Transformers: CSX002
Chapter One
A blissful morning with the cool mountain breeze mixing with the warm atmosphere and the smell of fresh water. I was heading back into the dark confining depths of Hoover Dam after a long night of dealing with the horrid stench of sweaty men and oil. Though there was a hint of the fresh air wafting in on a gentle breeze, it wasn't enough to replenish anyone's spirits.
CSX002 was proving to be a valuable asset to all mankind. Though "Cybertronian Specimen Experiment 2" or CSX002 lost it's original colors, it's study provided many new technological advances in human society. Hovering automobiles that could run on water were due to be thrown on the market any day now. Holograms, better armor and weapons, mechanical organs, biological computers and even better birth control are the products of studying CSX002.
The next project was to try and build a personal computer that could move and have it's own personality. More of an extreame advancement than anything else, but hopes are for immediate information whenever necessary. This technology would hopfully take the place of nurses, doctors, and policemen if given the correct data.
To accomplish our next project we had to study how CSX002 moved and responded to certain stimuli. All though the experiment required a remote control ability CSX002's servos, it would certainly be worth seeing the large Cybertronian move once more.
The whole month, I and 50 others toiled away to install electrical currents and wires as well as an automatic kill switch. This was all attached to a switchboard located behind bullet proof glass. Our hopes of sucess were all place within a genorator behind a wall and the kill swithc in case anything went wrong.
Today was our first test. The first time CSX002 walked and moved in 15 excruciatingly long years. I was brimming with excitment to see the estimated 26. 75 foot tall mechanical alien open it's eyes and fill the room with it's inorganic screeches. The sad part about the ordeal was that CSX002 would not be alive.
I walked briskly past the large metal slab with CSX002 lying lifeless over it. It was far ro big for it's original design, allow the cryogenic CSX001, A.K.A Megatron, to standy for study. Wires criss crossed over one another, but all lead to the bullet proof chamber with switchboard and 50 men inside. All were sitting in metal fold up chairs and all were waiting for me to give the signal to start the electric current.
I opened the door and let it shut as I stood past the entrance. A small skinny man, named Silas Ebon, with a brown thin mustache and no hair on his head scurried over to me. "Are you sure that we should operate it, Mr. Simmons?" he asked wringing his hands nervously. I nodded my head and he bustled back over to the switch without question.
"Proceed"
Silas cracked his knuckles and turned knobs and fliped switches which powered up the genorator to a minimal currency. Everyone held their breath as the small man reached for the button that would send the current to CSX002, bringing it to life once more. This was it. This was the moment that everyone was anticipating.
The button was pressed, and electricity cackled as everyone watched the body. The florecent lights dimmed and brightened in a sudden power surge. Then there was silence. No one dared to stir. Crickets were terrified of chirping in fear of ruining the moment. Finally, I broke the awkward silence.
"Maybe it wasn't enough kick."
"Maybe. Should we try again?"
"Yes. CSX002 will move one way or another!"
Silas preppared the machine for another, stronger electric current, but then we all felt a strange presence pass over us. All around us, mechanical objects briefly cackled with blue sparks, including CSX002. Immediatly after, the switch board and all cell phones came to life. All transformed into alien robots and instinctively scurried away for whatever reason.
Our hearts were now racing, but we felt that the sudden panic was over, especially when the entire dam went black. No one made a sound until dim back up lights came on in the chamber and lite our faces. We all looked around at one another and began confused and disorderly chatter, unaware that there was still a threat amoung us.
"Is everyone alright?"
"What happened?"
"Why did my cell phone transform?"
"OK!! JUST CALM DOWN!" I shouted at the top of my lungs. Every scientist, engineer, and whoever else was in there looked at me in fear. Little did I know it wasn't me they were staring at. "Ok. We just have to calm down, get some flash lights, and go home. I'm sure we can resume this test tomorrow when the power is back. It's not like CSX002 is going anywhere" I said with a chuckle in my tone, but still everyone remained motionless and stared at me wide-eyed. I gave them a questioning look before one of them mustered the courage to point a finger behind me.
Being naturally curious, I turned around slowly to see what he was pointing at only to have my body meet with a long, whip-like metal object after shattering the glass around us. I flipped in the air a few times before my back collided with a wall. Winded, I lay lifeless and watched my collegues scramble around trying to get out of the chamber. Ocassionally I would see another man being hit by the same fate I was and fly in another direction.
Then, only after a few moments of the chaos, the thing that was causing chaos crashed into the room and screeched furiously. The few amount of light revealed that CSX002 had come to life, either on it's own or a delayed effect of the electric current, no one was sure of, but all we knew was it was killing anything that would get in it's way, or at least attempted to.
I watched it toss people effortlessly out of the room as most were able to escape it's large teeth. Whether it caught sight of me or not, I was unsure of, but right as my vision began to fade, I saw the beast lift it's head and bolt for the tunnel that lead to the outside world. Where it would go or what it would do, no one was sure of.
