Transformers Prime :Miami.
Chapter 3: War Zone.
Disclaimer:This chapter starts kinda of weird but work with me.
April Sullivan fidgeted as she leaned over the railing of the luxury class yacht, There were many elements in play tonight that most people would love. Such as a cool sea air, A night filled with stars, The outline of downtown Miami from the bay. Even this yacht which was the home to the most epic fraternity party this year. The men of Ki Gamma Omega ,Had this party planned for months now. The yacht was enormous that could easily hold 300, and it was filled with as much booze as its hold could hold.
With it were their sister sorority Lambda Pi Eplison. It was to be an incredible night of partying for the college students of the University of Miami. So what was Medical student April Sullivan doing there? It was a question she asked herself. Her thesis on the "numerological pathways of the human brain and how they correlate with energy stimuli" was set to be presented in three weeks. Parties were not her element. It wasn't that she wasn't pretty, April wasn't that bad looking. She had short black hair that was cut in a pixie fashion, a fair complexion that happen to have its more share of bags than usual, Thanks to a few restless night sleep.
She was nearing 25 and close to her Doctorate, If everything went to plan she would be interning at John Hopkins as a Medical research scientist. She was dragged to come to this party by her best friend Christy. Who was a sorority sister and allowed to bring one non sorority friend.
"there you are!" Christy called out, her hair disheveled and holding a red cup, Her breath already reeked of Peppermint schnapps." When are you going to learn to relax and have a good time!"
'I can have a good time Christy,Just...not like this."April said looking out into the night air.
'I've already talked to three guys who would like to meet you!" She smiled as she leaned against the rail beside her friend.
"Meet or m-e-a-t?" April asked sarcastically
"One thing always leads to the other."Christy purred.
April let out a huff as the anxiety was overwhelming now, she reached for her backpack.
"Oh no no no!" Christy scolded, She knew April brought her laptop when she told her not to.
Christy grabbed her friend hand "Not here! You are suppose to relax , d'you hear me!"
"I-I just need to transcribe some notes..." She said quietly "and besides.."
Just then April was interrupted when several flashes caught her eye. They were emanating from the coast not far away.
"What in the name of Donatello , is that?" April asked
"is it fireworks?" Christy asked squinting.
"...it's a battle..." April said ominously.
"Prepare to be one with the All spark.." Astrotrain said ready to blow Elita-one's head clean off.
Elita wasted no time, She planted her right arm in the ground and swung her legs around the force was enough to knock Astrotrain off his feet, She used her speed to gain the upper hand. Mounting the large triple changer she sent blow after blow to his face.
Blitzwing acted quickly and aimed his arm cannon at Elita, he didn't get to fire before out of thin air flew Mirage at him, Mirage transformed and took down the large Decepticon.
Astrotrain kicked Elita off as she landed near Sunstreaker and Perceptor..
"I have a fix on the shard! " She shouted " Take out these two , I'll get the shard!"
Elita transformed into her car mode and tore down the marina, The Medrano had a 10 minuet head start on her, She barely saw him hijack speed boat and tear off down the Miami waters.
"Oh no you don't!" Elita said as she gained speed down the pier and just before she ran out of driving room she jumped in the air and transformed into her third form.
Elita-One herself was also a triple changer, this was evident as she transformed into a high powered, Magenta colored Baha 35 outlaw motorboat.
The Medrano lieutenant was in full panic mode now, whatever this was that was handcuffed to his wrist was hurting him, He didn't know how, but he could feel it. It felt as if he was being eaten from the inside out. He struggled to keep the boat steady as he weaved in and out of boat traffic. He turned his head to see another boat tailing him. All he knew was he had to get to the airport, get rid of this thing ,get his money and get out.
He could feel himself getting heavier and weaker, if he couldn't carry this case , he was determined to find some one who could. He found the biggest loudest yacht he could and parked the boat next to it.
