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AN: I hate the flu. If this seems odd it's because my flu-addled brain wrote it. I, Miss I Never Sleep More Than Seven Hours A Day, have slept 20 of the last 48 hours, not including the nap during seventh period.
Chapter 22
"Scourge the human's gone!" Bouncer yelled running back into the main room after checking on Koji.
"WHAT? When did he get a chance to escape?" Scourge yelled.
"We don't know! We were watching the surveillance screen the whole time," Bouncer answered.
"Find him and kill him! He's more trouble than he's worth!" Scourge ordered.
"We could say the same about you Scourge," a new voice put in.
"Remind you of the old days" Axel yelled, as he raced over Cybertron's rough surface.
"Kind of. Usually if we were going this fast it was cause we ticked somebody off or were going to miss curfew," Koji yelled back.
"Remember the time we actually did miss curfew?"
"Yeah. We were lucky T-Ai was monitoring the back entrance or we would have been screwed," Koji laughed.
CLANG!
"Decepticons! Do something!" Scourge yelled picking himself up off the floor. The Decepticons in the room launched themselves at the Autobot brothers, Megatron, and the Predicons. Omega Prime went after Scourge.
"AHHH!" Scourge screamed as he felt his good arm being ripped off.
"You should have stayed missing Scourge," Omega hissed. He been holding back his rage since he'd gotten the news that Koji was missing and now he really just wanted to pound Scourge into scrap metal.
Scourge hadn't prepared to fight Omega Prime. He'd planned on blackmailing the Autobots from a distance, not to engage them in battle. Omega Prime had, over the past four years, found a new depth to his rage. Omega hadn't been showing mercy last time but he hadn't been this ferocious this early in the fight. Maybe he should have just had the kid killed on earth. At least then the kid would be dead. That thought would have given Scourge a lot of comfort as he was slowly ripped limb from limb.
Apparently Prime planned on being slightly merciful. He pulled out a particularly dangerous looking cannon and fired.
The Autobots and Predicons surveyed the destruction on the base. Scourge and several other Deceptacons lay dead on the ground. Most of the others had fled after Scourge was killed. Others were injured to badly to escape.
"I think we got the message across," Ultra Magnus said looking at his brother.
"Yes, I think so," Optimus agreed, thankful that Magnus had reminded him that this had been to make sure everyone knew that Koji was not to be targeted for any purpose. And those who forgot that would be subject to Optimus' wrath.
"Let's go Optimus. Axel's probably got Koji to the warp gate and on they're way back to Earth," Magnus said softly.
"Alright."
"Why didn't we use that when Optimus decided I need to come back to earth?" Koji asked stepping out of the warp room.
"He wanted you to have time to adjust to coming back. Traveling by ship gives you lot's of thinking time," Axel explained.
"Whatever. I really want to get home," Koji stopped when he realized what he'd just said. He'd called the house home, 'I need to get kidnapped more often. I swear there's something therapeutic about' Koji thought.
"That better of been Prime coming through that gate," an old man in military uniform said angrily coming down the hall. He stopped dead when he saw Koji. Koji had never seen anybody's jaw drop that far.
"Uhh. Hi," Koji said looking at the man with what he was sure was a confused frown.
"Just ignore him," a woman, who looked around thirty, said.
"Koji you need to get home and rest some. Once Optimus gets back I don't think you'll be resting much," Axel said steering him away from the two strangers. Koji went willingly. Once Optimus got back he'd probably keep Koji practically glued to his side for a few days.
Xandra chuckled slightly as she watched her nephew walk away. That confused look he'd worn at her father's reactionto himreminded her so much of her big sister. The tilt of his head as he'd said hi was one of her sister's habits that had always stood out in her memory.
"He's- he's," Sparter for once seemed to be at a loss for words.
"I know Dad," Xandra chuckled.
"But he's- he's," Sparter still couldn't say what he was thinking.
"Trust me, I know" Xandra said putting her arm around her father's shoulders. "You can tell him after he's had a goodnights sleep and a decent meal."
"Axel, did you cook something while I was gone?" Koji asked looking at the mess he liked to call the kitchen.
"Cook what?" Axel asked. Obviously his food didn't require preparation.
"Yeah," Koji said looking around the kitchen. It was the only room in the entire house he insisted on keeping clean.
"I'm going to bed. Check the security system and see if one of the crazy people next door broke in and stole our food again," he said heading for the stairs. 'Why can't I have sane neighbors?' he asked whatever higher power might be listening.
He didn't even stop at his room. To many bad memories in there to get a good nights sleep on that bed. The attic was the only place he'd get that.
The door was standing wide open. He was sure he'd shut it most of the way yesterday morning when he left. 'This is getting weird' he thought. Walking in he found one of the boxes open. Also he found someone sleeping on his pallet.
"T-Ai?" T-Ai was sound asleep on his make shift bed. Well not entirely sound asleep since her eyes sprung open at the sound of his voice. They sat and stared at each other for a few minutes. Then after assuring herself that he was real and she wasn't dreaming T-Ai flung her self into Koji's arms crying.
Koji slightly surprised at this outburst just sat there rubbing her back gently. 'Her stomach didn't use to touch mine when we hugged like this' he thought after a few minutes. Before he could think further on that he felt something press against him through T-Ai' stomach.
He pulled back in surprise. And saw her now rounded belly.
"Um, surprise," T-Ai said nervously.
AN:To answer all questions I see coming, yes Scourge is dead, yes I'm evil, and no this is not the end