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But anyway, here is chapter 15. I hope you like it.

Transformers Animated: Different Angle

Chapter 15: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers Animated

(Third POV)

"Any word yet from Bumblebee and Sari?" Optimus asks, driving back into the base along with Bulkhead. The two had been out for hours looking for any sign of their friends, only to come back with no such luck.

"Nothing from them yet," Ratchet says, glancing away from the computer screen with the city layout on it.

"I don't get it," Bulkhead says questionably, transforming into bot mode along with Optimus, "why would Sari and Bumblebee just take off without saying a word?"

"Probably because we would have told them no," Ratchet guesses gruffly.

"Have you located Bumblebee's energy signature yet?" Optimus asks the doctor.

"Negative," Ratchet reports, "I've been standing in front of this screen for the last megacycle and nothing's popped up."

"But if there's no energy signature," Bulkhead says, looking worried, "then doesn't that mean...?"

Optimus lets out a vent, not wanting to think the worst.

Just then a voice pops up on the monitor.

"Hey bots! You there?"

All bots turn to the computer in surprise and relief as they rush over.

"Bumblebee?!" Bulkhead exclaims, "we've been looking everywhere for you and Sari! Where are you?!"

(At the stadium)

"I'm at the humans' football stadium," Airstrike says into a small device, making her voice sound like Bumblebee's.

She looks down at the unconscious yellow autobot laying beside her, a cable from the device connected to his audio receptor which allows her access into his commlink unit. Since she figured the others would be looking for their comrade, she earlier planted an energy dampener on him in order to set her trap.

"You need to come here quickly," she says, still sounding like Bumblebee, "there's something you all need to see."

"Is Sari with you?" Optimus asks.

Rolling her optics, she answers, "yes, she's here. We're both fine."

"Why can't we pick up your energy signature?" Ratchet asks.

"It's a long story, but you bots need to hurry!"

"Okay, sheesh," Bulkhead says, "Must be something big."

Airstrike only grins on her end.

"We'll be right there, Bumblebee," Optimus says before ending the call.

Airstrike grins from audio receptor to audio receptor as she unplugs the device from Bumblebee.

"I'm counting on it."

(Back at the base)

"I wonder what Bumblebee wants to show us," Bulkhead says after they end the call.

"We'll find out once we get to the stadium," Optimus says, "and hopefully we get an explanation." Just then Optimus' commlink receives a call. Confused, he puts his digit to his audio receptor and answers it. "Hello?"

"Optim... its S..!"

Optimus recognizes Sari's voice immediately, however he cant make out what she's saying as the call goes in and out.

"Sari? Are you alright?" Optimus asks.

"Opt... don't ... Bumbl...is... wa... its a...!"

"Sari? You're breaking up. I can't hear what you're saying," Optimus says.

The call cuts out, leaving Optimus confused and worried. He tries calling her back, only for his call to go straight to voicemail.

"What is it?" Ratchet asks him.

"Sari just called me," Optimus says, "she tried to tell me something but the call kept breaking."

"But why would she call if Bumblebee already did?" Bulkhead asks, "he said she's with him."

"I don't know," Optimus says, getting a very bad feeling. Thinking for a second, he turns to the bots. "If we're going to find out what's going on, we need to get to that stadium."

The others nod in agreement.

"I'm coming too," Prowl says as he makes his way into the room.

"Oh no you're not!" Ratchet says sternly, "you're suppose to be recovering!"

"I recovered long enough," Prowl argues, "besides, I have a bad feeling about this."

Prime let's out a vent, but nods. "Alright," he says before looking at the rest of his crew. "Autobots, transform and roll out!"

All the bots transform before following their leader out the big doorway, unaware of what's in store for them.

(Jacy's POV).

"Hello?! Optimus, can you hear me?! Airstrike is trying to lure you into a trap! Hello?!" Sari warns, trying to get the message through. She had been trying to contact the bots soon as we started driving, though was having trouble since the woods don't exactly have very good cellphone reception. She finally did manage to get a bar and is now trying to warn Optimus. Though soon as we drive up to the road, I drive over a big bump, making Sari and Sumdac shriek as they get tossed around. I notice something flying out my window as I keep going.

Sari gasps. "My phone! It went out the window! And I don't think Optimus got my message!"

"Scrap!" I say frantically as I go faster, "we have to get there before they do!"

We drive at full speed towards Detroit, driving around a couple cars in the way.

