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By Black Dragon Queen
Author's Note: Bit of a boring chapter but needed. Please enjoy.
TAKE NOTE: This is post 6 of 7 that I am doing in a row! One more to go!
Chapter One Hundred Thirty Nine: An Energon Expedition
The snow had finally relented early the next morning and everyone exited into a glittering white winter land. “Hideous,” Barricade growled as he looked out into all the white.
“It actually looks really pretty,” Perceptor stated as he rolled out of the hanger and was already moving towards the trailer. “Come on Wheeljack! We need to get set up!”
“Right!” the Skyline slipped between Prowl and Ratchet and began headed towards the trailer himself.
“Do you really think that the Energon is up here?” Prowl asked Optimus as he pulled up next to the big rig.
“If Perceptor is correct,” Optimus began.
“And he always is if he’s to be believed,” Ironhide drawled as he pulled towards the human building. “Yo Will!” he shouted at the door. “You up yet!”
“Oh you are going to have to be a lot louder than that,” Bumblebee chuckled as he moved towards the Top Kick.
“Especially if you want to wake Sam,” Barricade agreed.
“Or even Miles,” Bumblebee laughed.
“Doubt that Ron would be up this early in the morning,” Barricade continued.
“Or even Steve.”
“Will you two stop that!” Ironhide snapped at them. “By the pit you two are annoying.”
Barricade just laughed as he quickly transformed and stood up, stretching out his limbs to ensure his gears were turning properly as he turned and headed for where Soundwave was also standing, watching Perceptor and Wheeljack unload some larger equipment from the back of the trailer. Soundwave glanced over at Barricade and gave a small tilt of the head. “Do they even know what they’re doing?” he asked as he watched Perceptor and Wheeljack begin arguing as to how to set up the long-range scanner.
“How should I know?” Barricade shrugged.
“Hmmm,” Soundwave frowned as he suddenly lifted his hand to shade his optics. “By Primus is it bright up here,” he muttered as he quickly lowered his visor down.
“It’s not that bad,” Barricade chuckled at him.
“Yes, it is,” Jazz laughed as he wandered over to the two Decepticons with Prowl a few steps behind him. “Where’s your team anyway?” he asked Soundwave curiously. “Haven’t seen them since we arrived last night.”
“They did not relish the idea of spending yet another night in a rather cold hanger,” Soundwave explained flatly.
“In other words, they took advantage of their own small size and went into the human’s building with the heat,” Barricade snickered.
“Lucky bastards,” Ratchet snickered as he joined the group.
“At least we weren’t sleeping outside last night,” Jazz shrugged.
“No, thank Primus,” Ratchet sighed.
“Indeed,” Prowl quickly entered the conversation. “Now it would probably be best to try and come up with some form of plan as to what we’re going to all be doing once Perceptor and Wheeljack locate the Energon.”
The two Decepticon’s just stared at him. “You’re kidding, right?” Barricade gaped.
Prowl frowned. “Why would I kid?” he asked in all seriousness. “If we are going to be dealing with raw, unstable Energon we have to be prepared. We will only be able to remain in our original forms for so long before the wave begin to interfere with our internal systems. That means that we’ll have to spend most of our time in our alt forms to reserve our system levels. I propose that we go in shifts.”
“Slow down there Prowl,” Optimus chuckled as he joined them. “We haven’t even found any Energon yet.”
“We found it!” Perceptor suddenly yelled from where he was standing by the large scanner.
“You were saying?” Prowl drawled.
Optimus shrugged. “Plan away,” he told the other mech as he turned and headed over to where Perceptor and Wheeljack were going over the readouts. “How far is it?” he asked curiously.
“A good distance,” Perceptor told him as his fingers flew over the controls. “But not as far as you would think.”
“This is good news then,” Optimus grinned.
“So far,” Wheeljack nodded. “Unfortunately we can’t tell from the readouts if it’s raw Energon or just a rather large quantity of it.”
“We’ll just have to wait until we get there to find out,” Ratchet sighed as he looked over his husband’s shoulder to see the screen. “That’s a rather large flashing light,” he said with a frown.
“That’s what we’re talking about,” Preceptor nodded. “That’s either the largest field of Energon I’ve ever seen or it’s in its purest state.”
“Wait a minute,” Ratchet gasped as he leaned even further over Wheeljack’s shoulder to get a better look at the screen. “Is it me, or is it according to this, we’re standing over the Energon field?”
“No, you’re reading it right. We’re standing over it,” Wheeljack sighed.
“WHAT?” Ratchet and Optimus yelped aghast, instantly gaining the others attention.
“What’s happened?” Prowl demanded as he quickly made his way over. “What’s wrong?”
Optimus just shook his head. “You’re not going to believe this,” he sighed.
“Believe what?” Jazz asked, now becoming just as concerned as his husband. “What’s wrong? Is the Energon really that far away?”
