A/N: Hello my dear readers, sorry this took so long, but it is finally typed and posted on here for you all to read and enjoy. So, without farther ado here is chapter 19 enjoy folks!
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"We're supposed to be at a rock concert! But, all I see is… rock! Miko grumbled. "Relax, Miko. The show doesn't start for another two hours." Jack reminded her. "Do you know how long we've been waiting to see Paramore?!" She asked incredulously. "Uh…" Jack pretended to think. "FOREVER!" Miko screeched, "And it's their only U.S. date!" "There's a shock," Jack scoffed sarcastically, "I mean, who doesn't love obscure punk rock?" "Sky, are you sure you don't want to come with us, I got an extra ticket for you." Miko pleaded. "I wish." I groaned. "But, doctor Hatchet and papa wouldn't let me; I practically had to beg in order to go with you guys on this mission." I sighed. "It feels like forever being cooped up at base by those two mother hens watching my every move to keep me safe and all." I said, while rolling my eyes.
"Remind me again about why you li-" I rushed over to Miko fast, as I covered her mouth before she could finish. I know she was going to talk about Ratchet then my dad, but did she forget about our promise we made? Jack gave us a curious look, but before he could say anything huge footsteps echo through the mine cave that we all were at to wait outside for, as I let go of Miko's mouth. Thank god, she did not put revenge on me from licking her hand before when it covered my mouth during the Shadowzone event, by licking my hand for the payback of it. "By all appearances, the mine's been stripped." Acree said as she and Bulkhead, the only bots this time that came with us, walked out of the mine. "But, I'm getting a signal!" Bulkhead protested, "It's faint. But, it's definitely energon!" "Whoa!" Miko gasped excitedly, as she glanced back at Jack and I, which we gained interest as well. "Doesn't make sense. This operation's been abandoned four, maybe five years. And Decepticons never leave energon behind." Acree pointed out. "Uh… guys." Jack called out to them.
Bulkhead and Acree immediately turned their attention to us, as Jack and I pointed to the mine. When they turned around, they saw Miko was running inside. "COOL!" Miko exclaimed, as she disappeared into the darkness. I slapped my hand to my forehead, one ow that hurt and two how stupid can my best friend been at times like this? Wait, don't answer that, it all the time since the girl does not listen and goes into danger head on first thing. "She went in! Unbelievable!" Acree scoffed. "Really? Have you met her?" Jack pointed out. "That chickie for ya. Also, the dare devil child for any dangerous adventure to find, I always say." I commented to them. "Miko! Get back here!" Bulkhead called out to her, as he went in after her.
"It would be kind of interesting to see." Jack admitted. "If it were safe that is." I shrugged casually. "A stripped mine could be structurally unstable, you two." Acree warned. "We promise to step lightly." Jack vowed jokingly, as I nodded in agreement with a wide smirk on my face to throw in as well. "Just don't tell you mom Jack and your dad Sky." Acree relented, I made a jester with my hand to my mouth making a zip up motion saying 'my lips are sealed Acree', as we all entered the mine for exploration. "Acree, found something." Bulkhead said over her com-link. "Bulkhead? Bulkhead, do you read?" Acree asked into her com-link, strangely earning static in response, "Scrap. The mineral composition down here is causing interference." She then added to us. The three of us just shrugged and continued our exploration. I was drifting off into my own little world in my mind, as I looked around the mine's cave route. Then my mind went to my thoughts about the past events that happen to me after I have met the Autobots. I was always grabbing by the cons getting hurt by them by any means necessary. What do they want with me and why? Why is Megatron so interested in me all of a sudden, right after he woken back up? So, many questions run through my head, because of this events happening to me and all, that is why Ratchet and dad never want me to leave base at all.
