Transformers Prime :Miami
Chapter 7: Oncoming Storms.
Deep within the waters of the Bermuda Triangle, The Enslaver moved silently though the waters. Shockwave was at work in his laboratory He would soon be ready for another Spire test. Maintaining the correct calibration of the dimensional devices were crucial for his experiment.
Earth had a magnetic field that was unique to any planet in the galaxy. It's positive protons and negative protons. Helped regulated the Earth's atmosphere allowing the humans to breathe. But one in-place in particular had a different set of protons at work.
It was here in the Bermuda triangle that the earths magnetic field had odd fluctuations, and spikes in power. Events like this sometimes cause cracks in dimensional fields, and sometimes when in the wrong place in the wrong time. Objects would slip through these cracks and fall into a different planes of existence. This is why the Bermuda Triangle was infamous for disappearances of planes and ships. Some people thought it was paranormal workings, others thought it was extraterrestrials, But Shockwave knew what it really was. It was a natural dimensional portal, and given the right parameters, Shockwave could use the Triangle as it pleased him.
Shockwave opened his computer panel and activated the view screen, On it was the satellite that had been sent into space last night.
"Activate the satellite and set the preferences for the Dimensional spike test. The Eradicons in his laboratory activated the satellite, He he did he examined the next crucial piece of his plan.
It was a relic of Cybertron, It was at first a powerful Cybertronian weapon Shockwave invented. It was ment to lock onto an Autobot's spark and overload it, reducing the Autobot to mere slag. But as the purge of Cybertron happeend, Shockwave like other Decepticons hid their relics all over the galaxy, He sent his weapon to the Earth, but as it hurled toward the Earth it landed in the area of the Bermuda triangle. It's energies cause the dimensional field of the Triangle to fluctuate. The relic was lost in a separate Dimension for eons, until Shockwave recalled it.
Shockwave set in parameters that at his choosing would recall the device anytime he wanted. It worked very well ,as it pulled the object from the rouge dimension, Doing so altered the weapon into a gelatinous large cube. It had an unstable matter form, so Shockwwave had to stabilize it in a stasis field. Still this cube held in it the energies signatures he would needed to unlock the gateway to any dimension he wanted. This cube and the Bermuda Triangle would be what he needed to open the doorway to hell and wipe out the Autobots once and for all.
April got up early to shower and get ready to cover a friend's shift at the hospital at 6 a.m. Her hair still wet she had to get down to the main staging area where Mirage would take her to work. She exited the elevator and slid down the ladder, when she was met by Elita -one.
"Hey" Elita said.
"Hey" April responded
There was an awkward silence between them as they had a heated argument last night. They didn't get a chance to talk till now.
"Look I-" they said in unison.
"I said some thing I shouldn't have last night and I'm sorry." Elita said
"No, No, I was out of line, I shouldn't have accused you like I did, I do that a lot, Jump to conclusions, assume the worst." April said scuffling her feet.
"It was a bad night for everyone, Agent Greene used us in some kind of power play against Fowler, and the Decepticons are up to something." Elita said walking with her. "I hate it when my team is blindsided like that, I wasn't always this teams leader, I inherited the position from the previous one, Hound when he got dismantled on a mission gone wrong."
"You were second in command?" April asked
"Third actually, the second in command, Ironhide promptly retired" Elita said " but that's story if for another time, I heard about the work you did on Fowler, Good job!"
April smiled " I had my sister with me, We lost our parents when I was 7, She raised me I was there when she got married and even helped with watch Jack so she could finish nursing school. When her husband left she became a single mom. I wanted to stay behind to help her but she practically shoved me out the door to leave for college."
She saw Mirage already transformed and waiting for her. " Ive been with you two months and I've seen how dangerous the Decepticons can be, So yeah I freaked when I found out that it wasn't just me swallowed up in this but my sister and my baby nephew. But I know and trust you Autobots to do your best to keep us safe. "
Elita could tell by her body movements something was bothering her " But there's something else bothering you..."
" Jack has other people, Miko and Raf, even Fowler when he gets on his feet. I don;t really have anyone." She chuckled " Hey don't worry it's not like I'm asking you to hire extra hand and I am committed help out, Perceptor has been teaching how to run diagnostics on you guys."
She shook her head " Ugh! Sorry to be a downer, I;m always this way before my first cup of coffee!, I gotta go!, See you later"
'Don;t work too hard!" Elita said as she saw April get into Mirage
"Starbucks it is!" She could hear Mirage say as he exited the portal.
Perceptor had been working all night, the readings he got from the space center were abnormal to say the least. He knew something was happening , he just wasn't sure what and when.
He barely notice Elita one enter his lab " So what do you have about last night?"
"Ah yes Elita , Come have a look at this " Perceptor said.
