THE LOST CHILDREN OF CYBERTRON
Chapter 29: The Assembled Army
Galvatron watched as his fellow Unicronians gathered to their master. The proud planet size Transformer awaited his children as they gathered and paid tribute to him.
As the ships in orbit stopped they all paid tribute to Unicron. Galvatron stood at attention atop his battle ship.
"My Brothers and Sisters!" he called towards the other ships.
"As you all know so well our lord Unicron has blessed us with the opportunity to destroy the Cybertronians once and for all!" he said and the loud cheer erupted from the different holograms of different generals with unknown names cheered at him.
"Our lord grows hungry with the need to feed on a new planet one rich with life," they all cheered again
"He hungers for destruction of our enemies, to feel the energon flow from their fuel lines and the life force of their sparks cascading down his throat," again the assembled cheered.
"Now my brothers and sisters we will find the way and destroy it. Our enemies don't stand a chance against our power," With this the assembled group began to cheer as Galvatron stood up.
"Now we move to the planet called Earth and the Destruction of the last piece of Primus!" hecalled and the assembled before him cheered.
The battle ships began to move as each entered Unicron's orbit and more still came from other galaxies. Each bore the disguise of the Decepticon symbol at first but then that quickly changed to one of their own. The Unicronians moved towards the jump point and as they moved a massive form began to move as well. It opened it's great maw to allow its children to enter and quickly closed it up. Taking its time the great planet known as Unicron began to move in the direction of the planet called…
Earth
----AUTOBOT HEADQUARTERS-----
"The Unicron Army is on the move again Optimus sir," said Airazor as she typed in a few keys.
"At what quadrant are they originated from?" Optimus asked
"They are originating from the Omega Quadrant sir near Minos in the Charr system," Airazor replied as she monitored the Unicronians progress.
"That's all the way on the other side of our galaxy," said Jetfire as he stood next to Optimus.
"Exactly they are gathering their forces and so are we. We need every available Cybertronian here and with us for when we fight this long battle." Optimus said
"Already more and more Cybertronians and Transformers are answering the call to arms as they come to this planet and still more are coming. Even if we have all the survivors of our home planet and others here there will not be enough to fight off the Unicronians." Airazor replied,
"I know even with all the fire power we got I fear that this is a battle that we are going to lose." Optimus said
----MEDICAL BAY-----
Slowly red eyes opened up to the watery tank and the bright lights of the medical bay.
"Titan? Titan are you alright?" asked a familiar voice.
Titan turned his head slightly and saw the figure of Tom Banachek standing over him with his feet in the water. It was strange to see the normally composed man in his business suit wearing a pair of shorts and a shirt. He was sitting currently on the edge of the tank where Titan was being held.
Titan looked scared as he surveyed his surroundings and Tom could feel it.
"It's alright Titan they are not going to hurt you," he said gently.
Titan looked up at the man before sobbing. He wanted nothing more then to cry on Banachek's shoulders but his size would not help so he settled for him holding his head.
He let out a sad moan as he was being comforted.
----MEANWHILE----
Four figures warped onto the Cliffside their dark colors hidden by clouds that hung overhead. As the last rays of the setting sun touched the sky they waited. Two pairs of glowing blue optics and one tiny pair of red optics stood.
Kekoa stood above on Rodan's shoulders observing the base from a distance.
"Alright you heard the plan we sneak in get to Titan and sneak out got it?" he said to the other two.
"Got it!" they said
"Alright Skeeter you know what to do once we get in right?" he said
The Nextel phone reared his head from his pocket and gave a claws up. Kekoa then turned to Zenith and the other Deceptibot nodded his head.
"Alright you know the plan Rodan will cause a distraction while Zenith and I head towards the base. When we get there you will launch both myself and Skeeter into the vent that Uncle Tom showed us," Kekoa said.
FLASHBACK
"Hi Grandma how is Honolulu?" Kekoa asked
Kekoa was standing in front of the view screen in the main communications room with Nanobite right behind him. The look that Obun was wearing was not something the Kekoa wish to repeat personally.
"I was informed by Tom that Titan has been taken from us," Obun said straight to the point as always.
"Um…yes that is true grandma," Kekoa said not liking where this is going.
"I want you to assemble a small infiltration group to bring him back to me is that understood?" Obun said
"Yes grandmother," Kekoa replied
"If his health is by any means compromised for him to be transported I want you to report it to me immediately and I can see what I can do about it through Tom is that understood?" she said.
"Understood grandma," he said nodding
"Should I take Kyouji with me?" Kekoa asked
"No I want Kyouji to prepare the guardians for when I arrive," she replied
"Alright then I will pass the message," Kekoa replied.
END FLASHBACK
Kekoa did pass on the message to Kyouji and his cousin was to start preparing the guardians for when their grandmother was to arrive. They did not know when but they were ready for when Obun chose her next students she tests them first. If they are already family members she just trains them but outside she likes to test her students or her potential students first.
