The Autobots now have six sets of coordinates to work with. These relics could be anything from ancient artifacts to Decepticon weapons of mass destruction. It is imperative that they attempt to recover the relics all at once.
Optimus: If we are to have any hope of recovering the Iacon relics before the Decepticons do, we must divide our resources.
Ratchet: But Optimus, when it comes to numbers we are already at a grave disadvantage.
Optimus: Under the circumstances, swiftness of action is paramount. This is one race that we absolutely cannot afford to lose.
But when Ratchet went to the computer, he noticed that the Decepticons were departing New York.
Ratchet: Here's a twist. It would appear that the Decepticons are retreating from Manhattan.
Arcee: They just.... up and left?
Optimus: It is more likely that Megatron has already set coarse for the second set of coordinates. Having dispatched a unit to this relic's underground location.
Arcee: Without busting up a city block to get to it?
Jack: They used subway tunnels. New York has a whole network of them running beneath the city.
Optimus: Since the human population seems to longer be directly threatened, maintaining our disguise will be necessary. Arcee. Bumblebee. You are the best choices to navigate through such a densely populated area.
Jack: Optimus, New York has more than 8 million people. The odds of being spotted by one of them are pretty high. Even if they are headed underground.
Arcee: Where are you going with this?
Jack: Your gonna need a face man. Someone who can speak on their behalf. A human who can run interference if their cover gets blown.
Miko: Well, I've actually been in subway stations, I grew up in a major metropolis. Unlike Mister 'I've never been outside of Jasper, NV.'
Jack: I have been to Cybertron.
Miko: Cybertron doesn't have subways. Does it?
Optimus: Agent Fowler's field experience makes him our best candidate.
Optimus looked at Agent Fowler laying on the medial bed.
Agent Fowler:(loopy) Banana fish!
Ratchet: If he weren't still recovering from his encounter with the Decepticon warship.
Miko: Which WE survived without incident!
Optimus: Very well. Miko and Jack while accompany Arcee and Bumblebee.
Miko: Yes!
Miko may be excited, but Arcee and Bumblebee were dumbfounded. Why was she so keen to go on a relic hunt with them?
Optimus: Initiate transport. And triangulate coordianates of the other five relics.
Ratchet: I'm on it.
Ratchet opened the groundbridge as Miko went down the ladder. She got into Bumblebee as Jack got on Arcee and they drove through the vortex.
Bulkhead/Raf: Take care of her Bee. / Take care of him Miko.
Bulkhead and Raf looked at each other as their companions went through the vortex. Once it closed, it was Bulkhead's turn to go after a relic. Ratchet already had the coordinates.
Optimus: Bulkhead, prepare for departure.
Ratchet: You are headed for the Equator.
Bulhead: I'll prep for tropical weather. Wrecker style!
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TFP: Dodger's Greatest Encounter (Book 2)
Science FictionUnicron is defeated, but Optimus is off the grid. Can Dodger and his fellow Autobots find him and continue the fight? Follow Dodger and Team Prime as they fight to save Optimus and hunt for the relics of Iacon. Along the way, Dodger may meet his...
