Gala
Taiya was given a small book with the information the Autobots gave about their planet and the war and most of all Megatron and his position as the Lord High Protector. She was surprised they released this so soon. Taiya was about to lose it as Melvin after multiple times telling him that she had a boyfriend already continued his advances. If it weren't for Megatron she would have used her new glock on his head. Needless to say but Taiya started to feel used. But what could she do? Megatron was about a million times stronger than her. However thoughts of her brother kicking his aft made her laugh. She tried to make Melvin and Mark dislike her but everything she said made them like her more. So not only was Megatron burying her; she was doing it herself. She had to do something fast if she was going to give them the slip. Her mind wandered in deep thought as the gala was a few hours away. She sat and stared out the window looking at all of the people and their families happily together. Oh how she wished to be back in her childhood with mom, dad, and Stephen all together again. She would have given up the Allspark for her mom if she could have. She came back to reality and gathered up her gear for the gala. She had a comb for her hair that had a camera in it; that had a wire that would lead into her hair and down a hidden wire in her bra strap. That would then lead to a pack on her thigh that had all of the surveillance systems hooked up. So coupled with the camera were tiny microphones in her dress she was ready for the show. Back at the Nemesis Megatron was speaking with Rumble and Lazerbeak.
"You understand what you have to do Rumble?" Megatron asked. "Yes sir, but what happens if Taiya gets hurt in the process?" Rumble questioning his mission knowing all too well that Sketch would have his head on a lance if he found out he hurt his sis. "That is none of your concern, you do your job and as nature will have it Taiya will do hers." Looking at him like kay man 'I just don't understand why you didn't tell her of your plans. She'd agree no doubt." "This has to look realistic or we will lose our opportunity." Megatron clarified. "Yes sir." Saluting Rumble answered and before he could turn Megatron reminded him "And uh. Before you leave, you understand that if you fail that you should not come back." Rumble lowered his head in a nod. "Good, any other questions?" Saddened but did not want to admit it, he was right, he failed and there was no way back. "Why are you sending me on a mission like this? Isn't this Frenzy's domain?" "Frenzy is too attached to Taiya to put her in harm's way, you however don't really care so you were picked." Megatron explained "I see." Rumble responded. "Like I say all of the time, think with your head not your spark. Your spark lies but logic does not." Megatron replied with coldness in his voice. Trying to appease his leader Rumble could only reply with a "Right on sir." Giving one last smirk he dismissed the two.
Taiya finished up with the last bits of her outfit. She was only supposed to wear blue but Loren went overboard with the color scheme. She had helped Taiya alter the dress to house the hardware and Taiya was impressed how well Loren did her job. Taiya looked in the mirror and was kind of happy to get a chance to wear a fancy dress. She ran her initial checks to make sure the equipment was working properly. Thinking of how much she would rather be with Blackout instead of Melvin daunted her. Even though Blackout was made of metal and was cold to the touch; she had always felt warmth when near him. But with Melvin she felt nothing but ice and sickness. It was worse with Mark; there was something wrong with him and Taiya just could not pin point it. Beyond her mortal mind something stirred when she was near Mark. It was almost as if her very soul was telling her to get as far away from him as physically possible. But that could not be as this man, this General she read about in school in Modern Conflict studies was the man behind the victory in Vietnam. A country in prosperity. Just sad he could not fulfill the same victory in China as the Red Regime spread tearing families apart. She just kept thinking of being back on the Nemesis and how it could not come any sooner. She left and as usual Agent Anderson was quick as a rabbit to all of Melvin's orders. Taiya got into the back of the suburban and Melvin was already in the SUV.
Trying to engage in some small talk "I know you said to wear blue, but I hope the bit of red is okay?" She said. Smirking he looked so sly "We will match more, perfect." Swallowing her conceit "Does that mean I am presentable enough?" Taking her hand and kissed it and said in French "We m'cerie." Feeling nauseated she replied "Merci bouku." "Non probleme." He continued the French façade.
The rode to the Gala and they went in another location then the main crowd. Melvin just said that the important people go in the main entrance. They were taken through a security check and it was the only time Taiya was thankful to have Melvin. Melvin just had to show his clearance and they waved them through. So thank primus for that other then they would have found the microphones and the camera. They took their sets in the front row. The gala was simply wonderful. The fabrics were of satin and silk, all red to show the cooperation of the US with the Autobots. The plates were gold rimed and they even had golden silverware. Each table had a beautiful bouquet of flowers and rare looking feathers protruded out of the vases. The entire hall was so decadent that Taiya thought she was in the royal palace in London. Taiya started to get nervous as the evening went on. They waited and saw a few more "less" important people come in. many of which were senators and cabinet members. The lights dimmed and a man stepped onto the stage with a microphone. He spoke.
"Ladies and Gentleman we are here as a wonderful union of two great powers, the powers of the United States and the Autobot alliance. I will be announcing the VIP's of tonight's celebration. First and of course foremost, President Whitmore." Whitmore came in from behind a curtain and took a bow and him and his family took their seats to the celebratory applause from the crowd. "Vice president Obama . . . He too received many applauds and cheers. As the announcer continued to read off people's names and they took their seats. Eventually they reached Mark. When he came out he was all adorned in his dress uniform. When he stepped onto the stage he held his head up high. Mark boastful as ever "Now now ladies and gentlemen and bots I am just here for the show, right Mr. President!?" You could hear his cloying voice. He was applauded and he too seated at the table where Melvin and Taiya was.
On the Nemesis a few cons were watching what was going on. Megatron was watching closely and knowing Blackout he would try to leave to go destroy the Gala. Megatron had him sit and not move a diode. Continuing the announcer went on "Now I would like to introduce the saber of the sky, the steadfast wing of Germany's Air Force, General Takashivili. She is here to make a statement." The broken general in a red and black uniform came on the stage with a crutch and a patch over her left eye. You could see she was in pain but to proud to admit it. "Do not pity me; I don't want to hear anything of those words. What has happened to me and my soldiers is disgraceful and only shows our weakness. But from those ashes we will rise again. We are after all like the phoenix and we will fly again. With help from the Arialbots and our fellow ground Autobot troopers we will have our revenge and it will be dealt swiftly. The Decepticons will be destroyed my friends. For they have not seen my ultimate weapon. Operation Valkyrie in the past was to kill Adolf Hitler and now it will help to kill the one responsible for this. Many of my men have died but more will sign up to defend Germany. Together we will bring the one named Starscream down and I will personally clip his wings as he has done to mine. But MY WINGS WILL HEAL, MY COUNTRY WILL HEAL, AND TOGETHER WE WILL PREVAIL! AS THE DARKEST HOUR HITS THE LIGHT OF THE SUN WILL SHINE OVER OUR VICTORY! WE HAVE LOST THE BATTLE BUT THE WAR IS FAR FROM FINSHED." Taka lifted her hand into the air in a fist. "AND LET IT BE KNOWN, WE WILL WIN THE WAR! FOR EARTH AND CYBERTRON!' Erupting into fierce cheering the crowd applauded and Taka made her way down and took her seat.
