Chapter 12: The Battle Against Optimus Prime
LOCATION: SOMEWHERE IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
The scene opens around the ocean side, near a portion area where land was. But something was happening, something was coming out of the water, it was big, it was huge, it was…colossus-size! Upon coming up, it looked like a disc-shape ring with a 't' shape in the center & the bottom sticking out. Almost appearing like it was some…Transformer spaceship. During such a moment, a Ground Bridge appears as the portal vortex reveals the RainBooms gang along with Ben, Nyx, Spike, Phobos, Goldie, & Pinkie Pie while accompanied by Strike Force members Laxtinct, Saber Dragoon, & Shorty, & the Autobots Breakaway, Prowl, & Smokescreen, lastly followed by Armor Stark.
"What the….where are we?" Rainbow Dash yelps in getting splash & wet, they went from camp to a place with lots of water.
"According to what Fila told me, we're somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean." Armor Stark pointed off in where they are located.
"Wait a second, this ship…it's Cybertronian made?" Prowl stated in studying the structure to know, it's from their world.
"We're on a Transformer ship, this thing's about as big as the Phoenix Fortress!?" Laxtinct yelps in shocking surprise, this thing is even bigger then what Strikespell made in secret…before the enemy took over it & it got destroyed in the end.
"Focus here! What exactly are we looking for here?" Shorty asked the main topic on what they need to do.
"A staff of great power, & lets just say if we fail, then the planet is as good as done for." Armor Stark explained the short & simple version of what'll happen if they don't act.
"Great, what else can happen here other then the weird camping experience?" Rarity rolled her eyes
Suddenly without warning, Optimus emerges out of the ocean water with Bumblebee gripping his leg. Then without warning, Bumblebee took a swing with a hidden Transformer mallet weapon to knock Optimus off. Then Bumblebee leap up to grab Optimus' head to bash it to the ground. The others saw what was happening, & were almost left in silence in not believing what they were seeing.
"Ye had ta ask?" Applejack rolled her eyes in seeing her friend had to jinx it.
"Is that Bumblebee? And…Optimus Prime" Breakaway asked in not believing what he was seeing.
"Looks like it. Though that has got to be the weirdest game for two friends to play? It looks like they're fighting?" Pinkie Pie raised an eyebrow in not following the actions that seem too much like a fight.
"Because they aren't playing, they really are fighting!" Saber Dragoon stated in noticing that two Autobots were indeed, fighting.
"But that makes no sense, why is Optimus here now when we heard he left months ago only to fight Bee?" Smokescreen raised an eyebrow in understanding what was happening.
"Lets 1st try to stop the fight to have them answer some questions." Armor Stark pointed off that they need to intervene to figure out what's going on.
At this moment while the others had to come up with a game plan, we see Cade Yeager & William Lennox reached outside from within the ship & the splashing waves. Cade was saying they can make it as they ran while Optimus fought against Bumblebee. The entire big ship was rocking all over, causing big waves to be made & splash around, it was like if normal folks were out & got topple over by such large powerful waves.
"Eek!" Fluttershy yelps in what was happening.
"Yikes! We're taking on water!" Phobos yelps as they were getting splashed around.
"Remember the doggy-paddle!" Spike reminded Phobos to know the basic swimming for dogs.
Everyone else was trying to get over the slight wetness they experienced, but others in armor suits or body parts, weren't bothered. Right now Bumblebee tried to keep attacking his mallet hammer against Optimus' sword, but it knock the sword weapon away.
"I Am Nemesis Prime." Optimus proclaimed himself of a new name as he pound Bumblebee down, then when he was pin, picks the yellow bot up. "You are nothing!" Then Optimus whirl Bumblebee around before smacking & ripping off the car-door parts of the bot off & then thrown him across.
Bumblebee got his balance together, grip his hammer mallet, then brought out his warrior battle mask cover.
"Yo Bee, mind if we join in!" Then Smokescreen along with Breakaway & Prowl appeared nearby to join Bumblebee's side against who he's facing.
"We don't know what's going on, but fighting a Prime by yourself is no small feat." Breakaway stated in knowing that fighting against a Transformer carrying the name of Prime, is difficult in it's self.
"First Sentinel Prime became our enemy, now this, Optimus, why are you acting as such?" Prowl asked in what the Autobot was up to in going this far.
"I Am Nemesis Prime. Those that stand against me, will be destroyed." Optimus spoke in tone & words, as if not carrying for those here.
"You can't mean that? We're friends, remember?" Ben spoke to have Optimus listen & remember the group.
"And that staff, if it falls in the wrong hands, the planet won't survive what's coming of another world colliding." Armor Stark explained the dangers if the staff falls in the wrong hands, then their world can't be saved.
"I care not of your struggles." Optimus Prime spoke these words as if not having a care. "For my world to survive…Yours…must die!" He said these cold emotionless words that had a heavy weight.
"What! But that….isn't right? You sacrifice millions & billions of lives." Nyx protest in shock, the Optimus they once knew, would never do that.
"One side will win, the other shall fall. Your world must be destroyed, for what it harbors a force one cannot imagine the reckoning it will bring." Optimus explained this in a dark sentiment on what he's trying to stop.
"What it harbors, you mean like other beings that possess something that isn't science, technology or mutated powers?" Goldie raised an eyebrow in trying to follow up what this guy was referring to.
"Like magic for one thing, because Sunset might have been responsible for that." Pinkamena pointed off in knowing that one person help brought magic into this world without magic.
"Whatever the reason, the results are the same…" Optimus remotely stated in not caring for in the end, the results will be the same of this planet's faith.
