𝙷𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜 | ʙᴜᴍʙʟᴇʙᴇᴇ

Chapter 17: The Battle

I look out the window to see the flare, "Lennox!" I point out, "There!" Simmons nods. Then a missile lands, "Fuck!" I curse as dirt goes flying across the windshield, more missiles comes flying down. "Oh God. Please God! Please." Leo starts to cry, "shut the fuck up!" I call behind me, "Leo, stop freaking out. Stop freaking out." Mikaela tries to order. "Please God please—" Leo continues to beg loudly, "Shut this guy up, huh?" Simmons calls from beside me, "You do something about it!" I snap. "Please, just let me live, just let me live!" Leo sobs even louder, "Shut up and let her drive!" Mikaela snaps, "Just stop screaming—" Sam begs, "All right, that's it!" Simmons declares pulling out his taser. " —please... ow-ow-ow-ow!" Leo sobs before passing out, "Fuck finally!" I breathe out, "Can't- take that guy anymore." Simmons grumbled.

The moment doesn't last because more missiles just kept being shot, eventually we loose him in the dust and I pull Bee over. "We've got to split up. Bumblebee and Trace, you're the decoy. You lead the Decepticons away, all right? I'm gonna get Optimus." Sam orders out, "I'll help draw their fire with Huey and Dewey there. You get to those soldiers. I hope that dust works, kid." Leo offers now wide awake. "Thank you." Sam nods before taking Mikaela by the hand and running in the direction of the last flare.

"You ready to rock their shit Bee?" I laugh, the car revs his engine excitedly. "Hey Leo, Simmons, you take care of the twins you hear me! Not a scratch on them!" I warn pointing my finger. "Awe mama does care!" Mudflap calls, I scoff and turn to Bee. "Hey kid!" Simmons calls just as I'm about to walk away, "If we live I gotta tell you something alright?" He offers, "If you live." I gruff as Bee opens his door and lets me inside. Not a second more is wasted as the door shuts and Bee takes off, I flex my wrist to form my cannon, occasionally leaning out to shoot at the plane when it gets close to the ground.

"Wait...Where is he going?" I question as Starscream changes course, "Oh shit you think he realized?" I huff when he lands in the little village. "Definitely—" Bumblebee agrees, "Alright, change course." I huff, Bumblebee doesn't need to be told twice as he drifts through the sand to haul ass to the sandstone buildings. "Get ready—" Bee's radio calls, not even a second later Bee's door opens, and I jump out. I roll across the dirt hearing Bee transform and tackle Starscream. Throwing a chain-mace like weapon around trying to land a hit. I get to my feet and move to follow after the fleeing figures of Sam and Mikaela.

"Wait!" I call after them, but they just keep running, "Sam!" I call. Sam whips around but before he could call back the sound of his parents takes his attention away, "Oh shit." I gasp when a Decepticon comes out of nowhere. I keep my blaster pointed at him, but he keeps his blaster pointed at Sam's parents. Sam does his best trying to negotiate his parents' lives but I don't trust it for a damn second. I'm in full panic mode as I try to figure a way to get both Sam and his parents out alive, I'm three seconds away from just throwing myself at the robot in an effort to buy as much time as that plan will allow before a sharp whistle caught my ears. Turning I spot Bumblebee off behind a wall, He points up and waved for me to stall. Nodding I step forward and pushed Sam behind me.

"Hey! Hey! Look, I know about the Matrix alright? I can, I can show you how to activate it alright! Just—Just let them go." I sputter, glancing between the robot and the ever-creeping Bee. "Trace what are you saying?" Sam hisses, but I use my free hand to take the sack of Matrix Pixie dust. "Look I got it now all—" I slowly trail off when Bumblebee gets right where he needs to be, "EVERYBODY GET DOWN!" I scream, lifting my cannon and shooting one shot to the face. Before the Decepticon can fire back Bumblebee kicks the bot to the ground. "EVERYONE BACK!" I scream, Bumblebee and the robot full on brawling. My heart skips a beat when Bee looks over at me and flicks his helm down before continuing his fight. God what a showoff.

I crawl out of a few feet away only for Bumblebee to pin the robot to the ground three feet away from my tiny body, my eyes blow wide watching Bumblebee completely snap the arm of the robot. If I wasn't in so much fear for my life it probably would have been the hottest thing I've ever seen him do. I quickly roll out of the way when the Decepticon makes an effort to break away from Bee's hold and just when I thought I was in the clear, additional fires flies over my head.

