The Nemesis
It had been over two years since the Decepticons had arrived to Earth. Megatron was recovering from the battle of the Allspark, their limited supplies on the Nemesis having made his recovery slow and mainly, irritating. The door to the medbay opens, Starscream's blue heels echoing in the room as he approaches the berth.
"My lord," Starscream says in a bitter tone. "We have a visitor."
"And who might our visitor be, Starscream," Megatron asks.
"He calls himself... the Fallen," Starscream replies. "He claims to be Megatronus. Certainly looks old enough," he then says off to the side. Megatron sits up from the berth swiftly this time and pulls off the sensors.
"I've rested long enough," Megatron says. "Get Soundwave and have them meet me on the bridge." Starscream walks off, heading towards the communication room.
Megatron enters the bridge to see Soundwave, Starscream and the Fallen in there. He pauses for a moment as his optics land on him.
"So good of you to finally make it," the Fallen says.
"May I ask what a Prime is doing here?" Megatron asks.
"You better fix that tone with me, Decepticon," the Fallen replies. "Especially after your failure to retrieve the Allspark."
"Decepticons aren't much to revere Primes," Megatron retorts. The Fallen approaches him and looks down on him.
"I could destroy this entire ship and end the war along with it. Cybertron may not be my home anymore but I know what you and that Prime have done to it," the Fallen says. He then slams Megatron up against the sealed door, holding him up by his neck cables. Soundwave and Starscream raise their weapons in alarm. "I'd put those weapons down if I were you," the Fallen says. "Only a Prime can kill me. And you three most certainly aren't."
"What- do you want from us," Megatron grits out.
"The Allspark," the Fallen replies.
"It was destroyed!" Starscream exclaims from behind.
"FOOLS!" the Fallen says, throwing Megatron to the ground. "The Allspark cannot be destroyed. It does what every Cybertronian can do. Transform."
"Then that means..."
"Allspark: has taken residence in organic," Soundwave says.
"Then it's in that... that thing?" Starscream says in disgust.
"What do you plan on doing with it," Megatron says, getting back up.
"Why don't you look outside?" the Fallen replies. Megatron glares at him before making his way to the window. In front of him is a Star Harvester, the large three pronged tip pointed straight towards this system's sun.
"I've only seen those in... documents," Starscream says aside.
"A historical relic to you... But this... will finally be my revenge against my fellow Primes..." the Fallen muses. "Once I destroy this sun and harvest its energon, I can continue snuffing out all life on organic planets," he says.
"Then why do you need the Allspark?" Megatron asks.
"In order to activate it, I need the key. It seems my fellow Primes had hid it on the planet once hiding my ship away from me," the Fallen says. He turns to the Decepticons. "The Allspark carries all information about Cybertron, present, past and future. The codes are in that boy," he says, an image of Kaede appearing on the screen.
St. Helena, California
Kaede awoke early, stretching as he swung his legs over the bed and got dressed for the morning, putting on a black shirt and green cargo pants. He puts his dog tags around his neck and gets out into the kitchen, making breakfast and coffee before going outside to have his morning smoke. The familiar hiss of a semi truck stopping nearby has Kaede hopping off of his front porch.
"Morning, Op!" Kaede says in a chipper mood. The door opens automatically for him. "You recharge well?" he asks.
"I wouldn't continue coming here if I didn't," Optimus replies. As soon as Kaede sits in the passenger's seat, the seat belt wraps around him, before it clicks into place. Kaede hums, Optimus moving forward and the two making their way to base. The two make it to the hangar, Kaede hopping out and Optimus transforming, the two walking off to their respective areas. As Kaede makes it to the medbay and waves at Ratchet.
"Morning, Ratch," Kaede says, climbing onto the catwalk to meet his height.
"Don't you have agents to mentor?" Ratchet sighs. "There haven't been any accidents since everyone's just woken up," he says, polishing a set of tools.
"Bored?" Kaede then asks.
