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Battle for the Future
Narrator POV
The Autobots fought hard against the Decepticons, but they were slowly losing ground. Devastator was having some trouble fighting off Taggs, Blast, and the Wreakers, but he was devastating the Autobot forces whenever he slammed a servo or ped down. Blast had some injuries already, and Taggs was worse off, but they continued to fight. Blaze and Ratchet worked on those who were seriously injured, and Blaze helped keep the Decepticons from coming too close to them. Optimus and Phoenix were both locked in battle with their enemies, Megatron and Earthquake respectively. However, Starscream and his seeker forces came flying down upon the Autobot forces, forcing them back and away from helping their Prime or the small band of Autobots that went with him and Phoenix into the tunnels.
Phoenix managed to keep Earthquake from getting the upper hand, but she was tiring, and fast. Earthquake was always stronger than Phoenix, but Phoenix was always a lot faster than him and she always tried to use that to her advantage. However, this time, she had no advantages. Quake had maneuvered her to a spot where she couldn't use her speed, and now only had to wait till she made a fatal error. She finally made that error and Quake took the opportunity and shot at her, glancing off her leg and causing her to spin and fall.
"Time's up, Prime," Earthquake said with a sneer. "This has been fun, but it all ends here." He pulled out a sword from a sub-space pocket on his arm as he walked closer to Phoenix. She, after she had fallen, had put a servo over her wound in an effort to stop the bleeding and tried to slide back.
"Not yet," She said, trying to sound brave, but the truth was she was scared. But not for her life, for those around her for she knew that if she failed, Cybertron would become war torn once more. She couldn't let that happen, she just couldn't live with herself if that happened. "I'm not done yet!" Earthquake came closer and laughed, raising the sword above him, readying it to end Phoenix's life.
"Oh but you are, Prime!" He roared, bringing the sword down straight towards Phoenix's helm. Suddenly another sword appeared and blocked Earthquake's sword, inches away from her helm. Phoenix's left servo had gone to her back, just above her left door wing, and grabbed one of her twin swords that was kept there as they were talking.
"You could never multitask in a battle, Quake," Phoenix stated as his optics widened at the slightly glowing, orange tinted blade. "You were so focused on me and offlining me you never noticed my left servo getting my sword." She pushed him back, causing him to stumble backwards in shock. He never knew she even carried a sword, let alone two as he saw as she stood up and pulled out a twin sword, though this one was tinted blue. "Yes, Quake, I have swords, I am a duel welder, and I will stop you." She stood proud and tall now, and her optics held a conviction that wasn't there before.
"You don't have the Matrix!" Growled Earthquake, getting ready to attack or block. But nothing could have prepared him for what Phoenix did next. By now, Megatron had retaliated against Optimus and managed to push him next to Phoenix. Now it was two the two Primes Vs. the two tyrants.
"I don't need it to know that I am a Prime and that this is what I am meant to do," Phoenix said, almost sounding surprised herself at that statement. "I know that now." She glanced at Optimus, who had glanced at her and smiled at her. Then both turned their attention back onto the two of them.
"One shall stand and one shall fall!" They stated at the same time and charged them. Megatron, already damaged from battling Optimus, decided to flee, leaving Earthquake alone. Optimus backed off a bit and let Phoenix take on Earthquake alone.
Phoenix masterfully spun, dodged, and attacked Earthquake who was doing his best to just dodge and block. Optimus noted that Phoenix was very skilled with her twin blades and he made sure the other Decepticons didn't get involved in her fight.
Elsewhere, Bumblebee, Bluestreak, and Taggs found themselves back to back surrounded by Cons. They were all injured and tired, but knew that they had to continue to fight. They were vastly outnumbered and there was little to no hope for them to survive the next wave. Taggs glanced at the two of them and sighed.
"Well, it was nice to fight alongside of you two Autobots," She commented, a boomerang blade, blade-rangs, in each servo, they were basically made from her blades from her alt-mode. Six blades, six blade-rangs. "I just want you two to know that this was actually fun. Who knew that I would get to fight alongside two great Autobots." She chuckled and prepared till the end. The two Autobots just nodded and revved their engines in agreement. Then the Cons attacked, all storming forward toward the three of them. However, blasts caught all by surprise and several bots came running and surrounded the three of them, protecting them from the Cons. All had grey-silver as a main color, but any secondary, or highlight, colors were vastly different. The one in front of Bee had a dark rose color and was a femme. She glanced back at them and smiled.
"Sorry we're late, Taggs," She said, making Taggs grin and turn towards her, "but that ship is a stubborn one and so are Quake's forces. The Sen Twins got out after we crashed, but we found them and the rest of my forces are taking them back."
"All right Rose!" Taggs cheered. "Oh, Bee, Blue, this is Dark Rose, head of Iacon Security back in our time. And I am sure we can explain everything once we find Phoenix, our leader." They nodded as the both smiled at Dark Rose. She was taller than them and was a flyer, seeing as she had wings, and golden optics. She nodded to the two of them, then returned her attention to Taggs.
