Transformers Prime: A Warrior of Unfortunate Fortune.
note: This is a blatant self insert and world hop, but my character is more of a reflection of what I want to be rather than what I am. While majority of the characters personality is my own, there are some tweaks that are needed to fit my ideas for this story. Anyways, this idea has been on my mind for the past few days as I've been marathoning various transformers series, one such being prime. I chose the Prime world as it's the only one I could really see myself in. There will also be Jack/Arcee romance. This story will take place from my 1st person view, I'll be trying to put in as much character development as possible, I hope that people enjoy it. I don't own anything (except for myself, of course), all Transformers properties belong to hasbro. end of note.
Chapter 1: Only my luck.
It was a regular day. A rather normal drizzly, cloud filled day in Glasgow. It was Monday and all was well. I was in my room watching a few episodes of Transformers: Prime on TV, while drawing out a few miscellaneous items on a sketching app on my IPad, granted my drawing sucked, it never stopped me from trying. I was currently wearing a dark blue t-shirt that had a "battle damaged" Autobot insignia on it, black denim jeans, held up by a dark red leather belt which had a contradicting Decepticon belt-buckle, regular black socks, black fingerless gloves, a digital watch on my left wrist and a brown leather bracer on my right.
My long brown hair was tied up behind my head in a neat ponytail that flowed down my back to my mid spine, I had quite a fluffy beard too, I don't shave too often due to being told that I had suited the facial hair. My eye were a peculiar shade of faint green with two brown speckles in my right eye. I was what some people would call a "Metal Head" I mainly listened to Rock music and metal, but that didn't mean it was ALL I listened to, I actually have a wide varied taste of music, and there was only really one genre I hated, Rap, I loathed it with a passion. All in all, I was pretty average for a nineteen year old, for me anyways. That's enough about me however, lets move on.
I put down the IPad as I finished off another drawing only to look up and see another epic battle scene in the episode. I admired the entirety of the prime series, from the first episode to the ending of the small movie like extra long episode. And as we all do every now and then, I started to ponder what it would be like if I was there, during everything that happened, joining up with team Prime, going on adventures, helping the Autobots in any way I could, especially with the help of a few of my (poorly) drawn items, such as: an energon blaster that more fitted to a human arm and could collapse well enough to hide under a jacket sleeve, a very slim energon powered exoskeleton that would boost the wearers strength, speed and reflexes tenfold and could be worn underneath clothing, and within a separate drawing was a helmet that attached onto the exoskeleton, it looked like a motorcycle helmet, but on the inside of the visor, it would display a targeting system, "tag" and highlight hostiles while outlining friendlies, it; when not in use; would also be collapsed to fit around the wearers collarbone, at least that would be the idea for these items. Ideas that would never be.
I gave a soft sigh and forced myself to stop fantasising as I would only lower my spirits. I felt a vibration go off in my right pocket, I reached in to find my phone and saw that I had received a text from an unknown and withheld number. I quickly unlocked the phone and looked at the text to find a rather ominous question to be asked at the time. It read "Would you like your dream to be a reality?" I stared at the text for a few more seconds, before letting out another soft sigh,
"Of course I do, it'd be a whole lot better than this world" I whispered to myself before placing the phone down and started to flick through a few channels on the TV.
Skipping ahead to the night, where I would soon fall asleep, I pulled up a curtain away from the windows that showed the vast night sky, lucky me it was cloudless and filled with stars. I gazed at them warmly; thinking fondly of my dreams; before placing the curtain back and laying down on my bed and drifting off to sleep, however, it was this night that I would remember forever.
As I started to dream, or at least, what I thought was a dream, I was drifting through the stars; fully clothed, and oddly enough, in the clothes I was wearing before that now included a bright red hoodie and a beanie had that I had covered with various patches; passing by multiple planets in the distance that seem familiar and yet not, however, one that I noticed I was coming close to in a direct line was scarily familiar: Cybertron.
I was coming closer and closer and steadily gaining speed. I began to panic as I entered its atmosphere, what confused me was that I wasn't burning up on entry as anything would normally do entering a planets atmosphere. I was getting dangerously close to the ground, that was until out of nowhere I was wrapped in incredibly large hands, made of metal to boot as well.
"That was certainly close, sure glad that I caught you in time, being a potential helping hand in saving our race, wouldn't want you splattering all over the floor now would we?" came a surprisingly feminine voice. The hands then opened up and I looked up to see a Cybertroninan femme.
"Huh? Well…this is certainly the weirdest dream I've ever had so far" I replied glancing around me, but returning to the femme.
