Somewhere in the night on New Iacon a one optic Decepticon prepares to leave, headed to a small planet in the local arm of the Milky Way Galaxy, to a tiny little blue and green ball called Earth. A planet to the Cyclops standards was insufficient and meager. But his orders were to aid in the upgrades of a human girl, Taiya. A girl that was "interfering" on Decepticon affairs. Shockwave was the Cyclops name, he was sickened that he had to see Blackout, a helicopter based Decepticon and new PET owner of the female Earthling. Shockwave gathered a small box of all the necessary things he would need for the procedure. He adorned his travel cloak and boarded his own private Hyperspace vehicle (HSV). This vessel was dramatically smaller then the Nemesis, the Decepticon flag ship. This trip started in the dead of night. This silence was foreign to the Transformers on Earth. Shockwave and some of the Autobot commanders were starting to phase out fighting as a way to solve their conflicts and in turn giving executive command over to Shockwave. He was in some of the final steeps to convincing the Decepticons left on Cybertron that their leader had abandoned them and he would restore peace. He just hoped that Megatron would not hear of his plans to overthrow him from the center out. He had to make Megatron believe he was still in power over the Cybertronians as they were now called. Only a few Autobot fractions stood in his way. And with the subliminal messages feeding into every Transformer on the planet he would take domination easily. The Autobot Hot Rod and his gang of left over rejects were still not found. He had hoped that his once enemy Ultra Magnus could take care of the job. He soon tuned that thought out and concentrated on the mission at hand. He was a Decepticon full of knowledge and logic but no logic could have told him that a small Decepticon drone had snuck aboard and hid in the energon holding room in the lower levels of the ship. His mission was highly different then that of the Cyclops. His mission was to infiltrate the Nemesis and act as eyes and ears to an awful, dreadful, and evil Femmecon, Dreadcycle. The day was dawning as the ship left Cybertron orbit, and Shockwave could see the two moons of Cybertron clearly. He flipped a few switches and toggles and headed into Hyperspace. Shockwave thought in his evil and twisted mind how much pain could he inflict on a human before the human died of shock.
Meanwhile on Earth Hyperspace was the last thing on the mind of Stephen, Taiya's twin brother. He reached his Uncles house. His name was Lugh Danann. Their uncle had a wife and one child. The wife's name was Sophie, and their little boy was called Peter. Stephen got to the house just outside South Northbrook where Taiya lived in a small little home that was once a motel before renovation. It was twilight by the time the Taxi got to the house. Stephen was happy that the cab driver finally shut his mouth. The entire ride over was hell in Stephens mind, the cab driver would not stop talking. And about nothing except useless facts. His head hurt with all of the non-stop babble. He rang the door and his uncle answered the door.
Lugh – {was a somewhat scrawny man with a mustache} "Stephen YOU MADE IT!" {He said happily as he hugged his nephew}
Stephen – {Hugged his uncle back and patted him on the back} "Nice to see you uncle lu."
Lugh – "We have all been worried sick about your sister."
Sophie – {Walked into the living room} "We just can't seem to get a hold of her. I just hope she hasn't been kidnapped."
Lu – "Sophie, I bet its nothing really, who knows she could have been smitten with a boy and took off with him for the summer break."
Sophie – 'Please don't talk about Taiya like that. Taiya is not like that. Besides she is a good girl like her mother. I just hope it is not kidnapping or worse, the experts say a person gets abducted every 30 seconds and a rape every 36 seconds."
Stephen – "You have been watching CNN again haven't you?"
Lu – "You know your aunt, if it's not CNN its Msnbc."
Sophie – 'Just because I like to be informed, doesn't mean anything."
Lu – "Sweetie you are obsessed."
Sophie – {glared at her husband} "Fine Obsessed I may be but at least I keep up on all of the latest news. Anyway dear dinner will be ready in a few. Lu you are on vegetable duty today."
Lu – "All right dear." {Lu left to help his wife with dinner}
Peter – {a small 5 year old boy came rushing into the room} "STEPHEN!" {Jumped up and gave his cousin a huge hug} "YEAH STEPHENS HERE!"
Stephen – {Held his cousin high in the air and whirled him around} "Why hello Peter, you have been good for your parents I hope?"
Peter – "You bet!"
