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.

18. Chapter 18

Party Play

Back at the nemesis the other cons were going about their business. Marie was just about finished with the engine. The only thing that sort of stopped her was some of the heavy parts. Brawl helped her with them. Megatron said as long as he was just holding them it would be okay. Brawl loved having Marie, but some of the cons were starting to laugh at Brawl's incessant need to impress her. To this he had to think outside of the box, considering Marie's blindness she could not see any display of Brawl's "mastery" at work. When Brawl called Prime to do his check ins the Autobots were utterly shocked to see that Brawl a Decepticon was actually keeping a promise. Flak was still mad and refused to talk to Brawl even on Prime's orders. To some, Flak was acting like the con and Brawl was acting like a bot. Acting like a bot was vastly different then actually being one. Jazz was getting suited up for the Gala and was very confused to why he had to change his appearance. Victor made Jazz, Bumblebee, and Hound components that looked like tuxedos; only metal. Jazz liked the black paint job and Bumblebee said it enhanced his yellow paint. It was funny because the gate guard's daughter Sari was with then during the fitting. She kept running around bumblebee and asking him questions. Victor told Sari that it was all her dads doing and to that Isaac felt like he was getting an award of some kind. Hound did not like the color Black; to him it was Decepticon color. He refused to wear it and this meant that they had to be repainted. Hound wanted green instead, and when he was done he looked like a general himself. Prime thought it would be a good idea to start giving medals to his troops after reviewing military records on earth.

One person had a ton of medals and that was Mark McAlister. For some odd reason Prime felt uneasy around the human general. There was just something about him that was off. Prime could sense something bizarre about the man when he looked into his eyes; there was a cold and unfeeling gaze in them. Almost as if he had no spark. Prime tried to put it out of his mind as just a human trait he has not gotten used to yet. He turned his mind to getting his bots ready for the Gala and instructing how they should act. However, Sam, Mikaela, and their new friends Carly and Spike were much more helpful in the endeavor. They being human knew what to say and how to act. Carly was a smart girl that was university student. Spike also attended the same university as Carly and together they wanted to be engineers; Carly wanted to be a construction engineer for bridges, while spike wanted to be a commercial engineer, building skyscrapers. They helped Sam and Mikaela through their studies as well. Sam and Mikaela were now entering their senior year of high school. They became quite a popular couple with the Transformers thing. They could not go to the movies without having constant questions blasted at them. That's why they stuck to staying at the Ark with the Autobots.

Happiness is so easily shattered thought the Autobots. Every time they turned on the news there was some story about murder, war, violence, or some bad pandemic. The bots felt ever more sympathetic to the humans as they saw how their world was full of pain and misery. Prime also knew he was contributing to the pain. The Decepticons have managed to destroy several of the military bases. Prime underestimated Megatron. Megatron was finding ways of getting around the Autobot protection and he was doing it well. One thing that the Bots did not understand about earth culture was how dumb their villains acted. In all fictional media they were portrayed as stupid and illogical beings. Megatron was also being undermined in pop culture. However the bots knew the real Megatron. Megatron was for one not stupid. He was brilliant. No villain thought the bots could possibly stay in power if they acted stupidly. They also knew that no one would fallow a leader if they did not have the strength and the intelligence to lead. The last thought was how the villains always lost. This was far from the truth, no villain would have followers or power if they failed all of the time. Evil won several times and it continued its presence in the universe. And one of the greatest evils have found the earth; Prime choosing to send the cube away laced the human and transformer fate together. Prime knew he was the spark to the fire that now surrounded the earth. Guilt was settling in and it was going to take a lot for him to be shaken out of despair.

Despair was one feeling that the cons knew little about. They did not get sad; they got mad with rage instead of letting such nonsense enter their mind. Starscream was a master of turning negative emotions into unbridled fury. Even though he grew saddened with his lack of performance he did not let it get to him long. As the despair and sadness of failure settled in he turned it into motive against the ones that caused it. Megatron was always displeased with him, and to Starscream that meant Megatron had to go. But until he could find the power to do so he was stuck being Megatron's little cyber-slave. The constant yessir and no sir was getting to him. This made him ever more effective on the battle field. A few weeks ago he had to go destroy a German air force base. When he got there he was surprised to see how well the humans could fly. Several of them managed to get really good hits on to him. He was accompanied by Blackout who was still steaming from not being able to kill anything for a while. They attacked the base with such power that it left only a few people alive. One of those people was the General Takashivili head of Air Force command in the German military. She was not like most generals giving orders in a secure location and behind a desk instead of a battlefield. If it was not for her kindness she would have been a female McAlister. Starscream had taken down her best fighters along with her plane. He and blackout left nothing behind but burning rubble and smoldering wreckage's. Starscream seeing the human commander in the dirt crying while cradling one of her dead pilots decided to torment the girl further. Taka had always proclaimed that she was the ruler of the sky and that was something Starscream grew furious about. To him that comment was the greatest of insults. Starscream was always the best aerial commander. He could fly so well that it left all other aerial bots behind, including his own brothers Skywarp and Thundercracker. He transformed and landed in front of her only to laugh in her face. He said "Let's see how well you fly with one eye" and shot her in the face with his blaster. Leaving her almost dead he could hear her wailing gasps only making the sinister con even happier. Even Blackout thought Starscream went too far.

