So, there's another trailer that involves Transformers. Whenever I see something like that, I always have a desperate sigh on the whole Bayverse Transformers. You know, they always make Transformers movies terrible whether be the lame story angles, the pathetic plots, the humans having more of a role then the Transformers representing the movies, and the messed up explosionfest and the Transformers just part of the background. But looking at the newest trailer at the time of writing this, I'm somewhat interested.
For one, it's not another piece of sequel bait like at the end of The Last Knight when they teased it. This is more of a prequel before the Shela Buff trilogy and Bumblebee is the focused character. Just to see only the scout in his own movie is intriguing by the looks of it. Secondly, the designs of both Bee and Starscream, who could be the main enemy of the movie, look like their G1 counterparts. Sure they have the whole Bay like looks and the transformation in the trailer is complicated, but the end results as their bot modes are really satisfying. It's nice that Bee has that Beetle look from the G1 and the bot design is simpler then the Camero look and has a nostalgia field to it. Though it's going to be difficult with Starscream as we see the mid transformation and a somewhat end design, but maybe if we waited for another trailer, we would get a clear look at what Starscream's jet and bot mode would look like.
Thirdly, and this is going to be the real reason why I would like to see this movie, it has one star that I know for so long… Wait for it… AND HIS NAME IS JOHN CENA! (insert John Cena theme meme here) Sorry… I had to say that. But yes, John Cena, 16 time WWE Champion, future Hall of Famer, and the Face of the brand before Roman Reigns takes over, which is actually going to happen you haters, will be starring in the movie. I know I don't like the idea of humans being the main focus of these movies. But when you have a legend like John, you know you are pulling all the stops.
The main question is will this movie be better than the others? There is skepticism there. I mean this is the Bay Transformers universe we're talking about and they always have a history from being slightly all right to complete train wrecks. But a different director is doing this movie and judging by the first trailer, could have some potential. That or it becomes a juiced up version of Herbie. But I digress. We shall see when in comes out in December.
Checking on the results for the last chapter, it looks strong. I got five reviews and around 350 hits. Pretty good start if I do say so myself. Even the reviews look enticing enough. Though one reviewer, JaxiusTharn, wanted to know if Astrotrain is going to deliver the energon. Now I was a little confused by that and had to look it up. Apparently, Astrotrain is a Decepticon that turns into a train. It is quite a strange thing and does have potential. But for him making an appearance in this chapter, highly unlikely. Keep in mind that I will bring some transformer character into this season, but only when the time is right. Not going to tell you who I'll bring or which story/episode, but you'll all be in for a surprise.
On this chapter of Double Trouble, we join the Autobots as they discovered the Decepticons transporting Red Energon throughout the country. Meanwhile, Fowler discovers the location of one of MECH's facility and is in need of assistance. How will the team handle this? Let's check to find out.
Chapter Notes
This chapter, it will be the Autobot's appearance this time as they are prepared for their next adventure. But John and Elsa are also going to be in this chapter, along with some of the episodes I'm planning. Now for those of you who don't know who they are, John is the father of Jack and husband of June, considering you rarely heard of him in the original Prime series. As for Elsa? Well… If you ever read the mangas or watch the anime of Gunslinger Girls, she is one of the super soldier androids from the Social Welfare Agency that had a short roll in the series, shorter if you count the manga. You can read or watch the series if you're interested. As for this story, I suggest reading both 'Transformers Prime: John and Elsa' and 'Transformers Prime Season 3 Episode 4: Family' to get a clear idea of what will you be expecting. I will put up a short summary of them in this chapter, but a full read through of both stories will give you a clearer idea before hand. So on this and other chapters, Elsa de Sica is something I don't own from Gunslinger Girls. This is not a crossover mind you. Just a regular story with an extra character of another show in the mix.
Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers Prime
Chapter Two: Double Assignment
Somewhere not far from Detroit, everything is quiet in Lake Eerie, which most of it was abandoned. But underneath the lake is an underground bunker built in the 1960s in the event of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Now it is being used as a underground base for a group of sentient robots from another planet, Cybertronians as it were. They were the Autobots, robot aliens who sworn to protect Earth from another faction, the Decepticons, who wish to conquer the world and enslave the human race, or wipe them out. Both factions have been in war for eons, a war so brutal that their own home planet, Cybertron, went dark and they have to leave their planet for their continuous conflict. When they arrive to Earth, it became the fight for Energon to keep them alive and provide munitions.
During the time, the Autobots encountered a small group of humans that became their friends. Those friends are Jack, Raf and Miko, and they've been with them for half a year at the most. Yet those months were both memorable and risk taking. However, their lives changed when MECH, a terrorist organization state side that wanted to use advance weapons to begin their newer world order, captured them and Jack's mother, June, and turned them into Cybertronians by use of Project Metamorphosis, a multi machine invention that turns them to energon, rewrites their DNA, and recreating them into robots. When the Autobots rescued them, they trained them to be soldiers, considering that they will never return to normal, and they have served the Autobot cause for a short time. Even Jack became a Prime by means of inserting the Key of Vector Sigma into his spark chamber that contained what's left of the Prime's energy and defeated Predacon with one fell swoop of the Star Saber attached to his arm. Now he became a student to Optimus, learning the ways of being a leader while being a sparkmate to Arcee.
But that doesn't mean that they have to relax with their relationship. With the Decepticons now place their mark on Earth and attacked Japser, delivering a serious message to the people of Earth. Not only that, but trying to get the people of Earth on their side as Goodfry and Attinger are giving the negative side of the Autobots and trying to make sure that the UN gets a treaty going to remove them from the planet. If that would happen, Earth wouldn't stand a chance against the Decepticons. But then there was one more thing that they have to deal with, and that's a family matter.
