Transformers Prime: No Autobots Are Idiots

by bigvic150

In this story, we take a new direction in which Optimus Prime's Lieutenant Commander, some of the other transformatted humans, and the Nightowl Trines rely on their similarly different origins, including Smokeedge being a Cybertronian first, a Quadwal Cluster human second, and back again, to ensure that the Autobots make smarter choices. Enjoy this as best as possible!

6. Whitebright, Heir of Onyx Prime

Transformers Prime: No Autobots Are Idiots.

Chapter 6: Whitebright, Heir of Onyx Prime.

(Transformers Prime Universe #192,394,596,203,495,867,019,183, Thursday, January 14th, 2010, first person POV...)

I'm Jordan Darby.

I'm the older third cousin of Jackson Darby and his siblings due to my grandfather being June Darby's father and therefore, that makes her my second cousin, once removed. Do the math if you don't believe me.

Lately, I've been watching the sky at night because of the fact that I'd been getting these odd dreams.

Sometimes in my dreams, I found myself in a pure white room with forty giant robots but only one of them had noticed I was there. Other times in my dreams, I was watching two giant robots fighting one another with the intent to kill each other, signifying that they were bitter enemies.

One of them was pure silver in color with dark purple highlights in his veins and so forth. The other robot was red, silver, and blue with his body having parts of some sort of Peterbilt semi-truck.

Sometimes I see the robots fighting on some metal planet called Cybertron. Sometimes I see these robots fighting each other in space. And sometimes I see them fighting on Earth, specifically in front of a volcano that was erupting purple rocks and crystals, giving the silver robot a power boost.

I told my parents and my older sister about this, and they explained to me the significance behind my dreams.

These robots were sentient machines called Cybertronians or Transformers, and for four million years, they have been in a civil war for control of Cybertron between Autobots and Decepticons, between their leaders by the names of Optimus Prime and Megatron.

And they're called Transformers because they can transform into vehicles, animals, weapons, everyday objects, and so forth.

And in particular, I wasn't happy about hearing how Megatron started a planetary civil war just because he was denied what he wanted, specifically this so-called Matrix of Leadership that determines Cybertron's planetary leader.

Anyway, I found something extra unusual, something that changed my life forever as I know it.

(Third person POV...)

Jordan went out into the desert and finds Onyx Prime's Triptych Masks.

Jordan asks no one in particular, "Is this what I think it is?"

Jordan then widens his eyes in recognition, and he says before asking himself again, "Oh. I answered my own question. These are Onyx Prime's Triptych Masks. Should I interact with the Primes?"

Jordan thinks for a moment before deciding, "Ah, what the hell? Let's do it."

Jethro touches the masks and puts on Mournsong.

Suddenly, the young man finds himself in the Realm of the Primes.

Jordan mentally remarks, "Wow. It's just like Mom, Dad and the others told me. This is the Realm of the Primes."

Jordan remarks in the real world, "Wow. This is just like they said."

Just then, the centaur-like Predacon king known as Onyx Prime looks around and asks with a dragon-like voice, "Who's there?"

The ancestor of the Mini-Cons known as Micronus Prime questions, "Is something wrong, Onyx?"

Onyx Prime answers, "I am... uncertain, Micronus. I can sense there is someone in here with us, but I cannot see them. It's almost as if they are the size of level 1 cleaning drones."

Micronus replies, "I see. Do your hardest to find out who is here, Onyx. I can sense that something is happening."

Onyx looks around and growls, "If only I still had my Triptych Masks with me. I could easily find the intruders quicker."

Just then, he saw Jordan appear out of nowhere and he was holding the masks.

Onyx demands, "Mournsong? Tell me right now, you little creature, why do you have my masks with you?!"

Jordan answers as calm as he can in spite of having a giant spear aimed at him, "I found them when they crashed in a desert on my home planet."

Onyx calms himself as he replies before asking three specific questions even though he already knew the answers, "I see. Who are you, what species are you, and what planet do you come from?"

Jordan answers before asking, "I'm Jordan Darby. I am a human being, an organic primate species that has long since evolved to the point of being able to communicate using vocalizations of vowels in different human languages like English. And we humans come from a small organic planet called Earth, the third planet orbiting the yellow sun called Sol, in the Milky Way Galaxy, intergalactic coordinates RA 17h 45m 40.04s, Dec −29° 00′ 28.1″ (J2000 epoch). And you are?"

Onyx Prime states, "I am Onyx Prime, one of the Forty original creations of Primus and king of the Predacons."

Jordan asks again, "Not to be rude, but what exactly are you, Onyx?"

Onyx Prime answers, "My race is called Predacons, dragons as your kind knows them. My siblings are Cybertronians, which are a race of biomechanical organisms, sentient autonomous robots, if you will. But we are generally referred to as Transformers because we can transform into vehicles, animals, weapons, and every day objects that your kind would use in everyday life."

