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Ark
In the Autobot detention center, Jetfire could easily tell that the Autobots including Y/N were skeptical about him joining their ranks.
Jetfire: *sighs* I know it seems foolish for me to show up here.
Elita: Indeed.
Y/N: No, just strange. Out of character even.
Prowl: How did you find us?
Jetfire: No one else knows you're here.
Ironhide turned towards the others and spoke out loud.
Ironhide: If he found us, other Decepticons could be on the way.
Optimus thought for a moment and then approached Jetfire's cell with a stern look.
Optimus: Jetfire, why are you here?
Jetfire: I told you... I want to join the Autobots.
Elita then interrupted their conversation.
Elita: You're the head of the Seekers. Why haven't you given our location to Megatron?
Y/N: What are you planning Jetfire?
Prowl: Are you trying to set us up?
Jetfire: No...
Both Optimus and Jetfire were staring directly at each other's optics. Optimus tried to detect a hint of deception in Jetfire.
Optimus: The truth, Jetfire. Why are you here?
Jetfire: *sighs* I won't help Megatron wipe out an entire population. That's not what I signed up for.
Elita: Then what did you signed up for?
Jetfire: I'm not sure anymore... but whatever it was, it's not the same thing Megatron fights for.
Y/N stepped forward and stood next to Optimus. He stared directly at Jetfire with a stern look. He removed his visor and spoke in a serious tone.
Y/N: You've seen his true colors. By your look you must've known by now that he is no revolutionary, he's gone mad.
Jetfire's optics had a hint of sorrow and regret. What Y/N said was undoubtedly true.
Jetfire: Yes... He's fallen into darkness. It's not about Cybertron or our freedom, it's about beating you at any cost.
Jetfire remained quiet, he looked at the floor and then directly at Optimus.
Jetfire: He murdered Ultra Magnus, A prisoner of war, locked in stasis cuffs. Megatron just shot him down with no remorse.
Y/N placed his visor back and clenched his servo, Optimus' optics widened and the others look at each other with a look of disbelief. All optics were now on Jetfire.
Jetfire: Look, you don't have to like me... but you have to believe me. Megatron plans to wipe every single one of you out of existence. I won't be part of that... Let me help you.
Everyone in the room had an unsure expression. Optimus thought for a moment, still feeling uncertain about trusting Jetfire.
Optimus: Give us a moment Jetfire.
Jetfire simply remained silent while the Autobots including Y/N exited his cell.
Outside of Jetfire's cell Hound and Ironhide decided to head somewhere else to process further what transpired in the prisoner's cell, both of them equally uncertain of what Jetfire said. Optimus was still thinking about Jetfire joining the Autobots. The four remaining bots were now heading to the bridge.
Elita: Your not serious about letting Jetfire joins us, are you?
Optimus turned his optics towards Elita, Prowl was next to voice his opinion.
Prowl: He could lead us to a trap Prime. We already took a huge risk with Impactor.
Y/N who was walking behind the others, spoke up next.
Y/N: Doubt it. He did seem desperate and I know for a fact Jetfire doesn't lie. Besides, Impactor is proving himself to be a good ally. By now I bet Chromia and the others are starting to warm up to him. Ratchet is an example, he already trusts him.
As the four Autobots entered the bridge, Prowl spoke to the others.
Prowl: You might be right Y/N, but life is worthless to the Decepticons. He could have easily murder that Seeker just to gain our trust.
Elita: So what do we do with him?
Prowl: Keep him locked in that cell if you ask me.
Y/N: For now I guess.
As the four bots made their way inside the bridge, Y/N was shocked by who was next to Wheelkjack.
Y/N: What the, Bee?!
Bumblebee who was using a data pad took his optics off the screen and saw his old friend. He stopped what he was doing and greeted his friend. Y/N greeted him with a friendly shoulder pat.
Optimus: Apologies Y/N, I forgot to tell you that Bumblebee arrived here earlier today.
Y/N turned towards Prime and spoke.
Y/N: No worries Prime. (To Bumblebee) What the scrap are you doing here? Let me guess... finally decided to join the Autobots huh?
