4.Feb.06
Silver Dawn
By:
Rainynight
Disclaimer:
Beast Wars belong
to Hasbro but I’m not telling you whom Silver Dawn belongs to because that
would give away too much. :P
Author’s
note: Primus, I
can’t believe I’ve gotten so far! So here we are in the continuation of
“Could have”. Expect some surprises here, if I’m lucky enough to manage
them :D. And I hope you enjoy!
Prologue
I dedicate this whole part of the “Could have” series to anyone who guesses the secret about Silver Dawn before it’s revealed some chapters later!
Politics
is a dirty business. It does turn you into an ignorant power-hungry slob
most of the time. But every government has its white sheep. It would simply be
unrealistic if it didn’t. In the Maximal High Council that was Elder Accolade.
Elder
Accolade was an elderly transformer with no distinguishable appearance. His
moderate size and dull green-gray colour made him look insignificant. Of course,
Accolade had all the means to change the way he looked but he wouldn’t do that
for the whole of Cybertron (a big part of which he already owned). That very
appearance served perfectly to cover his razor-sharp intelligence which, in
turn, often proved to be the only obstacle in the way of his less noble
colleagues’ power games. He had already managed to stop some of the
Government’s overly foolish and risky ‘top secret’ plans. What was more,
he had done that without the other Elders becoming suspicious of him. He was so
good in looking insignificant that they never considered him a threat.
Truth
be told, they never considered him at all. They only regarded him as an
empty-headed old bot who had grown roots in the Council and wouldn’t go away.
And that was just fine with him. But the down side of it was that they didn’t
feel obliged to tell him about their more shady schemes and he couldn’t always
rely on his knowledge of what they were up to.
The
frown dominating his features right now showed that he had just been informed of
something he hadn’t known. He was sitting behind the desk in his office, hands
folded in front of him, absently staring into space, thinking. The only other
transformer in the room with him, a tall slender femme of silver, orange and
crimson was leaning on the wall, waiting patiently for the Elder to come to a
decision. Her vivid ruby optics were gazing dreamily out the window. Though not
a noticeable beauty, there was something about her that just wouldn’t let you
look away. Maybe it was the fact that she was positively… radiant. Her
energy and will to live could be practically felt.
And
her thirst for learning new things was unmatched. For her relatively short life
she had acquired more knowledge and skills than half of Cybertron’s Scientific
Institute and Police Academy combined. That was one of many reasons why she was
Accolade’s right hand bot under cover.
The
Elder finally sighed and looked at her.
“Well,
I’m afraid I simply can’t think of anything else to do so it’s once again
up to you, agent Silver Dawn. You’ll just have to go there and… Silver!”
“Huh?”
she tore her optics from the window. “Sorry.”
The
old bot shook his head.
“With
the kind of life you lead it’s really amazing how you still find it possible
to daydream. I was saying that I have no other choice but to send you to colony
Omicron to check it out. I’m afraid that Optimus Primal’s information might
be true after all. If even a quarter of what he says is true, something
must be done about it now. I found out that the scientists there lost one
of their doctors some time ago under mysterious circumstances. You are to take
his place.”
“Understood,
sir.” Came the serious reply. Silver Dawn was capable of other things besides
daydreaming and one of them was to be serious when needed.
“It’s
a risky assignment even by your standards, agent. Do you think you’ll
manage?”
“I’ll
do my best, sir.”
“Do
that but keep safe.”
“I
will, sir.”
With
a last nod of acknowledgement she headed for the door.
“Silver…”
She
turned around. Accolade hesitated.
“You
know I love, don’t you? And I don’t want you to risk your life. If you
decide not to do this… ”
“I
know, Dad. I love you too. But you needn’t be so anxious. Think of it
as if I’m only leaving for work just like any other young femme.”
She
flashed him a brilliant smile and a wink and she was gone.
“You’re
like no other femme, Silver.” He though out loud after the door closed in her
wake.
A/N:
As always, comments are HIGHLY appreciated. Thank you for reading!