Chapter 11: Historical Ties
Jasper High School:
"Aww come on Mrs. Coolidge detention? I promise to turn in my history report tomorrow!" Miko said in a whining tone of voice.
Our history teacher Mrs. Coolidge just sighed, "Ms. Nakadai the report is due today and you've had a week to do it! What have you been doing all this week?" She then asked curiously and no doubt thinking that Miko goofed off.
"I've been trying to find a topic, but I couldn't find one that worked." Miko then said innocently and I know that she has been doing nothing, but hanging out with Bulkhead for the past week while Jack, Raf, and I were working on our report.
Mrs. Coolidge just sighed, "Well then you can find a topic in detention today and you will finish it by the end of school tomorrow! Do you understand Ms. Nakadai?" She said very stern while Miko just crossed her arms.
"Fine!" She said while stomping back over to her desk which is next to mine and sulked. "It's not fair! If the teacher knew what we did everyday she would understand!"
I just smiled at her and said, "Miko you know that nobody can find out about what we actually do after school everyday remember? It's bad enough we know about it!"
Miko just turned to me, "Do you regret knowing about them?" She then asked curiously as she gave me a look that said 'Huh huh'
"Not at all! I'm just saying that we don't want anyone else being hunted down by cons!" I said the first sentence without hesitation and the last part with a serious tone of voice.
Jack then decided to enter the conversation, "Jordyn's got a point Miko. Besides if you would have worked on the report you wouldn't have detention." He said as Miko just rolled her eyes and slumped back in the seat.
"Yeah Miko! We could've helped you! It wasn't really that hard." Raf said while straightening his glasses and Miko just ignored Raf's response with the wave of her hand.
Miko just snorted, "And miss kicking some con ass with Bulkhead? I don't think so! Oh and speaking of Bulk." She then grabbed her cell phone. "I need to tell him I have detention!" She said in annoyance, but I held up my hand up to stop her.
"You don't have to Miko! I already told Bulkhead that you have detention!" I said while holding up my phone and Miko just gave me a weird look. "What? Bulkhead asked me to text him anytime you get in trouble!"
"You and Bulk are ganging up on me now? Not cool!" Miko said in shock as she put her phone back in the pocket.
I just smiled at her and held my hands up defensively, "Hey somebody has to keep an eye on you whether it'd be me or Bulkhead!" I said just as the bell rang indicating one more class to go.
We all then grabbed our stuff and headed out the door to science class. All of us usually walk together to that class and enter the class first before anyone else. As we took our seats and class begun, I could see Miko sulking at her desk and I felt bad for her a little bit, but not by much. I then felt my phone vibrate and pulled it out and hid it under the desk. I pressed the button just to look at it and it was from Bulkhead.
Bulkhead: "I know you can't answer back, but thanks for telling me! Arcee and Bee should be there to pick you guys up."
I just smiled at the message and put my phone away just in time as our science teacher Mr. Lackey turned back to face the class. Jack smiled at me because unlike several students I can hide my phone very quickly. The rest of the class to me for once is very boring and Miko fell asleep in the middle of it. She really doesn't care that she gets in trouble because what do you got to lose when you already have detention. "RIIINNNGGG" There goes the bell indicating school was over and thank goodness I didn't have any homework. We all got up and left the room, walking towards the front door to meet our respective guardians. Miko on the other hand went down the hall to detention after I prevented her from ditching. Jack and I then went over to Arcee and greeted her much to the other kids' confusion.
Riding Towards Base:
"Miko have detention again?" Arcee asked casually as she turned her mirrors towards us and both of us laughed.
"Yeah she didn't do that report for history class! Miko is a good liar when it comes to teachers!" Jack said with a laugh as I just smiled at him.
I then turned to look back at the road and back to Arcee, "Yeah Miko's good at lying to the teachers, but this time it didn't go her way. She almost ditched until I stopped her and that I sent a message to Bulk." I said with a mischievous smile and Arcee laughed at the last statement.
"It seems to me that you and Bulkhead are trying your hardest to keep Miko out of trouble!" Arcee said as I nodded my head in agreement as she continued. "I don't how long you two can keep it up though."
I just shook my head and said, "I've been at her since we first met and that was a couple of years ago! Another story for another time, but trust me there once was a time were Miko actually behaved!" I then smiled at the memory.
"I find that hard to believe Jordyn! I mean when has she ever?" Jack said in disbelief as I just laughed at his question, but then frowned.
