(The prologue of this story takes place about 5-6 months before the start of Transformers Prime)

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Full Summary: School, school, school and more school. And don't forget work and then when she gets home, homework. Her life had been pretty repetitive, that's what happens when you are born in Jasper, Nevada, one of the most boring places on the planet. That's what she use to think until she ran into someone that changed her life. They had been watching her since she was little and they knew more about her than she, herself knew. Her name is Alison Kessler and she is 17 years old. Her parents died when she was young and she has been supporting herself through high school. She had been staying with friends throughout town over the years. She goes to one of the only local high schools and lives in a town that lies in the middle of the desert and boy is it hot. She meets new friends and makes enemies. And maybe, she might finally have a family and a place to call home.

The sun was burning heat down on the little town of Jasper, Nevada and like everyday in this town, it is hot. Alison Kessler was just getting off work for the afternoon at the local Auto shop. Alison was 17 years old. She had black shoulder length hair with red highlights and brown eyes. She was wearing a grey t-shirt and black jeans and a red wristband and red headband around her neck. She closed he door to the shop behind her, saying bye to her boss. She headed towards her red and black motorbike that was parked nearby. She put on her red helmet and revved the engine and drove away.

She wanted to get out of town for a while, so she headed out to the desert near an old missile silo and drove around making donuts in the dirt. She noticed an open pit out in the distance that she had been to a few times before. The pit was over a mile across and over 100 ft deep. The pit was an abandon mine so no one ever went near it accept those most daring. As she drove over to the open pit, she noticed that there was movement at the bottom. She got off her bike and took off her helmet and walked towards the edge of the pit wondering who was down there. It was dangerous and there shouldn't be anyone else out here. She was miles away from the nearest town, which was Jasper, and hardly anyone knew about the pit. When she looked into the pit, she didn't believe what she saw. She saw very large mining equipment, but it looked a lot more advanced than any she had seen. There were also large blue crystals that looked to be 30 ft tall on average. What she couldn't believe was that she also saw what looked like giant robots. They were black and purple and were operating the equipment. Alison hid behind a rock when it looked like one of the robots had seen her.

Down in the pit, the Decepticons had noticed the presence of a human on the upper edge of the mine. They had recently discovered the vain of Energon out in the Nevada desert and were now mining it under the direction of Commander Starscream in the absence of their Master, Lord Megatron. One of the Decepticons had volunteered to scout it out and if necessary, eliminate it.

Alison was beginning to panic. She didn't believe what she was seeing. 'Are those really giant robots down there? No, that's impossible. Giant robots only appear in movies and comic books. This can't be real. It can't be happening.' As Alison was thinking, she didn't notice one of the robots walking up behind her. When she saw the shadow over cloud that of the rock, she turned around and screamed.

At the Autobot Base, Ratchet was reading that scans for a scouting mission that Bumblebee had just returned from of the surrounding desert around a nearby town when he came upon an Energon vain that seems to have been uncovered. It was in an old abandon mine. Optimus Prime had been walking by when the alarm went off. "Optimus, it looks like we have some activity at an Energon vain that is within a 100 mile radius of our base."

Optimus walked over to what Ratchet was looking at on the screen. "An Energon vain that has been tapped. Where is the location?" Ratchet looked up the coordinates. "I have them inputted into the GroundBridge now." Ratchet prepared the GroundBridge as Optimus brought the team together. "Autobots, there is a chance that the Decepticons are back. We need to be prepared to face the enemy. Be on guard when you arrive." Ratchet opened up the GroundBridge and the Autobots entered.

Alison had closed her eyes but opened them again when she heard the sound of a car horn. She looked in front of her and saw a green swirling vortex. Then 4 vehicles drove out of the vortex. What happened next surprised Alison, the vehicles all transformed into robots. She ducked as a red one with horns blasted away the robot that had just been trying to grab her. She heard the robots talking to each other as a fight between them in sued.

"Hey Arcee, cover the flank."

"Got it Cliff. Bumblebee, help out Bulkhead."

"Bulkhead, got 3 cons coming up on the rear."

"Got it."

Alison had run behind another rock when another of the large purple robots reached down to grab her. She was picked up in its hands and the robot began to carry her down into the pit. Alison began to scream and the small blue robot that had come out of the vertex had heard her. "Cliff, help me out! We need to get that human away from the Cons!" The red robot followed the blue one and they both went after the one carrying Alison. They went running into the pit and the red one tackled the robot that had a hold of Alison. Alison went flying out of its hand and rolled on the ground. The two bots that had chased after them began to fight the robots in the pit. They were followed by a large green bot and a smaller yellow and black bot.

Alison was momentarily shaken but recovered. She might have learned her lesson to hiding behind rocks but she ran and hid behind one of the large blue crystals that were jutting out of the bottom of the pit. As she kneeled down behind the crystal to shield herself from the fighting. She then noticed a container sticking out of the ground. It had carvings and symbols on it that were alien to her. She tried to open the lid and then it started glowing. She heard the sound of gears turning and suddenly it opened. Inside was a necklace with 3 rings on it. She picked up her finding and hid it in her pocket.

