Myra's eyes snapped open, a flash of lavender passing over them as her senses alerted her to a strange sensation. Sitting up she looked about, searching for the cause of her sudden aggravation but could only hear the chatter of the hospital and the circulation of the vents.
Instinctively Myra knew something had happened, something she only knew through her connection to Dark Energon. Frowning she attempted to make sense of the alert, she had felt it before, multiple times, its what helped spur the sudden growth of her powers in the beginning.
Shuddering she stood, wincing internally at the pain in her side as she headed for the door.
Suddenly a familiar nurse stood in her path, holding a hand out to stop her.
"Wait, you need to remain here for a little longer." nurse Darby exclaimed, her tone curiously suspicious, Myra knew immediately what was happening.
Miss Darby had called somebody and was trying to contain her until whomever she contacted arrived, hopefully it was just the police.
"Miss Darby...I must go, there is an emergency." she urged, her tone pleading, she hated doing that tone.
"It can wait, you have to remain here- wait how did you know my-?"
"Your name tag." Myra said irritably, she didn't have time for this.
Nurse Darby looked down at her tag only to collapse as Myra purposely reached up and pinched a nerve along her neckline, knocking her out cold. Leaving her to collapse Myra hurried out of the Hospital and to a secluded alley to bridge herself away.
"Megatron has something to do with this, I KNOW it." she growled irritably as she leaped through .
That power hungry buffoon, no doubt he was messing with the dark energon again-WHAT IN THE WORLD?!
Myra gazed about in horror at the sensation she experienced the second she entered the ship's atmosphere. Everywhere, there was Dark Energon EVERYWHERE, and not only that Myra had a strange sensation a the back of her mind alerting her to another presence.
Immediately Myra reopened a portal and leaped through, she landed on solid ground, panting in pain and as she tried to calm her nerves. She calmed herself by reminding herself Unicron was vanquished, there was no chance it was him. Trembling she took a breath, the panic fading away as logic took over, but she did remain curious. Turning she looked in time to watch the Warship rise from its impromptu landing site and that buzzing returned, albeit weaker, but there nonetheless.
Scowling Myra stepped forward, coming to the edge of the ravine she attempted to make sense of what had happened. Making a choice she decided to bridge back onto the ship and retrieve her data pad-
The sound of an opening bridge turned her attention and she gazed into the rift curiously. Out jumped the Autobots, and to her surprise, Agent Fowler.
"No doubt alerted by the Dark Energon spike." she muttered, glancing at the now approaching ship before it readied its weapons.
Deciding to watch the show Myra crouched to a resting position as the ache in her side grew from her constant standing position. She focused and realized the Autobots were drawing fire away from the bumble bot. For what she guessed was some kind of sneak maneuver, and she wondered what the scout had in mind.
Suddenly the yellow muscle car transformed and leaped up, catching what had flown out during his transformation and sprinted. The move was impressive by human standards but what he held brought her a great shock.
"The Spark Extractor?!" she gasped, glancing at Optimus as he and the others drew fire-
A loud whirring sound caught her attention and she gasped in shock as a beam of blue-violet light flashed from the ship and hit Bumblebee, freezing him mid-jump and he skidded across the ground to a grating stop.
"I did not know-" Myra began only to be interrupted as the two wheeler bolted over and scooped up the Decepticon device only to be hit by the beam and for the wrecker to take over.
He was hit within seconds and Myra shifted her glance to Optimus suddenly very worried as he carefully dodged the beam, snatched the relic from Bulkhead and rushed the ship, making a heroic leap.
Myra stood, clutching her side as she realized the outcome even before it happened.
"Orion.." she whispered, mortified as she watched him crash to the ground, the blast having caught him mid-leap just as he was about to throw the disk like device.
Her heart sank as he plummeted towards the ground, her pain only fueling the anger in her at what she had just witnessed.
"Prime you FOOL!" she hissed before glaring at the ship, stepping back she began to focus, if Megatron dared to attack them Gaia would show him the power of a true Dark Energon bearer-
"What?"
