Happy New Year! This is the first chapter of 2017, let's hope it's a good year for us all!

Chapter 49

"Wait, so they're on the moon now?" I gaped, astonished at how quickly things moved. One minute, we're talking about some alien fuel cell, the next they used the Xantium to leave for the moon. Blew my mind away.

"Yeah," Lennox said, not bothering to slow as he spoke over his shoulder, "We need your help on these cases. More men are being killed by supposedly the Decepticons."

I rolled my eyes, like I'd help them. But I did want these killings to stop... "Okay..."

Will led me into a room that had a map taped to a table with markings all over it, "There have been a few since you came to our base, no doubt are they now using Laserbeak like before," he pointed to several blue markers, "These are your kills. These red ones are all Laserbeak and the two purple ones are Decepticon. There have been three added deaths to Laserbeak's count."

"Who are they after?" I hummed aloud, what were they after before? I never noticed any pattern in their killings, besides having an affiliation with the Decepticons. Maybe there's something else that's bothering them?

"Their activity has also increased, they were seen roaming Africa, but have since left. We don't know where they were before, and definitely not now..."

"Colonel Lennox, sir," a man walked in with two beige files in hand, "Reports of two more killings possibly connecting," he splaying out one of the contents, "This one happened at a telecommunication company called Accuretta Systems; a 'suicide' from a man named Jerry Wang. He was supposedly working with Laserbeak to get to the Witwicky boy, seeing as he was just hired there.

"The next one is a man killed in his own house, in front of his wife and daughter..." the man frowned, "Laserbeak was present in both."

Lennox studied the pictures, I leaned over his shoulder to see them, he spoke, "Any indication as to why?"

"No, sir."

"It might be that Laserbeak was using this Jerry Wang guy to get to whoever that Wilkick- Witick-... Witwicky? boy," I furrowed my eyebrows, "Who was this other man?"

"Name: Bob Singer. He was an engineer at NASA."

I stared at him, waiting for more, "That it?" he nodded hesitantly, looking over the files again. I sighed and ran a hand through my growing hair, "Probably worked with Laserbeak as well."

Lennox closed the files, "We'll figure it out soon enough."

"What a great way to spend my Thanksgiving break, eh?" I looked over to him with raised eyebrows, waiting for a response. He shrugged and led me right back out of the room.

I lingered and stared at the map, seeing one of the blue flags. I recognized this area...

Bang!

A woman's scream filled my ears, I quickly turned and aimed, pulling the trigger and the outburst was silenced.

The street was quiet now...

I shook my head when Lennox placed a hand on his shoulder, walking us out of the room.


"Whoa, what's happening now?" I watched as an offline red Autobot was propped up, I had followed Lennox into a room with a glass to watch whatever is going on. Charlotte Mearing was present. She wasn't all too happy when she met me, but allowed me here nonetheless seeing as I have no where else to go and we held up a pretty stubborn point.

Will stared at him, speaking to Mearing and I about him, "Sentinel Prime," he crossed his arms as he approached the glass, "These things run on energon and he's out of it. He's in... sort of a sleep mode."

"Let us begin," Optimus turned and opened his chestplates, bringing out a weird object that was metal and twisted... it floated in his hand, completely ignoring physics.

Lennox looked to me, "It's the Great Matrix of Leadership. He holds the only thing in the universe that could repower a transformer's spark."

"Sentinel Prime," he held the Matrix above the offline mech's chest, "We bid you return."

The Autobot convulsed, grunting as he immediately stood and unsheathed a blade, pinning Optimus down and holding it at his helm. Lennox turned to rush out of the room, "Hold your fire!"

I followed him out, running up the stairs and out to the railing, "Sentinel, stop, it is I! Optimus P-Prime!"

The Autobots gathered behind, Sunny being the last to wheel up next to Sides. Ironhide spoke, "It is alright."

"You are safe."

"There is nothing to fear," Ratchet reassured.

Optimus relaxed as Sentinel climbed off of him, "We are here. You are home, Sentinel."

"The war... The war!" he exclaimed in confusion and worry.

"The war was lost," the red and blue Prime grabbed the Matrix, "Cybertron is now but a barren wasteland. We have taken refuge here on planet Earth, its human race is our ally."

"My ship... we came under fire. The Pillars..." he trailed off, before taking a urgent step forward, "Where are the Pillars?"

Pillars? Mearing and Lennox seemed to have the same question buzzing in their head, judging by their expressions.

"You saved five of them, including the control Pillar," Optimus pointed out.

But Sentinel didn't like that, he exclaimed, "Only five? We once had hundreds!"

Something about the mech made me think he was playing... he didn't look too surprised to me.

"Excuse me, gentlemen," Mearing called out, "May I ask... what is this technology you're looking for?"

"It is the ability to reshape the universe," he explained, "Together, the Pillars form a space bridge. I designed, and I alone, can control it. It defies your laws of physics to transport matter through time and space."

The hell does any of that mean?... wait, if he means some transporting device, he could have just said that. Gotta be a know-it-all, eh? I mused to myself, and I'm pretty sure we share quite similar "laws of physics."

I call bullshit, I backed up, slightly shaking my head, this guy's a load of crap.

January 1, 2017, 12:00 am

Happy New Year!