Here's another chapter for you. I'm starting to catch up on all of my stories, I'll get there I hope.
Well, Enjoy! Transformers is not owned by me.
A few weeks had past and the war against the Predacons stayed the same. Destiny had especially stayed close to Optimus, her step brothers and Magnus during the battles. She felt more secure with them. But as they battled, Destiny noticed a change in Magnus' attitude towards Optimus. It was almost like he was angry at him for something and would usually refuse to work with him. Destiny couldn't understand what was happening between them, why they were starting to grow further away from each other. Every time she, Magnus and Optimus came back to the base, Magnus would look to Optimus and growl before walking away from him. She wanted to ask him what was wrong but he would disappear when she finally got the chance. She didn't dare ask during her training with him, in fear that he may walk out on her. But when the training ended, he would walk away and she would lost her chance. She then quit trying to ask him, she figured she would ask Optimus instead but only when he had some free time. She wouldn't disturb him during when he was busy. Now her morning training just finished and, as always, Magnus walked out. Destiny sighed and decided to head off to the command center, where a few of the earlybird mechs should be. But when she reached it, she found it empty. Destiny had a discouraged look on her face, but walked towards one of the chairs and sat down in it.
"Mech... Why is that no one is ever up at this time?" Destiny sighed, placing her elbows on the edge of the control panel. She placed her chin on the palm of her hands in a bored manner.
"Sounds like you're not much of a morning person." Said a voice. Destiny glanced to her right and smiled.
"Hi T-AI. And no I'm never a morning bot."
"I see." T-AI said, returning the smile. "So what brings you here?"
"I was hoping to catch Optimus... I guess he's not up." Destiny said looking to the hologram.
"Did you want to talk to him? You know I can contact him." T-AI said, floating in front of Destiny.
"Oh no. That's okay!" Destiny said, putting her hands up. "Although I do want to talk to him about something."
"Does it have anything to do with Magnus by chance?" T-AI asked. Destiny looked, in surprise, at the hologram before her.
"How did you..." Destiny started.
"I can usually read people well, it's a special talent that Optimus says I have." T-AI said, giggling slightly.
"You know... you and me are a lot alike. How scary." Destiny said, giggling as well.
"I'll contact him for you... it's no problem really." T-AI said, floating towards a control panel and typing in something.
"Thanks T-AI. I owe you for this one." Destiny said, relaxing back in the chair. She offlined her optics as T-AI contacted Optimus and asked him to come to the command center. She knew what she wanted to ask him, she knew what she wanted to know. Was there a argument with Optimus and Magnus? But over what Destiny was not sure of. She wanted some answers about the conflict. She hoped Optimus would be willing to tell her. She was seemingly curious about her adopted father's past. Little did she know that someone had walked in the command center. She was deep in her thoughts. But then she got a surprise.
"Are you comfortable there?"
Destiny onlined her optics from her position to which she had leaned her head back and stared up to meet Optimus gaze. This surprised her by her falling out of the chair and looking up to his gaze. He chuckled at the young warriors reaction. She then realized at how ridiculous she looked and a light blush crossed her face. She stood up with Optimus helping her to her feet. Destiny's blush didn't disappear though, it seemed to want to stay on her face which earned another chuckle from Optimus.
"You wanted to talk?" Optimus asked.
"Oh yeah!" Destiny's blush faded. "Can I talk to you in private though?"
"Sure. Where do you want to go?" Optimus asked, a little concerned.
"To your quarters... seeing as you have the soundproof system." Destiny asked.
"If that's where you want to go then sure. I'll meet you there." Optimus said.
"Okay!" Destiny walked off to where her father's quarters were located.
"Hmm. Odd. She's usually never like that." Optimus said. "I wonder what's bothering her?"
"Sir... I think it has something to do with the way Magnus acts towards you." T-AI said.
"I figured that would get to her..." Optimus sighed. "She doesn't know about the Matrix of Leadership yet."
