'Thoughts'
'Bumblebee'
"Talking"
"Communications link"
"~Broadcast~"
Morning came to fast for me. I woke up this morning and Jack wanted to take me out for breakfast. I sit on the handle bars of his bike as we ride to KO Burger. "I wish we were riding Arcee." (That sound dirty...) I hear Jack sigh. We got off the bike and Jack looks up at the sign and sighs.
"Nice bike." We turn around to see Arcee's alt form. I couldn't help but squeal, run over and hug the bike the best I could. Arcee and Jack chuckle at my reaction, Jack sobers up.
"A-Arcee. Really, Miko already tried. Tell Optimus I respect him big time, but if your at war with the Decepticons there's nothing I can do."
"Optimus didn't send me and no one's asking for your help."
"Okay, so if we're both agree that I'm not warrior material..." Jack stops talking, becoming confused.
"Jack, I just lost someone I cared about, maybe it's the grief talking, maybe you two are growing on me, whatever it is, I'm not ready to say goodbye to you two." I look up at Jack and give him puppy dog eyes. Jack smiles and I know that we're in.
"Yeah! I can finally figure out these weird feelings I have for Ratchet!" I stop. Jack blinks at me and I could practically hear Arcee's processor freeze. "Eh... I mean... Yay..."
Jack shakes his head, "I don't even want to know." We climb onto Arcee and head to the base. The ride there was spent talking about what happened since yesterday, apparently allot.
"So... Let me get this straight, Megatron has built a space bridge, which is located in our atmosphere, and is planning on bringing an army of zombie bots to Earth in order to concur the planet?" I ask.
"Pretty much." Arcee replies.
"WOW..." mutters Jack. Slowly the door to the Autobot Base comes into view, once inside Arcee honks the horn to get everyone's attention. Me and Jack climb off Arcee and walk towards everyone. "Hey... Guess who's back..."
I glare at Jack, "I never wanted to leave, but my brother dragged me home..." I mumble.
Optimus stands up. "Autobots, prepare for departure." Arcee transforms beside us.
"Where to?" Arcee asks.
Miko steps forward. "The final frontier."
I stare at her, shocked. "S-Space?"
"I thought the Autobot's didn't have a way to get there?" Jack asks, confused.
Bee puts down Raf, "They don't... Really..."
Jack looks up at Arcee, "Be... Seeing ya?..." She shrugs. Ratchet walks over and activates the ground bridge while the other Autobots stand in front of the bridge.
I look over to see Raf talking to Bee and Miko talking to Bulkhead. "Optimus, if you leave me stranded on a planet filled with humans... I will never forgive you." Ratchet says, while watching the others.
"Hey!" I shot back. Ratchet shot me an amused look. I blink... Ratchet showing me emotions other then confusement, shock or a sort of disgusted look... I must be getting somewhere with him.
"Until we meet again, old friend." Optimus' battle mask slid in place. "Autobots... Roll out!" They transformed down into their alt modes and drove into the ground bridge. Right before they disappear I hear Optimus yell out, "Maximum Overdrive!" And then they disappear.
I walk over the the HUGE computer and watch as Ratchet starts typing something in. "Whatch doin?" I ask.
He glances down at me. "I am opening a communication link between us and the others. So we can communicate back and fourth." I nod and watch.
It's quiet on the link for a minute. "Well, what are they waiting for?" Arcee's voice rang throughout the base.
"It appears the Decepticons have sustained serious damage to there interstellar navigation system." Optimus says.
"Huh?... That's my handy work." Bulkhead announces. Miko giggles from behind me.
"Great job Bulkhead. Without the dish, Megatron will be unable to aim the space bridge at Cybertron." I smile at Optimus' words.
"Don't the Decepticons know where their own planet is?" Raf asks.
"Naturally!" Ratchet scoffs, "But Cybertron is many lightyears away. To reach their target, their aim must be astronomically precise."
"If Megatron went to the trouble of ronday-viewing with his space bridge... He must have an alternate targeting system, a remote one." I blink, trying to figure out where the Con's would find a big enough navigational system to locate Cybertron, when it hit me.
"Hmff! From what I know of Earth's technology I doubt there exists a single radio telescope dish on this planet, powerful enough to pin-point Cybertron." Ratchet states.
"What about a whole bunch linked radio telescope dishes?" I ask, I nudge Raf and he brings up and image on his laptop. "Like the giant sizer-ay in Texas?"
Ratchet bends down to our level. "Zip-Bep-It-Bep-It! This is not child's play." My eye twitches at the word, child.
