Hey guys! So sorry for the long wait on this! I had a bit of writer's block and had to take a step back. I hope you all like this chapter.
Transformers Animated: Different Angle
Chapter 19: P.O.K.E.
Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers Animated
(Jacy's POV)
Lugnut pulls his arm back, ready to punch the red button into the ground.
"Run!" Both Ratchet and I shout as we get up, me picking up Kylie and him picking up Fanzone as we make a run for it. I hear the sound of the explosion before the blast sends us flying forward. I tumble to the ground, letting go of Kylie in the process. I feel my helm pounding as pain shoots through my body.
"Ow," I mumble before frantically looking around me. "Everyone okay?!"
"What was that?!" Kylie asks wide eyed as we get up.
"That was his P.O.K.E," I tell her.
"...You call that a poke?!"
"Slag!" Ratchet exclaims, looking around, "the fragment flew out of my servo! Where did it go?!"
"You!" Lugnut shouts, making us look over to see him pointing at me. "How dare you steal from my master! Once I claim the AllSpark fragment, I shall drag you to Megatron for due punishment!"
He then charges at us.
Thinking fast, Ratchet uses his magnetic modification on the trash bot nearby and pulls it in front of the big con. Lugnut trips over it and lets out a yell as he falls forward, making the ground tremble as he lands.
"The bigger they are, the harder they fall," Fanzone comments with a smirk.
Lugnut looks up at us before getting up into a hunched position. The next thing we see is his back plates sliding open. I get a sick feeling in my tank, remembering he also has missiles.
He fires them one at a time, shooting them into the air before they all turn around and head straight for us.
Ratchet immediately uses his mod on them, trying to push them back upwards.
"Now would be a good time to make a forcefield!" Ratchet shouts at me, "I cant hold them off forever!"
Trying to push back my anxiety, I try activating my mod by stretching my arm out to get something to happen. But nothing's happening! Am I doing it wrong?!
"Anytime now!"
"I'm trying!" I say, bringing up my other arm as I frantically try to get my servos to expand.
"Crud!" Ratchet exclaims, making me fearfully look to see his magnetic mod giving in. But before he loses his grip, a small gold disc flies at the missiles from the side. It strikes one, causing all of them to go off in the air as we shield ourselves from the blast. Once the smoke clears, we look over to see the rest of the team with Prowl holding another gold shuriken in his servo.
Lugnut looks over at them and stands up to his full height.
"I will not let you keep me from serving my master, autobot fools!" he shouts as he charges.
While the others fight him off, I look around at the ground.
"We have to find the fragment," I say as I get down on my knees and servos, trying to look through the long grass.
"You three do that," Ratchet says, "I'll help the others."
He takes off towards the fight, leaving Kylie, Fanzone, and I crawling around as we search.
"Hey, I think I found it," Kylie says, picking up something before chucking it off to the side, "Nope, water bottle."
I let out a vent, annoyed by how long the grass is. "Oh for pete's sake! Don't they have lawnmower bots here or something?!"
"So one can run me over?" Fanzone asks dryly, "yeah, I don't think so."
Hearing the brawl getting closer, we look over to see the bots still trying to hold the big con back as much as possible.
"Come on!" I say anxiously, "keep looking!"
"Incoming!" Fanzone yells.
We look over and shriek when we see Bulkhead flying towards us. Immediately we duck down as he flies overhead, crashing into the ground a few feet away.
"You okay?" Kylie asks him.
Moaning in pain, he still lifts up his arm and says, "I'm good."
Looking over to see Lugnut getting closer, I think for a second before getting up.
"Kylie, Fanzone, keep looking," I tell them as I make my way closer to the fight. I stop a little ways away as the con tosses Ratchet and Prowl off to the side. Venting, I try activating my mod again, praying that I can at least make something happen.
"Come on, come on, come on!" I chant, my anxiety not helping one bit.
"Megatron will not be denied!" the con roars as he charges, ready to plow me over.
I keep trying, but my fear takes hold as he gets closer.
Crap, I can't do it!
Before I can react, something wraps around Lugnut's legs, causing him to stumble and fall forward. I am then tackled to the side before the con could fall on top of me. I let out an oomph sound as I hit the ground. Looking to my side, I see Optimus right beside me as he looks back with a frown.
"Are you trying to get yourself offlined?!" he angrily asks me as we both get up.
"Hey!" Kylie shouts. We look over to see her and Fanzone, the captain now holding the fragment in his hand, "we found it!"
