***Author*** 16 SilverMoon 16 gave me a HUGE cookie! :3 Therefore, I present the next chap of DBT! I was going to write more to this chap, but I think it's probably ok where it stands right now. I'll write more on Monday I hope… Shout out to my dear friend ABFG; Thanks for veiwin' my art!
***ABP***
Ice-Star winced as she observed the scene before her- Her team…when she was just in boot camp-…HOW? Orion Pax, Dion, Ariel-…even-… She had to shake her quickly. She was dreaming, she was dreaming…she HAD to be dreaming…
"We really don't have all that much time, considering Kup's tendency to be early." Lira looked towards the two femmes who accompanied Ariel. One of them showed more interest than the other. "No kidding…and since he went on about naming us, I'm sure he'll want us earlier than that."
"Chill out, girls" Dion looked over and flashed a grin. "There's lots of time! I say we enjoy ourselves while we can before Sarge puts the boot to us." He grinned again while he stretched his arms over Ariel and Lira, and puffed out his chest. "Besides, for bots like me, all that training is only second rate."
Ariel snorted lightly and looked over to Orion, who was shaking his head. "He's certainly confident, ain't he?"
"Extremely" He replied somewhat flatly.
Ariel looked back to the other femmes. "I'm gonna go with Dion on this one. Relax, Lira; we've already qualified for the first section."
Lira frowned and took Dion's arm off of her and started to walk into the building. "I'm going to train. Anyone wishing to join me may do so. Astera, Mia, Ariel. I bid you luck…" She muttered looking forward. As she left, Dion cupped his hands and yelled after her. "Come on, Lira! You really should be more like these girls over here!"
As he said that, Lira suddenly paused for a moment…before she clenched her fists and slowly continued to walk into the building…as the young femme disappeared into the building, Ice-Star frowned…her own fists clenched…
"…Sentinel…" She muttered lowly in an almost hating way…she looked down for a moment…if this was the past-…then…was there anyway to-
"Must you do that?"
"Aw chill out, Astera; you know I was kidding"
"Look, she's been through A LOT since her mom went offline…you should keep your trap SHUT if you value anything of yours." The other femme known as Astera growled, pointing towards the blue mech. Ariel grinned and looked towards Astera. "Calm down, cop girl! You know he's just kiddin"
Astera frowned and turned, going up the ramp and into the building to go find Lira…Orion winced and started to go up as well.
"Hey hey hey- Where'ya goin', Pax?" Dion asked, looking over at the red and blue bot as he began to leave. Orion looked over and blinked. "I was just going to-"
"Forget about it, you can toy around with Miss serious later" Dion grinned and looked over to Ariel and Mia. "We on the other hand can have at least a little fun before sir 'Back in my day' dishes it out on us." He grinned and stalked off with the girls, leaving Orion to stand in his place, glancing back towards the building…before heading off with the others…
Ice-Star watched them leave and slowly got out of her hiding place, placing her wings against the wall and frowning at the scene…they just left, talking about…them…In a way…seeing what she hadn't seen was…well…hurtful. She couldn't help but glare at Orion as the group left…he…didn't even try.
Why not?
Ice-Star looked down and crossed her arms, glancing back over towards the building…dare she go inside?...she hadn't been in there since her own evaluation with the one team that she had trained…That had gone well…but still…
"You there! Why are you out of post?"
…what?
Ice-Star paused and slowly looked behind her…seeing an Autobot trooper behind her. She blinked and looked around, looking for the one he was-
"I'm talking to you, girl. Identify yourself!"
Ice-Star winced and faced the trooper fully…
"Decepticon?..." He tensed and froze as if he had never seen one before- then quickly tried to fumble for his weapon-
BANG!
Ice-Star gasped sharply as she witnessed the trooper go still…let out a breath, and fall to the ground offline. Her optics widening in horror, she sprinted over towards the Autobot and knelt beside him, putting her hands on the lifeless shell…he was gone…
I never did care for police…
She felt herself lift her blaster and a shot of ice was blown over the fallen Autobot, completely covering the corpse with ice.
Your Ice work is similar to Blitzwing's…
"Starscream…" Ice-Star spat out the name like venom, her optics narrowing hatefully as she kept her optics on the Autobot below her. "You're going to pay for this DEARLY…"
Your empty threats mean nothing to me, little one. You know I control you, so why not just embrace that you are a Decepticon now?
