Hello everyone! I have returned and I am better then ever, at least I hope I am. Things have been kind of crazy, what with the joining the Army and getting to my first duty station. But here I am in Korea and hopefully I will be able to start updating all my stories and giving them the ending that everyone wants. I have missed writing for these stories and I miss the amazing reviews that you all leave me. I look forward to getting many of them for this chapter lol.
Now then, let me start by saying that this chapter has not been beta'ed. I wanted to get this out as soon as possible so please no comments about spelling or any of that nonsense. I will be sending this off to a beta in a day or so and then re posting it with all the corrections. So please enjoy this for what it is now.
As always I do not own Transforemers, even though I wish I did. Also... after the shocking ending at the end of the last chapter, I.e. Hook getting killed by Soundwave. I know that you must all be a little steamed at me... Well all I have to sat for this chapter is... please do not hate me for what I have done...
Grunting hard, Will landed on his feet. He managed to keep from sliding too much but his momentum still brought him several feet from where the other soldiers touched down. He struggled for a moment to un-clip the harness that connected him to his chute. When he was finally free of the straps Will began to get a head count of his men. He was up set to see that there was only a hand full that managed to make it down safely. What made it worse was the fact that he didn't see Epps anywhere. He pushed his feelings down for now and focused on the task at hand.
He thought back to the plane and what had happened. From what he could gather, something had hit there plane ripping the whole thing in half. If he hadn't been getting ready to jump before they where hit he was sure that he wouldn't be standing at that moment. For now, he figured, what little luck he had was holding but he had learned several times that luck would leave just as quickly as it came.
"Alright listen up!" He yelled to his men who where still trying to get there barrings. "Spread out in teams of two and three, look for anyone that may have been hurt." As his men started to search the area around them Will grabbed one of the new soldiers assigned to his team. "Morrison, get on the radio and let HQ know what has happened. After that try and get a hold of the Autobots and see how far out they are."
The soldier gave him a quick nod and a 'yes sir' before starting his task. Will took some time to watch his men work, several had already found people who had been injured by the falling pieces of the plane. They began to move them into a near by building while one called for medical help. Taking in a deep breath, Will held it trying to calm his racing heart.
"Capetian Lennox!" Morrison shouted. "Autobots are 30 minutes out!"
Will was about to respond but stopped as the heavy sound of something smashing into a building ripped through the air. Looking up Will saw several large objects falling from the sky and crash into the city. He had seen this enough to know what was happening. His thoughts where confirmed as he watched the large figure of a Decepticon rising from a destroyed building a few blocks over.
"We have contact!" One of his soldiers yelled.
"Everyone take cover!" Will shouted as several more Decepticon began to emerge from the buildings they had crashed into.
Will quickly dove into a side ally that provided a decent amount of coverage. Pushing his back to the wall the Captain brought his weapon up closer to his chest. Closing his eyes for a moment, Will took a deep breath in and let it out slowly. He did that several times trying to calm his racing heart. He found it ironic that after everything he had already been through that he was still getting scared in situations like that. He figured that no matter how many times a person goes through it they would still be scared as hell when facing down towering beings who could crush them or blow them up with ease.
"Damn Epps..." Will whispered to himself. "Where the hell are you?"
The wind that howled all around him had long ago faded to the back of his mind. Sam hardly noticed anything else other then the small screen in the corner of his vision telling him the route to his destination. Gritting his teeth Sam tried to will more power into his jets. To his slight delight he felt a small kick telling him that he had increased his speed. He looked quickly at his map and saw that even though he had put on some extra speed he was still a far way off from his destination.
"Damn it!" He thought to himself. "By the time I get there it will be too late."
