Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers, this is for fun; I only own OC's
Author note: This follows the ending of season 2, but it will have my own ending. I don't honestly care, what they have in the new one this is my take on it.
Rated T
Summary: Optimus Prime is left gravely injured, and alone separated from his team. But when Megatron learns Optimus is very much alive, he sends Shockwave with his new pet to locate. But Optimus finds shelter and help in an unexpected way; by several homeless teenagers and their overprotective sister; who starts to care about the Autobot leader more then she would like too.
Transformers Prime: On the run
Chapter 1
A mangled servo sticks up from the broken debris, Megatron and Starscream walk around the ruined Autobot base. It was then Megatron spots the servo and chuckles evilly, alerting his second in command.
"What is it, Master?" Starscream asks.
Megatron approaches when the mangled servo is, but as he moved closer. He snarky smirk fades, and his optics narrow in fury.
He leans down and roars in fury, when he realizes Optimus Prime is still very much alive.
"He escaped, I thought by the servo here we had finally gotten him," Megatron snarled snatching up the servo and throwing it against the flames.
"How could he possibly survive this, master?" Starscream demanded.
"I don't know, Starscream, but I will have him found, and he will be my prisoner; that is a promise." Megatron vowed as he and Starscream transformed taking off his new fortress in Jasper Nevada.
(Flashback moments before the base is destroyed)
Optimus held up his Star Saber, mentally preparing himself for what he must do. He brings the weapon down on his one servo severing it; as energon pours from the wound. He grinds his dentas in agony, when base suddenly explodes. Optimus makes a break for it; but as he does a sharpened part from one of the parts of the equipment they had impaled his side. The leader barely makes it into the ground bridge to escape; he escapes death, but was very injured.
'Primus, help me, please' is his last thoughts before darkness claims the troubled prime.
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The wind was starting to turn icy cold, while snow flurries fell on the ground; landing on the body of Optimus Prime. He was fighting stasis, his energon levels were lowered greatly. His optics dimmed, as he choked on his own energon. He had to hide himself somehow; he knew he would probably perish. He didn't have any medic; he didn't have much of anything. He disappointed everyone, let them believe he was gone; it didn't matter anymore.
He felt energon tears roll down his face, no one would see him cry, and he was free to be himself now. Everyone believed he was emotionless, the sparkless prime, incapable of emotion. How wrong they all were about him, if they only knew of how much he was truly capable of.
How every slagging decision he made, had to be the correct one. There was no room for mistakes; he was a prime after all. He had made plenty of mistakes, enough to fill several cycles of his life.
He grunted, and pushed up with his remaining servo. He forced himself to get to his foot pedes; he saw wooded area and headed for it. He glanced down at his ruined side, he winced in pain. But he continued onward into the woods, he forced himself to go deeper and deeper still into the woods. Once he realized no one could find him, he found a place he could lie down at. He leaned against a big, thick Oak tree; and he just sobbed. He knew the others had hated him; well he had doomed their world once more into a lifeless husk.
"I cannot seem to please anyone, any more," Optimus whispered.
Ratchet was furious with him, because of what he'd just done, everything had been for nothing. The lost lives, everything was ruined. His energon tears ran freely down his face, he had hoped his cutting off his servo fooled Megatron. Though, everything else he ever did never seemed to work.
He leaned back, his optics looking skyward. He thought back to his message from Alpha Trion, Alpha Trion had seen something in him. He sent those relics to him for him to find, he had entrusted that those relics would find their way to him. And what did he do? He destroyed the one thing they needed to restore Cybertron; he knew the others would never really follow another order again. Why should they?
He sighed, and shivered as the snow fell a little harder. If it became too cold, he would perish that much sooner. Would anyone truly miss him, would they?
(Jasper Nevada – Where Wheeljack is)
Wheeljack limped out of the wreckage, which was the Jack Hammer, shaking his helm. He was mad, very mad.
"Starscream is on my list, miserable seeker,"
Wheeljack heard the sound of a helicopter; he turned to see Fowler landing Jack Darby's mother, June with him in tears.
"Wheeljack," Fowler replied.
