A/N: So...Damn...LONG...Enjoy it, Mattie. ENJOY IT.
Any other bot walking randomly into the training arena would think that Sideswipe was fighting thin air. Really, though, if you looked close enough, you should see a small silver human moving around near him, striking every once in a while to test the waters. He was responding not as if there was a Decepticon, but if there was a minicon who he didn't want to hurt. And, if you also listened well, you would hear the argument.
"Aw, come ON Sides, I'm a better fighter than that!" Chris yelled at him from inside her armor as the Lambo dodged again, but failed to actually attack.
"Chris, I like you. I would rather go against Grimlock than accidentally step on you." the mech replied, half-cheekily, half-seriously. In truth, he didn't want to step on her because she had spunk. His type of spunk.
She stopped and listened. Sideswipe, wondering why she did that, stopped as well. Then he heard it. The pounding of footsteps was the same as when the Dinobots went in charge against the 'Cons. It was Ratchet.
The angry medic bot nearly broke down the door, ramming himself into it as he tried to get it open. "CHRISTOPHER, IT IS ALMOST MIDNIGHT." he snarled scathingly.
The human tossed her hair as she removed her helmet. "Your point?" she said, raising an eyebrow. Damn, she was a human female Sideswipe.
"IT IS UNHEALTHY FOR A HUMAN TO BE UP THIS LATE. ESPECIALLY OF YOUR AGE." he responded. She shrugged and said to her sparing partner, "See you mañana, Sides!"
She then ran in between the CMO's legs and straight through the empty halls to the med bay. Ratchet gave Sideswipe a hard glare before turning around and heading in the same direction.
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Optimus's mouth hung open inside his face guard. What Ratchet, Perceptor, and Skyfire were telling him seemed true, but...he stole another glance to the girls sleeping on one of the medical berths which was made into five beds. They looked like normal girls...right...?
Ratchet snapped in front of his optics to get him to regain his focus. When the commander's eyes were back on him, he asked "We are going to return them to their rightful dimension ASAP, right?"
Optimus nodded.
"So, what happens of the Deceptiscum find out about them?"
Optimus looked back at them. One of the girls (Ratchet said her name was Christopher) has her arm around her friends, and looked ready to kill somebot who tried to hurt them. He shuddered to think of how well a 'Con she would really make, given the chance.
"They won't," he said sternly to his subordinates. "With you four working on this project, it shouldn't take as long as it would with just Wheeljack."
The three nodded, Perceptor looking back at them. "But, sir," he stated, matter-of-factly, "We don't know if the Decepticons don't already know."
They all looked at him, realizing the truth in his words. For all he knew, Laserbeak could be right behind them right then and there. But, of course, that would be too predictable.
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Megatron was happy. That in itself is a bad sign for anyone with some sense of sanity, but for the other Decepticons, it was great. This meant there was a lead. This meant there was a way that they could take down - or get the upper hand at - the Autobots. And, damn, did they all want THAT.
Megatron was petting Laserbeak absent-mindedly while giving orders to Soundwave. "We will be throwing a raid on the Autobot base," he commanded, "And, as they will be distracted by their 'guests', they will be vulnerable...yes, yesssssss...STARSCREAM!" he yelled to his second-in-command Seeker.
The jet looked at him with loathing and said, "Yes, my LIEGE?" oh so sarcastically.
Megatron just scowled at him. "I give you the honor of taking hostages and leading in the front line."
Starscream just nodded silently and went about his daily work.
"WE ATTACK AT SUNRISE."
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Not one of the girls were awake. I mean, who wakes up at the crack of dawn on a Saturday? None of them were awake, especially when the alarms went off.
"...and then the mermaid had babies with the rocket launcher..." Diamond muttered, then fell off the berth.
"WWWAAAAAAHHHHHH!" she screamed, just being caught barely by a large, metal hand before hitting the ground.
The mech scowled. "Don't yell so loud, you could damage your friend's audios," he said sternly, before activating his police sirens, making everyone else wake up.
