Me: Hey guys, this is Chapter 8. Ya know where Optimus gets sick? Well I don't really know how to write this kind of thing, so don't shoot me down in flames.

Optimus: I get sick? How is that possible? I'm Optimus Prime, I don't get sick!

Me: Apparently you do big guy

Optimus: Aww man!

Me: While boss bot is getting a hold of himself, let's get on with the story.

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN TRANSFORMERS PRIME OR WINX CLUB IN ANYWAY. THOSE HONORS BELONG TO HASBRO AND RAINBOW INC.

Winx Prime

Chapter 8: Sick Mind

The many bots stood around with their charges having a fun time. Iron-hide was with Layla as he watched her finish her homework, Stella was helping Sunstreaker with repainting his shoulder, Jazz was listening to Musa play her concert flute, Sideswipe was with Flora as she tended to the flowers on one of the desks, and Tecna was showing Mirage some armor designs she was working on. Bloom was sitting on Optimus' shoulder, and was telling him about her adventure with Arcee, Jack and Stella a couple days ago. She was just up to the part where she and Arcee were stuck to the rock wall by the webs when Ratchet interrupted.

"Optimus, you're not going to believe this, I have just pin pointed the location of the Decepticon war-ship." He said and when the big guy moved, he jostled the girl. "How did you penetrate their cloaking technology?" Optimus asked and Bloom stood up on his shoulder while holding onto his ear fin. "I didn't, I was experimenting with variable frequency wave-lengths when I stumbled upon it. Even still, their ship must be experiencing some kind of electro-magnetic breach." Ratchet said. "With Megatron deceased and the element of surprise..." Arcee said before Bulkhead finished her sentence. "We could cause some serious damage" he said and then another signal popped up. "Also on the same frequency, an autobot distress beacon" Ratchet said typing on the keyboard. "Hey, can I go with? I wanna kick some Con can" Bloom asked looking up at him and he looked conflicted. "I don't think it would be wise if you came. You need to work on your make up work for school" Optimus said and smiled behind his battle mask when she pouted like a sparkling when she didn't get what she wanted.

He put a hand out for her, and she climbed on. He lowered her to the catwalk, and Scrappy walked up to her. She picked him up, and it purred in her arms. She walked to Tecna, and Jazz to see what they were doing, and noticed the Ground-bridge cycling up. She looked over at Miko and kept an eye on her and made sure she didn't run off. "Dad, don't make me an orphan" Bloom said and he lowered himself to her. "Don't worry sweet spark, I will try to be careful. I love you" he said and she hugged his face. "Love you too dad" she said and let him go with Ratchet. Just as Miko moved, Bloom turned around. "Miko, SIT!" Bloom said and Miko crossed her arms over her chest and huffed in annoyance.

In a desert somewhere

A ground Bridge opened and Optimus walked out with Ratchet. They stopped and saw a large ship buried in the sand. "A crash landing, buried here for centuries." Optimus said and they went to one side of the ship. Ratchet pulled out his laser, and cut a door out. Once it was cut, Optimus kicked it and it landed a few feet away. The bots walked in and activated their flashlights. "If they traveled in stasis mode there may be survivors." Ratchet said and the ship moved. They kept moving forward, and found a rusted door. Optimus pried it open with his bare hands, and the Hatchet went to scan.

"Optimus, these Autobots didn't perish in the crash, their displaying the effects, of a virus." Ratchet said.
"This is a plague ship." Optimus said before moving forward. Ratchet stopped him and he looked at him.

"Don't touch anything. The virus could still be active." Ratchet said and the ship started shaking again. Ratchet fell on his knee while Optimus kneeled and braced himself against the wall. A noise was heard from above them, and a bot hung down from the ceiling, dripping energon all over Optimus. "No!" Ratchet said and he immediately opened a bridge.

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Base

Optimus lay on a medical berth in the med bay, and Optimus' optic was flickering on and off. Bloom was a mess in the lounge area, and all the girls were around her trying to make her feel better. "Cybonic Plague. It's only contagious if contact is made with the infected energon." Ratchet said and Miko spoke up. "What was a plague doing in an Autobot space ship?" she asked and Bloom looked at her dad from her spot. She ran down the stairs, got into her armor, and sat next to him while holding his hand. His hand closed around hers, and she rubbed it against her face. "You promised." Starlight said in a whisper, and Bulkhead looked at her with concern. "Its passengers were infected. The virus wiped out millions on Cybertron during the Great War." Arcee said and looked at the femme next to Optimus while tears dripped down her face. "The Cybonic plague was engineered in the Decepticon's biological war-fare program. By Megatron himself" Ratchet said and Starlight looked up with pure rage in her optics, "If he wasn't scrap already, I'd rip his spark out myself!" Starlight growled and Optimus squeezed her hand. She looked down at him and smiled.

