Love
Optimus was laying on a medical berth with an IV of medication to get rid of the Cybonic Plague. Artemis was sitting next to him on the same medical berth. She looked around and made sure no one was around as she held the Prime's hand. Artemis couldn't help but sigh due to everything she had to get through to even get this close to a Prime. She had to go into Megatron's mind to get the formula from his memories. So many things seemed to conflict each other more than they did before the war. Megatron and Optimus were no longer the best of friends. They were no longer Orion Pax or Megatronus. They weren't archivists or gladiators. Everything had changed so much over the eons. They were all homeless, alone, fighting a constant war that could have been solved long ago. Artemis never wanted to choose sides but she had to after Megatron almost killing her due to her not wanting to take his side or Optimus's. All the pain and agony over a stupid artifact of the Primes.
Flashback to Trying to Change Megatronus's Mind
Artemis walked out into the gladiatorial arena and saw Megatronus, now going by Megatron, training to fight Orion. They had been betrothed and set to wed in just a few days. "Megatronus we need to talk," she whispered as she touched the gladiator's back. Megatron quickly turned around and glared down at the smaller femme. His optics had already shifted to red from all of the anger within him. "You can't fight Orion just because he got the Matrix of Leadership and earned the Prime's blessings," she said as she took a small step back.
"He was there to help me prove to the council that what they were doing was wrong. Yet he took the spotlight!" he said as he looked into her optics. "I don't see why you are taking his side Artemis, especially when we are meant to be bonded soon!" he screamed, his screamed echoed through the empty arena.
"Because fighting is wrong, we don't want to even fight in this arena but we have to to keep alive! You two don't need to fight over the right to be the next Prime!" she screamed back. Megatron grabbed her and picked her up by her shoulder. Artemis gripped his arm and looked at him in pure shock. "Megatronus...stop your hurting me," she said as she tried to get out of his grip. She swung her legs and kicked him before swinging out of his grip. She extended her side blades and was ready for a fight. "I don't wanna fight you, but I will if it will knock some sense into you," she screamed. Megatron just smirked and extended his own blade. The two of them ran at each other and started to clash blades.
The battle lasted for a while until Megatron grabbed Artemis and threw her at the wall. He walked over and stabbed her into her stomach. She screamed loudly as tears of pain streamed from her optics. Megatron took a couple steps back and glared down at the femme. He started to walk away, as he did a small tear fell down his own cheek. Artemis made herself sit up and laid against the wall. She blacked out and when she awoke she was in a medical center and was getting fixed up by Ratchet. Orion was also standing here.
Optimus groaned a little and his grip on the femme's hand weakened. Artemis woke up from her flashback as he moved. He had been out for a few hours and the plague was slowly getting treated. Artemis gently kissed his hand and couldn't help but blush due to what she was doing. "I can't be doing this, he's a Prime!" She yelled at herself. She felt so defeated in any of aspects of her love life. All she wanted was someone she could care for and someone to do that in return for her.
Artemis stood up and felt a monumental headache all of a sudden. She stumbled and ended up against the wall. She heard laughing within her head. She groaned more as Megatron's head appeared within her vision as her eyes were closed. "I see you are still in love with the Prime. He will never love you Artimes, not like I once did, he can't protect you like I did all those years ago" he says with some chuckling. The femme just shook her head. "Artemis, I still care for you very much but so help me if Prime steals you from me as well, Unicron will be scared." He said sternly. Artemis slid down the wall and sat against it.
Megatron soon calmed down after saying this to Artemis opened her optics. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she looked out over the room. She heard footsteps coming down the hallway. She looked around the corner and saw Ratchet walking. Ratchet and her made eye contact. They both frowned and Artemis motioned the mech to sit beside her. Ratchet moved his arm around the smaller femme. "What is wrong Artemis?" he asked quietly. Artemis just shook her head and looked down at the ground. "Come on, you can tell me," he whispers. Ratchet glanced up and saw Optimus still fast into recharge.
Artemis released a sigh and leaned more against the mech. "I still have a stupid crush on him." she mumbled. "I know it's wrong, it's wrong that I like anyone in a higher class" she said as Ratchet just held the femme closer. "All those I love usually leave eventually," she mumbled.
Ratchet let out a sigh and made the femme look into his eyes. "Artemis, we are no longer on Cybertron, caste systems don't matter here, we can love whoever we want. You can love him, or find someone who can protect that broken spark," he whispered and they placed their foreheads against each other. Ratchet closed his optics and let out a very shaky sigh. He loved her, he always had but he knew Artemis's spark belonged to that of Optimus or Megatronus.