Author's notes:
because of the length of the overall fic, I've had to minimized my editing time, in order to get the chapters up in a timely fashion. So, from here on out, thoughts will be siplayed in brackets, instead of italicized lettering and quotation marks. I hope this doesn't confuse anyone, but it's how the RP was set up, and I'm having trouble getting throught the roughly 20 or so chapters left.
Terra blinked. "Just...what?" She asked, moving over so she was sitting next to her "sister.
Snow swallowed. "It'd be easier to show you..." she murmured.
She watched as Terra nodded, then leaned over and kissed her.
Terra nodded. She then thought about it. "No...he never made me do that..." She muttered.
HT stared at the bars. "I wonder which one of us they'll take next." he groused.
Alpha sighed and looked at HT. "I don't know and i don't care...as long as they don't hurt any of us..." She trailed off. "Okay, I REALLY hope they don't take you." She mumbled.
HT mumbled something, then stared out of the cell.
"It..really is you?" Prowl asked, looking at Driveby, who had once been his girlfriend, Verona. But that was so long ago...
"I don't believe you." he looked away. " Tell me something only Verona would know."
"something only we would know." he added.
Driveby thought for a second, then lowered her voice. "You used to wake up in the night..."
she glanced at Ty, who was trying not to listen. "nightmares, the humans call them. I used to tell you to go back to sleep, that I would allways be there." Prowl glanced at Ty, then at Prime. Not even Prime knew about that. He looked back at her. "So Hammertread wasn't lying.." He trailed off, his usually unemotional expression about to falter.
"How... I thought you were...Deactivated." he made himself say it. His voice wavered a bit as he said the last word.
Driveby came up and wrapped her arms around him. "I almost did. Some..a group of neutrals rescued me..."
Sideswipe walked in with the portable computer. Jade looked at him. "what's going on?" she asked. "Indy's trying to get into people's heads." Sideswipe replied.
Jade clicked on her comm. "Alpha, did Indy say anything to you, or did you find out anything about what's going on?" she asked.
"Read her mind." Alpha answered. She sighed and told Jade everything. She then patted HT on the back before standing up and walking to another corner of the cell. "Well?" She asked, leaning her head back. "Whaddya think?"
"Who, me or HT?" Jade replied.
HT glanced at her. "About what? he said.
Prowl stepped away from Dri, "we'll discuss this alter." he said. she nodded. The tactician followed Sideswipe, and hooked up the device.
"You." Alhpa sighed. She looked at HT and then shook her head. "He's already given his opinon...plus he's a little down right now." She sighed and then leaned against the wall.
"Well, I dunno. If she's working as a 3rd party information-getter, she should be impartial. That should be required. I don't think any information she gets would be accepted as evidence if submitted as coming from a 3rd party unless she gets information for our defense also. Not to mention unconsented mind-entering would probably have the entire lot of it thrown out of court. She can't just go through someone's head for bad memories without permission then use them against us. She'd be laughed at. But if we can get her to help us.. I'll have Prowl talk to her, since he's representing our defense."
"Gotcha." Alhpa nodded. She then relayed the info to HT before sighing. "Thanks, Jade." She turned off her comm and slid down the wall so she was sitting on the floor.
"Primus help us all..."
the jet stood up. "hey, Prowl. I got a theory to run past you. The tactician walked over, and Jade repeated it to him. He nodded. "it sounds logical. I will speak to her about it. Right now, however, I have to go throught Indy's current data selection and copy it before Klutch comes back to retrieve the device." he said. Jade nodded.
"he said he'll talk to her." she radioed.
Alpha nodded. "'M 'kay."
Omega became visable for a sec. "Did Sparkplug-"
"Yes!" Alhpa nodded. "Why us?"
"Because transformers as traitors are hot news." Omega smirked, but then fell to his knees in pain, clutching his head. "Sorry"
Alpha sighed and Omega stood up.
"Shut up."
HT stood up. "It's because that stupid jet over there has been in trouble before. And you can either bring good news or get lost." he growled.
"Yeah, well she didn't mean it." Cable yelled back.
"shut up, you're not helping." Beacon hissed from the next cell.
"Make me, wings." Cable shot back.
Prime stepped in. "alright, knock it off. We are working on a plan to prove your innocence, but it's not helping you any arguing with one another."
"He started it." HT said.
"Did not." Cable yelled back.
"SHUT UP!" Jade yelled. "I CAN hear you, yaknow!"
"stupid fraggin jerk." she mumbled. "why didn't we just scrap him like Cliffjumper said we should and avoid this entire thing."
"Because." Beacon said matter-of-factly from the cell next to her. "Then Klutch would have gotten Driveby and all of our group. It isn't your fault we decided to fight him. Really we should be thanking you and Hammertread, and Alpha and Omega for helping us."
"...yeah...I guess you're right." she mumbled, and settled back down on the bench.
