Chapter 17

Everything seemed to freeze when Solarwing mentioned the name Ripper,

"What? How is that possible?" Spin Drift's servos flew up to his helm, "He's in a level five prison under Iacon!" Solarwing looked at his younger friend,

"Not anymore apparently." He said in a very sarcastic manner. Cybernetic Prime stood quietly pondering the news, his servos crossed over his chassis.

"This isn't very good..." The prime muttered, Spin Drift's head snapped around,

"No shit." He said a human cuss word, then mentally punched himself, his head dropped slightly, "Sorry Prime. I'm just on edge." Cybernetic looked at his second-in-command

"It's fine Spin Drift." The golden prime said with a slight smile, "We are all on edge." He then turned to look at his younger brother, "Is plan B all ready?" Solarwing raised an eye ridge,

"It's all set up, just needs the finishing touches." The prime nodded then glanced at Spin Drift,

"Plan B is in motion. Scavenge anything you can and take them to the second base." Spin Drift saluted and turned around, calling a few 'bots together,

"Topkick, Hunter, Accelerate, Sea Foam!" He called and said 'bots looked up, "We're going scavenging. Plan B is in motion."

"Plan B?" Topkick muttered as he waltz over, Hunter shrugged, a confused look was on Accelerate's faceplates. Only Sea Foam seemed to have the slightest idea to what 'Plan B' was.

Cybernetic Prime picked Glitch up carefully,

"Careful!" Solarwing snapped as he picked up Atom and Road Blaze picked Recon up. Both older mechs frowned slightly and shifted their wight. They knew Solarwing was only worried for their younger comrades, but it annoyed them that he kept snapping at them. Cybernetic sighed,

"Don't worry Solarwing."

"Ya stop mother henning 'em 'Wing!" Amber piped up from where she sat on the couch. All three Autobots frowned,

"What?" Road Blaze mutter,

"I-I do not understand..." Cybernetic said, slightly confused, Will sighed,

"Well there goes all the fun..." Amber muttered, then she glanced at Will. "You tell 'em." And that made Will sigh again, then he looked at the confused 'bots,

"Mother henning is when somebody fusses over someone else too much. Kinda like what you were doing 'Wing. You were all ''Careful!'', that's mother henning." He cocked his head to one side and smirked, "You need to take a chill pill."

"What?" All three Autobots said simultaneously, both Will and Amber face palmed,

"You need to calm down." Amber explained and the two humans turned away and started chatting once again. Cybernetic Prime tried to stifle a laugh, Road Blaze looked at Solarwing and smirked,

"Ya 'Wing. Chill." And with that, Cybernetic failed and started laughing, making both humans turn and look at him shocked,

"Who would've guessed!" Amber exclaimed, her eyes twinkling mischievously, "Boss bot knows how to loosen up!" Will grinned,

"Your turn 'Wing!" And both humans started laughing. Solarwing would've thrown something at them, but the only thing close enough to throw was poor Atom, and he didn't want to damage the young warrior, so he simply grunted and turned,

"Let's go." He huffed and the three 'bots left the ship.

Recon let out a surprised screech as he woke up in a strange med. bay, his blaster flipped out and he swung it around, he noticed Glitch and Atom laying on matching pairs of berths. The youngling let out a low warble as pain flared from his many wounds and he collapsed. Recon looked at where his left arm should be, and beeped painfully as he remembered how it happened. Recon shook his helm, trying to rid himself of the memories and he sat up slowly and shifted so his feet swung over the side of the berth and flicked his blaster back into it's hidden compartment in his wrist.

"Where am I?" Recon clicked, then jumped nearly four feet in the air as someone exclaimed from behind him;

"You're awake!" He spun around, his blaster, once again, flipping out, only to relax when he realized it was Solarwing,

"Hey 'Wing." He buzzed tiredly, "Where are we?" Solarwing walked over to Glitch and started fussing over one thing or the other before answering,

"Our new base."

"New base?" Recon clicked in confusion and cocked his helm to one side, a tendency he had picked up from Amber.

"Yes, new base." The gold and silver mech mused and stretched his sore servos, "Don't ware it out." Then Solarwing turned to him, "How're you feeling?"

":~Been better, seen a better side of life~I've taken my beating~:" He replayed with a shrug, then winced in pain, ":~I will not die.~:" Solarwing nodded and checked his shoulder joint where the rookie's arm had been torn off,

"How did this happen?" The CMO asked quietly, trying hard not to express the worry and fear that were still coursing through his systems. A pained look crossed Recon's young faceplate as he recounted his story...

~FLASH BACK~

Recon ran through the hall way, dodging blasts and shooting back. There were a lot of drones in the halls and Recon was desperately trying to keep them away from the closet where he had hidden Amber and Will. He suddenly herd Glitch scream and the young mech's head snapped around. The closest Decepticon used that to his advantage and lunched itself forward, Recon jerked to the side, causing not a stab through the spark, but a nasty looking gash on his chassis. The green Autobot scout then brought his fist up and punched the drone under the chest plates, when he tried to tear his fist free he found it stuck. Thinking quickly he transformed his weapons and blasted the 'con, offing it instantly. He used the offline drone as a shield as he advanced, shooting the reminder of the 'con drones. Recon dropped the body then started running back to the command room. The young Autobot felt a cold shiver in his spark as he was suddenly yanked into another room. Recon looked up at the mech who had pulled him into the storage room with a confused click. The mech wasn't big, but he wasn't small either. He was black, purple and silver with seeker wings on his back. Recon noticed the Decepticon insignia on his chassis and started beeping in panic, trying desperately to pry himself out of the 'con's grasp. He felt a tugging on his spark that made him stop and look at the mech confused, he mirrored the young Autobot's expression, then it hardened,

"Who are you?" The 'con demanded,

"Recon!" He beeped in fear,

"Who are your creators?" He dug his fingers into the scout's shoulder, drawing energon and making him squeal,

"I don't know!"

"WHAT DO YOU KNOW?" The Decepticon screamed in fury and tore the young mech's arm off.

"I WAS ABANDONED!" Recon screamed, "ALL I KNOW IS THAT I WAS BORN A FLIER AND WAS UPGRADED INTO A GROUNDER!" The 'con blinked back shock then tossed the small 'bot aside and strode out. Recon twittered with fear and scuttled back under large pile of boxes fighting back stasis...

~FLASH BACK~

"And that was when Road Blaze found me..." Recon whirred, his door wings dropping, Solarwing was beyond shock,

"You said your spark felt like it was tugged towards this strange mech?" He asked, and Recon nodded,

"Solarwing... What am I? Why could I feel that mech? Who was that mech?"

"That mech was Ripper. Chaos's son..." Then a thought struck Solarwing, "Have you ever been able to feel Chaos?" And his spark sunk when the young mech nodded...

"When I had first seen Chaos, I felt like I knew him from somewhere... Not the wanted posters, but from something else. For some reason, I felt like he had something to do with my past... Same goes with Ripper..."

CLIFFHANGER!

Why can poor Recon feel Chaos and Ripper? I know, do you? What do these mech have to do with Recon's past? Next time;

Recon works hard to figure out what Chaos and Ripper have to do with his past. Cybernetic Prime tries to contact Cybertron and new arrivals come to Earth while the Autobots morn the loss of two of their own. Amber decides it's time to go back to school, and Recon decides on his new alt. form! Also some romance happens between two of Team Prime's members, but who? Find out in Transformers: Destiny Blade, chapter 18!

IMPORTANT MESSAGE!

What do you, my loyal readers, think should happen in the story? It doesn't have to be right away.