Hello FanFiction community! I'm here to apologize for not uploading for a while, me and Snazzy have been busy with school. On the bright side we have been writing a while and have some story ideas and OCs that we hope you will enjoy. Anyway I've been planning to upload this chapter for a while now so to make it up to you I will be uploading another chapter tonight. Once again, I apologize, and enjoy.
When Nitrostrike's ship entered the atmosphere and crashed on the planet's surface, she looked around at her surrounding. She had crashed down in a field not to far from a giant city full of lights. After a few kliks of waiting she saw a group of figures coming toward her. The group consisted of tiny carbon lifeforms, a pickup truck, and a semi. As they approached she quickly scanned a vehicle and took on the form of a silver Camaro. The truck and the semi took on bipedal modes she knew as Ironhide and Optimus Prime. Nitrostrike transformed into her bipedal mode as well to greet them.
"Greeting Nitrostrike," Optimus transmitted to her in Cybertronian. "It's good to have you here from Velocitron." Optimus knelt down and said something to one of the lifeforms in a language she couldn't understand.
"We speak a different language here on Earth," Ironhide said, sensing Nitrostrike's confusion, "Download all of their information from the World Wide Web, then you will be able to understand the humans." It only took a few nanokliks to download all of the information that would have taken humans days.
"Are we sure we can trust her," She heard the human say.
"Do you have a reason not to?" Nitrostrike responded.
"Oh look, it speaks," One of the humans said.
"Easy, Petr," A small female human said, "She's new here. Remember that even Optimus didn't know English when they landed here."
"That is correct, Kaminari. Let us return to NEST and fill Nitrostrike in on what has happened." Optimus said as the Autobots shifted into alt-mode and turned towards the city called Washington D.C. The Autobots came to a stop in front of a seemingly unimportant building. Captain Lennox showed one of the guards a badge and they continued into the gaping doors took up most of the wall. Once inside, they transformed into bipedal mode and walked over to the Autobots that were lined up across the opposite wall.
"Attention everyone," Optimus said, ceasing the hum of chatter. "We have another Autobot who has just arrived." He gestured to Nitrostrike and the Autobots eyed her warily until they saw the Autobot insignia located on her shoulders.
"Nitrostrike, meet Ratchet, Static, Longarm, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Prowl, Salvage, and Knock Out," Optimus said as he pointed to each Autobot in turn. "And of course you've met Captain Lennox, Kaminari, and Petr." They all acknowledged her with a slight nod. Ironhide knelt down and the three humans climbed into his palm.
He lifted them up and Captain Lennox raised his voice so all the Autobots could hear him, "It is an honor to have you as an addition to our team. Recently we have heard of strange activity coming from Japan and Africa. We plan to send two groups to address the situation."
Kaminari stepped forward and continued, "Bumblebee, you will meet up with Sideswipe and Mirage in Japan." Bumblebee hesitantly acknowledged and emitted a series of beeps and clicks.
"Don't worry, we had that covered," Optimus said, "Nitrostrike will resume your post as the guardian of Sam Witwicky." The Autobots exchanged quick, shocked expressions and looked at Optimus, a trace of doubt flickering in their optics.
"But Optimus, she has just arrived. She has not had enough human experience to talk to one, let alone guard one." Ratchet said, doubt clearly written on his face.
"And what better way to gain experience than to have a job comprised of spending all of her time among the humans. But she might need a mentor," Optimus said, a small smirk emerging on his faceplate.
"Ah scrap," Ratchet muttered.
"Anyway," Kaminari continued, "Wheeljack, Skids, and Mudflap are going to address the activity from their base in Africa." Ironhide put down the humans and everyone went to do various tasks around headquarters. Bumblebee shifted into his alt-form and drove to a plane waiting outside the building. Except for Nitrostrike and Ratchet who remained at the back of the room, their neural processors whirling.
Ratchet turned towards Nitrostrike, "I expect to see you here at seven sharp."
