Three Faced
The Darklands
Arcee was on a ridge, watching the Darklanders, they were much more resistant to change than the others, yet there was still some that were growing and developing a small bit before he had noticed that there was something there that had made Arcee look with a smile, it was all of the warriors that were there, they had a few of them that were planning to join Galvatron into the new force that Nova Prime is making.
There were already a few that were removing the symbol that they had and that had made one of the Blades of Galvatron but sad, but he was also happy at the idea that they were becoming united, he had looked towards his own symbol and he started to finger it before thinking, maybe it was time for him to do the same, to remove the symbol but he still wanted it to be a part of himself.
Venting at that, Arcee thought before remembering what his brother had done, instead of just getting a piece of scrap metal, he had went and taken a piece of his spark chamber to make the crest instead, at that thought, Arcee thought that the reverse would be nice, or maybe to get it etched onto his spark chamber, he had liked the idea of that as Arcee had went and gotten up and went to find a blacksmith.
As he had done as much, Arcee had noticed that there was a familiar bot coming his way, “Arcee!” Galvatron had said, walking over to go and hug him, making the Senator curious, “What are you doing here, brother?” he had asked and that had made Galvatron chuckle, “I came because I wanted to talk to you about something.” he had said to his brother who had vented.
“If this is about that punch–” “No no, I deserved that.” Galvatron had told him, “I was thinking more along the lines of a force.” he had said, confusing Arcee, “A force?” he had asked, unsure about that, “Yes, see Alchemist Prime had created these vigilantes, the Wreckers, led by Threnody,” he had said, making Arcee whistle, he liked Threnody, he had ball bearings that made the two look like cowards.
He was fearless, lead by example, easy on the optics, whenever Arcee was on a mission with him he had liked to talk to him by the fire– “SoI was thinking, if every one of our Senators territories had a vigilante group like The Wreckers, we could keep the peace before there is any danger to the territory.” he had told Arcee who had nodded, liking the sound of that.
“And what would you call these Peacekeepers?” he had asked, making Galvatron grin, “Perfect!” he had told his twin, “Peacekeepers! I just need to make a keep and then–!” “What makes you think that I am consenting to such an arrangement?” he had asked his twin, making the bot look to him, “Because our people are bored, and they desire SOME form of conflict.” He had told the Senator.
That had made the bot vent, knowing he spoke truth, “And even if that were true, who would–?” “Do you remember Kupbearer?” He had asked, confusing Arcee as he nodded at that, “Yeah, that young bot that Threnody had taken under his wing? What about him?” Arcee had asked and hearing that, Galvatron had chuckled towards that, “It appears that he had acquired a gift for teaching.” he had said.
“We do not need a gentle caregiver–” Arcee had started before his twin had started to laugh, “Gentle caregiver? Kup is a brutal tyrant that is able to turn a sparkling into a hardened warrior! The only flaw is that they want to kill him afterwards!” Galvatron had said and that had made the Senator smile towards him, “Then he will fit right in here.” Arcee told Galvatron who grinned.
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Peacekeeper Keep, The Darklands
Kup had looked at the bots that were all there, most of them looking bored, only one or two had the symbol of a united Cybertron on them and that had made him as least a little bit glad at the sight of it before he had taken an intake before shouting out, “ALRIGHT YOU LITTLE SCRAPLETS!” He had shouted out to them, “I AM HERE BECAUSE NONE OF YOU ARE FIT TO BE A PEACEKEEPER!” He said.
That had made a few glare and grumble, “YEAH, I SAID IT!” he had told them, Kup now pacing them, “I AM GOING TO BREAK YOU INTO SCRAP AND THEN REFORGE YOU INTO PEACEKEEPERS INSTEAD OF THE MINDLESS BARBARIANS THAT YOU’VE ENJOYED! IF ANY OF YOU ARE SATISFIED BEING JUST DUMB BRUTES! THEN GET THE PIT OUT OF HERE!
That had made them all glare, some of them going to ready their weapons, some of them started to shout out in irritation towards that, “IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO BE AN ACTUAL PEACEKEEPER, THEN WE”RE GOING TO START WITH BEATING THE LAUNDRY!” Kup had shouted, out, confusing them as the bots had each been given a stick and a round thing to be put on their other servo.
