Chapter 3
The Nemesis, Earth's orbit…
Megatron was fuming, pacing the corridors to clear his mind. How had the Prime known of the human's arrival? The apparent reason being that the Autobots scanners had also picked up the bridge's energy signature when the human was pulled through the dimensions. Megatron was going to have to act fast if he wanted to maintain control over the situation. His idea of reaching through the void and grabbing another human was dashed when Soundwave had reported that they did not have enough energon onboard to attempt it. No, he was going to have to retrieve the specimen, but in his own time. No logic in dispatching the entire decepticon armada to locate one piffling human, when there was other important work to be done. Even now, the Nemesis was en route to a decepticon mine to collect new supplies…
Autobot base…
It had been six hours since Optimus had brought the human into the base. During this time, June Darby had been called in to attend to his leg while Agent Fowler tried to identify who he was, with little results.
"Our facial recognition software hasn't been able to identify him. We tried tracking his cellphone so we could get a name but even that doesn't seem to exist." Stated the former army ranger. "But what I want I want to know is how he knows your former name, Prime. That piece of information wasn't exactly passed on to the rest of the world."
"I'm afraid I do not know Agent Fowler," said Optimus. "However it is imperative that we find out from our young friend how he came about it."
"I say we wake him up right now and ask him." Spat Arcee. She had been on edge ever since she had contacted Optimus after her confrontation with the boy.
"You can ask your questions when he wakes up accordingly." Interjected Nurse Darby. "He will be in some pain when he does so go easy on him. I have to get back to the hospital, my shift is about to start."
"Thank you for your help, Nurse Darby." Said Optimus. Agent Fowler offered to give June a lift.
As they left, Optimus's attention turned to Ratchet, who was stationed in front of the computers.
"Optimus, not word yet from Bulkhead, but I am detecting some rather curious sub-terranean frequencies." Said Ratchet.
"Of earthly origin?"
"I do not yet know what they are, but I do know where."
A map appeared on the central monitor.
"The coordinates at which we last encountered Megatron." Said Optimus.
"And Arachnid." Added Arcee.
"And Arachnid's insecticon." Added Ratchet.
…
After the three Autobots had bridged to the location, Ratchet turned his attention to the human still lying on the medical berth, his left leg bandaged. Wondering why he was so formally dressed, Ratchet took the liberty of scanning the human himself. He received quite the shock when the results told him that the boy's physical form was soaked with background radiation, particles which were beyond rare in the known universe, as they did not originate IN the known universe.
"Who are you?" thought Ratchet as he watched Alex breathe deeply.
…..
Unbeknown to Ratchet, Alex was in fact wide awake and was listening to conversations gone by. He just wasn't ready to face the Autobots and their questions just yet (especially Arcee), as he wasn't sure he would be able to explain himself. At least he now knew where in the continuance he was. Between episodes 'Armada' and 'Flying mind,' meaning that Optimus and the others would return with Arachnid in tow. As it was early evening, the next episode would take place tomorrow somewhere around lunchtime. He was going to have to explain himself tonight. But to whom exactly? Alex thought about this for a moment, and realized that there was only one person on Team Prime who would believe his story and be able to understand.
Optimus Prime
To be continued…