Disclaimer: All that we (as in the five of us writing this fic) own are our Minicons, and ourselves.
The-Crab's Note: Sorry that took so long to get out. But I've had EXTREME writer's block, plus alots been going on in my life lately. Both good and bad. But enough of my ramble, here's the second chapter!
Chapter 2: Arrival (written by The-Crab)
Richard slowly opened his eyes, but quickly closed them due to the blinding sun. He lied his head back in the grass, and..grass? Wasn't he and the others at BotCon? He sat up straight, and quickly took in his surroundings.
Tim was lying face up a few feet away.
Sally was lying on her side on a large, flat stone.
Brent was slumped up against a tree.
Rachel was lying face down not too far from anybody.
'This isn't good. Werent we at BotCon watching the preview to the new Transformers series?... Oh well, I guess I better get everyone up' thought Richard. The nearest person was Tim. Richard got up to his feet, and stumbled over there, finding himself slightly dizzy. A few steps later, he kneeled next to Tim, and shook him by the shoulders.
"Ugh...what?" mumbled Tim. He then noticed something that shouldn't be there: the outdoors. Tim, much like Richard, bolted upright. "Dude, where are we!?" Tim quickly said, obviously shocked. "Well one things for sure, it isn't Kansas." Said Richard, being sarcastic. "Seriously man, where are we?" Tim asked again. "I dunno. Lets wake up the others, then let's find out where we are." Replied Richard. "Gotcha!"
Tim walked over to the unconscious form of Brent, while Richard proceeded to wake up Rachel. Tim stood over Brent, thinking about how he should wake him up. Lacking creative thought, Tim just woke Brent up the same way Richard woke him up: shaking of the shoulders.
Brent's eyes snapped open, and stared at Tim. Tim, startled by Brent's actions, stepped back. "Hey man, didn't mean to wake you. Well, actually I did, come on, lets get to the others." Tim said. "Uh, ok." Said Brent, following the larger boy.
By that time, Richard had woken up Rachel, the same way as usual, and was proceeding to wake up Sally, when Tim suddenly walked up to him, and said, "Dude remember what happened last time? You tapped her shoulder and she jumped a foot in the air. You may wanna do this subtly, and not shaking of the shoulders." "He's right." Replied Rachel. "Yeah I remember." Replied Richard. He gently held onto her shoulders, and lightly shook her. Tim turned to Rachel.
"You think he would've listened." Tim said to Rachel. "I know. Five bucks says she bolts up and smacks him in the face." "Nah, I'm broke enough as it is...One buck." "You're on!"
Richard ignored the bet taking place behind him as he silently hoped Rachel was wrong. Suddenly without warning, Sally bolted upright and, much to Tim's dismay, smacked Richard in his face.Richard fell over backwards, holding his throbbing face. "YES!!" exclaimed Rachel. She stuck her hand out to Tim. "Pay up!" Tim grumbled a bit while digging for his wallet in his pocket. Sally, meanwhile, was rubbing her head.
"Why does my head hurt?" she asked to noone in specific. "Well, that's what happens when you hit your head up against a solid object." Replied Tim, handing over his lost dollar. "Alright, alright, lets get going before we die of old age." Said Richard, still slightly holding his head. "Umm...where to, exactly?" asked Brent. Tim looked around, before pointing to his right.
"I say we go that way." He said. "Why should we go that way?" asked Rachel. "Because," Tim started. "moss grows on the north side of trees, and..." Tim trailed off, noticing that the tree, that Brent was slumped against, had moss growing in the opposite direction he was aiming for. "As I was saying, I say we go in that direction." Said Tim, pointing in the opposite direction.
"I say we go that way." Said Richard, pointing to his left. "Well you know there is only one way to solve this.." Started Tim. "And that is?..." asked Richard. Tim quickly jumped into an odd position, and quickly shouted, "We must Kung Fu fight!" Everyone looked at Tim oddly. "Are you serious?" asked Sally. Tim returned to his normal standing position. "Nah, lets just flip a coin." He said, pulling out a quarter. Tim flipped it into the air. "Call it." He stated. "Tails!" said Richard.
