Transformers are owned by Hasbro and Takara. I only own this idea ^^
Strongarm and Sideswipe both turned onto an older dirt road as they peeled off from the highway, their engines began to quiet as they slowed their speed as they began to pull into a wooded area and what appeared to be an abandoned campground.
Sideswipe Transformed into Robot mode and stood in front of the way out and crossed his arms. "Alright Strongarm, we're off the road now you have to tell me what's up with that bot as promised."
Strongarm turned around and transformed giving Sideswipe a cold glare.
"Do I have to contact Bee and tell him;" Sideswipe began but Strongarm cut him off. "No, No, it's fine." She said, sighing as she looked down. "Offroad was a bot who was with me in the academy;" She began but Sideswipe shook his head.
"I got that part from the flirting that you and he did back there. "
"That was not flirting that was combat!" Strongarm snapped causing Sideswipe to give a grin. "Kidding...Or not." He laughed, earning yet another glare from Strongarm. "Just give me the details about how you got him kicked out of the academy."
"Well here's the thing, I may have been the top of my class, but Offroad was the most popular bot in the class, I mostly ignored him since it didn't impact my studies, he was the bot 2nd to me in the class, but that all changed when we took the Magnus test. " Strongarm said as her mind went back, to the day of the Magnus test
Strongarm sat at her desk, her fingers twitching nervously as she looked ahead, her other classmates in the academy were just as fidgety, some were calmer than others, others seemed to be panicking in their own ways.
As Strongarm sat there fidgeting nervously as well she looked over and saw a group by Offroad, she coked an optic edge noticing that none of them were really panicking , in fact they seemed to be calm. Then again on the inside they might have been really terrified.
She didn't have much time to reflect on this as the door at the front of the classroom slid open and Strongarms optics went wide as a bot walked in. A Tall blue mech with large shoulder pads walked in, one hand was notably missing and a three fingered claw was in its place.
Everyone went quiet as he walked into the room. "Greetings everyone, my name is Ultra Magnus, I am here to present to you the Magnus test, the most important exam in-"
Hey Strongarm, can we skip all of those details and get to the point?" Sideswipe asked, snapping Strongarm out of her story and she looked at him.
"What?" But this is important!" She scoffed.
"Yeah to you, not to me, I really don't care about the test, that stuff's all boring!" Sideswipe said, leaning back his head and then throwing it back up and looking at her.
Strongarm glared back at him and narrowed her optics. "This is my story Sideswipe, I'm not going to start from the middle and skip the-"
Sideswipe put his finger to his com. "Hey Bee, I've got something to tell you."
Strongarm gasped and jumped at Sideswipe who stepped to the side as she landed on the ground. "Faking it." Sideswipe said with a laugh resulting in Strongarm giving him a glare.
"Besides we can't go through all that, by the time you get done it'll be fifty years." Sideswipe said.
Strongarm went to respond but paused, realizing that Sideswipe had a point and she sighed. "Alright, abridged version," She began. ", after the Magnus test our scores were evaluated;"
"I am pleased to report that all of you passed the test this year." Ultra Magnus said with a smile. "Congratulations to all of you who studied hard."
Everyone in the room clapped as Ultra Magnus began passing back the test. As he approached Strongarm she looked nervously around as he came her desk. He put down her data pad and she grabbed it as soon as Magnus had walked past, her optics shifted as she opened it up. A Silent gasp escaped her lips as she saw the score.
"95%" She said with a whisper, so close to 100%. She sighed contently, it wasn't perfect but it wasn't bad either. Magnus finished passing out the tests and then walked to the front of the class. "There will be a break day form training tomorrow considering that you all did so well.' He said with a smile. "Have good day students." He said and stepped back as the class began to pour out of the room.
Strongarm walked her eyes down at her data pad looking over the questions she missed. She was glad that she hadn't missed any of the easy ones; the extended responses however had one note on the side. "This is by the book and good but sometimes you need to follow your gut instinct." Strongarm paused as she looked the words over, and then she heard a call.
"Hey Strongarm," Her head snapped up as she saw Offroad standing over her. "Oh, H-Hello." Strongarm said hiding her data pad.
Offroad chuckled. "Hey there's no need to hide your score." Offroad said as he held up his Data pad and Strongarms optics went wide. A 98% score.
"I-Impressive." Strongarm said, jealousy creeping into her processor. She stammered a bit and backed up. "Well hey now; I saw your pad while you had your nose in it." Offroad said with a chuckle. "Perhaps I could help you bring up your score." He said.
"Really, you would help me?"" Strongarm asked and then paused. "I don't know, I'm always;"
"Ready to work on your own?" Offroad asked. "Listen to me Strongarm, you need to do more than be the solo, you need to learn with others a bit more, you're not going to get very far that way."
Strongarm paused and then looked at her data pad and Ultra Magnus's words. "I'll consider it, thank you Offroad." She said, a little bit flustered. She turned and walked away.
