The Diego Diaries: Rumble (dd7 335)
=0=Simfur
That was when the floor began to rumble.
Optimus stumbled as the rumble flashed through the ground beneath his peds. It rolled sharply, then became smaller jolts. He steadied himself, then looked sharply toward the children who were rolling around on the floor like marbles. They were laughing loudly even as he gripped them, picking them up to hold against his chassis. He glanced toward the doors and saw flashes like lightning here and there. The crowd was screaming as they held each other, some falling down in the rolling thunder of the earthquake.
Then it stopped.
It was almost painful, the silence.
Prime walked toward the door and when he cleared it he was on the silvery beach where he often landed in the Matrix. He glanced around, then down at the two babies he held against his chest.
Orion smiled upward. "THAT FUN, SHE! YOU DOIN'?" he asked.
Prime stared at the baby, surprised that he was speaking as Orion, the baby.
Then the infant grinned. "Fooled you."
He and Halo disappeared.
Staring at his empty arms, Prime turned slowly in a circle. No one was here this time. He was alone on the world, this he knew. It wouldn't be the first time, he thought. He waited, staring at the silver sky and the huge planetary forms that seemed to defy physics with their proximity to this world. The silvery sea and ground beneath him was beautiful as were the deeply dark green, nearly black trees of a thick forest that bordered the ocean side.
He heard pedfalls behind him so he turned to see who it was. He saw Her, his mentor and patron. Bowing, he gazed at her wisdom and beauty. "Lady, I was hoping to see you."
"You cannot come here, brother and not see me, too. I would be provoked if I couldn't," Solus said. She reached him, then placed her servo on his chest. She was his height this time. "You are a good mech, Optimus. I love you dearly. All is well thus far. I hope this journey helped you personally, especially with your family."
"I miss them terribly sometimes. I try not to go there," Optimus said.
"You should. Go there and spend time. Memories are solace. I was there when they came to the Matrix. Many of us were to receive and assist them. We entrusted you to them and we reverence them for their goodness and wisdom. They are not inconsequential sparks. They are highly advanced, the sort of family that you needed to grow to be who you are." She glanced around. "I love this world. It was the first to harbor life in this universe. Its rather different given all things."
"The humans make motion pictures of us. They enjoy the idea of bringing Cybertron to Earth. They do show the destruction such would bring but its rather amusing anyway to think such could happen," Optimus said. Then he glanced at the big planets and their moons blotting out a lot of the sky around them. "Then I see this place."
Solus laughed. "I understand. I find the humans amusing and creative. That is their super power, their creativity."
Optimus nodded. "I like them very much."
She looked at him with amusement and love. "This walk was for you. But The One and Primus understand what The People need. Primus was not supposed to suffer this way. It was not His fate. He has suffered too much already. Thus, there will be help when He moves to safety. As for the rest … The One has solved the problem of the relics so that The People can be comforted. Because Primus wasn't to suffer, neither then were The People."
"I am grateful. They are both the real object, not facsimiles?"
"True. At a certain level of advancement, one can make as many versions of themselves as they need, all of which are the same as the original. Primus can exist at all levels of existence at the same time as a multiversal singularity as is needed. He does. So does the vessel that houses The One. Its powers are equal to that on Mars. One is not the real one and the other a lesser copy. Both are absolutely equal and the same."
"The People deserve everything we can devise," Optimus said.
Solus nodded. "They both agree. That is why They have worked out a few of the problems that have slowed down the rebuilding of the planet and the good order and health of Primus."
Optimus stared at her. "How so, Lady?"
The scene shifted to a location on the equator of Cybertron where a massive, almost unbelievably vast dump site was situated. It covered miles of terrain and was divided into areas where different debris, some highly contaminated was brought to be smelted, denatured or otherwise dealt with. It had been overwhelming, the vastness of the debris but as they stood at the center of the fenced and secured area, all of it was gone. Nothing was left behind including any stains such things might leave on the ground.
Optimus turned to Solus who was staring at him with amusement. "What is this?"
"All of the debris, the brokenness of this world has been removed from the body of our brother, Primus. The work of removing it, of gathering it up and taking it away has slowed down the recovery. It was considered a small thing to the time lines of everyone involved to remove from this planet and that of those broken in war in the local group all that was an impediment. Wherever you go on Cybertron or the local group, you will not find any brokenness anywhere. Whether it was gathered or still in place, it was taken away."
Optimus glanced around, then looked at her with emotional optics. "That will help us greatly. Our people need homes and Primus needs great help."
Solus nodded, then the scene changed. They were standing next to a devastation where there were so many gashes, craters and cracks in the surface that they undermined the area for rebuild. It was a long term process undertaken here, the repairs that faced them and it would take a very long time before it was fixed enough to start on the surface. It was only one of too many on world and around the local group.
Optimus stared at the ground, then Solus. "The devastation ..."
"It is repaired. Primus asked for and received repair of every part of Himself that was deeply wounded. His subterranean infrastructure and the integrity of His body," She said nodding to the repaired pristine-appearing ground all around them, "is assured planet wide. It is so everywhere in the local group as well."
Optimus felt wetness in his cheek. He touched it, then turned toward Solus. "There are no words, Lady-" he began.
She placed Her servo on his chest. "No words are necessary. You are not alone. You were never alone. We are with you. We cannot help you most of the time but The One is of an accord with Us. Some of this does not affect the time line so it can be done. Other things do. To help Primus and The People … why else do We exist?"
