A/N: This story arc is almost over! Sorry for dragging it out so long. ^^;
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A/N: Sorry about that big typo lol. Thank you Blackhorse for bringing it to my attention. :)
"They aren't here" Hun-grr answered.
"You expect me to believe Megatron would send you alone?" Optimus asked gun barrel still pressed to the terrorcon's helm.
"Believe what you want Autobot" He sneered.
That was all the distraction Hun-grr needed to give before Soundwave got a clear shot at Prime's back. Prime let out a yelp of pain as he collapsed to his knees, Hot Shot wrapped securely in one large arm. Hun-grr jumped to his feet as Optimus fell on his knees.
As soon as his knees hit the ground, Optimus picked up his gun and shot at the beast as it made a move towards himself and the sparkling.
Hun-grr fell to the ground landing on his side, leaving a skid mark behind him as he slid to a halt as he offlined.
Tussling behind him, alerted Prime to the fact that the others had now joined him.
"Our party was cut short thanks to Soundwave's cassettes, we took care oif them and figured you might need some help" Blaster said as he helped his leader to his feet.
"You ok Optimus?" Prowl asked.
"Yes, I'm fine. Thank you" Optimus looked over the sparkling who was no longer crying but looking around intensely, optics widened.
"This one is a bit too young to be on the battlefield, let's make quick work of these decepticreeps" Jazz said as he pulled up in front of his leader and transformed.
"The other terrorcons must be around, but with their leader down they can't form Abonimus." Prowl said surveying the creature by his feet.
"Eject, help Prime" Blaster told his cassette.
"Optimus, May I?" Eject gestured toward the sparkling.
"Of course, please keep him safe".
"The cassetticon has the sparkling. Get him!" a voice called out.
"Oh no you don't " Jazz fired on the beasts making them scatter.
Prowl and Optimus joined in and together they created a barrier between the terrorcons and Eject.
Blaster tackled Soundwave to the ground as he tried for the sparkling from behind. Once they impacted the ground Steeljaw quickly made away with Soundwave's gun.
"Optimus watch out!" Jazz shot at Blot as he ran at the Prime.
Optimus steadied himself on his feet, he grabbed the terrorcon and spun him around and at that moment Prowl saw his opening. He kicked Cutthroat, who he had been battling, into the 'con Prime tossed and the 2 gestalt mates crashed to the ground.
Blaster had pinned down Soundwave and was able to get a hard right to the face and managed to crack his optics, but not before Soundwave dislocated Blaster's shoulder joint, his arm was hanging on by a few cables. He got off the blue communications officer and kicked him the side.
"I should permanently offline ya right now" he told the offline frame. "But that aint the way I do things".
Blaster sent his tapes to help the others with the 2 remaining terrorcons. He plucked up the little blue Autobot in his working arm as the squirmish infront of them continued.
Now the autobots outnumbered the Decepticons.
Ramhorn ran at Sinnertwin and was knocked aside as Sinnertwin charged back. He snorted as he got back to his feet.
Rippersnapper nearly flattened the casseticon Rhino as he didn't notice the last con coming at him. Steeljaw diverted the charging Rippersnapper's course by pouncing on him.
Rippersnapper grabbed the small lion in his metal fangs and chomped down. Steeljaw cried out in pain as sparks shot out from his body.
"Slag you, let him go" Prowl punched the con in the face plate, the impact of his fist forcing the cons mouth open. Steeljaw flew out of the terrorcon's mouth and landed on the sand. Rewind quickly ran to his brother's side.
Prowl was knocked back to the ground, the beast on top of him, jaws snapping for his neck. Prowl was using all his strength to wrestle Rippersnapper off of him. One hand gripping the con at his juglar, the other trying to knock him off.
"Prowl!" Jazz called out to his mate, as ran firing on the big mouthed creature.
Prime and Eject were helping Ramhorn with Sinnertwin.
With Soundwave out, Omega Supreme was able to pick up on the signals of the others.
"Omega, alright!" Blaster cheered, as the shuttle began to make his descent over the newly made battlefield.
"Decepticons spotted, prepare to terminate" the huge 'bots voice boomed.
"Gah, it's Omega Supreme. Let's get out of here." One of the creatures growled.
They turned tail and began to make an attempts for an escape, Omega Supreme lifted his giant arms and aimed at the retreating terrorcons. He fired 2 shots hitting them both and sending them flying into the distance.
