I have my half done! Finally! I'm so glad! Sadly, I won't be able to do anything til Monday really. Anyway, hope you enjoy it!
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Chapter 10
Darkest Hour
Dusk POV
Dad had fallen, only twelve seconds after Mom fell. It was scary watching him pretty much loose his cool and attack the one who proclaimed himself as General Zod. Dad fell with his armor banged up and a shattered optic. This was not good.
I was the only one left standing.
I realized my femme form wasn't going to work so I transformed back into my human one. If this guy was like Kal in some small way, I'd need my speed and agility, not brute strength like my femme form gave me.
The general looked at me, slight disgust on his face as the familiar blue glow around me died.
I unsheathed my blades, I knew I didn't stand a chance, the only way I beat Kal was because he held back his strength and I had tricked him at the end.
But…that didn't mean I wouldn't go down without a fight.
I felt the familiar beat of my music pulse through me and my feet moved in sync. Zod and I circled one another, watching, waiting to see who would move first.
And he charged at me with blinding speed. I barely managed to lift my blades up in time to collide with him. It was like holding back a freight train with a toothpick.
His arms wrapped around my swords, but I yanked them away, dancing away as I smacked him across the back with the flat of Sunscorcher.
I aimed to hit him again, and he tripped me…he started blocking my attacks. He had found my rhythm. I tried switching to a different one, but I succeeded little.
"You're strong for a half-breed mongrel…" Zod snorted.
I managed to get close to his chest…
When a sharp, strong pain entered my own.
I let out a yell and collapsed to my knees, Mom and Dad yelling for me…
"But not strong enough," Zod finished, right as he picked me up by the wing…and shattered the delicate bones between his thumb and forefinger.
I don't think I've ever screamed so loud in my life. Even Draconus stepping or nearly severing my wing didn't hurt as bad as this.
Zod and his lady friend flinched at the sound…until that is, Zod also grabbed my arm and twisted it painfully, snapping those bones too.
And he tossed me aside like a rag doll.
"Pity," he scoffed, "I was expecting more of a challenge,"
I landed into Dad's lap, twitching in pain as my spark flared and twisted…
And I blacked out.
"Owwww," I moaned as I opened my eyes.
"You're ok!" Ben cried, "Well, you're awake anyway,"
"Tell the guy with the Jackhammer to lay off will ya?" I asked.
"What happened?" my beau asked, laying a hand on my shoulder.
"Went a half a minute round with a ticked off Kryptonian…" I growled, "And got my aft kicked,"
"LANGUAGE!" 'Bee whirred angrily.
"Aw, shuddup!" I snapped, "I'm not in the mood 'Bee,"
Something dull and grey caught my eye. In a Base full of vibrant colors, dull ones will stand out.
I glanced over and…
Great. Just Great!
Zod's lady friend was here.
"What is she doing here?" I hissed, feeling flames flick up from my hands.
"Easy Dusk," Jack said, trying to calm me down, "Faora saved Kal's life and in turn yours,"
He didn't sound happy about it.
I turned to Kal.
"This true?" I asked.
Kal nodded.
"Went out to try and save you guys… turns out Zod had one last trick up his sleeve," he said subconsciously rubbing his chest.
What in Primus' Core did he do to himself this time?
"Anyway, Faora saved me, turns out she wants to help us," Kal explained.
I returned my glare to Faora.
"Sure took your sweet time choosing the right time," I growled.
Faora returned the glare.
"Betraying my superior the man who has trained me since I was a child was not an easy decision, one I imagine you would have as much difficulty going through with if the occasion demanded it," she said.
We glared darkly at each other before Kal got between us.
"You two can try and kill each other later, right now we need to get to New York," he said,
"The 'Cons will turn that city to ash if we don't hurry,"
I sighed and assumed femme form so that Ratchet could repair me as well.
"Fine, but don't make me work with her," I warned.
"And I will be fine with that," Faora retorted.
I heard a low, coughing growl from behind me.
I turned around, slowly.
And saw Draconus laying curled up in his Predacon form as Jolt worked on him.
"Oh. My. Fraggin' Primus JACK!" I yelled, "You let that in here!?"