He stared at Solus, then nodded. "I agree."
She laughed. "Your genitors and grandgenitors are wonderful. Your family surrounds you both in and outside of this life. You are never alone. No one is. Most don't know or believe that but its true for everyone everywhere. Anyone can call on Us, anyone at all and We will come. Do you understand how long We have waited to be called?"
He stared at her beauty, then nodded. "I know."
"You do, brother. You are the best among Us. You came back. Because you love, you came back. There is no higher calling than to help others. We are with you and you are with Us always. I am happy that you are happy now. It has been a long dark forever orn. But We are one and now you can repair the world faster and better. Thank you, Optimus, for being such a good mech." She placed her servo on his chest, then disappeared.
Optimus glanced around and saw himself in the Temple alone. He walked swiftly to the door and saw outside that the masses were standing together, some with tension, fear or anticipation. He walked to the priests and Alpha, then dialed into the transponders of all those there.
"There has been a miracle," he began.
=0=Moments later
The masses stared at him almost without comprehension. They considered his words to them.
"There has been a miracle," he had said. "The Pantheon has stepped in along with The One. The Allspark and the Well of Allsparks has been restored to the Temple. But hear me," he had said as the group almost gasped as one. "The relics are multiversal singularities, the same as Primus. They can exist in all places and any place They wish to be. The same relics that were transferred to Mars by Primus and The One, the original relics are also here. It is possible for Them to be in more than one place at the same time and They are. I was told that you need and deserve the comfort of both, so Primus and The One have made that possible."
He waited, watching the crowd as they absorbed the news. It was a shocking thing to hear even if it was a very possible thing to everyone there. All knew about the multiversal avenues afforded to their Warrior God from the combat with Unicron from the past and The One was understood in His infinite Wonder as well. They had received the blessings of both for years now and thus, the idea of Them existing and making miracles wasn't strange. The second part, however, was breathtaking in its love and mercy.
"The One has decided to assist us in our restoration of Cybertron. The One has decided in consultation with Primus, our warrior God and the platform beneath our feet to help us on this task. Every break in the body of Cybertron, every crack, crater, crevasse and internal fissure has been repaired. The body of Primus has been restored. The damage everywhere placed into piles or waiting to be gathered for removal from all the areas of our world has also been removed. The earthquake we just experienced was the restoration of the body of Primus. The rest has been taken away so that we may recreate our life here easier and swifter, such is Their love and concern for all of us.
"It is important that you understand what all this means. It means that the comfort and peace that the relics have given us here at this ancient place has been restored to all of us without depriving those who need them on Mars. It means that the hardest part of this restoration, the removal of all the destruction and damage, the repair of the intense devastation on the body of Cybertron itself has been remade for us to make progress for all of you.
"Nothing is out of the reach of either of Them. They do what They do from the deep uncompromising love They hold for of all of us. We have been given a boost, a chance to make our way forward again with greater possibility. The relics on Mars are also there for comfort and protection. One was not deprived to assist another. All are equally loved and cared for in the optics of both. It should never be forgotten that the world we live on is unique in all the universe, that it is a sentient being who loves us without caveats, that we owe our world all that we have in effort and care. We could still be digging out of our condition without this loving mercy. We still have miles to go before we are once again the shining place we were. But now the hard lifting of so much devastation has been done.
"Cybertron has been given a boost up. We are going to be that much closer to a world that has a place for all of us, that can give everyone the life they want and deserve. We do that together, hand-in-hand, working toward the common goal and the common good. Our world nearly died because we could not see the common purpose, the need for everyone to be happy, equal and fulfilled, to be able to attain and strive forward to goals that they desired.
"There will be no more division amongst us. We have to be one. We have to work together to protect each other and care about everyone. To do anything less than that is not only to invite the same disaster to us that has dogged us over and over in our history, but its also to dishonor the love that The One and Primus give us unconditionally. The way forward is through our unity and love for each other and this world. We must always make our way in this manner. From the Pantheon and The One, there is only the greatest care and love for you possible. It is time we returned it just as unconditionally to Them but also to each other.
"You have my word as your Prime that I will always put your well being and progress first. Our leadership both military and civilian, armed forces and I give you our word of honor that you will be safe and have the life you always deserved both here and in the outlying empire." He stared at them knowing everyone everywhere was listening. "I wish you could know my feelings about this and about you. All I can say to you now is 'until all are one'."
It was silent a moment, then it wasn't. It would be impossible to understand the emotion that poured forth from The People unless you were there. It was a primal roar of pent up feeling, of fear set free from eons of devastation. It would howl across the planet, reaching everywhere and it passed through time and space to reach everyone in the reclaimed empire of Optimus Prime.
=0=The Family Tower
It was silent in the room as the group watched. Everywhere on Mars and Earth, the masses watched the historic event on Cybertron. Much of it was over their heads but the feeds that rotated around Cybertron had shown the earthquake and the sudden and inexplicable disappearance into thin air of masses of rubble, some sorted into colossal piles and others not. The rubble and debris everywhere shuddered in the ground quake, then disappeared. They watched it with amazement in a haze of silence.
Finally, Annabelle Lennox glanced at everyone. "Primus and The One have spoken"
They had.
Until all are one.
=0=TBC 7-23-2020
caveat(s): problems (caw-vee-ott) ex: "There were caveats to crossing the vast river." (Things that could go wrong, hold ups, problems)