Rescue Bots in the world of Pokémon
Here's another chapter of my Rescue bots/Pokémon story.
mewmaster89: Well you don't have to wait for long. Here's the next chapter coming your way!
Unknown Guest: I will be introducing Pokémon on the Rescue team when they expectantly find their own Pokémon partners.
pokemonsora01: Sometimes when it comes to a good part within the story you have to at least have a part that grasps an audience attention and have them hold onto the edge of their seats to find out what will happen next.
"Normal talk"
"Com-link"
'Thoughts'
Chapter 8: Under Pressure part 3
Heatwave quickly activated his com-link as he tried to call Cody and Anora in the command center to warn them of the danger that was coming towards them.
"Cody!" exclaimed Heatwave through the com-link. "Anora, can you two hear us?" He let out a frustrating sigh when he got no response from the two younglings before he looked down at Kade and Graham. "They must be offline and underground by now."
Kade turned to Graham in anger: "Why didn't you warn us that Cody and Anora might be in danger?"
"I-I didn't know!" answered Graham with fear etched into his voice. "There's no tunnel on the schematic."
Kade growled but it was clear that he was angry with himself than at his brother: "We're supposed to be heroes, and we can't do anything!"
Heatwave quickly transformed into his alt-mode before he drove up beside Kade.
"We can do plenty if you stop complaining and get in," said Heatwave as he opened the driver's door for Kade.
Kade quickly jumped into the driver's seat and buckled in before Heatwave turned his attention onto Graham.
"Graham, are there any tunnels near here that intersect with the path of the lava?" asked Heatwave.
"I don't know," answered Graham as he looked on the screen of his tablet. "None of these diagrams are up-to-date." He then got an idea before he quickly turned to face Boulder. "Boulder, can you map the tunnels below us?"
Boulder transformed into his alt-mode before lifting up his shovel and slamming it down on the ground. The seismic waves rippled throughout the ground as they mapped the tunnels below the groups' feet.
Graham contacted Dani through the com-link: "Dani, we're gonna need water. Maybe we can cool this lava and slow it down."
"I'll see what I can do," answered Dani through the com-link.
"Found it!" announced Boulder.
Boulder's front window lit up to show a map of the nearest tunnel below them. Graham ran up to his partner and climbed onto bot's treads. Once Graham was standing on the treads, he quickly pointed to the image on Boulder's window.
"Okay, here's the lava." Graham said as he pointed to the larger tunnel that had the lava flowing through it before pointing down to the smaller tunnel below it. "If you take the tunnel below, you might have time to stop the flow before it reaches Cody and Anora. But you have to make it to this crossing before the lava does."
"We will," said Kade before he and Heatwave drove off.
Back on the cliff, Dani was looking through her binoculars in Blades's cockpit before she spotted a water tower through the smoke.
"I-I see a water tower," said Dani. "But there's no way to get there on foot."
Suddenly, Blades started to spin his rotors as he flew up from the cliff and headed towards the water tower.
"Whoa up, Blades!" exclaimed Dani in surprise. "Oh, no, we can't fly in this ash. It will freeze up your rotors."
"And it might not," said Blades in determination. "If it means saving Cody and Anora, it's worth a few hiccups. Excuse me in advance?"
Dani winked at Blades with a smile on her face: "Any time, partner."
Underground, Heatwave sped through the tunnel as he and Kade tried to head the lava off at the intersection. Graham's voice came over the com-link as he told Kade and Heatwave how far they were to their destination.
"The intersection should be straight ahead."
Kade let out a yelp when the tunnel shook around him and Heatwave for a second. He then looked up through Heatwave's front window, only to yell out in fear and frustration.
"No, no, no!"
Heatwave came to a halt in front of a large pile rocks that have fallen down during the tremor. Kade quickly jumped out of Heatwave, and ran towards the rock pile as he began to move them in hopes of getting through.
Kade stopped to catch his breath for a moment with a hopeless expression appearing on his face: "We'll never get through!"
