Symbiote; Communicating
Soundwave’s Quarters, The Nemesis
Soundwave had woken up, seeing that she was at her terminal and looking around before realizing that someone had entered her in her work, “What happened?” Soundwave had asked Laserbeak, “I don’t know.” Laserbeak said as she had went and scrolled through the security footage before seeing that there was herself there going ahead and typing away at the terminal.
“I think you need to talk to Screecher.” Laserbeak had asked of her and hearing that, Soundwave nodded, needing to get this seen through and wondering what the other voice in her helm was doing while she was asleep, Soundwave had went and sat onto her berth, taking a deep breath before going and back into her mind while Laserbeak had started to go and look around.
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Little Harmonex, Soundwave’s Mindscape
Soundwave had appeared in the bar on the stage, looking around in anger, “Screecher! Where the frag–?!” she had started before seeing that the warship was floating around now, she had no idea what it was as Screecher had approached, ‘H– Hey S– Ssssoundwave!” Screecher had said as the Warship had circled her, “Who are you?” she had asked the vessel.
“Answer: Warship Drone Alpha. Objective: Decoding of Iacon Database.” It had said in the same voice that Trypticon had, “I take it that you were… forged? When I had that incident?” she had asked, “Negative.” WDA had told her, “Creation was initiated at the paralyzation of Main Soundwave Unit.” He had told her, making Soundwave vent, “So when I’m asleep…?” “Confirm: activation in conjunction with Soundwave’s stasis.”
Hearing that, she had vented in relief, great, so now she had a sleepwalking personality that would do her job, another reason why she doesn’t sleep, great, as she was thinking this, Soundwave had noticed that Screecher was there on a keyboard, “Ssorry,” she said with a grin, “I– I– I just gggot us moving.” she said before hopping off and letting her have full control once more.
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The Bridge, The Nemesis
Soundwave woke up on the bridge there, looking around in confusion before getting back to work, glad that no one could see her face plate, “So…?”“We have another one.” Soundwave said before seeing that there was a signal, one that had made her look at in in surprise before she had went and showed the information to Megatron and the rest of the crew.
Knock Out who was there saw the information on the terminal showing him in Colorado, “Strange.” The CMO said, Confusion. Hope. Coming from the bot as he had turned to The Decepticon Leader, “Lord Megatron, it appears that Breakdown's signal has popped back online, albeit corrupted.” he had said but still hopeful as Their leader had spoken at the helm, not turning his back.
“Investigate with caution.” Megatron had said, “It may well be an Autobot trick.” he had told Knock Out, “I certainly hope not.” Knock Out had told him, “Breakdown may act a brute, but he's a maestro behind a rotary buffer.” he had said towards their leader as Soundwave had opened a gate, she also hopeful after remembering what Airachnid had said and thinking they might get him back.
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Soundwave had watched as a Bridge had been reopened as they had noticed that they had Breakdown– no, it wasn’t Breakdown, it was a creature that seemed to be half alive and half dead, making the two of them pause as Knock Out had looked furious, wanting to tan his hide, “Knockout, what is this abomination?!” Megatron had questioned, “And why have you brought it here?”
Hearing that, the fake Breakdown had spoken, “I am C.Y.L.A.S.,” He had said, “As in cybernetic life augmented by symbiosis.” he had said towards their leader, “I come with a proposition.” he said when their CMO had snapped, “This is the human who dissected Breakdown.” he told them and hearing that, Soundwave had gotten as angry as Knock Out now at that.
“Please, my liege, allow me to return the favor.” Knock Out had said towards their master before the monstrosity had spoken, “I propose that you not overlook the one asset that provides Optimus Prime an advantage at least, on this world.” Silas had told them, “And that would be?” Megatron asked, disliking the tone, “The Human Factor.” Silas had told him, angering the Decepticon Leader.
“Look around you, Silas! I command an army from a mighty warship. What could a human possibly offer?” Megatron had asked, “I am no ordinary human,” he said, turning towards the device that had been taken with them, “And this is no ordinary weapon.” He had answered, making all of them more curious at what it was that he brought to the table.
