CH26: Brothers
The returning party of Autobots within the shuttle were met with worried optics about their comrade's condition and hopeful ones in the success of the mission in saving the human femme from those blasted Decepticons.
The Autobot CMO pushed through the gathered mechs by the Ark's entrance in a hurry, barking at them to move it.
Gasps and shocks came from the crowd when two loud screeches filled their audios as the returning team kept the two damaged mechs from inflicting more harm on themselves. They were both taken to the med bay in a hurry and thus brought Ratchet through a string of curses as he worked on Powerglide and Sideswipe who lay in stasis to avoid more distress on their already overtaxed systems.
Sunstreaker paced outside the med bay, worried for his twin. Boiling rage overwhelmed him, his thoughts focused on making the female organic pay for what she'd done as he swore it, disregarding their faction's principle. In the first place, he never cared for these flesh creatures. 'Slag the Autobot codes'
The golden Lambo growled in frustration and vented his anger towards the wall across the med bay, denting it with his fist. He was then ordered to perform his duties after being conked with a wrench by a very angry medic as well as told by the military strategist of his actions during the mission which will be dealt with punishment. It would in turn be a form of distraction for the warrior while his crimson twin gets repaired and recovers.
The conversation then turned to a meeting among the commanders and their opinions towards their retrieval mission.
"It has come to my attention that the need to retrieve this human femme may be of an urgent matter but judging the Con's actions as well as their captive concludes that she has willingly joined their cause no matter the lies they have fed her" The black and white Praxian deliberated before the other commanders.
"Now hold that thought there. She's merely being deceived" Jazz quickly interrupted.
"There's a no way that the Cons would' a keep her alive after she'd fulfill whatevah they'd agreed upon" Ironhide added his point in the discussion, gesturing with a servo.
Optimus listened to what they have to say as his thoughts led him to the feeling in his spark as well as the Matrix the moment he saw the human femme. He felt her presence as something familiar at the same time foreign but a tug on his spark occurred from the words she uttered which rang in his thoughts like a distant echo of the past.
"Don't you fraggin' assault my brothers!" Those two last words surprised him to a degree that the Cons would probably have treated her well but a deeper thought brought him to a femme – Cybertronian at that whom have accompanied Megatronus back in the days of Sentinel Prime's rule. A gladiator whom they very well know currently as Megatron even before the war began. He has personally met this femme back when he was known as Orion Pax – a clerk in the Iacon Hall of Records.
~~~~Flashback~~~~
"My dear friend, Orion! What brings you here in the outskirts of Kaon?" Megatronus welcomed the red and blue mech who turned around in surprise.
"Megatronus! It's been a vorn since we've last seen each other. I'm here to collect some data cylinders for the–"
"Iacon Hall of Records. I know" The gladiator finished for him. Orion chuckled.
"You know me well… What about you? What does Kaon have that interests you other than the gladiator arena?"
"Why plenty of course" Megatronus began to say when some femme interrupted their conversation.
"Brother! Both mechs and femmes of Kaon need help. They all don't look too happy and something's bothering them" A cloaked femme approached them and stopped to regard Megatronus's companion.
"Ah! Orion. You haven't met my sister. Orion, meet Jhan Li" Megatronus introduced.
"It's a pleasure to meet you" Orion slightly nodded as the femme took off her hood.
"As do you. You can call me J" She also slightly nodded. Her previous worries somewhat diminished and were set aside for later.
Orion noticed that this femme was merely a youngling who just recently got their armor upgraded for the second level.
"Any dear friend of brother is also a brother of mine!" J hugged Orion, who was surprised of my actions.
"I… Err…" Orion Pax tried to form words but the sudden act truly froze his processors from functioning properly.
"J…" Megatronus began.
"Haha. Right. Sorry!" I pulled back, laughing sheepishly.
"No harm done" Orion grinned which was returned with a smile from me.
Megatronus chuckled, shaking his helm which was joined with laughter from the other two.
We then joined Orion to retrieve what he needed. Before Orion parts to return to Iacon, the three spent together as the two mechs recounted what the other wanted to know of. I listened intently to their stories of adventure and places they've been, keeping to myself that I have done my own explorations when Megatronus wasn't around or was simply busy. Then Orion turned to me, asking.
