"Sir, target number three has come out of Nemesis" Said the man who was in a green leather suit with a green mask and a weapon over his shoulder.
"Very well, deploy both the underground and air teams" said the man also in a green leather suit, with white hair and several scars on his face. The man who announced this left.
"Sir, is fake Optimus Prime ready, is he going to go into action, or are we leaving him, for the autobots?" Another man asked, but he looked more like a scientist. Silas grinned.
"Since we know Optimus Prime won't leave anyone of his kind to us, we'll take advantage of that. It's a femme like Airachnid, who was a dream long ago, we know that femmes are more dangerous than those metal men" said Silas. "And yes, a doppelgänger will also go into action, we don't know if it will be easy prey like the one we have in stock," Silas announced as he sat down in front of the controls and activated Nemesis Prime.
Arcee was driving on a desert road when her communications activated.
"Arcee where are you?" Soundwave's voice was heard.
"Outside, I needed to clear my head before I continue decoded, am I needed?" Arcee asked and heard his sigh, yes she knew, leaving him alone with Knockout as she had planned to finally get Knockout back to his smug self.
"Be safe" Soundwave said as he turned off the communicator and Arcee just flipped her glasses.
She drove on when she noticed green cars behind her in the dark, which were suspiciously the same. She drove on as she shifted into gear and sped up. The cars also sped up and then she saw other cars in front of her, exactly the same as the ones behind her.
Arcee made a sharp turn and went out into the desert. She didn't get far when cars circled around her. She saw how the men came out and hid behind the car door, when they pulled out their weapons and started shooting.
Before any bullet could touch her windshield, she transformed and pulled out a blaster. She started shooting and cars started exploding and people ran away. Arcee had an advantage as it was dark and her armor was also dark when she heard the sound of a helicopter above her and thought it was an Airachnid but there wasn't more than one there.
They started shooting at her and she didn't have time to destroy them all when she heard another engine coming and she knew it. She turned around for a second only to see a truck and a very prominent Autobot sign in front of it. She had to admit that she had never been happier to see the leader of the Autobots.
She saw some of the soldiers withdraw and then Optimus came, but when he transformed, it wasn't him.
Arcee stepped back and activated her shoulder blades. She was looking through blue optics, but yellow like Breakdown and was rusty everywhere.
"Who are you?" Arcee asked if it was a Cybertronian, he would have gotten chills down his spine as hatred filled her head, but this was nothing new to Silas. Every robot he had met so far had been so dangerous to him.
"I'm Silas, probably very valuable to us dear femme," Silas said through Nemesis Prime and Arcee just frowned, she didn't belong to anyone, definitely not a human.
"You're wasting your time, Silas, and remember, man, Decepticons don't belong to anyone," she said in a threatening voice.
Arcee attacked and before Silas could even react through the monitor, he started reporting to the created robot that energon was leaking. Silas knew this would be harder than when they caught Breakdown, but he liked a challenge.
Arcee damaged the robot several more times when it hit her in the face. The blow was so strong that Arcee's systems shut down to take the blow, but energon began to flow from the side of her head, which Silas didn't notice.
Silas smiled through the monitor. "Visitors from another planet always underestimate us for our size," said Silas. Since the MECH base was not far, he took Arcee by the legs and pulled her.
Nemesis Prime came to the hangar and threw Arcee onto a metal plate, where the soldiers subsequently welded her with iron barriers.
"Sir, the area around the base is moving, a yellow Urbana 500, we have an idea that this yellow robot is coming," said the soldier and Silas sat down at the controls again.
"Then we'll send him an opponent," Silas said, but the scientists didn't want to agree.
"Sir, we don't think it's a good idea, Nemesis was damaged during the fight sfemme, we should repair it first before we put it back on the battlefield" The scientist said for the others and Silas just frowned.
"I'm your leader I know what I'm doing" He said angrily as he activated Nemesis and walked outside.
The first person he met was Bumblebee. Bumblebee said something to him, but since Silas didn't know the language Bumblebee spoke, he didn't understand and Bumblebee attacked. Silas quickly pacified him and continued.
Next up was the Bulkhead marauder. He lasted slightly longer than the scout, but not long enough to destroy him either. Bulkhead fell to the ground, stunned by the powerful blows.
The last one was Optimus.
"Optimus Prime, we meet again," said Silas.
"This is the end of your lie Silas" said Optimus, when he aimed his blaster at him, when his mask also fell on the lower part of his face.
"Seriously, you should think about whether I have something of yours." Silas said before Optimus could ask who, Silas started shooting and Optimus fired back.
They fought, shot, exchanged blows and tried to destroy each other. Optimus noticed during the fight that his doppelganger had several cuts on him, but neither Bulkhead nor Bumblebee had blades. He couldn't think any further when Silas' punch sent him back into the wall.
Silas threw punches at him, but Optimus managed one good kick and sent him into the pipe, which exploded on impact. Optimus was waiting to see what would happen when he started shooting at him again.
"You know, I managed to create a perfect machine. I combined good military training with a robotic frame said Silas and they continued to fight.
