Chapter 5: Decisions

Area near the Decepticon Warship:

All three of us froze not knowing what to do, but next thing I knew blaster fire was surrounding us. With no escape from the line of fire Jack and I did our best to protect Raf from being hit by shielding him from the blasts. Just as we thought it was over, we heard the rumble of an engine coming toward us and blocked the blaster fire from us. "Bulkhead!" I screamed happily. "Get in now!" Bulkhead ordered as he opens the passenger door. We complied and jumped in and I landed in the backseat and was met by a peculiar sight. "Thanks Bulkhead!" Jack said relieved. "Yeah thanks!" Raf said in agreement. "W-what are you doing here?!" Bulkhead asked frantically. "We were worried about Miko! Have you seen her?" Jack asked, but before Bulkhead could answer Miko said, "What'd she look like?" "Found her!" I said sarcastically pointing to Miko. Bulkhead then pulled behind two large boulders and pleaded, "Everyone out and please wait here!"

We all complied and got out before Bulkhead took off. Well almost all of us did, but it seems that Miko had other ideas though and I turned to Jack, "She stayed with Bulkhead!" He looked at me and said, "Are you surprised by this?" I turned to look at the top of the ship, "No, but that still doesn't make the situation any better!" I said, worry evident in my voice. "Don't worry Jordyn. Bulkhead won't let anything happen to Miko." He said in attempt to calm me down. "You're right Jack! Bulkhead will protect her." I said feeling a little better, but still tense. Raf then decided to speak up, "Do you think the cons forgot about us?" Before any of us could do anything, two Decepticons came behind us and grabbed us before we could run away. "Put me down!" I yelled at the cons, but they seem unfazed by my words. "Do you think Commander Starscream will want these three humans?" One of the cons asked the other. "Bring them aboard the ship and then we'll figure out what to with them then." The second one said to the other. Then the cons decided to carry us into the Warship with them and I knew we will be visiting Fowler soon. Let's hope Bulkhead or any other Autobot can help us before they could harm Jack, Raf, or me.

Inside the Warship:

When we got inside the ship, the two cons then decided, "Bring them to the brig! Commander Starscream is keeping the other human there." I looked at Jack and said, "If I ever get my hands on her…" Before I could finish my statement I heard the sound of engines and the next thing I knew I was being knocked up into the air and in mid air I got a hold of Raf and then was caught by Arcee. She then let us down as I let Raf down as well and the he ran up to Bumblebee, "Bumblebee!" Raf shouted happily. "Appreciate you three clearing the front door for us, but storming the Decepticon Warship was not on the activities list." Arcee said sarcastically to us. Jack and I looked up to her and said, "Tell me about it!" "Alright then let's go!" She ordered us as she ran down the hallway. We then followed her and Bumblebee down the hall, well more like we ran not that I was complaining since, but I could tell that Jack and Raf were not as physically fit as I was. Then all of sudden Arcee and Bumblebee stopped, getting out their blasters before turning a corner to only find Bulkhead. "Friendly!" Arcee said defensively to Bulkhead. "Hello!' Bulkhead greeted all of us. "Brought all the humans huh?" Arcee said accusingly. "You try to get them to stay behind!" Bulkhead explained to Arcee. "We need to find Fowler and get these kids out of here!" Arcee stated to the two bots. "Umm he's in the brig!" Jack, Raf, and I said to the bots. "Well that was easy! Hey guys!" Miko said as she was walking towards us. Jack and I both gave her a look that made her confused, "What?" Miko said dumbfounded. "Uh nothing." I sighed, frustrated. "Okay kids let's move!" Arcee demanded. We then obediently followed the bots down the hallway.

All of us didn't make it that far because we got caught up with a bunch of Decepticon soldiers as they fired at us. The bots then spranged into action and started to fight the cons one by one. Jack and I tried our best to keep Raf and Miko out of harm's way, but it was difficult because pieces of metal were flying everywhere and we were trying not to get stepped on either. When we thought we were out of the way Bulkhead almost came crashing down on us and Jack grabbed us and blocked us from being squished while Arcee finished off the last Decepticon. We then got up and started running down the hallway again behind the bots. "That was a close call there!" I said Jack in a relieved tone. "Too close if you ask me!" Jack said in frustrated tone. I nodded in agreement and saw that the bots stopped and Bulkhead to turned to us saying, "Stay here while we go in!" All of us nodded in agreement and stayed put while the bots went in the room. I heard blaster fire for a minute, but then it stopped and I stuck my head in the door to see if it was okay to go in.

