Orion's POV
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Nathaniel exclaimed, looking at the three of us in surprise. He had just seen his cousin and her friends admit that they were the Autobots.
"Nathaniel," Ariel remarked as she tried to calm him down, "We can explain..."
"Yare yare..." Dion muttered as he held a hand to his head.
"What explanation do you have Ariel?" He asked in an almost sarcastic manner. "If you mean to tell me that you three are why the Decepticons were suddenly pushed back to wherever they came from, THEN I THINK YOU'RE A LITTLE LATE ON THAT!" The three of us all winced from his yelling. Nathaniel then took a deep breath before looking at the 3 of us. "How long have you been doing this?" He inquired trying to keep himself calm.
"For a few hours now?" I replied although it was more of a question than it was an answer.
"You serious?" Nathaniel responded, clearly dumbfounded by this discovery. He sighed and took another deep breath. "Why am I not surprised?"
"We have a lot to explain," I sighed as he pulled up a chair for Nathaniel to sit in, "You better sit down for this, it's a long story..."
1 hour later...
"So just to recap what you guys just told me," Nathaniel commented. "You three were chosen by a mystical object that sparked a war between the Guardians, the very same people who created the Miraculous like the ones that Ladybug, Chat Noir, and Hawkmoth use, and your predecessors, who fought against an entire army of sentient shape-shifting robot overlords that have been trying to conquer the planet for 2,000 years now." He took a deep breath before continuing. "And this very same relic is telling you to keep it away from Ladybug and Chat Noir because if they did somehow obtain it, they would end up causing a cosmic disturbance."
"You're taking this rather well..." Dion commented. "Usually people who find out someone they know is a superhero would freak out, demand that they stop, or tell everyone they know right away."
"What about those who keep it a secret?" Nathaniel asked.
"They usually die or are tortured psychologically," I replied with a neutral tone in my voice.
"Ouch.." Ariel winced when she heard me say that. "You could be a little more optimistic about it, Orion."
"Did you just make a pun off my name?" I asked, raising an eyebrow in disapproval of her humor.
"I plead the 5th on that," Ariel replied, her cheeks turning red at that comment. I rolled my eyes as soon as she said that.
"So?" Dion went, getting our attention.
"So what?" Nathaniel repeated, raising an eyebrow at the three of us. "You mean like, 'So now that I know about this, what do I have to say about it?" Nathaniel raised a hand to his head and took a deep sigh before going into the workshop room.
Ariel's POV
It had been a whole hour since Nathaniel went to the workshop to think about what we had just told him. In the meantime, Dion had come up with the idea of ordering pizza to eat (The toppings were Ghost Pepper and Chicken Sausage because I hated eating pork). I was in the middle of eating a slice when I heard Nathaniel clear his throat.
"I say that you guys need support." He said, surprising us. "You guys are heroes," he explained, pulling out a whiteboard and started drawing on it. "And you all have some role in this team of yours," he then drew Chibi drawings of us as Autobots. "Orion is the leader, with his Superman and All Might-like color scheme, personality, and truck mode," Orion raised an eyebrow. "As Optimus Prime, of course..." he elaborated before moving toward me. "Ariel is the only girl, moral support, and the team's heart," he then looked at me for a moment before going back to his explanation, "And eye candy for any guys out there..."
"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked, glaring at him after hearing that statement.
"Ultra Magnus is the muscle and sic of the group for when Optimus isn't around." He then wrote something. "You guys each have a special thing about you but you lack one specific thing."
"What might that be, Nathaniel?" I asked.
"Tech support." He replied, flipping the board to reveal a guy behind a computer with a headset on, giving orders to the Chibi Autobots. "You need someone to be the Autobots' guy in the chair."
"And you're saying that you can be that guy?" Orion realized, snapping his fingers and pointing at my cousin.
"I wouldn't say that..." Nathaniel replied, rubbing the back of his head. "I'm just saying it'd be a good idea if someone were working behind the scenes, helping you fight the Decepticons and avoiding Ladybug and Chat Noir."
"It's a good idea and all Nathaniel," I said, getting up and walking towards him. "I think you forgot the part where tech support would be helpful."
"I'm getting to that, Ariel." He snapped. "I recently had acquired a Cybertronian computer core that came from a Decepticon warship." The three of us looked at each other before turning towards Nathaniel. "It was from a guy who called himself Fraudo."
"Fraudo?" I repeated, shooting a confused look in Orion and Dion's direction, both of whom shrugged.
"The point is that inside that computer core, there's an encyclopedia of Decepticons that could be used to identify potential allies and weaknesses," Nathaniel argued. When it looked like we weren't going to change our minds, he shrugged and said, "Just think about it, alright?"
"Ignoring the fact that Nathaniel might've been swindled," Orion began in Spanish, "Does anyone else think that this is a good idea?"
