The Power Within - Transformers Prime (2)

Chapter Twenty-Nine

I'm soooooo sorry I haven't been posting for the last few days. I've been trying to manage this summer school course I'm taking with all the other things I'm doing and it's been hectic. Forgive meeeeee.

[Amanda]

  "Fall back!" Optimus ordered the Autobots and their icons retreated to the satellite field behind them. Luckily the first blast from Damocles didn't hit anyone, but it was so close to frying Smokescreen, and now there was no way we could take that risk again. Unfortunately, Damocles was preparing for another blast, this one following the Autobot retreat along the ground.

  "Ratchet, we require backup." Optimus said and the seriousness in his tone gave away how dire the situation was.

  "I'm there." Bulkhead started towards the ground bridge, but didn't make it far.

  "You can't!" Ratchet scolded, stopping the wrecker in his tracks.

  "Can you remotely disable Project Damocles under Agent Fowler's advisement?" Optimus asked, ignoring the little argument.

  Agent Fowler looked surprised. "I'm, uh, not a hacker, Prime." That made them all turn to me expectantly. Great.

  "I might be able to do it," I admitted. "But not alone. I'd need someone else to work alongside with." Then a thought hit me. "We can't do this without Raf."

  That was all Ratchet needed to hear before he hurried to set up a ground bridge, aiming straight into Raf's room. I grabbed my bag containing my laptop, slinging it over my shoulder as I headed down the platform stairs. Finn, Jack, Miko, and Agent Fowler followed and soon we were all dashing through the ground bridge, emerging in Raf's bedroom. The younger boy was staring at his own computer screen, looking extremely bored until we came in, causing him to whirl around.

  "Wha- What are you guys doing here?!" He demanded.

  Agent Fowler stepped forward. "Son, your planet needs you."

  I almost rolled my eyes at that, but instead grabbed a nearby chair and dragged it to sit beside Raf at his desk, then pulled out my laptop. "Long story short, Silas isn't dead and is working with the Decepticons. He stole a satellite that was the key component in Project Damocles, which makes it a particle beam cannon that can slice through the toughest metals like butter with crazy accuracy. The Cons launched it and now it's shooting those particle beams at the Autobots, who are trying to physically disconnect them from the system. You and I have got to work on disabling that satellite remotely. Oh, and we have a time limit because it is trying to fry the Bots."

  Raf nodded seriously, his previous confusion gone. "Let's get at it then. First, I'm going to need access to your network from this computer."

  I handed him my laptop and he got started on there while I took over his computer, uploading and permitting access to Cam's mainframe. Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted Finn, Jack, and Miko monitoring the scene from their phones. They seemed to be tuned in to the comm channel and were watching the situation in icons, just like at base, making me glad that Ratchet tinkered with them that one time (even though I was afraid it'd blow up for the next week afterwards). Agent Fowler was pacing around, so I turned my attention back to the new mainframe I uploaded, synced it with Raf's work on my laptop, and got to work.

  "Raf, try a new sequence code," I said and he nodded, typing away. "You have to break that firewall before I can break into these two."

  "Now try," He said and I did, making it past that firewall. I chewed my lip, my eyes focused intently on the screen. One wrong move and the system would corrupt our own, kicking us out. Then the Autobots would be in serious trouble.