"I'm derek wells, in news chopper 40, giving you live coverage of the trial of several supposed Autobot traitors. You probably know one of them has allready been in trouble with the law, and now, it seems, Klutch has come back, to find out whether or not these two Autobots and seven neutrals have really betrayed their faction; and humanity. Well, it seems today we'll find that out. Here they come now."
the camera panned to the right, and showed two tanks, several cars, and three fliers approaching the football stadium.
Alpha looked away from the cameras.
Omega flew overhead with Kit. He sighed. "Good luck sis."
Prime was in the lead, with Prowl and Jazz coming up behind the group. "Oh man oh man oh man." Jade muttered.
"Calm down, we'll be fine." Beacon replied over the comm. Jade, Beacon and Gunlock circled and landed outside the front gates with the rest of the group. "Here goes nothing." she muttered. HT grinned. He silently radioed Driveby.
"Escape plan?"
"Check"
"Subspace weapons stash?"
"check" Cap radioed back.
"distraction?"
"check." Beacon looked at Gunlock who nodded.
"Let's go." Prime said, not hearing them, and walked forwards.
The main gate swung open, and the group strode through.
The crowd went to their feet, some cheering, some booing, but mostly the roaring cheers met their audios.
"Hey, they like us!" Cap grinned and waved back.
Alpha sighed as she looked up towards the sky like "why me?".
"Cap, shut up." She muttered, looking at the bot. She sighed again and then swallowed.
"Oh...boy...this is NOT going to be fun..."
"That's a good thing." Driveby whispered.
"Those people are our jury. And if they like us.." she added, and glanced around.
The judge and seven jeeps full of soldiers stood up as they approached.
Jade glanced at Prime.
Prowl looked at Prime.
He nodded.
They walked up, and the judge shushed the crowd.
"Please, take your seats." the crowd quieted, and he started.
"We are here to determine the guilt or innocence of this group. I take it both groups have evidence sufficient to support their cases?" he looked over his glasses at them.
Alpha looked around at the humans and then over at a few of the Transformers spectators. She sighed.
"Do you wish to flip a coin or something over who goes first?" he asked.
"Nah. I'll let Proyme bring his introduction first." klutch smiled coyly.
The group glared.
Jade glanced up as the news helicopter circled lower. she gulped.
There was the sound of jet engines, and Jade took a step back. Megatron, Starscream, and Soundwave came in. Instantly, Prime, Klutch, and Indy, not to mention the 40-some soldiers present, all aimed their weapons at the trio.
"Please." Megatron held up his hands in a surrenderful motion. "We're just here to act as witnesses."
Prowl looked accusingly at Klutch. "Wot, I didn't call dem." he replied.
They looked at Megatron. Prime took a step forward. "what do you want, Megatron?" he growled.
Jade tried to hide behind HT, and shut her optics off. "This isn't happening, this isn't happening..."
Alpha whimpered as she spotted Megatron. She edged over towards HT and Prime.
Omega growled.
"Please no...please..." Alpha whispered.
"Take one step to hurt them..." Omega hissed under his breath.
"You are not welcomed here megatron." Prime said. Prowl glared and nodded.
Alpha nodded fursiously and then glared at Klutch and Indy like it was their fault.
don't look at me, we didn't coll dem. Indy thought-sent back.
"Megatron turned to Starscream. "Disarm." he commanded.
"But..." the seeker started to protest, but Soundwave took out his own gun and handed it to Prowl.
Megatron disconnected his armcannon and held it out sideways to Prime.
"As a symbol of my good will." he said.
"Goodwill my afterburners." Starscream mumbled, but took off his armblasters and handed them over.
"I trust that will be good enought for you, sir?" Megatron looked down at the judge.
The Judge nodded. "You said you where here as a witness? To which side, may I ask?" He asked, no emotion in his voice.
I'm sure. Alpha snorted, though she knew Indy was telling the truth.
Starscream narrowed his optics. "We're just here to watch, you idiotic..."
Megatron glared at the seeker to shut up.
"Oy called them." Klutch stepped forward. The entire place suddenly went silent enough to hear a pin drop.
"I knew it." Jade hissed from behind Hammertread. Indy looked at the blue car incredulously.