Soundwave had already started to scan the package and saw that it was a satellite that was giving off serious energy, one that had made her not focus on the two of them as she had scanned The DAMOCLES system, “…A threat to anyone, anywhere on the planet.” he had said and hearing that Soundwave had refocused, “With pinpoint accuracy at the flick of a switch.” Silas had told him.
Interest. Caution. Coming from their master as he had spoken, “And what is it that you wish in return?” Megatron asked, knowing he wouldn’t offer this unless he desired something from them, “Merely a place at the table.” Silas said with a small bow, “Very well, activate DAMOCLES.” Megatron ordered of Silas, making him pause, “There lies the rut.” Silas told him.
“The interface code is required and it’s only stored in one location.” he had said, pointing to Colorado, “We would only need a team there to infiltrate and access the code.” he had said, hearing that, Megatron looked to Soundwave, “Soundwave, I trust you to acquire the code in question?” he had said, hearing that, she had nodded towards him before going to assemble the team.
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EDC Headquarters, Colorado
Soundwave had entered the facility before accessing their comms, utilizing a copy of the human Liaison, “<Attention, all personnel are ordered to evacuate immediately. We have a level 5 radiation leak. Repeat, evacuate immediately.>Fowler” She had said, looking at them from a corner before going to enter the server where the code is.
Her team was securing the perimeter as she had sent her tendril to download the data from the server, when she had gotten a comm, Optimus and his team were at the command Center and were heading towards their location, as she downloaded, there was a comm from Megatron, “Soundwave, prepare to beta test.” he had ordered and she nodded, taking her other tendril and accessing the released Satellite.
Zooming in further and further before seeing the Autobots, one of them, new, transforming and tackling one of them before taking out two, right before one of their own had tackled him the two of them beating each other when she had fired the beam, right towards the new warrior, going down but the young bot had moved, but not the MTO, the bot being smelted in a near instant.
It was impressive, but she would need to work on the aim as she had aimed towards Optimus and the others, following them as they had fled, going to smelt them as she had charged another beam to pursue the bot in question, “You’re enjoying this.” Laserbeak said and she had agreed with that as she had continued, when the guidance system had started to change, without her permission.
“Soundwave, we have a breach!” he had said, tracing the breach and seeing that it was in Jasper, Nevada before showing it to The Decepticons, meanwhile, Arcee had traced after Arcee before the new Autobot had went and headed towards the base, which she had countered by blocking off his patch, making him retreat as she had continued to try and keep them away.
They were circling and trying to avoid her attack, seeing this, The CCO had tried to corner the bots, keeping them from open areas so that they would have an easy way to take out as her download had continued before she had cut off the Autobots charge after they took out two more MTOs, things were almost done, then they would be able to – a warning was flashing on the screen of the satellite.
Seeing this, she had sent the data to Megatron, “They're attempting to disable the satellite! Silas, how difficult is it to squash a human child?! Silas!” He had shouted over the comms in fury as it had fully downloaded, “We have the codes? Then target the intruder and destroy him!” He had ordered as she was chasing the bot, stopping, Soundwave had diverted the beam towards Hasper, Nevada.
The Satellite was directed and aimed towards the humans while The MTO’s outside had faced off before the three outside were taken out, seeing that, she had started to fire when there was a full thruster burn, knocking the satellite off course and losing control just as the last MTO was terminated, in response to this, Soundwave had transformed and flew off just as they breached.
She had escaped the facility to rejoin the warship, but now there was another problem that was going to happen, and she was glad that it was happening to the human that deserved it, “Silas, return to base immediately.” He had ordered as Soundwave had received her own orders and informed Knock Out of what their master was planning for the failure of a human.
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The Bridge, The Nemesis
Soundwave was on the bridge alongside Knock Out and Megatron, the Bridge for Silas had opened and he had headed towards them now, Megatron was looking down at him with Soundwave close behind, “Silas, you have earned your place at the table.” he had told Silas who had misread it, smiling, “Lord Megatron, I am honored.” he had told him as Megatron continued to explain.
“Knock Out’s dissection table.” he told him, shocking and scaring Silas as he turned around to see the CMO with a pair of MTOs and his staff, “Breakdown would be tickled.” he said before approaching the former human, “No, Lord Megatron. Why?” he had asked, backing away from the leader of The Decepticons in fear, “Because DAMOCLES was the best you had to offer, and it is no more.” he answered.
