(Song by: Paramore. sorry not sorry, they got some good shit)
(2nd POV)
"Nemesis, progress report!" Nemesis tapped his com link, being on a cliff's edge, he was alone, and didn't mind speaking aloud to his leader.
"The Autobots let me into their base, very easily, I am almost disappointed" the dark Prime informed, he looked around carefully observing everything.
"Good, find out all you can, when the time comes, tell us the location, and we will strike and destroy them" the leader had a smirk in his voice.
"Yes. Lord Megatron" quick and still more annoying than frag. Nemesis leaned back, legs dangling over the edge, he looked up at the sky, the air of the sea calming, this planet actually had some perks, though Nemesis wouldn't admit that to anyone.
Some rustling came from the bushes, Nemesis flung out his blade and turned his upper body, prepared to fight. Instead it was Bo, Sage's adopted brother, he looked at Nemesis, patient, waiting, no fear, these humans were just plain crazy.
"Hey" Bo said. Nemesis regarded him, wondering what his motive was, to confront a mech he barely knew, risking death, just to say: hey.
"What is it you want, human?" Nemesis growled. Bo just shrugged.
"Is it illegal for me to just come up here to learn more about you?" Bo asked, innocently. The young Asian male took the same relaxed pose Nemesis had moments before.
"My research states that unless there is a restraining order on one individual then-"
"Let me stop you right there big guy, it's just an expression" Bo snickered, it was obvious that Bo has dealt with these kinds of situations many times. More time passed, it was awkward, Nemesis just wanted to be left alone, but on the other hand, his curiosity was eating at him.
"Tell me more about your sister" Bo didn't hold back a slight surprised look
"Why do you all trust her to bring me onto base? No questions asked, even the front liner twins, they stopped attacking me immediately" Nemesis questioned.
"She's not a normal little girl there Nemesis. She has a large portion of trust for the Autobots, she respects and cares for them, all of them. And she does a lot for them" Bo shrugged, this did not help Nemesis' thought process, she had more than just friendship and respect, he just didn't know what.
"She is foolish" Nemesis huffed, not sure where he was going with this besides possibly shooting himself in the foot.
"Oh? And why is that?" Bo asked curiously, he wasn't offended, just amused it seemed.
"She trusts me too quickly" Nemesis pointed out. Nemesis wasn't expecting Bo to laugh, in fact, Bo laughed hard.
"She doesn't trust you, at least not yet" Bo assured.
"Then why has she told me so much about herself, and taken me to the base?" Nemesis looked at the human.
"She sees a potential in you, one you don't see in yourself yet." Nemesis didn't believe him.
"Trust me, she has told you a fraction to nothing of herself, I thought I knew her at a time, until one day she proved me wrong, she will get you to think exactly what she wants you to think and know" Bo assured, Nemesis took his optics off of the ocean to watch him get up.
"To gain her trust is something incredible Nemesis, but if you break it, it will have a devastating affect" and with that the human got up and walked back to the heavily wooded area. Nemesis watched him, mulling over his words, his curiosity was eating at him, but he still had a mission to accomplish. The prime looked at the sky, wondering what to do next, the fresh air was good for systems and cleared his head.
That peace didn't last long, another figure emerged from the bushes, this time a femme, Sage, she was looking at the data pad she was given.
"Hello Nemesis" she sat next to him, turning off the human sized data pad before he could look at it. She wore a black t-shirt , camouflage cargo pants as Nemesis learned they were, her hair was thrown up into a ponytail, and she had long, thick, wavy brown hair that had golden streaks in it, probably that dye humans use. Her upper body screamed soldier, she was muscular, large deltoids, thick arms, but with that feminine touch to her.
Nemesis examined her further, coming to a conclusion quickly, she was not a mechanic, but yet, her rough hands that had slight black stains on them. They were starting to crack, she had hands of someone who fought, so what even was she?
Nemesis finally crawled out of his thoughts and nodded at her, facing the ocean again, waves hitting the rocks below the cliff. He glanced at her, she was soaking up the sun on her already tanned skin she had a small smile on her face, and her eyes were closed.
"Why are you smiling?" Nemesis asked. It came out a little harsher than he meant but whatever, she didn't seem fazed by it.
"Enjoying the scene, the fresh air, you have to enjoy little things in life, because little things add up and drown out the bad things" she pointed out. Nemesis cocked his head at her, wanting her to go on, her backstory was already interesting, but once the mech realized he was becoming curious, he just mentally scolded himself and went silent.
Until Nemesis remembered something, he looked back down at her, she had her eyes closed and was relaxed again.
"How did you know who I was and how did your friends know who I was?" Nemesis gave her a critical optic.
"Hm? Oh, on this planet, your species as a whole are a comic, movie, and cartoon franchise, our government did this a long time ago, so if you guys ever tried to invade us, the population would be aware of what's going on" she explained, not opening her eyes until the end of her sentence, she looked up at him.
"I. wasn't really expecting that answer" Nemesis admitted. He thought they had files on all of the Decepticons or something, and this information could be useful to the Decepticon cause, but her answer changed everything. This whole planet knew about them, it made Nemesis feel a little barer, and how much did this femme really know about him? How many comics, books and cartoons were accurate about him and his backstory.