"You have a cure don't you?" Raf asked. "No, there is no cure. Since it was engineered by Megatron, we have to get it from the Boss con himself" Starlight said while trying to contain her anger.

"Would Megatron create a disease without having a cure? I mean what if he caught it himself by accident?" Jack asked and Bulk answered his question. "It's not like we can ask Megatron Jack, he's pushing up lug-nuts" Bulkhead said. "But, we might be able to access the Decepticon data-base. For the moment, we still have a fix on their warships' location." Ratchet said. "I'll go. Arcee, wanna join me?" Starlight said and Ratchet looked at her concerned. "Starlight, you should be here with Optimus." Ratchet said. "No, nothing is going to change with me sitting here and moping. You're not going to stand in my way Doc" Starlight said with rage. Her optics shifted from bright blue, to dark murky blue. "Alright, But be careful Starlight. I don't want to lose both our primes." Ratchet said and she nodded. She leaned down to Optimus, and kissed his forehead. "Don't go anywhere big guy. I'll be back." She said and the two femmes went through the bridge. "Wow. I've never seen her that upset before." Stella said. "When it comes to her family, Starlight doesn't like to stand by and do nothing. She likes to be involved." Ratchet said and went back to monitoring Optimus.

Nemesis

A bridge opened, and the two femmes rolled through while arming themselves. They looked around, and saw that the coast was clear. "Let's start with the lab" Arcee said and Starlight nodded. She was a good few feet taller than her, but she could still fold down into a sleek and compact Motorcycle. They walked through the corridors, and saw a red mech walk out of the med-bay/lab. He stopped, thought he heard something and shrugged his shoulders. He walked by, and the two femmes were attached to the wall. They got down, and went into the lab. Arcee walked up to the computer, and started typing. Starlight walked around, and saw a pair of doors. "Hey Arcee" Starlight said and she was busy arguing with Ratchet to hear her. "Hey Arcee, you should see this" Starlight said and Arcee snapped at her. "What is it?" she asked and Starlight motioned to the door.

"What is it? What's going on?" Ratchet asked over the comm. Arcee gasped and Starlight opened the door. "It's Megatron, he's, alive" Arcee said.

"What! That's not possible" Ratchet said and Arcee shook her head. "Well I'm staring right at him, good news is, Megatron's isn't exactly staring back. He's critical, hooked up to life support, Time to finish this once and for all." Arcee said while charging her cannon but Ratchet interrupted. "WAIT, DON'T!" he yelled. "One good reason, fast" she said. "Megatron may be Optimus' only hope for survival." Ratchet said, "What are you talking about?" she asked. "Does he display brain-wave activity?" he asked and Starlight looked over at the screen. "Spiking hard, his sick mind is still at work" Starlight said. "PERFECT! If a cure exists, Megatron may be the only one who knows it. You must enter his brain, and find it." He said.

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"Enter Megatron's brain? Ratchet are you out of your fragging mind?" Arcee asked. "The Decepticon laboratory should contain all the equipment you need for a cortical psychic patch." Ratchet said and Arcee growled while Starlight looked confused. "No way, have you even performed the procedure?" Arcee asked. "No, but I have thoroughly studied the theoretical literature, Invented by Decepticons, outlawed by Autobots." Ratchet said. "Whoa, can't we just haul Megatron through the ground bridge and buy some time until we figure this out?" Arcee asked. "Time is one thing that Optimus does not have. One of you must try this. I will not allow Optimus to pass knowing that Megatron will outlive him." Ratchet said and Starlight straightened up. "Ratchet, I would lay down my life for Optimus, any time, any where. But a mind body split" she said before Starlight laid a hand on her shoulder. "I'll do it. It's my dad, I should be the one to do it" starlight said and Arcee looked at her like she was crazy. "You will?" she asked and Starlight nodded. "Are you sure about this Starlight? We don't know what could happen if something went wrong" Ratchet said over the comm. "I'll be fine doc. I'm a big girl." Starlight said and Arcee nodded.