He turned to Soundwave then, “The human factor did indeed tip the scales in the favor of my enemies.” he had said as she showed an image of their human associates, distracting him enough for Knock Out to electrocute and down Silas, the two approaching to look over him, “He will be a fascinating case for study.” Megatron said as Knock Out kneeled down to poke his optic.
“I will leave no fiber or fiber optic unexamined.” Knock Out told him, wanting to do everything he could to punish the Organic inside his Conjunx Endura’s frame, just as the Two MTO’s had went and started to drag him away, “No, no. Megatron, I'm here to serve you! No…” he said as Knock Out followed and they continued down the hall, “No! No! No! Nooo!” being the last thing they heard as the door closed.
As they had looked, Megatron turned to Soundwave, “Soundwave, I believe that Knock Out will need assistance in keeping out captive… demure.” he said, thinking of what she did to Starscream, in response to this, Soundwave had nodded before she had went to go and assist, “What’re you thinking?” Laserbeak had asked her, curious, in response to this, the bot showed him a folder that was truly frightening.
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Medical Bay, The Nemesis
Silas had struggled in the restraints he was in, trying to break free, “Release me!” he had told them, his cannon was deactivated and there was no way for him to call for help, especially after he destroyed MECH, when he saw that Soundwave was approaching, “Soundwave? What’re you doing here?” The CMO had asked and SIlas was curious too, as he turned and text scrawled for Knock Out to see.
He grinned wider and wider at that, “I would be a pleasure working with you.” he said, giving a small bow as Solas struggled, “Megatron is sending your walking communicator to help? How pathetic can you be?!” SIlas said, snarling towards The CMO who just chuckled at that, “Soundwave isn’t a ‘walking communicator’,” Knock Out had told him, “He runs our intelligence network.”
Silas looked at Soundwave then, a Spymaster that has no face, no voice, able to hack into technology like DAMOCLES… “And I have to admit, he’s quite good at dishing out pain,” Knock Out said, making Silas look to him while Knock Out spoke, “Why don’t you show him the peeling?” he asked, “Peeling?!” Silas said, “Of course, Soundwave here learned techniques from our Justice Division.” Knock Out said.
Silas grew confused, unsure what some MP’s could– Soundwave showed the screen, “Megatron; Superior. Starscream; Inferior.” The video started, showing as she had torn into Starscream, beating and tearing him apart, making Silas blanch at that, “He was a babbling mess after that.” Knock Out said as they had continued to watch before Knock Out spoke again.
“So, what do you have planned for our patient?” Knock Out had asked, hearing that, Soundwave had went to his array of tools, “You’re not going to–?” “No, he’s part organic, if we’re not careful he can end up going offline.” They told Laserbeak, “So we’re going to focus on surgery and sensation.” They had told Laserbeak before finding the nerve mines, making Knock Out chuckle, “Oh you are sadistic.”’ he had said.
Hearing that, Silas struggled harder, “What are those?” he had asked, fearful as Soundwave knelt before him and started to activate them, the mines drilling into the targeted pressure points before they were all in place, “Those, are nerve mines.” Knock Out had told Silas, “What the hell are nerve mines?!” Silas asked him, Oh, you’re in a for a treat.” Knock Out had told the former human.
“They were invented by an Autobot Scientist for The Institute as a way of gathering information, the mines dig into your nerves, attaching to them, doesn’t hurt, the worst a little bug bite.” Knock Out said, “It’s when they’re buried in that they begin to hurt, Knock Out said, taking the offered remote, “Here’s a demonstration.” he said, “No wait–!” Silas went but it was too late.
He had screamed in pain, every one of his nerves felt on fire, electrocuting them and making him feel it everywhere, the two of them watching him thrash in panic and pain before Knock Out stopped it, smiling, “And that was just a two out of ten.” Knock Out told him as the two looked him over, “Anything else, Soudnwave?” Knock Out asked, knowing he learned from the best.
In response to this, Soundwave started to play The Empyrean Suite as he had listed them off, his digits tapping his leg as if playing a piano as the Two Decepticons had started to get to work on the punishment that was assigned to them, both there to avenge Breakdown, but only one of them was who the others thought they were as they left him on a two and got to work.
