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.

21. Chapter 21

TF Captain Lennox and Private Stephen?
& part one of Russian Roulette

{Story Rating PG-14. sexual themes, swearing, violence}

{Large echoing blast goes off as a tank is blown to pieces}

Lennox – "FLANK LEFT!' {The soldiers moved and piled over a bed of rocks}

The soldiers were in the middle of breakfast when they were attacked. From who? Who really could care, by now these soldiers only saw them as one thing; threats. Stephen not really being a soldier was a tad bit scared now. He just stuck with Lennox and fallowed his orders. With M16's in hand they waited to take the counterstrike. The one time they needed their full stock of weapons and vehicles they had none as all of there equipment was in storage in a base 500 miles from where they were. They thought that being in Syria would mean no crazy terrorists but they were sadly mistaken. With the U.S capturing a TF and holding it hostage for nearly 100 years only to have it come back online and launch massive attacks that had cost millions of lives already; needless to say they were pissed. They took the opportunity to attack the temporary base. Unanounced to the terrorists that the only one they really had to blame was big dumb asshole 5 Star General Mark McAlister. The soldiers flanked to the left and hid behind an old broken down tank that looked like it had been there since the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. They looked over the tank and they could see about 12 SUVs with substandard mini guns on top of them and a few dozen terrorists on foot with AK's in hand. Stephen stayed toe to toe with Lennox.

Lennox – "Stephen you take 3 o'clock, Randy take 12, I got 9, you three cover! LET'S GO!" {He moved to the left of the tank and started shooting}

Stephen moved to the right and with a click of the trigger he shot back at the terrorists. Knowing all to well that he was going to kill someone made it a bit hard for him to pull the trigger. Stephen continued to shot and dodge around the mass of bullets that streamed all around him. A few grazed past his body shredding his clothing. Stephen got down low and waited for an opportunity to counter. Randy took out a case of hand grenades and tossed a few to his fellow soldiers. 2 landed right where Stephen was covering and he took them and pocketed them. Stephen seeing a soldier not paying attention while trying to call in ground support was almost getting clipped by bullets. Stephen got up and ran to the man. At a full run Stephen grabbed him and got them both back into a safe position. Covered in sand the soldiers could feel the crunching of sand in their mouths. As the granules grinded past Stephens's teeth he just grew angrier.

Wilkinson – "THIS IS E5 COMMANDER E-10 WILKINSON WE NEED PLANES NOW!"
Radio – "This is Lieutenant Langley we need vector!"
Wilkinson – "35 00 N, 38 00 E, 32 clicks south of capital"
Langley – "ETA 12 minutes soldier! KEEP EM BUSY!"
Wilkinson – "ROGER THAT! Dalton you and me. . .

Stephen who was less about waiting for orders and wanted to stop what was going on continued to move across the field shooting like mad. He was stopped by the ominous clicking of an empty cartridge. He went into some stone building that only vaguely resembled a house. He backed to the far wall of the structure and dialed into the soldier's radio frequency with his ear implant.

Stephen – "This is private Dalton; I am all out of ammo!"
Lennox – {answered the call} "DALTON! GET TO COFFMAN HE HAS OUR EXTRA ROUNDS!"
Stephen – "Yes Sir!" {He closed his eyes for a moment and took a deep breath.}

He moved to get to Coffman who was about ½ a mile away. Dodging more bullets he ran past the soldiers. A few of them got hold of an RPG and launched a rocket to one of the SUV's. With a loud bang the vehicle and everyone inside of it went up in a puff of smoke and fire. The steering wheel went flying straight up into the air and clanged against a large boulder. Stephen ran and got to Coffman. While Stephen reloaded Wilkinson got out the laser guiders for the drone planes to get an accurate point.

The soldiers fired as a Decepticon flew as fast as his blades would allow. He had to get back to Megatron and tell him what happened. He managed to fly clear across the North Pole in a matter of a few hours, the ice sheets broke as he got view of the tower portion of the nemesis. He landed and ran down the halls to the elevator. Almost breaking the button module by slamming his fist on to it; the elevator dinged and the doors slid open. He went down and burst into Megatron's room.

Blackout – "Megatron! WE HAVE A BIG PROBLEM!"
Megatron – {didn't even turn to look at him said nonchalantly} "Besides your large oversized central processor?" {He turned} "Where is Humanicon team Alpha?"
Blackout – {still frizzing from whatever jammed his cerbos spoke up} "I HAD TO LEAVE THEM!"
Megatron – {looked at blackout in a WTM did you just say}
Blackout – "Something caused our cerbos to stop, I don't know what, I don't know why, and most of all I don't know who in the tri-nebulon could have done this!"
Megatron – "Calm your vocal processor; I can't understand a word you are saying. So drop the Blurr thing and get to the point."
Blackout – 'We were flying over Russia when I lost control over my body and my transform circuit became barely functional. The girls almost died."
Megatron – "But that's my question where are they?"
Blackout – "Taiya ordered me to go, she
Megatron – "TAIYA ORDERED WHAT! AND WHY THE SPARK DID YOU LISTEN TO HER! YOU FOLLOW MY ORDERS NOT HERS!"
Blackout – 'Sir she made the right call. She is headed to the TT in Ireland. Whatever turned my body against itself could have done worse damage. I almost lost em. If I didn't catch them on time they would have been slagging fragged."
Megatron – "Okay back up a breem, tell me everything."

