DISCLAIMER: ON THE FIRST CHAPTER
A/N: Yes I know the last chapter was slow but I wanted to explain somethings on character development. Well somewhat on what happened to Scorponok and Frenzy.
You have to realize that I looked up Scorponok's stats and found that he is rather stupid only programmed for search and destroy. Well for this story being given as you have figured out Alex has a talent for being a Cybertronian Medic. No I will not add special powers or anything else other then martial arts training and repair work on that girl.
As for the development of the kids well as you can guess the main focus of this story is on the Seeker Radon and some part on her brother Rodan and the human Alex. Well I won't forget the others and this chapter I hope will not be as long as the last as I have a ton of ideas flowing through my head at the moment and organizing them is not my forte.
Well don't worry so much after this chapter I will finally have the awaiting trip to the mainland, and more on what happens to Starscream and don't worry he is not going to die. Lets just say that Starscream has a bigger part to play later in the story.
I apologize for Frenzy being slightly…ok extremely OCC but lets face it when a hyperactive robot goes against a Martial Arts master well lets say they are not so troublesome anymore lol.
This chapter is basically Frenzy's point of view through third party on the situation that he is in.
Anyways enough babbling on this twenty four year old and back to the program.
THE LOST CHILDREN OF CYBERTRON
Chapter 7: Silent but Deadly
Frenzy proved to be quite a handful in the following days to come. Already being as Obun was running out of ideas for the robot to do besides household chores she was rather distraught with him constantly on the internet searching out his own kind.
But who can blame him right?
The ball of energy is a bit much on base and the only ones who can tolerate him to the point of controlling his hyperactivity are Obun, the twins and well surprisingly enough Skeeter and Stitch.
Skeeter found out that Frenzy loves coffee the stronger the better and so managed to get Frenzy some coffee in exchange for Frenzy's good behavior. He also found out that the Cybertronian was well fond of certain things that grandmother Obun was not so fond of. Namely gaming computers in the base that take up a lot of room.
It was no surprise that they managed to get a room where they can put Frenzy's stuff inside.
Stitch on the other hand reminded Frenzy of Soundwave his creator and previous partner of sorts. Soundwave would often listen in to other Decepticons and report what he finds important enough to Megatron. But unlike Soundwave Stitch would use it as blackmail against the hacker. Even for an Autobot Stitch was twice as sneaky as those rotten twins Sideswipe and his brother Sunstreaker. Both of which he does not want to remember ever again.
The seeker twins on the other hand even though they are polar opposites Rodan and Radon proved to be Frenzy's match when it comes to pranks.
Frenzy remembered getting out of the base with Goliath and entering the small town of Kaunakakai to get what they called the 'Midnight Bread' or 'Hot Bread' for the humans. He walked down this creepy alley with Goliath waiting in the main street seeing as he is too big to fit in the dark alley. Frenzy had to go and get the bread since he was smaller. Crawling out from the cockpit he walked down the alley and was quite surprised that no one ran from him.
In fact they just regarded him as one of the regulars. Then to think again no one ran from Goliath's presence either regardless of how the Autobot looks. The Decepticon was very confused by this as he rapped on the door.
The door opened a crack and Frenzy found himself staring at another old Asian woman as she gave him a rather cold look that made him nervous.
"What do you want?" she asked
"Bread," Frenzy replied
"I know that bot bucket what kind of bread there is the menu on the wall read it!" she said and slammed the door in his face.
Frenzy then pulled out the list that the family gave him and banged on the door again.
"You better have an order?" the woman said again as she peeked through the door.
"I have list," he said as he shoved the list at the woman.
She then grabbed the list and slammed the door once again in his face. Frenzy often wondered if he was offlined and came back online in hell.
It was a few minutes later that the woman returned opening the door all the way and holding several plastic bags in her possession as she walked up to Frenzy.
"Alright here is your order, and that would be thirty dollars," the woman said and Frenzy paid with the money Goliath gave him. Grumbling to himself he had to extend his extra arms to hold all the bags of hot steaming bread.
As he exited the alley he spotted Goliath watching from the streets and when he approached the Autobot Goliath bent down and picked him up. Then he leaped into the air and transformed into his Alt-Mode and flew off towards the mountains and to the sea cliffs beyond where the base lies.
As they landed Frenzy disembarked in the hanger with the bags and rushed down to the living room where everyone else is waiting.
As he entered the living/rec room everyone else was busy with homework or playing video games.