Nemesis Bridge

Vehicons walked around the bridge and Star-scream was complaining about the shield. "Why hasn't the electromagnetic shielding not been repaired?" he asked a vehicon. "the crews are working as quickly as they can lord" SMACK! "We are leaking a trail. All the Autobots need to do to pinpoint our position is access the correct frequency wave-length. Accelerate your efforts." He said. "Yes lord Star-scream" the con said and the trio walked away. Knockout walked into the room, and said. "Doctor in the house" and Star-scream turned around. "Aw knockout, and how is the patient doing today?" he asked and Knockout shrugged. "Same old." He said. "An inglorious fate that he should remain in this vegetative state." Star-scream said. "On the contrary, Megatron's body may be scrap metal but his mind is still percolating." He said. "Keep that to yourself. That blasted sound-wave sees and hears everything" Star-scream whispered. "The eyes and ears of the decepticons" Knockout said with a smile. "Well as long as their master remains in limbo, so does their cause. The Decepticons deserve a strong and alert leader." Star-scream said. "One who would require a loyal second in command?" Knockout said with a smile. "A candidate would have to earn that post by making a strong case to said eyes and ears" Star scream said with a smile. "A case of mercy, Lord Star-scream." He said. "You scratch my back, I scratch yours" screamer said and we go back to Arcee and Starlight in the con's med-bay.

Med bay

Arcee crawled under Megatron's medical berth and hooked up the patch to the spot under it. She crawled back into a small hole, and kneeled infront of Starlight who was sitting against the wall. She gave her thumbs up, and she contacted Ratchet. "Ratchet, were ready" she said. "Initiate cortical psychic patch" Ratchet said. Arcee watched Starlight turn her head and she attached the other side to the back of her head. she turned her head back around and her mind went into a tunnel of pretty lights and colors.

Limbo

She looked around, and saw rusted buildings, worn down structures, and she looked at herself. She wiggled her fingers, and shook her shoulders. "Communications downlink activated. This will allow us to see and hear everything Starlight does while within Megatron's subconscious mind." She smiled and kept walking. Then she heard Jack talk. "Whoa, where's that?" he asked. "It's Kaon, The decepticon capital. I can hear all of you ya know" she said with a giggle. "Sorry Star. It's just too cool!" Miko said and she shook her head. "Starlight, Stop shaking your head. I need a clear visual!" Ratchet yelled and she kept walking. "Quickly Starlight, I know you're in unknown territory, but you must figure out where information might be filed in Megatron's mind." Ratchet said. "You don't think I know that?" she said walking up the stone steps. She got to the top and looked around. Her eyes settled on the figure of Optimus but she knew better. "Star, that's not Optimus, But a figment of Megatron's mind. He cannot see or hear you" Ratchet said and she growled. "Stop telling me things I already know." Star said and she could hear the laughter from the twins, and from Iron hide. "Just you wait guys, I got something planned for you" she said walking up to the Optimus impersonator. She smiled and waved her hand infront of its face. She heard a wicked laugh and she charged her cannons at the warlord. "Optimus Prime, your Autobot armies are defeated. Bow before your new master." He said and the other OP turned towards him. "Never Megatron, One shall stand, One shall fall!" he said as he activated his sword. "So be it." Megatron said and he activated his sword as well. They charged each other, and Megatron sliced Optimus In half, and he dissapered in a cloud of dust. She hid behind a rock and heard them talk again. "That never happened" Bulkhead said. "It's not a memory, were seeing Kaon as Megatron has recreated it, in his darkest dreams." Ratchet said and Starlight sighed while listening to them talk. She noticed the rock shifting and another Optimus came to stand against Megatron. "Megatron, your treachery ends here" imitation Optimus said while activating his sword again. Megatron drew his sword back into his arm, and charged his cannon. She ran infront of the shot, but it just went right through her. "That was weird." Starlight said feeling her midsection. "The brat of Optimus Prime, I seem to recall the last time we met, you were falling to your doom. Punishment for trespassing in my domain is your destruction!" he said holding his sword above him and coming down with it.

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Starlight watched as Megatron was about to scrap her, but the sword went right through her. "Huh? That's just weird!" she said and Miko was heard laughing from the comm-link. "How can this be?" he asked and kept swinging at her while she instinctively blocked. But it all passed through her. "Megatron can't touch Starlight?" Raf asked. "Because she's not a creation of Megatron's mind, Starlight is immune to his physical attack." Ratchet explained and Megatron started walking in circles around her. "You are not wearing phase displacement armor; your eyes track my movements so you're not a holo-gram. And I do not believe in spirits. So tell me girl, what are you?" he asked. "Your worst nightmare bucket head" she said glaring at him. "Megatron" said and voice and they both turned around. She saw three bots standing behind her but she didn't see Arcee.

