I should probablt forewarn you, Klutch and Indy both have a strong british accent, so there's a little dialogue-skewing to make it sound like the accent. It's not a misspelling. Just letting you know that.
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The blue Lotus and Red corvette sped along the desert, the occupants of the nearby ship watching. Jade glanced over at Alpha from the concole she was at.
"Wonder who she's talking to." she thought, but didn't say anything.
Leu smirked. "Found her?"
"Yes..." Lee smiled.
"Leave me alone." Alpha hissed. She tried to block him.
"Uh-uh. remeber what happend the last time you tried that?"
"Yes." Alpha sighed in defeat. She stopped.
"Well well well, what 'ave we 'ere? " Klutch pulled up at the top of the ridge and transformed. "looks like a couple 'a cons, aye?"
He canted a grin at Indy, who pulled her rifle out of subspace.
"Looks like our investigation 'a those new 'formers is gonna 'ave ta wait." he smirked and aimed at the pair, sighting the car's tires.
"They're gone!" Bumblebee had gone to take a couple energon cubes to the group at Jade's quarters.
Prime turned as he came running into the command center.
"What do you mean? That's impossible." Prime replied, allready getting a feeling he knew how they got out.
Omega jumped up. "WHAT?! How'd they go? I mean..." He trailed off. Tears came to his optics.
Lee transformed. "She's around here somewhere..."
Leu transformed as well. The dragon looked around. "Where?"
"I don't know. But I sense her..."
BLAM!" the blast narrowly missed Lee's audio.
"Bugger! I never miss!" came an exclamation.
The duo whirled. another shot whizzed past the dragon's shoulder.
Leu jumped into the air. He transformed into dragon mode and blew fire towards where the shots came from.
"Easy, Leu!" Lee sighed. "Who's there? Why are you attacking us?" He asked, looking around.
The two cars ducked down to a squatting position, making themselves less easily seen. "I can't believe I missed." Indy hissed. The blue mech glanced at ther. "after all I taught you, and you still can't shoot straight." he shook his head and aimed again, completely ignoring the fact that he missed first.
Hammertread leaned back, watching with interest.
Prime hurried to Jade's quarters, and found it empty.
"Oh no. This can not be good.."
"Escpecially with you-know-who on his way." Bumblebee sounded from beside him. "Well, at least Klutch isn't here after Jade. But we should warn Driveby and her group he's looking for them." Prime replied, heading back to the control room.
Lee looked around. "Screw this. I gotta find her."
"I'll happily join you..." Leu smirked, "Once this is over with."
Lee rolled his optics.
alpha walked over and watched the screen. "Alright, Who're you going for?"
Omega ran into the room. He shook his head. "No. ALPHA!"
Nothing.
"Alpha?"
"Prime, Alpha won't answer me!" Omega said, looking at Prime.
"My credits are on the cars, although I think the dragon and car are gonna rip them to shreds." HT replied. "too bad I can't help" he thought.
The blue mech took aim, this time at the dragon. The red femmecar beside him aimed for the car's chest...and hit his shoulder. Klutch fired and hit the dragon in the leg. It roared louder. his weapon suddenly gave a buzz. "Damn. energy transfer circuti's jammed. Give me yours." The red femmed handed him hers, and he handed her his.
"Fix that." He said.
He fired again, this time purposely hitting the ground in front of the two.
"I just hope she is safe, Omega. But we will find a way to rescue her. That I promise." Prime said. He headed for the command center.
Omega, you said you know where Hammertread's ship is?"he asked after a moment.
Alpha looked at Hammertread. "I'm hoping the cars win."
The dragon growled and blew fire at the two cars.
Lee smirked and fired his blaster at the two cars.
Omega shook his head. "N-No, I don't! I shouldn't have left her when she told me to! Why didn't she contact me? Tell me something?" He asked, looking at the ground. "What am I going to tell Kit?"
"Tell me what?" Kit asked, looking at Omega inoccently.
Jade gave the femme a glare. "Not if you knew him. He's one of the meanest Autobots I've ever had the misfortune of meeting. There's rumors he's a reprogrammed Decepticon."
she turned back to the monitor.
