Transformers Prime : Miami
Chapter 5: Green light
It was Daybreak in Miami, From the looks of the city ,you could hardly tell there was a major battle at the docks in the Port of Miami. News agency reported it was a plane crash and that the pilot survived but was unavailable for comment. At least that was the story they were fed. After much heated debate on who was in charge of the crime scene ,The Federal bureau of Investigations came in basically told the other agency's to screw off. To Detective Verity Carlo, it didn't matter to her , She already got what she needed from the crime scene.
She accepted the fact that there was a new Autobot team at work in Miami, She also accepted that she was too old and too establish in her own life to drop everything to join them in the great fight against the Decepticons. She even accepted the fact that the Decepticons reared their ugly robotic head in South Beach, But what she could not accept for one second, was that Miami's local gangs might be in league with the Decepticons. She would always be a Wrecker at heart, but now She was Miami PD, and she swore an oath to protect the city.
The black ZL1 Camaro she drove took the turn into Little Havana. A neighborhood that was the heartbeat of the Cuban culture here in Miami. She felt her bluetooth come alive.
"So your going to Little Havana why?"
Verity smiled " I just need to visit a contact.
"Aren't;t you even curious about the outcome of last night with Elita-one and her crew, and the hostage?"
"The hostage is fine, I know it. "" She said pulling onto SW 8th avenue
"Your that confidant in her?"
"You weren't?" She asked.
"ok, I admit she is no pushover, it's just not like you to let her off so easily."
"Who said anything about that? ,I'm just biding my time, and where are they going to go to?"
"Just be careful, I worry about my partner..."
"Don't I have the best back up in the world." She said as she pulled into the alley of El Tornado car repair.
For a Miami cop it was vital to have reliable contacts, and Verity had the best crop. She had some good folks as informants, and not so good folks, they usually required more "persuasion" to loosen their lips.
She had Store owners and on and off Dealers, she even had a *burned spy as an asset. Today however she was visiting her least favorite contact. He was a chop shop worker by the name of Rodrico, He usually ran with a crew that sometimes worked with the Colombians. She knew getting info from him wouldn't be easy, and some screw turning might be necessary.
She walked out of her car into the bright Maimi sunshine, She hadn't had sleep yet and the coffee made her breath nice and rank.
"Rodrico! Etsa Aqui?" She shouted asking if he was here. "Venga` se pa wheda!" She called him out.
Nothing, she sighed as she knew this was going to go down the hard way, She had no way how hard . She counted not one but 8 Medranos emerging from the garage.
"They got here first!" She hissed
"Don;t do anything stupid!"
"hey you know me" she said
"that's what I'm afraid of..."
"You must be real stupid to come here after last night Chica!" The bald one with too many tattoos said holding a bat. "cop or no cop The Medranos are liquidating!"
"I'm going to give you one chance, tell me who is your contact with the Decepticons!" She said as she drew out her pistol. "Who are you working for!"
"We ain't tell you nothing!" He said as the Medranos drew out weapons, a lot of them from semi automatics to Baretta's " You picked a wrong to to come without back up!"
"You really think I came without backup? My partner's right here!" She said as her Camaro transformed into a large and fierce looking Autobot, with black and gray coloring.
"Take care of their weapons Prowl."
Prowl's hand transformed into a Dish like device, he sent out a pulse wave that enlarged the bullets in the chambers of their guns, rendering them ineffective, It also fried the gang bangers cell phone making them into very expensive paperweights.
When they found their guns were useless, most of them fled in fear, Verity sighed at the sight of grown men running, She picked the bald guy, and fired a shot that grazed his leg. He collapsed as he tasted dirt. He then felt himself being picked up by his good leg and dangling upside down by Prowl.
He dangled the ganger in front of Verity. "Now are you going to tell me what I need to know, or does My partner here need to get …...sarcastic."
Prowl had been Verity's partner since she first joined the Autobots, He was her guardian, her protector, and she was his reason for leaving the Autobots,and staying here on Earth with her. He was content with his life with her. He watched her finish school, Enter the Police Acadamy, When she became Detective, she immediately brought him on secretly to help in her police work. The two together were unbeatable, Ask any Con.
Back at the underwater Autobot Base, Elita one and her team could finally recuperate from last nights events. After some prodding, the new Cybertronian agreed to come back to base with them. It was her first day of life, She had a lot to take in.