"I am NOT a Decepticon" She hissed, slowly standing up and looking around. There were no other Autobots in the area…but then again, she knew that the sound of a shot could be heard for sectors. Looking upwards, Ice-Star turned on her jets and took to the sky, hoping that some way, she could find a way to get back to the future…or at least get Starscream out of her mind…
***AB***
"Take Cover!"
The Four Autobots ducked and hid behind walls, looking over towards the human, who had her time piece firing rapidly at Ratchet, Lightning, Optimus and Blurr. The Autobot leader peeked out, a frown on his face…if that thing wasn't firing so rapidly, he'd have attacked and retrieved it by now. Optimus looked over towards Ratchet and winced as another blast went by his head. "Where's Bumblebee?"
"He and Sari got zapped by THAT thing, right after Ice-Star did" Ratchet growled, keeping an arm over Lightning-Strike, and looking over towards the younger mechs across the street. "I have NO inkling as to WHERE they are!"
"Based on the lack of scrap metal or debris that would come from a disaster such as termination, one can only assume that Ice-Star and Bumblebee were transported to another place, since there is absolutely no trace of their existence." Blurr quickly calculated, looking over Optimus towards Slo-Mo, who had run into an under construction building. Blurr growled and started to move to go after her, before Optimus put his arm in front of the speedy mech to stop him. "Hold on- From what I heard from Bumblebee, that time piece was originally just supposed to stop anything mechanic cold for a few cycles."
"Then why is it suddenly destroying things?" Lightning asked, looking over to Optimus desperately. "Everything she hits suddenly disappears!"
"We don't know if it does, kid" Ratchet muttered, peeking out with a scowl on his face, wondering how exactly to make this kind of approach. "The biggest danger about Slo-Mo right now is her Time piece…wait-…" He paused as a sudden thought came to him. "Time…OF COURSE! They've been- HEY!"
He was cut off went Fire-Storm suddenly arrived, speeding in vehicle mode towards the building, and ran inside without warning.
"Spit-Fire!" Bolt quickly broke from Ratchet and ran after her sister, fearing for her safety. Ratchet attempted to make a grab for Lightning, but she was too quick. With a groan, He ran after both femmes, Blurr and Optimus not far behind.
Once Fire-Storm did get inside, however, she paused and looked around…there was strangely a lot of hiding places for a human for a building under construction. Frowning, she pulled her visor down, scanning anything she could…she really didn't take into consideration the fact that the enemy they were facing at that moment wasn't a Decepticon…
"Spit-Fire!"
Fire-Storm turned quickly and winced, before rushing for Bolt and all but dragging her to some cover. "Bolt, you are more than a nuisance, you know that?" she hissed, glaring at the younger femme, before looking back up for the culprit.
"But Fir-"
"shut up" Fire-Storm muttered, keeping her sai out and ready…
"Fire-Storm, you shouldn't rush into a battle when you don't know the nature of the enemy" Optimus started to say, before she just plain shot him a look that told him that she REALLY didn't care about what he had to say. It suddenly changed though to a frantic look. "DUCK!" Quickly she turned and all but tackled Bolt to the ground.
Optimus winced and dove in the opposite direction, taking Blurr down with him as a fast beam went over them. Blurr looked up after it was over, quick to do a scan for the girls. Lightning-Strike was on the ground and ok; Fire-Storm on the other hand, was already standing up and in a fighting stance. Fire-Storm looked around steadily, optics blazing. She didn't CARE if it was a human, no one fired on her sisters.
NO ONE!
"Come out, you flesh covered piece of SLAG!" She spat, holding her sai tightly in case the little parasite decided to jump out and do a surprise attack.
"Fire-Storm, I don't think that-" Optimus started to reason, before the war-fem swiftly picked up a paint-can laying on the ground and threw it over, bopping him on the head.
"Do you REALLY think she's gonna back off, Prime?" Ratchet asked sarcastically, giving a motion with his hand. "This is Fire-Storm we're talking about! She's not going to take the fact that Ice-Star, Bumblebee and Sari got zapped by Slo-Mo too lightly."
"WHAT?"
