This was the idea that won out over the others. Thank you for everyone who voted. You guys wanted this so here we go. I also kinda was hoping this idea won.
There are mysteries to the universe we were never meant to solve, but who we are and why we are here are not among them. Those answers we carry inside. I am Optimus Prime, and this message is to my creators. Leave planet Earth alone, because I'm coming... for you- Optimus Prime
(Planet Charr)
Charr was a small desolate planet filled with various races from around the universe. The government was severely corrupt. Crime ran rampant and gangs both local and planet-wide, ran the streets. The law enforcement could really care less since most of them were part of the gangs. In other words Charr was the hell hole of the galaxy. However, if you wanted some info on the galactic criminal underworld, this would be the place.
Optimus Prime was in need of some of that info. He was walking around Charr's city of Klozax in search for a certain club he heard of. He had landed on the planet not to long ago and already attracted the attention of many of the inhabitants. Since he was a Cybertronian, many of the other alien races were already dwarfed by his size. This made his presence very noticeable to many wherever he went.
Optimus was on his way to a certain club in Klozax where he was informed of somebody who could give him some information on the creators his race. He would not stop until he could have a lead.
As he neared the bar, Optimus noticed that the club was huge and that it probably looked more like a warehouse. He went up to the bouncer, who's back was turned and looked Cybertronian. If he wanted to get in, he would have to get passed him.
"Fellow Cybertronian, my name is Optimus Prime and I need to get into this establishment. May I please enter?" Optimus asked the cybertronian looking bouncer who just turned around to face the Autobot leader.
"Nobody enters without permission from the boss" The bouncer said as he turned his back to Optimus once again. Optimus was starting to get annoyed.
"Listen, I need to get in there one way or another. I must speak with someone" Optimus told the bouncer. He was starting to lose his patience. The bouncer turned t face him again with an annoyed look.
"Look, Mr Autobot, I don't care who you are. I don't care if you were Megatron. You're not getting in here and you can't do nothing about it since your...HUUURGHHH!" The bouncer screamed as Optimus plunged his Knight sword into the bouncer. Killing him in the process. He took the sword from his chest and sheathed it on his back.
"Like I said, one way or another, I'm getting in"Optimus said as he walked passed the body of the dead bouncer, into the bar. As Optimus walked in, all he could hear was music and alot of talking. He needed to find the informant he was told of. The first place to look was the bar
As Optimus got closer to the bar inside, he spotted a cybertronian. He appeared to be an autobot, having blue optics and the autobot symbol on his chest. His head was red with a gold crest. His chest was red with a yellow flame like design on it while the rest of his body was red with yellow also had a huge yellow,winged like spoiler on his back. He was talking to someone behind the counter who appeared to be another autobot.
As Optimus walked up to him, he noticed that the autobot came up to his chin at most. The autobot soon turned around to Optimus only to star at him with confusion.
"Greetings, my name is Optimus Prime, and I have..""Wait,Wait,Wait, hold up there for a second" the Autobot in front of him said. "Did you just say that your're Optimus Prime?" The autobot asked.
"That is correct" Optimus answered
"Holy Scrap, I never knew that one day, the Optimus Prime would walk into the Lost Light Club" The red and yellow autobot said. He went for a handshake in which Optimus did as well.
"My names Rodimus, but some call me Hot Rod. I run the place you see before you" As the now named Rodimus spread his arms and looked around with a smile.
"Hello Rodimus, it's nice to meet you" Optimus told him.
"It's nice to meet you. Man I never knew that I would finally get to meet the Optimus Prime. I've heard stories but meeting you in person is something else" Rodimus said while still smiling.
"Rodimus, do you have anywhere we could talk in private?" Optimus asked him.
"Yeah, yeah just hold on for one second. Hey Swerve!" Rodimus called out to a short,red and white autobot with a blue visor who was behind the bar.
"Watch the place for a little bit. I have to go talk with the Optimus Prime" Rodimus told him.
"No way, where is he? Can I take a picture? Do you think he would sign my..""Swerve chill. Just watch the place will ya" Rodimus interrupted and told him as he walked away with Optimus Prime.
"Wow, I wish I could talk with the Optimus Prime" Sweve said as he went back to running the bar. Rodimus took Optimus to a separate room in the club. It consisted of a couple of tables chairs and a galactic pool table.
"So what does the Optimus Prime want to talk about? Favourite weapon? Most kills? Least favourite Decepticon? Who am I kidding, I hate all of them" Rodimus said
"Rodimus, I need to ask you if you have any information on the whereabouts of our creators?" Optimus asked him. Rodimus thought for a moment.
"I don't know much about them. The only thing I know is that they went into hiding long ago" Rodimus told him.
"Do you know how long?" Optimus asked him.
"Eh, I would say about about 3 billion stellar cycles ago, give or take a quartex" Rodimus answered.
"Do you know of the last planet they visited?" Optimus asked Rodimus.
"Umm, I know of it. Not so sure if you wanna go there." Rodimus told him hesitantly.
"Why should I not go there?Optimus asked.
"Because the last time I went their...half my team got scraped" Rodimus told him, looking down at the floor.
"What happened?"Optimus asked him.
"It all started during the war." Rodimus started.
Flashback (Autobot Decepticon War)
Rodimus POV
My group who consisted of me, Sweve, an autobot named whirl, A bot named Chromdome, Cliffjumper, and a rookie named Overclock. We were sent by our commander,Ultra Magnus, to investigate strange anomalies on a planet in the Qouhedris sector. All of locked and loaded, and readied ourselves for anything that could happen. Little did we know that the Planet that we were about to visit was a living hell.
