Ep. 1 - Secret Agent Bot - Scene 3 (closed)

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Blurr had to say, his mission out hadn't gone as he'd hoped. Still, he'd gotten some things they could use; a power core full of Energon and a hard drive that could have useful information. He'd waited in Bangkok quietly for an extra day to make sure Kickback hadn't managed to trace his alt mode, and then he'd left the city. The nature preserve was a long drive away, so he'd had plenty of time to ponder the situation.

Kickback was dug in deep. A huge corporation, a human who knew what they were and had been taught Cybertronian history, just how far along in the plan was he? There was no doubt in the Autobot's mind that Kickback was leading the typical Decepticon takeover plan. At the very least they were in phase one, but there was no way to tell how far along he was. Had he already infiltrated the local politics? Global? Either way, the situation wasn't good. They'd taken too long to find him; there was no way the Insecticon hadn't set up a hive and a fully functioning base of operations.

But the Insecticon had finally been tracked down at least. Now it was time to head back to base and come up with plans. Thankfully the national park was one of those places you could drive your car out in to for camping, so he didn't attract any unusual attention. Outside of the jealous glances at the holo-avatar in his drivers seat anyways. He'd picked a very nice car for his alt mode, after all.

It didn't take Blurr long from there to get to the ship they'd traveled to Earth on. With any luck, the power core he'd retrieved would be able to give the ship's computers enough power to analyze the hard drive he'd retrieved. Safely under the ship's shield, he transformed and punched in the loading ramp's access code. The blue bot entered the ship with a flourish and a grin, even though the situation was as bad as it was.

"HeyI'mback! AndIbroughtpresents!" He called out, pulling the hard drive and the power core from his subspace. The mission might not have gone as well as he'd hoped, but they still had a fresh lead. The trail was hot again, and they'd be right behind Kickback before he knew it.

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Blurr moved further in to the ship and placed the two newly acquired toys on one of the work tables they had set up. This was going to be an interesting story. "Hey,usuallyI'mearly!" Blurr replied, stepping away from the table so Pursuit could fiddle with them while he explained where and how he'd gotten ahold of them. He took a breath and hoped she'd be able to keep up.

"InthecourseofmyinvestigationIdiscoveredevidenceofanInsecticonsightinginalocalpark, andwiththeinformationstagedastakeouttoattempttofindsaidInsecticon," He started, speaking more slowly than usual. But for Blurr, more slowly than usual was still very fast. "IlocatedasuitofInsecticon-madepoweredarmorpiotedbyahumanwhoidentifieditsmakerasafatherfigure. ListeningtotheconversationonthecommlineexposedKickbackastheinfiltrator, preponderanceofevidencesuggestingtheinvasionplanhasadvancedtolatestageoneatearliest."

Hopefully she was following his rapid spewing of information. Otherwise this would end up being a long conversation "Iwasabletotrickthehumanpilotingthearmorintoexitingit, atwhichpointthepowercoreandmemorydrivewereremovedandIfledthescene," And done! Blurr gave a little salute and sat in the copilot's chair to indicate that he was finished. "Withanyluck,thatharddrivecangetusontherighttracktostopingKickback! Anyquestions?"

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Blurr didn't understand the technical parts of what Pursuit was talking about. For all his ability to repair himself, he wasn't very good at the 'this is the name of this part' bit. But he definitely understood her concern over how far Kickback had gotten in the plan. "Thehumanwesawontelevision, theonewhoownsLocustTech, youthinkhemightbeapretender?" Blurr asked, opening a panel on his leg and grabbing a wrench from the toolbox under his seat. He may as well tune up and make sure he was in top form while they were idle.

And then she mentioned that the hard drive used special technology. They wouldn't be able to interface with it. Blurr smacked himself in the face and dragged his hand down to his chin. He really, really regretted not asking Perceptor to come along on this mission. "Scrap, Ishouldhaveknownitwouldn'tbethateasy... ShouldwetrytocallPerceptor? He'shelpeduswiththiskindofthingbefore, but... No, Kickback'slookingforusnow, he'sgotdronesalloverthecitylookingforme," Okay, sometimes thinking as fast as he did wasn't so great. Why didn't he think about grabbing the whole armor suit instead?

Blurr tightened a few bolts in his leg and tried to think on what the next step was. If Kickback had already gotten pretenders in to production, there was no telling how far along in the plan he was. "Sowhatdowedonext? Kickback'sdronesaregoingtomakemovingaroundmoredifficult, andwestillhavenoideawherehislabisexceptforthoserumorsfromupinthemountains..." He asked, thinking. "So... What'dImisswhileIwasgone?"

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Blurr didn't like what Pursuit was suggesting they do. Kickback would find them fast if they dropped their signal dampners... but did they really have much of a choice? Even if he was only in stage one, Kickback was too far along for them to waste any time in tracking him down and putting a stop to the infiltration plan... if that was even what he was doing on this planet. If Kickback had gone rogue then they'd have even more reason to stop him quickly. The small blue Autobot continued his tune up, closing the panels on his legs and moving to one of his arms.

"YouknowIdon'tlikethesoundofthat," Blurr replied, giving a socket wrench a few turns. They'd be in big trouble the instant they got in over their heads; the Autobots could be halfway across the galaxy right now. There was no way they'd get to this little planet in time to extract them without dragging the other cons with them. The Decepticon forces had dwindled to tiny numbers since the flight from Cybertron... but they still outnumbered the Autobots at least ten to one. Not to mention those drones he'd seen looked a lot like the ones from Jazz and Cliffjumper's report on the Rust Sea. He didn't want to find out how well he'd hold up against them.

"Still, wedon'thavemuchofachoicedowe? YouknowI'llhavetorefuelbeforewegoonanothermission," He shook his head and closed up his arm panel, standing and giving his limbs a stretch. He'd been in vehicle mode for almost a week, but at least there was a more exciting mission ahead. If they did this right, maybe they could get it done quickly. "Allright, you know the maps here better than I do, and the drones are all over the city. The best place I've found to avoid contact is the park I got this hard drive and power core from. We can grab one from there without getting spotted by too many humans, but I don't think we should try to trace it there. Too many people could be hurt. Any ideas?" Blurr asked, smirking confidently. Nothing they couldn't handle.