Blackout made way with explaining what happened and Megatron just came to the conclusion this would be the best challenge for Taiya. She wanted to take command of the situation well then she got it. However blackout was slammed in the head for even thinking of taking orders from a human; the pain was almost as unbearable as letting shockwave do a diagnostic. Soundwave was ever more confused as he tried everything to get hold of Team Alpha but to no avail whatever code the Russians were using; it was un-crackable. It was almost as if they came up with a brand new system, all the way down to the basic components. Not even frenzy could get past it, he took this as a personal insult and went at it with every hack he had in the books; only to have a surge of power blast him across the room. Something weird was going on, it was almost as if the Russians knew about the most advanced codes within the transformers. Not known to Megatron or the Decepticons was that a colonel was the cause of this mess. Barton had sold Russia the stats and schematics to Megatron giving them the information necessary to make a counter to transformer technology. Agencies all over the planet were just as confused as the cons. The information gathering team of Sec.7. was trying to get into the Kremlin records to find out what happened to the files that Barton had sold to the Russians were brought into the dark. When they tried to gain access to the files the same kind of surge that hurt frenzy brought the building down into a blackout. This alarmed Simmons who immediately informed McAlister. McAlister being a man of no patience sent out a few B-2 bombers to survey the area. The bombers were scrambled and the CIA was in high alert. They thought it was a massive attack on the world's mainframe of computers; but it was just a protection plan that the Russians put into play in fear of a Decepticon attack. Bombers were the last thing on four girls' heads. Rina, Marie, Loren, and their leader Taiya continued to walk toward to a town with a train station. Taiya looked around at the vast expanses of wilderness and was stunned to see a large metal pillar in the middle of a lake. But what was that thing? Taiya stopped and took out the small camera from her first mission and took photos. She refocused the lens and saw that there were several of these metal pillars. Something told her that they may be the cause of the transmission issues as her headache grew worse the closer they got to the thing.

Loren – "My god, I have to follow you and you stop. Would you just decide what you want or do I have headache."
Marie – 'Don't you ever stop complaining?'
Taiya – "Guys this is important, so Loren shut it!" {Taiya took more photos}
Rina – "What are those things Taiya?'
Taiya – "I don't know but I have a feeling that they are the cause of the cerbo misfire.'
Marie – "What is everyone talking about?"
Rina – 'Taiya thinks that giant metal things are like the cause of our wipeout."
Marie – "You make no sense Rina, you know that right?"
Rina – "why does everyone say that?"
Taiya – "Okay guys lets get a move on, Megatron will like to see these photos. But first, I forgot, we have to cover our logos. With the Russians being anti-con we cant take any chances. Rina you're first." {She handed her the container of the cover-up make up} "I hope I planed enough ahead."
Loren – "Rina why her first?'
Taiya – "She is the youngest. I just hope I brought enough of that make up stuff."
{Rina, Marie, and Loren covered up their tattoos but there was none left for Taiya so all she could do is put on a sweater and hope that no one would notice her tattoo's}

With a click Stephen was reloaded and ready to rumble. He ran at another stone building and started to move up. He knew that the best way to stop them would be to get to higher ground. Lennox had the same idea and followed behind. They got to a second story window and locked their targets. They both just looked at one another and nodded their heads. With sheer percussion they took out at least 12 of them in a matter of a few seconds. As their limp bodies hit the dirt only a few grains of sand were uplifted in the air. Blood stained the sand as gasps left the mouths of the threat. The soldiers made way in attacking back and flanked around a group of them and cornered them in. and in a KGB style attack the soldiers shot down them right where they stood. Stephen saw a group of enemies trying to sneak up on some of the soldiers so Stephen took out one of the grenades and unpinned the cap and threw it. Within seconds the combatant's bodies were torn asunder by the blast. More debris and small clanks echoed as guns, helmets, and shells littered the battle zone. As Lennox and Stephen took care of the unseen threats from above higher in the stratosphere drone bombers made their way across the desert to take down all threats. Stephen looked out a window to the south and a few tanks were on their way to the battle zone. However they were not American tanks, they had a red cressent moon painted on them. Stephen had to tell Wilkinson to reroute the drones to the tanks that were headed right for them. The SUV's were now the last thing on his mind. As everyone knows; tanks beat wheeled vehicles. Stephen saw one of the tanks aim right where he and Lennox were! In a frenzy Stephen grabbed Lennox and they ran down the stairs as a shell blasted the top part of the building clear off. Stephen looked everywhere for Wilkinson but could not see him. He tuned again into the frequency and found that he was 3 clicks west. Lennox realizing that they were going to go after the command center went to go get his officer and the rest of the soldiers back to safety. He got through the barrage of chaotic events and went into the ComCen. Inside it was awful; bullet holes made the walls look like Swiss cheese and the computers were all sparking. Tables were overturned and the entire base was a mess.

