The parentheses are there, because I used a Cybertronian font that I downloaded. If any of you are interested in knowing what it looks like, I'll post a picture on my twitter page. I hope you all enjoy! :)
Oh and for the songs, I will have all of them listed either at the end of each chapter or all in one big chapter.
Ch. 26
-Jazz's POV-
"Chief, is it aight if Ah take Cody to the beach with Musa?" I walked over to the firehouse with Musa sitting on my shoulders. She hugged my chin with her servos hugging my helm. "Sweetie, Carrier is going to crash if you hold onto him like that."
"I don't see why not. That is if Cody wants too and is all caught up on his homework?" Chief looked at his youngest with a questioning look.
Cody nodded with a smile, "Frankie and I finished on the way home. Let me get changed really quick." He ran off while Musa and I waited for him.
Musa nuzzled me before I lifted her over my helm upside down. She started laughing loudly as I did what the humans called an Eskimo kiss. The little femme laughed even more when I flipped her right side up. She held onto my digits and stood on my peds with her wings moving excitedly. "Carrier, you don't have work, do you?"
"Nope, I'll give my little dancer one hundred percent of my attention." I leaned forward and kissed her helm, getting a purr from her. "I'll give you singing lessons, until we can find someone who can be trusted."
"Jazz, if it will make anything easier we can head to the main land and find clues on Starscream." Hot Spot gestured to him and the rest of his team. "Oh, and congrats on that big break in Iacon."
My faceplates heated up with surprise, not realizing they were keeping up with the trends. "Oh, well thanks yeah it took a lot of time and effort to get that place in Iacon. Maybe you and the team would like to come to my next show? I know I'll be performing at the War celebration, which ya'll are invited to because well you have to. Not to mention we found more Bots that have been stranded all over the universe!"
"Really? How many more?" Hot Spot asked excitedly, knowing how much we all went through see more and more of our friends disappear.
"Not many, but the ones we did find are all hanging out at Iacon General for complete overhauls and rehabilitation. Ratchet said they should be good to go by the time the celebration gets here. Prime is letting me hold it here since Bee's team and the Rescue bots are here."
"War celebration?" Graham asked from his computer. "What do you do there?"
I smiled cheekily as I lifted Musa back up in my arms. "Well I would tell you, but it's best to show you. I'll be sending out the invites when everything settles down back home. We found a few of our dino friends, the Technos, not to mention I have the best surprise for Prime. We found her."
"Her!? What about the others?" First Aid asked in shock.
I shook my helm, "they didn't make it to the operation table. Ratchet doesn't want him knowing until she is fully recovered. But the others are doing fine, we got some background on what happened. We are sending out more search parties."
"Wait, who are you all talking about?" Kade asked as he waved his hands crazily.
"Elita-one, Prime's sparkmate. She is the only one who can get Prime to actually be a normal mech." I got excited just talking about it. Cody finally came back and smiled, I sat Musa down carefully. "Ready you two?"
"Carrier can we walk there please?" Musa begged me and I shook my helm with a chuckle. "I'll be really good."
I knelt down in front of her and put a servo on her shoulder. "Musa, we aren't on Cybertron so we can't walk around like we do normally. That's why we have those holoforms, so we don't squish anyone. But how about this, if you want to go walk to the beach I'll carry you and Cody there. Sound cool?" I held out a fist.
Musa looked at me quietly, her wings moved thoughtfully before she smiled and met my fist bump. "Sounds cool." She lowered her servo to Cody, he got on, and I lifted them both up careful not to give the human vertigo.
"Promise to bring 'em back before night fall." I assured Charlie before leaving the firehouse, playing a soft tune from my speakers. It didn't take long for Musa to start chirping and hum to the song. Her voice reminded me of mine when I was her age, light and sweet.
"So, Jazz are you really J?" Cody asked me as we got closer to the beach. I nodded with a smile on my face. "Woah, that's so cool!"
"It is pretty cool, huh? Performing on Earth has its positives, like during interviews I get asked about my career and things about music. Whereas on Cybertron I just get asked about what I would do if I was a Decepticon and what it's like to be the first of my kind to not follow my 'brethren' and join Megatron's cause." I explained to the child until we got to the beach. I sat them down and transformed before opening up my trunk. "Come on sweetspark."
Musa climbed in the trunk and activated her holoform and hopped out wearing a pink one-piece with black polka dots. I closed the trunk and activated my holoform; I decided to go with khaki shorts and a blue button up with short sleeves. "Carrier, you look so pretty! Do I look pretty?" She bounced around excitedly, kicking up the sand.