In the medical bay at the underground Autobot base, Ratchet and Altra were standing at the front of some contraption they set up for a specific newcomer. Standing in between them is a man in his forties wearing a fancy suit and has a brace on his right knee underneath his suit pants. That person is Johnathan Darby, husband of June, and father of Jack Darby. He looked at this contraption and was a little nervous.
John Darby: "You sure this is safe?"
Ratch heard him and looked down to their new Liaison and told him that it was fine.
Ratchet: "Mr. Darby, we've been through this many times. She will be fine. These tests need to be done to understand her sudden biology and physical makeup of her changes that happened since the transfusion of energon. This is all necessary."
John sighed and understood the whole thing.
John Darby: "I get it, I get it. You've been telling me this for days now. Still, this looks a little… Extreme…"
He starred at what looks like a metal slab with a young preteen girl strapped to it. She has fair skin and long blonde hair tied up to two low pigtails on her back and inhuman bright eyes. She was in her training bra and panties as pulse stickers were placed across her body and some sort of scanner right over her. Her name is Elsa de Sica. On the surface, she looks like a normal human girl on the verge of adolescence. But in reality she is a cybernetic super soldier built to fight terrorists.
See, both John and Elsa were once part of the Social Welfare Agency, an anti-terrorist organization set up in Italy. On the outside, the public believes that it is a medical facility that saves people with the use of prosthetic limbs. They still do it, but for military purposes. What they do is take a young girl that was sick, abandoned, left for dead, or was trafficked and modify them with cybernetic components that make them stronger, faster, and proficient with weapons. When modifications are complete, they are given a male handler with police or military background to guide and teach them to kill and protect. It is known as a Fratello, a common brother and sister bond. They are also treated with a technique known as conditioning, to remove memories from their past lives, good or bad, so they can be loyal to their handlers. The downside of it is that conditioning shortens their life spans and they would die when they are in their early to mid teens, late if some are lucky. It is a gift and a curse that all young girls face when they are in the SWA's section 2 program.
John and Elsa were no different. Mr. Darby was recruited into the Agency when his brother, Kevin was killed in a car bombing in Baghdad and John was completely injured with his right knee down to the bone. Elsa was in the Cyborg program when her entire family was killed by a bombing in the government building in Catanian, the same bombing that happened to John's brother. She barely survived and was on life support, but the Agency brought her in to be saved, and John was recruited and partnered with her. With operating and conditioning, Elsa de Sica is born and John became her handler.
Since then, the two went on many missions together and never miss a beat. But no matter how successful they were, John always misses his family. Then one day, John decided to return to Jasper to visit his family, and bringing Elsa with him as well. At first, he thought that it was going to be an ordinary visit and nothing can go wrong. Oh, how wrong he was. Because driving with Jack in their motorcycles, they were immediately attacked by Airachnid and Arcee had no choice be to reveal herself to him. It was much worse when Elsa revealed the true purpose in the SWA too and the two managed to take out Airachnid with their weapons and wit. But due to what happened, the two had to choice but to explain about what happened at the Autobot base. There was a lot of confusion between the two family members and they were angry to each other. But they soon calmed down and apologized, accepting this new reality and moved on.
John and Elsa were getting use to the Autobots and thought everything was under control. But suddenly, the Decepticons discovered the existence of the Social Welfare Agency and hacked into their computer systems, taking some very sensitive information. That information is both the schematics of cyborgs and the list of names of the girls that were recruited into the program. Not only that, but when Jack and Arcee was driving Elsa through the desert, they were attacked by Dreadwing, one of the Cons trusty soldiers. The battle was fierce and Arcee fought with her very well being. Yet is still wasn't enough as she was taken out and Elsa was taken to the Nemesis to be used as a guinea pig for operations.
John has heard of this news and needed to save Elsa from the Cons. The Autobots wouldn't let him due to the fact that it was too dangerous. But he insisted in going as he and Elsa were pretty much inseparable. That's just the thing with a fratelo team, they can never be separated. Giving the little choice that they have, they reluctantly decided to let him join on the rescue mission.
The mission was tough, as not only do they have to save Elsa, but also recover the Intel they stole and fending off Decepticons. They were successful in two fronts, but getting out when the Cons were attacking them is another. With another fierce battle, it all lead to Optimus facing Megatron and had a duel in the energon mine. This soon lead to Elsa aiding in on the fight and managed to defeat Megatron, but spared him as she believed that he wasn't worth her time. When the group managed to bridge back to base though, Megatron decided to pull a fast one and armed his dark energon cannon to one specific target, Jonathan Darby. Elsa immediately saw that and reacted by pushing her handler out of the way and taking the blast. The after effects caused her to get sick as the Dark Energon was infecting her systems.
To stop it, the only way to cure her is to administer regular energon to counteract the poisonous one, like what they did with Raf. The problem was that Elsa has Cybernetic components that would be affected and they don't know the end result. Still, it's a risk they are willing to take, as the performed the operation and she has miraculously survived it. They all thought that Elsa was in good health, but something else has happened that changed Elsa completely.
When she returned to Italy, her body was physically changing on the inside as her Cybernetic components were mutating into something more alien like. She never noticed anything at first. But that's when that one mission at the villa on the mountainside, when Elsa and John was facing an RF mob boss. John was hurt and his knee buckled from the pressure of all that fighting. That boss was about to fire, but Elsa immediately reacted and a blaster shifted into her arm and she fired a stray shot at him, pushing him through a window and causing him to fall to his death. Elsa's reaction was complete shock, as she didn't expect something like that to happen.