Fire-Storm quickly looked in Ratchet's direction, blazing fire in her optics. Ratchet face palmed and winced as all the horrible possibilities to die by the hand of Fire-Storm played through his mind. "I have a big mouth…" The mech muttered.
Fire-Storm growled and then looked back around the construction site. OH the human was going to pay DEARLY! Pushing all code of honor of Autobot aside, Fire-Storm was now ready to do her worst. The red femme looked up when she heard a small noise, and quickly went in that direction.
"Fire-…oh she's more stubborn than Bumblebee!" Optimus muttered lowly, putting a hand to his head.
Blurr looked over towards the Prime and frowned. "She'll need back up if this device is truly making things disappear…"
"Not only that…but we'll need that time piece in one piece to get the others back" Ratchet frowned, getting his electromagnets ready. "Cause I'm pretty sure I know what happened…" With that much said, the Autobots split up to find the deranged human.
Fire-Storm got to a certain part of the building and had to pause…her sai ready, she got ready…before she burst out in to another open area, ready to attack anything that moved. She was surprised, however, when she saw nothing but a strange clock ticking…backwards? "The slag?" Fire-Strom slowly walked over, a strange look on her face. She lowered her sai and stood in front of the clock…behind her, a smaller shadow positioned itself for a preparing attack.
"Spit-Fire, look out!"
Fire-Storm had little to no time to react, before someone wrapped their arms around her body, and both she and whoever it was went down to the ground. The blast passed over them, going out the open wall into nowhere… Fire-Storm growled lowly, figuring she knew exactly who just saved her. "We must stop meeting like th-" She began to mutter sarcastically, before looking up and pausing.
"Yeah, I'd rather not invoke your wrath, kid." Ratchet mocked, getting up and rubbing his arm.
Fire-Storm was silent for a moment, before frowning and hoisting herself up. "Don't go there, old mech…"
Behind them, Slo-Mo regained her bearings, and quickly aimed the time piece at the two Autobots. As she did this a certain ninja's cutting disk knocked her back, sending the time piece into the air and firing into a random direction…Prowl had all of two seconds to even know what was going on…
There was a brilliant flash of light, before Fire-Storm and Ratchet looked up, wincing. Slow-Mo was off to the side, …the time piece was on the other side of the room…and Prowl's cutting disk lay ownerless on the floor. Fire-Storm got up, mouth slightly agape. "…Prowl…"
Slo-Mo started to get up…
WOOOSH!
….before she found herself tied up in some strange energy…looking up, she saw Lightning and Blurr looking over her, Blurr looking serious, and Bolt looking strangely neutral. Bolt's whip made itself tighter slightly to keep the human still, as the sound of police sirens came into play.
"Well…that went…well" Optimus muttered, walking over by Blurr and Bolt, flashing Slo-Mo a frown, before he looked over at the other scene. Bulkhead was alright…Ratchet was fine, Fire-Storm looked strangely perplexed, and…where was Prowl? The Autobot leader looked around and looked towards Ratchet. "Please don't tell me Prowl was hit…"
"…Fine, my mouth is sealed" Ratchet muttered, picking up the time piece and frowning. He glanced over towards the femme…and stared for a moment…she was gingerly taking the ninja's cutting disk from the floor, staring at it as though she was a little girl who had just lost her kitten…
***ABP***
"I don't get it, I KNOW that the Autobot Elite Guard is in this direction-….but I don't see any of the buildings that mark the WAY to Fortress Maximus!" Bumblebee sounded panicked. How on Cybertron were these things not even there? Ever since he was a sparkling, he knew the ways around Iacon, Omicron, even Viralon! But it seemed that Iacon was…different than when he last saw it…
How could everything just change? He knew that it was possible that some changes could have been made during their stasis-lock time, and the two years on earth…but not THAT much. Bee looked this way and that…it was-…a little too cheery for his taste- Everyone seemed…to…
"Wow! I've always wanted to know what Cybertron looked like!" Sari continued to peek out of the window, watching with wonder, the cyber world that past by her here and there. There were many Autobots on the walks, close to the buildings…driving around. "Bumblebee, Do you know any of these bots? Let's go meet them!"
"We can't! They'll see that you're an Organic!"
"So?"
"So? They'll freak out and call the Elite Guard, and they'll probably do something horrible! And I wouldn't kno-…" He paused and cleared his throat for a moment. "…Besides…I can't find any bot I know yet…Except maybe Beta…but she HATES my circuits."
