What are they up to? Optimus thought as he walked to the hanger that they hide in. The decepticons have been really quiet lately, a little too quiet. Since their base has been destroyed, and Optimus almost dying in the process, he has been upgraded. He now has almost twice the amount of armor and firepower he had before, thanks to the Forge being used on him. Thank you, Smokescreen. For saving my life. He thought as he entered the hangar. He saw the usual stuff happening: Bumblebee and Raph playing video games, Arcee and Jack watching Bulkhead and Wheeljack lobbing. Miku was also watching them, but being a lot more interested. Ratchet was at the console, doing some adjustments to the software upgrade they got, and Smokescreen was on patrol, as usual.
Raph was a short, but brave kid. He got shot by Megatron and survived, and he is very good with computers. He even saved the Earth from zombified robot invasion by shutting down a space bridge that the zombies almost made it out of. Raph also loves playing video games with Bumblebee, whom he considers a brother in a way.
Miko is a Japanese transit student who just happened to be in Jasper when she met the autobots. She can be a little insane, but also very energetic. She helped find out what the decepticons were doing once because she always has her cell phone with. She has the tendency to sneak along with the autobots into battle and almost got herself killed once.
Jack is a very wise person, even though he is 15. He is compassionate, smart, but he is kinda weak physically. He destroyed a cybertronian ship single-handedly while on a mission with Arcee, his motorcycle and guardian. He also was the one that gave Optimus back his memories when he suffered amnesia.
"So, anything happened while I was gone?" Optimus asked Ratchet.
"I'm afraid not. Nothing has happened at all, in fact, since you left for that energon deposit. By the way, how much was there?"
Optimus sighed, "It was already mined. The decepticons must have gotten to it a long time ago." Ratchet also sighed: They barely had any energon left, and all of the energon they had in their old base blew up along with it.
"Hey, Optimus is back!" Bulkhead said as he threw another lob at Wheeljack.
"So, what did you find?" Arcee asked. "The entire deposit has already been mined. It looks like it was mined a while ago."
"Wait, then why did we get an energy signal?" Bulkhead said. Wheeljack and Bulkhead stopped lobbing and started to listen to Ratchet.
"I don't know. Might have been another glitch in the system, which is unsurprising giving this is human technology we are working with. By the way, the ground bridge is repaired, so you don't need waste energon to drive all the way to the location again." Optimus nodded and headed to his room. Bulkhead and Wheeljack went back to throwing lobs. Smokescreen just came back from his patrol.
"Anything?"
"Nope. A whole lot of nothing." Said smokescreen as he entered the building.
Suddenly, alarms started blaring. All of the autobots went over to Ratchet, who was trying to shut off the alarms.
"What's happening?" Bulkhead shouted.
"I don't know. The alarms for energon movement has just gone off. Two more energy signatures just appeared. This time, they are a lot larger."
Ratchet shouted over the noise. Then, quick as the alarms turned on, they shut off. In fact, the entire facility shut down.
Absolute silence was heard for a few moments, everyone thinking about what just happened.
Finally, Optimus asked, "What caused the shutdown?"
Ratchet replied, "It might have been a power surge, but what would have caused that?" Just as he ended his question, the power turned back on. Everyone was really confused right now. Ratchet looked at the console and saw two massive energy signatures.
"By the Allspark. Optimus, have you seen this strong of energy readings before? It's stronger than a galactic energon pulse!"
Optimus was as surprised as everyone else was. He only said one word, "No."
Everyone was still motionless as they looked at the screen. Two massive bubbles of pure energy were coming from two corners of the universe, sweeping across the universe thousands of times faster than light. Everyone was silent for a few more moments, when Jack asked.
"How did this happen? What could have caused so much energy to be released at once?" All of a sudden, a new energy signature appeared. Thankfully, it wasn't nearly as strong as the others, but this one was moving. Fast. It was headed straight for Earth. "Optimus, we can't possibly be able to stop something going as fast as that. What do we do?" Arcee said.
Optimus replied, "Let it come. It might not be a threat. But just in case." Optimus turned to face the the others.
"Arcee, Jack; you are to scout out the object once it arrives. It might be something important."
"Wait, why me?" Said Jack as he walked down the stairs from the platform.
"You wanted to be a part of the Autobots, correct?" Said Optimus.
"Yes, I do, but I didn't expect I was going to be sent on a mission."
Ratchet spoke, "Don't worry about it, I made a suit you can wear in case anything bad happens."
Ratchet pushed a button on the wall, and a door in the wall turned, revealing a human-sized suit. It had Navy blue armor plates on the shoulder and chest, with Light grey, steel-looking secondary armor on the limbs. The armor also had a yellow outline, and the helmet had a blueish visor. It looked like the MJOLNIR mk5 armor from Halo, but with some improvements. The Jetpack was built in, and the suit looked a lot less bulky. The helmet also had what looked like a range-finder and a radio on the left side of his helmet, and the visor was a deep blue.
"Wait, did you build this suit after a video game Raph was playing?" Asked Jack, with a smirk on his face.
"Umm… maybe. Hey, it's a good design." Ratchet said.
"How do you put it on?" Jack asked as he walked towards the suit.
"It should fit in the size of a schoolbag, and automatically assembles itself on you when you unpack it. By the way, there is also an energy shield around the suit, so it could survive better while in combat." The suit transformed into a bag that was a little bigger than a schoolbag.
"Go ahead, try it." Ratchet said as Jack put it on the ground.
The bag split open, revealing a pad with symbols where Jacks' feet should be. Jack put his feet on them, and immediately it started to assemble on Jack.
"The suit is engineered to fit anyone that wears it, and it enhances your movement speed and strength. It also has a HUD and an onboard AI." Ratchet said as the suit finished assembling on Jack.
"This feels awesome! I feel like I'm 10 pounds right now!" Jack said, his voice shaking with excitement.
"The suit can fly, too, just so you kn-WHOA." Ratchet caught Jack as he lost control and almost destroyed the terminal.
"You ok, Jack?" Arcee said in a slightly worried tone.
"I'm… fine?! Whoa, this thing is awesome!"
Jack jumped up and admired what Ratchet made. As he did that, Arcee felt relieved, and something else. She couldn't put her servo on it, but she liked it. Ratchet taught Jack how to activate certain systems and hook up an augmented rifles sight to his hud so he doesn't need to bring the weapon up to his face. The rifle was a heavily-modified version of an assault rifle. Named the MA4, it is compact enough that it is maneuverable and easy to aim, while long enough to be accurate. It has standard 7.62mm ammo and has a lot of ammo capacity.
"I am working on other weapons that could help you in battle, but for now, this is it." Said Ratchet. That was when Jack noticed Arcee staring at him with a smile on her face. He felt a little awkward, but good at the same time. He shrugged it off and asked when the object will land.
"It will land probably within a few hours, given it doesn't change its trajectory or speed. I calculated it will land in the United States, only a hundred miles away. In the great plains, near where 'Iowa' is supposed to be." Ratchet said as Jack and Arcee got to the ground bridge.
"Oh, before I forget." Ratchet said.
"Jack, there is a chamber in the armor once it is in bag mode. It will allow you to hold items in it like a usual bag, just with a lot bigger capacity."
"Thanks, Ratchet." Said Jack, grabbing some food, water, and ammo for his rifle as he walked through the ground bridge.