Hi Everyone I'm Back!
Firstly I am so sorry I haven't been able to post anything sooner. This was my final year at university and I needed to focus on my Dissertation. On a side note, I now officially have a degree in History and I'm now currently at Winchester university studying my MA. Secondly, I initially had a plan for the entire storyline and then Transformers 5 came out and it completely changed my idea on how I originally wanted to end my story so I've spent the last few months completely going over it all. Sorry if you find that kinda odd but my story(ies) are going to be mostly set in between the films, filling in plot holes and bringing in characters who I felt should have been definitely brought in.
So thank you, everyone, who has reviewed, followed and favourite my story, it means the absolute world to me.
Quick note: Lightning uses her powers a few times during this chapters, at the end of this chapter I've left a note explaining what she did a bit more clearly if you don't quite understand whats going on during the chapter.
Anything In Italics = thoughts
~~ anything within these ~~ = thoughts being exchanged across bonds e.g. parental or sparkbonds
Previously:
Light smiled before turning back to the others, freezing when she saw numerous shocked faces
"Ah" she realised nervously "I haven't told you about my powers have I?" she asked
"Sit and start talking," said Daniel rather sternly, arms crossed over his chest.
Light sat back down next to Lizzie and began to retell her tale "Okay, so it all started about a week ago when me and my family were watching a film..."
Chapter 17: Roadtrip Part 2
Normal POV:
"Okay, so let me get this right. You and your family are of a parallel dimension and after accidentally falling through a glowing portal are now essentially stuck here. The giant alien robots, back in your world, are fictional characters from a tv show created back in the 80's. You've practically adopted an alien baby. Been attacked by some secret organization that even the government didn't know about. Gained superpowers from touching the remains of an alien artefact as well as being stabbed, shot at and nearly dying within the first 24 hours of arriving in our dimension!... holy shit and I thought my family's yearly Thanksgiving dinner was crazy" Lizzie quickly summarized Lightning and her family's situation.
Lightning let out a weak chuckle, looking down as she fiddled with her hands "Yeah, tell me about it. So… um, are you guys with this…. I know it's a lot to take in, especially since you guys are probably still getting your heads around the idea of aliens being a thing… I mean I can leave if it makes – "she began rambling nervously but was interrupted by Jamie
"What?! How could you even think that?! Aliens, parallel dimensions, and superpowers! YES! I have been waiting for my entire life for something like this to happen!" he exclaimed rather excitedly. Lightning could have sworn she saw sparkles in his eyes.
Tom shook his head, having earlier moved and was now sitting on the same log as Jamie "Ignore him. Jamie is way too passionate about this sort of stuff, you and the aliens are like a birthday and Christmas all wrapped in one. The sparkles in his eyes is when his inner nerd shows through"
Jamie snorted "and?" he swung an arm over Tom's shoulder "I could be the nerdiest person on the planet and I would still be your best friend. Admit it your life would be so boring without me"
Tom laughed, shaking his head in disbelief "oh shove off you nerd" he shrugged Jamie's arm off before turning back to Lightning "honestly though, we're cool with it" the others nodding in agreement
Light released a breath of air she didn't realize she was holding, her shoulders sagged in relief. "okay, okay, I'll stay" she caved "however. Firstly, we're going to need a lot more food than just this, Bee's wasn't the only who hasn't had human food before and I can guarantee that the rest will be famished. Secondly, I'm going to find myself some warmer clothes as I'm absolutely frozen right now" gesturing to the short and vest she had put on that morning, she wrapped her arms around her chest. A slight chatter beginning as the wind slightly picked up
"I'll join you then" said Lizzie as she reached behind herself and pulled up a black Nike gymbag and swung it over her right shoulder "I could totally do with some warmer clothes as well" she grabbed a hold of Lightning's wrist and began dragging her towards where the trucks were on the other side of the camp, the best place to give them privacy to get changed. "Have you got some extra clothes with you?" she asked Lightning.
Lightning nodded, "yeah, my sister sent a text earlier letting me know they packed a bag and gave it to Maggie and Glen before we left. I believe it would be in one of the front two trucks that were leading earlier"
"That shouldn't be too hard, those two trucks were an A.M. General M35A2 military truck. I know exactly where they are" Lizzie commented and continued to drag Lightning in the direction of the trucks they needed.
"There" pointed out Lightning, noticing that the two trucks were conveniently next to each other "You check the one on the left and I'll check the other one"
Lizzie nodded "Which bag is yours?"
"Should be a large cream leather-ish backpack, there's also a rather large dark blue ink stain on the bottom of the bag if that helps"
Lizzie raised a brow "Blue stain?" she asked as she climbed into the truck
Light shrugged her shoulders in response before clambering into the back of the other truck "my art pens I use for drawings, one of the lids came off the pen and leaked into the bag" she explained, loud enough for Lizzie to hear her
'Fair enough' Lizzie thought "cream bag, cream bag, come on, where are you?" she muttered as she checked underneath the pile of other bags that were amongst the pile, "Ha gotcha!" she exclaimed happily as she pulled out a large cream bag, she doubled check to make sure there was a large dark blue stain on the bottom, there was "Yes, Yo Light! I got it!" she hollered loudly as she jumped out of the truck
"sweet," said Lightning as she poked her head out of the truck she was still in, "Do you mind standing guard while I get changed, please?
"No probs, as long as you can do the same for me" Lizzie responded with as she passed the bag over to its owner
Light scoffed "Of course" she began to rummage through the bag and pull out the clothes her sister packed "Thank god they packed something decent" she commented as she took note of what she had; a pair of dark blue denim skinny jeans, a pair of white sneakers, a loose grey vest top and a white and black, almost grey checkered shirt. She quickly began to get changed, still shivering from the cold. She frowned as she noticed the bandages still tightly wrapped around her stomach, she quickly popped her head out "do you have any clean bandages on you?"
Lizzie took a quick look at her bag and pulled out a small med kit and handed it over to Light "Yeah, here. Everything okay?" she asked worriedly
Light nodded as she took the kit "yeah I just need to change the bandages, otherwise, Ratchet might have a fit" she explained as she pulled out the items she needed.
"So~~ how many giant robots are there? Lizzie asked curiously while standing guard
"Technically they're not giant robots, they're called Cybertronians from the planet Cybertron but prefer the name Autobots" Lightning began to explain "The planet got caught up in a civil war, the good guys the Autobots and the bad guys the Decepticons. I'm not too entirely sure how many there currently are but I know we have five Autobots currently on Earth"
Light grimaced as she unwound the bandage, the stab wound overall was about five cm in length and fortunately enough for her was still closed, just rather tender and sore, "Frag" she hissed as she carefully prodded her wound 'I'll need to be careful, one wrong move and it could re-open,' she pulled out some fresh bandages and began to re-wrap the wound.