"Well that took care of them" Jazz grinned as he watched the figures get smaller in the distance. "You alright, Prowler?"
Exhausting heavily Prowl grabbed Jazz's hand and allowed himself to be pulled up.
"Yeah, I'm fine. How about the others?"
"Damage report? Optimus?" the Earth SIC asked.
"Blaster and Steeljaw seem to be the worse off, let's head back to the city for repairs"
"Omega Supreme are you hurt?" Optimus asked their large ally.
"Negative"
"Good to hear, take us back to Autobot City".
After everyone had boarded they headed home, but Optimus didn't miss the incapacitated coneheads in the area where Omega Supreme had been hidden. He looked at the sparkling in his arms.
"I won't let them get you" he murmured to the sparkling, low enough that only his audios could pick it up and no one elses.
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As the Autobots began to unboard from Omega Supreme Ultra Magnus was waiting for them at the city.
All the bots could feel the tension radiating off the Cybertron SIC's frame. Optimus and Hot Shot were the last ones to walk down the ramp. Ultra Magnus made his way to his long time friend.
"I heard you ran into some trouble"
"Yes, but nothing we couldn't handle, we came out of it with minor injuries" Optimus replied.
"It's clear to me Hot Shot is not safe here. I am taking him back to Cybertron with me, I made up my mind". Optimus could tell something was not right with Ultra Magnus.
"I'm sorry Magnus, I will not allow you to take him with you"
"I'll take him by force if I have to" the white mech said with a blank look in his optics.
"You are not thinking clearly my friend, do you hear what you are vocalizing?" Optimus asked, placing Hot Shot on the ground and stepping in front of him.
"If you feel you must do this, but I will not let you take him"
"Fine!" Ultra Magnus lunged at Optimus. Optimus dug his heels into the ground, they locked hand; pushing each other back. Both pairs of legs holding strong. Their pedes digging into the ground, as they both tried to balance.
"Magnus, why are we doing this?" Optimus asked.
"You know why I am doing this, I am going to get Hot Shot back" Magnus growled.
"No…. why are you really acting like this?" Optimus question, both of them staring into each others optics, grunting as they pushed with all their might.
Sunstreaker and Sideswipe ran up to the scene, as they just returned from patrol.
"Hey, what's going on?" Sideswipe asked.
"Don't worry, stay out of it guys" Prowl barked. "That goes for everyone" he keep his optics fixed on the commanders. Strong, stern expression.
"Sides get Hot Shot away from them" Jazz said to the red twin.
"Uh yeah right" he replied, not attempting argue with the order. He ran up behind Prime grabbed the clicking sparkling and ran back to the group on the sideline.
"Not even an orn old, and you already got all the mech's fighting over you" Sideswipe teased the sparkling as he poked him on the nose, earning chirps and clicks from the sparkling.
"Sideswipe,mute it" Prowl said not as amused.
"Are they fighting about something that has to do with Hot Shot?" Sunstreaker asked.
Nobody answered as they continued watching the scene.
The two mechs continue to press forward at each other. Optimus felt as if he was being overpowered.
"I didn't want to bring it up, but you leave me no choice since won't willingly tell me. Ratchet told you Rodimus isn't going to make it, didn't he?"
All of Ultra Magnus's strength left his body. With a large thump he was thrown to the ground.
Hot Shot who had been considerably calm the whole time began to cry out loud, seeing his creator land on his side.
"Are you alright Optimus?" Prowl asked.
"We're fine, take Hot Shot inside for now" he told them.
"You got it" Jazz replied, escorting everyone back in to the city.
"Sides, Sunny can I trust you with Hot Shot for a few mega-cycles while Jazz and I go to medbay?" Prowl asked the twins, hoping they would be responsible this once.
"You know what, just take him to Hound and Mirage's quarters" he said after thinking it over.
"Come on, we can take care of him. Right, Sunny?"
"I want nothing to do with whatever you are thinking" Sunstreaker said, as he turned to make towards Hound's quarters.
"Fine! Wait for me!" Sideswipe followed his brother.
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"Because of the injuries in the last encounter with the Decepticons on Earth, I will be heading back now. Notify me as soon as he wakes up" Ratchet told the protectobots as soon as they arrived back on Cybertron.