"Speaking of Prime, where is she?" Rose asked, turning serious. "I am going to have to talk to her about what happened and investigate it all." Taggs sighed and shrugged.
"I know," Taggs said, "but I don't know either. For all I know she is battling Quake. My guess, look for Optimus Prime and you will find Phoenix." Rose nodded then gave a few orders to her team. Bee looked between them then spoke up.
"It sounds like you don't take orders from your Prime…" He looked at Dark Rose as he said it. She nodded a bit.
"Yes, but that is because Cybertron Security is separate from all other forces," She explained. "After the war, the ruling Prime decided that if anything like this should ever happen again, a security force that could act alone might be needed. You are not picked for this job, you are sparked right into it. Though there are a few cases that have earned the right to join, but usually not. You see, by doing it this way, it actually makes it impossible to infiltrate the force and the force only works to see Cybertron and its citizens stay safe. Even in the case that the Prime might fail in their duty to Cybertron, it is the force that acts to remove the fallen Prime and find a new one if needed." Both Blue and Bee nodded at that explanation. Basically, the force was only there to protect Cybertron and its citizens, and it could never take over because that is not what they were taught and not how they worked.
"Cool," Was all Blue said, smiling. "Anyway, it looks like the Decepticons are retreating." He points to the Decepticons as the fled back, following Megatron. Taggs looked around, then decided on something.
"I'll look for Phoenix," She said, jumping up and transforming to search from the air. Taggs didn't have to look for long. She found Phoenix and Earthquake battling each other and Optimus keeping the other Autobots back. She suddenly pulled up to avoid Devastator's servo swinging at her and she turned towards him and saw that many Autobots were still fighting him.
/Rose, Phoenix is basically straight ahead. Just follow the sounds of battle and find Optimus./ Taggs commed to Dark Rose. /Take Bee and Blue with you and let Phoenix know we are gonna need her help./
/Understood, and be careful my friend./ Dark Rose responded, already hurrying over to where Phoenix was at. Taggs, on the other hand, continued to dodge Devastator and keep him busy whenever an Autobot got in trouble. She was doing her best, and she knew she couldn't keep it up much longer.
Phoenix POV
I dodged and attacked Earthquake, though my surprise attack had worn off by now and my right leg felt like it was on fire. I ignored it though, focusing on Quake and only faintly keeping a sensor on my surroundings. I knew Optimus kept the Decepticons away, then the Autobots after the Cons fled, and now was just watching Quake and I fight. I spotted an opening and took it, slashing at his side and shoving him away from me. He fell to one knee and struggled to rise again.
"Quake," I said, panting a bit, my fans in overdrive trying to cool me down, "it's over… This fight is over." He growled, forcing himself u and took one step towards me when Dar Rose intervened and quickly got his arms behind him and cuffed. I sighed and put my swords away as Quake struggled to get free as a few other of her team took him back to the ship.
"I see I didn't miss much," Rose said, wincing a bit at the cursing as Earthquake was taken away. I smiled a bit at her then turned toward Optimus.
"Optimus, this is Dark Rose, head of Iacon Security," I said, then looked back at Rose. "Rose, this is Optimus Prime." She nodded at him.
"Nice to meet you," She said, then turned to me. "You know the deal Phe. With any luck we can get Quake to trial, but you know his forces." I nodded at her.
"Yeah, I know," I replied with a sigh. "But we can always try. This is the first time we have actually captured him, but yeah… I'll have a data pad with all that happened and how, theories and all, ready for you in a few orbits." There was a loud boom and I looked over to see Devastator still up. I reopened up my sensors and saw that many Autobots were in trouble, but the Wreakers got there just as I sensed what was happing and took care of him, causing him to de-combine and run off.
"Now that the battle is over," Optimus said, looking at everybot, "we should all head back to Iacon for rest." He looked over at Bluestreak and Bumblebee and nodded at them. "Bumblebee, Bluestreak, I was wondering where you two went off to." They smiled and rubbed their helms at that, causing us all to laugh a bit.
Several vorns later, Taggs, Blast, JC, Blaze, Rose and I were all with the other Autobot branch officers, including Optimus Prime and Elita-1, and I had just finished explaining where we were all from, though it was more like when. Some were surprised that we were from the future while others seemed to have known, or suspected. Rose and I even had to explain a bit about the Security forces and their role on Cybertron.
"So, you are all friends? And just became a team?" Smokescreen asked, still surprised that we were from the future.
"In a way…" I answered, looking at my team and friends. "JC and I are more like siblings since he practically raised me since we were both orphaned back when I was a sparkling. Taggs, Blast and Blaze became our friends when we started to create our team, and together we just became one big family."
"I became a friend to Phoenix when my unit was called in to break up a fight on Academy grounds," Rose explained. "That is when I first meet Phoenix, and I have kept an optic on her since then. She has surprised me at every turn and I even asked her once if she wanted to join the Security forces." She smiled at the memory, and I just rubbed my helm.
