'Bumblebee'
"Talking"
"Communications link"
"~Broadcast~"
Calypso's POV:
I stare at the ceiling as I think back to what has happened in the past few days. I smile to myself, 'Eva has been doing better ever since it happened.' I giggle to myself. 'She's even got back into the habit of teasing me about my crush on Ratchet.' All my thoughts stop after that thought. 'Why! Why me! Ratchet would never like me back, especially since I am a human.'
I close my eyes and let the resent memory of that fateful day to come forth.
*Flashback*
I stare in horror at the place where Wheeljack's ship was once. I couldn't believe it, Wheeljack, was dead. I look down at the sobbing girl in my arms, Eva. "It'll be okay Eva. We'll get through this together." I say softly. I pull her closer to me, a few tears sliding down my face. A howl of rage comes from Bulkhead behind us, he balls up his fit and punches the ground.
Alls quiet for a moment before I hear footsteps and they stop in front of us. I hear gears turning and in the corner of my eye I see a dust filled knee. I didn't think anything of it, probably one of the bot's coming to try and comfort us. "Pretty ladies like you two shouldn't cry." At first my brain didn't register who was talking but then it clicked. I look up and find myself staring at none other then Wheeljack himself.
"Wheeljack...?" Eva asks quietly from beside me.
He smiles, "The one and only."
Eva quickly jumps up and hugs the bot's face. Tears of happiness falling from her eyes now. Wheeljack chuckles and picks her up, keeping her close to his chest as he stands up.
"Jackie?" Bulkhead asks, almost not believing.
"Hey Bulk. Miss me." Suddenly Wheeljack was pulled into a hug by Bulkhead. "Hey! Hey! Watch it. I've got precious packaging in my hand ya know." Bulkhead pulls back embarrassed. I just smile at the two.
Ratchet walks over and picks me up off the ground. He scans me... I think... And nods to himself. I stare at him, wondering what has gotten into him.
"How-What-Huh...?" Bulkhead finally asks.
Wheeljack just laughs and pats him on the back. "Well, after a lot of thought I decided to stay. And I didn't want any Decepticreeps checking out my ship so I decided to get rid of the evidence. And besides, I guess I'm needed here more then I thought." He says while looking down at the girl who was happily clinging to his finger. She looks up and smiles.
I smile at the two before glancing up at Ratchet who also holds a small smile. "Well then Jackie." Bulkhead says. "Welcome to the team."
*Flashback*
I smile fondly at the memory before climbing out of bed. I throw on my signature orange tank-top, black shorts and flats on and bounce down the stairs, feeling oddly cheerful this morning.
Jack looks up from his cereal to stare at me. "Someone's feeling oddly cheerful this morning."
I nod. "I don't know why. I have a feeling that something good is going to happen today." Jack just shakes his head and goes back to eating. I wait for him to finish before we head to the garage to where Arcee waits for us.
"Ready to go?" She asks.
We both nod and grab our helmets before heading out. I look at the scenery as we pass by. Something is going to happen today, I just know it.
At the base nothing happens right away, we hung out, played a little music and watched the bots play lobbing, but the feeling doesn't go away.
All of a sudden, Fowler voice rings through the base. "Prime!" Everybody's head turns towards the monitor. "PRIME!"
"Special Agent Fowler...?" Optimus asks as he walks over. "To what do we owe-"
"What else. Con's. I chased them off with some slick moves. But not before they blew me out of the sky." Fowler explains.
Eva snickers. "Again!" Miko says. Wheeljack gives us a questioning look.
"Tell you later." Eva says to her guardian.
"They tried to smash and grab for the D.I.N.G.U.S." Fowler says.
"The whats it...?" Arcee asks, confused.
"Dynamic Nuclear Generation System. Aka, D.I.N.G.U.S." Fowler presses a button and the camera changes and a box comes into view. "It's a prototype energy source I'm transporting to the Coast for testing."
"Phff... That's absurd. Why would Starscream bother with such primitive technology?" Ratchet asks.
"I'm guessing to make a big fat primitive weapon of mass destruction. If this baby was to melt down, it would irradiate this state and the 4 next door." Fowler explains.