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MECH Site, Unknown Location
Garrison and his team had entered the former MECH site where the last of the organization was, he had walked through the corpses, seeing that they had been terminated by a Cybertronian, most likely Soundwave, when he had seen that there was a survivor, “I need a medic over here!” Garrison said, and one of his people had went to go and help the man.
Garrison knelt down and they saw that it was a surgeon, THE surgeon, the man that completed the experiments that Silas commanded, seeing him alive, Garrison smiled, “Why hello there,” he had said to the man, “Looks like you’re in need of a new job.” he had said to The Surgeon, knowing that he would be pretty useful with their combined knowledge against their enemies.
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Soundwave’s Quarters, The Nemesis
Soundwave was praying, surprised that she was there now and looked around, “Where am I?” She had asked, confused, “Are you joking?” Laserbeak asked her, “We came back here, you saw it was time for your prayer and went to it.” He told her, “No, Megatron told me to assist Knock Out, then I was here!” She had told her Cassesticon, “Then it must have been–” “No, neither one is like that.” She told him.
“Screecher is all about us surviving and Warship Drone Alpha is all about completing Project Iacon, it’s neither of them.” She had told her Pack Brother, “Then I guess you have more than one.” He had told her and hearing that, she had went into a meditative stance, “Then let’s go see.” She had told him, confusing Laserbeak before everything had faded into the Black.
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Little Harmonex, Soundwave’s Mindscape
Laserbeak woke up in his original form, the Beast–Type he was proud to be, silver, black and crimson, “What the–?” “It’s how you perceive yourself, so it’s how you look.” Soundwave said as they had walked, which was when he had noticed that his Pack Sister was looking quite different, she looked as she did now, only her face screen was not there and she was littered with scars.
She looked broken, tired, worn out, but still functional as they had walked through, “Screecher!” Soundwave shouted, “Where are all of you?!” she had demanded, watching as they had started to come in, four of them, “Wait, four?” Laserbeak said as Screecher approached first, “H– Hey! Sssoundwave!” Screecher said to the first personality, “H– How–?” “Oh just quit it already!” She said to Screecher.
“I know it’s an act, we’re in my mind not the real world!” She told her, making Screecher flinch and try to hide behind Warship Drone Alpha, “Question; What are you doing here?” It had asked of her, “One of you took control when I wasn’t looking, who was it?” she asked, focusing on the two unknowns, the femme grinning as she had swayed over to her, dropping her arms on Soundwave’s shoulder plates.
“You can call me Luxuria,” she had told Soundwave, “But it wasn’t me,” she had told Soundwave, who looked to the other, “And you?” she had asked of him, “The Decepticon.” He had said, the bot was as large as Grimlock, a Dread face mask designed like her original, her tendrils were oozing out like they were alive serpents, connected to his helm, back and arms.
“I take it YOU were the one who took control?” she had asked, “Yes, for Lord Megatron I had punished the abomination.” he had told her as Luxuria blew a raspberry, “Come on! This is our first time talking to Soundwave! Less business more pleasure!” she had said, grinning towards Soundwave who had gotten a better look of her and saw that she was different from her.
She had the same tattoo that Soundwave had, only it coiled down her right servo more decorative, if Screecher was a sparkling then Luxuria was a fully developed femme, a frame similar to Airachnid with another tattoo on her left ring digit, her colors, silver and blue made up her body but there was more silver than her old self while The Decepticon being black and deep purple.
Her optics sparkled with amusement and love, but there was an edge to them, “You haven’t even taken to the stage, you have no right to speak.” The Decepticon to her, which made Soundwave curious, “Why haven’t you taken the stage yet?” she asked as Luxuria had let Laserbeak rest on her before she started to scratch him, “Oh, my conditions haven’t been met yet.” Luxuria told her.
The cables at the back of her helm like a ponytail flicking as she had bobbed her head to a tune only she could hear, “Think of me like a big sister, I’ll give you your space, but when my condition is met,” she said before her helm, a mesh of her current and original, had transformed to something similar to a Tarn form of Trochia’s face mask, “I will show no mercy and tear them apart!”
