Cap swallowed. He looked at the others.
Ty stepped fowards.
"I will." she walked over.
Indy noticed Cap in the background, shuffling his feet.
"Hang on, how about you?"
Cap looked up. "Huh? me? uh..."
Cable gave him a shove.
The tank came over, and Indy repeated the consent process. Cap looked up at the group, then offlined his optics.
---flashback---
The explosions were getting louder. Fastrack, a little red hovercar came flying around the corner, Highwire flying overhead. "They're getting closer, captain." he said as they landed. "This isn't going to be easy." an armored truck beside him said. "I know mudslide, but we have to stop them." Cap replied. His team had been ordered to one of the smaller cities just outside I acon. "If we don't stop them here, then they'll take Iacon." He glanced around at his unit, eight Autobots other than himself.
---present---
Alpha leaned back. She sighed, trying to clear her head.
HT stomped up and sat down beside her. "Yeah, I wouldn't want her in my head either." he said.
---flashback---
"Here they come." the blue mech in the back said. Cap pulled out his rifle. "Then let's get started. Mudslide, take two and go that way. Highwire, Scope, get in the air and start dropping everything you have on them. Be carefull, though. Fastrack, take two and go the other way. Spead out and hold this line!
the battle was short, but intense. He and Tripper, a young green-colored mech, had gotten seperated from the rest of the group. There wer about a hundred Deceticons in all. They ducked into a building as seekers swept overhead. Suddenly voices sounded outside. The two peeked through a broken window, to see Megatron and the seeker trio, with Soundwave, holding what seemed to be a small red mech... Fastrack, no!" Before he could catch him, the young gunner was running out firing at the Decepticon leader. Megatron turned and fired.
'Cap' ducked. "Have they all been taken care of?" megatron asked.
"affirmative." came soundwave's answer. "Retread HELP!" the red mech squiggled in the blue cassetticon's grasp.
"Who?" Megatron asked.
"Our captain. our leader. He'll show you!" the red mech kicked, but Megatron only laughed.
"Then he will share the same fate as all of you." The tank cringed at the final blast of Megatron's cannon.
---present---
Cap jumped to his feet, nearly knocking Indy over. "You've gotten enough, leave me alone now!" he practically yelled.
He stomped away. "I'm sorry.." Indy replied.
The usually gleefull tank stomped away and sat down not too far from Alpha and HT, turning his back to them.
Alpha looked up at Cap. "What's wrong?" She asked, but then winced as she got a headache. "Never mind, I know." She muttered, rubbing her forehead. Why was her head hurting like this? It never had before. her powers started to go haywire. It hurt. Alpha winced again. She looked up at Cap. "It's alright. You-" She whimpered as she felt his anger mentally hurt her. She held her head. "Maybe I shouldn't have gone first..." She muttered to herself.
The femme felt her mind dipping into everyone else's minds. She couldn't stop it. She touched Indy's mind and deposited her thoughts into the femme before leaving it. Her mind finally rested and Alpha sighed. She looked at Cap. Her optics showed that she knew what he had been through. She looked away and sighed.
"woah, what was that about?" Jade watched him stomp away.
"I dunno." Cable finally said, suprised.
Indy looked at the floor. "I'll let him tell you. If he chooses to. I can tell you he was an Autobot, though. ReTread..." she looked back at the group. Anyone else?" she swayed slightly, feeling someone else touch her thoughts for an instant.
The doors flew open. "just wot da hell do ya think eur'e doing?" Klutch's voice sounded loudly.
Indy looked up.
Prowl frowned. He sighed
Alpha looked up. "Oh dear." She mumbled.
Klutch walked over and hauled the femme to her feet. "eu're supposed ta be resting!" he said fiercely, and started to drag her by the arm towards the door. "And I don't know what eu're tyring ta do eah proyme, but it's not goin ta wuk." he looked at Prowl.
"Hey!" Alpha growled, "She did everything knowing what she was doing! She did it of her own free will too!!"
"Really?" he looked at Indy, who looked at Prowl to explain about the 3rd party can't be partial thing, and the consent required in order to be used in court thing.
Prowl explained.
He smirked.
Alpha smirked.
Klutch scowled.
"Fine. Since eu're using their 'consented' memories, if eitha side must have equal opatunities to plead thea case, I'd think we'd be equally able to use such evidence. Oah, so says tha court." he folded his arms, looking at Prowl.
He knew that was what Prowl was arguing. And if the Autobots had access to the groups memories, he'd either to be able to also, or the 'bots wouldn't be able to use their memory-evidence.
Prowl frowned, but silently nodded.
Alpha's optic twitched. She mumbled something. Why do you like him? She asked Indy.
he's not that bad. he wants to rid the world of the Decepticons. Is that a bad thing? came the answer.
"Fine. But since you insisted on bein thah when I had Indy do huh memory downloads, I insist on bein heah to." Klutch folded his arms.