Bumblebee: N-not exactly, I came because I have the Alpha Trion protocols in my brain module. (Taps his head)
Y/N: Huh, you've got to be kidding me.
Wheelkjack was seen typing heavily on a data pad while also hearing the conversation of the others.
Wheeljack: He's telling the truth Y/N. Oh scrap, YES!! Here! I found it Optimus! Whoa.
Everyone saw Wheeljack's expression drop, including Optimus. Optimus proceeded to walk straight to Wheeljack.
Optimus: Where?
Wheeljack hesitated for a bit before revealing the information.
Wheeljack: The... S-Sea of Rust.
Everyone in the room was shocked. The location of the Allspark was finally in reach but on one of the most dangerous areas in all of Cybertron. Everyone in the bridge was uncertain of investigating the Sea of Rust for the Allspark, especially Elita one.
Elita: My recommendation would be to wait until the Allspark reappears in a safer region.
Optimus however disagreed.
Optimus: Obtaining the Allspark, launching the Ark, and activating the Spacebridge must all happen in unison for the plan to work.
Elita quickly snapped at Optimus.
Elita: That's precisely why I'm questioning your decision!
Everyone was a bit startled at Elita's sudden outburst.
Elita: Astro-cycles you weren't even sure of this plan!
Optimus looked at her with sadness in his optics. The others simply starred at each other, never before seeing Elita raise her voice at Prime.
Optimus: Please, continue to have faith, Elita. With the Alpha Trion protocols, Bumblebee has shown us the location of the Allspark.
Elita slightly snapped at this.
Elita: Look around you! Were as low as low on faith as we are on energon! The energon Y/N brought was barely enough to keep most of our troops and the Ark operational.
Y/n was shocked by this revelation, his team managed to scavenge large amounts of energon and now they were almost low again. His thoughts were interrupted by Cog who voiced his opinion on the Sea of Rust.
Cog: Need I point out, no Autobot has ever returned from the Sea of Rust.
Bumblebee thought for a second.
Bumblebee: Well, no Autobot has... but Decepticons have.
Y/N quickly thought of who it was but before he could say anything, Elita spoke first.
Elita: Did you learn this from the Alpha Trion protocols?
Y/N quickly intervened.
Y/N: He's talking about an actual Decepticon. Well, ex-Decepticon by the name of Dreadwing.
Bumblebee: Correct. He's an energon scavenger I knew. Before that he was a Seeker.
Prowl: The Decepticon Seekers know how to navigate the Sea of Rust?
Y/N: It was ordered by Megatron. He had them mapped out the region. Unfortunately us ground troops never got any data regarding that area.
Elita: How come you never told us about this?
Y/N: We never had any reason to explore the Sea of Rust until now, ma'am and I lack any necessary information regarding that area. But I bet Jetfire has the information we need.
Optimus thought for a moment before making a decision.
Optimus: Prowl and Y/N. Bring Jetfire to the bridge.
Prowl: On it Prime.
Both Y/N and Prowl exited the bridge and were now headed towards Jetfire's prison cell.
Prowl: You think he'll cooperate?
Y/N: I sure hope so. If Megatron gets the Allspark then there won't be a future for us.
As Y/N and Prowl entered Jetfire's cell, they saw him sittting down. When Jetfire saw them he stood up, towering above the duo.
Y/N: Prime needs you Jetfire. Are you willing to help?
Jetfire simply stared at Y/N.
Jetfire: I'm willing to help you all as best as I can.
Y/N: Good. Let's go.
Prowl disabled his cell but didn't allowed him to leave the cell yet.
Prowl: I'm gonna need to put these on you Jetfire. It's procedure.
Prowl pulled out stasis cuffs fit for Jetfire.
(Ignore the hands)
Once the cuffs were secured Jetfire walked infront of both Y/N and Prowl.
Prowl: Don't try anything funny.
Jetfire turned towards him.
Jetfire: I wasn't planning.
As the trio made their way through the halls of the Ark, Jetfire couldn't help but notice the nasty gazes most Autobots gave him.
Jetfire: I guess they aren't fans of Decepticon deserters.
Y/N: It depends. If you prove yourself then they'll see you differently. Don't think I haven't forgotten about what happened in the Spacebridge.
