DISCLAIMER: FOUND ON THE FIRST CHAPTER
A/n: Well last chapter saw Frenzy's point of view I want to know what you think.
This chapter is the long awaited chapter of the mainland trip. I am not telling you much else.
And to those who reviewed my story thanks a million.
As for the one who asked about Simmons you will meet him in the future I have plans for him Hehehe.
Warning this chapter will be long!
THE LOST CHILDREN OF CYBERTRON
Chapter 8: They Shot Me!
--CYBERTRON—
Exhausted and tired Starscream slammed his fist into another bot as he brought out his swords on a third. He was not faring well either. The heavy damage to his body started to take its toll as he could barely move in time to being hit from behind. He fell but at a roll and stood up again but barely as his right leg was heavily damaged and all motor functions was no longer working at optimum effectiveness. Starscream had barely enough time to move as he reached up with his sword hand and stabbed the unsuspecting combatant in the spark cavity and his spark ceased to exist. The said bot fell and Starscream barely managed to get up and looked around at the booing crowd. Starscream knew that they hated him so and he felt no remorse as he stood up slowly and painfully. He could hear them screaming bad names at him even though he had lost his sight he could still hear and smell.
Another Seeker came to Starscream's side and he knew by the sound of his footsteps that it was Skywarp coming to help him back to his cell. Skywarp held onto his arm as he wrapped it around his shoulders and dragged Starscream away. Energon was leaking form the seeker's body in many places as he taken to his cell.
The dark depths of the arena serve as a reminder to those who anger the new leader of the Decepticons. Starscream was often glad to have no sight in his optics as Skywarp led them back to his cell and gently laid him down. The seeker then laid on the recharge beg as Skywarp tried to get someone to do some minor repairs for him but none came. Starscream reached out to get the tools that he had hidden from them courtesy of Swindle and Soundwave. He began the feel around for where the leaks were coming from.
"Screamer what are you doing?" Skywarp asked seeing the welding tool in Starscream's hand.
"Repairing myself what else!" Starscream hissed at him his vocal processor is shorting as he had taken damage to the throat.
Skywarp was amazed that Starscream is still holding on. Most Decepticons and hell even most Autobots would have long since died, but not the so called cowardly Starscream. This was the first time that Skywarp had seen Screamer in a new light. This new Starscream was not running from danger at all like he used to. Maybe it was due to the fact that they have taken away his transformation cogs or the fact that they have deactivated his thrusters, or damaged his CPU in a way that he have to fight back.
No that was not the case at all as he began to weld other holes by feeling for them. He was in many ways glad that he was a scientist in his former days. In a way he was also glad for the forced lessons in the medical field when he still attended that academy. As he continued to patch himself up in ways that many would not think of without his sight Starscream proved that he can do many things on his own.
Skywarp watched as the former Air Commander tried to get to other parts of himself as he watched on with worry.
"I better go Screamer my shift is about to start pretty soon," he said as he stood up noticing the silent Decepticon and saw the many changes done to him.
Skywarp stood up and walked out a hint of worry clearly on his features as he exited the room. The long walk down the hallway was enough for him to get to where he was going after dealing with Starscream.
He exited the building where the Arena was and headed towards the barracks where he and his roommates Thundercracker, Dirge, Ramjet, Thrust, Astrotrain, Blitzwing and Octane were being holed up at the moment.
As the seeker made his way into the hole that they called home it was Thundercracker who noticed the Energon stains on Skywarp's armor.
"What happened to you Warp?" he asked
"I went to visit Screamer today," he said and at that Thundercracker lit up.
"How is 'Screamer?" he asked
"Not too good," was the reply
"I mean he won't talk to me much and he lost his usual screeching gone,"
The others looked at him as if he lost it.
"I saw him today he did seem a bit gone," said Astrotrain as he held up his winnings.
"You went to the Arena?" asked Blitzwing
"Yeah," was the reply,
"Well what is the matter with Screamer?" asked Thundercracker
"He seemed broken as if there was nothing worth living for anymore," Skywarp said
"Yeah I seemed to notice that after all the guy is blind," Dirge said
"That is not funny," replied Thrust as he drank from an Energon cube that he had gotten from one of their stores.
