Episode 4: The Prime Who Died.
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Flashback, the Day the Decepticon Empire fell...
The Trypiticon's core was badly damaged, with little time left to escape as Megatron slowly got up to his feet, Optimus was facing Bumblebee, whom he gave the Yellow Minibot a loving hug.
Optimus: (Hugs Bumblebee tight) I love you so much, I just needed you to know that.
Bumblebee: (Hugged his Dad back a little) Dad, I love you too, but why-!
Suddenly, Optimus pushed Bumblebee back and then went to the panel to shoot at it, causing the door to be closed shut, as everyone else outside was shut out, leaving Optimus the only one with Megatron.
Bumblebee: (Widened his Optics) Dad?! Dad, what are you doing?!
Ratchet: Prime?! (Walks to the shut door) Prime, what do ya think you're doing?!
Optimus: You all need to go, now! (Activates his Axe) I'll hold off Megatron! You just get yourselves back to Earth safely, now!
Rodimus: Optimus, we're not leaving you!
Optimus: Rodimus, you need to get them out, now! While you have a chance, go! (Turns around and charges towards Megatron)
Bumblebee: (Sees Optimus walking away) Dad no! (Bangs on the door) Guys, come on! We need to get him out of there!
Arcee: There's no time! We have a full minute until Trypiticon explodes!
Ironhide; (Turns Steel and bangs on the door) Hot Rod, what do ya wanna do?!
Rodimus: (Looks at the door and closed his Optics) We need to leave, now!
Bumblebee: (Turns to Rodimus) No! My Dad's in there! We have to save him!
Cade: Yeah, we can't just leave him!
Rodimus: I know, but he left himself in there so we can have a chance to escape! (Turns to Bumblebee) I'm sorry, but we have to go, your Father would've wanted you to go!
Bumblebee: (Closed his Optics) But we can't just leave!
Bulkhead: Bumblebee, we gotta go, now!
Jazz: We got 50 Nano Clicks!
Rodimus: (Picks Bumblebee up) Come on, let's go!
Bumblebee: (Struggled in Rodimus' hold) NO! (Looks at the door) DAD!
The group left the Throne room, as Optimus walked towards Megatron, as the Tyrant has his Sword drawn out.
Megatron: (Glared at Optimus) This is the end Optimus Prime...
Optimus: (Glared at Megatron) You're right Megatron... (Extends his Axe's handle) It is the end.
The two then charged without second thought, as they clashed each other's weapons, they fought for a good 20 seconds as they fought near the throne, fighting each other in the last seconds of their lives.
Optimus: (Dodged a swing of Megatron's Sword) Megatron, enough! Trypiticon is about to explode! (Collided his Axe with the Warlord's Sword) Can't you see this fight is over now?
Megatron: (Collided his Sword with the Prime's Axe) You're going to die here, Optimus Prime! (Head butted Optimus, knocking him away) This entire Prison shall be your grave!
Optimus: (Wiped his intake due to Purple Energon coming out) Yeah, that's something I'm really looking forward to. (Lifted his Axe up in mid air to block the Sword hitting him)
Megatron: (Clashed his Sword with the Axe in mid air) In that case, allow me to satisfy you, Autobot. (Activates his Cannon and shoots Optimus by the side of his waist)
Optimus: (Gets shot by the waist) AAGH!
Optimus backed away, stumbling a couple of feet away from Megatron as there was only a mere 15 seconds on the clock to detonation, as Optimus was loosing his strength from the wound, he swung his Axe at Megatron, only for the Decepticon to catch it with his Sword and swung it up in the air, throwing it to stab the wall as he kicked Optimus onto the ground, as there was now a matter of 10 seconds while the large Gray Warlord stood over the Red and Blue Prime.
Megatron: (Stands over Prime) There, now I am the victor, Optimus Prime.
Optimus: (Glared at Megatron as he laid on the floor, holding his wound) Do your worst.
Megatron aimed his Cannon at Optimus, preparing to fire, only for everything in the room to self destruct, as parts of the Throne Room exploded, part of the ceiling broke apart, falling right on top of Megatron as debris fell on top of him, the explosions caused the fortified windows that shielded the outside windows to be broken apart, causing air to be sucked out into the gaping hole, as Optimus quickly held onto a ramp, holding on to dear life.
Optimus: (Holds onto the ramp) Ugh! (Raises his head up, only to see a piece of the throne to be broken off and hit him square in the face) Augh! (Lets go and gets sucked into the window) AHHHHH!
Megatron: (Sees Optimus leaving the Throne) No... (Explosions started to get more extreme, as flames started to engulf him) NOOOOOO!
While being sucked into Space, Optimus could hear Megatron's last scream mixed with pain and total defeat, as Optimus was starting to float some fair distance away from Trypiticon, the Prison began to explode in a chain reaction, as many booms was heard, Prime only stared at the Prison while everything around him was getting destroyed.
Optimus: (Widened his Optics as he sees Trypiticon about to explode) Crap.
Suddenly, the entire Prison exploded, causing a huge wave to push Optimus away from the blast, as he was flying backwards away from the big ball of fire floating above Planet Earth.
Optimus: (Gets flipped repeatedly upside down) AAAHHHH! (Pants as he is going upside down, until he stopped moving, as he panted, a huge chunk of scrap was flying right towards him) Oh no, no, no, n-! (Moved his hands up in defense as the chunk hitted him, causing him to black out)
Hours later, Optimus opened his Optics to see himself floating next to the wreckage of what was left of Trypiticon Prison, as he looked around at the destruction he was floating next to while they all, including him, hovered above Earth.
Optimus: (Panted as he looked around) Primus... (Tries to move, only to feel pain from his waist) AHH! (Gripped his left side, as he saw that his waist was damaged) FRAG! (Gave several Intakes) Okay, okay, I need to make a call. (Touched his Helm to activate Comms) This is Optimus Prime, I'm in need of immediate medical attention! (Gets nothing but static) Hello? Can anyone hear me? (Gets static still) Hello? Dammit! (Lets go of his Helm) I can't contact anyone, it must be due to that blast from earlier that caused my Comms to not work... (Sighs) Slag... (Floats in space for a while as he is starting to loose consciousness) No, I can't... (Blinks his Optics) I can't go into Stasis, not yet... (Blinks his Optics slowly) Come on... Come on...
Optimus started to begin a fight that was about the will to stay awake, which was a futile fight due to the wound on his waist, the Prime started to close his Optics while drifting next to the debris, as his last seconds being awake was suddenly being casted around by a shining light, as he was suddenly being lifted up, he opened his Optics one last time, catching a glimpse of a ship that he was being pulled onto, before finally closing his Optics, drifting into Stasis Lock...
In the Present Day, in the KVI Cluster was nothing but a wreckage of a ship previously abandoned, along with Drift's ship that was floating about 30 feet away from it's distance, Sentinel Minor's crew was standing in the Medbay, all of them standing in a circle around Optimus Prime, thought to be dead, only to turn up Online, but in Stasis Lock as he laid down on a Berth.
Siren: (Looks at Optimus, his Visor widened in amazement) Whoa dude, it's him!
Sentinel: (Folded his Servos) Yes, it is.
Siren: Holy Slag, it's actually him! The real Optimus Prime!
Nightbeat: Yes, we know, it's him Siren, we can all see it!
Hosehead: Are we sure he's not a zombie?!
Siren: (Groans in annoyance) Dude!
Nightbeat: No he's not!
Hosehead: Well, are we really sure? Because what if he comes Online and ends up trying to eat us?!
Sentinel: Hosehead, he's not a zombie, like Nightbeat said, his vitals are okay, and he wouldn't attack us, he's Optimus Prime for God's sakes.
Hosehead: (Nodded slowly) Okay... (Touched his chin) But how is he still Online?!
Drift: (Folded his Servos) Yeah, and what in the name of Primus is he doing floating among space junk when he should've at least been floating next to Trypiticon junk?
Sentinel: (Rubbed his Optics) I don't-! (Sighs) I don't know, but the important thing is, that he's here now, and we have to be here to help him in any way we can. (Turns to Nightbeat) Nightbeat, can you tell us about how he got those dents?
Nightbeat: (Looks at the wounds) Well, I'd say he may have gotten them from the ship we passed through, but these wounds are ones that went through a battle before.
Siren: Yeah right!
Drift: (Looks at Optimus' wounds) Oh no, she's right. (Activates his Headlight as he looks over the wounds) Few of them were from that shipwreck, but most of them are 5 Lunar Cycles old. (Looks at his fellow crewman) Care to guess where he got those?
Sentinel: Trypiticon.
Drift: Exactly.
Siren: Yeah, and how do you know all that? Are you some kind of Docbot?
Drift: Actually, I've taken some lessons in repairing Bots, some of them were back when I was a Con, and others when I was with some lovely Femmes, whom I've had some... (Rubbed his Helm) Well, pleasant moments with them.
Hosehead: (Widened his Visor) Wait, are you implying that you had-?
