Pre Human Factor, Robot Factor
"I've been working on her for a while now." Ratchet said very pleased with himself.
"H-Her?" i questioned looking up at him with bug eyes.
"Technically since it is yours." He said casually.
What!? Just bluntly say it as it is ratchet!
"Hold on...mine? What are you saying?" i asked really worried.
Instead of an answer he merely grinned at me, maybe he meant well with that smile but to me it looked like the crazy 'scientist' smile. So his smile dawned upon me a great terror, my god, my human form is already inferior, my purpose is useless! "You want to assimilate me?!" i yelled.
"Shh!" he hissed waving panicked hands at me, "No one else knows about this." he said. "I don't mean i will make you...well, one of us, i would put your mind into this body." He said.
"Are you serious? I mean putting bumblebee's mind into Megatrons head is one thing but putting a human mind into an empty shell?" i said in a panicked hiss.
"It would merely be an experiment, to see if it would work first, but i know for certain it would not damage you in anyway." he said with a confident nod.
"Well...wha...So, my mind would be in this body and you can return me to my body anytime right? I mean it wouldn't be permanent right?" i said.
"No, it would not be permanent." He sighed.
I was unsure; it would be interesting to see from a different perspective, what would it be like to have a robotic body? It can take blaster fire as mere bruises that's for sure. But that slight fear was still there.
"y-you sure this is s-safe?" i asked in an almost squeak.
"I wouldn't show this to you unless i was certain." He reassured.
I looked it up and down; it was a work of art, shiny, smooth, and beautiful. It looked alien but it looked of human origin as well, like it was a hybrid, half cybertronian, half human. "When did you start this?" i asked.
"I began my research since that incident with the immobiliser." He said.
"That was a while ago." I said. He started then? He is very secretive.
"Shall we test this out then?" he asked, already eager to try this without question.
"I-i don't know, you just threw this at me, i'm not sure if i'm ready for such a proposal... D-Does dad know about this?" i asked, though i already knew that answer, but just the thought of him finding out, he'd step on me!
"So far only you and i know. Normally i would ask optimus's permission but for this kind of experiment one that would involve you especially he would forbid It." he said. Sounds of closing voices made ratchet wary as did i as i whipped my head around like a meerkat.
"Meet me in my quarters in about an hour I'll have everything ready. Along with further explanation." He said quietly returning back to the main hall.
Well the hour was up and i remained outside his quarters, but if he's late it doesn't matter i had other things on my mind such as if this works...well it would be exciting i mean that robotic shell was about...i don't know but it was an inch taller than ratchet. Wait, that's even taller than Arcee! And bumblebee! Would it be immature of me to tower over them? Heh, i can't help but grin to that thought...but then again this is scary, the scale of everything will be so different in comparison, my strengths would have changed dramatically, i could cause serious damage if i don't watch myself, i could even hurt someone...
"You're on time then?" Ratchet asked snapping me from my thoughts as i hadn't seen him approach.
"See your not." I teased.
"I was stalled for time, but all autobots are out for the time being as well as all humans with you as the exception. Shall we?" he said motioning to his quarters.
I brushed myself down as a nervous response, "S-Sure." I said.
"Don't be scared." He said.
"I'm not scared!" i snapped, "I'm not." I then said in a normal volume. Without giving ratchet a second glance i swiftly walked into his quarters.
Inside was a med table where the empty shell lay there with wires hooked up, next to it was a large vile of energon. "It'll still need energon then?" i asked.
"Naturally i am merging your mind with it not your body, physically it still needs its life blood to function." He said.
"Can i...have a more detailed look?" i asked curiously.
"Of course." He said as he offered a hand.
He placed me on the table next to it; i looked more closely at the face its...likeness made me uneasy. "It...She looks like me." I said. oh yeah I'd better describe what she looks like, well she is mostly red and white, the top of her helm is white as well as the two spike tipped antennas, just above the forehead of the helm was a red drape that went from the forehead and it curved to the sides, basically it was a similar design to dads helm except there was added parts that suited me i guess. There was a diamond shaped collar that was around the neck red as well, the whole base of the body was white and the armour plated bits were red, such as the shoulder blades, chest plates, the whole part of the hip, parts of the legs, and the first half of the arms. Slight bits of black were thrown in there two such as black lines on the edges of the hip armour and a thick black streak went down the chest plates.
