HAHA! Another chapter, so this goes after Nemesis Prime, i hope you enjoy it!
Shout Outs!:
Cashagon
yes Loki is free *MUHAHAHA! i shall be evil!* Aw, you didn't mean Smokescreen? Haha X) I've seen Despicable Me but only fragments of Megamind, haha. But as far as I'm concerned Loki is a pretty good villain, up there with Megatron, and I have an idea that was too good to pass up and keep Loki prisoner. *Cue evil laughter*
Adby1
Yeah that was my thought because as i was thinking to lay this out i was like both are totally oblivious to the other's existence and they would have come to help if they had known so it lead to well catastrophes at the same time XP
Don't judge me I'm a Fangirl
The last chapter took place at the same time as Unicron's rising so Jemina passed out due to her blood changing and getting a spark :)
Tony walked into the foyer of the top part of the tower to see Fury sitting on the couch with Clint and Natasha sitting across from him, "Uh…is there a reason for this rather unexpected and unpleasant visit?" Tony asked.
"Yes actually there is." Fury looked behind Tony to see Thor and Bruce walking in, "I would like the whole team present."
Tony called Steve, "Hey Cap. Fury's here and he wants to see us."
"*Oh great, I'll be there in a minute.*"
They all sat or stood, which ever was preferable, when Steve walked in, "Alright, I have an assignment for you."
"Ok, what is it? And why do you need the whole team?" Tony asked.
Fury brought out a couple pictures and laid them on the table, "These were captured a few days ago with the order to 'shoot on sight,' that order was repelled not long after but…"
"SHIELD wants to know what they are." Natasha finished.
The pictures were passed around and Tony looked at them while Steve looked over his shoulder. The picture made them want to pale, though both hid it very well. They recognized the image, it was Optimus Prime and his scout Bumblebee. The next one was of Arcee and Bulkhead, they appeared to be looking for something and battle ready. The last one was of a 'bot neither recognized, it looked like a femme but didn't look certain what she was doing. Tony handed the pictures back to Fury, "So what do you want us to do?"
"I want you to find out what the things are and who runs them and their organization." Fury said simply.
"Aye, when do we leave? They look very strange, I should like to meet them." Thor declared.
Steve sent a look to Tony and both of them quivered, "You leave in two days."
"And where are we going?" Tony asked.
"That image was taken at a warehouse facility just outside Eureka, Nevada. You will search there and if nothing shows up you will head to Jasper, Nevada." Fury informed before he left.
"I guess that gives me a chance to visit Raf." Tony stated, "I better go call him up."
Steve watched Tony leave, "I'll come with, I'll see if Jemina's there with him, I would like to speak to her again."
The other's watched them leave, "Uh…did everyone see that? When did Cap want to do something Tony was doing?" Clint asked.
"He hasn't." Natasha said, eyeing the hallway suspiciously.
"Who is Raf and Jemina?" Thor asked.
"A random kid in Jasper and a totally annoying girl who is a complete mystery." Clint huffed.
"And they know Tony and Steve how?" Bruce asked.
"For Tony it's a long story, as for Steve, I'm not really sure." Natasha answered.
Tony and Steve walked into Tony's lab then called up the 'bots and asked for a bridge, a second later they were in the base. "Hey Tony!" Raf yelled down.
"Hey Raf, are the 'bots here? We really need to talk to them." Tony said.
"Uh, Ratchet will be back in a second, he left to get a part. Arcee and Bee are on patrol, Bulkhead and Miko are at a concert, and Optimus and Jemina are in the training room." Raf answered.
Jack looked over the railing, "Whatcha need?"
Steve spoke up, "More like we need to warn them."
"Warn us about what?" Ratchet asked.
"Uh…can we talk to Optimus too so we don't have to say it twice?" Tony asked.
Ratchet grumbled something before coming Optimus, he and the new 'bot came in a minute later, "What is it Ratchet?" Optimus said.
"Who is that?" Tony asked.
The 'bot laughed, "Aw, you don't recognize me?"
Tony and Steve stood there for a second trying to figure it out when Tony's jaw hit the floor, "J-Jemina?"
"Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner." She joked.
"What? How?!" Steve cried.