"Ugh! Are you kidding me! I might not be from this world, but I don't wanna see it get destroyed." Sunset snaps off to say as Optimus turns away to leave the humans to prepare another fight against more Autobot opponents. "Hey! I'm not done talking to you!…." Sunset snapped off in annoyance as she used her magic to fly up to approach the bot that was being so disrespectful.
Suddenly upon Sunset's close encounter in touching Optimus, her eyes flash white before seeing something….within his memory!?
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OPTIMUS' PAST…?
Several months ago, Optimus was called to the World Center, where he was talking to someone dress like a business person & had a tag that read 'Presidential Secretary' on it.
"Mr. Secretary. You're saying the Dark Terrorist acquire the blackbox from Lockdown's ship in where my maker can be found?" Optimus asked this in following the surprise of obtaining that which may help in his search.
"That is correct, the President & the other world leaders acquired this when they apprehended some members close to their top brass." Mr. Secretary responded in how it was obtain, & have decided to share this with the Autobot leader of the alien race of Transformers.
"I must, if I fail to find my Creator, my questions will go unanswered. Please, let me do this…& pray my fellow Autobots will remain safe while I do this." Optimus stated forth in having spoken this with sheer determination in his words before he was seen turning to leave, then took off into the atmosphere to go beyond & into space.
"Good luck Optimus Prime…" Mr. Secretary spoke this at first before…a creeping dark shadow of unseen magic was somehow…manipulating him. "You'll need it, before you know it, the hunt for your kind will continue once more." He spoke in a trance-like state, of a dark mysterious force will take measures to level down…the existence of Transformers on this world before Optimus even returns.
Soon a scene opens around showing after many months of a long journey, Optimus Prime drifted through space. But he began drifting towards some mechanical planet of tech which appeared it's surface crust was split off by cables holding it to the core of the planet.
"This is Optimus Prime. Re-entry Cybertron." Optimus' voice was heard stating in where his course was approaching the name planet.
Soon Optimus came crashing down across the surface of what is…or was…PLANET CYBERTRON. Optimus kneel with his sword to the ground, as he slowly regains his awareness. Only to hear the agonizing wails & ruins of what he once knew…was his home.
"My world!" Optimus exclaimed in seeing what horrors lay waste on the home of the Transformers. "What has happened to my world?" He asked for in not knowing what has become of Cybertron.
"Your world is dying." Suddenly as if answering Optimus question, was a strange retro-mix voice of a female & deep low tone; the Autobot leader sheath his sword to enter a bright blue chamber before him. "I've been waiting for you, Optimus." The same female person spoke while within some hallow halls, glowing in the center as if…awaiting for Optimus to enter to meet her. "Come meet your maker." She proclaimed forth this which answered a greater question.
"You…are my creator?" Optimus asked forth this as the one calling themselves 'his' creator without turning around.
"I am Quintessa, the Prime Of Life." She gave a self introduction of herself of who she is. Appearing no more the size of the average height of a human female, much of the outer armor was like a royal sorcerer robe made of strap metal that covered any sight of her legs & wore a metallic crown attach to the puff-form of metallic hair. Even from her bright optic blue eyes showed much mystery of this creature, held power over life.
Optimus showed a strange reaction of angry growls, as he sees his Creator at last, the one that sent Lockdown after him long ago. But there was more to his inner rage then that…
"What have you done to my home?" Optimus snapped off in demand of what Quintessa did to Cybertron.
In retaliation, Optimus unsheathe his sword to strike, but…Quintessa simply held her right hand to blast the sword from the Transformer's grip. Then without warning, Quintessa summoned tech cables from nearby to restrain the struggling Optimus Prime from his wrist, ankles to his neck.
"I will Kill You!" Optimus snapped off in what he'll do to his Creator for what has happened to his world.
Quintessa however, did not like that tone as she snarls before hurling a blue energy sphere that impacted Optimus to be brought down to his knees while restrain.
"You dare to strike your God?" Quintessa snapped off at what Optimus was doing was a foolish action.
Then walking into the chamber was another strange Transformer: it's gray armor was fashion to appear like a demon warrior with a demonic face with red eyes & horns. He was known as Skulk, a member of demonic Transformers known as the Infernocons.
"Your war doomed Cybertron." Quintessa stated in reminding Optimus, of the war the Autobots & the Decepticons did that left Cybertron a war-torn world.
Skulk stomps it's foot to push Optimus down more to kneel before Quintessa…
"Megatron stared the war!" Optimus exclaimed in giving his testament of who started the Great War, as Skulk grip his head to turn & stare at their Creator.
"You destroyed your world, you fool." Quintessa grip Optimus' chin to snap in who's fault it was that Cybertron was left in such a state.
Then Optimus yelped as Quintessa scratch his left side with her metal hand. But that in turn, was causing the left side of Optimus' head to undergo a 'red' line trail for half the Autobot's face.
"My perfect creation." Quintessa spoke as if trying to calmly speak for Optimus to understand something. "You're going to fix it, or the race of Transformers dies forever." She lectures Optimus that unless something is down, the race of Transformers…will be no more.
Quintessa's eyes glowed a bit purple in the pupil area, as she crack a hidden sly expression in what she wants done.
"I made you." Quintessa gently moves her right hand across the less resistant Optimus as he hears her out. "You are mine to command." She proclaimed this of what Optimus' fate lies in obeying his Creator; much to the Autobot feeling himself, unable to disobey. "You will tell me what I want to know, as we have much time before we reach our destination…" She states this in wanting to know somethings while they are still…in the middle of reaching a final destination.
Suddenly, the restrains on Optimus began to loosen, as Skulk shove Optimus to follow his master. Time had pass while Cybertron continued to move throughout space. There was much Quintessa was hearing about the events that happened on Earth between battles & the mention of magic from a strange place called Canterlot High. Quintessa was also intrigue about another world called Equestria that held powers as great as her own.
