They say never judge a book by it's cover. Well, you'd be more than dead if you tried to judge me by my appearance. I maybe small, but I pack a mean punch if you mess with me and my team... Oh, I'm sorry. That was rude... hey there! I'm Windswept! And boy, have I got a story to tell you. Well, what are you waiting for?! Get over here and get ready for my adventures on Team Prime!
Chapter 10... I'm quite surprised and, to be honest, quite proud, that I've made it this far for now. Wonder what I'll think when I get to Chapter 20, let alone the end of this first part of this series. Guess we'll have to find out when we get there, huh?
- Transformers Prime does not belong to me. All rights go to the people and brands who were able to create this show.
- Windswept and the other OC's belong to me.
(Chapter Title: Road Trip! Road Trip!)
"PRIME!"
Ahhh, Agent Fowler... it's been a few weeks since we've heard your voice ring out angrily across base.
Since Wheeljack's departure, and Sunburst and Aquastrike's decision to stay, Miko, Carly and I have taken it upon ourselves to make sure they were brought up to speed on Earth's culture. This also included Starlight, since she hadn't been here for less than a week before our old friends turned up.
After about a week of lessons and training with the team to prove their capabilities as warriors, the next step for Aquastrike and Sunburst was to get them vehicle forms so they could get out of base. They had started to go a little stir-crazy not even two days after their arrival. And you could definitely tell that they had been stuck together for way too long since they both choose vehicle forms of the same make!
Sunburst was quick to choose his form; a Ferrari Enzo XX Evolution 2009. Sleek and good looking just like him. But just because I said that, does not mean that I think of him in that way. And Aquastrike took a suggestion from Carly and Miko; a Ferrari 458 Italia that matched perfectly with her body frame. Now she had a reason for those wings on her back!
Carly's taken quite well to Sunburst's arrival; she was getting along with him really well and was even spending a lot of time with him nearly more so than me! Miko and Aquastrike clicked from day one, their similar personalities fitting perfectly together. And the more Starlight gets closer with Bumblebee, the more she gets closer with Raf.
Everyone's being getting along so well lately. Even Ratchet's gotten himself out of his grumpiness to be more friendly!
But with Fowler here... I don't think that's going to last...
"PRIME!"
Jeez, settle down Fowler. Optimus is getting there!
"Special Agent Fowler, to what do we owe-?"
"What else? 'Cons!" Fowler instantly growled, cutting off our leader.
Should we be surprised?
NO ONE P.O.V
Resting in forest was Agent Fowler's jet. The same one Skyquake had scanned to gain a vehicle form to help his fight against the Autobots. With smoke drifting lightly around the aircraft and with the way the dirt had been dug from the ship, chances were that the Agent had suffered a crash-landing.
"I chased them off with some hard ordnance! But not before they blew me out of the sky!"
WINDSWEPT P.O.V
Miko and Carly, surrounded by Raf and Jack on each side, stifled laughs of amusement, "Again?"
A video link of Agent Fowler appeared on the screen, showing him tightly buckled up in his personal aircraft as he continued to explain what had happened to him, "They tried to smash and grab for the DINGUS!"
"The whatsit?" Arcee cocked her head to the side like she was trying to understand what he was saying.
I never bothered trying to understand him. He always said a lot of things that didn't make sense to me so why bother when he would probably just continue saying a whole lot of random scrap?
"Dynamic Nuclear Generation System. AKA DINGUS," Fowler explained as he switched the video feed to a tightly secured crate in his ship, "It's a prototype energy source I'm transporting to the coast for testing."
Ratchet instantly started with his scoffing, "That's absurd. Why would Starscream and Slipstream bother themselves with primitive technology?"
"They are pretty unpredictable, Ratchet," Sunburst pointed out beside me.
The video link switched back to Fowler for him to pitch in his own answer, "I'm guessing to make a big bad primitive weapon of mass destruction. If this baby were to meltdown, it would irradiate this state and the four next door!"
"Uh…did Agent Fowler say what state he was currently in?" I heard Raf gulp nervously,
"I'm a sitting duck here, Prime. I need you to spin up your bridge and send the DINGUS through to its destination before the 'Cons come back for it!" Fowler begged desperately.
"I'm afraid that sending such a volatile device through a Groundbridge is out of the question," Optimus immediately answer, "If there were to be an accident during its transmission, the radiation of which you speak could propagate through the Groundbridge vortex and harm ALL 50 states and beyond."
Fowler sighed with a grimace before looking back at us with a raised eyebrow, "You got any better ideas?"
Optimus came up with the idea of transporting the technology to its' destination by travelling on the road. He was going to be carrying the DINGUS via his trailer. Arcee was going to be resting inside it to guard the device. Bulkhead, Bumblebee, Starlight and I were going to be Optimus' escorts, travelling around our leader to guard him in case whoever it was that shot Agent Fowler's jet down in the first place came back for another round.
Only this time, they'll have us to contend with.
Optimus decided that because Aquastrike and Sunburst had yet to go out an a proper field mission, and because this was an occasion we were rarely tasked with, they were probably better off at base as being our back-up in case things went wrong. Plus, they could keep Ratchet happy by keeping the humans distracted.
Being Optimus' first line of defence from the front meant that Starlight and I could see Fowler in the cockpit from our rear-view mirrors. I twisted mine up, watching him clasp his hands in excitement before laying one hand on Optimus' steering wheel.
Big mistake.
"Ah, ah, no need, Agent Fowler. I will handle the driving."
The man slumped in his seat, crossing his arms, "It's gonna be a long trip."
The five of us started up our engines as Optimus gave us the good-to-go words, "Autobots, roll out!"
Activating our holoforms, Starlight and I were the first to take off with our leader and the boys behind us. We immediately drove away from the crashed aircraft and out of the forest.
Let's get this road trip started!
We weren't even more than ten minutes into our drive before I was already starting to get bored. There was literally no one in sight apart from Optimus and the boys behind me and Starlight. We had no one to really talk to but ourselves.
Arcee was probably the one feeling the most bored out all of us in the trailer to be fair. I used the private commlink we share to talk to her, "How's it going Arcee?"
There was a sigh at the other end of the line, "Not too great, 'Swept. Have I ever told you that I'm claustrophobic?"
I was confused, "No?"
"I think I might be."
NO ONE'S P.O.V
Meanwhile at Autobot base, Ratchet kept one of his monitors above him locked onto the signals of the five Autobots travelling down the road to deliver the DINGUS to the West Coast.