"May I ask where did you get that? It is rather unusual and I've never seen any other use one"
"Oh! This?" I held part of my cloak as Orion nodded.
"It's been with me as long as I can remember even when I was created and laid my optics on Sire" I explained, smiling at the thought of Sire.
"And where is your Sire?" Orion asked uncertainly, hearing sparklings in the past vorns being abandoned or terminated due to some reasons and knowing of the fact that me and Megatronus aren't truly related.
"In our planet's core of course. Primus is a really great Sire! Speaking of which, I would be visiting him soon at the Well of the Allspark" I chirped happily.
Orion turned to look at Megatronus who simply shrugged. The exchange was interrupted by a commotion just outside.
"Tell your corrupt leader to take his fraggin' business elsewhere!" A mech just outside the establishment we were in, shouted in anger at the Iaconian guards who came for whatever orders they were told to fulfill.
"You act all high and mighty before us. Don't you know who we are?" The first guard stood tall before the smaller mech as if showing off his Autobot insignia as a sign of superiority.
"You Autobot slag should just leave us alone!" The same guard snapped at the smaller mech's verbal assault and along with his fellow guard were they about to do him in as the local mech got smacked on the helm with their blasters.
The mech of Kaon stumbled back to the ground from the impact, holding his freshly dented helm, dizzy from the strong backlash.
"Anything else you want to say?" The other guard pointed his blaster at the mech's faceplate.
"What in Cybertron are you doing?!" A femmes voice rang in the rather unusually silent area as she pushed the blaster aside and knelt down to hold the assaulted mech's helm with a gentle servo.
Megatronus and Orion who were observing within the store were shocked at my interference and it was all too sudden at that.
"J!" Megatronus exclaimed.
"How dare you assault one of your brothers! Have you no spark towards your own brethren?!" I continued to berate the two Autobot guards then turned to the other three Autobots who simply stood there just watching.
"And you three! Have you no shame? Just watching your comrades beat him for fighting for his own land! What if this situation is reversed? What then?" Wanting to hear their answers for such actions, I looked at them sternly.
"You're no different from them. Just mere scrap for spare parts" The second guard spoke.
"You wear strange accessories for a Cybertronian" The first guard flicked my cloak with his blaster, noticing as well that it conceals most of my chasis but I held my gaze, fixed on the mech.
"It makes you look more suspicious, especially since one would think that you're hiding weapons underneath" The same mech spoke with suspicion as he held the blasters point blank at my faceplate.
My optics blazed with courage as I held my ground, my gaze still fixed at the guard.
The mech beside me fled, not wanting to be in the line of fire.
"I must stop this madness" Megatronus declared and left his seat only to be pulled back by Orion.
"These mechs don't seem to see optic to optic on those who reside within Kaon. Let me handle this" Megatronus stared into the optics of his friend and nodded.
Orion left to seize the growing tension outside.
"Any last words, scrap heap?" The first guard grinned as his digit slowly slipped to squeeze on his blaster's trigger.
"Halt!"
The mechs turned to look at the mech who dares to challenge their authority.
"I apologize for her actions. Although her reasoning is sound and that our fellow brethren of Kaon have rights" Orion continued to speak.
The two guards laughed.
"What's this? A fellow Autobot protecting these insolent rusts!" The first guard proceeded to hit me with his blaster when a black servo caught and held it, preventing the assault.
"That's enough" A gruff voice with commanding authority ordered.
"C-commander Ironhide!" The Autobot guards stood straight with respect towards their commanding officer.
The red and black Autobot helped me up as I nodded a thank you.
"Ah apologize foh these new sparks who just got out a the assembly line. They be a given strict punishments foh their actions" Ironhide glared at the young Autobot mechs lined up before him, he especially looked sternly at the two who caused such a scene.
They both looked away in anger. Their helms shot up in defense when I approached their commander in a very close proximity thinking I'd attack him.
"Please do inculcate in them that we are all brothers" I looked hopingly and pleadingly at the Autobot commander.
He gave a smile and spoke.
"Indeed a will" He then turned to the young mechs.
"Move out!"
The young guards followed behind their commander who passed Orion with a nod and left in their alt modes. Megatronus then approached us with worry and scolded us both for what we did much to the surprise of Orion who got caught in with what I did. I giggled at the red and blue mech's reaction to which Megatronus then pulled us in a group hug.