"I see, there was much that I never believed could exist, another world filled with great magic as great as what I wield." Quintessa stated in having heard so much from Optimus & of what he's seen.
"It matters little now when in face with the real matter. We must rebuild my home." Optimus stated in what he wants more then anything & that is…to see Cybertron from it's glory days before the Great War torn it apart.
"There is a way to heal your world." Quintessa spoke in saying there was hope to rebuild Cybertron.
What Quintessa showed Optimus was a metallic tablet written in Cybertronian, with 12 knight figures while in the center, a circle frame.
"My power of creation, the staff, was stolen from me by my 12 guardian knights." Quintessa explained something about her staff, taken by 12 Transformer Knights. "They betrayed me & hid it on Earth. Gave it to your precious humans." She stated how the knights betrayed her, showed a map of the Earth before them while stating how her staff was given…to the Earth's population. "The staff is the only way to bring life back to Cybertron. You are going to find it for me." She explained that with the staff, Cybertron can become alive once more, & she wants Optimus…to carry the deed. "Do you seek redemption, Prime?" She asked this as she hovers around the Autobot to test him. "Do you?" She asked this in front of Optimus' face, if he wants to redeem himself for all that has happened to their world.
"My maker, I do." Optimus responded as if slowly feeling himself, drifting towards a side to undo the mistakes of the past.
Then another scene flashes within the memory, revealing another event taking place. Now we see that Planet Cybertron, was mere hours away from Planet Earth, as the scene focuses on the chamber where Quintessa dwells in.
"Optimus, it is time you knew the truth. The place you call Earth has another name. Unicorn." Quintessa spoke to explain something of what the Transformer doesn't know while Optimus was restrain by his wrist on 2 tower poles by energy bands.
"Earth…Unicorn?" Optimus exclaimed in having heard this shocking news of what Earth…really was. "Cybertron's ancient enemy." He aches from the energy surges he was being given while knowing the name that was an enemy to their world.
"Yes. You are going to kill him." Quintessa responded in what Optimus' knowledge was correct, & will be given the task…to 'kill' their world's ancient enemy. "With my staff, we will drain the very life from Unicorn." As she approach to explain what will be done, the other side of Optimus' face line of blue was replaced by red as he equip his mouth guard. "Earth will die…" She firmly explained what must happen to kill Unicorn, Earth it's self, must perish.
"Yes." Optimus responded in a very obedient way without hesitating on what was said of Earth…dying.
"And your world will be reborn, Nemesis Prime." Quintessa proclaimed this as a means that from such actions will save Cybertron by the new servant of Quintessa…
Optimus' eyes began to turn purple & bright violet-pink, as if now remade into a new Transformer: Nemesis Prime.
"I will fight anyone who stands in my way." Nemesis Prime spoke in a threatful tone of what he'll do, if anyone stops him from accomplishing his task…
Suddenly, the scene flashes to a strange place where two Transformer Knights were suddenly attacked by a large sword. And who should appear before Cade, Viviane & the members of TRF but…
"I've come for that staff." Yes, it was Optimus Prime, but something was…different?
"Optimus…What are you doing?" Cade asked off with a wide-eye shock & worried expression; something about Optimus was not right.
"Give it to me." Optimus demanded as he approach Cade & Viviane as the woman moved further away.
"It's me, Cade. We fought together." Cade tried to talk some sense into Optimus, but…
"I fight for my own kind! My own planet!" Optimus bash his right fist in the ground, proclaiming this firm & serious tone of his words.
"Cade?" Viviane called the man in sounding worried about the situation.
"This isn't you, Prime." Cade stated in knowing this isn't the same Optimus Prime he once knew.
"Give me the staff, human." Optimus leans close to Viviane with a threatful expression & tone.
"Cade?" Viviane called the man in asking for any help in this situation.
"I will kill you." Optimus spoke these words without hesitation; even Cade felt as if this…was too dangerous to oppose the bot.
"Give it to him." Cade gave in, knowing this would be a hard battle to avoid if they provoke it.
All eyes from all sides were in puzzlement of what was gonna happen if they give away the staff to Optimus Prime who was…not himself.
"Now." Cade issued that they need to do this, for now…
In a fearful motion, Viviane held out the metallic staff as Optimus took it to place it within a chest compartment. But then ? suddenly opened fire, followed by the other TRF soldiers blasting at Optimus Prime. But then Optimus brought out his blaster & started to shot back, knocking any TRF out of his way without remorse.
"Who dares to challenge me?" Optimus remarked off in not letting anyone stop him from completing his mission.
Optimus was walking away, some TFR were recovering while many were still stump in what happened. Even Bumblebee was uncertain about this side of Optimus.
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THE PRESENT
At this moment, Sunset's eyes cease flashing, before becoming aware of when Optimus' hand reach up to grab her.
"Get off me, human!" Optimus snapped off to toss the girl off him from bothering the bot.
"I got you Sunset!" Twilight used her levitation magic to stop Sunset from being thrown off & landed near them.
"What happened?" Ben asked in noticing that something distracted Sunset, other then Optimus trying to throw her off the spaceship.
"I saw it all, someone manipulated Optimus…& wants to destroy this planet." Sunset stated with concerns that what Optimus' doing is not his own, someone has manipulated him.
"Destroy our planet!? They can't destroy our planet, we live on it." Pinkamena protest in making a statement about allowing their world to be destroyed.
"Regardless, how do you stop someone without hurting them?" Goldie raised an eyebrow to ponder how one can achieve a goal that is hard to handle.
"Hugh…" Nyx's eyes flash without warning, then ended the next minute. "I think I saw something?" She stated this off to the others nearby her.
"Another vision from the future?" Pinkie Pie asked in knowing about Nyx's new magic ability.
