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Our Intertwining Destinies

Book One:

"The Time of Our Lives"

Chapter 0

Crash

[May 2007]

One Month Before Mission City

"System failure, emergency landing imminent."

Flames and dust spreading through his round form as his velocity increases every second. His temperature was rising drastically, metal threatening to mold from the heat. The blue planet was growling larger and larger as he careened into the atmosphere. Controlling his direction was hopeless, his motor functions were lost long ago. He just barely made it out of that Decepticon attack.

"Altitude dropping, prepare for impact in one klik."

He was lucky that his aim was on land an not in any water, he had a chance on land. Lights flashed as his altitude continued to drop. Sentient life littered the planet, it was obvious at this point. The air around him seemed to scream as he continued to drop. The lights were overcome by green as he descended into the wild life instead of the populace. At least he wouldn't cause too much attention.

"Impact in sixty astroseconds."

He could actually make out the green at this point, they were tall structures with thousands of small, slim flaps adorning them. He could hear the flaps rustle as the distance between them and him closed.

"Thirty astroseconds."

The flaps were burning as gravity continued its work. He could feel the impact on the tall structures. They were no match for his burning form. He braced himself.

"Impact."

He didn't embed into the ground, he didn't even slide. He actually skipped across the ground, crushing the tall structures in his path. Fire spread around the area as he continued to roll into the alien environment. He finally slowed to a stop and settled into the ground. His consciousness was fading, he only had about a half klick of energy left. He spent it on transforming into his protoform, finally able to stretch out his long limbs. The fires were dying out around him. He thanked the higher powers for allowing him any peace. His energy was low, but he knew that Optimus and his team were not far behind. He would just have to send a distress signal out when he had the energy to do so. But for now, it was time to rest. The sounds of nature around him dulled into nothingness as his surroundings went black.

Steam erupted out of the nozzle as the teapot whistled, begging for attention. The woman was just finishing the platter of cups before placing it on the counter next to the pot. She calmly placed the tea bags into the cups and poured the water into each cup. After placing the pot back on the stove, she gathered the tray up and made her way to the back patio. It was already dark out, but the stars were shining brighter than ever, and then moon was a giant glowing orb in the sky. With the moon's glow the patio was illuminated into a clear view, it was truly a perfect night.

Though her hands were full, she easily opened the back door that led to outside. From this point she could not only hear the sounds of the wilderness around her, but the voices of her roommates as well. It had been a long day for all of them, and they deserved the relaxation. From the table, a blonde woman turned to look at their server and gasped.

"Jade! Why didn't you say anything, I would have helped!" the woman called out in an English accent. Jade shook her head at her roommate.

"Carly, it's fine. I'm perfectly capable of serving tea."

Across the table from Carly sat a tanned you man who grinned.

"Yeah babe, just because you're from London doesn't me-"

"For the TENTH time Raoul, I'm from Liverpool, NOT London. England isn't just London you know."

Raoul rolled his dark brown eyes. "Of course babe, I knew that."

Carly huffed and turned back to Jade as she served the tea. "Anyway, how was the rehab center today?"

Jade shrugged her slender shoulders. "Meh, the usual. One of the athletes complained about not being able to practice for the season. I told him that the sooner he did the therapy the sooner he'd be able to play, but of course he didn't want to. You try to be polite, but they of course don't appreciate it. Finally I just kindly told him to try another sport since his ankle won't be well enough to run on again if he kept this up."

The third young man chuckled as he stirred his tea. "Yeah, that sounds like you. You're sweet on the outside but you can still strike a bite when you want to."

Carly grinned. "Very true, Chip. I remember when she was first doing physical therapy with you."

Chip groaned at the memory. Jade had worked him like a horse when he first moved into the house. She gave off a kind demeanor, but once she was working she was a monster. Unfortunately for him, so was Carly. He'd never hear the end of it with Carly. He took a sip from the tea and sighed in delight.

"Black tea" he asked Jade. She nodded as she poured milk into her cup.

"Yeah, I haven't had it in a while. Anyway, Raoul, how was the shop today?"

Raoul nearly coughed up his tea at the memory. "Oh, get this, some dumbass decided that it would be a good idea to go drag racing."

Chip arched an eyebrow. "Is that all?"

Raoul gave him a flat look. "No, that's NOT all..." he continued to glare at Chip, who was a stoic as ever, before continuing. "So the guy decides to go drag racing...in a Prius."

Carly and Jade snorted and Chip shook his head. Raoul did have some amusing stories from the car shop. Chip had his own stories from the school, but they involved more scientific topics that he knew only Carly would understand. He calmly lied and said he had nothing worth telling and allowed Carly to speak.