Stephen – "Good, just keep that up. You will never know how important that is. {He lowered the boy}
They sat down for dinner and as usual Stephens's aunt had the news blaring throughout dinner. The commercials were the same as before, if it wasn't Cassandra's concert, Batman stuff, it was constant Transformers mania. They even had toys already, how it was possible for there to be toys was beyond Stephens's comprehension. If it wasn't a product it was public service announcements about the Decepticon menace. However, little attacks have been made since LA fallout, at least that's what the government was saying. And heaven knows they cannot be trusted to handle a situation. Stephen decided to leave the next morning to go search for his sister. He would start with the usual places, her home, the school, library, and local mall. One of Stephens's friends back in Ireland heard about Stephens's sister's disappearance and came up with a missing poster. He just had to get copies. Stephen looked at the poster and thought to himself "David did a really good job". Stephen laid himself down to sleep and tried not to think about what if Aunt Sophie was right? What if something terrible happened? He tried to block the thoughts and went to sleep.
Shockwaves ship broke Hyperspace as it arrived to Earth. He got his first look at the Earthling planet and saw only weakness, he had to do his mission but to him the entire planet was weak and full of weak beings. He even let him self think on how weak his leader must be to have been trapped here for so long. Oh well, he would let his leader have his day in the sun and he would take it back some day. He tuned his cloak shield on and descended to the Nemesis located in this planets Atlantic Ocean. A few degrees south of the upper latitudes. He came down unseen by all radar and softly landed on the deck of the Nemesis. He looked in the sky and saw something he had never seen before. It was raining and storming. Electrical bolt went off around him and he was enamored at the power this so called weather was producing. Megatron and a few of the others were waiting, Shockwave was happy that Blackout was not among them. He was greeted by Megatron who of course showed no courtesy and kept his arms crossed.
Megatron – "Shockwave, do you have everything I need?"
Shockwave – "Of course Megatron, I have compiled all the files I could on human anatomy and came up with the best way to install the components."
Megatron – {nodded his head} "We should get out of this miserable rain before we all rust."
Starscream – {who was also among the ones waiting for Shockwave spoke} "So Shockwave, how is Iacon after we left?"
Shockwave – "The whole city has been rebuilt and is now producing more energy then it takes, besides the absent head council everything is back on track. Things have never been better in Iacon, or should I say New Iacon?'
Starscream – "Who needs the head council and the temple of ancients? All rubbish to me."
Megatron – "Starscream shut it for a nano, your boastfulness is like rust to the audio sensors."
Shockwave – "Starscream is just proud of his work Megatron, after all the ancients were halting progress on Cybertron, them and their primus worship only made it difficult for science to take hold. Don't you agree Starscream?"
Starscream – 'I agree with you, for once."
Megatron – "You two science geektrons can discuss your remedial nonsense later. But first we have another experiment to work on."
Shockwave – "Ah yes the female. Where is she? I want to do my final modifications on the surgical-automaton."
Megatron – "She is asleep I think. Before you do anything Shockwave I do think it is necessary to remind you that you are under my orders, any hatred and anger towards blackout is back at that ship of yours. I hear that you took one steep out of line, and you can say goodbye to that last optic of yours. I will not tolerate insubordinate behavior on my ship."
Shockwave – "Yes Lord Megatron. I would never do anything irrational.'
Megatron – "We should all take a stasis break and reconvene in the morning."
All of the Decepticons went their separate ways for a stasis break to recharge for the next day. It was 3 in the morning and everyone was on the tired side except Drone. Who took the opportunity to leave the ship and head to the lowest level of the Nemesis to hide out until he got further orders from Dreadcycle. He had to make sure that his communication would not be overheard so he used a different signal frequency to that of the typical DRTF (Decepticon Radio transmission Frequency). He was so small he just went through the sensors. He transmitted back to Cybertron and back to his master. She said to hold out and just use the vent shafts to avoid being seen. The Decepticons meet the next morning as planned and came up with a plan to how they would handle the new experimental procedure. Barricade and the twins came back with the doctor as Megatron had ordered and Doctor Arkeville was tied and bound. He was overcome with not only confusion but elation. He thought to himself "The real Decepticons. They are magnificent. I want to take them all apart and see how they work." Some of the Decepticons at the meeting were laughing because of the doc's hairstyle, or lack of. It looked like Einstein's but a lot more spiked. Megatron was the first to speak up as they sat around the meeting table.