"Hehe, funny story." She said rubbing the back of her helm and looked at Ratchet.
He grabbed a wrench, ready to throw it, "Oh no! You are not going to ditch me like you did last time, you're going to stay here and explain."
Tony looked at the new Jemina, "Ditch him like last time?"
She laughed lightly as she transformed into her human form and laughed, "Yeah, we all kinda ditched Ratchet when it came time to explain it to Fowler."
Steve looked ready to laugh, "I'm sure Optimus Prime and Ratchet had fun with that."
"Hehe, he actually ditched with me." Jemina snickered.
"And he still has yet to make it up!" Ratchet yelled over his shoulder to Optimus who just looked at him with a stoic face.
"Well we need to head back soon before Natasha gets way too suspicious." Tony said, actually getting down to business for once.
"Natasha? Why is she with you guys? Actually why did you and Steve come through the same bridge…" She slapped her forehead and mumbled, "The Chitarie invasion."
Tony didn't hear her so continued, "A lot, but that's besides the point." He grabbed the photos that Fury had given them, "These look familiar?"
Optimus' holoform activated and looked at them, "Where did you obtain them?"
"SHIELD had them, they asked the Avengers too look into it, and I'm afraid with this evidence they won't stop until they got the answers." Steve said.
Jemina looked at the pictures, "Oh great, those where taken at that military storage facility where Mech was. Who the heck took pictures?"
Optimus glared at them, "We will need to speak to Fowler about this also."
Jemina sighed, "Whoever it was got images of all of us that where there, funny, I don't see Nemesis in any of these. So it was probably a Mech soldier who…Silas did it."
"What?" Both Optimus and Ratchet asked.
Jemina turned to Tony and Steve, "Did Fury say where he got these?"
Steve shook his head, "Anonymous donor. Silas, isn't he the leader of that terrorist organization? The one that brought you here?"
She nodded, "Uh-hu. If we don't know who gave them to SHIELD it's likely that Mech did to try and shut us down or at least seriously stall us so they can work on whatever it is without fear of us interrupting them."
Optimus looked grim, "Which means Nemesis Prime could have been nothing more than a test run."
"Hold on, nemesis Prime?" Steve asked.
Jemina sent him a tired look, "Long story."
Tony looked at his watch, "Well we just came to warn you guys, not to visit, so we need to go. We'll probably be coming to Jasper in a day or so once they find nothing in Eureka and since you're here Jemina."
"Take it Clint and Natasha still haven't dropped it?" She asked.
Steve shook his head, "Unfortunately no, especially Clint with what he saw of the Mech transport."
Jemina nodded then they left then climbed up to Optimus' shoulder, "This is going to be a whole lot of fun…not."
Steve and Tony walked out of the lab to face the rest of the Avengers. Natasha walked up to them, "What was that about?"
"What was what about?" Tony said playing dumb.
Clint scowled at them, "You and Steve suddenly getting along and wanting to do the same thing."
Steve answered, "Nothing, we just wanted to phone some people who were in the same place."
"Then why was the lab on lock down?" Bruce asked very curious, "I wanted to work on some stuff in there before we left."
Tony looked halfway guilty, "Sorry, I just wanted some space to talk to Raf and not have a certain spider and bird looking over my shoulder."
"Why did you want to talk to Jemina? It's Raf that's the tech geek." Clint asked.
Steve claimed that one, "I was the one who wanted to talk with her. Her brother was the first to recognize when I went to Jasper for recuperation and I wanted to know how their doing, and it's fine before you ask." He then left to get packing.
Natasha and Clint just eyed the two opposites as they separated and left, "Something's up, and I don't like it." Natasha said annoyed.
Two days later the team stepped out of the commercial plane, Thor asked annoyed, "Why do we fly in that noisy contraption when we could take one of SHIELD's, jets?"
Natasha answered, "Because we're trying to blend in."
"Fat chance with Tony." Clint said pointing to Tony who was actually trying to not to act like himself but people kept noticing.
"Hey, I'm trying here, I'm actually trying. It's just not working." He defended himself.
"Let's start with that military storage facility." Natasha said walking away.
They combed the facility from top to bottom, twice, and they found absolutely nothing. Relieving for Tony and Steve but frustrating for the rest. Thor looked utterly bored, "Why do we continue to scour this place when it is obvious that there is nothing here?"
