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also i am still trying to fix any mistakes that i might have missed in past chapters (i.e spelling, grammar and so on)

Trent's car drove through the streets of Tranquility as it's driver headed back towards the secluded building he had picked out. The driver was seen by all as the local thug Trent but he was no longer Trent, he was no longer human. The driver lifted a hand from the wheel and flexed it a few times as his mind went back to an earlier point. "how did your training go fury" asked Scalpel as he scuttled about attaching cables to different pieces of equipment, "it went just as you expected farther, you prepared me well while I grew and I was able to access my weapons and take starscream by surprise when he tried to teach me how to fight" replied Fury. The small crab bot scuttled in a hole and disappeared for a few seconds before emerging from another hole carrying a small chip in his hand. "you were able to predict his movements with ease?" asked Scalpel as he inserted the chip into an open slot causing the machine to light up and activate. "I saw every move he made before he made it, he was no challenge at all" said Fury with a hint of arrogance in his voice as he moved to lift a large metal bulkhead out of Scalpel's way. The small bot nodded at him in thanks as he scuttled down a dark corridor that lay beyond the pod that Fury had been transformed in, the darkened corridor was instantly filled with light as Scalpel activated a control. Now that the lights were a full power the corridor was revealed to be a huge room filled with four more pods similar to the one that Fury had been. "what did you learn form him about our history?" asked Scalpel as he inspected one of the empty pods, "as you thought he suspects that megatron killed the seven to free the fallen from his prison but he says that he has no solid proof" replied Fury.

The small bot stopped his work an turned to face Fury as he said "starscream will have proof, he collects secrets so that he can use them to control others, I imagine that he believes he has you figured out by now, his puppet lieutenant". Fury nodded as he said "I told him just enough to make him think that he could control me with my hatred and he did all he could to get information from me about my past and what I want to do to those people" the last word was spoken with a deep disgust that could have matched Megatrons. "you will be able to purge them from the earth once we are finished here and have enough of your brothers ready for battle, we do not need live stock that will not reproduce under normal behavior" said Scalpel as he climbed off the pod he was working on. Fury crouched down so that he could speak to the smaller bot with more ease "starscream told me that witwicky and his blond bimbo are with the autobots, I think that he believes that I will attack the autobots for him before I become a threat to him, but I want to wait and gather enough strength so that I can finish that disgusting human, his boy toy and their guardians in one attack".

"be careful fury, the autobots are not to be underestimated in battle, we must gain far greater numbers before we try to finish even one of them, we will attack them when the odds are in our favor and crush them, when you lead the decepticons my fury you must do better than megatron and take no chances in battle, remember no matter how skilled your opponent is greater numbers will tip the balance in your favor" said Scalpel as he placed a small hand on Fury's armor. "I know you taught me well, you told me of how megatron has fail the decepticons time and time again, we will wait hidden until we are strong enough to strike and win with ease before we move on our first real targets, but until then we will cause whatever damage we can with as few units as possible" Fury said as Scalpel replied "you have learned well my son, you think of how to get what you want in battle before you plan the first move". "if I had known this when I was human we would not have to deal with witwicky now" said Fury as he lifted the small bot in his hand, "you do know now and that is all that matters, now who have you chosen for the next stage?" asked Scalpel. Fury carried Scalpel over to a console as he said "my old crew will be perfect, they did what ever I told them before and they'll do so now, in fact I think they'll sell their souls when I tell them how much power they'll get from this not to mention the fact that they'll live far longer than they could ever imagine".

"we need their body's not their sparks" said Scalpel as he activated some controls on the console he was sitting on, "they'll give them up to" replied Fury. "do you know how you'll lour them in yet" asked the small bot as he turned his attention away from the controls to his most prized creation, "you told me that I could make a hologram that looks like my human form did I want to try that" said Fury. Scalpel scuttled forward as he said "open access port I will access your systems and set everything for you", Fury extended a hand and metal plates slid open revealing an access port that the small bot could interface with. In a moment Scalpel had accessed Fury's systems and was creating a hologram for him, the image of Trent as he had once been flickered into view next to the small Bot. "process is simple, your systems are well designed for this task..." Scalpel trailed off as he found something that he didn't expect, "what's wrong?" asked Fury as he watched the hologram flicker and fade away. An instant later Fury found him self facing his robot form from a human perspective next to Scalpel, the bot disconnected himself from Fury's main form and said "you have the ability to create a telepresent avatar, you can pass as human more easily with this but tell no-one here as decepticons currently have rules forbidding the use of these, megatron thinks it weakens us taking the form of lesser life forms" explained Scalpel. Fury looked at his simulated hands and quickly deactivated the Avatar as he view returned to his robot form, "are you in pain fury?"asked Scalpel in a slight panic. "no, but I don't want to spend any time in such a weak form, I'll use it only when needed but this is the real me not some collection of lights" said Fury as he clenched his metal fist feeling the power of his robot form. The Trent Avatar drove his car into an abandoned building on the outer edge of town as he checked his internal clock, "more than two hours before they all get here, at least I don't have to spent the time using this thing" though Fury as he deactivated his Avatar and returned to his waiting robot form in the shadows.