Starscream laughed as he watched the monitor. Making several rude comments about how he wished he had shot her mouth too and how if Taka was his PET he could break her spirit and her will with it. Only stopping because Megatron hit him one. "Please Starscrem you couldn't tame a pony." The cons joined in quiet laughing at his remark.
The announcer clapping stepped back into the middle of the state "If that isn't determination I don't know what is. Now without a do, I have the great privilege to introduce the bots of the hour. General Jazz, Sergeant Hound, and Guardian Bumblebee." Out came the three and they were in their new metal tuxedos, they took a bow and Jazz spoke first. The cons laughed at the bots in their new outfits stating that they looked like a bunch of Retardicons. "Thanks for the awesome welcome. We are here to discuss the problem with the cons and our union to help take care of that issue. I am happy that I got a chance to speak here tonight and I am sorry if I don't speak well. I have never been a Bot for this sort of stuff. So I will cut through the slag and get down to." Jazz was cut off by Whitmore who came on stage with a sad look on his face. "I am sorry Jazz but I have urgent news to tell. May I take the stage for a moment?" "No problem Mr. Pres." Shifting slightly off to the side Jazz gave Whitmore the limelight. Whitmore very sorrowful looked at the piece of paper in his hand as a few tears streamed down his face "I have just been given grave news; the Leader and Command of the Military Coalition has died. 5 Star General Salazar has passed away. They found out he must have died last night from initial examination of his body. I am sorry but I have no other information other than the fact a few hours ago when his family came to pick him up for the Gala and found him deceased." Taiya looked around at the sad faces on the members of the cabinet. But something was out of place as she saw a smirk on Marks face. Taiya adverted her eyes and looked to Whitmore who turned to look at Mark." So ladies and Gentleman and Bots, with the ever more present danger of the Decepticons and the Islamic militants I have no choice. There is a new 5 star general position and I can think of no one else to take that job. He has shown me just how much I need his guidance and his dictation of military matters. He has not only the military on his side but he also has the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the members of my own cabinet siding with him." Whitmore wiped the tears from his face. "Mark get up here." Mark got up straightening out his coat and went on stage. Whitmore continued "I can think of no one else who is more qualified to handle this position and my new executive order. I hereby disband the secretary of defense and place all security power over to the new general of the United States Military and over the FBI, CIA, NSA, and Sector 7. I present the new position of Grand Commander General; please help me welcome the new 5 Star General Mark McAlister."
The entire Gala clapped for Mark as he held his head even higher now. Even Jazz clapped loudly. Taiya clapped even if she did not mean to. As the Gala calmed down Taiya saw Anderson going pale with fright. Anderson felt that now it is too late to do anything for anyone, as it now seemed Mark ruled the government as he held it by the throat; which coincidentally was the way he handled Salazar. Not known to anyone but Mark had indeed poisoned the old general while visiting him last night. No one however would question his death. Salazar had been feeling under the weather for many months and to this Mark was sickened by his lack of strength. And even as the last few minutes of his life Salazar praised Mark for being like a son to him. After the last sip of the tea Mark gave him he gasped his last breath. Mark was gaining control and to him there was only one obstacle in his way; and that was the president and to take him down he would need more then guns to do it.
Whitmore gave Mark a smile "I have another surprise for you Mark. You have a new member to add to the War Room. Come in Lieutenant." Out from the curtain came a boy that looked just like Mark! "We are here to celebrate two McAlister's tonight. As the father takes the high role his son Lieutenant Colonel James McAlister makes his own transition to the War Room. For saving his commander in the heat of battle and saving countless others we give him his new role as Bridger General. Congratulations James." "Thank you sir." He shook Whitmore's hand with a wide warm and grateful smile. Turning he bowed in front of his dad. "If my dad will want me by his side." Grabbing James into a big hug "Of course I do my boy!" Nearly squeezing his "favorite" son to the point of near loss of breath "I have been waiting a long time for this." Mark was actually happy and not in the creepy way. "Let's hear it for my son!" He geered the crowd into applause again. Looking over at Melvin his jealousy and sadness was easy to spot. Trying to distract him from his sadness Taiya asked. "Melvin who is that?" "That's my older brother; he has been in Iraq for the last 4 years. I can't believe he is back. You see we have different moms and while James went off to military academy I went to college. With my mind being my greatest strength I was not built for military service." He said as she nodded "Oh."
Both Mark and James came to the table and a beautiful girl came up to James extending her hand to Mark. "It's a pleasure to see you again Mr. McAlister." Smiling he shook her hand and yanked her into a hug "Christina it's been a while hasn't it? Last I saw you, you were just about ready to go to junior college right?" "Yes I was a young lady then, but I stayed in contact with James." Mark chuckled "Of course! You two have been nearly tied at the waist since middle school." "Thanks to you forcing my dad to transfer where you were I was able to keep James close." She gushed in appreciation for his work. "It was nothing, I wasn't going to let a young lady of your caliber to escape the sight of my rather shy son." Mark joked. "Well I am grateful for it Commander McAlister." She said sweetly. "Please I am Mark to you as you are nearly engaged to my son after all." "Alright Mark sir. Isn't this great news or what. My best boyfriend in the world an one star general!" She said as she lovingly held onto James's arm "I am so happy; not just for myself but for James as well." Mark exclaimed. "I am finally welcome into the War Room, I cannot believe it. I get to work with my dad!" James said as if a young boy was going to work with his papa on bring your kid to work day. Christina retorted "Well believe it honey. At least now I can get some needed sleep. No more on the field for you." Christina kissed James while Mark boasted further "I can finally have my boy see what I do. He will see how the big boys run the shoots.' "I will hope I will be a team player dad." James said before turning to Melvin "Now aren't you going to give your big brother a hug?" He got up and hugged James tight "I missed you bro." "I did too little brother. I miss hanging with you, all those fun raids you set up for Shadow Wars. I know those custom builds helped my team and I distress out in combat." James praised his lilbro. "Glad they helped. I get bored so why not build a new set of play over the night?" Was he serious questioned Taiya, he could come up with a whole set of new main storylines overnight? He must be good at programming she thought. "Oh James I would like you to meet my date. Taiya Dalton." Taiya extended her hand "Nice to meet you James." James shook Taiya's hand "Miss Dalton, that's Irish isn't it?"He questioned "Yes, you know your names huh?" Taiya replied "I had a soldier in my infantry unit called Dalton. Nice fellow, bit of an angry streak though." Taiya giggled stating "Unfortunately some stigmatisms are hard to break." James smiled "I totally understand. And since you two have never met, this is my long time girlfriend Christina Patterson." Taiya shook her hand too. "Melvin here isn't driving you nuts is he?" Christina joked. Taiya waved her hands in a no gesture "No not at all." Knowing full well she was lying through her teeth.
Back at the Nemesis Sketch looked in total disbelief "That kid has to be a clone." "Good primus that is freaky." Frenzy said bewildered. "They look exactly alike. There is no way he ain't a lab baby." Rumble said. "I thought human cloning was against your laws though." Megatron questioned Sketch. "I am not sure sir but there are always hidden projects, just look at Sec 7 and what they did to ya." Megatron clenched his fist at the word of them.
