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Chapter 21
Seeds of Doubt
Emrial woke up. It was mostly dark with a few lights shining. She figured that she was in med-bay, and that it was night. Groaning, she put her hand to her head. She sat up, her metal armor melding back into her body as she did so.
"What happened?" Emrial spoke quietly as she checked to make sure everything worked. She stood up, and then stumbled back down to the bed- top, dizzy.
Hot Shot, from out of the dark, reached a hand out to steady her. "Starscream laid a sneak attack on you."
"Oh." She still grasped her head with a hand as she leaned against the bot's hand for support, hooking her free arm around one of his giant fingers.
"Are you okay?" He looked down at her, concern showing in his optics.
Emrial slid down to the floor. "Yeah, I guess I'm just sort of disoriented and dizzy."
"You had quite a large fall." He kneeled down beside the table, resting his arms on it as he gazed at her, eye to optic.
She looked over at him. "You know, with all the falling I do, you'd think I'd get a parachute or something."
Hot Shot grinned. "I was thinking the same thing."
Finally gathering herself together, Emrial stood once more.
"Hey now, just take it easy there." Hot Shot began to reach his hand out again.
"I'm fine, Hot Shot." She brushed his hand away and began walking to the edge of the table. Without thinking, her wings and jet boots materialized from her body, and she glided gently to the floor.
"Man, you're incredible." Hot Shot smiled down at her, shaking his head in disbelief.
The large med-bay door slid open, and Red Alert entered, flipping on some lights as he entered.
He looked over at Emrial. "Good. You're up and about." He directed his gaze to his yellow comrade. "You can go recharge now, you know."
"Yeah, yeah." Hot Shot waved his arms rebelliously as he exited the room.
Red Alert chuckled. "He was awfully worried about you." He smiled down at Emrial.
"He was?" She looked up the big bot.
"He stayed up all night by your side. I think he really likes you."
Emrial snorted. "That's impossible. He's a robot, I'm a hum..." Emrial stopped, mid-word.
"What's wrong?" Red inquired.
Emrial began to sob, her shoulders shaking hard as tears spilled from her eyes.
Red Alert kneeled down beside her. He repeated his question. "Are you okay? What's wrong?"
"Leave me alone!" Emrial shouted as she pushed the bot away from her, releasing some magnetic energy from her hands. Red Alert flew across the room.
Emrial ran. She ran fast, to the warp gate. She opened it up, her destination unknown she went through it.
Hot Shot heard a crash in the med-bay. He turned back, running into the room. "What happened?" He helped Red Alert to his feet.
"Something's wrong with Emrial. We were talking when she all of a sudden stopped, started crying, then ran." The med/science officer looked up at Hot Shot. "She's dangerous to herself in this state. We have to stay with her."
"Where'd she go?" Hot Shot was already at the door.
"I don't know." Red Alert scratched his head.
Suddenly a blaring alarm went off over their head and their quest was momentarily.
"Men, gather in the control room! It's another mini con!" Optimus's voice rang over the com-link.
"Great, perfect timing." Hot Shot grumbled.
"Emrial will just have to wait. The mini cons are our high priority now." The bot placed a comforting hand on his friend's shoulder. "We'll look for her later, I promise."
"Then let's go!" Hot Shot led the way to the control room.
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"Ouch! Hot Shot!" Red Alert confronted his friend. "Watch what you're doing! That's got to be the twentieth time you've hit me with a branch!"
"Sorry." Hot Shot looked over his shoulder.
They we're wading through a large forest.
"This is hopeless. There are too many trees. Can't we just cut a few down?" Hot Shot called up to his leader.
"No! Hot Shot, these trees are an important part of the environment for many of the inhabitants of this earth."
"Yeah, we sort of need them." Carlos yelled up at the yellow bot.
"Sorry, I was just asking." Hot Shot shrugged his shoulders.
"Hey, over here!" Alexis beckoned to their big robot companions.
"What is it?" Optimus strode up beside the human.
"Looks like loggers have done this." Rad shook his head.
"Dude, I thought this was supposed to be a wildlife sanctuary. They aren't supposed to cut trees down here, are they?" Carlos examined the path that was cleared of trees.
"Well, sorry about your little crisis, but if it means smooth driving for me, I'm down with it." Hot Shot transformed into his car mode.
"Hot Shot!" Alexis glared at the sports car.
"What? Can we just go already?"
