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VIVID SYMBOLS ❞
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      ━━━━━ STEPHANIE AND HERO stepped out, looking at the Museum that they were at. "Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Land of dreams in there. All I ever wanted to be was an astronaut." Simmons said.

Stephanie closed her door, heading back to the trunk, she pulled it open and grabbed her bag as well as Hero's. Their suits rested in their bags along with their weapons. When the bags went through the scan all the guards would see were the clothes.

Stephanie had worked with the autobots to come up with this tech however she decided it was best to keep it to herself. She pulled the bag onto her shoulder and walked over to the other side of the car after closing the trunk.

Simmons proceeded to pull his pants off in front of all them, clearly no shame in what he was wearing. "Hold those." He said handing the pants over to Sam.

"Ah, come on." Stephanie spoke, holding her hand in front of her face.

"What is that?" Sam asked him.

"What? I wear them when I'm in a funk." He replied, grabbing some other clothes. "So does Giambi, Jeter. It's a baseball thing. Okay. Watches synchronized, sharp mind and empty bladder. You get caught, demand an attorney and don't ever say my name."

Stephanie rolled her eyes, exchanging a look with Hero. "Okay, take one of these pills. Slip it under your tongue. It's the high-concentrate polymer they put in Oreo cookies. Tricks the polygraph every time. Okay. Now, let's get this show on the road." He said pressing the taser.

"Whoa. No, listen, I can't do this. I'm not some alien bounty hunter, guys. I'm not gonna do this." Leo told them, clearly freaking out.

"Kid, kid, kid." Simmons said, pushing him back. "You compromise this mission, you are dead to me. Now look into my eyes and tighten up the sphincter."

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Stephanie and Hero walked around in the building soon finding a place to hide and wait to come out. When they knew they were in the clear, the two came out of the hiding spot. Then they proceeded to go their own way's heading into the bathrooms. Stephanie opened her bag, she then proceeded to pull her clothes off and change back into her suit.

She sat down and pulled her boots on, then placed her holsters on as well. Once finished she stood back up. She pulled her blonde hair to the side and started to braid it making sure it was out of the way. She grabbed the final piece to her suit, placing her staff on her back. She shoved her other clothes in her bag.

Stephanie pulled her guns up along with extra clips and placed them on top of her clothes. Zipping it up she shoved it back on her shoulder and proceeded to walk out of the bathroom meeting up with Hero. They moved down to the lower level catching up with the others. They picked up their pace running into the area, where most of the planes were.

"We just downed five guards. Five guards." Simmons said, running over to Sam and Mikaela.

Stephanie and Hero followed behind them, eventually she noticed that Wheelie was traveling towards one of the main planes. Stephanie and Hero slid to a stop looking at the plane.

"You got what I got?" Simmons asked Sam.

"Yeah." Sam replied.

"Blackbird."

Stephanie placed her eyes on Wheelie as he transformed, looking up at the plane. "There he is." He turned towards the humans looking at them. "This guy's a legend, like the Chairman of the Board!"

Stephanie placed her eyes on Sam as he crawled under the railing looking at Wheelie who turned back around to face Sam.

"Yo, freshman, point the shard and watch the magic happen."

Sam did as told and let go of the shard, Stephanie along with the other's jumped slightly. Mikaela and Sam ran underneath looking for the symbol.

"Shit. It's a Decepticon!" She screamed out.

"No, come on." Stephanie breathed out, lowering her head.

"Decepticon? Behind the MiG now!" Simmons yelled, as it started to transform.

Hero grabbed a hold of Stephanie's hand and pulled her with him, the two following behind the others. They all hid behind the plane, Stephanie held onto Hero's hand but showed no sign of fear even though she was scared.

"What sort of hideous mausoleum is this?" He asked, Wheelie came up to them running into Leo who pushed him out of the way. "Answer me, pawns and knaves!" They watched as he threw his metal hand into one of the planes, knocking it to the ground. "Show yourselves or suffer my infinite wrath!"

Stephanie let go of Hero's hand, she picked herself and was the first to walk away from the plane holding her hands up in the air. Sam soon followed behind her which resulted in the other's to follow behind him. The Decepticon proceeded to walk towards them.

