***Okay, for all you people who won't leave me alone, I changed it- "Starscreen" is now "Starscream." I still don't believe bad guys should have cool names, but if it'll get ya'll to leave me alone, then whatever.***
I was sitting in my cage in England, completely calm. They were coming for me- I didn't know when, but I knew my friends were on there way. Megatron noticed how calm I looked and automatically became suspicious. Sure, I hadn't been totally freaking out during this entire experience, but I at least acted like I was slightly frightened. Now, I wasn't even giving him that little satisfaction. He walked over to my cage and gave it a shake, slamming me into both sides before grasping it firmly, pulling it down from the ceiling and bringing it level with his face.
"Don't be so faithful, Sarah," he told me. "Even if your friends manage to find us, you won't be alive long enough to enjoy it."
"Oh really?" I said, "What makes you think that?" Megatron began to laugh.
"Oh, didn't Prime tell you? I can't believe he neglected to tell you this- you see, it doesn't matter if I can't destroy the Autobots with my laser cannon." He gestured towards a large gun, sitting in the dark night outside the cave, an exact replica of the one that haunted my and Hot Shot's dreams no more than two weeks ago. "If this cannon doesn't destroy the Autobots, they will still suffer a loss- they will lose you."
That part I missed the first time around. I understood all about being used as a battery, but I wasn't informed I'd die because of it. In all actuality, it was really kinda dumb; I mean, really- what was the point of making a weapon that needed to be powered by a human, who died right after the gun was used?! Who were these crazy prophets that wrote this crazy thing? They had to be short-circuiting or something, because this was nuts!
"They'll get here before you even flip the switch, Megatron," I said. "And you know it." Megatron laughed louder.
"Why, Sarah," he replied. "That's what I'm counting on- I want them to be here as the energon shoots through your body, sucking out what power lies inside you while you scream away your last breath."
I hadn't the slightest idea what 'energon' was, but considering the wonderful description I was given of how my last moments on earth would be spent, I was pretty sure it wasn't good. But I didn't hang my head in defeat or break down and cry. I just stared him down as best I could (His eyes were a lot bigger than mine, so it was a bit of a challenge) and spoke two words: "We'll see." Megatron scowled and set my cage on the ground.
"Starscream!" he yelled. "Tell that Mini-Con of yours to help Leader-1 put the girl in place."
"Yes, Megatron," said Starscream. "You heard him, Swindle- go get her." Out of nowhere came a small red racecar, which stopped directly in front of the cage. When he transformed to robot mode, I couldn't believe what I was seeing- if he would have been orange and blue, he would have looked a lot like Jazz. It hadn't been Jazz in my dream- it was this Swindle character. As he opened up the cage door and stepped inside, along with a gray Mini-Con, whom I took to be Leader-1, I got to my feet and prepared to fight. Then, another Mini-Con came into the cage- I knew I was out numbered, but that was no reason to stop fighting, even if I had one on each arm.
"Hey!" I yelled as they dragged me kicking and screaming towards the cave entrance. "Let me go, ya stupid robots! LET ME GO!"
"Okay, have we got everything?" asked Rad. The good guys were doing a last minute checklist and it seemed they had everything, until Carlos remembered something.
"Where's the Armory?" A chorus of beeps came out of nowhere as the Armory rushed into the room and hopped into the back of Optimus' trailer with the rest of the Mini-Cons, with the exception of Jazz, who rode with Hot Shot and Grindor, who was told to stay at the base and rest after his wheels were fixed.
"Everyone ready?" asked Optimus. Without an answer, the transport began. Moments later, they arrived at their destination- Stonehenge. The Mini-Cons and humans unloaded and the Autobots transformed.
"You sure this is the place, Jazz?" asked Hot Shot.
"Yeah, I'm sure," Jazz replied.
"Then where is everyone?"
"It's good to see you again, Autobots." said a voice. Everyone turned to look at a large cave. At the entrance was something Hot Shot recognized. His eyes narrowed- the laser cannon.
"Sarah?" he called. "Sarah, where are you?" I heard him call and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hot Shot!" I replied. "Hot Shot, I'm back here!" Well, I was in the back at the time I said that. The cannon suddenly turned around, so I was now facing the good guys. My eyes instantly went to Carlos. My mind told me countless times he was dead- there was no logical way he could have survived with the injuries he had. My heart, on the other hand, told the truth- he was alive. I looked at him and smiled. "Hey man." Carlos smiled back.
"Hey yourself," he replied.
Megatron stepped out from behind the laser cannon, a sly smile expressed on his face. Shortly after, the rest of the Decepticons appeared, the same smile on their faces.
