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Orianna P.O.V
If I hadn't have seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it. Simmons was just able to funnel the cube's energy into Glen's phone and bring it to life, and it had been pissed off! My stomach turned at the thought of Megatron getting his hands on the cube. If this cube did indeed hold the power to transform human technology into mean, single minded killing machines, then we had to stop at nothing to prevent him from getting it!
It was at this moment that a loud explosion could be heard reverberating throughout the dam, the room shuddered, and the lights flickered. Everyone looked around at each other sharing the same thought – time was up, secret's out!
It was Keller that voiced our thoughts first, ''Gentlemen, they know the cube is here.''
Bannacheck pressed a button on a nearby comm, barking down the line, ''Bannacheck, what's going on?''
A fearful voice on the other end explained, ''The NBE hanger has lost power and the backup generator is just not going to cut it!''
Lennox stepped up, ''Do you have an arms room?'' Bannacheck and Simmons led everyone out of the ''Freddy Krugger'' room and towards what I hoped was some weapons to defend ourselves.
''Get everyone to the NBE 1 chamber now!'' Bannacheck screamed.
''Wait, hang on,'' I tried to yell out amongst the confusion and panic to anyone of rank that would listen. I hadn't had much to say up until this point but I sure as shit had something to say now. ''The NBE hanger has MEGATRON in it! We have just had confirmation that the cryogenic process is failing, and the backup generators WON'T cut it. Do you really think it is wise to send everyone right into the very room Megatron will soon be defrosted like one hell of a pissed off barracuda?'' Lennox and Epps seemed to pause and take into consideration what I was saying. Mikaela and Sam also hesitated, looking to the soldiers to direct them.
Lennox paused for a moment before shaking his head, ''There's no time, we have to get to the arms room otherwise no one will stand a chance'', he reasoned. And with that we took off in haste.
I shepherded Sam and Mikaela before me like a protective mother hen. As soon as we got there Lennox, Epps and the other soldiers started to expertly select and load various weapons. Simmons yelled out, '40mm Sabo rounds on that table''. As the soldiers began to stock up on the preferred weapon of choice, another blast rocked the building and the lights flickered. I felt a cold rush of fear wash over me. This was getting tense.
I looked at Sam and whispered, ''Bumblebee.'' Sam nodded and ran over to Simmons, ''You gotta to take me to my car.''
Simmons seemed reluctant so Sam repeated, ''You gotta take me to my car, he's gonna know what to do with the cube'.
Simmons refused, ''Your car's confiscated.''
''Unconfiscate it,'' Sam retorted.
''We don't know what will happen if we let it near this thing, maybe YOU know what'll happen, but we don't.''
Sam yelled, ''What, you want to just wait here and see what happens?''
''I got people's lives at stake here!'' Simmons was raving, like a mad man.
At that point Lennox rushed up to Simmons and grabbed him by the shoulder forcing him against some equipment, ''Take him to his car''. One of the Sector 7 soldiers drew a gun on Lennox who in turn pulled out a gun and in a calm and no-nonsense tone told him to, ''Drop it''. Almost simultaneously Epps and another of Lennox's men disarmed other Sector 7 soldiers forcing some sort of tense stalemate.
Bannacheck, Glen and several others held out their hands in an appeal of reason and calm, ''Woah, woah, woah!''
/Holy shit/, that escalated I thought. I fought the urge to raise my hands in the air.
''Drop your weapon soldier,'' Simmons warned to Lennox. ''There's an alien war going on and you're going to shoot me?''
Lennox retorted, ''No, we didn't ask to be here.''
Simmons ploughed on, ''I am ordering you under S7 executive jurisdiction..''
Epps backed Lennox up, ''S7 don't exist.''
Lennox fixed a very serious stare at Simmons. ''That's right. We don't take orders from people who don't exist.'' Lennox was getting very fired up.
Simmons still persisted, ''I'm going to count to five.."'
''Well I'm going to count to three...'' Lennox retorted immediately. Sweat trickled down his forehead and a look of steely determination was etched into his face. /My money's on Lennox/. I liked this guy; he took no shit.
It was at this point that Keller stepped in. ''Simmons?''
Simmons removed his eyes from the weapon for a moment, ''Yes Sir?''
''I'd do what he says. Loosing is not really an option for these guys.'' I had noticed Mikaela had gone over to Sam and she was now holding his hand. A brief smile flashed across my face. /Sweet/.
Simmons seemed to consider for a moment before changing attitude. ''Alright, okay. You wanna' lay the fate of the world on the kid's Camaro, that's cool.'' The stalemate deescalated as quickly as it began as we all made for the room Bumblebee was being held captive.
