#I don't know if I'll do Cliffjumper

[silverior968]

Tfp gijinkas (1/4) Dad squad (aka I binged a childhood favorite show in 3 days and the special interest won) Zoom in to the image for more details (especially the faces, that's where I put the most details)

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[Image ID: A character sheet with two characters on it. On the left side is a human version of Optimus Prime from Transformers Prime. He's tall and muscular with tan skin and blue-tinted black hair that is visibly grayed. His hair is around shoulder-length and tied into a short ponytail with a red hairtie. His expression is neutral and his eyes are dark blue. There are several scars on his face and hands, and the lines on his face show his age. He is wearing a black turtleneck, a red, cropped bomber-style jacket with white lining and a blue autobots logo embroidered on the left shoulder, blue trousers with gray patches and dark blue combat boots with black soles. He has two swords holstered on his back with connected shoulder-holsters. Placed around him are character design notes, reading as follows: "I turned his eye notches into scars - at first I thought of eyeliner but it didn't feel right". "I tried to simultaneously give him the vibes of a hands-on leader, a father figure and a dignified man in his twilight years - and I have no idea if I succeeded!". "I made both him and Ratchet appear somewhere in their 50s." "He accidentally ended up looking a lot like my design of Anton Shudder". "Making an outfit for him was tough because as a kid I thought his design made him look like he was wearing a cropped jacket and denim short-shorts. But I can't have him fighting decepticons in that, think of the asphalt burns! It was hard to unthink that, though". A tiny version of the Sonic the Hedgehog "my fucking god! these bitches gay! Good for them, good for them!" -meme is placed to his right. On the right side of the page is a human version of Ratchet from the same franchise. He's a stocky white man with pale skin and a few freckles here and there, but not many. His hair is mostly white, with some ginger streaks still visible. It is short and somewhat spiky near the back. He also has sideburns, a beard with no moustache and thick eyebrows. He looks grouchy and he has several facial scars and his face is lined. His eyes are cyan. He's wearing a red-and-white uniform, reminiscent of a first responder's outfit. It consists of a zip-up jacket, a thicker jacket on top, trousers, gloves and boots. The zip-up is white with a red zipper, and the jacket has four pockets and is mostly red with white shoulders and sleeves with heartbeat-reminiscent patterns. The jacket also has a white belt. The trousers are white with similar red stripes. The entire outfit has reflective stripes. The boots are mostly white with red heels and soles, and metal-enforced toes. He's holding a scalpel in one hand. There's a red autobots logo on his jackets over his heart. The design notes around him read as follows "He needs a strong nosebrideg because he's going to be pinching it a lot." "He came out looking like a middle-aged Roskilde paramedic named something like "Fredrik" or "Søren" who claims to have Manchester Orchestra as his favorite band (which isn't entirely false but) spends more time listening to ABBA and Radical Face." "Reflective stripes - safety first!". A meme with the text "Dad: doesn't want dog. Family: gets dog anyways. dad and dog:" and a picture of a man and a dog grilling. /end ID]

[nevis-the-skeleton]

Out of curiosity, how are TFP Megatron, Soundwave, Knockout, Breakdown + Other Decepticons handling Starscream’s Tragic ‘Death’?… Does Megatron become even more insane, then in Canon?… Since Soundwave knows that Starscream is important, how would he feel?… Does anyone besides Megatron, want Optimus dead?… Does Nightsky ‘look familiar’ to any of the Decepticons? 🌠 (Headcanons, instead of story please?)

I'll be quick to answer this question, because I've had a lot of requests about this alternative ;) so I'll make sure not to spoil too much what happens later. It's true that we can ask ourselves the question about the reactions of the Decepticons, I showed their reaction to the death of Starscream in the first episode (here) but without ever really going into detail.

First, I'm going to talk about Soundwave, KnockOut and Breakdown, and then Megatron. But I will also discuss their feelings towards Nightsky, and therefore also this feeling of familiarity that he gives off.

Soundwave indeed knew the great importance of Starscream, the departure of the Seekers and his death was a huge lose for the Decepitcons. Additionally, in this AU, and this is a personal headcanon (that maybe others share with me) Starscream has an energon radar and is capable of creating energon. What Soundwave knew, with Shockwave and Megatron. This is a huge loss because Starscream was technically an inexhaustible source of energy, which is a definite advantage during war.

I'm still not sure if Soundwave is actually sad about Starscream's death, but in any case he laments the loss he represents. Soundwave is like Shockwave, a logic robot who doesn't let his feelings speak first, unlike others such as Breakdown or KnockOut. Afterwards, I think he was still horrified by Starscream's violent death, given that the Decepticons later found the Seeker's mutilated body. I don't think he'll be the best person to want to pursue a quest for revenge. In this AU he's not as impulsive, especially since his relationship with Starscream was cordial, but it wasn't friendship either.

When it comes to KnockOut and Breakdown, they are the ones most likely to be deeply shaken by Starscream's death. KnockOut saw him as a friend, and greatly regrets not having managed to save him. He beats himself up, thinking that perhaps he made a mistake during the operations, and that a more competent doctor might have been able to save Starscream. Breakdown holds a huge grudge against the Autobots, as he believes they are the reason KnockOut feels this way. He particularly blames Optimus, who was the one who caused Starscream's capture until his death. The couple has a fierce hatred against the Autobots, but also against Nightsky (I'll get to that later).

And, as for Megatron, we can indeed say that he is even crazier than in the original version. In this version, if he returns with Dark Energon, it's not only for the power that it can give him, but also because this energon would have the ability to bring the dead back to life. His main goal is to "save" Starscream, by any means possible.

But his test on Cliffjumper will make him understand that this is not a possible technique, and that bringing Starscream back like this would only make the Seeker a stupid and bloodthirsty beast. This is the reason why he sinks the Dark Energon into the Spark, and why he subsequently seeks all possible means to master this power and thus bring Starscream back perfectly.

Of course, this would be a huge danger for Nightsky, because although separated from his body, his Spark still has a weak connection to it. Dark Energon in his old body would directly impact his Spark.

Megatron has a visceral hatred against Optimus, no longer wanting to simply kill him but to make him suffer as much as possible. It's no longer really a quest for revenge just for himself, he's doing it for Starscream too.

In this AU, he and Starscream never really got along, conflicts existed even before the Seeker discovered the truth about Vos. Starscream found Megatron's ways too brutal, while Megatron couldn't contain some anger at how merciful Starscream was towards their enemies, reminding him far too much of his old self. In fact, he just didn't want Starscream to make the same mistake he did by placing too much trust in others, but he always showed it in the worst way.

As for their feelings towards Nightsky, it's very diverse. Soundwave only sees him as an enemy, once again not letting his feelings take precedence over his duty. KnockOut and Breakdown on the other hand hate him, because Nightsky is a Seeker, so he should always be on Starscream's side. Yet he fights on the side of those who tortured him and left him for dead. KnockOut is strangely the most violent towards Nightsky, seeing the Seeker as a traitor to his late friend, he even suspects him of being one of those responsible for Starscream's death (and on this point he is not completely wrong).

Megatron is the only one who seems to see Starscream in Nightsky, because of the way he flies and his expressions. Starscream was expressive with his wings, and Nightsky is no exception. Megatron knows perfectly well that this is not just a Seeker thing, he has a deep conviction about it. He ends up convincing so much himself that it's Starscream, that he will end up naming Nightsky by the name of his deceased Commander, greatly frightening Nightsky, Optimus and Ratchet in the process. Later he will no longer have any doubts (but I won't spoil it for you ;P).