"It's a pity I can't help them scrap him."
HT looked up and grinned.
Jade galnced at him.
"No you cannot do that for me."
his smile fled.
"darn."
"Speaking of cars." Jade glanced at another monitor. HT looked over. There was Driveby, in her white Toyota camry alt. mode, speeding along the desert towards the Autobot base.
Klutch saw the movement and fired.
"I thought you were with alpha when she rescued Compass from Hammertread's ship." Optimus asked him.
"If you knew those two, you'd know why I want the cars to win." Alpha said, wrapping her arms around herself. She sighed and then leaned against a wall. "Creds are on the cars."
Lee dodged.
Leu continued to blow the fire.
"Well...yeah..." Omega looked at the ground. "It's a bit fuzzy, but i think I could take you there...however, I could be wrong...after all, the teleporting we did kinda...eh...our memories..."
Driveby swerved whne Klutch's shot hit her side. She transformed and stumbled to her knees, then tried to pick herself back up
Klutch ducked out of the way as the flames barely missed him.
"That 'lil flamethrowouh ain gonne help eu." the blue sportscar fired again, this time putting a hole in the dragon's wing.
"got it." Indy handed him his rifle, taking hers back. She fired off a shot at Lee
HT looked over at the other monitor. "Dri?" His optics widened at the sight, and he jumped up.
"Prime nodded. Just try to remember, that's all I ask."
Teletraan beeped, and the screen came on, showing two sportscars, one red, the other blue, fighting off a Dragon and a car. Driveby was off at an angle, trying to get her feet back under her, but seemed to be extremely dizzy.
alpha looked at HT. She looked at the monitors. "I have a feeling we're going to go help, huh?" She asked, pulling out her sword.
Leu fell to the ground and let out a roar.
"What? Dri?" Omega asked. "I will, Prime."
Hammertread growled threateningly in reply, and stomped over to the hatch. The trio transformed and sped towards the fight.
Klutch fired at Lee, but he dodged it. "Stay still." Indy muttered under her breath, taking carefull aim.
Driveby was dizzy. It felt like the world was whirling around her. She transformed and tried to drive in a straight line, wondering where the laserblast had come from.
"Driveby's in trouble." Prime said. "Maybe she knows where Hammertread would be. Do you think you could help her out by yourself?"
Alpha transformed once they were near the battle. She pulled out her sword.
"I'll take the cars. Jade, can you take Lee and Leu? Thanks. HT...no need to say it, but...find Dri." She said, noticing how worried and angry HT was.
Lee shook his head. He fired at them and then walked over to Leu, who had a vail of acid in his hand.
"Throw it."
Leu nodded. He threw the acid at Klutch and Indy.
"I'm on my way, Prime." Omega transformed. He flew towards out towards where they had seen Driveby.
"Wait! the cars are Autobots. I hate to say this... " Jade called.
"I really hate to say this, but they're on our side." she said.
The vial landed, the green liquid splattered against Klutch's chestplate and Ind'y legs. The metal hissed as it melted. Klutch blinked. "Okay, now I'm mad." he turned and fired straight at the mech that had been holding it.
Diveby tried to swerve and go right, but instead wound up going straight. almost right up to the dragon and car.
The tank snarled and leapt at the dragon and car.
"Hey, I'm not an Autobot anymore, remember?" Alpha asked, leaping at the two, but HT got there before she could.
"Right..." She turned and saw Driveby attrach the attention of Lee and Leu.
The two smirked as they dodged and then noticed the femme.
"Hey!" Leu reached for the femme, only to be tackled by Alpha.
"Oof!"
"There you are." Lee grabbed Alpha. He pulled her off Leu and held her tightly.
"Found ya."
"Fraggit." Alpha kicked.
Omega flew through the air. He spotted the group
Hammertread turned around and looked at Klutch, who had shot Driveby, then at Lee, who had Alpha and looked like he was going to run.
"Slag!" the tank snarled and fired at Lee, hitting him in the leg. Driveby transformed and looked at the two. Klutch grinned and looked at her.