"Well it was pretty good. Jessica and I were talking to Professor Lamonte about our assignment and..."

She paused when she noticed Jade staring at the sky behind her. "Um, Jade, are you okay?"

Jade continued to stare at the sky as she pointed behind Carly. She turned, along with Chip and Raoul, and gasped. From the sky came a ball of fire. It was falling, fast, in their general direction. Everyone except for Chip stood up. They held their breath and clutched the table as the ball dived lower and lower into the woods. There was some brief relief when they saw that the ball was dropping into the woods. There was an ear splitting explosion when it made impact with the ground. The roar of breaking trees echoed and birds flew into the sky, crying out in fear. They recognized the sound of the ground being torn apart and finally one last crash. The birds had flown off a few minutes ago, the crickets were silent. Nature had been on hold for ten minutes while the four gaped at the woods. They could see the smoke in the sky and some flames in the distance. Raoul finally closes his mouth.

"What the HELL was that?"

No one responded except for closing their mouths. Jade's face went from shock to determination. She stepped away from the table and set off to the woods. Carly and Raoul cried out.

"Jade! Get back here!"

"Yeah you don't know what's in there!"

From behind them, Chip blinked. He removed his hands form the table and wheeled his chair away from the table. "Guys, go with her. I'll stay back here by the phone in case something happens.

Raoul paused and nodded before taking off. Carly gave Chip, he returned it, and she sighed. "You're all crazy. No, I'M crazy." she mumbled before following Raoul.

Jade's feet were a blur as she closed the distance between herself and the flames. She knew that most meteorites burned up in the atmosphere, but this was obviously a very big one if it made this much noise. There was a thud as she tripped over a root but she only stumbled before returning to her pace. From behind her she heard Raoul suck in a gasp though his teeth. "Be careful!"

She continued her sprint, very surprised she made it this far. In high school she was never an athlete, neither in college, but somehow she was making the distance. Finally the ground was becoming misshapen from the crash, her destination was near. Suddenly a noise echoed into the air again, a noise that was unearthly. She had never heard such a thing, the closest possible choice would be the sound of metal coming apart and being put back together in rapid succession. She stopped when she saw the major damage. The fires were dieing down to embers now. Raoul and Carly had finally caught up to her, both panting from the exertion on their bodies. They had run pretty far into the woods. They panted as Jade scanned the ground where a huge trench had scarred the ground. Her head turned left, right, and then left again. The sounds had ceased, but she was attempting to remember where the echoes came from. The sounds of nature were still silent, there was only the flames, wind, and panting. From the left came a random thud, and Jade took off like an Olympian. Raoul cursed and Carly groaned before following again. Jade's feet pounded into the submerged earth as she followed the direction. Her brown eyes were squinted in determination. She HAD to find this thing, she wasn't sure WHY, but something inside of her screamed at her to run. She slowed to a stop and groaned, lost once again. She looked around and listened as hard as she could while Raoul and Carly were approaching. Something moved in the corner of her eye and her head snapped at attention.

A shimmer appeared and disappeared in a blink of an eye. Her body reacted like a viper going to its prey. She was off again just as Raoul and Carly stopped. "Oh COME ONE!" Raoul shouted in frustration while Carly panted again. Jade ignored them as she slowed down, but didn't stop. Her foot falls were mute as she stepped over fallen limbs. She gasped at the sight before her.

It was massive, at least fifty feet long, and laying across the forest floor. Silver moonlight gleamed across its body, the very humanoid body. Four limbs, two legs and two arms. The chest was massive and gave a soft hum. It didn't appear to be breathing, as it probably didn't need to, and was still as the night itself. Its head was rested against a massive tree root, the neck bent towards the sky.

From behind her Carly began to cry out, and a soft slap came out as Raoul slammed his hand on her face. A much louder slap was heard as she retaliated on his arm before they turned back to the metallic being.

"Raoul, what the bleeding hell is that thing?"

Raoul, ever the charmer, gave her a flat look. "Oh yeah, I'M going to know, I'm not the scientist here. The scientist is safe at the house!"

Jade silenced them with a glare before she turned back to the being. It looked so peaceful she almost didn't want to disturb it. Without any precaution, Jade stepped forward. Raoul's hand as immediately on her shoulder, but she shrugged it off with ease. She put her finger to her lips before advancing toward the giant. Upon closer inspection she saw the scratches and gashes. She winced, it looked painful. Jade stepped toward the arm, it was about as long as four of her at the least. She bit her lip when temptation struck her. From behind her she could feel Raoul and Carly mentally screaming at her to back off. This was of course ignored and temptation won the mental battle. Lithe as a cat, she stepped on to the hand. This time her companions did gasp out, Raoul cursing, but they were ignored.

