Chapter 23
Danny
Changes came and went throughout the base. The transformers had found some mysterious mini cons that would not awaken. But everyday, even as the Autobots were struggling to find the truth, Emrial went on raising the fawn, blissfully unaware of what was going on around her.
Everyday she would fly through the warp gate to the forest where the fawn had come from, the un-burnt part, that is. While it ate and frolicked happily with others of it's own kind, Emrial would often meditate, and practice harnessing her powers.
Day in and day out it was the same. The fawn would feed, and she would train. She was hardly ever at the base. Sometimes she even spent nights out in forest with the fawn. They would lay in a meadow of sweet smelling grass and stare up at the stars, long into the night. Because of her constant absence, no one ever really worried about her. The kids all but forgot about her existence, (even though, secretly, that is what Alexis had hoped all along.)
Alexis had hated having the rivalry of another female in her presence in the base. She liked being on top of things, and in command. The new comer had threatened her rank as the only girl and the smartest kid in the group. Now that Emrial wasn't around very much, Alexis eased up a bit. Finally, things were getting back to the way they should be.
The day had come when the kids decided to show Billy and Fred around the base. After their strange rescue by the large robots, it was only fair that they should be let in on the whole story.
"Just stick close with us." Rad turned, smiling at the google-eyed kids that stared amazed at the base.
"Yeah, we don't want you getting lost." Carlos stretched his arms behind his head.
Alexis shook her head. "Great, more boys...."
Suddenly, the whining of the alarm siren interrupted the tour.
"Status report!" Optimus commanded of Red Alert as he skidded into the control room.
"A warp gate is opening up inside the base!"
"Hot Shot, activate the base's self-defense mechanisms."
"Thought you'd never ask." Hot Shot smirked as he flipped a few switches on a key panel.
"What's going on?" Rad huffed as he ran into the base.
"Decepticons!" Red Alert turned a video monitor on.
"They must be after the mini cons!" Optimus concluded.
"Oh no they don't!" Hot Shot sped out of the control room.
"Hot Shot!" Optimus turned to watch the headstrong warrior rush out of the room.
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"Hmm?" Emrial heard a beeping sound. She flicked open a communicator that was installed in her metal armor glove plating. "Hmm. The alarm. Another mini con?"
She looked down at the little deer, who was almost a yearling, and was already sprouting little antlers. "Shall we investigate?"
The deer looked from his friend to a group of his kind that was passing by on the other edge of the meadow.
"All right." Emrial sighed. "Just be careful. I'll be back for you in a little while."
The buck nodded understandingly, then bounded to catch up with his playmates.
Emrial turned, sprouted her wings, and headed, via la warp gate, back to the base.
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"Stop, that's Billy and Fred!" Alexis cried out as she saw the two boys close to the Decepticons, and under fire.
"We must come up with a plan to protect the mini cons. Kids you stay here. Red Alert, Smokescreen, you're with me. C'mon, let's go find Hot Shot." Optimus turned to his men.
"Right behind you, Optimus." Smokescreen saluted smartly as he followed his leader.
Red Alert nodded to the kids. "Stay here, is that clear?"
The kids nodded yes in return. But, as soon as the robot was gone Rad turned to his friends.
"Let's go save Billy and Fred!"
"Yeah!" Carlos backed up Rad.
"Let's do it!" Alexis began leading the way behind some paneling.
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"Huh, I must be too late. They must've left without me." Emrial flew around the warp room. Suddenly she heard the doors hissing open and Cyclonus walked in. She backed up into a wall, making her armor appear the same color as the paneling.
"Here kiddie, kiddies." The copter-bot beckoned.
Suddenly the warp gate opened and he was transported to an artic region.
"Whew, he's gone." The kids stood up from their hiding places.
"What's going on?" Emrial allowed her armor to meld back into her body, and she stepped forward, taking control of the group.
"What are you doing here?" Alexis questioned accusingly. "We don't need you, we've got everything under control."
"Alexis, don't be so harsh, we don't know the complete situation yet." Rad held an arm out between the two girls.
"Yeah, we might need her help." Carlos added.
"Hmph." Alexis turned her back.
"Yeah, I've missed associating with you too, kiddo." Emrial crossed her arms.
"Don't call me kiddo!" Alexis whipped around, pointing her finger in Emrial's face. "Just because I'm younger, and shorter, and less beautiful than you are, doesn't mean that I'm immature."
"Boy, you could have fooled me." Emrial began walking away.
"Ooooh!" Alexis's anger boiled. "Who do you think you are?"
Emrial looked over her shoulder; sorrow dripping from her voice and eyes. "I don't know."
Alexis stopped a moment, not sure of what comeback she could say to that. Rad took advantage of the lapse in the arguing.
"Listen, the Decepticons have invaded the base. The Autobots may need your help." He placed a hand on her shoulder. "Please, put you're disagreements behind you and help us out."
Emrial sprouted her wings and armor. "I'm on my way." She said coldly before donning her helmet.