"Yeah, everyone, listen carefully." Nyx nodded to say while needing to whisper this out.
Nyx was busy telling everyone of what she saw in her Future Sight ability. While at the main moment it was a battle of where bot vs. bot, fellow Autobots duking it out against another. Yet in the mist of Optimus being knock down, Cade Yeager climb up to him.
"Prime! Prime, stop! Prime, you got to stop! Please! Don't do this!" Cade was trying to reach into the very soul of Optimus.
Suddenly, Optimus fired a blast shot that knock Bumblebee backwards from approaching the bot.
"Look at me, Prime. What are you doing? It's Bee!" Cade tried to reach out to the guy, Optimus was slowly standing upwards… "Prime! You can't do this." Cade issued that this was not what the Autobot wants.
"Look out!" Prowl warned at this time, but…
Then Cade was force off Optimus as Bumblebee was about to bring down his hammer, only for Optimus to catch it. Optimus was trying to blast away only to miss, & when Bumblebee was about to attack, another giant wave came splashing onto them. Suddenly the entire spaceship was taking off from the Atlantic Ocean while many were tumbling down it's slope structure: but Optimus was still engaging Bumblebee & the other Autobots. Then Optimus grabbed Bee by the neck to rotate him around to bash him across the structure.
"Hang on Bee, I'm coming…ugh!" Smokescreen was about to say, but Optimus smacked Bumblebee against him.
"Watch out! GAaaugh!" Breakaway tried to warn before he & Prowl were also knocked by Optimus throwing Bumblebee around.
Just when reaching the bottom, many yelped as Optimus bash Bumblebee's head. Then the guy brought out his sword, Bee had his protective helmet stop the blade from piercing him. After much struggles, Optimus was pushed off of Bumblebee.
"Prime!" Cade called out before Optimus pin Bumblebee down to start turning off his armor plating. "Stop! No!" Cade protest off as Optimus raised a hidden blade in the wrist, & raised it up with the final attempt to end this.
"Hold it bucko!" Applejack then toss her lasso around Optimus' wrist with his sword, using her super strength to keep it at bay.
"Everyone…Heave…" Shorty spoke as everyone gathered around AJ to try to keep Optimus from striking.
"Ho!" Laxtinct yelled off this next one as they began to tug the line.
"Nrrruagh…" Optimus growls in annoyance of those trying to keep him from attacking.
"Use every physical strength & anything else to keep him from killing Bee!" Ben stated in what they need to be doing here, as even Twilight focus her levitation to keep the large Autobot from moving.
"Usually when we fight enemies, we take them down, but this is harder!?" Saber Dragoon stated in knowing this sort of case is not easy to overcome.
"Don't give up!" Fluttershy encourage to not give up, if they do, Bumblebee is finished.
"You all, can not stop me! I am…Nemesis Prime!" Optimus announced froth in pushing himself to do what he must.
The RainBooms tried to keep Optimus from thrusting his attack to finish the pin down Autobot. Then at this sudden moment, the attack was just missed by an inch from Bumblebee.
"I am Bumblebee, your oldest friend." At that surprising moment, a strange new robotic voice was heard speaking to Optimus, but the shocking part for everyone to see it came from…the silent Bumblebee.
"Sweet Cupcakes…Bumblebee spoke without the aid of his radio!?" Pinkie Pie gasped in having heard Bumblebee speak outside his radio use of words.
"Is this…fer real?" Applejack asked in not knowing if this was really real or not.
"Optimus, I would lay down my life for you." Bumblebee spoke these words out of wishing to fight to his very end, for Optimus' sake.
Suddenly in that very moment, something began to happen with Optimus. His optic eyes were shifting from purple to light blue again. Before they return to their true color as Optimus withdrew his wrist blade & stood up with an expression that was not of someone wanting to kill anyone here.
"Bumblebee. Your voice." Optimus spoke with a surprise & bewilder tone of a gentle leader when he heard…Bumblebee speak with a voice belonging to him. "I have not heard it since Cybertron fell." As he spoke these words, a apart of the red mark across his face was vanishing, returning the blue that was once there.
"Yeah, it's a 1st we're hearing it too." Rainbow Dash shrug off to simply say in how they all feel about this new voice of Bumblebee.
With evidence of Optimus Prime having regain his original self, it's clear he was no longer the one called Nemesis Prime that wanted to kill everyone here to save his own planet at the expense of another. Bumblebee slowly started to call his parts back to him after they were torn apart.
"What have I done?" Optimus asked in feeling he has done much wrong; as he dropped his sword from regret of his actions.
"Optimus, this wasn't your doing. You were not yourself." Sunset stated to try to ease Optimus' mood of misunderstanding.
"Sunset said you were controlled, but by who?" Twilight asked something that puzzled here, who turn Optimus into someone that would forsaken those on Earth he tried to protect.
The spaceship continues to fly across the Atlantic Ocean as battleships were seen below. Suddenly, the gang hear jet planes coming down, at 1st many believed to be the military, but…they fired missiles. The missiles exploded that knock everyone backwards, & the planes transform into 2 Decepticon figures: Nitro Zeus & Megatron.
"Uh-oh! Galvatron's here!?" Spike yelps in recognizing who came to the party late.
"And some Decepticon with bling?" Phobos stated in noticing the gold bling-bling on the other bot.
"Names Nitro Zeus, puppy dog! Oh yeah!" Nitro Zeus introduced himself as the newest face for the meet & greet.
"Oh great, got done one problem & got another?" Applejack rolled her eyes in seeing they gone & got another problem on their mits.