"Much like my reaction," Ratchet muttered as he started to work on my wing.
"Be careful with that!" I snarled, jerking away as Ratchet brought out his welder, "It's the same one that it stepped on!"
Draconus lifted his helm and snarled at me.
"He says he's not an it," Jack said via bond.
"Great," I replied, rolling my optics, "You let Dragon-Con in your head. Just peachy!"
"It was the only way I could understand what he said while he's in that form!" Jack protested, "What did you expect me to do!?"
"He nearly broke my wing! And severed it too!" I snapped, "He's nearly killed the both of us many times!"
Jack closed his optics for a few seconds before reopening them.
"He wants to know if you'll permit him to talk to you,"
"Like Pit I will,"
"He's not going to transform in the Base, he's afraid of what they'll do to him if they find out,"
"Over my cold, grey, sparkless shell Dragoncon!" I snapped out loud, making Draconus' helm snap back in surprise before he hissed at me angrily.
Draconus POV
Pompous little brat aren't you Skyfyre? At least Ultimus let me talk to him. Without threatening me.
Then again…I did step on and nearly severed her wing. If anything is to be known about Seekers, and that includes Triple-Changers, like the Halfling…They don't like it when their wings are messed with.
I lay my helm back down on my talons, wincing every now and then as the blue medic…Jolt, I believe, worked on my injuries.
"How long till everyone is combat ready?" Kal asked.
Ratchet sighed, looking up from where he was welding the Halfling's wing.
"Half hour, hour tops," he said.
Kal nodded and turned to the few that weren't injured, namely Ultimus, the mute scout Bumblebee, that new recruit Smokescreen and me, whose injuries were the least hindering to our abilities.
"Ultimus, think you can lead two scouts and a Predacon on evac?" he asked.
An unsure look passed over my cousin's face before he nodded.
"I think I can manage," he said.
"We're coming too," the…smaller…Arcee and a black haired young female said.
"Ep, ep, ep." Ratchet snapped, "You're still being punished femme, you're not going anywhere,"
Tiny Arcee opened her mouth to protest but a single look from the medic caused her to shut it. Haha, the femme fatale is getting scolded by the Medic? Huh, maybe I will enjoy this.
Kal turned to the female.
"Kara, stay here, you aren't ready for this you still need to learn to control your abilities," he said.
"Kal, I can handle myself," she protested.
Kal shook his head, he wasn't going to back down. I'm impressed.
"Maybe if it was just 'Cons, but Zod is more experienced and stronger than either of us, I'm not going to let you risk yourself fighting him. I can't lose you, not after I just found you," he said.
I gave a low growl. Ugh, so sweet.
My cousin noticed me and shot me a look.
"Be nice," he ordered over bond.
"I am being nice…I haven't ripped them to pieces," I said innocently, "Yet,"
The female, Kara, opened her mouth to protest, but Kal interrupted her.
"Please Kara, stay here and protect the others. If Faora and I fall…" he didn't finish his sentence, everyone knew that if he fell Kara would be the last line of defense against Zod.
Hopefully that didn't happen…because I had a feeling we would all be doomed.
"We're all gonna die if he fails," I muttered.
"You're a regular ball of sunshine…aren't you?" my cousin snorted as I glared at him.
Kara nodded reluctantly.
"I… shall stay brother," she said.
Kal nodded.
"Thank you," he said.
He turned to Arcee II who stood with a hand on her hip.
"Arcee," he started, but the femme interrupted him.
"Just come back alive, Jack, if you die I'm going to kick your aft," she threatened, and Kal smiled, "I'll keep that in mind,"
Jack/Ultimus Prime POV
He then turned to me.
"You guys ready?" he asked.
"Ready as we'll ever be," I responded.
Kal nodded.
"Good, Jolt can you open a bridge to New York?" he asked.
The blue medic nodded and got to work on the terminal. While he did this, Kal addressed the group as a whole.
"When you're ready meet us in New York, something tells me that before the end of today, it's going to take our combined might to bring Zod and his forces down," he said.
