Transformers Prime: A New Beginning

Chapter 12: Convoy

Normal Perspective:

It had been a week since the Makeshift incident and Jessica finding out about Team Prime, leading her to begin living in their base. During that time, Michael had been able to finally scan a flyer mode for himself. His jet mode was similar to that of Skyquake's, but was somewhat smaller to accomadate for his body type.

Jack, Miko, and Raf were beyond surprised to find out there was another human at the base when they got there the day after Jessica had arrived. Jessica was also shocked to find out they also knew about the Autobots. The teenager also recognized the trio, as she shared a few of the same classes with them, as well as their lunch period, but she never spoke to them, considering the amount of problems she had been facing at the time.

Jessica had settled into her new life at the base well. Her school life, however, was a different story. There was only one highschool in Jasper. Because of this, many of the students who had graduated from the middleschools in the town all attended the same highschool. Word about what had happened to Jessica had spread around the school, which also sparked many false rumours about her. Many of students would either ignore her, or talk about her behind her back. Most of the more "popular" kids at the school took it a step further, and talked trash about her right to her face.

Vince, the school bully, was the worst. He bullied her every chance he got. Jack, Miko, and Raf, who were used to his bullying, would often stand up for her, and told her to just ignore him, but it was easier said than done. Jessica was the type to stand up for herself instead of letting things go. This meant that she got into heated arguements easily, which often made things worse. Miko and Jack would often try to play peacemaker, but it only resulted in them being bullied even more. The four kids were always relieved to head to the base everyday, if only to get away from Vince and his friends. Michael and Cliffjumper, who had heard about Vince from the kids, wanted to say something, but they knew they couldn't, much to their annoyance.

One afternoon, after the four kids arrived at the base after school was let out for the day, they, along with Michael, were hanging around the human area, as Ratchet was working nearby, when a call came in, and a shout for a certain mech came through the transmission.

"PRIME!"

Everyone, except for Jessica, recognized the voice. She looked at over at the screen, to see an African-American man sitting in what looked like a jet, wearing a headset. She was surprised that they weren't the only humans to knew of their existence.

"Who's that?" She asked.

"That's Agent Fowler." Michael explained. "He is the Autobot's liasion to the outside world."

She nodded, understanding. Fowler, who had yet to see Optimus enter the room, shouted again.

"PRIME!"

At last, Optimus entered the room, and Arcee came in behind him, as the other Autobots who were in the room, gathered around the console. The five teens headed over to a higher level of the human area to listen in on the conversation.

"Agent Fowler, to what do we owe-"

"What else?! 'Cons!" Fowler said, cutting Optimus off. "I chased them off with some hard ordinance, but not before they blew me out of the sky!"

"Again?" Miko asked, trying not to laugh. Thankfully for her, Fowler didn't hear her.

"They tried to smash and grab for the D.N.G.S." He said, annoyed.

"The whatsit?" Arcee asked, confused, furrowing her optic ridges.

"'Dynamic Nuclear Generation System' aka D.N.G.S." Fowler explained, then he switched the camera's view to the one in the cargo hold of his jet, revealing a boxy object inside. "It's a prototype energy source I'm porting to the coast for testing."