Cody and I laughed at her excitement. Her view of me always made me happy and even blush when Prowl would agree with our creation. "You are beautiful my little muse, now go play while you can."
"Cody, can we go play in the water?" Musa took the boy's hand with a big smile on her face. Cody nodded and took her to the edge of the ocean, and they both started playing and laughing. I smiled seeing Musa so happy and acting as a sparkling should; she enjoyed Earth as much as I did because we didn't have to deal with being judged by our optics. Musa got lucky because while in her holoform, her eyes were blue which made me ecstatic to see her smile.
"Oh my God it's J!" A group of screams came from almost all directions, I jumped up and looked around and saw the small form a crowd around me. I looked in the direction of where Musa and Cody were, Musa looked like she was coming to me but stopped when the crowds came. "J, we love you!"
The screams and cheers were getting louder, and I had to put on a big smile on my face as I signed whatever they had brought and took pictures with them. It wasn't uncommon no matter which planet I was on, crowds came for pictures. Earth's downside was that the internet didn't keep my location much of a secret. "Now everyone, I can hope ya'll keep this away from publicity? We don't need reporters from the mainland stumbling on the Rescuebots can we?"
They all nodded, but I knew they would not listen to me if it meant they got to show off to their friends and family on the mainland. "J, are you going to be performing the music festival?" One of the teens asked me with a big smile on her face.
"No ma'am I just came here with my family for vacation." I smiled at them before looking at the kids and gestured for them to keep playing. I pointed to Musa to get them to look at her. "I came here to keep that little girl happy, and I can't do that if I'm over here now can I?"
That finally got them to disperse, and I snuck up behind Musa and lifted her up to my chest. She started laughing again while I sat her down, her arms wrapped around my neck. "I love you Carrier. Why don't you want to the music festival? Can we go to it with Sire?"
"I have been working too much and want to spend time with my sparkling. As for going to it, you're going to have to get Sire to agree." I looked at what was in her hand, she held it out to me. It was a pink shell that I read up on. "I believe that's a shell that you can hear the ocean when you listen to it closely, but let's see if it's magical. May I?"
Musa gave it to me and was getting excited. Cody was drinking some water while I started cleaning it out of sand. I covered the larger hole with my hand and then blew into the smaller on. A small sound came out of it, I started blowing into it some more until I saw how mesmerized Musa and Cody were by the almost ominous sound coming from it. I decided it was enough and stopped, I held it out to my daughter with a smile. "Want to take it home with us?"
An excited gasp escaped her and her eyes widened with excitement. "Really!? I want to give it to uncle Smokescreen! Can I?"
I nodded with a smile before looking at the rest of the people that were at the beach. "Why don't we head back to the firehouse and we can clean it for you?"
"Yay!" Musa ran over to my body and opened up the trunk before turning her holoform off and climbed out, so I could transform. Once I was on my peds and carried the kids in my arm, I headed back to the firehouse. Musa's wings moved into a high 'v'. "Carrier where are they running to?"
I looked in the direction her digit was pointing, and saw a car speeding down the road and saw Prowl and Chase racing after it. "Looks like someone broke the law. Sire and Chase, have it handled sweetspark."
"Hey Jazz, can we go watch?" Cody asked followed by both of them looking up at me with big smiles on their faces.
I looked at the direction of where the chase went and then down at the kids. "I'm sorry, but no. I don't want either of you to get hurt. Let's head back to the firehouse."
We started walking again, but a car swerved down the street we were walking next to and ran into my ped. I sat the kids down and went to help them, but the passengers got out and staggered a bit. As I was about to ask if they were okay they pulled out pistols and started shooting at me. Musa and Cody hid behind me. One bullet strayed and hit the corner of my visors. Prowl and Chase swerved into scene.
"Ya scratched my shades, dat isn't good for either of ya." I picked them up and they started shooting my chest or the sides of my face until their clips were empty. "Yer so angry, kinda cute. But my gun's bigger, wanna see?"
"Jazz, you're going to cause them to relieve themselves. Just hand them over and take them home." Prowl was keeping his front up, but he was getting angry at the humans for shooting me. "You are both under arrest for; armed robbery, speeding, fleeing from the scene, and illegal firearms possession."
"Come on Prowler, Ah wasn't goin' tah hurt 'em… much." I jokingly said as I sat them down but didn't let them go until Charlie had them cuffed and in the back of Chase. I looked at the car and then at Chief, "hey Chief, want me to take this to the station?"
"No thanks Jazz, we got this." He said before attaching the car to the back of Chase. "Cody, I want you to stay inside until I get back."
Cody nodded, got "got it dad." I picked them both up, Prowl and I looked at each other.