Everyone nodded solemnly, we knew the stakes, we knew what was at risk. If we failed here, then two dimensions would fall, two Earths would become Zod's and the human race would be extinguished two times over. Kal didn't need to explain this to any of us, we knew what to do.
"C'mon, cousin," I said over bond as Draconus got up on his pedes, flicking Jolt on the side of the helm with his tail as he did so.
Jolt glared at him, his whips flicking out before Dad fixed him with a warning glare of his own.
I looked at my cousin.
"Seriously?" I asked.
He twitched his wings, closest to a shrug as I'd get from him in that form
"I was going to do it to the Halfling," he replied, "But…I like my tail,"
The Groundbridge swirled to life and we six stood in front of it.
"You sure you can handle Zod?" Kal asked Faora.
"No, but after everything he's done, I need to at least try," she said.
Kal didn't respond and the six of us walked through the Groundbridge into a warzone. Everyone froze at what we saw. I knew the 'Cons were attacking but still….
Buildings in New York were burning with fire, debris littered the street and wrecked cars were everywhere. Every once in a while a squadron of seekers would zoom by overhead, and the sound of blaster fire and screaming echoed through the city. If one looked up, you could see the inky black shape of the Nemesis flying overhead, its massive form blotting out a part of the sky.
Draconus shuddered beside me and I put a servo on his side…
He snapped at my servo nearly catching it in his jaws.
"HEY!" I protested, "What is wrong with you!?"
My cousin's optics dimmed, seeming to gain a more sane look.
"Forgive me," he started, "I did not mean to snap at you,"
"Then why did you do it?" I demanded.
He gave a sigh.
"I honestly cannot give a good answer. Remember, I am not just a Predacon, I am still a Decepticon. There are two minds in my processor that are trying to take complete control. Draconus…and Predaking. Every time I transform into this beast…I feel another part of Draconus slip away," my cousin said as we walked through the ruins of the city, "I fear that one day…I will cease to be Draconus, son of Megatron and Nightshade and I will be the Predaking."
"Why are you telling me this?" I asked.
"Because you are the only one who will listen," he reasoned, "I cannot help but think Shockwave intended this to happen…for me to descend into insanity, what his reasoning is behind it…I do not know. Just…promise me this, cousin,"
"What," I started warily.
"If I do go insane…I want you to offline me before I hurt my Creator,"
I froze and looked at him. His golden optics were filled with pain and probably the most sane I've ever seen them.
He was asking me to kill him if he lost it. But…
"I want your word, Ultimus Prime," he snarled, and the maniac gleam was back again.
I sighed and nodded. I didn't like the idea, but that seemed to calm him just a little.
"There is one more thing I want you to do…after I'm dead," he said.
"And that is?" I demanded.
"I want you to offline Shockwave…slowly and painfully."
Faora got our attention.
"You three," she said pointing to me, 'Bee, and Smokescreen, "Handle evacuations and destroy any ground troops that try and stop you,"
She turned to Kal and Draconus.
"Kal-El, destroy any seeker squadrons, Draconus I need a way to the Nemesis, can you fly me there?" she asked.
My cousin growled a few choice words before I nudged him.
We all looked at her reluctantly and she scowled.
"Don't just stand there, go!" she yelled "innocent lives are at stake!" she exclaimed.
Bumblebee POV
Kal turned to the others and nodded before shooting into the sky colliding with a Seeker midair. The rest of us changed to vehicle mode taking off to help evacuate the city.
"Did Faora just call the Predacon…" I started before Jack cut me off.
"Unfortunately yes," he sighed, "I did a little more damage to Draconus when I faced him the second time than I thought…"
"And who turned him into tall, dark and Scaly?"
"My money's on Shockwave," Smokescreen said.
"Eh, I say Doc Knock,"
"It was both of them," Jack replied, "Now, will you both shut up and start the evacuations. Don't forget we haven't gotten permission to reveal true forms yet…so that means holoforms, sadly."
I watched as two young men flickered into existence, sitting behind the wheels of their alt modes. I turned my own on as Jack stepped out of his alt.
"Everyone! This way!" he shouted, his voice carrying the deep, powerful authority that all Primes had.
The terrified citizens ran towards us and we got everyone towards the city exit.
