Subi: I'm getting very off-course here, but my chapters will get too long (in my opinion) unless I split this up into this chapter and the next one... So in order to explain what happened at the end of the previous chapter, I have to do something very, very odd...One thing would be to go back to a time before the story... and the other would be to- (now, don't anyone freak out...)- go inside Optimus' mind/spark...
Optimus Prime: WHAT?.
Subi: YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO FREAK OUT! v.v;
Optimus Prime: BUT IT'S MY MIND!
Subi: Appearently not anymore... XD
Optimus Prime: I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS!...(snaps up his particle rail-guns)
Subi: OH GOD! RUN PEOPLE! HE'S HEAVILY ARMED!... (runs from him as fast as she can and squeezes into a small crack in the wall where he can't get her) HA! NOW YOU CAN'T GET ME!.!
Optimus Prime: GET BACK HERE AND POST THE STORY ALREADY, SUBI!
Subi: O.o; (thinking: He actually wants me to post this?)
Optimus Prime: SUBITAYO TAKORU!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Subi: O.O! Meep! (runs to post the story)
20. Double Sparks
There's something about sparks that remain a mystery to many Transformers. Something about how the sheer energy in it can not only keep them functioning, but give them a personality as well. Of course, such a small, mysterious part of them can have its problems as well. Split-sparks have always been rare, and even rarer were tri-sparks. Optimus considered himself as an interesting bot, not simply because he was the only Autobot leader to survive the last 29 million years as Optimus Prime. Oh no, there was more to him than that- much more. Because Optimus Prime had a secret... A secret no one else knew completely about. Sure, Jetfire knew that he had a balance problem, but the seeker didn't have a full concept. No else one did, and at times, Optimus himself wondered if he understood.
Optimus had a rare, if questionable, creation origin. Half of him was from another planet called Urnsat Major. He spent eleven years in his first life as a miner before he, Orion Pax, was forced to flee to Cybertron on false charges of stealing. Only to be nearly-murdered by his future-rival, Megatron, in Atlantis City seven years later. With a new body built for him, Orion's spark was placed in with a small creational error- Primus himself placed a different spark inside the new body before Orion was. Forced to contend with another, more powerful spark, Orion finally came to an agreement with it: together, while off of the battlefield, they would jointly-decide and act under the name "Optronix". On the battlefield, they would pull more on the other spark's power to defeat the Decepticons under the name "Optimus Prime", which after a few years would become their full-time name throughout all of the dimensions. It worked out pretty well- until they got thrown into a dimension where there was no battlefield. Then Orion ran into problems with the other spark...
Silvershadow. His "split-spark" brother. His own enemy in a peaceful life. Possibly een his own second death, waiting to happen. When Silvershadow was in full control, he had claws, Blue/black/silver armor made of a different alloy than any other tranformer, Autobot or Decepticon, and a spark that was so hot, that it was cold- so bright, that it blinded one into darkness. And most importantly, a personalitly program that left little discussion and much more action, with no regard to any true cause other than to protect Primus and Cybertron. Silvershadow's spark couldn't leave his frame, and he had to be the only spark in a frame in order to be able to tap into his full power. And so, Orion would tear himself out of the frame every now and then to stay with their family while Silvershadow left to a different dimension to balance his time and sort through what Primus wanted him to do...
Sideways backed away from Optimus- or rather, who he thought was the Autobot leader. In actuality, it wasn't Optimus who was stretching himself- It was Silvershadow who stood before him, taking out a spiked spark-sword that was a silver-white color.
"My end...? We'll see..." Silvershadow breathed, and with that, leapt at Sideways, sweeping his sword out before him. Sideways barely managed to block it in time.
"Grrrr..." Sideways growled, trying to push the taller mech back without success. In fact, it seemed the more he tried, the more he went the other way.With another growl, he jumped to the side, only to get hit by Silvershadow's claws. "AUGH!" Sideways staggered away, energon pouring out of the deep gashes in his back. Silvershadow turned towards him, shifting his grip on the sword in his hands.
"HOW DARE YOU!" Sideways howled, suddenly furious as he realized he couldn't beat the blue, black, and silver mech. Whirling around, he leapt at Shiori and the small bot in her arms.
"NO! SHIORI, MOVE!" Silvershadow shouted. But before either of them could make a move, Megatron was there, his right hand out in front of him, with a scowl on his face.
"Do you dare to try me?" He snarled, activating the negative power-genterator in his hand. A moment later, an arc of lightning flashed out, hitting Sideways head-on, forcing the shade-bot to the ground, gasping in pain. A faint smirk appeared on Megatron's face. " I guess you aren't as good as you claimed you were..."