"Where exactly are we going?" Kylie asks, speeding up behind me with Waldorf in her passenger seat.

"They were in a football stadium," I say.

"I think I know where that is from here," Sumdac says before pointing out the window. "Quick, go down that exit!"

I make the turn, causing both humans to nearly get toss to the side as they let out a surprised gasp. Glad they got their seat belts on.

We drive into the city, still going at top speed. Thankfully, the streets are still pretty empty as we pass only a couple more cars. I can only imagine the look on people's faces at the sight of a speeding semi with a Volkswagen Beetle gaining from behind.

"Which way now?" I ask.

"Turn left!" Sumdac instructs.

I make a hard turn, making the humans cling onto me for dear life.

"Easy with the turns!" Sari exclaims.

"How much farther?" Kylie asks, driving up beside me.

"It should be just... Oh dear!" Sumdac says, holding on tightly as I immediately hit the brakes before colliding into a huge piece of cement blocking the road. I let out a vent of relief before looking around to see debris and a broken building, most likely caused by a battle. Even the road looks like it took a beating.

"Oh you have got to be kidding me!" Sari exclaims in frustration.

"There's no way we can go down this road on wheels," I say.

"Hey, where does that road on the left lead?" Kylie asks.

I look at the two lane road a little ways beside us. There was still a bit of debris, but not enough to block us.

"That road would take us past the stadium," Sumdac says, sticking his head out my window on the driver's side. "But it's a one way street."

"Good thing we're only going one way," Kylie says, backing up then turning down the road.

"Kylie wait!" I say as I go after my friend, picking up speed as I get beside her. "I know this is an emergency, but we have to be careful. We don't know if someone's going to be coming down this road."

"Jacy, there's hardly anyone outside," Kylie points out as we drive around debris, "I doubt that..."

Honk! Honk!

A car turns from around the corner and heads straight towards us, causing the four of us to scream as it approaches. Immediately Kylie and I both swerve to the sides of the road, allowing the car to pass right through between us.

I let out a series of heavy vents as I get in the lane behind Kylie. "Are you two okay?" I ask the humans.

Both are clinging to their seatbelts, their eyes as big as dinner plates. "Define okay," Sari says.

"Hey, I think I see the stadium!" Kylie says, making us speed up a little.

We keep going as I begin seeing the stadium a little ways away. But as we get closer, its not the only thing I see.

"Whoa whoa whoa!" I say, making Kylie pull over. Letting the humans and dog out, we transform and peak from behind a building a little ways away from the stadium. There I see Airstrike sitting on top of the tall stadium wall, fiddling with something in her servo.

"Looks like she's waiting," I say.

"What's that she's holding?" Sari asks.

"Not sure," I respond.

I hear a slight transformation sound, followed by an "Eep!" I look over at Kylie, my armour leaping off me for a second as I stare at her. Her optics are now in the form of a visor, sticking out as if it was a binocular.

"Whoa!" I exclaim loudly. I immediately cover my mouth, fearing Airstrike heard me.

"What happened to my eyes?!" Kylie exclaims in a panic as she touches the scope visor.

Even though I'm still surprised as well, I pull her away from the side of the building as I try to tell her to be quiet.

"Kylie, calm down," I tell her, "if you shout, she might hear you."

She looks up at me and frowns. "Jacy, I know you are trying to calm me down, but you don't have to be right up in my face."

I look at the fifteen human feet of space between us then back at her. Yep, binocular vision.

"You have a binocular mod," I tell her. "You'll be fine." Thinking of something, I peak from around the building again before looking back at Kylie. "Kylie, tell us what you see in Airstrike's hand."

I back away as she peaks around and looks up. I can hear her binocular visor zooming in as she looks.

"Oh... my... word," she says in disbelief.

"What?" I ask her.

"She really needs to see a manicurist."

I pinch my brow as I frown. "Focus Kylie! What is she holding?"

She goes quiet for a second as she looks. "It... looks like some sort of remote," she says, "that, or it's a weird looking cellphone."

"It must be a remote for the explosives," Sumdac says.

Kylie's binocular visor then pulls itself back inside her head, surprising her as her optics go back to normal.

"What the heck?" she says, rubbing her optics.

"Well, seeing how Airstrike is waiting, it's safe to assume the autobots haven't shown up yet," I say.

"No..." Sari says worryingly as she points to the side, "but they're about to."

I look over, my spark dropping when I see the familiar vehicles approaching.

