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Ch. 27

Jack and Arcee sat side by side as they watched with Miko and Raf as Bulkhead, Wheeljack and Bumblebee were 'lobbing' in the training room. Jack held Arcee's hand in his as he gave it a slight squeeze while looking over at her. As she made eye contact with him they smiled and looked into each other's as they both had the same thought running through their heads.

"Hey Arcee, what exactly are they doing?" Jack and Arcee looked over to see Raf looking at her with a confused look. "Lobbing, it was a favorite pass time on Cybertron among the working class and soldiers. We used to have tournaments for it before the war." Raf suddenly looked at the three Autobots with a smile as he understood better what they were doing.

At that moment, a voice cut in to the room. "Autobots, I have some news for you all." The group looked to the door of the training room to see Optimus standing there with Ratchet standing behind him. Everyone present walked up to Optimus with neutral faces as Bulkhead suddenly spoke up. "What's up Optimus?"

The entire group focused on their commander as he suddenly spoke up. "As you are all aware, there has not been any known Decepticon activity for quite some time." With that Jack suddenly spoke up. "Two weeks to be exact; do you think the con's are planning something?" Optimus however raised a hand causing Jack to freeze in slight surprise until Optimus spoke up.

"Indeed the Decepticons are devious in that they can be doing anything. However, as we have seen no Decepticon activity as of late I have decided to grant all of you some well earned leave time." With those words a string of reactions occurred: Arcee went wide eyed and a mischievous grin grew on her face; Bulkhead and Wheeljack chest bumped each other; and Bumblebee jumped in a great deal of joy.

"Another moment of your time Autobots." With that, everyone snapped back into character as Optimus spoke up once again. "That said, should anything occur while you are all on leave, Ratchet and I shall inform you and proceed as necessary; dismissed." With that, Jack walked over to Arcee as she locked eyes with him. "So whatcha wanna do Cee?" With that Cee smiled at her lover as she spoke up. "I'd like to show you something I found on patrol recently." With that, Arcee leaned in and claimed Jack in a kiss before swiftly transforming and screeching through the base. "WHOA WAIT UP THERE PARTNER!"

Time 2:45 p.m.

A newly transformed Sergeant Major Michael Grymm begins to awake and finds himself floating in a large container of blue liquid. 'Where am I… how am I…' Michael looked around his confines before a voice cut in through the liquid around him. "Ah, good to see that you've woke up Sergeant Major; I was beginning to worry all my efforts had been for nothing."

Michael looked to the source of the voice and suddenly found himself growling in anger at the sight before him. "M.E.C.H, what have you bastards done to me?" Silas simply grinned at the obviously agitated being before speaking up. "Call me Silas, and you should be thanking us Sergeant Major; we've not only brought you back to life, but given you a stronger, more efficient body as well."

Michael looked down and suddenly went wide eyed… as he saw his metal body that easily dwarfed any human. "You… you turned me into a…" Michael didn't know what to feel in that moment as he suddenly heard Silas speak up. "Transformer, yes we have indeed; no need to thank us." Michael suddenly looked up with angry eyes as he leveled his sight on the arrogant human.

"Thank you? DO YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU'VE DONE!? I was proud to have died for my country and now you've gone and turned me into some freak show level science fair project!" With that Silas spoke up once again. "True you may look like a transformer version of Frankenstein's Monster, but you're far more than a science fair project; you will be what your friend Colonel Darby failed to be: our greatest weapon yet. For you see, we've been practicing with something we recently discovered and have decided to 'upgrade' your new systems with."

With that, a group of scientists wheeled in a large table with a strange purple crystal sitting on it. Michael suddenly felt a shudder run through his systems as he saw the crystal glow in the lighting of the room. "Keep your filthy little hands off of me or I swear I will tear you all limb from limb!" Silas suddenly grinned even wider at the former human as he spoke up in a taunting voice.

"You wouldn't do that, of that I am certain. You don't kill other humans without orders Sergeant Major." With that, Michael smirked as he spoke up once again. "That maybe true in any other situation Si… but from what I've seen, you and your little organization are officially domestic terrorists on American soil."

With those words, the smile on Silas face fell as he turned to the purple crystal. "Maybe so, but once we've made a few more modifications, you'll have no choice but to fight for me." Michael suddenly saw the scientists break a shard off of the crystal and place it in a machine connected to the container he was currently in.

Michael suddenly watched as the liquid in his tank turned the same color as the crystal and an icy pain began to run through his body. "AAAARGH, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME!?" Silas smiled wickedly at Michael before speaking up. "Ensuring that the same mistake that happened with Jack Darby does not happen here."

