Chapter 7
Extremis
Jazz barely had time to dodge out of the way of Soundwave's attack, he tried to retaliate with a kick but Soundwave simply blocked it, moved it to the side and punched him in the face, sending Jazz tumbling back. Jazz used the tumbling to transform and ram Soundwave sending him to the ground, Jazz managed to get on top of Soundwave and begin pummeling him. Soundwave didn't put up any resistance, and then Jazz realized that Laserbeak wasn't on Soundwave's chest anymore.
Behind him a noise, Jazz looked behind him and saw laserbeak, Diving at him Firing at him Hang in the back twice sending him off soundwave and into a wall, Jazz Watched as Laserbeak Flew around and reattached to Soundwaves chest, And he just stood there Watching, To see Jazz's next move is.
They both stood there staring at each other, Jazz Was extremely tired, so he couldn't fight Soundwave On his own, yet he knew that if he went to call reinforcements Soundwave would just kill him. Then and there Behind him Massive explosion and crashing he guessed The Mansion had finally collapsed.
Jazz transformed And drove straight towards Soundwave In an attempt to Ram him and then a ground Bridge opened up right in front of him before he had time to turn directions he entered through it.
He exited The ground Bridge, Transformed and looked around. He was nowhere near When he was originally. He had no idea where he was. He tried to take a step forward but Fell to his knees. Fighting against Soundwave Had taken a lot out of him, Jazz Needed to rest, so He transformed and Went into stasis.
Unfortunately the stasis was short as Iron Man crashed nearby knocking Jazz out of his stasis, Jazz transformed and ran over To the crash site When he got there he saw Tony Sitting up His suit Badly damaged And folded outwards so Tony could get out, "Great landing,10 out of 10." Jazz said jokingly.
"Haha, very funny."Tony said sarcastically, getting Up. He looked Around and then asked "Any idea where we are?"
"No.. And something tells me I won't be able to call for reinforcements we're on our around" Jazz reported, And then he transformed "But there is a road, and roads always lead somewhere." Jazz Said, "So load up your suit and get in."
After a few minutes of driving they arrive at a seemingly empty house. "That seems like a good place to camp for a little bit." Jazz said.
"Agreed." Tony said.
Jazz pulled into the driveway And Tony got out "I'll continue to try and Call for the other Autobots. You can go get some rest." Jazz said. He Watched as Tony grabbed his suit And carried it inside.
Jazz Remained in his vehicle mode in order to not get spotted by any Anyone passing by in the car, "Jazz to base come in."Jazz said Over the comms But got nothing but static. So he tried again on a different frequency this time "Jazz to base please respond."Again nothing. So he tried again on another frequency "Is anyone there over!" Jazz shouted into the comms again got the same result,Static. This repeated throughout the entire night.
In the morning Jazz is introduced to a kid who apparently lives here His name was Harley, He helped guide Jazz and Tony to a Bomb explosion.
"He was living but He went mad and built a bomb and killed himself Along with Five others." Harley said standing over a memorial To the incident, Flowers and cards were everywhere, Surrounding an explosion marking. One that Jazz had seen Too many times on the bodies of his comrades. The majority of the cards and flowers were surrounding the Five Shadows of the people who had been killed.
Due to Harley Not knowing about Jazz and who he was, Jazz was forced to not talk Or transform. But he could still see everything. "Six people died, five Shadows." Tony pointed out.
"People say that the Shadows are for the people who went to heaven. The guy who built the bomb went to hell So he didn't get a Shadow." Harley Explained.
"You really believe that?"Tony questioned Which made Harley look down At the explosion marking.
"You know what this reminds me of?" Harley said and Jazz Could tell he was trying to lighten the mood.
"What kid?" Tony asked with a small smirk,
"When you Flew the nuke into the Wormhole above Manhattan." Harley said.
At The Mention Of The Wormhole, Tony fell to the ground,Gasping for air, Jazz wanted to transform and help his friend. But Optimus Prioritizes their secrecy Above All Else.
Harley ran up to Tony "Okay its ok easy breathe breathe." Slowly Tony started to calm down and started to breathe normally, Jazz had to hand it to the kid, He Knows how to calm people down. "Okay what happened?" Harley questioned.
Tony finally Calmed down and was breathing normally now " Kid please don't mention New York, like ever." Tony begged.
A few minutes later Tony figured out that he needed to know the name of the bomber Because they must have had some relation to the Mandarin.
Jazz Waited in vehicle mode For Tony to give the go ahead. He's looking for a file and the Mandarin also wanted it so Combat was inevitable, But hopefully even without his armor Tony could take care of whatever Was going to happen.
Jazz was getting Bored when Tony Came flying out the window And landed right on Jazz's Hood, Tony rolled off his Hood And allowed Jazz to fully see what was happening. Holding Harley up was a Bald man he wore the typical biker Outfit but something was different, Under his skin he was pulsating two colors orange and blue, Just already knew what the blue was from, Energon. He Caused the wall to melt And walked right through it.
"Jazz! Anytime now!" Tony said,Sounding slightly panicked while also crawling back.
"What's a music genre going to do?" The man holding Harvey said, Trying very desperately to hold back a laugh.
And that's when Jazz transformed The biker was so Shocked that He dropped Harvey Didn't even move out of pure amazement. Just picked the biker up And scanned him. Yep, Just as Jazz Thought the same serum Optimus and Bumblebee picked up from the wreckage was coursing through this guy's veins.
"The serum, Where did you get it?" Jazz asked, In his most menacing voice.
"I-I-i Won't tell you anything!"The man said. In response just turned his hand into a gun And pointed it Towards the man.
"All right fine fine I'll tell I'll tell. A guy named Aldrich Killian gave it to me to help Regrow my arm, In return I would do whatever he wants." The biker said, Terrified.
They probably didn't even need the file that Tony was carrying, This guy would tell them everything. "Where are they?" Jazz asked.
"They're based in Miami." The guy said. Tony and Harley just looked on as Jazz interrogated this man.
"Anything else?" Jazz growled.
"They plan to use the Iron Patriot armor to Kidnap the president. That's everything I swear." The man pleaded.
Just dropped him and transformed Opening up the doors For his friends. "We got A lead, let's gear up and then move out" Jazz said. Tony and Harvey got in and Harvey was still Shocked at the fact that jazz was jazz.
The next day Tony had to go shopping to grab everything he needed to Gear Up While his suit was still charging. Meanwhile with Jazz, Harvey was asking countless questions and Jazz was doing the best he could to answer them.
"Can you turn your arms into guns?"Harvey asked.
"Well yes, but-"Jazz was trying to say before he was cut off.
"Then why do you have an Actual gun? I saw it."Harvey asked.
"Well when we turn our hands into guns It's much weaker. It's Much weaker than a gun you hold on to, And aside from that when we turn our hands into guns it uses our body as ammo, slowly killing us." Jazz pointed out.
And at that moment Tony Got back in "All right. I have everything I need. Let's head back to Harvey's house and then to Miami." Tony said.
After about a day Tony had finally Completed his makeshift equipment, And then finally arrived at Miami after a 13 hour drive. They were sitting outside the Mandarin and Killian's base.