"You…I remember…the pesky humans from that school of magic." Megatron narrow his eyes at the RainBooms flashy new outfits, as he recalls them from the time from the Friendship Games fiasco. "I will make one thing clear, the name you Earthlings gave me doesn't matter, I am still ever more….Megatron – Leader of the Decepticons." He proclaim this matter of means of what he is to be recognized by his original name, not as of what the Earth people did when he gain a new body.
"Wow really, usually in a Transformers series, I thought the name change was permanent?" Pinkie Pie randomly broke the 4th wall to say this while getting a lot of weird eye attention.
"Now's not the time to be random Pinkie Pie" Rainbow Dash lecture her random friend of times to be randomly & when to be serious.
"I'll deal with you another time, my business…is with Prime!" Megatron remarked off in not caring for them, as he turns to focus…on Optimus Prime who was still on the ground.
"Yeah Prime! You blew your chance to kill Unicorn." Nitro Zeus remarked off to Optimus that he had a means to finish the threat of their world, & the Autobot Leader couldn't do it.
"I knew you couldn't do it." Megatron remarked off as he kick Optimus over, then force open the chest compartment to snatch the staff out, as it transform into a taller figure when held by a Transformer. "Your time is over, Prime. You failed." He remarked off in seeing Optimus failed to perform his task, as he grip the bot's head up to listen. "You turned your back on Cybertron. Now you will watch Earth die." He left this final message before dropping Optimus, as the Decepticons transform into their plane modes to fly off
"No!" Cade screamed out in witnessing the staff they tried to obtain, was snatched before their very eyes.
Suddenly at this moment as Megatron was making his getaway, 12 unknown Transformer figures were running towards the battle sight.
"Woah, who are these guys?" Applejack yelps in not knowing who these bots were.
"If I had to guess, Transformers…but not Decepticons…they seem…older? More knightly types?" Pinkamena exclaimed in what she can figure that these bots are older to see they don't seem like the bad guy types.
"Yeah, & they don't look to happy?" Goldie pointed off in noticing, these knight bots don't seem all to please at the moment.
"Not going so well." Cogman pops up from a spot in stating how the situation seem to be fairing as Viviane peaks out to see.
Then without warning, angry Transformer Knights came down from above, & some even began to bash their attackers…on the kneeled Optimus Prime. Everyone was in shock in what was happening, & Cade Yeager was right in the middle of this.
"What's going on? Why are they attacking Optimus?" Rainbow Dash asked in seeing these weird bots attacking Optimus who don't even bare a Decepticon logo.
"You betrayed your own kind." One of the Transformer Knights exclaimed in what Optimus has done; this bot was known as Dragonicus
"Betrayed!? Optimus isn't the betray type…well except minutes ago where…" Pinkie Pie was making a random statement which at that time…
"NOT NOW PINKIE!" The other RainBooms yelled at their pink friend who wasn't helping in that argument.
"No, Prime, get up!" Cade tried to encourage Optimus to get up, but…
"You chose the wrong side." Dragonicus issued off that Optimus' choice, was the wrong one in aiding Quintessa.
"We won't allow you to hurt our friend." Ben was about to attack these knights when…
"No….you mustn't interfere…this is my sin to bear." Optimus held up his hand to stop the others, from stopping his judgement.
"Optimus, you don't mean?" Twilight gasped in what Optimus was saying, he can't mean that…can he?
"I only have myself to blame for my actions, & now…The Guardian Knights are going to kill me." Optimus exclaimed with this blank emotionless expression; knowing full well of the consequences he must pay for what he's done till now.
"Quintessa is the Great Deceiver!" Another Transformer Knight named Steelbane snapped at Optimus to smack him down with his sword for what this bot has done from being deceived.
The knights delivered an axe ion Optimus' back & kicked him across, punishing a Transformer that has betrayed what was meant to keep this world safe.
"The judgement is death." Steelbane proclaimed in what awaits those that must make amends.
Soon Steelbane swung his sword, preparing to kill Optimus. Everyone either watch in horror, or shut their eyes to not see such a gruesome display. But without warning, the talisman on Cade's arm began to respond, as he charged blindly into the fury. Then in a shocking moment, the knight's sword was stopped when Cade Yeager stopped it with….a transform sword made possible by the Talisman Of Iacon. It was a shocking sight to behold that a lonely human, stopped a large & mighty Transformer's brutal force swing like that. Everyone was quite taken in what they had witness, even the Autobots that were down got up to witness this as Cade studied his new held symbol.
"Seglass Ni Tonday." One of the Guardian Knights held a sword in the air, professing an oath.
"Seglass Ni Tonday." Another Guardian Knight also repeated that same oath with a sword held overhead.
"Seglass Ni Tonday." Another Guardian Knight held his axe up in also professing the same oath as the rest.
"Oh my, what is this?" Rarity asked in bewilderment of what was transpiring.
"Believe it or not, but looks like Cade Yeager…just helped in convincing to spare Optimus' life." Armor Stark commented in knowing what that word means, & it's a safe bet to know…Optimus' life was saved.
Everyone watched this happen, what Cade has done may have saved Optimus' life. Because he was chosen to become...the 13th Knight of the order.
"Cade, I have failed you." Optimus exclaimed with deep regret in what he's done as Cade & the others turn to hear him out. "I have doomed Earth." He stated in knowing the crime he's done, has endanger the entire planet. "Earth, the only place in the universe…whose people let me call it…home." He was in deep self regret in what he's done that it's come to turning back on those that trusted him, to do this after those that never lost faith in him.
"Only you can make it right, Prime. I can't do it without you." Cade spoke these words as if trying to have Optimus listen & understand what he's saying. "One moment, that's all we got. It's up to you, Prime." He stated that they still had time to make a change. "Because without you, we all die." He stated that without Optimus' help, the whole human race will die out. "It's now or never." He issued off to say this that if they don't do this, then who else will.