"To make sure we didn't miss anything, whoever owns these things is pretty thorough in cleaning it up." Clint said annoyed, it reminded him way to much of when he was searching for Jemina, whoever was the cleanup crew knew what they were doing.
"Well let's head to Jasper then. Maybe we'll find something more there." Natasha huffed.
They loaded into the two cars they had rented and drove out to Jasper, only a few hours away. When they got there it was late so they booked some rooms at the local motel and crashed. The next day they began to scour the town and again found nothing, not even the kids which Natasha and Clint found odd. It was nearing dinner and they decided to eat at the KO Burger, and found Jack at the counter. He saw Steve and Tony and looked down quickly before taking their order. They watched him as he worked, and he seemed a bit fidgety with all the eyes on him before he clocked out and left on the motorcycle outside that he seemed to be talking to. Clint spoke up, "Is it just me or did anyone else think it odd that that motorcycle suddenly pulled out of nowhere and its rider disappeared?"
"No Clint, it is strange." Thor said watching them leave the town.
Bruce looked curious, "I wonder where he's going, that road just leads out to highway."
"Let's follow him." Natasha said forgetting her dinner.
Tony improvised, halfway, "What about dinner? I'm still eating!"
Natasha dragged him out with the burger still in his hands, "Eat it on the go, besides, you're not driving."
They began to follow Jack until he suddenly shot away at a fast speed, faster than their cars could go, "What the heck was that?" Clint yelled.
"Apparently he didn't like us following him." Steve said simply, "Let's call it a night, he's long gone." The other's reluctantly agreed, except Tony-he was happy to.
Jack and Arcee pulled into the base and saw the others, "Guess who's here."
Jemina was the first to pick it up, "Yippee, you guys ditch them?"
"Hit a 120." Jack smiled while the other's laughed, "I'm ready for the sleepover, you guys?"
"Yup!" Jayce cried.
"Defiantly." Miko squealed.
"I'm ready." Raf agreed.
"So, what are we watching this time?" Arcee asked transforming.
Raf pulled a disc out and put it into the DVD player which showed up on Ratchet's screen, it was one of the few times they managed to confiscate them to watch their annual movie when there was a sleepover, "It's called Back to the Future." Raf smiled.
The 'bots nodded and the kids curled up with their respected guardian. You could hear the popcorn being munched by Miko and Jayce snoring, already-but in his defense he is seven. By the time the movie ended the only ones left awake were the 'bots. Ratchet stood and went over to his computers, "Well it wasn't the worst they've brought in."
Bee snickered quietly :What? You didn't like the old Charlie at the Chocolate Factory?:
Ratchet quivered, "That was horrifying! Who puts that into a youngling's movie?"
"I think Jemina scarred him for life." Bulkhead whispered as all the 'bots laughed quietly at Ratchet and they carefully set down their charges on the platform on the beds they had made.
The Avengers, in disguise-sort of, walked through Jasper again searching for anything that could be related to the images. Tony and Bruce were talking scientific lingo when Clint pointed out a group of kids on the other sidewalk, "Jack, do you remember when Ratchet saw Charlie in the Chocolate Factory?" Jemina asked.
"Yes!" Jack laughed as did the others.
The other girl, Miko, answered, "I thought he was going to glitch! Then when Jemina made him stay and watch the rest!" She burst into laughter so hard she couldn't talk anymore.
"So I bring the second one next time?" Raf asked.
Jemina nodded, "Ratchet would probably appreciate it compared to me bringing the newest Charlie in the Chocolate Factory."
"Who's Ratchet?" Natasha asked.
Clint shrugged, "Let's go asked them."
Before Tony or Steve could stop them they were already across the street, "Hey." Clint called out.
"Uh-oh." Raf breathed.
"We were wanting to talk to you kids." Natasha said blatantly.
The rest of the team came over and Miko fought a laugh when she saw Thor, "Whose that, Popeye? He is kinda cute though." The other kids just looked at her, "What?" She asked indignantly.
"Only you Miko would say something like that and then say something completely different." Jemina sighed.
"Hey Tony." Raf waved.
"How you doing?" Tony asked.
