Chapter 4: Brotherly bond
Magnus was still unconscious when one of the hover trains barrelled into him and ripped his arm off! He landed on the waiting area above the tracks and his arm landed close by Optimus.
Optimus awoke and got up to see Magnus' arm.
"Oh no! He's hurt! I hope he's close by." He picked up Magnus' arm and walked along the waiting area looking for his brother and eventually found him. He ran over and held him and tried to wake him.
"C'mon Magnus wake up!" Optimus said and finally Magnus opened his eyes. He looked up at Optimus then he grimaced in pain. He looked at his arm and nearly lost consciences again.
"How did that happen?" He asked Optimus.
"I think you got hit by a hover train. I'll fix you up though, I found your arm."
Optimus said and laid Magnus down and started to work on his arm. Magnus watched the whole thing and asked Optimus the question he'd been dying to know for eons:
"Why were you given the matrix?"
Optimus stopped working on his arm and looked at him, "I really don't know the entire reason of why I was given the matrix instead of you, but I do know this: no matter which of us has the matrix, neither of us could use its full power alone."
Magnus gasped, "What do you mean?"
"I mean that we each have half of the power in us and only when we combine can we use its full power. So even if you did get the matrix you would not have its full power."
Optimus resumed working on his brother's arm as he talked. " Sometimes I wish I hadn't got the matrix at all and you wouldn't be so angry-"
"Sorry." Magnus interrupted suddenly. Optimus looked at him. His eyes were squeezed tight and he looked to be on the verge of tears.
"Hey what's the matter? Does your arm still hurt?" Optimus asked.
"It's – fine" Magnus stuttered and threw his arms around his brother and let it all go. Optimus was a little surprised at first but he knew that Magnus was upset because of the way he had treated him because of the matrix.
"Hey it's alright, you didn't know. Neither of us did." He said and put his arms around Magnus, who stopped crying but didn't move. Optimus patted him on the back and Magnus let go. He looked at Optimus and said, "Guess I got a little carried away."
"No, you needed it Magnus don't worry." Optimus said, "Hey I was thinking…"
"What?" Magnus questioned.
"Open your chest plate." Optimus said.
Magnus' white case flipped open and there, sitting in a hollowed out part of his chest, sat half of the matrix.
"Magnus look!" Optimus said, shocked.
Magnus looked curiously at him and felt around his chest. His hand grasped the matrix and he pulled it out. He gasped in shock and realised that it had been there the entire time, and he had never known it.
"But if I have the matrix then…" He looked slowly up at Optimus and he opened his chest plate, revealing the second half of the matrix. He pulled it out and held it up.
"What's going on here? I thought you had the entire matrix Optimus?" Magnus said, still stunned.
"Looks like Alpha Trion meant for us to share it after all" Optimus said, smiling behind his mouth plate.
"Then lets see…" Magnus looked at his half and then held it up, connecting it to Optimus' half. The matrix shone like a beacon of hope, and above the fight was going in the decepticons' favour.
Magnus was still unconscious when one of the hover trains barrelled into him and ripped his arm off! He landed on the waiting area above the tracks and his arm landed close by Optimus.
Optimus awoke and got up to see Magnus' arm.
"Oh no! He's hurt! I hope he's close by." He picked up Magnus' arm and walked along the waiting area looking for his brother and eventually found him. He ran over and held him and tried to wake him.
"C'mon Magnus wake up!" Optimus said and finally Magnus opened his eyes. He looked up at Optimus then he grimaced in pain. He looked at his arm and nearly lost consciences again.
"How did that happen?" He asked Optimus.
"I think you got hit by a hover train. I'll fix you up though, I found your arm."
Optimus said and laid Magnus down and started to work on his arm. Magnus watched the whole thing and asked Optimus the question he'd been dying to know for eons:
"Why were you given the matrix?"
Optimus stopped working on his arm and looked at him, "I really don't know the entire reason of why I was given the matrix instead of you, but I do know this: no matter which of us has the matrix, neither of us could use its full power alone."
Magnus gasped, "What do you mean?"
"I mean that we each have half of the power in us and only when we combine can we use its full power. So even if you did get the matrix you would not have its full power."
Optimus resumed working on his brother's arm as he talked. " Sometimes I wish I hadn't got the matrix at all and you wouldn't be so angry-"
"Sorry." Magnus interrupted suddenly. Optimus looked at him. His eyes were squeezed tight and he looked to be on the verge of tears.
"Hey what's the matter? Does your arm still hurt?" Optimus asked.
"It's – fine" Magnus stuttered and threw his arms around his brother and let it all go. Optimus was a little surprised at first but he knew that Magnus was upset because of the way he had treated him because of the matrix.
"Hey it's alright, you didn't know. Neither of us did." He said and put his arms around Magnus, who stopped crying but didn't move. Optimus patted him on the back and Magnus let go. He looked at Optimus and said, "Guess I got a little carried away."
"No, you needed it Magnus don't worry." Optimus said, "Hey I was thinking…"
"What?" Magnus questioned.
"Open your chest plate." Optimus said.
Magnus' white case flipped open and there, sitting in a hollowed out part of his chest, sat half of the matrix.
"Magnus look!" Optimus said, shocked.
Magnus looked curiously at him and felt around his chest. His hand grasped the matrix and he pulled it out. He gasped in shock and realised that it had been there the entire time, and he had never known it.
"But if I have the matrix then…" He looked slowly up at Optimus and he opened his chest plate, revealing the second half of the matrix. He pulled it out and held it up.
"What's going on here? I thought you had the entire matrix Optimus?" Magnus said, still stunned.
"Looks like Alpha Trion meant for us to share it after all" Optimus said, smiling behind his mouth plate.
"Then lets see…" Magnus looked at his half and then held it up, connecting it to Optimus' half. The matrix shone like a beacon of hope, and above the fight was going in the decepticons' favour.