"wot, if they troy anithing, we can shoot em and drag 'em away." Klutch shrugged.
Alpha whimpered and hid behind Hammertread with Jade. "Oh...sweet mother of Primus no..." She whispered. "Please tell me that they're not going to use THOSE memories...not with Megs here..."
Indy glared at Klutch. he went behind my back she thought, tempted to give her boyfriend a headache of her own, but then decided against it.
the judge looked up at them. "Very well, you may stay. But only until after your testimony is given do I make myself understood?"
The crowd started objecting loudly. The judge hammered his gavel on the podium till they quieted, and looked up at the silver Decepticon.
"Of course." Megatron replied smoothly.
Alpha swallowed.
"Very well." The Judge nodded. "The Prosecution may present their case."
Klutch stepped forward. "Let me first begin by saying that it does not matta whaetha an Autobot is pretending to be one oah not. When they have a history as a Decepticon, theah's ollways the chonce they could be simply masquerading as an Autobot, in ordah to relay information to the othah side." the judge nodded. "I would like to fust call fowud... "
Alpha, how about you." Klutch smiled
Alpha whimpered. She swallowed and then looked around, but walked fowards.
Bro...
It'll be okay, sis. Omega said softly.
Alpha nodded. She looked at the mech. "Yes?"
"Is it true you were once a Decepticon?"
Megatron smiled.
Starscream smirked.
Soundwave sm...well...nobody could tell for sure with him.
Alpha whimpered. "Y-Yes...but not by choice..." She said, looking over at her friends. She looked at the ground and then at Klutch.
Omega growled.
Kit whimpered.
"yes or no only will be fine." Klutch returned.
"Now then, were you a Decepticon?"
"Yes." Alpha whispered, nodding. "I was."
Prime stepped in. "If I may object, that question was allready asked." he said. The judge nodded.
"sustained. continue with the previous train of thought, please."
Klutch frowned.
"So, if you didn't like being there, am I correct in assuming that?"
Alpha nodded. "Yes." She looked at Prime. Thank you. The femme thought sent.
Prime smiled beneath his face mask, and nodded back.
"So, if you disliked bein theah so much, you nevah enjoyed just...hangin around with the othas? maybe, conversating with them?" he asked.
Prime sighed. "Specify "hangin around."
The judge looked at Prime. "This is a presentation, not a debate. You will get your turn to ask questions."
Prime nodded, not liking it one bit.
"No." Alpha said, looking at Klutch. "I hung around with my brother and that's it. I was only with the others when I was forced to be."
"Ah, but youah brotha was a Decepticon, also, wasn't he? and I shouldn't have to remind you yes oah no, please."
The judge nodded.
"Frag." Alpha cursed. She glared at him and noded slowly. "Yes...he was..."
Omega growled. Sorry sis.
It's okay, bro...
"And did you enjoy spending time with him?"
"Most of the time." Alpha said, glaring at Klutch. She didn't like where this was going
"Yes or no." Klutch folded his arms.
"Yes." Alpha growled, folding her arms as well as if saying 'I can do that too.'
"so it could be said you enjoyed spending time with one othah Decepticon, then?" Klutch smirked. "yes or no." he reminded under his breath.
"Yes." Alpha said, clenching her teeth. Okay. Now she REALLY didn't like where this was going.
"ah." Klutch tuened around. "If I may call one of the Autobots fowud." the judge nodded.
"Prowl." klutch motioned. The tactician composed himself and stepped out where he could be seen. "Tell may, have any of the Autobots evah caused harm to anothah being, evah, purposely?" he looked over at Alpha.
"No." Prowl said. "Have they evah..say...touchurd anyone."
Prowl gave him a flat look. "No." he deadpanned. "It is against our moral standards."
Klutch turned to Alpha. "But yet, you seem to have gotten away with it. Do you deny the fact that you touchud then killed two innocent neutrals befoah joining th Autobots?" he said.
Alpha swallowed. She closed her optics, looked down, and whispered,
"No. I do not deny it." She let her mind touch her friends'. She wanted to see what they thought of the "innocent" femme they knew that they knew the truth.
