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Ok I thought I should post this in case anyone doesn't know what these things mean Mini-con speech ~Thought~ *****Scene change******
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The Autobots warped into the vicinity of the Min-con and got to work. Unfortunately this was right into a marsh. Movements were hampered greatly by this sort of environment.
"Too bad the kids went home, we could use them for Lazerbeak, its gonna be hard to find the Mini-con with no fliers," Red Alert commented, "Jolt is too depressed because of Hot Shot deciding to shut out the world."
"We have to work with it, Spiral, see if you can't locate the Mini-con while we try to intercept the Decepticons, Sparkplug, you stay behind with the trailer, its much to big to lug around, we're going to have to traverse on foot." Optimus swiftly ordered as the two car Mini-cons sped off to their assigned tasks.
"If we can pick em off one or two at a time I bet we could increase our chances," Smokescreen suggested, "Sort of like a war of attrition or guerrilla tactics."
"It sounds like a plan, alright, split up and report in every five cycles, got that?" Prime asked
"Yes sir!" replied all of his troops in unison as they began to wade through the marsh.
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"YYYAARRGGHHH"
The yell resonated into Megatron's audio receptors as he finished warping in. He looked about as he did a quick head count. Scavenger had just warped in at his right and Sideways warped in behind him, Starscream and his small posse of Mini-cons warped in to the left. Demolisher and Cyclonus were nowhere in his range of vision. He quickly tapped his wrist communicator.
"Demolisher, Cyclonus, come in immediately!" Megatron ordered.
"Uh Megatron, I think we need some assistance." That was Demolisher, and he sounded uneasy.
"OF COURSE WE NEED ASSISTANCE!" That was Cyclonus.
"Calm down, you'll sink faster if you keep struggling!" Drill-bit.
"You're not the one stuck in this, this, MUCK!" Cyclonus again.
"Someone help me make a rope or something!" Crumplezone this time.
"Something that primitive has a forty-two point one-five chance of success." Black-out's monotone voice.
"Would you shut up about statistics and help me!" Crumplezone once again.
"Uhhhh, Megatron?" Demolisher again, he sounded helpless.
"All right! Everyone shut-up!" Megatron barked into his wrist, the seeming source off the commotion. Scavenger laughed as Sideways and Starscream jumped when Megatron yelled. "What seems to be the problem?"
"Cyclonus warped in right on top of a sand pit, he took one step and started to sink, then he panicked." Drill-bit explained.
"Can't he fly out?" Megatron asked calmly.
"MY PROPELLER IS STUCK!" Cyclonus yelled over his own com-link this time.
Megatron sighed loudly as he thought over the situation, it all seemed so idiotic, and then he tried to think what he had done to get suck incompetent troops. "Alright, Starscream, go and tow him out."
"What! Why should I, my skills are more useful elsewhere, I hold the Star Saber, I deserve bette..." Starscream began to complain.
"Go help them NOW Starscream, I am not in the mood for your insubordination, now GO!" Megatron yelled as he cut Starscream out, getting a defiant stare from the bot before he took off with his Mini-cons in tow.
Scavenger began to laugh loudly, "You should learn to control your stooges better Megatron, now I'm going to go find that Mini-con, it is far overdue that I received one of my own."
The tyrant glared at Scavenger before speaking, "I don't need your opinion, now go find the Mini-con before the Autobots do, if you do you may keep it for yourself, but take Sideways with you."
"I work alone." The mercenary replied.
"The same goes for me." Sideways added.
"I'll have the both of you know that I don't really care, as long as you are part of my command, you shall do as I say, now go find that Mini-con and stick together!" Megatron stated coldly.
"Very well, come along then, I'm not waiting all day." Scavenger said as he stalked off, not waiting for Sideways to follow. The motorbike made a growling noise then followed the bulldozer. Megatron sat on a fallen tree and rubbed his temples as he let his Mini-cons inspect the area. ~What did I do to deserve these bots?~ The Decepticon leader thought.
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"I will make Megatron pay for assigning me to such, such, menial tasks!" Starscream cried as he flew through the air, "This is such a pathetic assignment for the most powerful Transformer in the universe!"
Starscream approached the coordinates and took a second to survey the scene. Black-out was transmitting the coordinates while Demolisher pulled on a makeshift vine-rope. Drill-bit and Crumplezone were cheering him on..sort of.
"Put your back into it, he's kinda movin!" Crumplezone yelled.
"Your stance is all wrong, you should have your left foot firmly planted behind your right" Drill-bit advised.
"Would you guys shut up!" Demolisher groaned as he pulled. Cyclonus was barely moving and was making sure everybody knew it.
"YOU CALL THAT PULLING COME ON I WANT OUT OF HERE I THINK I JUST SUNK MORE THAN I'M BEING PULLED OUT!" The Decepticon helicopter screamed.
Starscream winced as the vocal bot's voice nearly shattered his audio receptors. The jet landed and let Swindle off of him before shoving Demolisher aside.
"Stand back amateur." Starscream announced as he took hold of the vine- rope. Flying upwards he began to yank Cyclonus out of the muck. He got Cyclonus about waist level before not getting anywhere else. After and audible groan from Cyclonus, the bots on the ground took this chance to taunt poor Starscream.
"Hey Screamer, can't pull him out, I thought you were better than us." Demolisher chuckled as he saw Starscream glare at him before flying up more.
"Put your back into it!" Crumplezone yelled again as Drill-bit stared as his companion's lack of originality.
"All of you shut up!" Starscream yelled, "Jetstorm, Runway, Sonar, transform and help me!"
"Yes master." Jetstorm replied as he and the rest of the Air-defense team shifted to robot mode and pulled up on the ropes.
"Just a little farther Starscream, my propeller is almost out!" Cyclonus yelled.
"So how many idiots does it take to get one out of a swamp?" Swindle inquired.
"It appears to be five!" Crumplezone exclaimed as he dropped to the ground laughing as Cyclonus got his helicopter blade free and started it up. Then all hell broke loose. The blade got caught on the rope, throwing Starscream and the Air-defense team into a nearby tree. Cyclonus got a few feet in the air before the combination of the rope jamming his propeller and the momentum of the other bots flying sent him crashing into Demolisher. The remaining Mini-cons asides from Black-out, who seems to be devoid of personality, rolled on the ground laughing at their "masters".
"You idiot Cyclonus what were you thinking !" Starscream yelled as he rubbed his head.
"Oowww, I wanted out of that goo as soon as possible, that what!" Cyclonus retorted as he got up and started to scrap dried mud off of his frame.
