Chapter 54

"Where did Jolt and Demona go? Are they out doing dirty things behind the bleachers or what?" Rex asked, strolling over to their table in the cafeteria.

Gears took one sniff and leaned away from him with a raised brow, "What the hell have you been bathing in, boy?"

Rex scowled, "I says you can thank your angelic son and his cow-poke sidekick for that."

Pockets grinned, lifting his eyes from his tray, "Hey man, you asked for it."

"And they went off on a job," Gears answered, "we don't know when they'll be back."

"What kinda job?" He asked, sitting down beside them. He grimaced when everyone promptly scooted away, "Damn guys, you act like I smell like fart-breath or something."

"You do smell like fart-breath," Critter clarified, pointing a finger at him, "you should take a shower."

"I've taken like six."

"Well take six more," Jo cut in, turning back to her lunch. She made a face, "is cafeteria food always this bad?"

"Oh hell girl, you ain't seen nothing until you eat high school cafeteria food," Rex shuddered. Pockets added, "that crap moves across the tray."

"Anyway, getting back to the job-" Rex stopped and squinted his crazy brown eyes at them, "-are you sure they ain't boning on the beach?"

He yelped when both, Gears and Jo hauled back and smacked him. He rubbed the back of his head, "Okay, okay!"

"Death is practically on our doorstep," Gears told him, green eyes narrowed, "Demona and Jolt are across the ocean, trying to find our last hope."

He just stared like he wasn't getting it. Pockets sighed and began the process of dumbing it down so the blonde could understand, "Megatron's got the mother of evil machines on his side. Once he turns it on, everything goes boom. Demona figured it out and left to try to find someway to blow up the machine."

"Ah...okay," he nodded, "so what do we do now?"

"Try to relax," Gears answered. She reached over and stole a 'french fry' off of Pockets' plate when he wasn't looking, "Demona's brilliant. It still amazes me how she can put things together so fast...if anyone can find this 'Jetfire', it's her."

"Jetfire?" Rex blinked, "Whose that?"

"The guy sister went after," Pockets answered, "she thinks he knows what to do."

"Well, who is he?"

Gears opened her mouth to answer with some smart-ass remark when the earth shook. She grabbed Critter and hunched over him, Pockets doing the same to Jo and Rex. "What the hell!" Rex shouted.

"Please, don't be..." Gears cut herself off as the lights died. The earth shuddered again, explosions roared outside. Her heart dropped when she heard Ironhide bellow outside, "Decepticons!"


Crappily written, I'll admit that I'm kinda in a rush, I've gotta go somewhere but I wanted to give you guys a quick update before things get chaotic...

Much love.

Demona and her family, Jo, and the story belongs to me. Transformers does not.