Chapter 9: Who can you trust?
Autobot Base (Friday):
"Aww man Raf you win again! I think you've been hanging around Bumblebee too much!" Jack said as Raf once again beat him at the racing game.
Raf then laughed at Jack and said, "Well he's definitely shown me a few tricks since I kept losing to him all the time so maybe I can teach you!"
"Yeah and maybe he can finally beat Miko at it!" I said smiling at Jack while he just gave me a look. "Hey you beat me all the time so don't look at me like that!"
Jack just smiled and said, "I wouldn't say all the time just a few times here and there. " I just smiled and nodded my head in agreement while putting the boot back on my injured foot. "How's the foot?"
"It's alright! I just don't feel like propping it up anymore right now. "I said while Jack nodded his head in agreement. "And plus the doctor says I can't keep it propped up all the time."
Jack just smiled at me and said, "True, but you tend to walk on it more than to keep it propped up! It's only been a week Jordyn."
"Yeah Jordyn you don't want to make it any worse than it already is." Raf said concerned as he looked at me.
I just sighed and said, "I know! I know! I just want to have both of my feet working properly and I feel like I let the team down when I broke it."
"You sound a lot like Arcee whenever she is injured after battle." Ratchet said joining our conversation.
Arcee then came up to us and gave Ratchet a look, "Oh really and how do I act like in med bay?" Arcee asked daring him to answer.
"You always come into med bay feeling guilty that you let the team down when you are injured and you act stubborn whenever I tell you that you need to rest and recover. You and Jordyn act the same way that's for sure." Ratchet said while looking at Arcee and me and turning back towards the monitors.
"Do not Ratchet!" Arcee and I said in disagreement with Ratchet's words. Before anyone could say anything else, Bulkhead and Miko entered the room talking about a monster truck rally that was in town. As soon as they got in there a beep went off on the monitor and everyone then went to see what the commotion was.
"Optimus I picking a signal on a restricted bend it seems to be coming from a starship inside the solar system!" Ratchet said as I was making my way up to the railing near the monitors. "It's an Autobot identification beacon!"
Jack then turned from the monitors to the bots and said, "So there are other bots out there?
"The masses scattered to the galaxies when Cybertron finally went dark, but…cons have been known to bait traps with false beacons!" Arcee said suspiciously.
Optimus then decided to intervene, "Unknown vessel this is Autobot Outpost Omega One! Indentify yourself!" He ordered the unknown bot.
"I've had warmer welcomes from Decepticon combat brigades!" The unknown bot said in an insulted tone of voice.
"Wheeljack! You old con crusher what are you doing all the way out here?" Bulkhead said excitedly as he nearly knocked Arcee and Bumblebee over.
"Bulkhead? That's you? What's with all the security?" Wheeljack asked confused.
Bulkhead the sighed and said, "The rock were on is crawling with cons! How long till you come here and even the odds?"
"Sometime tomorrow. If I put the metal to the pedal!" Wheeljack announced to the rest of us.
Miko, who was on Bulkhead's shoulder, said in excitement, "A new bot's coming here! How cool is that!"
Optimus then turned to Bulkhead, "Wheeljack! I know of him by reputation only! Can you verify his voice print?" He asked still skeptical over this new bot.
"He is one thousand percent the real deal Optimus!" Bulkhead said reassuringly.
Optimus then nodded and turned to the monitor and said, "We will send landing coordinates Wheeljack. Safe journey!"
"See you soon buddy! I'll make sure you get a proper welcome!" Bulkhead said excitedly as the communication line was cut.
Arcee then went over to Bulkhead and sarcastically said, "So who's the boyfriend?"
'Haha that was a good one Arcee!' I thought to myself while laughing.
Bulkhead then let out a laugh as he said, "Jackie and I go way back! We were part of the same war unit The Wreckers! This means the cons are going to wish they will never find us!"
"It sounds like you guys haven't seen each other in a long time huh Bulk!" I said sympathetically while looking at Bulkhead.
Bulkhead looked at me and sighed, "Your right Jordyn it has been a long time since I've seen him, so I'm excited that he is coming!"
"Me too! It's going to be awesome to have another bot around here to hang out with." Miko said excitedly as she held out a thumbs up.
