Relics; Researched
Autobot Outpost Omega–One, Nevada
The two teams were confused at what was happening as Ratchet tried to explain, “In hindsight, we accomplished what was required.” Ratchet had told them, “With Unicron's awakening, extreme measures needed to be taken.” He recapped to Team Trion who were called here by that extreme measure, “Enemies became allies, allies became confidants.” he said, looking to Jack.
“And, with the Matrix of Leadership, the planet Earth was saved.” He had told the assembled Cybertronians and humans, “Though at immeasurable personal cost. When Optimus surrendered the Matrix he'd lost more than the collective wisdom of the Primes.” he had told the group, “That doesn’t follow.” Arcee had told him, “Information Creep is not that uncommon, and it can affect–” “Optimus knew Megatron!” she said.
“They were like BFFs!” Bulkhead had told them, Bumblebee nodding in agreement, “If Optimus did not know his name, perhaps it is because the title of Prime hasn't yet been granted to him.” He had said to them, “So… Time Travel?” Roadbuster had said, “Huh?” “What?” “Say again?” Fowler/Jack/Miko had said as well, confused at all of that as Team Trion were trying to wrap their heads around it too.
“With the power of the Matrix no longer within him, it would stand to reason that Optimus has reverted to his pre-Prime state: the historical archivist, Orion Pax.” The CMO had said to the group, “You mean, in his mind.” June had said, “Exactly.” Perceptor had said, already calculating possible remedies, “Are you telling me Prime thinks he is some kind of librarian? AND a Decepticon?!” Fowler asked.
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The Bridge, The Nemesis
“Attention, crew.” Megatron had said, Soundwave playing it out for all of them to hear except for the Medical Station, “Our guest is currently in isolation, to help ease his transition.” He had told his soldiers, “But when Orion Pax emerges, he is to be shown every courtesy.” he had said, and almost as if an afterthought, “And the first to address him as "Optimus Prime" will have their voice-box torn out.” he warned.
“Lord Megatron.” Airachnid had said as she approached the pair of them, “Is it wise, to allow an Autobot, current or former, full run of the premises?” she had asked of them, Anxious. When she looked at Soundwave, wondering if she’d rat her out to the DJD, “Nothing happens aboard this ship without my knowledge.” Megatron had told her with a glare, “You would do well to remember that, Airachnid.”
That had made her tense at that before Megatron had went and told her why he was not worried, “But there's no need for concern. Orion does not possess the same fight Optimus is so renown for.” he had said, only getting that fire when he had become a Peacekeeper and his fellow officers were murdered by some of The Senates goons, “Then what use is he to our cause?” Airachnid had asked him.
“Ah, rest assured, Orion Pax will indeed earn his stripes.” he had said to her as Soundwave had went and checked out the camera feed of Knock Out putting the Decepti–Brand onto Orion’s shoulder plate, “Welcome back to the winning team.” Knock Out had said as the piece of his spark chamber was starting to cool now and mark him as one of their own now.
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Autobot Outpost Omega–One, Nevada
“Being a Decepticon is a choice, Fowler.” Verity Carlo, an agent of Unit: D told him, “One that even Orion wouldn’t have become at any point in his life.” Hot Rod said, remembering when he first met The Prime, “So if he’s riding with The ‘Cons…” “It’s because Megatron is working some kind of voodoo.” Springer had said, agreeing with his teammate at that.
“Orion Pax may not currently be an Autobot up here, but I must believe, he will never stop being one in here.” Ratchet had told them, “Sowhatdowedo?HowdowefixupThePrime’smind?” Blurr had asked, “We must locate him to know for certain.” Hot Rod had told them, “Hold up.” Verity had said, “I’ve got a pair of trackers lodged in deep that lets Faireborn and Mags know every meter I take.”
That surprised by Bulkhead that She knew Mags, “Are you telling me you can't just track Prime?” She had asked the group, “Optimus's signal has not reappeared since he embarked for Earth's core.” Ratchet had told them, He and Perceptor had been attempting to find him since then, “But we must get to work finding him.” Ratchet had said to the assembled Autobots.