"We should start looking for the Mini-con before Megatron gets to angry!" Demolisher exclaimed as he pulled himself up, "We can't have our leader getting angry."
"You bootlicker, theres twice as many as us almost as there is Autobots, we'll have no problem casually looking for the Mini-con." Starscream said as he transformed and let Swindle dock under his nosecone. He than flew off, with the Air-defense team close behind. Cyclonus transformed and linked with his Mini-cons and did the same.
"You think I'm a bootlicker?" Demolisher asked his Mini-con.
"Not enough data to compute the probable answer." Black-out responded blandly.
"How'd I get stuck with you?" Demolisher sighed as he grabbed the small bot and sat him on his shoulder.
"Not enough data to compute probable answer." Black-out repeated. Demolisher sighed again and walked off into the marsh.
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The alarms remained sounding after the Autobots had launched, well most the Autobots. In the Medical bay one lone Autobot remained, his loyal Mini-con partner remaining with him. The small red Mini-con known as Jolt stood up and tapped on Hot Shot's leg.
"Hot Shot, the alarms are sounding." The Mini-con told his partner, who just stared on blankly, "Our friends are going to need us, they've already left."
Hot Shot didn't move a joint.
"Hot Shot! One of my friends is out there right now, and we're doing nothing!" The Mini-con pleaded with the comatose Autobot, "Why won't you answer me! I thought I was your friend!"
Jolt now hovered right in front of Hot Shot's face. His optics were glazed over, as far as Jolt could tell he hadn't heard a word he had said. The next thing that happened even surprised Jolt. The Mini-con's small arm just shot out and slapped Hot Shot as hard as it could. Hot Shot's eyes all of a sudden gained some sort of life, yet he still did nothing. The now trembling Jolt started screaming as loud as he could.
"Well if you aren't going to help out I am!" Jolt yelled as he transformed, "I will not allow another of my comrades, of my, my, FRIENDS to be defiled by the Decepticons!" The tiny helicopter then flew off towards the warp room. It wasn't until after Jolt left did Hot Shot slowly bring up his hand to the small dent the Mini-con had left in his cheek. After feeling it, Hot Shot let out one of the most remorseful yells he could muster before collapsing again.
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Smokescreen was making his way slowly through the marsh when he caught sight of Demolisher. It wasn't to hard, the con' was complaining to himself so loudly that as he walked there was a steady stream of birds flying from their roosts in the trees above. Smokescreen kneeled as he brought Liftor close to his mouth.
"Let's take him down in one shot, powerlink now little buddy." Smokescreen whispered to his partner. Liftor jumped up into the air, transforming then landing onto Smokescreen's crane. The front of the crane glowed before having yet another piece swing into place from inside it. This piece just happened to be a huge gun. Smokescreen slowly steadied the huge contraption that was mounted on his shoulder as he let Liftor take care of aiming.
"You ready, because there's no way I can miss him right now." The Mini- con informed his large friend.
"Ready as I'll ever be, let her rip!" Smokescreen said as he dug his feet into the ground and gritted his teeth. The front section of the gun glowed bright red before shooting a massive bolt of energy towards the unwitting Decepticon.
"This is the most awful place to find a Mini-con, couldn't Megatron just pick a nice sunny field or something to find a Mini-con in, this place is.." Demolisher loudly proclaimed for all the wildlife to hear right before Black-out cut him off.
"Massive energy reading approaching on vector three, estimated ETA is 5 seconds." The Mini-con reported.
"Say what? AARRGHHH!" Demolisher grunted loudly as the energy beam collided with him, shaking his frame and sending him through many trees before he stopped. He attempted to get up, finding every joint in his body thoroughly trashed. He caught a glimpse of Black-out's unconscious form sticking halfway through a tree before fading into unconsciousness.
"We got him!" Smokescreen whooped as Liftor disengaged from his crane, the gun shifting back into the rest of the crane. Suddenly a thud behind him caught his attention. He looked back and caught a glimpse of Liftor lying a few feet away unconscious as a massive purple fist collided with his head. Smokescreen stumbled back a few feet before falling over, offline.
"That seemed to easy." Sideways snorted.
"He got distracted, dumb thing to do during battle." Scavenger retorted as he shook his fist, "He's got a hard head though, doubt he'll be out for long, lets get moving."
"Alright, I did enjoy watching Demolisher get fragged though," chuckled Sideways, then he looked around, and realized Scavenger had already left. "That guys a slotting piece of work."
Sideways stalked off, quickly in pursuit of the mercenary.
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"Cyclonus, come in." Megatron spoke into his communicator as he sloshed through the marsh.
"Yes Megatron, I'm here, and I've been freed of the muck, ugh, awful stuff." Cyclonus responded.
"Alright then, enough of your useless banter, converge on my coordinates at once, its time we pick off the Autobots so Scavenger may retrieve the Mini- con." Megatron ordered.
"Right Megatron, be right there." Within two minutes the helicopter was flying above Megatron.
"Get a fix on the other Autobots!" Megatron yelled up.
"Oohhhh, Optimus Prime is exactly five clicks to your left Megatron." Cyclonus chuckled.
"Excellent, prepare to engage on my signal, now move!" Megatron barked as the helicopter flew out of his view. Megatron shifted to tank mode as he linked up with Bonecrusher and Leader-1, increasing the power of his cannon tenfold, he wanted this to take one shot.
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Optimus Prime trudged along, wary of Decepticon attack. All of a sudden a salvo of shots came from above as Cyclonus cackled and fired on him.
"Eat lead Autobot!" Cyclonus cried as he shot at Prime as he attempted to ram the Autobot leader, using Drill-bit's very sharp drill to attack him.
Prime dodged the first swoop and salvo as he hit his com-link, "Sparkplug, get the trailer over here now!"
"Yes sir Optimus!" Sparkplug replied as engine noises were heard over the communicator.
Cyclonus came in for another run as Prime clasped his hands together and sent a high powered blast from his wrist-mounted blasters. Cyclonus shrieked and banked right hard. Right into a tree. He transformed in mid- air as Drill-bit and Crumplezone disengaged from him. He tumbled to the ground holding his right shoulder.
"Had enough Cyclonus?" Prime asked him, keeping his blasters trained on the Decepticon.
"Argh, curse you Prime, you'll regret this." Cyclonus complained as he began to stand up. He trained his left arm onto Prime as he had Crumplezone link up with it. "I got enough power in this one arm to slag you!"