That's it, that's all for the headcanons ^^ I have a very precise idea of ​​what I'm going to do with this AU, which is gradually starting to become more than a one-shot but a story with a lot of chapters. Take care of yourself, and have a nice day (^3^)

[talesofsonicasura]

Fatal Error Of Cybertronian Proportions Shenanigans

Thank @agentsquirrelsgotrobots for one idea involving Megatron from the previous post's comments. Anyway this post is basically shenanigans Fatal Error!Reader gets into with both factions. The two will be separated so here you go.

How the search for Fatal Error!Reader became vital

On a particular accident, known as the Deus Ex Machina event, a clash between Autobot Arcee, Decepticon Soundwave and the living virus resulted in another burst of data mayhem. Instead of just crashing both fighters' systems, two life signals came back online.

An investigation would lead to a monumental discovery. Skyquake and Cliffjumper had come back online fully restored. The only evidence that is Fatal Error!Reader's doing were their optics reflected the virus' eyes alongside crack like streaks of crimson energy across their frames.

Both were quarantined for any signs of harmful code or contaminants but tests came out that Cliffjumper and Skyquake were completely uncompromised. These results were enough to render Fatal Error!Reader's capture high protocol.

A chance to revive Cybertron has emerged.

Nemesis

Despite being tethered to Optimus Prime/Oribot, Reader actually got caught by the Decepticons' first before said incident. An accidental emergence from the computer in the medical ward and the discovery that frequencies at a particular wavelength could disorient them led to their temporary capture. They escape once Shockwave/Beefcake.exe arrived on scene, unaware of Wheeljack/Dyna-mite following him.

Current crew: Megatron/Buckethead, Starscream/DramaQueen, Soundwave/SlenderousBootleg, Lazerbeak/Twitter, Skyquake/AirDoge, Knockout/Dr.Twink, and Breakdown/NurseTwunk.

Fatal Error!Reader is kept in an 5m x 5m enclosure cut off by any internet and the Nemesis' systems/modules all together. It's advised to follow the rules for any visitation.

Shenanigans

Living virus carries stuff via pocket space in their void like stomach. This includes four cans of pepper spray. Such properties came aware when Megatron got pepper sprayed in the optics(first 3) and the mouth(last one) on four separate visits. All cans were confiscated.

Check-ups = Maximum sass. These are the only procedures Reader tolerates as any violent experimentation is met with systems being crashed and unconscious bots need vigorous debugging than just reactivation. Banter? Completely expected.

Fatal Error!Reader: Hello Dr. Twink. Can you ask Buckethead why he's so interested in collecting Creepypasta? Man already got a Cyber Slenderman and a rogue Spider Queen.

Knockout: I don't know what the frag you're talking about but why does all of it feel accurate.

Fatal Error!Reader: :3 Tell Nurse Twunk I said hi.

Knockout:... I'll tell Breakdown.

Starscream's attempt at intimidation leads to impromptu therapy. Reader easily sees through him and addresses the issue. They got standards. Any scratches left on him are to keep a facade that both despise each other when it's actually a protective claim.

Reader plans to tear this war apart from the inside. Why not break the chain of command and instill distrust amongst the Decepticons involving their leader. Buckethead is clearly on jealousy fueled vengeance than just space crack. That and the fucker keeps interrupting their naps. Hedgehog viruses are nocturnal too! >:(

Reader understands and but also speaks in 'monitor' much to Soundwave's enjoyment. (Their eyes act similar to a screen so they can display stuff from simple emojis to video clips.) Both gossip like old ladies at the hair salon with images much to everyone's confusion.

Fatal Error!Reader: 👋🫵👀👽📽️❔

Soundwave: 🙂👍. 👽📽️👏

Skyquake: What's going on???

Skyquake is the only Decepticon not allowed near Fatal Error!Reader without supervision. Other than potential side effects, there's a risk of dwindling loyalty. Lord Megatron didn't resurrect him. This sentient virus did and so many questions rattle his processor.

Shockwave only had five minutes to talk with Reader, enough to establish his nickname but not as a potential friend. (Current list: Knockout, Breakdown, Soundwave, Starscream, Skyquake and Lazerbeak.) Wheeljack went buck wild which allowed Reader to flee by possessing Shockwave.

They left the scientist's body once a console could be reached. Shockwave creates the Predacons much earlier and install a special virus blocker to prevent any possession attempt. The effects of shadowplay post 'Fatal Takeover' feels loose now.

Autobot Base

The failed attempt at crashing Optimus Prime's render Fatal Error!Reader unconscious by the backlash. He took them back to base and shot down any chance at scrutiny from his comrades. Even when the bind on the bot's Spark became known.

Optimus: During the attempt at crashing my system, I somehow felt their emotions. They were scared, stressed and confused. Wouldn't you feel the same if hunted down like an animal?

Fatal Error!Reader stays in Optimus' habsuite thanks to the 'Spark Bind' as 20 ft is the maximum range they can be apart. Their bed is a nest of blankets and pillows. More open to conversation but will hide in Optimus' data pad for a quick nap.

Wheeljack becomes a more permanent member after bringing Ultra Magnus/Thor into the mix. Smokescreen/Smokey joins a bit later. June/Junebug joins to help take Fatal Error!Reader's vitals while Agent Fowler/SuperSpy limits any exposure of the living virus.

Shenanigans

Bickering matches between Ratchet/DrTsundere and Reader are constant. They understand how serious being a medic is but he takes care of himself less than Optimus. Although Ratchet doesn't get dragged to 'recharge' as much unlike the Autobot Leader.

Cliffjumper/BigHorn keeps the peace between Arcee/Scully and Reader when Jack/Mulder isn't around. The femme is quite skeptical about the trusting living virus at the start. Even if they did bring back Cliffjumper more properly.

Optimus Prime? Nah. Optimus Perch. The amount of times and ways Fatal Error!Reader clings on him is vast. Atop his head like a demented gargoyle? Check. Koala carry? Ratchet compared them to a Sparkling and got a middle finger in return. On his shoulder parrot style? Yup but don't offer them a cracker as they bite.

Jam sessions with Miko/Rockstar and Raf/Einstein. Reader sorta jinxed themselves into joining with a wager. If the two could make a song that can effectively use their 'terrible' voice then they'll willingly join jam sessions for a year. Don't underestimate determined youth.

Fatal Error!Reader: *sees video* What the fuck????

Optimus: Language and great job. This sounds similar to a genre back on Cybertron.

Miko: Apparently Raf has some mad skills in audio adjusting. Plus we figured you would want to do the electric and rock combo later.

Raf: We can't forget Bumblebee/Honeybee! He gave us the 'opposition' to make it work! *Bumblebee puffs his chest in pride*

Reader the Fatal Fixer Upper. They tend to fix a lot of damage around the base. Whether it be Bulkhead/BigMan normal clumsiness, Wheeljack's inventions exploding, basic infrastructure issues and lack of decor. Lively details bring morale!

Sharing sharing sharing. The sentient virus teaches Optimus various stuff once it became apparent he was once an archivist. History, videogames + lore, various novel genres, mythology, music and many others. Optimus happily shares his culture in return.

