Silver Heart
By TwilightAnimeLover21
At the Griffith Observatory, which they stopped by for that coordinate, Nyx got out of Jazz and looked around. The heat was unbearable. She hissed in annoyance.
"So, where do we go next?" Nyx said as she climbed up Jazz's leg.
"Whoa little lady!" He said as she perched herself onto his shoulder.
"Buck up, I'll be doing this for a while." She smirked. "Where next Optimus?" She asked as she held onto Jazz's helm visor as he jumped onto a ledge of the observatory.
She saw that Optimus was holding the glasses delicately with his digits. At this she tilted her head. After stopping by at her home, picking up a couple of weapons that could prove useful should she hit a complication with S7, they were ready to get the hell out of there. She decided to ride with Jazz on the way to the Griffith Observatory, one of the coordinates from the glasses.
Jazz, she found out, was a pretty laid back mech, but he was very loyal to Optimus and a very capable fighter. He was talking with her the entire way. She was really fidgety after an hour on the road so he started up talking with her. She couldn't help but ask about where the Autobots and the Decepticons came from, as well as other questions. Jazz took on a sad tone as he spoke about his home planet. Apparently, Cybertron was once a beautiful place. She pictured it like Earth, except far more technological. He, in turn, asked questions about her life. She explained that she was experimented on and she has been living for a long time. She hated it, as she explained, but in light, she was glad to be alive. She wouldn't be doing something like this if she was old and breaking down.
She then told Jazz that she enjoyed the adrenaline rushing through her veins as she was falling back into her old military habits. Jazz laughed at her, saying that once a soldier, always a soldier. She heartily agreed. It was pleasant to talk with Jazz. She considered him a pretty good mech to hang with. If it weren't for the fact that she was most likely going into battle, she wouldn't mind hanging with the Autobots learning more about them each day. Jazz even taught her some Cybertronian slang along the way, which she finds hilarious from her point of view.
She shook her head while Optimus was speaking; she felt the warm tingling and humming again. They must be getting closer to the All Spark. She looked at the hologram that Optimus was projecting. She twisted her neck from side to side as she looked at the coordinates.
"The code indicates that the All Spark is 230 miles from here." He spoke.
She frowned. Could the All Spark be out in the middle of the Desert? Wait…her mind cranked into high gear.
"Wait! Look at where we are right now!" She said as she pointed at the hologram.
"Jazz, give me a lift and put me closer." She asked. "Whatever yah say, shawty." He smiled. She observed the code and her mind cracked... it clicked and she chuckled.
"Hoover Dam!" She exclaimed as she sat back on Jazz's servos.
"Pardon?" Rachet said with a confused look on his face.
"It's at the Hoover Dam! WHY DID I NOT SEE THIS?" She said as she placed her head in her hands.
She remembered now. She remembered when she was younger she would always hear rushing water outside after she and the other children her age weren't allowed outside anymore.
"Do you know where to go?" Optimus asked. She looked at him was a feral grin on her face, surprising the bots around her.
"Oh yes, and I'm sure that when we get to the Hoover Dam, we'll find Sector Seven. Meaning that we will find Sam, Mikaela and Bumblebee as well." She grinned.
She can't wait to get answers from Sector Seven. She needed the information to look at past test subjects when they were experimented on. Maybe they can show her why she is getting the headaches…or maybe she might see that woman again.
"Nyx?" Jazz spoke. She jerked her head up. "Yeah?" She spoke with confusion.
"Yah spaced out dere Shawty. We be headin' out now." He said as he placed her down on the ground. "Sorry Jazz. I was thinking about how the heck to get info from Sector Seven." She said as Jazz transformed back into his alt. mode.
Getting in, she leaned her body back into the seat, tired from the excitement of knowing where the All Spark is. Jazz kicked into high gear and sped off following Optimus at the front. She sighed in relief. If she can get into the base, she could search for the files of Project Aindrias. She wants to look over the tests that she went through, things that they injected her with, how her diet affected the experiment of her body, etc.
"What if they have no files?" Her subconscious spoke.