"Get in!" called Heatwave.
Kade frowned but quickly did what Heatwave told him as he got back into the driver's seat and strapped in. Heatwave slammed the side door close before backing up a few feet. The Fire-Bot revved up him engine before he sped forward and slammed into the rock wall as they broke through it. Kade was amazed by what had just happened.
"How did you know that would work?" asked Kade.
"I didn't," answered Heatwave.
Heatwave and Kade soon arrived at their destination before the lava. Kade jumped out of Heatwave before the Fire-bot transformed into his bot mode and handed Kade his hose.
"Like Graham said, if we can cool down the lava, we can stop it from reaching Cody and Anora." Kade said as the lava moved towards them.
"Not if it just keeps coming," said Heatwave as he and Kade started spraying water at the lava.
True to his word, the lava continued to flow towards Kade and Heatwave, thus causing the two fire fighters to back up.
Graham and Boulder watched as the lava continued to flow before they heard Blades coming toward them. Hanging from Blades's winch was the tank from the water tower.
"Anybody order a drink?" asked Dani.
"What? No, we're taking this to the lava-" Blade cut himself off when he realized that his partner was joking. "Oh, I get it. Earth humor."
Kade and Heatwave weren't having any luck in slowing the lava down.
"The lava's moving too fast," said Kade as they continued to back up.
Heatwave's ladder hit the lower part of tunnel's ceiling as the two of them turned to see the metal door to the bunker, which luckily was closed.
"Good a place as any to hold our ground," said Heatwave, now crouching, before he and Kade continued to spray water at the lava.
However the water from Heatwave's knuckles and hose stopped flowing, which caused Kade to look up at Heatwave in confusion.
"What happened?" asked Kade.
"We've exhausted my water reserves." Heatwave answered as he turned to look at Kade before he retracted his hose. "Go, save yourself."
Kade turned to do so, but turns back as he placed a hand on Heatwave's leg.
"Fat chance," said Kade stubbornly.
The two fire fighters glared at the lava as they prepared to meet their end.
Blades flew over to the open hole that showed the lava before hovering over it with the water tank.
"Okay, Blades," said Graham. "Drop the water now."
Blades unhooked his winch from the tank as he let if fall down towards the lava. The tank then broke open when it came in contact with the lava as water began to spill over the molten rock.
The lava continued to flow towards Kade and Heatwave as it moved closer to the human fire fighter's boot. Kade gritted his teach as he raised one foot up to keep it from getting melted off. Just when it seemed like it was all over for him, a wave of water suddenly flowed down from the top tunnel. Kade and Heatwave looked at one another in confusion before looking back down to see that the lava had been cooled off by the water.
"Yes!" shouted Kade in victory. "The team up top came through!" He then let out a sigh as he turned to look up at Heatwave with a smile. "You know, this doesn't mean that we're best friends or anything."
Heatwave stepped back as he got up to his full height again, while a smirk appeared on his face: "I was thinking the exact same thing."
He then transformed back into his alt mode before opening the driver's door for Kade. Kade smiled as he walked over to Heatwave and got in before he put on his seatbelt. Once he did, Heatwave closed the side door and drove forward down the tunnel to take another route back to the firehouse.
Back in the bunker, Anora, Mimi and Cody were still standing at the pinball machine. Anora and Mimi watched as Cody finished screwing in the last of the screws before they all heard the door that lead to the tunnels open. They turned to see Heatwave and Kade driving into the bunker before they stopped in front of Cody and Anora. Cody stood up and waved to his brother and Heatwave.
"Hey, how did you guys get in here?" asked Cody curiously.
Kade quickly got out of Heatwave and ran over to Cody and Anora before wrapping his arms around both of them. Anora and Cody both had surprised and confused expressions at the sudden hug, along with Mimi, who sat on Anora's shoulder. Kade let go of them as he gave both his brother and little cousin a hard glare.
"Don't you ever scare us like that again." Kade scolded before he turned and walked away from Cody and Anora.
