Chapter 4.
Con job.
(Jack POV)
Me and Arcee was already at the base. As soon as I got there I headed for my room to start working on the Mark 6, After I had found out that the Mark 5 was finished and ready. But I was wanting to make a brand new arc Reactor but one which was work with a piece of Energon in the middle of the Reactor.
"Sir, if we are going to combine the Arc reactor and a piece of energon, I'm afraid that the current Palladium element isn't enough to go with it. And There is no other Element of Palladium to do it," Jarvis said.
"Great, So We just going to have to make a new one," I said.
"Yes, Sir, Good thing is that Your Father was working on making a new element of Palladium at the time, But Couldn't make it," Jarvis said.
"Is there any notes that he has on this," I said.
"Some Recorded and some written, Sir," Jarvis said.
"Okay, Print off the Written ones if they are computerised and Send all the Recordings to my phone," I said.
"Am Afraid they were never computerised, Sir, But they are still with Mrs. Potts Since Your Father passed his house over to her," Jarvis said.
"Get in contact with her ask her to send them to me at home," I said.
"Right away, Sir," Jarvis said.
"Thanks, Buddy," I said. "I headed to the control room, But anything if we can replicate the Energon with our technology,"
"Sir, That would require an Arc reactor, With the modified Core," Jarvis said.
"Okay, Get the Machine, Set up and ready, I can work on making the same type of element of Palladium in one go for the Machine and the Mark 6 Arc Reactor," I said.
"Sir, Just one of the modified core, I am able to replicate," Jarvis said.
"So you telling me just to make one, there Buddy," I said.
"That is correct, Sir, I will be able to make more of that Element of Palladium once the first one is made," Jarvis said.
"Thanks buddy," I said getting up and grabbed the mark 5 Case which had a strap to it hard enough to keep it from snapping. Then Headed out to the Control room.
"Hey, Jack," Arcee said.
"Hey, Arcee," I said.
"Anything about you know," Arcee said.
"Working on it but it is really going to take longer than I though now, The Element of Palladium I was for my first types of Suit Can't power the machine, Jarvis is making it, But to power it, So I have to go over all my Dad's notes to see if I can make that new Element of Palladium," I said.
"Damn," Arcee said.
"It's just a set back, Arcee, we get there," I said.
"I know," Arcee said.
Then we heading on into the Control room where the base started flashing and we found out it was a ship heading for Earth.
"Optimus, I'm receiving a signal on a restricted band," Ratchet said. "It appears to be coming from a starship, Inside this Solar System, It's an AUTOBOT Identification beacon,"
"So there are other Bots out there?" I said.
"The masses scattered to the galaxies when Cybertron finally went Dark, But Cons have been known to bait trap with false beacons," Arcee said.
"Great," I said.
"Unknown vessel, This is AUTOBOT Outpost Omega 1, Identify yourself," Optimus said.
"I've had warmer welcomes from Decepticon combat brigades," The Voice came on saying.
"Wheel Jack,"Bulk said. "You old con crusher! What are you doing all the way out here?"
"Bulkhead? That you?" WheelJack said. "What's with all the security?"
"The rock we're on is crawling with Cons," Bulk said. "How soon can you get here and even the odds?"
"Sometime Tomorrow if I put metal to the Pedal," WheelJack said.
"Another bot's coming here. How cool is that!" Miko said.
"Wheeljack, I know of him by reputation only," Optimus said. "Can you verify his voiceprint?"
"He is 1000% the real deal, Optimus," Bulk said.
"We will send landing Coordinates, WheelJack," Optimus said. "Safe journey,"
"See you soon, Buddy," Bulk said. "I'll make sure you get a proper welcome,"
Then Ratchet closed the channel.
"So, Who's the Boyfriend?" Arcee said.
I ended up laughing at it.
Bulk Chuckles. "Me and Jackie go way back, We were part of the same war unit, The Wreckers, Which means the cons are gonna wish he never found us,"
"Bit more muscle to hurt Cons, I am so in," I said.
"Easy, Jack," Arcee said.
"Arcee, Come on, It well get us a bit more man power to scout for Energon," I said.
"Jack, Is right, With WheelJack here, We maybe have better luck locating Energon," Optimus said.
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"WheelJack Ship is approaching the landing zone," Arcee said.
"You think he's here to visit?" Raf said.
"Maybe he'll stay," Miko said. "Have to find his own Human though," Miko said.
"No enough here that knows about Cons the better," I said.
"Ground Bridge cycling up," Ratchet said.
