A Chance at Freedom Chapter 13
'Who would murder Ultra Magnus'? Optimus didn't know how to answer that and he wondered what Sentinel's reaction would be when he told him. Would the Magnus reject him, welcome him, or just keep everything the same? All of these questions flooded his processor and how does this all fit with their current situation. Galvatron on the other hand didn't know what to think of the prime's predicament and only one thing was on his mind: finding his spark twin. "Galvatron, back to the subject at hand; if you are a spark twin of Megatron then can't you find him through the bond"?
"It's not that simple. If I could, then why would I be here and not back on New Kaon thinking of ways to raze this planet to its component atoms"?
Optimus didn't like how the warframe put it, but it did have its merits. If Galvatron could find his brother then why indeed would he be here. He and Sentinel weren't spark twins like Galvatron and Megatron, however, Cybertronian siblings always had a sense of each other regardless. "I thought that you could feel him no matter the distance?"
The older spark twin looked surprised at the young Autobot's question, well played Optimus he thought. "That aspect is true, but on the other servo, either of us can block the bond or something else is blocking it…" that made Galvatron's face turn into something feral, "if I find out that he has been raped or something worse then I will personally destroy the Autobots bare servoed". Optimus could only barely hide his fear and only Primus could help them.
Megatron woke to the sound of his sparkling crying and when he looked down, he saw his thighs were stained with mech blood and energon. His valve felt like it was still on fire and it made his processor spin. An amused chuckle from the front of the room made his helm turn towards the door. There was his master holding his sparkling and it made his fuel lines freeze. "So, you have been hiding things from me slave"?
"Master, please don't hurt my sparkling. I'll do anything you ask."
Sentinel smirked at the fallen tyrant's suggestion and a cruel idea formed. "Well since you offered I think that will do just nicely, but I'm still taking the little one with me. Why would I allow a filthy warframe raise something innocent and turn it into a pitslag Decepticon scum warrior?"
Tears came to the heliformer's optics and his pleas only increased. "MASTER, PLEASE DON'T DO THIS I'LL DO ANYTHING I SWEAR". Having enough of his slave's disobedience, he walked over to the table and picked up a wide ball gag and blindfold. Megatron struggled in the restraints as the gag was stuffed into his mouth and tied around his helm along with the blindfold over his optics.
His muffled pleas fell onto deaf audios as Sentinel left the room, taking the now crying sparkling away from its carrier. The door slammed with an audible bang, leaving the broken tyrant alone in the dark. Megatron cried and whimpered everything was always taken from him: his home, family, friends, innocence, and his child; "Primus, please take me away from here".
Optimus had to leave for his shift and Galvatron wasn't pleased at being left alone when he could be out there trying to find his brother. When the young prime arrived at the archives Alpha Trion was waiting with a stack of datapads to be filed. He was almost finished when the old archivist approached him. "Is something troubling you Optimus Prime"?
"Yes there is, I have some information that can do harm or can benefit a lot of bots, what do I do"?
"You can do whatever you spark chooses, but remember playing with fire can burn you". His mentor walked away and Optimus thought 'I already have burned myself'. It was later in the day when he found himself on the way to Sentinel's office. He was going to share the information on Ultra Magnus with him and maybe about the brotherhood they shared. He reached the office door and the secretary bot told him that he was unavailable at the present time. The young Autobot went back to his apartment, only to find Galvatron talking on his communication consol to a very large femme. "What in the name of Primus do you think you're doing"?
Both warframes looked in his direction and the large magenta and orange femme spoke first, "he is a lot bigger for an Autobot then I originally thought." Optimus knew her face was familiar but couldn't place it just yet.
"Yes, he is and has just as much drive to get to the bottom of our current situation as we do General Strika".
Strika, now that name did ring a bell. Megatron's infamous General of Destruction, leader of Team Charr and feared by all next to Megatron. Going ped to ped with her on the battlefield was a nightmare in itself and anyone who faced her ended up offline. "How did you get this frequency and you do realize we're being tracked"?
Galvatron laughed a laugh that was eerily similar to Megatron's. "Foolish, Autobot; I've rigged the consol to where it can't be tracked. Come; meet my contact from my brother's inner circle". A purple servo pulled him to the view screen and the red and blue prime let an inaudible squeak leave in intake.
"You must be Optimus Prime; so you're the one who delivered our lord to the stockades. The very same one who put him in this situation" growled Strika. But then her face turned back to neutral, "and also the same one who is trying to help find him".
Optimus then realized that she knew everything and Galvatron looked ever so smug when he turned to him. "Yes, everything I know is that when I delivered Megatron into captivity was he was locked away for the rest of his functioning and that I went to reconcile with him once and when I went back for a second visit, he was gone. I don't know anything beyond that and now we have new information that everything I was told was a lie. He's alive and Ultra Magnus was murdered".
Strika looked at him and regarded Galvatron, who only nodded confirming his story. "Well then, I will leave you two at this point and time. Let me know if you uncover new information. By the way, is Lugnut okay"?
When she said that he remembered that some files told him that they were consorts; "yes he is okay. I actually went to speak with him not to long ago and he told me that if I ever spoke to you to give you this code" he handed the code to Galvatron since he didn't read Kaonite and Strika's face lit up with delight. She thanked them and when the communication was cut, 'Happy Anniversary to you to darling'.
The next day Optimus called Ratchet over to look at the medical report on Ultra Magnus. When the gruff old medic arrived he saw Galvatron and instantly brought his magnets to the forefront. "Optimus call for backup; we need to get this Decepticon back to Trypticon".
Oh this was not his day; "Ratchet, he is here willingly and hasn't harmed me in anyway". That last part was a lie, he still had paint missing on his wrists from the cuffs when they first met and he didn't want to be Galvatron when the old medic found out.
"So if you're not leaking anywhere and neither you nor he is offline then why did you call me"? Optimus handed the datapad to his old friend and the room fell silent, waiting for the medic to finish. "Kid, you need to tell Sentinel about this…" he saw Optimus's face…"now don't give me that look, put your differences aside and warn him of a possible killer on the loose. That also may repair any lost trust between you two as well."
"Ok then; now can you tell us what caused Ultra's death exactly"?
"I can tell you this prime, the cause of death was crystallization of his vents; only which one chemical I know of right of the top of my helm can do that: Chlorine."
Optimus wondered how someone could have poisoned Ultra Magnus and killed him. Ultra was always so kind to Optimus and kept Sentinel off his back. He would confront his old friend tomorrow. He was brought out of his musings by Ratchet and Galvatron arguing.
"Who are you exactly and why are you here"?
"I'm Galvatron; Megatron's spark split twin and Optimus was the only one I knew of at the time who could give me any information regarding my brother's whereabouts".
"Be that if it may, but please keep Optimus out of trouble. We all have trouble with that".
Optimus looked at both of them with a shocked face; "It will be my pleasure" replied Galvatron.