Love is a Battlefield
Chapter 9
Ricochet sighed her wings twitching in agitation. She couldn't believe she had gotten herself in this mess in the first place. Her week had started so well. First her cousin Wildstar had come to Earth and she, along with her brothers, had spent time catching up with their cousin after millions of years apart. Then just today she and her brothers had been given a mission to patrol some mountains because of suspicions of Decepticons testing some secret weapon. A task that seemed tedious even though she and her brothers joined Spec Ops shortly after they arrived on Earth but, who knew, maybe the mission might not be boring.
She snorted sarcastically. The mission definately wasn't boring. Now she was not only seperated from her brothers but trapped in a caved in cave and unable to get out on her own. That and she was stuck in there with an injured and unconcious Starscream of all mechs. She shuttered her optics, sighed, and thought back to how she became stuck in the cave with Starscream.
-Flashback- Start of the Mission
Ricochet, Lightspeed, and Hawkeye flew through the sky in formation with Ricochet, like always, in front.
"Seriously 'Chet? We're out here cause of suspicions of Decepticons? Jeez who did this info come from Red Alert?" Hawkeye grumbled irately.
"No kidding. I mean, come on! We're in Spec Ops. Patrols are one thing but what if this is, as humans put it, a wild goose chase." Lightspeed stated agreeing with his twin.
"Will ya two cut it out and cease acting like sparklings? We'll be near the mountains soon. We need ta focus in case suspicions are true. "Ricochet stated in a motherly tone as the mountains came into view.
The trio transformed into robot mode and Ricochet said "Hawkeye, use yer specialized optics to scan the mountains. If there is Decepticon activity at least you'll spot them long before they'll see us. That and any 'secret weapon they may have."
Hawkeye threw up his servos in the air and grumbled "Fine! Whatever!"
"My aren't we in a bad mood today 'Hawk." Lightspeed snickered as he tried to purposely irk his twin.
"Shut up 'Speedy! Just shut up!" Hawkeye growled loudly as he turned his optics toward the mountains. After scanning for awhile he stared in disbelief and exclaimed "No way!"
"What 'Hawk? Do ya see somethin'?" Ricochet asked.
"You bet I do. I see the Command Trine standing on one of the mountains. 'Screamer is holding some nasty looking laser rifle." Hawkeye answered his wings twitching in excitement.
"Guess suspicions were accurate. I was kinda hoping for nothing ta be out here. Let's get movin' and sneak up those Decepticons. We need to get rid of that weapon. Who knows what damage it is capable of." she said signaling her brothers to follow her.
She and her brothers flew down to a lower altitude and headed towards the mountains. Soon they had flown around sneaking up behind the Command Trine. Starscream, while fiddling with the weapon, was complaining about being out there. Thundercracker and Skywarp stood quietly nearby paying no attention to their trine leader's non stop complaints.
Ricochet reached into her subspace with her left servo pulling out an energon dagger. Signaling her brothers with a nod of her helm she charged forward with Lightspeed and Hawkeye right behind. Seconds later utter chaos erupted as Ricochet drove her dagger into the side of the weapon causing it to begin sparking. She then kicked the sparking weapon knocking it down the mountain.
The Decepticons then flew away seeming to be retreating. Ricochet and her brothers flew to the base of the mountain to get a better look at the Decepticon's secret weapon or what may have been left of it. Upon landing near the weapon Ricochet knelt down, retrieved her dagger from the strangely stll sparking weapon, subspaced it, and then backed away standing near her brothers a few feet from the weapon. Yet strangely, the weapon was somehow still intact.
Ricochet figured it was time to head back to the Ark but before the three of them could move, however, a blast from above came down at them. Ricochet, Lightspeed, and Hawkeye swiftly scattered avoiding the blast. The weapon was grazed by the blast causing it to fire sending a reddish beam skyward. Starscream, who had attempted but failed to hit any Autobots, dove toward the ground barely evading the blast. Meanwhile Skywarp had grabbed Thundercracker and teleported them to safety.
Ricochet, after getting seperated from her brothers while evading the Decepticon attack, landed near the mouth of a cave. Just as she was about to use her family bond to contact her brothers, Starscream attempted to shoot her from behind the shot missing the blast going just under her right wing. Ricochet spun around and said "Seriously? I would of thought ya would of learned your lesson from the last aft whippin' I gave ya the last time you tried to shoot me from behind."
"Shut up, Autobot!" Starscream shrieked angrily causing Ricochet to momentarily cover her audios. He then took aim at her again.
Before he could fire the secret weapon from earlier landed between them while emitting an unsettling high pitched whine. Ricochet instinctively leapt aside just before the weapon exploded. The force of the explosion caused her to land on her front while hearing a high pitched scream of agony. Pushing herself upright onto her knees, she turned around and spotted Starscream laying unconcious on his side near the mouth of the cave. She stood and carefully approached him. Looking down at him she saw that his legs were horribly burned but still attached to his body somehow. There was also a small dent in his helm from hitting a rock laying next to him which was obviously the cause of his unconsciousness.
As she was about to bend down to help him a rumble was heard. Looking up cracks had started to form just above the cave. Knowing there wasn't much time before an avalance started she grabbed Starscream's arm and supported his weight against herself as she dragged him into the cave just as the boulders began to fall. By the time she layed Starscream on the ground on his back the cave entrance was blocked and she couldn't get out without outside help. After calling her brothers she sat down a few feet from Starscream to wait for help.
-End Flashback
A groan from Starscream caused her to online her optics and look in his direction. Hissing in pain, Starscream onlined his optics finding himself in a cave.
"Well, well , well. Hello there! Welcome back to the land of the living!" Ricochet exclaimed causing him to look in her direction with a nasty glare and then he pointed one of his weapons her way.