"Just a sec," I said before heading for the platform. "Jarvis mark 4," After putting the Mark 5 down.
Then the platform comes up and starts to connect all the parts together and finishing with the Helmet coming on but not closing it.
Then After I finished the Ground Bridge glitched.
"Blasted Scraplets, Equipment hasn't been the same since the infestation," Ratchet said.
"So Wheel Jack's gonna land halfway around the world, and then you'll bridge him here," I said.
"We can't revealing the location of our base, Just in case the Decepticons are tracking WheelJacks ship," Optimus said.
Then The Base alarm went off.
"Jarvis," I said.
"Sir, Multiply Contacts closing fast on wheelJacks position," Jarvis said.
"Con Scum," Bulk said.
"Sir, Guessing by the sudden stop of moving, He has been shot down," Jarvis said.
"Jarvis, send the Coords to Ratchet at the Ground Bridge, And Bring Weapons online," I said.
"Jack," Arcee said.
"You guys, have no Air, With me, you do," I said. As the Helmet metal face-plate snapped shut.
"Open the Bridge, Ratchet! We're missing all the action," Bulk said.
"I'll prepare sick bay," Ratchet said.
"Who For? The Cons," Bulk said as the Bridge went up. "This is Wheel jack we're talking about,"
Then I fired up my thruster and went through.
Once on the other side.
I saw all the Cons was down.
Then This bot finishing off a con.
Bulk Chuckles. "I taught him that," Bulk said.
"Sweet, I give him that," I said landing on Arcee.
"Ever think I might need a hand here?" Wheel jack said.
"What and spoil the show?" Bulk said.
"You missed one," Arcee said. Then Wheel jack shot the con down.
"If this is all you got, the planet's in bigger trouble than I thought," Wheel jack said.
Then saw me.
"Who that?" Wheel jack said.
"Names Jack," I said letting my face plate lift up.
"Nice suit any good," Wheel jack said.
"Don't ask him that," Bulk said.
"What?" Wheeljack said.
"Long story," I said.
Then Bulk rushed forward. "Jackie!" Bulk said hugging him.
"What's to finish you old wrecking ball?" WheelJack said.
"Jarvis, We need a bridge," I said.
"On the way, Sir," Jarvis said then a ground bridge opened up and we headed back through.
Then Ratchet shut the bridge down and I flew over and Let Jarvis remove the Mark 4. Then Headed over to Ratchet.
"Jackie, Come here, Meet my other best buddy, Miko," Bulk said."She can wreck like the best of us,"
"Hiya," Miko said.
"You keeping Bulkhead out of trouble," Wheeljack said. (I'm just going to called Wheeljack Jackie from Now on)
"I try, But trouble finds us anyway," Miko said.
"Were gonna get along just fine," Jackie said." Now you going to tell me what Bulkhead meant back there.
"Oh the suit, Well, He wanted to find out what this can do," I said getting my left hand repulsor out. "And It knocked him on his aft, Bulk here, didn't think it had enough juice to do that,"
"Oh, Scrap," Bulk said.
"You got taken down by that," Jackie said.
"Trust me, Don't ask to find out," Bulk said.
"Come on show me, How it works," Jackie said.
"Jackie, Don't," Bulk said.
"Okay," I said aiming at him and fire only 2 secs later knocking him on his aft also.
"Wow, That was some sweet tech there, Kid," Jackie said.
"Thanks," I said.
Then Optimus came over.
"Optimus Prime, It's a privilege," Jackie said.
"Like wise, Soldier," Optimus said. "What have you to report from your long journey?"
"Been bouncing from rock to rock searching for signs of Friend or foe." Jackie said. "Now I find both, but i am fairly impressed with that Kid's weaponry,"
"Watch it, I made that Tech, It's only the defense one you got hit by," I said.
"Well, it was some sweet tech," Jackie said.
"Jack, Has been quiet usefully when I came to saving this planet, Even If the Tech he is using isn't Cybertronian based, It does give a kick, especially when we need back up against Skyquake," Optimus said.
"Wait, you went up against Skyquake," Jackie said.
"Yeah, and Won," I said. "Got him off Optimus and BumbleBee, Before he could hit them,"
"Back to the matter at hand, we are few, but strong, We have suffered losses But we have grown, And we would relish welcoming a new member into our fold," Optimus said.
"I would be honored," Jackie said.
"Then Let's get this party started," Bulk said.
"Oh, joy," Ratchet said.
"Jarvis, give Ratchet a hand with the GroundBridge," I said.
"Already on it, Sir," Jarvis said.