Alexis's lip trembled with rage. "Oooh! That girl makes me so mad!" She stomped off back towards the command center.
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By the time Alexis arrived on the scene the action was over, the Decepticons had retreated and Hot Shot held the starsaber.
"Aww. You didn't leave any Decepti-butt for me to kick?" She said sarcastically as she placed her hands on her hips.
"Hey glad you could make it. Too bad you missed the party." Smokescreen smiled at her.
"Why'd you come?" Hot Shot stood, starsaber still in hand.
"I dunno, I just thought you might need some help." She leaned against a wall.
"What'd you do with you little friend?" Red Alert questioned.
Emrial's eyes widened. "Oh my bleep! I forgot all about him! Excuse me a moment." She ran to the warp room.
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"Danny! Danny?" Emrial called for the buck, which she had nicknamed Danny. "Where a-r-r-e-e you?" Still no reply.
"Hmm. This is totally unlike the little rascal." She sat down at the base of a large tree.
There was a rustle in the bushes, and Danny timidly appeared, a young doe- yearling, about his age stood beside him.
"Well, I see you've found yourself a girl. I suppose this means goodbye then, doesn't it?"
Danny snorted, pawing at the ground.
Emrial stood up, and cautiously walked up to the buck. "Well, there's nothing I can do to stop you. Just take care of yourself, y'hear?" She patted him between the ears and his spike antlers.
Danny's eyes gleamed with happiness as he tromped off into the woods.
Emrial turned to head back to the warp gate. She sighed. "I never expected him to grow up so fast."
She was about to leave, when she heard it.
"BANG!"
A gunshot rang throughout the woods.
Emrial ran to where the sound had come from, stumbling through the thick foliage.
"No, please don't let it be!" Her heart pounded with fear as she stumbled into a clearing.
There Danny lay, still. His life had been silenced by the treacherous shot of a young hunter.
"Hey dad, I got one!" The presumed hunter, a kid, no more that 13 walked towards his kill.
Emrial scooted back into the forest, tears beginning to well up in her eyes. "No, Danny!"
She stumbled back to the meadow from which she came. Plopping herself down on the grass she cried.
Rain began to fall from the sky. It mixed with her tears as it spattered against her skin, and soaked her clothes.
She kept repeating the same words, over and over. "No, Danny. No." She sobbed. She laid in the field, still in a trance from the shock, until long past nightfall. "No."
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*sob* yes, Danny died. What a cruel world, but his death is important for future parts of the story. Plz don't flame me for killing a deer. Even though I did not name him Bambi, his fate was a similar one.
Danny
Changes came and went throughout the base. The transformers had found some mysterious mini cons that would not awaken. But everyday, even as the Autobots were struggling to find the truth, Emrial went on raising the fawn, blissfully unaware of what was going on around her.
Everyday she would fly through the warp gate to the forest where the fawn had come from, the un-burnt part, that is. While it ate and frolicked happily with others of it's own kind, Emrial would often meditate, and practice harnessing her powers.
Day in and day out it was the same. The fawn would feed, and she would train. She was hardly ever at the base. Sometimes she even spent nights out in forest with the fawn. They would lay in a meadow of sweet smelling grass and stare up at the stars, long into the night. Because of her constant absence, no one ever really worried about her. The kids all but forgot about her existence, (even though, secretly, that is what Alexis had hoped all along.)
Alexis had hated having the rivalry of another female in her presence in the base. She liked being on top of things, and in command. The new comer had threatened her rank as the only girl and the smartest kid in the group. Now that Emrial wasn't around very much, Alexis eased up a bit. Finally, things were getting back to the way they should be.
The day had come when the kids decided to show Billy and Fred around the base. After their strange rescue by the large robots, it was only fair that they should be let in on the whole story.
"Just stick close with us." Rad turned, smiling at the google-eyed kids that stared amazed at the base.
"Yeah, we don't want you getting lost." Carlos stretched his arms behind his head.
Alexis shook her head. "Great, more boys...."
Suddenly, the whining of the alarm siren interrupted the tour.
"Status report!" Optimus commanded of Red Alert as he skidded into the control room.
"A warp gate is opening up inside the base!"
"Hot Shot, activate the base's self-defense mechanisms."
"Thought you'd never ask." Hot Shot smirked as he flipped a few switches on a key panel.
"What's going on?" Rad huffed as he ran into the base.
"Decepticons!" Red Alert turned a video monitor on.
"They must be after the mini cons!" Optimus concluded.
"Oh no they don't!" Hot Shot sped out of the control room.
"Hot Shot!" Optimus turned to watch the headstrong warrior rush out of the room.
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"Hmm?" Emrial heard a beeping sound. She flicked open a communicator that was installed in her metal armor glove plating. "Hmm. The alarm. Another mini con?"
She looked down at the little deer, who was almost a yearling, and was already sprouting little antlers. "Shall we investigate?"
The deer looked from his friend to a group of his kind that was passing by on the other edge of the meadow.
"All right." Emrial sighed. "Just be careful. I'll be back for you in a little while."
