Cybertron!?
The time on Cybertron
(Shows won't be in order and Optimus never has his upgrade, plus the predacon is on earth with Ultra Magnus, Arachnid is on a moon of Cybertron's, and Dreadwing is dead.)
My point of view
"Come on Raf!" I hollered as I ran to the bridge. Raf ran up beside me and we ran through. We were going on a trip in Australia to do some scientific study and I couldn't wait, I was born there. I stopped as we were halfway through and asked, "Does it feel like were going a lot slower?" "Yeah." Raf replied.
We walked forward and I gasped when I saw a red and white Cybertronian in front of me. "Raf, run." I said as I pushed him in front of me. I grabbed a welder as we passed out the door, but I gasped as I was picked up. "Sirius!" Raf said and I took the welder and started to burn the Cybertronian's servo.
The Cybertronian dropped me with a whirl and I pushed Raf in front of me. I looked around burned a mark on the wall whenever we turned a corner. We came to a stop and me and Raf gasped. "We're on Cybertron." We said in unison and awe.
I looked down and said, "We're going to have to climb down." "There's the hall of records, we can do research there!" Raf pointed out and I read the Cybertronian writing. It was old, but I could make it out. "Good job, Raf." I said and Raf smiled.
I started to climb down with the welder strapped to my back and dropped to the ledge. I held my hands out and Raf jumped down and I caught him. We continued like that until we landed on the ground. I looked at the freeway in front of me and Raf gulped. I held him close. "Easy." I said.
I lifted Raf onto my shoulders and glared at the road. "You aren't thinking what I think you're thinking?" Raf asked and I said, "Hold on." I ran at the road and jumped down. I jumped from the Cybertronians and their wheels and got to the other side. I hoisted Raf up and pulled myself up.
"How did you know you could do that?" "I didn't." I replied. All of a sudden the road went silent except for a few Cybertronians every now and then and I gasped when I looked up. "Raf, remember that lesson from Ratchet on what rained on Cybertron?" "Yeah. You aren't thinking…" it started to rain and I gasped when a drop landed on me.
Raf and I looked at each other and screamed, "Acid rain storm!" I saw a red and blue Cybertronian and pushed Raf forward while he was under me. I looked down and tensioned as the acid drops fell onto my back and head. I picked Raf up when I saw that he was trying not to put pressure on his feet and held him under me as I ran after the Cybertronian. The acid splashed on my legs and I winced.
I ran in the door after the Cybertronian and followed him to a desk. I hid under the desk and sat down, keeping Raf close. I took his and mine shoes off when I saw they were melted and Raf whimpered as I touched his feet. "Easy. We're going to be fine." I said and Raf whimpered, "I'm scared. Don't leave me." "I won't leave." I soothed as I brushed his hair.
"Are you alright?" Raf asked and I said, "I'm just worried about you, Raf." I said as I held him closer. I gasped when the Cybertronian bent down and looked at us. Raf leaned deeper into me and I leaned into the wall. "It is alright. I won't hurt you." The Cybertronian said and I looked down at Raf and slowly got up.
I walked forward and the Cybertronian put his servo out. I climbed onto it and the Cybertronian bent up. I looked up at him as Raf leaned deeper into me and I said to Raf, "He looks familiar, Raf." Raf looked up and shrugged. The Cybertronian walked from his station and into a room.
I and Raf looked around. There was a big Cybertronian in front of us. The Cybertronian that held us showed us to the Cybertronian and he looked up at us. I spaced out as the bigger Cybertronian started to talk and looked up at the Cybertronian holding me and Raf. 'Something's familiar about him, but I can't figure out what!' I thought as I looked at him.
The Cybertronian holding us suddenly made a protest chirp and I looked up at him. The Cybertronian was looking at me. "Give her to me!" the bigger Cybertronian boomed and I got scared. I looked up at the Cybertronian and he carefully handed me to the Cybertronian. "SIRIUS!" Raf screamed and I screamed, "RAF!"
The Cybertronian holding Raf walked out and I started to cry. I looked at the bigger Cybertronian and he flipped the book open. He showed me symbols and made me memorize them. He closed the book and I drew the symbols and he nodded. He gently picked me up and walked out of the room. He walked to the station of the other, smaller Cybertronian and I smiled when I saw Raf.