"All clear! You guys can come in now!" Arcee shouted to us. "Wait in here." Arcee said to us. Bumblebee then let out a concerning beep towards Arcee. "There slowing us down and are easy targets! They'll be alright in here as long as they stay put!" Arcee said as she was walking out the door with the others in tow and the door shut behind them. "That was intense!"Miko said breaking the silence between us four. "Was?!" Raf shouted at Miko. "What do you mean by was? It is still intense and you must be in a daze to think it's not!" I said with anger in my voice. "It's your fault that we were stuck in this intensity! What were you thinking Miko?!" Jack scolded Miko like she was a small child. "Did I ask you three to follow me?" Miko said annoyed. "You wanted us to be a band doesn't that mean playing?" Jack said to Miko "Well maybe I decided to go solo!" Miko shouted back at Jack. "Guys is this really the time to be fighting like a couple of little school girls?" I shouted to both of them, but they continued as if I didn't say anything. "Well maybe I have some regard for your safety!" Jack said angrily. "I'm sorry is your name Optimus? You can leave my protection to Bulkhead thank you very much!" Miko came back at him and I turned to Raf who then shouted, "Stop it all of you!" Raf then ran right between them and down to the steps. I looked at both of them, "You see what I mean! Fighting is not going to get us anywhere!" I yelled at them while I ran to Raf with Jack and Miko in tow. "H-hey Raf its okay!" Jack and I said soothingly to him. "Yeah we're going to be fine!" Miko said as she was patting his back. "Our bots will come back for us!" Jack said encouragingly. "Yeah they're going to take us home!" Miko said hopefully. "How do you know?" Raf snapped at them. "They will Raf and don't ever think they won't!" I said to him with determination. Jack and I then looked from Raf to a screen across the room, "Hey Raf what do you make of that?" Jack and I asked curiously. Raf then hopped down from the stairs to the screen and said, "It's important! Real important!" "What does it say exactly?" I asked Raf. "I'm not sure, but we have to get it to Optimus!" Raf said urgently. "How do you know it's not a recipe for space nachos?" Miko asked unsure. 'Seriously Miko space nachos?' I thought to myself. Raf then pointed out "I know math when I see it and that is one serious equation!" Jack said, "Can you uh download it somehow?" "I have a flash drive, but I don't know where to plug it in this tech is way alien." Raf said as he opened his bag, but before any of us could say anything, we saw a con come into the room. We all gasped quietly and quickly scurried away from the open, but Raf turned around to get his backpack only to get spotted by the con. We stood watching from our hiding spot, Raf frozen in fear as the con readied his blaster and aimed it at Raf.

Raf then tried to run away, but the con followed blasting at him and Jack then decided to run after Raf and knock him out of the way. Jack then shouted across the room, "Miko take a picture!"And I knew he wanted a picture of the screen with the equation "Great idea! Hey you!" Miko shouted to the con and took a picture of him. "Not of him! Of that!" Jack and I shouted at her while pointing to the screen. "Oh right!" Miko said as she took the picture. I would face palmed if we weren't in any danger right now because of what Miko just did. "Let's get out of here!" I shouted to the rest of them as we headed towards the door. "Go go go!" Jack ordered as we ran out the door with the con following us. All of sudden we saw Bulkhead transform over us and beat the living scrap out of that con. Arcee and Bumblebee then drove right beside us with Arcee yelling, "I thought I told you to stay put?!" as Jack and I got on and took off. "We tried Arcee, but there was a con in the room with us and chased out of there, so we had no choice!" I explained to her trying to control my temper. "She's right Arcee! We didn't have much of a choice!" Jack said in agreement. "Alright alright!" Arcee said defeated. She knew we were right so she didn't argue any further. The rest of the ride to base was really quiet and plus who wanted to talk when you were pissed anyways. Yeah I'm plenty pissed right now especially at Miko because of her decision to follow Bulkhead, but I held it in so I wouldn't upset Raf like they did on the Warship.

Autobot Base:

We returned to base with an unconscious Agent Fowler in tow so Jack and I helped him lay down until he would wake up again. About five minutes later we heard Optimus yell, "Optimus to Base, we need a Bridge! Raf went to go open the Groundbridge and in came an exhausted Optimus and an injured Ratchet. All of us were shocked to see Ratchet with a messed up arm and Optimus with many dents and scratches from what looked like they just got out of brutal battle. As Optimus was repairing Ratchet's arm, we explained all of what happened today since he questioned on what happen to Fowler and by the look on Optimus's face he was not pleased at all by any of us especially Bulkhead. After the repairs to Ratchet's arm were done, Miko then asked, "What happened to you guys?" Ratchet then answered, "We engaged in a battle with many undead Cybertronian warriors!" Miko then got a surprised look on her face and said, "Zombies? You guys fought zombies and I missed it!" Optimus then spoke, "Bulkhead, you exercised extremely poor judgment in allowing the humans to accompany you." Bulkhead then stood up and said nervously, "It won't happen again Optimus I promise." "But it wasn't Bulkhead's fault!" Miko said defending her guardian. Bulkhead then looked down at Miko and whispered, "Miko please!" "And check it out recon!" Miko said as she showed Optimus a picture on her phone.