"He's right Optimus, whatever you decide, we will follow." Breakaway stated in trying to cheer their leader up.
"Right, so you made a mistake, we all do…it's natural." Smokescreen shrug off to basically say this about how things are natural this way.
"The question remains, what you learn from the mistake, & then…move on from there." Prowl spoke with some wise ninja-bot advice on what lies ahead for anyone now.
Hearing such words, help Optimus understand something, as his lost faith began to be restore.
"My brothers, I will never betray you again." Optimus spoke out to the Knights Of Iacon as he gets up. "I…am Optimus Prime. To save Earth, we must go to Cybertron & destroy Quintessa." He made this declaration of determination of what they must do.
As Optimus spoke this, another Transformer Spaceship had entered the scene, many were informed…that was the ship that the Autobot's occupied from defeating the Transformer Bounty Hunter: Lockdown.
"I will tell you the coordinates for where everything will occur. Inside the Ignition Chamber…where Quintessa will likely be in during the process she reclaims the staff." Optimus exclaimed to mention this on where they may locate the prime enemy & the target they must retrieve.
"So all we gotta do is get the jump on that chamber, no problem." Rainbow Dash smiled off to shrug off the ideal thought to perform.
"Actually, there is. Planes can't navigate through those cable vines." Twilight pointed off that normal planes can't get up such a place.
"Well then, why not use an Autobot ship?" Pinkie Pie asked this sudden subject which earn some attention.
"Pinkie Pie, that's brilliant! We can get up there & then glide down." Sunset exclaimed in realizing that idea, could very much work.
"Looks like the Osprey is the key to the staff, then we gotta get in them to fly this many of us up." Armor Stark stated in knowing what they need to do to help them get up there.
"Um, are we talking about a plane or a bird?" Nyx asked this question in trying to not get two subjects mix.
"A plane." Armor Stark pointed off in what he was referring to.
"Sounds like it's gonna be high-risk?" Phobos stated in what he had to say about this.
"Wait! You wanna do what at 20,000 feet?" Laxtinct asked this in finding a lot of this, too much to take on from a high altitude.
"That'll be tough, even an MI-26 can't go over 6000 feet? I learn that on a pop-quiz one time if they could fly over Mt. Everest which was 28,029 feet." Pinkamena pondered off in recalling something she once learned in school about military helicopters & high mountains.
"Well that sounds peachy?" Spike rolled his eyes in thinking that all sounded just…peachy to know.
"So they wanna break into the chamber & have this woman steal the staff back to prevent all of this?" Saber Dragoon asked if they have Viviane break in & steal the staff back; sounds like a lot of pressure.
"Sounds completely crazy, random, & just plain odd. But we've had our fair share of magical craziness anyway." Pinkamena shrug off to admit this about the matter of how things were sounding.
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ELSEWHERE AT THE TIME…
LOCATION: STONEHENGE
The scene opens to revealing much pieces of Cybertron dug into the ground. But near the location of what was known as Stonehenge, Megatron & his remaining Decepticons: Nitro Zeus & Dreadbot. As they were on sight, the spaceship belonging to the Guardian Knights was already on it's way towards where they are.
"The ship is coming." Megatron stated in seeing the ship will arrive soon.
"It is beautiful." Dreadbot proclaimed that such a sight, was beautiful of what this meant for their kind.
Off sight, Hudson was getting off the helicopter while noticing that the spaceship was slowly coming towards the destination of where everything…will begin. Hudson had approach the location undetected by the Decepticons as Megatron held up the Staff.
"I've lived for this. I've lived to kill a planet!" Dreadbot issued out in what he was awaiting to do here.
"For our world, I activate this portal!" Megatron proclaimed forth this in knowing the time was right for them.
Soon some military copters were approaching the sight, as Hudson saw them. Megatron lets off a battle cry roar in about to begin things. But then Hudson's cane transformed into a rifle blaster, as he blasted a shot between the stones, impacting & damaging Megatron to topple a bit.
"Fire!" That's when Cobra Commander & the rest of the other military unit arrived on the ground, & began to open fire with tanks to knock away Megatron's other forces.
"Cobra Commander…YOU!" Megatron glared in recognizing a once traitorous ally that backstab him to hunt down Transformers for the world.
"Sorry Megatron, as much as we have an 'Old History', I prefer my planet to survive to one day conquer it." Cobra Commander shrug off to say as he & the rest of his ex-Cobra members agreed.
"That's too bad, in that case….It appears there are still some bridges left to be burn!" Megatron remarked off to say this in what he will do to respond to this action.
So while under attack, Megatron roared to smash his fist into the ground, becoming upset before he & the Deceptions attack back. But as they fought, Megatron had activated something to which new stone monuments appeared from beneath around to form a circle. Hudson observe everything that was going on, but he let his guard down to end up being spotted…by the one he shot at.
"You wretched human!" Megatron snapped off when he spotted Hudson to take aim.
Suddenly, a blast shot was heard & an explosion occurred that blasted the ground & sent Hudson flying. During the time, Megatron took flight upwards towards the planet above. Hudson fell on the battlefield, as the spaceship of the Knights Of Iacon hovered over Stonehenge, just as we see some Transformers: such as Crossfire, Drift, Hound, Sqweeks & other different faces that walk off from their spaceship….along with a familiar little girl.
"Hey!" Izabella called out as she ran upon seeing Cade enter out of a landed copter with Viviane accompanying him.
"Hey." Cade replied off as he was a bit out of breath as he meant up with the kid. "You got my message. You brought everyone here. Come on." He thanked her in getting a message he sent out to bring their Autobot friends.
