Angel From A Dream

Chapter 21

Arcee, Bumblebee, and Thunderhoof make it to the base's entrance without any more resistance. That made them feel uneasy since soldiers would usually guard the entrance. Bumblebee lets Fowler out before he transforms along with Arcee. They enter the base and look around cautiously, they are surprised that the place is big enough for them to walk through. But then again it probably shouldn't come off as a surprise since these humans are set on capturing and torturing Cybertronians, so naturally, they would be in a big place where they can hold them.

"Watch out!" Fowler shouts and Bumblebee sees a bolt of electricity heading his way, he quickly moves out of the way and it hits a wall. With the wall being made of metal the electrical current easily went through the wall and into the floor where it spread. Bumblebee, Arcee, and Thunderhoof transformed and Bumblebee let Fowler inside before they drove off leaving the soldiers behind to be electrocuted and killed. 

Bumblebee, Arcee, and Thunderhoof were alright since their tires absorbed most of the electricity, "Don't touch anything, Fowler!" Bumblebee tells the human.

"I won't," Fowler says as he stays in the center of the car.

"What the hell was that? How do these fleshlings have such a device?" Thunderhoof asked.

"M.E.C.H had a lot of high-tech stuff that could be used against us," Bumblebee responded.

"And that electricity gun was just one of many of them," Arcee added.

They soon reach a big room with computers and all sorts of tools that could be used to open them up or do damage. Bumblebee opens his door to let Fowler out, Fowler looks at him in slight hesitation for a second but he knows that Bumblebee wouldn't have opened up his door to let him out unless it was safe to touch him again. Fowler gets out and Bumblebee, Arcee, and Thunderhoof transform as they look around, chills go through Bumblebee's and Arcee's frames as they are reminded of their encounters with M.E.C.H.

"You guys alright?" Fowler asked, he knows being here and seeing the tools has to be bringing back bad memories.

"Yeah, let's just find Strongarm and Grimlock and get out of here," Bumblebee responds and Arcee nods in agreement as she begins walking. They didn't get far before they caught sight of Grimlock strapped down to a table with his armor cut open, they looked over to find Underbite in the same condition.

"Bumblebee?" Grimlock asked as he looked at the yellow bot with lubricant building up in his optics, he prayed to Primus that this was real and not a dream or a hallucination.

"Oh, Grim... Yeah, I'm here," Bumblebee says as his spark sinks. If only he was faster, if only they didn't split up, maybe they should have contacted Fowler before doing anything to see if he had information on these guys and get a location instead of splitting up. If they had done that Grimlock wouldn't have been captured and he wouldn't have been put through this torture. "Grimlock, I'm so sorry," he says as he starts undoing the straps.

"Why are you sorry? You did nothing wrong. I'm just glad you're here."

"That's so sweet," a male voice said in a mocking tone.

Bumblebee, Arcee, and Thunderhoof look in the direction the voice came from and see the man who was talking to them through the datapad earlier. "Where is Strongarm!?" Arcee asked as she clenched her fists and glared at the human.

"The female Cybertronian? No longer here. She escaped some time ago with that wolf."

Arcee and Bumblebee felt relieved that she was away from this madman but also dreaded the fact that she was still with Steeljaw. Soldiers ran out to the man and stood next to him as they pointed their weapons at the bots.

"Have the others been detained?"

"They're working on it, sir."

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Smokescreen.

I'm here.

I just wanted to let you know we finished with the operations, Sideswipe is stable so far. Now we just wait to see if he wakes up.

I'm glad. I knew you would save him.

Of course, I wasn't gonna just let our son die.

I knew you weren't. "I just talked to Knock Out, he says they're done with all the operations and Sideswipe is stable so far. We now wait to see if he wakes up," Smokescreen informed Bulkhead as they drove.

"That's great news!"

They both look ahead of them and see Wheeljack, Magnus, and the 'Con Fracture fighting the humans who are trying to take them down. They speed towards them and transform, Bulkhead transforms his servo into a wrecking ball as he charges at one of the jeeps and he smashes it before the humans in it can fire their weapons at him.

"Nice of you guys to join us," Wheeljack says as he impales a truck with one of his katanas.

Smokescreen dodges bullets that were shot his way as he does a roll before slamming his fist into the jeep the shooting was coming from. "You know we wouldn't leave you guys hanging. But, um... Isn't there a rule about not hurting humans?"

"That rule doesn't apply to these humans," Bulkhead replied with a stern look as Ultra Magnus and Fracture took out the last of the vehicles.

"Come on, we need to get to the base and help Bumblebee and Arcee," Wheeljack says as he starts running in the direction of the base. The others quickly follow with eagerness to end these humans once and for all.

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What in the pit am I doing!? Why am I kissing this 'Con criminal!? Just because he sang to me and was being romantic doesn't take away the fact that he kidnapped me and did all those things! This is wrong! 

Strongarm pushes Steeljaw back as she breaks the kiss, "This is wrong! This is all so wrong!" She says as she turns to walk away from him but after she walks a few feet she turns to look at him, "You kidnapped me, marked me, and starved me of Energon! Singing to me and suddenly being all romantic isn't gonna change that!"

"I know, I did wrong. I was always taught to take things that I want and I thought that was the way to go, but I know now that it's not. If I let you go will you give me a second chance?"

Strongarm looked at him in shock, she was just about to go off on him again until that question came out. Would he really let her go or is this a trick? If he does let her go would she be able to give him a second chance at trying to win her spark?

"I'm being serious, Strongarm. When we get off this Island I will release you, all I ask is that you give me a chance to properly win your spark."

Strongarm looks at him for a second as she thinks it over, his optics seem to be full of sincerity. He looks like a lovesick puppy who just wants to get the femme he loves so much to return his feelings. How can she keep her hatred for him when he keeps looking at her with such a loving passion that no other mech has ever looked at her with? But there's still one thing, "What about the bite? Won't the chemicals from it cause the pain and sickness again until I die if we're separated for too long?"

Steeljaw reaches into his subspace and pulls out a small container, "This is an ointment for the bite, it will help with that. I had completely forgotten about it until I had a dream about my carrier and she reminded me of it."

Strongarm raises an optic ridge, "There's an ointment for bite marks?"

"Yes. Every Wolf-Con has a specific ointment made for their bite so they can give it to the femme or mech they bite in case they have to be separated," he says as he puts out the ointment for her to take.

Strongarm reaches out to take it and she examines it. If he's willing to give her an ointment that will keep her from being in pain and dying then he must be serious about releasing her. She looks up at him, "Alright, if you release me I will give you a chance to win my spark."

Steeljaw's spark leaps as he smiles at her. He's gonna do everything in his power to win her spark.