"How touching, Autobots," said Megatron. "But this reunion is to be short lived. Leader-1, you know what to do." The smile that had once been one my face was instantly wiped away. Megatron had given Leader-1 his assignment earlier, making sure I heard everything he had to say.
"After you activate the laser cannon, Leader-1," he said. "We'll use the laser cannon to destroy Optimus Prime and his companions on earth. After they've been dealt with, we'll use the targeting system and destroy the Autobots on Cybertron. And then when that's all done..." He shot a glance at me before continuing. "We'll take the girl out of the cannon and watch her die."
I began to understand my place in the Dedicanvelope Prophecy more with Megatron's instructions. The laser cannon was made only to destroy the Autobots and nothing more. Also, if I stayed in the cannon after it had been used, I would stay alive... but I wasn't planning on staying in one place for the rest of my life.
Suddenly, I heard a line of beeps coming from Leader-1, followed by the flick of a switch. It felt like my entire body was being pricked by millions of pins, while fire raged through my blood veins. I tightly closed my eyes, clenched my teeth together and held off from screaming as long as I could. I could just barely hear voices in the background- Hot Shot, Jazz and Carlos.
"Sarah!" cried Jazz.
"Turn it off, Megatron!" demanded Hot Shot.
"Stop it!" yelled Carlos. "You're killing her!" Megatron chuckled.
"That's the general idea, human," he replied. "That and taking you with her. Leader-1, fire when ready." Leader-1 beeped a reply and was about to do as he was told, when my voice came sounding through the air.
"ARMORY!"
Criterion, Stellar and Shockstopper suddenly sprang into action. How they managed to lock onto me when I was stuck in my human shaped keyhole, I do not know nor do I care! I just know they did it- Criterion took his place as my chest plate, Shockstopper went to my left hand and Stellar to my right. The pain stopped and I was relieved.
"What's happening?" I asked anyone who would care to answer.
"We're stopping the energon from getting to you," said Criterion. "A good thing- to much more would have killed you" I smiled.
"Well, then," I said. "Lets get me out of here." I was able to move my right hand and managed to use Stellar to push the little red button on my left shoulder. The jets on my back fired up, pulling me free from my small, bar less prison. I punched my sword hand into the air and raised my left knee. Freedom never felt so good. I flew off- I had a bone to pick with a certain Jet-type Decepticon.
The battle between the Autobots and Decepticons started up again as soon as I called for the Armory, with Hot Shot going after Megatron, Red Alert against Demolisher, and Optimus versus Cyclonis. Smoke Screen was helping Rad, Alexis and Carlos find shelter from an air attacking Starscream.
"Give it up Autobot!" he said. "There's nowhere left for you to run!"
"I could say the same for you!" Starscream suddenly felt something slash through his left wing, taking off a chunk and forcing him to go to robot mode.
"Who did that?!" he demanded. "Show yourself now!" He heard a chuckle fill the air.
"I did it, you fugitive from a recycling bin!" Starscream looked up to see me with my sword raised above my head. "That was for my big brother." I charged in quickly and sliced off a large piece of his right wing, which he could have used as a sword if he'd thought quick enough. "That was for chasing my friends."
My last tactic was taken out of an old cartoon: I started to circle Starscream, slowly at first, but then I got faster and faster. Starscream started off trying to follow me with his eyes, then resorted to spinning around to follow me and kept spinning long after I had stopped circling. Once he stopped spinning, he was dizzy beyond belief. I smiled.
"And this is for me." I flew over and gave him a huge push, which caused him to fall flat on his back, completely out of it. I sighed and started to take deep breaths. I had temporarily taken down Starscream, but in the process had taken a lot out of myself. The energon from the laser cannon had done a good deal of damage, and although dealing with Starscream didn't hurt me as much, I still felt the effects. Something told me that Armory or not, one more good blast could be the end of it.
"Megatron!" called Demolisher. "Starscream is down- the girl did it!" Hot Shot looked at Megatron and smiled.
"The mighty Starscream," he said. "Taken down by a fourteen-year-old girl. Boy does that make me proud." Megatron scowled and charged at him.
"Demolisher," he yelled. "Take care of that girl and her friends. NOW."
"You all right?" I asked Smoke Screen, Jazz and my human friends. Just as four of them nodded, I noticed that the fifth was missing- Carlos.
"Help!" I looked over my shoulder to see Carlos running from Demolisher, who was running from Red Alert.
"Heads up, Carlos!" yelled Rad as Demolisher began to fire. A shot landed right at Carlos' feet, causing him to go flying through the air. I started to fly towards him as he picked himself off the ground.