Prime kept his hand clasped as he stared down Cyclonus. The helicopter shuffled to the left, trying to create distance between himself and the Autobot leader. Prime suddenly heard the sound of laserfire before he was blown forwards, a sharp pain in his back.
"Nice shot Megatron." Cyclonus remarked.
"As always, wait a minute, what's that noise?" The Decepticon leader exclaimed right before Cyclonus was knocked offline from a torrent of lasers. Megatron transformed just in time to see Prime's trailer move in, piloted by Sparkplug. "Curses, you annoying little Mini-con!"
"Optimus Prime, super mode!" Prime exclaimed weakly as his body shifted into an upper torso and the trailer converted into legs. Sparkplug linked to Prime's shoulder as the torso and waist combined. The now Super Optimus Prime pulled out his rather large cannon and trained it on Megatron.
"Optimus, its good to see that you still function." Megatron said nervously. The tyrant glanced around considering his options. He still had his two Mini-cons linked up, and he saw that Drill-bit hadn't been rendered unconscious with his master. "Drill-bit, powerlink with me now!"
Optimus fired in Megatron's direction as he dived to the side and allowed Drill-bit to link up to his left arm, producing a small energon blade from the hand. Megatron summoned unseen agility as he started swiping at Prime with the blade and the Mini-con. Prime dodged most but got nicked about waist level, his gargantuan form wasn't exactly graceful, but powerful. Prime winded his arm back and then leapt forward, clothes-lining Megatron as he did. Megatron groaned and went down hard as the weight of Prime brought him down. Prime got up and raised his cannon level to Megatron's head when a voice shrieked over Prime's com-link.
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"Hey, wait up!" Sideways yelled ahead of him.
"Slowpoke, you take to much time." Scavenger scoffed, "do you have any idea where to look for this Mini-con, because I have nothing even on my scanners."
"Hmmm, I doubt the Autobots got it already, perhaps it already activated?" Sideways questioned.
"Doubtful, unless the Autobots are running a Mini-con about, it could avoid our sensors and activate its friend." Scavenger answered.
"Tell me something Scavenger, two solar cycles ago, I heard you conversing with someone on a private wavelength, what was that all about?" The motorcycle chortled as Scavenger quickly about-faced.
"I have no clue what you speak of." Scavenger replied dead-pan.
"But I have a small friend who does know what I speak of. Come Rook!" Sideways ordered as a small black Mini-con with red trim jumped down from the trees and sat on Sideways' shoulder, "Give our friend a copy of his conversation."
Rook produced a small disk and tossed it to the behemoth bot. Scavenger quickly scanned it then tossed it aside.
"It seems you know to much, Decepticon, or can I call you that?" Scavenger scratched his chin, "seems like I'm not the only one with secrets."
"What are you talking about, Autobot?" Sideways asked as he leered at the larger bot.
Scavenger laughed loudly as he continued, "I wouldn't be a good Autobot spy if I didn't have all the info, and you've been spending an awful lot of time talking up Starscream and downloading schematics from Megatron's private files."
"I should turn you into Megatron right now!" Sideways fumed.
"Who do you think he would believe, his trusty mercenary, or a bot that so quickly turned on his companions." Scavenger cocked his head, "you may have proof, but would it be worth risking your own neck, eh?"
"A stalemate then I suppose.." Sideways trailed off.
"We can pretend this never happened, and we'll both be the better for it." Scavenger proposed.
"Alright, just watch your back, Autobot." Sideways retorted.
"Same to you, whatever you are," Scavenger suddenly jerked his head to one side, "We're being watched."
"Rook, get em!" Sideways shouted in the direction of Scavenger's sight. The black Mini-con dived head first into the bushes, where many beeps and electrical noises were heard. After a minute Rook came out on top of a blue car type Mini-con, its right arm bent behind its back. It quickly activated its com-link.
"OPTIMUS!!! HELP!!!" The small Mini-con screamed. Right before being stun blasted by Sideways.
"Stupid, very stupid." Sideways remarked as he brought down his arm, Scavenger scooped up the Mini-con and shoved it into Sideways arms, "Huh, what are you doing?"
"Take it back to base, wipe its memory, it heard both of us speaking." Scavenger ordered, staring Sideways down.
"But, I thought you were an Autobot!" Sideways questioned.
"Not right now, when the time comes, maybe, but now I'm a Decepticon, and you are too, so start acting like one!" Scavenger yelled, "now head back to base, Optimus won't be far behind, I'll hold him off!"
Sideways stared at the merc before warping, Mini-con in hand and Rook on his shoulder. Just then the semi-truck Autobot know as Optimus Prime barreled into Scavenger, but the large bulldozer held fast, stopping the truck almost dead. Prime transformed and kicked Scavenger in the midsection, just as he was about to retaliate, Optimus's large cannon's nozzle came to rest on Scavengers forehead.
"Where..is..Spiral!" Prime panted, his left arm cradling the cannon while his right index finger stroked the trigger.
"To late, Sideways took him back to base, he..heard to much." Scavenger said slowly.
Prime's gaze met Scavenger's as he pulled the 'dozer up to his face, "Your cover?"
"Safe I assure you, but the Mini-con was a security risk, I'm sorry." Scavenger whispered into Optimus's audio receptors. With that he nodded and went offline as Optimus transformed and hurried to find the Mini-con.
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Red Alert peered out from his cover. He had already power-linked with Long-arm and had his powerful cannon ready, he steadied his aim. He had gotten sight of Starscream, and wanted to take him out in one shot, but it was proving difficult to draw a bead on the jet. He risked it and fired on the Decepticon. And blatantly missed. However, he did nail Runway, sending the Mini-con crashing to the ground. Starscream yelled out and transformed, using his wing sword as he fell to the ground and cleaved the tree Red Alert was behind in two.
"Sonar, Jetstorm, help Runway, Swindle, power-link!" Starscream ordered as his Mini-cons scattered, Swindle combining and his powerful neuro-cannons swinging into place. "Eat laser Autobot!"
Red Alert, knowing he was out-gunned, transformed, therefore ducking the beams, and tackled Starscream as well as a medical SUV can. Starscream tumbled down before Sonar came over his intercom informing him of their situation.
"Excellent, form the Star Sabre!" The Decepticon chortled triumphantly as Red Alert realized the situation was about to get bad. Sonar flew right into Starscream's hand and his front end split open as Runway and Jetstorm connected. Jetstorm connected to Sonar then was enveloped by a blue light at the sabre finished forming. Red Alert quickly kicked Starscream's left hand, which was holding his wing sword. Starscream yelled out as he swung at Red Alert viciously with the Star Sabre, Red Alert was only able to deflect 3 shots from it with the wing sword before it snapped in two. Red Alert then transformed and sped off into the forest, Starscream hot on his heels. Until he was ran over by a large monster semi.
