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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)
Optimus Prime headed into the command center after spending a fitful night in stasis, his mind had found little rest as something in his spark had been reaching out to him all night long. The Autobot leader had been frustrated by it as he knew that something important was there but it still remained beyond his grasp and now that he was out of stasis it was fading with every passing second. The first view that greeted him was one of chaos as people were running round like crazy trying to clean up a mess that looked like the aftermath of a prank pulled by the twins Mudflap and Skids. "what happened?" asked Optimus the tiredness showing in his voice, "sir, mudflap thought that it would be funny if he attached a smoke bomb to ironhide and as you can see this is the result, I'm surprised that you didn't see him chasing them on the way in" said one of the operations officers who was holding a stack of papers in his arms. Optimus simply nodded at the man as he raised a large metal finger to his head and started massaging a spot that could be compared to a human temple. The day had started badly and it looked like the twins were going to make it worse, though he should have expected this sooner rather than later as the twins had been quite for far to long since their return. Optimus made his way through the chaos to his office and sat down behind the desk as he tried to retain some of what he had felt from the night before.
There was a feeling of impending doom, like something was just waiting round the corner or just beyond scanner range. The feeling was all that remained clear and strong in the Autobot leaders mind as everything else drifted away into the ether that existed between the waking world and the world of dreams. Optimus sat and tried to clear his mind of all things hoping that some sliver of what was fading from him could be recovered and held on to. His optics dimmed as he turned his concentration inwards leaving the outer world behind. All was still around him, there was no light or sound just an empty void that seemed to go on forever. Optimus remained still in his inner world and waited for something to come forth from the infinite darkness, at first he was unsure that he had seen anything then movement caught his attention. All around him there was a thin mist that was moving against the darkness in ever changing patterns as it slowly thickened. As the mist came closer it brought faint whispers with it, words that just beyond Optimus ability to hear. The mist was so close now that if Optimus had moved he would have been able to touch it but he remained still and focused as he tried to draw it in even more hoping that he could recover some small glimmer of information about what had been disrupting his stasis cycle. The words were still garbled and unclear but the more Optimus focused that more they started to clear and become recognizable.
One word came through still fuzzy but understandable "danger", by now Optimus had been able to workout that the words were a repeating message cycling over and over again. The word "danger" was about halfway through the message and on it's own made little sense to the Autobot leader. More words started to join the word "danger", "decepticons", "matrix" and "transformed" became clear while the rest remained unrecognizable. Optimus pushed harder trying to grasp the remaining words and he felt his spark strain as he tried to recover the warning message, yes he knew that it was a warning of some kind as no other message would have had the words "danger" and "decepticons" in it. Optimus strained harder feeling his spark cry out in pain as he almost had the message in his grasp then a voice loud and clear shattered everything. "optimus hold on stay with us" cried Ratchet as he worked frantically on the almost lifeless form of Optimus Prime. Ratchets hands were moving faster than most people could see as he tried to stabilize the spark of the Autobot leader, the glowing orb flickered and faded as it threatened to go out but Ratchet shunted energon directly into it and brought it back to it's normal state.
Ratchet knelt over Optimus body as he watched the readings slowly return to normal. Optimus made his way back from his inner world and saw the look of worry on the faces of those gathered round him. Once he was sure that Optimus energy levels had reached a more stable state Ratchet got to his feet and offered a hand to the Autobot leader so that he could get to his feet as well. "what happened?" asked Optimus in a groggy voice that sounded like it belonged to someone laying in I hospital bed. "your spark was loosing power almost as if you were going offline, for a moment there I thought that I'd lost you" replied Ratchet as he scanned Optimus thoroughly. Optimus put the chair he had been sitting in back on it's feet and sat in it feeling much the same way he had after Sam had brought him back from the well of allsparks in Egypt. "I was trying to recover some sort of message that was transmitted to me through my spark last night" said Optimus as he looked at Ratchet. The Medbot stopped what he was doing and froze at the words, for a few seconds he looked at Optimus as if he had said something that was impossible then he said "what your talking about is something that was only done in stories and legends". The Autobot leader looked at him with an expression that said "I know". Ratchet took a seat as most of those who had been watching returned to the work stations still slightly confused as to what was going on. "optimus if it was a message and I'm not saying it was then it could have only have come from a bot who has already left this world, personally I think that there might be something more to this so I'm ordering you to the med -bay for some tests" said Ratchet. Optimus chuckled as he replied "it must be serious for you to pull rank on me".
Far across the solar system four humans were climbing out of the Decepticons that had transported them to teh crashed ship that served as their base of operations. Three of the humans looked frightened beyond belief at what was facing them, while one looked on in wonder at what he was seeing. The two jets that had transported them transformed into their robot forms, Fury and Starscream looked at the humans as the older Decepticon commed the younger and asked "are you sure about them, three of them look ready to pass out with fear?". Fury replied "they just need to get used to all this, once their transformed they'll fall into line and we'll have all the muscle we need to get rid of megatron". Starscream looked the humans over once more before he added "if your sure about them fury then we'll go with it but don't disappoint me my second in command". Fury watched Starscream leave and thought "I'm no one's second in command and you should watch your back old man". Once Starscream had left the room and was out of audio range Fury turned to his crew and said "we can talk freely now" "good" replied Brad "I was getting sick of playing nice with that guy". Jack looked around the room and asked "where's your inside guy, what's he called scalpel?", "I am closer than you think" replied a voice from the shadows as the small crab like form of Scalpel scuttled forward. The four humans looked on at the small Decepticon like he was totally alien to the others they had seen so far. "your trip did not cause you any harm?" asked the Small Decepticon as he looked Fury over checking for any damage to his prized creation. "no I am fine, the trip caused me no harm whatsoever" replied Fury as he allowed the small Decepticon to climb on to his hand as perform a closer examination.
