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Chapter 24
The Stolen Spark
Moonracer slunk back into the shadows, waiting patiently until she was sure that all three figures were sleeping. Once she was completely sure she crept forward, as quiet as a mouse, turning on her rarely used humanoid holoform. The Decepticon-traitor-turned-woman smirked, looking down at herself to make sure that the holoform was working correctly.
Her hair was a beautiful sapphire color, which was unusual since her armor was a light blue-green, and her optic's eyes were a bright blue. She had overridden the system which depicted what color the holoform's eyes, making them blue instead of red for camouflaging purposes. She had to be quick; the holoform wouldn't last for long. She wasn't as adept at using one…but she needed to do this to complete her goal.
She was donned in a glittering black halter top and dark green cargo pants complete with black boots and blue fingerless gloves. The gloves matched her hair and were decorated with an Autobot symbol. What everyone else didn't know was that the Autobot symbol could be torn off, revealing the Decepticon symbol. A black piece of leather tied her hair back from her face and a small silver necklace dipped between her breasts, which were rather supple.
"Soon, little femme, you shall die." she said, smirking as she appeared upon the table next to the sleeping trio. She was about to reach for the winged femme's necklace but froze as the Autobot medic stirred. He opened one of his bleary eyes, blinking in confusion. Moonracer froze, instantly checking to see if her eyes were actually blue before she turned back to face him.
When Ratchet's eyes landed on hers they hardened, telling the femme that she was not welcome. He had not forgotten what she did and said to his lover. The glossy blue-green femme put her hands up in a motion of surrender, motioning him forward while trying not to awaken the sleeping girl.
Ratchet gently detangled himself from his sparkmate, optics softening when she let out an almost inaudible groan. He set her down against the warm body of FlameSpark, striding furiously down to where the 'Autobot' femme was waiting. He had not forgiven her.
"What are you doing here, femme? In my Med Bay no less?" Ratchet growled, glaring at the offending woman-like figure standing before him. Moonracer's acting skills came into play as she pretended to shrink back away from the medic. Actually, not all of it was acting. Ratchet was one scary mech when he wanted to be.
"I wanted to apologize for my earlier actions. I was jealous of her…but now I realize that you love each other. Let me take care of Nexia while you go get some energon?" she suggested, wringing her hands together. The medic crossed his arms, contemplating on what to do. The need for some energon finally won over as he sighed, letting his hands drop to his sides.
"Fine. If one hair or feather is out of place when I return I will kill you myself. And that is a promise." the medic threatened before dismissing his holoform and transforming. When he was out of range the femme scoffed.
"Oh, as if. I doubt your archaic aft could even touch me." she said, turning back to the girl with a smirk painted across her face. She sidled up to her, laughing demonically as Nexia unknowingly slept beneath her.
Sunstreaker was pacing back and forth in the room that he shared with Sideswipe, trying to think of a way to expose Moonracer for who she really was. She was evil with a capital 'E'. He just hoped that the glossy blue-green femme wasn't going to harm Nexia.
"Dude, Sunny! Calm down! You're wearing a hole in the floor…and making me dizzy!" the red warrior said, rolling over on his sleeping berth, trying to block out the sound of his twin's footsteps. Sunstreaker was driving his twin crazy.
"I can't, Sides. What if that fragger hurts Nex while she's sick?!" Sunstreaker asked, turning to pace around the room again. The red warrior sighed, turning over on his berth, yet again, to try to block his twin's rambling.
"If you're so worried about her then go check on her! I'm sure she hasn't moved in the past…what? Two hours?" Sideswipe commented, yawning. The yellow assassin nodded to himself, finally making up his mind he exited his shared quarters and sauntered towards the Medical Bay. When he got there, however, he was met with an alarming sight.
Nexia was curled, asleep, on one of the human sized berths, FlameSpark by her side. There was a strange female humanoid hovering over her sleeping form; upon further examination Sunstreaker realized that it was Moonracer's holoform. Her hand was poised on the winged girl's neck and the other was working on the clasp on Nexia's spark. Ooh, she was going down!
"Stupid necklace. If only your chain would break or something." Moonracer hissed, finally settling on jerking the necklace off the winged girl's neck. She was lucky; the wear on the chain finally caused it to break. Nexia barely flinched as the antibiotics Ratchet had given her induced her into a deep state of sleep. It was as such so the antibiotics could boost her immune system.
