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Miko and Bulkhead were filling the Avengers in on everything they had missed the past two weeks, "And that's about all." Miko concluded, "Where have you been?"
Most of the Avengers wore shocked expressions, except Natasha of course, as Steve answered, "Handling the Cabal and a few other problems."
Tony got red, "It's been two weeks and you didn't think to call us and tell us what was happening here?!"
Miko looked at Jack and Raf who shrugged so said blatantly, "No."
A jet engine was heard before Jemina walked in the room, "Grid 332 is clear." She then saw the group gathered, "Oh, should I leave before I get a lecture from Tony and Steve?"
Tony glared and Steve sighed shaking his head, "You're fine."
Jemina eyed them suspiciously but nodded and switched her forms so she could join them on the platform, "So, what brings you here today?"
"After we finally got things to settle down we all thought it would be nice to visit." Bruce explained.
"We were not expecting such a, uh, eventful report on your behalf." Steve said.
Jemina groaned, "Believe me I wish it wasn't."
They all saw Ratchet shudder and Thor asked, "What is wrong with your healer?"
Jack answered, "He ended up playing babysitter for Jemina."
"Isn't she old enough to take care of herself?" Clint asked.
"Yes, until she gets sick or hurt…" Raf started and then Tony shivered looked at Ratchet.
"I'm sorry, I feel for you."
Ratchet just glared at Jemina who groaned, "Look I was fine after the first week-"
"But we didn't know that." Ratchet snapped, "For all we knew it could have come back from you straining yourself."
"Alright is this all you came to talk about or…" Jemina said trying to change the topic.
"No," Steve said shaking his head, "We came to visit."
"Alright…" Jemina said letting the words fall when Optimus came in.
He looked at her before asking, "Would you like to come scouting with me?"
Jemina smiled and jumped off the platform before running into his alt and they drove out. Thor watched them leave, "They are quite good for one another."
Ratchet nodded and hummed his affirmation, "Yes, and he somehow manages to keep her in check." He then chuckled and shook his helm and continued working. The humans were confused but ignored it as they continued to talk amongst themselves.
It was about an hour later that anything happened. Fury pulled into the base and caught the attention of everyone there. He looked at Ratchet and practically growled, "Where is she?"
Miko looked over warily, "Where's who?"
"You know who, Jemina, where is she?" Fury growled again.
Ratchet turned around, "What is it you want with her?"
"I've come to take her into custody."
Gasps of surprise could be heard from both 'bots, humans, and Avengers. Clint walked down, "I know she can be a bit stubborn but what has she done to be such a threat?"
Fury whirled around and barked, "She possibly one of the greatest threats here."
Optimus drove and Jemina jumped out, the smile instantly falling as she caught sight of Fury. Optimus transformed and she shifted a bit closer looking worried and curious. Optimus spoke, "Welcome agent Fury, may I help you with something?"
Ratchet barged over, "He wants to take Jemina!"
Optimus looked down at Fury, "What is your reasoning for this?"
"She is a super powered freak that can't be trusted to be left alone anymore."
Tony was about to disagree when Fowler beat him to the punch, "I don't know where your getting your ideas from Fury but she has more than proven her metal when it comes to defending us. And as I recall I said that everything here was under my jurisdiction, that includes Jemina."
"Your jurisdiction is extraterrestrial, not home defense or anything else."
Jemina had had enough at this point, "I'm just as alien as the 'bots are and-"
Fury cut her short, "From what I understand your alien side was created."
"Look if you want to get into technicalities then yes. But I am far more alien than anyone else here, I'm from whole separate dimension! If that's not alien enough from this one then I don't think anything could be."
Fury curled his fists, "I am not asking, I'm demanding."
Jemina held an expressionless face as she spoke calmly, "Tell you what, how about SHIELD brings the Hulk-buster and I'll go against it."
"Are you insane?!" Tony shouted, "I designed it to take on a Hulk!"
She turned to him, "I am very aware of that, but it doesn't do any good if it has no power."
"I don't want this to get out of hand, just come quietly and everything will be fine." Fury said, his voice gaining a slight edge.
Optimus almost growled, "She is remaining here and will not be going anywhere with you."
Fury frowned as he walked out, "We'll see."