"We are locked onto your coordinates, Optimus." The four humans watched the monitor with Aquastrike, Sunburst and the medic, "Following any complications, you should reach the drop-off point by sundown."
Miko let out a yawn of boredom. It was going to be a long day without her guardian.
WINDSWEPT P.O.V
It was inevitable we would strike some traffic either ahead of, passing by, or behind us during the DINGUS transportation journey. In this case, it was ahead of us in the form of an old creamy-yellow pick up truck... driving very slowly ahead of us.
Very, very slowly.
Very, very, very slowly.
I had driven up the back of vehicle multiple times in frustration. Can't he take a hint?!
Optimus eventually told to back off after about the sixth time. I followed the order, but just because I did, it didn't mean the slow vehicle didn't annoy me further.
Sudden honking of a horn behind Starlight and I grabbed my attention. I flicked my mirror up at Fowler in the cab.
"Move it, Gramps!" See Optimus? Even Fowler's getting annoyed too!
The driver o the old truck must have gotten tired of us annoying him. He pulled over to the side and allowed the team past. Finally! I kicked up speed again happily, free to drive to my own speed without pulling too far.
The Agenr was still honking the horn even after all the traffic around us had disappeared. You can stop now, Fowler.
Seriously... Stop!
"Agent Fowler, is that really necessary?" Optimus asked over the main comm-link he had opened for all of us to speak into. This allowed us to make contact with each other if something was wrong.
Fowler stopped - about time - and, from my mirror I could see him slumping in his seat, "Aw, don't tell me you're one of those textbook drivers?"
If I was in my normal Cybertronian form, I would've been rolling my optics at the Agent. Yeah, he wasn't wrong. This was going to be a long trip...
NO ONE P.O.V
The device was strapped securely within Optimus Prime's trailer the journey continued. But as far as the monitor was concerned, all it focused on was the main blinking orange dot known as the DINGUS was in a vehicle surrounded by four vehicles from the front and back
"They're transporting in an unarmed civilian truck," A voice spoke, watching from high above as a yellow Urbana 500 drove in between two motorcycles and the truck. One of the motorcycles, a pink and white 2006 Suzuki GSXR 600, quickly fell back behind the truck to join the green off-terrain vehicle.
High above in the blue sky and white clouds, a helicopter was flying, following the vehicles carrying the DINGUS on the ground. Its' occupant was sending out instructions to his crew, "Send in the ground units."
WINDSWEPT P.O.V
Starlight could sense that something was wrong when all the traffic had suddenly disappeared when we were approaching a bend. She had requested to Optimus fall back with Bulkhead to keep an optic out from behind and have Bumblebee switch with her. Optimus allowed the change in order. So now it was me Bumblebee leading the way, then Optimus and Agent Fowler with the DINGUS, and Bulkhead and Starlight at the tail end.
"All good back there, Star?" I asked my friend.
"A bit better now," she replied, "I'll keep you guys posted."
To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if she was feeling a little bit of pressure. This was her first serious mission – on a technicality since the last time we got out of base properly was to greet Sunburst, Aquastrike and Wheeljack. But still, this was the first time she was properly out on the field and of all missions, it was a transport one. She probably didn't want to lead in case something happened that she couldn't control.
I understood how she was feeling, I was like that when I first arrived on Earth and quickly jumped into a scouting mission with Bulkhead. I was freaking out that day, scared that a human would appear as we were travelling around in our normal Cybertronian selves. I hadn't even acquired a vehicle form at the time! But thankfully, all ended accordingly and successfully. After that, I kind of settled in a bit of rhythm when it came to any kind of mission. So I was hoping that after this mission, Starlight would soon relax and quickly find a rhythm to help her deal with whatever was next.
"You know, you're saving my bacon here, Prime," I heard Agent Fowler remark over the radio when our silence was becoming too much.
"I am proud to be of service," Optimus answered humbly.
"'Course, not like I'd needed your help if you and the 'Cons kept the war in your own corner of the galaxy."
What was he saying? Was he saying that if we stayed on Cybertron then the world wouldn't have to deal with us? Or was he saying that no such evil of any kind existed on Earth before we turned up?
I jumped into the conversation before I could stop myself, "Fowler, you better not be saying that no evil existed on this planet before we turned up."
"Oh... welllllll," Agent Fowler stuttered at the question, "Different evil."
Different evil? ... Different how? And what's with the stuttering?
"How about some radio?" Fowler instantly suggested like he was changing the subject "Prime seem's like a Nashville sounding kind of guy."
I went to question what he meant by a 'different evil', but the sounds of a low flying helicopter appeared in my audio receptors. And I was pretty confident that I wasn't the only one who heard them. I spotted Agent Fowler looking through Optimus rear-view mirror through my own. I flicked my mirrors up and, sure enough, there was an army green helicopter flying close to us.
"That's the one!" Agent Fowler immediately shouted. He didn't even need the comms to tell us! "The 'Con who shot me down! Who is he? Wingnut? Dingbat? Skyguy?"
Although they were some pretty interesting names to call Cybertronians, I'm afraid I've never heard any Decepticons named Wingnut or Dingbat or Skyguy in all my life.
"We have a problem," Starlight sing-songed over the comms.
"Watch your rear-views," Bulkhead warned in a similar tone.
With no traffic heading our way on the other side of the road, I pulled over to that side to see what they were talking about. Three green vehicles with one thick black strip going over their roofs were tailing them. They quickly proceeded to crowd around Bulkhead and Starlight, boxing them in.
Well scrap...
"I'm feeling a little constricted without the use of my fists here, boss," Bulkhead complained.
"Remain in vehicular mode unless absolutely necessary."
One of the vehicles managed to get ahead of Bulkhead and immediately began catching onto the back of Optimus' trailer. I was pulling back in when Fowler started gasping.
"A whole team of 'Cons!"
NO ONE P.O.V
At the words that the Decepticons were coming, the Cybertronians and humans were quickly looking at the monitors, expecting to see the five blue Autobot signals being crowded around the purple Decepticon signals.
Sunburst and Aquastrike exchanged a look of concerned. All they saw were the five blue dots.
"Agent Fowler, I don't mean to question your judgement, but that doesn't sound right," Sunburst warned.
"We're not picking up anything!" Ratchet observed, placing his hands on his hips as he tried to figure out what was happening, "They must be utilising a cloaking technology."
