A femme wakes up to a world of chaos and spilled energon. Her visor flickered on with a bright blue light. She groggily looked around, her thoughts fuzzy. She slowly put a hand to the crest in the middle of her forehead, and when her hand came away, she saw that her fingers were coated in energon. How did I get here? Last thing I remember…I was down in the deep tunnels, and I went up to the surface to get supplies from Iacon and…It suddenly hit her that she had suddenly been attacked by Decepticons, and that soon some Autobots had come to help her. She looked around slowly, still trying to put her thoughts in order, and saw the Autobots were between her and the Decepticons, and a white and red mech was leaning over her.
"Thank Primus, you're alive. We were worried that we were too late when we saw you fall." The mech had a soft, gentle voice, and she noticed that he had a facemask on him, leaving little to tell his emotions with. She tried to sit up, but she trembled, and fell back down. The mech was instantly looking at the injury on her head, and she wondered briefly who he was, and then she faded into unconsciousness.
When the femme came to, she found herself lying on a medical berth. I must be in Iacon Tower. She looked around, and saw the same medic from the battlefield standing at another medical berth, tending to another mech, this one much larger than him, colored mostly blue, with both red and white as well. The mech on the berth was wincing as the medic was putting something in his midsection back together. After the large mech was tended to, the medic glanced over at her, saw she was awake, and walked over.
"Wh-who are you?" The femme looked up at him with a confused look on her face, despite the visor over her optics.
"I am First Aid. May I inquire what your name is?"
"M-my name is Harmony." Then, Harmony thought of something. "H-have you ever met a mech named Jazz?"
Despite his facemask, First Aid looked surprised at the question. "Yes, I've met him. I was on Earth once, but I was transferred back up here. Why do you ask about that specific mech?"
"Just out of curiosity. I heard about him from my creator, and he's a bit of an idol for me."
"I…see." First Aid then fell silent, as he checked all of her wounds. Harmony's thoughts were still a bit slow, and she felt like there was a fog over her processor. She shook her head slightly to try to clear it, but it didn't do anything to lift the fog. First Aid saw her movement, and went to look at the injury on her head.
"Why is it so hard to think? My thoughts are slow, and it feels like everything is blurred and faded."
"You've had some minor processor damage. None of your memory or personality chips were damaged, but you've taken some slight damage to the relays controlling thought and your ability to access your memory chips. But, it will be easy to repair." First Aid explained to her what he must do to help her, and she agreed. The medic put her into shutdown, and began work on her relays. When she awoke, Harmony was able to think faster and more clearly, and she was now able to feel the pain from her other injuries.
"Ow… I think the damage to my processor also numbed the pain. Now I can feel how much each injury hurts… ow…" Harmony rubbed at a sore dent in her right arm, and First Aid began to repair the damage from the Decepticon attack. All this was watched by the large mech resting on the other medical berth.
"Hey, Prime, when do I get to have a vacation on Cybertron? You promised me one so I could go visit Blaster!" Jazz was pacing in Optimus Prime's office. He had been waiting for over a month to go to Cybertron, and he was not good at waiting.
"Since you still remember about it, I shall send you on this next transfer. In your place, I will be getting Hot Rod and Smokescreen. Remember, you will be there for only two or three weeks, all right?"
"As long as I get to go!" Jazz dashed out of the office, and went to download some music to share with the others back on Cybertron. He briefly paused, and thought, iIt's amazing how much depth and meaning Earth music has a lot of the time. /iHe chose some new songs that seemed to rally the courage of some of the others at the Earth base, and downloaded them into a device he always kept plugged into him that he used to play music with. He then proceeded to gather a few of his belongings that he had gained on Earth. One of his favorite things that he got from Earth was an album full of photos of the battles that he and the others had been in on Earth, and some of the friends the Autobots had made there. He placed those things into his subspace pocket, and then he went out to go to Cybertron in Omega Supreme. Maybe while I'm there, I can visit my creator, Zeta-3!
As he went through space within the titanic Autobot, Jazz thought about his creator, and all the friends he had on Cybertron. Though…I still don't have a girlfriend. Never had the time, or the courage. He looked out of the tiny window on the walls of Omega Supreme's rocket mode, and saw them pass Moon Base 2. Almost there! Omega Supreme landed, and Jazz was greeted by Blaster, and the two Autobots who were going to head to Earth. After Omega Supreme got refueled, he took Smokescreen and Hot Rod with him to Earth, leaving the two friends alone on the face of Cybertron.
