Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers or the characters that I use in this story.
Sam Witwicky was all set for college. The Decepticons had been defeated and the Allspark and Earth were safe once again at least until another invasion happened and they were forced to fight again.
But until that day comes Sam was going to live his life, go to college and date the most beautiful and mechanically smart Mickaela. They had been dating for the past 10 months now and they were as strong as ever. Sure they had their fights but in the end one or both always apologized and they were happy once more.
Mickaela wasn't going to college, instead she was going to continue to work at her recently released father's auto shop and Sam and her would keep in touch through web-cams. She wasn't too keen on the idea at first but after much debate she finally gave in and allowed Sam to install the equipment on her computer console.
Sam carried the last box to the car and closed the trunk door. When he turned around he nearly jumped out of his skin when he saw his mom's blubbering face in front of him. "Geez mom! You nearly gave me a heart attack" he said clutching the area where his heart is "I'm s-sorry h-honey I just w-w-wanted t-t-to give you t-this" she handed him a brown bag and he looked inside. Inside the bag was a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a bag of homemade cookies and an envelope. "Mom you didn't have to make me lunch and you don't have to cry either I'm only going to the local college here I can come and visit you anytime" he assured her. "I s-still d-d-don't s-see why you c-can't j-just l-live here" she said as she wiped her eyes with her all ready soaked handkerchief. "I've all ready told you I want to be able to live in the dorms and live on my own for a little while" he told her as his dad closed the back door and walked over to the pair.
"Well that's everything. You ready to go Sam?" his dad asked excitedly making his mom cry even more. "Honey we knew this day was going to come" his dad put his hands on her shoulders and led her to the passenger seat. Once his mom was seated in the car his dad walked back over to him and stood in front of him. "Ready to do this?" he asked "yeah but I don't know about mom" he said looking at the side view mirror that showed his mom crying into the handkerchief. "It'll take some time but she'll stop crying eventually. Now come on college awaits" he patted Sam on the back then walked around to the driver's seat and climbed inside. Before Sam got in the car he looked at the house one more time. "Come on Sam!" his dad honked the horn and Sam walked over to one of the backdoors and got inside. Before he was even buckled his dad drove out of he driveway and towards the college.
About an hour later they arrived at the college and got out of the car. Thankfully his mom had stopped crying by now but she was still sniffling every now and then. The campus was huge, building after building and the lawn seemed to stretch out for miles with students and teachers walking on the grass and footpaths leading to different buildings. Sam's dad walked over to Sam and handed him a map. "Your dorm should be this way" everyone got something out of the trunk and once all of his possessions had been picked up they headed for the dorm following his father's directions.
They entered the over packed dorm and walked down the packed hallways until they came to Sam's new dorm room. A lady at the front desk had given them a key for the door and after shifting some of belongings Sam managed to slide the key into the keyhole and him and his parents walked inside. One side of the room was decorated with numerous movie posters and dirty laundry and the other end was clean and tidy. "Guess this must be my side" Sam walked to the clean side of the room and set the box down on the bed, his parents did the same. "Wonder where your new roommate is?" said his father as he inspected the drawer next to the bed. The door connected to the other room opened and a guy with a Star Trek T-Shirt on, faded blue jeans and frizzled brown hair walked in. "You must be my new roommate, knew you were coming sometime today" the guy said as he shook Sam's hand. "I'm Sam Witwicky and these are my parents," said Sam "its nice to meet you, I'm Trevor Carter" he replied.
"Looks like your ready to go so your mom and I'll be heading out now" said Sam's dad who seemed to be in a bit of a hurry. "Are you late for something dad?" asked Sam "no but your mother and I want to get back to the house and start remodeling the fountain area as soon as possible. After the last incident we don't know we'll get the next chance" said his dad as he took Sam's mom by the arm and practically dragged her away from Sam. "Call anytime honey! We love you!" shouted his mother as his dad dragged her out of the dorms and back to the car. "They seem like great people, a little eccentric but great," said Trevor "everything family has the eccentrics I just got stuck with them for parents" Sam walked over to the door and closed it and turned around to Trevor.
