Prologue

Earth's Orbit, 15 April 2012…

The lights were powered down on the Nemesis, leaving most of the endless corridors in complete darkness. This might have been seen as an inconvenience for most, but not to Soundwave, thanks to his visor. Soundwave also understood that a large amount of power was needed if he was to succeed in achieving Megatron's latest idea. It seemed ridiculous. Space bridging was complicated enough, but trying to jump into the next reality was regarded as being impossible. Despite the constant problems and failures, Soundwave had managed to adjust the space bridge settings to extend through background radiation , the energy that resides between universes. Tonight would be the main attempt.

"Soundwave." Megatron appeared from the shadows just behind Soundwave's work station. "Are we ready to beta test?"

A confirmation sound from the monitor acted as Soundwave's answer.

"Excellent. Set the output coordinates for the area on Earth known as North America. Our specimen from the other side is no use to us if it is bridged to a place without oxygen if it requires it to survive."

Megatron thought to himself. The Cybertronian ancient texts had once described a universe whose occupants knew of the autobot/decepticon struggle, and knowledge of how it would finally end. He hoped that the specimen would be well informed of future knowledge of the war, and that the specimen would be human. After all, humans were extremely easy to capture. And manipulate…

Cape Town, South Africa, 2 June 2013…

The waterfront was busy that afternoon. Seventeen-year-old Alex Matthews didn't mind though. However he did look out of place, dressed all in black. The club which had asked him to play his saxophone that night was hosting some charity event of sorts. He wasn't getting paid but it did count as charity work, and anyway he needed the experience. Since the event was only taking place that evening, he had time on his hands. He would have rather spent it reading fanfiction, but nobody had posted anything new within the last 24 hours. He was excited to watch "Thirst" but that was still half a day away because of the time difference in America. Besides, it was good to get some fresh air. Suddenly the ground trembled.

"What the…earthquake? Surely not here." thought Alex. A pause. Then the ground started cracking. Windows shattered, boats rocked and people screamed as the supposed earthquake made Alex lose his footing. Unfortunately he had been standing next to the water's edge. His head hit the paved walkway before he went under the guard rail heading straight for the murky water below. Before he blacked out he caught a glimpse of the surface. It was looking greener than usual. And were those bolts of static energy coming from the center of the now-forming whirlpool? Knocked out, Alex's limp form plunged into the unknown…

Earth's orbit, 15 April 2012…

The energy readings were off the chart. As the space bridge powered down, an electromagnetic disturbance with the same energy readings was detected on Earth. Megatron chuckled. Had he succeeded? It would certainly be a proud moment for cybertronian science. He turned to his first lieutenant. "Dreadwing," he commanded. "Assume command in my absence. If something from another reality has come through the vortex and is alive, I would very much like to meet it in person."

"As you wish, Lord Megatron." Replied Dreadwing.

Megatron headed for the docking bay. A quick glance at Soundwave's work station revealed to him that a GPS signal was emanating from where the space bridge had opened up, making the job of finding the specimen a little bit easier. Transforming and heading towards Earth, Megatron positively thought to himself:

"Our guarantee of winning the war has arrived!"

Nevada Desert, 14 April 2012…

Alex opened his eyes. He was definitely not in Cape Town anymore. He was lying next to a road in the middle of what he assumed was a desert. Two massive rock formations on either side of him with the road placed in-between them. Checking himself over, he stood up, dusted himself off (he didn't want to get his formal jacket dirty) and walked into the middle of the road. Completely alone and unsure of what to do, he pulled out his cellphone which, amazingly was not wet. The phone had locked on to a Vodafone network and was changing its time, date and GPS location to match the area. While the date was completely wrong the time was exactly what it had been at the waterfront. The GPS map told him that he was on a main road 2km away from the city of Las Vegas. Looking in one direction, Alex could definitely see there was a town, but it was definitely not Vegas. It didn't look…extravagant enough. Not sure of what else to do, he headed in the direction of the town. After half a kilometer he saw something that made his eyes go wide. A signpost stating: "WELCOME TO JASPER, NEVADA."

"This cannot be…" he thought.

He was in the world of Transformers Prime,

And someone had bridged him here, intentionally.

To be continued…