Yo! articmadador here dragging this chapter in! I enjoyed writing it, and I think it's a good'n. Certain aspects are based off of the DOTM game, so I don't own those. Anyways, I DO NOT OWN TRANSFORMERS! Hasbro does. I only own Claire and the squad, and whomever else you don't recognize. Please review and enjoy!
I was jolted awake by an alarm. Something was happening somewhere across the world, and the alarms were going off for everyone to assemble. Good Lord, it was four thirty in the morning! That was the most annoying sound! For once my nightmares were not too bad that I could sleep, but I wasn't able to. I got up and ran to my door, then poked my head out. I saw Bumblebee and Prowl drive pass, followed by Mirage. I figured 727...or Illusion... was coming as well, so I leaned out further and yelled.
"727! Illusion!"
There was a roar, and she skidded to halt in front of my door. She lowered her head, and I climbed onto her neck. I almost didn't have time to grip the metal there before she took off down the hall and headed for the main hanger. As soon as she entered the hanger, she lowered her head and let me climb off.
"Don't draw no attention to yo 'self," she said.
I had almost that forgotten she could talk. Even with her getting her memory back, we didn't talk much. It had been two days, and she had not been around me during that time. She trotted off to stand by Mirage, then everyone's head turned to the hanger door. Someone ran in shouting about an explosion in a jungle and a Decepticon. Then everyone seemed to tense up. I saw why as soon as the Ironhide and Jazz came in. There was a black and white Decepticon in between them. He looked familiar, but they were moving fast and I couldn't see his face. Just as quickly as they brought him in, they were gone, and everyone else started running out of the hanger. I would've liked to know what was going on, but in all the chaos I figured no one was going to explain it. So, I turned and thought about heading to my room, but then I got curious. That Decepticon…
727 had always taught me if you want to find stuff out, go do it yourself and don't ask questions. Now, I didn't know how much trouble I would get into for snooping around a military base, but to be honest I didn't really care. After all I've been through, I can do whatever I damn well please. So, after looking around to make sure no one was watching me, I headed off down the hall I believed they took the Decepticon down.
It was a long hallway, and it was dark. Eventually I wondered if I had gone down the wrong hallway, but I suddenly heard voices and what sounded like metal hitting metal. I ran down the hall towards a room, only to immediately jump back. The door had opened and something yellow streaked pass and hit the wall. It got back up, and before the door could close behind it I darted inside and hit behind a few boxes in the corner. The fact that no one saw me was surprising, and I honestly didn't know how I thought to run inside and hide.
"Stop fighting, Barricade!"
Barricade? Barricade!? What was he doing here!? He was the one who kidnapped me! The one that wondered if I had gonedown the wrong hallway,dont Not to mention he had contributed to the horrible acts on that ship! I looked up at him. He was growling, much like Illusion would. He looked like he wanted to pounce on Bumblebee, who was standing in front of him, but I guess he thought better of it since Sunstreaker, Prowl, and Jazz were there. Ironhide must have left, and I'm sure Barricade wouldn't have done any fighting if he were here.
"Cool it, Barricade. We're just gonna ask ya some questions, then ya can sit in tha brig all by your lonesome," Jazz stated.
Barricade glared at him and growled. "I'm not telling you anything, Autobot scum!"
"Oh, then I guess you won't be leavin' this room, or gettin' any of that energon you so desperately need."
"I don't need your help!"
"Really? Cuz it don't look that way."
"Then let me restate that. I don't want your help!"
"Well, you're going to get it whether you want to or not. So, mind tellin' us why you were runnin' 'round cities in Egypt? Megatron send you on errands? Something to do with his recent most recent scheme?"
"That's none of your slaggin' business!"
"Alright, I know. I won't ask what was on your shoppin' list fer the supermarket. But, it would be nice to know what Megatron's plans are."
"How the slag should I know!?"
Barricade yelled that, and almost jumped back in fear. I don't know how Jazz could be so calm and collected while talking to him. He was terrifying, and it was starting to freak me out being in the same room as him. Then I noticed something. Barricade was standing stiff with his mouth firmly shut and his red optics glaring spears at Jazz's visor. Everyone was staring at him, a little surprised. Jazz, still calm and collected, broke the silence.
"What, no one tellin' you anything?"
"Technically…no."
"Well…considerin' your current condition and tha fact that you don't seem to know slag, I'd say you ain't with tha Decepticons anymore."
Barricade growled, then turned away and walked across the room. He turned and leaned against the wall, mumbling something in what sounded like another language. The other bots looked confused, but Prowl spoke up.
"Fine. You?"
What? Were they talking to each other in another language or something? They continued to talk for a few more minutes, and Prowl would sometimes say something in English.
"Shockwave?"
Who was that? The bots all stiffened, and Sunstreaker finally spoke up.
"Prowl, I hate to interrupt your…conversation…but we do need information. What about Shockwave?"
Barricade growled. "Shut up, front liner. I am giving information."
Sunstreaker turned to him. "Well, I don't understand your Praxian accent," he snarled.
"Then, shut up and let me finish talking to Prowl. Oh, and get that little blob of goo out of here. She bothers me."
It didn't take me long to figure out that he was talking about me. It must not have taken the other bots long either, because they all turned to me. Prowl signed and pointed to the door.
"Out. Hopefully you can go to your room without an escort."
I stood up, and didn't look him in the face, or faceplates. I was slightly insulted. "I don't need an escort. I'll go straight to my room."
