I hate this guy I work with. He's nothing but trouble. Says that I'm spying on him with my days off. I came in shopping and bought two bags worth of groceries and he said I left with nothing making it obvious. I don't like leaving my house on my days off in the wintertime. If I do, I'm going to a friend's house. This guys paranoia is getting so out of hand that I really need to get a restraining order on him. That or just put the fucker out of his misery. I mean, what kind of person does that? I have too much shit on my plate right now to deal with him. He needs a hobby, or a whore. Believe it or not, I had a good day at work today even with that guy there. It was good. I had basically nothing to do. I got to slack and help out in both Grocery and Variety. I need to do that every once in a while. I find that if I do fifteen minutes to half an hour of Grocery work, I have a great day. Shockbox, when you watch season three after the movie, note the fact that Spock is not his voice actor anymore. It's Frank Welker again so he sounds more like Megatron. Season three is, basically, giant fillers but they are funny. Some show how Rodimus is trying to fight the control of the Matrix and you get to see Galvatron getting raped by a planet and it isn't Unicron. And something I thought was very entertaining Preceptor became a woman. If you can make it through all of season two, you can make it through season three. My poster couldn't get through season three. Well, she got through it but it took a while. I watched it all in under a week I think. She kept putting it off. But in some areas it was worth it. I wouldn't recommend watching season four though. It's evil and the series it goes into, Head Masters, is not worth it. The poster may tell you about how it's in Japanese and the fact that Soundwave was killed with Rumble and Frenzy. I don't wish to do that universe so I'm taking it into another direction. That's the only spoiler any of you are getting. But that's just the heads up. Hopefully you like it anyway. I got a boyfriend. Sorry ladies, I'm straight. HA!

There was an energon storm. Everything seemed to be in utter chaos over this stasis pod. What was so different about it? Other then the fact that it had a big yellow "X" across its casing. Optimus stared at it and hoped he didn't have to explain it. Cheetor, being the ever so curious one, had to ask. Optimus could never say no to him.

"That was a mistake made by the Maximal Elders. A part of Starscream was made into a creature so terrifying, so indestructible, that nothing could contain it. It was eventually locked away and sealed to be shipped off to some desolate asteroid."

"You seem to know a lot about this."
"I read up on my history. That and this is the Axalon's second secret mission."

They all stared at him. He didn't tell them that he was there when that thing was being created. He didn't tell them that he helped create that thing. That it was partially his idea. If they could get one with the original ferocity, they could use that to their advantage, same if they could get the betrayal and get him into the Predicon ranks. They could be taken out from the inside. This one was the only one to survive. He was a monster. No one would keep him. They had to get rid of it. They had loaded it onto the ship of the night that Megatron had stolen the golden disk. The very next morning was when they accidentally bumped into the Predicons and landed on this planet. Optimus had closed his eyes to think back on that day.

"Optimus we need you to report to the high counsel immediately."
That was one of the scariest calls to get. You didn't know if you were in slag or not. Maybe they found out about his little get-togethers with Megatron. He walked onto his way to the great hall while getting stared at by his classmates. He acted proud but really he was scared. He got to the doors and was lead down to the main hall. Everyone was already witting there waiting for him. He stood up to the podium. He looked at all of them. Some were lit and were clearly seen but that one in the corner, it wasn't lit at all. He could see the eyes but not the body. The council members noticed that his attention was on the Senator.

"Please Optimus, the Senator is only here as a formality. He is quite tired so we must get this over with quickly."

"I still don't see why I have to be here anyway. I'm sure you could tell him this without my help."

"But sir, you do know the rules."

"I know them. I made a few of them. Primus I need a coffee."

"Sir we're almost done."

"We've just started, don't give me that."

The others stared at him. Something was wrong. They looked afraid of him. Optimus couldn't help but ask.

"Is that a Predicon up there?"

The eyes in the dark flashed. He wasn't happy. He almost jumped from his podium.

"Don't ever call me that again boy. You wont live to regret it."

"Senator please…"

"QUIET! Tell this impudent little boy what he needs to hear and you,"

He pointed to someone on his right off the podium.

"Get me a coffee."

The whole room gasped. He had turned back and waved his hand.

"Continue with the meeting."