"We have to stop them!" Kylie says.

I look at Sari and her dad. "you two need to stay here and out of sight." I then turn my attention to Waldorf. "Stay," I tell him.

Kylie and I take off, leaving the three behind. I look to see Airstrike noticing the bots arriving before she steps down out of sight. We transform and drive as fast as we can. I'm afraid to shout in case I get Airstrike's attention. We almost don't make it until we cut them off near the entrance to the field, causing them to hit the brakes and transform before they can run into us.

"What in the...?!" Ratchet goes off.

"Shhhh!" I shush them as we transform, bringing my finger to my lips.

"What is going on?" Optimus asks.

"You're all heading into a trap," I say quietly, "Airstrike is in there waiting for you and she's using Bumblebee as bait."

"And if you guys go in there, it won't be pretty," Kylie adds.

The four mechs look at us suspiciously as Optimus takes a step forward.

"How do you know this?" Optimus asks.

"The girl's magic necklace thingy showed us," Kylie says.

I can only pinch my brow, feeling the weird looks we are getting right now.

"That sounded weird, didn't it?" Kylie asks sheepishly, rubbing the back of her helm.

"She means my key showed them something."

Hearing the young voice, we look to see Sari rushing over towards us.

I frown at her. "I told you to stay put," I say sternly once she stops.

"Sari?" Optimus says, slightly surprised as he kneels down to make sure she's okay, "are you alright?"

The little girl nods at him. "We've been trying to contact you guys, but I lost my phone," she says, "Airstrike has Bumblebee in there."

Sumdac then comes running up to his daughter, out of breath. "Sari, you shouldn't go running off like that," he says while breathing heavily.

The bots look at the professor in shock.

"Professor Sumdac!" Bulkhead exclaims in surprise.

"Where did you come from?!" Prowl asks.

"Megatron was holding him prisoner," Sari explains.

Waldorf then joins us as he sits down next to Sumdac.

"And what's your excuse?" I ask him with a frown.

My only response is a gruff woof.

"I want an explanation later," Optimus says, looking at us, "but right now we need to help our friend."

"Look, you go in there and..." I stop as I hesitantly glance at the kid beside me before looking back at Prime, "it will be really bad."

"Why are you trying to help us?" Prowl asks suspiciously.

I vent. "Because if anything happens to you bots, a lot of bad things will happen. I can't explain right now on how I know this, but you have to trust us."

Optimus studies me for a moment before looking down at Sari. "Can you vouch for them?"

She nods.

Releasing a vent, he looks back at me. "Tell us everything."

(Third POV- 7 minutes later)

Airstrike hides in the shadows behind the score board, waiting for her prey to enter. She waits for a while until she hears the sound of engines going through the entrance.

But only two vehicles enter.

She watches suspiciously as Prime and Ratchet make their way towards the smaller bot laying in the middle of the field. She raises an optical ridge, knowing she saw the rest of them approaching the stadium.

"Where are the other two?" she asks herself as she looks around. It's not until she notices something in the corner of her optic that she quickly jumps out of the way before two shurikens can hit her. Turning her thrusters on, she hovers in the air and turns around to see Prowl standing there in a fighting pose.

Snarling, she transforms her servo into a blaster and fires at the ninja bot. Prowl immediately flips over onto the bleachers and dodges her attacks as she keeps firing.

"Pick on someone your own size!" Bulkhead shouts as he charges from out of nowhere and across the field, launching his wrecking ball at her.

Soon as she sees it coming, she fires at Prowl, making him jump to the side. Unfortunately for Prowl, it's the same direction where Bulkhead launched his wrecking ball. She immediately moves out of the ball's way, letting it collide into the ninja bot and into the score board. The flyer smirks as the wrecking ball falls to the ground, revealing Prowl now pressed into the board as he lets out a painful groan.

"Oops!" Bulkhead says, reeling in his ball, "Sorry Prowl!"

Looking down at the big green autobot, Airstrike dives down towards him and fires.

While this is going on, Optimus and Ratchet quickly try to get Bumblebee to wake up. "Bumblebee," Optimus says, shaking his friend's shoulder.

It takes a while for the small bot to fully awake. Once he does, he sits up and rubs his helm before looking at the two with wide optics. "Prime! Ratchet! You can't be here! Airstrike is...!" he stops once he hears the commotion and looks to the side. "Oh, you already know. Never mind."

Ratchet vents in relief. "You're going to be alright, kid."