The buck nodded understandingly, then bounded to catch up with his playmates.
Emrial turned, sprouted her wings, and headed, via la warp gate, back to the base.
__
"Stop, that's Billy and Fred!" Alexis cried out as she saw the two boys close to the Decepticons, and under fire.
"We must come up with a plan to protect the mini cons. Kids you stay here. Red Alert, Smokescreen, you're with me. C'mon, let's go find Hot Shot." Optimus turned to his men.
"Right behind you, Optimus." Smokescreen saluted smartly as he followed his leader.
Red Alert nodded to the kids. "Stay here, is that clear?"
The kids nodded yes in return. But, as soon as the robot was gone Rad turned to his friends.
"Let's go save Billy and Fred!"
"Yeah!" Carlos backed up Rad.
"Let's do it!" Alexis began leading the way behind some paneling.
__
"Huh, I must be too late. They must've left without me." Emrial flew around the warp room. Suddenly she heard the doors hissing open and Cyclonus walked in. She backed up into a wall, making her armor appear the same color as the paneling.
"Here kiddie, kiddies." The copter-bot beckoned.
Suddenly the warp gate opened and he was transported to an artic region.
"Whew, he's gone." The kids stood up from their hiding places.
"What's going on?" Emrial allowed her armor to meld back into her body, and she stepped forward, taking control of the group.
"What are you doing here?" Alexis questioned accusingly. "We don't need you, we've got everything under control."
"Alexis, don't be so harsh, we don't know the complete situation yet." Rad held an arm out between the two girls.
"Yeah, we might need her help." Carlos added.
"Hmph." Alexis turned her back.
"Yeah, I've missed associating with you too, kiddo." Emrial crossed her arms.
"Don't call me kiddo!" Alexis whipped around, pointing her finger in Emrial's face. "Just because I'm younger, and shorter, and less beautiful than you are, doesn't mean that I'm immature."
"Boy, you could have fooled me." Emrial began walking away.
"Ooooh!" Alexis's anger boiled. "Who do you think you are?"
Emrial looked over her shoulder; sorrow dripping from her voice and eyes. "I don't know."
Alexis stopped a moment, not sure of what comeback she could say to that. Rad took advantage of the lapse in the arguing.
"Listen, the Decepticons have invaded the base. The Autobots may need your help." He placed a hand on her shoulder. "Please, put you're disagreements behind you and help us out."
Emrial sprouted her wings and armor. "I'm on my way." She said coldly before donning her helmet.
Alexis's lip trembled with rage. "Oooh! That girl makes me so mad!" She stomped off back towards the command center.
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By the time Alexis arrived on the scene the action was over, the Decepticons had retreated and Hot Shot held the starsaber.
"Aww. You didn't leave any Decepti-butt for me to kick?" She said sarcastically as she placed her hands on her hips.
"Hey glad you could make it. Too bad you missed the party." Smokescreen smiled at her.
"Why'd you come?" Hot Shot stood, starsaber still in hand.
"I dunno, I just thought you might need some help." She leaned against a wall.
"What'd you do with you little friend?" Red Alert questioned.
Emrial's eyes widened. "Oh my bleep! I forgot all about him! Excuse me a moment." She ran to the warp room.
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"Danny! Danny?" Emrial called for the buck, which she had nicknamed Danny. "Where a-r-r-e-e you?" Still no reply.
"Hmm. This is totally unlike the little rascal." She sat down at the base of a large tree.
There was a rustle in the bushes, and Danny timidly appeared, a young doe- yearling, about his age stood beside him.
"Well, I see you've found yourself a girl. I suppose this means goodbye then, doesn't it?"
Danny snorted, pawing at the ground.
Emrial stood up, and cautiously walked up to the buck. "Well, there's nothing I can do to stop you. Just take care of yourself, y'hear?" She patted him between the ears and his spike antlers.
Danny's eyes gleamed with happiness as he tromped off into the woods.
Emrial turned to head back to the warp gate. She sighed. "I never expected him to grow up so fast."
She was about to leave, when she heard it.
"BANG!"
A gunshot rang throughout the woods.
Emrial ran to where the sound had come from, stumbling through the thick foliage.
"No, please don't let it be!" Her heart pounded with fear as she stumbled into a clearing.
There Danny lay, still. His life had been silenced by the treacherous shot of a young hunter.
"Hey dad, I got one!" The presumed hunter, a kid, no more that 13 walked towards his kill.
Emrial scooted back into the forest, tears beginning to well up in her eyes. "No, Danny!"
She stumbled back to the meadow from which she came. Plopping herself down on the grass she cried.
Rain began to fall from the sky. It mixed with her tears as it spattered against her skin, and soaked her clothes.
She kept repeating the same words, over and over. "No, Danny. No." She sobbed. She laid in the field, still in a trance from the shock, until long past nightfall. "No."
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*sob* yes, Danny died. What a cruel world, but his death is important for future parts of the story. Plz don't flame me for killing a deer. Even though I did not name him Bambi, his fate was a similar one.