The bots all looked around as Kup had went to go and play a few movements, all of them watching at that, “NOW REPEAT!” He had said, confusing the bots there as they went and started to repeat the same motions towards the bot who had watched them, seeing how they had moved and acted, “Wow, and I cannot see why Galvatron would bring me here.” he said, making a few smile.
“IF HE WAS GOING TO GIVE ME YOU WASTE OF SCRAP!” He had said, surprising them as he had went and repeated the motion to them, “This is how you do it! Every time to mess up! You run a lap!” He had told them, “So try again, and try not to screw it up again like I know you will!” he had snarled, making the group grumble as they had went and listened.
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Security Operations Office, Iacon
The SecOps commander, Galvatron, had looked towards the reports that he had gotten about not just their work in The Darklands but there were a few others that were there, all spread out in the more peaceful locations and they were showing progress, the bots there were able to keep the peace and able to control a good percentage of the criminal element, the most they took down being major.
“So what are you up to?” Dei Atlas had asked of him, the warrior looking up from his map then, “Just checking on Project Peacekeeper.” he had said to Dei Atlas who nodded at that before seeing his map, “Actually, there was something that I wanted to talk to you about.” the monk said to him, making the warrior curious at that before he saw the map that Dei Atlas had.
“This was a map that had been made by Alpha Trion as he had spoken to a member of The House of Magnus.” he had said, making the bot curious, “Okay?” Galvatron said to him, “HERE is where the descendant said that Lord Magnus, commander of The Knights of Cybertron had his main garrison for The Guiding Hand.” he had told Galvatron.
“And THIS is the Crystal Ruins.” he had said, making him realize that the area was identical to each other, “Frag me.” he had said, “Yes, and here is where he had said that the Crystal City Actually was.” he had told him, making Galvatron gasp at that as he saw where it was, “Did you tell–?” “Nova was the first one that I had told.” he had said, making the Warrior grin.
“Are we planning to go and search for the Crystal City?” he had said and hearing that, there was another voice that had spoken, “Not yet, not yet!” Jhiaus had said towards them, “Now we work on going out before we start digging in!” he had told them, making Galvatron and Dei Atlas curious as he had showed plans for The Ark, “Lord Prime wants us all on Ark to journey out and take the first steps.” he said.
That had made the two confused, “Is it wise to journey out into the unknown like that?” he had asked, making the scientist nod repeatedly, “yes yes yes!” he had said, “Because… we have found where The Emberstone was fired.” he had told them, shocking both at that reveal, of how the artifact of Quintus Prime had directed a beam outwards into the unknown and their astrologers now know where it hit.
“And if The Emberstone was able to evolve them, if it could do what The Thirteen’s Titans are doing out there…” Jhiaxus had told them, making the pair realize what had happened, “Then we have kin, brothers and sisters out in the stars that have never known home.” Dei Atlas had said, thinking on that before he had nodded, “We must go, at least to meet them first.” he had said.
Hearing that, the Scientist was happy that he was in agreement with Cyclonus looking at them, “I do not care, as long as I will have purpose, you may accompany me.” he had told them, making both of them chuckle at that as they had looked at their friend, “Then we will expect you to be the mighty blade to Galvatron’s blaster.” Jhiaxus had told him which made the trio laugh at that as they gathered to leave.
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Iacon
The Prime and his group had went and walked around, looking at everything before they had headed towards the street, the bots all there were starting to forgo their old symbols from their old kingdoms and as they had did as much, the ones such as the new Peacekeepers that were being made by the assembled Garrisons, Galvatron being the one that had trained the bots here.
They all wore the red symbol that had made the bots curious as they had seen all of them there, walking as they saw that there was a bot that was driving away, scared which had made the Prime and the others curious as they had ran forward to catch them, getting close to the grounder only for them to transform into a flyer and went to escape which was when Cyclonus had went and fired.