“If we have any hope of initiating his contingency plan.” Ratchet said, “If we are unable to, I have several Mnemosurgeons who–” “NO!” Nearly every bot said to Perceptor, making the humans flinch, “We are not allowing one of those… lobotomists near Optimus’ mind!” Ratchet said, they had all nodded at that, “So what’s the Contingency plan?” Arcee asked, wanting to steer away from Mnemosurgery.
“Is that even a word, like Mnemosurgery?” Miko asked them, still curious on the action, “The key card!” Jack said, pulling out the key that Optimus gave him, “So, what’s it do?” he had asked and that was when Hot Rod answered, “It grants access to Vector Sigma, the repository of the wisdom of the Primes.” The Nyon Native had told him, “Is that some sort of Supercomputer?” Raf had asked them.
“So, we can just download Optimus's memories back into him?” Jack had asked, hopeful, “Great! Which one is the big V? Over here? Somewhere in back?” he had asked as Drift stepped in, not wanting to hear any more of this, “Vector Sigma is more than a ‘Super Computer’, Jack.” Drift said, remembering his name as he looked confused, “It is an ancient source of mystical power.” He told the humans, “On Cybertron.” Ratchet finished, giving the curveball.
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The Nemesis
The door had opened as Megatron had led Orion through his vessel, The Clerk looking around as the soldiers, what his friend called MTO’s, made by Zeta The Mad, a Prime elected in his stasis, commissioned as fodder and Megatron liberated, “You had been a captive of the Autobots and locked in stasis for quite some time, Orion.” Megatron told him.
“Long enough for us to be in exodus on another world.” The Decepticon leader had told his friend, “Exodus? Why?” he had asked his friend, confused, “Because the Warlord Ratchet's careless actions led to this.” he said, showing a image of a dead Cybertron, shocking The Clerk, “Cybertron!” he said, devastated before he saw anger, the same anger that made him become a Peacekeeper which made Megatron smile.
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Autobot Outpost Omega–One
“Jackson Darby! You will NOT be traveling to another planet.” June forbade her son, “I’m in!” Miko said to them, making Springer chuckle, “You're not going either, Miko.” She told the young girl before looking to the two teams, “Not while one of YOU can.” she told Team Trion and Team Prime, “June’s right.” Fowler told them, “Why send a boy to do a bot’s job?” he had asked the Autobots.
“Because only a Prime or The Functionist Council can access Vector Signma.” Hot Rod said, “Or one chosen by a Prime.” Ratchet said, “Then why not get one of those Council Members to do it?” June asked, “Because Starscream had hunted them all down and butchered them, taking their helms as trophies.” Drift said, having seen said collection.
The humans were shocked by that statement before Ratchet had spoken, “Optimus gave the Key card to Jack.” he had told them, “It is now imprinted with his unique biosignature.” he had told them, “So, you mean Jack's like some kinda honorary Prime?” Miko asked, “More or less, like old Thunderclash.” Verity told them, “Let’s just say Jack is the only one who can return Optimus to the Autobot we knew.” he said.
“But why would Optimus WILLFULLY endanger a human? A child?” June had asked, “I’m not a child, mom!” Jack said, “Yeah, you are.” Verity said, agreeing with June, “Maybe Optimus believes there's more to Jack than meets the eye.” Hot Rod said, “All of which is moot.” Perceptor had told them, “The Key card is useless to us without the means of reaching Cybertron, which we at present do not possess.”
“Dude.” Miko had said to him, “What about THAT?” Miko asked, “Or their ship?” she asked, two options they have available, “Miko, the Ground bridge barely got them into Earth orbit, remember?” Raf said, “Not to mention The Trion doesn’t have one, it’d take months for us to get there.” Verity told them, “Yeah, but Ratchet built it.” Miko said to Raf and Verity, still not deterred.
“Not to mention with Ceptor there, couldn’t they just turbo–charge the thing?” she had asked, Perceptor and Ratchet had looked to each other then, “That might work.” Perceptor said, “Plus with a Engineer like Bulkhead here, we might be able to fix it.” Perceptor said, the trio nodding along to that as the three of them had all headed to the Bridge, getting ready to work on the project.
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The Nemesis
“I cannot believe Ratchet capable of such horrors.” Orion had said to his friend, remembering his old academy colleague as someone gruff but to kind to do that, “Yes.” Megatron said, “And to think the Doctor of Doom's mad quest for power continues his marauders pursued us to this planet's orbit.” Megatron had told his old friend, “We feel its species are not ready to behold us.” he said recalling the secrecy they once had.