Unknown to even Starscream was the motives of Shockwave. He grew to like Arkeville and told Megatron that he would like him as his PET. He thought it was a good idea considering how much they had in common. Shockwave while everyone else was tied in their lives moved forward to change Arkeville into a humanicon. Shockwave also wanted to do some experiments on humans but to this Megatron said no. while he was formulating how to get new test subjects he was in close contact with Dreadcycle. She thought the idea of using humans was a splendid idea and wished to help. But how was the real question. They would have to come up with something in order to get what they wanted. Dreadcycle was still going on how much she wished Taiya dead. How could drone have failed so easily? Scorponok was the answer. He clung to blackout, Stephen, Taiya, and team Soundwave like magnet. To get to Taiya; Dreadcycle would have to eliminate him. She just had to gain Megatron's trust long enough to get on board of the nemesis to enact her revenge on the beast and its new "mother". The evil mind of Dreadcycle refused to cease. While her "leader" was on earth things were stabilizing on Cybertron. The fighting had significantly slowed and to Dreadcycle this was horrid. She wanted to kill and kill badly. She sat on a pile of broken down equipment twirling the neck joint of a terminal offline Autobot in her hand as she thought. Making the crazed statement "and who says you can't have fun with an Autobot?" in silence.

- Part Two - - - - Never Tell Stephen Lies {It only leads to pain}

The ever quietness of Megatron's chambers were disrupted by a very loud scream that fallowed a bunch of crashes from the hall. It was Stephen and he was chasing a very frightened Frenzy down the hall who was more running away then fighting.

Stephen – "GET BACK HERE YOU FRAG FOR BRAINS!"
Frenzy – "AHH!"
Stephen – {grabbing his blaster shot at Frenzy who was hit in the head and caused him to stumble a bit} "GET BACK HERE AND FACE ME LIKE A CON!"
Frenzy – "Okay I know you're upset, BUT CALM THE SLAG DOWN!"
Stephen – "Upset! Upset! I AM WAY BEYOND UPSET! {Continued to chase frenzy down the hall shooting at him}
Frenzy – {in defense tried to throw a few of his training shurikens at Stephen who was hit a few times. Stephen was surprised that they drew no blood}

Frenzy reached the ventilation shaft and went inside just as another round hit the side of the opening. The shot almost got to him as he moved within a fraction of a second. Frenzy zipped down the shaft and stopped two levels down. Stephen in a rage got to the shaft and looked down to see where he went. He saw that he was two levels down and aimed at frenzy only to be blinded by a bright flash of light.

Frenzy – "STEPHEN I DON'T WANT TO HURT YOU!"
Stephen – {rubbing his eyes} "YOU SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT BEFORE LYING TO ME!"
Frenzy – "Don't get mad at me! Get mad at Megatron! He ordered it!"
Stephen – {saw two pieces of metal on the ground that had come loose from the panel frenzy removed; picking then up he jammed them inside the shaft and used them to slide down}

Frenzy saw this and ran down the shaft, using a few smoke bombs to cover his path he turned to the left and withdrew his blasters. He reset them just to stun in order not to harm Stephen continued to run. He knew telling Stephen a lie what happened with Taiya was a bad idea. But no Barricade said it would be better to lie. GIMMIE A BREAK thought Frenzy, that's the last time I listen to you. So now Stephen was chasing him and trying to kill him! Frenzy now understood why Stephens's code name was Warhead. It's a wonder how all of the kids that made fun of Taiya didn't die. Frenzy only had one thing that kept him far ahead of Stephen and that was his speed. Stephen was caught in the smoke and got lost when he hit a four way. He looked down all of the shafts and listened quietly. One thing that Soundwave taught the twins was how to determine a location of something just from a sound. He listened carefully and heard an echo from the left. He turned and ran down the same shaft. Frenzy stopped and opened up the floor and jumped down and hit a table.

Frenzy – "Rumble!"
Rumble – {talked through the communicator in a very laid back sort of way} "Yea."
Frenzy – "I need you here NOW! STEPHEN IS TRYING TO KILL ME!"
Rumble – "HA! Are you back on unrefined energon again?"
Frenzy – "NO! NOW GET THAT AFT OF YOURS HERE PRONTO!"
Rumble – "why should I? I mean geeze you must have done something to make him so mad."
Stephen – {jumped on top of Frenzy} "GOT YA!"
Frenzy - "AHHH! {Frenzy screamed as Stephen smacked him a few times with the handle part of his blaster} RUMBLE PLEASE! " {Frenzy freed himself from Stephen by throwing him and ran across the table and jumped off of the edge. Frenzy continued to shot a few times at Stephen missing quite a few because he was scared out of his chaises }
Rumble – "You want help? Then say it."
Frenzy – "AH! YOU SON OF A MOTHER BOARD FRAGGER!"
Stephen – {ran up to frenzy and hit him pretty hard in the exposed wires of frenzy's stomach causing frenzy to collapse momentarily}
Frenzy – "I didn't want to do this but" {Frenzy grabbed Stephens fist and swung him around tossing him on to stack of empty energon cubes} "Rumble come on!"
Rumble – "I AM WAITING!"
Frenzy – {realizing he needed someone to help detain Stephen} "Fine! Help me Rumble the great who is better then I in every conceivable way. NOW WILL YOU HELP ME!"
Rumble – "Be right down. "

Rumble casually took the elevator down and bumped into Megatron as he was going down too. The reached the room where Stephen was fighting with Frenzy and Stephen was throwing some small bombs at Frenzy; who could do little but dodge them. The fight continued for about an hour. Both of them were beaten and well tired but Stephen's rage would not quell.