Optimus held her close as everyone watched him leave. Wheeljack looked ticked, "What crawled up his tailpipe?"
Clint frowned as he leaned on the railing, "I don't know, but he's defiantly not acting like himself."
Ultra Magnus walked towards the door and looked out, "What was he planning to do?"
Natasha frowned, "He's on edge, has been since a few months after the Chitarie invasion."
"Isn't he always on edge?" Tony asked.
Steve nodded before turning to Clint, "Do have any clue why?"
He shrugged so they went back to the daily routine. Jemina frowned as she stared into the sky where Fury had left before a yelp caught her attention, "Jack get this off of me!"
She turned to see Miko pinned under Mjolnir and Jack walking away. Miko looked straights at Jemina so she asked, "Do I even want to know?"
Miko became beet red before shouting, "Come-on Jack I was kidding! I won't tell Sierra I swear."
Thor stood on the side shaking his head while smiling and Bruce said with a chuckle, "Well at least he's not afraid to use it."
"Not on me!" Miko cried indignantly. She turned her heads and saw Jemina, "A little help?"
She smiled furtively, "I think you should try and convince Jack, he is the one that left you there."
Miko struggled against the hammer again but failed, "Hey! Don't leave me like this, Jemina!"
She left the room and heard Miko asking Thor for help, a minute later she heard feet and Miko yelling at and for Jack. She went into the training room and found Jack and Arcee there. Jack looked up, "You didn't help Miko did you?"
She smiled and shook her helm, "No, but I think Thor did."
"Oh I'm dead." Jack paled.
Arcee looked confused, "What'd you do?"
"Pinned Miko under Mjolnir." Jemina said casually.
Arcee didn't look impressed, "Really Jack?"
"She kept taunting me about Sierra." Jack defended.
Jemina saw Miko approaching, and fuming, "You might want to hide Jack." He quickly ran to the other side of the room. Jemina turned to Arcee, "Spare for a bit?"
She and Arcee started sparring until Miko came in, "Have you seen Jack?"
Arcee shook her helm, "No, why?"
Thor followed her in when Miko all but shouted, "He will pay!"
"Sorry Miko." Jemina shrugged.
She and Arcee spared for another hour before they dispersed and she went to her berthroom. Sitting on the berth she leaned her helm tiredly against the wall, thoughts swirling in her mind as she tried to make sense of everything. The door opened and she looked up to see Opitmus entering. He sat next to her, "Are you alright? You feel tense."
She sighed, "I don't know. It's Fury I guess, something just feels…off. I'm not sure but when he got mad it was like there was some energy surrounding him. It didn't feel natural and to be honest it scares me."
Optimus looked to be in deep thought before he pulled her close, "The others noticed him acting differently too, Clint and Natasha are worried in a sense."
"I hope we're all just being paranoid." Jemina breathed quietly before relenting to sleep.
The base was fairly quiet the next day, only Tony, Steve and Thor were present out of the Avengers as the others were digging through SHIELD files to find what could possibly have set Fury off like that. What they found was disturbing at best, nothing. No one in SHIELD had a clue as to Fury's behavior, many of them also slightly worried which only increased their worry.
Back at the base Jack and Miko were racing again, after she had tackled him once and they made amends, while Tony and Steve were taking with Ratchet and Ultra Magnus about the base's security. Jemina was in the training room with Thor. He having pestered her about showing him how she controlled lighting enough that she figured it would be best to show him since she wasn't scared that he would be seriously hurt if he was accidentally hit. "Ok stand back, I rather not run the risk of hitting you even if it wouldn't harm you too much."
Thor laughed as he stepped back, "As you wish."
A bolt suddenly shot out across the room, "Happy?" Jemina asked.
Thor was wide eyed, "Amazing, and you needed no Mjolnir to do so."
She scoffed, "Yeah, Knockout gets mad enough at me without Mjolnir, I don't think he'd appreciate being banged up with that also…then again maybe he'd finally just leave me alone. Mind if I borrow it in my next run in with him?"
They laughed and walked out of the room and found the others gathered. She switched her forms and stood next to Optimus. A few minutes later a call came in from Fury. Ratchet walked over, somewhat skeptical, "Fury, what do you want?"
