HELLO WORLD! Okay I know that was dramatic but I have been so busy lately with my new job that I could not get enough time in to sit down and write. So I am sorry if I lost readers because I was looking for a job but I am back and I will try my best to update as much as possible….ENJOY
Chapter 3
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The next morning at NEST was eventful when Nova walked into the base. She walked up the stairs to the platform and waved her badge at the guard and she sat at a computer. Epps walked up next to her and leaned on the desk with his arms crossed. "Hey kid, I hear your dad and boyfriend went on some secret strike mission without tellin no one and now there's gonna be this big investigation." Epps said while Nova was typing. She stopped typing and cracked her knuckles as she was making fists. "I really hate it when my dad gives me a lecture about being reckless and he goes and contradicts everything he told me. What a hypocrite." She commented standing in her pants suit and heels with her badge swinging from her jacket. She had her dark blue hair tied in a loose side ponytail and her heels were wedges so they didn't get stuck in the spaces of the platform. She turns toward the entrance when she hears her dad's engine roaring through the base and the intercom sounding.
"All arriving Autobots, in par, training and debriefing in 15 minutes….Dino report to bay 23…..sideswipe bay 37 for weapons assessment…."
She watched the bots split off into their spots and leaned on the railing when she noticed a small black motorcycle pull up. "There's Lennox. I thought he was supposed to wear his uniform?" Nova asked curiously and Epps shrugged his shoulders. "Colonel can do whatever he wants man" he said before walking away. She stood up from her spot and made her way down to the ground level where Lennox was. "Hey, nice ride" she said after he had pulled his helmet off. "Thanks… (Looks at the entrance to see Mearing walking in with her phone attached to her ear) great, your favorite person is back" he said before Nova looked over and scowled. "And I was in such a good mood too." She commented before leaning against the bike.
Once Mearing got within ear-shot they could hear what she was saying to the other person on the phone.
"Senator, I suggest you remember that when the NSA wants funding they call me. When the CIA is going to take out a target they ask for my permission. And when the president wants to know which members of congress are politically vulnerable, in terms of un-discovered criminal conduct, I'm the number he dials." She hangs up after slipping on some weird tennis shoes and passes a TV reporting on the attack.
"U.S agencies say they have been monitoring the blast. But if this was in fact a covert military strike, no nation has claimed responsibility."
"CIA is hounding me about this mystery raid in the middle east. So it's time to come clean, was your unit involved?" Mearing asks while typing on her phone.
"I'm not sure ma'am" Lennox says as he walks next to her and Nova walks next to him. She looks over at Bumblebee and looks worried when they are practicing a head shot on him for the Decepticons.
"As director of national intelligence, I'm a really big fan of intelligent answers."
"I can't really tell you definitively. These Autobots are like teenage kids, they like to sneak out of the house every once in a while." Lennox said and Nova raised an eyebrow. "Really? How does a giant metal being sneak out of a military base with 24 hour security?" she asked and Lennox glared at her.
"Colonel Lennox are you in command or are you not?"
"Yes Ma'am I am"
Mearing turns abruptly and fumes. "Stop with the Ma'am, enough with the ma'am. (Looks at assistant) do I look like a ma'am" (Assistant shakes her head and she looks back at Lennox.)
"No ma'am, yes…yes ma'am….yes (mearing walks away and Nova smiles at him) shut it, at-least I didn't punch her in the face." He said as he talked to Nova after Mearing walked away. Nova smiled and kept on walking.
Nova sniggers and Lennox glares at her from over his shoulder and she hides her smile behind her clipboard. She looks over at Que and Iron-hide as Que was showing off his latest invention.
"This gun is my perfect invention Iron-hide…" "Right (hide handles the gun and watches Nova and the others walk up.) Hey kid" he comments and Nova nods at him.
"Ah! Good, you're here. My name's Que, I do hope you have answers for him…I've never seen him so upset." Que said and Nova looked over at her dad's Alt-mode curiously and wondered why she felt such anger flowing through the bond. "Hold on Lennox, I wouldn't approach him just yet, he might explode on you. I am getting some nasty anger through our bond" Nova said quietly as she held onto his arm holding him back. "I'll tread carefully. I can't say the same thing about the director though." Lennox said and Nova smiled. "Don't worry; he won't hurt her no matter how mad he is." Nova reassured and stepped aside as Lennox approached.
