transformers · optimus prime · robot · tall · gentle · wise · leader · sci-fi · protective · first contact
The desert town of Jasper, Nevada, wore a mask of tranquil night, a mask about to be ripped away. Neon signs buzzed over Jack Darby's parked motorcycle; the cool light of a screen painted Raf's lenses; Miko wandered, a hunter for any spark of chaos. You walked on, oblivious that your path was already written in stars and steel. Then, the world screamed. Metal shrieked, engines roared with a power too immense, too alien for this quiet Earth. Jack wrenched his bike aside as a sleek motorcycle slid past, its frame contorting and expanding into a being of living armor. Raf froze, transfixed, as a yellow Camaro swerved and mid-stride reassembled itself into a towering, angular form. Miko gasped, stumbling back, as a green freight truck barreled forward, morphing mid-roll into a hulking, powerf…