Chapter 11

Bring Down The Carriers

All the autobots rallied on Ironhide. Arcee Had a big slash Down her Chest, Optimus seemed drained, Only Ironhide seemed Fully functional and got out without a scratch. He helped both of his fellow Autobots get up onto the overpass. "Geez what happened With you two?" Ironhide asked.

Arcee looked at the scratch and just simply said "Just A scratch on the paint,Nothing that a buffer can't fix."

"I am fine My friend." Optimus said And then after a few moments he realized "Wait where are the Avengers?" This made all the autobots look around. All that they saw were unconscious Hydra goons And a few overturned vehicles And the winter soldier nowhere To be seen. And that left no other explanation The Avengers and their friend had been captured, The Autobots were on their own to Take down all three Helicarriers But they will.

After a few minutes of searching They found no sign of the Avengers, And then reluctantly Optimus said "Ironhide contact base we need a groundBridge." And Ironhide nodded And after a moment And round Bridge opened directly in front of them And slowly they entered the ground Bridge.

When they exited They had not had a chance to relax. Ever since bumblebee was captured by Hydra They had been constantly moving around, Now They were back home. Ratchet came running up to them and asked "What happened?"After seeing Arcee's scratch And Optimus's tired poster.

"Had a run in With the stunticons, We took care of them." Ironhide said, While slamming is fist against his hand. Arcee walked over and grabbed a buffer, She ran it over the mark Making it disappeared almost completely And she was looking as good as new By the time she was done And placed the buffer back.

Optimus walked over to a pile of Metal boxes and sat Before asking Ratchet, "How is jazz doing?"

And Right at that moment Jazz Walked out "Feeling as good as new Prime." Jazz said.

"Good, we'll need all hands on deck." Optimus said getting up.

"Why?" Ratchet questioned, "Whatever they have we can take, they have nothing strong enough to penetrate Our body armor."

"With the stunticons Attacking us it's reasonable to assume that they don't only have starscream But At least a squadron on each Helicarrier," Optimist said he then turned to the rest of his Autobots, " You all have exactly one cycle to rest and then we Move out." The rest of the Autobots nodded and began moving around grabbing as much as they needed for the coming battle. Optimus then turned back to ratchet "Have you located bumblebee yet?"

"Not yet optimus." Ratchet said disappointed in himself for not being able to find him sooner When he felt a comforting hand on His shoulder.

"We will find him, old friend, I promise." Optimus said In a comforting voice. And that's when Ratchet looked up and smiled at his friend.

Nearing the one cycle mark Nick Fury contacted them. "Prime come in." Nick Fury ordered As Optimus Blocked forward towards the controls.

As Optimus saw Who was making contact with him he was shocked he then shook off that shock Began to talk to Director Fury "Director Fury we had been told that you had been Killed."

The other Autobots Got curious and came closer. "It's going to take more than that to kill me. The Helicarriers are taking off now. Where are you?"

"We're on our way now." Optimus said before shutting down the line, "Ratchet open the ground Bridge. We're going to need to hit each Helicarrier simultaneously."Optimus ordered.

Ratchet ran over to the ground bridge controls But before you get open it he saw something interestingOne of the Helicarriers was Rising faster than the others So he performed a quick scan And the results completely shocked him, "Optimus I'm picking up a faint Autobot Life On one of those Helicarriers." And Optimus quickly pieced it together it was Bumblebee They were using him to power one of their Helicarriors.

Optimus ran over to and looked at the console And Ratchet was telling the truth there was a Autobot life signal on one of those things "Which one is he on?"Optimus demanded to know.

"I don't know, the signal is too spread out . All I know is thatSignal is coming from two different Helicarriers." Ratchet said as he pointed to two different Helicarriers.

Optimus looked to the autobots "We'll split up into two groups Me and Ironhide will Attack One, Arcee and Jazz you will attack the other."All the autobots nodded as they understood their assignments. Optimus looked back at ratchet and nodded as ratchet opened up the Ground Bridge "Autobots transform and roll out."Optimus said as he And the others ran and transformed And they drove straight into the ground Bridge.

Optimus and Ironhide Came out on the other side Of the ground Bridge right above Where the Helicarrier Was, They both transformed and saw a few Jets Fly right under them They landed on the Jets and realized that Optimus was right. On the wings was the Decepticon Insignia, Optimus pulled out his iron blaster And shot the Decepticon Making a crash land on the deck of a Helicarrier Where he was surprised to see, a whole Squadron Of Seekers Which looked just like vehicons but with wings. The vehicons and Optimus just stood there for a solid second just wondering what to do, Vehicles looked at each other And then pulled out their Blasters Optimus rolled to the side And into cover all while blasting vehicons This gunfight over the calms they heard Captain America and His friend Sam's Voice Over the comm's.

