Son of a Freelancer

Defense of Cybertron

( It has been three hours since they rescued the four A.I. that was stranded on the damaged U.N.S.C ship. Since then the Retribution has been making its way through warp space in an effort to reach Cybertron on time)

( Play this song while reading this chapter)

" How are we doing on time Lida?" Asked Keith. " We will be there in twelve minutes. Shall I contact the rest of the fleet?" Said Lida. " Yes, and see if you can get in contact with the Cybertonians on the surface. ( Looks at Erla). You should change back into your cybertronian mode. It'll make things go by smoothly." Said Keith as Erla transformed into her cybertronian form. " Good Idea, though I think it would be best if I try and contact them." Said Arcee. " That sounds good. ok, Lida contacts the fleet while  Arcee contacts anyone on the ground. Miko, Raf,  you three should stay here while everyone else gets ready." Said Keith as  Miko and  Raf walked next to him and Arcee while  Tex, Carolina, and team Amazon left for the hanger bay.

" ( Contacts Hoya and her fleet but only gets static). That's not good,  Arcee see if you can reach your team. I'll keep trying to reach  Hoya." Said  Lida. " I'll boost the signal,  Cortana can you try and locate them? Somethings not right." Said Laurel. "Sure thing but just be ready for anything." Said Cortana as she pulled a digital keypad and began typing. " ( Gets a signal and then a response after trying to reach her team). Hello, this is Arcee calling any available Autobots on Cybertron." Said Arcee as a digital image of Optimus appears.

" Arcee, this Optimus. It is good to hear from you again, though your timing could not have been better. We need your assistance, is Keith with you?" Said Optimus. " I'm here prime, what's the situation on Cybertron?" Said Keith. "  Keith, your timing could be better. Your fleet is currently engaged with an unknown enemy and we are trying to take out any strangers that make it their blockade." Said Optimus. " This is no ordinary enemy Optimus, they're called the Covenant and they came to Cybertron to take some of your technology and use it for themselves." Said Miko as the digital image wides to show Bulkhead,  Bumblebee,  Wheeljack, and Smokescreen behind Optimus. " Is that you Miko, how's the life of a spartan treating you?" Asked Bulkhead. Not the time Bulkhead, we can reminisce later. Right now we need to know what's going on down there. ( Listens to  Lida whisper something to her and Keith). Never mind, it sounds like you guys could use some help down there. Our captain just told us that the covenant have built a stronghold over in Kaon." Said Miko. 

"That's where the tunnel to Vector Sigma is. If they get their hands on that, they'll try to find a way to study on how to build their own cybertronian." Said Keith. " Lida, get us down there now. Ilena contact the Hoya and the fleet and tell them to make a hole for us. This ship is going straight to the surface." Said Arcee as  Lida and Ilena nod their heads before doing their assigned task. " But how will we get there without attracting too much attention?" Asked Raf. " Easy, we'll take the Mammoth. ( Looks at Petra). Have teams Omega, Zeta, Delta, Amazon, and a spartan recon team along with any available soldier on this ship meet us in the Mammoth it's the only thing I know that can get us there in one piece without drawing any enemy air support straight to us. ( Looks at Optimus). Are there any Autobots currently with you guys?" Said Keith.

" We got Windblade,  Chromia, Ironhide Drift two combiner teams, Elita one, and  two rookies named  Causeway and Hotrod." Said Bumblebee. " Have them and yourselves be ready for our big drop, we're going to be coming in hot and possibly hard." Said Keith as he ended the transition and ran down the hallway with  Arcee, Miko, and Raf following right behind him as they ran to the hangar bay to mobilize in the Mammoth.