Chapter Six
As they entered Mission City, Lennox passed Bumblebee upon entering, leading the way till they reached an old pawnshop. Lennox rushed inside, and was gone for ten minutes, which made everyone nervous. Ty tried to take Mikaela and Sam's mind off of it, so he asked a question that had been bugging him.
"Sam, how did the Autobots and the Decepticons find out about great-great grandpa's glasses? As I recall I left them in my desk drawer at home before I left." Tyrell watched his brother flinch, and Mikaela began to giggle.
"Well…, I kinda…, well you see…" Sam sputtered.
"He tried to sell them on Ebay" stated Mikaela, trying to help Sam out.
Tyrell eyes flashed dangerously, which had Sam groaning and Mikaela laughing harder. His voice was a whisper as he spoke. "Sam, please tell me you didn't try to sell my things while I was gone. Dad gave me those glasses when I was sixteen, I certainly didn't give them to you"
Sam stuttered more about money for his car fund. Tyrell began to give Sam his death glare, clearly pissed that Sam had tried to sell his things.
Bumblebee was amused at the situation, and began to laugh, his frame shaking.
"Stop laughing Bee," snapped Sam.
Got your hand stuck in the cookie jar, I see.
"He sure did Bee, just wait till were home again" warned Tyrell, smiling evily. "I'm sure Sam has a lot of his things that I need to sell, he does owe me a thousand dollars."
"Wait you gave me that money" stuttered Sam.
"That was before you tried to sell my things."
Before Sam could come up with a comeback Lennox finally reappeared holding what looked like ancient radios.
"Come on, let's go! Mount up!" he yelled. He walked to the car that he was sharing with Epps."Here, I got shortwave radios" passing one to Epps.
"Wait. What am I supposed to do with this?" questioned Epps gazing at the radio like it was a rock.
"Well, use them! It's all we got" said Lennox clearly as frustrated as Epps was.
Epps could be heard muttering about RadioShack dinosaur radios. Lennox passed the other radios to rest of the cars.
"Epps does know how these work" Ty asked as he smiled at Lennox, accepting the radio.
"He better, it's all that will work right now" deadpanned Lennox, not smiling back. Tyrell clipped the radio onto his belt not commenting on anything else. The cars began to move on out again, traffic clearing away when they saw the military cars. The sound of a jet made its way down to the convoy.
"Air Force has arrived! Pop smoke!" yelled Lennox, everyone began exiting the cars. People on the street began backing away leaving the area around the soldiers clear.
"Raptor, Raptor, do you copy?" asked Epps into the radio. The jet flew by again.
"We have your visual. Green smoke is the mark. Provide air cover and vector Blackhawks for extraction."
Suddenly Ty's pocket began to vibrate. He pulled out Dials, a text message on the screen.
Decepticon!
At the same time the black Topkick transformed yelling "Its Starscream!"
The pedestrians all around began screaming at the sight of the Topkick.
"Please tell me you copy" whispered Epps into the radio as he lowered the radio staring at the Raptor.
The Autobots began moving. "Back up! Take cover" yelled the Topkick to the Hummer. "Bumblebee!" he yelled, running over to a Ferbie trailer picking it up. Bee joined him, holding up the trailer.
"No, no, no, no, no! Move!" yelled Lennox as the jet turned and began to fly towards them
"Back up, Back up!" yelled the Topkick to the humans, all the soldiers began to retreat.
Tyrell grabbed Sam and Mikaela and pushed them out of the way, as the 22 let loose a missile slamming into the trailer. The explosion was huge; Tyrell was slammed into the building, rocks, fire and ash rained down on him. He lay there a moment, his ears ringing, the only sound he could hear. Sunlight streamed through the ash and the dust that fell .Ty pushed himself back up and glanced at the destruction, several civilians were running away screaming silently, then it was as if someone flicked a switch because sound began to accost him. He looked around for Sam, spying him in the rubble, right next to Mikaela.
"Sam, are you hurt," asked Tyrell as he helped pull Sam up, after he pulled Mikaela out.
"Ya, Mikaela?" they both looked at the girl.
"Fine" she assured, looking around at the destruction, the boys followed her example. Sam's eyes swept over the rubble, spotting a splash of yellow crawling through the dust.
"Bumblebee!" He yelled as he ran towards the mech. "Oh my god Bumblebee, your legs."