“Actually, no. It’s not,” Optimus sighed.
“Well how long will it take us to get there?” Ironhide asked in a huff as he wandered over. The humans still apparently were asleep if his empty hands were anything to go by.
Ratchet actually smirked. “Come over here,” he gestured for the gunner to come forward. Ironhide frowned but did as he was told, use to obeying the medic without question. Ratchet grinned. “You’re there.”
Ironhide and the others just looked at the four puzzled. “What?” Ironhide frowned. “What are you talking about?”
“It seems that the Energon isn’t so much a good distance horizontally as much as it is straight down,” Optimus sighed.
“Down?” Prowl frowned, puzzled but Jazz was groaning.
“Don’t tell me,” the small saboteur looked at Optimus pleadingly.
“Sorry, but it looks as if we’re going to have to dig,” Optimus confirmed.
“Well slag,” Bumblebee sighed.
“Do we even have digging equipment?” Ratchet asked glancing over at Wheeljack and Perceptor. Both mechs shook their heads.
“Double slag,” Barricade growled.
“So now what?” Sunstreaker demanded as he looked about at the older mechs. “We just sit here on our afts?”
“Now,” Prowl said with a large, superior grin. “We come up with a plan.”
Sam sighed as he rolled over and squinted as the sunlight poured into through the window. Luckily when Sector Seven buggered out of there, they had left the building still completely furnished and there were plenty of beds available for them. ‘Not that it makes a difference,’ he thought amused as he could feel a large weight pressed against his leg by his ankle. A quick glance confirmed that Ravage was indeed, snoozing away at the foot of the bed.
Sam shook his head as he quietly tried to slip out from under the covers unnoticed. He barely made a move when a red optic winked on and Ravage looked up at him. “Morning,” Sam whispered.
“Murph,” Ravage yawned as he rolled over and got comfortable again in the small dip that Sam’s body had left.
Sam snickered as he quickly shoved his feet into his boots and began making his way towards the bathroom. He just hoped the water in the toilet wasn’t frozen. He ran into Eddie on the way as the man was just exiting his own room. “Nearly forty years and the bed is still the same slab of rock that I remember it,” the old man chuckled as he moved his arms to get the stiffness out of them.
Sam gave him a small smile before he stepped back and went around him. “We might want to hurry up,” he said. “Who knows when Optimus plans to head out to search for the Energon.”
“Mmm,” Eddie nodded turning the other way to where they had left their supplies in the main rec room. “Not going anywhere until I get my coffee,” the man announced.
Sam smiled as he made his finished his way to the washroom. He ran into Will as he exited. “Morning,” Sam smiled.
“Morning,” Will spoke around a wide yawn.
Sam just smiled. “Was that Ironhide I heard earlier while I was in the bathroom?” he asked amused.
“It was,” Will sighed.
“What did he want?” Sam asked curiously. Will actually blushed and Sam quickly did as well. “Err, never mind,” Sam said quickly as he went around the man and took off back towards his own room. Changing quickly he donned his winter gear and headed for the door where he was met by Frenzy and Megatron, the dark optics a clear give away as to who was in control.
“Good morning,” Megatron gave a small sharp nod and Sam quickly glanced around to ensure that Will or even his dad was around.
“You just love flirting with danger, don’t you,” he said with a small smirk.
Megatron shrugged. “What can I say? It’s the ‘Con in me.”
Sam just shook his head as he pushed the door open and looked around for his friends. He was surprised to see that everyone was standing around the trailer and what looked like a large satellite dish arguing. He and Megatron shared a surprised glance before red optics brightened and Frenzy came to the forefront. “Now w-w-what?” Frenzy sighed.
“No idea,” Sam frowned as he started making his way towards the mechs. As he got closer, he could begin to decipher different words and from what he could understand it they were arguing about digging? ‘What in the world?’ Sam wondered as he quickly joined the group. “HEY!” He called up and Bumblebee quickly leaned down and allowed the boy to climb up into his hand. “What in the world is going on out here?” he asked the group as he tried to gain their attention. There was a sudden loud, piercing whistle and everyone quickly went quiet as Sam glanced down at Frenzy. “Thanks,” he nodded.
“We-we-welcome!” Frenzy chirped.
“So, what’s this about digging?” Sam asked curiously, as he turned to Optimus with a raised eyebrow. “Did you find the Energon?”
“What’s the problem?” Will called out as he and Epps soon made their way outside, seeing the mechs all just standing around.
“We did find the Energon,” Optimus stated, answering both questions at once. “It’s not even that far away.”
“That’s great news!” Epps cried out as he stepped up into Jazz’s offered hand.
“Why do I feel a ‘but’ coming on though,” Will frowned as Ironhide lifted him up.
“But it’s straight down,” Optimus finished with a sigh.