Everyone groaned as they began to depart on the trail that had been cleared by the loggers.
"Look, it's the Decepticons!" Carlos shouted out as they rounded a bend in the trail.
"Autobots!" Megatron glared. "Get them, men!" He commanded of his minions.
"Hmm. Good. While they're fighting, I can get the mini con for myself." A red, jet warrior flew off.
A Decepticon's blast hit a tree, igniting it in flames.
"Don't fire unless you have a clean shot! Don't hit the wildlife!" Optimus shouted over the fighting.
Fire began to blaze up around them.
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"Hm?" Emrial lifted her head off of her knees. She sniffed the air. "What's that I smell, smoke?" She stood, looking around her. She had been hiding in the branches of a large tree, crying her heart out, when she noticed the fire that had encircled the forest.
She watched with horror as the animals below ran to escape. Chaos and pandemonium were everywhere.
She saw a mother deer and her fawn trapped amidst the confusion. It appeared that the doe had one of her legs stuck in a hole. She kicked out in panic, as the flames grew closer to her and her baby.
"Hang on!" Emrial sprouted her wings and swooped down, the flames from the fire scorching her unprotected body.
She landed beside the deer, and began to work as carefully, and as quickly as possible to free her. The doe stopped her thrashing, somehow understanding that this human, or whatever it was, was trying to help her.
"There!" Emrial fell backwards as the doe's leg was finally freed.
The deer stumbled a few steps before looking back at Emrial, fear in her eyes. They were surrounded by the raging fire!
Emrial looked around, desperate for a means of escape.
The mother deer looked from Emrial to her fawn. Somehow, she knew that with a broken leg she would never make it out of this alive, but that there was a chance that her baby could. She nudged her fawn with her muzzle, and looked up at the girl, trust gleamed in her eyes.
Emrial nodded with understanding as she scooped the fawn up in her arms. Tears where in her eyes, for she understood the mother's sacrifice so that the baby might live. There was no way that she could carry them both out of there.
Emrial did not think to don her armor, but flew up into the air a little ways. Realizing that the smoke was too thick in the air, she knew that the only way out was through the fire.
Hugging the fawn close to her body, she made a metal shield to protect it. Drawing in a breath she began to fly through the flames. She did not think or feel of the pain, her only thoughts where on completing the mother doe's wishes by saving her baby.
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"There." Red Alert patted Optimus's trailer. "The water's hooked up."
"Okay, we can handle things here!" Rad saluted the Autobots. "You, go get that mini con!"
"Okay, radio if you need any help." The bots began running off in the direction of the Decepticons.
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The kids and mini cons began spraying water on the flames, and gradually the fire began to decrease its intensity.
Suddenly, from out of the flames came a silhouetted figure, flying with metallic wings. Her eyes, cold and hard, Emrial burst from the inferno, the little fawn safely in her arms.
"Whoa!" The kids uttered in unison as Emrial flew up from the smoke, high into the sky, and circled around them.
Emrial set down on one knee, laying the fawn on the ground. It shakily stood up and began munching on some foliage.
"Don't worry, little one." Emrial stroked it's back. "I'll take care of you."
Her wings folded back into her body, and she fell over, exhausted, unto the wet grass that had been drenched from the kid's firefighting.
"Dweep!?!" Chopper jumped off the trailer and ran to her human partner.
"Don't worry about me." Emrial faintly said as she grasped the mini con's hand. "I'll be fine."
Chopper looked worriedly down upon her friend. Her clothes were burnt, some still flamed a little. Her hair was cinged, and her skin was charred.
"Oh, how foolish you are." Chopper thought as she helped her friend into a sitting position, letting the girl's blackened hair and head rest against her shoulder. She gently removed Emrial's melted goggles. Chopper continued to shake her head, worry shown in her optics, beneath the yellow visor.
"Truly, one as unselfish as you must be our foretold savior." If transformers could cry, a tear would have come to Chopper's optic. "The one, who would risk her life one day to save us, even as you have saved this earth creature?" She smiled slightly. "Yes, I am assured now. You are the one."
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bwa ha ha ha ha! I shall leave you at that. Sry if that last part seemed sort of corny and sad, but I was listening to some really sad music when I wrote it. And, plz don't flame me! I know that I got this chapter out of order, but I wanted it to come right now. If you want me to update u must review!
What was Emrial crying about? What in the universe was Chopper talking about? All this, and more, in future chapters of Jet Blast!