Stephen – "YOU KNOW WHAT FRENZY?"
Frenzy – {hiding behind a wall} "What!"
Stephen – {snuck around the corner of the wall} "You really shouldn't fall for that." {A few more shots of his blaster hit Frenzy}
Frenzy – {seeing Megatron} "MEGATRON! PLEASE ASSIST!"
Megatron – {leaning to talk to Rumble} "should I? Or should I just let the show go on?"
Rumble – {smiled very evil like} "I say we let Stephen go at it."
Frenzy – { O_o! } "WHY YOU LITTLE SHORT CIRCUIT POOR EXCUSE FOR A BROTHER!"
Stephen – "I am not finished with you!" {Stephen continued to tackle frenzy to the ground}
Frenzy – {Trying to claw himself free}
Stephen – 'WHERE IS THE MAGGOT!"
Megatron – "STEPHEN STOP NOW!"
Stephen – {wishing so much to continue stopped and redirected his anger to Megatron} "WHERE IS HE MEGATRON! WHERE IS THE M***ER F**KER! I WANT HIM DEAD AND I WANT HIM DEAD NOW!"
Megatron – "I suggest you clam yourself now! If you hope to still have a mouth to speak.'
Stephen – "Calm down? CALM DOWN! How can I calm down when some jerk is doing who knows what to my SISTER!"
Megatron – "Your sister understands, sacrifices must be made, you however don't get the concept yet."
Stephen – "But your talking about handing her off like some second hand tool to a sleaze bag."
Megatron – {just stared at Stephen}
Stephen – "I don't care what you say. I will find the a-hole myself and when I find him HE'S DEAD!"
Megatron – "You will do no such thing, unless you want to be considered a traitor? I don't know what it is about your sister but opportunities seem to open up when she is around. So now thanks to that uncanny luck we have access to the top general in the United States. And who knows what privileges that will give to us."
Stephen – "I DON'T CARE IF HE WAS THE SON OF THE PRESIDENT!"
Megatron – "Stephen! Continue this tirade and you will be punished for your lack of respect!"
Stephen – {forced his mouth shut}
Megatron – "Now what do you have to say to Frenzy?"
Stephen – {folded his arms and in a scowl he kept quiet}
Megatron – "STEPHEN!'
Stephen – "Fine! I am . . Sorry. " {Stephen had to say no matter what he wanted}
Frenzy – {readjusting his helmet} "That really hurt you know."
Rumble – "HA HA, Frenzy got his aft kicked."
Frenzy – "AND WHAT ABOUT YOU!? HUH? YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO HELP ME!"
Rumble – "Naw, didn't want to."
Stephen – {finally calming down and looking at the mess he made} "Uh, you are going to want this place cleaned up huh Megatron?"
Megatron – "That would be a good place to start. Get some of the Constructicons down here, they need to help."
Stephen – {slumped to the floor and sat down with his head down} 'Man dad is going to kill me for all of this."
Megatron – "You don't have to answer to him anymore Stephen, if he has an issue with you he has an issue with all of us. He gives your grief we will have to fix that. We will have to reveal what has become of his children eventually."
Stephen – {nodded}
Megatron – 'I wonder how he will handle {Megatron was cut off by his communicator going off}

- Part Three - - - - Hacks, Hackers, and Hyper-Code

Taiya – "Sir . Cough, I need . . . cough. . . help."
Megatron – {checking to see if the line was secure} "Yes what is it?"
Taiya – "I was trying to get into . . . cough . . . a cyber control hub when the part of the . . . ventilation shaft gave way. I don't know where I am. The schematics of the building did not include the room . . . cough . . . that I am in."
Megatron – "I thought the blueprints we had showed everything. Eclipse is your homing beacon working?"
Taiya – "I think so.'
Megatron – "We need to head up to the command room. We need Soundwave."

Taiya was in a dark room of a building called 5-foxtrot. She knew from research this is where they had files of what happened with Megatron while in sector 7's hands. She had hoped to purge the files leaving them in the dark. But where she was; she did not know. She looked around and the only thing she could make out was old equipment. After she said good night to Melvin she snuck off. With the bag of Decepticon gear it was hard for her to maneuver around the secret service agents Melvin left to keep and eye on Taiya. She had to thank Arkeville for the sleeping gas pellets he made. Taiya got to the first few agents fast. But one posed a bigger threat. The one outside the visitor complex almost say her. Taiya took the mental note "note to self, tell Megatron not to destroy small shrubs." After getting through the bushes Taiya moved toward the sector seven building. She unhitched the ventilation shaft and went inside. Knowing she had to get to the third floor moved up. But when she was really close the vent gave way and it opened up into a shaft not in her schematics. She had fallen 4 stories onto a stack of cardboard boxes. She concentrated hard on trying to find out what had happened and where she was. The lights would not come on. She waited patiently for Megatron to get back to her. She was surprised that not alarm went off. But of course who would be in this building at 2 in the morning?

Megatron – "Eclipse come in."
Taiya – "Megatron did you find out anything?"
Soundwave – "T . . I mean Eclipse, you are in storage room. You need to find the door to the south and head back up the stairs to the third floor."
Taiya – "Okay, south. . . uh, I don't have a compass."
Frenzy – 'Yes you do, it's in your cyber-chips. Try to turn them on."
Taiya – {focused on that and she saw clearly in her mind a compass} 'Okay I think I got it."
Megatron – "I am keeping this line open, just to be sure. I need to leave but Soundwave will be here."
Taiya – 'Yes sir, thank you sir.'
Megatron – "hum." {Megatron left to go and hook up his stasis module. His poor CPU was completely fragged from the days events}
Frenzy – "hey could you tell your brother to lay off of me.'
Taiya – 'What did you do to frenzy?"
Rumble – {laughing} "He kicked Frenzy's aft that's what.'
Taiya – "Arg, what am I going to do with you?"
Frenzy – "Well that's the last time I lie to your brother. Lying to him does not end well."
Stephen – "Hey you asked for it."
Taiya – "Okay I found the room please stand by. Warhead go to bed. You are going to need the rest."
Stephen – "Hey who died and made you mom?"
Taiya – "uh how about our mom.'
Stephen – {realizing he said something stupid} "Okay, fine! You know you wouldn't get away with this if you were here right?"
Frenzy – "Ha ha, getting bossed around by your sister."
Taiya – "Hey you think you are out of the ballpark, you and rumble both have to go to bed. And I don't want to hear anymore. I am going to need you guys tomorrow."
Rumble – "HEY I DON'T TAKE ORDERS FROM YOU! Right Soundwave?"
Soundwave – "Eclipse is right, stasis is best logical decision. Assistance will be needed tomorrow, and being at full capacity would be most effective."
Frenzy – "You have to be fragging me?"
Soundwave – 'See I said having siscon would be a good thing for you both . . . three.'
Frenzy & Rumble & Stephen – "I can't believe you! You're siding with her?"
Soundwave – "Warhead, Frenzy, Rumble Stasis now! Or do I have to execute a lullaby?"