Flying high above in the helicopter, the aircraft watched as his team, scattered within the five green and black-striped cars, crowed around the darker green off-terrain vehicle and the pink and white motorcycle with ease. They were nearing their target ahead of them in the form of a red and blue semi with the trailer carrying the device they were looking for ahead.
WINDSWEPT P.O.V
I looked through my mirror at the sound of another vehicle approaching. One of those green and black-striped vehicles that had boxed in Bulkhead and Starlight was pulling over in front of Bumblebee and I, slowing us down suddenly. I had to swerve out of the way to not make any contact with him as my speed was too fast with his.
Panic coursed through me immediately. I couldn't see anything ahead of me except for the vehicle that had raced into my view. It felt like I had no room around me with Bumblebee and Optimus behind and this idiot ahead of me. I pulled out from the train we were running in, trying to get clear space. But the idiot quickly followed and blocked me. I ducked back in front of Bumblebee, but the vehicle copied me again. I could tell he was trying to agitate me.
It was certainly working. If I didn't regain control of myself soon, I was gonna do something terribly stupid to get rid this guy!
"Optimus..." I warned, but my warning come out sounding like a cry for help.
"Remain calm, Windswept," He replied gently, attempting to calm me.
It's gonna a lot more than that to settle me down right now.
One of the vehicles raced up on the opposite side of the road behind me, pulling up beside Optimus. Through my mirror, I watched Fowler look out his window to see the vehicle. A human popped out from its' roof, holding up a gun at the Agent...
A human!
Humans were coming to attack us!
Are you serious?!
"Pull over!" I heard the guy instruct in a yell.
"Well, I'll be dipped!"
NO ONE'S P.O.V
"Our assailants are not Decepticons. They are human."
"Human?" Jack, Raf, Carly and Ratchet gasped at the new information.
"Oh please," Miko scoffed, "Taking on our bots? They're road-kill!"
Aquastrike was in total surprise. Not every single in the human on the planet were as nice as Jack, Carly, Miko or Raf? Or sort of nice like Agent Fowler?
The aqua blue femme looked down at the humans on the platforms, leaning against the railing, "I thought all you 'umans were kind-sparked 'nd cool like you guys?"
Carly sighed, using the railing to push herself forward to face one of the recent recruits, "We all have our bad sides..."
In the helicopter, a man with grey hair in a black protective suit watched his men in the green and black cars on the road. They had done the first part of their job well. The first being to gather round the five vehicles who were transporting something he needed via.
Beside him, a man wearing a similar protective suit with the addition of a face mask and goggles continued to fly the helicopter while the man beside him starred coldly at the road.
"Gentlemen. Stop their engines."
WINDSWEPT P.O.V
I gave up trying to get around this vehicle in front of me and and looked through my mirror as the man standing out of the green and black-striped car beside Optimus pointed his weapon at Agent Fowler.
I didn't like our Agent too much, but not enough to watch someone kill him!
I think Optimus thought the same thing. He rammed into the vehicle suddenly, unsettling it and the man sticking out the roof. The man fired a shot accidentally to the ground close to my leader. He used the grey smoke and orange flame to his advantage, speeding away from the vehicle.
"Who are these guys?" Agent Fowler questioned
"Autobots, maintain your cover," Optimus instructed on the main comm-link, "And apply minimal force. Disarmament only."
I switched lanes again in an attempt to get some clear air and to get rid of this choking feeling that had started to appear over the last few minutes, but the vehicle ahead, as I expected him to, drove in front of me again as if I was going to try to overtake him. Bumblebee appeared at my side to try and confuse the car. It pulled onto the middle of the road, driving over the center line to keep both of us behind him.
Maybe if Bumblebee could continue driving beside me, we could try to distract the vehicle long enough to pull him onto my side of the road. Then Bumblebee could take him out.
"Bee, you on the line?"
"Gotcha 'Swept! What's the plan?"
"I need you to pull back and let me back in line. Then you pull up beside me while I try to distracting the car just enough to pull him my way. You get alongside of him and shove him out into the dirt!" I explained my plan, "That should make him slip behind us so we can regain control of this convoy."
Bumblebee was quickly to answer my suggestion, "Let's do it!" His eagerness shone through his whirrs and beeps.
He slowed down as per my request, allowing me in. The car followed to continue to block my line of sight. 'Bee quickly drove alongside me and, as we expected, the vehicle reacted and drove back to the middle of the road. I slowly pulled towards the edge of the road where the pavement met the dirt, catching up to the guy. He pulled my way, just like I hoped, attempting to block me from getting any overlap on him. The distraction was enough for Bumblebee to slip up beside him on the other side. I pulled back just in time for him to knock the vehicle into the dirt.
"YES!" We cheered. That, ladies and gentlebots, is teamwork!
The vehicle reappeared in my vision. He managed to get back on the road beside Optimus and slowly began creeping up alongside him.
"Bumblebee!" I warned the mech.
My teammate suddenly slowed down ahead of the guy, bumping him backwards. But it wasn't long before that car reappeared again. He just won't quit will he?! 'Bee quickly bashed into the side of him, making him fall back and this time, the car didn't reappear. I looked through my mirror, seeing Bulkhead, Starlight and all those other cars scattering like that car had crashed and they were serving to avoid it.
Yes! One down!
Bumblebee and I shared the lead of the convoy as we began navigating the twists and turns ahead of us.
NO ONE P.O.V
The grey-haired man watched his four remaining black and green-striped vehicles continue their following of the five vehicles ahead. Having lost ground on the convoy his lead vehicle was knocked off course, flipping multiple times, the four vehicles just laid back slightly, waiting to plan a new way of getting to the device.
The man in the passenger side of the helicopter had seen the way his lead car had crashed, how his men were tricked. He knew that something wasn't right. The way the moves were made by the vehicles who had taken his men out in order to them crash..
His suspicions were becoming to come true. Looking on the monitor showing his team and the vehicles, he knew that their signals were ones he had never seen before.
"Those are not civilian drivers!"
WINDSWEPT P.O.V
We had to tug the corners of the road tightly to avoid skidding out. Its' weird how this planet's roads were set out, curving back and forwards up this hill... Optimus was the one trying the hardest out of all of us to get round the bends with the trailer latched on holding him back to some extent.
"I could use some air."
Looking through my mirrors, I could see Fowler looking ill from the quick turns Optimus was forced to pull. He threw his head out the open window and resting his chin on the ledge. I think he was getting some air to help him feel better.
