Angel From A Dream

Chapter 4

Bumblebee and Grimlock got back to the scrapyard with Sideswipe who was barely hanging on. Fixit sees them and rolls over to them, "You're back. Any--?"

"Not now, Fixit," Bumblebee interrupts him, "We need to get Sideswipe to Med Bay immediately."

Fixit looks over to Sideswipe in Grimlock's arms, "Primus, what happened!?"

"Don't know, we found him like this," Bumblebee responded as they rushed over to Med Bay. "But judging from the claw marks on his body I would guess he was attacked by one of the Decepticons, probably even Steeljaw."

It doesn't take them long to reach Med Bay. When they get there, Grimlock lays Sideswipe down on the berth and Fixit looks him over, "Primus, his wrists have been dislocated and he was grabbed, slabbed, stabbed in the abdomen, by claws from the looks of it. He's lucky, the claws missed his spark chamber by a few inches."

"Will he survive?" Grimlock asked.

"Too soon to tell," Fixit replies as he gets to work stopping the Energon. "He's losing a lot of Energon and there's no telling what kind of internal damage he's sustained."

"We'll leave you to work, inform me of any changes," Bumblebee says as he starts walking away.

"Where are you going?"

"To look for Strongarm, she's missing."

"She is? I saw she wasn't with you guys but I fought, caught, thought she was patrolling or something."

Bumblebee shakes his helm, "She's missing and we don't know what happened. She just disappeared without a word so we went looking for her, later we heard her and Sideswipe yelling so we ran over to see what was happening. When we got there we found Sideswipe like this and Strongarm gone."

"Hope she's alright. Good luck with your investigation."

"I hope so too and thanks, we'll need it. Come on, Grimlock," Bumblebee says as he leaves Med Bay. He transforms and drives out of the scrapyard with Grimlock following close behind.

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Steeljaw and Strongarm continue walking through the woods heading to the destination Thunderhoof gave Steeljaw. After a long walk with no talking, they finally reach their destination which is an old sawmill, they go inside and find Thunderhoof and Underbite waiting. The two look to the entrance after hearing footsteps and see Steeljaw walking in with the Autobot Cadet. "Eyo, Steeljaw, what are you doing with the Autobot?" Thunderhoof asks as he looks at Strongarm.

Strongarm felt a twinge of fear when she looked at the other two Decepticons, but when Thunderhoof looked at her and questioned her presence in the base she just glared at the mech. Steeljaw pulls her back a bit to get between her and Thunderhoof in case Thunderhoof wants to try anything, "She's my captive, so neither of you can touch her or go anywhere near her. Understand?" He says with a small growl of warning.

Both Thunderhoof and Underbite nod their helms and Steeljaw takes Strongarm to the back to look for a place for them. Strongarm looked around at her surroundings, she was surprised he told the other two that and in such a tone. It was almost like he was being protective of her. But why?

After a bit of looking around, they find a room that Steeljaw decides to claim as his, being the leader he can choose whichever room he wants. They go into the room and Steeljaw has her sit down on the floor, "I know this isn't much but we'll fix it up," he says as he starts removing the cuffs. "Get some rest, I'll be back in a bit." He heads for the door and leaves.

Once Steeljaw was out, Strongarm headed for the door to try and open it but found it to be locked, "Of course, he would figure out how to lock the doors and keep me in here, he's not stupid." She walked back to the spot where Steeljaw had sat her and she laid down on the floor.