"Yes Ratchet," Nitrostrike replied. Ratchet turned and walked towards the medbay while Nitrostrike walked to a corner and watched everyone work.
The anticipation for the next morning made the night drag on in Nitrostrike's perspective. When the clock chimed seven, Nitrostrike saw Ratchet walk towards her. Ratchet gestured for Nitrostrike to follow as he transformed into his alt-form. Nitrostrike transformed as well and followed Ratchet through the maze of roads to an apartment complex.
From within the apartment, Sam Witwicky saw a silver Camaro and an emergency vehicle pull up to the front door. He cautiously approached the front door, wondering why the normal yellow Camaro was not waiting for him. He glanced at the insignia upon the grill of the vehicles and hopped in the emergency vehicle. They drove to an abandoned warehouse and Ratchet let Sam climb out and transformed into his bipedal mode. Nitrostrike followed, looking down at the teenager.
"Ratchet," Sam said, "who is this? Where's Bee?"
"This is Nitrostrike, she has been temporarily assigned the position of your guardian while Bumblebee searches Japan for signs of Decepticons," Ratchet answered. Nitrostrike sensed an aura of recklessness from Sam and smiled to herself. She knew that they were going to get along just fine.
Ratchet turned to Nitrostrike, "You must learn two of the most important rules to live on Earth. If you don't, we will have to send you back to Velocitron." Nitrostrike nodded, after what happened on Velocitron, she wasn't going back.
"Let me guess, something to do with humans," Nitrostrike chided, attempting to lighten Ratchets otherwise serious mood.
Ratchet just glared at her and growled, "Correct. One, never ever leave your Earth Guise when you are not in headquarters or an otherwise secluded area." He looked at her to make sure that she was listening and understood.
"Second, we will never accept human casualties. We have only had one exception to us rule, when a group of humans threatened our very existence," Ratchet emphasized, "Unless ordered. Never. Harm. Humans." Ratchet transformed into his alt-form and left the Velocitronian and human to become acquainted. They stared at each other for a moment, each a bit stunned by the sudden change.
"You like high speeds," Nitrostrike asked.
"Why? You a slowpoke like Ratchet?" Sam said cockily. Nitrostrike smiled and shifted into her alt-form. Sam climbed in and she sped off towards the countryside.
Sam quickly turned green, "Definitely not a slowpoke."
"What did you expect from a bot from Velocitron?" Nitrostrike teased. It took Sam a while to turn back to his natural color and for the nausea to pass.
"While we're on our way to wherever we're going, mind telling me what Velocitron is?" Sam asked, "How did you get here anyway?"
"Velocitron is a planet obsessed with speed, only a few eons from Cybertron. On Velocitron, speed is absolutely everything, during any bots free time, they would work to increase their speed. Velocitronians are the fastest boys who ever lived," Nitrostrike began, "I was tasked with patrolling the perimeter of Delta, the capital of Velocitron. I never really took it seriously, so I often raced around. That was until I heard a transmission from Optimus. I was bored with Velocitron life and my dreams were to battle with the Autobots. Override, the leader of the Velocitronian troops, gave me her blessing and I traveled here. How'd you get into this mess?"
"I bought a car, turned out to be an alien robot," Sam explained. They both chuckled then Nitrostrike pulled over to an empty field. Sam climbed out of Nitrostrike and she idled next to him. Sam sat in the ground and they waited for a bit in silence.
"Why are we here? Is there something special about this area?" Sam asked.
"This is where I first landed on Earth," Nitrostrike responded leading Sam to a dented area, "You can still see the impact."
Sam hesitated, "You like speed don't you?" Nitrostrike's engine roared. Obviously, she thought.
He slipped her a small smile, "How about you show me how fast you can race around the city." Sam climbed in and Nitrostrike drove as fast as she could towards the city. Sam would have admired the scenery, had they been going slow enough to see it. It was merely all a blur. Despite the extreme speeds, Nitrostrike navigated the twisting streets with presumed ease.
