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Chapter Twenty-One: Transference

-Cliffjumper's POV-

I make it through the portal just as it close transforming as I look around for the kitten. She wasn't anywhere in sight. I turn around my optics wide, Megatron got a hold of her. I hear Optimus talking to Ratchet who told him what happened. Was this worth it? Coming back to this dimension? Getting involved in the original war when the others needed help as well? The kitten, Mischief, she had been caught by Megatron. Why? Did he detect the Cybertronian energy or was it because of something else? Optimus didn't seem to remember much from his time on the Nemesis. I kind of wish he did... he would be able to launch a counterattack with what he knows.

-Optimus' POV-

I don't want to tell them what I remember. Everything... why do I have to remember what I did? As Orion I had no memory of my time as Optimus Prime. As Optimus Prime I am forced to remember everything. I do not wish to tell them, it will only make them worried or use it for their own advantage. Though it was funny seeing Megatron trying to act like Megatronus, though it was scary on how he could slip back into that old persona. It was almost like we were friends again, if he wasn't trying to use me for his own gain. I glance towards Cliffjumper and Tailgate surprised to see them there. Though Ratchet did tell me about that. It was saddening to know it could have been me swayed by the darkness.

I took note that the kitten was missing, though from what I remember Ratchet had called her Mischief. I remember Skywarp talking about someone called Mischief before, ah he was the one who named her. Cliffjumper looked visibly upset, my optics look towards the closed Ground Bridge knowing that she had been taken. Hopefully there is some of the old Megatronus left. Oh Primus please let nothing happen to her.

-Mischief's POV-

When I opened my eyes I found myself in a cage, it was a very familiar looking cage. It was the same one from Cybertron. Why? Why am I in it? Why am I not in a cell? Looking around tiredly I notice that I am not even in a jail. It is a bleak room with only a berth sitting off to the side. I gulp knowing that whosever room this is isn't know for their good taste. I hear the door open and look towards it before backing away. It was Megatron's room meaning he knows to keep a close eye on me now. Great. He stared at me and I stared at him and we didn't break eye contact the entire time.

"You keep getting in my way, tell me why I shouldn't just kill you?" asked the large mech and I glance off to the side. "I know you can speak. ANSWER ME!"

"I don't answer to rude people." I informed him until he lifted his arm ready to fire the cannons. "I can't give you an answer that you will like you idiot! My reason why you should keep me alive is because I like living. However the reason you want might be under the ways I can help you... which I won't. I mean honestly... I should be shutting up now."

Hearing a click in my head I just give him a smug look only to have it returned. "We made sure they can't be turned off until I am finished with you."

"YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!" I hissed my back arching as I glare at the warlord. "I DIDN'T ASK FOR ANY OF THIS! NOT YOU! NOT BEING PICKED UP BY THE AUTOBOTS! I WOULD RATHER BE WITH MY FAMILY THAN HERE WITH THESE ANNOYING NANOBOTS AND YOU!"

This seemed to amuse the silver mech and I turn away from him laying down. I used to do this when he was Megatronus, it was a sign that I was officially ignoring him. I hear something drop in the cage but didn't turn to look. I knew what it was and I wasn't that hungry.

-Megatron's POV-

I can handle this creature, she knows much about the Autobots and with the right prodding will lead me right to them. I cannot risk this thing leaving, not when I am so close to finding them. Though at the moment her will is as strong as a Prime, no matter she will break just like the rest of the Autoscum I have dealt with.

My optics flicker towards the cage where the organic is resting in back turned from me. I remember this, it was whenever I had refused to let it out. Back then it was fear that the pathetic creature would suffocate, but it has lived this long. No matter how much I deny that it is the same as the one Megatronus had, it is. It is identical down to the stripes and the way it stared at me.

"How did you survive?" I ask but there was no reaction from it. "Come now at least answer me that one."

"No." she growled not even looking up. "Too may others had died for the answer."

That caught my attention, what did she mean by others? Moving towards the cage I noticed it shivering. The cage was regulated to the temperature outside so it wasn't cold. Perhaps remembering what it saw. The creature's eyes were shut tight from the angle I was watching it from.