Draconus POV
I turned to Faora growling.
She sighed.
"Look, I know your angry with me,"
Ha! That's an understatement.
"But right now I may be the only one to stop Zod, but if you don't take me to the ship, no one will be able to," she said hands on her hips "So will you help me, or leave your father at Zod's mercy?"
I snarled angrily before I reluctantly lowered my helm, allowing Faora to climb onto me.
Unfurling my massive wings, I shot into the air, taking off towards the Nemesis.
Seeing how high we were…It was very tempting to barrel roll and let her plummet all the way down…But my father was at risk…I could not let him suffer any more and if that meant allowing her to fly with me…so be it.
The two of us landed on the Nemesis flight deck. Faora leaped off my back and onto the metal floor as I folded my wings.
A Vehicon started out of the main hold and I blasted him, offlining him before he could scream for help.
Faora looked up at me and nodded as the two of us walked into the ship.
I transformed and stood upright as we came to a crossroad. I could feel my Creator's presence down one hallway and I started towards it. Faora grabbed me and yanked me back towards the other ahll.
"Zod is down this hallway," she said.
"But my Creator is down this one," I argued.
"You'll see your father once we defeat Zod,"
I glared at her.
"And if we can't?" I snapped, "I'd rather spend my last moments with the only family I have left…the part of my family that isn't Autobot."
Faora raised an eyebrow.
"For Primus' sake, femme!" I groaned, "Have you not seen the way that Ultimus and I treat each other when we're not at one another's throats?! He and I are cousins! I presume he's already called me that in front of you! Optimus Prime and my Creator are brothers, my Creator is older than the Prime but they are still related!"
She seemed to fight with herself.
"If we get him, then we will have another to fight with us," I reasoned, "Zod cannot fight all of us at once."
Faora gave a sigh, but nodded reluctantly.
And we headed down the hallway to find my father.
When we got to the door of his prison, I saw that he was very weak. Knockout and Shockwave were tending to him, but it wasn't helping much.
I growled, shifted to Predacon form and broke down the door.
My father, Knockout and Shockwave all looked up at me, surprised.
"Draconus," my father started, struggling to his pedes and coming over to me.
I let out a soft purr as I bowed my helm and nuzzled his shoulder.
"I found help," I said, "Faora has turned against Zod, she is going to help us,"
"You're here, that's all that matters to me,"
"We must hurry," Faora started, "Zod could arrive at any moment,"
My father didn't move, he held my helm closer to his spark, his own purr rumbling through his frame.
"How…sickeningly sweet," a familiar voice sneered.
My helm shot up and I snarled at the visitor, my tail whipping back and forth as I stood in front of my father.
"Zod," my father started.
Smokescreen POV
"Ok, this isn't going well!" I shouted as 'Bee and I fought off the Vehicons while Jack flanked them.
"Just shuddup and Drive!" 'Bee growled.
"Will the both of you please stop your bickering and help me out a little?"Jack groaned overthe comm, "Kal needs a little help,"
"You heard the Prime," 'Bee muttered.
The two of us shifted to Mech form and collided with the mass of Vehicons, sparks flying everywhere. Jack drove to the rear of the group drifting to a stop a good distance away, his Ferrari alt seemed to break apart just a bit…before reforming into a large blue and silver semi-truck.
Tires squealed against asphalt as he took off, pouring Energon into his engine and reaching speeds no normal Semi could reach. There was a loud crash as Jack crashed into the group of Vehicons, knocking any drone in his path out of the way. He managed to get halfway through the group before transforming and slashing forward with his glowing sword and cutting through the Vehicon in front of him.
By now the firing on Kal had let up, and he shot forward ripping into the mass, kicking punching and blasting cons.
We soon found ourselves ripping the cons to shreds, parts flying everywhere, Energon coating the streets as their number fell to the Autobot onslaught.
Suddenly, the fighting stop and the four of us realized it was because there were no cons left to fight. Kal slowly stooped panting and relaxed, dropping his fighting stance, and standing to his full height.
He turned to Jack with a smile.
"Thanks for the help," he said, and Jack smiled.
"Anytime," he said.