Tyrell looked at the mech's legs, Bee's feet had been severed off at the ankle. He felt sadness at the sight.
"Please Bee you got to get up" pleaded Sam, "Ratchet!" Tyrell placed his hand on Sam shoulder, quieting him; it wouldn't be good for anyone if Sam became hysterical. Mikaela wrapped her arms around Sam calming him further. Bee chirped, sending a silent thank-you to Tyrell and did they only thing he could do. He handed Sam the cube. Sam looked at the cube and then at Bumblebee, he walked away from Tyrell and sat next to Bee, "I'm not leaving you."
Tyrell looked at his brother and then at Bumblebee, hating at what he had to do next. But it was his duty as a soldier to help the people of Mission City. "Sam, Mikaela I have to help the other soldiers, stay near Bumblebee." Sam nodded at his older brother, while Mikaela looked past him.
Tyrell turned to leave, but stopped as he thought of the little sparkling in his pocket. He couldn't take a child into battle. He drew Dials out, who slowly transformed, Ty leveled the little bot with his eyes, "Dials, I want you to stay here with Sam and Bumblebee until I come back for you, okay? I don't want you to get hurt, you'll be safe here."
The sparkling nodded, and gently began to rub Tyrell's check with his head, his tiny hands resting on Ty's face in a hug. Wordlessly he gave the sparkling to Sam, who nodded.
Tyrell turned and went to where Lennox and Epps were arguing.
"What the hell was that! They shot at us!"
"F-22 would never fly beneath buildings. That's alien. That ain't friendly!"
"Well no shit Sherlock" exclaimed Lennox. In different circumstances Ty would have laughed.
Suddenly another explosion sounded. Tyrell turned to see what it was, it was a tank! He dropped down behind a slab on concrete. A tow truck drove past, and Tyrell saw Mikaela behind the wheel. That crazy, stupid girl, he thought, Sam was a lucky man to get a girl like that. He knew that she intended to get Bumblebee on the back of it.
The tank fired again, and the Rangers and the S7 agents returned fire. The Topkick came speeding towards the tank, which fired when it saw it. The Topkick jumped, mid-transformed. It soared through the air, firing a shot at the ground to help its momentum, to get back on its feet just to flip over again, to avoid more shells. It was an awesome sight to watch, Tyrell couldn't believe that these Autobots could move so quick.
Suddenly one of the Autobot's the one that was the Porsche came hurtling out and grabbed the tank by the mussel. Flipping around like a gymnast.
"Is that all you got Decepticon punk"
The said punk transformed to his full height, towering over the humans. The silver Autobot began pulling guns off of the Con, before the Con grabbed the Autobot and threw him into a building. The Topkick was still sailing through the air, firing back at the tank, both of which missed.
The one that Sam said was the Hummer, pulled out a circle saw and sliced down as he flipped over the Con and succeeded in taking off his hand.
"Concentrate your fire" yelled Lennox trying to be heard over the explosions around him. The Ranger responded, the shot began to land in close proximity around the others.
A rumble filled the air as a huge mech landed, causing the ground to shake. Ty recognized it, it was the one that was frozen in the dam.
"Its Megatron! Retreat! Move! Fall back" yelled the medic.
The Autobots began to retreat, Tyrell tried to but the blasts of the Decipticons kept him pinned down. He watched amazed as Megatron picked up the tiny silver Autobot like he was a lost kitten, and then flying to a top of a building. Tyrell knew with-out a doubt that Megatron was going to kill the silver Autobot.
Tyrell fired a shot at the building gauging it, his bullet fell far from the mark, gun was useless at that distance. He looked around, spotting a one of the army vehicles that S-7 had brought with them. He broke cover ran to it, and jumping inside when he reached it. He rummaged through it, until he found what could help, a rocket launcher.
Tyrell jumped out of the car, looking up to see that he wasn't too late. Megatron hadn't killed the Autobot yet. He hoisted the launcher onto his shoulder, looking through the scope he aimed, knowing that he would only get one chance at this. He looked at Megatrons face, aiming for the forehead as Megatron' gripped the tiny Autobot in his claws, pulling.
"Go to hell" he muttered, firing the launcher. The backfire maked him fall on his ass, but his aim was true, it hit Megatron square on. As he hoped, Megatron dropped the Autobot to clutch at his head.
'Arghhhhh' was his mighty yell.
