The new threat
Levi stood at the cupboard of his house, packing away items from one of the few boxes that still remained unpacked. It had now been a week since Levi saw that flash, yet still he couldn't get it out of his head.
"You should focus on something else Levi, such as school, after all you do begin tomorrow." Optimus explained and Levi sighed.
'Yeah, I guess you're right, but do you have any idea who yelled your name?' Levi thought and Optimus sighed and shook his head.
"We didn't speak English on cybertron, as a matter of fact I'm not entirely sure how I'm speaking English at the moment." He explained and Levi smirked before he finished up and there was a knock at the door.
"Artemis left a few hours ago." M'gann said as he skin went white and Connor used his x-ray vision to see who it was.
"Neighbours." He said and she nodded before opening the door to reveal a woman with short hair and a boy with spiky brown hair and square glasses.
"Hello, I'm Kristine Esquivel, this is my son Rafael, we're your new neighbours." The woman said happily and M'gann smiled.
"I'm Megan, this is Connor." She explained as Connor walked over and smiled.
"Who is it?" Levi asked as he came into sight and Rafael looked at his jumper with slight surprise, confusion and interest.
"And this is Levi." M'gann said with a smile before inviting the two inside where Levi invited Rafael to retreat into his room.
"So what brings you to Jasper?" Raf asked and Levi remembered what M'gann had told him.
"Our friend Artemis was forced to move here so just to be good friends Megan and Connor decided to move here to keep her company." He explained and Raf nodded in response before noticing something he said.
"You call your parents by their names?" He asked and Levi laughed slightly.
"Foster Parents." He said and got a nod in response.
"Where'd you come from?" Raf asked and Levi remembered M'gann mentioning the city.
"Metropolis." He said with a smile and Raf smiled in response, still slightly upset that even though Levi was younger he was still shorter than him.
"Wait a second, Artemis? Did she just move here? Has a parent in a wheelchair named Paula?" Raf asked remembering Jack mention the name and Levi looked in suspicion but nodded.
"Yeah, how'd you know that?" He asked.
"She lives next to one of my friends." Raf responded and Levi nodded before Raf looked at his jumper once more, and saw the Autobot symbol.
"Where'd you get that jacket?" He asked and Levi stood there in slight surprise, he MADE that jumper with his powers.
"You bought it at a store in Metropolis." Optimus said and Levi took a deep breath.
"I bought it in Metropolis, why?" He asked and Raf shook it off.
"Oh um, my friend has the same jumper and he won't tell me where he got it." He lied and Levi nodded in response.
"So what do you do for fun?" He asked and looked out the window.
"Around here the only real thing to do is go to the KO burger, apart from that there isn't a lot that happens around here." Raf explained as he sat on Levi's bed and rested his head on the palm of his hand.
"I do not know why, but I feel as though I've seen this boy before." Optimus said and Levi took breath before he got another flash.
"Levi." A soft voice said before he returned to reality where Raf was waving a hand in front of his face.
"You okay? You zoned out for a few seconds." He stated and Levi nodded in response.
"Sorry, just daydreaming." He explained and Raf nodded in response. They ended up talking for a little before eventually Raf left and Levi was left on his bed, now with something new to think about.
"Levi? You ok?" M'gann said as she walked inside and he shook his head.
"It happened again." He explained as Connor walked inside.
"What happened this time?" He asked.
"The same flash only this time, someone said my name." He explained and the two looked in surprise.
The next day
"I still don't see the point to school, I can access the internet with my head! I'm pretty much a walking talking computer." Levi said as he continually switched the colours of his jumped, before settling with his usual colours.
"It's not about learning, well at least not for you, it's about socialisation." Connor said before he ate a mouthful of cereal.
"You should get going if you want to be on time, it's a private school, here's the address. You remember what to do?" M'gann asked and Levi nodded.
"When I'm in vehicle mode find and alley, make sure no one's looking, transform, go to school, after school go to the same alley and transform into the same vehicle and come home." He explained in a repetitive voice and she nodded in response. Levi walked into the garage and shut the door before attempting to make a decision on what vehicle to take.
"Perhaps this one?" Optimus said as he pulled up a silver sports car and Levi smiled and nodded in response before he transformed. The garage door slowly opened before he sped away with Optimus driving.
"What do you think about these flashes?" Levi asked and Optimus sighed.
"I do not know, though it was believed on cybertron that in a state of memory loss, a key word or image from a person's past could unlock memories, perhaps due to our fusion that is the case." He suggested and Levi thought about it, though he had little time as the school came into sight, the two found an alley where no one could see and transformed before walking over to the school, it wasn't too big, the only way to get lost was if you tried hard enough. Raf, Jack and Miko stood at the corner of the courtyard, talking about their times with the autobots before Raf spotted Levi.
"Mind I introduce you to someone?" He asked and the two nodded in response.
"Levi!" He yelled, getting Levi's attention before waving his hand to indicate him to come over. He slowly walked over and as he did Miko and Jack noticed the Autobot symbol on his jumper.
"These two also seem extremely familiar." Optimus said as he examined Jack and Miko.
"Sup kid!" Miko said with a smile and Levi smiled in response.
"Levi, this is Jack and Miko." Raf said, and just as he did, Levi got another flash of light.
"Mega..." Deep voice said but the last part of the word was muffled out.
"You ok?" Jack asked and Levi nodded in response.
"Sorry, I just, zone out sometimes." He explained and Jack nodded in response.
"So Levi, where'd you come from?" Miko asked and Levi smirked at her perky personality.
"Metropolis." He answered and she got hyped.
