Chapter 4: Trust Worthy Ally

A/N: Surprise! The pic above is my drawing of Sirena. Maybe I'll change a thing or two in her. I hope you guys like her.


Location: A beautiful forest, Time: Lunch time!

It was Saturday. A day for Jack, Miko and Ralph to rest and have fun. Just as promised, Jack said he would make them cheese burgers and fries plus some salad. "Are they done staring at that hole?" Miko groaned.

"Chill Miko." Jack said as he lied down on the grass. It was a bit wet though because it seemed like it had been raining al night till morning and the trees' branches blocked out the sun light so it would get dry just yet.

"Easy for you to say." Miko was strolling left and right. "Because you are the one who is suppose to make us lunch!"

"How about we go and see what are the 'bots doing?" Ralph said.

"Right lets go!" Jack got up quickly and pushed Miko were Sirena, Bulkhead and Arcee stood right next to a hole. It was big enough that Optimus and Bumblebee could go down together. Bulkhead used a flash light to see where it end but it seemed like it was deeper than twenty meters.

"Could be a trap." Arcee said.

"Unlikely." Sirena said. "'Cons like to ambush you when you are at your weakest."

"And by the way we tracked energon here." Said Bulkhead.

"You know guys," Miko said. "By standing here you can't understand what it is. So just go down and see what is in there."

"She has a point." Arcee said sarcastically. "After all lunch can't just walk and go in Miko's mouth."

"Hey!" Miko shouted. "Not cool! It's not funny that I'm hungry."

"I'm contacting Optimus." Sirena said. She waited for his respond.

"Sirena, this is Optimus Prime. Proceed." Came Optimus's voice through the com_link.

"We found a hole right on top of the energon's energy signature. Should we go in?"

There was a moment of silence. "Yes but..."

"'Con sighted make sure to keep the humans safe. Got it!"

"Good luck Sirena and be careful."

"Very well."

"Optimus Prime out."

Com_link went off.

"So?" Bulkhead gestured to the hole.

"We are going in." Sirena said.

"Sweet!" Miko jumped and climbed up to Bulhead's shoulder and so did Jack and Ralph. "Let's go bust them out!"

All three jumped down the hole...


Location: Deep down, the mine, Time: At the same time

Drones were harvesting energon while the Vehicons were guarding them.

Starscream with all his pride stood on one of the high platforms watching the drones. Behind him stood Knockout working with a data pad.

"You know Knockout. It is sometimes hard for me to believe that I'm back among the Decepticons." Starscream said.

"It's hard for me to believe to." Knockout said.

"Knockout do you even..."

"Sorry scream." Breakdown came. "But Lord Megatron is here to see of your progress."

Starscream growled. It wasn't his progress but it was the drones!

"Lord Megatron." Knockout greeted and bowed as Megatron approached the pair. Starscream gave a small bow. "My liege, what brings you here?"

"I'm here to see your progress." He said the last two words a bit mockingly as if he read Starscream's mind. He could see anger in Starscream's optics. A little flame but it will eventually turn into an inferno. Knockout laughed. When he looked at his lieutenant's face he was muttering some curses.

"Whatever," Megatron cleared his throat. "Report." He demanded.

From his position Knockout came and stood right next to Megatron while Starscream was babbling about the drones' work and progress.

"Aside from the energon's energy signature there is another energy signature." Knockout was looking at the data about the unknown energy. "It's strong and unsteady and it's coming from down below us."

"Find out what it is and notify me when you transported it to the ship." Megatron said and he walked away.

"Konockout," Starscream called. "Gather some drone have that thing dug out."

"Knockout do this. Knockout do that. How many Knockouts are there?" Knockout groaned. "Breakdown, do whatever Screamy wants."

Without saying a word Breakdown went to get some drones, leaving Starscream quit pissed of.' First Shockwave and his pet now Knockout and Breakdown?!' He thought angrily.


Back to 'bots...

"Wooooohoooo! Echo..." Miko screamed. "Check out the size of this cave and the calcic cressets!"

"Lets see if you can alert the 'cons that we are here." Arcee said.

"Lets hope this time we don't get stuck here with Megatron and Vehicons." Jack said.

"We won't if Miko stops screaming." Arcee glared at Miko who she shouted louder. There was a crack and a cresset fell right next to her.

"Miko," Bulkhead rushed next to her. "Are you ok?"

"Yeah I'll be." Miko points at Arcee. "If June the second stops mothering me." Arcee rolled her optics and saw Sirena on the ground picking something up. "What's that in your palm?" She approached her and so did Bulkhead.