"Jade! Are you crazy!" Carly whispered loudly, and, as expected, ignored by the brunette. Jade climbed up the arm until she reached the shoulder. She slipped but caught herself on the side of the torso. Form this point she could make out the features of the face. Metal plates composed a long, oblong shaped face. There was even a nose and lips. She didn't know why, but she found the face to, overall, be handsome in a sense. She could have been crazy from shock for all she knew, but these thoughts were repressed and she continued. Her body slithered on to the shoulder. Using the neck, made up of wires, as support, she was able to pull herself up to its chin. From the ground Raoul and Carly watched in shock and awe as their friend slithered to the chest. Finally Jade sat up, taking in the face before her. Curiosity finally got the best of Carly and she stepped forward. Raoul didn't even attempt to stop her and stood back to watch. If something happened he was at least far enough away to run and scream for Chip to call the cops. Carly only made it to the creature's thigh and hesitated. Biting her lip she slowly placed her hand on the metal. She flinched, it was surprisingly warm for metal, but that only made sense. It WAS on fire just minutes ago. With this knowledge she placed her other hand on the thigh, rubbing it up and down. It was smooth except for the scrapes. She traced them, wondering if it could feel any pain.

From above Jade stared at the face, counting the scratches while doing so. She winced, not used to sitting with her legs spread apart as if she were riding a horse. She leaned back farther from the head and on top of the center of its chest. The humming suddenly stopped.

"Uh, guys?" Raoul commented in the back.

And then the humming returned, louder than before, and the two eyes burst out bright blue light.

His spark was burning hotter than a sun from the sudden pressure. All of his systems activated in mere seconds and his optics flashed online. His auditory sensors picked up screaming before he could see the cause of the pressure. A small alien was sitting on his asbergo, screaming in shock. He sat up n surprise, knocking the organic off of him and to the ground. It scrambled away from him as he sat up. He knew it was not a good idea to be seen by the aliens, he didn't want any attention. He finally noticed that there were two other organics, one running toward the furthest away. From below, the organic brushed a lightly colored bio-material from its face. It looked up at him with dark colored optics.

"Oww..."

It groaned in pain as it rubbed its processor. He studied its movements as it stood up, noting that it was shorter than the other two aliens. It wasn't hostile, though it wouldn't matter to him, as it appeared to be studying him.

"Are you okay?" it spoke, though he did not know what that meant. He racked his processor and connected to the world wide web, something that his fellow Autobot, Bumblebee, had sent information on. He had little trouble connecting and searching through the language. He was amazed at how many languages there were on this planet. It only took a few seconds to find the language, English. He now had a complete understanding of the English language now. He responded.

Unfortunately it did not come out in English.

Cybertronian apparently sounded very intimidating to the 'humans', according to the internet. They flinched back and covered their auditory sensors. Oh, ears, they were called ears. He closed his mouth plates and stared at them. Why wasn't he speaking in English? He did a short self examination and found some damage in his processor. So he could read and understand English, but he could not speak it. Great.

He expected the humans to flee for their lives, as the two taller ones appeared to think the same thing, but the shortest of the three stood its ground.

"Whoah, it's okay...can you understand me?"

He searched the internet again for non verbal responses. He was pleased to see that many non verbal responses were the same as Cybertron's. He nodded to the alien, who beamed up at him. It turned to its companions and then back to him.

"Okay, so you understand me. Do you have anything for me to call you? A name? Mine is Jade, she's Carly, and he's Raoul." she pointed to the both of them successively. Raoul apparently had no desire for his name to be revealed, but it was too late now. He noticed the uses of "he" and "she", referring to the separate genders. From the body structure that Jade and Carly were the same gender, female, and Raoul was most likely male. Referring back to her question, he attempted to translate it into English. It didn't take long to find the English equivalent. He pointed up to the sky, all three humans following his appendage. He went from the sky to the flames that were barely flickering behind them. They stared at the area.

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Raoul asked, and then immediately silenced himself. Carly turned back to the sky, and then the fire. She turned to him.

"Starfire?"

Jade started laughing for an unknown reason. He shook his head and pointed back up to the sky and then to the flames. Jade stopped laughing and looked between the two again.

"Is it Skyfire?"

He nodded, glad that he was able to communicate in some form. Jade seemed very proud of herself and smiled at her comrades before turning back to Skyfire.

"Are you okay? Can you walk?"