"Okay, So I've met Bumblebee, that's his name, right? Who else is there?" Lizzie asked
Light pulled on her grey vest and checkered shirt, smiling as she saw the chain she had for the All Spark fragment had grown into a longer chain that ended just under her chest. "yeah, that's Bumblebee. He's the youngest of all the Autobots as well as being their scout and transforms into a yellow and black Chevrolet Camaro, Jazz is the third-in-command, saboteur and a silver Pontiac Solstice. Then there's Ratchet and Ironhide, the oldest two I know so far; Ratchet being the medic and a yellow search and rescue hummer and Hide being the weapon specialist who's a black GMC Topkick. And finally, there's Optimus Prime, He's the leader of all Autobots and is the red and blue flame Peterbilt semi. Oh, and Prime is Bumblebee's father" Light finished as switched into her skinny jeans
"Oh, dear God. Their all car enthusiasts" She could hear Lizzie mutter
"So how do I look?" Light asked as she jumped out of the truck, her bag hanging over her right shoulder, she held out the first aid kit "Thanks for letting me borrow it"
"I love the shirt" Lizzie commented as she took back the med kit "And no worries, your wounds are all okay, though right?"
"Yeah, yeah. Their good, just needed some fresh bandages is all" Light explained as she readjusted her beanie "now hurry up and get changed, I'll stand guard"
Lizzie laughed before hopping into the truck. "Don't worry I'll be quick"
Light smiled in response before noticing that her glasses looked a bit dusty, she took them off to give a quick clean 'God this is weird. I can actually see without glasses, I wonder if there's a way to try and use the glasses without having to constantly wear them all the time as well having to use my eyes as the controls'
"You alright there Light?" Lizzie asked as she came out of the truck, still wearing her combat trousers from earlier she had however changed her top for a rather oversized navy jumper
"Nice jumper" Light commented with before frowning "I'm good, just trying to work out a way to see if I can still use my glasses without having them on all the time"
She was met with a blank look
"Right, you see Angel gave me these glasses which are linked to the phone and the GPS and everything cos I needed glasses because my eyesight was shit and then Ratchet did something with these nanites and I can now suddenly see and all that and then Angel did this really cool thing … and I've completely lost you haven't I?
"You lost me after the glasses were linked to the phone"
Both girls bust out into laughter, Light shook her head "you know what? Never mind, I'm still trying to get my head around it all" she confessed, "So which way is it back to the camp?"
This time it was Lizzie's turn to shake her head "Come on, follow me" she took lead, walking back the direction they came, Lightning following a couple of steps behind. A comfortable silence had settled between the two as they walked back but it was soon interrupted
"YOOOO! LIZZIE~~~!"
Both turned around to see a pair of brunette twins jogging towards them, three more soldiers following behind them. Lizzie's smile brightened by a tenfold
"Thomas, William!" she exclaimed happily launching herself into the arms of the twin on the right, hugging him before hugging the other twin "I didn't know you guys had been roped into going to DC as well"
The one on the left shrugged "yeah well the Dam is sorta in shambles at the moment and we would rather this than being on clean up duty"
Light awkwardly cleared her throat, gaining the attention of everyone "uh…hey" she gave a small wave "Liz, you know these guys?
"Oh right. Lightning meet my older twin brothers" she gestured to the one on her right, the brunette with blue eyes "this is Thomas" then gestured to the one on her left, brunette with brown eyes "and this is William. Guys meet Lightning, she's a human from a parallel dimension and has superpowers"
It was silent for a couple of minutes though it felt more like an eternity before anyone spoke up
"fair enough. So what sort of powers do you have?" Thomas asked
Light blinked "Oh, um, Electrical powers…I think…hold up. You're not even going to question the fact that your sister said I wasn't from this Earth" she asked in slight disbelief
"Nah mate" Thomas answered with "We were some of the soldiers that went to Mission city with those giant aliens"
"Plus, Lizzie has never lied to us in her entire life, if she says you're from another world with powers we'll trust her word" William also commented
Lightning smiled at how much trust Lizzie seemed to have with her brothers "Well fair enough, do you want to join us at our camp?"
The boys smiled "Let me guess, the furthest camp away from all the others, right? Thomas asked with a knowing smirk
Lizzie let out a chuckle "you know us too well. Come on I'll lead since Light seemed to have forgotten the way"
"Lizzie! Lightning!" Jamie yelled out once he saw the two walking backs towards the camp "what took so long?" he asked
"Sorry about that Jamie, we ran into my brothers and their friends on the way" Lizzie explained, dropping her bag on the ground and flopping none too gracefully down onto one of the logs.
"You don't mind us joining do you?" the twins asked simultaneously
Jamie shook his head "No its fine, the more the merrier"
"Well then," Liam said as he stood up, dragging his younger brother up as well "We'll go get some logs for people to sit on" they walked away from the camp, the three soldiers that were with Thomas and William followed suit.
Light dumped her bag down next to Lizzie's bag and sat down next to her "So think we've got enough food for everyone?" she asked
Lizzie shrugged in response "hopefully, and if not Dan and Liam know where the stash of extra burgers and that are"
A few minutes later Liam, Tom, and the others were back bringing back more than enough logs for everyone and some extra smaller ones that could be used in the fire.
"We remembered that your Alien Friend Bumblebee and the others should be joining us soon as well so we've brought extra as well," Liam said, explaining the surplus number of logs.
"Autobots. Not aliens" Light corrected
"Right. Autobots" Liam repeated trying out the new term as he sat down "So is Autobots their species or what exactly?"
"Cybertronians?" Lizzie answered with before turning to Light for confirmation. "Cybertronians from the planet Cybertron, but their planet was caught up in a war. Autobots are the good guys and Decepticons are the bad guys"
Light raised a brow in amusement "huh, so you were paying attention to what I was saying"
Liz scoffed in retaliation "hey If I'm going to be spending time around aliens its only right that I learn as much as possible around them. I mean these are practically giant robots that could easily squish me if I offend them"
Light laughed at her reasoning "Haha if only. The Autobots have a moral code they stick to, one of the main rules being that they cannot physically hurt humans"
"Well that makes us feel a lot safer," the twins said both again in sync with each other
"So~" Lizzie began "What does frag mean?"
Light tilted her head in confusion "where did you hear that?"
