Mixed-Up 2: Alternate Reality
Chapter 5: There's Two Of Me?
While Starscream might have been a traitorous, back-stabbing coward he was anything but stupid. He had been fighting against the Autobots for over half of his life and as such had gained some experience when it came to dealing with prisoners. The normal reaction was for the prisoner to try and escape or at least shout obscenities at their captor. It was not, however, natural for them to be completely quiet not to mention docile. Starscream hadn't had much experience capturing these particular Autobots but still you would've expected some sort of reaction at least. So it was very understandable that he eyed his prisoners with no small amount of wariness. He led the four Autobots through the various hallways of the Decepticon base and finally ended the tour in front of the brig. In less than ten minutes the four prisoners resided in their own separate cells and Starscream had retreated to inform his leader of their capture.
Optimus sat quietly on the berth in his cell, thinking. What had Bumblebee meant when he said that they had never gone through a portal before? Of course they had gone through a portal; Optimus well remembered the insanity and battle prowess of that Bumblebee. Everything in this future was so identical to the other one yet so different…it was almost as if they were in another dimension entirely…His thoughts were interrupted by a very familiar voice, "Well, well, what do we have here?" Optimus could only stare in shock as a bot stepped out the shadows. It was himself…
"The Autobots are in the brig, my lord," Starscream reported in his sugary sweet tone.
"Very good, Starscream," Megatron actually sounded pleased for once. "It's nice to know that you can do something right every once in a while."
Starscream forced himself to smile congenially at Megatron thought he wanted nothing more than to shoot the other Decepticon in the spark chamber. "Thank you, my lord. It is such a pleasure to serve such a grand glorious mech as yourself…"
"Oh stop sucking up," Megatron interrupted. "Leave our prisoners down there for a couple of hours then I want you to interrogate them."
Starscream's red optics glowed and he smiled. It was not a particularly nice smile, in fact it was an evil grin; the kind that made some of the meanest, scariest bots in the world tremble and run for cover. "With pleasure, my lord," he said sincerely then bowed and left the room. He was on his way to his private quarters when Lugnut and Blitzwing suddenly appeared in front of him. He let out a rather feminine shriek then scowled at them. "Don't you two ever do that to me again," he growled through gritted denta.
"Sorry," Blitzwing apologized, "but ve vanted to know vhat you told Lord Megatron about the Autobots."
Starscream directed a rather scathing glare at the triple-changer. "Why the truth of course; we caught the Autobots and they are currently residing in the brig."
"What he meant was: did you tell Lord Megatron about the other Autobots?" Lugnut asked nervously.
"Yeah I told him all about the Autobots that we caught ten thousand years ago that we never told him about," Starscream said sarcastically. "Of course I didn't tell him. If I had then all three of us would have already been off-lined by now."
"That is true," Blitzwing admitted.
"We never should have kept this a secret," Lugnut growled. "We should have turned those Autobot scum over to Lord Megatron when we first caught them."
"No," Starscream hissed. "Megatron would've just tortured them and yes they would have deserved it but this way was much better. Not only did we manage to destroy four annoying Autobots but we also gained four new comrades," he said proudly.
"Oh all right," Lugnut grumbled. "But when Lord Megatron finds out, and he will, I'm going to blame the two of you."
"Fine by me," Starscream said then resumed walking towards his private quarters. Once inside he shut and locked the door before trying, once again, to think of a way to overthrow Megatron.
Meanwhile, in the brig, a stupefied Optimus gaped at…well another him. The two bots appeared to not only be the same height but also the same shape and size but that was where the resemblances ended. The other Optimus was blue-and-purple with a purple Decepticon symbol on his chassis and red optics. "If I may ask; who are you?" the blue-and-red Optimus asked.
"I used to be known as Optimus Prime but you can call me General Prime."
"That's an odd name," Prowl commented.
"Nowhere near as odd as Prowl," another familiar voice said then a black-and-purple Prowl emerged from the shadows. "I personally believe that Shadow Ninja is a much better name and…did I really use to be black-and-gold? It looks absolutely hideous!" he grimaced then shuddered ever so slightly.
Red flecks appeared in Prowl's blue optics and he said, "Oh really?" in a tone so icy that Optimus swore he felt his joints freeze up.
Shadow Ninja chuckled and said, "Oh look, I made Prowler upset."
"It's Prowl," the gold-and-black ninja hissed, eyeing the purple version of himself as if he wanted to throw a shuriken at him.
"Oh knock it off you two," a voice grumbled as another Ratchet and Bulkhead came to stand beside their fellow Decepticons. "One of you ninja bots is bad enough, let alone two," the purple-and-white medic continued. "I'm Hook by the way."
"Great," Ratchet said sarcastically. "Just great."
"Wow," Bulkhead's optics were wide and he looked rather awed as he stared at himself with a purple paintjob. "That's cool," he said. "What's your name?"
"Monster Wreck," the large purple mech answered after a few minutes hesitation.
"Cool," Bulkhead grinned.
"It's been a long time since we had any Autobot prisoners," General Prime said, "but I will admit that it's the first time we ever had ourselves or rather, who we used to be, prisoner."
"This shouldn't even be possible," Optimus said thoughtfully. "Unless the portal transported us to another dimension entirely which is the only explanation I can think of."
"Portal?" General Prime looked confused.
"Yes," Prowl answered. "We went out on patrol and were sucked into another portal."
"How did you bots get here?" Optimus asked curiously.
All four of the Decepticons growled and snarled then General Prime said, "Bumblebee betrayed us."
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A/N/N: Yes Bumblebee is completely blind. Oh and while the Autobots were recharging he snuck into their rooms and removed their weapons (they didn't notice).
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