🅲🅾🅳🅴🆇 🅾🅵 🆀🆄🅸🆁🅺🆂 (TFOne Movie x Reader)

·˚ ༘₊· ͟͟͞͞꒰➳[ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇 𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒 ]

Boy! This was a long chapter! Counting these words, it is 12176 words! Regardless, enjoy the story!

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Back with the others, the tension was palpable as the darkness crept in. They were returning to Iacon, but it seemed more uneasy than it already was. D-16's passive-aggressive behavior starkly contrasted with his usual self, especially for Orion Pax. (Y/Cyb/n) was also acting strangely. Despite his ability to maintain his monotonous tone and most of his blank expression, his left defective optic that lights up a pupil of emotion betrayed his unease.

At times, (Y/Cyb/n) 's optic would emit a tense, rapid-beating purple line, a clear sign of panic and growing tension. Other times, a white squiggle would morph into an endless loop of messy lines, a visual representation of his inner turmoil. Initially, they attributed this to his struggle to earn a cog while the Affinity side of Algorithmic Prime existed. However, Orion couldn't shake the feeling that there was something more to it.

"Hey, buddy," Orion walked up to the silver mech.

"Oh... hey..." D-16's response was noticeably more distant than usual, indicating the growing tension.

"You've... been a little quiet." The blue and red mech spoke. "You- You alright?" He gently tapped his best friend's shoulder.

"...All I could think about is Sentinel's smirking face!" He gritted his dentas at the mental image. His emotional turmoil was evident in his aggressive hiss. "He must pay for what he has done. Someone has to do something!"

"We are," Orion Pax said in a firm and determined voice. "With Alpha's proof inside that device, we can show everyone the truth."

"Do you honestly believe it'll be that easy?" The silver mech looked at him as if he knew his best friend's plans would foil up. "Iacon doesn't want to hear the truth. They worship Sentinel." He remarked. "There's got to be a better way to bring him down."

Orion gently plucked the mini-beacon out of his best friend's servos before he could crush it. "You just have to trust that everyone would believe what we show them—"

"I TRUSTED Sentinel!" He snapped. "With everything... " his yellow optics narrowed at Orion Pax's blue ones. "I will never trust a so-called leader ever again."

The red and blue mech's optics widened in concern. He knew how mad D-16 could get, but he never saw this side of his friend. It was something not part of his character.

D-16 walked past him. "There's only one 'bot I know how to—"

*WHIZZZ!*

*ZRRRTT!!*

The silver mech was cut off by a device, landing on his helm and zapping him unconscious.

*WHIZZZ!*

*ZRRRTT!!*

Another one came, hitting Orion Pax, followed by Elita-1 and B-127. (Y/Cyb/n), breaking out of his turmoil of inquiry, he ducked just in time as a similar device tried to hit him. He snatched it, using his Saboteur Catalyst Algorithm to deactivate it.

"[CONFUSED] What the—" (Y/Cyb/n) began.

*SWOOSH!*

Instincts kicked in, and he side-stepped from the same device that knocked his friends out. "Hm? [CAUTIOUS]" He reflexively chirped out his emotion, his defective left optic lighting up a light yellow caution triangle-shaped pupil. He cautiously waited for any other attack to move up, his pedes shifting slightly against the ground.