Jetfire remembered back when him and other Seekers got the jump on Y/N and two other bots, more specifically when he smacked Y/N in the back of the helm.
Jetfire: I apologize for that. I'll try and make amends.
Y/N: If we get your full cooperation then we're good.
As the trio entered the Ark's bridge, they were met with Prime talking to the others. Optimus took his attention away from the others and focused on Jetfire.
Optimus: Jetfire, we need your assistance.
Jetfire: How can I help Prime?
Optimus: We need your assistance navigating the Sea of Rust. Do you have any intel that we can use?
Jetfire was shocked by this. No bot ever dared to navigate the Sea of Rust except for the Seekers. Nevertheless, he decided to help.
Jetfire:We... I mean the Decepticons mapped the Sea of Rust long ago. If you take me then I can help you.
Some bots present weren't thrilled by what Jetfire said, especially Elita.
Elita: How can we trust you?!
Jetfire looked at her with a sympathetic look.
Jetfire: I don't blame you for being skeptical... but I assure you, I can help you.
Everyone was unsure about trusting Jetfire. Elita turned her helm towards Optimus and spoke sternly.
Elita: Too much is at stake stake for us to trust a Decepticon.
Jetfire interrupted Elita and continued to convince her to trust him.
Jetfire: You're out of options. Who else can navigate you through the Sea of Rust?
Everyone was thinking but Jetfire quickly took notice of Prowl.
Jetfire: You were law enforcement in Praxus, right?
Prowl: Yes... until the war.
Jetfire: I know all about the core override utilized there.
This quickly got the attention of Y/N.
Y/N: Are you really going to such lengths?
Everyone turned their helms towards Y/N due to his comment. Jetfire questioned Y/N since this procedure was kept secret from the public.
Jetfire: You know about it?
Y/N: I've seen bot's helms explode because of those things.
Cog interrupted the two.
Cog: What the scrap is "core override"?
Y/N: Prowl, want to tell them?
Prowl sighted remembering his life before the war.
Prowl: It was a dark chapter in Praxus history. Prisoners outnumbered law enforcement, so the council created core override implants as a deterrent.
Bumblebee approached Prowl.
Bumblebee: What does that even mean?
Prowl: Didn't you heard Y/N. It means we can... remotely trigger brain detonation.
Elita and others were shocked by this.
Elita: Blow up his brain module? *Turns towards Y/N* Have you seen this first hand?
Y/N: *sighs* Unfortunately I have. During my time in the Cybertronian Military, there were a large amount of military bots who were forced to undergo the core override, this was done to preserve "undying" loyalty to our commanders and the old Council. I was spared this procedure due to my "anger" ability.
Wheelkjack: You mean when you go crazy?
Y/N chuckled at Wheeljack's remark.
Y/N: Ouch, but yeah. Whenever I went berserk, the implant would short-circuit and not work. It first happened when I was forced into the procedure, by the time the medics finished I went into my state and thrashed the medical room. One of my superiors tried to detonate by brain but it didn't work. I was subdued by a riot squad. Medics tried many times to insert the core override but it always short-circuited when I went berserk. My superiors had enough so they gave me a choice, follow orders like a good soldier or be executed for treason. Those that did rebel against this procedure would still be forced to undergo the procedure and have their brain modules detonated in front of various troops, they were made an example if you tried to challenge orders from your superiors. It was quite the horrific sight.
The bots in the room looked at Y/N in a shocked manner. Y/N took notice of this and tried to continue talking about the core override protocol.
Y/N: Sorry I got off track there for a bit. *Turns towards Jetfire* Are you sure you want to go through this Jetfire?
Jetfire: ... Yes. You can terminate me at the first sign of deception. *Turns towards Prime* This way you don't have to trust me, you can just kill me.
Prowl: *sighs* It would be a quick procedure.
Elita: I don't like it. *sighs* But it's tactically the right move.
Optimus thought about it for a second.
Optimus: Proceed. Do not force us to use this option, Jetfire.
Jetfire: I... won't.
Wheeljack then intervened, voicing an important concern.
Wheeljack: Uh... Optimus? We need to talk about getting some fuel. I can get the Ark into the air, but not without raw energon.