"Thanks, buddy," I said.
"Give you a hand Ratchet," I said.
"Thanks, Jack," Ratchet said.
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Bulk and Jackie was playing some sort of Game. Throwing some Metal Basketball at each other and I was near Arcee.
"So, What's that about?" I said.
It's called Lobbing, The favourite pastime on Cybertron, Especially among the Warrior Class," Arcee said.
Then Miko get Raf to start doing some moves.
I started laughing, "Of Course, The Robot," I said.
Then Bee Started doing what Raf was doing. Then I notices someone wasn't here.
"Where's Optimus?" I said.
"Went for a drive, Primes don't party," Arcee said.
"Damn," I said.
"Coming at Ya!" Bulk said. Throwing the Ball at WheelJack but it goes over his hands and hits the wall before hitting the Groundbridge Control.
"You know, I am attempting to perform sensitive calibrations here!" Ratchet said.
"Sorry, Doc," Jackie said. "Guess we're a little charged up, You built this bridge from scratch, huh?"
"I did," Ratchet said.
"That's quite a feat of engineering," Jackie said.
"Yes, It is," Ratchet said.
"Something wrong with it?" Jackie said. In a weird tone. Even for me.
"I didn't care for the way it sounded this last jump, I put it in shut-down," Ratchet said.
"What if you need to use it?" Jackie said.
"Oh, I can't disrupt the defrag process without causing irreparable damage," Ratchet said.
"So, uh, How long will the defrag take?" Jackie said.
"A few hours, if we're lucky," Ratchet said. "Maybe longer,"
Then WheelJack turned. "Huh," I said.
"Jack," Arcee said. "You alright?"
"Yeah, Why wouldn't I be?" I said facing her.
"Just looked distracted for a second," Arcee said.
"Just thinking about something," I said smiling at her hoping she would drop it. Since They didn't know about my Hearing.
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"So there we were no Communications, Low on Energon surrounded by Cons, So what does Wheeljack do?" Bulk said. Then started laughing, "Tell them, Jackie,"
"Well... What I do best," Jackie said.
Something is wrong. Why didn't he just say what he did.
"He chucks his only grenade smack into the Primary Heat Exchanger," Bulk said.
"Yeah, seemed like a good idea at the time," Jackie said.
"The joint went Supernova!" Bulk said.
"Awesome," Miko said.
"Yeah, I'm still picking Shrapnel out of my backside," Bulk said.
"I'm not surprised given the size of your backside," Arcee said.
I just burst out Laughing. "Nice one Arcee," I said.
And Bee Laughed a bit too.
Then I saw WheelJack looking over at Ratchet at the ground bridge. Why is he looking at Ratchet for. Him and Bulk are back, Should he be telling us the story himself then just letting Bulk say It.
"There it is Jackie's Signature," Bulk said. "One Grenade, One shot,"
Then Bulk looked at WheelJack.
"Hey, You all right?" Bulk said.
"What?" Jackie said.
"You don't seem like yourself," Bulk said.
"Well, What do you mean?" Jackie said.
Something is so wrong, Why is WheelJack so distracted.
"I don't know you seem quiet," Bulk said.
"Aw, I've been stuck in a can too long," Jackie said. "I should go topside before I get stir-crazy,"
"I have patrol in the morning you can come with," Bulk said.
"Let's go now," Jackie said.
Why is he so wanting to leave and why got topside.
"And break up the party? Come on! The Gang's loving you!" Bulk said. "You got to tell them about the Battle if Darkmount Pass!"
"You tell them, You're better at it," Jackie said.
"Hey Arcee, Can we talk in the lab," I said.
"Sure, Back in a few," Arcee said and Then We headed into the Room I got.
"Jack, what is it?" Arcee said.
"Something is wrong," I said.
"What?" Arcee said.
"Come on, Arcee, Didn't you see how he wanted to go topside, Then just go on patrol straight away, Why is he in a rush? Then He just blows off Bulk saying that He can tell the story about that battle better," I said.
"Okay true, It is a bit weird," Arcee said.
"Arcee, Everything that Bulk has talked about WheelJack, I just get the feeling something is off. And Right after Bulk finished the Story, Wheeljack looked at Ratchet who was working on the GroundBridge, Why would he look at it for, Like If that was me and I just found my old time pal, I would be over the Moon, Telling everyone what we done together even if my own friend wanted me to tell a certain story. I would tell it," I said.
"Okay, Easy, I have to admit, it is a little more weird now," Arcee said.
"For now, I think we should just keep an eye on him," I said.