"Yeah I mean Starscream put up one hell of a fight when they took him and now look at what happened. Galvatron is making him fight in the arena hoping he would die a horrid death," replied Astrotrain.
"You got to admit the guy still has guts." Said Thundercracker
"Yeah, I don't know I think he might be waiting for something," said Skywarp
"Could be who knows," said Ramjet speaking up for the first time.
---EARTH----
"Alright soon I will leave!" yelled Radon as she ran around the house like a crazed lunatic.
"Radon will you calm down or I will have to shoot your aft to the ground!" yelled Mr. Pakele as he walked into the room with an amused expression.
"But I get to fly again!" Radon said as she hopped onto the couch and grabbing a remote to see if she can catch an episode of the Swat Kats.
It has been nearly two months since Radon had gotten herself grounded and the Seeker was having a serious case of Cabin Fever.
Frenzy was fairing no better then she was; having to deal with her the entire time until he became acquainted with the island lifestyle. The smaller Decepticon found it amusing at the least as he saw how much mayhem Radon had done since she had been locked up here.
As the days slipped by and then weeks and finally two months of summer vacation with a caged Decepticon had taken its toll on the Pakele family when said Radon did numerous pranks including one that got both Skeeter and Stitch back for the prank they pulled sometime before Frenzy's reactivation.
Scorponok had been involved with a little bribe of treats if the Scorpion would dig around their room. Said Scorpion had walked in covered in something Frenzy did not want to know and skittered around their room. He was happily playing around until he was caught by Goliath and to the horror of the rather large Autobot he held his olfactory sensor really tight as he shut it down before running out of the room ready to hurl his intake of Energon.
All in all Frenzy was glad that the fun was over and that he would soon be seeing Barricade.
Oh how he missed his partner.
--MEANWHILE---
Radon ran around the base her joy filled the walls as the other kids practically had to run out of her way as the energetic jet ran to her room and screamed in delight.
For tomorrow is the day that she will finally be out.
Radon ran into her room and began to pack her stuff of what she would need but then remembered that she would not need much considering she was going to carry Alex's stuff as well as some of the others. Zenith had already gone the week before with the rest of the stuff and so Radon's room was left bare of anything.
The only things on the wall at the moment was nothing. Her place was quite bare now since all her stuff was sent up to the mainland as she looked down at her only possessions right now. The first thing was her sketch book and the second was her bag of pencils. Radon smiled as she opened it up to reveal pictures of everyone including Frenzy and Scorponok. She even did another design for her and Rodan of their decals including the wordings that personalized them. Lori just installed them the other day and what was funny was that Lori also made these cool colors to put on the twins.
Radon and Rodan was long overdue for a fresh coat of paint since theirs was dulled due to the sun's rays. Rodan spotted a light reddish color over the cool grey. It still looked the same military grey but if you look in the sun with it he reflected reddish orange. Radon on the other hand would be bluish green and both thought those colors were very cool.
As she looked down she smiled as she stared at the drawing before her.
She drew two pictures of mechs she had never met but thanks to the memory extraction from both Scorponok and Frenzy she managed to draw them out.
It was a picture of their life partners.
She had them do some sort of bad boy pose which to her suited her fine. She had Barricade with his alt mode in one doing a sort of thoughtful pose. (I actually drew that you'll have to go to my deviantart page to see it,) the second one is just Blackout doing a very rebel pose with his arms crossed and his alt-mode in the background.
There was several drawings of them and all of them were different. She thought that if she saw them better she would know. She even drew several other Decepticons from the extract she had gotten from mostly Scorponok but there was one that caught her eye.
The images of Blackout were at first rather cool to see until further playbacks of the Scorpion's memories made Radon very scared at the least.
She saw how the scorpion killed and destroyed countless lives without remorse not so anymore after Alex increased the intelligence of the scorpion, but she also noticed something when not many were around.
Scorponok had developed something that most of his kind would consider weak.
A conscience
Even Frenzy developed it and it sure made Radon feel weird knowing what had happened and yet those two showed no hostilities towards them.
It was strange at first to get used to the fact that these younglings both Autobot and Decepticon are working together.