That had caught Soundwave and Screecher off guard while The Decepticon had pulled out a data cube from his mouth, “Here’s the process.” he had told her, confusing Soundwave as she had taken it and the moment she did from The Decepticon, the memory had started to upload into her mind, making her realize what had happened as she had seen what The Decepticon had done.
She had looked to him now, “What made you like this?” she had asked of The Decepticon, it was what she would have done, but to actually do it… “I’m everything everyone sees you as, a monster, a loyal lap dog, a servant and monster,” he had said as his body broke down, replaced by a smaller more demonic form of her now with a long tendril that went from the back of his helm down his spin like a scorpion tail.
Shorter and more feral with a proboscis coming out, “I’m a nightmare that will put whoever Megatron wants through The Pit.” he had said, hissing and moving around on all fours, “You’re how everyone perceives me.” she had said, making him nod, “Exactly.” he had told her, which was when she saw The Decepticon symbol etched onto his back, “Then what are you?” she had asked Luxuria.
She had simply sat down and smiled, “Where would be the fun in that?” she had asked, offering Laserbeak some Energon, “Besides, it’ll be so much more fun to see if I ever have to come out.” she had told Soundwave with a grin, seeming more… free and happy than Soundwave had been since they had went to Luna–2, “Are there any more of you?” Laserbeak had asked of them.
At that, Screecher answered, “Y– Yes, bbut th– they’re either t– too small or ttoo specific to be im– im– important.” Screecher had said as Warship Drone Alpha showed a tally of them, Soundwave venting at that, “Great, but can we at least have a… I don’t know, a code when you take over?” she had asked of them on stage, “How about music?” Luxuria had asked of them.
“Mmm– Music?” Screecher had asked, “Yeah, we play our favorite genre before going, for example mine is something like Big band Jazz.” she said, revealing a band behind her, “Response; my preferred genre is Acid Rock Music.” Warship Drone Alpha said to them, “Opera.” The Decepticon had told them, “Sssynth–Tone, the– the sssstuff we used t– ttto play.” she said before there was a pull.
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Soundwave’s Quarters, The Nemesis
“–Soundwave!” Hardshell said, worried as she had snapped awake, looking around now in caution as The CCO saw that she was the only one that was there right now, “Megatron had spoken, he requires you to speed up your process of decoding Project Iacon.” he said to her, “We should just terminate him.” He had thought as Soundwave stood up as some jazz started to play.
Soundwave was going to fight it when the noise stopped, as if to only hear her thoughts, “Understood, I will proceed to do as much.” She told him, motioning for him to leave, “YES, LET THE COMPLIANT ONE PROCEED.” Trypticon had said to her and she was happy to do so as Hardshell left, Acid Rock playing as WDA took over and Soundwave started to plan and look for a way to deal with The Titan.
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Onyx Lab, California
Garrison Blackrock watched as his latest acquisition got up thanks to the brace he had attached to his broken leg, “Good, you’re up.” he had said to Ulysses Orlov, The Surgeon from MECH, looked to him, “Where am I?” he had asked of Garrison as Su Yueming had entered the room as well, “You are in a Onyx facility.” Su Yueming had said to him, “We had rescued you from your facility.” She continued.
Ulysses was confused at that, “How did you–?” “We’ve known about MECH for a while.” Garrison had said with a grin, “Your skills are quite impressive,” he had said, “We’ve been looking for someone like you for a while.” he had told Ulysses, “Graduated top of your class, a masters in Robotics, a doctorate in bioengineering, and this…” he had said, showing a book to him.
“You were there in Shanghai, collecting one of Demolishers components to create the weapons your MECH group used against Bumblebee and Breakdown.” he had said to her and hearing that, Ulysses had gotten tense and spooked, “Impressive you were able to do this before Leland had recruited you.” he had told Ulysses before getting up, “Follow us.” he had told the man as they walked.
Ulysses went and did as much, not liking the feeling of his face exposed as he had see that they were manufacturing Crash Suits, technology and– “Are those Cybertornians?” Ulysses had asked of Garrison who had looked, “Yes, Maximal corpses that my employees had collected,” he had said, “We’re supposed to hand them all back once we’ve finished analyzing and cataloging everything.” he said.
