Rise | Transformers Prime fanfic

Chapter 72

The man gazed at Optimus, shock written on his face until he broke into a smile as he advanced toward. "Optimus Prime!" He exclaimed and they embraced each other in a hug. The man laughed, picking up the Prime, which made him smile slightly.

"I can't believe it! God, it's really you!" The leader exclaimed, setting down Optimus and pulling away to look him up and down. "Man, you're looking good. And I thought you were a ladies man then!" He said with a wide grin as he patted Optimus on the shoulder.

Optimus chuckled with an eye roll as Amal lowered her arms. "So what's going on here?" Amal exclaimed loudly with her arms stretched out. "Yea, what the fuck?" One of his team members said while handing Dart another cloth for his bleeding nose.

"Guys, this is Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots." The man said, stepping next to the Prime. "You're joking?" Dart said with his nose closed, mouth gaping in shock. One man stepped forward, smiling happily.

"Chip." Optimus breathed out in recognition and hugged the man. "Good to see you Optimus."

"Your legs—" "the wonders of Cybertronian science, amiright?" Chip said as he pulled away, gazing at the Prime. Amal groaned. "Oh my primus, can someone please explain what the hell is happening?" Amal exclaimed while gripping her leg as she leaned against a wall to let the pressure off it.

The wavy, brown haired man stepped forward with a smile. "My name is Spike Witwicky, this is my husband, Chip, and my team. Lennon—" he motioned to the man who had given Dart the cloth, who saluted with two fingers. "—Ross—" a shorter, black haired man smiled at them. "—Ender—" a white haired man smirked at them. —"and Dart, the one with the now broke nose."

Dart blew blood into his second cloth. "This fucker hurts." He mumbled and Amal chuckled. "My b." She said and Dart glared. "Spike, this is Amalgamous. One of our human allies, and a friend." Optimus said as he walked over to her to help her stand straight.

"What happened to you? That leg looks busted up." Ender asked as he approached. "Oh, it's a story." Amal said with a hint of sadness in her voice. Spike clapped his hands together, grinning. "This is great seeing you again! How'd you even get here? Are the others around? I can't wait to see Bee!"

Optimus's smile faded slowly and Amal sighed heavily. Spike noticed and slowly dropped his hands to his side. "No...don't tell me..." Optimus swallowed.

"Why don't we sit down somewhere and talk?"

~

Spike held his hands behind his neck as he stared down at the table they sat at. Amal poured some black Energon into a dish like container she found before sliding it to Optimus, who thanked her, as he knew he needed it after the day they had had.

"So, you're scattered? No one knows where each other are, except for the ones sent together?" Optimus nodded. "And the Decepticons...are working with you?" Spike asked, glancing at Amal. Another nod from Optimus.

"Megatron...saved you? That doesn't—" Amal slammed the container down on the table after finishing off the drink. "Say it." She growled. "I'm sorry, truly. I mean no offense, I'm not used to hearing of Megatron be...sacrificial to his enemies." Spike said to her with sincerity in his voice.

Amal huffed, pouring some more of her alcoholic drink. Spike sighed and looked at Optimus. "So, what brings you here? How'd you know about this?" Amal looked at him.

"I helped create it." Amal leaned back, resting her elbow on the back of her chair. The team looked confused. "With the Decepticons?" Chip asked, frowning. "With a scientist named Shockwave."

Spike and Chip's eyes widened. "You're joking." Chip breathed out in shock with Spike resting his hand on his forehead as he processed it.

"She's not." A voice from the shadows said.

~

The black haired boy sighed heavily as he stared off the hill he sat on, watching the sun set slowly along the valley. He heard heavy footsteps behind him, but he didn't bother to look as he knew it was his partner.

"You ok, Jack?" She asked. "I guess." Jack responded quietly while putting his elbow on his knee before resting his chin on his palm. The pink and blue femme sat down next to him, looking at him worriedly.

"Team Prime is scattered, Arcee. What're we going to do?" Jack asked as he continued to stare into the sunset. Arcee sighed. "I know it's dark times Jack, but we can't be going around being so glum. Our main goal is to keep moving, and keep working on Team Prime back together." Arcee told him as he gazed up at her.

"My mom doesn't even know I'm alive...she thinks I'm dead, Arcee." The Autobot sighed. "I know it's hard, Jack. But you'll see her again soon, and she'll get to know you're alive. But right now it's best if she doesn't. And it's best if Unicron doesn't know of her too."

Jack frowned at her. "You really think Unicron would get another human involved?" He asked as he watched her stand up and transform, letting his helmet land on the ground next to her.

"You have no idea."

~

The brown haired boy sighed heavily after watching the tree line pass by for a few minutes. "Find anything on Jasper yet, Bumblebee?" The boy asked and his car beeped at him. "Nothing new yet. They said it was a failed missile test...wonder how long the humans will believe that." The scout responded bitterly.

Rafael grumbled as he grazed through his laptop, searching on different websites. "There's gotta be something on where the others could be. Humans love searching for new forms of li—" Raf stopped, adjusting his glasses to make sure he was seeing the screen right.

"What?"

Raf grinned.

"I think we just found someone...or someones."