Chapter 20 ~ The In-between

"English Speech."
"Cybertronian Speech."
"Bonds."
Thoughts.
*Com link*
*Radio Clips.*

Hey there peoples of the Interwebs! My brain had an idea. In order to have no HUGE time skips, AND give you all some twins sooner rather than later… I'm going to have one chapter, spanning two years. This means there will be time skips mid chapter, but at least you aren't missing on too much. This chapter will be like Starlight's updates as to what's happening. Before you hate me, take in what I said. One. Chapter. Before things. ;) Super thanks to CobaltBatWings like usual for her awesomeness. And last but certainly not least, we've passed the 10,000 views mark. I can't even. I know that's including how many times people reload and not individual people, but still. Ten-freaking-thousand. Welp that's all from me. I hope you like!

It's amazing how fast the government can cover up an alien attack on a city. After everyone was cleared and people were paid off, the Battle of Mission City became the Attack on Mission City. It amuses me that terrorists are our fall guys.

It didn't take long for them to decide to ship us away from Hoover Dam. They wanted us far away so we wouldn't accidentally expose ourselves. I take offense to that since I think I did a pretty good job playing as a human.

Anyways, they decided to start building a base out on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian-freaking-Ocean. At least they took into consideration that we like to walk around whenever possible.

There are several human sized facilities but a lot of the base is big enough for us. Of course, after building us a base they had to make a human team to keep an eye on us – I mean work with us. NEST, standing for Non-biological Extraterrestrial Species Team or Networked Elements: Supporters and Transformers depending on who you ask. Anyone part of NEST says the former, political bigwigs go for the latter. Or, if you ask someone without the proper clearance, we're the Nuclear Emergency Support Team.

It took two months to build the base and another month before everything was up and running. Apparently the government wanted to make sure they were on our good side because they went all out. Separate rooms, Hatchet's med bay of doom, Ironhide's inner ring of Hell, rec room for the rest of us, the works. They also made sure to make it so we could add more rooms if we needed to. Though I think ten will last us a good while. Even with the message Opi sent out, it will probably take a while for anyone to get here.

Ratchet, the softy that he is, built a crib for Silverwing. It actually looked a lot like how I remember mine was. Clear walls with pictures of stars carved into the sides. He also helped me make some toys for her. He had some schematics and metal, while I actually built them. Sil' now has a doll her size, a musical block, and a puzzle on Ratchet's request (something about healthy processor development).

For the most part, everything was quite. We were getting used to working with humans and vice versa. It was quite amusing when we brought some recruits in. Half of them fainted, the other half couldn't stop staring, and one guy pissed himself. At least none of the hundred men brought in requested transfers. Unfortunately, it didn't take long for them to figure out I'm a girl and start bugging me with questions and jokes. A good glare from Ratchet and hell from Ironhide got them to stop, thank Primus.

It was November when we finally got something on the Decepticons. A gas station in San Francisco exploded, and Decepticon signatures were all over it. Swindle and Dead End to be precise. Turns out those two were only trying to be a distraction for a team in Italy. That mission wasn't as smooth. After arriving in Europe, we found Fracture, Gunbarrel, and Reverb. I'd met Fracture twice before. She was one of the only femmes with the Decepticons and to say she is crazy is putting it lightly.

She had picked a Formula 1 as her alt, and with a blur of white and red paint, she made herself known. After almost hitting me, she transformed, cackling like the madwoman she is. Ironhide joined me in attempting to get her, while everyone else followed Gunbarrel and Reverb, who was singing. I'm not joking, he was singing an old Cybertronian drinking song.

Ironhide and I were almost at our wits end by the end of the battle. Fracture had some weird mod in her pedes that would shake the ground worse the Rumble on a bad day. At least we were in the countryside. When I finally got a hit on her she just laughed and transformed again. Ironhide, deciding enough was enough, shoved her off a cliff. She didn't survive the fall thanks to a sharp rock. Gunbarrel and Reverb were cornered by the rest of the team. NEST actually did a good job taking them down.

After proving our worth, the rest of the world's governments wanted a part of NEST. Soon we had recruits from all over the world. Not everything was hunky dory though. I ended up having to talk down the American and many other governments when the official treaty talks came to light. They wanted technology, mainly weapons. Since I had the most experience talking to humans, my Sire is Prime, and I'll one day be Prime, I got stuck with the job. Lucky me, right? At least I had a few tricks up my metaphorical sleeve involving many movies I had seen over the years. I think I scared Secretary Robinson with some of my quotes. As an older man, he'd grown up with some of my references. That had been funny.

December came and went with only minor blips on the Decepticon radar. No engagements though. I had a fun time explaining the Holidays to my Opi. He actually enjoys them quite a bit. I think it has something to do with the peace and happiness that most of the soldiers had. That, and the story I told him about WWI when the armies had a ceasefire on Christmas.

Will, Epps, and I pulled a big surprise feast on Christmas for everyone. We pulled all the stops on it, too. There was so many countries it was hard to keep track, but seeing the faces on the men and women was well worth the trouble. It was also amusing to watch some of the men daring each other to try different foods. I learned Epps is a very picky eater.

It was January (2008) when we finally had to mobilize. This time for something good. We had received our first communications from another Autobot. Two to be precise. Unfortunately, it wasn't the two I was looking for. Mudflap and Skids had managed to work their way to Earth. The duo couldn't pick an alt-mode to save their sparks. Every other month it was something else. Mudflap wanted a combined alt since he thought it was funny, while Skids wanted to show off their "amazing tag team skills". At least they learned very quickly that Silverwing's safety was not something I took lightly. After almost hurting her during one of their brawls, I personally kicked their afts to the other side of the island. The only reason I didn't do worse was because Silver had said her first word over our bond. That word being Danni. I couldn't stop smiling for the rest of the day.