Elita walked over and saw come readings from his terminal."Energy spikes," She said
"Correrct. The issue being they are cadmium based, I believe Buzzsaw altered the payload that was in the rocket last night because the energy spikes diminished soon after ,Now what could be profited from a satellite altered that way?" He looked quizzically.
Elita shook her head in a Hell-if-I-know manner.
"I crossed sec-ted energy signatures and energon reading s from over the globe last night, and I noticed many anomalies just east of us, in the area known as the Caribbean. "
He went to the computer monitor and tuned it into the Weather channel, on it was the current weather report.
"A storm from is coming today from the Caribbean, Miami-dade county is expected at least 5-6 inches of rain today followed by high winds. The national weather service has issued a thunder storm warning for the county. Although high winds are expected, it is not expected to be elevated above a tropical storm."
"So its rain..." Elita said
"Exactly!" Perceptor said, "it's the beginning of April, hurricane season isn't for another two months, yet Ive recorded storms of this kind for the past month! Also the increase of disappearances in the area called the Bermuda triangle has increased slightly."
"So you think it's all related.."
"of course it;s related, just i'm not sure how..."
Elita got on the comms, " How is patrol coming along?'
"It's raining cats and dogs So I'm ducked out in a parking garage till it blows over! "Sunstreaker said.
"green light here the rain it making it reaaaaaal hard to fly!" She said as she wobbled over the ocean .
"Green light you better make it back here, the winds are picking up, you can always go to Japser to train with Arcee." Elita said
"...Okay..."Green Light moaned, realizing she'd rather face the storms.
The rain died down at the end of the day, It was close to 6 when April got off shift. She exited out of the hospital and smelled the rain soaked air. She realized Mirage hadnt arrived yet, and decided to wait out front by the Ambulance bay.
It wasn't long before a black car pulled up beside her, "Dr. Sullivan I presume?" Detective Verity Carlo said looking out of Prowl's rolled down window.
"Yes?" April answered
"I think we should grab a cup of coffee!"Verity offered.
April blushed "Oh hey, I uhh, look I am single but I don;t swing that way, Sorry.."
Verity chuckled "That's not what I ment, and I wasn't asking" She then showed April her Miami PD badge. "Get in."
April climbed in " if it's about keying Christi Sorenson's car trust me the bitch had it coming!"
They pulled off into a Cuban Cafe not far from the hospital. They took a seat far, far in the back.
"Order anything you want kid, I'll pick it up." Verity offered.
Before long they were served with Cuban Espresso and Croqutas.
April picked her coffee with shaking hands, Verity could see she was clearly a bag of nerves.
'Relax Ms. Sullivan I'm not here to take you in, I'm here to talk with you about your new friends."
April blinked , Did this cop know about the Autobts? And If so she had to protect them.
"What new friends?" She said slowly
"You don't need to lie to me April, I know your in league with the Autobots, I've been following you since the incident at the port of Miami two months ago," Verity said looking her straight in her eyes.
"I don't like to talk about it..."April said quietly " I was violated."
"Yes , By a 20 ft tall Decpeticon called Astrotrain!" Verity said, She then rached into her jacket as the thought of Verity pulling out a gun to shoot her in the face flashed in April' mind.
She was wrong as verity pulled out a small picture album, She placed several pictures in front of April, They were of a younger Verity, and she was posing with giant robots, Autobots.
"I was where you are, 20 years ago..." Verity said " Before I became a police officer I was a stupid kid making stupid mistakes, Then I met the Autobots and my life changed, "
Aprils eyes watered as a tear fell .
"I'm sorry for trying to lie to you..." She apologized.
"it's ok, you were trying to protect them, i've had to do that too, I cam here to warn you, I have reason to believe the Decpeticons are planing something big, I'm not sure what, but it's coming. And ive fought Cons before, Even Megatron. You need to be careful, cause it;s not all fun and games."
She slid a picture of her and two boys , one with red hair the other with blonde. "They're names were Hunter and Jimmy."
"were?" April asked.
Verity sighed" They gave their lives in service of the Autobots and protecting Earth., and they were my best friends."
"I- I'm sorry " April said.
"I've long been out of the battle, I help out in my own way, From what I've heard through the Autobot chatter, they have their hands full back west." she said as she thought of Miko.
"So what happened? If you don;t mind me prying." April asked
"We joined up with the Autobts and actually joined their ranks as a Wrecker. They taught us all in the ins and outs of support and even how to take down a Decepticon" Verity said
"Megatron and his ranks were planning to make the sun go supernova in order to harness the energies to process Energon, Ultra Magnus the leader of the Wreckers lead a final push against Megatron and his ultimate weapon Scorpinok. We took the fight to Megatron and chased him to Cybertron. In the end, we stopped him at the cost of the lives of several good Autobots and Hunter and Jimmy."
