Harbinger, Chapter 8
"Ah, there you are." Arcee's human-size body stood in the doorway and smiled. "Oh, hey, Arcee." Jack took a deep breath, moved his head around to work the cramp out of his neck, and waved his tablet at the crate beside the one he sat on. "I was just...
Newer World Order, Chapter 7
_ **Big Badda-Boom** _ "It's a shame we can't use any of this footage in our documentary series," the camera guy said, leaning forward and staring at the monitors as the battle raged on. "Some of it might be declassified eventually. We'll just...
Harbinger, Chapter 12
"Hey, Miko." Arcee's human-sized, remote-controlled doppelgänger knocked on the door. "Packed and ready to go yet?" "Oh, am I ever. Come on in, guys." Arcee held the door open for Jack and Bulkhead. Bulk entered first, then Jack stepped through the...
Newer World Order, Chapter 4
_ **On the Move** _ "Hey," June said to the cashier, "you got a restroom?" "Uh, b-back in the corner." He pointed with a shaking hand. "Really?" McClory stared at her. "Now?" "What? I gotta take a shit and I don't know how many more...
Newer World Order, Chapter 10
_ **Diving Deeper** _ "Hey, Colonel." Jack smiled as Ashanti sat at the adjacent table, and Arcee waved and put her arm back around his shoulders. "Any news on Sokolov?" "Not yet. Your mom's doing a hell of a job shaking Silas up, though. He's...
Newer World Order, Chapter 6
_ **On the Way Out** _ Here we go. Miko fought the urge to peek around the end of the lockers as the door opened. If everyone could keep quiet, maybe the guy would make a quick visual sweep and then move on. Her dad thought the search party had...
Newer World Order, Chapter 11
**_Lovebirds and Lunatics_** "Hey, Miko." Arcee walked over to her and Jack's favorite spot at the top of the mesa near the Autobot base and sat beside Miko. "Hi." Miko glanced up at her, smiled, and returned her gaze to the sunset. "I'm a...
Newer World Order, Chapter 12
**_A Horrible Place_** "I hate this place," Jack grumbled. He hunched forward, shivering despite his heavy cargo pants, boots, gloves, thick shirt, and hip-length leather coat, and leaned on Arcee's handlebars. Pouring rain splattered his helmet visor...
Newer World Order, Chapter 8
**_Hot Stuff_** "No," Natsumi whispered, covering her mouth with both hands and staring at the bank of monitors. Tears trickled from her wide eyes. "Oh, no …" "I knew it." One of Camille's hands gripped the arm of the sofa and the other clenched...
Newer World Order, Chapter 9
_ **Stepping it up a Notch** _ "It's so quiet here," Miko's father said, keeping his voice barely above a whisper, as if afraid to disturb the silence. Arcee glanced around the picnic table. Jack sat on her left, Miko and both sets of parents sat...
Harbinger, Chapter 6
"Oh, hell," Raf whispered as he stared wide-eyed at the bank of monitors in front of him and the others. Ratchet stood off to the side, keeping his optics on the screens and his right hand over the ground-bridge controls. Tomoko sat beside Raf,...
Harbinger, Chapter 11
_Oh, hell!_ Jensen almost lurched forward, but forced himself to lay back in his hospital bed and keep his grip on Khalilah's hand gentle. She'd been giving him a running commentary on the battle as she fought alongside Team Prime thousands of miles...