Chapter 26 ~ "The Truth hurts…"

Scavenger had looked up at the monitor grimly when Sideswipe had put up the visual he had found from a security camera from way back in the stock market attack. He sighed. "This isn't good…" He looked back at Megatron, who sat in a chair with EnRyu and HyoRyu by his side, his red optics were narrowed, his face in a deep frown when Prime came in...

"That's VolFogg's girlfriend…" Prime gawked, "She's the shooter?! "

"Unfortunately," came Megatron's reply in his low voice.

Scavenger was tapping his chin. "This is bad..." he looked over at the GunMachines, who were, as were expected, furious over the whole deal.

Megatron blinked his optics. "How are we going to tell him?" He looked up to Scavenger.

The older mech just sighed and pinched the bridge of this nose. "We can't, that's the problem..." His voice was low. "He would never believe us if we told him the truth..."

GunGlue and GunDober hissed. "We knew something wasn't right about her," the tiger-helmed mech announced flatly. "And you're right... he won't believe unless he sees for himself. Try to tell him, even if you insist, he will refuse to believe."

Optimus sat down in his chair. "The poor kid..." he sighed, "It's going to break him…" He didn't even went to think of the rage that may erupt from the smaller ninja bot, "I almost don't want to tell him…" his golden optics looked up to Scavenger, finding his face saddened, "No…"

Scavenger shook his head. "You heard the twins, Prime..." He looked back up to the screen of the monitor. "Let the kid figure it out for himself. We have an idea where she's gonna hit next..."

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Mosa stroked VolFogg's arms, kissing him warmly. "It's getting late..." She kissed him again. "Your friends will be worried about you, and I don't want to get you into anymore trouble with your boss."

Reluctantly, the purple mech pushed himself up, heading for the window. "Yes, I'd better be getting back..." He hopped up onto the window frame, looking back to her one more time, then pushed off and vanished, moving so fast he was only a blur.

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Scavenger looked to the door when VolFogg entered, the GunMachines next to him as he stood near Sideswipe as the blue bot was going through some blueprints. Scavenger was smoking his pipe. "We've found her..." he said sternly, yellow optics darting at him, "And we've have a good idea where she's gonna hit next..." That was Sideswipe's cue to pull up a blueprint of a large estate.

VolFogg looked over at the GunMachines warily. Oddly enough, they only looked back at him, not uttering so much as a sound. The purple mech blinked in surprise, then turned his attention back to Scavenger. "So we know where she's going to hit next... what plans do we have to catch her?"

"Well it's more she'll be somewhere high; we know she's fast. So it will be up to you to... We'll you know." Sideswipe mumbled out.

Scavenger smoked on his pipe, blowing out a puff of smoke and motioned Sideswipe to pull up the address where the bounty head might hit. He pulled up an image of an estate. "This is the High Waters Estate, richest bastard in Solstice and pretty much guarded heavily..." He blew another puff of smoke, "However our bounty head is much more advanced than what he's got..."

VolFogg nodded, looking over the information. "The twins and I are taking the high road again, I assume," he commented, meaning the roofs and sides of the buildings, where the ninja team usually operated.

Scavenger shook his head. "Not going to work with this femme..." He had Sideswipe pull up another blueprint, "We've found that she was able to get her attacks done quickly by going underground and coming up." Scavenger looked back at the ninja team. "Prime and I will take care of the topside, you and the wonder twins over there take the underground sewer system, you should end up in the generator room under the estate."

The Gun Robots snorted at being referred to as the wonder twins, nodding to show that they accepted the assignment. VolFogg leaned forward to take a closer look at the diagram, optics narrowing as he traced over the routes.

Scavenger nodded, "So we got it all down?" He saw the mechs before him nod. "Good... we leave later tonight..."

That had came sooner then expected...

Prime and Scavenger were at the gate of the estate, the older mech acting out his 'Ambassador' gimmick, as Prime was the well and ever-loyal assistant. As they were led inside the estate by a servant, the ninja bots were given the go to head underground.