Michael suddenly curled in as he felt a surge of energy suddenly run through his body that was unlike anything he'd ever felt. 'What is this… I feel…powerful..' In that moment, Michael went silent as his thoughts began to swirl within his psyche. This did not sit well with Silas as he looked curiously at the Transformer before him.

"Status, what's going on with him?" Silas looked over to his troops that were monitoring Michael's brain waves as the lead man spoke up. "I'm not sure sir, his brain wave bottomed out for a minute and now it's off the charts. I'm not sure what's going on." Silas looked at his newest experiment with curiosity in his eyes before he heard Michael speak up.

"Do you know what it is that you failed to realize about both me and Jack…Silas?" With those words Silas took a step forward as he looked at the former human. "Do tell." With those two words, Michael opened his eyes… as they glow a deep purple and he smirked, showing off two serrated upper canines as he spoke.

"What you failed to realize… as that we are tools… to no one!" And with those words Silas took a small step back as he heard a shout of surprise. "Sir, the systems are shutting down, they're not responding!" Silas looked back to Michael to see him slam his head against the glass of his container, causing a large crack to appear and begin to spider web across the entire container.

"No, not again!" Silas words did not stop Michael as the glass shattered and the newborn transformer landed on the floor on his feet as he smirked at Silas and his troops. "You've had your kicks, now I'm going to have mine." With those words, Michael slapped three troops across the room and into a group of their comrades.

"This can't be happening!" Silas shouted in rage as his plans once again fell into chaos. Michael did not care as he ran down a large hall and into the garage area of the base. 'Can't leave them with vehicles to follow me in now can I?' With that, Michael demolished the entire garage and ran out into the desert to see that it was now night time.

'Better find a place to hide out for the night.' Michael looked around and saw in the far distance a town. 'Looks like it's about seven miles out.' With that, Michael wasted no time in running as fast as he could towards the town lights. It took him about forty-five minutes to reach the outskirts of the town as he began to sneak through the area while sticking to the shadows to avoid detection.

Michael stopped under a large tree as he looked around. 'Think, there's gotta be some way to hide…' As if by some miracle, Michael looked across the street and saw a car lot filled with a wide variety of vehicles. "Of course! The Autobots can hide in plain sight as vehicles. With that, Michael ran into the lot as he began to look for an alt-mode.

'Let's see here… there's gotta be… YES!' Michael looked down with a wide grin at the car before him: a matt grey 1969 El Camino with black highlights. 'Now how the hell do I scan this thing.' As if on cue, a pair of beams shot out of Michaels eyes and scanned over the vehicle. As the lights stopped Michael thought to himself on how transform and caused himself to transform into his vehicle form.

With that Michael drove off through the town and out into the desert. "I'll head for Jasper, it can't be too far away." With that, Michael drove on and soon reached the town he knew so well. He slowed and turned off his headlights as he pulled into a back alley and silently transformed. Michael looked down and froze as he caught sight of his face as it was now.

'Damn it… I really do look like a freak now…' Across Michael's face were a set of deep scars that cut deep into him. He turned his head slightly to see part of the back of his head… only to lower his eyes in pain as he saw that much of his head was scarred and marked by battle damage and medical cuts. 'As if I don't have self-esteem issues…'

Michael looked up slightly and once again froze as he saw a large black tarp over a dumpster. 'That helps.. now for something to hold it to me…' Michael grabbed the tarp and began to walk slowly down the alley before stopping over a large pile of steel link chains. Michael proceeded to take the chains in one hand and the tarp in the other before, once again, he did so, the tarp covered the bed of his vehicle form while the chain rapped over the tarp in a fashion similar to a stitching pattern as it connected under his chassis and inside his frame. "It's pretty rough looking, but it'll do." With that, Michael shut off his engine and entered stasis for the night.

Well well well. Now Mikey is a cybertronian too. Things just keep getting interesting thanks to M.E.C.H huh? Anywho, back to despising Silas and his croneys. Now when I added the tarp and chains to Michael, I did kind of like Megatron's style in Transformers Dark of the Moon. how he uses a tarp as a hood and has that chain that winds through his body. He may be evil but I thought that was an awesome look for him. But enough of that, hope you all liked this chapter. P.S. If you have ideas of your own for this story you'd like to see in this story. Send them to me via Personal Message or through a Review and who knows, those ideas might end up in the story. :) Until next time my friends.