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warning: long chapter
YOU'RE NOT THAT BAD
CHAPTER IX
Thundercracker awoke suddenly with a funny feeling in his spark, the same instinct that told him when Skywarp was on troubles but not in a great danger.
"Primus Skywarp… are you going to stop getting into troubles someday?"
He quietly started to laugh lying in his berth, but his laugh became suddenly a cough that was becoming stronger every second, he covered his mouth but felt something wet when he did so.
"Oh no… not now please…" he saw with horror the substance covering his hand, it was his own energon "It seems that my illness its getting every time worse, but no! I wont give up! Not until I let Skywarp know how I feel…"
"Seems that's going to take you a while…"
Thundercracker recognized the mech without turning to see who he was but his visitor wasn't making him feel any better.
"I swear to primus Unicron that if I know that you hurt him I will….!
"You will what stupid seeker!?" yelled Unicron stepping closer to Thundercracker and grabbing with one hand his neck "In that condition what are you going to do? Beat me? Shoot me? Oh wait.. You have no guns."
Thundercracker just laughed at him darkly.
"You are in no position to laugh at me seeker."
"I'm laughing because no matter how destroyed my life is now, you are to one who makes me feel pity, wanna know why?"
Unicron only squeezed harder Thundercracker neck trying to shut the other up but it was more that obvious that the blue seeker wasn't.
"I pity you because if I compare to you… I am not a God who became mortal."
"Shut it already you disgusting creature!" yelled Unicron and punched Thundercracker out of the bed , Unicron stood next to him proudly of his actions and stared at the seeker lying on the floor.
"And if I compare to you… I am not a seeker who is about to die…"
He went down to squeeze Thundercracker's neck again but this time he got close to his audio receptors.
"I had mercy the first time you betrayed me… but it appears that I will have to punish you twice…"
Thundercracker only stared at Unicron suspiciously.
"Twice?" he asked
Unicron only laughed darkly at him trying to intimidate the seeker.
"Did you think that your illness was a gift from destiny?"
Thundercracker eyes only wide at the new information. He was sick thanks to Unicron? But how could that even be possible.. What happened?
"Nah! don't tell me you don't know why? Did you tough that I was going to let you betray me without punishing you? Huh partner?" asked Unicron in a mocked voice tone
"I really would like to see the face of your friends when they find out that you stabbed them on the back"
The blue seeker only glared hatefully.
"Oh… haven't you told them the true? Haven't you told your little friend that It was you who handed him to me? Should I deliver the message for you?"
"you bastard!!" Yelled Thundercracker and with the force he had left he stood and attacked Unicron.
The former god dodged the punch and directed a wicked smile at his next to be pray.
"Amazing Thundercracker! With the Illness I chose for you, you shouldn't be even able to stand! Well… it seems that you want to play the tough mech… I know how…" after that Unicron made his way towards Thundercracker with all the intentions to punch him back.
"I should have ended your twisted plan when I had the chance…. I promise you Unicron.. I wont waste this chance…" said Thundercracker darkly at his adversary preparing for his probably last battle. "Skywarp……. Forgive me"
Optimus Prime did nothing more than stare at the seeker laying on the floor of his room awkwardly, the black and purple seeker just broke inside trough the window a couple of seconds ago, it felt awkward making such a fuss only for a single seeker, Skywarp just stared at him and smiled stupidly.
"I guess I will have to pay for that right?" Skywarp asked smiling like if nothing was happening.
Optimus only sighed and gave his hand to the seeker to help him stand "No Skywarp, not this time"
"Look I mean no harm to you guys and you know it, I am not as stupid as you may think to come alone to attack a whole base full of Autobots, I have another reason to be here and… what a reason I have!"
"Skywarp…" interrupted the truck "This have something to do with Starscream sudden appearance after being death, isn't it?"
Skywarp's body just went rigid, "how did he know!!!!?" he stared blankly at the leader of the Autobots "Optimus…" whispered the seeker staring at the floor, a sea of confusion finally doing effect in his processor, everything clashed at same.
"he have days lost and I don't know if he's still alive or not" finally answered Skywarp staring at the truck with lost optics "TC its dying and I don't know what to do." tears started to grow in the border of his optics "and if I loose him too I will be alone in this universe" he left his feelings go out shamelessly "And there's still important things I need to tell him" his glossy eyes stared deeply into the others "And I cant let this finish just like this!"
Optimus could see determination in the others eyes and continued listening to him.
"I don't care what the other's think, I know what I feel and I know I grew so attached to them, and I don't care that I had the Decepticons damn insignias I would never deny this, they are an important part of my life!"
The leader of the Autobots was so impressed at the ex-Decepticon speech, he wasn't ashamed at his feelings and that made him believe in the other completely.