Perceptor now had two sleeping life forms in his laboratory. He put the new Cybertronian to rest mode while he ran a diagnostic on her. April had since been moved to an old couch, Mirage went out to collect from a donation center. The Autobots were refuling with some energon when she woke up.
April opened her eyes to see the stale lights of the base, everything was battleship grey. She looked to see various computer terminals with the largest screens she had ever seen. From the far end of base she saw a large round glass chamber with a sleeping robot inside ,various wires attached to her. She sat up and saw she was on an old couch and covered in a blue blanket. She tried to piece together the events from last night, the last thing she remembered clearly was being taken hostage by a gun toting maniac, and the being held hostage yet again by large robots. This was of course going in an out of consciousness.
She checked her arm to see that it was still there and it felt fine, Judging from her lack of fever and normal pulse the radiation poisoning was gone. She reached into her shirt to take her glasses that were hanging from her front bra strap. Putting them on she saw the world was fuzzy, and when she took them off the world was clear again.
"I have 20/20 vision!" She thought, She had needed glasses since she was 7. "When did I get laser corrective surgery. She looked at her chest to see that both her breasts were now the same size, Growing up with Breast Asymmetry made her an easy target of ridicule of high school.
She got up to walk around the base and heard voices from the far hall, She walked toward the sound of chattering. She followed it to an open area and stayed close to the wall, Peering slowly into the room she saw three giant robots, sitting around on large shipping crates, They were hooked up to a large round cylinder filled with a glowing blue fluid.
"Wish I could have seen the look on her face!" Mirage chuckled.
"She was steaming!" Elita-One said " I swear I haven't seen Agent Greene that pissed since during that Vehicon tussle during Stark Conference last year!"
"Have you thought about what your going to report to Optimus?" Sunstreaker asked
Elita glared at him. "You let me worry about that Mr Throw-a-red-energon-grenede any damn time I feel like it!" as they Autobots laughed, Elita noticed out the corner of her optics April hanging in the doorway.
"Hey there missy!, "She called out 'Welcome back to the land of moving parts!"
Mirage beckoned her over, "C;mon! We're not gonna step on you, Only Cons do that!"
"What are cons?April asked
"Those would be the two scrapheads, that tried to tear you limb from limb" Mirage said, he turned to Elita-One with his hands clasped in a prayer like position "Please let me tell it boss!,Please I'm begging you."
Elita-One rolled her optics. "Go on..."
Mirage leaned to his side and place a large crate for April to take a seat, and began his story.
'We are Autonomous beings from a planet called Cybertraon. Eons ago Cybertron was engulfed in a terrible war between the Autobots,us and the Decepticons. The Decepticons are pretty much the bad guys, they live to conquer and plunder, well mainly plundering. After our planet was lost we scattered among the galaxy. We now live here on Earth and unfortunately so do some Decepticons, But don't worry we're handling that."
April had a wide grin " So there is other life out there? We aren't alone..."
You have no idea kiddo! "Mirage said
Mirage pointed to Elita-One "This is our leader, Elita-One, that's Sunstreaker, I'm Mirage and the bot that saved you is called Perceptor."
"I'm April,April Sullivan." She introduced herself
"Nice to meet you !,April April Sullivan! They said in unison as April rolled her eyes.
"Bots with a bad sense of humor,what next?" she thought.
Perceptor then walked in to see April up and about " Ah! There is the young Earthling! Up and about! How are you feeling?"
"You healed me? That's amazing! I'm studying to be a Doctor myself, but the rate I was healed was light years beyond human capability!" she said
'Yes,I know" He said smugly " I merely healed you with nanoscopic robots called nano-bots, they simply repaired you at a cellular level. They also repaired any other issues you were having"
"Thank you "April said with a smile.
"I have their complete report in my data banks, they also recorded a copy of your life history from your brain waves, I didn't know you were related to-"
"WHAT!" She yelled " You "downloaded" my brain! " She said her cheeks turning red with anger.
"Is something the matter" Perceptor asked as Mirage and Sunstreaker and Elita one all looked away uncomfortably.
April huffed" Rude much! What gave you the right to peek into my personal life?"
"You no longer have to worry about Breast Asymmetry..."
"UAH!" She said now fully embarrassed, and covering her chest. She got up "Thank you for the 20/20 vision but I need to leave!"
"I think what Perceptor means to say is that, It was wrong of him to invade your privacy and is very very sorry!, aren't you Perceptor?" Elita one said looking at Perceptor.
