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Hey everyone! Looking over the reviews for chapter 1 was an absolute blast. For everyone who left a nice comment or review, I'll try and get into the habit of giving shoutouts by answering your questions and acknowledging any comments at the start of each chapter.

Don't judge me I'm a Fangirl: Thanks for the nice comment there mate. I do want to point out I'm from the UK so when people are speaking in a book, we use quotation markers instead of speech marks. Just how English language works here. And I agree with constructive criticism. Some blokes can take it completely again, glad you enjoyed chapter 1, hope you enjoy this one

Commander3428961: Thanks for the comment. As far as good guy 'cons, I'm probably going to stick to only main Decepticon characters from Prime. Helps keep it simple. As for the number of them, probably as many as I can brainstorm into a good guy character. Unless you fancy helping me count up every Steve, I don't have an exact number. Thanks for the support.

PyroWM1

Glad you enjoyed the first chapter, mate. Hope you enjoy this one.

As always, hope you enjoy, and tell me how I cam improve if needed

On with the chapter!

Chapter 2: The same, yet different

A white light shone before him, blinding his vision. Slowly, the world around him began to come back into focus. Optimus Prime then let out a gasp, standing from where he had been lying. His head was pounding and his joints were stiff. As the banging in his head slowly faded away, Optimus' thoughts came flooding back. The Omega Lock. Megatron. The children. The explosion. The vortex. Dying.

Dying...

That was the part that made the least sense to him. He wasn't dead. He hadn't become one with the Allspark. He was the complete opposite. He was alive, and very confused. That was when Optimus saw his surroundings. The landscape that had been the Sea of Rust, was now desert with blue sky. He was back on Earth! More accurately, back in Jasper!The vortex must have just made the space bridge look unstable, not change its overall effects. The space bridge...

The others. They were still on Cybertron! Realising he was about half an hours drive from the base, he transformed and began heading back as fast as his alt mode would allow.

Autobot Outpost Omega One: Thirty minutes later...

Arriving back at base, Optimus transformed to robot mode, only to discover it was empty.

'Ratchet?' He called out. But there was no sign of anyone. He then turned to the computer and began scanning for the teams life signals. Finally, after a worry-fulled typing frenzy , he found them. But what was confusing, is they were all in Earth. That was when he saw the date. It was a whole two months before he had found the first Omega Key. How was that even possible?

Then, he realised. The portal. It must have sent him back in time, as well as through space. He then thought about waiting for someone to return to the base, but felt himself deciding against it. Something in his spark felt off. Like there was an unsettling, somewhat hostile vibe to the empty base. After a minute of debating , he made up his mind. He was going to leave. Something to him didn't feel right.

Little did he know, someone was watching him...

Unknown location: Jasper, Nevada:

The medic stared at the screen in from of him. He was a black and red ambulance, with blood red optics. He had been observing this newcomer for a while, and realised who he was looking at. At that, he paused the footage and called over his leader.

'Optimus'. He said in an interested tone 'You may wish to see this.'

Then a mech that, in terms of shape and size, looked exactly like Optimus Prime walked over. He was primarily black, with silver highlights, and the same blood red optics as his medical officer.

'What have you uncovered Ra...' He trailed off, looking at the screen before him. 'What is this?' He asked. He was looking at a direct replica of himself, only he was red and blue, with light blue optics.

'Quite an intriguing specimen, if I'm to be honest.' Ratchet said, sounding intrigued.

'What do you think? Another clone?' Prime asked the medic.

'I'm unsure of that. The remains of Nemesis Prime where all found and burned, like you ordered.' Ratchet replied. 'I can't find a logical explanation to this.' Prime thought about what to do, observing this newcomer.

'If he possesses no threat to my quest to rule this world, he is not a problem.' He stated, turning away from Ratchet.

'And if he becomes a problem?' The medic asked. Prime then felt sinister sneer on his faceplate.' I will show him the true meaning of pain. One circuit at a time'.

Autobot Outpost Omega One: two days later.

Optimus had been and gone to the base, still waiting for someone to arrive. Each he didn't linger. The bad feeling had on his first visit seemed to worsen each time he stayed. This time was no different. He waited for about half an hour, as normal. No one showed, which was becoming normal. He was about to leave when he remembered something. The vault. This was where the Iocon relics were kept. And if the base seemed so empty the whole time, he wanted to at least be sure they were still there.

Optimus waked down the corridor, past everyone's quarters. They all seemed in order, nothing unusual, Arcee's was locked, which was definitely usual. He finally came to the vault door. Opening it suddenly increased the sense of dread he was feeling. But he continued. When the door was open, he widened his optics in shock. The relics. They were gone. All of them. The Forge. The Immobiliser. The Phase Shifter. All of them. But that wasn't what had surprised him so much. What had was the vaults contents.

Vehicons. Dead ones. All lined up on surgical tables. But they weren't just dead. They were mutilated. Missing arms, legs, pads, servos, optics. One of then had even had his spark crudely removed. And judging by the way it was done, he was still alive during the event.

For the first time in years, Optimus Prime felt sick. As if he was going faint from the sight in front of him. This was why he had been feeling so unsettled. Because of this. He couldn't have left the base quicker if he tried. Transforming and engaging maximum over drive, he sped out, not even thinking of looking back.

But if he hadn't of been so disturbed, Optimus would have seen that the Vehicons were not their normal shade of purple. Instead, they were silver, with blue highlights. And their optics. Blue. The same shade as his...

And that's that! To avoid confusion, I'm going to be referring as normal Optimus as Optimus and bad Optimus as Prime. Helps avoid confusion. Next chapter. Optimus meets the Decepticons, and he's in for a hell of a surprise...

Please tell me what you thought of evil Optimus and evil Ratchet

Until then, that's all from me. Let me know what you thought of this

Have a good one guys;)

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