"AAHHHHH!" Starscream nearly gurgled as he was quite smashed by Prime.
"Thanks for the save Optimus." Red Alert said as he relaxed.
"No problem, any word on the Mini-con?" Prime queried.
"Negative sir, I don't know why either." Red Alert replied.
"Alright then, lets keep searching." Prime said as he rolled off, followed by Red Alert.
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Megatron groaned as he got up. Prime had sped off, and Cyclonus, along with Crumplezone, was quite unconscious. Then Megatron saw it. He strained his neck as he looked up into a very large tree, with a glow coming from the top.
"The Mini-con!" Megatron shouted triumphantly, "Drill-bit, Leader-1, Bonecrusher, climb that tree now, retrieve the Mini-con!"
The three Mini-cons made their way up the tree quite quickly before a massive branch was thrown down to Megatron. The tyrant went to grab it, but his hand was repelled by small lasers. His head turned to see Jolt. The Mini-con flew about him shooting him, not doing much but annoying the Decepticon leader.
"Stay away from my friend!" The small helicopter screamed.
"Insolent fool!" Megatron shouted as he snatched the red Mini-con from the air, "You think you can stop me."
Jolt transformed in his hand, dropping his rather large blaster as he yelled out. "I won't let you hurt him!"
"And you think you can stop me?" Megatron chuckled as he began to crush the small Transformer.
"JOLT!" All of a sudden a yellow blur tackled him, releasing his hold on the Mini-con. Hot Shot rolled asides, cradling his friend.
"Cursed Autobot, no matter, I have what I came for." Megatron declared as he grabbed the Mini-con panel, "Decepticons retreat!"
With that order Megatron, his Mini-cons, and the unconscious form of Cyclonus disappeared from view.
"You saved me." Jolt began.
"Sorry I was so stupid back there." Hot Shot apologized.
"It's alright, but we lost the Mini-con" Jolt whimpered.
"We'll get him back, don't worry." Hot Shot reassured his friend. Optimus and Red Alert rolled in just a few cycles later.
"Hot Shot!?" Red Alert exclaimed, "What are you doing here?"
"I was reminded that I had friends that needed me, and that I was being selfish." The yellow Autobot said as he stood up.
"Glad to have you back in your right frame of mind." Prime said as he transformed and put his hand on Hot Shot's shoulder, "What's the situation?"
"Megatron got away with the Mini-con, hey, where's Smokescreen?" Hot Shot asked as he glanced around.
The crane Autobot came out of the bushes as if on cue, Liftor cradled in his arms, "Ooowwww.." The crane muttered, rubbing his head.
"Smokescreen, what happened, are you hurt?" Red Alert asked, running over to Smokescreen and taking the unconscious Mini-con.
"That Slottin Scavenger blindsided me from behind when I took out Demolisher, how's everyone else?" Smokescreen said, still favoring his head.
"Megatron got the Mini-con and Sideways kidnapped Spiral." Prime said dejectedly as Sparkplug and Jolt gasped.
"What! How could he!" Jolt yelled.
"No...." Sparkplug hung his head. Long-arm just stared on.
"Argh! If I would have been here we could have stopped them!" Hot Shot groaned.
"It's not your fault, you weren't in the mental state for combat," Optimus consoled him, "Lets head back to base for what little rest we can get, Autobots, roll out!"
The four bots and their small companions trudged back to the warp gate, spirits quite low.
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Sideways just finished reprogramming Spiral. He was rather glad that the other Decepticons weren't around, the Mini-con's loud protests would have only gotten complaints from them. The motorcycle bot let out an audible sigh as he put down his tools and let the Mini-con stay offline until the new programming fully rebooted him. Sideways was about to head for his quarters when a view screen started up. Started, Sideways pulled his guns to bear on the screen, but stopped dead when he saw a pair of ominous eyes staring him down.
"S.sir, you, you, startled me." Sideways gasped, visibly shaken, very unlike him.
"Hmph, I assume you put the necessary programming in that Mini-con?" The voice dripped with an unidentifiable accent.
"Ye.yes, my lord, all goes as you planned." The biker bot quickly spat, "I'm getting all the info on the Decepticons and Autobots, like you wished."
"Excellent, do not fail me Sideways, and remember," Sideways started screaming as a searing flash of pain ripped through his structure, "You are and will always be my creature, so do not cross me."
"I, I, would..never...think it, my, my lord!" Sideways gasped as he fell to his knees, clutching his chest."
"Good, I will contact you later, until then, stick with the plan." The voice said before the vid-screen went blank. Sideways collapsed, wheezing as the pain subsided. He suddenly heard a noise behind him, and fired off a shot from his right gauntlet as he turned, to see that he just missed Scavenger.
"What's with you?" The bulldozer inquired, "Whatever, Megatron wants to see you, you best hurry."
"A.alright, I'm going." Sideways muttered as he stumbled to his feet. Scavenger wondered what could shake up the usually cool motorcycle as he watched him limp off. Scavenger came up to Spiral, to see that he was already reprogrammed. He looked around and spied his former memory chip and quickly slipped it into a subspace pocket.
"When I'm ready, I'll make this up to you, I promise." The mercenary spoke to the blank Mini-con before stalking off.
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"So I hear you captured one of the Autobot's Mini-cons hmmm?" Megatron spoke, a stout yellow Mini-con with a buzz-saw on its arm sat on his lap. "Did you salvage any information before reprogramming it?
"No sir, it had a failsafe program installed, but it has been successfully converted and will be ready for work in a mega-cycle." Sideways responded, still clutching his chest.
"Alright then, you are excused to repair yourself with the rest of my troops, we have gained two Mini-cons, I suppose we can call it a day," Megatron chuckled as Leader-1 brought him a glass of energon wine. Sideways quickly made himself scarce as the tyrant planned his next move.
To be continued......
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Holy cripes, that was longer than I expected. Conspiracy, betrayal, and foreshadowing, oh my! I got a few ideas from the episode after rebellion, which was inferior to the massively loved rebellion episode, they gave the whole thing to the Decepticons. _ squeals like a school girl _ Please read and review, any comments welcome, I have big plans, yesssssss!