Reaching as far down as he could he pushed with all his might putting every last bit that he had into giving more power to his flight. To his shock he felt the vibrations from his jets stop, and for a moment he was simply gliding through the air. Breathing heavily Sam tried everything he could think of to get his jets to turn back on. But no matter what he thought of nothing happened. His armor was still working like always but no power seemed to be going into the jets. he could feel himself falling rapidly and he could feel his heart pumping in his throat and the blood rushing to his head. Sam's panicked mind began to become clustered with images of destroyed cities and hundreds of dead humans laying in the wake of the Decepticon's attack. His mind also began to show him several images of his Autobot friends dying at the Decepticon's hands. He watched in horror as Bumblebee was tortured by Barricade and Ironhied slowly getting pulled to pieces by Starscream and his two other Seekers.
The worst of all was watching Optimus bent over in front of Megatron and The Fallen pleading for mercy. In a flash the Fallen's spear was driven though Optimus's chest, right where his spark was. The shock of seeing this filled Sam with anger and a rage he had never felt before. In an instant his mind cleared of everything except for the single drive he had to stop the events he had just seen from ever taking place. He didn't care what happened, he would not let anything like that ever happen. His new found resolve burned in his chest and seemed to kick new life into himself and his armor. All over his body plates of metal began to shift as dozens of solar panels exposed themselves to the brilliant sunlight that was shinning down on him. Power surged through his systems aiming directly at his jets. Brilliant white energy began to burst out from his every jet port he had and he jerked forward with a force he never imagined before. The air in front of him rippled and seemed to split before he even went through it.
For miles around the sound of his passing erupted like massive thunder claps and his displaced energy burst out in every direction causing power surges and massive waves of pure power to ripple out through the air.
Explosions erupted from every direction as Optimus and his convoy of Autobots rolled into the city. Instantly the Prime screeched to a halt and transformed his battle mask sliding quickly into place. His optics darted around quickly taking in the area and his sensors where searching every direction for signs of Decepticons. By the time he was finished with his initial search all the 'Bots with him had transformed and where ready to get there orders. Turning around to look at them he quickly began to give them there tasks.
"Spread out in teams of two." He ordered. Looking at Ratchet and Ironhide he said; "Start a search for Captain Lennox and his team." The two mechs nodded and quickly transformed and drove off. "Skids, Mudflap; scout ahead to the where the human's president resides. Megatron will be sure to destroy it as an example to Earth."
"We goin' to da' White House?" ssaid excited.
"Gona party it up with the Prez' after kicking some 'Con aft!" Mudflap replied giving his brother a hard shove to get him moving.
Optimus sighed as the two drove off still bumping into each other. "Bumblebee..." He said looking at the young scout. "Come with me and start sending a message to every other Autobot to get here as fast as they can."
Bumblebee chirped in acknowledgment as he and Optimus transformed and began to move through the city. The area they where in at the moment wasn't badly damaged. From what Optimus could see the damage that there was had only been done by long range shots.
"Probably just random fire from one of the Decepticons." Optimus thought.
The two Autobots drove deeper and deeper into the city and with each mile they drove they found more and more destruction. in several areas humans where running to get into a building that would give them a temporary cover from the Decepticons. Optimus knew however that no matter where they ran Megatron and the rest of the Decepticons would hunt them down.
::We must stop the Decepticons before anymore damage is done:: He sent to Bumblebee and the rest of the Autobots.
A few moments after sending out his message he received an encrypted message from there HQ.
::Massive energon reading and power output detected...::
The message also included the details of the energy readings and the size of the object that had given it out. It was small but moving faster then anything Optimus had ever seen before. From the objects course Optimus could only assume that it was heading right for them. The information bothered him, he had never heard of anything moving as fast as this thing was. No Seeker, Autobot or Decepticon, had ever flown at such speeds and no human technology was close to what this thing was showing. Optimus tried to think on what it could be and if it was friendly or enemy.
::Unknown object incoming...:: Optimus sent to every Autobot. ::Allegiance unknown::
Getting a brief confirmation from each 'Bot Optimus focused once more on the battle going on in the city.
Wisps of smoke trickled out from the end of Megatron's cannon. His grin grew more sinister as he watched the building in the distance begin to fall to the ground in a cloud of dust. He had been amusing himself for a while shooting at random buildings until they collapsed but his target practice was starting to get boring. Turning his head from side to side he watched as a few of his soldiers entertained themselves by tormenting the humans that they found. All around where the mangled remains of the insects. Some where burnt to cinders while others where torn into pieces while all through the air floated the ashes of the ones who had simply been disintegrated.
