Transformers: The Next Generation

Chapter 10: Laserbeak And Daphne - Eject

At the Autobot Base, things were rather quiet, since most of both Team Prime, and Human Autobots were out on missions or in other locations around the base.

Ratchet, Heatwave, along with Knockout were in the Medical and Science Bay working on some special experiments and new weapon designs. Bumblebee, Arcee, Turbo, Smokescreen, Striker and Striker Jr were on scouting missions for Energon mines, seeing if there are any mines the Decepticons haven't found. Grimlock, Swoop, and Slug, along with Bulkhead, Velma, Grim, and Wheeljack, were out on missions to see if they could locate anything involving ancient devices from the Iacon Hall of Records. Switchblade and Blades, along with Fred, were in the skies with some Eradicon flyers, heading out to escort important people, like the heads of countries and states, all across the globe. Braedimus, Optimus, and Megatron Prime were all on Cybertron to speak with the newly repaired and formed High Council of Elders.

Soundwave, Laserbeak, and Daphne were the only ones in the command centre of the base. The others were either at the shops, out and about, or at school. The three were thinking of different designs for Laserbeak, until an alarm began to blare out on the main computer screens.

Daphne ran up to the main computer screens, and began to type down on the human computers nearby. She looked to the screens, and she saw that there was a high strength of energy in one location. The location seemed to be somewhere in the far region of Mexico, nearby the border with Panama.

"Okay. Found the location of the energy source. It's in Mexico." Daphne confirmed the location. But, she looked around, and saw nobody else around. "Looks like we're out of Autobots to help us out." She then began to check on Megatron Prime and his crew, and saw they were just as busy as the others. "And it seems as though Megatron and his team are also out on missions across Earth and Cybertron."

At that moment, Laserbeak detached herself from Soundwave's chest, flew over to Daphne, and shifted into her 'Pretender' form. "I believe this mission should be investigated with surveillance and reconnaissance for now. We both should go."

Daphne hummed for a moment, then nodded her head in agreement. "Okay. Just let me get my armour on." She walked over to a table where her Matrix Armour was, which was in its bag form, and strapped it on her back. Then, with a mental command, her armour wrapped itself around her, and gave off a gentle hum of activation. "Right. We're ready." The redhead then looked to Soundwave. "Soundwave. Please activate the Groundbridge to the coordinates." She asked.

"Affirmative." Soundwave walked over to the Groundbridge controls, and typed in the coordinates. After doing so, he pulled down the lever, and the carved-out tunnel lit up with a green and blue vortex.

"It's 'Girl-Power' time!" Daphne declared, as both her and Laserbeak headed through the Groundbridge.

Once the two disappeared into the vortex, it shut down with a gentle power down, leaving Soundwave alone at the command centre. But, he had one question going on in his processor...

"What is 'Girl-Power'?" He asked himself, and he began to look up what the term meant on the World Wide Web, whilst heading off back to his quarters.

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It was a bright sunny day in the jungles on Yucatan Peninsula. The sounds of animal calls filled the thick jungle landscape. Suddenly, a vortex of green and white appeared in thin air. Stepping out of the portal was Daphne Blake Prima, armed in her Matrix Armour of Cybertron. By her side was the Mini-Con of Soundwave, Laserbeak, armed in her 'Pretender' form.

The two surveyed their surroundings. They were in a small clearing tamed by ground level foliage that went up to their knees. In front of them was a maze of tall trees, vines, and other types of plant life. Birds, monkeys, and other type of animal sounds could be heard from every direction around them.