Just so you know, this happens about a week after "the Art of revenge". Just to put it in a timeline. Any Mary-Sueness is purely intentional. It's an RP, not a fanfic.
there is a difference.
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Alpha walked over to HT. She glanced through the bars at the deeply-sleeping tank. "You sure he's out like a light?" She asked, flashing Prowl a worried glance.
Prowl eyed the unconcious mech, wondering why the tank had a vendetta with him. He had battled many cons in the past, sure. But this tank, Hammertread, didn't have any faction symbols. "If he isn't a Decepticon, then who is he?" he asked himself.
Alpha smirked and then rolled her optics. The detention are doors opened and Jade walked in. "gaurd duty" she grumbled. "You're sure he's gonna stay that way, right?" she jerked a thumb in HT's direction, eying the sleeping tank warily.
Suddenly, Alpha let out a gasp of pain as she stumbled backwards, markings glowing. She felt tears come to her optics. "Fire...they feel like they're on fire..." She yelled, ripping off her armor. But as soon as she did, the femme blacked out.
"What...happened?" Prowl opened his eyes and looked around. then looked down.
"...!!!!"
the short sandy-blonde haired man let out a yelp and jumped to his feet. He looked down at his white jeans and white t-shirt. Blue eyes glanced around frantically for some explanation. On one side was a short femme of about 24, with shoulder length blonde hair wearing dark blue jeans and a rose-colored t-shirt, with a blue jacket.
On the other side was a girl of seventeen with long, brown hair. A cowbot hat was lying on her head and she had on blue jeans with a white shirt and a blue jean jacket. On her feet were two cowboy boots. The girl let out a groan and sat up. She looked at Prowl with emerald eyes.
"Prowl?" She gasped, then looked at herself. The jacket covered her markings, but she could feel they were there.
The girl on the other side (Jade) rolled over. "Give me ten more minutes mom..." she was still for a minute, then shot to her feet. 'whosawhatsawherwherewhat?" she stopped and looked at the 5 foot 8 slightly muscular blue-eyed dishwater blonde and brunette. "what...happened?" she asked. She took a better look. She turned around, and noticed the sleeping figure under the tree next to them.
"Oh no." she turned around. Prowl held up one hand, and looked at this new form. he was trying to understand it, but just couldn't make sense of what had happened.
"...we're.."
and the man fainted. The brunette in the cowboy hat, Alpha, rolled her optics. She looked down at the sleeping man and walked over to him, placing a hand on his neck. "He's alive..." She muttered, then looked at herself as a cold wind blew. She shivered and tightened her grip on the blue jean jacket.
"We're humans."
Jade shook her head. "I know, but why?" she looked up at the sky, then at the wooded area around her. She went over to the fainted man. He looked like he was in his late twenties-early thirties, whereas the blonde herself was only about 24 or so. She couldn't tell how old Alpha was. She squatted down beside Prowl.
"Wakey wakey"
nothing.
She nudged him, being carefull not to poke him in the ribs. His internal side-chest struts were still mending after the last run in with Hammertread.
"WAKEY WAKEY WAKEY!" she yelled.
"hmm?" crystal blue eyes fluttered open, and Prowl stared up at her for a second before comprehsion hit.
"Gyaah!!"
Jade backed off and snickered. "Chill. You're only a human. At least you weren't turned into a horse or something." She snickered at the mental image.
Alpha laughed. She looked down at HT's sleeping form and hoisted him up onto her back. She was stronger than she looked. "C'mon y'all. We gotta find out wha' 'appened to us an' why it 'appened an' how do we fix it." She said, a Sounthern drawl in her voice.
"Hang on, we need to figure out where we are first. Otherwise we're gonna be going in circles trying to find some sign of civilization." Jade said
"That's true...so anyone know where we are?" Alpha asked as she moved HT so he was in a better spot on her back.
"You can set him down. This is gonna take a minute." Jade smiled. "He's not going anywhere anyway."
The blonde sat down and took off her necklace, opening the locket. She took out a chip and squeezd it before throwing it into the grass. A light sprang out, making a 3-dimensional grid-box, which faded into a small metal box. She opened the lid and pulled out her laptop.
"what? it's a subspace locker." she opened the laptop and sat down, turning it on.
Prowl walked up. "I thought you said you returned Bullet's laptop?" he asked. "I..uh.. well, aren't you glad I didn't?" Jade gave him an innocent grin worthy of Sideswipe.
"Bullet has a sattelite internet uplink, so if I reprogram it, it'll connect to the GPS sattelittes, and tell us where on the globe we are." she started typing.