"Let's hope that he doesn't pick up on any of Miko's habits or were definitely going to have trouble." Arcee whispered quietly to me.
I just smiled and said, "That's for sure! We already got one trouble maker we don't need another!" Arcee then just smiled as we watched Bulkhead telling Miko a story about him and Wheeljack back on Cybertron.
Later on we asked, well Miko, asked if we could stay the night here at base since it was a Friday night. Optimus didn't have a problem with that and neither did the bots well except for Ratchet. Miko was overly excited that she gets to stay and not have to go back home because with the news of a new bot coming tomorrow, so she didn't want to miss anything. We all then grabbed our sleeping bags that we left here awhile back just in case and went to lay down to watch TV. Everyone insisted that I had to lay my sleeping bag on the couch so that my foot would be comfortable despite my protests that I would be fine. Anyways after a while everyone went to sleep or in the bots case recharge, I then decided to write in my journal with my portable book light. I kept thinking about how happy Bulkhead was and how much the Autobots have suffered in this war from losing their planet to become separated from all the ones they cared about. So things like this happening make me happy for the fact that not everything is a total loss to the Autobots.
Autobot Base (Saturday):
"Today is the day that Wheeljack gets here! How much longer do you think Bulk?" Miko asked impatiently to her much bigger guardian.
Bulkhead just laughed and said, "Not that much longer Miko!"
"Ugh I hate waiting!" Miko said as she kept a close eye on the monitor watching as Wheeljack kept getting closer to the designated coordinates.
"Patience has never been a part of Miko's dictionary that's for sure." I said to Jack and Raf while laughing slightly.
Miko then gave me a look that said 'Oh shut up!' I just smiled and turned back to the monitors to watch Wheeljack position. All of us watched for the next ten minutes at Wheeljack's position and that's when Arcee decided to break the silence.
"Wheeljack's ship is nearing the landing zone!"Arcee announced happily to the rest of us. Miko then gasped in excitement at the news.
"You think he will visit?" Raf asked excitedly to the Jack, Miko, and I.
Miko then turned to face us and said, "Maybe he'll stay! Hmm he'll have to find his own human though!"
"Groundbridge cycling up!" Ratchet announced as the Groundbridge controls decided to glitch on him and he hit it to make it go back to normal. "Blasted scraplets! The equipment hasn't been the same since the infestation."
Jack then decided to ask Optimus who then approached us, "So Wheeljack is landing halfway around the world and then you'll bridge him here."
"We can't risk revealing the location of our base just in case the Decepticons are tracking Wheeljack's ship." Optimus explained to us as Miko then walked away from us to see what Bulkhead was doing.
I just smiled at Optimus and said, "Don't worry she's just excited! Don't take it personally." I then hobbled over to where Miko was.
"Dude I've never seen you so stoked!" Miko yelled to Bulkhead who was pacing the room.
Bulkhead then stopped and said, "We were like brothers and tonight we are going to party!"
"Suh-weet!" Miko said in excitement as she jumped up and down. But before any of us could say anything the alarm system went off indicating five cons following Wheeljack.
"Boogies! Closing fast on Wheeljack's position!" Arcee said with a frown on her face.
Bulkhead was then furious, "Con scum!" He said while watching the monitor. The cons were getting closer to Wheeljack and then they were right on top on him. All of the bots then sprang forward ready to go help Wheeljack.
"Ratchet open the Groundbridge were missing all the action!" Bulkhead demanded urgently.
Ratchet then opened the bridge and said, "I'll prepare med bay!" Bulkhead then turned around to face Ratchet and laughed.
"For who? The cons? This is Wheeljack were talking about!" Bulkhead said as he ran through the bridge with Arcee and Bumblebee in tow.
"I hope they put the smack down on the cons!" Miko said while making punching motions and accidentally punched my shoulder.
I just looked at her while I held my shoulder and said, "Yeah me too Miko, but let's also hope they will make it back safely too."
"I agree with Jordyn there!" Jack said as he came up next to me worry apparent in his voice.
Miko just looked at us and said, "They'll be fine! With Bulkhead and Wheeljack there, the cons won't stand a chance!" Before any of us could respond a beep came from the console.
