Infected

Chapter 46

Eclipse P.O.V.

I send an *All servos on deck* alert in the group chat and run from my office with a datapad in hand. Siege and Solar were still there. Flare and Harmony arrived shortly after me.

*Why was an alert sent? Sos's are a code red?* Harmony took a seat in her booth.

"I think I know where the relic is! AND why the pirates are here!" I gasp for breath.

"How?! We just started the mass search?" Siege frowned.

"It has to do with what Wavelength found." I admit.

*The SOS?* Harmony chipped in.

"Yes!" I couldn't smile at that though.

"The codes were Sos's?" Flare also took his seat.

"Yes. They were. But those weren't codes. They were the insides of someone's processor." Wavelength finally stepped in, the Forge of Solas Prime leaned back against his shoulder.

"Wavelength... How did you get that...?" Solar looked stunned and slightly horrified.

"I stole it from Magness. I was hoping it would help us find the relic. Now, the forge might be one our weapons of defense. But those codes. Those are important." Wavelength leaned the forge against his booth. I could almost see the fiery determination in his optics.

With that out of the way, I explain everything from what I just discovered. "I think the pirates are after the relic. And I think they believe it's in this solar system. Why else would they keep the bot here? They didn't know about the forge. The only other things we stole were the ship and the library book. We all saw that they couldn't care less about the ship!"

"You think the relic is actually here." Solar looked at the open sky in front of us.

"Yes. It has to be!" Wavelength pushed.

*What if we found the bot? Maybe they would know?* Harmony entertained the idea. *I recognize the SOS signal.*

"Pardon?" Siege looked over."You recognize it?"

"How?" Wavelength activated his command booth.

*Carrier knew it. He used to teach me old war signals. It was how he taught me how to learn the different vibrations letters, numbers, and words made. That SOS signal was used on the Autobot's side. I think that was the more common one, but there were a few that only the higher-ups or bots in specialized fields would use.*

"How did your carrier know it?" Siege took the hard drive Wavelength gave him.

*He wouldn't tell me. And then* She paused. *And then he couldn't tell me. His memories started getting spotty...*

"So the bot was an Autobot." Flare sighed. "How much more complicated are things going to get?"

"Well we at least know the deal with the pirates. Their side of this ordeal is mostly cleared up. This means we just need to figure out the camera deal." Solar hummed. "And the relic."

"What if we break into the pirate ship?" Wavelength offered.

"It's a good idea. The pirates clearly know more than we do." I smile.

Siege took a seat. "How do we find this ship to begin with?"

*The island obviously. We go back and wait for the pirates to show up again. Follow them back to their ship and place a tracking device on their ship. Or whatever they used to land.* Harmony offered.

"How many of us would board?" Solar wasn't sold yet.

"Eclipse should. She can teleport. In an emergency that could be used." Flare offered.

"And go in alone? Absolutely not!" Siege protested.

"She won't. Wavelength will go with her." Solar offered a solution.

"I can't. I'll need to stabilize and mask any communications during this." Wavelength shook his head.

"Siege I've survived on my own for months." I protest.

"In the wild. Not a pirate ship." Flare sided with our brother.

*I could go!*

"No! Harmony absolutely not." I shut that down.

*But I can help. We all know I can.*

"We do. But that ship is no place for you." Wavelength eased Harmony's worry.

"What if you went?" Flare looked to Siege. "Your thrusters could help."

"Then it's the three of us. Three on the ship, three going in." Siege nodded.

"So the seekers break in while we man the ship. The three of us will maintain the ship." Solar lined out a plan. 

*When do we go back to the island?*

"Now." Solar turned us around.

Solar took control of the trip as Wavelength started setting up the needed precautions. I could see Siege looking at the Forge.

How did he feel about all of this? I couldn't blame him. But I could also tell he hated our plan. He always would. The three of us were going to go into a crime haven for who knows what. Siege, whether he liked a plan or not, knew when something might be our best shot. I just hope whatever worries he's having won't end up being the case. The ship turns back to the island as I take my own seat. Every time our adventure calms down something worse is bound to happen.