"Optimus that you down there?"Sam's voice said over the comm's, As he flew overhead.

Next to Optimus, Ironhide Jumped off of his Decepticon as he landed right next to Optimus and pulled out his minigun And began firing And over the comm's said "Couldn't let you have all the fun." Ironhide said, As he continued to pour more fire down range.

Back over the comm's Steve this time said "Stay focused, Prime you're now in charge, what's the plan?"

Optimus peaked out from his cover and fired off a burst that took down several vehicons, "what was director Fury's plan?" Optimus asked.

"He gave us each a control Chip Favorite colors the helicarriers targets and destroy each other."Captain America said.

Optimus couldn't have that He had to get Bumblebee before they destroyed anything. "Which Helicarrier's have you planted the chips on?" Optimus Questioned.

"The Ones you and Arcee Are on, why?" Sam questioned. "You can most certainly take it"

"Scans detect that Bumblebee is on one of the two Helicarriers That we are on. You will plant the final Chip when I say " Optimus ordered.

"You got it prime.

Behind the Vehicons Optimus saw multiple Hydra or Shield agents Run out and towards the jets, Optimus didn't want to take it any Risks In case They were Actual Shield agents,Optimus Leaned out for Another burst, but was in the shoulder by a vehicon Ironhide Ran over to his leader To make sure he was okay. Ironhide helped Optimus to his feet and continued firing. Optimus saw That the group of Shield Agents that were in the back Had reached their Jets, But were under heavy attack from The Winter Soldier So Optimus took careful aim And shot the Winter Soldier directly in the Chest Knocking him to the ground. Optimus knew it wouldn't kill him, he made it so his ion blaster Would only kill Cybertronians not Humans, And just as Optimus had hoped the agents were with Shield, The Shield agents flew right by him and gave a quick salute before turning around And destroying all the Vehicons.Optimus then Looked back out where the Winter Soldier had been shot He was missing, all of a suddenA shielded jet powered up and flew away The Winter Soldier must have hijacked it. Optimus and Ironhide Had a few more things to do As A few of the vehicons Got back to their feet so Optimus and Ironhide Rushed Forward.Optimus turned one of his arms into a Blade, And stabbed the con In the gut Before kicking another away, The other vehicon Try to fire a few shots But Optimus grabbed the vehicon he kicked And used it as a shield as he ran Forward, His vehicon Shield Absorbing The fire, Optimus used The corpse too stun The vehicon Before He turned his hand into a gun and shot it Point Blank in the head.Optimus looked back at Ironhide Who's just tossing the last of his cons Down and crushing its head. Optimus looked back at Where the Winter Soldier should be And saw that he was gone But he had no time to deal with this. They had to find Bumblebee.

And then in front of them An Elevator Rose It carried 10 Extra vehicons Into combat, But before they could even do anything Ironhide pulled out his minigun and mowed them down Optimus and Ironhide walked over to the elevator, They couldn't seem to find a way to bring it down Until Ironhide pulled out one of his grenades. He placed it on the elevator And backed away as well as Optimus And when the explosion finally happened it didn't just blow open the elevator, It created a hole in the deck. Optimus and Ironhide Hold out their weapons Optimus Pulled out his ion Blaster and Ironhide Pulled out his shotgun, They both jumped down and rolled to a stop, They began to try and look for where they might keep Bumblebee All while killing as many vehicons as possible, Eventually they had scouted the entire ship And found no signs of Bumblebee Only signs of Energon.

After realizing that Bumblebee was not on the entire ship Optimus attempted to make contact with Arcee, "Bumblebee's not on this One He's on your Helicarrier." But got nothing but static So he tried again "Arcee, come in." More static, Optimus looked at Ironhide And said, "Blast, nothing They need help let's move" And all of a sudden Explosions

Arcee and Jazz Drove directly out of the portal And on to a helicarrier They both transformed expecting a fight But instead came across nothing. They slowly walked across the Helicarrier deck Without real fight in sight. Before Arcee could report back to Optimus, When an ear piercing Screech came by Causing the two Autobots to cover their audio receptors and fall to their knees. They looked to see Decepticon Seekers Floating Above them Holding some sort of Sonic disruptor Jazz transformed and Counted the Sonic Disruptor with his own Music Which wasn't much better. But it was enough, It Counted the disruptors' Sound waves long enough For Arcee To get a shot off And destroy it Causing an explosion which sent The Seekers down. The Autobots got back to their feet And tried to radio Prime.