Defecting Megatron's army bit by bit. Reader doesn't want to offline any of their potential friends. They at least get them to become neutral to both factions. Entire war is pointless if the species is dead or a new tyrant reigns over everyone. Hopefully they see that.

And that's it! I'll be doing the other two options on their own separate posts. Until next folks, Transform and Roll Out!

[just-someone-online]

Time to ramble about robots again!

So a little while back, I briefly talked about two crossovers between Transformers Earthspark and Transformers Prime: One where the Terrans end up in Nevada and another where Team Prime (Or at least a couple of them) end up in Witwicky. I want to go more in depth on the former, just to get some of it out of my system.

Our story starts the way many crossover AUs do: with a malfunctioning spacebridge.

I initially thought of Nightshade building it as a way for the Maltos to escape any close encounters with G.H.O.S.T. but then I remembered that Earthspark uses the G1 spacebridge design. i.e. a massive ring laying flat on the ground. So instead, the gang stumbles upon some rogue Decepticons building a spacebridge in the woods so they can finally get off Earth. But since whatever scientist (Simacore maybe? It doesn't matter) they have probably isn't as good as Shockwave and they're rushing to build this before G.H.O.S.T. catches on, things go to shit pretty quickly.

Don't ask how the cons are able to build a spacebridge capable of tearing a hole through reality when they can barely feed themselves

The cons manage to escape the out of control spacebridge, but the Maltos aren't as lucky. I'm not completely sure who all gets sucked into the bridge since I don't want the entire family going through, so for now I'm gonna say Dottie, Robbie, Twitch, Hashtag, and Nightshade get pulled through. This lineup could be subject to change.

From there, things become a little vague for me. I was gonna have them to end up in Prime at some point after Shadowzone, sine Team Prime would be more open to the idea of alternate dimensions after that episode. But I also want Hashtag to be there for Out of His Head (And maybe Nightshade for Predatory? Just to give them a spider who isn't chill). Hell, I'm half tempted to have them land in the pilot and be split up so that ES!Bumblebee can save Cliffjumper.

In any case, Team Prime picks up on a massive energy surge and investigates. They meet with the Maltos and despite varying levels of skepticism, they bring them back to base. I like to think there's a bit of early tension because Fowler and/or some of the bots give the the whole "robots in disguise" spiel and try to get Twitch and Nightshade (Or Jawbreaker. Again, haven't decided yet) to take on more covert alt modes, only for Optimus to step in and say they have a right to keep their forms though it means they can't go out as much as Hashtag

Robbie and the Terrans aren't super active in the war - cos y'know, they're kids - so they're usually either getting into shenanigans or helping around the base. Hashtag is scrubbing evidence of the Transformers off the internet, Twitch is sparring with Wheeljack or Arcee, and Nightshade is trying to help Ratchet perfect the synth en formula, find the Maltos a way home, and rebuild the holoform projector so they and their siblings can leave the base.

Meanwhile, Optimus is quietly having a crisis in the corner. There's a world where Megatron ended the war? Cybertron's core wasn't poisoned (Yeah, it might still be dead, but the key word is might)? He now has kids to look after. Not 'kid' like Smokescreen, but actual children who should not be here. Yeah, the Decepticons getting their hands on the human kids would be bad, but Optimus doesn't even want to think about what they'll do if they find out about the Terrans.

Uh, I'm running out of steam so I'm gonna try and speed through some more notes.

Wheeljack becomes Dad 2.5

The Terrans meet the Rescue Bots at some point due to Hashtag unintentionally looking through government files

I'm tempted to have Jawbreaker scan his canon alt mode since I know what it is, but I think I'll wait until I see how he actually gets it in season 1C before I decide for sure.

I want one of the Terrans to connect with either Dreadwing or Breakdown, though I'm not sure who does it or how.

Maybe the aligned!Emberstone is on Earth? They had a billion other relics stashed here so it wouldn't be too surprising.

If Cliffjumper lives, the Terrans are the ones who reveal themselves to Jack and Raf. Miko's intro to the bots stays the same.

Actually, if Cliffjumper lives, Bumblebee gets captured by the cons. He'll live but it won't be fun.

The Terrans get two drug PSAs! One from Megatron and the other from Ratchet.

Miko isn't allowed to be alone with Hashtag or the twins. That is an accident waiting to happen.

I feel like Dottie and June would be a fun dynamic? Lemme get back to you on that.

Nightshade sneaks out at night and becomes a local cryptid before Hashtag can scrub the images.

The displaced Maltos aren't showing it, but they are freaking out. They have no way of knowing if the rest of the family got away from the spacebridge, got sent to some other universe, or just flat out died when the spacebridge went critical.

Dottie and Robbie (Or Alex and Mo, or Dottie and Mo, or-) get set up with false records so that they aren't stuck in the silo for weeks on end.

Hashtag tries to hack the warship at least once. How it goes remains to be seen.

[discow1tch]

Invitation Ch. 2

Summary: Cliffjumper finally works up the courage to talk to you

Warnings/tags: reader insert, human/robot relationship, flirting,

Notes: Thank you all for your patience! Back in 2021 my computer bit the dust and I lost my most recent draft of this fic. I only just got around to actually picking it up again.

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You do a double take at the clock.

"Oh, wow, it is late." you scramble to gather up your stuff. If you get out of here now you can catch the last bus.

"I can drive you home." a voice says from behind you. You jump and spin around to see Cliffjumper. He sends you a small wave and a smile full of flat white teeth as he towers over you.

"Oh. You don't need to. I'm sure you've got better things to do." you tell him as you pull on your sweater.

"Not right now. Unless you already have a ride." he says pointedly. You weigh your options.

"I was just gonna take the bus but I guess if you're not busy..."

"I'm not." he says a bit too quickly.

"Oh, okay. Thanks. Hey," you turn back to Ratchet, "I'll see you tomorrow, kay?"

He looks up from his data pad to give you a nod of acknowledgement as you and Cliffjumper walk past. You miss the tired but knowing roll of his eyes as the two of you leave.

"Do you normally take public transpo this late at night?" Cliffjumper asks as you walk out to the hangar doors together. He's careful to walk at your pace and keeps glancing down with each step.

"It's that or walk and it's not exactly a short walk back to where I live."

"It's not safe," he grumbles as he transforms. In a tchu-tchu-tchu of moving parts you're suddenly standing next to a little red sports car. He pops his drivers side door open for you.

"Well, those are my only options." you tell him as you settle into his drivers seat and the two of you set off.

"Not if I pick you up." he says through his speakers. That stuns you for a moment. You can feel him happily fiddling with controls. It's a weird sensation feeling the heaters kick on by themselves. The pedals move of their own accord as he shifts gears. Can he feel your feet on them? You pull them in.

"What, like every day?" you ask.

"It's not a long drive."

"You don't have to do that."

"I want to."

It takes you a moment to formulate a response but when you do all that comes out is "Okay."

The hum of his engine takes on an almost happy purr. It seems almost ludicrous now that you'd thought he might hate you.

You watch the street lights flicker on as you hit city limits.

"Okay, I'll let you drive me around on one condition."

He ex-vents heavily. The warm air tickles your face.

"You're bargaining? Really?" there's a tinge of playfulness to his voice.

"It's just one little thing. I want you to tell me why you're doing this."

"I want you to get safely to base. You organics are so fragile."

That's not much of an answer.

"Yeah, but I get the feeling you don't want it to be just anyone who drives me home. What if I asked Blurr?"

Cliff's engine revs and you know you've got him.

