Transformers Alterverse 1

by Taiya001

What if the Allspark got into someone else's hands. Take a deeper dive into the unique world of Transformers Alterverse where militaristic generals are just as threatening as the Decepticons themselves. Small Note: My earlier chapters were written much less proficiently as my grammar was lacking. My newer chapters get better I promise you. Also I am currently editing the old ones.

12. Chapter 12

KEY TO VICTORY

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This is a bit of a catch up on what is going on with the Autobots

anyways HERE YOU GO

Taiya waited for her brother to heal up; praying all the while that he was all right. She joined the cons in watching some late night TV. The news was blaring, but as usual the cons never could agree on which station to watch, Rumble wanted CNN, Frenzy wanted Fox, the Constructicons all wanted to watch NBC, and Starscream wanted his favorite station Headline news. Eventually Megatron stole the remote and turned it on to Global Telle Network, a rather new station. They were a sister company to Fox so Tara Wheeler was constantly being pulled back and forth between the two stations. She was getting so famous that she had her own fragrance line. She spoke in front of what looked like a war zone.

Tara – "We are in front of the Grant Army Base in Arizona where nothing has been left but fires and broken equipment. No one has taken responsibility for the attack but I think we all know who it was that did this terrorist attack. You said it, the Decepticons. We are now confirming that this base was taken down by an astounding 3 jets. From our Autobot resources they were members of seeker team beta. We are told that their names are Dirge, Ramjet, and Thrust. {The cone heads all cheered and hollered as they got some mention in the attack}. We are still unsure about the reason behind the attack as body counts are taken. An estimated 1255 people have lost their lives and over 2 thousand injured. We are also getting reports that standard weapons were of no use. However, we get word that fuel, computer equipment, and some missiles were stolen. Wait, wait, I am getting something in {Tara was handed a piece of paper}. Oh dear, the president just issued this statement, {she read the report} "Decepticons, you have shown your intentions, and I want to tell you that your end will be swift." {the cons laughed} he goes on to saw that has issued a bounty on anyone who can bring in a Decepticon offline, to anyone who is interested in 2 million dollars to aid the capture of the Decepticon menace. May anyone who has the courage to face them have the best of luck. We are also getting reports that a server was stolen from an FBI outpost and re-obtained in Northbrook with all of the files deleted. The FBI is still not sure why the data was taken but they state that they believe it was the same con that infiltrated Air Force One is to blame. {Frenzy booed at that, since he knew it was not him that took the server}. General McAlister says he will be bringing some troops back home to guard the now clearly vulnerable bases. But speculation about how effective that will be is piling up. Many governments are now working with their enemies to help keep their own countries safe. My God save us all, we are clearly in trouble as Israeli and Palestinian forces have even stopped their conflict to aid each other. We can only hope that having the Autobots on our side will help stop the bleeding before the Decepticons strike again. And as of this moment our threat level has now been elevated to orange. A first as the events of 9/11."

Tara was stopped by the stations central broadcast. A male spoke next.

Greg – "This is Greg Benet here with a little bit more positive news, the big Gala between the Autobots and the top leaders of the country will meet up in two weeks to discus the ever going conflict between the human race and the Decepticons. Several Autobot leaders will be at the gala, some known ones will be General Jazz, soldiers Hound, Cliffjumper, and we may even get a chance to see Optimus Prime. But we are unsure due to the fact that he is meeting up with the legendary Victor Keys about plans and strategies on how to combat the new menace. And in other news, the Hoover dam is finally at optimum efficiency after the dam was attacked and bombed by Decepticons in order to free their leader Megatron. Wow we seem to be getting no new news other then about the transformers. Oh on another note, The controversial Doctor Arkeville has been missing for the last few months, to which no one in the educational community actually cares. {Arkeville got angry and left the room}. I have to leave for messages from our sponsors."

