"[I recommend you pick them up]"
Bulkhead soon reacted and transformed by opening its doors, the two humans entered the vehicle. As the Autobot accelerated, Miko began to growl to herself.
"If they didn't like danger, why did they come here ?!"
"[They came looking for you Miko, you should be more grateful!]" The young man in a black uniform happily exclaimed.
She denied and said "Hey, they came for you too!"
He began to shed tears dramatically "[It was not my intention, you still worried me, I am the victim of the situation!]"
Miko grimaced at the sight of how the weird boy was starting to cry in a disconsolate way. Then the sounds of the shots got louder, and they knew that the other two young men were in danger.
"[I bet they'll kill Raf first!]" Kumagawa commented happily as he poked his head out of the window.
"Kumagawa!" Bulkhead and Miko scolded him.
The teenager laughed but in a sharp turn from Bulkhead, both young men fell to the side of the seats, a moment later the driver's door opened.
"Go up!"
Then Raf and Jack appeared in the front seats.
"Thanks Bulkhead!"
"What are they doing here !?" Bulkhead replied very upset.
"Miko and Kumagawa worried us, have you seen them?" Asked Jack
Both Japanese got up at the same time and asked "How are they?"
Bulkhead drove managing to dodge the shots until he hid behind a rock, where he soon opened his doors to let the children out.
"Everyone out! And this time they can stay still !?"
The humans left and Bulkhead accelerated in the direction of the ship, leaving the teenagers hidden behind the rock. They looked at each other and noticed that someone was missing, Jack groaned and patted his face.
"Please tell me that Miko didn't stay in Bulkhead ..."
Kumagawa ignored Jack and just turned his attention to the green Autobot, who had transformed and was now climbing to reach the great enemy ship. He was surprised to see how Bulkhead if he managed to get to the ship and to mistreat the clone troopers again, who apparently made only useless efforts to stop him, then the Autobot was out of sight, until moments later he appeared as the victor by the shore of the ship.
"Where is Miko !?" Shouted Bulkhead.
And then watched as the Autobot opened the compartment of his chest, letting out something small that moved, recognizing the colors from afar, knew it was Miko. Then more shots occurred and Bulkhead lost sight again, he was probably very busy fighting.
Raf looked worriedly at Jack "They would forget us ?!"
Then heavy footsteps were heard approaching, and as they turned they found a pair of those simple Decepticons approaching. Kumagawa looked curiously when they reached down to hold him, the Minus could simply make his screws appear and stick them in the hands of the Decepticons, but his curiosity made him want to know what would happen if they were caught.
Jack and Raf just sighed in fear
"In the dungeon, Commander Starscream has the other human there"
Kumagawa was loaded as a toy by one of these Decepticon clones. There were good and bad things about being caught by the enemy, since they managed to enter the ship, have more experience with these Decepticons and now they knew Agent Fowler's whereabouts, the bad thing was that he was starting to get impatient. So far Kumagawa had only seen many Decepticons of this model in the halls, perhaps there were no real Decepticons on the ship? If something interesting didn't happen in a few minutes, Kumagawa would explode everyone's heads with screws.
"[I'm getting bored...]"
The Decepticon looked down to see him "Silence, human"
Kumagawa's bored expression did not change "[I thought you would be more interesting, but you are just as bored as the rest, just as bored as the Normal]"
The Decepticon tilted his head without understanding
Until the young man came up with a question "[What is your name? ST3V3?]" He laughed.
The Decepticon shuddered a little "... That's my lot number"
'[Equivalent to a name]' Kumagawa thought, making the grace of his jokes right, you could tell he was the main character.
In the back, another Decepticon held the other two children. Raf and Jack looked at each other nervously, since they were in enemy hands and any false or insulting event could cost them dearly, so they prayed internally so that Kumagawa did not screw up with his comments.
"[Hum, the order of your lot number me of the word Steve, I'll call you Steve, Hi Steve!]"
The Decepticon seemed to sigh annoyingly, until the sound of some engines distracted them, but it was too late, since both Decepticons were sent to fly and the three humans were released into the air, but fortunately they fell into safe hands, since the faces relatives of Arcee and Bumblebee appeared.
The female robot carefully lowered Raf and Jack.
Bumblebee beeped at Kumagawa with an expression of concern, who was in both of his hands.
