Seven years earlier

"Clair, have you finished underneath the computer yet?"

"Sorry Red Alert, there's some frayed wires I need to take care of, and the last time I rushed a job Wheeljack, Perceptor, Shockwave and Starscream all yelled at me since I risked serious injury to myself and others by rushing"

"Fine, by the way, the project you worked on recently helped local police"

"Oh?"

"Yep, a Mongolian visiting for vacation witnessed an accident and unfortunately there weren't any translators available to help take his statement, as such he spoke into a voice recorder and through your translator the police were able to take his statement and able to ask questions. Took about six hours overall but six hours is better than two days of waiting for a translator"

"That's good news, tell them I will work on any speed issues soon, but first I need to take care of a minor problem else where's"

"Okay we'll let them know tomorrow during our monthly meeting"

"Right"

Clair finally came out from under the computer and then called her family to the main meeting room so as to explain a few things about upgrades she had personally made while dealing with frayed wires. But as soon as she pressed a button a flash of light went out from the computer and she was soon told everyone had successfully been put into stasis

(Thinks) "I'm sorry everyone, but if I don't put you in stasis you'll be in severe danger while several EDC bases around the globe will be in danger as well, though not as much as you being my family"

Clair quickly leaves the base knowing that EDC officers would soon come after getting an alert and as such she fled the base and met the group that had forced her to leave her family in less danger than before but with many, many questions

"Is it done?"

"Yes, it's done, can we go before we're discovered?"

"Very well"

And so Clair began her life on the run at only age ten with no one knowing the truth

Present

(Thinks) "It's been seven years since that day and I still can't go home, hopefully I will be able to soon since I am now making plans to take them down with the help of Winspector but it isn't yet time for those plans to be implemented, but soon, soon I will be able to reveal all to my family and wake up the members that have been in stasis for seven years. And even if I personally can't do it the two microchips with answers and codes will do it for me"

Kelsey quickly closes the locket and puts it back underneath her clothes and then goes to sleep knowing it was needed for the next day. The next day her plan went off without a hitch and when back at base that's when the leader made the sudden announcement that while the group wasn't going to be retiring any time soon they would now have an actual base of operations from where they would plan everything, even if it involved another country and that base was in Japan. She also finally learned that the group was ultimately going to work up towards a missile attack on multiple countries at once with three of those missiles being nuclear

"Russia and America are two of the definite countries but I don't know about the third one yet, and it's going to take a few months before we even reach that point"

"Sir I have heard of a police group known as Winspector that operates in Japan, how are we to avoid them?"

"We may not towards the end but for now keep your movements in Japan small and not worthy of attention, and also be careful about how often you leave the country for individual assignments, if you feel I am sending you out too much let me know and I will keep you in country for a bit so that you don't start raising questions about your trips. Kerenai you will be in Japan the most but you will also be sent out on occasion as well so as to protect everyone else going on missions, but you will still have plenty of targets to attack on occasion"

"Fine by me"

"Okay then, now it's time to start the operation that began with the previous leader"

The group starts the attacks and slowly builds up to more and more damage with severe loss of life and rescue personnel targeted more often. During all of this Clair kept up her mask that she had developed for seven years in deep cover. She acted cold and uncaring about everything that didn't involve the mission, she was not quite a jerk but very bossy when it came to her plans and she didn't let anyone befriend her, even the group were more acquaintances then friends. But that was shielding the young child hiding inside her, the kid who was forced to grow up so fast and away from her family. She was basically still a young kid with the childlike hope that she would be discovered by the police and she could finally come home and be her true self, though sometimes she wondered what her true self even was anymore since she had been forced to be another person for seven long years to protect her family. Finally though Clair learned that the ultimate attacks would be happening within the next two months and that's when she finally put her own plans into action. During one of the days that everyone could do their own thing Clair went to the post office and gave the person a box, the box contained her locket, the one that had been her anchor for the past seven years and a letter inside for Winspector with specific instructions. This was only after she had made sure that the two microchips were still safely secured within the locket and were up to date on everything that needed to be current for several groups

*We have a letter guys*

*Who from?*

*No idea, but there's something inside for us to safe keep*

*Then let's read the letter and find out what the object is and what we're supposed to do with it*

They read the letter and discover that the object was a locket and it wasn't to be opened until a certain time period had passed without word from the mysterious person. They also discovered very specific instructions about how they were supposed to contact people in the event that contact was never made or suddenly lost between Winspector and the person, even though contact was very one sided the letters would insure that Winspector knew the person was still alive

*Why would they want us to contact the EDC if we either never make or suddenly lose contact with them?*

*Who knows, but I get the feeling that if we don't follow instructions there could potentially be major trouble*

*Is the letter even signed?*

*Yes, and it's mentioned that this will be the signature we will see on every letter we receive from them so that we know it's actually them*

*What's the signature then?*

*A flag with an x under it*

*That's confusing*

*But unique enough for us to recognize it as this person at need*

*True enough, check letters for the symbol from now on if there's no known address?*

*Exactly*

*Did they say we are allowed to look inside the locket before hand or not?*

*It specifies that the locket it to be closed until otherwise stated in this letter*

*But why?*

*That we don't know, but we also know we have to follow instructions*

*True enough, so safe?*

*Safe*

*Okay then let's do it*

And so they put the locket in a specially designed safe until it was time to open the locket per their instructions. Meanwhile Clair was doing what she could to stop the missile attacks even if she couldn't bring down the gang not knowing she would ultimately wind up in the safety of the police soon enough, but only after being temporarily in their custody (technically for the police anyways due to circumstances) for questioning due to fingerprints

"Clair, your turn for shopping"

"Fine, how are the people on international missions?"

"All missions done and everyone returning home, however I do have to tell you that four of them are no longer allowed international missions"

"What for?"

"Three of them are returning home with injuries that prevent any further missions and the other one got into enough trouble that isn't legal but still trouble that I am deeming them a danger to themselves and missions until I see proof that they aren't a walking trouble magnet"

"Do I even want to know?"

"No you don't"

"Okay then"

Clair goes to buy groceries but on the way back sees a building up in flames and also sees the perpetrators being taken into custody, but the building was heading towards collapse faster than predicted and as such Clair made up her mind, it was time to go home and take the group down from the outside instead of inside the group as such she dropped the groceries and got as close as she could to the site and then with one knee and both hands on the ground she mentally forms visible support beams, and was quickly noticed by the Winspector commander Masaki and as such Masaki quickly went over to the person hoping to get answers