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Chapter 19-Arrivals
It had been a month since the Autobots had lost their leader, each of them had their own thoughts on the matter. And while no one admitted it, without him they were struggling to stay as cohesive as before. The one who took Optimus's 'betrayal' was his closest friend, Ratchet.
The medic kept repeating memories in his helm, seeing if there were any signs before hand that something like this was going to happen but every time he came up empty handed. He couldn't understand why? Why did Optimus abandon them, with Megatron and a human girl at that!? Resentment, that was the overarching emotion he felt as well as a sense of ultimate betrayal, Ratchet honestly didn't know what would happen if he ever saw the mech again.
Arcee was the most pissed off about the whole thing, even more so than Agent Fowler. She looked up to him as a inspiring leader, a Prime, that knew what to do and who guided her through rough patches when Cliff wasn't enough. She knew if she ever saw him again she would make sure he knew how much he hurt her.
Bumblebee, the young scout couldn't understand. He was at a loss, and all he wanted to do was reach out to the sire-like figure in his life, to know just why? He had hope that this was part of the plan, to end the war, even if it meant not involving him and the others, but he needed to hear it from him, only him.
Bulkhead was much like Arcee, wanting to bash anything in his path of anger. Optimus was the one to give a place on Team Prime when he left the Wreckers and now he was gone, did nothing he or the others did mean anything? Was it the wrong decision to go with him and leave the Wreckers?
Cliffjumper was in a unusual spot, he hadn't know the Prime for very long and he didn't know how to feel. At the moment he just stayed out of everyone's way, especially his Partner and Wrecker friend. Since he didn't know whether to feel betrayed or whatever he just stayed in the middle, acting as the concuss to the group.
Finally, their only human contact Agent Fowler. As soon as he heard the news he went into a fit, when reporting back to the higher ups Optimus Prime was branded a traitor to the nation and thus was to be handled with extreme force. Out of everyone, Agent Fowler was the one who would listen to no one's opinion the most, not even Bee could get through his thick skull, Optimus was a traitor, simple as that in the Agent's eyes.
As the Autobots went about their daily routine an alarm blared off the console, quickly Ratchet made his way their and saw something on the screen that made his optics widen.
"Something just entered Earth's atmosphere, and it's emitting a Cybertronian distress signal." Arcee approached from behind.
"Autobot or Decepticon?" Ratchet shook his helm.
"Unclear, we need to investigate before the Decepticons do though." Bulkhead slammed his fist together.
"I'm ready for fight, I need to punch something more then the walls." With a quick nodded Ratchet opened the groundbridge, and the remaining Autobots transformed and headed into the unknown.
The Decepticon's weren't as leaderless as the Autobots, Starscream had assumed command, much to the dismay of many. Each Con had their own thoughts about Megatron and his betrayal.
Starscream couldn't be happier, with Megatron's absence he was now in complete control of the Decepticons. He praised his former lord for having the gall to betray them as it meant he could now rule without fear of death, at least, for now.
Knockout was a bit on the fence, he didn't understand why his former lord and master would gallivant off with a human femme and the Prime, but he didn't mind it either, Starscream was more predictable in the sense you knew how to get on his good side easily, but, his former lord did have a good thing going, so why abandon it now?
Breakdown could care less who was in charge of who, Starscream was annoying but he could care less. All he wanted to do was fight and win, that's all that matter, that and of course Knockout.
Soundwave, well he is the hardest to decipher. No one knew what was brewing behind that mask. But to only the keenest of eyes, you could see the tenseness and the anger boiling off of him. After all the years of service to Megatron, he abandoned him, and then Starscream had the gall to take his place, no, Soundwave wouldn't stand for it, he will kill both of them painfully and he will control the Decepticons, his way.
As the Nemesis floated across the largest ocean on the planet below something on Soundwave's sensors picked up something, he immediately hid the information from the others, he had discovered a distress signal coming from a ship, but it was unique as it wasn't from the ships systems otherwise he knew who was calling out.
No, this came from a device that he had made oh so long ago, he only made one and he only gave it to one person.
She was here, Cascade, and she will help him help her so that both Starscream and hopeful Megatron are both dead at his peds.
Quickly he made his way to the flight and gathering a small group of Eradicons they took to the air, heading towards someone that will change everything.
The Autobots arrived to a large crash sight out in the middle of the Sahara Desert, the ship was mangled and destroyed with smoke rising off of it, the eerie silence sent shivers down the bots spinal struts.
On a metal plate that was ejected from the ship, Arcee saw the symbols that read it's name.
"The Upheaval, has anyone heard of that ships name before?" The others shrugged, not hearing the name before.
As the group cautiously approached the mangled ship apart of the hull exploded off, activating their blasters they prepared for battle, suddenly a figure jumped from the smoke and landed in front of them, her back to the Autobots.
Her pink armor was dented and scratched, Energon was leaking from a wound on her side and her two blasters were pointed at the hole she just came from.
"Elita!?" Arcee called out in surprise, Elita-One looked back in surprise, seeing Arcee and the rest of Team Prime baring their leader standing there shocked.
"Arcee! Good to see you, but right now we got bigger problems." She called back, Cliffjumper asked.
"What kind of problems?" Then a booming menacing femme voice rang out.
"She would be referring to me!" Jumping down and out of the wreckage stood a femme who make anyone see her glitch out in fear or lust, everyone knew who she was because she was feared and revered back on Cybertron.
"Cascade! Oh great, now Megatron's sister is here!?" Bulkhead groaned out, Cascade smiled, her fanged denta sharper than ever.
"You got a problem with that?" Cascade smirked, Elita stood her ground.
"Back off Cascade, I'm not letting get back to your brother, not over my dead frame!" The pink femme growled at her long time rival.
"Then so be it!" Cascade laughed before seeing a platoon of Eradicons heading there direction with Soundwave at the head of it all.
The Autobots looked to see reinforcements on the way, Cascade purred.
"Let this be you're final resting place then." And she charged the Autobots.