It was strange when all he knew throughout his function was war and death. Frenzy had learned new things when he was here and as the dawn comes the next day it would be time to return to the mainland and to the ebbing war that he had left behind. If there was anyone that he left behind beside enemies that would want to kill him.
Radon sighed as she blew air through her intake valves as she stared at the picture.
Second Chances
Was that what she and her siblings are to Frenzy and Scorponok? Both of them sure could use the help as Radon began to think about it.
The sound of music from the next room got her smiling as she recalled Sonic and Stitch coming up with some music to play while they are on their way to the mainland.
Another memory crossed her mind that of the agent who killed her fellow sparkling. She growled at that and then smirked as she thought that there would be a one in a million chance that she would meet him personally.
Radon then banged on the wall next to her bed.
"Hey guys can you turn the music up louder," she yelled and the sound became louder with Michael Jackson's Black or White.
Radon laughed as she walked over to her recharge bed and lay down. Sighing to herself a smile played on her face as she let her optics shutter offline as recharge took her.
The next morning Radon woken up earlier then the others, and went out to do some stretching before they were to depart. As she walked towards the dining area she spotted Obun eating breakfast which consists of Sobé salad and some vitamin water (That is what I am eating for dinner,).
"Ohayoo Radon," Obun said
"Ohayoo Obun Obaa-san" Radon replied back in the normal Japanese fashion as she bowed respectfully to her surrogate grandmother.
She then grabbed an Energon cube from the fridge and began to fill her tank slowly, (Since drinking too fast would make any Transformer drunk or if she drank too much.) thankfully for her it was very low grade the type that all Sparklings and Younglings drink till they get around 300 years then they are weaned to middle grade till they are two millennia old. Them after that they are of legal age to be adult Cybertronians.
But that did not matter much to Radon as long as she drank her milk-flavored Energon (A recipe that Nanobite discovered while looking up earth cuisines one day) she looked in the fridge for other types of Energon and found the cereal flavored one as well. She gladly took that and drank that too before walking out towards the hanger to work out some kinks in her two month dormant systems.
She walked away down the hall and saw Scrappy making his way towards the dining room rubbing the sleep out of his optics.
"Morning to you too," Radon said as she walked out.
The hanger was empty as everything was cleaned out for today's launch and Radon began to stretch out her joints and gears to keep the Energon flowing smoothly. Doing various movements so that way all was in working order she began a systems diagnostics to make sure everything was prepped and ready.
Alex was waken abruptly by Scrappy as the little Nokia bot was wide awake and jumping on her and began to scream at Alex to wake up.
Alex rolled over and glared at the Nokia bot,
"What Scrappy?" she asked and Scrappy leaped on her,
"Get up!" he shouted and she rolled over to the other side.
She tried to go back to sleep but the Nokia had other plans as he then crawled out of the room and looked down the hall. Spotting who he was looking for he smirked as he whistled,
"OH SCORPONOK!"
The happy scorpion bounded his way over to Scrappy who held up a treat. Opening the door to Alex's room he waved it at him.
"You see this boy?" he said and the scorpion wagged his deadly tail even more.
"GO GET IT!" Scrappy yelled as he threw the treat with all his might into the room and the scorpion charged in covered in what ever nasty smelly stuff he was in.
All there was to be heard was a high pitched scream from Alex's room and the very words that would chill every Cybertronian's spark to the core even Megatron's the entire base could hear Alex's yell.
"SCRAPPY I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!"
By then the Nokia phone was already gone laughing down the hall.
It took nearly half an hour to get all the nasty stuff off of her in the shower as well as off of Scorponok. Alex was very angry that Scrappy let Scorponok into her room covered in garbage. She was even angrier when he had gotten into the garbage again (just like my boyfriend's dog).
She had to clean her room and drag Scorponok down to the wash room to get a much needed bath.
When she had gotten to the breakfast table she was by far very grouchy and very angry at the Nokia bot who looked very smug from the other side of the table.
"Oh don't look at Scrappy like that I have him permission to wake you up in any means possible," said Mr. Pakele as he patted the Nokia on the head.
