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Chapter Twenty Six: Not Everything Goes as Planned

-Miko's POV-

Ow, my head. I online my optics feeling my processors pound as I try to get up. However my servos are bound in front of me. I was in a room of sorts, not much in the way of decoration. Alright, what happened? I was in the woods after exiting what seemed to be a groundbridge, I saw two bots and tried to talk to them. Then they attacked me, me! I mean I don't think I look like a… oh right, the tattoo. I swear to whoever is up there that I'm going to murder Skywarp when I get back. Suddenly a door opens in front of me bringing a little bit of light into my cell as a red and blue bot walks in. It was Optimus, though it didn't quite look like him. He stared at me for a moment as I just lay there staring at him. Bringing my bound servos up I place them under my chin and grin. I know it doesn't look like I'm a good guy at the moment but I can't help it. I need to look innocent enough so I can go out there and give Soundwave a good thrashing.

"So you're the Decepticon that Bulkhead and Bumblebee found?" he asked tilting his head to the side before shaking it. "I didn't expect this."

"Yeah, neither did I." I reply tilting my head from side to side. "I mean, I don't normally go around with the Decepticon Symbol tattooed to my back. That wasn't my fault."

"Then why haven't you gotten rid of it yet?" a new voice asks as a shorter gold and black mech walks in from behind him. My faceplates heat up as I mumble. "I couldn't exactly do it myself. It's in a really awkward place on my back."

Other Optimus turns to talk to someone as a white and red and very grumpy looking bot walks in. He moves around scanning me and I am sure he is Ratchet. Just with a more harsher personality.

"What did you get yourself into?" I hear him mumble before looking at Optimus. "Well she either is a Decepticon from the war or something else is going on. Thundercracker and Skywarp perished during said war."

Wait, what? What war? My head jerks up in surprise as the gold and black mech observes me. His blue optics narrow and I don't move one bit.

"I don't want to just leave her in here but there isn't a better place to keep her." mused Prime keeping an optic on me as well. I try moving my pedes only to find out that they are bound as well. Grumbling internally I know that I won't be able to do anything but sit up. Who tied me up anyways? Bulkhead? He would know of a good way to keep someone down. Bee? If he is who I think he is, I doubt it. The gold and black mech seems to be awfully quiet during this conversation. They turn to leave and I open my mouth to call out to them but the heavy door shuts. "Hey, wait!"

Darkness. Struggling I manage, somehow, to get to a wall and into a better sitting position. I do not want to sit on my knees. Great now what am I supposed to do?

-Ratchet's POV-

That femme, I could tell the moment I saw her, she wasn't a Decepticon. If she was she would have done a lot more to get out of her bindings. Either that or beg pleading that she wouldn't hurt anyone. Instead she just watched us, perhaps we should have used a different line of questioning. Or Prowl is just going to sneak in later and find out as much as he can. My eyes scan the screen in front of me as I observe the scans I had taken. The tattoos could be easily removed, what worried me was the names imprinted upon the metal. Starscream, was still alive and insane. Skywarp and Thundercracker, my fingers dig into the metal of my seat. When they were by their commander's side they wreaked havoc in the skies. It was shortly before the war ended that… my optics looked at the screen that was now flashing red.

"What is this?" I mumble out loud tapping the screen lightly. "This looks like an energy signature, two near her spark and one surrounding her. This energy… it can't be!"

Getting onto the comm I call out. "Optimus! Get the femme out of there!"

"Is something wrong?" I hear the younger bot ask biting back a growl I yell. "She is surrounded by what seems like energy from the Allspark!"

I feel the ground quake beneath me and we all take off from our hideout towards the storage unit that Sari had rented out for us. This was bad, we get there and it was not who I expected. Standing there holding the femme was not Megatron but Starscream. The young femme was struggling against his grip as he stared at her with cold optics. She was trying to hit him with her bound arms optics full of fury.

"Let go of me!" she snapped trying to get out of his grasp and I ready my weapon. Her chest plates were heaving as she vented air.

"Why do you feel familiar?" he questions leaning over ignoring us. "I know you from somewhere."

