Optimus was still trying to understand, how this was possible. From organic to Cybertronian? It was unheard of and Optimus would have thought it entirely impossible if Jack, or rather Riptide, were not standing there before him.
"You do not wish to tell June?" Optimus asked with a frown and Riptide nodded.
"Jack is dead Optimus, becoming Riptide was my rebirth" He told Optimus who nodded, he could, to some degree, understand.
When he had gone from Orion Pax to Optimus Prime it had been his rebirth although on a slightly different level to that of Jack's.
"I understand, but you do realise it will be difficult for both Miko and Rafael to keep this from her" Optimus told him and he nodded, looking over at the two of them as they played on the game console, with Miko yelling at her character to move faster.
"I know, but I trust them and I doubt they would intentionally give away my secret" Riptide told the Autobot leader with confidence and Optimus nodded.
"Is there anything else Optimus?" Riptide asked and Optimus shook his head.
"No, that is all…Riptide" Optimus told him, and watched as he joined Miko and Rafael by the games console along with Bumblebee and Bulkhead.
"Optimus, you do know what this means for Jack don't you?" Ratchet asked and Optimus said nothing, allowing his old friend to speak his mind.
"He will have to watch the ones he loves die, before he has even finished growing. I put him at a very young age in Cybertronian terms and he is totally unused to the loneliness of being one of the few that remain" Ratchet told Optimus in a low, sullen voice so that the others couldn't hear.
"Were any of us used to the loneliness of the war? I am afraid that he will have to learn, and he is not totally alone. Although we are few, we are not the only survivors are we? Wheeljack is proof of that" Optimus replied and Ratchet nodded with a sigh.
"I know, but dear Primus he was just a child Optimus! In Cybertronian years he was still a sparkling, it makes me feel sick to my spark that someone could do this" Ratchet murmured and Optimus nodded.
"Silas has already proven that he is more than capable of doing things that we cannot even imagine, I doubt even Unicron could come up with some of the things that Silas could" Optimus told the medic who nodded and went to go check on Arcee once more as she lay in recharge on the berth.
He looked at Riptide, and then at Optimus.
"He is still a youngling, maybe he will deny that he needs June, but he needs June. He needs a parent"
With that, Ratchet left Optimus to his thoughts, to consider what exactly they had to do next.
Rosestorm muttered to herself, she muttered and crooned as she walked dragging her feet heavily behind her. The cavern was dark, a strange liquid, in the shade a magnificent shade of crimson, dripped from the ceiling. Rosestorm let the crimson liquid drip onto her metallic body and slither into the crevices of her systems, making her insides burn as it infected her.
"Must…destroy Jack" Megatronous muttered through her, and she shook her head.
"Jack, Jack is mine…all mine…" She muttered but Megatronous disagreed.
"We cannot have him…too many in the way" He seethed and Rosestorm let her head droop before a grin crossed her features.
"If I can't have him…no one can"
To say that Megatron was irritated was something of an understatement. It was clear to him that Rosestorm was mentally unstable and should be eliminated as soon as possible, but on the other hand she was a living miracle. The science that went into her rebirth could revolutionise the war, if he were to turn malicious humans into decepticons he would be unstoppable. No more hiding from the humans, he could simply squash them with his new, expanded army.
It was a impossibility that Megatron would loose this war. He had the most warriors, the better resources and the better fighters. The fact that Optimus had continued to either evade or beat him was simply luck, and a small amount of talent from the Prime.
"Soundwave, I want you to find Rosestorm, earn her trust and then bring her to me" Megatron ordered his ever silent scientist.
"Alive"
Yeah I think I'm getting my groove back. So here is the next chapter and I have a HUGE twist that I have quite literally just thought of whilst writing this authors note.
KnockOut'sFanGirl221, I agree, that last chapter was TERRIBLE, so hopefully now it has gotten worse, it can only get better.
Foxbear, yes they can…maybe…
Richard'sQueen aka LGFS, Very anticlimactic, and you have my sincere apologies for that. That shift sounds awful! I hope you make through alright!
Ladyjulianna, Thank you, I'm glad you like the story and hope you continue to do so.
Lionfire, I hate blowups, probably why the last chapter was so bad, I knew I would write it wrong and tried my hardest to avoid it.
Lunar Mist, I'm sorry to confuse you, I'd been trying to build up to what just happened with Rosestorm and Megatronous. The whole 'nobody can have him' thing, sorry it took so long!
Read and Review guys!
Tulip Out.