"Yes sir. Optimus Primal, you were summoned here to participate in an experiment. We need you in charge of the unit that is conducting the experiment."
"But I'm just an explorer. That's what I've been studying for. I have nothing to do with science."
"Yes you do boy, in order to explore, you need to know many scientific things about the terrain, the atmosphere and the life on the planet. Don't try to blind us to the truth."

Optimus was really starting to hate this guy. He bowed before the counsel.

"Thank you for this opportunity, I'll gladly accept it."

"Good. Please get your instructions from the man at the front desk."
Optimus bowed again and left the room. They looked over to the Senator.

"Why were you riding him like that?"
"He's an idiot. He'll fuck up the project. I still don't know why you want to go through with it. I was against it from the beginning."

"But it'll advance the science community."

"Or create more problems. You have no idea what Starscream was like. I was there. I know what it was all about. What if he pulls the wrong codes from him."

"That's a risk we're willing to take."
The Senator gave a frustrated sigh then leaned back into his chair. The bot came back with his coffee.

"Here you are sir."

"You sound frightened."

"I am sir. I've heard that no assistant to you ever lives."

"Now that's not always true. You're still alive aren't you?"

The Senator picked up the coffee and tried it. The bot tried to leave but felt a hand on his shoulder. The Senator stood and started walking with him. The counsel stayed in their seats. They were waiting for that horrible sound, they sat looking at their hands, the floor, ceiling, anything to get their minds off of it. Then the sound happened. Those blood-curdling screams coming from down the hall. They shook, how could he keep doing that?

"Shouldn't we stop him?"

"You want to go up against him, then be my guest."

"You know… he's probably here listening to us right now."

They stopped talking then left to go do their business elsewhere.

Optimus found himself in a room with people he had never met before. They had already begun. He basically stood in a corner watching them work. Others started talking to each other. One finally approached him.

"So, what are you doing here?"
"I was about to ask the same thing."
"Let me see the disk you were given."
The young bot took it from him and watched it on a private computer. Others soon joined him. The one bot kept looking at him. He wasn't pleased. Everyone got up and started to walk back to their stations. He went back to Optimus and led him to his station.

"You are here to be in charge of the operation. You are to make sure nothing goes wrong and to keep everything secret."

"So I get the difficult assignment?"
"No. You get an easy job. It's because of your namesake. That's the only reason why you're here. Most of us don't want you here. We've worked hard to get here."

"Well trust me, I don't want to be here."
"And that's what pisses us off the most. Just go around and make sure everyone is doing their job."

Many months had gone by and Optimus was still bored out of his mind. Everything was already being done for him. Everyone was working at his or her stations, not paying any attention to him. He went around to make sure things were going according to plan. He checked core temperatures on the specimen. It was coming along nicely. It didn't look attractive but that wasn't the point of this experiment. Only a few more days and it'll be ready to come out. The Senator entered the room. Everyone bowed before him. He stood in front of Optimus.

"Disgusting."
Optimus was really having a problem with this guy. He always came in to see how everything was going. He stood up and looked the Senator in the eye.

"You know what, I'm tired of you always putting me down."

Everyone looked at him in shock. No one went up to him, insulted him and get to live afterwards. The Senator stood up straight, almost towering over Optimus.

"Why must you always think that everything is about you?"
He walked past Optimus and got a better look at the specimen.

"How's the progress been coming?"

"Everything is perfect sir. Vital signs are normal; strength and intellect are through the roof. We even believe that in time, it'll eventually be able to coexist with others."
"So basically right now it's a monster that can think."

"…Yes."

The Senator shook his head.

"This is never going to work."
"But sir, we are working very hard to make it work."

One of the others had to try and make him happy.

"That's not what I'm talking about. I was against this from the beginning. I don't see why we need this creature. It'll just create more problems."

The younger of the students was watching him. He went up to him and held onto his wrist.

"If the council was against this, why did they go through with it?"

"To satisfy so sick curiosity. I wish we could just scrap this."
The Senator turned and faced everyone.

"If anything goes wrong, then that's it. This is our only chance to do this."

"Wait, you mean to say that we wont get any more tests done?"
"Why do you think we are giving you everything you need now? We want this over and done with as soon as possible. We can't have the public finding out about this."
He headed for the door and turned to face them.

