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THE LOST CHILDREN OF CYBERTRON
Chapter 33: Mail Call and Things Snap our of Control
Elita One the rightful mate to Optimus Prime stood amongst the refugees that have escaped the Unicronian attack in Moscow her scanners. Elita only just arrived not too long ago with a group of refugee femmes. After hearing about what had happened on base she immediately blasted off to this sector of the galaxy. As she watched the news of the Unicronians approaching earth and then finally making planet-fall Elita set to work locating her mate.
When she landed however she landed on the other side of the planet. It was near Moscow where she landed and it was here that she made her contact with Optimus. When she was briefed was when Moscow happened and she saw the Unicronian take out the humans. She was shocked that they are actually in this part of the galaxy.
When she made her report Optimus said to help out the humans as best as she could to protect them. As she watched them she let her holoform come out once in a while to help others. In the meantime she is relaying all the information she could to Optimus Prime. While she is doing so she walked amongst the ruins. She held her rifle ready as she walked down the roads to find what she was looking for.
As she walked she barely had time to move out of the way when something came crashing down on her.
Rolling out of the way Elita got up and fired her rifle when the Unicronian came down on her. Running as fast as she could after transforming she fired her rifle again and again. The Unicronian only batted them away and fired a blast from one of its missile launchers. Elita ducked down and shot back with the Russian military behind her.
Now Elita knew that they are not stupid they knew what she is and that she is here to help. She fired but the monster was immune to her rounds. Just as she was about to be killed by the creature something came up from above and tore into the monster. Elita looked up to see a Seeker land beside her.
"Are you alright?" it asked in Cybertronian
"I am fine for now but this city is not," Elita replied
It was then that she saw the Decepticon insignias on her wings. Just the voice alone Elita knew that this was a femme a very young femme. She fought off the Unicronian with a lamp post that she tore off the ground and converted into a staff. Twirling it easily she blocked the blows from the Unicronian and charged full speed at the monster.
She then struck the monster slashing her claws into the monster's insignia and taking out his force field. She then swung her staff and rammed it directly into his spark. The Unicronian mech went down with his circuits smoking and its color changing to a dull grey.
Elita and the Russian Military looked up and found that the Decepticon femme had in a few seconds done what they have been trying to do for days.
"Um thanks," Elita said
"No problem," the reply was in English as the Seeker took off and transformed into an American F-22 fighter jet.
Elita One watched as the jet took off into the atmosphere as the Russians gathered around her.
---FRANCE---
As for the one in France that one was already killed as another jet stood over it dusting his hands as if he had something disgusting on them. He currently killed the last of the Unicronians. With a cry he leaped into the air and transformed into his jet mode of an F-15 eagle.
As he took off he came across his sister who was high in the clouds.
"Hey that was fun," said Rodan as he caught up to his sister.
"Oh shut up Rodan you know that Grandma wanted us to clean up the mess since the others couldn't." Radon shouted at her twin.
The F-15 only shrugged and flew around with his twin.
"Hey when are we going to pick up Titan?" asked Rodan
"We are supposed to pick him up now," Radon replied the more serious of the twins.
Both twins flew towards the west.
---AUTOBOT HEADQUARTERS----
Ratchet placed Titan out of the tank. The sparkling now could transform and walk so he walked around the base to get his bearings. As he did he passed by several mechs who gave him huge smiles and pats on the back. Titan passed by them confused as he walked into the rec room and found the room to be full of mechs and some femmes that he has never seen before.
"Hey over here!" shouted a voice and Titan turned his head towards a group of beast bots and several Autobots.
Titan slowly made his way over to them and sat down.
"Here this is low grade I used to handle sparklings back on Cybertron," said the femme.
"Thanks," said Titan as he took a drink.
He felt his systems reenergize after what seemed like so long. The only thing though was that the energon was bland.
Oh well
Titan turned to them and found that there was a falcon, a tiger, a rat, a cheetah and some European models that he don't know for cars.
"So what's your designation," asked the Cheetah
"I am called Titan," was the reply
"Cool! I am Cheetor, that falcon right there is Airazor, the tiger is Tigertron, and um this is Rattrap, Sunstreaker and Sideswipe." He said and they all gave a short wave.
"Hey you are the kid that fragged the Unicronian Scout eh?" asked the yellow car which Titan identified as Sunstreaker.
"Yeah," said Titan
"That is so cool a sparkling figured out what took us eons to do," said Cheetor
"What do you mean?" asked Titan
"Well kid to make a story short the Unicronians were the most invincible force in the galaxy. They killed everyone in their path including the planet to get the energy that their master wants. Our ancestors tried to kill them but their armor is impenetrable to our weapons and so they destroyed many in our empire. It was a mech who called himself Alpha the first Prime of our race who put them to sleep.