Heatwave transformed into his robot mode as he watched his partner walk away before he looked down at Anora and Cody.
"Yeah, what he said," spoke Heatwave.
"What we do?" asked Cody.
Anora only looked up at Heatwave in confusion as she tried to think what she had done wrong. Back in her old hometown, Anora's parents would blame her for something that she didn't do, and would punish her for it by sending her to her room for almost the whole day. That thought caused her to worry as she wondered if she was going to get the same treatment here at the firehouse. Heatwave saw the confusion and worry on Anora's face before he knelt down and gently placed his right servo on her shoulder. Anora looked up at Heatwave in surprise as the Autobot gave her a soft smile of reassurance.
"You're not in trouble, Anora," said Heatwave gently. "And neither is Cody."
"Then what did we do to cause you guys to get so scared?" asked Anora with a soft frown.
"Nothing," answered Heatwave with a shake of his head. "It's just been a long night, that's all."
With that, Heatwave removed his servo from Anora's shoulders and stood up before following after Kade. Despite Heatwave's words of reassurance, Anora was still confused as to why he and Kade had been so scared. She also couldn't help but wonder how Heatwave and Kade had gotten into the bunker through the tunnels. She turned her head to look at the door that led into the underground tunnels. She quietly decided that tomorrow she would wake up early to venture in there to find out for herself. Anora needed to know what really happened in the tunnels to understand what was going on.
Early morning
The sky was still dark, but was slowly growing brighter as the sun was just rising over the waters of the ocean. In the firehouse, everyone was still resting after a long night of rescuing. All except for Anora, who had gotten up before anyone else, as she slowly opened the door to her bedroom. Anora had already put on her usual day clothing and shoes with Mimi sitting on her left shoulder. She quietly stepped out of her room before closing the door softly behind her. She then began to slowly make her way down the hallway. Anora made her way downstairs before going down the hallway towards the elevator. Once she was standing at the doors of the elevator, Anora pressed the button. The doors to the elevator opened before Anora stepped in. She pressed the bottom button for the elevator to head straight down to the bunker.
It didn't take long for Anora and Mimi to arrive at their destination as the doors to the elevator opened. Anora slowly stepped out as she looked around to see if Heatwave and his team members were in the bunker. When she saw no sign of them, Anora walked towards the sealed door of the tunnel. She quickly typed in the code that she had learned from Cody and watched as the metal door opened. Before stepping into the tunnel, Anora dug into her overall pockets and pulled out a flashlight and ball of thick string.
"Well, here we go Mimi." Anora voiced to her Pokémon partner as she turned on her flashlight and stepped into the tunnel.
Anora got about two steps within the tunnel before she spotted a rock the size of her fist on the ground. She knelt down and unwound the end of the string before placing it underneath the rock. Once that was done, Anora stood up and continued on her way through the tunnel with the string unwinding behind her. Anora walked for about a minute before stopping when she came to a cross road of two tunnels.
"Okay," as she looked at the two tunnels in front of her. "Which tunnel do you think we should take, Mimi?"
Mimi jumped off from Anora's shoulder and landed on the ground in front of her human partner. The little fox Pokémon walked along the ground for a moment before turning her head up to look at Anora. Mimi pointed with her right paw towards the tunnel on their left. Anora shone her light down towards the ground and saw Heatwave's tire tracks in the dirt.
"You always know which way to go, Mimi." Anora said with a smile before she began to walk down the chosen tunnel with Mimi walking a few steps ahead of her.
The two friends continued to walk through the tunnel in complete silence as they followed Heatwave's tire tracks. It wasn't long until they came to their destination. Anora and Mimi were standing in a large tunnel that felt warmer than the other tunnels they passed through. Anora wrinkled her eyebrows in confusion at how warm the tunnel was.
"This is odd," voiced Anora as she slowly walked through the tunnel. "Why does the temperature in this tunnel feel so different from the others?"