Like Arcee or any femme for that matter she was very slender but slightly more muscle to her, in short all around good design.
"Would you prefer it i moulded her into the likeness of megatron?" he asked.
"Hellllllllll no." I said shaking my head wildly. "It's just a bit weird seeing my face in hers, still not really the colours I'd go for." I said, okay the red and black bits are okay but white is not exactly my favourite colour...oh well.
"Well i am very sorry your highness, i'm sure you can learn to spray paint yourself." He said bowing, that's true i can 'pimp' myself up anytime i guess, ooh so many colours to choose.
"So how does this work?" i asked.
"You lie there." He said pointing to the other table that was next to it.
"a-and your sure this won't accidently be permanent believe it or not i like being human." I said laughing nervously.
"Yes, i'm sure." He sighed.
"I'm kind of nervous, i mean this is a whole different kind of body...but wait how did you find the materials?" i asked.
"Nemesis primes remains were in the custody of the army but i convinced fowler i needed it for study as well as repairs." he said. "All the parts were there including a t-cog, i merely altered it."
"And you at one point doubted your abilities?" I laughed, but then my expression grew serious as i looked upon the robotic form.
"Don't be nervous; just think of it as...i can't believe i'm saying this but, the start of puberty." He said.
"It was unpleasant and confusing and i didn't like it." I bluntly said in disgust.
"Yes well I'll be here right by your side monitoring you all through the procedure." He said as though he were my carer.
"How long will it take?" i asked.
"Astroseconds" he shrugged.
"You're making it out to be ages!" i yelled, it's bad enough i have sweaty palms but now i made my heart go to my throat.
"You ready to try this?" he said growing excited.
"Y-yeah. But do yo mind making this a nice, calm environment, i'm like a bird right now" I said.
"A bird?" he said confused.
"You know, birds can easily have heart attacks due to...you know what never mind." I said i start spouting facts out when i get nervous.
Ratchet took a gentle hold of me as he placed me on the other med table opposite, "s-so i just lie on here right?" i asked.
"That's right, just relax." He said as he started sticking plugged wires on my head, arms and legs. "It's just part of the procedure, nothing to worry about." He reassured me. "Now just close your eyes and focus on the darkness." He said.
I heard a few footsteps and a few on screen buttons being pressed as nothing was happening well i couldn't feel anything anyway, still the beeping continued and then i heard a 'glug' sound the energon was being put in but i don't feel anything yet...well something was different but perhaps that's because i'm nervous but my chest feels stiff as in i'm breathing but nothing's going in.
"Okay you can open them now." He said moments later.
"What do you mean open them again? I just closed them." I moaned but i did so anyway.
Ratchet then came hovering over me; "How are you feeling?" he asked.
"What do you mean?" i asked flopping my hand up towards him...wait...i brought my hand to my face.
"It's done." He said.
I cupped my hand slightly, metallic hands, it was so quick i didn't feel any change. I looked my hands over as i kept moving them and swatting them about in disbelief. "So i'm really in this body?" i said as he nodded. "Erm...huh?" i said as i just noticed there was a slight echoed sound in my voice, "do, do, do, do." I said in a hum.
"Can you touch your fingers together?" he asked.
"Huh? Oh right." I said.
I did so, "whoa, that's weird, there so solid and parallel in shape, how do you describe something feeling so dense and so light at the same time?" I said
"Reflexes are good as expected." He said checking my vital stats.
I began to sit up though ratchet held out his arms due to my unsteadiness.
"Easy, Ellen you're in a new body after all you need to allow yourself to adjust. This was only meant to see if it worked for the time being." He said though his tone had a tinge of excitement.
I rubbed my legs together, it was a similar feeling to if you were wearing two leg casts...Kind of. "so weird." I said. I twisted and turned and ducked as i looked my new metallic body over, then i looked down at my chest as i knocked on them, "i have no boobs!" i exclaimed in panic.
"Ellen, please." Ratchet said.