"What attracts you to bots like the idiot Prime and the fool Megatronus?" was my next question and I see her ear twitch as she turned her head to glare at me. Normally the humans would have spoken that Optimus was no fool. However the creature had not spoken her retort. Instead she just stared at me her gaze never wavering. It was a bit amusing, this creature had just as much spark as the humans do, makes me want to crush it.

I turn to leave when it spoke up. "Did you ever... think back on the past and wonder what would it have been like if you and Optimus had switched. Optimus going evil while you fought against him?"

All the time.

"No." and with that I walk out of the room the door shutting behind me as I hear. "Liar."

Dumb organic.

-Mischief's POV-

I settle down to rest glancing over at the protein bar. For once... I just wish that the Decepticons knew what it is like to be in the human's shoes. No... not just the Decepticons, Autobots too. Heck... even the humans that know about the bots need to know that they aren't just robots. Which they seem to be forgetting, you can't just reboot them when they die. Their life force, their spark is gone. I look up to see green eyes watching me before they vanish into the shadows. I take back my wish.

"Thalis please don't." I whisper my eyes looking around trying to see if the eyes would appear again. They didn't. My ears droop, my brother should know me better than to seriously make a wish like that. I rest my head on my paw trying to get back to sleep when I felt something or someone stroke my head and say. "Do not worry my small friend, all will be revealed in time."

"Who's there?" I ask turning my head around but seeing no one. Again I shut my eyes and hope for the best. The voice sound both wise but held the wisdom of someone who has lived for a long time. So I try to keep the voice in all my thoughts and hope I can figure something out.

-End of Mischief's POV-

Miko stared up at the ceiling in her room her arms behind her bed. She was worried about Mischief, the kitten never seemed to be able to catch a break. She was taken from them again and the teen hated it. Her eyes snapped open, she could try and find a way onto the ship and rescue her pet. Suddenly she felt her shoulders get pushed backwards by something causing her to struggle.
Voices spoke around her in a strange tongue before something like a hand pressed against her head. Before she blacked out she swore she saw a small black kitten with green eyes sitting on her chest.

Skywarp was in deep recharge wondering what was going to happen to him with Starscream gone. They were too useful to be deactivated but being without their leader was making them on edge. He had already hit three of the Vehicons today when they got to close. He was just about to come out of recharge when he felt something on his chest. His optics turned on quickly but he could move to see what it was.

"Sleep." a voice told him, it was familiar like something he had heard before. His optics shut off again as he relaxed into the recharge having a feeling that nothing was going to hurt him.

-Mischief's POV-

My eyes open in shock as I feel something strange in the air. Something wasn't right, I climb to my feet taking note that Megatron was pacing in his room. He must be angry about something. I need to get out of here, the cage is too big for my to climb. Though not big for someone like Raf... no I'm not leaving Megatron. I need to find out why he had changed and that means trusting him to listen.

"Megatron." I speak causing his optics to look at me. "I know that I cannot give the information you seek. That is mainly due to the fact that I rely on muscle memory to do most of my work for me. But I need to tell you something."

"What is it?" growled Megatron and I stand my ground taking a deep breath before saying. "Telling you this means I am placing a huge amount of trust into you. That I am placing my life into your hands. It sounds stupid right now but I need to know the mech that you are right now and I am not leaving until I do. So I am taking the first steps. My true name is Naver."

"Why should this matter to me?" asked the silver mech trying to keep his voice disinterested. "And why does it mean that you trust me with your life."

"Because it is the one thing cats can't share with anyone but each other and the Life-Bringer. The Life-Bringer gave us our lives and is the one we trust with our names since our first breath." I explain to him my eyes not leaving him. "But this is something I am entrusting to you because I need to put my trust into you again."

Megatron was about to say something when a high pitch scream filled the air. I wince turning away wanting to cover my ears as the silver warlord moved to see what was going on. The door opened and I watched as Skywarp ran down the halls and Knock Out was right behind him. Well that is the strangest thing I've seen all day. Well now that he is distracted for a bit I guess I can try to see if I can turn into a human or if it is just a thing I was able to do in the alternate timeline. My eyes flicker back towards the door and I see a glowing orb floating over the ground before vanishing. Now that isn't as strange as a screaming Skywarp, I'm just saying.

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