Frenzy, Rumble, and Stephen walked away peeved over being bossed by Taiya. Grumbling the entire way to the door.

Frenzy – 'I can't believe this, I thought we were the bosses?"
Rumble – "Yeah. This completely slags."
Stephen – " doesn't anyone remember that I was born first?'
Frenzy – {letting out a yawn like sound} "uh maybe we need the stasis."
Rumble – "I hate it when she is right."
Stephen – "Tell me about it."

They finally went to bed and Taiya continued to finish her job. She plugged a wire from her data port into the access panel of the door. She concentrated hard on the code and a ping meant she had access. She snuck in and closed the door very gently. She looked around and saw 20 computer servers all hard at work coding and decoding. She took a few of the bugs out and Soundwave told her how to get 1 bug to handle five of the servers. It would have taken her too long to handle one at a time. Four rows and 5 down. She took out a screwdriver and started to remove the panel to the connection hub. Setting the bugs was a lot easier then the first time in the government outpost. One, two, three, and four. It had taken Taiya about an hour to get all of the bugs in place. She was so surprised at how stupid the guards and security was in the building. No alarms, no night checks, and no one even here; just how stupid were these people thought Taiya. Unknown to Taiya the Sector 7 agents and staff were in another building getting prepared to handle the Gala. They were working with the secret service to help ensure the safety of the high profile guest list. Taiya before placing the last panel back etched a crescent moon into it; tagging it as her handy work. She just hoped that it wouldn't come back to hurt her. She screwed it back into place and headed back out of the building. She saw someone coming and backed into a dark corner. It was a blonde hair girl and a boy that looked no older then Stephen that Taiya thought she had seen before. She kept quiet.

Maggie – "I can't believe I got talked into being here this late."
Glen – "I know maggs but what can we do, the vice president asked us."
Maggie – "I hate late jobs. I mean just how much more coding can I do by hand. These government losers think I am a machine or something?"
Glen – "tell me about it, I think my blood sugar is low from all of this. They have been working us computer guys to the bone since the TF thing."
Maggie – "I am still pissed about that one getting away from me."
Glen – "You mean that freaky blue one?"
Maggie – "Yeah, we had him. We had the crazed Decepticon."
Glen – "We were caught off guard by the red one. Is it just me or did they look the same?"
Maggie – "that's another thing that freaks me out, they looked related? Almost like they are twin brothers."
Glen – "I think we should ask the Autobots about it."
Maggie – "Yeah that would be a good idea."
Glen – "There is one good thing that the cons gave; I have a really good job now and I was finally able to move out of my grandma's home. I wouldn't have been able to do that without ya maggs."
Maggie – "You know you are like family to me Glen. I owed you, for the FBI barge in anyway."
Glen – {just smiled}

- Part Four - - - - - Moving McAlister

They left and Taiya waited for them to be long gone. She took the stairs and put her hand on the activation switch to the fire alarm and tried a remote hack. Soundwave helped her turn it off. He scanned the machine using the same sensors in her hand to check that they were off; they were and Taiya left the building and headed back to the visitor complex. The guards were still asleep. Taiya plopped down on the bed with relief. Her heart was beating so fast. Taiya got dressed for bed and went asleep herself. Her sleep was not long, she only had 4 hours before there was a knock at the door that woke her. It was Melvin. Melvin was wearing a green uniform.

Melvin – "Good morning sleeping beauty."
Taiya – " Yawn . . . Good morning yourself." {Rubbing her eyes though several yawns}
Melvin – {handing her a green uniform that looked the same as his} "You're going to need this today. You've got guns to learn about. I just hope it's the right size."
Taiya – {looked at the tag} "They are, I will be right down okay." {Giving him a fake smile}

Melvin left and Taiya took a shower and put on her new uniform. She liked it a lot and felt guilty for liking it. Taiya had wanted to join the military but she failed the entrance exam. She had hoped the military would have given her an easy ticket to a college degree and a job. She went downstairs and Mark was ripping the secret agents apart. Taiya just stopped in fright in the door frame of the building. Mark had them in a line and paced back and forth with his hands behind him. He was wearing full camouflage and a sergeant hat {Aka a booney hat}. The poor agents were shaking.

