"Rendezvous:Bulkhead" (Scene 1/5)

Bulkhead had fallen silent,casting a solemn gaze forward. "Bulk? Helloooo? Anyone home?" Miko asked as she hangs upside down in front of his vision. "Miko...We're in trouble." He said.

"As in 'Optimus is pissed at us' In trouble? Or 'Evil Incarnate is attacking again' in trouble?"

"The second one. The base was attacked,and Ratchet has been captured." Bulkhead explains. "Why are we sitting out here then? We could totally bust some bumpers getting the base back!" Miko said,seeming excited to be involved in the war matters of the Autobots.

"First,we don't have a ground bridge,and second,without equipment,if we get injured,we won't be able to perform first aid,lastly,you're talking about kicking in the door to ,at least currently,the most dangerous bigwig there is. I'd rather face a swarm of scraplets over being face to face with Megatron on my own." Bulkhead explains.

"Point taken,but we can't just sit around. Where can we go?" Miko asked.

"Thankfully,we have more than one of those bunkers,but it's much smaller,and easier to damage. We'll be under Megatron's nose again,but we must take more care than normal to ensure nothing gets in." He said,getting Miko off of his head and setting her on the ground,to transform into his vehicle body and opening the driver side door.

Miko climbs in,and with a dustball following in the wake of the bulky machine,Bulkhead begins driving to their backup bunker.

Along the way,a concerning number of Decepticon patrols began to circle them distantly. "Scratch that. We're being watched." Bulkhead growls,heading deeper onto offroad territory,as the Decepticons also began to follow suit.

"Damn- I can't shake those eyes. Miko,strap in. I'm about to show you what I can REALLY do with this form." Bulkhead said as he kicks it into high gear,to make for ground level canyons. The jets get lower and closer,tracking Bulkhead.

Bulkhead hits the breaks and slams a tight turn into another channel of the canyon,throwing off the some of the pursuing flock of Jeticons.

3 remained out of the 6,"Hey Bulkhead,did the Decepticons order a Half off meal?"

"Half off isn't enough. I'd prefer my meal FREE!" Bulk said as he slams yet another tight turn,almost throwing off the group for one to still give chase.

It began firing at them.

"Miko,Do you trust me?" Bulkhead asked.

"Why do you ask?" Miko asked,an explosion roars out beside them.

"DO YOU OR DO YOU NOT TRUST ME?!" Bulkhead asked again.

"Yes!"

With that,Bulkhead began transforming,and in the rapid change,Miko screaming the whole time. As soon as Bulkhead was in robot form he catches her,"Get ready for a double feature!" Bulkhead roars as he throws Miko a reasonable distance into the sky,long enough to blast down the last vehicon and catch her,transforming with her again,and settling her in the passenger seat.

"You okay?" Bulkhead asked.

Miko was frozen solid damn near,gripping the nearest handle,"Never,EVER,do that again." She said,earning a gentle laugh from bulkhead as they resumed driving unmonitored.

Thankfully,they were close to the bunker they needed. As Bulkhead lets out a jellylegged Miko,he transforms,emitting a gentle grunt as he was a touch tall for this particular bunker. He comms into the Group,

"All Units come in,I am now on site,and awaiting Rendezvous. Repeat,This is Bulkhead now On Botsite B,can anyone hear me?"

Static.

Megatron was messing with the Airwaves.

"Scrap." Bulkhead mutters.

"What now? More 'cons already?" Miko asked.

"Worse. I cant get communications out to the rest of the team. Megatron must be scrambling the airwaves so we can't regroup too easily." Bulkhead explains.

"Can't we do something about it?" Miko asked.

"Unless you know how to quantum entangle an entirely new radio wave that Megatron cannot detect,that's more of Ratchet's job." Bulkhead said.

Miko hums gently....

"What if we did it retro-style? If Megatron is messing with your primary communicator,what's stopping you from an older method that he won't pay attention to?" Miko asked.

"Using an actual transmission tower..? It might work,but we'd risk revealing ourselves since those towers dont differentiate between friend and foe." Bulkhead notes.

"Do you have a better,less risky idea?" Miko asked.

"Not really..."

"Then let's go make a collect call then!"

(Sorry about the short! More to come soon!)