Mysteries of a Prime

Deus ex machina

"See. You were a genius to total that painting." Miko turned to Bulkhead, "Miko's not wrong. How can the Cons find the harvester without the fresco?" Arcee asked, "With high-speed internet? If you do an image search for 'Greek god' and 'golden orb' this pops up. It's in a museum." Rafael answered, showing a picture of a statue.

"That the real deal?" Arcee looked up at Optimus, "Contact agent Fowler." Was all he said. I opened a communications link to agent Fowler but was answered by an automated message, "You've reached special agent William Fowler, I'm currently on an extensive training retreat and unavailable until Tuesday.

"I hate talking to machines." Ratchet grumbled, "Without agent Fowler's direct aid we will have to confiscate the harvester on our own." Optimus look down to us, "Confiscate? As in steal museum property?" Jack asked, "That sounds... Illegal." Rafael joined Jack, "I do not wish to break human law, but once the Decepticons learn of the harvester's location, they will not hesitate to obtain it, by any means necessary. We must act covertly." Optimus explained.

"Okay, no offence, Optimus, but covertly and giant robots don't really go together. Museums are public and they have guards and security cameras." Jack countered, "No problem! We're small enough to sneak it and we are not a government secret." Miko suggested, "Miko, I'm not sure that's wise." Bulkhead interjected, "But it may be our best option, Bulkhead, the longer we debate we give the Decepticons." Optimus cut Bulkhead off and started to explain his plan.

(Timeskip to night)

We drove to the museum and split off in order to surround the building in case of a Decepticon attack, me and Optimus would be on the Northern side in order to see the children and keep them safe, Bumblebee on the Eastern side, Bulkhead on the Southern side and Arcee in the Western side. "::Autobots, confirm position.::" Optimus whispered, "::Westward ho.::" Arcee reported. "::Eastside protected.::" Bumblebee responded, "::Southside covered.::" Bulkhead replied.

"::Maintain your guard.::" Optimus reminded us, "::Jack, Miko, Rafael, me and Aerialace will have a clear view of you, once you secure the harvester, I will contact Ratchet to bridge you back to base.::" Optimus explained. We soon saw the children next to the statue and flashed our light to signal we can see them.

After a few minutes of the children stealing the harvester an Aston Martin came up between us, whistled and said, "Sweet rims, 24 gauge? You're real heavy duty, just like my friend here." Just as he finished his sentence I saw Breakdown shoot a missile at Optimus but he transformed just in time to stop the missile but it slightly hit the glass of the museum.

I transformed to stop the mech before he could electrocute Optimus but Breakdown held me down so could not help him. As Optimus turned his head the mech stabbed his neck cables with an energon prod, knocking him down. I finally got Breakdown off of me and went to knock the Decepticon off before the mech before he could electrocute Optimus again but I was too slow and Optimus was unconscious.

Breakdown pinned my servos behind my backplate and the mech came to me, jabbing the shock prob into my neck cables as well and turned on the electricity, the shock was more mild than my ADU but it still knocked me down, "That's interesting, might have to open you up..." the mech trailed off, seeing how I was much more resilient than Optimus, "Breakdown, knock her out, I want to see what makes her so special..." the mech ordered Breakdown.

"My pleasure, Knockout." Breakdown smirked and was about to punch me but I rolled out of the way and jumped on his backplates. I was able to get a few good punches in before he threw me into the glass, causing the alarms to got off. Luckily, this peaked the attention of everyone else, and before Knockout set the, increased power, prod in my neck cables Bumblebee knocked him off.

Bumblebee then turned his attention to Breakdown, how had his attention on Arcee, and engaged the fight as well. Breakdown shot a few more missiles at them before they crashed and were knocked down. Bulkhead ran from the roof to Breakdown where they were engaged with each other. I took this distraction to attack Knockout. I kept on dodging his prob and finally punched him into the ground.

I crawled on top of him in order to punch his faceplate but he knocked me off, "Aren't you a feisty one." Knockout smirked. I ignored his comment and continued to attack him. Finally after a few more minutes of battle Optimus woke up and saw that Soundwave confiscated the harvester. "Hmmm, that would be game." Knockout gazed up at Soundwave before transforming and driving away, Breakdown following him.

"Security has Miko." Rafael took our attention from the Decepticons and chasing after them, "What? I going in after her." Bulkhead was about to go into the museum but Optimus stopped him before he could. "Bulkhead, Miko may be detained but she is safe from harm." Optimus reasoned.

We then went back to base in order to plan our next move.

"In all likelihood, Starscream will use the hervester to gather as much energon as quickly as he can from the planets, otherwise unminable deposits, approach with extreme caution, Starscream will not hesitate to turn the harvester on any one of us. Bulkhead, it is best if you remain here-" "So I can bust Miko out of the museum?" Bulkhead cut Optimus off, "-So you can help Ratchet and Aerialace. You may be Miko's guardian, but she requires human assistance, agent Fowler remains her best option." Optimus then left to scout for the harvester.

"You've reached special agent William Fowler, I'm currently on an intensive training retreat and unavailable until Tuesday." The answering machine spoke, "Still no answer." Rafael reported, "Fowler's lounging around some poolside cabana." Bulkhead raged and smashed the welder, "Bulkhead! I needed that!" Ratchet yelled at Bulkhead, holding the replica in his servo, I quickly took the replica so that it would not be damaged by the two mechs.

"We can free Miko if we can just return that harvester back to the museum." Bulkhead reasoned, "So the Decepticons can steal it again?" Ratchet asked, Bulkhead paused for a second before yelling at himself, "I am so dumb!" "So how are we going to help Miko?" Jack asked, to which Ratchet explained, "By returning this replica to the museum- Ace can quickly have it?" To which I gave it to him, "Thank you -the construction of which would be going a whole lot faster if Bulkhead hadn't mangled my frame welder." Ratchet explained.

"We're already trespassers and thieves, why not add forgery to the list?" Jack muttered, "I should have an extra in my berthroom." I piped up, "Thank you, Ace, can you go grab it?" Ratchet asked, "Yes, sir." I responded and left to grab the welder and came back in less than a minute, when I returned I gave it to Ratchet and went to get some more scrap parts and gold paint to paint them.

"Urg, I wish I'd never taken Miko to the—the painting of the harvester wasn't the only thing we found at those ruins." Bulkhead realised, "I'm sorry?" Ratchet asked, hoping for more details, "Starscream's not dumb, no matter what tool he has, he's always gonna take the easy route." Bulkhead explained before opening the Groundbridge and ran through, I didn't question it and continued to paint and form the scrap metal.

When I was done with the painting I brought the pieces to Ratchet so that he could attach the parts onto the frame, "This isn't bad, how did you paint it so good?" Ratchet asked, "My servos seem to be more steady than most, making me able to add small details without any imperfections, I assume it has something to do with them." I explained.

Soon everyone came back and helped Bulhead, when they came back, I went to get some energon for him, after we infused the energon we left to place the replica in the original position. Once we came back I left to get some recharge as I haven't recharged in a week.