Lost & Found

Determined Spirit

Chapter 105: Determined Spirit
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:: Get down!::

I yelped when I was forced behind fallen debris to avoid oncoming gunfire. Bee transformed his arm into his plasma cannon and returned the fire.

"Bee!" I slid onto my back and threw an arm over my head to shield myself away from the rocks and dust that flew in the air.

:: Come on!::

Bee tugged me from the rubble over to a building, forcing my back against the wall with his body as he turned the corner and fired at the Cons that sat on the high ground.

I peered around Bee's form and caught sight of a red and blue streak falling behind a human statue. "Dad!"

I pointed around Bee's figure. "That's dad! We need to help him!"

Bee held me back with one arm while he fired with the other. :: Stay back...we can't help the lost soul.::

"What do you mean we can't help him? I-scrap! Look!" I watched in horror as Decepticon ships came from different directions and rained fire across the battlefield. My father collapsed to the ground and was forced to take on the bullets that rained upon him.

Bee used his body to shield me away from the many explosions that occurred across the fields as the ships circled around to avoid being shot down. "Bee we gotta help them! Where's Boomer?"

Oh, Primus, I wish I had my wings and...a gun that shoots rockets! I would've been able to blast those ships out of the sky myself! So unfair!

My optics scanned the streets for my vicious creature. Ugh, where is that darn dog? I need him to help my dad.

Suddenly I was yanked backward when a ship came crashing down into a nearby building and rolled out onto the streets in balls of flames.

Bee slowly approached the burning aircraft and peered inside to confirm that the Con inside was in fact...dead.

I craned my neck slightly to watch missiles weave between the buildings and destroyed structures as each ship was taken down one by one.

Who is that? How...who sent for backup?

"Liza!"

A shiver ran through my frame as we followed the rest of the Autobots out onto the streets to assist my father.

"Liza!" A booming voice called behind me. I was suddenly pulled from Bee's side and pushed behind a large figure.

"Hide!" I quickly took notice of the medic behind me. "Ratch!"

"Bee go! I got her! Stay behind me." The Weapon Specialist gruffly instructed as he urged me backward towards Ratchet while stomping forward to help the others.

Ratchet quickly pulled me aside and began looking me over. "Are you alright?"

I tried to move around him. "I-I'm fine, Ratch. Where's dad?"

He placed his servos on my shoulders to hold me in place. "Liza stop! You're injured! Did you have another vision?"

"No," I leaned around him to see the Autobots quickly overpowering Sentinel and the Cons ahead. Unable to fight them off any longer, Sentinel collapsed to the ground and transformed to escape. My father quickly picked himself up off the ground and charged after him, his weapons ready as he rammed into him on the bridge, forcing the red Prime to transform.

"We gotta help!" I ran forward only to be pulled back by Ratchet.

"The slag are you doing? You are in no condition to fight!"