"I am sorry for your loss President Whitmore." Jazz extended his condolences to the human. "Salazar was a good man; he has been in the Military for 70 years. But I guess dying at 87 is pretty normal. Most wanted him out but I along with many presidents before me refused to let him leave. He was one of the few willing to stand against dropping the bombs in Japan." Jazz knowing of WWII could only feel he would have liked this Salazar guy. "At 87 I was a mere protoform. So I don't get that. But he sounds like he was a good soldier."He was till the end Jazz. And no need to apologize for the differences between us humans and yourself." Jazz and Whitmore shared smiles. Jazz trying to get the audiences' attention "Well it seems me and Mark here have the same job. After all I am head strategist for our ground forces!" "You wish Autobot!" Mark said curtly. Their playful banter made the audience laugh. "So everyone, we are also here to discuss the matter of the Decepticons. You already know these." A huge screen came down and slides of the cons played. "The first you encountered was Blackout and his parasite partner Scorponok. These two are the ones responsible for the attack at your Soccent Air Base." An image of Blackout and Scorponok came on to the screen. "The second was the one called Barricade. . . After that you all got to meet Bonecrusher . . . Then came Brawl . . . After all of this Starscream, and Megatron." Jazz paused and laughed "Oh I am sorry I forgot one. Well a little one. Frenzy." This made everyone but Taiya laugh. Raising his fist and yelling at the screen bellowed Frenzy "HEY YOU SLAGGER! WHY I OUTTA!" Jazz continued "And that isn't all of them. We have estimated that there are at least two dozen on Earth that are confirmed. Back on Cybertron we have actually lost count. Every time we try to take account for all of them they either hack our network or change their appearance to fool us. Sadly it tends to work, but that's where your earthly limitations may help. They only have a certain number of alternate modes to choose from and we think that is why their look has stayed constant here."Hound butted in"And thanks to the Decepticons being themselves they have picked very obvious alternate modes."Bumblebee laughed "Yeah those decepti-trashes always try to be big and bad. Like would it kill them to chose a more humble form?" The crowd continued their laughter.
The cons sat with a WTF look on their faces. Feeling very offended got red under the faceplate. "The stupid car Autobot telling me about humble with those atrocious streaks screaming here look at me." Said Barricade. "I would rather be smelted down than turn into a pitiful human flying vehicle." Megatron affirmed. Jazz waited till the laughter called down before continuing his speech "As I was saying before my rather immature teammates interrupted me. The cons are lethal and they have only shown a small fraction of what they are actually capable of. We hope that if this world's government's work together we can finally stop them. We have to hit them hard and where it hurts. That means taking down Megatron first; without him they will be lost." A lady could not keep to herself asked "What about the one called Starscream? We were told he is second in command!?" Before Jazz could answer Hound scoffed "That loser. He couldn't lead ant droids to a picnic." Megatron infuriated at his line being stolen as Starscream went off kicking and screaming about the audacity of it all. "What Hound means is that Starscream will never be able to lead the cons. He lacks the intelligence and the respect to be a leader. He can barely keep his brothers in line. Before I go on are there any other questions?" He waited and no one raised their hand.
"Now I want to change direction for a moment. I want to tell you all; the story behind the war. You see back on Cybertron we had a senate like you do." Whitmore asked "Were they picked by an electoral election?" "No mister President. You see we had a grand council that picked the senators and the Prime or leader of the Autobots. Back then we had Sentinel Prime, under his leadership we flourished." Flourished? Taiya thought. I saw the feeds of the poor and trampled on. They weren't flourishing. Bumblebee Interjected "Things sure were great back then. We had it all and there was nothing us Autobots could not accomplish." "Then Megatron took all of that away from us. He had always wanted power. We thought he changed but we were wrong. He turned on us all and struck hard against all that was good and peaceful in Cybertron. We should have known he would turn on us and try to take the cube. To think of all of the great and noble bots that died in wake of saving the cube from Megatron." Jazz continued. "We did nothing to him or the cons for them to get so angry with us." Hound said as the audience followed along.
"What a bunch of lies" Taiya said under her breath.
Continuing Jazz added more to the story "Yeah they struck first. They went after our Energon stores." Hound butted in "That is our fuel and without it we cannot continue to live as our spark cores require it. We also need other fuels but not as frequent." "We were pushed to our limits and we had to hide our Energon to avoid it from getting raided. We should have slagged them first before the war got out of hand. Their kind is like that, they are nothing but a bunch of rejects." Bumblebee said. Feeling like her heart was breaking Taiya was getting furious} "After all we did for them this is how they repay us? We got them jobs and paid them well." Taiya slamming her hands on the table and stood tall glaring at Jazz. "Liar! Liar! LIAR!" This got everyone's attention. Taiya got up out of her seat and walked closer to the stage. The cons were all what is she doing?
"YOU DID NO SUCH THING FOR THE CITIZENS OF CYBERTRON! AND I WILL BE SHOT DEAD BEFORE I LET YOU SELL THAT LOAD OF SLAG TO US!" Pointing at Jazz as Agents of the Secret Service walked up near Taiya but were stopped. "WAIT!" Whitmore ordered. The Agents waited for his further commands. Speaking out of turn an agent with salt and pepper hair spoke "Sir this girl is way out of line." "I started my presidency under truth and understanding. I will not become a tyrant Agent Redding. Let her speak." "BUT SIR!" Redding beseeched. "Agent Redding stand down, that is an order!" The agents moved away waiting to see if they had to physically interfere on the matter. "Alright little femme You think I am lying to you?" Jazz quipped. "If the helmet fits" "Oooo now she is pissed." Frenzy said very entertained by the incident. "WHAT THE SLAG IS SHE DOING? SHE IS RUINING EVERYTHING!" Megatron angrily yelled. "Don't worry boss she knows what she is doing." Brawl said.
Jazz leaned back arms folded "Now why don't you believe me?"Looking around at all of the people and ignoring the constant background noise from her ear implant. Eventually getting innerved she turned her ear implant off. "I can't believe you because you are counteracting yourself. You released those pamphlets and you are now going against the information you gave!" Jazz chuckled "I am sorry I did not read the pamphlet. It was written by another member of the Autobot records." Annoyed she spat back "Well then isn't that nice. You did not even read your own information. What does that say about your legitimacy?" "uh..." Stammering Jazz was a bit nervous being put on the spot. Continuing her tirade "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN HERE WE HAVE YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF CORRUPT GOVERNMENT AT PLAY! The Autobots say that they took care of their workers but that is far from the truth." Hound took a step in front of her "We are not corrupt!" "Yes you are! Or haven't you told the story behind why Megatron became a Decepticon to begin with!?" She probed. Standing strong against the verbal onslaught Jazz gave her the floor. "Then let me clarify it for everyone here. Back in the days of the Autobot senate things may have been golden on the outside but in the nether regions of Cybertron death and decay was what the Autobots built on. In the pamphlet we were given it said that Megatron was a miner in an Energon outpost. There they worked in deplorable conditions and got paid just enough to keep their cerbos firing. Many transformers died because the greedy senate did not give them what they needed and deserved."