"Optimus you remember Charlotte Mearing, our national intelligence director?" Lennox asked and there was no response from the boss bot. "he's in a bad mood, he's not talking to anyone today" Dino said walking back. "What is this, the silent treatment?" Mearing joked and Nova snorted. The group looked at her confused and she smiled. "Lady, you don't know the half of it. I've seen the silent treatment, and this is not it, this is worse." She said and hide walked over. "Prime, Make something of yourself!" he exclaimed and pounded on the top of his cab.
Optimus started transforming, quickly before hide commented. "He's pissed" and Optimus finished in 2 minutes flat. He kneeled to mearing's level and slammed both fists on the ground on either side. "You lied to us. Everything humans know of our planet we were told had been shared. Than why was this found in human possession?" Optimus asked pointing to a sphere of metal on the observation table. Nova walked closer to it and started examining it. "Weird. I've never seen anything like this" she commented and Mearing looked up at the bot.
"We were in the dark about this also. It was director only clearance at sector 7, until now. [Turns to assistant, asks for a bag and she asks which one.] Hermes. Birkin. Green ostrich" she said and the poor girl handed her a horrid green bag.
Mearing opens the bag and pulls out a file. "This is a secret few men knew, and fewer still remain alive. [hands the bag back to assistant] allow me to please introduce to you, two of NASA's founding mission directors and astronaut Dr. Buzz Aldrin, one of the first two men to step foot on the moon" Mearing said and shook their hands. "Sir, Optimus Prime" Mearing said before walking away. Buzz looked up at Optimus and Nova walked up in her armor moments later. "From a fellow space traveler, it is a true honor." Buzz said before Optimus, and Nova, kneeled and smiled. "The honor is ours. Let me introduce my daughter Nova Star Prime….one of the last remaining children of our kind." Optimus said and Nova bowed respectively. "It is an honor to meet you sir." she said and Buzz smiled.
"Our entire space race of the 1960's, it appears, was in response to an event." Mearing said suddenly on the platform. "Our astronauts investigated a crashed alien ship, no survivors on board." One of the directors said. "We were sworn to secrecy by our commander in chief." The other director said. "A total of 35 people knew the real plan at NASA."
"Soviets managed to land unmanned probes, somehow they must have picked up that fuel rod." The directors said alternately.
"We believe the Russians deduced that the rod was a fissionable fuel assembly. They believe they had it mastered and tried to harness it at Chernobyl." Director Mearing chimed in.
"We landed six missions in all. Took hundreds of photos and samples, we locked them away forever. And the moon program was shut down." A director said.
"Did you search the crash vault?" Iron-hide asked and all the humans looked a little confused before Optimus, now standing next to Nova, started explaining.
"The ship was called the Ark. I watched it escape Cybertron myself. It was carrying an Autobot technology which would have won us the war, and its captain." Optimus said walking up to the platform while Nova had a funny feeling in her spark. "Who was its captain?" Mearing asked intrigued. "The great sentinel Prime, the technology's inventor. He was commander of the Autobots before me. It's imperative that I find it before the Decepticons know of its location. Our Autobot spacecraft has the ability to get there. And you must pray it's in time." Optimus said before Nova got dizzy. "Man, I have to sit down." She said carefully sitting cross-legged on the ground and holding her head. "Is she okay?" Buzz asked and Nova groaned. "I think she has a head-ache. Yo doc! Come look at Nova would ya?" hide yelled and Ratchet walked up behind Nova who had this look of horror on her face. She then proceeded to glare at Hide while he smirked. "I hate you" she whispered while Ratchet examined her.
