Chapter 9
Optimus just waited, optics shut, all sounds couldn't be heard, and his mind was completely blank except for these words 'Will Shadowblade Be Alright?' He just wished he could save her. Break the chains and defeat his evil clone. Shadowblade let out a piercing scream, making the primes' optics shoot open. His vision was shadowy as he looked around hoping Shadowblade wasn't hurt. His breathing got heavier from the heat in the cell. His vision cleared enough to her, and he wasn't pleased about what he saw. Her body was shivering, her optics dimmed, she was panting heavily, and her armor, all of it, was torn apart. Pieces on the floor, and pieces some all the way over at his pedes. Her optic was swollen shut and her faceplates were covered in gashes. So was her entire frame.
"Blade, are you alright?" He asked gently with a little tint of worry.
She glanced at him with a hurt look on her faceplates.
"What did you do to her?!" He roared.
"Just what she needed." The dark prime answered evilly locking his optics on the former prime.
"She needed a little love. And she's more compatible with me than you little Optimus."
Optimus snarled at his words.
"You looked like you killed her!"
"She loved every moment of it though. Right my little shadow?"
Shadowblade slowly nodded her helm, but still had a hurt look on her face.
He picked up Optimus's matrix and snickered.
"You see, maybe she could be my sparkmate. And you could nothing to stop me." Nemesis disengaging the energy bars on the cell, matrix in servo.
Once the dark prime left, Shadowblade broke into a quite sob.
"We're going to get out of here Blade." Optimus ensured pulling at the chains that held him.
Shadowblade gave her leader a depressed look before she continued to sob.
"Blade don't give up, we are getting out of here."
"No, Optimus we aren't." She sobbed.
"Don't say that. We're going to get out of here." He tried to encourage her.
"Well what should I do with my lord's new pet?" She heard the dark Ironhide say.
The dark Ironhide walked into the cell and smiled at Shadowblade.
"Did you think you were only his pet?"
Shadowblade shuddered at his tone. His claw slid across her face leaving a little gash on her cheek.
"Stop!" Optimus shouted protectively.
The dark autobot laughed and turned to the former prime. As he walked over to him, he heard him snarl in anger.
"She has gone through enough!"
"But you haven't."
The dark Ironhide slashed his chest leaving a deep gash, making him let out a shout. Shadowblades' optics turned blood red and she snapped the chains the held her. Her form shifted and changed into her beast form.
"Leave him ALONE!" She roared. Her last word formed into a true roar. A roar of a monster.
The dark 'bot' gazed at the beast that was now in that cell. With a roar she rammed the dark warrior into wall, knocking him out. Her gaze locked on Optimus. He turned away hoping she would hurt him. She slashed at the chains and shattered them.
"I won't hurt you." Shadowblade assured telepathically. He just stared at her in fear. She bent down and licked his face, showing she meant no harm. She got up and rammed through the energy bars and fell to her knees. She put a servo on her abdomen and let out a soft yowl. Optimus shook his head.
"You're not…are you?" His voice was full of worry.
She gave him an apologetic look and got up. She disengaged the bars so Optimus could get through. He just stared at her. She had finally controlled it. And she was now carrying a sparkling. The dark primes sparkling.
She snarled at the dark 'bots' that were in the brig trying to shoot her. She rammed and clawed them down through the halls of the brig while freeing the trapped decepticons in the cells, slicing through the chains that held them captive. Most of them were weak and heavily damaged, like her. They were slaves. Just for her to think she was Nemesis's slave. That thought made her shiver. She stopped at a large cell. She tried to disengage the energy bars, however there was a code. She tore the code lock and the bars disengaged, and her optics widened. It was Megatron. She slashed the chains and he just collapsed onto the ground, too beaten to move. Her gaze locked on a brightly colored mech and she threw her head towards the beaten Megatron. The mech threw Megatrons' arms over his shoulder and with the help of another mech carry him out. She just walked out as Nemesis aimed his gun at her muzzle. She let out snarl.