Jade landed in-between the group, and glanced at HT, who was trying to wrestle with Leu, then at Driveby. The white car transformed and stumbled, but drew her gun. "Driveby to base, I need backup out at the flatland sector."
"Be right there." a voice replied.
Jade suddenly felt something touch the back of her helmet and whipped around.
"Allo, love. Ben a long time, 'asn't it?" The blue car grinned.
Jade snarled. "ah-ah-ah." Klutch chided. He pulled out his high-accuracy rifle and aimed at her head. It kinda resembled an ak-47 sniper rifle, but with a heavy power cell where the bullet clip would be.
"Like it? I got a new one after eu stole m'last wun."
"Jade narrowed her eyes at him.
"Look out!" Indy yelled. Klutch turned and fired at Driveby. The narrow beam cut through the car's armor, sending her back down. The blue Lotus Elise sport grinned.
"Now." Klutch turned back around.
"where were..." Jade had her own rifle out, and aimed at the blue car's head as he turned to aim his on her.
"Ah. I see." He grinned behind his gunscope.
"Seems we've got a staylmayt, ey?" Jade narrowed her optics and smirked.
Lee dropped Alpha and clutched his leg.
Alpha opened her hand to use her powers, but was grabbed.
Leu held the vial of acid to her chest. "Don't think about it, love." He hissed. "I told you you'd pay for what you did to them..."
"Ever heard of breath mints, Leu?" alpha asked, glaring at him.
Lee stood up and growled. He fired at HT.
Alpha looked oer at Jade and the other two mechs. "Seems we've got trouble, huh?" She asked, smirking, but yelled as Leu poured some of the acid onto her chest.
Hammertread didn'y know who to go after first. Alpha screamed, and Lee fired a shot at him.
Hammertread growled and his optics lit lava red. He glanced at Driveby and Indy, who were trading fire from behind cover. He snarled and charged at Lee, knocking him back. He delivered a one-two puch to the car's face, and turned to the dragon. "Let her go." He snarled, voice low.
"You're messin with da wrong mech, Jayde, I'm not 'ere afta you." Klutch said, staring back at the jet.
"Really. Leave us alone, Klutch."
"Ah, so yer fends are back, are dey?"
Jade didn't answer.
"I take that as a yes, den?" the blue colored sportcar-mech didn't even twitch.
"No."
Leu shook his head. "Never." He said, pouring more onto her chest.
Alpha bit her lip, refusing to cry out. She started to struggle.
"LEMME GO, LEU!"
"No." The dragon answered, pulling out another vial. He peered at HT. "Make a move and this goes strait through her chest onto her spark."
"You wouldn't." Lee growled, standing up. He glared at leu.
"You said you'd let Me kill 'er!"
"I will...once I'm done..." Leu snarled, then turned back to HT.
The blue sportscar looked over Jade's shoulder. "lower your gun."
"why should I?"
"how about because yoa friend's in trouble. We're not enemies, Jayd. Or at least.." he stifled an arrogant snicker "I hope yoa not stupid inuff ta make me an enemy."
Jade growled, tightening her grip. She lowered her gun, and the mech grinned. He took carefull aim and fired at the arm Lee had around Alpha.
Lee let out a yell and backed off.
Leu let out a startled gasp and turned.
Alpha elbowed Leu and then held a hand over her chest, pulling out her sword.
Lee smirked and stood up. "well come on, then, if we really must do this, love."
"STOP IT!!" Alpha screeched, diving at Lee. She stabbed him right through the stomach. "I told you never, NEVER to call me that again!!"
HT roared and leapt at Leu. "LEAVE HER ALONE!" He backhanded the mech. In the background, Klutch watched as though it were a movie. Jade started to take a step, but Klutch grabbed her shoulder.
"Let 'dem handle it. 'e lookes like 'e can handle 'em.
Lee growled as he looked at the sword in his stomach and the mech on the ground in front of him. He snarled and then backhanded Alpha, sending her sprawling. "You'll pay for that one."
He pulled the sword out from his stomach and sliced her armor quickly, revealing her markings.
As soon as they were revealed, Alpha's optics widened with fear. She whimpered and tried to back away, but ran into a tree.
