Scattered
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Scattered
Dreadwing and I have been traveling for a few hours now and I'm starting to get cramped from being I'm my alt mode for so long. I figure it's about time fora break.
"Hey Dreadwing. I'm starting to get cramped. Mind if we stop for a while?" I ask him through the com link.
"I myself am feeling the need to stretch. There is an open area up ahead for me to land in. I will meet you there." He replies before flying ahead towards the indicated area.
It only takes a few minutes for me to reach the clearing and when I do I quickly transform and start stretching.
Dreadwing walks up to me as I say,"Thanks. I was feeling cramped."
"We have been traveling for a while ." He replies in understanding.
"I had hoped to run into at least one teammate by now." I say worriedly.
Dreadwing puts a servo on my shoulder and says,"Do not fret. I'm sure they had the same idea as you."
"Hopefully. Not knowing is the worst part." I say.
"It always is." Dreadwing replies.
Before I can reply I hear the sound of a car engine. "Someone's coming." I state while walking over to the rock wall and stand straight against it.
Dreadwing follows my example and stands beside me.
Figuring its a human, we stand straight against the rock wall so we won't be seen.
The sound of the engine comes closer and soon comes into view. It drives off the road and into the meadow where we just were. Getting a closer look I figure who it might be, and the girl stepping put of the passenger door only confirms it.
"Bulkhead? Miko?" I ask while stepping away from the rock wall.
The green vehicle transforms into a familiar face. He and the girl look at me in shock.
"Storm!" The two yell as they run towards me, and me doing the same.
Once close enough Bulk picks me up and hugs me to him. He laughs and says,"I can't believe it's you!"
"It's about time I ran into a familiar face. I was beginning to worry." I say.
"Same here." He replies before setting me down.
"Sis!" Miko yells.
I look to her and say,"Hey kid. How are you holding up?"
"Fine despite the circumstances. Some coincidence running into you here. How did you know about the meeting spot?" She asks.
"I didn't realize this was a meeting spot. Does that mean the others are coming? I ask hopefully.
"Just Jackie." Bulk answers.
"He's alive?" I ask hopefully.
"I don't know. See, Jackie and I agreed a while back that if worse came to worse we'd follow wrecker protocol, which was meeting up in a designated spot." Bulk explains.
"And I'm guessing this is your designated spot?" I ask.
"Yep. Now all we do is wait." He says. Bulks optics suddenly go wide. He then activates his weapon and pulls me behind him and then places a ped on front of Miko. "Don't move con!"
I see Dreadwing with his servos up in surrender.
I grab Bulks arm as I say,"Stop Bulk! He's on our side."
Bulk looks confused and asks,"What?"
"He's taking Optimus up on his offer. He's an Autobot now."I say.
"Why would he want to join us? Especially since he's been loyal to the Cons for so long?" Bulk asks.
"Like I said when I gave Prime the forge, a shadow has fell upon the Decepticons. I truly do not desire to be a part of it any longer." Dreadwing says.
"Also, I found him with a huge hole in his chest where Megatron shot him through before he left him for dead." I add.
Bulk thinks on that for a moment and then asks,"How do you know you can trust him?"
"We've been traveling together since I found him and patched him up. He had more than enough opportunities to kill me. I'd say he's earned that." I reply seriously.
Bulk ponders it for a moment and then turns to Dreadwing and holds out his servo while saying,"If Storm trusts you then so will I."
Dreadwing accepts Bulks servo and the two shake.
Once they separate Miko says,"Awesome! We've never had a flier before. What's your flight mode look like? How fast can you go? What kind of blasters you packing?"
Dreadwing just looks down in confusion at Miko and her assortment of questions.
"You'll get used to her. This is Miko by the way. One of the few of our human companions." I tell him.
"I see...are they all like this?" He asks sounding a little nervous that they all are.
I laugh and say,"No. Miko is her own unique type."
"Hey I resent that!" Miko exclaims in mock hurt.
"Don't worry it was a compliment." I reassure her.
"So what do we do now?" Miko asks.
"Like I said before...wait." Bulk answers while sitting down. "Might as well make ourselves comfortable."
We all follow his example and sit. I sit beside Bulk, Dreadwing is beside me, and Miko is between me and Bulk.
After a while of waiting the sun starts to set and Miko states,"I don't think he's coming."
"Don't worry Miko. Every wrecker knows the protocol. Jackie will show...if he's still kicking." Bulk replies.
Miko looks upset at that so I say,"Just have to give it time Miko."
She nods and then yawns loudly. Dreadwing looks at her curiously at the sound since Cybertronians don't yawn.
"Maybe you should get some sleep." I suggest.
"Yea." She agrees and then climbs up my leg and sits on my thigh and leans again my hip. "Do you mind?" She asks.
I smile and say, "No...get some rest sweetie."