Screeching tires suddenly filled my audios. I flicked my mirrors to the side to see one of those green and black-striped vehicles pulling up near where our leader's truck form and trailer were connected. A human appeared on top of the roof with something in his hand before disappearing into the small gap.
"Optimus, you have another human on board!" Starlight suddenly warned.
"Prime! BARE RIGHT!" Fowler instructed so loudly, I could hear him without the use of the comms.
Optimus did as he was told, making slight contact with the approaching vehicle before hitting him even harder. That sent the vehicle over the edge of the cliff, disappearing down the banking.
Three to go.
I spotted the human that had jumped into the gap between Optimus and the trailer barely hanging on to my leader's truck form. He managed to pull himself back in to continue his work.
Agent Fowler suddenly opened the driver's side door, hopping out and scaling along the side of our leader's semi truck form. He jumped into the gap between Optimus and his trailer. I watched with baited breath, waiting for any kind of movement to happen. Suddenly, Fowler reappeared with the man, holding him into the open air where he could easily be collected by anything we were passing by. His weapon flew out of his grasp.
Fowler's voice was loud enough for me to hear, "You gonna tell me everything I want to kno-"
A tree we drove past at rapid speed collected the human, knocking him out of Fowler's grasp before he could finish what he was saying. Defeated by the chance he had, Agent Fowler scaled back into Optimus' cabin, opening the door and getting back into the truck.
"I do hope you take better care of the DINGUS then then you do of your captives."
A helicopter sound forced my mirrors up. The air vehicle was flying lowly over Optimus' trailer. Maybe whoever's in that aircraft was the guy sending all these men in vehicles to come and attack us.
"Special Agent William Fowler here. Identify yourself."
But why?
"I am Silas. But of greater consequence to you, we are MECH," Silas introduced himself and his team of men toFowler, "Fair warning, we will be helping ourselves to your device. Even if it means inflicting casualties."
The DINGUS! Of course!
Why did they want the DINGUS, though? What so important about it that made them shoot Fowler out of the sky in an attempt to grab it?
"Is that so? Tell me, Si. Tell me what the market price is for DINGUS these days?" Fowler questioned.
Was this 'Silas' guy going to sell the DINGUS to make money? Would've thought he had enough since he so many men in these custom-made cars chasing after us.
"What makes you think we intend to sell it, Agent Fowler?"
...He wasn't going to sell it?
"There's a war brewing; between the new world order and the newest. The victor will be the side armed with the most innovative technology."
I heard loud gun shots behind me before the sound of explosions came through my audio receptors. Pointing my mirrors around, I could only see the normal sights that I had seen nearly the entire road trip; Bumblebee, Optimus with Fowler still inside the cab... The only new sight I saw was orange flames and grey smoke fading up from the back of Optimus' trailer.
Scrap!
NO ONE'S P.O.V
The trailer door slowly slid open from the bottom up, revealing the DINGUS to the man appearing from the roof of the vehicle he was travelling in, weapon in hand. He had just shot three bombs, landing them on the bars that kept the trailer shut. With a simple press of a button on his gun, the bomb had explodied, destroying the bars and allowing the door to open.
Looking through the rear-view mirror inside Optimus' cab, Agent Fowler caught sight of the man climbing out from the car and make his way to the trailer ahead of him.
"So, Si, you think MECH has the most radical tech?" The dark-skinned agent asked tormentingly.
As the man prepared himself to take the leap towards the trailer, the revving sound of a motorcycle caught his attention. A blue motorcycle, unknown to him as an Autobot known as Arcee, leaped. With her holoform named Sadie activated, she landed on the vehicle and the man sticking out it.
The force bounced the car onto its' roof before flipping. As Arcee sped up to avoid the car's flips, another one of MECH's vehicles collided with the flipping vehicle, unable to slow down in time to avoid it. The car flew through the air before landing on its' roof, exploding in a huge orange and grey fireball. Starlight and Bulkhead were forced to the edge of the road to avoid the explosions, the latter dropping two of his wheels on the dirt.
Flying above, Silas and his pilot continued watching the vehicles that were guarding the DINGUS. They were in disbelief. For them to drive around like that AND to come off without a scratch! The humans knew their enemies weren't human. Not one single bit of them were.
"Definitely not civilian drivers," the pilot remarked as he navigated the helicopter away from the black smoke rising from the explosion.
Smirking at what he had just watched through the rear-view mirror, Agent Fowler turned back to the radio in his hand, "Later Si!"
"Agent Fowler, do not take your 'Silas' lightly," Optimus warned his passenger, "Megatron preached the very same ideology before plunging Cybertron into the Great War that destroyed our world."
"Optimus," Ratchet began through the comm-link, "Prepare to initiate phase two. Five miles ahead to the south, you will reach the rendezvous point."
Flying high above in the blue sky and white clouds was the Decepticon Warship. It seemed as if that the Decepticons weren't doing much this time around. No one was flying around searching for Autobot activity, there were no miners mining for Energon in any mines and there were no troubles anywhere that Soundwave had to report to his Lord and Lady of the Decepticons
"Five miles ahead to the south, you will reach the rendezvous point."
Maybe the trouble was just beginning.
"So, the Autobots are outside the confines of their base. And sound otherwise engaged," Slipstream hummed at the new information.
"Which means they will never see us coming," Starscream nodded in agreement. He turned around, finding the Vehicons waiting for their leader's command, "Find them and scrap them!"
"Yes, Lord Starscream."
Slipstream and Starscream exchanged a look. With their enemies otherwise busy doing whatever the 'good' Autobots do to help and protect their planet, the advantage of surprise was right on their side.
WINDSWEPT P.O.V
After we had gotten rid of most of the vehicles that were following us under 'Silas' watchful eye of flying around the helicopter, we continued along the road, letting direct us while keeping an optic out on the rendezvous point Ratchet had and I were leading Optimus and Agent Fowler with Bulkhead, Starlight and Arcee at the back keeping the green and black-stripped vehicles behind us at bay. Arcee had leaped out to attack when the men working for the man in the helicopter began attacking my leader's trailer.
Yeah, that was their mistake.
As we twisted through the turns and bends of the road, a train began racing beside us. As we approached two tunnels, one for us on the road and one for the train below, Agent Fowler quickly pointed out the approaching drive-through caves.
"There's the destination point."
"Autobots, keep a tight formation," Optimus instructed.