"Ratchet you can bridge us back now!"Arcee said through the comm. link. And by the sound of her voice it means that everyone is okay! Thank goodness!
We all then watched as Arcee, Bumblebee, Bulkhead and Wheeljack came through the Groundbridge, but then it malfunctioned again right after the bots came through. I then noticed that Wheeljack is almost as tall as Bulkhead, but taller than Bumblebee right around Ratchet's height with the colors green, white, and red. He has two swords as weapons and has some sort of wings on his back.
"Hey Jackie come here and meet my other best buddy Miko! She can wreck with the best of us!" Bulkhead said excitedly pointing to Miko who was coming down the stairs.
Miko then shyly looked at Wheeljack and said, "Hiya!" Wheeljack just smiled and went up to her.
"You keeping Bulkhead out of trouble?" He asked in amusement to Miko.
'Keeping him out? More like dragging him in!' I thought to myself humorously.
Miko just smiled and said, "I try, but trouble finds us anyways!" Wheeljack just laughed at Miko and turned to Bulkhead.
"We're gonna get along just fine!" Wheeljack said as Optimus made his way to greet the new bot.
Wheeljack then approached him and said, "Optimus Prime! It's a privilege!"
"Likewise soldier so what do have to report from your long journey?" Optimus asked curiously.
I then thought to myself, 'Yeah I'm curious to find out what he saw too!'
"Been bouncing around from rock, trying to find signs of friends or foe, but now I find both!" Wheeljack then said his voice very distant.
Optimus looked at the Wrecker, "We are few but strong. We have suffered losses, but have grown. We will relish the fact that if you would like to join our team." Optimus finished as he smiled at Wheeljack.
I was shocked to see Optimus smile and thought to myself, 'I knew that everybody smiled, but not Optimus so this new to me!'
"I would be honored!" Wheeljack said accepting Optimus offer to join.
Bulkhead now more excited said, "Then let's get this party started!" He then slapped Wheeljack's back like any brothers would. It was nice to see Bulkhead finally get his buddy back and I could tell that one wound from this war is now stitched up.
"Suh-weet! I'll my guitar and then it'll be a party!" Miko said excitedly as she grabbed her guitar and plugged it into the amp. Music rang out through the base much to Ratchet's annoyance and Bulkhead managed to mash together some pieces of metal to make a ball to throw.
"Interesting party I have to say!" I said while sitting next to Jack who was currently sitting on a lower platform.
Jack just smiled at my comment and said, "Interesting and different that's for sure!" I just laughed at that because who else in the world have had a party with giant alien robots, nobody that I know of. I then took of my boot and let my foot relax as I propped it up with my purse on the platform.
Arcee then came up to Jack and I, "So how's the foot Jordyn?" She asked leaning against the wall taking notice of my propped up foot.
"Its fine Arcee, just letting it relax since I've been standing on it for awhile." I said smiling as she just nodded and look over at Bulkhead and Wheeljack tossing around the "ball."
Jack then got curious and asked, "So what is that about?"
Arcee then turned to Jack with a smile, "It's called lobbing! A favorite past time on Cybertron especially among the warrior class." She explained to the both of us.
"Kind of like our version of football huh Jack." I said while watching Bulkhead and Wheeljack.
Jack just nodded his head and said, "Yeah that's a good way of seeing it!"
Miko was playing her guitar for awhile and then took notice of Raf sitting on the floor, "Come on Raf show us some moves!" She said encouragingly.
Raf was hesitant at first but then got up and said, "Oh alright!" He then started to do a familiar dance with Bee watching him curiously.
"Haha of course The Robot!" Jack said while laughing and Arcee had an amused smile on her face.
I started laughing along with Jack and said, "Of all the dances he has to choose from!" I then started laughing harder when I saw Bee copying Raf's robotic dance moves. I then took a look around the room and notice that we were missing somebody.
It seems like Jack and I were having the same thought, "Where's Optimus?" Jack and I then asked Arcee
"Went for a drive…Primes don't party." She said while looking at us and back at the others who seem to have thrown the ball and hit the Groundbridge much to Ratchet's irritation.