Perceptor paused, he was speechless, Mirage then punched him in the him.
Oh I-I am S-s-s-s, I was w-w-w-wr-wr-wr.."
Sunsteaker then hit his other arm.
"Wr-Wrong! I was Wrong.." He apologized.
"He sometimes has trouble admitting he was wrong..."Elita said "I'm sure Perceptor would be willing to make it up to you."
"Yes! "Perceptor said " I could put a copy of your thesis paper on a hard drive for you?"
April stopped as the offer sunk in her head .
"Ok your forgiven!" She said looking back sweetly.
Resounding from the base was a three tone alert, and the mood in the room suddenly changed.
"That's Autobot Base Omega One, Our illustrious leader wants a report."
The other Autobots stood up as well,and Elita spoke without turning around "STAY!, Mirage Your now her guardian, April must be hungry, Take her to get some food..."
She walked out of the room "I'll deal with Orion..."
Elita-One walked to the console to answer the call, "This is Autobot Base Gamma Two, over."
On the screen appeared the face of Optimus Prime, Leader of the Autobots.
"Elita-One, "He said slowly" it is...Good to see you again"
"Orion" She said coldly.
A paused that seemed like forever happened when Prime finally spoke."Do you have the report from the incident last night in Miami?"
Elita was straight and to the point. " Last night we intercepted a transmission from humans involved in illegal activity according to human laws. We found out that among their shipment of illegal drugs they also carried a piece of dangerous Cybertronian hardware."
"What kind?" Prime asked.
"If I could be allowed to continue..." She hissed,
" The Cybertronian hardware a a Spark shard, from the well of Sparks thought lost long ago, we aren't sure how it got here, but we knew we had to retrieve it before the Decepticons did. The Decepticons hired the local drug cartel to transport it to who, we don't know. But we suspect it had something to do with the two Triple Changer Decepticons we encountered. A fight ensued where a human hostage's life was threatened by the one called AstroTrain. My team went in and rescued the hostage and neutralized the Decepticons, where they proceeded to flee eastbound."
"What of the Hostage?" Prime asked unafraid of her tone.
"The hostage was injured by the Decpeticon and the radiation emitting from the shard spark, Perceptor was able to heal her to full capacity using nano-bots."
"If the Decepticons are aware of her existence, She is in danger, Due to the nature of your missions ,I'm afraid I must insist she come here for protection."
'Out of the question!" Elita snapped " From Perceptors report she has a life here and I will not tear her from it!, My team is more than capable!, You worry about your team, I'll worry about mine!"
"Very well, but know I will not condone any human casualties." Prime warned "Already much has been lost in this war, "
"Don;t remind me of what I lost..." Elita said barely containing her anger.
"For what it's worth Elita, I'm sorry..."Prime said in a sad tone.
"Elita out." She said as she ended the call.
She pounded the console, and lowered her head, Closing her eyes, she remembered that awful day long ago.
Elita-one was once known as Ariel, She was a simple dock worker, It was the golden age of Cybertron. She had a life, a job she enjoyed and a Sparkmate, Orion Pax. Orion was a file clerk, They were deeply in love and planned a life together. But Orion Pax was frustrated with the caste system of Cybertron. He soon became friends with a charismatic gladiator of the arenas, Megatronus.
Megatronus sought a radical change to Cybertron demanding a free Cybertron. Orion was enthralled. In order to enter the political arena Maegatronus changed his name to Megatron.
When the High council finally declared that change should be initiated, They Chose Orion Pax to become Optimus Prime and hold the Autobot matrix of leadership. Ariel watched from the wings of the council as her Orion became Optimus.
What followed soon proved to be the final days of Cybertron. As megatron became more ruthless, He and his Decepticons waged war, theat tore apart Cybertron. The war engulfed and destroyed everything it touched. When Megatron could not take Iacon, the Autobot capital, he decided to level it. Ariel was caught in the first bombardment. Nearing death, She was taken to Alpha trion. Due to his commitments as a Prime, Optimus could not be with Ariel as she became Elita-One.
The war grew so bad that Cybertron was one the brink of destruction, It was deemed that the Autobots should leave on Arks, Elita-Oone learning that she wasn't on the same transport as Optimus, Left to find his Ark,
The Arks launched all around her as she finally found Optimus, The launch yard was under bombardment, She pleaded to go with Optimus, but Optimus had to make the desicon, Launch the Ark or lose all aboard. He swore that he would find her again. She didnt seem him again until her team Arrived on Earth two years ago.