As Kekoa stood in his ninja gi he waited till the last light of the setting sun finally vanished from the sky.
Slowly he and Zenith made their way down while Rodan took to the skies. Rodan was to be the distraction while Zenith snuck Kekoa and Skeeter into the Autobots Headquarters.
----MEANWHILE-----
Ratchet had just returned from checking up on the more severely injured of the refugees that came in with the Nemesis. As he walked towards the tank that contained the sparkling he was surprised to find Tom Banachek in shorts observing Titan. The sparkling was allowing the human to hold his monstrous head. Rows of razor sharp teeth like those of a whale stuck out from his upper jaw but were very gentle as Tom caressed his head.
"How is he?" Ratchet asked softly as he approached (he is not always a grouch peoples)
"He is still scared and wants to go home," said Tom
"His vitals are improving slowly but I don't know how long he can stay with the effects the drugs had on him. It was stupid for Optimus to order his capture in the first place," Ratchet said.
"I know and I know also that the Deceptibots are not going to be happy about this. In fact I can almost guarantee that they are coming," Tom said
"Are you sure?" Ratchet asked
"Yes, I am sure they are coming and they are going to be angry," Tom said.
----CONTROL ROOM-----
Jetfire and Evac stood in the control room observing the videos they had gotten from the sparkling's capture. As they watched they also had on another monitor the assembled Unicronian Army making their way towards Earth.
It was then that the alarms started to go off.
Quickly typing away at the keyboard Evac was the one who saw the image in the sky.
"Primus! Its that Autobot again and he is attacking the guards!" he said
"Quick call security and get someone out there to stop him!" Jetfire yelled
unknown to them however it was only a distraction.
----OUTSIDE----
Zenith waited till Rodan began dropping stink bombs on the guards before he snuck in from another part of the rock formation. He hid away from the sensors and cameras so they didn't know that he was there. Using the skills he learned in ninjitsu he climbed the rock face silently and threw in Kekoa and Skeeter. When he did his job he silently slipped away.
----IN THE AIR----
Already the air force of the Autobot army gathered to chase off Rodan but the Eagle proved to be faster then the jets that chased it. He did a flip and shot towards the Aerial bots again and corkscrew his way past them.
Transforming he flapped his arms like wings and rose above them.
"Rodan they are in," Zenith spoke to him in Hawaiian and the Eagle smirked.
Silverbolt turned towards him and shot upwards just as Rodan did a stoop.
He plunged past him and transformed just before hitting the ground and sped away leaving a sonic boom and a dust cloud in his wake.
----CONTROL ROOM----
Jetfire was baffled as the jet suddenly just up and left until he caught sight of something slithering in the shadows. Upon closer examination of the object leaving he suddenly realized that the attack was a distraction.
Turning on his comlink he signaled the alert.
"Attention all Autobots we have a security breech in sector 4..5..8; I repeat we have a security breech in sector 4..5..8 I need all available personnel ready for action immediately!" he said
"This is Prowl, on my way," the signal was silent as Jetfire and the Aerial bots made their way back to the hanger.
----AUTOBOT MEDBAY----
"I guess that would be them right?" Hook said
"Yep that would be them," Tom replied
"I guess they have come for Titan," replied Ratchet.
"But Titan is in no condition to be moved till the drug is worn off!" said Red Alert and First Aid agreed with him.
"That won't stop them," Tom said
"I just wish we can reason with them when they come," Ratchet said.
----IN THE VENTS----
Kekoa made his way down the ventilation shaft his ninja training came in handy. Skeeter lit the way with his optics as they went down one way and the other to avoid detection. Finding the vent he was looking for he quickly snuck down the vent and around the corner. It was rather warm being that it was winter in the mainland so Kekoa crept forwards making sure to go as smoothly over the vents as possible.
He stopped when he saw or smelt ozone and knew that the next shaft contained security lasers.
"Skeeter!" he whispered
The Nextel phone leapt out of his pocket and slowly skittered down towards the lasers and took them out one by one. When the room no longer smelled of Ozone Kekoa followed the trail till he saw something that made his mind freeze.
Skeeter crept up to him and he too gasped at the sight.
Below them was a body of a silver Autobot one that was clearly the shape of a rather sleek car had he not been dead. Kekoa then decided that this was the point of entry and undid the screws holding the vent up. Quickly as he could he slid down the hold into the bay.
Quiet as a cat Kekoa landed with Skeeter in his hand.
"Are there anyone else here?" he whispered and Skeeter scanned the area.
"Yeah I guess this is the medbay for there are many both 'con and 'bot and they are all injured one way or the other." Skeeter replied.