"Of course Ratchet, leave him to us"
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"Weee!" Fracture giggled as she floated through the air.
Sideswipe turned down the corridor that led to the crew's quarters. Upon seeing a floating sparkling he stopped short.
"Oww! Fragging idiot, don't stop like that! Ugh my paint, you scratched it!" Sunstreaker shoved his brother out of the way.
"What in Primus?" he uttered as he now saw the spectacle as well.
Hot Shot clicked and chirped, stretching his arms out to try and reach his friend, who loomed in the air in the distance.
"Fracture?! What's going on here?" the gold lambo asked.
"I flying!" the small femme answered as she did a loop in the air, arms straight in front of her, frame and legs straight.
"But, but you can't fly! Can you?" Sideswipe asked taking a step closer.
"Ya! Look, I flyin'!" The femme giggled and continued to fly around in the corridor.
"You know Sunny, maybe she can fly. Maybe all sparklings can fly, and we just didn't know because we never seen sparklings before, that must be it!" Sideswipe concluded.
"I guess… what about Hot Shot?" Sunstreaker asked pointing to the little blue autobot in his brother's arms.
"Well, I bet it's like any other ability, and the first time it comes out is when the bot is really in danger"
"I don't know if I like where this is going, but continue" Sunstreaker said, eyes still on the femme.
"Well maybe if we throw him up in the air, or drop him off the top of the city, he'll fly." Sideswipe said, his optics glistening.
"Uh, you know, what if not all sparklings can fly? Dropping him off the top of the city could… Offline him!!" His twin shouted the last part.
"Oh come on I wasn't really going to drop him from the top of the city, I'm shocked you don't trust my sense more than that" Sideswipe said with a fake pout. "But I am going to throw him in the air! Catch!"
"Wait, wait!" before Sunstreaker could stop him, Sidewipe tossed the sparkling in the air.
Hot Shot clicked and chirped and waved his arms, as Earth's gravity caught up with him and began to drag him down.
"Ummph" Sunstreaker exhausted air after catching the sparkling. "Slagger! That was really stupid, you could have hurt him"
"Oh he loved it. You need to relax, I wouldn't let him get hurt" Sideswipe laughed, he grabbed the sparkling out of his brothers hands and tossed the sparkling in the air again before letting him drop back into his arms.
"Future frontliner right here, nothing scares you, does it buddy?" The red Lamborghini wiggled the sparkling in front of him as he clicked and clapped his hands.
"Alright, enough of that" a voice said.
Sideswipe laughed with a huge grin "I knew you were there the whole time".
In an instant Mirage appeared in front of them, Fracture in his arms.
"Sure you did"
"I was seeing how long it would take you to stop me trying to get Hot Shot to fly" he smirked "would you have let me drop him off the city?"
"I wouldn't put it past you to do that Sideswipe" the elegant voice answered. "That being said I think you should hand him over now"
Sideswipe put the sparkling in Mirage's free arm. "See you around little guy" he patted Hot Shot on the helm before walking away.
Sunstreaker punched his brother in the arm and they bickered as they turned the corner making their way to the rec room.
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The next day, Rodimus woke and he felt considerably better than he had been feeling. He turned his head to the side, and watched his hand as he wiggled his fingers. He opened and closed his hand into a fist.
Looking past his hand he could see Wheeljack laying on his back on the workbench in the corner of the room, Perceptor laying on face down on top of him, both in reacharge.
First Aid walked in and was delighted to see Rodimus awake.
"Prime, you're awake! How are you feeling?" the medic asked.
Coughing to clear his intakes before answering "Better than I have been".
"Hmm, let's see" First Aid ran a scanner over the red flamed mech.
"Looks like 'Jack and Perceptor's booster of the anti-virus is working. They applied it to your systems over the recharge cycle."
"You all have been working so hard, just to save me". Rodimus dimmed his optics again.
"Don't worry about it, you're important to everyone here" First Aid assured his commander.
"How are Hot Shot and Ultra Magnus? I'm still not strong enough to feel them through our bond" he said looking toward the medibot.
"Don't push yourself, you're vitals are up but you still aren't at half your full strength. As for the commander, I believe he is on Earth with Hot Shot. Both are doing well"
"Has Shockwave shown himself yet?"
"No, unfortunately he is still eluding our search forces".
P.S. You have to think that Red Alert had a spark attack watching Sideswipe from the security room. XD