Re: Transformers


Chapter 1


"Before time began, there was the Cube.

We know not where it comes from. Only that it has the power to create planets, and fill them with life. That is how our race was born. For a time, we lived in harmony. But like all great power, some wanted it for good, others for evil. And so began the war. A war that ravaged our home planet until it was consumed by death. And the Cube was lost to the far reaches of space. We searched across the Galaxy, hoping to find it and rebuild our home. Searching every star, every world. And just when all hope seemed lost, message of a new discovery drew us to an unknown planet called... Earth.

But we were already too late..."

-- Optimus Prime


All was silent at the Hoover Dam, not counting the buzzing of electricity flowing through the walls. Agent Sullivan was just finishing his last cigarette in his office. In his personal opinion, he didn't really give a damn whether or not he wasn't allowed to smoke in his office. He was stressed and bored out of his mind. He needed something to do. He hadn't been given any orders by his superiors yet. After putting out his cigarette, he sighed and walked out of his office to look around.

He really didn't know much about the Sector Seven base inside the Hoover Dam. After all, he was just a new recruit; he was hired straight from the FBI. All he knew was that his new employers were hiding something big. He wasn't sure what though. Nobody really told him. All his superiors told him to do was keep his nose out of places where it shouldn't belong, do his job and (and he quotes "For the love of God") not to touch anything. Simple enough, right?

After Sullivan stalked across the hallway into the elevator, he stared at the buttons for a moment, thinking of where he should go. There were fifteen floors in total, so that gave him a lot of choices. He sighed irritably, unable to make up his mind. Finally, after contemplating for about of minute, he decided to press all of the buttons and see which floor interested him the most. When he got to the first floor, all he saw was a dark hallway. Boring, he told himself, and he waited for the elevator door to close.

The same thing repeated itself; he'd get down to the next floor, find nothing interesting, then move on to the next floor. All he saw on those floors were boring hallways. But when he hit the ninth floor, that's when he saw something of interest. For you see, Sullivan didn't find a hallway, but a room. Curious, he stepped off the elevator, letting its doors close behind him. What he saw would truly change his way of thinking forever.

It was a giant robot; well, a frozen giant robot, to be exact. Sullivan's eyes studied its enormous mechanical structure in amazement. He wondered if this was what they were hiding. He then began coming up with conclusions on what it could be. A robot designed in Japan? A new weapon for the U.S.? There were so many possibilities. Sullivan walked up to one of the computers that kept the thing frozen. He traced his fingers over the keyboard, staring at the computer screen. The only information that he really understood from what was portrayed on the screen was that it was frozen. Feeling the need to smoke another cigarette, Sullivan reached into his pocket and pulled out an empty box.

"Ah, fuck!" he snapped, smashing his hand on the keyboard

That was when he realized that he made a huge mistake. Suddenly, sirens were blazing and the computer spelled out the words "MELTING IN PROGRESS". Sullivan panicked. He did not want to get in trouble. As he held his fingers over the keyboard, he hesitated, trying to figure out what buttons to press. But, oh, what did he press, what did he press?! He started pressing random keys, hoping that a few of them would stop the melting. Eventually, he typed in the right keys and the computer screen went from "MELTING IN PROGRESS" to " COOLING IN PROGRESS". The sirens died down. Sullivan sighed and fell back in the chair behind him, relieved that he wasn't going to get into trouble after all.

But then, he heard the sound of ice cracking. He looked up at the robot, only to figure out that the ice had melted enough for it to break free. The armed moved, shattering the icy prison that had kept it sealed away. It did the same thing with the rest of its body. After breaking free, Sullivan noticed that the robot looked particulary infuriated. Suddenly, the sirens went off. Horrified, Sullivan slowly stood up and began proceeding to the elevator. However, the robot ran up and grabbed him, holding him up to its enraged, metallic face. It spoke in a language that Sullivan did not understand.

He was panting hard, with sweat pouring down his face. What should he do, he wondered. He wanted to radio for back up, but that didn't seem like possible, considering the robot's hand prevented him from moving his hand into his pocket to pull out his cell phone. The robot growled at him. Its grip quickly tightened. Within seconds, Sullivan could feel his own bones breaking and piercing his organs. It was like having flaming broken glass embedded into his body. He began choking, gasping for air, but air would not come. Within seconds, shadows began to cloak his world.


...And our top breaking story tells us of an event so mysterious, so horrifying, that both the FBI and the CIA are scattering around the Colorado River just to find this perpetrator. Yes, everyone, I am indeed talking about the Hoover Dam. We have received reports that it has been, in fact, destroyed by an unknown enemy...

As Bumblebee began listening to these events on the radio, he was already driving down to a secluded area where he could send the beacon to the Autobots for them to come down. According to the information that he had collected from hacking into Sector Seven's computers (obviously, prior to the events at the Hoover Dam), he had discovered that Megatron, of all people, was imprisoned there, along with the Cube. If anyone could have taken out that dam, it was definitely Megatron. Bumblebee felt that he was freed and responsible for the said events. But what of the Cube, he wondered. He began speeding up at the thought. He had to hurry.


Codi stirred in her bed and yawned, her eyes fluttering open. She had the weirdest dream that night. It wasn't one of those dreams that you could just simply ignore. It was one of those dreams that made you think for countless hours, wondering what it means. She sat up, thinking. She couldn't remember much from it, but she remembered it bits and pieces to it. She remembered seeing a bunch of cars, planes and such racing in teams for a cube. It didn't make sense to her. Then again, most dreams didn't make sense, unless you had a dream dictionary of some sort.

Speaking of cars... she could've sworn that earlier she heard the sound of a car engine running. She looked out of her window into the front yard. Much to her surprise, the yellow and black 1980's Camaro that was supposed to be there was missing. She knew this because earlier today, the car was outside. Now she could no longer see the shape of it in the darkness. Feeling she should tell her brother, she crept out of her room and into her brother's room. She slowly tiptoed through his messy room and shook him gently.

"Eli," she whispered "Eli, wake up, your car's gone!"

"Mmm... wha?" asked Elijah

"I said your car is gone."

"Whaddya mean, it's gone?"

"Look out your window, for God's sake!"

Eli literally dragged himself out of bed and walked to his window.

"Son of a bitch!" he hissed

He then put on a pair of jeans over his boxers and stormed out of his room.

"Where are you going?" asked Codi

"What does it look like?" said Eli "I'm going to find the bastard that took my car!"

"Cool. Can I come?"

"No!"

"Please?"

"No!"

"Please?"

"No!"

"Ple-"

"Alright fine, you can come. But promise me you won't do anything stupid."

"Hey, that incident with the peanut butter jar, was totally an accident. Besides, if I recall, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree."

"Whatever."

Codi then raced to her room, put on some clothes and then chased after her brother to their parents white mini van.