Lennox – "Commander Hertz are you in here?!"
Hertz – {stumbling forward collapsed on the floor to his knees} "Lennox . . . thank God. . . "{he gasped as Lennox realized that hertz was wounded severely}
Lennox – {rushed to his aid} "Hertz hold on I will get you out of here."
Hertz – 'It's over for me son . . . just tell . . . my family. . . I love them all very much. You're in charge now." {Hertz handed a metal to Lennox and died in his arms}
Lennox – {had to hold back his tears and laid him down and with one last salute} "Yes sir. I will not let you down."

Lennox rushed to get to as many people as possible. Wilkinson and Stephen were both hard at work locking in on the new targets. The drones whizzed past the desert and reaimed their strikes against the tanks. The 2 drones took out 8 of the about 16 tanks. The only thing remotely resembling the once functional tank was its turret gun. A few of the terrorists ran away in sheer fear of the Americans. They did not get far as they were gunned down; one terrorist had his legs clipped right in half at the knee. The tanks moved in closer and they aimed their guns for another hit. Stephen saw one of the tanks; and it was moving in close! He reacted quite fast; he snatched an RPG and aimed it at the tanks treads. Getting into the correct stance he pulled the trigger to the rocket propeller and the tanks tracks snapped into two. The tank spun around as only one side of the tank was moving. The drones went in for another strike when one of the tanks turrets turned and shot down one of the drones. The plane came crashing down right into the building Stephen was sent to destroy, the wing of the drone skidded across the sand and finally imbedded itself in deep in the dirt. Almost humorously Stephen remarked "Well that takes care of that." But all of the comedic humor in the world could not stop Stephens beating heart. He was both scared and excited about what was going on. There were still 5 tanks, 3 SUV's, and a few foot soldiers left of the enemy faction. The drone flew high to avoid getting hit; reacting to the loss of its partner drone the AI in the drone reformatted an attack plan. A few of the men aimed their RPG's at the tanks to try and halt them long enough for the drone to come back for a third round of fire. Stephen went to a dead soldier's body and relieved him of his grenades and threw one of them far across the field to an SUV. It clanged into the foot rest area of the front of the SUV. The terrorists tried to stop and get out before the thing blew but it was too late for them. In a discharge of fire and smoke the enemies were taken out. That left two of the SUV's. Stephen worked on them while the other soldiers combated the tanks. Stephen got to a high mound of rock and gravel and tried to taunt one of the SUV's his way. It caught the eye of one of the terrorists at the wheel. The manic man turned the SUV around and the terrorists started to shot at Stephen. Stephen jumped off of the mound and ducked until the SUV came closer. When it got within 12 yards of Stephen; he unpinned the grenade and threw it. The grenade smacked the driver in the face and he lost control of the vehicle and it turned upside down. The explosion now being compounded underneath the weight of the SUV sent the blast downward. The flare of light looked like a flower blooming upside down. The weight of the SUV however could not contain the entire boom of the blast and was enveloped in fire and smoke. One more SUV left. Stephen all out of grenades opted to try and shoot at it when Wallace {an E4} shot another RPG at the thing. Now the last of the threats were the remaining 2 tanks. All of the soldiers went to take care of that threat. The drone was all out of ammo and had to fly away. The soldiers were depleted as well. In a final wave of bullets and rockets the remaining of the tanks were taken down. A sigh of relief was shared among the soldiers. Something unsettling remained in Stephens mind; it was almost like an automatic reaction as he turned around and shot down the last terrorist. The reverberation of his gun was the last sound on the battleground. Praiseful cheers sounded around. Lennox went up to Stephen and patted him on the back. The sound of copters echoed as 2 Chinook helicopters landed. Several soldiers and medics came out and tended to the soldiers. A first star general in the marines came out. It was Officer Faraday and he and Lennox talked. Stephen went to what remained of his supplies and dug out the bomb pack. He had to loose it, as it was no use to him now that what he was to destroy was not in rubble. He also did not want the soldiers finding it as there was now no safe place for him to hide the pack. He took a chance at the now busy soldiers and tossed the explosives into a fire that consumed a militant tank. The explosives were only able to explode with a detonation device that Stephen pocketed. In three days Blackout would come in the middle of the night to pick him up. In the mean time he would help the soldiers. Temp base was now gone. Almost all of the men were taken by the copters to Germany to the US base in Munich. Only 10 of the solders remained. Lennox and the others tended to their tired bodies as they sat around and refueled their hungry stomachs. Lennox handed Stephen a MRE {Meal Ready to Eat}.