Tim caught the quarter, and slapped it onto his right hand. He looked at Richard. "Is that your final answer?" Tim asked the older boy. "Yup." Said Richard. Tim pulled his left hand off of his right hand, revealing a heads-up quarter. "Yes! We go North!" Tim exclaimed. He turned around to the other three. "Is that cool with you?" he asked them. They all merely shrugged. "Alright! Let's go!" exclaimed Tim, walking in the apparent direction of North. The others followed.
Brent's feet were killing him, they'd been walking for...man, he didn't even know! "Hey, Tim!" called Brent. "Yeah?" answered Tim, looking behind himself.
"You're the guy with the watch, how long have we been walking?" "Ummm...about 12 minutes." Replied Tim. Brent heavily sighed. "Do you complain everywhere you go, Hoku?" asked Sally. Brent glared over at Sally. "My name's Brent, NOT Hoku! When are you gonna start using my real name?" before Sally could respond, Tim interrupted.
"Quiet! I think I hear something," Tim said, holding his pointer finger over his lips. "Hm?" replied Richard. He, along with the other three, stopped walking. Tim remained in the same position he stopped in, as did the others...
...Silence...
Just as Sally was about to walk up to Tim and as him what he heard, a loud bang erupted throughout the area. Tim, Richard, and Rachel all snapped their heads in the direction the sound came from. Brent jumped back a bit, and Sally visibly flinched. "Uh, perhaps someone's hunting?" asked Sally.
"Nah, its too warm for it to be hunting season." Said Richard. "Yeah, and that shot sounded a bit electronic, too." Said Rachel. "Lets check it out!" said Tim. "Hang on, how do we know that's the right way?" asked Rachel. "Well, there kinda is no right way when you're in the middle of nowhere. Besides, someone fired that shot. Meaning theres someone out there. If we can find them, we can find out where we are, and how to get back home!" said Tim.
The others remained silent, knowing Tim was right. Tim pointed his head in the direction the shot was heard. "Come on guys, lets get going!" he said, quickly walking towards the area of the shot.
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He stood away from the battle, watching it progress. 'Not bad, but he's getting too arrogant.' He thought as he watched Hot Shot battle with the Star Saber. Starscream and Hot Shot were dueling with their sabers with Hot Shot as the aggressor. The large Transformer crossed his arms, and continued watching the fight. Suddenly his internal scanner beeped. He looked around the area, seeing nothing unusual. He was about to stop searching when he saw an object glowing in his infrared vision. "A Minicon..." he said to himself. But before he could rush to the Minicon's location, his scanner picked up movement near it. The image was blurred, but cleared, and appeared to be five humans. The large mech scoffed. "We don't need them finding it." He said. Scavenger uncrossed his arms, and hurried to the Minicon's location.
The five of them crowded around the brightly glowing object. While walking, Brent had seen bright light coming from nearby boulders. The others wanted to see as well, so they naturally followed. "What do you think it is?" asked Sally. "It looks like a Minicon panel." said Tim. "Get real!" said Richard. Brent, ignoring everyone's comments on the object, leaned closer to it.
The other four stopped speaking as Brent made contact with the object. Before any of them could consider saying anything, a hologram appeared from the pannel. It was apparently a robot, roughly the same size as its watchers. It had bright green optics that shone out from under a yellow, orange and green helmet. Across its back were two bike wheels with orange and yellow covers overtop of them, making them look like wings. Silver arms protruded from its orange shoulders.
The robot then began a chain of beeps, of which no one could understand. Save for one person. "Hey, you guys! Did you hear that?" asked Brent to the other four. They all looked at him oddly. "Uhh, Brent, perhaps you hit your head too hard. All that it said were a bunch of blips and beeps. Nothing understandable" said Richard. "Well, I heard something. It said 'Hi, what's you're name? I'm Live-Wire!'" Tim arched an eyebrow. "Ok, well, you tell you're friend we have to go. We need to get home." Said Tim.