"Look those guys were bad and it took us seeing the lackluster leadership to see that. You aren't perfect either. Every race has flaws and we know we had many." Bumblebee said "Yes you do have flaws and hiding behind the Autobot way is just cowardice."" What is she trying to accomplish with this?" Melvin asked his dad. "I take it she is at the least from a union home." Mark answered.
"And it was your senate that decided to kill that poor miner just for retaliating against losing his job to some automated machine. YES IF YOU MISSED THAT GREAT POINT! THE WAR WOULD NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN STARTED IF YOU "GOOD" AND "KIND" AUTOBOTS TREATED YOUR FELLOW TRANSFORMERS WITH RESPCT AND DIGNITY!' Melvin leaning to talk to his father "Dad shouldn't we stop her?" Mark relishing in seeing an Autobot being ripped apart "No, the president let her speak and it would be a shame to stop the show." Taiya getting more confident moved closer to the state. "Let's not forget how many poor transformers were left to die because of no Energon supply. AND HOW THEIR BODIES WERE GATHERED AND SMELTED DOWN FOR SCRAP! MEGATRON WOULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER BODY TO THAT ACCOUNT IF HE HAD NOT STOOD FOR WHAT HE BELIEVED IN!" Jazz looked to mark in desperation. "Mr. McAlister please tell your guest to calm down?" Laughing brutishly Mark leaned back in his chair arms crossed "You're on your own Autobot! Or can you not handle one little girl's remarks?"
Jazz looking less than impressed "Yes a few old broken down bots were smelted but…"He was spurned by her again "The killer admits to it. You all heard him. Megatron was there in the mine when the Autobot senate guards killed one of his fellow miners in cold blood. ALL FOR JUST FOR TELLING THE TRUTH AND STADING AGAINST THE TYRANICAL LEADERSHIP OF YOU AUTOBOTS! FACE IT; YOU ARE THE REAL THREAT HERE!" Losing his patience Hound stomped forward scowled at her "Hey!" "As I was saying before I was nearly threatened! In retaliation Megatron founded the Decepticon faction and went against the Autobots for the good of Cybertron. You make him out to be the great evil; but as far as I see it you are the real evil. Killing your own and trying to cover it up like it is no big deal. Starving and beating down the oppressed! It is sick! When Megatron was gaining power you thought you could stop the violence by giving him the role of lord high protector! But we all see what happened." A male in the audience jumped in questioning "Yeah he tried to steal the cube right?" Turning to him "Only after he saw the web lies the Autobots have spun. They promised him that they would give compensation to the poor and decrepit. That they would stop their own brutality. The Autobots failed to keep their side of the bargain. MEGATRON FOUND OUT THAT THEY DID NOT STOP THE SMELTERS AND THEY DID NOT HELP THE TRANSFORMERS HE HAD WANTED TO FREE FROM OPRESSION! YOU TRIED TO SILENCE MEGATRON! YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD SATIATE HIM BUT YOU FAILED!"
Bumblebee hid down trying to make himself seem smaller lower and tried to shelter his conviction. "See how he cowers in shame. He knows it, and I think all of you do too. Megatron knew then that the cube was not the plaything for the Autobots. The Autobots lost their privilege to it when they did not uphold their end of the bargan. He reestablished the Decepticon force and tried to take the cube away. Only to have it sent away by the oh so noble prime. Then we were mixed up in your war. WE DID NOT ASK FOR THIS! AND WHAT HAVE WE GOTTEN FROM IT? NOTHING BUT DEAD AND ONE ANGRY LEADER." Taiya did not notice that Whitmore had gotten up and was standing a two feet in front of her. "If Megatron is so good then why is he killing?" He questioned. "That is an excellent question Mr. President. In fact you are the right one for that. Let's play a game of pretend. What do you think we would do if president Whitmore got kidnapped? I WILL TELL YOU WHAT WE WOULD DO! WE WOULD GET ALL THE GUNS WE COULD CARRY AND GO MAKE THOSE RESPONSIBLE PAY! AND BY THE TIME WE FINSISHED THE PATHETIC LOSERS WOULD BE BEGGING FOR MERCY! But sadly the saying goes "mercy is for the weak" and we would finish the job. Wouldn't we?" General Killian spoke out "She's right! We would bring hell to anyone that harmed our president!" Mark silently just sneering at that idea. He would not let any rescue go forward, he would sit back and wait as he became closer to the top of the chain of command. Navy Captain Bernard yelled fist held high "We would blow them outta the water!"
"What we have done to Megatron is unforgiveable. We used him and when he gets mad about it we think its evil. I don't think it is evil. I can only imagine just how horrible it must have been for him. To be so close to his goal and be frozen on an alien planet and to have no one come to help. To be so alone and have your body found by small bipeadal beings. To have them not aid you in any way! To have them continue to freeze you and then to be slowly torn apart by beings you never knew existed." Taiya tiered up trying to get rid of the tears before she had mascara everywhere. " To have your own body used to make dumb little gadgets for a truly selfish race. Every computer, cell phone, and life saving device is all thanks to Megatron. And this is how we thank him!? This is how we welcome our savior!? THE VERY REASON WE HAVE A TECHNOLOGICAL AGE!? So I ask; just who is the good guy and bad guy here. We are all to blame for this. We opened Pandora's Box and now we shall suffer for it." "I would have lost my little Patricia if she did not have the IV machine and transfusion machine after she was born a preemie." The first lady hugged her daughter close."
"See. Now I am not saying pick up the Decepticon signs just yet. I just don't want these Autobots to lead you astray. But we all should question what we are doing before going in head first into an issue we have not examined thoroughly." Taiya turned to look at the Autobots with a smug smirk on her face. "So tell us again why we should listen to you?" "Because we are the ones actually trying to save the day, right Jazz?" Bumblebee quipped. "Don't worry BB we are. All we have here is a Decepticon sympathizer." Hound said with a bit of content in his voice. "Alright little human. You have made some excellent points but trust us on this. The cons are evil and whether or not you like it we will stop them. All those cons are cold, unfeeling, nasty cheats." Jazz clarified. "Okay jazzy, how about this one. Tell me if you are so good then why is your leader going to destroy the cube when he gets it? And tell me this, if you are so noble then why would you send your race to a long and painful omnicide ((mass killing of an entire species)) Hum?" "I know it makes no sense but Prime knows what he is doing. We trust his leadership." "Right. President Whitmore, I have nothing left to say. Can I sit down now sir?" Taiya said bowing a little. "Yes you may." Walking over to her table and sat down as quite a few people clapped. Taiya said quietly. "Just how stupid do these bots think we are?" "Clearly they won't make that mistake again." James said. "Taiya are you nuts, you could have been thrown into federal prison for that stunt." Melvin said freaking. "Lay off her Melvin. She was just doing what she had to. I mean just because you are a bot fan-boy doesn't mean everyone should be." James remarked before being shushed by their father and that shut both of their mouths good and tight. A bit more of the "lecture" went on before the dancing got started.
