Transformers Fan Fiction ❯ RID: God Generation: CTG ❯ Better not mess with me! ( Chapter 6 )

Better not mess with me!

(12 hours later)

"where is Crosswise? He's supposed to be back hours ago!" Revv looks at the rest of the team, "where has he gone anyway?"

"Optimus told him to check on Sideburn before this meeting…" HotShot responds, frowning, "but it's strange…" he turns to the halls, "let's go, we're going to check it out…" the other Spychangers immediately follow their leader, starting to feel nauseous as HotShot calls out. "hey Crosswise! What's taking so long?!" he says as the door to the holding cells opens, making the team leader stand drop dead in the doorway while the others peer over his shoulder.

"Oh NO! Crosswise!" Wars exclaims as he feels himself gazing at the sight before him: the missing Spychanger was dropped against a wall, slightly bend over, totally offline while some mechfluid drips out of a large gash in his neck… they quickly run towards the bot and lift him up, carrying him out of the room while contacting T-ai.

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"you say WHAT!??" T-ai gasps, "Optimus!! Sideburn has escaped!" she yells, immediately getting the attention of Optimus, Prowl and X-Brawn, "you're not serious!!" Prowl shakes his head in pure disbelieve, "it's true! The Spychangers are now in the medbay repairing Crosswise, he has lost much of his mechfluid!" T-ai looks at him.

