The Humanoid Prime
Chapter 10
Third Point of View
Previously on The Humanoid Prime
Vision over
What the? What was all that about? Was that really my future?
Lucinda Prime
I knew there was something different about her. She's a Prime!
Is she my future?
"Ow ow ow! Sireee let go!"
"Oh no you don't. You are going to tell me where the other evil mechling is….. Or else!"
Ratchet had been watching over the younglings when Prowl was giving a tour around the Autobot Base, when he noticed one of his sparkling's was missing. The golden one.
Presently Ratchet was gripping Sideswipe's handling bar on the back of his neck in mid-air; this is a technique that creators use on their younglings when misbehaving and needed to be taught a lesson. It was effective for Ratchet and always worked when he wanted information from the twins (like pranks e.g.) but for the twins, like Sideswipe. Painful and really not fair!
"But I already told you! He's using the mech room."
"Like slag he is! Don't lie to me youngling or there will be consequences when we go home."
It seemed the little red twin wasn't going to talk, when it came to sticking up for one another it took a lot to break it.
"Tell me….. Or the wrench comes out"
Sideswipe suddenly stopped struggling and turned around to look his father in the optics before dramatically saying to him.
"You wouldn't!"
"Try me." Ratchet's optics lit up while smirking evilly to the little red mechling.
(Sigh)
"Fine! He went to have a look at the new relic Prowl talked about."
"HE…WENT….WHERE?!" Ratchet yelled at the top of his vocaliser pipe, causing the held up youngling to screech and try to escape again. Ratchet then dumped the sparkling near the door before mumbling curse words and stormed over to where the relic was being kept.
"Don't move from that spot until I come back!" He shouted over before he was out of Sideswipe's view.
Sunstreaker was staring into the relic, trying to figure out all that he had seen. If it was true that the relic had actually shown him his future. Though it didn't make any sense!
If it was true, then how did everything go downhill for himself and Lucinda? One second he sees he's going to be a creator, then snap! Their holding each other for dear life and speaking about her so called 'offlining'.
He knew now that his best friend was an actual Prime and that she had a destiny to help save their race. What destiny? Why did it mean her offlining to save everyone else?
So many questions needed answers. And he knew Lucinda wouldn't understand much herself; perhaps another bot knew?
Did Lucinda know what was to become of her? How can grow from sparkling hood to know you're going to offline before most of your life has started?
But there was a question Sunstreaker wanted to know more than anything.
Could he change that future?
Was it possible to save his best friend and to keep life going on Cybertron?
"Sunstreaker!"
When Ratchet ran into the room, he spotted his sparkling straight away and called to him to get his attention. Well also to stop a possible prank that will either damage the relic or get him into trouble. Or both!
Though when he called to Sunstreaker, he got nothing. He didn't turn around or run away, he just stayed where he was. All Ratchet could see his the back of his youngling with his hands in fists; if it wasn't for his shoulders moving up and down slightly you would think he was a little golden statue.
"Sunstreaker! Get away from that relic or so help me Primus….."
"Is it true?" Sunstreaker mumbled. If Cybertronians didn't have their amazing sense of hearing from their audio receptors, he wouldn't have heard him.
"Is what true?"
"Is it true that Lucy is going to die?"
"Sunstreaker…."
"IS IT?!" He turned around to face his creator and screamed at him. The blue from optics turning white from his rage and confusion.
The room went into a deathly silence. It was almost suffocating to be in!
"Where did you hear that from?" Ratchet spoke calmly to try and calm his youngling down the slightest.
"I didn't hear it, I saw it! I watched it!" He said pointing to the relic behind him.
"You had a vision?"
"Just answer my question!"
Ratchet looked over to the relic in confusion and in sadness. He knew that his younglings would find out one day, especially when they all became the best of friends!
But not now…
Not while he was still so young and would have to go through a lot of other problems (Femmes, school etc.) he didn't need to know his friend would one day not be in his life.
"It's….. It's slightly more complicated than simply offlining dear one."
"Huh?"
"Her body may no longer be with us yes. But her mind and spark will keep going on.
Sunstreaker had a look of pure confusion. I mean she's going to offline and yet she's still living?
"You now know she's a Prime correct?"
The golden bot simply nodded his helm.
"Well when it is a Prime's time to leave us, for any case; they go join Primus and the other past Primes. There, they watch over the children of Primus and they sometimes sends us visions and little surprises." Ratchet chuckled slightly at the end of his story.
"Surprises?"
"How about when Primus actually sent Lucinda down to Cybertron for us to raise her? She wasn't born like you or me, she was created by Primus and sent to us. She was certainly a big surprise for the Autobots."
"Like her Sire?"
"Yes. Ironhide was the most surprised." Ratchet smiled at the memory of Ironhide bombarding him with questions on how to look after her, this is when the holoform's were invented.
"But the vision…."
"What did you see?"
"Well she was running away from me, saying that she has to do go into this big building to save our race. But I had looked like her, I was tiny and squishy too."
Being squishy too? Ratchet was almost positive that he meant a holoform that some of the other bots had when looking after Lucinda.
But by the look on the gold mechling's faceplates, he could see there was something else he was confused about.
"Sunstreaker?"
"What's a step-creator?"
"Step-creator? Well it's when a bot who already has a sparkling or youngling and bonds with other bot. That new bot would become the youngling's step-creator. Was that in your vision?"
"No… Just wondering."
Ratchet knew his creation far too well. There was something very big Sunstreaker was keeping from his father, but he knew not to push him anymore. He didn't want him screaming about, he'll talk to him when he's good and ready.
"Very well. If that is all, then let us catch up with your brother and the rest of the group."
"Sure. Umm Sire?"
"Yes?"
"Can we keep this between us? I don't want anybot else knowing."
"Even Sideswipe?"
"Especially Sideswipe"
This must have been a big deal if he wanted to keep a secret from his own twin. Twins shared a split-spark and knew everything about each other, they never kept secrets. NEVER….
Except for now!
"Very well. Now come"
The golden mechling nodded, he turned to look at the strange relic before walking by his father out of the room.
The walked silently until Sideswipe came running to them from his spot.
"Sorry Sunny! He made me tell!"
"Its fine Sides, forget it."
Forget it? Sunstreaker was never one for forgetting something. He was a more getting even type of mech.
"Enough natter you two, Prowl and the others will be wondering where we've gotten to."
The three mechs eventually caught up to the rest of the group, this is when Rhythm ran up to the twins with Lucinda in his palm.
"There you two are! You missed seeing the tech room."
"Oh and the play gym the Autobots have!"
Sideswipe seemed interested in what his friends were telling him, but all Sunstreaker did was stare at Lucinda.
"Sunstreaker? Are you alright?"
His answer was his pinching Lucinda from Rhythms palm and held her close to his spark.
"Promise me we'll always be friends. That no matter what, we'll stick together?"
"Well… of course we will. You're my best friend." Lucinda smiled at the golden bot holding her, she quickly hugged him as best as she could.
"Always"
Authors Note
Here is chapter ten! We are on double digit numbers whoop!
I'm starting at college again for the next couple of weeks, so it's unlikely I'll be updating as much as I have been. But I'll do my best.
This gives me time to think about more ideas, why not help me out and give me your ideas and thoughts?
Love LaurenA007