Time of our choosing
By: Darksider82
Beta: Wingedseerwolf
Disclaimer: Must we go through this tediousness every time? No I don't own anything from these franchises.
Transformers/HP x-over
HP/KB and Transformer ships are standard
"Chatting and Spells"
"Flashback conversations and nonverbal spells"
Autobots talking
We were once a peaceful race of intelligent, mechanical beings. But then... came the war, between the Autobots who fought for freedom and the Decepticons who dreamt of tyranny. Overmatched and outnumbered, our defeat was all but certain. But in the war's final days, one Autobot ship escaped the battle. It was carrying a secret cargo which would have changed our planet's fate. A desperate mission. Our final hope. A hope... that vanished.
Harry sat in his office pouring over several case files of transcripts taken from 1961. The famour man on the moon landing that every one celebrated "One up there. One over there. And one more down there...What have you got?" He read the dormant power of the Cube coupled with the Deathly Hallows allowed for him to speak in a double tone voice as he read the transcripts from New Mexico, Langley and the Whitehouse
"Impact detected. We have impact confirmed... Contact at... twenty-two-fifty GMT. What? Get me SecDef on the phone right away."
"Mr. McNamara, the President is expecting you." Said an aide "Get Bobby in here." Replied Kennedy. Harry grinned to himself these transcripts should be interesting.
"Mr. President. Designation top secret. We believe a UFO has crashed into theMoon. We think the Russians are onto it as well." Said McNamara timidly exposing himself the righteous or pretencious anxiety of the president "Well, then you tell NASA to move heaven and earth. We need to get to the moon."
"We're going to attempt a manned mission! NASA said it would take five years!" McNamara stated but the president wasn't listening all that mattered was the West got their before the USSR "Just get there before the Russians."
The last transcript from 1961 said "I believe that this nation should commit itself... to achieving the goal... before this decade is out... of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth." They were amongst the last words Kennedy said on a potential moon mission. Normally Harry wouldn't be concerned about the moon landings but considering it was Chloe Sullivan and Ben Brown informing him, he decided he'd have a look.
"Nothing...Come on Ben, Chloe. Please don't tell me you've got something wrong." Harry said as he flicked through 62-68 and found nothing but then he found it July 16th 1969. He pinched his nose drank his coffee and devoured the last sandwich on his plate, Katie would kill him if he didn't eat properly.
"Ten, nine- Ignition sequence start. Five, four, three, two, one. All engines running. Liftoff. We have a liftoff. Thirty-two minutes past the hour. Liftoff on Apollo 11..." Announced the Countdown man before trailing off as Apollo 11 took off.
"Neil Armstrong reporting Apollo 11 on proper heading." Called the man of the hour. Excitement gripped Harry as he read what happened.
Walter Cronkite spoke "Apollo 11 is on the way, riding that pillar of flame from the Saturn Five out there two hundred and fifty miles away where the moon is waiting for man 's first arrival."
Over in Houston a NASA Officer began issuing orders "Houston, you're a go for landing. Over."
Neil Armstrong's voice came again "Forty feet, down two and a half. Picking up some dust. Thirty feet, two and a half down. Faint shadow." This was followed shortly by Aldrin "Capcom, flight. Four forward. Drifting to the right a little. Down a half. Contact light. Okay, engine stop."
Harry grinned as Armstrong spoke easily the tenth most quoteable sentence in the world "Houston, uh, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." Katie entered the room to hear faint cheering coming from the case files.
"Find anything?" She asked wrapping her arms around her neck as she over heard the NASA Officer and Cronkite speaking live.
"We copy you down, Eagle. You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We're breathing again."
"Perhaps four hundred million persons are watching this broadcast today of the greatest event in our time and one of the great events of all recorded history." Katie remained capitvated as she heard "I'm at the foot of the ladder. Okay, I'm gonna step off the LEM now. That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Katie turned to her husband "Is this?" Harry nodded "Ben and Chloe tipped me off. Worth a look."
Then he saw it concealed on the back of some pages in the file "What have we here?" He whispered to himself and Katie pulled up a chair and they began to read. They read about the transmission being cut off from the public, they read about Armstrong and Aldrin finding something on the moon and 'Giant metal face'.