I just sighed and bowed my head, "When she first came here and was bullied by everyone! I'm the one who stood up for her and I ended up getting in trouble!" I said a little angrily still lost in the memory.
Arcee then turned her mirrors to face me, "Miko was bullied? And how did you get in trouble? This doesn't make sense to me." She said a little confused yet curious.
I just sighed, "When Miko first came here her English wasn't that great and could barely understand what we were saying. To say the least people took advantage of that." I said sadly remembering the memory.
"So basically everyone was slamming Miko before she grew into her ears." Jack said as I nodded my head in agreement.
"Yeah they did and I was the first one to take notice of it and sat down by her when she was alone. Now this might be hard to believe, but Miko was shy at first." I said as Arcee and Jack laughed. "The next few days I got to know Miko more and tried to help her with English and she taught me some Japanese in the process. I followed her around to all of her classes so people wouldn't taunt her. Then one day I left her alone to go get books out of my locker and when I came back, the so called popular girls were taunting her." I then told them the whole story about how I managed to hold off about six girls that were messing with her, but not without getting in trouble. "And I ended up getting Saturday detention because one of them said I was the one that started the fight! Despite the fact that I got into some big time trouble, Miko and I have been best friends ever since!" I said with a smile waiting for the response from Arcee and Jack.
Jack then laughed and said, "Yeah I remember you coming home looking like you got hit by a bus that day! Mom was not too happy with your black eye!"
"I can't believe you held off that many girls! Not that I'm doubting you or anything, but Jordyn that was amazing that you stood up for her like that! I think it's a load of scrap that you got hurt and got into trouble for something that you didn't do!" Arcee said incredulously and I can practically see her smiling.
I just waved it off and said, "That's typical high school life Arcee! Besides it was nothing really! It's just in my nature to be protective especially of family and friends."
"Well I'm pretty sure it wasn't nothing to Miko. I think that you should tell that story to Bulkhead! He would appreciate what you did and plus he likes those kind of stories." Arcee said with a laugh and then was silent for a minute until she spoke again. "I'm going to drop you two off at base and then I have to go on patrol for a little while and I'll be back later okay?"
Jack and I both just nodded our heads and then we rode into the base to see what adventures we got coming to us today.
Autobot Base:
We drove into base, Arcee dropped us off and went out on patrol with Bumblebee while Jack and I made our way to the human platforms next to the monitors. Ratchet was just monitoring any Decepticon activity and Raf was just messing around on his computer. For once, since last week, things have been pretty boring and quiet around the base not that I was complaining. I've actually been glad that things have been quiet because ever since I gained this healing ability, it's been crazy and I think that the Autobots needed a break from all the insane things going on around here. I was just enjoying the peace, when I was brought out of my thoughts by Bulkhead approaching me.
"Hey Jordyn! Thanks for telling me that Miko had detention today!" Bulkhead said appreciatively as I just smiled at him and laughed.
"No problem Bulk! I have been looking after her ever since she got here! Miko thinks that we are ganging up on her, but I think that without us, she would probably end up in jail in the nearby future!" I said jokingly as all of us in the base started to laugh even Ratchet cracked a smile at the joke. I then stopped laughing and said, "You know I'm kidding Bulk! Miko has been my best friend ever since she got here even though she didn't fully understand English at the time. Anyways she should be done with detention in an hour or so."
Bulkhead then started to laugh a little, "Alright thanks Jordyn!" He said as turned to Ratchet, "So any Con activity Ratch?"
"Not as of this moment, but knowing the Decepticons, there will be something soon." Ratchet said with a sigh not even turning from the monitors.
"Yeah there always up to something aren't they? Especially when things are quiet for long periods of time huh?" I asked while looking at the monitors and back at Jack and the bots.
Jack just nodded his head while Ratchet just sighed, "An unfortunate side effect of war. There's never a time to relax when the Decepticons are up to something." He said in a sad tone of voice and then there was silence throughout the base. Not an uncomfortable silence, but one that we all need to calm ourselves.
Raf, who has been really quiet during the whole conversation, broke the never ending silence, "I know where 'Bee and Arcee are, but where is Optimus?" Raf said in a curious voice as he turned from his laptop.
"Optimus is out for drive right now and most likely going to meet up with Bumblebee and Arcee later." Ratchet said nonchalantly as he kept monitoring for Con activity.
Bulkhead then decided to speak up, "Well I'm going to go wait for Miko to get out of detention so I will see you guys later." He said walking towards the exit about to transform, but I caught him before he could leave.
