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A/N: This is the sequel to Getting a message. Please no flames and tissues may be needed. G1
Magna Prime mourned over his loss. The sparkling was due to arrive any day now. It has been a lonely 5 months without his spark-mate. The other Autobots understood Magna's pain. Optimus Prime and Magna Prime had been bonded for 7 years. Grimlock and Nightstar had decided to have a family, so Grimlock sparked his spark-mate. Ratchet had a hard time, knowing that he couldn't save his friend. Turmoil cried over and over again when he saw something that was his father's.
It had been hard on all of the Autobots. Even their human allies were taking it hard, but not as hard as Optimus' family. Magna Prime went into labor and a healthy femme was born. She had Optimus' colors. She had a blue frame with red streaks and silvery-white antennas. Turmoil decided to name his new sister Sunstrike. Nightstar and Grimlock had their sparkling a few months after that.
Their son was grey and yellow like his father and had a visor like him. His name was Stunblast. Grimlock was happy and so was Nightstar. Nightstar still had sorrow in a small part of her spark. Grimlock held their son with gentleness.
"Me Grimlock love Stunblast and Nightstar," said Grimlock.
"I know you Grimlock love me and our son," said Nightstar.
-At the Decepticon Base-
Megatron stood over a body. The spark monitor told Megatron that he was still in stasis. Project Retention was coming to an end. Soon the Autobots will see the horror of what was to come to them. They will have no idea what they were up to with Shockwave's help. Starscream walked in and stood next to his life-long love.
"Lord Megatron, Soundwave reports that the Autobots have two new Autobots. They're sparklings," said Starscream.
"Who do they belong to?" asked Megatron.
"One belongs to Nightstar and Grimlock. The other one belongs to the scout and Prime," said Starscream.
"So Optimus Prime decided to have another sparkling, interesting," said Megatron. "Keep up the work and make sure that the Autobots don't find out the truth. If they do, I hold you responsible."
"Yes Lord Megatron. I shall inform the troops," said Starscream.
Megatron smirked. Soon Project Retention will be put into play in a few more months. The Autobots have no idea what was coming for them.
Magna Prime tended to his new daughter. Turmoil began to cry and Jazz tended to the young bot.
"What's wrong Turmoil, ain't you glad that you have a new sibling?" asked Jazz.
"Yes, it's just that she has the same features like dad," said Turmoil.
"Oh Turmoil, that is in the past. We all knew before you were born that this day would come," said Jazz.
"Jazz, do you think that dad will come back?" asked Turmoil.
"I don't know Turmoil. It depends on Primus if he will return to us or not," said Jazz.
"Come on Turmoil, time to head to bed," said Magna.
"Ok mom," said Turmoil and left to his shared room with his new sister.
-Somewhere in a different world-
Optimus stood before Primus. He had left what he loved behind. Primus was speaking with Optimus. The Autobot leader watched a pool of Energon at his family. He was glad that they were safe, but sad that he couldn't be there with them. Primus noticed and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Soon Optimus Prime, soon," said Primus.
-Back on Earth-
Shockwave informed Megatron that Project Retention was now complete and can be activated as soon as he wishes. Megatron waited two weeks before he brought the body out of stasis. Blood red optics came to life and they rose from the operation table. Megatron smirked to himself and walked over to the body. He looked at Megatron and bowed down.
"Arise warrior and destroy the nearby city," Megatron commanded.
It walked out the door and left for the city. Starscream thought back to the beginning of the plan.
"Are you sure Lord Megatron that you wish to do this?" asked Shockwave with a machine hooked to a body.
"Of course Shockwave, you said yourself that it would work since we can't just erase the memories," said Megatron. "Start up the machine."
Shockwave pushed a few buttons and the machine started up. Megatron selected the proper memories and replaced them with fake ones. Starscream watched from the corner and knew deep within his processor that this was wrong. Soundwave came in and reported about the Autobots and Optimus Prime's death. Megatron laughed and shook his head. The Autobots deserved what happened.
-Autobot HQ-
Teletraan 1 beeped and the alarms went off. Ironhide walked over to Teletraan 1 and silenced the alarms.
"Teletraan 1, what is wrong?" asked Ironhide with the other Autobots behind him.
"Alert, alert, city under attack," said Teletraan 1.
A video feed of the news came on. A reporter lady stood in front of the wreckage that was done. Many people ran for their lives screaming in fear. The Autobots thought it was just Decepticons, but what was being said and broadcasted made them think differently.
"It just came in that the Autobot leader, Optimus Prime, is attacking the city. The government is using fatal weapons against the leader. Are the Autobots an enemy or has something gone wrong in the Autobot leader? Find out tonight at 10." The feed showed Optimus Prime attacking the city and blow things up. Ironhide stopped it to get a good look at the picture. Something was wrong.
Perceptor hummed to himself as he studied the picture. Gears was getting impatient and demanded to know what was going on. Perceptor didn't answer but froze. Ratchet tried to snap him out of it. Wheeljack smacked Perceptor across the head.
"Perceptor, will you please tell us what you are thinking?" asked Wheeljack.
"Look at his optics. They're blood red instead of his usual azure blue. Something is wrong with him. It's like when Megatron made us do what he wished all over again. I will see what is wrong with him once he is here," said Perceptor.
"Is that the news?" asked Magna.