We began initiating phase two of the mission when I swerved as close to the left as I could. I swerved back to the right and leaped up over the protective railing separating us from the train tracks below. I could see Arcee and Starlight doing the same thing in my mirror. We landed on the ground beside the train while Bumblebee, Optimus with Fowler and the DINGUS, and Bulkhead followed in between us when they were able to slide down the small cliff between the road and the train tracks. We quickly approached the train tunnel before us.
As we had first suspected, the green and black-striped vehicles followed us, probably intent on following us in - good luck with that. Once we had driven in a few hundred feet in, I saw Bulkhead transform, briefly active his blasters to shoot the tunnel entrance behind us and transform back into his vehicle form. The tunnel entrance collapsed just in front of the green and black-striped vehicles, stopping them from following us.
Bumblebee and I fell back to drive behind Optimus as we began the next part of phase two. 'Bee transformed and began racing beside the train, leaping onto one of the carriages the train was carrying and knocking on the door to the crate.
The door slid open, revealing a dark-skinned man in green army gear. He looked up at Bumblebee, who greeted him with a friendly wave. Optimus' trailer came apart, revealing Arcee and Starlight with the DINGUS in their servos. They lifted up the device to the now transformed Bulkhead, who passed it one-handedly to Bumblebee. He grabbed the DINGUS off Bulkhead's servo and placed it gently into the carriage with the army man.
"The DINGUS is secure, Optimus."
Now, I may had just sat there and did nothing. But I did something important. I monitored the progress and made sure none of the team made any errors in completing this important task. Then I radioed Optimus to give him the good news, having been too focused on the train and the road to keep an optic out behind him.
If Silas thought any less of us before, then he may have to think again when he realises too late where the DINGUS is.
NO ONE P.O.V
"Tactical error," Silas noted in disbelief when his enemies carrying the DINGUS destroyed the tunnel's entrance, "Only one way out."
Flying over the rock formation to the other side of the tunnel, Silas watched the train reappear with the non-human vehicles. The vehicles almost immediately turned left, driving up the cliff and back onto the road beside the train tracks.
If only he realised how smart his enemies were.
Before they could begin to fly downwards, an unfamiliar jet flew into view on his left. Another one appeared on his right. Then one popped up in front of him. And then there were three more flying behind him! Silas looked in disbelief, taking in their purple and black body shapes. He had never seen any of them before.
Maybe they were linked to his enemies below.
WINDSWEPT P.O.V
Now safely back on the road and away from those nasty green and black-stripped vehicles I knew would probably haunt me in my dreams tonight, we continued our journey with the train racing beside us.
The sound of jets flying at rapid speeds started to roar in my audios. I flicked my mirror up, finding six jets flying past the helicopter at alarming speeds.
"Air support? Ours or theirs?"
"Optimus, you've got company," Ratchet warned over the commlink from base.
So if Ratchet could pick up the jets' signals and not Silas', then that could only mean one thing...
The Decepticons were here to spoil our road trip.
The jets lined up in formation high above, immediately firing missiles. They flew out of formation as their shots began their descent on us.
NO ONE'S P.O.V
Silas was in more disbelief, watching the missiles shot from the purple and black jets head towards the three motorcycles, the off-terrain vehicle, the Urbana 500 and the truck and trailer carrying the Agent in known as William Fowler travelling below them.
"Military fire on one of their own?!"
Maybe his newfound enemies had enemies of their own...
They watched the missiles travel in all different directions towards the vehicles. As they skidded around in an attempt to avoid the projectiles, the trailer, already loose because of their men's work, broke off the truck semi. And without the semi, the trailer couldn't go anywhere
"Sir, the DINGUS!" The pilot yelled.
With the trailer just resting in its' spot, the missiles found an easy target, hitting the still trailer and exploding in orange flames and black smoke.
Silas and the pilot watched as their only hope of being able to stay ahead of the technology exploded before their eyes. But then, the pilot noticed something about the explosion. Something that was very vital within the DINGUS.
"Sir, I'm not reading any radiation. The DINGUS didn't meltdown."
Silas nodded, searching for the whereabouts of his enemies,"No. It did not."
WINDSWEPT P.O.V
The six of us drove to a clearing in the forest, escaping the Decepticon missiles that had threatened to hit us. We all managed to miss the projectiles, but we lost Optimus' trailer in the process. The DINGUS was safe elsewhere. No matter.
The Decepticons behind us were the matter now.
We skidded to a stop at the edge of the plateau, spinning around just in time to see our Decepticon enemies land, ready to do battle.
"Agent Fowler, I'm afraid that if you and we are to survive, it has become absolutely necessary to drop our cover."
At the announcement, Optimus began transforming, and, one by one, we followed suit. I briefly glanced over at Fowler, who looked a bit unwell in Optimus' servo after our leader transformed with him in the cabin. We looked at the Decepticons, standing immediately into a defensive position in front of our leader and our Agent.
NO ONE'S P.O.V
Flying over the plateau was Silas and his pilot in the helicopter. They couldn't believe the sight before them. Two groups of robots were standing and facing each other as if they were going to do battle. Robots. Robots! He had heard the rumours, he heard whispers through the grapevine about the stories of people having seen robots larger than themselves fighting one another. He heard all the tales.
But he didn't think of them to be true!
And now, he was starring down at them, the proof clear in his vision.
"So the rumours are true. Living technology stands before us. Though perhaps not for very long."
WINDSWEPT P.O.V
Optimus lifted Agent Fowler onto a rock ledge higher than himself, making sure that our Agent was safe from harm before we began our fight.
"Remain here."
"Will do," Fowler nodded without argument.
Bulkhead looked excited at the sight of the Decepticon drones, walking up slowly with us trailing behind him, "After a long road trip, it feels good to get out of the car, stretch my legs and kick some tailpipe." He punched his fists together to prove his point.
Activating his wrecking ball weapon, Bulkhead charged ahead, leading us quickly to the upcoming battle between us and the Decepticons. Seeing us coming towards them, the Decepticon drones quickly began charging towards us.
While everyone else just went straight in for the kill, Optimus punching a Vehicon, Bulkhead knocking down another with his activated weapon, Bumblebee and Arcee using melee combat and Starlight swinging her knives, I was just blasting shots to a 'Con who was afraid to take a step near me.
So, you've heard of me, huh? I hope Slipstream tells good stories of me on the Warship.
NO ONE'S P.O.V
Silas watched the battle below with his arms crossed. He was seriously watching robots fighting robots, watching every move they pulled, watching how they reacted when one of their enemies got a hit of them, watching how easily they were defeating their enemies.