You better come back safely, or I'm going to kill you myself. I told him through the bond with a glare behind my visors.
I am always safe; now go before I make a personal arrest. Prowl's wings flicked at me with a playful smile on his lips before transforming. The trio drove off to the station. Musa, Cody, and I returned to the fire station with Cody's older siblings running to him to check him over. I sat Musa down about to check her over to make sure she wasn't hurt, but my comlink beeped.
Musa's wings dipped down and I ignored it a continued to beep. "I'm sorry sweetspark, it'll only be a few minutes." She sighed with a nod, and I quickly backed out of the building getting far enough away for no one to hear. I finally accepted the comm. ::Be quick Trine.::
::It's Normandy, the femmes were preforming and one of the rival gangs held them hostage. We managed to chase them off, but they left their battle mark.:: Trine explained fast and calmly.
::Who was it? Were any of the femmes hurt?:: At Normandy, only members of Dark Hex could work there as it was in the heart of Kaon and where my attention was the most. The other clubs in the rest of Cybertron, anyone could work for me and even had the opportunity to accept the protection of my family if they wanted. The femmes could handle themselves against customers, but while on the floor they couldn't have their weapons so against an attack they were defenseless.
::They're fine, just a bit shaken up. What do you want to do about the battle mark?:: A battle mark, was something gangs used to challenge each other. This group must be very cocky to challenge me. ::When we get back from Earth, prepare for battle.::
::I'll let them know, and what do you want to do with Carbon?:: No one but I was aware of what I planned to do to Carbon, and until we returned no one was going to know what I was going to do to the mech.
::I will deal with Carbon after the battle, just keep him in his quarters and a guard on him at all times.:: I said before disconnecting the comms. As I was about to return to the others my comlink beeped again. This time Prowl, Chief, and Chase had returned. I tapped my comlink again just avoid contact with my mate as I answered it. ::Hello?::
"Hi, I'm secretary of Mayor Don Valley here at Crystal City and I was hoping that J has some availability in his schedule for three-night performance this next week; Thursday and Friday?" A light-hearted voice asked with light tapping in the background.
"This is him, let me talk to my schedule manager to see if I have an opening." I put my comlink on mute and went over to Prowl. "Can I see next week's schedule?"
"Jazz, you told me you were going to take a bit of a break after the reunion performance?" Prowl gave me a stern look while handing me the data pad.
I kissed his cheek, "and I will after this one. It's only for two earth days." I left the firehouse while looking over the schedule that Prowl had made for me, so I don't accidently book two gigs at the same time. I unmuted my comlink and resumed the conversation. "So, it looks like I have only one free day. The rest of my week is full, I'll be holding a private memorial service performance for some friends of mine. Would the mayor be alright with just a single day?"
"Let me check with him?" A moment of silence before tapping continued and breathing in the phone. "A single day would be just as amazing. We have a list of songs he wants, and it's a semi-formal wear."
I nodded, "alright. I will send my information to you in an e-mail and get all the information from you." I walked inside and handed the data pad back to my mate. There was typing again as a light flashed across my side of my visors.
"I look forward to your e-mail, have a great rest of your day J." The call ended and I looked at the scowl on Prowl's face.
He put his servos on his hips, his wings flicked with a disappointed shake of his helm. "Jazz, you need to stop accepting every little invite. You're not getting any younger, I would like to spend time with you and our sparkling. I know you are dedicated to your music, but you need to learn to take a break. Take it from the mech who is known for working until crashing."
"Prowl, this is why I have you to help keep my crazy self in line. It'll be the last one I promise and then I'll announce my break when I have that interview on Helix Solar News." I put one servo to my chest and the other removed my visors.
A loud gasp came from Blades, "you're going to be on HSN!? I love HSN!" His sudden declaration earned him weird looks from both of them is teams.
"Since when?" Streetwise asked with confusion in his tone.
"Since I joined Rescue Academy." He rubbed the back of his helm with a chuckle.
I got down on both knees in front of Musa with a smile on my face. "Which reminded me. Musa, would you do me the honor of going on with me?"
Musa's wings moved excitedly and hugged me tightly. "I get to be on TV with you? What about Sire? Do the news bots not like him?"
I laughed and looked over my shoulder at Prowl, who was shaking his helm with a smile. Looking at my daughter I decided to play along. "They're terrified of him."
"Okay Jazz, you stop it before I cancel all your talk show interviews." He cuffed my helm in one fluid movement.
Musa hugged me a lot softer and her frame shifted in short bursts. "Carrier, I don't feel good." And hello Carrier mode; I pulled away slightly and touched her helm softly.
