Update! This story's first action chapter,or the first action chapter i've ever written so im sorry if its a lil bit of scrap.
Edit : Fixed the POVs , sorry about that
= Realm of the Primes =
1 month after the last chapter ...
No P.O.V - Bumblebee's training
The realm are not as quiet as it used to. The sounds of clashing metals, cannons charging and explotions can be heard. Bumblebee and Optimus had been training for almost a month inside the Realm of the Primes for the incoming danger which gets closer and closer each day."How much longer do I need to train here?".Bee said,irritated while keep slashing the Star Saber to the robots Micronus Prime summoned".I haven't seen my sparkling and sparkmate for almost a month and I'm pretty sure Grimlock is about to blow a fuse since he hasn't gotten any training".He continued.
"You haven't showed any progress Ultimus,do you think the danger that is coming this time would be easy?We needed three chosen ones just to fight this threat so you better check your expectation meter".Micronus snapped back,cue even more robots summoned.
Still irritated,Bumblebee focused his energy on his sword and did a spinning move,creating energy waves on every directions,effectively destroying all the robots Micronus summoned."Then what can I do?I need to see them or I might blow up".He jumped back to avoid an enemy fire."I've passed every single test you gave me easily,can't I at least-".
Bumblebee got cut off by Micronus' laugh."Ultimus,the training I provided all this time are very easy compared to this new threat".Micronus' optics shine brighter."But since you're being so ... impatient...".Micronus' servos also shine. From the distance,five bots are summoned."All you have to do is destroy those robots".He continued while pointing at the newly summoned robots.
Bumblebee narrowed his optics on the robots."It can't be that easy".He said
Micronus' arms shine again. After summoning something,Bumblebee's optics widened. Every time the robots step closer,Bee step back as he can only stare in horror. Micronus' smiled at the sight,finding it hilarious that the cocky bot are now overwhelmed."This will be your first real test".
No P.O.V - Optimus' training
"Don't worry too much about him Optimus,you need to focus on your training". Said Micronus. He's using his mimic ability to copy Vector Prime's power and created a small time paradox where there are two of them exist at the same time so he could train both Bumblebee and Optimus at the same time."I got my paradox self to train him so you don't need to worry".
"Of course,I'm sorry".Optimus said.
Micronus still can feel Optimus are not focusing which is his main weakness,he focuses too much on what he think is important,not what is important."It's time to start your real training".A large half sphere emerged from the ground right beside where Optimus and Vector are standing.
"What is my next training?"
"Your next training is to climb this hill".
"Surely it will not be easy".Some of the fog cleared out revealing five humans."You brought defenseless humans,to the Realm of the Primes!"
"An intellecti-bot you're definitely not".Micronus crossed his arms."They are not defenseless Optimus,they have you".Optimus lift up his battlemask as a very large bot is seen coming out from the fog."Hey Optimus,use this".Optimus looked back to Micronus and caught the device he threw. Optimus looked at it for a while and glanced back to Micronus."It's called the Prime Decepticon Hunter,you will be using it for your training and the real fight. Just imagine the weapon that would suit you the best".
Optimus focused on the device he's holding and it turned into a sword,just like how regular Decepticon Hunter works,but this one are somehow diffrent,Optimus could feel it. But this is not the time,he got humans to protect. Just one bot,he surely could defeat him. The robot however,are revealed to be a Minicon-Deployer. Minicon-Deployer are bots who are specialized on working with Minicons. The robot deployed four identical Minicons and at that moment,Optimus know he - the humans are in trouble. Optimus gets ready for his enemies as they charged their cannons that are located on their chest.
They fired their cannons to the humans but Optimus intercepted their attack just in time."Go!".Optimus said to the humans and they run away just like he said. Optimus glanced back at his enemies. The large robot and three minicons stepped forward to attack Optimus one minicon went after the humans. Optimus went after the minicons but got taken down by the large robot and his other minicons. One of the minicons charged up his cannons. Optimus,now are desprate shook off the bot. Knowing he can't reach the minicon in time,he thrown the Decepticon Hunter to the minicon. However,its too late,the round are already shot right before the sword pierced the minicon. The shot is a direct hit to one of the humans. Optimus looked in horror as the human who got shot are disintegrated and vanishes into thin air. He had let a human comes in harm's way because of their war.
No P.O.V - Bumblebee's training
Bee stared in horror of what his optics are showing him. His arms are shaking,his processor couldn't think straight.'No,it cant be'."No,Micronus. You can't do this"
"Believe me kid,I CAN".
The robots took another step forward and Bee took another step back. At first he thought it will be easy since its just five robots but then he summoned another,not evil robots,but humans,HUMANS, and they are bound to the robots. There's no way he could destroy the robots without harming the humans,but the thought of harming humans keep reminding him of his trauma from the M.E.C.H incident. Taking another step back,Micronus prepared another summon. Bumblebee managed to look at Micronus.'What on pits is he trying to do now?'.
And just like that,five more humans appeared and the evil robots went after them instead."Just a little encouragement,so you won't spend the whole day stepping backwards".
