Vehicon Chapter 3. To end the Nagging.
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AUGH! I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE! I've been trying for the last 2 months to enjoy my Neet life in Jasper but that Slagging dream won't stop! 2 MONTHS! For 2 months Every time I powered off, I would have the exact same dream and those blasted coordinates would be back! I even tried NOT powering off but like clockwork, the moment I look away from my GPS files THERE THEY ARE!
It's obvious to me now that as much as I hate the idea, I have to go, or else I'll never be rid of it! At least I have Radical's outrageous stories to let me feel a bit better about myself. Turns out that college students have their own share of troubles and they are amazing!
First, they got a giant rodent infestation so bad they had to use Fire extinguishers to smoke them out! Then a guy shows up claiming to be a close friend of Borris but turns out he was a scammer who was after their identities! The real Wally showed up and beat the guy so bad he was sent to the hospital!
The Decepticons were having problems as well. Makeshift, the only shifter in the fleet, was killed by the Autobots after a failed infiltration. Talk about a bad day! Hearing this kind of craziness made me feel a bit better as it could be a lot worse! Still, I have to go to the coordinates and that means either a several-day road trip, or me getting flying mode. Guess which one I picked?
So, at 11 PM Mrs. Frizzle drove the XL888 out for testing and I made my way towards the Jasper National Airport. I have to be careful as I gain my flying mode and go to the coordinates. I had managed to hide my signal mostly due to me not using my robot mode or my weapons.
Scanners work by picking up our Energon signatures and avoiding things that actively use Energon like weapons and transforming will make sure they don't react. Vehicle mode helps hide our Energon signatures but if a powerful scanner was focused on a narrow area it could definitely pick up the signatures. Why do you think we have vehicle modes? To help us hide! If that didn't work then the Autobots would've lost long ago.
Speaking of scanners, I need to scan my vehicle mode! I parked myself on the outskirts of the airfield then I changed to robot mode since I can't scan while in vehicle mode. Ugh! It's been too long in vehicle mode! I feel like I have a cramp! I only got out of vehicle mode for about an hour each day to make sure I didn't cramp which is a thing that can happen! I made sure I was out of town when I did that so I was never found.
My Robot mode changed with my vehicle mode to have my garbage container like a backpack/turtle shell that I can use to store things. Like whatever is at the coordinates. My chest now sported my front windshield and I had headlights on my ahem, dashboard. My legs had tires and the last major change was that my Sidearm from the vehicle mode sprouted from my right shoulder in my robot mode! This was great since I was quite used to it. So maybe being a garbage truck has its perks. Enough of that! I flipped down my visor and zoomed in on the airfield to find my target. I need something that is fast in moving in a straight line so a Helicopter isn't what I want.
There! A Boeing 777! Fast! Large! And definitely not something that will draw attention! It was a massive three-engine airplane that held the record for the largest commercial plane in the world! The keyword being commercial. Unlike a fighter jet, the 777 will just be assumed to be a passenger plane and be left alone! I'm also a big girl so I need a big Vehicle mode! It had one massive engine on each wing and a third engine above the tail.
It was to the side of the airfield, and looked like it was getting ready to accept passengers! I gotta hurry! I quickly drove my Vehicle mode as close as I could to the airplane without blowing my cover before I turned back to robot mode and unleashed my green beams of death! The scanning beam hit the airplane which immediately stopped running causing panic throughout the Airport. Alarms started sounding and I had to get out of here!
I think I heard shouting as I transformed into my second Vehicle mode for the first time. If transforming into the dump truck was like crouching down then turning into the plane was like bending backward. I felt my parts change to accommodate and soon I was blasting through the sky! It was a lot larger than my garbage truck form but I was still able to make it my own. I had plenty of room inside and though I had never flown before the instincts on how flooded into me and I naturally gained altitude as I headed toward the Coordinates. Operation Icarus was a Success! Now, the trip should take about 6 hours but I had plenty of Energon, a whole new body to mess with, and all the games I could want! Let's go!