"I think you know that answer already," Ratchet replies. "Now, shoo, go be a mentor," he says, chasing Kaede out of the medbay. He rolls his optics as Kaede runs off.
"Cade! You're late," Lennox calls out as Kaede walks over.
"By like. A minute," Kaede says. "I was sayin hi to Ratchet."
"A minute wasted is a minute gone from teaching your fellow agents," Lennox says. Kaede rolls his eyes and makes his way to the two agents he's been mentoring for the past couple of months. Wendy and Chrys. Noah and Epps are off to the side, organising and doing paperwork.
"Morning, you two, ready for another day of training?" Kaede asks.
"What are we doing so early in the morning?" Chrys says.
"That's what you get for going to sleep at 3am," Wendy whispers to Chrys, elbowing her.
"It's either running exercises, weapons maintenance... field medic exercises..." Kaede says, scratching at his head. "I feel like we went through these pretty quickly..." he mumbles. "I could teach you guys how to build a gun," he then says. Chrys looks excited at that idea, more awake now.
"AH!" Ratchet's voice is heard across the hangar. "NO building weapons! We went over this!" Ratchet shouts.
"ALRIGHT, FINE!" Kaede yells back. He rubs his hands over his face, feeling a migraine coming on. "Alright, how about you two decide what you wanna do that, I need a second," he says, walking off. He grabs a notebook from his satchel and walks off as he begins to write at an inhumane speed.
"You ever wonder what he's writing in those notebooks?" Epps asks, polishing a gun.
"I took a peek once," Noah says. "Looked like a bunch of gibberish to me but I showed it to Raj' and he was a bit freaked out."
"He's been having a lotta those migraines lately," Wendy adds. "Think he's ok?"
"How many notebooks has he filled up by now?" Lennox asks. "Ten?"
"Ten?!" Chrys says.
"Guys, I can hear you," Kaede says, rubbing his face. He returns to them, tucking the notebook in his back. "I wish Nathan would just get back from his mission already so we can go out," he says, sitting down on a supply box, hanging his head down.
"Or a Decepticon attacks and then we can actually finally get some action," Sideswipe says, entering the area. Mirage is walking beside him, Noah giving a lazy wave to the two of them. Mirage sends Noah a grin and Noah smiles back briefly.
"They have been growing lately," Noah hums.
"Qatar..." Wendy says quietly.
"They've been hitting a lot more US bases, it's obvious that the Decepticons are trying to look for us," Lennox sighs.
"Which is why we're moving off base soon," Noah says.
"Are preparations almost ready for that?" Kaede asks.
"Higher ups are finalising it, we just need to be told when to pack up and go," Lennox replies.
"What's the new base like?" Chrys asks.
"Underground. Definitely a lot more secret," Noah replies. "No more hiding in plain sight, kind of deal, now we actually get to disappear." He gets up from his spot. "Kaede, take out the agents on a patrol, if you can't come up with anything," he orders.
"Sounds good," Kaede hums. Kaede motions to Sideswipe. Sideswipe pumps his fist and says a small yes! He then transforms and Kaede stands at the door for a moment before shouting. "Any Autobot want to go on patrol?"
There's a few moments before Arcee comes into the area. She stretches.
"Might be good to get a morning ride in," Arcee says.
"Alright, Wendy, you're with Arcee," Kaede says. "Chrys, you're with me," he says. "Who knows, maybe we'll get some action finally out on patrol," he says as gets into Sideswipe's driver seat. He was happily back in his Lamborghini altmode, having passed the grace period of having to be a boring civilian car after his stunt during the streetrace two years ago.
"I wouldn't ask for it," Arcee warns. "Don't expect Sides here to hit a target to save his life," she says in her altmode, driving up beside them.
"C'mon, this again? You shoot Ironhide in the aft by accident ONE time..." Sideswipe groans.
"WAIT, that's why?" Chrys laughs. "Oh, poor 'Hide!"
"How about we just go patrol!" Sideswipe exclaims, driving out of the hangar. Kaede laughs, the group making their way out onto the highway.