I watched as Wheeljack kept asking Ratchet so many questions about the Groundbridge and I was curious as to why. It made me a little suspicious, so I just had to keep an eye on him. Wheeljack then proceeded to go back to playing with Bulkhead for a little bit. I was brought out of my daze by the sound of Jack's voice.
"Hey Jordyn are you okay?" Jack asked taking note of my weird expression.
I turned to him and said, "Yeah I'm fine Jack! I was just in my own little world there for a second." Arcee and Jack then gave me a weird look, but I ignored it for the most part.
"Hey don't tell Bulkhead this, but do you think that Wheeljack is acting a little strange?" I asked curiously to Jack and Arcee.
Arcee turned to me and said, "Maybe a little, but he's probably still adjusting to everything so there's nothing you need to worry about alright Jordyn." I just nodded my head and went back to watching. In part of my mind Arcee is right, but in other parts there were signs telling me something just isn't right about Wheeljack.
With that thought in mind I decided to put my boot on and hop down from the platform to where Miko has gathered with Bulkhead and the others. Jack and Arcee followed me to where the others were to hear about an old story being told by Bulkhead about him and Wheeljack on a mission back on Cybertron. For the most part I didn't pay attention because I was keeping an eye on Wheeljack for anything suspicious, but I then stopped to listen to Bulkhead.
"So there we were low on Energon, no communications, surrounded by cons and what does Wheeljack do? Haha tell'em Jackie!" Bulkhead said while pointing towards his buddy.
Wheeljack looked at us and merely said, "What I do best!"
"He throws his only grenade into the primary heat exchanger!" Bulkhead said excitedly as he was getting into this story.
"Yeah sounded like a good idea at the time!" Wheeljack said his voice pretty mellow.
Bulkhead then finished for him, "The joint went supernova!" Bulkhead said as he threw his hands up in the air.
"Awesome!" Miko said in amazement as she threw her hands up.
"Yeah I'm still picking out shrapnel out of my backside!" Bulkhead said as he was rubbing his back.
Arcee then came into the conversation, "I'm not surprised given the size of your backside!" Arcee said and Bumblebee beeped in agreement while Wheeljack looked at Ratchet working on the Groundbridge again.
"Jackie's signature one grenade, one shot! Hey you alright?" Bulkhead asked finally taking notice of Wheeljack's strange behavior.
"What?" Wheeljack said as if he was coming out of daze.
Bulkhead just looked at him strange, "Well you don't seem like yourself." He said with concern in his voice.
"Ah I been stuck in a can to long! I better go topside before I get stir crazy!" Wheeljack said reassuringly to Bulkhead.
"I've got patrol in the morning you can come with!" Bulkhead said while trying to cheer up his buddy.
Wheeljack then looked at Bulkhead and said, "Why don't we go now?"
'Wow this guy is one heck of a hurry to get out of here? What is his problem?' I thought to myself.
"And break up the party? Come on the gang's loving you! You gotta tell them the story of Dartmouth pass!" Bulkhead asked trying to change the subject.
Wheeljack then got up and walked over to where us kids sat and said, "You tell it! You're better at it than I am! So why doesn't Miko give me a tour of the base?"
"Um yeah sure Jackie go ahead!" Bulkhead said while looking back at him and Miko.
Miko then jumped off the crate her and I were sitting on and said, "Tour starts now! So can you fly? Have you thrashed more Decepticons than Bulkhead?" Her voice fading out as she walked away into the hallway with Wheeljack.
Bulkhead then got a look on his face and Arcee took notice of it and said, "You alright there Bulk?"
"Yeah just out of sorts I guess." Bulkhead said as he turned away from Arcee.
Arcee then got a look on her face and said, "Don't tell me you're jealous?"
"Jealous that Miko is making a new friend come on! Something…something is just not right about Wheeljack!" Bulkhead said suspiciously.
'See I'm not the only one Arcee! I'm not crazy' I thought to myself while looking at Bulkhead.
"Bulkhead really he's traveled galaxies! He could just be rocket lagged or bots do change you know." Arcee said trying to reassure him.
Bulkhead just stood there for a second before saying, "Not Jackie!"
