Dusk and Dawn.... Book 1

hero, or villain?

Dusk let go of Brains; he quickly got up and staggered away.

"Bumblebee.... is gone?" She asked. Optimus gave a quick nod.

"Prime, what are we going to do?" Artorias asked; Optimus's gaze shifted to Artorias, but Ironhide quickly roared

"We're going to find him, that's what!" Ratchet looked around suddenly, his optics wide with worry.

"Where's Dusk?!?" He asked. Everyone looked around, glancing down tunnels, and rooms filled with junk.

"I swore she was right there, she disappeared!" Exclaimed Ratchet. Optimus had a look you never want to see on a Prime, the look of fear.

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Dusk looked at the barren wasteland before her. Deserts were unforgiving places that demand you work to the extreme. If I were Bumblebee, where would I go? On the road of course! Dusk transformed into her alt-mode, a purple mini jet; she swiftly followed a near by road, searching for an clues of a struggle. Bingo! Landing with a loud thud, Dusk surveyed the scene; chunks of metal and puddles of energon covered most of the ground.

"Interesting...." she said, to herself "It seems they dragged Bee away, how odd." Dusk followed the trail with ease; a few hours into the flight, the purple femme came upon a ship. The huge thing must've had a cloaking device! Ducking into a small ditch, she watched the ship for a while. Satisfied that nothing happened, she approached.

Getting into the huge thing was quite easy. Dusk rushed through the giant halls, noting how sanitary the ship was. As the Autobot reached the dungeon, she gasped. The cell closest to her had a transformer who was nothing more than a torso and a head. In the next cell Dusk saw four Autobots; they got up as she approached.

"Can you let us out please?" Asked one. Dusk nodded, she sliced off the latch and they stepped out.

"Names Powerglide." Said one "And my friends are Inferno, Flak and..." A red Autobot began ranting

"Oh, Primus! What if the Decepticons come? What if they.... what if.... oh Primus we're going to die!" His helm began fizzing.

"And Red Alert." Finished Powerglide.

Dusk swiftly greeted "Hello, nice to meet you; we have more Autobots to free!" The flame-colored Autobot Inferno nodded. Dusk ran to the cell at the end of the hall, and gasped.

"Daddy?!?" She chopped off the latch.

Once he stepped from the shadows, she almost hugged him. Almost.

"Little sparkling, why do you call me father?" He asked "My name is Optimus Prime." Optimus had a battlemask that covered his mouth, and he lacked the elegant flames her father had.

"How.... what...." gasped Dusk "Wait! Are you from a different universe?"

Prime answered "Perhaps, most likely. However we can't talk.... daughter. I have Autobots to free." He stepped past her, and began destroying latches. Red Alert (despite busting a cerebral circuit) followed the determined leader, along with Inferno, Flak, and Powerglide. Dusk ran to keep up.