AN: Sorry for not updating, been busy with my new job.
"Is the project complete?" Asked Silas as he overlooked the body of a mech on a large operation table.
"It has to go through some final tests and of course the initial power up." Said the man next to Silas.
"Any details that I should be aware of?" Asked Silas.
The man spoke. "It is missing a few pieces of armor, the voice box is not connected and it has enough power to run for about an hour, "
"That is good enough for the initial start up and testing, once that is complete we can begin with the finishing touches. Is my control center ready?" Said Silas as he looked back at the man.
"It is getting prepped as we speak sir."
"Excellent, soon Mech will be unstoppable." Silas grinned as he looked at the mech in front of him.
...
"You've been staring at that thing for over an hour." Said Ratchet as he glanced over at Airachnid who was leaning against the wall on the far side of the base. The chip Megatron gave her in her servo. "You finally have what you want so why don't you just see what's in the blasted thing?"
Airachnid continued to play with the chip in her servo before sighing. "I'm going to go recharge." She muttered.
Ratchet scoffed silently but continued on with his work.
Airachnid made her way down one of the many hallways until she stopped. Arcee was in front of her, facing her.
Airachnid continued moving past Arcee...
"Wait." Said Arcee.
Airachnid stopped again.
"What happened earlier..." She began to say. Airachnid raised her servo to silence Arcee. "I know you've been wanting to kill me since I arrived here. There's no need to explain."
"You don't understand Airachnid. I'm going crazy with everything that has happened...I-I-I've been like this since I killed him. Slowly going insane. And I guess all of that got released."
Airachnid glanced at Arcee. "It's no surprise to me Arcee. In fact I was wondering what took you so long." She chuckled.
Arcee looked at Airachnid with slight shock before staring at the ground. "I see..." She said.
"Oh and by the way." Said Airachnid as she walked towards her room. "I know you aren't apologizing about this, in fact I think that a part of you wished that you could have killed me...but the only thing stopping you was Jack. Am I right?" Airachnid reached her door and opened it before looking back at Arcee.
Arcee did not respond.
Airachnid scoffed and entered her room. "Of course I'm right."
...
A few days had passed since the incident with Megatron. Everything at the Autobot base had seemed to return to normal.
Ratchet groaned slightly as he continued to work. "Absolutely nothing." He muttered.
It was difficult to bore the Autobot medic but now...that plateau has been reached. Everything that he had to do today had been done.
Bulkhead walked in. "Man...it's dull around here. When are the kids coming back?"
Ratchet sighed. "Same time as always. Is that even a question?"
Bulkhead raised his hands in defense. "Woah...it looks like someone's also bored." Said Bulkhead with a chuckle.
Ratchet scoffed and continued to look at the screen in front of him. "The Decepticons haven't been doing anything as of late."
A voice spoke up. "Nobody has been doing anything as of late."
Ratchet and Bulkhead turned around to face Arcee.
"Yeah no kidding." Said Bulkhead. "Is Bumblebee still out on patrol?"
Arcee Nodded.
"How's Airachnid?" Asked Ratchet.
"She's been in her room since the last mission." Said Arcee as she leaned against the wall with a sigh.
"I wonder what she'll do now." She said. "I mean she found her memories so...why stay?"
Bulkhead sighed. "Maybe she want's to stay Arcee. I mean she still hasn't even looked at her memories yet."
"She's afraid." Said Ratchet with a low voice.
Bulkhead and Arcee looked at Ratchet with thoughtful expressions.
However the moment was halted by the alarm going off.
Ratchet quickly looked up at the screen.
Optimus just entered the room. "What's going on Ratchet?"
"The system is detecting Decepticon activity in northern Nevada."
"How many?" Asked Optimus.
"Only... one." Said Ratchet with some curiosity.
"Just one?" Asked Bulkhead.
"Yes, and what's curious is that the signal just popped up out of nowhere."
Everyone looked up at Optimus.
"Ratchet and I shall investigate. The rest of you be prepared for our return." Said Optimus.
Ratchet typed the coordinates on the screen and opened the ground bridge to that location.
Airachnid walked into the room. "What's going on?" She asked.
"Cons." Said Arcee.
"More like Con." Said Bulkhead. "Only one signature out there."
Airachnid raised her optic brow. "Only one? Decepticons never run alone...Well with the exception of Starscream." She chuckled.
Arcee looked at Airachnid before sighing. "Whoever the bot may be, They won't stand a chance against Optimus and Ratchet."
The room was left in silence.
...
Northern Nevada, Under the abandoned Mining town. A few moments earlier.
"The preliminary tests are ready to begin. The voicebox and weapons will be disabled for these tests." Said the man standing next to Silas.
"Very well, Is my control center ready?" Said Silas.
"Yes sir." Said the man. "It was completed a few minutes ago."
"Excellent, commence power up as soon as I give the order." Said Silas as he walked over to the control center and sat down onto the seat.
He looked over the various controls and grinned. 'This will be a monumental day for MECH and the history of this planet.'
"Very well." Said Silas. "Proceed."
"Preliminary tests will now begin." Said the masked man. "Testing energy reserves and movement."
Silas grabbed the controls and waited.
"5,4,3,2,1." The man pushed a button that allowed the energon to flow into the man made Transformer on the table in front of Silas.
The corpse twitched slightly before the Optics slowly began to brighten.
"Start up sequence successful." Said the man.
All of the people in the room watched with amazement at their creation began to live.
"We have about an hour before the energy runs out. Sir, begin the movement tests."
