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There was a triple changer city at the start of the Autobot and Decepticon war that didn't want any part of it. It evacuated everyone from inside itself, having bots on both sides residing in him. Changing into his ship format he left orbit and activated his space bridge but overloaded it on purpose so nobody could track him, also making the exit point random. Being damaged by the travel he crashed on earth and was eventually buried over time.
In the future outside Jackson, Nevada Jackson Darby is in the desert at 6 years old after running away from the hit men. He remembered when they stopped the car and opened the trunk Jack jumped out and ran for his life. While Fillip attempted to buy him some time by attacking the men. How Jack made it to the nearby cave system he will never know. He heard many shots after one of them Fillip stopped yelling. As Jack was slowly starving to death hiding from animals constantly he eventually got cornered after 4 days. Crawling into a smaller cove of the cave system he has been living in he falls in pitch black darkness. When he wakes inside a large metal room it is hard to tell how big it is because of the spacing. There is a large crystal taking up almost all the space he can see at the moment with only 2 to three feet between the crystal and the outside wall of the circular room as it appears to have been built around the crystal to fit. There is a small puddle of blue glowing liquid on the floor, and from some of the holes above dripping some of the blue liquid onto the crystal that looked like embers of a dying fire. Being compelled he reached out to touch the crystal as he two could feel himself about to expire like its own fire. Everything went black again.
Little did he know one of the 12 primes who has control over dimensions and viewing possible futures has been guiding him to this moment. Otherwise there is no way he would be inside the spark chamber.
[Jack's pov]
I awake in a room with 12 people or machines arguing. Looking at my hands I realized I am now a machine. Is this what happens after death?
(I don't agree with you. He is not ready.) One said. Then another spoke. (We need to do something, or our race will eventually expire as things are heading.) One with a beard said. (He ran away from his duty!) A multi-colored one spoke. (Only half of him. He is a different being now that they are one. We can at least give it to the boy.) The beard countered. (That is exactly why I am abstaining at this time. Give it to him, not him earning it.) Then I heard a female voice for the first time. (I am abstaining also. He is too young. By our standards he would hardly be out of a birthing center yet and not be considered an adult.)
A new voice spoke. (But the spark is worthy now. He can be more.) A different voice chimed in. (Because of the added human spark, and only if he's anything like the others you showed us. Which at this time is unproven, and not because of the original spark.)
One that looked like a horse man with wings started in? (Fine but what if we gave him time to let him grow and make his own choices. Then decide? To do that we must at least restore some of his functions. If not, we have just condemned them both to the well.) After a long silence I heard one by one they answered in favor of letting me continue.
(But what systems to restore?) The little one asked before hearing. (He will need energon to survive, and a lot of it. So I propose his energon processing systems for most. ) the woman said. (Agreed.) All in unison.
(He will need to grow as one of the Indigenous life forms. Can we make a body for him?) The little small bot asked. (His spark is too big.) One who looked like a scientist said. (What if we split his spark.) The multi-colored one that on a closer examination appears to have a lot of different bots attached together. (You mean like a split spark in a sibling?) The scientist looking one asked. (That might work, but with it actually being one spark in two bodies the smaller unit would have to be inside of the bigger unit for an earth hour every 100 earth hours. Or the separation will start to kill them both and after 4 hours become irreversible to his spark.) The combined one answered. After a moment of silence I heard. (Agreed.)
I speak up. "Don't I get a say in this?" Everyone spoke in unison. (No!)
(We will not enable his ship function.) One that I hadn't identified yet said. (Agreed!) All said very loudly. Then the little one said. (However he will need a way to get around easily, and undetected to and from his larger body.) The scientist snapped his fingers. (We restore his ground bridge while keeping his space bridge non functional.) (Agreed.)
The woman spoke. (He will need protection, and a way to interact with other Cybertronians. I propose 4 alternative forms: two big combatants, two small scouts. One jet form and one automobile form for each class to interact with the other factions.) (Unacceptable.) A lot said one above others spoke, naturally the beard bot. (We have already split his spark once. We can't be splitting it again. )
As they are arguing the woman walks up to me unnoticed and says. "Hello Jack, I am Solus. I know this is hard for you. Your soul, or spark as we call it, merged with a very old dying cybertronian. He had lost almost all his memories over many hundred of thousands of years of his self induced stasis. Don't worry we have a plan to help you." Pointing to the old bot with a beard arguing against more forms. I look back and say. "He is arguing against me. How is that a plan?" She laid a hand on my shoulder and said. "It is how you haggle. Ask for more than you want then barter down to what you want. Plus he is playing devil's advocate, pretending to be against you so others on the fence will fight for you. He will agree when we get what we secretly wanted. Trust us we will get you back to your carrier."
