Nature twitched as Gaia shivered. A fox paused for a split second, foot still in the air as the wind stood still. Nobody bothered looking at the Rocky Mountians however, as the bright streak of a comet fell steadily into the mountains.
"He's back, isn't he?" Nature demanded.
Gaia shrugged. "I'm… not sure. It has the same feel about it as the other, but it's also a little different."
"Why won't he stay dead?" Nature snarled, as her consciousness spread, shooting pass the unassuming car sitting on the edge of a large, gravel area. "I killed him once."
Gaia sighed softly, the gravel shivering in reply. "Don't forget that he is an alien robot. His CPU might have been installed in other robots."
"Does that mean he'll keep coming back over and over again?" Nature demanded horrified. A butterfly, almost completely entangled in a web, managed to fight its way out. The spider began to repair its spun gossamer, ever patient in its wait. Nature wasn't that patient however. She refused to wait for anything. Everything must press forward-or die.
Gaia body formed in the earth, the gravel giving her a much more pebbly skin. Nature struggled for a moment, before at last grudgingly giving into Gaia silent example. They stood together, not noticing the car silently sinking on its axels.
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Primus hadn't really believed Unicron when the Destroyer had claimed that a sentient planet was organic in nature. He did now. The one woman made of gravel silently stepped back as Unicron borrowed body came perilously close.
The comet-like thing slammed into the ground, gravel showering both. Primus watched as Unicron transformed quickly, throwing up both hands to say, "I'm sorry about insulting your organics."
The green-skinned organic crossed both arms to glower at him. She was tiny, compared to him, but Unicron voice conveyed the utmost respect that he could. It wasn't much, and still sounded like it was bordering on contempt, but Primus had never, ever heard him so humble before. Not even when his creations had Unicron cornered and even Unicron had feared for his life.
It made his CPU reel from the unexpected turn-about in the personality. The green-skinned raised a hand, and Primus realized that she was undoubtedly going to kill Unicron unless he intervened. He transformed behind them, making both turn to him. "Hello."
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The warm, deep, rumbling voice swept through Gaia, a shiver of delight cascading down her human back. The other alien, Unicron, had made her slightly uneasy for some odd reason. This alien however, was of an entirely different matter.
From the very moment his voice rumbled out of his mouth, she knew he was a leader, and a nurturer, like her. He held himself with the quiet authority of one who expected to be obeyed for the simple reason of the fact that he knew what he was doing. He stepped forward, nodding politely to them. "I have heard about you both."
Nature opened her mouth to say something biting and rude. Gaia yanked down on the earth around her, the human equivalent of a kick, saying hurriedly, "Have you? Might we know who you are?"
"My name is Primus." The robot rumbled, his optics calm and considering. "Might I know your names?"
"I am Gaia, the planet upon which you are standing. This is Nature, who controls the organic plants around you."
"I see. It is a pleasure to meet you both-" Primus was broken off by a snort from Unicron. The alien frowned at Unicron, and Natures hand flicked out, ready to destroy him. Gaia tugged on her body, hard. She glowered at Gaia whose eyes went back to Primus. Now would not be the time to scare off the robot.
Nature ignored her as vines began to snake around Unicron, the green vines quickly sliding into miniscule cracks. "I told you not to come back."
"I just wanted to apologize." Unicron snarled back. Gaia stepped backwards with a sigh. Her sister would probably take her time with him this time. "If you don't want it then fine. But I'm not going to stop coming back."
A plate of metal cracked in half as the vines dropped it before it could crush its still delicately growing tendrils. The woody, thick part of the vine captured his feet. "I'm sorry." Gaia apologized to Primus, standing on the edge of the clearing. He had stiffened the second the organic plants had wrapped themselves around the feet. "If you need her to stop I could probably convince her to do so."
"No- its fine." Primus said, settling back, optics alight in some inner amusement. "She can't kill him, I don't think. Not while his actual body isn't here."
"Actual body?" Gaia repeated, eyebrows furrowing. She didn't think Nature would be able to actually kill him after he had come back the second time, but the fact that his body was elsewhere-
"He's… a sentient planet. Like you and me. He just animated a body and sent it here to talk and look at you. I myself animated a car that the humans created."
Gaia glanced at him, noticing the way he held himself. He balanced on the edge of his feet in a classical fight or flight response that seemed to transcend species and time. "Yes, the humans are Natures biggest heartache and pride."
He chuckled softly, "I can see why. She is part of them, yet they attempt to subjugate her."
"They never will. It'll always be impossible to control her, but not as impossible to control as me. After all, I am the Earth itself. Everything they need depends on me, and I can wipe them out I a second."
Primus regarded her thoughtfully. "So it is with all planets." His tone was neutral, but she heard the silent reproof behind the words. She bristled slightly at his silent condemnation, but he continued, "I personally do not believe in toying with my creations in that way."
"Hmm…" They both fell silent, watching Nature and Unicron shout at each other for awhile. At last she spoke up again, not wishing to loose too much respect in his eyes. "I don't really play with the humans, they're under Nature, but I do think that they could use a solid beating down. They're always fighting."
"If you don't want them to fight then you limit them from growing." Primus pointed out amused.
"I know. That's why I haven't just opened the earth beneath all of the idiots of the world and eaten them." Gaia replied calmly. Primus barely kept from flinching at the newest piece of information dropped at his feet.
He could see now why Unicron was obsessed with Nature, and why Gaia was suffering them to even be on her. She could dispose of the bodies whenever she wanted, and with Nature able to command the organics that wrapped around the furious Unicron… the two had a huge amount of power. Which left a lot of questions unanswered. Like why she was still here, circling around the same sun he had left her at.
"Have you traveled through the stars?"
"Traveled through the stars? Goodness, gracious no. When I was… well, when I became sentient, I wanted to create something so much. Nature, my sister, had just a single little protozoan about then. She was determined to expand over the entire world, and I agreed. After that, we're too dependant on the sun. She would die if I left it now."
"And you? Would you die?" Primus asked anxiously. He had found another sentient planet, and now he wasn't about to leave. No, he'd turn his body around and start traveling back towards her. It would take a few million years, but he would be able to get there, and from there he would stay with her to protect her from Unicron.
Some small voice in the back of his CPU wondered why he would do such a thing, but he hurriedly swept the voice out. He didn't want to think about it.
"I-don't remember what its like to be covered in nothing but ice and winter, but I'm game to try it, as soon as the humans die out."
Primus hesitated for a moment, before offering, "If the humans ever do die out on your planet, you could come with me. I'd be willing to help keep you at least a little warm and moving."
"Thank you." Gaia said thoughtfully. "I might just take you up on that offer later, after the humans die out or move out."
Primus flinched as the sound of crunching metal echoed in the clearing and Nature, triumphantly left the vines growing in the middle. Primus sighed as he took another step back. Gaia winced as yet another body came streaking through the universe, headed for their position.
Nature threw back her head and screamed in frustration.
A/n: Sorry, not a lot of interaction between Primus and Unicron, but I needed to set up Primus and Gaia here. After all, one sentient planet housing creations to another. ^^