Mark – "all of you are disgraces of the American government. You were ordered to stay here and guard the guests of the Gala. Now tell me why I WAS TOLD AT 7 IN THE MORNING HOW YOU HAD FALLEN ASLEEP ON THE JOB!"
Irvine – {An agent with long brown hair tied in the back into a pony tail} "Sir we don't know how we feel asleep! We were wide awake and . . .
Mark – "I DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOUR PATHETIC EXCUSES! THIS IS UNFORGIVEABLE! WHAT IF THIS HAPPNED WHILE YOU WERE TOLD TO PROTECT THE PRESIDENT!?"
Seifer – {A tall built man with blonde hair slicked back and a gothic red cross badge tried to plead with Mark}"SIR! We are sorry sir! Please don't tell General Squall of this. If he finds out!"
Mark – "YOU CAN BET I WILL TELL GENRAL SQUALL! YOU ARE ALL FIRED! I HAVE NEVER SEEN A MORE FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT BATCH OF AGENTS IN MY LIFE!" {His words cut like a knife, the agents couldn't even look at Mark}
Selphie – {the only girl in the line. Selphie had red hair in a bob and wearing sunglasses} "SIR! This won't happen again!"
Mark – "You can bet it won't happen again!"
Zell – {A young man with a large tattoo on his face got down and bowed his head to Mark} " Sir we beg you give us another chance!"
Melvin – "Agent Zell don't embarrass yourself in the process." {Melvin said with a few laughs}
Mark – {walked over to Zell and grabbed him by the tie on his shirt and pulled him up so close that marks nose almost touched Zell's} "Chance? YOU WANT A SECOND CHANCE AFTER SUCH A MISERABLE FAILURE!?"
Taiya – {feeling very guilty spoke up} "Mister McAlister please give them a second chance! Please!" {She put her hands up in a begging sort of way}
Melvin – {eager to make Taiya happy sided with her} "Maybe she is right dad."
Mark – {looked at Taiya and back to Zell} "If I were you, IF I WERE ALL OF YOU I WOULD THANK TAIYA HERE FOR SAVING YOUR ASSES! PUNISHMENT WILL BE DELT AND IT WILL BE SWIFT AND PAINFUL. YOU THOUGHT SECRET SERVICE PHYSICAL TRAINING WAS HARD, WELL WELCOME TO BOOT CAMP LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! I WANT YOU ALL TO GO GET SOME EXERCISE GEAR AND MEET ME ON THAT HILL!" {mark pointed to a hill in the distance} "AND I WANT YOU THERE IN 1100 HOURS!"
Agents – "YES SIR, RIGHT AWAY SIR!"

The agents ran off to get their clothes and before doing so they all stopped in front of Taiya to thank her for saving their jobs who wouldn't need saving if she didn't attack them in the first place. Taiya tried hard not to laugh a little, but why was she laughing inside? She was enjoying keeping a secret and she also felt it was funny how the fate of their job teetered on her. was this power? Mark broke her chain of thought.

Mark – "Well I think we could all use some breakfast don't you?"
Taiya – 'That sounds wonderful. Thank you for not firing them. it must be boring for them to wait all night in the dark and silence. I think I would fall asleep too if I was them."
Mark – " Perhaps but they still have to do their job regardless of what they feel or want."
Melvin – 'I would hate to see if this happened while guarding the president.'
Mark – "God forbid Melvin." {Secretly wishing that would happen}
Melvin – "Sorry dad, that was a traitors thought."
Taiya – {Let out a big yawn}
Mark – 'Didn't sleep well?'
Taiya – 'I am dearly sorry sir, I did not sleep so well. I am nervous about the Gala."
Mark – "Why would you be?"
Taiya – {got red with embarrassment} "I . . . urm." {trying to speak}
Melvin – {Rubbed her back to calm her down making Taiya feel sick} "Its okay you can tell us" {he said in a creepy way}
Taiya – {put her head down} "I have never been to a black tie affair."
Melvin – "Not even prom?" {Shocked to hear it}
Taiya – {shook her head}
Mark – {confused as hell how a girl could miss her own prom adverted the topic} "Well its easy, you smile, wave, and make small talk. Easy as shooting the broad side of a barn."
Melvin – 'And most of the dances are just going left and right."
Mark – {laughed with his son} " Piece of cake. Certainly you can trust me?"
Taiya – {thinking yeah right} "Yes sir." {She lied with a smile}
Mark – "Now let's get going."

They left in a suburban and went to go eat at a restaurant on base. It was for the officers only. Taiya noticed the entire menu was in French. Before she could even ask what the menu said Melvin and Mark ordered what they wanted. The both of them knew fluent French. They helped Taiya order. They finished up their meal and gave Taiya the gala 101 lecture. She was starting to feel more comfortable about the whole thing. They left and went to the hill mark pointed to earlier. Where a couple agents took out several cases. They unlocked them and inside were several types of firearms. The agents set up a target.

- Part Five - - - - - Singing Sensation

While Taiya played soldier; a bot was elated about meeting his crush. Blaster was standing outside of Cassandra's studio nervous as heck about meeting her. he held his hands behind his back and rocked back and forth to try and cool his transistors. He would have sweated if he was able to. He thought of what he could say.

Blaster – {faking a handshake} "Uh my name is Blaster and I . . . no . . . {he practiced what he would say} I have all of your CD's. urgh . . . too lame. Uh? {Trying a more seductive tone} You are one major hottie. Oh primus, she will think I am a sleaze." {The poor bot desperately wished he had a program to tell him what to say}

His thought process was stopped by a man who Blaster knew was Cassandra's agent. He was a funny man thought blaster. He was a skinny male with brown hair that was really unkempt and brown eyes. He always wore odd pattern shirts and sunglasses. Toping the look off with a pair of khakis and sandals. His name was Kyle Morrison.

Kyle – "Hey Blaster my main man, boy oh boy am I happy to meet you. Being an Autobot and all." {Talking in a Hollywood accent} "I sure was excited to hear that you like my client Cassy, such a nice girl. Talent, and poise; not something that comes easily in this world. You get what I mean Blaster?"
Blaster – "Yeah. I understand." {Barely able to speak}
Kyle – "She is excited to meet you too, let's go around to the back, no doors in this studio is big enough for you. No offense of course."
Blaster – {Thinking is this guy on something?} "No big deal."

They walked around to the docking bay for trucks to deliver supplies. They went into the storage facility and went down a hallway. Blaster was happy that he did not have to transform and brought in by Kyle. The hall was built to handle large crowds so it was just right. Kyle stopped at a door with a large red star on it with the name Baroness on it and this made every wire and circuit in Blaster tighten with anticipation. Kyle knocked on the door and blaster could have died of happiness hearing her voice in person.