"T-ai, lock onto Sideburn, find him!" "yes Optimus, searching right now!" T-ai quickly gains access to satelites and other methods to find the blue bot, gasping as she turns up with an urgent news-report:

```attention, this is an urgent, national report: there have been sightings of a blue dragonlike creature ravaging the city, it has attacked one camping site from wich several vacationers are still missing, it has also hit a farm, feeding on the animals. It is everyone advised to stay inside, close all windows and doors and do not go outside, if people are outside, get them in as fast as possible and do not try and attack the creature'''

"by Primus…" Prowl whispers, "you think he…" T-ai turns to him, "killed those humans??"

"I think he did…" X-Brawn replies hoarsely, "what do we do now, Optimus?"

"Wedge! Report to command centre at ones!" Optimus orders as he contacts the build team leader.

"why are you recalling Wedge?? What can he do??" X-Brawn looks confused as Optimus crosses his arms in awaiting of the orange bulldozer, "have you forgotten that the CTG's are the enemies of the Hammerites? And that only the Hammers have the goods to fend off an attack?" the Autobot Leader shrugs, "Wedge is a Hammerite, so… we ask him what to do"

"but Wedge… I'm sorry, but his age, wouldn't he be a mere novice? What would he know?"

"may I *demand* your pardon?" Wedge says as he enters with the rest of the build team, "Optimus? Something so important you call us back?" the orange bot looks at his leader.

"yes, what would you suggest we do against a Child of the Third Gate?" Optimus could swear that he saw Wedge's face becoming paler, "a… a CTG? You serious??" the young bot tilts his head to one side, "I'd say… blow him apart with holy water" he simply says, frowning, "why?"

"Sideburn is a CTG… and we don't want to kill him!" Prowl scowls at Wedge, who looks at him with a wide grin, "oh… say so then!!" he turns and tells them to follow him into the spacebridge, "call whoever you want Optimus! I'll help you capture him but I need a few things!"

Optimus frowns and gives T-ai the order to call every Autobot to their location.

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"so… what do we do now?" X-brawn looks at the young, orange bot, "very simple… we capture him…" Wedge responds, though the sentence doesn't come out as steady as it should.

"don't expect this to succeed however" Wedge whispers softly as he rolls out a blueprint, allowing the rest of the buildteam to look on it.

"don't expect us to WHAT!!?" Desertfox widens her optics, "I thought you were so sure that this would work!?" Wedge glances at her, "I did not say that!"

"well, let's get to work…" Grimlock interrupts, having mixed feelings about this plan: to build a large cage with a pressure plate to trap Sideburn.

"you think this will work Optimus?" Prowl looks pondering as the buildteam quickly construct the cage, Wedge transforms and says something to Heavy Load, then he turns to Prowl and Optimus, "I need meat, with lots of blood" the young bulldozer looks sick by the thought, "maybe you could send a message to the nearest abattoir so they know that we are coming?" he blushes.

"hmm, alright, I guess that it's the main ingredient if we want to get Sideburn here… go ahead, you will find them prepared" Optimus says, opening his comlink as Wedge leads his team away, Grimlock staying behind to complete the last bits of construction.

"how much meat do you think they'll get if they go off with all three of them??" Sumatran looks at Shara who frowns, "I hope enough to quiet the stomach of a CTG"

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"this better work…" Heavy Load sighs, "or else…"

"or else what??" Wedge asks nervous as he takes a bucket of blood and throws it over the already hauled meat.

"or else *you* are going to wash and clean me, Wedge…. Thoroughly!!" Heavy Load threatens, smirking as the young bot yelps, "it'll work Heavy Load! If not, I promise on my mothe… eh, my spark that I will entirely clean you, wax you and give you an oil bath if you request!" Wedge quickly promises while continuing to load up.

"hehe, that almost makes you wish that we screw up big time, now doesn't it Heavy Load?" Hightower jokes as he brings another `donation', "no, not even that makes me wish for a screw-up, game's too dangerous" he answers as they ride back, arriving soon by the large cage.

"well, you think that should be enough" Ultra Magnus snorts, he decided to come along `just in case'.

"well, let's just finish up and hide…" Wedge says, his voice small and little as he quickly takes a load of meat and throws it into the trap.

He's scared… Shara thinks blankly, a numb feeling coming over her, something's not right.. he knows! He knows that this will not work!! That this will fail entirely… but yet, why is he doing this then? She sighs as the trap is ready and they all enter back into the woods, just as T-ai contacts Optimus to inform that Sideburn `is heading their way'.

"well, let's pray on our knees" Railstar can't help but whimper, feeling Rapid Run laying a comforting arm around her shoulder, "it'll work, or else I won't allow Sideburn to hurt you…" Railstar shakes her head, "I have a terrible bad feeling about this!".

"alright, let's just all stay quiet and focused" Optimus says, his optics confirming a blue spot coming closer in the sky, and a few seconds later, the large, blue-scaled dragon/demon lands swiftly, looking around suspiciously but he quickly turns to the meat, Wedge had purposely chosen to paint the cage bright yellow because CTGs aren't able to see that colour, so Sideburn simply closes in on the meat, folding his wings tightly against his body and he smirks, Just a bit closer, and then I can finally fill my stomach, my crying, tearing, hungry stomach, Sideburn sighs, he was getting tired of being the one in need of blood, the hunger always tortured him to no end… he looks around on last time and leaps forward, mouth already opening to take a large chunk when his front arms touch the ground, and he feels a panel pressing down… "no!" he turns half around as the cage closes, realising with fear that he's trapped, "no!" he tries to turn completely as the Autobots walk up to him, but the cage is to small to allow him that movement, "release me! Release me at once you hear me!" he threatens, looking at Optimus with his four eyes.

"no, we won't let you free, you attacked Crosswise…" Optimus says

"for the same reason I attacked X-brawn! I had no choice!" Sideburn responds.

"and what did you do with those vacationers?!" Prowl questions

"I was hungry, and depleted! I would die if… listen, I will die if I don't feed on blood or mechfluid, you know that! You placed me in a cell while I was depleted, you tried to kill me!" Sideburn cries out, suddenly examining the cage and growling, focusing on Wedge who lingers behind the other Autobots, "hammerite…." The blue dragon snarls, "hammer CTG trap, made by… you?" his eyes suddenly burn bloodred and with a loud roar, Sideburn presses himself roughly against the cage, breaking all the bars and showing his true height. He uses a powerful blast of water to clear a path between him and the orange bulldozer, grinning as the younger bot stumbles back in fear…

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just for reminder: the Hammerite faction is not mine, the idea is originally from a game called thief, ©looking glass. I have made a faction out of it but I don't hold the rights, that means I can't be accused of faults in the game etc.

and yes, yellow is a colour not seen by CTGs, the brighter: the least seen, and Sideburn is elemented under water.

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