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Optimus smiled under his mouth guard from the memory as his commanders continued to debate on the matter with regards of the human femme's fate. Out of nowhere, J – the Cybertronian femmes voice from a distant past echoed in his processors.
"How many factions there may be, my spark will always be with all our brothers!"
Optimus then offlined his optics, deep in thought then onlined his optics again and announced.
"We'll let the human femme follow what she chooses"
The Autobot commanders looked at their leader in shock with the decision given.
"But Optimus. Be reasonable. She won't live long under those Decepticreeps" Ironhide voiced out.
"I second that decision" Prowl agreed with Optimus's statement after picking up his brain module.
"Ya can't both be serious" Jazz commented and continued to say. "Prowl, I understand but Optimus?"
"I will take full responsibility as to whatever happens to her" Optimus stated and the commanders fell silent.
For their leader's very claim is something they should follow.
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Two days passed since the A.I. rebellion. I underwent Hook's treatment for those past few days and my eye sight seems to improve. I noticed his ability to be somewhat similar to mine only it takes much more time depending on the damage. I asked him on my first session of treatment where he learned such ability and this is what he said.
"It's called a sigma ability bestowed by Primus himself on selected few. Just like how Skywarp is the only Transformer with warping abilities" He explained disregarding the portion of a femme which he indeed confirmed that I was her reincarnation or some nonsense belief like that passing part of her ability to him.
This sigma ability intrigues me and I ought to find out more about it. However, what bothers me is as to why Hook told me that such ability was to be kept a secret as well as mine.
Will Hook's fellow bots try and experiment on him due to the fact that he had such powers? But Skywarp freely uses his and no tests were being executed on him.
I decided to follow what Hook said as I grimaced with the thought of succumbing into experiments myself under the hands of the very people I protected. Rage boiled within me but I kept my cool as I breathed in and exhaled whilst thinking of happy thoughts. I grinned and left to look for the twins that are very close to my heart.
"Hurry Frenzy or we'll be caught!" Rumble hurried along with his twin as they ran pass me.
"Sorry J! Gotta run! We're heading out!" Frenzy quickly said.
"Shush Frenzy. You just told Soundwave our plans!" Rumble scolded.
"Slag!"
Those were the last I've heard of them and soon found out from Megatron himself that they're being punished. I asked him then as to who would be guiding me around since I could only make blurry colors but it's still like a smudge of hues that blends with the background.
He chuckled and made me guess the bot who stood before me in silence.
I got it on my first guess.
"It's Ravage, isn't it?"
I got a nudge from a muzzle, indicating it's time to go but I glanced back at the leader, determined to get an approval of joining them on their next activity.
"I'd like to participate on your next mission. Blinded or not, I will take no for an answer. I– "
"Very well"
"What?"
"You will join tomorrow's raid. Get yourself checked by Hook and be ready within a breem. Ravage will escort you to the war room for further instructions"
My blurred eyes grew wide with excitement to finally be able to help and contribute for them as I gave a quick bow of gratitude.
"Thank you brother!"
Megatron seemed to smile when a sound of a thud was heard.
I laughed sheepishly at the wall I came in contact with due to my excitement as Ravage nudged me towards the door with instructions that would lead me to it.
I went to Hook as per instruction and had a short treatment session after persuading Ravage that we needed privacy to conceal our secret.
Heading back to my quarters was a challenge as I blindly walked along the hallways, clumsily hitting walls and flailing my arms in front of me like a zombie.
Rolling his optics, Ravage then ran into me as he nudged me up slightly to land and ride on his back. He then told me to hold tight as he dashed for my quarters.
Again, I persuaded him for privacy, shooing him out with a couple flicks on my wrist.
"Shoo! Shoo!"
To which Ravage growled at me.
I donned on a black and blue double belt asymmetric skirt topped with a gray oracle cloak with blue long sleeves and pants complimented with combat boots and fingerless gloves. I then ripped the ends of the cloak and wrapped it over my eyes.
J: Brother…Sister… He… She… In this universe, they are genderless… I just have to do so for y'all to not get confused or somethin'.
I got an art ready on how I look like at the end of this chap. It's in my Deviantart account entitled, 'Ya Got A Death Wish?' (Although it's without the blindfold…)
2/1/18
Posted 3/22/18
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