Events Changed in Deus Ex Machina
"This is indeed an energon harvester. A powerful tool created by the ancients to remove energon from any source," Optimus said. He turned to look at the four children on a nearby platform.
Raf asked, "Greek gods knew Autobots?"
"No, Cybertronians never interact with other life forms who aren't accepting," Aurora said.
"Aurora is correct. The ancients often use the art of a given era to conceal messages. This fresco is a signpost indicating a harvesters location somewhere on this planet," Optimus said.
"So if the harvester can harvest energon from anything, and you have energon pumping through you ..." Jack started.
"In the hand of the Decepticons, it could be devastating," Optimus finished. There was a slight discussion of how to retrieve it, but it was decided that they would steal it on their own.
Time Skip
Optimus, Bumblebee, Arcee, and Bulkhead had secured all sides.
"Jack, Miko, Rafael, and Aurora, I will have a clear view of you. Once you have the harvester, I will contact Ratchet to bridge you back to base," Optimus said.
"Now since you'll bypass all point of normal entree, you won't need to worry about setting off the alarm. But take care to avoid any security guards," Ratchet said.
The kids bridge in and go just below the security camera. They look around and spot the harvester. They, then, see Optimus flashing his headlights. They turn to Aurora, and she got to work. She made the camera loop the footage of the statue, and disabled the alarm system.
Aurora looked up at them, "Everything's set up. Let's hurry." Jack worked the controls so that we were next to the harvester. We were getting ready to move it, but be saw Optimus getting attacked.
Raf shook in fear, "It's 'cons!"
"And they got Optimus!" Jack said.
They watched as one of the Decepticons started to drive towards the museum, but Bumblebee came around, as well as Arcee. They were both shot at by missiles, and crashed into each other. Bulkhead came over the museum, running at Breakdown. But Breakdown transformed from his vehicle mode and punched Bulkhead who flew and knocked over Knockout, and crashed into the museum. Luckily the alarms were disabled. Raf and Aurora pushed the harvester onto the platform. They got on, and lowered it close to the ground.
"Come on. Time to make out exit guys," Miko said as she took to the ground to scout out the area ahead. They went down a few hallways until they made it to the back. Unfortunately, Miko was caught by the guard.
"Not good," Jake said. Aurora took it upon herself to improvise.
She quickly bridged Jack, Raf, and the harvester back to base. She then went and knocked on the security guard's door, and took to the air. The guard walked out and looked around, but before going back, Aurora used her M.A.S. to make him forget. Aurora looked inside and bridged Miko to base as well. Aurora heard light ped steps coming her way and hid, not knowing if it were friend or foe.
When she didn't hear the peds pass the door, Aurora bridged herself in front of the museum. She saw all the Autobots on the ground. Aurora ran over to Optimus first.
"Uncle Op, are you okay?"
"Aurora g-get out of here!" Instead of listening, Aurora looked at his neck and saw sparks. She reached out and touched it over her better judgement. This caused her to to be sent flying back. All the electricity that was in Optimus moved within Aurora.
Optimus look in shock, "Aurora!?" He didn't feel pain, but he was still had temporary paralysis.
Aurora stood up, and was continually twitching. "I'm a-alright. T-that was quite a shocker," Aurora laughed.
"A human?" Aurora turned to see Breakdown and Knockout. She glared at them.
"Did you do all this?" Aurora asked as she gestured to the Autobots on the ground.
"Indeed. Optimus was my handy work, while my partner handled the rest," Knockout replied.
"I can't believe such a wonderful doctor like yourself, Knockout, would do such a horrible thing! You know h-how hard it is to repair the damage. I-I can understand a former Wrecker like Breakdown, but not s-someone such as yourself," Aurora said while twitching with the energy affecting her.
"Wait, how do you know about us? Are you also one of the Autobot pets?"
Aurora glared harder, and growled out, "I'm no pet! I'm family! I'll show you what happens when you hurt my family!" Aurora starts to release energon from her arms and form two ropes. She grabs them and they're immediately changed with the electricity coursing through her.