"You said it earlier when we were getting changed by the trucks" Lizzie explained
"Ah," Light said, realizing what Lizzie meant "Fuck. Frag is Cybertronian for fuck"
This seemed to have caught Jamie's attention "wait, hold up. You mean to tell me they have their own language" he asked excitedly
Light was about to answer when suddenly she heard her name being called in the distance, she turned around to see Lennox, Epps and some other soldiers 'Most likely the rest of their team' "Lennox! Epps! Over here!" she hollered loudly, waving her arm to grab their attention, she soon realized that Sam, Mikaela, Glen and Maggie were also with them. "Hey guys, whats up?" she asked once they were closer to the camp and she no longer needed to yell
"nothing much wanted to check in on you since we haven't heard from you in a while" Lennox explained, he did a quick once over the camp and raised his eyebrow in response "Though it seems you've made some new friends"
Light grinned "Well thank you for coming to check up on me but I'm in good hands, right guys?" she asked the group of soldiers. A collective of 'yeah' and 'hell yeah' was her answer, she let out a chuckle of amusement
"So how much of the Cybertronian language can you speak?" Jamie inquired going back to their earlier topic before they were interrupted
"Actually, none of it. I know how to write in their language but I can't physically speak their language" Lightning explained
Everyone seemed confused at that statement, "but I've heard you use Cybertronian words" Lennox began
"and I have" Lightning interrupted "but speaking their language and using their terminology are two completely different things. Okay, you know what, how about you lot make yourself comfy and I'll explain from the beginning, yeah?" Light offered once she realized that her explanation still hadn't explained anything.
Lennox's group were quick to find a seat, some sitting on the floor and leaning against the logs or their large backpacks, those who had theirs with them.
"Okay. Basically, the Cybertronian language largely consists of clicks, whirs and more mechanical sounding noises most of which our vocal cords can't repeat, you can give it a go if you want but your most likely going to permanently damage your vocal cords, so please for the love of Primus don't attempt it. However, a majority of their language can somewhat be translated into our language but not all of it.
Like I mentioned before I can write in their language but try to pronounce their words are two completely different things, translating words can be a pain as well. Sometimes we don't have the words so it's the next closest thing and sometimes the words to us have different meanings. So, take chassis for example to us it means the framework of a car but to any Cybertronians, it would mean chest. You with me so far?" Lightning asked
They all mostly nodded in confirmation
"So, how many terms do you know? You seem to use them quite regularly" Jamie asked
"I know quite a few due to being part of the Transformers franchise. And for those of you who don't know I'm from a parallel world and in said world, the Autobots are a bunch of fictional characters in films and tv, most commonly known as Transformers. And since I've been a fan of them for the past 16 years I guess it sorta comes naturally to me" Lightning explains.
"That's so cool. Okay. So, frag means fuck and Chassis mean chest. What else do you know? Tom asked
"Aft" supplied Lennox before turning to Lightning, "you said it when we first met, I think Ratchet said it means 'Arse'"
Light nodded in confirmation, "yep"
Jamie whipped out a notebook and a pen "Teach us"
"Yeah come on Lightning, we want to know more," said both the twins
"Really?!" Lightning asked in slight disbelief, she didn't think they would want to learn so much this early. Lightning clapped her hands together in delight when most them responded with yes "Alright then, I'll start with Cybertronian anatomy, trust me when I say it's important you learn the difference between a mech and a femme now" she began
And so, for the next hour Lightning had taught the small, well slightly large, group of soldiers and civilians a majority of the Cybertronian terms she's picked up over the years, from anatomy parts like the helm, chassis and optics to other such words such as astrosecond and breem. Jamie and a couple of other soldiers had spent the entire time writing down the terms occasionally interrupting Lightning to ask how a certain was spelt or pronounced.
"And I think that sums up most of the terms I know" finished Lightning, mentally going over all the terms to make sure she didn't miss any "I'll let you guys know if I can think of any more"
"Don't worry about it hun, honestly I think you've made Jamie's day" Lizzie pointed out, nodding in Jamie's direction to see him going over his notes with some of the other soldiers.
Lightning smiled at how excited they were before a frown was replaced "Actually, speaking of the bots, where are they? I didn't think it would take this long" Lightning pointed out, realizing it was probably around 10 maybe 11 in the evening and the Autobots had yet to show up.
"The Autobots?" Lennox began once he finished the burger he was currently eating, "Last I saw Keller and that Banachek guy where having a meeting with them to discuss the terms of the treaty"
'Of course, they are. Honestly, Optimus really needs to start learning how to say no to humans' she thought dryly "Do you know where they are now?" she asked
Lennox shrugged "unfortunately no. Banachek, I think, wanted privacy away from any prying eyes"
"They're most likely somewhere further away from the main camp then" Epps also commented
'Great, how am I going to find them now' Light thought, she grabbed ahold of the Spark fragment as it let out a weak pulse of energy 'I wonder…'
"Light?" Lennox asked worriedly when he noticed the young woman was being rather quiet
"Hold on a sec. I'm gonna try something real quick" Light responded with before closing her eyes and tapping into the All Spark energy. She slowed down her breathing into an almost meditative state and began to focus on the surrounding electrical energy surrounding her, she immediately recognized the heartbeats of the soldiers currently sitting around the campfire, 20 humans if she excluded herself. Once she felt confident enough she widened her spectrum and began expanding out, firstly picking up all the other heartbeats at the other surrounding camps she frowned in annoyance when she realised that they were all human heartbeats that she could feel, though once she remembered what Epps had said she widened her search even wider and began searching on the outskirts of the main camp.
And it was there that she spotted it, a small campfire literally just on the perimeter of the main camp, she picked up on two human heartbeats and five large pulsing electrical sparks which were most definitely not human, 'the Autobots' she concluded, she theorised that due to the sparks only being slightly larger than the humans that the Autobots must also be in their human forms instead of their Cybertronian forms.
Just from where she was sitting she could easily tell who each sparked belong to. The smallest one had a light blue aura around it and seem to be full of energy 'Bumblebee', the next one was just slightly larger than Bee's and took on a slight silvery glow to it, it was more relaxed, swaying side to side as if it was dancing to music 'Jazz', the last three had to be Prime, Ratchet and Ironhide and Lightning didn't like what she was seeing. For the last three were not only much larger in size but were almost dull in colour almost a dull grey. Light grimaced as she focused on their sparks, all three felt lifeless, exhausted and just plain tired.
Finally, before noting their current position she noticed that Prime, Ratchet, Ironhide and Jazz's sparks all each had a red almost like a string that was wrapped around their sparks a couple of times before trailing off into the distance, Prime's, Ratchet's and Ironhide's was a faint red string, while Jazz's seemed to be a much brighter red than the others. 'Sparkmates perhaps?' she asked herself curiously. Taking a quick note of where they are Lightning released her hold on the All Spark energy, she opened her eyes and found herself back in the camp
She startled everyone when she suddenly stood up "I know where they are" she announced
"How did you…?" Lennox began
"All Spark. Don't worry it's kind of hard to explain fully, all that matters is that I'm going to get the Autobots and bring them back here" Lightning explained, though she suddenly jumped out the way when Thomas and William came wrestling past her, "What did I miss?"
"Oh, they're arguing on whose music we should listen to" Lizzie explained, letting out a sigh and a small shake of her head, "They both think that they have the best taste in music, this happens every time."