My thoughts into my own little world in my mind were cut off by sound of familiar male voices and bumping into Jack who froze in confusion, I looked his way and it was my turn to freeze from what I saw. Megatron and Starscream, I swear those two like to stalk me more where ever we go with them there, more than Barricade does with me. Creep as fuckin bloody hell to me. Starscream was kneeling on the ground pleading for his life, as Megatron held his blaster at him. "You have ceased to be of use to me, Starscream. So, you shall simply cease to be!" Megatron decreed. Starscream began whimpering and raising his arms to protect his face, as he turned his head away. What a big baby he is, such a coward all the time he needs to mech up. Starscream's red optics then landed on us, mostly me anyway. Again with the fuckin staring at me, what is with cons staring at me? Am I so sort of freak show to entertain them or something? Gosh! Acree froze in horror behind us, when Megatron turned to face us. Shit, were dead!
"Ah, it has been a while fleshing femme?" Megatron stared at me with a wicked smile, and was that lust look in his optics I just saw. "Or should I even call you that?" "Because soon you shall be one of us as my beautiful breeding mate by my side in this war." He mumbled to himself, none of us heard to though, not even Starscream himself. "Ew, gross!" I said gross out by this, as Acree growled she stood protectively in front of me. The last time I was in Megatron's grasp, my mind control by him, nearly gotten killed by him, and he said that I would make a fine warrior as a Decepticon and something more to him I guess from the lust look I saw in his optics. Why was he interested in me all of a sudden? Could to be something I not picking up and realizing it completely yet about his behavior and actions? What could this all mean and why? What so special about me to the cons anyway?
Megatron roared in frustration and opened fire on us. Instantly, Acree swooped down, scooped Jack and I into her arms and dove out of the way in time. The shots instead hit the rock wall Acree dove behind with Jack and I, while placing us back down onto the ground. I sighed in relief, that was a close one almost got hit by one of those shots could have killed Jack and I and hurt Acree badly. Acree gave me a look that clearly read, 'don't even think about fighting back'. "Stay down!" Acree warned, as she looked out to see Megatron approaching, as he continuously fired. Acree fired back at Megatron on his back. 'Yes, score!' I mentally cheered in my head.
More shots hit Megatron on the arm, forcing his blaster to point upwards. However, that didn't stop Megatron from continuing to fire his shots. Each one hitting the ceiling above us all. "Scrap!" I cursed. A large chunk of the ceiling fell off and landed on top of Megatron. 'Serves him right.' I thought. Then the force of the impact caused the ground to crumble beneath our feet. When we all saw the drills disappear, we knew we had to run right now. Acree was barely able to make a step, before the ground gave out beneath her. Jack and I watched in horror, as we watched her fall into the dark depths below, soon we found ourselves falling into the darkness as well. As rocks delivered the harsh blows, I closed my eyes and began hoping and praying that we would get out alive from this somehow.
(Normal POV)
Jack was coughing and spluttering, as he dug his way to freedom. Stumbling around and sliding on rocks, he managed to stand upright and looked around for his missing friends. "Acree! Sky!" Jack called out our names, hoping one of us would hear him to answer him, "Oh scrape!" He then said, hearing a faint call of a female voice calling out to his pleading calls a few feet away from him. "Jack!" Sky faintly called out from under a pile of rocks, as Jack heard her and ran over picking up rocks and tossing them away to get to her. Sky was helping him as well pushing rocks away here and there from on top of her. Once the rocks were all gone from on top of Sky, Jack saw her covered in dust and coughing of the collapse that just happen. "Sky?!" Jack cried helping he up, as she accepted the hand helping her getting out of the pile of rocks and standing up to full height.
"Jack!" Sky cried, as she hug him in relief see that he was ok and that she knew from his look of relief that she was ok as well. He returned it to her and the broke apart from the hug afterwards. "Are you alright?" Jack asked worriedly to make sure. "Ya, I'm fine. You?" Sky asked. "Fine as well." Jack replied to her, as the both dusted themselves off. Then Sky noticed someone was missing from the group. "Where's Acree?" Sky asked. "I don't know. We'll find her through, c'mon." Jack vowed, as he lead the way, with Sky following behind him. As they made their way through the rubble and surveyed the damage Jack couldn't help, but notice how Sky is changing so much. Even since, the past events that happen to her in her life after she meet the bots, she been trying to be fearless to show the others she is brave and strong and not weak and scared. Occasionally there were times something has been bugging her and she's not telling us about it. Like how she is right now. I'll have to ask about that later, now we have to focus on finding the others.
