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Chapter 20- The high council

The day had arrived, Megatron and Orion stepped into the room. Above them the high council members sat on their chairs waiting for Megatron to begin speaking.

As Megatron walked to the center of the room in view of the council members, Orion stood off to the side waiting for the speech to begin. "Brothers, sisters I have come before you to present the idea that I have been working on while leading the Decepticon political party. The idea I wish to propose not only asks for fairer wages but to dissolve the class system entirely". As he spoke the faceplates of the council members began to display unamused looks, whispers could just barely be heard while Megatron spoke the council members didnt seen happy btut they let him continue.

"For this proposed plan to succeed, I Megatron must be named the next Prime. Those of you who do not wish to see this proposal go through can happily take it up with my representatives from the Decepticon party". A shock fell over the room, especially on Orion this Megatron was not the bot that had been so eager to share his views with him,he wasn't the bot that he had been friends with for a short time. Orion watched his friends shell melt away showing his true colours, again and again demanding to be named the next prime. Threatening the lives of the council members and those who opposed him with death.

"I cant just sit back and watch him destroy everything I've worked for" Orion thought, he walked over and joined his 'friend' in the optics of the council. "Or Megatron" he began and as he did Megatron shot him a fiery glare, ignoring it Orion continued "We could increase wages in the lower class system and provide better working conditions for them and everyone else. Instead of using violence, we could use peace and words to try and remove those corrupted from power. And instead of dissolving our class system, we make it easier for people to earn new titles and move to the higher parts of the class systems."

The room stayed silent for a moment everyone seemed to be in thought after what he'd said, the hush whispers of the council continued it was almost impossible to tell if they were impressed or unamused. Then one of them members addressed him "Orion Pax, today the high council has seen something that hasn't been seen since the outcast of Unicron the destroyer. Courage and strength that does not come from hatred and violence but instead love and compassion. In order for the high council to name you Orion Pax the next prime, you must find the matrix of leadership by yourself and be given it by our creator Primus himself." the council members nodded in agreement.

"Then I shall do my best to find it and fulfill your wishes" he said before the council dismissed Orion and Megatron.

Orion was the first of the pair to leave the council member room and begin to leave for outside. Megatron however fell behind him, in disbelief that he had lost the chance to become the next prime to the weakling infront of him. In that moment he swore to bring a kaon pit (hell) apon Cybertron and all those who stood in his way and he would find the Matrix himself wherever it was before Orion could.

This was the official shift from the golden age into prewar and war times that would befall Cybertron within the next couple of deca-cycles. Megatron who attempted to make a grab for power began poisoning the energon mines and killing off politicians and any member of power in order to climb into a position of power that would make him unstoppable.

He killed hundreds thorough out the stellar cycles (years) that followed the audience with the high council, attacking mines and Autobots a like showing the planet what he was truly capable of.

But in his home living out his days with his dear Ariel away from the attacks, Orion lived happily. He and his femme shared ideas and thoughts about what was happening, Ariel proposed they rally the Autobot forces and fight against Megatron while Orion told her that they should reason with him before using violence. In the end they decided that it would work best if it were both plans working simultaneously that way they would have an army incase Megatron didnt want to negotiate.

Present time

"Word came in that he attacked another mine this week" Ariel said as she read through the news "When do you think he'll stop all this madness and turn himself in? She asked Orion who was sitting across the room deep in thought. Lately he could feel the pain that these attacks were causing Cybertron, it was almost as though he was connected to the planet? But how could that even be, though he had been named the bext prime he hadn't found the Matrix of leadership but that still didnt explain these weird feelings he had been getting.

Snapping back to reality as Ariel stood infront of him waving her servos infront of his optics "Cybertron to Orion, you there Orion?" She asked, "I'm here " he said grabbing Ariel and pulling her down onto the couch so she was sitting next to him "No I dont think he'll stop until the planet is under his control bit then again someone might take him down before he can" he said answering Ariels question.

"I dont think he'll even stop after Cybertron, he'll probably find his way to other worlds and poison them with his wrath" but this was something he kept to himself making sure not to say any of it out loud. He didn't want to worry Ariel more than she already was, in these past deca-cycles since the attacks had been getting more frequent, she'd been working on getting an Autobot army together to help fight Megaton's Decepticon army. Well incase it came to that anyway.

"I have an idea, why don't we get more of those posters toy were working on finished and then we'll go post them around the city?" She nodded her helm and lead him over to her work station where all of her posters and supplies were layed out. The pair got to work making the posters but were careful not to sign them, incase Megatron or one of his followers saw the poster and attempted to track the pair down.

Once every last poster was finished, they gathered them in their arms and went to their ship to fly around the city and post them.

As they did this Orion noticed the effects these attacks were having on the people in their city, though the attacks weren't anywhere near them yet most people were staying inside off the streets and away from the down town area of the city.

Orion hadn't noticed this yet but the attacks were slowly poisoning the energon supplies and Cybertron itself. When Orion Pax did come to notice this however, he would be faced with a challenge. Attempting to get to the core of his planet and try to reverse the ill effects that this darkness was having on Cybertron, only to find the thing he'd been missing.

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