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Chapter 28
Standoff
The Autobots exited the warp gate and viewed their surroundings. It was a dry, desert-like place. Emrial gripped her gun that Optimus had given her tightly in her hands, perspiration condensing on her metal gloves.
"Emrial, we stand out like a sore thumb in this place, so it's up to you to do the sneaking around. Find the mini con and report back as soon as you have. We'll try to keep the Decepti-creeps busy." Optimus ordered.
"Yes sir!" Emrial saluted quietly with a gloved hand as she began backing off, holding the gun in the ready position.
Suddenly laser fire whizzed through the air, blasting the sides of the rock crevasse on all sides of the Autobots.
"This is it. It's up to us. Let's do the best we can." Optimus nodded over his shoulder to Smokescreen and Scavenger. They both nodded grimly back.
"Hiya!!!!!!!!!!!!!" They charged into the midst of the Decepticons.
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"They can't do it out there all alone!" Rad looked up worriedly at Red Alert as they watched the battle feed back from Laserbeak.
"Where's that no good deserter, Emrial? Isn't she supposed to be helping?" Alexis crossed her arms, tapping her left foot ominously.
"Optimus sent her to find the mini con." Red Alert didn't look down at the human.
"Shouldn't we do something? They're getting whooped out there!" Carlos pleaded.
Red Alert sighed. "I suppose I'd better go."
"No..." Hot Shot stumbled into the room. "Let me go instead."
"Hot Shot!" Red rushed to steady the bot. "You're barely functional, and in NO condition to fight!" He chided.
Hot Shot grumbled as he let himself be led back to the med bay. A short while later Red Alert again entered the command center.
"Alexis, enter the coordinates. I'm going." He commanded.
The young human didn't respond as she plunked the numbers into the computer.
"All set!" Rad gave him the thumbs up and Red went to the warp gate.
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"Look sir, I got the mini con!" Cyclonus waved the panel victoriously.
"Oh no you don't!" Emrial came out into the open, her gun aimed at the copter bot.
"Heh. You don't even know how to work that thing! Should I be afraid of you?" Cyclonus laughed.
"Oooooh." Rage surged through Emrial's body. Her eyes iced over to a glowing green and she concentrated on the gun. Almost instantly she had increased the power to many times the original affect. She fired the gun.
"Agh!" Cyclonus grasped the smoldering connections where his arm had once been.
"Hm." Emrial smiled as she returned to her normal state.
"I'll get rid of you once and for all." Sideways stared over the barrel of his gun as he aimed for his shot.
Red Alert had stationed himself behind a rock and saw the immediate danger that Emrial was in. He too aimed his gun; only it was Sideways that was in the cross hairs.
"Megatron, look." Demolisher pointed to the concealed Autobot.
Megatron turned his horned head. "Hmm. An Autobot sniper? We know how to take care of those, don't we?" He aimed his cannon at the Autobot.
Emrial saw Megatron point his cannon at Red Alert. Then she noticed that Red Alert's gun was aimed at Sideways, whose gun was aimed at her. She supported her own gun against he arm and aimed it at Megatron. She finally grasped the situation. It was an old fashion stand off.
"You shoot me and I'll shoot Red Alert." Megatron glared at the girl.
"You shoot me and I'll shoot Sideways." Red Alert grunted as he held his gun steadily.
"You try and shoot me and the girl will die!" Sideways smiled. Either way, I'm going to kill that girl! He thought. So he did. He pulled the trigger.
The force of the laser ran through Emrial. She was thrown against the back rocks with the force of the blast. She grasped her midsection painfully. She slumped down to the ground as pools of metallic red blood poured from her.
"Emrial!" Red Alert barely had time to call out her name as the rock he was leaning on was shot out from underneath him and fell forwards, towards the ground.
"Hm." Megatron chuckled. "It looks like you Autobots loose. Demolisher, pick up the mini con panel and let's get going!"
"Yes sir!" The green soldier bent down and picked up the glowing panel with his stubby black fingers.
"No you don't!"
