How To Train With A Wrecker Movie

7.2: The Encounter, Meeting Optimus Again (Wheeljack)

Earlier a few moments before Hiccup fainted...

Wheeljack groaned after he crashed on the ground last night as he started to wake up. Slag, that's gonna be an ache he'll never forget and if Bulkhead or Ultra Magnus or even Miko finds out he was shot out of the sky, he'll never hear the end of it.

He struggled the entire night, trying to get free from his binds. He tried to remember how he got into this position. He was blasting one of the catapults in a secluded part of the island when he heard a loud thunk from the cliff and before he could see what caused it, the next thing he knew something wrapped itself around him that he couldn't contain his scream from shock as he fell from the sky and crashed in the forest. 

He assessed his senses. He could feel his whole body aching as well as a stinging pain coming from his tail. He let out a tired sigh as he lay on the ground like a helpless animal and the thought made him snort. Well, he is an animal due to his new body. He was just about to close his eyes to rest when he heard a voice as his ears twitched to the direct of the sound.

"No, not me. I managed to lose an entire dragon!" A sound of a branch being swatted can be heard accompanied by a pained yelp which made him wanna laugh dryly. Great. The human that managed to shoot him down must have come to finish the job.

He heard shuffling and an inner fear that he felt once before when the Decepticons first started the war started to act up which made him stay still as he strained his ears without moving to listen where the human is and from the footsteps and breathing. He was close. Almost next to him.

"Oh wow. I-I did it. I did it. This-This fixes everything." That made Wheeljack frown a little. What did the human mean shooting him down fixes everything?

"Yes!" He felt a sudden weight on his left forearm which annoyed him as he could practically feel the elation coming from the human that's above him.

"I have brought down this mighty beast-!" He let out a low growl while shoving the human off him and he felt a bit satisfied when he heard a yelp.

His eyes opened while he felt his pupils turn to slit as he saw who shot him down and he felt disbelief, shock and confusion swell up inside. Standing above him and holding a dagger no bigger than a kitchen knife is a human youngling no older than Miko. He let out a small noise as the human teen looked at him with uncertainty and Wheeljack saw fear in his eyes. He watched the human take a deep breath and put on a false bravado.

"I'm going to kill you, Dragon. I'm gonna cut out your heart and take it to my father. I'm a Viking. I AM A VIKING!" The kid seemed to sound convincing but Wheeljack knew for a fact that the human was trying to convince him or himself which made him almost snort.

He watched the human raise the dagger while shutting his eyes tight and a cold grip on his heart. He realized that the kid was going to kill him. He couldn't help but feel fear in him as he stared at the kid as his breathing became slightly erratic. For some reason, the kid opened his eyes and stared down at him and Wheeljack pleaded with his eyes to let him go. He can't die yet. Optimus gave him a mission and he's just gonna die by the hands of a human kid. The kid seemed to be hesitating before shaking his head and tried again. 

Tired and exhausted, Wheeljack let his head fall to the side with a small whine. So this is it then? This is how he died and joined the Allspark. He could hear the kid struggling which made an irritated feeling riled up in him. Why was the kid struggling? He has the chance to kill a dragon of his calibur yet he's struggling? There was a moment of silence before he heard the shuffling of feet.

"I did this." He heard the kid mutter and he sensed shame and guilt in his tone.

'Yes, yes, you did, kid. So why don't you just get on with it and end my misery already?!' Wheeljack thought in annoyance.