She picked up the picture and looked at it softly " Magnus and the wreckers were called to another conflict in the Krath galaxy, I couldn't follow So I was left here to start a new life, and I became a detective." Verity cut into her croquet and ate it .
"I joined the Police Force at 23, and have been protecting this city in my own way, If it's one thing the Autobots taught me is you don't have to be 20 ft tall and made of metal to make a difference." Verity said looking at April who had her full attention.
"So your...Miami Vice?" April said stifling a chuckle.
Verity cocked her eyebrow, "I have a gun."
"And no socks!"April joked. "I-I'm sorry, I'm from upstate New York, Since my parents passed away when I was 7 it's been my sister and I, She lives out west in Nevada with her son , who also friends with his own Autobots!"
"Wait!" Verity said with astonishment "You're related to Jack Darby?"
April nearly spit up her coffee" Don't tell me you know about him too? Yeah, I'm his aunt!"
Verity covered her hand with her mouth to stifle a laugh" Like I said I'm out of the Autobot Decepticon war, but I still have my Autobot channel clearance, I hear things from time to time."
April grew silent suddenly " I haven't been involved in too much, mainly just learned Autobot diagnostics and how to work the ground bridge controls and comms. How much...poo-poo am I in?"She said not being able to get the curse words out.
"How much shit are you in? " Verity corrected the girl scout " It can get hairy, I won't lie, But the Autobots hold all human life in high regard, I've seen many a good bot lay their life down to protect humans. Sometimes They say they are needed to watch over the humans, but there are times I wonder if it's the other way around. I can tell you this Dr April Sullivan, the Autobots just don;t let anyone into their company. You're definitely more to them than meets the eye."
"Thank you Detective Carlo." April smiled.
"I'm always here if you need to talk April." Verity offered.
An text to Mirage and an hour later the two women left the cafe.
"I'll give you a lift back to base," Verity offered.
"Hooray! I get to to have awkward silences with the Autobots!" April heard her car speak.
"That's Prowl," Verity said " He's my partner and a retired Autobot."
'Empahsis on Retired!" He said.
"I'm April Sullivan" April introduced herself.
"I know" Prowl said " We've been following your Girl Scout butt for the last two months, You ever hear of a social life!"
"You have to excuse Prowl he can be "grumpy!" She said as she thumped the car ceiling with her fist
"Ow!"
"When I was left here, Prowl chose to stay behind to protect me." Verity said " Now he helps me with my police work."
"And we have a nice place out near Coconut Grove!" Prowl said as Verity cleared her throat." Oh please! You have a cot in the garage !"
"You cry every time we see the first 10 minuets of Up!" Verity bit back.
"At least I don't walk around the house in my underwear! You trying to burn out my optics!" Prowl argued
"Wow! You two argue like a married couple!" April chuckled as Prowl suddenly grew quiet.
"Autobot base two, This is Detective Carlo! I need a ground bridge!" She said avoiding the conversation.
The Enslaver
The preparations were in place and Shockwave activated the Iradium satellite, Positioning the satellite that sat in earths orbit over the area of the Bermuda Triangle, He primed it's superlaser.
"fire the laser now!" He ordered.
The laser fired and hit a dimensional spike The spike took the energy and fired back through the dimensional window of the Triangle.A portal then opened in space various winds and energies poured from the tear in the space time fabric.
"Portal opened above the earths orbit!" Astrotrain reported.
"Sir, There is something coming through the portal!" Blitzwing noted
"Interesting "Shockwave said " Monitor it and prepare to collect whatever comes from it.
High above Earth's orbit, in the cold vacum of space, the portal spat out a single Space Capsule.
It was silver and flask shaped, and had two solar panel out of boths sides near the top. The only writing on it was a Red Star and the words :C.C.C.P
The experimental Soviet spacecraft Soyuz-2 that was lost on January 15,1968 was about to return to earth.
A/N : I promised you a shorter chapter! I lighted up on Elita this chapter, I think I proved my point that yes she is a butt kicker but also has her short comings. I hope this chapter set up how she came to get her position. That she wasn't chosen rather than it fell on to her to do.
Plus we had Verity and April meet for the first time, I wanted to establish their friendship. This chapter will also set up the start of Shockwave's master plan, and will introduce a new character to the story, This is a concept I have been wanting to explore for some time now!,The Lost cosmonaut mythos.
Let's read some comments!
MEEleeSmasher- I heard you loud and clear! Thanks for the heads up, I didn't realize I was about to head Elita down a path I didn't want her to take.
Keeper-of-the triforce- Definitely a reconciliation! -If she survives.
Thank you all for the comments and suggestions, you guys are rockstars!
NEXT TIME- Shockwaves experiments reaches its apex, as the lost Soviet spacecraft hurtles back to Earth. It's a race against time as the Autobots, try to reach the craft before the Decepticons do. Will the Triangles turbulent weather be the end of the Autobots? Be here for the next chapter "Yuri."