Chapter 4 finally got it done. Hope you guys like. Small warning, someone doesn't have good feelings towards Galloway so...yeah. It's not heavy swearing but still…don't want to get hit with flames from flamers.
CPU- mind
Optics- eyes
Holoform- device used by Cybertronians to 'blend' in with human society. Holoforms reflect what the Autobots would look like as humans. EX: If Autobot has several scars, then they would appear on the Holoform exactly as they would on the Autobot they represent.
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Driving through the city of Washington DC, a black GMC Topkick pickup truck drove through the mid-day traffic, its driver grumbling angrily. Lennox laughed as he watched Ironhide drive through the traffic, mumbling about "annoying fleshies' and how 'they wouldn't know where their CPU's were'.
"Hey, take it easy Ironhide. I like traffic as much as you do, but can you keep the insults to a minimum? I am trying to figure how to survive Sarah when I call her tonight" said Lennox, cocking an eyebrow to the man driving. Except…it wasn't a man.
It was Ironhide's Holoform, a device used by the Cybertronians to blend in with society. Right now, his electric blue eyes were glaring at the cars in front as his lips pulled back, revealing white teeth clenched together in annoyance. Ironhide's Holoform didn't as much as look as him when a voice floated into the cabin from the speakers.
"Hmph. Surviving your mate's wrath isn't important" retorted the truck
"And what is"
"…"
"Let me guess, Annabelle is more important that my wife"
"Of course, she is your offspring, your youngling"
"And it seems like you're as well"
"…"
"I am joking Ironhide, you don't need to take everything so seriously"
"Says the man who works himself to exhausting and snaps at anyone you doesn't do what they are supposed to do"
"…Touché"
"Hmph" was his reply as they continued down the streets until they reached N.E.S.T's new HQ; a bunch of warehouses together in another part of town. Lennox thoughts began to wander they arrived at the gates of the supposed health sector that was the cover for their base of operations. He couldn't help but feel a sense of déjà vu come over him, wondering if the stolen artifacts that was causing such a uproar and him being called back early were connected in any way.
A loud knocking on the windows broke him out of his trance as he looked out the window and saw that he was indoors right now; and there standing with a smirk, was a man whom he called a good friend. He gave a small smile in return as he opened the door and stepped out.
"Hey Lennox, back from your trip already? Would have thought you would have been gone longer. Like a full week instead of only 3 days" grinned a dark-skinned man as Lennox exited the black truck.
"Yeah well I would have….if you guys didn't always need my help. What will you do without me? Hmm, Epps…" he retorted back
"Not have to worry about feeling your wife's wrath if something happens to you and it's our fault?" joked Epps, flashing a smile full of white teeth
"Funny, really funny Epps. Lest see if you are still joking when you meet Sarah and she finds out it was you who got me called back here after I finally got some time off, thanks to the help of Optimus, Ratchet and Ironhide, and have some quality time with my daughter" replied Lennox smugly, enjoying the smile disappear from his face
"I wouldn't have called you if…"
"If?"
"If 'Galloway' didn't demand to see you" growled Epps slightly, cringing at the name of the liaison who everyone despised one way or another.
Lennox let out a sigh of frustration. Galloway, the liaison for NEST. A man that had a bad attitude and was a coward; backing down when something became too big for him to handle, which was a lot of things. How such a man came to be the liaison for giant sentinel robots from the planet Cybertron was completely beyond him.
"And why does the wonderful Galloway need to see me. I thought he was getting reassigned to something…oh, I don't know, something that deals with balloons trying to infiltrate the white house right now" said Lennox sarcastically as he and Epps walked deeper into the hanger and towards the stairs that would lead them to a platform so that they could talk with the Autobots eye to eye…or eye to optic.
"Don't know, all I heard was that it was about the artifacts stolen"
"You mean the ones that the media is talking about; the ones that are also having every government body screaming bloody murder at each other?"
"Those are the ones"
Lennox looked at Epps with a look of disbelief as he approached the railings and looked down. There parked, was a blue with a red flame job, was a Peterbilt 379. Lennox couldn't help but still feel amazed as the sound of hydraulics filed the air as the semi began to break apart and come back together; to form the body of the Autobot leader, Optimus Prime.
"Optimus…" breathed Lennox, locking eyes with the metal giant; his black eyes meeting his clear blue ones
"Lt. Colonel William Lennox" replied Optimus, his deep voice vibrating through Lennox, "I apologize that we had to call you away from you family after being able to go back to them after so long"
"I know and it's OK. I just hope that Sarah and Annabelle will be just as understanding but…" said Lennox, rubbing the back of his neck, "I think you should say that to Ironhide".