"Sirius!" "Raf!" the bigger Cybertronian sat me down and I ran to Raf and picked him up in a hug. Raf smiled and leaned deep into my embrace. I looked up to see the bigger Cybertronian walking away and asked Raf, "What should we call Mr. big guy?" "Geezer!" Raf said and I smiled and nodded.
The Cybertronian that had found us looked down at us. "Hello." I said and he smiled and whirled, "Hello." I looked down at Raf and gently sat him down when I saw he was asleep. I looked back up to see the Cybertronian still looking at me. "Are you his carrier?" he asked and I shook my head and said, "Friend."
The Cybertronian picked me up gently and I held onto his servo digit for support. The words he spoke I couldn't determine and I asked, "Could you show me the symbol?" he nodded and brought up a symbol.
"One who is mighty at tracking down and acquiring his quarry, One who is peaceful. Must be your name." I read softly then concluded it was his name. 'I'll call him hunter.' I thought. Hunter held me close as he walked down the walkway. I was worried that Raf would be taken.
He walked up to a blue and gold mech and they started to talk. I watched impatiently, I could barely make out what they were saying. I tapped my foot as I crossed my arms. I was suddenly held out to the other Cybertronian.
He reached out to pick me up, but Hunter made a low whirl, it sounded deadly.
Base, third person
Optimus just stared blankly at a wall. Everyone noticed this and walked over to him, his servo was out like he was holding something. Ratchet was doing the same to the monitor, just staring. "Optimus? Are you alright?" Jack asked. Optimus then made a low whirl, it sounded deadly.
Ratchet shook his helm and looked to Optimus. He quickly ran over and got in front of him. "Optimus! Snap out of it!" Ratchet hissed as he shook Optimus. "ORION!" he screamed and Optimus shook his helm. "Yes Ratchet?" "Not again." Ratchet muttered and dropped his helm, it hit Optimus's armor.
Ratchet and Optimus saw the team staring at them. "What's wrong with the bridge?" Miko piped up. "I'm surprised she asked." Bulk' complimented. "The planetary alignment. It is interfering with the engineering. I calculated the direct place the ground bridge opened when Sirius and Rafael went through… Cybertron." Ratchet explained.
"Wait, you mean a ground bridge skipped through space?!" Lila, Sirius's sister, screamed. "Indeed. In time I shall explain. But right now I must say that Sirius and Rafael are on Cybertron." "There's something you're hiding, doc'." Lila confronted. "Yes, both I and Optimus alike, but we shall explain later." Ratchet said matter of factly.
Optimus then started to stare at the wall again. He made another low whirl that sounded even more deadly than the last. "Great." Ratchet muttered. He hit Optimus on the helm and he turned sharply to Ratchet and made the low whirl again. "Orion!" Ratchet growled and Optimus snapped out of it.
"Go rest." Ratchet said and Optimus shook his helm. "Optimus." Ratchet growled. "Not until Rafael and Sirius are back and safe. There are many dangers on Cybertron as you know." "DANGERS!" June screamed and Optimus actually cowered down and covered his audio receptors.
"Indeed, there is the organic fighting pits, acid storms, and worse yet…" Ratchet shook his helm violently, not wanting to say what it was. "Ratchet. You need to tell us." Lila said. "NO." Ratchet growled as he shook his helm and covered his audio receptors.
Optimus didn't know what this danger Ratchet was talking about was. Energon tears started to roll down Ratchet's face plates. "Easy my friend. Sirius and Rafael are strong." "BUT THEY WILL TARGET SIRIUS!" Ratchet wailed as he turned his helm up, he voice louder than ever. Optimus pulled away at this sudden outburst.
"What?" "No." Ratchet stated as he slumped against the wall. He covered his face plates. June, Lila, and Jack stalked over to him. "Listen here doc', Sirius is my sister. Rafael is my friend. You will tell me what this thing is… whatever it is." Lila hissed.
"NO!" Ratchet yelled at her. She fell back. "Ratchet! You will tell us!" June growled. "NO!" Ratchet wailed, he had never wanted to talk about it, and doesn't want to now. "Ratchet! I've never seen you cry. What's gotten into you?" Jack asked.
Ratchet made a sudden wail, "THE CROSS BREEDERS! THEY'LL GET HER SPARKED IF SHE DOESN'T GET RESCUED!" everyone stared confused. "Ratchet, what are you talking about?" Optimus asked confused. "The cross breeders. They take organic femmes and crossbreed them with other organics or robotic organisms. It was a secret society." Ratchet sobbed.
