by Nemesis Rodimus » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:36 am
- Motto: ""I will do for Optimus Primal what Optimus Primal cannot do for himself.""
- Weapon: Energon Cutlass
In case you didn't know, Air Raid is the Legends 'Aerial Rivals' repaint of Soundwave, and Fireflight is the Classics Legends, repainted from Cybertron Jetfire. Bumblebee is obviously the Deluxe, and Wheelie is the Universe Legends.
II
Great, Bumblebee thought. First, let the new recruits let their guard down enough to be attacked by what seemed to be the whole Decepticon army, and then get them trapped in a bunker. Way to go, Bee.
He lit up an energon flare and held it up. Lots of room in here. Good thing, too. Fireflight and Air Raid were big boys.
"Wheelie," he said, "how much energon do we have?"
"Only enough for two days, I says."
Perfect. They'd never cut their way through twenty tons of solid steel in two days. And the rubble was so thick, he couldn't get a signal out. It seemed that their only hope was in finding the alternate exit. In case of emergency, every Autobot bunker had one.
"Fireflight, see if you can find this base's rations," he said. "Wheelie, look for the secret exit. Air Raid, help me try to blast out."
The Autobot recruits moved quickly to do as he said. As Fireflight dug through bags of energon cubes and small barrels of oil, he mentally counted how long it would last them.
"Enough here for five days, plus the stuff we already had. That's a week."
Bumblebee nodded and turned back to the wall. Air Raid was blasting away with his laser rifle. The wall started melting, but did not give way.
"Wheelie found the secret way, so let us go, I don't want to stay."
Bumblebee nodded and they jumped into the secret tunnel. It was very long, so they'd need that week's ration of energon. Above, the sounds of Centurion Drone footsteps were audible. Good thing they hadn't blasted out, because they would've been captured and tortured.
"How far to base?" Fireflight asked.
"About a week's journey," replied Bumblebee.
Fireflight sighed and sat down. He didn't think they could make it.
"Come on, bots!" Bumblebee said. "We can do this!"
"Yeah, but we need a rest," Air Raid said.
Bumblebee sighed and nodded. They sat down in the tunnel and went to sleep, the sound of footsteps echoing in their ears...
****
"Sir, the bunker guardians have disappeared," Skywarp reported. "Many believe they're dead."
"That's not enough," Megatron said. "I want them found now."
"Yessir."
Skywarp transformed and flew away. Megatron sat in his mobile command center and looked at the holographic map of the battlefield. The first four enemy bunkers had been overrun, another had collapsed, and a fifth was burning. In the very back of the Autobots' ground, Optimus Prime's command headquarters sat silently, four guards on each side.
"I need to get into that base," Megatron thought. "But the Autobots still resist me."
But not for long.