"Hey, Jazz, we actually got someone new in Iacon now."
"Yeah? Who is it?"
"Don't know. I've never met them. But lately, I've been hearing music playing in the room above mine, though I've never met the one doing it."
"Maybe we should meet them. Sounds like my kind of bot!"
Harmony sat in her room, listening to the music playing from the speakers on her hips. Suddenly, from the room below, she heard different music, in words she had never heard before. As she listened, she learned more of the strange language that it was playing in, and she turned off the music she was playing, and retracted her speakers.
You fascinated me
Cloaked in shadows and secrecy
The beauty of a broken angel
I ventured carefully
Afraid of what you thought I'd be
But pretty soon I was entangled
You take me by the hand
I question who I am
Teach me how to fight
I'll show you how to win
You're my mortal flaw
And I'm your fatal sin
Let me feel the sting
The pain
The burn
Under my skin
Put me to the test
I'll prove that I'm strong
Won't let myself believe
That what we feel is wrong
I Finally see what
You knew was inside me
All along
That behind this soft exterior
Lies a warrior
My memory refused
To separate the lies from truth
And search the past
My mind created
I kept on pushing through
Standing resolute which you
In equal measure
Loved and hated
You take me by the hand
I'm seeing who I am
Teach me how to fight
I'll show you how to win
You're my mortal flaw
And I'm your fatal sin
Let me feel the sting
The pain
The burn
Under my skin
Put me to the test
I'll prove that I'm strong
Won't let myself believe
That what we feel is wrong
I Finally see what
You knew was inside me
All along
That behind this soft exterior
Lies a warrior
Lies a warrior...
You take me by the hand
I'm sure of who I am
Teach me how to fight
I'll show you how to win
You're my mortal flaw
And I'm your fatal sin
Let me feel the sting
The pain
The burn
Under my skin
Put me to the test
I'll prove that I'm strong
Won't let myself believe
That what we feel is wrong
I Finally see what
You knew was inside me
All along
That behind this soft exterior
Lies a warrior
The pictures come to life
Wake in the dead of night
Open my eyes
I must be dreaming
Clutch my pillow tight
Brace myself for the fight
I've heard that seeing
Is believing.
Finally, she couldn't stand just listening anymore, and she went out of her room and headed to the level with the room with the music in it. She came to the door where the music was loudest, and knocked. The music stopped, and a tall red and orange mech opened the door. He looked at the slightly shorter femme, and he had a questioning look on his face.
"Um…hi, m-my name is Harmony and… I was just wondering what kind of music it was that I heard from the room under mine and…" Ugh, why can't I talk right today!? The whole time she was talking, the slightly taller mech was looking at her curiously, but his face brightened a bit when she told him that she was from the room above his.
"Cool, nice to meet you. My name's Blaster, and right now I have a friend who's visiting from Earth staying with me for a few weeks."
Harmony perked up at that. An Earth Autobot, here? She looked up at him. "Who is it?"
"His name's Jazz. He's taking a vacation for a while. Want to come meet him?" He smiled when she nodded furiously, and he let her in. Sitting on one of the chairs was a mech about her height, who was mostly black and white, with blue stripes and a white '4' on his chest. He had two speakers attached to his sides, and he had a visor just like hers on. He looked over, and saw her.
"Hey, there. You the upstairs neighbor?"
"Y-yes… I'm Harmony." She was extremely nervous. She had always wanted to meet him. "Um… just out of curiosity… was your creator Zeta-3?"
He looked a bit startled at that, and the light coming from his visor seemed to sharpen. "Yeah, how did you know?" He was surprised when she suddenly ran right to him, and threw her arms around him.
"Oh…you don't know how happy I am right now. Zeta-3 is my creator too. Jazz… I'm your sister."
Jazz was shocked. This femme's arms, his sister's arms, were wrapped around him. Earth music was still playing from the speakers on his sides, and if he had optics they would probably be as big as his wheels. I...I have a SISTER! Jazz suddenly found himself hugging his little sister back, and Blaster felt as if he would cry. It was a touching moment, especially since Jazz had never even known that he had a little sister.