'I knew it!" Sideswipe said causing Strongarm to jump. "I know that you had feeling for him."
"I did not; I was just flattered that's all." Strongarm defended.
"Not according to your tone of voice." Sideswipe said in a teaseling tone. Strongarm turned and slapped him across the faceplate.
"Hey, not cool!" Sideswipe snapped and punched Strongarm in the gut. The two then began to tussle until both of them slammed onto the ground continuing their little beat em up.
"Well, I didn't know you could be sappy Offroad." Blackjack said as he walked up to his friend. Offroad chuckled. "You just have to tell them exactly what they want to hear, any bot will do anything."
"You really think this is going to work?" Blackjack asked.
"Trust me, my advice will give us the means to get the notes, I'm pretty smart in that regard."
Blackjack let out a cackle. You, smart, the whole reason you're a part of this is because you never study."
Offroad sneered. "I can't help it if I'm all physical and not an egghead like everyone else, besides one day I can see myself using my physical abilities to my advantage." He said, flexing his arms.
"Yeah, for what purpose?" Blackjack asked sneering.
"I'll think of something." Offroad said.
"I have now." Offroad thought as he pulled onto the side road his engine hummed quietly as it pulled up toward the Military check point. He could see that just beyond it was the base that he had been sent to look for.
As he pulled up to the guard tower a solider leaned out and looked him over. "I'm sorry, no civilians allowed on base without authorization."
Offroad's engine hummed a little bit as he began to pull back: the soldier satisfied that he had done his job leaned back into the guards post. Then he heard the sound of an engine roaring as he looked back as Offroad smashed himself through the gate. The solider gaped as Offroad tore down the road toward the base.
"We've got an intruder!" he spoke into his two way radio.
An alarm sounded throughout the base as soldiers rushed to defend the base, the gates closed and the soldiers took up firing positions. Several jeeps and other cars moved in to block the gates incase the intruder got through.
Offroad's engine roared as he drew nearer and nearer to the base, his scanners flashed showing the humans on the other side of the gate. Shifting his parts and gears, Offroad transformed and vaulted over the gate and the surprised soldiers.
Offroad landed on his feet on the other side of the soldiers and transformed back into vehicle mode and began driving once again. Everyone sat in shock for a moment before the jeeps and other vehicles began to take chase.
Offroad poured on the speed as he saw the military vehicles coming, one of them began firing it's machine gun at him the bullets pinged off his armor as he turned sharply, two of his wheels going up into the air. The other vehicles tried this but one flipped over and the other crashed into that one.
Offroads com beeped and he opened it up. "Alright Steeljaw, I'm in the base, what building is it in?"
The voice of the self named Decepticon leader came back. "From what my hacked files tell me, it's in the fourth warehouse on the west side of the base."
Offroad made another sharp turn as he came to a row of buildings, he counted to the forth one and then turned once again, crashing into it and destroying the doors.
Transforming into Robot mode he stood up and looked around. He fast walked until he saw it. A Container that housed a series of chips that had recently had been put there for instillation and future testing
Offroad smirked and then ripped the case open. He quickly deposited the chips into his hand and transformed. As the Military personal began to surround the warehouse, Offroad exploded out of it and began tearing through the base, as he got near the fence he gunned his engine and smashed through the fence, electricity sparked all across his frame as other bits of fencing exploded.
Offroad ran over the bit under his wheels and drove off across the hills, eventfully he hit pavement again.
"I got them Steeljaw, I'm in route for the drop off."
"Bumblebee to Sideswipe and Strongarm, come in!"
Sideswipe and Strongarm were still having their scuffle when they heard Bee's voice. Strongarm tossed Sideswipe off of herself.
"I'm here sir, go ahead."
"A Decepticon just broke into a military instillation not far from your location, but we can't pick up its signal."
Strongarms spark sank a little bit. "Do you think it's a member of Steeljaw's gang?"
"All we have is the description that it was a black truck, I need you and Sideswipe to find and intercept it."
"On it sir, we won't let you down, Strongarm out." She said and ended the call.
"Well sounds like the bad boy's made his move." Sideswipe said: smirking all the while. "I really hope that your able to do this mission Strongarm, given that he's your old-"
Sideswipe then found himself smashed to the ground and pinned by Strongarm who got into his face.
"Listen Sideswipe, Offroad wasn't a friend, he wasn't a boyfriend, he was someone who used me to cheat and lie and get what he wanted, he got punished, the past with him no longer matters he's a con, he's got to go down, got it?" She asked, her voice sounded like she wanted to tear out his optics.
"We're good." Sideswipe said weakly and Strongarm got up. "Now then, we've got a criminal to catch, let's roll up and rev out!" She announced and then paused.
"Someone's been idolizing Bee too much." Sideswipe said with a laugh.
"Just shut up and transform." Strongarm said.
I agree with Sideswipe, Strongarms been idolizing Bee a bit too much
Anyway, hoped everyone liked this chapter. Next up, the climatic Showdown between Offload and Strongarm, in both past and present!
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