Lightning let out a chuckle before taking something out of her backpack "Alright you two, break it up otherwise I won't give this to you guys" holding out a red iPod touch. This seemed to have grabbed the twin's attention as they both stopped fighting and focused on what Light was holding. "This. Is an iPod touch, which had just come out in my world" she held it for the twins "not only am I from a parallel world but I'm from the year 2014, which means I have 7 years' worth of music that I can guarantee you've never heard before"
Thomas quickly got up and grabbed the iPod before his twin could "Oh, this is soo~~ gonna be good" he commented as he connected it to his portable speakers
"Just don't break it please" Lightning begged, that iPod had all her music on it, once the twins promised to behave she turned back to Lennox and Epps "Okay and on that note, I'm going to get Optimus and the others, can you make sure there is enough food for them when they get here please"
They both nodded "Sure thing"
"And no killing or threatening anyone again" Yelled Epps, jokingly.
Light mocked salute "I make no promises!" she hollered.
Normal POV:
Optimus sighed for what felt like the hundredth time that evening, he had decided that he would rather be facing a Decepticon right now than have to negotiate the treaty with the humans. It had been about three maybe four hours since Bee had found them, showing off his newly fixed voice box and explaining that Lightning had sent him to fetch the others so they could refuel and relax for the evening but alas they had been intercepted by Banachek; who had wanted to negotiate the terms of their treaty and had somehow even managed to rope in Keller to join as well.
Not wanting to disappoint or anger the humans Optimus had reluctantly agreed to the meeting despite the fact he had yet to discuss with his fellow comrades on their terms yet. Optimus' original plan was to dismiss his men so they could go find Lightning while he dealt with the formalities as in all honesty they didn't need to be involved in the moment, however, Banachek had refused this idea arguing that all the Autobots must attend which had unfortunately brought a few grumbles out of the others, Bee mostly.
Optimus was currently sitting on a log in his human form, deciding it was easier for the humans. Ratchet was sitting on his right on the same log and Ironhide was on another log to his left, meanwhile next to Ironhide was Jazz and Bee. Bee was flopped over the log drawing in the dirt whereas Jazz was leaning against the log and attempting to fall asleep, both looking utterly bored out of their minds. Optimus nodded absentmindedly as Banachek rambled on about the conditions for the peace treaty, his mind drifting worriedly to Lightning. Not one of his men were with Lightning like he initially hoped for, and with her current state of mind and possibly emotional state, he didn't want to leave her alone especially with a group of men that she or he didn't know. He prayed that Lennox and Epps had managed to find her and keep an eye on her. If she was anything like his sparkmate than it was only a matter of time before she manages to get herself into trouble.
~~You're worrying too much~~
Optimus quickly glanced over at his son, seeing him still drawing in the dirt ~~I worry about a lot of things little one. You're going to have to be more specific~~ he said through the creator bond he had with Bumblebee
He could just see Bumblebee shaking his head through the bond ~~I meant with Lightning. She's tougher than she looks~~
Optimus sighed ~~I know little one. But I cannot help but worry about the situation her and her family are currently in~~
"Optimus are you listening?!" Banachek angrily interrupted his train of thought
Optimus shook his head and straightened up "My apologies, I got too caught up in my thoughts" he could hear Bee snickering at the fact he was caught not paying attention "What was it you wanted to discuss?"
Banachek rolled his eyes in annoyance, grumbling something under his breath which fortunately the Autobots hadn't heard him clearly "I want to discuss the situation involving Lightning and her…" he hesitated for a second "…her new abilities involving the All Spark" he finished. The topic caught Jazz's and Bee's attention, Prime noted out of his peripheral view that both had immediately sat up once hearing Lightning's name being mentioned
It was the Ratchet gave his input "Yes her abilities involving the Spark fragment was rather unforeseen, especially with the fact that she is organic it is something which is rather unheard of. However, the theory of parallel worlds and counterparts do come into play, especially if it is confirmed that she is Solus' counterpart from another world it would also help explain how she is able to use the same powers as Solus. I'll need to run some tests first to confirm this theory and possibly go through our remaining archives to see if there are any recorded documents on parallel worlds and organics with connections to the All Spark might take a while though"
"That's nice and all" Banachek cut in once Ratchet was finished "but we need answers now. We've spent over 50 years studying the cube, trying to understand its potential and this girl, claiming she's from another world, comes along and can do stuff that we've only ever dreamed about doing. I've got some doctors and scientists who also studied the cube waiting in DC to run some tests on the girl once we arrive in the hopes that they can understand and process how she was able to possess the power of the cube so easily."
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"Absolutely not" Optimus stated, his arms crossed over his chest.
Banachek narrowed his eyes at Prime and stood up in the attempt to make himself look intimidating "and why not?!" he demanded "This development is revolutionary. She could be the key to the next step in evolution for mankind. We need to seize this chance while we still can"
Optimus raised a brow at Banachek's statement, clearly catching on to what he was insinuating "Lightning is not an object for your scientists to experiment on, she is a human being."
"T-that was not was I saying" Banachek spluttered out, taking a step back "as a Citizen of the United States of America she has a du – "
"And need I remind you" Optimus began also standing up, interrupting Banachek "That Lightning is not a citizen nor is she from your world, so she doesn't have any duty to your country if I remember correctly she said that she and her family are from England, correct? Also, Lightning has sought us, not your government but us, out not only for protection but to help get her family home safely which means she is under our protection and it will stay that way.
Secondly, despite the time you've claimed you've spent studying the All Spark you have only scraped the surface of its full potential Meanwhile we have more knowledge and experience in dealing with the All Spark and thus I will have Ratchet see to Lightning and her connection to the All Spark as well as any potential negative side effects, and finally. The last time I left Lightning in your care you had not only kept her siblings essentially as prisoners but had planned to dispose of them once you no longer had a use for them, so forgive me if I don't readily trust you and any of your men near her" Optimus finished, his tone of voice made it clear that this topic was not up for discussion. Even though he wanted to stay on good terms with the humans and was willing to go with most of their proposed terms for the treaty he wasn't about to let anyone who could potentially be a threat anywhere near Lightning or her siblings.
Keller sighed in exasperation "Maybe, it would be best to move on from this topic, this is something that is needed to be discussed with Lightning herself"
"I completely agree with you"
Everyone turned to see Lightning approaching, arms folded across her chest as she stopped next to Jazz and Bee,
"Ah Miss Lightning" Keller greeted "I can presume you overheard us?"
"I've heard everything from the second Ratchet gave his input on my situation" Lightning answered with honestly
Keller nodded in response "right yes Like I said that is a topic that we can return to later. I presume from the fact that you're here that there is something you need?"
"Yes, actually. I'm here for the bots, they need food and rest right now not to be stuck in some boring meeting"
"objection" Banachek interruption, his tone clearly showing that he was not happy with Lightning showing up "this meeting is of the utmost importance and we need to get this sorted now"
Light raised a brow "at this time of the evening when a majority of you are tired and hungry?" she let out a sigh "fine, let's get this over with. What have you come up with so far?"
