Bwahahahahahahahahaha! Kept you all hanging on, huh? What happens to the twins? What happens to Lyn? Read on to find out.

"Talking"

thinking

:Comlink:

::Sparklink::

PS: don't own Transformers!

"Blaster! Blaster are you there! Fraggin' slag it! Sunny, we've been jammed!" Sideswipe called, narrowly dodging a shot from the Saleen Decepticon.

"Slaggers!" Sunstreaker growled. Barricade chuckled darkly.

"What's the matter, Auto-bums? Can't contact your friends to come and help?" Sunstreaker growled and, before Sideswipe could stop him, lunged at the black and white mech. Barricade, not realising the danger before it was too late, toppled to the ground with roar.

From the foliage, Lyn watched the fight between the three mechs. The sudden sound of jet engines caught her ears. Looking up, she caught sight of a silver F-22 Raptor, flanked by two other jets, whose designs she didn't recognise. She smiled at first, thinking that Will had known what was happening and had sent the air force. That was, until it dawned on her that Will couldn't have known what was going on. Besides, she remembered her father once tell her that F-22 pilots didn't fly with other squadrons.

"Oh no!" Forgetting what Sideswipe had told her to do, Lyn ran out of cover. "Sunny! Sides! Look out!" she screamed. Sideswipe looked up just in time to notice the three jets screaming towards them.

"Sunny! Hit the deck!" he yelled, diving into his brother, pushing him off the thoroughly beaten Barricade just as the jets fired. Barricade took the shots.

: You imbeciles! Watch where you're firing!: Barricade growled down their comlink as he got unsteadily to his feet. Sideswipe and Sunstreaker both staggered up at the same time, Sideswipe shaking his head to clear the daze and Sunstreaker growling curses and other such profanities. To Lyn's horror, the jets had turned and were approaching again. This time, the twins were ready for them. Shooting as one at the already heavily damaged Barricade, they leapt into the air, activating their in-built booster packs.

:: Haven't done this in ages. I could be a little rusty:: Sideswipe chuckled through their link.

:: It's only because we haven't had any seekers to practice on at home:: Sunstreaker smirked back, as they planted themselves on two of the oncoming jets, grabbing their fins and pulling them into each other.

"Yeehah!" Sideswipe yelled. He didn't notice the F-22 bearing down on him. Until the last moment.

"Sideswipe!" Lyn cried as the red mech took a missile to the back. Sunstreaker, seeing and feeling his brother fall heavily to the ground, cried out in unholy rage and pain, leaping from the black jet onto the F-22, tearing at every possible place he could.

"Aargh! Imbeciles, get him off me!" Starscream yelled at his wing mates, trying his best to throw the irate Autobot off him. Thundercracker and Skywarp, still dizzy from before, shot at him the best they could. But Sunstreaker was intent on bringing the Air Commander down with him. With a scream of engines, both mechs ploughed into the ground. Starscream, of course, came off the worst. Sunstreaker staggered from the downed Air Commander towards his fallen brother.

"Sides, you hear me bro?" he asked, gently shaking his brother's shoulders. Sideswipe groaned.

"Hey. You look like the pit." Sideswipe joked. Sunstreaker growled.

"Yeah. I got Screamer back for you though, which makes me feel a whole lot better."

"But for how long?" The Twins looked to where the voice came from. Barricade, as badly injured as he was, had stood up again, and was smirking at them. The two remaining jets stood behind him. Sunstreaker growled, helping his Twin up. Sideswipe leaned heavily against his brother. It was only then that they noticed why he was looking so confident.

"Lyn!" Sideswipe gasped. Clutched in the Decepticon's clawed hand was, indeed, Lyn.

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Meanwhile, the Autobots were getting ready to mobilize.

"Dey're somewhere five miles North West of Mission City. It looks like a forested area," Blaster stated.

"Very well, we'll find them," Optimus nodded.

"If anything has happened to Lyn, there'll be the Pit to pay!" Ratchet growled to himself. Unfortunately for him, it didn't go completely unheard. Mikaela and Sam exchanged knowing smiles.

"Alright Autobots, you know the plan of action. Roll out!" the selected Autobots transformed and followed their leader out of their base, leaving the others to finish repairs.

"You know, I don't know why they're bothering to go after those two. What's the point?"

"Because, Cliffjumper, they're Autobots, too. What's your problem with them anyway?" Bluestreak asked. The red warrior didn't answer. The silver Ferrari rolled his optics.

"Come on, Cliff, if you have a problem with them, what is it? I mean, if you have a problem with someone, surely you have a reason for not liking them, right?"

"Shut up, Bluestreak." With that, Cliffjumper turned and walked off, leaving Bluestreak alone.

