Story: Virus...

Chapter 7 - What was that for?

(NOTE: No relation to 'Black and white Autobot family)

All pure FICTION!

'Blah' normal talk

blah thoughts aloud

'blah' talking through comlink

Onboard the ship...

Proton carried on steering the ship in the air, away from the virus below, and now with the new invisibility set up, nothing could make the infected see them.

The others chatted amongst themselves, while Perceptor worked on Prowl.

'I still fail to see why Einsteel shut him down!' Perceptor tells Rodimus. 'He was carrying out his duty in destroying the virus, why did he shut him down?'

'I fail to see that answer aswell Perceptor.' Rodimus said.

'Einsteel controls this "prototype" Prowl, so I would have to agree to fail to see this answer. Just a loyal soldier in battle, and now take over by this, mad scientist!'

'Mad? I'm sorry ma'am, but Einsteel isn't mad! Well... when his inventions work, yes, but not with this. Prowl is the cure of the virus, Einsteel surely had a reason to shut him offline.' Perceptor said.

'And I do, Percy!' Einsteel grunts. He turns to the 3D image of Prowl's body, and brings up the energy reading. 'Still low. DAM! I had to kill Anilt while he was working on the update! Slag! I'll need to work on that. But while Prototype Prowl is safely onboard the ship, he's away from harm. I'll bring him online for now.' and he enters the code.

'Anything?' Rodimus asked Perceptor.

Perceptor was going to respond, when Prowl shot up of the table.

'Whoa... I got a processor ache!' Prowl held his head.

'You alright?' Perceptor asked.

'What was that for?' Prowl asked. 'Why shut me offline!'

'It was Einsteel!' Manaline replied.

'Manaline, please, what do you have against Einsteel?' Rodimus had to ask. 'You flinched at his name earlier, and now you appear to hold anger towards him.'

Manaline froze, being caught out. Noticing all optics on her, she signed. 'Alright. We use to be bonded. He was also bonded to his work! Failed to love me! I decided it was me or his work! He chose his work of course! But I don't hold anger against him in that way! He wanted to use me as a test subject for his work aswell, even though some of the tests could have been fatal and kill me! I also found out during our relationship, he cheated on me!'

'You mean, the mad scientist Einsteel.' Luscious stepped in. 'I'm sorry Manaline. But he never told me he was in a relationship.'

'He went with you!' Manaline was shocked.

'I was with him last year, but I was with Strife as the time. When I found out I was expecting a little mech, Einsteel demanded a paternity test to know if he was his son! I refused! I found out Einsteel was also put in the stockade for attempting a violent crime on another femme. Her name, Luni, Luna, something.' Luscious added.

'What?' Proton was the one to turn angryr now! 'He tried WHAT?'

'I think her name was Luna.' Luscious replied. 'Why? Did I upset you?'

'Ok, dad calm down!' Bluestreak said to Proton.

'Oh Primus...' Manaline gasped. 'Luna's your mother. I forgot that.'

'Wait. Wait. Wait.' Rodimus held his hands up for a time out. 'Einsteel, crazy scientist who brings Prowl back to life, was really dating you two at the same time, and in the past was also out in jail for committing a crime against Luna, before she bonded with Proton?'

Manaline and Luscious exchanged glances. 'Pretty much.'

'Primus!' Proton took it all in. 'That's enough for a processor ache. Luna never told me.'

'So Einsteel comes out jail, takes on the role of a scientist, for what?' Manaline asked.

'To get revenge!' Perceptor gasped, realizing it all. 'He left prison, decided to take on the role as a scientist, so he took the training course and passed. Did he take it up just to get revenge on your both, or Luna?' Perceptor turned to Prowl. 'Is that why he chose you instead of even Rynox the great, or Earth the mighty, because Einsteel DID love Luna, and knowing she has 3 sons with 'Lord' Proton that he wants revenge!'

'What are you getting at Perceptor?' Prowl asked, wanting to know more.

Perceptor sighed. 'Fine. Einsteel wanted revenge on you Proton for taking the love of his life, but when he finally discovered the new experiment to create a whole new prototype from a dead Autobot, he did choose Prowl, so now he finally did shut you down Prowl, Einsteel knows he now controls one of Proton's sons! He's using you to get back at Proton!'

'Sorry,... dad,' Prowl said. 'But I have to be honest, that it wasn't my actions that caused it, but Einsteel's actions. I was forced...'

'To what son?' Proton asked.

Prowl looked up at him. 'I'd be honest when I say Einsteel controlled me to take out the invisibilty for the ship!'

'So the infected below would be able to follow the ship and attack our camp!' Manaline gasped. 'It sounds like Einsteel would take every drastic measure to get back at you, Proton.'