"..And to why Magnus wants it." T-AI said, "That's why Magnus has been avoiding you all together."
"And Magnus doesn't want to upset Destiny by starting a fight. He cares about her, to him, he's trying to set an example for her."
"Right. So that's why he walks away when he has the chance. In fear of upsetting Destiny." T-AI said, returning back to her work.
Optimus nodded and headed down to where his quarters were, He knew he would have to tell Destiny. In the past, Magnus was the strongest fighter and he would have been the leader of the Autobots. But instead he, Optimus was chosen to lead the Autobots. This caused Magnus to leave him in fury. Magnus wanted the Matrix of Leadership but it had passed him over and went to Optimus, Magnus refused to follow any of Optimus's orders. Magnus was still desperate on getting the Matrix. After they returned from the planet called Earth, Magnus had met Lightstreak. And that took his mind off the Matrix when he began trying to train the femme warrior. That's when Optimus seen that a relationship was being built. He was happy for his brother to finally settle down about the Matrix, it was almost as Magnus had forgotten about it. Optimus clearly remembered seeing them getting closer and closer to each other, then they started dating. They had fallen in love but they never spark bonded to each other, both knowing they were not ready for that kind of relationship. The day that soldiers started to volunter was when Magnus became worried. Lightstreak said she would go and help out with the Northern base. Optimus even remembered Magnus talking to her later saying that it may not have been a good idea. But she said she wanted to do it, and Magnus told her to be careful. That was the last time Magnus had ever saw her. The base was attacked and she was taken hostage. Magnus was in shock and anger at how Galvatron took the hostages, including Lightstreak. But the last time that Optimus had seen her was when she was brought back to the base by X-Brawn and that's when she was on the verge of dieing. That was when Destiny had been born. He even remembered Magnus being upset about the fact that it had been Scourge that had killed her and that the sparkling was also his. But as she grew into a teenager, Magnus had already gotten attached to the youngling. Optimus sighed upon reaching his quarters, seeing Destiny leaning against the wall waiting for him. He typed in the password to his room and he entered with Destiny behind him. Optimus turned on the soundproof, knowing that Destiny had wanted him to. Destiny stood there waiting for him to respond.
"Dad..." Destiny started.
"You want to talk about Ultra Magnus, right?" Optimus said looking to her. She nodded. "It's bit complex at first to say this but... there's been a rivalry between me and my brother. He wants the Matrix of leadership, a symbol given to the bot who controls the Autobots. The day came when it had to chose a leader and it passed over him and came to me. He disappeared after I received it, then came looking for me in order to retrieve it. It seemed after we came back to Cybertron, he must of forgotten about it. Now he's starting to remember it after all these years here. I think he's only worried about upsetting you about this.. that's why he walks away quickly."
Destiny looked to her father in a bit of surprise. Then she folded her arms.
"Perhaps.... I shouldn't have told you..." Optimus said, wondering if it really had upset her.
"Are you kidding? That makes me mad! I'm not upset! He's angry at you for a little thing like that!?" Destiny said. Optimus was now surprised, he looked to Destiny, who was fuming at the moment. Then he laughed, she just had a temper flare like her mother always had. Lightstreak's mood swings and personality was running through her daughters systems.
"Wait till I find him!" Destiny said, heading for the door. Optimus stopped her short.
"Now wait... wait. Why don't you wait til your training starts up again?" Optimus said, noting his daughter's confused look. "You'll be able to talk to him directly."
"I guess I can wait." Destiny grumbled. Optimus chuckled at her mood swing again, seeing as he would probably see more of them. He let Destiny out of the room with him following behind. Destiny was planning on telling Magnus off for being immature over a little thing like not getting the Matrix. She couldn't wait to tell him off for it. Destiny walked back to the command center seeing the elder Autobot brother there talking to T-AI. She smiled and ran up behind him and jumped onto his back, he squawked waving his arms around before laughing. She kept her arms around X-Brawn's neck and threw her legs around his waist. X-Brawn laughed and just folded his arms.
