Hello everyone, sorry for the extreme delay on this part😅. Hope you guys enjoy Part 3. I apologize in advance for some grammar mistakes that you spot.
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On to the story.
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Following day
Y/N and Chromia were walking towards the mess hall. With the events that unfolded previously, energon sounded pretty good for the couple.
Chromia: I guess your mission went well then.
Y/N: Of course, both hovercrafts were filled to the brim with energon. *chuckles* Moonracer and the others had a blast. Literally.
Chromia: *Giggles* I can't wait to hear the full story.
Y/N: Get ready for an amazing story.
As the duo kept walking, Y/N tried to sound cheerful but he was feeling frightened for Chromia due to what happened to her the previous day, the thought of losing her hurt his spark. Thinking deeply, he decided to ask her how it went, to hear how it went down in her own words.
Y/N: Chromia, I heard what happened yesterday, in your mission with Prime and the others. Want to talk about it?
Chromia took a few seconds to respond.
Chromia: *sighs* I guess. It all happened so fast, we thought that we found the Allspark but instead we found a cube of concentrated energon. Next thing I know, Cog is shot. I had to pull him into cover while being fired on. I almost got killed by a Decepticon if it wasn't for Hound saving me. When a building came crashing down, Elita ordered a retreat. Some didn't make it.
Y/N stopped walking and placed a servo on her shoulder.
Y/N: At least you and the others made it out alive, Chromia.
Chromia: Lucky us... I just want this war to end. I don't want to live in fear of getting shot at any astro-second when I'm out there. I'm always afraid that I might not see you when you leave on a mission. I-I-I-
Chromia was cut off by a hug given to her by Y/N. She was a bit startled but released a few tears when being hugged. Y/N could feel the small amount of tears on his chest. He simply allowed Chromia to let her emotions out while still reassuring her.
Y/N: We will see the end of this war Mia, but please don't cry. I hate seeing you sad. I will protect you, nothing will ever keep me from ever being with you.
Chromia looked at Y/N with tears in her optics. Y/N wiped away her tears and smiled at her. Chromia smiled at him while also wiping what tears remained and regained her composure.
Chromia: T-thank you Y/N, for everything.
Y/N: No need to thank me Chromia. Now come on, lets get some energon.
Y/N proceeds to hold Chromia's right servo. Chromia smiles and walks happily along side Y/N.
Y/N and Chromia made their way to the mess hall. In the mess hall, they were shocked to see so many Autobots trying to get their dose of energon.
Y/N: Wow, never thought that the mess hall would be this full.
Chromia: Considering how low our supply was, many weren't able to get a full tank with the energon rations you brought previously.
After a long time of waiting, Y/N and Chromia finally got their doses of energon. That being done they decided to head to the bridge and report to Elita-one and Optimus Prime.
Chromia: You think we'll get a mission together today.
Y/N: Probably, considering we're after the Allspark it might be something serious.
Once Y/N and Chromia made it to the bridge, they saw Optimus talking to Elita, Wheelkjack, and Mirage.
Y/N: Check it out. Wheeljack and Mirage are here.
Chromia: I wonder what they are talking about.
Y/N and Chromia approached the group. Elita was the first to greet them.
Elita: Y/N and Chromia, it's a good thing you two arrived.
Chromia: What's wrong Elita?
Elita: You and Y/N are going to accompany us to locate a high valued target.
Y/N: If you don't mind me asking Elita, who are we looking for?
Optimus intervened and spoke on Elita's behalf.
Optimus: We are looking for someone who is able to fix the space bridge that you and Wheeljack found. We are going to get it fix.
Y/N: What for?
Optimus: I will inform both of you at a later time. I want everyone to gather their weapons and meet me in the hangar.
Everyone present in the bridge left. Chromia and Y/N were heading towards their quarters. Once they got there, Chromia was the first to enter and picked up her blaster. Y/N went and picked up Clutch from his charging station and placed him on his shoulder. He turned around and saw Chromia looking at her blaster.
Y/N: Is your blaster working at maximum capacity?
Chromia: Of course, I always keep it well maintained.
Y/N: Good, if you want me to modify it just let me know.
Chromia: *Giggles* How sweet of you. We better get going though, Elita is gonna get mad, she'll probably think we're messing around.
Y/N formed a devious smirk and slightly slapped her rear but not too hard.
Y/N: Do you want to~
Chromia jolted in surprise due to the slap and what Y/N said, she turned towards Y/N with a huge blue blush on her face. Chromia jumped on top of Y/N and smacked his helm.
Y/N: OOOWWW! *Rubbing helm* What was that for?
Chromia: *Blushing* Now is not the time to fool around. Let's go.
Y/N: *sarcastically* What ever you say boss.
Chromia:*Glare* What was that?!
Y/N glanced at Chromia and saw her giving him a death glare. Due to his time with his sparkmate, he knew what she was capable if she gets angry.
Y/N was nervous and stuttered when he spoke.
Y/N: N-nothing love.