Kekoa nodded as he flipped over the body and found himself falling a good ten feet before hitting the floor on all fours. Searching the room he found it empty as he ran as fast and as quietly as he could towards the door. As he entered he could see Ratchet talking to Tom with the Alarms going off around them. As he listened it seems as if the Medical Staff is not pleased that Titan is in the tank neither.
"I am telling you that you are making a big mistake Optimus when word gets out at what you and Shockwave have done then you will face International Retribution," that was the voice of John Keller the Secretary of Defense.
To Kekoa he did not sound pleased.
"I understand Mr. Keller but how are we supposed to know that these sparklings are protected by international law?" asked Ironhide.
"You were briefed by the President about it a while back but I don't understand why you went against his word and captured this young mech?" Keller asked
"Because we thought he might be a Unicronian Spy, Mr. Secretary," replied another voice.
"Well you can guarantee that the United Nations will not be pleased by this nor will the Hawaiian Government once they find out about this." Keller said
"I understand Secretary and Ratchet and his team are doing the best they can to make sure the young mech…"
"Titan," said a soft hoarse voice
"Excuse me?" asked Hook as he turned to the young Decepticon
"My designation is Titan," said the raspy voice.
Kekoa recorded this until he felt the footfalls of something approaching. He turned his head slowly to see the form of another Autobot this one yellow and really shinny beyond compare.
"What the hell is up with shinny there," Whispered Skeeter,
"Hey what are you doing here?" he just about yelled.
Kekoa leaped into action just as the mech reached down to grab him and jumped onto his arm. He ran up his arm and rammed a fist right into the bot's optic. The clear alloy that made up the optic lens shattered and the Autobot screamed in agony as Kekoa delivered an devastating blow to his face.
Falling the Autobot tried to grab onto something but Kekoa leaped over him doing a front flip. He once again landed on all fours and ran with Skeeter still in his hand. The little bot recorded everything and transmitted it towards home and to Obun.
Using every ounce of training he did he knew that pulling out his two swords would do nothing for him so he just ran. He could feel the pounding feet of many Autobots and the few Decepticons that remained at the base after him. Some began to fire blasters and that is when Kekoa used his wakizashi (Ninja swords) to reflect back the blasters rays.
Skeeter held on as Kekoa transferred him to his pocket and headed back towards the medbay.
"ATTENTION ALL PERSONEL WE HAVE AN INTRUDER ALERT, INTRUDER ALERT IN THE MEDICAL BAY REQUIRE ASSISTENCE IMMEDIATELY!" the alarm continued to blare.
Kekoa continued to run until something yellow came at him again and this time he knew it was the same bot as last time. But this time the bot had company a red bot nearly identical to him stood there ready. Kekoa leaped when that bot opened fire.
"Watch out Side's this human is dangerous," the yellow one yelled to the red.
Kekoa did not hesitate he took Skeeter out of his pocket and threw the cell phone at the Autobot and transforming Skeeter took out the other optic.
The yellow one screamed, 'MY FACE!" as he went down again having been put offline by Skeeter while Kekoa went for the red one.
Skeeter leaped from the yellow one to the red where Kekoa just offlined him and entered the medbay.
Running as fast as he could he entered the bay to find Ratchet and the medical staff waiting for him.
Red Alert was the one who locked the door to keep the others out of the medbay. They all turned to Kekoa who held a fighting stance ready to attack.
"Very clever young one not many can take out a transformer like Sunstreaker and lived to tell the tale," Ratchet said amused as he cleaned a wrench.
Kekoa did not say a word as he took a look at all the medical staff.
"Don't worry we are not going to report you nor attack you for you are simply here to see the patient he is in the holding tank there," he said and Kekoa leaped onto the rim of the tank and observed Titan.
"What happened to him!" he demanded turning to Ratchet
"Those idiots gave him a powerful knock out drug that was suppose to be powerful enough for mechs of our size and age not sparklings like him. Because of that we had to pump out his energon feeds and cleanse them enough of the drug to be pumped back into his system. Even then it was too late some of the drug has gotten into his systems and so we are right now placed him in a high oxygen tank to allow him to recover. I would not advise moving him right now for he is not well enough to move and to move him will offline him permanently." Hook said speaking for Ratchet.
Skeeter skittered out from Kekoa's pocket and went up to where Tom was sitting with Titan's head in his lap.
He gently put his claw on the beast-bot's head and stroked gently. Titan let out a low whine as if he was in pain.
"Skeeter?" he said
"Yeah bro…its me," Skeeter said trying not to cry as he saw the state that Titan was in.
"Skeeter who is with you?" Titan asked
"Kekoa," Skeeter replied
"I wanna go home," Titan said
"I know buddy we all want you home but they said that you are very sick and can't leave till you are better," Skeeter replied.
"I wanna go home," Titan replied
"I know," he said
Kekoa chose that moment to come towards them, "Hey buddy," he said stroking Titan's beak.
