Optimusprimus001: Alright, I admit it. I'm in a writing FRENZY over here, and want to get you guys to really talk at me. (grins)
Shoiri: What other Secrets are you planning on spilling now? (glaring at author)
Optimusprimus001: Who me? What Secrets? O.o do you have a secret that you want to share?
Shiori: NO!
Optimusprimus001: Fine, be that way. (sticks tongue out at her) For that, You're going to be kidnapped.
Shiori: ... You were already planning on that.
Optimusprimus001: I know. But now you get to see how! BWA!
8. Dissappearances
"So... If the information is correct, we're not far from the sentry that's guarding the tunnel to the Autobot base?"
"Yep."
"Do you think this information is right?"
"Yep."
"How do you know it's right? Did you get it yourself?"
"Yep."
"... Can you ever say anything else?"
"Nope."
There was a sigh. "How you're related to Thundercracker, I have no idea..."
"He's my spark-brother. Does there need to be a reason?"
"Hey, you can say something besides 'yes' and 'no'!" a green, purple, and grey-black 'Con laughed.
"You want to know what else I can do?" the black and purple seeker next to him asked.
"Sure, what?"
"This!"
There was a loud yelp, followed by a blastershot.
"Let Shockblast go before he blows our cover, Skywarp!" a red, white, and black seeker ordered, whirling around to face his brother to find he had his sword out. The black-purple 'Con dropped the other mech.
"You're no fun, 'Screamer," he growled.
"Fun is for the battle to come."
"True enough. When do we get the clear?"
"When it comes."
Skywarp sighed, putting his sword away. Why do the supreme commanders always send out troops long before the battle was even supposed to begin? Usually we don't even get to see battle because a dangerous threat from the Decepticon leaders would send our target cowering into submission. The only two cities so far that haven't done so were the only cities that have managed to successfully beat our sorry afterburners back to where we came from. Autobot City and Iacon City, the Twin Cities of Hope. Skywarp was so caught up in his wondering that the faint word "Incomin'!" didn't registered. What were "Twin Cities of Hope" when there wasn't a Twin City for the other? That's what our newest assignment is- get into Autobot City and tear it apart from the inside-out...
It probably would have worked too... If a green and white mech hadn't flown through the hole Shockblast had made without warning, scaring the living daylights out of them all... With a wild laugh, he fired several missles into their suprised ranks.
"WHOO! Who's up fer some trouble?" the green-white mech cheered, transforming into a jet that Skywarp had never seen before. A few moments later, the planes' jets were screaming overhead as he flew over them, continuing to fire his weapons into their lines.
"What in the name of the Allspark?" Starscream, muttered as he picked himself up off the ground from where he'd thrown himself. Skywarp looked up at the transformer that was flying around above them. Thundercracker noticed Shockblast was picking himself up from several yards away.
"How did Shockblast get way over there?" Thundercracker asked.
"Your question is as good as mine, T.C."
"GET HIM!" Starscream shouted, jumping into the air and taking out his sword. "Decepticons! Our cover's been blown! ATTA-ARGH!"
Starscream cried out as the green jet turned, transformed, and landed feet-first into him, sending Starscream crashing into the wall next to the hole. Jumping away, the green seeker chuckled.
"You were sayin', 'Screamer?"
"Uhhh..." Starscream groaned, sitting up weakly. With a faint snicker, the green/white bot looked over his shoulder and ducked. He popped back up with a laugh, and watched Thundercracker crash into his brother.
"It'll take more than that, Thundercracker."
"Ow..." Was all the blue, orange, and grey seeker managed to say. Seconds later, there was a loud yelp from the green seeker. "Grrr..." He growled, turning to face Shockblast, his red optic-line flashing angrily. "It'll take more than that, too," he snarled, before flinging himself at the shocked 'Con.
That was when Skywarp realized that this bot wasn't normal. He'd never heard of anyone who was able to survive a particle-blast from Shockblast. Skywarp let out a howl and taking out his sword, leapt at the green-white seeker in front of him. Other Decepticons surged forwards and jumped through the hole in the wall and downwards. A few moments later the single word floated up through the opening, "Decepticons!"
As soon as he realized they were under attack, Starscream snapped his blades out and set himself on the nearest Decepticon who tried to get past him.
"Not all who wear a Decepticon symbol are Decepticons..." He growled at the 'Con before slashing his blade through the mech's chest, knocking him offline. Starscream then leapt at the next one who tried to get past him. He heard Hot Shot yell the warning: "Decepticons!" and was vaguely aware of the fact that Optimus had brought out his own silver-spiked sword and was easily cutting through the Decepticons near him as well. Vector Prime had decided on some oddity to bring out both of his green-maroon swords, and was defending Sideswipe and Shiori- though he was defending Sideswipe better, seeing as Shiori kept jumping out of his protective area to fire at a Decepticon that was about to get past him.