Chromia simply smiled innocently, she grabbed Y/N by the servo and headed towards the Ark's hangar.
In the hangar, Prime's team who consisted of Mirage, Wheelkjack, and Elita were waiting on Y/N and Chromia.
Y/N and Chromia entered the hangar making the entire group turn their heads towards them.
Elita: Everyone is here, time to go.
Optimus turned to everyone and spoke in a very serious tone.
Optimus: I want everyone to stick together, with the coordinates that Wheeljack provided we are heading straight through Decepticon controlled territory. Expect many patrols. Autobots, transform and roll out!!
All the Autobots present transformed into their vehicle form and drove off, Optimus leading them.
Time skip
It was a long drive for the Autobots but they managed to reach Decepticon territory. They managed to avoid small amounts of seekers and grunts, unfortunately they couldn't proceed any further to their destination with the presence of many more Decepticons patrolling the drivable areas than the ones they passed by earlier. Optimus spotted a destroyed building with a good look out position and ordered his team to go inside. Once inside, Elita and Optimus decided to check their surrounding area via holo-map. Y/N ejected Clutch and he quickly got to work. Clutch displayed a holo-map of the area. Instead of looking at the map with the others, Mirage proceeded to go outside the building and see if there weren't any Decepticons around. Unfortunately, Mirage saw a number of Decepticons from afar, he quickly proceeded to notify Optimus and the others.
Mirage went back inside the building and spotted Optimus in the middle of the group.
Mirage: Optimus, we got a problem.
Everyone turned their head towards mirage.
Optimus: What is it Mirage?
Mirage: There's a group Decepticons ahead of us.
Optimus: How many?
Mirage: I counted four at least, maybe more.
Elita looked insecure about the situation, she preferred avoiding a confrontation.
Elita: We should go around them, if we take them out more Decepticons will arrive.
Optimus didn't fully agreed with Elita's idea.
Optimus: We can't, they are in the way of our goal.
Optimus pointed at the image of a building on the holo-map.
Elita: Optimus we can't risk it, did you see how many Decepticons we encountered on our way here.
Optimus: There is no time to argue Elita, we must push through by any means necessary.
While Elita and Optimus were arguing about this situation, Wheeljack had an idea that might work.
Wheeljack: I think there's a way for us to take them out quietly.
This got everyone's attention, even Optimus and Elita stopped arguing.
Y/N: What's your plan Wheeljack?
Wheeljack: Well, it involves you and Mirage mainly.
Mirage: How so?
Wheeljack: You'll need to go in disguise first.
Mirage: Pft.. Easy.
Mirage's form then changed to that of a Decepticon thanks to his holographic abilities.
Y/N: Huh, you look prety convincing Mirage. *turns to Wheeljack* Unfortunately I can't do that Wheeljack.
Mirage: Don't worry Y/N I got that cover.
Wheeljack then started explaining his plan. It involved both Y/N and Mirage meeting the squad of Decepticons and guiding them to a secluded area to subdue them, Clutch will jam their comms so reinforcements won't arrive at their position. In case anything went wrong, Chromia will lay down cover fire while Optimus, Elita, and him rush the Cons.
Wheelkjack: Well, what do you think?
Everyone was in deep thought until Y/N broke the silence.
Y/N: Let's do it. We are in a hurry and besides, me and Mirage can take those sons of rust buckets down.
Mirage: Yeah! We'll make short work of them.
Optimus: Let's get to work then.
Elita: Check your weapons, make sure you all have enough ammo.
Wheelkjack: You two better be ready. Don't forget about Y/N's disguise Mirage.
Mirage: Right, here Y/N. Put this on your insignia, it'll give you a disguise.
Y/N: How does it work?
Mirage: I already programmed it to give you a disguise accordingly to your physical attributes.
Y/N grabbed the strange disk and placed it on his chest, it beeped and glowed. When the bright light died down it revealed Y/N in a new appearance.
Y/N looked at his servos and saw purple lines with his main color being green. Clutch hovered next to him and displayed a hologram of him in his new form.
Y/N: Great, got my old colors back. Can't believe this visor covers my entire face plate. Good thing it's a hologram. Thanks for the image Clutch.
Clutch beeps happily, Chromia then approaches Y/N.
Chromia: You know, I kind of miss your old colors Y/N. Except the purple.
Y/N: *chuckles* Is that so Chromia. I might change back in the future.
Mirage: I'll wait for you outside Y/N.
Mirage left. Optimus, Elita, and Wheelkjack were discussing the possible outcomes. Y/N and Chromia were the last to ready up.
Y/N: I'm gonna leave Clutch with you, try not to shoot me if I get mixed with the other Cons.
Chromia:*giggles* Don't worry, Clutch will tell me who's who anyways. Good luck Y/N.
Chromia and Y/N hugged for a short while before separating. Chromia gave Y/N a quick peck on the cheek. Y/N just rubbed his kissed cheek and smiled at Chromia.
Chromia: For good luck.
