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Chapter 14: Sarcasm
"Katy? What's wrong?" I asked, walking up to the overhang.
"There's a... situation that we need your help on," She looked a bit frantic and I nodded, transforming into my alt. form and my holoform hopping out, pratically skipping two steps at a time as I ran up the stairs. Skidding into the room, I clicked on my comlink and was shocked to find a high-pitched whirring noise repeating itself.
"Ow! What the hell? !" I said as I switched the comlink off and looked over at Katy, "Are you having the same problem?"
"That's what we need your help on," She nodded, motioning to the computers, "These things are going haywire and our comlinks aren't functioning properly. Nothing is working correctly."
"Did you run a diagnostics yet?" I asked, sliding into my chair and typing furiously on my keyboard to get in any and all codes.
"We've run 15 so far and 3 right now. None of them are turning up. It's like something is messing with our connection."
"What kind of technology can do that?" I heard Carly as her and my family walked in.
"Who do you think? You were there for Chicago," I said sarcastically, cursing slightly when my computer began to fizz and smoke, "This ain't gonna work. It's overriding the systems and breaking down everything. They want us blind."
"They're getting it done right," Katy said harshly, working furiously on her own computer, "I can't even get into contact with Optimus. This is not good."
Just as she said it, we all paused as we heard a loud groaning. I looked at Katy just as the roof to our facility ripped off.
"Everyone take cover! Katy, get them to the safe room!" I shouted just before my holoform poofed out and I transformed, looking into the bright clear sky for any signs of the Decepticon, "I know you're there! Show yourself!"
"You are so pretty..." I heard something purr in Cybertronian and I whirled around, narrowing my optics on the large Decepticon. He was easily taller than me and Bee, closer to Optimus' height. He was broad in the shoulders and was painted a deep silver, black stripes lined his arm plates.
"You must be Saberquake," I hissed, getting into a defensive position.
"My, you're so smart. No wonder my father was threatened by you," He chuckled darkly, his deep red eyes lighting up, "Oh what a fool my father was. He never did get the job done and when he did, it was never done right. Seems like minions nowadays are so hard to find."
He began to reach for me when I side stepped, "Why are you telling me this?"
"I feel that you are entitled to know," He shrugged and grinned cruelly, "Enough chit-chat. It's time to battle!"
"Lets," I smirked as he growled and lunged for me, seeing as I was easily able to duck out of his grip. Turning on his heel, Saberquake unleashed his Energon sword from his leg and aimed it at me.
"Prepare to die!"
"I do believe that is what you should be doing," I mocked.
"Stop mocking me!"
"'Stop mocking me!'"
"I mean it!"
"'I mean it!'"
"Stop it!" He roared and lunged for me. I couldn't help but laugh. Those who let their emotions fight for them are so easy to defeat. I grabbed the sword by the blade and thrust it to the ground, the tip lodged into the concrete, and I jammed the heel of my palm into his chin. Saberquake stumbled back a few steps and growled, spitting a bit of Energon to the side.
"You want to kill me? Come and get me," I smirked and crouched defensively, one palm forward and curled upwards. Saberquake roared again (is that the only sound he can make?) and lunged. This time I let him take me over and I somehow managed to roll to be on top of him, my hands pinning his wrists and my knees in his thigh plates, "You land on my home planet, attack my friends and family, and now you think you can just waltz in here and attack me? I don't think so!"
"You're weak now, I can tell. Even from a few years ago when I first attacked you, you're weaker now," Saberquake said and then got a grotesque smile, "And I know why."
My optics widened when one of his hands slipped from my grasp and he grabbed me around the neck. He stood up with me at hand and clenched his hand tighter around my throat. I knew I didn't need to breathe, but if he ripped my head off, I knew it would be one hell of a trip to try and put me back together and functioning properly. Both my feet came off the floor and my hands grasped at his.
"So, so weak," Saberquake chuckled darkly, "It would do me honor to have Primus' reincarnation's and her Sparkling's blood on my hands."
My optics widened as his hand transformed into a blaster and he aimed it at my Spark Chamber. I began to swing my legs back and forth, desperately trying to hit him anywhere to distract him.
"Please..." I choked. Why is it always me who gets picked on to die? Seriously!
"Oh, I'm sorry, but pleas don't work on me," He grinned cruelly as his blaster started up.
"Hey!" Both of our helms whipped to the opening of the hangar; Mikaela was standing there with Katy, both had guns at hand. Mikaela looked like she was seriously going to kill the bot with her own two hands, "Let. Her. Go."
Saberquake let out a horrendous laugh and he threw me to the ground quite harshly, so hard that my helm bounced off the hard flooring and I'm pretty sure there's a dent. Sitting up, I groaned as my vision blurred in and out. All I could see clearly was Saberquake facing off to Katy and Mikaela.
"No..." I said softly as he took aim, Katy and Mikaela taking aim as well, "Don't!"
"Say good bye!" Saberquake shot and I dove, barely managing to get my footing before leaping above Mikaela and Katy, taking the blast in the back.