"Who?"
"Ah…some old time fem who used to be a school principle…" Bee seemed to mutter unenthusiastically. "Worst Million stellar cycles of my life…-! LOOK OUT!"
"Loo- WAH!" Sari found herself suddenly clutching the seatbelt that held her inside of Bumblebee as the Autobot slammed on his brakes and started skidding. The whole incident was about three seconds long…but it felt like five minutes to Sari…When she finally opened her eyes, she didn't see anything except Autobots spectating, looking over towards the scene in curiosity, some in horror. Whatever just happened probably wasn't good-…what the?
When she looked out the window, she saw two younglings in the street, just a few feet from Bumblebee's bumper. Both of them were looking up in surprise, as if they were completely unaware of Bee's approaching. For a moment, the scene was silent…without thinking, Bumblebee quickly transformed, ejecting Sari and quickly kneeling down towards the younglings. "Whoa! You kids need to watch out! Where's your-"
"EMBER! LUNA!"
Bumblebee was shoved to the ground as a young teen Mech plowed past him and scooped the younglings into his arms, franticly examining them. "Are either of you hurt?...Who do you think you ARE?" The mech turned, his optics blazing at Bumblebee. "You could have HIT them! Aren't you aware of the acceleration boundary here? It's a heavily populated area!"
"Well excuuuse me…" Bee muttered, getting himself up and frowning. "I sure didn't know they HAD Boundaries near Fortress Maximus! All the Elite Guard soldiers use-"
"Fortress Maximus?" The mech looked from the small younglings in his arms, back to the yellow mech before him, his optics showing serene interest in what was just said. Bumblebee frowned, taking a second to glance behind himself…Sari was getting up, rubbing her bum in mild pain, and was giving Bee a small glare…and behind her, Autobots…Autobots…Autobots…just watching, whispering amongst each other…
Oh slag.
Bumblebee winced and slightly moved into an offensive position…He was intensely loyal to the Autobots and their cause…but if they even TOUCHED Sari…
"There's nothing to see here, just a simple traffic misshape…"
Bee paused and slowly turned…the mech was looking towards the curious Autobots and smiling. "Carry on, will yah?" At his words, the curious Autobots seemed to shake what just happened off, and continue with what they were doing before. The mech looked back to Bumblebee and he gave an awkward look. "…How do you know about Fortress Maximus?" he muttered lowly, reaching over and guiding Bee out of traffic.
The Yellow bot quickly picked up Sari and looked over her to make sure she wasn't harmed, and then gave the mech an equally awkward look. "You're kidding, right? It's the Elite Guard's training arena! Everybody knows that!"
The mech stayed silent, his optics narrowing in wonder…this look…didn't ease Bumblebee at all…
"Big brother? What's that little krem in his hand?" One of the younglings suddenly said, pointing with interest at Sari, her optics sparkling with wonder. The other youngling tilted her head, trying to get a better look of the human, since Bumblebee was holding her in one hand and protecting her with the other.
"I'm not a krem, whatever THAT is" Sari replied in a somewhat sour tune, her memories of Bee calling her an 'It' when he first met her poking in the back of her mind.
"I don't think it's a krem, Luna…" The older youngling muttered, reaching out and trying to move Bee's hand, who moved out of the little fem's reach.
"Then what could it be, Ember?"
"Girls…" The mech looked down to them in a soft reprimand, then looked up to Bumblebee and Sari, looking in deep thought.
"But, Cahnay, that thing is sooo pretty!" Luna flailed her arms and giggled, while Ember continued to try and figure what Sari was…"It certainly is interesting"
Bee couldn't help but grin at the small femmes. It had been a long time since he had seen the innocence of younglings. The closest he had got to youngsters was…well…him…He looked down at Sari and grinned. "I think I like these girls" he said lightly. Sari smirked slyly and looked up at her best friend. "I think I second that."
Bee grinned and looked up, his smile fading at the look that this…'Cahnay' Mech was giving him. "…So? Where is the fort anyways? I've been in the streets of Iacon since the end of the war!"
"…Come with me." Cahney finally muttered, holding the fems close to him and beginning to walk down the pathways of the city. Bumblebee frowned and looked around, before he followed, keeping Sari in the safety of his hands.