"Humm..." I mumble. "Did Agent Fowler say what state he is currently in?" I ask no one in particular. Eva rolls her eyes at my question.
"I'm a sitting duck here, Prime. I need you to spin up your bridge and send the D.I.N.G.U.S to it's destination before the Con's come back for it." Fowler orders.
"I'm afraid that sending such a volatile device through a ground bridge is out of the question." I look up at Optimus, wondering why. "If there were to be an accident during it's transmission, the radiation of which you speak could propagate through the ground bridge vortex and harm all 50 states and beyond."
"Yea got any better idea's?" Fowler asks.
Optimus nods. "Send us your coordinates and we will be there momentary." Fowler nods and closes the link. Optimus turns to the Autobot. "Bulkhead, Arcee, Bumblebee and Wheeljack. We are goint to deliver the device in vehical mode."
"All the way to the coast!" Bulkhead exclaims.
"Yes, and we will stay in vehical mode because we will be delivering the device on human highway's so we cannot blow our cover. Understood?" Wheeljack, Arcee, Bee and Bulkhead nod. They walk towards the ground bridge as Ratchet types in the coordinates and activates the bridge. Optimus gives Ratchet a nod before walking into the green vortex with the other Autobot's following him.
I look at the monitor and watch as 5 dots appear at the co-ordenates Fowler gave us. I hear the tv turn on. I look over to find Miko and Eva racing while Jack and Raf watch them. I look up at my crush to find him staring at the monitor. As if sensing I was looking he looks down and gives me a soft smile. I smile back. He just rolls his eyes and looks back up. I walk over to the tv to see who is winning. It's Eva.
After Eva defeats Miko, she challanges Jack. Whom she beats. But Eva is beat by Raf and Raf is beat by me. In all, it was fun. After a few more games I hear Fowler over the link.
"That's the one! The Con who shot me down! Who is he? Wingnut? DingBat? Skyguy!" Fowler asks.
I look up at Ratchet. "There aren't really Con's with those names... Right?"
Ratchet snorts, "Of course not! Any Con with those names would probably be humiliated into the next millenia."
"A whole team of Con's." Fowler states.
Me and Ratchet look at the screen, wondering what the heck Fowler is talking about. The others walk over also wondering what is going on.
"What? I'm not picking up anything. They must be utilizing cloaking technology." Ratchet says deep in thought.
"Well I'll be dipped." Fowler says.
I blink. "Whaa...?" Ratchet just snorts at me. I glare up at him.
Optimus' voice rings through the base. "Our assailants are not Decepticon's, they are human."
"Human?" Raf, Jack and Eva all say at the same time.
"Oh please." Miko says, "Taking on our bot's, their road kill!" I roll my eyes at her.
We listen to everything that happens on the comlink. Ratchet presses a few button and brings up the path the Bot's are to follow. "Optimus, prepair to enunciate phase 2. 5 miles ahead to the south you will reach the rendezvous point."
We continue to listen to the situation through the comlink. Suddenly 6 blinking dots appear on the screen. "Decepticon's." I mumble.
Ratchet nods, "Optimus, you have company."
We listen through the link as the Autobot's take on the Con's. Helping and giving advice while we can. Suddenly we hear a bang over the link and Optimus is quiet.
"Optiums is down!" Miko says, stating out the obvious.
"And M.E.C.H's going to grab the D.I.N.G.U.S!" Jack says, also stating the obvious. "We need to think of something quick!"
"You mean like a phase 3?" Raf asks.
"Okay... Come on... Think!" Jack says to himself as he starts pacing.
"Well..." Eva says. "If M.E.C.H wants the D.I.N.G.U.S then they must get on the train."
"What is we get on first...?" Miko nods at my words.
"Absolutely not!" I look up at Ratchet.
"Why?" I ask.
Jack looks at me. "Caly! That would be suicide!"
I roll my eyes. "Hello! The D.I.N.G.U.S could melt down at any moment! Lives are at stake!" I snap, irratated at my brother.