Armstrong also documented entering the ship, detailing extensive damage and that it was too big for the pair of them to investigate with the amount of oxygen in the tank. "We're not alone are we sir?" Asked one of the Technicians who the new readers deduced as ex-Sector 7.
"No, sir. We're not alone." Replied Aldrin. They cleared the ship and came towards their landing craft as the S7 Technician's reconnected them back to the world. It was the announcer who spoke next connecting the Moon Walkers to Nixon.
"Hello, Neil and Buzz. I'm talking to you by telephone from the Oval Room at the White House. And this certainly has to be the most historic telephone call ever made. I just can't tell you how proud we all are of you. For every American, this has to be the proudest day of our lives. Because of what you have done the heavens have become a part of man's world. For one priceless moment in the whole history of man, all the people on this Earth are truly one. One in their pride in what you have done. It inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace, and tranquillity, to Earth.
Harry closed the file with a snap "Get on the phone to the board. I'll get Lennox and grab the money. This needs to be delivered in person Ben, Chloe won't believe unless she see's and yes I can tell they're dating."
"One thing Harry." Harry stopped, picked up four year old Stephen who had under the observation of his twin elder twin siblings had managed to scramble up the stairs.
"Dada, busy?" Harry nodded "Daddy's busy. He has to do things."
"Fwor mama? Unca' Ben an Will?" Stephen asked curiously.
Harry nodded "Exactly kiddo." He turned to Katie "Yeah love?"
"Whose telling Prime about this cockup?" Harry paled.
(Sam and Carly)
Sam slumbered in his new apartment when he felt a weight upon the bed with the whisper of "My hero... needs to wake up." Sam grumbled incoherently as he woke up to find Carly straddling him with a new fluffy bunny. Sam then spent the next five minutes explaining to Carly about the idea of the rabbit's foot, which Carly replied with "Help you think positive as today is important.
"Wear that nice tie! Get up!" Carly cared for Sam but sometimes he could be so slow and stupid. "You need money for lunch?" She called as Sam stumbled into the shower.
"No. I'll make do. I swear Carly you treat me like an boy toy."
Carly giggled at that "I'm British love, it's what I do. Besides you're a lover boy toy."
Sam shrugged and he stumbled down the stairs in black shoes, shirt and jeans fastening his tie "You don't understand how demoralizing it is to save the world...Twice mind you and still be grovelling for a job?"
Carly grinned "No-one knows you saved the world. I believe you. I don't know about you but my twin brother knows. He enlisted and got discharged with three bullets in his chest and lived, he's now a liscenced military psychologist but they don't want him. He's still looking and he's helped save the world. He was in Jordan/Egypt." Sam remembered "As was I..." He carried on "...The government knows. I mean they could hook me up with a job right here in D. C. I mean, I should be working with the Autobots, otherwise it's not fair."
Carly snorted "Come on, they paid for your college. The President gave you a hero medal."
"Babe, it's hard for everybody to get a job." Explained Carly, causing all of Sam's problems to erupt "I don't have time. You see, my parents are gonna be here in a week on their road trip Party-bus World Tour. If my dad gets here and I don't have a job, he's gonna spank me. You know, it's go time for me."
Carly held her hands up in a surrednering fashion "All right, tonight, I'll give you a job. Romance me with a nice dinner and, uh, maybe you can get that bonus."
Sam groaned in response and the moment began to build "Mmmm. Mmmm..."
"Whooaah..." Called Wheelie and like turning on the TV the mood was gone causing Carly to shriek and Brains to smirk and murmur "Get lucky." Sam was already moving, grabbing both Brains and Wheely and chucking them out of the room towards the back door.
Brains began to plead as he was being carried and then groaned as he hit the floor.
"Oh, he's gross!" Shrieked Carly as Brains replied "She's good."
Sam turned to Carly forming puppy eyes at her "I'm sorry. But they're stranded here. Somebody's got to watch out for them." Inside he was fucking pissed off, Harry asked him to keep an eye on them during his college years or the other way around and the man still hadn't collected them.