"Uh, not to be a spoil sport guys," I started "But we still got a lot of 'Cons left in the city,"
Kal nodded and opened his mouth to say something when a massive crash shook the entire city.
He looked towards the noise.
"That came from Central Park," he said, "Faora must have engaged Zod. Ultimus come on we have to help,"
Jack nodded.
"Smokescreen, 'Bee, keep evacuating the city…I'll be back soon," Jack ordered as he ran off with Kal.
Draconus POV
Zod was not down that hallway as Faora thought…oh no. He had heard us coming and had grabbed my father as a hostage.
"Draconus," my father started before Zod twisted his arm painfully behind his back.
"I think it would do well to make that threat I made previously good again," Zod started, "One more step Draconus…I would love to see you take it."
My tail lashed back and forth as a low whine escaped me. I wished so badly that I could blast the insect right now…
"Let them go, Zod," Faora said, "Your fight is with me,"
Zod snorted before twisting my father's arm again, making him yowl.
I let out a screech and whipped my tail forwards.
Zod wasn't expecting it and I batted him away from my father.
"Tell Knockout and Shockwave to get out of here," I told my father as I caught him in my talons, "I have you,"
My father weakly told them to leave, which they did without him having to tell them twice.
"Get us out of here," my father growled, "He will come after us,"
"This might pinch, Creator, but I cannot get you on my back any other way,"
I gently picked him up with my teeth, twisted my neck around and sat him right between my wings. Faora jumped up and landed gracefully where my neck met my back. I walked out of the prison, spat a bit of fire at Zod for good measure, and made my way out of the Nemesis.
Soon, we were out in the daylight.
"Let me down Draconus," my father ordered.
I gave a low whine and looked back at him.
"Now!" he growled.
I knelt down and let him off.
"I feel as if I can transform properly now, Draconus," he said, "Now, let us go,"
I nodded and spread my wings as my father took off. We both dived off the ship…when something rammed into my back, throwing me off balance.
I crash landed into the ground below with a loud crash.
"ZOD!" my father screeched, shooting at the villain who had apparently made me crash.
Zod didn't seem fazed and he stood as my father transformed, landing gracefully on his pedes. Faora got up as well and I followed suit, shaking my helm to clear it.
The three of us surrounded Zod. If all of us were to fight him at once…he wouldn't stand a chance.
Faora charged Zod, beginning the fight, twisting and dodging and attacking all in a graceful form.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"I asked my father.
"Loud and clear," he replied out loud as his blade ejected.
I bared my fangs, hissing as I let a fireball form in my chassis, letting it travel upwards…
And all Pit broke loose.
My father shot towards Zod, slashing mercilessly at the insect, I let loose a barrage of flame as I came in for a melee attack, slashing downwards with my talons and teeth, trying to catch him in my jaws and crush him.
I whipped my tail towards him, trying to catch him off balance…when he caught it in his hand and swung me into my father, sending us flying into the trees…and right at Ultimus and Kal's feet.
I growled as I got back up to my pedes and lifted my father to his. My father's optics widened at the site of Kal.
"So, you are the one Zod has been so desperately searching for," he growled.
Kal ignored my father's statement and asked him a question.
"What's happening?" he asked.
"The other female has engaged Zod, and we thought we'd help," I said, changing to mech form "A chance to end him for certain,"
"But even three against one he was too much for us," my father admitted, "But the female seems to be holding her own,"
And he turned to the side allowing Ultimus and Kal to see the fight below.
Jack/Ultimus Prime POV
Faora and Zod traded blows like no one's business, their blows being blocked or redirected as often as they collided. Faora was clearly losing the battle, albeit slowly. Her armor was covered in dents and scratches while Zod's appeared relatively unharmed and the woman was actually starting to bleed slightly from a few cuts.
I had a feeling that Kal wanted to intervene, I did too, but something told me we'd just get in the way, this fight was between those two, and only one would emerge victorious. It was at that moment that the Groundbridge opened and the rest of team Prime, and Arcee II I noticed, emerged from the Groundbridge to watch the spectacle.
"What is going on?" Dad asked watching the spectical.