Megatron – "Decepticons this is Doctor Arkeville. Why don't we all say hello."
The Decepticons just gave the scariest glares and smirks at the doc. Who felt very frightened by it.
Megatron – "He is going to make the last part of the plan I have. I know many of you do not like the idea of bringing humans aboard the ship but it may be an opportunity to convince these peons that we are the better choice in leadership on this wretched planet."
Starscream – "But How Does Modifying Humans GOING TO HELP US?" {Starscream said annoyed}
Megatron – "We Transformers have the ability to transform, hence our name, these poor pitiful humans cannot, and I want them to see that we are clearly much better. I have changed my original plan to destroy them. I think they can be of use to us. And if humans are our enemies, we must keep a few close to convey any inside information to us. It worked with the Mini-spies last time. I think it could work again."
Frenzy – "So this whole thing is about infiltration?"
Megatron – "Exactly Frenzy."
Rumble – "Oh so we are going to use the girl to do that for us."
Megatron – "Even in your transformed state you still cannot get into a place a human can. We need a flesh creature to gain access to high security government buildings and set up a wire tap to us."
Frenzy – "HEY THAT'S MY JOB!"
Megatron – "Frenzy that is why I decided to make her part of your team, you and Rumble will assist in not only training the girl but also helping her with missions. LET ME FINISH BEFORE YOU OUTBURST!"
Frenzy – "All right. Just as long as you don't plan on outsourcing me."
Soundwave – "Megatron would not do such a move Frenzy, besides a Decepticon sister may be good for you two. You would have a small command post, correct Megatron?"
Megatron – "That's right, you and Rumble will be her bosses, but all executive orders will come from me."
Blackout – "Just how many humans do you plan on changing?"
Megatron – "If I could transform this species into more mechanical race, it would be all those I consider worthy. This is a steep we might have to take. Our race is dwindling down, and our numbers are getting less and less. These humans are said to have a soul, their equivalent to a spark. If this "soul" exists then we might be able to make more of our ranks and finally out match the Autobots."
Skywarp – "Don't we need the Allspark for that?"
Megatron – "We will continue our search for it, for all we know the Autobots have it and aren't saying anything in order to keep us here. So I figure they want us to stay here, we might as well do something with our time."
Blackout – {gulped and became kind of restless because he knew where the cube was} "Good plan Megatron." {He stated trying not to sound suspicious}
Megatron – {smiled at the praise} "Now back to you Doctor Arkeville. Frenzy you can un-gag him now."
Frenzy – {removed the gag and said to the doctor very quietly} "You try to run or say anything we don't like and cccrrraacckk." {Frenzy moved his figure across his throat to indicate "off with his head"}
Soundwave – "Frenzy."{Frenzy moved away feeling a sense of "no fun"}
Arkeville – "What do you want with me?"
Megatron – "you are here to help modify a regeneration pod for a human. We are new to your chemical processes and need someone of your expertise to make it happen."
Arkeville – "I am flattered you chose me but DID THE RED ONE HAVE TO HIT ME SO HARD!"
Rumble – "I was only doing my job."
Arkeville – 'Well it really hurt."
Megatron – "Rumble is that any way to treat our new associate?"
Rumble – "Fine. You want a sorry… WELL YOU AINT GETTING IT!" {Said defiantly}
Soundwave – "RUMBLE!"
Arkeville – "Its alright, you must be Megatron, GLORIOUS LEADER OF THE DECEPTICONS! PLEASE TELL ME YOU WANT THOSE HORRIBLE AUTOBOTS DEAD!"
Megatron – "See my fellow Decepticons this human already gets what I have been saying. We need to convince all like he has been. Now will you do what we have instructed?"
Arkeville – "YES LORD MEGATRON! Now where is the subject?"
Blackout – "Rumble and Frenzy kept her up way past her stasis time and she is sleeping in. I could go get her if you want." {Really thinking "as long as I can get away from Shockwave."}
Megatron – "I don't think we need to." {Megatron pointed the door way where a very sleepy eyed Taiya was rubbing her eyes and yawning something dreadful}
Taiya – "Megatron..Sir…I am sorry I am … late. YAWN. Seems like Frenzy and Rumble kept me up a tad bit too late….they were teaching me how to hack into my favorite game. YAWN."
