Updated - 06~09~2019

Romeo Blue

Cybertron, Pan Pacific, 4th Althian 3217, Iacon

I arrived just in time to test Romeo. Shockwave was waiting for me and the twins were already wearing their respective suit. We entered and I felt even more excited than when I rode Cherno or Ronin. I was gonna ride my favourite Jaeger ever and, even though it wasn't with the original pilots, I was making a dream come true. I felt the adrenergon running through my veins, and my optics overlit.

We secured our selves as the twins occupied their respective places. The machinery started up and finally, after few never-ending minutes, the Iaconian titan came to life. In the very core of my spark, I wished I could do the same one day, but soon dismissed the idea, I was just a simple scientist, not a hero. The titan stepped forward, directly to the opened gate, and we exited out the hangar from the Bay 2. We had a walk around the city of Iacon. It was great, I could admire the beauty of the sunlight over the metallic city. Some of the buildings weren't much taller than Romeo's hip, and once again the feeling of being powerful overtook me. We also saw a sparkling who waved at us. It was so cute. The twins didn't looked at the kid, but if I had been the pilot, I would have waved back. But well, I wasn't the pilot and we weren't on a tour around the block.

Romeo walked until it reached a large deserted area, where we were gonna make the practices. The first thing we did was to make it run, and since the modification I did, the Jaeger was a real runner. I felt proud when Shockwave recognised the fact of the improvements. Then we tested every function of the Jaeger, taking into account even the tiniest details.

The whole thing took us four hours but we were satisfied. Once we reached the Pan Pacific and out of the Jaeger, we decided to let Romeo aside, just for maintenance. There were now five Jaegers out of seven fully operational, so our attention saw now fully centred on Coyote Tango and the construction of Solar Prophet's Conn-Pod.

I walked down the hall uneasy, heading the lab, and every step I took, more I felt the necessity of going for a drive. I really needed to use my tyres once more, feel the wind on my windshield, the pure taste of the speed and the road left behind. I changed my direction and entered the command station. I was looking for Alpha Trion, but for my surprise, he wasn't there. Soundwave showed me a video camera record, showing he was sat outside Pan Pacific, just at the entrance, alone. I thanked the purple mech and I exited.

Some minutes later, I found the elder mech, just where he was. It felt great to exit for a while the base, and I tried to enjoy every second there. We were allowed to exit the base, but we all were so concentrated on our work that we even lack time for it. It was oppressive, I had the feeling I was choking.

I sat by his side in silence, trying to guess where and what was he looking at. We gave few minutes in a really comfortable silence, just admiring the calm of the Rust Sea and the sunset's orange colours' reflect on every metallic surface. "I knew you would come here." He commented without looking at me. "Did you like it?" He was referring to the Jaeger test.

"Awesome... I cannot help it, but I feel envy about it." I murmured. "I really would like to have some action out there..." There was a silence.

"That's why you came here, you wanna get out, right?" He looked at me tenderly. "Too much work with the Jaegers?"

"Not at all, it's just... I need to go for a drive." I explained quietly, stretching my back. "I do enjoy the work I do, the people around me, the treat they give me, everything. But I need to be myself as well. I need to transform, I need to feel my tyres against the pavement... You know me. You know I do really love speed... That's why I came here, to ask you if I could go for a drive."

"Naturally." He laid a servo on my shoulder. "Go. Have fun." He gave me a warm smile before he got up and walked into the base.

I didn't think it twice. I transformed and sped up until I reached my top velocity, hitting the road ahead. That was my moment.

Alpha walked through the corridors, occasionally greeting people, but determined to find his friend. He soon came across him. "Prowl, we need to talk. Come to my quarters." He just said as both mechs walked side to side.

They finally entered in a room with a huge window, which had a beautiful view of the city and the Rust Sea, and had part of the floor with water fountains. "I guess it's about Knockout, right?" The youngest one asked. Alpha nodded. "What is it?"

"I think he needs some entertainment." He explained. "He is a young mech, you know what that means. He needs to work himself out. He may practice some kind of spots or exercise on his free time, but not enough to satisfy his needs." He silenced for a while, thoughtfully. "Prowl, we used to pilot Romeo Blue. You know how does the simulator work. Why don't you get the kid in one while you test him?"

"Without been noticed..." The cop concluded. "That's clever. If he doesn't like it, we can give him just an entertainment for a while. But if he likes it we can keep him working... Good, I'll ask him anytime soon, that way he won't suspect anything." Prowl grinned, with illusion in his optics.

"Just remembered not to overtrain him. He's still growing." Alpha reminded. It was a hard work for a young mech, and he didn't want his scientist injured.

"Sure. We will start with light missions, so that he gets used to it." He took out the data pad, searching for something. "Ok, we could start with Polyhex battle. Romeo Blue vs a Cat I." He said raising his gaze. "It will be easy enough to start. Then we will start increasing the difficulty."

The white mech nodded. "Very well. Go ahead."