I look confused at her. "My carrier?" She touched her chin then answered. "Mother." I smiled at her then as she walked back to the others. She entered the conversation as if she never left. I see a smile on the bot she indicated. (Amalgamous, how about you make his forms triple changers so that way you can cut the numbers. Also if not inside his prime form make the two bots required to merge with his human form for him to control them. This eliminates splitting his spark again making his human alt form the spark of the other bodies, and gives his human form protection at the same time.) Winking at me. The bot that was arguing smiled and said. (Agreed on the condition the scout and combatant forms are based off of his primary form with similar attack and defense capabilities on a lesser scale. We cannot have him having to relearn his fighting strategy multiple times. Also two separate but similar vocal patterns so he can't be identified as easily.) Smiling wickedly at her (Agreed.) All said.
The woman spoke up while walking towards me. (If we are going to alter his forms so much I am going to alter his interface port.) (No.) The joint one said. (You have no right.) The winged horse said. (How dare you.) The small one said. I got worried hearing this as she spun on them and yelled. "None of you would even know or have interface ports if I didn't create fembots. So SHUT UP! If he will be our attempt to turn our race around. I will reward him with something that will make all females. bot or human think he is a gift from the allspark, or God as the humans call it." As all get quiet now she turns back around and walks up to me and whispers. "What I will alter it will take many years before you understand or can make use of it. However you will make many females of your choosing extremely happy. I will tell you more when you are older."
As I awake I am in a large tube 40 ft in diameter and 70 ft tall. As the whole front wall rotated opening up I found I am, in myself? 'This is so weird.'
I also know I have been gone almost 6 days since my abduction. I find myself in my ship form with volcanic vents against my underside. With what is above me being dirt, wooden ships, metal ships, a lot of silt, and ocean water? I feel completely helpless, unable to move in any way trapped. It takes me a minute to calm down. Then I feel I can alter things inside so I feel a little better.
Looking at myself through my eyes? No, not eyes cameras. This is going to take some getting used to. I see I look the same in my human form though nude, malnourished, and scratches on my arms and legs. I sense my systems and know I can fool any scanner, cybertronian or otherwise.
Seeing a pair of clothes sitting on the floor outside this. 'Birthing chamber?' Looking around I know I must go back. 'I know it will be tricky but I won't let them get away with it. Just have to make sure I get released soon enough to make the 4 day deadline or create a hologram to take my place.
I can't wait to get those killers. However right now I have to get home so my mom won't worry. Getting dressed in the torn ragged dirty clothes I end up opening a space bridge just outside of town near a road sign I started walking into town. Then I remembered I am supposed to be injured so I started staggering and walking like I was wounded.
To pass the time I start exploring my other or base systems. My energon foundry is starting to produce my energon crystals from the few magma tubes against the underside of my hull. Then convert and process the heat into creating raw energon crystals to send to my energon processing plant to refine it into energon.
Currently my level is now at 1% in my systems and 0 in reserves. Wow it will take 2 months to reach 50%. Also how much do I use in a day? All well at least after that time I can stockpile crystals and that will cause the rate of production to double in speed, something about the crystal filling and replicating faster after a certain mass. I will get plenty of time to go over my new data in my recovery.
I also find the two other devices similar to what I came out of making two forms. One big one smaller. 'Those must be the two forms they talked about. It will take three months to complete both of them. Interesting.
I also take notice of my maturity. 'I am thinking differently like I am hundreds of years older than. Whait what hundreds that can't be right. Relax and calm one step at a time. When did I become rational? I am a kid for peat sake! Must have to do with the combination of souls. Why can't I remember him? I mean Triplex my other side though. It is like trying to recall what I had for breakfast on my third birthday just out of reach or forgotten. ' As I am startled out of my thoughts when I see blue lights flashing to my left. 'Later worry later right now. Be a wounded kid. Play the part.'
