"So, what do you need us f- WHOA!"
Miko almost immediately noticed that the there were two giant robots standing in front of the main hangar, in massive towers. Raph was wide eyed, and Jack was surprised at this too.
"Are those for us? Why are there only 2?" Miko asked Ratchet, who has been waiting outside the main hangar to brief them on what they are going to do.
"I'm afraid that you can't, they are for other people. Anyway, what I called you here for."
Ratchet motioned for them to come inside, where optimus was waiting.
"I see that you have been using your suits lately," Optimus said, with a slight smile on his face.
"Sure have, these things are awesome!' Miko said.
Optimus nodded in approval to Ratchet, who was grinning like an idiot by now.
"Anyway, we have intercepted a transmission from one of the commanders associates. He is arriving at these coordinates," Optimus showed the coordinates in the middle of Canada, far from any city or town.
"You three will go to these coordinates and make sure this commander lands safely and gets back to us," Optimus said, with determination in his voice.
"Wait, what or who are commanders? What will they look like?" Miko asked.
"You will know when you see it. Anyway, I believe Ratchet has some things to give you," Optimus said, pointing to the insane-looking Ratchet.
"Come over here, I'll show you," Ratchet said, pulling a shelf out that was riddled with weapons and gadgets.
"Whoa, that's a lot of guns. Me likey," said Miko as she looked through the shelf.
"Jack, I got you something you might like," Ratchet said, grabbing a large sniper rifle from the top shelf.
"Your very own anti-material sniper rifle," Ratchet said, grinning as Jack grabbed the rifle. It seemed to be a lot bigger than a .50 rifle, about .75 or more. It was almost as long as he is tall, but weighed like it was nothing. It had a scope that had a zoom multiple times better than a normal sniper scope.
"Wow, this is a nice weapon. Thanks Ratchet," Jack said with a grin of approval on his face. Jack also got a new assault rifle, it was a little longer than before, but it was manageable. It also looked like the weapon had a larger calibre than before.
Miko got a shield booster, which allowed her shields to survive longer, and she got a grenade launcher. While Raph got blueprints for assault bots, a stealth field generator and a electron Submachine gun.. Everything else on the shelf was everything from other guns to small nuclear bombs. Miko was all over it, looking at every little thing on the shelf.
"I spent the entire night building these, don't let them go to waste," Ratchet said.
"We won't." Miko exclaimed, still focused on the shelf.
Afterwards, Jack, Raph and Miko were given some time to get ready. Jack was at his room, which is big enough for Optimus to walk into without causing damage, getting food, water and nanite canisters for his ammo regen system. Damn, I think we are the only three people that have regenerating ammo. Thought Jack as he got 4 nanite canisters. Then, the door opened as Arcee stepped in.
"You could knock, you know," Jack said, smiling.
"Meh, didn't feel like it. So, how long will you be?" Arcee asked
"A few hours at the least, give or take whether nothing goes wrong in the meantime," said Jack, in a kinda depressed tone.
"Hey," Arcee put her hand on Jacks' shoulder, "I'll be here. Just… come back in one piece, ok?" Arcee said softly.
"I will, don't worry," said Jack.
"Hey, you coming or what?" Miko shouted from down the hall.
"I'm coming Miko," Jack shouted back. "I'll be back in a few hours, ok?"
"Ok. Go get em, Jack," Arcee said as Jack walked towards the ground bridge.
They stepped out into the cold Canadian weather as they exited the ground-bridge. The place looked densely forested, with trees in almost every direction.
"Alright, there should be a clearing not too far from your location, to the north-east. It's a pretty large clearing, so keep your eyes out." Said Ratchet over the radio.
"Roger, heading to rendezvous point now," Jack said as he motioned the trio to move North-East.
"It will be a few hours until the commander arrives, please don't do anything stupid in the meantime," Jacks' mother said in the background.
"We will, mom," said Jack. He was happy that his mom is used to seeing giant robots on a regular basis.
"We will be on standby in case you need backup. Until then, maintain radio silence until the commander arrives," said Optimus on the radio.
"Got it, turning off radios in 3, 2, 1, mark." All the radios were turned off for the trio in unison, and immediately the feeling of Isolation swept through the trio as they made way to their objective.