"Well Bulkhead if you really don't think you can trust him or think that something is wrong with him, then you could ask him to tell you something that only you two know… like a story." I said while hopping off the crate I was sitting on.
Bulkhead just looked at me and sighed, "Yeah I might have a story in mind that he should tell us. "
"So what story might that be?" Jack asked curiously as he followed me to stand around the bots.
"You'll see when he gets back!" Bulkhead said with anticipation.
Arcee then got a confused look on her face, "How do you know if he is going to remember the story?"
"Look I know Jackie better than anyone-!" Bulkhead said as Miko and Wheeljack returned from the tour.
Wheeljack the curiously said, "So what are you guys talking about?"
Bulkhead then calmly stated, "Oh I was telling the guys about you and me at the battle of Dartmouth pass."
"That's one heck of a story huh Bulk!" Wheeljack said while walking up to Bulkhead.
I knew Bulkhead was putting my idea in motion when he said," Yeah tell it!"
"Talk talk talk how about we do that after we go off roading?" Miko asked the two much larger bots.
Bulkhead then became frustrated when he said a little harshly, "Miko stay out of this!" He then put his hand in a stopping motion in front of Miko.
'Oh I can tell that this isn't looking to good, but I don't agree with Bulkhead yelling at Miko like that!' I then thought to myself while watching the whole thing unfold.
"Bulkhead! Easy!" Arcee said in a demanding yet calming tone of voice.
Wheeljack then became a little nervous as he said, "I'm not sure that I-!" He was interrupted by the look on Bulkheads face.
"Tell it!" He demanded his buddy in question at the moment and Wheeljack then got an irritated look on his face.
Wheeljack then looked at us and said, "Fine! You want to live in the past Bulkhead? The Wreckers were trapped between a Decepticon patrol and the smelting pit. The cons were vicious bringing everything they had down on us. Bulkhead and I then engaged the enemy and left them for scrap. Then I used their backsides as stepping stones to cross the molten metal! Isn't that how it happened?"
Bulkhead then, to me, got a suspicious look on his face and said, "Yeah that's exactly how it happened. Except for one little thing…I wasn't there!" Everyone then got a surprised look on their faces well except for me.
'I knew it! I knew that there wasn't something right about him!' I thought angrily to myself
Ratchet then made a shocked sound in the back as Bulkhead continued, "I already left the Wreckers to join up with Optimus! But you wouldn't know that if you only got access to Wheeljack's public service record!"
"Bulkhead what does that have to do with-?" Miko said, but was interrupted by 'Wheeljack' whenever he snatched her up. I tried to jump and grab her, but I instead landed hard on my hurt foot. Arcee then tried to grab Miko, but was pushed out of the way by the fake Wheeljack.
"MIKO!" Bulkhead cried out as he saw his friend being captured.
'Wheeljack' then ran over to the Groundbridge controls with Miko. "Stay back or I will squeeze her into pulp!" He said as Miko was trying to free herself from his grasp.
Everybody then froze; not wanting to do anything drastic in the case that 'Wheeljack' would hurt Miko. Okay Miko maybe a pain sometimes, but she doesn't deserve to be squished like a tomato in front of her friends. My protective nature then took over as I tried to reach for Miko to help her by hopping on one leg to get there, but Jack moved in to stop me from doing something I regret.
"Wheeljack! What are you doing?" Miko asked confused as she was still trying to get free.
Bulkhead was then furious and moved closer to the fake; swinging his fist and demanding, "Decepticon coward! Let the girl go and face me!"
"Don't fret there's plenty of fighting to come. " The con said to Bulkhead with a malicious smile.
Jack then decided to intervene, "Is there a real Wheeljack?" He said in confusion yet worry.
"And if there is what have you cons done with him?" I said while looking at the con with anger. I was mad for the fact that the cons took Bulkheads best friend away and replaced him with a fake.
"Oh there is a real Wheeljack indeed and I imagine that Lord Starscream is making sport of him." The con said as Bulkhead was giving him a death glare.
The con then turned around to face the Groundbridge controls and then started typing in coordinates. All of us still stood there not knowing what we could do to help Miko and stop this con from doing whatever he has in store for all of us. Miko still was struggling to get free, but it was no use as the grip on her was tight and unyielding. Then I wondered as to why the Decepticons send in an impersonator to the base, but then it hit me like a ton of bricks!