"Hey!" Demolisher cried as the panel was shot from his hand just as he pulled through the warp gate.
"Wha?" Optimus looked up at where the shot had come from as the Decepticons retreated.
A silver car blasted from the rocks. It skidded to a stop in front the stunned leader.
"Glad you could make it." Scavenger smirked.
The car transformed and picked up the mini con panel. It activated in his hand, revealing a blue racecar. "I guess this is my own little partner?" The transformer smiled as he set the mini con on his shoulder.
"Welcome to the team, Blurr." Scavenger extended his hand in greeting.
"You know this guy?" Smokescreen looked skeptical.
"Yah, I know this guy. I was the one who asked him to come." Scavenger did not face the orange bot.
Blurr studied the other bot's hand, but did not return the greeting. Instead he turned and faced the fallen Red Alert. He snorted. "Some team."
Red Alert groaned as he struggled to get up.
"Here, Red. Don't bust a circuit." Smokescreen grabbed the struggling bot and helped him to his feet. The bot didn't stop to say thank you.
"Emrial!" Red Alert surged forward, kneeling down beside the wounded girl.
Emrial looked up at him through clouded eyes, she tried to fight back the tears. "I'm alright Red. It's not that bad." She tried to smile, to reassure him, but she was too weak. She fainted, falling over into her own blood.
"Optimus, she's badly wounded!" Red Alert scooped the teenager up.
"What?" Optimus had not noticed the standoff.
"Oh dear Cybertron!" Smokescreen gasped when he saw her.
"Hmph. Organics." Blurr turned away.
"Blurr, that is no way to behave! Emrial is a valued member of our team, and if you can't respect that, then a member of our team you shall never be!" Optimus scolded the soldier.
"Now is not the time! We have to get back to the base!" Red Alert pushed through them.
Optimus nodded. "Scavenger, inform your friend about all he needs to know." He added as they transformed and headed back through the warp gate.
Dum dum dum! What will happen next?!?!?! I guess you'll have to review so I'll post the next chapter, eh? ^____^
Chapter 28
Standoff
The Autobots exited the warp gate and viewed their surroundings. It was a dry, desert-like place. Emrial gripped her gun that Optimus had given her tightly in her hands, perspiration condensing on her metal gloves.
"Emrial, we stand out like a sore thumb in this place, so it's up to you to do the sneaking around. Find the mini con and report back as soon as you have. We'll try to keep the Decepti-creeps busy." Optimus ordered.
"Yes sir!" Emrial saluted quietly with a gloved hand as she began backing off, holding the gun in the ready position.
Suddenly laser fire whizzed through the air, blasting the sides of the rock crevasse on all sides of the Autobots.
"This is it. It's up to us. Let's do the best we can." Optimus nodded over his shoulder to Smokescreen and Scavenger. They both nodded grimly back.
"Hiya!!!!!!!!!!!!!" They charged into the midst of the Decepticons.
__
"They can't do it out there all alone!" Rad looked up worriedly at Red Alert as they watched the battle feed back from Laserbeak.
"Where's that no good deserter, Emrial? Isn't she supposed to be helping?" Alexis crossed her arms, tapping her left foot ominously.
"Optimus sent her to find the mini con." Red Alert didn't look down at the human.
"Shouldn't we do something? They're getting whooped out there!" Carlos pleaded.
Red Alert sighed. "I suppose I'd better go."
"No..." Hot Shot stumbled into the room. "Let me go instead."
"Hot Shot!" Red rushed to steady the bot. "You're barely functional, and in NO condition to fight!" He chided.
Hot Shot grumbled as he let himself be led back to the med bay. A short while later Red Alert again entered the command center.
"Alexis, enter the coordinates. I'm going." He commanded.
The young human didn't respond as she plunked the numbers into the computer.
"All set!" Rad gave him the thumbs up and Red went to the warp gate.
__
"Look sir, I got the mini con!" Cyclonus waved the panel victoriously.
"Oh no you don't!" Emrial came out into the open, her gun aimed at the copter bot.