Sentinel: Yes Hosehead, you don't need to state the logic in that statement. (Turns to Drift) But seriously, can you heal my Brother?
Drift: (Placed his hips) Well, I'm not entirely equipped to fix Bots, but I have some tools that may get him patched up. (Turns to a monitor) Still, something about this is alluding me.
Siren: What do you mean? It's Optimus Prime, it's actually him that's here!
Drift: (Turns around) I know it's him smart alec, it's something about this just feels off...
Sentinel: What do you mean?
Drift: Well look at the wounds, they're months old, and the shot on his waist is too severe, even for your Brother to handle.
Nightbeat: What are you saying though?
Drift: I'm saying, that with wounds like these, he shouldn't even be Online, let alone be all the way out here instead of Earth.
Hosehead: Yeah, what exactly was he doing over here anyway?
Siren: Yeah, shouldn't he be floating next to Space debris as dust, or at least be floating next to Space debris as a Shell?
Nightbeat: (Touched her chin) And if he's been Online all these Lunar Cycles, he should have at least been trying to make contact to the public, not to mention wanting to see his family again.
Sentinel: (Walks around) Look, I know each of us have a lot of questions that need to be answered, myself personally, but for now, we should contact Cybertron immediately and let them know that Optimus is here and is need of medical attention. (Turns to Optimus) And while we wait, we should all be here, we don't know when he'll start to wake up from Stasis Lock, so-!
Hosehead: (Hears the monitor Spark beat starting to spike bigger) Hey, something's up with the Spark monitor!
Siren: (Turns to the monitor) Is that good or bad?!
Nightbird: (Walks over to Optimus, noticing his Optics squinting) His Optics... (Turns to Sentinel) Hey, I think he's waking up!
Drift: (Widened his Optics) Well that was quick.
Sentinel: (Widened his Optics and walked over to where Nightbeat stood) Stand back, everyone let me handle this! (Turns to Optimus, noticing his hands are moving as he leaned closer to him) Hey there old buddy, it's your old pal Sentinel! I've missed you-!
Suddenly, what he expected was a question of where he was, Optimus' only response was lifting his Servo up and grabbing Sentinel by the throat, taking the group by surprise as they saw Optimus choke his own Brother in front of them while he glared his Optics at him, his Optic color now strangely Purple instead of the usual Blue as he looked like he was going to murder Sentinel.
Siren: (Widened his Optics) Whoa!
Drift: What the Frag?!
Hosehead: (Screams in terror) AHHHHHHH! ZOMBIE!
Optimus: (His Optics Purple instead of Blue as he choked Sentinel) ARAGH! (Throws Sentinel to the wall)
Sentinel: (Gets thrown against the wall) GUAH! (Leans against the wall as he groaned) Optimus! (Turns to look up, only to narrowly catch Optimus' hands about to choke him again) Optimus, it's me! What are you doing?!
Optimus: (Optics still Purple as he attempted to put his hands on Sentinel's throat and speaks alien language) ARAGH!
Sentinel: What?! (Gets choked by Optimus) Ugk!
Optimus: (Started to choke on Sentinel as he continued mumbling alien language) ARAGH!
Siren: (Turns to Drift, Nightbeat, and Hosehead) Okay, he's gone nuts!
Nightbeat: Well, we gotta do something!
Drift: Yes, and I will! (Walks to the two) Stay back!
Drift picked up a wrench and ran to hit Optimus by the side of his Helm, making him let Sentinel go as the choked Brother coughed to catch a breath, Optimus on the other hand got up and glared at Drift with a death stare, causing his Purple Optics to glow.
Drift: (Widened his Optics as he noticed Optimus' expression) Sorry.
A second later, Optimus tackled Drift out of the medbay, taking the fight down into the brig as Drift immediately got up onto his feet, looking at Optimus as he started to stomp towards the Cyber Ninja.
Drift: (Holds his hand up) Whoa, slow down there tough guy! (Dodges a punch from Optimus) Hey, take it easy! (Jumps over the table to get a safe distance from Optimus) Hey, Optimus, look at me, okay? It's Drift, the Bot that you helped that one time? (Circles the table as Optimus trails him) Look, I'm your friend here, and I don't want to hurt you, I want to help you, and so does everyone on this ship! Alright, we just want to know what happened to you-!
Optimus: (Jumps over the table) AUGHHH! (Tries tackling Drift)
Drift: (Dodges being tackled by Optimus) UGH! (Turns to Optimus) You know what, screw this! (Goes to Optimus and kicks a his Chestplate, and then moves to hit him again, only for Optimus to grab his fist and and to get flipped over Optimus to where he is behind him) UGH! (Gets chocked by Optimus again as the Prime used both Servos to choke him) Uk! (Gripped his hands on Optimus' shoulders) You could at least recognize me!
Nightbeat: (Runs in the room and jump kicks Optimus) Hui-Yah!
Optimus: (Gets kicked on the Helm) GUH! (Lets go of Drift as he stumbled backwards)
Nightbeat: (Lands on the floor and turns to Optimus in her battle position as Siren and Hosehead joined) Optimus Prime, we do not wish to hurt you, but we will use excessive force if you do not comply!
Hosehead: Yeah, STAND DOWN! (Gets a WTF look from Siren and Nightbeat as he gets an awkward brow as he turned to them) What?
Optimus: (Looks at the three and growls) AUAGH!
Siren: (Gets into battle pose) Okay, I don't think he's in the mood to listen right now!
Hosehead: Does this mean we have to fight him now?
Nightbeat: (Sighs as she sees Optimus running towards them) Guess so!
The fight ensued, as Optimus got close to the Headmaster Jrs, Siren came up and gave Optimus quick uppercuts on his torso, while Nightbeat did the kicking midair, as she kicked him on his upper Chestplate, she tried landing a kick onto his Faceplate, only for the Prime to counter and grab the Femme to throw her at the Communications panel, disabling it while Siren tried to land a hook, he had his hand caught by Optimus' and got hit in the face himself knocking him to the ground as the Prime attempted to lift his Pede to step on his Helm, only to get white puffy foam all over his face, as he smeared it off and turned to Hosehead, who was using his hoses to shoot foam at Optimus earlier.
Hosehead: (Looks at Optimus) STOP HURTING MY FRIENDS! (Gets a death glare from Optimus) Please?
Optimus' only response was sprinting towards Hosehead, only to bump into a blunt object, knocking him to the floor briefly as Sentinel, now back in action, stood in the room with his Shield as he looked at Optimus while in his battle pose.
Sentinel: (Has his Shield ready as he looked at his Brother) Optimus, I know you just came back from the Well of Allsparks, but you need to stop this right now!
Optimus: (Got up as he growled) AUGHH! (Sprinted towards Sentinel)
Sentinel: (Sees Optimus sprinting towards him) Oh great! (Lifted his Shield up to defend himself as Optimus started pounding on his Shield)
Hosehead: (Looks at the fight between Sentinel and Optimus) Uh, sir? What's wrong with your Brother?
Sentinel: I don't know Hosehead, do I look like I have all the answers in the region?! (Gets kicked by the knee) UGH!
Optimus: RAAGH! (Tackled his Brother to hit him on the stomach)
Sentinel: (Gets hit by the stomach a few times) Ugh! Guh! Ah! (Grabs Optimus to flip him upside down to crash him on the floor WWE style)
Drift: (Gets up while rubbing his throat) Well, this should be a really great time to call Cybertron right now!
Siren: (Gets up) Actually, Prime threw Nightbeat to the Communications panel, and she ended up breaking it by accident.
Drift: Oh, so we're screwed then, just great!
Nightbeat: (Gets up while groaning) We have to put him down somehow!
Sentinel: (Defends himself with his Shield while on his knees as Optimus pounded at it) If anyone's got any ideas, now's the time to do it!
Siren: (Looks at Optimus and widened his Visor) Hold up, I think I got one! (Turns to Hosehead) Hey Hose! Can you shoot your Hoses at Prime again? I need a distraction!
Hosehead: (Gets out his Hoses) Uh, sure Siren!
Nightbeat: Wait, Siren, what are you thinking of right now?
Siren: Well, you know how I was named Siren, right Nightbeat?
Nightbeat: (Widened her Optics) Oh no, you're not going to do what I think you're going to do!
Drift: (Turns to Nightbeat) What do you mean what he's going to do?
Optimus: (Gets foam on his Optics) AHH! (Backs away from Sentinel)
Siren: (Turns to Sentinel) Hey boss! You might wanna stand back and plug your Audios! And so does everyone else!
Sentinel: (Raises a brow as he backed away from Optimus) Okay, but why?
Siren: (Turns to press a button on his Helm) Because things are about to get loud up in here!