Chapter 21
Seeds of Doubt
Emrial woke up. It was mostly dark with a few lights shining. She figured that she was in med-bay, and that it was night. Groaning, she put her hand to her head. She sat up, her metal armor melding back into her body as she did so.
"What happened?" Emrial spoke quietly as she checked to make sure everything worked. She stood up, and then stumbled back down to the bed- top, dizzy.
Hot Shot, from out of the dark, reached a hand out to steady her. "Starscream laid a sneak attack on you."
"Oh." She still grasped her head with a hand as she leaned against the bot's hand for support, hooking her free arm around one of his giant fingers.
"Are you okay?" He looked down at her, concern showing in his optics.
Emrial slid down to the floor. "Yeah, I guess I'm just sort of disoriented and dizzy."
"You had quite a large fall." He kneeled down beside the table, resting his arms on it as he gazed at her, eye to optic.
She looked over at him. "You know, with all the falling I do, you'd think I'd get a parachute or something."
Hot Shot grinned. "I was thinking the same thing."
Finally gathering herself together, Emrial stood once more.
"Hey now, just take it easy there." Hot Shot began to reach his hand out again.
"I'm fine, Hot Shot." She brushed his hand away and began walking to the edge of the table. Without thinking, her wings and jet boots materialized from her body, and she glided gently to the floor.
"Man, you're incredible." Hot Shot smiled down at her, shaking his head in disbelief.
The large med-bay door slid open, and Red Alert entered, flipping on some lights as he entered.
He looked over at Emrial. "Good. You're up and about." He directed his gaze to his yellow comrade. "You can go recharge now, you know."
"Yeah, yeah." Hot Shot waved his arms rebelliously as he exited the room.
Red Alert chuckled. "He was awfully worried about you." He smiled down at Emrial.
"He was?" She looked up the big bot.
"He stayed up all night by your side. I think he really likes you."
Emrial snorted. "That's impossible. He's a robot, I'm a hum..." Emrial stopped, mid-word.
"What's wrong?" Red inquired.
Emrial began to sob, her shoulders shaking hard as tears spilled from her eyes.
Red Alert kneeled down beside her. He repeated his question. "Are you okay? What's wrong?"
"Leave me alone!" Emrial shouted as she pushed the bot away from her, releasing some magnetic energy from her hands. Red Alert flew across the room.
Emrial ran. She ran fast, to the warp gate. She opened it up, her destination unknown she went through it.
Hot Shot heard a crash in the med-bay. He turned back, running into the room. "What happened?" He helped Red Alert to his feet.
"Something's wrong with Emrial. We were talking when she all of a sudden stopped, started crying, then ran." The med/science officer looked up at Hot Shot. "She's dangerous to herself in this state. We have to stay with her."
"Where'd she go?" Hot Shot was already at the door.
"I don't know." Red Alert scratched his head.
Suddenly a blaring alarm went off over their head and their quest was momentarily.
"Men, gather in the control room! It's another mini con!" Optimus's voice rang over the com-link.
"Great, perfect timing." Hot Shot grumbled.
"Emrial will just have to wait. The mini cons are our high priority now." The bot placed a comforting hand on his friend's shoulder. "We'll look for her later, I promise."
"Then let's go!" Hot Shot led the way to the control room.
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"Ouch! Hot Shot!" Red Alert confronted his friend. "Watch what you're doing! That's got to be the twentieth time you've hit me with a branch!"
"Sorry." Hot Shot looked over his shoulder.
They we're wading through a large forest.
"This is hopeless. There are too many trees. Can't we just cut a few down?" Hot Shot called up to his leader.
"No! Hot Shot, these trees are an important part of the environment for many of the inhabitants of this earth."
"Yeah, we sort of need them." Carlos yelled up at the yellow bot.
"Sorry, I was just asking." Hot Shot shrugged his shoulders.
"Hey, over here!" Alexis beckoned to their big robot companions.
"What is it?" Optimus strode up beside the human.
"Looks like loggers have done this." Rad shook his head.
"Dude, I thought this was supposed to be a wildlife sanctuary. They aren't supposed to cut trees down here, are they?" Carlos examined the path that was cleared of trees.
"Well, sorry about your little crisis, but if it means smooth driving for me, I'm down with it." Hot Shot transformed into his car mode.
"Hot Shot!" Alexis glared at the sports car.
"What? Can we just go already?"