"These insects don't deserve to live." Megatron thought to himself. "I will see to it that every last one is crushed and this planet will become my new empire."
As the image of turning the planet into a new Decepticon empire began to play out in his processor a small tick had formed at the back of his mind.
"The boy..." He thought. "Where does he fit into all this..." His processor told him that the boy would only live until they had gotten the information out of his mind on how to make energon. But a part of him that he had long ago thought dead told him other wise. "There is more to the boy then just how to make energon." It whispered to him. "So much more, and The Fallen knows this."
At the thought Megatron looked back to his master. The Fallen was sitting on top of the large stone chair that had once held the statue of a human leader, whom Megatron didn't bother to look up. His spear was clutch tightly and his dark red eyes where looking around the area taking in the destruction. Megatron's spark began to pulse in his chest. An all to familiar feeling began to come to the surface. His optics narrowed as his processor started to shift with the swelling emotion.
"The boy will be mine." He thought to himself. "He will give himself to me and me alone." Megatron turned his back on The Fallen as his began to formulate a suitable course of action. "Only I will be his Master."
Diving to the ground, Will was only just able to dodge a large blast from a Decepticon who seemed to be having a lot of fun using him for target practice. Gritting his teeth against the pain of landing on his side, Will quickly rolled to avoid a pile of debry that was sent flying through the air. The sound of the Decepticon's laughter filled the air as it once more shot at the area where he was. Swearing under his breath Will pushed himself up and rushed to get to some form of cover. He found, however, that he wasn't quite fast enough that time. The shot from the 'Con landed a foot in front of him and the blast sent him flying back into the wall of a building. In the back of his mind Will was sure that he had heard something crack. He didn't know if it was something inside himself or if it was the wall he had smashed into. His guess was on the former.
Falling to the ground Will couldn't hold back the violent cough that brought a large wade of blood and grime into his mouth. Gagging on the bile for a moment, Will spat it out hard smearing it on the ground in front of him. His breathing became labored as he felt something pressing against one of his lungs.
"Damn it..." He thought to himself.
Using what little strength he had left, Will forced himself to sit up against the wall he had just crashed into. His weapon laid beyond his reach and even if he could get it he knew that he didn't have the strength to lift it. His eyes began to blur as his mind and lungs screamed for air. He was barley able to feel the tremors that announced the Decepticon's approach. Using what little strength he had left, Will managed to focus his eyes enough to see the large 'Con looming over him. Its burning red optics showing a hint of glee as it looked over Will's broken body. Lowering its arm cannon it made ready to kill the human before it.
Will forced his head up making sure to look the 'Con in the optics. He wanted to make sure that the Decepticon knew that even though it was about to kill him, he had fought against it with everything he had and that even in the face of his death he would not be weak. There eyes/optics locked onto each other and the 'Con's facial plates twitched as its cannon began to rotate and heat up. Even with his vision slipping away Will didn't blink an eye as a dull red glow began to light up the inside of the cannon.
Chunks of asphalt bounced off Ironhide's hood as he just managed to avoid another blast from from the Seeker's flying above him. His tires screeched and let out clouds of smoke as he tried to turn a corner at high speed. His momentum brought him up onto two wheels and he had to push hard to force himself back onto all four. Another explosion erupted behind him and he tried to force more speed from his still smoking tires.
He swore to himself as he heard the Seekers above him laughing in there high pitched annoying way as they continued to toy with him. He knew that he was at there mercy at the moment and he knew that they where simply toying with him. This fact more then anything made him angry. He hated being played with and he knew that if he could just find a small opening that he would make them regret not killing him already. Turning another corner, Ironhide tried to lose the Seeker's by driving down a side road but a series of blasts forced him to turn and head down another road instead.
