Thank you Sleic for the add!
I couldn't figure out how to make this chapter very smooth… so yeah it's choppier than usual. It'll be better next chapter.
Chapter 21:
Stalker found himself wandering the halls alone despite Diana's insistence that she go with him. He felt restless, perhaps it was just because Wheeljack had said it would be very soon that he'd be able to successfully put their entities back in their appropriate bodies. As much as he was looking forward to returning, Stalker had grown very fond of his organic in the past couple of days. Besides the fact of food being so amazing in all its different tastes and textures, it was the connection he felt toward Diana that had changed. In a good way that is, and he just hoped that it would remain when he was himself again.
One thing how ever that he would not miss would be the dreams.
Sleeping as an organic, it seemed that when one shut down the conscious part of their brains, the deep memories of yesterday would come back. It wasn't like memory recall where it was exact and simply a reminder of their lives. The dreams were twisted from reality, filled with things that just didn't make logical sense.
Every time Stalker would wake, roll over and return to sleep a different dream would arise but they all had one consistency and that was Shadow.
Shadow would be protecting him, protecting him from something good. Running away with him and although Stalker wondered what the reason they were running was for he didn't care because he would be happy with Shadow. Often Stalker would be holding a spark in his hands, he and Shadow would be smiling over it. Then Stalker would realize it was his. The synthoid twitched as a shudder of horror at the twisted memory crawled over his spine.
Shadow had been a saboteur in the Autobot ranks, perhaps not as well known as Lieutenant Jazz but just as skilled. The small agile mech had stood at 16 feet tall and was very slippery when it came to hand to hand combat. For as long as Stalker could remember in his fragmented memories Shadow had been there for him, even though Stalker couldn't even remember his parental units but that didn't matter anymore to him.
Stalker stopped musing over what the war had taken from him and concentrated on the now. For now he was standing in front of the unit Frenzy was being kept.
The Decepticon twitched, then lifted his head blearily looking up at the entity before him. It took the infiltrator a few moments before he recognized it was Stalker kneeling next to his prison.
"I'd hoped you would spring one of them." Frenzy spoke through their muted telepathic link created from their partial bond. It was his way of rubbing the other's discomfort in his face.
"As soon as the bond has faded I won't hesitate to kill you." Stalker smirked.
"Until then we're stuck in the same ship." Frenzy clicked, sitting back on his aft and examining his sharp digits casually, "You can't kill me, which will make it all the more easy to slice that deranged little squishy of yours to pieces."
Standing up swiftly Stalker suddenly pulled a hand gun he'd foundout, cocked it and pointed it at Frenzy's face through the bars.
"Touch her and even Primus won't take pity on you."
"You won't shoot."Frenzy wasn't all that worried, it was only a hand gun and even though they stung they couldn't penetrate his armor.
"And how do you know that?"
"Because you're other hand is shaking." Frenzy pointed out, "Your fear pheromones betray you as well. You don't want to harm – achhg!!" the shot rang against the concrete hallways echoing through out the base.
Frenzy grabbed at the optic the synthoid had just removed, "You shot me!" he wailed.
The kinetic energy that had rocked Stalker's bones made him drop the tool for warfare and massage his shoulder, "You said I don't want to kill you and you're right. But that doesn't mean I can't harm you." He chuckled, "I learned a little something from Diana while we fought Barricade, how she manages to harm you with the inappropriate equipment." He knelt next to the cage again, "She told me we Transformers are like their mythological dragons: Powerful, majestic, amazing, but not without a flaw in their perfectly impenetrable armor." Stalker smiled, pointing to his own eye, "Just the little break an organic can take advantage of if they aren't overwhelmed with panic. And Diana is not one to be damaged so easily."
"It's not even a critical point!" Frenzy snarled.
"But critical enough that it gives her time for her next move." Stalker stood and started to exit the room.
"Shadow's a petty thief." Frenzy watched the synthoid stop in his tracks, "I don't know if you're aware of it, but there seems to be a memory shortage in your life. I could tell you why."
Stalker laughed coldly, "In exchange for what? Your freedom? You can forget it."
"Bonding with your spark has told me what you could never tell me by yourself, you should know that by seeing into me." Frenzy cackled, "You have a very interesting origin, Stalker. And that Shadow is who you have to thank for your life."
