Hidden Spark on Earth II (TFP)

Chapter 5

Orion stared at the monitors before him, seeing the imagine of himself as Optimus Prime still made him question a lot. However, speaking with Saphira confirmed that his doubts may only just be doubts, and he is indeed Optimus Prime. If she is a sparkmate to this Optimus Prime, and he was bonded to her, there was no doubting that he is Optimus Prime. Orion knew what he must do. He had to find a way to get to the space bridge. He searched for the location on the monitors and found it, though he did not know if he was being monitored or not.

There was only one thing left to do. To find the ground bridge controls. However, before he could even search for it, he heard the door open behind him, and the heavy footsteps entering the room meant that it was Megatron who had come to pay him a visit. "Orion...have you made progress with project Iacon?"

Orion was a little nervous as he listened to Megatron, his yearning to be with his sparkmate was growing. He did not know how to tell Megatron that he needed to go. "It seems that I am a bit rustier than I thought." He turned to face the decepticon, keeping his tone as innocent as possible.

"Might that have anything to do with the nature of your after-hours research?" Megatron asked the bot curiously with a slight smirk. "Did I fail to mention, that we will be tracking your activities?" He pressed a button on the console to bring up the image of Optimus.

Orion looked at the screen for a moment and looked at Megatron, narrowing his optics slightly. "If Saphira had not confirmed to me who I really am..." Megatron's optics widen slightly as he listened to Orion. "I would be questioning whether I really am a Prime, or not. She called me Optimus, and it feels right."

Megatron gritted his teeth as he listened to Orion quietly. "So...it seems the power of the sparkmate wins in this case...and the power of the sparklings as well..." Orion raised an eyebrow at him curiously. "You are not the only one who has a sparkling calling to them, Orion. I too sense the maternal bond growing! And my desire to be with the sparkmate who carries my sparkling...is growing..."

"You have a sparkmate?" Orion was shocked to hear these words coming from Megatron. "But...I do not remember you ever having a sparkmate on Cybertron."

"That is because, I have found my sparkmate somewhere else, Orion." Megatron smiled a little, knowing that he will listen once he knows. "Saphira is a very lovely human..." Orion widened his optics immediately. "And it seems...when we interfaced, it was within the same time frame and we now both have a sparkling growing within Saphira..."

Orion frowned slightly at Megatron. "That means...when you said that Saphira was on here recently..."

"Yes...she and I built a very quick relationship. One that was meant to be...just as your relationship with her is meant to be." Megatron typed again on the console, bringing up the location of the space bridge. "The autobots are currently using the space bridge to travel to Cybertron. It seems there is something there they are after. Saphira told you where they would be."

Orion stared at the monitor and looked at Megatron with a frown. "Why are you telling me this?"

"Because the sparklings within Saphira need both of us, Orion," Megatron responded bluntly. "Without us, they all will likely perish. It doesn't matter how much white energon she consumes, the sparklings need us. As she needs us."

"Are you trying to tell me that we must negotiate with the autobots to be with Saphira again?" Orion asked curiously. Megatron nodded. He glanced around with a frown for a moment. "How about we go now?"

"First..." Megatron gestured to the screen behind Orion. "You will finish Project Iacon for me, and we will go and speak to the autobots."

"What?" Orion widened his optics in shock before frowning. "Are you always contradicting yourself, Megatron?" The decepticon blinked in surprise before narrowing his optics. "You just said that Saphira needs us, and yet you feel this project is more important than her and the sparklings? I didn't realize you needed your helm checked."