The year 2000. My name is Wolf. That wasn't my real name the day I was born. My real name is Tammy. I'm 21 and living on my own. I was living on my own 'til I met some new friends.
These new friends of mine are not of our Earth. Nor were they of our universe. My friends that I'm about to tell you about are from a different universe. Now, you might think I have a few screws loose when I tell you, but it's true. They are my friends.
My friends are from a planet called Cybertron and they are called Transformers. But these particular Transformers are called Autobots. They had crashed on Earth about the same time the dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
The Autobots, lead by their leader, Optimus Prime. He's been their leader for over 900 million years. They are a peace-loving race that were forced into fighting cause of the other faction of Transformers called Decepticons.
The Decepticons are lead by the evil Megatron. He will stop at nothing to get what he wants, no matter what he has to destroy to get it. He's a power hungry mech who wants world domination and to be ruler of the universe.
When the Autobots aren't thwarting another plan schemed up by Megatron, they like to have some fun during their down time. Some of them like to play basketball. While others are still learning about their new home, Earth. The few that are still learning about the Earth are those like Hound and Trailbreaker.
Optimus Prime was taught how to play basketball by their human friend, Spike Witwicky. So, when he's not busy doing menial paperwork or reprimanding soldiers, he's playing basketball. But he wasn't alone. He had his best friend and 2IC, Ironhide, playing against him.
No matter how much researching he did, Ironhide didn't stand a chance against Prime. Especially, when Prime went for the backwards slam dunk.
Two of Primes' other soldiers, Blaster, the communications expert, and his best friend, Jazz, who is Primes' saboteur, found Earth music to be very entertaining. Everyone else did not. Especially, since they play it at insane volumes and at insane times. Like the middle of the night or later.
Jazz and Blaster also like to watch Earth TV. Mellow shows like what we call soaps. There are 3 other Autobots that like to watch soaps, too. Beachcomber, Powerglide and Grapple also like to watch them with Jazz and Blaster.
As I watch the game and listen to the music, but at a much more sane volume level, I was also enjoying the fresh Oregon mountain air.
As I cheered for Ironhide, Bumblebee, Primes' spy, came out and sat down next to me. He was one of the smaller Autobots and a very good friend of Spike's.
"So, what's on your mind, Wolf? You look worried about something? Everything alright?", asked Bumblebee.
I looked at him and shrugged my shoulders. "Everything is cool, I guess. Ever since I met you guys, it seems that Megatron has been plotting against me. Maybe it's nothing", I said.
"Heh, that would be kinda funny to see Megatron plotting against one human on a world of billions. Maybe you're right. Maybe it's nothing", Bumblebee said.
I smiled at Bumblebee. "Yeah, you're right. It would be funny to see him doing that. Thanks for cheering me up, Bee", I said.
"No problem", said Bee, as he lightly patted my back.
When Optimus and Ironhide walked over to Bee and I, I knew the game was over.
"Good game guys. I won't ask who won. I have a feeling I already know who did. But some good advice for next time, Optimus. Don't show off so much. Looks bad when you play against others who have never played before", I said.
Prime nodded. "I'll remember that. Thank you", Prime said.
"Anytime", I said.
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As we walked back to HQ, Prime asked me to talk with him in his office. "Is there something wrong, Optimus? Did I do something wrong?", I asked.
"You did nothing wrong, Wolf. And there's absolutely nothing wrong. Just thought I would have you come into my office and talk about what you did with your life before you met us", said Optimus.
I was shocked. He wanted to just sit and talk with me. "Oh. Ok. I don't want to sound rude but I don't peg you to be the social type", I said.
"And your assumption is correct. I'm not the social type. Call me curious", Prime said.
"Ok. Hi curious", I said. Then laughed a bit.
"A sense of humor. That's good. Perhaps you could get Ratchet to laugh. He's been in a bad mood since the twins started pranking him", said Optimus.
"I see. Do they always do that when they have down time?", I asked.
"That is something you will have to ask Ratchet", said Optimus.
"I hate to put the rest of our little chat on hold, but I promised Wheeljack that I would stop by his workshop and look over some of his failed inventions", I said.
"There's another time to finish our chat, Wolf. Perhaps later tonight would be better for you?", Prime asked.
"If I'm still up, yeah, that would be fine. I'll see ya later tonight then", I said. Then it was off to Wheeljack's workshop to look over some of his failed inventions.
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I knocked on the door of his workshop in case he was busy. Plus, it's the respectful thing to do.
"Come on in, Wolf. Door is unlocked", Wheeljack said. The door slid open and revealed Wheeljack working on one of his new inventions. He looked up and saw me walk in.
"Glad you made it by. I was hoping you would take a look at an invention of mine from last month", said Wheeljack said. Then he lead me over to this invention that he built last month.
"Just what does it do, Wheeljack?", I asked.
"It's a portable force shield for an Autobot in their vehicle mode. Unfortunately, it blew up when I tried it. One of the pieces nearly took my head off while exploding. Could you take a look and see where I went wrong?", Wheeljack replied.