"Well, hasn't my little shadow come out of her box of fear." He cooed.
A sharp pain shot through her body again and she fell to her knees and put her servo on her abdomen again.
"And it seems that I will have a made you a soon to be mother."
Shadowblade let out a roar and lurched up at the dark prime. He pulled the trigger on his blaster sending a bullet straight through her helm. Her optics off-lined and her body just flopped to the ground.
"BLADE!" Optimus screamed.
"Put the prisoners back where they belong." Nemesis ordered.
The autobots moved in just for a sudden force to push them away. Nemesis locked his optics on Shadowblade that was picking herself up from the ground. She panted as she picked herself up, energon leaked out of her muzzle from the shot. The dark prime looked surprised. Her helm turned and faced the dark prime. Her optics turned snow white and she let out a roar. Her form changed again. But this time her form color was white, her transforming body gave her wings, horns and a dragon snout. She was… a dragon. She got up and faced Nemesis. She was now larger than the prime, but he showed no fear to her.
"Show me where are the rest of your prisoners?" She growled. Her voice was layered one was her normal voice another was a deeper voice.
The dark prime just smiled. And shot his blaster at her again. It deflected off of her armored scales. She picked him up like he was a toy.
"Duck!" She shouted.
The decepticons ducked and she threw the dark prime at the other autobots behind the decepticons, knocking all of them down and out.
"Run." She ordered to the decepticons.
There was no hesitation when she said it, the decepticons ran past her but Optimus just stood next to her.
"I will find your matrix. You though, will lead them out."
Optimus nodded and ran after the 'cons'. Shadowblade faced the dark 'bots' and inhaled deeply. The dark prime shook his helm and locked his optics on the white dragon. She exhaled a large white flame that shot straight at him. He rolled away from the flames and ran through the brig. She buried the other 'bots' in flames. Her optics closed and she focused on where the matrix was. She looked around with her optics shut, looking for a spark of life. Her helm shot to the as she saw a spark of life. Her optics shut open and she ran through the brig to find it.
Optimus looked around the corner of the throne room. Empty. He waved his hand and led them to a large door. He opened it and saw a deep purple Ratchet. The dark Ratchet aimed his gun at Optimus. He put his servos up in the air in surrender, but nodded his head. A brightly colored Skywarp fired a missile at the 'bot' that killed him.
"Come on we're almost out." Optimus encouraged.
Shadowblade knocked down the door where the spark of life was, hoping to find his matrix. As she walked into the room she looked around and discovered walls of toys. She looked away and found Optimus's matrix on a table; it was the brightest thing in the room. She grabbed it but something caught her optic. She walked over to the corner of the room and noticed a picture. She picked it up and shook her helm. It was her, well sort of. She was snow white in the picture that was the only difference. But it was her and Nemesis, hand and hand and smiling. She then realized, he was so nice to her was because she reminded him of his sparkmate. She felt crushed now that she had tried to kill him.
"You now know why I treated you nicely."
Shadowblade jumped a little and turned to face him. His looked away in sadness. Her form changed back into her normal form and she hugged him. He looked at the femme that was hugging him.
"I didn't know. I feel horrible." She said with tears in her optics.
The dark prime hugged her back. She felt tears roll down her cheekplates and she noticed tears fall, his tears.
"I lost her because of my lust for power. And all she wanted was for me to show her that I loved her." His voice became soft and glum.
"I want her back, but it's too late."
Shadowblade got on the tip of her pedes and kissed the mech. She didn't care if he was evil. She now wanted to make him happy. She just couldn't imagine the pain. The sadness. Everything slipping away from you, she had never felt it and she never wanted to. But she now never wanted to leave him.
Will she stay in this realm to love the dark prime or will she leave him to save Optimus and the others? Cliffhanger! BUM BUM BUUUUUM.