Lennox – "That was some fast thinking on your part Dalton. You sure this was your first time in combat?"
Stephen – 'Yeah, I don't know. I guess it is all of the video games I have played."
Wilkinson – "That's how I learned how to shoot too. Not surprising really. Most of the best soldiers were complete video game junkies in their teens."
Stephen – "is it normal to be shaken a bit?"
Lennox – "It gets easier. Don't try and rush it away either that just makes it a hell of a lot worse."
Soldier – "Yeah; I remember my first time in battle. I swear I shat my pants."
Wilkinson – 'Hey Ralph keep that shit to your self. That is way too much information."
Ralph – "I am just saying it like it is."
Lennox – "I was meaning to ask you Stephen, do you have any relatives in the west coast?"
Stephen – "No why?"
Lennox – "You just look like someone I saw in L.A. odd really. Oh well us humans all look alike anyway."
Ralph – "I mean no disrespect but. Fuck no captain! Some of us peeps look more kick ass then most. Take Dalton here; he has that cool dyed hair thing."
Stephen – 'Thanks Ralph."
Lennox – 'Hey. I am still cool aren't I?"
Wilkinson – "Don't take it so hard Lennox. Heaven knows that all of the coolest soldiers are commanders." {Everyone just laughed along}

The soldiers lifted their spirits and rested their tired bodies. Stephen had to contact Megatron and tell him what had happened. Either way his mission was a success. Stephen went back to where the stone buildings were and went inside. Making sure he was not followed in anyway he talked through the implant.

Stephen – "Warhead to Megatron. Warhead to Megatron, come in please."
Megatron – "yes. Mission status now."
Stephen – "Mission success. Base was attacked; primary targets were taken down by enemy threat. Advise next steep."
Megatron – "Good warhead, now all you have to do is maintain cover and wait for return."
Stephen – "Yes sir."
Megatron – "when you get back come straight to me okay."
Stephen – "Yes sir."
Megatron – "over and out." {The transmission cut}
Stephen – "it sure would be nice if he said good bye for once."

Stephen left and went back to the soldiers. Communication however was not easy for a group of cons stuck the outskirts of Siberia. Taiya and the others reached the city and Taiya was trying to get a signal out using a pay phone. After multiple tries still nothing; it was like they were using an entirely new system. With no money they could not use the phone; and worst of all they had nothing to trade or pawn. Everything the girls had was tagged as Decepticon property, and as such they could not sell due to the fact they would be brought in as criminals if they did. Loren; you would think; would have a lot of extra jewelry but nothing. She did not want to get any of it messy or lost during the training exercise.

Taiya – 'This is bad; we have no way to get home from here. We need to find a way to get cash."
Marie – "no one has anything we can trade?"
Rina – "Nope, I thought we would be just out here for a few hours. This blows man."
Loren – {said sarcastically} "well "leader" what now."
Taiya – {trying not to snap at Loren} "I wish we were in Moscow; at least then we could get to an embassy." {She sifted through her pack and nothing, not a thing, all of her stuff was Decepticon gear. And she knew what would happen if she traded any of it.} "We should head to a library and see if we can use a computer."
Rina – "Taiya your sleeve."
Taiya – [looked down and saw that her sweater came loose and her tattoo was showing} "thanks Rina."

They walked towards the library. They had to go down a back alley and when they got to the middle of it a male's voice was heard behind them.

Male – "привет сокр Десептиконов"
{The girls turned to see a rather large brutish man with a goatee and straggly brown hair}
Taiya – {spoke up in Russian} "Decepticon where?" {She said sarcastically}
Male – "I saw your tattoo. You should know that having that mark is bad news." {He took out a gun and pointed it at Taiya head}
Rina – "Taiya what do we do?" {Rina was getting a bit scared}
Taiya – {in English} "you guys stand behind me, I will take care of this." {The girls went behind her and Taiya spoke in Russian again} "I think we have a misunderstanding. There are no Decepticons here."
Male – "wanna bet on that little lady." {he grabbed Taiya and pulled her sweater down revealing the tattoo} "Now I bet the police will love to see this."
Taiya – {wanting to kill the prick but knew best not to cause a scene. She had to remain enigma as much as possible.} "Oh that thing, I got it when I was drunk. So why don't you just let us go and we wont have an issue."
Male – "then explain this?" {He pointed at the port in her wrist}
Taiya – "Okay, what do you want?"
Male – 'now that's what I like to hear and hey I am a nice guy. How about your blonde friend shows me a good time and I can let it slide."
Taiya – {understood what he meant felt very frightened. But it clicked; she was the leader and it was up to her to make the right call} "her? Who wants her? Everyone knows she is a carrier."
Male – "HIV huh? Well then what about the cute red head? I would love to make her squeal."
Taiya – {knowing if any harm came to Marie; brawl would have her head. And if Rina got hurt; Skywarp would kill her} "NO! None of them. You have a problem with me; not with them! If you want anyone? Then take me."
Loren – {whispered to Marie} "what is she saying?"
Marie – 'I don't know. I don't speak Russian." {Thinking when she gets back that implant thing sounds kind of nice to have}
Male – "All right you've got yourself a deal."
Taiya – "just let me tell them where to meet me okay. I won't run okay?'
Male – 'make it quick I don't have all day."
Taiya – {English} "Guys take my pack and head to the library; its 3 blocks to the right and one block to the left. I will meet up with you guys there; are we clear?"
Rina – "Taiya what's going on?"
Taiya – {trying not to show just how scared she was} "its okay Rina. I am taking care of the problem. Trust me. Loren you are in charge until I get back. Marie I don't want you to go anywhere without Rina you got me?'
Marie – "this is because I am blind isn't it?'
Taiya – "Marie, I know you are quite capable but I can't risk anything right now. Please.'
Marie – {could hear the intensity in her voice} "all right.'
Taiya – "Be right back okay?"
Loren – "fine." {Not getting what was going on still stood defiantly}