"well" Optimus began "since we are the ones seeking refuge on this planet and don't have much a right to demand much, we're allowing the humans to help decide what our options are"
"Obviously" Banachek then cut in "we need to convince the world council that they're not a threat especially after the stunt they pulled in Mission city, hence why we'll only be negotiating for the minimal necessities and perhaps as a sign of peace, offer over some of their weapons- "
"Absolutely not!" Lightning interrupted angrily, stalking towards Banachek "there is no way in pit that they are about to hand over their weapons technology to a bunch of idiotic, fucking douchebags like you!"
"how dare y- "
"I don't fucking care" Lightning once again interrupted him "the Autobots helped save your planet from the harbinger of Death, which can I remind you, you held hostage and most likely experimented on for several years and who most likely wanted to eradicate the entire human race, that you're only going to provide them with the basic necessities all the while they hand over their technology over to you lot! No absolutely fucking not" she turned to Keller
"first off, your gonna need a base of operations, either Diego Garcia or that large empty base you have sitting in Nevada, actually no we'll need both of them so we have a backup in case of emergency situations. You'll need to work on groundbridge technology in order to get around, which trust me will be easier than driving or taking a plane. We'll need researchers and scientists for energon converters and a tracking system that can notify us of incoming Autobots or possible Decepticons, I believe Angel is already working on something. Next, you'll need a human and an Autobot liaison, not only will it make paperwork easier but it would be beneficial for human and Cybertronian relations" Lightning turned back to Banachek "you might wanna write some of this down by the way"
"Also the bots get proper sized rooms and berths, Ratchet will need a large enough med bay and state of the art equipment, Prime will need his own office as well as Prowl once he gets here, your training rooms will again be state of the art equipment and up to Ironhide's expectations. They're also going to need Rec rooms and places for them to relax and unwind, they can't constantly run around in human forms. Finally, funding for the Autobots. You're gonna need a bit especially once the terror twins show up. Soldiers, engineers, mechanics, doctors and any other staff members will have to be handpicked and approved either by Prime, Prowl, Ironhide, Ratchet, Will and Epps. We need people we can trust and are open-minded that they won't turn to blubbering messes once we introduce them to the Autobots. And lastly, Sam and Mikaela get full access to the base anytime any place as well as the government paying for the rest of their education"
"WHAT!" exclaimed Banachek angrily in response "those demands are absurd! They'll get what we decide. Just who do you think you are"
"I think" Lightning began "that am I the girl who is not only from a parallel world with the knowledge of what is going to happen within the next ten years but I have more knowledge on the history of Cybertron, their inhabitants and the Autobots then you could ever imagine in your pitiful bloody life. These are the terms of the treaty and that is non-negotiable, trust me when I say this is a fight you will not win"
"why you little –"Banachek seethed out in pure anger, taking a threatening step towards Lightning but stopped when Optimus protectively stood in front of Lightning, blocking his view of the young woman, the other Autobots also stood up ready to intervene if needed.
It was silent for a matter of seconds before Keller stood up "Enough, Banachek stand down" he ordered
Eyes widened in disbelief "But sir"
"Enough. Miss Lightning is right, she has clearly shown how much more vast her knowledge is of the Autobots as well as their needs to survive. It would be wise to follow any advice she gives us. And on that topic, miss Lightning, we have over five days until the world council meeting in which we need to have a proposal ready and I trust in the fact that you can get the Autobots exactly what they need. So, I want you to work with the Autobots and put together a proposal with all the terms as well as any supporting evidence you can get which will help support their case" Keller said
"You can't be serious sir, she has no political experience at all" Banachek argued
"That is my final decision Banachek, this meeting is officially over. Miss Lightning you have five days to put your proposal together. Now if you'll excuse me I would like to actually eat and relax at some point this evening" Keller finished before heading back towards the camp
Banachek growled, "this isn't over, not by a long shot" he threatened before storming off towards the camp.
"Uh? What jus' happen'?" Jazz questioned once the three human officials were out of hearing range
"What happened? What happened is that I just got you out of an extremely boring and stupidly unnecessary meeting" Lightning began before facing Optimus and poking him in the chest "You! Need to learn the word no, especially to government officials like Banachek. Don't stand your ground now they're gonna walk all over you"
"I will keep that in mind for the next time we are put into that situation" Optimus responded with, "Though you didn't have to do that for us"
Light shook her head "No I didn't have to, but I wanted to. After everything you guys have endured, you don't deserve to be treated the way humans have treated you, no one should ever be treated like that human or Cybertronian"
Suddenly Lightning was glomped from behind by bumblebee, his cheek resting against her back "Lightning~~~~" he whined "I'm hungry, please tell me you guys didn't eat the rest of the food"
Light winced slightly from where Bee had wrapped his arms around her stomach but quickly shook it off before laughing "Luckily enough for you guys Dan and Liam know where the extra stash of food is and Will and Epps are making sure there's enough food for you guys"
That caught Optimus' attention "Lennox has been with you?" he asked, thanking Primus for the fact that someone he trusted was able to keep on an eye on her
"yeah, his team, Sam, Mikaela, Glen and Maddie had joined us all" Lightning answered with
"Light~ Food~~~~" Bumblebee whined again, his stomach also growling in protest about the lack of food
This time Jazz also piped in "yeah Bee keeps mentionin' somethin' bout a burger?"
"Right, of course, none of you have actually sat down and eaten yet" Light realized, remembering the exact reason as to why she came to find them in the first place. She pried Bee's arms from around her waist letting out a small sigh of relief once she no longer felt the pressure of Bee's arms near her stab wound, she turned Bee around to face the direction of the camp and began pushing him forwards "Come on I'll lead, I'm not sure how long Will and Epps will be able to safeguard the food"
"Seriously Prime, what are we going to do about that Banachek guy. He seriously seems to be holding a grudge against us and Lightning. I'm pretty sure he's going to try and make sure we don't get that treaty" Ironhide said quietly enough so that Optimus could hear him, Lightning was walking a little further in front of the group with Jazz and Bee while Ironhide, Optimus and Ratchet trailed behind.
Optimus nodded "Agreed, though I'm more concerned with Lightning's welfare. We can easily defend ourselves and leave if that is their choice, she and her family, however, will be stuck in this world and would be left in the servo's of this world's government" his voice was also lower so that the three in front did not hear their current discussion
Ratchet shook his head and growled "I just can't believe he was almost treating her like an object and not a human being" remembering how Banachek had rambled on about how Lightning was the next step in human evolution
"I can't believe that such a violent race exists, especially such a young race no less" Ironhide commented
"Yes, but let us not forget that not all humans are like that, this race, after all, is still very young, they are still growing" Optimus included.
They heard laughter up ahead, Lightning was laughing at something Bee had said, Jazz was also shaking his head at what the young scout was saying. Unexpectedly Jazz stopped, trying to focus on something
"Yo, I hear music" he commented, his head bopping along to the tune as he listened to the faint beat.
