Silver Heart
By TimeAndLife21
It has been a month since the Mission City Incident. She was with Morshower and the Secretary of Defense, Keller - at the Hoover Dam for the time being - speaking with them about what has happened, and about how Sector 7 experimented on her. Needless to say, Keller and Morshower sat down with shock. Along with Will and Epps were there as well. Will basically exploded.
"You are how old again? You must be joking." He said as he was grilling her.
"Will, I know that this is hard to take in, but please understand, I didn't want my secrets to be out." She said as she sat down with Morshower and Keller.
"Let me get this straight." Keller said. She looked at the elder man wearing a nicely pressed suit. "Back in 1942 during the War, you were experimented on, the scientists, USED the All Spark to tried and make you a super soldier?" He clarified.
Nyx nodded. "Yes, I know it's hard to understand, but I was hoping to come here to find the files of Project Aindrias. I want to reverse the process that S7 did on me. Hopefully…turn me human again." She said as she looked down at the floor.
"Well gee, If I remember correctly, you were just a teacher from the East Coast, and I find that you are Super Soldier that was created in the 1940s? Nyx why the hell didn't you tell us?" Will said glaring at her.
"Look if I told you at the time, you would have thought I was crazy, and don't you dare deny it, you would have." She pointed a finger at him as he tried to say that he would have believed her.
She was right. He probably would have thought that she needed to be sent to an Insane Asylum.
"I can't believe that Sector 7 could do something like that. That is inhuman and cruel torture." Morshower said as he rubbed his hand over his face.
"They should have been charged with Murder. Send those bastards into jail for the rest of their lives." Morshower said as he looked at Nyx.
She was a strong soldier. Proved it when she was taken in for a physical exam to make sure she was fine. She did everything perfect. Too perfect. He took her aside and she said she would explain everything if she could meet the Secretary of Defense and her friends.
Nyx shook her head and stood up. "No. At the time, Sector Seven was desperate to have a super soldier to fight in the war. They would do anything. The government officials, that hid this kind of information from the President, wanted a super soldier at all costs." She took a deep breath.
"I don't know how many died before me or the other orphens. But I was subject 27. 26 people died before me. My best friend Benny was successful, until the side effects kicked in. I won't go into details. It's too gruesome to say. He died of blood loss and heart failure." She said as she walked around the table.
"I don't know why I'm still alive. I have had episodes where I heard voices, burning pain and icy blood shooting through my body, my head would explode in pain, I'd be screaming on the floor and no one could hear me." She said as she looked out the window of the office.
Looking at the Autobots that were conversing with the humans. The Sector 7 Base was a temporary base for Will's military group and the Autobots. Until they hear from the Government. They won't be going anywhere anytime soon.
"At least, I know why I had those episodes." She said so they couldn't hear her. The All-Spark. She hasn't heard from that thing for a while. She wondered why. But for now, she needed to have the SoD understand that the world needs the Autobots.
"If it wasn't for the Autobots, Mission City would be rubble by now." She said as she turned back. Keller looked at her intently. She didn't feel intimidated. She had faced drill sergeants and stared death in the face…many times. This wasn't too bad. Keller stood up and walked over to her.
"Phoenix, you seem to have been through a lot; the wars, the conflicts that you have been through, and now this. It seems that you also have a bond with the Autobots as well. Usually, I would have to talk with my advisors about this, but I trust my own judgments. Will you be a Liaison between the Autobots and the Humans? You seem to know more about them, and therefore, you have knowledge of them. And you have good people skills as well, for a older woman that is." He said smiling.
She chuckled. "I would be honored. When do we start the discussions about disposing the Decepticons remains?" She asked.
She knew that it would be Optimus and Ratchet's field of discussion. She wanted to be involved.
"In the next three days. We need to get rid of those remains as soon as possible. But if the Leader of the Autobots is correct, there will be more of those red eyes coming. Thank you for understanding." He said.
She nodded. Morshower and The Secretary of Defense were starting to leave until, "Wait!" She said before they left the room.
"Um, if you could, if you can, get into the older military records of Sector 7…could you find the scientists that had access to me for Project Aindrias?" She asked albeit shyly. Morshower nodded.
"I'll dig what I can. And we will let you know soon." He said as he placed on his military hat and left. She sighed. Now all she has to do and go into the old file room and search for that damned file on her.
She looked up and saw Will still glaring at her. She rolled her eyes.
"Will I'm sorry if I was keeping secret from you, but really after all that has happened, would you have truly believed me before all of this?" She asked.