In the hospital I couldn't get my mom to leave me alone. Luckily she left to let me sleep. After two days they left me alone enough that I hacked the medical equipment then unhooked the wires. I left for base then after grabbing a solid hologram projector I had fabricated to create a solid hologram of me went back to the hospital setting it up and return to my ship or what I call my base because for me it is hard to call myself a ship when I am immobile and buried alive.
I hacked the cameras around town and found the two hit men at a motel. As much as I want to just open a bridge to a volcano it won't be right. That is not justice. So I find out the comic store is empty. Putting on rubber gloves I created a bridge I then walked in going to the place Fillip hid the journal for the crime lord. I take it out and close it back up.
Back at the base I make a digital copy of everything. I do a background check on all the people handling the case. Two were suspicious. Then I hacked all the calls made from those two. I figured out both had been called by a burner phone, one of the hit men's caries. I printed a copy of this too. Taking the original copies, Plus the cell records I put it all in a Manila folder. Along with pictures and times of said pictures of both the hit men from a stop light camera the night they drove us to the desert.
Checking every record of the police captain in our town's main precinct to make sure he is clean. Then I do every check I can think of again on top of that along with his family, friends, and every officer in his precinct. Finding nothing I bridge to the empty roof above his office. Using my senses and thermal vision I see he is alone, with no surveillance in his office. Hacking into the phone line I tell him he has someone at the front desk. When he leaves I bridge into his office and lay the folder on his desk.
Bridging to base I clean up and head back to my hospital bed. The next few weeks were extremely interesting on the news. The downside is my mom became a super helicopter mom. Luckily I convinced her to let me sleep alone.
If mom wasn't at home I always had a babysitter till I was 13. It was extremely annoying at school. Luckily almost every sitter was nice and taught me a lot about being charming while not coming off as a jerk or faking it. Because they said a woman can always tell. Without mom and their guidance I could have easily become a jerk like Vince with my power. And with my growing changes it was very appreciated.
Oh yes there were some big changes. Not counting my scout, and combatant shells. I found that this body was far superior to a regular human. I built restraint settings into my software to appear more human, even sick days. After all, changing my mother's flat tire without a lug wrench is not normal. Sports were out of the question, way too easy to hurt someone. Which got me picked on by Vince a lot. Computers were easy and at 15 I met Rafael. We became fast friends, and I told him my secrets when I was 16. He is much younger than me in an accelerated learning program. Almost as smart, sometimes smarter, which is scary for a human brain. I wished I was developing a killer body but Solus said It was best if my human body developed as it naturally would in appearance. Uck. I am not bad, good, no fat, lean like a runner. However if you ask me I am a little skinny for my liking, not built to impress like muscle jock Vince. Though Vince can't bench 2,000 lbs one handed without a spotter so I shouldn't complain.
I was fine until puberty hit. That was hell. I found out enhanced senses were extremely tempting to use inappropriately. Plus instant access twenty-four 7 to the internet and image enhancement to give the ability to see almost everything through clothing. Then the enhanced ability Solus gave my member to put the icing on the cake almost drove me crazy wanting to have sex, but she luckily she convinced me to wait and control myself.
How she talked some sense into me I don't know. Oh yea. Guilt trip from hell on what my mother would think when she finds out. Then there is the fact that any woman I am with will have to know all my secrets otherwise she would think I am an alien. Which I am in body I suppose if I admit it. However I will always think of myself as human.
Though from what she has told me after 25 my body will stop aging in appearance. And I will live the lifespan of a cybertronian, not sure if that is a blessing. Watching my mother and friends die of old age. Plus she told me if I switched on my reproduction ability I can have human kids. Real human kids because she saved some of my human DNA before the change and preserved enough to have many kids or clone it if necessary. While a part of me loves the idea of having children of my own, another part knows I will outlive them. When I find someone I will have to work that out.
Which brings me to where I am now an average 17 year old. Another thing about appearing average that I hate is a part time job working at koburger joint. Speaking of which I am about to leave when I get a call from my mom. Walking out into the parking lot I answer the phone. "Hey mom? Yeah just getting off work. No I was planning on racing cars with Raf for a while. Oh. Well I will have dinner waiting for you if it is really late I will put in the fridge on a plate." As I turn around I see a beautiful motorcycle. "I love you. No mom I am not talking to a girl, I meant you. I won't stay out to late. Bye."