"I was wondering when I'd get to see you Optimus. I wanted to talk to you about something." X-Brawn said. But then his tone changed to serious. "But this is a private matter, about the enemy."
Optimus noted X-Brawns look and nodded.
"Destiny... I need to talk to X-Brawn alone." Optimus said. Destiny nodded, understanding. She got back to her feet and left the adults, heading to the infirmary. She hadn't talked to Red Alert in awhile so she thought she could hang out with her for awhile. Upon reaching the doors to the infirmary, the conversation inside caught Destiny's attention. She leaned down and gently touched her antenna to the door listening the conversation.
"...I know but... do you really think they're ready...?" Said a voice Destiny recognized as Prowl.
"Oh Prowl... They're bound to find out sometime! Please Prowl dear?" Said Red Alert's voice.
Destiny listened intently, she never heard Red Alert address Prowl like that. She was also curious about their secret that they have been keeping from everyone, it wasn't like them to keep a secret.
"I don't know... this is just... well..." Prowl sounded unsure.
"There's no reason to shy about it. You have me to back you up remember?" Red Alert said. It sounded like she had a loving tint to her voice. Destiny had leaned to hard on the door and she fell through when it opened, causing both Red Alert and Prowl to jump. Destiny looked up to see their surprised looks and she smiled sheepishly. Prowl stood there with a full blush on his face and the other fact was that he wasn't wearing a facemask, so Destiny could see his blush fully.
"Uh.... I probably should have knocked first...." Destiny said, out of the awkward moment.
"It's alright Destiny.... Besides... I think you can keep a secret." Red Alert said.
"Yeah!" Destiny got to her feet and let the doors shut behind her.
"You see here... Prowl is pretty embarrassed about this but I know I can trust you... you'll be the first to know anyways." Red Alert said with a smile as Destiny walked closer to the two of them.
"Cool! What's the big secret?" Destiny asked.
"Me and Prowl... we're mates." Red Alert said, with smile.
Destiny looked to Prowl and Red Alert in surprise, she had never known. Then she smiled and put her hand out to Prowl.
"Good for you, Police bot!" Destiny said, as Prowl's face went redder. Prowl sheepishly shook her hand and then rubbed the back of his head. Destiny giggled at the sight, never had she seen Prowl so embarrassed before.
"See? She took that well." Red Alert said.
"So if you're mates... that means that you're already spark-bonded right?" Destiny asked, earning a blush from both bots.
"Yes...." Prowl said, finally speaking up again. "Yes... we have..."
"I have never seen you this embarrassed before!" Destiny said, folding her arms and smiling an innocent smile.
"Well...." Prowl couldn't finish.
"You know Destiny... I wanted to ask you..." Red Alert said, placing a hand on the young femme's shoulder. Destiny looked to her, her expression becoming confused at the look on Red Alerts face. "I know I'm not due here but...."
Destiny's optics widened and she bit her lip to stop her excitement from exploding on her, but her frame gave her away. She shook with that overwhelming excitement. She knew what Red Alert was saying.
"You're having a sparkling!! Red! Prowl!!" Destiny let her excitement explode.
"Ha ha ha! Yes. I was going to ask if you wanted to help raise it a little... I mean.. if you wanted too." Red Alert said, placing a hand to her stomach. "I just found out today..."
Destiny jumped and hugged Prowl tightly that he squawked in surprise while Red Alert laughed. Prowl patted the young femme on the head lightly as she hugged him tighter. She was just appointed as a sister to the sparkling, even though it wasn't due for a long time to come.
"....Yeah... I only just found out today as well..." Prowl said, as Destiny finally released him. "I was just as happy as you are now."
"Wouldn't it be so cool, if you found out that it was twins!" Destiny said. Red Alert laughed.
"It would... Prowlie, you would probably faint if that was the case." Red Alert said, watching as Prowl smiled lovingly at her.