Suddenly a small bubble of laughter hit is audio receptors, the Decepticon looked at her, a bit of irritation in his expression.
"Geeze Neme, don't look so distraught, Optimus told the creators of the cartoons only vital points, he didn't go very far into depth, though the comics are the most accurate, and although are read by many, it still isn't extremely popular" she soothed giving him an amused look.
"Neme?" he asked. Not sure what he thought of the nickname. She merely bit a small portion of her lower lip looking slightly embarrassed before looking out to the ocean again.
"So, what's your real origin story?" Nemesis didn't take his optics off of her, she was making him very uneasy.
"What do you mean femme?" she merely looked up at him.
"If I am making you uncomfortable say something" she looked at him with seriousness. The dark prime merely snorted, yeah she wished she could make him nervous. Even though that is exactly what she was doing but no way in hell would he tell her that.
"I am Optimus' brother, I was unaware of this until a very long time ago" Nemesis admitted.
"Ah, see, you have many origin stories, some like Megatron made you to trick the Autobots, or to fight Optimus, comics have mentioned you being Nova Prime at one time and point and being stuck in a dark void-" she realized how much she was droning on and stopped. Not making eye contact with him, Nemesis could help but to look back out at the ocean with a smirk, she sure knew a lot about his fictional side.
"You seem to know a lot" he pointed out.
"I know a lot about most of you guys, it's my job to know now" Nemesis didn't know about that, she seemed pretty defensive now.
"So, who is your favorite character?" Nemesis asked, he watched her squirm a little.
"Elita, she is a mother figure to me now, she was my favorite since middle school" she didn't look up at him.
"What about your favorite mech character?" again, she stiffened. But it was very miniscule, and Nemesis was looking for it, enjoying the revenge.
"Probably Hound, especially when he is with Carrie, they are the cutest couple" she smiled but still didn't look up at Nemesis. Regardless, he knew she was lying, but why would she not tell him? What if he was her favorite character, and if he was, why?
"This is a strange planet" Nemesis concluded, more to himself.
"You're god damn right it is, but it is your home now, your guys have been here since the 80's" Sage shrugged. Home, this was no home to Nemesis Prime, and he doesn't know if he could ever call it home, he sat with her, just taking in the fresh air.
More rustling of the bushes occurred, Nemesis quickly looked behind him, the soldier, Lennox hopped out looking a little sheepish.
"Sorry, hope I'm not interrupting anything" he apologized.
"Nope, what's up Lennox?" Sage asked.
"We need to have Nemesis, contained, for the night" Lennox said carefully, looking up at the mech. Nemesis merely nodded.
"I understand, and if you are going on a mission tomorrow you should be getting some sleep" the prime pointed out. Sage nodded, she looked at the leader of the NEST headquarters.
"I'll escort him to the brig, I'm sure the twins will give him more than enough company" Nemesis glared down at her, she smirked, feeling his acidic optics. Lennox paused for a moment as if about to say something, then nodded and walked out, Sage sat a little longer, taking in the peaceful ambiance.
"Welp, you ready to go Neme?" she asked. Nemesis checked his chronometer, startled by the time, he didn't think they were talking that long. He eyed her, irritated with his newly Found nickname.
"Must you call me that femme?" he growled.
"You know, you and Optimus are adorable when pouting, and you are calling me femme, so, screw you" she got up quickly and laughed at the Prime, he didn't know what or how to feel about that comment. She just called him and his brother adorable, that hurt his pride, but it could also be an attempt to compliment him, he got up, crossing his arms.
"Fine, SAGE. Please stop calling me Neme" he started to follow her when she made her way through the bushes.
"Now I have to make up for lost time, I mean, I was unable to speak to you when we first met" she argued, moving through the thick vegetation.
"No, you CHOSE not to speak to me, why is beyond me, but either way, not my concern, stop calling me Neme or I will make you one with your precious planet" he growled menacingly.
"Oh, now I have to call you Neme! I will break you of the hatred of the nickname I will use it so much" she chuckled, Nemesis growled at her.
"Please, you don't scare me, I could defeat you with one corn chip" the base was now in sight. Nemesis looked up the object of a corn chip, shaking his head.
"That doesn't make any sense" he sounded a little distraught.
"there are a lot of things that don't make sense on earth, earth humor is probably the biggest one, now come on big guy, this way" Nemesis followed her through a large door way, they saw prowl on the way in who nodded at Sage, she gave a full hearted wave and kept leading Nemesis deeper into the brig.
"Sorry it isn't very roomy, once you gain our trust you can get your own housing unit" she promised, she actually looked a little guilty for sending him in here, femme let her emotions get the better of her, her brother was incorrect.
"It will do, goodnight" Nemesis transformed down into his peterbilt mode, facing the outside near the bars that sealed him in. Sage shrugged, she was hiding something, many things, she always seemed tense, even when she was relaxed. He shrugged it off, he couldn't wait to gain all of their trust and then crush it, and get away from that human female. He began to grow heavy on his axels, with swimming thoughts, he drifted into recharge.
(Very long one today, will probably still post another one if I feel up to editing)