Jordan remarks, "Wow. Who knew that dragons existed in a sense?"

Onyx chuckles deeply in response to that.

At this point in time, Onyx started to get the feeling that there was more to Jordan than meets the optic as he examines the lone human.

Onyx started to get the feeling that something was happening if this human was able to find the Triptych Masks and use them to enter the Realm of the Primes.

Onyx then questions, "Jordan, do you have parents of your own?"

Jordan answers sadly, "My parents died when I turned eighteen. They were in a house fire caused by my brother before he went to prison."

Onyx started to feel anger towards Jordan's brother.

Onyx mentally snarls, "What could've possibly possessed Jordan's brother to burn their caretakers alive?! As a Predacon, it's your obligation and responsibility to safeguard and train your sparklings and sibling units until they are ready to survive on their own, but even if they are able to survive on their own, it's still your responsibility to watch over them just in case you are needed. And as a Predacon, it is your duty to carry out sentences of punishment for the accused if they commit crimes against your kin."

Onyx asks Jordan, "Young Jordan, if your friends and family unit are in danger of being killed, would you do everything you can muster in your power to assist them and save them?"

Jordan looked at Onyx icily in his optics as he answers, "Of course I would. I wouldn't ever allow anyone to harm my family or any of my friends."

Onyx noted that Jordan seemed to be really confident, a notable quality in a hero. Especially in a Predacon.

Onyx then questions as he sits down like how a centaur sits down, "If you were the last surviving member of your race, especially in light of your parents passing onto your Heaven, would you make yourself your number 1 priority or would you make the survival of your race your top priority?"

Jordan answers, "I would make myself my top priority, since a person's satisfaction should come before the survival of his kind."

Onyx inquires, "One last thing. If given the opportunity, will you do everything you can possibly muster to defend those who cannot defend themselves? Will you fight alongside one of my brothers who is engaged in the fight for freedom of all sentient beings from a power-hungry tyrant?"

Jordan closes his eyes for a second before answering resolutely, "If the weak and defenseless are unable to guard themselves or the people around them, then I will be their savior. If they cry out for a savior, even if I'm the last of my race to be a savior, I will answer their cries for help. If it means the survival of more than one race or just one race in total, then I shall do everything possible to make sure that neither goes extinct whatsoever."

Onyx pridefully replies as he stands up, "Then you shall be my successor to the Predacon race, a Prime to take my place as king of the Predacons in the land of the living, and to be my son."

Jordan replies back, "I accept, Sire."

Onyx smiles as his chestplate opened, revealing his Predacon spark capable of turning organic species like humans into Predacons and even techno-organic Predacons.

Onyx then says, "With the power that was bestowed upon me by Primus at the beginning of time, I hereby bestow upon you, Jordan Darby, the body, power, and title of Prime and Predacon."

Once Onyx said that, multiple different beams of light representing the Allspark and the Aurex cluster Mini-Cons shot towards Jethro, going to the middle of his body first.

Jordan watched as his skin and clothing began to gently rip away, revealing metal armored skin of snow white, vanilla white, and baby powder white that was complimented by sky blue, electric blue, and turquoise colors. Some of Jordan's metal was even a scarlet red and a candy apple red, but that was specifically on the inner layers of metal. And there were gray and regular brown highlights which accented his armor as either engravings of where the metal would bend if Jordan made specific movements, or it was simply utilized alongside the edges and crevices of his frame and some of the metal plates.

Onyx then says as the whole thing continues, "I, Onyx Prime, have chosen you to be my son, and to be the next in line to be the leader of the Predacon race."

At this time, Jordan had grown to sixty-five feet tall in height. His ocean blue eyes changed to an unmellow yellow color, royal yellow, and blonde yellow color combination with a circle of white in the middle. On his head is a crown of multiple spikes similar to Onyx Prime's crown, but with more spikes on it. On Kareem's back was a pair of dragon wings that looked like bladed wings combined with the wings of Predaking. Kareem's fingers that were now digits were clawlike to the point where he could cut anything with them, but the bonus was that his claws were 100% retractable, something generally unheard of for standard Predacon clones that can transform to robot mode. On the top part of his chestplate, just like Predaking, was the symbol of the Predacons yellow in color. His shoulders were muscular, but not too bulky, and also smoothed off into hook shapes pointing up. His arms were muscular as well, but His leg stabilizers were also muscular, but they weren't overly muscular. Rather, his shoulders, his arms, and his legs were as muscular as Predaking's if his muscular physique were downgraded by 16%. His pedes also had claws built onto them, but they were retracted onto the tops of his pedes. All the same, they would help him get an easier footing as his clawed pedes can dig into ground, dirt, and metal.