“But we have resolved to protect this world from the same tragedy which was dealt to our own.” Megatron had said, using the same spiel that he had heard from murdered by his own servo, “One question, Megatron.” Orion Pax had said as Megatron turned his back to Megatron, “Why are we called Decepticons?” he had asked, making Megatron recall the origin of the name.
“Because we were deceived by The Senate and The Autobots who were trying to keep us enslaved, so we proudly declare it to show that we are no longer.” he said, Orion nodded at that, liking the answer, “Now please, Orion.” Megatron said to his friend, “There will be plenty of time for catching up. You must rest.” He had said to him, walking away to work as Orion took one last look to their old home.
“Megatron! I will do my part to stop Ratchet's unspeakable crimes of aggression.” He said, clenching his fist to “This I vow. With all my Spark.” He said, making Megatron smile, “Soundwave, please escort Orion to his quarters.” he said, The femme approaching from the shadows and nodding, she had motioned for him to follow and Orion did so, “Greetings, Soundwave.” Orion said to her.
“Tell me, how long have you been a member of The Decepticons?” he had asked her, but Soundwave remained silent, it was a little unnerving, she had met Orion when he was a Peacekeeper, to see him this… naive, it was disconcerting, “Is he expecting you to answer?” Laserbeak had asked, “Foolish Prime.” The Voice said as she continued, “Soundwave?” he asked as Megatron sent her a message.
“Scrub the data–core, make sure Orion does not discover our falsehood.” It said and she proceeded to do so before opening up the door to his assigned room, motioning for him to enter, Confusion. “Have I done something to offend him?” Orion had thought, nearly making her snort at that before The Decepticon CCO had went and left, heading towards Megatron to report.
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Soundwave had approached, “It seems we have successfully achieved control of Orion's spark.” He said, hearing her approach, “Now, to put his mind to work.” he said, looking to her as she came into the light, “Have you sanitized the data–core?” he asked her to which Soundwave gave a simple nod to him, “Excellent.” he said, Knowing he could trust Soundwave to follow orders.
“Our new archivist will require unlimited access to our files.” He said, Soundwave knowing the project he had in mind, “It would be counterproductive for him to stumble upon any sensitive information.” he had said, Soundwave agreeing with the statement as she had decided that now was a good time for her to go and make her report to The DSS as well as see how her captive was doing right now.
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The Garden, Aeglus IV
Kup was feeling an itch that he hated to leave unscratched when the door had opened up, revealing Soundwave walking through, “You’ve been busy, I see.” She had text scrawled to him, Banzai–Tron having told her of the escapes head attempted, “Yeah well that happens when your Protege locks you up like a caged bird.” he said to her as Soundwave offered a new box of Cy–Gar’s, these ones very expensive.
Kup just watched as she put them on the table, “So why are you here?” He had asked her, knowing that she wasn’t the type to lord over her victory, “Unicron has been found.” She had told him, making Kup drop the lighter he had, “You scrapping with me?” he asked, “Negative, a Thunderwing–13 had to be called, both The Combaticons and your team had arrived to help.” She told him.
Kup laughed at that, “Drift must have gone crazy! Actually walking on Old Uni himself!” Kup had said to her, “You have met him before?” She had asked, “Sure, I was a Cupbearer for Alchemist Prime! Picked up my first weapon and first kill!” He said to her, “Galvatron and his twin were something fierce back then.” he said, reminiscing of when he was younger.
“Galvatron?” She asked, the name sounding familiar as she had tilted her helm, “Yeah, one of The Fallen’s two lieutenants, him and his brother… Arcee!” Kup said, finally remembering the others name, that had made her look at him in shock and surprise at that, Soundwave gave him a simplified form of the report before the femme got up, “Hey! Try not to get your aft beat TOO quickly by my team!” he said as she left.
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The Nemesis
Megatron was walking by Knock Out as he explained his reasoning behind keeping the Clerk around, “When we stormed the Iacon Hall of Records in the winning days of the war for Cybertron, we acquired highly classified files.” he explained, “Files written with Autobot codes which we had been unable to decipher.” he had said which was when it had clicked for The Velocitronian.