Titan turned his dolphin-like head towards Kekoa and gave a soft whine.
"I feel sick," he said
"I know you do buddy, but we can't do anything about it right now till you are better," Kekoa replied.
"I wanna go home!" Titan said
"I know," Kekoa replied
"Kekoa, Skeeter report!" a voice said from Skeeter's speakers.
"Skeeter put grandma on the line," Kekoa replied and Skeeter did so.
When this happened Ratchet was outside yelling at the other Autobots to stand down while they are in the medical bay. The Autobots and few Decepticons slowly walk in weapons at ready until Ratchet, Hook and the medical team's weapons were drawn on them for disturbing patients that they put their weapons away.
It was then that Optimus Prime walked in along with Shockwave into the base. Secretary Keller sat on Shockwave's shoulder.
Kekoa turned to seem them enter.
"Grandma, Titan is really sick they drugged him with some sort of drug meant for soldiers not children and so the medical team here is trying to flush it out," Kekoa said over the speaker phone.
"Who is in charge of the Medical Team?" was the reply
"Um I did not get your names?" Kekoa said
"My designation is Ratchet and his designation is Hook," Ratchet replied.
"Their names are Ratchet and Hook," Kekoa replied
"Skeeter activate the hologram," she said and Skeeter quickly did so after doing an impression of R2D2.
Kekoa smacked the little phone behind the head as he gave a glare before the image of Obun was shown.
----RATCHET'S POINT OF VIEW----
Now to anyone not seeing a disfigured organic was quickly stunned by the sight that greeted me. The human that stood before me in holographic form was in terms hideous. She was clearly missing a leg and wore a huge scar down her left side of her face. Her wrinkles told me of her age at being very ancient by human standards.
I had expected the femme to be quiet gentle but the voice that came from this femme was far from gentle.
"Are you the ones treating my grandson?" her voice was powerful and it held a hidden danger that not many mechs or femmes would realize till I heard it.
"I am one of them Chief Medical Officer Ratchet," I said stepping up to where her optics or eyes could see me.
"What is the diagnostic of my grandson's condition," she said but I could hear the underlining tone in her voice and told the truth.
"We are still cleaning out his systems as we speak and purging the drug from his circuitry that should take more then a few days a week or two at most," I replied.
"And who ordered the capture of my child? I demand to know the answer now for the Pakele Family is not pleased to find one of our own in such as state of distress," she growled and if I were human I would have gulped.
"They mistaken him for a Unicronian spy ma'am and have captured him not knowing he was a sparkling," I replied that that was the truth that I was told.
The femme's eyes turned to me and I could feel the white hot anger radiating off of her even in holographic form. I had learned a long time ago that to anger a femme is the biggest mistake anyone can do even when they have sparklings or younglings. Femmes by nature are very protective of their young ones and will even die for them should the need rise. This femme as old as she is, is by no means an exception. She is clearly angry that we had taken one of her sparklings and by Primus she is going to make us pay for it.
"A Unicronian spy? Titan? HA! He would rather play with the dolphins then become a killer," was the reply from the old femme.
"How long does he have in your tank? A few weeks perhaps?" she said
"Now listen here Ma'am," Optimus said coming into the light.
Bad move Optimus I thought knowing how to handle femmes.
"You were the one who gave the order to capture my grandson!" now the femme's anger was fully rekindled.
"It was a simple mistake…" Optimus began.
"A mistake that you should have avoided since you knew what they were," the femme growled low in her throat and I found myself wishing for some high grade right now.
Thank Primus Shockwave kept quiet as the acting Lord of the Decepticons stood there observing with Soundwave beside him.
"Now before we were interrupted what is the status of my grandson and how soon can he come home?" the femme said turning her attention back to me.
"Around one or two earth weeks," I said meekly rarely have I felt afraid of any one but this human after what I've seen the other one do the Sunstreaker I can only imagine what this old Femme can do to me.
"I want one of my medics to check him out and report to me if his condition improves or not and I want a thorough report," the old femme said.
"Understood," I replied.
-----3RD PERSON POINT OF VIEW-----
Ratchet was now absolutely terrified after making his report and even though he and Hook were angry that the human femme had suggested that he knew that deep down in his spark that he would have done the same thing. Hook looked the same as his red optics shown in the direction of the hologram.
"I will send her over in three days time I expect my grandson to be kept alive till then as I will be arriving myself to make sure that my grandson is treated fairly," with that the hologram disappeared and they all stared at Kekoa.
Skeeter leaped back up into his hand and transformed back into a cell phone. Looking nervously around he noted that they gave him a wide berth as he walked out.
When he neared the entrance Zenith was already waiting for him as he opened his passenger doors to him. Looking back Kekoa could only stare at the looks that everyone gave as he entered the warp gate back to headquarters.
TBC