"How do you know of this?" Optimus asked as he knelt in front of Ratchet. "I used to be a cross breeder. When I saw…" Ratchet trailed off, his energon tears increasing. "Ratchet." Optimus said warningly. "No, I won't tell you. I don't care what you do, I won't speak." Ratchet growled. His tears increased.
"But I will show you something." Ratchet said as he slowly got up, as if not wanting to. He walked out of the room for a minute then came back with a box. He pulled out a frame and held it out to Optimus. He carefully took it then froze. "Let us see!" Miko said.
Optimus knelt down and showed them the picture. "That's… Sirius." Jack said unbelievingly as he stared of the picture of Sirius sitting on a Cybertronian size table and looking at something. "I don't believe it!" Lila said and kicked a rock. "You should, it happened. She was… looking at me." Ratchet said guiltily. Everyone turned to him and he shuffled his pedes.
"Tell us how this is present." June growled, Sirius and Lila were her children as well as Jack and she did not want to be held in the dark about something of one of her children. "I do not care if you are her carrier or not, I will not say." Ratchet growled, another wave of tears starting to overflow.
"TELL US!" Sirius's family screamed. Ratchet backed down as if his carrier had just yelled at him for sticking his servo in an energon cookie jar and started to cry again. "No." Ratchet whimpered as he fell down and covered his face plates again. His frame shook as he sobbed.
Optimus touched Ratchet's shoulder and he screamed, jumped up, and ran to a corner. He hid his face plates in the corner. Optimus stared at him with everyone else. "Ratchet, I need to know about what Sirius is in danger of." Optimus said softly as he bent down to Ratchet, Sirius was his charge as well as Ratchet's. Ratchet shook his helm quickly.
"Ratchet, if it is out of your system, we will be able to help you out of your pain." Optimus stated. Ratchet kept silent. Lila walked up and kicked Ratchet's armor. Ratchet yelped and ran to another corner. Everyone watched as it played out.
Ratchet whimpered and stayed close to the walls, pressing into them. Ratchet covered his audio receptors and screamed, "SHUT UP!" it was completely quiet before and when he said it. Optimus knew partly what was going on and walked over to Ratchet hurriedly.
He took Ratchet's servos from his audio receptors and turned him around. "Listen to me, Ratchet. You will tell me what is going to happen to Sirius." Optimus growled lowly. "No, no, no!" Ratchet kept repeating, trying to get out of the Prime's grasp. "Tell me first, Ratchet." Optimus said in a bloody tone.
Ratchet glanced to the others then said, "No." "Ratchet." Optimus said warningly. Ratchet shook his helm. Optimus glared at him and Ratchet broke out of his grasp. He ran to another corner. "I'll offline with it if I have to!" Ratchet remarked as he buried his face plates in the wall.
"Freerunner was one as well!" Ratchet remarked. "Freerunner was a cross breeder?" Optimus asked as he froze. "Yes, he's the one who took her." Ratchet sobbed. "I'm the one who saved her." Ratchet finished.
"Excuse me, but what are you talking about?" Miko asked and Ratchet froze up. "Nothing." He growled as he turned to Miko. Ratchet slowly got up and walked to the box again. He brought out another picture. "You and Sirius." Jack whispered as he traced the part of the picture that showed Sirius. Ratchet was holding Sirius in his servos, in the motion of setting her down.
Ratchet looked away ashamed.
Cybertron, my point of view
Hunter made another, lower, deadlier growl as the Cybertronian reached for me. Hunter held me close. He then walked back to his station. He picked up Rafael and I gently woke him up. He looked up at me. "I think Hunter's taking us somewhere." I said.
Raf nodded and snuggled into me. Hunter suddenly transformed around us and I held Rafael close as he drove off. I watched as Cybertronians past us on the road. Hunter transformed after 7 minutes and walked into some sort of facility.
A Cybertronian looked up and Hunter gave it a glance of us then hid us again. The Cybertronian nodded from what I could see and let Hunter through a door. He seemed hesitant. Another Cybertronian walked up and put his servos out. I whimpered.
Hunter showed me and Rafael to him and he tried to take us, but I held on tight to Hunter's chassis. I didn't budge. Hunter whirled to me, "You'll be safe." I let him go and he sat me and Rafael on the table. I watched as the Cybertronian started to talk to Hunter.
