Pairings:
MegatronxOptimus Prime
WheeljackxBulkhead
RatchetxIronhide
SmokescreenxBumblebee
BreakdownxKnock Out
JazzxProwl
ElitaxOptimus Prime
Warnings: kissing, mentions of interfacing, violence, fluff, possibly sadness in future chapters, birth, and mpreg. And mentions of rape.
Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers. Only Hasbro. I only own my characters.
"No, no, no, no. Orion," Megatron whispered.
The warlord fell to his knees and crawled towards his mate. Optimus' body was badly injured. He was missing pieces and his red paint was charred and burned in various places. A pipe had impaled his tank, making him lose energon more quickly. Megatron opened the bond and felt that his sparkmate was still alive, but not for long. He didn't know how much longer he had. A ship flew to the remains of the base and fired on the warlord. Megatron threw himself over Optimus to protect him. A bot came from the ship and pointed his gun at the silver mech.
"Step away from him," the bot commanded.
Megatron didn't resist, in fear of something bad. The unknown bot got to Optimus and gently pulled him out of the rubble and to the ship that landed. They took off and Megatron just stared after them. He knew what he had to do. He let built up tears flow as he returned.
"You killed him," Megatron growled.
"Oh well. One less bot to deal with," said Ratbat.
"He was my mate and you killed him," Megatron said, clearly angered.
"Just deal with it. At least we know that you shall stay loyal now," said Ratbat before leaving the ship.
Megatron felt the chip deactivate and turned to Starscream. They stared at each other for a while.
"And Skyfire?" asked Starscream.
"It looked like they groundbridged out before the blast. Everyone but Optimus," said Megatron. "An Autobot took him and I let him. I know that he's still alive. I can feel it."
"From the damage of the blast, it would be a miracle if he survives," said Knock Out, examining the destruction.
"I'm sure that he will be fine. He's a strong mech with a stronger spark," said Soundwave.
"I shall kill them for this," said Megatron.
~~~Autobot ship
"I've detected the others. They're a few kliks away from here," a musical voice said.
"Good. Optimus needs help now," the younger mech said.
"I'm sure Ratchet will fix him up Bluestreak," the older mech said.
"Just concentrate on getting to them Blaster," said Bluestreak.
~~~forest
"Where is he?" asked Smokescreen.
They had all gathered just a few moments ago. Skyfire scanned the area around them. Ratchet sighed and looked at each member.
"Come, we best get inside before the Decepticons find us," said Ratchet.
A set of stairs appeared from the ground, leading into the secret base. The others were really surprised to see that most of the Ark was in there. Ratchet showed them around and they got comfortable.
"He'll be here Ratchet. Don't worry," said Ironhide.
"I'm going to go look out for him," said Ratchet.
The orange and white medic left outside. He scanned the area in search for the familiar mech. Nothing came up. A ship approached shortly and Ratchet hid. The bots came out, carrying someone.
"Are you sure this is the place you found them at?" asked Bluestreak.
"I'm sure. They must be here. Optimus need help right now or else he's going to run out of energon," said Blaster, scanning around.
"Well let's hurry. Prime's no light weight," Bluestreak grunted.
Ratchet stepped out and looked at the two.
"Greetings Blaster," Ratchet called.
"Hey doc. Where are the others?" asked Blaster.
"They are inside the hidden base. Come I shall bring you there now," said Ratchet.
The two carried Optimus inside as they followed the medic.
"Hey Ratch, where do we put Prime?" asked Blaster. Ratchet turned to question him but gasped instead.
"Over here now," said Ratchet.
They went into a room, which turned out to be the medibay. Blaster and Bluestreak set the injured mech down before leaving to let him work. The others were found and informed of the situation.
~~~Nemesis
"We must find the Autobots. Soundwave, make that your top priority. I know that they have no energon left. We must give them as much as a large mine holds," said Megatron, right before the chip activated again.
"My Lord... if, uh, when we find the Autobots, what will we do? Their Prime is dead," said Starscream.
"We attack and capture as much as we can," Megatron answered.
~~~New Autobot base: 15 hours, 37 minutes, and 10 seconds later
The air was stiff and silent. Each member waited for Ratchet to tell the news on their leader. Swoop had cried himself into recharge in Grimlock's lap. The other dinobots sat around the two, waiting patiently. Soon Ratchet came out with tears flowing down his cheeks and energon staining his chest, arms, and hands. Ironhide went over and helped his mate sit down and grabbed a rag to clean off his son's energon.
"How is he?" Smokescreen asked.
Ratchet didn't answer at first. His form shook as his other half held onto him tightly, calming him but the tears still came. The medic took a stuttering breath before speaking.
"He's dead. The damage was extensive and without energon, his systems shut down one by one. He asked me to inform you that the Matrix will choose another Prime. I helped him leave peacefully and without much pain," said Ratchet. "I knew that his spark would go out and that there was nothing that I could do."
"Me Grimlock will inform Swoop when he wakes up," said Grimlock.
"He's not going to enjoy it one bit," said Wheeljack. "He's still pretty much a kid."
The base went silent. Ratchet still cried into his mate's chest. The original members went to go pay their visits to their leader. Then Smokescreen came in and the Matrix appeared. The rest of the members were informed of the situation. Smokescreen didn't know what to do. He knew that everyone waited for him to do something.
"I'm not ready yet," said Smokescreen.
"Take your time Smokescreen. No one is rushing you," said Arcee.
The young Elite guard member left to his room, hearing the chestplates close to conceal the Matrix away. He sat on his berth, thinking of something to do. Nothing came to mind. Or at least not yet. The alarms went off, alerting everyone. Ultra Magnus took a team to go retrieve the energon that had appeared. It was a Decepticon mine. Starscream was waiting there, hoping to see some Autobots. When they appeared, he flew down to them and pulled them into a room.
"Megatron wishes to give you the mine. There is still much that still hasn't been mined yet. The team needs the energon, given that you don't have any," said the seeker.
"Thank you Starscream. Please inform Megatron that Optimus is gone. His injuries were too great, even for Ratchet," said Ultra Magnus.
"One more thing," Starscream called out. "How's Skyfire doing?"
"He is doing fine. Any day now he'll deliver," said Ultra Magnus.
"Take me with you. I wish to be with him when the time comes," said Starscream.
"Very well. You are now our 'prisoner'," said Ultra Magnus.
Acree held Starscream with her blades out and at his wings. Starscream walked to the main room with the weapons pointed at him. Wheeljack called for the Decepticons to surrender the mine to them for their commander to be fine. The drones did as told when Starscream secretly messaged each and to relay the message of Optimus' passing.
"Come on," said Prowl. "Skyfire will be glad to see you."
The groundbridge appeared and Arcee took him to the scientist then leaving to help carry energon in. The larger flier was in his room talking to the sparkling within him. The Vosian prince smiled and laid a servo where his child was growning. Skyfire was so happy that his mate was there. Starscream held him close to his spark, letting a few tears go.
"I thought I lost you when the base exploded," said Starscream.
"I was one of the few to leave the base first when we were found," said Skyfire.
"And I'm glad. I didn't want to lose you," said Starscream. "I'll be staying here until our child is born, then I have to leave before things get suspicious. But I shall arrange times for us to meet. I'll come here by groundbridge that way if they are tracking me they won't know."