"Looks like Arcee wasn't around during the battle at Kaon" Star mused and Megatron sighed. "Uh oh, special guest stars." She heard Miko say. "Miko, stop leaning over the rail!" she also heard Chromia say. "This is not good" Ratchet said and Starlight rolled her eyes. She looked at Megatron, and then at the bots. "This is too freaky" she said and walked over to the bots while waving a hand infront of Bee's face. She heard Megatron freak out, and fire at the bots. They dissapered and she looked back to Megatron. "You are real, They were not." He said and then when he stopped walking, he started laughing. "A cortical psychic patch, how unexpected." He said and she heard everyone gasp over the Comm-link. "We've stirred megatron from his oblivion, he's becoming self-aware." Ratchet said in fear. "If this is my subconscious, what are you doing inside my head!" he asked right in her face. "Okay back off big guy and grab a mint. Cause your breath is rank." Star said and she heard laughter come from the comm-link.

Nemesis med bay

Arcee was still guarding Starlight with her blaster armed. "Come on Star, what are you doing in there?" Arcee asked, and the door opened. "Knockout, if you would be so kind as to provide your expert medical opinion to sound-wave for the historical record." Star scream said. "Simply put, un aided, Megatron could remain in this deathless slumber forever." Knock-out said by the view screen. "Our master would not have wanted to be seen this way, to stand idly by while he remains captive in his own body. It's not Just." Star scream said and Sound-wave pointed to the screen showing his vitals. "Brainwave activity, not evidence of consciousness, But from an endless dream from which Megatron may never wake." Knockout said. "Sound-wave, we must face reality. Megatron is lost to us" Star scream said. "The only honorable option would be to show him mercy." Knockout said. "A simple throw of the switch." Screamer said. "Quick, Painless, compassionate." Knockout said and Arcee looked scared. "Ratchet are you hearing this?" Arcee whispered. "If megatron perishes, Starlight's mind will be separated from her body, forever." He said and Bulkhead gasped. "Optimus would not like that at all" Bulkhead said. "We'll lose Starlight and Optimus?" Jack asked and the kids looked freaked out.

Back in limbo

Megatron paced back and forth infront of her while she pain attention to him. "The only way for you to have entered my mind, is via cortical physic patch." He said and she nodded. "But the question remains, what happened to me?" he asked and Starlight glared at his red optics. He finally realized what happened. He remembered the space bridge over loading, and causing all the terri-cons to be blown up in the vortex, And the bridge collapsed. "The Space Bridge explosion." He said and Starlight smiled. "Ding, ding, ding, We have a winner!" she said and all the kids laughed on the comm-link. "And yet, if you're in my head, I am not one with the Alspark." He said and Starlight grumbled. "No matter how much we want you to be" she grumbled quietly. "So tell me brat, do I still function?" he asked. "Starlight, we are out of time!" Ratchet said and Star looked around. "Look the reason I came here is because someone has the Cybonic plaque and you're the only one with the cure" Star said and he smiled. "Cybonic plague, someone besides myself is, unwell?" he asked and she smiled. "You sound like you care" Starlight said and she heard snickers from the comm-link. Then there were a lot of clanging noises and then a lot of groans. He looked away, and smiled. "Optimus (Insert evil laugh here) such irony, After ages of endless battle, the mighty Optimus Prime is felled by a simple virus from a distant past. What makes you think I would save the life of my oldest enemy?" he asked. "Because, you won't be able to do want you want most." Starlight said. "Oh, and what is it that I want most?" he asked with his hands on his hips. "To slay Optimus by your own hand, Don't let some ancient virus do it for you. Plus, I want a go at you when you can feel it" Starlight said and he laughed again. "Ya know, that's really creepy." She said. "Did you not see? I do slay Optimus by my own hand, at will, whenever I desire." He said. "Yeah but if you let the plaque virus destroy the real Optimus, then you won't have the chance to do it yourself." She said and Jack said. "Smart" then Miko "twisted" and she smiled inwardly.