Chromia walked to her position, Y/N regrouped with Mirage and began their mission. he turned towards Mirage.
Y/N: Let's get the job done.
Mirage: Right.
Y/N and Mirage walked towards a group of Decepticons. Luckily their disguises were able to fool them. Both of them could hear them laughing. Once they got close to them. Mirage greeted them followed by Y/N.
Mirage: Hail, Decepticons.
Y/N: Hail, Decepticons.
One of the Decepticons acknowledged them and greeted them.
Spinister(left): Hail, Decepticons. What are you two doing here?
Skytread(right): This is our sector.
Mirage: We've been tracking a lead on an Autobot encampment.
Y/N: They should be close by.
Both Decepticons looked at each other and smiled sinisterly.
Spinister: Good. We'll join your hunting party. Always looking to add to our kill count.
Y/N and Mirage were shocked by what they saw next. Behind the Decepticons were the bodies of many Autobots impailed with Decepticon flags. Many mutulated beyond repair.
Y/N: B-by Primus.
Y/N spoke quietly, all of what the Decepticons could do is laugh at their grotesque work. Mirage was at a loss of words, without notice his holographic disguise started to glitch. Spinister was the first to notice this.
Spinister: What was that?
The other Decepticons stopped laughing and looked at Mirage with great suspicion, some of them pulling their weapons out.
Mirage: Nothing. A malfunction.
Mirage's disguise failed its purpose and revealed his true colors. Spinister aimed his weapon directly at Mirage.
Skytread: He's an Autobot spy!!
Before Skytread could shoot Mirage, he got shot in the back . Thanks to the confusion, Y/N snapped out of his trance and punched Spinister.
Spinister: What are you doing?!
Y/N grabbed his Decepticon insignia and pressed on it. He then reverted to his original form, some of the Decepticons were shocked when they saw Y/N's true form. Skytread, who was in the floor gasped when he saw Y/N.
Skytread: Y-You!!
Skytread then lost consciousness. Spinister on the other hand got mad when he saw Y/N.
Spinister: It's the traitor!! Kill him!
Blaster fire rained from a nearby building. Y/N knew that was Chromia's work. Some Decepticons took cover while Spinister aimed his weapon at Y/N. before he could pull the trigger, Optimus tackled him to the ground.
Mirage gained his composure, he looked around and saw three identical Decepticons starring at him. One of them aimed his blaster at him. Mirage got in a stance and made two identical copies of himself. All three of them charged at their target.
Y/N looked around his surroundings and saw his friends fighting. He turned his helm towards the field filled with Autobot mangled corpses and started getting flashbacks of the battles that took place on Caminus prior to his defection. In his distraction, a bulkier Decepticon grunt tackled Y/N to the ground. Y/N pushed him off of him and kept some distance from him. The Decepticon had a stare down with Y/N. This Decepticon then proceeded to pull out a hammer and a shield.
Brute: Megatron will reward me greatly for your head traitor.
Y/N: You can try scrub. You'll fail like all the others.
Brute: Grhaaaaa!!!
The Decepticon brute charged directly at Y/N. Y/N transformed his servo into his blaster and started blasting the Brute. Thanks to his shield, the Brute managed to block Y/N's attack. The Decepticon managed to get close to Y/N, he lifted his hammer up and swung it straight down towards Y/N. At the last minute, Y/N managed to evade the incoming hammer. He aimed his blaster at the Brute again but the Brute managed to block the attack again.
Brute: You can't beat me traitor. I have killed many Autobots who thought they could stop me. Even if you were a Decepticon once, you will still fall the same like all the other fools who stood in lord Megatron's way.
Y/N returned his blaster to normal and saw the other battles taking place. He saw his fighting before turning his attention towards the Decepticon.
Y/N: You think Megatron's cause is righteous. You're nothing more than a butcher.
The Brute simply laughed at Y/N's taunt.
Brute: I've been called worse by Autobots as they scream and beg for mercy. Their screams filled my audio receptors like blissful music. If you're not dead after I'm finish with you, I will ask Megatron if I can torture you personally. I will bring your friends to your cell and execute them as you watch. *chuckles* It will be quite a show.
Y/N got extremely mad and it could be seen. Instead of the normal yellow, his visor showed a crimson red glow. The thought of anyone hurtin his friends specially his sparkmate made him feel extreme rage.
Y/N: You.. are DEAD!!!
Y/N sprinted towards the Decepticon, the Decepticon did the same. As the Decepticon got close to Y/N, he swung his hammer horizontally. Y/N ducked and had a clear opening on the Brute. He made a fist and punched the Decepticon in the abdomen as hard as he could and then in the head, causing his full face visor to crack and break, showing his yellow optics.
The Decepticon felt immense amounts of pain but kept pushing. He bashed his shield against Y/N, giving him some room away from him.
Y/N: You're not as good as I thought.
Brute:*angry* Enough of this. I will kill you with my bare hands.
