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This chapter is now in the present time a few years after Twinwave has recovered, but still wont focus on Twinwave and Rainjet until chapter 23. This is also a reminder thay this takes place before Transformers Prime takes place but is in the same universe. I hope you humans and aliens understand!
Chapter 21: The Matrix of leadership
2 Stellar Cycles (years) after Orions meeting with the council...
More and more of the Decepticon attacks happened on mines across Cybertron, they were working their way slowly but surely towards Iacon. But Ariel and Orion were slowly gathering followers and an army of their own to combat Megatron's Decepticons.
But as time went on the planet slowly became more and more poisoned by the attacks, Orion could feel his planet weakening more every solar-cycle. So he decided to try and reverse these effects. He made a plan, he would with the council's permission, travel to the core of Cybertron to see if the effects of the poison had reached it yet and if there was anyway he could reverse it while he was there.
This time instead of lying to Ariel he recruited her to help him. Though she was doubtful and not happy with him, she agreed to help Orion figure out a way to get to their planets core. "You could try going through the well of allsparks" Ariel suggested, "That could be our way in but only the council members and the higher ups have access to it" Orion said "And we still dont have clearance from them to do any of this" he added noticing how the look in Ariels optics changed. He knew that look ment trouble, she used to use it before they had started to live together and when she got that look it usually ment that they were going to do something reckless.
"Then we need to go see them to get clearance and we have to do it quietly so none of Megatrons followers find out about the meeting with them or else they might follow us in and get to the core before us" she said. It was true Megatron would do just about anything in his power to hurt anyone the opposed him, that included poisoning the planet to its core. "Alright then its settled, we leave now to go speak with the council. Remember no calling on your communicator incase Soundwave tracks it" Orion said picking up their maps, sketches and the outline of the plan they'd been working on and stashing it away.
The pair left the house and took the back way into Iacon where the council's hall was, staying out of sight as much as possible becuase Orion could be a possible target of Megatrons after being named the next prime instead of him. Ariel knew about Orion's "prime" statuswith the council, she knew he needed the Matrix of leadership in order to become a full prime.
Once in Iacon, they blended in with the sea of other Cybertronians who were headed around the city about their day, both Orion and Ariel stayed together and watched their backs for Decepticons as they made their way to the hall. Once they were inside Orion reasoned with the secretary that it was an emergency and that she needed to let them in immediately, while Ariel stood watch. The poor confused femme eventually let them in after Orion bargained and reasoned with her for a half an hour.
"You ready to do this?" Ariel asked her mech "No I'm not but I have to do it anyways" Ariel looked into the caring blue optics of her mech "Remember I'll be here with you the whole way" she said, they opened the doors into the council's room. A hush fell over it as the pair walked in, Orion like Megatron had done before walked onto the centre of the councils view. "Orion Pax, you've called an emergency audience with the high council for what reason?" One of the members asked.
"I am here today to discuss and propose and idea to the member of the high council, on the topic of the Decepticon attacks over the past two stellar cycles." he said, "You may continue with your proposal then".
"As you all know the Decepticons have been attacking the energon mines around the planet and taking it for themselves and presumably stashing it somewhere, by taking the energon with force instead of delicate care like the miner do they have been unknowingly poisoning the planet more than they were during their rallies before they posed more of a threat. Myself and my femme Ariel" he jestered to Ariel when he mentioned her name "Have come up with a plan to reverse the ill effects before they can do more damage, I must journey to the core of Cybertron through the well of allsparks there I will see if the effects have reached the core and find a way to stop them before they do if they haven't already." Orion finished looking up to the faceplates if the council members.
Their whispers couldn't be used to determine thier final out come, but Orion remained hopeful.
One of the council members turned to Orion "Orion Pax the council her by gives you permission to journey to the well of allsparks and the to the planets core. Meeting adjourned". Orion looked at Ariel, she looked happy. "We need to leave for there now" he said to her, and so the pair began their journey to the well of allsparks.
They made sure to take the same precautions as they has in their way over, staying close to one another and blending in with the crowd. The council's secretary had given them directions to the building that held the well of allsparks, she told the pair that it was heavily guarded and that the council had contacted their team a head of time to let them know that Orion and Ariel had clearance to go inside.
As they entered the building, Orion noticed the amount of guards in either side if them lining the walls when the secretary said heavily guarded she really ment it. "They really dont want anyone getting in here" Ariel whispered to him "Agreed"he responded.
"The entrance to Cybertron's core is through the middle of the well, you'll have soilders standing guard around it as you get lowered down into it via rope. 2 tugs means 'help' 3 means 'pull me up', got it?" Orion nodded his helm two soilders strapped a harness onto his chassis, attached to it was a metal rope. "You sure you wanna do this?" Ariel asked as they clipped the rope into place on the wench "No turning back now" he said kissing her faceplates "Dont worry I'll be fine! And remember I love you". Ariel smiled it was nice hearing her mech happy "I love you too ya big dummy now go save some the planet!" She said as one if the soilders escorted her away from the well.
"Ready! On my mark begin lowering Orion! 3...2...1... Now!"
The wenches handle spun rapidly as Orions figure disappeared from view. "Goodluck" Ariel whispered, pray to Primus that Orion would return in one piece.