When the music got started that meant that it was dancing time. And a couple of people came in late. It was Victor Keys and his head security guard; Isaac Sumdac and his daughter Sari. That was one really awesome thing about Keys; no matter what your occupation he could be friends with you. That is what made him and Isaac friends. Victor had stopped for a motor accident and did surgery in the middle of the highway. But that was just how good he was. From what Arkeville had told everyone; Keys could do open heart surgery with nothing but a ball point pen a pocket knife, and a few shoe strings. Taiya was so nervous. But it wasn't as hard as she thought. They danced for a long time. But of course Melvin did not get the do not touch rule."I know you have a boyfriend but I have to press just how much more I and my family can offer." "Honest in another time if you got me earlier I may have taken your offer." Lying but trying to be nice and let him down gently…she felt that he was clearly a guy that got everything in life and had not been taught no in his life. Completely oblivious high above her head Rumble and Lazerbeak were perched on a valence.
"Come in Megatron." "I hear you. Are you and Lazerbeak in position?' "Yes sir we are." "Now remember you have to do it at the right time." "Yes sir I know." "I will let you get things in full position." "Thank you sir. I won't fail." Down below everyone was doing a dance that made them switch partners. And to Taiya's horror she had to dance with Mark. To Taiya it was weird because not even in front of Megatron brought her as much fright as being near mark. Melvin may have been cold but Mark was like steeping into deep space with nothing on. Everything he did seemed to drain the energy out of the room. As he grabbed her by the hand she felt her legs go weak. When it came to the dance he was a rather forceful leading partner. "I know what my son did to get you here and I just want to say I am disappointed in him for it." "Oh! Uhm he told you?" She said trying to hid her embarrassment from being found a bald faced lair. She was bright red now. "He did last night after I pressed him on how he met you." Could not answer and lowered her head in shame. "To bad really, I was starting to like having you around. But of course you could give Melvin a try." "Sir?" "I am not going to glorify my boy but you could give him a shot. Because I was starting to like the sound of a young lady around." Taiya froze in fright. Barely snapping back to reality. Something felt off, just really off about him and something dark called to her from the shadows. An old voice and an old fright. "I might but I am spoken for." "I see. I am sorry but wait a moment Taka wants to speak with me." Mark went off to speak with taka who was in the other side of the room.
Standing in the dance hall and looked over to see them speaking. Her eyes looked over to the first daughter and the little girl that doctor keys brought. Seeing them made Taiya wish for her childhood. "Well almost done and I can get this heavy dress off. How did princesses do this?" Taiya was just about to go and sit down when she heard something. A cracking. The implant in her ear allowed her to hear a little bit better than normal. She looked around and saw nothing that would be cracking. She looked up and she saw a giant fracture in the valence above MARK AND THE OTHERS! She saw the valence was going to fall. The valence let lose a few pieces. Taiya had to react fast. She ran towards Mark and Taka. This alarmed a few people in the room. "TAKA MARK! LOOK OUT!" She reached them and pulled the back of Marks collar and yanked hard and managed to pull him out of the way a few meters as he slid back before falling to the floor. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!" Taka screamed at her. Grabbing Taka's wrist and flung her out of the way making Taka land on top of Mark. Across the room Mr. and Mrs. Whitmore looked to see the ruckus. Marilyn Whitmore seeing her daughter in danger "PATRICIA!" She tried to run but was stopped by secret service agents. Some of which ran to get the first daughter. Whitmore was panicing as agents held him back. "SWEETIE!" "Sir! We can't let you go!" Agent Redding pleaded.
Taiya reacting saw the two girls and ran to grab them out of the way. While the agents got everyone clear the two girls seemed dead scared to move. Taiya got to Patricia first and grabbed Sari next. Running with them and held them both tightly did a fast turn and slid around. They fell to the floor and Taiya using herself as a shield covered the two. The valence came down and with a huge thud the broken beam broke the floor boards. Splinters of wood showered the room. The beam fell within a few inches of Taiya and the girls. A piece of the valence beam penetrated Taiya's arm and a few other pieces cut into Taiya's dress and skin. As the dust cleared you could hear people gasping and Mrs. Whitmore's frantic cries. "PATRICIA HONEY!" Marilyn screamed wrenching herself from the agents."Mommy!" Patricia yelled joined in as Sari cried out for her daddy. "Daddy!"
Taiya looked up and saw the big piece of wood in her arm. Feeling the sting of the cuts tried her best to hold in her cries in pain. Shaking like a leaf she grabbed the huge splinter and ripped it out of her arm. A copious amount of blood now soaked her arm and the floor. Taiya trying her best; propped herself up and looked to check the kids.
Saying a bit shaken Taiya checked over the girls to make sure they had no dangerous injuries. "Are you guys okay?" "I think I got a bruise but okay." Sari said. "Just a few scrapes for me." Said Patricia. Sighed of relief "good." Taiya said. Seeing the blood weeping from Taiya's arm "OH MY GOD!" Sari gasped. Grabbing a napkin that had fallen down wrapped her arm "I am sorry." Taiya freaked. "DADDY WE NEED HELP!" Patricia screamed. Whitmore ran up to them tearing away from the secret service agents "HONEY!" Taiya stood up and helping the girls to their feet. Victor ran up to them "It's okay everyone the doctor is in the house." Victor reassured the group. Reaching his daughter Whitmore held her tightly "oh sweetie I thought I lost you." He said through his tears. "Sari! Sari!" Mr. Sumdac picked up his daughter and hugged her and started to frantically kiss his daughter. Sari trying to free herself of her dad implored "Daddy you are embarrassing me. And it's not me who needs help it's her. She needs Doctor Keys."Taiya seeing that she had gotten blood on Patricia's dress "Oh I am so sorry sir. Please don't get mad." Whitmore looked unimpressed "What are you talking about? You just saved my kids life."Marilyn rushed in and hugged both her husband and her daughter. "I WAS SO SCARED!"
Keys calmly rolling up his sleeves. seeing the blood on the napkin "Now let's get a look at that arm." Even though she was in pain she knew she had to think of something or Keys would see the wires in her arm "No! First the kids; they are more important." "You sure?' Nodding rapidly trying to get out of this. "Okay who is first?" He turned to the kids as she took her chance to get away. Taiya went to her table and grabbed her purse. She then went to the open bar and grabbed a bottle of vodka from a shelf.
Taka still on top of Mark "Mark get your hands off of my ass!" Not realizing he was touching Taka's butt went red but milked the opportunity. "Sorry Taka my mistake. But I have to say it is still as firm as it was all those years ago.' "Um Himmels willen!" She yelled at Mark as she squirmed out from being on top of him. They got to their feet and grabbing her crutch spat back "Yes a mistake. Let us hope it won't happen again. I don't know how many times I have to tell you but you are too old for me." "One time I was drunk and you won't let it go. Besides you know I always get what I want and that includes you." He said as it was clear he overpowered her. "Right…what is your friend doing?" Pointing to Taiya. "I have no idea. It looks like she is doing a dress wound."
