Chapter 9
The Calm Before The Storm
"Where are we?" Cade's voice can be heard somewhere.
It's dark and hot out there. Chloe wondered if she's still alive. Soon she heard mechanical arms and legs around her. The autobots' lights gave a better look at the place where they are. It's a dessert and the decepticons in the Africa are already gone.
"I think we are already in Australia." Brains announced.
"But why in the Alice Springs dessert?" Joyce asked who looks annoyed and slightly shock wiping sands away from his body.
"Because we need to hide from the line of fire for a while." Optimus answered. "Tomorrow is our big battle we need to rest. Galvatron doesn't need the talisman for another army to kill people."
"What he's really up to, Sensei?" Drift asked.
"He will only need them to swipe off the entire earth population." the great leader explained. "The Sydney opera house is pointed at exact coordinates of the Cyberthrone tomorrow, if he gets the crystal first and pointed it on top of the opera house it will activate the Cyberthrone again just like what happened before only this time it will opened some portals through different times because it is a quantum teleportation. That's also the reason why we got here. It will pulled the Cephei near the Earth, humans will never stand a chance to survive the heat from the star but us autobots will become stronger and so does the decepticons."
"You mean one of the biggest star- the Cephei?" Chloe asked.
"Then why don't we destroy the crystal now?" The twins asked.
"We can't. It cannot be destroyed somewhere." Optimus said. "It will only be deactivate if we put it on the Opera house since it will became vulnerable if it is aligned with Cyberthrone."
The twins started arguing on something else, they just ignored them.
"It's just dangerous." Optimus contiued. "Decepticons will try to stop us no matter what. We must waste no time."
That night while the others sleep. Chloe can't snooze out yet, she sat next to Crosshairs who's obviously tired and he's snoring in his sleep. Chloe looked at the paratrooper who's lying on his back on the sand instead of being a corvette stingray. She caressed his big head for her hand.
"Can I talked to you for a moment, miss?" Someone asked that makes her jump.
Chloe turned around to see Optimus standing above. She stood up and followed Optimus ten feet away. This is an intense conversation she can feel that. She will soon find out if Optimus is okay with her and Crosshairs.
"By the way sir, I'm Chloe Zanders, Crosshair's girlfriend." Chloe told the leader.
"Optimus Prime, and I think you already know me." Optimus calmly introduced. "I know that humans can love and I still see goodness in you. It's hard to understand creatures like you sometimes but now it's more difficult to analyze why you are with him."
"That question is hard for me to answer too. I had no reason why I love one of your kind. I didn't expect this to happen, all I know is that he's all I ever want. If he must leave his planet, I want to be with him even if it means that I won't be returning back on Earth."
Optimus didn't say anything for a while. He just observe her through his optics and smiled a bit though. "You know, our mission is dangerous specially tomorrow. You must be prepared to anything that will happen to us and to your planet. Be strong for Crosshairs, I had seen you earlier when he's fighting with Evilhide. We autobots must sacrifice ourselves just to save lives. As you know he's not like that before, he usually saves himself before anyone else. It's because of you and I think you'll make him a lot better."
"Yet I'm not so sure if autobots and human can co-exist. With my best regard, I hope you two can work it out."
Chloe smiled, she's so touched by what Optimus Prime said. This is far beyond her expectations. "Just promise me one thing." she spoke out silently. "Please, keep him alive."
Optimus just patted her shoulder.
I wasn't able to tell where Optimus Prime has been. Honestly, I have no idea to or what he did, because he's just a minor character here.