A distant Memory

Chapter One: Hacker

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"Do you remember the days Optimus?" A female voice entered his mind. "When we lived in peace?"

"Very much, they are vivid images in my memory." He said quietly looking up at the sky. "Cybertron was a vast empire."

"You said you would come back for me." Her voice continued.

"That's what I did." He lowered his head.

"But you were too late." The female voice became disapproving.

"Yes, indeed I was." He admitted in defeat. He turned his head looking up to the stars. "Fate had other plans in store for me." The earth was growing dark. The voice in his head was unforgiving, it always would be, and her voice would be frozen by time. It would never change.

"Prime…" A voice broke him from his internal dialogue. He stood tall turning to see Ironhide. "She's here."

Prime nodded and with a hand he waved Ironhide off. "I will be there shortly."

He gave one last look to the stars. "I am sorry Elita One." He said quietly and turned back into the Autobot base.

Prime walked in to the conference room. The Autobots and Humans had gathered around to see. Prime took his place at the head of the table, and opposite him sitting on the table was a laptop. "Welcome to Autobot base one." He stated to the small human computer. It began to whirr to life, spinning and clicking. The short transformation revealed a small black and silver transformer. The small robot stood on the table; she was smaller than Frenzy by two heads.

"Thank you prime." She said with her thick accent. "I am Hacker; I heard your signal and made my way here." She said standing on the table.

"Hacker?" Maggie looked at her. "That's fantastic."

"Yes, I am a very adept Cybertronian programmer." She walked over to Maggie giving her a look over.

"I am glad you are here Hacker, we would be grateful for your help."

"Prime, you always were so gracious." The small Autobot walked up the table to Optimus and stood before him. He held out his hand and lifted her up to his eye level.

"Thank you. We will do our best to accommodate you." Prime smiled at her.

"Thank you prime." She smiled and took note of his battle scared body.

"Do you serve any other function than programmer?" Maggie asked her leaning over the table. The Small Autobot turned around in Prime's hand and blinked down at the blonde human.

"Yes, I am also an Autobot guardian, and a soldier." She smiled.

"Like Bumblebee?" Sam looked at his tall yellow friend from his seat.

"Size matters not." Hacker smiled to Bumblebee "Isn't that right?" Bumblebee nodded and sat back in his chair.

"An Autobot Guardian, Like you guard them?" Sam leaned across the table making a motion at Bumblebee.

"Yes. " Hacker skittered across the table to him. "I link with a larger Autobot. To form a symbiotic bond."

"Not me." Ironhide pointed to Hacker.

"You just don't want me knowing all your dirty secrets." Hacker laughed looking back at Sam with a smile.

The small Autobot reached out her hand and projected an image up to the wall with the small photonic projector in her metallic limb. The photo they all knew well. "This is Frenzy, a Decepticon version of myself. He and I are very much alike; we each have a form and a Spark." She sighed changing the picture. "We work in tandem with the larger robots." She flipped up a different picture. "Frenzy was once a compact disk of a disk player Decepticon named Soundwave. Upon his destruction, his compact disks were disbursed among other Decepticons. Frenzy is connected only to Barricade's Energon supply he is not fully bonded to him. The decepticons don't want their own agendas known even to each other; this has always been a weakness to them. This is also a good tactical advantage for us." She lowered her hand and her projector quieted.

"So you like become part of the Larger Robot?" Sam blinked.

"Yes, I can spate from them at my will; the host Autobot can also separate me." She turned and stood in front of the group.

"You don't have an Autobot now?" Sam asked "So how are you standing and stuff don't you need them to like live?"

"Well not to live, just in battle. My body does not hold much Energon, so I have to stay with a larger bot to keep myself online if I am away from base." She smiled "I am also a repair bot for the Host."

"She will be able to read our thoughts, no secrets." Ironhide said.

"No wonder you don't want her." Bumblebee laughed at him. "She should be the one rejecting you Ironhide; I would not want to know what is in that dirty head of yours." A few snickers broke out, until Ironhide activated his cannon, and they faded out.

There was a long moment. "Thank you for coming Hacker, we are once again glad to have you among our ranks. Autobots, dismissed." The bots and humans began to stand and to leave. Hacker leapt from Prime's hand onto the table.

Maggie was still hanging back. She watched quietly as the laptop walked back over to her and stood before her. "You have more questions I would be happy to answer." The three meter tall robot gave what looked like a smile.

"Yes, I have a lot actually; about your programming language and Cybertronian coding." Maggie had her folders with her.

"Of course, after I finish all my initial logs I will join you in your office." Hacker smiled as Maggie beamed; she made her way down the hall and back to the offices she oversaw. Glen would have a heart attack when she would tell him of the laptop.

"Hacker…" The small robot turned to Optimus and walked back down the table.

"Yes Sir?"

"Any news from Cybertronian space?" She shook her head.

"It's nothing now Prime."

"How many other Autobots have you encountered?" He asked.

"Not many…" she looked down. "I saw hound on a far distant moon." She raised her mechanical hand to the ceiling. "He was with Hot Rod." Prime looked down. "Hot Rod is in a revolving stasis lock, Hound said he would stay with him until he could revive him and get his systems back online. They sent me here." She lowered her hand.

"Any other Female Autobots?" Hacker looked down and shook her small head.

"I am afraid not…but that does not mean that some did not escape." She looked down. "I would hate to be the last."

"Come we have much to discuss, concerning this base, and earth." Prime lowered his hand and Hacker hopped up into his palm.

"Thank you Prime." She smiled and knelt down in his hand. "I would be meters back if you had not carried me."

"it is fine you are not use to working alone. Have you decided which of us to Pair with?" He looked down at her small body.

"I have not given it much thought. If I could pair with the human female I would." She laughed.

"Maggie and you may have the some things in common. However she can't supply you the power you will need on a mission." Optimus laughed a bit.

"Yes, now any idea on which of you wants an Energon parasite like me?" She laughed. "I know it will be you Prime the others won't have me in their heads." She leapt up onto his shoulder.

"We shall see." He said evenly. "I might convince Bumblebee to take you." He smiled up at her.

"I am not a human guardian." She looked down then flipped her eyes to his "Slag, you don't want me either." She laughed and flipped her little hand against his head. There was a clink. The two were silent as they walked out the bay doors to the surface.

To be continued…