"You're not going anywhere!" exclaimed a loud, booming voice. Everyone snapped their heads around in shock, and just stared in even more shock. Standing before them was the large Transformer known as Scavenger. "Dude...that thing's huge." Said Tim. Sally tried her best to stay conscious, but failed. Richard stared in awe as he needed to change his pants. Brent just stared along with most of everyone else. "Woah...that looks like Scavenger!" exclaimed Rachel. .
Scavenger, noticing how Rachel said his name, spoke up. "I do not know how you know of me, foolish human. But if you want to live, you will give me that Minicon!" Brent's jaw dropped to the ground...almost litteraly. At the fact that the giant mech spoke, and that it...or he wanted the supposed Minicon. Brent turned around to Live-Wire. "You're a Minicon?" he asked. "Yeah. But I don't know why Scavenger is acting the way he is. He's an...woah! look out!" Live-Wire grabed Brent by the wrist, and jumped off to the side, just dodging Scavenger's grasping hand.
"Uhhh...let's get outta here!" exclaimed Richard. The others nodded, and followed suit. Scavenger grunted, and chased after the five..er...six into the nearby woods. Each step he took shook the ground, and made the kids shake. The farther and faster they ran, the woods got thicker and thicker. Unfortunately, two things kept the teens from running further. Fatigue, and a dead end at a cliff. Tim looked up at the cliff before them. Tim looked up at the cliff before them. "Well...we're screwed!" said Tim. The ground shook more and more as Scavenger got closer and closer. "Come on! There's gotta be a way outta here!" exclaimed Sally.
"There is no way out, human!" Scavenger's glass-shattering voice stated. The teens and Minicon turned around to see the behemoth of a transformer, Scavenger, staring straight down at them. "I am fed up with this game of Cat and Mouse, humans. Now give me that Minicon!" Scavenger demanded. Getting no response, Scavenger stepped forward, receiving each of the kids stepping backwards.
"Back off, Scavenger!" yelled out a second voice. Everyone looked over to see a red Kenworth pulling a blue and silver trailer. Scavenger, seemingly surprised by this turn of events, turned to fully face the newcomer. "Optimus, Super mode!" exclaimed the truck. Then, surprisingly, the trailer detached itself, and split up into four parts, connected by the rear. They then flipped over, and re-attached to each other, forming a giant pair of legs. Then, the truck itself flew into the air, and the back wheel's formed arms. The grill of the truck then attached itself to the legs, and a head flipped over to where the arms used to be.
"Back away from the kids, Scavenger!" commanded Optimus in his super mode. "Why don't you make me?!" retaliated Scavenger. Optimus, in turn, pulled out his large gun, and aimed it at Scavenger. The red, aiming laser found its way to where the Autobot insignia would be on Scavenger's chest. If Scavenger could sweat, he would. He grinded his teeth, and spoke. "You may have gotten another Minicon, Prime, but we shall prevail!" With that, Scavenger teleported away. Optimus lowered his gun, and spoke to himself. "I hope you know what you're doing, old friend." Then, the sudden sound of something hitting the ground snapped Optimus out of his daze. He looked over to the six, and found Sally lying on the ground, passed out.
Optimus then quickly reverted to vehicle mode, and drove over to the kids. Pulling up next to them, he opened his door. "Need a ride?" he asked them. Tim looked to the other three, who looked at him in turn. They nodded and climbed in, as Tim sighed and went to pick up Sally. Grumbling about how he has to do all the work, Tim carried Sally into the cab of Optimus.
Groaning as she awoke, Sally opened her eyes. She saw several things. The first of which were the other four standing around her. The next were the giant mechs known as Autobots. But the next part made her blood run cold.
"I'm a bit of a drifter, maybe that's why I'm here. On Cybertron, they called me Sideways..."
The-Crab's Note: WHEW! Finally done! Hope ya liked it! In t he next chapter, the five of us debate telling the 'Bots about who we really are!
I'm not sure who's next, though. But hey, look forward to it!