Alpha put down HT and then looked at the laptop. "Well"
"ooohhh." the stout man mumbled something sleepily. He opened his eyes. Bright red-brown eyes scrutinized the group.
"Who are you?" he demanded gruffly, putting a a hand to his head to get rid of the headache. "And where am I!?"
Jade hid behind Prowl. "See. I told you he'd wake up!" she hissed. Prowl turned his head slightly to talk to the 5 foot 3 femme behind him, then hissed as the femme put her hands on his shoulders. His internal systems were still trying to mend most of the damage that had been done when the tank ripped his shoulder cannons off.
The man stood up. then doubled over. "ooohhh. he groaned I think I'm gonna be sick"
Alpha walked over to the man and helped him stand. "Easy now, Hammertread." She said softly. "Probably just the effects of traveling via twin's powers and your sleepin' stuff wearing off..." For some reason, she wasn't afraid or worried about herself right then, she was worried about him. She knew (or rather hoped) that the man wouldn't hurt her, but just in case, she had a pocket taser in her jacket.
"Please don't hide behind me. He's no threat to us for the time being." Prowl said cooly to Jade, who edged around from behind him slowly.
"I know. The stupid drugs are giving me warm fuzzies. Ugh. I think I'm gonna.." he stopped and looked at the human beside him.
"Why am I human sized?" the ex-tank demanded. Then he stopped, and slowly looked down at himself..
"AAAAAAAHHH!"
He looked at them with round eyes.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME!!?" he bellowed.
"I'm...I'm.." the ex-tank whimpered and looked at his hands, ran one hand along the length of his arm, then across his head, feeling hair.
He glared at them. "Whatever you did to me, you're going to regret it!" he charged towards Prowl. But the world slipped sideways under him and the man stumbled and hit the ground.
Alpha bent down quickly. "Easy now, HT." She said softly then helped the man sit up on his knees. "Don't over exsert yourself. Those drugs in your system have to work thier way out and you shouldn't try to kill anyone while this is going on. Also..."
She looked at the ground. "I have a feeling this was my fault..." The girl pulled off her blue jean jacket and saw the markings on her arms. A new marking appeared. It went from her throat to under her shirt. "Oh yeah. My fault. New power, new marking." She growled, but then slid her jacket on. "So don't you try to kill Prowl for what happened in your past, got it"
"Prowl?" hammertread looked up like a light bulb just went off over his head.
"He's here?" he asked.
He looked over at the man Jade was hiding behind and grinned. "So, You're in this mess, too, huh?"
Jade reached down and snatchet up her laptop from beside HT. It bleeped.
"Great. We're somewhere in Tennesee. The smoky mountains." she glanced at Alpha, then at Prowl. "Let's just hope there's no bears around she mumbled. Then looked at HT. "Nevermind. He's scarier." she smirked.
"Tennesee!" Alpha cheered. "Rocky Top, Rocky Top Tenesee!" She sand, smiling, the quit. "Okay, I'm done acting like an idiot." She laughed. The femme helped HT to his feet. "Now no killing anyone."
HT smirked.
"sure."
Jade narrowed her eyes at him. "I suggest we keep him in front of us where we can see him." she groused.
Prowl looked up at the sky. "If the sun rises in the East and sets in the west, if we follow the sun, we can travel west, which will eventually lead us to cicilization." he suggested. Jade nodded and the tactcian. "You first, HT." Jade chirped. The tank's face darkened. "Don't call me that." He turned around and started walking, although swaying slightly. A branch whapped him in the face, and he ripped it off angrily.
Then he noticed where it broke off was angled, and slightly pointy. He grinned and turned around, hiding the stick behind his back where they couldn't see it, smirking slightly. "You're the one with all the ideas. Why don't you go first?" he asked Prowl, walking back towards them.
Alpha folded her arms. "HT, I'm trying to stick up for you here, so you'd better not be planning anything." She growled. "Prowl, as much as I agree, don't lead. He's got something and as long as I don't know what it is, I can somewhat defend him."
Before anyone could react, the tank charged the dishwater-blonde Prowl. Jade tried to shove Prowl to one side. The ex-tank shoved the stick into Prowl's midsection as hard as he could, sending the man sprawling back with a cry. HT landed on top of him and shoved the branch in deeper.
Alpha growled and pulled out the taser. She shoved it onto HT's neck and activated it, not stopping until she was sure the man was out like a light. She panted and then kicked HT off.
"Stupid."
Jade rushed over to the panting man, and put her hands around the stick, afraid to pull it out and cause more pain. "Are you okay?" she cried.