Just then a couple shots go whizzing past them, making the three take cover on the ground.

"You sure about that, Doc Bot?!" Bumblebee asks as a couple more blasts hit the ground near them.

"We need to get the remote from Airstrike!" Optimus orders.

"Working on it!" Bulkhead says as he tries to hit her.

Pedes now on the ground, Airstrike toys with the autobot as he tries to throw a few punches at her, only for her to quickly dodge each time. After a few attempts he manages to graze her arm, causing her to step back a little.

She looks at him, a look of hurt on her face as she holds her arm. "Why would you hit me?! I'm just a femme!"

Immediately Bulkhead feels guilty as he lowers his guard, "Oh, I'm so sorry! I was only..."

Next thing he knows, Airstrike reveals her blaster and fires at him. She smirks as the big bot goes flying backwards into the bleachers, creating a crater in the process.

"Whatever," she says.

She goes to fly upwards, only for something to wrap around her legs. Looking down in annoyance, she sees Optimus using his grappling hook to keep her from flying away. She tries to take off at full blast, but something else holds her down. She sees Ratchet on the other side, using his magnetic modification to help the Prime.

"Prowl, get the remote!" Optimus orders.

Launching himself from the score board, a recovered Prowl latches himself onto Airstrike, trying to grab the remote off her side.

"Hands off!" she barks. Reaching over, she grabs the ninja bot and tosses him right at Prime. With Prowl colliding into him, Optimus loses his hold on the flyer.

"You're not getting away that easy!" Ratchet says, still having a hold of her. He looks at Bumblebee, "Kid, the electromagnetic pulse!"

Bumblebee rushes over, his stingers out and ready.

Scowling at them, Airstrike pulls out her remote. "Okay, I wasted enough time."

Before Bumblebee can even assist the doctor, she pushes a button.

Boom!

An explosive goes off, causing Bumblebee to fall backwards and Ratchet to lose his hold on her. Soon as she's free, she transforms and flies upwards, the remote still in her possession.

"Oh crud," Ratchet says worryingly.

Optimus looks up to see her transform and hover above them, the remote in her servo. Immediately he looks at the others. "Autobots, fallback! Now!"

Airstrike smirks as the five autobots rush for the exit.

"Leaving so soon?" she asks.

Pushing a button, she watches as the autobots immediately stop in their tracks as the exit blows up in front of them. She couldn't help but chuckle as they slowly begin backing away, staying close together.

"How does it feel to be afraid?" she asks, pressing another button.

(Jacy's POV)

We all jump at the sound of a blast, making us look to see Airstrike flying away from the stadium. Another blast soon follows, sealing the entrance.

"Oh no!" Kylie says fearfully.

"We have to do something!" Sari exclaims as she goes to run towards the battle zone.

I immediately stop her, putting my servo in her path, "It's not safe!" I tell her.

She looks at me angrily. "You need to stop her! You're the same size as that con! You can take her!"

My optics widen as I look at the stadium, fear taking hold. "I-I can't! I couldn't even beat her the last time!"

Another explosive goes off, two more following close behind. I can feel the ground tremble from each one as the sky starts filling up with smoke.

"We have to help them!" Kylie exclaims.

"How?!" I ask. I jump as one goes off near the wall, causing part of the stadium to fall inwards.

"No!" Sari yells, tears starting to well up in her eyes.

Kylie looks back at me, a look of fear on her face, "Jacy, I know your scared. I am too," she says, "but we are the only ones that can help them right now."

That hits me hard as I fearfully look at the stadium again. I know I can't fight her, but... I don't want to do nothing either.

Thinking of something, I look at the others while letting out a shaky vent.

Whatever im going to do... I can't do it alone.

(Third POV)

Once the smoke clears, Airstrike smiles when she sees the bots laying on the field down below, looking very battered. She takes pleasure of their weakened state as they try to get back up.

"I've waited a long time for this," She says as she goes to press another button.

"Airstrike!"

Soon as the con hears her name, she looks around in confusion to see who the voice belongs to. Once she sees who it is, her face turns to a look of shock.

"What...?!"

Frowning, she makes her way to the ground.

(Jacy's POV)

Soon after I shout out her name, the seeker turns around and sees me as I step into view. I see her putting something behind her, most likely the remote, before she flies over. She lands right in front of me, her back facing the bots.

"Well, look who's still online," she says, taking a step forward. I hesitantly take a step back, making her chuckle at me.

"Let them go," I say, trying to sound brave.