Alpha sighed. She wapped HT. "Listen you, we're gonna have stick together on this or everything's gonna fall apart. That goes for ALL of us." She looked out of the bars. "Like Prime said...how they slag are we gonna prove our innocence if we can't stop fighting each other?"
Omega sighed. He rubbed his head and glared at his sister. "Nex' time you do that, I'm gonna rip your optics out."
"Bite me."
Hammertread glanced at Omega. "And if you hurt her, I will rip you to shreds while you are still kicking." he said in the same tone.
Prowl quickly copied the information from the computer onto a datapad an put it in subspace.
"I'm going to go find Indy. When I bring her back here, I want an explanation of what happened while she was with you. And I expect all of you to be co-operative with her."
he turned to the human troups. "When I return, I expect to speak privately with the group about their defense. You may wait outside, but under no circumstances are you to enter until we are finished. Do you understand?"
"we take our orders from Klutch, not you." The commander said.
Prime stepped forward. "Then I shall give the order, And I will explain it to Klutch." He rumbled.
The commander looked at his team. "fine. But they get away, we're holdin you personally responsible." he replied.
"I understand." Prime replied.
Prowl walked out and Sideswipe followed , carrying the data-storage unit.
Prime turned to the group. "I trust you will cooperate, and not try another escape attmept if I release you to discuss matters?" he said.
"Yes" (Cap)
"Yeah(cable)
"Yes." (Ty)
"Yes, sir." (Driveby)
"I suppose so. (Gunlock)
"Yup (Jade)
"Yes, sir." (Beacon)
Prime looked at HT and Alpha.
"Yessir." Alpha nodded.
Omega growled at HT. "Yeah? You and what army? She's my sister, after all." He folded his arms.
Alpha sighed and walked away from Omega.
The mech groaned and held his head, optics flickering. "Alright! I'm leaving...I'm leaving!" Omega muttered.
Alpha nodded. She watched him leave. "I hate having to do that to people..."
HT grinned. "Right. sure you do."
Prime turned off the fields and the groups of two walked out.
"Tell me I'm not rubbing off on you." he grinned and ducked a swat, walking past Prime.
"Ah, it feels goooood to be able to stretch my legs again." Cable walked around for a bit.
"Yeah, let the gerbil out of his cage for a minute." Cap chuckled.
"It's hamster, you idiot." Cable mock-growled. Cap ran and tackled him. The two went rolling across the floor puching and slapping each other. Prime fired his rifle in the air. "Enough!" he said loudly. Both stopped, Cable with his fist pulled back, and both had optics like dinnerplates.
"we were only kidding!" Cap mewed, and scrambled off, the two seperated themselves.
Beacon facepalmed. "They're like a pair of teenagers, I swear." he groaned.
Cable looked at Prime for a second. "Is recess over allready?" he asked, pouting. The autobot leader resisted the urge to facepalm. "We are here to dicuss your defense, not chase one another about like schoolchildren." he said calmly.
Alpha smirked. "You may be, you may not be, who knows? All I know is, that my little brother is going to get it once I'm able to get my hands on him."
HT grinned at Alpha. "I knew you'd see things my way." he chuckled.
Indy had laid down on the couch, falling asleep almost instantly; And Klutch had gone to check on the status of his troups and meet with the commander of each unit.
The doorchime rang.
then a second time.
the red car pulled herself to her feet and plodded to the door.
Prowl looked at Indy. He sighed.
"Yeah?" Indy said sleepily. After a second, she moved out of the doorway so he could come in.
Prowl walked in. "We need to talk."
"Okay. What about?" indy sat down on the couch. "You can put that over there." she motioned to the data transfer module, then to the nearby table
Prowl nodded and did so. He told Indy what he had came here to say and then looked at her.
"i suppose...since you put it that way." she clicked on her comm "Klutch."
"I'm busy." came the snapped reply.
"but..."
"Later!" he hung up.
she looked at Prowl. He probably wanted her to go now, while Klutch couldn't stick his nose in what they were doing. She grabbed and energon cube, and offered Prowl one. "Oy suppose you wanted to do this now?" she asked.
Prowl nodded. "Yes." He said, turning down the cube.
Indy thought for a second, then said "well, he con't say I didn't try to worn 'im." she glanced at him and smiled, getting up.
Prowl smiled. He nodded. "He can't say that."
Indy followed him
Alpha stuck out her tongue, but smiled. She sighed and looked around. "Ah-ha!" The femme tackled something invisible.
Omega kicked Alpha off and ran.
Said femme sighed. "Frag."
"Hiyas, Prowl!" Alpha said without looking up. She smirked. Her powers were getting better.
Prowl ignored it.
Jade looked over at her. "so, what now." she shrugged.
Prime answered. "Perhaps we should ask Indy to find some..good memories. With consent, of course." he looked at Prowl to explain that part.
Prowl explained and then looked at Indy.
