A New Beginning.
This is my sequel to What could have been! Credit goes to SlipknotGhidorah for giving me the idea! I'm really excited to start writing this so I hope you enjoy it! PLEASE review! :D
Optimus
I onlined my optics, finding myself in my recharge-berth with Elita-One snuggled into my chassis. I sighed contently, stroking her side. She was still in a blissful recharge, smiling and she happily snoozed away. I spent ten or so minutes just staring at her, enthralled by her beauty. I still couldn't believe she was all mine. It had been a mere four months since the incedent on Arachnia, but It still felt like it happened just yesterday. Seeing Elita falling into that pit of organics, almost to her death. I shuddered at the memory. It wasn't one that I was too keen on thinking about. Everytime it came up I did my best to perge it from my memory banks, but my efforts where futile. I continued to gaze at her peaceful face until she slowly awakened. She stared hazily up at me, still half in recharge.
"Good morning sweet spark," I said, kissing her nose. She grinned stupidly, snuggling closer to me. I continued stroking her side, enjoying the heat radiating off of her. I kissed the top of her helm, whispering quietly, "'Lita, time to wake up dear."
She mumbled something along the lines of 'Fragger, don't wake me up yet', and drifted into recharge again. I sighed, releasing her from my warm embrace. I guess I'll just have to resort to drastic measures. So I gently lifted her up in my arms bridal style, and carried her off into the shower racks. Mumbling incoherantely, she snuggled into my chassis once more, still very much in recharge. So I brought her into the shower, and turned on the solvent as cold as it could go... and waited.
With a very loud shriek, she lept out of my arms and towards the dryer, giving me a glare as icy as the solvent, "You slagger! What the frag did ya do that for?" She plopped herself under the dryer, blasting it on full heat drying the icy solvent off of her armour.
I shook my head and laughed quietly. Same old 'Lita.
"What did you expect me to do? It was either this or letting you recharge until Primus knows when!"
She paused, contemplating what to say next, "I would have prefered the latter..." I chuckled softly, scooping her up again and carrying her into the kitchen. She sighed, abstentley stroked my chassis until I set her down to get our morning energon. I grabbed two cubes out of storage and set one out in front of her. She took it gracefully, quietly sipping on it.
"So guess what I dreamt about last night, or rather, had a nightmate about?" I asked her, sipping my own cube. She stood in mock-thought for a moment before answering,
"No idea, care to share?" I chuckled softly at the statement, she was just coming up with a new quirky saying everyday.
"Well, you know that night on Arachnia, well I know you know it... but whatever. Anyways, I had a nightmare that I hadn't gone back for you. It scared the slag outta me, and you tryed to download the powers from the orgnics but ended up getting infected by them! You ended turning into this half organic, half cybertronian spider thing! And what's worse, you became a Decepticon to seek your revenge against me!" I exclaimed, reliving the very livid dream I had had. I never wanted it to happen ever again! "AND! And, Sentinel blamed it on my and I got expelled from the Acadamy!"
She stood there with her jaw on the floor, "What? Really? I'm glad it was a nightmare 'cause I like being fully cybertronian, thank you very much. And becoming a Decepticon? Pfft, the day where I become a 'con will be the day that cyber-pigs fly... but I wouldn't be surprised if Sentinel had actually done that." I laughed heartily, fully expecting that response from her. There was NO way that she would ever become a decepti-creep. Not while I'm still online.
"So what's the plan for today?" She asked, wrapping her hand around mine, still sipping her energon. I stared at the steaming blue liquid in my cube. (some fics its pink, other's its gold... i always though of energon at blue... idk why).
"Well first, Ultra Magnus wanted us to come visit him in the med bay... 'Lita, he's not doing so good. First Aid told me something on the lines of around two weeks, maybe less," I told her, my voice filled with sadness. Magnus had been badly hurt in a battle with Megatron. The battle lasted for almost six hours with constant fighting. Magnus had all but drained the last of his energy reserve. The 'Cons had been temporarily defeated, but along with many others, the Autobot Commander was left with critical injuries. Elita knodded solemnly, understanding what it meant. When Ultra Magnus passed, it would be up to me to lead the Autobots.
