In this AU I'm changing what the Omega Lock can do. Yes it can still restore Cybertron & Cyberform other planets, but it can now do more. It can create metal objects from seemingly nothing, restore bots, and reverse Cyberforming.
This AU is heavily...
"What do you know about the Omega Lock and its keys?" Alpha Trion questioned.
"Not much, just what you've told me. 'It can rebuild our home, but tear down others. It's useless without its keys and its cybermater,'" Smokescreen quoted Alpha Trion.
"That's correct. But the real power is in the keys," Alpha Trion stated, "The keys hold the power, but one in particular holds nearly all of the power."
"Wow," Smokescreen chuckled, "Wouldn't that make it hard to hold? All that power must be difficult to contain."
"You've held on well enough."
"What?"
"Nothing."
Smokescreen shook his head, whatever Alpha Trion said, it wasn't important.
Except... Something wasn't right.
"Alpha Trion?" Smokescreen speaks up.
"Yes Smokescreen?"
"This isn't real, is it?"
"No Smokescreen. It's not."
"What was it, the thing you said?" Smokescreen asks.
"I said, 'You've held on well enough,'" Alpha Trion repeats.
"How long have you known?"
"Ever since I met you. I realized you were the last key immediately. I could sense your power," Alpha Trion explains.
"Why?"
"Why, what?"
"Why did you block away my memories?"
Alpha Trion sighs, "You were in danger. The Decepticons were going to capture you. If they knew what you were, what you are, they'd never let you go."
"I..." Smokescreen lowers his head, he doesn't know what to say.
"Smokescreen," Alpha Trion speaks up, "You need to wake up."
"Huh?"
"They have you. You're not safe. What I feared, has come true. You must escape!" Alpha Trion shouts.
"What are you talking about?!"
Alpha Trion disappears.
"Trion! Alpha Trion! What's going on!?"
~~~~~
Ratchet wakes up strapped down to a table, Megatron in front of him.
"What do you want from me?" Ratchet asks, showing no fear.
"Your assistance actually," Megatron states, "to help complete a little... science project."
"I will never cooperate," Ratchet scoffs.
"Shockwave does not require your cooperation to siphon your knowledge," Megatron says darkly.
Shockwave attaches Ratchet to the Cortical Psychic Patch to Ratchet, and everything goes black.
~~~~~
Ratchet finds himself in a large room with a single light that barely illuminates the entire room, cuffs around his wrists. It's a good guess that Megatron did not find what he wanted. The door opens, Megatron, Soundwave ,and Starscream step in.
"Are you through poking around inside my head?" Ratchet expresses his annoyance, "You didn't find what you wanted, did you? Or else you wouldn't be here."
"What I want, apparently does not yet exist," Megatron mentions.
"And that would be?" Ratchet probes.
"We would very much like for you to complete your work on the formula for synthetic Energon," Megatron says.
"Even if I were capable, do you think that I would hand you a limitless supply of fuel and ammunition just so you can turn around and use it against the Autobots?" Ratchet turns around.
"Oh, you misunderstand, Ratchet. I intend to use your formula for the purpose of creation, not destruction," Megatron grabs Ratchet's attention, causing him to turn back around.
"We have fortuitously discovered that your Syth-En, when combined with Cyber Nucleic Acid, may in fact form the basis for an alternative cyber matter," Megatron continues.
"You are attempting to rebuild the Omega Lock," Ratchet looks surprised.
"We stand on the verge of a great moment in time, you and I, the restoration of our very home world," Megatron states.
"Collaborate with the Barbarian who essentially destroyed our planet in the first place? Who sadistically crushed Bumblebee's voice box while looking him in the eye? No thank you," Ratchet shakes his head.
"Then I present you with a choice" Megatron says, "complete your research or..."
Megatron motions to Soundwave. On his visor appears a picture, of Smokescreen. He looks unconscious and seems to be bound to some kind of machine. Ratchet is completely speechless.
"Accept my offer and I will allow the rookie to remain unharmed, for now. Think it over, good doctor," Megatron turns around and leaves, Soundwave and Starscream right behind him.
Ratchet knows he has no choice but to agree, but he also knows something else. There is a reason they have Smokescreen, the original Omega Lock didn't work without him. They need him to work the new one. Ratchet may help create cybermater, but he knows he'll have to find a way to sabotage it near the end. If not to prevent the Decepticons from winning, than to save Smokescreen.
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