She gives me a look. "And why should I?"

Letting out a shaky vent, I say, "Megatron wants me handed over to him, right? Leave them alone, and I'll go with you. I'll... I'll even tell you where Sumdac is."

She just chuckles. "Like I need your cooperation. You couldn't even take me down back in the woods." She goes to turn around.

"You're right!" I blurt out, making her look back at me, "I-I can't fight you. Which is why Im making this offer."

"And why should I agree to this?" She asks, facing me again.

I bite my bottom lip, trying to think of what to say. "... Because compared to them, I'm probably your biggest threat."

A second after I say this, she starts laughing as she pinches her brow. While she's busy laughing, I glance at the bots as Sari quickly makes her way towards them, her dad and Waldorf close behind her. I look back at Airstrike before she notices my gaze.

"Oh that's rich coming from you," Airstrike says, calming down as she looks at me.

"Why not? You said so yourself Megatron thinks I'm a threat."

"I say a lot of things," she says, "he only wants you because he thinks you betrayed his cause. Though even if you did, you probably were the most pathetic decepticon there was."

"I never was one."

"Tell that to Megatron," Airstrike says, "no matter if you're guilty or not, he'll just turn you into spare parts." She then grins at me. "And not even the little girl's key can help you."

My body tenses up when she turns around, catching sight of Sari who was about to heal Optimus with her key. Both Sari and Sumdac notice her gaze and freeze in horror as she transforms her arm into a blaster, aiming it at them.

"No!" I shout worryingly.

She looks at me again, still grinning as she kicks me back. I fall with a thud into the debris as the femme seeker laughs.

"I was wondering what happened to your wound. Not to mention your lack of scratches and dents from your fall. Figured the kid had something to do with it." She turns her attention back to the humans and walks towards them, still pointing the blaster in their direction. "Too bad you won't be able to save your friends this time."

Sumdac protectively gets in front of his daughter, putting on a brave face. "Leave Sari alone, Airstrike!" he tells her, "Its me you want!"

Airstrike only chuckles as her arm returns to normal. "You will be coming with me regardless. Though maybe this time I should bring your brat along as well... just in case you decide to escape again."

Not wanting her to reach them, I come up from behind and wrap my arms around her, making her stop in place as I pin her arms to her sides.

"Leave them alone!" I tell her.

She just gives me a look and lets out a vent. "Oh no, whatever shall I do now?" she says dryly. Next thing I know, she breaks my hold on her and spins around behind me, wrapping her arm around my neck.

"You didn't think this far ahead, did you?" she taunts, jabbing her fist into my side. I grunt as I slump to the ground, curling up into a ball.

"Do yourself a favour," Airstrike says, stepping over me, "stay out of this."

She goes towards the humans again, only for me to grab her pede.

"I s-said leave them alone," I say painfully, not letting go.

Frowning, she turns around and kicks me in the gut, making me gasp in pain as I curl into a ball again.

"Just give up," she says in annoyance.

"N-no," I say as I slowly make myself get back up, only to get knocked back down again. I groan at the many pains in my body as I roll over onto my front, still trying to get up.

"You know, you're really starting to get annoying," she says as she kicks me again, this time in the side of my head.

I land on my back, feeling dizzy as I groan in pain. Turning my head to the side, I spit out what I think is energon. I look back up at her, refusing to give up as I keep trying to get back on my pedes. "I-I don't care. I'm not afraid of you."

Sneering, she bends down and punches me in the face. I black out for a second as I slump to the ground, barely able to move.

"You should be," I hear her say as I slowly start getting my sight back, "no matter what you do, I will still win."

"No you won't!"

Hearing the voice from the side, the con turns her head, seeing Kylie standing there with her remote.

"Not without this," Kylie says, waving it in the air.

"What...?!" Airstrike exclaims in disbelief, looking at her hip to see her remote gone.

"V-very d-distracting... when you're b-beating up someone isn't it?" I say, a smirk making its way on my face.

"No!" Airstrike shouts angrily as she goes to chase after my friend. Kylie fearfully shrieks as she turns around and starts running. She almost grabs her, only for a green wrecking ball to slam into the flyer. She flies off to the side and into the stadium wall, destroying most of it in the process as the concrete caves in on her.

"Not sorry!" Bulkhead shouts with a frown, reeling in his wrecking ball.

I look to see all the autobots back up on their pedes, looking a hundred percent thanks to Sari's key. Rushing over to me, she inserts her key into my chest. I feel the pain go away as the key repairs my wounds and dents.