Siren then took a deep Intake, as Optimus rubbed the foam out of his Optics, Siren suddenly let out a loud Sonic Scream, vibrating the whole room with loud noise as everyone in the crew covered their Audios while Optimus on the other got flown across the room, until landing on a wall as everything got damaged, until Siren stopped, letting the Prime off the wall and fall to the ground, as the whole room got damaged, wires were seen all over while the team got up, rubbing their Audios from the scream.
Siren: (Rubbed his Helm) Woo, that was sure loud. (Placed his Servos on his waist) Is everyone okay?
Everyone except Optimus and Siren: (Turns to Siren) WHAT?
Siren: (Nodded) Okay, good to know you guys are okay.
Hosehead: (Rubbed his Audios while groaning) No we're not!
Drift: (Groaned as he noticed Optimus weakly getting up) Hey, we're not done yet! He's still up!
Sentinel: (Walked towards Optimus panting as he almost got up) I'm sorry Optimus... (Panted as he Activated his Shield again) But this isn't personal! (Hits Optimus on the Helm with his Shield, knocking him outcold as he leaned against the wall, sitting down) Huh, this feels just like old times...
Later, everyone got Optimus back in the Medbay, with Stasis Cuffs attached to his Servos and Pedes while he laid on the Berth in Stasis Lock, everyone kept a close eye on him due to the earlier unexpected incident from earlier.
Sentinel: (Folded his Servos as he stared at Optimus) Drift, how bad is the damage?
Drift: (Sighs as he rubbed his Helm) Well, with Communications out, I doubt it's possible to make a call to anyone now.
Nightbeat: (Looks at Optimus) I don't understand, why would Optimus Prime acted in such a violent behavior?
Siren: Did whoever owned the ship that's floating as a pile of Space trash might have added some funky Programming into his system?
Hosehead: Is he gonna attack us again when he wakes up?
Sentinel: (Shakes his Helm) Even if he wanted to, he can't with the Stasis Cuffs holding him, so we can be safe at least. (Turns to Drift) Drift, Transwarp us to Cybertron, we're going to need Red Alert, Wheeljack, Perceptor, First Aid, any Bot that has the smarts to figure out what's wrong with Optimus to help him.
Drift: Oh sure, we could've done that already if the Transwarp Drive wasn't completely damaged all thanks to Siren over here!
Siren: (Raises a brow) Are you saying it's my fault?
Drift: Well, you could've warned us if you were going to literally scream at the top of your Voice Box, or otherwise I would have known to put up a Blast Door on the Transwarp Drive!
Sentinel: Okay, what else is damaged besides the Transwarp Drive? Is everything completely damaged?
Drift: Well not everything, I can still pilot the ship, since the Engines aren't damaged that badly, and the map is alright. (Turns to the monitor) On the meantime, I suggest we go ahead and head to Terminus, it's a long shot, but-!
Sentinel: (Turns to Drift) Wait a minute, Terminus? Why are we going there?!
Drift: (Turns to Sentinel) Well, I'd pick Skriixos V, but that Planet's been declared as a diminished research facility, so it's likely to be abandoned-!
Sentinel: (Shook his Helm) No, I meant why are we going to Terminus when we should be heading back to Cybertron?!
Nightbeat: Yeah, I agree with Sentinel Minor, shouldn't we head back to Cybertron?
Drift: Well, there's Stero, Sargasso, Aquarius, Necronom IV, but last I heard, those planets are either unhabited, or hangouts for bounty hunters, and if rumors are right, Yautja isn't really a common place no bot would dare go to.
Siren: (Walks next to Sentinel and Nightbeat) Uh, yeah, why can't we just fly to Cybertron? Don't they have a lot of medical care over there?
Hosehead: Yeah, Cybertron Infirmary is like the best place to go to when you're injured.
Sentinel: Drift, why Terminus? Cybertron is obviously one of the best choices to go!
Drift: (Sighs) Okay, you know what, let me get out the galactic map, alright? (Turns to the monitor and shows an image of the Milky Way) Okay, so, see that Red dot right on the very top of the universe? (Points at the Red dot) Yeah, that's us at the top of the KVI Cluster, now see this Red area riiight down next to the center of the universe? (Points at the Red lining around the left side) That would be the Autobot Space, which contains almost 30 Planets in the territory, if the Rigel System actually counts, and they're sure to have a lot of medical care no matter if we land on Cybertron, Vespa II Alpha IX, Omnitron, whichever we choose, but let's say we go with your idea and head there. (Points back to the KVI Cluster) Now, the reason we got here so quickly was because of the Spacebridge, but because there are no Spacebridges here, we would have to go back to Autobot Space the old fashioned way, traveling a long time and distance from here to there, and of course, we'd survive, considering the amount of Energon stacked up in our storage. (Points at Optimus) But this Bot on the other hand? Well let's go back to how damaged his wounds are, sure most of them aren't that bad, but you see that nasty one on the right side of his waist? (Points at Optimus' waist) Well, I could try getting that patched up, but I doubt with the amount of time we'd have to go through, I highly doubt Optimus Prime would even survive the trip back home, so here are two options we could go at; One, westick to your idea and risk Optimus Prime's health on the line, or Two, we can go with my idea and head to Terminus, which is one of the highly populated Planets in this sector, and yes, it isn't really a part of the Autobot Commonwealth, but at least he can get the help he needs a lot quicker with the distance it's at. (Folded his Servos) So, what's your choice boss?
Nightbeat: (Looks at the map, and turns to Sentinel) Boss, Drift's right, this would take a long time to get back to Cybertron, and with the Transwarp Drive not working, I don't think we'd be able to make it in time.
Sentinel: (Looks at the map and turns to Drift) You sure there's medical equipment over there?
Drift: I have a friend in Terminus that can help us out, I promise you guaranteed.
Sentinel: (Sighs) Alright, then plot a course for Terminus, and once we get there, I want Optimus to be brought directly there, no exceptions!
Drift: (Nodded) Can do! (Turns to the three) You better have brought something to not get bored, it's going to be a long trip!
Siren: (Groans) Yay us!
Hosehead: (Rubbed his Helm as he looked at Optimus) What do you think he was trying to say?
Siren: Uh, I don't know, that he had his entire Processor to go nuts on us? Yeah, I think that's what exactly he was trying to say.
Nightbeat: (Touched her chin in curiosity) That language, what is it supposed to mean?
Siren: (Raises a brow) You're curious now?
Nightbeat: They could have been just mumbling, but they could also could have been some kind of language. (Turns to Hosehead and Siren) Perhaps Optimus was trying to tell us something, beyond that rage, he could have been trying to warn us about something.
Hosehead: Well, do we have a translator here?
Nightbeat: No one here could translate it, but maybe there's something on Drift's ship that could translate it. (Turns to leave.
Siren: (Sees her leave) Are you sure it'll even work?
Two weeks have passed since Optimus Prime's sudden arrival, as the crew had gotten out of the KVI Cluster into the vast reaches of Space, they wandered for days, as the team consumed Energon, while Sentinel Minor would come into the Medbay and check in on Optimus daily, as he is seen sitting a chair next to the Berth Optimus is laying on, looking at him as he laid there in Stasis Lock, bandages placed on some of his wounds while Drift came in and checked on the two.
Drift: (Walks to Sentinel) We're about 50 Clicks away from our destination, so it shouldn't be long now before we arrive
Sentinel: That's good, anything else we should know once we get there?
Drift: Well, I know this Planet's filled with lots of strange Bots, mostly scavengers, and Terminus City should have lots of spare parts available, so I think about a few more weeks there of fixing up the Transwarp Drive, and then we should be on our way back to Cybertron once Optimus is fully patched up.
Sentinel: (Nodded) Great... (Turns to Drift) Thank you for helping him out, I know you did the best you could in fixing him.
Drift: (Folded his Servos) Hey, it's no problem at all, as long as he doesn't try to kill us again, I won't have to keep fixing him up all the time.
Sentinel: I doubt that, as long as the Stasis Cuffs are on place. (Placed a hand on his chin) How are the Younglings doing?
Drift: Oh, bored to the Pit, but it seems they have something to do, so there's nothing we should be worried about. (Placed his hands on his waist) Is there anything else I can do right now?
Sentinel: No, you've done enough Drift, just make sure we're still on course. (Leaned forward) When we arrive, we find your friend, and we let Optimus out to get the care, see if we can help him.
