Optimus led the way. We travelled along the busy streets. Our destination: An abandon warehouse, quite literally in the middle of nowhere. We had picked up a decepticon signal while out on patrol, so decided to intercept. But suddenly… It had vanished. Prime didn't want to take any chances, so ordered that we still investigate.
We had to stop at quite a few sets of lights (Optimus wanted us to blend in as much as possible). We finally got off the main road, and away from people… So I let loose, and hit top speed (460 Km/hr) in no more than 15 seconds. Prime told me to take care. But I wasn't worried… I was sparked careful. I continued speeding along, Optimus getting further and further behind me. But that didn't stop me. It had been so long since I was able to drive like this… Primus it felt good.
I kept driving, until our turn-off came closer. I slowed right down, allowing my leader to catch up. Optimus never was interested in driving at high speeds, like me. He always told me to slow down and take in my surroundings. Unfortunately… I never truly listened. I should. He's older and more experienced than me. He knows better than I do.
We pulled into, what looked to be, a driveway. We kept driving until we came upon the warehouse. It was huge, I'd say that Prime would be able to stand up inside. But that wasn't what got my attention. Why would the decepticons come here? I asked myself. It just didn't make sense. It looked like it hadn't seen action since the beginning of time (figure of speech).
Optimus transformed, and stood at full height. I loved watching him stretch. He was so handsome. I watched until he had fully transformed, before I followed suit. I allowed my body to transform fully, stretching out all my joints. It felt so good to be out of my alt mode. We hadn't since we left for patrol over three hours ago. I stood at full height (although I was only about as tall as Sideswipe) and walked towards my leader. "So. Why do you think the cons were here?" I asked, looking at the run down building in front of us.
Optimus looked down at me, then back at the warehouse ahead. "I'm not sure. But whatever it is… It can't be good" he announced, as he walked towards the entrance. I followed close behind as Prime walked through the doorway (the door wasn't even there). We stopped in the middle of the building and looked around. It seemed smaller on the inside… Something felt wrong. Like something was out of place. But I pushed that feeling aside. "I'm still not picking up any decepticons in the area. It's like they just disappeared into thin air" Optimus announced.
I tilted my helm and lifted an optic ridge in confusion. It didn't add up. The cons signal was here not 30 mins ago. Where were they? What did they want here? I couldn't figure out why the cons would be in this warehouse. It looked older than Ironhide… And that's saying something. Although I did have to admit. It was big. Big enough for Optimus to stand up in. And it was in the middle of nowhere. Away from civilization. Perhaps the decepticons were planning to make this their new base. It was a theory. If only I'd known it was the wrong theory.
"Alright Whirlwind. We'll take a look around" Optimus' voice interrupted my thoughts. "I'll check in here. While you check outside… Meet back here in 20 minutes" he ordered softly. His voice was so silky, and his orders always so soft. He always made you feel wanted, needed… He made you feel accepted. That's what I loved about him. Although I'd never tell him that. I never did had the spark to approach him about my feelings, I want to though.
I walked out the back door (or at least what was left of it) and looked around. "Wow" I muttered sarcastically. The back was worse than the front. The grass was up to my knee joint. Probably hasn't been mowed in years. I thought, as I walked around. I paid attention to the chipped and worn walls. I couldn't believe how old it looked… Then suddenly something caught my optic. A small building just off to the left of the warehouse. I looked kind of like a shed. I decided to investigate it.
I got to the shed, and opened the door. Walking in, I found… Nothing. At least nothing to explain why the cons were so interested in this place. There were some tools hanging on the walls, and scattered on the floor. But this confused me even more. Why would there be a shed here? I suddenly felt as if there was something wrong… As if something was completely out of place… As if Optimus and I had just walked into a trap. But I, stupidly, pushed that feeling aside. I hadn't realised how long I spent in the shed, until I check my internal clock. "Oh slag" I murmured, as I realised I had been outside for over half an hour. Prime's not gonna be happy. I thought grimly as I made my way back up to the warehouse.
As I walked, I looked at the warehouse from a distance… That's interesting. The warehouse did seem bigger on the outside… As if the inside of the warehouse was built for a smaller building, but placed in this one. It didn't add up… So far, nothing added up. But I didn't have time to think about that. For as I walked the back door of the warehouse, I noticed that Prime wasn't there. "Optimus?" I called, hoping he was just rechecking one of the many rooms. But silence was the only thing to answer me. I scanned the area, and found that I couldn't find Prime's energy signature anywhere. I opened a comm link with him… But he didn't answer. That's when I started to panic. He always answers. No matter what. I thought worriedly. I ran and checked every room. Then double checked… But Optimus was in none. I panicked even more. I had lost our leader. The mech that had lead us from the beginning of the war. The mech everyone (young or old) looked up to. The mech everyone trust and respected… And I had lost him. How do you lose a bot that big? I continued my search. Even going back outside… In the hopes he'd gone out to find me. But he was nowhere to be found. I ran back inside and ran another scan. But I found nothing. "OPTIMUS!" I yelled as loud as possible, but instinctively knew… No one would answer.
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