Disclaimers – I do not own Transformers Hasbro does
A/N – This piece was written before and I have been finding all of my older works now. This was inspired by a drawing on DeviantArt, I do not have the link now as I mentioned these stories are older.
One-shot
Summary – Optimus is captured by Megatron, but not killed or tortured. Megatron has other plans for the shattered hero.
Transformers Prime – A will be broken
Optimus sat in his cell, stasis cuffs on his wrists. He turned his helm and saw Arcee on the ground she had bled out, he knew she was already off-line. His gaze shifted to Bumblebee and Smokescreen his youngest warriors, Megatron was vicious with them until he finally snuffed their sparks outs.
Optimus was losing his battle to keep his hope alive, his soldiers were paying for his mistakes, and he knew Megatron would not off-line him until the end if he took his spark at all.
He heard a sound and glanced up seeing Knockout standing at the cell door, and he frowned at that. His processors filled with visions of tortures that this mad doctor would perform on him, although he hadn't laid a servo on him yet.
"What do you want?" he asked in a tone not completely broken yet.
"At this rate, you will no longer have soldiers to lead aside for the beacon Soundwave picked up." Knockout replied.
"What beacon?" Optimus asked his hope surging.
"Ultra Magnus is coming for you, your soldiers can't be helped, but I will get the human sparklings. We will get you to the ground bridge, and off of the Nemesis, alright?" Knockout remarked as Breakdown appeared with the human younglings.
Megatron had off-lined their families, he was all they had now along with Ultra Magnus and whole else was in the Universe waiting for them.
"Why…?" Optimus asked abruptly.
"I like your rims, alright, now come on," Knockout ordered as he removed the stasis cuffs.
Optimus knew what Megatron would do to them both, and he hated to think they would lose their sparks because of helping him. He stopped them both, his tired and saddened optics brightened.
"Come with us, we will always need medics…. And friends." Optimus urged as Knockout glanced at his assistant and close friend who nodded.
"If we stay we are scrapped," Breakdown said holding the human younglings.
"My finish can not be ruined, I am way too handsome for that." Knockout remarked as Optimus nodded.
"Let's hurry, shall we?" Breakdown ordered as they passed the other cells one contained Bulkhead and the other Ratchet.
Optimus' spark surged with pain then, when he saw their corpses his soldiers, his friends for vorns mangled and off-line. They all deserved better, they deserved a warriors death not to be taken out like this.
Knockout and Breakdown grabbed what they could, and they got Optimus and themselves to the ground bridge. Breakdown gave Optimus his Star Saber and Optimus put it into its sheath, and they all quickly got into the ground bridge.
Dreadwing placed a bomb on the ground bridge and followed them, he was tired of Megatron's cause as well. He was now willing to follow Optimus, but he was sorry he hadn't done it sooner to save Optimus' soldiers.
When everyone emerged from the ground bridge they saw Dreadwing, but it was Knockout who realized why Dreadwing turned.
"I will not harm you, Prime," Dreadwing replied.
Optimus nodded, his helm turned toward the sound of a massive ship. He knew the ship, it belonged to Wrecker's Commander, Ultra Magnus.
"Sir, I and Wheeljack are here and at your command, but I suggest we do not tarry. We can leave here and be out of this area and into the next realm with my ship." Ultra Magnus replied.
The three humans were in a huge glass container still, while Optimus' optics went to them his processors concerned about them. Magnus glanced down at the children then, and he relaxed his leader and Prime's processors then.
"They will be safe, my ship has the ability to have oxygen for them as well. I have your Forge and other fine weapons that we located, so things will be fine. We have human fuel for them, and we can grab more if needed. We also have a way if it suits you Optimus to find a way to make them Cybertronian in the future." Magnus said as Optimus nodded.
"Let's just go now, and we shall talk I am very tired now," Optimus said as he was shown his quarters as the three kids did not want to leave his side.
Optimus had slid into an uneasy recharge, he had survived but at what cost to everyone else? He glanced down at the three human younglings, they were leaking on his chest plates. They had lost everything too.
No, Optimus thought they hadn't lost everything, they still had him and they still had the others of what remained of his troops. And now, they had two medics and Dreadwing added to their team, he was still thankful for that even if he had lost so much in the end.
He had thanked Primus for what he did have and prayed in the next realm there were happiness and contentment for all of them…..
The End