Once he finished, and the visitors had gone, Ratchet helped her stand up. "You have some unusual fluctuations in your spark, come to the medical bay and we'll figure out what's going on" Ratchet said and the two made their way to the other side of the base. Optimus watched the pair walk away until Mearing got his attention, "So, I talked to the president yesterday when your daughter punched me. He says that if she acts that way again, she'll be taken off the team and confined in a cell, along with her daughter." she said and Optimus got this dangerous look in his optics.
Mearing shrank back a little and gulped. "Do not threaten my family. I may have taken a vow to not harm humans, but that does not mean Nova has. I cannot guarantee that she will come quietly." He rumbled and walked away.
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A/N: we all know what happens with Sam and I don't feel like incorporating that so I will continue with Nova's story.
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Med-bay
Nova was sitting on the medical bay berth when Ratchet was standing at his computer. "Hey doc, I really feel a lot better. Can I go home or something" she asked and Ratchet scoffed. "No, you need to stay here for a little longer so I can figure out what was going on. Why don't you lie down and take a nap while you're waiting" he suggested but when he turned around, Nova was already asleep sitting up. He smiled, and laid her down all the way on the berth and covered her in a large blanket.
Nova's dream
Nova was sitting in the sand playing with Silver and looked up to see the primes standing before her and Silver disappeared. "Okay, so this means you want to talk to me about something right?" Nova asked standing in her beach dress and her hair down.
"Nova Prime, there is a great evil that is approaching and with the Alspark resting within you, you are a target."
"A target, Great evil, what are you talking about." She asked crossing her arms over her chest.
"When Optimus goes to the moon to retrieve the Autobot technology, you will have to give him a word of caution. What lies in that ship is not friendly to the Autobots. The captain of the Ark has betrayed the us and has developed this technology for the Decepticons. Do not trust him and do not tell him anything about what you bear within you."
"An Autobot betrayer is that possible?" she asked playing with her hair.
"Yes, there were many during the war who believed that the Decepticons had a better plan to win the war than the Autobots. Please do not mention anything about the Alspark or your destiny, he will try and exploit it."
"I will do as you ask. I will protect this treasure with my whole spark" she said and bowed before the dream ended.
End of dream
Nova woke with a start and saw the room was dark. The only light in the room was her optics and the lights from the computers.
She got up and left the Medical bay to see bots and people walking around and getting ready for the mission that day. "Hey Que, what's going on?" she asked the bot as he was walking by. "We're getting Optimus ready to go to the moon to retrieve the captain of the Ark. Wanna go say goodbye?" Que asked and Nova transformed down into her Lamborghini mode before speeding off looking for her dad.
She eventually found him walking with Bumblebee and she transformed. "Hey guys, so I heard you were going to retrieve the captain of the Ark. Can I come with?" she asked and Optimus raised an optic ridge at her. (For you non fans, that means eyebrow) "Why do you want to come all of a sudden?" Bee asked and she smiled. "Hello! It's space. Plus, how many chances am I gonna get to see an Autobot spaceship from the war? It'll be a fun experience." Nova commented and Optimus sighed. "I will have to ask Ratchet if you are fit for duty" Optimus said and Nova groaned. "Now I'm never gonna be able to go, don't you guys know that he hates me?" she complained and they spotted Ratchet approaching with some equipment in his hands. "Ratchet, Nova would like to join us on this mission. Is she cleared for duty?" Optimus asked and the doctor looked up from his device and looked at Nova who was talking animatedly with Bumblebee a few feet away with a huge smile on her face. "I didn't see anything wrong with her tests earlier so I say she's just fine. As to coming along, I do not think that is wise Optimus, she is still a sparkling" the doctor said and Optimus turned to look at his daughter briefly. "Yes, but she has grown and matured so much over the last four years that I believe she has the strength to accompany us on this mission. Plus, look how excited she is for this. I would not dream of taking this opportunity to go into space from her. She may have been born on another planet, but she was raised to believe that space was the greatest adventure with the most beautiful sights. How can I as her father take away that dream?" he asked and Ratchet sighed. "Now I know where she gets her debating skills and flare for dramatics. It's a mixture between you and Elita. Alright, she can come along….only if she agrees to be careful." Ratchet said and you could very faintly see the smile on the commander's face before it was gone behind his battle mask.