Kyle – "Hey Cassy baby, Blaster the Bot is here."
Cassandra – "I will be out in a moment. And Kyle stop that baby thing, it is quite annoying."
Kyle – "It comes with the job title cassy, I have an image to maintain."
Cassandra – "Then get a haircut."
Kyle – "Hey not the hair, when people see me they are like, there goes Kyle the best agent in the entire tri-star district."
Cassandra – {laughing} "What ever you say Kyle."

Cassandra came out in a few minutes and Blaster was left speechless in awe. Cassandra was more beautiful in real life then in any music video she was in. Her hair flowed around her like careful streams around her perfectly formed face. Her eyes shown like energon ore crystals, and they matched perfectly with her dress. She was wearing a very pretty black and red velvet dress and she had a gold hair clip keeping her bangs to one side. Blaster thought to himself how she was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. Suddenly his mind went completely blank.

Kyle – "Autobot Blaster this is Cassandra."
Blaster – {all of his circuits going crazy} "It's such a pleasure to meet you Cassandra." {He said with a bit of a stutter.}
Cassandra – {raised her had to shake his} "Likewise, I was surprised that an Autobot was a fan of mine. I would imagine my music would be boring to someone like you."
Blaster – [using his finger instead of his hand to shake Cassandra's was overjoyed to be here} "Why would you think that, your music is wonderful."
Cassandra – "You have a very exciting life, fighting, traveling the universe, and not to mention what amazements you get to see during it all. I would think my music would not be all that interesting."
Blaster – "WHY NO! Your music is quite more delightful."
Cassandra – {laughed in glee} "Well don't I feel flattered.'

The two went off talking and Blaster was never happier in his life. They talked for hours, about each others planets, lives, and how Cassandra got into music. They talked well into the night and Blaster got a kiss from Cassandra almost making him jump to Cybertron in blissful delight. Cassandra also said she would like to see him again and that he could come to the studio any time he wanted. He thought of how lucky he was. He danced the entire way back to the Ark. When the others saw how happy he was they were happy for him. Blaster and his crush; it was positively adorable. Blaster for a long time felt nothing but sadness and misery over the war; but this world was far more pleasant to be on then the war ravaged Cybertron. He thought that he might stay here forever as it now seemed Cybertron was nothing but a ball of slag in the endless cosmos.

- Part Six - - - - - Training and Unwanted Touching

Back at the training hill

Mark – "Taiya higher, you shot the gun at that angle you will dislocate your arm."
Taiya – "YESSIR!" {Raised the .32 handgun}
Mark – {holding up his own 9 mm} "Ready! One
Melvin – {holding up his .44} "Two"
Mark – "FIRE!" {Their guns went off and they hit the targets}
Taiya – {Felt her heart race because of the kick back of the gun} "WOAH!" {she laughed}
Mark – "Well looks like she has the handle of the .32. Lets move to bigger guns."
Melvin – "How about M14 Dad?"
Mark – "I was thinking of this." {Held up a AK-47}
Melvin – "You want to use a Russian gun? I thought you hated foreign weaponry."
Mark – "For me yes, but it is the easiest gun to learn."
Taiya – "Sir may I ask you something?"
Mark – "Yes."
Taiya – "When I hold the gun it just feels off. Almost like there is something missing and wrong. Is that normal for first timers?"
Mark – "That's bizarre; it isn't something I have heard before."
Melvin – "Me neither.'
Taiya – "My brother collects replica swords and even when I hold one of those it does not feel right."
Melvin – "Man that is quite the quandary."
Mark – {Confused} "Hum, perhaps this will change that." {He handed Taiya the automatic rifle} "Melvin you can teach her that one, I have a batch of crap-agents to run into the ground."

The agents in sweats showed up and got into formation. They looked positively scared out of their pants.

Mark – "ALLRIGHT! I WANT TWELVE LAPS AROUND THAT PATH! GO GO GO!"
Agents – 'Yessir!" {They took off running}
Mark – "AND WHEN YOU ARE DONE I WANT YOU TO REPORT BACK HERE!"
Melvin – {took Taiya's hand and pulled her over in line with the largest target they had set up} "Okay now stand with your legs about a two feet apart with your right foot forward and your left pointing 90* to the side"
Taiya – {got into position} "Okay is that right?"
Melvin – "Yes now you can raise the barrel."
Taiya – {did and Melvin moved the gun into the correct handling pose} "Alright, now the scary part."
Melvin – {getting really smart moved his had down her arm to the end of the gun holding it steady.} "Now, just listen to me and you will be fine"
Taiya – {getting uncomfortable as Melvin moved closer to her and pulled her closer to his chest. He moved her hair behind her ear and whispered}
Melvin – "There we go, it will be easier to see the target without those cute bangs in the way." {he managed to kiss her behind the ear}
Taiya – {thinking doesn't this guy get a clue or do I have to shove it down his pencil neck}
Melvin – {continued to touch Taiya even as she cringed and tightened in repulsed accord}

Unknown to Taiya; Soundwave found a security camera feed from the hill where Taiya was. Blackout had his optics glued to the screen, seeing Melvin grope Taiya made him lose it.