Returning to the SWA, John spoke to Bianchi of this privately and he scanned her to see the problem. When the X-Ray results came, they were shocked to see that Elsa's body was going through a metamorphosis of some kind with her components becoming more Cybertronian then human. His initial thought was to speak to Lorenzo and the Italian government for further tests, but John refuses, as it would mean Elsa would be experimented on, probably taking her apart in the process. So the Section 2's doctor took his advice and decided to leave everyone in the dark about this.
For months, Elsa was adjusting to her body, trying to hide it from others and learning new abilities. She gained increased strength, speed, and agility that no normal cyborg can do and controlled her weaponry system to a tee. But she never unlocked her full potential until recently.
When Jasper was attacked and the Decepticons have sent a message, John returned to the states to find his family and to make sure that they are safe. He was surprised that their names weren't on the obituaries and that there wasn't any word from them since. So he and Elsa turned home to find them and get answers. They searched long and hard and managed to find the Autobots new base of operations, but still didn't get their answers. But after that failed attempt, the two were immediately attacked by Laserbeak, Soundwave's mini Con, and were taken to the Nemesis. Because of this, they were being used as a bargaining chip to trade them for the Autobots secret base and the Iacon relics. What makes matters worse is the Starscream showed John and Elsa video evidence of what happened to Jack and June along with Raf and Miko when they were investigating the mysterious energon signatures that sprouted up the first go around. When he saw MECH turning them into Cybertronians, it angered him, confused him, and couldn't wrap it around his head.
When the Autobots came to the abandon Six Flags in New Orleans, they were stalling the Cons as Rodimus and Altra were sent to the Nemesis to rescue their family member and friend. Course things went wrong as the group was captured and things got complicated. So much so that Starscream got John dead to rights and was going to shoot him if they don't give him what he wants. But that pissed off Elsa and wanted to save him, which led to her changing, or transforming.
Everyone was shocked by this as Elsa turned into what appears to be a smaller version of a Cybertronian in green and yellow armor. Her body and armor type is somewhat identical to Arcee's, but was thinner and lacked the parts that resembled Arcee's vehicle mode. She saw gears on her elbows and knees to move her arms and legs, and her mid section of exposed in what looks like protoform skin that resembles Arcee's look. Her head was covered in a mouth guard and her glowing eyes looked reversed with sky blue eyes with white irises. Her yellow helm was slicked back with metal plating split left and right to resemble her hairstyle and the braided ponytails down her back look like sharp blades with lines from top to bottom. And to top it off, her chest plate has an orb in the center of it that's glowing bright. Indeed, she wasn't human anymore, nor a cyborg in Earth terms.
That soon escalated into a fight with the Cons as the Autobots were fighting for survival and for the lives of John and Elsa. They were successful in escaping, but the Cons got away and Starscream took possession of the Polarity Gauntlet. Giving that the mission wasn't much of a success; they managed to save the two from a near death experience. In the end, John and Elsa were reunited with Jack and June. Now John became the liaison for the Autobots after quitting the Social Welfare Agency and Elsa joins him on this new type of venture. Which means undergoing this treatment Ratchet has set up.
Elsa looked to her handler told her that it will be all right.
Elsa de Sica: "John, it's okay. If Ratchet wants to run some tests on my body, I'll be okay with it."
John rolled his eyes around and sighed about it.
John Darby: "I know… It's just it's a little over the top."
Elsa de Sica: "That's what you said with Bianchi on the first check up and it turned out well."
John Darby: "Yes, but that's a different story. This though… This is a whole lot different!"
Elsa just calmed him down and told him that it will be fine.
Elsa de Sica: "John… Please… Everything will be all right, I'm sure of it."
The Darby was quiet and still iffy about the whole thing. But Ratchet let him know that it will be okay.
Ratchet: "Don't you worry about her, Mr. Darby. I'm just going to run a quick scan to see what has changed and altered. If things don't go well, I'll stop the tests, it's that simple."
John heard him and looked back to him to see the trust in his optics. With a bit of a sigh, he decided to go through with it.
John Darby: "Go ahead… Begin the test."
Hearing that, the medic approached the console begins working on the tests.
Ratchet: "Hold still Elsa. Moving around will make the test last longer."
Elsa peeked to Ratchet and nodded in approval. Looking to the console he pushed the button and the machine started its work. Humming to life, the scanner started move up and down in a red light and as she remained perfectly still during the test. John stood back with his Cybertronian wife behind him and waited to see what the end result is going to be. Ratch approached the computer screen to check the x-ray to see if there was anything that was important.
Ratchet: "Hmm… Interesting. Elsa seems to have the basic components of a Cybertronian. A spark chamber, T-cog, processor, voice box, mostly everything that any Cybertronian, be that Autobot or Decepticon has. But there are a few other things that are slightly different then the rest."
John turned to Ratchet and asked about it.
John Darby: "Slightly different? What do you mean?"
Ratch kept checking the screen to see some of those differences. When he did, he explained each little detail.
Ratchet: "Well, she still has those cybernetic components from the SWA, but they were altered in Cybertronian standards, giving her the strength speed and agility of one. Her eyes, or optics giving the forms she has can still be active, complete with X-ray, inferred, night vision, and many others, she can also zoom in and zoom out whenever she can."
John heard some of the factors and was quite impressed.
John Darby: "Amazing! You hear that Elsa, looks like you don't really need your scope for your sniper rifle after all. I mean, if you will ever need one."
