Authors note: *cries while holding Optimus plushie* HELP IM LOSING MOTIVATION : I'll do my best to get out a new chapter every day or so. :)
Chapter 3 matrix
It was late before the prime was finally able to power down. Though Optimus wished he hadn't.
Optimus looked around and all he saw was darkness. then a sudden bright flash of silver and bronze appeared Infront of him. Optimus looked up and couldn't believe his optics. "Onyx? Where am I? What's going on?" Optimus felt so scared, and he wasn't sure why, but at the same time he felt, angry.
"Optimus, there isn't much time." onyx growled. "What do you mean?" Optimus muttered. "The hydra. The venom is, reacting against the matrix. To my knowledge, its venom is basically its blood." onyx quaked. "Meaning?" Optimus said.
"The matrix is fusing with the venom/blood counterpart. I'm not entirely sure, but I think it turning you into, a..." onyx paused, staring at the ground. "a-a what?" Optimus hesitated. Onyx replied with a heavy sigh, staring at Optimus.
"a predicon." onyx growled.
Optimus was speechless. A predicon? How? Why? "I may be wrong, but if my suspicions are correct, you may start to feel, aggressive. Due to the matrix and your own systems trying to resist the takeover, it could cause temporary mental corruptions at any given time." onyx explained. "Like what humans refer to as Tourette syndrome?" Optimus asked. Onyx stared at him blankly before shaking his helm. "No Optimus. Worse. You may lose full control at times. The other primes and I are doing all we can to figure out how to stop this. Before someone gets hurt."
Optimus sighed. This was a lot to take in. "I'll do my best to control it until we figure something out." he sighed. "Do any of the other autobots know?" onyx huffed. "Ratchet does, he pointed out this." Optimus showed onyx the newly appeared fangs. Onyx growled. "Frack..." he mumbled. "Wait here Optimus." in a few moments onyx vanished.
After a minute or two, a strange light swirled around him and he found himself Infront of the thirteen. "Optimus, show primus what you showed me." onyx grumbled. Optimus obeyed, but the fear in primus' optics told Optimus that this was a problem bigger than he had ever imagined.
"Optimus, relay this message to anyone who knows about this. Do not tell anyone else about this issue. We fear the venom is taking over faster than expected. I already know ratchet will watch you like a hawk, try to refrain from fighting until this problem is solved. Understood?" primus inquired. Optimus sighed.
"I understand."