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Yubel578 has come to me with an idea which I had gladly listened to and they have also helped me with designing the character and so I extend the rights of who this character belongs to them and I would also like you to leave reviews for both of us as I had never thought of doing something like this (Except Cerberus Prime since he is closest to this idea) and on that note I hope you lovely people enjoy this.
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Rex Vong Thrawn: You are partially correct but the design of Jacks alt mode was done from scratch, with his weapons, colour scheme, height, width, wingspan etc, as for the other characters that you mentioned, Shatter I'll not be going to say anything as it might ruin it, Dropkick might make an appearance and as for Waspinator I'm not so sure and Last knight Megatron Is the same deal as Waspinator.
"...Cybertronian..."
"...Beast talk..."
"...Spark-bond..."
'...Thoughts...'
The Heir Of Onyx Prime.
"Pretty big bearings... for a human." Bulkhead said.
"Bulk/head agent Fowler is only worried about the/his planet." Both Jack and Optimus said at the same time everyone was surprised while the two just looked at each other before shrugging as if nothing happened.
"Creepy." Miko said once she came out of cover with Raf next to her.
"That's weird." Ratchet said as he was going over information at the computer by his workstation.
"What is it old docbot?" Cliff asked as Ratchet had everyone's attention.
"I'm picking up a strange signal from the same mountain that we found Ebony in but this time the signal is combined with energon, which means a possible energon mine." Ratchet explained.
"Ebony I require you to stay here and watch over the humans and aid Ratchet if he needs it, Autobots transform and roll out." Optimus ordered with the five transforming into their respective alt modes.
"Ebony could you move over to that console with the lever and pull it down." Ratchet said which he pointed over to said lever as it was on a different console.
"Sure." Jack said as he sauntered on over to it before gripping it and pulling it down, right behind the inactive ground-bridge had turned on and the team had driven through it and vanishing from sight and Jack had reversed his action to find out it turned it off.
"Woah." Both Miko and Raf said.
"Where did... they go?" Jack asked with him looking at Ratchet and pointing at the inactive ground-bridge.
"Well since your quite relatively new to such Cybertronian technology, I transported them via a ground-bridge which is a scaled down version of a space-bridge." Ratchet explained which had confused some of them while Jack was piecing it together.
"That is how you managed to transport them to where I was and transported them back here, if it's a ground-bridge then that means the range of how far you send them is very limited but if you had a space-bridge you would be able to send to basically anywhere you want, correct?" Jack questioned giving Miko an idea.
"That's correct." Ratchet confirmed.
"And without a space-bridge, you stuck here on Earth." Raf summarized.
"With the likes of you, yes but I constructed the ground-bridge to enable transport from here to anywhere on your planet." Ratchet said with disgust towards both Raf and Miko.
"Does it work for humans?" Raf asked.
"Naturally." Ratchet confirmed.
"So you're saying I could pop on over to see my family in Tokoyo?" Miko asked.
"Within a nanosecond." Ratchet said before getting an idea."In fact, why don't I send you there, immediately." Ratchet said with joy in his tone about getting rid of Miko and Raf.
"Watch it Ratchet." Miko said in a dangerous tone, shocking Ratchet a little bit.
"Ratchet, even if you find humans disgusting you should show some respect to them as they can be quite unpredictable." Jack said trying to defend Miko and Raf and partially himself since he was human.
On the other side of the ground-bridge, the team had transformed with their weapons were drawn as they had been transported into a possible enemy energon mine and thanks to a great detective.
"An energon mine." Bulkhead said but everyone was already clear on the fact that it is an energon mine.
"Judging by its scale the Decepticons have been tunneling here for quite some time." Optimus observed before seeing Bulkhead giving a hand gesture to come other to him and when the rest did they saw Vehicon miners and Vehicons working.
"Let's find that signal." Optimus ordered with them getting out of cover and at the flick of a light switch the Vehicons had their weapons drawn and so did the team, the Vehicons had even used their mining drills as weapons and when one charged at them Bulk had smashed it aside with his mace, Arcee was dodging shots from every direction before jumping into the air, firing a shot and doing a drill spin into a Vehicon, jumping off its carcass she landed on another Vehicons shoulder and tighten her grip on the Vehicons helm with her pede before spinning and launching herself of it tearing its helm clean off, Cliff and Bee were helping each other out by covering each other and Cliff had launched Bee into the air where he got some shots off on one Vehicon and landed on its body, when a mining drill had charged at Optimus he had picked it up before shooting it in its underside blasting it away from him before he charged forward shooting and he jumped out of a Vehicons way which had been smashed into by Bulks alt mode where he proceeded to transform and smash his mace into the Vehicons chassis causing it to smash into the ground.
