Transformers Prime – A New Life
Chapter 1: A Girl Named Mary Jane
Jack was walking down the hall when he noticed his mom, June Darby, cleaning up the guest bedroom.
"Hey, Mom," Jack said, "What's going on? Why are you cleaning up the guest room?"
"Oh, hi Jack," June said, "I'm renting the room out so I thought I'd better get it ready."
"Okay, why?" Jack asked a little confused.
"Well, we're a little low on money right now and I thought it would be fun," June responded.
"Okay," Jack said, "So who're we renting the room to?"
"A young woman from New York," June said, "Her name's Mary Jane, and I want both you, and Arcee, to be on your best behavior while she's staying with us, okay?" June asked her son with a serious tone.
"Sure, no problem Mom," Jack nodded.
"Very good," June smiled.
Mary Jane Watson looked out the window as the bus she was on headed into Jasper, Nevada. She had read in the brochure that Jasper was considered the "Entertainment Capital of the World", but from the looks of it, the brochure lied. She then looked down at the two-month-old baby boy in her arms and started crying softly.
Mary Jane, or MJ as her friends called her, had come from a rough family life. Her father, Philip Watson, was an abusive man who would beat MJ, her mother Madeline, and her older sister Gayle when she was little. After having been fed up with her husband's violent tendencies, Madeline took her daughters to New York, where they lived with Philips sister and MJ's aunt Anna. And it was there that MJ met a boy named Peter Parker.
MJ and Peter grew up together and were the closest of friends. They both went to Midtown High in New York, were both at the top of their classes, and soon the two of them even started dating, but that all changed in the middle of high school. During a field trip to OsCorp Industries during their sophomore year, a genetically altered and radioactive spider bit Peter. The result was Peter had received superpowers like that of a spider, and after the death of his Uncle Ben, which Peter believed he could've prevented and blamed himself for, he became the masked hero known as Spider-Man, with MJ as the only person he told. However, Peter's responsibilities as Spider-Man had taken a toll on his and MJ's relationship and they soon broke up. But on Peter's eighteenth birthday, Peter and MJ got back together and shared their first night of passion together, but sadly, it was also their last.
Two nights later, Peter was protecting MJ and his Aunt May from his archenemy the Green Goblin, a giant, horned, Hulk-like creature with the ability to throw fireballs and was originally Norman Osbourne, former CEO of OsCorp Industries, and the father of Peter and MJ's best friend Harry. After the battle, the Goblin had supposedly been defeated, but the battle had taken too much of a toll on Peter, who moments later succumbed to his wounds and died In MJ's arms.
MJ was heartbroken by the death of the one she loved and didn't think she could go any longer, until about a month after the battle when she discovered that she was pregnant with Peter's baby. Unfortunately, the rest of MJ's family had either died or left her, so MJ was forced to move back in with her father, who would abuse her yet again, especially for being pregnant at seventeen. To protect herself and her child, Mary Jane decided to run away. It was during that time that she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, who she named Peter Benjamin Parker, Jr. and nicknamed him Petey.
MJ's travels soon brought her and her son to Jasper, Nevada, where she hoped to start a new life. It was the only hope for her that she could start over again and protect her son from her father, who had been hunting for her ever since she ran away, planning to do who knows what.
MJ's bus soon came to a stop at a small house in a nice-looking neighborhood. MJ then put her duffle bag over her left shoulder, held baby Petey in her Right arm, and then got off the bus. She then went up to the house and knocked on the door. As she waited for someone to answer the door, she looked into the garage and noticed a sleek looking sapphire-blue motorcycle. Moments later, a sixteen-year-old boy with black hair answered the door.
"Hi, can I help you?" the boy asked.
"Yeah, is this the Darby residence?" MJ asked.
"Yes, yes it is," the boy said, "Are you here about the room?"
"Yeah, I am," MJ said, "May I come in?"
"Sure," the boy said as he let MJ into the house, "So you must be Mary Jane."
"That's right, but my friends call me MJ for short," MJ explained.
"Okay, MJ, it's nice to meet you, my name's Jack," the boy said, "And what's this little guy's name?" he asked looking at Petey.
"Oh, this is my son, Petey," MJ said.
"Hi Petey," Jack said as he rubbed the baby's head.
All of a sudden, a pleasant looking woman with black hair, which was worn back in a ponytail, walked in.
"Hello," she said, "You must be Mary Jane."
"Yes I am," MJ said, "But you can call me MJ. And this is my son Petey."
"Okay," the woman said.
"MJ, this is my mom, June," Jack said.
"Nice to meet you, June," MJ said as she shook June's hand.
"Nice to meet you too, MJ," June said with a smile, "Come on. I'll show you where you and Petey will be staying."
"Okay," MJ said as she picked up her bag followed June through the hallway.
Jack walked into the garage to find Arcee standing by in her vehicle form.
"So who's the girl?" Arcee asked.
"She's just renting a room, Arcee. Nothing special," Jack said, "Besides, she has a baby. Also, Mom reminded me to make sure the both of us are on our 'best behavior' while she's here."
"No problem," Arcee replied, "By the way Jack, I picked up a weird energy signature just a few minutes ago."
"Okay," Jack said, starting to get worried, "So is there a problem?"
"I don't know. But for some reason, it looked like it was coming from that girl's baby."
"What?!" Jack shouted, "What's that supposed to mean?"
"I don't know," the female Autobot said, her voice starting show concern, "I'll have to talk to Ratchet about it tomorrow."
"Okay," Jack nodded.
Jack didn't understand why there would be a strange energy signature coming from a baby, but whatever the explanation, he knew that he and Arcee had to make sure that the Decepticons didn't pick it up too.
A/N: Hi everybody. I hope you all enjoyed this, this is my first published crossover. Please let me know what you think. Also, I'd like to thank my friend, Autobot00001, for giving me permission to write and continue this story. I do not own either of these franchises.