"But to use Scorponok after he has been in the garbage again dad was not something I had in mind!" Alex glared at the mini-bot.
"Now, now Alex I only told him to wake you and if it means setting Scorponok on you covered in garbage then so be it." Said Mr. Pakele who found it very funny that Alex was running out of her room earlier covered in the stuff.
"Now you do realize what day today is right?" he asked and Alex nodded.
"Today is the day I go to the mainland," she said
"Yep, Radon woke early to get some stretching in before the long flight and to do some preflight checks to make sure after being grounded for two months that she is running at optimum levels." Mr. Pakele said
"Where is Radon anyways?" Alex asked seeing as everyone else was happily eating (or drinking Energon).
"She is in the hanger going over preflight modifications and making sure the runway is clear of debris and working properly," he said and Alex only bit into her toast savoring its flavor.
--MEANWHILE—
"Radon may I have a word with you," a voice said and Radon poked her head back in from where she was checking the door panels to make sure they would open upon launch.
"Yes grandmother Obun?" she asked
"Come here for a sec," she said and the Decepticon seeker came out from her hole in the wall (literally and walked up towards where Obun was observing her,
"Radon how I've waited for this day to come," she said
"What do you mean grandma?" Radon asked
"The day where you will face the trials that await you in the lands beyond our waters that is what I am talking about," Obun replied with a smile.
"I don't understand," Radon said
"You will be facing many challenges out there on the mainland now that the adult Cybertronians have made themselves known," said another voice and Radon turned towards Nanobite whom made herself known.
"Nanobite!" she replied startled.
"No need to fear Radon the journey you are about to take will test you. As you've already known Frenzy and Scorponok are seasoned soldiers that have come to us from the outside. Now you my young friend are about to face a challenge when going up there with Alex and the others." She said,
"Who will be going with me again?" Radon asked
"Besides yourself Zenith is already up there awaiting your at Aunt Marie's airfield, Skeeter, Stitch, Sonic, and Frenzy," she said
"Why Frenzy?" asked Radon as she turned to her grandmother.
"Because Frenzy's destiny is not with us it is on the mainland where he belongs. He has a destiny to fulfill that which he has left behind," replied Obun.
"Left behind?" asked Radon
"Yes Frenzy as well as Scrappy and yourself have business that needs to be attended to on the mainland," Obun replied back.
"So what does this unfinished business have to do with me?" asked Radon
"It means you need to find who you truly are Radon," Nanobite said after a long silence
"I have seen many things happen there were you are going now and it is time for a young warrior such as yourself to fulfill it." Obun replied also
"Really? How do I find myself for I don't know where to start?" was the reply back and Obun smiled
"The time will come when you must face your greatest fears and triumph over your enemies, and bring honor to yourself and us. Also there will be a time when you will find out where do you come from and maybe even who your creators are. Out of all the children only you and your twin brother have not have any records since they have been erased due to damage. Your creator's records were destroyed so the identity of your creators are long since lost will be found," Obun said
"So if I am going on some sort of self finding quest how will I survive?" she asked sarcastically.
"With this," Nanobite said and handed Radon a rather short rod that looks more like a handle.
"A Rod?"
"That 'Rod' will save your life one day young Radon. It is the most important gift I can give you and the most important weapon. It will be either your success or your failure." She said and Radon held onto the rod.
It felt good to hold onto it and to Radon she could feel as if the rod was part of her now. She knew that it was made just for her; she did not want that to go to waste as she tucked it away into subspace.
"Remember Radon there are some things there left unresolved and I feel it is you and the others going with you that must resolve this mess. We are here incase you need us Radon and may the force be with you," she said with a smile and Radon laughed at that crack.
"May the force be with you grandma Obun, Nanobite," she said laughing.
---SOMETIME LATER---
It was sometime in the afternoon when Alex walked into her room to get dressed for the trip. The day was quite eventful as she had to deal with a dirty Scorponok, a rather obnoxious Scrappy who kept rubbing it in that she really stinks.
Alex was in a very foul mood at this and to top it off she started her monthly menstrual cycle and was even grouchier then ever. As she walked back into her room to make sure her immediate bag has all her essentials and pulled out her flight-suit. She immediately put it on and taking her helmet with the symbol that the twins wear on either side she walked out towards the hanger.
