Darkwing didn't know how long he was out but last he remembered; he was getting the miners under his purview back on work after the extended shifts. A great idea by Sentinel Prime; get the miners put back in their place after the morale boost that had happened during the Iacon 5000 thanks to those trouble makers Orion Pax and D-16. This was supposed to be his cycle to finally win the race and they ruined it; because of them he wasn't able to even finish the race!
He made them pay and sent them somewhere where he will never have to see their faces again; Sentinel Prime wasn't happy but he didn't get more of a reprimand.
He had awakened and found himself to his knees and in a holding cell with his hands cuffed behind his back. Then the cell opened up and some bots brandishing some red head symbol he didn't recognise dragged him out; "What is going on here? I demand that you let me go; I am overseeing the new shifts of the Energon mines..." Darkwing demanded as there was an amused chuckle.
"Didn't you hear? The Energon mimes have been closed permanently. No need for them." and Darkwing was found to be in front of Elita.
"Oh you are so in for it now; you are going to be sent where I sent your stupid friends..." Darkwing ranted at her only to be pushed back by her and the gall that this cogless miner... How did she get so big?
"You have no rank while I am Commander Elita. See you at your hearing Darkwing." Elita then said as then turned away from him and then transformed into some sort of motorcycle...
What?
She was a cogless mimer; she couldn't transform!
Elita had driven off and Darkwing was dragged before some sort of courtroom with all sorts of bots and he recognised some as miners; they were all jeering at him as he was dragged forward. At the podium where there was that red symbol again. Darkwing couldn't believe it when he saw Orion Pax sitting on the judge's seat.
"Pax! What are you doing now? Do you realise how much trouble you are in now with this stunt... When Sentinel Prime hears what you are pulling with your miner friends..." Darkwing said as the crowd started booing Sentinel's name.
"Sentinel the Disgraced was no Prime; he was a traitor to our world and our people. He is deceased and his regime has ended. You are on trial the same as everyone else who overlooked the mimes or had key parts in his government. The various reports of you bullying cogless Transformers without punishment are what you are here to answer to." Orion said as Darkwing was furious at this.
"The nerve of you Pax! You speak blasphemy of our great leader... I am going to smash your head into..." Darkwing ranted as Elita came in and punched him hard in the face and gut.
"Watch what you say to Optimus Prime; leader of the Autobots, keeper of the Matrix of Leadership and supreme leader of Iacon!" Elita told him and Darkwing was taken aback by this.
"What... What nonsense are you..." Darkwing demanded as Optimus then took out from his chest the Matrix who started glowing brightly as Darkwing was speechless for a second.
What...
He had...
"WHAT? NO! PAX; YOU ARE NOT FIT TO BE A PRIME! IF ANYONE DESERVES TO BECOME ONE THEN IT'S ME!" Darkwing ranted as the guards then took a hold of his arms.
"I hold you in contempt of this court." Optimus said calmly as Darkwing only got angrier.
"I have nothing but contept for this court!" Darkwing ranted as Optimus then gave his sentence:
"He is to be permanently banished from Iacon forever... May Primus have mercy on his soul..."
Darkwing was dragged out of the court with no dignity.
Darkwing was in chains in the train that was to take him to the surface where he would be uncuffed and forced to spend the rest of his existence. "You know Optimus is the most worthy of being a Prime. He is hopeful, optimistic and kind... He certainly wouldn't approve if he knew that I was going to do this..." Elita told him in a low voice she then ripped open his chest with him screaming. She took out his T-Cog and then then smashed it with her foot.
Darkwing was thrown from the moving train when it reached the surface and Darkwing could only weakly get to his feet as he saw it pass by. He tried to transform to follow only to find...
That he couldn't...
He cried out in horror as he was left to his fate...
Transformers One finally came out here in the UK last week and I really enjoyed it when I saw it yesterday. Hope Darkwing gets some sort of toy for the movie even if they have to use a different name for legal reasons; just so that I could have my Transformers toys beat him up.
Plus... RIP Steve!