"Stupid femme." Sunstreaker mocked, causing the femme's holoform to whirl around. His optics brightened in his anger; he wanted to tear the Decepticon femme apart for attempting to steal Nexia's spark. She smirked, subspacing the winged girl's necklace, and took a step towards the skilled assassin. She was practically asking for her death. She thought she could talk with the assassin…but she didn't know that he could literally dismember her piece by piece.
"Want some of THIS, hun?" she asked him, motioning towards her body. Sunstreaker scoffed, gagging and bringing his battle mask down in response. Her grin disappeared, her optics flickering back to the rusty red as her holoform dissipated. It was time to battle.
Suddenly, she attacked the yellow assassin, rushing forward to kick one of her legs to his chest plate. He dodged, changing his arm into an energon dagger. The yellow warrior couldn't afford to shoot his blaster because of two things: Nexia and the explosive chemicals in the storage room. The storage room was right next to the Medical Bay. He dodged a blow to the helm as he slashed at her leg.
"What's the matter, Mooney? Too slow? Or too stupid?" Sunny teased when he nicked her leg. He was hoping that his little taunt had enraged the femme. The advantage of angering your opponent is that it causes them to loose their focus. The enemy becomes sloppy and they tire themselves out more quickly. She looked like a vain femme; he hoped that she would hook on his taunts.
Luck was on Sunstreaker's side as her attacks became sloppier, causing more and more nicks to appear on her armor as the sun-kissed warrior landed blow after blow. Although her attacks became sloppy, however, the attacks became more furious, denting his armor with little blows. Hopefully he could knock her out and regain Nexia's spark or all hope was lost for the little Phoenix.
The tired medic walked slowly to the Recreational Room of the Autobot base. He knew that he should consume at least three cups of energon in order for his energy reserves to raise themselves back to optimum efficiency. He also knew that he should hurry but he couldn't bring himself to move any faster. He was sore and tired.
Once he reached the room he pulled himself past a recharging Jazz, who was passed out on the large couch for some reason, and made his way to the energon dispenser. He grabbed a large cube, filling it to the brim with energon. He quickly downed the first cube, taking time to digest the soothing liquid before turning to fill the cube again. Hopefully he would be able to get back to the winged girl quickly. He had an uneasy feeling in his gut.
Ratchet turned towards the door when he heard it slide open, standing a little taller when he realized that it was the Autobot leader. He always showed respect towards Optimus…even though the Autobot leader was younger than he.
"Ratchet. I have something to tell you that concerns Moonracer and Nexia. It is of the utmost importance." the reverberating voice of the large mech echoed throughout the room. The medic nodded, already dreading what his leader had to tell him. All of the other information that came from Optimus regarding Moonracer had enraged him so he hoped that this time would be different. He couldn't, however, shake the bad feeling that was growing.
"Yes, Optimus? What is it this time?" he asked, wearily eyeing his Commanding Officer. Optimus knew that Ratchet was tired so he didn't berate the medic for his snapping.
"We have reason to believe that Moonracer may be a Decepticon in disguise." the great blue and red mech said, getting strait to the point. Ratchet paused halfway through his second cube of energon, spitting out what he had in his mouth. He was shocked!
"W-why would you say that?" the medic stammered, shifting his optics nervously. He had, after all, left Moonracer to watch over an unconscious Nexia. The bad feeling was growing.
"Well…coupled with the fact that she absolutely despised the idea of you falling in love with Nexia, the twins claim that she has the optics of a Decepticon. Her optics were red." Optimus calmly explained. Ratchet looked at the ground, biting his metallic lip, before a thought struck him. Didn't she have red optics when she was yelling angrily at him? It was true!
Ratchet gasped, dropping his cube of half-filled energon. Moonracer was a Decepticon. He left Nexia in Moonracer's care. Nexia was in danger!! He was such a glitch.
Suddenly, a large crash was heard from the direction of the Medical Bay. Ratchet and Optimus froze, the energon freezing within their robotic veins. They scrambled from the Recreational Room and dashed to the Medical Bay, drawing their weapons as they went. On the inside, the Autobot Medic was quaking; if anything happened to the winged girl he would never forgive himself.