Optimus looked at Lennox, confused. He smiled and jerked his head in Ironhide's direction. Optimus followed his motion and turned to look at Ironhide. Saying that he was upset was a bit of a understand statement; he was pissed and was…pouting in a very human way.
Lennox couldn't help but laugh at the scene before him. A giant sentient robot from another planet where they were the most advance species probably in the entire universe and where they could live for thousands of years…and here was one, pouting and sulking like a 5 year old child. Truly something that you would never expect to see.
"I think you have been spending too much time with Annabelle" laughed Lennox as Optimus smiled a rare small smile as well.
"Hmph" was his reply as Lennox laughed again
"Done being an idiot Lennox. Some people here actually have work to do" sneered a voice as footsteps were heard coming up the stairs.
Lennox couldn't help but groan out loud as he turn and was welcomed with the sight of NEST liaison and total bastard that everyone hated and would happily dance on his grave; Theodore Galloway.
"Mr. Galloway. Nice to always see you…even though you never seemed ever pleased to see us" said Lennox, keeping the last part to himself as he went up to Galloway; his smile replaced with a blank, serious look.
"Yes, always nice to see you…since the last time I really saw you was when you faked an engine failure and made me jump out of a plane in Egypt if I remember correctly" replied Galloway, his voice cold and his eyes narrowed.
Lennox felt the corners of his mouth twitch up, remembering the looks of horror, disbelief and fear when Galloway actually thought he was going to have to jump out of a plane. That was something Lennox was going to remember for the rest of his life.
Lennox cleared his throat and locked eyes with Galloway and replied, "It was something that had to be done in order to bring back Optimus. You must understand that, right Galloway?"
Galloway didn't answer, only glare at Lennox with his cold eyes before turning his attention to Optimus. "We have a serious problem on our hands"
"How so?"
"As all of you know, or should know anyway, is that priceless artifacts are being stolen from all around the world. Governments are panicking and you can imagine why"
"Why?" asked Lennox, slightly amused; biting the hook that Galloway had laid out
"Because" snapped Galloway, "Ever since the world has found out your existence" glaring at Optimus and all the other Autobots present in the hangar as he said this, his brown eyes flash dangerously.. "Things have become tense between our government and others"
"So they think the artifacts are being stolen by the Decepticons?" asked Epps, his eyebrows raised high; not believing a single word coming out of this man's mouth
"Correct"
Lennox snorted before he could stop himself, causing Galloway to glare at him; his face filled his fury.
"You must be joking, right?"
"And why would I be?"
"Because Galloway, why would the Cons want artifacts from here, from Earth. They consider us insects. Why would they see anything we have as important?" asked Lennox, raising an eyebrow as he challenged Galloway
The air went still as everyone held their breathe, waiting for Galloway to reply; which he did.
"Because the stealth used was not of that of humans, there was no evidence that what took the artifacts was even human, and the evidence from the tapes suggest that it was indeed Decepticons who are responsible for the disappearance of the artifacts"
"Evidence from the tapes?" asked Epps confused
"The artifacts were placed in museums with several cameras watching them and the evidence points to the Cons"
"Why would 'priceless artifacts' be placed in museums for the entire public to see in the countries where they were found? Wouldn't that mean that thefts that could manage to break into the museums could be considered suspects too?" asked a nameless solider from below
Galloway opened and closed his mouth, not knowing what to say. Lennox, Epps and several other soldiers chuckled, finding it very entertaining to see Galloway squirm.
"Very well" said Galloway smoothly, recovering from his fail. "Since you don't seem to believe me, I will show you what I have come across as the new Director for evidence that goes beyond the normal boundaries of citizens"
"So…you're finally going to stop coming here and brothering us?" asked another nameless solider, causing Galloway to growl
"…YAH!" cried a solider from below, causing Galloway to glare down; looking for the solider that dare to celebrate him leaving
"Who was that? I order you to identify yourself!" he yelled, his eyes searching for the culprit
Lennox, Epps and many others were trying to burst at laughing; what they were watching was golden.
"Anyway" coughed Lennox loudly, causing Galloway to spin around and face him, "You said you had…'evidence' that suggest that the theft or thefts stealing priceless artifacts are Decepticons…May you show us?"
Galloway didn't say anything as he pulled something from his jacket, a disc of some kind it seems, and made his way to the down the stairs and made his way to a techie. He whispered something into his ear and the techie nodded as he took the disc from Galloway and inserted it into the system. The sound of fast typing filled the air as several large screens placed all over the hanger came to life and displayed several pictures of the artifacts stolen.