"Heh, sorry ratch." I said slightly embarrassed, "i forgot there was a dude in the room."
Moving past the subject i was rearing to go, "Can...Can i stand?" i asked.
"You want to stand? Do you want to proceed further with this body?" he asked
"Yeah, i mean this is...so cool, so epic." I said starting to feel my face as well as the top of 'my' helm...that is weird saying that. basically i was poking myself left, right and centre, even the cracks between my armour, it felt like i was reaching into myself and messing about with my organs, i wanted to see how far i could reach in, further and... "Urgh gross!" i then exclaimed pulling back my hand. "What was that?" i said.
"Your spark, stop poking around your vital organs." He scolded lightly though he was amused by my fascination. "Now, let's start off slow after all you're scale is near enough the same as mine." He said lightly chuckling.
"I'm glad you made it this height, not too tall but still made to stand out." I said posing.
"Okay now give me your hand." He said as i did so...wow taking a grip on ratchets hand is strange. So once again i got distracted by this and started rubbing his fingers between mine, "ooh rough, a sign of age and experience." I said to myself stating it as fact.
Though ratchet puffed out a huff to my comment, "i know you are exploring new things in this form but would you mind stop caressing my hand?" he said.
I stopped but still held onto his hand, "i'm like a baby, not knowing any better." I said embarrassed again.
"It's just you and me, nothing to be ashamed of." He said.
I sighed as i prepared myself to stand up,
Ratchet pulled me by the hand slightly as he helped me lift myself up, "easy now." He said as i found my feet, i did stumble and i used my free hand to balance against the table.
"I've got this Ratch you can let go." I said.
"I'm not risking you falling all over the place and destroying my quarters." He said.
"Okay, left, right...l-left... right wow this is hard." I said as stumbled as though i were ice skating for the first time. I then fell forward onto ratchet as he caught me, but he was struggling to keep himself on his feet, "sorry Ratch." I said embarrassed yet again.
"T-That's okay Ellen." He wheezed as he set me upright again, he brushed himself down as he patted me on the head reassuringly even at this height he can still make me feel insignificant heh. "I suggest we try to walk in a straight line first, let's practice down the hall." He said as he took a hold of my arm with both his hands, i then looked at him, "hey you are a bit shorter than me, but only by an inch." I said poking him in the head.
"Yes, yes just keep yourself focused on your feet and where you're going." He said firmly.
"Er right." I said as we exited out his door.
"Turn right." Ratchet said still keeping a firm hold on my arm.
I placed a free hand on the wall as i felt my legs become stronger, "okay can you let me try this now?" i asked.
He sighed at my eagerness, "Just baby steps okay?" he said in defeat.
"Yes." I sighed as he let go of me, hesitant at first but he finally...well actually i had to pull my arm out of his grip.
I was learning to walk again, "left, right, left, right." I kept repeating but then one side became unbalanced as i fell against the wall, Ratchet was close behind me. I continued on as i made the main hall my destination, and so i reached my arms in front of me like a needy toddler as i stumbled toward it.
"Not so fast." Ratchet scolded.
"I can do this, its fine." I said but my stumbling speeded up as my walking became unsteady and fast... and i couldn't stop...
"Stubborn child! Stop!" ratchet called from behind.
"I can't!" I called back, then inevitably i fell forward and the floor came up fast "i'm gonna dent the floor i know it!" but then i stopped suddenly as i was metres away from the floor, i was lifted up to a straightened height as dad's face came into view, he had both his hands around my waist... which is weird saying that since it would only take one hand to normally do that.
He looked at me and there was a slight anger to his expression, did he know it was me? Or did he know and he was pissed? My guess is the second; at least he can't step on me.
"Er hi." I waved.
"It is you...i was unsure...but i saw your face then..." he said slightly worried then turned his tone just as fast "i hope you both have an explanation for this." He sternly stated making me lower my head from his vision.
Ratchet came up to me as he took a hold of my arm, "its fine Ratch i can stand." I said.
"I know i'm just worried what he's going to do to us." He said, he actually looked like he was taking shelter behind me but that's just me.
"I do not know which question to ask first, mainly because i am finding it partially hard to keep a certain 'feeling' at bay, so i will merely say this...explain." He simply said.