"Faora and Zod are duking it out," I explained, "None of us can really intervene…it's their fight not ours,"
At that moment, Faora tripped up, moving too slow when delivering a punch, and Zod grabbed her arm. In one fluid movement, Zod punched the woman in the stomach with as much force as possible. There was a sickening crunch and Faora's eyes widened in horror. She looked down and saw Zod's fist had pierced her midsection.
Zod looked down at his fist in horror and slowly removed it from her midsection and Faora collapsed on the ground, grasping the wound, trying desperately to keep her life blood from spilling into the grass.
Zod cradled the woman in his arms, a guilty look over his face and he spoke to her, too quiet for a normal person to hear, but a Kryptonian or Cybertronian or Cybreian could.
"Faora… why?" Zod asked.
"Y-you… lost your…. your way," she said weakly.
A small trickle of blood escaped her mouth.
"L-lost sight of our… our goal," she coughed, her words getting weaker and weaker, "We w-were to… p-preserve K-krypton, but you… you wished to d-destroy our future,"
"I only… I only wanted vengeance for what happened," Zod said.
"W-we didn't t-though," she said as her eyes started to close, "w-we o-only w-wanted to go… to go home,"
And her eyes shut, her last breath escaping. Zod clenched his eyes and placed her body on the grass gently.
"Look at this," Zod said sadly, to who none of us knew, "We could have built a new krypton, but instead you chose the humans, the machines over us,"
He looked up, glaring at Kal.
Kal seemed to know what was coming and stepped into the clearing, away from us.
"I exist, only to protect Krypton," Zod claimed, "that is the sole purpose, for which I was born,"
He paused slightly.
"And every action I take, no matter how violent, or how cruel, is for the greater good…of my people," he said, anger starting to flow into his words "and now… I have no people,"
He scowled.
"My soul… That is what you have taken from me!" he yelled and shot forward crashing into Kal and knocking him across the ground.
"Kal!" I shouted, turning to where my counterpart had come to a stop.
Dusk put a servo on my shoulder.
"Don't," she warned, "You'll only make it worse,"
"I can't just stand here and do nothing!"
There was the sound of jet engines in the sky and I looked up to see a bunch of Eradicon Seekers coming at us.
"Well," my sister said, "You're not going to be bored for long!"
I scowled and started shooting.
I didn't notice Arcee II sneaking off.
"Keep firing!" Dad ordered as my uncle laughed.
"You really think you can defeat them all?" he sneered.
"I can try," Dad retorted, "Besides, they are not under your command,"
"Not at the moment…"
I turned towards my cousin, who had returned to Predacon form and was swiping his tail across the grass, looking at me and Dusk strangely…
Not in the semi-friendly way as he did before…more like the crazed beast-like way he normally did before all of this.
I immediately blocked him from my family bond, the recoil stunned us both, making us fall back.
Dad sent a small amount of confusion and I directed him to look at Draconus.
He then shut down the family bond as well. Mom followed almost immediately. Draconus snarled at us, baring his fangs again.
"Great, Puff the friendly Dragon is now Puff the angry Dragon," my sister sighed.
Draconus shot flames in her direction, which bent around her and shot up into the sky.
"Silly Dragon," Dusk muttered, "Fire can't harm me,"
"GGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHH HHHHHHH!"
Everyone froze.
Dusk and I looked at each other.
"Kal," we both said in unison and shot off to find him.
We did find him a few minutes later. Cradled in Arcee II's arms and sobbing.
Zod lay at his feet, his neck at an awkward angle.
He was dead.
Dusk POV
Kal wouldn't talk to any of us. Not even his Arcee. No matter how much we tried to comfort him, no matter how much we tried telling him that it was ok…
He wouldn't have any of it.
I got the message and told Dad.
He made everyone else back off and give Kal some space.
Arcee II kept throwing glances towards Kal's room, torn between following orders and following her spark.
I looked towards Dad.
"It's been long enough," I told him, "She needs to see him…and he needs her,"
He nodded.
"Arcee," he started, "Will you go and make sure that Kal is alright,"
She gave him a grateful smile and a nod and walked towards Kal's room.
Ben rubbed between my wings, and I felt myself relax completely into his arms, purring happily.