This gets Lugnut's attention as he snaps off the bola-whip from his legs and gets up.
"Hand it over!" he shouts, running towards them.
"Kylie, Fanzone, run!" Optimus shouts as he chases after Lugnut.
Both fearfully turn around and run for it as Optimus catches up to him and tries to slow him down. Bumblebee goes to assist until Lugnut grabs hold of Optimus and throws him right at the smaller bot. Both hit the ground as the con gives chase.
Frowning, I rush over to Lugnut. Modification or not, I can't let him hurt Kylie and Fanzone.
Jumping into the air, I land right on top of him.
"Hey, pick on someone your own size!" I exclaim as I try to steer him away. Growling, he tries to grab hold off me as he spins around.
"Get off of me, wretch!" the con shouts as he tries to shake me off.
I end up letting go, landing on my rump a little ways away. I let out a groan before fearfully looking up to see Lugnut looking back down at me. Immediately I try backing away as he reaches down to grab me.
"Leave her alone!"
He looks behind before a sonic wave hits him in the head, causing him to stagger and fall backwards onto his back. I look over to see Kylie falling backwards herself onto her rump. I can't help but stare in shock at her. Her forearms are now some sort of cannons with speakers deep within them, and she has a round blue visor covering her optics.
"Whoa," I say as I get back up, making my way over to her and Fanzone.
"Whoa!" Kylie echoes loudly, "what just happened?!" She looks at her arms. "What happened to my hands?! And where did these sunglasses come from?!"
"Uh hello?!" Fanzone shouts, gaining our attention, "Still in a middle of a fight! We should probably run for it before...!"
He cuts off his sentence as a shadow looms over us. We look up, seeing a very irritated Lugnut glaring down at us.
"... This happens," Fanzone grimly finishes.
"I've wasted enough time!" The con growls, his servo shifting back again to reveal the blinking red button.
I react by bringing my arms up as he punches down. This time, I see my servos expanding as a light blue field quickly forms around us. I flinch and shut my optics as the button hits the field. The last thing I feel is the force of the blow hitting me in the helm before everything goes black.
(Third POV)
Both Kylie and Fanzone hit the ground and cover their heads as the force field blocks the explosion, saving them from termination before it disappears. Soon as the smoke clears, they look up, seeing that they are still on a round patch of grass while the area around them is a total crater.
"What just happened?" Fanzone asks, wondering how they are still alive.
Kylie looks over, seeing her friend laying unconscious beside her. "Jacy!" she exclaims worryingly, trying to wake her.
"At last!" a loud voice says, making Kylie look to see Lugnut picking up the fragment which Fanzone dropped during the explosion, "my master will be pleased!"
"Hey!" Kylie shouts angrily at him as she got up, "give that back!"
"Silence, femme!" the con barks as he swats her away.
She shrieks as she goes flying back, landing hard into what's left of the ground. She lets out a groan of pain as Fanzone rushes over to make sure she's okay.
Lugnut then reaches down and grabs the unconscious triple changer by the wrist, lifting her off the ground as she remains limp in the air.
"Not only will I bring my glorious leader the AllSpark fragment, but the triple changer traitor herself!" he rants victoriously.
But before he can take off with the femme, a green wrecking ball hits him from the side, making him lose his grip on both her and the fragment as he falls over. Ratchet immediately uses his mod to stop Jacy from hitting the ground as he brings her towards him while Prowl goes for the fragment. Unfortunately, Lugnut recovers and grabs the fragment before Prowl can even reach it in time. Now having what he came for, he immediately transforms and takes off into the sky before the other autobots can assist.
The team watch as the con flies off with the fragment, upset that they failed. They soon turn their attention to the femmes as Ratchet does a quick scan on Jacy while Bulkhead and Prowl help Kylie back up on her pedes.
"Is Jacy okay?" Kylie asks as she and the others make their way over.
"She took a good blow to the helm," Ratchet says as he finishes his scan on her, "but she'll be alright."
The bots let out a vent of relief.
Fanzone however looks around at the now destroyed park with a look of dread on his face.
"Great," he grumbles dryly, "more destruction."
Optimus looks down at the human. "We'll have it fixed up just as soon as..."
"As what?!" Fanzone snaps at him, "as soon as your done cleaning up the last five battles?! If this, this, war keeps going, there won't be anyting left of this city!"
He goes to leave but stops as he vigorously looks around. "Where's my car?!"