Elsa peered down to see her handler and was quite about it.
Elsa de Sica: "Just because I have blasters for arms, doesn't mean I would abandon my trusty rifle."
Ratchet soon checked on the rest and saw some other interesting things.
Ratchet: "There are also some other abilities and additions that she has. For one, she now possesses two separate stomachs, or fuel tanks as they are now."
John turned and couldn't believe it.
John Darby: "Two stomachs? Why does she have those?"
The medic rubbed his chin and came up with a deduction.
Ratchet: "Logical guess, now that she's half human and half Cybertronian, she can now consume two types of fuel. The first would be human food as she usually eats, the other is for energon, our lifeblood. Once consumed, her tanks to disintegrate the components and turn them into renewable energy for her body. Quite a unique find."
Elsa heard that and gave a deep sigh.
Elsa de Sica: "Guess now I won't be going to the bathroom anytime soon."
Ratch soon moved on to the next one.
Ratchet: "Another thing that is really noticeable is that how she transforms. You know when we transform, our vehicle modes shifts to represent our armor. But in Elsa's case, her form is much more complex. When she changes, her clothes deteriorate so her armor can materialize. When she returns to her human form, her clothes would reappear. If I were the guess, there must be some kind of Sub Bridge to a pocket dimension to help store what she is wearing. So when she changes, her clothes and other things would be in that dimension waiting to be returned and vice versa. It is just a theory is all."
John heard that and gave it some thought.
John Darby: "So… Whatever she wears, they would be taken to that sub dimension when she changes for combat?"
Ratch shrugged her shoulders and thought of that.
Ratchet: "It's a possibility… But we really don't know much until I can get more information on it. Finally, and this is very important, her life span. You told us before that the Agency conditions these girls after the cybernetic implants to shorten their life spans, correct?"
John heard him and nodded in agreement.
John Darby: "Of course. After the operation, all cybernetic girls need to be conditioned to become loyal to their handlers, along with removing all memories of their past. But conditioning shortens their life span as they rarely make it out of their teens. It is a curse that all girls face when they are endocrine into the program, though I believe you already know of this."
Ratch nodded and decided to explain to him of the additional changes.
Ratchet: "Well, apparently due to her cyberformation of her body, her life span seemed to have expanded. Somewhere around Cybertronian levels of ages. But while we remain online for billions or trillions of years, her life span is cut in half, could be around half of hundreds of millions. However, her conditioning still remains intact. So she still doesn't have memories of her past. Course, this is all a matter of opinion."
John was completely shocked and never expects it at all.
John Darby: "Hundreds of…"
He nearly stumbled and placed his hand on his head, still trying to process what he heard.
John Darby: "Holy shit… That's a lot to take in for me. Am I the only one that has a shorter lifespan now?"
Elsa heard that told him that it was nothing to worry about.
Elsa de Sica: "At least I don't have to die at a young age, until someone shooting me in the eye."
John turned to Elsa and didn't like that response.
John Darby: "Elsa, you're not helping."
Elsa de Sica: "Sorry, sir."
Ratchet looked at the rest of the scan and could tell that everything else is in working order.
Ratchet: "As far as weapons are concern, nothing special. Her weapons compose of two blasters similar to Arcee's and boosters on her feet, but her lower pigtails are like sharp bladed whips that would slice anything to pieces. As demonstrated from the fight in that abandon theme park close to New Orleans."
John recovered quickly and decided to end this scan.
John Darby: "I know. I saw her fight, we all saw her fight. Anything else that is different about her other then that? Cause I think that I'm done with all this information going into my head."
Ratchet checked on the rest and didn't see anything different.
Ratchet: "No, I don't think that there's anything else that is different. I believe I'm done with the scan."
He pushed a few buttons to end the scan as the machine stopped. Once the scan was over, Elsa got up and removed the pads on her body and got off the slab to get dressed up. The moment she left for privacy, Ratchet approached John and told him that this was meant to be.
Ratchet: "I know this is a lot to take in John, but you need to adjust to it. Elsa is now part Cybertronian and has to be accepted as one."
John sighed and knew of the situation.
John Darby: "I get the message. I've been through this since I joined the SWA and assigned to Elsa. I never knew what is really going on with that place before they told me. So I tend to get use to all of this. Still, having her changed like this and learning of these many things… It does feel disturbing."
June heard it all and couldn't help but to feel sorry for John's unexpected reaction. So she decided to calm and let him know that his partner isn't the only one that changed.
June/Altra: "Don't get too hard on yourself, hun. Elsa isn't the only one that changed. Your son and I were forced to change because of some mad scientist's vision and we cannot go back to the way things were. But we adjusted to this new life and moved on. Perhaps you should move on to."
The Darby heard her and slowly looked up to his now Cybertronian wife and sighed.
John Darby: "Don't worry, June. I'll move on… Once I find the bastard responsible of what he put you two through. I promise, he will pay for his actions."
June sighed and could tell that he's upset that this Director kidnapped them and permanently turned them into Cybertronians. Because of that, he wanted to find this man responsible and get the answers he demanded. To that end, she decided to reason with him.
June/Altra: "John… Listen…"
Before she could talk him out of it, the speakers started to perk up from the ceiling as the voice of Arcee was on it.
Arcee: "All Autobots, report to the command center immediately. Firewall is nearly completed with his latest project."
The three looked up to the speakers and were surprised of this. Recently, Raf, or Firewall as his Autobot designation, was currently working on a way to easily find the resources they need for their survival. Now it seems like he's almost finished with it.
