Karina Torres: TFP

Deus Ex Machina

Karina's POV

"Energon seems to be flowing through your human veins" Ratchet tells me.

"Take it, that's not good" I say as I sit on the bench.

"Most humans would be dead" he states.

"Any clue why I'm not?" I ask him curious.

"None, yet" Ratchet states. "I have to do more research" he states. "Lets return to the control room" he adds. He holds out his hand and I jump onto it. He carries me there and places me beside Jack.

"You're computer beeped while you were gone" Jack tells him. Ratchet nods his head and goes to check the computers. "So how'd it go?" he asks me. Before I can answer Miko appears with Bulkhead. Strange, I'm sure she had detention today.

"You sound like my parents" Miko whines as she jumps out of Bulkhead. Who transforms.

"Well, aren't they Japanese?" he asks her confused.

"They may speak a different language, but you say the same things" she states as she walks away from him.

"Because we want the best for you. And that means making sure you go to school, not jail" Bulkhead tells her.

"Uh-oh. What'd you do?" Jack asks Miko.

"Aside from skip out on another detention" I add as we lean on the railing looking down at her.

"Look, Miko, before I became a warrior, I was a laborer -- Construction. I can build stuff. I can break stuff. And that's it" Bulkhead explains as he kneels beside her.

"I love breaking stuff" Miko tells him happily. As she punches a fist into her opposite palm. "I want to be just like you, Bulk" she adds.

"Ugh. Why would you want to be like me when you can be a-a medic like Ratchet?" he asks her. Personally I always wanted a career in music. I look at Ratchet to see a map of Greece on his computer screen.

"I'm detecting a fresh energon pulse from the nation called Greece. An ancient city -- Quite historic, I believe" he states.

"Ancient Greece, huh? Oh, field trip" Bulkhead says. Sly bot. He and Miko leave by ground bridge to Greece. Not even ten minutes later they return after an encounter with a decepticon with a photo of an ancient painting.

"It is indeed an energon harvester" Optimus states as we examine it. "A powerful tool created by the ancients to remove raw energon from any source" he explains. I gulp holding my crystal, does that mean me also?

"Greek gods knew autobots?" Raf asks.

"No. The ancients often used the art of a given era to conceal messages. This fresco was likely a signpost indicating a harvester's location hidden somewhere on this planet" Optimus explains.

"Uh, Optimus, if the harvester removes energon from anything, and you all have energon pumping inside you" Jack says.

"In Decepticon hands, the harvester would be a devastating weapon" Optimus states shooting me look. Great.

"See? You were a genius to total that painting" Miko tells Bulkhead.

"Miko's not wrong" Arcee agrees. "How can the 'cons find the harvester without the fresco?" she asks.

"With high speed internet" Raf and I state as he looks something up on his laptop.

"If you do an image search for 'Greek God' and 'golden orb', this pops up" he states showing them an image. A picture of a statue of Poseidon holding the harvester in the same pose as the mosaic appears on screen.