Silver Heart
By TimeAndLife21
It has been a almost two months since Nyx returned home. She found out that Judy was the person that made sure that her house was all nice and clean, so in thanks, she made peanut butter chocolate chips cookies and homemade strawberry lemonade. Judy was ecstatic at the cookies that she hid them somewhere in her kitchen away from Ron and Sam. She also popped over to the school district and gave them the reason why she has been absent from teaching history in middle school. She gave them a letter from the government and the school board begrudgedly gave back her history-teaching job at the middle school. She was back in no time and teaching the kids again…unfortunately she had to have an alternate vehicle. Her bronco was confiscated and taken apart. So she had to ask Optimus to give her a ride to work every day. He didn't mind at all.
What was interesting about her returning back to school, the kids that she taught apparently missed her…a lot.
"Okay, so that's how World War Two ended." She said as she finished up her lecture.
The bell rang and the kids started to file out of the door.
"Okay! Next week we'll be having a final on what were have learned this year next week, Friday, BE PREPARED." She said as the kids gave her good-byes.
It was the end of the day and she gathered up her things and quizzes for her classes, then she headed out.
"Mrs. Sparks!" She heard young voices shout behind her.
A couple of young kids ran up to her with big smiles.
"Mrs. Sparks, you said you were going to tell us where you went these past few months, we missed you." A bespectacled little girl said.
"Yeah, I heard that you were a criminal on the run!" A young boy said.
"No! I heard she was abducted by aliens!" The girl argued with her friend.
"Kids, please…" She soothed as she started to walked into the teacher's parking lot, the two children at her tail.
"I was called away to the military to help them out with a few things." She smiled at them.
"Really? So you are a spy in disguise? WOW!" The boy said with shining eyes.
"Are you a spy then Mrs. Sparks?" The girl spoke.
"If I was a spy, I wouldn't be here now would I? I would be out in Europe somewhere taking out evil government officials." She played along.
"She has a point." The boy said as he crossed his arms.
"WHOA! Look at that truck!" The boy suddenly pointed out.
Nyx looked over to where the boy was pointing.
She couldn't help but chuckle. Optimus Prime was leaning against his alt. form looking at the sky. Since she had the chance to bring Optimus with her, she managed to educate him on human culture. He found it fascinating about the things that humans do and how they work, especially how they act too, but she managed to teach him the important things about humans…manners matter. Anyways, since her car was taken, the school staff was giving her weird looks at the fact that there was a handsome guy outside of school waiting for Nyx to come out and take her home.
"Hey Mrs. Sparks…is that your boyfriend?" The girl asked dreamily.
Nyx looked down at the girl with an eyebrow raised.
"What? Oh no, he's a family friend of mine; he'll be in town with me for a while. He's actually off duty." She said to the kids.
"Wait…he's military? AWESOME!" The boy shouted.
She nodded at the kids with a smile.
"I'll see you kids next week, remember to study for the finals." She said as she left the two children groaning at the thought of the test.
She shook her head that the two children ran off to their buses. She went up to Optimus and lightly punched his shoulder.
"Hey Big Bot, what's with the staring in space?" She asked.
Optimus looked over to her with a strange look. She was taken aback. It was a mixture of confusion and worry.
"Are you okay?" She asked as Optimus looked over at the school.
"One of your staff members came up to me and asked if I was single…what does that mean?" He asked confused.
Nyx couldn't help but laugh a little, oh, this was too funny not to let it go, but for Optimus' sake, she answered his question.
"Who was it that asked?" She said as she could feel the glares of her fellow single teachers behind her at the school entrance.
"I believe that it was a woman…Jenny Call?" He said with confusion.
"Oh…her." She thought as she rolled her eyes. J
enny Call was well known for having one boyfriend one month and a new one the next.
"I think she wanted to know if you were available to dating scene. Err…courting." She clarified. She could feel his alt. form tense up.
"Don't worry Big Bot. Last I checked, she already has a boy…err, someone courting her." She had to be careful of how to speak with the autobots. Apparently some of them were not a fluent in slang as Bumblebee was.
"I see." Optimus said as his brows furrowed.
"Don't think about it too much, humans are complicated creatures. It'll just hurt your processor." She said as she opened the door to the truck and hopped in.
"Sam has been asking for you. He says he needs help with an essay." He told her.
Nyx rolled her eyes heavenward. "Golly, if the kid is going to collage, he needs to rely on himself a little more." She said as she looked out the window.
