Three years ago…
There were rumors I had heard about the negative reviews on what happened back in our latest battles with the Decepticon in Chicago, Illinois. They said that the solution to end the Decepticons not what they wanted…they demand a solution to end the Transformers. What kind of bullshit I have been hearing from those people, and where is it coming from? Even the whole NEST Team had been confused…and the Autobots did not have a clue on this situation. That is when I decided to do a personal investigation alongside one of my Autobot partners, Mirage. I have asked some people around the White House and heard this new head of the CIA name Harold Attinger. By that time, I started to settle in on speaking to this man one on one at the CIA Headquarters…but he denied our meeting. For a while, it was getting real suspicious after we all heard the news from my commander, William Lennox…saying that NEST will be disbanded…..and the alliance of with the Autobots is done…
~Toni Evans
Transformers Age of Extinction: A Bond That Never Severed
Chapter 1: The End of the Alliance
Three Years Ago
"The Alliance with the humans…is over?"
It was near midnight in Washington DC and the NEST Soldier, Toni Evans was with her Autobot partners, Sideswipe and Mirage, at empty parking lot of the park not so far from the NEST base which will shut down someday near the time now. Toni was sitting out on the grass near the edge of the parking lot as the two Autobots sat out on the parking lot. Sideswipe was real concerned of this situation as Mirage was ticked on what will happen to them then. Suddenly the Red Ferrrari spoke out in anger.
"Bullmerda!" he cussed in Italian before slamming his fist on the ground leaving a minor damage on the parking lot. "I have earned the trust to these humans and now it's severed again! I shouldn't help your kind in the first place, Toni. That includes you."
The young soldier made a shocked face seeing that her friend is blaming her into this involvement and would think that she agree with the CIA, but then Sideswipe jumped into the conversation debating.
"Hold on a minute, Mirage." said the silver Corvette Stingray as he placed his hand on his comrade's shoulder. "Toni had been disagreeing with this issue for two days and wished to stop this. Now we both been with her the longest and we deeply trust more than anyone else."
"Sideswipe, please," Toni spoke wanting to stop this argument from growing. "It is alright…"
"No," Mirage replied venting a sigh looking away in slight anger but was slowly calming down. "I have not been thinking right because of this. I mean, this is the end of the alliance…working alongside with you."
The young lady then made a sincere expression on her face hearing her partner's words then sighed sadly. Mirage was right with this separation but there is one thing that he and Sideswipe must know. Toni then stood up from the grass walking up to the two Autobots then ended up standing between them placing her hands on both of their pedes.
"We may be separated and no longer be working together…" she looked down as a slight tear came down to her but then looked up at them as a smile appeared on her face. "But our friendship will never be shattered by anyone. You guys were like my brothers to me, and I appreciate that…don't forget that."
Sideswipe and Mirage stared down at her hearing her words as they both gave out a nod and smiled.
It was now dawn in Washington DC, and the whole NEST base was being cleared out. Toni had entered in to speak with Lennox about the issue not giving up on trying to turn this around. As she walked by, she had noticed the Autobots were not around guessing that they went out for a free drive once again. She sighed sadly concerning what the CIA will do to the Autobots and want to know some answers, but the head of the CIA, Harold Attinger, denied the meeting with her. As she made it to Lennox's office seeing her commander clearing his desk, she softly knocked on the door. He heard the sound of the girl's knocking before turning around.
"Toni," he spoke as he continuing his cleaning. "What can I do for you?"
"I am curious to know your recent contact with the Head of the CIA…" Toni replied with a serious tone as she folded her arms.
"What about it?" He looked up at his comrade and now wondering why she wanted to know the details of the latest contact.
"Apparently I wanted to have a word with Mr. Attinger but he denied my meeting….is there something you two are hiding from me?" Her eyes narrowed a bit. "He knows that I am the second lieutenant of this team."
Lennox sighed taking a seat at his desk. He knew that Toni would start another personal investigation without him knowing. The colonel then nodded.
"Now I know you well Toni," said Lennox. "And he knows you too well also. You seem on discovering conversations that does not concern of you. I don't want you to try this stunt, and it's already too late.
As soon as the Autobots return back here, we will tell the news and they will go to another location where they can be safe and no longer be with us."
The girl suddenly frowned at Lennox hearing this. Now the very last part was getting too suspicious and was on the line to find the answers herself. Toni did not want to be separated by Sideswipe, Mirage, and the rest of the Autobots. She then shook her head.