"Hey! I just found Optimus Prime!" Jimmy called out as he was seen running with Optimus with the other Autobots & Knights. "He's gonna deal with all this heck! He's gonna save our behinds!" He was yelling this out in how the bot himself was gonna save them: then Jimmy gave Cade a happy hug. "I brought the troops, man. I brought the troops." He was expressing himself in having done all he could to help before getting out of the hug much to a puzzled Cade.
"Okay….what was that about?" Goldie raised an eyebrow in what was that about; some kind of 'bro' moment.
"Well, things have been crazy lately." Cade shrug off to just simply say as much.
"Mistress." Then landing nearby from his jet propulsions; was Omega who saw Pinkamena.
"Omega, what are you doing here? No wait, scratch that, I'll guess." Pinkamena spoke out to say before correcting her statement. "You escape to hid out with the Autobots when the world's government began to hunt them again, & now when the planet is threaten, we're joining together to stop it." She spoke this much of what sounded random, but left the bot lost in thought.
"Wow, the girl's good at guessing games?" Wheelie pops from on Omega's shoulder to comment on the good guess.
"Uh-huh, shoot, bet she be great at trivia quizzes." Brains pops on the other shoulder side of Omega to also agree.
"Brains, Wheelie? Is that you?" Sunset raised an eyebrow in seeing these two again.
"Oh Goddess Of the Sun, it's you. Oh it's been so long." Wheelie exclaimed to praise in seeing the lovely teen girl.
"Long enough to get a new outfit, all you did? What's the stich?" Brains asked in noticing the new outfit.
"It's a long, & complicated story." Sunset shrug off to simply point the subject as that.
"Probably not as complicated as our own." Then entering the scene to greet Shorty, Saber Dragoon & Laxtinct, was Shadow Dragon; accompanied by Aqua, Tailtech & Blazefist.
"Shadow Dragon, Aqua, Tailtech, Blazefist…wow, what have you guys been up to, where's the others?" Laxtinct stated in seeing who was here, but wondered…where the others were.
"They're being hospitalized right now." Aqua looked down in sadness to say this with regret.
"Hospitalized, what happened to the team when you were tailing Nehza?" Shorty raised an eyebrow in not knowing what happened while the gang was away.
"We followed a trail that lead to Nehza Ventigo, but he had an ambush set…most of us got away, the others were captured. He used those weird knights to overpower us." Blazefist looked down to grip his fist, stating the horrible manner of what to them when they were on their mission.
"They were being tortured until we managed to stage a rescue with some new allies we meant that saved us & we got out alive…beaten badly, but at least alive." Tailtech stated in mentioning this of how they just managed to get away with some injuries during the struggle, but are still alive.
"So is someone going to explain what happened at Camp Everfree, why are the RainBooms in their Hybrid Forms & wearing those outfits? Including Nyx who's looking more older then she should be?" Shadow Dragon noticed everyone's sudden changes, & wants to know…what in tarnation happened when the teenagers were at camp.
"We can catch up on that in a bit…" Saber Dragoon patted his friend's shoulder to go over the details…in a little while.
At this time after many of those were reacquainted with familiar faces, etc., Optimus was seen reuniting with his old team while surrounded by many faces both old & new.
"Knights, Autobots, this cannot & will not be the end." Optimus spoke forth in about to make a firm speech at this hour. "To save Earth & her people, we are going to steal Quintessa's staff." He announced forth the plan that must be done to allow this plane to be saved. "Only you, Viviane, can take it back." As Optimus spoke this, Viviane just looked to the Autobot Leader who process the only key to victory; is taking the staff back. "I will lead the way into her chamber. And when the account of the age is etched into the Cosmos, let those who exist long after us know…that this was our finest hour." Optimus made a very proud motivation speech to help encourage everyone's morality; just before taking off into the sky in a dramatic finish of the discussion.
"Love that guy. Goosebumps every time." Crossfire commented on Optimus' speech, it's as if whenever they hear the guy talk like that, it really sets in.
"Ugh…I never got to say hi?" Hound exclaimed that the meeting of their old leader was so sudden & short, he never greeted Optimus' return.
"There will be time for that later, have patience dear Hound." Drift spoke with some wise wisdom to help cheer up his friend.
"Say what you will, Optimus Prime knows how to give a good motivation speech." Pinkie Pie commented on how much a good speaker Optimus was to a crowd & to soldier troops.
"Here they come." William commented towards Santos who approached him to seeing the other military copters arriving.
"You think there's enough?" Santos asked if that will be enough to help them out.
"No, not even close." William spoke brief & true to not sugarcoat it.
"Alright, the Joes are helping to gather those things, my own assemble team is there too. So if everybody's got their Sunday Best, it's time to go…" Armor Stark
Elsewhere on the battlefield, Cogman was seen running…
"My Lord! Lord Folgan!" Cogman yelled out as he was dashing off to where his lord was.
Only to discover that Hudson was breathing slowly & had a serious injury. Hudson gripped Cogman's hand in a shaky hold as if trying to not lose himself.
"I had it, Cogman." Hudson spoke within his last few breaths as he panted. "I had my moment."
"You did , my lord." Cogman gently stated in commenting on his master's deed in trying to stop the enemy as best he could. "This is the hardest part of my job." He stood up to state that what comes next, is not a pleasant thing for a long living machine… "Watching Folgans die." He knows that while Transformers can live a long life-time, human beings…are not so fortunate.
"Thank you, Cogman." Hudson responded back with kind words on being given such praise. "Carry on." He stated in wishing his friend…to carry on with himself. "And remember to tell Fila my words…" He asked this in wanting Cogman to deliver a message…to their friend not present.
"Understood…" Cogman responded in being fully capable to understand.
Then with his final last breath, Hudson suddenly…cease to be as he passed on at that moment.