Ratchet approached him as he put himself between myself and him, "I have been researching into this for months, to be able to put a human, more specifically Ellen's mind into a body similar to our own. I drew out blueprints designs things that would suit her, the physical look, the biology, the scale, but the only problem was i didn't have the materials until i was able to claim the 'nemesis prime' mech experiment, all the parts were there and with a few wielding and upgrades i was able to produce what you see before you." He said.
"Expand." He simply said again, you know it's bad when he can't even speak a sentence.
"It is not permanent i better tell you that first, i merely put her mind into the body but she can feel as though it were her own. The only problem is it lacks the ability to scan vehicles which i'm still working on." He said.
"And you did not think to ask for my consent first before engaging in research?" he asked.
"You would've disapproved, you know you would've, even if i explained my argument." He said.
"Yes i would because the only way for you to see if this would work would be to use a human and Ellen was the one and only test subject appropriate for such an experiment." He said.
"I thoroughly looked into it i was positive of the results, see, she is fine and her human body is fully functional and healthy." He said.
"And you agreed to this?" he then whipped his vision to me.
"I-i only found out recently...a few hours ago actually but the opportunity was ...so exciting. And this can change everything." I said in awe. "And i trusted ratchet he wouldn't put me through that even if there was a 0.01 percent of failure."
He let his expression fall slightly, "but why?" he asked.
"Well by first thought alone for the experience i mean this is awesome! But i also thought that now i can go on the field, able to withstand heavy fire power and...You know being able to do that with you, and the others." i said.
"You can barely walk in your new form." Dad stated. His expression had fallen but it wasn't disappointment it was sadness.
"She'll be running in a matter of minutes her mind is just getting used to the new changes." Ratchet said he sounded really excited about this still, "and her body is fully recharged." Ratchet added.
Well that's interesting, "Any other perks i should know of?" i asked.
"Well, i was having a look in storage and i picked out the weapons i feel would suit your...personality." he said.
"Ooh what?" i said.
Dad set his optics on our conversation, thought his expression hadn't changed.
"Well typically a pair of blasters but i thought I'd store an ion displacer just in case." He said which got dads attention.
"That's a heavy weapon class right?" i asked.
"Yes, but if you can't handle it i can perhaps replace it with a neutron assault rifle." He said mockingly.
"I didn't say i couldn't handle i was just checking is all...like you can handle it" i added under my breath.
"An ion displacer?" dad said concerned but it sounded so sweet the way he said it.
"You like to sound concerned for the fun of it don't you?" I said.
"If i did not you may think i do not care." He said slightly more uplifting.
"Good point." I said. "Hey, how about lending me your ion blaster?" i asked sneakily.
"When solas prime comes to visit us." He said.
"I'll hold you to that." I said, with that settled i took a breath, "Okay?" i then said looking at my hands confused seeing how i have no idea how to use my weapons and i tried to get that across to Dad and Ratchet without formerly asking for help.
"Ah yes of course well, Optimus your the parent, teach her how to access her weapons." Ratchet said getting my hint.
"I am still uncomfortable with this sudden change." He said still in a saddened tone.
"It's only temperamental i'm still human." I said gently trying to reassure him.
"It is just unusual to see you like this and at this height. You are not...little anymore." He said, god i thought he'd take this another way, not, this way; it's like i'm moving home or something.
"The day comes for every parent dad." I laughed, "But you are okay aren't you? You look sad. Is it my appearance? I mean what?" i said.
"No, it is just that...i prefer you for who you are, human." He said.
"And that hasn't changed, as far as i'm concerned this is just a suit." I said taking a hold of his hand...that was weird saying that, you'll hear me say that allot.
"Wow, my hand fits in yours, instead of myself fitting in there." I jested lightly.
"This is...unusual." He said but then put his other hand on top of my hand and nursed it, "but it is extraordinary, but temporal." He said his smile perking up. "I personality like these." He said poking my antennas.
"I suit them so much better." I jested. "Now, erm, how do i..." i started though i couldn't blush now, but if i could i would be. I showed him my arms and he took hold of them.