"I can assure you Skywarp, Starscream is all right for now." answered calmly Optimus putting one of his hands on the seekers wing in a comforting way.
"How do you know that?" asked Skywarp, a little hope crossing his optics
"trust me, just this once" replied Optimus
Skywarp just answered with a small smile but the fear of loosing his friends still lingered in his spark. "Optimus?" asked Skywarp softly realizing finally that Optimus presence wasn't supposed to be there, remembering how the news of the death of the leader of the Autobots ran around all the communication channels "why are you here?" asked the seeker in the most polite way he ever had.
Optimus just walked slowly to stare at the broken window, fully understanding the question, he stared at the stars shining all around the sky filling with their brightness the room.
"Life is precious Skywarp, it's a precious gift primus gave to us but sometimes we fail to preserve that gift blinded by our own selfish purposes."
Skywarp was listening quietly Optimus talk, trying to comprehend each word.
" but destiny have its eyes on the ones who deserves to live and the ones who just don't, destiny gives us plenty of options to prevent the end, gives us thousand of chances to keep going on, its only up to us to take them."
Optimus just kept staring at the stars for a couple of more seconds, then he walked to a shelf near the window and took on both of his hands the Matrix of Leadership.
"The matrix has always been there the help the ones who need of it, to help those who's intentions are pure, its always been there waiting to give answers, and its still waiting for the one who will help it reach its most powerful state" continued Optimus calmly.
"So… the matrix of leadership its capable of returning death mechs to life? How… How that's possible?" asked Skywarp bewildered, but after all he had lived he possessed a more opened processor "That must explain Starscream…"
"No, I can assure you that the matrix of leadership did not helped to bring back Starscream" answered Optimus serious
"How do you know?"
"Because the matrix of leadership forms a bond with its temporal bearer, that's why I could witnessed each one of the acts of the matrix in the past with its bearers and in the future with its permanent bearer " explained Optimus to the seeker turning to stare at the other eyes totally focused
"Temporal? But I thought you were the bearer, I mean when I was in the Decepticons base I was informed that the matrix of leadership was given to you.. that's why you are a prime I thought that primes where the definitive bearers"
"The primes pass the matrix of leadership to their successors who becomes primes too, each prime it's the responsible of keeping the matrix of leadership safe and away from the evil ones who only want its power for destruction until the matrix of leadership finds the one mech with the spark capable of sharing its entire power, the only one capable of holding the matrix in its purest and original form. That one will be the definitive holder of the matrix until the end of times, with his rise, the primes wont exist anymore."
"So… the matrix of leadership can turn its definitive bearer immortal!!?" asked Skywarp really impressed and interested in the topic.
"No." answered Optimus "There's a Theory that had been with each prime since the creation of the matrix; along with the matrix, Primus created a certain spark, an immortal spark capable of controlling the matrix powers entirely but the forces of evil tried to steal both of its creations and use them to control the universe, He didn't had any other option but to separate them both, until then, the matrix had been under the protection of the Primes and the prophecy says that when the time its right both of its creations will recognize each other and will finally combine themselves just like Primus planned since the beginning, until that day comes they are condemned to live separated from each others energy and trapped on their own cells, all primes know that the matrix had always been trapped all this time inside its own chassis but no one knows where the spark capable of triggering the matrix power its trapped…."
"So each time the matrix reacts its when is choosing a temporal bearer? that's fascinating! You Autobots are so striking good!!! I wonder why the Decepticons never had prophecies or stuffs like those?" wondered Skywarp putting a finger on his chin.
Optimus just laughed at the action, it appears that he succeeded in his task, he wanted to make the purple seeker feel better and he achieved that greatly.
"You have such good friend surrounding you Optimus." Skywarp stared at the Autobot leader with a smile adorning his lips "They tried hard to revive you with the power of the matrix, they never gave up on you"
As pretty as that sounded, the trued behind Optimus second chance in life was far from that, he knew his soldiers tired hard to revive him but they had no success at all…
"Skywarp…. They didn't do it…" answered Optimus staring at the ex Decepticon deeply, he could see Skywarp's mouth opening ready to ask him the true, his eyes staring at him with intensity eager to know the true behind Optimus survival.
"Then… how did-"
"Optimus sir may I enter please?" interrupted a familiar voice skywarps question
"Go on" answered Optimus to the other mech, he stared back at Skywarp who just stared back at him with a 'you can not be serious' face, the door finally opened revealing a very calm Porsche who just walked into the room like if nothing was happening and greeted Skywarp calmly "Hey Skywarp! long time of not seeing you, that crash sounded really painful are you hurt?"
