Chapter Four

Crystal quietly ran through the base's corridors, those accursed intruders had managed to get the power back on and there were too many of them for Moongaze to fight of on her own. She had to think of a way to help her friend get rid of these…'pests', she suddenly found herself thinking of Tazer and Surefire and how she wished they were here. Damn stupid Decepticons. If it weren't for them we wouldn't be in this mess. She thought. She reached the medbay and headed in, "Moongaze?" she called out but there was no sign of her friend. "Moongaze it's me." She tried again with no response. This can only mean one thing, they've got her. She clenched her fists they will pay. She remembered what Surefire had said to Moongaze before she was taken to the base 'take care of her until we get back, Gaze. I'm counting on you.' She ran out of the medbay only to see two of the intruders down the corridor, they stared at each other for a moment before she asked angrily "what have you done with Moongaze!?" the two of them looked confused "I know you've taken her, now where is she?" she seethed.

The two Autobots were both surprised and confused, they were surprised to see a human in a base that had been empty for weeks and confused by the fact that the human was angry at them. Plus they had no idea who Moongaze was.

"I have no idea whatcha talkin' 'bout." One of them said.

"How did you get in here anyway?" the other asked still surprised.

"Don't play innocent with me. You took her, I know you did!" she accused "and you're probably the ones that caught Surefire and Tazer." She saw the one with the blue visor smile suddenly.

"We had nothin' ta do with what happened ta Surefire and the others. We're actually investigatin' into it." He saw her give him a skeptical look. "My names Jazz and he's Prowl," gesturing to the mech beside him. "What's ya name?"

"Crystal." She replied, "How can I be sure you're telling the truth?"

"You can't." Prowl stated.

Jazz wanted to smack the Datsun round the head for that comment. Prowl, we're suppose ta be earnin' her trust not pushin' her away from us. He commed the mech.

I am simply telling her the truth, Jazz. Prowl replied.

Crystal regarded them suspiciously and noticed the Autobot symbols on their chests, "you're Autobots?"

"Yup." Jazz answered.

The woman folded her arms across her chest an almost victorious smirk appearing on her face, gotcha! She thought. "Then answer me this, if your Autobots how come you don't know who Moongaze is?"

"There are many Cybertronians in the Autobots, it is impossible to know every single one." Prowl explained.

"You're lying." She stated.

"Excuse me?" Prowl asked not expecting that reply, a doorwing twitching.

"Moongaze told me there are only a few and that they all stayed here. If you really were an Autobot you would know this and her." She told them and ran off.

"Crystal wait!" Jazz called out but she kept running. He turned to Prowl, "guess we found out what happened to the human they were bringing back."

"The question remains, how did she get here and who is this Moongaze she was on about?" the tactician asked.

"I'm not interested in your excuses, Shadowstrike. Now thanks to your incompetence the human is in the hands of the Autobots." The Decepticon leader half spat over the communication.

"It was all part of the plan, Lord Megatron. She will not be with them for long." The black BMW said hoping Megatron couldn't tell he was lying.

"See that she is not!" Megatron said concluding the transmission.

Shadowstrike sighed and rubbed at his temples. Somehow he had to get the human away from the Autobots but he didn't know how. Heck, he didn't even know where their damn base was!

"I wonder what our illustrious leader would think if he knew you were lying to him." A half amused voice said breaking the BMW's thoughts.

The mech turned to his sudden 'company', "probably the same as he thinks about your delusions of leading the Decepticons, Starscream." He replied and walked out.

"I will rule the Decepticons one day! And you will pay for that remark!" Starscream retaliated highly annoyed.

"Your just jealous, Starscream." A voice said catching the red seekers attention.

"Jealous! Why the frag should I be jealous of that slaghead!" Starscream asked the electric blue Nissan Navara now leaning against the doorframe.

He shrugged, "perhaps the fact that Megatron put him in charge of this mission and not you." He stated amused.

The seeker folded his arms across his chest a smirk appearing on his face, "we've seen that was a wrong decision, haven't we, Stampede. Shadowstrike can't even tell when there are Autobots right in front of his optics." He gave a small chuckle and headed out.

Stampede narrowed his optics as he watched the seeker walk down the corridor, like you could do any better he thought insultingly.

Shadowstrike walked through the Decepticon base growling as he thought about how to retrieve the human. Stupid seekers, we wouldn't have lost them if they'd came on time. He thought angrily. "I believe I have something that might cheer you up, 'Strike." A voice said. The BMW looked over and saw the black and silver iPod touch. "And what would that be, Beat?" he asked virtually snarling.

"Follow me." Beat said almost happily.

The two mechs walked towards the holding cells of the base, "take a look." Beat said holding his arm out into the room.

Shadowstrike walked in smirking almost instantly and began to chuckle. "Nice work, Beat. This will help us greatly."

"Slag off, Decepticon!"