Onyx Prime then says, "With my power, you are able to transform into a dragon worthy to be fitted for a king."

Because of what Onyx said, Jordan transformed into his dragon mode and his bladed wings came together with the metallic fibers making up the rest of their wings. Jordan has two rows of extremely sharp dental plates that can tear through any variety of metal as well as four mandibles on the sides of his mouth.

Jordan's crown still resembled Onyx's crown, but from time to time, one could see electricity and small flames jump from the tips of his crown and would also travel through down his back along the spikes all the way to the ending of his tail, since it was shaped like a combination of a spiked flail and Predaking's tail in dragon mode.

Jordan stretched his wings, and they were an impressive 290 meters in length, and the length of his body was the equivalent of four school buses, and three and a first wide.

Once Onyx Prime was finished, Jordan fell to the ground, breathing heavily as he was put to sleep.

Onyx's chestplate closes back up as he remarks, "Rest now, Whitebright Prime. Your time will come soon."

Onyx proceeds to pick up Whitebright flawlessly without waking him up in any way possible.

Then, he walks back to the other 39 bots.

Micronus Prime exclaims in shock, getting everyone else's attention, "Primus, Onyx! Who is that?!"

They all look at the base of Jordan's neck, where the Predacon symbol lies.

Onyx answers, "This... is my son, as well as the new heir of the Predacon race."

Onyx received multiple gasps of shock from his siblings.

The only ones who didn't gasp because they were good at keeping their emotions in check were Prima Prime and Alpha Trion.

Alpha Trion states, "We never knew you had a son."

Onyx explains, "That's just because of the fact that I never had a son before since I believed that I would be able to lead the Predacon race for eternity. But plans do change. And now, I felt the need to have an heir that can lead the race of the Predacons and make them thrive once again, Alpha Trion."

Onyx lays Whitebright Prime on a table made of perfected indestructible metal.

Solus Prime asks, "What are their names?"

Onyx answers with pride in his tone, "His name is Whitebright Prime, Solus."

Onyx then places Mournsong next to Jordan.

Prima Prime inquires, "Why is Mournsong here, Onyx?"

Onyx explains again, "My new heir had shown up with the Masks and he were able to look through the masks. This, Prima, can only mean one thing, one out of many we didn't think was possible."

Prima replies, "It definitely means that Primus has chosen a new Prime to continue your lineage as the next heir to the throne of the Predacon race and to be a new Prime to help our brother and his troops."

And they all looked into the Well of All Sparks to see Optimus Prime and the large remnants of the Autobot army driving, flying, and running across roads, skies, and jungle environments.

Solus remarks, "Whitebright sure looks adorable when he's recharging. Hmhmhmhmhmhmhmhm."

Onyx looked embarrassed as he replies, "Predacons are not designed to look '"adorable,"' Whitebright; they're designed to look brave and deadly."

The other Primes were laughing at the twosome while Alpha Trion just smiled in amusement and Prima chuckled quietly at that.

Prima then says, "Sorry to be what the humans call a Debbie Downer, but your son needs to go back to Earth since he will need Energon to energize his new systems."

Onyx replies before saying to his new creation, "I'm aware. This is goodbye for now, son, but remember, the Triptych Masks will assist you in any way possible."

The new Predacon Prime's body began to fade from the Realm of the Primes and reappear back into reality in the crater where the Triptych Masks were discovered.

At that moment, Whitebright's systems rebooted.

Whitebright mentally asks in confusion because, well, Predacons can't talk in dragon mode, "W-what the? I'm.. back on Earth?"

Whitebright looks at himself and his family and he mentally shouts, "What the?! I'm a dragon! Yes, I can see that I've become a robotic Cybertronian dragon called a Predacon, but how will I be able to hide myself from the rest of the world if I'm a giant robot dragon?"

Whitebright then jolts as realization dawns on him, "Perhaps the Autobots will be able to help me in that regard, if I can find them."

Whitebright notices the Triptych Masks and he places them on his back, securing it safely in between his wings in a position where they wouldn't fall off when he flies and won't get crushed by his flapping his wings.

Suddenly, a scent attracted his olfactory sensors.

Whitebright states in recognition in Predacon dialect, "That scent – it's Energon!"

Not a second too soon, the new Predacon's wings flapped once, sending sand flying in every direction known, including into the air.

And soon enough, the new Predacon Prime was following the trail of the Energon scent.

In no time, Whitebright found himself in the state of Nebraska.

The moment Whitebright gets another whiff of the Energon scent, he followed it to a mountain that has a large hole in the topside of it.

Thankfully, the scent to follow led to a side entrance that was big enough and wide enough for a dragon of his size.

Then, the new Predacon found a big open area where they can easily stretch their wings and still have enough space for a single Predacons of his size and length.