"They have to have the files…they just have to." She said softly.
"Wha'cha say shawty? Som'thing on yer mind?" Jazz spoke through the radio.
Nyx laughed bitterly. "I'm was just thinking Jazz. If we make it to Sector Seven, I'm going in there and take every bit of information I can find about Project Aindrias. Maybe…" She said as he voice cracked a little.
"Maybe I can reverse the effects on me…" She thought wistfully.
The thought tempted her. She would have a regular life. Maybe find a husband have kids and grow old for once…she frowned deeply.
"And if it can't be reversed?" Her subconscious spoke. She sighed heavily, letting out a pathetic growl.
"Shawty, yah seem frus'rated or som'thing. Care ta tell da Jazzman wha's up?" Jazz asked.
Nyx wrinkled her nose. "I-I'm fine Jazz…" She was interrupted.
"Naw, Shawty, don' lie to meh." Jazz chided.
She huffed. "Okay…I'm trying to figure out if I could reverse the effects of the experiment that was performed on me in the 1940s. I…I want to be human again, I just want to live a normal life and grow old and die." She said as tears sprung to her eyes.
This was strange…she never told anyone about this piece of information. She would find herself thinking about if she ever had the chance to become normal again, she would die happy, old and grey. But to never go down that road…it made her mad.
"Shawty…you're leakin! Scrap, Ratchet will offline meh if I broke ya!" Jazz said he jerked sharply in panic.
"Whoa! Jazz! Calm down!" She said as she grasped the steering wheel in front of her and sent out a blue pulse of calm and peace. She didn't even realize that Jazz's frame was shuddering.
"Whoa…wha'cha doin' to meh Nyx? Wow…I haven't felt this calm in Orns." He said deeply.
Nxy was surprised too. She never thought to use her blue pulses on a living thing. She let go of the wheel and leaned back slowly.
"Sorry Jazz! I didn't mean to!" She said as she rubbed her hands.
She knew she was very much different from many people. Blue pulses of energy or sparks of electricity that could turn on or off any electronic device, she could hack into the world's most secret base, and she could get out with no problem. This was completely new for her.
"Naw Shawty, what ya did was calm me down…haven't had dat happen since befo' tha war started." Jazz seemed to be pretty delighted.
She was curious. "Shawty, those experiments dat tha humans did on you, now I ain't no medic like da Hatchet, but I think what you did is the human equivalent of comforting a child. How lon' 'ave yah been doin' dat?" He asked, curious about how she has an energeon signature.
His systems went into low drive and he doesn't feel panicky anymore. He was worried that he broke her and even more afraid that Ratchet would throw his wretches at him for being so irresponsible.
"Oh, well for the record Jazz, I was crying, haven't really done that in forever." She said as she placed her hands in her lap.
"I don't know about the blue pulses though. I've learned how to do it since I've woken up from my second death." She grimaced.
She would rather not relive that particular death. It involved a mugging gone wrong and her brains blown out. She woke up in a ditch away from that town. Though later on she laughed when the culprit was caught and the name Janis Clayton didn't exist in the system at the time. Nyx had a hoot when she saw the headlines the next city over. That and she hacked into the city archives, at that time there were no security cameras, and created another identity for her. It was at that time that she ran into a radio and touching it, and came alive with static. She honed that power over the years and even used that pulse to knock out intruders in her home or on the battlefield. Sometimes whens she uses it on electronics she can figure out what was broken and what was not.
"Over the years I have been doing it, and over the years my intelligence multiplied along with it. Of course, Military intelligence more so than not, the last time I made a new identity, my original name, Phoenix Sparks, back in 2001, a month after the Twin Towers fell, I hacked into an internet café and created my identity. I guess from time to time I would use those blue pulses to make sure I wasn't followed." She said looking out the window.
"Tha' don' 'xplain da fact dat ya 'ave an energon signature." Jazz pointed out.
"Tho' ya make it sound like you are one of da Autobots." He quipped. This surprised Nyx to the point where her mind stuttered.
"Wait what? What do you mean by 'energon signature'? What is that?" She asked. Her curiosity was perked.
