Hello and welcome to my Transformers Prime story. This story is gonna start off in the past but then go right into canon but with my OC.
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Transformers or anything made by Hasbro, I do however own this story and my OC.
Enjoy!
In the beginning, when the Primes aided Primus to fight Unicron, before the betrayal of Megatronus, Solus Prime was working in her lab inventing new creations for Cybertron and the other Primes.
However, Solus Prime felt she could do more.
Solus Prime's lab
Solus Prime was pacing around her lab in frustration (she looks like She did when we see her in the flash back, but if you want just imagine she looks like a bigger Arcee but has hair that looks like the night sky, literally). She had been unable to build anything at all today, which wasn't like her. But who could blame the Prime? She had been working on something that would surpass anything she had previously created. She was making a sparkling, the first sparkling. With the help of Onyx Prime, Nexus Prime, herself and the Forge, they had successfully created life, something only Primus had been capable of before!
But this wasn't what frustrated her, what had Solus on edge was that Primus was currently looking over the young sparkling to make sure it was healthy and that it came out alright. She normally felt pride in her work but this time it, she felt nothing but constant worry for the child which grew every second he was away from her.
Solus couldn't take it anymore, she started to walk towards the door but just as she reached it, it opened revealing Onyx Prime in his Dragon mode with her sparkling on his back resting peacefully. She quickly grabbed her child and cradled him in her arms as she sighed in content having been reunited with her child. She looked up at Onyx Prime as he returned to his bi-pedal form.
"What did Primus say?! Is he alright, is something wrong with him?! TELL ME!" She yelled frantically.
Onyx Prime chuckled at this new side of Solus he had never seen before. "Don't worry Solus, Primus said he is fine and that he couldn't have done better himself." He said in a deep caring voice.
"Oh thank Primus!" She exclaimed and happily held her now awake sparkling as it reached towards her with joy.
"You should be careful though, we don't exactly know what he will become when he grows up."
Solus looked at Onyx Prime "That matters not right now. Till then I'm going to raise him and let him make his own choices when he gets older."
"Very well then, I will be around if you need me, but be careful, he is fragile." He said before leaving Solus alone with her sparkling.
Solus watched the doors with an annoyed expression as they closed. 'Be careful?' Who did he think she was Megatronus? Her sparkling was perfectly safe in her arms. "First things first." She said raising the child up to look at his bright blue optics that stared back with joy and wonder at his carrier and smiled at her. "What should I call you?" The little mech laughed as his carrier lifted him up. His optics looking over her grey with white accented armor with curiosity. His own armor a dull grey with blue accents.
"I've got it! I will call you, Shadow." She told her child who smiled at his new name.
With the creation of a new cybertronian, one that bears the form of a wolf, the future seemed bright, and as the child grew he aided his carrier in many of her tasks and even some of the other primes for a short time. However, not all good things last. When the child reached what humans would call their teenage years, a great evil had corrupted one of the 13 Primes and attacked Solus and her child. Megatronus had been manipulated by one of the other primes and fell to darkness.
*BOOM* "SOLUS GIVE ME THE ARMOR, NOW!" Yelled Megatronus as he destroyed everything in his path having just shot Solus with his Requiem blaster, but her child had intervened in time to avoid any lethal damage to her and had himself been injured in the process. He was now stuck in his beast mode, unable to speak.
Shadow had just gotten him and his carrier to the special pods she had designed in case one of them had been wounded or had to get away from the planet in a hurry. However, before Shadow could put Solus inside her pod he was pushed back into his own pod and was locked in. Shadow let out sounds of protest as he was unable to speak at all. But his Carrier could understand him perfectly.
She gives a sad smile. "I am making sure you survive, if everything works then I will see you shortly." Solus Prime finished putting in the last command and made it to her pod as it closed on her. But as Shadow began to enter stasis, a beam of energy exploded the control panel sending his pod into launch sequence and firing into space. All he could see was a massive explosion of fire and energon. Shadow tried desperately to claw his way out but to no avail, and that was the last thing he saw before entering stasis.
/LINE\\
Earth present day
"'Must bear witness.'" Soundwave mimicked Starscream as Lazerbeak flew after Starscream.
Soundwave's head snapped back toward the canyon, but not at Optimus Prime or Skyquake but at something that was sticking out of the wall across from him, seemingly to have been unearthed by the fighting. It looked similar to what Skyquake had been kept in. Soundwave flew down towards the strange looking stasis pod, examinig it he found no autobot or decepticon insignia but a strange symbol of a hammer on the front. He decided to see what was inside thinking that he would be able to handle it. Soundwave pulled out another energon cube and placed it in the pod and began the infusion process. This one might take a while due to the strange design of the pod.