"Hey Bulk remember when it comes to Miko, out of sight and out of mind." I shouted to him as he nodded his head and transformed and left the base. Jack then gave me a confused look and I just said, "Don't worry about it! It's just something that I came up with to describe Miko's attention span sometimes. "
Jack just smiled at me and we all went over to the couch and started to play video games. Yeah for once I can actually play video games without getting frustrated. I can be very competitive sometimes and when Miko and I go at it, let's just say it's not very pretty! Jack and Raf usually duck and cover when it comes to playing video games with us. Anyways it gives me time to think about my healing ability a little bit more and I have so many questions, but unfortunately there aren't any answers to any of them. There's one question that I want to know so badly though; How in the world was I born with this ability? I would ask mom about it, but I remember that she doesn't know about the Autobots and we would like to keep it that way! I'm sure that I will find out later on, but for now I have to focus on controlling my healing ability so the Autobots continue to have an edge on Cons. I was then brought out of my thoughts when I heard Jack give a disappointed sigh.
"Aww come on! You win again Jordyn! How do you do that?" Jack asked curiously as he put down the controller and faced me.
I just smiled and said, "Practice Jack! Besides I race against Miko and you know how that gets!" I then put down my controller and leaned back into the couch.
"Yeah it's like World War 3 in here when it comes to you two playing!" Jack teased as I whacked his shoulder and he shouted, "Ow! What? You know it's true!"
I just rolled my eyes and stood up and walked over to the monitors with Jack and Raf tagging along behind me. Everything looked all quiet and calm and then we heard the rumbling of an engine coming through the tunnel that led to the base. I turned and heard someone talking along with the sound of the engine and I realized that the voice belonged to Bulkhead.
"Wait wait what was that word again?" Bulkhead stammered as Miko hopped out and Bulkhead transformed.
Miko gave an exasperated sigh, "Umm college! Ugh you sound just like my parents!" She complained with an irritated look on her face.
"Aren't your parents Japanese?" Bulkhead questioned to Miko who was trying to change the subject.
"They make speak a different language, but you guys say the same thing." Miko said while walking away from Bulkhead.
Bulkhead just sighed, "It's because we want what's best for you! This means going to school not jail!" He said pointing out the obvious to the rest of us.
Jack then decided to join the conversation, "Uh oh what did you do?" He said in a voice that reminded me of an older sibling trying to get the other in trouble.
"She skipped detention most likely!" I said with a smile, but also a little disappointed because no matter how hard we try, Miko has a tendency not to listen to us.
Bulkhead then leaned down to get to an even level with Miko, "Miko before I was a warrior…I was a laborer you know construction! I can build stuff and I can break stuff and that's it!" He said trying to reason with her but to no avail, she didn't care what she would be.
"I love breaking stuff! I want to be just like you Bulk!" Miko said with a smile as she slammed her fist into her palm.
Bulkhead let out an irritated sigh, "Ugh why would you want to be like me? Why don't you want to be a medic like Ratchet?" He said while pointing to Ratchet, who was looking at the monitors.
"I'm picking up a strange Energon pulse from the nation called Greece! An ancient country, very historic I believe!" Ratchet said in slight awe as the monitors showed the map of Greece with the location of the signature.
Bulkhead then got a mischievous smile on his face, "Ancient Greece huh? Oh field trip!" He said while looking back down at Miko, who in turn got an excited smile on her face.
"You mean I can come with?" She asked literally jumping up and down in excitement as Bulkhead shook his head yes and Ratchet readied the Groundbridge. "Suh-weet!" Miko shouted as she ran towards the bridge.
I looked up at Bulkhead and whispered, "You're just taking her so she could work on her history report huh?" My face serious as Bulk gave a look of guilt, but I eventually cracked a smile. "That's a pretty good idea! Good luck!"
Bulkhead then gave me a smile and transformed so that Miko could get in and they took off through the Groundbridge to Greece. I know that Miko, is going to be increasingly angry with Bulk for pulling this stunt, but she really needs to finish this report in order to pass this semester. I haven't told Bulk about that yet and I probably won't because it's not my place to, it's Miko's. Three loud engine roars rang out through the base and I knew that Optimus, Arcee, and 'Bee have returned so I turned my attention to them. All of them told what they saw to Ratchet and Arcee and 'Bee walked over towards me, Jack, and Raf.