Third Person POV Agent Fowler 4 AM
Agent Fowler was in his apartment asleep when his work phone went off, jolting him awake. Several hours earlier he had just dealt with securing the Dingus and telling the pentagon about a new terrorist group after advanced technology called Meck which was led by a man named Silas. This took hours and he had gone to bed ready for some much needed sleep. So when he was woken up he was NOT happy but it was his work phone so he sucked it up.
"Agent Fowler Here." His polite tone was good as one of his superiors answered.
"Agent Fowler, There has been an Incident at The Jasper Nevada Airport."
This confused Agent Fowler. "What kind of incident?" All sleep left his mind at what he heard next.
"At 11:45 PM A Boeing 777 was hit by a pair of teal rays that caused it to malfunction. Then, an unknown purple Boeing 777 came out of nowhere and began flying North. Some workers say they saw a giant robot right before the unknown aircraft appeared. All attempts to hail the craft have failed and before it vanished from our sensors it was on a direct course to Alaska."
Fowler instantly recognized what that meant.
"Pair of teal lasers that caused malfunctions? That must mean it scanned the Boeing 777 to gain a Vehicle mode! I'll get into contact with Team Prime immediately!"
"Do so." The phone hung up and Agent Fowler quickly got dressed and contacted Outpost Omega One.
"Prime! We have a problem!"
OverClocks Point of View 6 AM
Finally! After 6 hours of flying, I'm finally at the Coordinates! The first hour or so was annoying as I kept getting hailed by air control so I disabled my onboard Tracking unit so that they couldn't follow me anymore. They stopped calling after that and I took the time to learn my new body. My arm drills actually were the turbines and I could use them to fire at enemies! My Side claw actually still existed in this mode and It can come out either above or below the center of my wings and could act as a directional gunner with a camera! Pretty neat.
I also took the time to play some airplane simulators to get a better grip on my body so I'm fully confident in my ability to fly in this mode. My radar also didn't show anyone following me so that was good. The coordinates were on the top of a mountain near Mount Denali.
Okay, so the game plan is to find whatever I'm looking for, get it, then get out. No point in sticking around! I got close to the peak then changed back to my robot mode and with a flare of my new turbines, I landed without much issue. My body had changed again with the new vehicle mode with my wrists being even bulkier than before resembling the turbines of my plane mode and my drills became much stronger. On the back of my backpack, I now had a turbine engine and large collapsible wings that helped me stabilize my fall. Maybe I can fly with them! I looked around for the yellow handle and soon I found it! I walked over to it and I realized that it was buried!
"Oh no, it's stuck in the dirt! Whatever shall I do? If only there was a mining bot around, Oh wait, THERE IS! DRILL ARMS FOR THE WIN!"
I activated my new and improved drills, flipped my visor down, and I quickly made work of the surrounding rock revealing my prize. It was a yellow Sledge Hammer? It was a super high-tech double-headed hammer with two turbines on each face which kinda matched mine. At the base of the hammer were 4 spikes pointed downwards and 8 blue teeth in rows lined up with the spikes. I don't know why I had to get this thing but I'd do anything at this point for some proper sleep! I grabbed with both my hands around its handle and felt an electric charge jump through my chest to my hands and the turbines inside hummed to life and glowed blue for a moment before stopping.
Okay, weird. I lifted it up and while it was heavy, I was a big girl though so I could lift it mostly one-handed. I adjusted my grip on it and found I could rest it on my left shoulder so I did. As I did so I felt the coordinates delete themselves, making me shout in joy.
"YES! They're gone! Now nothing stands in the way of my Neet life!"
My excitement left as I realized what I just said. "Did, Did I just tempt fate!? OH, Scrap I did! I gotta get outta here!"
I quickly stuffed the hammer into my backpack, transformed into my aerial Mode, and blasted off as fast as I could to the West! I hope that I can get out of here before the words take effect! Not even 30 seconds later I almost fell out of the sky when several energy blasts shot out from behind and I think I heard Optimus slagging Prime say. "Halt!"
Yeah, No! I pushed my jets as hard as I could while making clumsy evasive actions and things got a lot more complicated when I was hailed on my Comms.