"So one can enter from outside the Security force family?" Ironhide asked, looking a bit confused. Rose and I both nodded.
"Yes, but it is very rarely," I said, smiling a bit. "And as much as I liked the thought of becoming part of her team, I turned down the offer. It was a few stellar cycles before Earthquake and the attacks, and I felt like I was meant for a different path. I was right, apparently, again." There were several chuckles and even Rose was trying to hide her smile.
"There is one thing I must ask of all of you," I said, turning very serious. "I ask that all that has happened, we being here and all, be kept hidden from the rest of the Autobots, and even the Decepticons if you can." Some seemed surprised at the request, but most were not. Optimus was one of those that were not surprised.
"We will honor your request and try our best to keep this info safe," Optimus replied, standing. "Now, as I understand it, you will be leaving in a few vorns." I nodded, smiling a bit.
"Correct," I replied. "Thanks to Wheeljack, Taggs, and Rose, Hope is up and running again and will be ready to go then." He nodded and I could tell something was going on.
"That's good. Ratchet and a few of the others have planned something for you and your team in the medbay," he looked over at Ratchet and he huffed his agreement. Ratchet stood up as well and started walking out.
"The four of you be in my medbay within 20 clicks," He huffed as he and Blaze walked out. I looked at JC, Taggs and Blast confused. Blast was, well, Blast, and JC and Taggs just looked at me confused as well. Just then, the twins burst in, followed by the mech from earlier. I grabbed Taggs, who had started to rush forward, and pulled her back.
"No Taggs," I said with a sigh, putting myself between her and the twins. "Sides, Sunny, what did you two do now?" I asked them, making the others laugh. They smiled at me, along with a smirk from the mech.
"We haven't done anything," Sides replied, ignoring Hide's glare. "Not yet anyway. We came for you. And who is your femme friend, Phoenix?" He looked at Taggs, who was just smiling at them.
"JC, take Taggs to the medbay and see what is going on over there," I said, nudging Taggs towards JC, who chuckled at her expression. Sides just waved at her as she and JC left. "And no Sides, I am not telling you about her." He shrugged then grabbed my servo and started dragging me along, causing me to stumble a bit as Sunny, the mech, and Blast followed.
As we walked, I noticed that the halls were quite empty and whenever we came across another bot, they would smile, wave, then seem to rush away. I looked confused at all of that, and turned to ask Sunny, but he, Blast, and the mech were all gone. I became even more confused because I know Blast and he wouldn't have left unless he knew what is going on and agreed to it. Sides continued pulling me towards a door, opening it and dragging me into the darkness.
"Hey!" I exclaimed as the door shut behind me and I felt someone grab me that wasn't Sides. Just then the lights went on, blinding me a bit, and I saw everyone looking at me and JC, who was actually hugging me from behind. "What-?" I asked, looking around, surprised and confused. Taggs, Blast and Blaze all had the Autobot symbol and were smiling. Yes, Blast was smiling.
"This is your surprise," JC said as Ratchet and Blaze both worked to get the Autobot symbol on my right shoulder. "Ratchet and the twins came up and asked us all if we could surprise you this way, since you are a history nut." I shoved him off at that comment and glared at him, but it was lost in my smile.
"Thank you," I said, looking at all of our new friends. "Thanks for everything."
Later at Hope, still Phoenix POV
I smiled at everyone as the last of my team said their thanks and good byes to the Autobots. I stood with Optimus, the twins and Prowl off to the side a bit.
"So this is really it huh?" Sides asked, smiling sadly. I had told him and his brother about us, since I trusted them both.
"Yeah, but we will always be friends," I said smiling at him as I took a few steps forward and turned to face them. "Thanks for everything." Prowl just nodded, then turned and left, seeing as somebot had gotten his attention elsewhere.
"Take care Phoenix," Optimus said, turning slightly away as well. "Till all are one."
"Till all are one," I replied as he left as well. I looked back at the twins. "So, don't get into too much trouble, ok?" They both laughed.
"No promises!" They said, smiling and looking happier now. "Anyway, don't get into trouble yourself." Sunny said, shaking his helm, still laughing a bit.
"Yeah," Sides said, stepping closer to me. "You surprised us when you told us everything. I never figured you out to be a Prime, but I can see why you were chosen. You were not what we though you to be." I smiled at the comment, then thought about what he said a bit more. Then I brightened and gasped a bit.
"Oh! Thanks Sides!" I said hugging him suddenly then turning to leave. "You just gave me an idea! Well, be seeing you!" I practically ran off and joined the others on Hope. I know I left him just standing there, slightly confused, but he did give me a very big idea. I burst into the bridge where everyone was standing, already getting Hope into the air so we could go home.
"I KNOW WHERE THE MATRIX IS AT!" I blurted out, nearly jumping up and down in my excitement. Everyone looked at me shocked.
"YOU WHAT!?" The all asked just as the Core was activated and we were sent back home.
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