"What does the Cybertronian mean by, 'the femme must be heavily protected.'?" I asked as I turned to Rafael and he shrugged. The Cybertronian turned to us and carefully picked me up. I whimpered. Hunter started to edge forward, but the Cybertronian glared at him and Hunter made a low and concerned whirl as he looked to me.
I smiled at him and he nodded as if he understood. The Cybertronian suddenly scanned me and I gasped. He then did it to Rafael. The Cybertronian sat us down rather roughly and I growled at them. He glared at me. He walked over to a sink looking thing and turned a handle. A clear liquid that looked like water came out.
The Cybertronian then pulled out an oily substance in a container. He put it in a bowl and I looked at it confused. The Cybertronian sat a sponge in the water and my mouth watered. The Cybertronian sat the 2 things down and I ran to the water with the sponge.
I started to suck greedily at it as Rafael did. I looked at the oily substance and carefully walked to it. I dipped my finger in it and sniffed it, it didn't have a smell. I put my finger in my mouth and tasted the substance. "It tastes rather fine, Raf." I said as I started to eat the chewy substance. I heard a conversation between Hunter and the Cybertronian. I glanced to see the Cybertronian scan Hunter.
"Something about us being safer while riding in Hunter." I said to Raf and he nodded, he couldn't understand the speech because of how old it was. I went back to eating with Raf. The dish was pulled from us and I whined up at the Cybertronian.
He cleaned the bowl then handed it to Hunter then squeezed the sponge of the water and handed it and the dish to Hunter as well. He then brought out some water and the oily substance and handed it to Hunter.
Hunter put it in a storage compartment then picked us up. I held Raf's hand. Hunter transformed around us and sped out. I looked over Raf to see a tattoo on his back. He then looked over me and saw the same tattoo, but a little different, mine formed a dog while his formed a symbol that was his name.
"Hey, your name is the name of the star, Sirius. Its nick name is Dog-Star. Maybe that's why it's a dog." Raf suggested and I nodded. Raf soon fell asleep in the seat and I rested his head on my lap so he could sleep peacefully.
I jolted awake to see I was in a servo. I looked up to see Hunter. I rubbed my eyes and looked around to see Raf against me. I pulled him close and rested my head on his. I gently rubbed his arm and felt how cold he was.
I shivered myself. "Cold?" Hunter asked and I nodded. Hunter held us closer to him as he walked. I sat up and leaned against his chassis. I screamed as I was suddenly knocked from Hunter's grasp and flying through the air. "HUNTER!" I screamed and watched as he caught Raf and looked around. He whirled desperately as he ran after the Cybertronian holding me and I reached out, starting to cry.
"HUNTER!" I screamed, crying. "SIRIUS!" I heard Raf scream and looked to him. The Cybertronian suddenly transformed and I beat on the windows as he drove off. I hit the steering wheel with my feet and he lowly whirled to me, obviously not wanting my struggle.
I had a bad feeling and calmed down and sat in the corner of the cargo hold. I heard tapping and looked to see acid rain coming down. I started to cry and whispered, "Optimus, Ratchet, I need you." The Cybertronian transformed 20 minutes later and dumped me on a table. I looked outside to see a beautiful sunrise as the storm had passed.
I quickly took out my phone and started to take pictures of the crystal gardens. I heard a pounding and whimpered as I saw a red and black Cybertronian in front of me. He sat down the oily substance and water and I started to eat and drink greedily. He picked me up harshly after half an hour and I whimpered, some of the oily substance dripping from my mouth. He smiled at me evilly.
I whimpered. He tossed me to another mech, red and white like the first I had seen when I and Raf had arrived on Cybertron. He looked to me then carefully sat me down. The red and black Cybertronian growled and hit the red and white on the helm then started to beat him, especially on the shoulders. I took a picture of that so I could have Optimus find out whom they were when I got back home.
I winced at the pain the red and white Cybertronian took. A blue and gold Cybertronian came up and I gasped, realizing it was the one Hunter had talked to. He walked out and into a stadium after harshly picking me up. He sat me in a pin and I whined. A door started to open and the Cybertronians in the crowd started to scream.
What I could make out from the announcer, it was an organic fighting pit. I screamed as a lizard type creature came at me. I started to run. I ran to the fence and started to climb, but the lizard thing grabbed me and tossed me into the middle of the pin. Suddenly, it was knocked away. I looked to see the red and white 'bot.
