War cries rung throughout the entire aquatic battlefield as both the Merbots and Mercons battled ruthlessly against each other over the newly discovered energon mine. It was at this moment that a grey, white, and purple streaked Great White Shark Mercon and a red, white, and blue Whale Merbot battled against each other in close combat. Being evenly matched, the Mercon snarled at the other with his glowing ruby eyes that were filled with hate and frustration. The Merbot showing just as much emotion with his bright cerulean blue eyes.

"THIS ENDS HERE PRIME!" Cried the Mercon. "One shall stand and one shall fall. And in this, it shall be you Megatron!" Optimus Prime yelled. "Are you sure about that Prime? For it looks like that I am winning so far in this battle of wills and wits!" Megatron sneered. And he was unfortunately right. Optimus was losing his strength quickly. He needed to end this now!

He noticed how the mine was starting to collapse slowly. Especially right above where Megatron was. It was one risky chance, but he had to take it. Using his Trident, he launched it at him. Megatron dodged just in time and cried, "HAH! YOU MISSED!"

"On the contrary, I've successfully hit my target." Optimus replied.

And indeed he did. He had nailed the support beam that was vital to holding up the constructs of the cave. Then everything started to fall apart. It was then that both Optimus and Megatron called for a retreat.

"CURSE YOU PRIME!!!" Cried the shark warlord.

As everyone evacuated, a particularly large boulder came crashing down on the warlord. With a cry of expecting doom he yelled,

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"

And that's when Sharona woke up.

Sharona woke up from her nap with beads of sweat running down her face and breathing heavy like she was running a marathon. She looked around and she was just at her desk in her office previously doing paperwork on the newest arrivals for her Rescue Marine Center.

She wiped her head to see that she was soaked with sweat from her nightmare, or whatever THAT was. She looked at her paperwork to see if it was stained with her sweat. And to her relief, it wasn't. Now if only she can do this and ruin some of those dreaded tax and debt papers. THAT would've made the nightmare worth it. You see, Sharona Waters has always wanted to be a Marine Biologist and work alongside with her father and his Marine Biology and Rescue team/center. And after all those years of hard work in school, college, and volunteer hours at her father's center, she finally had her chance. Unfortunately, while on his way to work one day, Mr. Waters was run into by a drunk driver and was killed.

Sharona couldn't bear all the pain that she felt at his funeral. First it was her mother, who died while giving birth, now it was her father. She had very few relatives that would take her in because either whatever family she had before was already 6 feet under or they were jerkoffs who were only interested in what was in the Will. And unfortunately for them, all of his possessions and such that were in his Will were all signed to Sharona. To say that the greedy family members were outraged would be an understatement.

Unfortunately for Sharona, she not only inherited her father's things, but also his debts. And ever since then she's been fending off the collectors left and right with either giving out last minute payments or a baseball bat.

(A/N: LOL)

But she isn't alone in her struggle. She's recruited people that are deemed by the people of high society as, MISFITS, into her Rescue Marine Center to help not only pay off her debts, but to also help themselves in certain aspects of their lives. Either it's just needed a place to stay for the night or just trying to earn their college degree, Sharona is willing to give them a chance.

But now in her near mid 20's Sharona was beginning to grow tired and having way too many nightmares about these strange creatures that look like mermaids. Merpeople? She didn't know, and could possibly care less. The same could be said about her love life. She tried having one but work and the debts always kept her at BAY.

(A/N: LOLOL! I love puns!!!XD)

Just as she was about to get back to work, the door to her office slammed open, revealing a slightly perturbed Stella.

Stella Maricello is her assistant, her best friend, and is also her only cousin/relative that stuck by her side ever since they were kids. She was never greedy and always worked for the things that she wanted or needed. Which was odd for her wealthy family. For her family, you can simply snap your fingers and a plate of the finest grapes would be at your side on a LITERAL silver plater. Which was the norm thing to do in her household. But not Stella. No, she couldn't stand her selfish and snobby family and decided to be the exact opposite of them. She had tolerated them till the day her Uncle died. Her family had gotten furious at what happened with the Will and caused quite a scene at the attorney's office saying that they would sue. That was the final straw. No one got between her and her loyalty and love between her and her now grieving cousin. So after that incident, she was the first one to hand in her application in for the center and her cousin happily took her in as her assistant and business partner.

After that, her family cut ties with her. And honestly, she couldn't care less. Her cousin was there for her in her darkest times, so now it's her turn to do the same for Sharona. And right now, she was scared to DEATH. Why? Because......

"Sharona!!! I heard you scream! What happened?! Did one of those pesky collectors surprise you again?! I swear if I find the creep, I'm gonna give him what for!" She said this as she twirled the crow bar in her hand easily as if it was a baton and she was a professional major for a marching band.

Sharona smiled at the thought of her dear cousin sticking up for her. She sighed and dragged her hand from her face to her hair. "No Stella, it's not an intruder or collector."

"Then what was it?"

Sharona looked away in shame and embarrassment.

"It was another nightmare again wasn't it?" Stella put her weapon of choice down and went to sit on the side of Sharona's desk and put her hand on her dear cousin's back. Sharona looked shyly back at her cousin. "Yeah. Yeah it was. And they're getting clearer to."

"Do you want to talk about it?"

Sharona thought about it, and decided it would probably be best to tell her about it just to get it off her chest.

"Okay, but don't make fun of me!" Sharona said as she pointed her finger threateningly at her cousin.