Carly moaned at her boyfriend "Yesterday, that one was in my underwear drawer."
Brains cackled "Did research. Looking real good, too. Ha ha ha ha ha! Oww! No need to hit me, man." Reminding Sam of an anime Spitz had gotten him into before the boy burnt out and flushed out of college, he missed Carly shout something to him as she got dressed.
Carly called "We're not at the love word yet. Maybe a little bit closer when you're covering your half of the rent." Sam must have said he 'loved' her. Sure Mikaela had dropped him like a sack of spuds and Carly had found him at a bar, he was questioning himself if he actually loved her.
"Goodbye." Shouted Sam as the door slammed shut and he made his way over to the backdoor and let the two 'bots in who seemed to spark slightly at the over exposure to the rain.
"I'm frickin' shorting my circuits out here! It's inhumane, what it is! Make us live in a box on a balcony, right next to a beast! Like a common animal!"
"Stop, okay? You and your creepy sidekick you can't be in here without permission." Snorted Sam looking at the pair with some disdain.
"Oh, according to who? Miss Blondy-Blond? Giddyup, little doggie! Hyah! Wh-ptch. Yo Brains, what's up?" Called Wheelie getting a "Good!" From the other small bot. The bots started watching Star Trek causing Wheelie to curse "Ah shit, I've seen this one. It's the one where Spock goes nuts. You know, Sam, I don't know about moving in with this chick. Uh. What if she dumps us like the last girl?" It was almost as if the duo had rehearsed as this as Brains started to sing "w- we are family!"
Sam "No, we're not family. You're a political refugee, and I have finally found someone who appreciates me for me." He finished doubting his last words as he spoke them. "Well, you tell her that we're not your pets, and we're not your toys, all right? We're an advanced, genius alien race just looking for a home." Stated Wheelie. Their conversation was cut off by the honking of a Tour Bus. Sam groaned, his parents were here.
"Maybe it wasn't such a good idea." Said Judy getting a derisive snort from Ron, who hadn't lowered his expectations of his son after witnessing him save the world had only increased them "Didn't have to stop." He grunted.
"Come on. What're they going to do, tow it? Where is he? Ah! Sammy!" She called as Sam left the house to greet his parents. Ron greeted his son with a cursory 'Sam'. Sam hugged his parents or rather his mother and shook his fathers hand "Missed you guys so much." He then saw the bus "Wow." He turned to his parents with a smirk on his face "You look old."
Judy slapped her son's shoulder and Ron smirked "Stop it." "I feel like I can see the end." Came the erstwhile reply.
"I love your little tie. Hey, where's my girl? Where's my beautiful Carly?" Asked Judy commenting on her sons appearance.
"She's at work, Ma. She's got a new job. You guys said you were gonna be here in a week.
Ron commented seeing his sons state of dress "Well, it's about time." Fully expecting Sam to say he was off to work "You had us worried." Sam's heart sank as he replied to that "I have- uh- job interviews."
"That sucks." Replied Ron
"You don't have to be so negative, Dad. You know, you're in D. C. You're here with your son and your family. I mean, it's a good time." Protested Sam. "It sucks that you don't have a job. You should tell them that. I would have." Declared Ron.
"Yeah, and make it sound like I'm insane but there's good things to do here, too, right?" Judy and Sam quickly rattled off things his parents could do as Sam headed towards the Garage to get his car to start so he could attend his interviews.
Ron and Judy saw an old beaten up Bumblebee esque car instead of the Transformer the man had helped his son buy so many years ago "Where's the actual Bumblebee?"
"He's off on his missions. I had to get this for backup." Sam grumbled as he climbed into the drivers side.
"Oh, your car has a job, huh?" Asked Ron snorting and internally groaning at his sons ineptitude.
"Stop it. What does it change into?" Asked Judy hoping to give her son some form of encouragement.
"It doesn't change into anything. It's a collector's item, Ma. I got it for a steal. It just needs some work. Trust me."
"Oh. No, I think it's darling. It reminds me a lot of Bumblebee, if Bumblebee were- a sad piece of shit..." Judy said sighing before grinning winningly "Come on, we'll give you a ride!"