Kerra Quigley and Master Primo: Don't you think I know that? That's why I specifically said that it couldn't be Sentinel or Bravirin. Also I wonder whose ego would kill the other first, Starscream's or Sentinel's if they were in a locked room. I wonder if either would come out alive. –Starts cackling at the thought- How Sentinel ever got as far as he did is a complete mystery to me.
Kerra Quigley: Yes she is in her teen form BUT as you might have noticed this is slightly AU so the key still works, but it pulls energy from her in order to work completely.
Mulan 2: Of course she is! She is a caring and warm-hearted person and Ultra Magnus is one of her friends. I love the idea skit things you write in your reviews and, is the original TF movie on you tube, or can someone out line if for me please? Who is Astrotrain? Bumblebee's reaction probably be along those lines.
Baby bumblebee, Alpha Sigma, Beast wars Master, and jozs001: Thank you for telling me that I posted the wrong chapter earlier! I am so sorry for doing that.
Pachysam: I like your ideas a lot, and I may use some of them (if I haven't already). About the beast forms, good idea, though I'm not sure which animals any of them would choose. (Well Prowl would have a panther or a tiger form). I like to read any suggestions you and any reader has and I think I have and will use some of them if not all. And by spy I mean another (please don't kill me for this) 'traitor' who is actually a Decepticon. Oh and I refuse point blank for it to be Wasp. I'm fairly sure by the end of this chapter I'd have used at least one or two of your ideas (hint 6 of chap 6, hint )
Super-chimp: What do you mean by students? Like in Elite guard or autobot boot camp students? Huh?
Dr-fan/mai-lover: I saw that episode and I just might have Sari lead a team in the end… Or the epilogue… Hmmm… Must think about that one.
O.K. folks, I've only been able to type in the mornings when I'm not busy because it has been so hot (over 100-degree weather all week x.x) and if I have my monitor on when the air conditioner is then the circuit breaker trips. (Why I don't know) Also a quick question, who or what is Unicron? I sorta know that Primus is the benevolent one, but could someone please explain both of them, or point me at a site that does?
Perceptor and Wheel Jack had let Sari wander around the place she had been brought to. Curiosity and Exploration were some of Sari's traits she possessed, so they let her explore. They could observe her behavior when they weren't in her immediate vicinity.
Sari was delighted at the chance to walk around the place and look at some potentially new or different things. "Thank you Perc' thanks 'Jack!" she said as she moved towards the door, a brilliant smile sent their way.
"You are welcome." Perceptor and Wheel Jack replied simultaneously.
Sari had been wandering around for a while when she heard two familiar voices speaking in dejected tones. "I am wishing that our superiors ad let us search for Sari more brother."
I am wishing that too brother." Sighed the second sadly.
Sari snuck up behind the pair and pounced on them, giving them a tight hug.
"Sari it is good to be seeing you again." They cried in unison, all sadness and fear for their diminutive friend forgotten.
"I am glad to see you two as well." Sari replied cheerfully.
"Jazz, and Master Yuketron sirs would probably be very happy to be seeing you too Sari." Jetfire murmured thoughtfully.
"They are worried, like we were until we saw you Sari, and that you were alright." Jetstorm added equally thoughtfully.
Said ninjas came towards the jet twins and unbeknownst to all five of the soon to be reunited friends, neither group knew of the other's presence, until Jazz nearly stumbled over Jetfire and looked down to see what he had tripped over.
Jazz saw Sari's face and a jumble of arms and legs. Chuckling a little he asked "Need any help you three?"
"Yes please." They responded gratefully. Yuketron came to view Jazz helping up Jetstorm while Jetfire… and …/could it be?/… Sari struggling their feet and failing, but happily flopping in a heap onto the floor.
"Do you two need some help?" Yuketron asked.
"Yes please." Jetfire and Sari said again at the same time.
Once everyone was on their feet, Sari tackled Jazz and Yuketron, who smiled and ruffled her hair. (both of the ninjas did).
"Are Perceptor and Wheel Jack treating you well?" asked Yuketron a hint of protectiveness in his voice.