'Well he won't win!' Proton assured them all. 'I won't let him!' He turned to Perceptor. 'Prowl is travelling hundreds of miles away from the lab, surely signal from the lab won't reach that far.'

Perceptor's optics widened. 'I agree with you on that. From the lab, the signal readings for the codes sent into Prowl won't reach over approximately 50 mile radius. Einsteel must have satelittes all around Cybertron to keep the signal strong...'

'My my Perceptor. Aren't you still the best you were back in the good olden days?'

'Einsteel!' Perceptor recognized that voice. 'How did you...'

'To make sure I can hear you all, and that I can talk back to you, I had the Prototype installed with a radio transmittor and receiver. I heard EVERYTHING! As for you Lord, I will win!'

Proton clenched his fists tight, keeping it calm.

'That's right! Keeping it all in, wouldn't upset the lady! She was mine! And now, I intend to make sure she's mine! I started with Prowl, now I'm moving on down the line!'

The comlink ended.

Einsteel sat back down on his chair, and lifted his legs onto the desk. 'Man, I enjoy my life! I could enjoy this even longer!'

He turned around, and leaned over the balcony, at the liquid pods. He smiled, and walks down the stairs, and walks towards the first pod.

He wipes the mist that had formed on the surface from inside, and smiles.

Inside the pod, a silvery and blue femme.

'Oh. Don't look at me that way dear. Sooner or later, you'll be back, in my arms! As with the rest of your UCK! bondmates' ancestors!'

He walked along the line of the pods. As he passed each one... 'Rynox the Great, Earth the Mighty, Hydrid the Wise, only then will I capture Lord Proton the Cybertron will I complete the Praxien's 'Mighty Chain, and all under my control, I can defeat the virus, and be the hero as I WAS BEFORE!'

He walked over to the remaining pod.

'And you too, Smokescreen! With your twin brothers, parents, ancestors! The Great 'Might Chain' of Praxus, will be mine to control!'

'He really doesn't like you dad, does he?' Bluestreak said.

Proton shook his head. 'Everything he said... It's not going to bring me down!' He turned towards the control pod.

'What's that?' Bluestreak pointed to the strange marking on his dad's arm.

Proton looked in the direction Bluestreak was looking. 'Oh that...'

'I heard from Optimus you came from great descendants, Proton. Care to tell us more?' Rodimus asked.

Proton looked around at all the anxious faces of his comrades. 'Very well then.' He took a seat. 'See... my Great grandfather, Rynox the Great, you know about him Prime?'

Rodimus nodded. 'Do I ever!'

'He formed this Praxien power, The 'Might Chain'. But there are 4 powers to bring it all together. Rynox knew how to bring the 4 together, but it's complicated. The 4 who form this chain, me, dad, grandad, and Rynox. Once all togther, the power is far too much for anyone to control.' He shows the marking. 'This is part of the chain. Once all 4 markings are joined, the chain can be activated.'

'Then why does Einsteel know about it?' Jazz asked. 'Eh did mention 'omething about tes chain business back at tah lab. Surely eh didn't wanna lose Luna, that he would know about ya chain business, Proton.'

Proton blinked in surprisement. 'Einsteel knows about it. Primus it gets worse! I'm steering the ship to the chapel. I gotta check something!'

Everyone strapped themselves in, as Proton steers the ship upwards into space.

Upon arriving inside the chapel...

Proton was the first to exit and he quickly dashed off towards the area stating 'Masters'. He looked all through the area, looking at the tombs, and finds a door leading through to more tombs. He walks through and gasped! Everyone followed him and gasped too.

At the end of the room, was the tombs enclosing the original Masters of Cybertron. They saw the tombs of Rynox, Hydrid and Earth. The lids were off, and their bodies were GONE!

'He took their bodies!' Proton went red in anger! He turned to Rodimus. 'If he is tempting to revive my ancestors, it'll be castatrophic when combinding their strenght!'

Proton froze, and then ran off again.

The others caught him up in a few room away, on his knees, upset! They knew why. Up ahead, Luna's tomb was also open, and her body gone! Next to her tomb, Smokescreen and Prowl's tombs. Smokescreen's body was gone too!

Prowl walked up to his tomb, and inspected it. 'This was where I laid to rest. By mum.'

'He's taken dad, grandad, great grandad, my bondmate, and my son! He's taken them all!' Proton rose his anger. 'He wants revenge on me, by reviving my family!'

Just what is going on?

Einsteel has taken Rynox, Earth, Hydrid, Luna and Smokescreen's bodies away to his lab! Is he really doing this to get back at Proton. OR? Does Einsteel have a bigger goal!

Find out next chapter!