Rescue Mission Part 1, - Finding the Lab
While the team is using their holoform I'm using human names for each of the Autobots, Optimus is Orion, Elita is Ellie, Ironhide is Ron, Bulkhead is Brody, Arcee is Aria, Bumblebee is Brian, and Chromia is Cara.
Team Prime exits the portal and drives to a safe spot away from the camera's view.
"So, we are going to use our holoforms to sneak around, right?" Cliffjumper asks.
"Yes, Autobots, activate your holoforms," Optimus says.
Cliffjumper is taken back, seeing Ironhide's and Chromia's holoforms for the first time. Ironhide is a muscular man in his early 30's with tan skin and black hair wearing a tank top, green camo shorts, and combat boots. Chromia is a 34-year-old woman and blue hair in a ponytail. She is wearing a leather jacket, navy blue camo shirt, ripped black jeans, and black converse.
"Chromia, when did Ratchet program holoforms for you and Ironhide?" Clark asks.
"Two days ago, but I guess you would say today is the test run to see if it will fool any humans we'd run in to," Chromia says.
"Let's get going, Autobots. Time is of the essence. We need to find where Silas is keeping the children in the building." Orion says. "Also, a few days ago, I asked Graham if he could come up with some human names for us to use while we are in our holoform." Orion continues.
"What did he come up with?" Aria asks.
"I am Orion, Arcee you Aira. Ironhide, your name is Ron. Bulkhead, you will be Brody. Bumblebee's new name is Brain, and Chromia, your name is Cara." Orion says.
"Did you mention to Graham about Orion being your name before you become a Prime?" Ellie asks.
"No, I did not." Orion answers.
The group enters the building and goes down the hall when they reach the end it splits off into four separate paths.
"I'd suggest that we pair off to cover more ground," Ellie says.
Orion nods. Aria and Clark go down the hall to their right. Brain and Brody head down the one in front of them. Ron and Cara take the middle one. Orion and Ellie take the final one.
Meanwhile, in the lab, Sabrina hates hearing her little brother's screams of pain. Silas tells the scientist to start to dissect him to find out what makes him tick. She can feel his pain as the saw blade begins to slice into his metal skin. Sabrina is about to try again to break the restraint again by turning into her Cybertronian form. But she begins to get a massive migraine, and the teen knows that meant that her energon levels are starting to drop. The last thing she hears is Brandon shouting for her to save him and make the pain go away as things fade to black.
Ellie and Orion search for what felt like two megacycles to find no sign of the children. Instead, they enter a room where they think this Silas person stores all the military weapons and other equipment.
"I know you frown against stealing, Sweetspark, but we should find something we can use to defend ourselves," Ellie says.
"True, we can't be sure if we'll need to fight off any of the other humans to free the children," Optimus says.
Ellie finds a human weapon that is similar to her Cybertronian blaster along with the carrier. She puts it around her waist and tightens the belt so it will sit comfortably on her hip. Orion finds a taser along with a thermal scanner and shoves them into his jacket pocket. They exit to continue their search. A few minutes later, the duo goes to the rendezvous point to regroup with the rest of the team.
"Did you find any clues to where the kids are?" Clark asks.
"Sorry, Clark, but Brian and I didn't find anything," Brody says.
"I'm afraid that Cara and I came up empty as well," Ron says.
"We didn't find anything except for a room full of human weapons and other equipment," Orion says.
"It makes no sense! We searched the entire building and couldn't find them!" Clark snaps.
"I understand you're frustrated, Clark, but we don't want to give away our location," Aria says, as she grabs Clark's wrist to keep him punching the wall in frustration.
Clark yanks his hand away and spins around.
"Then what are we supposed to do Cee? How do we find them?" He asks.
"What if the lab is hidden underneath the building," Cara suggests.
"That could be why we couldn't find it," Aria says.
Clark takes a few deep breaths to calm his nerves.
"If it is hidden, then how do we find it?" He asks.
"I did pick up a thermal scanner," Orion says.
Orion hands it to Ellie. This time, the group stays together to search the building as Orion scans the walls of each hall hoping to find the entrance to the lab. After browsing two of the four halls and coming up with nothing, they head down the third hall. Ellie tells everyone to stop when she sees a hot spot appear on the screen. Then slowly extends her right hand up and presses the panel on the wall. She gives the scanner back to Orion. The group watches as the two sides of the wall move away from each other, revealing a set of stairs.
"Should we gear up before heading down?" Brody asks.
Aria goes in first as soon as she walks in the entrance starts to close.
"We don't have time, Brody. Move it." Clark says.
The team dives inside and makes it through just as it closes behind them. Everyone stands up and starts to walk down the stairs.