Transformers Prime: the Medic's Assistant
Chapter 6: Darkness Rising Part 4 (Part 2)
Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers Prime
(Outside the warship)
Arcee, Bulkhead, and Bumblebee quickly drove out through the exit of the warship and back outside, trying to get far away from the decepticons as fast as possible. It wasn't until they were a good distance away that Arcee noticed they were down a bot and human. Immediately she skidded to a halt, startling Jack and making the other two vehicles stop behind her.
"Where's Storm and Sierra?!" the femme asked urgently.
The others looked around, realizing the teal car and human girl were nowhere to be seen.
"They were right behind us!" Bulkhead exclaimed.
"They must still be on the ship!" Jack said, very worried.
"You kids stay here and keep an eye on Fowler!" Arcee ordered.
"That includes you, Miko!" Bulkhead added.
Miko huffed as she and Raf quickly got out, helping Fowler out as he went in and out of consciousness due to Starscream using an energon prod on him multiple times.
"I wanna ice-cream cone, grandma," Fowler murmured.
Soon as the humans were out/off the vehicles, the bots rushed back towards the ship. However, the ship's engines were already in motion as the Nemesis began to ascend with their friends still inside.
"No!" Bumblebee bleeped as they tried to go faster.
Arcee sped up before driving over a ramp-like rock, launching herself into the air. Transforming, she grabbed hold of the side of the warship and held on tight, trying to get a good grip. But before she could start climbing, the ship jerked, making her servos slip and lose their hold.
Seeing his friend falling, Bumblebee immediately transformed and jumped up, catching the blue femme before she could hit the ground. Setting her down, the three autobots looked up at the ship, worry filling them as it flew further away.
Bulkhead transformed as he tried contacting Stormracer by commlink, only to be proven useless. "The cons' shielding is blocking communications. I can't reach her."
"We have to go after them," Bumblebee bleeped.
"How?! By flying after them?!" the green mech exclaimed with a frown.
"We'll find a way," Arcee said, "We already lost Cliff. We can't lose anymore friends."
The three transformed into their vehicle forms and drove back to the humans waiting for them.
"What happened?" Miko asked.
"The ship took off," Bulkhead said grimly.
"What will happen to them?" Rafael asked worryingly.
"Don't worry Raf," Bumblebee told his friend, "we'll get them back."
"We have to get back to base," Arcee said.
"Wait, what?!" Jack asked with a frown, "we're just going to leave them on the decepticon ship?!"
"There's nothing we can do except wait for an opportunity," Arcee said, "Optimus will know what to do."
Soon as the humans got in/on the vehicles, the team drove off, hoping it wasn't too late already.
(On the Nemesis)
Once things died down on the ship, the cons continued their usual work, unaware of the two indivuals still onboard.
Hiding in a storage room from the cons, Stormracer desperately tried to contact the others, only to get no connection.
"Scrap!" the femme exclaimed in a whisper.
Sierra, who was standing off to the side, looked up at her worryingly. "You can't reach them?"
"The ship has a cloaking shield. I can't contact the others."
"Oh great!" Sierra said quietly, very scared, "We're stuck here!"
"No, no, we're not stuck," the femme said, trying to calm her down, "we just... have to find a way off this ship is all."
Sierra frowned at her. "How? You can barely even fight off one con."
Stormracer thought for a moment. "Well, seeing how the cons aren't running around trying to find us, its safe to assume they don't know we're still on the ship. This gives us an advantage."
"Okay, so, how do we get off this ship?"
"Escape pods, groundbridge, airlocks, as long as the cons don't know we're here, any option is available. Though since we're now up in the air, lets try to avoid using the airlocks."
"So escape pods or groundbridge. Great! Where are they located?"
The femme bit her lip as she held up her finger. "That… is an excellent question."
Sierra looked at her in disbelief. "You don't know?!"
"I don't exactly visit here a lot," Stormracer commented before opening the door, sticking her helm out to make sure the coast was clear. Seeing no sign of any decepticons, she stepped out into the hallway, motioning to Sierra to follow. "We just have to find the nearest option."
"And our plan is to just walk around the halls blindly?" Sierra asked with a frown as she stepped out of the room.
"Come on, we can do this," the femme assured as she started moving.
The red head let out a sigh as she followed after her guardian.
They both quietly made their way down the hallways, trying to be as stealthy as possible. They came to a corner when they heard the sound of footsteps approaching. Pressing themselves against the wall, a couple vehicons walked past them, not even looking in their direction. Once they were gone, the duo continued on.
"We should be getting close," Stormracer said.
"You said that three turns ago," Sierra reminded her.
"...Which means we are now closer than when I last said it," the femme replied, trying to sound convincing.
"Do you hear yourself?"
They soon came to a four way intersection of hallways, making them stop.
"Where to now?" the human asked.
"Uuuuh...lets try this way," the femme said, pointing right.
Turning right, they made their way down the corridor. They continued searching for ten minutes, only to find nothing.
"Okay," the femme said, "we should be..."
"Don't say it!" Sierra snapped.
Just then they heard a couple of voices coming from around the corner.
"Hey, did you hear something?" a mech's voice asked.
"No," another replied.