"*Possible Red Scull sighting in Chicago. I want to send Tony and Jemina as the others are busy.*"
Steve and Thor looked confused, "What's wrong with us going?"
Fury frowned, "*It's a city and with Clint and Natasha are busy, Tony is the next most logical choice.*"
Jemina looked confused, "To what extent? And why do you want me going?"
"*In case something happens. I don't have time to argue so just going.*"
The com ended and Jemina glared while Wheeljack asked, "What authority does he have to order her around like that? Or any of us?"
Jemina sighed, "It's ok Wheeljack."
Tony grumbled, "Let's go and get this done. Can you open a ground bridge for us Ratchet?"
Ratchet nodded and the two left, he scowled before saying, "Something's up. Why would Fury send Jemina after he practically threatened her just yesterday?"
Optimus held his classical emotionless expression, "I don't know. Please monitor the communication frequencies closely in the event something comes up."
Jemina and Tony walked out of the alleyway and he looked at his phone which held the coordinates that Fury gave, "If these are correct then they should be a few block down."
Jemina looked down the street, "Another warehouse, goody."
Tony's forehead scrunched, "Since when did Red Skull use warehouses?"
"Hm, there's something wrong with this." Jemina said stopping just in front of the warehouse.
Tony stopped also and asked, "Like how wrong."
"Like, I feel no technology inside, no power, nothing except…" Her eyes got wide before she grabbed Tony's wrist and started running down the street, away from the building.
Tony followed, however was very confused, "What? What is in there?"
She didn't answer but instead grabbed her phone and dialed Optimus, "Scrap, there's something blocking the signal."
"Jemina! What is in there?" Tony shouted before he collided into her and his head snapped up, eyes wide.
"I was in there." Loki smiled.
"Oh, I left the Armor back at base." Tony whispered nervously.
Jemina asked without taking her eyes off Loki, "Why did you do that?!"
"It was supposed to be recon." Tony snapped back.
"I don't think this was ever meant to be recon."
Loki smiled, "You are Jemina, this was indeed set up."
Tony started backing away and asked, "How the heck did you set this up."
Jemina eyes widened as she spoke with an edge, "Fury, what did you do to him?"
"He showed me the light." Fury said as he came and stood next to Loki.
"Run?" Tony asked.
Jemina nodded, "Run."
They bolted down the street as Loki and Fury gave chase. Jemina kept a slower speed so that she could stay with Tony when he waved her on, "Go on, get help from the 'bots. Loki can't take control of my mind."
Jemina yanked him beck, and subsequently pulled him into the ally, before he ran into to Loki, "Yeah and just let you get killed other ways."
Loki laughed, "There is no running from me, and certainly no hiding."
Jemina growled, "I'll distract him, you run and get help."
"And leave the one he's trying to nab?" Tony asked only to receive a fierce glare, "Look, I may not have supper strength but I can us my brain."
"Then use it to figure up a way to even the odds here." Jemina said quickly before raising a shield to deflect Fury's attack as the two ran into the building nearby.
Tony looked around and saw several items that could be potentially useful. He turned to Jemina, "Let's split up, I'll go low to see what else is here that could be useful. Try not to get caught."
Jemina only glared as they split up. She ran up a set of stairs when she heard Loki enter the building, "Let's make this easier on both of us. You give yourself in and I won't have to resolve to killing Tony here."
She held her breath as she quietly walked along the upstairs, if you think I'm falling for that yer crazy. She listened harder and heard him order Fury, "You check upstairs, I'll check the basement."
A second later there were heavy footsteps on the stairs. She looked around for a quick escape but found nothing, not even a window. Fury entered the room and she quickly bent the light around her then pressed herself up against the wall as he walked past, not daring to breath. He looked straight at her, debating before he reached out. She moved quickly, almost tripping over some debris on the floor, out of his reach but unfortunately made enough noise for Fury to know she was there. He attacked and she dodged, also dropping the light as she sent out a small subsonic wave that threw him into the wall, hard.
He slumped to the floor and she eyed him for a moment before leaving, having deduced that he was still alive. She ran downstairs just in time to see Tony being thrown out of basement and skid along the floor for a second. Once he stopped he looked up and saw her, "It's intact." He said simply as he held up a device.