"Thanks," I tell her once I'm fully healed.

I get back up just as Kylie runs over to me. "Are you okay?" she asks.

"Crap that hurt," I tell her.

We both jump as Airstrike emerges from the broken concrete. Soon as she sees the bots back on their pedes, she growls with a slight twitch in her optic. She transforms her arms into blasters and starts firing, making us shield and dodge her attacks.

"Now what?!" Bumblebee shouts, shielding Sari and Sumdac.

"To be honest, we didn't think this far ahead!" Kylie shouts back as we both dive to the side, Waldorf in Kylie's servo.

I look to see Prowl making his way behind Airstrike as he throws one of his discs into her wing, causing her to let out a painful cry. She turns around to attack, only for Optimus to get in between and give her a face full of fire extinguisher foam. Airstrike stops as she furiously scrapes the goop off her face, giving Bumblebee and Ratchet the chance to use the electro magnetic pulse on her. Soon as it hits her, her thrusters turn off, sending her falling to the ground with a thud. She looks out of it as she lays there, not moving at all. The bots approach her, Kylie and I a little ways behind as we take a peak.

"Did we win?" Bulkhead asks.

"Uh, yeah we did!" Bumblebee boasts.

Just then Airstrike sits up and fires again, sending us flying back. Kylie and I skid a little ways away from the others.

Ow! She recovered fast!

Trying to fight off the pain, I hear the bots groan as well. Since they were the closest, they got it worse than Kylie and I. I see Airstrike slowly getting back up, sneering at the bots. Turning her full attention to Optimus, she aims her blaster at him.

Thunk! Thunk! Thunk! Thunk!

I watch in confusion as Airstrike gets pelted by a series of footballs, making her shriek in surprise as she takes a step back. Looking over, I see the humans and Waldorf off to the side, Sari using her key on what looks like a robotic football launcher.

"How do you like us now?!" Sari shouts as the machine keeps on firing rapidly. Airstrike growls as she covers her face from the oncoming footballs. At this point, I'm already getting back up on my feet as I watch.

Just then the firing stops, the machine still running with nothing coming out.

"Uh oh!" Sari says fearfully, "out of ammo!"

Airstrike growls as she approaches them. Sumdac gets in front of his daughter protectively while Waldorf growls at the con.

"You're coming with me one way or another, Sumdac," she says as she gets closer, "But not before I make you watch as I squish your daughter to a pulp."

I run up and tackle her from the side before she could grab them. We roll around on the ground for a few seconds until she pins me down like the last time.

"You know what," Airstrike says, glaring down at me. "I'm just going to offline you now."

She charges her blaster and presses it against my face, making me gasp in fear.

Just then something blue hits her from the side, the shot missing my head by inches. Backing away, I look to see Kylie trying to fight her as she holds onto her back.

"Don't you hurt my friend!" Kylie exclaims as she pulls her helm back.

Airstrike growls as her thrusters start to charge up.

"Lets see how tough you are off the ground," she says. Next thing I know, she launches herself into the air and takes off at full speed, Kylie still holding onto her.

"Kylie!" I shout fearfully as I watch them get tinier and tinier. Looking down at my own thrusters, I vent.

"Come on!" I say, jumping up and down in one place. "Please!"

I look up again, seeing Airstrike trying to shake off Kylie as she spirals around in the air. To my horror, Kylie loses her grip and starts falling.

"No!" I cry out.

Just like that, my thrusters kick in, shooting me upwards like a rocket. I'm startled at first, but I keep going, keeping my focus on Kylie. I dare not to look down as I get closer, seeing her flailing and screaming in the air. Quickly going horizontal, I dart towards her before she can fall past me. I barely manage to catch her as I swoop down and grab her, stopping her fall. She panics a little until she looks up and sees me.

"Hold on!" I tell her.

"D-Don't w-worry! That's the pl-plan!" she responds with a shaky voice.

Its not until I look past her that I start to shake myself, seeing exactly how high up we really are. Just then I hear a sound coming up from the side.

"Look out!" Kylie shouts.

I look over just as Airstrike dives at me, knocking me forward as she zooms right past us. I feel my thrusters start to die down as the whirling noise becomes quiet.

Oh scrap!