April tore herself away from the light show, and Christi's grip. "Look I'm sorry but I have worked to do—OOF!"
April knew better than to talk and walk backward at the same time, for at that moment was a frat member known only as OX , as he was big and as stupid as an OX. Ox had just finished downing several vodka bathed cherries, and was now roaming the boat for any type of female company
he turned the corer as he was talking loudly and obnoxiously, he failed to see the tiny April as he crashed into her, the impact nearly sent her over the rail, she screamed as she caught herself, but in doing do he backpack loosen itself from her shoulder and fell into the waters below.
Her mouth hung open as she was speechless, She saw three years of research sink to the bottom of the bay..
"no-no-no-no-no-no!" She said as she could feel a panic attack coming on, tears welled up in her eyes.
"Ah dude, sorry about your bag" ox said " You wanna make out?"
As awful as this was it wasn't the worst moment of April's life, she turned to run away and find someplace to cry before she ran into the chest of another person, She looked up into the eyes of the Medrano Lieutenant, He had dark skin black curly hair and he was running a fever. He grabbed April spun her around and wrapped his arm around her neck and pointed his gun at her head.
Now it was the worst moment of April's life.
Elita-One stayed her distance from the yacht, she could see the Medrano's motorboat hitched nearby, She knew he went there to hide not to run, All she had to do was stay a close tail until he made a mistake. She noticed a commotion aboard the boat, there were many frantic yells and cries among the yachts guests. She focused her optics and saw what was happening. It was the Medrano agent , and he had a hostage.
"Scrap."
He loaded April into the boat as she was now fighting back tears. She kept looking at his gun pointed right at her head, She had to breath and keep control.
"look please, Don't kill me or rape me, I-I'm not even from here , i'm from New York!I don;t have parents, so I;m no good for a ransom pleas e just let me go!" She pleaded.
"Silencio!" He yelled as he fumbled for the key to the handcuffs He unlocked it
"Damale` su mano! DAMALE` SU MANO!" He yelled as he grabbed her right wrist and attached the handcuff to it. He breathed a sigh of relief as he felt a wave of re freshness wash over him.
He got into the driver;s seat of the boat and drove off.
Mirage and Astrotrain battled back and forth, The fight had long gone from lasers and missile to pure fist to cuffs. Off in the distance he could see Sunstreaker and Blitzwing exchanging fire from behind the large shipping containers. Mirage wished beyond anything that Sunstreaker would not use the Red Energon grenades there.
A flash followed by a large explosion made his deepest fears come true. Mirage picked up astotrain and threw him against the final semi trailer, he fired a missile at Astrotrian but he dodged before the missle connected with the trailer.
Both Astrotrain and Blitzwing at the same time received a communication, they voice on the other side was cold and calculating, and not in a very good mood.
"Astrotrain, Blitzwing, The insect hasn't met his deadline, Go and take the shard and liquidate our asset."
As if in synch both Astrotrain and Blitzwing transformed into their flying modes and tore off. Fires still smoldered around the area, it looked like a battlefield and the Autobots could hear the sirens of the local police and fire department approaching.
"yeah you better run!" Sunstreaker yelled.
"Hate to break it to you Sunstreaker "Mirage said as he joined him" They got order to someplace else. "
Mirage looked at Perceptor who finally joined his colleagues .
"Hey Ceptor! Fat lot of good you were back there!"
Perceptor was busy calculating readings from his Omni-tool on his wrist.
"Mirage I detest fighting, I prefer to leave to the more able and willing, namely
you and Sunstreaker. Besides while you were engrossed in urban warfare I calculated what the metallic compound we are seeking is for . "
Before Mirage and Sunstreaker could ask the sceintist to indugle them more they heard the sirens approach closer, "Gentlebots, I suggest we resume this conversation at the underwater base. "
Perceptor then opened the ground bridge to their base as they transformed and disappeared into the green swirling portal.