Light tried to focus on the music that Jazz was listening to, she smiled when she could also hear the beat "when I met you in the summer" she muttered, her eyes widened in realization "Oh I know this song. It's Calvin Harris, Summer. We must be near the camp"
She began hurriedly walking towards the music "what are you guys waiting for come on"
"Wait!" Jazz hollered out as they followed Light "how'd ya know it's da right camp?"
"Cos" she hollered back, a big smile plastered on her face "this song is on my iPod and not only that but the song only came out a few months ago in my world, so unless this world managed to find a way to listen to the music from the future I'm betting it's the camp. I had originally left my iPod with the twins so they could listen to some music"
"Wait, what twins? I don't remember there being any twins" Bee asked confusedly, he remembers Lizzie, Dan, Jamie and the two brothers Liam and Tom, definitely no twins at the time.
Light chuckled "you haven't met the twins yet that's why they are two of Lizzie's older brothers. The group sorta got larger since you left earlier" she explained
Jazz raised a brow as the music got even louder "how big is ya talkin' bout?"
Light looked back and winked at Jazz "You're about to find out" she turned back towards the camp "YO GUYS! IM BACK AND GUESS WHO I FOUND ON THE WAY!"
-Several hours later-
Normal POV:
Jazz woke up with a gasp and shot upright, his eyes wide with fear. He quickly became alert and took in his surroundings, his mind finally catching up with him and he remembered that he was still at the campsite with the other Autobots and their new human allies. The last thing he could remember about the nightmare was an astronomical amount of pain and a pair of bloody red, callous glowing eyes 'Megatron' he grimaced, running a hand down his tired face. Every time he attempted to recharge his mind immediately kept playing that scene where Megatron had ripped him in half and he ended up getting either very little or no recharge at all.
He was half grateful that Ratchet had yet to pick up on the fact that the saboteur hasn't been getting enough rest, grateful enough that he has yet to be hit by wrench, however, a sliver of him secretly hoped the CMO would soon pick up on his sleeping habits and try and force him into forced-stasis, then maybe that way he could actually get some recharge. He would of have mentioned something sooner but his pride was currently standing in his way, 'Primus dammit' he mentally argued with himself 'He was a full grown mech he shouldn't be going to Ratchet for some silly nightmares. But on the other hand, it might be nice to get some actual rest'
He quickly gave a glance around the camp, making sure no one had been woken up from his little outburst, fortunately for him, everyone, humans and Autobots, were still asleep. A small smile formed as Jazz remembered what happened earlier. The last few hours had been ridiculously fun and energetic. It seemed that while Lightning was off fetching the Autobots out of that dreadful meeting the humans had decided to plug her iPod and create a 'makeshift dance-floor.' Which mind you, was where Jazz had spent most of his time, along with Bee and Lightning and some more of the human soldiers. He had to give them credit, the humans knew how to party.
Meanwhile, the older three Autobots had politely declined to dance and had opted to sit the remaining soldiers, swapping war stories instead.
It was just gone midnight, nearing maybe one in the morning when everyone began to feel the fatigue, Autobots included. Mikaela oddly enough was the first one to fall asleep wrapped up in Sam's jacket, her head resting in his lap. Soon following after was Maggie and Glen both falling asleep leaning against each other. It was at this point that Lennox and Optimus both had called it a night, Optimus especially when he noticed his son struggling to stay awake, the rest of the soldiers agreeing when they remembered that they had to be up early in the with the help of Jamie, Tom and Liam had managed to collect a number of sleeping bags making sure everyone had one and was comfy and warm for the night, Lightning fortunately enough managed to snag extra's for the Autobots when she noticed that both Bee and Jazz had indeed fallen asleep and seemed dead to the world, once pointing this out to Optimus, Ratchet and Ironhide the older three decided that it would be best to recharge in their human forms. Jazz was easily woken up long enough to get him settled in a bag Bee, however, was a different story, the kid just wouldn't wake up. Optimus quickly gave up trying to wake his son and instead just picked him up and placed him in the sleeping bag instead. Light quietly hid her chuckling as she watched the scene unfold before her, once settled Optimus commented that the only time Bee was ever a heavy sleeper was once he was truly and utterly exhausted. Soon everyone was happy and snug inside their sleeping bags and ready to sleep.
Jazz decided, once his spark had calmed down a bit, that at this current point in time he was most definitely not going to be able to get any more recharge, 'Might as well take a walk or somethin' otherwise I'ma gonna get bored jus' sittin' here' he realised that just sitting around wasn't going to help and so ever so quietly snuck out of his sleeping bag and tiptoed away from the camp, double checking that no one had been woken up, smiling in relief when he noticed that everyone was still fast asleep. He walked further and further away from the camp with no real destination planned, he just needed to walk off the nightmare and hoped he could get some more sleep before morning. Suddenly Jazz could hear a laugh in the distance the voice was not only female but their laugh was on the quiet side giving Jazz the impression that whoever it was was trying to at least stay quiet and not disturb anyone. The Silver saboteur was slightly curious as to who could still be up at this time of the morning and began wondering in the direction he had heard the laugh.
- about 20 minutes earlier-
Lightning's POV:
I groaned annoyingly as I woken up by my phone, which was currently vibrating next to my arm. I am so glad I had set my phone to vibrate before going to sleep. I winced and shielded my eyes from the screen light, should have probably turned that down earlier, frowning once I realized that it was my brother calling me "What do you want Olly, it's..." I quickly pull the phone away to check the time "bloody hell bro it's 3:38 in the morning, what is so important that it couldn't wait a few more hours" I complained as I sat up, something told me that I was most likely not going to be getting any more sleep.
"Sorry Light, I know you need your sleep and everything but she's not listening to me or anyone else and I'm beginning to run out of options" he began, he sounded worried and clearly desperate to be calling this early
Out of habit I automatically went to put on my glasses, now wide awake before carefully getting out of my sleeping bag "Slow down. What's exactly going on Olly?" I began to quietly tiptoe my way away from the camp and everyone else who were still asleep as to not disturb them
"It's Angel, you know what she's like when she starts a project, she didn't eat either and now she won't go to bed and by the way, it's like 2:38"
"Yeah, well it's 3:38 for me, remember we're in different time zones you dipshit" I teased before sighing "put me on to Angel would ya, I'll talk to her. What project is it?"
"Something about satellites I think, I kinda got lost in what she was saying"
I pinched the bridge of my nose and exhaled. Angel was one of those nerds that get so caught up in their projects that they end up forgetting to eat or even sleep and I seem to be the only one who would be able to convince the kid to actually leave her project long enough to eat and get some decent amount of sleep in. You would not believe the number of calls I got from my parents while at uni about the fact that Angel had gotten caught up in another project of hers. I noticed a nice large looking boulder and plonked myself down, it was far enough that I wouldn't wake anyone up but close enough in case something happens. "how long has she been staring at the computer screen then?" I asked
"About 10 hours now. She wouldn't even stop for dinner, even Lacey and Midnight can't get through to her"
"Right, put me on. Just make sure you close by for when I'm done okay"
"yeah sure, hold on one sec"
I made myself comfy and listened to Olly calling out for Angel, I heard a slightly muffled voice in the distance which was most likely to be Angel
"'Ello" I heard Angel's voice come through the phone, she sounded tired
"Hey pumpkin, you know what time it is?"