Taiya sat down at a table and took out her sewing kit she brought just in case and stuck a pen in her mouth. Melvin who was in the bathroom came out and just had the expression of what in the name of? on his face. James was dotting over Christina making sure she was okay. While the bots checked to make sure the others were alright. Taiya uncapped the vodka and took a big breath before dumping it on the open wound. The alcohol burned and Taiya just leaned back as tears streamed down her face. Waiting for the vodka to evaporate just kept biting down on the pen. The burning stopped and Taiya trying her best to zone out everything around her stitched up her arm. Every pin prick was excruciating. Taiya wanted to just pass out right then and there but could not. If everyone saw the ports and wires they would arrest her right away. She got to the last knot and tied it shut. Dousing another bit of vodka to clean it up nearly sent Taiya over the edge with how much it hurt.
Mark snuck up behind her "Not a bad job you did."Spitting out the pen she weakly asked "really?" "Really. Let me help you." Pulled up a chair and took out his pocket knife and started to shear off strips of fabric from the table cloth. Feeling too weak and tired just let him help.
He began to wrap Taiya's arm in the strips of cloth "You did a battle dress wound. I am impressed you knew how to stitch up your arm." "Knowledge is power Mr. McAlister. And in this time you can never be too careful." "I can hear you on that. I just wish it was my arm when I had to stitch up one of my wounds." It was apparent he loved to go on about his war stories. "What happened?" "I was serving in Korea and some crazy communist nut bard hacked my back with a katana. I was just thankful it was a dull sword. You should see the scar, that crazy commie got me hard." "How did you stitch yourself up?' She said genuinely curious how he had managed to do that. "I used some fishing line and a needle in my patch bag. I had traded the thread for a couple of bottles of rice wine. If there was one time I wanted to be a gymnast it was then. It certainly would have made reaching my lower back easier." "What did you do to the guy that slashed you?" Mark looked very pleased at himself as he laughed rather coldly "Well I can put it this way; no amount of stitches would be able to put him back together. I still have that katana. It makes me laugh when I see it." You could see the seething ominous aura coming from him.
Melvin came up to them "Dad, Taiya what is going on?" Seeing Taiya with cuts on her arms and back. "Who did that!?" Mark glared at his son "You are in serious trouble young man. You should have been the one to help Taiya not me. Where were you?" "Long line for the men's room." He said voice nearly squeaking in a pubescent way. "Don't worry Taiya I will kick his ass later. One for lying to his father the other for being a complete idiot." Mark said with anger seeping from his voice. Melvin gulped "But what the hell is going on? How did everything get so . . So . . . disordered?" "The valence beam fell, and Taiya here pulled not only me but General Taka out of the way before saving the first daughter and that other little girl." Melvin looked mystified "That's weird they did structural checks a few days ago. Secret service did an entire search before the Gala began. There should have been nothing wrong with the building. Hum? How perplexing."
Taka made her way to where Mark was and looked coldly at Taiya. "One I don't like you. Two I don't understand why you are a Decepticon sympathizer. And three…" Taiya braced for the verbal lashing. "You saved my life and for that I am grateful. You are a hard headed girl but maybe I will give you a second chance. After all I can't die without getting back at Starscream." Taka bowed her head down and before leaving with her partner spoke to mark "Keep an eye on her Mark. She is a fire pistol ready to blow. I just hope your son is big enough to handle her. And Taiya if you are ever in Germany and need help; don't hesitate to look me up." Taka stood proud. "HEY! I AM NOT A LITTLE BOY ANYMORE TAKA!" Melvin spat back. James on other side of room "YES YOU ARE LITTLE BROTHER!" That pushed Melvin into a red faced embarrassment. "Okay, uh. . . not sure if that is good or bad but okay." The Whitmore's walked up with little Patricia in Marilyn's arms. Whitmore looked at her and smiled "I don't know who you are but my daughter is alive because of you. I may not like your opinions but that doesn't matter. If there is anything I can do to repay you just ask.""Can I get back to you when my head doesn't hurt so much? Sir?" She asked. "That is fine. Agent Redding give her your number." {Agent Redding wrote down the number and handed it to Taiya. Patricia took off a beaded bracelet off of her wrist and handed it to Taiya. "Here I want you to have this. You and I are buddies now." Taiya awwwwwwwed and they were lead away by the secret service.
It took a bit of time for everyone to calm down. Everyone started to leave. And poor agent Anderson had to run to a nearby store to buy Taiya some new clothes considering hers were all torn up. Taiya got changed and slung her arm up. Thinking how miserable it will be having Arkeville look at it. Taiya was also given a box of band aids and Taiya did her best to put them on her back. Taiya stepped out of the bathroom which thanks to Agent Anderson was cleared so Taiya could get changed. Melvin walked Taiya to the Suburban and they were stopped by a big thudding sound behind them. It was Optimus Prime.
Prime spoke inquisitively "So you're the one that doesn't like us much." She was too scared to speak. "Optimus you made it!" Melvin said holding out a fist for a fist bump. Prime returned the gesture "Hello Melvin it's nice to see you again." "How's that erithieal metal I gave you holding up your arm plate?" Melvin said through smiles. "Very well. I never knew that you could mix steel, brass, and carbonized aluminum to make such a strong shell. Thank you Melvin. You need to give me the formula so that my other troops could have the same protection." "Will do Prime." Prime turned to face her "Now what is this I hear about you standing up for the Decepticons?" Finding a bit of bravery "I don't have to stand up for them; I just have to speak the truth. Everything I said was the truth, and if that constitutes being labeled a Decepticon sympathizer then so be it. Because as far as I see it I would rather be a Decepticon then to stand one minute listening to your lying underlings." Prime looked confused "There has to be a mistake. You can't possibly mean that." Taiya puffed up her chest "I DO! In fact I would rather bow down to Megatron then let you fool my people into your lies! Better to be a slave of truth then a free man under deceitfulness." He looked at her not able to understand how this human could side with Megatron. "Well then I guess I have a job to do. Eventually you will see that the Decepticons don't deserve kindness or understanding even if we hope they can change forever. I hope that some of them may decide to change factions and join us again. But time and time again they have been all but kind to other bots and transformers alike. They have shown their brutality to us Autobots countless times and I doubt they could do anything but harm others. I hope we can earn your respect." Even though he saw brawl change it still was not enough to make prime see the how much the cons were capable of change.