"Good thinking Calypso." I huff in annoyance as Optimus uses my full name while Ratchet looks at the screen, shocked. "Ratchet, have Agent Fowler alert the array staff to the security hazard."
"You! Soldier!..." Fowler sits up and points to Ratchet. "Your outa uniform! Put on some pants!" Then he falls back down, unconscious. I laugh at his random outburst.
"That may be a challenge." I laugh even harder at Ratchet's words.
Raf turns around and starts typing away on his computer. "I can't get past the array's firewalls, there too thick!" Raf slams his fists down.
"You! Actually think you can keep the Decepticons out?" Ratchet asks.
"Maybe... If I can get in... And with Cal's help..."
"Wait! Wait! Wait! R-Raf, what if we can get you and Cal all the way in?" Jack asks. "Like inside the building, in?"
"That would work..." I mumble.
"I could login to their internal network on the other side of the firewall." Raf says with a nod.
"It's too risky." Optimus says. "The Decepticon's will be there. Perhaps even on sight."
Jack looks at me. "Optimus. With all do respect, you said it yourself, this is bigger then the safety of three humans." I smile at Jack.
"Yeah! If we let the Con's win we're fragged, along with anyone else on this planet." Miko says, supporting Jack.
"Raf?" Optimus asks.
"I want to give it a chance."
"Calypso?"
"I'm all in." I smile at the others.
"Very well." Optimus says. "Ratchet, get the co-ordinates and activate the ground bridge."
Just as we enter the ground bridge Bulkheads voice rang through the base. "Here comes the welcoming comity." I chuckle at his words. The ground bridge opens and we find ourselves inside the fence line of the array building.
We all stumble out. "That'll take some time to get used to..." Jack mumbles while holding his head. I nod but only manage to make myself more dizzy.
"Woh..." I mumble as I set my eyes on the array building. "Soo cool..." Jack nods and we start running towards the building.
Miko opens the door and looks around. "Come on." We follow her inside. We look into every room until we find one with a computer. Raf sits down at the computer while Miko looks down the hall once more before closing the door. "Security sure is lacks in this place."
"I'm in." Raf announces.
"And so are the Decepticons." I point out, Raf nods.
"What?" Jack asks me.
"How do you know?" Miko asks at the same time.
"Schematics." I tell them. "With the same alien math I saw on Miko's phone."
"Yeah... And this time, I can download it." Raf says as he plugs a junk-drive into the computer and downloading the information.
"It's gotta be the space bridge." Miko says.
"The Decepticons are syncing it to the dishes." I say, watching the screen.
"But I can sync to them." Raf says with a smirk.
"Will they know?" Jack asks, worried.
"Even if the Decepticons see that Raf's in the system, they'll have no idea that we're in the house." I tell him.
"Good. I don't want you to be in danger again."
I roll my eyes at Jack. "Come on Jack, my guardian is a giant, grumpy alien robot, who is a robot doctor, from the planet Cybertron. My life is nothing but dangerous now."
Jack sighs, "I know."
Raf starts typing away. Though a few minutes later the Decepticons lock on to Cybertron. "Umm... Guys. The Decepticons have locked onto Cybertron."
"But not for long." Raf says and he changes the co-ordanites to somewhere else. But slowly the dishes start locating Cybertron.
"The dishes are heading back to Cybertron." I explain to Miko and Jack as Raf starts typing away again.
"I'll just undo that again." Raf says.
"What happens when the Con's realized their being punked?" Jack asks.
"It's only virtual combat. You know, like online gaming." Raf explains.
"Yeah, Jack! What are the Con's gonna do? There probably, like, a thousand miles away." Miko says while rolling her eyes.
I hear some movement behind me. I turn around and find some giant tentacle type thing right behind them. "Ahhh!" I scream. The tentacle gabs Jack and Miko and throws them to the other side of the room. "Raf, don't let them lock on again." He nods and I grab a crowbar that was sitting near the computer.
The tentacle heads towards Raf and I swing the crowbar at it, trying to scare it away. The tentacle pushes me out of the way. Raf grabs his junk-drive and moves out of the way. Right in time to, the tentacle smashes the computer. I notice Miko beside me holding a axe. She charges at the tentacle but it pushes her away. It grabs the axe and raises it.
"You handed it an axe!" I snap at Miko.
"Not good." Raf says.
Suddenly the tentacle retracts and leaves the room. We run after it and run into another room. Inside is a giant black and purple robot with a screen instead of a mask, the exact same Con that was in the Decepticon base, standing above a hole in the ceiling. Miko takes out her phone and takes a picture. The robot transforms into a jet and flies away.