"[Bumblebee! Timely and cliche as always!]"
Bumblebee's door wings rose high, not understanding that comment.
"Thank you for clearing the entrance," Arcee said, catching up with the humans. "But invading this ship was not on the list of activities." She looked at the human in a black uniform. "Did you understand, Kumagawa?"
The Japanese laughed as he was gently laid to the ground by Bumblebee "[Hey, I only worried about Miko! She indirectly dragged me here with her power of imprudence! I am the victim!]"
Arcee looked at him with dark optics. "Yes, of course you are," he said sarcastically.
Arcee and Bumblebee began to run through the halls, unfortunately for them they had to adapt to the speed of humans since they could not load them and risk being shot by the enemy. The blue female then stopped before turning the corner, listening to heavy steps, surely a Vehicon, so she leaned against the wall and prepared her weapon. When he dared to leave, Arcee found a familiar cannon.
"Friend!"
"Hi!"
Bulkhead greeted her by keeping her weapon just like Arcee.
She gave him a disapproving look "You brought the humans"
Bulkhead looked at the girl in the palm of his hand, and spoke with exasperation "Try to make them stay!"
"[Hi Miko!]"
"Hi Kumagawa!"
Arcee sighed annoyed, deciding to focus on one problem at a time. "You have to look for Fowler and get these children out."
The three boys looked at each other and spoke at the same time "[He's in the dungeon!"
Bumblebee beeped
"We know because the other Decepticon said Starscream had him locked in the dungeon, where they were going to send us!" Raf answered his friend.
Arcee nodded and looked straight ahead "On the move!"
The three were transformed and the young humans climbed into the closest vehicle modes, Kumagawa managing to share space with Jack on the blue motorcycle. The three vehicles moved at high speeds to leave behind the enemies that may have heard the whole scandal.
"[Hey Arcee, I made a friend!]"
The motorcycle sounded annoying "It's not the time!"
"[They look like one of those who attack us! His name is Steve, by the way why are everyone so alike? Are they clones?]"
Arcee paused while accelerating "... Did you become a 'friend' of a Vehicon?" She spoke after trying to understand what the young man was talking about.
"[Oh, is that what they are called? Yes, Steve was so kind to carry me to the ship, you should meet him!]"
Jack gripped the other young man's shoulders "Kumagawa, stop deconcentrating her!"
Kumagawa turned and stuck out his tongue, earning an annoyed expression from Jack.
"We arrived!" Bulkhead exclaimed, squealing his tires when he stopped just like the rest.
"And we are not the only ones," Miko commented, observing how a troop of Vehicons approached them from the other end.
Knowing that the Autobots would have to fight, the humans got out of the vehicles, and they quickly transformed. Bumblebee let out a hurried beep but was interrupted by a shot from the enemy, the children then realized that they were in the midst of the fight of the metal giants.
Kumagawa watched as more Vehicons shot in their direction, and as Bulkhead and the other Autobots fought for them. More shrieks and gunfire occurred, being a war zone, where humans watched as their life caught a thread, and was in the hands of the agile Arcee, the brave Bumblebee and the strong Bulkhead. To Kumagawa, who had already tasted death, he only dedicated himself to watching how enemies fell lifelessly to the ground, how the Autobots crushed them and how the weak Vehicons had no chance before the Autobots, even if they were only a couple of them , how unfair.
Kumagawa did not move when the rains of bullets occurred, or when they began to fight with a clean fist at his side, and only dedicated himself to seeing the destruction from his place, since if something happened to him it did not matter, Kumagawa would fix it, always he I did it. His expression was not mocking or had a nice smile, it was just an illegible that watched the death of these Vehicons, the poor and weak ignored of their society. He confirmed it by observing the decapitated head of the Vehicon in front of him.
Moments later, the fight ended, and Kumagawa left his thoughts to see how Miko, Raf and Jack snuggled together in an attempt to protect themselves from the fight.
Bumblebee let out a few beeps, and Raf was encouraged to get up, being followed by Miko and Jack.
Arcee observed a door in the distance "Let's continue"
The Autobots ran towards the door at the end of the hall, where the humans soon followed them, then more shots were heard until they stopped, when they arrived, the four observed a lot of Vehicons bodies on the ground.