"Frag off!" she snapped and she was lifted to her pedes and slammed against the wall. Her denta gritted before she glanced towards us. Optimus had his axe out and the others readied their weapons. Looking forward the femme grinned as she lifted her knees and pressed her pedes against the wall saying. "Get scrapped!"

Her jets turned on and she hit him with her head only to get pinned to the ground by his foot. Starscream readied his cannons pointing one at her before he finally addressed us.

"Autobots, I was expecting you." he greeted as the femme tried to get out from under pede. "You see the sensors on the ship sensed Allspark energy coming from this direction. And what do I find? A femme surrounded by it, is the shard inside of her?"

"What are you talking about?" Bee asked his eyes glancing towards me as I snap. "It isn't in her! This energy isn't even radiating from her. It acts more like a shield, even you should have realized it."

"Ratchet?" I heard Optimus speak up and I explain. "It's the reason why I wanted us to move her from the location. She is surrounded by energy from the Allspark, yet that isn't all that my preliminary scans found. Two energy signatures like sparks near her own, latent and faint but there. Almost like what the humans call ghosts."

"I'm possessed?" the femme screeched struggling as hard as she could. "Get them out of me! I don't want to be possessed!"

"Will you shut up?" snapped the commander of the Decepticons glaring down at her. She smirked up at him saying. "Just try it. You can't even take over the Decepticons. What makes you think you can keep me down?"

-Prowl's POV-

I am starting to think that she isn't a Decepticon, in some ways, yet the way she godes him on. It is like she has done this before.

-Miko's POV-

I regret nothing, not even as he begins to charge his cannons. Yeah, he's pissed, suddenly he is knocked back by a blast of energy from Ratchet. Testing the bindings once again I hear roar of engines as Decepticons begin to descend. Is that what Megatron looks like from this angle. He's still ugly. That was when I feel someone on me, looking forward I see a human girl trying to get me free. She had green eyes and red hair wearing a yellow dress.

"Hi." I say and she grins at me before getting me free. "Are you sure that's a good idea?"

"Hey it's either you prove yourself with us or let yourself get captured by the Decepticons and have who knows what done to you." she tells me and I give her a grin climbing to my pedes. Using my hands to place her on my shoulder I say. "I think I like you kid, what's your name?"

"Sari." she tells me and I nod my head saying. "Nice to meet you Sari, name's Miko!"

"Optimus Prime!" growled Megatron though I swear I see a smirk on his face plates. "You will not get in my way again!"

"There is nothing for you here Megatron." Prime replies his stance ready as they stare each other down. I react quickly shielding Sari as both sides began to fire at each other. Guess I'm not the only one who likes to be in the middle of the battle. Looking around I spot what seemed to be more of the storage units. Diving inside I hear a yelp and looking down to see that I nearly stepped on a girl wearing a hoodie. She glared at me before spotting the fighting robots and decided to shut the door. I let out a chuckle causing her to snap. "If you don't want to die then shut up."

"Alright, sheesh." I grumble as Sari climbs off of my shoulder to talk to the girl. I listen to the fight going on outside. I really should go out and help but I due to my training I keep thinking that I'm going to hit one of the Autobots. 'SCREW YOU THUNDERCRACKER!' I snap internally.

-Sari's POV-

The girl that we met apparently was helping out a robot who had gotten stuck under the door. She didn't know what was going on until Miko nearly stepped on her.

"So now we are trapped in a storage unit and no one can get us out unless they have the code." The girl tells me as a light erupted from the black and pink robot. I turn around to see her cannons flaring up as her eyes were flickering from red to blue. This isn't good. I'm kind of hoping that the Decepticons blow down the wall so she can release her fire on them. Thankfully that was when the wall behind her explodes as Starscream looms down on us. She glared at him before tackling him through the hole. The girl and I just watched as she tried to beat the scrap out of him. Well not everything goes as planned, I look at the girl and ask. "So what's your name?"

"Naver." She tells me with a shrug, I'm not one to judge. My name is Sari, unfortunately our fun comes to an end as Bulkhead has to pull Miko away from the Seeker who promptly flies away. He didn't look to good.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter, there are more to come.