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AN: Late due to laziness and relatives pissing me off.

Chapter10

"Koji? Can you say something?" Red Alert asked. He was getting worried. The man had been conscious for at least two hours but hadn't responded to anyone, even his wife.

"Maybe we should see if Sono and Ax can get him to say something" Axel, Koji's best friend, suggested.

"T-Ai doesn't want them seeing him like this. Plus there are some things that they don't know about and Koji doesn't want them to know about," Red Alert said.

"I don't get why he refuses to tell them about the abuse. He told Rad" Axel said.

"Yes, but Rad figured most of it out on his own. The kid has more resources than our intelligence organization (their version of the CIA. I have no idea what they call it)"

"We need to find away to get Koji to come out of this" Axel insisted.

"The only one who can bring him out of this is Rad" Red Alert said.


"Ugh" Rad moaned. He felt like he'd been in a cave-in. Then noticing the darkness surrounding him he realized he probably had. 'Great. Where the hell am I?' he thought.

The cave he was in now was completely different than the other one. This one was dark and had been for a very long from the looks of the green stuff growing on the walls. The roof was at least fifty feet above him and there was no exit in sight.

'I can see, so there has to be a light source in here somewhere' Rad thought. Looking around he located where the light was coming from. It was a small glowing object embedded in the cave floor.


"No way" Sideswipe spoke his thoughts out loud.

"Yes way Bro" Sunstreaker smirked at his twin.

"Aren't you dead?" Ben asked.

"Yes, I'm dead and standing here talking to you" Sunstreaker said sarcastically.

"GHOST!" Ben yelled grabbing his RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade).

"No! Ben don't!" Sideswipe yelled stepping in between them.

"Why not?" Ben asked innocently.

"Because I really don't want him to die any time soon" Sideswipe sweat dropped.

"But he said he was a ghost" Ben pointed out, having a blonde moment despite having brown hair (AN: I'm not making fun of blondes, I am a blonde so deal with it).

"He was being sarcastic" Sideswipe sweat dropped again.

"Ohhhhhhhh. Why didn't he say so?" Ben asked. Everyone sweat dropped.


Rad had managed to dig the metal plate out of the ground. It was strangely Cybertronian in design. It was a weird pentagon shape, green in color, and looked like something Rad had read about in the library on Cybertron.

'Why am I lugging this thing around?' Rad asked himself. He was currently wandering around the cave looking for another way out. The cave was bigger than he first thought. It had different rooms and areas. He also found a few things that definitely didn't belong there. Like steps, doors, handrails, and, if the prick on the edge of his consciousness was right, computers.

Sure enough in the next area, which looked like a spaceship, or an old base back on Cybertron; was a bunch of computers that looked slightly outdated but still useable for what he needed. He hobbled over to them, trying to ignore the pain in his ankle. The fall or cave-in or whatever had done more damage than he thought.

Rad looked over the consol, wondering if he could connect with it. He closed his eyes and searched for a connection to the computer. Finding it he brought the computer online and went to work. 'Thank you Mom' Rad thought. When he was two his mother had become so frustrated that she had to do everything involving the mainframe manually, she ended up tapping into the ability to connect to any computer even while organic. By some twist of fate Rad had inherited the ability. They had no idea how and since both T-Ai and Koji forbid Red Alert to experiment on Rad they weren't very likely to find out.

The long distance communication on the computer sucked. Rad couldn't send a message to Cybertron or even Sideswipe who was hopefully within a few miles of the mountain Rad was buried under. Rad decided to try and run a scan of the mountain to see if he could find an exit to the cave. A minute later the holo-screen projected a 3-D map of the mountain. He recognized it as the one the Cosmo Scope Research Center rested on. A red line marked a way through the cave to the surface. Rad broke the connection to the computer and hurried to the tunnel that would lead him to the surface.


"The intelligence of your chosen friends is astounding" the older Mech that stood behind Sunstreaker said sarcastically.

"Don't use sarcasm around Ben. I think we've determined that he is unable to tell the difference between it and seriousness, Ratchet" Sideswipe said exasperated. Then he looked back up. "Oh I almost forgot" Sideswipe through himself at Ratchet and latched onto him in a huge bear hug "Daddy!" he squealed.

"Stop that" Ratchet pushed, or rather, attempted to push Sideswipe off of him.

"Daddy?" all the humans present asked.

"He's my creator" Sideswipe explained.

"Ooookkkk"

"How did you know I was here?" Sideswipe asked Ratchet. "And how are you still alive?" he asked Sunstreaker.

"Deceptacons" the two said simply.

"WHAT!" Sideswipe looked at his creator and brother incredulously.

"The deal was that we find you for them and the three of you pledge your loyalty to me" Rollbar said from the shadows (AN: He must of picked that up from Scourge). "Also, it's come to our attention that you are currently in possession of Prime's grandson" Rollbar's sneer left no doubt as to why that was so important.

"And do I get a say in this?" Sideswipe asked, somewhat insolently. He was pissed that the Deceptacons were apparently not finished causing the Onishi family pain.

"Don't you want to get revenge on the Autobots who nearly killed your brother?" Rollbar asked.

"They are 1) Dead and 2) working for you" Sideswipe said.

"They were not working for me, the Autobots lied to you on that point. And we found only three bodies in that alley so one of your attackers escaped alive" Rollbar said glaring.

"Spinner is dead. He showed up in Autobot City three months after the attack. The only reason I'm still alive is because Rad sent Hot Shot after me when I went looking for revenge. Oh and the Autobots didn't tell me that Spinner and his stooges were working for you. Helpful hint, next time you hire mercenaries, make sure they don't brag about who they're working for. Spinner's crew wouldn't shut up about how there was no escape for me because the Deceptacons only hired the best" Sideswipe glared right back at Rollbar.

"This Rad kid saved your life?" Sunstreaker asked.

"Yes" Sideswipe said.

"Ok then" Sunstreaker pulled out his blaster and shot Rollbar.

AN: I know Ratchet isn't Sunstreaker and Sideswipe's creator but it just kind of fit.