"Sis, when were you created?"
"Shortly after you left Cybertron in the Ark. Zeta told me. She told me all about you and the other Earth Autobots, and I've always wanted to meet you and your friends. I want to see Earth, and see your base. I want to meet your leader, Optimus Prime, and see your human friends. I want to see human movies, and listen to Earth music. Will you take me back to Earth with you?" Harmony gave Jazz a pleading look, and Jazz just couldn't say no.
"I'll have to ask my leader about that. Ok? If he gives his approval, I'll take you to Earth with me. There, you can meet my fellow SIC, Prowl, and meet the other members of the crew. I go back next week. Do you want to move in here with me and Blaster in the meantime?"
"Yes, I want to spend as much time as possible with you. I still can't believe that I've found my brother!" She hugged him tighter, and Jazz smiled. It felt igood/i to be a brother. In the meantime, Blaster had already radioed Ultra Magnus, and told him the situation.
*Blaster, I shall send Jazz's request to Prime, and I give my approval of Harmony moving in with you and her newfound brother. After all, family should not be separated. Magnus out.*
"Good news, you two! I just talked with Ultra Magnus, and he said that she can stay in these quarters, and that he will send the request for Harmony to go to Earth when Jazz goes back!"
"That's amazing!" Harmony smiled, and Jazz felt like his spark was overflowing with love for his little sister. She looked up at him, with a trusting expression on her face, and Jazz looked back with pride because of how nice his sister was. He was also proud that she trusted him, though they had only just met. He liked the light blue and yellow decoration on her forehead, and how she seemed to have the same abilities that he did.
Two weeks after the happy family meeting, Jazz and Harmony stood on a landing platform, waiting for Omega Supreme to arrive. Jazz had an arm around his little sister's shoulders, and both of them looked to the sky for any sign of Omega Supreme. Jazz had already told Harmony what to expect when he arrived, and she couldn't wait to meet the biggest member of the Earth Autobots. Soon enough, they both saw the glow from Omega Supreme's rocket engines in the starry sky, and Jazz pointed up towards it.
"There he is, little sis! Omega Supreme is coming for a landing!" Jazz and Harmony watched as the rocket landed on the platform, and they were both surprised when not only Smokescreen and Hot Rod came out, but a white and black Autobot about the same size as Jazz came out too.
"Jazz, who's that mech in the back?"
"Well, that's Prowl! What's he doing here?" Jazz led his sister over to the Rocket, and they stopped in front of Prowl. "Prowl! Why are you here?"
"Prime wanted me to be here when Omega Supreme came to get you two. He said that it would do well for me to meet her, so that one who is not her brother can get an accurate report."
All the time while the two mechs were talking, Harmony stayed behind Jazz, as if expecting him to protect her if something caused the new mech to attack her. Prowl noticed this, and went backwards a step. Harmony peeked around Jazz's shoulder, and saw that the new mech was trying not to look threatening. she cautiously stepped out from behind her brother, and Prowl saw that they were roughly the same height. A bit tall for a femme, but she seems harmless enough. She also seems to trust Jazz. No surprise there, except for the fact that they only met barely two weeks ago. Prowl extended a hand towards her, and she looked to Jazz for an explanation.
"He's offering to shake your hand. It's an Earth custom. Just put your hand in his, and he will give you a nice, friendly handshake." She did so, cautiously, and Prowl shook her hand, then released it. They walked into the rocket form of Omega Supreme, and they were soon on their way to Earth.
"Prime! Omega Supreme has returned!" Red Alert rushed into Optimus Prime's office. He was sparking slightly from all the excitement.
"Red, you should calm down before you short out again." Optimus calmly stood up, and walked out of his office. In truth, he was just as excited as the rest of the Autobots. I still can't believe that Jazz actually has a sister! I wonder how he didn't know about her. When he got outside, he saw Omega Supreme just opening his door, and the first Autobot to walk out was Prowl. Gathered around Omega Supreme, all of the other Autobots were waiting expectantly for the newest addition to their numbers to come out. After Prowl had reached the bottom of the ramp, Jazz came out of Omega, leading a femme roughly the same height as him. She had a visor, just like he did, and she was mostly a royal blue color, but she also had light blue, and gold. She had a very pretty decoration on her forehead. She stayed close behind him, and all could see that she was trusting Jazz to help her if something happened.
