Sideswipe was well aware that everything was going south but as usual he didn't care. He would complete his task and then at least no one could blame complete disaster on him. That was when Jazz's voice echoed in his processor, "And if anything happens to Briley I will personally hold you responsible." Oh yeah. There was that. With a heavy sigh he increased his speed and spun around a corner, heading in the opposite direction as Sideways. He couldn't afford to have Jazz angry at him, not when he didn't have Sunstreaker to guard his back.
He rounded a corner smoothly just in time to see Briley push Summer down and then drop to the ground in time to duck a blast that would have killed the two women if it would have connected. In one fluid motion Sideswipe transformed and sliced through the unfortunate Decepticon only to find Briley glaring at him. "Jazz again?" she asked sharply and Sideswipe nodded. "Well go catch up to the first one before this mission goes to pot even farther than it already has."
"And Jazz?" Sideswipe asked.
"I'll take care of Jazz," Briley said before taking off after her human comrades. Sideswipe hesitated a moment before deciding to take Briley's advice. After all Jazz was her sparkmate, surely she could deal with him.
Briley was rather annoyed when she joined up with the rest of the humans. Trust Jazz to be overprotective even though he knew she could take care of herself. She saw Sideswipe slice down the silver Decepticon and watched Arcee loop back to assist Ironhide with a larger 'Con to one side while Sideswipe tried to corral Mudflap and Skids. That left Optimus facing the final Decepticon.
There was a massive bang from one side and Briley watched the 'Con go down courtesy of Ironhide. That left the final Decepticon surrounded. "Surrender," Optimus ordered. "And no harm will come to you."
"I'd rather die first," the Decepticon snarled, lunging at Ironhide. It was a suicidal move which Briley knew was what the Decepticon had intended. The blast was echoing in her ears as the 'Con fell back to the ground, vocal processors damaged almost beyond repair and head almost gone.
"Any last words?" Optimus asked coolly.
"This is not your planet to rule," the Decepticon ground out. "The Fallen will rise again." That was when Optimus nodded slightly and Ironhide put the poor sucker out of his misery.
"That didn't sound good," Epps said. For as intelligent as the black man was he sure had a knack for stating the obvious.
"What does that even mean?" Lennox asked, glancing at Ironhide who shrugged.
"Like dead or something?" Carter asked.
"Yeah, "Kinsey said with a snicker. "Alien robot zombies." The Autobots exchanged amused glances at Kinsey's usual humor and Lennox, Epps, and Carter rolled their eyes.
"Not likely Kinsey," Summer said dryly.
"Let me guess. You have some biblical explanation for this too," Epps teased lightly. It was true that Summer normally had some kind of Bible verse for everything but this time she just shook her head.
"I think there might be a connection," Briley said, her brow furrowed as fi she was trying to remember something out of reach.
"Fallen angels or something?" Summer questioned but Briley was already shaking her head.
"I'll think of it at some point," she said as Sideswipe joined them.
"Dang I'm good," he said with a smirk. "No need to worry about any Fallen; I've got it covered." Briley sighed and rolled her eyes as Summer let out a snort of derision.
"The Fallen's probably Megatron or something," she drawled. "He'd crush you like a bug." Sideswipe looked offended at that suggestion but Arcee was trying not to crack up behind him.
"Burn," Mudflap and Skids crowed from behind the liquid mercury colored warrior, both looking as if they had gotten into a fight with each other which was probably true.
"Let's head home," Lennox said, shaking his head slightly as he looked around at the mess they had left behind. "Before all the screaming accusations starts."
Author's Note: Thanks to MissShelz (Yeah, he's awesome) and Riptide2 for reviewing the last chapter! Hope you enjoyed and I own nothing but my OCs