"Yes they say that the tests will be done in a day or two." Sari replied brightly.
"Sari where are you?" called Wheel Jack, trying to find hi young friend.
Sari called back "Over Here!" Sari was alone now because her friends had to leave on her mission. (A part from Perceptor and Wheel Jack) Sari wished them a safe return. She hoped that their mission was a complete success, and wasn't bitter that they had to leave. She did wonder what the mission was, but she had forgotten to ask. Sari was kind of lost and was glad to hear Wheel Jack's familiar voice.
"Ok, I'm coming, please stay put." Informed Wheel Jack. Aforementioned scientist came and picked up Sari, marveling at the fact that she felt so light, an she felt arm.
When they got back to the lab Sari asked curiously "What do the tests show?"
"The tests show that-" Began Wheel Jack, but to all three of theirs annoyance Sentinel Prime showed up.
"Perceptor, Wheel Jack. We have a massive influx of injured bots and Counselor Tranel said that you had something that could help. A lot are damaged really badly." Sentinel said urgently.
"We both have some medical expertise." Replied Perceptor moving quickly towards the door. Sari was unnoticed on Wheel Jack's shoulder and was brought along too.
The medics gladly welcomed the two scientists and the pair started working on repairing the bots closest to the bots closest to them.
Sari scampered as fast as she could to the most critically wounded and started to work. It settled for her into a steady rhythm: Locate worst injury, insert key into the center of injury, pull out key and move to the next one. Sari didn't notice, but she brought several bots back from death (literally).
Around her fortieth or fiftieth bot Sari collapsed on top of the bot she had just fixed. The nearest medic had only noticed her work and not what she looked like, so she picked Sari up and put her on a recharge bed, noticing the bot she had collapsed on was fine, and turned to the next bot in the row who was injured.
Sari woke up two hours later and most of the four hundred bots were in acceptable condition. Ten however, had gone offline despite all the medics could do. The had gone to the well of allsparks after Sari had collapsed, and were being delicately handled when Sari, who saw the ten were off line, started to bring them back, one by one.
The medics and two scientists were utterly startled as Sari moved from bot to bot seemingly only to touch the offlined bots with something, and color returned to their previously gray bodies and their sparks returned to their chambers. Sari stumbled away from the bot and her legs crumpled beneath her and she looked up at her two friends, and asked weakly "Can you guys take me to a place I can rest, I'm exhausted." Her voice had faded away by the end of her request.
"O-of course Sari." Perceptor and Wheel jack murmured simultaneously stuttering slightly in surprise at the display of grace and power. After a long nap in one of the labs Sari had been in for the past few days.
"Hello!" Sari called out in a friendly sort of way, "Is anyone awake?"
"I Am." Called Perceptor quietly "'Jack is in recharge so I'm trying to keep as quiet as possible. Why didn't you tell us that you can heal extensive wounds like when we were in the infirmary and can bring back offline bots?"
"I can't do that, my key can. It was charged by the allspark If it needs extra energy, I provide It." Replied Sari quietly
"Which is why you collapsed both during the main healing thing, and after you brought back those ten bots." Has your key ever been used for destructive purposes?" queried Perceptor, half curious, half afraid of what the answer would be. His unease increased as he saw a haunted look in Sari's eyes.
"Y-yes, it has. Decepticons also know what this thing can do, well some of it's powers at least. Sari murmured quietly.
"How did they use it, and what are the designations of the Decepticons who know of your key, and it's…uses?" asked Perceptor, praying to Primus it wasn't who he thought it was.
Sari breathed in deeply and sighed quietly "Blitzwing took it from a frozen Ratchet. He then used it to fix up Megatron's body and to fix Megatron's head to his shoulders. Megatron used it as a beam weapon when he had it, but Optimus managed to knock it from his hand later in the fight. Several hours later when the two of them were fighting on the Autobots' ship. The names of the Decepticons who know are: Megatron, Blitzwing, Blackarachnia, Lugnut and Starscream."