"I bet he'd love to take me home. Maybe he'd let me give him a kiss goodnight even."

There's another rush of hot air to your face.

"Okay, primus. So maybe I should know better but I can't help looking at you. Those short shorts you wear drive me crazy and - and I know other humans look at you like that, too. I've seen them do it. If you were walking home alone they could just -," his engine revs again and you swear you can hear an angry tinge to it.

Wow. Okay.

"But that won't happen if I'm with you, right? You'd ask for permission before ravishing me wouldn't you?"

Cliffjumper makes something akin to a choking noise and hits the brakes for just a second. It jerks you forward hard enough that your seat belts locking mechanism kicks in. And then he's hitting the gas and speeding down he road. Adrenaline shoots through you.

"Whoa! Cliff-,"

"Don't say things like that." His voice is so serious it shocks you.

"Even if I mean it?"

Heavy silence follows. You struggle to think of what else there is to say. Maybe you've overstepped.

[babstheyaga]

hey boo, I’ve noticed you haven’t updated in awhile. It’s none of my business but are you ok?

doing better.

finally got a haircut, my nails aren't talons anymore, got all the Christmas presents bought, cleaning the house regularly, showers and baths and all that hoopla.

I'm doing better.

I can sit down and write again. It's really tough sometimes to actually start, but I can get a solid 1k words done in 45 minutes, which is a crazy amount compared to what I was doing before.

SPOILERS FOR WHAT'S TO COME WITH FMOD/ENDING OF FMOD

Only problem is I'm struggling to sit down and only write for one story. I'm trying to work on FMOD, but I've come to realize that within the next maybe 15 chapters, it will be coming to an end.

I wrote about this on an ask before but chickened out and deleted it because I'm scared of possible backlash.

FMOD is going to leave on an open ending. It won't be certain what happens after the very last chapter. But I have many many reasons as to why.

I've been debating this for some time now, and it's one of the reasons I'm so scared to continue writing FMOD, but I'm comfortable with an ending and it will happen within the next year.

There is a lot that is going to go down, and this might sound a little weird, maybe even stupid to some of you, but I might make FMOD into an actual book someday.

The names will be changed and all of that, I have basically everything planned out. I've been planning this for a long while with my family and friends.

It will still be available to read on AO3 for free, I'll have to go over and discuss everything with like professional publishers and stuff, but it would be amazing if I could keep the story up on Ao3 as the original.

If I do make it into an actual book, it WILL still be a reader insert. I'm honestly not sure how well it will do in the book industry, but you know what? Maybe people will like it. You never know.

This will be a multi-book series. Not just the book in itself, but just Fear Me Or Die in general.

There will be stories dedicated to each love interest.

The 100% definite characters who are getting a book dedicated to them is, BumbleBee, Mirage, Optimus, Arcee, Jazz, and Ratchet.

CliffJumper is a little up in the air, I doubt I'll do one for IronHide, we only just met the twins, and everyone else is kinda just side characters.

I'll get into more detail about all of this if asked about it, but for tonight, I'm going to do my damnedest to finish chapter 26 and pray to the lord almighty above I don't wanna jump off a 20 story building by time I'm done. It'll be an all night event and it's already 12 AM.

I'll figure everything out.

Things will come out in due time. I'm sorry it's taking so long, but please understand that my depression is at an all time low, I barely see a future for myself atm, let alone what I'm going to do tomorrow as is.

[weenwrites]

How would the tfp bots react to a fan reader reborn/reincarnated from our world? What if our guardian is cliffjumper? since I know for sure I would have intervened to change some things + make life easier for the team if I got the chance....and probably fangirl/boy over them :) (OP, ratchet, cliff and bumblebee, pls!)

(Ok but, realistically thinking about it... If you ever told them about the fact you're from another world and that they're just characters in a cartoon, you would have definitely given them de-realization and unreality issues and they would not be ok... And so to avoid ANGST, I'll write this under the premise of "you intervene with some plot points and so the autobots get the best out of it but they don't know that you have preemptive knowledge of canon events and they just write this off as you just have really good judgement as to what they should do when bad things arise and you act really nice to them but they don't know that you're fan.")

Optimus appreciates your company whenever you’re at the base, and given the fact that many good things have happened to the team ever since you joined, it’s given him hope that perhaps this war will take a turn for the better. (Depending on how you go about helping the team) he does find it strange how it almost seems that you know exactly what to do in order to help the team during some situations.

Ratchet was at first irritated with the fact another human was going to come to base—and the fact that you probably spent a good while staring at him (just taking in the fact that these giant robots all around you are in fact real)—didn’t really help your case (unless you didn’t stare at him.) But over time he noticed how you’ve tried to make things easier for him and that you’ve made an effort to keep Miko out of trouble. He certainly appreciates it, and if you keep it up he’ll grow fond of you. Or unless you go out into the battlefield in order to intervene with certain events (he wouldn’t know you’re doing that in order to change canon events, he just takes this as “you really want to see giant robots fight, just like Miko”) he would grow irritated with your antics, and unless no one says something he wouldn’t ever recognize all the things you do for the team.

Cliffjumper enjoys having you around! He values you as a friend and as a teammate, given the fact you've changed multiple things that would've normally ended badly, but he doesn't know that YOU know about these events before they occurred and so he just sees this as "y/n's just helping the team out by pitting in some suggestions and things turn out pretty well as a result". He likes how nice and kind you are to him—and it makes him really happy whenever you seem excited to see him pop up at your house to pick you up and take you to base. He takes this as "you really value him as a friend," and so does he! If you ever get really excited over any stories he has to share, it encourages him to tell you more—I mean he enjoys sharing these stories with you, and you seem to enjoy listening to them, so it's a win-win in his books.

Similar to Cliff, Bumblebee also enjoys your company and being around you in general! You're so nice to him and the team and you've brought nothing but good things ever since you came around! He's grateful to have met you and to have you as his friend and if you ever felt down he wouldn't hesitate to remind you about how much he cares about you. If you rush out into battle in order to change events, he’d try to dissuade you from following anyone through the groundbridge because he wouldn’t want you to get hurt. As a result, it might become even more difficult for you to change canon events with Bee blocking the way into the groundbridge.

[dragonsgirl572]

Primeverse Incorrect Quotes

Blurr: So, according to my university, it is, quote, “my responsibility if there is an internet outage to contact the faculty and the department.”

Blurr: Now, if you’re a critical thinker like me, you might be wondering one thing.

Blurr: HOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO EMAIL THE DEPARTMENT?!?!?!

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Blurr: I printed up a bunch of fake safety inspection certificates. Go slap one on anything that looks like a lawsuit.

Quickshadow: Blurr, is that legal?

Blurr: When the cops aren’t around, anything’s legal!

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Salvage: If there’s one thing I learned from Heatwave, it’s to set people’s expectations real low, so you end up surprising them by practically doing nothing at all.

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Blades: eating a cinnamon roll

Boulder: Cannibalism.

Blades: confused chewing noises

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Blurr, cowering in fear: What do you want from me?!

Quickshadow, standing in front of Blurr: bites into the whole KitKat bar like a heathen

Blurr, crying: Please…stop…

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Blades: Hey, wanna help me commit arson?

Quickshadow: What the hell!?

Blades: Oh, sorry, my bad.

Blades, whispering: Wanna help me commit arson?

Quickshadow, whispering: Of course. What do you need?