Arcee then looked around the base and finally noticed some members missing, "Hey where did Bulk and Miko go?" She asked to no one in particular and Ratchet turned to her.
"They went on recon in Greece a few moments ago." Ratchet said as he showed the picture of Greece on the monitor and continued. "I've detected an Energon pulse and they decided to go take a look."
"Hmm I understand that Bulk had to go, but one thing still doesn't fit…shouldn't Miko be in detention?" She asked directly towards me and I just smiled at her.
I gave out a laugh then a disappointed look, "She pretty much skipped detention in order to get out of doing her report, but Bulkhead took her to Greece so she could do some research for it!" My disappointed look on my face disappeared with a mischievous smile.
Jack then decided to enter the conversation, "Pretty smart move on Bulkhead's part!" I nodded my head in agreement and the others managed a smile even Optimus just a little and I think I was the only one who saw.
Our conversation was interrupted when Bulkhead's voice came across the monitor, "Ratchet we need a Groundbridge! There's something you guys need to see!" He said urgently as Ratchet readied the Groundbridge.
We all saw Bulk and Miko come through the Groundbridge with strange looks on their faces and then I took a good look at Bulkhead, he had new dents on the side of his right arm. How did I notice that from all other things, but then again this stupid healing ability! Ugh having this ability is helpful yet annoying in so many ways! Anyways I realized that Bulkhead and Miko started going off about what happened in Greece.
"Miko and I were just looking at this painting and then a new con came, well not new to me, but new to the rest of you! Anyways he started to attack, throwing a pillar at Miko, but I managed to block it at the last second…" Bulkhead said in anger, but Optimus interrupted him before he could go too far.
"Easy Bulkhead! Calm down and explain what else happened." Optimus's voice was calm yet stern in order to get the much needed information out.
Bulkhead just sighed and said, "Anyways the painting that we saw looked like an Energon Harvester." Everyone looked surprised, but Bulkhead continued, "Miko took a picture of it before Breakdown manage to destroy by using me as a wrecking ball. "
"Yeah I got it right here!" Miko said as she held up her phone and Raf took it to hook it up to the monitors and to say the least the painting looked centuries old!
Optimus took a look at it and finally spoke up, "It is indeed an Energon Harvester! An ancient powerful device that can remove raw Energon from any source."
"Greek gods knew Autobots?" Raf asked curiously while looking at us and back at Optimus who in turn shook his head.
"No. The ancients most likely used the art of a given era to conceal messages." Optimus explained to Raf as a question in my mind came and it seems that Jack had the same idea.
Jack then looked up at Optimus, "Umm Optimus if the harvester can remove Energon from anything…" He trailed off not wanting to finish that sentence so I did for him.
"And you guys have Energon pumping inside of you…" I said very hesitantly as Optimus nodded his head in understanding as if he knew where we were going with this.
"The Harvester could be a devastating weapon. This fresco is mostly likely a sign post indicating its location." Optimus said with no amount of relief, but managed to give us some relief.
Miko then jumped up and turned to face Bulkhead, "See? You were a genius to total that painting!" She said excitedly as she tried to comfort him.
"Miko's not wrong. How can the cons find the harvester without the fresco?" Arcee said in agreement to Miko's earlier statement, but was interrupted by Raf who showed a picture on his computer.
"With high speed internet! If you type in Greek god and golden orb…this pops up! It's in a museum!" He said while showing us a picture of a statue holding a large golden orb.
Arcee and the others looked at it questionably and then Arcee spoke up, "Is that the real deal?" She asked Optimus who looked slightly concerned.
"Contact Agent Fowler!" Optimus ordered Ratchet with a sense of urgency and Ratchet began to call Agent Fowler, but all we get is his voicemail.
Fowler's Voicemail: "This is Special Agent William Fowler. I am on a special training retreat and I won't be available until Tuesday."
Ratchet gave out an irritated sigh, "Ugh I hate talking to machines!" He said very irritated while turning back from the monitors to us.
Optimus then looked back over to the bots and us, "Without Agent Fowler's direct advisement…we will have to confiscate the harvester on our own." He said as the bots were getting ready to roll while Jack and I gave each other an uneasy look. Stealing is something that we don't take lightly especially Jack.
"Whoa whoa wait confiscate? As in stealing museum property?" Jack shouted as he bowed his head in frustration and I felt like doing the same.
Raf then joined the conversation, "That sounds…illegal!" He said very unsure and I can tell he didn't like the idea anymore than we did.
