Transformers Prime [REWRITTEN]

¦¦ CHAPTER ELEVEN ¦¦

The base felt gloomy, not very but the air felt too uncomfortable. Optimus and Ratchet came back but they were shocked to see the medic's arm severely injured so the Prime had to fix it, "What happened to you guys anyway?" Arcee spoke first with great concern in her voice, "We engaged an army of undead Cybertronian warriors." Ratchet replied which got Miko's attention, "Zombies? You fought zombies and I missed it?!" Jack shook his head then put a hand on her shoulder, "Who cares if you missed it? You've could have been hurt or worse.." The thought of the lifeless girl already felt sickening so he tries to push that away. "Optimus." The leader looked at his secretary who is crossing their arms, "A word with you, please." "Everyone, remain here in this room." He followed Weaponchanger to where they could talk privately, "Oh yeah, Cee! I forgot to tell you that you're in charge tomorrow since Weapon is gonna be busy with Optimus." The motorbike looked at the Wrecker with a face, "What? Why can't Ratchet be in charge? He's stayed in base a bit longer than them!" The medic sighed, "I'm flattered but what if it's an another patrol duty, hm? Who's going to update him?" The femme looked defeated then vented out, "Touché." The kids got surprised that she knew the word but didn't want to speak about it.

In the training room where it's more quiet and private, "Optimus, Agent Fowler found out about the children.." The Prime should have known this would happen, "He didn't believe the part where I said we can protect them from harm's way. Now he's going to tell his superiors about this and we are slagged." "Mind your language, Weapon." Weapon looks embarrassed then mumbled out a sorry to him, "So are you suggesting we should do a meeting?" The triple-changing Autobot nodded, "We should also convince him that we can protect the kids and cease our exposure to humans. Because the more humans are involved in this-" The Prime frowned deeper, "The more harm that we will endanger them." The secretary snapped his clawed servos, "Exactly! So, we use our holoforms to get inside and reason with Fowler." This caused the Prime to nod, "Then it is settled for tomorrow." The secretary nodded too.

At the Nemesis, the Vehicons are busy at their stations and some saluted to Megatron who walked in. "Starscream!" He called out his second-in-command who is at his post at the console, "Yes, Lord Megatron?" "I heard from Soundwave that you and Makeshift are making progress with our prisoner. What is the status?" Starscream moves away from the console, "His processor is slowly wiped from the intensive voltage but he managed to speak small but useful information; he said something about the Autobot base, close to a town of Jasper and somewhere in a part of desert." The leader nodded, "Close to a town of Jasper..Did you scout for his coordination?" The air commander shaked his head, "I'm afraid he deleted it before the interrogation started." "Then inform Soundwave for it, I'm sure he will search for the base." He turned around but spoke first, "Continue with whatever you're doing." The second-in-command bowed a bit, "As you wish, my lord." Then the tyrant is out of sight afterwards.

A red and blue truck arrived to a building where they can talk with the agent with a car in a dull colour trailing behind. They can already see the agent waiting outside with a stern look, "Prime and his personal secretary." Two humans came out of the vehicles but he knew that these are holoforms, a secondary disguise for Cybertronians to have other than their alt modes, "Agent Fowler." Optimus said then gestured Weapon to follow inside.

"I didn't mean to take them into custody but we are talking about child endangerment. If one or three of them died on your hands, how am I supposed to explain to their families? That a robot alien war did this?" Fowler discussed the matter with the avatar of Prime with the triple-changer's on the left side holding a clipboard that the agent provided, he'll just have to give to Ratchet for a datapad version. "I understand that you are concerned for the safety of those children, but I'm afraid that issue cannot be erased as the Decepticon scouts found out about their existence." "So what? Are you suggesting that we should let the kids to keep coming back to base?" The agent asked with a raised eyebrow; wouldn't that raise questions from the families to move to a new and safer location if things gone too risky? "We promise we'll be careful where we step, agent. Well, only Bulkhead.." The triple-changer shrugs then his leader lets out a small cough to him, "Like what my secretary said, we will protect the children with caution. After all, we-" The agent sighed while pinching his nose bridge, "I know, I know..You Autobots are the only ones who can protect us humans from the Decepticons." He crossed his arms with a slight scowl, "I supposed that you are the best choice for them, they trust you. But you better keep a damned eye on 'em, teenagers can be crafty." This caused the secretary to smile, "Of course, we'll do that." He then turned to his leader, "Then I'm sure this is all, nothing to add on, Optimus?" The leader shook his head, "It is. Thank you for discussing on this matter with us, Agent Fowler." Both of them shaked hands, "You better have my word, Prime." "Will do." The holographic humans went to the door of his office and went out. They disappeared when both of their alt modes turned on their engines.

While on the road back to their base, Optimus couldn't help but feel the secretary's EM field, "Are you feeling alright, Weaponchanger?" The Dodge Viper almost jumped, "Y-yeah, it's just...What if more humans are gonna get involved in this mess..?" The truck flares out a smoke of sigh, "It is our fault for involving the citizens into this many years ago. But it isn't our place to turn back so this is our unchanged choice.." The Dodge Viper lets out an engine growl, "After all we've done, they're still getting involved..." The Prime don't know what to say after that so they just continued driving.