Arcee put away his weapons and looked at them "Wait here"
Bumblebee looked at her in surprise and then beeped.
"They delay us and are easy targets," Arcee replied.
"Hey, they won't think of leaving us here—!"
"It's precisely what we will do," she replied, then began to leave the room. "They'll be fine here, if they stay."
Jack denied "Arcee—!"
"Not now, Jack," he said before leaving and being followed by his fellow Autobots, leaving the door closed.
The four were left alone in that room
Miko turned smiling. "That was intense!"
" It was!?"
"It's your fault that we are at this intensity! Why did you do it Miko !?"
"I told them to follow me !?"
"I thought you wanted us to be a band! Shouldn't we play together !?"
"Well maybe I decided to be a soloist!"
"Well, maybe I'm worried about your safety!"
Kumagawa still had an illegible expression watching the discussion of these teenagers, and in his ridiculous mind he could only think of one word to discover everything that had happened so far.
Boredom
It was obvious that the Cybertronians were tracing humans (or vice versa) so they both had the same thoughts and problems, and the differences were only because of the physique and the composition of the bodies, then they were absolutely the same. The Mechas battles were somewhat entertaining, but Kumagawa had faced stronger and more terrifying opponents than giant robots, so fear didn't even bite him or make him filled with emotion, but hey! they were still in the enemy ship, there was some benefit to this, right?
Looking around the room, he noticed that in front of them were large monitors that conveniently showed a complicated scheme of plans.
"Oh sorry, your name is Optimus? Leave my protection to Bulkhead!"
Thinking of who would be the only one to help him, Kumagawa approached Raf when he was already red from anger.
"[Hey Raf! Let these two solve their disputes alone, I need you for something.]"
As Raf had not released that intense emotion, he only sighed deeply deeply affected, but being ignored by the heated argument between Jack and Miko. Kumagawa, smiling, gently took the young man's arm and they both moved away a little, leaving the other two young men still arguing.
"In what ..." Raf paused, his hands shaking. "How can I help you?
Kumagawa ignored the child's emotional state and nodded "[What do you think of that?]"
The boy adjusted his glasses while sighing to calm down, and then observed what Kumagawa indicated. When he saw the plans, he knew he had to see them closer, so the boy moved closer to get a better view. The other two young people could still be heard arguing in the background.
"[Well?]" The smiling Kumagawa asked.
Raf shrugged his eyes "It's important, very important" He looked at Kumagawa "We must show Optimus"
Kumagawa put it to the test "[Oh, why? Maybe they are simple plans for a Cybertronian park]"
Raf raised his head up "I know math, and that's a complex equation," he replied.
Kumagawa made a noise as he thought, until in the end he shrugged "[Well, can you download it?]"
The boy looked at the floor thinking of a solución. "I have a Pendrive" He answered and then grabbed his backpack to get something small. "But ..." He looked around the room "Where do I connect it? This is alien technology!"
"[I think—]" The young man in a black uniform was interrupted by a push, where he turned to see Miko backing away.
Both young men looked up and saw that a Vehicon entered the room with soft, silent steps. Understanding that they had to hide, the four began to move away in search of a hiding place, but Kumagawa who was going behind Raf, noticed that the boy stopped abruptly, and that Raf had his eyes fixed on the backpack he had left behind. Before Raf returned by his precious backpack, Kumagawa pulled him by the arm and pushed him to the other children, and he prepared to pick up the backpack as quickly as possible.
However, upon arriving, holding the backpack and getting ready to run to hide, Kumagawa heard the sound of the blaster activating on his back. Turning, he noticed how the Vehicon was about to kill him.
"[Oh, that's fine ...]" He raised his hand to the front to invoke his screw and throw it like an arrow to the head of the Vehicon, and it would have to be a much larger and sharper screw.
"Kumagawa!"
The young Minus was thrown to the side when Jack struck him, seconds before the shot reached his position.
Kumagawa was quickly forced to get up, and Jack stood before him in an attempt to protect him.
He yelled at the girl "Miko, take a picture!"
"Good idea!"
Jack was pushing Kumagawa to back off, while the young Japanese had a lost mind. Kumagawa's dark eyes had widened in amazement at seeing such a feat of Jack, the American had risked his life to save him, to him, who was just a stranger, a simple Normal saving a Minus ...
"Hey you!"
