"The Long Road" Chapter one- The Breakthrough

[KingGrimlock]

The two mechs bolted down side streets and alleys, unnoticed by the authorities that must be by now on to them. Lingering in the shadows, Rex-R.V haunched down, looking across an open, deserted street at a checkpoint. A guard mech could be seen dozing in the booth behind the chainlink fence, the flickering searchlights obviously not bothering him as much as they were the dog-bot prowling up and down behind the locked and bolted gate. Rex could hear it growling as it's infrared optics scanned the area. He pulled a little further back into the shadows. They had to get through this checkpoint, it was the only way to the rendezvous point. He had a clearance code, being a deep drilling bot he needed access to all areas of the inner dome, but he had a funny feeling Galvanize didn't. He turned to his companion.

"Now what..."

The dog-bot let a loud bark and growled in the direction they were hiding.

"Slag..."