The commercial was cut off by an ad for Cassandra's new CD "Chained Melody". Many people loved her music, and it was even speculated that Autobot Blaster had a crush on her. Her tickets always sold out within the first few hours, she almost broke the record of most shows in a year. She was one of the first few people to start making songs about the Bots and Cons. Some of which were, Optimum Speed, Jazz to the Beat, Blackout the Sky, Desert Demon, Honorable Will and Megatron Might. Fan fractions were already publicizing their views on the whole thing through blogs, CNN's I-Report, and YouTube Videos. Many of the counter culture youth loved the Cons, and embraced a new silver and purple theme. Everything from t-shirts, to action figures were already in production. Taiya had to cover her face in not only in disgust but disbelief when a bunch of girls came on screen with signs reading {Megatron is Hot! Optimus is not!} . Megatron only made it worse by saying "And that is why I am the leader", you could tell he was gloating and quite proud of what he was seeing. A couple of the cons burst out laughing when one of the girls in the group was wearing a wedding gown said on camera "MARRY ME MEGATRON!" So far there were fangirl groups for all of the TF's. Including Bonecrusher!? Bones could not believe his auditory receivers and went to his room to make sure they were working right. The news station was doing a special on the whole transformers thing and one thing that made Taiya yell out, was when a batch of Blackout fangirls showed up on the screen.

Taiya – "I DON'T THINK SO FANBITCHES, BLACKOUT IS MINE, MINE I TELL YA!" {she broke out into several evil laughs before covering her mouth and getting as red as Rumble. Blackout only smiled himself and pulled Taiya closer to him, this made a few cons laugh.}

The special went on further while across the states in a large laboratory was the Victor Keys manufacture line. Where they made machine parts for a line of prosthetic limbs. The same station was showing on a large plasma TV in the facility. Victor Keys muted the TV.

Victor – "And that my friends is the reason why the Decepticons must be stopped, at the current rate I estimate that all military bases within the United States can be crippled in a matter of 2 years. I only hope that they do not continue at this rate."
Jazz – "Forget the bases; this is sick, humans actually liking the Decepticons? What's up with that?"
Perceptor – "Quite disturbing really."
Jazz – "I shudder to think about what else will come of this. What's next?"
Prime – "I wouldn't be so cruel Jazz, they just seem confused, we just need to show them that we are the ones worth trusting."
Bumblebee – "Lets hope you are right about hat one Prime, we can only wish that primus helps us in that endeavor."
Jazz – "I am with you on that Bumblebee."
Victor – "As I was saying," {the bots stopped talking while blaster in the back clearly wasn't listening}
Ironhide – "BLASTER TURN THAT SLAG OFF AND PAY ATTENTION."
Blaster - {singing} "And the moon was struck by silver light in the middle of the night, covered in a ray of might."
Cliffjumper – {went over and hit his head} "Blaster!"
Blaster – "Fine, I will turn it off if you hate it that much." {Clicked the off button and joined the others around a table where Victor took the head}

A female ran into the room with a ton of files and handed then to Victor who looked through them and said thank you to her.

Victor – "Autobots I want you too meet my head computer analyst, and close personal friend, Zoe."
Zoe – "It's a pleasure, really, but Victor we need your permission to go ahead and secure our network with 2388 beta maxim hellgate."
Victor – "you think we have to use that line of defense? Are we vulnerable to Decepticon hacks?"
Zoe – "that is exactly what I am saying, we should beef up our security before they find out about our " projects " and try to steal the files."
Victor – "go ahead, {he held up a small sized computer that was that was about the size of a large watch and spoke into it as he pushed a few buttons} CODE: Verify, Project 2388, {the watch spoke, "code accepted}"
Zoe – "Thank you Victor."
Victor – "I trust that you can handle it now?"
Zoe – "Of course."
Victor – "That's why I hired you; you always make the right call when it comes to our networks."
Zoe – {smiled and blushed}
Victor – "Now if only I could get you to marry me."
Zoe – "stop joking, me and you, not in this life victor."
Victor – "Help me Prime."
Prime – "Human romance is not my specialty."
Zoe – "See."
Victor – "You wait, I will figure out the formula to your heart Zoë."