His face perked up as though i reverted back to a child and he was teaching me all over again. "It is by thought alone; think as though you need to defend yourself." He said.
"Erm, okay?" i said as i looked at my arm, "think defence, come on." I thought to myself. Then moments later with a strained processor, (well i can't say brain can i?) my left arm shifted slightly as plate by plate my hand retracted and swapped out with a gun, "whoa, whoa!" i said slightly stunned just the feeling of my hand retracting and coming out with a gun was freaky!
"Do not panic, it is as natural as humans breathing." Dad reassured me as he took hold of my free hand.
"Whoa..." i said pointing the gun in my face to have a look. But dad took hold of my wrist,
"Do not point it in your face Ellen." He said in an almost sigh.
"Heh, sorry i wasn't thinking." I said slightly embarrassed.
"Why don't you trying changing weapons?" Ratchet said.
"Changing weapons? There's an alternative?" i said.
"Yes it's..." Ratchet started before i tried changing without help.
"Wow cool, energon sword." I said in awe, though i waggled it up and down like a toddler with a toy brick.
"Quickly aware of what your doing aren't you." Ratchet said.
"Just don't overdo it." Dad said.
Man i better get into shape since this is not my original body...but i'm feeling a little shy to ask but what the hell, "Dad?" i asked shyly shuffling my feet, "Will you...train with me?" i asked.
He looked at me for a long while as if thinking, "If you are really willing to try in this form, i do not see why i cannot aid you in your training." He said as he turned to ratchet, "Ratchet has there been any signs of decepticon activity? Iacon signal beacons? Any required assistance from Agent Fowler?" he checked.
Ratchet shook his head, "None that i know of, but i will inform you of the slightest change."
I had a huge smile on my face.
Dad then motioned his hand down the hall in confirmation that there is time for training, as i in turn offered him to lead instead, so i can skip behind him like a giddy girl.
This was great, hand to hand combat, though he went easy on me you could tell since i beat him down a few times, "come on be serious." I moaned.
"You are able to perform your usual style of fighting in this form flawlessly, however..." he started before he sweaped my legs as i went down.
"I'm not a Jedi yet?" i guessed as dad held a hand out for me.
"You still lack experience, but you are combat ready in this area, but we need to see how well your sword play is." He said retracting both his swords out.
"And you told me not to overdo it." I said just about finding my feet.
"Am i going too fast for you?" he teased.
"No." I said lightly as i looked at my hands, "It will be different seeing how we would normally wield a sword with our hands but seeing how my swords are my hands." I said as i got both my blades out too.
"The night is still long." He said.
"Yeah and this time don't go easy on me." I said sharpening my blades against each other, i felt like Baraka from mortal kombat...cool!
"What difficulty shall i set my level to?" he asked.
"Megatron level?" i said.
He then stood there stiff, he lowered his head slightly then in a quick manner he threw back his sworded arms then he charged at me! "ye-argh!" he yelled.
"Argh!" i in turn yelled but not as a battle cry but an unprepared cry of terror. I was only joking!
I sat on the floor, i was owned to put it bluntly...i don't want to talk about it, "man it's so weird doing all this and not sweating." I said.
"You're putting all your force into your arms, but none to the blades, you are not in unison with them. But that may be because humans have never had swords for hands." He said.
"Not my best strength huh?" i said.
"Not true, you did land a hit below my chest." He said pointing to a scratched surface.
"Sorry." I said in a small voice.
"Do not be i want you to attack me as though your life depended on it, which it will." He said as he helped me up again.
I yawned much to my surprise, "oh." I said confused.
"An instinctive reaction, after all this is not your usual time of awaken you would still be resting, you still perform the action of breathing do you not?" he said.
"Yeah i do." I said.
"It would be best to keep up that habit; i do not want you to forget to breathe in your human body." He said in a light jest.
"What time is it?" i asked.
"0200 hours." He said.
"How about target practice now?" i asked.
"Of course." He said, he then put two hands behind his back as he paced, "I am still uneasy about this...change, however it would be beneficial to have another warrior on the field."
My expression turned stunned, "w-w-what..." i stuttered.
"Another thing, seeing how you are able to join us on the field and so quickly, you do know what i expect?" He said.
