What in the pit had he been thinking?
The human had been smarter than Wheeljack had expected of her species when she took off into the forest. He had to transform back into his bi-pede form just to go after her and he still lost her! How had she outsmarted him so quickly?
Looks like having a record for running away came in handy, Terra mused to herself as the robot continued to look on the ground for her. Of course that would be the only place for him—she assumed it was a he—to search; she had climbed the closest tree when he lost sight of her a few minutes ago.
The sound of an approaching car brought her out of her thoughts and the robot looked towards the sound with a scowl.
"I don't have time for you Auto-punks!" the robot snarled. "Stay out of this!"
A yellow sports car came into view and transformed.
"What are you doing here, Wheeljack?" demanded the new robot.
"That's none of your business, Autobot."
"It is when the last time Decepticons were out in the open here and you guys kidnapped two human kids."
Terra decided that now was the best time to skedaddle while the two robots were about the fight—she knew there were going to be fists flying in less than a minute. No sooner had she gotten five feet away did fists and shots begin to fly. It didn't take her long to find her way out of the woods and also run into more trouble.
"Well, looky here!" cackled a helicopter she had failed to notice sooner. "The smart little mouse that managed to get away!"
I think I just ran into the robotic version of Bevis; I guess robots can also be dumbasses, Terra though before turning to run back into the forest—
"Looks like you're caught, kid," a missile tank taunted her as two jets came up on both sides, effectively blocking her from escaping. She examined each one of the disguised robots, not once showing fear.
"I like this kid," the red and white jet said, "she's not as much of a weakling as the other brats."
"I just know that losing my head won't help me in this," she remarked.
"Hahahaha! She's more intelligent too!" said the odd looking jet. "This will make bargaining with the Autobots all the more easy!"
Out of the corner of her eye, Terra noticed something big, red and blue charging towards them.
"I have to ask: why do you guys need six of you just to catch me?" she asked.
"Six?" the helicopter asked confused.
Honk-honk! Wham! The huge diesel truck slammed the tank and made it flip onto its side.
"Guess it was just five of you guys," she mussed loudly before the truck pulled back, and then came up to her and opened its door.
"Get in," it said, though it didn't have to tell her in the first place. She quickly jumped in and the door closed right before the truck took off.
Alexis and Sureshock were heading to the Autobot base when she heard the commotion and Optimus Prime in vehicle mode driving at high speeds. She and the Minicon kept going, knowing they needed to get to the base for safety and to not give the Decepticons any openings by getting taken hostage.
Honk-honk!
"Whoa!" she and Sureshock skidded to a halt when Optimus pulled up in front of them. "I think I had a mini-heart-attack!"
The Autobot leader opened the passenger door and said, "Hurry, Alexis! We don't have much time!"
Alexis and Sureshock climbed in and that was when they noticed the other passenger.
"Alexis!"
"Terra?! What are you doing here?"
The door closed and wasted no time in warping out of there and back into the base.
"Oh man," Terra groaned as she and the other two passengers got out of Optimus. "That did not feel pleasant at all."
Optimus transformed back into his bi-pede mode and said, "I'm sorry about that, but we had to get you three out of there as soon as possible."
"Optimus, what's going on?" asked Alexis. "I thought you guys were keeping a low profile."
"Something changed; Wheeljack went after your friend here after she left your house."
"Could someone tell me what the heck is going on?" said Terra whom was still recovering from her first warp trip. "And Alexis, what in the name of the almighty did you get yourself into this time?"
Alexis glanced at Optimus and he gave her a slight nod.
"Well, Terra, it's like this…" While Alexis explained about the Transformers and how she, Rad, Carlos, and surprisingly Fred and Billy got involved in the ongoing battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons, they led Terra to the command center where the rest of the team was waiting for them.
"Dang, Alexis," Terra said as they walked into the command center. "I knew you attracted trouble, but this tops it all! Heck, I think you even took my job of be a trouble magnet without me knowing." Everyone chuckled at that, including Alexis. "But in all seriousness: why did the Decepticons come after me now? Why try the same kidnapping scenario when it failed before?"