“Straight-?” Will gasped.
“Down?” Sam finished with surprise. “As in underground, er, ice rather?”
“Unfortunately,” Optimus sighed as everyone looked at the sheets of ice they were standing on.
“Did you ever encounter anything strange when you were digging here?” Will called down to Eddie as the older man and Knight exited the building, the other smaller mechs right behind them.
Eddie looked up at the ranger confused. “You mean besides the giant robot popsicle?” he called back. “Like what?”
“Like pink rocks!” Epps called back down.
“Pink rocks?” Eddie gaped up at them. “I think I would have remembered pink rocks!”
“Pink rocks?” Miles called out as he finally wandered out of the building and Barricade leaned down and allowed him to climb up. Sam quickly filled Miles in on the fact that Energon were actually pink crystals as Optimus turned back to Eddie.
“So you never found any?” he asked with a worried frown.
“Then they obviously didn’t go down far enough,” Perceptor stated with a frown. “According to my readouts, this Energon field is nearly ten miles in diameter.”
“By the pit,” Ironhide gasped. “Are you sure it’s safe to be where we’re standing?”
“For the time,” Perceptor nodded. “The Energon waves are being contained by the ice layers.”
“But what about that wave that was messing with Sunny when he landed?” Bumblebee asked with a frown.
“There must be a crack somewhere,” Perceptor said with a shrug. “But unfortunately, I can’t find it.”
“So what do we do?” Jazz asked, turning to Optimus.
“Pick a place and start digging I suppose,” Optimus shrugged.
“If you’re going to have to dig, why don’t you start with the hole we already have?” Eddie called up. “The spot where Megatron was buried.”
“Would the hole still be there though?” Will asked incredulously.
“Possible,” Eddie nodded as he stepped up into Sideswipes offered hand. Sunny quickly leaning down to allow Knight to hitch a ride.
“Then that’s a good a place as any to start,” Optimus nodded.
“What’s going on?” Ron called out as he finally exited the building with Steve. “Are we going to get underway?”
“It’s actually fine dad!” Sam called down. “We just need to head over to the hole Sector Seven made and keep digging till we find the Energon. You can go back to bed.”
“Wait for me!” Ron called out excitedly. “I’ll go get my camera!”
Sam, Barricade and Bumblebee all shrugged as the other mechs turned to look at them disbelievingly. “Dad likes to take a lot of pictures,” Sam told them with a shrug.
Ron soon returned with his camera and quickly made his way over to Optimus. “This is exciting!” he said with a grin. “Like a treasure hunt!”
“I should have brought my metal detector,” Steve laughed as Ratchet leaned down and picked him up.
Eddie directed them to a small distance away from the base, about half a mile away. “At least we have a buffer from the wind,” Perceptor smiled as he looked at the large cliff of ice rising from the ground before them.
“Thank Primus,” Sunny said happily.
“So where’s this hole anyway?” Ironhide asked as he looked around.
“Right in front of you!” Eddie shouted with a small smirk.
“Slagging Primus!” Ironhide yelped as he realized that his next step forward, his foot touched nothing but air. He quickly tried to lean back and regain his balance before he fell head first into the hole. Soundwave swiftly reached forward and managed to snag Ironhide’s free arm before both mech and ranger went over the side and down into the large hole.
“You okay?” Ratchet asked as he made his way over to the two.
“Yeah,” Ironhide reassured the medic before he looked over at Soundwave. “Thanks,” he growled under his breath. Soundwave just gave a sharp nod before he stepped back and moved over to Barricade’s side once again.
Barricade smirked at him. “Trying to gain a gold star?” he snickered.
Soundwave glanced at him puzzled. “Why would I want a rock?” he asked him.
“Never mind,” Barricade shook his head before he wandered over to the side of the hole. “Why in the world was this dug so widely?” he asked as he looked over at Eddie.
Eddie shrugged. “It took us a while to figure out how he was positioned,” he admitted. “We didn’t have that fancy sonar equipment you young folk have now.”
“So how are we going to do this?” Jazz asked curiously.
“Do we even have anything that we can use as shovels?” Ratchet asked as he looked over at Optimus.
“The only thing I can think of is to see what we can scrounge up back at Sector Seven’s facilities,” Optimus shrugged before he glanced over at Wheeljack. “Do you think you could rig something up?”
“No problem Prime,” Wheeljack nodded. “I’ll see if I can get a digger constructed and-”
“Wheeljack,” Ratchet chuckled. “Just find something we can use as shovels, we don’t need anything more than that.”
“But how are you going to get through the ice?” Sam asked with a frown.
“Yeah, you need drills or something won’t you?” Miles added.
“Not necessarily,” Ironhide snickered. “You forget we have our own laser cannons.”
“But won’t that just set the rocks off it they are unstable like you though?” Will asked horrified.
