Little Star: Chapter 4
SilverStorm looked at the scanners frantically, "Please please pleas!" She begged, "Give me something!" She hollered sending Ratchets equipment flying across the room.
"Hey I needed that!" He bellowed. SilverStorm felt the fear and worry rising I her, "I feel his pain! He needs me!" She fell to her knees, Ratchet sighed sadly coming over to her. "hey hey Stormy, we're gonna find him." He sat next to her as she leaned into him he rubbed his hand along her back. They were the only two present the others had taken the children home for the night. SilverStorm let the tears flow freely, "I can't lose him Ratchet, I cant lose him." Ratchet held it together, it would do no good for both of them to be in hysteria. "You have to pull yourself together SilverStorm. The team will need you, you are the leader now." SilverStorm sniffled, wiping the tears from her eyes. "Of course, it's just..." she pushed her self up into a standing position with Ratchets help. "I don't know how well I will be able to lead, with my spark so heavy and my mind...my mind on him." Ratchet patted her, "You will be fine, you have me for support." SilverStorm smiled slightly and nodded, taking a deep breath she turned to the monitor, "Autobots, return to base. We have to start looking for Optimus immediately."
Optimus groaned, clenching his eyes shut. The pain was too much, he wanted to scream but held back. Megatron laughed evilly as he twisted a scalpel blade into Optimus's chest. "Painful isn't it?" Optimus struggled to breath, his body was tense as Megatron pulled the scalpel back out only to jab it into him again. Megatron grinned with Exitium standing by, "Beg Optimus beg me to stop!" Optimus wearily shook his head. "Ne...never." Exitium rolled her eyes. "I know a way to make his beg." Megatron stopped turning to her as he repulled the scalpel from the Primes chest he walked to the human hovering over the table which held all the tools of interrogation. Optimus felt weak, weaker then he had ever felt. He just wanted the pain to end, for it to stop. "What is your idea?" Exitium smirked, "You have already punctured him why not go all the way and paralyze him?" Megatron cocked his head, "Perhaps StarScream hasn't informed
You that I don't like riddles." Exitium rolled her eyes, "Break him, literally." Megatron nodded in acknowledgment. "Break his Him hard, unhealable, and let him live that way for a few days...if he makes it. And then he will surely beg you for mercy when you return to finish him off." Megatron smiled, "You and I are very much alike, your way of thinking is most commendable, perhaps when this is over. A new second in command will have to take over that position. " Megatron slowly walked back toward the Prime, Exitium smiled, she knew that meant she would have to kill StarScream, no problem he annoyed her anyway. "My apprentice has given me a new idea," Megatron placed a hand on Optimus's injured shoulder and lower himself to his ear. "You better brace yourself this ones going to make you scream!" Optimus felt his spark race even more of that was possible, his vision was blurry but he could make out the tool Megatron intended to use...his hand. Optimus tensed as much as he could not fully prepared for what was about to happen. Megatron plunged his hand into one of the sword wounds on his abdomen, plunging his hand through Optimus, "I believe I have found your spine." He sneered, Optimus's eyes widen from the sheer shock and pain, "no." He whispered as he felt Megatron hand grip his spin, a snap rang through medbay as Optimus stopped breathing, he gasped for air, desperately trying not to scream in pain. Megatron ripped his hand out, Optimus winced and groaned as he fell into the darkness of unconsciousness.
SilverStorm jerked her head to the left monitor, "Wait where's Crystal? All this madness I forgot about her." SilverStorm attempted to reach her, "Crystal come in do you copy over?"
Exitium looked to Megatron, "They are trying to contact me, I will throw them off the scent." Megatron cocked an eye, "I'm sure you can handle it?" Exitium shrugged with a smirk as She exited the medbay "SilverStorm what's up?" She faked an innocent voice,
"Oh Thank Primus you are ok, where are you?"
"I'm with WindCharger, Well was at his grave why? What's wrong?" SilverStorm sighed heavily, "Optimus is missing, I believe he's injured. We need your help, I think that you am I together can save him, I only pray it's before hes killed." Exitium listened to SilverStorm with a sneer on her face, "You sound like you are in pain." SilverStorm went on, "I can feel the pain and suffering of my brother, Please help me."
Exitium suddenly felt a pang of guilt and remorse as she clicked off the comm. SilverStorm sighed, "Well she's out apparently."
"Little Star What have you done?" Exitium turned, "WindCharger? I...I don't know, I was...am so confused! I have so much anger and Megatron offered a way out! I...I just..." WindCharger looked sad, "Why did change your name?" Exitium looked up, "My new name means destruction! It fits my new persona, then again according to You I've always had darkness." WindCharger kept his eyes on her, "You can still fix this, my little Star! You can save Optimus, run go back!" Exitium looked up her eyes glowing red "And What? Go to prison? Become a science experiment? At least here I have a chance at life!" She sent an energy blast toward WindCharger causing him to vanish.
Megatron smiled, he had been watching the whole thing, "It would seem your apprentice is slightly fragged in the head." StarScream whispered, "Silence, she will be the one to top the scales in our favor! Even so I want her in sight of you at all times." StarScream stammered as Megatron went to walk toward the command center, "M..m..me? But I...don't...she..."
"Silence!" Megatron growled.