" Unknown Decepticon! This is Seeker force Gamma of the Nemesis! Identify yourself!" Slag the Decepticons are here too? Wait, this could be helpful. So I mustered up my will and I spoke through the Comms.
"Help! The Autobots are behind me and I am carrying important cargo! Please cover my escape so I can deliver it to Lord Starscream!"
Right after I said that giant plume of exhaust, 5 Seekers flew past me and opened fire on the Autobots as I got confirmation.
"Understood! Patching you to Lord Starscream."
Wait! No! But before I could stop them I heard the new commander's whiny voice fill my comms.
"Who is this!? What cargo are you carrying!? And why were you near an Iacon beacon!?"
Scrap! That was an Iacon Beacon!? The really important beacons that hold important stuff? Why is it here!? Wait, this is Earth. Of course, it's here! Starscream shouted again.
"Answer your Lord!"
I checked my radar, showing that I was now a fair distance away from the fight so I did what I do best. Say nothing. I cut the call without answering and prayed that I could get away in time! Sadly 1 of the 5 Seekers turned around and began firing at me! Ow! That hurt! I extended my sidearm out of the top of my hull and it turned into a drill and I made use of another one of its modes. The long-range machine gun!
The drill spun rapidly and the many bristles stiffened and began unleashing large amounts of small slivers of destructive power right at the Seeker! Though each attack did little damage, when hundreds of rounds were bombarding you in seconds it tends to tear things up! Sadly my aim was terrible as I hadn't shot anything before so I took several painful shots to my hull which made my shooting worse! No! I won't die! I won't! I forced myself to focus to my maximum and I eventually was able to start landing hits.
The Seeker moved out of the way but thanks to my ability to attack backward while flying to staying on target the Seeker was taken down in just 60 seconds of continuous fire! The Seeker exploded and I retracted my Side Claw so I could focus on my escape! The moment I crossed into the ocean I dropped altitude rapidly and let myself sink into the water. A normal plane would stop working but I'm not a normal plane!
I knew I couldn't outrun the Decepticon air force, the Boeing 777 isn't built for the same speeds as fighter jets but in exchange, I was much bulkier. I would remain underwater and though my speed would be greatly reduced, it was a great cover! Most Cybertronians couldn't handle freezing temperatures for too long but I was made of much sturdier stuff! I already knew that my body was strange compared to other Cybertronians but this one was quite useful. Not that I had thought this would be useful when I was living in Jasper Nevada where it's hot but I can survive in space indefinitely.
Most Cybertronians can go several hours in Space but eventually, they would have to get warm or risk going offline. I, on the other hand, can stay indefinitely! That does not mean I'm immune to the cold but it has to happen very quickly and be very, very cold. Ugh, my jet mode isn't meant for water! I'm burning through Energon as my jet's rocket boosters are having to do all the work! I kept an ear out on the Decepticon chatter and apparently Starscream was pissed that I escaped without answering any questions.
The Autobots took out the Seekers so their vehicle modes have no chance to find me! As for my plan, I would head to Russia! It's closer than Nevada and since I'm already so far away from home I might as well take in the sights! Yeah! I'll travel the world to see it all I never had money to travel when I was human and why would I when I could play on my computer but now that I AM my computer, why not? I should prepare some money so that I can pay for gas while abroad. Just a few wire transfers and done! I now have plenty of foreign currency to get by.
What about my post in Jasper? I just sent an email saying a flaw was found and the XL888 was recalled for an undetermined amount of time. Gotta have a home to return to right?
As for passports? Heh, who needs papers when I have a flight? Now I'm in the mood for Papers Please! Oh, right, I also need to learn Russian, Chinese, and French. Scrap, I don't know any other languages! It was a cosmic coincidence that English and Cybertronian are the same languages! Kinda strange now that I think about it. Why IS it the same language? Questions for later. For now, let's boot up some language translation software. Shame that Google Translate isn't good yet. I pulled up Russian and my mental eyes swam even as I downloaded the data. "Ugh, this is gonna be so boring! It's gonna take a whole WEEK to learn Russian alone! Why can't someone ELSE learn it for me?" I felt a tingle go through me at my words, making me pause to check my internal sensors. "What was that? Am I under attack!?" I checked everything including my cargo bay which held the golden hammer but everything was fine. Speaking of the hammer. It must be an Iacon Relic but which one? Not that I know any but still. I don't like that an obvious Macguffin is currently sitting inside me. This just reeks of main character and yes, I know I am supposed to be entertaining you guys but I can do that as the world's first Vtuber right? You know what? Screw it. The trip is boring and I wanna play Papers Please! It would take me 3 hours to reach Russia at my current pace so I'll relax and worry about learning Russian later.
