The next day
Aurora had woken up earlier than usual, she had decided to let Magnus sleep as she knew he would need all the rest he could get. She quietly left his quarters and walked to the rec room to get a cube of energon, sitting down at one of the tables that was there. As she sipped on her cube she had thought about what Optimus had said about bringing Megatron back to his old self. In all honesty she did want her eldest brother back, but at the same time she couldn't forgive him for all the things that he had done. She had considered all the possibilities that could happen, what if they couldn't get through to Megatron then what were they supposed to do. After some time contemplating, she went to her temporary office that Optimus had set up for her. The rest of the Autobots were out and about, working. Aurora had buried herself in busy work, reading over some documents even though they were at war she still had work to do.
Later on throughout the solar cycle a meeting with the High Council had been called. The bots present in the meeting was Optimus, Magnus, Ratchet, Prowl, Ironhide, Elita-One, and Aurora. A screen came online; three bots were sitting down in a chamber.
"Optimus Prime, our condolences to you and Senator Aurora." Emirate Xaaron said.
"Thank you." Optimus and Aurora said.
"Now, onto business, you wish to have an audience with us." Xaaron asked.
Optimus nodded. "I did. I would like to inform you all that there will be a change in the plan. I will not be taking Megatron's life. I simply cannot as I have made a promise to someone."
"A promise to whom?" High Chief Justice Tyrest asked.
"I have made a promise to my parents. Primus had granted my parents to speak to me, they said to change Megatron, his old self in still there. We just need to find a way to bring him back, we can end this war peacefully." Optimus told the council members who gave him a skeptical look.
Aurora had taken notice of the Council's looks, she had figured that the Council would first of all think that Optimus had gone crazy and they would disagree with this plan.
"Nonsense! Speak with Megatron!? That menace will not simply change! His crimes against us are far too heinous to pardon! Have you gone crazy?!" High General Traachon said.
"It is not nonsense; it is a reasonable plan; you don't know Megatron like I do."
"The old Megatron that you knew is long gone! When will you see that!" Traachon said.
"That is enough!" Xaaron said sternly. "Senator Aurora, what do you think of Optimus' plan?"
Aurora exhaled silently, she paused and thought about it. "Optimus' plan may sound absolutely crazy, but there may be a slight possibility that it will work."
"You've gone crazy too! Honestly, femmes shouldn't be involved in politics." Traachon said.
Suddenly both sides went quiet as Aurora narrowed her optics at Traachon. "Do remember who you are talking to, I may be a femme, but I've proven that I am more than capable to be a part of the Senate. Unlike you I don't just sit in a chair and yell at everyone, I actually get work done in the Senate." She retorted as Xaaron and Tyrest grinned a little, trying to smother their laughter. Traachon narrowed his optics at Aurora. "Would you rather more Cybertronians die in the process of trying to kill Megatron? If so, it won't be on Optimus' servos, it will be on your servo's since you decided not to approve his plan. Optimus' is proposing a safer plan, don't you think that once all of the bots on Paradron hear about this they'll revolt against you and blame you for the loss of their loved ones."
"We'll approve the plan, if it does not work, you will need to go back to the original plan we all had discussed." Tyrest said.
"Keep us informed, we will speak again. May Primus be with you." Xaaron said as the video feed cut off.
Aurora had turned to look at Optimus. "I would suggest that you speak with Megatron as soon as possible. I hope that you plan works, who knows what the Council will do if you fail."
Meanwhile at Koan …
The Decepticons were also in a meeting.
"So far we have taken control of Koan, Tarn, and Vos. The main city we need to take control over is Iacon, if we take over that city, then Cybertron will belong to the Decepticons." Onslaught said. "We are currently getting Trypticon's system's back online."
"Very well, once Trypticon is fully operational, we will attack Iacon." Megatron said.
A red, grey, and black seeker femme had entered the room, Soundwave saw her and motioned for her to approach. She went over to him and told him.
Megatron saw the femme "What is it Pyrostrata?" Megatron asked.
"We have received a transmission from Autobot headquarters, Optimus Prime is on the line waiting to speak with you."
"Patch him through." She nodded and did as she was told.
The screen came online and Optimus Prime's image appeared.
"Prime, what do you want?" Megatron said with narrow optics.