It looked to me and whirled, "Are you alright?" I nodded and it kicked the lizard again. A robot suddenly came from behind and started to drag me away, and I could faintly see a spike. The crowd started to cheer as the announcer said, "Let's move on to the breeding course!" I screamed and turned on the robot and ripped its helm off, energon coming from it and getting on me skin. It burned.
The crowd started to scream hate and the red and white mech quickly picked me up and ran off as shots were fired and a booming yell, "Get back here, Ratchet!" light dawned on me, Ratchet was the mech that had saved me.
I held onto his chassis and he suddenly transformed around me. He sped off. "Recharge." He whispered. I looked down at my arms and legs and winced, the pain was great. "Are you alright?" Ratchet whirled and I replied, "I'm burning."
A scanner came from his steering wheel and he said, "Great damage has come to your system." I looked at my stomach and other parts of my body that was covered and winced when I saw the damage. "Recharge." Ratchet repeated. I lay down and closed my eyes.
Base, third person
Ratchet shook his helm harshly. "No, no, no." he kept saying. "Ratchet! For the last time, she's our friend! If it's only her, why?" Arcee asked. "NO!" he screamed at her. "Wow." She said as she backed up 10 steps. Ratchet gave another picture to Optimus as he cried. Optimus showed everyone the picture. "What is that stuff? It looks like oil." Miko stated.
The picture was a picture of Sirius eating the oily substance, rather greedily. "Yuck, how could she eat that?" Lila asked. Ratchet took the color picture and stated as he traced it, "It is oil, mixed with a chemical we call ex-tin. It is given to organics as their food, and rather gives them more power and strength than known."
Ratchet turned his helm down and started to cry again. "Ratchet, would Sirius want you to tell us?" Optimus asked, taking a different route in the interrogation. Ratchet turned up to him and said as he turned his helm away, "Of course." "Then tell us." Optimus said lightly.
Ratchet turned to them all and sighed. "Even though Sirius would, I will not say." He growled. "Ratchet, I've had about enough." Optimus growled as he trapped Ratchet in the corner he was in. Ratchet just looked into Optimus's optics. He started to cry again.
"She's the only thing that made me see clearly. I must keep this a secret, for her sake." He choked out as he cried. "She was like nothing ever seen. Freerunner said he would try for her after her sparkling would be so." Ratchet whispered.
Optimus watched as the medic cried, knowing he was deeply hurt. "Please Ratchet; it pains me not to know what a probability to Sirius that might occur is." Optimus whimpered, an energon tear or 2 rolling down his face plates.
"I just need to know, Ratchet." Optimus said as he turned his helm away. Ratchet slipped from the corner and leaned against the one wall and Optimus sat by him and they held their helms, it was becoming hard for them to deal with what they were hiding. Ratchet showed him another picture, of Sirius when she was tossed to Ratchet. Her hair flowed and she looked startled.
Cybertron, my point of view
I shook myself awake and looked around to see myself in the lab I had come into from earth. I looked down at myself to see my wounds worse. I whimpered and heard shuffling. I turned to see Ratchet walking up to me.
He suddenly scanned my back and whirled, "Your owner. I know him." I nodded and he gently picked me up. He walked down hall after hall then out across the freeway. I looked around hopingly. I jumped up and down when I saw Hunter and Raf. "Raf! Hunter!" I yelled and they looked up.
Hunter ran to me and quickly yet carefully picked me up. I hugged his chassis. "I saved her." Is all Ratchet said. "Ratchet, can you help me and my friend back?" I asked and Ratchet looked down at me and nodded.
Hunter picked Raf up and I started to black out. I then fell and my eyes closed.
I opened my eyes to see I was in Ratchet's lab again.
My eyes opened from my sudden black out and I looked up to see Ratchet above me. He knelt down to me and I carefully sat up. I hugged his helm as I saw the ground bridge and whispered, "Thank you Ratchet." "Take care Sirius." He whispered.
"How do you know my name?" "You're tracking nanobots state the name of the pet." Ratchet remarked. I heard a small whine from Ratchet when hunter buzzed, "Ratchet, they need to go."Ratchet nodded then turned back to me. "I hope we will meet again." He said and I said smiling, "We will, I know."
Ratchet then walked over to Hunter. They threw us through the portal and I waved bye and they waved back, arms around each other's shoulders. I felt as another black out came on. I felt as I was caught and turned up to see 2 sets of optics looking down at me, both concerned. My eyes then drifted closed as they ran with me in their servos.