The Brute dropped his weapons and rushed at Y/N. Both of their fist's colliding with their faceplates. Y/N swung at the Decepticon but he managed to grab his servo. With one hand, the Con punched Y/N repeatedly. Y/N thought fast and head butted the con. The Brute staggered before being tackled by Y/N and pinned to the ground. Once the Brute gained a little bit of consciousness, he started mocking Y/N. He stared deeply at his red visor which miraculously didn't break but had some scratches.
Brute: You worthless traitor. Everything and everyone you hold dear to you will be destroyed. Even if I die, Megatron will bring glory to Cybertron and any Autobot that gets in the Decepticon way will die. Especially you, you fragge-
He was cought short by Y/N's fist colliding against his faceplate.
Y/N: You talk too much.
Y/N kept landing punch after punch even if the Brute's head was all but pieces littering the ground.
Chromia layed down cover fire from the top of a destroyed building. She saw Y/N punching the destroyed head of a dead Decepticon over and over again.
Chromia: *coms* Y/N. Y/N, are you ok?
Y/N didn't respond, he simply kept punching and punching the dead Decepticon.
Chromia:*coms* Y/N!! Clutch, go and check on him.
Clutch:*Beeps*
Clutch flew towards Y/N's position and started beeping furiously at Y/N to snap him out of his trance. When that didn't work, he resorted to hitting him on the helm with his body which surprisingly worked.
Y/N: What the?! *Starring at Clutch* What the scrap Clutch?
Y/N checked his surroundings and saw that the fight with the Decepticons was over. Optimus was standing next to the body of Spinister who had a sharp pole sticking out of his spark chamber. Wheeljack was checking Mirage for any damages. Elita and Chromia were walking together with their weapons drawn. Chromia ran toward Y/N. Clutch retracted to Y/N's shoulder. Y/N looked at his hands and saw that they were stained with the energon of the dead Decepticon Brute. Y/N stood up and looked at the sky.
Chromia: Y/N, are you ok?
Chromia sounded extremely worried, Y/N took notice of this.
Y/N: Yes...
Chromia: Don't lie to me Y/N. I know when you lie.
Y/N removed his visor and starred at Chromia's optics.
Y/N: I.. I lost control. *Stares at the field* When I joined the Decepticons I thought we would be fighting for equality. *Looks at Chromia* How is this equality? All of this is barbaric.
Chromia: Don't think about it too much love, you left that part of your life behind. All we can do now is fight so we could have a future. You might want to clean your hands by the way.
Y/N chuckled and smiled at Chromia and place his visor back on.
Y/N: Let's regroup with the others.
Y/N and Chromia walked toward Optimus and the others.
Elita: We need to move, now!
All the Autobots started walking out of the area except for Mirage. He looked at the dead Autobot fighters one last time. Y/N and Chromia noticed this, Chromia went up to Mirage and placed a servo on his shoulder.
Chromia: We should go.
Mirage: R-right.
Y/N saw Chromia and Mirage approaching him. He also took one last look at the fallen Autobots.
Y/N: Peace to the fallen.
Time skip
As the group made their way to their destination, Y/N suggested Mirage about their mission the previous day. Mirage wasn't so sure but he thought it would keep his mind off of the events that unfolded previously for a while.
Mirage started his story, he told everyone how the entire group navigated through the old metro tunnels. It was simple since there were little to no Decepticon activity. The streets weren't much of a challenge, the hovercrafts were fast enough to avoid detection. Once they reached the space bridge, they started collecting energon crystals. Mirage told the group how he used his hologram skills to hide the group from a group of Decepticons, unfortunately he couldn't keep his illusion for long and they were spotted.
Wheelkjack: You managed to hide everyone? That's amazing.
Mirage: Yeah. After we were spotted we speeded off, the cons called for back up and we were chased throughout the city ruins. Y/N had the bright idea of jumping off the hovercraft to provide covering fire but it was brief.
Chromia turned her gaze towards Y/N.
Chromia: Did you seriously jumped off a high speed moving vehicle without regards to your well being?
Y/N: Uh...Y-yes.
Chromia: *sighs* And you tell me not to worry for you when you go on missions.
Y/N: Luckily I have you looking out for me on this mission Chromia.
Chromia: *chuckles* I swear, if you try to pull a stunt like that infront of me, I'll-
Y/N: You won't see me doing anything like that Chromia, only if it's necessary.
Chromia: *sighs* Fine. Please continue your story Mirage.
Mirage: Right. Well, when Y/N jumped off most Decepticons started to scatter. Two were able to follow us through the train tunnels but they were taken care off. I managed to shoot the wing of a seeker which made him crash into a semi destroyed train. It caused a huge explosion that was making the tunnel collapse. The hovercrafts made it out first, Y/N was close to getting crushed by debre, luckily he was fast.
Chromia stared daggers at Y/N. Y/N simply stared at her through his visor with what Chromia could tell would be an innocent look.
Y/N: All part of the mission.*awkward chuckle*
Chromia: Yeah right.
Elita chuckled at the interaction between Y/N and Chromia.
Elita: You have unimaginable luck Y/N.