"Jess!" The girls screamed as I keeled over, cursing loudly. My hand transformed into a blaster and I turned.
"Okay, now you pissed me off," I said and shot, clipping him in the shoulder. It wasn't to bad but it hurt enough. Saberquake howled and pressed a hand to his bleeding shoulder, giving me the death glare. I smirked, getting to my feet and spitting a bit of Energon to the side, aiming my blaster at him, "You want to test me now?"
"Yes I do!" He screamed and came after me, somehow managing to sneak a blade past my sensors and take a stab at me. Growling, I aimed and fired at him, missing him by a millimeter.
"Dammit! Stand still!" I cursed, glowering at the 'Con. He smirked and laughed, prancing around like a little ballerina, "Stand. STILL!"
I shot and managed to get him in the stomach. Saberquake cursed and pressed his hand to his stomach, whipping out a blade from his opposite hand and swiped at me, slashing across my chest plate. Since it had already softened for my Sparkling, a few pieces flaked off or cracked. He lunged at me again and managed to get his blade wedged between the ball and socket in my left knee. I went down, trying to get the blade from between the two plates but it was too small and too wedged in.
"I'll kill you," I threatened, spitting at his feet. Saberquake just laughed and raised his blaster, aiming it at my head. My optics widened and he smirked.
"I don't think so," His blaster warmed up and I closed my optics, not wanting to feel it. I heard the blaster shoot and the ball of Energon whiz by my helm, just barely missing me. When I opened my optics, I saw that Saberquake had wings extending from his back and he transformed, forming into an Army helicopter, and flying out of the hangar faster than any normal Army helicopter should fly. Once he was out, I groaned and collapsed to the floor.
"Jess!" I saw Katy and Mikaela running up to me.
"Well... That hurt," I said, wincing as I tried to move, "Now that I'm carrying, I'm a lot slower to heal myself. That's why they didn't want me to fight. Not only was my armor weaker, a lot weaker, my rejuvination is down by a lot. Even on Cybertronian standards."
"So... that's bad?" Mikaela smiled and I scoffed, rolling my optics.
"I can't move, Kaela, it hurts to much."
"That's really not good, Jess," Katy pointed out.
"Thank you, Captain Obvious."
"You're welcome, Lieutenant Sarcastic."
"Aish, shut up, Katy," Katy laughed and walked around to the back of me (I was on my side), and she hissed.
"Aish, Jess, he did a number on you. I don't know how long it will be 'till Ratchet gets here. Do you think you can hang on?"
"I will certainly try," I groaned, even moving a finger was difficult. My comlink whirred and I managed to turn it on.
"Jess?" I was relieved to hear Optimus' voice.
"Optimus! We thought we lost all communication."
"We did. We had gotten attacked halfway there. It was a diversion of some sort. The mission was called off. Are you guys alright over there?"
"Just freaking fantastic, Optimus."
"What happened? Is everyone alright?"
"Except for the freaking hole in my back, the blade in my knee, the dent in my helm, the sword in the floor, the roof ripped apart, and the few dents in the walls, everyone is fine."
"You were attacked?"
"Yep."
"By who?"
"Saberquake. I have a feeling he isn't done. He nearly killed me today."
"Sit tight, we're on our way home."
"Trying but it hurts hella bad when your healing process is deciding to be a bitch and not work."
"We're trying, Jess. I'll send Ratchet and Bee ahead."
"Alrighty. I'll just stay here," I groaned slightly when I moved my injured leg, "Yep, that hurt like a bitch."
"Hang in there, Jess."
"Thanks for the moral support, Optimus," I said sarcastically. Rolling my optics, I turned off my comlink and let my helm rest on the floor.
"Jess? You think you can manage until Bee and Ratchet get here?" I heard Katy ask.
"I will sure as hell try," I groaned and flopped onto my stomach, trying to ease some of the pressure off my leg.
"Shit, looks like the sun is already starting to set," I heard Mikaela say and she walked up to me.
"Already?"
"It was about 6 when they left. 'Bout 8 now."
"I was in front of a freaking computer screen for 2 and a half hours?"
"Yep."
"Primus, how did I do that?"
"Good question."
"Do you want us to stay with you, Jess?" I heard Katy ask me.
"No, I'll be fine. I'll probably end up falling asleep anyways," I laughed. Turning my helm, I could see Mikaela and Katy better.
"Yeah, probably," Mikaela smiled and then hissed, reaching a hand up and tracing a part in my helm, "That's one serious dent you've got going on there, Jess."
"Thanks, Kaela. I totally wanted to hear that."
"Heh, sorry," She smiled sheepishly and I rolled my optics.
"Just get out of here, you two. Go tell Letty and them that I'm okay, 'kay? Keep 'em calm."
"Okay, okay," Katy laughed, "We'll get out of your hair."
"Good. Now scat!" I smiled as they scampered off with laughs. Sighing, I settled myself into the hard concrete and closed my optics, concentrating on getting some speck of sleep instead of the pain that was radiating from my back and knee.