Optimus rolled out of the parking lot, all the while, Jenny Call was giving her nasty looks. Oh, the sweet look on her face if she ever found out that Optimus was a giant robot. Nyx smiled like a cat ate the canary. That was a very pleasing image, indeed.
"Anything from NEST, lately?" She asked.
Ever since she came back to Tranquility, she hasn't heard anything from NEST, save for the fact that the updates on the new base. It will take about three more months for it to be finished up.
"You have received mail from General Morshower. It was labeled important." He said as they turned onto a street.
"Really? If I have to leave again, I don't think the school district would be too happy about that." She groaned.
She literally had to plead and beg to get her job back; regardless of the government letter she gave them. Well, at least it was the end of the school year, one more weeks then the kids are out off school. Maybe then she will quit.
"How's Ironhide at the Lennox's? Is he settling in fine?" She asked.
Optimus' mouth turned up in a smirk. "He getting frustrated about some of the life forms around the farm. The horses and the dogs, I believe is what they are called. They are skittish around him." He said.
Nyx smiled. "I could see 'Hide getting peeved about that…none of the dogs have peed on him yet, haven't they?" She chuckled.
"Not that I know of…he hasn't called them rodents yet." He said.
Nyx laughed at that. Ever since Mojo, the Witwickey's dog, peed on Ironhide's foot, he has some sort of vendetta against tiny dogs…which is quite funny if you think about it. As they pulled up to her home, she saw the holoform of Bumblebee rush up to them. He gave them a bright beaming smile as they got out of the truck.
"Hey Bee, where's Sam? Optimus told me that he needed help with an essay." She said.
Bee shrugged. That only meant one thing. Mikaela was over. She could tell that she was there, due to the fact that Nyx looked over and saw her bike in the driveway.
Don't get Nyx wrong, Mikaela is a sweet girl…but sometimes she gets on Nyx's nerves from time to time.
"Looks like I'm gonna have to wait on him. Would you like to come in today Bee?" She asked Bumblebee.
He nodded his head eagerly. Bumblebee has never been in her house before, so he wanted to take this chance, while he could get it. After going inside, she went straight towards her fridge. Taking out leftovers of eggplant salad and shredded pork, and ate it cold. Bee came into her kitchen with a framed picture and placed it onto the table, pointing at it questionably. It was a picture of her in the 50's before she was enlisted into the Cold War. It was before she got married. She wore a slinky (In that time period) shimmery dress with white gloves reaching her elbows and smoky make-up and red lipstick. Her hair was in waves and pulled back to see her face better.
"That picture Bee, was from the 50's. I was a lounge singer at the time. Ah, I sort of miss those days. Singing the popular songs that were heard on the radio. And after I would sing, the jazz band would kick it up and the club would dance the night away." She said getting lost in her memories.
Bee had a look of interest in his expressive face and sat down by her.
She then started to tell him stories about traveling from country to country, she went to Japan, and meeting the Emperor there was a treat, then she went to China, Russia (Before the Cold War), and everywhere else, but she would only stay there for s short while, before moving on to the next place. Optimus was listening in at the kitchen entrance.
"What about you guys? Were there countries and cities there on Cybertron?" She asked them.
"We had many cities. Iacon, Kaon, Tyger Pax…" Optimus said as he walked over with an envelope.
She took it from his hands and opened it up, still asking questions. "I remember Ratchet and Ironhide talking about this 'Sea of Rust'. What is that place?" She asked as she looked up at Optimus again with curiosity.
"The Sea of Rust is similar to…the Burmuda Triangle, here on earth. It lies at the equators of Cybertron. There are no records how it became what it is, it was said to be the seven Primes final resting place. I recall sending Cliffjumper and Jazz there for recon." He said.
"You could compare it to the red spot on Jupiter. There are storms that never rest. We were only lucky that Jazz and Cliffjumper managed to get out of there before it got worse, but not before reporting that there was an energon lake." He said as he rubbed his forehead. A human habit he picked up on.
"Sounds like fun." She said with sarcasm. Optimus looked at her strangely before picking up that she was only joking. She couldn't help but smile. Optimus was picking up human mannerisms quite well, she felt proud of herself for that.
Opening up the letter from Morshower, she started to read it. At first she was pleased to hear from NEST about the construction on Diego Garcia, but that feeling disappeared quickly when she read a sentence:
We have found three of the Project: Aindrias scientists.