Y/N: *chuckles* I guess I do.
The group kept walking, after some time they managed to reach their destination, an old theater. The group went inside of the rundown building. All of them looking around.
Chromia: This was a theater?
Y/N: Looks like it. I've seen some through holograms but never in person.
Elita: It's hard to remember a Cybertron that celebrated arts and music.
Optimus: That is the Cybertron we fight for.
???: Is it, Prime?
Out of the shadows, a white and red bot appeared.
???: That Cybertron is gone... because of you.
Wheelkjack was the first to speak to this newcomer.
Wheelkjack: Uh... hiyah, Ratchet.
Ratchet: I told you to never bring anyone here.
Optimus stepped forward and vouched for Wheelkjack.
Optimus: I asked Wheelkjack to bring us here. It is my hope to end this war.
Ratchet: I'm sure it is. What do you want?
Wheelkjack: We need help. I'm fixing something big, really big.
Wheelkjack was enthusiastic about telling Ratchet about his and Y/N's discovery. Unfortunately, Ratchet wasn't interested.
Ratchet: I don't do that anymore.
Every bot was shocked by Ratchet's response. Elita was the first to persuade Ratchet.
Elita: Your invention, your manufacturing, your weapons are stuff of legend.
Chromia: We even knew of you in Caminus.
Y/N also intervened.
Y/N: I know for a fact that you were also responsible for the creation of drones like these. Clutch, eject.
Clutch popped out of Y/N's shoulder and transformed. He hovered around and spotted Ratchet. Ratchet gasped when he saw one of his many mass produced creations.
Ratchet: How did get your servos on one of these?
Y/N: I found Clutch in a destroyed factory. He was the only undamaged drone in his assembly line.
Clutch hovered next to Ratchet. Ratchet reached forward to touch Clutch but he backed away.
Ratchet: *sighs* These drones were never meant for combat. *Looks at Clutch* Him and the others like him were supposed to help Autobots and non-combatants as medical drones. It was inevitable that my creation would be turned into machines of war. That is how I realized my former solutions were making things worse. My sole purpose now is to help and heal the injured. If you need medical attention then stay otherwise leave.
Ratchet turned his back on the Autobots and proceeded to go deeper into the theater. The other Autobots looked at each other wondering who will go first. Prime was the first to follow Ratchet, the others followed behind him.
Once they reached the other side they were shocked to see many Autobots and civilians being treated by Ratchet. Y/N was at a loss of words, as well as the others. Prime saw Ratchet attending a fellow Autobot and decided to approach him.
Optimus: This is admirable Ratchet.
Ratchet stood up.
Ratchet: I don't need your praise.
Elita and the others approached Prime and Ratchet. All of them looking at their fellow Autobots with sympathy. Elita faced Ratchet and spoke.
Elita: Ironic. Weapons of war turned into...
Ratchet: I'm way past irony. I realized my former solutions were making things worse.
Y/N: I wouldn't say that. Clutch here has helped us a lot. Even if he is a battle drone.
Ratchet glared at Y/N.
Ratchet: That drone was never meant for battle. He was meant to heal the injured on the frontlines. I wanted them to help, not hurt.
Y/N was taken back by Ratchets words. Optimus stepped in.
Optimus: I respect your decision to heal rather than harm Ratchet, but the fate of all of Cybertron is upon us.
Ratchet got angry and turned his back on the group.
Ratchet: I gave up my old trade. Don't ask me to go back to that life.
Wheelkjack: It's not what you think.
Letting his anger out, Ratchet pulled out his blaster and aimed it at the group.
Ratchet: Leave! Now!
Everyone got in a defensive position. Y/N got infront of Chromia, shielding her incase any blaster shots came out of Ratchet's weapon. Clutch hovered above Ratchet and aimed his turret at him.
Y/N: Don't do this Ratchet.
Mirage ran out of patience and acted the same as Ratchet. He jumped to the side and aimed his mounted shoulder rocket launcher at him.
Mirage: We don't have time for this!!
???: NO!
Unexpectedly, an unknown individual tackled Mirage to the ground and pinned him there for a few seconds. Elita pulled his attacker back. Y/N was about to intervene but Chromia beat him to it. She helped Elita by restraining the attacker. Mirage looked at his attacker and saw that it was a Decepticon. Elita looked at the Decepticon's faceplate and quickly recognized him.
Elita: Impactor?! You treat Decepticons?
Ratchet: I treat anyone in need of care. Besides *stares at Y/N* you allowed an ex Decepticon to join the Autobots.
Y/N stared at Ratchet with a surprised expression, he removed his visor and stared at Ratchet.
Y/N: How did you kno-
Y/N was interrupted by Mirage.
Mirage: Do you have any idea what they're doing to us out there?
Impactor: Autobot, elitist scum!
Impactor broke free from both Elita and Chromia's grip and pushed them off of him. Chromia stumbled back, almost falling but Y/N caught her.
Y/N: I got you.
Chromia looked at Y/N. She smiled at him while looking at his optics.
