A Game of Hide and Seek

[Fusion's Spark]

Fusion swiftly dodged her attacker, and swong out her rifle. Flipping it around, she managed to land a hit on the back of the Reb, and get farther away.

"Wheelie!" Fusion shouted, drawing her other gun, "Wheelie! Patch a message through to Optimous! Tell him-" Fusion's voice was cut off from an explosion, and it sent her flying into a thick trunk.

Digging her talons into the tree, she stood up, and aimed her plasma rifle at the device Thundercracker held. "Ironhide, They have a scrambler! We have to take it out!"

Fusion took a few quick shots at the machine the Seeker held, and quickly found cover. "Wheelie! Ironhide! We need backup!"

[Psychowing]

"Gugh!" Skywarp grunted as he was struck in the back by Fusion's weapon.

Thundercracker either deflected or took the fire Fusion shot at the unknown device. He growled and ground his metal teeth together in frustration. He would've shot at the femme if the Autobot Weapon Specialist wasn't attacking him. However, Skywarp was now angry at her. A femme hurt him. A femme! There was a flash of purple light as quick as a blinking eye and he was gone. A second passed, then another purple flash appeared next to Fusion and he was there. The Seeker roughly grabbed her arm with a black hand and, jets blazing, took off upward into the sky. "Say, how about a little flight lesson? You look like one who loves to fly." he sneered.

Third only to Starscream and Thundercracker for being the fastest Seeker, he reached a good altitude in a short amount of time. "Hmm, I think this is high enough. Too high for you?" he snickered, "The drop would certainly put some dents into that little chassis of yours...whoops!"

He "accidentally" let go of her arm and let her fall a good few hundred feet before catching her by her foot. He eagerly awaited whatever cries and pleas would come from the femme for him to set her back down on the ground. Meanwhile, Thundercracker cursed in Cybertronian at his brother's actions. "You're supposed to be helping me, Skywarp! Not toying around with some Autobo-AUGH!"

Ironhide bull-rushed the Seeker and threw him away from the device. He smashed the device with a fist and turned to Thundercracker, canons firing. Thundercracker was still getting up when he was blasted further away, snarling in pain. Ironhide was doing well until another explosive struck his side in a weak spot. He grunted and grasped his side, wincing as he looked to see Psychowing dancing around with her grenade launcher in-hand. "Teehee, Psychowing get you, old Autobot! Nananananaanaa!"

"Pest." Ironhide growled, but he noticed something unusual...

Since the scrambler was deactivated, Ironhide sent a com-link message, Fusion, where are you??

Since he couldn't fight worth scrap, Wheelie stayed in the background and tried calling for backup. It would not take long for someone to arrive.

[Fusion's Spark]

Fusion struggled in the air, trying desperately to attack in any way, but it was no use.

She heard Ironhide's com, and cried back down to ground. Please help me, Iron- The huge Seeker let go of Fusion's arm, and she screamed as she was plummeted down to the ground. Skywarp caught her by the wheel on her foot and dangled her still hundreds of feet above the battle ground.

Fusion looked down and saw smoke rise from below. Worried her comrades might be hurt, Fusion spun her wheel in the Reb's claws and forced him to let go, shredding her tire in the process. She activated her shield, and awaited the impact of the earth. The Reb' couldn't touch her because of her shield, but there was no certainty that she would be safe.

"I guess you need to learn how to get a grip!" Fusion yelled, unsure if her opponent could hear her.

[Psychowing]

The black Seeker growled in frustration. Those slaggin' wheels! Well, he guessed it was the one thing they were useful for. He never quite understood why anyone would want to have an alt. mode that didn't have flight capability. He decided to ignore the femme, since she foolishly chose to fall from a great height, and disappeared in another purple flash.

Ironhide scared Psychowing away by only pointing his canons at her as he intently listened in on the com-link. Fusion? He heard something and looked up to see the falling femme. Before he could react however, a flash of purple light appeared beside him and he felt something whack the side of his with a resounding crunch. He was slammed aside by Skywarp, who was hefting his heavy, spiked mace. Skywarp only guffawed a moment before he had a blast of plasma in his face from the angered Autobot.