After the fight with Skyquake
Optimus Prime looked at the fallen Skyquake with sadness, he had been hoping Skyquake would turn from his dark path and join him. But alas he had refused, now Optimus looked at the rest of the canyon and noticed Soundwave standing in front of a strange looking stasis pod with an all to familiar symbol on it.
"By the Allspark. It cannot be." Said Optimus in shock.
"BEEP BEEP BOOP?" Responded Bumblebee.
"That Bumblebee, is one of the two vaults of Solis Prime. Lost from Cybertron when she became one with the allspark. We cannot allow the decepticons to obtain what is in the vault." Optimus then changed his arms into blasters and armor folded over his mouth as he charged with Bumblebee.
Soundwave looked at Optimus and Bumblebee charging at him, preparing his groundbridge to send them to some random location. Before he could however, Laserbeak sent a live feed of Starscream and Megatron. Soundwave generated a portal and called in reinforcements to bring back the stasis pod while he went to Megatron. 18 vehicons ran out of the portal and began to attack while 6 others were attempting to move the stasis pod.
Autobot base
"Optimus to base, we require your assistance immediately!" He said over the com's as the sound of battle could be heard.
Arcee: "Optimus we read you, what's wrong?"
Optimus: "The decepticons are trying to take the lost vault of Solus Prime. Me and Bumblebee require assistance."
Every Cybertronian in the room was immediately on alert. "Optimus, stand by we are on our way." said Arcee as she rushed to the now activated groundbridge with Bulkhead. The 3 human occupants of the room looked toward Rachet, who had been so obsessed with working on their projects, now wasn't even glancing in their direction. "Um, who's Solus Prime?" Asked Jack curiously.
"Yah spill! Who are they and why's this vault so important?" Asked Miko in her usual way. "Solus Prime was one of the 13 original primes. She had a mystical ability to make white energon which she used to power her forge, which in term allowed her to create anything imaginable." Explained Rachet as he watched the screens.
"When you say anything." Asked Raff trying to understand exactly what he meant.
"I mean anything the wielder can imagine, and with the propper skill, the forge can make it into reality." The humans looked at Rachet with a look of shock.
"And secondly, the reason the vault is so important, is because that it is said to hold Solus Prime's greatest creation."
The three humans looked at one another before Miko spoke "So, what's in it?" She said getting even more interested.
"Nobody knows, it was never recorded in any data base."
Miko couldn't take it anymore while the others were still talking and not focusing on her, she ran toward the still open groundbridge and managed to make it through just before it shut down. As she landed on the other side, Miko saw the Autobots were fighting Cons and there was nobody at the vault. Miko smirked as she made her way toward the vault which seemed to be glowing a bright blue, she almost didn't notice the small pulse that swept over her. As she got closer, whatever part of the vault was closest to her started to glow brighter and followed her as she got near the front of the vault.
When Miko was directly in front of the vault, multiple beams of green light appeared all over her as if scanning for something. When the lights dissipated, multiple panels on the vault shifted to reveal a glowing blue triangle button. Miko, being Miko, pushed the button without any hesitation. Much larger panels started shifting and opening. Miko took a few steps back as a strange cybertronian was asleep in the vault. It was different than the others she had seen. It looked like a giant robotic wolf.
Shadow pov
I open my optics as they adjust to the new light, they then shoot open as I remember what had just happened to my Carrier. I leap from the stasis pod and growl as I look around at this new environment. This isn't Cybertron, is it? Not important, I had to find my Carrier. Before I could think about how I'm going to do this I hear the sound of blasters charging, I look over and see multiple Cybertronians aiming at me. They all looked the same, one of them fires at me and hits me causing dust to cover the area. I hadn't even felt the blast, what a weak blaster, have Cybertronians always been this weak? I can hear some of them cheer, but they all stop once they see me, looking very, very angry. 13 targets identified.
Claws extend as I leap towards them and slice through the first one like nothing, my maw opens and a blast of energy shoots out and leaves a gaping hole in another one of them. These seem more like drones than anything, 4 of the drones open fire from behind me, I look back as twin heavy artillery cannons appear on my back and turn to fire at the drones. A single shot launches them in multiple directions, the remaining 7 all charge me at once, my shoulders transform and multiple small missiles launch and decimate the drones. I move back towards the stasis pod before the sound of charging blasters catches my attention, I turn towards the sound.
There were 4 of them, all had there blasters pointed at me. The first one was a yellow and black mech who had twin barrels on his blasters and his optics were glaring at me, the second one was a big green mech who looked like he could take and dish out a lot of damage and had the angriest expression. The third one was a large red and blue mech who seemed familiar for some reason, and finally was a blue and pink femm, who had a angry expression on her face. One thing that stuck out about them was that they all had the same symbol somewhere on them, so they were a team.
Bladed claws extend from my front paws as my maw opens and a blaster charges in it, twin heavy artillery blasters on my back charge up and aim at them as short range missile launchers prepare to fire from my shoulders. I glare at them, daring them to attack me.