Chromia: Thank you.
All optics were now on Impactor.
Impactor: Do you have any idea you did to us for millennia?
Mirage looked at Impactor with a confused look.
Impactor: Of course you don't. Too busy sipping energon behind your gilded walls, you spoiled little-
Mirage: You have no idea what I'm about.
Impactor faced the entire group but focused his optics specifically on Y/N. Y/N kept his optics on Impactor as he started a brief story.
Impactor: I was predetermined to slave away in the mines, pulling energon from the core until death or deactivation, so you could just race through life.
Y/N saw Optimus getting mad. He was about to place a servo on his shoulder but was to late.
Optimus: Enough!!
Impactor had a grin on his faceplate and stared daggers at Prime.
Impactor: You don't command me, Prime. You weren't down there in muck like Megatron and me.
Impactor shifted his gaze towards Y/N and spoke.
Impactor: But our "friend", Y/N here knew the life us manual caste had. Isn't that right Y/N.
All optics shifted towards Y/N. Y/N looked down but started walking forward slowly. Chromia tried to keep him next to her but he softly pushed her towards the side.
Y/N: It's okay Mia.
Y/N spoke softly to Chromia. He turned his gaze towards Impactor and spoke.
Y/N: It has been some time Impactor.
Impactor: Too long traitor. So you decided to work for our oppressors, you prefer working for them so they could enslave us and keep us in the dirt again!
Y/N: You still have Megatron's idea for a "better" Cybertron in mind, huh..
Impactor: I believe in a better Cybertron. You were one of us, a great fighter, and a friend. You helped us in the mines even when you were threatened with death. Why would you ever join these oppressors?
Y/N sighted, he remembered being in the mines with the labor cast but was strictly ordered to keep watch. If he ever helped any of them, he would be punished. He took pity on the workers who mined energon, he would occasionally help them and bring them refined energon. Those that were exhausted would rest while Y/N took their shift while his commanding officer wasn't around.
Y/N: You don't even know what you are fighting for. Are you even fighting for a better Cybertron?
Impactor: I know that I am.
Y/N: You are a fool. You're nothing but another of Megatron's lackeys thinking your fight will bring a better future for Cybertron but you are wrong. You are no different than the old bureaucrats. Killing those that disagree with you. Forcing civilians to pick your side. The Decepticons are no liberators, they are killers. I realized that long ago. Why do you think I joined the Autobots. Many of them didn't even sided with the old regime, they are simply against the ideology of peace through tyranny. All of what you are nothing but butchers.
Impactor got mad and was about to rush Y/N. Y/N knew Impactor was going to fight him so he got ready. Ratchet on the other hand had enough of their squabble and enough of Optimus' presense.
Ratchet: Enough!! *Looks at Impactor* I didn't patch you up so you could blow a valve here. *Looks at Optimus* You and your team are upsetting my patients. I suggest you leave.
Optimus and the others looked at Rachets patients, all were in terrible shape. Many having missing limbs and looking weak. Y/N took his optics off of Impactor and saw the state of them. He felt immense pity.
Y/N: I apologize for what all of you saw.
Optimus placed a servo on Y/N's shoulder and spoke to him and the others. Clutch then retracted back to Y/N's shoulder.
Optimus: Autobots, we are leaving.
The Autobots followed behind Prime. Wheelkjack stood back and tried to persuade Ratchet one last time.
Wheelkjack: Ratchet, can you just listen to what he has to say before we leave?
Ratchet stood in front of Wheelkjack, thinking if he should help.
Ratchet: ... Fine. What is it that you need.
Optimus stopped in his tracks and looked directly at Ratchet. Impactor kept his optics directly on Y/N but Y/N kept walking outside.
Y/N: I'll be outside. I need some time to think.
Chromia: I'll come with you.
Chromia smiled at Y/N. He returned her smile and grabbed her servo as they walked out. Once outside, Y/N spotted a downed pillar and told Chromia to sit next to him.
In the distance they saw how destroyed the city was. Chromia had her head leaned on Y/N's arm. There was a long silence so she spoke first.
Chromia: Are you ok Y/N?
Y/N: *sighs* Not really Mia. No matter what I do, my past always catches up to me.
Chromia: It's how life is Y/N. Our past will eventually catch up to us. All we can do is face it head on. Besides, you have me as your partner in crime.
Y/N chuckled and hugged Chromia.
Y/N: How did you get good at lifting my spark?
Chromia: You always do that to me. It's the least I can do.
Time skip
After a while of being outside, Chromia and Y/N went to meet up with the rest of the Autobots. Chromia saw Elita, she asked her how things were going.
Elita: Ratchet agreed to help us.
Y/N: He did?
Behind Y/N Ratchet appeared followed by Optimus and Wheelkjack.
Ratchet: Yes, I did. Megatron possesses a grave threat to this camp. I simply need to talk to Impactor and the others.
