(Please see all previous disclaimers)
While Optimus was out and about exploring what was left of Cybertron and its former kingdoms, Mirage thought of something – he thought about the terrible sight he had observed the one time that he had been in the castle in Iacon before Megatron had caught the illusionist. Mirage knew Optimus would flip if the now Prime saw his parents' remains in such a state. And so, determined to help, Mirage left his sparklings with the minibots and headed out with a couple other bots.
"Where are we going, sir?" One of the bots asked, surprised to be asked to help.
"Please, I am no sir, and I need your help as well as Skyfire's help to complete something that needs to be done" Mirage explained to the young mech, who was almost as big as the full grown Skyfire.
"Where are we headed, Mirage?" Skyfire asked, wanting to know why the illusionist had asked the two larger bots for assistance but didn't want to ask the Prime.
"Optimus is busy surveying the planet, but I need your assistance with something that if Optimus saw it, it would bother him greatly" Mirage carefully explained.
Soon, the three were at the castle in Iacon. Mirage swallowed hard before entering, as what had occurred the last time Mirage had gone in was still fresh in the bot's mind. But seeing that he was doing something for the Prime, Mirage carefully made his way inside, just inside the castle. "Why are we stopping here, Mirage?" The young mech asked, a bit puzzled.
"Look… up" Mirage barely managed to get out. Skyfire and the young mech looked up and saw what Mirage had seen on his last visit to this castle.
"What's that?" The younger mech asked, a bit puzzled at the mess that was on the ceiling.
Mirage sighed heavily. "Those are the remains of Sentinel Prime and his mate Elita 1. They were the leaders of Most of Cybertron and they were our current Prime's parents" Mirage explained. "Megatron did this as a warning to others."
Skyfire, though gentle, was angered by this. "They don't deserve this" Skyfire stated.
"This is why I asked for your help. I want to help these two be properly entombed before Optimus finds them like this" Mirage explained. The other two mechs nodded and helped carefully remove the metal frames from where they had been. And with Mirage's help, the remains were cleaned up, restored a bit, and then placed in a proper entombment device. Mirage was relieved that his mate would never see what had been done with his parents. "Thank you for your help, my friends."
"You are welcome, Mirage" Skyfire quickly answered.
The other, younger mech wasn't sure about all of this. "What's wrong, Skipper?" Mirage asked the young mech.
Skipper sighed. "I… I lost my parents in this war. Are they just going to be left to rust because they were poor?" Skipper asked tears in his optics and looking to Mirage for an answer.
"Skipper, I know for a fact that Optimus plans to make sure every bot whose remains are found are properly entombed, no matter what their prior status was" Mirage revealed.
"How do you know so much, Mirage sir?" Skipper asked.
"Because, I am Optimus' mate and he told me that that was his plan. No matter what their status was in life, all bots will be properly entombed" Mirage answered. Skyfire just smiled while Skipper was stunned. However, once the shock wore off, Skipper gave Mirage a big hug. Mirage allowed it as he could tell it meant so much to the young mech. And with the, the three started working on finding bots to help properly entomb all the remains found in Iacon. They started there because it was close and because Optimus had not said anything about safe travel further than Iacon. Mirage could only hope Optimus would be happy at this start once the Prime returned.