She gave a confused look at my words,
"Dream? No, this is reality, an alternate from your original reality, but reality none the less" She replied, "You did wish for this after all, Alpha Trion and Sentinel Prime said so, were they mistaken?" she asked. At hearing this I was shocked, but shook my head,
"N-no, they weren't, however…if you're talking about those two, and assuming I'm correct from the planet not being heavily populated, there are currently only the thirteen primes right now, yes? And you are Sollus Prime, master of the forge?" I replied, her eyes lit up with excitement, literally.
"Yes, you are correct on both fronts, now I must take you to them, it is what they will do that will allow you to help our descendants." She said as she started walking in a; seemingly; random direction. I decided to stay quiet during the travel to allow my brain to attempt to process everything that is currently happening.
After a few minutes and passing a few buildings into a large flat plain I could see twelve gigantic; by my standards at least; beings on the horizon. A few more minutes pass and we were not but a few meters away. Several of them turned to face us.
"Ah, Good, you found him Solus, good, we were worried where he was going to land" said one who looked like he had a beard made of interlinked pieces of chain, he had a rather "muscled" figure, making him look rather strong. Another nodded, this one had a more slim agile build, he carried a sword on his back.
"Indeed, I was glad that I found him too Sentinel, he's a little shaken up from planetary entry and the situation though, so it may take more than the brief explanation I gave to get him to understand" Solus replied.
Another stepped forward, this one looked rather menacing, his armour and body riddled with spikes and twists, and carrying a large spear would help with the fear factor also as it were,
"Are you sure we can even trust this puny human to be the potential saviour of our race? Humans are a weak, pathetic and petty species, how could one of them ever be expected to save all Cybertronians?" He said in a rather growling voice, baring his sharp teeth at me.
"Oh Megatronus, you know as well as all of us do, humans have an unparalleled will to push past their limits, in terms of strength, their will would far outclass our own in the millions" Solus replied giving him a soft look in return, Megatronus sighed and looked at me once more,
"While that may be true, why chose this one? He's flawed compared to other, better humans, why chose him? Out of all of the other more fitting human candidates?" he replied his face forming a sneer at me one which made me cower in his gaze.
"Because Megatronus, it is the weak and flawed who are more aware of the true meaning of strength and also how to use it, they know how it feels when they are crushed under an "iron first" as they say, they would not want another to feel that way, the very way you are making him feel with that gaze of yours" another, wiser sounding voice rang out, one that I recognised quickly. Megatronus huffed and walked a few paces away. "You needn't cower any longer mister Sinclair and I would appreciate it if I could look into the eyes of whom I am speaking with" the voice added.
I nodded softly and looked up to him, his eyes were a brilliant blue, his shoulders broad and his body slim, he also had a longer beard than Sentinel, but his beard looked more like several long, solid pieces of metal rather than the interlinked chains of Sentinel's.
"A-Alpha Trion…" I mumbled softly looking to him with awe.
"Indeed young one, I am Alpha Trion, and you are Ross Sinclair, born and raised in the city of Glasgow within the United Kingdom of Great Britain, nineteen years old, with many insecurities, gifts and curses. As you have heard a number of times already about what you will become, you should have somewhat of a grasp on the situation, yes?" he replied. My only response was a curt nod. "Good, then I will get straight to the point, we have decided as a council that the history of this dimension must be altered from what you know it as, you, must help the Autobots and their human companions in their struggle against the Decepticons." he added.
"But…how could I possibly help? A-as Megatronus said…I'm weak and you already know that I am, at least partially, disabled" I replied, clenching my hands softly. Alpha Trion gave a soft nod,
"Indeed, you are weak, in terms of physical strength, but that matters not, and yes, dyspraxia, a physical disability that affects your co-ordination through muscles misinterpreting or not receiving signals from the brain, indeed not the worst, but certainly not the best either. But once more, you need not worry over it, because we have made this in advance" He replied holding up what looked to be a large suitcase.
"Press your thumb into the handle, it needs to register your DNA and thumb prints as it's owner" said Solus from above me. I looked at the case with confusion and curiosity. I stood up from Solus' hand and walked over into Alpha Trion's, I then did as Solus said and gripped the handle with my thumb over the top of it. A small blue light waved over from within the handle before there was a sharp prick at my thumb.
"Yeowch!…I'm guessing it took a sample of my blood?" I asked looking towards Solus.
"Yes, it did, however it was necessary, but you may want to focus more on the contents of the case more than us" she replied, pointing a large digit to the case that now slowly opened with a mechanical hiss.
As I turned my head back towards the case there was a soft fog billowing out of it. After a few seconds the fog started to dissipate and reveal what looked to be a rather flat metallic backpack.
"W-wait a second…that…that looks like-" I started before I turned to Solus, she had a smile of mirth plastered over her face.
"Your design for your expandable Exo-skeleton? That's because it is. Though, I may have went a little…overboard with all the gifts I crammed in there. But never the less, all of them, if not most of them, are going to help you immensely to help the future Optimus and the other human children." she said, although the end of it reminded me of an important question.