"Metropolis?! Have you seen Superman? Met him?! Seen him in action?" She asked extremely fast and Levi laughed before Miko, Jack and Raf redirected their attention to the entry of the school where a group of guys walked in, and Levi recognised the one at the front to be the same guy he let go the week beforehand.
"Great, Vincent van pricky came to school today." Miko said and Levi smirked at her insult.
"I'm guessing he isn't that friendly." Levi implied and Jack nodded in response.
"He's selfish, stupid, idiotic, mean, and above all a giant ass." Someone said and at the sound of the voice the four redirected their attention to see a girl with red hair, wearing a pink sweater and a grey skirt with a disgusted look.
"Hey Sierra." Raf said with a smile and the girl smiled back.
"Hey Raf, Miko, Jack, and...stranger." She said while stopping for a moment at Jack as they smiled at each other before looking at Levi with a confused look.
"I'm Levi, Levi Plestart." He explained and Sierra nodded in response, unknowingly at the sound of Levi's name, the girl that he saved the week beforehand who was sitting with some friends redirected her attention the five of them and saw Levi, her eyes opened in shock.
"Metropolis? How long were you there for?" Sierra asked as Levi explained where he came from before looking down, attempting to think of a lie, before coming up with a way to tell them the truth while at the same time lie.
"To be honest, I'm not exactly sure." He said and Sierra smiled.
"It doesn't have to be exact, it could be 7 years or 2." She said with a smile and Levi sighed.
"I can't even tell you that, I don't remember." He explained and the four of them looked in shock while the girl secretly listened in on their conversation.
"I remember waking up in a hospital around 2 and a half weeks ago, at the time I was the only patient since the hospital was closing down due to some company buying it, I was kicked out, so I sat there for a few days with nothing but a hospital outfit to keep me warm, when Megan and Connor found me and took me in." Levi explained accidentally making Sierra feel bad for asking.
"Sorry." She apologised but he smiled.
"Don't worry about it, you would have found out sooner or later." He said with a smile, before the bell rang signalling the start of class, so the five of them departed but not before agreeing to meet back there at break. Levi arrived at his homeroom and sat at the very back so he could talk to Optimus.
'So Jack, Raf and Miko seem familiar but Sierra doesn't?' Levi thought as he stared blankly at the front of the classroom.
"Her name sounds familiar, though I do not feel a connection to her image." Optimus explained and Levi sighed as the teacher entered the classroom and everyone scattered and got to their seats.
"Alright everyone, we have a new student...Levi Plestart is it?" The teacher asked and Levi waved from the very back and the teacher nodded in response. Class began with geography which Levi didn't listen to a word of and talked with Optimus before the teacher redirected his attention to him.
"Mr. Plestart would you care to explain to us what the Tectonic Plates are?" He said and Levi broke out of thought and redirected his attention
"Plate tectonics is the theory that the earth's outer shell is separated into several plates that glide over the mantle with the rocky inner layer above the core, the theory originated in 1950 and continued to 1970 before eventually coming to a close, being believed that the tectonic plates are the reason for earthquakes." He explained with a simple voice and the teacher looked in surprise but nodded in response.
"Correct, good work." He said with a smile and Levi smiled back before returning to his conversation with Optimus. After another hour the bell went to signal the start of break, so Levi went back to the spot where he agreed to meet the others to see only Sierra.
"Where are the others?" He asked and she shrugged in response, before Vince caught sight of them and began walking over.
"What's wrong Sierra? Did Jack ditch you again? Is that why you're hitting on a kid?" Vince said as he and his friends got within reach of the two of them.
"Get lost Vince." Sierra said and at that time Jack, Miko and Raf had exited the school and caught sight of what was happening.
"C'mon! Don't be like that." Vince said as he went to grab Sierra by the shoulder but found his wrist was being held by one of the strongest grips he'd ever felt, Levi's.
"Take my advice and take hers." He said simply and Vince pulled his wrist away and rubbed it slightly.
"Think you're tough kid, take this!" Vince said as he raised his fist and punched Levi in the face, doing absolutely nothing.
"I'll repeat what Sierra said. Get. Lost" Levi said slowly and Vince gritted his teeth before leaving, allowing Jack, Miko and Raf to race over.
"How'd you take a punch to the face?!" Miko asked excitedly and Levi shrugged with a smile.
"Thanks for the assist kid, but next time I'll take them." Sierra said and Levi smiled and nodded before the group began to chat. Unknown to them a mysterious figure wearing a full black uniform similar to the flash's with blue lightning sparking from his body, was watching them from afar.
"Zoom, return to base now." Someone ordered through a comlink, causing the black flash to race away, before he could get far a boom tube opened up just in front of him, so he jumped through and landed on a balcony overlooking a world of fire and darkness.
"Did you locate him?" A voice asked and the black flash turned around to see Vandal Savage accompanied by a large, rock-like person with eyes as red as an apple and the symbol of Omega carved into his chest.
"Prime has taken the form of a human, and he has befriended the three." The black flash explained before a giant robot walked up behind the two, it was Megatron.
"Optimus Prime, out of all our battles I am positive this one shall be our greatest, allow me to retrieve him Darkseid, we shall repurpose him, just as we did Zoom." Megatron requested and the rock-like figure nodded in response before a giant boom tube reopened and Megatron walked through, only to emerge on the bridge of the Nemesis, the decepticon ship, where all the decepticons were kneeling down with their heads bowed.
"Decepticons! Now we take down Prime!" He yelled and all the decepticons cheered at the statement.
End of chapter 4! Please review! And please comment what you think I should do on chapter 5! I DON'T OWN EITHER OF THESE!