Later they moved to the roof where Silas had a base and from where he controlled the robot. Both Silas and Optimus took out their swords and were about to cut each other again when Silas was having a good day and Optimus didn't have time to stop it.
Silas stuck the sword into Optimus' side and Optimus suppressed a cry of pain. "But do you know the difference between us?" asked Silas rhetorically "my body feels no pain and imagine an army of transforming organisms, MECH will become invincible" said Silas, when he took out his sword he let Optimus fall to the ground and hold on to a new wound.
"Well you'd surely like to know who your other one I took" Silas said and Optimus looked up painfully "I must say she's particularly strong and she held up much more than your two Autobots put together and the color of the armor" Silas said enjoying the surprised look Optimus. Silas was about to finish his thought when a voice came from behind him.
Agent Fowler's voice. While Agent Fowler entertained Silas, Optimus got back to his feet. Within minutes both Silas and Nemesis Prime were destroyed when he looked down to see Agent Fowler and Arcee lying on a metal plate nearby with energon around her head.
"Agent Fowler" Optimus said calmly then heard the sound of helicopters.
"It's ours, I think you should leave" Said Fowler and Optimus just got a message from Ratchet that Bumblebee and Bulkhead are already at the base. Fowler looked at Arcee, who was lying a few meters away "What's going to happen to her?" Fowler asked when he looked up and didn't see Optimus.
Fowler went to address him once more when Optimus entered from the side of the building.
He came to Arcee and without saying anything, tore off her inhibitions and took her into his arms. He exited the building just before the soldiers in the helicopter looked in his direction, and Arcee disappeared into the underground bridge.
Optimus entered the base and all the robots looked at him like he was crazy, except for the humans, who immediately hid, because the last time they saw each other, or the last time she was at the base, she threatened to die.
Optimus walked over to one of the boxes and placed it there, when Ratchet turned to him.
"Are you out of your mind?" Ratchet asked and Optimus sighed in frustration. He didn't want to be mean to Ratchet, but he wasn't supposed to say anything to anyone.
"No, I'm not crazy," Optimus replied, his gaze becoming serious and Ratchet understood.
"Okay, I'll fix her helmet and make sure she's all right, but first I'll weld your wound before the floor is from your energon" Ratchet said and Optimus' gaze softened a bit, but was still more or less serious.
Optimus remained standing and did not release his optics from Arcee. Now he could look at her without her attacking him. He had to admit that she looked more like him than Elite, even if she had some of her things in there.
Her nail polish was blue, just like his. She had a spike on the top of her head like him, but it was modified in a feminine style and was pink like Elitim varnish. She had metal on the sides of her face that matched the spikes as well as the anklets on her hands. Finally, the mask that covered the bottom of her face, which was similar to his, only darker. He remembered what she told him when he asked why she was wearing it.
I don't want the enemy to see my whole face
Ratchet stepped away from Optimus, showing that the work on him was complete. Optimus looked around and made sure that they were already in an empty medical bay, but also in an empty base, since Bumblebee and Bulkhead had taken the children home.
Ratchet turned to Arcee and saw scratches, both old and new. He looked at her head and since he guessed that she was hit when she was fighting, it could happen that if he looked at her through the processor, he could attack.
"Optimus could you come here" Ratchet said and as if Optimus was expecting it, he was at his side in a second "we'll seat her, I'll check everything, you'll have someone to hold, it might happen that she attacks, since the last thing she's looking for is a fight" Ratchet explained as they possessed her. Optimus knelt down and held her shoulder as she rested her face against his shoulder.
Ratchet checked everything but didn't see anything wrong so he just fixed the crack on her helmet to keep the energon from leaking out. Optimus looked at his little femme the whole time. Maybe she didn't have it, but it was still his.
When Ratchet was done and Optimus laid her back down, he was next to her. Ratchet saw Optimus sit down and stayed there. He walked up to him and put his hand on his shoulder.
"Optimus, you should go rest, you were hurt" Ratchet said but he just shook his head in disagreement.
"I'll be here in case she wakes up so I can explain it to her," said Optimus. Ratchet wanted to say something like 'doctor's orders' but he saw that he wouldn't listen to him in this situation. Ratchet was there for a while before he went back to his cabin to sleep.
Optimus began to think again, what it would have been like if what had happened had not happened.
If the Elite hadn't taken Arcee to Kaon. He might not have met Megatronus then, but he would have had a family. If this had happened, he wouldn't have gone before the high council and he wouldn't have become Prime. If it hadn't happened, Elita wouldn't have been killed by Arcee and Arcee would have liked them and recognized him as Sira.
Optimus didn't know how long to think, but he was interrupted by soft moans of awakening. He looked at the medical bed and saw Arcee slowly open her glasses.
"Primus, who gave such a strong light here," muttered Arcee as she was about to sit up, only to feel someone push her back to lie down. She looked ahead to see a large blue and red painted mech. She didn't know who it was.
Arcee quickly broke out of his grip and crawled into a corner. She held her hands in front of her and as she stood up she dropped several medical supplies. Arcee was scared, she didn't know where she was when she was in front of her, she didn't remember anything.
"Who are you? Where am I? She asked and Optimus was taken aback. Ratchet said he would be fine.