"Stop it…" I growled playfully.
"When I can get you to purr like a cat?" he teased, "Never,"
And he continued to rub between my wings, venturing up and down them and making me shudder in ecstasy.
"You still need to tell her," he finally said, "About her connection with you,"
"No I donnn…" I purred as he hit a particularly sensitive spot and I melted into his arms, "Oooh, going down. Alrighty then,"
He shot me a grin and stopped, I straightened up right as Dad walked up.
"Arcee has been gone for quite some time," he said, "Will you make sure that she and Kal are fine, Dusk?"
"You want me to go in and break up the love fest?" I asked, raising an eyebrow deviously.
Dad sighed, "Just go and check on them,"
I shrugged and hopped off the couch, heading down the steps.
"Remember!" Ben called, "Tell her!"
I glared at him as I made my way down the hall and into Kal's room.
Right as the two kissed.
"Well," I interrupted, causing Kal to jump and let go of Arcee II, who hit the floor with a clank, "It's good to see you're back to normal, Kal,"
"Doesn't anyone knock!?" Kal cried, helping Arcee II back to her pedes.
"No, not really," I smirked, earning me a glare, "Anyway, the others were wondering if you were ok, so they sent me to check on you when Arcee didn't come back,"
Arcee turned a shocking shade of blue as she looked away in embarrassment.
"Now we know," I finished.
Kal sighed and hopped off the berth, Arcee in tow, and started out of the room.
"Remember! Tell her!" Ben's voice reminded me.
Aw, Ben…do I have to?
I sighed.
"Arcee…" I started, the femme turned around, "Can I talk to you alone for a moment?"
The blue femme nodded before turning back to Kal.
"I'll meet you out there in a minute," she said.
Kal nodded and walked out, muttering something about 'not enough privacy' as he did.
"So," Arcee II said, looking at me, "What did you want to talk about?"
"This isn't easy for me to say," I started, "Come to think of it…I dunno if I want to,"
"You can tell me,"
"I'm worried about what Kal will do to me if he finds out,"
"But if he doesn't?"
Hehe, me dragging an unconscious femme to Ratchet…sure, that won't get Kal to notice.
"Ben told me to tell you this a while back…but I was too scared to, basically because it was right after you chewed me out for that prank," I sighed, "But…since Wheeljack says the Groundbridge will be ready to send you all home soon…Ben says I should tell you…because he doesn't like the idea of me not telling you,"
"What are you wanting to tell me?" she asked.
"Do you remember that morning where you woke me up so we could prank the Hatchet? I asked.
She nodded.
"I was wanting to ask you about that album," she said, "The page it was opened to…it had a femme who looked like me and your Arcee."
I bit my lip, now or never.
"That's your counterpart from Cybres, where I'm from," I said.
"And the human?" she asked, "Who was she? Is she somewhat like Jack? My counterpart's partner?"
Ah, she's taking this the wrong way…
"Arcee, that woman is your counterpart…your c-counterpart is a Halfling, like me…" I stuttered..
I took a deep breath.
"That woman is Silverstar Ivorra…" I started…
Primus, help me.
"And she's my mother,"
The femme went stock still. I could feel the shock rolling off of her.
"Arcee?" I asked.
The femme's faceplates went as deep blue as her armor, but she still said nothing.
"Arcee, please, answer me," I begged.
Silence.
"MOM!" I shouted.
Arcee II sparked around her helm…and went down in a heap.
I cringed. Thank you Ben for letting me see this grand show of sparklers…
I felt cold rush through me.
The fireworks…they'll start in three…two…one…
So…Dusk finally told her. Now I just need a little help to figure out how Arcee II is going to react to meeting her counterpart from Cybres' daughter. I'm sad to say that this crossover is coming to an end. BUT this will not be the only time the two cross. There will be another! I guarantee that!
If you all have any ideas, don't be afraid to PM Rapidfyrez and I! We don't bite...much...:)
Anyway, hope you liked it. If you did, please R&R! :)
Qui vállë tóquetë, ván tecë (If no review comes from y'all; no story comes from me)
Máriessë ar mára tecië
Farewell and fair writing
Elhini Prime signing off.