Y/N: What happened to all the energon my team and I managed to get on our missiom? There should have been some left for the Ark's launch.
Optimus: *sighs* We're nearly out, me needed to send some emergency energon rations to some outposts and the rest was used for our consumption. What we have isn't nearly enough.
Y/N: I-I understand Prime but where else would we be able to get energon?
Bumblebee then thought of someone that would have what they desperately need.
Bumblebee: If it's raw energon you need, I know someone.
Elita: *groans* Not this Dreadwing Decepticon again.
Bumblebee: No, he's even worse than a Decepticon, but if anyone has the raw energon, then it's him.
Optimus then took action.
Optimus: Elita, assign a detail to accompany Bumblebee. Hound, Prowl, Y/N and Moonracer will join Jetfire and myself.
Elita decided to voice her concerns.
Elita: Optimus, it's bad enough we're depending on a Decepticon to lead us through the Sea of Rust, now we're bartering with someone worse than a Decepticon for energon?
Bumblebee: Oh, there's no bartering with Soundblaster. We're stealing it from him.
Y/N's optics quickly widened by the mentioned of that name specifically from Bumblebee's plan.
Y/N: That lunatic has energon? You aren't seriously considering stealing from him?!
Bumblebee: You know him too?
Y/N: Apart from also knowing he has a few circuits loose then yes. Careful with that walking pile of scrap, he's just as unpredictable just as he is crazy. Good luck Bee.
Bumblebee: Thanks Y/N. You too.
Y/N: *Turns towards Prime* I'll wait for everyone in the hangar.
Optimus nodded, Y/N walked out the bridge and headed towards the hanger. Clutch ejected from his shoulder and beeped at him while hovering. Both of them traveling through the Ark's halls.
Y/N: Ready for the mission bud?
Clutch: *happy beeping*
Y/N: *chuckles* Good to hear...I better call Chromia, see how she's doing.
Y/N proceeded to call Chromia via comms. It took a while before she picked up.
Chromia:*comms* Hello? Chromia here.
Y/N: *comms* How are you doing beautiful?
From the other side Y/N could tell Chromia was happy to hear from him, the same could be said about Y/N.
Chromia:*comms* Y/N!! How's it going?! What did Prime need?! Are you okay?!
Y/N chuckled at Chromia's worried tone.
Y/N: *comms* I'm fine sweetspark, Prime needs me for a different mission. I'll be leaving in a bit but just wanted to check on you. How are you doing?
Chromia: *comms* I'm doing good, missing you but still doing good. The bridge repairs are complete, we got the power working. Mirage is cloaking the area.
Y/N: *comms* That's good, I'm about to head out into the Sea of Rust with Prime and others. Moonracer is also tagging along. Hopefully we don't come face to face with any extreme dangers.
Chromia: *comms* I'm sure it will be a simple mission, our luck is taking a good turn as of now. Who knows, we might celebrate completing our missions by having some "fun"~?
Y/N couldn't help but blush a small hint of red by that last sentence, resulting in remembering what occurred the previous day in his and Chromia's room. Without thinking he responded to Chromia's suggestion.
Y/N: *comms* Can't wait.
Chromia: *comms* What was that~?
Quickly realizing what he said, Y/N stuttered.
Y/N: *comms* H-huh? N-nothing!
Y/N heard a giggle coming from Chromia.
Chromia: *comms* Good luck on your mission love. Take care and watch out for Moonracer, she is almost as reckless as you sometimes. I got to go, Decepticons patrol this area quite frequently.
Y/N: *comms* Be careful sweetspark. I'll see you once this is over.
With that being said, the couple hung up the call. Y/N noticed that he reached the hangar and began to wait for the others. His thoughts layed on his and Chromia's future. Her talking about sparklings made him think deeply if he was up to the task.
Y/N: You know Clutch, I wonder what type of father I would turn out to be. Hopefully a good one.
Clutch: *beeping*
Y/N: *chuckles* Thanks bud, you're a great friend.
Clutch hovered happily before retracting back to Y/N's shoulder.
After some time of waiting, Prime, Prowl, Jetfire, and Moonracer arrived in the hangar. Y/N approached the group.