“Autobot codes which the Iacon archivist Orion Pax should have no trouble cracking.” he had said with a smile before realizing that there was a problem with the situation then, “Considering what's at stake, shouldn't we beef up the security around here?” he had asked, making Megatron look to him, “Knock Out, I believe that Orion will perform most effectively if he does not feel threatened or confined in any way.”
That made Knock Out look around before Megatron calmed him, “However, it is no coincidence that Orion's work-station is located in direct proximity to the Energon storage vault.” he had told The Velocitronian, “Which is under constant surveillance Well played.” he had said to Megatron who was satisfied that he would finally uncover what it was that The Head Archivist Alpha Trion tried to keep hidden.
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Autobot Outpost Omega–One, Nevada
Raf was on the chair going over homework as he heard both Ratchet and Perceptor fiddling with the Ground Bridge, looking over to them and hearing the loading messages, Ratchet gave a nod while Perceptor started to check for any possible errors that they could meet, “Ratchet! Are you two turbo-charging the Ground-bridge?” he had asked of the two.
“Tinkering.” Perceptor had said, “No need to get anyone's hopes up, just yet.” he had told the human as Roadbuster and the others had come in from their latest search, the team staying, at least until they had found Optimus and brought him home, they were swapping patrols right now as they all needed to be ready and well rested for whatever may come next for them.
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Project Iacon, The Nemesis
Orion was busy on the computer, having caught another line of code when the door had opened, “Orion! How fares project ‘Iacon’?” he had asked of his friend, “I am a bit rusty, I fear.” he had told Megatron, “I've only managed to decode three entries.” he had said and that made Megatron curious, “And what do these entries comprise?” Megatron had asked of him.
“They were logged by Autobot archivist during the war after I entered stasis.” Orion had told Megatron, “My only knowledge of its content so far is that they are coordinates, targeting locations on this very planet.” Orion had told them, making Megatron curious why they chose this planet as Orion opened a holo of the map, already pin pointing three of them.
“I surmise that they could indicate hiding places for vessels shuttled from Cybertron for safe-keeping.” Orion said which was when Megatron had to be careful and not let him know what he was thinking, “Such as historical documents or cultural artifacts?” he asked which was when Orion said his thoughts, “My greatest fear would be weapons of mass destruction.” Orion had told him.
“Hidden away for later use.” he said, making Megatron smile before he schooled his features and turned toward the Clerk and away from the map, “All the more reason it is essential that we do everything in our power to keep said vessels from Autobot reach.” Megatron had told his friend before grasping his shoulder plate, trying to be as comforting as possible to the amnesiac.
“We are fortunate to have you on our side, Orion Pax.” Megatron had told him before going to leave him to his work, “Lord Megatron.” he said, making the Decepticon stop and turn towards him, “I am puzzled by one particular finding and a question.” he had said to him, making Megatron curious, he had went and turned towards Orion Pax who was thinking on how to ask him.
“I have discovered several historic references to Starscream as your second-in-command.” he had said, opening the physical file of the Seeker, “Yet I have not seen him aboard the ship.” he had said, wondering where the Seeker in question was, “Sadly, Commander Starscream is dead.” he simply, lied, starting to turn away before recalling it, “And the question?” he asked Orion.
“And The question, Lord Megatron,” Orion said, making Megatron pause in his leave, “What is it Orion?” he had asked his prisoner, “Your Third in Command, Soundwave,” he said, almost ashamed at asking this, “I fear that they do not care for me,” he said, Surprising Megatron “Have I done something to offend them?” Orion asked the mech he thought was still his friend.
As far back as Megatron could remember, Soundwave has always been an individual who kept his secrets and his emotions to himself, “May I ask why you think this Orion?” Megatron asked, wondering if his loyal follower was slipping in his old age, Orion Pax seemed nervous at this, “Whenever I try to speak to Soundwave, he does not answer, only demonstrates or points,” the archivist told him, “He will not speak to me.”
Hearing this, Megatron gave a relieved exhaust, “No, my friend,” Megatron told him, “Soundwave does not hate you," he explained, "It is just that he can no longer speak." This seemed to confuse Orion, “What had happened?” he asked with innocence in his audio, “It was the Autobots,” Megatron said, remembering the day well, “I was facing off against the Warlord Ratchet,” he had embellished.