"Let's hope he gets here soon..." Wheelie muttered, watching as Thundercracker got back up and adjusted his wings, "Wh-hey!"

He was picked up by Psychowing, who grinned gleefully at him. "Little bot not scary. Psychowing deal with you."

"Hey, I'm not a toy! Okay, who left their sparkling out in the middle of a battlefield?"

Psychowing puffed her metal cheeks out. "I'm not a sparkling!"

[Fusion's Spark]

Ironhide, Wheelie, I am so sorry I couldn't be of more assistance. I apologize. This is where I wish the best for you. Please take care.

At that moment, Fusion turned off her shield and flung out her guns. She fired at Skywarp with one hand, and Thundercraker with the other.

"Quit hurting my comrads!" Fusion screamed over the wind noise. Fusion felt a surge of anger mixed with fear and anxiety. It hurt to think of the pain they were feeling.

Dissapearing from her optics, the two seekers were covered by the trees as Fusion collided with the leaves and branches of the enormous plants that covered the ground. Half a second would determine her fate, and fate was very unkind this go around.

Landing with a shattering crunch into the earth, Fusion felt every part of herself shudder with pain. It was hard to get up, but after another bomb went off near the battlefield, she forced herself to stand.

Then, what she saw only brought more mixed feelings. She looked up a to see a huge temple of some sort from an ancient culture she had only heard about.

Legends told about a race that roamed the earth at the same time as the Mayans and counterparts, but they had no recorded history among the forgetful humans. This race had long destroyed their cities with their treasures and technology, but only to the outside world had they been lost. They were sealed away, far below ground, and safe to the rest of the world... Until now.

They were called "The Makers." The Makers were a legend to most, but the verbal "legend" was not legend at all. The Makers had more than enough resources to live peacefully and they might still be here if there was no disease. The only reason there was no life existing was because of this. It is a simple story of a whole secluded nation without a cure for a deadly disease. The disease, fortunately, died with them; locked away in the nation's tomb.

That must be what the Rebelcons are after! If they can eliminate the human race with that disease, they will have no problem-

She had to hurry. Battered and dented, she stepped forward and faltered to the ground.

Feeling a pang of urgency and fear, she looked herself over. Fusion saw her shredded wheel and knelt to remove it. Although it hurt to kneel, she had to make a patch job before she would be able to move right again. The femme took her right hand and with a simple motion, swapped her tallons with her tools.

After taking the wheel off, she saw where the Rebelcon had latched onto her shoulder and broken her emergency lights. Energon leaked from below where the claws had punctured her metal chaise, and on her leg where he had caught her before.

"I need to help them! I don't know who's coming or if anyone is coming at all!" Fusion latched her talons into a nearby tree for support as she swapped out her right hand and tried again to walk.

[Psychowing]

[ Nice plot idea there. :3 ]

The Seekers were weakened by Fusion's fire, but once she disappeared from their optics, they turned to face their main threat. Skywarp was still trying to wipe the burning plasma from his face, however, so he backed up from Ironhide. Thundercracker transformed into his Cybertronian jet mode and released a powerful sonic shriek as he flew over the weapon specialist. Skywarp was already prepared to turn off his audio receptors, but Psychowing screeched and dropped Wheelie, covering her spiked ear sensors. "EEEEE! Why TC no warn Psychowing!? Meanie mech!"

Wheelie cringed from the audio-shattering attack as well, loosing his sense of hearing, but managed to scramble away from the panicked femme.

Ironhide howled and covered his audio receptors, all sense of hearing temporarily gone. He grimaced. Sound was fairly important in battle, but now he had to rely on his sensors and the good eye he had left. With a roar, he fired his canons at Thundercracker. "Decepticon punk!"