Within seconds of the portal closing Miami PD swarmed the marina. They worked quickly to secure the crime scene or what most of the officers were calling it a "War Zone"
Amidst the carnage a black 2012 ZL1 Camaro arrived on the scenes, Blue and red flashing lights alerted the authorities that is was one of them. From within Miami Police Detective Verity Carlo viewed the scene.
She grabbed a hair band from the cup carrier and tied her black hair into ponytail. She got out and was immediately greeted by . The large burly cop looked like he had already been through a pack of smokes.
'it's a nightmare here detective, We got Miami Dade county sheriff, Miami PD, Florida state troopers and even the Coast Guard all trying to claim control of this crime scene!"
Det. Carlo looked to see a news van pull up, "And now the evening news is here, "She said. " Buy me some time ok, I need to scan the scene.."
Out of any of the police or fire and rescue here, Verity had a one up on them all, She surveyed the smoldering fires at the shipping containers, She snapped a photo on her phone of the red burning metals of the container.
"Sunstreaker..." She whispered.
She saw the damage of the two cars and the Semi as it seems they were cut by a high powered energy beam
"Perceptor..." She sighed
She then turned her attention to the tire marks that measured a few feet before mysteriously disappearing. 'And Mirage..."
The 35 year old policewoman knew too well what all caused this, She knew because there was a time she was a troubled runaway. At the age of 15 she was headed for either jail or a body bag. Then Verity's life got complicated. She met the Autobots For five years she fought along side Ultra Magnus and the Wreckers. Effectively becoming the only human to ever join their ranks. But all good things must come to an end, Ultra Magnus and the Wreckers left Earth ,and Verity was left to start a new life. A life that led her to become a Miami Detective.
She made sure she had privacy before she got out her cell phone.
"Elita one, Pick up you bucket head, PICK UP!"
Elita answered "Kinda busy now Verity!"
"Do you want to tell me why the Autobots have suddenly started taking down the Columbian drug cartels? What? ,Did they Decepticons move to Mars!" Verity growled "I'm sitting on top of a major disaster here!"
'And I'm chasing down the perp who has a possible dangerous piece of Cybertronian hardware AND a hostage!" Elita bit back.
"Where are you?" She demanded "Elita!"
It was too late as Elita-one hung up.
Elita regretted hanging up on verity, She was a proven ally to the Autobots. But Elita could not risk more humans getting involved and possibly getting hurt. She was determined to get back this young hostage.
Perceptor chimed in " Elita-One, we are back at the base , Astrotrain and Blitzwing escaped,where are you?"
"Im headed south past Biscayne bay, the hostage is still safe but he attached the suitcase to the hostages wrist, any reason why?"
Perceptor paused, it was a pause Elita knew too well, what followed usually meant very bad news.
"I've analyzed the energon readings from the marina, What is in that case is a Spark chamber."
'That's Impossible!" Elita one shouted." The well of the all sparks was destroyed a thousand years ago!, Who is it of?"
"That I cannot ascertain, It could be anybot ." Perceptor said.
"I can see why now the Decepticons want it, "Elita said.
"We need to beat them to that spark and save the hostage, Failure is not an option!" She said as she saw the Medrano motorboat dock at the abandoned air-yard.
"He just pulled into Aircraft Junkyard at the abandoned Carson Air force Base, Be ready to bridge in at my signal."
"One more thing Elita-one, ,Judging by the spark readings it has begun to mature, Meaning the energon radiation it is giving off is fatal to humans, You wont have long to retrieve it if you want to save your hostage."
"Noted "
The Medrano Lieutenant stopped the boat and dragged April by the arm, She was already weak and pale. Sweat dripped from her and her mouth became dry.
"Hurry! Hurry!" He yelled.
April struggled to get to her feet and keep up as her head swam , She knew these symptoms to be radiation poisoning. She knew she needed to be treated soon or else the effects would be fatal, her thesis was the furthest thing from her mind, all she could think about was surviving this ordeal. The case was important so as long as she had it, he didn't have a reason to kill her.