Ok I thought I should post this in case anyone doesn't know what these things mean Mini-con speech ~Thought~ *****Scene change******
Wow I got some positive reviews, so I best keep on writing (, thanks to all that reviewed and I hope you all enjoy
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The Autobots warped into the vicinity of the Min-con and got to work. Unfortunately this was right into a marsh. Movements were hampered greatly by this sort of environment.
"Too bad the kids went home, we could use them for Lazerbeak, its gonna be hard to find the Mini-con with no fliers," Red Alert commented, "Jolt is too depressed because of Hot Shot deciding to shut out the world."
"We have to work with it, Spiral, see if you can't locate the Mini-con while we try to intercept the Decepticons, Sparkplug, you stay behind with the trailer, its much to big to lug around, we're going to have to traverse on foot." Optimus swiftly ordered as the two car Mini-cons sped off to their assigned tasks.
"If we can pick em off one or two at a time I bet we could increase our chances," Smokescreen suggested, "Sort of like a war of attrition or guerrilla tactics."
"It sounds like a plan, alright, split up and report in every five cycles, got that?" Prime asked
"Yes sir!" replied all of his troops in unison as they began to wade through the marsh.
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"YYYAARRGGHHH"
The yell resonated into Megatron's audio receptors as he finished warping in. He looked about as he did a quick head count. Scavenger had just warped in at his right and Sideways warped in behind him, Starscream and his small posse of Mini-cons warped in to the left. Demolisher and Cyclonus were nowhere in his range of vision. He quickly tapped his wrist communicator.
"Demolisher, Cyclonus, come in immediately!" Megatron ordered.
"Uh Megatron, I think we need some assistance." That was Demolisher, and he sounded uneasy.
"OF COURSE WE NEED ASSISTANCE!" That was Cyclonus.
"Calm down, you'll sink faster if you keep struggling!" Drill-bit.
"You're not the one stuck in this, this, MUCK!" Cyclonus again.
"Someone help me make a rope or something!" Crumplezone this time.
"Something that primitive has a forty-two point one-five chance of success." Black-out's monotone voice.
"Would you shut up about statistics and help me!" Crumplezone once again.
"Uhhhh, Megatron?" Demolisher again, he sounded helpless.
"All right! Everyone shut-up!" Megatron barked into his wrist, the seeming source off the commotion. Scavenger laughed as Sideways and Starscream jumped when Megatron yelled. "What seems to be the problem?"
"Cyclonus warped in right on top of a sand pit, he took one step and started to sink, then he panicked." Drill-bit explained.
"Can't he fly out?" Megatron asked calmly.
"MY PROPELLER IS STUCK!" Cyclonus yelled over his own com-link this time.
Megatron sighed loudly as he thought over the situation, it all seemed so idiotic, and then he tried to think what he had done to get suck incompetent troops. "Alright, Starscream, go and tow him out."
"What! Why should I, my skills are more useful elsewhere, I hold the Star Saber, I deserve bette..." Starscream began to complain.
"Go help them NOW Starscream, I am not in the mood for your insubordination, now GO!" Megatron yelled as he cut Starscream out, getting a defiant stare from the bot before he took off with his Mini-cons in tow.
Scavenger began to laugh loudly, "You should learn to control your stooges better Megatron, now I'm going to go find that Mini-con, it is far overdue that I received one of my own."
The tyrant glared at Scavenger before speaking, "I don't need your opinion, now go find the Mini-con before the Autobots do, if you do you may keep it for yourself, but take Sideways with you."
"I work alone." The mercenary replied.
"The same goes for me." Sideways added.
"I'll have the both of you know that I don't really care, as long as you are part of my command, you shall do as I say, now go find that Mini-con and stick together!" Megatron stated coldly.
"Very well, come along then, I'm not waiting all day." Scavenger said as he stalked off, not waiting for Sideways to follow. The motorbike made a growling noise then followed the bulldozer. Megatron sat on a fallen tree and rubbed his temples as he let his Mini-cons inspect the area. ~What did I do to deserve these bots?~ The Decepticon leader thought.
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"I will make Megatron pay for assigning me to such, such, menial tasks!" Starscream cried as he flew through the air, "This is such a pathetic assignment for the most powerful Transformer in the universe!"
Starscream approached the coordinates and took a second to survey the scene. Black-out was transmitting the coordinates while Demolisher pulled on a makeshift vine-rope. Drill-bit and Crumplezone were cheering him on..sort of.
"Put your back into it, he's kinda movin!" Crumplezone yelled.
"Your stance is all wrong, you should have your left foot firmly planted behind your right" Drill-bit advised.
"Would you guys shut up!" Demolisher groaned as he pulled. Cyclonus was barely moving and was making sure everybody knew it.
"YOU CALL THAT PULLING COME ON I WANT OUT OF HERE I THINK I JUST SUNK MORE THAN I'M BEING PULLED OUT!" The Decepticon helicopter screamed.
Starscream winced as the vocal bot's voice nearly shattered his audio receptors. The jet landed and let Swindle off of him before shoving Demolisher aside.
"Stand back amateur." Starscream announced as he took hold of the vine- rope. Flying upwards he began to yank Cyclonus out of the muck. He got Cyclonus about waist level before not getting anywhere else. After and audible groan from Cyclonus, the bots on the ground took this chance to taunt poor Starscream.
"Hey Screamer, can't pull him out, I thought you were better than us." Demolisher chuckled as he saw Starscream glare at him before flying up more.
"Put your back into it!" Crumplezone yelled again as Drill-bit stared as his companion's lack of originality.
"All of you shut up!" Starscream yelled, "Jetstorm, Runway, Sonar, transform and help me!"
"Yes master." Jetstorm replied as he and the rest of the Air-defense team shifted to robot mode and pulled up on the ropes.
"Just a little farther Starscream, my propeller is almost out!" Cyclonus yelled.
"So how many idiots does it take to get one out of a swamp?" Swindle inquired.
"It appears to be five!" Crumplezone exclaimed as he dropped to the ground laughing as Cyclonus got his helicopter blade free and started it up. Then all hell broke loose. The blade got caught on the rope, throwing Starscream and the Air-defense team into a nearby tree. Cyclonus got a few feet in the air before the combination of the rope jamming his propeller and the momentum of the other bots flying sent him crashing into Demolisher. The remaining Mini-cons asides from Black-out, who seems to be devoid of personality, rolled on the ground laughing at their "masters".
"You idiot Cyclonus what were you thinking !" Starscream yelled as he rubbed his head.