Drift: (Nodded) Noted. (Turns to leave)
Sentinel: (Turns back to Optimus as he leaned his chair forward to him) Hey there buddy, it's me again... I know I've said this before, but you gave us all a pretty good beating back there, despite your wounds, you're still one of the toughest Bots I know... (Folded his Servos) You know, when I was told that you went Offline, I thought I would never see you again, after seeing you and your team fight against Megatron after that stunt he pulled on the bridge... (Closed his Optics as he leaned back against his chair) So, I meant to tell you this when you first woke up, but there was a lot of changes that went on while you were away; Bumblebee took my place after I got removed from the Elite Guard, and now he's a skilled Autobot Elite Guard Warrior, Elita One was in Cybertron Infirmary after she had gotten rid of her Techno Organic half, and managed to get a lot of help thanks to Red Alert and First Aid, she got to be with her Son after a long time, and Rodimus Prime took over team on Earth, and now it's under their jurisdiction... (Leaned forward) So far, everyone's doing okay last I checked, but you should have seen your Son Optimus, he did such a good job in the Elite Guard, taking down Decepticons that were on Cybertron, but he missed you so much, and he still does, I haven't even told him or Elita because, well the Communications managed to jam everyone's Comlink, so we couldn't contact anyone... (Sighs as he placed his hands on the Prime's) What I'm trying to say is, if you would see your Son now, you would have been so proud of him... (Got up from his chair) And that's why I'm going to bring you back home Orion, I'm going to do everything I can to help you, so please hang in there Brother, so everyone can get to see you again...
Sentinel then left the room, while he walked down the halls, he noticed the Headmaster Jrs. in their room as they looked over ancient symbols projected holographically as he walked inside.
Siren: (Folded his Servos) Seriously, why are we even doing this?
Nightbeat: To find some answers Siren, that's what we're doing!
Hosehead: This doesn't really answer anything-!
Sentinel: (Folded his Servos) What's going on here?
Hosehead: (Widened his Optics being startled) AH!
Siren: (Turns to see Sentinel) Sentinel Minor sir!
Nightbeat: (Turns to Sentinel) Sir, we didn't know you were in here-!
Sentinel: (Walks to the panel, looking at the symbols) What are they supposed to be?
Nightbeat:(Looks at the symbols) Oh, well that's just, something I found in a history vid, and, well...
Siren: Oh come on Beats! You could at least tell him about it!
Sentinel: Tell me what? What is it that I should know?
Nightbeat: (Sighs) These are the symbols that I found on Optimus Prime, sir.
Sentinel: (Raises a brow) Optimus? But that's impossible, there's nothing on there besides dents and wires.
Nightbeat: Yes, but I noticed something on the back of his neck, it was very short, but I managed to take a close picture of it and then uploaded it on the panel to see if we could translate them.
Sentinel: Well, can you?
Nightbeat: Getting to it.
Siren: Meaning that she's going to take forever!
Nightbeat: Actually, I'm going to be short because I'm going to be finished by the time this conversation ends.
Siren: (Raises a brow) What now?
Nightbeat: (Hears a beep) Ah, here we are, done!
Hosehead: We are?
Nightbeat: Yeah, displaying translation now!
She then showed the translation digitally, revealing only 5 words, which read "WRATH, WAR, DEATH, WISDOM, JUDGEMENT", as the group looked at the words in wonder.
Nightbeat: (Looks at the words) Wrath, War, Death, Wisdom, and Judgement? What's that supposed to mean?
Sentinel: I don't know... (Turns to Hosehead and Siren) Hey, did we run a scan on that ship back in the Cluster and scanned for any Decepticon readings?
Siren: We did boss, but all checked out, not one more Heat Signature was there, Prime was the only one there.
Hosehead: And the ship wasn't even a Decepticon ship, it was of unknown origins really.
Sentinel: And how do you know that?
Hosehead: Well, that's what I read when I scanned it sir.
Sentinel: Primus... (Looks at the words again) Where has Optimus been to these last 5 Lunar Cycles?
Nightbeat: I think the question we should we really be asking, is who was he with?
Suddenly, a loud boom was heard outside the ship, making everyone stumble on the floor uncontrollably as the room shook, and the panel stopped showing off the words as the 4 managed to stand their equal footing.
Sentinel: (Grunted as he felt the ship shaking once more) UGH! (Held onto the wall) What now?!
Drift: (On Ship loud speakers) Hey, anyone that's has absolutely nothing to do, you should get your Afts back on the bridge ASAP!
Everyone ran to the bridge without question as they ran back inside, Drift was on the Pilot's seat looking like he's in distress as his team ran to him.
Sentinel: (Runs to Drift) What's the trouble?
Drift: (Points at the windshield) They are! (Point at a ship that's attacking them) Those people are shooting at us!
Hosehead: (Grabbed his Helm) Oh Scrap! It must be the Cons from the Cluster!
Drift: No, different ship, and I don't know who they are! (Hears a comlink going off) Hey, someone's calling us!
Siren: Hey, I thought you said communications was down!
Drift: Yeah, but only when we try to make a call, someone on the outside can! (Turns to Sentinel) And they're still hailing us, so you want us to answer it?
Sentinel: Put through, it could whoever's shooting at us from behind!
Drift: Alright, let's see who it is, and it better not be another dead Bot! (Answers the call)
Swindle: (On screen) Driiift! Why, it's a fancy seeing you here.
Drift: (Looks at Swindle) Oh Swindle, you trading Slagger!
Sentinel: (Looks up at the screen) This is Sentinel Minor, and I speak for myself and the crew here!
Swindle: (Turns to Sentinel) Oh, so it's the Bot who got fired from his job and is now a Repair crew! What another surprise seeing you here, considering you were Optimus Prime's Brother!
Sentinel: Yeah, and I'm going to ask what exactly are you accomplishing by blowing us all up?
Swindle: (Widened his Optics) Oh, I'm not the one that's shooting at you, they are! (Points at the Pirates lead by Bludgeon as they are seen firing at the ship)
Bludgeon: (Is seen coming towards them) Hello Autobots!
Drift: Oh, Bludgeon! How was the airlock ride, huh?
Bludgeon: Silence yourself! I told you before that I will have your ship, and I will do it by any means necessary!
Nightbeat: Well, you can't do that if you'll destroy it!
Bludgeon: Oh I know my dear, that's why I'm only crippling it in order to fully confiscate it from your ownership completely!
Swindle: And in exchange for the ship, I get to claim lots and lots of loaded Spare Parts that you have on board.
Drift: Oh Swindle, you have no idea how much I'm going to kick your Aft once I get a hold of you, and wipe that smirk off your face for this!
Swindle: Oh well in that case, you'll have to get through to my bodyguards! (Winked as he waved his hands) See you when we arrive with the boarding party! (Ends call)
Hosehead: (Heard the boom as he felt the ship shake) AHH! They're going to board us!
Drift: Yeah, and it's not really my first time that Bludgeon done it before!
Sentinel: What does Bludgeon want with your ship anyway?!
Drift: Well, I was on Macron having a nice lovely evening when Bludgeon noticed my ship, took a sudden interest in it and offered to buy it from me, so when I refused, he didn't really like it, so he thought he could try stealing it from me. (Grunted when he felt a boom next to him) Of course, I got rid of them the first time by making a breach to the airlock, but I doubt he'd ever forget about that now that he's come back for a second round!
Siren: Well, it would have been great if you told us all that before, or otherwise we would have prepared to take them on!
Drift: Well I'm sorry, I was too busy thinking about how Optimus Prime landed right in front of my windshield, care to share your excuse?
Sentinel: Look, it doesn't matter, right now, we should defend ourselves and Optimus, because if they come in here and find him, he's going to be in a lot of trouble!
Drift: Which is why I'm going to get rid of them! Hang on!
Suddenly, Drift jump started the Engine Thrusters, making his ship fly away from the Pirate's ship while Bludgeon looked at the ship fleeing, while standing next to Swindle.
Bludgeon: (Growled) They're getting away! (Turns to Swindle) Your Upgrades on the ship haven't breached it's shields yet, and their engines are still working, so they can still make their escape!
Swindle: (Closed his Optics in pride) Relax my good customer, I have a contingency for that.
Bludgeon: And what would that be exactly?
Swindle: (Smirked as he pointed out two shadowed figures) Did I mention that I have bodyguards now?
Back on the ship, the Crew are all sitting down on chairs as they can see the Lime Yellow Planet of Terminus from their view as Drift continued to fly the ship there.
Drift: (Holds onto the wheel of his ship) We're 30 Clicks to our destination!
Siren: Great, then maybe we can get rid of these Cons once we reach the Planet!
Hosehead: Hey, I don't hear them shooting at us anymore, so maybe we lost them! (Hears rapid pounding on the side) What's that?
Nightbeat: Probably a sign that we didn't lost them!
Sentinel: Who's shooting at us now?!
Drift: I'm looking! (Pulls up the monitor to look at the back side of his ship, and noticed two Decepticon Seekers) I'll be Pit Slagged, we got two Seekers on our tail!
Sentinel: Seekers?! Don't tell me the Empire is here too!
Drift: I'm getting a closer look, they look like the type Starscream's Alt Mode would look like, but it's different!
Siren: Well who are they supposed to be?!
In the Space Battle, two of the Seekers, one was Dark Blue and Yellow, along with a Red Trim on the Wings, and a shade of Black tinted on the spot the window would be while the other was Dark Red with some Black Trims on the Wings as they both flew past the ship's shields and fired at the engines, the Blue one accidentally hit knocked the Red one off course, causing the Red Seeker Transform into his Robot Mode and get a bad mood from that.
