Chapter 9: The Ark Part 3
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"Ok! We're there!" Moon Racer states through her comm link as they open the vent to the medbay. Her and Groove jump down and survey the room. They find 2 doctors to the right of them and 2 guards towards the left. Groove makes quick work for the guards, teleporting right behind them and slashing their neck circuits with his shurikens and causing them to shut down into stasis. Moon Racer then wheel skates towards the doctors and slamming the nozzle of her gun's at each of their helms. "Sorry about this mates!" She then fires an electric charge into each of them, knocking them into stasis as well.
"Phew, Ok Groove help me with the wounded!" She walks over the med berths and brings the prisoners out of stasis and guides them out of the room and towards the vent. Her and Groove get 8 out when they stop in front of one berth, in front of them is a large white and purple bot with a long aged beard.
"By the pit…. its …Alpha Trion…Groove is he…" Moonracer looks at the unconscious body of the last of the great 13 primes laying on the medical berths. Groove goes towards the medical scanner and looks over the information on the screen. Groove looks towards Moonracer and nods, indicating he's still alive. Groove helps Alpha Trion up. When he was brought out of stasis he was very weak and couldn't communicate yet, just making incoherent mumbles. Groove gets him towards the vent and Moonracer helps everyone else out.
"Ok Override, we are heading out now. How is it coming on your end?" Override hears Moon Racers communication as she leads prisoners out of the cells and into the maintenance vent. "We are nearly done, one more cell to go and then we are out." Eventually the rest make it out and Deep Cover moves on to opening the last cell, stepping over an unconscious guard on the way. He activates the cell and walks in with Override behind him.
As they walk in they see a shape in the back of the cell, curled up on the ground with damaged black and purple paint. He looks up towards the autobots, his bright red optics studying them as he decides to sit up. Override on instinct pulls out her blaster and points it towards him. "...Deadlock, why in the pit are you here…"
Deadlock stands up but instantly puts his servos in the air. "D-don't shoot… I..I surrender…" Before Override could question him, Deadlock instantly hits the floor with a loud thud. Deepcover walks up to him and looks him over with the scanner. "He's…in emergency stasis. It seems that's all the energy he had left…Override if we leave him here his spark will go out.." After a brief pause of hesitation, Override walks over and slings Deadlock on her shoulder. She heads towards the maintenance hatch and leans deadlock on the shoulders of some other prisoners, giving them the order to carry him out. "Deepcover, all the explosions set?" She gets a nod in response and motions for the prisoners to go down the vent after making sure Deepcover is in and fuses the hatch shut so there's no chance of anyone following them.
"Smoke, how is it up there?" Override says through her commlink. "Not good! The decepticons are here!" Override takes a double take as she feels her spark drop. "What! How close!" "Eta is about 6 klicks! Flare up is done here, do you want her to shut them down?" Override starts running down the hatch, helping the others out. "Yes yes! Shut them down right now! Moon are you almost out?" "Yes! We are about 2 klick from the exit! How far are the reinforcements?" Override quickly checks her tracker and breaths a small sigh. "They will get here a klick earlier, just keep it moving and we will make it out!"
"Understood" Smoke Signal responses and turns towards flare up to give her the signal to go. Flare-up activates her trigger and suddenly all the guards around the prison suddenly drop to the ground unconscious. "Ok! They should be down for 10 klicks, enough time to get out of here!"
A few klicks later Moon Racer and Groove come out from the hatch and helps the escaped prisoners into the transport where Elita was waiting. "Where is Override?" "She should be right behind me!?" On que Override comes through and helps her prisoners in, putting Deadlock in the back in stasis cuffs but also with an energon drip with the other wounded. She looks up and gets shocked "Holy scrap! Alpha Trion!" Elita turns around in shock and pushes her way to the old prime. "Creator! By the Pit thanks Primus you are alive!" Elita grabs Trion's hand and holds it tight, Thankful her creator is still alive. "You all did great, now let's get out of here!" The Transport then closes up with everyone inside and then they move out as Override activates her trigger, causing the cell portion of the prison to explode upwards towards the sky and causing a chain reaction in the prison. The moment they start moving the transport gets under fire by the arriving decepticons but it only lasts for a few nano-klicks before the firing stops and a loud voice is heard.
"WRECK AND RULE!" Ultra Magnus jumps down in front of the battlefield, holding his Nova Hammer and being flanked by the other members of the wreckers and 100's of other autobots running behind him to take on the Decepticons, causing a distraction for the transport to escape.
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"Ok! Everyone is onboard and all the supplies are in the cago hold, Prime we must leave in a few klicks to make it." Prowl runs up to Optimus nervous, but as he gets close he sees the transport arrive with Kup right next to it with another soldier.
"Sorry we cut it close Prime" Kup says as the door to the transport opens and the 2 femmes jump out and run towards the ark. "Hi! Sorry we can't talk right now but see you inside." Says Windblade as she runs in with Arcee right behind her. Arcee doesn't say anything but gives Optimus a small smile and a wink before getting in.
"Thank you so much Kup." Prime shakes the old warrior's hand before turning towards the other bot there. "..Hot Rod…good to see you sparkling-" Before he can finish the young bot cuts him off. "Not a sparkling anymore sire…good to see you too" Hot Rod looks nervous but before any more words can be said between sire and sparkling Prowl interrupts. "Sorry to cut this reunion short but we must go Prime." Prowl starts walking towards the ark as Prime nods at him and turns towards the ark after giving Hot Rod a brief servo shake. "Take care Hot Rod" Optimus walks in the ark, Kup then turns and transforms back to altmode. "Time to go kid." Hotrod also turns into altmode and drives after Kup as the door to the ark closes. But suddenly Hot Rod makes a u-turn towards the ark on max speed, fire shooting out of his exhausts. Kup transforms back and turns to him "Hot Rod no-!" But it's too late as Hot Rod makes it in and transforms back to robot mode and takes a corner, trying to stay hidden. "Not leaving me behind that easily sire…" Hot Rod runs down the corridor towards the cargo room to hide.
In the Cybertron sky a huge golden ship makes its way towards the atmosphere, trying to break away from the planet below. Before it gets too far, a grey and blue seeker gets close and fires a small tracker to the side of the hull before breaking off and letting the ship make its way away from Cybertron and towards salvation.
(Ok! Quick note! Hot Rod isn't ACTUALLY Optimus's creation! Optimus just adopted him early in the war! You will find out way eventually and why Optimus distance himself from him)
