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a/n: I think I might have to rewrite chapter 16 because I did not edit it properly so I've felt that it was a bit rushed in the middle oh well. We'll see
By the way this is more of the miss adventures of Skeeter sort of and Sam and Mikaela find out about the kids by accident.
THE LOST CHILDREN OF CYBERTRON
Chapter 17: Where's Skeeter?
--- DECEPTICON SHIP NEMESIS---
"How is he coming?" Thundercracker asked Hook one of the lead medical officers on the Nemesis.
"Not good he is weak from lack of energon and I had to do a transfusion on him three times! But still he is leaking somewhere in one of his main valves and we can't find where it is no matter how many scans we do!" Hook said exasperated.
"I know Hook you've tried your best and you saved a lot of lives right now. All we can do is hope he will live for us to make it to Earth," said Thundercracker.
"We've tried everything to repair him the damage is too extensive he will need a complete overhaul," Hook said
"The only problem is that we don't have the parts or the materials to do so," said Scrapper another Constructicon medic.
He was finishing up the repairs to an Autobot's arm. That Autobot was another medic but he had taken a hit that blew out his left side and took out his arm circuits. Scrapper and another Constructicon medic by the name of Mixmaster was busy trying to reinsert the circuits to the blown off arm.
"A lot of these mechs need medical attention quickly," said a femme con who was busy feeding meager rations of energon to another mech.
"How long till we get to Earth?" asked Scrapper
"Soundwave says another two cycles; we have to slow down before entering the asteroid field," Thundercracker replied
"Asteroid field?" asked Hook as he checked the vitals on Starscream again.
"Yeah he said according to the charts on the Nemesis there is an asteroid field separating the larger gas planets from the solid planets in the middle," Thundercracker replied
"Slag! And I don't know if this ship can handle the field that well," said Mixmaster joining in on the conversation.
"I know but we can all hope to Primus that we get through to the planet called Earth," said the Autobot Medic by the name of Red Alert.
"I sure hope so," said Thundercracker
---HITACHI RESIDENCE---
It was late in the morning when Barricade rolled in and it was Radon who noticed him.
"Uncle 'Cade what happened!" she said as she rushed to him.
Marie walked out of the house at the sound of Radon's voice.
"Radon honey what is it?" she asked and when she saw the state Barricade was in she swore.
"Ah shit 'Cade what the hell happened to you?" she said as she rushed to the Decepticon's side.
"Got peppered by a bunch of crooks," he replied his voice in obvious pain.
"Radon help him into the hanger, looks like we are in for some serious repairs," she said rolling up her sleeves.
Radon helped Barricade into the hanger where Frenzy was busy with cleaning the place up. When he saw Barricade he immediately jumped up and ran over to his partner while Radon explained to him what had happened in Cybertronian. Marie quickly had the place cleaned up enough for Barricade to lie down on one of the recharge berths. As soon as he was down she began to look for where the bullets had gone.
"Shit is this Sabor rounds that they pumped into you?" she asked
"Yeah those meatbags had somehow acquired Sabor rounds and rocket launchers like they are some sort of terrorist group," Barricade grumbled when Marie began to work on him.
Frenzy was in hysterics when he saw the state Barricade was in and he was cursing the whole time.
"I knew I should have went with you 'Cade I could have helped!" he shouted
"You would not do nothing! Now shut up since you are more useful to me awake then tired," Barricade replied and winced when Marie grabbed a bullet from Barricade's armor.
---TRANQUILITY HIGH SCHOOL---
"Thank God it is Friday!" said Miles as he walked down the hall towards History class.
Alex rolled her eyes as she walked in along with Sam and Mikaela. All of them studied for a test that was happening today and Alex hopes that she can pass it. As she sat down she pulled out her notes to do some last minute studying.
"I can't believe you actually study!" Miles said to her
"Well I have to keep up my grades in order to stay in this school," replied Alex as she got to studying.
It was not long before the teacher walked in with his supplies as he sat down and addressed the class. Then he passed out the test and everyone put away their notes and books. Alex then rubbed her hands together fully ready to take on the test. As she had her test handed to her she immediately began to work. The questions were so easy to her but at times she had a bit of trouble reading and understanding them due to her slight lack in speaking proper English.
While Alex was working on her test Skeeter poked his head out from the pocket of her bag. He looked up and around only using his optics to make sure that he was not caught. Looking around he noticed a boy peeking over his shoulder at Alex.
Is he trying to cheat? Skeeter thought as he looked around.
