Chapter 5: Life as a Transformer
Nova received the help she needed in order to survive, but now she needs to train like a true Transformer. "Alright Nova, today we will teach you the basics: our language. Look at these symbols and tell us what they are. It will be difficult at first, but you will get them in time." Ratchet said as he handed her some symbols to look at. Nova was very nervous at first, learning her language for the first time in a long time. About three hours later she can say her fist Cybertronian word: Cybertron. "Hey Ratchet! I can say my first word now! Cybertron." Nova said as Ratchet was very happy for her.
"Alright, now study these symbols, when you learn them you will be able to say a full sentence." Ratchet said as he saw Optimus looking very subdued at the moment. Arcee arrived with Jack, to check on her. "Hey Ratchet, how is she? Also, how's Bulkhead?" Jack asked as he saw Miko come up to him. "Hey Jack, Bulkhead is doing fine, but Nova is not: she must re-learn her original language and train really hard to survive as an Autobot. When her training is done, you can ask how she is." Ratchet said as he saw Nova on the verge of tears do to her training.
Sometime later, Optimus and Ratchet were alone. "Optimus I know how you feel about Nova, but she'll pull through just wait you will see." Ratchet said to comfort Optimus. "Ratchet I almost lost her for good and she cried out for me when I was forced to surrender her to Megatron and I did nothing! She probably hates me now and never wants to be near me again." Optimus said as he looked at Ratchet sadly. "Optimus, she is your daughter. She will never hate you, besides you had to make a choice. She'll understand, you'll see." Ratchet said as he looked back at Nova. But really Optimus was right: Nova dose hate him for giving up on her, she just came back to the Autobots for help in order to live.
"Alright I think I got this! Autobots serve and protect." Nova said as she was correct again. When Jack left it was 10:00pm, so team Prime wound down for the night in order to help Nova with speaking their language and combat training. That night though, Nova had a nightmare: of her father and Megatron. "Ah, Nova Prime. Welcome. Your father here had accepted to surrender you to me willingly. Now come, we must inject more Dark Energon into you." Megatron cooed as he grabbed at her. "Father please don't let him kill me, he already tried once! Please don't let him try again, PLEASE FATHER!" Nova cried out as she saw her father smirk at her.
Just then she woke up screaming bloody-murder and panting. 'He wouldn't surrender me to Megatron, would he? I mean, does he hate me or love me?' thought Nova as she went to continue her training. By the time the other Autobots got up, Nova was able to say a few more sentences in Cybertronian. "Ratchet I studied all of these symbols, they say: Orian Pax and Megatronus fought side-by-side until Megatronus became Megatron." Nova said as she saw his "jaw drop". "So who is Orian Pax, and is he still alive today?"She asked as Optimus was heart-broken: she has no memory of him as Orian Pax. "That's easy, Orian Pax is…" Bulkhead replied as Ratchet told him to be quiet.
Just then the alarm went off: Megatron was nearby. "Autobots transform and roll out! Except for you Nova, Ratchet will stay with you." Optimus said as the others left with him. Nova just shrugged and went back to studying her language again. About eight hours later, Optimus and the others came back and she was able to say more sentences in Cybertronian. "Listen to this: Alpha Trion was the keeper of the relics of Cybertron, and during the war he sent all of them to another planet. Four of them are very crucial to Cybertron's future, they are called: the Omega Keys." Nova said as Optimus was very shocked about hearing about the Omega Keys in general.
"Alright now Nova, I need you to study these symbols. Your very life depends on it." Ratchet said as he looked at Optimus and nodded. "When we she begin the combat training Optimus? Also, who will teach her?" Bulkhead asked as Optimus just looked at Nova. "She will begin tomorrow and both you and Arcee will teach her. But only the basics for now, then later the harder stuff." Optimus responded as he left the base for some "air". But then Jack came by to tell some very important news to Nova. "Nova! I just came back from checking in on your human family, and Megatron captured them!" Jack shouted as Nova looked right at him in horror.
'Oh, no! I must do something now!' thought Nova as she was about to take off. "Oh, no you don't Nova. It is too dangerous for you to go; besides you need to learn how to fight with your new weapons first. Bulkhead and Arcee will go rescue your family." Ratchet said as he nodded to them as they left. All of a sudden Nova booked it to the Ground Bridge and followed Arcee and Bulkhead into the heart of Megatron's warship again. When she got there, she saw the Decepticons fighting the two Autobots. 'Now to locate my family and get them out of here.' thought Nova as she looked all around the ship very cautiously. When she found them, she was in complete horror: Megatron was torturing them, hoping that she would come and save them.
"Megatron! I'm here, now let them go!" Nova demanded as Megatron laughed. "This is my proposal to you Nova: surrender freely and they live, or fight me and they die. What will it be?" Megatron asked as Optimus responded. "How about neither Megatron!" Optimus said as his fist collided with Megatron's face. "Let's get out of here now!" Arcee yelled as she saw Megatron starting to get back up. Then when they all returned to the base, Optimus and Ratchet looked at Nova very angrily, and then Optimus said something he regretted soon after. "Nova, maybe you shouldn't be my daughter. I mean you don't listen to me at all; you do whatever you want instead. So it's best that you leave the Prime family for good." Optimus said as Nova looked at him with tears in her optics.
"I was right; you do hate me after all!" Nova shouted as she ran out of the base. Then she transformed and drove FAR away from the base, not knowing that Laser Beak was watching her.