She closes her eyes and her breath evens and eventually falls asleep.
I put my servo up around her, just incase she turns in her sleep. I can't help but smile fondly at her.
"She seems rather attached to you." Dreadwing states.
"She's a good kid. Very likable. I find myself just as attached." I reply softly.
"Sometime I think she likes you more than me." Bulk jokes.
"Don't worry Bulk. There's no replacing you." I reply.
We fall into a comfortable silence, and I find myself fighting to stay awake.
Dreadwing notices and says,"If you would like, you can lean against me so that you may get some rest yourself."
I go to argue but realize just how tired I am. I just nod, and while keeping a servo around Miko, lean my helm on his shoulder. Soon I'm in recharge.
After a while I feel someone shaking me. "Storm, Storm! Wake up!"
I online my optics and see Bulk is the one shaking me. I also notice that the sun has come up. "Bulk? What is it?"
"Someone's coming." He replies.
I lightly shake Miko and say,"Wake up sweetie." She opens her eyes and stretches. Once fully awake I place her on the ground so I can stand.
"What's up?" She asks groggily.
Bulk activates his weapons and says,"Someone's coming."
Dreadwing and I follow his example and draw our weapons.
As the sound of the engine gets closer Bulk deactivates his weapon as he says,"I know the hum of that engine anywhere." He then runs in that direction to the road.
"Bulk?!" I yell after him but am ignored. I put my weapon away since he seems so sure and Dreadwing does the same.
Soon we see a familiar white car driving up. The car transforms and standing there is Wheeljack.
"Ha ha Jackie!" Bulk exclaims in excitement while running up to Wheeljack. He then picks him up and tightly hugs him. "Where ya been buddy?"
"Catching up with a few old dance partners." Wheeljack says weakly from. Ulk crushing him.
Miko takes a picture of the two, which Wheeljack notices.
"Good to see ya kid. Safe to assume we're the on,y three wreckers around?" Wheeljack asks.
"Four. If I'm considered. I'd like to think I qualified. " I say while walking up to the trio.
Wheeljack smiles as soon as he sees me. He walks up to me and then picks me up by wrapping his arms around the back of my legs and then lifts me off the ground with a hug. ( his head is level with her chest...just to help y'all out.)
I grab onto his shoulders for fear of falling.
"Your an honorary wrecker...I missed you." Wheeljack says while hugging me tighter at the end.
I chuckle and hug his neck as best I can and say,"I missed you too." I then hear the click of a camera. I turn to Miko and see that she has taken a photo. "Miko." I chastise.
She giggles and says,"Sorry sis. That was way to sweet of a pic to miss."
Wheeljack laughs and looks up at me and says," I may have to get that one later...so what's with her calling you sis?"
"Oh. She's my honorary big sister. Since she's awesome and all." Miko interrupts.
"Cute." Wheeljack replies. Suddenly I feel Wheeljack get tense as he loosens his grip enough to where my peds are back on the ground but he quicky holds his arm out in front of the three of us. He then activates his weapon at points it where we were.
Oh no. He spotted Dreadwing.
"What are ya doin here Con!" Jackie asks angrily.
"Wheeljack don't. He's with us." I say while gripping the arm with the weapon.
"Ha! A Con like him joining the Autobots? That's a good one." Wheeljack states.
Dreadwing walks closer with his servos up in surrender. "I know that you and I have unfinished matters, but what Solarstorm says is true. I no longer wish to be a Decepticon."
"Like I'm supposed to believe you. Even if your telling the truth how am I supposed to forget what you've done to Seaspray and the other wreckers...once a Con always a Con." Wheeljack says.
"Wheeljack, stop!" I exclaim.
He looks at me in surprise at my outburst.
"I know that him being a Con and being here is difficult to accept. I don't expect you to accept him right away, but Optimus once offered him a spot with the Autobots. Now, he's taking up that offer. You have to trust me on this. He really wants to join us." I explain.
Jackie ponders this for a moment. He turns to Bulk and asks,"And your just wiling to let him tag along?"
"Jackie I know how you feel, and after what Storm told me what happened to him, I honestly believe he means us no harm." Bulk answers.
"And what exactly happened?" Jackie asks Dreadwing suspiciously.
"Megatron attacked me. He shot me in the chassis and then dropped me from the ship and left me for dead." Dreadwing explains angrily at the memory.
Wheeljack looks at the repaired wound and says,"Judging by the wound it's believable, but why would bucket head attack you?"
"Because I tried to terminate Starscream." Dreadwing replies.
Wheeljack ponders this and then says,"I'm guessing you didn't repair yourself."
"I was fortunate enough that Solarstorm was in the area. She found me and repaired me." Dreadwing says.
"Do you realize how risky that was? He could have attacked you after he was fixed." Jackie says to me worriedly.