John Darby: "Huh… So Raf is nearly complete with his project. Didn't think he would pull something like that off. Guess it's the benefits of being a Cybertronian, you get a lot of work done quicker. We better check it out, right June?"
The nurse heard this and groaned a little, knowing that he's avoiding the subject.
June/Altra: "Sure John, whatever you say…"
The Darby soon turned to where Elsa left to get changed and told him to get to the command center.
John Darby: "Elsa! Raf is almost finished with his pet project! When you finish dressing up, head to the command center immediately. I'm going to go on ahead."
He waited for a response as Elsa spoke up.
Elsa de Sica: "Sure thing, John. I'll be with you shortly."
John soon turned to the exit to get back to the command center while Altra and Ratchet stood there, watching him leave. The moment he left, Ratch placed a servo on her shoulder and told her that it was all right.
Ratchet: "I know you are trying to reason with your husband in not confronting with the Director or MECH, but you really need to let it go. No matter how hard you try, he will still do as he pleases. This is the same thing that happened when he was looking for you two and didn't give up on that notion. It's obvious he will do the same when he finds him."
June turned to him and explained why what John would do will scare her.
June/Altra: "That's what worries me, Ratchet. John tends to get over confident in what he's doing that he doesn't realize the danger ahead. This happened when he wanted to find the party responsible in the death of his brother in Baghdad, then when he's trying to find us after the attack on Jasper. Now he is trying to look for the Director in getting his answers on what happened to me and my son. He doesn't understand the dangers he's taking. He never face anyone like MECH and I fear that he will go in blindly. I don't want him to get into too much danger as he's already in."
The medic heard her and understood what she meant. They have all faced MECH before on numerous occasions. But John and Elsa never encountered them just once. To have them go into the field without any clue could lead to a disastrous outcome. So he tries to reason with her.
Ratchet: "I get it. You don't want to see your husband get caught up with MECH and their actions. I can't blame you for that. But you don't really need to worry about that. The Autobots have the same grudge with MECH as much as the Decepticons. If they show their faces again, you know that we'll come to stop them. When that happens, your husband and Elsa will take a back seat and not get involved in anyway. I promise that they won't be harmed."
June listened to him and wasn't sure about it.
June/Altra: "You sure of that?"
Ratch nodded as he told her that it will okay.
Ratchet: "I know it. Now let's get to the command center. I'm certain we all need to be present in this moment in history."
The nurse nodded as the two headed to out of the medical ward to join up with the rest of the team.
In the command center, the rest of the team gathered together and surround the hacker as he was typing away on the keys while the cables attached to his arms was working the rest of the console. This included Ratchet and June as they were the last while John and Elsa, which was dressed in her gray and white schoolgirl uniform, joining Sari Sumdac, Sam Witwicky, and Vince in the human lounge they set up. Once they all joined, the Wrecking Cadet, Miko, or Kaosu in her Autobot name, was a little annoyed.
Miko/Kaosu: "This better be worth it Raf. I am missing out on some serious Wreckers training here."
The hacker continued to type furiously as the data streamed through his visors, bypassing a few systems.
Raf/Firewall: "Hold your horsepower, Miko. I'm just about done. Just need to enter a few key codes and…"
By hitting enter, all the windows on the main monitors started to close and one popped with a green title that says, 'approved'.
Raf/Firewall: "I'm in."
Up in space and around the globe, satellites were circling the planet, orbiting and scanning. On one of the satellites, the screen was showcasing the progress of what its doing until the screen turned to static for a few short seconds, before returning to normal and now showing Autobot symbol imprinted on it. It wasn't long until all the other satellite's screens did that same and had that Autobot signal as well, while they still orbit Earth.
Back at the base, Raf let's go of the consoles while the cables detached and retracted back into his arm compartments. Once he was done, he turned back to the team and had a smile on his face.
Raf: "Ladies and gentlemen, femmes and mechs, we are now officially in."
Optimus heard his and approached him with happiness in his spark.
Optimus Prime: "Excellent work Rafael. This can help us gain the advantage we need against the Decepticons."
Once he said that, Vince was sitting on the sofa and asked about the whole thing.
Vince: "So let me get this straight. We've had to stop whatever we're doing, just so we can see Raf here hack into satellites, illegally no less. And why this is an accomplishment again."
Optimus turned to the bully and explained the reasons of why they had to hack into those satellites in space.
Optimus Prime: "After what happened to our old base, we had lost a lot of resources that we desperately need, even now considering the number of Autobots we currently have. We need a way to help locate those said resources quicker in order to survive. These satellites that Raf hacked into will now become our scanners searching for what we currently need, whether it be energon, Iacon relics, or in an event that we detect more Cybertronians coming to your world.
That got the humans attentions as they realized that more alien robots would come here.
Sam Witwicky: "Hold on. You're saying that they're more of you guys coming here. How is that possible?"
Arcee soon turned to them and explained of what transpired when the invasion started.
Arcee: "When the Omega Lock Megatron used to strike your planet came down on Jasper, it administered an energy signature that any Cybertronian ship would pick up. Because of that, we need to be at the ready if any ship is either and Autobot or a Decepticon. I'm just hoping that they're Autobots, otherwise, we would have a problem."
John listened to all of this and could tell that he's going have a field day with his new job.
John Darby: "Great… This is just what I need on my new job. More Autobots to look after. I could imagine Fowler's reaction to this."
Optimus soon ignored him and finished with what he was saying.
Optimus Prime: "Either way, we must also be prepared for what the Decepticons have planned and these satellites in orbit will warn us of any potential threat. It will help save more lives and prevent a tragedy like what happened in Jasper. Let us just hope that we can thwart Megatron's plans of world conquest before it is too late."
