Nemesis Prime
George's POV
Optimus and I had been out of communications range while tracking an Energon deposit. We found it and got the Energon, now we were on our way back to Base. When we drove in and transformed, everyone looked freaking on edge about something. "Um, is something wrong?" I asked, a little tense myself.
"We were just...wondering where you two had been." Arcee said, clutching Nadia close.
"We've been unable to reach you, either of you." Bulkhead stated as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"We were outside communications range..." I said as Optimus reached for his subspace when everyone but Arcee and Elita deployed their weapons and pointed them at us, Optimus more specifically. "What the fuck, guys?!" I yelled as I deployed my shield in case things get a little rough. "Guys, quite this bullshit, your scaring my daughter." I said coldly when I noticed the scared look on my daughter's face.
Everyone looked at the youngling before lowering their weapons as Optimus finished for me. "...In a subterranean Energon deposit." He pulled out said Energon.
"Okay guys, what's the big idea that you point your weapons at us?" I asked, putting my shield away.
"Don't blame them, Prime. I was attacked earlier on the highway by a big rig. One that bore a striking resemblance to you." Fowler said, looking at Optimus for the last part. Oh crap, not this episode.
"Oh scrap. Not this one." I groaned and everyone looked at me.
"You know what's going on?" Fowler said.
"Unfortunately." I said with a nod. A few seconds later, Fowler ended up getting a phone call.
"Fowler. What?! That's impossible! I can tell you it isn't him!" Fowler soon hung up. "Aden military us under attack...by Optimus Prime."
"The truck?" Jack asked.
"The Bot." I answered instead.
Optimus, Elita, Bulkhead, and Bumblebee went through the Groundbridge and a few seconds later, returned after getting shot at by the humans. Fowler then got a call from General Bryce
"No General Bryce, Optimus did not attack our boys. Because I was with Prime when I received the alert! Yes sir. The Autobots were at your base, only in response to the initial attack! But sir, I...yes sir. I understand. I wouldn't try that one, believe me." He then put the phone down. "All military personal are ordered to shoot any Bots on sight, Autobot or Decepticon. Second. They want to take Nadia off you because she's still part human, but there are others who would want to experiment on her."
"They can try it." Arcee growled, her motherly instincts kicking in as she held Nadia close to her.
"George, who has done all this?" Jack asked me, causing everyone to look at me.
"Who else could do this?" I asked rhetorically and everyone knew who it was instantly.
"MECH." Optimus growled.
"Yep. Think of everything they have done. First, they abducted Breakdown and took whatever information about Cybertronians they needed out of him, Bulkhead and I were there. Recently they took Starscream's T-Cog, installed a knockoff version of Optimus, filled the tank with Energon,scanned the appropriate vehicle mode and you get Nemesis Prime." I explained the whole thing leading up to this event. "Also, it will be easier to tell the two apart."
"How?" Cliffjumper asked.
"Easy. Nemesis has orange optics and looks rusty." I said with a shrug and everyone had to nod at that. "Both attacks were within driving distance, meaning MECH couldn't have been far from the two attacks. They don't have access to Groundbridge technology, so we must investigate the two areas for a base." Everyone nodded in agreement to that and Ratchet opened a Groundbridge.
We eventually found the base and had split up, I was ducking around corners and stuff, keeping an eye out. I peeked around a corner and narrowed my optics as I saw nothing around. I heard footsteps behind me and quickly spin to hit a spinning heel kick to knock my attacker back. Wouldn't you know it, it's Nemesis.
"Hello Silas." I said, cracking my knuckles. "Finally upped the playing field, I see."
"Indeed. And I'm now your destroyer." Silas said before Nemesis charged at me and we both battled. I kicked Nemesis in the chest before driving his head into the wall, but Nemesis kicked off it and flipped over me to twist my own arms and kick me right in the back, sending me into the wall. I turned around only to meet s foot to the face and my vision went dark.
I groaned as I began waking up and shook my helm before my vision cleared to let me see that I was in the Base again. "Easy." Ratchet said. helping me up. "Silas and Nemesis were stopped, don't worry." I nodded as I sat down beside my wife and pulled her close.
"So, what was it like fighting someone who looked like Optimus?" Miko asked us.
"Not pleasant, that's for damn sure." I said before Arcee smacked me in the chest. "What?"
"Language." She scolded, looking at our daughter meaningfully and I rolled my optics in amusement.
Sorry if these few chapters have been short as hell, but it's been a tiring few weeks with all I've been doing, but hey I don't let that stop me. At least I got the chapters up, so, there's that. By the way, the next chapter will be me skipping to one of the four races as it's called.