"Having fun yet?" Nitrostrike said as she drove to Sam's apartment.
"More so than the first time," Sam admitted, looking far less green than before.
"You better get used to it," Nitrostrike teased, "Take care Sam."
Sam climbed out of Nitrostrike and walked inside, "You too." Nitrostrike raced back to headquarters and shifted to her bipedal mode as she walked in. As she walked to the far corner of the room she was stopped by Prowl. He gestured for her to follow and led her to another room where Ratchet, Optimus, and Captain Lennox were waiting. She stood there nervously and waited for someone to speak.
"What were you thinking?!" Ratchet blurted out, "You can't just race around like that. You endanger human lives, and not just Sam's." Nitrostrike was genuinely shocked and she stared at Ratchet with disbelief.
"There have been reports about a rogue street racer and the President has asked me to stop this," Captain Lennox fumed. Optimus stayed silent and Prowl looked at him expectantly.
"Nitrostrike, we have rules that need to be followed. Ratchet told you the rules and you failed to obey them," Optimus sighed. "We will give you another chance,"
"But Ratchet never told me more than two rules," Nitrostrike said, "He just said to stay in my Earth Guise and to never harm humans." Everyone turned to look at Ratchet and he looked away sheepishly.
"Just don't let it happen again," Optimus said, "You may go." Nitrostrike left and went to stand in the corner of the building. Moments later Ratchet also emerged from the room. He walked over to the medbay and continued working on processing the Energon stores. From the corner of her optic she saw Static smile slyly. She saw a flash of orange and Ratchet was left without the Energon cube he had been holding moments before. She turned her head and saw Static hide the cube behind some spare materials. Ratchet turned to Static and saw the look of humor on his face.
"Static, I needed that!" Ratchet complained as he walked over and grabbed the Energon cube. Static chuckled and Nitrostrike joined in. She would enjoy herself here.
Since Snazzy is not here currently, I'll just explain a little about the chapter.
Nitrostrike is a character who doesn't listen to the rules. I've had a lot of fun so far on developing her personality. I love writing about silly characters so you shouldn't be expecting much change in personality. Nitrostike will mature over the duration of the story, but like Jazz she'll never lose the mischievous aspect of herself. I'm sorry if you think that this chapter might have been a little slow or boring, I kinda think so too, but this chapter is mainly about developing Nitrostrike's personality and her friendship with Sam. But I have something more exciting that will happen in a few chapters.
Snazzy - *walks in a drops 100lb backpack on the floor with a loud thud. Suddenly glaring at Op* What are you doing?
Op - *looks to Snazzy in panic* What do you mean?
Snazzy - *points to the paper and pencil that Op was now suspiciously trying to hide.* Were you writing without me?!
Op - *looks down at feet* Well, um, you weren't here and I didn't want to delay the chapters anymore, so I kinda started without you…
Snazzy - *suddenly sad, grabbing the backpack and turning to leave* Fine, I see, I guess I'll just go, and maybe do some homework.
Op - Snazzy, I can't believe I'm saying this. Just so you know this is the only time I'm saying this, do not do your homework and come help me. This is so boring without you.
Snazzy - *perks up and jumps up and down* Yay no homework!
Op - After this you are doing your homework.
Snazzy- Wait a second, I'm older than you. How come you are telling me what to do? I should be the one in charge!
Op - Well... This is my story we do what I say.
Snazzy- Oh alright, I guess we could do whatever you say… *starts mumbling* But next time tell me when you are going to write!
Op - YOU WEREN'T HERE!
Snazzy- ^^ I'm just messing with you
Op - I know Snazzy. I know.
Well now that this is settled, any thoughts on the chapter? Any reviews would be much appreciated. Anything from stuff I can add to just comments on the characters. I do already have the next few chapters planned so suggestions may be hard to add but if I can I will. Have a nice day everyone, see you in the next chapter.
