Chapter 21

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I wish Michael Bay would stop killing off Autobots!

Optimus looked over to the entrance of the underground facility. He was able to focus his optics for a moment, and just barely caught Gabby rolling underneath the closing door.

He then caught Barricade trying to stop her, but he was too late.

Barricade didn't yet know that door is reinforced steel and concrete. It will not be easy for him to get in.

Optimus was learning what weapons the human made transformer had. He counted two cannons, a quasar rifle, an ax, and the laser weapons from its eyes. It stood at least twice Optimus' size. It was almost built like Thunderwing and practically invincible. Yet, he knew it was slow, and he Ratchet said he was catching a few mechanical issues that might mean their advantage, but they had to know exactly what they were.

So, far they were not getting anywhere with it. Optimus was still surprised by its speed and endurance. As the humans got used to using it on him and the others the jerky movements were becoming more fluid and smoother.

He turned to see Ironhide and Bumble Bee still trying to fight with it, and try to avoid the laser beams.

He knew he had to stay and help them, and was torn about it. He knew Gabby had come a long way from when they first met, but he still worried about his human mate no matter what.

He remembered the first time he spotted her. The look on her own face when she rammed Barricade would be etched in his memory database forever. She was surprised at herself, and the amount of courage she had shown.

There were many other times where Gabby had shown strength and resilience that any human could envy.

However, it changed her, and she would never be the same. No matter how hard Optimus could try to give her some kind of normal human existence, everything would be different.

Yet, he knew deep down in his spark that he loved her no matter what. She had gone into the underground facility to take out Lockwood, and take down the super weapon from within.

Optimus rose to his feet, and knew he had to somehow take down this monster and get to Gabby before Lockwood got to her first.

He began to run bringing up dirt, rocks, and debris in his path. The robot was still dealing with a losing Bumble Bee.

Optimus activated his sword, and knew that if he took out the eyes he would have a fighting chance with it.

Bumble Bee went flying over his head, and landed hard on the ground behind him. Deserae did her best to run circles around it, but all it did was step on her, and she screamed in pain as half of her leg came off.

Ratchet and the rest of the Autobots and the humans were still busy with the cyborgs and could not help him.

The super weapon turned to an approaching Optimus. He could see the lasers getting ready to fire at him. He wondered if it not only could melt human steel, but trilithium as well.

He only had seconds…..

He didn't make it in time.

He could only gaze in shock as the sword began to melt in his metallic hand. He dropped it fast because the heat began to burn through the sword, and he could feel his hand begin to burn.

He had underestimated the timing they could use on this weapon. He tried to recover, by activating his cannon, but he was too late.

The laser weapon from its eyes was indeed something that could kill off his kind.

White-hot pain began to course through his feet and up his body as the laser moved up from the ground after taking out his sword and cannon.

He screamed as the laser was melting him and never in his entire existence had he felt anything like this. He tried to keep running, but the laser weapon just kept coming. It began to melt part of his leg, torso, and was hitting his arm.

All of his sensors were in overload, he could have sworn he his cerebral processors were smoking. His matrix shook violently in his chest.

If the super weapon hit his matrix, then he was done for, and so was Gabby.

He had been paralyzed before, but never in this much pain. Everything around him began to fade, and only now echoed in his hearing.

Memories of his time here on earth began to flash before him. This was nothing like when he was murdered before; this was much, much worse.

He thought he heard the propulsion of a jet off in the distance, but was not sure as the pain was now making him almost deactivate and go into an emergency stasis mode.

He looked up as the laser had almost completely severed his arm at the elbow, and began to see something white flying through the sky towards them.

He thought it was Primus or one of his long gone ancestors finally coming for him once and for all.

Just as stasis was going to take over, a sickening sound of metal upon metal reverberated through his body.

He could hear more noise around him as the jet circled, and he realized that the pain of the lasers had suddenly stopped.

Optimus did his best to look around, and try to come out of the near stasis. Everything was starting to focus again, and he looked to see the super weapon wobbling on its feet and trying hard to stay upright.

"Look!" An injured Deserae yelled out.

Optimus turned to where Deserae was pointing. The jet was white, and blue. It took off in the sky again making dust and debris fly all around him.

It charged clean into the super weapon again making it loose it's balance, and fall onto one knee. Optimus knew they finally had time to recover and defeat that thing.

The jet landed again, Optimus gazed at it, and smiled.

A young human girl with white blonde hair, and glowing blue eyes appeared before him. She had her mother's face, he thought smiling again.

"Father!" She called worried as she ran to him.

Optimus turned over and moaned for a minute.

"Orianna…" was all he could say.

He felt her small hands touch his faceplates, and never thought he would ever know that touch again.

He heard her let out a breath, and then suddenly he felt a warmth that he had never felt before overtake his senses.

He could hear the super weapon still trying to right itself.

"I only have moments," Orianna said.

"What are you doing?" Optimus asked.

He caught a glimpse of Orianna's face in his optics and she smiled. Besides, Gabby he never saw something so beautiful.

"I'm healing you," she answered with a small smile.

"Your mother," he said crying out in pain as he healed. "She is in the underground facility."

"Then you must go to her, she will need you," Orianna said.

"No! I can't leave you here alone," Optimus argued knowing he would lose.

"Go get my mother," Orianna said.

Optimus realized that he was completely healed and that Orianna's holoform was gone.

