Jack Darby's Demise: Miko and Jack's ground bridge gets highjacked by the decepticons and they find themselves in a dire situation. Its what Jack does next that will effect the team forever.

It had happened too fast. Miko and Jack were returning to the base in a ground bridge when something went wrong. Whether it was a technical glitch or a highjack by the Decepticons, the humans weren't sure. What they were sure of was how much slag they were in once they exited the portal and realised they were on the decepticon warship. Miko and Jack immediately scampered for cover, dodging between vehicons pedes. Their reactions were slow and lucky for them, Miko and Jack managed to hide temporarily.

Jack turned to Miko.

"Are you ok?"

Miko swallowed, breathing out heavily. She nodded.

"I - I think so. We need to contact the bots."

Jack grabbed his phone, "Agreed. Whether or not we can get a signal is the question."

Jack dialled Arcee's comm and pressed the phone to his ear. To his surprise she answered.

"Where are you?" Arcee said quickly. It almost sounded as if she didn't need to ask.

Jack glanced at Miko who was keeping watch. He would of expected her to be snapping pictures by now but for once Miko seemed genuinely, scared. And thats when Jack knew that they were in trouble.

"We're on the Warship." Jack said quickly, stumbling on his words a little. "I don't know what happened. Can you -"

"Jack."

It was Optimus. Jack motioned to Miko, mouthing the word Optimus. Her eyes widened.

"Is Miko with you?" The bot asked.

"Yes," He said. "We managed to lose the vehicons. We in cover now but for how long I don't know."

"Understood. Are you injured?"

Jack quickly glanced at himself and Miko. "No-no, we're fine. A little spooked but ok. Whats the plan?."

Jack heard chatter on the other line, presumably between Optimus and the bots on what to do.

"Stay where you are and we will attempt to recreate the highjack that the decepticons just did to our ground bridge." Optimus said. "Find cover for now, we will locate you."

Jack sighed and leant against the wall they were by.

"Understood."

"Jack?" Arcee was back on the line.

"I'll be fine Arcee." Said said, attempting to sound postive. "Survival kit, remember?"

Jack smiled a bit as the silence meant Arcee was rolling her eyes. There was static on the comm and Jack frowned a bit as the signal faltered.

"Arcee?" He asked hesitantly.

"Jack, keep Miko safe. We're coming." That was Bulkhead.

"Don't worry Bulkhead, we'll see you soon. I-"

Jack was cut off by the explosion a few feet in front of Miko. She squeaked and stumbled back, tripping into Jack and sending them to the ground.

"Miko?!" Bulkhead called through the comm.

Jack grabbed the phone from the ground and hastily spoke into it.

"We have to go. We'll call again soon."

Jack didn't wait for a response and hung up, hauling himself to his feet by Miko. They retreated backwards behind some crates as the decepticons entered the room they were hiding in. Miko hugged her arms to herself and looked at Jack.

"What now?" She whispered.

Jack frantically looked around and cursed quietly to himself. Their hiding options weren't that extensive and there was no way they could fight off the three vehicons that were in the room currently. Miko watched Jack and frowned, he was losing his cool and she needed to help. Her eyes drifted to a panel on the wall and she cocked an eyebrow.

"Look, over there." She said, patting Jacks arm and walking over to the panel. "I think we can fit in here. We just need to unscrew it somehow."

Jack grabbed his pocket knife. "Survival kit." He said, earning an exasperated groan from the other teen. He worked quickly, unscrewing each bolt and letting Miko catch them before they fell to the ground. The panel came loose and Miko jumped quietly in joy and they both tried to lift it to the ground. That attempt failed miserably. Jack and Miko gasped as the weight of the panel sent them to the ground too quickly, making a resounding bang. The crates obscuring them were blasted and Miko exclaimed in pain, grabbing her arm as a giant splinter scraped it.

"Come on!" Jack yelled, pulling her into the small chamber behind the panel. It was similar to a ventilation chamber of sorts. Miko and Jack were able to move on their feet with extremely hunched backs, hurrying as fast as they could to avoid the reach of the decepticons.

"Hows your arm?" Jack said breathlessly as they kept moving.

Miko grimaced a bit, keeping her eyes forward. "Its no big." Jack knew she was lying, she was speaking through clenched teeth. "Ruined my favourite slash monkeys top though," Miko grumbled. "Those decepticreeps will pay.'

Jack smiled lightly at the snark he was so familiar with. The pair reached another panel and Jack set to work unscrewing it from the other side. He sighed in relief as his phone rang again.

"Miko answer it." He said, tossing the phone to her good arm. She fumbled a bit as she caught it, answering the phone and glancing at her arm which had left a trail of blood behind them.

"Bulkhead?" She said shakily.

"Its Arcee. Are you ok?"

"We're, managing." She said, watching as Jack unscrewed the fourth of six bolts. "We're in this ventilation shaft, major spooky down here. Whats the plan?"

"Once you have cover, stay there then activate the emergency tracking beacon on Jacks phone when we give the signal."

Miko stuttered a bit. "What? Since when do we have tracers?"

This earned a confused expression from Jack also.

Arcee sighed. "Long story short, its for your own safety. If you get separated, active the tracer on your phone too Miko. Just type the code 19165 then call and it'll launch."

Jack had finished the bolts and left the panel, taking the phone from Miko. He'd overheard most of Arcee's orders and knew Miko was getting distracted by her arm. He had to stay focused, for both of them.

"Arcee, why can't we activate the trackers now?" He said, brushing a few beads of sweat from his forehead.

"Because Jack when you do this also makes you susceptible to decepticon tracking. As soon as you activate them the decepticons just as much of an opportunity to find you as we do. Only activate them once we give the signal."

"Whats the signal?" Miko chirped in.

"You'll know." Arcee said.

"Alright." Jack mumbled. Miko looked at him and shrugged a bit. Jack paused slightly, realising that if things were to go wrong, this was the last chance he'd have to talk to his partner.

"Arcee?" He said. His voice came out croaky and shaken and he cringed at how weak he must of sounded.

"What is it?" She said quickly. The concern in her voice was soothing yet terrifying.

"I'll - I'll see you soon." Was all Jack said, hanging up before Arcee could reply. Miko didn't quite undestand the tone of what Jack had just done but smiled a bit.

"Ready to keep moving?" She said.

Jack nodded turning towards the panel.

"Ready."

New story! I completly surprised myself I wrote 4K words in one night it was such a brain burst. While this series will be very morbid and sad, I've had an odd interest in how the humans, no matter how slag things get they always manage to survive, without a scrape. Granted this is usually because its a childrens show but I thought it would be interesting to take the humans of prime and put them in a more realistic situation that they may or may not survive.