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Quickshadow: Well you see, the explanation is perfectly simple and scientific. It was because shut up. Shut up is why.

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Salvage: How high are you?

Heatwave: Mm, I don’t know how to say it in feet.

Blurr: No, they’re asking what drugs are you on.

Heatwave: Oh, antidepressants, why?

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Blades, opening a Capri Sun: Guess I'll drink my sorrows away.

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Heatwave is casually searching around the room

High Tide: Hey Heatwave, what’re you looking for?

Heatwave: My will to live.

Blades walks into the room

Heatwave: Oh, there it is.

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Chase: I hate you sometimes.

Heatwave: Well according to this picture Boulder drew of us holding hands that's not true.

Chase: Heatwave, you drew that.

Heatwave: It doesn't matter.

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Chase: I know what you're up to.

Blurr: Really? Because I barely know.

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Blurr & Boulder: accidentally set the kitchen on fire

Blurr: We need an adult!

Boulder, remembering that Blurr is at least 10,000 years older than him: Blurr, you are an adult!

Blurr: We need an adultier adult! Get High Tide!

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Chase teaching Blades to drive and taking Blurr along for the ride

Chase: That's a pothole. To the left!

Blades: Take it back now y'all Drives into pothole

Blurr, sticking their face into the front over the center console: Cha Cha real smooth.

Blades: I don't think that's how the song goes.

Chase, crying and gripping the handle: Please just take me home.

Blades: Country Roads.

Blurr: To the place.

Blades and Blurr in unison: I Belong!

Chase, crying harder: What the fuck?

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High Tide: How are we supposed to put a tracker the size of a penny on Blurr without them noticing?

Quickshadow: Hey, Blurr, I bet you 5 bucks that you can't swallow this penny.

Blurr: takes and swallows tracker Pay up, loser.

High Tide: …

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Cliffjumper: So what, now I’m just supposed to do everything that Optimus does? What if they jump off a cliff?

Ratchet: If Optimus were to jump off a cliff, they would have done their due diligence regarding the height of the cliff, the depth of the water, and the angle of entry. So yes, if you see Optimus jump off a cliff, by all means, jump off a cliff.

Cliffjumper: You jump off a cliff.

Ratchet: Gladly, provided Optimus did first.

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Blurr: About to do something incredibly stupid

Salvage: I know I can't stop you, but I won't let you go by yourself.

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Salvage: Blurr, please calm down.

Blurr: I asked for two large fries!

Blurr: dumps fries onto table

Blurr: But all they did was give me a MILLION FUCKING LITTLE ONES!

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Bulkhead: You know, you were right.

Arcee: About what specifically? Because I’m right about a lot of things.

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Ratchet: Ok, first of all, what the fuck?

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Kidnapper: We have your child

Ratchet: I don’t have a child?

Kidnapper: Then who just asked for warm milk and made us cut the crusts off their sandwich?

Ratchet: Oh god, you have Bumblebee

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Arcee: I’ve done a lot of dumb stuff.

Smokescreen: I witnessed the dumb stuff.

Bulkhead: I recorded the dumb stuff.

Bumblebee: I joined you in the dumb stuff.

Ratchet: I TRIED TO STOP YOU FROM DOING THE DUMB STUFF!

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Optimus: What do you have?

Bumblebee: A KNIFE!

Optimus: NO!

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If someone were to kindly add tags to this post, that would be very much appreciated. I'm too mentally drained to do it myself.

[esquivelle]

Don't mind Sierra, wandering around where a teenager probably has no right to be, trying to figure out where her Cliffjumper has gone off to... Someday she will get used to accidentally visiting other universes. Today is not that day. (@cliffandthekid)

It took Raf a minute or so to recognise the human girl--they hadn't thought about her in ages, actually. Sierra had had a rough time of it during the Occupation, but according to Jack, she had gone off to fashion school in Los Angeles, and had also been in a few commercials, one of which Raf had actually seen.

But then they realised that this couldn't possibly be their old classmate. When Sierra had been the age of the girl who was looking at them right now...probably wondering why some adult was being creepy--Raf had been twelve.

And now they were twenty-three.

"I'm sorry," they said, "I wasn't--oh God, this sounds like a pickup line and I really do not pick up high school girls, I swear--but you look like someone I know. I mean, knew, because I was twelve then, and that would mean she's close to thirty, and--yeah. I'll just go now. I am really not the kind of creep who stares at teenage girls."

So embarrassing. But there was no way this was Sierra. Sierra had been sixteen or seventeen then. Eleven years ago. No time at all for a Cybertronian. But...they weren't Cybertronians. Eleven years was a long time to a human, especially when it was nearly half your life.

With great relief, they took their frappucino when their name was called. There hadn't been a Starbucks across from the air force base in Jasper 11 years ago, but that was probably because had also been a lot of shelling in that area then.

Then they heard "Sierra" called, and Sierra went to the counter.

It couldn't be true.

[storm-breaker7]

// Missing something \\

Pairing: Cliffjumper x Reader

Summery: Your mourning the death of Cliffjumper and the newly found kids aren't making things easier. And just to note, don't go out on angry drives, you get kidnapped.

Warnings: Angst & Blood (tell me if I missed something)

// ∆ \\

I walked up to Cliffjumper with a chipper smile. "How's everything goin'?" I had asked.

"Well if you were to ask Ratchet I'm sure he would say somethin' different." Cliff replied with, I practically knew what Ratchet was about to say. I can't forget this day.. now I nearly know it off by heart.

"Cliffjumper- Do I have to say this for the third time today. Painting my tools bright. neon. pink. Is definitely your fault." Ratchet grumbled from his place by the monitors.

I sighed happily, If only I knew... That it was my last happy day of my life. I zoned back into the real harsh world with tears streaming down my face. I sobbed quietly in some part of the base I don't know.

"I should have spent my last moments with him better-" I choked out between sobs, "Or at least told him how I- felt... But no-" I broke out in tears again knowing that because I was too chicken I'll never be able to tell him now.

I heard some talking, some voices I hadn't recognised. I pulled myself together trying to look like I hadn't just balled my eyes out for the last hour, before trying to find my way back to the main part of the base.

"Who owns the sweet ride here?" I heard a young naive girls voice call, what the hell have the bots done now...

I stomped out of the hall, a storm cloud practically sitting above me. Now I had a bit of a resemblance to Ratchets mood. "Don't touch it, sparkles." I sneered at the child, I pulled the door open of my '69 Impala got in and slammed the door closed.

Poor Baby, I don't like slamming her doors 'cause she's fragile but at the moment I don't think I was in the mood for a lecture. Just as I was about to turn the key and stay her I heard, "What crawled up her tailpipe and died.."

I slammed my hand on the steering wheel and got back out of the car, leaving the driver's door open and storming over to the kid. "Let me make this crystal clear, kid" I growled gabbing my finger in her chest, "I am not in the m-"

"Y/n, I don't believe it is wise to take your anger out on children" Prime intervened,

"Fine!" I glared at the kid again before walking back over to my car, "I'm going, for a long drive. Don't be surprised if I don't come back."

And with that the Impala roared alive, I yanked the poor girl into a U-turn and left with the almighty howl of baby's engine slowly dying out as I got further and further from the base.

/∆\ Pov change rq /∆\

"What'd I do?" Miko, the girl that had only meant her words as a joke looked around, completely baffled.