"It is Raf!" I said in frustration as Optimus and the bots looked down at us and had sympathetic looks on their faces.
"I do not wish to break human law, but it is essential to obtain the harvester before the Decepticons do. We must act covertly." Optimus said sympathetically yet he was serious in regard to the current situation.
Jack got a look of disbelief on his face, "Um no offense Optimus, but giant robots and covert don't really go together. Museums are public…they have alarms, guards and security cameras…" He explained to Optimus but was interrupted by Miko.
"No problem! We're small enough to sneak in and we're not a government secret!" Miko shouted as Bulkhead gave her an unsure look.
"Uh Miko I don't think that's wise!" Bulkhead said trying to change Miko's mind, but seriously failing as Optimus held up his hand.
"But this maybe our best option Bulkhead. The longer we debate, the more time we give the Decepticons." Optimus said urgently and for once he's actually letting us help.
The Autobots then got themselves ready to roll as Ratchet readied the Groundbridge for us to go on this mission. The mission was that the bots would Groundbridge to the outside of the museum and surround the perimeter while us kids Groundbridge into museum with the lift that were on and retrieve the Harvester. All the bots then rolled out while the rest of us at the base waited for Optimus signal to retrieve the device.
The monitor then beeped with Optimus's voice coming through, "Jack, Jordyn, Miko, Rafael, I will have a clear view of you! Once you secure the Harvester…I will contact Ratchet to bridge you back to base."
Museum Grounds:
Ratchet the activated the Groundbridge, but before we could go, he gave us a warning , "Now since you'll be passing by normal entry to the museum, you don't have to worry about setting off the alarm, but do take care to avoid any security guards." After he said that, Jack drove the lift with all four of us total on board into Groundbridge and into the museum hallway.
Through the hallway, we came into a large room with many artifacts, but we only had to look for just one. We searched all around the room and came upon a statue holding a large golden orb! Bingo we found it! Then we looked in another direction towards big glass windows sitting in front of the room to find Optimus flashing his lights indicating this mission was a go. Jack and I nodded our heads while elevating the lift in order to reach a security camera and I gave Miko a thumbs up when she brought her phone out. She then took a picture of the statue and saved to where it would stay on that picture and hung it over the security camera. Miko gave all of us a thumbs up and Jack moved the lift to where we could get closer to Harvester. How are we going to get the orb off of the statue is a question that remains to be answered. The orb was as tall as Raf and no doubt weighs a ton, I guess we have to try our best and push the orb off the statue onto the lift in front of us. I managed to get my foot balanced as best that I can since it was still injured and lifted Raf onto the statue's hand that was holding the orb in order to push it from behind onto the lift. Everything was going pretty good until we heard a loud cracking sound and we turned to see Optimus transformed holding a missile. Optimus looked at us no doubt to make sure that we were alright and turned around only to come face to face with a electrical prod that knocked him out cold. We saw that it was a red and white con that shocked Optimus into unconsciousness.
"It's cons!" Raf said fearfully from atop of the statue at the sight that unfolded in front of him
Jack then took notice at the situation and announced, "They got Optimus!" He looked at me a little bit fearful at what happened, but I had to remind them at the situation at hand.
"Okay guys focus! We need to get this out of here!" I said just as we saw the another con that was disguised as a hummer come flying at us with a missile ready to be fired, but then Arcee and 'Bee came over and tried to stop them but failed at they were sent crashing into each other.
"Bee!" Raf cried out as I managed to keep him from falling as he tried to jump down in an attempt he wanted reach his friend.
"Raf calm down! We need to get the device down! Bee's going to be alright! I will make sure of it! Now come on were almost there!" I said reassuringly as we all managed to get the orb onto the lift just as Bulkhead came crashing through the walls of the museum with the alarms going off.
Jack then managed to bring the lift down as Miko said, "Okay time to make our exit guys!" She then pointed down the hall as she jumped off the lift directing us towards the nearest exit.
We all drove down the hall a little ways as we tried to find a way out of here and far away from the cons as possible. Miko kept running in front of us trying to find a way out and she managed to get near a large metal door that looked like a garage door and she hit the switch in for it to open. The door started to open and Miko disappeared around the corner and we managed to jump down just to make sure the coast was clear, but ran into another problem. There was a security guard flashing his flashlight at Miko who in turn froze like a statue.
"Umm what's up?" Miko said as she was trying to remain casual as if nothing just happened, but the guard wasn't buying it.