"Real charming, ain't he?" Sari muttered sarcastically, crossing her arms. "How many Sentinels ARE there, anyways?"
"Apparently a lot." Bumblebee muttered, looking down to the girl. "But hey, it's better than the actual thing"
"No kidding, I'd sooner deal with Ratchet's wrath, than even being in the same room with Sentinel" Sari scoffed, looking ahead…she blinked when she noticed Cahnay glancing behind slightly, a surprised look in his optics. He slowly looked back to the front, making Sari uneasy. The walk took about fifteen minutes…for Sari it was really fast, because she was so thrilled to be seeing Cybertron. The buildings were WAY bigger than that of Detroit's. Of course, buildings that held large robots obviously had to be big…Oh if only it was just her and Bee, she'd bug him to take her places…
For Bumblebee, the walk was the slowest he had gone…all these buildings- he didn't recognize them! But he was absolutely CERTAIN that this was Iacon. He knew everything about this city! So why couldn't he really triangulate where the slag he was? Who was this mech, and why was he acting as though everything that Bee said was some kind of weird threat?
He wasn't too sure of anything right now…for once in his life…he felt real serious for reasons HE wasn't too sure…all that really mattered to him was finding out where he was…and…protecting Sari.
They stopped when they got to a small building, and the mech typed in a code, making a large door open for him. Looking over towards Bumblebee and Sair, he motioned them to go in first. Bee was hesitand, but he slowly went in, keeping his optic on Cahnay. The mech returned the favor, a glare in his optics. The femmes in his arms continued to show curiousity in Bee and Sari…Sari personally thought this would be the best and cutest moment of her life…if it wasn't for this snooty Autobot.
Cahnay followed suit, closing the door behind them and taking the lead, looking over to the side carefully. "Beta?...Arcee?...ANYONE?"
"Agent 35 Is that you?"
The group looked over quickly to the front, as a young teen mech, who looked about the age of Cahnay came in, looking beat for a moment. Behind him, a more adult femme came behind him, looking serious, and then confused..Once they realized that the mech was not alone, the mech's hands went behind his back. "Ski-…Cahnay…Who are your friends?"
"I'm not too sure…" Cahnay glanced in Bumblebee's direction, a glare in his optics. Bumblebee looked back at the mech, equally as tense and as untrusting. Sure, he was an Autobot, but there was just something going on here that he just didn't know about…and he wasn't too sure if he wanted to know…
"Mama, that mech has a cute krem with him" Ember suddenly declared, breaking the silence. Luna looked over. "I thought you said it didn't look like a krem!"
Cahnay paused and put the younglings down, looking over to the femme. "Starlight- Would you mind watching my sister while Artfire and I take these two over to the commission?"
The femme nodded and smiled, looking towards the children. "Come Ember; Come Luna"
"Yes Mama."
"Yes Mrs. Rex"
The two younglings went over to Starlight, who turned and led them out of the room, Artfire and Cahnay watching Bumblebee strictly, as though they were more concerned about the fems than themselves. Sari winced at the looks they were getting and looked over to Bumblebee. "You know, I'm kinda starting to think I know why Spit-Fire hates mechs so much…" she muttered, noting the harsh looks they were getting.
"No kidding" Bee muttered, looking ready to take out his stingers…he would never fire on a fellow Autobot-…but he was in unfamiliar territory with unfriendly bots…
After a moment, Cahnay looked over. "Comon. I'm taking you to Kup and Powered Magnus"
"wha? You mean Ultra Magnus, don't you?" Bumblebee asked, a strange look in his optics.
The two mechs looked to each other, before looking back and leading the way to another room. Sari and Bumblebee looked to each other, before following suit.
***ABP***
Ice-Star continued to fly, trying to find somewhere that she would know of someone who could somehow take this programming OUT of her! She didn't like the feel of being a Decepticon…and she was TIRED of hearing Starscream in her head.
This is the past, is it not? Find the Decepticons and-
"No"
Are you not using your processor? This was the year of Megatron's spike! He couldn't figure out-
"I don't care"
Ice-Star continued to fly, a million thoughts going through her mind. OK…if she was in the past, then…hold on- this was the time of naming…so- the war is over…good, then no one should be hunting for Decepticons anymore…
Even though I'm NOT a Decepticon…
She paused and slowly landed, looking around- ok, she found the Metroplex…but what could the COUNCIL possibly do about her? She knew for a fact that if she just waltz in there that Sentinel-…oh wait…gathering some courage, she slowly walked for the building.