"Not everything is what is normally seen..." Sideways whispered, changing from a solid form to a liquidy, static-like blob of wires. "Let's see you try to stop me now, Megatron..." he snickered evily before gathering himself back for another leap at Shiori- "ARGH!"- and got slashed in the back with Silvershadow's sword. With a hiss, and several sparking wires, Sideways flung himself at Megatron instead. Megatron activated his own claws and swung his arm forward at the shade. Sideways shot off to the side and seemingly dissappeared.
"What!" Megatron exclaimed, looking around quickly for the shadow-bot. "Where did he go?"
"SHIORI!" Silvershadow yellled, and Megatron swung around in time to see Sideways cut through her side as she leapt away from him, but not before some serious damage was done. Shiori felt something inside her spark pulse suddenly. Now what was that? She wondered to herself. Sideways swiped at her again, and Shiori dodged him before making the decision to run. I need to find a better, safer place to defend myself and my daughter... She raced down the hallway, using her memory to find her way back to the park. Behind her, she heard the howls of the shade-bot, Megatron's fierce shouts, and Silvershadow's occasional roaring voice. After a few minutes, a resounding crash echoed down the hallway, followed by Sideways' evil, victorious laughter as he somehow bounded down the hallway in his liquid-static form after her...
What a time to be defenseless... Shiori thought to herself as she desperately ran with her sparkling in her arms. Much less to be chased by an insane... something... that appearently is intent on killing me and my daughter...
"YOU CAN'T RUN AND HIDE FOREVER, WOMAN! FACE YOUR DESTINY WITH THE ALLSPARK!" Sideways shouted, jumping up and against the wall and then down at her, barely missing her.
"I WON'T LET YOU TAKE HER!" Shiori roared, and flung her arm out at him to push him away- only a flash of a bright blue light shot out of her hands instead, sending the shadebot crashing into the wall with a pained yelp.
"AHG! MY OPTICS!" He howled, stumbling forwards. Shiori bolted with her daugther in her arms. Now how did I do that? she wondered as she reached the park. That was just too odd...
"Hey, I know you. You're Shiori," came a friendly growl. Startled, she stopped and looked down into Leo's red optics looking up at her curiously. "What're you running from?" He asked.
"Thats a little complicated to explain right now-"
"I"LL GET YOU FOR THAT, SPARK-SWORD HOLDER!"
"What the-?" Shiori began, turning around to face the shade-bot. Sure enough, he was standing furiously in the alleyway opening that she'd run out of. She was slightly suprised to see his right optic-lens was cracked. Leobreaker took a step forward.
"Who're you?"
"I'M HER END, AND IF YOU GET IN THE WAY, I'LL BE YOURS AS WELL!... ARGH!" He stumbled forwards as Silvershadow bowled over him. Both tumbling into the street from the force of the mercenary's attack. Sideways hissed and got up first, drawing himself up in a fountain of black, sparking wires. "How dare you... How dare you get in the way..." he hissed, solidifying himself into a mech and pulling his sword out. A moment later, he got electrified.
"AHHHHHUGH!"
"You DARE to run from ME, Sideways!" Megatron thundered from the blackness of the alley, his blue optics flashing in the darkened space, revealing where he was. "I thought you were smarter than that..." He sniffed, pretending to have his feelings hurt. "Primus knows you were eighty years ago..."
"YOU MISSED YOUR CHANCE TO KILL ME COMPLETELY EIGHTY YEARS AGO!" Sideways shouted, leaping into the darkness. There was a sharp yelp, and Megatron skidded out into the open on his back. The Decepticon sat up with a growl.
"He dares to throw me? Why that little..."
"I DARE A LOT, MEGATRON!" And the shade-bot leapt out into the open again. Leobreaker looked around at them all.
"What is going on here?" the lion asked, confused.
"AND MY PRIZE IS UNGUARDED! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!" Sideways leapt past Megatron and Silvershadow toward Shiori once again. She jumped to avoid him, and Leobreaker leapt the other way, transforming as he went. In a split-second decision, Shiori pressed her sparkling into his arms.
"Make sure he doesn't get her, Leo. Promise me she'll be safe!"
"Huh... what... Yes, I promise- Shiori! Where are you going!" He stuttered as she turned to face Sideways.
"You want me to fight you, Sideways, then so be it. Come get me!" She challenged, moving away from Leo and her daughter to ensure they'd be safe. Sideways snarled and jumped at her, his sword first, aimed at her sparkbox. But before the blade came near her, a dark-blue light flashed out of her chest, throwing him backwards. Shiori gently reached out and grasped the hilt that had formed in the light, and the rest of the dark-blue energy shaped itself into a sword that had spikes that curved back toward the hilt, giving it a sharp, curved blade on both sides.
"You want a prize, Sideways? You just got one..."
Subi: Well... that worked out better than I thought it would...
Shiori: O.o what did you just give me...? A sword?.?.? WHOO! I'm not defenseless anymore!
Subi: Imagine that... >.>;
Shiori: I'm happy... (starts humming a strange song)
Subi: Er... Right... Anyways... I hope you guys liked!