"I wished I had an answer for that," said Optimus, "but enough of that for the moment. Allow my men to introduce themselves."
One by one the Autobots introduced themselves: Jetfire, the Second in Command, Scavenger, Red Alert, Smokescreen, Blur, Sideswipe, and Hot Shot introduced himself as he walked in, he was the yellow transformer that distracted the Decepticon in the forest.
"I think you already met one of the Minicons," Alexis gestured to the small Transformer next to her. "This is Sureshock, my Minicon partner."
Sureshock gave a slight wave and Terra awed. "You're so cute!" They all heard the Minicon's cooling fan kick in, indicated he was blushing.
"Now that I think of it: where are the boys at?" she asked. "Aren't they part of the team too?"
"Yeah, where are they?" Hotshot looked around. "They're usually here by now…"
"Yo, amigos! What's going on?"
"There you are!" Alexis turned to the boys that just got to the command center. "Where were you?"
"Just stocking up the mini fridge," said Billy. "Why? Did something happen?"
"Well, something would've have to happen for me to be here," Terra said, drawing their attention. "Several Decepticons came after me to whatever reason and your buddies here had to extract Alexis, Sureshock, and I." The boys were understandably shocked to see her there.
"Rampage Terra?!" exclaimed Fred. He and Billy were pale as a ghost.
"Oh, stop your whimpering, you little babies! So long as you don't bully anyone, you don't have to worry about me getting on to you guys."
"Rampage?" Optimus inquired.
"Her nickname at school," Alexis explained. "Terra hates bullying, especially when it's directed at people who can't defend themselves. If it's bad enough, she goes into an unstoppable rampage until the bully learns his or her lesson."
"That's an exaggeration and you know it, Alexis," remarked Terra. "I've only gone on a rampage once, and that was because five high schoolers were trying to gang up on you."
"What about that football player you gave that atomic wedgie to for harassing one of the cheerleaders?" asked Rad.
"Or that creepy pervert that tried to grope one of the girls on the last field trip?" chimed in Carlos. "I thought you had castrated the guy with how hard you kicked him."
"What about the local bike gang that tried to turn the football field into a race track after school?" asked Fred.
"Alright, you made your point," said Terra as she pinched the bridge of her nose and the entire team laughed.
"Kid, you'll fit right in with the team! We're going to have a lot of fun," said a grinning Blur.
"Maybe you can teach your friends some self-defense," said Scavenger. "Would you mind to show me some human combat skills?"
"I won't mind at all, Scavenger," Terra smiled at him. "In fact, I could give you a list of martial art moves you could study."
"I would very much appreciate that."
Wheeljack was not in the best of situations at the moment.
"Well, Wheeljack, what do you have to say for yourself?" demanded Megatron. "How difficult is it to capture one, single human girl?"
"It should have been easy," commented Thrust, "but that girl proved to be more intelligent than those other brats."
"Hm?" Megatron directed his irritated gaze to his most trusted strategist. "What do you mean?"
"Well, she kept a level head and didn't scream like the other brats do," said Thrust.
"She gauged in all possible options of escape when we surrounded her, Lord Megatron," Starscream spoke. "She even noticed Prime before any of us detected him."
"It might not be worth the time and effort to capture the little escape artist and use her as a bargaining chip." That was out of character for Thrust and all present Decepticons stared at the tactician as though he grew an extra head. "What?"
"My lord," said Wheeljack and Megatron returned his attention to the former Autobot. "When I first scanned the human female, I got some strange results."
"Strange?"
"Yes, I picked up something similar to a Spark from her."
Cyclonus and Thrust busted out into insane cackling.
"Impossible!" exclaimed Thrust through his cackles. "Your sensors were probably malfunctioning." However, Megatron was deep in thought and Starscream was already going over the data pertaining to the day's events.