Just then I walked up to the bike. 'I know I will have to get a truck because my scout is two big for a bike alt, but I always wanted one.' Sitting on the bike I run my hand over the tank. Then I stiffen up. 'Did it just shiver. No.' Then I see a mirror move. 'Aw fuck please let me be wrong.' Closing my eyes I switched to thermal, and opened them. 'Aww hell you are, but which one?'
About to get off I hear Sierra ask me. "Is that your bike?" I start to answer back. "Well you see." Then I see the mirror move again. Looking to where the mirror was pointing I see two identical cars. Giving off very high thermal signals. 'Shit. They are Definitely cons. So deserter or Autobot?' Seeing them about to charge and people around I think fast.
"Yep definitely mine ,but I am late and got to go. So. Later." Kicking up the stand I rolled the bike back. Aming away from the Decepticons and praying it gets the hint. As the Decepticons rush us the bike does a wheelie and takes off. "By Jack!" I hear Sierra call out. 'Dam why did she have to say my name. Now they may know if they report it.' As we race down the street I hear. "Hang on. Jack." The last word said with venom.
As we raced through town she, because it was a female voice. Darts into an alley as they race by. Stopping abruptly I hear. "Get off." As I do she then spins around and I hear. "This never happened. Now run!" As I take off down a side alley she turns and races on. As one of the cons followed me and guessed she was getting out of range I prepared a ground bridge to open in front of me so he would fall in.
Then I saw her racing behind the car and then jumped the con. 'Definitely Autobot nobody else would do that.' I hear. "get on as she pulled up beside me." I hopped on. Racing around the outskirts of town being shot at I hope they miss me. I can imagine explaining my cybertronian skin after they burn away my flesh. I linked into my 4 satellites I keep above town. 'Ok two unknown bots heading this way but traffic slowing them down. And of course two after the same model as behind me circling in front to cut us off. Can it get any better. Shit I had to say it didn't I. Raff is under the next overpass racing, and of course we are going off road. I had to jinx it didn't I.' I think as we raced down the slope hit a hill and jumped into the water way.
As we landed I got off and rushed to Raf. She changed into a beautiful blue bot 16 ft tall and thin frame skinny like a runner. If she was human I couldn't stop staring. 'Wow just wow, hay not the time.' Raf then spoke up saying. "I thought you couldn't…." "That isn't mine!" I blurted out shutting him up. Seeing the two others coming down the slope from my satellites I grabbed Raf and his bag. Running into a 8 ft tall storm drain I switched to night vision, and dropped my restraints inside quickly getting up to 45 mph in the small tube.
From outside I hear. "It ends here cons." Then Raff said. "You are going to help her right?" I tell him. "Yes, but I have to get 50 yards away otherwise she will detect my ground bridge with internal sensors even through the interference. Far enough away I activate a ground bridge to the training room, never slowing down. Inside I stopped as quickly as I could. Instantly Raf sees the water way in front of us with the three bots fighting from the holographic training simulation I patched into my satellites. Jumping into the chest of my scout I immediately have wires plugged in through various points all over my body through my skin. As the various layers close I started to move my now integrated scout.
Raff said in a scared tone. "Hurry, her friends will never get there in time!" Viewing the situation she has been knocked down 50 feet away from the closer two, with the following two 70 ft further back behind them. All have their weapons out. Jumping up 5 ft I open a bridge under my feet and 50 ft in the air between her and them. (Bam) I landed 12 ft away from her feet between the cons and herself facing them.
Glaring at them as I end my crouch standing up they look at me confused before asking. "State your designation!" Smiling I say "Foe." Changing my right hand into a minigun cannon it spun, along with powering up my ion-cannon, rotating it to my shoulder mount position. At the same time the top of my left forearm split down the middle from my elbow to my wrist folded out to make a rectangular plate like panel with smaller blue energon panels coating the top of it as they glowed. I activated my shield on my left arm. Letting the blue energy shield form a rectangle form covering everything from the top of my shoulders to my feet. 12 ft off my left side to protect her behind me to just off my right torso leaving my right arm totally exposed to shoot.
All 4 cons opened fire, but the shots just stopped when it hit my shield. After all, my shield was made to withstand ion-cannon shots. Glad Solus and beard convinced them to make my Shells a smaller copy of my original body. It has some kick ass weapons and defenses. I fire at the closer con on my right with my minigun gun starting at his crotch and following a line to his head as he is cut not so cleanly in two. As he falls in two pieces the other close one is hit in the right chest blowing out the entire right side of his back. He falls down on his back as the hole in his front breast plate that was three ft wide soon melted to 6 ft caving inward.