"Good, let's go." Jemina said quickly. They ran out before she asked, "What is that?"
"A signal amplifier, this should break through whatever shielding Fury has up."
They ran, and somehow made a loop back to the warehouse when a blast came from seemingly nowhere and Jemina was thrown aside as Loki stalked towards her, "Enough games."
"Tony go!" She shouted and he nodded, running off to find a safe place to call the 'bots. Once alone she started to run again before she hit an energy wall that was not her own. She tried to break it but the energy was to foreign at the moment for her to grasp. She turned as saw Loki coming closer, smirking.
Optimus paced the floor. Something was not right, and it had him deeply worried, there was also the fear emanating from Jemina. Finally he could take it anymore as he asked Ratchet, "Have they check in yet?"
Ratchet sighed, "No Optimus, I will inform you the moment they do."
He opened a ground bridge and Clint, Natasha and Bruce came through, all holding very worried expressions, "Guys, there's something very wrong with Fury." Clint said.
Optimus went to ask what when a transmission came in, "*…Ra-et, co…in! Is…hear…e!?*"
Startled by the poorness of the transmission Ratchet quickly set to clearing it, "Tony, is that you? Is your mission-"
"Mission?" Natasha asked quietly before Tony spoke frantically.
"No! This whole thing was set up by Loki! And now he's after Jemina and I haven't got a clue where either of them are!"
Optimus growled, "Autobots, prepare to roll out."
Ratchet opened a bridge and the Avengers, Optimus, Arcee, Bee, and Smokescreen left. When they arrived the street was fairly vacant, no one in sight, until Tony ran out of an alley way. "It took long enough for the transmission to get through! I have no clue where they are."
Optimus started driving away without warning as Tony got into Bee and Arcee answered, "I think he knows." They quickly drove to the warehouse and transformed once inside to see tail end of the battle between Loki and Jemina.
Jemina raised her own shield when Loki charged then threw him back with a sonic wave. He growled and hit her with something, her best guess was magic of some sort, which threw her into the warehouse, he having apparently put down his shielding. She stood and turned to face him when she had to jump out of the way from his teleporting trick. The fight between the two continued for another few minutes until Jemina was thrown into a wall and he charged again. She moved to activate the suit that Ratchet had made when she found her hand pinned. Quickly kicking Loki away she tried again, only to find it blocked with a small energy field. Loki smiled, "We need to fight on even terms don't we?"
She growled as he was hit with an electrical bolt and she went for the door but was thrown away again. Frowning she picked herself up, her problem was that she didn't know how Loki fought. Vehicons were predictable enough and she had fought against the 'cons enough to know the basic style of most of them, but Loki was new. All she knew was that he used his magic, a lot. Maybe that was the way of predicting him, like Damocles she couldn't control it but she could feel it coming. She picked herself up again and let her senses take over. As she ran she felt the wave coming and dodged it, barely. She almost reached the door when Loki appeared and blocked her path. She stumbled back a step until she hit a wall.
Her mind was reeling, trying to desperately think of a way out of this. She could only think of one way, she had been wanting to avoid it because of the people nearby but decided that if she didn't the battle would be lost. She went to switch her forms and she heard Loki yell before the shielding around her started to contract and she didn't have the room needed to switch, and it started to hurt. She reverted back, gasping slightly, as Loki approached. She was about to raise a shield between them when a sound at the doors caught both hers and Loki's attention. She recovered first from the sight of the 'bots but Loki's shielding didn't allow her the room needed to move and Loki recovered soon after, before the 'bots or Avengers could act.
In one swift and fluid motion Loki moved his staff forward. Jemina's powers went to deflect it but Loki had seen it coming and had sent his own wave in response. The tip of the staff connected with her chest and the power overwhelmed her mind.
Optimus roared in pure fury as he saw Jemina slump and felt her terror before, nothing, utterly nothing, just a void. She remained like that for a second before she looked up with an unnatural blue hue in her eyes. It wasn't like the Energon or even the slight glow her eyes held when she was using her abilities, these held a cold or dead look. He activated his blasters, ready to fire at Loki before he held his staff up with a smile, "I wouldn't, not with Jemina under my command."