"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few,or the one. It was a painful lesson Elita-One learned that day. Since then she dedicated herself to honing her fighting and leadership skills, to never ever turn her back on those who needed her.
"Are you ok?" The new Cybertronian asked, Elita didn't notice her there, she wasn't sure how much she heard.
"uh yeah.." She said "How are you?"
"Im ok , " she said, She was the height of Arcee, Green and white were her colors, "Everything is still new to me. "
"You were sparked here on Earth,Your Cybertronian , Do you have a name?"
"the data files Perceptor uploaded to me tell some things , like about what happen to Cybertron, but i'm not sure I have a name" She said
"Transform for me" Elita asked
She did as she asked as she turned into the 222 Bell helicopter, It was green as her and various green blinking light emitted as she started to hover within the base."
Elita was glad that with her being a Helicopter they now had Air ,Land and Seas coverage, She was going to need training.
"That's good!" she said as the female Cybertronian transformed back to robot mode.
"How bout Green Light?" Elita suggested" You have lights and they're green."
"I like it, "green light said, "So Am I an Autobot?"
"well your not attacking me, so I'd say thats a big yes!" Elita smiled.
Let's get an Autobot Symbol on you..."
Far away about a 100 miles east of the coast of Miami, A lone F-18 jet was conducting a training exercise off the waters known as the Bermuda Triangle. A place long known for supernatural occurrences, disappearing planes and boats. There were many theories, from magnetic disturbances to Extraterrestrial doings. All of these theories Major Kent Hawkins didn't believe.
"Foxtrot 20 this is breaker one over" He said as he looked out into the waters below.
"Breaker one this is Foxtrot 20 we are reading you loud and clear."
"I have made my test runs and am ready to head back to the carrier,requesting permission to land." He requested.
"Breaker One you have confirmation..."
He made a turn left when his instruments began to twitch and give false readings, suddenly the night sky which was black turned a bright lime green,
"Foxtrot 20 this is Breaker one, I am experiences some odd readings..."He said as his jet began to grow harder and harder to control, 'He struggled to pull the stick closer to him to bank off " The sky began to turn green then orange as he felt nauseous.
"foxtrot 20 this is Breaker One come in do you read me? " he yelled
Gravity seemed to be pulling the Jet every which way as up became down and down became sideways.
Alarms began to ring out simultaneously, as the craft Seem to phase in an out of existence, Major Hawkins could see the plane disappear in and around him . He could see the waters below that were now red against a green sky,
He tried to pull the eject lever but it soon melted around his hand, the plane then banks off as it hit nothingness. The sky snapped back to the regular night sky and the waters were soon calm, but there was no sign of Major Hawkins or his Jet. The triangle had simply swallowed him up.
Far below the seas, the Enslaver slowly rose to the surface, Inside Shockwave was monitoring the events of the lost aircraft.
"Sire, the test of the Dimensional spike is finished," An Eradicon scientist announced.
'Prepare another for recalibration, 'Shockwave ordered,
He was patient, The Spires needed more work and more testing, but eventually Shockwave would use them to harness the energies of this unique anomaly the Earth possessed, with no knowledge of what they had or the horrors it could unleash.
A/N : I am considering this story arc finished and next chapter will star a new story arc. I wanted to establish the new Autobot so that Team elita now has five members, and We have established that Mirage will be April's guardian. Next month we will delve more into her character and her secret will be revealed. Also in this chapter I brought in Prowl, Why not have the police car be the partner of the cop! I got some real good comments from the last chapter and they have spawned plot bunnies!
Keep the comments coming! They are helping me lots!
I was asked recently who's VA's I would cast for this story and here is who I hear when I write these stories.
Elita-One Sigourney Weaver.
Mirage- Bruce Campbell
Sunstreaker- Cody Bell
Perceptor- Malcom Mcdowell
Green Light- Summer Glau
April Sullivian- Mae Whitman
Verity Carlo- Nika Futterman
Prowl-Brian Bloom
Agent Tabatha Greene-Jenifer Hale.
Shockwave-Corey Burton
NEXT TIME: Mirage learns the perks of being the guardian of a College student and Team Elita is called upon to investigate a Decepticon attack at the Kennedy Space center. Green Light starts her training to become a scout. And an unexpected emergency will reveal a startling truth about April Sullivan!.