Once of Thundercracker's boosters was shot and he fell into the trees with a trail of smoke behind him. It would take a little bit to run back to his comrades and Ironhide. He was alarmed to hear an familiar jet fly over his head toward the fight. Breakaway...

Skywarp was just regaining his vision when he howled in pain as a bullet struck him right in the weak spot of his shoulder. His arm flew off into the trees behind him, energon spurting from the severed cords. He looked up with his flickering red-orange optics to see the Autobot named Breakaway land among the trees. "That was a warning." the Autobot sniper spoke with a light English accent, "The next shot will be your head if you don't retreat. Oh, and more Autobots are coming."

The black Seeker groaned. He didn't want to risk his spark further for this mission. "Aww, I don't feel like this is going to work out..."



A pair of red optics watched from the trees at the struggling Fusion. Maliciousness was bright in them, but he decided not to ambush the already damaged femme. What strode from the trees was none other than the Rebelcon leader himself, Starscream. His presence struck fear into those who have heard of him before, as the devil of the new Faction. Many said he went a little insane with the lust for power and the desire to rebuild Cybertron in his image. He became almost as cruel as Megatron himself, yet had the dangerous cunning the Decepticon warlord lacked. A dark, humored smirk crossed his face as he casually inspected the Autobot. "Ah, I see you've seen the temple of this lost human tribe. I doubt you have any knowledge about it. We require a useful...substance, from this ancient race. Try to stop us, and I will gut you...or worse."

He glanced over his shoulder and jerked his head toward Fusion. "Tie up this femme, Genocide. She may provide some useful information later."

Another Rebelcon, a rather slim, winged mech, slunk from the trees. His narrow, yellow optics stood out from his red and black paintjob and expressed slight delight at the order. "As you command, my lord." he replied in a low, smooth voice.

With the aid of his boosters, Starscream sped off toward the battle grounds. Genocide watched him leave, then his bright yellow optics focused on Fusion. "Now, I will not harm you if you cooperate, for I am a gentleman to femmes, unlike my fellow comrades." he spoke lightly in his smooth voice, "However, fight back and I will be forced to harm you, for I am loyal to my function."

A spiked chain similar to a Cat o' Nine Tails trailed from his left arm threateningly. His observational optics were already gathering data from her appearance. A femme medic...apparently new to the experience of battle...though carried an almost foolish bravery according to him. He could see it in her face. "Such an unfortunate femme to wind up in this situation, isn't it? New as well? You should have stayed indoors where you belong."

[Fusion's Spark]

"Well, if I am ever going to be of any use to Optimus, I will have to learn or die! This is how I will learn!" Fusion screamed as the larger Decepticon came closer.

She had to do something, and she knew it had to happen fast. She scanned around the moss covered trees and shrubs, but there was nothing she could do.

Can-zzzzt- Fusion? It's- zzzzt Static clouded her intercom, and she guessed that it was the voice of her reinforcements.

Who was that? The femme thought franticly, It might be the reinforcemnets! The 'Cons must have fixed the scrambler. Without knowing our whereabouts, how can the reinforcements be of any help? Hopefully they got a lock on our coordinance-

Fusion's thoughs were cut short when a huge blast was set off nearby, and she heard Psychowings's cry of pain.

"Ironhide! Wheelie!" Fusion cried.

[Psychowing]

Genocide frowned at her response. "Well...that's a shame. You Autobots were always too courageous for your own good."

With that, the slim black and red Seeker charged toward Fusion, flinging forth his scythed, cat-o-ninetails-like weapon at Fusion. The blades would ensnare a foe if caught, along with slicing up their frames a little to bring at least some pain.



Skywarp was stuck with Breakaway and Ironhide pointing their weapons at him. He bewilderingly looked at one, then the other, then back. Psychowing was still recovering from Thundercracker's sonic shriek, so she wasn't going to be of any help. "Aw, slag..."

Before either Autobot could react, however, there was a snarl and Breakaway was suddenly bull-rushed from the trees to the ground by Starscream. His sniper rifle was knocked out of his hand before he could fire and he was was still startled when the Rebelcon's claws and talons began tearing at his chassis. He yelled out in pain as one of his legs was torn off and his wings were clipped. "AUGH! Get 'em off, Ironhide!"