The purple seeker just stared at Jazz with his mouth agape not believing how comfortable the other was with the presence of a cold murderer ex Decepticon. "Erm.. I just obtained a few bruisers but that's all, its nothing that could kill me"
"really?" asked Jazz sarcastically to the other "I will never understand Decepticons and their obsession with wounds"
Skywarp just stared at Jazz dumbfound and after a second he understood what the Porsche was talking about and quickly checked his body, it seem that the conversation with Optimus was so impressive that he just didn't put attention the one of his wings, he could see that his left wing was pierced by a piece of the broken glass but that wasn't what took his attention, he was more focused in what was covering it and the floor.
"Is that…….Blood?" asked Skywarp loosing immediately his consciousness.
"You gotta be kidding me!" exclaimed Jazz running to Skywarp's side and stared back at Optimus.
"He's supposed to be a cold murderer! How comes he faints at seeing his own blood!!! hasn't he seen plenty of it in the countless battles we had!!!?"
"Well…." Explained Optimus staring back at the limp body of the seeker in the floor "Some mechs are more receptive to their own blood than to others"
Jazz just sighed and com- linked Skyfire to help him get Skywarp to the medbay, that was for sure one of the most random nights of his life, a couple of minutes later the white shuttle appeared and picked up Skywarp gently in his arms and left along with Jazz leaving Optimus alone in his room only with the mess the seeker did just a while ago, he walked back again at the window and stared at the sky, he could see clouds forming in the horizon, they where rain clouds just like that night, just like the night he came back online, just like the night both of them came online……
Optimus could not see anything, he could not feel his body, he could not talk neither since he couldn't feel his lips or his vocalizer to do it, he could just hear the soft footsteps moving around, hands taping on a computer, working machines noises and then a soft chuckle.
"Finally the matrix of leadership its in my hands" whispered the mech in the room to himself
'the matrix its on his hands?' thought Optimus and finally he realized that the matrix should be in the Autobots base with its prime since he was death, he could hear the voice again.
"how beautiful, all the power of the universe contained in one single crystal hidden in its chase, what a pity you are not together with the spark created by your father too, until you don't merge with it you are incapable of reaching your highest power" than Optimus could hear the voice of the mech getting close to him.
"So bad the Autobots couldn't take care of you when you needed them most" a dark chuckle followed the deep voice of the mech "Optimus… I wish you would had been there to see their faces when I attacked them and stole the matrix"
after that comment the mech started to laugh out loud, clearly enjoying the pain he had caused at the Autobots base.
Optimus heard how the mech walked away and pressed some buttons on a computer and suddenly the truck started to feel his breath, his limbs, his entire body, his spark pulsing again inside his chest, how could that be possible if he was death?
the darkness faded and colors started to take life slowly on his optics he tried to see until his vision almost cleared, he could see glass right in front of his optics like if he was in a container, but also couldn't see the reflection of the light provided by his online optics
"My dear matrix, soon I will find the key to unlatch you great and omnipotent power!" exclaimed the mech and turned to stare at Optimus, judging by the way the other was staring at him and the fact that his optics weren't online prime could say that the other mech hiding in the darker side of the room thought he was unconscious.
"I wish you were online to thank me bringing you back to life Optimus, but the true is that I just need you for a while, I know about the connections each prime posses and what primes are capable to see with them, and since you are the closer prime to the matrix..…" the silhouette just emitted another dark chuckle meanwhile started to walk close to Optimus showing his real identity "…..You get the idea" whispered.
"Unicron…." whispered Optimus inside of his mind "what are you planning to do…"
Unicron just walked to a containing pod in the other side of the room, Optimus just stared at the pod curious to know what contained but his attention was caught by a light, a soft but still shining red energy sphere on one of Unicron's hands, the dark lord just opened the containing pod, Optimus realized that maybe he was in another pod similar to that one, finally Unicron revealed what was inside but thanks to the darkness in that side of the room prime could barely see what was inside.
"anyhow…" continued Unicron talking to a supposed recharging mech "I have the final key to become the powerful being I have always wanted to be!"
a slim body could be barely seen inside the pod, Unicron reached the body and opened his chest and spark chamber.
"more powerful than any being that existed!" Unicron showed the sphere inside of the body.
"More powerful than primus creations together!" the optics of the body started to shine bright.
"More powerful than primus himself!" Optimus just stared at a window reflected on the crystal of his pod, dark rain clouds cowered the sky meanwhile announcing a storm coming,
"I will become….. " he fully understood Unicron's plans, he had seen them, the matrix had revealed the future on his dreams but he never understood, now he did.
"I will become…." Prime clearly knew that he needed to escape from that place, but not alone.
"…….more than a God"
Thunders of the coming rain could be heard at the distance.