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Thunderwing was created eons ago by his master Unicron to search out the Matrix of Leadership and destroy it. His loyalties lie firmly with his master and will do his bidding and will, even if said master no longer functions. He will use all resources possible to complete said mission and now, after thousands of years, his mission is almost over!
Optimus Prime looked at the confused and fearful faces of his companions and only said one thing, "Run!". "I'll be right behind you just GO!" he yelled. Taken back by his tone, his companions listen, for they could recognize the tone of his voice, the tone of a man on a mission. As thy start running, Thunderwing starts shooting at them, shot after shot from his cannon, creating more large craters in the area. For the first time in many years Prime's mind was fill with fear and uncertainty, "That is what one shot from his cannon can do! How am I supposed to beat this guy?". He and the others continued trying to keep a safe distance, but it was no use, they couldn't shake him, he just keeps shooting at them, destroying everything on his path. Taking cover behind some toppled over cars the group gather around to plan, "What is that thing! I've never seen an omnic like this before! Did anyone hear it talking about Prime?". Talking initiative Prime draws their attention, "Alright everyone! I have a plan; I need all of you to run and get the cops or any defense department to start evacuations. Our priority must be the innocent lives at stake! I'll distract big, tall, and ugly over there!" he finished with a fire in his eyes. Angela was about to argue, but was cut off by Prime, "Listen, is ME he wants! People are in danger; they need you NOW!" he yelled at them. She just sighs, "Fine…but please be careful." She says as she signals for the rest of the group to follow. Prime can only nod as he leaves cover to gain the giant cybertronian's attention. "HEY OVER HERE YOU PIECE OF SCRAP METAL!" Thunderwing just narrows his optics at him. "I AM GOING TO ENJOY RIPPING YOUR HEAD CLEAN OFF YOUR BODY!" he yells as he runs after him. Prime runs into an alleyway, climbing over walls and taking different routes in the hopes of losing him. He can't see him… did he lose him? *CRASH! * He looks behind him… only to see Thunderwing still pissed, having run through a building to get to him. "I'M GOING TO ENJOY PAINTING THE WALLS WITH YOUR BLOOD!" he bellows while shooting at him, hitting a few buildings in the process.
Angela hated this, the feeling of having to leave someone alone to fight in their behalf. But the city needed their help, as they continued making their way to the city, they could see the people panicking and running away from the fight. They could still hear the explosions from the fight. Buildings were on fire; many having been destroyed. As they kept going the same thoughts poured through their heads, "I'm not sure what to think of it, He's alone… fighting that... monster. I hope he can hold on a bit longer…" As they neared the city, they began to hear sirens, they soon see armored vehicles parked in front of them, sirens blaring in the night. "Officers! You need to begin evacuations immediately; this thing is headed for the city!" called out Mercy as she went near them. "Overwatch!? I figured they would send you guys for this. What is that thing anyway?" asked the officer. "We don't know, but we got a man in the field fighting it alone! So, if we could bring these people to safety as fast as possible, we may be able to eliminate it!" she told the officers would agitation in her voice. "Right! We'll begin the immediately, mam!" said the officers, quickly getting to work. "So, what now?" asked Tracer. "Alright, Tracer, Reinhardt, Brigitte, and Ratchet, you'll handle search and rescue, the rest with me, we're helping take that thing out! Said Mercy, full of determination. "Right!" the other cried, getting ready to do what they do best, help.
The team, now consisting of Mercy, Genji, Bulkhead, Bumblebee and Arcee, make their way back to the fight hoping Optimus would be okay. When they reach the fight, they are welcomed to see Optimus shooting at Thunderwing with his ion blaster… on his arm. "I TOLD HIM TO BE CAREFUL!" yelled and irritated Mercy as the other make their way. "Well. At least he's alive." Said Bulkhead, as Thunderwing takes the opportunity to hit Optimus off his arm and into a nearby car. "Optimus!" yelled the group as they run towards him, Mercy following with staff in hand.