Victor laughed to himself as Zoë left the room also in a fit of giggles. Victor really did want to marry Zoë, but she always said that it would make it hard for him to be a good boss to her. Victor meet her during a piano recital, she was a musical savant since the age of 4. So he knew that she could learn computers and brought her in. she was even better then the great Maggie Madsen. The two were always trying to beat each other in hacking competitions that were hosted by the NSA. However during the events of LA Maggie was given the job Zoë wanted. But at Keys tech, the pay and benefits outweighed anything that the govt. could possibly offer. Zoë was the perfect software engineer, not only was she smart, but she was a genius, she created a whole new system. The concept of using HTML, or binary was primitive to what she had cooked up for Keys. It was what she called ZSTP. {Zoë's Symbol Transfer Protocol}. She had found a way to use music symbols as code, and not just music, but sand script, and kanji. So what seemed to you as a symphony was actually a series of codes capable of crippling a network and entire system of networks. It was her musical talent shown in a rather creative way. She called her musical hacks, the dangerous melody. The conversation continued.

Victor – {sighed} "as I was saying gentlebots before my lovely associate interrupted us, we have a critical problem here."
Wheeljack – "You bet we do, this is critical, if we let the Decepticons win here it wont take long for them to find the allspark and take over Cybertron."
Prime – "You are right Wheeljack."
Gears – "This is bad, it won't be long till this planet is separated by faction too. Then we will have two civil wars on our hands."
Bumblebee – "I only wish we could do more."
Victor – " perhaps you can."
Ironhide – "So we take it you have a plan, but don't count your energon chips yet, we have been at this for millions of years with no avail. What makes you think you can do what we cannot."
Victor –"the problem is not with the brawn but with the brains of the issue."
Blaster – "come again."
Victor – "its like this, you have tried to beat the Decepticons with fighting and I think that is where the problem is. We cannot expect brute force to work against them. From the files you sent me the Decepticons are used to being beaten and can shake off injury like a bad case of fleas."
Prime – "that is correct, so do you have an idea around this?"
Victor – "Yes but I need your help, I still need to understand the mind of a transformer in order to gain control of it."
Ironhide – "WAIT A SLAGGIN MINUTE! YOU WANT TO OPEN US UP AND FIDDLE WITH OUR CERBOS! COUNT ME OUT!"
Prime – "Ironhide! Cool your afterburners a breem, go on victor."
Victor – "I am developing a way we can use codes to hack into the transformer mind and stop it from functioning."
Perceptor – "HA HA HA, if it was that easy we would have been able to do that eons ago."
Wheeljack – "Victor I can tell you this, we have already tried that form of attack, and the only thing that we got from it was a standstill. The machine me and Perceptor invented not only halted the Decepticons but us as well."
Jazz – "Hold it Wheeljack, victor what makes you so sure you will be able to do it?"
Victor – "Because I am human, I have creativity that you do not, and with my team I can guarantee results.'
Ironhide – "I don't know what makes you such a hot shot but fine I will hear you out. But don't go thinking you are better then us human."
Victor – "I don't Ironhide, but I have known about project N.B.E 1 for the last decade or more. I have access to all of the files on him, and I have only been able to scratch the surface of the complex array of circuits and mother boards within his mind. I figure if he has a computer like brain then his ability to function and think should be written in code. And if he has a code we should be able to hack into it and stopping him or any other Decepticon attack. I have had only limited success in getting the code and total function of the brain of a transformer. But that is why I need your help, so far the only thing that I have been capable of doing was to use the schematics of Megatron to aid in the production of my prosthesis line."

The door came open and it was ratchet that joined the group.