"We got the bread," said Goliath as he entered and the humans all got up to eat.
He looked around and noticed that Sonic and Skeeter were missing. He followed the sound that picked up on his Audio sensors towards the training room. As he peered inside his optics widened at what he saw.
Both Sonic and Skeeter had their optics covered and were engaged in a battle with a bunch of holographic drones. What surprised Frenzy was the fact that they are younglings and yet they fight like full warriors; except without the guns.
He had seen many mechs fight and their mostly shoot or swing around wild weapons like brutes in the arena but these two more with much more fluidity. Personally Frenzy had never seen movements like these or the speed that they are executed. In fact he had never seen a youngling fight before. They were mostly children who were not programmed to fight till they reached their adult forms.
Frenzy was surprised by this as the two of them both Autobot and Decepticon fought alongside each other. What got him was that even though their optics was covered they managed to get every one of the drones.
"Now remember to use all of your other senses. Don't just use one for it may trick you. If you are unsure as to where a sound is coming from use your feet on the ground to feel where the sound originated. You have receptors on your feet and touch receptors in your synthetic skin use them." Obun instructed and the two worked as a team even though one of them is only a few inches tall.
"Frenzy you can come in you know," said Obun and the smaller Decepticon did just that.
He entered carefully and noticed for the first time that Scorponok was sitting beside Obun. His deadly tail sweeping back in forth in lazy arcs. Frenzy walked slowly around towards the old woman and the scorpion. It was then he also noticed the hologram of the femme Autobot.
"What is going on?" he asked
"Practice," Obun replied as she raised her hand and the holograms disappeared.
"Not bad you two, but Sonic you need to be more aware of Skeeter's presence you nearly stepped on him twice already. Remember feel the ground as well as the air around you, and Sonic keep your audio receptors open so you are aware of Skeeter at all costs. For if this was a real battle you can accidentally kill your partner," she said.
Frenzy watched as Sonic bowed his head in defeat.
"Now you will try again this time be aware of who you are dealing with," she said and she nodded to Nanobite who allowed again holographic drones to appear.
The drones circled the two even though their eyes was covered Frenzy could see that they are aware of the hologram's presence.
"Now Fight!" Obun said
The two fought against each and everyone of the opponents and it became obvious that the two were winning.
From what Frenzy saw the drones were not the pushovers everyone thought they were either. They proved to be a handful as the two moved as one fighting off their enemies with ease as they felt with their feet. He could see them shift as they watched their enemies with their other sensors. Skeeter then leaped onto Sonic and did a backward flip and landed a blow on the head of one drone who went down in a blur. Stunned Frenzy watched as the other sliced another in half with a human made sword.
"That is better," she said and the simulation ended.
Both combatants were clearly overheating and she made a gesture towards the washrooms.
"Go cool down you two you did well," Obun said as Frenzy stood stunned watching the two.
Scorponok skittered up to him and whined to be petted and Frenzy did so absentmindedly. The two Decepticons could only stare at the floor as the next person entered the training room.
Surprisingly it was Radon who entered.
The seeker was feeling frustrated as she entered the room. Having been cooped up for more then three days already has made Radon very cranky.
She was very cranky as she walked into the training room figuring that some training would help her to ease her extra energy. Already she did her chores and so was still cranky since she can't fly. She decided to try her luck in the training room hoping to get some frustrations out.
Already she activated the holograms and pulled out a bow staff from the wall that was the same size as her. Frenzy watched as the seeker held her eyes shut and began a series of moves that defied gravity.
If she were among the ranks she would have put Starscream in his place! He thought remembering the Air Commander.
Radon raced along the walls leaping, spinning and twirling that bow staff around like a master. She was one in her element as she then paused the hologram and covered her optics with a blind fold that she pulled out of subspace. She then renewed the fight and defied gravity which to Frenzy's amazement seemed to make even most seekers jealous.
"Hey sis what you doing?" asked Rodan as he entered the room.
The hologram stopped and Radon removed the blindfold.
"Just getting rid of some frustration of being grounded," she said and it was then that she noticed Frenzy and Scorponok.
"Hey guys, how long were you watching?" she asked
"I was here when Skeeter and Sonic were practicing blind folded," Frenzy replied.
"Ah they must have been practicing the Blind techniques." Rodan replied as he watched his sister put away her bow staff.
"Blind Techniques?" Frenzy asked
"Fighting without sight," Radon replied as she got into the middle of the room.