Tyrell didn't waste time staring, knowing that Megatron would look in the direction the shot had come from and Tyrell didn't want to meet this robot. He strapped the rocket launcher on his back and ran, using abandoned cars and pieces of rubble to hide behind. He didn't know if Megatron had seen him or not. He ran to the place he left Sam, only to find it empty of both Bee and Sam. He looked up and down the street, shocked when he caught sight of Sam running in front of the Topkick and the Hummer with the All Spark.
Tyrell began to run after them, watching as the helicopter from Qatar land in front of them, exchanging fire with the Topkick. He watched as it transformed moments later, taking off as fast as he had landed moments ago. Tyrell began to run all the faster, gaining on Sam. The sound of a jet filled the air, again another flying Transformer landed in front of the trio that was still in front of Tyrell. This second distraction allowed him to catch up with them as this mech shot the Topkick in the gut, and the medic had been injured as well. Again the flying transformer left before the Topkick could fire his cannons off.
Ty realized as he drew closer that the Autobots that had been protecting Sam were injured, and would be unable to continue. He knew what he had to do.
"Sam get to the building" rasped out Ironhide before falling down, his wounds overcoming him, Ratchet just fell down like a puppet whose strings had been cut. Sam looked at the cube in his hands and the building that seemed so far away, he realized that he would have to go on by himself. He took a deep breath and prepared to run, when he felt a hand land on his arm. He jerked away, turning around, thoughts of Frenzy in his mind. He relaxed as saw his brother standing there covered in dirt and blood, with what looked like a rocket launcher on his back and a gun in his hands.
"Tyrell" he said relieved to see him okay. Ty allowed a small smile before his mouth became a hard line.
"Sam, which building are we supposed to be running to" Sam was relieved to hear Tyrell say we, and not you. While the Autobots were unable to protect him, Ty had come to take their place. Sam pointed to the building saying.
"White one, with statues on top"
Ty spotted the building immediately.
"Let's go then, before the Decepticons learn were your at."
Sam nodded and began to run, safe with the knowledge that Tyrell would protect him, just like he always had.
They hadn't been running again when they heard a sound like a powerful engine, Ty cursed when he turned briefly to see what it was, it was Megatron, heading towards them fast. The ground trembled as Megatron landed behind them. "Give me the cube, boy!" he snarled, beginning to run after them.
Ty turned to look at Sam startled to see a car coming towards them. Before Ty could call out a warning, the car slammed into Sam, causing him to fall. The cube hit the ground along with him, causing a wave of blue energy to roll off it. The wave hit Tyrell, who grabbed his head, and the entire world grew still around him as if time stopped. He closed his eyes, against the sun that seemed to burn his eyes.
Images flew beneath his eyelids, along with symbols that held no meaning to him. They seemed no end to them, and they kept on coming. He seemed to fall into his mind, the images and symbols trapping him in a cube, flying around him like a tornado. Continuously changing, none ever repeating in the same order.
When the time comes you will remember. A voice sounded in his head, that echoed, cutting off the flow of symbols. The images around him cracked in a spider web design, falling into a thousand pieces. The symbol he was standing on broke last, flinging him into the darkness of his mind. Soon a pinprick of light became visible, he fell towards it. He jerked back to reality, as he fell through the light. No time had passed while he was lost in his own mind. He grabbed Sam from off of the ground and pushed him out in front running. The building seemed to have sprung up right in front of them as they ran towards it, Megatron on their heels. Ty gripped his gun tighter, as they ran into the building.
"You're not gonna get us" muttered Sam between breaths, and he kept repeating it as they ran further from the door. Megatron burst into the building seconds after them.
"Surprise, I smell you boy." His voice echoed around the empty building, shattering some of the windows that were still intact.
Ty shoved Sam towards a set of stairs as Megatron tried to follow them.
"Maggots" he snarled as he found that he couldn't follow them. Ty forced Sam to not stop but keep going up the stairs, they seemed to fly up the steps. Reaching the roof in no time at all. Ty spied the Blackhawks, as soon as Sam did. Sam lit the flare that Ty noticed he had and began running across the roof signaling them.
"Hey, over here" he cried, running towards the edge of the building. Ty followed, looking at the floor than the Blackhawks, concentrateing on the vibrations that were coming from below them, he knew that they only had seconds before Megatron burst through the roof.