Ironhide turned and focused his fire on Starscream. Only a couple hits were needed for him to disengage his attack on Breakaway and fly from sight with a scowl. Ironhide ran to Breakaway's side and, while keeping an optic on the sky, asked, "Just stay down, you're pretty damaged..."

"As long as I get my rifle back, you won't get an argument from me. The others should be here soon, especially Blurr..."

While the two were distracted, Skywarp thought Scrap this! and flew from their sight at well. Psychowing also followed him with a panicked squeak. The two would arrive at the temple they were supposed to be meeting up at with the others. They failed to keep the transmission scrambler up though, which caused a sinking feeling in his gut. He held his dismembered arm in his other hand, hoping that he would have time to reattach it soon.



Meanwhile, several other Autobots were running (or driving) in the forest toward the coordinates they were given. One of them, a green Jeep, nimbly sped around trees and shrubs. "I must say that this is a beautiful place! Too bad the Rebelcons are messing it up."

"You'reNotGoingFastEnoughAtAllNotAtAll!" the blue Autobot known as Blurr lamented as he "slowly" ran beside him, "OurAlliesMightBeScrapByNow.Totaled.Finished!"

"Aw, Lighten up a little, Blurr! Besides, you could've ran ahead with Breakaway. I'm surprised you're hanging out back here. We're close though...here!" Hound stopped and transformed into his robot mode once the team of four reached the clearing, "...That looks like Breakaway and Ironhide over there! But...no Rebelcons."

The third Autobot, Ratchet, kept quiet until he transformed and looked at the injured Ironhide and Breakaway. "I have a feeling there are Rebelcons lurking somewhere, waiting for us to rush in...but our allies need repairing."

"What do you think of this, Kilowatt?" Hound asked, "Shall we see if there are any other Autobots around? I thought there were supposed to be four of them."

[ Hurr, tossing in Blurr and Hound based off what I know about them in the G1 series, since I have soft spots for these two Auto-bums. X3 Ratchet, well...he can help with medical shtuffz... ]

[Fusion's Spark]

Fusion could only think of the simplest impulse at the time, and turnned; fleeing swiftly from her larger foe. Genocide was not too much larger, but one of Fusion's good traits was her speed. She just hoped she was fast enough.


The autobot, Killowatt stepped up beside Hound. The slim autobot had track tires with hydrolic boosters that gave hime the power to jump higher than the trees that grew around them. His chassie was wrapped with a single weapon that gave him his name. The wire was a supercharged electric transmitter, and could fire 8,000 gigahurtz at any given moment. Although, all the power came at a cost. His Energon had to be renewed often.

"Well I reckon t'day is a good day to go find us some Rebs! We'll rost 'em on the barbi!" Kilowatt replied, pounding his fists together, "I don' think I made com link with these guys, cuz I never got a reply, but there'd be a Wheelie and Fusion somewhere out in dem trees. Lets have a go around and see what we can do 'ere."

Kilowatt transformed into his safari truck alt, and prepared to do exactlyas Ratchet had said not to.
"Our allies are still out there, see if ya can get through to 'em while I rush in 'dere!"


Fusion couldn't outrun the Rebelcon forever, but she narowly escaped when Genocide launched his weapon to ensnare her, and thankfully missed.

Fusion made a desprate cry into her com to anyone in range and turned to shoot as her persuer got his weapon free, but she was too late. She screamed.


Kilowatt heard Fusion's com, "Dear Allspark, someone help me!" then shrill cry of anguish, and rushed in to the fray without another word. He flew throught the forest on his track wheels, springing off all the platforms he could find, and saw the scene of Fusion ensnared in the Reb's weapon. He swiftly flipped and transformed. He rushed as fast as he could, and lifted up his fist.

"G'day mate!" He yelled, and aiming his fist at Genocide's head. It connected, and sent the Rebelcon down, but not out.

