Chapter 4 - In which the Decepticon's finally arrive!

A/N: I can't believe I'm still writing this. The actual chapters (ignoring the prologue and interlude) that have been posted so far were written months ago, when Transformers was actually on TV, so the rest might be a little differently written. Eheh, yeah ... my chocolate chip biscuits didn't burn this time =^-^=

I have decided there will be this chapter, next chapter and maybe an epilogue thing … I actually like this chapter a lot ... even though I didn't have a real idea where it was going when I wrote it ^^

MarinBlue: Arigatoo! I hope I don't disappoint =^-^= -blinksblinks- wow .. you added me to author alert? yay ^^

Neko Gal: Yay! Another neko! I'm glad you like it - here's the next chapter!



"Who's the greatest shark around? Sky-Byte, that's - "

Sky-Byte, strong and fearless leader of the Predacons, broke off in the middle of his song and stared in shock. The girl the great and mighty leader Megatron had been searching for for months was stomping down the beach below him, a dangerous glare on her face. He was too stunned at his good luck to move for a moment, then one of his chibified thought bubbles appeared above his head.



Chibified Megatron:Sky-Byte, you succeeded where even Scourge has failed, you've brought the Evil Human back to me .. Great job!

Chibified Sky-Byte:{modestly} It was nothing, great and fearless leader Megatron. Any loyal subject would have done the same.

Chibified Megatron: Immaterial and irrelevant! I am so impressed; you are re-promoted back to your old position.

Chibified Scurge:{sobs hysterically}

Chibified Sky-Byte:{Crash Bandicoot victory dances}



Snapping out of his fantasy, Sky-Byte was about to make his move when he realized three things simultaneously.

One: The girl was not alone. Two Autobots were following her.

Two: Red really -wasn't- Optimus Prime's color.

Three: Scurge was approaching fast.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"



"Sai! Wait!"

Sai carried on.

"SAI!"

"WAIT!"

"Go - what was that?!" Sai's head snapped around just in time to see a blast throw X-Brawn and Ultra Magnus to the side. The dust cleared to reveal ... Scurge. Mega Octane landed silently beside him, and one by one the other Decepticons landed behind them in a row.

"How the hell did we miss that?" grumbled Ultra Magnus, getting up. X-Brawn grunted, and they moved to flank either side of the human.

When the dust settled completely, Scourge laughed maniacally. Even his team looked at him oddly, but before anyone could comment, he stepped forward.

"We have no interest in you today, Autobots. Give us the girl, and you may leave unharmed. Oppose us, and you will be destroyed."

This struck both the Autobots as amusing, (and they laughed) but as Scourge stepped forward and Sai stepped back - clutching the chain around her neck - they stopped, realizing something wasn't right.

"Last chance, Autobot scum."

"I think we'll … pass!" In sync with the last word, Ultra Magnus shot forward, slamming straight into Scurge. Both of them hit the ground, though Ultra Magnus was up in the air again the moment Scourge's foot hit his chest. The Decepticons moved forward, but their leader held up his hand, waiting for Magnus to land before speaking.

"The Autobots are mine. Do nothing."

"What about the girl?" questioned Robar, glancing at her expressionlessly.

"Leave her to me."

[*I can't write fight scenes. So imagine the typical transformers fight with trash talk, jus' Scourge actually wins this time. 10 points to whoever can guess why*]



The two Autobots lay in craters, unmoving, as Scourge advanced on Sai. She didn't back up this time, but instead made a move towards her friends. The Decepticon grabbed her before she had moved a foot, lifting her so she was eye-to-eye with him.

"My my my, our little girl is all grown up."

She spat at him ... which would have had more effect if it had actually hit him instead of falling short, but nothings perfect. She settled for snarling

"Let me go, scum."

"Watch your mouth." His voice was emotionless as his grip tightened until she hissed, then loosened. "I can squash you like a bug, remember that."

"You wouldn't risk it," she hissed, not struggling. Some people prefer not to be squished. He leaned in until their faces were an inch apart.

"Don't tempt me. Tomorrow you will be of no more use to Megatron … then you're mine."



Ultra Magnus groaned, his optics flickering before fuzzily trying to turn on. He couldn't see a damn thing, even when they did.

"Magnus?" Sai's voice came out of the darkness immediately "Are you okay?"

[Why do people ask that when the answer is so obviously no?] he thought grumpily.

"Magnus?" Sai's voice raised an octave, the fear making it louder.

"I'm here. I'm fine. Where are we?"

"Is X-Brawn with you? Is he okay?" Her voice raised another octave.

"I don't know. I can't see him … I can't see anything."

"X-Brawn?" There was no answer, followed by a strangled noise from the human. "Godamnit, why did you two have to follow me?!"

"Did you really expect us to sit back and let you go, knowing what you were planning to do?" She grunted angrily.

"You should have, stop trying be a frickin' hero all the time."

He hesitated over how to answer, when a bright light flared into life. His optics were too slow to respond, and he was blinded for a brief second. When the flash resided, he saw a door directly in front of him - at the top of a flight of stone steps. He was dangling from two chains around his wrists, the floor mockingly only an inch from his feet. Sai sat in a cage on his left - completely unharmed - and X-Brawn's still form lay in a crumpled heap at the bottle of the stairs. Sai saw it too, and made another choked noise.

"Oh God .. "

[She's afraid] Magnus realized with a start [For the first time since I've met her .. she's terrified]

"I don't think he's coming," commented a cold voice from the doorway.

A human stepped into the room - a little older than Sai, with black hair, wearing a hoodie with the Decepticon sign on it, and black jeans. He walked lazily down the stairs, stopping outside Sai's cage, tilting his head with an innocent smirk.

"Why, whatever happened to your pretty necklace, Sai-chan?"

She growled, lunging at him but hitting only the cage bars. He grinned.

"Settle down, I'm not here to hurt you ... that's Scurge's privilege."

"What did you do to X-Brawn?!" Sai lunged at him again. He yawned, lifting a chain from his pocket. Immediately her hand went to her neck to find it clear. The once sparkling ball hung from the chain on the other side of the bars, now dull and lifeless.

Her eyes widened.

"Oh God ... Burn?!"



A/N: Heh, I love that scene ^^ -_- Cliché, but I still love it.

Recommendations:

Dragonball Z: DBZ Rewite / DBZ Rewrite: The Movie. [These two had me laughing for hours. I don't think I'll ever be able to watch Dragonball Z again (not that I have for years) without being told to leave the room or shut up. Some swearing. ]

Dragonball Z: Resolution. [Yes, I have been checking out the old Dbz fics. This one is about a night meeting between Goku and Vegeta, non yaoi, I loved it. It's so well written.]

Erg ... what else ...

Uhn .. er .. ach. Okay, so I'm jus gonna advertise my friends writings on fp.net. His pen names 'Document'. Fic author for the week is 'Beck2', in particular for 'Twisted Alliances' and 'Comments From The Characters'. Yes ... I do indeed love Arcane ^^;

Well … that's it oO Be afraid of Spikes Doom!!