RID: More Than Meets the Eye
Sorry this took so long, but life happens. Been busy with me new job. Hopefully this makes up for it. Enjoy
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AllSpark Princess: Lol Strongarm is just being difficult...like she always is.
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Yesterday was quite the...interesting to say the least. I managed to survive my first kidnapping...my creators would be so proud. Note the sarcasm.
I'm so mad at myself for giving that Steeljaw mech a chance. My creators always told me I was too trusting.
Today everyone has to get an early start when Fixit tells us of another Decepticon signal popping up. According to Denny its at something called a gold course...whatever that is.
Once we get there we see the red con, who was some google looking optics. With Grimlock leading the charge we head straight towards him. He zaps some kind of beam at Grimlock, which hits him and he comes falling towards us...or rather Sideswipe.
Grimlock lands on Sideswipe who groans at the weight. He rolls off him and I rush over.
I kneel next to him and ask, "Are you okay?"
"He's heavier than he looks." He groans.
I chuckle and grab his arm. "Come on. Let's get ya up."
I then hear the con brag. "Woo Hoo! Four more Autobot take downs and I will own the record!"
Strongarm and Bee aim their weapons at him. "Hate to ruin your day, Bisk but that one you just threw is actually a Dinobot." Bee states.
"Fine. I can still tie the record." Bisk replies before shooting another beam. It hits Bee and knocks him back, then hits Strongarm as well.
Sideswipe and I run at him. When he shoots a beam at us we jump in different directions to avoid it.
We then make our way to Bisk. Sideswipe takes his sword and attacks him from the left while I attack from the right.
"Double defense mode! I am a master at this!" Bisk exclaims.
"Wow, your really annoying." I say dryly while I continue to attack and defend.
"I am not!" He replies defensivly and rather pitifully.
Suddenly Bee is on the com. "Sideswipe and Hope cascade with Strongarm and me. Grimlock, splash down manuver. Go!"
Everyone moves into the practiced position. Bee shoots at him from one side, Strongarm the otehr, then Sideswipe jumps into the air and lands a drop kick on Bisk's face.
Bisk stumbles and I quickly do the same on the other side of his face. "YOu think I Don't know how to beat this attack?! It's just up-up-left-down-claw-claw." He says after getting back up.
Grimlock then jumps into the air while yelling, "Cannonball!" He then smashes down right on top of Bisk.
This effectively knocks Bisk out.
"You are so under arrest." Strongarm tells his knocked out form.
"Score one more for us. Let's get him into a stasis cell." Bee states.
We each help carry Bisk back to the scrapyard. Once he's back in a stasis cell. Grimlock is quick to monologue the events of today."...and Bisk is tossing us around with his claws. Woosh! So I nailed him with the dino demolisher. Pow! It was epic."
"Sounds exciting. I think hearing about what all of you do is the most filling-billing-thrilling- part of what I do. Gosh I'd love to get out in the field in a strictly nonconfrontational capacity of course." Fixit states very excitedly.
"Rule 6-9-9 dash B; Minicons must remain at their duty stations at all time. So-mmmm!"
I put my hand over her mouth to stop her blabbering, which gets a laugh out of Sideswipe. "Would you kill it with the code. Its really grinding my gears...besides, as long as its nonconfrontational I don't see a problem with him coming along."
Fixit looks at me gratefully.
"I don't know Hope. Doesn't seem like he was meant for the tough stuff anyway." Sideswipe comments.
Poor Fixit looks dejected at that.
"Thats not to say you dont play a key role on our team." Bee quickly says.
"Just not as key as me tailpipe kicker. Am I right?" Grimlock adds.
"Well e-excuse me." Fixit says rolling away sadly. Poor thing.
At his point Russell walks up to us after being away. "So how'd it go?" Denny asks him.
"They've all been playing together a really long time." Russell replies.
Suddenly a new voice yells out, "Rusty! Where are ya?"
"Rusty?" Denny asks smugly.
"Oh no." Russell mutters worridly.
"Camo." Bee whispers urgently.
We all quickly either transform or jump over the shelves to hide from the human. "This is so stupid." Sideswipe says from his spot next to me.
"But necessary." I reply quietly.
He just grumbles under his breath.
"Alright team, coast is clear. You can come out." Bee states.
We walk back to Bee in time for the alarm to go off. "Decepticon. A few miles away." Fixit states.
"Let's roll and recapture!" Bee announces trying out another phrase.
"Not quite Bee." I say.
"Yep, not feeling that one either." Bee replies. "Come on."
When we reach the outside perimeter we pause in order to get a plan together. "Strongarm, Sideswipe, and Hope. Let's move in for a closer look. In vehicle mode."
"What about me?" Grimlock asks as we transform.
"Your a little too dinasory for sneaking around big guy." Sideswipe says.
"Hang back and secure the perimeter." Bee adds before we head out.
We drive down into the airplane hanger area to look for the con. Thankfully its night so we don't have to worry about humans.
"Split up. If you spot the fugitive com the rest of the team immediately." Bee orders.
We each drive down different isles to search for the con. I don't see anything in my direction. In my rear view mirror I see a light on in one of the hangers so I decide to check it out.