"What you are looking now are all the artifacts stolen up to date" said Galloway proudly as he made his way back up the stairs, "In total, there are 5 artifacts stolen from 5 different countries"
The screens flashed and revealed a picture of a very old scroll. It was long, about arm's length with what looked like gold handles on both ends.
"The first one was a scroll stolen from Africa; Egypt from the city of Cairo where it was discovered in some recently discovered ruins along the Nile River"
The screen then showed a picture of a small statue of what could have been a cross of a lion and wolf that was the size of an average housecat. It was silver with black stones embedded in it.
"The second one stolen from Japan that was discovered in a small hidden underground cave in the city of Kyoto near the 'Kiyomizudera' or 'Pure Water Temple' where it was being kept"
The screen then switched to a tablet that was the size of two keyboards put together and as thick as a dictionary that looked like it was made of some kind of marble. It had odd writing all over it of some old language forgotten long ago.
"This artifact was stolen from Greece, where it was discovered not too far from Athens"
The tablet flickered and it turned into crown made out of bronze that had many color stones embedded into. Rubies, emeralds, topazes, sapphires, spinels, tourmalines, opals, aquamarines, diamonds, amethysts, peridots, ambers, turquoises, tanzanites, citrines, zircons, and crystal quartzs gleamed in the picture, making it seem real.
"This was discovered in a box in a burned down house in Warsaw, Poland and was also stolen from Warsaw, Poland"
And finally the final picture came onto the screen. It was a small gold pyramid that could fit nicely in both hands. It had odd markings writing all over it; it looked like the same markings on the tablet….and very similar to the marking that Ironhide and the others had on themselves.
"This was found in France outside of a small village in the south and stolen from Paris where it was being kept"
The screen then flickered and revealed camera footage as the scroll found in Egypt…lifted off the pedestal that was holding it and floated through the case that was protecting it and into what looked like…water where it disappeared. Next was the statue where it began to rise into the air and floated to the right where the water was on the wall.
After that was the tablet where a black shadow slide under the case and unto the pedestal which held the tablet up. It flowed underneath the tablet and picked it up and slowly made its way down the pedestal where it disappeared into the floor, making it ripple like water.
Nest was the crown where it raised into the air and bit by bit, began to vanish right before their eyes until there was nothing left of it to show that it had existed. And last but not least; the golden pyramid. Black water began to pool at the base of the pedestal and slowly makes its way up, covering it. It reached the artifact, covered and then made its way down; taking the artifact with it. The black water slowly began to disappear and then…nothing.
The screens went blank as everyone felt their heads spin from what they had seen, for what they had just seen was not possible for anyone, even for the Decepticons.
"See" pointed Galloway, "No human could have done that"
"And no Decepticon" replied Optimus
"What!" Galloway cried, his eyes locking with Optimus's optics
"No Decepticon that I know of is capable to doing something like this" said Optimus calmly
"Then if no Con did that…"
"And no human or humans did…"
"Then…what did?"
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Wow, I was kinda hoping to be able to make this a quick update but…oh well. 7 chapters is still god. Kinda hoped it wouldn't be as long since I got other fics to update but whatever. As long as you guys read and review, it's fine.
And this chapter gave me some slight problems but I am happy that it came out fine. And I told you that the chapters were going to get longer, not like chapter 2 and 3…(shudder) Anyway, if you guys hadn't noticed….I HATE GALLOWAY. He is one my least favorite characters in the Transformers movie series. So sorry to people who….'like'….Galloway for whatever reason. I can't stand people like that, not in real life and not in fics. Sorry.
Anyway, hope you guys liked. Chapter 5 should be following this chapter soon.
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NOVEMBER 3, 2011 UPDATE!
I FIXED SOME PROBLEMS THAT THEY WERE AND I HOPE I GOT ALL THE GRAMMAR AND MISSING WORDS. IF THERE IS STILL SOME MISSING, LET ME KNOW! AND A SMALL CONTEST, THE PERSON WHO FINDS ALL THE CHANGES I MADE OR MOST OF THEM WILL APPEAR BRIEFY IN LATER CHAPTERS AS A ALLY OF MY OC! ANY TAKERS?
AND THANKS 'BornWiththeSupercell' FOR THE REIVEW AND TELLING THAT I HAD MISPELLED SOME WORDS AND THAT SOME WHERE MISSING; I HOPE I GOT ALL OF THEM! AND IT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY THAT YOU SAID MY STORY WAS 'fascinating', IT MADE ME REALLY HAPPY!