“Our people were trying to escape and the Autobots would have none of that,” he said, remembering the epic clash between them, “Soundwave rushed to my side to aid me when he was attacked, brutalized by the Autobot Ironhide with a Cosmic Rust projectile,” he said, Orion gasping at the knowledge, “We were able to escape, but I fear that Soundwave has been forever scarred within his Spark.”
Orion was shocked by the admission, that a fellow bot would do something like that to another, “I will work post haste.” Orion told him, “So that others such as Ironhide would be unable to commit such horrific deeds.” Orion said, going back to work faster, satisfying The Decepticon leader but his questioning had worried him as he had walked out of the lab and Orion began decoding once more.
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The Bridge, The Nemesis
Soundwave was at the terminal, as blackmail for her not informing the DJD of him(Which she wouldn’t have done anyways), she was having Thundercracker monitor Starscream, as she got her latest report, Megatron began to approach, the CCO deleting the report, “Orion asks many questions.” Megatron said, making Soundwave turn to him and do a scan, seeing what he revealed.
“A valuable trait in an archivist, but not in a Decepticon.” he said to her, “I can’t believe that he’d tell an Autobot about that!” Laserbeak said, “He knows what they did and still!” Laserbeak said, “It is a matter of time before he unravels our fabrications and his innate sense of right and wrong rises to the surface. I only hope that Orion will complete project ‘Iacon’ before I am forced to destroy him, once and for all.”
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Autobot Outpost Omega–One, Nevada
Ratchet and Perceptor were both working on The Ground–Bridge and failing when the comms went off, “Ratchet! You awake? This is an emergency!” Spike Witwicky had said on the comms, “Spike!” Ratchet went, having not seen the Unit: D Vice–Commander since Centurion, “Is it Optimus?” Perceptor had asked of the human, “It’s ‘Cons!” He told them, on call after the Unicron incident.
He had looked beaten and bruised as Ratchet started to point the current team to the position as the reserve team came in, “And they're busting into the same military research lab they hit two months ago.” He had told them, Bumblebee buzzed at that, “Another Space-bridge?” Roadbuster asked, “But for all we know Optimus is riding with them.” Verity said as they went to go meet up with the current team.
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Military Base, USA
Arcee, Blurr, Hot Rod, Bulkhead and Springer had arrived just as what remained of their defenses had shelled them, Breakdown, holding the final piece to complete their Space Bridge, The MTO’s backing up with fire as Knock Out smiled when they heard a Space Bridge open and the rest of them came, “Drop The Power Source!” Bulkhead said as they were all ready for a fight.
“Aren't you missing someone?” Knock Out had mocked towards them as The Autobots had aimed their weapons towards him, before they could fire, a trine of MTO Seekers had went and divebombed the bots who had fired upon them, Roadbuster and Bulkhead taking them out worrying the Decepticon CMO, “Ready for that bridge!” he had said and The Nemesis was happy to comply.
As Breakdown had ran through the bridge, Knock Out had turned to The Autobots with a wicked smile, “We'll be sure to tell the big O you said ‘Hello’.” he said with a salute before running through, seeing this, Blurr and Arcee had both nodded before they had transformed, the motorcycle and Agera R both revving up and going fast, “Arcee!|Blurr!” Bulkhead and Springer shouted.
But neither listened as they had instead just revved through the barrage that was all around them as they had swerve and then eventually gotten through and went into the portal just before it had went and shut off, making the rest of their team hope that they had gotten through in time as they had both went and finished up the last of the opposing enemy that had remained.
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The Nemesis
Arcee and Blurr had both entered and shot through, revving through to go and find The Prime, the door opening for them as they had went further in, “Scrap.” Was all Knock Out said as he had went and sounded the alarm on both, the two of them were going down the halls, easily avoiding the enemies blasterfire before they transformed, both leaping in the air with Airachnid killing the first as they leapt over them.
Blurr already running sat and kicked, pinning him down and the spear that he preferred aimed at his throat as his pedes kept him pinned while Arcee had went and kicked the other into the wall, “Where’sOptimus?” Blurr asked, “Answer!” Arcee went, ready to kill him when others approached, all of them firing, Arcee lifted the bots body before the two of them had both moved, Arcee 3D and Blurr speed.
