The force of the explosion threw Chromia, Dion and Ariel back flying into a building.
"Orion!" Ariel screamed.
Ariel went running towards the flames of the building, but was stopped by a huge pede. She gasped and jumped back.
Chromia and Dion caught Ariel before she could crash to the ground.
"What is that?" Dion demanded.
The three younglings looked up to see four large Cybertronian soldiers. They bore dark green armour with visors over their optics. They all held large rifles and blasters.
One of the soldiers pointed at them.
"There! They are the children after the tools as well! They're the ones our Lord wants!" He exclaimed.
"What?" Chromia shouted before she jumped out of the way of the blaster fire.
"Who the heck are these guys?" Dion demanded.
He didn't get an answer. The soldiers continued shooting at the younglings and they continued dodging.
They took shielding from a nearby statue.
"What do we do? Where's Orion?" Ariel shouted.
"Dunno! But we gotta trust he's alright!" Dion replied as he brought out his staff. "We have to deal with these guys first!"
Ariel and Chromia nodded. They turned towards their aggressors.
Ariel felt the ground around her and picked up a rock. Then she threw it at one of the soldiers. He turned his head for a split second and Ariel went running towards him.
She surprised him long enough to land a solid punch in his faceplates. He stumbled backwards.
Now the other soldiers noticed her, and pointed their blasters at her. That's when Chromia and Dion charged at them and hit two of them. The siblings dodged the soldiers attempts to grab them and landed next to Ariel.
Ariel brought out her fans and pointed them at the soldiers.
"Who are you?" She demanded.
"Soldiers performing our duty! Give us your the device you are using to track the tools and we will leave you in peace!" One soldier replied maliciously.
"We don't have it!" Chromia shouted.
"Then where is it?" The soldier demanded.
"Like we're gonna tell you!" Dion spat.
The soldier clenched his fist and raised his rifle at them. "We are authorized to use deadly force if the need arises."
"Who do you work for? Like, seriously! Who's so desperate to get their servos on a couple of pad weights that they're willing to kill a bunch of kids?" Ariel demanded. "Or an entire town! What did you do to the people of the town?"
"We sent them off. This particular endeavour has no need for any ca lateral damage. Nor does this need to grab the attention of the authorities, or worse, the media." He replied. "Now, where is the tracker?"
No one got to answer because someone jumped onto the back of the soldier. The soldier was once again surprised by a minor and stumbled around with Orion Pax hanging onto his back for dear life.
For some reason the guard pressed his trigger and stumbled around some more.
"Get this little fragger off my back!" He yelled and his comrades tried to make grabs for the young mech but he somehow managed to quickly evade the larger mechs by moving his arms and chassis but the mech with the serious lack of grace that he was riding on did most of the evading for him.
With the soldiers distracted that gave the other three younglings an opening to attack. They hit and flipped away and dodged and kicked. It was total chaos.
Before long the soldiers were tired out and on the ground. Orion jumped off his ride and ran in the opposite direction. Dion turned and made a face at the soldiers before he joined the others.
When they were out of the city. They were all laughing.
"Ha! That was great! Did you see his face when you jumped on him? Priceless!" Dion exclaimed.
"Yeah! It was pretty funny wasn't it?" Orion replied.
"Hey Chromia, what did you think? Chromia?" Ariel asked.
The younglings turned to the blue femme and saw her clutching her lower left side. She removed her servo to reveal the Energon dripping from the wound.
"Stupid guard got a lucky shot in." She said as she lowered herself to the ground.
The other three younglings ran over to her.
"Chromia!" Dion exclaimed.
Chromia waved him off and stood up. "I'm fine. It's just a mesh wound."
Chromia groaned before falling back down to her knees. Then she fell to her side.
"Chromia!" Dion exclaimed as he ran down to her. "We need to get her to a medic!"
"But where are we gonna find a medic?" Orion wondered. "In Polyhex?"
Dion shook his helm. "Polyhex is too far, but..."
"But what?" Ariel asked.
