User blog:Bzero/Email from Mel to Spike

Here's the draft of the story I sent GiantEffingRobots.com. I had a bad feeling about them, but they were the only website willing to pay for my article about Trypticon, so I ignored my gut. I'm so sorry. =(


 * Several months ago, a mysterious launch was detected from the region of Decepticon City in Russia. Defense systems all over the world went to full alert. Many feared it was a precursor to an attack. However, whatever was launched never came down, and observers noted afterward that activity in Decepticon City nearly ceased to exist. Russian authorities claimed that the city had been abandoned. Then, one dark evening, the entire city itself disappeared with little trace.


 * Experts argued about how an entire city could simply vanish. Autobot ambassador Spike Witwicky, however, has answered the question at last. The heart of Decepticon City, a massive robot called Trypticon, had travelled to the Transformers’ homeworld of Cybertron in order to attack the Autobots’ home city of Iacon. After a tremendous battle, the assault was beaten back under the leadership of Autobot Commander Elita One. Trypticon was banished to the center of Cybertron.  It has yet to return.


 * The loss of Trypticon, however, hasn't diminished the threat from Decepticon leader Megatron. In a May 3rd interview with Cybertronian journalist Bishop, Megatron threatened no less than the complete destruction of all human life on Earth.  Witwicky, however, is confident that mankind needn't worry.


 * "If they did make an effort to go after me, or the president, or any human, it would show that we are at a competitive level with them," Witwicky noted. "They feel that we're pests.  Definitely not worthy of their effort to negotiate or even war against."

Witwicky also places a lot of faith in Autobot City's defenses. "At least in here, I know I'm safe," he stated. "It's a pretty heavily fortified city. It would take a big undertaking from the Decepticons to try anything."
 * For the rest of us who live outside Autobot City, however, all we can do it trust the Autobots to keep us protected.