"Reggie, we have a problem." Lizeth stated in her raspy, very slightly accented voice.
"What did the twins do this time?" Reggie asked, annoyed. He had no idea where she, the twins, and Matrix went and they didn't bring any electronic communicators with them. Thank the Mother they could communicate their thoughts whenever they wanted to whoever they wanted.
"It's not the twins." she replied.
"Major energy spike detected in Aether Forest outside the kingdom." Valuyonkah, the new super-computer built inside the ancient castle of Caelum, stated in a female voice. "Source identified as Lizeth Atrum taking energy from a nearby boulder."
Reggie face palmed hard so that it echoed a bit in the infirmary.
"What the hell are you doing, L? Commander said not to 'psyche drain' outside of the Mountains. It gives off too much of an energy signal and could lead to some random government coming to investigate. Do you even know how pissed she's gonna be if that happens?" Reggie asked, now highly exasperated.
"Matrix fell out of a very tall tree and shattered his leg. I am using the energy from the nearest object to get him to stop screaming." Lizeth explained.
Reggie drooped his head for a bit, letting some wrinkles appear on his face before making them disappear quickly as he looked back up in confusion. Being a shape-shifter, he could live forever as long as he's not shot to death or stabbed to death or anything of the type. His biggest secret is his exact age, which he's never told anyone, not even Commander.
He cocked an eyebrow before asking, "Wait, how did you know his leg was shattered?"
"I'm a Psyche, remember? I can feel and use all the energy around me. I was able to feel his bones' condition through his body's energy." came the unamused answer. "Not only that, but I'm also the Warrior of Darkness, the Dark Legend, which amplifies it."
"Don't get smart with me." Reggie warned. "Just get back here as fast as you can."
"Aye, aye, Captain." Lizeth mocked.
Reggie just rolled his eyes and prepared a bed for Matrix as well as the necessary equipment for fixing Matrix's leg.
This is not going to end well, he thought.
"I can't believe that slagger is going to be staying here now." Ironhide fumed.
"What he said." Skids agreed.
"Yeah, dat lil' bitch'll ruin all da fun." Mudflap complained.
All the Autobots went into the medbay, with Ratchet's permission, for some privacy while they talked about Galloway's decision to stay at the NEST base in Diego Garcia.
"Why would he even want to stay here when he's tried to get rid of us and has a trigger-happy 'old fart' after him?" Sideswipe asked, using the Earth term he picked up from Lennox.
Ironhide gave him his death glare while the twins just shrugged.
"Something must be wrong with his processor." Ratchet suggested.
Optimus had been silent since the announcement. He didn't like Galloway any more than everyone else did. He was confused as to where he would even get the notion. But it wasn't only confusion that kept him silent. During the talk with him, Optimus couldn't help but notice a flash of red across Galloway's eyes when he said he's staying.
Did I really see that? he thought. Was it supposed to be a warning? Maybe I should get checked by Ratchet.
"Optimus?"
He was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard his name. He saw Arcee looking at him, a tinge of concern in her tone and optics.
"Are you alright, Prime?" Ironhide asked. "You've been acting a little strangely lately."
All optics turned to their towering leader while he thought of what to say.
He straightened up and finally spoke, "I've recently had… an odd, to say the least, experience that has been on my processor for some time."
He paused while everyone waited intently for him to continue.
"It was a message, from a very unlikely source… I sense that it was meant to foretell future events… good and bad."
"What was the message, Optimus?" Arcee asked very curiously.
When he was about to answer, they heard Epps yelling, "Hey! We got a major energy spike in Norway! Let's move!"