Red Seeker: (Glared at the Blue Seeker) HEY! (Kicks the Blue Seeker by the Wing) Watch where you're going!
Blue Seeker: (Transforms into his Robot Mode and glared at the Red counterpart) How about you go back to the boss and let me do the shooting! The engine is MINE to destroy!
Red Seeker: That's not fair Dirge! You always destroy everything else first, and never share with me!
Dirge: Oh eat a pile of garbage Thrust! You're always envying yourself about having being first!
Thrust: Well you're always so greedy that you never let me destroy anything first!
Swindle: (On Comms Channel) Excuse me boys, I don't remember paying you to talk when you're supposed to do when you're told, like destroying the Engines for example?
Dirge: (Smiled) Of course boss! (Points at the engines and blasts at it, destroying it)
Thrust: (Groan) Dirge, you did it again!
Dirge: Light up slow poke, it's already done!
And it is, for the engines are now disabled, causing the ship to shake as everyone inside have heard alarms go off, wires start to crackle electricity while the Autobots saw the warning signs on the monitor screens.
Drift: (Looks at the warning sign, which read "ENGINE THRUSTERS DISABLED") Oh those Pile of Tin took out the Engines!
Sentinel: Well how many Clicks do we have left?
Drift: Only 15, which we're closer to Terminus, but not close enough.
Nightbeat: Can we still get there?
Drift: Right now, the ship is running back up power to get us to the Planet, but I doubt we'll have enough time to stop them from boarding us!
Hosehead: What are we gonna do?!
Sentinel: Now we'll have to fight back!
Siren: How? We don't have any weapons to fight against them!
Sentinel: No, but we have our wits! We'll fight them head on!
Nightbeat: Against a whole group of Pirates?
Sentinel: What else is there to do?!
Nightbeat: Well, Swindle is a sales Bot, right? He has tons of armed weaponry in his arsenal, maybe we can find something that we can use to fight back!
Sentinel: No, that's a terrible idea, we'll have to board their ship to make that work!
Drift: Okay, well then how about a couple of us stay here on the ship while the rest of us board their ship while they're busy fighting? It's called distraction for a reason.
Siren: Alright, then how about I go up there and grab their weapons? Sounds good to let those scumbag Pirates hear the sound of my voice!
Sentinel: Not alone you're not, I'm sending Hosehead with you.
Hosehead: (Widened his Optics) WHAT?! But why can't I stay here?!
Sentinel: Drift and I will be the defensive while Nightbeat can defend Optimus in the Medbay, you'll have to help Siren out in the long run.
Hosehead: But sir! I never fought a real Decepticon before! We're not even the Elite Guard, we're Repair Bots!
Sentinel: Well then consider this an Upgrade! When they come, we're all soldiers now, no questions or excuses, we'll fight them until we give out our Intakes! Now everyone prep your gear, I'm going to check up on something! (Left the room)
Drift: (Looks at the monitor, showing the Pirate ship coming closer to them) Alright, this should be a long hour until we get Terminus. (Turns to the three) You guys ready for this?
Siren/Nightbeat/Hosehead: NO!
Drift: (Sighs) Of course not.
As the rest of the crew stood in the brig, Sentinel walked to the Medbay and walked to Optimus, who was still bedridden as the Blue Minor sat on a chair and grabbed his Brother's Blue hands as he looked carefully at Optimus.
Sentinel: (Looked at Optimus as he held his hands) Optimus, Optimus, come on, wake up! I need you right now! Not tomorrow, not next week, not next month, NOW! (Looks at Optimus as his Optics are still closed) Look, there are Decepticons attacking and about to raid our ship, I could take them on, and so can Drift, but the Headmaster Jrs. have never fought a single Decepticon before, and we'd be outnumbered by the second! (Griped his hands on his Brother's) Optimus, if you can hear me, please, just wake up! We need you! I need you! (Looks at Optimus, whose Optics are still closed) WAKE UP! (Panted as he still haven't gotten a facial reaction from Prime)
Drift: (Walked inside as he saw Sentinel yelling) He can't help us Boss. (Sees Sentinel's Helm turn around) Look, I love to get back up as much as you, but we're on our own on this... (Placed a hand on Sentinel's shoulder) Come on, we'll be fighting soon, so grab your gear and let's get to the loading ramp, they'll be likely to attack us from there.
Sentinel: (Nodded as he sighed) Alright... (Lets go of Optimus' hand) Let's get to it.
The two went off to their destination, as the both of them left the Med Bay, Optimus' hand was seen giving a slightest twitch, as his finger was seen moving slowly...
The Pirate ship was now flying next to the Autobot ship, as Bludgeon and his Pirates were looking at the ship from a monitor, Swindle and his bodyguards; Dirge and Thrust walked to Bludgeon as they looked at the Pirates watching the monitors.
Swindle: (Turns to Bludgeon) Well, we're getting pretty close to the ship now, huh?
Bludgeon: Indeed we are... (Turns to Swindle, looking at the Starscream Clones) I'm just a bit curious on how yee get the Clones to work with yee.
Swindle: Oh, well I simply made them! You see, I saw the Starscream Clones back when we were aboard one of the Elite Guard's vessels, and I surprisingly found one of the Cloning devices on there, so after some well planned scheduling, I managed to create Dirge and Thrust from my own hands.
Bludgeon: (Placed a hand on his chin) Hmm, impressive, perhaps yee maybe interested in giving me more of this Clonin tech you got set up.
Swindle: Why of course! But why don't we discuss this after we take this ship for your purposes, yes?
Bludgeon: (Nodded his Helm) Yes, that is a conversation for another time. (Turns to his fellow Pirates) Ahoy maties! We are close to claiming what is ours! Now let us board thee ship and make it ours!
The Pirates yelled out positive Arrs as they loaded up the loading ramp, and set it on the ship, while Drift and Sentinel Minor on the other hand were waiting for them, as the Cyberninja had his Sword ready while the Ex-Elite Guard had his Lance and Shield ready, both of them hiding behind crates while Siren and Hosehead had hid behind the crate far away from the room as the looked at the two Autobots standing ready for battle.
Sentinel: (Stood behind a crate) Drift, you have our Comms working, right?
Drift: Only for all of us on the ship to hear, Siren, Hosehead, can you hear us?
Siren: Loud and clear.
Sentinel: Nightbeat, can you reach us?
Nightbeat: (Inside the Med bay with the door locked as she stood next to Optimus Prime) Locked myself and Prime in the Med bay, no Con is coming in through the doors.
Sentinel: Well just be prepared, the Decepticons are mostly big, so they could break it down if they want to.
Drift: (Noticed lasers cutting through the launch doors) They're coming in!
Sentinel: Alright! (Activated his Battle Mask) Everyone get ready!
The lasers cut through the doors in a rectangular shape, until the lasers were deactivated, and then the door was kicked opened, as Bludgeon and his Pirates walked through the doorway, looking around for any Autobots as they had their weapons ready.
Pirate 1: (Looks around) There's no Autobot in here Captain!
Bludgeon: (Walks inside) Search the entire ship, they cannot hide in here forever.
Drift: (From the shadows) Who said we were hiding? (Jumps and kicks Bludgeon by the side of his Helm)
Bludgeon: (Gets kick on the Helm) AUGH! (Stumbled to the right as Drift landed on the floor, he turned to the Autobot growled) ARR! Fire on that Bot maties!
Pirate 2: (Nodded) Yes Captain! (Shoots at Drift)
Sentinel: (Gets out his Shield and blocked the shots on him and Drift) Don't think I would miss out on the party huh? (Uses his Shield to take out several Pirates by deflecting their Blasters)
Bludgeon: (Sees some of his men getting blasted by the deflection) Ah, stop the firin'! (Gets out his Sword) Lets do this like real Pirates! ATTACK!
The Pirates and two Autobots charged at each other, fighting as Siren and Hosehead noticed that there were no more Pirates coming out, he nodded to Hosehead and he and him ran up inside the Pirate ship, the battle raged on while Swindle sat down on a chair, enjoying an Energon cup shaped like a tiki as his guards stood next to him.
Swindle: (Smiled as he enjoyed his drink) Ah, this is nice, not only I'm getting a chunk of Spare Parts, but I'm also getting an opportunity to sell more of merchandise...
Thrust: (Turns to Swindle) How come you don't ever share most of this stuff with us boss?
Swindle: Because I only sell them, and if you wanted any of my stuff, you could always come to me for interest of purchase.
Dirge: (Scoffed) Please, it wouldn't make a difference, I'd still get to be first as always!
Thrust: (Turns to Dirge) That's because you never let me destroy things first!
Swindle: (Turns to the two) Are you both arguing still?
Thrust: Because he won't let me have my fun! Shouldn't that be fair since I'm the first Clone?
Swindle: (Raises a brow) What? No, you're not the first Clone you were ever made.
Thrust: Oh, that's not fair!
Dirge: Oh stop whining! It won't let you get the things you want!