“Not if we work with small, strategically placed charges,” Ratchet laughed. “Right Jazz?”
“You got it!” Jazz grinned. “Leave it to me!”
“Right. Wheeljack and I will head back and see what we can come up with,” Prowl nodded and the two quickly turned to head back to the hanger.
“So how are we going to do this?” Ironhide drawled as he looked over at Optimus.
“Better question,” Sunny frowned as he stared down into the hole. “How do we get down?”
“This isn’t going to go well is it?” Soundwave asked quietly as he looked over at Barricade.
“Like a slagging train wreck,” Barricade groaned.
“What’s a train wreck?” Rumble asked with a frown.
It didn’t take them long to finally get going once they knew what it was that they were doing. Jazz had quickly taken control of setting the small charges while Wheeljack and Prowl returned with makeshift shovels. Sam and Miles were excited as the mechs all moved further away from the hole and Jazz grinned madly. “Fire in the hole!” he called out. “Literally!”
With a small press of a button, there were sudden loud popping sounds and Sam blinked surprised at the sounds. “Were there even an explosion?” He asked ‘Bee curiously.
“Of course there was,” Jazz laughed as the group returned back towards the hole.
Sam was surprised when he looked down in the hole to see even more random little holes from where the chargers were. It took him a moment to realize that the purpose of the charges were only to break up the ice. The mechs were climbing down into the hole to scrape and shove the now loose ice away.
They worked like this for a few hours, the mechs taking turns shoveling as the humans all stood on the ledge of the hole, watching intently. Ron was taking pictures ever few moments and he laughed when Bumblebee handed up an ice cube that was nearly as big as Sam was. “We should have brought lawn chairs,” Steve chuckled as he sat on one of the smaller blocks of ice, trying to get comfortable as the day wore on.
“Better to be safe than to rush things and possibly set off the unstable Energon,” Barricade chuckled.
“What do you all mean when you talk about unstable Energon?” Knight spoke up looking at the humans and mechs alternately, a puzzled look on his face.
“Our Energon crystals are a volatile substance,” Barricade explained as he sat on the ledge of the hole next to the humans. “Not only do they have a tendency to on occasion explode, the unstable crystals also let out an energy wave that has the capability to overload our cores and send us into stasis.”
“It’s why we have alt modes,” Bumblebee spoke as he climbed out of the hole and dropped the shovel into Barricade’s lap. “Your turn.”
“But I thought you had alt modes to better blend into your environment,” Epps said with a frown.
“Why would we need to blend into our environment on our own planet?” Rumble asked incredulously.
Epps frowned as he thought about it and finally nodded. “Oh, I suppose you’re right.”
“I never really thought about it before,” Sam murmured as he looked over at ‘Bee. “What did you look like in your alt mode from Cybertron?” he asked curiously.
“Think a giant yellow Frisbee floating around all over the place,” Ironhide chuckled as he climbed out of the hole.
“I didn’t look like a Frisbee,” ‘Bee said with a huff as they could hear Barricade roaring with laughter from inside the hole.
“How much longer until you think we’ll reach the Energon?” Optimus asked as he wandered over to Perceptor who had brought his scanner from the base and had it set up a little distance away behind the humans.
“A few more feet I would think,” Perceptor said with a frown. “Perhaps ten or fifteen?”
“Slag, this is going to take all day,” Ironhide huffed.
“Perhaps I could use some stronger charges next time,” Jazz suggested.
“Wouldn’t advice it,” Wheeljack shook his head. “The last thing we want is those crystals getting shaken.”
“So settle in guys, we’re going to be at this practically all night,” Ratchet said with a sigh.
“Perhaps we should head back to the base and snag some dinner and the tents,” Will said as he looked over at Epps.
“There’s no need for that,” Optimus shook his head. “You can just stay at the base. We’re the ones who have to dig these things out.”
“But you might want at least one of us here at all time in case some of those Energon waves escape the ice and overload you,” Sam frowned.
“It would take some time before we’re overloaded and we should have plenty of time to shift into alt mode and recharge before we start again.”
“And that’s what this machine is for,” Wheeljack announced as he pointed at something that looked like the metal hand from those claw games one found in arcades filled with overstuffed animals.
“We should reach the Energon by early evening,” Perceptor stated. “Then we’ll break and recharge before we start the tedious and difficult task of harvesting the crystals.”
“Well at least you’ll have more help,” Knight suddenly announced with a grin.
“What?” Sam looked over at the man completely baffled. “What are you talking about?”
“Aren’t those some of your friends?” Knight asked as he pointed over at the skyline in the distance.
“Oh slag,” Barricade gasped as he instantly recognized the four shapes headed towards them; especially the one in the very front of the pack. “STARSCREAM!”
-To Be Continued
Author's Note: Dun dun DUUUUUUUUUN! O.O!
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