It was a terrifying thought. In just a few short weeks, I would have to carry the burden of all of the lost soldiers, all of the destroying cites, everything that the Decepticons left in their wake.
Elita and I finished our energon and tossed it in the waste bin. After stealing a quick kiss, we left our shared quarters, intent on visiting our injured leader.
Bumblebee
Phew! Finally! After so many fraggin' tests, I was finally admitted into the Autobot Academy! It had taken waaaaaayy to much effort to get here, but I was finally here! And maybe if I was lucky and didn't fall on my aft, I would become a member of the Elite-slagging-Guard! I was beyond excited, waiting for the day where I too could wear the proud symbol of the Elite-Guard. I walked into the Academy's barracks, searching for my room number. Hmm, no where are you, oh room ... I quickly checked my room-assignment sheet... room H-257.
Not noticing the mech walking towards me also looking at his paper, we rammed into eachother, both falling square on our afts. My optcis darted up to see another mech sitting across from me, rubbing his head. Finally noticing me, he quickly got up, offering his hand to help me up.
"Hi, uh, sorry about that. I wasn't looking where I was going!" I stammered out, wondering how long the dent in my head would last.
"Yeah no problem, but, ya got any idea where room H-257 is?" The mech asked, looking at the numbers over top of the doors, searching for the one that he would call his temporary home.
I glitched a bit, did he just say... ? "Did you by any chance just say H-257?" I asked, looking up at him. He was easily twice my size in width, but wasn't that much taller than me. He checked his paper and knodded,
"Yeah, I did. Why?"
I put two and two together. "We're room-mates!" I sputtered out, but not in a bad way. He seemed cool enough. He scratched his head, looking down at his paper for like the umpteenth time.
"Well isn't that somethin'!" He said, thrusting his hand towards mine, "The name's Bulkhead, but you can call me Bulk!"
I smiled and shook his hand, "Bumblebee, but you can call me 'Bee... or Stinger of Doom!"
Optimus
"What if he's offline already?"
"Don't think like that."
"But what if he is? What if some 'Con got into the base to finish what Megatron didn't?"
I shook my head, looking down at Elita. She worried way to much. I stared deep into her optics, making sure she understood, "Don't worry about it. Magnus may be on his way to the well of allsparks, but he is not there yet, okay? Stop worrying so much, you're giving me the creeps," She chuckled softly at the last comment, resting her head on my shoulder as we walked. It was a good ten minute walk to the med-bay since this base was so fragging huge. It would take days to go through all of it.
When we finally got to the med-bay, we where greated by First Aid, ushering us in quietly. He sighed when we reached our leader, "He's been asking for you all morning, Optimus," he sighed again, shaking his head softly, "I'll leave you three alone."
He left quietly, tending to more important things in his office, occasionly checking on us through the window. We sat down on the berth next to Ultra Magnus', "Ultra Magnus? It's us, Optimus and Elita," I asked quietly, waiting for his optics to come online. A moment passed before he slowly cracked an optic open, making sure it was actually us. When he realised we where the 'real deal' he opened the other one, smiling.
"Optimus, Elita," he croaked, trying to mask the pain in his voice, but failing miserabely. I hated seeing him like this, seeing him so vulnerable. It was horrifying to me, actually. And to think, that could be me someday. I shivered, not wanting to think of the day that would hopefully be very very much later in the future. He tryed to sit up, but the pain was too much and ended up falling back on the berth with a loud 'thunk' which caused a very distorted medic named First Aid to come rushing out yelling, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Even Ultra Magnus had to laugh at his most trusted medic, "It's alright 'Aid, I just didn't know I wouldn't be able to sit up, that's all. You can return to your office if you'd like," Magnus said, hiding the pain better than he had earlier. But it was enough to convice the medic, sending him back into his office.
"So, Magnus, I was told by First Aid that you were calling for us all morning... is that true?" I asked quietly, glancing over at Elita. She saw my glance and her face twitched into a smile. Ultra Magnus saw the interactment and laughed softly,
"Ah, young love. So adorable."
I could feel the heat rise to my cheekplates and I was sure that Elita's did the same. He just called us adorable... was that good or bad?