"Of course but you..." i tried again to ask, i wanted this is writing!
"And you will be emergency back up or if it is absolutely necessary, i do not want you to become accustomed to this form." He said pointing a finger in my face.
"Accustomed?" i questioned, oh well he managed to change the subject but i know for sure he called me a 'warrior'; i am so getting a certificate confirming this! But then again it may be a technique of encouragement.
"Get so caught up in all this that you forget what is so engaging to be human, for example jack, miko and Raphael. The social conversations, the video entertainment, the 'hang outs', your time of education." He said.
"I would never look past them." I said.
"Good, i just wanted to make sure." he said looking to his side, and then he shot his vision to me once again, "now about that target practice." He said.
We were up top on the cliff, it was pitch black but as if by reaction my vision became bright and blue and i could see perfectly, e-except it was blue...again weird.
Dad held my arm up straightening my position, "steady, don't tense too much." He said as my target was a specific spot.
"You know i like doing this again." I said.
"What?" he asked.
"Training with you. I mean i had learned all i could in my human body but i have to wait a few years to continue that." I said.
"Until then..." he said before bending down and plucking up a pebble, then threw it to the sky.
I saw it and shot at it. Guessing his intention.
"Fast reflexes, perfect shot however like with your swords you haven't adjusted to having artillery as well and your aim is wobbly, in conclusion a 'lucky shot'." He stated.
"I'll practice getting used to them, but no way was that a lucky shot, that was a shot from a person of pure awesomeness." I argued.
Then his expression changed to that of concern, and his optics widened slightly, "what's wrong?" i asked.
"I need to carry on decoding the iacon data base...i lost track of time." He said sounding slight shame from his error, before swiftly turning and heading back down fixed on his forgotten objective. "Are you not coming?" he asked.
"I-d like to practice for a while if you don't mind." I said.
"Do not linger in this form for long, i am still wary of the effects it may have." He said as he turned his back to me but then stopped, "training has been...enjoyable." he said before leaving.
I had a 'cool' expression on my face until i knew he was gone then i grinned like a Cheshire cat and did a little 'victory' dance, doing the 'monkey' in this form would look great on a postcard for jasper.
I had returned from up top but i didn't want to go back to my human body...not yet, a thought had came to mind as i continued to shoot at pebbles, it was a thought of training with the star saber.
"Ellen, remember you still need to take care of your human body." Ratchet said.
"Isn't my body technically resting?" i said.
"That's not what i meant; i was referring to 'bathroom breaks'." He said.
"Subtle Ratch, but no worries i can hold it for like eight hours when i haven't drunk much, and i haven't." I said.
"My mistake, you barely look at after your human body anyway." he managed to fit in some sarcasm.
i went down the hallway where all the iacon relics were held as well as arachnid, *shudder* she makes me jump every time. Anyway, there it was sat on its plaque i opened the vault as i looked it over, "perhaps it'll increase in size now?" i said to myself, i pinched it between my fingers as it was much smaller in comparison now, as i plucked it...hold on its not budging...give me a minute... it's... like someone... has stuck it down... with... super glue, i then put a foot against the plaque in hopes of heaving the thing up but...no good "why can't i lift you?" i said to it.
And then like it had been voice activated, it begun to hum and glow in a random pattern like Morse code "huh? Are you talking?" it hummed fast paced, though it hummed i heard a vague voice in my head, "you don't recognise me? But it is me, just in a different form." It hummed again, "genetic signature? ...so i can't wield you anymore? Unless i am human? So i have to choose between fighting as a human or fighting as an autobot...well it doesn't take a genius to figure out it would be better to fight as an autobot since, i barely fought as a human with the star saber." it hummed in a low base, "your right, i barely wielded you...i'm sorry but i am grateful you came to my aid back on cybertron." It hummed some more, "pass you on? I can do that?" it hummed for a while.
