Battle Of Earth (IDW Transformers x Male Reader)

Chapter 18: Relocation

(Ark-19)

We cut inside a room where we see Nightbeat inspecting the computer

(Nightbeat's POV)

Investigation-9976. Casefile: Sundown

Item currently under scrutiny: One data storage device, Terran, was recovered from an anonymous human, deceased, by one Verity Carlo (Sub ref: A-84-R)

Visual data from the hard drive suggests entry into/surveillance of the Decepticon command bunker, abandoned in Nebraska.

How, or even if, this plays into the larger mystery surrounding the abduction of Sunstreaker is yet to be ascertained

A surface investigation of the SM-40 notepad reveals nothing of immediate note or concern. However...

A comparative level six interscan reveals refinements, not in the original manufacturer's spec

And...A microscopic and highly sophisticated homing device

This, clearly is how we were found. We were soon compromised as soon as the 5M-40 was brought aboard.

I plot connections, draw conclusions...And then look for corroboration

(3rd Person)

Nightbeat walks up to a monitor and presses a button. The screen turns on to reveal Bumblebee

Nightbeat: Bumblebee. It's Nightbeat. I've got a job for you...

(Later)

Optimus: You're sure?

We cut inside the command bridge where we see Optimus talking to Nightbeat as everyone watches

Nightbeat: As I can be. All the threads seem to have a common point of origin, suggesting a concerted overall strategy and some form of guiding intelligence. Let me break it down for you, we know that rouge-1 somehow located and penetrated the original Decepticon command bunker in Nebraska. He took digital images, which...Provoked a response in the shape of Thundercracker, Runabout, and Runamuck. However, by the time they isolated the target, the images had been downloaded to the SM-40 which had been appropriated by Verity. Via the intervention of Ratchet and Y/N, both found their way here, to Ark-19 which could have been the end of the story, except for...

Prowl: The homing device

Y/N: Scrap...

Nightbeat: Exactly. Clearly whoever rouge-1 serves drew no distinctions between Decepticon and Autobot. They simply required a Cybertronian and set about getting one with trenchant purpose. I asked Bumblebee to scout around the immediate Lake Michigan shoreline. He found a large amount of state-of-the-art, in local terms at least, surveillance and scanning equipment. They'd been watching you all for days, perhaps weeks. Right up until Sunstreaker was ambushed

Prowl: But who are they? What do they want?

Nightbeat: The who, I don't know. This was found clutched in Verity's hand after her close call in Fort Wayne

Nightbeat projects a projection of the M card

Optimus: "M"?

Nightbeat: I could find no match in over 600,000 institutional data entries worldwide. As for the what...I'm sure we'll find out soon enough

(Meanwhile: Valparaiso, Indiana)

We cut to the road where we see Wheeljack and Hot Rod in their alternate modes driving. Hot Rod has an Earth alternate mode now by the way. It's a sports car