"Acree?! Bulkhead?! Miko?!" Jack called the names out to get an answer from any of them. But, the only response Jack got was the echo of his voice all around him and Sky. The two teenagers began glancing around the area of the mine they were in. Hearing the sound of rubble crumbling, they had found a drill the Decepticons would use to find energon hidden deep inside the rock structures. "Well, that could come in handy." Jack remarked, as they approached the drill, "Sky, is there something wrong?" "Huh? Everything's fine, why?" She shrugged innocently. "You've been quiet over the last few minutes, is something wrong?" Sky didn't answer and only stared to the ground. Jack sighed. "I understand you don't want to talk about it, but someday people are gonna keep asking you about it." He noted to her. "I know that, but… let's just say that it's something personal Jack buddy ok." She said, and they leave it at that.
Slowly, they made their way towards the drill and climbed onto it. Instinct grappled on Jack, as he hit the buttons. Truthfully, he didn't know what he was doing, but after, the screen lit up and the drill's engine came to life. "Roll out." Jack muttered, as they drove their way through the mine. They drove through the different areas of the mine, searching for anyone and anything. But, each new area of the mine looked the same to them. Eventually, the spotted something glowing. "What's that?" Sky asked, as she pointed to a rock pile. "Only one way to find out." Jack pointed out. Jack drove the drill towards it, before backing out and coming to a stop. As they jumped off and stepped closer, they felt like their hearts stop beating, because Megatron was entombed inside the rock pile. "I suppose helping the less fortunate would be completely out of the question." Megatron remarked. His red optics looked over to Sky for a moment and she saw the same lust look in them again, again with the lust look directed towards her, why? Jack took a few steps back, shocked by coming across the dark lord himself, while Sky stood her ground and gave him a deadly glare.
"If that is the case, you might as well use your drill to finish me. I guarantee you will never have a better opportunity then right now." Megatron challenged us with a sneer. Jack and Sky didn't act on his suggestion, Megatron was somewhat surprised by this. "Well, what are you waiting for? Think of the glory. Seize the day. Optimus would… especially if he thought about what I…" "No. He wouldn't." Sky objected. "Not like this." Jack added. With those words said, Jack took the controls and steered the drill away from Megatron. As they left him behind to find the others, Megatron's voice could be heard calling after them, "I will be sure to share the details of our little conversation with Optimus. THE DAY I RIP OUT HIS SPARK!" Sky gritted her teeth and clenching her hands so tight, her knuckles turned white. She tried to retain herself from attack Megatron verbally and physical, if she can that is, at the dark lord, but she was told to never let her anger get the better of her.
Jack placed his hand on her shoulder, to calm her down. "Let it go. We need to find the others." Jack reminded her. Sky relaxed and nodded to what he said, as they continue searching for the Autobots and Miko. As they got closer, they heard someone's voice, hoping it might be the others. But, this voice belong to know other than the SIC of the Decepticons, Starscream. "Well, well, if it isn't Bulkhead and his pet vermin. My, you have you hands full don't you, Autobot?" Starscream's voice said. "It's Starscream." Sky pointed out, that caused her and Jack to worry. 'Nobody messes with my family and my best friend you high heel freak!' Sky angrily thought, demand to rip Starscream a new one once she gets the chance to that is. "Do what you'd like to me, Starscream! But, let the human go!" Bulkhead's voice answered. "No! I'm not leaving you!" Miko's voice rang out to us all. "Come on! Let's go!" Jack cried, as he tried to force more speed into the drill.
"It appears that the human wishes to remain." Starscream's voice commented. "Starscream! Don't push me!" Bulkhead's voice threatened him. "You like playing with the big robots, don't you, little girl?" Starscream's voice asked to Miko. 'Lay one finger on my best friend Screamer, and you wish you never met me at all once I'm though with you!' Sky thought threating him about it in my head. Then they heard a surprise yell and a bang, signifying that Bulkhead finally lost it, he lifted his foot and kicked Starscream away from himself and Miko. 'Get him Bulk! Beat that femme wannabe down!' I thought cheering in my head. "THAT'S IT, AUTOBOT! I WILL-!" Starscream's voice started to say, but Bulkhead voice interrupted him before he could finish his threat at Bulkhead.