Ratchet wrenched the doors open, effectively distracting Sunstreaker from the battle at hand. The medic took the scene into his processor, gaping in horror. His Medical Bay was a wreck and Moonracer, and Sunstreaker, was in the middle of it.
The glossy blue-green femme took this time to exploit Sunstreaker's distracted state. She grabbed his arm and threw him into the wall next to Nexia's bed. The vibration from the impact from successfully woke the winged girl and the Black Flamed Unicorn from their slumber. Nexia jumped and looked around, clearly confused as she identified Moonracer hovering over Sunstreaker's fallen form. The femme smirked at his sparking frame, gloating over the fact that he was down.
"What are you doing?!" the winged girl demanded, stumbling to her knees. She wanted to help the fallen assassin but she was still too weak.
"You heathen! Return My Lady's spark to her at once, Decepticon filth!" FlameSpark roared, screaming in anger. The flames on his back faded from red to bright blue and white - the hottest type of fire known in the universe.
Nexia gasped and grabbed at her throat, just now noticing that her necklace was missing. At the sign of being momentarily distracted, Moonracer attacked the winged girl. She was almost upon Nexia but was pulled back by a large hand on her shoulder. She was yanked across the room by an angry Ratchet, hitting the wall and hissing in pain.
He was upon her this time, transforming his hand into a large energon saw. It revved to life, coming dangerously near the glossy blue-green femme's throat.
"What's going on?! Someone answer me!" Nexia exclaimed, tears coming to her eyes. She didn't understand what was going on and she was rapidly loosing her strength due to the loss of her spark. Without the spark all of her energy was directed to her immune system, causing her to teeter dangerously to the side. She fell back to her knees, sighing out as she fought to stay awake.
"Moon's evil, Nex. She stole your spark." Sunstreaker wheezed from beside the medical berth she was situated on. Nexia whipped her head around to stare at his angry optics, breathing out sadly once she realized that he wasn't joking.
"Then what are we going to do about getting my spark back?" she inquired nervously, jerking her head to the fallen femme. If it was one thing she learned about the Decepticons was that they were never to be underestimated. The glossy blue-green femme was no exception.
Suddenly Moonracer jumped to her feet, surprising Optimus as she crashed into his side. She knocked the medic's saw away from her throat as she did so. Normally she would have done little to no damage but due to the distraction it caused a great deal more. Before he could grab her leg she jumped high into the air and through the Medical Bay's doors.
"NO! My spark!! She has my spark!" Nexia screamed in a frenzy. She tried to stand from her kneeling position but only succeeded in collapsing onto her stomach. Sunstreaker and Ratchet activated their holoforms to assist her while Optimus raced after the Decepticon femme, hoping to catch her before she exited the base. He was bigger, with longer legs, but she was faster.
They raced towards the entrance; Moonracer was a few lengths ahead of the great mech but his great strides eventually caught up to her as she exited through the doors. She took Nexia's spark from her subspace pocket, throwing it high in the air as soon as Optimus tackled her to the ground. The Autobot leader went to reach up to catch it, while pinning the squirming blue-green femme to the ground, but the evil laughter of the Decepticon commander filtered through the air.
"Well done, femme. I won't have to terminate you. I shall leave that to the Autobots." Starscream cackled as he flew by, half transforming in order to snatch the spark in the air.
"No!" Optimus yelled in disdain, optics widening when he realized that Nexia was just sentenced to her doom. He glared down at the writhing femme underneath him, venom dripping from his gaze.
"You shall suffer for what you have done, Moonracer. Ratchet will see to that." he promised her, cuffing her arm, and dragging her into the base. If you had seen Ratchet angry in the past that would be nothing compared to how he would act now.
TFSTARFIRE - I agree there! I would never trust Starscream. I, being my obnoxious self, would probably yell something at him and wind up being killed.
Stesuna the Dragon - ^_^ I know. Should I have Ratchet actually kill her? But then he'll go against the code of all healers...
electrogirl88 - Oh I know! She was awesome in the cartoon and I feel bad for making her evil but I like putting in twists.
DON'T FORGET TO GO TO MY PROFILE!! I finally put up some drawings for my fanfictions! They are all done by me and I inked most of them (on one of the Nexia ones I ran out of ink so it looks kind of weird.)