Bumblebee couldn't think anymore,he can't even harm the robots without harming the humans on the process."I-I cant do this. Micronus,please stop this training,I will train the usual way,just please,I can't save them".He pleaded Micronus.
"Do you really think whining about it will get you ready for the real fight?You should start using your genius and cocky processor once in a while".
Knowing Micronus won't stop,he need to think a way to save the humans,and fast. But he can't think of any way without getting the humans in danger. He tried to think.'If I attack,five of the humans will be in danger but if I dont,ten of them will be in danger instead. I got no choice,I need to attack the robots but ... is this the right choice?'.He thought to himself but he got no time. He ran to the robots,getting his weapon ready. He stopped in front of the robots and lifted his sword,ready to attack them,but he can't. He can't bear himself striking the robots when the humans are there. He froze there,he couldn't do it. One of the robots strike Bumblebee right in the guts and he got flung back,falling just a few meters from the humans.
He grunted and cough from the powerful blow. He's in a very big trouble. No,the Humans are. He stood up,holding his aching chassis. He turned to the humans."Go! Run humans". The humans run away from him and the other robots. He needs to save them but he couldn't even harm the evil robots.'What am I going to do?'.
= Autobot Base =
Hornet's P.O.V
It has been almost a month since dad went to the Realm of the Primes. Most of the things are going normally but some wasn't going very well. Grimlock for example, had only been training using his Fire Spawn and had been itching to punch someone. Well,at least he had been hunting Decepticons to help his fist. It's easy to tell that he's helping only for punching. Dad had been pretty clear before he went to train alongside Optimus. I couldn't hear what they had been talking about but that time Grimlock looks very small in front of my dad,like he's about to run away,screaming. Whatever dad had made him promise is something that I know he won't even dare to break.
Even though Optimus also left,things wasn't as bad as I thought. He's a great leader and all but not much changed. The reason is that beforehand,he had created a system for the base to run in his absence which is proven to be working properly,but his absence still can be felt. A few days after they left,I got an Upgrade from sparkling to youngling (they said it's because of my skills that they gave me an upgrade but I'm pretty sure it's because I asked them using my so-called "sad puppy-eyes" which even my creators couldn't resist). My new body are much bigger than my pre-upgrade. I'm now only about 5 foot shorter than mom (still short but hey,I've grown at least). I also scanned my first vehicle mode,a car called Griffin Motors '95 Windblazer (A/N : Its RID 2015 Bumblebee's Alt mode). I wanted to scan my flying third mode as well but I still can't find the right one.
Well,putting those aside I need to get ready. At the moment,I'm getting ready for training my accuracy but I don't use Energon Sniper anymore since it "ate" too much energon supply so I borrowed my mom's modified Energy Sniper. She said she will build me another one but even though mom is very good at modifying weapons,snipers especially,it still takes a long time. I saw Fixit exiting the shooting range which means he already finished his training."Good morning master Hornet".
"Moring Fixit. Done with your training already?".I asked.
"Yes,my two hours of training is done".
"Okay then,see you later".With two Fixits in one base,to avoid confusion,our Fixit changed his name to Fixxer. Fixxer and Fixit had become friends in just a small amount of time. Even though Fixit is a "Motor Mouth" and literally no one on the base could stand him,myself included, Fixxer are happy to listen to him. Fixxer are more advanced but Fixit got something that he dont have,experience. Fixit likes telling stories about his days of guarding the top security prison ship all by himself and Fixxer are always eager to hear it. Fixit are becoming Fixxer's big brother figure.
I proceed to set the Energy Sniper to my usual spot. With my upgraded body,I don't need to use the Polarity Gauntlet to lift it but I still need to use it while training. Last time I tried shooting without it,I got pushed by the recoil for at least 20 meters and I don't think I wanna try it again anytime soon,or at least until I got my next upgrade.
After I'm done training,I went to the rec room to find Grimlock but it seems like he went into another hunt. Around the rec room,there are many bots who are chatting and talking with each other. Some are in groups while some are just two bots. I'm a little bit envious,ever since I got here,I had never talked with anyone besides the crew, Optimus Prime and Jazz. I'm the youngest one on the base and everyone else are at least 15 years older than me. From what I told,before the war, 15 human years are a very short time. However,the bots who are born after the war age much faster on sparkling and youngling state where it only took about 3-5 years to turn into youngling,and 10-20 years to turn from youngling into young-adult,unlike before the war where from a sparkling to turn into youngling need about 100 years. From young-adult,it seems like the aging speed went into normal speed,just like how it was before the war.
I'm also not the social type bot which I got from mom,unlike my dad who could get the whole base become friends with him in a single day. My mom even told me that before meeting my dad,you could count her friends using only your digits. Being the son of a Prime wasn't much help either and with recent hunting,my mom had gotten quite a reputation of being trigger-happy which enought to send chill to any bot on the base. I mentally sigh.'When dad gets back I need to ask him some tips to make friends'.
