Shattered

Chapter 10

"What do you mean, you can't come?" the femme snapped, optics narrowing as she placed a hand on her hip.

She'd almost for certain found what was most likely the energon signal the three of them had been sent to investigate. However, apparently the other two bozos were, for some reason, unable to convene at her coordinates to further investigate.

After muttered grumbling, one of the mechs on the other end of the comm replied.

"We're stuck."

"What do you mean, stuck?" the two-wheeler demanded, tapping her pede on the rocky ground.

"We're in a hole," said the mech. "Might need some help out."

"A hole? How did you two idiots happen to fall in a hole? And what is a giant hole doing in the middle of nowhere."

The femme's optics widened as she looked out over the canyon.

"YOU MEAN YOU FELL INTO THE CANYON! YOU DIMWITS! THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE!"

There was a short silence from Goldbug's side of the comm, the young mech likely recovering from the sudden volume.

Cliffjumper was the mech that replied. "No, we're not in the canyon, moron! It's a trap!"

"How'd you fall into a trap?" Arcee asked shrilly, fists at her sides shaking in rage.

These two couldn't be trusted to look for energon alone for five kliks!

"It was covered and we didn't see it until too late," Goldbug replied sullenly, audios no longer ringing. "Will you just come and help us out?"

Arcee smirked, a dark expression on her faceplate. "I have half a mind to leave you two in there to rust. Fitting that you would fall into your own graves, wouldn't it?

"And much easier for me to collect your helms too."

"IF YOU LEAVE US HERE, BY UNICRON I WILL TRACK YOU DOWN AND KILL YOU, ARCEE!" Cliffjumper screamed.

"If you can get out of your new home," Arcee snapped back, rolling her optics.

"You mean, if Lord Optimus Prime doesn't figure out your treachery first," hissed Goldbug. I wouldn't want to be on his bad side, and I'm pretty sure he'd be upset if one of his best warriors went missing."

Turning away from the canyon ledge, Arcee started walking towards where she'd split from the two mechs to search on her own.

"You mean your sister?" the femme asked coolly, not being able to resist a chance to poke the young mech's sore spot. "If you died, I don't think it would affect Skyshadow, sorry."

"NOT HER, YOU IDIOT! ME!"

"STOP SCREAMING!!!" yelled Cliffjumper. "Arcee, get over here and help us out before I murder him!"

"I'm coming, I'm coming," growled the femme. "Where are you two anyways?"

"In a hole."

"Where's the hole?"

Bumblebee scoffed. "In the ground. You have the scanner, femme! Use it!"

Arcee bared her denta in a snarl and shut her comm off. Pulling the scanner back out of her subspace pocket, she set it to scan for life signatures.

Once the device had pinpointed what must be Dumb and Dumber, the two-wheeler stomped away in that direction.

"When I find those two, I might just bury them in the hole," she muttered darkly as she stalked across the rocky ground, avoiding the larger rocks. "Or just behead them and save myself the trouble."