"Ev'ry bot, Autobot or even Decepticon, has an energon signature. Energon is sim'ler to da life force in you humans, what you call blood, ours is energon. It keeps us alive along wi th our sparks, which are like hearts to us." Jazz educated her.
This new piece of information is new to her. She will have to find out a few things in the future. "So your biology is similar to humans…" She wistfully said. "In other words you can tell who's an Autobot from Decepticon by those energy signatures? Sort of like a tracker virus on a computer?" She asked.
"'S not dat simple shawty, but yo' on da righ' track. Da bes' way ta distinguish Autobot and Decepticon is our optics." Jazz explained.
"Optics? Oh! Eyes, okay. So that how you tell between you guys? So the color of your eyes and different energy signatures would show it that way?" She said smiling.
"Exa'tly. Decepticons 'ave red optics 'n destructive energon signatures. Think of a spark monitor goin' haywire, tha's wha's a Decepticon is. Autobots on da other hand…"
"Have blue eyes…er, optics and a more steady signature. Fascinating." She finished.
This made Nyx think a little more. "So that's how you tell the difference from good an bad…but what if…" She thought.
She was thinking about if an Autobot or a Decepticon would change sides. It happens all the time in war. One person would deflect and joins the right side, and vice versa.
"Have you ever had a Decepticon deflect from that Fraction?" She asked. Jazz jerked suddenly then corrected his driving, making Nyx grab the armrest.
"Say wha'?! I 'ave nevah heard 'bout a Decepticon deflectin' from old Megsy's side, But, I 'ave seen da archives back on Cybertron about our ancestors. One Decepticon deflected to join the autobots side tah be da leader, but settled ta be third in command. I can't remembah 'is name, but he was offlined in battle. Died a hero's death." Jazz spoke with reverence.
"But, for over 4000 orns Decepticons 'ave loyally followed Megatron. So who kno's if deres a Decepticon dat would willingly leave dat fraction to follow Optimus Prime." He said.
"How about an Autobot? Have they ever deflected?" She asked leaning back and looking blankly at the road. Silence came over them. She took the silence as a yes.
"So it has happened before. Sorry." She said softly.
"Dere are many who left da Autobots 'cause dey feel like the Decepticons will win. Others dat are Neutrals are waitin' from each side. But more than likely da Neutrals would get capt'red by the 'Cons and killed if they don' choose a side." Jazz said. "Makes sense." She thought.
"That's a lot to take in…this war you are fighting. I'm taking a break. My brain needs to rest from all this information." She said as she stretched to the side. She was about to say something else when she saw a yellow Camaro passed the car along with 4 other military styled cars. In turn, Jazz and the other bots promptly hit their brakes and did a 180-degree turn.
"HOLY HELL!" She squealed as she grabbed the armrest in fear.
"Looks like we won't be headin' to dis Hoover Dam aftah all!" Jazz said gladly.
"Bee has Sam and Mikaela and dey 'ave the All Spark with dem!" After saying that, she started to hear clicks and unearthly sounds from Jazz's radio. S
he couldn't understand what he was saying but she assumed that he was speaking with the other bots. After the initial shock of the unsuspecting turns that they made wore off, she felt a burning heat in her chest. Anger. Pure ANGER. She wanted to go to Sector Seven and by hellfire and brimstone she will get the answers she wants…but then Sam came to her mind. She couldn't let him go out like that; most likely if he was leaving Sector Seven…something must've compromised them. It was time. This became a battle. And this battle was starting…
NOW.
They were on the highway now and battle tactics ran through her mind. She kicked the dashboard in front of her to get Jazz's attention.
"OW! Hey Shawty! Wha' was dat fo'?" Jazz said in shock.
"Listen up Jazz, I have a bad feeling that Sector Seven has been compromised if they let Sam, Mikaela and Bee out with 4 military cars armed and dangerous following them and protecting them. Transmit what I'm saying to the other bots. Now!" She ordered.