"I thanked him for a lot of things including my life."
"I don't mean him saving your aft in tight situations."
Stalker looked over his shoulder at the Decepticon.
"That thief of sparks brought something to life that never should've existed."
Stalker snatched up the gun this time shoving it against Frenzy's face, "Call him that again and I'll shoot your other eye."
"Easy, my bonded." He lifted a digit and slowly pushed the barrel off sight, "I am only trying to help you."
"You're trying to twist me because you know full and well I can't control this body as efficiently." Stalker felt his lips pull back in a human snarl. He lowered the weapon and stormed out of the brig.
That bucket of bolts dared insult his best friend! His body trembled as pheromones released into his systems, adrenaline causing his body to heat up, anger.
Frenzy held his optic in place until his regeneration reattached his nerves. A certain ching sound caught his attention and he tested the tightness of the inhibitor around his neck. The shot had scraped one side almost in two, damaging its circuitries allowing him access to his equipment.
Thank you, love. Frenzy cackled to himself as he accessed an encrypted communication line.
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"The Ark's on the move again…" Sideswipe informed his brother when he'd come back from the control center, "It must've been boarded by who ever Sparkle called."
"With warp drive they'll reach here in no time!" Sunny sipped a cup of grade and leaned back against the counter. The mess hall was relatively empty except for a few cleaning drones scurrying about the floor. Sometimes they would be backing up and bump into each other which would ensue an argument of epic drone proportions on who was better at cleaning than the other.
"Sunny, why do you think she's doing this so discreetly? I mean… the first time we met she was such a nice gal, you might've even considered her cute."
"Something got loose in her cerebral function." Sunny mumbled.
"Did you ever read the characters on her?"
The yellow twin slammed his cup down glared, "No I was too busy staring at the spear point stuck in my face! Sides, why are you acting so nice about this? Is that drone of hers influencing your opinion on her?"
Sideswipe shrugged, not phased by his brother's outburst, "I read a bit of them before all of this happened, Sunny."
"Hmph, so what did you read?"
Sideswipe switched to their native tongue before continuing, "It's an ancient dialect but I managed to get (after too much research) 'From ascension art thou; But bring them life. Your strength is your chains and be thou greatfilled to not live in power.' "
"Sounds like a biblical passage that doesn't make sense." Sunstreaker traced his digit along the rim of his cube, "Is that all?"
"That was only the first part on one of her arm blades. After all the trouble with the first I didn't want to bother."
"Hmm."
"What's this? The duo of doom is relaxing quietly in the mess hall?" kidded a thick Australian accent.
The twins looked up to see Jetfire entering the hall, from what they could see his alt form was appropriately some sort of jet. It might be a warthog war type.
"Jetfire! When did you get in?" Sideswipe exclaimed.
"I was here before you two, just doing some work with the humans by order of Optimus." The huge mech stopped in front of them. He gave Sideswipe a strange look although to them it was difficult to notice since he had his visor down, "Did you get an upgrade or something Sideswipe? You're neck seems… thicker than when I last saw."
"Umm… yeah I did. Makes it so if something sleazy tries to cut me up they'll have more trouble than its worth." He could feel the thrum of disdain from the drone.
"Hmm." Jetfire mused, "Well anyways, I came to ask if you've by chance seen the fragment?"
"Huh?" the both said.
Jetfire's voice grew a bit solemn, "Optimus is throwing a fit because he thinks his subspace pocket malfunctioned and he dropped the fragment of the Allspark somewhere. If you see it, be sure to return it."
"Yes sir!"
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"You ready?" Wheeljack asked the synthoids who were now connected to a devious looking contraption he'd built in the last few days.
Bumblebee gave a thumbs up.
Stalker just nodded, nervous sweat beading his brow. His eyes fell on Diana who was standing in the door way next to Zack who had Zan sitting on his head, tail wrapped around his neck gently.
"Ok." He pressed a few keys and their pods closed. The scientist looked at the humans, "Best you leave now, they're safe in there from the radiation but you aren't."
"Alright, see you on the flip side you guys!" Diana waved as Wheeljack shut the doors.
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It had been two hours since the beginning of the process and Diana was getting restless. Wheeljack had said it would take one hour to transfer their consciousness back. Perhaps he'd run into some blockades and hopefully was overcoming them.
