AU G1/IDW-verse. Taking place during the events of All Hail Megatron. Megatron's on Earth, running rampant with his Decepticons. Prime's down and out on Cybertron with the Swarm slowly moving in. Unbeknownst to both sides, an underground group is about to make it's appearance on Cybertron for the first time in several millenia...

A/N: OCs used. All mentioned characters belong to their respective owners, Transformers is property of Hasbro, the time line belongs to IDW.

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Welcome to Tomorrow

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Chapter 2.

Blue, Indigo, and Disaster just returned from their scouting mission through the surrounding territories and Storm settled back in her chair in front of the main console. Arms behind her head, Storm shuttered her optics and was about to slip into recharge, with her feet up on the console when the com-link suddenly came to life.

-Storm! Storm, it's Knight! Come in Storm!-

"GAAAH!" Arms flailing behind her, Storm quickly lost her balance and fell backwards off her chair with a resounding crash. Laying on her back for a moment Storm listened to the incoming message.

-Storm! Come in Storm! Storm if your there, we have a situation!- Came Knight's frantic call.

Rolling over and pushing herself up off the floor, Storm leaned over the console and opened a com-link to Knight.

-I read ya Knight, what's the problem?-

-I tracked the energy flux to the back water planet, the dominant species are a small bipedal organic species called humans. But that's not the problem. Storm... Megatron and the Decepticons are here...-

-The Decepticons!- Storm exclaimed clearly surprised.

Knight was silent for a moment before continuing. -Storm... Megatron has the Matrix...-

-...Megatron has what?- The heavily armored femme asked truly not believing.

-...Megatron has the Matrix of Leadership.-

Storm sat heavily on the console, hands on her face.

-... Storm?- Knight came back quietly. -Storm, what should I do? For all intents and purposes, from the looks of things the Autobots were here and one slaggin' big fight went down.-

Storm sighed, air cycling through her intakes heavily. Crossing her arms she sat there for a moment. -Sit back and continue to observe for now. What I wanna know is where the Autobots went. If possible stay with either Starscream or Megatron, knowing Screamer he'll go off babbling about their victory over the Bots.-

-Understood, though I may come across one problem.-

-What's that?-

-Soundwave.-

Storm growled under her breathe. -Great... Knight do what ya can for now.-

-Gotcha, oh and another thing, apparently the Cons have been here for a while. They've obviously acquired alternate modes to blend in. The cannon on Megatron's arm seemingly got bigger and more scary looking.-

-Hmmm... Scan around while your there. If Prime and his crew were there they most likely acquired alternate modes as well. Look around and gather up some scans. Find some good ones. We could use the extra bit of armor. Especially with the Swarm roaming around as they please.-

-Yes mam.-

-And Knight?-

-Yes?-

-Keep quiet on the whole Megatron having the Matrix thing... I don't want the others to panic.-

-Understood Storm. I'll keep in contact if anything changes.- A pause. -Knight out.-

The line after a moment went quiet. Disconnecting the com-link, Storm picked up her chair, and sat down in it. Once again cycling air through her intakes, Storm revved worriedly. "Ice Queen, you can come out now. I know your there."

From the far dark corner of the control center a set of blood red optics lit up the darkness. "Seems that we have a serious problem now don't we?" Emerging from the dark corner came a aqua and grey colored Seeker femme. Her helmet bore two darker grey horn like protrusions from its sides protecting her masked face. Coming from the back of the helmet was a long veil like shield. Arms crossed over her chest, Ice Queen approached the console and sat down facing the larger Storm.

"Serious is putting it lightly Icy." Storm sighed. "I'm assuming you heard the entire exchange?"

Ice Queen nodded. "I did. With the Matrix in Megatron's hands it could spell destruction for the Autobots."

Storm 'eyed' Ice Queen, a look on skepticism on her face.

"Hey cause I'm a Decepticon by build and designation doesn't mean I like the way Megatron does things. I'm rooting for Autobots in this conflict." Ice Queen said crossly.

Storm chuckled, shaking her head. "Well for right now let's try to keep this lil talk between us three, like I told Knight, I don't want to start a panic with the others."

"Sounds like a plan. Let's hope that the next time Knight reports back she comes back with good news."

"I'm doing more then hoping Ice Queen. I'm doing more then hoping."

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A/N: More info on the SZ in later chapters.

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