𝙷𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜 | ʙᴜᴍʙʟᴇʙᴇᴇ

Chapter 13: Mission

The next thing I know there's no land, only air. A scream rips from my lips as the ground comes into sight faster and faster. Suddenly I feel something tug me, then hot metal pressed against my skin. I grunt when I land against it, having landed softer than I anticipated. Looking up I see Bee's head rising off the ground to look at me, "Good job Bee." I smile, patting his chest. He hums sweetly before sitting up with me still cradled on his chest. Gently he lowers me to the ground where I scan the area.

"SAM!" I call waving to the standing figure, "TRACER!" He screams back. I run after him as he takes off in a different direction, by the sheer grace of whatever god we all manage to meet up with one another. Simmons yapping at Jetfire about him being hurt or not hurt, Jetfire snaps back without a care of if he was human or not. "Oh, shut up. I told you I was opening a space bridge. It's the fastest way to travel to Egypt." The robot grumbles, Sam who was getting his hand wrapped by Mikaela stood up, "When did you... when did you tell us? You didn't tell us anything. You didn't tell us anything. Why are we in Egypt?" Sam snaps.

"Don't you get snippy with me, fleshling! You were duly informed!" Jetfire warns, "Can you just stop for a second? Can you focus? Can you tell us why we're in Egypt so we can all have a little bit of semblance of peace of mind?" Sam all but begs. I look up at Bee who shrugs his shoulders. "This planet was visited by our race once before, by our earliest ancestors, a millennium ago. They were on an exploratory mission to harvest Energon, the lifeblood of our race. Without it, we'll all perish, oxidize and rust, like my wretched self! Do you have any idea what it's like to slowly fall apart and die?" Jetfire starts to ramble.

"Let's not get episodic, okay? Old-timer? Beginning. Middle. End. Facts. Details. Condense. Plot. Tell it." Simmons orders, settling the robot back on track, "Somewhere buried in this desert, our ancestors built a great machine. It harvests Energon... by destroying suns." Jetfire reveals. God can't we catch a fucking break with the world ending bullshit.

"Destroy suns?" Sam questions agasp, "You mean blow them up?" Leo adds in, "Yes. You see, in the beginning, there were seven Primes, our original leaders. And they set out into the universe, seeking distant suns to harvest. The Primes set out with one rule. Never destroy a planet with life. Until one of them tried to defy this rule. And his name forevermore was... the Fallen." Jetfire retells displaying a hologram of the ancient scary looking robot. "He despised the human race and he wanted to kill you all by turning on that machine. The only way to activate it is with a legendary key called the Matrix of Leadership." Jetfire continues as I continue to watch the hologram.

"A great battle took place over possession of the Matrix. The Fallen was stronger than his brothers, so they had no choice but to steal... and hide it from him. In the ultimate sacrifice, they gave their lives to seal the Matrix away in a tomb made of their very own bodies, a tomb we cannot find. Somewhere, buried in this desert, that- deadly machine remains. The Fallen knows where it is and if he finds the tomb of the Primes, your world will be no more." Jetfire warns, "Okay, so how do we stop him?" Mikaela asks the big question.

"Only a Prime can defeat the Fallen." Jetfire answers and my chest falls, "Optimus Prime?" I call out softly. "So, you've met a Prime? Why, you must have met a great descendant. Is he alive, here on this planet?" Jetfire questions hopefully, "He sacrificed himself to save me." Sam answers. "So, he's dead. Without a Prime, it's impossible. No one else could stop the Fallen." Jetfire concludes. I look down at the ring and bracelet on my finger, and in that same second a thought came to mind. "Wait, if the same energy that's gonna be used to reactivate the machine... could that energy somehow be used to reactivate Optimus and bring him back to life?" I question, "It was never designed for that purpose, but it's an energy like no other." Jetfire answers.

"So then how do you get us to the Matrix before the Decepticons get to me?" Sam cuts in, "Follow your mind, your map, your symbols. What you carved in the sand, it's your clue. When dawn alights the Dagger's Tip, three kings will reveal the doorway! Find the doorway! Go now! Go!" Jetfire urges shoving us along. My eyes blow wide as we hurry along, "That was my mission. It's your mission now. Go before the Decepticons find me and find you." Jetfire calls after us as we hurry down the mountain. Great new main quest.