The base was relatively quiet except for a few maintenance drones, Diana considered looking for Zan to play with but the little mechanical monkey was probably on duty at this hour. Optimus was overseeing something with Prowl, Jazz was nowhere to be found, Firestar she didn't really know and Zack was out with Hotshot probably burning rubber on patrols. Sam and Makaela were busy doing something and Diana didn't care to look for them. They were a nice pair but she just didn't want their company.
Something suddenly brushed past Diana toward the main hall. Diana was about to yell an obscene thing when she noticed it was a slinking form was a familiar ebony.
"Stalker?"
He looked back, motioning with his head for her to follow before disappearing into the passageway.
"Hey get back here!" Diana called, following as fast as she could. He was very coy in leading her, one time even allowing her to get lost only to save her sanity by poking his head out to make sure she was still there.
Diana lost him one more time before taking a wild guess and exited through the human front door. Outside was thick with mist, one couldn't even see the top of the dam from the moister coming off the river. She zipped up her coat and pulled her sleeves over her fingers, "Stalker?" she called, crossing over to the main road that lead to the facility along the cliff side. She saw movement on the edge of her vision and pursued, ignoring the roar of water below.
"Stalker! Can we stop now!" Diana was about to just stop and sit where she was in defiance when she saw that he'd finally stopped. He was sitting atop a jut opposite the thick concrete blockade that made sure cars didn't fall off into the river with heavy equipment. Diana slowed her pace and settled for leaning against the wall to catch her breath.
She looked up, "Is… something wrong?"
"No." he stated simply.
"Thennn… why are we out here?"
The pods hissed then sealed shut, preserving the synthoids for further in detail study. Wheeljack gave a cry of joy as the plantlike plants reversed their role and released the mechs who promptly crashed to the floor.
"Ooohh." Stalker moaned. His frame rattled a moment as his mind adjusted quickly back in its familiar territory.
"What are your names and functions?" Wheeljack asked?
The yellow one sat up rubbing his head, "Designation Bumblebee, function is to collect field data. And I'd like to give Turantualas a piece of his own medicine!!"
"Designation Stalker, function is to seek covertly and destroy, promptly leaving without discovery." The attachment shook himself relishing the feel of control in a new perspective, "Where's Diana?" he asked.
"Is… there something on your mind?" Diana asked.
"Yes, actually."
A moment of silence.
Oh damn you silence! Diana frowned but didn't say anything. She knew that some things were best left in that. She turned to look at the grey river below, half her view blocked by the ugly concrete barrier.
"His memories cause me great anguish."
Diana looked back at Stalker in confusion, "Eh?"
"Him, Stalker."
"What? Since when did you start talking in third person?"
"Having bonded with such a kind spark with a deep affection for a human is disgusting."
Warning bells rang in Diana's head but before she could do anything the ebony bot bounded off the rock, wrapped his sharp around her ankles and threw her over the barrier. She screamed and grabbed at anything she could, barely managing to snag the edge of an outcrop on the other side. Scraped and bruised, she looked down hearing the roar of the river below, her head swam. Dust and grit showered onto her face.
"What the hell is wrong with you?!"
The black mini bot stood on the edge. His optics an icey blue instead of the warm gold she loved to get lost in.
"Kehehehe! You know the best part of having been so close to your mech?" his form started to melt, pigment lighting to silver and blue. His sleek head turned angular and pointed, "I had the chance to bypass his security while he was trying to find Bumblebee and deep scan his frame." He chattered, "And you're in for his mistake."
Diana's muscles rippled under her weight, the sharp stone cutting her soft palms, "Killing me will only get you a slow and painful death you bastard!"
"Who said I was going to kill you? I won't, not yet. If you're not dead by the time he's finished with you."
"Wha-?" Diana glanced over her shoulder in time to stare directly into a pair of red optics as a huge hulking form climbed out of the mist, "Ho.Ly. Shit!!" she screamed helplessly as a huge metal hand snatched her off the cliff face. He tossed her into the air, transformed in time for her to drop in his pilot's seat, slammed down his canopy and boosted out of the canyon. Frenzy attached himself to his wing as he transformed into what might've been an antennae. But that went unnoticed as Diana squirmed, waiting for her innards to stop squelching from the sudden burst of inertia.