Y/N: About time Prime, y'all ready to go.
Moonracer: You bet. Just don't do anything crazy Y/N.
Y/N: *chuckles* No promises on that, Moonracer.
Optimus: Alright everyone, we are first going to enter the Sea of Rust. Jetfire will guide us through the terrain. Our goal is to locate the Allspark located at the center. Autobots, transform and roll out!!
Everyone present transformed into their vehicle forms and drove off. Finding the Allspark was of most importance.
Spacebridge
Chromia alongside Sideswipe and Impactor we're patrolling along the Spacebridge area. Ratched being the more technical bot kept working on the Spacebridge repairs. Mirage was unable to move from his position since he had the most important job of keeping the Spacebridge hidden from Decepticon scout, mainly Seekers.
Impactor and the other bots were slowly starting to get along. Out of curiosity, he wanted to asked Chromia what she did before the war but needed to muster the courage to ask her.
Impactor: So... Chromia, what did you do before the war?
Chromia was a bit surprised, out of respect she responded to Impactor's question.
Chromia: I was part of Caminus' security department. It was more of a police force, it's where I learned to use a blaster.
Impactor: That explains the impressive shooting.
Chromia: *chuckles* Yup. Everyone needed to be a good shooter, I was among the best. When the war broke out, me and a friend of mine were on Cybertron. Due to the constant fighting I was unable to make it to Caminus for some time, when I finally made it, Caminus was under Decepticon attack.
Impactor felt some guilt since he still carried the Decepticon insignia. Chromia saw Impactor touch his insignia. A hint of shame appearing on his face-plate.
Impactor: I'm sorry about your world. Y/N told me of what happened, what the Decepticons did. What Megatron ordered. I never knew of that.
Chromia: Don't blame yourself for the actions of others. Y/N saved me from being killed, the day I met him I nearly shot him thinking he was a Decepticon because of his insignia. He showed me compassion and I started to trust him from there on. Eventually he won more than my trust. Seeing him change gave me a small glimpse of hope that other Decepticons could change for the better.
Impactor remained speechless, he swore to never betray the Decepticons but he also promised to protect all Cybertronian life. Confusion clouded his mind.
Impactor: What made you join the Autobots?
Chromia was taken back by this question. She felt like it was simply yesterday that she along with Moonracer joined the Autobots.
Chromia: During the start of the war I witnessed many innocent civilians get killed, it didn't matter if they were low class or high class bots, Decepticons at that time were extremely bloodthirsty. Moonracer, my friend, and I were recruited by Elita-one, she saw us save some injured Autobot troops. We were hesitant at first since we weren't from Cybertron but after witnessing the mass slaughter brought by the Decepticons, we couldn't say no. *sighs* Listen Impactor, I know most Decepticons are not evil, some are simply misguided. I know its not my place to tell you what to do but I recommend you join us. If Y/N trusts you then it's almost good enough. I know deep down, you are a great bot. You were willing to take a blaster shot for Ratchet back at his camp. That tells me where your spark lies.
With that said Chromia whent back to patrolling her area. Impactor remained silent, he was confused on what to do. He stared at Mirage who was still hiding the Spacebridge from Seekers, he saw Ratchet, the Autobot who saved him from death work tirelessly to fix the Spacebridge.
Impactor: Primus, what should I do?
Sea of Rust
The drive towards the Sea of Rust was a long one but Optimus and the others knew they were close, most of them found it odd that there was little to no Decepticon activity around this area, this made their job a lot easier. From a distance, the bots noticed that they were getting closer thanks to the sand that started appearing. The group passed by a duo of Cybertronian birds pecking a deceased Cybertronian, finally entering the Sea of Rust.
Prowl: Entering the forbidden sector.
Moonracer: I've never seen anything like this.
Y/N: The lightning looks dangerous.
Hound: Makes me miss guard duty back at the Ark.
After a little bit of time, a red lightning bolt struck in front of Y/N's path, making him swerve around .
Y/N: Gahh, what the fragg!!
Jetfire:*comms* Watch those electro magnetic bolts!!
Hound: Now he tells us!!