Thrust: (Turns to Dirge) And yet you always get to be first to blow things up!
Dirge: Because I deserved to blow things up because those things were MINE to blow up!
Swindle: (Hears the Cons arguing and sighs) Come on, let's just talk this out...
As the commotion went on, Siren and Hosehead snuck inside and noticed the three Decepticons in the bridge, causing them to hide, as they looked at the group arguing.
Hosehead: (Sees Swindle, Dirge, and Thrust) I thought they were all on the ship!
Siren: Just the Pirates, but not the two Seekers and that Bot Drift called Swindle.
Hosehead: Now what?
Siren: Now we sneak past them, simple. (Moved his hand forward) Come on! Swindle must have his equipment stored somewhere...
Hosehead: (Walks with Siren) Okay. (Looks around and noticed a room full of weapons) What about that room?
Siren: (Turns to what Hosehead was talking about and smiled) Sweet! Come on! (
Hosehead : (Runs inside the room, noticing a bunch of equipment insidee) Whoa, this dude has a ton of stuff in here!
Siren: (Looks around) Yeah, and it's all junk! (Kicks a Spare Part across the room) How are we supposed to find weapons in here?! (Noticed a box) Huh? What's in there? (Walks to the box, opens it up and sees a Red and Blue Saber laying inside, as he picked it up and took a good look at it, noticing the unique weave the Saber has) Ooh, this looks interesting!
Hosehead: (Turns to Siren) You find something?
Siren: (Turns to Hosehead) A weapon, one of them at least. (Placed it inside his Chest Compartment) Come on, let's see if we can find more of this stuff. (Walks around until a blaster shot next to him) AHH! (Turns to the end of the room and sees Swindle standing at the doorway along with Dirge and Thrust)
Swindle: (Folded his Servos as he shook his Helm) Tsk, tsk, tsk, now didn't anyone ever tell you not to touch another Bot's property?
Hosehead: (Widened his Visor) Uh oh, they found us!
Dirge: (Walks in) Let me destroy these Autobots boss!
Swindle: (Touched his chin) Hmm, no, I think I'll have Thrust do the honors.
Dirge: (Widened his Optics) What?!
Thrust: (Thrusted his Servo backward in joy) YES!
Dirge: But I'm good at destroying things!
Swindle: Destroying ship parts, perhaps, but I'm curious to what Thrust can do besides drones.
Thrust: (Smiled as he activated his Blaster) Oh, I'm going to enjoy this!
Siren: (Waved his hands in the air) Wait! You guys wanna see a trick?
Swindle: (Shrugged) Considering you're about to get Slagged, I don't see why not. (Smiled) What's the trick kiddo?
Siren: (Turned on a button on his Helm) Actually, it's not really a trick, it's more like a SCREAAAAAA-! (Activated his Sonic Scream, knocking Thrust, Dirge, and Swindle out from the ground)
Thrust: (Gets flown in the air) AHH!
Dirge: (Gets flown in the air) I told you I was the beeeeest! (Crashes into a wall) OOF!
Swindle: (Crashed against a wall) UGH! (Falls to the floor) OOF!
Siren: (Turns to Hosehead) Hosehead come on, let's get out of here before we get Slagged! (Transforms into his Alt Mode)
Hosehead: (Transforms into his Alt Mode) You got it! (Drives with Siren)
Swindle: (Gets up groaning as he watched the Autobots leave) Nice trick... (Turns to the room, noticing one of his boxes open as he widened his Optics) Oh no! Don't tell me-! (Runs to the box, finding it empty) Ah Slag, those brats took one of my expensive items!
Dirge: (Gets up groaning) What do you wanna do now?
Swindle: (Turns to Dirge and Thrust) Go after them! They committed theft, so they gotta pay!
Thrust: (Nodded as he got up) Yes boss!
Dirge: (Transforms into his Alt Mode) Let's crush some Autobots!
Dirge and Thrust left the ship once they Transformed into their Alt Modes, with Swindle following along as the battle waged inside the Autobot ship, Sentinel and Drift took it inside the brig as they fought against several Pirates, taking them down until Bludgeon came in and activated his Pirate Hook, swing it at Drift, who immediately blocked it wit his Sword, but only to get kicked by the massive Decepticon as he was flown to Sentinel, knocking him and the Minor down as Bludgeon walked towards the two Autobots.
Blugeon: (Walked to the Autobots as he laughed) Hahahaha! None of you Autobots could possibly believe that you would save yourselves and this ship, with only just the two of you, now could you?
Siren: You got that right! (Drives in the room to activate his Sonic Scream, hitting Bludgeon and a few of the Pirates)
Bludgeon: (Gets hit by the Sonic Scream) AHH! (Gets flown across the room)
Sentinel: (Gets up) Siren, did you and Hosehead find anything useful?
Siren: (Gets out the Saber) Well, I found this, but we didn't grab much.
Hosehead: We had to leave the ship as soon as we were caught.
Drift: (Gets up) By who?
Dirge: By us! (Flies in and Transforms into Robot Mode) Prepare to be destroyed Autobots! (Shoots his Blasters at the Autobots)
Sentinel: (Widened his Optics) Get down! (Drops to the floor as he barely dodged Decepticon fire)
Nightbeat: (Folded her Servos as she heard the Blaster fire from the Med Bay) I hope they're doing okay. (Turns to Optimus, walking towards him) If you were Online right now, we would really use your help now... (Looks down at his body and noticed his hands are moving) Hm? (Looks at his fingers, which started to twitch) Oh Primus... (Turns to Optimus, whose Optics are starting to move slowly) You're about to wake up! (Activates her Comlink) Hey guys, this is Nightbeat! Optimus is about to wake from his Stasis Lock!
Sentinel: (Gets up as he widened his Optics) He's starting to wake up?! (Gets hit by Bludgeon) UGH!
Bludgeon: (Turns to Sentinel) Who is?
Drift: (Fights against Dirge) Come on Nightbeat, don't let the Cons get inside the Med Bay!
Bludgeon: The Med Bay huh? (Walks out of the room) What could you be hiding in there that's so important?
Sentinel: (Gets up and noticed Bludgeon leaving) Nightbeat, there's a Con coming your way!
Nightbeat: (Hears loud stomping nearby) I can hear that! (Unlocks the Prime's Stasis Cuffs) You may wanna hold him off for a while longer!
Hosehead: (Runs to Bludgeon) TAKE THIS! (Gets out his Hoses and shoots at Bludgeon) AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! (Doesn't notice the Hoses aren't being put into effect)
Bludgeon: (Gets an annoyed brow as he walked towards Hosehead) Get out of my way! (Smacks Hosehead across the hall)
Hosehead: (Gets thrown across the hall) AHH!
Siren: (Runs to Bludgeon) Oh no you don't creep! (Gets tackled by Thrust) UGH!
Swindle: (Walked next to Thrust) That's good Thrust, hold him down! (Turns to Bludgeon) Hey Bludgeon, there's an Autobot on the floor!
Bludgeon: (Walks towards the Med Bay doors) Not now Swindle.
Swindle: (Walks to Bludgeon) Hey, what do you mean not now?
Thrust: (Turns to Swindle) Wait, what do you want me to do with him? (Gets hit in the face by Sentinel's Shield) AHH! (Falls to the floor)
Sentinel: (Gets Siren's hand) You okay?
Siren: (Turns to point at Bludgeon) They're about to get in!
Sentinel: (Noticed Bludgeon at the Med Bay doors) Slag! (Runs to the Med Bay) Come on!
Bludgeon: (Tries opening the doors, but noticed they were locked) Alright then. (Activated his Pirate Hook and swung the Hook at it, breaking the door open)
Nightbeat: (Noticed the door being broke open) AH! (Gets startled as she sees Bludgeon walking in)
Bludgeon: (Walks inside and noticed Optimus laying on the Medical Berth, making him widened his Optic) Oh, I'll be! (Walks to Optimus) The Prime who died!
Nightbeat: (Runs towards Bludgeon) Get away from him! (Gets kicked by Bludgeon) AHH! (Lands on the wall) OOF!
Swindle: (Runs inside the room) Hey! Bludgeon! What are you doing inside a Medical Bay? There are still Autobots on the ship and you're just-! (Gets picked up by Bludgeon) Hey, what are you doing?! Why are you-! (Noticed Optimus on the Berth, making him widen his Optics) Heeeeey, never mind them, looky here!
Sentinel: (Runs inside the room) HEY! Runs towards Bludgeon) Get away from him! (Gets slammed towards the wall with Bludgeon's hand on him) UGH!
Siren: (Gets inside) I got you boss!
Swindle: (Turns to Siren) Oh no you don't! (Throws a shock device at Siren's neck and activates it)
Siren: (Gets his neck shocked) AHHH! (Falls to the floor, groaning)
Swindle: (Looks at Siren) That's a shock dart meant to keep any Bot to get shocked should they keep talking too much, or on your case, keep them from screaming. (Turns to Bludgeon) Alright, I think we're good!