The male grabbed Taiya by the hand and yanked her away from the group. The others walked as fast as they could to the library and across the globe one boy felt really sick to his stomach. Stephen could feel that something was off and wrong. He got up and dumped some water on his head. The cold water shocked him back into reality a bit. Lennox noticed this and went to see if he was okay.

Lennox – "You okay man?'
Stephen – 'I don't know. I just feel like something bad is going on."
Lennox – "it's probably from today. Just let it pass. It's normal to feel like that after being attacked."
Stephen – "I just hope you're right on that."
Lennox – "today was the first time you killed someone isn't it?"
Stephen – "yeah."
Lennox – "yup that's the cause of your reaction. Those guys; you didn't kill them okay. You were just doing your job; protecting your team. It gets easier with time."
Stephen – {remained silent}
Lennox – {trying to make Stephen feel better} "hey they might promote you for this. And plus girls go crazy for a dude in a uniform; especially with medals."
Stephen – "yeah." {Feeling better}
Lennox – "hey how do you think I bagged my wife?"
Stephen – {could see Lennox was trying to make him feel better so he answered sarcastically} "and here I thought it was because she felt sorry for you."
Lennox – {laughed with Stephen at the clearly sarcastic joke}

While the two exchanged jokes a rather cruel deal was about to take place. She was lead into an apartment building. They got to Apt. 6-D and he directed Taiya inside. It was a mess; the entire place was just vile. He dropped his bag and grabbed Taiya around the waist and forced a French kiss on her. All she wanted to do is throw up. She had to wait for just the right moment or she would be royally fucked. She could not just shoot him with the guns she had in her bag because the sound would alarm the people in the building and then they would call the police. So either way she just had to wait. He pulled her to the bed and threw her down. She had to let him do what he wanted for now. He unbuckled her belt and ripped her pants off. He took his shirt off and continued to kiss Taiya. She just pretended to go along. All she wanted was blackout to be there. He pulled her shirt off next.

Male – "different. I like different." {He pinned her arms above her head and kissed her neck} "Oh I forgot, don't move."
{He sat at the end of the bed and took out a small square and Taiya saw a tattoo on his back. It looked like the old USSR flag}
Male – "I can't let myself catch anything you've got. So better safe then sorry."
{Taiya knew it was now or never. With her heart beating extremely fast she crawled to the end of the bed}
Male – "Wait till my buddies find out that I fucked a {he was silenced by Taiya who had wrapped her arm around his neck and proceeded to choke him. He freaked out and hit Taiya hard to try and get her off. She just grasped tighter. His hands tried to grasp on to hers as he tried to break free}
Taiya – "No one threatens my team and gets away with it. Consider our deal done you piece of slag. No one threatens the Decepticons!"

As he kicked hard and tried his best to get Taiya to let go he eventually became limp. Taiya let his body fall to the floor. She knew she had to finish this. She could not leave any witnesses. Sick and feeling like the world was on her back she grabbed a pillow and her gun and shot him through the chest. The pillow muffled the sound of the gun. Taiya backed away from the body and felt like her life was over. She broke down and cried, she just killed someone. It was unbelievable and indescribable. She sat there for a few minutes before coming to. She knew she had to get out of there fast. She stole his wallet and just kept the idea in her head "if not for me then at least for the girls." She put her clothes back on and grabbed a few things before leaving. When she left the apartment it was raining. It was like a dream from then on. She just kept running. All she wanted was Blackout; that was the only person that would have been able to calm her down. As she ran to the library back at the apartment a knock was at the door.

Vladimir – "Rick you in there buddy?" {no answer} "Rick can you hear me?" {Silence} "Aw come on Rick you ain't drunk again are you?" {He realized the door wasn't locked}
Demitri – "That's odd; he never leaves his door unlocked."
{They both went inside and looked around. Demitri found the body and called to Vlad}
Demitri – 'VLADIMIR IT'S RICK! HE'S BEEN SHOT!"
Vladimir {ran inside} – "Oh no, Rick" {he bent down and said a final prayer to him} "comrade you will not be forgotten. We will find the one that did this to you and make them pay."
Demitri – "goodbye buddy. You have done Russia well."