He then spotted the boys bag and ran a scan over the bag. What he found had him thinking up an evil plot. His scanners picked up the cell phone in there and sending a signal to crank the volume all the way he hacked into the phone to find out the number. When he did he chuckled softly to himself while dialing the number.
The sudden sound of a cell phone ringing caught the attention of everyone present and the said victim quickly looked down at the glowing cell phone. Trying to turn it off he quickly looked down. When he looked up again the teacher was glaring down at him.
"Mr. Anderson (I can't help it, it is so Matrix of me!) Please kindly turn off your cell phone or I will take it from you," he said and quickly the boy turned it off.
Skeeter popped one small red optic over and giggled again as he once again sent a signal that turned on the phone and dialed again.
When the phone went off again the teacher walked over and opened his hand. Reluctantly the boy gave him the cell phone.
"See me after class Mr. Anderson," with that the boy slumped into his chair with his arms around his head.
Skeeter then peeked out of his bag again and peered around the room. Getting curious he crawled out and looked around. The good thing about being only a few inches tall was the fact that he can move around without getting spotted. Skittering around the many pairs of legs and feet Skeeter looked around and spotted a victim. He looked up at Trent who was busy trying to cheat as well by spying on Sam at the same time trying to grope Mikaela. Narrowing his optics Skeeter skittered towards Trent's desk.
Rubbing his claws together he climbed up the chair and aimed one of his pointed legs at his rear end.
Now to say that the scream of Trent in pain was one thing, getting caught cheating on his test was another factor all together. Skeeter hid under his chair as Trent tried to explain that he was not cheating, but the Teacher did not believe him. He flunked Trent and the poor guy slammed his hands on his desk and stormed out just as the bell rang.
Realizing his mistake Skeeter ran as fast as he could towards Alex's bag, but with so many legs around him he quickly gotten lost and fell into someone else's bag. He struggled to move but only gotten himself even more entangled in what ever it was in there and so he transformed back into his phone mode and decided to let fate guide him for now.
---AFTER SCHOOL---
"Boy am I beat!" said Kekoa as he stepped out of Zenith the long drive home was delayed due to a traffic accident and so they were stuck in traffic for nearly two hours.
Alex also stepped out of the car and walked over to the hanger to see if Frenzy or Radon needed help with anything.
When she and Kekoa got there on the other hand the image is not what they thought would happen.
"Uncle 'Cade what the hell happened to you?" she said
Barricade was on his stomach side with Radon and Marie pulling out Sabor rounds. Radon even pulled out a piece of wood from Barricade's nether regions (if he had any). The Femme was having a fun time trying to make sure not to have her 'Uncle' wince. Frenzy was busy pulling pieces of shot gun shells out of his armor and taking pieces of it and smashing them back into shape with the sledge hammer.
"I had a run in with some criminals who managed to get a hold of some Sabor rounds," Barricade said
"They must have ordered it online." Alex said as she walked out and towards the house.
A few minutes later while Kekoa was busy working on Math; Alex walked out in her usual clothes she used when fixing Cybertronians. As she grabbed her tools she walked up to Barricade and began to poke in him to see where the leak of energon is coming from.
"Ah Scrap Uncle! one of your fuel lines is cut!" Alex said as she got to work.
She also worked on other places while everyone else was busy pulling rounds out of Barricade.
It was Scrappy who noticed something as she skittered from table to table looking for something.
"Is there a reason you are running all around like a roach Scrappy?" Radon asked him after she placed another bullet down.
"Um I was wondering where Skeeter is," the Nokia phone asked
"Skeeter? I've not seen him since school this morning," said Kekoa
"I've not seen him either," replied Alex
"He was in the bag during school," said Stitch.
"OH crap! There was an instance where Trent screamed because something stabbed him in the ass during history," said Alex.
Radon quickly ran a scan throughout the property for the familiar signature of the cell phone. Opening her optics wide she then scanned the surrounding area.
"Ah Fish guts! He's not here!" she said and the others turned to her in shock.
"What do you mean he is not here?" asked Alex
"I mean it! I did a scan and he is not here!" Radon said
"Radon go look for Skeeter, Alex stay here and help me fix Barricade, Sonic, Stitch and Scrappy monitor any incoming phone calls for any signs of Skeeter. Kekoa you and Zenith will patrol the streets to see if you can pick up a signal on the ground…"
"What do I do?" asked Frenzy
"You can help us finish repairs on Barricade he had some internal damages and Alex will need your help in fixing them." Marie ordered and they all departed to do their various jobs.