"Yeah, no problem", I said. Then as I was about to get started, my cell went off. I groaned.
"What's wrong?", asked Wheeljack.
"My cell phone is going off. I better take this call before I get started. Give me a few minutes", I said. Then I took my cell out of it's holder and looked to see who was calling. I was shocked at who was calling me. I answered the call.
"How the holy hell did you get my number, you piece of scrap metal?", I asked, clearly pissed.
Wheeljack heard the tone in my voice and wondered who it was that had me mad. He walked over and asked if everything is ok. I looked at him and shook my head no.
I showed him who was calling me. To say that he was shocked would be an understatement. He went over to the computer terminal and started tracing the call.
I went back to the call and asked again. "How did you hack into my cell phone, jackass?", I asked.
"Is that any way to talk to me, you human virus? Especially since I have some of your friends as my, shall we say, guests. They will stay unharmed if you surrender yourself to me", Megatron said.
I laughed at him. "Are you out of your fuckin' mind? Turn myself over to you? When hell freezes over, shitface", I said. Then I hung up on him.
I looked over at Wheeljack and asked him if he managed to trace the call. "Sure did. And I already contacted Prime via comm. link and told him what went down", said Wheeljack.
I shook my head back and forth. "I can't believe the nerve of him. Surrender myself? Not in this life time or the next. I'd rather be declared dead than surrender myself to him. Fuckin' bastard", I said, putting my cell phone away.
An hour after I was done rewiring the final 2 wires, I closed it up and turned it on. I let it run for about 45 min. and nothing went wrong. "Hey Wheeljack, could you do me a favor and transform for me? I wanna make sure that this works like it should now", I said.
"No problem", Wheeljack said. Then he transformed. I activated the machine and watched it for about another 45 min.
"It works just fine now. Thanks", said Wheeljack. Then transformed back to robot mode.
"You're quite welcome. Anything else I can fix for ya?", I asked.
"I think that's it for now. I don't want you overworking yourself. Before I forget. Prime would like to talk to you. I told him that I would send you to him after you were done here", Wheeljack said.
"Alright. Then it's off to see Optimus again. Try not to blow yourself up, ok", I said.
"Will do. Thanks again for the help. And call me Jack. Ratchet does", said Wheeljack.
I nodded then left his workshop.
"I could have sworn I just left there nearly 2 hrs. ago. Huh, oh well. It's off to his office again", I said to myself, as I was walking down the hall. I ran into another Autobot along the way and it looked like he was on his way to see Optimus, too.
"Excuse me, but are you on your way to see Optimus, too?", Prowl asked.
"Yes I am", I said.
"How about I take you there, since I'm going there", said Prowl.
"That would be great. My name is Wolf. What is yours? Or do I give you one?", I asked.
"My name is Prowl. 3IC to Optimus. Although, sometimes I feel like a sparkling sitter when it comes to the twin terrors", Prowl said.
"I keep hearing about these twins. Who are they exactly?", I asked.
"The spawns of hell, that's what. I apologize. I shouldn't speak ill of our best frontline warriors. Sunstreaker and Sideswipe are the twin terrors you are hearing about. You'll probably run into them before long. Ratchet usually sends them to Prime, then I get the pleasure of giving them the best punishment to fit the crime", said Prowl.
"Namely the recent prank on the poor Autobot who got caught in it, right?", I said.
Prowl looked at me in shock. "I see you've done your homework on the twins. Just don't let them drag you into one of their pranks", Prowl said.
"You got it, Prowl. That's a cool name. It really fits you. I like it", I said.
"Thank you, Wolf. May I ask where you got your name?", asked Prowl .
"Wolf wasn't my real name when I was born. My real name is Tammy. Shortly after I moved out of my parents place, I legally changed my name to Wolf. My name is a homage to the animal", I said.
"Ah, I see. Here we are. Hope he's in. I've been spending all day working on this report", Prowl said , as he knocked on the office door.
After Prowl and I walked into Prime's office, Prowl put me on Prime's desk then he sat down in the chair in front of Prime's desk.
" I'll be right with you shortly, Wolf. I need to discuss some things with Prowl", said Optimus.
"Would you like me to leave while you and Prowl talk?", I asked.
"Please stay, Wolf. Perhaps you could help", Prime said.
"Ok, but don't be surprised if I don't come up with anything", I said.
Prowl and Optimus looked at me and smiled. "That's quite alright, Wolf", Prowl said.
An hour and lots of ideas later, we started discussing my phone call with Megatron.
I groaned when it went off again. I took it out of the holder and looked at who was calling. It was the jackass again.
"Wow. He really doesn't give up, does he?", I said. Then I answered the call on the 3rd ring.
"I told you I'm not surrendering to you, jackass. On this planet, we have a name for people like you. Terrorist. That's what you are, Mega-dork", I said.
Prowl smirked when I called Megatron Mega-dork. I noticed the smirk on his face, which made me smirk back.