A barrage of bolts rained down of the group. Thinking quickly, Jetfire devices a plan.
Jetfire: We must lure that lighting out of our path. Hold tight!!!
Jetfire quickl flew further into the sky, and shot a dozen flares diverting the lightning bolts away from the others.
Jetfire: Now! Forward!!!
All of the Autobots managed to pass through the lightning field without harm. Unfortunately, the worse is yet to come.
Jetfire: That should take care of the lightning. Now, we just have to watch out for the metallic vortexes.
This shocked the entire group especially Hound.
Hound: Metallic vortexes?!
In the distance, the team saw a formation of tornadoes standing in their way. Not being able to travel further, all of them transformed into their bipedal form.
Optimus: Watch the clouds Autobots!
Y/N: How are we gonna cross?!
Jetfire: There's a trick to avoiding the vortex. We can survive it.
As the metallic vortex got closer, the bots started to struggle to keep their footing. Prowl was losing his balance and in the midst of the vortex hitting the team, he was swept away. Y/N reacted quickly and managed to grab on to him while still remaining in the ground.
Y/N: Don't let go!!!
Y/N kept a tight grip on Prowl but it didn't last. Prowl was swept away by the powerful winds of the vortex and taken high into the sky.
Y/N: NO!!!
Jetfire: I got him!!
Jetfire quickly transformed into his jet form and flew directly into the vortex.
Jetfire flew closer towards Prowl, mid flight he transformed into his bot form and tried to reach for him. It was somewhat of a struggle but Jetfire managed to grab hold of Prowl. Using his jetpack to the max, both of them managed to escape the vortex.
Seeing a clear area, Jetfire placed Prowl down. The rest of the bots raced towards Prowl and Jetfire. Prime being the one who was the most worried.
Optimus: Are you OK Prowl?
Prowl: Yeah.
Y/N: Scrap that was close.
Moonracer: I thought we almost lost you.
Prowl: Don't worry guys, I'm still in one piece. *Turns towards Jetfire* A Decepticon saving an Autobot? It doesn't feel right...
Prowl pulled out the detonator for Jetfire's core override remote.
Prowl: ... holding on to this thing after you saved me.
Jetfire was a bit shocked by this action.
Jetfire: But for the sake of the mission you will.
Prime looked at both of them before turning towards the others.
Prime: *sighs* We still got a mission to uphold. Autobots, move out.
Spacebridge
While on patrol around the Spacebridge, Chromia and Sideswipe notice the hologram field started to flicker and then suddenly it disappeared. This meant that the Spacebridge was now in plain view. Sideswipe then called Mirage to see if everything was okay but he received no answer.
Sideswipe: *comms* Mirage?!
Ratchet saw him on the floor and rushed towards his position to check on him. He picked him up and analyzed him.
Ratchet: *comms* Damn fool nearly drained his entire spark.
Above them, a total of three Decepticon Seekers appeared out of the blue. Sideswipe and Chromia took notice of this and prepared themselves for a fight.
Sideswipe: Show's over. Now, we fight.
A Decepticon Seeker saw them and headed straight towards the duo. It aimed his blasters and started shooting. Sideswipe and Chromia managed to evade the barrage of blaster fire and started to return fire.
Chromia: I hope Y/N's mission is going better than ours.
Sideswipe: *shooting his blaster* Agreed. We need to hold out for as long as possible.
Blaster fire erupted around the Spacebridge, multiple Seekers were now enroute to their position.
Sea of Rust
The Autobots including Jetfire were still traversing the Sea of Rust. Luckily they already went through the toughest obstacles.
As the team kept driving, Y/N remembered Prowl saying that Jetfire murdered a Seeker. Out of curiosity, Y/N proceeded to ask Jetfire.
Y/N: Hey, Jetfire.
Jetfire: Yes?
Y/N: Is it true that you murdered a Seeker?
Jetfire was silent for a bit.
Jetfire: Yes, I killed Skywarp.
Y/N: Scrap, I would have thought you killed Starscream. What happened?
Jetfire: We found a location, a theater that we thought was you base of operation. Skywarp was pressed on telling Megatron but I had second thoughts. I tried to convince him not to but he punched me and called me a traitor. I accidently shot him in the back. He must have informed Starscream because he was about to gun me down. That's when Starscream said that I murdered Skywarp.
