Karina Torres: TFP

Orion Pax: Part 2

Karina's POV

"Rafael, is the test subject ready?" Ratchet asks Raf. It's be a couple of days and still no luck finding the Decepticon Space Bridge. But we haven't given up hope. Raf puts down one of his toy cars, making it move with the remote control.

"Check, long range GPS activated" Raf tells him.

"I have doubts whether or not my re-calibrations have successfully extended ground bridge range. But there is only one way to found out" Ratchet states. He activates the ground bridge.

Well it turns on. Raf puts his toy car in front of it. He has it enter the portal. But it blows and the bridge turns off. "It was just the first try" Raf tells him.

"He's right, you can try again" I tell him.

"No Karina, Rafael" Ratchet tells us. "It was pure folly, a misguided act of desperation" he states. "It takes eons to master Space-bridge engineering. And no one is more accomplished then the decepticons" he explains.

"You know, there's this thing in gym class where you have to climb a rope. All the way to the ceiling" Raf tells him. As I go collect the pieces of his toy car. "It's really hard and I've never been able to do it. But when I told Bee and Karina about it. They believed in me, which made me practice a ton" he explains. "Finally, just a couple weeks ago. I made it to the top" he states.

"What does any of this have to do with gym class?" Ratchet demands.

"Don't talk to my little cousin that way" I snap.

"It's fine Karina" Raf assures me before looking up at Ratchet. "I'll give you some alone time" he says and left. I sigh and lean against the wall feeling tired.

"Do you require energon Karina?" Ratchet asks me.

"No, just tired. Haven't been sleeping well with Optimus gone, I've been the search to find the location of the Decepticon space bridge. But no luck" I tell him.

"I'll take over, you get some rest" he tells me. I nod my head and go lay on the couch for a nap. I fall into a light sleep.

I wake when Bulkhead returns by the ground bridge. "No sign of energon spikes" Bulkhead tells Ratchet. As I sit up and stretch on the couch. "Arcee or Bee, find a space bridge?" he asks.

"They haven't yet reported back" Ratchet tells him.

"Though last I heard, no they haven't" I add as I walk over to them.

"Ratchet, you alright?" Bulkhead asks.

"Hmm, yes. Yes, lets just get you to the next quadrant" Ratchet tells him.

"I'll go put the coordinates in" I tell them and head over to the controls. Just then the comm system beeps. Ratchet goes over to a console.

"What is it?" Bulkhead asks him.

"A high frequency signal, with an embedded message for me" Ratchet answers.

"Optimus?" Bulkhead and I ask him. Ratchet touches the screen and Starscream's photo appears on it.

"Starscream" he tells us. "I have obtained information regarding your leader. Bring medical kit, come alone" he reads to us.

"Well you're not going alone, Bulkhead go with him and I'll man the bridge" I state. They both nod. Ratchet grabs his medical kits and I open the bridge to the coordinates Starscream had sent us in his transmission.

Bulkhead keeps his comm open so that I can hear them. "I told you to come alone" Starscream complains and I roll my eyes at that. Does he think we're stupid?

"And since when do we listen to you?" Bulkhead asks him.

"Where is Optimus?" Ratchet asks Starscream.

"Patch me up and perhaps I'll tell you" Starscream states. "Have sympathy, I'm leaking here" he complains.

"Then I suggest you speak quickly" Ratchet tells him. "Has Optimus been harmed in any way?" he asks him.

"He's fine" Starscream states. "Can't you see I'm the one that's been harmed?" he asks them.

"Where is he?" Bulkhead demands.

"Where do you think? He's on Megatron's war ship" Starscream tells them.

"Which is located where?" Ratchet asks him.

"Now? Who knows" Starscream tells him. "It's a ship, it moves" he states. "It took me months to track, only to get fired upon" he explains.

"You wouldn't go to the trouble of calling me here, unless you had information to trade. Real information" Ratchet states.

"Very well, your beloved leader may of lost his senses. He goes by Orion Pax now, and it seems Megatron has lead him to believe he is a decepticon" Starscream tells them. That's old news.

"Tell us something we don't know" Bulkhead tells him.

"What?! How could y possibly know that?!" Starscream exclaims.

"We're wasting our time" Ratchet states.

"Wait! That's all I have, really" Starscream tells them.

"Unless you know where Megatron's hiding his space bridge. You can stay here and rust" Bulkhead tells him.

"Do you mean to tell me, they actually finished building it without my supervision?" Starscream demands. So he does know where it is. He laughs. "It hurts most right here, doctor" he tells Ratchet. Who tended to his wound before returning with Bulkhead. With the location of the space bridge.

I called Arcee and Bee back. Ratchet then gave us a briefing of the location of the space bridge. No wonder we found in energon spikes, it's located in an energon mine. Fowler got Jack a space suit to wear. I'd go with the others to secure the bridge. Much to the dismay of Nurse Darby and Fowler. But I have powers and the autobots need all the fire power they can get to defend the bridge.

We jammed the cons communication signal and took out the drones at the mine. Before taking an elevator down to the space bridge. Turned out Starscream's info was good. We seized the bridge and discover it's fully operational. Bulkhead gives the all clear and we call Jack in.

Ratchet sends him and Arcee to Cybertron. Leaving the portal open for better communication. Also to make it easier for them to locate when they return. I sit on Ratchet's shoulder plate feeling drained. He gives me a small energon cube. "Thanks" I say as I take it.

"You're accuracy havs improved" Bulkhead tells me.

"Thanks, Bee has been teaching me" I admit. "Though it uses a lot of my energy" I state.

"Lets hope our presence here goes unnoticed, do that you need not fight again" Ratchet states. "Arcee, Jack do you copy?" he asks.

"Rodger, we're on Cybertron" Jack answers. We sigh in relief. As those as base cheered. Bulkhead tells them to keep the sightseeing to a minimum, which Ratchet agrees with.

"Space bridge control, do you read me? Space Bridge control, this is Breakdown. Your status report is over due" Breakdown states.

"Scrap" Bulkhead and I say. We have Agent Fowler answer the transmission.

"This is space bridge control, situation normal" Fowler states.

"Normal? You sure about that?" Breakdown asks.

"We were just calibrating some subsystems, and we had a surge. But it's fine now" Fowler assures him. "How are you?" he asks and I face palm silently.

"Uh, never better. I know it's thankless down there, keep up the good work" Breakdown states.

"Will do, control out" Fowler states and we end the transmission.

"Man that was close" I state. The others nod their helms in agreement. We wait to hear from Arcee and Jack.