[Psychowing]

Genocide ground his teeth in frustration when his weapon caught a tree instead of her, but the blades easily sliced through the tree and he charged after her with swift, hooved feet. He wasn't designed for combat well with his light, slender frame, but he was indeed swift. He had to chase her a good distance before flinging his weapon again, which successfully caught her this time.

He gave a small, victorious smirk and was about to drag her to him when all of a sudden, CLANK! A shower of sparks sprayed as a fist collided into his face. "Hngh!" he grunted.

He fell forcefully to the ground, briefly dazed by the strike. How could he have missed the Autobot coming? He groaned and brought his free hand to the dented side of his face. Once his vision cleared off static, he looked up to see another Autobot standing above him. His yellow optics widened. "Autobot..."

The chain was attached to his arm to prevent his prey from escaping, so he flipped onto his feet while drawing a plasma blaster in his other hand and pointed wearily at the Autobot mech while backing up. "Stay back, or I'll slice her into pieces. You wouldn't want to end an ally's life, would you?" he hid the worry in his tone. He was set to take to the air at any moment.



There weren't any appearing Rebelcons when Kilowatt rushed through the clearing to find Fusion, so the three Autobots cautiously ran toward Ironhide and Breakaway, Ratchet being in front. Even still, no Rebelcons showed up. "Unusual..." Ratchet mused, then asked, "Are you two capable of leaving this area in a hurry? Hmm, might be difficult for you, Breakaway... Stay still."

Ironhide looked at Ratchet blankly, then mumbled, "Can't hear anything..."

Ratchet nodded, then tended to reattaching Breakaway's leg. "This is a quick patch-up. Get out when you can, but don't strain this too much."

Hound transformed from his Jeep form and bounded up to the two, carrying Breakaway's sniper rifle. "Here's your weapon. Perhaps you could still help us out though."

"Hah, sure thin'." Breakaway gave a wink, "Though, where did they go...? I'm not picking up anything."

"Then we have to stick close together. Starscream will pick us off one by one if he can." Ratchet grumbled.

Blurr, on the other hand, kept a little distant from the others, cautiously watching the skies. KilowattYouThere?FoundTheOthersThey'reOkayDamagedButOnline.YouShouldReturnAfterYouFindTheOthers.NeedAssistance? he sent through a com-link.

[Fusion's Spark]

Fusion was pulled to the ground with the Reb as he went down, and the blades cut deeper into her body. Energon was leaking from her wounds, but all she could do was kneel; helplessly ensnared in Genocide's weapon.

She wanted to escape Genocide's grasp so much her chaise shuddered. The fear itself hurt more than the sharp cutting pain of the huge curved baldes digging into her very frame. She didn't have much energon left, and she knew that if the Rebelcon decided to take off, she could consider herself lost.

As the autobot ally who had knocked Genocide off his feet stared the Reb down, she prayed that the All Spark didn't come for her just yet. She wanted to be useful for once in her life; someone who could save another instead of needing to be rescued. This was only her first mission, and she did not want it to be her last.


Kilowatt watched the Rebelcon closely and analyzed the situation. He heard Blur's transmission, but he didn't want to upset the Reb. If he shocked Genocide, it would probably off Fusion in the process, but he didn't want to scare the Reb into flying off either, or Fusion could be taken... He looked at the femme medic, and noted solemnly that she was on her last bit of energon. He felt a pang of anger and pitty, but he knew he had to deal with the Rebelcon and get her safe before he could tend to her in the slightest.

It was a difficult situation.

"Well, I cannot just surrender at a time like this..." Kilowatt mumbled aloud, choosing his words carefully.

The femme coughed up Energon, "Please..." Fusion choked out, "They're going to open the temple!"

[Psychowing]

Genocide's optics narrowed and he gave the slightest smile, showing some of his sharp metal teeth. "Ah, but I'm afraid you have no choice... Now, if you'll excuse me."