The two just stayed locked eyes to optics. Melvin feeling really uncomfortable tried to get into a diplomat role. "Well uh Taiya how about you two shake hands, I know that can help break down the walls." He said hoping to cut the tension. "Don't count on that. Melvin I am going back home. See you maybe again." She said before Prime held out his hand. "Well then I look forward to showing you that we are the real heroes here." Taiya sighed in annoyance and shook his hand. Something familiar rose again hearing a name she had not heard before in the back of her mind, who was Megatronous? She shook her head and withdrew her hand. "Well that was a thing." She turned before being cut off by Melvin. "Wait." He handed her an envelope. "let Anderson drive you home."Taiya relented "Okay, I wouldn't want to ruin your night." Taiya walked to the suburban and got inside. Melvin sighed lost in his own lamenting "Woman what are we going to do about them?" "I just can't believe my audio receptors. Someone liking the cons, and a human of all beings.""Don't worry Prime, I will get her reigned in." Thinking how he would reign her in whether or not she liked it. Sari ran up the hill where prime and Melvin were. " Prime did you see the girl called Taiya?"" "I did Sari; she just left.""Aw no! I wanted to thank her. Melvin, seeing as she is your girlfriend could you tell her for me?" Melvin looked caught in his lie just scratched his head "Well we aren't, we haven't, Okay Sari" "Thanks Melvin." Sari ran off and met up with her dad and they started to go home.
Melvin and Prime just stood and talked for a bit before the Autobots cut in and told prime what happened. They knew it was no structural failure. Keys even said so too. But who and why? Hound came to the quick conclusion of "Decepticons". The McAlister's returned home and James decided to stay the night with his dad and brother. Mark sat quietly in his study and thought. How could she know how to patch up her arm? Who is this Taiya girl? Her reaction time was faster than special ops, so how? How did she manage to pull 4 people from danger in a matter of a few seconds? Did she have anything in her past that could account for this? Mark had to get agent Connolly on it; after all he did owe Mark a favor. He walked in the kitchen where the brothers were talking. "I know James but what can I do? She already has a boyfriend.' Melvin said moping. Mark standing in the door way. "You don't give up. Even if that means taking someone out." James looked at his dad annoyed. "Dad Melvin can't go around killing people. I mean in your time it might have been a sign of strength but not now." Mark with a humph "Now what have I always told you two?" James sighed and said robotically "Stand strong, don't back down, and never give up the fight no matter what to cost." Melvin jumped in with the same auto mode "And to always make sure the enemy is dead." "Now that's my boys! That's exactly what I expect of Melvin. Find who this boyfriend is and show him the error of his ways. Find any dirt you can about him and let his own trash bury him six feet under." James said with a bit of distain "Dad you saw how well that worked with me and Angela." "Angela wasn't worth being near the McAlister's. But any girl that either makes my son happy or saves my skin must be worth the trouble. Now Melvin, do you know the boys name?" 'Nope. Not a thing." "Well then. Get her over here and we will get her to sing the details. She can be a friend of the McAlister's but swaying her decision with a little persuasion would be quite useful." "That's my dad, always trying to recruit people to his side." James laughed.
"That's why I have the top position in U.S Defense. Meanwhile I am going to look into this Dalton girl and see what I can dig up. There has to be something we can find out."
Melvin was lost in his thoughts thinking of all the sinisterly ways he would do away with the boyfriend of Taiya's. "Thank you father. Or should I say supreme general?" Mark pat Melvin on the back and got a tall one.
While they talked Anderson was driving Taiya to the visitor's complex innerved at how Taiya didn't let the valence fall on top of Mark. Anderson thought how close he was to saying goodbye to Mark. Taiya got her things and went back to the Washington monument and told Anderson her ride would be there in a moment. Anderson left thinking it was far from over for the both of them. Barricade came and got Taiya and Taiya didn't put the pieces together when Rumble and Lazerbeak were in the car. Rumble had to act all surprised at the gash and Lazerbeak had to keep his beak shut. They knew if Blackout found out it was their fault he would have their cerbos. Taiya was happy to get back home and went to debrief with Megatron yet again about what had happened during the night. She just wished Megatron wouldn't get angry about her little outburst. Every time she had to talk with Megatron she had to take a big sigh first just to calm her nerves. She steeped in was immediately ready to take a blow."Sir I came to debrief." Megatron glared at her and Taiya just cringed. "Taiya?" He asked a bit scarily. "Yes sir." She said nervously. "I hope you know that ignoring me is a bad idea." "Yes sir." Getting really scared now. "What you did is unacceptable. You almost gave away your position." "Yes sir. I know sir. I just. . . " She stammered with her words.
'You just what?" He said with a bit of irritation. "I couldn't stand hearing them lie! I just thought of how I like being a Decepticon and how much I like it here. And how wrong they are about you and…" She went on barely taking a breath. Breaking into laughter Megatron smiled. "You fell for it. My whole serious attitude thing. Oh nebulae." "You mean you aren't mad?" Looking bewildered just blinking. "Primus no! You did everything you were supposed to." "Sir. I don't know what to say." Peeping out of corner Frenzy and Stephen laughed too. "Hey!" Red faced with anger she yelled. "Sorry sis but that was toooooooo good." Sketch responded. "Yeah that was good. I can't believe she fell for it." Frenzy went on. The two chortled. "Would you two stop laughing!" "Frenzy told me that you think I can't tell a joke. Well how about now?" Held out his fist to Frenzy who fist bumped. "I knew I still had it." Megatron smiled to himself.
"Wait a slagging second. I don't understand, I thought I was in serious trouble." Confused she exclaimed. "Do you know why you aren't in trouble?" Questioned Megatron. "No." She said." "General Taka, General McAlister, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES all owe you! In saving his little girl he forgot completely about your tirade and he now wants to give you something. And better yet, you knew already that was up to me to decide. And on top of that Taka owes you as well. We get you in and you are like . . . . Sketch what was that earth saying again?" Megatron questioned "Macbeth sir, be like the flower but be the snake underneath it." "Yes, you will be the flower and little do they know that venom will poison them from the inside out. Think about what Whitmore will do for you, what favors and special privileges he will give. This is working for all us Decepticons." Saying really proud of himself Megatron boasted."YOU MEAN YOU'RE USING ME!?" Heatedly she alleged. "Don't be so glum about it. Loads of Decepticons would give their spark cores to be in your position. After all if you do your job right; glory will be yours for the taking. And with Sketc almost ready for his first mission; I am ever more confident in my decision to let humans into Decepticon affairs. Megatron bent down and touched both Sketch and Taiya's face." And when I do give you two transformer bodies you will stand tall for all of Cybertron by my side." "You mean that sir?" She asked. "Yes I mean that. When have I lied about what I owe to my soldiers for their success? Let it be known I will let you do what you want to that mel-vin boy once we are victorious."
"Hey what about me?" Sketch asked. "You my boy I see great achievements in your future. How about a whole moon under your control?" "AWESOME!" Sketch shouted. "AS SOON AS I GET THE ALLSPARK I WILL SIT IN TRIUMPHANT GLORY AS LEADER OF CYBERTON AND THE EVENTUAL GALAXY!"
Sketch and Frenzy left so that business could be taken care of. after about a few hours of planning Taiya was getting really sleepy and fell asleep on the keyboard of Megatron's computer. He thought of waking her but choose instead to just hand her off to Blackout. Whatever it was it could wait till the morning. After all a brain does need REM and Stasis to maintain function. Blackout could not get Taiya into her room so he picked up a blanket and wrapped her in it and just laid her carefully on his chest. He used his transforming ability to make sure the area was like the seats in his helicopter mode and made a makeshift futon.