Arcee and the others were looking around after they had finished the fight with the Cons. They had tried to rescue the human that had been captured and had lost sight of her during the tussle. "Bulk, Cliff, Bee, did any of you see where that human girl went?" Bulkhead was looking around the perimeter of the pit with Bumblebee. "There's no sign of her up her, Arcee. How's it looking down there?"

Arcee was inside the pit searching in between the maze of Energon crystals. "I haven't seen her but I know that she was dropped somewhere around here." Cliffjumper was driving around to make sure that no one entered the area. Arcee looked through the maze of crystals searching for the human girl.

Alison was hiding behind a nearby crystal. She shrank herself down when she heard the sound of mechanical footsteps coming towards her. She closed her eyes, believing that this was the end, but instead, she heard the footsteps stop and the heard a female voice. "Everyone, I've found the girl." Alison opened her eyes and saw the blue bot that had tried to save her earlier kneeling down to face her. "Don't worry; I'm not here to hurt you." Then Alison heard the sound of motors and then the sound of gears shifting. "Come with us, we'll take you to safety." Alison didn't know if she should trust them but it was worth a shot. She got up and looked at the semicircle of large robots that were surrounding her. "Umm, ok."

Alison walked over to the blue robot that seemed to be leading the others. "Uh, I do have some questions I want to ask." The blue one looked to the others and then back at Alison. "We'll leave that to the Boss bot to answer those for you." Alison just looked at them. "'Boss bot'? Well anyways, can you answer one question for me? What are your names?" The blue on looked to the others again and nodded. "That, we can tell you. My name is Arcee." Arcee then pointed to each of the others. "That is Bulkhead, Cliffjumper, and Bumblebee." Alison repeated each of their names to be sure.

Then she looked to Arcee. "Arcee, uh, where are you going to take me?" Arcee stood up. "Back to our base. You are now in danger because you are one of the only humans to ever see us. And it seems that the Decepticons are after you as well." Alison looked questioningly. "'Decepticons'? What are they?" Arcee explained. "The 'Cons are those other bot's that we just fought. You know, the one that tried to grab you. Anyways, we have to return to base."

Arcee got on the comm. link and contacted the base. "Ratchet, we need a GroundBridge. And, we are going to be bringing someone with us." Ratchet responded questioningly from the other end. "Who is it?" Arcee knew that Ratchet wouldn't like the answer. "A human." The next thing Arcee knew was that there was a scream on the other end. "Look, I'll explain later. Just bridge us back." Arcee got off the comm. link and turned to face Alison. Arcee transformed into a motor bike. "Hop on." Alison was about to get on when she remembered something. "I got my own bike. I left it out on the ridge up there." Then Cliffjumper bent down with bad news. "Sorry, but the 'Cons trashed it." Alison was saddened but got over it quick because she was so intrigued by what she was currently experiencing.

Alison then got on top of Arcee and then a green vortex opened up. "That what you call a 'GroundBridge'?" Arcee explained. "Yep, we can transport anywhere on your planet almost instantaneously. Now hold on tight." Arcee revved her engine and the others transformed and they drove through the GroundBridge. As they emerged from the other side, Alison was astonished by what she saw. Standing next to a control panel was a large white and red robot. Arcee stopped and Alison got off. All 4 vehicles transformed and walked over to a nearby platform. Arcee helped Alison up to the platform. Arcee then introduced Ratchet. "And this is Ratchet, our Medic."

Ratchet went and looked at the human that was in front of him. He was shocked to see who the human was but he hid his shock from the others. He was not sure if it was who he thought. Instead, he went ahead and questioned the others. "How did you stumble upon this human anyways?" Alison piped up. "Hey, my name isn't 'human', it's Alison Kessler." Ratchet was then confirmed that this was the human that he thought it was, but again he hid his shock from the others. "Ok, how did you stumble upon 'Alison' here?"

Arcee was the one to explain. "She had been around the Energon vain when we arrived and the Cons were about to take her. So we stepped in and beat the 'Cons. I knew that we couldn't just leave her there after what she had seen, so I thought it would be best to bring her here." Ratchet just sighed. "What made you think bringing her here would do?"

"Well I didn't think that it would be good just to leave her there. The Cons have seen her and now they are going to be after her."

"Well I do not know what to do with her."

"Well, let's let Optimus decide then."

Alison listened to the conversation and wondered what they were talking about. "Uh, who's Optimus?" Arcee turned to Alison. "Optimus Prime is boss bot. You know, the one I said would answer your questions." Then Alison heard large metal footsteps heading towards the main room. She turned around and saw a tall red and blue bot. Then she heard the tall bot's deep voice. "I am Optimus Prime." Alison looked up at his face. "Optimus… Prime. So, what are you guys exactly?"