Third Person POV. Autobot Base.
The Base was silent as the Autobots returned from their failed mission in Alaska. Agent Fowler had told them that a Cybertronian had gained a vehicle mode nearby and was on a course for Alaska. Optimus didn't know if they were friend or foe so they watched from their base, ready to appear the moment the unknown Cybertronian did.
What they didn't expect however was an Iacon beacon to trigger in Alaska. They didn't even know that there WERE Iacon relics on earth but that didn't change what they needed to do. Reclaim it before the Decepticons. Since they were already aimed at Alaska they arrived quickly at the face of a mountain and began climbing. When they were most of the way up they paused when they heard a young female voice full of disbelief and then panic.
"Did, Did I just tempt fate!? OH Scrap I did! I gotta get outta here!" This was rapidly followed by a purple Jet blasting over their heads, the Decepticon symbol emblazoned on the tail of the plane. Optimus's first reaction wasn't about them being a Decepticon but instead, he felt a kinship with them and wanted to talk to them.
Due to this Optimus tried to get them to halt but they didn't respond so his team opened fire before he could stop them. That is when things got worse when 5 Decepticon planes came in hot from the direction the jet was flying, forcing his team to fight while hanging from a cliff. They assumed that this meant that the Cons had the Relic but then one of the planes turned around and attacked the jet!
"Um, is it just me or are the Cons trying to shoot down their own team?"
Bulkhead asked confused but as the Seeker was clumsily shot down Optimus thought of another possibility.
"Or they were never on the same side to begin with. Ratchet, we need a ground bridge."
The team returned to base and Bumble Bee beeped at his team in confusion. Arcee nodded. "BumbleBee has a point. If they were enemies Why would the Cons pass by them at first then turn around to attack? It makes no sense."
Ratchet was at work trying to identify the Energon signature of the unknown plane, as his sensors were trained on Optimus and therefore, the unknown bot directly above him. but after a minute he shook his head annoyed.
"The Signature doesn't match any Decepticons on record. Whoever they are, they are either so good at hiding that they never got recorded or."
Optimus voiced his suspicion to finish Ratchet's sentence
"Or that they have only just recently joined the Decepticons."
This made the others turn to look at Optimus in surprise.
"So there's an Autobot that turned traitor?"
Arcee didn't sound happy at the prospect but Optimus shook his head again.
"Judging from the report we got from Agent Fowler this Decepticon only recently gained their vehicle mode but instead of trying to rejoin the Decepticon ranks, they made a direct course towards a previously unknown Iacon Relic. Then, she flew away in fear and was at first protected by the Decepticons but then they tried to shoot her out of the sky. When added to her young voice, fear of being caught, her bad aim in shooting her weapon, and lack of skill in dodging I believe that the reason why they at first ignored her was that they thought she was on their side just by being a Decepticon but then was identified as not being under Starscream's command and seen as a threat."
"So what? It's common for Con's to turn against each other, They're backstabbers! What's your point, Optimus?"
Bulkhead genuinely didn't know where Optimus was going and seeing that no one else was either, Optimus elaborated.
"The only way they could have known where the relic was when its beacon was inactive is that they knew where it was being sent before it reached Earth. It is unlikely that any Cybertronian who had access to the relics would have abandoned their posts which leaves a far more saddening possibility.
"When taken with her signature not being in the records and all the other details we know in mind I believe that the Decepticon we saw is actually a Civilian Sparkling from before the fall of Iacon who just woke up from stasis and upon realizing the earth was overrun with Decepticons they decided to take on the mantle so that they can both survive, and also secure the relic for their own survival."