Wheeljack limped over to them; he could see the Autobot base in ruins.
"Any survivors with the other Autobots…?" Wheeljack asked.
"We don't know we found Prime's arm in the wreckage, with a lot of spilled energon. If Optimus survived he is in bad shape, very bad shape," Fowler replied.
Wheeljack frowned.
"He's a tough leader to scrap, tiny," Wheeljack snarled.
"If he got out, we have no idea where he would head?" Fowler remarked.
June sank to the ground in tears, she was worried really worried.
"I have an idea what Team Prime did," Wheeljack said. "Show me where Prime's servo is," he ordered.
The headed into the ruined base, Wheeljack reached down picking up the Prime's servo. He rooted through different things, finding some spare parts to savage his ship.
"This is what I think Optimus would do, he would want the team to split up. Which means the bots and their charges wouldn't be separated, and they would plan to regroup for a counter attack. I am going to search for Optimus, after I get the Jack Hammer air born once more." He said.
"I am going too, I am part of Team Prime," Fowler said.
June lifted her face up; there was an edge of defiance in her face.
"I am going too; I am just as much a part of this team. These bots protected the kids, and Optimus gave his memories up for this planet once already," She said with hint of 'Try and stop me' edge to it.
"Alright, let's start by salvaging what we can from the base to fix the Jack Hammer," Wheeljack said as Fowler and June nodded. "We got a lot to do, while trying to stay ahead of Megatron and his goons." Wheeljack said.
"If we know Optimus is badly injured, but alive…." Fowler started to say.
"Then Megatron does too, and he won't hesitate to send his goons after him." Wheeljack said.
"Then let's find him first, shall we?" June remarked in a rather determined tone of voice.
Wheeljack and Fowler nodded.
"I would suggest not sending any messages out to your other humans; Megatron will have Soundwave alerting him to any movement." Wheeljack said.
"Right, there wouldn't be anyone other than military around, Jasper was evacuated already." Fowler said.
"Good, let's get a move on then, shall we?" Wheeljack mumbled.
(Where Optimus is)
Optimus had closed his optics, but was stirred online by the sound of voices…. Human voices, which sounded rather young…
"Hello, are you living, Mr. Robot?" a tiny voice said as he felt tiny hands on his face.
Optimus onlined his optics, and was jarred by the little human who stared at him.
"Hi, you are alive, yay!" he exclaimed.
Optimus gently tried to move, but found his body rather not moving too well.
"I will not harm you," he whispered, as he coughed hard bringing up energon.
"You are sick, Mr. Robot?" the tiny human asked.
"Affirmative, I am called Optimus Prime," he answered.
"I am Stewy,"
"STEWY, GET AWAY FROM HIM!" ordered another human who threw a rock at Optimus hitting him in his optic.
Optimus grunted, and moved his only servo to try and protect his face.
"I am not going to hurt anyone, please do not wound me anymore then I already am," he said.
The older boy, who had run up to the little human boy, watched Optimus with mistrust in his eyes.
"He is Optimus Prime, he is hurt and is a good robot, Eddy," Stewy said.
Optimus' remaining servo trembled; he felt his energon trickle from his cracked optic.
"I-I will leave you in peace just please do not….." Optimus never finished his sentence, he suddenly purged his tanks.
"He needs help, get Claire please Eddy," Stewy begged.
"Why should I?"
"He is my new friend," Stewy said with a smile.
Eddy growled, but suddenly whistled really loud.
"Well, he better not be like them evil ones in Jasper Nevada; or Claire will take him apart piece by piece." Eddy said.
"I am leader of the Autobots, the good alien being from Cybertron; the evil ones are the Decepticons led by Megatron," Optimus explained.
Silence….
"Where am I?" Optimus asked.
"Utah," Eddy said.
"Where is your family and home?" Optimus asked.
"We are all each other have now," a female said.
Optimus turned his helm to see a tall, red haired femme with military scrubs. A shotgun in her hand, leather jacket and biker boots, but yet she looked rather out of place in the outfit. Optimus fell silent, he was in so much agony, his side burned with raging fire. He was fighting stasis, and he was lonely, lost and fear was his new best friend.