Ratchet approached the main center of his camp. He saw Mirage standing by a wall looking directly at Impactor helping an injured Autobot trooper. Mirage was amazed by this action
Ratchet: What's the matter? Never seen a Decepticon help an Autobot?
Mirage: Actually... I haven't. Well I guess Y/N counts.
Y/N chuckled at his response.
Y/N: I did help Prime with missions before fully joining the Autobots.
Ratchet: Interesting, Y/N. It's on of my rules. Everyone I help has to help everyone else. Impactor, I need you and the stronger bots to keep watch while I help Prime fix a space bridge.
Impactor was surprised by this.
Impactor: What do you mean, "help Prime"?
Mirage got irritated and lashed out at Impactor.
Mirage: Listen here, you Deceptic-!
Before Mirage could grab Impactor in a violent way, Y/N grabbed him and pulled him back. Ratchet got mad and yelled.
Ratchet: Quiet!!
He turned his head towards Impactor.
Ratchet: Megatron has crossed a line that threatens everyone in this camp. I don't like it, but helping Prime may be the only way to save them.
Impactor faced Optimus and the other Autobots. He was unsure if Ratchet should help them but he couldn't intervene. He made up his mind and faced Ratchet.
Impactor: Ratchet, you helped me. Now I'm gonna help you. I'm coming along to make sure you get back in one piece.
The entire Autobot group was surprised by this, including Y/N. Mirage and Elita on the other hand were against this.
Mirage: No way!
Elita: Absolutely not!
Mirage faced Prime and spoke in a concerned tone.
Mirage: Optimus, he's a Decepticon! We can't trust him!
Impactor faced Mirage and spoke in a serious and compassionate voice.
Impactor: You're right. I am a Decepticon, but long ago, way before that, I swore an oath to protect the people of Cybertron. I didn't swore it to Megatron or the Autobots. I swore it ... to myself.
Y/N was surprised by this.
Y/N: Why the sudden change of spark, Impactor?
Impactor: I owe my life to Ratchet. If it wasn't for him I'd be dead. If you're thinking of me leaving the Decepticons, then you are wrong Y/N.
Y/N chuckled at what Impactor said.
Y/N: I obviously knew you weren't going to defect. It just seems out of character. You wanting to join an Autobot on a mission.*chuckles* Seems odd old friend.
Impactor growled at Y/N's responses. Optimus wasn't so sure about Impactor.
Optimus: Ratchet?
Ratchet: Fine by me. If these two can get along.
Optimus and Ratchet stared at Impactor and Mirage who were looking at each other in a menacing way.
Y/N: Don't worry Prime. I'll try and keep these two under control.
Optimus: If you say so, Y/N.
Prime approached Elita.
Optimus: Keep your optics on him.
Elita: Right.
Optimus turned to face the group.
Optimus: Autobots, let's move.
Time skip
The Autobots as well as Impactor were now in route towards Autobot command. The walk to the base took quite some time, Mirage and Impactor were at each other's neck through out the walk. Y/N needed to break their verbal fights when it got to heated, when he wasn't looking out for these two he would stay close to Chromia.
Impactor saw that Y/N was extremely close to this blue Autobot femme. Out of curiosity, Impactor wanted to know their relationship.
Impactor: Hey, Y/N?
Y/N: What's up, Impactor?
Impactor: Can I talk to you in private?
When Chromia heard this, she gripped Y/N's servo with a lot of pressure. Y/N took notice of this and grabbed her servo with his free servo.
Y/N: Don't worry Chromia, I'm sure he just wants to talk. Go on ahead of me, I'll be right behind you.
Chromia: Be careful.
Chromia left Y/N's side and proceeded to walk next to Elita. Y/N stood next to Impactor and asked him what he needed.
Y/N: What do you need to talk about?
Impactor: What's the deal between you and that Autobot femme?
Y/N: You mean Chromia? Well, she's my sparkmate.
Impactor was shocked by this.
Impactor: Did you seriously defect to the Autobots over a femme?!
The Autobots didn't heard Impactors outburst, all of them were walking ahead. Y/N simply started telling Impactor his reasons.
Y/N: She was one of my reasons for joining the Autobots. The rest you can thank Megatron and his lackeys.
Impactor was getting mad. Y/N noticed this but still went on with his story.
Y/N: Remember when Megatron told us that Autobot forces were conscripting civilians from off world colonies by force?
Impactor: Yes. Some Decepticons volunteered to travel to these colonies and free the population from the Autobot grasp.
Y/N: Correct. Unfortunately this was not true. With the war raging on Cybertron, colonies such as Caminus started offering their help to Autobots and non combatants. Megatron saw this as a threat, he decided to put a halt to it. Some of his most trusted officers apart from Jetfire were informed.
Impactor was getting surprised by these revelations. He always thought of Megatron as a worthy leader, but never a liar.
Impactor: H-how did you find out about this?
Y/N: *sighs* Through my final C.O's terminal when I was sent to Caminus along other Decepticons to "free" it from Autobot grasps. Everyone was motivated and ready to fight. It was a long and brutal campaign. The breaking point for me was during my final mission as a Decepticon, when we were ordered to destroy a space port.