"Why is he leaving?" Miko asks.
I then notice the severed cord as Raf runs over to it. "He cut the hardline." Raf says.
"Now the dishes are locked onto Cybertron... For good." I mumble. Raf nods. We all run out of the building and jump through the ground bridge.
Ratchet looks at us as we jump through. "Well...?" Ratchet asks.
I look down. "The Con's were there... And they cut the hardline."
Ratchet sighs. "You did your best." I look up and smile at him. Beeping comes from the computer all of a second. Ratchet turns around while the rest of us run up the the second level.
"Optimus, I'm picking up a rapidly expanding mass in their space bridge vortex. One with a peculiar energy signature." Ratchet says, informing Optimus. I notice Fowler was up and standing behind us.
"Dark energon." Optimus says. "Ratchet, we must destroy the space bridge. There is enough live energon coursing through it to achieve detonation. But we lack the firepower to ignite it."
"If I knew how the space bridge was engineered, I might find a technical way of accomplishing that fate." Ratchet says.
I grin. "What about schematics?" Raf pulls out the junk-drive, showing Ratchet.
"Optimus, I must say. The space bridge is our soul hope of ever returning to Cybertron. Are you sure it's destruction is the only option?" I look down at Ratchets words.
"I'm afraid so." Optimus says.
"Then by all means, let us light our darkest hour." I wanted to snicker at Ratchet's words but I kept quiet.
"Autobots, take your positions and follow Ratchet's lead. While I make my stand." Then Optimus's comunication link went dead.
Ratchet tells the others where to go and tells us to watch the screen of Cybertron. "These things are getting closer..." Fowler announces. "That's bad... Right?"
"Ratchet, we're in position." Arcee says through her communication link.
"Arcee, pay close attention." Ratchet says seriously. Ratchet starts explaining on what to do. "Now follow the line from the flow regulator to the energon pop. There should be and energon valve."
"I see it." Arcee states.
"Good. To turn all that power against it's self is all you need to do is reverse the current."
"Current reversed." Arcee tells us after a few moments.
"Yes!" Fowler shouts all of a sudden. "Right...?" I start laughing at his reaction while the others just stare at him.
Ratchet nods. "I will ready the ground bridge." Ratchet walks over to the switch and activates it. The fimiliar green vortex fills the dead end hallway. "Optiums, the ground brigde is ready and waiting."
Then we all wait for the Autobot's to come back. Nothing happens for a few minutes.
"Do you think their...?" Raf finally asks.
Ratchet checks his signature recorder on his arm. "Four life signals... But one very faint."
Movement comes from the ground bridge. Optimus walks in... Along with multiple battle wounds. Bulkhead comes in behind Optimus.
"Bulkhead!" Miko exclaims and runs over and gives his hand a hug. We all follow her down.
Then Bee came running in... Carrying Arcee. Ratchet shuts down the ground bridge as Jack, Raf and I walk over to Bee and Arcee. Jack walks up to Arcee with Raf right behind him and just stares at her. I grab Jacks hand as Miko puts her hand on his shoulder.
"We lost one this week. By the Allspark, don't let it be two." Ratchet says with sorrow.
Jack walks up to Arcee and puts his hand on hers. Arcee's eyes open slighly. "Arcee..." Jack whispers.
"Jack... Really. There are other motorcycles in the world." Arcee says softly.
"But your my first." I smile at them. They are going to be great friends, I just knew it.
Ratchet turns to Optimus. "And Megatron?"
"Not even he could have survived ground zero." Optimus says.
"Prime!" Fowler says. We all turn to look at him. His back was to us and he was fixing his coat. "I didn't get to thank you bot's for the save." The elevator door opens. "I owe you one." He walks into it and before the door closes he says. "We all do."
Bee helps Arcee to her feet and she smiles down at us. Miko looks around for a moment before walking over to Optimus.
"Soo... Is this the part where you say goodbye and tell us we need to forget we ever saw you?" Miko asks quietly. I stare at Optimus, assuming the worst.
Optimus stares at us. "Without a means of leaving this world, we Autobot's make strength in the bonds we have forged with you four. True warriors. And I am afraid the Decepticon's know of your alliance with the Autobot's... So, someone must be there to protect you."
Miko and Raf jump for joy. I smile and look up at Ratchet who has an annoyed expression but with a bit of relief in his eyes. 'I wonder what he's relived about?'
I look around at everyone, smiling. 'Nothing will ever be the same now.'