"I understand your worry, but it's alright. After I patched him up we traveled for well over a day. He had more than enough opportunities to offline me. Whether in my recharge or while I wasn't looking." I reassure him.
"I swear upon my honer that I would never harm her." Dreadwing adds.
Wheeljack turns to him and says,"Oh I know you won't." He then walks up to him and says,"Because if I find out that you've betrayed her trust and hurt her. I will tear you to pieces." He then says something quietly but I can't hear it. I only manage to make out some words like; Stay, away, and her.
Dreadwing just glares at the wrecker and says," I swear upon my spark that I will earn everyone's trust."
"Then your gonna be trying for a long time with me." Jackie replies before walking back to us. He then turns to me and says,"Alright, I'll accept that he's going with us...for you. But that doesn't mean I'm gonna be his friend or that I'm going to like him." Jackie says.
"It's alright Jackie. All that I ask it that you don't shoot him on sight." I say with a smile.
He then rubs my helm affectionately and says,"Your too nice for your own good. Do you know that?"
"So I've been told." I reply.
"Alright now that all if that is out of the way...let's do some damage!" Miko exclaims in excitement.
"She's been hanging around you for too long Bulk." I joke.
"What? It's not like I'm corrupting her." He jokes back.
"Well if your not careful you may have a miniature you running around. She's easily influenced you know." I say.
"Alright let's hit the road then. Let's not stick around." Wheeljack states.
"Where are we going?" Miko asks.
"We're going to mess with the cons." Jackie says.
"How?" I ask.
"You'll see." He replies with a smirk. He then transforms.
We follow his example and transform as well. Dreadwing hovers.
"Just follow us Con and don't get ahead." Jackie says to him.
Dreadwing gives a simple fine before we all take off.
We all drive for a while and then we stop at a river of sorts. Jackie transforms and so do the rest of us.
"Uhh, what exactly are we doing here?" Bulk asks.
"Gonna give the cons a little message." Jackie states. He then pulls out something from his subspace and then gets his grenade. He then grabs a log and places the items inside. He then sets the log in the river and it slowly floats away.
"That was a tracker wasn't it?" I ask.
"Right you are...I'm sure the cons will be here soon so let's find a good seat." He says jokingly. He then walks further down the over where he stops at a large rock Cliff. He then starts to climb.
I grab Miko and put her on my shoulder. "Hold on."
"You bet." She says while holding on tightly.
We then begin to climb, except for Dreadwing who just flies up. It takes a little while but we eventually make it to the top. There we see Dreadwing standing and Wheeljack laying down on his front by the edge.
"Make yourselves comfortable. The shows about to start." He says.
We follow suit. Bulk lays to his right. I lay to his left, with Miko in my servos.
I notice Dreadwing is still standing so I say,"Why don't you join us?"
"I'm fine standing, thank you." He replies.
"I'd prefer if you were over here. I don't trust you being behind us." Jackie states.
Dreadwing glares at him but doesn't say anything. He then walks over and lays beside me. Unfortunately, the mech to my right has other ideas.
Wheeljack gets up and then picks me up by the waist, me still laying down, and scoots me over so I'm beside Bulk.
"Jackie?! What's up?" I ask a little irked that he could have scratched my front all to pits.
"I'd rather you be between me and Bulk. " he says from his spot mpbetween me and Dreadwing. He adds nothing else.
I roll my optics at this. I don't see the smirk that is decorating Mikos face.
"How do you know the cons are gonna come?" Miko asks after a moment of silence.
Her question is answered by the sound of jets coming our way.
We all squat lower as the jets transform and land close by. They activate their weapons and looks around. Then their attention is drawn to the log that has floated by them.
"Targets in range." Bulk states.
Wheeljack gets ready to activate the bomb.
Once the log is close enough Wheeljack says,"And boom." He then activates the grenade.
We then see a cloud of blue flames and smoke. They're dead all right.
We all then stand back up.
Miko turns to Jackie and asks,"How did you know the Cons planted a tracker on you?"
"I figured the Cons were up to something so I did a little poking around under my hood." Jackie answers.
"Ha ha. That's my Jackie." Bulk states with a laugh.
"So, what's our next move?" Miko asks.
"I salvaged some ammunitions from the Jackhammer on my way out." Jackie states. He then transforms into his alt mode and continues,"You thought that made a loud noise? Just wait." He then takes off.
"Well, can't let him have all the fun." I state while transforming as well. I then take off after him. Soon I hear the others coming in behind.
Well there ya go! Hope you all enjoyed it! Now, I'm not sure if there is going to be a love triangle between Solarstorm, Wheeljack, and Dreadwing. I will leave that up to you guys.
If you like the idea then I will incorporate that. However, if you like the no competition for Wheeljack deal then I will work on that. Just let me know in a review! Majority will rule, but I have to have enough reviews to vote on.
Thank you and goodnight! Or good day! Whichever part of the world your in.