Silas began controlling the Transformer, it slowly got up from the operating table and managed to stand.
"Keep moving to the control servos can adjust to the body and have lag-less movement."
Silas then proceeded to throw a punch in which the transformer then copied.
Silas grinned as he threw a kick. Again the transformer kicked.
Silas stood still, The transformer did so as well. It's face blank and emotionless.
Silas laughed. "Excellent, what a wonderful gift." He said.
The man bowed his head in appreciation. "Keep getting adjusted to it sir and you will be unstoppable."
"Don't worry." Silas Grinned. "I plan to do just that."
He threw another punch. The Transformer did the same but suddenly it froze in mid punch.
Silas raised his eyebrow and punched again. Nothing happened.
He looked over to the man who quickly went over the main terminal. "It's probably just a small glitch in the programing." He said as he typed away.
The Transformer began to tremble. Each of it's digits moving slightly.
"What's going on?" Asked Silas.
The man typed frantically. "I don't know, Ive initiated reset twice now, it won't reset!"
"Shut it down!" Yelled Silas.
The Transformer's servo's grabbed it's helm and fell to it's knees with a loud BOOM.
"I SAID SHUT IT DOWN!" Yelled Silas.
"I-Im Trying to, nothing's responding! It's like it has a mind of its own!"
Silas's eyes widened. "Didn't you wipe out the CPU and memory banks?!"
The man responded. "We did it twice just to be sure!"
The transformer's face plates began to move as it finally looked up and the ceiling and let out a soundless yell.
"It has a mind of it's own." Whispered the man as he stepped back slowly.
Silas growled. "TAKE IT DOWN!" He Roared. "WHOEVER USES LETHAL FORCE HOWEVER WILL BE SHOT BY ME PERSONALLY!"
The soldiers began to shoot at it's legs to no avail but something strange happened. The transformer smashed through a wall and began to run away.
"GET AFTER IT NOW!" Yelled Silas as he grabbed a gun and ran after it.
The base alarms began to blare as the transformer ran through the maze of tunnels. It stopped and frantically looked around. Optics wide.
It cut a right and began running again, only to be stopped by a group of soldiers blocking its path and firing at it.
The transformer continued to run at full speed towards the soldiers before leaping over them and continuing it's flee.
It ran past a corridor before stopping and running back to that corridor. There was the exit. The sun shown through the end of the corridor. Which turned out to be an old large mining shaft.
The Transformer ran as fast as it could before stopping just short of the exit. Shot's were being fired at him. It turned around and saw Silas running at it brandishing a large gun and using it against the Transformer.
The Transformer kicked the supports of the mining shaft and leaped out.
"NOOOOOO!" Yelled Silas as he was buried by the debris. A large BOOM was heard as the mine entrance caved in.
The Transformer landed on the ground, face down and clutched it's face plates in agony, Where the nose would be.
It suddenly froze and looked at it's servos with wide optics. It then looked at it's arms, legs, pedes.
It then looked back at the cave entrance before jumping in the air with joy and letting out a soundless cheer.
Wait. Soundless?
The Transformer tried to speak. Nothing came out. Optics widening in panic as it covered it's mouth with its servos.
It then began to run towards the small woods before reaching an outcropping overlooking the Rockies.
It was about to make it's way down until.
"Hold it right there Decepticon." Said a voice.
The Transformer froze and slowly turned around to face the Resident Autobot Medic, who in turn had his sword at the Transformer's neck.
"Ratchet, let me handle this." Said the Autobot leader. "What are you doing here? What was that explosion?"
The Transformer looked down at it's chest and saw a VERY worn Decepticon insignia. The Transformer jumped slightly and shook it's head frantically.
Ratchet's optic brow raised before looking at Optimus.
"Ratchet, drop your weapon." Said Optimus.
Ratchet grumbled and retracted his sword.
"I shall ask again. What are you doing here?" Asked Optimus in the same tone of voice.
The Transformer's mouth moved but no sound came from it.
"It seems that his voice box is not functioning." Said Ratchet.
The Transformer nodded frantically.
"Indeed old friend but...does he not remind you of someone?" Asked Optimus.
Ratchet looked at the Transformer before saying. "Turn around."
The Transformer turned around. Ratchet and Optimus's Optics widened.
There was some scars of where Bumblebee inflicted serious damage to...
"Skyquake..." Whispered Ratchet. "But that's impossible, he off lined. And besides this person's face plates look different."
Optimus did a quick scan. "My scanners detect some of Sky quake and another individual comprising this body."
"How can this be?!" Asked Ratchet.
"We must take him to the base and ask more questions." Said Optimus.
"Optimus do you realize what you just sai..."
Ratchet was interrupted by the Transformer Nodding frantically, turning around and placing its servos behind it's back.
Ratchet and Optimus looked at each other again before looking at the Transformer.
"You want to be restrained?" Asked Ratchet.
The Transformer nodded.
Ratchet looked at Optimus.
"Very well, we will restrain you and take you with us as prisoner. Until otherwise proven."
The Transformer nodded frantically in conformation which confused Ratchet and Optimus even more.
Optimus looked at the optics of the individual in front of him and felt...familiarity radiate from him.
Ratchet grumbled and called the base.
"Arcee..." Said Ratchet.
The Transformer jumped at that name and stared at Ratchet with a slight open mouth and wide optics.
Ratchet noticed this and paused before continuing.
"...send us a Ground bridge to these coordinates. We have a visitor with us."
AN: Long ass chapter for me. PLEASE REVIEW!