The two of them had went and destroyed both of their enemies, the last MTO turned to fight against the enemy them, Arcee giving a few shots before Blurr had went and charged at a breakneck pace, taking out a few more of the enemy as the two of them began the search to find the Prime as The two of them transformed, revving through as their cameras had tracked them.
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“What?!” Megatron had demanded as he had looked at her face screen, “Arcee.” Airachnid said, Anger. Coming from her as she extended her pedes, “Allow me to welcome her aboard.” The Eukarian said, ready to finish her and avenge her tribe, “No!” Megatron snapped, Surprise. Coming not just from Airachnid but Soundwave too as Megatron took a vent before explaining.
“If Orion so much as lays eyes on another Autobot let alone be allowed to witness its destruction,” he had started facing towards her as he said this, “Everything he currently believes will be called into question.” that was when he turned to Soundwave, “See to it that Arcee and her associate are escorted off this ship immediately!” he ordered, Soundwave nodded before walking to deal with it.
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Blurr and Arcee were racing through the halls but Orion who was working had only heard the roar of motors, making him curious as he had went and turned, hearing the sound of blasterfire, he had went and opened the door as the two tore through their forces, as Optimus had looked out of the corner when he saw a trio of soldiers were all running out and “Orion! Please return to your station. Megatron’s orders.” he said.
Orion watched him as he had ran, curious as he had went and followed, curious and worried for his fellow Decepticons, meanwhile the two Autobots were still revving through the halls when they saw that Soundwave turned the face the two revving his way, “Soundwave!” Blurr shouted as they had moved faster, as Soundwave faced them, unafraid, she could hear Orion approaching, curious, she needed to finish this fast.
Thankfully the two of them were moving too fast and were both unaware as she opened a bridge right before they leapt towards her, Curiosity. Coming from Orion Pax as he turned the corner just as the Bridge closed, “I heard a commotion./ Are you okay, Soundwave?” He said/thought as she had looked to him before walking away, the Autobots were dealt with, leaving Orion for them both to get back to work.
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Autobot Outpost Omega–One, Nevada
The two of them were being treated from their little trip to the Arctic, Ratchet treating them both at the moment, “You weren't able to determine the Decepticons' location or if Optimus was even aboard ship?” Ratchet had asked, “We couldn’t confirm.” Arcee said, “Yeah,forallweknowtheCombaticonstookhimtoaDSSfacility!” The Racer had said to them.
Roadbuster and Bulkhead got angry, Roadbuster punching the wall while Bulkhead smashed the device on the table, “Roadbuster!\Bulkhead–!” Blaster/Ratceht said, “What? You needed that? Only thing I need is our head honcho back!” he went, clashing his fists together, “It’s not your fault.” Jack told them, “Exactly.” Drift said, knowing that Soundwave would have dealt with them eventually.
“If any of us needed rescuing Optimus would have found a way. I didn't. Simple as that.” Arcee said, both her and Blurr upset that they couldn’t rescue him when the comms went off, “Ratchet! What happened out there? Reports indicate at least a dozen wounded. The heat’s on me to provide some explanation.” He had told them as he and the EDC were working cleanup.
“You bots better get your act together or the Pentagon will make me shut down your base.” He had told them before the comm shut off, “But where would you go?” Raf asked, “Who knows.” Ratchet went, upset, “Maybe they'll ship us out to some island or fire us into space! Wouldn't that be a welcome relief.” Ratchet said, “If you want, we can give you guys a ride to the Command Hub.” Hot Rod offered.
“I don’t blame Fowler!” Arcee said, none of them wanting to leave just yet, “Optimus would have evacuated all humans in the area before engaging the 'Cons.” she said, all of them agreeing with that, Bumblebee buzzing at that when Bulkhead got angry, “We don't actually know what Optimus would have done because he's NOT HERE!” he had went which was when Arcee got up and faced him.
“You're pretty good at stating the obvious, Bulk.” she had snipped at Bulk while Team Trion just watched, all of them unsure how to get involved in this, “Anything else you'd like to mention that we already know?” She had asked, the two ready for a fight, “Nothing I can say in front of the children.” he had said which was Jack had shouted, drawing their attention.