"And yes, it is true. I've been asking for you. You see, after my spark-mate Firestorm died, the femmes were left without leadership. I'm not sure why I didn't re-appoint a femme for the job, I guess I never found the right one for it," he paused, most likely thinking about his femme. I bet he missed her extremely. I mean, I know how I would feel if I lost Elita, my spark would shatter."So, Elita," he continued on, shaking the memory from his head, "Would you be interested in becoming the new Femme Commander?"
Elita
I stared at Ultra Magnus in complete awe. 'Femme Commander? Did my audios just malfunction?' I stuttered before answering him, "W-Well, a-are you sure? I mean, I don't have that much experience and I'm sure that Moonracer, o-or Chromia would be MUCH better than me, I-I mean," but Magnus cut her off.
"Listen to me Elita, you have plenty experience when it comes to this kind of thing. You have most definitely showed your worth when it comes to being apart of the army. You are smart, courageous, and ultimately the perfect femme for the job!" Optimus and I both just sat there, not believing our audio receptors.
'Femme Commander?' Optimus thought, giddy with joy , 'That's incredible!'
"Well, I guess... when you put it that way. I would be extremely honored to serve under you as Femme Commander," I answered. Wow, femme commander. It had always been my dream but I never thought that it would have actually happened!
Ultra Magnus sighed at her response, "And that brings me to the other half of this little visit," Optimus cocked his head to the side, obviously confused, "Well, Optimus. You and I both know that I'm not going to last that much longer. So I have decided to appoint you as my succesor now. But I must warn you, that once the Matrix of Leadership is taken from its chamber... my spark will extinguish."
Optimus
I gaped at my leader, 'extinguish'? I couldn't believe it. I wasn't going to let him kill himself just so I could be the leader a few days earlier. I shook my head at him, "No way. I'm not going to let you kill yourself just for me. I wouldn't feel right after it," I continued to shake my head, not wanting to believe that my leader was willing to die just so I could lead his people. I would feel like a murderer.
"Same old Optimus," he said, a hint of fondness in his voice, "But you must see, I am in no state to lead the Autobots. I know you know that I don't have much long left, so why prolong the inevitable?"
"But-"
"No 'but's, you have already been given the title of Prime, so why not add Magnus to that?" Magnus pleaded, trying to get me to understand. I sighed, for like the millionth time this morning,
"There really is no way to talk you out of this, is there?" I asked, trying to find something to make him not want to just give up his life. He slowly shook his head, "I'm sorry, Optimus. But this must be done," I knodded solemnly. So that was it.
Ultra Magnus slowly opened his chassis to reveal his spark, and matrix chambers. I did the same, my matrix chamber open and waiting. I realised that Elita was still standing across from me. So much for waiting to show her my spark in 'intimate' times. Elita gasped when she saw the burning blue light of my spark. Well, I knew I had a large spark but I didn't think it was that beautiful. Slowly yet surely, Magnus' matrix chamber opened to reveal the great Matrix of Leadership. The artifact passed down from Magnus (or Prime) to Magnus, but it had yet to decline a leader, and I was silently praying to Primus that I would not be the first one to be rejected by it. The dying commander spoke,
"Optimus, you must be the one to remove the Matrix from my casing. Please do so carefully," I knodded, waiting for Magnus to say his goodbyes, "Optimus, it is with great honor that I give you the Matrix of Leadership. Please, take good care of it. And Elita, thank you for accepting my offer. It has been an honor being your commander and I hope that you both will lead with greatness... Go ahead, Optimus," I knodded again, tears of energon streaming down mine and Elita's faceplates. I gently reached in to the chamber, and removed the bright glowing light. The light quickly dissapated to reveal the Matrix. It was a glowing orb, a dark orange in color with small creases in it glowing blue. It truly was a beautiful peace of art bestowed by Primus to the first of our leaders. Placing it in my chamber, it automatically sealed shut. As much as it was an honor, I hated to see that he had gone out this way. We gazed at our commander for one last time before the light in his spark grew smaller, and smaller, until it finally fizzled out.
"Goodbye, Commander Ultra Magnus."
There yah go! Sorry, the ending is a little sappy... but you know... it's Ultra Magnus' death! It's gotta be sappy! Hope you enjoyed the first chapter and I apologize if you find grammar and spelling mistakes, ffn doesn't have spell and grammar check on here... ugh!
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