Barricade just slumped unable to do anything at the moment. He felt useless right now but the constant pain of having those bullets taken out plus having his fuel lines taken cared of was something that he was going to tolerate. As he sat there sulking he was met with Frenzy digging into his circuits and welding something back into place.
"Man 'Cade you need a bath! And when was the last time you've had washed?" Frenzy then did the classic P.U. pose. Barricade growled and flipped him off while Alex laughed.
"Ah come on Uncle 'Cade how about this after we fix you up I will give you a bath and a new paint job!" said Alex smiling from where she finished fixing his fuel lines.
Barricade looked up at her and noticed that he didn't feel any pain from where she was fixing him. In fact he felt really good right now as he flexed that area.
"Hope you like the repair work? Having to work with sparklings and their whinny attitudes sure does help," Alex said
"You are a gifted Medic," was the reply
"Thanks you can ask Frenzy for any stories of my amazing works," she said smiling.
---MEANWHILE---
Sam was driving home with Miles and Mikaela all three had a project to do for English on Greek Myths and wanted nothing more then to sit at home and relax. But as luck would have it none of it would matter since the project is due in two days after the assignment was given. All three sat gloomily in Bumblebee as they pulled up to Mile's place.
As soon as they walked out Mile's mother was there to greet them and offered cookies. She also reminded Miles to feed A-Rod his pet toad. Groaning a 'Yes Mom,' Miles, Sam and Mikaela made their way up the stairs into Miles's room. Being that Sam is a neat freak Miles was the polar opposite.
"Man dude when was the last time you cleaned your room?" Sam asked holding his nose Mikaela did the same.
Miles cursed as she went to put his dirty laundry down the laundry shoot. Muttering curses to his little brother who was just down the hall from him.
"Stupid little pest he was in my room again!" he said cursing.
Skeeter listened to Miles rant about how his little brother went into his room, ransacked it and stolen all his 'special' items. Skeeter looked around and noticed the toad sitting in his aquarium. The music was playing on the radio beside Miles bed and Skeeter noticed the other odds and ends about Miles's room. The cell phone crawled out from the bag and slowly looked around.
Sam, Mikaela and Miles all busy with homework and did not notice the cell phone as he skittered out of the bag and explored the room. The sound of something on four legs made Skeeter alert and was reminded of Scorponok back home. But this was four not eight and quickly Skeeter ran under the bed in hopes of hiding from the dog.
The Mastiff was trotting into the room to rest in his dog bed and poor Skeeter just happened to be next to the bed. Skeeter tried to hide as best as he could but the dog's curious nose managed to find him. After sniffing for a good five minutes the dog's snout met Skeeter's body. Both bot and dog looked at each other and Skeeter took careful steps bag.
"Nice doggie," he said softly.
The Mastiff rolled his tongue out and gave him a happy lick and wagged his tail. Skeeter gulped as the dog began to bark and the little 'con suddenly ran for it as the dog tried to get him.
"Holy shit what the…Mason! Mason bad dog! What are you doing in my room!" Miles yelled at his dog and the dog was busy chasing something.
"HELP!" was the squeaky cry of something as a small streak of silver and black ran from under the bed.
"What the hell was that?" asked Miles as he got up and followed it out.
Forgetting about their homework Sam and Mikaela ran after Miles as he chased what ever it was that he was chasing. They ran down the stairs as the Mastiff was busy trying to catch something that was obviously bouncing off of the walls with ease. The little glittering something was too busy to notice the humans approaching.
----IN THE SKY-----
Radon had a lock on Skeeter's signal and it was coming from the human's residential area. As she scanned she got a pinpoint on Skeeter's location and relayed it back to base and to Kekoa and Zenith.
"Are you sure it is Skeeter?" asked Kekoa over the radio
"Positive I've got his position, but the only problem is that I'm detecting another Cybertronian presence," said Radon
"Really where?" asked Zenith
"In the facility of a yellow Camero on the side of the road." Replied Radon as she sent images to them.
"Is it an Autobot or a Decepticon?" asked Kekoa
"I don't know I'm too high up to tell and besides it is dampening its signal so I can't tell if it's a mech or a femme." Replied Radon
"Most likely a mech," said Zenith
"Yeah," was the reply
"Report back to base with your findings," said Zenith
"Rodger," was the reply and Radon relayed the same message back to the farm.
"Don't worry Skeeter is safe," said Barricade finally coming out of repairs.
"You know that Camero?" asked Radon
"He and I have a long history together; a bad one, but none the less a history," was the reply
"Oh so how do you know Skeeter is going to be ok?" asked Radon
"Because Autobots don't harm younglings," was the reply back
"That Camero is an Autobot?" Radon asked
"Yep,"
"Alright but I am remaining in the air to make sure he does not do anything funny!" Radon said and continued her soaring above the ground.