The Vehicon shifted its attention to the young woman with the cell phone pointing at it, until there was a flash and the Vehicon shuddered.
Jack would have pulled his hair if he wasn't terrified "NO TO DECEPTICON!" He screamed annoyed and pointed to the plans "TO THAT!"
Kumagawa laughed at the stupidity of the young woman
Miko released a sound of understanding "Ohh!" And took a picture.
Kumagawa also watched the Vehicon at all times, and raised an eyebrow when he saw how the Decepticon just stood still letting the intruders take the picture of the schemes.
'[Something tells me that this boy is not very intelligent ...]' he thought as he looked at the Vehicon.
Raf shouted "Run!" And he started running towards the exit.
The others soon followed, but while he Decepticon fired awkwardly, unable to hit a shot, Kumagawa observed that the children were focused on escaping, so he raised his hand pointing to the head of the Vehicon.
"[It's not my fault]" He whispered smiling and a screw appeared in his hand and thrown directly at the head of the Decepticon.
The screw pulled Vehicon's head back when it impaled him right in the middle of his face, killing him instantly, then fell to his knees and finally his body collapsed. Kumagawa, turning the door, made the screw disappear.
"It's the Autobots!"
They heard the noisy sound of engines approaching, and the Autobots were transformed before they got close to humans.
"They are fine?"
"A Decepticon wanted to kill us!" Miko shouted pointing at the room.
"I got this!" Bulkhead shouted and approached the door dangerously, where he rolled and entered very quickly.
Kumagawa thought about Bulkhead's movements "[To be a fat cybertronian moves very quickly]"
Miko hit him
"There is no one here!" Bulkhead came out "All Vehicons are dead!"
The children looked confused "[He missed a shot, bounced and gave himself] Kumagawa reported.
"What?" Asked Jack
Arcee and the others accepted that explanation, as they recognized the awkwardness and bad luck of the Vehicons.
"Okay, on the go!"
The children had doubts about the death of the Decepticon, but said nothing.
Miko and Raf entered Bumblebee, while Arcee took Jack and Kumagawa. Then Miko shouted from Bumblebee.
"You found Fowler! ROCK ON!"
Kumagawa laughed at the moment "[That was quite an adventure, wasn't it?]
Arcee growled "And it will be the only one they will have"
Kumagawa raised an eyebrow. "[What happened to you, Ratchet?] He said watching Optimus weld a kind of sling on the Autobot doctor's arm.
They had reached the base about half an hour ago, and all humans had received a great scolding from the blue motorcycle, who was upset at the intrusion of humans on the battlefield. A short time later, Optimus' statement arrived and they were brought to the base, but the doctor seemed worn out, Arcee gave his report and Ratchet reluctantly took charge stabilizing of Agent Fowler, who had been tortured with Energon.
"We face an army of resurrected Cybertronians," Ratchet replied in a bad mood, perhaps for responding to Kumagawa or for pain in his arm.
"Zombies ..?" Miko asked upon hearing it. "They fought with Zombies and I missed it !?"
"Miko!" Bulkhead shouted.
"Bulkhead" Optimus called, calling the Autobot's attention "You showed a bad trial by allowing humans to accompany you,"
The Autobot looked hurt, but finally raised his head in shame "It won't happen again ... I p-promise"
Miko got annoyed when she saw how his friend was scolding "But it wasn't her fault!"
"Miko!"
"[It is true]"
"Kumagawa!"
Kumagawa came forward with a childish smile "[It was Arcee's]"
The motorcycle was startled to hear the accusation "What !?"
"[Optimus left you in charge and in your selfishness for not wanting to endure us, you left the worst part for the poor Bulkhead, who can not even operate an SOS call]," he said quietly.
Arcee backed away "B-Well, I figured it was time for Bulkhead to take care of something, since he never did and—"
"[Patrañas and excuses, it was your duty as a soldier to follow up to that kind of annoying orders, but you let an unexpected soldier who only knows how to destroy take over our protection without knowing us, maybe he could with only Miko, but not with four and you were reckless to think that maybe Fowler would appear out of nowhere screaming as usual.] "Kumagawa said with a smile, until soon that smile turned to something more arrogant and dark. "[You were incompetent, Arcee, don't escape your responsibility and get ahead to face the consequences like an Autobot exemplary]
Kumagawa looked at the Autobot leader "[I think even good leaders don't make the best judgments. You shouldn't treat your soldiers like that, you make it seem like you prefer someone over others, maybe it's because Arcee is a girl? I know that girls they drive us crazy and even more when they are naked and without panties like Arcee, but that is still sexist Optimus, even if there is beauty in between.]