Anora continued to walk forward for a bit before Mimi suddenly barked a warning to her. Anora stopped in her tracks to look at down at Mimi for a moment before noticing how the ground near the toes of her feet looked different from the tunnel's floor. The new ground looked black and uneven to Anora and Mimi. Anora also noticed that the black ground was giving off a large amount of heat. Anora knelt down to get a closer look at the new ground before placing her spool of string on the floor and stretched her free hand forward. She was about to touch the black dirt when a large metal hand suddenly grabbed her around the waist and pulled her back. Anora let out a short yelp of surprise when she was lifted half-way off the ground.
"I wouldn't touch that if I were you," said a familiar voice from above her.
Anora quickly looked up to see Heatwave looking down at her with a light frown on his face.
"Heatwave!" exclaimed Anora in surprised before she took on a sheepish look. "How did you know where I was going?"
"Let's just say I had a hunch," replied Heatwave as he gently placed Anora down on the ground. "What are you doing down here anyways?"
"I-" Anora paused as she thought over her answer before her shoulders slumped. "I just wanted to find out what made you and Kade so scared, and to hopefully fix it."
Heatwave let out a sigh as he knelt down in front of Anora, while Mimi jumped up onto her human friend's left shoulder.
"Anora, you can't really fix anything when the problem has already been dealt with." Heatwave said gently before he pointed towards the blackened ground behind Anora, thus causing her to look back at it again. "That black ground behind you...well, let just say that if the team hadn't stopped it we would have lost you and Cody last night."
Anora stared long and hard at the black uneven ground for a moment before realization came over her features. Anora quickly turned to Heatwave with a look of shock appearing on her face.
"Are you telling me that..."Anora paused for a moment to swallow nervously before continuing. "That black ground is..."
"Was, Anora, was," corrected Heatwave as he lightly placed his left servo on Anora's right shoulder. "But you don't have to worry about it anymore. It was thanks to Blades that he saved not only you and Cody, but Kade and me as well."
Anora looked up at Heatwave in confusion when she heard what he said.
"What?"
"I'll tell you about it at the firehouse," said Heatwave. "Right now, we'd better get back before anyone misses us."
With that said Heatwave removed his servo from Anora's shoulder. He stood back up to his full height again and transformed into his alt-mode. Anora grabbed her spool of string from the ground and had Mimi bite the end of the string off before placing it in her pocket again. Anora moved the end of the of the string a safe distance away from the black uneven ground before going over to Heatwave. The Fire-Bot opened his passenger's door for Anora as the young teen jumped in and sat down on the seat. Anora strapped herself in before Heatwave shut the side door for her. That gave Mimi enough time to jump down from Anora's shoulders to sit on her lap. Heatwave turned and began to drive down the tunnel back towards the bunker. It was quiet for while inside Heatwave's cab before Anora decided to speak to Heatwave.
"So...how exactly did you know that I was coming down here to explore the tunnels?"
"Let's just say you aren't the first sparkling that I had the pleasure in chasing down when it comes to letting yourself get snagged by curiosity." Heatwave said as his face appeared on the monitor.
"Sparkling?" echoed Anora as a confused look came over her face.
"It's what we call the younger bots back home on Cybertron. In your language it either translates to child or kid," explained Heatwave with a smirk.
Anora gave Heatwave a playful glare before rolling her eyes: "You Autobots have the strangest phrases and words that I've ever heard."
"Funny, I was just going to say the same thing about you humans," said Heatwave.
The two of them shared a chuckle with each other before Anora took on a sad smile.
"Heatwave, I'm sorry for going into the tunnels on my own without telling you or the others about it."
"Well at least you weren't completely alone," said Heatwave as he turned his optics on Mimi, who yipped happily at him. "Just next time, don't let your curiosity get the better of you, okay?"
"I'll try," answered Anora with a smile.
"That's all I can ask," said Heatwave with a smile of his own.
Anora nodded her head at him before letting out a yawn to show that she was still sleepy. Heatwave saw this and had to roll his optics at Anora.