All the Autobots had looks of disbelief on their faces and Ratchet was the first to speak up.
"A Civilian Sparkling!? Really!? Why would a Sparkling know where an Iacon Relic was!? And furthermore, why wouldn't they align themselves with us?! Why join the Cons?!"
Bumblebee made a low beeping sound and Optimus answered.
"As insane as it is to believe for us soldiers, there were many Cybertronians who chose not to pick a side or pick up weapons. If it was not for my friend, I would have been one of them.
"It isn't too hard to imagine that to some the Autobots are just as bad as the Decepticons. It could very well be possible that as the relic was being sent to earth one of the neutral Iacon librarians decided to try and save their sparkling from the horrors of the war by sending them in Stasis after the relic and told them where the Relic was going to land to have a means of defense. Then upon waking they saw Decepticon scouts and tried to blend in, as it was their only way to survive."
Arcee had a serious frown on her face as she began to see Optimus's point.
"That would explain why she missed so many shots with a directional turret and why she fled without even trying to fight. She doesn't know HOW to fight."
Bulkhead had gone from shock to a great amount of alarm and he hit himself over the head with his right fist as if to admonish himself.
"How could I not notice!? I was a Civilian as well! A Laborer! I remember when the Cons first attacked! All we could do was run away! She was running just like I did! Taking hits cuz I was too big of a target and didn't know how to dodge! I was lucky that I ran into a group of nearby Autobot soldiers.."
His voice turned sad. "The other laborers weren't so lucky."
Ratchet was the most skeptical but it did make some sense.
"Yes, if they were young enough and their guardians were among the librarians of Iacon they could have made sure they were never documented! And therefore didn't get drafted into the war."
"Indeed. If this is the case then we have a scared, frightened, and inexperienced Sparkling loose on earth with limited Energon and a relic strong enough that their guardian thought it could help them survive."
He then gave an order to his team. "If we come across her again you are not to attack her and try to get her to come back to base with you. We already made the mistake of firing on her once and both she and the Relic must be taken into safety."
Ratchet opposed this with fervor as the very idea of using their already dwindling Energon reserves on a noncombatant was unacceptable.
"But Optimus! We barely have enough Energon for ourselves! Adding another mouth to feed that can't help us would put everyone at greater risk!"
"How can you say that!? She's alone, scared, and could die at any time!"
Bulkhead got up in Ratchet's face, his own face twisted into a look of anger and disbelief.
"Enough!" Optimus's shout made the pair back off and Optimus spoke firmly.
"I understand your concerns Ratchet but the whole reason why we fight is to give others the chance to not have to. That is why we must help her. And though I wish we could let her stay uninvolved, Ratchet is also correct in that we need all hands on deck. Therefore, Once they are safe we will begin training her so that she can help us fight in any way she can, even if that is acting as a lab assistant for Ratchet or doing basic repairs on base."
Thus the Autobots came to their own conclusions about the strange Decepticon and they were not the only ones.
Third Person POV The Nemesis
"HOW DARE SHE MAKE A FOOL OUT OF ME!?" Starscream, the temporary lord of the Decepticons, was raging on the bridge as Soundwave silently did his tasks.
"Not only does she try to use my name to get support but then she has the gall to shoot down one of my troops!? UNACCEPTABLE!" He snapped his angry gaze at Soundwave. "HAVE YOU FOUND HER LOCATION!?"
The communications officer shook his head with a red X.
"Blast! She somehow knew that an Iacon Relic was on Earth and she got away with it!? I want her to be found! The relic reclaimed! And then, once she is in my grasp, Hehehe, We will figure out what other secrets she might be hiding."
OverClocks POV off the coast of Russia.
I slowly rose out of the water on an isolated beach in my garbage truck mode, the sun high in the sky, and I was thoroughly DONE with water! That sucked! I burned through the same amount of energy it took to get to Alaska in just the short trip through the waters!
Once I was close enough to land I changed to my vehicle mode and drove up the bank and out of the water. Transforming was so weird. I could go from a massive plane to a normal garbage truck. And it just worked. There was some kind of complicated explanation for how but I couldn't care less.