The two looked around for any sign of who did the deed but nothing. Vladimir asked the neighbors if they saw anything and a man outside smoking said that a girl left the apartment not to long ago. Vladimir called in the gang; Zach, Anastasia, Karl, William, Bartok, and a few of the lower level thugs. Vladimir gathered the information on the said girl. She got to the library and stopped and took a deep breath. She patted down her hair and walked in. she looked around for the girls and saw them in a corner. Taiya grabbed a few brochures that were on a desk in the front. She went to them.

Rina – "Taiya you're back, what happened to your face?"
Taiya – {touching her face} "nothing we have to go. I have a plan to get us home."
Loren – "wait what happened?"
Taiya – "I will tell you later. We need to go now."

They left the library when they were finished what they needed. They needed to grab a few things from a store as they needed some clothes and supplies. After they shopped they got to the train station and Taiya used one of the credit cards from Rick's wallet and bought 4 tickets to France. From there they could take an underground train to Ireland. They needed passports and Taiya and the girls talked about stealing some. They just had to take passports from people that looked like them. Rina would turn out to be a secret weapon. She already had a thieving record. While Marie kept the targets busy; Rina swiped the passports, putting fake ones in their place. Together they went inside a bathroom to get themselves ready to go. It was Loren's turn now; she used her best techniques to get them to look just like the girls from the passports. Taiya had to cut her hair short, Marie had her hair up in side buns and had to curl her hair a bit; Loren cut and put her hair up in a bob, while Rina had to wear her hair down in curls. They all hid their eyes behind glasses. Together they looked completely different.

At the library Vladimir and the Gold Scythe Gang moved in on the assaulter. Vladimir had the head librarian pinned to a desk. He didn't know who the person was and Vlad being hot headed did not believe him. It took the junior librarian to stop him. A man who was cowardly in the back said that he saw who the GSG was looking for. He pointed them in the right way; directly to the train station! They got on their motorcycles and headed fast to the station. While they made their way the girls were boarding the train. With their fake passports they got in, in no time at all. The ID checker almost caught on as none of the girls spoke up besides Taiya. With fast talking and as usual lies; they got in the train and found their room. Outside where the ticket counter was Demitri was intimidating the ticket giver at the counter.

Demitri – "YOU HAD BETTER NOT BE LYING TO ME SHIT FACE!"
Ticket person – " Please don't kill me! I can't remember anyone that fits your description!"
Karl – "FESS UP WE KNOW YOU ARE LYING!"
Vladimir – "Listen fuck head, we have good info that a girl came here with a tattoo on her face. So tell us where she is headed."
Lady cowering in back – "A tattoo on her face?"
William – "Do you remember?"
Lady – "I served a girl with a tattoo about an hour ago. She bought tickets to Paris."
William – {tilted his hat to the girl} "Thank you mamm. Let's go guys."
Zach – {held his knife to the guys throat} "If I were you buddy I would thank the little lady, she just saved your skin."
Vladimir – "ZACH LETS GO! STOP PLAYING WITH THE PRICK!"

They rushed to catch the train; but it was too late the train was already out of the terminal. The gang went back to their bikes to catch the train.

Vladimir – "Where is Bartok?"
Anastasia – "I don't know, he was right with us."
Zach – "just don't tell me he is trying to kill himself again.'
Demitri – {his phone rang} "Bartok! Where the hell are you!?" - - - "The train, you got aboard!?" - - - "Okay we will pursue behind you, don't kill the wench, she is Vladimir's."
Vladimir – "Bartok got on the train before it left?"
Demitri – "yes he is going to find the one that did this and keep a close eye on her."
Vladimir – "Good. We know where the train is going. We should grab some of our gear and head out on the highway. Once we get to Moscow it will be easy goings"
Zach – 'sounds wickedly horrible to me boss; at least it will give me time to grab my best blades." {He said manically}

They gang went back to get their stuff while Bartok wandered the hall of the train looking for the one that killed rick. Even though Bartok knew rick was an asshole, he was still part of the gang. 4500X; that was the tattoo he had to find. He checked in every room but nothing. While he searched Stephen got word that blackout was coming earlier then expected. He would be leaving 2 days in advance. As fast as a helicopter could go it was nothing in terms of a jet. The B-2 Bombers sent by McAlister could not even get a good overview of the area; it was almost as if the Russians had a force shield that disrupted all equipment. Every time the planes tried to take a photo their camera would seize up. The navigation equipment was also malfunctioning; as the dash indicated that they were flying above Hawaii! They tried to make radio contact as well and nothing was going through. They were only able to get a message back to the Pentagon by the use of satellite communications. As it would seem the satellites were the only thing unaffected.

Stephen was back to talking with the soldiers just chilling out after the harsh battle. The military said that the temp base would be taken down and postponed until they could figure out where they could set up new command in a safer location.