Ratchet – "Sorry guys, I was at a Red Cross charity event, apparently I am their new mascot."
Gears – "Don't slag it Ratchet, we will fill you in later."
Ratchet – {took a seat and tossed a CD to Blaster} "oh I also picked this up for you Blaster."
Blaster – "W00T CASSANDRAS NEW CD! Thanks Ratchet! Cassy is but a beautiful angel soaring above the clouds of nebulon" {he held the CD close and smiled}
Ratchet – "You're welcome."
Ironhide – "Great, now he will pay less attention to us on top of his already limited attention span."
Hound – "Can someone check Blaster out, I think his cerbos are fragged."
Ironhide – "You are one to talk Human lover.'
Prime – "Autobots please can we go back to the reason why we are here."
Bumblebee – "Sorry , Blaster is just being himself."
Victor – "Don't worry Bumblebee, but yes, {he took out a brick sized metal box that had spikes like cleats protruding out of the bottom} this is my first prototype, I have yet to name it so bear with me. This cube is a cyber distorter and inhibiting machine. It is meant to interfere with the relays in the mind of a transformer by imbedding computer viruses within the central processor. And that is the problem, I don't have enough of the code to make a viable virus yet. Please Autobots will you help me?"
Wheeljack – " Prime! I wish to help the doctor in his work."
Perceptor – 'Wheeljack, you mean let you be the guinea pig to his experiment?" {Preceptor said as he started to get angry}
Wheeljack – "Yes, as long as he doesn't do any permanent damage."
Victor – "I would not do any such thing."
Perceptor – "Wheeljack wait! Don't do this, we should find a Decepticon and let it be torn apart!"
Wheeljack – "Perceptor I know you mean well but we don't have time, 1200 people already lost their lives last week because of our war! And if we don't fix our mess. {He was cut off by prime}
Prime – "NO! Wheeljack, that was my error, I choose to send the cube away, it is my fault that the war has engulfed the earth as well. I will not allow anyone to take blame for my mistakes." {The guilt was clearly shown on his face}
Gears – ' Prime."
Ironhide – "Don't shoot yourself in the back yet Prime, you just did what you thought you had to do. It was either that or let the decepticons tear our planet apart bit by bit till they got their hands on the cube."
Prime – "I know but, Victor you are absolutely sure that you can do what you say?"
Victor – " Prime I don't lie, especially when lives are on the line, if I fail, then I will take full credit for the failure.'
Bluestreak – "We can't let this planet turn into Cybertron number two, if it will help, I will be a subject as well."
Ironhide – "Bluestreak think logically, this human can't possibly think he can do all that he said. So don't give yourself up just yet. I will be a lithione uncle before I just start handing my buddies off to a human."
Prime – "I know you mean well the both of you but I think we should let Bluestreak handle himself."
Victor – 'Thank you Wheeljack and thank you Bluestreak, I will make sure that no part of the operation is secret to you or the Autobots. I do not want to keep you guys out of the loop. And if Prime ever thinks I am going too far, he can pull the plug. I also want to develop ways to make you stronger, faster, and smarter."
Cliffjumper – 'HEY! YOU CALLING US FRAGGED?"
Victor – "No but I was reviewing the so called Dinobots, and let me tell you I have seen 6 year olds have more logic then they do. Their careless and thoughtless attitudes will eventually result in damage. I can bet the one named Grimlock has caused more destruction then good. They need intelligence and they need it badly."
Jazz – "Actually that is true." {Jazz said laughing}
Victor – {Nodded his head in thinks to jazz for agreeing} "I just want to beat those sector seven scientists before they come up with something that will harm not only the Decepticons but you guys as well. I don't want you hurt in the crossfire."
Bumblebee – "It looks like you have a good head on your shoulders."
Perceptor – "I still don't like your idea Doctor Keys. But my friend has made his choice, I bet other Autobots would do the same."

A ringing sound emanated around the room and it was primes communication link.

Voice – " Prime this is Autobot Flak, I just landed and I am 34* north and 128* west, requesting coordinates to meet up with you and the team?"
Prime – " Permission granted, I am sending them now, but be careful, I want you to have your Autobot logo clearly shown so that the inhabitants of this world know you are friendly. And try to stay off of the roads. They will not support your size flak. And try not to endanger any one."
Flak – "YESSIR! Flak out."
Prime – "It will be nice to see him again, he might want to help you too victor."
Victor – "Wonderful, what does he look like so my guards don't shoot at him."
Prime – "He is a tank type transformer; he is light green and dark forest green."
Victor – {pushed another button on his watch} "Guards an Autobot is coming, he will respond to the name Flak, he is a tank and he is two tone green, do you copy?"
Guard – "Yes sir doctor keys. And uh sir. I was wondering, can you get me Bumblebee's autograph, it's for my daughter Sari?"
Victor – "Bumblebee, would you mind?"
Bumblebee – "Its no problem, however I am going to need a big piece of paper.'
Guard – "OH THANK YOU. YOU JUST GAVE ME THE #1 DAD AWARD! And thank you doctor keys.'
Bumblebee – "Man you humans get excited about the smallest stuff."
Bluestreak – "He is just grateful that he can enjoy those little things BB, you should try it sometime. Cause you never know when it will be gone.'
Hound – "There he goes again."
Gears – "Hound it's the truth."
Victor – "Yeah, no need to joke about that. Another problem is the sudden disappearance of my old college professor Doctor Arkeville. Only god knows what he is up to."
Ironhide – "Who is this Arkeville anyway? Is he a nuisance or something, cause I can take care of the matter if you want. I am always in need of some target practice."
Victor – "No, it's not that, but with him missing, it gets me nervous." {Victor took of his glasses and rubbed his eyes, the Autobots got kind of shocked to see that his eyes were discolored and scared.}
Bumblebee – "Uh don't take this the wrong way but what in Primus name happened to your eyes?"
Victor – "Doctor Arkeville."
Perceptor – 'I think it would be a good idea if we knew who he is."