When she opened the door the others were waiting for her. Skeeter and Stitch both saluted mockingly at her and Frenzy did not know what to do with himself. He stood at attention though like a trained soldier.
Alex smiled as Radon stood towering above them as Alex gave them all a mock salute and they all laughed.
Nodding to Radon Alex stepped back as the Seeker transformed into her alt-mode and the others also transformed. Scrappy and Skeeter transformed into their cell phone modes and Alex picked them up. Stitch ran up the side of Radon and leaped in to Radon's Subspace pocket. Frenzy followed suit as he too transformed along with Sonic. Then Alex slowly climbed up the ladder towards Radon's cockpit.
As she strapped herself in she could hear Nanobite and Artemis give off the countdown checkups.
Radon turned on her engines as Alex finished climbing into the cockpit and strapping herself in just when the canopy closed. Radon began to move towards the launch bay platform she knew the procedure.
There was two launch bays the first was the normal one where the twins constantly use to launch if they are going for a joy flight. But the one Radon is heading off to now is the one used for when they have to do long distance flights.
It was built like catapult like those used on aircraft carriers to launch their planes into the air. Well this one works the same way only its launched from a three thousand foot cliff. Radon was moved when she landed on the platform and it began to rise rotating her till she faced the direction she was being launched. As she rotated Alex could feel her being shifted slightly to accommodate the trajectory of which she is to be launched.
"You alright there Alex?" Radon's voice came over the speakers.
"Oh yeah sorry for being so quiet," Alex apologized
"No worries just checking I've heard Scrappy got you good with Scorponok this morning," was the reply
"Yeah the little slagger," she said as the elevator came to a complete stop.
It then moved backwards towards the rear of the launch bay where a huge target was set. This target was scorched due to Goliaths frequent use of the launch bay.
As she began her take off checks Radon began to power up her engines and check her steering.
"All systems green!" she said
"All launch bay doors are now open," said Nanobite over the comm.
"Alright are all launch bay doors green?"
"All systems are go locking wheels into launchers," as that was said Alex felt a jolt as something hit and knew that was only the launch pads needed to hurl Radon up into the air.
"Ready….3….2……1….."
"LAUNCH!"
At that Radon had her engines on full power and Alex could feel the force of Radon's engines demanding release. The radio suddenly blared 'Danger Zone' much to her delight as she laughed.
Then suddenly the catapult released as Radon was launched at such force that her engines too put the bunt of it as she reached maximum velocity within seconds. Thanks to Radon's advanced technology Alex did not feel much as the gravity dampeners kicked in and she did not feel the G-Forces that most pilots would have felt at that moment.
Radon then did a twirl in the air testing her maneuverability since she was cooped up in the base for so long. Alex laughed as the Seeker did a number of drops, rolls and flips for the full enjoyment of freedom. Alex laughed as she saw that Radon had risen higher then ever before or ever she was riding her anyways.
"You know Radon," she began saying
"What?" was the reply.
"Most kids my age would kill to ride in a fighter jet much more an advanced robot," Alex said
"Yeah ride me baby!" she said and Alex laughed as Radon sped towards the mainland.
---TWO HOURS LATER----
Alex calmly sat in her seat snoozing away as Radon continued to fly the seeker kept her scanner on just in case something happened. Just as she was seeing land on her scanners she picked up a few signals. They were ordinary signals from the nearby airports and Radon stayed well above radar. Well she could ride in the radar anyways since she is a stealth fighter but the seeker for safety reasons stayed above.
Radon listened in to the signals and thanks to some quick work was able to catch the last part.
"Blackbird 2 to crows nest come in?"
"I read you Blackbird 2 status?"
"I am seeing an unidentified raptor heading in your direction orders sir?"
"Do not engage I repeat do not engage,"
It was then that the message changed and Radon suddenly found herself on the line as they tried to hail her.
"Unidentified Raptor state your identification and destination or you will be shot down."
"This is Raptor number 72366 designation Radon hailing from Hickem Air Force Base Hawaii requesting permission to pass," Radon hoped that would let her go through.