"She's in denial..." Arcee said slowly, knowing very well what you went through, but you had a larger scar from this that was still healing. Because unlike you, Arcee was more used to death of friends, much to her distaste.

"Of what..?" The short brown haired boy asked, Raf looked around for answers. Ratchet grimaced and looked away trying to put his mind back to work. Arcee slumped down, bowing her head with sorrow written all over her features. Bulkhead closed his eyes and mumbled something, Prime only looked down at the floor with great sorrow. Bee wurred sadly and Raf noodles solemnly.

"What did someone die?" Miko interjected, Everyone squeezed their optics shut, trying to imagine she didn't just say that. If Y/n hadn't left miko would be dead already.

"Yea, actually..." Arcee mumbled softly, the air around them all was so tense and thick it made all the bots feel as if they were suffocating.

"oh.." Miko dragged her words out looking to where your Impala had only left a minute ago, "I really realise why she almost exploded now..."

...

"Your not making this better." Arcee pointed out after the silence had dragged out long enough.

/∆\ Back to youuuu /∆\

I lightly but angrily tapped the steering wheel focusing too hard on the deserted road in front of baby.

I couldn't drive to my house... well, because I didn't have one, I live in base. Thats the courtesy of the decepticons. I smiled sadly, it's when I met Cliffjumper too. Happy times.

Way better than now, If those children would have came maybe a month earlier I would have welcomed them with open arms but now im just a lifeless husk of my old self... what a great person I turned out to be.

I pushed harder on the accelerator, but backed off when I saw a car on the horizon. I thought nothing of it and continued to focus some random flashy red sports car didn't bother me.

Wait- A flashy red sports car! Knockout! I thought to myself. I yanked back on the hand brake and yanked the steering wheel left, doing a hard U-turn. Baby roared when I slammed the hand brake back down and I put the pedal to the metal.

I leaned down and tried to grab my phone that went flying into the passenger side footwell. I felt it and pulled myself back up, my eyes hadn't moved from the road as I continued to multi-task. I flipped open my phone and quickly speed dialed the base.

"What did you do now Y/n?" Ratchet asked over the phone, he sounded conflicted like he was working on something and his mind wasn't actually paying any attention to this.

"Well I don't know, Tryna go for a nice drive and blow off some steam, but that was until a flashy red sports car decided to tail me!" I grumbled at the phone, I looked quickly into the rear-view mirror and noticed K.O was closer than I would have liked.

"so a ground bridge?" Ratchet asked,

"No I want a cup of tea to share with Knockout. What do you think!!" I yelled over the phone, trying to convey my message as lightly as I could, and this is putting it lightly... yea the perks of having a short temper and road rage... whoohoo.

"My audio receptors.." Ratchet mumbled,

"I don't have time for your old gears to catch up ratchet! I need a damn ground bridge! I'm going to become Decepticon chow if you can't get your head outta whatever you doing." I desperately told the phone as I continued to flick my eyes up to the rear-view mirror and the road in front of me.

I glanced down at baby's ol' gadge, We still could go a tad faster... I just need to get him off my tail... I growled curse words then proceeded to push my foot further, much to Baby's disagreement as the car spluttered for a second before catching up. Slowly I gave myself a small gap of opportunity, "Ratchet dont open a ground bridge yet, Listen very carefully." I started, He hummed sharply showing that he was listening.

"I want you to open the ground bridge and the end of this road I'm going down on my mark, and close it just before I make it in, so K.O cant follow... for safety measures..?" I explained.

"Alright. On your mark." Ratchet said, I heard some shuffling on his end but pushed it off to the not important at the moment box in my mind.

I squinted my eyes at the horizon, seeing my target. I glanced back up at the rear-view mirror once more. I had made a gap that was about a yard, that will do fine. When I glanced back at the road in front of me then to the left, my eyes widened. Well fuck.

A blue hummer-like car was off the road to my left then slammed into Baby, flipping the car. I was yanked around I heard some frantic voices but couldn't make them out with all the slamming I heard.

I don't think Baby is looking to good...

I unclipped my seat belt but when I hit the floor I noticed to large red pedes next to another blue pair. This is going from bad to worse. "Oi, shut up." I whisper yelled at my phone grabbing it quickly and pushed it in my back jean pockets. They must have listen because I couldn't hear their frantic calls now.

I was reaching for a peace of glass from the now shattered windscreen all over the roof... or rather floor... and only just grabbed it before a clawed hand grabbed my leg, I hissed in pain but quickly slipped it into a small coin pocket in the jeans.

I was lifted into the air and was dangling upside down. K.O shook his hand a bit and it made my vision go weird and my gut wants to come up and out of my mouth, not a nice feeling. "Why does Starscream even want this revolting flesh bag anyway?"

"Don't know, we best get out of here before the Autobots turn up" I groaned when knockout threw me in the air and grabbed me again in his palm. I looked back at baby....

"It'll Buff out..." I mumbled to myself, Next thing I know I see the light of a ground bridge right behind Baby, couldn't they have gotten closer, I thought to myself as I started to see black dots and my head hurled with every move Knockout made to get into their own ground bridge.

I was thrown into K.Os passenger seat just as I went to call for them. So much so a drive, I don't think me or baby is ganna make it outta this one..

Then Bam nose to the dash and out I go, something must have hit K.O because I went hurling forward and knocked myself out. Smart.

// ∆ \\

Maybe an hour later or a day, how could I know, I cracked my eyes open only to see the ground far far below in a dark creepy room. I squeezed my eyes closed trying to get my fear to calm down.

I cracked my eyes open again but I didn't look down in fear that if I do, I might fall. I glanced around, swallowing hard. I'm definitely not cut out for this sh-. My thoughts started but a loud hiss came from the door shut it up and focused on what was going to come through.

"Starscream and his need to get those Autobots is stupid, Why get a human? And why does he think he can do a better job at killing Optimus when he barely can do anything without running like a cowar-" I heard K.O say to himself as he walked in but as he noticed I was awake he cut himself off and smirked, "Good to know my patient has come out of their beauty sleep."

I groaned and dared to look down again, but instead of focusing on the ground I looked at the patch of blood on my shirt. I was stinging but I'm sure when I'm out of shock I'll feel how bad it is...

"You don't talk much do you..? Somethin' got your tongue?" K.O teased. I smelt the air and all I could really smell was the sweet smell of energon and blood, as well as sweat and a freshly buffed paint, Definitely Knockout... seen as how shiny his finish is.

"Sorry, can you repeat that? I don't speak Bitch" I hissed at the pain of talking. If looks could kill, I'm sure K.O would be 6ft under already.

"Well you sure do have some guts to talk to me like that!" K.O growled and pointed his finger at me before whipping around and rummaging through some tools.

"And who are you? The Decepticons Mascot?" I growled through my teeth, my adrenaline was slowly fading and the pain of something grabbed in my side was slowing filling it's place.

"I'll show you how this mascot cuts a human in half. Oh wait! You won't be able to see it because I'll use you as the test subject!" Knockout stomped over but stopped about halfway when a 'Con minion stormed in.

"Commander Knockout, The Autobots have stormed the Nemesis! Lord Starscream has commanded you to get over to the west wing to deal with the Autobots with most of our troops." It told K.O ominously before scurrying off, the door closing with a light slam.

"I deal with you later. I have some Autobots to dance with, per Starscreams orders" Knockout pointed at me, "Don't go anywhere"

"Oh of course, I'll just escape and break my legs from the fall! Where can I go?" I yelled at him sourly as he left but coughed up blood. I looked down once more at my wound to see something shiny. When my eyes focused I realised it had been glass, a big chunk straight in my side.