"Don't pull too many of these all-nighters. You never know, something may be out there."
"You mean all those attacks that have been happening?"
"There wasn't that many. Only a few in the past few months."

"But I thought that was so scary. Could you imagine…"
They all started talking amongst themselves. The Senator took that opportunity to leave. He heard someone follow him outside. The same young student was leaning against the door, looking sheepish.

"Can I help you?"

"Sir, I was just wondering, what are you doing out so late?"

"This is when I'm most active. I'm not a morning person."

"Alright. But sir, would you do me a favor… would you… would you walk me home later?"

The Senator smiled at the little one. He placed a hand on his shoulder.

"I think you can make it on your own. I still have so much to do. But I thank you for the offer."

The boy turned red. The Senator gave a frustrated sigh.

"Listen to me, you'll find someone out there for you. I'm just not your type."
"What makes you say that? I think you're magnificent."

"And I think you're cute but that's not enough. You have to know the other better."
"Then let me come over and we'll get acquainted."

"I can't. You're too young for me but I know you'll find someone just for you."

The boy smiled and hugged the Senator. He didn't push him away he hugged back. This boy just needed some direction.

"Now, you go on back in there and get this thing going."

"Yes sir."

The Senator watched him go back in and started walking away.

"Why does everyone think I'm available?"

The boy went back into the room and sat in his chair. The others came to him.

"So, what happened?"

"He was amazing."
"There's no way that you slept with him that fast."
"Not unless he's a half minute man."
They all glared at Optimus. They all liked the Senator.

"So, what happened?"

"Yes tell us."

Optimus walked away from them.

"Ignorant school boys."

He sat in corner waiting for them to finish.

"He was so sweet. He told me that there was someone else out there for me, that I could be happier with him or her. They would make me happier then he ever could."

They all sighed. There was another boy in the corner looking at him. He slightly smiled then went back to work. Everyone scattered then got back to work.

The day was here. They had to let it out. It was also the day of his graduation. The others said that he shouldn't be there but there was no choice. It had already shown signs of aggressiveness. Optimus had the guards ready with restraints. He opened the age. The green liquid slowly drained and the creature stepped out of the glass container. They all examined it from every angle. It seemed fine. Optimus stood in front of it.

"Tell me, what are you thinking?"

It started turning its head around. It noticed the door but quickly looked back down. Another student came up and handed it an energon cube, a small one to help it get more energy. He took the energon and drank it.

"Alright, a different question. What do you think your purpose is?"

He handed the energon back to the boy then looked at Optimus. It didn't say anything but looked ominous.

"Test its mind. Maybe something isn't connected right."

He sat there, letting the others mess with him.

"Optimus, we really should call it something other then it. That's degrading."

"Fine, you're now known as X. Problem with that name?"

X Still didn't respond.

"I didn't think so."

Optimus turned his back to it. The wires were taken off its head. He waited until they were checking the charts then lunged right at Optimus. He was not prepared for that. He went flying forward. The guards grabbed him and held him back. The second in charge hit the alarm. The Senator would be coming soon. It was being held up. X kept fighting back.

"He must really want you dead."

"No idea why."
Optimus jus shook his head at that thing. The Senator entered the room.

"What's going on here?"
"The experiment has gone wrong. It's attacked a few of us. Even those trying to help the others."
The Senator looked around. There was that boy that approached him. Someone was tending to him. He looked generally concerned but not for a friend. Good to see he found someone. He looked at X. It was staring at him. It didn't show fear. The Senator got closer to it.

"Sir I wouldn't do that."

"Don't worry. I know what I'm doing."
X kept looking him in the eye. The Senator started to put images into its mind. It looked away from him and stopped moving. He took a few steps back and looked at Optimus.

"Get rid of that thing. Take it to an asteroid and dump it there."

He grabbed Optimus by the throat.

"Make sure it stays there and don't let anyone see you."

He let go then left the room. He leaned against the wall.

"Oh Primus. That thing needs to be destroyed. If that's what was going through Starscream… no wonder he tried to kill himself."

The Senator walked down the hall and back to the main hall. He had to warn the rest of the council. That, and rub it in their faces that he was right.