Optimus walked through the crowd, and was the first to greet her when she reached the end of the ramp with her big brother.
"Harmony, welcome. I am Optimus Prime, and these are the other Earth Autobots. We are all glad that you found your brother, and that you have chosen to live with him here on Earth. We have already adjusted Jazz's room to also accommodate you, and we hope that you will be happy here." All that while that he was talking, he noticed that Harmony kept close to Jazz, and he could instantly see the sisterly love that she had for him.
"Th-thank you, Optimus Prime. I am glad that I found my brother too. I am also glad that I am finally able to see Earth, as well as all of my brother's friends. It's an honor to meet you." She offered Optimus her hand, and he carefully let her shake his hand as a gesture of friendship. He noticed that she looked a little intimidated by his size, but she had tried to be friendly anyway.
"I believe that the others want to greet you as well. I'll let your brother show you around the Ark, and introduce you to the others." Optimus turned, and walked back inside the Ark. Right after he left, a blue and white mech that was a bit taller than she was suddenly appeared in front of her. Startled, she immediately ducked behind Jazz, and peeked around his shoulder.
"It's all right, sis, that's just Mirage. He has a cloaking device that he uses a lot." He turned to Mirage. "Why did you have to do that as a first impression? You scared her!"
"Sorry. I didn't expect her to do that." Mirage looked genuinely sorry, and Harmony cautiously came out from behind her older brother.
After she had met everyone, Harmony followed Jazz around the Ark, as he told her what was where, and who stayed in what room. He showed her the recreation room, and the med bay –where she met Ratchet, who was not one of the Autobots in the crowd that had been outside to meet her-, and he showed her Wheeljack's workshop. Finally, he showed her where their quarters were, and they both went to their berths to power down. As her systems began to shut down, she thought, I have met my brother, and now I am on Earth! I met all those other mechs, and most of them seem really nice! Best of all, I'll get to see my brother every day! Then, she went into recharge mode.
The next morning, Harmony woke up in a new place. She was startled for a moment, then remembered that she had gone to Earth, and she smiled when she saw her brother in the berth at the other side of the room. She looked at the shelves on the wall, and she saw a few things that she did not recognize as being from Cybertron. Just then, Jazz came out of recharge, and looked up at her. He smiled. She's already interested in the things I've collected here on Earth. He got up, and went to stand by her side. She immediately leaned against him, and Jazz felt a rush of brotherly love for her. This must be how Sunstreaker and Sideswipe feel for each other most of the time. He put one arm around her shoulders, and started to make a happy rumbling sound with his engine. His little sister leaned against him even more, and she started to hum a soft tune.
They heard a knock on the door, and Jazz went to answer it. Standing outside, Prowl held a datapad that he was reading as he waited.
"What's up, Prowl?"
"It's time to go find your sister an alt mode."
"Oh, fun stuff! What do ya say, sis? Wanna get some wheels?"
Harmony was instantly at his side. "Wheels? Well, of COURSE I do! Let's go!" She let Jazz lead her to Wheeljack's lab, and they sat down at a computer among the multitude of metal items on the floor.
"Which one do you want, sis?"
"I want that one!" She pointed to a Renault Alpine A110-50, and Jazz smiled. Of course she would go for a sports car. Soon after, there was a Renault and a Porsche driving out on the roads of Earth, with the latter teaching the former the laws of the road. Soon, they were doing off-road racing, and they had a great time. It started to get dark, so the two headed back to base.
"Thank you, brother, for bringing me to Earth. I haven't had this much fun in my entire life! And it's even more fun with my brother with me!" The siblings were walking down the corridors towards the recreation room, and Harmony was practically clinging to Jazz's arm. She had the happiest look on her face, and Jazz couldn't help smiling with her. Everyone they passed started to smile too, because the two siblings seemed so happy, that it was infectious. When they got to the rec room, they sat down at the same table as the twin Lamborghinis were at. Sideswipe immediately got a goofy grin on his face, and Sunstreaker couldn't help smiling too.