Victor started to tell the story. Doctor Arkeville, world renown and world infamous. His good is only over shown by his maniacal ways. He started his career as a good doctor, researching new and effective drugs and cures. He has been the major influence on all aspects of biology. He not only helped with the small pox vaccine, but he also helped to develop vaccines for polio, malaria, and mumps. He is a brilliant man I will not doubt that. But as he grew in fame, his God like complex became ever more great. He knows more about the chemical processes of the body then anyone on the planet. He can tell you things about your body that would shock even some of the most experienced doctors. His work steams not only to vaccines but drug therapy as well, chemotherapy, radiation treatment, and radio marking. He even stated that with a laser he could kill cancer, which is now a real treatment for certain types of cancer. His inspiration lead many people to join the medical field and try to help him achieve a world of pure health. A world as he wanted that was free of disease and disorders. However, his methods are less pacifistic in nature. I was his student in the late part of the 1980's and I looked up to him like any med student would. He had a way of getting you to believe in what ever he said. I forgot my notebooks in the lab. I returned in the later part of the evening, and that day was the day I found out about his experiments. I went back to the lab so that I could get my work back when I heard screaming from the basement of the university. I decided to go check it out, I thought it was the janitor, and that he had fallen or something. I went down the stairs and saw nothing, so I continued to fallow the screams. I found a secret door behind an old ventilation grate. I yelled out and no one answered. I fallowed it further and when I came upon something so vile that a mortician would find the sight revolting. Hundreds of people locked away in cages many of which I knew were dead. The screams from them were unexplainable. It was the worst sound you could imagine. I ran down the steeps and went over to one of the cages. I asked what was going on. An emaciated man said that he was put in their by Arkeville, and that he was doing terrible tings to them. I noticed that some of the people were students, many of them were in my classes. I looked around for the keys to the cages, I was never more horrified in my life. People with chemical drips, machines hanging off of them, and even people who looked like their limbs were amputated and reattached in different areas. The literal doctor Frankenstein. I had to keep myself from throwing up. I could not find the keys, so I went to a back room, there the horror did not cease. Body parts of every kind were in jars and a few computers that were calculating the data. I spotted the keys and grabbed them, I then rushed back to the cages where I was stopped by Arkeville. He grabbed my hand and twisted it hard. I yelled out in pain.

Arkeville – "What are you doing here victor, class is over."
Victor – "ARKEVILLE YOU MONSTER! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO THESE PEOPLE?"
Arkeville – " People? I see no people, only subjects." {Arkeville manically laughed}
Victor – "I AM GOING TO SHUT YOU DOWN, AND MAKE SURE YOU END UP IN PRISON!" {Victor said defiantly}
Arkeville – {walked around his student} "I don't think so victor, you see I can't let you do that. I cannot lose my work."
Victor – "Work! Work! This is just work to you!?"
Arkeville – " Precisely my boy. I am SICK TO DEATH OF THE LAW, ETHICS, AND MORAL CODES KEEPING SCIENCE BACK! NO MORE WILL WE BOW TO THE MEAGER MINDED FOOLS OF THIS COUNTRY OR ANY COUNTRY! TRUE PROGRESS STARTS WITH THREE THINGS VICTOR, BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS!"
Victor – "But this is madness Arkeville, these people don't deserve to become your little test rats!"
Arkeville – "It's just a few people, and we give our oath to heal people, however, we cannot do that first without making a few sacrifices!"
Victor – "THESE ARE HUMAN BEINGS, NOT JUST GOATS YOU LEAVE OUT FOR THE SLAUGHTER!" {Victor began to cry}
Arkeville – "Don't cry, they only have to suffer a tad bit more."
Victor – {walked backwards and toppled over a chair}
Arkeville – "JOIN ME VICTOR! TOGETHER WE WILL DO GREAT THINGS, WONDERFUL THINGS!"
Victor – "I will NEVER JOIN YOU!" {Victor reached for a scalpel and got up in a fighting pose}
Arkeville – "Put the scalpel down before you hurt yourself."
Victor – "I don't think so."