"It's peeled paint." Bulkhead said.

"And it's black." Sirena whispered. In her entire life she knew only one person that black was the main color of his armor: Obsidian

"That's not the only thing that proves someone was here." Ralph said. They all looked at him as he was pointing at some claw marks on the wall of the cave. Miko took a picture quickly.

"Well, who ever was here now is dead." Bulkhead said in sorrow. "There was a fight here but looks like it was hand to hand combat."

They continued a little bit further until they reached a larger chamber and a deep mote in the middle from the two sides, left and right looked like it had no end. There was a wooden bridge across. It seemed strong enough to hold Arcee and Sirena but Bulkhead, hardly.

"So Should we give it a try?" Arcee asked as she placed a pede on the bridge. It gave a loud crick.

"Maybe we should go one bot one human." Sirena suggested. "So who's with me?"

"Can I come?" Ralph said.

Hopefully Sirena and Ralph passed safely and after them Arcee and jack. "Come on Bulk lets go!" Miko pushed Bulkhead's leg.

"Ok, but wait here. Let me see if it can hold both of us." Bulkhead stepped on the bridge. It gave a louder crick this time but it didn't break. At least not yet. Bulkhead sighed in relief. Just then the wood under his pedes broke and he fell.

"BULKHEAD!" They shouted in unison.

"I'm fine." Came Bulkhead's voice. When the dust cleared they saw Bulkhead hanging from the edge. Soon he pushed himself up. "You guys go. I'll find a way or another. Somehow..."

"Fine but be careful big guy." Sirena shouted to him.

"What ever the lady says!"

Arcee felt disgusted. She grabbed Sirena's wrist and dragged her along. "Come on! We don't have time for hugs and kisses."

Sirena only sighed. "Alright lady boss." But she was thinking about how annoying is Arcee. 'She is SO always or maybe sometimes on my nerve. THE MOST SENSETIVE ONE!'

They walked in silence for a while when suddenly Arcee spoke. "So why are you so full of yourself?"

Sirena raised an eyebrow. "What are you talking about?"

"Don't hit the dirt road." Arcee stood in front of her. "Why do you flirt with all bots? Or, I don't know... you act like you rule the world of beauty?"

"Arcee, please." Sirena walked passed the two wheeler. "I'm really not in the mood to argue."

"Then answer me." Arcee said demandingly.

"Are those even questions?!" Sirena was losing her patience. "Arcee I have many things to keep them to myself but also reason that I believe that you WON'T understand a BIT!"

While they were arguing, which caused almost a confusion for Jack and Ralph. They shrugged at each other.

"Can you hear it?" Ralph asked as he turned to another chamber. "Jack listen."

Jack tried to listen as the argument was raging on. "It sounds like drilling."

"Well, from what it looks like Optimus and Ratchet didn't mind me not telling my secrets to the team." Sirena shouted.

"Oh really?! That means you don't trust us enough." Arcee shouted back.

"SOMETHINGS ARE REALLY PERSONAL!"

"LADIES!" Jack and ralph called in unison.

"WHAT?!" Arcee and Sirena shouted back at them.

"Listen." The boys said.

The femmes listen carefully when they hear the drilling as well. "Follow me." Sirena marched forward. Arcee sighed but followed, knowing that another argument will be completely useless now that they found the cons. They reached to what seemed like an enormous pitfall. The drones had no need for light. There was enough Energon to lit up the mine and for them to see.

"Fools!" There was the echo of a familiar voice.

"There goes commander demanding heels." Sirena stated.

"Starscream." Arcee clenched her fist in anger. His voice was continued with some babbling about a crystal and radio?!

"What is that?" Ralph said pointing at what seemed like a broken piece of a diamond as Starscream grabbed it from the palm of the drone whom brought it to him.

"Is it a kind of Energon?" Starscream asked Knockout.

"Hardly, it is emitting some sort of radio wave unlike anything I have ever seen before." Knockout answered as he looked at the data pad in his servo.

Starscream growled. He hated mysteries and riddles. Worst of all unanswered questions! "Transport our new finding to the warship." He ordered the drone.

"So what is our move?" Sirena asked as she watched from where they were, the drone take the diamond away.

"Simple, you surrender!" Breakdown stood right behind the femmes and the kids with some troopers.

"Scrap!" The four whispered as they raised their hands.

A few moments later...

Starscream was listening to Knockout's theories about that diamond.

"...and I highly doubt that it is originated from Cybertron since the main element of..."

"Sorry doc, commander Scream..." Breakdown approached the pair.

"Nada problem Breakdown." Knockout said even though he hated when someone interrupted him.