"I SWEAR, I DIDN'T MUR - oh, what?" Chris cried, looking mildly embarrassed about what she just said.
The other bot's optic ridge quirked, then he stated "The Decepticons are attacking and you five are staying with me and Bluestreak while Sideswipe and Sunstreaker cover us. I want you all up now."
Lila looked at him strangely, while Miley tried to back to sleep, but it seemed impossible with the blaring alarms. Liz scowled at him and crossed her arms, Chris doing the same. "What stick got up your exhaust shaft, Prowler?" Liz grumbled.
Prowl sighed and replied "YOu are so much like those insufferable twins I deal with daily. Now, just get in and we'll be meeting Bluestreak at the door." With that, he transformed into a police Datsun and opened the doors for them.
All the girls realized the swear words being exchanged outside, the lack of Ratchet in the med bay, and how serious he seemed. They exchanged a glance, climbed down from the berth, and got in. Prowl gunned the accelerator and tore through the med bay, stopping briefly before the door top enter a pass code.
Outside was a hell hole fight. The corridors were burning with fire and there were laser sounds coming from farther down. Bluestreak joined with them, sending a short message over the radio, "Sides and Sunny are waiting outside."
Chris turned sharply to the dashboard. "We aren't helping?" she exclaimed.
Almost everyone nodded, causing Prowl to lock the doors. "No," he dead-panned, "You are just humans, and can't do anything useful...mostly, you would probably get in the way of fighting Autobots."
Liz's eyes narrowed menacingly. "You callin' us useless?" she inquired sharply as Prowl dodged a laser.
"No, I'm just saying you would get in the way, as you don't have any fighting experience out on this battlefield." the car replied.
There was a soft click, then a louder one, then a slam as the door closed. All heads turned to the black haired girl running towards the battlefield. Prowl swore colorfully and started driving after her. "GET BACK HERE!" he roared in uncharacteristic anger, "YOU'RE GOING TO GET KILLED!"
She flipped him off while running for one of the Seekers, then climbing up onto his back and around his front. Right into the cockpit. As he transformed. And flew into the air. Bluestreak turned back into a robot and shot at the plane, but it shot back.
"HA, AUTOSLAG, THAT THE BES-WHAT THE FRAGGING PIT?" he yelled as he suddenly swerved towards the ground, taking a nosedive straight into another Decepticon, who we actually named Thundercracker.
Prowl transformed and let the other four girls out as he was shot at by the Decepticon's own SIC, leaving the girls to fun wild. They all ran straight for the two mechs on the ground, wanting to find their friend.
"CHRIS, YOU BETTER NOT HAVE DIED! IF YOU DID, I'LL KILL YOU!" Miley yelled at the wreckage as one of the jet-formers got back up and kicked the other until he got up.
A small figure came out of the cockpit of the one on the bottom, and started walking calmly towards them. She had a big, huge smile on her face.
"Heya, guys!" she exclaimed brightly, "You missed the party!"
They all hugged each other, before running for cover as the three Coneheads started shooting at them. A pile of rocks fell near them, and they sprinted away as to not bet buried alive.
"MILEY, YOU AND DIAMOND GO AND GET BLUESTREAK!" Lila ordered, spontaneously taking control as no one else was, "CHRISTOPHER, I SWEAR TO GOD, YOU GOT US INTO THIS MESS, YOU ARE GETTIN' US OUT!"
Said girl pouted. "How the hell am I supposed to do that?" she cried as another shot round barely missed their hiding spot.
"Think of something, dude!" Liz growled, shaking her hands in the air. Miley and Diamond had already run off.
"WHAT?"
"I don't know, anything!"
"AAAAAGGGGGG!"
"Now, what are three young fleshies like yourselves doing here?" a snarky voice came from above.
The three looked up and saw none other than the high-pitched, squeak-a-thon that we all know and love as Starscream. His hands were covered in energon, and he was sporting a few dents and laser marks, but his cheeky and selfish grin was present, as always. The boldest girl, Chris, threw a rock at his optic, knocking it out.