"Sarah!" yelled Alexis. "Don't!" I didn't listen.
"Carlos," I cried as I got closer. "When someone says 'heads up,' they mean..." Demolisher took a shot at Carlos just as I pushed him out of the way. The shot hit me dead in the chest and threw me to the ground. I looked at my armor, only to see a large hole- the energon from the laser cannon must have weakened Criterion somehow. Why I didn't think to use Shockstopper, I'll never know. But I do remember saying one thing before blacking out: "Duck."
Carlos found himself on the ground once more. How he got there was a blank, until he remembered hearing my voice.
"Sarah?" he called as he stood up again. "Sarah, where are you?" He looked around, until he saw me lying on the ground nearby, motionless. "Oh, God no."
"Megatron, I did it!" cried Demolisher. "The girl is history!" Megatron stopped his duel with Hot Shot, threw him head back and laughed.
"Did you hear that, Hot Shot?" he asked. "Your little friend it gone. Decepticons, retreat!" With that, all the Decepticons, including the downed Starscream, were gone. Hot Shot stood still for a moment, then rushed off to find Jazz and Carlos- if I really was dead, they would be with me.
"Sarah? Come on, Sarah, wake up, please." Carlos had asked the Armory to disarm and now had my head resting on his lap. Jazz was sitting next to him, not quite believing what he was seeing. He knew if Transformers could cry, he'd be bawling his eyes out. Surrounding them were Rad, Alexis and the rest of the Autobots and Mini-Cons. Hot Shot rushed up moments later. He looked at me, then at Carlos.
"Is she...?" He couldn't bring himself to say it. Just before Carlos could reply, he felt something moving on his lap, followed by a groan and a small, quiet voice.
"I thought I'd wake up dead." He looked down and saw my smiling face looking back up at him. "Hi guys." Everyone's jaws dropped, followed by stuttering about how I survived a shot like that. The Armory was even amazed, considering Criterion was badly damaged from the shot we took. "I don't know," I told them. "And I don't care, because I've never felt so alive in my life."
Suddenly, for no reason at all, Carlos bent down and kissed me. I wasn't expecting it, but I didn't fight it- I had a feeling it was something we'd both wanted to do for a long time. Carlos looked at me and smiled.
"Welcome back, Sarah." I smiled back.
"It's good to be back."
I was sitting in my cage in England, completely calm. They were coming for me- I didn't know when, but I knew my friends were on there way. Megatron noticed how calm I looked and automatically became suspicious. Sure, I hadn't been totally freaking out during this entire experience, but I at least acted like I was slightly frightened. Now, I wasn't even giving him that little satisfaction. He walked over to my cage and gave it a shake, slamming me into both sides before grasping it firmly, pulling it down from the ceiling and bringing it level with his face.
"Don't be so faithful, Sarah," he told me. "Even if your friends manage to find us, you won't be alive long enough to enjoy it."
"Oh really?" I said, "What makes you think that?" Megatron began to laugh.
"Oh, didn't Prime tell you? I can't believe he neglected to tell you this- you see, it doesn't matter if I can't destroy the Autobots with my laser cannon." He gestured towards a large gun, sitting in the dark night outside the cave, an exact replica of the one that haunted my and Hot Shot's dreams no more than two weeks ago. "If this cannon doesn't destroy the Autobots, they will still suffer a loss- they will lose you."
That part I missed the first time around. I understood all about being used as a battery, but I wasn't informed I'd die because of it. In all actuality, it was really kinda dumb; I mean, really- what was the point of making a weapon that needed to be powered by a human, who died right after the gun was used?! Who were these crazy prophets that wrote this crazy thing? They had to be short-circuiting or something, because this was nuts!
"They'll get here before you even flip the switch, Megatron," I said. "And you know it." Megatron laughed louder.
"Why, Sarah," he replied. "That's what I'm counting on- I want them to be here as the energon shoots through your body, sucking out what power lies inside you while you scream away your last breath."
I hadn't the slightest idea what 'energon' was, but considering the wonderful description I was given of how my last moments on earth would be spent, I was pretty sure it wasn't good. But I didn't hang my head in defeat or break down and cry. I just stared him down as best I could (His eyes were a lot bigger than mine, so it was a bit of a challenge) and spoke two words: "We'll see." Megatron scowled and set my cage on the ground.
"Starscream!" he yelled. "Tell that Mini-Con of yours to help Leader-1 put the girl in place."
