Chapter 5: Kaon Is A Bitch
Back at B.O.O.S.T., Starscream was being treated by Knock Out in the med bay. Starscream winced when Knock Out tried getting the dent out from his chest. Starscream also told the lie to him and the others.
"You really should've stayed in the stall the whole time screamer!" Knock Out chuckled. He thought it was funny.
"It's not funny Knock Out! I could've died!" Starscream snapped.
"True, but since your alive, it's now funny!" Knock Out said. "Now then, stay in here for an hour and I will check on you then!"
Starscream watched as Knock Out left and locked the door. Starscream, too tired to protest, fainted. Meanwhile, Sideways came by for a visit. First people he met once he stepped in were Steve, Kenny and Clawswipe.
"Hey Sideways!" They said at the same time.
"Hey guys, you all are growing up pretty fast even though it's only been 2 years." Sideways said with a smile on his face.
"Yeah, I can't wait till I'm as big as Megatron!" Clawswipe said.
"Lucky, we would probably reach Starscream's height!" Steve said.
"Well, I'm going to check on the others I'll see you later!" Sideways said.
"Okay!" They said and walked away.
Sideways's spark always felt warm when he saw them. He loved to hear that they were doing fine. He walked into the main control room to find Megatron and Dreadwing talking.
"Hey guys, where is everybody?" Sideways asked.
"Bumblebee, Soundwave and Shockwave are heading for Tyger Pax and Optimus and Barricade are at the police station." Megatron explained.
"And Starscream may I ask?" Sideways said.
"Med bay!" Dreadwing said.
"Megatron what did you do?" Sidways said with his claws on his hips.
"Nothing! It was policemechs!" Megatron said surprised.
"Oh!"
"Why does everybody think I'm a bad guy?" Megatron asked.
"You look like one!" Dreadwing said.
"...No comment!" Megatron groaned.
Just then Mirage rushed in and tackled Sideways.
"OW! MIRAGE WHAT THE FRAG!" Sideways growled shoving him off.
"Sorry, those kids dared me to do it!" Mirage laughed.
"Oh they did huh?" Sideways smirked seeing the three at the end of the hall with nervous looks.
"He-he, hey Sideways!" Kenny said shyly.
"So you guys wanna wrestle huh?" Sideways growled evily.
"RUN!" Steve yelled.
Sideways and Mirage playfully chased the trio down the hallways. Megatron and Dreadwing could hear the sounds of running around, then a tackling.
"OW!" Clawswipe's yell could be heard.
"He-he!" Megatron chuckled.
Meanwhile back on the road, the agents had arrived in Kaon, the most violent and run-down city on Cybertron. The three transformed and stood on top of a hill to look over the town.
"Kaon...scrap!" Bumblebee said.
"Home to fatal fights, brutal cops, and gangs!" Soundwave said.
"And I still have to carry this trailer around this fragging city." Shockwave complained kicking the trailer.
"Hmm!" Bee wondered as he went over to the trailer. He then had an idea.
Bee placed his clawed-servos on the trailer and focused. Soundwave and Shockwave looked on confused. Suddenly, the trailer began to shrink. Lazerbeak fell off of Soundwave again in amazement when the trailer shrunk all the way to the size of Bee's servo. He held it out to Shockwave who took it slowly.
"Whoa, how did you-"
"Relic remember?" Bee said.
Soundwave picked up Lazerbeak and placed him back on his chest.
"Now you can store it somewhere!" Soundwave said.
Shockwave opened a little compartment in his chest and put the mini trailer in and closed up. Shockwave sighed with relief.
"Thanks, now let's get going!" Shockwave said.
As they walked into the city. They took note of the old and broken buildings. Many windows were missing or broken. The smells made you want to rip your nose off if you had one. The enforcers that lived around Kaon often severely beat mechs for fun or if someone picks a fight with them. There seemed to be a war spreading involving the enforcers against all the mechs in town. Mechs in this town only went to jail if they commit a crime that is seen by the enforcers. There was no court, no chances, no escape. Just a near-fatal beating and jail time. It was a challenge for survival. The agents walked past an alley that some enforcers used to hang out. The cops stared at them as they walked by. Some gritted their teeth, some clenched their fists and some extended their claws.
"Keep walking...spies!" One of them said trying to start a fight. But the agents kept walking.
They passed by other mechs that shot suspicious glares. Some whispered to others.
"What are they doing here?" One said.
"Probably just passing through!" Another one said.
"Be careful of that gold and black one, he's a relic!" More spoke out.
Just then, the sound of fists connecting to metal rapidly can be heard in the next alley. The three jumped at the sounds and slowly crept over to look inside the alley. A mech and an enforcer were fighting in the middle of the alley. They seemed to be evenly matched. But soon 2 more enforcers appeared from the opposite side of the alley and jumped the mech. Shockwave and Soundwave gripped Bee's arms in terror. The enforcers were punching, kicking, biting and ripping the life out of the mech.
"We should go!" Bee said.
"Man Kaon is a bitch!" Soundwave said.
"Ugh, I can't watch such pain and suffering!" Shockwave said covering his optic. He began to back up and accidently tripped over a pile of metal and the noise of the fall echoed throughout the alley stopping the fight. One cop growled.
"What are you spies doing out here?" He said as they all focused their attention on the three. The beaten mech amazingly had enough strength to crawl away from the group and escape.
"Uh, we are just passing through. Trying to get to Tyger Pax." Shockwave explained nervously.
"Yeah, we never been here before except that time to stop Airachnid. Can you give us directions?" Bee asked.
One enforcer looked out the alley, then pointed to the end of the street.
"Go all the way down there, take a left, then there should be a few short buildings along that road. Take the first alley on the right and that would be a shortcut to the interstate." He explained. Soundwave's face-plate showed a map of Kaon and every direction the cop had said.
"Thanks...oh and what did that mech do?" Bee asked.
"Start a fight with me! Us enforcers are kinda in a war to try and takeover this wasteland." The cop said.
The three shudder at the word "war".
"Oh...well, good luck with that!" Shockwave nervously said and they left.
But just as they did, one of the cops placed a clawed-servo on Bee's shoulder making him tense up. Bee turned his head around and saw that the cop was nervous.
"Is it true, Airachnid will be gone forever?" He asked.
"Yes, never see her ugly spider aft again!" Bee said with a brave voice.
The cops smiled as the agents left for the interstate.
"Wow, I guess cops aren't as bad as people say. They were just as nervous as us when Airachnid was alive." Soundwave said.
"Yeah, I'm just glad we could get on their good sides!" Bee said.
"Well, it wouldn't matter! Besides, we are stronger and could easily defeat them. Especially you Bee, you would crush them to pieces." Shockwave said.
"Yeah!" Bee said.
Once they went through the last alley, there in front of them was a path that lead onto the interstate. Just then they heard more brawls and swearing.
"Ugh...that's Kaon for ya!" Soundwave said.
Shockwave took the mini trailer out of his chest and Bee made it grow back to regular size.
"I actually miss pulling it!" Shockwave said.
They transformed and raced onto the highway cheering over their success.
"That wasn't so bad!" Bee said.
"Yeah...but let's agree to take a different route on the way back." Shockwave said.
"Agreed!" Soundwave said.
To be continued...