"Oh joy. So I'm gonna have her inside my head?" Alpha asked, looking up. "I've got enough problems trying to keep my brother out of my mind, do I have to...?" She trailed off, already knowing the answer. Prowl nodded.
"I ain't gonna like this..."
Indy looked at Alpha "not if you don't consent to it, as Prowl just said" she thought-sent, smirking.
Jade looked around. "so, who wants to go first?"
Alpha stepped fowards. "I will." She smirked, looking at Indy. "Let's see if you can get past the barriers I put up." She sent, but then looked at Prime and Prowl. "So...how'll this work?"
"I won't fight you to get information. It will make it harder on both of us." Indy replied.
Prowl handed her a datapad. She turned it on. "Record." she said. "Alpha, do you consent to having your mind-images and memories recorded fo the purpose of court?" she looked at Prowl to make sure she got it right. He nodded.
"It has to be yes or no." she added.
Alpha nodded. "Yeah."
Alright, I won't fight, but don't touch anything that isn't open to you, got it?! She growled. The femme then looked at Prowl and Prime.
this is fou youa defense, rememba? I won't Indy handed her the datapad and a stylus. "you have to sign it."
ahe then handed it back to Prowl. "Sit, please." Indy motioned to the floor, and sat cross-legged. The others gathered around to watch. "I"m used to doing this in a quiet, moah private arier thon this." she looked around.
"that means shut up. "Cap said, looking at Cable.
"I know what it means, aft-head." the mini-tank retorted.
"Both of you quiet." Beacon said. They stopped.
HT looked over at her, but kept from making a smart remark about battling psychics.
Indy offlines her optics, and put her hands around the sides of Alpha's face, around her cheekbones like she had with Driveby...
It was like falling through a dark tunnel. Then it ended in a sudden brightness. The white faded, and Indy stood beside Alpha, watching the memories from her perspective.
Alpha sighed. She smiled softly as she remembered this.
Three tiny Alphas chased around one Omega when the sparkling suddenly disappeared. As soon as he did, two of the Alphas disappeared in a flash of pixels. The real one gasped and then looked around, but was suddenly tackled by an unknown force. She laughed as she looked up at the tiny black jet that was on top of her.
Omega grinned. He and Alhpa scrambled off each other and stood at attention as Vector Prime walked into the room. The mech smiled a bit and then bent down. "How gos training?"
"Good master." Both nodded. They smirked.
"No cheating?"
"No master."
"Good." He tapped thier foreheads. "Remeber what I've said."
"no cheating, no fighting without a reason and no harming innocents, we know." The twins nodded.
Alpha smirked. "Ah...the sparkling days...sorry, this isn't helpful. Moving on."
Indy smiled at the happy feeling she sensed with the memory.
"Okay."
Alpha smiled. She moved onto another memory. "Let's try this one..."
A slightly older alpha sighed as she walked through a darkpathway. "Bro?" She asked softly.
The memory ended.
"no! Not that one. Not any help..." Alhpa muttered. "Here!"
Alpha moved onto another one.
Alpha and Omega stood back to back. They humans in their hands and were surrounded by Decepticons.
Alpha growled. "Ready, bro?"
"OH yeah." Omega smirked.
The two quickly shut thier optics and fired purple energy balls at the Decpticons. They ran for it. Alpha tripped and fell, but continued to hold the humans. "Bro!"
Omega took the humans and ran as Alpha continued to fight the Decepticons.
Prime appeared just as Alpha was shot in the shoulder. He looked at the femme. "Help the humans!"
"Gotcha!" Alpha nodded. She hurried off to do as Prime said.
"That good enough?" Alpha asked.
There has to be something more recent, isn't there? Like when you were in the mountains? Indy asked.
"Well..." Alpha frowned. She thought about it. "I guess...let me look..."
Alpha smirked. "Got it."
The human Alpha growled and tackled the human Hammertread, who was standing over the edge of a cliff above a river. Over the edge of that cliff, a bonde haired man held onto a treeroot for dear life.
"Leave him alone!" She growled.
HT pushed her off him, and the femme took a step back. Her foot hit a patch of wet moss, and she slipped, and fell off the edge of the cliff.
Alpha screamed and hit the water. She blacked out.
The next scene was just a few second later. She was coughing and throwing up a bit. "Th-Thanks." Alhpa coughed.
"Yeah...well...I owned ya..." HT muttered, standing up. He walked away.
"Hang on, now!" She muttered, following him.
"How was that?" Alhpa asked.
uh-huh Indy replied.
"Hmph. Fine. One more." Alpha huffed.
A grizzly bear lumbered out of the woods and growled at the human-Hammertread. He growled back. The bear lunged 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 sharp teeth clamped down on his arm, leaving deep pounctures 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 bitdown 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 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 got 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.
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?"
Alpha looked at the other psychic. "D'ya want another one? Or d'ya want me to try to incremidate my friends?" She asked, raising an optic ridge.
"No, that's enough." Indy dropped her hands to her sides and onlined her optics.
"Anyone else?"