"It...hurts.." Prowl squeezed his eyes shut.
"Alpha! a little help here!" Jade rummaged around her locker for a minute. "There has to be something around here that can help... Stupid! Why didn't I put an emergency kit in here! you allways need one of those!"
Alpha glared at HT, but ran over to Jade. She pulled out the stick carefully and then started to wrap his wounds with something she had shoved into her boot.
"How d'ya think I'm able to treat people on the battle field"
Jade nodded. "I hope you have something in there to keep it from getting infected.." she glanced over at the tank.
"Humans are different from transformers, so just be carefull what you use, kay?"
She gave the tactician a worried look, and squeezed his hand slightly.
"Of course." Alpha nodded. She finished and then stood up. "Alright. He's good. Can you carry him?" The girl walked over to HT and lifted him up onto her back. "I'll get him if'n ya can carry 'im"
"uhh... no." Jade blushed slightly. "I don't have to." she gave Alpha a look like "You may be stong enough to, but I'm not." She glanced over at the ex-transformer. "Can you move?"
"I...think so." Prowl winced as Jade helped him up, and slung one arm over her shoulders, putting the other around his waist. " Jade blushed again. Prowl gave her a curious look. "It's just.. wierd seeing you as a human, that's all. I keep forgetting your my superior officer.. She glanced down at the ground and Prowl chuckled.
"So that's the reason you panicked." Jade looked at Alpha like 'Help.' the two started to walk. "I've told you before, Jade..." She rolled her optics and mouthed the words as he spoke them.
"No matter what happens, the worst thing you can do is panic."
"how many times have I heard that one before." she thought.
"I know. It's just wierd seeing you as a human, that's all." she said.
After a bit of walking, the sun was starting to set. Alpha looked around and then leaned HT gently against a large tree trunk before looking around. "Should we set up camp or something here? It's a nice spot...plus it's getting dark..." The femme muttered.
Jade nodded. Prowl leaned against a tree, then sat down. "We should set up a watch rotation. For wild animals, and our 'friend' over there." he nodded in HT's direction. "I'll take first watch." he offered. "I'll stay up with you." Jade added. Prowl nodded.
"We're gonna need some firewood. And I'm getting a bit hungry, too." the ex-jet took off her necklace and squeezed the chip (mini activator button) and tossed it. She went through the box. "Hmm.. a lighter would be nice... Maybe..." she tossed a datapad aside.
"A bit of luck would come in handy, too...AHA!" she uprighted holding a brown paper bag.
Alpha blinked. "Wha'...and no. Prowl, you need to rest. That injury is...Primus I sound like Ratchet! Just...rest, Prowl...and what's that, Jade?"
She set down the bag and pulled out a bag of chips, a lighter, a pack of cigarettes (which she quickly hid from Prowl in her jacket pocket), and a 2-liter of Mountain Dew.
"Eh. It's not much." She handed the chips to Alpha. "Here. It's food." She glanced back at the forest. "Too bad none of us have weapons in case a bear attacks, or to hunting with."
She went rooting around again and pulled out a .22 pistol.
"heh. forgot about that." she found the box with the bullets, and fiddled around with it.
"Okay... how do I eject the clip?..."
She realized she was accidentally pointing it at Alpha's leg and quickly pointed it down.
"Sorry! I.. don't like guns.. it's a friend of mine's."
She fiddled with the latch. "I hope it's not loaded." she squeaked.
Alpha scurried away and over to where HT was, and put herself in front of him.
"There, now if you attempt to shoot me, you shoot him." She grinned jokingly, pointing to HT as she ate some of the chips. The femme pulled out her jacket and laid it over herself.
"I'll watch first. I'm better with guns, anyway."
Jade handed her the gun and the box of bullets. "ok. I'll go look for some firewood." she reached in the bag and pulled out her pocket knife, some perfume, and a bottle of water. Prowl blinked. "Okay, so I used to go on camping trips when I was younger." she shrugged.
She wandered a few feet and hacked off some bushes. She balled up the leafy branches, and placed them in the bare spot. She unscrewed the lid of the perfume bottle and poured some of the liquid on them. Prowl scrunched up his nose at the smell.
"What is that stuff?"
"perfume. Almost 100 alcohol. catches fire really well." She flicked her lighter, and the material caught with a "whoosh" The blonde grabbed a couple more armfulls of branches. "I'll be right back with more. Just keep the fire going." she put the perfume in her pocket.
Alpha nodded and then glanced at Prowl. She watched him fall asleep and then loaded the gun. The femme glanced over to HT and her eyes softened. She cursed herself and coverd him with her blue jean jacket.
