ok chapter 21! since I am not getting votes on the poll or ANY reviews :( I will just continue to torture you guys with cliff hangers :p LOL, enjoy!
I watch the three C-17s take off, I hear some shouting in the back of my mind but I can't deal with that, I have to focus my mind, control my fear, think of a strategy. I can't go into this without a plan, sensei always said: going in head first means landing face first, I find a spot where I can camp out and hopefully carry the element of surprise while I am at it, I watch the plane that Miko, Fowler and the others got on, it took off last for some reason. The other two make it up in the sky without any problems thanks Primus for that, I transform and wait, I am not using any weapons, I will fight hand on hand but I will not harm my new family. Three figures now become four on my radar, the C-17 was still on the run way, Elita came out of nowhere, along with Bumblebee and Smokescreen, Arcee must be tailing them. Elita aims her gun at the plane I kick the back of the knees where very sensitive struts are, she falls, I punch Smokescreen in the back of the neck, then his lower back and kick him to the ground. Bumblebee throws a left hook, then a right hook I catch them with my forearms and do a round house kick, catching him in the head. Arcee flies through the air transforming her hand and taking the shot at the C-17 catching the plane in its left wing engine while it is up in the air.
"Scrap" I snap, keep focused Stormblaze! The kids will be ok, they have to be. Elita stands up and tries to take another shot I run at them, I grab Arcee's arm and roll across her slightly arched back kneeing Elita in the stomach plating knocking her over as her cooling systems try to pick up the loss of air. Arcee throws a right straight punch and catches me in the face I quickly recover to dodge another one of her shots. I grab her arm again as it comes across my face and twist it so she has to curl and turn around in order for it to not snap out of place, my elbow meets her delt plate right next to the base of her neck and she is rendered unconscious. I force myself to control my venting, breath, no fear, no pain.
"Whoa" I hear a scared voice. A familiar scared voice, my optics illuminate to their full lighting and I look at the three, make that four humans that snuck off the carrier, I can honestly say though, I am glad they didn't follow my orders this time, or it would be the end of them.
"go hide, now" I order sternly but calmly. Fowler grabs their arms just as three more figures hit my radar, there are only three more bots on the team though and those three are Bulkhead, Ratchet and…. Optimus. Some of the bots I took out begin to stir, I can't fight all of them at once, especially when they are all focused on me. I transform and floor it to Fowler and the three trouble makers.
"hop in, I will get you guys to a safe place and then I will have to make a plan as to how I am going to fix this" they do as I say without a second thought.
"any ideas on where you guys could lay low Fowler?" I bust into the base and speed down a hall.
"the arms room, they are close to, if not, impenetrable" Fowler suggested, he kept his voice even but my monitors were saying his heart rate was high, he had good reason, the Autobot team of earth and the only Autobot team of earth right now was here to kill us. I take a corner, I can't get a map of the base because they disconnected every recovery line so none of their computer programs would be able to get hacked into.
"right" Fowler pointed, I drift the corner and continue on.
"left" we are making our way to the middle of the base when I am finally told to stop.
"there it is, get in kids" everyone hops out of my cab, Miko, Raff and Jack run into the room but stop with confusion and look back at Fowler who kept his place beside me.
"Fowler?" I softly ask.
"I am going to help you" he says with full on determination, I know that voice, because I use it when I know I won't back down.
"you're a grown, trained man, you are also in the military, be my guest. But, I will warn you, the team are not themselves, they are driven by so much rage, they can't see or feel what they do, they will blow you away without a second thought on the spot" I warn. But that look in his eyes doesn't faze a bit, he is strong, it will be nice to have some company I just hope he can handle himself if the bots get past me.
"that's not fair! We want to help!" Miko growled.
"help by staying here, safe, and out of the way" Fowler punches the key pad and the thick metal doors isolate the kids from the pit that is about to happen in the base.
"so I was thinking that we don't fight them all at once, I can only take so much, if we keep moving around base, they will probably break into groups and try to hunt us down, we will pick them off and somehow restrain them as we go" I lay down, it was the only plan that came to my processor.
"sounds good, I am not looking forward to this" Fowler pinches the bridge of his nose with agitation, I was about to tell him that I second that but then a loud clang was heard as the possessed Autobots entered the blacked out facility.
"we better move, we are pinned right now" Fowler nods his head, soft whirs and clicks are heard as I transform and take the human in my hands. the pads on the bottom of my pedes and the silencers covering my hydraulics I was deadly silent, I crept through the base I begin to curse as I try to bring my radar up.
"I don't like the sound of that tone" Fowler sighs looking up at me.
"they put dampeners on, I can't see them on my radar" I admit with a growl of irritation. Fowler looks at the ceiling, cussing and closing his eyes, this just got much, much harder. I turn on my night vision, it is completely and utterly dark, meaning Fowler won't be able to see, the base has no windows to keep secrecy. My night vision could only reach a certain amount of ground, I wasn't able to see much until there was something right on top of me. I don't hear any footsteps yet, that is all I can rely on right now is my audio.
"hey, there is an air vent up there, I remember it, if you could give me a little boost I could go through there and do a little spy work for you" the agent offers.
"alright, but if you do, you stay completely and utterly silent. If they are right below you, don't move or even breath, our audio or hearing is far more stronger than yours" I whisper back he nods. I raise my hand up high and pull the grating off and give Fowler a little boost in.
"good luck my friend" I whisper up. I hear a muffled sound as the Agent begins to move through the vent. I try to calm down my venting, but I am literally blind to a point with a strong team of seven trying to hunt me down. And here I am trying to calm myself down. I move through the halls being dead silent, my audio open and listening for any small noise that may be trouble. I follow a long hallway, despite the pads on my pedes it feels like every step I take sounds like all my steps are echoed in a microphone down the hall. Precipitation forms on my armor, my body is overheating with fear, this causes more heat, hence, steam. My mind is squared away but the rest of my body is screaming at me to turn and run away. I finally get to the end of the overly large and long passageway, when clunky footsteps are heard, I swallow as they come closer to my location, I press myself against a wall and turn my cooling system off to suppress the noise. The footsteps slowly become louder, I press my servo against my mouth plates, I recognize those steps, they are Optimus' they finally halt to a stop. He is on the other side of the wall, if he turns he will spot me and the fight will be on. I stare at the corner where his head could pop out at, but instead he turns around and walks back the way he came. I slowly let a shaky breath out and look up at the ceiling, as the footsteps become more distant, I wait a bit then take the opposite hallway of Optimus and find myself out in the open in a very large mess hall. Not a good place to be I sneak my way to a wall and make a soft clink as my body hits the surface, this got someone's attention because next thing I know I am looking down the barrel of a charged weapon.