Transformers Prime: Miami
Chapter 12: Counter Strike.
Tempe,Arizona
Four days earlier...
The early morning sun peeked over the desert town, Most of the city were still asleep. Ecept for a few cars on the road. The dim of the headlights cut through the early morning dew, As the blue Jeep halted to a slow crawl. The driver of the vehicle was looked young well at the age of 22 she was still fairly young, But her eyes told a different story. She had striking red hair with fading black streaks, The ginger underneath was starting to show. She had pale skin, a trait that came along with most gingers. The red hair was long and fell flat along her face. She mainly wore dark makeup along her eyes and dark lipstick to complete her semi-goth look. Still everything about Delilah Danzig was ment to throw off assumptions. To the common eye, people saw a college age hipster. Dressed in baggy shirts and tight jeans. She was never far off from a Star bucks coffee cup or a bag of rice cake snacks. Most people never gave her a second look, which was her favorite advantage.
As she pulled into the McKings parking lot her blackberry went off, Pulling off she answered her phone on the first ring.
"So have you given any thought to my suggestions? I hear Tesla has some great models out this year..."
"Ha Ha ,no ,Not yet. I was thinking of bringing you in on a job," The voice on the other line said.
"Great timing I'm just coming off a job, " She said cracking open a red bull."I had to liquidate a problem."
"Great how soon can you be in South Beach?"
" After I clean up here a day or two. Wait You don't want me to go to Jasper?"she said a little disappointed.
"I know you went to all that trouble to hack Fowler's servers but I have another assignment for you, Finish your supper before you start on dessert..."
"Fine, you know my fees 10K up front, and other 30 when I'm done."
"Good and be ready to work with some MECH boys that need the work.."
She rolled her eyes " Seriously? Isn't Silas like dead or something?"
"Something like that, It's only for a night I need someone that knows how the soft bits of a "transformer""
"You know the sun and my skin doesn't mix well together, it kinda burns."
"So does you and holy objects, Just get here Mos koshii..." He hung up
Delilah shook her head and pulled up to the drive through, "One breakfast biscuit, sausage and cheese only , two has browns and a diet coke."
"Would you like anything else?" the intercom spoke.
Delilah turned to her passenger who had a transfixed stare and rigor mortis setting in.
"You want anything?" She asked the dead body mockingly
"I didn't think so.."
Present night.
Miko Nakadai always knew she would someday be in a street race, But she always thought it would be in Tokyo, not in the streets of Miami. Not that she was complaining. She heard the revving of the engines and the lights of the crowd watching. There were three cars to the left of her and two cars to the right of her. Each of them were fast muscle cars in their own right, each had lights built in them that glowed in the night.
"Are you sure I can't drive?" She asked feeling her blood pump with adrenaline.
"Sorry kiddo, I can't risk the mission and I'll be dammed if I'm the property of some Cholo`!" Sunstreaker said " You just sit back and get ready, Your ten seconds away from the most exciting time of your life!"
The chick in the hot pants and the tight black tank top raised her 9mm in the air. She sired off three rounds to start the race, Instantly the cars tore off as dust kicked up all aorund as the race was on. Miko was thrown back in the drivers seat as she howled in approval. She could feel the G forces press against her, her blood trembling with the revving of the engines. Three of the cars kept pace with sunstreaker as they turned the corner and tore through the night. Sunstreaker drifted ever so slightly before regaining traction and gained speed once more, he was careful not to completely blow them out of the water. He was happy to string them along and make them think they had a chance.
April climbed up on one of the railings to get a better look of the race, She pulled out her binoculars and gave Elita a play by play of the race.
"Race has started and it seems like its tight, I don't get it Sunstreaker is powered by Energon and he's one of the fastest cars on the planet, why is he barely beating them?" April asked peering through the binoculars.
"Because he's toying with them." Elita-One said " it's not enough to beat them, he wants them to never forget it."
Sunstreaker was always this teams wild card. He was brash, cocky, and arrogant. What was worse, he could back up every bit of it. Before he was apart of Elita's team he was part of a team called Omega Sector back on Cybertron. They were tasked with the crazy impossible missions. A hand picked team of specialists who's sole job was to succeed where other Autobots couldn't. According to their commander Omega Supreme, When all else failed, they didn't. The only competition and buffer Sunstreaker had was his brother, Sideswipe. Sideswipe was elsewhere in the galaxy commanding a outpost on the Asari homeworld of Thessia.
"Ok team give me your 20..." Elita ordered
"Mirage in position," Mirage reported from the south entrance of the warehouse district.