Impactor: What happened?
Y/N removed his visor and stared directly at Impactor.
Y/N: All you need to know is that the Decepticons were responsible for extinguishing the lives of many innocents that day.
Impactor : What!!
Y/N placed his visor back and looked at the sky.
Y/N: Yes... When the battle was over, the field was littered with the bodies of civilians, families trying to escape the planet. I don't know how our forces didn't notice any of them. I certainly didn't. There were many Autobot troops fighting to protect the space port. I was more focused on fighting Autobots. I saw one that was still functional, his final words still haunt me to this day.
Impactor: By Primus... What did he say?
Y/N: "We were only trying to help". A grunt pushed me to the side and shot the wounded Autobot in the helm. I stood there, shocked by everything. When we returned to base, everyone was celebrating. I headed to the main office to speak to our C.O.
Flashback
Y/N, who was a Decepticon at the time can be seen navigating the corridors of a Decepticon base. His destination, the office of his commanding officer. He was about to knock on the door but he heard voices from the other side. Y/N looked around to see if anyone was around him. When the coast was clear he pressed his helm close to the door to hear who was talking. Surprisingly, it was his commanding officer talking directly to Megatron.
Decepticon C.O: Lord Megatron, my forces were victorious destroying the spaceport. My trusted informants have reported to me that all Autobot sympathizers were killed in the attack as well as Autobot troops defending the space port.
Megatron: Excellent. Those who aren't with us, are against us. Remember, this is for the future of our people. The Decepticons will prevail.
Decepticon C.O: Long live the Decepticons.
Behind the door, Y/N felt immense amount of rage making his visor glow crimson red. He touched his Decepticon insignia and knew he was fighting for the wrong side. He forced open the door leaving his C.O in shock.
Decepticon C.O: Y-Y/N!! What's the meaning of this?!!
Y/N didn't say anything and charged at his C.O, his screams filling the halls. Decepticons that heard his screams rushed towards his office, only to find him dead and Y/N standing over his body with energon on his hands. He saw them and transformed his servo into his blaster.
Y/N: You're next.
Decepticon trooper: Get him!!
Blaster fire erupted with many Decepticons lying dead on the floor.
Present
Y/N: After that I checked the C.O's personal terminal, I found out about orders to eliminate all non Decepticons in Caminus. That space port was housing civilians who were in route to evacuate the planet. Caminus citizens were given the chance to join the Decepticons, those who declined, well you can guess, all these orders came directly from Megatron. After I was finished searching his terminal, I left the base through an underground system. I was left with minor injuries and nowhere to go. I was on my own for a while. That was until I helped Chromia.
Impactor: Your sparkmate?
Y/N: Yes, some grunts we're about to harm her. I took care of them then proceeded to help her. *Chuckles* It took quite some time for her to trust me but it eventually worked. We managed to cross over to Cybertron before Megatron ordered the deactivation of all space bridges. After that she took me to Autobot H.Q . It took a while for them to trust me, but in the end I became one of them. But me being her sparkmate,*chuckles* that heck of a story.
Impactor was at a loss of words.
Impactor: Listen Y/N, I wasn't lying when I vowed to help all Cybertronians. Megatron might have corrupted the beliefs of others but not mine.
Y/N: I can tell, it's good working alongside you Impactor.
Impactor chuckled.
Impactor: Just like old times. Just know that I do intent on keeping my word.
Y/N: *chuckle* I know Impactor. Your not the type of bot to go down on your word.
Chromia saw Y/N talking to Impactor like old friends. This made her happy.
Chromia: Looks like Y/N got an old friend back.
Elita: Don't get comfortable Chromia. Keep your optics sharp. He could be lying about helping Ratchet.
Time skip
The Autobots have been walking for a while. Silence filled the group for some time. This silence was broken by Elita.
Elita: Okay, this is as far as we go?
Wheelkjack and Y/N were confused by this.
Wheelkjack: It is?
Elita: We don't go any further until Impactor's comm is deactivated.
Ratchet got angry at this while Impactor was silent.
Ratchet: Wait just a nano cycle ! Our intentions here were very clear!
Impactor pushed Ratchet to side gently.
Impactor: It's okay Doc. Meant what I said. No more factions, no more Autobots, no Decepticons.
Willingly, Impactor unlocked his left audio receptor containing his comm. Elita opened his audio receptor and tried to find his comms. Ratchet was displeased with this event.
Ratchet: Of all the blasted, suffering, miserable things... taking out someone's comm.
Once Elita found Impactor's comm she threw it as far a she could. All the Autobots watched this, Y/N felling uncertain of it was a good decision but he knew Elita was doing it for security reasons.
Optimus: Let's keep moving. We got a mission to uphold.
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A/ N:Thank y'all for reading. Hope you guys enjoyed it. Sorry for the long wait. When working on the book, I saw that it was number 1 on the War for Cybertron section. Thank you guys for that.