Story: Virus...
Chapter 10 - Kidnap
(NOTE: No relation to 'Black and white Autobot family)
All pure FICTION!
'Blah' normal talk
blah thoughts aloud
'blah' talking through comlink
'Sir,' Perceptor approached Rodimus. 'We cannot established the location of the satelitte. There's no audio signals going to the satelitte. It's now sending, not receiving. Einsteel seems have kept it's source hidden, so we must go back to the lab for further locations of the satelitte.'
'Plus, if Einsteel is holding my family's bodies hostage for experiments, I want to free them!' Proton added.
Rodimus looked from their faces, and nods. 'Agreed. Steer the ship Proton.'
Proton nodded and sat in the control seat, and steers the ship around.
Rodimus turned towards Prowl, who still couldn't hear anyone, and so knew nothing about it. He turned to Perceptor. 'If the satelitte is now sending and not receiving, shouldn't Prowl get his audios enabled now?'
'Of course sir, now we have out Einsteel off track now, thanks to disabling it.'
Einsteel gleamed with pride at the pods with the bodies being revived.
'So, they think they can stop me listening in on their plans just for disabling the audio of MY WORK!' he grew into a rage. 'Well they better think again, with these new creations they can't resist! Especially that foul Proton! He'll give up knowing I have his ancestors revived. That powerful chain, will be mine!'
He walked towards the construction room, where the protoforms for the bodies were being built by his machines.
'With my skills in the work of science, I will revive loads more bodies of dead comrades. The rest of Cybertron will know me as the saviour of all time!'
He notices the first protoform was just completed.
'Now I have 1 finished at the moment, who to revive at this moment...' he patted the table, and thought of the advantages of reviving any of the current bodies he had. 'I know...' he clicked in fingers in pride!
'Its getting quite dark now. If your ship runs out of fuel, we should refuel any moment, and rest for the night,' Manaline suggested.
Proton nodded. 'The ship's fuel is under 20%, and that's not enough to get to the lab.' He pulls up the map, and searches for a ship refueling depo. 'Just a mile away, I can refuel the ship there, and rest up. The tall metal bars, and strong walls makes it unlikely to be broken down by the infected bots.'
'Then we'll touch down there. We aim to be at the lab by tomorrow night.' Rodimus said.
Proton nodded, and continued on the current path, heading towards the depo.
The ship eventually reached the depo, known as 'Bots Planes.' and walked down the ramp.
Proton spots the fuel and heads over to the large barrel.
'I'll get the ship refueled, and then we can take off.'
Einsteel takes a deep breath, feeling happy with himself.
'You, Prototype HYDRID! are my second prototype created within this very week! Tell me, what do you remember?'
The tall white and black Praxien sighed, and shook his head. 'Not much. Only... a blaze. And 3 young sparklings, 3 mechs, 2 of them twins, among it, crying! I couldn't do anything about it!'
'Good. GOOD! I revived you, Hydrid! And now, I will release you into the wild outside the lab, with a mission!'
'What mission will that be,... master?'
Einsteel picks up a photo, and hands it to Hydrid, who peers closely at it. A photo of Prototype Prowl.
'Prototype Prowl,' Einsteel replied. 'My first creation who turned against me. I revived him from the death bed, gave him memories, and was my own, and now he's betrayed me! I want you to bring him back! Failure to do so, will be punishment! Or you could bring back one of his pals! I'll get information out of them instead.'
'Mission 1, retrieve Prototype Prowl, or a close pal of his!' Hydrid repeated.
'Yes. I have a GPS locater on his spark. Go there! And bring him back!' Einsteel ordered.
'As you wish, sir!' Hydrid walks away towards the main doors.
'Beware Prowl, Prototype vs Prototype!' Einsteel chuckled to himself.
Bright and early the next day...
Proton was the first to wake up, and he checks the fuel gauge for ship. It was about 92% but it was enough to get to the lab.
As the others began to wake up, it was time to get moving.
Perceptor began to work on Prowl's audio, attempting to make it work again. After a few tries, he eventually got it working.
'Can you hear now Prowl?'
'Yes Perceptor. Everything now, and the twins argueing again!'
Perceptor chuckled.
When they returned to the main control pod of the ship, they found the twins appear to be argueing with each other.
'Told you.' Prowl said, and walked off. 'Everything ok dad.'
Proton turned around. 'Oh, Perceptor has made your hearing work. Excellent. And yes, fuel gauge is high, and everything's set.'
'Ignition Proton.' Rodimus called out.
He nodded, and started the engines.
Steering the ship along the runway, the ship lifts into the sky, away from the depo.