The other two look at each other then transform and race away. Charging a two second blast with the Ion-cannon I went to the licence plate and blew out the whole radiator with one shot. The other con I use my minigun gun first under gas chasey to knock him into the air then repeatedly hit him making him dance around like a can in a western. When I finished he wasn't even recognizable.
Dropping the shield I turn around allowing my smoking guns to cool. As I am about to speak I noticed a bot with my satellites falling right on me so I jumped back. (Bam) As he landed I noticed he was 20 ft tall when he stood up turned on me then fired. Getting hit a few times I raised my shield this time to cover my head and right arm. Hearing the fem say. "Bee STOP!" I take a deep breath to calm down, as he stops shooting. Looking at him with a glare. Then I turn to the fem and with venom in my voice say. "Your welcome." Opening a ground bridge behind me I back through, never dropping my shield. I think I hear her say (Whait.) but I am too upset to care.
Raff asked. "Are you ok?" I told him. "Yea that scout packed a punch but my armor is the same as my original form so basically battleship grade or bettermade for a spaceship or city so it is 3 times tuffer than a regular asalt bots. That is why my training room has so many heavy weapons to offer a challenge. With this damage I won't even need the repair station."
Raff looks back to the display as another bot shows up and the three examine the wrecked cons. Raff said again. "I think you have a fan. She couldn't take her eyes off you." Snickering at me. I get embarrassed glad I haven't left my scout so he will not see me blushing so bad. Raf continues. "And you don't have to worry about her being freaked out by you being a robot." I got nervous and said. "Wow look at the time. Didn't your mom want you home by now?" Raff laughed even harder.
[Time skip]
[Autobot debrief]
[Nobody's POV]
Optimus spoke up. "So let me get this straight. An unknown bot came out of a space bridge 50 ft in the sky. Land between you Arcee and the cons. Gunned them down while using an energy shield to protect his body and you. Effectively saving your spark, and then when Bee shows Bee. Shot him?" Bee spoke up. ""How was I supposed to know he was facing her with smoke coming off his guns."" Arcee crossed her arms and spoke with anger. "And I wouldn't need saving if I wasn't covering the humans escape into the drain pipe." Then she froze.
Optimus looks at them both staring at Arcee. "You were seen by humans?" Arcee looked upset. "I was hiding from the cons and this teen got on me. Then the cons chased us. I turned in an ally and he got off. But one of the cons turned and followed him so I turned back around and saved the kid. When I got off the road another smaller human saw us. The older one on me originally riding me grabbed the smaller human and ran in a pipe while I fought. Then the new bot showed up."
Optimus rubbed his chin then said. "The fact one of the cons broke pursuit troubles me. We need to find and bring both of them in to protect them. Especially the adult teen who they chased." Arcee said. "Jack. One of the girls at the drive in called him that." As Optimus raised an eyebrow Arcee looked down saying. "They may have heard his name being called out by the female girl when I raced out of the dinner. " Optimus shaking his head goes back to the computer. As the two bots walk away.
[Time skip]
[Jack's pov]
It is the next day and I am getting out of class walking down the steps when I stop. Looking over I see the same motorcycle from last night. 'Great another chance to be shot at.' Turning I walked towards Raff when I got there we heard a horn. Then a yellow and black muscle car showed up opening its passenger door. We hear ""get in. His ride is over there."" I look at Raff who said. "He said for me to get in. Your ride is over there." Pointing at the motorcycle he gets in and says. "You know you want to ride her." Smiling as the door shut.
Glaring as they drive off. 'I will get you for that.' Looking back at the bike I started walking away to create a bridge back to base. 'I will not give in to my primal urges. Just have to get to base and shoot it out on the firing range. Ugh I don't mean it that way. Why am I talking to myself.' Walking into an alley I have used before rubbing my temples.
The motorcycle pulls around me and stops in front of me with a woman on her back saying. "Look Jack was it? We just wanted to talk." As the holographic woman disappeared I turned and started walking in the other direction. "Oh and who are we?" She transformed and was saying. "We are the autobots. And Optimus, our leader, wants to talk with you." As I feel her exhaust on my neck. I turn around to see her crouched down on one knee face to face less than a foot away from me. 'God she is beautiful. Stop it head out of the gutter.' As I stare at her about to speak I hear from behind me. "Doode go with." Looking at the entrance of the alleyway I see Miko's head sticking around the corner. The fem said one word. "Scrap."