"There...now maybe I won't feel so bad..." Alpha muttered as she loaded the gun Prowl shivered in his sleep as a wind breezed through. "You feeling okay?" Jade asked. "Yes, I'm fine. Why?" he mumbled, shivering again. "Here." Jade took off her jacket and draped it over him. "Are you sure you won't need it?" he asked. "sure. I'm fine." the blonde turned and scurried off to look for suitable firewood.
Alpha watched her scurry away and then leaned against the same trunk that HT was leaning against. The femme kept the gun in her hands, ready to attack anything.
Alpha had drifted off into sleep, but quickly jumped up as she heard something. She looked around and then felt cold, but realized it was only because she had given HT her jacket. The girl readied her gun.
"Who's there?" She hissed.
The grizzly caught the scent of something, and lumbered out of the woods towards it.
The bear stood up on it's back legs and growled threateningly.
Alpha got her gun ready. She panted as she cocked it.
"Go away, please go away...NO!" Alpha yelled as the bear lept at her, but instead went right past her, at HT. She fired, but missed.
"LEAVE HIM ALONE!!!" The girl yelled as she fired shot after shot at the big bear. When it turned to face her, it was bloody but determined.
HT mumbled and opened his eyes. The bear moved again. Then stood up on it's back legs and growled threateningly.
HT growled back. "I'm not afraid of you!"
Unfortunately, he was still half asleep, and thought it was only a dream. the creature roared and rushed at him. HT swung at the bear, making the animal madder The bear bit down, slashing at him with it's sharp claws. HT yelped as the shapr teeth clamped down on his arm, leaving deep punctures and almost crushing it. His craws slashed across the tank's chest, leaving large gashes. HT yelled.
"Get off me you turboflea infested... Gaaa!" the bear bit down on his arm again.
By now, Prowl was awake, and struggling to his feet, looking around for some sort of weapon to use against the creature. "This is a 'bear-creature' Jade told us about?" He winced and pressed a hand to his midsection, going back down to his knees.
Alpha slowly walked over to HT to make sure he was okay, but the bear struck hard and fast. It clawed at her, but only got her arm. The girl fired again and again, standing in front of HT. She finished with the round and looked at the bloody bear.
"Oh Primus...is it...dead"
The creature howled, and fell, not moving or getting up again. HT looked at Alpha then the bear. "Thanks." he winced. Alpha panted and dropped to her knees. She looked at the bear and then crawled over to HT, ignoring her wounds.
"Are you...are you okay?" The girl asked, looking him over. "What'd he bite 'sides your arm"
The tank grimaced, "He got my chest, too." He looked over at the bear. "I could have taken him on my own." he grated. He caught Alpha's look.
"What? I said thank you." He growled.
Suddenly, a figure came crashing through the tress Alpha quickly lept in front of HT to protect him. She looked up at the figure,
"Whowhatwhenwherehow?!" She yelled, raising the rifle. The girl swallowed and realized she needed to reload the stupid thing.
Jade Screamed "DON'TSHOOTITSONLYME!" and ducked.
After a second, she got to her feet and came into the clearing with an armfull ot various sized braches.
"What are you!..." she spotted the bear.
"Oh."
She glanced at HT, then set down the branches off to one side.
"Are you okay?" she asked Prowl. he nodded.
"The bear attacked hammertread." he stated.
"Oh. Jade walked over to the bear and kicked it. "Yep. It's dead, all right." she noted. Alpha lowered the weapon. She walked over to HT and pulled out her medical supplies. "This may sting, but it'll help." She said, pouring something on his wounds. Once that was done, she wrapped the wounds.
"Oh, and that look I gave you...was a look of concern." She explained, wrapping his chest.
"There"
HT didn't say anything, just grunted and grimaced here and there. He wasn't about to let her know how much it hurt.
"Yeah, yeah, I know. Humans can be damaged esier than metal." He looked away so he wouldn't have to make eye contact with her.
Alpha finished and then wrapped his arm gently. She looked him over once and then looked him in the eyes. "You okay?"
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back at the Ark...
Daze stared at the hypo. She'd never really got used to injecting herself with this stuff. But it was better than the overwhelming fear she had felt since Orcas attacked her.
Her hand shook slightly as she looked for the point in her armour where she could insert the needle.
the doorchime rang.
Almost dropping the syringe, Daze turned, then answered the door. Jazz was leaning casually against the doorframe. "I was wonderin' if you'd be awake." he glanced down at the syringe. "you sure that stuff is workin?" he asked.