"SO COOL!" Yells a female voice from below me.
The blaster in my mouth powers down as I turn my head to look below me. What I saw was a small organic life form, she had a very colorful look to her. I tilt my head in confusion, where had this one come from. My weapons, besides my heavy weapons, power down and transform back into me as I back up and then lay down so my muzzle is directly in front of the young life form as I stare at her in curiosity. What is this life form?
"Oh my gosh, are you an Autobot or Decepticon, why do you look like a wolf, what else can you turn into, why were you in that vault, do you know Solus Prime, can you beat Bulkhead in an arm wrestling contest, how many blasters you packing, whats your name!?" This life form was interesting, I glance back up at the cybertronians who now seemed more concerned than angry. They appeared to be having a conversation.
With the Autobots
"Optimus what do we do?" Asks Arcee with concern. "We can't just let Miko stay near that thing, and more importantly why was a Predicon inside the vault?"
"It could be extra security, I mean look at all the fire power it has." Replied Bulkhead
"BEEP BOOP BUZZ" Said Bumblebee in a worried tone.
"I disagree, there might be more to it than meets the eye." Optimus transformed his blasters back into his hands and lowered the face guard as he walked forward.
Shadow pov
My optics narrow as the red and blue one walks toward me, my heavy weapons powering up and aiming at him. I pick up the female by her soft armor (shirt) and slowly rise, I then place her on a nearby rock as she shouts in protest. I turn back and power up my weapons from before, all aimed at the approaching cybertronian.
He raises his hands in a gesture of peace, "I am Optimus Prime, and I request an audience with the greatest creation of Solus Prime." He stated as he bowed in respect.
My optics widen as this, Optimus Prime, bows. This is impossible, there are no other primes besides the 13, I had not received the status of Prime before I was launched into space. But there were no Primes other than the 13. I growl at the false prime and he stands up to face me. "Please I only wish to-" "RROOOAAARRRRR" I let out a loud roar that was a sonic wave at him to stop him from lying further.
When the wave hit the cybertronians they all froze. I deactivate my other weapons as I smile that my stasis wave had worked effectively against this pretender and his followers, I look back and notice that the female is passed out as well, guess I over did it. Sadly it will probably never work again, no matter. I slowly walk toward Optimus and prepare my weapons to fire at all of them. But as I got closer I felt the familiar presence grow stronger. A blue surge of energy envelops Optimus and releases him from the stasis lock and his chest plate opens to reveal something I thought I would never see again, before me was the Matrix of Leadership.
I take a few steps back in absolute shock. Optimus stands and speaks in a calm tone. "Is this proof enough that I am a Prime, and if so, I wish to speak with you in the hope of peace." I look at the Prime with new found respect and think on his words. I slowly nod my head and sit down to begin our peaceful conversation. Optimus looks pleased as well.
*Over coms* "Optimus is everything alright?" Asks a voice from Optimus
"Yes Rachet everything if fine. The vault is safe and will be brought back to base soon. For now please wait till I call for a ground bridge." Replied Optimus to his absent team mate I assume.
He steps forward and looks directly at me. "It is an honor to be in the presence of Solus Primes greatest creation. I do not wish to offend you, but how are you Solus Primes greatest accomplishment?" I smile at this and walk toward him. I stop in front of him and the Matrix inside of Optimus starts to respond to the my presence. Optimus looks down at where the Matrix is and then at me before realizing what it means. I take a few steps back and write my name in the dirt with my claws.
"It seems that I am no longer the last of the primes. It is a great honor that I welcome you to earth, Shadow. Sparkling of Solus Prime, and future Prime."
/LINE\\
After a while the others woke up and Optimus started explaining who I was since I still was incapable of speech. I carried the small life form, who I learned was a human named Miko, through a portal that brought us to a strange complex. It was clearly big enough to hold all of the cybertronians, there was a large computer that had multiple green screens with multiple maps and other data on it. On the floor there was that symbol all the others had on them somewhere, the symbol of the Autobots. I move towards an elevated platform with Miko still on me, I notice two other humans on the platform staring at me with their mouths open in shock. I pick up Miko with my tail and place her next to them and walk towards Optimus as he finished explaining who I was.
"So now we have another Prime on the team?" Asks the blue one. "But how can that thing be a Prime? I mean it can't even transform." Asks the green one, I give a low growl at this. I am not a thing, but I am tired. I close my optics and prepare to enter enter sleep mode.
"Shadow was injured in a fight before he was put in the vault." Explained Optimus "It would stand to reason that the injuries he received are preventing him from speaking and if possible, transform. As for Shadow being a Prime, that is not entirely true or false. Before he was put into stasis Shadow was in the process of earning the title of Prime. From what I have gathered, Shadow had completed most of his tasks, but has more to accomplish before earning the title of Prime. Rachet, I believe it would be best if Shadow received a proper medical examination."