"Yes, Megatron," said Starscream. "You heard him, Swindle- go get her." Out of nowhere came a small red racecar, which stopped directly in front of the cage. When he transformed to robot mode, I couldn't believe what I was seeing- if he would have been orange and blue, he would have looked a lot like Jazz. It hadn't been Jazz in my dream- it was this Swindle character. As he opened up the cage door and stepped inside, along with a gray Mini-Con, whom I took to be Leader-1, I got to my feet and prepared to fight. Then, another Mini-Con came into the cage- I knew I was out numbered, but that was no reason to stop fighting, even if I had one on each arm.
"Hey!" I yelled as they dragged me kicking and screaming towards the cave entrance. "Let me go, ya stupid robots! LET ME GO!"
"Okay, have we got everything?" asked Rad. The good guys were doing a last minute checklist and it seemed they had everything, until Carlos remembered something.
"Where's the Armory?" A chorus of beeps came out of nowhere as the Armory rushed into the room and hopped into the back of Optimus' trailer with the rest of the Mini-Cons, with the exception of Jazz, who rode with Hot Shot and Grindor, who was told to stay at the base and rest after his wheels were fixed.
"Everyone ready?" asked Optimus. Without an answer, the transport began. Moments later, they arrived at their destination- Stonehenge. The Mini-Cons and humans unloaded and the Autobots transformed.
"You sure this is the place, Jazz?" asked Hot Shot.
"Yeah, I'm sure," Jazz replied.
"Then where is everyone?"
"It's good to see you again, Autobots." said a voice. Everyone turned to look at a large cave. At the entrance was something Hot Shot recognized. His eyes narrowed- the laser cannon.
"Sarah?" he called. "Sarah, where are you?" I heard him call and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hot Shot!" I replied. "Hot Shot, I'm back here!" Well, I was in the back at the time I said that. The cannon suddenly turned around, so I was now facing the good guys. My eyes instantly went to Carlos. My mind told me countless times he was dead- there was no logical way he could have survived with the injuries he had. My heart, on the other hand, told the truth- he was alive. I looked at him and smiled. "Hey man." Carlos smiled back.
"Hey yourself," he replied.
Megatron stepped out from behind the laser cannon, a sly smile expressed on his face. Shortly after, the rest of the Decepticons appeared, the same smile on their faces.
"How touching, Autobots," said Megatron. "But this reunion is to be short lived. Leader-1, you know what to do." The smile that had once been one my face was instantly wiped away. Megatron had given Leader-1 his assignment earlier, making sure I heard everything he had to say.
"After you activate the laser cannon, Leader-1," he said. "We'll use the laser cannon to destroy Optimus Prime and his companions on earth. After they've been dealt with, we'll use the targeting system and destroy the Autobots on Cybertron. And then when that's all done..." He shot a glance at me before continuing. "We'll take the girl out of the cannon and watch her die."
I began to understand my place in the Dedicanvelope Prophecy more with Megatron's instructions. The laser cannon was made only to destroy the Autobots and nothing more. Also, if I stayed in the cannon after it had been used, I would stay alive... but I wasn't planning on staying in one place for the rest of my life.
Suddenly, I heard a line of beeps coming from Leader-1, followed by the flick of a switch. It felt like my entire body was being pricked by millions of pins, while fire raged through my blood veins. I tightly closed my eyes, clenched my teeth together and held off from screaming as long as I could. I could just barely hear voices in the background- Hot Shot, Jazz and Carlos.
"Sarah!" cried Jazz.
"Turn it off, Megatron!" demanded Hot Shot.
"Stop it!" yelled Carlos. "You're killing her!" Megatron chuckled.
"That's the general idea, human," he replied. "That and taking you with her. Leader-1, fire when ready." Leader-1 beeped a reply and was about to do as he was told, when my voice came sounding through the air.
"ARMORY!"
Criterion, Stellar and Shockstopper suddenly sprang into action. How they managed to lock onto me when I was stuck in my human shaped keyhole, I do not know nor do I care! I just know they did it- Criterion took his place as my chest plate, Shockstopper went to my left hand and Stellar to my right. The pain stopped and I was relieved.
"What's happening?" I asked anyone who would care to answer.
"We're stopping the energon from getting to you," said Criterion. "A good thing- to much more would have killed you" I smiled.
"Well, then," I said. "Lets get me out of here." I was able to move my right hand and managed to use Stellar to push the little red button on my left shoulder. The jets on my back fired up, pulling me free from my small, bar less prison. I punched my sword hand into the air and raised my left knee. Freedom never felt so good. I flew off- I had a bone to pick with a certain Jet-type Decepticon.