"Of all the earls I have had the pleasure to serve, you were by far the coolest." Cogman gave these words of final praise to his now departed master.
~
LOCATION: IGNITION CHAMBER, CYBERTRON
21,000 FEET
Somewhere on Cybertron, Megatron flew over to reach a familiar chamber. Megatron transform to Robot Mode before he enters to be greeted by Infernocons gathered around along with other surviving Decepticons & many in mini-spaceship vehicles rides.
"Well now, you finally arrived with the prize in hand?" Spoke a voice in the far corner of Megatron's eye, as there were almost 13 knight statues nearby what can be describe as…a mysterious silver cloth male hiding under a hood.
"So you're the one that was seeking these different knights, the one of whom even Dark Curse considered a threat if not careful that wanted nothing more…then a world ruled by mutant kind; Nehza Ventigo." Megatron exclaimed in glaring at the mysterious figure who is as dangerous while being a mystery on not showing what he appears to be.
"It appears my reputation proceeds me?" The one called Nehza responded in seeing even the renown Megatron, has heard of him.
"I am not here to waste my time talking to a planet deserter." Megatron remarked off that he has no time to waste with someone that plans to abandon Earth, all for a grand scheme to have a new world given to mutant kind. "I have found your staff of power." Megatron proclaimed this as he held the staff up before Quintessa in the center of the room.
"There is only one who can hurt us." Quintessa spoke these words as caution about what can stop them now. "I felt her. She must not enter." She protest in knowing that she sense Viviane, the only one that can touch her staff & ruin everything.
"My army will stop them." Megatron proclaimed forth this as the staff flew out of his hand.
"Perhaps…you will need some 'help'…should the problem arise?" Nehza commented to say, as he pulled out from his clock's open sleeve: a mysterious ancient technology in a gold theme bracelet with 2 smooth deep green gems. "Just as Quintessa's staff allowed humans to command the Knights Of Iacon, the Bracelet Of Yggdrasil will provide even myself, complete control over the Royal Knights without their personalities to intervene." He explained a matter of where with this object, he can command his own knights while leaving them without any free-will's to oppose him.
"You both do what you must. Now watch, as our world heals & theirs dies." Quintessa proclaimed forth in what she's about to unfold here, as she magically made the staff dive down. "A world reborn!" As she announced this, the staff jab into the ground, causing sparks to occur.
Then the staff's blue energy was coursing upwards to Quintessa, as she release the voltage into pillars within the chamber hall around the two large statue swords. At the same time outside, the knight's spaceship was surging with energy by Stonehenge. And from above, Cybertron began to also respond by the blue energy while it was…moving it's scatter attach pieces. Everything occurring was causing loud noises & some fallen rubble to drop, everyone began to notice it.
"It's coming." Santos stated in seeing what this was.
Everyone saw the pieces of Cybertron were moving, & clashing against another. There was so much happening with falling rubble from the clashes, well…
"It's gonna crush us." Cade stated in knowing what would happen if they left this without doing anything. "Get that ship clear of the crush zone now!" Cade yelled off to the others in what they gotta do.
"We got to bail!/Move to the ospreys!" William & Santos yelled out in what they gotta do to avoid being crushed.
"No need to tell us twice!" Ben screamed out in knowing they get the BIG picture alright.
"Ruuuuuun!/Eeeep!" Applejack yelled out while Fluttershy squealed from the frightful event.
Everyone was fleaing from the sight, as much large rubble was dropping all over the entire field.
"Move, move, move! To the ospreys!" Santos yelled out that they gotta get airborne now…
"That thing's gonna roll right over us!" Hound exclaimed in seeing that large land-mass piece will crush them.
"Is there another plan!?" Rarity screeched out in hoping a different plan could be advise.
"Yeah! Run, Run, & RUN SOME MORE!" Rainbow Dash yelled off at the top of her lungs.
Soon dropping down on the far left side was a large landmass piece of Cybertron, as it was tearing the ground to cause an earth shock quake for those running…
"Uh-oh! Move!" Hound yelps in seeing this, as he wanted everyone to get going.
"INCOMING!" Pinkie Pie yelled off in what was coming down fast.
Everyone was quickly making a run for it towards the Autobot's Spaceship, those that ran, & those that could fly.
"JARVIS, I need an update on the 411 on the planet's condition?" Armor Stark spoke to his AI in needing some answers on their planet's condition; cuase yeah, giant pieces connected to another planet are tearing theirs APART!
"Sir, preliminary numbers are starting to come in. Cybertron's planet pieces are literally scrapping away cities. At this rate, millions will die. Here are the latest feedback images." JARVIS stated before bringing up a vid-screen of events happening worldwide: across the Hong Kong ocean border, destroying the pyramids of Egypt, forest demolition approaching Camp Everfree, & many other areas. "It appears to be using Earth's geothermal energy to reconstitute, to rebuild itself. If the planet's core cools which is rapidly cooling right now, that would cause the magnetic field to dissolve, exposing everyone to high levels of cosmic radiation." The AI explained this basic topic of what Cybertron was actually doing to their own Earth.
"So it the short version, the Earth becomes a microwave. And we're the popcorn. Jiffy pop bag goes…boom. And we fry." Armor Stark rolled the eyes in knowing the basic short version of what's gonna happen.
"That is indeed the short simple version of understanding, sir." JARVIS responded in getting Armor Stark's tone for sarcastic remarks.
"Alright, lets get moving, clock's ticking, the world isn't gonna save it's self!" Armor Stark yelled this off to everyone as he flew off ahead.
With the aid of the Autobots & even those with mutant powers to magical abilities of flight, many soldiers were scooped up to board the ospreys. And then they went to join where the Autobot Spaceship was, for the scene darkens…the near final hour of Worlds about to Collide….is Starting…!?