"What has you two so happy today?" Sideswipe looked at Jazz and Harmony with that silly grin still on his face.
"Oh, I just had one of the happiest days of my life! I've always tried to imagine how much fun it would be to drive across the face of the Earth with my older brother, and now that I've actually done it, I feel all happy inside!" Harmony leaned into her brother, and they both kept smiling. Sunny had gotten some more energon, and he gave both Harmony and Jazz a cube each.
"Hey, Sunny, Sides, wanna come to our quarters tonight for a dance party?" Jazz kept smiling as he talked to them, and the Lambo twins nodded furiously. Harmony giggled with glee, as she went onto the internet for the first time and started to listen to different songs to see which ones she would play at the party.
"Too bad Blaster isn't here. He would love it!" Harmony took a sip of her energon as she listened to the human song Titanium. Suddenly, an alarm sounded in the Ark, and everyone started to rush outside.
"Jazz, what's going on?"
"Stay here! The Decepticons are attacking, and I don't want you hurt!"
"I don't want you hurt either!" But Jazz was already out of sight. As he ran from the room, it felt like it would shatter his spark to leave her alone. She had been with him constantly after they had found each other in Iacon, and now he was leaving her alone, afraid of him getting hurt. But he had received an order from Prime on the silent comm. frequency telling him to get ready to roll out to the nearby city of Portland. The Decepticons were attacking a power plant there, and he had to help stop them.
"Jazz, please come back!" But she knew it was hopeless. He was already gone from the Ark, and he couldn't hear her. How she hoped that he wouldn't get hurt, but she knew that this was war. Soldiers got hurt. Suddenly, she heard the roar of engines overhead. What is that?! She dashed outside, and saw three jets overhead. One was blue, one was black and purple, and one was red and white.
She ran back inside. "Prowl, where are you?" She knew that Prowl was still at the base, and she was frantic to find him. She had seen the purple insignia on those jets, and she had to find Prowl fast. Suddenly, as she was turning a corner, she collided with him, and they both fell to the ground. "Prowl! There you are! Quick, you gotta come outside! I saw Decepticons!"
"Decepticons? Which ones? What did they look like?"
"Well…" Before she could finish her sentence, a black and purple mech suddenly appeared in the corridor next to them in a flash of light. "That's one of them!" She dashed behind Prowl, and the Decepticon chuckled.
"Well, well, looks like the Autobots have a femme, do they? We'll have to fix that." He reached for her, and Prowl was thinking, He wants to get Jazz's little sister! He suddenly felt protective of her –possibly because Jazz would most likely tear him to pieces if he let the Decepticon hurt his sister- and punched the Seeker in the face. He staggered back, and then smiled. As the Seeker charged at the Datsun again, Prowl took out his blaster and shot him in the shoulder. Suddenly, the blaster wasn't in Prowl's hands anymore. He looked to the side, and saw Harmony holding it like a seasoned warrior. She aimed, and shot the Seeker precisely where his teleportation device was inside of his body. The Seeker's teleportation device took no damage, but it was enough to make the Seeker warp out of the base in a hurry.
"Here, Prowl. You can have your gun back."
"How did…"
"You don't seriously think I spent ALL my time listening to stories and playing music, did you?" Harmony's suddenly confident demeanor puzzled Prowl, but he decided to let it go for now. Suddenly, they heard the jets take off, and the sound of their engines faded into the distance. Prowl looked at Harmony, and motioned for her to follow him.
"What is it, Prowl?"
"I just received a message from Prime. They are coming back with wounded." Harmony became noticeably nervous.
"Are we going to go meet them?"
"Yes. Just so you know, he didn't tell me which ones were wounded." Prowl had realized the question that she had wanted to ask.
As the red semi pulled up outside, Prowl, Harmony, Ratchet, and a few others were outside to greet them. Prime opened the door to his trailer, and Prowl and Ratchet went inside to get the first of the wounded. In the meantime, Harmony was looking around at the gathering of vehicles, looking for her brother's Porsche alt mode. Then, she saw Prowl and Ratchet carry a mech out of the trailer. The mech had a large hole in his chest, and his hands dripped with energon. When Harmony looked at the mech's face, her spark almost literally froze. Then, all in the yard heard a broken cry.
"JAZZ!"