Then the Predacon's optics landed on an assortment of chunks with blue crystals, which his processors recognized as Energon.

The moment his optics landed on the Energon chunks, his fuel tank rumbled in hunger.

And without a moment of hesitation, Whitebright opened his maw, taking huge chunks of the blue crystals into his maws where they started to break them down with his sharp rows of teeth.

After finishing his first bite of Energon, Whitebright remarks, "By Primus' Sword, this stuff is delicious!"

Of course, while the Predacon was devouring the Energon, he failed to notice several dozen differently colored bots on the one side leading to the entrance.

Cliffjumper asked, "What in the name of Primus is that?"

Of course, Cliffjumper failed to notice that he said it louder than he thought, loud enough to get the attention of Whitebright.

His head shot up to look up at one of the few entrances to the area which the Predacon realized was one of the biggest Energon mines in Nebraska.

And of course, the lone Predacon spotted a goodly portion of the Autobot army.

Optimus states in shock, "It cannot be."

Arcee questions, "Optimus, you mind filling us in?"

Optimus answers, "What we are looking at is possibly the last of its kind. A living Predacon."

This caught everyone in Optimus' unit by surprise.

Cliffjumper asks incredulously, "A Predacon?! I thought they all went extinct during the Great Cataclysm?"

Then, the Autobots jumped down to where Whitebright is.

The lone Predacon snarled at the Autobots, but Optimus says while deactivating his weapons, "We mean you no harm, Predacon."

Optimus spread out his hands in a peaceful manner, emphasizing that he was telling the truth.

The Predacon halted, and he eventually relaxed himself now that he knew the Autobots weren't going to harm him unless he was harmed first.

Optimus states, "I am Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots, and these are all my soldiers. As I just said, we mean you no harm whatsoever. May I ask who you are?"

Jumpbee says, "Optimus, no offense, but all manner of Predacons can't talk in dragon mode."

Whitebright mentally remarks, "Optimus Prime? That rings a bell. Oh yeah, that truck robot I saw in my dreams."

Whitebright reaches around behind him and grabs the Triptych Masks before placing them on the ground in front of him.

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Optimus quizzes in shock and confusion, "The Triptych Masks? The last time I even saw one of them was with Onyx Prime before the Well of All Sparks was finished. Why do you have the Triptych Masks?"

Whitebright removes the first mask and puts it on his head. Then the mask reformatted itself to fit his head.

Whitebright received a flashback of Optimus transforming from robot mode to vehicle mode and back again only once before the flashback ended.

Whitebright puts the mask back onto the totem before attempting to transform to his own robot mode for the first time.

When Whitebright transformed to his titanic robot mode, his tail retracted in on itself and split in two, the first half becoming a greatsword and the second half becoming a shield that looks like a combination of the Tyran cluster Optimus Prime's Vector Shield, the Tyran cluster Sentinel Prime's Anti-Weapon Shield, and the Tyran cluster Megatron's knight shield in terms of the designs being put together, but the first two shield sizes being retained to make it like a humongous shield being wielded by a teenager first undergoing knight training. His wings had transformed into multiple blades while still being able to deploy for Whitebright to fly in robot mode. The claws on his hands retracted at the same time as the claws on his pedes did. The head of his dragon mode retracted all the way to his back before splitting in quarters and merging with his shoulders and his back at the same time. His head revealed itself and it retained his robot mode crown from when he was reformatted by Onyx Prime, and the rest of his head looked like a human armet helmet.

Cliffjumper exclaims in shock, "It just transformed to robot mode?!"

Whitebright answers in English, "Yes, I did."

Everyone gawks in shocked silence at the fact that Whitebright just talked, in English no less.

Whitebright remarks with the introductions, "By the silence of shock, I'm betting you can all understand me. I am Whitebright Prime, son of Onyx Prime, and Onyx's new heir to the throne of the Predacon race."

Optimus walks up to Whitebright and looks up at him due to the Predacon being taller than the Autobot leader.

Optimus states, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Whitebright Prime."

Optimus then quizzes, "Whitebright, how is it possible that you were able to transform?"

Whitebright answers, "When I put on the Masks, I received a vision of you transforming to robot mode, and that transferred to me because of the fact that the Triptych Masks, as you know, can only be used by Predacons. Therefore, I was able to learn how to transform. And as it turns out, any Predacons that are given life, whether they're natural Predacons given life by the Allspark, natural Predacons given life by Onyx Prime impregnating a femme Predacon, or Primus and/or Onyx Prime reformatting humans into Predacons – including techno-organic Predacons, are all able to transform if shown enough times or even once a fellow Cybertronian transforming from vehicle mode or beast mode to robot mode and back again."

Soon, the two Primes were engaged in a conversation while the rest of the Autobots were talking amongst themselves.

