Transformers Galaxy Force: Thunder Storm

Author's note: Okay! I know it seems like I've been gone, but give me a break! I started school at ITT! I'm not annoyed, just amused!

Anyway, I've uploaded a few things onto my devianart profile, including some art for this story. If anyone wants to draw some more fan art, let me know, okay? I'd be happy to see some more that's not of my making.

Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers

Bio Update:

- Dark Ligerjack/Daniel Simmons (Male Terraformer, 25) – Using Lori's brother, Nemesis Convoy has reincarnated Dark Ligerjack to further his campaign against the Alliance. While Daniel believes he is in control, he doesn't know that the original shadows that formed Dark Ligerjack during the Black Hole Incident are slowly taking over his mind. Eventually, he will be stripped of everything that makes him Human. When the process is complete, Daniel Simmons will no longer exist, and Dark Ligerjack will truly be reborn.

Part 18.0: Into Space as Fugitives

Chapter 158

What do I do?

That thought continued to run through Chairman Dreadlock's mind, over and over till it hurt. He stared at the information in front of him, everything that had occurred during the trial; every word said, and every piece of evidence listed. Though he did what he could to try to eliminate the charges against Coby and Galaxy Convoy, Human Liberation had been rather ruthless in this matter. Their primary argument, upon which the entire case rested, was based on a statement Lori made when Coby became an official member of the Cybertron Army, a statement she backed up in her own testimony during the trial.

"I would never have engaged in any kind of sexual activity with Coby if we weren't married," she had said during the trial, "but we are married."

Human Liberation argued otherwise. They said that Galaxy Convoy had no power or right to marry Humans. They also claimed that as a member of the Cybertron Army, Coby would have known that. They argued that Lori had been 'raped in ignorance', and that meant that she was the unsuspecting victim of a disgusting plan Coby and Galaxy Convoy agreed upon.

It didn't help that a Search Warrant – obtained by policemen who were sympathetic of Human Liberation – revealed the binder of 'teasing photos' that Lori had given Coby.

They demanded that the two be brought to justice, but the fact that it involved Galaxy Convoy meant that it could only go to one person.

Lucky me, Dreadlock thought sarcastically. He alone had to decide whether or not Galaxy Convoy was allowed to perform Human marriages. He knew that his decision would have implications beyond that of a normal trial. Agreeing with Human Liberation would mean alienating not just Galaxy Convoy, but also Coby, Lori, and their parents. The Treaty of Balance would be discarded, as Super Starscream would refuse to sign it without Galaxy Convoy taking part. Not only that, but he knew it could end up causing massive problems among the Sector Leaders. Flame Convoy himself had verbally attacked Human Liberation, calling their lawsuit against Galaxy Convoy and Coby as, "...biased, inhuman, discriminating, power-grabbing, Destron-aiding pile of sleaze, slag, and general bullshit."

(There were several other degrading remarks in that phrase, but there is no point in listing them here as they would have to be censored.)

There is little doubt that if I decide that Human Liberation's argument is valid that the entire Bestial Sector will withdraw from the Alliance, Dreadlock mused. However, the alternative could be just as dangerous. It would alienate several thousand Humans, and could even cause hundreds to revolt. That kind of violence was not something Dreadlock wished for. Too many could die, and it would create an unrepairable rift between Transformers and Humans in general.

They already had one war to worry about. They didn't need another war from within.

Dreadlock checked his internal clock, noticing that he was in need of a long recharge. Spending several weeks monitoring the trial had taxed his systems badly. Shutting the lights off, Dreadlock turned his back on his desk and went to his recharge bunk.

He would be out for a long time.