"Let me go you overgrown ugly and mutilated metallic idiotic piece of crap that fails in everything and should just go commit robot suicide already! If there was any easier way to describe you other than moron, believe me I'd know, but seeing as there isn't, all I'm left with is bashing on your mental capabilities - or lack there of - which is so easy to my dear brain, that it should be a crime!" she gasped as the fighter jet jerked left causing her unprotected head to smack into the canopy, stunning her. Straps snaked themselves around her form securing her.
"Is she always this… energetic?" Starscream asked.
"That's her bark, you should feel her bite." Frenzy responded simply. His head was still ringing from when she'd struck him with all the strength she could muster. It hadn't been blind anger either which unnerved Frenzy a bit. She'd controlled and channeled her emotions quite well for a civilian human, almost better than any soldier than he'd run into. Starscream banked right and circled the base.
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"Commander! I just picked up a Decepticon signal departing from the canyon." Prowl informed the big mech as he came in from his search of the missing fragment.
"Who is it?"
"Make that two, it was Frenzy and Starscream. I don't understand why we didn't pick up their signals sooner!"
"Frenzy's supposed to be in containment! How'd he get out?!" Ironhide snarled.
"What's going on?" Bumblebee asked as he rushed in with the twins on either side and Stalker on his shoulder.
"Good to see you again in your original forms." Optimus greeted them before turning back to the business at hand, "Frenzy escaped, he's circling the base with Starscream."
"What?!" Stalker exclaimed.
"This is Starscream to Autobot Command."
Prime touched a key on the console, "What is it you want? You have your infiltrator back, be gone."
"Oh it's not so much what I want, Optimus it's what your crew wants."
"Your point?"
"Find me the red femme known as Sparkle that is in hiding at the moment and we'll continue this conversation." The terminal beeped, indicating the channel had been cut off.
"Let me go out there and take care of that son of a glitch Prime!" Jetfire offered.
"No, he hasn't given any hostility yet."
"You're always too trusting Optimus!" Jetfire snipped.
"We will not be the aggressors if we can help it!"
The twins looked at each other as the argument ensued, both considering whether or not this was a situation that called for Sparkle's presence.
"But Optimus! She's fraggin' hard enough to find inside our own base! And that's when she wants to be found! How're we goin' to find her within a reasonable amount of time?" Jazz was asking when the twins tuned back in.
Bee suddenly saw Stalker stiffen in his peripheral, "Stalker? Is something wrong?" the scout asked.
"Th-this can't be right!" Stalker was trembling, heat rising off his frame as anger boiled in his Energon lines.
"What?"
"I was searching for Diana via my extension and the signal keeps coming from outside the base above the ground! Like she's in Starscream or something!" he double, triple quadruple checked and let out a scream of rage, "Collateral?! They dare use my human for collateral?!"
All the Autobots looked at each other at this new bit of information.
"Can you contact her, Stalker?" Arcee asked.
He shook his head, "Communication signals jammed, he probably knew I'd find out." The ebony mech growled. He couldn't believe this! It was one thing after another for Diana when would it ever stop? Primus what is the cruel karma you're serving?! Stalker blinked. Since when had he started believing in 'karma'? That was Diana's thing being the superstitious human she was.
Stalker stood up on two legs, "Commander, we must find Sparkle. She's difficult, but not impossible to find." He pleaded.
"Start off with the base, this is where she was last seen." Prime ordered and Autobots scattered.
Stalker switched rides by pushing off of Bee and landing on Prowl's shoulder, "Sir, permission to access the security files of today?"
"Granted, but don't be too long."
He nodded and leaped onto the nearby console and pulled up the files.
He felt someone hovering over him and when he turned to see who it was, Bumblebee and Arcee stood there.
"What are you looking for?" the pink marksman asked.
"I just have to confirm something."
A video file popped up revealing the entirety of the brig. He zoomed in on Frenzy who appeared to be fiddling with the collar around his neck. At last the silver 'Con tore it off and managed to free himself of the cage. Frenzy stood there for a moment whirring and hissing, trembling as if in pain. Then to Stalker's horror changed his shape to an exact copy of himself before exiting the brig.
"Fragger! I'm going to kill him!!" Stalker snarled. He didn't notice that the intensity of his emotions was overriding the bond in which he shared with Frenzy.