I let out a pained groan again and closed my eyes. When I opened them I wasn't in the room anymore, no I was in an endless white room. "Y/n!" I heard an all too familiar voice from behind me, My side wasn't bleeding but I didn't care if It still had a bullet in it, I whipped around and ran for Cliffjumper.

He scooped me up and held me close to his chassis, I leaned into his neck cables and balled my eyes out. "I missed you so- so much!" I choked out in between my happy crying.

"Hey, kiddo... So did I.." A happy smile speed across his features,

"Look, the last time I hesitated when I wanted to say this I never got to. So I'm saying it now..." I quickly told him then took a deep breath. He hummed his azure optics carefully studying my shaking frame.

"I love you and I really wish that I would have been able to tell you that before you passed but- but I didn't and now yo-you'll never know a- and I can't go back now-" I started to speed talk and get agitated the more I spoke but when his servo lightly touched my shoulder, my words were caught in my throat.

"Slow down, flash, You love me?" He asked, his voice sounding as smooth as the day I lost him. But I just nodded, too scared to reply. Even if this was a figment of my imagination... I still will make it feel like it's real, to calm my haywire mind.

"Don't worry, princess, I'm watching over ya' so don't cry and say hi to Arcee for me" He kissed my head lightly and then put me down on the ground with the same grace. He did the gun fingers, or digits in his case, and then faded into nothing. I sighed, looking down. I closed my eyes and ran my hands down my face before opening them again.

I was back in the dark gloomy room, which reminded me of my mind. But instead of the blaster shots being far and almost faint they were now ringing in my ears. I howled out in pain, from the large migraine and the sharp glass stull in my side.

Only moments later, after more pained groans and depressing thoughts, the door burst open. Arcee and bumblebee came running through and quickly helped you out of your restraints.

I collapsed into Bee's servos and yelled out in pain, the glass moved around and only made it feel more pleasant... That was sarcastic just for those who didn't pick up on it.

I zoned in and out of consciousness, only remembering snippits. Bee running, Optimus and Arcee with Bee, the ground bridge, Ratchet and June prodding me then a blinding light in my eyes then nothing.

I groaned lightly as I came to my scenes, my ears ringing, eyes trying to adjust, my fingers feeling the cotton blanket that had been draped over me earlier. I leaned up a tad and opened my eyes.

Home at last.... I thought, a smile on my face as I laid back down, falling back into unconscious. Happy that I was back home and could rest easy.

[kallistcs]

GET TO KNOW THE MUN

what’s your phone wallpaper: lock screen, a piece of my own art with Zeus and Ganymede; the other one is a night-time photo of the Milky Way. I've had that particular one almost since I first got smart phones!

last song you listened to: Ahhh I don't remember right now! There's a bunch that go on repeat while I draw, but not recently enough I can pick out which one was last.

currently reading: article about the Epic Cycle by Jonathan Burgess; soon finished with that one so I'll be reading either another one of the articles I've saved to my Kobo, or some of the books (academic Greek myth stuff still lol) that're waiting for me! I have fiction I could/should be reading too but I'm in this hole and have been for a while.

last movie: DnD: Honor Among Thieves!

last show: N/A

craving: Ben and Jerry's Phish Food (why is it in stock so rarely!!!), vacation, another entry in the Murderbot Diaries series :v

what are you wearing right now: tunic-style dress and tights!

how tall are you?: 4'9"/ 147 cm

piercings / tattoos ?: none at all, though I've sometimes vaguely thought about getting a tattoo

glasses? contacts?: glasses! No contacts for me, though.

last thing you ate?: Chicken leg and potato salad

favorite color(s): all shades of purple (but bluer ones come out slightly on top), pale pink, mint green.

current obsession: greek mythology, my ships (both romantic and familial) within it

any pets: nope 8(

do you have a crush right now?: not at all!

favorite fictional character: Luke Skywalker, Murderbot, Paris, Ganymede, Enki (from Twelve Kingdoms), Usagi Tsukino, Cliffjumper

last place you traveled: London!

tagged by: @unseenking tagging: YOU if you wanna do it :D

[toonformers]

Hello everyone~! I am toonformers! Welcome to my simp hole blog!

It's nice to meet you all, boys, girls, persons of indistinguishable gender, humans, non humans, EVERYONE! Welcome!

I'm the runner of this blog and you may call me Toon or Huax if you like. I've been on tumblr for about a year now, and while I'm a small blog, I like to have my art pack BIG THINGS! I'm a complete fanatic of Transformers Animated, and have a TON of au ideas, ocs and headcanons to share, so if that's your thing, stick around for a bit! :D

Now for some lil bits and details about my blog!

I am an adult user, but I don't condone any NSFW stuff on my blog, so away with the valveplug!

I'm usually drawing my ocs from the Twinsies and Tooniverse au, if you want to know about it look for #tfa twinsies au and #tfa tooniverse au in the tags!

CURRENTLY TAKING OC and canon character sketch request so leave an ask, and I'll draw!

I roleplay! Blogs are both ocs and canon characters. They are *INHALE* @centinela-minor @ratchetsrepairbay @ask-cliffjumper @horizon-prime AND @sentinel-primes Each have relatively the same rules, but different lore things in their blogs, so look for their pinned posts!

I'm open to any other asks and just a moment to chill!

On a serious note, I do occasionally vent on this blog, so block #sad toon #very sad toon #angry toon and #tw: vent if you don't want to see it

Announcements for my blog (or stupid thoughts) will be in the #toon rambles tag

That's all folks! Have fun!

Pin updated: August 29 2022

[nevis-the-skeleton]

What if TFP Airachnid reminds Autobot Starscream, that he destroyed Cliffjumper + is hiding the truth from Arcee... Airachnid tells Starscream that he’s still no better than Megatron or Airachnid herself (since she destroyed Tailgate, Arcee’s other partner)... Starscream then cries in guilt/shame, because he thinks that Airachnid is right + Airachnid happily drinks Starscream’s tears! :’( 