Inside the lab, Einsteel opened the back doors. Hydrid stood infront of them, as the doors opened widely at a slow pace.
'Remember, Prowl or a pal!' Einsteel tells him. 'I have control of your system, so no disobeying me, at all!'
'Yes sir!' Hydrid said.
With that he flew out the lab, and into the air, with the rockets on his feet.
Once Hydrid was in the air, he looked around the whole area.
'Cybertron has changed since I left... Did I really die? Leaving those sparklings in the blaze?'
(Flashback)
'Grandad! Where are you?'
'Smokescreen! Where are you? (coughing) keep low! Where are your brothers? (coughs)
'With mummy!'
(Coughs) Stay... with ... her (thud on the ground)
...
'Dad? Dad... Wake up! No...
...
'That was all I heard of him... A Smokescreen? Who's Smokescreen? Sounds like he was my grandson...' Hydrid said to himself. 'My own son... Prot.. Proton... And the twins? Who were they?'
He looked up to see a ship quite a few miles away from where he was.
'Got to listen to my master. Time to get this Prowl!' and he flew at high speed towards the ship.
'Sir, incoming energy signature.' Proton shouts to Rodimus from the control pod.
Rodimus runs over to the reading gauge, a small red dot, indicating an energy signature, flying at full speed towards them.
Right there sir.' Proton points to the small figure coming closer and closer.
'BEND DOWN!' Rodimus ordered.
Everyone ducked, just as this object breaks through the window, landing inside the pod.
They all gasped.
'Dad...' Proton gasped.
Hydrid emerged from the smoke, flexing his doorwings, and looked around.
(From what his optics can see) Hydrid looked at each Autobot around the room, scanning each one. When Prowl came into view, energy reading was high.
'Prototype Prowl, located!' he said.
'Oh no...' Prowl fled.
Hydrid immediately sped really fast, and stood in Prowl's tracks.
'Must obey Einsteel!' Hydrid repeated.
'Well I won't!' Prowl argued.
'Stop this!' Proton calls out to Hydrid.
This made the tall Praxien turn around and look at Proton. He gasped at the familiar feeling, but with Einsteel controlling him, Hydrid draws his sword.
'Draw.' he orders.
'No!' Proton replied.
Hydrid smiled. 'Draw!'
Proton knew not risk harming anyone, so he had no choice but to draw. Prowl stepped back, away from the scene.
Hydrid was the first to launch an attack, easily blocked by Proton.
'Very good... How'd you learn so fast!' Hydrid asks.
'I take after my FATHER!' Proton replied instantly.
'Smart warrior he must be..' and he lunges at Proton again.
No matter how many attacks he launched, Proton easily deflected it back.
Eventually an attack from them both, disarmed them both, sending their weapons flying away.
Being father and son, they had both their inheritage from Rynox, and their heritage of the powerful chain that they formed.
Hydrid launches a flame thrower, easily blocked by a water defence by Proton. He then drew up a powerful electric blade, so did Proton. When they collided, a massive explosion blew everyone of their feet.
Amongst the mist, Hydrid spots a black and white mech, he presumed was his target, and he grabs their arm, and flies out the window towards the lab.
When the smoke cleared up, and everyone was helped to their feet...
'Anyone hurt? Everybody ok?' Rodimus called out. He spots Proton lying unconsious nearby, and a huge break in the wall from when he impacted. 'Proton. You ok?'
Proton was helped to his feet. 'I'm ok, but where's Prowl?'
As the rest of the mist disappeared, they spotted Prowl lying nearby against the wall, groaning.
Proton rushed up to him, and helps his son to his feet. Bluestreak managed to get to his feet nearby.
'Everyone here?' Rodimus asks.
'Yeah... We're in one piece...' Sideswipe replied.
'My paint job is still ok.' Sunstreaker added.
'We're fine over here.' Springer replied.
'Dad's gone...' Proton sounded really upset. 'Einsteel has gone too far. Dad didn't recognize me, and attacked!'
'Hey...' Bluestreak interrupted. 'Anyone seen Jazz?'
Everyone looked around the room, and offered to look around the whole ship incase he hid from the fight. They all came back with no clue of where he is.
'He took Jazz!' Rodimus gasped. 'Full speed ahead towards the lab!' he tells Proton.
In the air...
Hydrid flew towards the lab where Einsteel was waiting. In his arms, Jazz laid unconsious.
So Einsteel now has Hydrid under his control, and with more protoforms under construction for the rest of the bodies, AND has captured Jazz. What more could he do?
Read on to find out more.
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