"You better come with me miss!" The guard said as he turned his flashlight off and grabbed Miko by her elbow and threw her into his office.
"Not good!" Jack said as he turned to look at us and then we heard footsteps come walking towards us.
"Arcee!" Jack and I both shouted as we saw two feet coming toward us that looked like the belonged to Arcee, but weren't when the garage door was fully opened.
Raf gulped and we all froze as he said, "It's Soundwave!" The same con that we saw a while back when we were fighting him for the control of the spacebridge.
The con then froze for a second before looking at us and started making his way to where the Harvester was and I knew we couldn't let get to it so I bolted to lift to drive it away. I managed to get onto the lift and back it up some more away from the con.
"You want it? Come and get it!" I shouted as I drove the lift away from the room where the con was, but I forgot that this con had freaky tentacle things and started to chase me. I drove as fast as I could into the building away from the tentacles, but to no avail the tentacles caught up with me. They reached for me and the Harvester, but I managed to jump from the lift and landed on my good foot and hid from the con until his tentacles went away. I got out of my hiding place and ran towards the room where Jack and Raf were to make sure they were okay.
"Jordyn! Are you alright?" Jack shouted as he ran up and hugged me along with Raf.
I just smiled, "I'm fine you guys, but I think its high time that we go back to the 'Bots outside!" I said as they nodded and we made our way outside to see Soundwave fly away and the two other cons drive away. Arcee and Bee were about to go chase after them, but they were stopped when we came out of the building.
"The cons have the Harvester!" Jack and I both shouted while running, well in my case a hobble run, towards the bots as they got shocked looks on their faces.
"And security has Miko!" Raf said as we came to a stop in front of the bots and Bulk had a worried look on his face.
"What?! I'm going in after her!" Bulkhead said as he pounded his fists together ready to bust Miko out at any moment.
Optimus put his arm in front of Bulkhead to stop him, "Bulkhead! Miko maybe detained, but she is safe from harm." He said in reassurance as Bulkhead finally relaxed, but not with a look of disappointment.
"Yeah Bulkhead! Miko will be fine! She can handle a security guard and she is a good at making up stories!" I said in reassurance and Bulkhead just nodded his head knowing I was telling the truth.
"Yeah Miko is fine Jordyn, but I couldn't say the same for you about five minutes ago!" Jack said in anger yet concern was evident in his voice.
I just turned away from him for a second and sighed, "Well somebody had to do something Jack! I couldn't just let him walk in there and take it!" I said as turned back to face Jack whose anger was still there, but there was a note of concern.
"That maybe true Jordyn, but I don't think that challenging Soundwave was such a good idea though…" Jack said to me as he was interrupted by Arcee who in turn looked not to happy.
"You did what?! For primus sakes why did you go and challenge a con? And Soundwave out of all cons!" Arcee shouted in anger and worry while looking directly at me and I in turn was kind of afraid to respond.
I hesitated for a moment before speaking, " I had to do something Arcee! I couldn't just let him waltz in there and take it. Besides he got it anyways and that's our main focus right now! Who knows what the cons are going to do with it. Not to mention that we need to also get Miko out of trouble as well." I said in a serious tone to remind everyone what they needed to worry about.
"Jordyn is correct. We all need to focus on the situations at hand. We can discuss this issue at a later time." Optimus said in a tone that was final and everyone didn't say anything in rebuttal. "Ratchet we all need a bridge." He then radioed in as we made our way into the Groundbridge and back to base.
Autobot Base:
When we all got through the Groundbridge we began to explain what happen to Ratchet who in turn looked disappointed and made some inaudible comment about something. Optimus began to think of a plan to get back the Harvester and finally came up with one that maybe a long shot but it might be our only option.
"Autobots we need to disperse and scout different areas in order to have a chance in locating the Decepticons and the Harvester." Optimus announced to the others as he turned to Ratchet for the first Groundbridge which sent Bumblebee through and Arcee was next.
"Be careful Arcee!" Jack and I said as she was about to go through the bridge to her destination.
"Don't worry you two I will be fine. Jordyn we are not through discussing what you did!" Arcee said as she transformed and drove through the Groundbridge and Optimus was next in line to go, but sent out a warning to both teams over comm. link and at base.
"In all likelihood, Starscream will use the Harvester to gather as much Energon as quickly as he can from the planets otherwise un-mineable Energon deposits. Approach with extreme caution! Starscream will not hesitate to turn the Harvester on anyone of us." Optimus said in warning ending the comm. link as he then turned to Bulkhead. "Bulkhead it is best that you remain here."