Skyfire scanned himself again. His legs were damaged, but not too much. He gestured to Jade, hoping she would understand. His fingers curled in and out in rapid succession, coping her to move. She understood and backed up. Skyfire shifted on his good knee and began to rise before falling again, his leg screaming in pain. The humans backed off some more.

"He's hurt." Jade stated. Carly looked at her.

"How do you know that it's a he?"

Jade shrugged. "Looks like a he to me? Are you male?"

Skyfire quickly nodded. It was amusing though, that he would ever possible be confused for a femme. He grimaced at his leg injury. He had some medical knowledge, but he was no medic. He could do minor repairs, but he would need an expert. Ratchet was part of Optimus Prime's team. While he knew he would be greeted with a severe scolding form the CMO, it would be worth the repair. From below Jade was staring at his leg with concern etched across her features.

"It looks like it hurts." she looked up at him with determination in her optics.

"Can you move at all?"

Skyfire nodded. He couldn't walk, but he could limp. Hopefully these structures (which he then found to be called 'trees') would sustain under his strength for a few seconds. He nodded and shifted again, he was able to stretch up enough to hold on to one of the branches of the tree. It creaked but held nonetheless. Jade smiled.

"Good, good. Now follow me, I can put you somewhere to rest."

Raoul and Carly blinked in confusion. "Uh, Jade, where are you going to put it-er, him? If you didn't notice, he's kind of...large."

Jade rolled her eyes and turned to the male. "I'm going to put him in the barn."

"...what?"

"He'll fit in the barn."

Raoul narrowed his eyes. "No he won't! The barn isn't even clo-"

"He'll fit in the barn if we move the cars out." Jade cut off.

Raoul's eyes set into a glare. "Oh no, I'm not movi-"

Jade's eyes suddenly became fierce. "His well being is more important than your fucking Mustang Raoul!" she hissed.

Carly suddenly gave Raoul a look, a look that said "Well, you've done it now." Turning back to Skyfire, Jade smiled. The mech now knew that under that cheerful demeanor lied a fierce spirit.

"It's fine, you just follow us and we'll get you set up."

She turned around and began the trek home, Raoul and Carly following. Skyfire smiled and hoped that he would at least have protection against the planet's atmosphere.

Skyfire was pleased to see that the shelter was satisfactory. He could not stand in the 'barn', as Jade refereed to it, on account of his height, but it was much better than under the stars. This proved especially true the following orbital cycle when it began to 'rain' as the humans called it. When they arrived at their large dwelling, a fourth human had been waiting for them. He was, as expected, very surprised to see the mech, but went straight to work with helping him. The entryway to the barn was very tall and wide, allowing Skyfire to crawl inside with ease. At the moment he was leaning against the wall, surprised to see that it could hold him, though most of his weight was on the ground beneath him. Below him, Chip, the fourth human, was working diligently with a computer in an attempt to establish contact with Skyfire. He followed the human's instruction to create an 'email address' so he could use an instant messenger. While he was doing this, Raoul and Carly were working on his minor injuries. Raoul and Carly had experience working on machinery, though different types, and were able to fix wires and pull out debris.

"Okay you should be set! Try it Skyfire!" Chip exclaimed from his spot. It only took a second to put write out a sentence.

'Hello Chip.'

Chip laughed. "Yes! We have made contact!"

Skyfire smiled and then winced when Carly extracted a particularly large twig from his knee. She smiled sheepishly up at him. He sighed, his knee feeling MUCH better than it had been earlier.

'Thank you, Carly. The pain has subsided greatly.'

Carly smiled brightly before putting the twig down by the rest of the debris.

From here the real communication had begun. They would ask him questions where he was from and what he was, and he would reply on the computer screen. Chip read Skyfire's responses out loud. Jade entered after a few cycles with a yellow beverage called 'lemonade' to serve to her friends. They continued with his history on his origins and the war. Hours passed as Chip continued to read out loud, eventually switching off to Jade when his mouth became dry. Raoul and Carly rested from their minor repairs. They did not look like much, but he was much more comfortable now than four mega cycles ago. He let them know this, and they seemed very proud of themselves. Finally the reached the topic of why he was on the planet.

"I am hopeful that my comrades will reach the planet in little over a deca-cycle to retrieve me. I will unfortunately not be able to fight very well against the Decepticons. Will I be trouble you?"

Raoul clicked his tongue. "That depends, how long is a deca-cycle?"

Jade gave him a look, to which he shut his mouth, and turned back to Skyfire. "You can stay as long as you want Skyfire. We can keep our cars outside for awhile."

She glared at Raoul before he could interject. He grumbled to himself and turned away. Skyfire nodded in thanks.

"Thank you, Jade."