Cliffjumper remarks, "And here I was thinking today was just getting more and more crazy."

Arcee replies, "Really, Cliff? First, it was getting interrogated by Shockwave, then we find out that in addition to us, there's ninety-eight thousand, two hundred and fifty-nine Autobots on Earth, and now we meet a living Predacon that is having a friendly chat with Optimus, and we just found out that Predacons created by Onyx Prime, the Allspark, and Primus are able to transform to robot mode as long as they see visual representations of a Cybertronian transforming more than enough times?"

Cliffjumper answers, "Yes, as a matter of fact."

Ratchet's voice sounds over the commlinks as he asks, "Optimus, have you found the source of the energy signal yet?"

Optimus answers, "Affirmative, Ratchet. We have also found a humongous Energon mine. Send a Ground Bridge for additional support and for transportation."

Ratchet replies, "Coming up, Optimus. Standby."

A Ground Bridge opens and out of the portal comes three hundred Autobot Miners based on the design of the Decepticon Miners but with the shared vehicle mode of a Ford RS200 sports car since the Decepticon Miners don't actually have any known Cybertronian or Earthly vehicle modes shown whatsoever.

Soon, in no time, because of Smokeedge and his allies coming prepared, the Autobot army gained a planet-sized supply of Energon for thousands if not millions of their troops if they're still alive and able to make it to Earth.

As the Autobots were returning to base, Optimus states, "Whitebright, I would recommend that you transform to your beast mode since you might damage the Ground Bridge due to how tall you are."

The future Predacon king nodded and transformed to dragon mode.

Whitebright picked up the Triptych Masks and placed them on his back before he followed Optimus through the Ground Bridge portal.

As the Autobot army emerged in the base, Ratchet asks, "Well? Where did the signal emanate from?"

As soon as Optimus came through, he moved to give Whitebright lots of room to move, and holy shiatsu, Ratchet was shocked to his core to see a Predacon come walking through the portal without overcrowding anything and without damaging anything whatsoever, thankful that the command center was GIGANTIC.

Whitebright transforms to robot mode, and he stood in front of Ratchet, who was still gawking at the sight of one transforming knight Predacon.

Whitebright pulls out of his back two Cybertronian medical toolboxes and holds them out for Ratchet to take, much to his further shock but glee.

Ratchet gingerly takes the medical toolboxes and says, "Thank you, Predacon." And he proceeds to his laboratory to put the toolboxes away.

Optimus remarks, "Well, looks like Ratchet made himself a new friend."

Bulkhead asks, "We might as well get to know you if Optimus himself chose to bring you here. So, what's your name?"

Whitebright replies, "Whitebright Prime, son of Onyx Prime, at your service."

Of course, Ratchet was shocked before his shock turned to disbelief.

Ratchet scoffs, "A new Prime and not just that, but you also claim to be the son of one of the Forty Primes? Preposterous!"

Whitebright angrily demands, "So, you would call me a liar at the statement that Onyx Prime himself had informed me when I was created that I am his next in line to take his throne of the Predacons?!"

Whitebright places the Triptych Masks down and asks, "Alright, Ratchet, let's test your I.Q. What's the name of this artifact of the Primes?"

Ratchet looks at the masks, and the others could easily see for themselves that due to Ratchet's age, he forgot what the masks were called, especially by reading his expressions.

Whitebright explains, "It's the Triptych Masks, the very same ones designed to be used by Onyx Prime himself and his Predacon descendants."

Ratchet then replies, "If that is true and these are the Triptych Masks, then prove it by using Predator."

Whitebright replies, "As you wish."

He grabs the mask in the middle and puts it on his face.

The mask combines with his head, and he chooses Bulkhead as his target.

The moment he did so, he moved with unimaginable speeds unheard of for a robot mode Predacon of his height and gets behind Bulkhead before proceeding to pick him up and throw him up towards the ceiling in spite of how big it is.

And just as Bulkhead was about to hit the floor, Whitebright got underneath him, bent Bulkhead's spinal strut moderately, and proceeds to grab Bulkhead's right leg and left shoulder strut before tossing him into the nearest indestructible wall with a powerful throw.

Pruner fires a shot at Whitebright, getting his attention.

Whitebright removes the mask to see everyone's shocked expressions and Pruner's fierce scowl as she aims her blaster at the Predacon.

Whitebright walks up to Pruner and stays silent, the only sound being a pained groaning coming from Bulkhead due to the beatdown he got from the Predacon prince.

Whitebright proceeds to kneel in front of Pruner.

Tailgate asks in confusion, "Uh, what's he up to?"

Cliffjumper answers, "I really don't know."

Nobody knew why, not even Whitebright, but this femme caught his interest.

Onyx Prime says in Whitebright's mind, "It seems my son has found a sparkmate that has the same traits as you do. If I were you, dear grandson of mine, I would make her a keeper while practicing what your mother has taught you about being a gentleman and about being responsible."

