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Post by Bomblast on Mar 3, 2010 15:51:01 GMT -5
Gabe felt uncomfortable. He was sitting in the driving seat of a fast moving car, yet he wasn't doing the driving. He was scared to touch anything, incase it was like touching Alanna inappropriately.
"Please, call me Gabe. No need to use my surname like the Officers do."
He took a deep breath, starting to relax slightly.
"Oh, and by the way, I'm probably the wrong person to ask about this country. I've only been here a couple of months, I'm from the other side of the Atlantic."
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Post by BethFB on Mar 3, 2010 21:40:45 GMT -5
Alanna noticed he was not holding onto the wheel like she had seen on some of the shows she watched as she was getting fluent with the various tongues. "Okay, Gabe. Sorry about that."
She checked her internal radar and noticed an officer of the law was approaching on the left. She knew if Gabe didn't have hold of the wheel, they may get pulled over and it would cause problems for him and her getting to the two new Autobots and to the scene quickly. "Gabe, not to sound rash but you better grab my wheel, an officer of the law is about to pass us on the left and if his partner looks in and sees you not holding the wheel, we may get pulled over."
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Post by $hØ©Këyë on Mar 4, 2010 4:23:01 GMT -5
Meanwhile.....
Blitzkat was almost done in acquiring the bases, which Blitzkat said 'Hey Major Winters. Can we try and acquire the nearest California air bases'?
Winters said 'hmmm, well, there's only one fighter base and we need a bit more firepower than F-16s. All the rest are Vandenberg Air Force Base, which only tests nuclear missiles and......'
Blitzkat interrupted and said 'Nuclear missiles? Blimey. Well I'd reckon we could try and use them'.
Winters shook his head and said 'No Blitzkat. Only the President of the United States has authority to use them and as an officer of the United States Air Force, I will not dare to use them without the authorization of the President. And anyway, Plato Beach is quite near civilians. We just cannot risk it, Blitzkat. Those nuclear missiles, the LGM-30G Minuteman, they used to have MIRVs on them, but they have just one nuclear warhead on them. That nuclear warhead has a yield of 300 kilotons of TNT. So no, Blitzkat. we cannot risk it'.
Blitzkat however, finished acquiring the bases that Winters wanted. Soon, a signal was sent out, to Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, where the 9th Bomb Squadron was housed, as well as the 354th Fighter Squadron's base, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona and then Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, where the 391st Fighter Squadron was based in. The bases received the message and soon, crews were scrambling to their planes.
Meanwhile, Blitzkat went on afterburner, full speed. To head towards to Plato Beach.
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Post by Bomblast on Mar 5, 2010 12:36:23 GMT -5
Gabe groaned. Last thing they needed was trouble for the local law enforcement. He reached out and placed his hands on the steering wheel infront of him.
"Better stick to the speed limit, don't want them pulling us over and trying to arrest me for speeding. Especially when I have my sidearm with me."
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Post by BethFB on Mar 6, 2010 0:26:47 GMT -5
Alanna slowed down to where she was at the speeding limit as the vehicle containing the law officers drove right by without even a glance over at them. "They were not interested in us even with my weird coloring and all. I guess the coloring of my vehicle form is not anything to look weird at."
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Post by Bomblast on Mar 6, 2010 17:51:25 GMT -5
Gabe laughed.
"Believe me, if you've seen some of the things people will do to their cars, you wouldn't think you stand out."
He was beginning to relax.
"I wonder what these two new Autobots are going to be like."
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Post by BethFB on Mar 6, 2010 23:15:31 GMT -5
Just at that moment, a blue hummer with various paint splashes on it drove by.
"I see what you mean by that, Gabe." Alanna said. "I don't know but in a way, I hope they can help defeat the Decepticons at Plato Beach. If not, we'll have to figure something out or maybe by the time we get to the beach it will be done."
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Post by $hØ©Këyë on Mar 8, 2010 10:06:00 GMT -5
East of San Jose, California
Blitzkat and Major Winters were still on the way, and had called in the air support. As Blitzkat and Winters flew top speed across the sky, Major Winters was still thinking ways through. He could try and call both the San Francisco Altech and the Florida Altech, but he felt there was no time. They needed to get things over with.