She didn't dare breathe. But when she felt her vision starting to blur, she had to take a deep breath. She finished reading the letter and leaned back in her seat. She took a shaky breath. She didn't know what she was feeling right now. Fear? Anger? Annoyance? She couldn't tell. She felt numb. Her mind flashed back to the endless days of being tested on, being dunked into the energon infested waters, day in and day out, along with the harsh military training, the poking and prodding…she pushed away her food, appetite suddenly gone and laid her head on the table, feeling a bit dizzy.
"Phoenix, are you all right?" Optimus asked worriedly.
"I'm fine, Big Bot. I'm…just a little shocked, I guess…Morshower sent a letter…they found the scientists that worked on me." She quietly said the last part.
The two holoformed bots look at her with surprise. Bumblebee more so.
"And…what did he said about it?" He asked gently.
Nyx licked her lips nervously, and then bit it.
"There were only three that they found…the other scientists are either in an old folk's home or have some form of Alzheimer's or dementia. But these three…they may be old, but it appears that they are living good lives." She said as she moved her chair back and stood up, gripping the edges of her table.
"After I finished teaching and quit my job…they will be having the scientists come to NEST…excuse me, I need to lie down. Feel free to wander around my house." She said as she started for the stairs.
"Phoenix…what is wrong?" Optimus asked at the bottom of the stairs.
She turned back with tired eyes. Usually she would just give him a smile and say everything is all right, but the look in his eyes show that the letter was bothering her. She sat down on the steps and sighed.
"I don't know Optimus…they found three of the scientists that worked on me 80 years ago. I should be angry at them…or I should be shaking in fear…but I just feel tired and numb." She frowned.
She wanted to be angry…she should be in a car driving over the speed limit and get back to the Hoover Dam and spit in those scientists' faces for putting her through the tortures that she had to endure.
"I just don't know what to feel…I had no family when I was taken in. So it's not like I have any relatives to begin with." She frowned, never having to think of this situation before, she felt a little dumb.
"Maybe…you can thank them? You have lived so long than anyone else Phoenix. Many could be in your position, but never sure what to do with themselves." He said wisely.
She looked up at Optimus with confusion. Though…he did have a point. What if she didn't survive? Would someone else with the all-spark power go down the same road? Or would they become the villain? The Decepticon? Would they have become teachers and soldiers just like she was? Or would they become like the warlords in Africa, terrorizing neighboring countries, and destroying innocence. She chuckled.
"I guess you are right in some aspects, Big Bot." She said as she rubbed her hands on her face.
"But how do I react?" she asked.
"You'll figure it out. I know you will." He said as he patted his hand oh her head.
She gave a little groan as she swatted his hand away.
"I'm not a cybercat, Optimus." She frowned.
"You have a tendency to act like one." He said smiling. Bee was behind him agreeing, nodding his head.
"I'm insulted. I invite you into my own home and this is how you treat me. Mechs." She said jokingly before heading upstairs. She had packing to do.
Walking down the canyons, she was on her way to the well of sparks again. This time with Jazz's spark next to her.
"'Ah mean, she was a nice spark 'n all, but not mah type." He spoke as he twirled around her head.
"Jazz, you have no type." She joked.
"Dat hurts Shawty. Dat hurts real bad." He stopped in front of her.
"Yo' 'ave som'thing on yo' mind, shawty. Care ta' tell da Jazz-man what's up?" The spark pulsated infront of her.
Nyx sighed. "I was actually hoping to speak with the All-Spark…they found the scientists that tested on me." She said as they came to the edge of the canyons.
"Well dats good righ'? You jus' migh' get dat 'normal' life you wanted…righ'?" He asked.
"I really don't know Jazz. Maybe? I don't know. I mean I've lived for so long, it's like finding out that the people are still alive…I mean I should be angry at them for testing me…and all that stuff." She said as she took to the skies and into the cloud of sparks again.
The sparks greeted her warmly.
"Okay, okay, nothin' tah see here, move along." Jazz said as he bumped into a few sparks.
A couple of them bumped back into him, making some high-pitched squeals.
"Jazz…stop picking on the sparks, you are making them mad." She chuckled.
"'S not mah fault! Dey keep buzzing around yah!" He said as he floated in front of her.
"And that bothers you, why? Are you jealous?" She smiled.
"Ah ain't jealous!" He fumed. Nyx couldn't help but laugh.
"Is there something funny?" Nyx heard the ethereal voice behind her.
It was the All-Spark. She looked healthier than she last saw her, but there were still burns and rust spots on her, but she looked better.
