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Authoress: Ok, since everybot else is banned except for Unicron, how are you doing?

Unicron: Ok, though I am kind a hungry.

Authoress: Oh, well, you could eat Pluto, even though some don't think it is a planet anymore.

Unicron: YUM! Straight for dessert. Thanks.

Prologue

William Lennox let out a low growl of annoyance as he and his team journeyed across the white, frozen landscape of the Arctic. While the cold was not affecting him because of the high tech body suit the government had provided him, he was upset that they had yet to find anything. His team had been assigned to investigate a strange anomaly that had happened here fifty years ago. They were only investigating now because they have only recently invented the technology that they needed to do this mission, including the suits.

"I swear Lennox, if we don't find something soon I will die of boredom." His friend, Robert Epps, said.

"I hear you Epps. I thought that we would have come across something sooner. But Mearing would have our heads if we came back without finding something." Lennox answered.

Epps frowned at that and said, 'Well, if she wants something found, she should come down here and search for it herself."

Lennox nodded his agreement at that before continuing forward. He just wanted to get this search done so he could go home.

The sound of cracking caused both him and Epps to freeze in their tracks.

"Epps, please tell me that was your phone breaking?" Lennox asked in the small hope that it was.

Unfortunately, Epps shook his head and said, "Nope. I was about to ask you."

Lennox felt his eyes widen. This was not good. Before he could say anything though, the ice beneath them suddenly broke and the two of them fell through. The first thing that Lennox noticed was that he was not wet. Opening his eyes, he was amazed that they were falling down a chasm that must have formed some time ago.

"What the heck Lennox! I thought that all of this was supposed to be water!" Epps yelled as they gradually started to slide down the incline.

"Our scans read it wrong. They were probably disturbed by the anomaly." Lennox stated as they started to slow down. When they finally stopped, Lennox saw that the cavern seemed to go further. So, turning on his flashlight, he said, "Come on Epps, let's see if the anomaly we are supposed to be finding is down here."

He heard Epps grumble before he said, "Fine, but if we get attacked by some mutated monster, I am so tripping your sorry aft and getting the frag out of here."

Lennox wasn't surprised when Epps used the Cybertronian curse words. Even though humanity hadn't interacted with any Cybertronians, except for their supplier, in over one hundred and fifty years, they had still picked up their lingo pretty quickly, especially the curse words.

After they walked for about fifteen minutes, Lennox was about to give up when he suddenly ran into something and he was knocked to the ground.

Epps jogged over to him and helped him up before asking, "What happened?"

Once he stood up, Lennox answered, "I ran into this." He then pointed his flashlight in front of him and they both stared at the black substance encased in the ice.

"What is that?" Epps asked.

Lennox had an idea about what it was so he kneeled to the ground and shoved the snow away from the ice. Once it was all clear, he stood up and shone his light on it before saying, "It's a hand!"

He then watched as Epps ran ahead and cleared the snow off of a small mound. "Holy frag." Epps said in shock.

Lennox walked up and shined his light at the mound. He stared in shock at what he saw before he activated his communicator and said, "Lennox and Epps calling in. Is anyone there? Over."

A few seconds later, Lennox heard their leader's voice come through and say, "You two had better have a good reason for straying from the path."

Lennox nodded and said, "Frag yeah we do. We found the anomaly. Tell the Pentagon to get their afts down here and get this out of the ice."

There was a pause on the other end before his boss asked, "What is it Lennox?"

Lennox put his hand on the ice in front of the face in the ice before saying, "Hope."

The metallic planet that once flourished with life and innovation was almost a dead husk of its former self. After the fall of Pandimala, the Triune Alliance had begun to lose their hold on Cybertron to the Virons. It had only taken a few stellar cycles for the Virons to take almost complete control of Cybertron. The only stronghold that remained in the Triune Alliance's control was Kaon. The Virons had tried to take Kaon and force the Alliance off of Cybertron but the Alliance had held its ground and held off the Virons.