Far away in Autobot city another former resident of Tranquility was also waiting for something to happen, however he had no idea the amount of time he would have to wait. Ron Witwicky entered the room where his son and his bonded were still locked in the process that they had started more than two weeks ago. Every time Ron saw them he had to remind him self that they were still alive and ok even though they hadn't moved since the process began. "two weeks now optimus, they've been like that for more than two weeks and there's no sign that their going to stop and come back to us any time soon" said Ron as he looked up at Optimus Prime who had stopped in to check on Sam and Bumblebee. Speaking with his usual infinite patients the Autobot leader replied "this is normal ron as both ratchet and my self have told you before, the process has been known to take as long as a human year to fully complete". "not good enough" replied Ron as he sat in a chair that had been left out for either him or Judy during their daily visits, "all we can do is wait, the bonding is proceeding normally and we must not interrupt them" said Optimus as he sat in an Autobot sized chair that had been left for any bot who wanted to keep watch over the pair.

Ron looked his son over and said "it just makes me feel so powerless when their like this, I don't know what's happening, if their ok or if there's anything I can to to help, this is all so new to me". Optimus shifted slightly as he said "the bonding is a time when we Autobots are at our most vulnerable, those bonding can take no action on this plane or are even aware of what's happening to them or the world around them". "how much can they do in that state and how long can they do it for?" asked Ron, "both are difficult questions to answer" said Optimus as he faced Ron and though of how he could explain. Optimus pointed at the still robot forms and said "what we see are their physical forms, their sparks, their souls are currently joined to one another with in that chamber" explained Optimus. "for them this world does not exist at the moment as they are in a place beyond description in any language, to my knowledge no bot has ever been able to describe what is experienced during the bonding, it is as if they are in a place made of joy that is beyond our ability to understand" continued Optimus. The old Prime shifted as he tried to answer the second question "as I have said they are in what could be described as another plain, while in this state they have no knowledge of the passage of time and a moment or a millennium are the same to them, bots who have finished the bonding are always surprised as to how long they have been connected to each other".

Ron listened to the explanation as he tried to understand what was happening "so you don't know how long this will take do you, your just as powerless as I am in all this" said Ron as he looked Optimus in the optics. The Autobot leader nodded as he said "only their sparks will know when enough time has passed then they will separate each keeping a small part of the other for the remainder of their lives". Ron looked back at the unmoving metal forms and asked "will it take this long every time they do this or does it vary with out any control", Optimus chuckled as he said "when they wish to do this in future they have a greater control over the process, they can choose to be aware of the outside world if they want and as time has little meaning to them they can complete the whole process in a matter of minutes or years if they choose to". Ron fell silent as he was stunned for a second, then he looked at Optimus and asked "so they can really take years if they want to?" the Autobot leader simply nodded at Ron. "dam I knew that he had some stamina from all the hours he kept disappearing with bumblebee but I had no idea that he could last that length of time" said Ron as he returned to his vigil. As Optimus turned to keep watch over the two young Autobots he asked "I take it that you won't be trying to compete with Sam in terms of time any more then?", Ron just looked at him before he laughed which caused Optimus to chuckle as well.

They were late, more than thirty minutes had passed and his crew weren't there yet. Fury scanned the area as he looked for the four he had chosen, Brad his wing man and muscle, Jack who was always up for anything, Al his high speed runner who could catch any one they were after and Zack who had always been solid back up no matter what they were doing. When he had been called Trent these four had backed him both on and off the field, they won the plays that earned them respect and after they found out about Max they had been the ones to back him when he tried to drive the queer from the school. Fury though about how he would have loved to have this power back then, how he would have loved to rip Max apart for lying to him for all those years. Fury still remembered the day he went over and found Max with that guy, his spark burned the thought that he had allowed one of "them" to get so close to him. But this power would change that, he would deal with Max, with Sam, with all of them everywhere and no one would be able to stop him ever. Fury let his mind wander as he imagined the day he had fought with that little perv Whitwicky, he pictured his Avatar beating Whitwicky and his blond bimbo to a pulp single handed then dragging them through the streets behind his real form before he ripped them limb from limb in front of the whole town as a warning to everyone that people like that weren't wanted in Tranquility. Fury clenched his hands as he thought of how he would love the feeling of weak human flesh being torn apart by is fingers. Soon he would not be alone in his desire to rid the world of those disgusting people and once the others were transformed he could begin building his army from those like him, they would take this world and rule it under a real fist of iron and no one would be able to challenge them.

Fury was pulled from his thoughts by the arrival of a car containing the four people he had been expecting. The new Decepticon transformed and activated his Avatar as he moved it from the shadows so that the others would see the Trent Avatar before they saw his alt form. First through the door was Zack, he was the very description of a linebacker, broad built, strong and not smart enough to disobey orders. His dark hair looked like he had been wearing a football helmet only seconds before entering the building, his thick face broke into a smile as he saw Trent waiting for him. Next through the door was Al who was saying "move it man your like a walking roadblock", Al was far smaller than Zack but he was built for speed not strength, he had been the running back for years and still showed no signs of changing. Like his body his face was thin but well built, his blond hair was styled as always to attract the ladies. Jack strolled in after him saying "trent bro love the shades in the dark", Jack had been a quarter back like Trent so his build was similar though he was shorter by four inches. The one thing that made Jack stand out was his face, it had brought him the attention of every cheerleader during high school and he still prized how it brought him the attention of women around town. Last through the door was Brad, he was built far bigger than even Zack but his speed and higher I.Q put him in the quarter back section along with Trent. He had a rough look to him that never seemed to fade which coupled with his muscle gave him an intimidating appearance. Now that they were all together Brad asked "so what's this big news that's going to change everything for us?", "I made some new friends who want to give us what we were lacking before.. power" replied Trent.