Just as he said that, the alarm started to blare and the screen has a warning message on it. The group heard that and turned to the screen while Raf started to type furiously to see what picked it up.
Raf/Firewall: "Looks like my hacking into the satellites have finally come to fruition. One of the dishes is picking up some Decepticon activity in Colorado, along with a whole lot of energon signatures. I'm putting it up on the big screen."
The group heard him and looked to the screen to see what he found. When the pop up appeared, the screen was static until a live feed from one of the cameras was in place showing a wide view of the Colorado forest. As he was typing to get a closer look, Sari looked to this and was worried of one thing.
Sari Sumdac: "Should we be worried about the government agencies picking up some suspicious activities coming from their dishes? Last thing I want is to get into a lot of trouble."
Jack turned to Sari and told her that it was all right.
Jack/Rodimus Prime: "Not to worry Sari, Firewall here had already got it covered. He placed a masking program into the dishes in space so while he checked each satellite for any Decepticon activities, the government will see that the dishes are behaving normally."
Sari turned to him and laughed nervously.
Sari Sumdac: "Ha, ha… Yeah… Sure… I just hope that it is working."
As Raf was typing, the screen started to pinpoint the Con activity and got in to a close up. It kept one pointing to the one spot and zooming in until he and the team could see multiple Vehicons and miners in the vicinity.
Raf/Firewall: "There they are. Looks like an energon mine. Don't know why the satellites was picking that up."
As he was looking, Bumblebee noticed something at the cover of the screen and pointed to it.
Bumblebee: (Hey! Wait! What's that?)
The hacker noticed what Bee was pointing at and panned the satellite to that location. When he did, he noticed a large number of crates on one end as the drones were transferring it to someplace. But what caught them the most is that the contents inside were glowing red. Seeing this, Ratchet was shocked and knew what it was.
Ratchet: "Optimus, is that what I think it is?"
The Prime starred down it intently and knew about it as well.
Optimus Prime: "Indeed it is, old friend. Red Energon…"
The group heard this and was shocked that there was more Red Energon. A Hell of a lot more. But the new human allies heard this and was confused about it. So much so that Elsa stepped in and asked about it.
Elsa de Sica: "Red Energon? What is that? It is like the Dark Energon that nearly killed me?"
Ratchet turned to the techno organic girl and explained about it.
Ratchet: "Red Energon is a rare form of energon on Cybertron. Once refined it would give any bot the power of hyper speed, letting them move incredibly fast. We encountered a small batch before and were about to retrieve it. Until…"
Arcee soon stepped in and explained the rest.
Arcee: "Until Starscream took it and used it on himself when he was once exiled. It gave him an advantage and stormed into our old base to take our Omega Keys. Surprised that he didn't scrap us when he had the chance."
Wheeljack: "And now the Decepticons have a huge stockpile of it. This cannot be good."
By then, the humans got worried and wondered what would happen with the Cons possessing the biggest resource ever.
Sam Witwicky: "So now that the Cons got that energon, what's the worse case scenario?"
The group turned to the humans and could see the fear in her eyes. So Ratchet explained about the worse thing that would happen.
Ratchet: "With all that energon in their possession, once refined into fuel, they can attack us without warning."
Arcee soon thought of something far worse.
Arcee: "Worse yet, they might use the red energon as their advantage in conquering this planet. They might easily wipe most of the human race up in a matter of nano seconds while the species live their daily lives. It doesn't suit well for us depending on what they do with it."
Optimus heard the two possible situations and decided that they must stop them to bringing to Darkmount.
Optimus Prime: "Which is all the reason why we must get to where they are transporting the red energon to. We need to either take the energon from them, or destroy it before they could use it. It must not get into Megatron's servo?"
As they were planning it, Jack noticed something else not far from the stacks of crates. So he pointed to it and told everyone about it.
Jack/Rodimus Prime: "There's something near those crates. Pan over to that direction, Raf."
The hacker heard him and panned the video feed of the dish in space to where Jack wants it to be. Moving the satellite to that direction, they could see a futuristic train on what appears to be train tracks. Looking at this form of transport, the Wrecking cadet saw this and realized what it was.
Miko/Kaosu: "Hold up… That looks like one of those hover trams that we were on when we were sneaking around Darkmount. Wonder what's one of them doing there?"
Bulk was next to her and made a unique conclusion.
Bulkhead: "Looks like it's their mode of transportation for all that red energon. Kind of strange that they prefer something like that. Thought they would've had the Nemesis with them, or a bridge. But it looks like that train isn't the only one that's with them group. Check out who's there."
Raf looked at what Bulk was talking about and noticed two Cons watching the drones transporting the energon one line junction. Getting a close up of the two, he zoomed in to get a clear view of them. That's when they saw a bulky mech with a cannon attached to his arm and one red optic covering his entire face and a thinner Con with a visor for a face. They all got a really good look at them and knew who they are.
Wheeljack: "Well, well, well… If it isn't my dancing partner, Soundwave."
Arcee: "And that's Shockwave. This changes things. If those two are there, that could mean this is really serious. We need to stop them, and prevent all that energon from getting to Darkmount."
Optimus heard her and could agree with it all.
Optimus Prime: "Agreed. The Decepticons must be stopped. I want everyone on this mission."
Everyone heard this and was surprised by his response.
Ratchet: "Optimus, I don't think we heard you. You want us all to get on this mission?"
Smokescreen: "That seems a little bit risky, coming from you that is."
Optimus looked to his team and told them on how deep the situation is.
