Update! My God I haven't updated this particular fic in a while! I apologise dear readers! My mind has been elsewhere hehe, don't kill me? Please?
Anyway on with the fic! Oh an in this chapter I have written my own version of how Solus Prime died, so it's not accurate at all it's my own creation spawned for my crazy ass mind.
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The Autobots had all gathered in the main hanger after Optimus had calmed down suitably, Prowl and Jazz were present showing up when Optimus called for them. Chromia and Ironhide were off to the side keeping as far away from the others as possible, Sentinel however was being grilled by Optimus once more as they waited for the human delegation to arrive. All went silent when Lennox and Epps walked in along with the General and Galloway, all Autobots growled down at the liaison who simply ignored them.
"Now that we are all present" Sentinel stated turning to face the other Autobots and ignoring the humans "Unicron will not leave this alone, he came here for a reason and will not stop until he has reached his chosen goal."
"What do you propose we do though?" Prowl asked his arm wrapped around Jazz's waist "It is not as though we will be able to prevent Unicron from entering the base, he is no normal Cybertronian." Several murmurs of agreement were heard
"Which is why we must contact one who has fought Unicron beforehand. Only they would be able to suggest a way of preventing him from attacking once more."
"There is only one problem with your idea" all eyes and optics turned to Optimus "All those who have fought Unicron are dead, the original thirteen died out thousands of years ago. We cannot contact Primus either as his spark is in it's regeneration state." Sentinel chuckled earning a glare from the younger Prime,
"That is true, however we do have the matrix" Ironhide and Elita One both onlined their cannons and aimed at him, Chromia placed a hand on Ironhide's arm and shook her head. Reluctantly he shut down his cannons and Elita did the same after watching Sentinel closely for a moment. "The matrix is a direct link to both Primus and the Primes of past. It is possible to communicate with one of the Thirteen through it, but in order to do so you must have something which will allow you to have direct contact with that specific Prime"
"Well that's all well saying that but where the frag do you expect us to find something like that?" Ratchet butted in glaring at the mech, Sentinel produced a small blue crystal. "And that is?"
"Do any of you know exactly how Solus Prime died?" upon receiving no response Sentinel continued "She was betrayed by Liege Maximo, when the Fallen betrayed them she and Liege Maximo were dispatched after receiving word he was hiding in an abandoned factory. The two of them went to investigate and once out of range of their brothers Maximo turned on Solus"
Solus Prime and Liege Maximo moved quietly into the old factory, Solus looked around aiming her cannon at her surroundings. Upon detecting no threat she straightened up and turned around, jumping in fright when she realised just how close her partner was standing. She placed a hand over her spark and chuckled looking up at the large mech
"You startled me Liege" she said giving him a soft smile, the large mech simply chuckled and for some reason her spark sunk at the sound; almost as though there was something darker behind that chuckle.
"I apologise Solus" he stated walked past her and further into the factory, she followed him alert to any possible traps.
"I honestly don't think he's here, he would have made himself known by now" the two of them continued to walk in silence exploring the rest of the factory, when they returned back to where they entered Maximo suddenly stopped. Solus instantly looked around aiming her cannon just looking for a target "What is it?" However before she had a chance to process what was going on Liege Maximo turned around and punched her in the face, she stumbled backwards her vision clouding over.
Immediately he took her moment of weakness to grab her by the throat, slamming her head into a large support beam. Groaning in pain she was dropped onto the ground, Maximo knelt beside her pinning her to the ground. When her vision cleared she looked up at him in both shock and horror, he chuckled darkly at the expression she wore.
"Poor poor Solus, do not bother contacting the others. You will not be able to, your comm is blocked" she deliberately tried and her spark sank when all she heard was static, frantically she tried to free herself from his grasp. He simply grabbed her by the neck with one hand and used his body to keep her still
"W-Why?" she choked out looking up at him
"Do you not see it Solus? Megatronus was correct we can only succeed if we take control, we are gods Solus. We have the power to rule this universe, I will give you a chance as I favor you over our brothers. Join us together the three of us can rule this universe and many others, rule as we were meant to"
"Never" even though her voice was weak the defiance was clear "Everyone deserves the chance to be free" Liege Maximo feigned a sigh
"Then you have sealed your fate Solus" he placed a hand over her chassis and to her horror her chest plates parted revealing her spark
"What are you doing?" her wriggling became more frantic as she desperately tried to cover her spark and get away from her 'brother'.
"I could say this will be painless but then I would be lying, this will be very very painful. After all when one's spark goes through the process of crystallisation it is bound to be excruciating." Solus' optics widened and she began to panic as his hand moved towards her spark
"No! Please! Don't!" He simply ignored her placing his hand on her spark watching the frantic beating, "Please!" she begged one last time before a jolt of coldness shot through her spark, she screamed out in agony as she felt her spark beginning to harden. "STOP!" Liege laughed at her plea, he listened to her screams all the while watching her spark slowly crystallise. It was only when her spark had completely solidified that he realised her screams had ceased a while ago, looking to her face he chuckled at expression on her face. One of betrayal and of complete agony. Reaching into her sparkcase he pulled out the large blue crystal looking at the swirling aura within,
"Now my dear you will assist us whether you wish to or not"
When Sentinel explaining the others were staring at the crystal shard in his hand, Optimus was the first to speak breaking the silence.
