STV-1138 or as John called him just Steve slid the weapons arming device used on prisoners to disengage the weapons they had into slip space as he entered the cell block. Waking up to the Guard post at the opening which light down the hall of the various cells Steve laid a transfer order on the command consul where the two guards waited. The main supervisor looked down at the pad and looked with confusion.
"Transfer order from lord Megatron himself. I'm to take them to cellblock 1-D" Steve said with a straight no nonsense tone which hammered it home as Both guards looked on the orders and nodded.
Walking past them he reached the cell door and opened it. John got to his feet and stepped out giving the defector a wink. Steve smiled under his battle mask as he hand cuffed John and walked him to the elevator. John breathed with unease as he was still unsure of himself in this daring stunt. If Han, Luke and chewiecan do it so can I. He told himself as the elevator stopped and opened. Both stepped out and began waking. Taking a longer scenic route in an effort to avoid any of The higher ups but the cuffs were loose enough where he could break them if necessary. Without incident they reached the elevator to cell block to 1-d and stepped in. Once the door closed Steve drew the Device from sub space and keyed his weapons back on.
"Thanks, I was feeling naked without them" John said as he gave Steve a nod of appreciation.
"Just keep it straight, we're not outta this yet" Steve replied as the doors opened.
Stepping in their were 4 guards. John bit his lip as he knew he'd have pull off quick shooting in order not to go noticed. I know how Chewbacca felt now, that's something I thoughtI'd never say. He mused dryly as the commander rose to his peds.
"What's the meaning of this?" He inquired as he eyed John with a wariness about him.
"Prisoner transfer to the cell Block didn't you get the news?" Steve asked as he disengaged the locks on Johns hand cuffs. The commander raised a Suspicious eyebrow and looked at Steve.
"No I didn't, i'll have to clear it" he retorted as he reached for the comm.
Suddenly chaos erupted as John slid his hands free and drew both blaster and aimed them. Firing simultaneously he took out a girl on the left and the commander in a second as Steve drew his weapons and killed the other two just as quickly to spend the other minute blasting cameras the blind their enemy of what they were planning. Smoke filled the air as they finished and rushed to the Control panel.
"Cell 15" Steve said as he watched John run for the cell as Steve unlocked it. Beeping sounded From the communications panel and Steve's energon froze. He saw distress button had been triggered and he muttered a curse. Keying the comm he spoke. "False alarm false alarm just the weapons malfunction we've got it locked down" He said as he heard the cell door to Arcee opened and him calling her name.
"We're setting a squad up" Another Drone sit on the other end following procedure. Steve cursed as he heard Arcee's both joy and pain in the distance.
"Negative negative we have a large reactor leak over here it's very dangerous just give us a couple minutes to lock it down" He practically begged as the other two came down the hall.
"There's no reactor on that level what's your operating number?" The drones voice came from the speaker only be blasted by Steve.
"Boring conversation anyway" He muttered to himself as he belted out. "Kid we're going to have company!"
John keyed Arcee's weapons as she looked at Steve. She can't believe it at all John was a Mech and a done was helping them escape. The universe is for surprises isn't it?. She thought as Steve shot the elevator controls. It exploded into a shower of sparks and fire as he pointed back into the cell bay.
"There's a vent we can take that way, we should have some time" He said as John nodded.
Arcee was still unnerved by the whole thing. John grasping her hand pulled her along as she quickly recovered and ran on her own as he held her hand protectively. I should've taken a chance to murder that son of a bitch. He thought as he ran. He had been a complete fool for not taking the opportunity when he had the man on the ropes. The elevator door exploded behind them as they reached the halfway mark and kept running. Not daring to look back they neared the vent till shots rang off. The three ducked where they could into little out crops that gave them cover. The vent laid down on the floor as John returned fire at the squad.
"Suck on this!" He called as he sent beams of superheated plasma towards the targets.
Arcee joined him and the two fired at anything they could see through heavy smoke. Steve jumped From the little outcrop and fired into the vent breaking it open. John fired more and more as he watched Steve jump in the vent out of the corner of his optic.
"Go, I'll go last!" He called to Arcee who looked at him if he was insane.
"Are you crazy it's my job to protect you!" She shouted as she fired. John chuckled and remarked on how much she really cared.
"Together then?" He called out how much for a delight it was the least intention that she never wanted to leave him behind. Both fired a barrage of laser fire as the both clambered into the hole. Laser fire sounded from above as the 3 shuffled through the vents. A plan that went sideways could always be savaged. John fired once more down the hall clipping two drones before closing the vent shut and slinking down the small space with Arcee and Steve. They descended a deck as alarms blared but muffled by the vents thick material. "Well there goes the element of surprise" John said as they crawled.
"That's what you get from taking advice from Han Solo" Arcee shot back making John chuckle with unease.
Steve looked at them and nearly hit a wall but quickly turned down another tunnel. Suddenly the whole ship shuddered and the trio looked at one another, Arcee quickly realized it wasn't them given their expressions of shock and worry. Someone else was attacking the nemesis as they were trying to escape!