Blackout – "THAT DOES IT! HE IS DEAD!" {He got up and started to rush out unlatching his blades and ran out the door} "WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON HIM!"
Frenzy & Rumble – {looked at each other in a holy hell kind of look} "WAIT BLACKOUT! COME BACK!" {They dropped everything and ran to catch him}
Blackout – {Halted in the hall} "SCORPONOK! GET YOUR SPIKEY TAIL HERE RIGHT NOW!"
Frenzy – {running to get to Blackout, talked through his communicator} "BRAWL I NEED YOU NOW! AND GET THE CONEHEADS!"
Rumble – "Blackout don't do anything stupid" {reaching Blackout and grabbed his foot} "I can't let ya do this buddy! Megatron will kill you! OR WORSE ONE OF US!"
Frenzy – {moving in the way} "Blackout, calm down!"
Blackout – "If you don't get OUT OF MY WAY I WILL TEAR YOU APPART!"
Brawl – {rushed out of the elevator} "Move you guys" {frenzy and rumble got out of the way and brawl tackled blackout. this made Blackout drop his blades. Blackout continued to try and get brawl off} "I am doing this for your own good buddy."
Blackout – "GET OFF OF ME!" {Continued to hit brawl in the head}
Brawl – {saying a lot of ouches held blackouts head down with his hand} "Frenzy why is he so fragging angry?"
Frenzy – "That kid that blackmailed Taiya is uh. . . what's the word?"
Blackout – "HE KISSED HER!"
Brawl – {thinking what if some boy kissed Marie} "Dude you serious!?"
Rumble – "Yeah he is, and he keeps touchin her too."
Brawl – {imagining the same with Marie got mad too}
{But before Brawl could offer his help to kill the kid the three coneheads all jumped in and joined the pile up. They pined blackout to the floor. }
Ramjet – "Blackout just calm down before we have to get rough."
Dirge – "Calm yourself, you are acting irrational!"
Thrust – "I don't like doing this pal!"
Blackout – "Either all of you GET THE SLAG OFF OF ME OR I WILL TERMINALLY PUT YOU ALL IN STASIS!" {Before blackout could do anything Scorponok showed up and stabbed thrust in the foot}
Thrust – {screaming and hopping up and down with Scorponok attached to his foot} "GET OFF YOU CRAZY BUG!"
Blackout – "YOU WOULD WANT THE SAME IF IT WAS WREN OR LOREN! WOULDN'T YOU?"
Dirge – "Yes but Megatron is still pissed about your last outburst!"
Brawl – "Buddy, I know; I know; I know. But you really don't want to turn yourself into a traitor."
Thrust – "AAAAAHHHH! GET OFF OF ME!"{Scorponok continued to stab Thrust as he tried to pull him off}
Frenzy – "Blackout please before Megatron . . .
Megatron – {who snuck up on the group without making a sound} "Before I what Frenzy?"
Frenzy – {turned around and started to back away to Rumble}
Megatron – {gave the coneheads a glare and they vamoosed quickly, thrust still having problems with Scorponok. Brawl took the gesture and backed away} "Blackout? WHAT THE SLAG!?" {Megatron stepped on blackout's neck pinning him down harder then brawl and the coneheads}
Blackout – {letting out coughs as his vocal processor was being crushed}
Megatron – "I ORDERED YOU TO STAND DOWN!"
Blackout – {Looked in his leaders eyes and lost his nerve} "Sir I . . . overreacted! I AM SORRY!"
Megatron – "You sure as vector sigma you did."
Blackout – "Sir! CALL THIS OFF BEFORE THAT KID DOES ANYTHING SERIOUS!"
Megatron – {took his foot off of Blackout and grabbed him by the collar} "Serious? Serious? HOW ABOUT THIS FOR SERIOUS? HOW ABOUT I TAKE STEPHEN AWAY? HOW IS THAT FOR SERIOUS?"
Blackout – {got really sad} "Sir I just!"
Megatron – "Oh, and how about this for serious ; how about I order Taiya to get "closer" to the boy. If you catch my drift."
Blackout – {understood what Megatron meant and felt like he was falling} "SIR PLEASE NO! ANYTHING BUT THAT!"
Megatron – "I said it once, and I will say it again. SHE MAY BE YOUR PET BUT SHE IS STILL MY PROPERTY! AND AS MY PROPERTY, I CAN ORDER WHATEVER I WANT!"
Blackout – {just kept his head down}
Megatron – "Do you think I am enjoying this!? Do you!"
Rumble – {being rumble} "Yeah."
Megatron – {turned his head slowly and glared at rumble who started to creep away}
The others left the two and Thrust had to drag Scorponok who had not let go.
Blackout – "Sir why are you doing this?"
Megatron – "Taiya has given us an easy ticket to the top military general in the country; do you think I am going to waste that away? I will be smelted down before I have you ruin my plans!"
Blackout – "Yes sir. It just I hate seeing him near her. it makes me angry."
Megatron – "I understand what you are saying Blackout but sometimes sacrifices must be made to guarantee our victory. I would not send Taiya to be killed, after all I would lose my chance to prove my theory. But not to worry, once we are done with the McAlister's I plan on giving them an end they deserve."
Blackout – {smiled as he thought of Melvin being torn in two}
Megatron – "Now can I leave you without you losing your mind?"
Blackout – 'Yes sir."
Megatron – "Good."

Megatron dropped Blackout and left him. Megatron wanted to let Blackout kill the kid but knew the boy was worth more to him alive. Letting someone else threaten his Decepticons was infuriating. After all it was his job. He went into the room where the security feed was showing. Along with the audio and video he could get a real time display of what was going on. It made Megatron mad knowing just how close Taiya was to very dangerous man. Megatron knew how evil Mark McAlister was and it made him nervous. He knew if McAlister found out Taiya's secret she would be left defenseless. Taiya did not have enough strength to take Mark down, and being surrounded by agents made it worse. He just hoped that she could pass off as an innocent civilian. He stared at the monitor in disgust.