"Hard to say," Dion replied in Japanese, "Assuming that the computer core he bought even works, how would he be able to patch into our comlinks?"
"If I know my cousin, and I do," I argued in Yiddish, "If there's a way to make it somehow operate he'll find it." I held a hand to my chin in thought. "If it does work though and if we do agree to it, what would his codename be?"
"We'd have to make sure that he has a codename that's not too obvious or stupid." Orion pointed out, rubbing his chin.
"Computron is out of the question then." I stated, "It's too obvious and too stupid to work."
"How about Underbase?" Dion suggested. "It could work and doesn't sound too dumb." The three of us looked at each other before laughing like idiots.
"Let's let Nathaniel decide." Orion decided, wiping his glasses.
"So does that mean I'm in?" Nathaniel asked, raising an eyebrow. "Because you three suddenly started speaking in languages I didn't understand at all."
I chuckled. "The answer is yes, Nathaniel," I answered.
"Neat!" He said, with a huge smile appearing on his face. "I've already got my codename!" He then ran into his room and pulled out a notepad. "I wanted it to be something that didn't give away the fact that I'm human so when you guys are out in the field, just call me Teletraan 1."
Orion smiled before shaking his hand, "Welcome to the team, Teletraan 1."
Ladybug stood on the Eiffel tower as she waited for her partner, looking at the damage caused by the Akuma that called himself Megatron. It was odd when she thought about it, the way the Miraculous cure didn't fix anything but instead brought back a Vehicon that named itself Steve, who said that it planned to pursue a career in billiards.
"You wanted to see me, M'lady?" She heard the voice of her partner, Chat Noir, as he landed next to her.
"Yeah, thanks for coming," she replied. "Chat," she started, gaining his complete attention. "Do you think aliens exist?"
Chat Noir looked at her for a moment before replying. "Anything's possible M'lady," he replied holding a finger to his chin. "We wield a set of magical jewelry that give us powers, would it not be somewhat plausible if aliens did exist out there?"
Ladybug wanted to say something to counter his point, but couldn't find anything to say. Chat did raise a good point: in a world of magic, it could be possible for other life to exist.
"What do you think of the new heroes?" She asked.
"Personally?" He answered, twirling his staff, "I think it's great that we're getting some help." He then looked thoughtful for a moment, "Though it was suspicious how they suddenly appeared when we needed said help."
"Yeah..." she replied putting a hand to her chin in deep thought. It might be for the best if we kept an eye on them, though... Ladybug thought. There's no telling as of yet if those three are secretly working for Hawkmoth.
"It's getting late, M'lady," Chat Noir pointed out, "I gotta head back for the night." After saying goodnight to Chat. Ladybug watched as the feline hero jumped across rooftops.
Chat's right though, Ladybug thought as she looked over the city. It was odd that they showed up when it was beginning to look like we'd lose. Ladybug then jumped off the tower and started swinging back to her house. In any case, she continued, opening her window before entering, Chat and I should be cautious around them. There's no telling what they're capable of...
"Spots Off." She said, saying the magic words that allowed her to shift from being the heroine of Paris to a simple maker's daughter known as Marinette Dupain Cheng.
"That was quite the day, wasn't it Marinette?" Her kwami, Tikki asked as she flew around the room before settling down on Marinette's desk.
"Tikki," Marinette began as she tossed a macaroon to the kwami, "Why didn't the cure fix everything like it normally does?"
Tikki stopped for a moment as she was about to consume the macaroon. The look on her face showed that she knew something about this. "Marinette." She started, putting the macaroon down and looking at her in the eyes. "The Miraculous Cure only works on anything that was caused by magic or magical constructs."
Marinette was taken aback by what the kwami said. The cure didn't work because Megatron wasn't an Akumatized Villain. The Autobots were telling the truth about his origins. "So Optimus Prime was right..." she whispered.
Tiki seemed to freeze up when her holder said that, a detail that went unnoticed by Marinette.
Agreste Manor, Private Sanctuary
Gabriel Agreste growled as he replayed the events of today in his head. Normally he would have taken advantage of this and certainly would have had his computer not suddenly changed from a harmless machine into a robotic spider-like creature that kept firing at him and spewing out his questionable internet history. Luckily for him, Natalie came to the rescue when she crushed the thing with Gabriel's bowling ball. He did have to put Josef in therapy. The poor man may look like a gorilla but after what happened, he was as timid as a newborn kitten.
"Nooroo," he said, getting his kwami's attention. "What do you know of the Cybertronian race?"
Nooroo shuddered for a moment before reluctantly revealing what he knew.
Cybertron
"Please kill me..." a Decepticon named Bombshell groaned weakly as his captor continued to experiment on his frame. He had been caught trying to overthrow Megatron, a crime that was normally punishable by offlining. However, Megatron wanted to make an example of what would happen if someone tried to do so again. So Shockwave proposed to Megatron to allow him to publicly experiment on the former traitor and his other two co-conspirators Kickback and Shrapnel.