He snarled in rage and said "YOU INSUFFERABLE FLESH CREATURE!" before shooting at them.
Chris grabbed Lila onto her back and grabbed Elizabeth's hand before sprinting the hell out of there, with the other two commenting on how dumb that was. She turned a corner, put Lila down, and stopped to catch her breath. Just as Liz was about to say something, a dark figure stepped out of the shadow.
A dark, grey and black mech with a Decpeticon insignia came out and smiled victoriously at them, while having one of the minicons slung over his shoulder, battered and bruised.
"Well, now," he said, "How about I get more acquainted to you?"
He reached down to grab them, but was shot in the hand by a laser. He snarled at the girl who was holding a laser and smashed his hand in the middle of them all, sending them and rock shards around. The girl's last visions were of his fist, their last sound they heard was his victorious voice yelling "DECEPTICONS, FALL BACK! WE GOT WHAT WE CAME FOR!"
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"C'mon!" Diamond grabbed Miley's hand as they turned another sharp corner, looking for the young sniper.
"THERE." Miley yelled, pointing in the distance at a grey-ish figure hiding behind some rocks.
They both ran to him, gasping for breath. He looked at them and grimaced. "I'm sorry I ditched you guys, I just needed a open place to snipe at the jets and when I looked again , you guys were gone! So I ran around trying to find you, but I found Prowl at the make-shift medical station and he was out, so I've been looking for you guys everywhere, and I'm seriously sorry tha-"
Miley cut him off. "Dude, it's fine, just come with us! Lila, Chris, and Liz are all waiting over by the entrance and we don't kno-"
Just at that point, they saw a enraged Sunstreaker streak past them, yelling obscenities in multiple languages as he charged into two of the Combaticons. His usually hard indigo optics were now more of a light purple hint. Bluestreak grabbed the two girls and drove away, into the base, as Megatron's voice rang out. "DECEPTICONS, FALL BACK! WE HAVE WHAT WE CAME FOR!"
Megatron's form suddenly appeared, and in his hand was something he was clutching. Slowly, all the cons joined him in the air and they were soon all gone. Bluestreak noticed the girls were pale, paler than a usual healthy human.
"Guys," he began, "What's wrong?"
As Diamond and Miley looked at the dashboard, Diamond burst into tears and Miley just sat there, mouth hung open. Sunstreaker had joined them, his optics reverted normally and he looked as if he was a walking ghost. Miley was the first to reply to the bot's question. "T-T-They took them," she whispered.
"Took who?" Blustreak asked worriedly.
"L-L-L-Lila, Liz-zy, and Ch-Ch-Chris!" Diamond wailed into Miley's shoulder.
Sunstreaker grimaced. "Not just them," he said brokenly. "They got Sideswipe." He then rested his head against the wall behind them.
Bluestreak just sat there, idling in thought, until Optimus came and found them
Their leader looked beaten up, but somehow still gave off a warm aura. "Why are you down?" he asked them politely.
Sunstreaker's eyes glinted in anger, but then he resumed his position as a kicked puppy and responded "They got hostages."
Optimus nodded and kneeled down. "yes, we know. They took Bumblebee."
The yellow bot roared in resentment. "NOT ONLY THAT LITTLE BUG! They got...they got...Sideswipe." he whispered, bringing his knees close to his spark chamber and tried to reach his twin across their spark bond. No prevail.
Optimus blinked at them and awkwardly put his arm around the dampened warrior. Bluestreak's doors opened and the two girls got out, shaking. Optimus looked at them and said "Weren't there five of you?"
They both nodded. "Me-Me-Me-Me-" Diamond shook with sadness.
"Megatron took them," Miley said, monotoned and shocked, as if she still couldn't process what the hell just happened.
Optimus's head hit the wall with a sickening smack. Damn, just what he needed.
A/N: Reviews are love.