It was near the end of January that Silverwing and my sire's bond reached a point where he could feel her across the island. Just in time since I was on a scouting mission and she had managed to get herself into an air vent. I cut Opi some slack since I remember pulling the same thing on him when I was little. Like mother, like daughter I suppose.

During February it was like the Decepticons had dropped off the planet. Nothing. It was strange and it caused Ironhide to get jumpy. It didn't help that when March rolled around, we kept getting little fragmented traces of a signal.

April wasn't much better though the last week we finally got something in Florida. Dropkick and Incinerator had decided to show their ugly mugs. May, we had contacts all over the US. Engagements took place in Oregon, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and Arizona over the course of five months. All managed to stay under the civilian radar. We could tell they were looking for something, and we didn't think they knew about the AllSpark shard.

They weren't just in America, either. The next several months had us visiting Japan for a showdown with Overcast, and the Philippines was the same but with Sonar.

The Philippines wasn't as flawless though. Accidentally took out a few fishing boats. I'll admit my aft might have sunk one of them. Sonar was being a royal glitch though, always taunting and then speeding away. We got him when, surprise surprise, Mudflap got pissed at Skids, so he threw his brother. Skids ended up smacking into Sonar, the glitch freaked and grabbed onto Sonar's plating. Somehow, the dummy ended up making Sonar crash into the dock where he transformed and was quickly taken down by yours truly.

We didn't get another bot until January of 2009. Jolt, a quite mech who I had only met once, was our arrival. He is an apprentice under Ratchet and is an expert with electricity and whips. Mikaela was quick to call him kinky. Poor mech almost glitched when his fans jumped to their highest setting.

The same month Jazz and I were deployed with a small team to South America to track a signal down. It was… interesting. Gross, but interesting. I had seen pictures of both Cybertron's jungles and Earth's rain forests. There were similarities in the density of growths and the predators that lived within them. My first time in an organic version wasn't very pleasant though. Leaves just loved to stick in my joints. Jazz had a similar problem. Imagine Ironhide trying to work his way through here. The humans had it worse though. The bugs there were awful. At least Jazz and I scared the big stuff away. Eventually we found Scorponok, who was still missing part of his tail, and Payload. Lennox's team wasn't all that happy to see the scorpion again, but once he was offline they were quick to give him a kick in the faceplates. Payload actually almost managed to get away. Jazz and I were just a little too quick for him though. Especially when a thick vine managed to catch him and refused to let go. Jazz got stuck as well somehow so it ended up as me against Payload.

The Decepticons went quite again, not showing their faces until March. Ironhide lead a team to South Africa to take out a few scouts. Silverwing's vocal processor was letting her make some sounds but nothing much. She'd managed to say more words over her bonds though, and get in more places than I ever thought possible. Ratchet assures me that her wings are purely kibble, but I'm not so certain. I mean, how in the name of Primus did she manage to get onto the rafters in the rec room? She can't even stand let alone walk or climb! One minute she's on the table playing with her puzzle, the next she's giggling on the rafters.

I wasn't the only one she gave a spark attack to. I'm sure she managed to scare everybot on base, Will, and Epps at least once. What's worse, or better depending on how you look at it, is that it was never the same thing twice. She would learn her lesson. She just found new ways to torture us. Silver got into the wall somehow. THE WALL! While she was getting a checkup from Ratchet! We've all agreed she's worse than Jazz, especially when she managed to get on the roof while he was watching her.

In May we had some more Autobots make landfall in England. The Arcee triplets which included Chromia, Flareup, and obviously Arcee. We were attacked while we were there. Apparently they were there before us, still looking for something. At least Ironhide was happy, actually happy, for a while. I'm just glad my quarters are as far away from Ironhide and Chromia's as they possibly can be. Sucks for Skids and Mudflap though, and yes, the walls are soundproof.

June gave way to Silverwing being able to say sentences over the bond. Still nothing out loud, but I doubt that'll happen for a while. She now has a fascination with climbing bots and people. Sil' might be the smallest bot I've ever seen but she loves being high up, especially on Opi's helm. She'll stay up there for hours while he works looking at everything from high up until she gets bored and goes for his antennae.

Sydney, Australia was where the Cons messed up again. Jazz, the Arcee triplets, and Jolt all went to say hello to them. Jolt came home with a missing arm, having lost it when he was helping Flareup when she got punched into the ground.

Finally, in July Ironhide and I had to go to Mexico. A small team of Vehicons were digging around in the Chihuahuan Desert. Ironhide, the trigger-happy lunatic that he is, decided to just run down guns blazing rather then watch to see what they were looking for. After the fight I was quick to call him an idiot, and he was quick to chase me around trying to kick my aft.

This brings me to where I am now, sitting in the hanger paying with Silverwing. The beginning of August, and one of the last few times I'll be see Sam for a while since he's going to college soon.

I just can't shake this feeling that something is happening. Something bad.

There you have it folks! Now, I was going to have an actual movie reference during that paragraph but alas, my memory failed me. I hope you're all ready for next Friday. I know I can't wait to read your reviews. Well I'm just going to keep this short and sweet. Please, please, please leave a review for at least this chapter if not all. Let me know what you think so far, if I made any mistakes in catching my mistakes, any ideas as to what you think will happen to Star, funny shit you want me to make her do, prank ideas… cause I need those, or just say hi! Alrighty then, I'll talk to you later Interwebs! Bye! o/ ~Joyce

EDIT: Fixed a spelling mistake ^.^;