Disclaimer: I do not own any TFP characters and Mina belongs to herself.
~~~~~ Earlier on the other side of the vortex~~~~~~~
On the Decepticon airship known as the Nemesis Megatron stood at the prow, his gaze cast out onto the land they flew over while his hands stroked his newest weapon of his own creation, the Dark Star Sabre. In its first use against the Autobots it had far exceeded his expectations and had even destroyed its predecessor, the Star Sabre, a sword that had been unrivalled in power. Now Megatron wielded the mightiest blade and none would stand in his way in obtaining the remaining relics that lay hidden on the planet. As his eyes peered forward and his hands idled with his blade Megatron's mind ran through all the possibilities that now lay before him. The Autobots would try to interfere in his pursuit, but they would be cautious of him, and their caution would be their downfall. For caution takes time and patience, both of which would be overcome by force and speed by his own men obtaining the relics. 'Yes, soon all the relics and this planet will be under my control, and the Autobots will be no more. That time will be soon, very soon.'
'Bweep, bweep, bweep!' Megatron turned to the computer that Soundwave had been stationed at since his return from his last successful mission. The noise coming from the computer signified that a set of coordinates for a relic had been translated. From where Megatron stood he could tell that something was amiss. Knowing that his master's attention was on him Soundwave sent a message along their silent communication system. Megatron's optic ridges rose at the information given. "Coordinates that were not among the originals? That cannot be possible."
The topic had drawn the attention of Megatron's third and fourth in command, DreadWing and KnockOut. Taking places behind their leader KnockOut proposed, "Might it be a trap set by the Autobots my Lord?"
"No, Optimus Prime is beneath such tactics. This is something different. " Megatron studied these strange coordinates and deduced the only possible option. "This may be a relic of older times that has been lost. It must be investigated and brought back if it is a true relic. SoundWave, use the space bridge and find this relic."
SoundWave gave a small nod and left to do as ordered. DreadWing, a mech of loyalty equal to that of SoundWave did not agree with this decision, "Perhaps I should be the one to go Lord Megatron."
"Really DreadWing? You have the knowledge of the entire Iacon Data base stored in your processor, as well as sensors capable to identify a relic from worthless trash?" Megatron did not take kindly to those that would question his orders, this was common knowledge among all the Decepticons, for DreadWing to have voiced such a thing was as close to questioning as it got. Megatron's servos tightened their hold around the hilt of his Dark Star Sabre, causing the purple glow of its power to increase just enough for DreadWing to get the unspoken warning.
"I meant no offense my Lord, I merely thought SoundWave would be better suited to continue decoding the other relic coordinates." DreadWing bowed his head to further show his obedience.
The glow of Megatron's sword dimmed as Megatron returned to his post at the prow of the ship, "SoundWave has earned his keep far more than you have DreadWing, and it is only myself that can see where his talents are best put to use. Just as I know where your talents are best used, leave my sight and do a sweep of each of our energon mines, every single one."
"Yes...Lord Megatron." Not wanting to feel that Dark Star Sabre in his spark chamber DreadWing left to do as told, but not without a glare at KnockOut who stood by watching this exchange with a smirk of delight at his misfortune.
Using the ground bridge SoundWave reached outer space in less than a minute; from there he flew on to the dark side of the moon to the space bridge the Decepticons had purposely put out of range of any humans or Autobots. This trip too only took a matter of minutes to accomplish due to his alt mode. The next step to completing this task would require the most time. According to the odd coordinates the relic was on Earth, but an Earth that was not their current location. This lead to the only conclusion of an alternate planet Earth in a different dimension, for SoundWave to reach such a destination would be tricky if not done right. With his entire processor set to the task SoundWave stood at the secondary controls built into the space bridge making the most detailed adjustments to its programming that was possible. Travelling to another dimension had been accomplished few times, and mostly through costly mistake.
According to the time system used on Earth the adjustments took SoundWave close to a half hour, effort had been taxing on his processor but would never complain or protest to doing it again. If this succeeded then Lord Megatron would not only receive another relic but he would also have access to a whole other dimension that would be free of the Autobots. Lord Megatron's trust in him would lead to many rewards on both their sides.
Activating the space bridge SoundWave made note of the excess amount of purple added to the usually green and yellow colour of the ground bridge. Rather than risking the trip through the space bridge with no means of returning SoundWave released his tentacles to seek the relic, this way he would lose only his extra appendages that could be fixed. The tentacles were equipped with sensors made just for the task of seeking sources of energy connected to Cybertronian origins. What he received from his tentacles was an image of a human that appeared to be filled with energy normally located in the relics. This would not be taken well by Lord Megatron, but his strict orders were to locate, secure and return. The human wrapped in his coils SoundWave changed to his alt mode and went further into the space bridge himself, it wouldn't do for the human to die from asphyxiation caused by the airless vacuum of space. Resistance from the human, which turned out to be a young female, was of no issue as she was unable to stay conscious throughout the trip through the space bridge. With her secure in the small amount of space inside his alt mode SoundWave deactivated the space bridge and opened the ground bridge to take him back to the Nemesis.
The transition from alt mode to bi-pedal mode was done with a bit more delicacy to prevent harm to the human. The fact that she carried Cybertronian energy and another particular feature of interest made her condition his first priority. Her small body held within his hands SoundWave sent a message ahead to inform Lord Megatron of his return. The message of praise he received was spoken aloud as he entered the main hub of the ship. "Excellent work SoundWave, as expected from my most established officer. Now let us see this particular relic."
Given the order SoundWave stepped forward his hands held out to present the human. Lord Megatron's expression and tone when he spoke were less than impressed, "What is this SoundWave? Explain yourself!"
SoundWave showed Megatron the image his sensors had given him when retrieving the human, he also used one of his smaller tentacles to take hold of one of her arms and reveal a black strap on her wrist bearing the Decepticon symbol.
As this went on Mina came awake just enough to open her eyes and see large red eyes set in the face of the Megatron from the show Transformers: Prime. This did not draw out much of a reaction from her however, her head felt so heavy and her body so weak that she simply slotted it as another one of her Transformers inspired dreams. Accepting this Mina let herself fall back into the peaceful void, had she remained awake she would have heard Megatron growl, " Very well. KnockOut take her and do as many tests as you can...Without off-lining her. I want to know where that energy is coming from."
KnockOut gave a half bow and turned to SoundWave, "I will take it from here SoundWave." KnockOut held out his hands for the human, after his bit of fun with the human known as Silas KnockOut was eager to learn all he could from this new specimen.
All mechs present to witness were a bit stunned when SoundWave did not hand over the human, but rather walked back to KnockOut's lab to place her on the table. As SoundWave had left Megatron chose to ignore this oddity and placed it only as SoundWave ensuring his mission was a 100% success. KnockOut kept note of the strange behaviour but also said nothing against, not in front of Lord Megatron anyways.
SoundWave couldn't explain it, but the thought of placing this particular organic life form in KnockOut's hands had not computed well through his processor, to be rid of this unwanted problem SoundWave had placed the human on KnockOut's table himself, and even after that he found himself reluctant to leave. His duties to Lord Megatron to decode the remaining coordinates overrode the problem, aiding him to leave the human and return to normal. Once he had a spare nanosecond he would analyse his own systems to try and find the faulty programming causing the disturbance in his processor.