"We caught the Autobots and these two humans spying on us." Breakdown pointed toward the femmes in cuffs which the troopers brought and forced them to kneel down two others came having Jack and Ralph in their servos

"Well, what have we here?" Starscream smirked. "Arcee and... wait I know you better than her." He leaned down to Sirena's face level. 'Where...


Starscream made it clear. He was joining forces with Megatron and he was about to tell him that right... now?! "Megatron I made up my mind and... AAAAAAhhh!"

He saw Megatron kissing a young femme. Quite tall about 27 feet and hair?! That's not common in femmes!

Megatronus broke the kiss and looked at the direction where the voice came. "StarSCREAM!"

"Sorry. Did I entrap something?" Starscream smiled nervously.

"You did but whatever... tell me are you joining me?"

"Yes and I will always remain by your side Megatron. Besides... if I would..."

"Very well then. Save the rest." He paused. "I will inform you of our attack coordinates to Space brige's control centers."

"Your wish is my wish and my wish is..."

"Shut up and LEAVE!" Megatronus shouted. Starscream bowed and while he was leaving he heard the couple talk.

"Wow. He looks like a femme!" Sirena snapped.

"Oh... yes I agree with you!" Megatronus smirked.


"You are Sirena?!" Starscream shouted.

Knock out finally decided to see who where the captives and he was shocked to see Sirena. Ever since her escape he didn't see her again till now.

Starscream laughed. "I used to wonder why Lord Megatron always takes such interest in you? Especially now!"

"Believe me old lady, I don't know it either but you could tell me when you asked him." Sirena winked. Arcee rolled her optics and sighed.

"Oh, my dear!" Starscream was about leave but stopped. "How about you tell me when you will be able to ask him yourself?"

He was not going to tell Megatron, was he? Of course for the love of Liege Maximo! That was the last thing THEY wanted.

"You there look for the prisoners until my return." Starscream ordered some Vehicon troopers to stay put.

Sirena started counting the guard that could have a shot at them while escaping and there was no cover for them.

The two Vehicons put Jack and Ralph next to the femmes, threatening them not to try to escape. So two there and four the ones who brought them in, five the ones Starscream ordered and a few on the platforms. She was so busy counting and strategizing that she didn't notice Knockout approached them.

"Earth to Sirena," He whispered to Sirena and motioned her to keep it low.

"I read ya doc." Sirena said.

Arcee raised a brow and looked at them suspiciously. "Wait, what are you two..."

They shushed Arcee. "You know how to Escape before Megatron comes here?" Sirena asked, looking around. "From the looks of it, it seems impossible."

"Because it is." Knockout nodded in agreement. "You need a 'FAT' distraction and as you know..."

"Vehicons get distracted easy!" They finished in unison.

"And by fat you mean?" Sirena asked.

"Your other friend." Knockout said. "He shouldn't be far. When he comes, be ready to run. He will be coming through that tunnel. Of course I don't how he can come through there or where did you came in because all of these tunnels lead to a mote and..."

Sirena sighed. "Just tell me the quickest and the safest way out!"

"That tunnel," Knockout pointed to a tunnel on the first floor. "It will take you to two more tunnels. Take the left one and it will lead you to a valley. Not so deep so you can call for a bridge at the end and the key to your cuffs." He placed the key in her palm.

"Thank you doc. I'll repay you when I can."

"Don't bother." He left.

"How can you trust him?" Arcee asked. Her anger was clear in her voice.

"I did trust him many times and still I do but tell me Arcee..." Sirena paused. "Can you trust me?"

"Fine!" Arcee sighed in defeat.

In a few moments Sirena unlocked her their cuffs but they didn't take them of until they heard a familiar engine's growling. Bulkhead sped up after he entered the chamber.

"Autobot!" A vehicon shouted and all of the troopers started firing at Bulkhead but he could dodge them easily.

A distraction long enough for the femmes and boys to reach for the tunnel on the first floor.

"Bulkhead," Arcee commed Bulkhead. "Can you reach to where we are?"

"Yeah, not a problem." Bulkhead responded as he drove to the tunnel. "You want a ride?" He asked Sirena.

"Absolutely!" She jumped on him and transformed one of her arms to a blaster and with the other she held on to Bulkhead. "I'll have your backs covered."

Bulkhead opened the back door for Ralph to get in as Arcee transformed to her alt-form for Jack to get on. They sped up in the tunnel. After a few moments they saw the Eradicons chasing them, firing at them. Sirena didn't hesitate and shot at one of their wings, hitting another one mid air.