"I'm getting real tired your insolence, human. I've given you plenty of time to consider surrendering yourself to me in exchange for your friends' lives, but I guess you don't care about them", Megatron said.
"Hey, they're on their own. They were going to drop me from the team anyway. Do what you want with them. One other thing. Don't call me again. You're a creep and you'll always be a creep", I said. Then I hung up.
"Would you like to tell me what that was all about? Who are these friends of yours, Wolf?", Optimus asked.
"I was part of a group called the Power Rangers. We protect the citizens of Angel Grove. I was the Green Ranger. Let me show you", I said. Then I walked over to his computer and brought up some info on the Rangers.
Prime scanned through the info. "Ah, I see. So, they were going to drop you from their team? Why?", Prime asked.
"I have no clue. I'll be honest with ya, Prime. I was getting tired of leaving in the middle of work to go help them. My boss let me go after I had come back. I couldn't tell him where I was due to the fact that I was held to secrecy. I couldn't tell anyone outside of the group. So, every time they needed me, I told them I wasn't feeling good or that I had other plans like visiting my family. To me, family is more important than being a Power Ranger and fighting bad guys in ugly suits. I would actually prefer to be an Autobot and help you guys instead. At least with you guys, the human race already know about you", I said.
"I have to think about it, Wolf. If I do agree to this, you have to go through rigorous training before you can even be out on the battlefield", Optimus said.
"I understand. Take all the time you need to think about it. I'm in no hurry", I said.
Later that day, Hound was getting ready to go out on patrol. He had asked me if I would like to join him on patrol.
"Sure, but what about Prime? He might get a bit upset, don't you think?", I asked.
"I already asked him. I told him that it would be good for you to start patrolling with some of us if and when you do become an Autobot", Hound said.
I was shocked to say the least. I pondered over that for a bit. "That's a good point. Mind if I go change first? I prefer not to wear this color. Green is not my color", I said.
"I'll wait for you outside", said Hound. I nodded then headed for my temporary room to change my clothes.
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After I was done changing, I walked out of my temporary room, closed the door and locked it.
After I turned around to head down the hallway, an Autobot was standing right there in front of me. I nearly had a heart attack.
"Don't do that! I nearly had a heart attack", I said, putting my hand on my chest.
"Sorry about that, ma'am. Prime wants to speak with you", Ironhide said.
"What about Hound? He asked me to go with him on patrol", I said.
"Prime already told him to go on patrol without you", said Ironhide.
"Um, ok. So, what does Prime want to talk to me about?", I asked.
"I don't know, but he asked me to come get you", Ironhide said.
"Then let's go", I said.
Ironhide picked me up, put me on his shoulder and headed for Prime's office so I could talk with Prime.
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On our way there, I told Ironhide that he should think about getting an upgrade.
"An upgrade? What kind of….upgrade?", asked Ironhide.
"Nothing real drastic. Maybe a new vehicle form and better weapons", I said.
"Hmm, I like the idea of better weapons, but what's wrong with my current vehicle mode?", Ironhide asked.
"You're kidding, right? This isn't 1984, Ironhide. It's 2005. Time to upgrade your vehicle mode, my friend. Think about it, ok", I said.
"I will. Maybe I'll run it by Prime, while we're in his office", said Ironhide.
Ironhide knocked on Prime's office door. "Enter", Prime said. The door swished open and Prime looked up from his report he was currently going over.
"Ah, Ironhide. I see you brought Wolf. Thank you", said Optimus.
"Before you start talkin' with Wolf, I'd like to run something by you", Ironhide said, as he took me off his shoulder. He put me on Prime's desk.
"What is it, Ironhide? Is everything alright?", Prime asked.
"Everything's great. Well, Wolf was telling me that she would like to give me an upgrade in both weapons and vehicle mode and I told her I'd like to run it by you first", said Ironhide.
"Let me think about it, Ironhide. I do like the idea, though", said Optimus.
I was shocked that he liked the idea of Ironhide getting an upgrade.
"I'm glad you like the idea, Prime. It was my idea. I was thinking about maybe Bee getting one, too. What do you think, Prime?", I asked.
"That's up to him, but I'm not sure if Spike would recognize Bumblebee in a new vehicle form", Prime said.
"Who is this Spike I keep hearing about? Another Autobot?", I asked.
"No. He's a human friend of ours. I'll introduce you when he comes by tomorrow", said Optimus.
"I look forward to it. Anyway, you wanted to talk to me. What about?", I asked.
"I talked with Ratchet and I think you'll like what he has to show you in med bay", Prime said.
I looked at him oddly. "You'll see. I plan to take you to med bay, myself to oversee the procedure", said Optimus.
"Whoa, hold on. What procedure? What are you talking about?", I asked.
Optimus looked at Ironhide. "You didn't tell her, did you?", Prime said.
"I didn't think you wanted me to, Prime", Ironhide said.
"Quite alright, old friend. Shall we head to med bay, Wolf?", asked Optimus, as he put out his hand.
I got on his hand and was put on his shoulder. "I guess so", I said.