But the pilot beside him wasn't too concerned about the fact that down below, living technology were battling each other. He was more concerned about the reason why they were trailing their enemies in the first place, "Sir, if the DINGUS wasn't in the truck.."
"Yes, that," Silas immediately cut off his pilot, looking over at him. He reached down to the radio, pressing a button to contact the man he had spoken to during the trip, "Special Agent Fowler, you lead a charmed life walking among titans."
At the sound of his new enemy radioing to him, Agent Fowler uncrossed his arms and reached for the radio on his side. He brought it up to his face, looking up at the helicopter circling the scene, "Come on down. I'll introduce you."
"In good time," Silas declined the offer, looking down at his monitor where he was following a purple dot that had lit up on the screen, "But right now, I'm too busy wondering how the DINGUS might have vanished into thin air. Without a trace."
That was when Agent Fowler recalled what occurred in the train tunnel when Bulkhead had closed off the entrance behind them. When Starlight and Arcee passed the DINGUS to Bulkhead. When Bumblebee placed the DINGUS carefully and safely into the train without a hitch.
Without Silas' knowledge.
So if he was radioing in about the DINGUS' whereabouts now, did that mean...?
"Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a train to catch."
Agent Fowler raised his eyebrows in disbelief. Silas knew? How in Sam's Shorts did he know? Hearing the helicopter close by, the Agent looked over his shoulder as the green aircraft blended into the trees, disappearing out of his line of sight.
WINDSWEPT P.O.V
"PRIME!"
I nearly missed the Decepticon I was punching in the face when Agent Fowler's voice came over the main comm-link. I was surprised that Optimus had left the line open, but considering what's occurred over the last few moments, I really wasn't that surprised to be honest.
"Silas got wise to phase two!"
What?! But how?! We were under cover with that tunnel. Surely Silas couldn't have been able to penetrate the tunnel's walls and manage to tra-
Unless the DINGUS has a signal so strong, Silas was able to track it.
Oh fragging scrap!
"I understand!" Optimus responded.
But then something happened. I don't know why, or how, or what, but the next thing I knew, I could hear Agent Fowler yelling desperately to the radio that was connected up the main line.
"PRIME! Do you read me? PRIME!"
What happened to Optimus?!
Now with only the five of us left to fight the Vehicons, whom, might I add, have suddenly decided that they weren't going to fall down without a fight today, the 'COns began charging towards us. We leaped into position, Arcee and Starlight leaping away from Bulkhead and Bumblebee. I stood in the middle of the boys, ready to continue this fight.
NO ONE'S P.O.V
It wasn't long before Autobot base realised that something was wrong. There were only five Autobot signals leaping around on the monitor while they fought the Decepticon signals. Immediately, Ratchet had gone to work to figure out what one of the signals was missing, the revelation popping up on the small computer screens in front the humans.
"Optimus is down!" Miko cried.
Carly gripped the back of her younger brother's chair in panic, "And if we don't do something, MECH's gonna grab the DINGUS!"
"We need to think of something quick!" Jack decided, taking the girl's advice.
"You mean like a phase three?" Raf suggested, looking up at the older boy.
"Okay. Come on, think!" The eldest human yelled to himself, "Alright. If MECH wants the DINGUS, they have to get on that train."
"What if we get on first?" The girl punched the air in front of her, "You know, run some human-on-human interference?!"
Sunburst knew right away that Miko's suggestion was a bad one. She wanted herself, Jack, Carly and Raf to leap onto a MOVING vehicle via the Groundbridge?! Was this girl serious?! Doing that could bring harm or worse to the humans! And that wouldn't sit well with their guardians. Over the weeks that he had been at Autobot base, he had seen how close each of the humans were with their Autobot friends and how much they cared about the other's well-being. If he, Aquastrike and Ratchet allowed the humans to go on that train and not come back in one piece, the Autobots would have each of their sparks on a silver platter!
"Absolutely not! Your guardians out there would have our sparks if you guys went on that train and not come home yourselves!"
Aquastrike visibly shuddered beside Sunburst. She was not going to allow the humans that opportunity to go out there and get themselves killed. She didn't want to let the team down only a fortnight after arriving to Earth. No way in Kaon was she going to allow that to happen!
Jack immediately nodded in agreement of the yellow Autobot, "Yeah. That would be suicide." He narrowed his eyes at the Japanese exchange student with disbelief.
"Hello! The United States of Meltdown! Lives are at stake!"
"Yeah, yours!" Aquastrike yelled at the girl.
"I hate to say this, and Miko's never gonna let me down for this-" When said girl smiled in glee, knowing what her friend was going to say, Carly looked back at Jack and Ratchet, "But Miko's right! Lives are on the line! Our friend's lives!"
"You want me to not only bridge you into a confined space, but one travelling at 90 miles per hour?" Ratchet immediately joined the argument, looking at the girls in disbelief, "I can't even count the number of ways that could go wrong! Mass displacement trauma! Twisted limbs! Metal burn!"
The medic instantly earned himself weird and worried looks from the four humans the moment the words left his mouth. That's when he realised that the last one wouldn't affect the humans.
"Maybe not the last one," Sunburst shrugged carefully, patting the medic on the shoulder.
"Regardless, it is nearly impossible to fix Groundbridge coordinates on something moving at that speed!" Ratchet argued.
Raf was quickly typing commands on the keyboard. He knew that his sister and her best friend were right. They had to get on that train. All he was doing was just trying to find something to help the verbal war between Carly and Miko and Jack, Ratchet, Aquastrike and Sunburst be settled with. Soon he quickly found something that could help back up Carly and Miko's side of the argument, "Would it help if we had access to the train's coordinates?"
The team looked up at the monitor ahead. The five blue Autobot signals shone brightly in one corner of the monitor. But that wasn't what Raf was meaning. His talking was about the flashing yellow signal heading down a line going diagonally across the screen - it was the train the Autobots had placed the DINGUS in.
Ratchet raised an eyebrow and hummed, "Well…."
Carly smirked, rubbing her brother's hair fondly, "That's my brother."
The green army soldier stood inside the carriage, guarding the DINGUS that he was provided with by his boss Agent Fowler and the Autonomous Robotic Organisms he worked with. He needed to make sure the device was safely transported to not let his boss down. He liked his job and wasn't going to allow anyone to take it off him.
If only he could see what was going on above him.
Outside the train, a familiar navy green helicopter began nearing the speeding vehicle. Glancing down at the train briefly, Silas looked at his pilot, "Immobilize them."