"Did you hear about the last Magnus?"
"Yeah I heard. Real harsh- I hope he doesn't have a glitch trying to cope with it."
"I heard Ultra-Magnus is giving his regrets to him…but I'm not too sure how he'll take it"
"Well at least he still has a reason to continue to fight…"
"That's true"
Ice-Star peeked out slightly, looking over as two mechs walked out of the building, chatting like nobodies' business…those two looked an awful lot like…Huffer and Pipes?...
"Wow, they're older than I thought" she muttered, quickly running into the door they had exited. She looked around, wondering if she should get out her bow or not…this was Autobot territory…but she WAS an Autobot…Looking down slightly, she winced. Great, now she was THINKING like a Decepticon…
She continued to walk down the hall, stopping every now and then as sensors would go to-and-fro down the halls…man security wasn't what it was-…well…Shaking her head, she continued down the hall and stopped when she noticed a camera going this way and that way. Quickly, she put up her wrist blaster and took a short shot…blowing the camera to bits.
Sheesh, ever think about becoming a spy?
Not really wanting to talk to Starscream, Ice-Star stayed silent, quickly running down the hall, and finding it…the source room. Quickly running over to the main computer, she looked this way and that way…why was there no one in here? Continuing to stay alert, Ice-Star bent over the keyboard and started typing…
Ok, today was…64/45/3…oh no, that was the day when Blitzwing attacked Iacon and killed two soldiers under Kup! Frowning, she typed faster. If she could get out of here quick, maybe she could stop that from happening…
If anyone or anything knew about who could help her, it was the Metroplex's main computer, T-Ai…
Password…
Ice-Star began to put in her own password, before she stopped herself short. She couldn't use that! It didn't exist! Looking to the side, she did some hard thinking…then quickly typed into the computer, looking stern and serious as she did so…this key…that key…enter…
… "Welcome Powered Rex Convoy"…
"Good…" Ice-Star quickly typed some more…Great medical bots…Streetwise…Groove…Blades- wha- when was HE a medic?...Ratchet… Ice-Star paused…dare she try to find Ratchet in the past?...Probably wasn't a good idea, since he had NO tolerance for Decepticons…Wheeljack…absolutely not…She continued to type into computer…medic files…could she even search by date? Not really finding a reason why not, she did so…
Now who was on duty today?
She finally paused when she saw a name come to the screen…yes- of course! Why didn't I think of him before?
How on Cybertron were you even able to access such a thing if you don't exist yet?
"Oh I exist, Screamer…You probably do too…as a whining youngling…" Ice-Star muttered, quick to log out and turn, scanning the area to make sure the cost was clear. "But it's nice to have a kin that is important…" Ice-Star paused in her walk for a moment, before continuing down the hall. "Well…Was important anyways…"
What do you mean by kin-
"Hold on…" Ice-Star paused, looking behind her quickly…someone was coming…quickly she bolted for the door…before tripping one of the alarms. Softly cursing herself, she ran faster, aiming her bow and launching an ice attack on the door, making sure it was at highest wave…then releasing it at a high speed…
…BOOM!
Alarms started screaming, and Ice-Star hopped out of the door that she had just blasted down. Looking this way and that, she tried to calculate just which way would be faster…or safer to take since she just blew her position…plowing past the iced door, she chose to run towards the right and take to the air.
"Ok…that was not one of my better missions…" the blue femme looked downwards as she continued to fly. "If you even CALL that a mission…"
To get in and get out without so much as a scratch or being noticed to the end…TRULY you are Diabolical! You would make a splendid-
"SHUT UP STARSCREAM!" Ice-Star stopped flying, and looked to the side, as if he were actually there with her. "If you say one more thing about me being a-"
"Decepticon!"