Raf nodded, "Couldn't resist coming by yourself?"
"Never." Tony said sarcastically.
Raf and Tony continued to talk while Jemina just looked around nervously as something caught her eye, actually someone. He was in normal apparel, Sneakers, jeans and a green pullover. But it was his eyes that caught her attention. He starred straight at her with almost glowing blue eyes before a car went by and he vanished. She drew in a shaky breath and shook her head. He looked sooo familiar but she couldn't quite place him and where did he go? Millions of thoughts ran through her head as she tried to place him when she felt an Energon source coming closer. She turned to Jack, "We were supposed to meet Arcee and the group at the house right?"
"Yeah…why?" Jack asked.
"No reason," She turned to the Avengers, "I thank you for the visit Tony, Steve but I really should be getting Jayce ready for bed."
"But it's not even dark yet!" Jayce protested.
Jemina turned to lead him away, "Yeah, but with you it takes for-ever to get ready. See ya." She called back to the Avengers gather.
Steve leaned over to Tony, "I think one of the 'bots started getting near."
Tony was about to answer when a sleek red sports car drove past them, going a little over the speed limit. Steve recognized said car as did Tony, "Uh-oh." They said in unison.
"Uh-oh?" Natasha asked whirling around to face the two before squealing could be hear and shouting.
"Jack get Jayce and the others out of here!" A female voice shouted sounding like Jemina.
An older male voice shouted at her, apparently Jack, "And leave you? Right stupid question."
Jemina yelled again, "Miko get through that bridge before I resort to using force!"
"Miko!" Jack yelled this time.
"Come on Jack!" A new female voice shouted.
"He'll kill you!" Jack yelled.
"He'll kill her!" The second female yelled right back.
Jack yelled at her, "She can handle herself!"
Thor turned to the others, "Is that a call for help?"
Steve and Tony went pale, "Uh no, we should probably…"
He wasn't able to finish as Jemina came running through with the sports car hot on her heels, "Watch out! Coming through!" She yelled before a disembodied and metallic voice called out.
"Get back here human before I squash you all over the pavement!"
She yelled back, "I thought you wanted me alive?"
"I'll make it an accident!"
She turned the corner at a sprinters pace and the car followed closely, "He's getting better." Steve said.
"He's what?!" Bruce yelled.
Clint intervened, "Questions later, saving her now. Avengers assemble!"
Steve looked at him, "Everything's at the hotel."
"We do not need weapons to take on a simple car." Thor boomed.
Tony grumbled, "If only it was that easy."
They all ran after Jemina, who they had lost for the moment until squealing tires turned them in a different direction before they heard the voice shriek, "You cracked my windshield! I'll make sure I make you scream before you die!"
Every Avenger paled and looked sickened at that, "Were the heck did they go?!" Clint yelled.
Jemina's shouting brought them to a straight-a-way, "Optimus I need you here now!"
The car pulled out some strange looking guns from its side and fired upon Jemina. She stumbled looking back and crossed her arms in front of her. All Avengers, except Steve and Tony, thought the blasts had desecrated her when they saw her run out of the smoke and the car continue its chase, "How did she survive that?!" Clint yelled confused.
Bruce and Tony began falling behind, not used to so much physical activity, as the others ran ahead. They watched as the car continued to fire at her, herding her somewhere. Eventually they came to some canal, Steve recognized it, and she fell in from the shockwave of one of the shots as the car drove in. The others were too far away to do anything but could see what was happening. The car hurtled towards her as she turned and metal encased her body, making her look something akin to Iron Man except female and Cybertronian-to those who actually knew what they were. It didn't stop and a lightning bolt came from nowhere and hit the car stunning it temporarily. Clint turned to Thor, "Nice shot."
"That was not me." Thor said wide eyed.
They were about to join the ensuing showdown when Natasha stopped them, "Hold on, I want to see how she handles herself."
Steve shouted, "Are you crazy?! He's trying to kill her!"
Before Steve could run down to help the car charged again and Jemina stood her ground then held her hands out. They saw what happened long before they heard it, a nearly invisible ripple emanated from her and shot out towards the car sending it backward immediately and flipping several times before finally stopping upright. Several seconds later they heard a very low echo and wind whip passed them. Tony and Bruce finally caught up, "Whoa, she do that?" Tony asked.