As we ride through the desert behind Raff. Miko is on the back of the bike behind me. I am struggling to keep myself from getting too excited. Having a beautiful fembot between my legs, and a 17 year old extremely energetic hot Asian woman holding tight against me doesn't help any! I was so distracted I didn't notice we left the road heading towards a mesa. Just before hitting multiple layers of a blast doors started to open up letting us inside a secure hidden bunker.
While we are traveling the hallway I let it distract me. I can feel it blocking all communication activities but the spark bond they set up will require a special jammer just for it. Or being in another dimension which makes me nervous as to why they told me that. Watching the walls go by I noticed it was definitely man made. Old missile silo maybe? Are they working with the government? We reached the end and got off. Raff gets out the yellow bot as he transforms walking up to me he said. "Did you have a nice ride? I know you always wanted to ride a motorcycle." As I glared at him he smiled. The female bot transformed, shaking her head. I tell Raff. "For someone who rides a motorcycle, they must show it the proper respect. Otherwise they will get hurt badly by it. '' As fembot heard this she smiled and walked away to lean on a wall.
I see two bots in the main hanger area. One a green big bot with a thick round Chasey bulky legs and arms 24 ft tall, and a red and white bot a little taller maybe 25 ft tall but leaner build similar to that of a regular person frame. The red and white one spoke up. "I thought there were just two?" The fem spoke up. "Haven't you heard. Humans multiply." Miko spoke up, speaking at 90 miles an hour running up to the green bot. "Are you a truck? I bet you're a monster truck. How strong are you? When you work out do you use a car as a punching bag? Or a wrecking ball as a speed bag? I bet you do. Oooo Oooo who made you?" Actually stopping to take a breath. The green one looks nervous at the barrage of questions.
During the whole time Miko was talking I examined my surroundings. There was hardly any cybertronian equipment. Almost all things pieced together from human manufacturers. Serving cybertronian functions. 'They are stranded here.'
The red and white one huffed. "Made us pl-pleas nobody made us, did someone make you. And I am not getting into our reproduction process with you!" Raising his voice as he went.
Miko takes a step back which is very uncommon from the time I have known her in classes. She even stood up to Vince a time or two. I suppose she is trying to make friends rather than set them on edge as she said. "Sorry. I meant no offense, just curious." We hear big steps coming from behind us. Turning around I see a bot about 32 ft tall and hear. "We are autonomous robotic organisms from the planet Cybertron. I am Optimus Prime, this is my first officer Arcee." Pointing at the beautiful blue fembot. Then pointing at the red and white one he said. " Ratchet is our medic, bulkhead our wrecker, and our scout Bumble Bee." Pointing next at the green one then last the yellow and black one. "It is just the five of us. For now." I can't help but wander about the bot called Clifjumper after all I have heard his name also from their com traffic.
I looked over at Raff who smiled. I walked forward and asked. "Why are you here? Also who were those other two shooting at Arcee and me?" Optimus spoke up. "We are here to protect your planet. As to who the others were." The fembot interrupted with venom in her voice. "Cons. Or Decepticons if you want to use their full title." As Optimus glared at her she got quiet.
Then Optimus continued in a calm voice. "We have been fighting a war for untold centuries. For control of energon our greatest commodity. It is our life blood. It powers all our equipment, along with keeping us alive. " As he said that Raff looked at me going unnoticed as Optimus continued. "There were disagreements on how our society should use the energon. Along with political standing and unfortunately some discrimination as motivation for bots it eventually became violent. A war broke out dividing us into two predominant groups. There are others groups, some are naturally favoring Autobots, some in favor of the cons. Then the wars began. In the beginning there were places on Cybertron that made energon from natural resources. However they quickly became points of high priority instigating many battles getting all of them destroyed." Raff looked at me with a worried face and Optimus continued not noticing. " After centuries war destroyed our planet leaving it a barren wasteland. We have left our planet searching for energon on worlds we stored it on centuries ago. I served with someone I would call a brother. However things change and with time he joins the Decepticons eventually becoming their leader. Though he has been searching deep space for a long time."