"Heh. You don't even know how to work that thing! Should I be afraid of you?" Cyclonus laughed.
"Oooooh." Rage surged through Emrial's body. Her eyes iced over to a glowing green and she concentrated on the gun. Almost instantly she had increased the power to many times the original affect. She fired the gun.
"Agh!" Cyclonus grasped the smoldering connections where his arm had once been.
"Hm." Emrial smiled as she returned to her normal state.
"I'll get rid of you once and for all." Sideways stared over the barrel of his gun as he aimed for his shot.
Red Alert had stationed himself behind a rock and saw the immediate danger that Emrial was in. He too aimed his gun; only it was Sideways that was in the cross hairs.
"Megatron, look." Demolisher pointed to the concealed Autobot.
Megatron turned his horned head. "Hmm. An Autobot sniper? We know how to take care of those, don't we?" He aimed his cannon at the Autobot.
Emrial saw Megatron point his cannon at Red Alert. Then she noticed that Red Alert's gun was aimed at Sideways, whose gun was aimed at her. She supported her own gun against he arm and aimed it at Megatron. She finally grasped the situation. It was an old fashion stand off.
"You shoot me and I'll shoot Red Alert." Megatron glared at the girl.
"You shoot me and I'll shoot Sideways." Red Alert grunted as he held his gun steadily.
"You try and shoot me and the girl will die!" Sideways smiled. Either way, I'm going to kill that girl! He thought. So he did. He pulled the trigger.
The force of the laser ran through Emrial. She was thrown against the back rocks with the force of the blast. She grasped her midsection painfully. She slumped down to the ground as pools of metallic red blood poured from her.
"Emrial!" Red Alert barely had time to call out her name as the rock he was leaning on was shot out from underneath him and fell forwards, towards the ground.
"Hm." Megatron chuckled. "It looks like you Autobots loose. Demolisher, pick up the mini con panel and let's get going!"
"Yes sir!" The green soldier bent down and picked up the glowing panel with his stubby black fingers.
"No you don't!"
"Hey!" Demolisher cried as the panel was shot from his hand just as he pulled through the warp gate.
"Wha?" Optimus looked up at where the shot had come from as the Decepticons retreated.
A silver car blasted from the rocks. It skidded to a stop in front the stunned leader.
"Glad you could make it." Scavenger smirked.
The car transformed and picked up the mini con panel. It activated in his hand, revealing a blue racecar. "I guess this is my own little partner?" The transformer smiled as he set the mini con on his shoulder.
"Welcome to the team, Blurr." Scavenger extended his hand in greeting.
"You know this guy?" Smokescreen looked skeptical.
"Yah, I know this guy. I was the one who asked him to come." Scavenger did not face the orange bot.
Blurr studied the other bot's hand, but did not return the greeting. Instead he turned and faced the fallen Red Alert. He snorted. "Some team."
Red Alert groaned as he struggled to get up.
"Here, Red. Don't bust a circuit." Smokescreen grabbed the struggling bot and helped him to his feet. The bot didn't stop to say thank you.
"Emrial!" Red Alert surged forward, kneeling down beside the wounded girl.
Emrial looked up at him through clouded eyes, she tried to fight back the tears. "I'm alright Red. It's not that bad." She tried to smile, to reassure him, but she was too weak. She fainted, falling over into her own blood.
"Optimus, she's badly wounded!" Red Alert scooped the teenager up.
"What?" Optimus had not noticed the standoff.
"Oh dear Cybertron!" Smokescreen gasped when he saw her.
"Hmph. Organics." Blurr turned away.
"Blurr, that is no way to behave! Emrial is a valued member of our team, and if you can't respect that, then a member of our team you shall never be!" Optimus scolded the soldier.
"Now is not the time! We have to get back to the base!" Red Alert pushed through them.
Optimus nodded. "Scavenger, inform your friend about all he needs to know." He added as they transformed and headed back through the warp gate.
Dum dum dum! What will happen next?!?!?! I guess you'll have to review so I'll post the next chapter, eh? ^____^