Transformers Rise of the Beasts

Chapter 22: Ray

As soon as the words "sick" were out of my mouth, Mirage jerked to a halt. He opened the door and practically threw me out.

I stumbled over to the nearest bushes and let loose the contents in my stomach.

Whirling up into his robot form, Mirage looked down at me as I walked back over to him. "You okay?"

"Yeah," Wiping my mouth with the back of my hand I glared up at him. "Aside from getting acquainted with Scourge and you giving me the chance to see what was inside of my stomach-life is great, thank you."

"Hey You're welcome!" Mirage folded his arms, pleased. Then the true meaning of my words hit. "Oh, wait," He threw his hand up with a frown, the other hand on his hip. "You were being sarcastic!"

"Yeah," Rolling my eyes, I then glared at him. "Next time, give me a warning before you do any stunts, okay?"

"Sorry, I didn't mean to make you sick," Mirage was very apologetic.

"Since you were saving my life, I suppose I can forgive you," With a sigh, I shook my head at him. Then I gave him a stern glare. "Just don't EVER do that again."

The autobot saluted. "You got it dudette, I promise."

Ka-Boom!

Abruptly there was a loud boom that made me jump.

Whirling around I saw Airazor shooting fire down at a bridge, causing it to explode and successfully separating Scourge and Optimus. Scourge sent a blast towards the bird and it barely skimmed her. She gave a slight cry but flew up and out of sight.

I then watched as Optimus angrily glared at Scourge. Then he turned away and headed up the dirt path, whirling into his alt form of a red Tractor Trailer. Arcee and Wheeljac followed the prime as he rolled into the forest heading towards us.

"You all made it!" Mirage pumped his fist into the air. "Yes,we totally bossed them."

"Mirage," Moving up from the bike into robot form, Arcee groaned. "We didn't even get the key back-Scourge isn't retreating, only waiting to make his next move."

Mirage shrugged. "Well we still made him move."

Wheeljack whirled up into his robot.He walked over to me and bent down. "Are you okay Miss Ray? You look a little pale."

"I'm fine," I glared at Mirage. "Just had a little bit of a 'bumpy' ride."

The culprit of my motion sickness shrugged casually and looked away innocently.

"Enough of this standing around," Optimus growled. "We must track down Noah-he and the others sent an SOS to Mirage. They might have found the key."

Everyone looked at the smaller autobot expectantly .

"What?" Mirage frowned, puzzled.

Sighing I rolled my eyes. Seriously? I had to translate for him. Gosh he could be so clueless at times. "Optimus is saying you got the tracker, so you'll lead us to Noah."

"Oooh!" Mirage grinned. "I knew that," Picking me up he abruptly whirled down into his car form, pulling me inside.

"Mirage!" I groaned, clutching my stomach. Automatically the door flew open and I dashed to the cover of the bushes.

This time when I returned a few minutes later, I gave Mirage's door a hard kick.

"What?" The autobot was adamant.

I glared at him, giving him another kick for good measure. "You promised!"

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