Diary of a spy: Mirage's mission

Chapter 19. I never intended to spy on bots

((Years later, Mirage is around 16 years in human age))

'Blue? Are you there?' I muttered over the commlink. 'Yup, I am in position.' I passed some mechs and femmes. 'Good, stick to the plan,' I muttered while making my way into the headquaters of the Decepticons. 'Hey, Dino? Do you think this is such a good idea?' he asked. 'Since when did you lose faith in me?' Bluestreaker snorted and started rambling on. 'Blue, we talked about this,' I sulked.

My dad is still missing. Everyday I am trying deseperately to see if I could get closer to his location. Still no one believed me about the Decepticons. They called me crazy and delucinal when I spoke about it with an Autobot. Even if I just questioned about their opinion. I don't doubt myself, I know what I heard, I know what I can do and over the last few years, I have been trying to get information. I steppbed behind a pillar and sucked in a breath, watching the Decepticons pass. I casually looked away as one glanced at me.

I never intended to spy on bots but over the years, I started to make it my job. I needed to know what they were up to. The information I have is dangerous and could end my life. Starscream still had no idea who told Ratchet and Ironhide the information, it frustrated him and he started to make mistake. In my advantage of course. I used it for my own benefit so I am one step ahead of them. I vented softly to calm down my racing spark before I sneaked through the gates with the fake ID I made last week. 'Are you in?' Blue muttered. 'Yup, just like I had planned,' I mumbled while heading for the stairs. 'Do you see anything? Where is Megatron?' I asked.

'He's on the third floor, still on the same location,' he replied. I made a device that could track people, if they had a tracker of course. A few days ago, I had done something dangerous and it took a lot of planning, I gave Megatron a tracker. So I knew exactly where he was and what he was up too. It's imporant for me to know. If he catches me, I'll be dead for sure and I will never reveal the truth. I headed upstairs to the top floor and sneaked into the Megatron's office. I also had a new device that gave me the opportunity to cloak myself. Obviously, it's not perfect yet, the software still had some issues but it worked good enough for now.

I sat down behind Megatron's desk and grabbed my USB from my subspace, plugging it into Megatron's computer. I have hacked so many difficult things, including Teletran-1 that this is neanut. Not even 20 clicks later, I was in his computer and downloading all kinds of information and data. 'I got it,' I muttered. 'Great, and you better get out of there. Megatron is done with whatever he was doing,' Blue said anxiously. He has never been the bravest from the two of us, but I always appreciated his help. We became quite close over the last few years. 'I am still at 73%,' I scowled. 'He's heading for the elevator now...'

I tapped impatiently with my digit on the desk. 79%. 'Mirage, he just stepped in the elevator. You really need to get out of there.' I growled, 'could you please just stop talking? I am trying to focuss and you are not helping,' I snapped. I turned up the volume of my audio to listen what was going on outside the office. Voices in the distance as the elevator reached the floor. 'Come on, come on,' I scowled. Whatever it was dowloading, it was big. 'Dino, I know you told me to shut up but... I really feel like you need to hurry up,' Blue said frantically. 'Almost done,' I muttered. 'Leave it, just get out of there! He's going to murder you if he finds you there,' Blue snapped. I growled in utter frustration and pulled out the USB as it had reached 99%. I had no more time. I quickly switched off the computer and cloacked myself, standing the corner. 

The software better works. I'll be in a lot of trouble if it doesn't work. Megatron walked in along with some other mechs. 'I want a full report...' he finished his sentence. I recorded what he was saying so I could later save it on my computer. 'Optimus starts sense something is off... we need to operate now. The attack should've taken place a long time ago! Why are we waiting,' Brawl snarled. I shivered, memories of that day flashed through me. I hadn't seen him after he raped me, but it really did left some scars. 'We can't... or at least, not yet,' Megatron muttered, slumping back down in his office chair. 'Why not?' he snapped. 'Because someone is playing a game with is,' he growled.

A silence fell. 'You think the Autobots hired a spy? There are no Autobot spies, only Decepticon spies and they are all on board. That just sounds ridiclious,' Soundwave said in a matter-of-fact-tone while tilling his helm. 'Well, the fact is... there's a gap between me and Optimus. We used to be close and he used to tell me everything but he seems to have taken Prowl as his second in command now,' he sighed, getting up. A frown spread over my face, I didn't know there were no Autobot spies. 'We have killed all the Autobot spies... it's not possible. Every single one of them on our list is dead... we keep a close eye on the police department and Jazz's special operations team... it is not possible.' 

'So, we have an imposter then?' Starscream asked full of disbelief. 'An imposter? No...' Megatron got up, turning towards the window. 'I know for sure an Autobot is behind this... an Autobot we haven't met before...' he trailed off while folding his servo's behind his back. 'A smart one...' he added. 'It could be any Autobot... there are so many of them. We can't track them all,' Starscream mocked, still full of disbelief. 'That mech... that small fragile mech, the orphan... you know who I am talking about?' Megatron asked. 'Mirage...' Brawl growled. Megatron turned around. 'Yes, him... he could have a motive. We killed his mother and took his father to our secret location. Perhaps he wants to figure out what is going on wants his dad back,' Megatron said. 

'But he's barely a sparkling. He's stupid...' Brawl mocked. 'No, he's not stupid. Tempest was smart and so is her son. Don't underestimate that ugly brat. He's noted as highly intelligent. Pay him a visit Brawl, figure out wheter that mech is capable of leaking information,' Megatron said. 'I think he lives with Ironhide and I bet he won't leave me anywhere near him,' Brawl answered grimly. 'Than pay him a surprise visit... I don't care how you do it or what you do to Mirage, but I want you to find out what he knows and if he knows to much, you just rip his hellm off his frame. That mech is not stupid, neither was his mother...'