She reached into the back seat and took out what looked like a large case. She opened up that case to reveal her custom weapon that she made back in the 70s. While she was in 'Nam, she used spare parts of tanks, old broken flamethrowers, and damaged gun parts to make this thing. It's old as hell, but it works like a charm.
It looked like a sniper rifle, but a lot more chunky and packs more power than a tank. As she was putting it together and loading it up with rounds the size if her thumb, she looked in the rearview mirror and saw two vehicles, a cop car and a military assault vehicle. The cop car she recognized. The assault vehicle on the other hand, the hairs on her neck rose. "Jazz! Tell Optimus that we have company!" She said as she opened up the passenger door.
"THE PIT ARE YOU DOIN' NYX?" Jazz shouted. She gave a feral grin and said, "I'm gonna kick some Decepticon ass." She said as she swung to the top of Jazz and balanced herself precariously against the speed that Jazz was going and the wind blowing in her hair. She loved the adrenaline rush.
She noticed that the yellow Camaro's windows rolled down and Sam stuck his head out.
"NYX!" He shouted. She looked to him and waved.
"Sam! You can't get rid of me that easily!" She shouted over the roar of the engines of the autobots. She then heard crashes and car tires squealing. She looked behind her and saw the Assault Vehicle transform into a behemoth. She readied herself to aim her clunky gun at the beast.
"Adios! Mother-!" She shouted as she fired the powerful gun at the Decepticon.
The rounds that she used were her personal made metals. She used steel and in those steel rounds are the components for TNT. Though it didn't seem to have that much of an effect on the Decepticon. It just made him very mad.
"Damn." She muttered as she reloaded.
The behemoth was rolling own the highway and crashed into a bus, splitting it in half as he was roaring for battle. She could feel the fear shooting up her back. She was afraid. She truly was afraid for her life this time. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Optimus braking and transforming. He braced himself as he was tackled by the tan decepticon. He disappeared over the bridges and Nyx was horrified.
"OPTIMUS!" She shouted over the wind.
"Don' worry about 'im Shawty! Optimus can hold his own!" Jazz shouted.
"Okay!" She braced herself as she tossed her weapon into the interior of the small Porsche before she got back in as well. The adrenalin pumping through her veins and her hear beating fast.
"Shawty, are all humans as crazy as you are?" Jazz asked though the radio. She gave a disbelieving laugh.
"Nope." She said popping the 'p'. "But I can tell you this…I need a better weapon." She panted as she leaned back.
This group was heading toward the city. She needed to be debriefed of what is going on as soon as possible.
They reached Mission City in 15 minutes and Nyx wasted no time getting out of Jazz and ran straight over to Sam, the thoughts of Sector Seven disappeared from her mind.
"Nyx! You were killed!" Sam said as he looked at her like she was a ghost.
"Yeah, about that, side effects of being experimented on include, coming back to life after dying a horrible death. Now that that's out of the way, what is going on and give me the short version." She said as she started walking toward the military group.
As Sam gave her the short version that Megatron is now un-frozen and he is after the Allspark, they needed to get the Allspark to a safe place where he can't get it. That was the short version. Now she needed to be briefed. She held her custom rifle in her hands as she walked up to the nearest soldier.
"All right soldier, debrief me on the plan of action." She said to a soldier whose back was turned from her.
He turned around and Nyx's eyes went wide in surprise.
"Will?" She said softly. It was Will Lennox all right.
"Nyx…What the hell are you doing here?" He said as his eyes hardened.
"Whoa there soldier, I'm in on this fight too, so don't get short with me." She said as she straightened her spine looked him in the eyes.
"You're a civilian! You shouldn't be involved." He said. She smirked.
"Will, in case you haven't noticed, I have a tricked out rifle in my hand, and I'm fighting alongside robots in disguise, now debrief me because I have no patience right now." She ordered.
Will looked at her in shock as an African American soldier walked up to them and said, "Lennox, we need all the help we can get." He said as he observed her.
"Can you run and shoot at the same time? Head for cover when you are ordered to?" Will said as he glanced down at her rifle.
She smiled. "Son, I can do whatever you need me to blindfolded, now tell me what is going on." She said ready for a fight.
