Orchid seems happy. She has everything a Tibaksi Prime could want: friends, a Sparkmate, and a home. But all of that changes once Optimus brings Sentinel Prime back.
Something isn't right about the Prime.
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With Larkspur on my shoulder-plate...hidden...I felt a new hope grow within me. I squeezed Blue Moon's servo, making her look at me. I checked the mechs were still talking before moving my helm slightly to reveal Larkspur's tiny helm. Blue Moon smiled slightly and I saw her blue optics light up. I carefully wriggled, testing my wings. They had been bound too, but loosely. With enough of an energon boost, I could snap them free. "Stop squirming, Tibaksi!" Megatron snapped suddenly, making me jump. Larkspur was startled by my movement, but managed to stay hidden. Blue Moon and I froze, but gave the Decepticon chilling stares. Megatron smirked and approached Blue Moon, kneeling to look her full in the face-plates. "I'll bet you already know who you will be paired with," he sneered, stroking her face-plates, running his servo down her neck-cables and hooking under her chin to force her to look him full in the optics. "Dude, don't do that in front of me," I snapped. "Your opinion or comfort matter not," Megatron replied, not taking his optics off Blue Moon. I felt my servos heat up with cold acid and began melting away the chains on my servos. "I will not be yours," Blue Moon said, accenting each word icily. Megatron laughed and moved his face-plates closer to to hers,"You don't have a choice." My chains were gone, now I just needed something to trigger an energon boost. Megatron moved to kiss Blue Moon and that did it. Before his lips could touch hers, I kicked him in the side and grabbed Blue Moon before leaping off the building. Blue Moon screamed in my audio, causing it to shut down as we plummeted to our almost-certain deaths. I roared and my wings snapped free from their bonds and we swooped over Shockwave's helm, leaving the startled scientist in a trail of dust. We flew shakily between buildings, but my wings were giving out, having not had time to heal properly yet. "Larkspur!" I shouted. The little cyber-dragon fired a large puff of smoke and I flew through. Just as we made it through, my wings gave out and we fell towards the ground. I twisted myself so Blue Moon would land on me when she fell, and I would take the brunt of the impact. I hit the ground hard, and Blue Moon's weight on top of me didn't help. I groaned as she rolled off of me and rolled onto my side, coughing up energon. Blue Moon crawled over to me and I felt her servos hovering over my side, but she was afraid if she touched me it would make matters worse. Suddenly I heard a familiar voice shouting our names. Optimus! I opened my optics to see him kneel beside me. "Don't touch her!" Blue Moon ordered,"She's had a terrible fall." Optimus called Ratchet over and the medic did a quick scan. "She's broken three ribs and dislodged a bone in her spinal column," the medic announced,"Paralysis shall set in soon, and death minutes later." "What!" Kamicazii exclaimed,"Are you serious?" Ratchet nodded,"Unfortunately so. Orchid I believe only has a couple hours to live." Optimus touched my shoulder-plate, his servo somewhat comforting. "She's not going to die," he said firmly. Larkspur nuzzled me softly and cooed sadly. It was like he understood my pain and everyone elses's grief. "Larkspur...he's a green cyber-dragon," I whispered. "What's she sayin'?" Greenslime asked. I didn't answer, only twitched my digits to ask the cyber-dragon to come closer. Larkspur whined sadly and curled around my neck-cables. I felt a small tear, Larkspur's tear, fall near my optic. It sizzled green for a moment before disappearing into my cheek. I felt a gentle, comforting warmth seep into every crack and crevice of my chassis. It calmed and soothed me. "Orchid!" Kamicazii exclaimed,"Y-you're glowing!" Indeed I was. I was glowing a soft green. I could feel my bones fusing back together and sliding back into place. This all took a simple half-minute. Larkspur started purring proudly and butted my chin with his tiny helm. I smiled and sat up, lifting the small creature into my lap and stroked him,"Good boy, Larkspur." "I should've known," Ratchet sighed,"Me, of all Autobots, never realized the true power of green cyber-dragons." I stood up and hugged Ratchet. "I thought you all died in the crash," I said when I stepped away. "We were in the first part of the ship to detach," Optimus explained,"We never intended to leave, and Shockwave capturing you only made us more determined." "Well, you almost gave us all a Spark-attack!" Blue Moon scolded, then yelped when Aura Dae hugged her from behind. "Aura!" I laughed in relief. "You should be glad I found these glitch-heads before they killed themselves," my friend laughed,"They thought landing in the ocean would solve their problems...but they forgot something..." She leaned in close to me and whispered,"Metal sinks." I held back a snort. "We were worried about you too," Optimus told me,"especially after what Shockwave said." Suddenly Kamicazii let out a dramatic sigh,"Are we going to pound the 'cons into scrap or what?" Blue Moon giggled and Optimus nodded. "Yes! Finally!" the femme Wrecker shouted, pumping one fist into the air. "We'll take them by surprise," Optimus said, devising a plan,"The Decepticons will never suspect we're inside their lines. We need to take out the control pillar." "Blue Moon and I can show you where it is," I said. Just then, the sounds of fighter ship engines could be heard. "Scrap!" I said and Optimus pulled me into a nearby church with the others. "Hey, watch it!" someone exclaimed from near my ped. I looked down to see Sam, along with Epps and a few of his friends. "You guys here too?" I asked in surprise. "Yeah, we're gonna rescue Carly," Sam replied. "Damsel in distress method?" I teased. "You should've seen yourself when you appeared out of nowhere," Sam shot back, which did not follow what I just said. I rolled my optics and ducked down as two enemy ships flew by. Optimus was next to me and his servo was so close to mine, our smallest digits were touching. "I was worried sick about you," he told me through my phsycic telepathy. "I was nearly Spark-broken," I replied and felt his regret. "We're together now, though, and that's all that matters," I thought. I saw a corner of his mouth twitch upwards slightly and I felt better. Once the fighter ships were gone, Optimus stood. "Autobots, roll out!"