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Jazz wandered the halls keeping all sensors trained for the search. He didn't rely on them though because of the fact that Sparkle's armor reflected these sorts of signals very well making her almost invisible. As much as she frustrated him at times, he couldn't help but feel a great affinity for her. She had after all, brought him back online.
The bipedal Pontiac recalled the first image he could remember in his waking. It had been a blur of bright red light, Sparkle the glimmering center, it had seemed as if her entire front was cracked open to release this all powerful healing from within. Jazz smiled at the memory.
"This calls for Sparkle's attention does it not?"
Jazz stopped in his tracks. The voice was coming from around the corner and fading as the speakers kept going.
"I don't know Sunny, she said only in absolute need that we wake her out of stasis lock."
What?! Those two know where she is?! Why didn't they speak up? Jazz proceeded to stealth mode, wanting to know everything.
"It involves Diana doesn't it? You know that witch has a liking to that girl."
"Yeah but…"
Both stiffened as their audio receptors were filled with beeps, warbles and screeches from Sparky's input on the matter.
"Ok fine! Little pipsqueak! We'll go get her, but don't blame us for anything that happens when we open that door." Sunstreaker retorted.
"Open what door?"
The twins whirled around at Jazz's question.
"A friend is in trouble and you two don't speak up with this useful information?" Jazz's tone suggested he wasn't talking on a level of equality toward them. It was as their lieutenant.
The twins looked at each other then back at Jazz.
"She… just come with us, sir." Sideswipe said and lead the way.
The twins led Jazz to a section of the base that wasn't in use yet.
They popped open a hidden terminal and punched in an elaborate code topped with optical scans. The sound of heavy locks clicking out of place reached Jazz's receptors. The door automatically started to open and as soon as it did the line of red light broadened until it engulfed the entire doorway.
"Whoa…" Sunstreaker stepped back in awe.
The entire being of Sparkle's still body was radiating wave after wave of Energon. The different pastels curling around, shifting splitting and circling calmly around the femme as she slept. The symbols that decorated her armor were glowing faintly.
As soon as the dampening door had opened the amount of energy being generated by Sparkle was immediately noticed by every single mechanoid on the base.
Jazz let out a long whistle, "Talk about sleeping beauty." He could feel his Energon lines rushing with excess again, causing him to start fidgeting.
"Jazz! What is that Energon signature that just blinded my sensors??" Optimus called via com link.
"That would be our Sparkle, Commander." Jazz replied.
"Care to explain why you've awakened me early?" Sparkle asked in Cybertronian. It sounded as if all her shyness they knew her for had vanished. The femme didn't move but the Energon around her started flowing faster, as if showing her annoyance.
Sideswipe was just waiting for her drone to shock them as he quickly explained the situation.
Her optics slowly opened as she heard the part about Diana. For a long moment she considered just leaving the girl to her fate and then regretted it. It wasn't fair to treat a friend that way, especially one who'd been through so much just to be friends with the Autobots.
They just couldn't wait till I'd reached my critical point could they?
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All of the Autobots had been drawn in by the massive source of Energon that was now roaming the base. However they skirted away as she approached, unsure of what to make of her.
Sparkle come up to the main exit but did not leave the relative safety of the base. She could feel the curious optics of all of the personnel on her back but ignored them.
"What is it you want Starscream?" she asked.
The jet type Decepticon soured into view before arcing back around keeping just out of range of any defense system trained on him, "You're close to your peak, that makes this much easier on my patience."
"Get on with it." Sparkle snarled.
"We'd been intending on trying to recreate a spark but your existence has made that plan obsolete."
"I told you I would not bare a spark for you Decepticons." She planted her feet holding up her hands, the Energon beginning to curl into a ball in front of her.
"Well then," Starscream suddenly barrel rolled so that his cockpit was facing the earth. Diana felt the straps release and for the second time that day had her head slammed against the canopy, "It's a rather long way down for a human wouldn't you say?"
Sparkle stopped her attack.
"Don't listen to him Sparkle! Don't you dare become his cow for my measly little life!" Diana moaned. She opened her eyes and instantly regretted it because the fact that glass was the only thing between her and the ground far far far below made her stomach turn.