Rodan followed and both stood there without any weapons and Frenzy knew what that meant. They both got into position and Frenzy if he were human would be biting his nails.
The two locked optics for a brief moment before they attacked.
All Frenzy saw was a bunch of blurs going at it with each other as the two attacked with their fists. He could not for the life of him detect any battle computers going on only raw power and skill as these two executed moves that most bots would envy. They met blow for blow as both of them each separated and raced towards a wall and then grabbed a weapon as they walked up the wall and did a backward flip.
Frenzy had his mandibles wide open as Radon grabbed a bow staff and Rodan a sword as they both combatants went at it. They both brought their weapons down hard against each other. Frenzy was amazed that such skill and grace could come from both of them.
The twins weaved and executed moves that Frenzy himself could not do. He had to do a quick check of the world wide web to find what they were doing.
Martial Arts
He saw a few clips and styles that the twins were currently using.
As soon as it started it ended with Radon being chased by Rodan and ran up a wall. But as Frenzy thought she was doing a flip like before she instead twisted in the air and executed a flying kick right into Rodan's face. The Autobot went down and Radon landed.
The only thing Frenzy did not expect was for the two to start laughing.
Radon then helped her brother up. Both of which were panting to cool their overheating systems.
"Thanks bro I needed that," said Radon as she walked out leaving the hacker alone with the Autobot.
As she walked out Frenzy took note that she looked even more like Starscream then ever.
"Hey Frenzy what do you think?" Rodan asked the hacker.
"I have never seen fighting like that ever!" he replied
"Well how do you fight back on Cybertron?" Rodan asked
"Well we mostly used guns or some sort of weapon, but when we used out own fists it seems barbaric compared to what you two just did," he said
"Well the humans have developed it for thousands of years so I guess it is a advanced form of fighting," he said
"I see," Frenzy said his CPU processing what he just saw.
"Well I am heading off towards the hanger all this makes me want to fly," he said and walked out.
Scorponok then followed the Autobot leaving Frenzy alone.
--Cybertron---
Starscream sat in his cell his mainframe going so fast that he could not process much of the outside. His mind was already exhausted from his latest fight within the arena that Galvatron had created. He refused to allow himself to hate once more for hate will fuel his master and that is one thing that Starscream refuses to do.
I was a fool he thought to himself
How can I be leader of the Decepticons when the entire cause was nothing but a lie! All that we fought for, and all that we did it was nothing but a lie! All this time I have wanted that power for myself but now I see it was all a lie. A lie to feed Unicron power and we all fell for it. Megatron you are lucky your spark is no more were you truly gone this whole time? If it is then I beg for your forgiveness.
The sound of footsteps could be heard as Starscream's sightless head turned in that direction. He was wondering about the noise when the doors to his cell opened and he recognized the voice as that belonging to Soundwave. Instantly Starscream became tense as the telepath walked in and the door slammed behind him.
"Why are you here Soundwave? Come to torture me more?" Was Starscream's sarcastic reply.
"No," the other Decepticon replied
"Then why are you here?" Starscream asked and it was then that he could hear Soundwave make himself better known.
"Frenzy whereabouts unknown; signal of deactivation unknown," was Soundwave's response.
"Frenzy was deactivated at Hoover Damn on Earth last I heard from his signal anyways." Starscream replied
"I acknowledge," Soundwave replied as he walked closer.
"Your damages are sever and extensive without doing a complete overhaul," Soundwave said as he did an inspection of Starscream's body.
"Why do you care what happens to me?" the seeker asked
"Shockwave ordered it," was the reply
"Why does Shockwave care so much since he was there when I was sentenced?" Starscream shot back as he turned on his hunches to what he assumed was the face Soundwave better.
"Shockwave is not in league with the bringer of destruction," was the reply
"Oh really then why did he not look back when he sentenced me to this prison!" at this point Starscream nearly shouted
"Because he wants to know what Galvatron is up to, and why is he so fascinated by earth after the Allspark has been destroyed," was the reply.
At this Starscream stopped his ranting and focused his audio and other receptors towards Soundwave. His interest was suddenly at the door when the guard showed up. Nodding Soundwave turned to leave Starscream to his thoughts as the door to the brig shut behind him.
----BACK ON EARTH-----
Frenzy was board and when Frenzy was board it was usually a bad thing. For when that hacker got board all he wanted to do was cause mayhem, but in this household to do so would be very bad indeed. Especially when a certain Decepticon jet was involved.
