Autobot Shadowstalker: Ohhhhhhhh you'll see!
Solus couldn't believe it. Optimus Prime, her leader, the one who was presumably dead, is standing right in front of her. His right arm was missing and someone obviously didn't do a very good job on patching up the massive energon leak. Speaking of energon, he was in desperate need of it. She immediately pushed aside her own pain and tried to get Optimus to sit down.
"Optimus, I have no idea how you're alive, but you're hurt!" Solus snapped. Optimus reluctantly sat down. Solus reached into her subspace and pulled out one of the energon cubes she was storing for while they were in exile. At first Optimus rejected it but he knew he'd offline soon if he didn't get energon into his systems. He noticed the many wounds Solus had as well and frowned.
"You're injured as well, Arcee." He pointed out. Solus winced at the name, realizing that she had yet to tell Optimus the truth. She ignored the comment and waited for him to finish the cube. He was still low but at least it wasn't life threatening. Optimus finally looked back over at Solus with a worried expression. "You seemed distressed when you came in here. What happened?"
"My name's not Arcee, I've been lying to you ever since I met you." Solus admitted. Optimus' optics widened slightly but he remained silent. "I was sent to Cybertron to look for the Prime who was to end the war against you and Megatron. I didn't want to leave my brothers, mainly because one of them had disappeared and another had betrayed us and offlined me. My spark was moved into this form and I took the name Arcee to blend in with the Cybertronians. My real name is Solus Prime."
"You expect me to believe you're one of the original Thirteen Primes? The sister of my mentor, Alpha Trion? Solus Prime was offlined by The Fallen, Megatronus Prime. Say I believe you, why are you telling me now?" Optimus asked in disbelief. Solus narrowed her optics and they flashed golden for a few seconds. That caught Optimus off guard but he didn't stand down.
"I don't expect anything, but I thought you'd have enough faith in me to believe me. I will prove it if I must, but you listen to me, Optimus Prime. I have gone through enough scrap this week to last a lifetime. I told you how I survived Megatronus' attack, so I will not repeat myself. Ask me any question, anything that will confirm that I am Solus Prime. You might want to hurry too. Megatron aligned himself with The Fallen and he still wants me and the others dead." Solus growled. She had no patience with him right now so he was really pushing it.
"What was the fate of Alpha Trion after he sent Smokescreen away?" Optimus inquired. Solus smirked, knowing that Optimus was still concerned about her brother. She crossed her arms and leaned up against the wall. "If anyone knows it'll be the Thirteen, Firestrike, or Silverspark Prime. If you are who you claim to be, then you should know."
"Alpha Trion is very much alive. He went into the Pocket Dimension to be with our brothers after he sent you the message through the Star Saber. Ravage, Soundwave's cassette, is actually my brother undercover." Solus explained. Pain ripped through her spark when she said Soundwave's name. She still couldn't believe he betrayed the Autobots, her. She glanced over at Optimus who seemed shocked. It was obvious that he now believed her. "There's more I need to tell you but-"
"Arcee?" A quiet Italian voice called out. It sounded tired and weak, causing her spark to sink. She knew that voice from somewhere, but where? The more she thought about it the more familiar it seemed. She looked over in the corner of the cell to see three Autobot forms, one sitting up and staring at them with blue optics. "Optimus is that really Arcee or am I seeing things?"
"Mirage? I thought you and the twins were offlined back on Cybertron! What happened?" Solus gasped in realization. Mirage smirked and woke up the sleeping twins. Sideswipe and Sunstreaker grumbled until they saw Solus. They tackled her in a happy hug until she pushed them off while laughing. The trio explained how they were captured and tortured and eventually ended up on the Nemesis and finally in New Kaon. In turn, Solus explained her story. From the day she was offlined by The Fallen, to how she and Soundwave got here to protect Jack. The door swung open and in walked Knockout with a smirk. Solus growled and stood between Optimus and the medic, knowing very well that she was the only one in any condition to fight. "What do you want, Knockout?"
"Calm down, mein schön." (my beautiful) Knockout purred. Solus growled and got into a fighting position. She refused to let her guard down around this mech. She still had memories of her last visit burned into her processor. "Lord Megatron decided to let you in on our little plan for Soundwave now that he's back where he belongs, considering how close you two once were."
"Don't you dare lay a servo on him." Solus snarled in a deadly tone. The twins only heard that voice once before, and that was when she threatened a con for nearly offlining her team. Even Knockout seemed taken aback by her fierceness. Solus was willing to give her spark to protect the Autobots and Soundwave. Knockout smirked and shook his helm.
"I can do whatever I want. Trust me, this procedure isn't new to me. We're going to wash his processor of anything that may cause him to betray us. He will become what he was born to be, the heir to The Fallen." Knockout explained. Solus narrowed her optics in anger. She knew that he'd done something like this before. She didn't tell anyone about it, but she knew perfectly well what he'd done.
"So you're going to do the same thing to him like you did to Starscream? That's really pathetic, I hope you know that. First you make Starscream forget his entire family, and now you're going to make Soundwave your little puppet. You cons sicken me!" Solus punched Knockout in the faceplate hard as she yelled the last part. He was sent back but had no time to recover as Solus gave him a quick kick to the helm, knocking him unconscious. Solus turned to her comrades, her optics golden with fury again. "Let's get out of here!"