Tailgate looks over Bulkhead and says, "I think Bulkhead could use some repairs."

Smokeedge takes out an Energon Repair Grenade and detonates it on Bulkhead, the Energon repairing his systems and damages.

Pruner looked confused when Whitebright didn't move an inch.

Pruner questions, "What are you doing, Whitebright?"

Whitebright answers, "Like I told my sire, I'll protect my friends and my family unit till the very conclusion, and as you've shown that you'll do the same thing even when the odds are against you, I'm giving you my respect for saving your companion's life the way a Predacon prince or a Predacon king would show respect for someone willing to throw away their safety to protect the ones they love. Of course, my bestial side is a bit volatile when I put Predator on, so I'm going to need training from all of you and from Onyx Prime to control my bestial side."

Pruner replies uncertainly, "Um, thanks, I think?"

Bulkhead groans, "Ough. Remind me to never antagonize Whitebright or any Predacons under any circumstances."

Whitebright gets up as Optimus says, "Arcee, Pruner, Cliffjumper, Tailgate, Guardshadow, I'll need the five of you to go on patrol for any sign of Decepticon activity while Bulkhead's repairs finish thanks to the Energon Repair Grenade. (He turns to face the Predacon.) Whitebright, if you will follow me, I'll show you to your quarters."

Optimus takes the Predacon prince to his quarters, remembering that Smokeedge used his powers to help him invent the rooms in the farthest back for all manner of Predacons of varying heights up to seventy feet tall.

Optimus then explains, "At the present time, thanks to Smokeedge, we have rooms for Predacons of varying heights of up to seventy feet in height. Because of this, you won't need to hunch over despite every inch of our base being big enough to potentially house even the likes of combiners up to Nexus Prime's height."

Whitebright replies, "No worries, Optimus. We wouldn't have it any other way. Even if you didn't have rooms for the race of Predacons to recruit, beggars can't be choosers."

The Predacon Prince went into his rooms after memorizing the access codes for the room.

In his room, Whitebright puts the masks on his table and sits cross-legged in front of the door to meditate.

Whitebright asks, "Sire, what is this feeling in my spark?"

Onyx replies from inside Whitebright's spark, "Whitebright, what you are feeling is romantical love, and not just that, but your bestial side has servo-picked in a rare case a worthy femme to be a High Queen."

Whitebright asks again, "Am I correct in assuming that a High Queen is a rank above normal Predacon Queens?"

Onyx answers, "Correct. A High Queen is a Predacon femme who has more dominion than a regular Predacon Queen would normally possess, and is considered to be a favorite among the Queens of the Predacons."

Whitebright felt embarrassed as he questions, "So, by that reckoning, I'll immediately become popular with almost every Autobot femme currently on Earth and the ones soon to come if they ever reach the solar system?"

Onyx answers teasingly, "Yes. Along with potentially Decepticon femmes."

Whitebright remarks as he points out, "I see. I just hope that no Decepticon femme fatales become infatuated with me; Megatron could easily take advantage of that."

Onyx replies in a serious tone, "Yes, that will indeed prove troublesome and disastrous if it does happen. But don't worry, my grandson; you and the others will find a solution alongside the Autobots. The Autobots always found solutions in this war with the Decepticons, and that's not going to stop now."

Whitebright heads to his recharging table and says, "Goodnight, Sire."

Onyx replies, "Goodnight, Whitebright. Recharge well."

In the Realm of the Primes, Onyx Prime had a grin on his faceplate at the information he gained on his son while the other Primes except for Wildsand Prime are aware of what's going on with Whitebright.

In his workshop, Smokeedge was worried about whether or not there'll be any more Autobots coming to Earth.

(First person POV for Smokeedge...)

I was worried about whether or not any Autobots other than Ultra Magnus will show up on Earth.

And even without that possibility, the Decepticons outnumber us nine hundred and ninety-nine trequinquagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine duoquinquagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine unquinquagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine quinquagintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine novemquadragintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine octoquadragintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine septenquadragintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine sexquadragintillion, nine hundred and ninety-nine quinquadragintillion, and so forth to one hundred vigintillion. And outside of that, the Earth itself doesn't have any form of nearly unlimited Energon supplies to potentially continue the war for more than a year or for three years.

And outside of even that, even without the Decepticons being a problem in the future after the war ends regardless of whether or not Megatron dies or disbands the Decepticons, Cybertron needs serious repopulation.

