Of Drones and Logic

Absolute Truth Part 1: Aftermath of Trypticon

"Because, because the Solver's true host is slowly making his ultimate return, the time for a new Prime is approaching us as we speak. Within my spark, I truly believe the Prime who will face the original host stands before me right now."

Uzi's eyes widened and hollowed, more so than they had in her entire life, as her jaw dropped like a heavy stone.

Her? Uzi Doorman, a Prime? Optimus couldn't be serious. He had to be joking right? Right?

Optimus saw her mind what the many justified doubts that plague her mind. He placed his servo on her shoulder, snapping out of her mental spiral.

"Uzi, I understand that this is a lot to take in and that you do not believe you are worthy of such a responsibility. I felt the same way. But know this, you are far stronger and more selfless than you realise. I am confident that when you take on the mantle, you shall achieve great things." He assured her, smiling warmly as he helped Uzi back on her feet as he stood back up.

"But until that day, there is still one more thing I must tell you. While I do not have much time to explain to you where the Solver truly came from before you awaken, I am able to tell you where to find the answers to questions left in mystery after you defeated Cyn. Now, make sure to listen closely..."

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The sound of metal being welded together by a blow torch was heard in the repair bay as Shockwave was finishing properly connecting the prosthetic to where N's right arm used to be.

Close by was J, Grimlock, V and Brawl, all watching the scientist work in collected worry before they saw Shockwave placed the blow torch to the side and stood to the side.

Sitting up from the bed, N looked towards his new cybertronian arm, flexing his new fingers as he examined his the artificial appendage.

"Forgive me, N, I did everything I could. This prototype prosthetic I had constructed a while back for a more recent project using Decepticon engineering is crude and remains to be properly tested. Though it should prove functional." Shockwave told him as N gently hopped off the bed.

"It's fine, Shocks. Thanks for giving up one of your projects so I could have two hands again." N smiled as he approached the others.

"How does it feel?" V asked cautiously, eyeing the cybertronian prosthetic replacement arm. N looks at his new limb again, flexing his fingers once more.

"It feels... Weird. I regenerated missing limbs before, but it feels way different than this. But overall, it doesn't hurt or anything." N explained to her as Brawl stepped towards V's side.

"Heh, you know what I think, N? You give it enough time, the arm will become a signature like Shockwave's singular eye, Soundwave's mutism, even Uzi's iconic 'bite me' phrase." The Combatidrone told the drone as he placed his servos on his hips.

Grimlock didn't say anything during the whole limb replacement operation, he just stood and watched silently with his arms crossed. Not even a light grunt. He looks towards Shockwave who, when he noticed this, lightly took a step back. The Dinobot hummed quietly to himself.

"Speaking of Uzi, is she going to be ok?" J asked, looking over to the purple drone that laid on a bed not very far from the one N rested on.

"I had run a scan on her internal systems. She is fine, the shock and panic must've triggered a complete system reboot." Shockwave explained as J crossed her arms.

"Ok, glad to see that Uzi's gonna be ok and that N's permanently missing arm problem been treated, but can we finally talk about what we just saw earlier after Trypticon's been taken care of  and what caused Uzi to go through a system reboot?" V questioned impatiently.