Of Drones and Logic

Absolute Truth Part 1: Aftermath of Trypticon

The purple worker tilted her head to the side, puzzled by what he means by that. Then, her CPU started to piece it together; The red and blue colour, the large size, the title of Autobot leader.

Then it clicked.

"You're... Optimus..." She exclaimed slowly, her eyes wide and hollow before the Autobot nodded.

"Yes. I am in fact Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots."

Uzi didn't believe it. She couldn't believe it. I-it was impossible. From what she heard from Soundwave, Optimus sacrificed himself so that new lives could be born on Cybertron.

How is someone who is supposed to be dead talking to her? Was this a dream? Was she still unconscious? Or-

"Breath, Uzi. Though it is true that I perished and that you still haven't regained consciousness, I assure you that is not a dream. This is real." Optimus told her gently.

W-what? Uzi didn't say anything. How did he..?

"Saw you mind? I will explain to quell your confusion. But you must calm your mind and regain yourself first before I do so." Optimus explained, telling her that he'll tell her what's going on when she calmed down a bit.

Uzi slowly nodded her head and began to breath in and out, slowing her racing mind and reducing the anxiety she feels inside. After a minute or so, Uzi looks back at Optimus who nodded.

"For a long time, I have been watching you from a realm where all Primes travel to when they are extinguished, and I am glad to finally meet you, Uzi. Face to face."

Uzi blinked in surprise. Optimus had been... Watching her? From beyond the grave? Why? Optimus didn't explained why to her yet. Instead he continued.

"Ever since you were young, I have been forced to witness years of you being ridiculed, discriminated and even abused by your own kind. Abandoned by your mother and ignored by your father."

Uzi swallowed hard when Optimus reluctantly admitted that fact, all the memories of how she was treated for being different.

It pained her, as it did with the Prime. But then he smiled.

"But, despite all the tragedy you endured, you transformed the lives you came to cherish for the better ever since you set foot in that spire."

"You mean..?" Uzi asked before Optimus nodded his helm.

"Yes. You gave N, V and J a better life. Convinced Grimlock to set aside his past to rescue N from Trypticon. You even gave Shockwave, someone who is feared by all, a reason to change his ways. He's even slowly returning to the senator he used to be."

Uzi silently crossed her arms, looking back at the times she shared with N, Shockwave and the others.

Her and N stargazing, the time where Shockwave let her ride on his shoulders, her and V bickering like siblings unlike the first few arguments the two had when they first met, her discussing engineering and mechanics with J, her showing off her sick-as-hell railgun to Brawl.

She smiled warmly at those memories. But there was one thing still bothering her.

"But Optimus, with... All do respect... Why were you watching me since I was a kid?" She asked confused and took notice how quickly Optimus' expression fell to a darker tone.

"Because the universe is in grave danger. In danger of a threat you are well aware of." He explained to her. Uzi blinked at this sudden, straightforward reply in shock before she raised a brow.

"You mean the Solver? But, I stopped Cyn. How is the threat of the Solver still around despite that it's main host is out of the picture?" She asked again, confused even further.