Kayla was in a great mood. One, she did not pass out through the warp gate. Two, she had found the Mini-con.
Jetfire hovered above her, keeping look-out for the 'Cons. Kayla was currently trying to pry the pentagon plate out from the rock it was stuck in with her dragon claws with little succses. She stopped and glared at the rock, praying it would break on its own. Like that would happen.
Jetfire landed with a thud beside her. "Having troubles?"
"I can handle it myself." She protested She closed her eyes and continued to pry. She felt it come lose and squiled in joy. "YES!!"
She opened her eyes...and found that she was twenty feet off the ground. She looked up to find Jetfire holding the top of the plate.
"Hey!!! No fair!" she wined.
"Sorry, kid. You looked like you needed help." Jetfire said as he placed her on the ground.
Kayla sighed and smiled at him. "Thanks anyways."
Suddenly, the panel started to glow as three meteors appeared in the sky. Kayla didn't know what to watch. Her head kept turning from the panel in her hands to the meteors that continued to get closer.
Jetfire laughed. "Calm down, you'er going to give yourself whip-lash. You watch that panel and I'll keep an eye on the meteors."
Kayla nodded and watched as the panel opened an released a shape. It was a small brown robot with red and silver highlights. It's pink optics flashed to life and it let out a curious beep.
Without warning, Jetfire scooped up both Kayla and the Mini-con. "We need to move. Those meteors are heading right for us."
Kayla nodded and turned to the cowering Mini-con. "Hi, my name's Kayla. Who are you?"
The 'bot let out a series of clicks, whirls, and beeps.
The shapeshifter blinked. "What?"
"She said her name is Tearshine. Hey, Kayla, I think she likes you." Jetfire said.
"I noticed." Kayla was currently being crushed in a bear hug from Tearshine.
There was a loud thud from behind them and Jetfire skidded to a stop. Two of the three meteors had landed behind them. Large craters and been made in the forest floor.
Kayla climbed to the second-in-commands sholder with Tearshine. "Why'd we stop? I thought you said those things where dangerous."
"I'm picking up Autobot destress singnals." He walked towards the nearest crater. "And I never said any thing about them being dangerous."
Kayla shifted into cat form and jumped down to the ground. "Well, then you won't object to me investigating on my own?"
Jetfire placed Tearshine on the ground by the little cat. "Fine, but take Tearshine and be careful. I'm sure the Decepticons are looking for these, too."
Kayla nodded and trotted to the other crater. Both cat and Mini-Con poked their heads over the rim. Tearshine made a long whirl sound as Kayla started down the side.
"Don't worry. I'll be fine." Kayla said as she continued down. Tearshine slid down after her partner, not wanting to be alone. As they went down, the smoke continued to thin out. At the bottom of the crater lay a tape deck. Kayla shifted to human form and picked it up.
"Okay. . . that's it? No kryptonight or anything cool?"
"Kayla! Where are you?" Jetfire's voice carried over the rim of the crater.
Kayla let her dragon wings slide out and flew back to the top of the crater, holding the tape deck under her arm and lifting Tearshine. "I'm here!"
Jetfire stood with another mech. He was mostly white with red and blue racing stripes and a number four on his chest. He had a black helmet with horns and a shiny blue visor.
He walked up to Kayla who was hovoring in the air. "A human with wings, weird."
"Hey, Jets. Who's this?" She asked as she landed.
"This is Jazz. He's a special ops. agent for the Autobots." Jetfire said. "I need to comm. Prime, Jazz can you watch her?"
"No problem. It's all cool." Jazz cheerfuly said as he offerd the human and Mini-con a hand.
Jetfire walked out of the clearing as Kayla and Tearshine climed on.
Jazz held them to face hight. "Who might you two be?"
"I'm Kayla and this is Tearshine." The Mini-con beeped a greeting.
"Your a cute little Mini-con, ain't you?" Jazz chuckled.
Tearshine let out high pitch beeps and transformed for the first time. She was a large wolf with a set of golden wings.
Kayla pulled out the tape deck and started to fiddle with it while Jazz and Tearshine talked. "There must be something neat about this thing. I just need to find it." she muttered.
She caught Jazz's attention as she set it down on his hand and staired at it. He picked it up between his thumb and forfinger. "I wonderd where he had gottin' to. Yo, Soundwave, wake up."
He tossed the deck in the air and it grew and changed shape. It turned into a blue and white mech with a red visor and a white face plate.
"This is Soundwave. He's an Autobot technical officer and scientist." Jazz explained.
Jetfire suddenly reapeared. "Guys, I can't contact Optimus. Whoa, Soundwave? Where did you come from?"
"Kayla had 'im. Did you try to contact any one else?" Jazz seemed a little concerned. Optimus always answers his comm., no matter what.
"Everyone. All I got was static." Jetfire said, he also was concerned.
"The other meteor, it was Shockwave." Soundwave said in a robotic monotone. "He must be jamming our signals."
Jetfire transformed. "If that's the case we need to find the others. They need to know whats happening." He took off over the tree tops and was lost from sight."
Soundwave transformed and fell into Kayla's hands. Jazz took a running start and transformed into a Porsche 935 Turbo with Kayla and Tearshine moving to the front seats. "Let's kick it."
The sports car took off into the forest, racing after the shuttle.
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"Dude, where did he gooo?" Kayla was leaning out of the Jazz's window attempting to locate Jetfire.
"He dissapeared off the radar. I can't find him." Soundwave said
Just as Soundwave finished his sentece, a laser shot exploded beside them.
"Somthin' sure found us!" Jazz skidded around a tree and his passengers door popped open. Kayla, Tearshine, and Soundwave all landed in the bushes.
Soundwave immedietly transformed and joined Jazz, who had also transformed and was looking down at something that Kayla couldn't see.
She propped herself up and shouted at Jazz. "Oi! Whats your problem?! I'm gonna' be pickin' twigs outta' my hair for days!"
"Kayla come here." Jazz didn't sound as cheerful as he did when the first met.
The shapeshifter jumped up and walked to Jazz's side. They were on a cliff edge really high up. She looked down and what she saw, she most definetly didn't like.