Lennox – "Well guys lets just be thankful they were terrorists instead of Decepticons."
Ralph – "Tell me about it, just no more cons please. I would rather fight off Muslim extremists with a water gun."
Wilkinson – "the only thing that bothers me about all of this is that our own government lied to us. First we have to fight some shit ass war for "WMD's" and now we have the cons on our back all because we had that thing locked up. It's just shit."
Farley – "I know man; everyone is lying to us these days. All I want is to go back home and get a cold beer and watch the game."
Lennox – "well if McAlister has his way we will be home soon."
Ralph – "What is with our new sec def? I have been getting stores that he has the white house in the dark and that he is using the senate and congress to get what he wants. But I don't know for sure."
Stephen – "Seems the only people who are easy to figure out is the cons."
Farley – "You're right about that Dalton."
Stephen – "it really makes me wonder; who can you trust these days?"
Wilkinson – "Ai yai to that Stephen."
Ralph – "Wilkinson, how many fucking times do I got to tell ya; you are in the marines you shit for brains. We don't do that pussy sailor boy shit."
Wilkinson – "My granddad was in the navy in world war 2, do damn'it I will say whatever I like."
Ralph – "you're a wuss."
Wilkinson – "Hey!"

While the soldiers spoke an infuriated general was beyond pissed off. His bomber squad was unable to gain any information. He was in the war room and he was throwing a fit.

McAlister – "WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!? WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOUR PLANES WERE UNSUCESSFUL GENERAL CID!?
Cid – "Sir, bombers received interference and were unable to maintain a vector. Whatever the Russians have it is getting past our protection."
Maggie – "It is possible this is a ripple from the virus Frenzy gave to us. It may have gotten into all of our systems."
McAlister – "Can you and glen stop this thing if it is a bug!?"
Glen – "General McAlister all we need is your mainframe key to run an entire systems check and scan."
McAlister – "IF YOU CAN GET TO IT THEN YOU CAN HAVE IT!"
Qualcom – "Sir only generals can have that code, not even the president knows of it!"
McAlister – "GENERAL QUALCOM NEED I REMIND YOU THAT ANY DECISION REGARDING NATIONAL SECURITY IS MY AUTHORITY!"
Qualcom – "But sir!"
McAlister – {turned and glared at Qualcom as if he was going to kill him} "I have to wonder General Qualcom, do you want to be replaced? NAY DISHONORABLY DISCHARGED AND THROWN INTO MILITARY PRISON!?"
Qualcom – "No sir!"
McAlister – "That's what I thought Qualcom." {Handed Maggie an access card with the key code "That should give you all the privileges you need. I want results this time in a week. Do you understand!?"
Glen & Maggie – "YES SIR!" {They saluted before running off to do their work}
{A general rushed into the war room in a dead fright}
Gates – 'SIR FOUR OF OUR BLACKBIRDS HAVE JUST BEEN SHOT OUT OF THE SKY!"
McAlister – 'BY WHOM!?"
Gates – "ISS CAUGHT A PICTURE OF IT!" {He threw down a photo of a purple space shuttle} "We think it is Decepticon!"
McAlister – "DAMNIT!" {He threw his hands down onto the com table}
Gates – "Sir executive orders?"
McAlister – {kept his head down and shook it}
James – "Dad?"
{A lady came in}
Girl – "Generals you should be watching this." {She went over to a TV and turned on the news. Putin was on the screen. {The dangerous president of Russia.}

Putin – "Ladies and gentlemen, bots and cons, as you are probably aware of a problem with your planes above our airspace. You may also have noticed a recent change to our network. No cause of alarm is needed; we have just made ourselves safer by my new implement. Thanks to a member of my own cabinet we were able to obtain files regarding N.B.E 1 also known as Megatron. We have started to process of weeding out any transformer technology from our systems. And as such no codes on the planet will be effective against ours; your systems are now incompatible with our own. Don't try to hack into our network either; we have made steeps to insure that our files will never be tempered with again. C.I.A We have tracked your attempt and are now underway of doing the same to your systems. America you have left a preverbal back door open and we see fit to exploit it to its highest degree. After we have been satisfied with your punishment we just wish to remain isolated from the world. We will not become victims to your decision America! You have brought this upon yourself. Oh and Autobots, Decepticons, don't try and help them either. You will not be able to function in our country let alone transform to kill us. Consider Russia a no fly zone. {He laughed} General McAlister I am surprised at how fast you were able to send your jets, I take it they came back to you empty handed? Consider that a warning. Fly in our airspace again and you will be dealt with serious ramifications. We the people do not wish to cause a war so if I were you I would stay away from Russia, or should I say Soviet Union?"
{Putin laughed and an a ha moment striked his face}
"SO WITHOUT A DO; RUSSIA NO LONGER EXISTS! WE THE MEMBERS OF THE NEO-SOVIET UNION DECLARE OURSELF AGAINST ALL TRANSFORMERS AND MOST OF ALL AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! WE ARE DONE PAYING FOR YOUR MISTAKES! AND IF ANY COUNTRY HAS ANY SENSE YOU WILL JOIN US AND TOGETHER WE WILL STOP THE TYRANNY OF THE AMERICAN BASTARDS! All Americans, cons, bots, and supporters of any of the three are now forbidden from entering our country. All prosecutors will be shall I say it done with. Das ve danya."