The battle between the Autobots and Decepticons started up again as soon as I called for the Armory, with Hot Shot going after Megatron, Red Alert against Demolisher, and Optimus versus Cyclonis. Smoke Screen was helping Rad, Alexis and Carlos find shelter from an air attacking Starscream.
"Give it up Autobot!" he said. "There's nowhere left for you to run!"
"I could say the same for you!" Starscream suddenly felt something slash through his left wing, taking off a chunk and forcing him to go to robot mode.
"Who did that?!" he demanded. "Show yourself now!" He heard a chuckle fill the air.
"I did it, you fugitive from a recycling bin!" Starscream looked up to see me with my sword raised above my head. "That was for my big brother." I charged in quickly and sliced off a large piece of his right wing, which he could have used as a sword if he'd thought quick enough. "That was for chasing my friends."
My last tactic was taken out of an old cartoon: I started to circle Starscream, slowly at first, but then I got faster and faster. Starscream started off trying to follow me with his eyes, then resorted to spinning around to follow me and kept spinning long after I had stopped circling. Once he stopped spinning, he was dizzy beyond belief. I smiled.
"And this is for me." I flew over and gave him a huge push, which caused him to fall flat on his back, completely out of it. I sighed and started to take deep breaths. I had temporarily taken down Starscream, but in the process had taken a lot out of myself. The energon from the laser cannon had done a good deal of damage, and although dealing with Starscream didn't hurt me as much, I still felt the effects. Something told me that Armory or not, one more good blast could be the end of it.
"Megatron!" called Demolisher. "Starscream is down- the girl did it!" Hot Shot looked at Megatron and smiled.
"The mighty Starscream," he said. "Taken down by a fourteen-year-old girl. Boy does that make me proud." Megatron scowled and charged at him.
"Demolisher," he yelled. "Take care of that girl and her friends. NOW."
"You all right?" I asked Smoke Screen, Jazz and my human friends. Just as four of them nodded, I noticed that the fifth was missing- Carlos.
"Help!" I looked over my shoulder to see Carlos running from Demolisher, who was running from Red Alert.
"Heads up, Carlos!" yelled Rad as Demolisher began to fire. A shot landed right at Carlos' feet, causing him to go flying through the air. I started to fly towards him as he picked himself off the ground.
"Sarah!" yelled Alexis. "Don't!" I didn't listen.
"Carlos," I cried as I got closer. "When someone says 'heads up,' they mean..." Demolisher took a shot at Carlos just as I pushed him out of the way. The shot hit me dead in the chest and threw me to the ground. I looked at my armor, only to see a large hole- the energon from the laser cannon must have weakened Criterion somehow. Why I didn't think to use Shockstopper, I'll never know. But I do remember saying one thing before blacking out: "Duck."
Carlos found himself on the ground once more. How he got there was a blank, until he remembered hearing my voice.
"Sarah?" he called as he stood up again. "Sarah, where are you?" He looked around, until he saw me lying on the ground nearby, motionless. "Oh, God no."
"Megatron, I did it!" cried Demolisher. "The girl is history!" Megatron stopped his duel with Hot Shot, threw him head back and laughed.
"Did you hear that, Hot Shot?" he asked. "Your little friend it gone. Decepticons, retreat!" With that, all the Decepticons, including the downed Starscream, were gone. Hot Shot stood still for a moment, then rushed off to find Jazz and Carlos- if I really was dead, they would be with me.
"Sarah? Come on, Sarah, wake up, please." Carlos had asked the Armory to disarm and now had my head resting on his lap. Jazz was sitting next to him, not quite believing what he was seeing. He knew if Transformers could cry, he'd be bawling his eyes out. Surrounding them were Rad, Alexis and the rest of the Autobots and Mini-Cons. Hot Shot rushed up moments later. He looked at me, then at Carlos.
"Is she...?" He couldn't bring himself to say it. Just before Carlos could reply, he felt something moving on his lap, followed by a groan and a small, quiet voice.
"I thought I'd wake up dead." He looked down and saw my smiling face looking back up at him. "Hi guys." Everyone's jaws dropped, followed by stuttering about how I survived a shot like that. The Armory was even amazed, considering Criterion was badly damaged from the shot we took. "I don't know," I told them. "And I don't care, because I've never felt so alive in my life."
Suddenly, for no reason at all, Carlos bent down and kissed me. I wasn't expecting it, but I didn't fight it- I had a feeling it was something we'd both wanted to do for a long time. Carlos looked at me and smiled.
"Welcome back, Sarah." I smiled back.
"It's good to be back."