As I was fleeing I heard through the Miner chat that Starscream was pissed and wanted me for questioning and my relic. Yeah, No, I know The Decepticons. He wants to torture me for both insulting his ego, an easy feat I assure you, and to learn where other relics are. Which is a problem since I DON'T KNOW! I just went there to make the dreams stop! And speaking of Relics. I need to bury this one.
What? Did you expect me to keep this hot potato? No way! I don't want the attention this will get me! So I'm going to find somewhere in the Russian wilderness and I'll bury it deep in the earth, keeping only the coordinates with me. Why keep the coordinates? So that I can barter with it of course! If I'm ever in a real bind I'll offer the location as a bribe! That should be worth something, right?
With my plan in mind, I drove through the Russian coastal town and headed off toward the wilderness. It would be hard on my tires and suspension but I'm okay with that. After several hours of driving and stress playing Slime Rancher, I left society and ended up now surrounded by trees, snow, and no humans for miles! Now I can do this! I returned to Robot mode and I stretched.
"Ugh! It's good to stretch my legs. Now, where to bury my problem? Ooh! That spot looks good!"
The spot was in an open meadow and I eagerly stomped my way over and I removed from my backpack the Hammer which I glared at.
"It's your fault that I'm being hunted! So I'm getting rid of you! Hope you enjoy your new home!"
I dropped it on the ground then with my three drills I quickly dug a massive hole big enough to bury the hammer several meters down. I then dropped it in with a 'Thunk!' and buried it again.
"So long! And good riddance!"
I then turned into Vehicle mode and got out of there! Yes! Now, It's time for me to find a good place to park and take a much-needed nap! That was FAR too much stress for me! I went deeper into the wilderness and found a nice cave to call my home. After I cleared the grizzly bear infestation I powered down with the reassuring thought that I am no longer a person of interest.
Third Person POV The meadow.
In the northeast wilderness of Russia, there was a meadow with a large dirt center. In the trees around the meadow, a brown and white bird with a bright yellow beak decided to rest there. It turned its head towards the meadow as the dirt in the middle began to churn, blue lightning arching out of it and slowly, a golden hammer rose on a metal pedestal, its turbines slowing down as it was once again exposed to the air. It sat there for around an hour before the Steller's Sea Eagle decided to land on the massive handle. It didn't stay for long as a surge of green light was emitted from the hammer's turbines covering the bird completely. The bird flew away with a panicked squawk and soon afterward the sounds of transformation echoed through the meadow. As they faded a large avian shadow was briefly cast over the empty altar before vanishing.
OverClock's POV
Well, I have some good news and bad news. The good news, the weird dream is gone! The bad news is apparently I'm traumatized as I just woke up from a vivid nightmare about when the mine blew up! I saw my coworkers being torn apart and felt myself being crushed by the explosion until a bright blue light flared and woke me up.
I de transformed into robot mode out of nerves and after about 5 minutes of heavy breathing I was back to my perky self!
"I hate to admit it but I think I preferred the repeating dream over that one! Oh well, at least I'm not carrying a Mcguffin anymore. Let's get driving!"
I transformed back into Vehicle Mode and drove out of the cave, ready to face the day! Hello Sun! Hello Trees! Hello, giant golden bird standing on top of the cave!... 0.O Giant WHAT!?
I braked with a screech as my Side mirrors confirmed what I just saw. Sitting on top of the Cave was a Car sized, mechanical, golden bird with two turbines/ cannons coming out of the middle of its wings, Its tail feathers were blue, its eyes red, and its beak was silver to match its large claws! Strangely enough, its golden head had on what looked like a pair of silver headphones with blue gems on the sides, And to finish off the Nightmare sandwich I was being force-fed there was a silver Decepticon symbol sitting pretty on its breast! I froze, maybe its vision was based on movement? Or was that dinosaurs? Wait, it's a robot bird so maybe a Predacon?
It's staring at me! Its red eyes are looking right at me! Time passed as it just sat there...MENACINGLY! After exactly 3 minutes and 24 seconds, I counted. I realized that it can definitely see me so that means I know what I have to do.