After taking down several Decepticons around him that left the others looking nervous about facing him in battle, Starscream took a moment to survey the battle around him. He wasn't too suprised to find that Optimus had indeed taken out his sparked-sword, the Seerevah, though he was a little shocked to see the ferociousness in Prime's attacks. Starscream also noted that Hot Shot was literally racing circles around a group of Decepticons and Blurr was doing a smaller loop inside of Hot Shot's wide, speeding circle in the opposite direction. Smokescreen was out in his own space, using his crane to throw Decepticons into other 'Cons. First Aid and Red Alert set up a defensive line next to Vector Prime, and behind them...
Starscream nearly fell over in shock. Barely visible behind Vector Prime and the others, were three droids. One was a night-black color, and had a blue sword in its hands and glowing blue optics. The droid furthest from the black droid was white, with not one- but two- blades in its hands that were green, contradicting its glowing, purple optics. And the one in the middle- the one that shocked Starscream the most- was completely red. This droid towered over the other two, although it couldn't be taller than Optimus. As Starscream watched, it let loose a deep, sinister, static-filled battlecry.
"Assasination protocols: Activated!" And with that, the other two droids leapt forward while the red one stayed back and fired several deadly shots into nearby Decepticons with a plasma carbine, suprising the Autobots they were behind.
"HK!" Red Alert shouted, shocked.
"Acknowledgement: Greetings! Observation: Though, now is not the time to have a conversation, Red Alert. Battlecry: Termination required!" The red droid howled happily- and blasted a Decepticon that was about to tackle Red Alert. That quickly got the medic to worry about the 'Cons in front of him rather than the droids behind him, reminding Starscream that he still had a part to play in the battle as well.
"Soo... Who wants to dance?" Starscream asked, turning to the trembling bots near him again with a dangerous grin. "I hope you dance better than some other people I know..."
A few moments later, Jetfire rushed down after some seekers that were trying to get away from him, lasers flashing. Starscream faintly noted that two he recognized were Shockblast and Thundercracker...
Skywarp wasn't sure how, but the green seeker wasn't chasing him anymore. Taking a chance, he looked down at the strange battlefield below and noticed that there was only one femmebot that was in the Autobot resistance. After noticing that, he also noticed that she and the smaller bot beside her were heavily protected. She has to be important to someone here if she's the only femme with them and that heavily guarded... He thought, and leapt through the hole, angling himself carefully. No one saw him until it was too late. Landing forcefully behind her, he leapt forwards with a strike, knocking her offline.
"Threat: If you know what is good for you, meatbag, you'll leave the Master's siblings alone," the red droids behind him growled, training his blaster on him. "Statement: You have 30 seconds... and counting."
"Since you said 'meatbag', I presume that you weren't talking to me!" and with that, Skywarp launched back upwards in the direction he came from with the femme in his arms, dodging a shot followed by a fierce howl from the red droid behind him. He was almost to the opening in the ceiling when someone on the Autobot side noticed him and the femmebot...
"Shiori! NO!" came a voice that sounded very familiar. Glancing down, Skywarp saw something that made his him stop completely. Standing below him stood someone he thought he recognized as Starscream, but quickly noticed that the mech was much taller than his brother- and had a different design frame. Taking a closer look, Skywarp noticed even more differences in the bot's frame from his brothers'. There were sections of frame that ran down the outside of both of the ex-'Con's arms, where a lavender blade spiked out from the ends on both sides. A strange, red, silver V-pattern was clearly visible, accented with bits of black, giving him a dangerous, threatening look.
Maybe he's a Starscream that came from the future? Silvershadow said something about possible timetraveling bots... Skywarp guessed, and then realized that this Starscream was giving him a look that made his spark run cold. This Starscream's purple-red optics blazed up at him with the most furious, murderous glint in them that Skywarp had ever seen, even if the 'Con below him was his possible-future spark-brother. If looks could kill, I'd be dead a million times right now, Skywarp thought uneasily, before shooting through the hole and into the hallway above. Behind him, he could have sworn that Starscream's howl could have made the entire universe shake...
"SKYWARP!"
Realizing his guess about that bot being from the future was probably right when Starscream howled his name, Skywarp flew down the corridor above with Shiori in his arms, knowing that if he slowed down- he could very easily end up dead...