As we landed, we looked upon a beautiful green forest, filled with various organic life. However, our amazement soon ended when we heard rustling amng the bushes.
"Swerve,Whirl, make sure to cover our six. Chromedome and Cliffjumper go investigate that noise. Overclock, stay with me and keep your eyes open" I told everyone. We split up leaving only me and Overclock. The rookie was cool but needed to learn a couple of things here and there.
"Hey Overclock, what were you doing before the whole war started? I asked him.
"Pretty much I just made weapons all day for the cybertronian elite guard, sir"Overclock answered
"That's cool and don't call me sir, You can call me Rodimus" I told him. We soon heard more rustling but it then stopped. Me and Overclock continued our trek through the unknown forest. I soon felt the urge to contact the others
"Cliffjumper, Chromedome, did you guys find anything" I asked through the com-link.
All I heard was static from the other line. I then contacted Whirl and Swerve and they reported in just fine. That then left me to wonder what had happened to Cliff and Chromedome. I contacted them again and still got no answer. Fearing the worst I pinpointed their last location they were in. When me and Overclock reached the location, I saw something that no leader wanted to see. Cliffjumper and Chromedome were in pieces. Their sparks ripped out and their bodies damaged beyond repair. Me and Overclock only had one thing on our minds
"What could've done this" Overclock asked out loud. I couldn't bring myself to answer as I stared down at the bodies of two of my teammates. We soon heard even more rustling in the bushes around us. Me and Overclock drew our weapons, waiting for whatever was out there to attack us. No sooner than later, a horde of black beasts with bony plating and red eyes leapt out at us. Me and Overclock held them off for as long as we could, but they just kept coming. I had a feeling that we weren't going to make it. That is until Overclock suggesteed a plan to me.
" Sir, I have an idea, you go on ahead and get out of here. I can handle them" He told me while firing a full round from his Neutron Rifle. I looked at him like he was crazy.
"Are you kidding me Overclock, I'm not leaving you behind and I told you to not call me sir" I said to him, while I punched one of the creatures in the face.
"Sir , I have an Omega grade Bomb with me and I..""Hold up, you have an Omega Grade Bomb on you? Why do you even have that and where is it"I asked him in slight desperation.
"Sir, the thing is, is that it's installed in my chest" He told me while firing more rounds at the beasts.
"WHAT?"I yelled at him trying not to be distracted from the battle.
"Sir, just get out of here, I got this" He told me. I looked at him for a few seconds and then nodded in approval. I then transformed and raced through the forest to regroup with Whirl and Swerve. As I drove, all I could here behind me was one big boom. After that, I knew Overclock was gone. When I met up with Whirl and Swerve, I told them what had happened. We soon left the Planet and agreed to never return.
Flashback End
No one's POV
"To this day, I regret taking that mission from Magnus" Rodimus told Optimus as he finished his story.
"I had no idea that you went through that. I'm deeply sorry" Optimus apologized to him in.
"You don't have to be, but do you see why that you can't go to that planet. It is hell, unless you have a death wish you should stay away" Rodimus warned Optimus.
"I'm sorry Rodimus, but I must go to that planet. I need to find where the creators are and that Planet was the last one they visited, then that is where I shall go" Optimus told him.
"I guess I can't stop ya. After all you are the Optimus Prime" Rodimus said
"Rodimus do you have any spare ships that I could use?" Optimus asked.
"Well, I do have this one ship called the Jack-hammer out back. The owner of that ship hasn't been seen for years. I guess you could use it."Rodimus told Optimus.
"Thank you Rodimus, you truly are a good Autobot" Optimus told him while putting a hand on his shoulder.
"It's really nothing, I'm just glad I finally got to meet you" Rodimus told him while smiling. He then gave him the coordinates to the planet and shook Prime's hand. Optimus then headed behind the club and sure enough there was a ship outback. It was a silver and red, single cockpit ship with double cannons and forward swept wings. Optimus hoped in the ship and sat down in the single seat. He typed in the coordinates into the console and took off to the planet Rodimus warned him of.
Unknown Location in Space
A large, sleek, dark coloured ship rocketed through Space. The decepticon logo is emblazoned on both sides of the ship, showing that the ship was decepticon also had cybertronian writing engraved on the front which translated to Peaceful Tyranny.
A sleek and slim purple decepticon with a large rifle barrel on his back was at the main computer console. He soon received a message and needed to share it with his leader.
"Tarn, we just received a message from an unknown benefactor. The sleek and slim decepticon told his commander as he approached him.
"Vos, what do you have?" A large black and purple decepticon with a huge right arm cannon and the decepticon logo for a face asked.
"The message states that we are ordered to capture and or kill...Optimus Prime" Vos told the large decepticon
"And who is ordering us to do this?" Tarn asked.
"I don't know. All it says is that it's from an unknown benefactor and that the reward is beyond your wildest imaginations" Vos told him.
"Fine, put Prime on the list. We'll get to him eventually. We have a couple more targets who are more important than Prime" Tarn said as he started to walk away from the console.
"Like who?" Vos asked Tarn as he looked back at him. Tarn stopped walking and looked at him.
"A phase sixer named Black Shadow" Tarn said as he continued to walk, leaving Vos by himself.
So what do you guys think. Not much happened in this chapter. More than meets the eye will have a big influence on this story as you saw some lost light characters and references. However, I will still keep the story based on AOE (Age of Extinction) Optimus Prime. Rodimus will return just not now. Next chapter, we see the first encounters of when Optimus finally lands on Remnant.