Everyone groaned as they began to depart on the trail that had been cleared by the loggers.
"Look, it's the Decepticons!" Carlos shouted out as they rounded a bend in the trail.
"Autobots!" Megatron glared. "Get them, men!" He commanded of his minions.
"Hmm. Good. While they're fighting, I can get the mini con for myself." A red, jet warrior flew off.
A Decepticon's blast hit a tree, igniting it in flames.
"Don't fire unless you have a clean shot! Don't hit the wildlife!" Optimus shouted over the fighting.
Fire began to blaze up around them.
__
"Hm?" Emrial lifted her head off of her knees. She sniffed the air. "What's that I smell, smoke?" She stood, looking around her. She had been hiding in the branches of a large tree, crying her heart out, when she noticed the fire that had encircled the forest.
She watched with horror as the animals below ran to escape. Chaos and pandemonium were everywhere.
She saw a mother deer and her fawn trapped amidst the confusion. It appeared that the doe had one of her legs stuck in a hole. She kicked out in panic, as the flames grew closer to her and her baby.
"Hang on!" Emrial sprouted her wings and swooped down, the flames from the fire scorching her unprotected body.
She landed beside the deer, and began to work as carefully, and as quickly as possible to free her. The doe stopped her thrashing, somehow understanding that this human, or whatever it was, was trying to help her.
"There!" Emrial fell backwards as the doe's leg was finally freed.
The deer stumbled a few steps before looking back at Emrial, fear in her eyes. They were surrounded by the raging fire!
Emrial looked around, desperate for a means of escape.
The mother deer looked from Emrial to her fawn. Somehow, she knew that with a broken leg she would never make it out of this alive, but that there was a chance that her baby could. She nudged her fawn with her muzzle, and looked up at the girl, trust gleamed in her eyes.
Emrial nodded with understanding as she scooped the fawn up in her arms. Tears where in her eyes, for she understood the mother's sacrifice so that the baby might live. There was no way that she could carry them both out of there.
Emrial did not think to don her armor, but flew up into the air a little ways. Realizing that the smoke was too thick in the air, she knew that the only way out was through the fire.
Hugging the fawn close to her body, she made a metal shield to protect it. Drawing in a breath she began to fly through the flames. She did not think or feel of the pain, her only thoughts where on completing the mother doe's wishes by saving her baby.
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"There." Red Alert patted Optimus's trailer. "The water's hooked up."
"Okay, we can handle things here!" Rad saluted the Autobots. "You, go get that mini con!"
"Okay, radio if you need any help." The bots began running off in the direction of the Decepticons.
__
The kids and mini cons began spraying water on the flames, and gradually the fire began to decrease its intensity.
Suddenly, from out of the flames came a silhouetted figure, flying with metallic wings. Her eyes, cold and hard, Emrial burst from the inferno, the little fawn safely in her arms.
"Whoa!" The kids uttered in unison as Emrial flew up from the smoke, high into the sky, and circled around them.
Emrial set down on one knee, laying the fawn on the ground. It shakily stood up and began munching on some foliage.
"Don't worry, little one." Emrial stroked it's back. "I'll take care of you."
Her wings folded back into her body, and she fell over, exhausted, unto the wet grass that had been drenched from the kid's firefighting.
"Dweep!?!" Chopper jumped off the trailer and ran to her human partner.
"Don't worry about me." Emrial faintly said as she grasped the mini con's hand. "I'll be fine."
Chopper looked worriedly down upon her friend. Her clothes were burnt, some still flamed a little. Her hair was cinged, and her skin was charred.
"Oh, how foolish you are." Chopper thought as she helped her friend into a sitting position, letting the girl's blackened hair and head rest against her shoulder. She gently removed Emrial's melted goggles. Chopper continued to shake her head, worry shown in her optics, beneath the yellow visor.
"Truly, one as unselfish as you must be our foretold savior." If transformers could cry, a tear would have come to Chopper's optic. "The one, who would risk her life one day to save us, even as you have saved this earth creature?" She smiled slightly. "Yes, I am assured now. You are the one."
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bwa ha ha ha ha! I shall leave you at that. Sry if that last part seemed sort of corny and sad, but I was listening to some really sad music when I wrote it. And, plz don't flame me! I know that I got this chapter out of order, but I wanted it to come right now. If you want me to update u must review!
What was Emrial crying about? What in the universe was Chopper talking about? All this, and more, in future chapters of Jet Blast!