The ship began to turn, deactivating its weapons and heading away from the scene, abandoning the incapacitated crew and relic.
Myra scowled, what was Megatron doing? She had a feeling it had to do with the Dark Energon...and that strange presence she sensed. As she fell into thought she was interrupted by the sound of another bridge and she looked in time to see as the Autobot Medic leaped through the portal and hurried to gather his team and bring them through. She spotted Fowler along with him, she had almost forgotten about the agent and frowned before turning her back and opening a portal. She needed to get her data pad and speak to Knockout.
When Myra landed aboard the ship she gritted her teeth as she fought against the urge to run. Luckily it seemed to ease as she began to run about the med-bay, searching for her pad. A quick glance around told her Knockout had cleaned some and she half wondered if he might have discovered her data pad.
Walking around the med-bay she was constantly aware of the presence, and she was sure it was becoming stronger, more...sentient. Myra paused at that last thought and she realized what had happened. In Megatron's desperation he had used Dark Energon to repair his ship due to Optimus being more...determined to end the war and Megatron. The exchange she had just witnessed helped fuel that view due to the inclusion of the doomsday relic Prime no doubt intended to use on the ship.
She frowned, where was her data pad? It could not have gotten far unless Knockout moved it. She looked behind a pile of swept up scraps and lifted several pieces aside, becoming more determined to find her data pad when she spotted the corner of it from under some scrap.
"There you are." she muttered before pulling it out from under the sheet and dusting it off, personally she was glad she had made it near unbreakable.
Suddenly the pad fell to the ground along with Myra as she gripped her head in pain. Sparks danced in her vision as she lay there, writhing in pain before it vanished just as quickly as it had appeared. Stunned Myra lay there, panicked and well aware of the now active presence that she had felt earlier.
"The ship...Megatron what have you DONE?!" she gasped as she brought herself to her knees and shakily stood, grabbing her pad and stowing it away before running off towards the ship's command center.
As she ran she could hear several cries of shock and sometimes pain as the ship began to incapacitate its crew. Luckily for her the ties she held to Dark Energon alerted her to the ships intentions when she rounded a corner, nearly running into the approaching Knockout.
"Watch the finish!" he snapped as she skittered to the side to avoid a collision.
"What has Megatron DONE?!" she snapped angrily as she clutched her pained side as she wheezed from her run.
Knockout looked at her in surprise, he had never seen her act in such a way and stepped back slightly, suddenly intimidated.
Myra growled before calming herself, she couldn't risk losing Knockout's confidence before she took a calming breath and looked up at him.
"I'm sorry...I'm still in pain and I'm just surprised at what is happening." she sighed reluctantly.
Knockout blinked, yet again surprised before he nodded slowly coughed then regained his previous demeanor.
"Right...Megatron used Dark Energon to regenerate the ship...but now it has taken on a personality of its own...and is currently incapacitating any Cybertronian who interferes with its plans." Knockout explained, motioning down a corresponding hallway.
Myra turned to look and looked in surprise at the Insecticons that were frozen in place. They looked as if they were in the process of swarming the hall when stasis lock was induced.
"I did warn him there would be side effects but no one listens to the physician." Knockout muttered in annoyance.
Myra rolled her eyes and shot Knockout a sarcastic glance before she turned and began to walk.
"Where are you going?" he called.
"If the ship is taking control I want to know what it has planned." she growled.
"Actually..." Knockout began, making Myra whirl around and walk back up to him, taking a demanding pose.
"Tell me." she demanded.
Knockout chuckled, amused by her behavior.
"The ship has set retrieving the remaining relics a priority one, its even decoded a set of Iacon coordinates, which happen to be our current destination." Knockout explained.
Myra tensed, the ship was taking over, but it was still trying to follow previous commands? She wondered if its programming was part of its personality. As she thought she didn't notice Knockout walk past her and into Soundwave's decoding station. Still thinking she followed him and looked at the screen, suddenly surprised to see two sets of coordinates on the screen.