When he finished, everyone in the room watched Kumagawa with his jaw dropping, talking like that to an Autobot like Arcee and even to Optimus himself, everyone, even Ratchet, looked amazed and incredulous.
Miko came out of her shock first, and quickly pulled out her phone, tried to divert the subject.
"A-Also, look at this data!" She screamed
That seemed to make the change in the environment, where Optimus was about to respond, but walked away to see what Miko had.
"Hum ..." Optimus forgot the Kumagawa scene. "Ratchet, check it out, it could be important for Megatron."
Miko looked sideways at Kumagawa and winked at him, implying that he had successfully distracted Optimus and saved him from a scolding. Kumagawa was greatly blushed without changing his calm expression. However, Jack seemed worried when he heard Optimus' words.
"Woah, Megatron came back ...?" Jack asked "That's bad news, isn't it ?!"
Ratchet approached, ignoring the worried child, and looked at Miko's picture.
"I do not understand..."
She checked her cell phone "Oops, it was the Decepticon who wanted to crush Kumagawa, but he was so dumb that he died alone!" She said smiling.
Jack crossed his arms indignantly "Miko, Kumagawa almost died!" He exclaimed annoyed "This is not a game, when will your big head understand it !?"
She was offended "We were all going to die, you, me, Raf, Kumagawa, even them!" He aimed at the Autobots.
Kumagawa laughed at that joke
"Well ..." Jack denied "If this is a normal day with the Autobots, I don't want to be part of this!"
Kumagawa came forward "[Like it or not, Jack, you are already involved in this, and the Autobots are the only ones who can help you in case the Decepticons knock on your door.]
Jack growled "No! It's over!"
"Jack" Optimus caught his attention "Putting you in that danger was never our intention, however it is no longer the life of you four that is at risk, but the safety of all mankind." He spoke softly "We will understand your decision if you want to leave"
Jack looked down, hurt and reconsidering his decision.
"No point in long good-byes. Here's the door."
But those words killed his decision. Ratchet received a look of disapproval from humans, the doctor did not care and turned on the GroundBridge.
Jack let out an annoying sigh and turned to see the boy with "Raf, let's go" glasses
The young man looked around, meeting Bumblebee's sad gaze, and then looked at the teenager.
"I'll be fine, Jack ..." He said softly "See you at school."
It hurt the teenager not to be able to take Raf, since he cared for the child's well-being, so he looked at Miko, who looked at him with challenge, and finally watched Kumagawa.
"I guess you won't leave this madness either"
"[You suppose well]" Kumagawa said with his calm expression.
Jack gave him a smile and Kumagawa handed it back, but for the first time, it was a sincere smile. Then Jack walked away, he was intercepted by Arcee, they exchanged simple words and Arcee gave an expression of sadness to see how Jack moved away from their lives.
"[I think Ratchet wanted me to go with Jack]"
Arcee had been designated as Kumagawa's new guardian after Jack retired, she was more than reluctant to agree to be the guardian, and questioned Ratchet and Optimus about such a decision. Ratchet was the one who stood the least on humans and had touched the worst of them, so getting rid of him had made him so happy, while Arcee was upset, but in the end he received a big scolding from Optimus, who did not hold back in his scolding and had silenced her. Kumagawa had mocked her as they left the base, and Arcee regretted not having allowed the Decepticons to do what they wanted with Kumagawa.
"Why will it be?" He asked sarcastically.
"[Yes! But I must understand Ratchet, it's an old timer after all!]" Kumagawa said smiling, letting the breeze shake her black hair.
Thinking about how Ratchet had left her in charge of Kumagawa, Arcee agreed.
"[And how are the Cybertronians when they are older like Ratchet? They drop their metal dentures? Hahaha]"
Arcee would have made a face if he hadn't been in his vehicle mode "Kumagawa, shut up, ok?"
"[Oh, you don't want to make fun of your elders? Then why don't we make fun of Jack?]"
"Que-?