"Wait…if I'm supposed to help out in the future how am I going to get there?" I asked looking back and forth from Solus to Alpha Trion, both of whom gave a soft chuckle,
"We were capable of teleporting you from across a different time period AND dimension, that itself was tricky, however a hop forward in time a few million years is as easy as "pie" as you humans say" Sentinel Prime said stepping forward.
"Oh, well…ok then, anything that I need to know before you send me into the future? Dangers, risks, where I'll appear out of nowhere on Earth? Anything about the exo that I should know that I might not already?" I queried.
"There is one thing about the exo that you should know. From your ideas and designs, to interact with the transforming abilities of it, it will have to physically connect with your central nervous system, that requires a rather painful needle stabbing into the back of your neck, however, we have made it so that the moment that it connects to you, it forces your body's pain receptors to shut off temporarily and to make you brain release a sufficient amount of dopamine to make it enjoyable, to not deter you from disconnecting and reconnecting; also, another thing is that while it's powered by our lifeblood, the cube size that would be a Cybertroninan's daily intake would last you around two to three months" Solus replied.
"As for where you will end up, I will try my best to put you within the city of Jasper around the same time that the three children are taken to the Autobot outpost, however, you must remember that in this universe, you did not previously exist, so you will have to find someway to make your own living" Sentinel added, Alpha Trion nodded in agreement.
"However, we do have one request of you, it is not imperative that you keep it, but we wish you to not tell the future Autobots that we were the one's who sent you, although they will no doubt figure it out on their own sooner or later, only tell them that you are simply a helping hand" Alpha Trion requested. I looked up to him from where I stood on his palm,
"I…I'll try my best" I replied, this made him smile softly.
"Now, while we will be sending you through time, your exo will be sent physically at the same time the other relics will be sent, however it will arrive on the same day that you will near the autobot outpost with the data it has on you so that you can be easily found or otherwise prove that you are it's owner, there will be a few other surprises too. Ones that you have not seen within your universe, and ones you never expected." Sentinel explained, I gave a swift nod,
"Alright, I'm ready when you are" I said aloud 'I hope' I added mentally, putting a hand on the opening of the case I closed it over, a somewhat loud click and hiss sounded off as it locked.
Solus reached over my head and plucked the case from Alpha Trion's hand that I stood on as he turned towards Sentinel.
"Are you ready my brother?" Alpha Trion asked,
"You know that I am, brother" Sentinel replied. Both of them nodded to each other and their hands started to glow softly and their eyes shone with a new intensity. The same glow started to surround my body, as I started to float up out of Alpha Trion's hand.
As my body started to slowly fade, I heard a new voice speak up
"Good luck" it said, I looked and saw that the Prime that carried the large sword was smirking as he turned around and walked off with a wave of his hand. Then there was a sharp growl from; no doubt; Megatronus,
"Indeed, good luck, because you are going to need it to face my descendants" he said with a snarl that sent shivers down my spine, before he too walked off following the previous mech.
The glow around my body started to build in intensity till I had to close my eyes from the brightness. And faster than I could think the glow was gone and I could hear steady traffic. I opened my eyes and looked around to find that I was in a small alleyway. I walked towards the entrance of it to look out into the street, but I quickly remembered the T-shirt I was wearing had a huge Autobot symbol. I zipped up my hoodie and walked out into the street. Looking around; from what I could see anyways; it was a quaint and quiet little town, but I knew that that was going to change soon enough.
Turning myself around a few times and looking into the distance for what I knew to be outpost "omega one" after a few minutes I could just barely spot the distinctive spire of "rock" in the distance and began to make my way by foot.
"This is gonna be a long trek." I sighed, "Might as well keep myself entertained, When I wake up, well I know I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to you" I continued and started singing to myself "500 miles".
-meanwhile across the other side of town in a secluded alleyway-
"DUDE! GO WITH!" yelled a Japanese girl towards an American boy and a large alien robot. The two turned to her with shocked eyes and with perfect synchronicity both of them grumbled out
"Scrap"
The large robot then transformed into a blue and pink motorcycle, the boy hopping on before they approached the girl,
"Get on" a voice came from the motorcycle,
"Kay" replied the girl as she hopped on they then sped out of the alleyway and started on their way out of town towards a large seemingly rock spire in the distance.
a/n: ok that was chapter one. I can only hope that this goes down well, don't get your hopes up though, my motivation for writing comes and goes, I really want to see this one to the end, even if I have no full plan for the storyline. Some things will be staying exactly the same, but when you alter reality, there's going to be a few ripples, so there will be completely new events, that hopefully turn out the way I want them to on words. Anyways. If y'all like this then I'll get to work on chapter two. See ya.