Throughout the time he spent here he has learned much about the different youngsters he learned about their different personalities.
For one during his time of boredom he learned that Skeeter and Scrappy are both phones (That's a given) but what got him the most is that only Scrappy has any traces of weapons on him. It was after he talked to the Nokia that he had found out about his adoption.
It surprised Frenzy that he remembered the Nokia phone at all. It was after he first met the phone that a familiar images began to flood his mind about the phone till at last he asked.
It was after the sad story that Frenzy showed a new appreciation for the cell phone. The little bot has been through a lot and Frenzy could see why. He also saw how happy the bot was when he was adopted by the Pakele family. Even though the weapon's system was taken offline by Nanobite Frenzy could see why.
The robot cell phone reminded Frenzy a bit of himself.
Scrappy was a prankster and all around goofball but unlike Frenzy he was downright protective of his adoptive family. This part he found out the hard way when he tried to do a rather nasty trick on Kyouji and the little phone was so angry with Frenzy he full on attacked him. Frenzy spent the next few cycles in the med bay repairing his optics and a few of his motor functions because of the little Nokia bot.
Mosquito or Skeeter on the other hand was the polar opposite of Scrappy. Though true he is a Decepticon as well he proved that the little bugger was far more patient when it came to revenge.
He had seen it on another kid at the school the poor guy.
He remembered it well since he had to take Sonic's place as the radio was a malfunctioning audio receptor and so had to stay behind. Frenzy when he went had to deal with a bunch of kids picking on Alex, Lori and Kyouji. He would have attacked but he recalled what he came armed with.
I maybe deadly but I am not that stupid he thought remembering the fair warning that Nanobite gave him.
He had watched as the Nextel phone skittered away and the next thing he remembers is two naked teens running down the hall with a group of boys after them. It was five minutes after the incident that Skeeter skittered in and crawled back into the bag. Frenzy though he and his brother Rumble were bad back on Cybertron. These guys take the cake for sure they in a way are worse then even the most sneaky of Decepticons.
Frenzy even had a hard time detecting them when they came in and out. He even had Alex check his sensors and to no avail. They are fine but why can't he detect them.
Sonic and Stitch both Autobot and Decepticon work together as a team and they can do double damage. Frenzy watched them both as they hacked into accounts of a few illegal agencies without him knowing (for he would join the fun) and pulled the worst prank on a terrorist organization around.
They screwed the explosives ingredients around to a bunch of kids and when the kids tried to act at school the school got a nice layer of taffy all over the building.
Frenzy did not know what to do and he was the adult 'con.
Now the older Decepticons and Autobots were not as bad. Artemis mostly kept to herself or at the garage she worked at in Honolulu. Goliath being a space shuttle that he is works with the Honolulu Airport to help crash landing planes.
Zenith was the family car so he was their main transport into the main town and was the typical Autobot not fighting unless attacked.
That left the twins…
As far as Frenzy knew the twins are the most troublesome of the bunch. Both of them are master of the air even better then most seekers he knew. As far as he knew about the jet twins one being an Autobot the other a Decepticon he was even more surprised that they both don't know their creators.
It was explained to him on the day of his reactivation when Radon was in his face. The Seeker was more then willing to kill him if he harmed the humans in anyway.
Her brother Rodan on the other hand just treated him like any other bot even after hearing his past. Frenzy was clearly startled by this as he recalled that femme's face as she snarled at him. That strongly reminded the minicon of Starscream and yet of someone else someone familiar but Frenzy could not remember. For all he knew each and every one of the children was silent but deadly, even worse then some of the Decepticons that he knew for all he cared. In this place of serenity it was guarded fiercely that much he knew.
In a way Frenzy felt calm in this place. He need not fear being killed or back stabbed in a way that the others would want to use him only to better their means. Starscream he knew hid some things from him but he also knew that Starscream in a way was a coward, or as cowardly as the smaller 'con thought about him.
In a way the smaller 'con had a lot to think about in his stay here on this island of safety. As he turned towards the group playing and the feisty Scorponok playing with one of them he began to think that maybe this was his second chance, and by Primus he was not letting anything happen to these kids.
No matter how silent and deadly they are.
Speaking of which a foul smell lingered through his olfactory receptors and the Decepticon nearly had a hard attack at the stench. Turning he saw a very sheepish looking Kyouji with the two human females glowering at him.
Yep silent but deadly he felt right at home.
TBC