"Ouch… that hurt. Am I on top of a car… Everything hurts all over…" thinks Prime as he slowly loses conscious. "Why is the pain suddenly fading?" he opens his eyes and sees a yellow beam healing him. As he looks to see where the beam is coming from… he sees a VERY pissed off Angela holding her staff, "Ohhhh shit…" . "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU, DUMMKOPF? I TOLD YOU TO BE CAREFUL, YOUR NOT FULLY HEALED YET. YOU COULD HAVE KILL YOURSELF!" she yells at him. At that moment Prime remembered one of the most important rules on the battlefield, don't make your doctor mad. "She's right Prime, why you take on that thing by yourself" asked Arcee, helping him up. "I had hoped I could keep him from harming the innocents of this town and all of you, but I see how such a strategy can be quite foolish." Said an apologetic Prime. "So, what's the plan, shoot at it and hope he falls to the ground and dies?" asked Bulkhead. "No, an enemy like this requires a strategy." Responds a sullen Prime. "This is an enemy that will stop at nothing to kill us all, we need a plan of attack and I have one. I recommend we-" Prime began, before being interrupted by the rampaging Thunderwing. "I WILL KILL YOU ALL IN THE NAME OF UNICRON!" he bellows as he stomps at their direction. A cloud of dust and debris blows in the winds as our heroes try to pick themselves back up. Prime looks around, seeing the destruction all around him, "Optimus!" he hears Mercy call out. He looks toward her and sees her carrying an injured Bee. "Could you assist me with this?" he nods at her and rushed toward them to help. Carrying him out of the line of fire and to a safe place, placing him down so Angela could help him. "Will he be, okay?" Prime asked, Angela checks him over and nods. "Hey… you okay Bee?" he removes his mask, revealing the young man with short blonde hair and blue eyes. Looking at his leader, he nods and tries to get back up. "I'm certainly not, I don't think I'll ever be. I mean… I never knew I'll be facing such a monster." said a frighten Bulkhead, this thing was bigger than a titan. Suddenly Genji gripped his shoulder, "Do not worry, we can beat him. It is neither impossible nor impassible!" he said, trying to help him out of his fear. Bulk just looks down at his feet, "Does it even matter though? I-I mean, I'm expendable, a soldier… I'm just going to die and it won't even make a difference," He says sadly. During the war, he had been part of an elite team known as the Wreckers, they took the hardest of jobs and were expected not to make it back, they were expendable, he had watched his entire unit die trying to bring an omnic titan down, something that still haunted him to this day. With a stern look Optimus grabbed the attention of his troops and told them, "Look…you may think you're dispensable… but you're not. I can tell, there's more to you than meets the eye. You all have the potential to do amazing things." He stands up as Angels finishes patching up all the men. He looks towards the fight, "I don't blame any of you for being scared. I'm scared too. But we need to swallow that fear too continue moving forward." he says in a comforting tone. He looks back at them and says, "You can stay here if you want. But remember, Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing.". They all looked at him with awe and one by one they all got ready to fight till their last breath. "That's one hell of a speech, so what's that plan you were talking about earlier?" said Bulkhead, his confidence returned. With a serious look in his eyes Prime explained, "Bee, Arcee, I need you to help me take those cannons out. Once we do so, we'll have the advantage of ranged attacks. I'll need you to hit the left side with as much as you got, keep him distracted and make as much damage as possible! I'll take the one on the right. Once the cannons are down, Bulkhead and Genji will move to close corners combat. Mercy, I need you to continue to help the injured." He commanded, as the others nod. "All right then, let's roll out!" Prime says as he pointed to the battle.
