Okay, you need to read the first four stories in this series so that you understand the characters in this story. This will be the final story using these characters because I would like to write a few short one chapter stories after this series. If you have not been following the series please take some time and go back to my page and begin with "A Telling Surprise" because the first story will explain a lot. This last story will explain more about the entity that transformed the femmes so hopefully I won't botch it up too bad. I am also writing some about Sentinel because I hated that in the movie he killed my favorite mech, Ironhide.
I am not for story end cliff hangers and I know I pulled that with my last story "Forever" but I needed something that would transition them into the Realm. One other quick thing, the Realm is a series of planets, most harsh and violent in nature. The Jung ho is the most prominent tyrannical race of the Realm, but other races that have migrated into the Realm as well.
Also remember that the femmes were transformed to integrate within the humanoids that live in the Realm. Humans will not be as tall as Transformers but they will be larger than humans on earth. Evolution and harsh climates have evolved humanoid type aliens in the Realm so that they have a higher tolerance to disease and bacterial infections. This includes the femmes as well since they are cybernetic organisms instead of the original robotic organism. So with all this being said, I will try to write "United" for my readers.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters. I just love to write about them.
Allie was glad. Glad to be home, glad to have her team together and safe, and glad that they were in the hall even as she looked and realized that she would have to deal with unexpected fallout from the Autobots and the Decepticons leaders as well as managed their unexpected guests. Everyone looked at each other in shock and dismay as they realized that they were no longer in the sun of the Diego Garcia base but in a dark, damp entrance hall with that had tall ceilings, even tall for Prime and the Lord High Protector.
Chelsea briskly walked past the shocked mechs and disappeared through the double archways that led down a long wide hallway that seemed to dip down further to the massive building that they were currently standing in. Barricade started to follow, but had not been fast enough so that he lost sight of his mate. Shalon grabbed her bags, walked to a massive staircase that led up to what seemed a private area of rooms, and disappeared around the corner. The other femmes followed her lead and left the astonished mechs to their own devices. Optimus Prime could not believe that they had just left them there, standing, facing their adversaries, and to look at Megatron's face plates he knew that this was just the calm before the storm.
"Prime." Megatron growled menacingly. "What have you done?" He demanded. Prime looked at his once brother and retaliated with words.
"Done?" Prime gave Megatron his most innocent expression as he rounded on him and faced the war lord with dignity and lack of fear. "How can you even suggest that this was my doing?"
Megatron looked as if he was going to jump Prime but thought better of it. "She's your mate! Call her back. I want answers now!" Everyone backed away from the war lord, even his own mechs. Megatron raised his fusion canon and suddenly fired, but nothing happened and frustrated, Megatron roared in rage. Optimus quickly shielded his mechs from the evil tyrant's wrath as the Decepticons rallied around their leader.
"Megatron, we won't know the answers unless we stop and call a truce." Prime stated. Already his own mechs were checking their weapons and exclaiming in disgust as they realized that they did not work.
"That's easy for you to say. We would be left at your mercy and that I will not tolerate!" Megatron snarled back. He could feel Shalon sending him reassurance but that was not what he wanted. He wanted her here giving him answers. He wanted to take her by the hair and kiss her senseless, He wanted her under him, not him here stuck in a room filled with Autobots.
Prime could sense Megatron's fight or flight reflexes and he sent out calm, soothing feelings so that they might be able to come up with a solution. He was a bit annoyed with Allie for leaving them but he felt sure that she had a reason. Right now, his main concern was to keep his mechs and Megatron's from killing each other and he needed answers fast to keep that from happening.
"Did you plan this? Is this some kind of joke to throw me off so that you could defeat me and win this war?" Megatron demanded.
"No! I had no idea that this would happen any more than you." Prime countered as they both made a prideful stand toward each other. Megatron was clearly not backing down, nor was Prime. Everyone stared but suddenly Allie ran back in.
"Guys, please stop. You knew we were having trouble with the gate and I am sorry that you were caught. What happened is that the gate had a mild flux." Before Allie could finish her explanation she was interrupted by Starscream.
"Fluxes just don't randomly occur. We have a space bridge with similar technology. You can't tell me that this was just a simple flux." Starscream dryly pitched in his usual barbed style. "And what happened to our weapons?" Starscream demanded. He turned to his comrades as they all agreed with his words.
"Regardless of how you feel, that is what happened. Be lucky that we weren't scattered across the stars." Allie turned to look at all of them together. "I have Kiki making arrangements for everyone. We were only going to stay in the Hall for a few nights, but since this mishap we have decided that we will extend our stay. Those of you that have mates will probably want to stay together. We are doing the best that we can. I have Wheeljack working on the problem and if you are not satisfied then I would welcome your help if you think that it will get you home quicker." Allie turned back as a petit auburn walked in behind her. Allie whispered instructions to the young dark hair femme. She nodded her head as Allie turned back to the mechs.
"Kiki is going to show you where the quarters are. Once you have assigned quarters then Optimus and Megatron I shall talk to you in detail and let you know that status of our situation." Allie said as Kiki shyly approached the mechs. She was indeed small, like Shalon, whom Starscream usually didn't care for; but this dark, fair skinned femme intrigued him.
"I will look forward to your explanation Allie. I do not like treachery or deceit." Megatron said.
"That's funny coming from a Decepticon war lord." Allie said sarcastically.
"Everyone calm down. Allie is correct that there is little that we can do right now, so I suggest that we follow the femme to our quarters and then Megatron and I will determine the situation." Optimus' voice, though quiet, vibrated an assurance to the mechs, his rich baritone, reverberating through out their systems as both factions calmed and began to file in rows of two to follow the their leaders and the femme.
Kiki walked past them and stepped up softly on the stairs. She turned to look at them to make sure they were following her. She smiled timidly as she turned and her dainty feet quietly stalked up the massive staircase that seemed to devour her tiny frame.
"Allie, are you coming with us?" Optimus quietly asked her.
"No, I need to find out more details before I can brief you and Megatron on what is happening." She replied.
"We will want to know why our weapons don't work." He said softly, but Megatron had picked up their conversation.
"That's easy. I had a field dampener installed. We have negotiations from time to time and by having the dampener then we don't have to worry about nasty surprises. I'm sorry if it upset you and your mechs. How are the humans taken it?"
"I think they are still in shock. They haven't said a word." Optimus replied.
Allie turned back towards Megatron. "I am sorry that my field dampener ruined your moment, but we can't take chances with our safety." Allie turned back but before she left Megatron stopped her.
"I am not happy about this." He said.
"I know, but I can't help you until I know all the details. Oh, one more thing, Shalon and I share living space. I have my own berth room with an office, but we share the wash racks and the living area. Will that be a problem for you and Optimus?"
Both mechs looked decidedly uncomfortable when she admitted this small detail.
Finally Prime said, "I have no problem if Megatron doesn't." He looked at his long ago brother as if in challenge.
Megatron smiled in reply to his statement. "I have no problem if you don't"
Allie looked at both of them and smiled internally. Maybe she could get Wheeljack to draw out the repairs and give these two proud warriors a chance to negotiate and talk.