"What is this anyway?" Miko asked as she was looking at a machine and was about to touch it.
"Broken, don't touch." Ratchet said as he carried on walking to a console and Miko was about to touch something else."Don't touch that either." Ratchet said without turning around.
"Is there anything we can touch?" Miko asked.
"I'm not sure since the first time I came here I... broke a lot of Ratchets tools." Jack said as he was rubbing his neck cables and Ratchet had received an error on the console he was going to be working at which Raf noticed.
"How come you guys are using human computers?" Raf asked.
"It certainly isn't by choice, it was handed down from the previous tenants when we inherited this former missile silo, I make modifications as I see fit." Ratchet explained right as the computer got even more errors popping up causing him to groan in displeasure.
"I think I can fix that." Raf said as he went over to a sever and got out his laptop and plugged it in before doing something.
"Really, you know this is complex technology, don't you? I mean it isn't a child's toy." Ratchet questioned as he didn't believe Raf would be able to fix the problem.
"Now try." Raf said with confidence and just to try and prove Raf wrong Ratchet did that but found out that the errors had gone away and he was able to use the computer without a problem, he even so much as turned back to Raf with a little bit of shock on his faceplate.
"Like I said Ratchet don't underestimate what Humans are capable of." Jack said with a little smirk on his face.
After smashing the drill bit of a mining drill the driver had been launched into the air which got shot in the chassis by Optimus, they had put their weapons away and started to march towards another horde of Vehicons as they had their weapons out and the team started to run towards the Vehicons. "Maximum Overdrive!" Optimus ordered and the team had transformed but this time they were driving even faster and the Vehicons had started to open fire on them but they just dodge the shots, Optimus was taking Vehicon after Vehicon out with either his rear end or front end of his alt mode even going as far as managing to send a mining drill over his rear and crashing and launching the driver out who had then gotten hit by Bumblebee as he drove behind Optimus, the Vehicon then got hit by Bulkhead before being hit one more time by Cliff before finally rolling on the ground as for Arcee well she had to just avoid the obstacles that her teammates were putting out, Optimus had swerved to the side taking out two Vehicons, then proceeding to run over another one before they finally came across some crates which they used as cover when they transformed, from looking out of their cover they saw the entire Decepticon mining operation that is happening with a lift taking what they could guess is raw energon with two guards on the lift as well.
With an impressive whistle."Quite an oper-" Bulk was saying but he didn't realize he had alerted the Decepticons to their position as they already started to open fire on them and like that they fired back as well, in the Decepticon warship Nemesis.
"Blood of Unicron, how might I fathom the depths of your mysteries becoming worthy of wielding your astonishing power." Megatron was saying as he looked at the dark purple crystals before being interrupted.
"Lord Megatron Intruders have been detected in the mine." The same Sliver and red highlighted mech from before said through a cybertronian console that was nearby.
"Optimus?" Megatron questioned to himself."Did any of the troops managed to find that Predacon yet?" Megatron then asked as he knew that a loyal servant of his wouldn't attack him unless something was wrong and or a certain scientist he knew made an illogical error.
"No, not yet Lord Megatron and indeed that Optimus is in the mine." The mech said.
"I need more time to prepare an appropriate reception for my old friend, ready the ship for departure." Megatron ordered.
"But-but the energon I mined, the Autobots will seize it!" The mech stated.
"Then blow the mine!" Megatron angrily suggested.
Back in the mine Bulk, Bee and Optimus were firing from cover while Arcee and Cliff were both fighting from a platform so they had even playing field against some of the Vehicons o an advantage on some of the others that were until an explosion had hit the platform knocking both Cliff and Arcee away from each other but Cliff was launched further onto another platform with one of his horns staying on the platform he was previously on.
"Cliff!" Arcee shouted as she quickly got back up on to her pede and ran to edge only to see grayish talons that had energon dripping drop by drop of the sharp edges.
"Well, well it has been quite a while since I last killed an Autobot but it seems I still got." A voice rang out from behind Cliff as his optics were now flickering on and off.
"Fr..ag... y..ou...Scr...ea...mer." Cliff said with coughs in between as energon splattered out of his mouth.
"You talk too much." The silver mech said as he ripped his servo back from Cliff chassis and letting his body drop to the floor as Cliff's optics flickered one more time before eternally fading to an abyss pitch black, Arcee was shocked that not only did she witness a comrade off-line but her partner and the only thing she felt was anger towards a certain mech.
