"You're part Con?" Bulkhead asked keeping his glare threatening. Smokescreen glared back at him.
I can play this game too, Smokescreen thought to himself.
"That thing is wrong."Smokescreen stated, pointing to the relic."Roads is not my father-bot. I have no father-bot."
"I've read about this relic Smokescreen. It's never wrong." Ratchet stated, reading everything.
"There's your proof."
"It means nothing." Smokescreen growled."He is not my father-bot. If I had one he would be here, but he's not."
"Smoke look at that thing!" Bulkhead pointed to the screen."It clearly states-"
"I know what it says! I'm not stupid!"
"Then why are you denying it!?"
Smokescreen hesitated, trying to figure out how to tell them. Should he lie? No that would be hypocritical. Then...
"It says on his record that he masssacered his own family before the war blaming it on Autobots. It also says that he killed a whole clan with undead terror-cons."
Smokescreen shut his optics. He remembered that day; the day a nearby clan asked for our help and all of them died.
"He killed the adoptive of Alpha Trion?" Ratchet said in disbelief. He heard of her death, but not who killed her.
"You really think that my father did that? My creator, if I had one, would have fought with them. Not against them."
Bulkhead nearly roared in anger."He looks like you! His oil runs in your pipes! He created you! Why are you this way to him?"
"If you only knew what he did to me,"Smokescreen walked up to Bulkhead. His servos shaking, his head filling with hot rage. His optics narrowed at Bulkhead."What you saw when you found me was not even half of it. The things he's done to me and my mom. He is not my creator. He is nothing but a Con who needs to be taken down. Just like the others." Smokescreen stopped right in front of Bulkhead, craning his neck so to stare right into his optics.
"You're part Con Smoke-"
"No."
"Yes you are."
"You really think I am?" Smokescreen shot at him. Then he backed away, unhinged his cannon and threw it at Bulkhead. "If you really think I'm part Decepticon,"Smokescreen paused so to relax his wires."Then you better kill me."
Tier yelled and ran to his side. Smokescreen pushed her behind him as she fought him. Tier wouldn't let Bulkhead hurt him, she wouldn't let any bot hurt him. But she couldn't get out of his grasp, she couldn't move. Lubricants falling from her optics, her body shaking with fear.
"Go ahead,"Smokescreen encouraged as Bulkhead stared blankly at the cannon. Glancing at the others, watching their stunned faceplates watching Bulkhead. "Do it."
"Bulk..."Jackie warned not moving but watching his best friend face against a bot he considered a brother.
"Smokescreen take your cannon back," Kclayna begged.
"Don't do it Bulkhead." Senti threatened. She stood ready to pounce.
Just then the kids and Fowler came in. All four stopped once they saw Smokescreen and Bulkhead staring at one another.
"Whoa."Jack said,"What's going on?"
"Bulk..."Miko was baffled looking down at the cannon. Raf and Fowler were speechless, no one knew what to do.
"Accept what you are kid."
"Never."Smokescreen growled."I would rather die."
"No!" Tier screamed, fighting with all her might. Somehow, Smokescreen was much stronger than she was.
"I want you to,"Smokescreen said feeling the honesty spill out." Just end me. You would be doing me a big favor."
Bulkhead never felt so much rage towards one bot, not even towards Breakdown. Why did he agree to guard a brat? The brat of a Con even. How could Smokescreen act so selfish? How could she ask this of him? How could she trust him when he's the one who let her die?
"Kill me Bulkhead." Smokescreen's optics started to fill with lubricants. The familiar blue optics were pleading. Bulkhead saw that the kid wanted to die. "My life has been torturous enough. Just end it and put me out of my misery. Please." Smokescreen swallowed the sobs that tthreatened to come out. He tightened his grip in his other servo. He dug his fingers into his palm, allowing Energon to spill and drop. Bulkhead refused to notice, he saw that was lying about that part. Yet his optics were still pleading.
"Why would you want to die?" He asked, picking up the cannon.
"Bulk don't!" Jackie yelled.
"You remember him. Roads." Bulkhead nodded."He used you against me. He used Tier and Arcee against me. He was going to kill all three of you if I didn't give him what he wanted. What makes you think he's not going to do it again? I know what he's after. If you kill me everyone will be safe and my families secret dies with me."
"Secret?"
"Yes. The secret of the Gem's."
"Gem's?" Kclayna remembered her premonition. Gem's was one of the factors to save Cybertron.
"Yes." Smokescreen relaxed and opened his chest. A blue gem gleamed right in front of his spark. Everyone stared at it in amazement. The gem glowed like the sun on Cyberton. The color of it reminded the kids of the brightest ocean or even the sky. Smokescreen closed his chest and the gem went back. Smokescreen's optics opened.
"You possess the gem!" Kclayna yelled." The gem that is from my premonition. The gem is needed to revive Cybertron."
Smokescreen remained unmoved by the importance of the gem. He knew they needed all three gems was no need to get excited.
"You know where the other two remain?"Optimus stated.
"Yes sir, I do." Smokescreen knew they needed an answer."I will tell you where they lie before I die."
"I still don't understand..."
"I want to die by the hands of the one who watched my mom die."He closed his optic as a lubricant came out. Bulkhead saw how miserable Smokescreen was. Maybe he should do them both a favor. He would end his promise and put the kid out of his misery. They both get what they he saw a misty apparition behind Smokescreen with threatening green optics staring at him.
"I knew I shouldn't have trusted you." A femme's voice whispered in his optics. Bulkhead realized Acrion was talking to him.
"No." Bianna said, standing in front of Smokescreen."I won't let you kill him Bulkhead."
"Nor will I."Parate stood to the side of Bianna.
"Or I." Arc stood on the other side.
"N-n-nor I-I." Ree stood next to her twin. Teir pushed herself out of Smokescreen's grasp, grabbed his wrist and forced him behind her.
"You will have to get pass all of us to get to him." Tier stated, holding him still. Smokescreen felt something he hasn't felt in awhile. Watching everyone defend him...he felt something inside him warm up.A part of him he thought died long before the war started. He couldn't help but stare at all of them in awe. Even Bulkhead seemed surprised, but he still held the cannon. Then a bot stood in front of the cannon.
"Drop it Bulk." Jackie stood in front of him with the tip of the cannon against his chest."You can't blast him without blasting me." Bulkhead was stunned. Jackie was actually standing up for the , feeling defeated, put the cannon back down. He stood up and looked at Smokescreen.
"Tell us what you know about the Gem's." Bulkhead demanded.