"You little spinal-cord-base organisms!" One of the pieces of a ship proceeded to hit him in the head and fall to the ground rolling towards the humans who backed away from it. "Bugger it! Behold the eternal glory of Jetfire! Prepare for remote systems override!"

"I tell you, this guy did not age well." Wheelie said, turning to look back at the humans.

"I don't think he's gonna hurt us." Mikaela said, as they all looked at the Decepticon.

He proceeded to walk away from them heading to the other side of the building. "I command these doors to open."

Stephanie watched as a missile came out of him and landed somewhere near them. She ducked slightly. When she looked at Jetfire he was now out of the building heading towards the other planes. Stephanie ran forward following behind the Decepticon, along with the others. She looked over to see Bee, Daisy, and the twins to come to a stop behind them. Stephanie came to a stop looking at the Decepticon.

"Right. I'm on a mission." He said, slamming his hand down on one of the planes then taking a wing off of one of the others.

"Wait, wait, wait, wait!" They all called out trying to get him to stop damaging other planes.

"What do you want?" Jetfire asked them.

"Look, we just want to talk!" Sam told him.

"I have no time to talk. I'm on a mission. I'm a mercenary-doom bringer. What planet am I on?"

"Earth."

"Earth? Terrible name for a planet. Might as well call it 'Dirt'. Planet 'Dirt'. Tell me, is that robot civil war still going on? Who's winning?"

"The Decepticons."

"Well, I changed sides to the Autobots."

"What do you mean, 'changed sides'?" Sam asked him.

"It's a choice. It's an intensely personal decision. So much negativity. Who wants to live a life filled with hate?"

"You mean you don't have to work for those miserable, freaking Decepticons?" Wheelie asked him.

"If Decepticons had their way they'd destroy the whole universe."

"I'm changing sides. I'm changing sides, too, warrior goddess. Who's your little Autobot?"

"You're cute."

Stephanie placed her eyes on Wheelie and then looked at Mikaela and soon after looked at her brother who seemed to have a disgusted look on his face. Stephanie looked back at Hero who exchanged a look with her.

"What are you allowing to happen to your foot just now?" Sam asked Mikaela.

"At least he's faithful, Sam." Mikaela replied.

"Yeah, well, he's faithful and he's nude and he's perverted."

"Can we focus on the problem?" Stephanie asked looking back at Sam and then at Mikaela.

Sam ignored her question, soon kicking Wheelie off of Mikaela's foot. "Can you... Can you just stop?" Sam asked Wheelie, looking down at him.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Wheelie questioned him.

"It's just something to think about. I won't argue with... What were you saying?"

"I told you my name was Jetfire, so stop judging me." He said, moving down towards them. Stephanie of course moved back slightly, Hero doing the same thing. While everyone else fell to the ground.

"Somebody shit the bed this morning. Look at this guy."

"I have issues of my own. And it started with my mother! My ancestors have been here for centuries. My father, he was a wheel, the first wheel. Do you know what he transformed into?"

"No."

"Nothing! But he did so with honor, dignity, damn it!"

Stephanie watched as the now autobot ejected his parachute which caused him to fall down to the dirt grass. They all took off from their spot running over to Jetfire.

"Bullocks. My boosters are fried." He said, soon slamming his hand down on the dirt.

"I think we can help each other. You know things I don't know. I know things you don't know, I do." Sam said.

"I don't think he knows anything. Honestly, I don't." Leo informed his new friend.

Stephanie watched her brother get low to the ground and start drawing symbols that had been placed into his head after he had touched a shard of the AllSpark.

"I could do this all day. It comes in waves, these vivid symbols. They're symbols, but they're in my head. You see, all this is in my mind and Megatron wants what's in my mind. Him and someone called The Fallen." Sam explained.

"The Fallen? I know him. He left me here to rust. The original Decepticon. He's terrible to work for. It's always apocalypse, chaos, crisis. These transcriptions, they were part of my mission, The Fallen's search. I remember now, for the Dagger's Tip, and the key." Jetfire informed them.

"Slow down. The Dagger's Tip? The key? What are you talking about?"

"No time to explain. Hold on, everybody! Stay still or you'll die!"

"What?" Stephanie questioned looking at the Autobot.

Stephanie grabbed a hold of Hero and moved over to Leo holding onto him as Jetfire surrounded them. Then just like that they all disappeared from the scene.