"I'm in, With that one, Jack, Come on, we should get back to the others before Wheeljack suspects something," Arcee said.
"Yeah, Let's go," I said. "But not a word to anyone, Not yet, Till we are completely sure,"
"Come on, Jack," Arcee said Smiling. Then We headed back to the control room and I went out and grab the Mark 5 and put the strap over my shoulder.
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Then Bulk stated talking that he even thinks something is wrong with WheelJack so I came up with a Plan how to make sure it was him or Not. I went and Put on the Mark 4 Just in case my Feeling has been dead on the Spot.
"Hey, What are you guys talking about?" Jackie said then saw me. "What's with the suit kid,"
"I'm just running test on it, But for it to work I need to be in it," I said before lifting my face plate up.
"I was just telling the guys, all about you and me," Bulk said. "At the battle of Darkmount Pass,"
"That's a heck on a story," Wheeljack said.
"Yeap, Tell it," Bulk said.
"Talk, Talk, Talk, How about after we go off roading?" Miko said.
"Miko, stay out if this," Bulk said.
"Bulkhead, Easy," Arcee said.
"I'm not sure I," Jackie said.
"Tell it," Bulk said.
"Fine, You want to live in the past, Bulkhead?" WheelJack said."The Wrecker were trapped between a Decepticon patrol and the Smelting Pit, The cons were vicious, bearing down on us with everything they had, Me and Bulkhead engaged the enemy, Left them for scrap, Then I made us a way out, Using their backsides as Stepping stones to cross the molten metal, isn't that how it Happened?"
"Yeah, That's exactly how it happened," Bulk said. "Expect for 1 little thing, I wasn't there,"
Then Everyone looked and Him and I was about to snap my face-plate shut but I knew then This impostor would notice.
"I'd already left the Wreckers to join up with Optimus, But you wouldn't know that if all you did was access WheelJack's public-Service Record," Bulk said.
"Bulk What does that?" Miko said.
Then I Fired my Repulsors at the Impostor.
But he got back and grabbed Miko.
"Stay back or I squeeze her into pulp," The Impostor said.
"WheelJack what are you doing?" Miko said.
"It's not WheelJack, Miko, I knew from after the Story Bulk talked about. Before I left to Talk with Arcee, I saw this ass look at Ratchet who was still at the Ground Bridge controls like he was waiting for the right time to do something," I said.
"Decepticon coward! Let the girl go and face me," Bulk said.
"Don't fret, Plenty of Fighting to come," The Impostor said.
"Don't think so, Where is the real WheelJack?" I said.
"Oh, indeed," The Impostor said." And I expect Lord Starscream is making him sport of him"
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Then the impostor put some coords in and Turn on the Bridge.
"About time," The Impostor said.
Then started moving towards the Bridge. Then my face-Plate snapped shut.
"Let's get this party started," The Impostor said.
Then another one who looked like Wheeljack came through and hit him Making Miko get dropped.
"I'd shut that hole before the stink comes through," The Real Wheel jack said.
"Jarvis, Shut it down," I said.
Then Jarvis Shut the ground Bridge down.
Then the 2 Jackie's as I'm going to call it went against each other.
Bulk was about to go in.
"Ugly's Mine," Jackie said.
Then One of them went down.
"That's my Jackie," Bulk said.
"You hit the Switch," Jackie said.
"Jarvis reopen the Bridge," I said.
"It's time to take out the trash," Jackie said. "All yours buddy,"
Then Bulk grabbed the impostor and threw him into the Ground Bridge.
"Jarvis shut it down," I said.
"Nice lob," Jackie said.
Then the Ground Bridge shut down.
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Jackie was Talking about leaving.
"Wait," Miko said. "Your leaving why?"
"Ohh, Because some bots never change," Bulk said.
"Wheeljack, Know that you'll always have a haven here," Optimus said.
"Jackie never stays, But he always comes back," Bulk said.
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Then we bridged to where Jackie was Repairing his ship.
"There's room for 2 bulk," Jackie said. "Even with a backside like yours, Who knows who we might find out there, Some of the old crew?"
"Heh, It sounds like fun, Jackie, But my ties are here now with them, With her," Bulk said.
"If anything happens to my favourite wrecker, I'm coming after you," Jackie said joking.
"I'll take good care of him," Miko said.
"Hey, Kid," Jackie said to me. "Keep hitting the Cons, With that Tech of yours,"
"Always do," I said.
Then Miko got out her phone and took a photo.
That's all for this one.
More to follow.
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