A Blackhawk appeared before them, the wind caused by the blades blowing Ty hair back. Sam reached over the edge of the building to hand the cube to one of the men aboard when movement caught Ty's eye. It was the Decipticon that looked like a flying Dorito that had attacked Sam and hurt the Topkick and Hummer. He was on top of a building and smiling as he looked at the helicopter and Sam. Ty watched as his hand transformed into a cannon. His eyes met Tyrell's and the grin grew bigger.
"Watch out!" Ty yelled, pulling Sam away from the helicopter just as Dorito fired off the missiles. The Blackhawk couldn't move fast enough, it slammed into the building before spinning out of control. One of the missiles hit the building, Ty used his body to shield Sam, as the debris fell down on them. The floor beneath them began to quake. Ty could hear the sound of Megatron climbing through the levels, almost upon them. Ty picked himself up before pulling Sam up, he forced Sam to look into his eyes.
"Sam, get behind one of the statues on the edge" he ordered with a voice devoid of emotion. Sam looked at him with fear in his eyes.
"Tyrell…"
"Now!" snapped Tyrell, he looked at Sam's face one last time, pulling him into a hug and whispering into his ear. "Remember the Witwicky motto. No sacrifice, no victory. Remember that Sam, now move it!"
Sam did as he was told, as Megatron's arms burst through the floor. Ty quickly ducked down behind an old air conditioner unit, preparing the rocket launcher that was still strapped to his back. He knew that he would probably only live to get one shot off before Megatron killed him.
"Is it fear or courage that compels you fleshlings?" When neither answered Megatron voice grew deadlier. "It's no use fleshings, I know you're here with the All-Spark. Come out now and I will kill you fast."
Ty waited until Megatron was totally free of the building, before he aimed the launcher at the mech's chest squeezing the trigger, hoping against hope that this would stop him.
Megatron heard the sound of Tyrell squeezing the trigger, and turned just in time to see the rocket flying towards him. He calmly swatted it away, the rocket flew past the rest of him harmlessly to hit the building across the road.
He began to chuckle, as he caught sight of Ty as he brought his gun up and began to fire the saber rounds at him. A few pierced his armor, making Megatron snarl. Megatron focused his optics intensely on Tyrell. They seemed to dance as if there were devil's inside them. Ty remembered his mother telling him that the eyes were the windows to the soul. Before Ty could reload his gun, he found himself in Megatron's claws, being painfully squeezed.
"Foolish human, protecting the weak. First that Autobot Jazz, and now this runt of a boy. I'm glad that I didn't kill you as you ran away, the thrill of the chase was so much better with the knowledge that it was you whom I followed, along with this boy and the All-Spark."
Tyrell was surprised that Megatron knew that it was him that had shot him, he thought for sure had had not been seen.
While Megatron had been talking he had managed to reach his pistol, that hung off his him, he prayed that Sam would forgive him for the foolish thing he was going to do next. He stared straight into Megatron's optics.
"That runt is my brother! Fuck off" He yelled opening fire on Megatrons face.
Megatron took no more notice of the bullets than a cow does to a couple of flies. He just gripped Tyrell harder, Ty struggled to breathe, black dots began to swim across his vision as he wheezed. Megatron just laughed enjoying the helplessness in Ty's eyes. He looked over at Sam who was looking from behind the statue on the roof. Laughing at the panic and fear in his eyes.
"How sweet, you're protecting your little brother. Once upon a time my brother used to do the same with me. But he was weak, and so are you. Such a shame, you would have made an interesting pet. Good-bye fleshling."
With that Megatron threw Tyrell over his shoulder.
"Tyrell!" he heard Sam yelling.
Tyrell flew through the air somersaulting, soon losing all sense of direction. A building began to rise in his eyes. He barely had time to raise his arms to protect his face, when he slammed into it. Tyrell heard things snap, and then came the pain. Gravity was still claiming him as he fell from five stories to the ground below. The ground had no give, Tyrell saw as blood immediately began to pool around him, he tasted blood in his mouth. His eyes began to roam focusing on the blue sky. He told himself he was imagining things as the ground was shook as if something large was coming towards him.
The last thought that Tyrell had as the darkness claimed him was that he wished Sam was okay and that he had more time to live. The darkness wrapped around him like a soft blanket, embracing him as everything fell away.
Woo, cliff- hanger. Will Tyrell survive or has he finally died. Find out next time. This chapter is my birthday present from me to everyone. Haha I'm 17 today! June 22, 2011.
So please review and let me know wait you think. Anonymous reviews are welcomed.