"You guys... are love birds!" Destiny said. Prowl kissed his mate on the cheek as Red Alert let him wrap his arms around her. Destiny giggled as Red Alert went back to the second medical room. Prowl put his facemask back on.
"...Would you really faint if it was twins?" Destiny asked. Prowl fell backwards in surprise, making Destiny laugh loudly. He sat there with dumbfound look on his face as he watched Destiny laugh at his reaction to her question.
"Well...! I... uh...um..." Prowl was a bit speechless.
"Your.... Your face! That was the funniest thing I had ever seen!" Destiny helped the Police bot to his feet as he sighed. He brushed himself off and left the infirmary with Destiny following him. Prowl knew that Destiny would keep a secret but he was a little flustered and a little embarrassed about his reaction to her question. Destiny and Prowl reached the command center where Destiny stopped. There stood Ultra Magnus, keeping his distance from Optimus with a bit of a tense expression on his face. Destiny's happy moment faltered and she felt a little angry again. She remembered what Optimus had told her and that seemed to anger her more. She folded her arms. Magnus just gave a glare at Optimus and nearly stomped away, he was heading to one of the training rooms. Destiny went after him but she looked around for a hand-held object she could use. Magnus entered the training area, not evening sensing that Destiny was behind him. Magnus stood there in the middle of the room with his back to her. She found a long pole used for close combat weaponry and picked it up. Destiny let her anger flare thinking about how Magnus could dislike Optimus over a petty thing such as the Matrix of Leadership, she thought that it wasn't fair on Optimus to have to deal with Magnus' wrath as he would attack Optimus over it. She brought the pole up and hit him hard on the head.
"OW! WHAT THE FRAG!?" Magnus said, rubbing the spot on his head as he turned around to face his intruder. His expression turned into surprise seeing Destiny with an angered look on her face and seeing her hold her make-shift bat.
"D-Destiny? Why are you attacking me?" Magnus asked, seriously.
"Why? WHAT THE FRAG IS WRONG WITH YOU!?" Destiny snapped, swinging the pole at him again to which he dodged.
"What!?" Magnus was confused to why she was attacking him with a pole.
"You get mad at Optimus over the Matrix of Leadership! And you ask me why I'm angry!?" Destiny snapped, swinging the pole to where it nearly hit him again.
"Optimus told you!?" Magnus said, out of shock. The pole hit him again on the head.
"Yeah he told me! Because I asked him too!" Destiny said, preparing another swing at him. "And you thought I would get upset!? DO I LOOK UPSET!? I'm pretty slagging mad!"
Magnus was surprised that she got angry at him over that, then again her anger temper reminded him immediately of Lightstreak. Whenever he said or did something to get her mad, she come after him with what looked like a make-shift bat. He dodged another swing, taking a couple of steps back so he could actually be able to stop another attack on him. Destiny kept swinging the pole at him, hoping that this would teach him a lesson. Magnus blocked a couple of her swings by pushing the pole away quickly as she went to hit him. Destiny, deep down, was having a bit of fun trying to hit him and it seemed to help her frustration with him. But she was still angry with him. Another swing from the pole made Magnus dodge but then trip backwards and fall on his back. She went to hit him again but he caught it before it could touch his head. Now there seemed to be a bit of a fight of the pole, which seemed to try and inch it's way to Magnus' head and to where Magnus was keeping it away from him. He admitted that Destiny was getting stronger, seeing as she was using a lot of force to try and push the pole down. Magnus thought quickly and pushed the pole and Destiny away from him. Destiny then charged back at him with the pole raised behind her. Ultra Magnus got to his feet quickly, narrowly avoiding the attacking pole. Skidding to the side, Magnus went and made a grab at Destiny's shoulder. Upon grabbing her shoulder, he brought her down to her back roughly and then he pinned the pole above her with her hands trapped underneath it. Destiny glared at him, unable to use her hands.
"Again, I am going to ask you to NOT ATTACK ME." Magnus said, giving Destiny his usually teaching look.