My thrusters turn off. Kylie and I both scream as we rapidly plummet towards the stadium down below. I feel myself flipping around as I see the ground approaching very fast. But just when I think we're about to smash into tiny pieces, I feel something getting hold of me, causing me to slow down. Confused, I look to see a recovered Ratchet with his magnetic field modification out, using it to slow down Kylie and I as we make our way down. I vent in relief, my spark pounding loudly in me chest as we land safely on the ground.

"Thanks," Kylie says to the doctor. She looks at me and chuckles nervously. "I think I'm beginning to understand why you don't like flying."

I let out a slight chuckle of my own as the others plus the humans and Waldorf rush over towards us. We hear the sound of thrusters descending down, making us all look over to see Airstrike. She stops halfway, hovering in place as she glares down at us.

"All I want is to see you all dead! Is that so hard to ask!" she exclaims angrily.

I feel a chill running down my spine as she looks at me and Kylie, both of us standing in front of the bots.

"I don't know who you two are, but you are not going to rob me of this moment!" she says angrily as she reveals a familiar round device with a red light on it. "In fact, why don't you join them?!"

My optics widen in fear.

Scrap, I forgot about that!

Immediately, she pushes the button and throws the device, not giving us time to take cover.

Out of reaction, I bring my arms up, as if to shield the others. Closing my optics tight, I brace myself as the device explodes.

I can feel the vibatration of the explosion, only, I don't feel like I'm being blown to bits.

Confused, I open my optics and gasp at what I see.

My servos are expanded, like they did when I fired those blasts before. But instead of a blast, I find myself and the others inside a force field.

Im stunned by this, keeping my arms and servos stretched out as I look at the blue field. I glance over my shoulder at the others to see looks of surprise on their faces.

"How are you doing that?" Kylie asks in disbelief.

"I... don't know," I say in shock.

I look at Airstrike, a furious look sketched on her face as she glares at me. Enraged, she lets out an angry yell and begins firing at us. I flinch a little, almost forgetting the force field between us and her. I keep my arms up as the blasts hit against the field, protecting us as she continues. After a while, she stops firing, though I still see the anger in her optics as they flare red.

She charges, flying straight towards us at a great speed.

Thinking of something, I pull my arms in a little, keeping my servos stretched out. Once she gets close, I push my arms forward, praying that my hunch works. The field pushes outwards, sending objects outside of it flying back... including Airstrike.

She lets out a yell as she goes flying backwards over the broken field goal post and collides into the bleachers.

The force field now gone, I lower my arms and look down at my servos. I stare at the big glowing blue circles on them, one in each palm.

"Whoa," I say to myself as my servos shift back to normal.

"That... was... amazing!" Kylie exclaims.

We hear the sound of a groan, making us look in Airstrike's direction as she slowly sits up, painfully holding her helm in her servos. I can't help but notice the many scrapes and dents all over her armour. Once she looks up and sees us, she lets out a growl of frustration.

The autobots immediately get their weapons/mods out, ready for anything as they stand beside us.

"Surrender, Airstrike!" Optimus warns sternly.

The con glares at all of us as she gets up, painfully holding her side. "Never," she says angrily before transforming and flying off, leaving us in a cloud of dust. I can hear the sound of her jet engine getting quieter and quieter until I can hear it no longer. Everything is still and quiet.

"Did we win?" Kylie asks as the dust settles.

I look around. Most of the stadium is missing, the field is all torn up, and some of the bleachers have been destroyed.

At the same time, we're still alive!

"... Yeah," I say, "I think we did."

Letting out a big vent of relief, I happily slump to the ground on my knees, grateful that we all survived. A happy Kylie cheers and tackles me with a hug, causing me to shriek as I get knocked over to the side. Waldorf barks at us as Kylie just laughs. I can't help but laugh along with her as I hug her back.

I even hear some of the others cheering as I look over to see Sari, Bumblebee, and Bulkhead celebrating, Optimus making sure the remaining bit of fire is put out.

"That was awesome!" Sari exclaims excitedly, "we kicked her butt!"

"Thank goodness it's over," Sumdac says in relief, hugging Sari.

"Oh yeah! We rule!" Bumblebee cheers.

"Don't celebrate just yet," Ratchet tells them, "she still managed to get away, and will most likely hit us harder the next time once she recovers."

Optimus walks over to his team. "Even so, at least everyone's okay," he says, "and that's a victory worth celebrating over."

Knowing what we have to do, I look over at Kylie who's looking back at me.

"We don't have any choice now," she tells me, her thinking the same thing.