Scrap! Stormracer thought as she frantically looked around, noticing a room with an open door. Immediately she scooped up her friend and ran in, sealing the door shut.
Both the autobot and human remained quiet as they listened to the cons walking by outside.
"Huh, for a second I thought I heard a femme," the voice said.
"Ha! You wish!" the other laughed.
The femme and human relaxed a little when the footsteps kept walking, getting further away from them.
"We can't keep looking around without knowing where we're going," Sierra told the bot, "we're going to get caught."
Stormracer vented as she turned around. Once she got a good look of the room, her optics widened. They were in a Decepticon laboratory, and thankfully an unoccupied one.
The science student stared in awe as she set Sierra down on the floor.
"Wow," she finally said, feeling like she was in a dream. Walking over to the work area, she soaked it all in as she placed a servo on the lab table.
Sierra looked at the femme weird. "Storm? You okay?"
Leaning back on the table, the femme let out a vent as she smiled to herself. "One day, I'm going to have a lab just like this. But with more lighting."
She looked over at the panel doors on the side. Feeling like a kid in a candy store, she rushed over and pressed the buttons on the wall. The panels slid upwards, revealing shelves of different types of formulas and chemicals on one side, and tools and equipment on the other.
Stormracer gaped in disbelief at what she was seeing.
"Look at all of this!" she said, "I mean, I knew the cons had a lot of resources, but... wow!" Looking over at a tool close to her, her optics widened even more as she picked it up. "No way! They have one of these?!"
Frowning at her guardian, Sierra walked over to her, "Storm, focus! We need to find a way off this ship, remember?"
Remembering their situation, the science student sheepishly put the instrument back on the shelf.
"Hehe, sorry," she apologized with a slight chuckle, "got carried away there."
Looking over at the computer, Stormracer smiled as she made her way over and started typing.
"Now what are you doing?" Sierra asked her.
"I want to see if I can find the ship's layout," the femme explained, "that way, we will know where to go."
Sierra soon felt hopeful. "I like the sound of that."
After some more typing, the femme came across what she was looking for. "Found it," she said happily, setting it to full screen as she studied the layout carefully. "Okay. We are... here," she said as she pointed to a spot, "And the nearest means of escaping iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis here," She moved her digit across to another spot, "There's a ground bridge right there."
"Yes! Finally! A way off this death ship!" Sierra quietly cheered.
"Juuust one problem."
Sierra's smile disappeared when she said that. "What?"
"That section is close to the bridge. If we get caught, we'll have a whole lot of cons after us."
Sierra gulped before asking, "What about those escape pods?"
Stormracer looked. Once she spotted a location, she nervously rubbed the back of her helm, "uh, they're some near here too."
"Okay, where?"
"... right next to the bridge."
Sierra groaned, finally having enough. "Terrific! Of all the bots to get paired up with, I get stuck with the science nerd who has no idea on how to fight and no idea on how to get us out of here! And don't think making me laugh is going to make me feel better!" With that said, she turned her back on the autobot and angrily folded her arms.
Stormracer shamefully looked at the ground, knowing she was right.
Sierra looked over her shoulder, seeing the sad look on her guardian's face. Feeling bad for what she said, she turned around to face her. "I'm, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have snapped. Its just that I'm scared."
"No, you're right," the femme said, "I'm not a warrior like the others. Heck, I'm not even a scientist. I'm just... a medical assistant." She let out vent. "No wonder you think I'm boring."
That caught Sierra off guard as she started stammering. "Wha-what?! I don't think you're... maybe a little?" She sighed in guilt and confessed. "Okay, yes, I did find you boring. It's just that you're so... brainy. When you go on about one of your experiments back at science school, I can't understand what you're saying. Plus, you work at the base all day, and all you do is clean and organize and... and clean some more."
Stormracer vented, agreeing with her.
"But... you're also very caring, positive, and after what you did for Raf... I think you're also pretty funny."
The femme perked up a little. "Really?"
"Yeah! I didn't know you had a sense of humour."
The femme chuckled a little. "I like making others laugh," she said before letting out a sad vent. "I haven't lately since… since we lost Cliffjumper. He even made me promise to keep doing it. To keep being... me."
Sierra watched as Stormracer's face saddened again. Making her way over to her guardian, the teen placed her hand on her. "Well, I agree with him. You should keep being you. Whether it's being silly or brainy."
Stromracer looked at her human charge and smiled. "Thanks, Sierra."
The red head smiled back before letting out a sigh. "We still need to find a way off this ship though."
The femme let out a vent as she tried to think. It wasnt until she took another look at the chemicals and elements on the shelves that she paused, remembering some of her experiments back at the academy. Coming up with an idea, she immediately rushed over and grabbed the chemicals and elements she needed, taking them to the lab table.
Sierra watched in confusion as her guardian started grabbing tools, beakers, and equipment, bringing them to the table as well.
"Uh, Storm?" Sierra asked, "what are you doing?"
"I know how we can get to that groundbridge," Stormracer said as she set everything up.
"How?"
Holding up a beaker, the assistant smiled. "By doing what I do best."
Not a whole lot in this chapter, but at least the two got some bonding time. The next chapter will have action in it as Stormracer faces off the cons. Hopefully I will update soon. Until next time! God bless!