Allies

Discoveries

Chapter 2

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Telepathy/flashbacks

"Bumblebee talking."

Nemesis, July 4, 15:37PDT

The doors to the bridge hissed open as a tall, wry figure stepped in. Troopers who had turned to see who entered immediately adverted their eyes from the faceless man as he strode across the room silently. He walked onto the platform where Starscream stood working on something, and stopped behind the seeker.

Unperturbed by the silent man's appearance, Starscream didn't bother turning his head from the screen as he continued to type. "Soundwave, what is it?"

"Like Jasper, Nevada's a party? We're still alone wherever we travel on this rock Cliff."

The seeker stopped typing. Despite the mechanical whir to the voice, he still was able to recognize it. No doubt it was that same Autobot who tried to help Cliffjumper blow him to smithereens eons ago. "Ah, Arcee," he smirked, turning to face the third in command of the Decepticons. "When snuff one Autobot when we still have the advantage of surprise?"

He expected a nod of agreement, but the black screen covering Soundwave's face flickered. "Arcee to Justice League, Cliff has been captured by Decepticons," the recording said.

Starscream growled. So much for the advantage of surprise. It seemed like that infernal Autobot still managed to alert his comrades before his men could subdue him. Which meant, the Autobots and their pesky human pets would be looking for them. "Thank you for the warning, Soundwave."

Turning back to his screen, he continued his work, trying to not focus on the fact that those fools had completely and utterly exposed their entire operation. Prime no doubt knew for certain that they had not left Earth like he wanted them to believe. It would only be a matter of time before one of their operations was discovered.

A chill ran up his spine, and the seeker turned, red eyes widening slightly as he noticed that Soundwave was still looming behind him, as silent and emotionless as ever. "Yes, Soundwave?" he asked, this time a bit more cautiously. It wasn't like the silent spy to stay longer than necessary. Even Starscream would admit he was one—if not the most efficient person in the Decepticons.

His screen beeped and Starscream leaned in. It was a frequency, with an embedded message. Unlike a message he would've expected, this one was written in human.

They had a message, from humans about a time and place to meet. It was preposterous. Their race had no need to interact with such weak fleshlings. Yet, he found himself intrigued. What humans would be bold enough to directly contact him and his army? It certainly wasn't from any of Earth's governments, he knew that much. Which meant, this was someone who was either setting a trap or looking for an alliance.

Either way, both merited looking into.

-.-

Washington D.C. 18:44EDT

"Ok, I'm officially whelmed," Robin said as the door hissed open.

The others didn't bother to comment, as they were too busy focusing on the dozens of tubes lining the walls on either side of them. Within each tube, they could see a strange gray creature with what appeared to be lightning zapping off of it.

"So this is how this place stays off the grid," Robin realized. "They generate their own electricity with these...things. Must be what they're bred for."