"What the-" Before either could react, Aurora flew at them, and started to attack them. Her hits were dead accurate, and were extremely painful with the extra electricity.
Knockout was able to move away with some wound, while Breakdown took quite a beating. He had gashes, and cuts that riddled his body, and he became paralyzed.
Both 'cons did not expect to find a human that could stand up to a Cybertronian, much less a sparkling of their kind. They never thought it was possible.
Just then, Soundwave flew away from the museum.
"That's our que! Let's go, Breakdown!" With that, the Decepticons transformed and fled the scene. Aurora stood there for a moment, and watched as they left.
Then, her energon whips dissolved into light particles. She didn't seem bothered by it too much. Aurora turned to look at the Autobots, then bridged them back to base.
"Aurora, thank Primus you're alright!" Ratchet says. He was reaching for her, but his servo was stopped just inches from where she stood. It shook in place as it wasn't allowed to move any further or away.
"Aurora!?" She didn't hear Ratchet. Aurora released energon from her body once more, but it was different.
Ratchet saw this and was shocked and concerned for his sparkling. "Aurora are you okay? Optimus what happened out there?"
"Aurora had somehow absorbed the electricity that was in me," he answered.
"Wait, isn't energon highly explosive!?" Raf asked in a panic.
"Kids, get out of here, NOW!" With that, the kids left the room at Ratchet's words.
Ratchet stared at the electrified energon that floated in the air. Then it slowly went all over the Autobots who were on the battlefield. Ratchet thought of the possible side effects the electricity could have, but couldn't.
Once the energon was absorbed into their bodies. They jumped up immediately, while Aurora fell limp into Ratchet's servo.
"Optimus, are you alright? Is everyone al-gahh!" Ratchet was shocked with electricity that was still in Aurora.
"We're fine. Infact, better than ever! I feel like I can fight those 'cons for hours on end!"
"I feel really energized, powerful even," Arcee said.
"Well, I did want to heal you, but wasn't sure the affect the electricity would cause to the energon," Aurora said making everyone jump.
Ratchet looked at his sparkling. "Aurora?"
"I'm alright, daddy. I'm j-just a bit paralyzed right now. It will wear off soon," Aurora said with her eyes closed.
Then the kids spoke up scaring all the 'bots. More specifically, their guardians.
"We're glad that you're alright, but why'd you put us up here?" Jack asked.
"I'm not complaining," Miko said.
"I like it here. It reminds me of when we fly," Raf said. "Same!" Miko added.
"How did- when did!?"
"I bridged them on you guys, Bulkhead. I thought you guys would notice. Especially you Ate 'Cee! How come you didn't know Jack was on your back!"
"I think it's the fact I'm too energized. I was just focused on what I should do to get rid of it all," Arcee replied.
"Well, thanks to you, Aurora. We were able to get the energon harvester before the Decepticons. I'm glad you're not hurt. Next time, do not engage the Decepticons," Optimus said.
"I'm just glad to know you can take care of yourself. I don't have to worry so much," Arcee said.
"You took on Decepticons on your own!?" Aurora nodded, and shared the memory with Ratchet.
~Please don't get mad at me daddy! I was protecting my family,~ Aurora sent through their bond.
~I'm not mad, sweet spark. I was just worried. I'm really proud to know I have a strong sparkling like you.~ He sent over with worry, love, and approval.
Aurora got up and flew over to Bumblebee and picked up Raf, and put him on her back. Then flew over to Bulkhead and snatched up Miko.
"We're going to my room! Go scouting or a drive to get rid of the extra energy." With that they flew of to her shared room with Arcee.
"Aurora, did you really fight with the Decepticons?" Miko asked as they landed on Aurora's shelf with all her stuff. They all settled down on her bed, and they pulled out their respected devices.
We can watch it here, but with the sound low on Kuya Raf's laptop," Aurora said as she hands back Miko's phone, and Raf's laptop. Raf opened it up, and they watched the whole mission.
Time Skip
"We should train you!" Miko said.
"But I'm already trained. Experiment, remember?"