The pilot did what he was told, firing a shot from his weapon down to the train. The bullet targeted the front of the train, latching onto the front of rapidly moving vehicle. Electricity suddenly cackled from the bullet, spreading around the train. This was no ordinary shot that was fired. It was an immobilising bullet. A bullet that was quickly doing it's job.
The electricity sparked along the floor, quickly getting into the guarding soldier's nervous systems and knocking him unconscious onto the floor. With that job taken care of, the helicopter outside began it's descent downwards...
A blue and green portal suddenly appeared in thin air. Immediately jumping through it were two humans; a pair of sixteen year old school children. One with raven-black hair and one with light-brown hair.
Jack held up his phone, confirming the success of the first part of the plan when the portal closed, "We're in."
"I read you, Jack. The cell phone com-link patch works!" Raf cheered with confirmation.
Looking over at the train carriage door, Carly exchanged a knowing look with Jack. The two wandered over and, with a combination of both their strengths, managed to slide the door open. The two peeked out of it, looking up at the fast approaching army green helicopter.
"Raf, MECH's landing on top of the train," Jack warned.
At the news, Raf quickly went to work on his laptop with Miko looking over his shoulder, watching the train's signal move rapidly towards a fork in the tracks, splitting into two different directions.
"In about 20 seconds, you're gonna come up to a fork," Raf warned, looking up at the monitor, "Brace yourselves!"
As the helicopter above edged lower and lower, the fork in the tracks that Raf had warned about was coming closer and closer. Carly and Jack watched the aircraft gently kiss the top of the carriage they were in, preparing to land. After more typing from Raf back in the safety of Autobot base, he was able to hack into the commands and make the train change its' course, turning it to the right suddenly.
Sparks flying, the bottom of the helicopter scraped the top of the train at the sudden turn, losing control quickly and nearly flying into the rock formations surrounding them. But it obviously wasn't the first time someone has tried to outsmart this pilot, using his flying skills to good use and being able to regain control of the aircraft before the collision.
Silas spun around to his pilot with a stunned and frustrated expression, "What happened?"
"Hacker," the pilot answered simply. Looking at his keypad, he pressed a button before turning back to his boss, "Former hacker."
The tracking map of the train on the monitor and the laptop suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by a bomb with an orange background. The bomb's fuse was lit, and was slowly ticking down above the crossed bones...
"What the?" Miko looked up in confusion.
"What?" That was all Raf got to say before the bomb exploded on the screens. His laptop sparked with electricity, smoke rising from the keyboard. The humans yelped at the sudden and small explosion, "Woah!"
"And what have I been saying all along about earth technology?" Ratchet asked smartly.
Sunburst smacked his hand against his forehead, "We have bigger things to worry about Ratchet!"
The helicopter flew back towards the train carriage for a second attempt, this time landing successfully without the interruption of any hackers. Seeing the helicopter land, Jack and Carly looked back into the train just in time to find orange sparks falling from the roof. It was being cut open.
The helicopter landed on top of the train carriage once again. The pair looked up where they saw a cackling, sparking laser cutting the roof open to allow access to MECH.
"So what'd that buy us? Ten seconds!?" Jack guessed nervously with a glance at his friend.
The girl let out a panicked sigh, "Come on Raf, what's going on over there?"
WINDSWEPT P.O.V
I swung my leg around just in time to knock down a 'Con who decided today he was not going to give up unlike his predessors have done. With him down, I looked at my teammates
Bulkhead threw three Decepticons off of him with a warrior cry. Two of them quickly came charging back, forcing Arcee and Starlight to shoot them down. But Arcee only managed to get one shot to hit one of them, Starlight barely missing the second one and having to raise her knife to charge towards it. Bumblebee began another attack one more 'Cons
I briefly glanced at Agent Fowler before going in to help my team, who was looking around like he was searching for someone.
Wait! Where's Optimus?!
NO ONE'S P.O.V
After taking a moment to catch his energy, Optimus lifted his head off the rock cliff, groaning and trying to remember what had happened before he had been hit in the head by a Decepticon carrying a log. Looking up, his optics immediately caught sight of the train that was carrying the DINGUS they had been transporting most of the day.
But when he spotted something on the vehicle, he quickly zoomed in his optics to try to figure out what it was. It was a helicopter. The same one that had Silas in it, who Agent Fowler spoke to when discussing the DINGUS. The Prime sat up, his optics widening in realisation.
Silas knew where the DINGUS was. And he was going after it.
Jack and Carly watched as the hole that was being made in the roof was nearing completion, the sparks flying from where the drill above was nearing one of the lines that had already been drilled.
The girl looked behind her and immediately found a weapon that could help her - an axe. She picked it off its' hooks, turned and readyed herself to face whoever was going to appear through the roof. Jack looked at her, noticing the axe and nearly gave himself a heart attack in fright.
This girl just kept surprising him every single day.
Spotting a familiar weapon, Jack grabbed the fire extinguisher resting on the hooks beside him, also preparing himself to attack.
The Pentagon-shaped drilled piece of the roof fell to the ground, revealing three black-suited men with goggles looking down at the two teenagers.
"Come at us, boys! I dare ya!" Carly challenged, swinging the axe back and forth like she knew how to wield such a weapon.
Jack had to dodge one of the swings before holding up his fire extinguisher, "What she said!"
Meanwhile, in the landed helicopter, Silas and the pilot watched their men stand in front of the hole that they had created. But something quickly grabbed the pilot's eye, quickly warning his boss, "Sir!"
Silas looked out his window, spotting the familiar red, blue and tall robot he had seen transform out of his truck semi form to fight purple and black robots racing along the ledge of the rock formation behind them. He transformed back into his familiar truck semi, immediately gaining speed on the train.
Silas knew that this time, he wasn't going to get away with the DINGUS for what was the third attempt of stealing it. He instantly looked back to his pilot, pointing upwards, "Retreat!"
The men followed the order, rushing back into the helicopter before it took off, flying out of the eyes of Jack and Carly. They looked up in confusion. What was going on?
Dropping their weapons, the pair peeked around the corner of the open carriage towards the front of the train. Carly looped her arms around the boys, "Whoa... You're pretty fierce."
Jack looked at her, unable to answer, only letting his cheeks warm up at compliment.
But just because the battle was nearly over, it didn't mean that anything else was.
"First rule of combat: never leave the enemy with the spoils," Silas remarked, lifting up a weapon of his own. Leaning out the window of the aircraft, Silas aimed his weapon and when he was ready, he fired.
