(A/N) Well, sorry I haven't updated this in a while, I wrote all of those nonsense works to try and get my creative juices flowing… too bad it didn't turn out as I had hoped. The Raiders Losing the Superbowl didn't help much, either. I honestly hope this didn't turn out as bad I think it did. Ah, hell, let's give it a try.

DISCLAIMER: I still don't own any part of Transformers Armada, so don't sue me. I mean that too, because I lost my money to a Superbowl bet.

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CHAPTER TWO: THE CONFRONTATION

The next day, I took Sideswipe to the mountains for a bit of a test-drive. I was amazed at the way he moved! He was much faster than any motocross bike I've ever ridden, and he could also talk to me in that form. It was kinda funny, because at one point in time it looked like I was actually talking to my "bike", which got me a lot of funny glances from the other hikers and bikers (not many, mind you). After that, I decided that we to go off to a less frequented part of the mountains. That's when everything went crazy. As we rounded a corner, we came across two tanks, and a helicopter hovering nearby. I had never seen those kinds of vehicles before, but Sideswipe recognized them right away.

"Oh, no!" he virtually squeaked as he veered to the left, and made me hide with him behind a rock.

"What? What's wrong?" I asked my frightened partner.

"Decepticons!"

"Bad guys?"

Sideswipe only nodded.

"But they look like normal vehicles to me."

"Watch."

That's when the helicopter spoke: "Megatron, sir! My scanners tell me that this Minicon has already been activated!"

"It doesn't matter, you dolt! If we can capture it I can re-program it to obey my orders!" The largest tank roared back. "Once that pathetic excuse for a Decepticon, Starscream returns, we could proceed."

Overhead, I heard the roar of an engine. I looked to the sky, and saw a red and white jet circle above, and then dive down towards the other vehicles. The moment before it would have collided with the ground, the jet transformed into a humanoid robot, similar to Sideswipe, but this one was well over twenty feet tall. The other three vehicles did the same, and I nearly gave out a yelp of surprise, but my Minicon clamped his metallic hand over my mouth before I could so much as make a sound.

"What do you have to report, Starscream?" the one called Megatron asked the one who had converted from a jet.

"My sensors indicate that we're practically on top of it, but I haven't confirmed a visual, sir."

"Well, fan out and search for it, you useless pieces of metal! I don't want a single stone unturned!"

"Yes sir!" they answered in unison.

That's when it hit me. "They're looking for you!" I said to Sideswipe.

"Yes." He answered sadly. "We won't be able to escape from here, I'm afraid."

"We can make a run for it, right?"

"I doubt it. And even if we made it into the city, those Decepticons would follow us. They won't stop until they have me in their possession."

I sighed. "Oh goody."

It was definitely going to be one of those days…

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*okay… I know that was pretty uneventful… so what? I've hit a writers' block again, and I just had to stop somewhere… Ugh, I have an independent reading project to do anyway, so at least I have a valid excuse as to not finishing it. But I am happy that Cartoon Network is playing new episodes of Transformers: Armada ^_^ "VOW" was a cool episode... can't wait for tomorrow's. Finally they did something right for a change… after taking "Ronin Warriors" and "Gundam Wing" off I was about ready to give up on them… but thank Primus for G-Gundam and Transformers ^_~ Alright, enough ranting for one chapter. Ja!