"Just let me hit you! You really deserve it!" Destiny said, trying again to move her hands which failed horriblely.
"No. Don't go around attacking bots with poles." Magnus seemed to snap. Destiny growled and she offlined her optics laying her head back. Magnus raised an optic brow and leaned in closer to see if she was alright. His mistake. The moment he leaned closer to her was when she threw her forehead up, banging it into his face. He went back in surprise, now holding his head which was starting to give him a headache. Destiny onlined her optics, seeing that she was now free to attack him again. She jumped her feet and raised the pole, again wapping him on the top of the head.
"OW!" Magnus was rubbing the top of his head which his headache worsened after Destiny had wapped him. She then stopped her attack by placing the pole across her shoulders.
"There's no reason for you to get angry and attack Optimus! Come on Magnus! That's really being immature!" Destiny snapped at him. He looked up and met her gaze, to which he saw Lightstreak's expression whenever she was angry at him. He blinked a couple of times before his gaze softened. A bit of sadness crept into his optics, he truly missed his beloved.
"......" Magnus couldn't bring himself to say anything, he turned his gaze downward avoiding Destiny's all together. Destiny then felt regret and guilt as she seen him look downward. She bit her lip removing the pole from her shoulders and touching her upper arm. She kneeled down to Magnus's level trying to look at his expression, to which he had hidden from her.
"...I'm sorry... I'm really sorry..." Destiny said, hoping that he would look at her again. Then she heard a soft chuckle out of him and had seen his smirk. Then he burst out laughing which caused her to fall back on her rearplating in surprise. He was laughing, in a bit of a happy tone. She looked at him in shock, she had just hit him numerous times and told him off, and yet he was laughing.
"I can't believe this! HA HA! Primus, she used to give me that speech all the time! HA HA HA! Oh mech, she'd even whap me with that make-shift bat! AHA HA HA HA!" Magnus was having problems speaking straight without laughing.
"What are you talking about!?" Destiny asked, as Magnus seemed to laugh harder. He stopped slowly looking to Destiny with a look of thanks and happiness.
"Your mother... Lightstreak. She would give me that speech and chase me with a wrench or long metal pole. That was whenever I made her angry and she would hit me really hard on the head. I had to fragging run as if my life depended on it." Magnus snickered a little more. "She would take Optimus side about the Matrix of Leadership then come after me with a wrench or something asking what was wrong with me."
"You mean.... you're not mad at me?" Destiny asked.
"Of course not. I shouldn't have avoided you and for that I apologize. I should have told you." Magnus said, getting to his feet.
"Soo... if you act like an aft again... I can come after you with a wrench?" Destiny said, standing as well with a smirk on her face.
"I wouldn't count on it. Ha ha ha." Magnus seemed to have cheered up a bit, and Destiny was happy to have whapped him a couple of times.
"I have a little favor to ask." Destiny said, as her and Magnus walked out of the training room together.
"Hm?"
"Do you mind if you could treat Optimus a little better from now on? I mean he is my father!" Destiny said. "Please Magnus?"
"Alright. Alright. It's because you asked nicely and that I really care. And don't come after me again with a wrench or something... It will be a pain in the aft to outrun you." Magnus said, shaking his head. "I'll have to have the medic pound the dents out after the beating you gave me."
"Hey! You deserved it and you know it!" Destiny countered.
"Okay true." Magnus said as they reached the command center. To both their surprise, it was busier than ever with Autobots rushing back and forth. Optimus was looking a bit stressed over something. Destiny trotted to his side with a concerned look with Magnus right behind her.
"What's wrong? Optimus... you look really stressed..." Destiny asked, touching his arm.
"Optimus?" Magnus asked.
"It's Galvatron... he's just departed from the Planet with the Decepticons and a lot more Predacons..." Optimus said with a strained voice.
"Where is he headed now?" Magnus tone had turned serious.
"....He's headed back for Earth."
It's a cliffy I know! It gets you thinking too. Ha ha!
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