"Blackout?' "I thought you were asleep?" Giggled "I was faking it so I didn't have to listen to Megatron.""I knew you were becoming a Decepticon fast but faking one on Megatron. I am so proud of you." "Oh stop it was just a small trick. But thank you. And Blackout I am sorry.""Sorry for what?" "I hated pretending like I did. I don't like Melvin at all but I love you and no matter what Megatron orders I always will." She reassured "I know, orders are orders. Besides at least you helped the freak save face. Maybe you gave him the boost to his confidence to get another gal." "I am not sure sweetspark. But that would be nice. It must suck coming from a family that doesn't teach you any kind of patience." She expressed grief. "Yeah I was reading about humans and it seems like you guys aren't built to just know manners. We transformers know them but many choose not to follow them. Like many many cons." He said indifferently.
Taiya – {climbed up and gave a kiss to Blackout}
Over America a private jet with the logo VK flies over the landscape. Inside is Keys and Zoë.
"Whitmore has to be the biggest moron to trust McAlister with that sort of power." Victor said looking seriously at the data logs in front of him. "It won't be long till he seizes control for himself." Zoe said. "I just hope that the Secretary of State and Obama can stay safe. Worst of all of this is that Whitmore can't see how evil and sinister McAlister really is. He is so blinded by his service record that he neglects all sources of logic. He thinks us up-starts are just paranoid. Well what about Hellion? I know those cities and they are not threats. McAlister is planning to make fear his power and get the Middle Eastern people to surrender all power to him just to make the bombings stop." Rubbing his temples "We also have another issue; it seems data is being lost. We have to come up with our own circuit design and get away from the old ones we made after Megatron's designs. If we lose cyberspace then we are significantly reduced in our security." "That's why I made Team Thetta. They are already handling that. We have a fake Allspark and we can use that to test and see if the new cyber components are prone to the transforming circuit. It is very unstable as well. Our researchers are nervous about it going into a meltdown. I have commissioned a nuclear well for storage in case that happens."
Zoe sighed "With Salazar gone we are deep in danger. You of all people understand McAlister. What do you think he is planning?" "Total domination. With him so close to the Presidents seat it worries me. The Middle East is screwed and it won't take a Transformer army to do it. After that I can assume that McAlister will try and take down some dissenter countries like in Africa and South America. Then who knows, China, Russia, and I don't count on Germany surviving. General taka is also a fool. She can't see that her anger and hate is blinding her to McAlister's evil." They both looked defeated "Just as soon as she does enough to satisfy him she will most likely end up dead. And I have a feeling that Barton did not die of psychological distress." She stated "I know that maniac did something. The problem is that he is so good at covering his tracks that it makes evidence near impossible to find. We have to hold out for the end of all of this. But for now I have to play into what he wants. I just have to find a specific Transformer." "Which one did McAlister want?" Victor handed her the photo. "He wants Blackout?" "Yeah he never let it go that he alone took out a whole base. I assume it hurt his little ego." "Well he is very dangerous and to have him disabled would be a benefit to our operations." "I agree Zoe."
The plane continued to travel to California. The night ticks by as 4:00 am hits the clock. Mark was still awake and was twirling a glass of bourbon laughing at how easily everything was falling into place. The only humanity left in Mark was being saddened that his father Jasper could not see this day. The day the McAlister's hit the pinnacle of military supremacy. He looked at his father's picture and thought about how he was now more than his father ever was. He would leave a legacy for James and eventfully when Mark was no longer alive; James would rule as the leader of the world. And who knows what else, if he could take over the world then what's stopping him from taking over other planets? The Autobots had said that there were planets with life other then Cybertron and Earth; so to Mark they were fair game. He had just three more people to eliminate. Oh. He thought. He forgot; it was Major Johnson's job to make sure James was safe. He failed so Mark had to think about a proper punishment. The thought of a car bomb entered his mind. He could always plant evidence on some Muslim family. He turned his computer on from hibernation and stared at the pictures of the transformers. Thinking on how lovely it will be to have them as his little slaves. The Decepticons wanted to kill well then Mark would allow them to kill; all of Marks enemies.
In the Nemesis a tired and broken doctor wakes from stasis with a new body. A body made of metal. Arkeville had been made into an almost full machine thanks to Shockwave. He was now stronger than ever and his brain was able to do more than just advanced calculus. He got up and out of the water looking at himself in a shiny piece of metal on the wall. Bellows of laughter as cold as the metal itself echoed around the bitter lab. "You may have taken my ability to practice Keys but I am far from done! WHEN I GET MY CHANCE YOU WILL DIE VICTOR! YOU GOT THE HIGH ROAD THAT I SO DESERVED! I GOT STUCK TO THE DIRT PATH! BUT MY BOY YOUR INDUSTRY WILL FALL LIKE MY DREAMS! AND I WILL BE AT THE TABLE TO THE NEW RULERS OF Earth! THE DECEPTICONS WILL RISE AND ALL THAT IS YOURS THEY WILL GIVE TO ME!"
As dawn breaks some cons from Cybertron make their way past the asteroid belt headed for earth. Over the next few months on Earth talks were underway of deciding what alliance they would serve under or allow into their countries. Russia released that they would in no way support the Decepticons or the Autobots and that all Transformers would be treated as a threat and be taken down. They also signed up alliances with the former Soviet Union countries, many of which thought it was best to rejoin and remain strong. Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine; were just a few to be mentioned. China called themselves a bot safe zone; making it an oasis for the bots if they were ever in need of help. Japan choose to remain neutral. While countries like Mexico, Colombia, Spain, Egypt, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and Pakistan all called themselves Decepticon allies. But most of all the American Government could see past many of the counties so called bot loving facade. And as far as Russia went; they were planning something an being a superpower again seemed to be the plan. By pretending that they were against the cons and only wanted to join again with their separatists for the good of safety was ludicrous. Russia made that clear by reinstituting their nuclear arms. The Middle Eastern countries felt really outnumbered and out gunned as they did not have what was needed to fight off any kind of transformer. The attack of Hellion and fear was about to send the Middle East into panic. A panic that many rebel countries felt as they realized that no amount of AK-47's power would be able to stop a Decepticon. AK was the best rifle in the world but not even it could match the power of a supersonic jet. Operation Valkyrie and Operation Hellion played out. Taka's parents started to build a jet fighter based on Megatron's specs and she was in the finalization of building it. A brand new fighter that dwarfed the F-22 raptor. Because what no one knew by looking at it was its ability to turn into 5 separate jets capable of acting as sole fighters by computer AI. Valkyrie may have been the code name but the plane itself was named after a type of star ironically enough. But flying it would have to wait. Taka had to go to Keys and see if he was capable of helping her regain her sight. As moles in the American government let loose files on N.B.E 1 the wrong countries with the data could prove to be a hassle. A hassle that McAlister was adamant on fixing even if that meant taking down the traitors one by one. Every emotion was felt around the world over the latest events; but confusion was what Whitmore felt. He did not know what to do, as there were no protocol for what was going on in the world today.