"Wait your getting the Groundbridge ready for an invasion of our base aren't you?" I shouted at the con angrily as he typed in the coordinates.
The con then turned to look at me and said, "You're a smart little human! Why yes indeed I am! Even though Lord Starscream planned this so that Prime would perish, but since he's not here all of you will do just fine and the Prime gets to see the aftermath." The con then turned around to finish putting in the coordinates for the attack.
Arcee then went and knelt beside Jack, Raf, and I, "If worse comes to worse, I want all of you to run and hide before the cons get here! I'm sure that Bulkhead or anyone of us will manage to get Miko before the attack so she will be joining you as well. No arguments do you understand?" She whispered to us and we all nodded our heads in agreement, even though we didn't like the plan.
"About time!" The con said impatiently as the Groundbridge opened up in front of us. The con then moved toward the bridge with Miko still in his hand and we all moved forward to reach for her. "Let's get this party started!"
Just about when we us three kids were about to run all of a sudden an identical looking bot came up from behind the con and kicked him in the back. The kick made the con let go of Miko and she went flying up into the air, but she was caught by Bulkhead. Bulkhead then gently set her down and all of us then looked up to see the real Wheeljack standing before us.
"I'd shut that hole before the stink comes through!" The real Wheeljack said in warning to the rest of us.
Ratchet then did as he was told and shut the Groundbridge so the cons wouldn't come through. We all then watched as the fake then got up from being kicked into the wall, preparing to fight the real Wheeljack. Both of them grabbed their swords and circled each other while Bulkhead pounded his fists preparing to join the fight too.
Wheeljack then put his swords in front in Bulkhead to stop him and said, "Ugly is mine!"
Then the two Wheeljacks, the fake and the real, swung their swords at each other as they fought. One sword would come into contact with other several times and it was hard to tell who was winning since they both looked the same. I was very confused and so were Raf and Miko.
"Umm which one is the real Wheeljack?" Raf then asked very confused as he was straightening his glasses.
Miko the pointed her finger back and forth in attempt to find out, "Uh I lost track!" She shouted with confusion.
"Umm I'm going for the one who knows how to handle the swords better and doesn't know us very well!" I declared as I continued to watch the fight.
Both Wheeljacks then continued to fight much to our confusion as to who was who, but it became very clear when one of them got the upper hand. One of the Wheeljacks the managed to knock the other Wheeljack's swords out of his hands and shoved him to ground.
Bulkhead recognized instantly who won the fight, "That's my Jackie!" He said proudly to Arcee and Bumblebee.
The real Wheeljack then put his swords away as he demanded to Ratchet, "You hit the switch! It's time to take out the trash!" He then turned to Bulkhead and offered, "All yours buddy!"
Bulkhead then picked up the fake Wheeljack as the Groundbridge fired up and was preparing to launch the impersonator. I watched as Bulkhead activated a grenade on the con and chunked the impersonator right out of the base into the Groundbridge to never be seen again!
Wheeljack then came up to Bulkhead and said,"Nice lob!" We then watched as the Groundbridge shut off a few seconds later.
"Those cons are definitely going to be surprised whenever they see that grenade attached to him goes off!" I said smiling slightly, happy that the cons are going to get what they deserved.
Arcee then came up to me and said, "Yeah let's hope that the explosion takes out Starscream along with that little impersonating fragger!"
"Yeah me too Arcee!" Jack said as he came up to us, but before any of us could reply, Optimus came back into the base.
As soon as Optimus came back we all explained what happened when he was gone and there was a lot to tell. Let's just say I couldn't name the expression that came across Optimus's face during the explanation, but I can tell he was relieved at the fact that nobody, especially Miko, got hurt. With all of the explanations done, Miko then decided to grab her guitar and plug it in.
"Now let's party!" Miko shouted happily as she went to play her guitar.
"It amazes me that she still wants to party even after she was being held hostage." Jack said me as he nudges my arm and laughed.
"That's Miko for you Jack!" I said with a laugh as I watched Raf and Bumblebee dance again like they did earlier.
