Chapter 4: Grim Penance

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New Mexico

Abraxis P.O.V.

I dive bombed the yellow bot who was some kind of muscle car. I transformed before impact and slammed my foot into its hood. It pushed me for a few meters but nothing more.
"Oi oi, what do you think you're doing?"
I asked it as I lifted my leg away from it and it transformed, dropping the relic to its side. It was a sword of some kind, it looked vaguely like a european sword, but it had a strange line on the edge and it seemed strangely thick. The bot bleeped at me as if it was speaking. I only understood a few words.
"What do you want?"
A simple question, one that I could answer fairly easily.
"Revenge."
I stated flatly as I transformed my right arm into a sword. I struck at it, but it dodged under my blade and directly into my knee. It stumbled back as I kept up my assault, checking my scanner from time to time to see if that small blue bot was coming. I side stepped a kick from this yellow boy and punched it in the face plate straight into the ground. That was when my scanners detected that other bot.

Arcee P.O.V.

I arrived on a horrid scene. That odd bot was standing over Bumblebees beaten body. Seems like this thing is extremely fast in the air. I notoced the relic on the ground, but also the fact that he didnt have his odd rifle arm at the moment, only his sword. As I was debating on my next course of action, the bot grabbed the relic and flew off back towards where we came from. That doesnt matter though, because Bumblebee is down and theres no way I could fight him alone. I opened my commlink to Ratchet.
"Ratchet? Do you hear me? Come in."
I heard a young voice for a response, Raphael.
"Ratchets busy with Bulkhead right now, do you need a gate?"
"Yes, and you might wanna tell Ratchet to keep a spot open for Bumblebee."
"Will do"
The call ended, and soon enough a ground bridge opened nearby, so I mustered up the strength to pull Bee through it"


Autobot base, Jasper, Nevada

Jack P.O.V.

What an odd day. There seemed like there was a lot of technical issues earlier, and now Bulkhead is basically in surgery and Arcee called saying that someone else might also need attention? Just what happened!? My question was answered at the sound of metal dragging against metal as Arcee dragged a limp Bumblebee out of the bridge. I looked to Raff, he had tears in his eyes and was staring at Bumblebee. I couldnt help but also worry for Miko, she has been completely silent and still since she saw the state Bulkhead arrived in. Cant say I blame them, if that happened to 'Cee I dont know what I'd do.
"What... Happened?"
Raff slowly asked Arcee while maintaining his watch of Bumblebee.
"It was some cybertronian in an aliance with mech. He was also the one who nearly fragged bulk..."
I froze, it was just one bot that did this? A single bot took down bulkhead, severly damaged bumblebee, and even went toe to toe with prime from what I overheard. Whoever this guy is, hes no joke.

M.E.C.H. Research & Development center

Abraxis P.O.V.

I was sitting through a diagnostic and thinking deeply. Those 'autobots' were familiar... There is no doubt that they were involved with my death. They seemed peacful enough, but that must be a facade. All cybertronians are evil, right? It was the inneptitude of both sides that got me killed, but then again, am I even human anymore? Am I simply a man in the body of a robotic body, or am I as much cybertronian as I am man. Perhaps M.E.C.H. isn't as good as I hope it is. Maybe I am lieing to myself to feel better. Am I any better than them?
I made the closest thing to sigh as I allowed my massive robotic head to droop. I couldn't help but to think like this. I wasn't even a freak of nature because nothing about me is natural anymore!

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