"Lord Megatron wished to make an example of you and I needed new test subjects," The shadowplayed empurata scientist replied as he tried to surgically attach an insectoid limb to his subject's torso. "This checked both boxes so to speak." He was about to test the new limb when he heard a transmission come from the monitor.
"Shockwave!" The voice Megatron spoke on the monitor.
"Yes, Lord Megatron." The scientist replied, turning towards the monitor.
"Open the Space Bridge so my troops and I may enter." The warlord responded, Energon leaking from his mouth and optics. No sooner did Shockwave do that, Megatron limped through the bridge, looking a little worse for wear.
"Shockwave!" Starscream, the Seeker commander and sic of the Decepticon army exclaimed as he and the communication officer and tic, Soundwave dragged their leader. "Prepare the operating table at once!"
"Lord Megatron is losing Energon at an alarming rate," Soundwave reported, his faceplate moving up and down to show he was speaking. "If he is not operated on soon," Soundwave calculated, helping Starscream lay their leader on the table. "He may go offline within the megacycle."
Shockwave walked up to the table and pointed at Soundwave. "Grab the power cable and plug it directly into his power source." Starscream grabbed the cable and jammed it directly into his master's chassis. "It will be enough to stabilize him for a while." Shockwave then began walking away from the table, his fellow Decepticons joining him. "Until he's stable enough to move, he will have to be in stasis."
"My love?" The three heard a feminine voice say as a female robot walked up to them. "In stasis?"
"Nightbird..." the three all whispered at once. They all despised the Ninja Robot. She was always by Megatron's side and was a suck-up to whatever he did.
"Will my love be alright?" She asked, attempting to use her feminine charm on them. An attempt that failed for different reasons. Starscream was waiting for someone perfect in his optics. Soundwave had long ago sworn off any kind of romantic contact due to an incident involving Slipstream and the wrath of Starscream along with the other Seekers. Shockwave just found it to be illogical.
"It would be illogical for you to be near Megatron as he is recovering," Shockwave replied, clearly not finding her presence at all pleasant.
"Yes," Starscream sneered, "Lest our master should somehow go offline without one of us watching any visitors."
"Megatron will make a speedy recovery as long as he is kept in stasis and no one visits him." Soundwave explained, "The moment he is awake and functional, you will be the first to know."
Nightbird sighed in relief as she walked off before transforming into her alt-mode. "I don't know what Lord Megatron saw in her," Starscream growled, leaning against a spire as soon as she was out of earshot. "That Caminen has been a thorn in our sides ever since Megatron picked her up from the desecrated remains of Remnant and its shattered moon."
"She could be a problem for us should Megatron go offline shortly," Shockwave noted, typing as he spoke. "If he did, she could suddenly grab power and have us all executed under false charges."
"The question now is what do we do?" Soundwave wondered.
"We do nothing," Starscream answered. "We just simply act like nothing is happening and go about our daily business." He turned to Soundwave, "Have one of your cassettes keep on optic on Nightbird at all times. Anything that they find odd will be immediately reported back to us." He turned to Shockwave, " You will commence repairs on Megatron and proceed on Project: Evolution." Starscream then turned his back on them, "I will assume temporary command of the Decepticons and attack Earth via scouts, slowly acclimating valuable combat data on both the Autobots and Miraculous Warriors."
"Your plan is logical Starscream save for one small detail," Shockwave commented. "Why are you the leader?"
"I'm the Second in command, that's why." The Seeker Commander replied with a scowl on his face. "Now all of you get to work!"
"Ratbat, eject." Soundwave said, pressing a button on his chest and summoning a purple robotic bat "Operation: Surveillance." Ratbat squeaked before flying off.
The three Decepticons then turned towards each other and said, "ALL HAIL MEGATRON!" Before going their separate ways.
Responses to reviews from Chapter 5
Aztec 13:This chapter is awesome. The fight between Optimus and Megatron was great with Optimus unleashing some ancient power from within the Matrix.
Now I'm curious about what the Matrix said about Ladybug and Chat Noir. What does it mean?
Please continue.
MVMZ-710 Star Convoy: I'm glad you like the fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron. I was trying to go for a mixture of the fights seen in War Dawn, More than Meets the Eye Part 1, and Eva 1 vs Sachiel (which was what inspired Berserker Optimus Prime).
Orion using the Prime Bomb (that green sphere he fired at the seeker) was not part of the script until I started listening to the Linkin Park song Light that Never Comes (Another thing that will be huge in this fic).
Berserk Prime isn't an ancient power of the Matrix. It's when Orion lets his insecurities and rage take over.
As for what the Matrix said about Ladybug and Chat Noir… That would be going into spoiler territory.
I will continue this story.