As the jet blasters on his back flared, he put away his blaster and quickly flew to the side to grab Fusion. He gripped her sides firmly, yet carefully since he didn't want to hurt himself on his own weapon. He lifted her from the ground into the air, supposedly high enough so the flightless Autobot couldn't read him. He grunted from her weight. "Good thing you're not heavier. Don't think about struggling because if you fall...that would be painful."

While he said that, the weapon was partially drawn back into his arm compartment to cut the slack between the two. Now, what to do with her... They traveled a good distance from the temple and that would be where the Rebelcons should meet. He turned to head in that direction.



Blurr was frustrated about not getting a response from Kilowatt, so he decided to speed off in the direction he left. Hopefully he would find him if he was in trouble.

Ratchet was still reattaching Breakaway's leg when the tell-tale sound of jet engines came to most of the Autobots' audio receptors. The F-22 form of Starscream came down from above and transformed. He landed beside Hound and delivered a painful slash to the smaller mech, sending him flying back from the force. Starscream then turned and snarled, his left hand shifting to expose his missile launcher. Ironhide narrowly dodged a fired missile. "Get back! Get back!" the weapon specialist yelled.

Ratchet retreated to where Ironhide was while Breakaway used his thrusters to fly a distance away. Since the patch was incomplete, he had to stand on one foot for now. No big deal, since he had his sniper rifle back. However, he was unknowing about Thundercracker until it was too late. One heavy crack to the back of his head from the Seeker's mace sent him out sprawling. Thundercracker chuckled to himself, yet grimaced at his inability to fly. Ironhide hit him in a vulnerable spot, which was a thruster. Where is Skywarp and Psychowing? he asked Starscream through his comlink.

They're heading to the temple. the Rebelcon leader replied, While that femme is useless to fight, she will have better capability of opening the temple.

[Fusion's Spark]

Kilowatt sprang up and missed as Genocide took off; taking Fusion with him. The Autobot gave chase, wishing he could just zap the aft out of the sky, and save Fusion at the same time.

"Autobots!" Kilowatt yelled into his com, "They got Fusion! I repeat, they got Fusion! I'm chasin' the Reb now, heading southeast. They're takin' her to some sorta temple and they're going to open it. We can't let that happen. I dunno what's inside, but I don' want to find out! Ratchet, bring Energon if you got it, t' give it t' Fusion... she needs it real bad."

As he was giving chase, Kilowatt heard a jet far behind him, and heading in the opposite drection as it faded out quickly. He was going to com link again when a cry came from Fusion.


Fusion knew she was fading fast, and since the Rebs thought she was useful, she knew that if she couldn't continue to stay in their favor, they would off her right there. She heard Kilowatt below her, and even after Genocide had warned her not to struggle, she shifted in his grasp and shouted down. "If they open the temple, it will kill-!" Fusion groaned in anguish as the weapon tightened around her. "-The humans will die!"


What would the Rebs gain by only killing the humans? The Autobots wouldn't be affected? They had to hurry either way.

"Optimus, we need you!"

[Psychowing]

[ Wow, gotta get back into this... I suddenly have to urge to write Talon kicking some aft, but of course, he ain't in this rp. >.< ]

"Silence, medic." Genocide growled warningly, "You're more useful alive."

The blades on his chain cut into Fusion as she struggled. It wouldn't create more than just cosmetic injuries unless a blade was lodged in a wound, which there were probably a few. Genocide figured she was going to go into stasis lock, or worse, go offline. He couldn't allow that. Especially not to a less common kind like a femme. He grimaced though, for there was little he could do during flight.

Once he reached the temple, however, he dropped her to the ground and landed elegantly beside her. She was still wrapped in the bladed chain that attached to his arm. "Stay down." he commanded as he reached behind his back with a hand.

A section of his back split, unveiling a small, beetle-like creature that was stored in him. It crawled onto his hand with a chittering sound, optics bright red. Skywarp, who was nearby and trying to reattach his arm, made a disgusted face. "Eww, you brought that thing with you?"

