1Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers nor am I making profit from using then in fiction.
Author's Note: In light of watching the show "Paranormal State" I was curious as to what a Transformer possession would be like. Thus, this was born. Be gentle XD reviews are appreciated.
Pairings: JackxBlue, SamxBee, SidesxSunny.
Medic's Earth Log #29
August 10, 2008.
Humans talk of the paranormal, blaming it for the things unexplainable. They have humans known as mediums that can connect to these forces. They even have game boards known as Ouija boards... an inanimate medium designed for non-mediums to contact beings on the other side. I've yet to discern their validity. Some of these spirits are supposed to be good, and with every good, there is a certain evil as well. Some are evil enough to need a priest to deal with them. The humans call them ghosts, spirits and demons. Cybertronians aren't that much different, only, we call them deadtalkers, minions and Pitbenders.
Like the humans, we have those who refuse to believe in the paranormal. They need logic not available to explain it. Wheeljack and Prowl used to be two of them. We also have our firm believers, including myself, Ironhide and Optimus. Optimus is very closely attached to the matrix and through that Primus. So much so, that it would be hard for him NOT to feel the presences of the 'others.' I once heard Sam calling him robo-Jesus. Despite the rather uncouth and comical...phrasing, the boy is very accurate –this being AFTER I researched just who or what this Jesus fellow/thing was– in his assumptions. Many have called him the Son of Primus, just as Megatron was known as the Spawn of Unicron. Sam ruined his menacing image though, by calling him 'midget robo-Satan.' I don't think I've seen Prowl laugh so hard in my long life.
Ironhide and I are from an older generation, a generation where paranormal activity was an everyday part of life. Our human equivalent would be the Native American people, those who worship the dead and the spirit worlds. It could have been that we were young then, and didn't know otherwise, but when Ironhide will admit to anyone who will listen, that he was visited by Chromia's dead talker, it's hard to keep a scientific outlook. I do not deny him his belief, not when Moonracer was kind enough to tell me goodbye.
As for the rest of the bots... after what's happening to Sam, Sunstreaker, Bumblebee and Bluestreak... it's hard not for them to believe.
Unlike human paranormality, Cybertronian paranormality is easily explained, or, at least, to those who need the explanation in the first place. You see, sparks operate on a unique wavelength. Each genetic code can be tapped into. This is known as spark bonding. Two sparks synchronize their wavelengths and code to form an unbreakable bond. This is common knowledge to all. However, when a mech or femme is killed –as that is how the majority of us leave the world of the living–, their sparks have two choice destinations. The Matrix or the Pit. In either case, code and wavelength are said to just go with them, to be extinguished physically with the spark. Or at least, the majority of them are. This is where the myths and paranormal begin.
The belief is that there are some sparks that wander on the universal wavelength with unfinished business. Some simple can't move on without finishing this business. The are called deadtalkers. Many mediums are said to be able to speak and see them, even feel them. I've witnessed Optimus putting some sparks to rest. Deadtalkers are normally docile sparks just searching for closure, or trying to tie up loose ends. They're considered guardians beyond the grave.
Then there are the minions. I do not know why they are thus named, only that they are more dangerous than the deadtalkers. I've heard them called messengers . Human poltergeists would be an accurate example to the extent of a minion's power. They can be violent, yes, but nothing worse than mental instability, small wounds and property damage. They're more of a nuisance than anything.
Then... then there are the pitbenders, the most dangerous known beings of the other side. If Megatron was evil, the pitbenders are far worse. They are demons and do Unicron's direct bidding. Myths say that they're some of Cybertron's worst enemies, criminals and villains. I am sure Megatron has been welcomed into their ranks with open arms. They tear apart lives and bonds and families. Torture is merely a game to them, a sick and twisted game. They torment mechs into death and psychologically rape femmes. I had never met one before, thank Primus, but I treated a mech that had been possessed by one. It was a lost cause, I unfortunately had to deactivate him.
This is why I, like the others, are scared for Sam, Bumblebee, Sunstreaker and Bluestreak. Whatever it is that's tormenting them... it's vicious and strong, and it's our fault that Sam's vulnerable to it in the first place. It's given itself a name, I've seen it scratched and cut into the four of them...
Prowl is still researching it.
I am terrified. I cannot say that there have been many times where I've been terrified of anything. I am not the only one. Ironhide is a wreck and I'm not even going to get started on Sideswipe. Wheeljack is keeping himself busy, it's bad enough he has to feel Blue's pain and torment. I'm afraid that soon... very soon, I may have three comrades laying in deactivation next to Jazz.. And another friend buried in some dilapidated grave upon a hill...
A miracle better happen soon, before this LEGION does anymore damage.
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Primus help them all.
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End Log.
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Well? What do you think? This was obviously Ratchet, but I used it as a way to explain what's going on and how the paranormal fits into Cybertronai life. Reviews are appreciated, not necessary.