"I see, you wanted me to deliver you here, to give you to dad? But why tell me this now?" it hummed for while; "you have been busy? But now time is short? How can a sword..." It hummed some more, "attack you?" its humming went into spasms, "well, thanks for thinking of me but i barely took you out like i should've when i encountered soundwave and when me, miko and wheeljack tracked down hardshell." It hummed frantically, "yeah but still..." it hummed again cutting my sentence short; "now that i truly have a form that can protect myself i no longer need you?" it hummed gently, "i better give you to dad now then." It hummed loudly, "not yet? When?" it hummed again, "when megatron shows himself in the open? To give megatron a warning? Then you will give dad a message?"
It hummed again but this time i was standing in darkness and a blue glowing form of a mech was before me, "will you do this?" he said.
Where, the hell am i?! I just let my mouth hang as i spun around in absolute confusion, "whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Hold on, you're not the sword? I was talking to a Mech? Where am i? How are you able to..." I started to ask frantically whipping my head left and right.
"Questions that can be answered another time." He said calmly.
"O-kay? Er, what do i ask then?" i said.
"you do not need to, just listen to what i have to say, a different evil still lingers, one who can rain death from above, deal with it first, then wait for megatron to emerge, i will know when you have given the sword to Optimus as i will be able to communicate with him." He said.
I had gathered my mentality together and just accepted i was in a place of darkness...without a door. "Can i ask something then?" i said trying to picture not being in the big black abyss.
"I know what you want to ask, 'did i use you to bring the sword here?' no i had chosen you as its guardian until the time came." He said.
"So basically you did use me." I said with a fallen expression.
"Not true, i was confused when i felt the presence of Optimus, and even more so when it was revealed to be you, a human who bore an arm made of Optimus's parts. I saw you, an autobot and another human travel cybertron with the key to vector sigma at hand, you were in trouble with the insecticon you hold the power of a prime within your right arm and so were able to wield the star saber, an opportunity for it to be delivered to Earth and to be out of the reach of Megatron." He said.
"so dad was being really cheesy with the whole 'protecting someone' line...i wish he was just straight with me on that, i feel so stupid to think that...never mind, i mean I've got a much better alternative now so whatever i can give it up." I said folding my arms, still i feel a little foolish.
"though you say this, i feel as though you are slightly disappointed?" He said.
"Just a bit, i mean it was a cool sword, like i used it to slice silas's experiment in half, arh man i wish i got that on video." I said.
"That is not all the sword can do." He said.
I slightly huffed, "so I've heard."
"His lack of teaching was most likely to keep it from the reach of megatron though he did not tell you this in words; it is not that he did not want to." He said.
"So you're telepathic as well huh?" i said.
"I cannot hold communication for long, for i fear any day now megatron will call an assault on the hall of iacon." He said.
"Hold on your speaking to me from the past?" i said.
"yes." He said.
"So, you have seen it all? The fall of cybertron?" i asked.
Instead of an answer his face was wiped of any expression and his form faded, and in an instance i was standing in the hallway again, and the swords glow died down. I spun around again just to make sure that this was reality.
Well that was...I'm gonna say it 'weird', still I'm slightly down that i have to give it up, but it was short but sweet i guess.
I looked at my feet, as i thought about the mech that spoke to me, how can you speak through a sword in the past? I'm so confused! "and on top of that I just realized i have a foot, but no toes...i have no toes!"
A/N i had always planned on giving Ellen a temporary robot form and maybe you noticed those subtle hints in much earlier chapters, but it is a temperamental form i won't make her a permanent cybertronian, now what do you think of my solution to the star saber problem? It's not too 'weak' is it? I mean i don't want to change it as though they were looking for another relic because they would probably find it later in the series anyway, nor did i want to make some excuse. She has it for a short while but then again, ****SPOILERS**** ...so does Optimus.
I hope i described her form the best i could, I'll have to look for a picture that looks similar since i suck at drawing robots lol but yeah i actually dreamed her up :3
i had a pretty good guess that the star saber cut through anything :D then again what else would you expect an awesome sword to do BD
On another note i had to split this from 'human factor' since it was getting too long for my type of long chapter, which i have nearly finished i just need to patch up the grammar ^^;
Ellen will be able to scan a vehicle mode but i think that won't be till 'legacy' i have already picked out a vehicle mode for her and i chose it mainly by look alone, something that would suit her, but it does a pretty good speed, but yeah i hope you guys think so too.