"My pet is useful in more ways than one." Genocide replied, lowering his hand to Fusion's back, and spoke to the robotic insect, "Now, repair those leaking wounds. Keep her systems online for now... Don't worry, you can feast later."

The beetle chittered again and crawled to the closest wound on Fusion. Its small, but dangerous jaws clamped to a leaking energon tube, closing it carefully with a secreted "saliva" that bonded things together like a potent super-glue.

Psychowing had recovered from Thundercracker's sonic shriek and her tail swung questionably. "What we do now?"

Skywarp grinned down at her. "Do what you do best. Blow that temple to bits."

Her optics brightened and she giggled, jumping up and down. "Psychowing make human thing go BOOM!" she called out in a sing-song way as she scampered to start laying bombs around the temple.

"I'mRightHere,Kilowatt!" Blurr called out as he sprinted to the Autobot's side, "WhereIsTheTemple?ExactCoordinates?"

Well, they would run until they found the temple, which was hopefully going to be soon.



Meanwhile, when Starscream was about to deal a heavy blow to Ironhide with his claws, a blue and red blur sprinted from the trees and sucker-punched him in the face. He snarled, falling back a good distance from the force of the punch. The next thing he knew, he was being repeatedly attacked by a yellow-orange sword.

It was Optimus. He had been running since he got the multiple distress signals and finally reached the fight. Startled by the sudden onslaught, Starscream was vulnerable to the Autobot leader's strikes. He grunted and attempted fleeing. Unfortunately, Optimus grabbed him by the foot and flung him to the ground.

When Thundercracker sprinted forth to aid his brother, Ironhide shot him point-blank in the chest. His cockpit shattered and with a strangled groan, he grasped his chest and collapsed. While he was still online, he was badly damaged...

"Ratchet, retrieve Breakaway and Hound." Optimus instructed.

CanWeHaveAnySupportHere?? Blurr's voice sounded over the com-link.

"Kilowatt informed me that Fusion is badly damaged." Ratchet spoke.

Ironhide had recovered most of his hearing and replied, "I'll go on ahead, Optimus.

He transformed into his heavy-duty truck mode and plowed through the foliage to reach the temple. Starscream, who was under Optimus's foot, groaned and spat, "Autobot scum, you shouldn't interfere with us."

He became silent when the Autobot pointed his gun to his face.

[ If there's anything wrong, I'll tweak it later. Dude, this is going to be close... ]

[Fusion's Spark]

As Kilowatt raced to find Fusion, Blur asked the exact location. He swiftly calculated his geographic location and shot back the coordinates. "Ya better get 'ere fast!"


Fusion lay as Genocide watched his pet clamp down on her leaking wounds and seal them. Although she could still feel the pain of the cuts that remained, she continued to lie completely still. She didn't want to anger the bug or it could turn only to start devouring her.

As Fusion heard Genocide order the detonation of the temple, she started to panic and as she struggled to lift her head, she spoke slowly and deliberately. "If your just going to blow your way inside, what use will I be to you? What knowledge do I have that you could not glean yourselves?" Fusion groaned despite herself. It simply hurt to move while still in the bladed chains of her captor.


Kilowatt came rushing through the trees and came upon a scene the completely enraged him. Fusion lay helpless in Genocide's bladed chain and an insect crawled upon her, feasting on her leaking energon. As quick as an instant of taking in the scene, Kilowatt launched himself towards Genocide in an all out attack. Coming in close he hit him with an uppercut and at the same time grabbed the chain that held Fusion; ripping it apart from his arm. Genocide went flying and Kilowatt focused on the tiny bug-like machine crawling on Fusion. Latching his talons onto the bug, he sent it into the trees without a second thought.

"Fusion..." Kilowatt knelt beside his bleeding ally. "Hang in there, help's on the way."

"Kilowatt..." Fusion groaned, "Decepti...con...behind you!"

[You a little glitchy today, Kilowatt? XD Did you forget you have an Opponent??? >:]