The Transformers: Rise

Chapter IX: Consequences

Skids held onto Arcee's arm while dangling by just a thin wire. Springer could easily get out of there, so he just got Cliffjumper and Warpath out of there easily thanks to him being able to fly, however they got split up. It was silent as Skids just hung there, above the sea of rust, trying to save Arcee. "Hang on!" He yelled as he practically threw Arcee onto a nearby ledge, which made him accidentally let go of the wire that he was hanging by. He started falling, Arcee just watching. A smirk widened across his face plate as he shot a grappling hook at the ledge, seemingly not knowing he had the ability to do that. Another outlier ability perhaps? It wasn't even a grapple though, more of an energonic string that could stick to any surface. He threw himself onto Arcee's level, and fell down beside her, landing on his side. "Are you okay over there?" She asked him chuckling. "Ugh, yeah." Skids said getting onto his feet slowly. "Where the hell is everybody else?" Arcee asked. Suddenly, Autobot aerialbots crash into poles overhead, exploding as they do so, Decepticon aerials on their tail. "Get inside!" Skids yelled as he ran toward the edge of the small platform and looked down, seeing another platform and a pair of blast doors. Arcee then grabs Skids and dives forward, Skids yelling as he fell. Arcee lands on her feet while Skids lands on his back, then rolling onto his feet. He then ran inside, Arcee ahead of him, then the door closing behind them. Skids looked around the very small space. "Skids! Get it together!" Arcee yelled at the Autobot. Skids just looked up at her. "Any second now those doors are going to explode, then Decepticons are going to flood the area, killing us all!" The femme yelled. "You know what?" Skids asked, Arcee thinking he was going to disagree. "You're right." Skids said as he  flipped his shoulder cannons over his shoulders, taking out his liquid nitrogen gun and grenade launcher, then transformed his tires into missile pods. "Okay. Get behind me." Skids said. "No! Are you insane?!" Arcee yelled at him as she threw her arms sideways in anger. "Yep, I think I am. Now get behind me!" Skids yelled at Arcee. "Would you please-" Suddenly the doors start banging. Arcee takes out her dual fire swords, and gets ready to pounce. Skids aims his forearm cannons and his two weapons in his hands at the doors. Suddenly, the doors explode, flying open, smoke covering every centimeter of the room. "Why aren't they shooting?!" Skids yelled. "I don't know, maybe they're one of us?!" Arcee yelled chuckling slightly in anger. This was quite possibly the first time Skids had heard her make a joke. "You're right, Arcee." A familiar voice said. The smoke soon cleared out of the room, and Optimus Prime just stood there, staring at the two Autobots. Sideswipe walked in, a gun slung over his shoulder. "Area is secured." He said with a smirk on his face plate. Bumblebee and Hot Rod then walked in. "Yeah, what he said." Hot Rod said. Bumblebee just gave him a dirty look. "Springer, Warpath, and Cliffjumper are somewhere." Arcee said with a sigh of relief. "Well then we go find them." Optimus said, his battlemask moving with each word said. "How? They went North of here, and there's no way to get there other than getting into the sky and we don't exactly have any dropships available. Ours got shot down too." Sideswipe said. "With the power of the Matrix, anything is possibly, Sideswipe." Optimus said walking toward the wall behind Skids and Arcee. He swung his energon axe a couple times in his hand a couple times, then hit it against the wall, it sticking there. The wall around it turned red, and suddenly exploded, opening a spot to jump down to a bigger structure below, filled with Decepticons. They all turned around and looked at the six. "Shoot them!" One of them yelled. "Bumblebee." Optimus said looking at the small yellow mech. He then nodded before diving off the ledge, and landing in the center, dodging gunfire as he does so, violently slashing any and all Decepticons around him with ease, kicking some. "He finished with a time of 43.9 seconds." Skids said with a chuckle. "That's fast." Arcee said jumping down, the rest following. They then get to a pair of gigantic blast doors within the room, Sideswipe going up to the control panel and pressing a few buttons on it, which opened it. As soon as the door opened, they realized the three Autobots they were looking for are currently fighting within the room, surrounded by many Decepticons. Its surprising they managed to last this long. Sideswipe transformed into his alt mode and drove toward them, then transforming again into his robot mode and slamming into the crowd of Decepticons, causing a shockwave. Cliffjumper himself bounced a little. "Wow, hey! What exactly is going on here?!" He shouted seeing the Autobots as they rushed in, killing Decepticons in their path. As soon as the room was cleared, the Autobots just looked at each other. "Optimus, extraction is on their way. The sea of rust operation was a good go." Roadbuster said through comms. "Got it, Roadbuster." Optimus said taking his hand off his audial receptor. "Okay, you heard him, lets get going." Optimus said. Springer transformed into his helicopter mode and blasted through the ceiling easily, blowing a hole to to the surface. Springer transformed into his robot mode again, then going onto the ground and flying them through the opening he had made. A dropship then lands onto the complex, the Autobots going inside of it. They started flying, however something caught Skids's eye as they flew away. A yellow planet in the distance he's never seen before.