"From what I've seen the thing do, I can tell why you've kept it low key, but what are it's other powers?" Perceptor asked gently, making sure that she knew that he wasn't mad at her for not telling him or Wheel Jack.
"It can open any lock, energy barrier thingy, turn on or off any mechanical thing, download any information on a computer and put it into the user's processor. There may be more it can do, but I either don't know or don't remember." Sari murmured, frowning in concentration trying to remember if it did anything else.
Perceptor was stunned at what Sari's seemingly innocent looking key could do. "That is quite the useful tool, although I think I will only tell Wheel Jack and no one else. I don't think too many people should know what that key could do. Being charged by the allspark it could have many more powers, or that, list, is the extent of its powers. Since at least one of those options may be true that key is very powerful and keep it close Sari."
"I know, I never take it off, not even when I sleep." Replied Sari, deadly serious. Then She brightened at a thought and asked, "So, what do the tests show? I'm really curious."
Perceptor was about to speak when Counselor Wrench came into the room. (Wrench is the Counselor representing the Medics) He walked over to Sari and said in a gruff voice that reminded Sari fondly of Ratchet said, "Kid you are coming with me to the medical bay. No complaining. I heard what you did kid. You also collapsed twice and I want to make sure that you are running fine after the amount of energy you used."
"Who told you that I collapsed?" asked Sari, trying her best not to glare at Perceptor, but failing and shooting a venomous glower up at him.
"Hey, don't look at me!" Perceptor protested, backing up a step at the look.
"The medic who told me found you collapsed on the last bot you healed. She was, until recently, unable to do much, but we take comfort in the fact that her memory is coming back. I was about to inform Ratchet when all those bots came in needing to be fixed up and I had a merry chase trying to find you." Replied Wrench grumpily.
"What is the name of the medic?" asked Sari, a tingle of apprehension going down her spine.
"Arcee. Now, Move IT!" ordered Wrench.
"He's worse than Ratchet is." grumbled Sari under her breath, but she complied with the Chief Medic's wishes.
"I heard that." Snapped Wrench, glad that he didn't have to try to drag her to the medical bay, unlike some commanders he had dealt with in his time. Sari went back into the med bay. Before she hadn't really had time to look at the place, consumed as she was for the desire to help the injured. But now she gazed around at the place, her mouth open slightly. Lots of places to scan for injuries, strange instruments that she didn't know how to fully describe, much less know the use for. And everything was so big. Sari was slightly awed at the sheer size and scope of the place that she had briefly worked in a few hours ago.
"Where do you want me to go?" asked Sari, squinting up at the old medic.
"Get onto this berth please. I need to scan you." Wrench ordered. Sari looked up at the thing, and leapt lightly onto it. After He scanned Sari, he harrumphed.
"What is it?" Sari asked curiously.
"Well nothing seems to be wrong it's just that, argh I can't tell, I just, I'm not sure what that means." Replied Wrench, cryptically, but he also sounded confused.
"Try sending the results to Ratchet, he's had more experience with me than you have." Offered Sari helpfully.
"I think I will. Alright you can go back to those two lunatic scientists." Wrench decided, and then helped her down to the floor and pointed her into the direction of Perceptor's and Wheel Jack's labs.
After Sari and Wrench left, Wheel Jack came out of recharge and sent a quizzical look at Perceptor. Perceptor told Wheel Jack about his and Sari's conversation, and what Wrench had said when he popped up, and also explained why and where Sari was at the moment.
"So you haven't told her which faction she is yet?" asked Wheel jack curiously.
"No I haven't, I was about to when Wrench showed up, and I believe the same thing happened to you when Sentinel Prime showed up." Perceptor replied.
"I noticed that. Sari is a caring youngling, isn't she?" observed Wheel Jack fondly. Both bots knew that she would always have a special place in their sparks. They didn't have many friends, but she was one of them.
"Master Yuketron? I can't find a trace of, well anything. It's like he and all the other Autobots just left. But he was going to this place to help some bots that were pinned down by Decepticons. I don't see any traces of a firefight. Do you?" asked a very worried Jazz.