He drugged her by the yard filled with dead and broken down aircraft and helicopters, Dawn was beginning to break and the cool seas air crept through the yard.
The Medrano agent had to find and steal a car to make it to the rendezvous, he didn't make far before a car found him, Elita-one transformed from her car mode to her robot form.
"Stop right now!" She ordered.
April looked at the giant robot before her, the giant talking robot, "oh great, now i'm hallucinating!
"You need to let the girl go and turn yourself in, You are not escaping!"
The Medrano agent spat an insult in Spanish as he fired his gun at Elita, The bullets whizzed by her and the one that hit her bounced off her cheek."
"Your not stopping me that way..." She smirked
He then pointed the gun at April's head and cocked the hammer.
Elita raised her hands up "Ok! Ok! Calm down we're not doing that..."
Elita didn't have time to say another word before a beam shot through the morning and hit the Medrano agent, he disintegrated into ash within a blink of an eye. Before april knew what was going on she felt herself get scooped up by a large purple and black metal hand,
"Good Shot Blitzwing! You scrapped the insect and didn't even touch this one!" Astrotrain,
Elita one armed her arm cannon on both arms and aimed it at both triple changers" Drop the girl now Cons!"
Astrotrain grinned as he grabbed the case with one hand and still help April with the other. April screamed as she felt her arm being pulled from her body.
"Ah Ah ah!" Astrotrain said, " Not a step further, or i'll pull this humans arm from her body!" He slowly added pressure by the second. April could feel the tendons start to pull and strain, She knew within a minuet the ball and socket would give way then the surrounding skin would tear, the arm would be pulled away as the arteries in her arm would spill blood a liter a minuet.
"Put your guns away" Astrotrain demanded
Elita one quickly obliged as her guns turned back into hands, she held them up in a sign of non hostility.
'I did as you asked now let the girl go.."
Astrotrain shook his head 'Now this is what we are going to do, You will tell me the location of your base AND Optimus Prime's base or I will disarm the human..." Elita-one scowled as she knew she had seconds to make a decision...
Author's notes, Sorry for the cliffhanger, but it was getting late. I wanted to build up to the final end of this battle so I can get on to the main meat of the plot. I also introduced two new characters into the story. One is a nod to the IDW transformers comics. The other is an OC I thought would be fun to introduce .
She isn't based off of me or anyone in the real world, but a character in the TF:Prime universe did inspire her creation, and she will not for sure be a mary Sue, her flaws will be "epic" to say the least. We'll get to more of her later.
And yes I took major liberties in making Elita-One a triple changer. I deducted if she were to thrive in Southern Florida, not only did she need a car mode she would need a motorboat mode as well.
I want to thank everyone for their comments and suggestions so far. It really inspires me to write my best for you all. Now let's get to comments!
MerchantNavyCadet.-I was wondering when you would find my lil corner of ^_^ To answer you, It isnt the habit of the Autobot to do the dirty work of the Miami PD, The Colombians just happened to be in possession of some dangerous Cybertronian hardware that no one should have. There are and will be some influences of Miami vice and Burn Notice in the fic but not enough to dilute it from the original premise. And No I'm not from Miami, never even been there. I just did a LOT of research before I wrote the story. Thanks so much for your insight!
MIScrasyaboutfanfics- Actually there will be three new allies, the third will be introduced next chapter, and they will fit along the theme of .and Future.
Semperfi97 – U-RAH!( Former Devil Doc here) That is an interesting premise that I may someday touch upon. For now everyone will get to see the funny "quirks" Sunstreaker is capable of! =)
NEXT TIME: Seconds are ticking as April's life hangs in the balance and what will be the fate of the Spark Shard? Will Elita-One risk the life of an innocent to keep the Autobot secret from the Decepticons?, and watch what happens when the Agent Fowler equivalent of Team Elita arrives,and she isn't happy.