Bludgeon: Excellent! (Turns to Optimus) Now that there are no interruptions, I shall have the head of Optimus Prime mounted on my wall once I cut it off!
Swindle: (Nodded) Suuure, and maybe we can talk trade prices over it once you're through with beheading the Prime.
Bludgeon: Eat dust Swindle, this one is mine for the taking. (Raises his Hook in the air)
Sentinel: (Struggled to get loose of Bludgeon's grip as he sees Bludgeon about to swing his Hook at Optimus) NO!
Suddenly, everything turned into Slow Motion, as Bludgeon raised his Hook down at Optimus, Sentinel got one arm out in a feeble attempt to stop Bludgeon, while Siren laid on the floor and Nightbeat laid against the wall, she opening her Optics and widening their expressions as the Hook was mid air into the strike point, Optimus Prime's Optics suddenly sprang open, his Optic Color Blue as Slow Motion was done, the Prime immediately grabbed the Hook and kept it away from his Helm as the Hook was inches away from his Faceplate.
Optimus: (Grunted as he kept the Hook from stabbing his face) Get that thing off my face! (Kicked Bludgeon away from the Berth)
Bludgeon: (Gets thrown across the Med Bay) UGH!
Swindle: (Widened his Optics as he noticed Optimus getting up) Oh hey, Optimus Prime! My, you're looking really well! Uh... (Nervously rubbed his Helm) Perhaps we could make ourselves a deal-! (Gets punched in the face by Nightbeat) AUGH! (Falls to the floor)
Optimus: (Turns to Sentinel) Sentinel? Is that you?
Sentinel: (Nodded as his Optics widened) Yeah, yeah it's me Optimus... (Circled the Prime) Are you, well, you?
Optimus: (Raises a brow) Why wouldn't I be?
Nightbeat: (Stood up after getting the dart off of Siren) Holy Scrap, it is really you!
Drift: (Runs inside the Med Bay with Hosehead and noticed Optimus is awake) Whoa! (Stops where he is) Prime, is that you?
Optimus: (Nodded) Yes, it's me. (Turns to Drift) Drift, what are you doing here?
Drift: (Raises a brow) What am I doing here? It's my ship!
Optimus: Your ship? Wait, what am I doing in your ship? (Looks around) Sentinel, where are we?
Sentinel: (Looks at Optimus) Wait, Optimus, don't you remember anything that's happened when you were still Online?
Optimus: (Rubbed his Optics) I was floating in Earth Space, next Trypiticon debris, and the next thing I know is I see a Decepticon throwing his Hook right at my Faceplate!
Hosehead: (Widened his Visor) Oh boy, I don't think he remembers what happened a couple of weeks ago!
Optimus: What do you mean I don't remember what happened a couple of weeks ago?
Drift: (Turns around and noticed Bludgeon is getting up) Hey, sorry to interrupt, but we're not done yet!
Bludgeon: (Gets up off the floor as he glared at Optimus) You're going to pay for that Prime!
Sentinel: (Turns to Optimus) Hey, you can still fight, right?
Optimus: (Groaned as he touched his waist) I'm feeling sore from the wounds, but I'll still fight! (Tries getting his Axe, only to notice he didn't have it) Hey, where's my Axe?
Siren: (Widened his Visor) Oh! Yeah, you didn't have it on you when we found you, but I found something else that's useful! (Gets out the Saber and gives it to Optimus) Come on, use it!
Optimus looked at the Saber, as he pressed a button, a Blade came springing out, as it grew tall to reach only a couple of inches above his Helm, as he turned to take a better look at, before looking back at Bludgeon and swung it at the Pirate, slicing off the Hook as Bludgeon yelled out in pain.
Bludgeon: (Widened his Optic in pain) AHH! Not again! (Fell to the wall)
Optimus: (Swung his Saber around as he took a good look at it) Oh yeah, I'm keeping this.
Nightbeat: You might as well considering you lost your Axe. (Feels the whole ship shake) Whoa! (Stumbled around)
Drift: (Almost lost his footing as he grabbed ahold of the Berth) UGH! (Turns to walk steadily out of the Med Bay) What now?!
The Crew ran back inside of the bridge as they saw that they were entering Terminus' Atmosphere, as heat started to come up, the Pirate ship started to fall apart, along with the Autobots' as pieces of it started to break out, making holes in the ship as few Pirates were flown out of the ship, there was another hole to be blasted open as it took Thrust, Dirge, Bludgeon, and Swindle out of the Med Bay, while the Autobots stayed on the bridge seated.
Hosehead: (Sat down on a chair as alarms blared out) WHAT'S HAPPENING?!
Drift: (Grabs ahold of the wheel) We're entering the Planet's Atmosphere! Because those blasted Pirates didn't take their loading ramp off, it's tearing both of our vessels apart!
Sentinel: Anything we can do to stop it?
Drift: (Grunted as he felt the weight of his ship get heavy) Not much, but if someone can get the loading ramp off, then it'll save us all time to live longer!
Optimus: Okay! (Gets up from his seat) I'll go take care of it! (Runs off)
Sentinel: (Turns to Optimus) Optimus wait! (Sees him leave) Great! (Gets off his seat)
Siren: (Hangs on to his seat) Boss, what are you doing?!
Sentinel: I'm going to stop Optimus from getting killed, you guys stay here and help Drift reduce the landing! (Runs out of the room)
Back with Optimus, he ran inside of the loading ramp, as a hole was busted open, he immediately grabbed onto something as he climbed towards the panel, he made several climbs up until he reached it, and pounded the release button, causing the loading ramp to be disconnected, and the Pirate ship to fall away from the Autobots' as Optimus tried to get out, a piece of the wall that Optimus held onto came off, and then he started to fall out, when Sentinel came in and grabbed the Prime by the ankle, barely letting him fall.
Optimus: (Grunted as he felt Sentinel grab his ankle) AUGH! (Turns to Sentinel as he dangled around in the air) Sentinel, what are you doing?! It's not safe for you to be here!
Sentinel: (Grunted as he held onto Optimus and a pole) Somebot's gotta be around to stop you from getting killed! (Closed his Optics as he grunted) AGAIN!
Back in the bridge, the Headmaster Jrs. and Drift were still at their seats as the clouds cleared up and revealed a populated Sector, as their ship was about to crash into the city.
Nightbeat: (Looks at the city) You can stop this from landing in the populated sector, right?
Drift: (Grunted) Well, maybe not, but I can reduce the damage at least! (Lifts up the wheel)
Siren: (Sees a building coming up) Whoa, we're about to crash in a building Drift!
Hosehead: WE'RE ABOUT TO DIIIIIIIIE!
Drift: (Growled as he lifted up the wheel) COME ON!
Drift grunted as he tried lifting the ship up above the building, until Nightbeat came in and helped Drift by lifting up the wheel, and soon enough, Siren and Hosehead came and helped, as the four of them lifted up the wheel, and with the combined help, the ship managed to be lifted up in mid air, barely hitting the building with only by the satalite as nearby Bots dodged the ship, as they got out of the city and landed right into the desert, making several hops before marking their spot, as they arrived in Terminus, just outside of Terminus City, the Autobots all panted while sighing in relief.
Drift: (Panted as he wiped sweat off his Helm) Phew, that was close. (Patted Hosehead's back) Hey, you guys did pretty good, despite the fact you annoy the crap out of me.
Siren: (Panted) Thanks.
Drift: (Gets up from his seat and activated his Comms Channel) Hey, it's Drift, you and Optimus still Online?
Sentinel: (Groaned as he and Optimus stood in front of the desert, both of them getting their breath) Yeah, just barely.
Drift: Great, well, we're be going outside, so just meet us there.
Sentinel: Roger that. (Ends call as he turned to Optimus, sitting against the wall) Oh, 5 seconds, and you're still getting into the action huh?
Optimus: (Panted) It's what I do for a living.
Sentinel: (Nodded as he sat against the wall across from Optimus) I can tell... (Chuckled) It's good to have you back Optimus. (Lightly punched Optimus by the shoulder)
Optimus: (Smiled) Yeah. (Looks outside and noticed the desert) Hey, what continent on Earth are we in?
Sentinel: Oh no, we are far away from Earth right now, we're at Terminus.
Optimus: (Widened his Optics) Terminus? Why here? (Looks around) Wait a minute, where is everyone? And how did I get from floating in Space next to what was left of Trypiticon Prison into Drift's ship, not to mention Terminus?
Sentinel: (Closed his Optics) You may wanna keep sitting down Brother. (Opened his Optics) Because this is going to be a long story...
Later, Optimus and Sentinel joined up with Drift and the Headmaster Jrs. as they stood in front of what was left of Drift's ship.
Drift: (Looks at the wreckage when turned and noticed Optimus and Sentinel walking by) Hey, you Bots are back! (Looks carefully at Optimus) That's really you, right?