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Post by Bomblast on Mar 10, 2010 16:16:41 GMT -5
Gabe frowned for a moment. He reached into one of the map pockets on his trousers and pulled out some sheets of paper he had picked up before they left the base. The sheets of paper included maps of where the new Autobots were and the picture of one of them.
"I'm not so sure. Unless these new Autobots have a serious amount of Intel, I'm not sure they are going to be much use in combat. Especially judging by the apparent size of this one."
Gabe shuddered.
"Ugly little thing, isn't he?"
Gabe then turned to the passenger seat and held up the picture before he checked the movement. He looked around the interior.
"Erm...How do you see in here when you're in this mode?"
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Post by BethFB on Mar 10, 2010 23:02:31 GMT -5
Alanna scanned the area before she spoke, "Holding it up like that will help me see, Gabe. My internal scanners is reading it right now." Her scanner ran over the photo. "I've seen a lot of aliens in my time alive, Gabe, that Autobot isn't ugly, different but not ugly."
They drove on a bit longer. "So, you live across this Alantic? What is this . . . Alantic?"
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Post by $hØ©Këyë on Mar 11, 2010 4:38:08 GMT -5
South East of San Jose, California - Approaching Plato Beach
Winters made his mind up and soon he got onto comms and started calling the Florida Altech HQ. Soon, the phone got an answer
'Hello, can we help you'? 'Yes. Can you put me through to General Anne Lansing, please. It's very urgent and I haven't a lot of time. Please. It's Major Douglas Winters'. 'Oh, okay. Hold on'.
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Post by Bomblast on Mar 13, 2010 16:13:48 GMT -5
Gabe was studying the maps he had brought with him. He looked up at the spedometer and was trying to work out how much further they had to travel and how long it would take them.
"The Atlantic? It's an ocean. A vast expanse of water. My geography isn't the best, but I think I'm right in saying it's the second largest ocean on Earth. I'm originally from a small island on the other side of the Atlantic called England. It may be small, but a couple of centuries ago, we practically ruled the planet. However, the British Empire is all but gone now. Tell me, what's your home planet like?"
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Post by BethFB on Mar 16, 2010 9:04:41 GMT -5
Alanna was silent for a few moments before she spoke. "Cybertron was from what I recall was beautiful with its metal roads and metal landscape. But I had gone off planet with a space explorer group about a few years in your terms before the war started. I had lost track of what happened on Cybertron because I was more interested in exploring than fighting. I can fight, but it is not for long as the weapon I use uses my own supply of energy to fuel it."
A beep came from her internal radar and suddenly Alanna started to make very swift lane changes from the middle lane to the slow lane and then onto the shoulder of the highway.
"Gabe, there is a car accident up ahead about a mile. From what my sensors are stating, the victim within the vehicle is in need of getting out. The police officers are on scene. The victim from what I can tell of her heartbeat and breathing states that she's critical and the officers are trying to open the door to get to her. They're having problems. I need to help them." Alanna stated, as they sped on the shoulder past several other vehicles.
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Post by Bomblast on Mar 21, 2010 15:40:11 GMT -5
Gabe didn't like what he was about to say, but it had to be said.
"Negative. We have our orders. We are to retrieve the two stranded Autobots. The fire department and the paramedics will be able to help the victim. We need to keep going, you even said it yourself, find the Autobots and potentially head to Plato Beach. If we turn up at the accident, and you transform, we're going to attract alot of attention, and not all of it will be good. Trust me, humans fear what they don't know. The last thing that person trapped in the car needs is to see a giant alien robot, it could well send her into shock, or just cause her to freak out, possibly causing more injuries. Believe me, the best thing we can do right now is keep going and let the professionals do their jobs."
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Post by BethFB on Mar 22, 2010 17:38:23 GMT -5
Alanna knew Gabe was right from what she had found from the internet, humans were not too keen with them at the moment, the police officers could end up shooting at her and injuring the other passerbys. She shifted lanes to the fast lane and drove even faster to get away from the scene. About a mile away from the scene, she spoke. "When we went by the vehicle, the victim's spark left the casing it was in. They tried to bring her spark back but there was internal damage to her metal cage around her spark and her air bags. They won't know till they open her cage."
She tried to remain calm but even as a medic, leaving anything to die without attempting to help save them, the hurt showed in her voice receptors.
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