"Lord Megatron, the ship has decoded a second set of coordinates, perhaps we should permit it to continue-"
Myra looked up when a sudden noise caught her attention only to look in horror as a stasis beam hit Knockout, paralyzing him against the console.
"I do not require permission." the ship growled.
Myra stared at the stasis disk, expecting it to turn on her and freeze her in place, stopping her heart, killing her, that is if it worked on half organics. To her surprise, and relief, it seemed to ignore her and simply returned back to its original hiding spot in the ceiling. She guessed either the ship deemed her of no threat or simply did not notice her.
Breathing a sigh of relief Myra looked at Knockout, seeing him frozen to the spot made her shudder, but she knew there was nothing she could do...right?
Scowling she decided it was best to go elsewhere until she could come up with a plan, then as she began to set a pair of coordinates her data pad sent her an alert.
Curious Myra pulled out the device and opened the message, immediately she could tell it was an intercepted message and played it aloud, she had a feeling Knockout was too incapacitated to hear anything.
"Autobot outpost omega 1 to Decepticon Warship, Megatron, please respond."
Wait...the Autobots were trying to send Megatron a message?
"Megatron."
"Megatron has been relieved of his command." the familiar voice of the now sentient ship made an emotionless reply.
"Who is this?"
"Who is This?!"
Myra would have laughed if she was not in the position to be frozen by the sentient ship.
"Have you taken control of the Decepticon vessel?" Ratchet warily inquired.
"I AM the vessel, and any Cybertronian that interferes with my mission will be neutralized." he boomed.
Myra had a sudden idea, clicking away she began to hack into the Autobot audio frequencies and made an open relay, just to hear what they would discuss whenever they were within range of their console.
"What mission?"
"Priority 1, decrypt Iacon database and recover Decepticon technology." he boomed.
"For what purpose?" Ratchet questioned.
"..." there was an audible click as the ship ended the call
Obviously the ship was bound to cause some major issues on earth looking for those relics.
"It hung up? Rude!" she heard Miko say.
Luckily she had made her choice to hack in when she had the choice, she had a feeling she would need to be in touch with their conversations to figure out how to solve this issue.
"Rude? There's a giant spaceship flying around collecting Decepticon weapons of mass destruction." Fowler snapped.
"Wha- a giant spaceship filled with neutralized cons." she heard Jack say, trying to point out something...oh no.
"Point?" Fowler asked.
"This could be our only chance to slip aboard and download the Iacon database." he explained.
Though Myra agreed with his point having them aboard the ship was a big risk, if gaining those relics was a priority no doubt the ship would eliminate them for attempting to interfere with its mission.
"So Optimus can decode it." Ralphael added.
Myra didn't like the idea, she may not like most humans but the idea of these humans these...children being harmed set her mind in motion to keep them from boarding the ship.
"Ingenious. I will infiltrate the Decepticon warship." Ratchet said, continuing the converse.
Idiot.
"Not ingenious, you saw what it did to the Decepticons." Jack put in.
"And probably Megatron too." Ralph again added.
"And team Prime." Miko injected.
Perhaps if Myra was able to disable their bridge somehow-
"But that tub had me dead to rights, but I'm still breathing." Fowler suddenly added.
Wait, that's right, and her own experience gave her an idea, one that the others were unknowingly catching onto.
"The ship must be blind to humans." Jack offered.
Sharp kid.
"Very well agent Fowler but at the first sign of trouble I am bridging you right back here." Ratchet said.
Myra had her own plan, quickly she stowed her data pad, she already knew how this would go and she decided it was high time to start directly playing a part in this scheme. Running back to the med-bay Myra began to gather her supplies, grabbing her sword and a few throwing knives she slipped on a pair of motorcycle gloves then slipped on her tinted helmet. After zipping up her coat she turned and bolted down the hall, she knew her disguise was tacky but it would do to hide her identity in the case she came face to face with the humans-
"AGH!"
Myra skidded to a stop and turned, heading in a different direction, hand on the hilt of her sword before she came across the open door of the very room Knockout was paralyzed within. A quick glance told her all she needed to know, Fowler lay on the ground near Knockout, on the relay panels stood the three children, looking up as the ship scanned for their presence.