With Orion, POV: Orion
Once I'd landed onto solid ground I unbuckled the harness and adjusted my optics to the pitch black around me. Of course the underground of Cybertron would be this dark, what was I expecting anyways? Decently lit up mining tunnels? That was clearly not happening, but I needed to get moving incase there was a Decepticon strike on the city, because if there was I might be trapped down here a little longer than expected.
I loaded my communicator with GPS coordinates the commanding officer gave me when Ariel and I had arrived at the Well's heavily guarded facility.
A few clicks later and my GPS showed me the route that I assumed would take me close to the planets core "Here we go" I said, my voice and pad steps reverberating off the walls as I began walking.
I didnt know how long it was going to be until I saw sunlight again, I checked again for the energon cubes I'd brought with me. "Still there, good" I thought "Geez this is gonna take a long time to get to the core, especially since these tunnels are too tight to transform in", I knew it was going to be a lot of walking but I hadn't mentality prepared myself for how much.
It took me three hours to reach my halfway destination, this was 1 of four times both ways I could stop and have some energon and rest before continuing to walk.
"Werid, these cubes seem almost brighter down here. But how in the allspark is that possible?" I thought examining one of the cubes, it glowed an unworldly blue that seemed it come from the centre of it. "Okay this is weird even for energon". I put the cube and its weird glow in to my mouth and let the energon dissolve before I got up and continued the ungodly amount of walking I still had to do.
The rest of my journey was less than the three hours it had taken to get to my 'halfway spot'.
And not shortly after that my communicator lost its communication and gps signal. "On my own again" I thought or it seemed that way, though I couldn't shake the feeling someone was watching me while I'd been walking down here, I checked over my shoulder just to reassure myself that there was nobody there before going back to walking. With no directions and nobody to help me I just wandered around for a couple of hours, following tunnels to see where they lead and retracing my pad steps when I got to dead ends.
Until... I felt a pull, like one someone would have with thier spark mate. My spark glowed brighter and my pads seemed to know which direction to head to, even though I was completely blind out here and no one else was around.
It didnt take long for my optics to spot a bright pulsating light that my pads seemed to be headed right for. It looked like a cavern "Maybe I'm finally at the core", nope I could not have been as equally right and wrong.
"By the allspark!" I said in shock (jeez he sounds like ratchet), before me was a pulsating spark energon tubes ran along the walls connecting with the spark. "Where in Primus am I?" I spoke aloud still taking in my surroundings, it was as bright as mid day in where ever I was and seemed to be full of energon.
"Orion Pax I have been waiting for you" a weak voice boomed around the cavern, which wasn't a cavern anymore but more of a spark chamber. "If I my as but who are you?" I asked still unsure if the situation, " I am Primus, you're people my children call me Primus the creator".
"I'm sorry but am I dreaming?" I thought becuase this was something straight our of my imagination.
" Fome closer to my spark, for I have something you have been searching for" Primus' voice spoke again, this time he seemed weaker. I followed his instructions "You have a way to reverse the ill effects Megatron has created on your planet?".
"I am afraid that his posion of war has already reached my spark. There is a war coming, and I must prepare you for it. With this" something opened on Primus' spark, the Matrix of leadership, the thing I'd been searching for and couldn't find had been here lying in wait for me. "The Matrix of leadership will help guide you through this war, it will make you the last of my 13 Primes. Take it and use it for the better of my now alling world".
(My pov for a better description I apologize)
With Primus' words Orions spark chamber opened. When the Matrix touched him the world around Orion went brighter than it already was, the light swallowed him until there was nothing but light. It was like standing on the sun, Orion could feel his body changing gears moving circuits producing more power all to make room for the Matrix.
(And now back to your regular writing context)
When the light had vanished, I looked down at my servos, nothing has seemed to change but I was sure something had. "You must return to the surface, I fear that the world you left behind is in great trouble" Primus' words were the last thing I heard before I was back into complete blackness.
The trip back took me even less time than before, everything around me seemed to moving in superspeed. Maybe it was becuase I was excited I'd finally found the Matrix or maybe my body had become more athletic after I'd accepted the Matrix of leadership, who could tell?
In an instant, I wa snack where I'd started nearly 12 hours ago, I hooked myself back into the harness and tugged on the rope three times. I looked around me taking I the darkness one last time before I felt myself being hostied back to the surface.
The first thing I felt once I was back on the surface and on solid ground, was a thud and someone's arms squeezed around me. I looked down Ariel had lubricant coming out of her optics and pouring down her faceplates, she seemed to never want to let go of me. I hugged her back "See I told you I would be fine! And if you let me go I have something I think you'll want to see" she begrudgingly took her arms off me and stepped back, I dint think she'd taken in the way I looked yet. Opening my spark chamber and reviling the Matrix of leadership that Primus had given me.
Holding out one of her servos, she ran her didgits on it before bring her arm back and letting it fall to her side "Y-you found it? Bu-but how?" She asked in the same state of shock I'd been in when I first heard Primus speak "I found it in the spark chamber of Primus the creator, he gave it to me to be the last of his Primes" her optics already had tears swelling at the bottoms of them again and our conversation had attracted the attention to all the guards.
I took Ariels servo in my own and said "I am Optimus prime, to all of you that are here spying for Megatron let it be known that I now hold the Matrix of Leadership. If he wants to take Cybertron for himself he can take it from my dead spark."
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