"I think Jazz doesn't like it when the other sparks comes near me." She chuckled. The All-Spark gave a small smile.
"The sparks are used to you now. They keep expecting you." She said as a few sparks flitted around her as well.
This confused her. "Me? Why me?" She asked.
"Because, you hold my powers now, that is why the sparks go to you. You radiate the power that I once had." She said forlornly staring at a spark.
"You still have your powers right? I mean you are the ALL-SPARK. You are the giver of life..." She was interrupted.
"I WAS…the giver of life…now…I am nothing. Nothing but shards now. You on the other hand…" She paused.
"What…I'm what?" Nyx asked.
All Spark's glowing eyes looked at her for a moment and then she disappeared into thin air once more.
"HEY! I'm NOT DONE WITH YOU! I'm WHAT!" She shouted. Silence replied.
"'Ey, Shawty, calm down...Ah'm sure da All Spark has 'er reasons."Jazz tried to reassure her.
"No…she keeps saying things one way and the next…she won't tell me at all. I don't understand. If the All Spark is just as all knowing as your god, Primus, wouldn't she tell me what is going on?" She asked.
"Well, Shawty, even Ah don' kno' all the answers. Give 'er time, and she'll tell ya ever'thing." Jazz floated next to her head.
"It would be easier if she would just tell me…" She sighed.
"Don' worry 'bout it too much, Shawty." Jazz spoke.
"I'll try not to." She said looking at the darkening horizon, the sparks now idly floating in the sky, as if waiting for the return of their light.
Kingston was walking down the hallway of a facility. The little twelve-year-old subject Emerald walking by him. She was wearing white pants, shoes and tank top on her small frame, and she had her black hair up in a high ponytail bun. There were fringes hanging by the sides of her head and her bangs reached a little over her eyebrows. The little girl's face was void of emotion. Nothing shone through. Not even a spark of curiosity or sadness. Kingston thought it was disturbing. Children should be happy and running around, asking questions and playing outside. Subject Emerald, has never seen the outside, nor has she played games, or asked any questions. The first time she did ask questions…she was electrocuted. She was trained to shoot first, ask questions later. They paused in front of a door and Kingston placed his hand on a scanner next to the door and it scanned his hand.
Access: Granted.
The doors opened, letting the two in.
The room had working scientists running around. They were doing datas, informations, and testings.
"Ah…Kingston, and I see you brought subject Emerald here." The familiar, evil, chill of the man said in front of him.
"Yes, Mr. Shayde. I figured that she would want to meet her new…comrades of sorts." Kingston replied nervously.
Shayde turned around. He was a younger man, looking to be in his late thirties. His stance was intimidating, powerful even. He was handsome. With blond hair and green eyes, his face of Greek descent. He smiled, white teeth bearing menacingly at his sniveling assistant.
"I see, I think it would be good to have her meet them." He said as he stepped down and observed the little soldier girl before him. She was still small and hasn't aged much in the past few months. Which was a good thing. A very good thing.
"Hello Emerald. How are you?" He said as he patted her head, and then trailed it down to her shoulder. She didn't respond. She didn't even look up. Shayde took her chin and forced it upward; she didn't resist.
"Would you like to meet your new…friends?" He said mockingly. Again, she didn't say anything.
"Come. You too, Kingston." He ordered.
The child followed, Kingston followed after being slightly distracted.
"Here they are…Emerald…meet your new friends. They will be training with you next week, and you will be the leader of them." He said as he pushed the girl forward to the 6 tubes.
They were those same tubes that she was once in. Three young woman and three young men were in fetal positions, ages ranging from 15 to 19.
"They will be, along with Emerald, the ultimate super soldiers…after a few months of training, we will hit the Hoover Dam." Shayde smirked.
"Um, the Hoover Dam? Why?" Kingston asked.
Shayde threw a glare at the older man.
"I-if it's not too much trouble." Kingston implied heavily.
"Hm…very well." Shayde said as he stood next to Kingston.
Kingston tensed as Shayde placed his hand on his shoulder. Tightly.
"I know that it's where the old Sector Seven is, but I know that there is a new branch…NEST. I want to know everything about them. Project Facsimile will infiltrate and gather information. Whatever they have, I want. Then, and only then, will I present the project formally to the Secretary of Defense. I'm sure he wouldn't turn this down." He smirked as he left Kingston alone, focusing on the blood work on the other side of the large room.
Kingston heard every word, but he was more interested about the tilting of Emerald's head as she stared at the six tubes holding her soon to be comrades.