He looked at her before Loki commanded, "Kill them."
She didn't hastate a second before she switched her forms and attacked Optimus. He deflected her but didn't attack, "Jemina! Jemina, listen to me!"
"She can't hear you Optimus," Loki sneered as he easily deflected Steve's attack, "Or, at least, she no longer cares."
The Avengers attacked Loki without fail but the 'bots remained rooted, unsure how to help Optimus or how to destroy Loki, fearing if they did they might accidentally take Jemina along with him. At this time the Avengers were failing, badly, they couldn't figure out which Loki was the real Loki. He kept creating images that could attack and hurt them just as if they were real but they couldn't hurt them, it was getting aggravating. They were being worn down as they fought desperately to gain control of his staff.
Optimus wasn't faring much better. He wasn't willing to harm Jemina in any sense but it was obvious she didn't hold the same resolve. He was thrown against the back wall after she had let out a subsonic wave. Smokescreen cringed, finally breaking out of the shock, "Now that I see it in person, that really looks like it hurts."
Arcee ran forward, "We have to restrain Jemina, Bee!"
Jemina went to punch Optimus when her arm was suddenly stopped and she saw Arcee holding it desperately as Bee had grabbed her other arm. Quickly she switched her forms and easily broke free of their grasp before they were hit with a subsonic wave and thrown against the wall. Smokescreen ran in and narrowly missed the electrical bolt thrown at him, "Watch it kid, I'm on your side!"
She glared at him, "Then why are you trying to stop me?"
Smokescreen took a second to think, "So you don't kill yourself."
"How am I 'killing myself'?" She asked.
"Because if you kill Opitmus you'll be dead yourself."
She scoffed, "That is absurd."
Smokescreen shook his helm as he looked at the others regaining themselves and Optimus watching the two warily, a pained look in his optics as he looked at Jemina, "No, it's not, not really when you think about you two being bonded."
Jemina stopped and lowered her guard slightly, "Bonded?" She said quietly.
Optimus took a step forward and activated his holoform, "Yes, Jemina you need to remember, please."
Recognition flickered in her eyes for a second before Loki yelled, "What are you doing?! Destroy them now!"
She looked at Loki then at the Avengers, all of whom were bearing heavy wounds but still resisting. Then looked at Arcee and Bee who were holding leaking wounds from the impact, both had slightly crushed chassis'. Optimus looked worse, covered in dents and wounds and for a flicker of a second she felt his pain, fear, care…love. Everything started clashing, the care that the Autobots and Optimus felt for her and the orders from Loki, her master. No, he isn't my master, he's not the master of anything!
A sudden wave of pain ripped through her mind as the two side fought for control, one for ultimate rule and destruction and the other for freedom and love, love for whom? She asked herself before she crumpled to the ground as the battle raged with in her, causing unthinkable amounts of mental pain. Both Loki and Opitmus ran forward and Loki sneered, "She is mine, Prime!"
Optimus reached her first and stood in front of her, "No, you took away her choice. She had clearly not chosen to join you."
Loki and Optimus were at a standoff when Jemina suddenly shouted, "Enough!"
Both turned towards her, slightly frightened by the sheer power in her voice. The battle was over, she knew her side. Her eyes glowed with unnatural brightness but no longer held the cold, dead hue as before. Loki took a step forward, "Come, we must go before they cause anymore havoc to my plans."
She glared at him, "No Loki."
He stumbled backwards a step, "What? How dare you-"
She walked towards him, the fear she showed before not present in any form, "No, I will not be controlled by you, or by anyone else. I am not yours, and never will be yours, to control."
"You don't have a choice in the matter." Loki growled.
Thor stood up straight and helped Tony up. Steve was doing the same for Clint and Natasha. Tony looked shell-shocked, "She's, she can't be…"
"That's impossible, isn't it?" Clint asked.
Loki raised his staff but took a tentative step back, "You are under my control and I command you to halt and destroy the Avengers."
She looked at the Avengers then back at Loki, "I already told, I am not yours to command." Bright energy collected around her hands before she released a volley at Loki.
He was easily sent flying across the warehouse before he collided with the wall, "How is this possible? Not even Fury was able to resist me!" Loki roared at her.