Optimus looked at the picture and addressed Ratchet, "Ratchet take a look at this. It could be a matter of great importance." Ratchet then looked at Miko's phone with a confused look, "I don't understand." Miko then turned her phone around with a gasp when her phone changed to another picture. "Ooops! That's the con that tried to blow Raf away! But that was before Bulkhead rearranged his grill!" She said while making punching motions. 'Okay I've about had enough of Miko today!' I thought angrily to myself and I looked at Jack who seemed to have the same thought I did. "Miko! Raf was almost killed! This isn't a game!" Jack and I yelled at her angrily. "Yeah haven't you notice this is an actual war where bots and humans can be injured or killed!" I reminded her while giving her an angry glare. "Yeah when are you going to get that through your thick skull?!" Jack yelled at Miko, but she came back, "Umm we were almost all killed Jack! You, me, Raf, Jordyn and even them! I can understand that people can get killed in this war!" She finished while pouting. "Well if this was an average day with the Autobots, then I don't want to be a part of it. Not anymore!" Jack and I declared to the rest of them. "Jack, Jordyn putting you two in harm's way was never our intention. However it isn't the safety of you four that is at risk, but the safety of all humankind. We will respect both of your decisions if you two wish to leave." Optimus spoke to us as Ratchet opened the bridge and said, "No point in long goodbye's here's the door." Jack and I turned to Raf when Jack said, "Come on Raf!" Raf then looked at us then at Bumblebee and said, "I'll be okay Jack, Jordyn see you guys at school." "Sure thing!" Jack and I said as we walked down the stairs to the bridge, but Arcee stepped in front of us and gave us a look. "We know you don't exist." Jack and I said while walking past her as she said, "Don't make me hunt you two down." I swore I heard sadness as she said that, but then it hit me 'Is she sad that were leaving?' Next thing I know Jack and I were bridge to our garage with nothing, but silence to fill the room.

Darby House:

Jack then looked at me and said, "It's going to be alright Jordyn! We'll be fine without them." But I could tell by the sound of his voice that he misses them already, but wouldn't admit it so I merely said, "Yeah." I went inside the house and started to think 'Did we just make a mistake in leaving? I mean its Miko for goodness sakes! She's going to say stupid things and not look at the reality of the situation at hand!' I pondered for a few minutes and decided to go to my room for awhile. About an hour later I heard a familiar rumble outside and a voice so I opened the garage door quietly to find Miko talking to Jack. "So this is where you hang huh? Back in Tokyo I have two loving parents and two purebred cats Chi Chi and Ding Dong. I went to the best school and took piano lessons since I was three." Miko told Jack who was working on his bike. He then said annoyed, "How nice for you Miko."

Miko then turned to look at him and said, "No how boring!" Jack then turned from his bike while Miko continued, "It wasn't me! Why do you think that I jumped at the opportunity to transfer here?" She asked him but Jack turned to her and said, "To Jasper Nevada? The entertainment capital of the world." "Hmm well the brochure lied! Piano lessons were looking pretty good in fact, but then the last couple of days happen!"Miko said with excitement. "Do you have a point?" Jack asked her a little bit irritated. "You bet! I saw what you did today when you came to safe Raf! When you and Jordyn came to save me!" Miko said to Jack and for once Jack looked a little bit startled, but then he quickly recovered, "Jordyn and I have been raised to be responsible to our schoolwork, our mom, our sister, and our jobs!" Jack then stated to Miko who said, "Dude hear me out! You two are not just a fry cook or gymnastic captain! You guys are rock stars! Stop trying to pretend you two are normal Jack! You guys will never fit in! You two are born to do so much more!" Miko finished encouragingly and I'm impressed that she actually said something that tried to help us. Jack didn't even bother to turn around and merely stated, "Thanks Miko, but I think normal suits us perfectly fine." Miko just sighed and went to Bulkhead who was currently in our driveway and took off.

I finally made my presence known to Jack by saying, "You know she's kind of right Jack!" Jack then turned to me instead, "What do you mean by that Jordyn?" I finally walked into the garage and knelt beside him and said, "No one else would have the courage to do what we did today! Going on to a Warship with giant alien robots shooting at you just to save our friends was something that takes a lot of courage to do and Miko saw that. Miko maybe immature to when it comes to serious things, but she's cares about others and tries to fix what she has done wrong. So think about what she just said to you okay?" I finished as I was walking inside the house. "Oh and by the way I looked at Arcee before we left the base and it seems like she was sad that we were leaving." I said to him and he looked surprised by that. I then turned to go take a shower and head to bed to write in my journal. Then I thought to myself 'Maybe we shouldn't have left the Autobots it wasn't their fault anyways' I carried that thought in my mind for the rest of the night.

Oh no Jack and Jordyn decided to leave the Autobots! Will they ever go back? Or will they want to stay normal? In the next chapter we'll find out their decision and what Miko's picture of the equation means. Could it mean that Earth is in danger? And I just want to say thank you for the reviews! I appreciate it! So like always keep reading and reviewing! See ya later!