"I see you like movies" said Sam trying to make conversation "yeah, in fact as soon as I graduate I want to start directing them. That's my dream anyway," said Trevor as he walked over to the door, Sam moved over so as not to get in his way. "I got to get going, I finally asked this girl I have been crushing on for the last year and she said yes. See you later Sam" Trevor opened the door and walked out into the wild hallway.
Sam closed the door and walked back over to his to begin unpacking. Just as he was reaching out for one of his posters he sees a strange marking on his left forearm. "What the?" Sam ran his fingers across the marking and was startled when static crackled against his fingers.
After Sam checked the rest of his body to make sure there weren't any more markings, which he was happy when he didn't find any, he made room on his bed and sat down. "And just when I thought I was going to have a normal college experience" Sam muttered.
~Later That Night~
That night as Sam lay asleep in his new bed the marking on his arm sent a stream of static traveled up his arm and into his head that caused images of symbols and a giant pyramid but what made it even stranger was that there were nine autobots standing around the pyramid in a circle. But somehow the images felt incomplete, like another part of the puzzle was missing.
Unbeknowst to Sam while he was sleeping and the images were playing in his dreams another marking was slowly materializing on his right collarbone.
~Captain Will Lennox's House~
William Lennox lay asleep in his bed alongside his wife Sarah who had spent the last thirty minutes rocking a restless seven month old back to sleep. Will who was so exhausted from the his day of patrolling the area with Optimus, Ironhide and Ratchett for any Decepticons which luckily they didn't find any but they were going to keep an eye out had just taken off his military jacket and boots and climbed into bed with his wife who was all ready asleep.
If he had taken the time to completely change out of his uniform he probably would've seen the strange marking that dominated a part of his left forearm. Like with Sam a stream of static traveled up his arm and into his head. Images that were similar to Sam's started to flash in his dreams that were of strange symbols and a twisted machine like building/statue that lit up and sent a stream of energy up into space when two different sets of hands made contact with it.
As Will dreamt another symbol appeared on the right side of his collarbone.
It was at this moment in time that both Sam and Will shot up in their beds with sweat glistening on their faces and panting so heavily that it was like they had just completed a marathon.
Sam sprung from his bed, wearing only his blue boxers and rushed out of the room to the bathroom that was thankfully empty. Sam walked over to one of the sinks and with is hands leaned against it while looking down at the tiled floor took deep calming breaths.
"You need to relax Sam, there just dreams" he told himself but even he knew that that was total bull because lately anything weird, like the tattoo and dreams, meant trouble and Sam really didn't want to have to deal with trouble again.
When his breathing was under control Sam looked at himself in the mirror and saw that he had acquired a new marking. Sam reached up and touched the marking and like the last time a strange static tickled the padding of his fingers. "What's happening to me?" Sam asked himself.
Will's sudden jerk awakened Sarah and she sat up in bed to find her husband sitting in bed with her wearing his uniform, sweating like a pig and panting like he had just seen something heart attack worthy. She reached out and put a hand on his shoulder to comfort him but instead of comfort it only caused him to jump and dash into the bathroom, slamming the door behind him.
Sarah got out of bed and walked over to the door. "Will, are you okay?" she asked. When she didn't get a response she tried the handle only to find it locked. "Will let me or tell me what's wrong please. You're scaring me," she pleaded.
On the other side of the door Will was standing in front of the mirror examining the strange marking on his forearm. He ran his fingers across the marking and was visibly startled when some kind of static tickled his fingers. "Will are you okay?" asked his wife "yeah honey, I'm fine just had a bad dream. Go back to bed I'll be there in a minute" he replied. Even though he couldn't see her he knew she was hesitating "don't worry Sarah I just need a few minutes to myself then I'll come back out, I promise" he added. Will remained silent until he could hear Sarah walking across the creaky floorboards back to the bed.
Will returned his attention to the mirror and noticed something on the right side of his collarbone. Will pulled off his worn out white wife beater along with his dog tags and set them on the toilet seat. On his shoulder was another strange symbol. "What in the name of hell is going on?" he asked himself.
Meanwhile down in the arctic zone, buried deep below the ice a long forgotten Decepticon that had frozen many centuries ago eyes glowed demon red for the first time in over 1,300 years.