Most words I've put into a chapter, EVER. Yays!
Chapter 3
Optimus, Bumblebee, and Stormrust were on their way to an energon mine they had recently discovered. The three of them drove swiftly along a dirt path in the middle of a forest. Stormrust was directly behind Optimus, trying to stay ahead of Bumblebee at all times. He wanted to prove that even though he was much younger than 'Bee, has was just as valuable or more than him. He was so determined, he nearly rear-ended Optimus. He carefully back away a bit, making sure the prime didn't notice his close shave.
When they arrived at the mine, the trio transformed, and took the nearby trees as cover. Stormrust wiped some mud off of his somewhat bulky blue and orange frame, and smirked arrogantly at Bumblebee. The scout didn't notice, and continued to wait for their leader's commanders. Stormrust's violet optics glared in frustration, then he too, proceeded to just hide and wait.
The autobot trio peered into the mine. No activity came from it, so Optimus ordered them to continue onward, cautiously. The three 'bots entered the cave, weapons ready. Stormrust saw something move in the corner of his eye, but found only a dumbfounded bat, minding its own business. He facepalmed himself.
The three of them entered a large open area of the cave, littered with energon crystals randomly poking out of the ground and walls. Seeing no obvious threat, they retracted their weapons and let their guard down.
As they began to prepare for mining, a sudden rush of pedfalls and whirl of weapons told them they were not alone.
Vehicons poured out of the multiple entrances, blasters ready to fire. The Autobot trio stood in the middle, waiting for them to fire.
"Well, it looks like the Autobots fell for our simple trap."
The vehicons parted to reveal a very smug-looking Breakdown. Stormrust glared at him and growled.
"No hand the tri..." Breakdown cut himself off as he stared at the growling Stormrust. A look of frustration came to his orange face.
"This isn't him! Atta-" a large electrical bolt struck Breakdown right in the middle of chassis, preventing him from finishing the command. He looked up to see a large smoking cannon where Stormrust's servo previously had been. It was still pointed at the fallen mech.
The 'bots took this moment to start hacking away at the vehicons. Optimus was slicing away with his sword and Bumblebee was landing punches and kicks. Stormrust transformed his other servo into an ax, then joined the energon-splattered fray.
He launched himself at Breakdown, cutting deeply into the 'con's chassis. Breakdown shoved the somewhat smaller mech off of him, then transformed his own servo into a hammer, and counterattacked. The two weapons clashed, and Stormrust was shoved back a bit.
He prepared to launch another, much stronger bolt from his electro cannon. Breakdown barely dodged the strike, leaving the bolt to hit a vehicon, frying its circuits to a crisp. Breakdown looked at the smoking carcass in horror.
Breakdown suddenly recieved a comm-link, and pulled away from the battle. Stormrust followed him, deciding to hear what he would say before off-lining him.
"Knockout, it wasn't him!"
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"Wait, so you found the triple-changer?"
Did he mean Scorchstrike?
"Alright Doc, just gotta pull the troops out of this fight."
Stormrust went in for the strike. Instead, he received a hammer to the face.
"Sorry kid, looks like we found your brother. You're of no need to us anymore." He struck him hard in the chassis, leaving Stormrust in a sudden stasis lock. He metal cracked a bit where he was hit.
Breakdown left him there and continued to gather the troops.
Ratchet was not as surprised as he could have been when he saw Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Stormrust injured. He had suspected the large mine was a trap, and had warned them so. He rushed towards him, helping the half-online Stormrust onto a berth. Shyshard rushed to her big brother immediately, attempting to repair his wounds.
"How are you brother? Have you heard from Scorchstrike lately? He's been gone for the last three joors."
Stormrust optics jolted fully online. He looked over at his sister, wide opticed.
"The decepticons have him, and it had something to do with his triple changing."