"Little busy now..." Sunstreaker said
"April in position..." She reported.
Time passed and Green light failed to report in, "Green Light? "Elita asked " Green light what's your 20 over?"
Still nothing, Mirage and April held their collective breath.
"Green light report in , that's an order..." Elita hissed. "Perceptor..."
"I'm on it " Perceptor said from base as he began to triangulate on Green Light's life meter.
With a few quick commands into the terminal Perceptor keyed in on Green Light, He didn't like what he saw and he knew Elita wouldnt either,
"Elita One, Green Light is registering faint life signs, " Perceptor said as he enoucntered a glitch in the system " For reasons I can't explain now I can't pintpoint her exact location, All I can tell you is she is somewhere five miles North east from your location!"
"Boss lady ,I'm picking up Energon signals closing in!" Mirage said " Coming in from ….Oh great, North East!"
"Slag!" Elita cursed " Something's coming and we can;t leave our position..."
Yuri grabbed his rifle and got out of Elita one " I go ,I find Green Light! " He said without a second thought.
"Are you sure? Whatever hit Green Light ,you might encounter on the way." She warned.
"It will be ok!" Yuri said with a slight grin and slinging the rifle over his shoulder " My uncle was Spetznas soldier, he taught me thing or two about staying hidden!"
"Elita activated her hologram avatar, it was of a middle aged woman with brown curly hair, brown eyes and striking features, he turned to face Yuri " You find Green Light you radio in your position to Perceptor, Don't be a hero get her bridged out of here!"
"Yuri, Please be careful..." April said softly over his earpiece.
Yuri nodded and took off running.
The Cosmonaut ran through high grass, the nighttime sky was lit up by the stars. He used them to his advantage to make sure he stayed running northeast. It started to bring back memories for him as a young boy growing up in Leningrad. The son of a Russian Naval navigator, Yuri enlisted in the Red Army at the age of 13. He served East Germany and various parts of Europe, Before transferring over to the Russian Air Force at the age of 19. It was there he displayed a natural knack for flying experimental new jets like the MiG. It wasn't long before he was accepted into the Cosmonaut program. He put his all into the training and in December of 1966, He became the 20th man to fly in the Earth's orbit. For his efforts he was rewarded the hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin decorations. He was all set to try for a spot on the team to land on the moon. He was sure of a lot of things, But fate had a funny way of turning the tables on him. He was sure both megapowers would destroy themselves in Nuclear war, He was sure he probably wouldn't live to see 40. But now he was running to check on the well being of an alien robot in an American city, having missed out on the last 40 years.
Yuri heard a sound and immediately ducked into the high grass. He used the cover of the darkness to hid himself. He saw the lights of a large green SUV speeding its way back toward the race site, on top of roof was a soldier dressed in green manning a very large gun. They drove past so fast they didnt notice him.
"Elita , this is Yuri, Big tuck with a big gun headed your way!" he reported as he continued on to find Green Light.-
Sunstreaker turned the sixth and final corner, Up until now had had kept the race very tight but now was the time he had to turn on the afterburners. It was the final home stretch and he could see the finish line was nearing. Miko herself was high of the speed and being tossed around the drivers seat.
"Miko you better hold on to your teeth!" Sunstreaker said as he hit his energon afterburners, He could tell the drivers behind them had their nitrous to give in an extra kick but he was gone by the time their first pump of Nitrous gas this their turbines. As he race toward the finish line various dark green SUV's piled onto the race road, four turned toward the crowds and one turned onto the race track aimed right at the racing cars. Atop the roof of the one SUV about to engaged the racers one person dressed in all black came up out of it with a rocket launcher, he fired it at Sunstreaker.
Sunstreaker saw them and reacted with lightning quick reflexes, He dodged the projectile, It exploded behind him in a massive blue red fire cloud, the blast wave threw Sunstreaker forward and off the ground as his car frame began to flip. The rocket was powerful enough to form a sizable crater, that most of the cars were too late to dodge. Cars began to pile up in the ditch as Sunstreaker flipped three times before he used the momentum to thrust himself into the air. As he transformed he forcibly ejected Miko out of his seat. She screamed as her arms and legs flailed in the air. Sunstreaker as he flipped over the enemy SUV pinpointed a shot from his arm cannon right on their hood and engine effectively killing the car but not harming the assailants inside. As he flipped right-side up He grabbed the flying Miko out of the air ahead of him, and transformed back into his car form with her safely back in the drivers seat.
Miko screamed and screamed as she tried to comprehend what just happened, and the fact she was still in one piece.
"you ok Kid!" Sunstreaker asked.