Optimus Prime: "The Decepticons now possess a resource that would be disastrous for this planet. We cannot let them refine all that red energon into a vast amount of fuel for their goal of conquest. We need to stop them now before they deliver their latest acquisition into Darkmount. Ratchet, set Ground Bridge coordinates close to the energon mine's location. I don't want the Decepticons noticing our arrival."
The medic heard him and sighed, knowing that he was determined in stopping them.
Ratchet: "Right away, Optimus."
As he approached the ground bridge controls, Wheeljack turned to his leader and asked for a favor.
Wheeljack: "Sir, you think it's all right if I took the Jackhammer on this mission. Apparently the Cons will be using that cargo train to transfer that energon and I got a few things that can help us board it easily."
Optimus heard him and decided to listen to his advice.
Optimus: "If it means succeeding in this mission, then I'll allow it."
Hearing that, the Wrecker turned to his comrades and told them to follow him.
Wheeljack: "You heard him, Wreckers! Let's get a move on."
Both Bulkhead and Kaosu heard him and gave a bit of an elbow hit to each other in acknowledgement. The three soon left the command center to get to the hanger where the Jackhammer was located. Once they were gone, Prime turned to the rest of the team and told them to stand by.
Optimus Prime: "The rest of you, prepare to move. We must hurry to the location before they could leave."
The all nodded as they headed to the bridge that was in front of them. By then, Ratch has already set the coordinates to the location close to the mine and got his servo on the lever.
Ratchets: "Coordinates are set and ready for transport."
He pulled the lever and the green and blue portal opened up to lead them in. Optimus looked back to a few of them and told them to stay.
Optimus Prime: "Ratchet, Firewall, and Altra, remain in the base. We need some bot to check on the status of the convoy along with additional medical assistance incase something drastic happens when we're on the train."
He soon turned back to the portal and told everyone…
Optimus Primes: "Autobots, transform and roll out!"
They all soon transformed and revved their engines, throttling and speeding into the portal until they disappeared. While at the same time, Wheeljack and his Wreckers left the base through the hanger doors and flew out of the woods to get to their destination. By the time they are gone, all that's left are the three Autobots and the human companions as John looked ahead and was worried of one bot, his son. Cause he will be out on a mission and endangering his own life. That is one thing that John is scared of. June noticed him and tries to ease his mind.
June/Altra: "Easy there, John. Jack is a strong kid. He knows what he's doing."
John looked up to her and told her that that's what worries her.
John Darby: "That's exactly the problem, June. It's one thing that I should worry about my son with his schoolwork, dates, or college. But having him go to missions as a Cybertronian creation and a future Prime? That's another. I never thought that I would see the two of you like this, let alone what Jackie Boy has become. I didn't want this… I didn't want the both of you to become this. I just wanted you two to live normal human lives."
The nurse heard him and sighed, knowing that it was impossible.
June/Altra: "We cannot live normal human lives John, not anymore. We are now stuck in these bodies for the rest of our lives and there is no way in returning to normal. We were able to adjust to this new life and we managed to survive for this long. Give it some time and maybe you'll get us to it."
John heard her and gave a sigh, telling her a promise he kept.
John Darby: "Sure… I'll get use to it. However, I won't forgive those that turn you and our son into what you are. I swear when I find them, I will get my answer one way or another. I promise you that."
June overheard that and understand what he meant. The fact that MECH turned her and Jack into Cybertronians gets him completely incest about it. Which is why he promised himself that he would find MECH and take care of them. She wanted to tell him that it was dangerous and he wouldn't survive them considering his condition. And giving that they were gone, now would be the time in telling him. But as she was going to say it, a beeping came from the screens and a pop up window appeared on one of them, showing Fowler's face.
Agent Fowler: "Prime! We got a situation! Where are you?"
Everyone turned to see the former Army Ranger on the screen as Ratchet approached it to see what's the problem.
Ratchet: "What's the situation, Agent Fowler?"
Fowler could only see the medic, nurse, and hacker there and was curious where the others were.
Agent Fowler: "Where's Optimus and the rest of his team?"
Ratchet: "Already left on an assignment. Decepticon business. But I can leave a message so that Optimus would get back to you."
Fowler heard the news and knew that it was too late now.
Agent Fowler: "So Optimus left because of Decepticon activity. Well he picked a very bad time in leaving. I've got crucial information regarding a threat under my radar."
Ratchet: "So what seems to be the issue, Fowler?"
Knowing that the medic should know, he decided to explain the situation in full detail.
Agent Fowler: "All right. We've been getting strange movement at an old military facility down in Oklahoma."
In a few clicks he showed the old military complex back when it was fully operational. He soon explained about its history.
Agent Fowler: "The Clinton-Sherman Airforce base, located in near Burns Flat was once a proud facility for airial combat. It was built for the purpose to protect this fair country after World War 2. But when the Cuban Missile Crisis was adverted, it was decommissioned and abandoned due to budget cuts. But a couple of years back, a military company bought that land in an effort of expanding their franchise. And you never guess who bought that air force. Church Enterprise"
The group thought of that and came up with a reasonable answer.
Ratchet: "MECH…"
John heard that name and looked up to the screen, wanting to know some information about that organization. However, that name of the Church Enterprise sounded strangely familiar. Still, he brushed it aside and listened in.
Agent Fowler: "Most likely the Director. He was a former Chairman of his company and had connections to many military bases across the country. This one is no exception. Not far from any civilians, no contact, and easy to travel. It would seem that MECH has something planned down there after the last time we heard from them."
Raf listened in and wondered about it to.