"I suppose now is not a time for formalities…. I want to speak with you about forming a treaty." Optimus said.
"Form a treaty? The only way for peace to happen is for you and your Autobots to surrender., you will step down as Prime if you want peace" Megatron said.
"Why would I step down? Can't we govern Cybertron together like we were supposed to?" Optimus said.
"I will take what is rightfully mine, it was MY birthright! You stole it from me! Sentinel was a fool for making you the Prime! If you don't step down, then there is no talk of a treaty!" Megatron said angrily as he cut the communication. "Everyone get out!" The Decepticons in the room quickly left.
The next day at Koan…
The Decepticons were in another meeting, going over their strategy for the attack on Iacon.
"Does everyone understand the plan? Don't screw it up." Starscream said.
"Lord Megatron, communication waiting. Designation of call: Autobot base." Soundwave said.
"My liege, should we open it?" Pyrostrata asked.
"It is most likely Prime again." Starscream said.
"Prime's going to keep calling if we don't answer, it would be logical to do so, Lord Megatron." Shockwave said.
"Answer it." Megatron growled, clearly irritated. "What do you want Prime? You already heard my answer!" Megatron said as the video came on, he saw a femme figure.
"Last I checked, I'm not Optimus and that is quite a rude way to answer a call." Aurora said
"What do you want Aurora, if it's about Optimus I don't want to hear it." Megatron said, even though he and Optimus were enemies, he didn't regard her as one.
"Why? Optimus was trying to propose a truce to you, but you're too stubborn and you always want things to go your way. You're being a spoiled brat." Aurora said, frowning.
Onslaught stood up and pointed at Aurora. "How dare you speak like that to our le…."
"Shut up" Aurora said as she gave him a death glare that would scare even the Fallen, Onslaught was taken aback from the glare and sat back down in his seat. Starscream tried to keep down his smirk, he liked this femme, she actually had the nerve to insult Megatron and make that brute Onslaught shut up. She looked back at Megatron. "Don't you think that you have caused enough damage, it was bad enough there were people rebelling against father, but then you had to go and kill him, then start a whole civil war, Cybertron is a barren wasteland now and the majority of bots that were on Cybertron are either dead or off of Cybertron."
"None of this wouldn't have happened, if Optimus' hadn't accepted the position of Prime!"
"What does it matter if he was Prime! You were the High Protectorate, you and Optimus were supposed to rule together! You were supposed to protect and look after the well being of the citizen of Cybertron. All you've you done is kill innocent bots and cause a mess. Not only have you murdered innocents, but you've also murdered father and mother!"
Megatron froze as she said that last word. "What?"
"You heard me, mom's dead, thanks to you and your Decepticons making the ship we were on crash!"
"You're lying!" Megatron said glaring at her.
Aurora was shaking in anger, then Optimus came up behind Aurora and put a servo on her shoulder. Aurora vented and tried to calm down.
"I am afraid not, we buried mother a few solar cycles (days) ago. Ratchet had tried to save her, but they were unable to. It was too late, she lost a lot of energon and her spark had started to give out by time we got her medical attention." Optimus said gravely. "If you don't believe us you can go see for yourself, she is buried next to father. I got to speak with our parents through Primus' power. Mother and father aren't upset with you, our original plan was to kill you, but mother made me promise her not to kill you. We know deep down inside your still the same older brother, we grew up with." Optimus said. "I still want you to consider having a meeting to form a truce." Optimus said.
"Cut the transmission, I've heard enough." Soundwave did as he was told as cut the video.
Autobot base….
Aurora had finally calmed down and stopped shaking, Optimus turned towards his sister.
"He's not going to consider the truce; it was pointless talking to him at all." Aurora said.
"Even if was pointless, at least I tried and got him to listen to it, let us pray to Primus that he makes the right choice." Optimus said, Aurora nodded and the two left the command center.
Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers, I only own Aurora and Pyrostrata.
Author's Note: Hey everyone, sorry about the long wait, I kind of had writer's block and I am in college so my life is pretty busy. Anyways, I do hope that you enjoyed reading this chapter and I apologize for how short it is. Please feel free to leave reviews and alert me if you find any errors, thank you!
~ QueenoftheDecepticons