"I am!" Miko shouted " But I think I peed myself!"
He transformed and placed her on the ground, "Go on, get to cover!" He yelled as he ran toward the fighting,
"But I!" She protested
"DO IT NOW!"
The four remaining SUV's began to attack the crowds, they jumped out with futuristic looking weapons that fired blue bolts of energy. The people screamed as they scattered
"We got trouble! Team move in!" Elita ordered as she and Mirage moved from their places
"Those are humans are carrying an energon based weapon!" Perceptor said from the base, " Those way too advance for them to use! Not only will that blast kill a human instantly it will more than likely do irreparable damage to you !"
"Boss lady! These are humans will Cybertronian weapons? How do we proceed?"Mirage said as he transformed.
"if they are energon weapons they have to use a Pulse container to prime the blast chamber! "Elita one said " Use your Arc waves to shatter the Pulse container on their rifle!"
"I see where doing that will disable the weapon but not harm the humans but Elita to do that you have to get in close to use the Arc Wave!" Perceptor warned.
"I didn't say it would be easy!" she said with a smirk.
April was still perched high on the scaffolding, she could scan the battle from her viewpoint, She saw as what looked like 15-20 armed men get out and began opening firing on the gangs, The gangs in turn returned fired. It was an all out battle zone, as she hunkered down to remain somewhat out of sight. She knew she could see what was going on but the downside was she was a sitting duck.
" You have 20 guys all round they are spreading out and using those laser guns on the people!" she said .
"April get out of there!" Elita shouted " That's an order!"
"No wait it's ok , I think i'm safe up here! They are moving towards the south side of the warehouse district!' She then stopped as she saw one of them turn and look right in her direction. They locked eyes and April knew she was made.
"oh shit-take`..." She said as she saw him raise his rocket launcher at her direction and fire. She tossed the binoculars as she hopped from the railing and dropped 20 feet down. She just made it as the projectile exploded above her head. Her ears rang with a white noise as she hit the ground. She felt a wet pop come from her right leg, as her blue tooth fell from her ear. Then a blinding pain shot from her leg and she rolled on her back. She screamed in pain as she felt the deformed bone in her right shin. She had defiantly broke her leg.
She crawled along the ground to the entrance of one of the nearby garages. Her leg as a fire as she looked around to what she could use. She found a large flexible cable close to her. Taking off her shoe and ripping her pant leg she saw the damage to her leg.
The bone was defiantly broke and protruding out, but it hadn't broken the skin. She was going to have to reset her own leg. Tying the end of one cable around her foot she wrapped it around one of the pipes imbedded within the wall, She made sure the cable was taut as she wrapped the cable around her arm. She took the remaining part of the cable and held it in between her teeth as she knew this next part was going to suck.
She took a deep breath and counted to three on her head as in one swift motion she planted her other good leg against the wall for stability and pulled the cord, The bone snapped back into place as the pain forced her to almost bite through the cable.
"OH SHIT MOTHER FUCKER!" She screamed as she pounded the ground.
She looked and found two planks of wood, ripping strips of her shirt she made a makeshift splint. The pain had long since released endorphins in her blood as she tried to stand. She peered from the garage into the night to hear the fighting had moved away from her. She was glad no one in her team was around to hear her swear. As she always prided herself on being squeaky clean No cursing,drinking or promiscuity. When In reality she bended maybe two of those rules from time to time.
Delilah accessed what she needed from the large Autobot. She even managed to leave a few programs in place. She had to work quickly as she sensed someone was coming closer. She ripped the wires from Green Lights head and dropped the laptop back in her side bag. She didn't have time to clean up and would just have to leave her work as her calling card. The redhead made her escape as she activated her wrist computer and became cloaked .
Just as she left Yuri appeared and had his AK47 cocked and ready. He thought he had heard movement as arrived but saw from all around him the area was clear. He looked down to see Green light who was in obvious pain and partial paralysis. The Soviet knelt close to her face and robbed her cheek.
"Who's there?" She whimpered " Don't hurt me..."
"It;s me Yuri!" he said as he slung his rifle over his shoulder. "Do not worry my babushka!, I will get you home!"
"I-i can;t see anything!, and I can;t feel my legs!" She said as she struggled to move.
He placed a magnetic tracking beacon on her and made the call to Perceptor" Comrade Perceptor! I have located Green Light! I think she is hurt as she cannot move!"
"I'm locked on to your signal Yuri. and will form the ground bridge under her.!" Perceptor said activated the ground bridge control.
Yuri could see the portal forming and quickly moved out of its radius. He turned to see the green Autobot fall through the portal.