So, in anticipation of all of that, I used my Mini-Forge to invent a Protoform Generator Machine that uses any existing materials, organic and otherwise, to turn into body parts of Cybertronian protoforms with sparks in them, thanks to some tinkering and thanks to Vector Prime's help in successfully attempting to recreate the unlimited energy of the Allspark. And I tested this out – with Ratchet and Optimus' permissions, of course – by bringing Primus himself back to life and in a smaller form up to Optimus' height since historical records said Primus being a planetary Transformer meant he was as big as Cybertron, if not bigger, just like Unicron.

Then, I made a Cybertron Relic and Weapon Replica Maker machine that uses the same methods, minus the Allspark's power and instead using suitable substitutes, to invent actual, bonafide working replicas of the Apex Armor, the Badge of Vector Prime, the Blades of Time, the Chaos Edge Sword, the Chimera Stone, the Covenant of Primus, the Creation Lathe, the Cyber Caliber Sword, the Emberstone, the Enigma of Combination, the Forge of Solus Prime, the Halo of Primus, the Infinite Combinatoric, the Lenses, the Liegian Darts, the Matrix of Leadership, the Nephrite Smasher, the Omni Saber Sword, the Origin Matrix, the Quill, the Reformation Module, the Requiem Blaster, the Scepter of Sparks, the Scythe, the Spark Forger, the Spark Merger, the Star Saber, the Terminus Blade, the Triptych Masks, the Throne of the Primes, the first transformation cog, the force field generator, the Liquefier, the four Omega Keys, the Phase Shifter, the Polarity Gauntlet, the Resonance Blaster, and the Spark Extractor, if needed or absolutely necessary.

Then, I used my Mini-Forge to invent Autonomous Defense Turrets, Battle Suits, Cortical Psychic Patches, the Dragonshredder Drill, some Energon Drillers, some Energon Harvesters, some Energon Transducers, some Hyperevolution Chambers for cloning Predacons, some Laser Scalpels, some Quantum Cryo Inducers, some Quantum Cybermeasures, some Stasis Cuff pairs, some Electro-Shock Stasis Cuff pairs, some Tractor Beam Emitters, some Reprogramming Harpoon Launchers, and a lot of the other weapons Nightimus described as coming from, and I quote, "the entire Transformers Prime continuity family, including and excluding fanfictions." And I know what she means as I did my research meticulously, thanks to some help from Vector Prime.

Then, I used my Mini-Forge to make a Matter Duplicator gun that uses any type of ammunition, such as Energon or water, to fire laser beams that can duplicate and multiply any object. Think pitchers of lemonade, crates of full water bottles, Energon crates, Energon crystals, Energon cubes, Energon Locaters, Energon Refiners, caches of Red Energon, protoforms, Cybertronian firearms, metal ammunition crates and clips for said firearms, old vehicles for target practice, Cybertronian ships the size of the Ark or the Nemesis, Predacon clone fossils, and so forth.

Then, I used my Mini-Forge to invent Cybertronian Revival Machines that can resurrect old Cybertronians who died before and during the Great War, while simultaneously reprogramming Decepticons into Autobots through divine means rather than just technological means or through magic.

Then I invented a cloning machine for our standard forces with names so we can have additional numbers.

Then, I invented a Weapon Crafter machine similar to the one Nightimus Prime told me about from that so-called Transformers Prime fanfiction that uses Energon and metal to craft human science fiction weapons similar to Ultra Magnus' rifle and similar to the Fuel Rod Cannons from Halo.

Yeah, not gonna lie, these are all gonna come in handy.

Next, I used my Mini-Forge to invent the Think-A-Food machine capable of psychically connecting to the forehead of a human and able to convert any gas, solid material, or liquid into the food that a human being is craving or wanting to eat for their meals or for their snack times, and it can be operated by thought and by voice command. Like for example, say that Agent Fowler wanted to feed himself some doughnuts from Dunkin' Donuts, such as the Chocolate Frosted Holiday Sprinkle Doughnuts, the Strawberry Frosted ones, the White Frosted ones, the Whoopie Pie Doughnuts, Apple Crumb Doughnuts, Apple Fritters, Apple And Spice Doughnuts, etc., the machine will provide such food, and it can either be healthy or unhealthy, depending on diet restrictions or preferences.

This could be suitable for if in the event we need to feed our human allies like Agent Fowler, Kaylee, or any member of NEST.

Next to that, I also used my Mini-Forge to invent a Cybertronian Replica Machine that can make Autobot replicas of Decepticons, Maximal replicas of Beast Wars Predacons, Dinobot replicas of dragon Predacons, Predacon replicas of Dinobots, Beast Wars Predacon replicas of Maximals, and even angelic superhero replicas of various video game and horror movie monsters.

This would be useful if we wanted to foster better relationships with the human race by showing through our actions, if we were to ever accidentally or intentionally go public, that under the right circumstances, humans, Autobots, Predacons, and Maximals can indeed work together to progress to a better future for humans and Transformers.