It was said that when they sleep that they would not harm us anymore unless war struck our people. Well when the war came then all hell broke loose and everyone was killed. Hatred and anger fueled everyone at Megatron for his betrayal at all the Cybertronians. When that happened I guess it was only a matter of time before the Unicronians awakened." Tigertron replied.
"Wow," said Titan
"You kid had the power and the resolve to kill of a few scouts just like those friends of yours," said Rattrap.
"Well we were trained by the best," replied Titan sheepishly.
"Well I am sorry to break this up to you but Titan if you are ready we are heading out," said a new voice and they all turned to stare at Prowl the head security officer.
Titan got up and waved goodbye to his new friends.
As he left they others in the rec room got up for news went around that Titan was going home. The Autobots quickly rushed out of their base as they stared at Prime who was watching the distance.
Titan was a shrimp compared to Optimus Prime since after all he was only the size of his hip. Prime took no notice as he stared at the horizon.
"I don't sense them at all on my scanners Prime," said another of his mechs.
"Well you are calling them wrong," said Sideswipe who spoke up.
"And how do we call them of Mauve one?" asked Epps who spoke up for the first time.
It was then that Titan felt a tap on his foot and he looked down at the human sparkling known as Annabelle.
"Want to see my sea shell?" she asked holding the shell up.
Titan gazed down at his optics it was then that he noticed the markings on the shell.
Gently as he could he picked up Annabelle and the shell to the horror of her parents at first.
"Annabelle where did you get that shell?" he asked
"Radon," she replied
"Radon? Can you tell me what Radon told you about that shell?" he asked
"She says, 'Blow that shell and I will come,' dat is what she says," replied Annabelle
"Can you blow into that shell?" asked Titan.
"Nope," she replied
"Can daddy blow into shell?" Titan asked
"I don't know?" asked Annabelle
"Did you ask?" Titan replied
"No," she replied
Titan then put her down she ran to her dad and shows him her shell. Will only looked at it and then at Titan. When the Deceptibot nodded Will took that shell into his mouth from the fat end like how he saw on T.V. and blew as hard as he could.
Nothing came out
"You have to find the hole on the back first and then blow." Titan replied showing his hands
Will Lennox looked at the shell and then he spotted the hole coming from a protrusion in the conk shell. He picked it up and inspected it before finally putting it to his lips and blew has hard as he could.
A long loud horn-like sound came from it.
And with it came the cries.
The Autobots looked up into the skies as they saw a single shape form as it soared overhead. The loud piercing cry was heard as Titan called out in reply. The jet they saw had the Decepticon symbols on it as it buzzed past them on silent wings. Somehow it managed to stay in the air without the aid of its thrusters.
Another cry was heard and this time the second jet joined the first as it repeated what its sibling did in the other direction. They did an aerial display before going into a stoop and rising above the Autobots calling out to Titan.
Titan smiled as he turned towards the Autobots. The Dinobots were the first ones to step out and gave him a fierce hug. Titan was nearly crushed by the humongous size of the dinobots. They in turn were replaced by the Autobots and the various humans wishing him luck.
Titan smiled at all of them showing off his razor sharp teeth as he turned towards the skies.
The cries continued as he watched them soar. The twins circled coming closer and closer till the sound of a car engine startled him. Turning he saw a Nissan GT-R Drift car came racing towards him. He laughed at the familiar sight of Kekoa in the driver's seat as he swerved the car around racing style and got out.
Laughing Titan hugged him for he was the only human besides Uncle Tom that came to him. Even gave him his favorite, beef stew flavored energon. Titan was ecstatic as he and Tom got out to hug him. Titan held Kekoa close and was close to tears at being able to finally get out and to go home.
Kekoa held onto Titan's chassis and cried for the first time. Titan wanted out and he got it.
"Time to go home Tai," he whispered
"Yeah," he said and Kekoa backed away and looked towards the sky.
Titan heard the twins scream again in the wind and he answered back again with a smile on his face plates. He turned towards the Autobots and bowed showing respect before running as fast as he could away from the group.
Optimus watched as Titan ran down the airstrip that made up the abandoned Air Force base that hid the Autobot's headquarters. As Titan ran he called again and Optimus felt a rush of air with barely any sound as an F-15 Eagle shot past them. It was then that he heard a squawk come from the plane as it transformed and an Autobot mech hovered with arms spread like wings.
The mech floated over Titan calling to him and Titan laughed as he continued to run. Rodan swooped down and with his taloned feet playfully scratched the top of Titan's head. Smiling Titan gave him a one fingered salute as Rodan transformed into his alt-mode and Titan being smaller then the jet leaped on and Rodan rose in the air.