Taking a vent, we get back up and walk over towards the bots.

"Hey," I say, getting their attention.

Ratchet gives me a small humph. "Well, look who decided to stick around this time."

I sheepishly rub the back of my helm. "Yeah, sorry about that." I apologize nervously.

"Thank you," Optimus says, taking a couple steps towards me. "You saved us."

I am trying so hard not to fan girl right now!

"I-it was nothing!" I stutter, "I mean, I didn't really know... I-t just sorta... Sari did most of the saving... I just...uh... it was a team effort, and..."

"What she's trying to say is, you're welcome," Kylie pipes in, stopping my rambling.

I let out a weak chuckle to match my sheepish grin.

"So, exactly who are you two?" Bulkhead asks.

Releasing a vent, I give the introduction. "I'm Jacy. And this is Kylie."

"Hi!" Kylie greets with a wave.

"Those are funny designations," Bulkhead says before immediately adding, "no offence!"

Bumblebee walks over to Kylie, a look of disbelief on his face. "But... how are you two still online? You fell off a cliff."

"Miracles do happen," Kylie says with a smile.

He looks at her weird before smiling back. "Well, glad you both are okay."

"So, you two going to disappear again?" Ratchet asks gruffly.

I look down at Kylie, her nodding at me before I look back at the bots. "Actually... we could really use your help."

"And if it's not too much trouble, also your roof," Kylie adds.

I give her a look.

"What?" she asks, "I told you, I don't wanna sleep in a cave anymore."

"What kind of help?" Optimus asks.

I bite my bottom lip, "I suppose we should give you an explanation first, but you might not believe us."

"And why is that?" Ratchet asks suspiciously.

I'm about to answer until Prowl speaks.

"let me guess," he says, folding his arms, "its complicated?"

I let out a slight chuckle as I smile nervously.

"We will discuss it later," Optimus says, "but right now we need to locate the remaining explosives. We can't risk leaving any around here."

We hear a woof off to the side, making us look over to see Waldorf digging in the dirt right alongside the bleachers. He woofs at us again as we now see a half buried explosive sticking out of the ground.

"Good boy Waldorf," Kylie says with a smile.

I flinch as he continues digging. "Okay, that's enough digging. Don't need it going off. Seriously... stop!"

We watch as he moves away and starts digging somewhere else.

As we search for the remaining explosives, I feel a sense of relief. Nervousness, but also relief. I just hope our explanation goes smoothly.

(Third POV)

Looking down at the scene below, Blitzwing hovers in the sky, far enough so that the autobots don't notice him. He had been searching for the human professor for a while when he noticed something happening over at the stadium. He watched the battle from afar, witnessing the humiliating defeat of Airstrike. He was shocked by this, but at the same time... amused.

"So, zhe triple changer femme survived and vas able to take down Airstrike," he says to himself, "Perhaps I should not underestimate her."

He then gets a call on his commlink. "Blitzwing," his master's voice says, "report."

"Zhe professor found zhe autobots," Blitzwing reports, "and zhe two neutrals are still online."

He hears a slight growl from the other end. "So, they still function. Where is Airstrike?"

His face swaps to his hothead one. "Zhe coward got her skid plate vhooped and retreated," he says before swapping to his random personality, "and went grrr grrr grrr all zhe vay home! Ahahahaha!"

"I see," Megatron says, not sounding too pleased, "return to the mine immediately. With our base being discovered by the neutral, we need to relocate before the autobots come looking for us."

His face swaps back to his icy one, "of course, Lord Megatron."

Soon as the call ends, he looks back down at the red femme, watching her help the autobots.

His head spins to his hothead personality. "Next time ve meet, she vont be as lucky!" he says before his head spins around again to his random face. "Ooh zhis vill be fun!"

He lets out a laugh as he transforms into his jet mode and takes off towards the woods, looking forward to the next time.

And that was chapter 15! I am super excited to write more about the girls interacting with the bots. It's gonna be awesome... and funny XD.

And now that the girls will be hanging out with the bots more, I want the girls to get into some funny situations. I already have a few ideas in mind, but if you guys have any ideas on what sort of trouble the girls could get into, feel free to share. I for one can't wait until they meet the elite guard lol.

Also sorry if there are any errors. I try rereading my chapters over and over before updating and sometimes still manage to miss an error. Once my brain goes back to normal, I will go back and fix any that I missed.

What did you guys think of the fight scene? Hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I hope to update soon. Until next time! God bless!