[Transformers] Once upon a time there was a machine

Proteus, that was his former name.

He used to be a member of parliament, he was very kind and generous, and he also liked to help other TFs.He always changes the paint frequently, and also likes to do other illogical things...maybe it’s the effect of shadow puppetry (brainwashing, Senator Shockwave was once brainwashed by the council for assisting Orion and replaced his head), he doesn’t I remember many things from the past.But there are things he remembers—in a back-up storage deep in his lab.

The backup data is limited. Among the precious information such as many important energy distributions and scientific analysis equations, it seems very abrupt to include so few diary-like records.But for this reason, Shockwave remembered the former Proteus Senator when he saw Soundwave for the first time.

"Please save my friend, Senator! Sonic... Sonic is dying!"

Even now, Shockwave believes that if he took a screenshot of the scene at that time and released it, it would be enough to blackmail the intelligence officer of the Decepticons to do a lot of things, but he still kept this secret.

The person who requested him at the time was Drift.

Many years later, after becoming a Decepticon, it was renamed Deadlock, and then joined the TF that the Autobots changed back to their own name.

But at that time, Drift was just a little gangster - a Transformer who was at the bottom of society. Later, Drift became decadent for some "reasons" and indulged himself in drug and alcohol abuse, and was almost beaten to death. Saved—even now Drift doesn’t know that Optimus Prime “passed” there to save him. It wasn’t accidental, but in fact, he tampered with Optimus Prime’s patrol route…Of course, it was a long time later It's over.

At that time, Proteus Councilor was surprised that King Kong, who was at the bottom of society, not only knew that he would not bring guards when walking in the park, but even knew that he would not refuse his help!This is not in line with common sense. In fact, the lower-level King Kongs are full of extremes and hatred for the upper-level King Kongs, especially the congressmen.Although Proteus himself has saved many persecuted Transformers, this cannot reverse the prejudice of most bottom-level King Kong against the councilors and parliament.And the bad thing is, they were right, Proteus himself was ostracized by the council and suspended several times for these actions.So for a moment, the congressman wondered if this was a trap set against him by his nemesis in parliament.

"Speak slowly, my friend. What happened to your companion and what do you need me to do? Also, why did you come to me, and who told you that I can help you?"

Proteus patted Drifter's shoulder and lowered his voice to comfort him - he likes to confirm the other party's status through physical contact.In fact, the panicked drifting tense body seemed to relax a bit, without any panic or dodging movements, which told the councilor that what was in front of him was not a trap.Even if it is, at least, this TF has no knowledge.

"Yes, I'm sorry, I know that my behavior is very abrupt, for a big man like you... But I can't think of any other better way. I know you value those TFs with special abilities, right? My friend Has special powers, please save him quickly! I don't know what's wrong with him, but I think maybe his powers are out of control...or something happened. Oh, he's pretty bad, he's dying."

Drift answered upside down, and soon the councilor figured out the cause and effect.

This TF has a friend named Sonic. Sonic has a very special ability, and has been hiding it from the surrounding TFs. Only Drift knows.But there was a recent brawl, and Sonic was injured in order to save Drift, but that's not the problem, the injury didn't kill Sonic - the problem is that Sonic's ability seems to become stronger after the injury, and even out of control.

Soundwave has been concealing the fact that his ability is out of control. The frightening thing is that the situation of out-of-control is getting worse, and for some reason, Soundwave is getting weaker and weaker.Now that he is dying, Drift thinks of the person who might save his life because of the power of sound waves-Proteus.

It is not a secret that Proteus has saved many Cybertronians, but none of them know that he has taken in many Cybertronians with supernatural powers. Yes, if anyone knows, his old enemy has already Use this excuse to take him to court and convict him.Under the tense political situation, taking in people with supernatural powers privately would be regarded as a reserve supernatural army, and it would be no problem to kill him on the charge of treason.

Proteus wasn't a doctor, he didn't know Optimus Prime well then, he didn't even know ambulances - so he thought of the only one he knew who could help, and quietly called the TF out.

"Professor Perceptron, please help us, someone is very sick and needs your diagnosis."

"...Understood, I'll see you in half an hour. But I don't want any TF other than you and the patient to see me, Senator. I don't want to get involved in your troubles."

"Of course, Professor."

Proteus replied.Professor Perceptron had helped him a few times, all in secret.Perceptrons hate politics, politicians, and everything that goes along with it is on the deny list to affect Perceptron research.However, the funding of the Academy of Sciences needs to be supported by generous TFs, and the research on perceptrons occasionally needs to be facilitated quietly.They can be regarded as a cooperative relationship, but no one can know about this relationship.Because on the surface, the research institute where the perceptron works actually belongs to the senator's deadly enemy.

"You heard that too, Drift. Tell me where the patient is, but, you can't go."

Drift panicked again, but in the end he gritted his teeth and told the congressman the address.

If you don't say it, your friend will die.There is still the possibility of survival if you say something, and you can still distinguish the severity of the drift.

Proteus himself did not go, he sent a trustworthy supernatural TF of his own to go to that address first to confirm that there were no enemies, and then asked that TF to withdraw and let the sensor pass by.In order to appease Drift, he stayed with Drift all the time, chatting with this young TF about his friend.

"Oh, Senator, I don't know what I'm going to do. If he dies, I mean, if...then I..."

"Calm down, it'll be alright. Seems like you really value him, is he your BONDMATE?"

Drifting and shaking his head in panic, how is it possible!

"So, he saved your life?"

Drift continued to shake his head.

"Or did you save his life?"

"No, neither."

"Then you and him..."

"He killed someone." Drift said surprisingly, "It's all my fault."