When I get there I see Bee being attacked by these spider bots, and they're shocking him. I send a com to the team before transforming and heading in. I aim my gun and start shooting at them.
This gains their attention and half of them come at me. The best I can do is dodge them so they won't shock me. I'm actually quite acrobatic when I need to be.
"Your a flexible one aren't ya luv." One asks me in what a humans British accent sounds like.
"Seems to be coming in handy." I reply while continuing to dodge the electricuting spider bots.
He laughs. "Right ya are luv, but that won' last foreva."
Out of the corner of my optic I notice everyone else coming in. Unfortunately I let that distract me from what I'm doing and one of them shocks me. "Hope!" I hear Sideswipe yell. He runs over to me and swings at the spider bots on me.
That then prompts each spider for each bot. And the stupid things keep shocking everyone. One laughs loudly and says,"Oi, bring it in!" They all gather together and head out the hole Grimlock made in the wall.
I help Bee up and we go after them. We see them go down a storm drain. The leader looks back at us and says, "Down the hatch." He then jumps down as well.
Bee tries to reach in after him but is too far gone. "Scrap! Who is this bot?!" He exclaims as everyone else runs up.
When we get back to the scrapyard Bee has Fixit look up who this mech is. "He's a combiner named Chop Shop. A one man heist crew with a list of crimes as long as Alpha Trions beard. Have you seen that beard? It's more of a steel carpet. The way he-"
"So Chop Shops a thiefs up to his old tricks again?" Bee interrupts him.
"I snacked-waxed-hacked local law enforcement database and found a list of properties stolen within an appropiate radius. At first there didn't seem to be a pattern: Copper wire, kerosene, space heater, insolation, storage tanks, computer chips and now an aircraft gyroscope. But taken together theres really only one thing Chop Shop would need all those parts for." Fixit explains.
"A space ship." Bee states.
"He wants off planet!" Strongarm exclaims.
"Can't say I blame him." Sideswipe adds.
"Chop Shop appears to have everything he needs except fuel." Fixit states.
"A manufacturing plant in the next county synthesizes liquid oxygen. Securitys tight though. Too tight for oversized aliens to just walk up to-"
"So we don't send any of them." Bee interrupts Denny. "Denny, would you be up for-"
"Yes!" Denny exclaims.
"Fixit we might need your tech expertise too." Bee states.
"Me?" He asks not believing it.
"You said you wanted to get out in the field." Bee replies.
"Though it is against regulations." Strongarm says dryly.
"Will you can it with the regulations." I tell her.
That earns me a glare.
"How dangerous are we talking about? Say ranging from I don't know one to fourty." Fixit asks.
"If Chop Shop makes it off planet who knows what trouble he can cause. He needs to be brought to justice." Bee replies.
"I'll do it." Fixit says determined.
"Boom! Let's go bug hunting!" Grimlock exclaims.
"Throttle down Grimlock. Your staying here. Without an Earth based vehicle mode you'd stick out like a sore cybercarpole." Bee says.
"But, Fixit doesn't have a vehicle mode." Grimlock says pitifully.
"He's not gonna need one." Denny says.
So after a plan is layed out we get going. While Strongarm and I are driving Bee says over the com, "Sideswipe and I are at low profile spots outside the plant. Well move in as soon as you two flush out Chop Shop."
"Copy that. I will not forget to flush." Strongarm replies.
"Try to work nicely together Hope." Bee adds. "
"We'll see." I reply jokingly.
Strongarm and I stop at a gate so that Denny can convince the guard to let us in. "We're, along with the vehicle behind me, are with the hazardous ulility Bureau...question one, you always take this long to open the gate for prized inspections?
Apparently it works cause the gate is lifted and we drive through.
"Field work is fun. Let's find more humans we can fool." Fixit says excidetly.
"Strongarm stop!" I hiss urgently when I spot something moving.
She does so and when she sees what I mean she says, "Contact."
I see the spider bots messing with a fuel truck as one says,"We've been made. Bug out!" This means they've spotted us.
Strongarm and I quickly transform and go after Chop Shop, whose intending to drive away in the fuel truck.
"Chop is making a break for it!" Strongarm exclaims over the com.
"On our way." Bee replies.
We stand in front of the rest of the components and attack. I do an uppercut on one and then roundhouse kick it.
However, it along with three more, form together back into Chop Shop. He's missing his right arm cause that's the one Strongarm is currently fighting.
"You no good witchets. What am I suppose to do now?!" Chop Shop asks angrily. He then looks at the close by Fixit and grabs him.
"Fixit!" We yell in worry.
"Nononononono!" Fixit protests as Chop Shop attaches him to his right arm socket.
"Oh scrap." Strongarm groans.
"No I'm not even supposed to be here!" Fixit exclaims.
"Let him go!" I yell at Chop Shop.
He smiles and says, "I don' think so luv. Your friend lef' me witout an arm."
"Hang on Fixit!" Strongarm yells running up to them.
Chop Shop just uses Fixit to punch her away.
I run up to them next and attach myself to his back. "Get off ya little spidermonkey!" He yells trying to grab me.
