Chapter 3: Myths and Secrets

When Trapper walked into the house he found Trips and Blueshot watching TV on the couch. They noticed Trapper looked excited despite the lack of facial features.

"What's got you so happy?" Blueshot asked.

"I believe I met Kenny today!" Trapper exclaimed.

Trips and Blueshot looked at each other, then back to Trapper.

"Trapper, did you hit your head or something!" Trips asked slightly concerned.

"What? No! It's true, I really saw him!" Trapper said shocked they were in doubt.

"Did you even ask for his name?" Blueshot said adjusting himself on the couch.

"Well...no!" Trapper felt disappointed.

"Well then, we don't believe you. Until you find some crucial evidence, Kenny doesn't exist to us!" Blueshot said.

Trips however, felt sorry for Trapper. Trips knew Trapper and Blueshot didn't really get along all the time and Blueshot usually picked on Trapper for some things. Trapper grumbled.

"Fine...be that way!" Trapper muttered and left for his room.

"Finally some peace and quiet!" Blueshot shook his head.

Trips sighed. Meanwhile, far back in Kaon, things have changed. The town had been taken over by many jet vehicons. The old factory remained destroyed, the alleyways were deserted and many buildings have been burned, destroyed or taken over. Unfortunately, Kenny's old house was also taken over by these new breed of vehicons. Since they moved in, the vehicons have been searching through piles of data pads, newspapers and boxes for info on Kenny. The empty streets eachoed with the sound of laughter and objects being tossed.

"Man, all these data pads. And not once single piece of facts about his powers." One vehicon said tossing the data pad he was holding to the ground.

"We have to find something useful! Otherwise we'll never find him!" Another vehicon said looking through a few boxes.

"He probably took the important stuff with him."

"Mabye...little runt!"

"I'm telling ya, once we find Kenny, we can kill him and take his powers out of him to give to us. Then, we'll be invincible."

"I agree, besides, he can't take us all on!"

While the two drones laughed, a black and green jet vehicon named Jetstream was sneaking through the street trying not to be caught. Jetstream was trying to find out all about what the jet vehicons had planned.

"This doesn't make since at all. Why bother with the kid?" Jetstream wonderd out-loud.

"HEY WHO'S THERE?" Came a voice.

Jetstream looked around to see a jet vehicon coming towards him. Jetstream stood his ground.

"Hey! I've never seen you around here! What are you doing?" The silver jet demanded.

"I'm just going for a walk!" Jetstream simply said trying to pass the vehicon but was shoved back.

"You ain't going anywhere!" The jet sneered.

"Oh really?" Jetstream nodded.

The vehicon swung at Jetstream who ducked then sent his own fist crashing into the vehicon's face knocking him to the ground out cold. Jetstream chuckled and continued on his way. He easily escaped out of Kaon and attempted to find Kenny for himself. Kenny had to know what was going on.

"I need to find the kid before it's too late!" Jetstream said transfoming and tearing through the sky.

Back over at the bar in Tyger Pax, Sonny seemed very worried.

"Hey Kenny, do you think the other jets may find out that I'm hanging out with you two?" Sonny asked nervously.

"Mabye...but it's not like you can't. Don't worry, they won't mess with you!" Kenny assured patting Sonny on the back.

"I hope you're right!"

"Poor kid!" Bloodbath shook his head.

"I can see it now, getting captured, beaten, forced to answer questions. It's very terrifying!" Sonny said finishing off the energon in his glass.

When night came, over in Trip's apartment, Trapper was still furious with the other two for not believing him. He saw Kenny with his own visor. He wasn't making it up. But Trapper knew Blueshot was very hard to convince. Trips however, mabye he'd believe him with some more explainations. He walked back into the living room and asked to speak to Trips privately. They headed towards a back room.

"What's up Trap? You look upset. Look I know you want us to believe you...but you have no proof." Trips tried to explain.

"I know...but...why would I make it up? I'm not obessed with him." Trapper said.

"Oh I know you aren't. But if you really believe he's out there, then mabye you should go out and find him." Trips suggested.

"I guess you're right. I think I should go out and get some energon." Trapper sighed.

"That's fine, be careful out there!"

"Pfft, when have I ever needed to be careful?" Trapper scoffed.

Trapper exited the house again and raced out onto the road. Trips watched him leave before Blueshot came over.

"Where's he going now?" Blueshot asked.

"Just out for a drive." The helicopter answered the tank.

As Trapper raced along the streets, he spotted a purple and black customized car up ahead. It was Kenny who was out for a drive himself. Trapper felt excited again as he sped up.

"Hey, where's he going?" Trapper thought speeding up some more.

Kenny, thinking he was being followed, sped up even more leaving Trapper behind in a cloud of dust.

"Aw man, I was so close!" Trapper grumbled not seeing ahead of himself clearly as a jet came directly at him.

THOOM!

Trapper collides with a black and green jet flying too low. The jet, who was Jetstream, smashes to the ground while Trapper flips into the air and lands upside down hard. Both transformed angry with each other.

"WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?" Trapper snarled.

"HEY YOU RAMMMED INTO ME!" Jetstream retorted.

"YOU WERE FLYING TO LOW!" Trapper shot back.

That's when Jetstream realized his mistake.

"You're right I'm sorry. Hey...you're big, I might need your help something." Jetstream said.

"Like what?" Trapper asked dusting himself off.

"I recently found the famous Kenny's house but was unable to get enough info or grab anything before I was spotted. If you can infiltrate the house and defeat all of the jets, then mabye I can scout out the place and find hidden info on Kenny's whereabouts. Kenny must know that the other jet vehicons are out to get him. And they must be stopped at all costs. Will you help me?" Jetstream explained.

Trapper was very surprised at this. But rumor had it that all the jet vehicons had taken over Kaon, including Kenny's old house.

"Of course, anything to save a legend!" Trapper said.

But little did he know, Trips had been spying on him from nearbye.

To be continued...