Mark – "Taiya want to know what it feels like to be a sergeant?"
Taiya – {lowering the Ak-47 and excited to get away from Melvin} "Yes sir!"
Mark – {took of his sergeant hat and put it on Taiya's head} "AGENTS!"
{The agents all stopped what they were doing and got into formation again, breathing heavily from the run}
Mark – "Now just give them an order."
Taiya – {her mind went blank} "Anything?"
Mark – {nodded}
Taiya – {Thinking to all the crap she had to deal with from Megatron and never being able to do anything. Taking all of his orders, insults, and the pain. All she could think of was MY TURN} "I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GOOD SLEEP! BECAUSE I WANT 1000 PUSH UPS! NOW!"
{All of the agents just looked at each other in what hell have we wrought on ourselves}
Mark – {Laughing}
Taiya – {tilted the hat down} "And when you are done that, I WANT JUMPING JACKS!"
Seifer – "Yes sir!"
Taiya – "SIR!?"
Seifer – "YES MAM!"
Taiya – "Better." : )
Mark – "Simply Marvelous Taiya, good form."
Melvin – "Hey dad, maybe you can hire her as a drill sergeant?"
Mark – "I am not sure I would be able to but I could look into the books." {Mark grabbed Taiya and Melvin and hugged them both around the shoulders}

Megatron – {let his shoulders slump and had a bewildered expression on his face} "What have I done?"

- Part Seven - - - Four Star Horror
{Hours later}

Taiya spend the entire day with the McAlister's and tried her best not to say something stupid that would give away her cover. When she returned to the visitor complex she had to make contact with Megatron and see if there was any thing else she had to do. She really wanted to go home. Every single time she was touched by the evil little maggot she wanted to throw up. She contacted Megatron.

Taiya – "Megatron come in."
Megatron – "Yes."
Taiya – "Mission going smoothly, is there any thing else I have to do while I am here?"
Megatron – "No, tonight you should get some sleep before the lack of stasis starts fragging your brain."
Taiya – "Yes sir."
Megatron – "You should talk to Blackout they poor oaf is starting to loose it.'
Taiya – "I thought so {Taiya was cut by the sound of someone knocking on the door} "one moment Megatron, there is someone at the door." {went up and got the door. It was Agent Anderson.} 'Agent Anderson?"
Anderson – "Miss. Dalton, I know it is late but I have to speak with you. May I come inside?"
Taiya – "One minute, {Taiya saw a lot of fear in his face. Taiya threw all of her Decepticon stuff into a drawer } come in."
Anderson – {Stepped in and you could see sweat on his forehead} "Thank you Miss."
Taiya – 'You can just call me Taiya. {seeing him look panicked} What's wrong agent Anderson?"
Anderson – "if I were to call you Taiya that would be against protocol. I think I should tell you something I know I shouldn't."
Taiya – "what is it Agent Anderson? Please."
Anderson – "I have to warn you about General McAlister.'
Taiya – "I don't understand.'
Anderson – 'The McAlister's are black holes when it comes to people who are around them. especially the girls that get involved. Every girl that has ever married a McAlister has been assassinated, poisoned, or died of mysterious causes."
Taiya – "I am not planning on marrying Melvin.'
Anderson – {grabbed Taiya around the shoulders and looked in her eyes} "Do you think that you will be able to just leave after the gala. General McAlister likes you, and once he likes something he doesn't let it go."
Taiya – "I . . . don't know what to say."
Anderson – "If there is any way of you can get out of this I would take it. You don't want to be near the McAlister's. I know what they are capable of and I cannot stay silent anymore."
Megatron – {earpiece} "you are not in any danger, just tell him that." {lying to himself}
Taiya – {tried a fake smile} "Agent Anderson I mean no disrespect but I am a big girl that can defend herself."
Anderson – "I saw you cringe every time Melvin touched you. I wanted to say something but I could not. Mark has a cruel streak that he got from his father who got it from his father. Do you honestly think that Melvin is better then that. I know I am endangering myself and you by telling you this but. . . "
Taiya – "What did Melvin do?"
Anderson – "A few years back when Melvin was in high school some bully was constantly making his life miserable. They found him dead. He had been drugged, stabbed, and beaten to death. The police tracked a finger print right to Melvin, but Mark used his clout to advert the police. And I know that isn't the first time he had done something horrible. Tons of people have died when they got near the McAlister's. The McAlister's like I said are ruthless. That is why I fear for you."
Taiya – {almost passing out from the news sat down and rubbed her eyes}
Anderson – "so many people die when they get mixed up with that family. So many have lost everything. To Mark it does not matter who or what you are, he will find you, and take you down in the way he sees fit."
Taiya – {bit her lip} "Anderson I know that you are trying to save me but I don't have a choice right now. Melvin has stuff on me, and if I don't fallow through who knows what he will do. I have family here and if I don't bow down to his wishes I cant risk them. I will just have to play along and hope Melvin gets bored of me."
Anderson – {handed her a card} "That's my private contact information, if there is anything that I can do don't hesitate to ask. I just hope he does tire of you so you can leave. Just one thing, General McAlister wanted you to have these." {he handed Taiya a suitcase that contained a set of Glocks and 3 boxes of ammo} "He said a friend of the family has to have a way to protect themselves."
Taiya – "I cant take these they aren't registered to me."
Anderson – "Well that's where you are wrong, he did it for you. And he also said if you ever need more ammunition just to ask him."
Taiya – {got chills} "Why does Mark even like me? That's what I would like to know."
Anderson – {checking his watch and realizing he had to leave had his hand on the door knob} "He thinks you are just like them and that you seem to be destined to be a McAlister. I am sorry I have to go before they suspect anything."
Taiya – "I understand Agent Anderson, thank you for telling me. I will be careful."
{Agent Anderson left and Taiya picked up the guns in both hands and feeling like she had just accepted foreign contraband}
Megatron – "Don't worry, you are a Decepticon and you will always have back up."
Taiya – {holding up the guns in a pose} "I hope I can count on that . . . now this feels right."
Megatron – "Better get some stasis in, cant have you fragged tomorrow. And when you come back home, you will be a full fledged Decepticon Infiltrator. Deception is an art and you are learning it very fast." {He had to say something to calm her down}

Taiya tried her best to fall asleep and rest. Before she knocked out she talked with Blackout and her brother. Dreaming pleasant dreams would be darn near impossible.