The three were a quick blur of movement, zipping into the underground tunnels. They stayed in the shadows, picking up and placing each foot carefully so as to make as little noise as possible. Their optics were barely lit as they moved through the darkness, closing in on their objective.

There was movement, silent but deadly movement through the tunnels of the underground. She shifted, bounced off the walls, blending into the darkness with her black armor; her optics blazing blue as she wielded her weapon upon entering the underground of the estate. Everything was set, her entrance, her kill, and her precious profit afterwards...

VolFogg's sensors registered the movement, and he closed in on it, slipping through the shadows as if he were one himself. His dark paint blended in, and the way he moved hid the white on his legs and arms. The twins moved with him, spreading out in a flanking maneuver. Anyone attempting to escape them would run right into VolFogg.

She looked between two small beams of light peeping through the holes of a manhole; silently she climbed up the ladder and threw a sensor onto the surface of the generator room. The sensor read that no life forms were present; she smiled with a grin, perfect. She pushed through the manhole, slipped into the generator room, pulling out a few small bombs, she went to place them at the beams of the generator room, for when she makes her hastily exit, the place will go boom! She tapped in the timer, approximately 30 minutes, that's just enough time...

The twins moved in, picking up speed. They were to herd her toward VolFogg for capture. Their sensors registered the explosives, and they surged forward, spreading out to form the wings of the trap.

She went for the door to the upstairs; it SHOULD take her to the backroom of the kitchen. She smirked and was about to head up the stairs when...

Light burst out of the darkness, a shape hurtling toward her with a fierce shriek. Sparks flew as the other robot plowed into her, sending her rolling back into the tunnel. A second robot appeared from the opposite direction, twin gun barrels glittering in the glow of his headlights. They had her blocked in.

"Damnit..." she whispered, maroon hair wavy from side to side as she noticed the twin robots closing in on her. She pulled over her twin blade-edged chains, twirled them around like a whip and crackled them against the tunnel walls. "Come and get me boys..." she grinned

Two pairs of green optics glowed in the darkness. They both had their lights on, gleaming off black and white metal, hawk wings and tiger's ears. They held their positions, glaring at her, torso-mounted chain gun barrels glittering wickedly.

"Stay right where you are!" a sharp, very familiar voice cracked from behind her, accompanied by the sound of a rifle readied to fire.

Her optics widened, that voice... She had let down her chains a little, her head tilted to the side with her hair swaying along with her neck. Her blue optics gazed upon the sight of purple and dark armor as she turned around ever so slowly. She looked shocked when seeing his face, her optics almost gleaming the expression of hurt. "Vol...." she whispered, "VolFogg...?"

The ninja mech froze, though the aim of his weapon never budged. Pink optics went wide with utter shock as he stared at her. "Mosa... what...? What are you...?"

"VolFogg..." she stammered. "I..." She felt her shoulders jerk somewhat as she shook with realization. She stood her ground, her black armor gleaming against the headlights of the twins, her optics were closed with pain. "VolFogg..." she whispered once more, gripping her chains. "I'm sorry..." With that she changed stance and twirled chains with high speed, attacking the purple ninja.

He snapped out of his paralysis, discarding the rifle and pulling out his familiar twin boomerangs. Sparks flew as the weapons collided, and still-stunned optics locked with hers. "The assassin who's killed so many... the killer femme... it was you all along?!"

She didn't answer right away, just swirled her chains at him again and again, colliding with the boomerangs. She gritted her teeth. "What did you expect me to say?!" She threw another whirl. "I couldn't let you know the truth!" She threw her chains once more, able to get them around his body and hold him tightly, she came up to him face-to-face, "And what about you? What are YOU doing here??"

VolFogg gritted his dental plates. "I... am a bounty hunter!" He threw his full weight against her, slamming her into the wall. A twist of his body, and he managed to get out of the chains, though they left visible, deep scratches in his armor. "And you... are the prey we are here after!"

She stared at him in shock, and then brought her legs together for a dual kick that sent him across the room. She growled, flipping her chains. "You and the rest of the slaggin' universe...." She twirled her chains once more. "Oh and I have to thank you again..." she sent her chains at him, "for saving me from that pathetic bounty hunter from before!"