Nightmares and Monsters

Part 13

Previously in Chapter 12:

Running back over to Jazz and Anubis, I slid to a stop and, panting slightly, I told Anubis to let Jazz know that I had gone back to help the Squad, since where we were currently was out of the range of the main battle; thus it meant that the two of them would be safe whilst I went and backed up my team mates. Nodding his small head, Anubis texted me, "Creator, be careful! Come back whole, please! :'( "

Smiling back at him, I gave him a quick hug, and then patted Jazz's armor with some form of affection; he had given us time to get out of Megatron's way before he was injured. Then turning and grabbing my weapons, I ran as fast as I could towards the squad and Lennox. I had a bad feeling that they were going to need the heavy firepower I had at my disposal as well as their own.

Now onto Chapter 13:

As I approached where Lennox and the Squad were, I heard Lennox yelling at Mikaela to "Get out of here now!" I ducked when the sound of the tank firing at our position brought me back to what was going on around me.

Watching as Mikaela drove away with 'Bee on the back of the tow truck she had somehow liberated, I turned to face Epps when I heard him say "Oh, no!"

Joining up next to him, I questioned him about what he was thinking when he said that. "Well, if ya care to look in that direction, Cali, there is a fricking TANK SHOOTING AT US!" Nodding at him finally losing his control, I was surprised that all of us hadn't lost it by now, due to stress.

I couldn't help the words that came out of my mouth after he had calmed down slightly, "This is not going well!" This earned me a glare from both Epps and Lennox, which caused me to shrug. As we turned to see what was going on, the tank started firing at us again, causing all to duck and we prepared to fire back at it.

Firing back during a few breaks in-between shots fired by the enemy I was not expecting to hear shots coming from behind me. Taking the risk and looking behind me there was Bumblebee on the back of the tow-truck firing his cannon at the tank as the rest of my Squad and Lennox continued to shoot at it too. Quickly deciding that I should concentrate on the tank for now, I turned back and started to fire at it again, this time we all got lucky when one of Bumblebee's shots hit him right in the chest where it's heart or equivalent would be housed; killing it instantly.

After seeing the tank go down for the final time, I swore I heard Burke say "That tank is definitely dead now." Shaking my head to throw out the irony of his words in a battle such as this, I turned to face Bumblebee and gave him the 'thumbs up' for a great shot, and then I walked over to Mikaela and was about to start chewing her out for driving back into a war zone with an injured ally, when Lennox decided to take matters into his own hands.

"All right, let's go! We got business!"

I decided that I was going to check back with Jazz and Anubis, to see how they were coping and hopefully Jazz would be awake enough to understand why he was left with the equivalent of a baby to them, whilst I was fighting and Jazz was injured. I knew it was a stupid thing to do, but I had thought he would be safer with someone much bigger, heavier, and better armed than me at the time.

Finally making it back to where the two of them were still sat at, Jazz raised his visor slightly and looked at me with his piercing electric blue optics, almost as if he was giving me the evil stink eye for leaving him behind. "Ahm sorry ah left ya guys here, but the rest of mah squad needed meh, and if it wasn't fer meh Jazz, you'd be in two rather messy pieces that yer medic would have one hell o' a time puttin' back together if it hadn't o' off-lined ya first! So dun go giving meh tha' look Mister, 'cause it ain't gunna work on meh!" I said as I crossed my arms and looked at the pair of them but Jazz especially.