StarScream whimpered, having heard the whole conversation earlier,
Flashback:
"""You and I are very much alike, your way of thinking is most commendable, perhaps when this is over. A new second in command will have to take over that position. """ StarScreams winged dropped seeing the look of pleasure that crossed Exitium face, "Why?" He whispered to himself, "She's only a human!" He turned to walk away when a crack rang through the medbay, StarScream whipped around to see what had happened. "ooh that's got to hurt." He cringed as he turned to walk away again, he was joined in the hallway by Megatron as he watched the human correspond with the wall, or so it appeared. StarScream shook his head, "enough of that, now to prove to Megatron I am more worthy then that human!"
Optimus slowly opened his eyes, he couldn't move, he felt strapped completely. His head ached like a thousand drums and his body felt like a fire in the pits of Kaon. Please, he thought, SilverStorm I need you!
SilverStorm jolted her head up, "I hear you." She whispered, "Ratchet I know where he is!" SilverStorm took off through a portal, flying through the sky she came upon the warship. "SilverStorm don't be foolish, you need help to take the warship!" SilverStorm sighed, "I have it in my Sites! Use my coordinates-when I land to send the others!" She didn't stop she flew straight by the guards, right into the wall, and into the main hanger. The guards alerted Megatron whom pursued her, "What is the meaning of this?" He bellowed, SilverStorm powered up, "Tell me
Where my brother is and maybe I won't blow up this ship and everyone on it!" Megatron sneered, "You against all of us!" SilverStorm felt an extra power surge course thru her, she gathered up her strength and blasted an energy wave knocking the cons to their feet. "Optimus...speak to me" She whispered as she flew, a tug at her spark pulled her toward the medical wing. She broke through the doors to find StarScream and Crystal standing in front of Optimus. SilverStorm felt her stomach flip over and her spark hit the floor when she saw her brothers state. "Optimus! No! Move!"
StarScream just laughed as Megatron appeared behind her, "You will end up like Optimus!" StarScream laughed launching a rocket in her direction, she dodged it just as Megatron went to grab her. StarScreams rocket sent Megatron flying back into a wall, "My liege!" SilverStorm took advantage of Crystal and StarScreams distraction, taking her brothers bonds off and grabbing him the two managed to just barely escape the ship. SilverStorm flew past the others who were holding back the rest of Megatrons forces.
"Ratchet! We need a bridge ASAP!" A green vortex swirled opened as SilverStorm and the team flew threw. Ratchet waited holding his breath, SilverStorm slowed herself down. "He's critically injured!" Ratchet gasped when we saw the Prime, he was more energon then bot, "Bring him here! Quickly!" SilverStorm laid Optimus on the med berth, "stand back!" He bellowed, SilverStorm breathed heavily as Ratchet ran back and forth connecting Optimus up to all kinds of equipment.
Bulkhead pulled SilverStorm back, she clung to him. Energon has splattered all over her. She wanted to scream, cry but she couldn't. Her spark raced, what could they possibly have done?
Exitium sat on the edge of the warship, she could hear Optimus in her mind. "you don't have to do this" she felt a small tear slip past her eye. "Exitium!" Exitium flinched at the shout of Megatron, "Yes my master?"
"I need you to accompany me to a newly found location of dark energon, this will confirm my suspicions of you and your power!" Exitium stood up, "Suspicions my master?" Megatron merely glared as he transformed into a Cybertronian jet taking to the skies with Exitium not far behind. Exitiums mind whirled what could he possibly mean? The two arrived at a location of a crater, the crater lead down into a mine. After walking for some time Exitium felt the different energy source, though it did seem familiar. "I have had my suspicions for some time. I believe that this is the source of your power." Exitium walked toward the dark energon Crystals only to hear a voice, Exitium jumped but realized that Megatron had heard it to. "What was..." the two listened, Exitium stared at Megatron as his eyes changed from a blood red to a deep purple, "Unicron." He whispered. "Exitium! I am Unicron the source of your power!" Exitiums heart raced, "What you were the voice in my head!"
"Indeed" Yes voicd echoes through the caves, "Many years ago your human spacecraft collided with a meteor, upon that meteor were fragments of my life blood. The chemicals within your craft and my blood combined, creating you!" Exitium looked at Megatron whom stood as still as a statue. "What do you want from me?" A low rumble echoed through the cave, Exitium only assumed that it was a laugh, "To make you into one of my greatest vessels of the century! Primus made himself vessels, so I shall have my own. One much more powerful then a Prime!" Megatron fell to the ground, to Exitium shock, "whoa what happened to him?"
"The same that will happen to you!" A bright light radiated from the meteor and from Megatron consuming Exitium, she scream as her body suddenly felt like it was on fire, "What are you doing?" She hollered, the pain lasted for what seemed like hours though it was only a few moments before the light faded and Exitiums pain stopped, she felt different. Lifting herself into a standing position she realized she was. "By the pit!" Her form has become that of a Cybertronian, Megatron had begun to wake up and was stunned at what he saw before him. "Exitium?" He quizzed, she nodded in response. "Behold my new vessel! Go now and wreck havoc!" Megatron bowed slightly, Exitium followed his lead. "What now my Master?" Megatron took to the skies, "Now we conquer this world."