"RUN AWAY!" I screamed as I spun my wheels and booked it through the forest! I was crashing through trees, bushes, and whatever was in my way while the Jet bird thing made haste in following me!
"STAY AWAY FROM ME!"
I turned my sidearm into my turret and I began firing away at the bird which made a loud squawking noise as it flew away. YES! Take that! You overgrown turkey! You can't handle Overclock! I drove through the forest for 30 minutes and I tried to get my poor heart under control.
What the Scrap was that? Why was there a giant Decepticon bird after me!? I thought Soundwave only had Laserbeak. This is bad! I need to book it till I reach a populated area so I can blend in. I reached a road and I wasted no time following it as I brought up a map of Russia and I started the trip to Yakutsk. This is fine, your fine Overclock, Everything will be just fine. After five minutes of driving on the road, I almost believed it. Up until something landed on my back.
The Slagging bird was back and it was shouting at me in Russian!
"Почему ты стрелял в меня Мастер? Я расстроил тебя или что? Пронзительный крик!"
"AUGH! Get off me!"
I began driving recklessly to try and knock it off my Canopy while also trying to grab it with my sidearm but it just shouted at me again while nipping my arm!
"Ой ну перестань! Я чуть не упал! Пронзительный крик!"
Why was it shouting at me in Russian!? I don't speak Russian! Oh, why did I procrastinate my education!? My anxiety is spiking! I don't know how to handle this! I can't shake him off so I need to fight him off! I changed to robot mode and rolled a bit as I wasn't used to changing while driving and while it wasn't pretty, it caused the bird bot to let go and I quickly scrambled up to my feet and aimed all three of my weapons at it. "Stay back!"
The bird hovered in the air and it said.
"Пронзительный крик! Ты в порядке, хозяин? ты резко упал и чуть не раздавил меня. Не могли бы вы больше не стрелять в меня? На таком расстоянии трудно увернуться."
"STOP SPEAKING RUSSIAN I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU!"
Wow! I'm so stressed and scared that I Somehow looped all the way around and am now screaming angrily at someone out loud!
"Squawk! Is this better? Squawk!"
Huh, it's speaking English with a faint Russian Accent?
"If you want the Relic You can have it just leave me alone!"
I offered my trump card that no one could resist! Yes, go get the Macguffin and let me live! My plan is flawless!
"Squawk! What Relic? Squawk!"
It doesn't know!? HOW!?
"The Iacon Relic hammer!? I can give you the coordinates if you let me escape!"
This seemed to get through its bird brain as it bobbed it's head.
"Squawk! Ah! I know what you're talking about! Do you need to use me? Here ya go Squawk!"
Use it? What is it talking about? No, It can't be! The Slaggin bird transformed into the Mcguffin! Its head slammed into the ground and that voice spoke up again.
"Squawk Talk reporting for Duty Master Overclock, Squawk!"
Eh? EH!? What nonsense is this!? This bird is that hammer!? Why is it a bird? Why did it follow me? AND WHY IS IT CALLING ME MASTER!?
(Translation
"Why did you shoot at me, Master? Did I upset you or something? Squawk!"
"Hey, Stop it! I almost fell off! Squawk!"
"Squawk! Are you okay master? you took a nasty tumble and almost crushed me. Can you please not shoot at me anymore? It's hard to dodge at this range Squawk!")
Author's Note: Hello everyone. It's been a while, hasn't it? My Muse is a terrible Gardener as it likes to plant new trees and then neglect them to die not a week later. I have so many stories I have started and even written several chapters of only to lose my motivation on writing them.
I tend to go over my old stuff sometimes when I'm bored in the futile hope that I'll continue them.
This story was one of them but there was a major difference. I forgot to post the last 2 chapters I had written!
How?!
So though late here is a new chapter and I plan on posting the other chapter today as well starting next Sunday I'll try to post new ones just don't get your hopes up too high as I have literally written over 1 million words since the start of 2022 accordingly to Grammarly and yet none of those writing ever got pass chapter 5.
You can treat this and the next chapter as a sort of Christmas gift from me to you.