"Um... I don't know some time near midnight" I heard her answer, I can easily tell that she's focusing more on the computer screen right now and not me
"It's almost 3 in the morning kid"
"Really? Huh...how did that happen?"
"Angel-"
"I know, I know but I'm almost done. Just ten more minutes"
"Angel the satellites aren't going anywhere, you can finish the algorithm later. Once you've eaten and gotten at least eight hours sleep"
"The satellites? Oh, I already finished that after lunch, the algorithms are done and set up on your laptop and your glasses, no this is the algorithm for possible groundbridge technology"
I blinked a couple of times "Already?" I exclaimed in shock and slight disbelief "that was quick"
"Yeah, well being inside the Dam and having access to the satellites helped big time, by the way, I picked up three anomalies heading towards Earth and they should be hitting Earth's atmosphere by tomorrow"
"Autobots?"
"I believe so, thanks to the coding Echo gave me, all three are emitting a similar signal"
"Oh that's brilliant but on that note Angel honey you really need to stop now"
"but-"
"But nothing Angel, you've been staring at that screen for at least ten hours straight. I want you off the laptop, go and get yourself a light snack like a sandwich or something and then at least eight hours sleep, if you don't I'll have Olly hide the laptop until you do"
"...fine"
"Besides I have a more interesting project that I need your help with"
"Oh, what?"
"I'm not telling, not until you eat and sleep. Only then will I tell you, deal?"
"deal. Hey Olly take the phone will ya"
I could hear the sounds of two people talking before once again it was Olly's voice that I could hear.
"Seriously man what did you say, she's just shut everything down and dragged Midnight and Lacey towards the kitchen like her life depends on it"
I laughed "spoilers" I teased "Also you have permission to hide the laptop if Angel doesn't get more than eight hours sleep okay"
"Sweet. No worries I'll make sure your laptop stays safe as well"
"Yeah, cos that went so well last time"
My brother spluttered "Come on that was one time Light"
I laughed at my brother's reaction before freezing, something was moving in the bushes on my right
"Light?" my brother asked worryingly once he noticed that I had stopped laughing
"Shh," I whispered down the phone, quietly sliding off the boulder and crouching down on the ground. I held the phone in my left hand as I quickly gathered some electrical energy in my right hand, I waited for the bush to rustle again before pouncing. I darted forward, with my right hand stretched out in front of me, the electrical energy I had built up formed itself into my katana. However, I froze once I realised it wasn't an enemy "…Jazz?!"
Uh…Heya Little lady, ya mind tryin' not ta kill meh" Jazz's face was literally centimetres away from my katana.
"Dammit Jazz" I cursed before dispelling the energy and held the phone back to my ear "Hey don't worry it was only Jazz. I'll talk to you guys later on alright"
"No worries" Oliver replied with "I need to check and make sure Angel got into bed anyway and didn't pass out while getting food. Night"
"Night"
Normal POV:
"What the Pit Jazz! I could have hurt you" Light exclaimed angrily once she hung up the phone to her brother.
Jazz chuckled "Don't ya worry bout it little lady, I doubt ya could hurt meh"
Light raised a brow at that statement "you sure about that"
"heh, okay maybeh while I'ma in dis form. Though I'ma curious as ta why ya still up?" he then asked, cleverly switching topics
Light plonked herself back down on the large boulder from earlier "Siblings" she motioned to her phone "Angel got caught up in one of her projects again and Olly couldn't get through to her"
"heh, sounds jus' like Jacki', da mech always forgot ta recharge while he worked on one of his projects"
"Oh yeah, that definitely sounds like WheelJack. So, what about you? Why are you up" Lightning asked
Jazz scratched the back of his neck and found the ground was more interesting to stare at "oh ya know, couldn't sleep so though' I could walk it off"
"You had a nightmare didn't you?"
Jazz's eyes widened before he quickly regained composure "Where'd ya get tha' idea?"
"Cos no sane human or Cybertronian would be up at this ungodly hour of the morning unless they had a really bad nightmare" Light pulled her knees up to her chest and stared up at the starry night sky
Jazz deflated once he realised that he wasn't going to be able to talk his way out of this one, his shoulders sagged as exhaustion finally hit him. He went and sat down next to Lightning "Okay, so maybeh I did have a nigh'mare" he confessed
"There's nothing wrong with having a nightmare" Light reassured him placing a hand on his shoulder, but he shrugged it off
"Tha's da poin' though. Ima full grown mech! I shouldn't be havin' nigh'mares!" he exclaimed angrily before burying his head in his knees, he was more angry at himself for constantly having these nightmares.
Light frowned at Jazz's outburst "Like I said there's nothing wrong with having nightmares. It wouldn't surprise me if the other Autobot's start having nightmares as well"
Jazz raised his head and tilted it to the side in slight confusion
"What I mean" Lightning continued on "it's like having PTSD. Many of our soldiers who come back from the war end up having it, symptoms include flashbacks, feeling emotionally numb, difficulty sleeping and nightmares. It's especially common once they've come back from the war, you guys are no different so it wouldn't surprise me if the others also get nightmares. But not only that you theoretically 'died', before Ratchet brought you back that's definitely going to cause nightmares"
Jazz sighed as he took in what Lightning said and shrugged his shoulders "I guess ya righ'. So wha' project was ya sis workin' on?" Jazz then asked in an attempt to change topics
"oh, that? Angel was working on an algorithm to help let us know when there were more incoming Autobot's. Actually, speaking of, Angel picked up three incoming Autobot signals that should be entering Earth's atmosphere some point tomorrow" Light explained.
"Wait…Seriously?!" Jazz asked, his smile brightened by a tenfold "Yes!" he exclaimed happily
Light raised a brow at his reaction "You know who they are?" she asked, guessing from how he was reacting it must have been someone he knew
"Yeah, It's Prowler and the twins" Jazz answered "I gave dem our location before da big battle las' week. Don't tell Prime or da others dey don't know yet 'nd I wannit ta be a surprise"
Light smiled, Jazz seemed really happy about the fact that Prowl and the twins were coming, oh Angel was gonna have a field day once she finds out about this "Sure I won't tell, though you seem really excited about the fact that their coming here"
"Of course I should, it's Prowler. I can' wait ta see him"
It was at that sentence that it all clicked in place for Lightning, her eyes widened "OMG!"
Jazz turned his head to see Lightning like she was about to have a major fangirl moment
"Oh My God, you totally have a thing for Prowl!" Lights smiled even brighter as Jazz turned bright cheeks in embarrassment "Oh man wait till Angel hears this, she's been wanting you two to get together in like forever"
That got Jazz's attention "Wait? what?"