I tried to cut him down but he blacked me with a surgical tray. We shared a few blows as we both aimed at disarming the other. We both must have crashed into some glassware because our lab coats were soaked in blood. I was too angry to notice though. I fought with him and in the end I was stopped almost cold by him. As I tried to make one last blow to him, he picked up a beaker full of boronic acid and splashed my face. That's how I got these scars. I lost my ability to see color that day, and now if I keep these glasses off for too long my eyes start to burn. I eventually made it out of the lab and got the police. If I didn't run I probably would be dead. They put Arkeville in prison and stripped him of his medical license. The records that were in Arkeville's secret laboratory showed that he had killed about 1000 people. Of the 250 that were in the cages, only 40 lived. Most of which ended up in mental institutions. Conversely Arkeville would have the last laugh, the former president and his daughters feel ill from an assassination attempt. The assassin tried to kill them with a lethal bacterium. No one in the country ever saw it before, so they called in Arkeville. He synthesized an anti-viral drug and he was given a presidential pardon. He was allowed to teach, just not to practice. But my efforts were in vain, he still walks free. The only good that came from this was my rise to stardom. I was given grants and I started my company a few years later. And I have been going forward ever since. That is why I am worried about his disappearance.

The Autobots sat in silence in shock. They did not know what to say. Their loss of words, were new to some of them. Including gears and Bluestreak who always had something to say.

Prime – "I am dearly sorry Victor." {Prime got up and patted victors back}
Victor – "its all right Prime {victor put his glasses back on} its part of the reason why I try so hard to make things better for anyone who is sick in this world. I am hoping that I can make up for what my old professor did and try to reach balance with the world."
Jazz – "Hey, don't get your transistors in a knot Victor, if we see him, you bet we will give him a proper Autobot response."
Ironhide – " Prime permission to take out the human."
Prime – 'Ironhide you know we do not harm humans, what is with you?"
Ironhide – "Nothing, I am just saying we could. It's an option."
Bumblebee – "I am with hide here. This is one human in need of deletion.'
Cliffjumper – "Okay but if we do see him, then we ain't saving him form anything."
Prime – "All right, how about this, if you do ever see him and he is being attacked by Decepticons, save him last. How about that."
Blaster –"Fine by me.
Ratchet – "Victor, I could examine your eyes, I probably could fix them, and if it was boronic acid, then preceptor can help out too."
Victor – "Later yes, but right now we have Decepticons to take care of."

As it would turn out Flak did want to help, so he agreed to join Wheeljack, and Bluestreak. The two went with victor to be examined and be made into new subjects. Prime could tell one thing from keys, he would not harm his team members. They put blaster in charge of keeping tabs with victor. He was happy as long as he did not miss any time with his music.

Back at the nemesis it was stasis time and on Megatron's floor an ominous radio signal was going off.

Megatron, Megatron please come in, please come in Megatron.

Megatron woke from his stasis and went over to his computer and spoke into the microphone.

Megatron – "What in sparks name, Brawl do you have any idea what time it is?"
Brawl – "I am sorry sir; I did not mean to wake you. But I have an issue here, permission to engage human targets."
Megatron – "And blow your cover, what is it for?"
Brawl – "I found a PET sir, a female, she is in danger."
Megatron – "Brawl I hope you remember that you are a Decepticon, and hero work is not what you signed up for. If you want that go join the Autobots."
Brawl – "But sir, she is blind, and there are 6 of them, they look pretty dangerous. And picking on a blind girl is too weak, even for us."
Megatron – "I agree, what kind of lowly, slagging, fragged spark core of an exhaust port gangs up on a blind girl? Permission to engage, however if you are caught, you are on your own."
Brawl – "Yessir."
The transmission cut.