Chapter 3

Unknown POV

I stared out onto the sandy cream deserts that surrounded the palace as a cool wind swept into the open air throne room. Sheer white and other colored drapes swayed in the winds as I watched closely something I thought was in the sands.

"You know if you keep staring at those sands you might just go blind, dear." I turned to see a man I had known all my life and my teacher, his form was that of creams, whites, blues and greens with a crane head on his shoulders holding a head dress that met his shoulders.

"Thoth, my teacher." I bowed with respect, even if he was younger than me I still held him with great respect as the God of Wisdom and Knowledge.

"It is alright, no need for formalities, saved it for the humans eyes." He said with a smile.

"Sorry, of course. So what brings the smartest being here to me?" I asked as he stepped beside me and looked out to the sands once more.

"I have come with some, concerning news." He said, his brow lowering.

"What's wrong?" I growled out, my anger already growing.

"It seems that some of the humans are starting a revolution and are wanting us dead or sealed away. They wish to no longer serve us." I stared at him in shock, we have always ruled the humans of the Egyptian Empire. How dare those…..

"I will see to these infidels destruction at once, where are they?" Thoth turned to me and showed me a map of the surrounding area.

"There," He pointed to a oasis nearby, "That is where they hide, we all know that you can defeat them. But bring your sister with you, she wishes to protect our home and this is what she wishes to do."

I smirked, "Well, Bastet is very protective. This shall be done."

"Good, we shall hold a celebration when we get word of their defeat at your hands, Sekhmet. Now go." I nodded and headed out the throne room to collect my sister and weapons.

Suddenly I awoke from the memory as I stood holding one of my swords out, I sighed and growled to myself and tried to return to sleep.

Optimus's POV

I was stirred from stasis when I heard growling coming from the hall before it disappeared. Alarmed, I opened my door to see that someone had just recently gotten to the elevator that lead to the roof of the Base. Curiosity got the better of me and I took the same elevator up to see who went to the roof in the middle of the night.

When I reached the top I could see the outline of a familiar lion headed femme looking out over the dark desert. She was growling to herself and mumbling in a language I couldn't understand.

"You know it is not nice to just stare at someone from behind, if have something to say than say it." She growled out, her legs pulled up to her chest and I sat down beside her to see that her ruby red optics were solely trained on the desert ahead.

"Are you alright?" I asked, she laughed with a dry tone before looking at me with a malice.

"Don't ask stupid questions you already know the answers too." I frowned a little, I could see she was putting up a front of anger and malice.

"Alright, then what are you doing up so late?" She turned her head back to the desert.

"Lets just say I have been asleep for several thousands of years." Her growl seemed to settle a little.

"I see." A silence began to stretch out between us before she let out a yell before flopping back onto her back with a scowl.

I stopped myself from asking if she was alright, "What's wrong, Sekhmet?"

She sighed and covered her face with her hands, "How? How can you trust them?"

I laid back onto the ground beside her, "Who?"

"Humans." She plainly said.

"Well, they are a young race, younger than our own. Yet they are some much better than we are. After all, they didn't start a war that ended with there own planets death." I grimace at the last part.

"And yet they do cause wars. Just look at me for an example, they praised me as a goddess of war. Can't get more like you than anything else." She said, staring blankly into the stars.

"Why do you question my loyalty to humans?" She stayed silent before she spoke again.

"Because, humans are evil. I know it, in every human there is a seed of darkness and it's that seed that brought upon my imprisonment." She scowled.

"That is where you are wrong, humans aren't born with a seed of darkness in them. They are born pure, what dictates their actions is the environment, teachings and overall beliefs one has." She looked at me with surprise written on her face.

"Is that so?" I nodded my head before she turned back to the sky above.

"It is what I believe, you may not trust humans fully, but not all of them wish to see your end."

We stayed in the relaxed silence before she once again broke it.

"You know, you sound like my old teacher." A smiled came across her face, it seemed she didn't smile out of happiness often. It suited her nicely.

"Oh?" She laughed to herself.

"Yes, he was Thoth, the humans worshiped him as the God of Wisdom and Knowledge. I can see you carry much wisdom in you Optimus." I smiled a little at this.

"I see, well I hope that one day, if this war ever ends in our favor. I may become more of teacher then leader, been leader has its faults." She hummed in response.

We remained in a still silence before I looked back to her to see she had fallen asleep. I smiled and gentle pick her up and moved her back to her room before moving back to my own before falling back into a peaceful recharge.

Bastet's POV

I awoken with a yawn, I was in my cat form and I stretched out my form like any good cat would before leaping down and walking down the halls to search out my new home. My sensitive cat ears pick up on movement in the main hall area and I ran my way there.

When I rounded the corner I saw the the medic, Ratchet, was doing some repairs it looked like to a panel on the floor. He seemed to be engulfed with his work that he didn't notice the pitter patter of my four paws on the ground before I smacked him on the head.

He yelped and fell back onto his butt before staring at my laughed cat form that sat in front of him, his eyes narrowed.

"Bastet?" He asked unsure of the statement.

"Yes?" He looked perplexed before leaning forward again.

"You are a beastformer?" I smiled.

"Of course silly, what else would I be?" He seemed to scowl at me, I laughed.

"Don't scowl to often Ratchet, you just might turn into Sekhmet." He seemed to scowl even more which was hilarious.

"What do you even want? I'm kinda in the middle of something!" He bellowed which stopped my laughter, I transformed back into my bipedal form and smirked.

"Oh Ratchet," I cooed moving forward as he subconsciously moved back until his body hit the floor. "Whatever you are doing, don't let me stop you."

I was, at this point, on top of him smirking at his reaction. Which was the slight hum of cooling fans to my delight along with a bluish blush coming on. I laughed and retreated from his prone form and transformed back into a cat and headed deeper into the Base, leaving a flustered medic in my wake.

Ratchet's POV

As soon as she left I let out a sigh of relief, she really knew how to push all the buttons. Stupid cat. I sat there recollecting my storming emotions and set back to maintaining the groundbridge but I just couldn't get that Feline out of my head, it annoyed me to no end.

But as I hate to admit it, she did have this 'exoticness' to her that made her stand out on comparison of any femme I have ever met in my lifetime. Ugh, what am I saying! She's just probable playing me into her trap. Using feminine wiles against me, that must be it.

It was then that Optimus himself entered the room with two energon cubes, "Here Ratchet."

I silently grabbed the cube and gulped it down, "Thanks, I really needed that."

"Have you been skipping out on your rations?" He said like a scolding sire.

"No, but I had a run in with Bastet." He hummed to himself.

"And that was bad why?" I sighed and looked up at the Prime before standing fully.

"It's nothing, just not use to….." I trailed off and he seemed to understand before leaving my to my work and my thoughts.