The bot had went and crashed, the bot transforming and glaring at them, “Scrap! You didn’t need to wing me!” he had said, which was when they noticed that he had both wheels and wings like those of both types of transformers, “What are you?” Dei Atlas had asked, kneeling down to look at the bot, “How do you have three forms?” he had asked and the bot shrugged, “I have no idea!” he told him.
“I’ve just always been able to!” he had said as the bots had looked at each other and then the triple changer, “Are there more like you?” he had asked, hearing that, the Triple Changer had gotten nervous and had started to back away, terrified, “Relax, if there are more of you, we’d like to study and learn.” Atlas had said and hearing that, the bot had been confused as Galvatron grinned.
“Oh…the things that I can do with a dozen of you.” Galvatron had said which had made the bot a bit confused before he had went and calmed, “Can I go get them?” he had asked, making both nod, “We should tell Jhiaxus, I bet that he will act as excited as a sparkling.” Dei Atlas had said and the warrior had nodded in agreement at that as they had turned to go and give the news of it.
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Jhiaxus’ Lab, Iacon
“It’s a mutation in the T–Cog.” he had told them and hearing that, the four of them were curious at that, “A… mutation?” he had asked, unsure about that word, “Yes, our T–Cog is naturally uploaded with a single form besides out own, but it appears that these T–Cogs all have an extra drive that allows them to have THREE forms instead of just two, it’s fascinating.” he told them.
That had made the bots mutter amongst themselves before they had all nodded, “Alright then, how powerful are they?” Nova had asked, wondering if he needed to worry about the Triple Changers had started to think that they could take down him and the government they had set up, “Oh, compared to the average Cybertronian, there’s a slight increase, but that’s mostly just due to versatility.” he said.
That had made the bots look, “And how many did they have?” Nova had asked of Galvatron who grinned, “I’d say that there were a dozen or so.” he had said with a smile which had made the bots there think, “I want them all.” he had said which had made the inner circle of Nova Prime look to him, “What?” Dei Atlas had asked, “As guardians for The Senate, to protect them from threats.” he said.
But they all knew that he just wanted to train them in whatever way that he could to have fun, but there was something else, there was an idea, “I like it.” Alpha Trion had said and hearing that, all of them, even Galvatron and Alpha Trion were surprised by that as they had looked towards their friend, “You do?” Galvatron had asked which he had nodded to, “Yes, I do.” he had said.
That had made the group curious and a bit cautious as he had spoken again, “A guard, elites not like The Peacekeepers is a intelligent idea, to defend The Senators and places of importance, we would just need someone to train them–” “I volunteer–” “I was thinking someone more along the lines of Cyclonus.” Alpha Trion had said and hearing that, they had all looked before nodding towards each other.
The two of them had looked towards the warrior who had went and vented in irritation at that as they had walked towards the warrior, “What am I doing?” he had asked and hearing that, the bot had known that there was a need so he had went and stood up, “I’ve got nothing to do until we go past Luna 2, so might as well.” he had said and hearing that, the bots were all relieved as they explained it.
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Triorian Barracks, Iacon
The Triple Changers had all looked at each other, a bit nervous and confused by what exactly was going on as they had noticed that there was a bot that was before them carrying a Great Sword, “Excuse, me, are you our teacher?” The Triple Changer Facet had asked of him, but he had just approached them, looking at the assembled Triple Changers there, “I am.” he had told them.
That had made the bots all curious, “Are you a Triple Changer like us?” another of them, Pandemonium, had asked, making Cyclonus shake his helm at that, “I am not, but my Prime had decided that I was the best possible teach for you.” he had said before walking over to a block of cubes that were making the bots all curious at that, “Each of you will take two.” he had ordered of them.
That had made the bots all confused as they had each taken a pair of cubes, “Hold them like this.” he had told them and they had proceeded to do as much, the Triple Changers all confused at the action as they had noticed that there was a bit of difficulty that was there before the warrior had looked at them, “Hold them like that for a Cycle, if any of you drop one, we will add another Cycle.” he told them.
That had made the Triple Changers all look towards him in confusion as he had looked towards the bots, sitting down and taking a sip from his energon, making the bots all irritated as they went to argue, “Any of you that argue, I’ll add two more, and we won’t get to combat training.” he had said, making the Triple Changers all irritated as they had went to obey, for now at least.