Growling to himself Ironhide sent a message to the others trying to find out where they had gone to and if they had found Will and his soldiers. When the response came Ironhide was unhappy to find out that no one had seen any sign of the humans. Fearing the worst Ironhide quickly spun on his tires and began transforming as fast as he could. In less then thirty seconds he was standing in his robot form with his cannons raised and letting out a barrage of shots from both his cannons. The shots where wild and none came close to hitting there mark, but they managed to force the Seeker's apart and drove them away for a few moments.
Transforming again, Ironhide speed off down the road scanning every corner he came across for the Captain and his team. Once again his search was interrupted as the Seeker's returned this time fully intent on ending him. Ironhide had no intention of making it easy for them. So he put as much speed into his wheels as he could and took off down a new street that lead to the center of the city. The chase lasted for several minutes during which time Ironhide managed to lose both his side mirrors and the door to his truck bed. Ironhide never thought himself as a vein mech, unlike Sunstreaker or Sideswipe, but he did like to have all his parts intact. He had to fight down his anger knowing that it would do him no good to let it side track him.
Once again he was forced down a street he had no intention of going down and to his irritation he found that there was another Decepticon on the street with him. It didn't seem to see him however as it appeared to be preoccupy with something else. Ironhide was about to ignore the whole thing and drive right past the 'Con, but something about what the 'Con was doing caught his optic. Looking closer Ironhide managed to see a human running around a few yards away from the 'Con. It seemed to be doing a decent job of avoiding the Decepticon's cannon fire, that is until one lucky, or unlucky, shot landed just close enough to the human that the blast sent it smashing into a brick wall. Ironhide watched the human fall to the ground a small smear of blood marking the spot on the wall where it had hit.
Looking at the human closely, Ironhide was shocked to see that it was Will who was trying to avoid the 'Con. Anger began to boil inside Ironhide as he watched a large amount of blood fall from Will's mouth. Revving his engine Ironhide began to speed towards the Decepticon, his mind had completely forgotten the Seekers above him and he paid no attention to there cannon fire that was landing so close to him. His optics narrowed as he watched the 'Con advance on the downed Captain and aim his cannon directly at him. Only a few feet away from the Decepticon, Ironhide transformed and put his shoulder directly into the 'Cons midsection instantly bringing him down to the ground. Landing on top of him Ironhide didn't bother with his cannons. He swung his fists into the Decepticon's helm over and over until finally the armor shattered and there was nothing standing in the way of Ironhide's fists and the 'Con's weak protoform head. The silver metal bent easily under the weight of his blows and it wasn't long before there was nothing left but a pile of flattened twisted metal and glowing energon.
Ironhide crouched there for a few minutes as his anger slowly began to fade away. Looking up and around he noticed that none of the Seeker's where around any more. Not thinking twice about there cowardice, Ironhide stood and quickly moved over to where Will had been leaning against the wall. Kneeling down Ironhide searched for a moment before finding the Captain still against the wall. In the time it had taken Ironhide to kill the Decepticon, Will had slipped from a sitting position to a laying down one. Thinking at first that the human had simply passed out Ironhide began to scan his body to make sure there was no major damage. What he found sent a chill into his spark. Several of the humans bones where broken, some even shattered to dust. His skull had a large crack along the top of it and several of his ribs where cracked or broken. Two of the broken ribs had even punctured his lungs.
Ironhide moved his scan to the Captain's heart and to his horror he found that it was no longer beating. Moving his massive hands closer to the human Ironhide was just about to pick him up when a lime green hand wrapped around his wrist keeping him from touching the human. Turning angry optics up, Ironhide was just about to tackle whom ever it was who thought it was a good idea to stop him. He was shocked to see Ratchet standing next to him, a sad look in his optics.
"I'm sorry Ironhide..." Ratchet said somberly.
Ironhide refused to let the Medics words enter his processor. He pushed Ratchet away from him and put his optics back on the limp body laying on the ground.
"Will..." Ironhide whispered his optics moving over the man looking for any small movement there might be.
"Ironhide... there's nothing that can be done." Ratchet said. "Captain Lennox is dead..."
As I said... please do not hate me.
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