The Life of a Commander (TFP)

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Megatron was commed, "Lord Megatron, Autobots have stormed mine 5-C!"

"All of them?" Megatron asked.

"No, sir. Just the scout and the big one."

"I see. Assemble a flight squadron and a ground team on the flight deck."

"Shall I summon Starscream?"

"No, I have someone different in mind." His smirk widened as he disconnected from the comm link. "It looks like your moment to prove yourself has come sooner than expected. I shall see you when you return." He began to walk towards the communication hub.

Groups of vehicons ran past me before I finally realized what was going on. I blinked twice, then I ran to the flight deck. When I got there, I saw the vehicons and ground bridge waiting for me.

"Let's pound those Autobots into scrap metal!" I called, trying o motivate the troops. Once I heard that it was successful, we all transformed and went through the bridge.

Blaster fire could be seen and heard everywhere. The troops I brought along added to the chaos. How could two Autobots cause so much trouble? Then I spotted them. A little, yellow one and a big, green one. It seemed that they had spotted me as well.

"Bee, look! It's that Con that Arcee saw earlier!" the green one shouted. "You new here, Con?"

I smirked and brought out my blasters. "I've been on the warship for quite some time. I'm new to the battlefield, but I'm no stranger to battle!"

I blasted the little one in the chest, which sent him flying. He didn't get back up. The big one's optics widened in shock. "Bulkhead to base! I need backup and emergency evac for Bumblebee!" There was silence while the bot on the other end of the communication responded. "It's that Con that Arcee talked to earlier!" Silence. "I'll be waiting." He turned his full attention to me. "You're gonna pay for that!" A ground bridge opened next to me, and I already knew that it wasn't for me. The remainder of the Autobots ran through. The orange and white one grabbed the yellow one and pulled him through. The bridge closed shortly after.

I saw Optimus order his soldiers to take defensive positions once they killed all the vehicons, which didn't take very long. Their leader eyed me wearily.

"Decepticon, state your name," he ordered.

I stared at him for a long moment before I signaled the ship that I needed backup by pressing a button.

"My name is Nightstrike," I finally said.

"Nightstrike, how long have you been on Earth?"

"As long as Megatron has been."

"Arcee has told us that you have been studying humans. Is this correct?"

My optics sparkled with delight at someone's interest in my studies. I knew that I couldn't be too careful, though, or they could take advantage of it. "Yes," I answered simply.

"Then I must appeal to you. Join us in protecting the humans."

"I must decline. I do see it senseless to harm what I'm studying, but that's all they are to me. A study." Megatron, Knockout, and several more vehicons showed up on my scanners. "Oh, would you look at that? More of my friends have come to join the party." I smirked as the Autobots started looking around. Suddenly, the other Decepticons zoomed in through the entrance of the mine.