"Well, there is a town to the west of here. It's closer than Polyhex but going there to get Chromia medical treatment could set us back by several days. Maybe even a week." Dion explained.
Orion thought about this. Set them back? Maybe a few days didn't seem like much now but that could easily translate into several months at a later time. However, this was a friend in need. If they needed help now but didn't get it, they might not get a chance to receive it at a later date.
"Let's go to that town." Orion proclaimed.
It barely took them half an hour for the four younglings to reach the small town on Foneques. By the time they did reach it however, Chromia's wound had turned slightly white and it looked like the wound was beginning to rust at an alarming rate.
"She looks terrible." Orion commented.
"I know. Let's just hope that we can find a medical centre in time." Dion replied.
They landed just outside of the city and the two able younglings quickly scanned through the town and found the medical clinic . Inside they were met by a young white and orange mech sitting at the front desk sorting through data pads.
"Excuse us mister." Orion spoke. "We need a medic! Our friend is in dire need of medical attention!"
The mech looked up from his data pads and shook his head at the two younglings.
"Sorry, kids. This medical clinic is closed today." He replied.
"What the Pit? What kind of medical clinic closes?" Dion demanded. "And if it's closed then why the frag are you here?"
"Sorry. This is an outpost medical clinic. We don't get many patients here in this town so it's closed often. The only reason I'm here is because I'm still a trainee. They needed me out of the way for the day." The mech explained. "I'm sure there's a medical centre in Polyhex that can help you."
"My little sister is in serious trouble! She doesn't have that kinda time! If you don't have the ball bearings to—" Dion's rant was cut off by Orion pushing him aside.
"Please. Our friend is in trouble. I'm sure your capable of at least buying us time to get to Polyhex. We can pay you." Orion spoke politely.
The mech looked at the two younger Cybertronians and sighed. "Okay." He decided as he stood up. "Bring your friend here."
They brought the wheezing femme into the clinic and lay her down in one of the back rooms.
"I'm gonna have to ask you three to leave." The mech said as he lead them out. "This could get messy."
He locked the door behind him.
Dion had been pacing the entire hour Chromia had been in that room. Muttering curses and other vulgarities to himself. He practically jumped when the mech emerged from the room.
"How bad is it?" He demanded.
The mech smiled. "You're lucky you got her here in time. That wound she had was poisoned with an experimental chemical I've only heard rumours of. I was able to flush what little was spreading through her systems before any permanent damage could be done. I also patched up the wound."
The three younglings sighed in relief.
"However, her systems war with the poison drained her immensely. I recommend that you allow her to stay here to regain her energy." He added.
"Here. I have credits that I can give you." Ariel said reaching into her bag.
"There's no need." The mech stopped her. "I'm happy to help. Making me actually feel needed is enough reward believe me."
"Thank you. Can we at least know your name?" Orion asked.
"Call me Ratchet."
"Hey. The doc bot says you're gonna be fine Chrome Dome." Dion spoke softly beside his little sister on the medical berth.
"Yeah! You'll be up and kicking tailpipe again before you know it!" Ariel added.
Chromia gave them both a small smile. "Aww, thanks guys."
Orion stood by the door and watched the three friends interact happily.
This was his fault. If he hadn't let them tag along Chromia wouldn't have gotten hurt. Ariel's home would still be in one piece. They wouldn't be in this danger.
"Hey, Orion." Dion spoke. "Don't think that this is your fault."
Orion turned to him.
"Yeah Orion! Don't blame yourself!" Ariel agreed.
"Orion. We came along with you of our own free will. If anything this is my own fault for being reckless." Chromia rasped.
"Yeah, but if I hadn't shown up in the first place you guys wouldn't be in this mess at all." Orion commented.
The room was left in silence for the next few moments before Dion spoke up.
"Orion." He said. "Why are you here?"
Orion closed his optics. Then he nodded.
"Okay. You guys deserve to know what's going on." Orion proclaimed.
Well, there was my bad action scene. And Ratchet!
For or those of you who have read the explanation from the chapters I deleted, then don't expect anything new if you remember it.
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