"I still say this is a bunch of bullshit the CIA has told us…" said the girl. "I'll be out for a while to be with my partners one last time."
She then left Lennox's office as the colonel watched her going away. Lennox had his head down taking a deep breath and wasn't sure what Toni is going to do next.
Using one of the motorcycles from NEST, Toni drove directly to the CIA Headquarters. She had her black hood on glaring up ahead at the road in slight anger. She will not rest until she retrieved some information from Attinger. Since he had denied the meeting with her, Toni then took the hard way on reaching to the Head of the CIA. The girl finally made it to the Headquarters and parked the motorcycle somewhere hidden from anyone that was part of the CIA. She was in the very distance of it hiding the motorcycle behind another building. Toni then approached to the building but was keeping herself in a clear distance. She had her binoculars out of her pouch browse around the perimeter of the building. As the girl looked around it for a few minutes, she noticed multiple cameras surveying the area follow by a secret entrance to get inside the Headquarters. Toni grinned a bit placing her binoculars away before having her watch ready. Her watch was so high tech it can be able to us an EMP on her enemies, which were Decepticons, and also break down a system to any tech she sees such as the surveillance cameras. By the time she aimed her watch at one of the cameras, she had disabled the system that linked to the camera.
"What the hell?"
In the security room of the CIA headquarters, the men noticed the screens were showing a blank gray images meaning that the cameras were disabled. Two of them were starting to reconnect the cameras but failed.
"Go check through the surveillance system and fix the cameras." one man demanded the other as he went on to another room.
As the man was going by, he passed up the vent above him….a vent where Toni was inside. The NEST soldier figured a way how to be inside using her routine as the ninja of the team. She crawled down the vents quietly searching for Attinger's office, but instead of finding the office, a voice had caught her attention hearing a question about the Autobots. The girl looked over to the left of the vent hearing the conversation not far from where she was at and crawled over to the small opening to hear the members talking. Toni then stopped at the opening peaking a little seeing a man with gray hair and wearing a black suit that was standing in front of the other members. She also saw a projector screen of the Autobots and her eyes narrowed listening carefully.
"That is an excellent question on what will happen next with the Autobots." said the man as he started walking by the members. "As soon as NEST is fully shut down, at that very time, the Autobots will be no more. As you know, back at Chicago, many civilians were killed because of those aliens, and left the city critically damaged along with many casualties lying in the streets. Did the Autobots really defended the humans? No by the sight of many losses happened during the Decepticon invasion. I had contacted the White House with this major situation and the president had made a decision to end the alliance with the Autobots and deactivate them. That way, our planet will finally be at peace with no more of those aliens being around harming it. Until the next day, the men will raid through the base that will no longer be NEST…and that is where we start a new beginning."
Toni quietly gasped in shock crawling back away from the vent covering her mouth hearing the plan that the CIA is planning to kill. The question is why? The incident in Chicago was not their fault at in her thought. They tried their hard best on stopping the Decepticons and they succeeded. The soldier shivered in anger and started to head back to the exit of out of the CIA Headquarters and warn Lennox about this, and certainly the Autobot leader, Optimus Prime.
If the CIA kills them, what if there is going to be another alien invasion? The girl thought. This must not happen. I got to warn the others fast!
As soon as she made it to the end, Toni looked up making a shocked face when two CIA members were in front of her was actually waiting for her to come back. When one of them was about to grab her, Toni did not hesitate to make her move grabbing the man's arm and kicked him away to escape then the other member grabbed her but then the girl retaliated kicking him on the leg hard and elbowed him in the gut. Then Toni turned and roundhouse kicked the same man that grabbed her before running off. As she was running, two more men came out with their pistols and opened fire at her but luckily, the NEST soldier reached to the motorcycle taking cover. After that last bullet, she did not hear any more shots and quickly hopped on the motorcycle and start the engine and started to head off back to the base. As she left, the man who spoke out the plan came out and saw her getting away. The man clenched his hands in anger.
"Shall we go after her, sir?" one of the members asked.
"No," the man replied. "Let her go… Rally up the men, now. The plans have changed."
The man looked back at Toni as she kept going far away from the Headquarters. He knew who she was and will deal with her during this plan...a plan to raid in the NEST base, arresting the soldiers and killing the Autobots.