I glare at the cat-like Decepticon, I might not be able to take on most of the robots, but I think I can handle this one. Forming my canon, I lay low to the ground before lining up a shot, blasting two and three rounds at the robot. The cat previously shooting at Bumblebee turns its attention to me, I pull myself out of range just as it starts to shoot back. Before it pounces on me the evil cat from hell is snatched up, Bumblebee taking it by its throat in one hand and tearing out its spine and tail with the other. Before I can even thank him, Bumblebee is back to his fight with the other robot, taking it by its arms and using his foot to press into its back, tearing the robot's arms clean off its body.

"Trace!" Sam calls, my eyes break await from Bumblebee and over to Sam, the boy frantically waves me over to his huddle. I crawl across the sand before I can force myself to my feet and rush over. Upon entering the huddle Sam is forcing his parents to take Bee and get the hell out of here. "Go with them Trace." Sam orders, "That's not fucking happening." I scoff, "I need you and Bee to protect them." He urges. "Sam Bee just took two robots out by himself, he can take care of your parents. Meanwhile my foster father is still out there and I'll be damned before I leave him here to die." I snap jabbing my finger at his chest.

"So what we're going to do is we're gonna find Lennox, and you're going to bring Optimus back to life with that fucking Pixie Dust. You hear me." I demand, Sam nods taking every piece of pep-talk I have to offer. "Then let's go." I order, I lead the charge through the open battlefield, dodging fighting robots left and right. Explosions going off every few feet, and one hits just a little too close. Tripping me, Sam, and Mikaela. I get to my feet first grabbing the two by their hands and yanking them along. Both of them practically dead wait as they're frozen in fear. That is until Lennox and Epps comes to the rescue. Helping me pull them into cover.

"I hope you got a good reason for dragging us out here." Lennox huffs, "You really think I'd let him do all this shit for nothing?" I scoff. Lennox nods his head into a agreement, "Where is Optimus, we need to get Sam to him." I question. "He's there, right across the courtyard. "Not with an airstrike coming." Lennox shook his head, "Lennox! Right now!" I demand. Before the man could argue with a low growl echos through the air, "Get back, get back." He whispers, shoving us to the closest wall. I hold my breath and ready my canon, but eyes blow wide as suddenly Jetfire comes crashing through the warzone. Taking on the Decepticon that had been looming over us. "Now let me show ya how we brought the pain in my day." The old robot laughs, pinning the other against the wall by his throat before swiftly, popping its head off its shoulders with his battle axe.

The ground shook and with wide eyes a whole fucking scorpion pops up from underneath the sand and attacks Jetfire, without so much of as thinking I fire my cannon, getting in two shots before the old robot rips the pest away from him and tosses him against the ground. Raising my blaster again I shot the robot in the head, the creature going limp right after, "I'm too old for this crap." He gruffs. "Yeah well, you did great old man." I huff out with him, "Lennox! Let's get the show on the road!" I warn. "We're gonna make a breakthrough the B's on my command, okay? You guys stick with me, you understand? You stay on my ass." Lennox orders as Epps reports the move in the radio.

"I hope these F-16s got good aim." Epps comments, "Yeah? Why is that?" I question for the rest of the group, "I told them to hit the orange smoke." Epps answers. Lifting my eyebrow as Lennox looks off the side, I follow his line of sight to see the orange smoke. "You mean that orange smoke?" My foster father questioned, "It wasn't my best toss, okay?" Epps huff. "Epps if you kill us I'll haunt you." I hiss, "RUN!" They scream, Lennox takes me by my hand yanks me behind him. Epps pulling Mikaela and Sam with him.

I follow Lennox blindly until the shine of Optimus's body comes into sight, I rip away from Lennox and grab onto Sam before pulling him in the robot's direction. Explosions going off everywhere I almost don't hear the growl of Megatron, in a make it or break it shift of confidence I let go of Sam and spin around. "KEEP RUNNING!" I scream firing off as many shots as I can, Megatron firing some of his own. It all happens in slow motion, watching as the missiles fly right at me, the next few moments happen so fast. There was the burn of the fire, the leap of my chest as I'm lifted off my feet, and the first few seconds of pain from slamming against the sand. Then... Nothing.