She snarled before she attacked again, "You should have been more aware of the fact that I can control energy. It was only a matter of time before I learned what that energy is!"
Loki's eyes went wide as he threw wave at her but she easily took control of it. She ran forward and grabbed the staff, her and Loki wrestling over it, "Let, go!" Loki roared.
"Fine." She hissed as she suddenly let go and he stumbled backwards. Loki was confused momentarily before he grinned. He changed his attack and went after the already wounded Avengers, and Optimus Prime.
He went to take a lethal strike with the staff when it abruptly halted and flew out of his hands. He whirled around to see it fly into Jemina's waiting hand and he growled, "This is not over."
She looked him straight in the eye, face emotionless pardon the slight frown that had formed, "Yes, it is."
She waved the staff at Loki and energy swept out of it, hitting him full force and knocking him hard against the back wall. He fell but did not get up and she returned her attention to the Autobots and Avengers. The Autobots, especially Opitmus, looked relieved while the Avengers looked apprehensive, and Clint almost freighted. But she realized that it wasn't of her, it was of the staff. She sighed and closed her eyes, thinking about what actually gave power to the staff. It had created lives, brought peace, but at what price? She began thinking ahead, about what she had seen the stone used as, and could only imagine what it would be used for if everything else were true-and is there any evidence that it is not be true, that it and they don't exist here?
She heard one of the Avengers shuffle a bit and Clint spoke up, "Are you ok? L-Loki still doesn't have control, does he?"
She shook her head but didn't say anything, what should she do with it? She didn't want to run the risk of it being used by someone like Thanos should he be real but at the same time there could be immense good that could come from it. But at what price? Her eyes screwed shut even more as she felt its power course through her, she knew what she had to do.
She focused in on the staff's energy, on the stone's energy. It pulsed and radiated, it wanted to be used, no, this has to be done, it's the only way I can think of. Optimus and the others watched as the hue that had been surrounding Jemina glowed brighter as the staff started to grow dimmer. Thor asked cautiously, "What is she doing?!"
Tony took a step back, "I have utterly no idea."
Opitmus watched, receiving faint feeling but the most prominent one was one of uncertainty. He caught a brief image of what she was thinking before it seemed like the world exploded. And indeed that it what it seemed like. The energy she had gathered from the stone was suddenly released but it simply washed over them. The Avengers covered their eyes and the 'bot stepped in front of them to protect them from, whatever it was. A muffled explosion rippling through the air as it passed by. In seconds it was over, and it seemed like nothing changed, and they opened their eyes cautiously.
Jemina felt the energy leave, and most of her strength with it, having taken almost everything she had to collect it then disperse it in a nonlethal way. With low groan she fell down, just barely catching herself before she hit.
Optimus ran over and activated his holoform, "Jemina?"
She smiled and laughed quietly, "And this was supposed to be recon."
He frowned before he held her close, refusing to let her go for anything. Tony walked forward a bit then asked quiet discreetly, "What, was, that!?"
Clint looked around a bit shaken, "I do not recall Loki ever using any kind of power like that."
Jemina looked down smiled slightly, "Because he didn't want to."
Opitmus released her just enough so that he could look her in the eye, "That could have killed you, and you knew it."
She nodded, "Yes, but if I didn't then a lot more lives would be at risk."
"Ratchet is correct, you and I are far too much alike to be healthy." She smiled slightly at that when Steve broke in.
"I'm sorry, but what did she just do?"
"I dissipated the energy that was in the stone."
"What stone?" Clint asked before Loki groaned.
"Thor, please stop hitting me with your blasted hammer."
The group turned towards him as he started to regain some of his senses. Clint growled as he knocked an arrow, "One move and I'll send this through your throat."
Loki looked a little more than startled before he looked at Thor utterly confused, "Brother, what is the meaning of this?"
"He's kidding, right?" Tony asked.
Arcee activated her blasters and hissed, "If he isn't we'll see how well an Asgardian stands up against Cybertronian blasters."
Jemina attempted to stand but weekly fell down, "Arcee, don't."
They looked at her confused and Smokescreen asked with an edge, "And why not?"
"Because I know what he was going through. For the brief time I under the stone's power too, I know what it was like."