Her face flushed slightly but she smiled anyway. "No problem."

And that was the beginning of the greatest month of their lives. The four would go to their respective jobs and return to Skyfire. Raoul and Carly continued to work on the minor injuries while Chip discussed with Skyfire on Cybertronian technology. Jade would have her own personal conversations with Skyfire, learning more about his life and vise versa every day. She learned about his work and his comrades and their mission. She was excited to hear that there was another Autobot on their planet. It was perfect. There was only one problem, and that was the fact that Skyfire would have to leave.

It was expected. The Autobots would retrieve Skyfire and leave Earth, never to be seen again. It hurt, it really did. Skyfire was her friend, a good friend at that. She wanted to spend more time with him, to know more about him, and she wanted him to know the same. It was like having an imaginary friend all over again, which sounded silly for a twenty-four year old woman. Her emotions didn't matter though, their war was more important than the feelings of one woman. But that didn't mean she didn't have to ignore her fear. Luckily for her, she was very good at masking her emotions with a smile, something she didn't have to do often when she was home with her roommates.

One day they had been watching their television and the news station interrupted their show. Apparently a city in Nevada had been attacked by terrorists, but the live footage said otherwise. The video was blurry, but they could make out forms that were similar to Skyfire shooting at each other. They asked Skyfire and he responded with surprise.

"They are fighting the Decepticons as we speak. I hope it will turn out in our favor. I cannot communicate with any of my fellow Autobots. It seems that I must wait for the battle to end before I can send a distress signal. If I send it now, I can endanger you all by bringing Decepticons instead."

After a few hours they found that the battle was over. When they told Skyfire, he responded calmly.

"I will send the signal now. If the Autobots were victorious they will be here shortly."

That week passed by very slowly. Everyone found themselves staring at the driveway waiting for giant robots to walk right up to the house. It was the end of June when the trucks had arrived. Four vehicles drove up the gravel road. A flame patterned semi, black truck, chartreuse ambulance, and a yellow with black stripes sports car pulled in. Jade could not recognize the vehicles and hesitated with going outside. Raoul grabbed a baseball bat from his room and stood by the door. They stared out the window as a man exited the semi, then another man from the truck, and then from the rest of the vehicles. The first man walked up to the door while the rest stared at the barn. The man knocked on the door. After a few seconds pause, he knocked again. Raoul clutched the bat harder and hid it behind the door before answering.

Raoul's eyes widened at the sight of the huge man for a split second before he returned back into a neutral expression. "Can I help you?" he asked, no emotion in his voice.

The man nodded to Raoul, his bright blue eyes linking with Raoul's brown. "Good afternoon. My name is Nathan Peterson. I am here to ask you a few questions about some...strange phenomenon..."

Raoul arched an eyebrow at the man when he paused, but he listened anyway.

From the window Jade stared at the four men outside. They appeared to be whispering to each other and pointing at the barn. Jade turned to Chip and Carly. Chip immediately wheeled himself to the computer and connected to Skyfire. Raoul continued to speak to the man at the door as Chip typed into the computer. They finally recieved a reply.

"It is alright, these are my comrades. Please tell them that I am here."

Chip turned to Jade. "It's alright, those are the Autobots!" he whispered to Jade. She immediately ran to the door, shoving Raoul out of the way.

"We have Skyfire!" she exclaimed, faltering a bit at the size of the man before her. The man gaped at her, completely surprised at her outburst.

"What?"

"We know who you really are. You don't need to cover it up anymore. And...um...you aren't very convincing anyway."

The man blinked and turned back to the other three, who murmured in agreement. 'Nathan' sighed and turned back to Jade. "Well then, it appears that I will not be requiring this disguise anymore."

Raoul and Jade gasped as the man literally flickered out of existence. The other three men did the same. There was silence.

And then the cars fell apart.

It was very similar to the sound Jade had heard a over a month ago when Skyfire arrived. Chip wheeled up to the window and they heard Carly scream upstairs from her bedroom. The three continued to watch the cars fall apart and bring themselves back together as Carly ran down the stairs and flew to the window where Chip was sitting. The forms were becoming more and more humanoid with each passing second. The barn door opened slightly as Skyfire pushed it open. Finally the sound stopped and four giants stood before them.

Surprisingly, their fear was nowhere near as strong as it should have been. It made sense, Skyfire was much larger than them, and they were used to Skyfire's size at this point. The tallest one kneeled down on one knee as Jade, Raoul, and Carly stepped out on to the porch, Carly wheeling Chip while doing so. He spoke while the other four stood back.

"My name is Optimus Prime, I am leader of the Autobots."