"Very well but I would need him to enter stasis before I-" He stops when he sees me lying down and almost asleep in front of the stairs. "Never mind." He said as he walked towards the sleeping Prime. After doing a scan Rachet confirmed that I was unable to transform, however he couldn't even begin to attempt repair due to my anatomy being extremely complex. He couldn't do any type of repairs, and that the only one who could fix me, was Solus Prime herself.
Time Skip
Once I am alone in this control room, I can't help but feel saddened, everyone from my past was gone. and I was the only one left. Then a thought occurs to me, the past. That's it! I quickly stand up and move in front of the ground bridge, I close my optics and focus, it must still be active, hopefully. Once I find what I'm looking for Optimus walks in and sees me. "Shadow what are you doing?" He asks in a calm tone. My optics widen and glow purple as a let out a roar, the waves activate the ground bridge, only now it was purple as well. I turn towards Optimus and motion him forward, he hesitates for a moment before we both walk through the portal and disappear.
/LINE\\
As we step out of the portal I feel a surge of energy within me. Optimus looks around amazed at what was around him, but for me, it was a nightmare I could only stare in shock. We had arrived on Cybertron, only this was horrifying, the planet was decimated. Ruined structures protruded from the ground, it appeared to be reduced to waste, a feeling of dread filled me as I stared at my dead planet. There was nothing left, it was a wasteland, I remember how bright the planet had been. Light covered the buildings, energy surged throughout the planet, and I could look in any direction and see something amazing. This, was horrifying. I look at Optimus, my optics practically begging for an answer to what happened, Optimus gave a sad look before explaining what had caused this devastation. As he explained what happened, I grew more and more enraged, all this, because some arrogant fool DIDN'T GET WHAT HE WANTED!
I was so angry I could, I could, I didn't get to finish my thought as I opened my maw and my blaster shoots at full strength, a beam of energy shoots across the ground towards a semi-intact building far in the distance. The ground beneath the beam had melted from the heat as it flew by, the moment the beam hit the building, a blinding white light covered the area, the building, had been vaporized, along with the ones surrounding it. Optimus looked it shock as I moved towards a specific direction, Optimus soon followed.
After a while we arrive at an strange hidden hatch, to anyone else it would just seem like a pattern on the ground. As I approach the door lights up and slowly opens, a stairway descends into the depths of Cybertron. As we descend, more and more lights start to turn on, when we reach the bottom there is only a single blinking green light. I walk over and press it, as soon as I do the entire room is lit up to reveal a lab, complex machines covered the area and there were things so complex that I couldn't even put it into words. "By the Allspark, the lab of Solus Prime." Said Optimus in amazement. As we move further into the lab I notice more and more destroyed areas, annoyed by this I activate the auto repair function, turret like devices extend from the ground and scan the area, they soon shoot a beam of turquoise energy, soon enough the broken areas were good as new. Finally we reach the room I had been searching for, the room where I had seen my carrier join the Allspark.
A few tears fall from my optics before I pull up a holographic display on a computer to show Optimus what I had planned. He looks at the screen, "I see, so you plan to use the repair function in the lab to help restore you completely." I nod and we start to look for the necessary components.
After finding about half the necessary items I see Optimus trying to move a large piece of metal, I move to assist him and we both manage to move the metal back into place. As I make sure the metal was properly in place, I hear Optimus gasp, I turn towards him. He was staring at something in front of him, I move so I am able to see, and what I see causes me to stare in shock.
Right in front of us was a stasis pod similar to my own, only it wasn't empty, inside the pod, was Solus Prime herself, and she was still alive.
Hey everybody, deathbytaco1 here, if you are reading this then you either read the story or just skipped it, any way to those who read the story and liked it I'm glad, for those who didn't like it well that's your choice.
Anyway if you are still interested in this story here's a little glimpse at what's to come.
Megatron looked at grey and black Cybertronian and narrowed his optics, "And who are you supposed to be?" The bot narrowed his eyes and smirked "Your worst nightmare!" He says before charging at Megatron.
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"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE COMBINED!?"
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"Not only do I sense one disciple of Primus, but multiple Primes!" Yelled Unicron in rage.
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"What do you mean it's gone, what happened to the Forge!?" Said a female voice clearly trying to stay calm and failing.
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"I'm sorry I think I might have miss heard you, did you say you broke my Star Saber?"
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A red and orange female Cybertronian resembling Arcee turns to face team prime, she smirks before she transforms into a bird resembling a Phoenix and bursts in flames.
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"UNICRON!" Yelled a powerful voice from the well of Allsparks, everyone turned to see who spoke, and Unicron turned to see who dared to address him, but stopped in surprise. He narrowed his optics, and spoke with pure hatred "Primus."