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Eventually, after three times when they had dropped the cubes, they were down, “Excellent, now we can work on combat styles,” he had told them, walking around, each of you, transform into your two alternate modes so that I can see what I’m working with.” he had said to them, watching as one by one they had transformed into their various alternates, some of them Flyers, some Grounders, others were Surfers.
Seeing all of this, he had went and instructed them, “Those with Grounder and Flyer forms, you will learn Meteor Style, for those with Grounder and Surfer forms, you will learn Crustdigger style, and those with Surfer and Flyer forms will learn the Star Surf Style.” he said, glad he had made the bots all look at the scrolls that he had tossed to each of them, “What about me?” a bot said.
He had a Flyer and a Beast–Type form which made Cyclonus grin, “I will train everyone outside of the three personally, if you are having difficulties, let me know so that I can correct.” he had said and hearing that, the Triple Changers had went and started to get to work on it all while Nova Prime had came in to look at what was going on and impressed at the sight before him.
“How did you make three separate style for them already?” Nova Prime had asked of him, “I know of others like myself skilled with a blade, I asked them to demonstrate their skills and when we were able to compile a formula for each of the possible combinations, we will develop more as time goes on.” Cyclonus had said which made The Prime interested as he had thought on how this would progress.
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The Senate Forum, Iacon
“What the Frag is this?” Galvatron had asked as the Darklander had seen all of them were wearing a strange symbol which was making him cautious as Arcee had looked towards him, “It wasn’t my idea, one of the others had done it.” he had said, disliking the sight of it, as if they were creating a tribe, “This is the symbol of The Senate that we and The Triorian Guard wear.” he said.
That had made the warrior snarl as Nova Prime had entered with Dei Atlas, the latter wearing the symbol as well while Nova had worn it as a necklace instead which had made the warrior confused as they had all went and went to their positions, “We will now proceed with the meeting!” Dei Atlas had said as Galvatron had went to go sit in one of the seats in the back for guests.
As he had sat down, the Triorian Guard had went and marched into the Forum, all of The Senate watching as Nova had spoken, “THIS is The Triorian Guard.” he had said to them, making the Cybertronians all look at him in confusion and surprise at that, “They will be the protectors of you Senators until the end of your terms.” he had said and hearing that, they looked to each other.
“But what of our personal guards?” one of them shouted out in surprise at that, making the others nod and shout out towards the personal guards and such, “They will not replace them, they are only to protect you as you act in your position as a Senator.” Nova had said and hearing that, the others were curious, “What makes these… Triorian Guard, so special?” he had asked.
At that, Galvatron grinned, “Can I give the order?” he had asked of the mech that had trained them all, “All yours.” he had said, making Galvatron happier at that as he had bellowed, “Form First!” he had shouted out towards them and hearing that, the Guard had all went and transformed in unison, the Senate all confused at that, “Form Second!” he went next.
They had went and transformed and as they saw that, the bots had noticed that there was a third form and started to mutter, amazed at it as they had looked to the Prime, “They are unique and they are incredible, they will help us protect you as we begin to mold Cybertron.” he had said and that had made the Senate all a bit curious at that right now as they had congratulated them all for it.
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The Senate Level, Iacon
The group had all looked as the members of the Guard were all going and splitting up, looking around and getting attached to a Senator to watch over for now as Cybclonus had looked, “He’s the one I want in charge.” he had said, pointing towards a few, the one in question being a Astro/Military Grounder Type who had been towering over the others, “He is obedient and violent, perfect for Galvatron.”
That had made the others nod as they had all thought on what was next for them, “There is something that I need to work on.” Jhiaxus had said and hearing that, they had all looked towards the scientist, “What is that?” Nova asked, wondering if he had already gotten to work on the… storage space that was being planned, “I am thinking on a form of colonization, a… seeding of sorts.” he had said.
That had made the others curious on that as Alpha Trion had went and thought on colonization and seeding, wondering what Nemesis had been up to and what his brothers followers had done, but as he had looked to Nova and the others, he had known that they would be greeted warmly and would be able to become one with each other, at least that is what he hopes will happen.