The missile whizzed past the train, destroying the tracks the train was rapidly approaching. Seeing smoke float up into view, Jack and Carly gasped in fright, the latter leaning her head against the boys shoulder. The two glanced at the helicopter disappearing into the distance.
"Ratchet, MECH has blown the train tracks!" Jack yelled into his phone, "You need to bridge us out of here! The soldiers too!"
Back at Autobot Outpost Omega One, Raf was desperately trying to fix up his laptop to help his friends, the leftovers of the exploding bomb that had made the team lose the train's co-ordinates still flashing reds and yellows and whites in the background.
"We've lost access to the train data!" Ratchet announced to them, "I can't bridge you back without coordinates!"
Jack and Carly exchanged a look in panic, the latter's grip on the boys arm tightening.
Meanwhile, the red and blue truck semi form continued racing after the train when his old friend and medic commed him, "Optimus! Jack and Carly are on that train and MECH has blown the train tracks!"
"I'm on my way!" Optimus immediately responded, instantly picking up speed to reach the train to save his young friends, "Maximum overdrive!"
Carly looked at the ground flashing past her, eyeing it up carefully before sparing a look at Jack, "Maybe we should jump?!"
"At 90 miles an hour?" He exclaimed in disbelief.
"Impact or meltdown!" Carly screamed at him, "Make your choice!"
Jack sighed in frustration, "What were we thinking volunteering for this?"
"Well maybe next time instead of just letting the argument go, continue fighting against us!" Carly yelled at him, shying away from him slightly, "You're good at talking around people!"
"Next time," Jack sighed, looking down as if to say, 'There won't be a next time'. He allowed himself to stand there in defeat, knowing that there was no way of turning back.
"If only we were at the back of the train," Carly hummed, looking out of the carriage, "We'd get an extra few seconds if we were!"
"Carly." The brown-haired girl looked down at her wrist, watching Jack's hand wrap around her lower arm comfortingly. She looked up at him, his dark eyes looking deeply into hers. "At least we're in this together."
Eyes softening, Carly cocked her head to the side, leaning towards him, "At least you're the one I'm stuck with."
The boy couldn't help but allow small and faint blush wash over his cheeks at Carly's comment, smiling a little at the girl despite the current situation they were.
Carly looked down at their now joined hands, surprised to find that Jack's hand had now slipped into hers. She smiled gently; she felt surprisingly happy and content. If this was going to be the last person she was going to ever be around, then Jack wasn't a bad option. Her eyes drifted to Jack's other hand, wanting to grab it with for that extra comfort. But he was still holding something.
His phone!
Snatching it off him with her free hand, Carly immediately spoke into it, "Miko, this is important! Tell Windswept that I left a small gift for her in her berthroom! Raf, I love you little bro."
Looking back out the carriage the humans saw the explosion sight get closer and closer. Each passing second was bringing them closer to their impending deaths...
That was until they saw the semi truck form of Optimus Prime whizz past them.
Smirking, Jack turn to Carly, "Don't read the will just yet!"
WINDSWEPT P.O.V
Bulkhead pounded over the last of the Decepticon drones with his other wrecking ball, sending them towards the ground. Now with the drones all destroyed, we relaxed immediately. Bulkhead slapped his hands while the rest of us deactivated our weapons.
I finally got my chance to look around for our leader properly now with no distractions racing towards me. But it was surprising to not find him in sight at all.
Where was he?
At least I wasn't the only one concerned for our leader.
"Where's Optimus?" Arcee asked
"He had a train to catch," Fowler answered, looking back over at something in the distance.
Arcee and I exchanged a shrug before I commed to base, "Windswept to base, can you give us Optimus' location please?"
"Optimus has gone to stop the train..." Sunburst trailed off over the main comm-link, "...'Swept, Jack and Carly are on that train. They went to go stop MECH, but they deactivated all the systems before they got on!"
What? Carly and Jack were on that train?! Was he serious?!
Arcee and I snapped into the comm-link, "They're WHERE?!"
NO ONE'S P.O.V
As soon as Optimus was close enough to reach the head of the speeding train, he transformed into his Cybertronian form and raced a few steps ahead. He grabbed a hold of the front cart and immediately dug his feet into the ground to slow the fast-moving train to a halt. The destroyed section of the train tracks was approaching faster and faster ahead. The Prime groaned out a warrior cry, using all of the strength that he had to stop the train from reaching the destroy section of the tracks.
Jack grabbed the edge of the doorway to the carriage tightly in an attempt to stop himself from falling over. But it was difficult when his other hand was still gripping Carly's tightly, refusing to let her go as she held onto the other edge of the doorway while the train began starting to slow to a halt.
Optimus was able to halt the train just as it was about to slip off its' tracks, his strength being enough to stop it from falling. Standing to full height, he walked down to the open carriage where Jack and Carly were waving at him, silently thanking him for saving their lives.
Looking down and realising that their hands were still joined, the pair quickly pulled their hands away from each other. Jack rubbed the back of his head with a shrug while Carly giggled, turning her head away to hide the red blush creeping onto her face.
Hearing the familiar sound of a helicopter, Optimus looked up at the aircraft that had been trailing him and his team nearly the entire mission. His eyes narrowed at the sight. This man had nearly injured and killed half his team today. What more did he want now?
"Well-played, visitor," Silas praised, processing the information that he had gained over the day, "But MECH still has home field advantage and we will find a way to level that playing field." The monitor began to do a quick scan of the red and ball robot below him, "Even if we have to open you up to see what makes you tick." Completing the scan, the helicopter flew away.
Silas' team had much to do before they would next run into their new competitors.
"Optimus, are you and the children…intact?"
Looking down at the teenagers, who were watching the retreating helicopter with interest, he nodded, "Intact, Ratchet."
"Hey!" Carly cheered, slapping Jack lightly on his arm to gain his attention.
"What the?!" Jack immediately asked, wondering why he got the slap on his limb.
The girl grinned as she held up her hand, exchanging a high-five with him. She quietly giggled to herself as Jack shook his hand in pain from the high-five, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.
"Crisis adverted. But the world we live in is a different one then previously imagined. One that has spawned its own Decepticons in human skin."
Now if only the humans were aware of the fact that the hole created by their new enemies wasn't as large as they had first thought...
I've spent all day heavily editing and rewriting this chapter. So is it a day wasted or a day well spent?
I suppose I'll find out the answer if anyone follows/favourites/reviews...
Thank you for reading.
(Last edited: 11/07/2019)