The silence was deafening until her scanners picked up two other jets following her, they were F-22's just like her.
"Sir, Decepticon markings are detected! Requesting permission to engage?"
"Permission granted,"
At this Radon panicked…
"Ah Shit!" she yelled over the comm. and that woke up Alex,
"What is wrong?" she asked but did not have enough time to say anything else as Radon suddenly jerked to the right and a missile flew past the cockpit.
"HOLY SHIT RADON EVASIVE MANUVERS!" Alex shouted and the seeker complied.
"Ah shit I wish Lori did not put those decals on me now," Radon said as she dove down and the jets followed.
"Well do something find something to hide in!" she said and Radon evaded another missile as she headed towards the ocean.
It was a good thing that they are about twenty miles out from the landmass as Radon plummeted straight into the ocean's depths.
She went deep as the jets circled overhead but she could not stay long as she powered up her turbines and shot straight up building up a whirlpool into the air like what she saw on T.V. and shot up into the sky again. The raptors scattered as they saw Radon shot out and tried to run. The jet quickly twisted and turned doing the maneuvers that she used to play with her brother and that proved to be helpful as she rocketed into the sky again. Alex grabbed the dial and tried to call for help.
"Mayday! Mayday! This is raptor 72366 designation Radon requesting assistance," but the comm. was jammed
"Shit!" she yelled and it was then anther voice filled the comm.
"Alex what is going on?" it was Frenzy
"We are being attacked," Alex was then thrust to the side as a missile shot past along with a few bullets.
Radon did some major evasive maneuvers and Alex luckily was strapped down. It was then that something collided with Radon's rear thrusters and she could hear the seeker scream in pain. Radon tried to move but the thruster gave out and she felt herself plummet towards the earth.
Alex was now very scared as Radon began her decent, "Scrappy, Skeeter send out a beacon now!" she shouted and both replied as they sent out a signal over the Bluetooth network.
---LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT PARKINGLOT---
"Emergency inbound we are inbound for an emergency landing please respond!"
A lone police cruiser sat in the Los Angeles parking lot his scanners on full as the emergency Cybertronian signal was received. The signal was then cut as if jammed and the car began to blare its horns. It then turned in the direction of the jet where the transmission had taken place. Having a tracking system and a GPS that was far to advanced for any man made item the cruiser took off with the image of a mustached man in the driver's seat.
---MEANWHILE---
Radon was losing control as she lost power to her engines as more missiles pelted her back and the others began to panic from in the subspace pocket. Radon tried her hardest to steady herself but a hit to the wing tore that idea along with the wing.
Now spinning out of control Radon tried to stead herself. It seems that these guys know how to deal with Cybertronians especially seekers. Radon tried to steady herself as she headed straight for the Nevada Mountains. As she crashed the other wing tore right off and a screaming Alex along with the other kids tried to yell at Radon but the Decepticon crashed into the mountain side. It was a good thing that Cybertronian Armor is stronger then man made stuff. She skidded through the mountains before landing in a valley. Alex got out of the cracked cockpit and yelled at Radon.
"Radon! Radon!" she yelled and a faint whisper went out.
"They….Shot….me," was the reply
"Radon can you transform?" Alex asked but all she got was
"Get….out….Alex….quickly!" was all that was said from the jet.
Alex quickly scrambled out from the cockpit as she went to the pocket to get the others as they quickly scrambled out. Frenzy being seasoned as he was helped the other children out including Sonic who had gotten stuck on something at some point. Luckily for them they only had a duffle bag with them as Alex's stuff was already sent up to her aunt's place.
"Radon can you transform?" Alex asked
"Go…. Radon said in hoarse whispers and Alex was not one to hesitate as she and the others ran for it across the desert.
---INTERSTATE HIGHWAY---
A lone police cruiser sped at impossible speeds down the long freeway sirens blaring and people getting out of the way of the Saleen Mustang as it entered Nevada. He then veered off the freeway towards the mountains following the signal.
TBC
You all know who this is right? Yep introducing another cannon character lol and what will happen to Alex and the others? I just love to put cliffhangers…I am so evil.