"You mean to tell me you are holding a shard of Solus Prime's spark in your hand?" Sentinel nodded and handed it to Optimus, the large mech cradled it in the palm of his hand looking down at it in awe. He too was able to see the small but visible swirl of light blue within the crystal itself.
"The aura inside is what remains of Solus Prime, the rest of her spark was lost in space with the death of Liege Maximo" Optimus lowered his hand down allowing Elita to look at the crystal, Optimus looked back at Sentinel.
"How do you possess this one shard? If the rest was lost this shard should not exist"
"It was something given to me by my father, it had been protected by my family since the original 13 died." Sentinel moved forward and took the crystal from Optimus once more "Once I pass on to the matrix it shall be passed down through my line. Back to the matter at hand, with this single shard we should be able to speak with Solus Prime directly." Will Lennox frowned before deciding to speak up
"I don't want to make humans seem bigger idiots then you must already think of us, but how? How can you talk with a dead Prime?" Sentinel turned to face the humans.
"This crystal" he began holding it up between two fingers for them all to see "As I have said is a shard of Solus Prime's spark, part of her consciousnesses remains within. By using the power of past Primes collected within the matrix we should be able to in effect awaken Solus Prime, if we awaken her then we will have a chance to speak with her. As Solus was one of the original 13 she may be able to assist us." Chromia lent against Ironhide taking in everything, Jazz was holding onto Prowl's arm both listening intently.
"How do we go about this then?" Ratchet asked
"First Optimus must remove the matrix from his chassis" Ironhide and Elita both moved in front of Optimus so he could open his chest plates, without the others seeing his spark. Once he had removed the matrix and closed his chest plates the two bots moved away, immediately both the crystal and the matrix began to glow brightly. "You must access the matrix and find Solus' subconscious mind within, once you find her you must ask Primus for the ability to communicate with her. If Primus grants you access remove yourself from the matrix and it shall allow us to speak with Solus Prime."
Optimus nodded moving to lean against one of the walls the matrix still in his hand, Elita One moved to stand by him putting a hand on his arm. She smiled up at him reassuringly, the other Autobots and the selection of humans watched as his optics dimmed. Once they had gone black the matrix glowed brightly settling into a humming motion, the pink femme brushed a hand over her mate's face. When he made no movement she looked at Ratchet and nodded, straight away the medic made his way over to them and he began to monitor the Prime's spark.
"If anything goes wrong I'm holding you responsible" Ironhide growled and Sentinel while both Jazz and Chromia gave him blank looks.
"It shall work trust in him" Sentinel replied
"I do, it's you I don't trust" the black mech muttered turning to look at Optimus.
Optimus looked around the new environment, mist surrounded him parts of it moving as though it were dancing around him. Moving forward he was surprised that his footsteps did not echo, the mist continued it's dance as he walked but very slowly began to thin out as time went on. Looking around the area as he walked he froze watching a small ball of light float past him and further into the mist, he made the decision to follow it.
"Prime" several voices whispered echoing around the area, "Optimus Prime, young Prime"
"I am here to speak with Solus Prime" he called out and the voices whispered in hushed and excited tones.
"Optimus Prime" a deeper voice spoke "You wish to speak with one of my creations" The younger Prime turned around and came face to face with a large blue and golden mech, his gold optics looked into Optimus' own.
"Primus" Optimus said bowing his head out of respect "I wish to speak with Solus Prime" Primus remained silent before slowly moving out of the way, before Optimus was a altar, on top of it was a glass casket and inside the body of Solus Prime herself.
"You must have an artifact to communicate with her" Primus stated looking down at Optimus as he slowly walked forward.
"We do" Optimus confirmed
"You seek her guidance and assistance, it is a noble request. You may speak with her however if she does not wish to speak with you..." Primus trailed off leaving Optimus to work out what the Creator meant. "You must return before you consciousness becomes apart of the matrix"
"Thank you for your permission Creator" Optimus said bowing his head once more, Primus laughed and patted his shoulder
"You are a great Prime, Optimus Prime and one I am glad to have leading in my name." The last image Optimus had of the matrix was the large form of Primus and the shimmering body of Solus Prime.
Elita squeaked in surprise when Optimus' body jerked and his optics came online, the large mech remained still for a moment as he readjusted to the real world. When his blurred vision cleared he looked at Elita and smiled before turning to Sentinel and nodding, Optimus looked down at the matrix and watched it steadily get brighter.
Without warning a beam of light shot from the matrix and hit the crystal in Sentinel's hand, both Prime's released their respective artifacts and all watched in awe as they hovered above the ground. The light between the two increased in brightness until it became blinding and everyone turned away, after the light dimmed away the others slowly turned back. Both Elita and Chromia couldn't help the gasps that left their vocal processors, standing in the beam of light and glowing herself was Solus Prime.