"Optimus mentioned you were a sniper once too." Arcee said. "You hit two birds with one stone."

"What can I say?" Sirena shot another one. "He... GO LEFT!" They drove in to the left tunnel. Sirena shot the first Eradicon which entered the cave first. The Eradicon hit the ceiling and sealed the entrance. "YES!" And now she could only imagine how pissed of Megatron was.

At the moment, back at the mine...

"Why have you brought me down here Starscream?" Megatron was tired and all he wanted was to know how stupid Starscream's reason for bringing him here was to beat the frag out of him.

"I assure you my lord if you see this... " Starscream's jaw dropped as he saw the blaster marks and the tire tracks all over the chamber!

"YOU BROUGHT ME HERE FOR THIS MESS?!" Megatron leaned down toward Starscream dangerously. Starscream begun backing away from him. "Actually master it was because of the prisoners." He took the now extremely pissed of Megatron to where they held them but no prisoners there.

"Well..." Megatron said. "Where are they?"

"Th... they must have escaped my liege... during the conflict." Starscream whimpered.

"Of course Commander Starscream, we sent some Eradicons after them and the cause of the conflict was the green Autobot." A Vehicons said and just then an Eradicon came. "The prisoners managed to escape commander."

"Starscream," Megatron's voice was dangerously low. "Who were these prisoners, which one of the Autobots they were that you failed to terminate them without acknowledging me?"

"The two wheeler and the one whom you took interest in, the young femme whom recently joined with the Autobots."

Starscream answered without stuttering.

"Sirena," Megatron whispered as he noticed the key next to the cuffs. "Who held the key?"

"Knockout, I assume."

"Very well..."


The Autobot's base, a few minutes later...

The Autobots Sirena, Arcee, Bulkhead and the humans entered the base all dusty and covered in dirt.

"What happened?" Ratchet asked. "And what took you so long?" Optimus and the others came. He raised a brow when he saw Arcee glaring at Sirena. It wasn't something new 

"Now tell us how on Earth you... we could trust Knockout?" Arcee asked angrily. "What did Starscream meant by 'Megatron took an interest in you'?"

Sirena was quiet. Not because she was scared to answer her but she was thinking how to say it.

"Arcee calm down." Optimus demanded.

"No Optimus. She has the right to ask." Sirena looked at everyone and they were confused. All but Miko. "Back on Cybertron I had a family, a cousin whom we were in love with each other deeply until Megatron came. He tore my family apart and killed my cousin. Once he and I were friends too but then the war begun and I ran away from him and about Knockout he helped me escape many times. We were friends and still we are. I'm sorry. I should have told you sooner."

Everyone especially Arcee were silent. Arcee's expression changed into a mixture of shame and sorrow. "I'm sorry as well. I treated you unfair."

"But it's ok beautiful. It's not like you are a 'con." Bulkhead said.

"Yeah, we don't blame you for having relations. It wasn't your fault." Bumblebee said.

Others only smiled and nodded.

"Truce?" Arcee brought her hand to shake and Sirena took it and smiled. "Truce."


The Nemesis, Megatron's personal quarters, Time: 10:32 PM

"You summoned me Lord Megatron." Knockout entered the room. Megatron was sitting on a comfy couch. "Yes doctor," He got up. "Lets get to the main point. Did you have the key to our prisoners cuffs?"

"Yes, why do you ask?" Knockout acted normal.

"They escaped and I found the key next to their cuffs."

"I must have dropped it."

"Oh really?! Did you drop the key back on Cybertron when you assisted her in her escape?"

"My lord..." Now the doctor was getting freaked out.

Megatron chuckled at his reaction. "How could you help her without Arcee noticing?"

"I do not understand." Knockout said.

"She doubts her and so will the others." Megatron walked to the glass window like revealing the stormy sky and lightings. "She will lie and when I have the chance I will reveal her secrets in front of the Autobots."

"When is that time master?" Knockout asked, now worried.

"Very soon." Megatron paused. "How is Project Bruticon going?"

"Slow but steady." Knockout said.

"Accelerate it. We'll need them soon. And the crystal?"

"We need more time to figure it out, Lord Megatron."

"Dismissed." Megatron waved his hand dismissively. Just before Knockout could leave Megatron called him again. "Don't you forget it Knockout, I will get what I want in the end."

"Of course you do." While Knockout was leaving he heard Megatron talking again.

"And don't worry I won't hurt her..." He said. 'Much'

A/N: Sorry for the long wait. I was and still am busy with school. I'll try to update once or twice a month but no promises and by the way i might change some of the pairings. 

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