Solar Ice (Transformers Fanfiction)

12. Confessions

BLADES POV

"Blades!... Blades, wake up!"

My optics flew open as everything came surging back, but they closed again as the pain set in. "Nnn...! I-I'm okay...!" I hissed, rolling over from where I'd been lying on my side. I wouldn't be flying home now, not with the charring on my rotors from the lightning strike I'd just sustained. Not that the rain would let me fly.

Thunder shook the mountain around me, and I pulled myself up onto my feet once more. "Primus, I hate when it storms like this..."

Dani's firm grip on my controls told me she felt the same way.

This storm was a powerful one, the kind that only came together when winter and summer were having their last big fight over the spring months. Flash floods were common, as I had learned over the years, which was why we were out here, evacuating the people by the river and getting them to higher ground.

The whine and crackling of my comm link told me that my own attempts at contacting the rest of the team downhill was out. "Dani, see if you can get through to the team."

Dani nodded, tapping her comm. "Dad, do you hear me?"

Dani, finally! What happened up there?

"Blades was struck by lightning. He's alright, but his comm's out of commission for now."

Well come on down, we need all hands on deck!

I gave a nod of acknowledgment and then limped down the slope towards the river. The soil squished and slid under my weight, and right as I was reaching the edge of the trees, it went out from underneath me completely, and I slid down and into the shallows of the river.

"Nice to have you join us, Muddy-Bot." Heatwave teased as he revved his engines to keep his boat form from being swiped downstream.

"Ha Ha..." I mumbled, pulling myself back up to my feet and shaking mud from my feet. "What did I miss?"

"We've gotten almost everyone out of the danger zone." Chief Burns informed, "Kinda ridiculous that all of this is happening all at once. It's not normally this hectic."

Officer Harris chuckled from the passenger seat in Chase's cab, "Yeah, I'd like to get to just looking for speeders tomorrow."

"Glad you're taking it all in stride... Downpour, how's it going with that debris?"

It...Uh...Yes!

Downpour's tone didn't sound too confident, and Heatwave gave a sigh. "Do you need help, Down-"

No! No, no help from you! I'm good!

"I...Okay?"

"I thought you went to talk to her." Kade inquired.

"I did, and then she locked herself in the Sigma and wouldn't come out."

He transformed into bot mode, marching past me upstream. "I'm going to check on things anyway..."

I navigated the rushing water and slippery rocks until I was safely on the opposite bank with the rest of the team, and then I heard a very loud cracking sound. I looked upstream to see a wave of debris suddenly snap loose of its banks, and it was rushing down towards us.

"Fall back, fall back!" Chief ordered, and all of us pulled further up the slope and away from the water. "Heatwave, do you copy? Kade, come in!"

My optics skimmed the pile as it passed us for any sign of either Heatwave or Downpour. I hoped they'd made it out of the way, but with their lack of responses, it seemed unlikely. The clump continued on its way until it came to a stop on a thinner stretch of the river, and that's when Boulder and I moved in.