The four humans watched as Scalpel checked Fury over thoroughly, Al winced as the plates on Fury's arm split open to allow the small crab bot access to the delicate inner components. Scalpel stopped and looked at Al as he said "no pain is caused by this, fury remains unharmed by my actions and you will feel no pain from such actions when you are transformed". Al didn't look convinced even when Fury added "it's harmless to me, it's like having a simple check-up at the doctors". Brad punched Al in the shoulder as he said "that form isn't human it doesn't feel things like we do, hell you could lose your arm like that and not feel anything if you didn't want to". Fury and Scalpel exchanged looks with one another as they knew that what Brad was saying wasn't entirely true but they had reached a point where they didn't want anyone trying to back out. "ok,ok, it just looks so freaky" said Al as he looked at the inner workings of Fury's body his mind half expecting to see blood spurting out any second. Scalpel finished his checks and climbed down from Fury as he said "the trip across the solar system has caused you no harm fury, you are truly a perfect decepticon, now let me see our new recruits".
Al, Jack and Zack all looked a little frightened at the proposal but Brad stepped forward and crouched down so the small crab bot could examine him with greater ease. Scalpel slightly surprised by Brads actions started his inspection of the human that Fury had chosen. Brad was in good health, his body showed that he had only slightly abused it with drink much like Fury had done with his original body. The tissues showed a strong ability to take in and sustain a spark, but what was most interesting was the fact that Brad's thought patterns showed that he was just as much like a Decepticon as Fury had been when he was human. Scalpel climbed down and said "you are perfect for the process, you will make a strong decepticon when you are transformed". The small crab bot scuttled forward and started his scans of the rest of Fury's choices. After ten minutes of checks Scalpel had finished his examination of the three remaining humans and though he had found no real problems he did have one question that he wanted to ask Fury. Scalpel opened a com link to his prized creation and said "they all check out fine but I am concerned with the one called zack, his thought patterns are more simple than the others and I feel that he will have a limited processor when he becomes a decepticon". "will he be smarter than a human?" asked Fury, "yes" replied Scalpel "then I will have kept my promise and he will do as we tell him, besides if he isn't as smart as the others he will remain loyal to us no matter what happens" commed Fury. Scalpel looked at Zack once more before he added "there may be disproportionate growth of his body given that his processor will require less power during the process, it will make him harder to conceal even in his alt form". Fury looked at Zack and commed "I also promised him he would be unstoppable so that works to our advantage no matter what happens".
Fury sat and waited as he watched his crew get ready for the procedure, Scalpel had tweaked the process so that it could be completed in a little over two weeks with no risk to the subjects what so ever. Fury watched as the four humans removed their clothing and entered the pods that had been prepared for them, Scalpel had adjusted each pod for it's human occupant so that the machine could make the most of the power of the matrix fragment. "trent, I mean fury is this going to hurt, I mean it kinda looks like something out of the matrix on steroids" asked Al as he shivered inside his pod feeling the cold metal against his feet. "it's safe and I barely felt a thing during the whole process" replied Fury as he got up from where he was sitting. Scalpel scuttled over to a control console and activated the start up sequence for the machine. He watched as the power levels started to rise slowly climbing their way to a bar marked with the words "full power". The machine started to hum and crackle with energy as it readied it's self for it's task. The doors to each pod suddenly closed and locked tight preventing escape for those inside who now could only see out through a clear plastic like substance that distorted the world beyond the pods they were in. Outside Scalpel activated a control and metal cables that moved like snakes moved around inside each pod seeking their targets. In an instant cries of pain could be heard echoing through out the room as the cables buried into the soft human flesh with ease. The screams subsided as a tranquillizer flooded the humans systems dulling the pain and their movements.
As the four entered a drug induced dream the pods started to fill with oxygenated fluid designed to keep their human tissues alive until they no longer needed them. The four humans began to float as they were lifted from the floor by the warm liquid only the cables that were now feeding their tissues kept them from reaching the top of each pod. In a matter of minuted the first stage was complete and the four were ready to receive the energy that would transform them. From above four new cables descended and entered the pods through four special openings designed just for them. As each cable moved through the oxygenated liquid it searched for it's target, the beating heart of the human it was intended for. In seconds each cable latched onto it's target and began transferring the energy that would create a spark inside it's target. Scalpel watched the screen before him as he saw the readings that showed four new Decepticon sparks beating away inside the now sleeping forms with in the pods. "second stage completed, now we wait and see how strong your friends are my son" said Scalpel as he climbed onto Fury's outstretched hand .