"I hope this won't become a habit for you," muttered Heatwave.
"You mean about me waking up earlier before anyone else?" voiced Anora as she gently rubbed her right knuckle over her eye.
"Exactly," answered Heatwave.
"Sorry." Anora muttered before she leaned back against the backrest of the passenger seat as her eyes began to slowly shut. "I'll try not to make it a habit."
It wasn't long before they finally arrived at the bunker, but Anora had already fallen asleep in the passenger's seat, along with Mimi, who was curled up into a ball on Anora's lap. Heatwave noticed this, but decided not to wake her. He lowered the backrest of the passenger seat before turning on his heaters to keep Anora comfortable and warm inside his cab. He slowly transformed into his bot mode before walking up to his team members, who had been waiting for him in the bunker.
"Did you find the little escapee?" asked Chase with a light frown.
"More like 'little adventurer'," answered Heatwave in a low voice before he pointed to the window of his chest. "And she's sleeping in my cab right now, along with her partner."
Heatwave's three team members stared at their team leader in surprise before Boulder spoke up in a quiet voice.
"You seem to have grown real close to Anora in the past two days," said Boulder with wonder in his voice.
"Yeah," replied Blades as he took on a thoughtful look on his face. "The only time you ever gotten close to someone was..."
Blades words hung in the air as a sad frown appeared on his face, along with Boulder and Chase who looked down in sadness. Heatwave sadly frowned as he nodded his head at Blades in understanding.
"That's in the past now," said Heatwave softly. "What happened back then will not be like before...besides, I think I met Anora way before we came here to earth."
"What do you mean, Heatwave?" asked Chase as he and his two members stared at their leader in confusion.
"I'll tell you all later," spoke Heatwave in a tired voice. "Right now I need to write down a report to Optimus to let him know of our progress."
With that, Heatwave turned and walked off towards the secret room. As he walked, his thoughts went back to the conversation that he and his team had. His right servo unconsciously went up to his chest as it lightly touched the window that held Anora and Mimi safely inside his cab.
'All I can do is hope that I won't mess this up like I didn't last time on Cybertron,' thought Heatwave.
An hour later
Anora had woken up and realized that she had fallen asleep in Heatwave's cab along with Mimi, and quickly apologized to him about it. But Heatwave only said that it was alright and that she should head upstairs to meet up with her family members. When she had done that, her uncle questioned her on where she had been, and she told him the truth about where she had gone. But she also reassured him that Heatwave had been with her, and that she had accidently fallen asleep in his cab after getting up to early. Her uncle wasn't pleased about what she had done, but decided to let it slide. He was just glad that Anora hadn't gotten hurt or lost within the tunnels. Anora was now in the living room with Graham, Dani and Kade with Mimi laying in her lap. Kade was watching the TV, while Dani and Graham were reading their books, and Anora was gently stroking Mimi's fur. Charlie Burns had gone downstairs to talk with the Rescue Bots about something, and that had been about half an hour ago. It was quiet for a while within the room before Cody suddenly ran up to them with an excited smile on his face.
"You guys! You've gotta come check this out!" he exclaimed.
Cody herded his siblings and cousin into the elevator and took them down to the garage. They all got out of the elevator when it opened its doors for them with Cody pushing Kade out in a hurry. Anora, with Mimi in her arms, was about to ask what Cody was excited about when she and her older cousins saw what Cody wanted them to see. Painted on one of the walls within the garage was the Rescue Bots' insignia with the Rescue Bots and Charlie standing in front or underneath it.
"What do you think?" asked Cody as he turned to look at his older siblings. "I mean, this is their home now too, right?"
Kade smiled down at his little brother before wrapping his arm around him.
"It sure looks that way," said Kade.
"I couldn't agree more, Kade," said Anora with a smile as she looked up at the Autobot insignia. "I couldn't agree more."
To be continued
Sorry for the long wait everyone, I hope you all enjoy this chapter as much as the other ones.
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