Being Human (Transformers Prime)

Chapter Twelve | A New Life

"Forget what we became, what matters is what we've become, and our potentials to overcome."

~Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekiel

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It was taking them five hours to figure out how to walk.

Everything was new: the sights, the sounds, the very feeling of being alive was all different. He hadn't dared open his eyes- his optics -until thirty minutes after the operation, when Rafael had screamed.

Shockwave had turned them into Cybertronians.

Well, not necessarily. He had transferred their consciousness using the neuron refractor into the minds of a body of a Cybertronian, leaving their human ones behind. The scientist never said what happened to them, but Jack could only assume the bodies had been tossed away, or incinerated. That part of the experiment was done, so there was no need for any human part of them any more.

They took away our humanity. They've turned us . . . Into one of them.

The boy had to admit, he had fantasized on occasion about being an Autobot, helping them save his world. But in the end, he could always turn back into a human, always return to his mother. The horrible reality of it was that he could not. It caused a pang of grief to go through him.

I'm so sorry, mom. I love you.

"Easy now. Don't want you to break before you can even get started." Knock Out sneered, in a nastier mood than usual. "These bodies aren't factory-made, you know. Shockwave built them special for you."

"Oh, that would explain why we look better than you." Miko retorts, her legs shaking.

"Watch it, you brat!" The medic snarls. "Or I will rip out your vocalizer." His red optics focused on the silent and observing scientist. "Why didn't you make her without one, anyways? It would save us a lot of grief."

Shockwave had seriously considered it, but the cons outweighed the pros. "It is necessary to know that each organ is capable of functioning in such a body; in addition, they should all be capable of easily communicating to us if something were to go awry."

Jack couldn't help but feel selfishly angry. Out of all the humans they could have tested, out of anyone in the whole world, and they chose the three closes to the Autobots to test out this incredibly unpredictable experiment. He rarely regretted ever meeting the Autobots, and this was one of those times.

If I had refused Arcee, none of this would have happened to me.

But, for once, he had an chance with the Decepticons. Now he didn't have to worry about being squished. He was tall, much taller, he realized, than Shockwave and Knock Out. Miko was almost taller than the medic, Raf still being the shortest out of all of them. It was incredibly odd, looking down for once instead of up.

"Walk." Shockwave instructed for the second time that day.

"They're like newborn sparklings." Knock Out mused as they stumbled around.

Miko growled. "I'll show you!" She suddenly straightened her spine, forcing her legs to move faster, clumsily running toward Knock Out.

The red Decepticon simply moved to the side, sticking out a ped and tripping the girl. With a cry of surprise Miko fell, crashing full-body into the floor as he tsked.

"Not very graceful, are you?" He sneered, moving his leg back under him.

Miko dove for his legs, Knock Out yelping and barely jumping out of the way.