Nightbeat (Turns to Optimus) Yeah, or is it the crazy, whacked up, murdering version that we're worried about?
Optimus: Sentinel Minor told me of what I have done. (Raised his Servos up) Don't worry, I am not going to attack you all again, and I apologize if I did that, and if I caused any harm to you.
Siren: Oh no it's fine, besides, we kicked your Skidplate, so why are we standing here right?
Sentinel: (Walks next to Optimus) You know, since we're here now, I'd like to introduce you to each other. (Points at the Headmaster Jrs.) Optimus, I'd like you to meet Siren, Nightbeat, and Hosehead, the Headmaster Jrs.
Siren: (Waved his hand) Hey!
Hosehead: (Waved his head) Hello!
Nightbeat: (Smiled as she waved her hand) Hi! (Folded her Servos) Don't worry, we all know who you are.
Optimus: (Smiled) Well, Siren, Nightbeat, Hosehead, it's nice to meet you all. (Folded his Servos) I'm glad to meet you all here, despite the circumstances. (Turns to Drift) Drift, it's good to see you again.
Drift: (Nodded) Heh, likewise. (Handshakes with the Prime)
Siren: (Widened his Visor) Wait a Nano Click, Drift?! You knew Optimus Prime?
Drift: (Shrugged) Meh, sorta, we hung out, we kicked ass, and then I told him a couple of his Teammates were in love with each other.
Siren: Aw, dude! Why didn't tell us before?!
Hosehead: Never mind that, how did you survive?
Nightbeat: Yeah, there was no way you could have gotten out of the explosion intact!
Optimus: Well, I did, and I did so without being intact. (Folded his Servos) After Megatron knocked my Axe off, he pinned me to the floor and was about to take his kill when the bridge started to collapse, and I was thrown out of the window by a hole, and sucked out into Space, and that's when I was drifting next to rubble, lucky to have survived the explosion.
Drift: That's great, but how did you get from there to the KVI Cluster? We literally found you there along with a ship!
Optimus: (Raises a brow) A ship? What do you mean?
Sentinel: (Turns to Optimus) Optimus, when we found you, you were floating next to a shipwreck, can't you remember?
Optimus: (Shakes his Helm) No, I... (Rubbed his Optics) I was floating above Earth, and was about to be in Stasis Lock, when...
Suddenly, Prime started to experience a flashback at his time after Trypiticon, when a ship flown in and took him up inside, and his last known image was a bright light until he blinked, seeing himself around the Autobots as he rubbed his Optics again.
Optimus: (Rubbed his Optics) I'm sorry, I don't remember how I managed to even get to the KVI Cluster.
Sentinel: Well you know what? (Placed a hand on Optimus' shoulder) As long as you're Online, we can worry all about that later.
Hosehead: Well, yeah, as long as he doesn't try to murder us again...
Optimus: Why don't we all move on to the problem at hand. (Turns to Drift) Drift, how bad is the damage? Can you fix the ship?
Drift: (Turns to his ship) Well, right now, it would take me a long time to get it repaired, but with the right spare parts, I can salvage whatever's left of it and get us all back home to Cybertron.
Nightbeat: That's great! Are you sure you can fix it?
Drift: Positive. (Unfolded his Servos) And to be perfectly honest here, I'm surprised we managed to live through the crash, not to mention that there was nothing that exploded-!
Suddenly, the entire ship exploded right in front of the Autobots, causing them to fly across the air backwards, until landing right in the sand, as they all got up, they saw the ship being in flames as they stood in front of what's left of it.
Drift: (Widened his Optics in seeing his ship exploded until he bursted in laughter) Hehehehehehehe! (Continued laughing as he fell back into the sand) Oh Primus, would you look at that? (Turns to the Autobots) My ship exploded! (Continued laughing as he got up, until he started to bang on a shipwrecked part) DAMMIT! (Kicks at the part) ARE YOU FRAGGING KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW?!
Sentinel: (Widened his Optics) Whoa, Drift calm down! It's just a ship!
Drift: (Turns to Sentinel) Oh it's not just any ship, it's MY ship! The most expensive ship in the Galaxy! (Turns to it) And I loved that thing!
Optimus: (Turns to Drift and patted on his back) You'll be fine! Besides, you can get yourself a new one.
Drift: (Whimpered) I loved that ship...
Hosehead: Hey, at least we're not in trouble anymore, right?
Nightbeat: (Looks around) Uh, guys? (Turns everyone's attention to her) We're still stuck here.
Hosehead: (Looks around the desert) Oh yeah, we still are.
Siren: (Kicks at the sand) Great, now we're stranded on this Planet without a freaking ship!
Optimus: Hey, everyone calm down! We still have a chance to survive this Planet! (Points at Termimus City) We're not that far from Terminus City, so if there's any chance, perhaps we can find a place to seek shelter and then hopefully find ourselves a ship that can transport us out of here. (Turns to the Autobots) But for now, like it or not, we're going to be stuck here for the time being.
Sentinel: (Nodded) He's right. (Walks next to Optimus) And right now, we need to stick together, more than ever. (Turns to Drift) Drift, can you still contact your friend here on this Planet?
Drift: (Looks at his ship one more time before turning back to his team and sighing) It'll take me a while to call, but yeah, I think my contact can help us not only fix whatever's left of Optimus Prime's wounds, but also find us a ship we can use.
Optimus: Alright, then we should head out into the city, we have enough Credits to get ourselves a decent place to live in until it's time to leave. (Transforms into his Alt Mode)
Sentinel: (Nodded) You got it!
Optimus/Sentinel: Autobots! (Looks at each other for a brief second) TRANSFORM AND-! (Looks at each other awkwardly)
Optimus: (Widened his Optics) I'm sorry, do you want to-?
Sentinel: (Shakes his Helm) You know what, you're still a Prime, you go and say it.
Optimus: (Nodded) Right. (Clears his throat) Transform and Roll Out!
They Transformed into their Alt Modes and drove into Terminus City, driving into the sand into finding themselves a nice road for them to adapt to as they continued their journey into the city.
Siren: (Drives next to Optimus) Hey Prime! Uh, I can call you Prime, right?
Optimus: (Drives next to Siren and Sentinel) Sure thing!
Siren: Great! Um, something just came up my Processor, and I'm just curious, since you survived the explosion, could it be possible that Megatron, you know, managed to survive as well?
Hosehead: Oh yeah, That's a good question!
Nightbeat: Yes, should we be worried about Megatron again?
Drift: Yeah, because I'd hate to deal with his Aft again.
Optimus: No, I highly doubt it. (Turns a narrow right on the freeway) The last time I saw Megatron Online was when he was buried from a ceiling collapse, and he was still trapped inside of the bridge when it exploded, so there should be without any doubt that Megatron couldn't have survived the explosion at all...
Meanwhile at New Kaon, the Fallen was sitting on his Throne while the rest of the Decepticons, including Starscream's and Strika's groups, stood in the Throne room as Mindwipe came in with a floating casket, as he stood before the Fallen.
Mindwipe: (Bowed before the Fallen) Master, I have brought you something you will like.
Fallen: (Looks at the casket) Tell me it's the piece of the Allspark we've been looking for?
Mindwipe: Actually, I believe this particular relic may be of great interest to you. (Noticed Lugnut and Shockwave) And some of you, say to least.
Fallen: (Stands up) Show me.
Mindwipe turned to the casket to type in a code, and then opened it as steam came out, the Fallen walked to the casket, everyone's Optics looking down at what is revealed to be the body of Megatron, as his Shell is seen to be completely Gray, including the sides that should have been Red as everyone started making a mixed reactions of gasps and whispers.
Lugnut: (Gasp as he widened his Optic) Lord Megatron!
Starscream: (Looks at Megatron as he widened his Optics) Well I'll be!
Shockwave: (Walks to the casket and looks at the casket) I can't believe it, it's really Megatron! (Turns to Mindwipe) How and where did you get this?
Mindwipe: I had my prized assistant from Earth recover it when she was on a trip to Trypiticon, and even I am surprised as much as everyone else is.
Strika: (Looks down at Megatron's lifeless body) Well, what shall we do now?
Starscream: (Folded his Servos) Well, I believe we should go put his body back into Space where it belongs, let it rust there!
Lugnut: (Turns to Starscream) No you fool! Megatron shall receive a proper funeral! It should be the least we can in honor of his glory-!
Fallen: We shall do neither.
Blitzwing: (Turns Icy) Then, what shall we do with him?
Fallen: (Looks at the body) We're going to bring him back Online.
Nightbird: (Widened her Optics as she looked at the Fallen) Father, you're kidding!
Shockwave: You mean you want to bring him back to life? To bring Megatron-?
Fallen: (Turns to Shockwave) That's not Megatron, not anymore. (Turns to Megatron) Megatron went extinct the moment he took that degrading Energon, made his Processor impure, mad with insanity. (Touched his Helm) I think it's fitting that we should call him... (Touched his Faceplate) Galvatron...
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