Chapter 11
Hidden History
Later, in the UK – Sir Edmund's Castle…
Earth...
After Bumblebee, Stripes, and their newfound ally, Hot Rod listened to Sir Edmund's story of the Witwiccans with Cade and the Harvard Professor Vivian, Stripes couldn't help but feel down.
"What's wrong with you?" Hod Rod asked in his heavy French accent. "Why so pouty?"
"...Part of me always believed there was such a thing as magic. Now, after what I've heard… It just bites a bit, knowing that it was never true, that' s all."
"You could look at it this way: Magic is what you make of it." Bee said.
Stripes chuckled. "That's true, Bee. That's true." He finished with a smile. "Though I still don't see where I fit in with all this..."
"Then you guys might like to see this..." Cade brought up his Webcam, sharing the images with Stripes, Bee, and Hot Rod via a Bluetooth link. He was looking at a stone tablet near King Arthur's round table.
It had images of Stripes etched on it! Along with the likeness of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Starblossom, along with several knight-like Autobots he didn't recognize.
"Woah, what is that?!" Stripes exclaimed.
"The Tablet of Prophecy of the Children of Primus." Sir Edmund explained. "It tells your story, and your destiny."
Stripes looked closer at the tablet. He saw ancient Cybertronian text inscribed on the bottom.
"Cade, could you zoom in on that text?" Stripes asked.
Cade did so. Bee then read the text.
"When the knights fall, and the staff is plundered, when the great deceiver arrives to drain this earth… there will be… much chaos as the heavens are obscured by steel… and when the last knight and the last prime fall… the fate of us all will lie within the hands of both the Children of Primus...
It was at that moment that they heard sirens approaching.
"Oh, no..." Stripes' faceplates immediately went sour upon hearing the sound, along with his mood.
They were going to have to run again…
Meanwhile, in Palmont…
Carbon Canyon, California USA…
Nikki waited with Knockout inside the garage/shop that Stripes' old racing crew, Stickshift now occupied. She was watching the news about some… planetoid heading towards earth. Things were not looking good right now.
"Oh, Carlos..." She whispered, speaking Stripes' old human name. "Where in the world are you, and what is going on?"
"I wish we could ask him too, Nikki." Knockout replied. "It's just with all this TRF stuff that they put up, we can't even call him unless it's on the sat phone. Don't worry, though. Stripes was tough even before he became an Autobot. He'll be fine, I'm sure."
"I hope you are right, Knockout." She said. "I hope you are..."