Clint looked down slightly before he growled again, "And so do I, what difference does that make, he's the one that put both of us there."
She pursed her lips together to form a frown, "No, he didn't, he was a prisoner like us."
Loki looked at her in recognition, "You were the one broke its control?"
She nodded and Natasha asked irritated, "What are you talking about? Loki was the one who had the staff so he was the only one that could have controlled it."
"Then why did I feel, see, him bound just the same way I was? The only difference is, is that I was able to regain control of the energy." She looked at Loki and no longer felt the energy that had always hummed around him, even when he did not have the staff in hand.
Steve looked between Jemina and Loki before asking, "So if Loki was a prisoner like you, then who put him under?"
Loki shivered, "I'm not entirely sure, but it's someone I don't ever want to meet again." He looked around at the apprehensive Avengers and 'bots, "Could someone explain to me what exactly has you all ready to kill me?"
Thor walked over to him, "I believe that this would be something best explained slowly."
Optimus helped Jemina stand and Tony walked over, "You said you dissipated the energy, where did it go? Better yet, what kind of energy was that?"
"I merely dissipated it throughout the universe. It is a very powerful energy that would cause more harm than good, I only hope now it is unusable."
A shadow fell over the group and they turned to see Fury at the door, "Please tell me you all are not under his influence."
Natasha shook her head, "No, we're fine."
Jemina took a cautious step forward, "Are you ok?"
He raised an eyebrow before nodding, "Yes."
Clint turned back towards Loki, bow sill knocked, "Ok you are going into custody, and so help me I will use this if you try anything screwy."
Loki looked a bit apprehensive but nodded, knowing that there was much he didn't remember. He, Thor, Fury, Natasha, and Clint all left. Jemina turned to Optimus and took in his appearance for the first time, "Optimus, are you alright? Did I do this?"
"Yes, but as you have stated, it was not your fault. It is nothing that cannot be quickly healed."
"I'm still so sorry." She said again, resting her head on his shoulder.
He kissed her forehead before they started to move out, "Ratchet, we need a bridge."
A ground bridged swirled to life and they walked through. Jemina was about to go through when a flash caught her eye, she turned and saw Loki's staff that she had dropped on the ground. She walked back and picked it up quickly when she saw something else under the staff. Picking it up she realized that it was the stone, dark blue and lifeless now. Holding the two items she turned and ran through the ground bridge.
She arrived to see Ratchet quickly patching up Arcee, Bee and Optimus and walked up to the top of the platform where the kids and the three remaining Avengers stood. Walking over to Tony she handed him the staff. He looked at it confused, "What is this for?"
She shrugged, "You had said you wanted to examine the staff, so…"
"But there's nothing to examine now, you literally drained it of it power."
"Hey, you never said how you wanted it delivered."
Ratchet walked over to the platform and grabbed Jemina before setting her on the examination table, for once she said nothing as he ran his scans. He looked them over quickly before frowning slightly, "What's in your hand."
She opened it up to reveal the stone, "Just a rock."
Tony squinted to look at it, "Where did you get that?"
"It was what was powering the staff."
Steve went wide eyed, "You mean to say that that much power was held in that tiny stone?"
She nodded and Bee groaned :Primus help us.:
Smokescreen asked, "There aren't any more of those things are there? Because that one was brutal and I really don't want to have to deal with more."
She knew the answer but shrugged, "I don't know, but it's probably safe to assume there are more."
The base was fairly quiet for the rest of the day, Tony, Steve and Bruce leaving shortly after. Jemina sat at the edge of her berth when Optimus came in, "How are you doing?"
"I think I understand more how Bee felt with Megatron in his head."
He sat next to her, "But you fought it off, it can no longer be present now that you have dispersed its energy."
"Yeah, for this one, but if there are more?"
"Then we will deal with them then." He pulled her close, "I know nothing can be said that could comfort you at this time but just know that we, I, will be here for you." She nodded but said nothing, and Optimus smiled slightly, "If you were able to control the energy of this stone, could you not the same for the others?"
"I, I don't know, I don't really want to find out."
"And I hope that we don't either." She snuggled into his chest and sighed in quiet relief, "Opitmus, thank you, for helping me remember."
He smiled, "You have no reason to thank me, I would have done it anyways."
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