Diary of a spy: Mirage's mission

Chapter 24. We finally reached the large city of the Maximals, Cybertropolis

'Mirage!?'

Jetfire shook the hell out of me. Annoyed, I lifted my helm up. 'Need to go now,' he said. The urgency in his voice triggered me. I quickly slid out of berth. 'What's going on?' Jetfire pointed at the window, peeking through the blinds, I spotted arriving Decepticons. 'Are they here for me?' I glanced at Jetfire. 'I doubt it but it's better if we leave. They're definitely not a fan of me,' he said and gestured me to follow him.  We took the back entrance and continued our journey to the Cybertropolis,— city of the Maximals.

Just for a moment, my thoughts went back to Ironhide, Chromia and Blue. They must be worried and confused of why I left. I never did that before and poor Sideswipe. He seemed like a nice mech but I promised myself to visit him once I got back and explained everything. If I ever make back at least. I knew the dangers and I knew Megatron doesn't have any mercy of killing me if he has too. I don't understand why Optimus trusts him. It sounds like a bad joke. Is he that blind or does he trust Megatron too much. I didn't know.

Around the late afternoon we reached the beautiful city. My mom told me about it as a little kid and wanted to take me here but unfortunately never for the change. Jetfire gestured me to follow him,— he's obviously familiar with the city. I hobbled after him, taking note of the tall buildings and passing Maximals. A lot of Autobots and Maximals but not that much Decepticons. Just a few here and there, not bothered at all. It made me wonder if they are more Decepticons like Jetfire. I really tried to believe that not all Decepticons are murders and rapists. The thought made me shiver and I concentrated back on Jetfire. He was quite far in front of me and I had to sprint to keep up.

'Stay with me kid. It's a maze in here,' he warned as he glanced slightly at me. 'Where are heading too?' I asked. 'You wanted to talk to Optimus, wasn't it?' He asked, crossing the road while cautiously looking around. 'Yeah...' he grabbed my wrist painfully tight and quickened my pace before pushing me in an ally. 'Do you see that mech over there?' He pointed into the direction we came from. 'Yeah.'

'That's Mkxmaster. If he's around, it's bad new so we better hurry up,' Jetfire scowled. 'Who's he?' I asked. 'A sick scientist. The things he had done are unforgivable and would even make the toughest mech shiver. He's not here to have a tea party,' he said and dragged me towards the other side of the alley. 'This is a serious situation. You see that tall building?' I nodded. 'That's where we need to go. You go there and I will keep an eye on the environment. I will see if I can figure out what they're exactly planning, you go talk to Prime. We meet here tonight if you're done talking.'

'Alright, but my communication systems are down I can't communicate with you,' I said. 'Doesn't have too. Prime will protect you,' he said and pushed me towards the street,— into the direction of the large building a few blocks away. 'Just go and don't make any mistakes or you will be killed.' I nodded and quickly crossed the street. I felt my sparkbeat increasing. Sneaking into the building wouldn't be too hard. If I can hack Primes computer and break into the most secured building of Kaon, this wouldn't give me much of a problem but the fact I need to explain what is going on frightened me. No one ever believed me for so far. What if Prime doesn't believe me? What if he gets mad and sends me away?

I cloaked myself before entering the building. To make sure no one saw me clock myself, I did it an alley. I didn't want to draw any more attention than I already did among the Decepticons. Prime was in a meeting with some of the Maximals and even a huge Dinobot I recognized from storied my mother told me. Grimlock. He was even bigger than I thought he would be. I turned up the volume of my audio to see if I could pick up something interesting. It was mostly about the economy of Cybertron and trading of products from the North to the South. Some Decepticons were trying to steal the Energon and other supplies. For me another indentation they were up to something.

As the meeting ended half an hour later, I followed Prime. He was in a heated argument with Prowl. Still about thé economy. Prowl has a different vision and I highly respected the second in command. He's smart and knows a lot. Really a guy you could trust. I sneaked after them into the office and watched them sit down. Prime behind the desk and Prowl in front of him. I turned off my invisibility,— gaining their attention instantly. 'I am really sorry for being so rude to interrupt your conversation but I bad news,' I said.

'I think you still know me. I live with Ironhide and Chromia for a couple of years after my mother was killed by Bonecrusher and dad got abducted by the Decepticons. I know it's never been proven but that's not why I am here. I am here with a warning. No one wants to believe me but the Decepticons are planning an attack on Cybertropolis. They want to spread a virus, it will kill thousands of bots. I am not making this up, I got prove.'

'They're a no indentation for an attack. Why would they do that?' Prime asked. 'I have been spying on the Decepticons for a very long time. Although I haven't all my prove with me, I have recordings which I can let you hear. I told you before when I was younger that Megatron wants power. If he kills you, he and Starscream will take over Cybertron and turn the Autobots into slaves. He's building an army and searching for resources. That's why he ordered mechs to robe the trains coming from the North.'

'Sit down,' Optimus ordered. At least he believed me or thought he did. 'Do you really believe him? A teenager?' Prowl scoffed. 'I can give you enough examples why you shouldn't trust the Decepticons. I got tortured by Brawl for nearly two days before he left me for dead on the side of the road outside Kaon. That's not the first time. He was seeking for information. Look, Megatron is building an army and people are going to die. I have tried to tell you this before... he hasn't attacked yet before he knows there's someone stealing data. I created a software which I am downloading data on. I hacked Megatrons mainframe and found tons of strategics for several attacks all around Cybertron. He's building space stations. I gave all the data and all the information you need. It's the all spark he's after.'

'No one exactly knows where that is,' Optimus said. 'I do actually. I found it... I hacked Teletran-1and found a encrypted file. No name, just a number. They gave me, witch some calculations, the coordinates of the All spark. It's located in the lagoon. They're after it but can't find it because I deleted the file. If I can hack it, more people can.'

'You committed a crime! Several crimes!' Prowl snapped. 'I am trying to help. You have to believe me. I got prove,' I snapped. Prowl got up and cuffed my servo's. 'You're arrested and you're going into custody until further notice,' he said. Optimus waved me off. 'You think I am stupid and a criminal but bots are going to die one of these days and don't come to me crying because I warned you! I predicted an attack a long time ago but you kept trusting Megatron. You can't trust him,' I snapped.

'Enough. I get you lost your mother and it has been traumatic but this is ridiculous. Megatron wouldn't betray us. He wants to stop the rebellious Decepticons and return leave. It's not possible and you committed several crimes. Spying, hacking and deleting files,' he snapped. I was stunned and only able to shook my helm. 'Do you even know who my father is? My father was a spy and he made a huge difference here on Cybertron. He knew too much and that's why the decepticons kidnapped him. He's on a secret location and he'll die soon. My mom got killed for this too and you don't believe me? Look around you! Don't you see what is happening? Are you really that blind? They're mobilizing. Soundwave is spying on you, listening to your phone calls and what else. They want you dead.' Optimus waved me off before getting up and looking outside. 'This is a mistake. If you don't listen to me, people will die.' Prowl snorted, 'That's enough. You're a criminal and you're going into custody,' he scowled and dragged me away.