Transformers (AoE)

attacked

Boy were you wrong.

Turns out cemetary wind was indeed in town so now you're in the middle of a car chase through the streets of Las vegas.

1hr earlier...
"I still say this is a terrible idea" crosshairs voice chimes through the radio.

"Yeah well noone asked for your opinion" you retort, not looking up from the laptop balanced on your lap as you type different code onto the screen.

Four of you were currently driving down the street in a single file line, bumblebee taking the lead followed by you and drift and finally crosshairs at the rear. Hound, not exactly having an alt mode that blends in with the Vegas theme, opted to hang back and keep an eye out for anything odd on his radar.

A grumble came from crosshairs as the radio cut to hound. "You sure driving around is the best way to do this, can't we just sit you down somewhere and leave you to it" hound questioned with a bored tone clearly not enjoying being the lookout.

"The hack's gonna take longer than before, if I'm in one place and cemetary wind does show up, it's unlikely we'd get out without being spotted" you respond, "better to keep moving so we can make a quick clean getaway" you add finishing the bit of code you were typing.

You pressed enter and the screen lit up with binary code and after a few seconds you were back into their mainframe. "Here we go" you whispered and got to work.

Even though there were no signs of cemetary wind actually being in Vegas, the atmosphere around you was tense as you scanned through the different files you could access. The bots didn't say anything while you worked which you were grateful for, finding it easier to focus without any background noise.

Some of the files were encrypted so it took a little longer to access them but other than that there wasn't much resistance. You focused your efforts on any files that related to optimus but quite frankly they didn't have much on him.

"I'm sorry guys, the only viable information they have on optimus is that he, and I quote, 'was last spotted 3 years ago in an effort to apprehend him and his alien followers' " you read from the document, disappointment spreading throughout the group.

"Yeah sounds about right, that's around the time we got separated" hound informed. "Least we know they didn't get him" he added, trying to lighten the mood.

"Told yo-" crosshairs was cut off again by hound "shit ya'll we got incoming, three choppers coming in from the east" hounds hurried speech telling us he was on the move.

"Crap!" you shout, noticing the laptop going haywire, "I'm getting locked out" you add, trying to regain access. "Forget it, nothing valuable on there anyway" crosshairs spoke, speeding past us in his alt mode. "Ditch the~computer~we gotta get~outta here" bees voice chimed in.

You let out a frustrated groan and throw the laptop out the window.

You spotted four black SUV's heading in your guys' direction. All three autobots skidded to a stop, making a u-turn to head in the opposite direction. "The hell? How'd they get here so fast?" You question, checking the rearview mirror to see how far they were. You and drift were now leading the group, crosshairs close behind and bumblebee at the tail.

"Who cares, you better lose them or we can kiss all our asses goodbye" hound spoke up from wherever he was.

"Split up~it'll be easier~to hide" bee commanded, drift and crosshairs following his orders and heading off in different directions. One of the SUV's followed you and drift. Unsure of where the other ones went you looked behind only to have to duck when they started firing guns at you both.