"Friend? What is friend? What is comrade?" Emerald thought as she tilted her head at the people in the tubes.
Her dark green eyes, now holding an inquiring light. Emerald knew about those words…but to apply them into real life…is a concept that is foreign to her. She felt the man, Kingston, stand beside her. She liked Kingston; he was nice. He was always skittish around her, but at least he was nice to her…unlike the other men and woman in the facility. He was the one to clean her up when she was put through training. He was the one who made sure she was in the right place at the right time. Mr. Shayde was a man that she had come to dislike. He always referred to her as Thing, it, and subject. Wasn't she a person? What is she? Kingston referred to her by Emerald, a rock substance made out of carbon, which she determined was her name.
She looked up and him with tilted head and said softly, "What is friend?"
Kingston looked down and frowned at her. She wasn't supposed to talk outside her room.
"I'll tell you later, Emerald. Keep your questions to yourself until we get to your room." Kingston said strictly.
It was the only time he would be strict when she would speak. She looked back at the tubes with the black look that she adopted.
"Feelings are nothing. I have no feelings. To have feeling, is to have weakness."
TAL21: HOLY. MOTHER. OF. CRAP! It took me a bit, but now this chapter is OUT! WHOO! :Crazy Random Dancing: Anyways, so Nyx is having conflicted feelings about the three scientists that NEST now has with them. What do you think? Should she be angry? Sad? Scared? Who knows? (Except me of course) XD. Anyways, the two week hiatus was actually a good...and bad thing for me, i guess. I now have a new fic up, To The Other Side. A Justice League fanfic...give it a chance when you have the time and tell me if it's pretty good...or pretty bad (Bad TAL21! Stop writing more fanfics! You have enough on your plate as it is) . And I have been playing on my computer (My brother is an awesome dude!) Batman: Arkham Asylum. I play the game when i have the time and i want those freaking riddles solved! Freaking RIDDLER! Ahem...anyways...
You guys are from EVERYWHERE! From Africa, to Canada, to Scotland, to USA...wow...that's just amazing! I LOVE YOU GUYS! :D ON TO THE SHOUT OUTS!:
ForgotMyName2day: There will be a sparkling coming into the story...but not anytime soon. Sorry, I was always a bit weary about it when people suddenly 'SPARKLING' in the story...it kinda breaks the purpose if the OCs and bots have sexual tension when it doesn't build up to it.
Spirit Kiss: When i was writing the chapter, i was trying to find a reaction funny enough for Nyx to react to Optimus' age...and i dare say i nailed it! XD
Kae88: Yes...Ass Kicking will be coming and coming soon! Very soon. :D
StoryLover91: I'm glad that you fell in love with this story! I was hoping to appeal to people who actually want a GOOD plotline and Storyline to begin with. It's always hard when you read the same thing...over and over again only with different plots and different twists...but always end the same...but not for me! :D
Salimiome: I try my hardest to make sure that every idea is not packed into the chapter itself. I try to make the idea fit into the PLOT and STORY line, and if it doesn't fint into what i was aiming for, i toss the idea. I work with what is called CHAOS WRITING which is the same thing for brainstorming. I write down what seems to be good ideas and if they don't work, they get tossed. I guess that's why people like this fic because its' not chock full with 'oh hey, look at this paragraph', or 'look at that paragraph'. Everything needs to flow. :D
That's it for the Shout Outs! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! And for those who also read Speed Demons, it will be on Temporary hiatus for now. Why? Because the chapter i'm working on is not coming to mind. I have the first part written, but the second...it does not want to work with me. So i hope you can be patient with me on that, okay? The only reason i managed to get this chapter out was looking back at past reviews and seeing all the positivity behind then and that gave me a BIG confidence boost! Thank you for your kind reviews and remarks. It really makes me feel better about writing!
Now it is time for me to go! After this chapter, i will be re-vamping the previous chapters! MEaning GRAMMAR CHECKS and SENTANCE STRUCTURES! Everything! So don't expect a chapter next week for i will be redo-ing the chapter to make them more better. PLEASE LEAVE DETAILED REVIEWS AND OPINIONS! I'd love to hear from you! :D
Question Time!:
1) For my new readers that has been faveing and following from the past three weeks, how didn't you stumble across my Silver Hearts fic, and what is it that you enjoy about it?
2) What do you think of the All Spark in this story? Do you like her? Do you hate her? If so, why?
3) If you were to be any animal in the world, what would you be? I, of course would be a wolf, because wolves are AWESOME! :D
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