"STARSCREAM YOU'LL PAY FOR WHAT YOU DONE! YOU HEAR ME?! YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!" Arcee shouted out angrily before opening fire on Starscream but he had other plans.
"Sorry, I'll stick around but I'm feeling squeamish." Starscream said before dropping something into the energon crystals below and then transforming into a jet and flying out with Arcee still firing shots at him but the one thing that broke her out of her rampaging trance was. "GRENADE!" Which she had instantly started to run and spotted one of Cliff's horns, picking it up quickly she put in her subspace storage compartment before transforming and driving from platform to platform till she managed to reach the rest of her team and they started to drive away back to where they had entered the mine.
"Ratchet, open the ground-bridge at the arrival coordinates." Optimus ordered as they kicked it up a gear and like that, a bridge was open and right behind was an explosion of blue flames and destruction when they got through the bridge, Jack had instantly pulled the lever up to shut it off as Optimus transformed by doing one hand stand and turning himself around to stop his momentum as the explosion was cut short.
"Woah." Miko and Raf breathed as that entrance was an amazing one.
"Cutting it a bit close?" Ratchet asked but then he spotted something or more like someone not there."Wheres Cliffjumper?" Ratchet questioned and that's when the rest of the team turned to see Arcee walking away down one corridor, head hung low and if Jack listened very closely he could make out the sound of crying.
"...No." Jack said to himself since he knew the sound of mourning from anywhere.
"Do you have something to share Ebony?" Ratchet inquired as now they were looking at him.
"Ratchet... check for Cliff's life signal." Jack said as he hoped he was wrong.
"I don't see how this is going to help us find... him." Ratchet drawled out the end as his optics were seeing that Cliff's life signal was no more and even if they were that far in a mountain he was sure he could track their life signals and that status of their health but it was just a flatline."Cliffjumper is... dead." Ratchet stated as now they all were now mourning the death of a friend and a comrade.
"Robots with emotions?" Miko questioned.
"Robots that can die?" Raf said with a sudden realization.
"The one who caused this pain to Arcee shall pay dearly, as they say, an eye for an eye, a life for a life. I'll be the one to avenge my friend and hope to give comfort to my future High Queen and I pray that the deepest, darkest part of the pit keeps you forever bound and tortured, mark my words, you will pay dearly." Jack swore but the others only heard it as a growl before his thundering steps were heard as he now walked down the hallway heading to the top of the base to make a burial site for Cliffjumper.
"Is he going to be alright?" Raf asked as Optimus only stared intensely down the hallway as the posture Jack had was one of rage, his servos were bawled into tight fists and if pressed even harder Jack would have pierced his servo with his sharp digits, the way how Jack walked also gave it away.
"They both need time like we all do to mourn the passing of a dear friend and comrade." Optimus said trying to ease Raf's concern for Jack before Raf realized something and pulled out his phone to see the time.
"Uh Optimus I don't mean to be rude at this time but no signal?" Raf questioned as he wasn't able to make a call.
"A security precaution, the silo walls isolate all radio waves." Optimus explained.
"Well, I'm pretty sure if I don't call my mama she would have the cops out looking for me." Raf said but Optimus didn't truly understand what Raf was implying.
"Have you broken the law?" Optimus instantly inquired.
"What? Oh, no nothing like that Optimus, curfew it's past 10 pm." Raf explained.
"Earth customs, I hadn't considered but the issue of your safety remains, Bulkhead you'll accompany Miko home." Optimus said with Miko getting excited.
"Awesome! My host parents will freak!" Miko exclaimed.
"And maintain covert surveillance in vehicle mode." Optimus instructed.
"Curbside duty got it." Bulkhead said and now Miko was disappointed as she whined about that.
"Bumblebee, You'll watch over Raf." Optimus said as the two looked at each other and no words needed to be said as the two were great friends. One night later Jack was already standing outside his quarters as he was over-watching the mesa and looking out towards the road that leads towards Jasper, his home.
"How are you fairing Ebony?" Jack heard from behind but it was only Optimus.
"I feel a sense of a raging storm brewing inside of me, I feel a tide of sadness for many things Optimus." Jack said as he turned to look at Optimus as it was really early in the morning where the sun was rising.
"I have lost many close friends in combat and felt the same things you feel now but it is even worse when you lose a friend you consider a brother." Optimus said as the two stood at the edge of the mesa near to a pile of rocks that Jack had placed in memory of Cliffjumper.
That's the end of the chapter folks, but don't worry I'll get to work on the next one and some of you might already know what's in store for Starscream but I'll let you'll keep guessing.