Nemesis Med-bay

"Sound-wave, do I take your silence to be that you concur with Knockout's medical expertise?" Star-scream asked and the two cons looked at each other. "Speak now or forever hold your peace. (grabs the cable connected to Megatron's chest.) Going, going." He started but Sound wave pointed to the cord leading to Starlight's head. Arcee was watching the whole thing, and she said "Scrap."

Limbo again

"After our deep history together, to not watch the spark ebb from Optimus' eyes with my very own," Megatron started. "Would mean that you wouldn't be the almighty Megatron who took down Optimus And you would be able to have him on display as your trophy like you've always wanted." She said with her hands on her hips. "Well played Femme" he said and he showed her a cube with cybertronian glyphs and markings. She immediately focused her eyes on it so Ratchet could copy it. "The Chemical formula for the cure you seek. Not that I expect you to know how to read it." Megatron said and she still looked at it. Before she could grab it, he closed his hand. "Not yet, and how am I to accomplish terminating Optimus as you propose, While I'm trapped here in this perpetual day dream. Once you release me from this prison, you will have the cure." He said.

Nemesis Med-bay

Star-scream held the chord and followed it to the storage area. Arcee knelt by Star and looked panicked. "Come on Star, hurry up in there" Arcee said.

Limbo

Star looked up at Megatron and he kept talking. "You must guarantee my recovery. Or, Optimus fades to gun-metal grey, the real Optimus" he said and Star backs away. She heard Ratchet's voice. "Arcee, we have the formula, disconnect Starlight now!" he yelled and Starlight felt a tug on the back of her head. The ruins started crumbling and she took that as her cue to exit stage right. Everything started getting blurry and Star smiled when he started panicking. "No, you were watching, you tricked me!" he growled. "It ain't hard to deceive a decepticon. Especially you ole bucket head" Starlight said and he growled. "No! take me with you! Take me!" he yelled as Starlight raced back into her body.

Nemesis med-bay

Arcee pulled the chord off her neck and she rested her head against the wall. "Come on. Hurry Starlight" she said while shaking her. Star-scream kneeled down to the storage area, just as Starlight's eyes flickered on. "What in the" he started but a bridge appeared behind them. "Intruders!" he yelled activating his cannon. "Allow me" she said and shot a perfect shot at Megatron's main tube attached to his spark. The tube came off, and Arcee ran through with Star.

The three cons looked at the screen and Star scream sighed. "It was the inevitable outcome." Star scream said and Sound wave approached him. He pointed to the hole, and he sighed. "Of course it would be wrong to allow Megatron to perish by an Autobots' hand. Knockout" he said and the doctor shrugged before reattaching the tube.

Base-night time

Ratchet and Elita helped Optimus stand up from the Med-bay berth, and it kinda looks funny to see a bot Ratchet's size try and help up Optimus. "That's it, steady." He said and when he looked up he saw the humans, and the bots clapping and cheering. "Please. Reserve the hero's welcome for my physician, and my daughter." Optimus said and everyone clapped for Star. She rubbed the back of her head embarrassed and mockingly bowed.

Nemesis Med-bay

Star scream walked into the medical bay and approached Knockout. "And how is the patient doing today?" he asked. "Funny you should ask. Not sure what the bots did in there, but Megatron's registering zero brainwave activity." Knockout said infront of the screen. "Hm, meaning?" Screamer asked. "Physically he's stable, but now there's no one home" Knockout said and they kept looking at the warlord curiously.

Autobot Base

Everyone was still clapping and she was still bowing until she all of a sudden stiffened. Then she heard his voice. "I'm out, or should I say, in." Megatron said and started laughing.

TO BE CONTINUED…

Me: Megatron, I swear if you don't get out of my head, I'll throw us both down a cliff and you'll never get back to your body.

Megatron: (silence)

Me: Megs, You there?

Megatron: When do want me gone by?

Me: By the next chapter. Then you can chase Optimus all you want.

Megatron: AWESOME! LET'S GET THIS THING STARTED!

Me: uh, Megs, it's the end of the chapter.

Megatron: Oh, well, until next time!

Me: (face palm) I'll see you guys next chapter. That's only hoping he isn't more retarded by then.

I DON'T OWN TRANSFORMERS OR WINX CLUB!

Don't I wish! Anyways, read and review!

Hey guys, long time no see huh? So sorry about not posting for a while. But I have 5 people in my house, and only one working computer. Plus I have to worry about school, and finding a job. so I probably won't post the other one for a while until I get a computer of my own. Thanks for reading.