By the way they looked back my way I was gone.
(Training room- Scavenger)
As I watched Hot Shot and Smokescreen train I thought about early today. After the commotion with Ashley had ended we had all headed home. It was when we got to the base that saddened us. The kids hadn't been there to greet us. It seems they remember the way Ashley had acted when Sideways was arrived and they misread her actions against Blurr to be the same. They were acting cautious and skittish around him.
He may not have shown it but I could tell he was hurt by the kid's behavior. He had taken off to explore the base and said he would meet up with me later. Something about Ashley had thrown me off today. The way she had been behaving had confused most of us.
"I take she's the reason you asked me to come here."
Years of practice kept me from flinching. I turned to see Blurr standing behind me but watching the others train. He catches on quick I'll give him that. I nodded as I turned back to watch.
"Got to hand it to you though, you sure do like to keep me on my toes. She's a little spitfire though. Why was she staring at me for so long though?"
"Your guess is as good as mine. She rarely does things by the book. She's getting more out of hand though. She's causing a lot of destruction to the surrounding area. We're hoping that you'll be able to teach her to calm down and control her powers."
"Got my work cut out for me."
"Before you try to control her I would like to see if you can befriend her first."
We both spun around to see Prime heading our way. He had a look on his face that I couldn't read. He stared at me for a while before turning to Blurr.
"We've all tried, and failed I might add, to gain her trust. I think with you, however, this time it will be different."
"What makes you think that I'll do any better then all of you? I've just met the girl, not even met actually, and you want to see if I can befriend her?"
"That's it exactly."
"Did you not see what tried to do to me earlier?"
"She shot a fireball at you."
"YES! And you want to go out there and ask for her friendship?"
"Yes."
"Even with the knowledge that I couldn't befriend the other children?"
"Yes."
"Scavenger you can't possibly think this is a good idea."
"Actually he's right Blurr."
"How can he be right?"
"She's different around you."
"What do you mean different? You've told me she's attacked all of you as well."
"Yes well she used energy beams and fusion blasts at us. She only threw a fireball at you."
"How is that different?"
"When she shot us she was trying to kill us most likely. She was only trying to severely damage you."
"That makes me feel a whole lot better Prime."
Hope you had fun with this chapter. Next one we'll see how their meet and greet goes and believe me when I say if it's anything like what I'm thinking now then you'll all enjoy how it turns out. Please review before you leave. Any flames will be used the cookies I am baking.