But, this was just a small victory for the Alliance. Both the Virons and they knew that the Alliance was barely motivated to fight. The command was still distraught from the loss of Pandimala. But, the one that had been affected the most was Chaom. Everybot could see that he struggled to get through each solar cycle. They could see the yearning in his optics to offline and join Pandimala. But, they didn't worry so much about that because they also knew that he would not break the promise that he made to Pandimala about staying online to keep hope flowing.

Of course, not all was doom and gloom during this time. Many bots in the Alliance had bonded and a few of them had even had creations, most of whom were adults now.

The first to have a creation after the fall were Tana and Blackbit and they had a truck mech they had named Blacklight. After that, Niche and Megatron, who had bonded after the fall, had a helicopter femme they named Nylia.

To everybot's surprise, Balm and Stormfire had the next creation, which was a jet mech they named Miltersaw. Then, Megatron and Niche had another creation, a car mech named Shadow Fall. After that, Blitzkriea and Blitzwing, who had bonded after the fall, had twin tank mechs they named Pandium and Malium, who they named after Pandimala.

Right away, they had a jet femme they had named Chala, who they named after Chaom and Pandimala. Next, Balm and Stormfire had an ambulance femme they had named Zinnia. Finally, Elita and Optimus had a semi mech they had named Sunblast. They had been created not too long after the fall, except for Chala, Zinnia, and Sunblast, so they were all almost adults now, with Sunblast becoming an adult in ten stellar cycles.

With the Virons, things were brutal. Each day, they would host gladiatorial games. These games were usually weighted so one side would be at a disadvantage, and that side would usually be the one that Sentinel wanted to lose. Sometimes, that side would be mindless drones that would please the crowd's lust for seeing precious metal shed. But, other times that side would be bots that were in disfavor with the Virons, like members of the Triune Alliance that had been taken prisoner.

These bots would either face an extremely gifted fighter from the Viron side or they would face one of the many beasts that the Virons had acquired. These gladiatorial events were held in a coliseum that was located in the middle of Iacon, the Viron capitol.

Each solar cycle, the Alliance would always pray for some kind of savior who would help them retake their home.

10 years later

"Lennox, why is it that we are stuck out here doing patrol?" Epps asked.

Lennox shrugged his shoulder and said, "Don't know. My bet would be that Mearing is doing this to get us angry so we will do something that will get us in trouble."

Lennox knew that Mearing had been out to get the two of them ever since they had found the anomaly. She had told them that they couldn't see what the being looked like. All they knew was that it was most likely a Cybertronian because of the metallic makeup of the being. Of course, they had complained but Mearing wouldn't back down. So, they tried to make Mearing miserable. Mearing then turned around and always gave them the boring jobs, like patrol.

"If she would only let us see the Cybertronian instead of keeping it locked up in the bunker, we wouldn't make her miserable and she wouldn't put us on fragging patrol."

Lennox nodded and said, "I know. Let's just get through this so we can practice at the range."

Epps smiled at that and said, "I am so going to kick your aft this time."

Lennox shook his head and was about to say something when the communicator went off. "This is Aaron Spieling on the north side border. Who is closest to me?"

Lennox knew that they were so he said, "This is Lennox and Epps and we should be closest to you Aaron. What's wrong?"

Lennox heard the connection crackle a little before Aaron said, "I found a weird looking girl who looks eighteen here and she is firing powerful acid from her hands."

"We're on our way." Lennox said before he and Epps ran to Aaron's location.

When they got there, Lennox looked around until he saw the girl. She looked like she was six feet tall, maybe a little taller, and she had medium fair skin, blonde hair, and she had strange black and lime green swirl colored eyes that looked like the acid she was throwing. Her outfit consisted of a black shirt with lime green swirl designs, dark blue jeans, a black and lime green choker, and black high-tops with lime green swirl designs.

Lennox could see the fear in the girl's eyes and he could tell that she was scared. So, he slowly walked toward her with his hands in a surrender motion before saying, "I'm not going to hurt you. Can you tell me your name?"

The girl hesitated and studied him before saying, "I'm Penelope. Penelope Arabeth Black. My father is Meltdown, who is also known as Prometheus Black. Who are you two?"