She looked at me before dipping her helm and gave a small sneezing sound. I stood up and held her close to me. First Aid cleared a space for me to lay her on. "Musa did you put anything in your mouth? Anything organic?" The femmeling remained quiet as she continued to shiver. "Carrier won't get mad, but we need to know so we can flush it out of your systems."
Musa whimpered and nodded slowly while First Aid scanned her helm to ped. "I accidentally swallowed water from the river."
"River, when were you at a river?" I asked while pulling out the black box. "Aid, you might want to get back. I need a bucket though."
"Right." The medic said with a nod, leaving me to open the box and looked through the contents before pulling out a large purple crystal. He walked over and felt the effects, quickly handing me the bucket before stepping away. "Jazz, isn't that a little big for her?"
I nodded and helped Musa sit up while holding the crystal out for her. "That's the point. Larger it is the stronger the effects. Sweetie, I need you to eat as much as you can for Carrier. It's going to make you purge and flush the organic material out of you. Okay?"
She whimpered and started eating it slowly. I paid no mind to the mechs all keeping clear of the dark energon. Prowl stood at an angle to watch over our creation. It won't hurt her too much, will it? "No Prowler." I rubbed her wings before holding the bucket to Musa and waited for the reaction. She started gagging and hid her face in the bucket and she started purging until her tanks were emptied. I sat the bucket to the side of me before putting the rest of the crystal away, and lifted Musa into my arms. "Good femme."
"Carrier, I'm tired." Musa whispered weakly and I nodded before kissing her helm. I opened my subspace and wrapped her up in a blanket and held her closer to my spark. She drifted off into stasis after saying that she loved me.
My gaze drifted to my mate with a sad smile, "come here ya big lug." I walked over to him and laid my helm on his chest before feeling his arms wrap around me with a small squeeze. I could hear his thoughts and feel his emotions through our bond. He was hiding his emotions to be strong for our family. "Recharge with the Primes smiling upon you my sweet creation."
"In other news, pop artist J. Who is he? Where does he disappear to when he isn't performing? And who is his child's mother?" All of our attention went to the tv that Blades and Dani were looking at. "About a year ago, musician J had revealed to the world that he had a daughter named Musa. A very unusual name what do you think, Tom?" A woman in a dark business suit turned to a man in a gray suit with a questioning look on her face.
An image of my holoform standing at the edge of the stage wearing black jeans and a teal tank top. My holoform's hair was slicked back with a dark beanie. The picture minimized as the man, Tom, answered her question. "I find it very unique and fitting, Deb. I mean when she's in school her teachers won't have to worry about confusing her with any of the other students. A man, who literally came out of nowhere, and suddenly rose through the lead in the charts is impressive in my standards. J has even announced on opening a dance studio in New York for troubled kids. And I quote 'I know what it's like to feel that the world has turned its back on you. That's why I started Studio Kay, to show these kids that I have their backs and will never turn my back to them.' Clearly this guy cares about his community, thought not much is said about where exactly he came from. Have you heard his recent album 'Outer space'? His one song 'Did I mention' has been all over social media as the number one Valentine's Day go to song. He certainly likes to perform any if not all his songs in style; singing this to someone that was hiding off stage, which the media has suspected a significant other."
There was a live performance of me looking at Prowl with as my back up dancers and I continued to dance, but my gaze kept going back to my mate. The video was replaced with the reporters before they decided to continue on with their show, talking about politics. I pouted slightly, "hey they didn't even get my good angles. Lame, and they clearly didn't do enough research on me I have a whole slagging story and information on my holoform on social media." I huffed in annoyance and was rewarded with strange looks from the Rescue bots and Protectobots. "What, did ya'll think I would do this without a backstory or plan to avoid people looking too deep into me?"
"You are playing with hot water Jazz, maybe you should take a break from Earth for a while." Hot spot suggested to me before Kade opened his phone and he shouted, tossing it to the floor.
"Ever single person on my Facebook is posting pictures of you!? Seriously it's not even your actual body!" He held up his phone to let me see, which got a small chuckle from me. "Aren't you the slightest bit concerned!?"
I shook my helm with a laxed shrug, adjusting Musa in my arms. "No, not really. Earth tech isn't that advance Kade, so we all are okay. There is nothing to worry about."
I hope you guys enjoyed! :)
side note: I had a lot of this already done up, so I figured I'd give you all something to read while I work on Bumblebee's Mishap and Cybertronian King. This is all I have done... for now. Again hope you all enjoy reading my works, be sure to follow and favorite either my page or any stories you enjoy to be notified whenever I upload :)