"So I can bust Miko out of the museum!" Bulkhead said in excitement and in urgency, but Optimus had other plans.
Optimus just shook his head, "So you can help Ratchet. Yes you are Miko's guardian, but she requires human assistance. Agent Fowler remains her best option." He said as he drove through the ground bridge out of sight leaving a fuming Bulkhead.
Raf then tried to contact Agent Fowler, but we couldn't get an answer and he merely stated, "Still no answer."
"Fowler's lying around some pool side cabana!" Bulkhead yelled as he slammed his fist on one of Ratchets machinery, crushing it.
"BULKHEAD! I NEEDED THAT!" Ratchet shouted at Bulkhead because it seems to me that he was working on something.
"We can free Miko if we returned the Harvester to the museum!" Bulkhead said a little more calmly trying to find a solution to this problem.
Ratchet just gave Bulkhead a look of disbelief, "So the Decepticons can steal it all over again!" He said pointing out the flaw in his plan.
Bulkhead just grabbed the back of his head while shouting, "I am so dumb!" He then looked down at the floor in frustration.
"So how are we going to free Miko?" Jack asked curiously as he perched over the railing at Ratchet's project.
"Yeah what are working on Ratchet?" I said pointing to the object that he held in his hand and turned to us.
"This is the replica of the Harvester that were going to put in place of the original one at the museum." Ratchet explained to us as looked back at his machine that Bulkhead smashed. "Although the construction of it would be going a whole lot faster if Bulkhead didn't just mangle my frame welder!"
"Well were already trespassers and thieves…why not add forgery to the list!" Jack said sarcastically although he was pretty much right.
"Although no one caught us so it's not on our records and I'm pretty sure that Agent Fowler will clear Miko's!" I said somewhat sarcastic yet in reassurance in Miko's case.
Bulkhead just sighed and said, "Ugh I really wish I didn't take Miko to see…wait the painting of the Harvester wasn't the only thing we saw at those ruins!"
"I'm sorry?" Ratchet said in confusion at Bulkhead's outburst and gave him a look that said 'come again?'
"Starscream's not dumb! No matter what device he has…he's going to take the easy route!" Bulkhead explained to the rest of us who in turn still didn't know what he was saying, but I did.
"Your right Bulk! Ratchet didn't you say that you picked up an Energon pulse in Greece?" I asked curiously to Ratchet who in turn nodded his head. "Then that's where Starscream is most likely going to be!"
Ratchet's face then lit up like a light bulb went off in his head as he said, "Of course! Why didn't I think of that before! Bulkhead you need to go scout out the area, but do not engage until I bridge the others there."
Bulkhead then nodded his head and Ratchet opened up a bridge that led to Greece. Once Bulkhead ran through the bridge, Ratchet began to contact to the rest of the team and bridge them back to base. It took awhile before the others managed to get back to base. In the meantime I left the room and went to try to contact Agent Fowler one more time in order for Miko to be released from the museum. All I could here is the constant ringing and was about to give up hope until finally he picked up.
"Agent Fowler?" I said very hesitantly as we're still not on great terms since the road trip we took a week ago.
"Yes Jordyn it's me. Now what do you need? I am very busy at the moment so this better be an emergency." Agent Fowler said with slight irritation and urgency so I didn't need to waste anytime.
"It is Agent Fowler! We need your help in regarding to our current situation." I said calmly as I explained the situation that Miko was in and about the Harvester being taken from the museum. Once I was finished until there was a bit of silence until Agent Fowler spoke again.
"Alright I'll see what I can do. Do you have a plan to replace the stolen device?" Agent Fowler questioned curiously.
"Ratchet is working on building a replica of the device so that it makes it look like it was taken." I explained as another moment of silence before he spoke up again.
"Okay I'm on my way to the museum as of this moment so give me some time and I will send you a signal when I arrive." Agent Fowler said as he immediately hung up.
I then put up my phone and walked back into the main control room to see that Ratchet was almost done with the replica. I was then given strange looks as they notice my arrival back into the room and I knew what they were going to ask next.
"Before you guys even ask… I just got off the phone with Agent Fowler and he is on his way to the museum to get Miko out. He will send a signal when he gets there. Is the replica done yet Ratchet?" I asked Ratchet who then turned around holding up the replica.
