The Power Within - Transformers Prime (2)

Chapter Thirty-Four

  "Then you should delight in our purpose here," Megatron said. "To exact our revenge of Skyquake and of all our fallen brethren."

  With that, Dreadwing grabbed onto the lid of the casket and began to pull it off to reveal the body of a fallen Prime. Megatron smirked evilly before unsheathing his blade, and then slammed it down on the Prime.

  The sudden noise in the dream caused me to bolt upright, gasping slightly. I didn't know why Megatron was on Cybertron, but it sickened me to have seen him disrespecting the dead like that. I thought even he wouldn't have stooped so low. Shaking the thought out of my mind, I glanced around to see what the Autobots were doing. It was early in the morning now, but it was also a Saturday so the others wouldn't be heading to the base until later. I hugged my knees to my chest. I wished they'd come sooner, I didn't like being the only human around, but I didn't want to complain.

  Ratchet was welding something, and when Optimus turned to give him a questioning look, the medic replied simply with, "You shall require a more practical means of carrying such a blade."

  Optimus was still working on decoding the Iacon database, so my gaze travelled to the other Autobots, who were huddled in a little circle, talking.

  "I feel funny saying this," Arcee was telling the others. "But I'm not sure I want to go back."

  "Who knew we'd ever get so used to our new home?" Bulkhead said in agreement. Bumblebee buzzed something, which the wrecker nodded to. "Yeah, I don't think I'd ever want to leave Miko."

  "We made friends here, family." Arcee said and that's what made me stop listening. I tuned them out, reaching for my phone and looking for someone to text. Miko, Jack, and Raf would all be asleep, but I knew one person who'd be up at this hour.

  Me: Have time to talk?

  The message back came thirty seconds later. Finn: Course. Whats up?

  Me: The Autobots found a way to fix Cybertron

  Finn: whoa whoa whoa start from the beginning

  I explained what had happened as quickly as I could. Afterwards, I had to wait another thirty seconds before getting a reply.

  Finn: That's... huge. Beyond huge

  Me: I know. They're happy and all, and it's nice to see them happy, but at the same time I don't want them to go.

  Me: They fought so hard for this, they really deserve it, but I want them to stay on Earth

  Finn: Of course you do. The others probably do too. Hell, even I do and I'm not close with any of them. The bots are the closest friends you have. Obviously you dont want them to go

  Me: But what am I supposed to do? I'm not going to stop them from leaving

  Finn: Truthfully, I dont know. But I do know that you'll still have me, miko, jack, raf and fowler even after the bots are gone. We aren't going anywhere.

  That was true. It may have been through the Autobots, but I had made connections to other people, connections I really valued now. I would miss the Autobots if they left, but I wouldn't be alone.

  Me: You're right. Thx for that

  Finn: Anytime. Want me to head over there?

  I did, but I didn't want him to abandon his work because I was being a whiner. Me: It's fine, you should do your work. Come by later tho

  Finn: Of course. Until then

  Me: Until then.

  "Autobots, I have decoded the first set of the final four coordinates," Optimus' announcement made my heart drop a bit. The Autobots broke away from their circle, moving to stand around the Prime. "Divide into teams in the event that I am able to decode another set before the first team returns."

  Smart. That eliminates the scramble if another set is decoded soon.

  "I'm on team one," Smokescreen said immediately. "Who's with me?"

  "I'll go," Arcee said, her tone cold as she walked towards the opening ground bridge. She was still mad at Smokescreen for allowing Jack to accompany him to a battle, which ended up getting Jack and me almost turned into Insecticon chow.

  "After you, sir-" Smokescreen said, but Arcee never paused in her step. "Ma'am. Commander?"

  "This should be interesting," Ratchet muttered as the two Autobots walked through the ground bridge and disappeared. The bridge closed and the base went silent for a moment, before Optimus turned back to his work and the others dispersed. Ratchet was the one to set up the comm link and monitor the situation, so I was left with nothing to do. Slumping back against the couch, I went back on my phone and decided to look through the recent BeckIT administrative files. Might as well do something productive.

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  I was so focused on the BeckIT files that I didn't even notice an hour go by. Getting up, I stretched my stiff muscles and my gaze went over the base. Optimus was still working on the Iacon coordinates, Ratchet was at his lab, and Bumblebee and Bulkhead were tossing around a metal ball. It seemed like everyone hated this waiting, except for the Prime because he had something to do. I walked over to him, standing under the computer his eyes were focused on. I knew I shouldn't distract him, but the weary look on his face told me I should.

  "How's it coming?" I asked, eyes on the computer screen.

  "It is slow," Optimus replied, still at work. "But I am almost done decoding these coordinates."

  "It's good," I said. "The code, I mean. It must be good if even you take a bit of time to figure it out. Maybe I'll use something like this to secure my company's files, if you'd be willing to teach it to me."

  That got me a half smile. "Of course, Amanda."

  "Ratchet!" Arcee's voice came from over the comm, seriousness in her tone. "Groundbridge now!"

  The medic hurried to the ground bridge controls just as my vision went silver, revealing a flash.

  Megatron swung a glowing purple sword with a sickening power signature that could only be dark energon. The blast emitted from it knocked right into Smokescreen, sending him flying back towards a pyramid. There was a loud crash as the side of the pyramid erupted.

  "Smokescreen!" Arcee called out, all the fight knocking out of her when she realized what had happened. Megatron loomed over her, pointing his sword at her throat.

  "I would slice you in two right now," He said. "But I need you to deliver a message. Tell Optimus Prime that if he wants this relic, he must come and claim it himself."