"Yuri! I have green Light ok, but your not here! Elita one gave me specific orders that you return to base!" Perceptor said.
Yuri began to run back to the Battle "Nyet Comrade Perceptor! It's old Russian saying Never leave a man behind!, I have to go back for April and Miko!"
Elita one ,Mirage and Sunstreaker covered the escape of the scared patrons of the party. They recalibrate their arm cannons to fire a single pulse that would overload the components in the rifle. The pulse would not work more that 20 feet away so they had to get in close. Mirage manage to disarm three of the guns ,While Sunstreaker was working four himself.
The Autobots ducked bolts from the rifles as the assailants turned their attention on the big robots. "Use whatever you can find for cover!" Elita one commanded.
Mirage used his cloaking device to sneak up around some of the gang members fired his arc wave to disable their guns. When they saw they stopped working they threw them down and ran off.
"we need to contain this situation fast!" Elita said to Sunstreaker. As the two hid behind a huge broken wall. Most of the weapons were neutralized when two cars sped up and then transformed,
"If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself! Said the first one who transformed from a Maroon and red Dodge charger.
"let's remove the competition Dead End. " Said his partner another Cybertronian transformed and began to Fire on the Autobot.
Sunstreaker and Elita-One ducked behind the same wall.
"Who in the name of Primus is that!" He asked
Elita looked from behind cover, She didnt recognize them but one feature about them stuck out like a sore thumb, One wore a Decepticon symbol while the other wore an Autobot symbol. What they shared together was both symbols were scratched over with X marks.
"Woah Woah, One's a Decpetion and the other is an Autobot!" Elita said " What the heck? Is there a truce we don't know about!"
The one called Dead End whistled and one of their human accomplices arrived, " You did your part chico, Now let us do ours..." He spoke in an odd Cuban accent.
"C'mon out and play Autobots! Ol' Skids just wants to say hi!" They saw he had transformed from a blue 2013 Gumpert Apollo.
"Mirage create a diversion while we close in!" Elita ordered.
Mirage transformed and cloaked as he race toward the renegade Autobot and Decepticons. He transformed and Tackled Skids as Dead End began to shoot in their direction, Elita and Sunstreaker both too the cue to transform and race at dead End, They transformed and began to pummel the Decepticon.
'Skids?" mirage said " Your one of us! Whats the deal?"
Skids used mirages weight to flip him on the ground and them pounded him , With his fists, " Yeah I bet you'd LOVE to know that!"
I didn't seem to matter that Dead End was facing off against two Autobts, as he pulled out a short baton that quickly extended into a long metal staff. He smacked Elita in the face with one end and swung it around to deliver a blow to Sunstreakers side.
They stopped as it appeared they received orders to retreat. Dead end stood over Elita One and pointed the staff at her chin. She could see his Decpticon symbols were also scratched over.
"This is our town now, Soon we'll own the streets of Miami and also that Autobot Emergency Energon supply..." He said as he and Skids both transformed and drove off.
Elita wiped the energon that leaked from her mouth, and took the hand of Mirage as he helped her up.
"Most of the civilians fled, the only casualties were a few gang members."Mirage reported. Apparently this was all a set up to take down two of Miami's biggest gangs."
"I really want to know more about why there are Autobots and Decepticons working together Elita one said " When we get back to base i'll call Verity and tell her ,her investigation is now ours..."
April stayed in the garage and moved back in when she heard something approaching, she saw the shadow creep in from outside. She picked up a steel bar and licked her lips as she prepared to attack.
As the shape got closer she lunged out and swung, Yuri barely had time to dodge as she swung and miss. She over estimated her angle and fell on the ground.
"Ow!" She grimaced as she rubbed her butt.
"April! Your hurt!" Yuri said as he picked up and slung her arm over him.
"Ah! I broke my leg! I think I can walk barely." She said as she used him for support.
"Where's Miko? " April asked.
"What does she look like?" Miko said as she popped from behind some rubble.
"Miko!" April said "C'mon we gotta find the others!"
They reunited with the other Autobots and escape through the ground bridge just as soon as the sirens approached.
April and Yuri left to get her leg in a a cast as Perceptor was working on Green Light as he reported that her system were accessed and some files were stolen
"Apparently whoever did this tried to leave a trojan horse of some kind, "Perceptor said. "I'd almost laugh if it weren't so pathetic, Im having it and any other present removed right now"
Elita called miko's cell phone and left a message for Verity.
"Verity , this is Elita, apparently your meeting was a set up for a massacre, Those decepticon weapons are on the streets and are being used by a gang to take out the competition, Call me when you get this, we're devoting our full attention to this matter."