"Yes I have managed to complete the construction of the replica. All we need is Agent Fowlers signal." Ratchet said as the monitor beeped indicating Agent Fowlers signal.
Jack just laughed, "Well there you go! So how exactly are we going to get the Harvester back on the statue?" He said as we all tried to think of a plan when we saw a message popped up on the screen.
"I have arrived at the museum and going to talk to the guard as soon as you get the device back in the place it was." - Agent Fowler
"Alright I will return the replica to the museum while Jack and Rafael will accompany me in order to handle the security cameras. Jordyn I want you to remain here in case the others need a Groundbridge. Besides I do not think that you want to upset Arcee anymore today." Ratchet said with a tone that was final with no arguments.
I just nodded my head as I watched the three went through the Groundbridge leaving me alone at the base. I just went over to sit by the monitors waiting for either signals from both teams. I was slightly miffed that Ratchet wouldn't let me come with them, but I can understand his reasoning behind it other than I was the bridge operator. I knew what I did was stupid, but I felt like I had to do something I couldn't just sit around allowing Soudwave to take off with it. Even though he did get it, I didn't make it easy for him and that was my whole point. Another reason why was that I needed to get him away from Jack and Raf so that they wouldn't get hurt. I have no doubt that Arcee would argue against any points I have so our conversation is going to be interesting. I was brought out of my thoughts when Optimus came over the monitors asking for a bridge. I obliged and went over the controls and opened a bridge, only to see the others helping Bulkhead walk through the bridge.
I ran up to all of them who were carrying Bulkhead to the med bay area, "What happened?" I asked concerned as Bulkhead looked very weak like he was drained.
"Starscream managed to use the Harvester on him and drained a lot of his Energon." Arcee answered while helping the others with attaching Energon lines to Bulkhead.
I then went up to Bulkhead to put my healing abilities to some use and from what I can tell that almost half of his Energon was gone and that he was lucky to be alive, but I wouldn't want to tell the others. I helped direct the flow of Energon to the places that needed it most, but I was interrupted by Optimus approaching me.
"Jordyn where are the others?" Optimus asked curiously as he noticed the absence of some members.
"They went to go help Agent Fowler get Miko out of the museum. Ratchet built a replica to replace the original one so it looks like that it was never stolen." I explained to the others as I finished up my healing and then a beep came from the monitor indicating that Ratchet and the others were ready to return.
"I hope that they managed to get Miko out of that fragging museum before I have to do it for them." Bulkhead said as he slowly rose to a sitting position, but his threat was interrupted.
"Everything has been handled Bulkhead. All you need to do is rest until you have regained your strength. Jordyn helped you out significantly, but she is still new to this so I want to rest for a little bit longer until you go get Miko. " Ratchet stated to Bulkhead as looked at me and nodded his indicating that I did a good job while he was gone.
As ten more minutes passed, Bulkhead was released to go get Miko. I was about to go ahead and leave to go to the top of the base to write more in my journal when I was stopped in my tracks by Arcee.
"Oh no you aren't going anywhere until we discuss that stunt you pulled back at the museum!" Arcee said unyielding giving me a look that my mom would give me when I was in trouble.
The conversation went a little better than I thought it would, but I was under an Autobot grounding. This meant that I couldn't go on anymore low risk missions for the next few weeks. Which in turn was a bummer, but I would do anything to gain their trust again. On the other hand Miko was able to finish her report in time for history and made a B on it and we were all pleased with that result. Later on in the week, I finally learned the names of the two new cons that we came into conflict with: Knockout and Breakdown. Miko told me that Breakdown was like Bulkhead's arch nemesis and they've been at it for a long time. In one day we became trespassers and thieves, battled two new Decepticons, I took on a faceless con, Miko managed to fool a security guard, Bulkhead destroyed a powerful device, and we stopped another Decepticon plot. It may seem like a lot, but we would do it again in order to stop them from winning in this war.
Yay another chapter done! I'm sorry that it took a long time to put out another chapter and I know you guys have been waiting for a long time. Anyways I want to thank you all for the views on my story and I hope you enjoy this chapter. I'm going to update "Side Stories" next so check it out if you want to. I also want to say that I'm not being stereotypical when I talked about the popular girls being bullies so don't take that to any offense. I was only telling a point in my story that shows the friendship between Miko and Jordyn. In the next chapter for this story, Jack's pride gets the best of him and Jordyn won't allow him to go down alone. What happens when he gets caught up in street racing just to impress a girl? Reviews are appreciated! Until next time peace out.