TFP old friend

chapter 5

When the coast was finally clear, the autobots started causiously emerging from their hiding places.

"Is everyone alright?" Optimus called out.

"Yes, i think." Bulkhead answered while brushing off rock dust.

"Is everyone here?" Arcee asked.

A frantic buzzing came from somewhere in the cave.

Arcee gasped "thats bee! He must need help!"

"everyone spread out. we'll find him faster this way," optimus said.

After searching, platinum found bumblebee, his leg trapped under a rock.

"Guys i found him!" Platinum yelled and lifted the rock off his leg. She helped him stand and began walking towards the others.

When everyone regrouped, Optimus called for a ground bridge.

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"uh, my liege?" starscream entered the bridge.

megatron turned from facing the controls"ah, starscream. did you capture my prisoner?" he put his hands behind his back.

"uh, um. well, not exactly," starscream chuckled nervously.

megatron frowned "what do you mean 'not exactly'? either you did or you didn't."

"the prisoner got away and the mine was destroyed in the heat of the battle," starscream said quietly.

"what!?" megatron roared "not only did you fail to bring me a prisoner, but you destroyed one of the most productive energon mine on this planet!"

starscream flinched at his master's anger,(which he should be used to, as Megatrons anger is almost always pointed towards him) "i am truley sorry my lord. it will not happen again."

"no it will not. since you have failed miserably.." megatron glared at starscream and turned back towards the ships controls. " i will have to capture her myself. prepare another armada at an out of the way location. and swiftly! the sooner the better."

starscream bowed "y-yes, my liege," and he left the bridge.

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Platinum stopped pacing. She looked up at everyone with a worried face.

Then she looked at optimus "should i tell them?"

He nodded.

"ok."

"Tell us what?" Arcee asked.

Platinum sighed and began her story

"Early in the war, we received intel that Megatron had found a new type of weapon. We weren't sure what it was or what it looked like, but what we did know was that Megatron was planning to use it and soon. I was called in to disable the weapon or at least learn what it did. An Autobot general named Rodimus lead a small strike team into the complex where this weapon was hidden.

"From the moment we entered, we knew it was no weapons depot. It was a Decepticon lab. Our worst fear had been realized: Megatron was manufacturing a biological weapon. 
We couldn't report in what we had found, as we were ordered complete radio silence during this mission. We did however retrieve samples of everything we could find. That's when we found a hidden compartment in the back of the complex. Inside was a small pink rock... And to our luck, a bomb. I couldn't disable it in time. It went off, killing everyone in the complex, including our unit."

"But... You're alive," Miko said, "how is that possible?"

"It shouldn't be," Platinum agreed, "I was the closest in proximity. I only remember up to discovering the bomb, but I do remember that that  bomb was made of was completely obliterated... Except for one piece.
A shard of it was impaled in my spark chamber." She turned to Optimus.

"Doctors were baffled at how she survived," he continued, "which is when they discovered the shard. They couldn't remove it without damage, and it seemed that it wasn't injuring her. They began to get curious when Platinum awoke nearly a day later, much faster than any other stasis patients. After testing her blood, they came to the conclusion that the rock the bomb was composed of wasn't ordinary. After consulting ancient texts, it was discovered that it was an incredible rare form of energon, said to be the life blood of Primus himself, called Scarlet Energon, or now called the Scarlet Gem. The Decepticons didn't have the ancient scrolls we had and couldn't discover its true potential."

"Did Megatron find out about what happened to you?" Arcee asked.

"He did," Platinum said, "and I was ordered into hiding. Very few people were told about my... condition, and I was able to slip off the planet unnoticed. I traveled to many planets, to try and find solitude from the war. When that didn't work, I went into stasis and set the computor to wake me if an Autobot intermission was sent. I received Optimus's, and came here."

"Straight into Megatrons trap," Jack said.

Platinum nodded. "Can you imagine what would happen if megatron got his hands on the scarlet gem? He would be even harder to kill."

"As if he wasnt hard to kill in the first place," bulkhead said sarcastically.

"we absolutely can not let this artifact fall into decepticon hands," Optimus said.

"otherwise Megatron will take the power for himself and we'll have a full out Armageddon on our hands," miko concluded.

platinum looked at miko quizzically "arma-what?"

"it's what humans sometimes say when there's a catastrophe," raf explained.

"well then miko has it accurate," platinum agreed.

an alarm started sounding from the computer.

ratchet went up to it "another energon signal? must be a popular day for mining."

"or it could be a trap to get platinum," arcee said.

bulkhead looked at platinum "the cons must really want you dead."

"thats for sure." platinum agreed.ratchet fired up the ground bridge.

platinum turned to Optimus "Im guessing i have to stay here?" She asked.

Optimus studied her face "you're not going to stay put, are you?"

"No sir, I'm not."

He sighed "alright you may come along."

"Yes!" Platinum whispered.

"But take it easy!" Arcee called before walking through the ground bridge.

Platinums shoulders drooped "aww man!" She muttered as she too walked through the ground bridge. "You sound like ratchet."

Ratchet looked up from the controls from hearing his name "what?"

"autobots, role out!" optimus and the others transformed (except for platinum, who ran) and raced through the ground bridge.