"Right!" they all agreed. Solus lead them down the halls, being careful to stay hidden. Mirage's cloaking device was malfunctioning so he couldn't turn invisible. They couldn't reactivate their weapons so they had to rely on stealth. They even found Optimus' missing arm in a spare parts closet when they were hiding from some drones. When they made it to the ground bridge Mirage got to work on making their signals untraceable. The others stood watch, but Solus was distracted. This reminded her of the time Soundwave helped her escape the Decepticons. Someone grabbed her from behind and covered her mouth with a servo.
"Relax, sweetspark, I won't hurt you." A low voice whispered in her audio. The grip loosened enough for her to spin around and see Soundwave with his visor retracted. He pulled her into an empty hall as the Autobots worked on the bridge. Solus couldn't help but wrap her arms around his neck and hug him close to her. He hugged her back tightly. "I didn't mean it when I said I'd rejoin the Decepticons. I was just trying to get information on what they're planning. I'm so sorry, Solus."
"Just don't leave me again." Solus whispered. Joy filled her spark at the news. She thought for sure that Soundwave hated her, but it was all a trick on the cons. She stood on the tips of her pedes and kissed him gently on the lips. Neither bot noticed a black mech watching silently from down the hall. He burned with anger about his own descendant's betrayal. He will ensure now that his brothers find out the truth about Soundwave's darkness, to make sure that the Autobots would not get the upper hand in the war.
"WHAT THE FRAG HAPPENED TO YOU?!" Ratchet yelled as he watched the Autobots walk through a ground bridge. Jack had woken up but didn't know about anything that'd happened in New Kaon. Optimus was the last one through and all the anger was gone when everyone saw him. "Optimus? How is this possible?"
"Long story, but I suggest helping them first." Solus sighed. Ratchet gave all the new/returning Autobots a cube of energon before working on their injuries. He started with Optimus since he was in the worst condition. Solus and Soundwave explained what happened, but everyone was mostly interested in Soundwave's story. The twins kept commenting on the fact that he had a faceplate and a voice.
**Earlier that day**
Soundwave felt like an alien in the halls of the Decepticon capital. He kept his visor in place, not wanting any Decepticon to see his faceplate. He avoided The Fallen at all costs, not wanting there to be any chance of him manipulating his processor. He heard heavy footsteps and hid in a dark corner. He almost growled when Megatronus stalked by. He froze when Megatronus paused just after his hiding spot.
"I know you're there Soundwave. You may be able to hide from everyone, but I'm different." He called calmly. Soundwave narrowed his optics behind his visor and stepped out of the shadows. He didn't feel like talking to him but there was no use avoiding it now. "I know you were close to Solus, but she isn't one to be trusted. She knew how to get our brother's to do what she wanted, that's why she was seen as a threat. I was considered The Fallen because I acted upon what was right."
"You were called The Fallen because you betrayed your own family. I know Solus has made some bad decisions and I've paid the price for them, but she's not the kind of bot to do something like that. I suggest stopping now before I change my processor and go with the Autobots." Soundwave warned. Megatronus narrowed his optics and watched Soundwave walk down the hall away from him. Soundwave knew he had to get the information fast if he wanted to get back without him or Solus offlining first. He stopped outside the throne room when he heard Megatron talking to Knockout.
"We must act quickly, Knockout. If Soundwave deflects back to the Autobots then we lose a key player in this war. We have to erase anything from his processor that might cause him to return to the Autoscum." Megatron's voice growled. Soundwave ran away and down the hall to finish job. He had no use for stealth now, his processor was about to get wiped by Knockout.
**Back at present time**
"Solus, I also was able to grab this from the relic vault before I left." Soundwave finished. He pulled a hammer-looking thing from his subspace. Solus nearly jumped from her seat where she was being treated when she saw it. Soundwave handed it to her with a chuckle. He understood why she'd be so happy to see it again. Optimus recognized it as well and smiled knowing that it was with its true owner.
"You got my Forge from the cons?" Solus asked in disbelief. Soundwave smiled and nodded. The Forge was extremely big in her servos. The twins snickered at how big it was compared to her. She merely ignored them as it shrunk to fit perfectly in her servo. She shrugged at the shocked looks given to her. "I created The Forge myself, it knows its master so it shrunk down I can use it."
"Wait, I have a question." Jack piped up. Everyone turned to the young boy with curiosity. "The prophecy said that one of the brothers would fall. How does that work out if Optimus survived the explosion? The prophecy's starting to contradict itself and it's confusing. I'm glad that Optimus is alive, but what if the prophecy is wrong?"
"I wouldn't say that." A new voice said. Everyone turned to see a white ground bridge open. A red and blue mech stepped through with a wide smirk. "Several parts of the prophecy are doubled. The Fallen will step down and Soundwave will take his place. Optimus, a fallen Prime as in being offline, must also step down from being leader of the Autobots and let Smokescreen Prime take control."
"It can't be…" Solus whispered as she walked up. The new mech smirked at the femme's shock. He didn't expect her to recognize him so quickly, but they had been great friends before he disappeared. Solus' vocalizer was full of static for a moment. she couldn't believe who was standing before her. "Is that really you? Are you really here? Are you seriously alive, Nexus?"
If you don't remember Nexus Prime is her brother and due to a sword (I don't recall the name now) he was protecting he disappeared but came back. He decided to show himself to Solus when she truly needed him. Either she really needs help or he couldn't wait to see her.
Uh I know my story is moving kinda fast but I'm not very good with filler chapters. If you have an idea for one then I'm all up for suggestions! Even if it's not a filler chapter I'm still open for ideas!
Reviews are welcomed! :)