They were suprised, some of them shocked. HT blinked. He didn't know she had once been a Decepticon.
Yes, their views of her had indeed changed.
Cable was also suprised Alpha was also a 'con. But he was on Cybertron at the time, and only heard stories of the hush-hush experimentation.
Gunlock was emotionless.
Beacon and Drveby were disgusted. "How could she do something like that?" Driveby thought.
"So tell me, Prowl. Did you kow about this..past of hers?"
Alpha swallowed. Tears fell. I'm sorry, my friends...I didn't do it of my own free will... She said as a tear rolled down her cheek. She looked away from her friends.
Prowl blinked. "No...I did not..."
"Ah, so you let anyone join youah army without trying to find out who they wuh?"
Prowl looked over at Prime. "I knew." he said.
"And you didn't ask why she did it?" Klutch replied. Prime looked over at Alpha.
"If I may." Megatron stepped forward, and looked at the judge. "You have to be called on." the judge grunted. Megatron frowned.
Klutch nodded. "I remit my last question."
The judge nodded. "Tell me, Alpha, have you evah killed an Autobot? keep in mind, Indy can read youah mind right now, and I have the decepticon leadah, also sworn to tell the truth." he eyed her.
Alpha sobbed. More tears fell. "Yes...I have..." She said, her voice breaking.
Omega landed. He growled, but said nothing. She was defending me! He thought, but kept quiet.
"I killed an Autobot a few years before I joined..."
Prowl's jaw fell open.
the crowd gasped, and a few yelled. the judge pounded his gavel for silence.
"and you nevah told the Autobots?" Klutch prodded.
"I-I told Prime..." Alpha sobbed, wiping her optics. She looked up at Klutch. "But I...I never told anyone else...because Prime said that because I was protecting my brother...I..." She looked away and whimpered, tears still falling.
Starscream stepped forward. "don't let her fool you. she enjoyed it!" he spat.
"Do you mind!" Klutch objected.
"She had a choice!" Megatron snapped."
Alpha clutched the sides of her head and sobbed. "Yes! I had a choice! It was kill or let my brother be killed! I wasn't going to let anything happen to him!" She sobbed, her optics shut tight.
Omega snarled.
Klutch nodded. "You admit you had a choice. And wheah is youah brothah now?" he asked. the blue sportscar glanced at the soldiers, who held their stun-rifles at the ready. "And why would the Autobots let someone join theah foaces, knowing they had killed one of theah faction a little moah than a yeah earliah?" he turned to Prowl, who for once had a blank look on his face.
"I won't tell you." Alpha said, glaring at him. She had stopped crying immedinatly. "You won't hurt him."
Omega, who was invisible, blew his sister a kiss, sent her a message, and then ran for it.
"I did all the things in my life for him...I won't let you hurt him. I won't let you get your hands on him." She growled, clenching her fists. She turned to Megatron. "I shouldn't have let YOU get your hands on my brother."
Klutch sighed. "so he's still a Decepticon, then?" He looked at Alpha, then Prowl.
"No. My little brother's an Autobot. Remember the black jet? He's my twin brother." Alpha growled.
Megatron smirked confidently.
"Yes, they were both in my employment, before becoming Autobots."
Prime interjected with "He is not subject to your alligations."
"On the contrary, he is if he was also a Decepticon." Klutch responded evenly.
"Prime, I must ask you to order him here to give his testimony." Prime glared at him.
the judge nodded. "Please do so, Prime. He will not be held as a crimnal, such as the rest of this group, but we do wish to ask him some questions."
Prime turned his comm on. "Omega, please report to our location immediately." he paused. "That is an order."
Omega appeared behind Prime. "I'm here."
Alpha cursed, "Omega!"
"Sorry, sis. Prime's the boss."
Alpha sighed and hung her head. "Me and my big, fat mouth..."
Omega smiled softly and then looked at Prime. "A'ight, I'm here boss."
He added where only Prime could hear him, "I've been here."
"Allo, Omega, tell me, wheah ave you been hiding out all this time?" Klutch started.
Omega shrugged. "Here. There." he pointed to the sky and then over to behind Klutch. He then pointed to behind the judge and HT. "