Will said nothing as he left the room. She shook her head. He'll calm down eventually. Epps was still in the room, so he walked over to her and placed his heavy hand on her shoulder.
"Give him time." He said smiling at her.
"Well you seem unfazed." She said raising an eyebrow.
He laughed. "Girl, I have seen a robot death match, no- I PARTCIPATED- in a robot death match and you think that I won't believe that you are 100 years old, you are wrong." He chuckled.
She glared at him. "I'm 86 thank you." She said frowning. Epps laughed again.
"Well you look very young for your age…Grandma Nyx." He said as he dodged a fist that was aimed for his head.
He took off to get out of the room. Nyx could only hope that nickname wouldn't stick with her. She would never live it down.
Three days passed and the meeting with Morshower, Keller, and 4 officials from the Government to determine about what to do with The Autobots and the leftover scraps of the Decepticons. With Nyx there, things went a little smoothly. The officials were, for lack of a better word, very intimidated by Optimus. She couldn't help but smile behind her clipboard and hold in her laughter as she saw the blood rush out of their faces as both he and Ratchet transformed. She bit her lip and she shook her head and looked over the papers that they have written up. She made sure that everything transitioned smoothly as possible…until…
"We know that your liaison here is a product of Sector Seven. Now that it has been disbanded, she is now Government Property." A brown haired official spoke.
She froze in her writing. She was gripping the pen so hard that she thought it might snap. Morshower snapped his head at the official.
"Young man, I don't know what you are thinking, but Miss Sparks is not property." He defended her.
"I understand your point General, but as I was looking over the reports, I see that Sector Seven has done many experiments over the years and Miss Sparks is one of them. She will now be Government property." He said as he looked at her. She did not like that look he was giving her. She placed her clipboard down and stood up.
"Sorry to say boys, but I'm not Government Property." She said as she walked over to Ratchet and Optimus.
She stood by them in deep thought then smiled wickedly. "I don't belong to anyone. Not even the Government." She said as she turned back to them.
The official laughed. "Because you are a successful experiment, you are considered government property due to you still having uses for us." He said looking from his associates as they nodded.
"Basically, you want to experiment on humans again?" She said as she gave cold hard glares to the officials. She could see them flinch at her ethereal blue glare.
"That's not…" He was interrupted.
"Let me tell you something here, 26 people died, maybe more, and I'm the only one that survived." She paused as she walked back up to the table looking straight in the eyes of the official. She could see it. The fear. She was going to win the argument.
"If you can find someone who is willing to be an experiment and going through the exact tortures that I went through, you got another thing coming. " She grinned.
She was winning. "Government property? I'm a dead woman. You can't claim a dead woman as property. Especially one that doesn't exist." She grinned. The official's left eye twitched. She could see that she had cornered him.
"We can search back the records…"
Again, she interrupted. "That's the thing. All my life I was known as subject 27…I don't even remember my first name. So, good luck trying to find a dead woman's records. Oh, and I have had many identities…good luck sorting them out." She smiled.
The looks on the official's faces were well worth it.
It wasn't long until the meeting was finished and the officials glared at her as they left the facility. She gave them bright smiles as the left, and then headed back to Morshower, Keller, Optimus and Ratchet. She could hear them talking about the meeting that has happened. The Government was giving them the funds to found a new base along with the Autobots and the treaty that they have struck with them. Which is a good thing in Nyx's mind. If there are still Decepticons out there, they have to be prepared. The more allies the autobots have, the safer the world. Before she stepped into their presence, she felt a pain behind her skull. She rubbed the side of her head to hinder it, but it came back full blast. Gritting her teeth and putting on a brave face, she walked over to Morshower.
"So, that turned out nicely right?" She said smiling her pain away.
Morshower scoffed. "Well other than that fact that they called you property…" Morshower muttered.
She heard Ratchet kneel down and scrutinize her and Morshower.
"Your kind allows this kind of treatment, to gain what goals?" He frowned at them.
"Actually Ratchet, they wanted Super Soldiers back in the late 1930s to mid 1940s. Before hand, if I remember correctly, they did simple experiments with the humans. But when the rumors of Hitler started to up rise, they had to start on the human experimentations." She said as she pinched the bridge of her nose. The headache was starting to ebb away, but it was still throbbing.
"I was the last one to die from the experimentation. Unfortunately, I didn't stay dead." She said as she rolled her eyes.
Ratchet shook his head muttering something about the same thing that happened on Cybertron. She made a mental note to ask about that later.
"Now there was one thing that we didn't talk about during the meeting, Optimus. Your comrade, Jazz." He spoke.