Raf/Firewall: "It's strange that they started to resurface. The last time we encountered them is when they took all that Tusgsten steel from POSGO in California. Why would they return and for what reason?"
Agent Fowler: "I don't know, however, past surveillance stated that all that steel they stole has been moved into one of those bunker garages. That could mean something bad is going down in there. Regardless, we need to put a stop to what MECH is planning or get some answers on what they are doing. I need Optimus and his team there to stop them. You make sure they get the message as soon as they return."
Ratchet heard this and told him that he could try.
Ratchet: "I'll handle it, Fowler. But Optimus is still on this assignment and there's no telling when will they return."
Agent Fowler: "Well, they better get back soon. MECH does let their existence be discrete and there's no telling when they will disappear from the radar."
John listened to all of this and understands the situation. Hearing it, John had to do something and has to react. This is the same people that changed his wife and son into Cybertronians and couldn't bring them back to normal. He must react to this and fast. So taking a breather, he approached the edge of the balcony and started to make an ultimate decision.
John Darby: "I'll go."
There was a deep silence in the room as everyone slowly turned to him, realizing what he just said. Fowler heard it too and was a bit shocked by that news.
Agent Fowler: "Excuse me, John. What did you say? I thought you mention that you want to go."
John nodded and repeated what he said.
John Darby: "You heard me, I'm going. I'll take that mission and find out what MECH is up to. I'll get to the bottom of this."
Again, more silence, as the former Army Ranger was trying to stop him.
Fowler: "John, I hired you to be the liaison on this team to make sure that they don't run into trouble. I didn't hire you to handle on field assignment."
John Darby: "Well you said that MECH is back and I would like to ask a few questions of my own. Like why my family have become multi stories tall robots from outer space. Nothing like a little roughing up to get some answers out of them."
June could tell that he means business and needs to stop him.
June/Altra: "John, don't! This is suicide and you can't just take them on."
John turned to his wife and told her that he has no choice in the matter.
John Darby: "June, those bastards turned you and our son into what you are today, with no way in turning you back. They have no right to treat you two as lab rats. They will pay, that's for sure…"
June could see the determination in his eyes and could tell that he was acting as a way of desperation. Fowler noticed it too and could understand what he's going through."
Agent Fowler: "John, I get you that you have a hatred of what MECH done with your family. But this is an Autobot situation, not your own. If you let Optimus and his team handle this then-"
He turned to the agent and told them that they have little time.
John Darby: "Optimus and his team are already out on a mission to stop the Decepticons. By the time they get back, MECH will already be gone. We had to react to this now and I'm the only person who can handle this. Besides, what other choices to we have? We're running out of time here, Fowler."
Fowler heard him and knew he had a point. Giving the team just left and there's no telling when they're returning, MECH could be long gone by now. So now he had to make the ultimate decision that would make or break this mission.
Agent Fowler: "All right, fine… If you want to take point in this mission, I'll approve of it. But this is your idea and not my own. I'll have a chopper pick you up to Unit E, I'll fill you in on the details when you get here. Out."
The window soon closed as what's left of the group turned to John and was concerned with him.
June/Altra: "John, as a wife and good friend, I don't think it is wise to go there on your own to stop MECH. I don't even think you can compete in battle as well, considering the damage to your knee. If they notice that-"
John stopped her there and told her that she got it.
John Darby: "Relax, June, I know exactly what I'm doing. Besides, who said I'm going at this alone."
He soon turn to see Elsa standing there as she looked around, wondering what she's looking at. Immediately pointing to herself, she realized that it was her.
Elsa de Sica: "Me? But John, you said you would have to do it on your own."
John Darby: "True… But giving my condition, I do need a little back up on this mission. After all, you had my back since the Agency. Why not have my back here as well?"
Elsa listened to him and knew he had a point. Giving that she had been protecting him at the Social Welfare Agency, they were completely inseparable, giving that they were a fratelo team. So it is fair that she can help her handler out. So she sighed and said that she'll do it.
Elsa de Sica: "Okay… I'll do it. I might not be at the SWA, but at least I can still protect you. Just as long as no Dark energon projectiles come right after me."
John laughed it off and told her that it's all right.
John Darby: "I'm sure that MECH has anything of that nature, but when we get there, I'll make sure you watch me from the distance."
Ratchet soon approached the team's new liaison and wasn't sure of this.
Ratchet: "While I respect you determination, Johnathan, it is still risky enter enemy territory. MECH is very cunning and we'll realize you are around the moment you arrived."
John looked up to him and told him that Fowler will think of a way.
John Darby: "I'm certain that Fowler has something that can help me get past their security. Just as long as I won't be too suspicious."
Sari though decided to stand up and perhaps help him out.
Sari: "Maybe I should go to. I mean, my dad was forced into working with MECH and Sam and I got captured because of it. I might be able to assist in some way."
Ratchet soon turned to her and snapped at her.
Ratchet: "After that stunt you two pulled at Darkmount, I highly doubt that you will be helping. You will remain in this base, no exceptions!"
Sari heard that and sighed in defeat, dropping down to her sofa and pouted. As she was getting upset, Vince watched on and wondered if there was any way in helping. As all that was going on, Elsa looked to her handler and asked him if he's ready.
Elsa de Sica: "Well, John, sir, I hope you ready for another mission."
John smirked and knew that he was ready for some action.
John Darby: "Elsa, I was born ready."
That ends the second chapter. I know that the ending sucked a little, but I got to find a way in finishing it. Besides, it's not easy trying to set up a chapter like this. So stay tune for the next chapter while the Autobots and John and Elsa start their own missions. It will be the start of what would be completely awesome. Please Review.