Verity didn't answer as she was being chewed out by Optimus at that time, She and jack followed Arcee to a Home Depot that was closed, apparently under the warehouse, where was a Energon supply the Decepticons were attempting to reclaim. Optimus and Arcee were obviously outnumbered by Insecticons. They were losing ground by the minuet. When it became apparent they were'nt getting the Energon. Verity called out a play from the Wrecker playbook.
Taking Jack by the hand they wrapped several flares around two big containers of gasoline and placed them in the Energon supply. When they got a safe distance ,verity took a flare gun and fired at the homemade bomb. The Home Depot was obliterated along with a few Insecticons.
Needless to say Optimus wasnt happy.
"Detective Carlo, while you had good intentions in keeping the Energon from Decepticon hands, I cannot condone such an action that resulted in the destruction of the Human Home department store..." He lectured as Verity stood up on the high platform so she could face him better.
"You and Arcee were getting pounded by the cons, I made a decision." Verity said not backing down from Optimus.
"And under who's authority were you to make that call?"
"Under Ultra Magnus, Who made me a wrecker and entrusted the care of the Earth to me. " She said calmly
." The Wreckers aren't here, So I must ask that you refrain from such actions, "Optimus said " until we can get you and Miko back in the right bodies I must ask you to consider the responsibility you have to her to take care of her body, until further notice you are not to engage in any field activities with the Autobots." He turned to walk away.
"Dick..." Verity said quietly but loud enough for Prime to hear, He looked back slightly and then walked away.
Jack walked behind her, " For what its worth, I'll always remember Energon and Gasoline dont mix!
"Verity smiled and punched him playfully on the arm " Your all right Darby..."
Deep in Downtown Miami, Underneath one of the most popular clubs of Miami. Was a massive underground chamber. In it was a large sub sect of corridors and large spaces. The main roadway lead to a large open area filled with various large flat-screen monitors that from it could view any part of Miami, There were also statues and various artifacts of wealth, From all around were large seats that could hold a large reclining Cybertronians. There were also several expensive cars laid all about the huge room.
From the service elevator, Emerged Delilah Danzig, She wasted no time in talking to the red Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. It was one of the fastest cars in the world as it could go to 0-60 in 2.4 seconds. And right now it had her full attention.
She pulled out her laptop " I got the files and implanted a monitoring device in the Autobot, Shooting her down was fun, she made the cutest gurgle as I disable most of her systems..."
"Well last night was a roaring success, " He said " We sent a message out to both the dirt gangs of Miami and the Autobots..."He then transformed and knelt in front of Delilah.
"Are you sure?"Delilah asked " From what I read in today's paper only six gang bangers got toe tags, The Autobots managed to scrap the weapons."
"it doesn't matter," He said " They know were out there but they dont know what we're planning."
"Well you didn't just send me down here to place spy cams in an Autobot, what do you have next for me?" She asked leaning against a sculpture of a golden angel.
The Autobot with a scratched out Autobot symbol, ginned slowly."I'm going to let you get those pretty little hands dirty,Now I want to know what Team Elita is made out of, Take one of their human allies and do what you do best..."
Delilah smiled as she liked where this was going " Which one? The Ruskie or the Doctor?"
"By all means give Sullivan the golden treatment,what you do best, you were a what? A spy or something?"
"Special Games and Tactics,"Delilah said with an annoyed look.
" That way not only can I hurt Elita, I'll be hurting Optimus."
"And here we thought your brother was the psychopath, and you were the good one
Delilah asked coyly.
"Things change...'Sideswipe said with a cold smile.
A/N : First off yes I did take that one part from Dark of the Moon, it just seemed appropriate. Now as if Shockwave Decepticons aren't bad enough , Now it appears, there is a new faction in town and yes they will be lead by Sideswipe! Sorry for the pause in updates but I will keep it up as best I can!
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Ive posted a link to the car forms that Team Elita uses check em out!
Lamborghini Aventador: Elita one
3. SSC Ultimate Aero: Mirage
Saleen S7 Twin-Turbo: Perceptor
2.Hennessey Venom GT: Sunsstreaker.
Bugatti Veyron Super Sport: Sideswipe
8. Gumpert Apollo: 225 mph : Tracks
2. Koenigsegg Agera R : Dead End
NEXT TIME: Verity Carlo starts to put the pieces together of the case in Miami, even though she is stuck in Jasper. Ratchet and Perceptor may have come up with a solution to fix the find out how bad Green Light got damaged as she starts to experience echos from the past and Yuri is about to get some very bad news...