"You've all had direct contact with the NBEs." Banachek says as a group walks to a large door.
"NBE?" A dark skinned man in an army uniform asks.
"Non-Biological Extraterrestrials. Try and keep up with the acronyms." Simmons answers with annoyance obvious in his tone.
As they stop in front of the large door, Banachek speaks again, "What you're about to see is totally classified."
The door opens to reveal a large metal humanoid figure covered in frost, with humans around it trying to keep it frozen.
"Dear God. What is this?" Secretary of Defence John Keller gasps in awe and shock of how huge the metal man is.
Simmons starts with an explanation while looking at the NBE, "We think when he made his approach over the north pole, our gravitational field screwed up his telemetry. He crashed in the ice, probably a few thousand years ago," he stops and looks at his audience, "We shipped him here to this facility in 1934."
"We call him NBE-One," Banachek says as he turns to face the group that consists of the Secretary of Defense, five military men, two young adults, and the two teenagers.
"Well, sir, I don't mean to correct you on everything you think you know," Sam Witwicky started suddenly, "but, I mean, that's Megatron. He's the leader of the Decepticons."
"He's been in cryostasis since 1935." Banachek sternly speaks up, "Your great-great-grandfather made one of the greatest discoveries in the history of mankind. Fact is, you're looking at the source of the modern age, the microchip, lasers, spaceflight, cars, all reverse-engineered by studying him."
"NBE One." Simmons says into Sam's face, "That's what we call it."
"And you didn't think the United States military might need to know that you're keeping a hostile alien robot frozen in the basement?" Keller asks with hostility towards Banachek and Simmons.
"Until these events," Banachek starts, "we had no
credible threat to national security."
"Well, you got one now." Keller states to the man.
"So, why Earth?" Captain William Lennox asked no one in particular.
"It's the AllSpark." Sam answers while staring at Megatron.
"AllSpark? What's that?" Epps asks.
"Well, yeah, they came here looking for some sort of cube-looking thing. Anyway, Mr. NBE One here, AKA Megatron," Sam says into Simmons face, "that's what they call him, who's pretty much the harbinger of death, wants to use the Cube to transform human technology to take over the universe." Sam concludes, "That's their plan."
"And your sure about that?" Banachek asks with worry.
"Yeah," Sam answers and he watches Simmons and Banachek look at each other before asking, "You know where it is, don't you?"
"Follow me." Banachek says as he turns to leave the room.
"Mira?" someone whispers just loud enough for me to wake up.
I groan out a 'What?' as I move my legs to get rid of the stiffness only to give a mute cry of pain as I move my left leg. The feeling of the truck moving, stopped and the door by my feet opens to reveal Ratchet with a bag in hand. Climbing in, he put the bag down and reached out to my left leg to gently move it, I whimper as the pain flares from 'We're throbbing to remind you we have an injury here.' to 'Holy Shit! Didn't we say we got an injury here, you motherfucker.'
"Sorry Mira, but I need to see if it's healing properly." was all he said as starts cutting open the makeshift cast.
Next thing I know, all I see is darkness. Again.
"Uh Ratch?" I rumble out as I see Mira close her eyes.
"What?" He asks with annoyance evident in his tone.
"She's unconscious," I say and his reaction was immediate.
He stops whatever he was going and places a hand on her neck with his muscles tense, his holoform showing how tense he is. Ratchet lets out a soft sigh of relief and his body relaxes, then he turns back to her legs. "She's fine, she just fainted."
"Fainted? She glitched out?" I question with disbelief.
"Yes, Iornhide, she glitched out, but it's good she did. She needs her rest."
"She's been sleeping the entire time Ratchet, I think something's wrong."
"Why do you think I'm looking at her injuries 'Hide? I need to see if there's infections or if the bone hasn't set properly!" The mech spoke rhetorically.
I grunt out but I don't say anything, getting a feeling I'll be kick out of my own alt. It's quiet as the medic works when Opimus suddenly speaks through my speakers, "We need to get moving, Ratchet, can you drive and help Mira?"
"It might take me a little longer, but yes I can," the medic answers as his alt starts. Soon we are off to the Cube's coordinates.
"Take him to his car." Captain William Lennox orders Simmons as he pushes him onto the hood of a military truck at gunpoint.
The military men circle around their leader pointing their own pistols at S-Seven members that pulled out their guns as well. Wide eyed at the sudden action Simmons responds with his own order, "Stand down."
Someone tries to calm the men that are armed by saying, "Woah! Woah! Woah!"
"Drop your weapon, soldier." Banachek speaks up as he points his own weapon at the Captain.
"There's an alien war going on and you're going to shoot me?" Simmons asks as he glares at the brunet man.
"You know, we never asked to be here." The Captain says instead of answering the crazy mans' question.
"I'm ordering you under S-Seven executive jurisdiction-" Simmon starts only to be interrupted by Epps.
"S-Seven doesn't exist."
"Right." the Captain starts after looking at his second, "And we don't take orders from people that don't exist."
Simmons only glares as he states, "I'm gonna count to five. Okay?"
"Well, I'm gonna count to three." Lennox threatens as he moves the gun to the crazy mans' throat.
"Simmons?" Keller asks from a distance as he watches the scene play out.
"Yes sir?"
"I'd do what he says. Losing's really not an option for these guys."
It was quiet for a second before the threatened man speaks up with his hands going up in surrender, "Alright, okay. Hey, you want to lay the fate of the world in the kid's Camaro? That's cool."
"Okay, here we go. He's doing something. He's doing something." Epps mutter under his breath as the black and yellow 'bot somehow shrinks the Cube enough to be placed into human hands, and gently offers it to his charge, Sam.
"Message from star-fleet, Captain." a radio plays from the dual colored 'bot, "Let's get to it."
"He's right," Lennox starts as he turns towards Keller and Simmons. "We stay here, we're screwed with Megatronin the other hanger. Mission city is 22 miles away, and we're going to sneak that cube out of here to hide it in the city."
"Good! Right." Keller say enthusiastically as he points to Lennox.
"We cannot make a stand without the Air Force." speaks directly to Keller.
Keller turns to Simmons, "This place must have some kind of radio link!"
"Yes. Shortwave, CB." Simmons responds excitedly.
"Sir," Lennox starts to Keller again, "you got to figure out some way to get word out to them. Let's move!"
Everyone loads up and starts packing themselves inside of a military vehicle, while Sam and Makalea to the black and yellow Camaro.
"Set a perimeter around the yellow vehicle!" Lennox orders those around him and gets into a military vehicle and drives off.