Y/N: Scrap. Screamer must have replaced you. I still remember him trying to out best you.
Jetfire: He'll never be a great leader, he's too arrogant and self centered. His treachery is by far what will get him killed.
Y/N: True that.
Up ahead the bots noticed their road ending at an edge. Prime along the others transformed into their bot forms, Moonracer however proceeded to check the large opening. She noticed the large crystals before checking a scanner with a small energy spike. She then returned to the group.
Moonracer: Optimus, the Allspark chamber is below.
Hound: Our window to grab it won't last much longer.
Y/N: Hound's right Prime. The sooner we get the Allspark, the faster we can head back to the Ark.
Prime thought for a moment, this was to be handled with extreme caution. It is unknown what lies around the Allspark or who...
Optimus: Proceed with caution, Autobots.
Everyone was facing the bottom of the edge, an idea popped into Y/N's head.
Y/N: Dibs first!
Y/N then jumped off the edge and slid down a dirt path.
Moonracer: What the... NOT FAIR!!
Hound, Prowl and Jetfire chuckled at this before noticing that Prime was the second one to jump off the edge. The others soon followed after them.
Y/N landed first with a loud thud, he switched his servo to his blaster and scanned the area. Prime saw him and gave him a serious look. The others caught up to Y/N and Prime, everyone starring at Y/N for jumping out of nowhere.
Y/N: What? I needed to check for dangers. Besides we don't have time to waste.
Hound: Chromia is gonna loose it if she finds out you are being reckless again, Y/N.
Moonracer: I'll make sure to tell her. *chuckles*
Y/N's face plate went pale when Moonracer told him this.
Y/N: Please don't. I've been warned many times by her.
Y/N saw Prime scanning the area, so was Jetfire and Prowl.
Y/N: Something wrong Prime.
Prime: Something about this place doesn't seem right.
Hound then stood next to Optimus.
Hound: What's bugging you Prime?
Prime then turned towards the team.
Prime: A feeling... as if the Matrix itself sends a warning.
Out of nowhere it started rumbling around them. From the ground burst out a servo then finally a rusted body, this cause the bots to stumble back.
Y/N: What the scrap is that!!!
Y/N was looking around and saw an undead Cybertronian approaching Moonracer
Y/N: Moonracer lookout!!!
By the time Moonracer noticed the undead bot it was too late. It grabed her arm and ripped half of it off. Moonracer started screaming, she was about to get killed if it wasn't for Hound who shot the bot in the head. An undead Cybertronian then appeared infront of Hound. Countless undead cybertronians seperated the group from each other. Y/N aimed his blaster and started shooting at the undead.
Y/N: This is not good!!!
He saw the others fighting but Moonracer was in complete shock and couldn't fight. Many undead Cybertronian were about to tear her to pieces but were suddenly riddled with blaster fire thanks to Y/N. He looked at his shoulder and grabbed Clutch.
Y/N: Clutch, protect Moonracer!!!
He then proceeded to throw Clutch towards Moonracers position. Clutch transformed midflight and started blasting any undead bot around her. Moonracer, holding her injured appendage looked at Clutch.
Moonracer: Thank you Clutch.
Clutch simply beeped happily before blasting some incoming undead cybertrotnians. Y/N on the other hand saw more and more undead appearing. He continued blasting but saw that it took to many shots to put them down.
Y/N: There's too many of them Prime!!!
Optimus punched an undead Seeker and looked around. He saw that they were hopelessly outnumbered but they all knew that they were close, especially Optimus Prime.
Prowl: We're surrounded!
Optimus: Keep fighting Autobots, the Allspark is within our reach.
Blaster fire filled the area, the group was about to face hordes of the undead. Survival was now their priority. Unbeknown to them, there are more obstacles to face to ensure all Autobot survival.
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Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Sorry for the long wait, I was going to publish it last month but my whole chapter got erased so I needed to redo this work. Hope you guys liked it and stay tuned for the rest, I plan on completing the trilogy hopefully half if not all of it this year. Thanks for reading.