He waited patiently for an answer, and for the femme to either invite him in or slam the door in his face. He expected the latter.
Daze shrugged. "I think so. I can't remember much for a while after I take it. And Ratchet wouldn't give it to me if it was bad, would he"
"nah. Although I think all ya need are a few good friends and some good tunes." The porsche smiled and turned on his radio.
Daze smiled. "It's getting better though. I come around quicker from it"
"Have ya tried takin' it less often?" the Porsche suggested, following Daze as she walked back into her quarters.
Daze shrugged again and sat down on her recharge plate.
"I do what Ratchet says and take it every two days"
the Porsche shrugged. I t was better not to argue with the CMO. "How about this, then. Instead of you takin' that gunk constantly an' gettin addicted to it, I help ya get back on yer feet, an we don't tell the doc about it"
Daze put down the syringe.
Jazz grinned. "Okay, now, what's say we round up some people and us a party goin'?" He headed for the door.
Alpha hissed as she wrapped her arm with bandages. the girl glanced over at the bear and then reloaded the gun once she was finished wrapping her wounds. "There." She glanced over at HT. "You sure you're okay"
HT watched the femme. then shook his head and looked pointedly elsewhere before she looked at him.
Alpha kept the gun over her shoulder as they walked through the woods. Alpha made it a clear point that she wasn't going anywhere near the nearby cliff that, if you fell off, you fell into a deep river. She looked around and then sighed.
HT eyed the canyon, and the river rapids at the bottom. He half-glanced back over his shoulder. Prowl looked down into the chasm. "We need to cross this gorge somehow, if we are going to keep travelling west. There's what looks like a bridge up ahead." he said.
Alpha shivered, but nodded. She looked down at the rapids and then up at the bridge. "I'm not going to enjoy this." the girl hissed as she edged away from the river.
Hammertread looked over the edge. "hmm, if you don't drown, the fall alone could kill you." He gave Prowl a pointed smirk over his shoulder.
Jade shook her head. "How are we gonna get across? I can't support Prowl here on a supended bridge. You have to hold on to the sides. it swings.
"not that much." Prowl pointed out.
Jade eyed the river. "It's not that far of a fall. 30 feet or so... I guess"
Alpha eeped and then looked at the bridge. "I'll...I'll go first..." She muttered, handing Prowl the gun. She swallowed and walked out onto the bridge. She gulped and held on for dear life as she walked across.
"I hate myself... I hate myself"
All of a sudden, a strong gust of wind shook the bridge. Alpha yelled and held on, but flipped over the edge. She clung to the rope for dear life.
"OH FRAG!!!!" She said. The femme eeped as one of her hands slipped. She looked down.
"I really wish I could swim."
HT rushed at Prowl and shoved him. The sandy-haired man lost his footing and fell backwards. He caught a treebranch.
"Augh!"
he could feel his ribs protesting.
"Get back up here so I can shove you of completely." the tank dared with a glint in his eye.
He bent down, trying to find a way to reach Prowl, who was four feet below where the ex-tank couldn't reach him.
Alpha whimpered as she managed to climb back up onto the rope bridge. The femme glanced at HT. "Hey! I thought we agreed no trying to kill Prowl! you do, and I can't defend you! Now, give up!" She growled, but then ran back, and tackled the mech.
HT growled and swung at the femme. She darted to one side, but slipped on some moss. She screamed as she fell off the rocks, hiiting the water with a loud "splash"
Alpha managed to break to the surface and take a deep breath. She screamed before going back under.
"I CAN'T SWIM!!" She yelled in her head as her air started to run out. She attempted to swim, but only managed in wasting the rest of her air. Alpha's eyes closed and she started to sink even deeper into the river.
Jade looked at the river then HT. "I can't swim. You have to save her."
"why should I."
"Because! she saved you! YOU OWE HER!! And besides, there's plenty of time out here to carry out your stupid attempts at killing Prowl!!" the ex-seeker glared daggers.
Hammertread looked at Prowl, who looked like he might let go just out of the pain he was going through, then at Alpha. He snarled.
The bulky man ran and jumped off the cliff, doing a near-gracefull swan dive into the river...
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yeah. it wasn't that bad, now was it? eh..err..umm... well...
all reviews welcomed. Yes, I know there are some grammatical errors and such and such, but I was hurrying to get it up. This RPG goes at a rate of 3 pages per day. and it takes a couple days to get the RP logs in a story format and fix all the errors hurrying. So please bear with me.
If you think this is badfic...well, the back button is over there. (points)