Unlike most jets or most Seekers Radon has learned a skill by watching the birds. She would use her flight abilities to soar above everyone else while keeping her engines off. Like a falcon she would glide on the thermals even with her great weight Radon has learned the ability to stay aloft by catching the slightest breeze. It was not an easy feat but it helped her numerous times.
She had learned to watch the birds and now is putting those skills to use. Rising on the late afternoon thermals she rose up into the air and is now gliding on the wind. She let the sky be her hiding spot as she scoured the skies keeping an eye out for Skeeter.
--MEANWHILE—
"Ah Shit! Ah shit! What a time to go diving into a pile of pig shit!" Skeeter shouted down the hall as he was still being chased by the massive Mastiff as Mason gave chase.
Skeeter was still in the house unable to get out due to the fact that the door for the dog was magnetic and that it only goes one way unless you were Mason. Skeeter then ran up a wall and back flipped over the dog and landed on all his legs. Skittering out of the way Skeeter ran as fast as he could his intakes on overtime as he tried to cool himself down. Miles mother walked in from the kitchen and did not see Skeeter skitter past her but she did notice Mason barrel into her and then Miles, Sam and Mikaela.
"MASON!" yelled Miles as he tried to stop the dog.
The dog ran as fast as he could in the house to the surprise of Mile's sister and brother who both looked out of their doors to see the trio plus something silver and black run past them.
Miles's sister screamed, "RAT!" she yelled as she slammed her door shut.
Skeeter ran right past and back into Miles's room with the trio right behind him. Mason ran under the bed after Skeeter and the poor cell phone found himself trapped under the bed this time against the wall in the farthest corner.
"MASON!" Miles said as he stormed into the room with Sam and Mikaela. The dog continued to bark back at what ever it was under the bed.
"What boy what is it? Is it a rat?" Miles asked as he looked under the bed.
What Miles saw was something far from expected. When he looked under the bed he expected to see a rat or a bird that had broken its wing. But when he saw some sort of little robot under the bed cowering in fear of the massive dog he quickly stopped short.
"Miles what is it?" Sam asked
"Hold on a sec," Miles said as he reached in.
Skeeter then went on the offensive and tried to stab at Miles. Miles jerked back and hit his head on the top of the bed.
"Ow!" Yelled Miles as he fell back.
"What is it?" Sam asked just as Mikaela bent down when she noticed two very small red optics poking out from under the bed.
Poking her head under the bed she saw first hand the frightened little robot at the very end. (You got to remember that they are still kids so they do forget that they can defend themselves,)
"Hey there little guy," she said softly.
Skeeter backed up against the wall his optics wide because he was clearly frightened. Mikaela felt bad for the thing.
"Don't worry little guy we won't hurt you I promise, is it the dog that frightens you," Realizing that Mason is still in the room trying to get at the phone.
"Miles get that dog out of here! I think he's scaring the poor thing," Mikaela said and peered under the bed again.
"Hold on a sec," and Miles hauled the massive Mastiff out the door and slammed it shut behind him.
Turning back around to face the bed he saw Mikaela bend down again.
"It's alright little guy that dog is gone," she said and then she mentioned for them to back away.
Skeeter slowly walked out as he watched the humans back away from his hiding spot. Slowly he crept out as well ever so slowly his ruby optics glowing softly.
As he came more into the light Sam, Mikaela and Miles saw for the first time what he looked like.
"Holy shit what is that thing?" Miles said
"Um it looks like some sort of robot," said Sam smirking that is until he noticed the insignia on its side.
He turned to Mikaela and she too saw the symbol Skeeter who saw the looks on their faces backed away again.
"Stop scaring it," said Miles
"It is alright," said a soft high pitched voice like that of a child.
They all looked down at the little robot. The robot then came fully into the light of the sun.
"You know what I am don't you?" he asked Sam and Mikaela
"You're a Decepticon," Sam said
"Correction I am a Decepticon sparkling," was the reply.
"Sparkling?" said Miles
"There form of babies," replied Mikaela
"They?" Miles said and Skeeter came further into the light and they can clearly see that he is a cell phone.
"There are other children like me both Autobot and Decepticon. There are a total of five Autobots and five Decepticons." He said.
"Um what is a Decepticon? And what is an Autobot?" asked Miles totally confused now.
"I think we are going to have to explain a lot of things to you Miles and this is going to take a while." Sam said.