Miko then turned to us and said, "I know Jordyn can't dance, but come on Jack you can!"
"Ok fine you got me this time Miko!" Jack said defeated and started to dance along with Raf.
I just laughed at the sight of Jack dancing well trying to dance at least. He isn't the best dancer in the world, but it looked like he was having fun anyways. Arcee then walked over to us and I asked her if she would dance with them and she gave me look that said 'Not in a million years!' As we were having our little party, Wheeljack was having a conversation with Bulkhead and Optimus. I couldn't quite make out what he was saying, but there was something I did hear very clearly and it was that he wanted to leave.
Miko then stopped playing and went up to them and said, "You're leaving why?" Obviously she heard the same thing I did.
Wheeljack gave her a sad look but then Bulkhead said, "Because some bots never change! Haha!" Wheeljack then smiled at his friend.
"Wheeljack know that you will always have a haven here!" Optimus said with a smile.
Bulkhead then went up to Wheeljack and said, "Jackie never stays, but he always comes back!" Then both of the Wreckers did a fist bump as Ratchet readied the Groundbridge.
As the portal opened all of us stepped through, except Optimus and Ratchet, so we could send Wheeljack off. At the other end of the Groundbridge, we were met by I think it was Wheeljack's ship. We all watched as the Groundbridge closed behind us and we all just stood there for a few moments without saying anything.
Wheeljack then decided to break the silence, "There's room for two Bulk! Even with a backside like yours! Who knows what we find out there? Maybe some of the old crew?" He said convincingly to Bulkhead who in turn looked down at Miko.
Miko then got a sad look on her face and looked down to ground, no doubt thinking that Bulkhead would accept Wheeljacks offer. I then put my hand on her shoulder in comfort, hoping that Bulkhead wouldn't leave. It may sound selfish, but to me Miko has finally found a friend, other than me, that truly understands her and if he leaves it would hurt her.
Bulkhead then turns back to Wheeljack and said, "Haha thanks for the offer Jackie, but my ties are here now! With them! With her!" Miko then looked up at Bulkhead with a smile of relief on her face.
"If anything happens to my favorite Wrecker, I'm coming after you!" Wheeljack said jokingly to Miko.
"I'll take of him!" Miko said as she got out her phone. "Now say cheese!" She then took a picture of The Wreckers and saved it to her scrapbook of photos.
We watched as Wheeljack got on his ship and took off towards the stars. Bulkhead then picked up Miko and placed her up on his shoulder as Arcee called for another bridge to go back home. As I was about to walk through, I felt Bulkhead pick me up by my shirt and put me on his shoulder next to Miko.
"Hey Jordyn, I thought you might needed a lift." Bulkhead said to me with a smile remembering that I jumped a little too hard on my foot earlier.
I just looked at him and smiled, "Thanks Bulk! I appreciate it!" I said appreciatively to him.
"You're welcome and I just wanted to say thank you for the advice earlier! Without it I wouldn't have known what to do about the imposter." He said appreciatively to me with a smile.
"It's no problem Bulk! I always like to help my friends in difficult situations!" I said with a smile on my face.
Miko then joined in on the conversation, "Yeah she always does Bulk! Jordyn has helped me get out of all kinds of difficult situations!" She said while punching my shoulder.
"That's what friends are for!" I said laughing slightly while looking at Miko.
"So Jordyn can you help me get out of detention next week? I kind of let out a bag of crickets in the science lab after school yesterday when the teacher left!" Miko said guilty.
"Miko!" Bulkhead and I exclaimed as we went through the Groundbridge following the others.
Despite what happened today with the impersonating con, it was a good day to all of us especially to Bulkhead and Miko. All of us don't take anything that is good that happens in this war for granted because sometimes there are more bad things that happen than good. With that thought in mind I was ready to take on another week! But first I have to deal with the cricket issue! Ugh Miko!
Well there you go another chapter! Sorry for not updating in awhile I've just been really busy lately! I just have to say I'm so ready for Beast Hunters on March 22nd after watching the trailer! So excited! So in the next chapter Agent Fowler asks for the bots help in transporting a device, but trouble arises when someone else wants the device as well. So until the next chapter see ya later!