Nyx felt her throat closed up and the headache pushed through full force. She gritting her teeth and took deep breaths. She could faintly hear the whispers again.
"A way…life…save…"
She frowned what did they mean? The past month, the whispers were nothing but single words. She looked up and paid attention to what was being said. "
The Secretary of Defense and myself were thinking of giving him a real soldier's burial at Sea." He said looking up at Optimus. Nyx's head started to throb and she shook it harshly.
"It would be fitting for Jazz. We will accept your proposition." Optimus spoke as he nodded.
"Wait!" She spoke a she went up to Optimus. He looked down in surprise at her out burst. She flushed under his gaze as she shifted from side to side.
"I mean, hold on." She said as she tried to get her thoughts together.
"Ratchet…is it possible to bring someone, like an autobot, back to life?" She asked curiously.
Morshower gave her a look of 'What?'.
Ratchet frowned. "It is a possibility if I had the necessary equipment. Unfortunately, when we came to Earth we came with only the circuits on our back and our weapons. If we brought our spark incubators here, that would be a different story, but that equipment was hard to come by even before we left Cybertron." Ratchet explained.
She was about to say something until, "Well…All…Sparks...life"
She was really getting tired of these whispers.
"What if…um…what if…I could bring Jazz back to life?" She asked thickly.
She could feel her stomach churning uncomfortably. What was wrong with her? Where did her confidence go? Where was the war hardened woman who has been living for almost 60 plus years?
Ratchet stared at her like she grew two heads and a pair of wings.
Keller spoke up. "I'm sorry, did I hear you? 'Bring Jazz back to life?' I'm not sure that is possible." He said not believing her.
She shook her head. "It's possible, I mean, I was a product of an experiment from the All Spark." She said trying to make a point. She looked to Optimus.
"Hey Big Bot, didn't you say that the All Spark was a life giver?" She asked.
Optimus nodded. "You are correct. But I do not know of the tests you went through to see if you have the same properties of the All Spark." He said as he kneeled and placed his hand out for her to hop on. She did so.
"Well, if I could submit to those tests. Ratchet, what do you think?" She asked.
She could tell that Ratchet was in deep thought. "There is a slim chance. You have the same energy signature as the All Spark, but I have to do tests if there is a possibility." He muttered. He doubted her.
"Look, it's a possibility, we have a chance…I just need to know how you work. Like studying your biology and physiology. If i can understand that, it could work." She said as he mind was racing. She looked at Optimus with pleading eyes.
He vented. "Ratchet, what possibility will we have?" He asked.
Ratchet shook his head. "The possibility is 2%. If indeed Phoenix has the powers of the All Spark, we need to consider of what needs to be done." He said as he rubbed his chin.
"So you think it might work? Bringing your comrade back to life?" Keller spoke.
Ratchet nodded. "We could try." He said.
That was enough for Nyx. She sighed and sat down.
"I don't know about you guys, but I'm tired. Let's tuck in for the night." She smiled.
It was 30 minutes after speaking with them that they departed for the night. She was now in her capri sweats and a white tank top to sleep in her room. She sat down on her bed and placed her head in her hands. Her mind was in turmoil. She had to be crazy right? Bringing Jazz Back to life? You can't just do that right? She scoffed. If she could come back to life, why couldn't Jazz?
She always came back to life after she died. She was shot, burned, knifed; she was even cut open once after death and she still came back to life. So wouldn't it work?
"Save….Well…Sparks…life."
The whispers chanted in the back of her mind. She shook off the words and slipped under the covers. She touched her lamp and turned it off with a simple blue pulse. Plummeting her into darkness. As she closed her eyes, she thought about how to bring Jazz back to life. Ratchet had a theory, if she was willing to give it a shot, but he had to fix his body first.
At least she was moving in the right direction…right?
TAL21: SQUEEE! Okay! Now that i have this chapter down, i hope you guys enjoyed it! :D Gosh it was hard, this chappie may be short, but i hope it get your minds to take in what was happening HOW DARE the gov't think that Nyx is property, i wanted to strangle them. I really did. Anyways, why is Nyx feeling so shy and withdrawn? Well you'll be finding gout in the next couple of chapters. I mean she has been through a lot. Death and Destruction, the world needing saving...i mean she never had to deal with giant robots before. So that's why she's a little of edge. And what about the whispers? BWHAHA! I'm loving this. The will be a special appearance in the next chapter, but i shall not tell you who it will be. it's me to know and you to find out! On to the SHOUT OUTS!
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