Lee smirked and placed Alpha's sword on her markings. He started to trace. "One last time, eh? Maybe this time you'll die..."
"St-Stop..." Alpha whimpered as he traced the "A" on her shoulder.
Leu growled and glared at HT. He lunged at him, firing.
Hammertread charged, igrnoring the weapon blasts as they bounced of his thick armor. He tackled the mech away from Alpha, and started punching him non-stop. Jade heard an engine, and Cap, the small mud-colored tank, zoomed over a nearby rise, the yellow and blue ford festiva, Cable right behind him. A black delta-wing jet and smaller grey spyplane, Gunlock and Beacon, whizzed overhead, firing at Leu.
Alpha whimpered and held her shoulder as she watched Lee try to fight HT, but failed miserably. The femme's vision dimmed as she clutched her shoulder even harder.
"F-Frag..."
Leu yelled as the attacks hit. He transformed and flew away.
Lee tried to kick at him, but Hammertread just kept puching him.
Jade heard a 'click' and turned around. Klutch had his gun leveled at her head again.
"drop it." he said.
Jade growled and dropped the gun.
Indy shouted something as Gunlock flew overhead and lauched a missile, blowing the rocks she was hiding behind to rubble.
Klutch smirked. So, yer friends came 'ta rescue ya, huh?" Jade realised what he meant.
"You mean...you were after them."
"Gee, yer not as dumb as ya look after all." he clicked off the safety.
"And eu were told ta neva recreate yer old faction. Dat makes eu der accomplice."
Alpha whimpered and entered stasis.
Lee snarled and fired at HT. "GET OFFA ME, YOU BIG BRUTE! THE GLITCH DESERVES EVERYTHING SHE'S GETTING!!" He yelled, firing.
Ht snarled and ignored the blast. It hit between armor plates, and the pain only made him madder. He leaned in, putting more weight on the mech. "Leave my friend alone." he growled.
Klutch eyed the fliers. "Tell them to land. They shoot me, I shoot you." he said.
"They don't take orders from me." the jet replied, trying to keep a note of fear out of her voice.
Indy dove behind another set of rocks, this time firing at the two fliers as they passed overhead.
"Make me." Lee smirked. "I've chased her this far for this long. Even if you rip me apart, I'm just gonna get repaired and come after her again like I have been for the past couple steller cycles." He looked up in the air.
"Leu"
Said dragon mech swooped down and hit HT off of Lee. He grabbed the Con and both flew off.
Lee fired at HT one last time before he and Leu were out of sight.
HT dove out of the way, and the shot hit the ground near Klutch, who jumped and instinctively fired back. Jade grabbed her gun, and they both aimed at each other at the same time.
again.
"De ja vu, anyone?" Klutch said.
HT growled, but went over to see if Alpha was allright.
"I don't think you want to mess with them. That big tank that just pounded the living daylights out of that car, he's on their side." she said, finger hitting the safety of her own weapon.
"So ew admit yer friends, then?" the two turned in a circle, still facing each other.
"I never said that." Jade replied.
"and I didn't steal your rifle. I confiscated it after you tried to shoot me with it."
"shouldn'ta betrayed yer own faction, den."
Jade growled. "I didn't. You only thought I did."
"that's not what the judge thought." Klutch smirked.
Jade snarled out loud and shoved his gun away, firing at him. Klutch shoved her and laughed, shooting the rifle away, aiming once again at the jet. "Eu really thought I'd let ue get away? I allways knew eu were a traitor."
Alpha whimpered as she opened her optics. The femme looked around and then at HT.
"They're gone?" She asked, letting go of her energon covered shoulder. She looked over at Klutch and Jade.
"What?" She stumbled to get to her feet, ignoring her bleeding markings.
"Jade!" The femme pulled out her blaster and aimed it at Klutch.
"Puddit down, luv. we're on da same side." Klutch smiled at her.
"You jus' been hangin out with dis crazy brod too much. Takin' new recruits, Jade?"
the blue Autobot lifted an optic ridge. "Jade growled, fear evident in her optics.