Megatron – {glanced angrily at the two} "Well lets just hope it DOESN'T happen again."
Taiya – {walked over to the head of the table where Megatron was and tapped his leg} "Megatron?"
Megatron – "Taiya what is it?"
Taiya – "A little help up please." {Taiya pointed up and Megatron using two fingers lifted her girl up to the table top}
Megatron – "Yes as I was saying Taiya this is the doctor that will help in your modification." {Waved his hand over to Arkeville}
Arkeville – "So this is your subject. She should be easily diagnosed, she has average height and weight.'
Taiya – 'Wait have I seen you before?"
Arkeville – "Ah you must have seen me on the news or magazine cover." {He grabbed the sides of his white lab coat proud like}
Taiya – "No that's not it… O_O ! YOUR THAT ASSHOLE DOCTOR THAT GOT FIRED FROM STANFORD UNIVERSITY! THE ONE THAT WAS DOING ILLEGAL EXPERIMENTS ON STUDENTS!"
Shockwave – "Well as far as humans go he is tolerable."
Arkeville – "And you believe that? That was a way my rival in bio-human engineering to get me out of the way. That's why I am just an Anatomy professor now. I should have never gotten on the bad side of my rival Doctor Victor keys. He RUINED MY LIFE!'
Taiya – {crossed her arms and turned her back to him} " YOU KILLED 15 STUDENTS! I still don't trust you, and I am not letting you touch me. NOT EVER!"
Arkeville – "Well Taiya, you are not in charge here am I right Megatron?" {Using every moment to suck up to his "heroes"}
Megatron – "Yes doctor Arkeville. Taiya listen to the doctor and fallow his commands, but Blackout you may accompany them, any issues, you know what to do."
Shockwave – {got up and walked around to where Megatron stood and extended his "good" hand} "I am Shockwave, you must be Taiya, it will be fun operating on you." {Anyone with ears could sense the evil on that sentence}
Taiya – {still like as if} "I don't know who freaks me out more, you or that creepy doctor."
Shockwave – {retracted his "hand"} "Fine, I understand that negative remark."
Taiya – {went over to blackout and sat beside his hand}
Shockwave – "As I was saying Megatron I have been looking up surgery on this planet and they commonly use anesthesia to render the person in stasis."
Megatron – "Go on."
Shockwave – "To be a true initiation I propose that we opt out of that option."
Megatron – "Excellent."
Starscream – {still angered over the paint thing} "We can see her pain tolerance and to be a true Decepticon would mean pain like we have been through."
Arkeville – "I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO CLEAR SURGERY!" {Getting excited}
Shockwave – "We would never trust a human with our delicate procedure." {Shockwave started to chuckle}
Taiya – "WHAT! YOU WOULD DO SURGERY WITH NO LOCAL ANESTHESIA?! YOU CANT DO THAT!" {Taiya turned to blackout and kept her hands on his} "Blackout you wont let them do it will you!?"
Blackout – {looked to Taiya very sadly} "I am sorry Taiya, I cant, it is out of my hands." {If blackout could have cried he would have, and he would have killed Shockwave as well.}
Taiya – {heartbroken} "but…"
Megatron – "How long do you need Doctor?"
Arkeville – "You have much greater technology, I should only need a week.'
Megatron – "Done"
Shockwave – "Megatron I will take my leave."
She turned to look at the others desperately trying to find someone to back her up. But no one did. The only thing crossed her mind. 'Why did I take it? Why did I take that cube?" she came up with the only solution, she had signed her fate that day and to protect her family and friends she would have to do whatever Megatron said. She was now not just human but Decepticon property. This is something she never wanted to be, someone's Thing. A week was longer then anything she had ever felt and her brother felt the same searching for her. He had posted the pictures everywhere. And headed to his sisters home to see if she was there. Perhaps her phone line was just cut. It wasn't the first time she had trouble paying the bills. A twin goes into surgery and another goes on the hunt. A general is lost in confusion along with sector 7. And in a even more secretive location a doctor plans to take a Transformer hostage. All seemed to go round and round, like the clock on the wall that week.