She could feel her blood pumping and her heart in her ears. She hadn't been in war for 6 years, she may still be a little rusty, but her muscle memory will help her out in the long run. She could tell that Will was skeptical. He only knew her as a neighbor and friend who teaches for a living.
"Look, if we survive this, I'll tell you everything you need to know about me, but right now, give me information." She said as she looked back to Sam.
She didn't want Sam or Mikaela involved in this…but they were in too far. She had a duty to them and herself. She looked back at Will. He was observing her and nodded.
"Okay. Listen, we need to hide the cube somewhere in the city," He said as he motioned her to go over to the group of soldiers by the military vehicles, a few of them looked at her with confusion.
"We're waiting on the Air Force because we found out that Sabot Rounds will affect the Decepticons, your rifle won't do any good." He said as he grabbed a specialized weapon. She felt a little giddy holding it. She looked it over. Safety was on and her finger straight and not on the trigger. She shook her head and whistled sharply. It got the groups attention.
"Listen up Soldiers, I'm telling you once, these Decepticons are mean SOBs, they have red eyes, fire at will at those ones, they are the ones we take down. Find their weak spots! Do you understand me?" She said taking on a tone of a superior officer.
She could tell that some of the soldiers were surprised that she was ordering them around, but her stance and showed confidence and a certain hardness that a veteran could only show.
"I SAID! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?" She shouted.
"Yes Ma'am!" She heard the men shout.
At that she heard the sound of a jet engine. She looked up and wondered if it was the Air Force that could help them. She was about to smile at that, until something felt very wrong.
"Is that the Air force?" one soldier spoke.
She shook her head. "No jet can fly that low not even the most experienced pilot can pull that off." She muttered. She felt he blood run cold as she heard hydraulics and gear turning behind her. She turned back and saw Ironhide transform from his alt. mode shouting, "Its Starscream!"
Everything went to Hell.
"Damn."
TAL21: Okay! First i want to apologize for being so demanding and puting a chapter up for 'hostage'. It was rude on my part and i hope my readers can forgive me for being a review monster. I got a little review hungry and a little crazy with the goals i guess. I hope you can forgive me. I also want to thank Lunar Mist and Autobot Star Racer for smacking a little sense into me as well, but they showed that Reviews are not everything. Thank you guys! :)
Anyways, this chapter didn't have the fight in it, (though a little bit of action goes a long way) and She got to know Jazz a bit (Yea!). I wanted Nyx to have a natural curiosity of extreme technology of where the Autobots came from and she will have a lot more questions where that came from after everything blows over, I CAN"T WAIT FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER! :Squeals like a little girl: It's gonna be awesome! Now for the Shout outs!
Lunar Mist: A personal thank you for snapping some sense into me for the last Authors Note, i appreciated the fact that a good writer shouldn't be so demanding and a tyrant (I guess i was one the last chapter) Again thank you! Until all are one!
Repenned: Yes, Jazz is pretty cool when he says 'Shawty', just giving him a pretty good personality that would fit him. I hope i got him right though. XD
Guestinthehouse: You were shocked that Nyx was shot? I thought it wasn't shocking. Considering the fact that S7 when faced with a threat they shoot first ask question's later. But it was necessary. I'm glad you love the story! As for Nyx getting along with Epps and Lennox and the others, there will be friction. Trust me, it will be interesting! Thanks for reading!
Autobot StarRacer: Thank you for also snapping sense into me, Reviews really are not everything, so i really should be thankful for the reviews is get. I guess i never really thought about the readers wanting to be surprised about the next chapter. I never thought of that in the first place. Thank you for letting me know.
That's all for the Shout outs! I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and the next one will be pretty epic...i hope. XD So lets get a move on and i hope you guys leave detailed Opinions and reviews for this chapter! Question time!
Question: Nyx will be staying around with the military after this arc, what do YOU think will happen after this arc with Nyx, the Autobots, and the military?
The Poll of who Nyx may be paired up with is still on my profile, so vote! :D
REMEMBER TO KEEP ON READING AND WRITING! :D