"Reveal yourself!" it boomed.
"It doesn't see us." Miko grinned.
After a moment Myra realized they were just standing there, that was until Ralphael spoke.
"We're toast." he whimpered.
Myra looked up, confused, the ship did not detect them, then she realized Ratchet must be relaying information to them through earpieces. She guessed he was explaining what she was thinking, the ship did not detect them, probably using a limited search parameter, but since it was not detecting what it was searching for it would soon broaden that parameter, possibly adding organics to its list. She stepped back and pressed her back to the door jam, keeping herself from view as she listened in on their side of the conversation.
"No. there are millions of lives at stake and we three are currently the only ones who can do anything about it." Jack suddenly said.
Brave kid, Myra thought, she assumed Ratchet was trying to get them to return but Jack was determined to help save the lives of the humans whose lives were at stake.
"Hold on, if your saying this ship is fueled by Dark Energon we can dump it right?"
Seeing where this was heading she stepped to hide in the shadows of the outer part of the door jam and watched as they soon hurried past, as they did she strained her ears to hear the faint sounds of the Autobot sending them instructions.
"-main overhead conduits, they'll lead-"
Idiot, even if they did follow the overhead conduits as she assumed he had instructed they could easily get lost. Deciding to follow Myra took off after them. They ran for a while, as they ran she became increasingly anxious as she wondered when the ship would be able to detect them. Then a realization hit her, she would be detected before them due to protocol, the ship would scan for familiar items before it would scan for organics. That meant the Dark Energon within her would soon be identified and she would be seen, and by no doubt, eliminated.
Realizing this she shuddered before she suddenly had another revelation, they were heading in the wrong direction.
"Ratchet, it feels like we're running in circles, and I'm guessing we don't have much time left before we're detected." Jack said as they came to an intersection and they paused, unsure of where to turn.
Seeing her chance Myra grasped her sword and walked towards them stopping several feet behind them before she cleared her throat.
"Considering the fact you're heading in the wrong direction I could understand why." Myra said, using her helmet to disguise her voice as the trio spun around, surprised by her sudden appearance.
"Wh-who are you?!" Ralph gasped.
"And how did you get on the Decepticon warship?!" Miko shouted, her tone almost accusing.
Myra only smirked and walked up to them before pointing to their left.
"The infuser is in that direction, follow me." she said before taking of in a slow run, after a moment she turned and motioned for the shocked kids to follow.
"You want to stop this don't you?" she inquired, a smirk evident in her tone.
The trio exchanged looks before they followed her, staring at her as she led them to the infuser.
"Who are you?" Jack suddenly spluttered out, she could tell her was very confused, and very intimidated by the glances he kept sending to the ridged sword at her hip.
"My name is not important." she said, she was determined to block any attempts to gain her identity.
"You're the biker who Arcee confronted!" Ralph suddenly interjected.
Myra said nothing before she suddenly came to a halt, she glanced about, her time was just about up, the ship was scanning for her.
Quickly she faced the children her tone becoming very serious as she pointed down the hall.
"Go to the end, the infuser is there, your Autobot friend should be able to guide you through the rest." she explained hurriedly.
"Wait, what?" Miko spluttered, confused.
"The ship has just activated a search that will identify me and put me as a target." she explained.
"Doesn't that mean it can see us too?" Ralph whispered nervously.
Myra turned to face him directly, she felt soft towards him for some reason, she pushed the reason aside but she didn't want to see him so worried so she decided to console him in the best way she could in their situation.
"No, you'll be safe for a while longer." she explained.
"Wait, wouldn't the ship detect us all? We're all human." Jack explained, confused but still sharp, much to Myra's amusement and appreciation.
"Who said I'm human?" she stated bluntly.
All three looked at her in shock, unsure on whether to take her seriously or fear her.
"Parasite, you are not welcome aboard." the ship boomed.
"Hurry." Myra said, not taking her gaze off of Ralph before sprinting in the opposite direction, luring the ship's attention away from the trio before they ran down the hall to carry out their mission.