The Way it Was [Transformers Prime Fanfic]

Chapter One: The Capture

"Do you think there's gonna be a war?" Kez and Eden overheard a classmate ask his friend as the two students looked at a news article on an iPad.

"I doubt it." The friend replied. "I mean, they haven't bombed us, attacked us or anything like that, even though they're clearly threatening to. If they haven't done it yet, I doubt they ever will."

A few dozen steps across the sidewalk later, the two were soon strolling through the doors of the Highschool of Jasper, Nevada.

"Hey, Kez, look at this!" Eden showed Kez their phone screen, which showed a meme about the event that every news channel and citizen in the country was talking about.

Kez laughed at it first, causing Eden to laugh along with her.

"Hey, you two!" A voice familiar to the duo called as it approached them. "What'ch ya looking at?"

"Oh, hey Miko." Eden greeted, showing her the phone screen.

"Ha, ha! That's funny!" Miko said as Eden pulled the phone back and sat down in the usual spot before Kez sat next to them.

"You know, you don't need to pretend that you think it's funny," Eden said. "I won't be like, offended or anything."

"Oh, I know you won't..." Miko trailed off. "Anyway, who's ready for anime club tonight?!"

"Oh, I am!" Kez exclaims.

"I am too!" Eden adds.

"What movie do you think we should watch for movie night?" The club president asked, who really only got her position because of being from Japan and wouldn't even be in the club, to begin with, if Eden and Kez hadn't suggested her to.

"We should watch the Hetalia movie," Eden suggested. "Or Ponyo, if you want something a little more well known."

"I was thinking more along the lines of Spirited Away or My Neighbor Totoro," Kez suggests.

"Oh, me too," Eden says, getting up after the bell to go to homeroom rang. "Talk to you guys later."

Kez went to her locker and texted her boyfriend, who accidentally slept in. After putting a few books into her locker, Kez headed to her history class, where she knew they'd discuss the current events.

After the pledge, the teacher greeted the class and pulled up a news video and pressed play.

"Breaking news!" The news anchor exclaimed as the words he spoke appeared on the screen in big, red letters before fading away to reveal the newsroom. "We are getting reports that scientists from the small Slavic country of Claoz Sanya have been studying and testing bombs in the abandoned town of Oxton Springs."

The screen changed to show a bunch of people in lab coats standing at the edge of the town, facing the desert and showed an explosion go off in the distance.

"Sources believe that they have established their research labs here so that they have access to Hydraetuldrutrol, which is a very rare radioactive substance that is known for its blue glow." The news reporter explained as an image of a blue liquid appeared on the screen.

"The explosions of the bombs being tested can be heard by the fearful residents of the nearby town of Jasper, Nevada." The news anchor said before a local town resident appeared on the screen.

"We're all scared." The woman said. "I've lived in this town since I was a teenager and I've raised my kids here, I've never ever been worried about my safety or their's until now."

Next, the local school idiot, Vince, appeared on the screen, causing murmuring to fill the class. "Yea, it's pretty surprising that a town like this would become the center of attention like this. I mean, we don't even-"