As they begin to execute their plan, Mercy stops Prime and tells him, "You truly have become a great leader Optimus Prime." she says as she prepares to leave. Prime cant help but smile at the tone of her voice, it was almost sisterly to him. As Bumblebee and Arcee charged out of cover guns blazing, Prime begins to shoot the right cannon, causing the large cybertronian to charge a counterattack. He was charging up his left cannon for a devastating shot, so Prime kept shooting the nozzle of the cannon till- *BHAM! * "AARRGHH!" Thunderwing yells in pain as he stumbles back a bit, the left cannon is now destroyed. Back on the ground Prime can't help but smirk at his team. "YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT YOU HUMAN INSECTS" He yells at them with pure anger. He prepares for a punch, but Prime dodges him despite his surprising speed. He prepared to go for another punch- *BOOM! * An explosion hits his side, Prime looks down to see Genji with a set of explosive shuriken on hand. They nod at each other and continue the assault. "YOU WILL PAY FOR THAT INSECT!" Thunderwing yells with absolute rage. Calling out the other he says, "We need to take out his eyes, when that's done, we can focus on getting rid of the remaining cannon. Then I'll sneak in and give him an energy surge to weaken him. After all that you can give him hell." he relays the plan to them. They begin to open fire at Thunderwing, though he can take the hits, "We need his eyes taken out quickly!" yells Prime. And right on que- *BANG! * "AAARRHHHHHH!" Thunderwing yells, clutching his now damaged left optic. Now he is livid, "YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FO-" *BANG! * He was cut off by a shot to his right optic. "AARRRHHHHH! I CAN'T SEE!" He says shooting in random directions as he is now blinded. Seeing their opportunity Prime ordered, "Okay, fire at his remaining cannon!" and his men did so. Thunderwing's arm was then pelted with bullets and a couple explosions. *BHAM! * went his other cannon, taking the opportunity Prime ran at Thunderwing. Managing to climb up his leg, using the blades on his gauntlets as hooks, he went towards the cavity area in his chest. Unknown to him, the fiends dark energon was slowly sapping away his energy. Feeling exhausted, he closes his eyes and focuses… "Primus…please…lend me your power…" he chants as he is surrounded by a blue aura. Focusing all the power thru the matrix he lets it all out at once, causing a huge surge of energy.
"AARRRGGH! WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?" he demands as he stumbles to the ground. Thinking fast, Prime jumped out of the cavity and bolted towards the others. "Now! Give him hell!" he yells, and as he yelled, they delivered. Thunderwing was pelted with everything they had, the others having made there way to them and unloaded everything on him. He didn't even stand a chance, chucking some explosives at him he started sparkling, clearly damaged before… *BOOOOOOOM! * "AAAARRRGGGGH!" he yells in agony. As the dust settles, the group reconvene with Prime, running toward him with concerned expressions. Once the dust settled, they were greeted with a lovely sight. Thunderwing in a very…very bad shape. His arms are in terrible shape, especially his now destroyed cannons, he was leaking dark energon from his many wounds, including his now blinded eyes. "I WILL DESTROY YOU…BUT NOT TODAY…LET IT BE KNOWN THAT NEXT TIME I WILL RIP THE FLESH FROM YOUR BODY, DISCIPLE OF PRIMUS!" he yells at Prime. Then they hear strange noises… and suddenly wings sprout from his back. He flies away causing a gust of wind to hit them, pushing them back a bit.
Thunderwing quickly flees from the battlefield, he is severely damaged and in need of repairs. He tries to get to a higher altitude to make sure no one follows him; at this point he shouldn't underestimate a human considering his major defeat. He was flying higher and higher and higher, until… *BOOOOOOM! * Due to the intense impact, the dark energon ignited, causing a massive explosion the leaked the evil substance onto the ground.
Prime looked at the falling ball of fire that was once Thunderwing, despite it all he could not help but feel sorry for the guy. Stranger still, he could not help but wonder, what caused it to ignite mid-air? … Putting those thoughts aside he looked at his team, they were relieved about this victory. Well, he could not say that he was not. Putting himself back together, and ignoring his fading strength, he made his way to his comrades to celebrate once again. Far away, in a different space two voices can be heard. "Your plan was a FAILURE! Thunderwing has been defeated by mere PARASITES! You promised me a champion!" a dark voice scolds. "Patience my partner, Thunderwing was put a pawn. But in place to act as the means to your return. Your champion has been on this planet for years now, acting as the greater instrument of destruction that we require to achieve our glorious victory over Primus!" answers another dark voice. "You seem to have plan this well…" says the first voice. "But of course, after all, we are UNICRON." The second responds. "Yet you have failed on multiple times!" Unicron says. "Hufft, my failures have ben because of the neglect of a very important factor that you have overlooked!" responds Unicron. "And what exactly is this, so called factor!" Unicron demands. "The human factor".