"No, like with your powers! See how far you can manipulate energon, use conscious link, and your-"
"NO!" Raf hugged Aurora.
"Hey, Aurora. Calm down, she means well," he said.
"I don't want to train my M.A.S ability. I already have an idea of its full extent and will never use it."
"Why!?"
"I could make people forget or even kill them, Miko! I don't want to do that! Especially after having a concussion! I know what it's like! I'll only do it if it's necessary, but not to it's full extent. I can't live if I did that."
Raf hugged Aurora tight and said, "It's okay. There is no need to train with your M.A.S. ability, but maybe your energon manipulation. You seem pretty solid with your other abilities,"
"But where would we train her? I know the 'bots won't approve it. If we train outside of base, we'll most definitely be detected by the 'cons," Miko thought.
"Well actually, there is one places we could go," Aurora said.
"Where?" Raf asked. Just as Arcee and Jack entered the room, Aurora bridged their small group into a cave like environment.
"Where are we?" Miko asked.
"Well to be precise, we're underneath our school."
"Come again!?"
"I found this cave in the woods behind the school one day. I went to check it out and it led right under the school. It isn't really far or deep, but the stone is so thick that no signal, not even energon can be detected from the outside. Trust me, I let my energon dampener drop, and know that this is a safe place."
"This is nice! Do you think we could liven up the place? You know, put in a couch, tv, a fridge, and some food?"
"I am a step ahead of you. Uncle Fowler is giving me a card so I could get what I want. We could have everything you said down here."
"How are we going to get power down here?"
"The project daddy made for me for my science fair project. It's a generator that produces electricity using a small amount of energon. I could upgrade it to power everything down here."
"We could start your energon training in the meantime. Is there any other energon other than blue? We could see if you could produce it," Raf suggested.
Aurora thought for a moment. "Well, there are all kinds of energon. Some were rare, some were engineered, while others were once known as myths."
"Why don't you try making one of the myths, then. See if it's true," Miko suggested.
"Alright then." Aurora closed her eyes in concentration. Miko and Raf saw her purple streaks glow, then turn black. Then Aurora formed a small energon crystal, and let it hover above her hands.
"Black energon!? What kind of effects does it have?" Raf asked.
"Well, in the myth, it was very dangerous, because-" Before Aurora could continue, energon started to flow from her streaks and into the black energon. Aurora then changed the black energon back to normal and returned it to her body.
It was silent until Miko asked, "What happened?"
"As I was saying, in the myth black energon is very dangerous. Unlike any other type of energon, black energon absorbs energon. Energon gives energy, while black steals it. Luckily I can change some of its properties. Similar to my dampening ability, I can make its range of affect limited in the room or container it's in. Just a safety precaution."
Raf asked, "Can you tell us the other types of energon and what they can do?"
"Well, there is red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, and white. Red energon can make anything super fast. Orange energon makes anyone stronger. Yellow is for growth and increase in intelligence. Green energon is actually synthetic energon. In other words, this is made, not found. You know blue is regular. Purple energon is known as dark energon, or the blood of Unicron. It can bring back the dead as zombies or terrorcons. You know black energon. Then there's white energon.White energon is known as light energon or the blood of Primus. White energon is similar to dark energon. It can bring the dead back, but as they once were."
"Since you made black energon, that would mean you can make all the others! Even light energon! This is awesome!" Miko exclaimed.
"Which ones were myths?" Raf asked.
"Black, white, and orange energon are myths, while the other ones are quite rare other than normal energon."
"Hey, Aurora, how about trying to form your energon into weapons like earlier? Like a sword or something!" Miko suggested.
"Maybe another time. It is pretty late, we should head back."
"Okay, Aurora. Let's head back then. I want to talk to Bee an our way home."
"Hey Miko. Can you do me a favor? Since I'm getting you those videos, can you keep up your grades and try to stay out of trouble?" Aurora asked.
Miko thought about it a bit and said, "Yeah, I'll try. It's the least I can do."
With that the kids went to base so their guardians could take them home.
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