Disclaimage- I do not own Transformers Cybertron or any of Hasbro's licensed characters. It doesn't bother me either.
Optimus Prime surveyed the Transformers who stood before him. There were of the Space Bridge Project, a uniting of planets in order to maintain peace throughout the universe. It was hard and tireless work, but Optimus Prime was glad to see that his men still worked hard to keep peace long after the threat of Galvatron had been dealt with. He placed himself between the head of the control room and his gathered troops and began on the reason he called them.
"Men, we've all worked hard to bring peace and unity to many planets. But as the case may sometimes be, problems may arise in the place you started working if you don't pay proper attention."
"Is there trouble on Cybertron?" A young recruit gasped.
"No, our home-world is safe. Jetfire, the current commander of Cybertron ensures that."
"That's a relief." The recruit sighed.
Optimus nodded and continued, "Despite our efforts, Decepticon activity has been on the rise. There has been some detected around Earth. I will not allow any harm to come to it or any other planet under our protection. The planet leaders have been meeting all week and for that security has been a high priority. Jetfire cannot spare any soldiers on Earth right now so we may be the only ones who can protect what has come to be for many of us, a second home. We cannot spare too many for this job and if those involved meet any threat higher than they can handle, I can guarantee no back-u…" Before he could finish someone stepped forward.
The red and white ex-planet leader answered, "If my little sister is in danger, you can count me in to help, Optimus."
"Thank you, Override. Is anyone else willing to step forward?"
Many soldiers, from all planets and backgrounds began to step forward. Optimus Prime smiled at their bravery. Before anyone could make their way forward there was a loud stomp and the huge once leader of the Jungle Planet snarled his acceptance of the call. "I too share kinship with the one the Velocitronian calls her sister. Although I do not completely know why, I feel I must aide at all costs to ensure that she is kept safe."
"Well that's quite a surprise, Scourge, but you and Override are both very important to the Space Bridge Project. I'm afraid we can spare you both."
A loud voice came from the doorway. "Don't worry about that, Optimus. If Override and Scourge truly want to go to earth to protect the human lass, I'll just have my men work twice as hard." The huge leader of Gigantion answered, "Isn't that right, men?"
Some very large Transformers gave their leader a passionate, "Aye!"
"Thank you, Metroplex, that will be a great help," Optimus stated, "So I guess that's it then. Override and Scourge, you two will take the Space Bridge to Earth. Report back as soon as you can!"
Lori sighed as she surveyed the dull landscape below her. Jolt had been quite excited when he had pulled her away from one of her favorite dramas to help him find something. All she saw was a small cityscape with various warehouses looking abandoned.
"What was that thing you said you found again?" Lori said unexcitedly to the Minicon.
"An unusual spark presence…" Jolt said as he surveyed the buildings in his helicopter mode.
Lori yawned, "Don't all Transformers have those? How unusual could it be?"
"Minicons don't. Sparks are very strong, living supercomputers, they control personality, regulate memory and essentially "make the man" you might say. Our bodies are too small for something so potent. Our creator must have realized this and copied the inner-workings of smaller, organic beings, like humans. Essentially I have hundreds of programs working nonstop to do a tenth of the things a spark could do easily…"
"That's fascinating, you know." The teenage girl sarcastically told the talkative vehicle.
"I know what you're doing Lori, I'm an expert on Earth—Ah! We're getting close." The helicopter jostled and suddenly descended into an empty alleyway.
Lori hopped from Jolt's bubble-like cockpit and the helicopter transformed itself into a near-human sized robot.
"Where?" Lori inquired, despite herself; she was starting to feel excited.
The Minicon pointed towards one of the warehouses, "If my calculations are correct. Whatever's giving off those readings should be right in there."
The mismatched pair made their way over to the building which seemed to be currently uninhabited. Lori walked down an unlit hallway carefully, waiting for something to jump out. Many of the things popping to mind were the kinds of things that would turn Bud into a rambling fanboy. Luckily for her, the Transformers who had pretended to be those things, had all but turned over a new leaf and had become human allies.
Jolt buzzed and pointed to a doorway, "In there…" It wasn't like him to say so little, but the raven-haired girl at his side was not complaining. Lori walked ahead and peered into the room, it was hard to make it out in the dark, but there were definitely two green lights in the distance. She squinted and walked forward into the darkness.
As she got closer, the lights started to resemble tubes and there was something inside. Jolt ducked into the doorway and flipped open the computer on his arm. "Yes… yes, yes, yes, those spark-readings are got earlier were definitely coming from this room and… they should be coming… form those tubes." Jolt said, displaying his superior mechanical vision.
"No…" Lori said as she walked forward and what exactly what was inside the tubes became clearer and clearer, "There must be some mistake. These are…" She was unable to complete her sentence as the shock hit her.
Jolt tried to figure out what the girl was babbling about and used his optics' scoping ability to investigate. The image became clear and he cried out in similar surprise, "Human!"
To be continued.