Alrighty now! I know it's been a long time in between updates but as I told you I started school a couple weeks ago and along with sprorts and stuff, I really havn't had the time to write. But today, since I am home sick, I give you... CHAPTER 4!
p.s thank you to MissCHSparkles, creepy-wolf, Prototron MJ Tornada, Wolf Prime, and Transformersprincess for updating! It's made me soooooo happy to get more than 1 review each chapter :D
As they ran through the Autobot base, Elita and Optimus couldn't help but wonder, 'WE BETTER NOT MISS OUR FRAGGING FUNERALS!' They sprinted towards the board-room, thankful for the Invisa-Shield. When they reached their destination, they found Jazz waiting outside the door. His optics opened wide as he said, "Opt, 'Lita! Finally! They just finished seating everybody. I'm supposed to guard the door from the inside so I'll be able to get you two in!" He ushered them through the door, trying to make it look like he wasn't letting two invisible cybertronians into their own funerals.
Optimus and Elita stood in silence, waiting for the procession to begin. They saw that Ultra Magnus was behind the speaking podium, and Sentinel was to his left. They cringed at the sight of him. The aft of a mech who betrayed them and left them on Arachnia. He stood proudly, but they were surprised that he was trying his best to be sad, when he very obvisously wasn't. They looked away from Sentinel to Ultra Magnus, who was beginning to speak.
"Femmes, Mechs, it is with great sorrow that we gather today. Today is the day that we mourn Optimus, and Elita-One. Two trainees in the Autobot Acadamy. To many of you, you might not think that mere trainees would be of much importance to me. But you see, I had extremely high hopes for both of them. Elita-One was a very strong femme. She conquered every task she was given with great pricision and accuracy. I had hoped that one day, she would become the Femme Commander. She would have made a very strong leader. As for Optimus, I had even higher hopes for him. He was a very noble mech, very capable, and very kind. This may come as a shock to all of you, but I had hoped that he would be the future Magnus after I had passed," Sentinel's face dropped at this comment, while Optimus' face lit up. "But no," Magnus carried on, "Unfortunately, they passed very much too soon in their life. They may have died on an off-limits planet, but that doesn't change my feelings whatsoever. It is a very deep loss and tradgedy."
As Ultra Magnus continued to address the crowd, the loved ones, and the family, Optimus and Elita slowly crept up to the stage to stand beside Sentinel. They had a quick conversation over comm., but decided what they needed to do. So they both started whispering, "Sentinel..." so that only he could hear it. They almost laughed as his head shot up, quickly looking around for who had said his name. When no one said anything further, he quietly settled down.
"Sentinel," Optimus whispered, trying not to break into a fit of laughter, "Why did you betray me, Sentinel?" He asked, whispering quietly. His head shot up again, trying to find out who was speaking to him, only to realise that the voice he heard was that of Optimus.
"Optimus?" Sentinel asked, earning the glares of every single mech and femme in the room. Ultra Magnus leaned over to Sentinel, "Is there something you would like to add to what I am saying, Sentinel?"
The heat rose to Sentinel's face-plates. Trying to hide it, he shook his head very rapidly, motioning for Magnus to continue.
"Sentinel, why?" Elita whispered this time, getting Sentinel's attention once more, "Why did you not return for me? Why did you leave me there to die? I didn't die! I lived! If you would have returned for me, I would still be here, now wouldn't I?"
Sentinel shook his head again, trying to rid his processor of the voices. But there was no end to it.
"Why Sentinel?"
"Why?"
"Sentinel, why did you leave me?"
"You didn't return for me, now you must pay!"
"Pay! He must pay!"
Finally he shook his head, yelling, "No no! It wasn't my fault! I would have died too! Please don't kill me!" This earned him a confused stare, again, from every single cybertronian in the room, "No! Optimus, Elita! You have to believe me!"
"Leave here, Sentinel! Leave and never come back!"
"No! I can't leave here! I am to become Magnus!" This earned him a cold glare from Ultra Magnus, but in his confusion, Sentinel didn't even notice it.
"LEAVE!"
He screamed and sprinted out of the room, leaving a puddle of lubricant where he was standing. The entire audience was very confused, wondering why they had just witnessed an almost full grown mech, have a conversation with himself, or some invisible or imaginary mech or femme, then leak all over the stage. Ultra Magnus stared at the door in awe, trying to process what just happened.
"Well now. Okay. I'm not sure what just happened but... we should... still continue the service... ?" In the time that the Autobot commander had taken to spit out his confused sentance, Optimus and Elita had walked back over to Jazz, who had shooed them out the door.
"Come back in when I comm. you, okay? I'll have turned the Invisa-Shield off by then," they knodded, walking out the door.
Leaning agains't the wall, they felt a tingling sensation, followed by them becoming visible. Optimus and Elita inspected themselves, satisfied that they were finally able to see themselves. Back in the board-room, Ultra Magnus had begun to speak again, but was interupted by Jazz.
"Um, sir? I have something that you should probably see... "
:Okay, get in here now!: He added over comm. link to Optimus and Elita.
They took a deep breath, and slowly pushed open the doors to the board room. Every mech and femme in the room turned to see who had entered, but they all gasped in shock at the sight of them. The crowd started murmering to eachother, making their own conclusions of what had happened.
"Maybe they're ghosts!"
"Maybe they're just our imagination!"