"Yeah man, seriously you wouldn't believe the amount of people that ship you and Prowl as a couple, during most the shows where both are you in you - I don't know how to explain it but you just have this chemistry despite the fact you seem so different from each other, Heck even I ship you two together. It would be so cool if two ended up as sparkmates…" Light trailed off, noticing how Jazz' scratched the back of his neck nervously and was avoiding eye contact with her
"Well…actually…"
If Lightning's eyes could widen any further they would, her mind working overdrive as she finally remembered back when she was looking for the Autobot's earlier and she had noticed how a red string that was wrapped around Jazz's spark was a much brighter red than the others…it all fell into place
"No…Fucking….way"
"shhhhh" Jazz hushed her before she could fangirl about it "ya can't tell anyone okay. No one knows bout us bein' Sparkmates"
"Seriously?!"
"Yeah, we bonded long before da war 'nd we decided it was easier not to tell anyone of our situa'ion, especially cos of our positions, not even Prime knows"
Light facepalmed "seriously, bloody hell did you two even think of the consequences of what would have happened if either of you two had permanently offlined!" she chastised him, before pinching her nose and exhaling "Shit, we need to work out a plan now otherwise we're gonna lose the both of you"
"What do ya mean?"
Light sighed "What I'm about to tell you is important and you can't tell anyone else, not unless you really think they really need to know…But…after the first film, you died…"
"Yeah, well I know tha'"
Light let out a frustrated sigh "No, what I mean, is that you died. You didn't come back, Ratchet couldn't fix you, and you had already passed into the well of Allsparks by this point"
"…ah"
"and that's not the only thing, by the second film Sideswipe is the only one who was in it. There was never Sunstreaker and there was never Prowl, theory was that they had already been killed or were missing during the missing timeframe between the two films"
"…well tha's jus' great ain't it" Jazz let out an annoyed sigh "Da one time imma get ta see meh sparkmate in Primus knows how long 'nd I may have jus' sen' him ta his death...UGGH!" he screamed in frustration before leaning back to lie against the giant boulder, tears pricked the corners of his eyes so he swung his right arm over his eyes "why is nothin' in life eveh simple?"
It was silent for what felt like an eternity...
"Cos life is a bitch and if you ever want happiness then you're going to have to fight for it" Light finally broke the silence, she made a quick glance in Jazz's direction and frowned, his small outburst was not something she was expecting especially with how upbeat and cheerful he normally is. While Jazz was still moping to the side Light quickly connected herself to the new glasses Angel gave her, if she remembered correctly Angel mentioned that not only was the algorithm finished but she had also uploaded it into the glasses, giving Lightning the ability to also see the three incoming Autobots. After finally opening up the algorithm she began to calculate their trajectory, she smiled in relief when realized that they would be landing in America, near the border between New Mexico and Texas. "Jazz?"
"Hmm," said Autobot quickly blinked the remaining tears away and lifted his arm away so he could turn to Lightning.
"We're not going to lose any of them, I Promise" she stated, minimising the algorithm before facing Jazz, a look of determination shined in her eyes
Jazz sighed and reluctantly sat up, avoided Lights eyes. "Don' make promises ya can' make"
Light rolled her eyes at the sulking Autobot, she grabbed him by the shoulders and turned him so that he was facing her "Jazz. I don't know if Solus ever told you about this place but earlier today I ended up in the dreamscape of the All Spark, and I met Solus' mother ShadowBlades. She told me that yes while this world follows the movies that I have in my world she also told me that your futures can be changed and that I can directly impact your future" she grabbed ahold of his hands "So Jazz, I promise you, right here right now that I will do everything in my power to not only reunite you with your sparkmate but make sure you both get to live as well"
Jazz was silent as he took in everything Lightning said, he could see just how determined she was and if she was anything like Solus than she was stubborn enough to do exactly what she promised. Jazz let out a small smile before wiping away the new tears that began to form, "I'll hold ya to it den"
Light smiled back, happy she was able to make it smile again
"Primus, ya jus' as stubborn as Sol was when she tried ta get us together" he commented with a laugh
Light tilted her head "She knew about you and Prowl?"
"Knew? Girl, she spen' Vorns tryin' ta get us together. Ended up lockin' us in a storage unit till we confessed our feelin's for each other, said she was sick n' tired of all da sexual tension between us" Jazz answered, a bittersweet smile formed as he thought back to his memories of Solus.
Light chuckled "Sounds like something I would have done, to be honest. So I take it you were close to Solus then?"
"She's da one ta introduce meh to Prowler when we were younger. We met Prime 'nd all da others through Solus as well" Jazz let out a big yawn before rubbing his right eye from being so tired.
Light sighed before pulling Jazz towards herself, forcing him into a lying down position his head resting on her right thigh "You need to recharge" she commented "otherwise your gonna be utterly useless in the morning" she began to absentmindedly run her fingers through his hair
"As much as I apprecia'e da offer is most likely gonna end up being another nigh'mare" he confessed
"Trust me, you won't have any nightmares" she promised
he raised a brow in curiosity "'nd how'd ya know tha'?"
she glanced down, her golden eyes shined brightly in the darkness that surrounded them "cos I'm currently using electrical impulses to manipulate your mind into sleeping"
"ya can do tha'?"
"yep, doing this means I can make sure you get a proper rest and hopefully Ratchet won't catch on to your less than perfect state. Now get some sleep, I'll still be here in the morning."
"Thanxs" Jazz slurred, he could already feel the effects of Lightning's power as he felt the pull to sleep, not trying to fight it off he immediately fell into the world of unconsciousness. Light smiled to herself at how quickly Jazz had succumbed to sleep He must have been exhausted she thought to herself, she continued to rake her fingers through his hair, letting out a slow and gentle rhythm of All Spark energy as she helped keep him asleep and away from any nightmares, her mind meanwhile went into overdrive as she went over every possible scenario for tomorrow. Don't worry she thought, looking down to the sleeping saboteur
"I promise you I'll keep them safe".
And Done! Hoped you all like it.
Now firstly just to explain Lightning's powers. The scene where she's at the campfire - the idea is that every human body has electrical impulses and since Lightning has control over Electricity it's understandable that if she focused enough (Like meditating) that she could focus on each of these electrical pulses of energy, but what she see's is more like outlines of human bodies and their 'heart pulsing' with the electrical pulses. And its the same for the Cybertronians, their machines so of course Lightning can pick up on their electrical signals, but due to them being several times bigger their sparks are also bigger than the average human which is why it was so easy for her to distinguish them from the humans.
The next scene of just her and Jazz - the human brain runs on electrical impulses and again the Cybertronians are very similar to human anatomy, she gave a continuous stream of electrical energy into Jazz to help him sleep.
Now if anyone is still confused by these powers please just send me a message and that and I can explain it more thoroughly to you.
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