Titan watched the world grow smaller as he rose higher on Rodan's back. The jet rose above the clouds and with that Titan held on as the morning light was suddenly replaced by the early morning hue of the Hawaiian Islands as they entered the warp gate back to their home.
Titan felt excited at seeing the ocean again as he waited for Rodan to lower himself towards the water. His sister Radon floated next to him as they glided over the ocean and Titan not being able to resist dove into the sea.
Just before he hit the waves he transformed back into his beast mode and leaped over the waves his spark sang as the feeling of the ocean of life filled him once more.
As he reached top speed he leaped over reef and dove down into the depths again. Rodan laughed as he soared back up onto the sky again.
----PAPOHAKU BEACH MOLOKA'I----
"Now repeat after me," Kyouji said as he laughed at Sam dressed in a wet suit.
"Pa,"
"Pa" was the reply
"Po,"
"Po," again the reply
"Ha,"
"Ha"
"Ku,"
"Ku," Sam replied carefully as he pronounced each syllable with absolute care.
Kyouji smiled as he handed the boy a surf board. Today Sam asked Kyouji to teach him how to surf properly as with his last attempt ended in failure.
"Alright all you have to do is practice on the sand got it?" he said smiling.
Sam did that for the past couple of days. It was already near the end of the winter vacation and Sam wanted to see if he could surf to show off to his parents. As he finally did everything that Kyouji asked him he finally was about to go into the water when.
"Hey bro wait up!" cried Miles as he came running behind him.
Miles as Sam jealously admit it took to surfing like it was natural to him. Miles was dressed the same way and smiled at Sam as both boys made their way to the water.
Sam had some difficulty within the first rays of the sun but as the sun rose a bit higher and the sky turned from black to maroon he finally got the hang of it.
And it was also at the same time that a certain someone made his appearance.
A large fin made itself known as well as one that is swishing from side to side behind the first fin.
The boys paid no mind as they continued to surf the waters off Papohaku.
It was Sam that was hit first as he fell. He luckily was over sand when he was bumped from behind. Kyouji and Miles turned as Sam came sputtering for air.
A fin came from behind him and Mile panicked, "SAM BEHIND YOU!" he said
Sam turned just in time to see the fin come racing towards him before lowering itself into the water. Sam panicked as he thought he saw a shark till the water burst before him and a large beaked frame filled the rising sun.
Laughing it dove back into the water and lifted its head again to peer into Sam's eyes with its own large eye.
"Titan!" yelled Kyouji as the beastbot swam towards Kyouji.
Kyouji leaped into the water off his board as Titan swam up to him and he gave him a hug.
"Hey Tai you have lost some weight?" he said and Titan shrugged.
----SOMETIME LATER----
After the many greetings and hello's and welcome back's Titan was very tired as he walked away towards his old recharge berth. As he opened the door Scorponok sat on his berth and thank goodness he was still clean!
The drone happily leaped onto him and Titan held onto the scorpion petting him like he would his dog. Titan laid down on his berth with his legs outstretched and hands behind his head.
He stared at the ceiling happy to be home with his dolphin and whale glow in the dark stickers on the roof. He also had it mixed with dinosaurs that clearly reminded him of Grimlock and the dinobots.
Titan laughed when he heard Sonic and Stitch go at it again with their blaring music and the familiar fighting between the twins or Lori and the twins.
It was good to be home.
---MEANWHILE---
"Wow I did not know you were missed that much 'Screamer," said Barricade as he read Starscream's letter from Shockwave.
"Well what do you expect from the heir to the Decepticon throne," he said growling at the Mustang.
"Hey everyone misses me," said Bumblebee who was reading a letter from Sunny and Sides.
"What do you expect you are after all the last youngling that the Autobots known about before these guys," Starscream said pointing in the direction of the kids.
Kekoa was currently playing a few games with the cell phone duo.
Korean music blasted in from where Sonic and Stitch currently recharge and the twins were no where to be seen. Titan was off recharging after a long day from returning home and the guardians had figured that the twins were in recharge as well.
"Hey I got a letter from a femme…oh wait it is from my sister Laserbeak," Frenzy said disappointed as he read the datapad.
"At least you have a sister," said Barricade
"Ah is 'Cade jealous that he can't get any," said Bumblebee which earned a glare from the Mustang.
"Knock it off you two or we will be spending another orn cleaning," said Jazz having read a report about what happened after Mission city.
It became apparent that what ever they did would end up with hours of cleaning from Obun and the old woman was nothing to trifle with. With Barricade and Bumblebee still linked to each other they continued to fight but it was abated because their time spent on handcuffs has increased to nearly four earth months. It seemed nothing to a transformer who has lived for millennia, but because of the added chore list it was something both of them grumbled about.