"Oowww, I wanted out of that goo as soon as possible, that what!" Cyclonus retorted as he got up and started to scrap dried mud off of his frame.
"We should start looking for the Mini-con before Megatron gets to angry!" Demolisher exclaimed as he pulled himself up, "We can't have our leader getting angry."
"You bootlicker, theres twice as many as us almost as there is Autobots, we'll have no problem casually looking for the Mini-con." Starscream said as he transformed and let Swindle dock under his nosecone. He than flew off, with the Air-defense team close behind. Cyclonus transformed and linked with his Mini-cons and did the same.
"You think I'm a bootlicker?" Demolisher asked his Mini-con.
"Not enough data to compute the probable answer." Black-out responded blandly.
"How'd I get stuck with you?" Demolisher sighed as he grabbed the small bot and sat him on his shoulder.
"Not enough data to compute probable answer." Black-out repeated. Demolisher sighed again and walked off into the marsh.
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The alarms remained sounding after the Autobots had launched, well most the Autobots. In the Medical bay one lone Autobot remained, his loyal Mini-con partner remaining with him. The small red Mini-con known as Jolt stood up and tapped on Hot Shot's leg.
"Hot Shot, the alarms are sounding." The Mini-con told his partner, who just stared on blankly, "Our friends are going to need us, they've already left."
Hot Shot didn't move a joint.
"Hot Shot! One of my friends is out there right now, and we're doing nothing!" The Mini-con pleaded with the comatose Autobot, "Why won't you answer me! I thought I was your friend!"
Jolt now hovered right in front of Hot Shot's face. His optics were glazed over, as far as Jolt could tell he hadn't heard a word he had said. The next thing that happened even surprised Jolt. The Mini-con's small arm just shot out and slapped Hot Shot as hard as it could. Hot Shot's eyes all of a sudden gained some sort of life, yet he still did nothing. The now trembling Jolt started screaming as loud as he could.
"Well if you aren't going to help out I am!" Jolt yelled as he transformed, "I will not allow another of my comrades, of my, my, FRIENDS to be defiled by the Decepticons!" The tiny helicopter then flew off towards the warp room. It wasn't until after Jolt left did Hot Shot slowly bring up his hand to the small dent the Mini-con had left in his cheek. After feeling it, Hot Shot let out one of the most remorseful yells he could muster before collapsing again.
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Smokescreen was making his way slowly through the marsh when he caught sight of Demolisher. It wasn't to hard, the con' was complaining to himself so loudly that as he walked there was a steady stream of birds flying from their roosts in the trees above. Smokescreen kneeled as he brought Liftor close to his mouth.
"Let's take him down in one shot, powerlink now little buddy." Smokescreen whispered to his partner. Liftor jumped up into the air, transforming then landing onto Smokescreen's crane. The front of the crane glowed before having yet another piece swing into place from inside it. This piece just happened to be a huge gun. Smokescreen slowly steadied the huge contraption that was mounted on his shoulder as he let Liftor take care of aiming.
"You ready, because there's no way I can miss him right now." The Mini- con informed his large friend.
"Ready as I'll ever be, let her rip!" Smokescreen said as he dug his feet into the ground and gritted his teeth. The front section of the gun glowed bright red before shooting a massive bolt of energy towards the unwitting Decepticon.
"This is the most awful place to find a Mini-con, couldn't Megatron just pick a nice sunny field or something to find a Mini-con in, this place is.." Demolisher loudly proclaimed for all the wildlife to hear right before Black-out cut him off.
"Massive energy reading approaching on vector three, estimated ETA is 5 seconds." The Mini-con reported.
"Say what? AARRGHHH!" Demolisher grunted loudly as the energy beam collided with him, shaking his frame and sending him through many trees before he stopped. He attempted to get up, finding every joint in his body thoroughly trashed. He caught a glimpse of Black-out's unconscious form sticking halfway through a tree before fading into unconsciousness.
"We got him!" Smokescreen whooped as Liftor disengaged from his crane, the gun shifting back into the rest of the crane. Suddenly a thud behind him caught his attention. He looked back and caught a glimpse of Liftor lying a few feet away unconscious as a massive purple fist collided with his head. Smokescreen stumbled back a few feet before falling over, offline.
"That seemed to easy." Sideways snorted.
"He got distracted, dumb thing to do during battle." Scavenger retorted as he shook his fist, "He's got a hard head though, doubt he'll be out for long, lets get moving."
"Alright, I did enjoy watching Demolisher get fragged though," chuckled Sideways, then he looked around, and realized Scavenger had already left. "That guys a slotting piece of work."
Sideways stalked off, quickly in pursuit of the mercenary.
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"Cyclonus, come in." Megatron spoke into his communicator as he sloshed through the marsh.
"Yes Megatron, I'm here, and I've been freed of the muck, ugh, awful stuff." Cyclonus responded.
"Alright then, enough of your useless banter, converge on my coordinates at once, its time we pick off the Autobots so Scavenger may retrieve the Mini- con." Megatron ordered.
"Right Megatron, be right there." Within two minutes the helicopter was flying above Megatron.
"Get a fix on the other Autobots!" Megatron yelled up.
"Oohhhh, Optimus Prime is exactly five clicks to your left Megatron." Cyclonus chuckled.
"Excellent, prepare to engage on my signal, now move!" Megatron barked as the helicopter flew out of his view. Megatron shifted to tank mode as he linked up with Bonecrusher and Leader-1, increasing the power of his cannon tenfold, he wanted this to take one shot.
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Optimus Prime trudged along, wary of Decepticon attack. All of a sudden a salvo of shots came from above as Cyclonus cackled and fired on him.
"Eat lead Autobot!" Cyclonus cried as he shot at Prime as he attempted to ram the Autobot leader, using Drill-bit's very sharp drill to attack him.
Prime dodged the first swoop and salvo as he hit his com-link, "Sparkplug, get the trailer over here now!"
"Yes sir Optimus!" Sparkplug replied as engine noises were heard over the communicator.
Cyclonus came in for another run as Prime clasped his hands together and sent a high powered blast from his wrist-mounted blasters. Cyclonus shrieked and banked right hard. Right into a tree. He transformed in mid- air as Drill-bit and Crumplezone disengaged from him. He tumbled to the ground holding his right shoulder.
"Had enough Cyclonus?" Prime asked him, keeping his blasters trained on the Decepticon.
"Argh, curse you Prime, you'll regret this." Cyclonus complained as he began to stand up. He trained his left arm onto Prime as he had Crumplezone link up with it. "I got enough power in this one arm to slag you!"
