Tibaksi &The Traitor

Chapter 14

I swung my sword almost blindly, cutting through Decepticons like they were nothing.
Rage fueled me. Almost every second, that image would pop into my processors. The image of that Decepticon, holding Orchid against a wall, his band leaving her helpless against him as he bit her delicate neck-cables.
It was infuriating! And I had one target at the moment. The one Decepticon who had ruined my Sparkmate's entire life.
Shockwave...
At the moment, Shockwave was blinded. One of the soldier's parachutes had landed on his helm and his optic was dangling half out of his helm.
He was shooting with great accuracy at Orchid, whom I could tell was having a rough time dodging the blasts and fighting off other Decepticons at the same time.
I dropped my sword as a fresh wave of anger came over me, turning my vision red, though my optics remained blue. (Orchid told me this later)
I slid my knuckle-dusters over my servo and took almost half of Shockwave's side out with a punch.
I slammed his helm against my knee and aimed his huge gun at the cupola with the control pillar in it. Shockwave blindly fired and the cupola collapsed, dropping the pillar into a pile of rubble.
Cybertron stopped descending as the flow of electricity was cut off from it. Now, Earth had a very interesting-looking sky.
I grabbed the cables attaching what remained of Shockwave's optic and yanked it clean out his helm, saying,"You die!"
Shockwave shuddered once then was still. The inventor was finally dead.
I glanced over at Orchid, hoping to see some sort of reaction, but she was otherwise occupied with more opponents.
I picked up my sword again and focused on the new threat.
"Get down here, Sentinel!" I shouted.
"Optimus," Sentinel growled, spinning his impressive, double-bladed sword/staff,"you forget your place!"
He jumped off the building, using his weapon as a type of brake as he slid down.

Author's Note: I found this picture of Sentinel after a long time of searching. Finally!
....um....back to the story....

I braced myself for Sentinel's blow, but the mech hit me with the force of a freight train. A force that knocked me backwards.
I rolled back onto my peds and faced whom I thought was my teacher...and friend.
"I bring you Cybertron, your home," Sentinel said in disbelief,"and still you choose the humans!"
"You were the one who taught me freedom is everyone's right," I replied calmly, taking out my axe, the blade heating up at my touch.
I roared and charged at Sentinel. I knew that...unlike our usual sparring matches, only one of us was going to walk away...alive.
I knocked his shield away and stabbed him in the shoulder.
"I will retrigger that pillar!" Sentinel said, pulling my blade out.
"Then," I retorted, pushing him against a building,"you'll have to go through me!"
Sentinel helm-butted me in the chest-plate and I grunted and rolled away.
The Autobots began charging the fallen pillar, hoping to destroy it before the Decepticons could activate it.
I punched Sentinel in the helm and kicked him away in the stomach. The mech retaliated by grabbing my shoulder-plates and slamming me into a statue (what is with humans and putting statues everwhere?)
"Decepticon ships!" Sentinel ordered,"Fire on Optimus!"
Many many Decepticon ships flew around the buildings, all firing at me.
"Restart the pillar!" Sentinel shouted at the top of his voice-box.
Orchid was suddenly beside me, and was helping me stand.
"Don't let him beat you," she told me,"You can do this. I believe in you."
I squeezed her servo tightly before getting up and grabbing my gun. One after another, I shot down Decepticon ships.
Orchid helped me by flying around the ships and firing arrows into their engines, causing them to stop working and crash.
But for every two we destroyed, three more took their places.
"I can't hold them!" I shouted,"The ships have us pinned!"
A ship fell towards me and I ran to escape it, however, the explosion hit me and I tripped over a few cars.
"No!" I screamed as pain shot through my side.
Suddenly, missiles flew out of nowhere and blew up all the ships.
With that cumberance gone, I could focus on Sentinel.
All of a sudden, the pillar started again and the beam of electricity shot up to latch onto Cybertron once more.
I glanced to see Sam fighting another man around the pillar. It appeared the other man had restarted the pillar, foolishly so.
I chased after the now-fleeing Sentinel to a bridge. There, I slammed into his vehicle mode, which quickly transformed back into his bi-ped mode.
"Always the bravest of us!" Sentinel said, tearing my axe from my grasp,"But you could never make the hard decisions."
He stabbed his blade into my shoulder and with one swift motion, tore my entire arm off.
Extreme pain lanced through my body and I staggered back. My bravery was now replaced by fear.
Sentinel stabbed his blade into my other arm and dragged me against the side of the bridge, scraping my wound terribly. The pain was unbearable.
"On Cybertron we were gods!" Sentinel growled.
I reached out for him,"No, please!"
Sentinel did not listen to my pleas and raised his weapon above my helm to finish me off.
I looked up to the sky one last time, to see Orchid.
Against the odd sky, with her wings outspread and her sorrowful expression, one might take her for an angel.
I saw her open her mouth and scream as Sentinel brought his blade down.
I waited for the weapon to pierce me, but it never came.
I opened my optics to see Megatron, my sworn enemy, shooting Sentinel. You can just imagine my surprise at this twist.
Orchid landed next to me and dragged me away from the two mechs.
I could see tears on her face-plates and she was pale.
Although she was gentle, I knew Orchid was trying her hardest not to tremble and jostle my wound too much.
I looked up to see the beam of electricity disappear suddenly, and Cybertron was sucked back in on itself. The sky once more looked like a normal Earth sky.
"Now, we need a truce," I heard Megatron say,"All I want is to be back in charge. Besides, who would you be without me, Prime?"
"Time to find out," I replied and slid my mask on.