He cringed a little as the jet began to take off into the sky, and knew Orianna was getting ready for an attack. He knew how dangerous she was, and that this battle was hers to fight.

He looked on as he stood as the super weapon had finally righted itself, and Orianna transformed in mid air into robotic mode.

Orianna landed hard on the ground, and stood almost face to face with the super weapon.

"Go and get my mother!" Orianna screamed to him again.

The laser began to shoot at it's new opponent, and Optimus cried out as he could see Orianna scream and writhe in pain.

"No!" Optimus rose and was able to distract the super weapon momentarily while Orianna recovered. He still felt so torn. He knew he had to go to Gabby, but did not want to leave his sparkling either.

He was shocked to see Orianna had recovered quickly. She stared down her father and her blue optics began to glow so brightly that Optimus could have sworn they were turning white.

"Father, I'm fine. Go!"

Her voice seemed to echo throughout the area making Optimus stop in his tracks. He could now see the full power of what his sparkling possessed.

Still in a moment of shock, explosions were coming in all around them as fresh reinforcements were coming in.

Optimus transformed into vehicle mode, and took off.

"Optimus! If you're going for Gabby the rest of us will stay and help Orianna," Ironhide said through the commlink.

"Thank you, my friend," Optimus answered.

Optimus drove up to the main entryway, and could see Barricade struggling with the door. It was now blackened from his missile shots, and torn in some places where he used his claws to get it open.

"Gabby is in there alone!" He yelled out.

Optimus had this weird feeling come over him that this was the last time that he and Barricade would ever work together again. He didn't know why, but knew it was time for them to separate permanently after this was all over.

"Barricade, my guns are still disabled, you will have to cover me," Optimus lowered his voice. "I will get us in there."

Barricade nodded as Optimus revved his engine. It was time to end this once and for all. He had his sparkling back, and now he would be the one to finally get his mate back by his side.

…..

Orianna was so surprised to see the super weapon look like her when she entered Earth's atmosphere that she almost hesitated in destroying it.

She looked over to see that Optimus was trying to get to her mother, and Orianna was frustrated because she did not know Gabby's status right now. No matter how much she scanned she could not get a reading from the reinforced steel and human concrete.

Then something happened that made Orianna almost jump back.

Orianna turned back to her enemy, and had to give the humans credit. The machine not only looked exactly like her, it almost moved like her once they got it operational without further human help.

She knew she had to find it's weakness, and by doing that she would easily be able to conquer it. She then realized it had no organic tissue like she did. This super weapon may have been powerful, but it had no soul. It had no life, so Orianna felt no remorse in destroying it.

She was worried about the status of her mother, but knew she had a mission to complete, and that her father would take care of it and take her mother to safety.

"Orianna," the voice said from the weapon.

Orianna stopped and stared at the weapon and realized the voice was not it's own but from somewhere else.

"What do you want from me?" She asked trying not to shake.

The voice laughed at her words. "Everything! Who you are, how you came to be, and most of all how I can improve on what I've already begun."

"You failed with my mother and father. You will fail with me. I am a Prime I cannot be replicated," she answered as the other Autobots began to gather behind her.

"Anything can be replicated my naïve young Autobot. I have been able to almost recreate humans, and I am sure I can recreate you," it said to her.

"I will never let you," Orianna hissed. "Humans and Autobots deserve to live in peace without fear from those like you."

"Alright then…..I will just kill your mother. I no longer need her," the voice said with malice.

There was an audible gasp as Orianna looked towards her father. They still had not gotten through the door, but were making progress. Orianna knew she was stuck. If she didn't disable this weapon it would kill more, but she wanted to go to her mother. Her mother was human and the most vulnerable.

Orianna was not born to let anger overcome her, but in this instance she knew her justification.

"If you lay a single human hand on my mother…." She warned lowly.

The creaking of metal resonated through her ears; Optimus was in with Barricade still holding off cyborgs and their weapons.

Then something happened that made Orianna's energon run cold.

A hologram with a picture of her mother lying there began to form in front of her.

Orianna sucked in hard as she tried to put a hand out to the hologram, but it disappeared.

She thought for a moment about giving up. She always fought to return to her parents. She fought so hard to return to Earth, and now it could all be for nothing. She had waited so long to see her mother. She had waited for so long to return to where she belonged and be with her family. She could heal Autobots, but humans were a different story. The reason Gabby healed so fast after she was born was because Orianna made it to where she never even had Orianna. That had been a promise made for a human giving birth to a Prime from those Orianna still could not understand.

Then the Autobots began to speak behind her giving her back the strength she needed.

"Don't believe him," Ironhide scowled in her ear.

"Orianna, you can do this. He is lying to you. He wants you to surrender," Deserae said, giving her support.

Bumble Bee said something inaudible, and Ratchet repeated Ironhide and Deserae.

"Will you surrender now?" The weapon asked. "I will kill your father next if you don't."

Orianna looked back at the rest of the Autobots, and then turned to the weapon.

Her optics began to glow brightly.

"Never…."

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A/N I didn't realize I took down an actual chapter. Oops sorry. I am so sorry that I haven't updated this. OMG! In a year! You probably hate this story and me by now. Crying! I've been published professionally for a year now, and that has taken up most of my time.

But, fear not loyal readers. I will have a new chapter out later this week! I needed some inspiration, because I'm having writer's block with other works. So, the best thing to do is work on something else.