Prime kept his hand clasped as he stared down Cyclonus. The helicopter shuffled to the left, trying to create distance between himself and the Autobot leader. Prime suddenly heard the sound of laserfire before he was blown forwards, a sharp pain in his back.
"Nice shot Megatron." Cyclonus remarked.
"As always, wait a minute, what's that noise?" The Decepticon leader exclaimed right before Cyclonus was knocked offline from a torrent of lasers. Megatron transformed just in time to see Prime's trailer move in, piloted by Sparkplug. "Curses, you annoying little Mini-con!"
"Optimus Prime, super mode!" Prime exclaimed weakly as his body shifted into an upper torso and the trailer converted into legs. Sparkplug linked to Prime's shoulder as the torso and waist combined. The now Super Optimus Prime pulled out his rather large cannon and trained it on Megatron.
"Optimus, its good to see that you still function." Megatron said nervously. The tyrant glanced around considering his options. He still had his two Mini-cons linked up, and he saw that Drill-bit hadn't been rendered unconscious with his master. "Drill-bit, powerlink with me now!"
Optimus fired in Megatron's direction as he dived to the side and allowed Drill-bit to link up to his left arm, producing a small energon blade from the hand. Megatron summoned unseen agility as he started swiping at Prime with the blade and the Mini-con. Prime dodged most but got nicked about waist level, his gargantuan form wasn't exactly graceful, but powerful. Prime winded his arm back and then leapt forward, clothes-lining Megatron as he did. Megatron groaned and went down hard as the weight of Prime brought him down. Prime got up and raised his cannon level to Megatron's head when a voice shrieked over Prime's com-link.
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"Hey, wait up!" Sideways yelled ahead of him.
"Slowpoke, you take to much time." Scavenger scoffed, "do you have any idea where to look for this Mini-con, because I have nothing even on my scanners."
"Hmmm, I doubt the Autobots got it already, perhaps it already activated?" Sideways questioned.
"Doubtful, unless the Autobots are running a Mini-con about, it could avoid our sensors and activate its friend." Scavenger answered.
"Tell me something Scavenger, two solar cycles ago, I heard you conversing with someone on a private wavelength, what was that all about?" The motorcycle chortled as Scavenger quickly about-faced.
"I have no clue what you speak of." Scavenger replied dead-pan.
"But I have a small friend who does know what I speak of. Come Rook!" Sideways ordered as a small black Mini-con with red trim jumped down from the trees and sat on Sideways' shoulder, "Give our friend a copy of his conversation."
Rook produced a small disk and tossed it to the behemoth bot. Scavenger quickly scanned it then tossed it aside.
"It seems you know to much, Decepticon, or can I call you that?" Scavenger scratched his chin, "seems like I'm not the only one with secrets."
"What are you talking about, Autobot?" Sideways asked as he leered at the larger bot.
Scavenger laughed loudly as he continued, "I wouldn't be a good Autobot spy if I didn't have all the info, and you've been spending an awful lot of time talking up Starscream and downloading schematics from Megatron's private files."
"I should turn you into Megatron right now!" Sideways fumed.
"Who do you think he would believe, his trusty mercenary, or a bot that so quickly turned on his companions." Scavenger cocked his head, "you may have proof, but would it be worth risking your own neck, eh?"
"A stalemate then I suppose.." Sideways trailed off.
"We can pretend this never happened, and we'll both be the better for it." Scavenger proposed.
"Alright, just watch your back, Autobot." Sideways retorted.
"Same to you, whatever you are," Scavenger suddenly jerked his head to one side, "We're being watched."
"Rook, get em!" Sideways shouted in the direction of Scavenger's sight. The black Mini-con dived head first into the bushes, where many beeps and electrical noises were heard. After a minute Rook came out on top of a blue car type Mini-con, its right arm bent behind its back. It quickly activated its com-link.
"OPTIMUS!!! HELP!!!" The small Mini-con screamed. Right before being stun blasted by Sideways.
"Stupid, very stupid." Sideways remarked as he brought down his arm, Scavenger scooped up the Mini-con and shoved it into Sideways arms, "Huh, what are you doing?"
"Take it back to base, wipe its memory, it heard both of us speaking." Scavenger ordered, staring Sideways down.
"But, I thought you were an Autobot!" Sideways questioned.
"Not right now, when the time comes, maybe, but now I'm a Decepticon, and you are too, so start acting like one!" Scavenger yelled, "now head back to base, Optimus won't be far behind, I'll hold him off!"
Sideways stared at the merc before warping, Mini-con in hand and Rook on his shoulder. Just then the semi-truck Autobot know as Optimus Prime barreled into Scavenger, but the large bulldozer held fast, stopping the truck almost dead. Prime transformed and kicked Scavenger in the midsection, just as he was about to retaliate, Optimus's large cannon's nozzle came to rest on Scavengers forehead.
"Where..is..Spiral!" Prime panted, his left arm cradling the cannon while his right index finger stroked the trigger.
"To late, Sideways took him back to base, he..heard to much." Scavenger said slowly.
Prime's gaze met Scavenger's as he pulled the 'dozer up to his face, "Your cover?"
"Safe I assure you, but the Mini-con was a security risk, I'm sorry." Scavenger whispered into Optimus's audio receptors. With that he nodded and went offline as Optimus transformed and hurried to find the Mini-con.
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Red Alert peered out from his cover. He had already power-linked with Long-arm and had his powerful cannon ready, he steadied his aim. He had gotten sight of Starscream, and wanted to take him out in one shot, but it was proving difficult to draw a bead on the jet. He risked it and fired on the Decepticon. And blatantly missed. However, he did nail Runway, sending the Mini-con crashing to the ground. Starscream yelled out and transformed, using his wing sword as he fell to the ground and cleaved the tree Red Alert was behind in two.
"Sonar, Jetstorm, help Runway, Swindle, power-link!" Starscream ordered as his Mini-cons scattered, Swindle combining and his powerful neuro-cannons swinging into place. "Eat laser Autobot!"
Red Alert, knowing he was out-gunned, transformed, therefore ducking the beams, and tackled Starscream as well as a medical SUV can. Starscream tumbled down before Sonar came over his intercom informing him of their situation.