Ice-Star winced and looked downwards to three Autobot troopers, looking up and pointing at her. Quickly they took out their weapons, but she quickly evaded their fire and dove down towards the buildings below, looking for a place to land. She really should've known better than to fly if she really was in the past, even IF the war was over…Autobots didn't know about her plan at that time, not to mention, she DID just ice-blast the Metroplex…Quickly landing behind a few buildings, she stayed silent for a few seconds, listening to the noise around her…
What are you waiting-
"Shh…" Ice-Star looked around quickly…footsteps…She looked upwards, finding a ledge on one of the buildings and jumping up, pressing her back against the wall, looking downwards…Two of the Autotroopers had come the direction she had taken, and now were looking around the pathway…looking confused and alert. Wincing, she pressed herself further against the wall…how could she get herself out of this mess.
"Skidz, did you see anything?"
"No- I was watching him fly- Maybe he went down a different ally…"
"I think it's Blitzwing…no other Decepticon uses ice…"
Skidz? Ice-Star looked downwards and gasped gently…Tha- That was Skidz-…before he became an Intel agent…oh lovely, she was being hunted down by one of her dearest friends…how could she possibly let this continue? Frowning, she looked upwards…she would make noise if she flew…maybe she could climb…
…but where would she go next? Everyone thought she was a Decepticon!...The situation was hitting her like a chromium slate…
Calming herself down, she thought of what she had discovered back there…if she could just quickly and quietly get towards the Energon bases…she could find the mech she was looking for…hopefully this plan would work…looking upwards, she reached up and slowly started climbing the building, doing her best to stay silent…
"…Over there! There he is!"
With a gasp, Ice-Star looked downwards; The two Auto-cops were running in her direction. Quickly her optics turned ruby, and quickly balancing herself, she took out her bow, reeled it and let go before she could stop herself…
…The arrow whizzed past Skidz and hit the mech behind him straight in the spark chamber. With a yell of pain, the Autobot got knocked back onto his back and his body trembled…where the arrow had struck, a large merciless slade of ice was piercing the Autobot's armor. Skidz gasped and turned, bolting towards the Mech and putting his hands on him. "Dad! Dad hold on-…hold-…"
As he said that, the mech he tried to revive quickly lost his armor color, going limp…somehow his body was still shaking from the force of the blast to his chamber…
"…no-…DAD!" Skidz winced and looked over the wound…ice…Quickly he stood up and looked around, his optics blurred with rage. "…Show Yourself, Blitzwing!...I KNOW it's you! YOU KILLED MY FATHER YOU SLAG HEAP!"
After there was no answer, Skidz trembled in sorrow and in rage…before looking downwards and falling to his knees, putting his hands on the offline mech…This…couldn't happen…
"Skids!"
The mech didn't move as a few more Auto-cops came to his aide, all shocked at what they saw…
"What happened…?"
"…Blitzwing."
Above- on the roof and out of sight…Ice-Star clutched her arms tightly, looking down on the scene in horror…
This day- The day when Blitzwing had attacked-…
…It hadn't been him…
…It was HER!...
Her thoughts went back to that first Autotrooper back at the training base-…then to what had just transpired… Putting her hands to her mouth, she trembled…Skidz…Pashmina…Penelope…SHE was the one responsible for what had happened to their father! She-…WAS a Decepticon! Shutting her optics tightly, she could feel the suppressed sob inside of her…why?
Mourning for such a pathetic excuse of a spark is hardly nessica- WHA- What are you doing!
The panicked Starscream voice amplified as Ice-Star quickly put her blaster to her head, her optics glaring at nothing. She walked towards the other side of the building so she wouldn't be seen, gritting her teeth. "Oh what does it LOOK like I'm doing?"
Now Now-…remember-…your Friends-
"Now I thought you said I was a Decepticon…Decepticons don't have friends" Ice-Star muttered more darkly, still suppressing her need to cry…
No- No you don't understand- you jus-
"Shut UP Starscream" Ice-Star put her finger on the trigger and growled…
…this…
…couldn't happen…Hesitating, she kept the gun at her head, ignoring Starscream's pleas with her. Ice-Star's optics rested on the Fortress Maximus in the distance…dare she try to get Starscream out of her mind?
…Or just end it now?
***Author*** Oh dear o.o This isn't good…or is it? I'm going to give a reward to someone who thinks they got some of the clues to the Rex's Trio's past! Either A picture on Deviant Art (Go check out my pics!) Or a request in a chapter! :3 Go for it! Also, Plz Review; I know you guys are out there! XD Later!