A Chance at Freedom Chapter 25

A few minutes later the Shiftonian led the ambassador into his private office to discuss the matter which was so important. The others sat waiting patiently for the news and just as Copperheart finished her energon the door opened and the solemn face of Leonitide told the story of the bearer of bad news. "The ambassador just informed me that the trial has been suspended."

The gathered mechs and femmes couldn't believe their audios, "On what grounds was the trial suspended?"

Izaran and Leonitide looked at each other; it was Izaran who spoke, "The trial was suspended on the grounds that the Galactic Council did not want part in a trial that focused on just the Decepticon Empire and Autobot Commonwealth and risk the restart of the Great War. Furthermore, the trial has been suspended here on neutral grounds and will have to take place on the planet in which the crime was committed."

"They can't do that; can they?"

"They can Optimus, and they already have."

"Leonitide, is there anyway you can stop this?"

"I'm afraid not Galvatron. The council over-rules me on these matters and they cannot be challenged."

An argument broke out between everyone and oblivious to them was the rebuilding panic within Megatron's spark. Once again everything came back to haunt him as flashbacks replayed before him. Through the shadows Primus once again told him that his part was more than just delivering justice, but to something much deeper. Covering his little one's audios, he shouted at the arguing group to "SHUT THE FRAG UP."

Galvatron had never heard his little brother use that kind of language in front of anyone before and thank Primus for him covering Copperheart's audios, she didn't need to repeat any of that. "Pray tell, why should we brother?" The older twin knew he was pushing it, but his brother could be oh so calculating when he was angry about something.

"If all of you would stop acting like sparklings for one nanokilks, then you could see what this means."

"What does it mean Megatron?"

The grey ex-warlord frowned, and it sent some uneasy feelings down Optimus's spinal strut. "What it means my dear Optimus Prime is that the trial will be held on Cybertron, the one place where no Decepticon can ever hope for justice; only a life behind a force field or the firing squad."

But before Optimus could respond Izaran did it for him, "That is where you are wrong Megatron, you see the Council heads did keep a few of the aspects of the trial."

"Such as?"

The Nebulon Ambassador only smiled, "Such as the trial will only be lead by six neutral parties. Two Autobots, Two Neutrals, and Two Decepticons."

The shocked expressions where expected, but the relief on Megatron's was even more promising. "So, who are the two Decepticons you have chosen for this task?"

"The council has selected General Strika and Cyclonus from the Decepticons and Alpha Trion and Dia Atlas from the Autobots. The neutral party to help oversee the trial will be myself and Leonitide."

"When does the council want the trial to start?"

The ambassador had almost completely forgot that part and told the young Autobot that they had left it up to them and that he and Leonitide will be accompanying them to Cybertron. As they were making there way to the launch pad, the guards made a grievous mistake. The blue and orange form of Sentinel was brought out and when he caught sight of Megatron, he broke free of the hold the soldiers had on him and ran over to the grey mech.

Galvatron caught sight of him and put himself between the threat and his family. The others saw the purple mech knock the other bot to the ground and when the guards finally got a hold of the mech Sentinel gave one last remark, "How are you faring whore, does it still hurt with how I was the one who broke the mighty Megatron?"

As the guards took him away, Galvatron was seething; trying his hardest not to just slag the mech here and now. He then looked at his brother who was shaking with Copperheart in his hold. He helped Megatron into the ship, sit down, and helped strap Copperheart safely his lap; he then got some low-grade energon for him to try and calm his nerves. The purple mech then turned to the ambassadors and said "Make sure that you do everything you can to make sure that pitslag mech is punished and why was he not loaded before us?"

"We will do everything we can Galvatron, but my guards were explicitly told to load the prisoner before we arrived at the launch pad. When this is over, I'll make sure it never happens again."

"Good."

During the flight, Copperheart became restless and wanted down. Megaton removed her straps and set her on the floor. He then reached into his subspace and retrieved a few toys Red Alert had given him as a gift. They also had another purpose, they were to be a distraction while her carrier was busy with the trial.

Optimus watched Copperheart after he noticed that Megatron had fallen into recharge. He wondered what Megatron would do when the trial was over, would he stay or go back to New Kaon? The red and blue prime had always wanted to settle down and start a family some solar cycle and at some point Copperheart would need a sire figure, but she had Galvatron for that, right?

There was no telling what the grey mech would do; he did actually find him attractive in many ways: the one that he really liked was his face, white with the black highlighting his checks and the black on his chin; it was exotic. Then there was the rest of his frame, his powerful arms made him wonder what it would be like to be wrapped in them and carried off to some private room for some alone time. His legs were another reason, slim on his thighs and thick like some of the tree trunks he saw on earth and with everything above them made him wonder how much work the mech put into his balance. All of this combined together made the appealing form of the mech he grown to love and if he would ever reciprocate that love.

Galvatron noticed Optimus staring at his brother and walked over to daydreaming prime. "Optimus."

The red and blue Autobot jumped at the voice and turned to see Galvatron sitting next to him, "What is it?"

"I know you have feelings for my brother and that you love him, but please be patient with him. You know what I told you earlier about his past life and what has happened recently; it will take time and just maybe he can learn to love somebody that will be there for him in the healing process and help with everything he will need. Just do this for me, please he and Copperheart are the only true family I have left, I don't want to lose them."

The purple twin left him with those thoughts and it mad him think that if he ever got the chance to court Megatron he would shower him with all the love his spark can give and he would stand by his side no matter what storm came at them. He was brought out of his musings when Copperheart poke at his stabilizer, he picked up the femmlings and held her close to his spark. She laid her helm against his chest plates and fell into recharge. He stroked her plating and when he was sure she was asleep, he walked over and put her in her carrier's lap.

He leaned back into his seat as the shuttle cruised towards the nearest space bridge in Autobot territory. The stars passing by lulled him into recharge and he fell into recharge with a pair of red optics watching him with a smile on his face who heard everything about his feelings and wondered if they were true?