I ask. "What does that mean for us?" Optimus spoke again. "If he ever returned it would mean grave danger for your planet. I believe after last night the Decepticons also know of you as well. Until we know their intentions it would be wise to accept our protection." Ratchet comes up to Optimus saying. "Optimus, they are in as much danger here as anywhere. They don't have a protective shell. If they get under foot they will go squish." As Raff looked at me he almost laughed then composed himself under my glare before Optimus countered. "Then for the time being we shall have to watch where we step."
Then an alarm sounds with lights flashing. Linking with my satellites I noticed an overweight black man getting out of a helicopter on top of the base. Seeing the same man on their screen I asked "Who is that?"
Optimus answers. "Agent Fowler is our liaison to your government. It is best if you don't meet him at this time." As we hide Fowler walks in from an elevator exclaiming. "Prime! What in Sam Hill is going on? 7 wrecks, 34 finderbenders and a blue motorcycle of unknown origin. So anything you want to tell me Prime? They're back aren't they?" Optimus responded. "I believe they never left." Fowler countered. "Then it is time to wake the pentagon!" As I shake my head at the audacity of it all. 'Brute force is the last thing they need.'
Optimus got in Fowler's face since he was on an upper level, and said. "Maybe you can accept the widespread Kass and the resulting loss of life I cannot. Right now the Decepticons believe that if your world's population attracts them openly it would cause them difficulty. So they are hiding to avoid conflict. The moment they get the upper hand, believe they have a significant tactical advantage, or are aggressively attacked, that will change, and human casualties will skyrocket. We are talking millions of lives wiped out to get humans to back off in the first warning."
As Fowler gave a glare Bulkhead walked up to a table, grabbed something off of it and said. "Did anyone get killed in that traffic jam? No, because we know when to use force." Crushing the machine as he continued. "And when not to." Shaking my head we hear. "Bulkhead! I needed that!" Fowler glared at both of them and said as he left. "This isn't over prime. Fix it or I will." Slapping my face I think. 'Real mature. Let's get into a pissing contest with a 34 ft tall robot. My God help me if this is what they have as help from our government. I actually feel sorry for them.' Walking up to an upper deck to be on more chest with them level.
An alert comes on screen. Looking at it I checked the coordinate displaying. 'No satellites in the area dammit.' Ratchet looks and says. "Damn human equipment. Full of errors." Before I can say we can fix it Arcee spoke up. "Ratchet if there is a chance he is alive?" Letting it hang. Optimus spoke next. "Ratchet, open a ground bridge. Autobots roll out." As they travel through a vortex I sigh. 'Primitive, made from coupled together earth technology. Effective but not as refined as mine. Though an impressive feat in itself.' I ask. "What is that?"
As Raff walked up to a console plugging a laptop in Ratchet said. "A ground bridge, which is a scaled-down version of a space bridge. It can take you anywhere on earth." Miko looked in his face asking. "You mean I can visit my family in Tokyo?" Ratchet looks like he just ate the canary. "Yes. Want to try?" With a smile on his face. Miko, holding a finger at him, replied. "Watch it Ratchet."
Before he can say more all the errors on the computer clean up, he said. "By the Allspark?" Raff unplugged his computer saying. "I fixed it." Ratchet looks at Raff in shock. "You?" With a questioning look. I tell Ratchet. "Raff is the leading tech person at our school." Raff glared at me saying. "Only because you keep your skills hidden!"
After a while we hear Optimus call for a ground bridge. As they come through the bridge closes as an explosion barely makes it through. I look at all of them. Ratchet asked immediately. "Did you find cliff?" As all eyes turned to Arcee she holds her arms tightly around her as if she was cold. "I don't know what I saw. But it wasn't Cliff. Not anymore. As she was rubbing her shoulders she stumbled catching herself on some crates.
Miko spoke first as the bots rushed to her saying. "Robots that get dizzy?" I look at Raff as he looks at me with a sad face knowing exactly what must have happened to Clifjumper. "Cybertroneans have the equivalent of ram memory Miko." As she looked at me confused I told her. "If the power goes out completely all data is lost. Meaning they die." As she looked at me with a shocked face and some of the others did also I continued. "It is obvious by how all of you are acting. Whoever this Cliff bot was he is nolonger functioning, I am sorry."
Ratchet scraping something off of Arcee then he asked her. "What is this?" Arcee answered. "I don't know but Cliff was leaking is as if it was his energon." Ratchet huffed then said. "Take a decontamination bath." As I checked on the hospital I saw mom cleaning up to clock out. Speaking up I pull out my phone. "Optimus. I need to get home or I am in big trouble." He leaned down to look at me. "Have you broken the law?" I make myself sound worried. "Legally. No but our parents are going to freak out if we're not home before curfew."