“Hey! Aren't we overlooking one positive? Nobody's talking about what the 'Cons just got their claws on.” he said, making Perceptor curious, “Yes, they have currently acquired the power source for a Space–Bridge.” The CSO had told them, “And how exactly that would be a positive?” Hot Rod had asked, curious on the reasoning behind this right about now.
“We let them finish building their Space-bridge.” he had said, making Drift, Springer and Verity smile at what he was planning, “Why? So they can bring more zombies back from Cybertron?” he had asked, making Team Trion curious on what it was that they had been through, “No. So we can commandeer it. And use it to send HIM to Cybertron.” Verity said, liking the way his mind worked.
“Woah. That's a pretty good idea.” Miko said, Team Trion agreeing with it, “If Miko thinks it's a good idea.” Arcee said before Jack interrupted, “Nobody saying it will be easy but you've seized the Space-bridge before!” He said, “We blew one up.” Bulkhead said, “That’s a whole lot different than seizing and holding one.” Bulkhead said, “Lucky for you we have experience!” Roadbuster went.
Bumblebee had buzzed at that, “Bee's right. We have to find that thing first.” Arcee had told them, “Hellooo! If it's a space bridge isn't it?” Miko asked which was when Perceptor gave an explanation, “The term ‘space’ refers to its transport range, not its physical location.” he had told the humans, “And we've been monitoring Earth's orbit, we'd know if it were there.” Blaster explained to them.
“So, the Bridge could be somewhere right here on Earth?” Verity had said, “Like trying to find a servo in a scrapyard.” Springer had said to them, “Thenmaybewebetterstartlooking.” Blurr had told them, “But the fact remains: We don't know what the Decepticons have in store for Optimus.” Ratchet said “Or if he's truly safe from harm.” Hot Rod went as they had hoped for the best.
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The Nemesis
Starsceam was following The Wing of Seekers as they had headed back to The Nemesis, The former SIC having gotten away from that tail he had following him and now he was landing, just before the door had shut, the MTO seekers unaware as he had given a grin, sneaking in through the halls, trying to be as stealthy as possible as he had ran towards the Energon Storage Vault which was when he saw the guards.
Starscream peeked over the corner before deciding that bluffing was what was best Soundwave was off the vessel right now, this would be one of the few chances he would have as he had stepped out, the guards noticing and aiming towards him, “Starscream!” One of the MTO’s had shouted out, aiming at him, “That’s Commander Starscream.” he said as he approached them.
“What’s your malfunction?” Lower those weapons immediately.” he had ordered as the MTO’s had looked towards each other, “I’m sorry, sir,” The MTO on his right said, “But Lord Megatron ordered that you be taken into custody should you ever return to the ship.” he had said to The Seeker, making him look at the bot in shock at how he was now branded traitor, if he was lucky, Megatron would kill him, if not–
“What?” he had went, spooked by the order, “Clearly there had been a mistake.” he had said before smacking on of their blasters, making them fire on the light before he had went and gutted the two of them easily, killing the two Seekers and leaving the Vault available for him, he would have to move fast, going and finding four energon cubes that he could take and started to walk out.
As he did, Starscream heard the sound of a patrol approaching, they were a nuisance and making him snarl before he had went and headed towards the nearest room as he had rushed, as it had opened up, and closed behind, he smiled at his escape before seeing who was there, “No!” Starscream said as their enemy turned to him, “Optimus Prime?!” he went, aiming his missiles at his confused expression.
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Optimus with the other four that were there were in this place, he had no idea what it was but it seemed like it was peaceful, “Tell me, Brother.” The only Seeker in their group had said as he approached, “What troubles you?” he had asked, keeping an eye on the other that had been watching him with… something, “My comrades, my friends, they need me.” he had told him.
“Ah, I know that feeling.” The Seeker had said, “I was worried about my friends after I had come here, but the two of them had helped me get acquainted with… being here.” he had told Optimus when he noticed something, “That’s odd.” he said, making Optimus turn to see a thread, “What is this?” Optimus had asked as The Femme and her friend had stopped making a new chair, making the number Nineteen.
“It means that there’s a chance.” The Femme said as her comrade, the warrior, had one as well, “Your form remains, and if they’re able, they can return you.” she said, making The Seeker and the Watcher look surprised at that while Optimus had wondered what his body was doing right now, this place was peaceful, it was nice, but he was needed and there was no way that he was going to turn his back on them.