---AUTOBOT HEADQUARTERS---
The room was bustling with activity as the group of Autobot officers sat at a very large table with majority of them already filled. Optimus Prime walked in just then with his head held high but his posture showed that he had little time to recharge.
Ratchet the Chief Medical Officer and his Weapons Specialist sat side by side while on the other a few of the recently arrived officers sat. Prowl his real Second in Command and with him their Chief Science Officer Perceptor, Head of Communications Blaster, Head of the Environmental Impact team Skyfire his brother who is head of Arial Division Jetfire with his second in command Silverbolt and last but not least head of the Naval Division Beachcomber. While they all sat together Optimus sat down with a heavy sigh.
"What do we have so far to their arrival?" he asked
"Sir everything is in order the ocean should be a good place for them to hide for now," said Prowl.
"I know that but what about retrieval?" he said
"Seaspray and I will lead a team towards the bottom to retrieve the Nemesis sir." Said Beachcomber.
"Do you know the time of arrival?" Optimus asked
"About One Cycle sir they have just past the Asteroid belt and is now nearing the planet Mars." Blaster said looking down at his datapad.
"Good, any ideas about how many are injured?" Optimus asked
"About 300 individuals on board sir and about 130 of them are injured with 26 of them in critical condition," said Ratchet.
"They have a medical team on board?" he asked
"Yes they have the best of the best on board…" Ratchet replied but Optimus sensed a 'but' in there
"But?" he said out loud,
"They don't have the supplies needed to repair the most critically injured of the Cybertronians that escaped. The worst is Starscream who seems from the injuries that Hook sent to me is bleeding internally, he needs new optics and several other injuries that has been there for a long time. The good thing is that Starscream has been trained in the medical field and was able to do some repairs before the injuries had become too overwhelming for him," Ratchet replied
"What about the others?"
"The others are not as critically injured, but by far Starscream has fared the worst. So I have a medical team waiting for their arrival at the Arc's newly extended medical bay. At times like these I am glad the humans gave us Area 51 also as a Cybertronian Hospital," Ratchet said.
"Alright how is everything holding up on the defenses Ironhide?" Optimus asked
"Defenses are now at 100 percent capacity," he said
"Good."
"Optimus sir if I may," said Prowl
"Go ahead,"
"Why are you allowing that ship to land here of all places," Prowl asked
"They have Autobots as well as Decepticons aboard that ship," Optimus said
"Well from what my comm. scans showed they are not lying," Blaster said.
"From what I've heard they were chased by Galvatron," said Prowl
"Yes that is true," Optimus said
"But isn't he a myth," asked Ironhide.
"I don't think so after all everyone thought many things were myths like the power of the Allspark at first and now look at what it caused. It caused a civil war that spanned through centuries and eventually got another race involved to end it," Prime said
"What about Galvatron? Isn't he suppose to be the bringer of Death and Destruction?" asked Beachcomber
"He was also the bringer of Chaos and Discord." Replied Blaster
"The Avatar of Unicron in the body of my brother," Optimus whispered
There is a brief moment of silence in the room.
"How damaged was the ship?" Optimus asked
"From what engineering said the ship suffers from massive damages and it is a surprise that they haven't gotten here sooner." Said the new voice and they turned to see the Chief engineer Wheeljack walk in.
He sat down on the right of Prowl and opened up his datapad.
"From what Soundwave showed me there is extensive damage to the sub-light engines hence why it is taking them so long to get here," he said
"Well we have emergency crews waiting for their arrival are the humans ready to evacuate incase the ship causes some natural phenomenon like a tidal wave?" Prime said.
"Yes sir," said Skyfire as he looked down at all of them.
"They have been already evacuated to higher grounds just in case and as such are ready for the ship," with that the other bots sighed with relief.
"What are we going to do about the Decepticons?" asked Ironhide the black Autobot was not very amused.
"They will be treated as allies and guests until further notice," Prime said in response to this.
"Alright Prime you win," the black Autobot said.
"Is everything in order," Optimus said and they all nodded
"Good Dismissed,"
TBC
A/n: How's that for a cliffie lol as you know Skeeter got himself into a lot of trouble by revealing himself to Sam, Mikaela and Miles lets see what else happens in the next chapter.
Until then
P.S. I drew a picture of Iris and Starscream from Crooked's Fanfic, 'Who Knew,' it is one of the few romance fanfics I actually like to the point where I draw something. You should check it out just go to my deviantart page or go to the site and type in Iris and Starscream and you will fine the picture rather easily.
Aloha,
BLACKDRAGON