Steve nodded, "Yup."
The voice returned, "You scratched my paint! And look at the dents! Hold still so I can eradicate you!" It shrieked.
"Scrap. I've done it now." Jemina said breathing heavily.
The car charged her again and Steve stood up, "Enough-s enough!"
He was about to go help her when the car got close to her and she suddenly disappeared, "Where are you! I'm in no mood for games!"
A horn suddenly blared and a semi rammed into the car, sending it flying back several yards. Its door opened and a voice called out, "Jemina, get in!" She reappeared a few feet from the semi and dove into the cab before it drove off and a green/blue vortex opened up and they disappeared through it, leaving the car alone. An inhuman roar filled the air before it drove away and disappeared through another vortex.
The Avengers looked at one another in a daze for a second before Natasha looked at Steve and Tony, who were standing next to each other, with a death glare. Tony looked at the wristband on his arm, "Look at the time, I should be getting to bed."
"Hold it, when did you ever care about bed time?" She asked very accusingly.
"Uh…just now." He chuckled rubbing his head.
"Explain, now." Clint growled.
"Uh, explain what?" Steve asked.
"Everything, like, who is Jemina really." Natasha snarled in Steve's face.
"I would like to know how she also controls lightning." Thor added with a smile, "She is a good warrior."
Steve and Tony stared dumbly at their feet trying to think of something but utterly failing, "I don't think we can explain this to them without revealing her." Steve said to Tony.
Tony looked at Steve less than amused, "You don't say? If SHIELD ends up knocking on her door, I will not be the one in the fire pit."
"Who said she was ever going to leave the base again?" Steve asked.
"Very true, she might not." Tony nodded.
"Alright talk, enough stalling." Clint barked at the two, "Natasha and I spent months tracking her and came up with next to nothing and yet you two seem to know her and what she is already!"
Steve growled, "Yes, yes we do. We found out and she told us but asked us to keep it from you two," He said pointing to Clint and Natasha, "Because she didn't want to be treated as some kind of super soldier like I was! She's just a child for heaven sake, let her live a life without SHIELD getting involved in everything!"
Natasha was taken back by Steve's sudden out burst before she shot back, "She's a threat! We don't know who she is, what she is, or anything else about her. The government needs to what their dealing with!"
"They already know!" Steve shouted before calming down a bit, "Fowler knows about her and what she can do. And of course she's a threat. I'm a threat, Tony's a threat, Bruce is a threat, everyone in the Avengers initiative is a threat but not all of us want to be controlled by SHIELD. Trust me on this and stay out of her life! It's hard enough as it is without you people coming in and trampling it."
Clint frowned, "So is she project Novae Terrae? Is she a super solider like you?"
Steve looked calculated for a second before answering, "Yes, she is the project. But no, she is not a super soldier. They and you people may think so but she is just another human being trying to live a life that has been thrown upside down by people who want to control her. You want to know why I never said anything to you, why I told Fury she isn't a threat? It's because she isn't a threat. She's only a threat to those who harm her or the ones she loves. If you just leave her alone she will do the same to you, she only wants to live a normal life-let her."
"How do we know that they won't get to her? That they won't find her and control her?" Natasha asked, still furious.
Tony answered, "I pity the ones who tried and will try."
"That time you yelled out that she was shot, Jemina was shot wasn't she?" Natasha asked.
"Yeah, she was. And you want to know the repercussions of that, look at that Mech transport and tell me if you think there won't be hades on Earth if anyone tries to control her against her will." Tony glared.
Clint imputed, "What if some like Loki takes away her will? I know what it's like and you can't resist it no matter how hard you try. What will we do then?"
"We don't. She has friends that will fight with her and for her if that ever happened. Just drop it and leave it alone. She's not ours, nor SHIELD's to deal with so let those who are supposed to do it." Steve said before turning around and walking away. They all went back to the motel all very frustrated or confused, it wasn't a restful night for anyone.
Hey so left you guys some food for thought. I just figured if Natasha and Clint found out that Steve and Tony, mainly Steve since he works at SHIELD, were hiding from them they would be pretty ticked, but they wont be like that for long so don't worry :) Review!