"They won't care if you shoot me, but if you do, who's gonna protect you from them? if i don't shoot you first myself." she said.
He smirked. "You think I'm really dumb enough ta travel wit out backup?" Jade's optics widened. "He probably brought half the air force with him!" she thought.
Alpha growled and walked over to them, laser up. "Drop it. Now. Or I'll make you." The femme threatened. "I can do that, you know."
Klutch's face suddenly became cold and unemotional. "yer messin with da wrong mech, luv."
he put his gun down, and jade grabbed it. A shot came whizzing past,narrowly missing Jade's cockpit, hitting the blue mech squarely in the chest. he fell, unconcious. Jade turned and gave Driveby a look.
"What? he was getting annoying." she shrugged.
There was a scream and a shout. HT had snuck up and grabbed Indy from behind in a bear hug hold.She kicked at him and screeched. "Let me go!"
Jade looked over the new weapon "Hmm...looks like an upgrade. I wonder if they ever got the power cell problem fixed. she glanced up.
Alpha smirked. She walked over to Klutch and tapped him with her foot.
"No, you were messing with the wrong group of Transformers." The femme looked over at Indy and touched her mind. The femme shut up. "There. Now maybe she'll quit screaming."
Omega became visable. "sis?"
Alpha turned. "Oh frag!" she jumped.
"Sis..." Omega walked over to Alpha. "What..."
"Tell me you didn't bring anyone with you..."
Indy reached out with her own mind and smacked Alpha.
Forceblock shrugged. "It's the pursose of their existance," he stated flatly. "Would you deny them that?"
Snow whimpered again and tried to shuffle away from him. Forceblock glared at her.
"Stand up," he ordered, smirking as the femme did so. He checked her wings. "I presume it was you who pulled out two of her feathers aswell...?" he asked Orcus.
Orcus nodded.
Indy screeched as HT threw her over one shoulder. Jade glanced at the blue figure. "We should get going. When we wakes up there's gonaa be big trouble. We'll explain as we walk."
she turned to Driveby. "You can't go back to your base, Klutch already knows where it is."
she glanced over her shoulder.
"So what do we do with the chick?" HT growled, walking up. Indy squeeked and wiggled in his grasp, trying to free herself.
"And please don't tell me take her with us." HT half-groaned.
Jade grinned.
"You read my mind, HT."
The tank snarled "I thought I told you...
"not to call you that." Jade and Alpha both chorused, sighing.
Jade looked down at the unconcious Klutch, and aimed her rifle at his head.
"Too bad it would bring an armada after me." then lowered it.
"pity."
She turned and walked away.
Alpha paused. "Hang on." The femme ran over to her armor and slipped it on over her bleeding markings. She then followed the two.
"Why are we stuck with her again?" HT asked, hiking a shoulder and bouncing Indy. Jade turned to Indy. "Tell em, Indy."
The red car squiggled to get free.
"I doent know whut yoar talken about!"
Jade shrugged. "She's a semi-psychic." Jade glanced at her.
"I read your file. Why haven't you used it lately? Klutch won't let you?"
Indy tried to kick at HT, who just threw her over his shoulder.
"Put me down!! I SAID PUT ME DOWN NOW!"
Indy skreeched and kicked and pounded on his back with her fists, but to no avail.
"This is humiliating! Did you even hear me? I said put me down!"
Hammertread ignored her, and started to hum some tune or another. He turned around, almost smacking Jade with Indy's head. "Does this seem familiar somehow?" he asked Alpha, and grinned.
"Shut up!" Alpha growled, folding her arms. She looked away, but smiled and laughed a bit.
Snow tried to inch away from Forceblock, but stopped when he growled and raised a hand.
Orcus growled. "don't you raise your hand to her."
Forceblock grabbed her arm, giving her back to face mask, and pointed to a cell. Snow seemed to undersand, and walked over to the cell.
"Why not?" the mech asked, turning to the werewolf.
"Because she doesn't deserve it." Orcus growled, standing up straight.
Forceblock arrowed his optics.
"She didn't deserve to have her face used as a drawing board, but you still did it." he answered, locking the cell and walking out, ignoring the femme huddled in the corner.