Hearing that, Ulysses looked towards, but you aren’t, are you?” he had asked him with a smile which Garrison had returned, “I saw what you did with that… Nemesis Prime, I was wondering if you’d be able to do something similar for us.” he had said to Ulysses as they had continued to walk towards a more secure section that had three forms of locking as they had went and entered.
“How do you feel about cloning?” he had asked of Ulysses, “You want me to clone a bunch of people? I thought you’d want me on Cybertronians?” he had asked of the leader as they had entered a lab and saw that there was a group of glass containers that were there and were making him curious, “I don’t, I want you to make clones of Cybertronians.” he had told Ulysses.
“During the 90’s a pair of twins named Sideswipe and Sunstreaker landed to assist The Autobots,” he started to explain, typing away at a console to unlock a sealed cylinder, “During a fight against The Decepticons, one of the twins was damaged, thankfully, one of my subsidiaries, Machination, were able to require the remains.” he said as it had opened up to reveal the bottom half of a yellow bot.
“The Crash Suits are useful, but they’re limited in their ability to enter public areas and to infiltrate the enemy,” he had said towards Ulysseus, “I figured that you’d be able to develop them while we make sure that they grow up to be good little soldiers.” he had said to Ulysses who had grinned at that as he had started to think, “I’d love to get started on it,” he said, “How do we proceed?” he asked.
Hearing that, Garrison had taken a vial and showed it to him, “We start with a CNO sample.” he had said to Ulysseus, “Once it has been extracted, we have to keep it energized and active with electricity and energon as we then use a material similar to Sentio Metallico.” he had told him, “Since we don’t have access to the extinct metal, we need to rely upon an alternative resource I developed.” he told Ulysses.
At that he had then extracted a container with Mercury like material, “It is Cyber–Mercury, patent pending.” Su Yueming who had been following them, “The material was developed from the remains that we had recovered.” Su Yueming had said to them, the container being put to the base of one of the tubes before it had locked in and turned as Garrison had input the other vial.
They had then watched as the two of them had went and mixed together once again and as they had observed, they had seen that the shapes started to be made, “Now then, how’d you like to get to work?” he had asked and hearing that, Ulysses had grinned towards him as he had approached the tube, “How do I start?” he said, excited at the idea of what they could do.
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Emissary, Elonia
Stardrive had approached the Emissary, a building that none had ever entered and none had ever damaged, it was made of a metal and had that word written in Cybertronian, a metal just like her, it was from here that The Elonians had gathered the sacred metal that grew like plants, she had approached it and knelt, thanking Emissary for her life here growing up.
She was an orphan, one infant of hundred of Camiens who were shot and destroyed by a radical faction of The Galactic Council, she was the only survivor, Rom had brought her here and showed her Emissary underneath The Thrail Mountains, telling her that this was a piece other history, her species culture, ever since then, Stardrive came and said hi to it.
“Hello there, Emissary,” Stardrive started, “It’s been a while since I’ve been here, I left The Solstar order a while ago, it just… they always saw me as part of the war, not as ME.” She had said to the giant fortification, “It was time for me to start new–” Stardrive had said before there was a light, one that had made her back away in shock at that, seeing this, Stardrive reacted on instinct.
“Rom!” She had shouted out, “Stardrive? Are you okay–?” “I’m at Emissary! A light is shining and–” “MY MASTER’S BLADE, IT WILL SOON AWAKEN ONCE MORE.” A voice had said, making her pause, “What?” she had asked Emissary, worried a bit when a door had opened for the first time, “Stardrive! What happened?!” Rom asked of her as she walked in.
“I– I think Emissary spoke, and a door opened.” She had told her mentor, shocked as she had seen depictions of Thirteen warriors, one in white with a sword being the center of attention as they showed decals, “It’s incredible, it looks brand new.” she had told Rom, “Why would it open now?” He had asked in confusion, “I don’t know, it said something about a Master’s blade–”
Stardrive stopped and saw another door, but this one was clear, “There’s someone inside.” she had told Rom, “A Sleeping Cybertornian.” she said, approaching it, he was shining white and sitting on a chair, looking like he was waiting with an inscription on the door, she couldn’t read it, but if she could she would see it said, “Prima, first of The Thirteen waits here for the Thirteenth.”