I stay out of his reach and make a grab for Fixit, but I accidently lean too far and Chop Shop uses his left arm and grabs me around the neck and holds me to eye level. "Wrong move luv."
"Let Fixit go scrapheap!" I hiss.
He chuckles and says,"You've got quite tha mouth on ya. I always like tha fiery ones, but I've no time to chat ya up, so stay down." He then roughly tosses me.
I end up hitting my head on the ground so I feel sluggish. I then see a truck driving right towards us so we roll out of the way before it hits us.
"Guys, the con has Fixit!" I yell over the com.
"Actually Fixit is now part of the suspect." Strongarm corrects. "Their coming our way lieutenant."
Strongarm and I transform and catch up with Bee and Sideswipe and chase after Chop Shop whose confiscated the fuel truck.
"Sideswipe, Strongarm get on CHop Shops left flank. We'll try the pitton manuver. Hope, your with me." Bee says.
Sideswipe and Strongarm go on one side of the truck while Bee and I are on the other side.
Chop Shop kick at Sideswipe when he's close and makes him lose control. When Chop Shop drives under the bridge he raises Fixit making him smash through the whole thing leaving a gap. It then collapses making us have to stop.
"Can't win em all." Sideswipe mutters.
"We haven't lost yet. First rule of perp identification..." She then lights her ultraviolent lights so she sees the tracks light up. "Memorize the suspects tire tracks."
"Nice one Strongarm." I compliment.
"Thank you." She replies.
She leads the way as we follow the tracks all the way to what looks like an abandoned train station. Then the tracks just stop. We then transform.
"The trail leads inside sir." Strongarm says to Bee.
"Denny stay back." Bee tells him.
"IF you say so." He replies.
Bee then addresses the rest of us. "Keep your optics open. We're on Chop Shops turf now."
We all sneak up to the enterance then peer inside where Chop Shop is working on fueling his ship.
"Sweet ride." Sideswipe comments.
"Ok not so much his turf as his mission control." Bee adds.
Chop Shop then stands in front of us. "You don't want us on this rock and we don't wanna be here so what's tha glitch coppers?"
"May day!" Fixit yells as Chop Shop slams him into the ground at us, but we all dodge.
He then charges at us and kicks us away from him.
Strongarm goes to shoot him but Bee stops her."Don't shoot! You could ignite the rocket fuel."
"And you might hit me!" Fixit adds attacks but he uses Fixit to grab his sword and fling him roughtly into a beam.
"Sorry Sideswipe!" Fixit yells.
Then Strongarm tries but is punched away.
I rush over and kick at his legs but he dodges. He then goes to kick me but I dodge. The process repeats for a few moves. "Ya've definetly got betta trainin unda ya belt than these two do. I'll give ya that luv."
"Stop calling me that!" I yell while I continue trying to hit him.
He then tries to hit me with Fixit but I don't wanna hit him so I just dodge, so he smashes his other arm into my side making me skid across the ground.
I can barely hear Bee tell Fixit to fight back.
I raise my head in time to see Chop Shop lift Bee in the air and shock him, and drop him to the ground. "We're never going back in no cage!"
"Fixit, the team needs you!" Bee yells.
Just as Chop Shop is about to smash Fixit into Bee he suddenly freezes. ITs almost as if...Fixits fighting back! "You work for me palie!"
Fixit turns to Chop Shop and punches his face as he says, "I. Work. FOr my team!" He continues to hit him in the face. "Why you hitting youself? Why you hitting yourself?"
Chop Shop finally have enough. "Get off ya mangy skid." He then disconnects Fixit from him.
Fixit rolls over to Bee. "You can handle the field work from here right?"
"We'll manage. Thanks Fixit." He then turns his attention to Chop Shop and gives him an uppercut to the chin, making him fly into the truck making him freeze from the liquid fuel.
Everyone congradulates Fixit and once we're back at the scrapyard the story is told to Grimlock. "Wait wait wait. You did what?"
"Yeah thats right. Punched Chop Shop a couple of times. Pow pow pow pow pow pow-"
Sideswipe has to nudge him with his foot to get him to stop rambling.
"It was epic. I mean, it doesn't need to be repeated but it was epic." Fixit continues.
"If it wasn't for Fixit we never would have captured Chop Shop. "
"YOu did good Fixit." I compliment.
"Guess you can't spell team without an F and um...um...is it one X or two? Oh, that reminds me. Theres someplace we have to be." Grimlock says.
Needless to say we're curious. He leads us to a hill where we are overlooking what Denny called a football field. Where Russell is playing a sport with other younglings. It's kinda far so we have to share a big pair of binoculars to see better. It's Sideswipes turn first.
Strongarm is quick to grip. "Give it. Come on its my turn!"
Sideswipe holds it out of her reach. "It is not."
"Would you two stop it." I say.
"Oh, crunch time!" Grimlock says bringing our attention back to the game.
Russell runs up to the ball that he placed on the ground and kicks it right through the two posts at the end of the field.
We all cheer for Russells victory.
Sorry this chapter is so short, but I hope yall like it none the less. Thanks for reading!