Stella held up her hands in surrender and replied, "I won't, I won't! So, before you start, was that cute Mako Shark merguy in your dream again~?" She smiled hopefully.

Sharona smirked and huffed, "You and that shark. I don't know why you find him so attractive. He's pretty puny in my opinion."

Stella huffed back, "Hey you have your tastes in men, and I have mine! And he might seem that way to you just because you prefer those big muscular guys and you prefer to be dominated by one and be a sub! And don't think I don't know about that Great White Shark guy that you had Amelia draw out for you to oodle at."

Sharona blushed madly, looked away, and commented, "And your any better? Miss Dom?" Stella shrugged, "At least I admit to it and take pride in it fully~." Sharona narrowed her eyes dangerously at her teasing cousin. "Do you want to hear about my dream or not?!"

Stella once again put her hands in a 'I surrender' position, "Okay, okay! So what happened this time?" Stella asked seriously. Sharona's face went back to normal and explained the whole dream from start to finish. To say that Stella was amazed was an understatement. "Wow! So you're able to actually get their names this time?"

Sharona nodded, "But only two of them. Optimus Prime and..... Megatron."

"Huh. Well call me Sally and slap me silly. That's impressive!" Stella replied with an awed face. Sharona couldn't help but laugh at her cousin's silliness. "I would call you Sally if there wasn't already a Salli working with us. And you're lucky she didn't hear you say that or you would've been slapped silly."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Stella said dismissively. "Anywho, I also came here to get you for a mission outing."

"Again? Is Drake sick again?"

"Naw, he got stung by few more jellyfishs than he wanted to be. He's recovering in Ronda's med ward. She told him that until his burns heal, he shouldn't go into salty water."

"And you can't go? Or anyone else for that matter?"

"Love to cuz, but I have to get home. Those final essay papers aren't going to finish themselves. Trust me, I've tried..."

"Oh yeah, almost forgot that you're still in college. Well what about the rest of the staff?"

"Too busy with their current assignments or already went home. Damien, Bonnie, and Bailey are the only ones available at the moment. But they're scheduled to show the new student interns around in about ten minutes."

*Sigh*

"Okay. Let me get my wetsuit on and I'll be right there."

"Okay then, I'll tell the rest of the crew." But before Stella left she turned around, "Oh! I almost forgot!"

"Yeah?" Sharona replied.

Stella walked up to her cousin and gave her a deep hug and looked her straight in the eyes.

"You be careful now! The ocean is dangerous at night and I doubt that you'll be back before then knowing you and your love for the water!"

Sharona returned the hug and quipped, "So says the surfer girl!" She giggled.

"Hey!" Stella pointed a finger at her and playfully glared at her. "That's Miss Surfer Girl to you!"

They both laughed at each other's jokes. But Stella really meant it when she told her cousin to be careful. There's been too many occasions to count that there's been some close calls where Sharona almost didn't come back. Her missions were sometimes very dangerous to do. Whether it be an angry and injured animal,an out of the blue storm, or having something go wrong with your oxygen mask and tank while diving, and etc. The dangers were real. And Stella was sure to remind her cousin about this to. "Okay, okay! I'll be careful! You too okay?" Stella nodded and gave her one last hug.

After a warm goodbye, Sharona made her way to the changing room and changed into her wetsuit. She grabbed her gear and was about to shut her locker door, but paused. Tapped on her locker door was the picture that Amelia, a friend and colleague, drew for her of Megatron. Before she forgot his name, she grabbed a pen and wrote in her excellent penminship "Megatron. Leader of the Mercons."

And for what she always did before she went out for missions, she planted a small peck on the picture before she shut the door and locked it before anyone saw.

As she made her way to the docks, her team waited for her to get her stuff ready. Once she done that, they were off. As they were speeding away, Sharona could faintly see her cousin in the parking lot waving to her. She waved back till she was out of sight.

When they had finally arrived at their destination, Sharona had this tingly feeling in her gut that something was about to happen. Her gut is rarely wrong, but she thought that she was just being paranoid. But just in case, she reminded her team to stay close and not to wander too far and to call if anything happens. They all have a mock salute and said,"Yes ma'am~." Sharona rolled her eyes at her team. Because of her motherly nature towards anyone close to her, she was known as the 'Mother Bear of the Sea' amongst her staff.

Ignoring their playful nature, all of them got ready and dived into the ocean. Their mission this time is to gather samples of various corals and plants and take photos of the changing environment.

The tingling that she had wouldn't go away. "Something is about to happen. I just know it. But what?"

Suddenly the tide of the ocean dramatically shifted and managed to push Sharona away from her group about a good few miles from where the boat was anchored. She tried her hardest to gain back her balance but the tide was too strong. She didn't stop till her backof her head hit something hard.

'Ow' she thought. She looked around where she was. The surroundings were full of bright and colorful coral and full of bussling life. 'I don't recognize any of the area around here. *Sigh* oh well. Might as well take samples and pictures for Quin. She's going to flip when she sees these!'

As she was taking pictures she couldn't help the feeling that someone was watching her. Then she finally noticed something. The wildlife went into hiding and everything went quiet. Not good. The two most obvious signs that a predator is near. She had to get out of there and fast! But where does she go. She lost her team AND the boat.

'Maybe if I go to the surface, I can search from there.' But as she was about to leave, her tingling senses told her something, or someONE was behind her. She took a deep breath from her oxygen, mask closed her eyes, and slowly turned around. When she opened her eyes, she gasped and screamed.

There before her was-----

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