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Barricade grinned, tightening his grip on the young woman. Out of the corner of his optics, he saw Starscream slowly stagger to his feet, huge sparking tears and gashes, not to mention dents and cavities plaguing his chassis. The Air Commander shook his head a couple of times, ridding the fog in front of his optics caused by the G-forces and his many injuries. He growled as he looked to the twins and then to Barricade.

"Good work Barricade, you managed to subdue them, for now."

"Thank you…sir," the Saleen growled. Starscream smirked.

"Now now, there's no need for insubordinate tones. Not in front of our…guests." The Twins merely growled.

::What do we do now, Sunny?::

::I really don't know Sides. You did manage to get the call to the Autobots, didn't you?::

::Of course. I also took the liberty to activate a beacon. They should be here soon::

::Let's hope we can stall them, if not anything else:: So busy in their conversation, the Twins didn't notice Sky Warp appear behind them. Until they took a shot each, bringing them to the ground.

"How's that, Screamer? Even got 'em kneeling for ya."

"Good work. For once Sky Warp, you did something useful. Now, Autobots, you will do what I say."

"Oh yeah?" Sunstreaker growled.

"Yes. Or your fleshling friend pays the price!" The Decepticons chuckled darkly. Sunstreaker shook with anger.

::Sunny, I'm afraid to say that we don't have a choice. They have Lyn. And you know what'll happen to us if anything happens to her:: Sunstreaker slumped. He was right. They didn't have the choice. Lyn's gasp brought him back to reality.

"So, do we have an understanding?" Starscream smirked, taking the human from Barricade. He approached the two Autobots. They looked at each other and shrugged.

"If we must." Sideswipe hesitantly agreed. Lyn's eyes widened in shock.

"No! Don't!" All it earned her was a violent shake from the Air Commander. And all that did was made her feel sick and dizzy. Now that he was sure that they couldn't fight back, Starscream ordered those there to "Show them how Decepticons treat their guests". A barrage of firepower was shot at them; both of them being too weak to move out of the way fast enough. Lyn watched them with wide, watery eyes, helpless to do anything. She hated feeling helpless. And she hated being held by this overgrown toaster. In fact, if he were human, she'd have given him a piece of her mind by now! Empowered by her newly found anger, Lyn managed to somehow kick the Air Commander's finger with a good strong back kick. He yelped in surprise, almost dropping her. The momentary lapse in his grip was all she needed. Wriggling as fast as she could, she managed to drop herself to the ground. With a growl, Starscream swung his hand down, trying to catch the human. Grinning, Lyn used her much smaller size to her advantage, dropping and combat rolling before jumping to her feet again, just like her father had taught her. Finding the display of their new 'mighty leader' trying his best to grab hold of a mere human, Thunder Cracker and Sky Warp fell to the floor, clutching their sides.

"Shut up and get that human!" Starscream screeched, living up to his name. In a moment of madness, Lyn ran up to him and kicked him in the back of his leg before running towards the injured, but nevertheless hysterically laughing, twins.

"Lynx, that was amazing!" Sideswipe exclaimed, trying to catch his breath.

"Yeah, gonna have to keep you on our side!"

Perturbed that a mere human had made him the mockery of the Decepticons, Starscream levelled his blaster with her, preparing to fire.

"I'll teach you to make a fool of me!" He fired on the human. Lyn screamed, covering her eyes. Nothing happened. Staying where she was for a moment, she slowly opened her eyes, only to find herself cast in shadow, the late afternoon sun glinting off what seemed to be black metal. She looked around, the silhouettes of numerous giants blocking out the sun here and there.

"Ironhide?" The mech made very little movement, he appeared to be frozen.

"Leave now, Starscream. You have no business here."

"Ah, Optimus Prime. So nice of you to join our little get together." Lyn could hear the smirk in his voice, and yet she was sure she picked up a small hint of fear. Lyn looked up again at the giant black behemoth in front of her. Ironhide had protected her from being shot, and he now seemed to be coming to. With a groan and a shake of his head, Ironhide growled at the four Decepticons, whipping out his cannons. Lyn had to hold her hand over her mouth to stop herself from laughing. The look in Starscream's optics when those giant 'cylinders of doom', as she'd heard Sideswipe call them, spun out of their places on his wrists was absolutely priceless. If he had blood, she was sure that it would have drained from his face by now.

"You've won this one, Prime. Decepticons retreat!" The grating sound of metal on metal caught her ears as the four Decepticons transformed and sped away from the area. At that moment, the stress of the situation became too much for her, and she fainted.

And that is number ten! Phew! Sorry for the wait, guys! I've had no idea how exactly I wanted to continue it. I've been suffering pretty bad writer's block. Hopefully this will clear it. Lol! I'm still not completely 100 happy with it, but I can't think of any way to improve it.

Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! Lol!