Next to that, I used my Mini-Forge to invent Energon Cube Maker machines that make Energon cubes out of thin air whenever we ask and whenever we use either one normal sized Energon crystal, along with Energon Converter Machines that can convert water, fruit juices, sodas, milk, alcoholic beverages, fruit smoothies, vegetable smoothies, protein shakes, milkshakes, liquified ice cream, and all sorts of human food into Energon Cubes of various amounts, depending on the portion sizes and amount of ounces of said human foods and drinks.

Then, I used my Mini-Forge to invent a Predacon Clone Fossil and Normal Predacon Fossil Replication Machine that makes replicas of Predacon fossils from Age of Evolution Predacons and from Predacon clones that Shockwave sent to Earth millions of years ago before they were lost to the ravages of time.

Then I used my Mini-Forge to invent replicas of the various strongest Autobot, Decepticon, Maximal, Predacon, Quintesson, and human security systems from all across the Cybertronian and human Multiverses with Autobot loyalty programs built into the computers needed to operate them.

Then I used my Mini-Forge to invent a Troop Building Machine that combines the uses of the Protoform Generator Machine, the Cybertronian Revival Machines, the Cybertronian Replication Machine, and the cloning machines I also invented to create generic troops for our depleted Autobot forces. Such as, the Air Warriors, the Insecticons, the Sweeps, Cyclonus' Armada, the Sharkticons, the Guardian Robots, the Seacons, the Firecons, the Centurion Droids, the Seeker Clones, the Virulent Clones, clones of Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Prowl, and Sandstorm from another universe, the Pounce and Wingspan type clones from the Dread Pirate Crew that more or less resemble Vehicons, the Waruders, the Rollermaster Corps, the Megatron Corps, the Selectors, the Scorpion Corps, the Beast Wars Neo Cybertron Fleet, the Blentrons, the Beast Machines Vehicon drones, the Aurex cluster Terrorcons, Omnicons, Scrapmetal drones, Planet X inhabitants, and civilian Autobots, the Tyran cluster Swindle, Dropkick, Longarm, Dreadwing, Class Beta Payload, L.M.-1, Mixmaster, and Scrapper drones, the Tyran cluster Constructicons, Ark Protoform Autobots, Lensmeter Decepticons, Dreads, Shadow Raiders, Stingers, KSI Bosses, KSI Sentries, and Seekers, the Malgus cluster Autotroopers, the Vehicons of our universe, the Refraktors of another universe, the Primax cluster Cybertronian slash Second Generation Decepticon Troopers, Decepticlones, Aerialbot Scouts and Warriors, Artillery Specialists, Autobot Captains, Melee Warriors, Ranged Warriors, and Sergeants, Autobot Brutes, Autobot Lieutenants, Caretaker Mini-Cons, Chevy Autobots, Autobot Cloakers, Combaticon Scouts, Snipers, and Warriors, Decepticon Captains, Melee Warriors, Ranged Warriors, and Sergeants, Autobot Defenders, Autobot Destroyers, Dropkick Transport Drones, Autobot Heavy Soldiers, High Council Troopers, Invasion Troopers, Infernocons, Stockade's Major Mayhem army, Autobot Melee Specialists, Microcons, Omnibot Scouts and Warriors, Protectobot Scouts, Snipers, and Warriors, Seeker Scouts, Snipers, and Warriors, Autobot Snipers, Autobot Soldiers, Autobot Scouts, Autobot Scientists, Starscream clones, Stunticon Scouts and Snipers, the Tyran cluster Two Head drones, and clones of every Autobot and Decepticon that transforms into a military vehicle.

This'll also be useful to outnumber the Decepticons and hopefully bring about a swift end to the war, but Optimus and I agreed that we'd have to wait until we progress to "season 2" and "season 3" before we use either of those machines I invented.

So, in anticipation of our base being destroyed and eventually having to launch an assault on the Nemesis at the end of the war, we had these machines stored on the lowest levels of our auxiliary bases, thanks to the fact that I used my Mini-Forge to fine-tune the machines to be able to turn into Cybertronian and/or human suitcases so that they'd be easier for transportation.

Of course, I also used my Mini-Forge to invent recharging stations for it and for Solus Prime's original Forge to not only recharge them, but also to recharge them entirely even if they were to run out of power completely. And I also had them fine-tuned the same way as the other machines for easier transportation.

Yeah, I have a feeling that things are gonna come to a head, and we'd best be prepared.

(Third person POV...)

Optimus was passing by Smokeedge's workshop, and he heard the sounds of his Lieutenant Commander's Mini-Forge banging on metal.

Optimus chuckles at this even as he says, "Heh heh heh heh heh heh, Smokeedge will never stop pounding advantages into existence for his fellow Autobots."

The End.

(Author's notes: See you all in chapter 7: Martha Moon Prime.)