= Realm of the Primes =
No P.O.V - Bumblebee's training
'I'm running out of energy,and so does the humans I'm protecting. This has been going on for about 20 minutes and I've got hit at least 100 times from protecting these humans Micronus brought'.He thought."I can't,Micronus,I can't protect them anymore. I've tried all I could,even thinking of killing the humans who are bound to my enemies but I can't even swing my sword. Please Micronus,help me".
Micronus couldn't take it anyone,if he keep this up not only he would fail the mission,he's also going to get hurt. So,he decided to give him a hint."Ultimus,ever since you start the training here,inside this realm,you have been too focused and relying too much on Prima's weapon and never one use your own weapon".
Then it hits Bumblebee.'Of course,I only used Prima's weapon,the Star Saber all this time and never even think of the weapon I created myself'.He thought. Bumblebee hold his left servo on his chest and then put it down. At that moment,his chest started to glow and the light travel from his chest to his left servo. An orb of light are created there and started to take form. It takes form of the Polarity Gauntlet but this one is created from hard light. Micronus smiled at him,happy that he finally realized what to do.
Bumblebee lifter his left servo. Using the copy of Polarity Gauntlet,he controlled the robots. He used it to unlock the locks that bind the humans. The humans fell to the ground but only from a short distance so they are not harmed. Bee used the Polarity Gauntlet to lift the bots into the air and move them to the safe distace,away from the humans where he use the Star Saber to destroy all five with a single slash of energy. Bumblebee let out a sigh and smiled,knowing he saved the humans,all of the humans. Bee turned to Micronus and smiled,silently thanking him for the hint.
"Remember about this Ultimus,since you had been fighting most of the time as a regular cybertronian,you sometimes do mistakes like this. Just remeber Ultimus,you are a Prime and to protect both worlds,you must act and fight like one".He paused for a while."Now that you completed my test,I'll give you some time to be with-"
"No,Micronus".Bee cut him off."I realized I need more training than I had thought. I'm still very far from mastering my own relic and I'm sure my family could handle themselves. Just one question,of all the Primes,why are you the one who's training us?Not that i don't approve it,it's just you dont even seem to like training other bots".
"One of the reason I trained you is that my ability is similiar to your's,however your relic are much harder to master. Time to time,more and more relics are created and you could use all of them. In all honesty,I think it's impossible really master it. That is why I want to at least help you with it".
"One more thing,I think you should send the humans back".Bee said. Micronus waved his servo slowly,and the humans are pixelatted and disappeared. Bumblebee stared at them,shocked."The humans! They aren't real?"
"Go to my real self,he will explain everything to you".Micronus said as he copied Vector Prime's power again and fix the time paradox and he disappeared afterwards. Bumblebee flinched. It's not everyday you get trained by beings from another dimension and another timeline,literally.
No P.O.V Optimus' training
Optimus are still fighting the Minicon-Deployer and it's three minicons for some time but still no progress. For him, killing one minicon but losing one human is not a progress. The battle are a standstill in normal condition,but Optimus are more focused on saving the humans by intercepting the attacks from his enemies,making him on a big disadvantage. Micronus felt a slight change on the realm and he's very sure of what caused it."Hey Optimus,not to put some pressure on you but it looks like Ultimus already finished his training".
Hearing that Bumblebee already finished somehow calmed his spark but it caught him off-guard of a split-second which is enough for the minicon deployer to know him down. Getting back to his senses,he saw the minicons and their deployer are already surrounding the humans,getting ready for the final attack. Optimus know he won't reach them. He might reach them but there's not enough time to save the humans even if he did."Micronus,I won't reach the humans in time,please help me!".Optimus pleaded the minicon Prime.
"Before your test begun,you're focused on completing the mission. After the test started,you're focused on saving the humans. But Optimus,what was the test?".
Optimus realized what he needed to do. He had focused on saving the humans but he forgot what the real test is. Optimus rushed to climb the hill beside him. Arriving at the top,he found a beacon with the same shape as the Prime Decepticon Hunter. He hold the sword right above it and the sword are surged by power. This is it! This is the sword's true potential. He doesn't have much time left. He swing his sword a few times,getting more and more power each time he swings it and finally,releasing it to his enemies,creating a chain reaction and destroying them all at once.
Optimus jumped down the hill and go next to Micronus. With the training is over,he 'sent back' the humans to Optimus' surprise."The humans,they-"
"are not real".Another voice finished that turns out to be Bumblebee's."Care to explaing Micronus?".
"I need you two to believe they are real to simulate a situation as realistic as possible. This training are aiming get you two ready for the real threat where focus is crucial".Micronus glanced on Optimus."Focusing on the task..."He glanced at Bumblebee."focusing on what you have..."He glanced back at both of them."and staying calm under pressure is very important".
"The center of the storm is always still, and it's easiest to find a solution from there".Optimus and Bumblebee said at the same time while closing their optics.
"Shall we continue our training?".Micronus asked while giving them a friendly smile.
Optimus and Bumblebee opened their optics and smiled at the same time.
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