"Yes! Yours!" I look up at Ratchet, happy he cares about us. "You not only want me to bridge you into a confined space, but one travalling at 90 miles per hour! I can't even count the number of ways that can go wrong. Mass displacement trauma. Twisted limbs. Metal burns." We all stare up at Ratchet. "... Well, maybe no the last one..." Eva snickers. "Reguardless, it is nearly impossible to fix ground bridge coordinates on something moving at that speed.
"Would it help, if we had access to the trains coordinates?" Raf asks while typing away at his computer. The trains position shows up on the monitor.
"Well..." Ratchet trails off.
"Ratchet... Please. If we don't many lives could be harmed." Ratchet sighs and I know we have won. He walks over to the ground bridge lever and activates it with the position of the train.
"Raf, you stay so you can monitor the trains position." Raf nods at me and turns back to the monitor. I turn to Eva. "Stay."
"But-"
"Stay."
"I'-"
Stay!"
"Like hell I'm st-"
"STAY!" Eva glares at me before nodding. I hear a chuckle from behind me as I smile and walk over to where Jack and Miko are.
"I'll call when we arrive on the train." Jack says. "And I will keep the line open so you guys will know what is happening." Ratchet nods. I grab Jack and we jump into the light with Miko right behind us. I snicker as the other two fall to the ground while I'm able to land on my feet. "We're in." Jack says into the mouth peice of his phone.
Suddenly we hear a sound above us. Jack opens the car door and Miko and him look outside. "What! What is it?" I ask.
Jack turns to me, "M.E.C.H." Jack starts talking into his phone again. "Raf, M.E.C.H is landing on top of the train." Jack nods after a few seconds. "Everyone, brace yourself." I quickly latch onto the side of the car. It lurtches to the right and I cling for dear life.
A thumping on the roof alerts us to M.E.C.H landing. They begin sawing through the roof. "Ah... So what did that get us... ten seconds?"
"Raf is losing his touch." Miko says. I roll my eyes and look around the car. I notice a axe, a fire extinguisher and a gun beside the unconscious guard.
I quickly grab the gun and aim it up at the roof. I look over and notice Miko is holding the axe and Jack is holding the fire extinguisher. I glare at Miko, "I don't think you should hold that." Miko looks at me confused. "Last time you had an axe, you gave it to some Con who was trying to kill us." Miko smiles sleepisly.
The roof falls in and we stare up at the masked men. "You want a slice of this?" Miko asks. "Well do ya!"
"What she said!" I roll my eyes at the two. The men pause before disappearing.
I blink. "That went well." I say. Jack and Miko look out the door.
Jack leaning out first while Miko hangs on by his arm. "Woh... Your pretty ferce." I blink at Miko's words. I smile. When this is all over it is time to play match maker.
Suddenly there is a bang. "Um... Guy's what was that?" I got no answer.
"Ratchet!" Jack says into his mouth piece. "M.E.C.H blew the train tracks. You need to bridge us out of here!" I rush over and put my ear to the other side of the phone. "The soldiers too."
"We've lost access to the train data. I can't bridge you back without your coordinates." Jack puts the phone down, not believing what he was hearing. Jack pulls me into a hug as Miko latches onto his arm.
We turn towards the open door. "Maybe we sould jump...?" Miko asks. I look at Miko like she's crazy.
"At 90 miles per hour!" Jack says.
"It's the impact or the meltdown. Take your pick."
"What were we thinking!" Jack asks himself.
"We were trying to save many lives." Jack nods at my words.
"At least we're in this together." Jack says. Miko and I nod as we huddle together.
Suddenly Optimus speeds by. "Don't give up yet." I tell them. We watch as Optimus transforms and grabs onto the front of the train, trying to stop it. Slowly the train comes to a stop, just before the blast area. He walks back to us but looks up as we hear a coptor sound. I look up to find M.E.C.H above us. They fly away after a few seconds.
I look up at Optimus as he watches them fly away. He looks down at us as Miko and Jack start fighting. I smile as he turns back to the sky. I look over to my brother and smile at the two. 'They would make such a cute couple. I wonder what it would be like to be with Ratchet.' I blush and quickly push that thought from my head. I am happy the way it is right now, for the time.