"No Jazz, I don't. Let's ask those young fliers if they see anything from the air." Suggested Yuketron quietly.
"Jetfire, Jetstorm, do either of you see anything unusual?" asked Jazz.
"No Jazz, I am not seeing anything." Reported Jetfire.
"I am not- wait I saw something!" called Jetstorm worry coloring his voice. "Jazz, Yuketron Sir, watch yourselves! The what ever it was was big! And" he said turning towards where he saw the deep purple flash of color and his breath caught, optics enlarging in shock and fear, " Decepticons, coming your way! One at least, dark purple, with stripes of black on his wings."
Yuketron's calm voice cut through the panicky thoughts filling both twin's processors. "Come back to the ship both of you, Jazz and I are almost on it."
"Yes sir!" they confirmed flying quickly, but silently and passing the 'con that was on the ground. Both noticed two different groups of two that were closing in on the ship, and Jet fire and Jetstorm just barely made it into the ship before the doors closed and they took off silently, waiting for the 'cons to make their first move.
"I guess that Shockwave was wrong." Said a high pitched whiny voice "No more Autobots did come through the space gate. I suppose we'll just have to do with giving over their leader and these five pathetic excuses for bots to Megatron."
"Yes, but we must wait for his signal so that we can deliver them to him. Unless any of you know where our glorious leader is?" replied a silky, smooth voice, reminding Jazz forcefully of an organic creature on Earth. A snake.
"I don't know about you Prime, but I'm suspicious. The 'cons have been too quiet. I bet that they are planning something." Ratchet grumbled.
"If you say so." Optimus replied "I'm more worried by the fact that Sari hasn't returned from Cybertron yet."
"Don't worry Prime, if she hasn't charmed everyone she's met, she's scared them so badly by her very presence (i.e. organic) that they won't do anything. She knows how to defend herself too." Ratchet admonished, trying to convince himself of that as well his young leader.
"Hey Boss Bot!" called Bumblebee. "Someone is trying to contact you, probably on the communications thingy."
"Be right there." Prime replied. He saw Jazz, the Jet twins, and someone who looked a lot like Prowl. "Hello, My name is Optimus Prime, what is your name?" He asked politely.
Yuketron was surprised, not at the leader's youth, but the fact that he was polite. He had met many a Prime that was good on the battlefield, but had terrible people skills and was a downright pain to deal with. This one also did not demand everything he wanted like some he had came across, but asked, and politely too. "I am called Master Yuketron, I am a cyber ninja."
"Ah," Optimus said, optics sparkeling suddenly at a thought. "Prowl" he called "Could you come in to the communications room for a minute?"
"Sure, but-" the questions died on his lips as he saw his old teacher, not sure if what he was seeing was true. "M-master Y-Yuketron?" he asked in a hesitantly tentative sort of way, as if he didn't quite believe his optics.
Jazz grinned widely "He certainly is our teacher Prowl." That simple statement had an interesting effect on most of the occupants of the room. Bumblebee and Bulkhead both nearly fell over in shock, mouths open in almost comical ohs. Ratchet cocked an eyebrow appraising the Cyber Ninja Leader and Optimus's optic's widened in shock.
The three ninjas were very amused by the reactions. "What?" asked Prowl lightly, the hint of a smile quirking his lips up. "I had to learn somehow didn't I? None of you thought that I was trained?"
"I think that they are, or most of them, knew that you were trained, but didn't really thought about the bot who trained you." Yuketron reasoned.
"How long do you think it'll take for them to snap out of it?" Jazz asked, a mischievous look on his face.
"It depends." Prowl replied.
"On what?" pressed Jazz.
"If we try to snap them out of it, then it'll take less time." Informed Prowl.
"As interesting as a spectacle this is I need your Prime receptive. Megatron is on the planet you are on isn't he?" Asked Yuketron. The name of the hated and feared Decepticon snapped the others out of their shock. Yuketron filled them in on their mission and what they had overheard.
Time to ask the obvious: Does Sari's key have any more powers? If not (that you can think of) what powers do you want it to have?