'Well... this is gonna be a fun night...' I thought to myself before I slipped into a deep sleep.
"Jess... Wake up..." I felt something shift my shoulder and I groaned, not exactly welcoming the burning sensation in my lower back.
"Can I help whoever is disturbing me?" I asked crankily. I heard the voice chuckle slightly.
"Yes you can by sitting up."
I shook my head furiously.
"No?"
"No. It hurts to much. At least get the blade from between my knee and leg joint."
"Can do," I heard another voice and it took me a moment to realize that it was Ratchet and Bee talking to me. Bee placed his hand in mine and I squeezed it tightly when Ratchet began to excavate the blade.
"Thanks for the warning, doc," I said through clenched mouth plates.
"Sorry, Jess," He said absently, guess he was focusing more on my knee and the blade. He had a pair of tweezer-like things that were poking at my nerve endings and to say that it hurt was putting it mildly. Bee was smoothing the palm of his hand on my helm and rubbed in small circles with the pads of his fingers, whispering words of comfort into my audio receptor as Ratchet continued to work excruciatingly slow on my knee, "The blade that has been lodged in your joint looks like it was designed to spike out on impact so now it's wedged in there. I may need to remove the bottom portion of your leg to get it all out."
"Well, that's just freaking hunky-dory, now ain't it," I said, groaning as I turned to my side and sat up, legs straight in front of me.
"Primus, Jess, how did you manage to do this?" I heard Ratchet say in astonishment. Bee walked around to the front of me and sat down, taking my hands in his.
"I was protecting Mikaela and Katy."
"Why does that not surprise me," I couldn't help but smile. Bee did as well and rubbed the back of my hand with his thumb. I brought his hand up to mine and I kissed the back of it. He winked and I rolled my optics, squeezing his hands when I felt Ratchet pull at a few sensitive sensors, trying to connect them again.
"'Kay, Doc, how's the damage?"
"Pretty bad in the spinal area. I will more than likely have to make some major repairs but it didn't affect you, nor your Sparkling, to badly. You need to be more careful, Jess."
"I can't help a surprise attack!"
"I know but I guess it's just a force of habit to say."
I rolled my optics and looked up, seeing as Ratchet now stood up.
"I will need you to come to the Med Bay. Can you walk?"
"Do I look like I can walk?"
"No."
"Then there's your answer."
"Fine. Bee?"
I squeaked when Bee scooped me up in his arms swiftly, obviously not prepared to be picked up. I winced slightly when his hand pressed against my wound.
"Sorry, Jess," He said lowly as we walked from the Main Hangar to the Med Bay. I just shrugged and snuggled my forehead into the crook of his neck. He chuckled and carefully walked into the Med Bay, placing me gently on one of the large tables on my side. Ratchet hooked up a few cables to my wrists and neck before adjusting my spine in a way that he could access it better.
"Doc? Will this hurt?"
"More than likely."
"That makes me feel better."
"It should."
"Well it doesn't."
"Well too bad."
"When did Hatchet become so cold to me?"
"When you become injured. I don't become cold, I become medical."
"That sounds odd, but it makes sense."
"Shut up and don't move, Jess," I felt him poke something into my spine and a fluid being injected. Bee inserted his hand into mine and squeezed, feeling an icy feeling spread throughout my entire spine and into my lower body.
"Doc? Is it supposed to hurt?"
"Hmm? No, it's not."
"Is is supposed to have an icy feeling?"
"No."
"Well, this sucks," I said, hissing as the icy feeling turned into a burning sensation, "Now it burns."
"Doc?" I heard Bee ask, "Is she okay?"
"It's not supposed to burn nor freeze. Maybe it's her natural body reaction since she's carrying. If this is the case, we cannot operate nor give her any medicine. I'm sorry, Jess, you'll just have to wait until your body begins to heal itself."
"I should've been healed long ago," I complained.
"Yes, but this attack greatly weakened you," Ratchet tapped my shoulder, "I need you to get up slowly, Jess, so that the medicine won't spread to fast and harm you. I need to check your helm."
"Okay," I grunted slightly as I slowly raised to an upright position. I held onto Bee's arm for leverage as I settled. Ratchet came around to the opposite side of the table (so that we were facing each other) and began to look at my helm. Bee continued to hold my hand as Ratchet slowly worked out the dent, massaging the metal back into place. Don't get me wrong, it still hurt, but not as bad as Sunny nor Sides would say. As soon as he was finished, I gave a large yawn.
"Tired?" I heard Bee chuckle.
"Very. I kinda had a long day, y'know?"
"I understand. We'll pick this up tomorrow," Ratchet smiled, "Get a good night's rest, Jess, and let's see how you feel in the morning."
"Thanks, Doc," I yawned with a smile. Ratchet unhooked the wires and patted my shoulder. I held out my arms to Bee and he chuckled, scooping me up and cuddling me close. Last thing I remembered was Bee kissing my forehead and walking out of the hangar before I fell into a deep, peaceful sleep.
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