"Excellent, form the Star Sabre!" The Decepticon chortled triumphantly as Red Alert realized the situation was about to get bad. Sonar flew right into Starscream's hand and his front end split open as Runway and Jetstorm connected. Jetstorm connected to Sonar then was enveloped by a blue light at the sabre finished forming. Red Alert quickly kicked Starscream's left hand, which was holding his wing sword. Starscream yelled out as he swung at Red Alert viciously with the Star Sabre, Red Alert was only able to deflect 3 shots from it with the wing sword before it snapped in two. Red Alert then transformed and sped off into the forest, Starscream hot on his heels. Until he was ran over by a large monster semi.
"AAHHHHH!" Starscream nearly gurgled as he was quite smashed by Prime.
"Thanks for the save Optimus." Red Alert said as he relaxed.
"No problem, any word on the Mini-con?" Prime queried.
"Negative sir, I don't know why either." Red Alert replied.
"Alright then, lets keep searching." Prime said as he rolled off, followed by Red Alert.
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Megatron groaned as he got up. Prime had sped off, and Cyclonus, along with Crumplezone, was quite unconscious. Then Megatron saw it. He strained his neck as he looked up into a very large tree, with a glow coming from the top.
"The Mini-con!" Megatron shouted triumphantly, "Drill-bit, Leader-1, Bonecrusher, climb that tree now, retrieve the Mini-con!"
The three Mini-cons made their way up the tree quite quickly before a massive branch was thrown down to Megatron. The tyrant went to grab it, but his hand was repelled by small lasers. His head turned to see Jolt. The Mini-con flew about him shooting him, not doing much but annoying the Decepticon leader.
"Stay away from my friend!" The small helicopter screamed.
"Insolent fool!" Megatron shouted as he snatched the red Mini-con from the air, "You think you can stop me."
Jolt transformed in his hand, dropping his rather large blaster as he yelled out. "I won't let you hurt him!"
"And you think you can stop me?" Megatron chuckled as he began to crush the small Transformer.
"JOLT!" All of a sudden a yellow blur tackled him, releasing his hold on the Mini-con. Hot Shot rolled asides, cradling his friend.
"Cursed Autobot, no matter, I have what I came for." Megatron declared as he grabbed the Mini-con panel, "Decepticons retreat!"
With that order Megatron, his Mini-cons, and the unconscious form of Cyclonus disappeared from view.
"You saved me." Jolt began.
"Sorry I was so stupid back there." Hot Shot apologized.
"It's alright, but we lost the Mini-con" Jolt whimpered.
"We'll get him back, don't worry." Hot Shot reassured his friend. Optimus and Red Alert rolled in just a few cycles later.
"Hot Shot!?" Red Alert exclaimed, "What are you doing here?"
"I was reminded that I had friends that needed me, and that I was being selfish." The yellow Autobot said as he stood up.
"Glad to have you back in your right frame of mind." Prime said as he transformed and put his hand on Hot Shot's shoulder, "What's the situation?"
"Megatron got away with the Mini-con, hey, where's Smokescreen?" Hot Shot asked as he glanced around.
The crane Autobot came out of the bushes as if on cue, Liftor cradled in his arms, "Ooowwww.." The crane muttered, rubbing his head.
"Smokescreen, what happened, are you hurt?" Red Alert asked, running over to Smokescreen and taking the unconscious Mini-con.
"That Slottin Scavenger blindsided me from behind when I took out Demolisher, how's everyone else?" Smokescreen said, still favoring his head.
"Megatron got the Mini-con and Sideways kidnapped Spiral." Prime said dejectedly as Sparkplug and Jolt gasped.
"What! How could he!" Jolt yelled.
"No...." Sparkplug hung his head. Long-arm just stared on.
"Argh! If I would have been here we could have stopped them!" Hot Shot groaned.
"It's not your fault, you weren't in the mental state for combat," Optimus consoled him, "Lets head back to base for what little rest we can get, Autobots, roll out!"
The four bots and their small companions trudged back to the warp gate, spirits quite low.
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Sideways just finished reprogramming Spiral. He was rather glad that the other Decepticons weren't around, the Mini-con's loud protests would have only gotten complaints from them. The motorcycle bot let out an audible sigh as he put down his tools and let the Mini-con stay offline until the new programming fully rebooted him. Sideways was about to head for his quarters when a view screen started up. Started, Sideways pulled his guns to bear on the screen, but stopped dead when he saw a pair of ominous eyes staring him down.
"S.sir, you, you, startled me." Sideways gasped, visibly shaken, very unlike him.
"Hmph, I assume you put the necessary programming in that Mini-con?" The voice dripped with an unidentifiable accent.
"Ye.yes, my lord, all goes as you planned." The biker bot quickly spat, "I'm getting all the info on the Decepticons and Autobots, like you wished."
"Excellent, do not fail me Sideways, and remember," Sideways started screaming as a searing flash of pain ripped through his structure, "You are and will always be my creature, so do not cross me."
"I, I, would..never...think it, my, my lord!" Sideways gasped as he fell to his knees, clutching his chest."
"Good, I will contact you later, until then, stick with the plan." The voice said before the vid-screen went blank. Sideways collapsed, wheezing as the pain subsided. He suddenly heard a noise behind him, and fired off a shot from his right gauntlet as he turned, to see that he just missed Scavenger.
"What's with you?" The bulldozer inquired, "Whatever, Megatron wants to see you, you best hurry."
"A.alright, I'm going." Sideways muttered as he stumbled to his feet. Scavenger wondered what could shake up the usually cool motorcycle as he watched him limp off. Scavenger came up to Spiral, to see that he was already reprogrammed. He looked around and spied his former memory chip and quickly slipped it into a subspace pocket.
"When I'm ready, I'll make this up to you, I promise." The mercenary spoke to the blank Mini-con before stalking off.
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"So I hear you captured one of the Autobot's Mini-cons hmmm?" Megatron spoke, a stout yellow Mini-con with a buzz-saw on its arm sat on his lap. "Did you salvage any information before reprogramming it?
"No sir, it had a failsafe program installed, but it has been successfully converted and will be ready for work in a mega-cycle." Sideways responded, still clutching his chest.
"Alright then, you are excused to repair yourself with the rest of my troops, we have gained two Mini-cons, I suppose we can call it a day," Megatron chuckled as Leader-1 brought him a glass of energon wine. Sideways quickly made himself scarce as the tyrant planned his next move.
To be continued......
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Holy cripes, that was longer than I expected. Conspiracy, betrayal, and foreshadowing, oh my! I got a few ideas from the episode after rebellion, which was inferior to the massively loved rebellion episode, they gave the whole thing to the Decepticons. _ squeals like a school girl _ Please read and review, any comments welcome, I have big plans, yesssssss!