"What! You'll what?! Make me bring down the ceiling on top of all of us?! Run, Miko!" Bulkhead's voice yelled out. "Yes! Run, Miko! I would love to see you try! Really! I would!" Starscream's voice said. "MIKO!" Sky screamed out, worried about her best friend because Starscream might do something to her. Sky was determined to stop him right here and now, and she did. Right at that moment Jack and Sky broke through the wall that relished Starscream's cries of surprise and pain, as they drove over him with the drill. Sky would laugh at this, but right now it is a serious situation at the moment. They came to a stop in front of Bulkhead and leant out, so Bulkhead would know that it was them. "Bull's-eye!" Sky exclaimed with a smirk on her face. "Jack! Sky! Get Miko out of here! NOW!" Bulkhead pleaded, his voice strained. Jack immediately jumped down and held his hand out to Miko to pull her up. Miko, however, glanced back at Bulkhead with a troubled expression on her face.
"Come on! Come on!" Jack begged her. "Let's go chickie!" Sky added. "RUN, MIKO!" Bulkhead screamed to her. A single tear streamed down her face, as she turned around and reached up to Jack. He grasped her hand and hauls her onto the drill. "We can't leave Bulkhead!" Miko protested to us. "Don't worry, he'll be fine. He tough mech bot like you Miko as a tough female human. Alright?" Sky reassured her, as she nodded to this. Both Miko and Sky hug this out in comfort and then broke apart, as they drove away from Bulkhead. Jack backed up the driller, which caused Miko to fall onto the platform, causing Sky to fall down as well, while trying to help her. "Acree will save him, won't she?" Miko asked worriedly, as Sky put a comforting hand on her shoulder to calm her down at least. "We just need to find a way out of here, before Megatron digs himself free." Jack said.
"Megatron's here too?!" Miko cried in disbelief, as Sky tried to comfort her some more down, as she glared at the back of Jack's head. 'Way to keep Miko's stress levels from going up in her worry right now.' Sky thought annoyed and narrowing her eyes at Jack. But, Jack ignored Sky glaring and narrow eyes, as he went to drive the rest of the way through the mine to find a way out. Until, they came to a stop when they ran into someone. "Acree!" Jack sighed in relief. "Are you children hurt?! Acree asked worriedly to us. "We're fine," Sky replied to her, "And I think we preferred to be called 'young adults' instead of children." Sky joked. "Bulkhead is in trouble!" Miko cried. "Where is he?" Acree demanded. "Starscream's got him, over there." Jack answered, pointing the location out where the two mech bots are. Acree nodded to this, "Jack, get Miko and Sky out of here!" Acree immediately instructed. Don't have to tell us twice, and with that Acree took off to save Bulkhead, as Jack was trying to get us out of here.
Miko, Jack, and Sky were coughing and spluttering as Acree and Bulkhead drove them out of the mine. After driving their way through the mine they remembered where they left off and managed to dig their way free. "We could finish him. Here and now." Acree stated. "Shame we didn't bring any grenades." Bulkhead grumbled, as he smashed his fists together. Sky just rolled her eyes at the Bulkhead's actions and on what he said too. "Would Optimus finish him?" Jack asked, causing Bulkhead and Acree to freeze on the spot. "No. He probably wouldn't." Acree sighed. "Not like this." Sky said, shaking her head. "But Optimus wouldn't rescue him either, right?" Miko asked, wanting to know. "Let's go home." Bulkhead suggested. And, that what we did as Miko and Sky hopped into Bulkhead and Jack climbed onto Acree and we all drove back to base. As we drove back to base, Sky had one thing on her mind, one how will the bots react to this one we tell them what happen today, mostly dad and Ratchet for her safety anyway.
A/N: And done with chapter 19! Chapter 20 will be posted up as soon as I can get it typed up and all that on here for you my dear readers to read. And, with that said, please R&R and see you next time! Have a good day folks, this is Sky96 signing off bye!