Sparkle blinked in surprise. The human was willing to sacrifice herself for someone she hardly knew… how admirable, but stupid.
Stalker ran out so that he could see the Decepticon, spines bristling to his mood, "Leave Diana out of this you arrogant hot head! She can't defend herself from you and that's not fair!"
"What's that human saying… oh yes: All's fair in love and war." Starscream snickered, "This is Sparkle's decision."
"Sparkle, what is going on?"
The femme slowly glanced over her shoulder at Optimus, her pink optics had turned almost white in her power buildup.
"I'm about to make a very big mistake."
Sparkle's back shafts fluttered and the Energon around her swirled in a tight tornado of power, "Show me what you want done, Decepticon."
"That's better."
Diana yelped when he spun right side up again and locked her in his seat. She hadn't had time to move her arms so one was stuck in an odd position.
"Did I mention you're a sorry excuse for a fragtard you cowardly pathetic excuse for a scrap heap?" Diana bit back a whimper of pain as the straps tightened painfully, threatening to pop her awkward arm out of its socket.
"I don't have to give you back in perfect condition just so you know, meatball." Starscream retorted.
Diana considered spitting something back but then thought better of it. It wasn't exactly wise to be infuriating your captor especially when you were directly inside them. She saw Sparkle in her jet form fly up to Starscream's left wing, an aura of energy flowing around the glimmering entity. Diana looked away, her face burning in shame.
Stalker turned aggressively to his commander, "We have to go after them! Sir please!"
"I know, Stalker! Please stay calm about this." Prime turned to Jetfire and inquired about something.
Jazz looked at the twins who shrunk back, "What is Sparkle exactly you two?" he asked in a low voice.
Sideswipe stepped forward, "Sir, she's an Avatar of the Allspark, she can bare forth sparks on her own." He began.
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When they arrived at their destination of an abandoned air base hanger, Starscream transformed and dropped Diana on a catwalk nearest to him, "Ouch! You don't have to mech handle me so hard you-!" Diana's insult was cut off when Frenzy dropped off of Starscream's shoulder and pointed one of his guns at her, "You need to shut up! I'm sick of hearing that squeaky little voice of yours!"
"Yeah well I'm sick of hearing your nails on a chalk board voice!" Diana side stepped being smacked in the face by the barrel of his cannon snagged his arm and flipped him over her hip, slamming the Decepticon as hard as she could against the floor of the catwalk causing it to shake. Frenzy rolled to his feet and whipped around sending one well aimed blade her direction, slicing a deep gash on the side of her face.
"Stop it both of you!!" Starscream bellowed as Sparkle flew in, she transformed in mid flight and landed softly.
The two settled for glaring holes into each other's eyes.
Immediately Sparkle noticed a plane of human design being kept in the corner of the hanger, from quick research she saw that it was a B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
Starscream stepped next to her, "That pathetic piece of scrap alone isn't worth much as is."
"You want me to put a spark in a refurbished form of it?" she asked.
"Exactly."
Diana finally took note of her surroundings, "How the hell did you get a hold of a bomber?! It's not like they're just laying around waiting to be picked up!"
"Oh this place wasn't always so pure of organic life forms." Explained a scratchy hissy voice.
Diana looked around then realized the voice was from above. She did her best not to squeak a curse when she saw the owner was a giant mechanoid arachnid, to make it worse there was two of them.
"You! You two!! Where's Ratchet?!"
"Oh cool your jets human." The more feminine spider slid down on her thread so that she was right next to where Diana and Frenzy were standing, "He's fine, right now he's recharging peacefully."
"As if!"
The black and gold femme snickered.
"Don't make me tear out those ugly little eyes of yours!"
"Tut tut… if I remember correctly it was your battle partner that ripped out half of mine." Turantulas hissed and dropped to the other side of Diana. This close to two giant beast bots she was almost overwhelmed by the rancid smell of cadaver, "Perhaps I should return the favor?" Diana saw now a scar across four rejuvenated optics. She backed up quickly to dodge his pincers only to be grabbed by Blackarachnia.
"Let go!" she growled.
"Well this is a lively one." The widow type commented trying to not break her new toy as it wriggled ferociously in her pincers, "She's hardly secreting any fear pheromones at all, how very interesting."
"Leave her alone you disgusting things!"