I walked towards the door, feeling their optics focused on me. Before I left, I turned back to look at Prowl. "Who is Shockwave?"
The bots and Barricade were all looking at me, and I was surprised when Barricade was the one to speak. "Every human, and every Cybertronian's worst nightmare. He is not what he seems."
That answer sent chills though me, and I turned and left. Every human and Cybertronian's? Just who was he? Was he worst than Megatron? Was he really that bad. He probably was. Nothing surprised me anymore these days.
Optimus stood in front of the plane, troubled by what had taken place in the last few hours. First, the wakeup call that there had been an explosion in a rainforest in Central America. Then his troops had dragged Barricade in while they were leaving, and Jazz had just informed him that the mech was not with the Decepticons, but told them Shockwave was coming to Earth. Then, Sideswipe, who had been sent to scout out an area they needed to go through to get to the explosion site, had just sent in a transmission, then went missing. So, Optimus had to send Mirage and Illusion in. He was not sure what they were up against, but a feeling of dread crept into his spark.
"Keep going, Illusion, but fly low. We don't want any unwanted attention."
"'Aight. If we get close enough I'll smell Sideswipe. I can almost feel a pull on my spark."
Illusion flew low over an old, battered road, her wings brushing against the trees on the side. Mirage said something now and again, but not to her. He was talking to some human named Reynolds, and he wasn't very nice to him. He didn't even call him by name. As soon as Mirage stopped talking to him, Illusion snorted.
"What?" he asked, tightening his grip as she turned with the curve of the road below.
"You don't gotta be so mean ta humans. I know they're annoying to ya and not all of 'em are good, but some are, and some try."
Mirage grumbled in Cybertronian. "You were human once, were you not?"
"Sure was."
"What was it like?"
"Sometimes I liked it, a lot of times I didn't. As wise as humans are, they're still stupid. They've made too many mistakes…"
"So, you did not like your own species?"
"Yes and no. A lot of times no, because many humans are assholes. But then, I'd see the good in people, and…Starscream!"
"Starscream, he's not—"
Reynolds suddenly contacted Mirage and alerted him that Starscream was in the area. No sooner than he said it, a large jet came zooming overhead. Reynolds told him there was a tunnel not far, where they could go in to escape. Mirage tightened his grip and kicked Illusion's sides as he had seen human cowboys do.
"Go, Illusion! There's a tunnel up ahead, and we have to get to it!"
"Just hold on!"
Illusion charged forward, dust flying up from the road as she went. She suddenly snapped her wings and flew up higher. The Decepticons had planted mines in the road, and she had almost scraped against one. The wind from her wings made it go off, and Mirage hissed as the human contacted him again. This time he answered out loud.
"Negative. We can handle this, human Reynolds."
*/Well, I guess that's an improvement. He used his name.
"There's tha tunnel, 'Raj! Hang on!"
Illusion dived into the tunnel, and was about to stop and land. However, at that moment Starscream swept down and sent two missiles on either side of the tunnel exit. For a second, Illusion seemed to dangle in the air, in the process of landing and taking off at the same time. As soon as her thrusters activated, she shot forward like a bullet, and barely escaped the tunnel before it collapsed.
"Mirage, you straight!?"
"Yes, I'm alright."
"Where to now?"
"Keep on the trail. Move quick and stay alert."
Illusion did so, her audios picking up nearly every sound in the jungle. Then, she heard a seeker's thrusters behind her, and knew it was Starscream. She flew up as missiles destroyed the bridge she was flying over, and turned to face him. He was a fair size compared to her, and she knew she would come out of this fight with quite a bit of damage.
Starscream made the first move, though he had not moved from his spot in the sky. Missiles hit Illusion from behind, one over her tail, the other further up her back. Mirage cried out in pain, and Illusion knew one had hit him. Starscream launched himself at her, and she blasted him with blue flames. He fired on her, and bullets blasted through her left optic. She roared in pain, then released a blue fire ball that hit Starscream in his stomach area. They slammed into each other in mid-air, and for a second she saw the flash of Mirage's blades, and Starscream's right optic was sliced in half. He spoke for the first time since he had attacked them.
"Damned Autobot! I will end you!"
He suddenly snatched Mirage off of Illusion's back. The red bot put up quite a fight and sliced at Starscream's arm and face. The seeker growled, then swung Mirage around and through him at a section of intact bridge below. The spy bot crashed through, disappearing into the darkness below. Though her first instinct was to go after Mirage, Illusion felt the pain of him hitting the ground, and knew he was not offline. She turned to Starscream, her optics red and orange. They suddenly turned a blinding white, and she roared so horribly that the jungle seemed to stand still. She charged forward and ripped Starscream's arm clean off, then stared him in his optics as she ate it. Terrified at this, Starscream hovered in the air, unable to move as she guzzled it down like a snake eats an egg. Then, when Illusion had finished, she seemed to smile at him.
"Now, I wonder what the rest of you tastes like."
Starscream shot a missile towards her, which Illusion dodged, and she laughed as Starscream flew off as fast as he could. Her optics turned back to an electric blue and red, and she shook the feeling of madness out of her processor. Now was no time for eating seekers, though she swore to herself that one day she would finish what she had started. She had to get to Mirage, and that was the top priority. With one last glance at Starscream's disappearing form, she licked the energon from her teeth and dived down after Mirage.
Wowsers! Also, Transformers: The Last Knight! The 5th movie has been named! Oh, I can't wait for the trailer, I'm going to die waiting! Hope you enjoyed! Have a good'n!