"[You know, that horrible relationship you had with him, and how you used he]"
Arcee slowed down "USE IT TO HIM !?"
Kumagawa smiled normally "[Yep, since you only got attached to him thinking of a comfort stuffed animal. You recently lost a loved one, and what you were looking for unconsciously was comfort, so you crawled into the crumbs of attention that you received from Jack, acting softly with him when they were alone but making silly comments in the presence of Optimus and the others. That kind of feeling and attachment is normal in humans, and I discovered that you are no different. You only see Jack as a pillow to hug and feel warmer, but not as a companion, you got very fast before the death of your friend, looking for a poor substitute.]
"ENOUGH!" Arcee shouted accelerating at full speed. "YOU DON'T KNOW ME, YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME, SO BETTER SHUT UP!"
Kumagawa's expression darkened "[Oh, but of course I know you, I always know the pretty girls looking for love and comfort, Medaka-chan was one of them with Zenkichi-chan, and if Medaka-chan was, they all are. Their nature is a carbon copy of ours, so they are predictable and equal to us, so don't even think of feeling superior, since by standards, the Autobots will be only Normals, and only that, while the Vehicons that you slaughter, are Minus] "
Arcee shuddered as she felt a chill wrap around her "I don't know what you're talking about, and you don't know what you're talking about, we and you are completely different!"
"[Oh, what do I hear, Arcee? Is that arrogance? Because obviously a war-condemned race wouldn't feel less than just organic beings, right?]" Kumagawa laughed bitterly "[I think you're the worst Autobot I've seen!] "
"Kumagawa" Arcee said "One more word, just one, and I throw you on the road and leave you stranded"
"[That proves my point, you think everything is resolved by being in a bad mood and with threats, you will be an excellent soldier on the battlefield and everything, but I don't think that's all the qualities of an exemplary Autobot]" Kumagawa smiled childishly . "[Arcee, you're the worst ... but you're lucky not to be as bad as me]
But behind that smile, something pestilent and disgusting was coming off, a feeling of disgust and disturbance enveloped the blue motorcycle, and she would have turned to face the young human, but something told her not to do it, and not to observe what It was happening in his rearview mirror. Rather he did not, since Kumagawa showed a completely black face where there were only two white holes instead of eyes and a macabre smile decorated his face.
So Arcee decided to continue the journey in silence
Upon reaching Jasper, she asked the young human "Where do I leave you?"
Kumagawa, again in normality, thought "[There is a building where I stay near the park]"
"Who park?"
"[How many parks are there?]"
Arcee did not argue and went to the place, when the blue motorcycle arrived he noticed that it was a three-story building. Without suspecting anything, Arcee was happy to get rid of Kumagawa.
The Minus got off the motorcycle "[Thanks for the trip, Arcee. See you tomorrow]"
She growled "Goodbye." He invoked a hologram while no one saw.
Kumagawa looked amazed at the hologram "[Woah! Can you show the image of who you want? Ouhhh! Become it!]" The boy took a picture from his pocket.
Arcee looked at the photo, and noticed that it was the image of a young Asian-looking girl with a beautiful appearance, voluptuous body, with an elegant uniform and long blue hair. Without wanting to admit it, the motorcycle liked the appearance of the human, so it adopted the image of the photo.
"Happy?"
Kumagawa looked with star eyes "[Woah! You're just like Medaka-chan! But ...]" He noticed the color of the hologram's eyes "[She has red eyes]"
Medaka's familiar face made a face. "It reminds me of the Decepticons eye color, I better use blue eyes."
Kumagawa shrugged "[If you insist]"
Arcee nodded and walked away with her new hologram.
Kumagawa, thinking of Medaka-chan, reminded all his other friends in Japan that they must surely be having an amazing time in their new lives, but for the first time, Kumagawa was proud of his lifestyle, since he felt that his life He was better than the rest and worse at the same time. Entering the building, Kumagawa remembered Jack and a certain blond friend ...
"[Hum, Jack certainly reminds me of Zenkichi-chan ...]" He said aloud to the readers "[Maybe Jack is also a Zero ...]"
In case you don't remember, in Medaka box it was
Zero: Determined people who make their own future and work their way. They are cataloged as those that are not affected by fate, or rather they do theirs. The only known Zero is Zenkichi Hitoyoshi