The spiders glanced over at an infuriated Sparkle. The femme was trembling, her aura writhing around her body. Blackarachnia hissed but set the human down who gave her the highway one sign and ran down the catwalk until she was standing above of Sparkle.
Starscream snorted in impatience, "Hurry Avatar, the Autobots will be here soon."
"Then give me your blueprint." The words felt like rust in her processors. The silver mech sneered and approached Sparkle, who looked away in disgust.
"Don't you dare touch her!" Diana snarled. It was an empty threat though. She couldn't do anything without any weapons or even Stalker beside her. She was a useless piece of flesh at the moment. This fact made hot tears of frustration stream down her face.
Every nook and cranny of Starscream's being began to glow a hot white blue as he loomed over the femme, Sparkle closed her optics and screamed when the Decepticon code combined with her aura turning it a violent purple. The purity of the spark she'd been gathering for tainted with a perception. Sparkle stood before the stealth bomber with her hands held up, the energy wrapped lovingly around the cold hearted war machine.
Bolts of red Energon passed between her and the bomber, clicks, whirs, warbling and finally a hiss as the bomber suddenly transformed, hovering in mid air from being connected to the Avatar. It's bipedal form was a little more humanoid then the others but still retained the angular features of a Decepticon.
The huge husk bowed backwards, its chest plate clicking open to reveal an empty spark chamber.
Sparkle's back shafts suddenly closed behind her, like a flower sleeping for the night. A bright shining sphere of light exited from her back and was held gently amidst the glowing symbols. Diana could only guess that that was Sparkle's spark, leaving her own body to make room for the new one.
The Allspark's Avatar let out a pure note of ecstasy as energy fluctuated and gathered at her core, her midsection snapped open flaring with layer upon layer of life giving Energon as it curled into a spark.
"A Decepticon with that much firepower will be a force to be reckoned with." Turantulas said quietly to his cohort after he'd finished his scans of the husk.
"She had two nuclear missiles inside of her, she's going to be able to recreate those…" Blackarachnia mused.
Diana looked up at the words 'nuclear missiles'. She'd asked Ratchet about that sort of scenario and he'd said the actual radiation wouldn't do much to a Cybertronian, they'd be either incinerated or damaged beyond repair yes if they'd been in the blast range though. But those sort of missiles in the hands of a Decepticon that could remake them?? The entire human race might as well turn over and kiss their asses goodbye because Diana had been positive on their way in there were three more of these B-2 Spirit bombers parked outside.
An explosion rocked the base.
Starscream hissed in annoyance and looked outside to see his fellow Decepticons engaging in a full frontal assault with the Autobots.
"Hurry, Avatar!"
The spark developing inside her midsection drew upon all of her excess energy build up, curling it into itself, calling to Primus and the Allspark for the blessing of life. Diana watched in horror as the spark suddenly stabilized and started to rise, softly carried by jolts of Energon. She glanced from the spark to the awaiting Decepticon sparkling.
"Fuck this! You damn Decepticons will not be destroying my race so easily!!" Diana snarled.
Outside Bumblebee was locked in hand to hand combat with Skywarp, explosions searing their armor from all sides as missiles missed their targets. Out of his peripheral Bee thought he saw the familiar contrasting colors of Barricade.
Suddenly Barricade's advance was halted by the fact that a familiar ball of bladed fury popped out of one of Bee's shoulder compartments, savagely attacking the giant's head.
Stalker only stayed long enough to render Barricade useless before hopping off and galloping as fast as he could toward the hanger. He could see Diana from where he was, standing with her back turned to the fight next to Frenzy on the catwalk. Her figure was almost drowned out by the heavenly light radiating from Sparkle's lovely form.
He suddenly skidded to a halt when he saw Diana start fighting with Frenzy who seemed to be trying to hold her in place. She slammed her fists against his head drawing her own blood from his spikes, grabbed his long neck and threw him off of her and… jumped off the catwalk falling straight into Sparkle's chest cavity.
All of the energon suddenly flared and then collapsed back into the Avatar, wave after wave of power casting silence over the battle field.
The sparkling husk crumbled to the floor.
"DIIIAAAANNAA!!!!"
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Oh whoops… it's the end of the chapter.
Don't hurt me.
I know I delayed and I sorry, vacation was just so nice and lazy.
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