And grumble often.
"Why again do we have to wear these cuffs?" grumbled Bumblebee as he lifted his arm to get another data pad from the pile that came in.
That in turn yanked Barricade's arm and earned him a whack on the head.
"Watch what you are doing fragger!" yelled Barricade
"Go fuck yourself," Bumblebee said and the two butted heads in yet another fight.
Everyone by now ignored the two as they got into another fist fight. It even go to the point where Kekoa was counting with his fingers how long it would take before grandma Obun shows up.
Just as luck would have it in came Obun with her face in an amused smirk. The other three bots backed away slowly not wanting to be in the middle of the fray. Kekoa backed away as well ushering the cell phone duo Skeeter and Scrappy into the room with the excuse that it was time to get into recharge.
Obun walked up to the two and split them apart (as apart as they could go) and glared.
"What making us do any more house hold chores again?" Barricade said defiantly.
Jazz, Starscream and Frenzy stayed well away for fearing the old woman's wrath.
"Is this what you call my training?" she said
"TRAINING!?" the others said
"Yes why do you think I punish you the way I do?" she said smiling her toothless smile.
"What sort of training revolves doing household chores?" demanded Bumblebee
"To train the body one must do a task over and over again until that body is attuned to what is going on. And then when it finally comes to terms with it then it shall become instinct. Instinct is your body's way of preparing itself to do certain tasks at certain times." She said in a sing song voice.
"Well what does it have to do with us? We are seasoned warriors why should we receive this training?" growled Starscream this time as his familiar temper began to take hold.
"Now, now, the reason is…can you kill a Unicronian?" she asked
"Um from what the reports said the Autobots had a hard time fighting them off," said Bumblebee
"Exactly and so has the human army. From what I've read from your history and legends the Unicronian army and their master are the most dangerous of them all. This army feeds on hate and anger using it to fuel their dark desires of total conquest of the galaxy." Replied Obun as she balanced herself with her cane.
"They purposely create war amongst your people to feed their master for his conquest of the universe. At the beginning of your civilization your ancestors banished Unicron and his minions to eternal sleep and vowed never to create war again. But you did not count on the survival of his minions Galvatron and Sideways. They are the masters of deceit. They wanted nothing more then to kill for the pleasure of killing and to conquer the galaxy for the sheer pleasure of doing so."
The others stared at her as she continued
"Now then guardians the only way to kill Unicron is by fighting with a clear spark. One that is not filled with such hatred for your allies and others of your own kind. Even the act of forgiveness is a way of cleansing the spark of such evils. To fight with a purpose and a need that exceeds the hatred that one feels for others. You five have been chosen for this task for even small as it is if you learn to forgive and forget then you can become the ultimate weapons against an invincible army."
"That does not explain why you need to tie us up and then make us be practically your slaves!" yelled Barricade.
It was then that Obun was in his face her dark eyes full of sternness and Barricade found himself on the bad end of someone's bad breath.
"You must learn to work together and put aside your differences. Starscream, Frenzy and Jazz have done so and in order for you to be complete you two will have to under go that training. And then when you are done you all will have to fight," she said
"But we already know how to fight," said Jazz
"You fight with weapons true, but you must learn how to fight like we do in order to defeat the army. My grandchildren have already killed a number of them and they are only sparklings babies in your case. They have not reached a Cybertronian Vorn yet and they have already mastered the arts of fighting. Already have they killed and fought in something that they believe in. These children believe that Earth is their home and so they fight to protect it. They fight to protect the family that has nurtured and cared for them since the day they are sparked, and they fight for the hope that others like them don't have to suffer the same fate that they had when their creators transported them here." Obun said
Starscream looked down the hall towards the twins rooms. It was there that he felt his spark leap at the thought of anything happen to his children. With that as his resolve he knew what he must do.
He will fight for them and all the other sparklings.
He turned to Jazz and the Autobot seemed to think the same thing as him.
They both will fight for the future of their species
Frenzy's gaze also met theirs as they did the same vow.
The only two who don't realize it are the same two who are bickering with the old woman and are held by the cuffs.
Oh they will learn alright they will learn.
TBC
Man that took forever to write and come up with the words to do so. Now the fun part begins with Barricade and Bumblebee learning how to work together.
But let me get some things straight.
First of all the only reason why Barricade and Bumblebee did not fight on the Hitachi farm is because Barricade made a deal with Marie. The deal was that if he fought then he was going to face hell from Marie. Not only that but it was a bad example for the sparklings.
Well when they went to Hawaii the deal was made null and so the fighting continues until Obun makes them see the error of their ways.