Everyone around the world was in shock from the news. McAlister could only kick himself for not killing Barton sooner. This was all his dumb fault. The only thing that could make McAlister feel better was the results of the first wave of Hellion; and yet second wave would be more devastating then the first. The numbers of casualties and militants racked up. He got back home and just sat in his study to think about new actions. He and the rest of the generals were to meet in the white house the next morning for an emergency meeting. Then they were to send the best diplomats to the U.N to discuss the conflict that was now the N-USSR. His train of thought was interrupted by a ring at the door. He was told by Josephine that it was agent Connolly. Mark told her to send him up. Agent Connolly a sleaze like Walsh was a dirt digger for Mark.

Mark – "What are you doing here Connolly?"
Connolly – "Sir, I have bad news about the info you wanted. But I also have good news as well."
Mark – "You'd better make it quick.' {He said with a snare}
Connolly – "You were right about your assumptions {he handed mark a video and a large file} but still nothing on Whitmore, he has no bad past."
Mark – "Nothing, not even drug use in his college days?"
Connolly – "The guy is as clean as a well shined boot."
Mark – "You have got to be kidding me?"
Connolly – 'Not a darn thing, this guy must have a morality base made of solid steel."
Mark – {sat back and curled his beard in between his fingers} "We just have to dig deeper. And thanks for this, you have done well. Continue as usual. Oh and how is my son doing at his new job?"
Connolly – "Sometimes I catch myself calling him Mark instead of Melvin.'
Mark – "There may be hope for him yet."
Connolly – 'He may not be strong in body but he definitely has your spirit Sir."
Mark –{just smirked}
Connolly – "I have to go sir." {He saluted}
Mark – {just stared at him as he left the room}

The gentle rocking of the train put Rina, Marie, and Loren to sleep but sleep was not something Taiya could let herself do. She had to stay alert and she also could not rid herself of the image of the dead man. Stephen similarly affected by the gore of the day just got up and went to a small lake nearby and looked into the water. Taiya got up and looked into the mirror to the bathroom in their bedroom suite aboard the train. they both just sighed and felt the dawn of a new chapter in their lives. There was no going back now, all they could do is accept it and move on. Taiya was alerted back into reality by what sounded like old radio interference. She tapped her ear to see if she could get it to stop.

Voice – "Vladimir I think I found who we are looking for."
Vladimir – 'Continue watching out. Don't do anything, the bitch is mine to deal with."
Voice – "You got it boss."
Vladimir – "Good, I don't want to hear that you cant fallow my lead see?"
Voice – "You know I wont, what kind of person gets a freaking tat with 4500X anyway?"
The line cleared and Taiya understood, she was spotted. She had to find a way to cut the line to her and the girls. Things were about to get heavy. She grabbed her glocks and locked the door with the keycard. Stephen was alerted by Lennox.

Lennox – "You wanna talk about it?" {Lennox knew what Stephen was dealing with. He had been there before}
Stephen – "No."
Lennox – "I get ya, It was an honor fighting beside you Dalton. You have all the right stuff. You make a heck of a soldier."
Stephen – "Thanks."
Lennox – "I don't know why but I have a feeling that you were sent to my team to save my butt. Call me overly religious but I just get that feeling."
Stephen – {just smiled}
Lennox – "You sure we haven't met before all of this? I think I have seen your face before?"
Stephen – "Nope."
Lennox – "Well Dalton, I have you to thank for being able to get back to my little girl. So wither or not we have meet before doesn't change what you have done for me and my team. I am just sorry your entire job here was scrapped; ya can't do an inventory without a warehouse." {he laughed}
Stephen – "Unless they want to catalogue dust, ashes, and fragments of what used to be weapons. {he picked up a broken shell} well there's one." {Laughed with Lennox}

Stephen and the rest of the soldiers all went back to bed. Astrotrain got to the nemesis and met up with Megatron who commended him for the shooting of the Blackbirds. Wren was still hard at work with the psychological review. She was also thinking hard on what kind of implants she would like. The best of the best hackers were all hard at work for McAlister trying to break the Russians Cyber Iron Curtain. All of the hackers were given an option; either take the job or be put into prison. Maggie on the other hand was only 25% into the scan; and so far only a few viruses that tracked senators log ins to porn websites. The media was coming up with their own theories. Taiya was walking down the halls of the train trying to get a lock on the cell pin. It was coming from the caboose. While Taiya tracked down the stalker Taka was begging keys for his surgical expertise. He would not give her what she wanted because it was only revenge that drove her to such extremes. At this rate she was close to selling her very soul to take down Starscream and the Seekers. But what she failed to realize was that by her anger she wasn't seeing or thinking clearly. And one lost Decepticon was about to have the worst day of his life. Crankcase was being heavily pursued by the Army. The team was lead by jazz, mirage, and Prowl. He was cornered in pretty tight and using the prototype from keys the army launched it right into Crankcase and he lost all abilities to transform and function. They dragged his offline body back to Keys laboratories where they would crack his mind and figure out just what made a con different from a bot.