South Dakota: Chapter 2
South Dakota is one of those states you would rather get through pretty quickly if given the choice. There is not much to see or do in the state, save for Sturgis, Wall Drug, the Badlands and Mount Rushmore. Tessa pointed out these facts the entire way to Wall Drug.
"What a dump!", exclaimed Tessa. "Yeah all the hype and you'd think this place was cool or something", chimed Shane. "Now, now, kids. This was the place to stop when I was younger. My parents made this a must see place on any of the trips I came out west. Look, they've even added this awesome looking animatronic T-rex. Not to mention, it was you Tessa who thought this place would be cool to stop at." Cade scolded.
Ironhide and Drift were in fits at the bit, about the animatronic dino. "Cade, Tessa, Shane, rememeber how I told you about the ancients landing in this area? Well, that dinosaur there is no ordinary dinosaur, its a specialized form of Transformer called a Dinobot. They were here long ago, sent by the ancients to explore any type of life and a possible inhabitable planet. The Dinobots lived here for millions of years before catastrophe struck. A meteorite touched down, the first contact of the Deceptacons to this planet. We believed they all had been wiped out, until we saw your movie "Jurrassic Park." Ironhide explained.
"Wait a minute, you mean to tell me Jurrassic Park is REAL?!" Shane excitely exclaimed. "Wicked! I always knew there was something lifelike to those dinosaurs. But, how does Steven Spielburg play into all of this, since after all he claims to have built these dinosaurs and is the founding father of animatronics?" "Drift, Shane, Tessa, Cade, as you know the ancients came to this planet many, many moons ago. With them came great advancements of technology, which in the wrong hands could prove disasterous, as we learned previously. However, when the ancients talked with Optimus Prime, they said technology should be avaliable to all, no matter the uses. Wars lead to building stronger races. Optimus, however did not enjoy the idea of fighting and was always on the peaceful side. So he asked..." "If I could be responsible for the most valuable of technologies. I wanted to ensure that fell into the correct hands at the correct moments in time. The Ancients were reluctant to give me that power at first, but when Galvatron used the technology to destroy the Dinobots, they decided to give me a try. I've been betrayed by some pretending to be loyal, but working for the Deceptacons. Thank you for educating these three, Ironhide." Optimus stated.
"So you mean to tell me folks like George Lucas and Steven Spielburg were given technology by you, Optimus?" asked Cade and Tessa excitedly. "That is correct. I gave them the means for finding the technology, as they would not have been as receptive seeing me back than as folks are now. Which is most likely the reason the military is wanting you to head to these ancient grounds."
Optimus said his hello's and goodbyes in a flash, said he would be keeping an eye on them and Bumblebee would be meeting them in Yellowstone. There were more suprises to be found along the road. "Okay folks, the next stop is a suprise and just up the road. We will be spending a day in this area, time to load up." Piped Cade.
Just a few miles down the road, the two vehicles and three people pulled into Sturgis, South Dakota. A group of Hell's Angels road past, admiring Drift's paintjob and giving glares to Cade who sat in the drivers seat of Ironhide. "Sturgis?! Dad, what are you thinking?! This place is dangrous and the people give me the creeps." Tessa blurted. "Tess, I'll have you know most of these people are like you or I. And your grandfather used to ride in one of these bike groups when he was younger. Much to your grandmothers dislkiking. I always wanted to at least come visit, but who knew I'd be here during BIKE WEEK?!"
The family found a hotel down the road which had good food, a swimming pool not overly crowded and a tv to keep in contact with some of the outside world. "Good evening Ladies and Gentleman. This news comes to you from our Fox Affliate in Washington D.C. At 4pm Eastern Standard Time there was a mass movement of Russian forces onto Ukranian soil. As most know there has been increasing tension between Russian and the Ukraine. As the Ukraine wants to be a free state, and Russia has threatened to cut off all aide if they refuse to work with the Russian government. It also appears that an agreement was made between the United States Military and Ukranian government to head into the Chernoybl containment zone. Russian troops are also moving upon that territory."