As if a light bulb goes off for him he stated. "Ah earth customs. Bulkhead accompany Miko home." "Sweet, my host family is going to freak." Miko interrupted until Optimus continued. "And maintain covert operations in vehicle mode." (Awwww.) "Bumble Bee, accompany Raff. Ratchet." "Bussey." Ratchet spoke quickly then Optimus continued. "Arcee, will accompany you Jack."
Before I can say anything I hear her say. "Still Dizzy." Ratchet doesn't even look at her as he said. "Your fine says your physician." I want to scream. 'How dare he treat her well being so casually.' As I get on her we travel back in silence.
Arriving home pulling into the garage I got off of her. Turning towards her I tell her. "I am sorry for your loss. i understand how much it must hurt." "What do you know! All you have to worry about is girl trouble." She said as she changed to glare at me. Taking a deep breath to calm down I ask her. "Did you do any background check on us, or just our face and name?"
Hearing no response I sigh then continued. "When I was 6 I went to the comic book store. I was good friends with the owner he let me read some older comics for free." As I see her about to interrupt I quickly continue. "He was in the witness protection program and two hit men showed up. They tied us both up, throwing us in their trunk, then headed to the desert to torture the location of his journals incriminating the mob boss he was the bookie for. I got free then untied Frank, when they opened the trunk he attacked them and as we planned I ran. They killed him in the struggle. How I got away I still don't know. I hid in the desert lost for 6 days slowly dying from starvation before I made it back to town. So yes I know loss, he was my best friend at the time. Since mom was a single parent most people didn't associate with us back then."
She looked at me for the longest time before saying. "I'm sorry I would never think you could have experienced so much being so young." Then the headlights of a car turned into the driveway. As Arcee and I both spoke at the same time. "Cons /Mom." I ran between Waving my arms to distract mom. "Mom, wait I can explain." Mom gets out of her car walking past me to inspect the bike saying. "Well I hope so. What changed your mind?" As I glanced at Arcee now in vehicle mode as Mom continued. "I know you wanted a motorcycle for a long time, but last I heard you were looking into one of those camping trucks that were an rve in the back?" As mom turned to glare at me I saw Arcee twist slowly as if looking at me.
Looking nervous I give a smile. "I like to think we found each other. She is a marvelous bo-bike." As mom wiped her head around to look closely at the bike after hearing what I said she spoke. "I didn't think you would bring a girl home before I get to meet her." Looking at the bike like she could stare right into it looking for something. Then she turned and poked me in my chest saying. "You will have to wear that dirt bike helmet I made you bie for your bicycle until you get a proper one." I say. "Yes mam I will." As she walked towards the door she said as she entered the house. "You will take me riding sometime I hope?"
Smiling as I turned off the garage light and closed the door answering. "Definitely. After we get you a proper helmet also." Then in a whisper as I shut the door I tell Arcee. "Sweet dreams."
Laying in bed after supper I received a text. Sure I have a phone but more for show being able to connect to the internet directly with Wi-Fi. At first I was extremely worried until I was told that I can keep everything other than a cortical stimulator out. Even then it will be a battle of wills at that point. Not that I want to try, I am not stupid.
Raff {So you going to tell her?}
Jack {I don't know. I am scared. You know what I told you. Plus security.}
Knowing in the past my strict rule. No communication is 100% secure. If not at my base no open discussion without code words. Especially since the internet is so traceable. I have also intercepted Autobot and Decepticon transmissions before. No location but I can hear conversations occasionally.
Raff {OK I won't push. What are you going to do? You only have 3 days till the meeting time?}
Jack {I will tell her I just need more time. You know what is at risk.}
Raff {Yes. I am with you, but I like them. Funny how you two met. Almost like destiny.}
Jack {Or the lady playing with things again. Sometimes I wonder if I choose right.}
Raff {Bad path to go down. Remember your mom Plus what the good you can do with what you got.}
Jack {I know. It's just hard sometimes being alone.}
Raff {You got me. I believe they will help too. Especially Arcee. }
Jack {If they don't shoot me first. Lol. Anyway, night I got to sleep.}
Raff {See you tomorrow. Night.}
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