"Yes, but it says that Optimus Prime is attacking the city. His optics are red, not blue," said Cliffjumper.
"That's impossible, my spark-mate died months ago. He can't be alive now," said Magna.
"One way to find out," said Prowl.
"Autobots, transform and roll out," said Magna.
The Autobots headed to the city, but were stopped by the general. Magna transformed and the others followed. The general look beyond mad. The had his men point their guns at the Autobots.
"General, what are you doing? Call them off right now. We did nothing wrong," said Magna.
"Then explain why your leader is attacking people Bumblebee," said the general.
"General, my name is Magna Prime. Optimus Prime was killed months ago. There is no way that he would be alive. Even if he was, he wouldn't attack a city and the humans. He would come back to base and to his family," said Magna. "Please, let us show us that he is dead. This has to be a Decepticon trick."
"Very well, but quick before more destruction is caused," said the general.
When they arrived at the hill, Magna and the general went to the coffin that laid on the top. Magna opened it up and showed the general the partly rusted body of Optimus Prime. The general got a call that Optimus Prime was taken down. Magna intercepted the call and gasped. He instructed Perceptor to examine this body. Perceptor came with the results and turned to Magna.
"This is a exact clone of the real Optimus Prime," said Perceptor. "That means the one at the city-"
"Is my spark-mate and he's injured. Autobots, hurry to the city and don't let anybody get in your way. We cannot let more damage happen," finished Magna. "General, we shall stop him and bring him back to base."
Before the general could answer, Magna and the others left. Soldiers blocked off the Autobots from getting in the city. Magna Prime and the others got past and split up into groups. Magna and Ironhide turned down a road and stopped dead in their tracks. Ahead of them were soldiers surrounding a critically damaged Optimus Prime, weapons armed and ready to fire. Magna took out the Matrix and returned back to old self. The Matrix disintegrated and turned to ash. Bumblebee stepped forward slowly and made his way to his spark-mate.
Optimus looked up and gazed at the small yellow bot. One soldier fired his gun once and hit Optimus' optic, shattering it. Bumblebee knelt next to his injured leader. Another soldier fired and hit Optimus' shoulder when the leader moved toward the Autobot to hide. Optimus groaned in pain. Bumblebee noticed that his optics were the beautiful blue. The first soldier shot him again, dangerously close to his spark chamber.
"Stop! Hold your fire!" Bumblebee screamed at the soldiers.
"We were ordered to fire every time he moves," said the soldier.
"I order you to stop firing," said the general.
"Bumble...bee," Optimus said. "Get out... of here. I deserve... to die at... their hands."
"Optimus, I'm not losing you again," said Bumblebee.
"Please my love... get out of he-re," said Optimus through the pain.
"No I'm taking you back with me. Perceptor will fix you and bring you back to normal. Our children need you," said Bumblebee taking off his battle mask, revealing his half missing face. He leaned down and kissed Optimus gently, trying to take his mind off the pain.
Optimus' optics began to flash from blue to red repeatedly. Bumblebee noticed and put the mask back on. He turned to Ironhide and nodded. Ironhide contacted the others to go to his position. Perceptor ran to Optimus and knelt down beside him. Bumblebee back up a bit to let Ratchet through to work. Perceptor scanned his body and showed Ratchet the results with a grim look.
"Slag, he's lost to much Energon. His Matrix is the only thing keeping him alive now. Why did we even give the humans our technology? Their weapons penetrated his armor and protoform," said Ratchet. "We're lucky that they missed his spark."
"Indeed, we are lucky. If Optimus Prime died, then the Matrix would too and he wouldn't be able to pass it on to another," said Perceptor. "We must be quick about these field repairs if we want to keep him online."
Ratchet worked to get the Energon flow to stop before he put more in. Bumblebee had tears forming and turned to the humans that had shot his spark-mate. He was grabbed by Ironhide and Brawn.
"Bumblebee, what do you think you're doing?" asked Brawn.
"Getting the humans that shot and almost killed my spark-mate. I can't lose him again, not when his children and I need him," said Bumblebee trying to get free of their grip.
"Bumblebee, I will deal with them. Like you said, you have children to take care of," said the general.
Ratchet and Perceptor worked for hours. None of them talked much. Ratchet got up and transformed. He instructed Perceptor to load his upper half into him. The lower half was carried by Ironhide. They headed toward the base. Once they got there, Ratchet transformed and had Ironhide help him carefully get Optimus inside to the medibay.
Optimus shook once he was placed on the med. berth. Wheeljack strapped him down so that they could work. Ratchet took a bag filled with Energon and hung it on an Energon drip. A needle was inserted into Optimus to get the Energon in him while Ratchet worked. The other Autobots waited near the medibay for word.
"How long has Ratchet been working now?" asked Huffer.
"It's been 5,362 earth hours and no body is allowed inside. Not even First Aid, Wheeljack, or Perceptor," said Hound.
"He's been working too long. He hasn't even came out for any Energon or allowed someone else to work on Optimus," said Prowl. "I'm going to get him to drink some Energon."
Prowl took a cube of Energon and went inside the medibay. Ratchet didn't say anything. Prowl got worried and looked around. When Ratchet wasn't throwing things or yelling, it meant trouble for Prowl. He walked into the operation room and dropped the cube. The Energon spilled out onto the floor. Prowl couldn't speak or move.