"No." Prowl shook his head.
not all Decepticons are bad. Alpha snapped. I used to be one. My bro used to be one...Ht used to be one...he's not bad...like you saw, he saved my aft.
you're wrong. they ah evil. they're oll programmed to fight. It's the only thing they knoe. What do you think yoah tank-frend theh is gonna do once the woar is ovah? Decepticons have to fight. It's what they're built foah. Don't you see thot?
"I can, and I will." he said. Prime stepped in with: "We were only present to make sure there was no wrongdoing on your or your troups's part. like last time."
Klutch folded his arms. "And I want to make sure you don't hom Indy heah."
"They wouldn't." Prowl sighed.
No. They're not. HT wouldn't dare harm any of us. I wouldn't harm anyone. Omega wouldn't harm anyone. You can't think like that... Alpha sighed. She looked at HT and shook her head. Hammtread wouldn't DARE hurt any of us.
really? then wot about when eu oll tried to escape lost toym, hmm? Hommatred was pufictly foyn attacking Wheeljack and red alert. He will kill anyone who gets in his way, and you knoe thot.
He hates cells! It's not his fault! He will NOT kill without a reason. He's my friend and nothing you could say could DARE make me change my mind about him. I'll stand by him if it costs me my freedom or life. Alpha growled. I would do the same for everyone else in this room. Except your boyfriend.
Alpha looked up when she heard that. shr growled, but felt a hand on her shoulder. The femme looked away and growled quietly.
"don't let her get to you. She's not that bad. Although, I could charge over and rip her boyfriend a new exhaust port if you just say the word." Hammertread gave her an impish, evil-ish grin.
"I con't be sure of that if I'm not heah, now can I?" Klutch eyed the tactician.
"he's right." Indy said after a moment or two of being silent.
Klutch folded his arms. Well?"
"I believe it is the right of each party to keep their materials secret. We would not have been present at Driveby's questioning had you not been there." Prime said.
klutch threw up his hands. "Fine. But this has to wait till tomorrow." he looked at Indy. "You're tired aren't you?"
Alpha smiled a bit. "Trust me, HT, I would SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ask you to do that if it wasn't for that fact that if you did, we'd end up getting thrown in the brig forever." She muttered, smiling. The femme sighed.
Indy nodded.
Alpha sent Indy one last message and then looked away.
"Okay, then. We'll continue tomorrow." Klutch started to lead her away.
"not until we get the information Indy has downloaded." Prime said.
"Fine. I'll be right back. And I expect those...miscreants to be back in theah cell when I get back." Klutch walked out.
Alpha did something she had never down before. The femme flipped Klutch off when his back was turned and smirked.
Well, so much for that." Prime said, and turned to the group. "We will continue this tomorrow, then."
Alpha sighed and got in the cell. she didn't care who got in her cell. She closed her eyes and then fell into recharge.
Cap sighed and sat down next to the bench Alpha was on, on the floor. This was supid, this whole thing. All he had wanted was to get away from war, only to be put back into it when he joined Driveby's group.
In the cell next to them was Beacon and Cable. Then Ty and Gunlock, Hasmmertread was put with Jade, who protested loudly, but Hammertread growled at her. (She growled back.) and Driveby alone in the last one.
Prowl gave her a look when he thuoght nobody was looking, but Jade and Prime both saw.
"Something tells me she's not gonna be alone in there." HT snickered under his breath. Jade shook her head at him.
The tank promptly flopped down on the bench, taking up the entire thing.
"Hey! where am I gonna sleep?" Jade protested.
"The floor. Which is where you'll wind up anyway if you don't shut yer yap." the tank growled.
Jade turned to Prowl and Prime. "You're sure he won't maul me in my sleep?" she jerked a thumb at the tank.
HT snickered. "Not unless you talk about him like he's not laying here right next to you."
Jade eeped softly and sat down, remaining quiet.
(meanwhile, in the repairbay...)
Daze whimpered. "He said-"
Ratchet waited patiently for an explanation.
"He... said he didn't want me getting addicted..." Daze mumbled.
Ratchet nodded. And how do you feel?
The femme blinked. "Dizzy," she answered uncertainly.
"Any feelings of fear or dread?"
"Of you..." Daze answered
Ratchet snorted. "Excuse me?"
"You're scaring me..." Daze whimpered in reply.
Snow looked at Terra anxiously, concerned she'd done something wrong.
Terra looked around and sighed.
Snow glanced at her nervously again.
"Did I do something?" she asked.
Terra shook her head. "No, not at all." She said, looking at the femme.
"I did all the time to the young one. He called me...sister...so I felt I had to show him I was there for him..."
Snow nodded slowly. "But I don't know what it means."
"It shows affection for someone, Snowfeather." Terra explained.
"But... I didn't like him..." Snow blinked.
"He used you, then. He knew that you didn't know that..." Terra sighed, "Don't worry about it, snow. It's all in the past."
The white femme nodded uncertainly, still unsure.
Terra sighed. "Now what?"