They all look over to the side to see a very battered yellow vehicle balanced at an angle before falling flat right on it's roof. A tire even pops off and rolls a little ways away from the car.
Fanzone lets out a growl. "Fine! I'll walk home!"
The bots watch as the human stomps away in a huff.
"I think he's mad," Bulkhead says.
Bumblebee gives him a frown. "What was your first clue?" he asks dryly.
Optimus lets out a vent, knowing the police captain was right.
"We're heading back to base," he orders with a frown, "prepare to roll out."
(Jacy's POV - Two hours later)
Feeling a throbbing pain in my head, I let out a groan as I open my optics, seeing a grey ceiling above me.
"Hey, she's awake!" I hear Sari say.
Looking over, I see that I am back in the factory with the bots, Kylie, Sari, Sumdac, and Waldorf rushing over towards me.
"You okay?" Bulkhead asks.
I hold my helm as I go to sit up. "What happened?" I ask.
"You were able to activate your field before Lugnut could hit you with his explosive punch," Ratchet says, "it shielded you,Kylie, and Fanzone, but the impact knocked you out."
"Is Kylie okay?" I ask.
"I'm okay," Kylie says, sitting beside me.
"What about the fragment?"
Her face droops a little. "That big guy took it. He almost took you too until the autobots intervened."
Optimus then steps forward, not looking too happy at Kylie and I.
"You two were suppose to stay here in the factory!" Optimus berets, "you nearly got offlined out there!"
I hang my head, knowing he's right.
Kylie however immediately goes into defense mode. "Hey, we didn't want Ratchet to go alone. You guys were still a ways away. We just wanted to help."
Optimus lets out a big vent of frustration, "your sparks were in the right place, but if you want us to help you, you can't just throw yourselves into a fight without knowing what you're doing."
"But we were so close," Kylie says, "we could have..."
"Kylie," I say, interrupting her. "He's right. We didn't know what we were doing. We don't even know to use our mods. We could have gotten killed."
"So, we just need to learn how to use our mods," she says before looking at the bots, "You guys can teach us! You can even teach us how to defend ourselves."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Ratchet says, holding up his servos, "we're busy enough as it is! We don't have the time to teach you anything!"
"But one of you guys usually stays here while the others are gone, right?" Kylie asks, "you guys can take turns teaching us."
"Kylie, the bot that stays here has to keep an eye on the monitor," I remind her, "we'd only be a distraction."
Kylie looks at me with a frown. "Jacy, you're the one always going on about how dangerous it is here because we don't know how to defend ourselves. Now we're staying with the autobots who have faced off the cons many times. What better teachers are there?"
Bumblebee folds his arms with a cocky grin now on his face. "She's got us there," he says.
Optimus lets out a vent, "even if we did have the time, there's nowhere we can train you."
"What about that big storage room in the back?" Sari suggests, "all we have to do is clear it out to make a training room."
"I can even keep an eye on the monitors myself if something were to come up," Sumdac offers.
"I think we should help them," Bulkhead says, "I mean, we weren't really experienced either before coming here."
Optimus thinks for a second. "I don't know..."
"Please, please, please!" Kylie pleads, looking up at Optimus with big hopeful optics.
Optimus looks at her then at me. "Do you want us to train you?"
I think for a moment. It could be days or weeks until another fragment alert comes up. Plus, what if we run into the decepticons again? We should at least learn how to defend ourselves.
Letting out a vent, I nod.
Prime lets out a vent of his own. "Alright then. We'll each take turns training you while the rest of us continue with construction. Prowl can teach you self defense while Ratchet and I can help you with your mods."
"I think I still remember some training exercises from boot camp if you want Bulkhead and I to help," Bumblebee offers.
"And I'll be the assistant trainer," Sari volunteers with a smile.
Kylie gives her a smile back plus a thumbs up. "Sweet!"
"I will be remaining at base tomorrow," Prowl says, folding his arms. "So if you want me to train you, then I expect you to be up and ready first thing in the morning."
"That means no sleeping in, Kylie," I tell her.
"I know," Kylie mumbles, "but I can still get up early. Anytime works for me."
"Good," Prowl says, "say... 5 am?"
"Ye... wait, what?" Kylie asks, sounding unsure.
I can't help but let out a vent, already knowing this won't be easy.
And that was chapter 19. Next chapter will be the autobots training the girls. That one I can't wait to type out lol. Hopefully it won't take me as long. Until next time! God bless!