Optimus looked down to the young girl. "You are Alison Kessler?" Alison nodded. "Well Alison, we are Autonomous Robotic Organisms from the Planet Cyberton. Also known as Autobots." Alison stood there, taking it all in. "'Autobots'. Ok, so why are you here?"

"To protect your planet fro the Decepticons."

"From the Decepticons. Why are those, uh, Cons here anyways?"

"We believe it is because our planet has become uninhabitable because of a long Civil War fought foremost over our planet's supply of Energon."

"What's 'Energon'?" Arcee explained. "Energon is the fuel and lifeblood of our species."

Optimus then continued. "For centuries, our planet was ravaged by the war. I once fought along side someone whom I considered a brother. But during war, ideals can change. Thus, Megatron lost his way and became the Leader of the Decepticons."

"Ok, and what does this have to do with me?"

"Because you have had contact with us, you are now in danger. I fear that the Decepticons may be after you for what you have seen. Also this is the first sign of Decepticons in nearly three years, which has me concerned of what they may be up to."

Alison took all this in and produced a question. "So what? Now I have to stay with you or something?" Optimus looked to the young human. "Alison, you must have us keep watch of you. We will also need some one to escort you home and keep you safe." Alison was following along with all of it but she saw something wrong with it. "Uh Optimus, there is one problem with that." Optimus and all the others looked at Alison. "What is it?" Alison looked down at the ground. "I, uh, don't have a home. My parents died when I was little."

Bulkhead then got in on the conversation. "Well if you don't have a home, then why don't you stay here until we have things figured out?" Optimus agreed. "I believe that it is in the best interest of everyone if you did stay here." Alison then looked up. "Seriously? I get to stay here, with all of you?" Optimus nodded. "Sweet, but I need to gather up things from my friend's house where I have been staying." Optimus volunteered himself and Alison and they left to get her things.

When they returned, Optimus lead Alison to his quarters where she was to stay temporarily. "You can sty with me until we have a room set up for you." Alison nodded and then yawned. Optimus showed her over to a couch that he had placed up on his berth for Alison to sleep on. He picked her up and set her down next to the couch. "Now Alison, you should get some rest and we will discuss some more of what we shall do in the morning." Alison nodded and then lay down on the couch, closed her eyes and went to sleep.

Back in the main room, Optimus had told all the other Autobots to remain so that he may explain more of the situation to the others. The only other bot who knew more of the story was Ratchet, but he was not to say a word. As Optimus entered the room from the nearby corridor, he got the attention of all the Autobots. He walked to the center of the group as each had their optics on their leader.

"Because of what has recently transpired, I feel that this is the right time to inform you of something that I have kept from all of you for the past nine years. Both Ratchet and I have met this girl, Alison Kessler, nine years ago. There was a Decepticon attack on humans and Ratchet and I went to prevent and human casualties. The humans had been mostly evacuated, except for one family. They had been taken hostage by the Decepticons and they would not let them go. The Decepticons got away with the family and Ratchet and I went after them. We caught up to them but they had already disposed of the parents. We found the parents already dead at the site. The Decepticons still had a young girl with them. I did not understand why they wanted her but they said that they were bringing her to Megatron. Ratchet and I managed to free her from them but we were unable to save her parents. That day, I vowed on my spark to protect that girl and to keep her out of our war. She seems to not remember me or Ratchet but that is the same girl from nine years ago."

The others took this all in. Arcee was the one to speak up. "Ok Optimus, but why did you and Ratchet keep this a secret from the rest of us for so long?" All of the others agreed with Arcee. Ratchet was the one to explain. "Optimus and I didn't want to trouble any of you with the burden that we have been facing. It was Optimus's choice to keep it to himself. He didn't want me to carry any of the regret. He made the decision as a Leader to do this." Optimus nodded. "I made this decision and I will keep it. I do not want any of you to mention a word of this to Alison. It is best that she does not know."

Optimus also added one final thing. "Alison also has some 'special' abilities that other humans do not have." Arcee looked curious and worried at the same time. "Like what?" Optimus looked at them. "Her abilities include being able to jump long and high distances, she has high endurance and stamina, she is faster than normal humans and has heighten senses. In short she is like a more advanced being then the rest of the humans. We still do not know why Megatron wanted her but I believe that her abilities may have something to do with it."

Optimus then left the group to think more. He was unsure of what to do with this girl that he had sworn to protect. He had made a bond with this girl and had become her guardian, but from afar. He did not know how long he was going to keep the secret from her. He walked down the hall and entered his room. He walked over to his berth and checked on Alison. She was sound asleep. He did not want to walk her so he left his room and headed down the hall to an empty room that was next to his. It had a high ceiling and had built in platforms. He smiled to himself. "I think that this room will be perfect for her."

So there is the prologue. Tell me if you like it. the next chapter will be set at the beginning of Prime.

R&R

~KRay~