"Optimus, We're on the Helicarrier." Arcee Reported. But only got static in response. "Optimus come in," Again Nothing. Arcee Looked over at jazz who shook his head Implying that he was getting the same result.

They began Walking around Trying to find anything To get below deck. As they were searching A turret popped up And open fired on Arcee who was lucky enough to notice the turret Which gave her enough time to Find cover, Jazz, However was not so Lucky, The Turret turned to him And fired glowing blue bursts of energy That nailed Jazz directly in the shoulder Causing him to fall to the ground, Arcee Leaned out from behind cover And fired a single shot Into the barrel Causing it to overload and explode. Arcee shielded Her Optics from the explosion. Arcee looked back at The Flaming debris of the turret And the hole the Explosion created. Arcee then ran over to Jazz Who got up and looked at his shoulder.

"You good?" Arcee questioned,Looking at Jazz's Burned shoulder.

Jazz fully stood up and Examined his shoulder, " That was an Energon blast," Jazz said, flexing his shoulder.

This put Arcee Into complete shock. How are they able to fire Energon, They had not given Shield any form of Energon. The only way they could have gotten it Was from Bumblebee.

Realizing this she attempted to make contact with Optimus Prime once more. "Optimus I don't know if you can hear me But Bumblebee Is on our Helicarrier we're going in now," Before Prime if he Could hear her Could respond both Arcee and Jazz Gave each other a nod And jumped into the hole that was created by the explosion.

They both Landed On their feet To complete darkness other than the limited area They're standing in. Jazz Activated his headlights And scanned the room There was nothing in sight Like the helicarrier had been completely abandoned Long before it had Launched which was only a few Minutes ago. The two Autobots kept their guard up As they slowly moved Throughout the Many massive hallways, Arcee was confusing why they had Cybertronian sized hallways Especially since supposedly These Hill carriers had been in development long before the Decepticons made in the agreement With Hydra but she wasn't complaining. They continue to slowly walk throughout the Helicarrier jazz in front and Arcee covering their six. The air was tense. They knew Both Decepticons and Hydra were on board. Yet they had not seen a single spark or soul. It was dead silent with only the constant hum of the engines breaking it. The Autobots slowly moved throughout the carrier, the slightest noise ready to set them off. Until They came across a door. It was glowing yellow. Something important was behind it.

Jazz Forced the doors to open And saw Bumblebee, He was in some kind of containment chamber Surrounded in a yellow Liquid With multiple wires And cables connected to him For what they assumed was harvesting his Energon to power their cannons. He was Stuck in stasis. They both walked in and the Doors slammed shut behind them but they didn't pay any attention to that. They were more concerned with the fact that Their friend was In front of them.

Jazz smashed the containment chain and destroyed Bumblebees Restraints. Jazz Helped Out of the containment chamber and set him down on the ground. Jazz was about to pull out a A cable when Arcee stopped him.

"Wait. We don't know what might happen if you pull out a cable right now we might lose him," Arcee Pointed out. but just then bumblebee began to awaken.

As Bumblebee came out of stasis he looked around and saw Jazz and Arcee. "Jazz, Arcee," Bumblebee said As he tried to stand up Causing the cables to disconnect. Then immediately collapsing back to the ground.

Both Autobots kneeled over their newly rescued friend. "You okay Bumblebee?" Arcee Questioned looking at Cables Then fell off as soon as Bumblebee stood up.

With a slight Grin bumblebee said "I got a really big headache."Which caused the Jazz to chuckle.

"Better to feel something than nothing, bee," Jazz said as Arcee helped Bumblebee up.

All of a sudden The ship began rumbling. Explosions were Heard in the distance They made their way to the Deck And realized all three Helicarriers were firing on each other. The Helicarrier began That they were on going down When a ground Bridge Opened up just below them And they slid right in.

They Landed directly in front of the rest of the Autobots who all celebrated at bumblebees return.

Back at the debris of the three Shield helicarriers A red jet flew through the air. "I have the algorithm."

"Good Starscream good. We will soon triumph over Optimus Prime and his Autobots."

Starscream laughed As he flew off towards an unknown destination.