Lennox looked next to him and mentally face palmed when he saw Epps. Sighing, he said, "This man next to me is Robert Epps, though we call him Epps. I am William Lennox, but most people call me Lennox." He then studied her before asking, "How did you get here?"

She sated at him before saying, "I've been living alone for about a year in the wild and I just stumbled on this place. What is this place anyway?"

Lennox didn't know why, but he felt like she needed to be told. But he knew that he had to tell her what would happen if he told her so he said, "If I tell you, you will have to live on base from now on and you will have to listen to our boss, after you meet her."

Penelope seemed to think about that for a minute before saying, "Ok. If you tell me, I'll stay."

Lennox nodded before saying, "Well, we are a part of a secret government team, called NEST, and we were formed to research Cybertronian technologies and investigate anomalies that are Cybertronian related. About ten years ago, we went to investigate an anomaly that happened in the Arctic fifty years before that. The reason we did not investigate sooner was because we did not have the technology to. Well, Epps and I found that the anomaly was actually a Cybertronian that was frozen in the ice."

"You found a Cybertronian? Which one?" Penelope asked in shock.

Lennox shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know. We didn't get to see the bot and we don't have an inventory of who all the bots were and what they looked like. Why?"

Penelope smiled and said, "I might be able to help. Meltdown made me memorize the image of many of the bots that he met on Earth. I might know which bot you have."

"What is going on here?"

Lennox flinched and turned before letting out a sigh. Great, Mearing was here and she seemed upset. The dirty blonde haired blue eyed woman stared at Penelope before asking, "Who is this and what is she doing here?"

"We just found her here. Her name is Penelope Arabeth Black and she ran away from home and has been living on alone out here for a year. Her father is meltdown, Prometheus Black. She says she can help identify that Cybertronian we found and," Lennox started to answer before Mearing interrupted him.

"You told this stranger about this project? I should put you both on trial for,"

"Will you cool it for a few minutes lady?" Penelope interrupted before saying, "I have valuable information about Cybertronians that I can give you and I know that I can help you protect the bot. As you can tell by the trees that are half eaten away by acid, I can hold my own."

The area was deathly silent as Mearing and Penelope stared at each other. Finally, after a few minutes, Mearing sighed and said, "Fine. You will be partners with Epps and Lennox. Check with them for the duties of the day." She then started to walk away.

"Can I see the Cybertronian?" Penelope called after Mearing.

Mearing swiftly turned to her and said, "No!" She then walked out of sight.

Lennox then turned to Penelope and said, 'Welcome to the group Pen."

Penelope smiled and said, "Glad to be here Lennox."

There was nothing. It was a void. That was, until, there was a thought. After that thought, consciousness came to and the being tried to remember what had happened. It took some time but they finally remembered. They remembered the fight, the malfunction, and, they remembered being taken into a bright light before the darkness took over.

Running a preliminary scan, the being saw that they only needed a little more time to heal fully. Also, they saw that the healing process would move faster if a part of their focus was away from their body. Luckily, the being knew exactly how to handle this situation. They had done this a few times before.

But, they knew that the beings that were holding their body would have to find the detachment. The being thought about this before they realized how they were going to accomplish it. So, concentrating, the being sent the detachment to a known location and sent a burst of its unique energy after it.

Authoress: Hi Pen, glad you could finally join us. I couldn't wait for you to get here.

Penelope: Sorry about that. There was a traffic jam in your thoughts and it took FOREVER to clear.

Lennox: What are Epps and I? Chopped liver?

Authoress: Hello boys.

AN: YEAH! First chapter in new story! I hope you all like this so far. The next two chapters are finished but I will have to post them when I have time later tonight. Also, the romance stories about how all of Pandimala's and Anarcum's kids admitted their loves to their now bondmates will be worked on when I hit any writers blocks for this story. I'll also have a picture of Penelope up on my deviant art later tonight as well. It has to be one of the best human drawings that I have done and in it are also her phone and sword. Penelope's origins will be explained in the next chapter. Until then though PLEASE read and REVIEW! But, no flames.