"Maybe-"
"OR MAYBE..." Jazz interjected, silencing the whole crowd, "Maybe, " he repeated, "Sentinel lied." The entire crowd gasped again, and Jazz shook his head, "Seriously? I think just about every single one of you has met Sentinel... it's not that hard to believe."
Optimus and Elita just stood there, wondering what they were supposed to do next. Do they just stand there? Or should they go talk to Ultra Magnus. But as if Magnus was reading their thoughts, he asked them over to him. They walked in silence, hoping that they weren't actually in trouble. Who knows what Sentinel actually told him. Most likely anything to preserve his place in Elita-Guard training. When they finally reached Ultra Magnus, they noticed the stern, yet happy look on his face.
"Optimus, Elita-One! As happy as I am that you are still alive, would you mind telling me what's going on?" He asked, finding a chair and sitting down. He dismissed the audience, knowing that this should probably be a private conversation.
"Okay, but Jazz should be here too," Optimus stated, "Because he was the one that helped us."
They motioned for Jazz to come sit, and they started their long story of explaining. Optimus started first.
"Well, as you know, Sentinel, Elita and I went to Arachnia. Me and Elita didn't really want to go since it was off-limits," but he was cut off by Elita.
"Actually, Optimus I don't need you to lie for me. I wanted to go too. But not really as much as Sentinel. All I wanted was to see the history of a War-ship. You know, all the architectue and stuff. I thought it would be cool, anyways, go on Optimus."
"Okay, but Sentinel didn't care about the history whatsoever. He was thinking about all of the energon that we would find. We didn't really want to let him go alone, cause he was our friend at the time. So we ended up going with him. We actually found the ship, but it was infested by organics."
"Ah, yes. Sentinel told me about that part. But he also told me that him and Elita had nothing to do with it and that you, Optimus, went for all of the energon. I of course didn't believe him, because I know you Optimus and you would never do that. Carry on," he said, leaning back into his chair. They obviously weren't going to get in trouble for this, but they couldn't exactly say the same for Sentinel.
"After we found the ship, we had to fight off the organics, so Elita used my powers. But her download ended as we were using our grappling hooks so she fell into the pit of organics. Sentinel dragged me out of there, but I insisted on going back for her, so he stayed behind with the ship. When I came back with Elita, Sentinel was gone with the ship. We ended up calling Jazz to come pick us up," Jazz did a thumbs up as Optimus finished. He was happy with his summary considering he could have gone WAY farther into detail but decided that telling the shorter version would be the best was to go.
Ultra Magnus sat in silence for a moment, letting Optimus' words sink in. He was contemplating what he should do with Sentinel. Being kicked out of the Elite-Guard was very iminent, but what else he did definintely deserved something more. After his thinking, he sat up straight to adress Optimus and Elita-One, "Well, again I say, I am overjoyed that you are still alive. I am taking the blame off of you for everything that happened on Arachnia. For what I should do with Sentinel, I have not entirely decided. But one thing is for certain, he is no longer part of the Autobot Acadamy, and will not be a part of the Elite Guard."
Optimus and Elita sighed. They could't believe all of this had happened. A few days ago, Sentinel was their bestfriend. Now, he was nothing more than an Elita-Guard wash-out. They got up to leave but Optimus quickly added, "Thank-you, commander sir. It was an honor talking to you. But I was wondering, is there any way that we could get our quarters back? Jazz had informed us that ours where re-assigned."
Ultra Magnus knodded, understanding their predicament, "I'm not sure. But from what I know, I'm afraid that you and Elita will have to share quarters for the time being until we get this all settled out," He sighed, rubbing his face-plates. Lovely, a mech and a femme in the same quarters. Where was is leadership going?
"Well, uh, are you sure, Commander?" Optimus asked, earning a sharp elbow in his side from Elita. If Magnus noticed, he certainly didn't show it.
"I'm sure that you two can handle it. Now if you'll excuse me, I probably have a million data-pads stacked on my desk by now. Your new quarters will be in Section Beta, room 97JJK," with that, he got up and left.
Jazz stared at his two friends, wondering what they were thinking. He had no idea what had happened in his room, and he wasn't sure he really wanted to know. He got to his feet, "Well, I have patrol in a bit so I'm gonna get going now. I know you know where section beta is, so there's no use for me to show you where it is. See you two later!"
Optimus and Elita just sat there, wondering what to do next, until Optimus got up, stating that he need some decent recharge. So they both got up, and walked silently to their new shared quarters. When they reached them, they set up a new password, and entered to see what kind of room they were assigned. It was a decently sized, with four seperate rooms. A washrack, a kitchen, a living room, and the berth-room. With one bed. Optimus stared at the berth with shock, silently happy but trying not to show it.
"Well, I guess you can have the berth, I'll take the couch," he said, walking towards the living room, only to be pulled back by Elita.
"Oh no you don't. We both get the berth. It's big enough to share. Anyways, do you honestly not want to share a berth after what happened in Jazz' room?" She asked, Optimus shaking his head silently," Exactly, no get over here. I'm tired too."
Optimus hesitantly climbed onto the berth, lying down on his side. Elita climbed on beside him, snuggling into him. He swung his hand over to rest on her waist and they both fell into a blissful, uninterupted recharge.
YAY! Chapter 4 is complete! And it took me less than four hours this time! Hope you enjoyed it! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE review! It makes me write EVEN MORE!
AND GUESS WHAT? (in reviews) Don't actually just say "WHAT?" actually guess :D I will reveal the answer next chapter! Until then!
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