Diary of a spy: Mirage's mission

Chapter 26. He's the second in command and we need him

Sunstreaker and I dragged Prowl into the building he had referred to. 'Should we tie him up?' Sunstreaker breathed as he let go of the mechs his legs. 'Why would we do that?' I asked. 'Because he's our prisoner now,' he sulked and walked off. 'Our prisoner?' I asked confused. 'Yeah, I rather kill that prick but since you seem to like him,' he scowled. 'Right now we aren't friends.' The mech rolled his eyes and grabbed some chains. 'Just help me with this,' he muttered. I helped Sunstreaker even though I didn't fully agree. 'And now?' I asked.

'We wait and torture him.'

I grabbed his arm. 'We can't do that! He's the second in command and we need him,' I hissed quietly. I became quiet as we heard screams outside. We both ran up to the window and looked down. An Autobot got beaten up and killed by a bunch of Decepticons. 'We stay here...' Sunstreaker muttered and turned around again. Fear clutched onto my tank. This is going downhills every single day. The longer I wait, the more risk Optimus has. Sunstreaker and I sat down against some crates, staring at Prowl for a very long time. 'Do you think he's dead?' I glanced at Sunstreaker. 'No... I can hear his spark,' I replied.

'He's not waking up either,' Sunstreaker added. I got up and walked up to Prowl, checking him up. 'No, he seems fine. Just a hard punch on his helm, that's all,' I replied, walking back to Sunstreaker. 'What are we going to do now?' Sunstreaker questioned. 'Not sure yet... I think it's important to... try to make him understand how serious the situation is. I just feel anxious...' I mumbled. 'Coward. Fear is a sign of weakness,' he scowled, glaring at me. 'I actually do have feelings, incomparison with you,' I mocked. Sunstreaker nudged my side, quite hard. 'Stay out of it, spy,' he snapped. 'Spy...' I mumbled to myself, rubbing my already damanged flank where Sunstreaker just hit me with his elbow.

'My systems... we need to repair it. I was trying to finetune my invisibility. So I can invisible for a longer time of period, but I failed. If I can get that back online, I can go out and search for Jetfire. He must be around here somewhere. I promised to meet him at the corner of the street,' I said. 'There are a lot of corners around here,' Sunstreaker scoffed. 'Yeah, I know... I mean the one where we have last seen each other. I don't know how the street is called,' I muttered. 'Yeah, well... for now we still have a problem.' Sunstreaker pointed at Prowl. 'We were better off without him,' he added. 'No, we don't want him dead... we need him,' I said, walking up to the mech again. 'He ain't waking up any time soon,' he reminded me.

I couldn't really sleep that night, I kept listening to the sounds around me. Sunstreaker on the other servo was out. He tightly clutched onto the knife he had with him the enitre time and Prowl was still knocked out as well. I got up, sitting down next the window and stared at the dark road. The mech who got killed was still laying on the ground. I got up, walking outside and crouched down next the mech. His optics snapped open, making me jump back in shock and fear. Energon dripped from his mouth. 'Who are you,' he cracked, trying to get away. 'I am Dino... an Autobot.' I pointed at my insignia on my chassis.

'Dino...' he repeated. I crouched down, trying to make him more comfortable. 'What's your name?' I asked quietly. 'Grapple,' he mumbled quietly. My optics widened, 'you're that famous architect,' I asked. He snorted but gave a small nod. 'I constructed buildings like the headquarter in Kaon and here... The Decepticons wanted the blueprints of the buildings, I refused and now they tried to kill me,' he said. I looked around. 'Can you walk?' I asked. Grapple groaned while I tried to help him up and brought him inside. 'Sunstreaker! Wake up.' I shook the young yellow mech. 'What!?' he snarled, opening his optics. 'Who's he?' he hissed.

'Don't be so defensive. This is Grapple... he constructed a lot of famous buildings on Cybertron,' I explained. Sunstreaker got up and rushed to my side, helping me making the mech comfortable. 'We might need your help,' I said. Grapple groaned, throwing his helm against the wall. 'He needs medical attention,' Sunstreaker muttered, glancing at me. 'Ratchet... we need Ratchet. I know he's here as well,' I said. 'We are not able to reach him. It's too dangerous,' Sunstreaker muttered. I glanced at Prowl and got up, shaking his shoulder roughly. 'Prowl! Wake up,' I hissed near his audio, but there was no reaction. 'He ain't waking up,' Sunstreaker sighed.

I looked at Grapple again. 'Can you help us? The Decepticons are planning an attack, that's why they are after you,' I said. He coughed up Energon. 'I think I can...' He muttered, his optics half offlining. 'We need to hurry or he won't be able to help us anymore,' Sunstreaker said. 'We need Ratchet. If I am right, he must be in the local hospital, close to the headquarters of the Maximals. Where I was the previous day,' I said, pacing around. 'If you go out now, you will get slaughtered,' Sunstreaker said. 'I know, but I can use my new software and hopefully it works for now. Can you keep an eye on them both?'

Sunstreaker looked at one another and sighed. 'Why don't we just leave this doomed place? I need my twin brother,' he sighed. 'Yeah, can't you reach him?' I asked. 'I wish I could... he blocked me from the bond after a fight and now he's ghosting my calls as well,' he muttered. 'Than give him a distress signal, he'll definitely respond to that. Tell him about the critical condition. Ask him to talk to Ironhide. I have downloaded all the things I found on my computer. Makes sure Ironhide knows about that. They might need it soon. I will go to the hospital and search for Ratchet. We need Grapple,' I said, looking at the other yellow mech.

'Hoist...'

I frowned. 'What?' I asked confused. 'Hoist is befriended with Ratchet. He's my best friend and lives a few blocks away. 'Everyone reports to Hoist for routine check-ups and maintenance. He works closely with Ratchet,' he said. I walked up to Grapple, 'where can I find him?' I asked. 'I a few blocks away, just follow this road to the left... double right, go straight and take a left turn. Number 12,' he mumbled. I nodded, 'he might not be able to fix me, but he can help you,' Grapple muttered before he passed out. 'Alright, guess we need to find Hoist then.'