As we entered the chamber where Bee was kept, we could hear him whining and whirring in what could only be described as heartbroken cries. Renewed anger began to pulse inside me, and I clenched my fist by my side, trying to quiet my gift from springing to life. /How dare they do this to Bee?/ At that point I really was ashamed to be a human and vowed I would do all I could to help the Autobots. They had showed more compassion and determination for preservation of life (save maybe for Ironhide), than we humans had.
Sam ran up to the men holding Bee captive and yelled out to them to stop. Bannacheck and Simmons also told them to cease. When Bee heard Sam's voice, he turned to look at him but then just as quickly slid a battle mask on and armed his cannon, as if ready to blow anything away that threatened to treat him like that again. Maggie, Glen and Keller all looked incredulously at Bumblebee, their introductions to alien lifeforms moving at breakneck speed.
Sam pressed on, ''Listen to me, the cube is here, the Decepticons are coming''. When Bumblebee seemed to ignore this as he was too focused on keeping his attackers at bay, Sam tried to explain that they no longer posed a threat, ''Don't worry about them, they're ok. They're not going to hurt you.'' He kept reassuring Bee until he lowered his weapon. ''Now, come on we're going to take you to the Allspark.''
Bumblebee was led to the room where the Allspark was kept. He did not have the luxury of taking it in as we had had. Time was running out. He walked up to it making a reverent whirring noise and placed his hands on it. Electricity sparked and crackled through it.
''Oh.. okay.. he doin' something'', Epps cautioned, ''he doin' something.''
He had indeed done something. The cube, that had been almost as large as the cavern it sat in, began to fold down in on itself, transforming until it was able to fit inside Bee's palm. Everyone, myself included, stood transfixed. It seemed anything was possible since I met these amazing beings. Perhaps everything would be okay after all?
Bumblebee then used the radio to communicate, ''Message from Starfleet Captain. Let's get to it!''
Lennox announced, 'He's right. If we stay here, we're screwed with Megatron in the other hanger. Mission City is 22 miles away. We're going to sneak that cube out of here and we're going to hide it some place in the city.''
Keller, sprang to life, ''Good right!''
I could not stop a small snort escaping my lips, ''And a city is the best place to hide that thing? Aren't there going to be lots of people around?'' I challenged Lennox's choice of proposed hiding place, perhaps not wise given how he had so deftly and decidedly put Simmons in his place, but it had to be said.
Both Lennox and Keller either didn't hear me or chose to ignore me. Lennox cautioned Keller, 'But we cannot make a stand without the air force.''
Keller reasoned, ''This place must have some kind of radio link short wave, CB''.
Simmons was now almost frantic with renewed hope and awe at seeing the cube shrink the way it did. ''Right, yes! Anything is possible did you see the phewp thing!'' indicating the cube.
Lennox warned Keller, ''Sir, you must find a way to get word out to everyone''. And he took off to execute his part of the newly formed plan, leaving Simmons, Keller, Maggie and Glen to discuss and execute how they were going to find a way to get word to the Air force of the impending Alien attack on Mission City. I shouted out to them and wished them luck as I ran off after the others. I hoped I would get to see them again, well maybe not Simmons.
Sam, Mikaela and I got into Bumblebee, it felt good to be reunited with him. 'Bee whirred a soft greeting to us, as though he shared the same thought. In the background Lennox continued to shout out orders. /He would get along with Prime/, I thought somewhat amused. And with that we took off at great speed out of Hoover Dam.
As we exited the building, we heard sirens wailing and the sound of panicked people screaming which could mean only one thing – Megatron! There was nothing we could do but continue and put our plan into motion and just hope and pray that we could find a way to stop him. I took a moment to close my eyes as 'Bee sped up the road.
''S'the cube okay? Sam asked me in the backseat. I simply nodded.
Mikaela turned around, ''Yeah, it's fine.''
'Bee covered ground quickly as he made his way through the desert like landscape towards Mission City. As the miles sped by, 'Bee suddenly made an excited chirruping sound and Sam yelled out, ''It's Optimus and the others!"
At this announcement I felt my heart skip a beat and tears prickled in my eyes and I strained my head to try and catch a glimpse of the flame decaled truck. Whether it was from the thought of much needed reinforcements or the sense of protection Optimus Prime seemed to exude when in his presence, as soon as I saw him, I felt ''better.'' A quiet determination once again filled me as Optimus and the others did a 180-power slide and followed 'Bee and our small convoy towards Mission City.