Oh… angst… :') who's going to cry again? It's me (TvT)… Thanks for your request sweety anon ^^!

~~~

Starscream had pursued Arcee, after the latter went after Airachnid. The motorbike was still impulsive, and the Seeker wondered if it would kill her to call for reinforcements.

The jet had ended up losing sight of them through the trees, and had to continue on foot. He used his energon radar to track them down, and stopped in front of a cave. Of course it had to be a cave!

The flyer lowered his wings, and thought about the fact that he might call for reinforcements. It was then that Starscream detected a large dose of energon in the cavern, and easily recognized Arcee's signal.

The Seeker sent coordinates to Optimus, before heading deeper into the cave, putting aside his claustrophobia. The jet went as fast as he could, before drawing his blasters, ready to take down that damned spider.

The flyer froze when he saw Arcee lying on the ground, with a huge gash on her side. There was no doubt that it was the work of Airachnid. Starscream swore, then knelt beside her, before compressing the wound as best he could.

The motorbike was barely conscious, and couldn't hide a certain surprise when she saw the Seeker. She wanted to say something, but the jet stopped her, saying:

“No, save your energy.

- N- No… stammered the warrior. Behind you…"

The flyer's radar suddenly activated, sounding like an alarm in his head. Starscream grabbed Arcee, and narrowly dodged a blow from one of the Techno-organic's sharp paws.

The Seeker fired a blaster at the spider, which avoided the attack. The two ended up facing each other, and the jet was wings high and defensive. He put the motorbike on the ground, and stood in front of her, in a protective position.

The cave was shrouded in darkness, the only glow being Arcee's energon on the flyer and Airachnid. The Triple-changer was hidden in the dark, but that was no problem for Starscream, who activated his night vision.

He stopped an attack from the spider just in time, and retaliated by kicking her in the plexus, sending her flying into a wall. The Techno-organic soon got to her feet, laughing. She gave the Seeker a slightly disdainful look, as if she had already won, then said:

“Come on, move. My target is Arcee, not you."

The jet scowled, and didn't move, staying in front of the warrior. Airachnid tilted her head, looking curious, before mocking:

"Oh? You protect her? You?

- Go away! Or I'll kick your aft! threatened the flyer.

- Hmm… I'd be surprised, but hey… It's funny, I thought you'd be the type to kill her, now that she's on the ground.

- I'm not like you!"

The Triple Changer shrugged amusedly, then asked:

"Tell me, do you think Arcee and the other Autobots would do the same for you?"

- …?

- Would protect you if you were in danger I mean.

- Much more than the Decepticons…!

- Do you think they would, if they knew what you did?

- …?!

- Hm… Really, I'm curious.

- What are you playing at?!"

Starscream couldn't hide his anger, failing to see where Airachnid was trying to get to, or what were her intentions behind those questions.

"Hey, do you know why Arcee hates me so much?

- …

- No wait! First question! Do you know who Tailgate is?"

Why was she telling him about this robot all of a sudden? He was supposed to know him? He really didn't tell him anything. But hey, really, he didn't care. Let Airachnid waste time with riddles if it suited her, reinforcements were coming soon!

“Given your expression, I would say no. Well, no more guessing, I tell you! It was Arcee's old partner!

- …?!

- You don't see where I'm coming from, do you?

- …

- I've known you more insightful."

Starscream was really tired of this conversation… When were the reinforcements going to decide to come?! Now that would be perfect, really!

"Okay, I'm telling you! Airachnid smiled wickedly. If she hates me so much, it's because I killed Tailgate!"

The Seeker couldn't hide his shock, but he, like the Techno-organic, knew it wasn't the act of killing someone that horrified him so much. It was the fact that...

“So, are you really different from me?!" laughed the spider.

Airachnid took the opportunity to web the jet against one of the cave walls, away from Arcee. The flyer cried out in surprise, and spat in pain, from the impact. Starscream was slightly stunned, and didn't see the spider coming towards him, before she completely invaded his personal space.

"You killed someone dear to her, like me! Oooh, poor Cliffjumper. He must be mad, seeing you befriending the Autobots after what you did to him!

- S- Shut up! cried out the Seeker.

- How do you think Arcee would react, if she learned the truth? Do you think she would still like you? You lie to them shamelessly, as you are so good at doing. I wonder which of us is the worst.

- Shut up!!

- Even if you do everything possible for not being like him, you look a lot like Megatron I think. Say, did you enjoy killing him? When you felt his Spark go out between your claws, did you laugh?

- …”

The view of the jet blurred, without his understanding its origin. Arcee's energon on his hands suddenly became so bright, and the smell was so strong that he wanted to purge.

“You are a monster, like us! No one will say otherwise! Airachnid scoffed. As soon as they find out what you did, they'll get rid of you!"

Starscream couldn't hold back his tears any longer, as the Techno-Organic's words hit him like a dagger, soaked in the poison of truth.

“You'll never have anywhere to go, because there's no place for monsters. Try telling them the truth to see, I'm curious. Who do you think will kill you first? Will they do it at the same time, like the family they are, and you'll never be a part of? Or one by one? If so, I think they'll leave that privilege to Arcee."

Airachnid grabbed the Seeker's chin to look at her, gloating, and hissed:

“The only person who will mourn you is yourself, and no one else. Nobody cries for robots like you, no, they laugh, they dance. When the death you deserve comes for you they will be happy to finally be rid of you!"

The spider released the jet, which lowered his head in shame and grief.

"You killed someone dear to them! A friend, a member of their family! How can you think you deserve to be with them?! You don't deserve anything! Monster!"

The airman made no reply to all this, knowing that he would never be able to deny Airachnid's words. She was right… she was right and it hurt horribly to know… Starscream realized that he had been misguided for too long, enjoying something he didn't deserve, never deserved.

Footsteps were heard in the cave, and the two knew perfectly well that it was the Autobots. The Techno-organic released Starscream from her webs, and gave her an evil smile, before declaring:

"What do you think they'll think when they see you with injured Arcee?

- …!

- They'll think you tried to kill her! Because that's what a monster would do! Look, you already have his energon on your hands, why not have his death on your conscience?!"

The spider began to wander off into the darkness, and scoffed:

"You can't fool them forever!"

Airachnid disappeared from Starscream's vision as he dug a hole in the ground, but the Seeker could still hear her laughter, and her razor-sharp words tearing at his Spark.

The jet froze in fear as he faced the others, who were horrified upon seeing Arcee's condition. Everyone ended up looking at the flyer, who was simply unable to see the concern in their eyes, seeing only hatred and contempt.

"What happened?!" Bulkhead exclaimed, stepping closer as Bumblebee called Ratchet for a ground bridge.

Starscream suddenly stood up, wings high and optics wide in fear, before suddenly fleeing, much to the surprise of the others. The Seeker knew he had nowhere to run, but he couldn't help but try. He didn't want to receive the punishment he deserved.

The jet couldn't suppress a cry of fear when he felt a firm grip on his arm, and struggled as best he could, before seeing that he was being held back by the waist. Even in the dark he recognized Optimus' color scheme, which heightened his panic.

"No! No! I'm sorry!"

The Prime released his grip on the flyer, who fell to the ground, before putting his arms out in front of him for protection. He ventilated erratically, then looked at the Autobots leader, who had his hands raised, indicating no hostility.

“It's alright, Starscream, we're here now. tried to reassure Optimus.

- A- Arcee, she…!

- She'll be fine, don't worry."

He knelt in front of the Seeker, and held out his arms towards him, before hugging him. The jet couldn't hold back his tears, as the Prime's sweet words burned like acid on his wounded Spark. Starscream closed his optics hard, cursing himself for being so weak, and taking advantage of the Autobots' goodness...

"Come on, let's go home.

- …”

The Seeker followed Optimus with lowered wings, knowing full well that where he was going was not at all home. He was doomed to wear a mask until the end of his days, to hide the monster behind… He didn't deserve to live among them… He didn't deserve to live anywhere… In fact, the jet realized that he just didn't deserve to live... Starscream knew Airachnid was right, and it hurt terribly...

[thefoldedbird]

ASFoS Chapter 10 Brainstorm (spoilers) ?

I was going to have chapter 10 be about finally letting the ex-boyfriend out of his cage cell and having a mutual agreement occur but I forgot about his descent into madness I started two chapters ago. Whoopsie.

It's going to be very jaded and bitter instead of hopeful but I can work with that. Honestly it might go a little better than I had originally planned. Not sure how far I'm going to swing his freedoms though given his current mental state.

Just for funsies I'll probably have him negotiate supervised walks outside and throw Bluestreak in there every so often as one of the guards. He traded shifts with Cliffjumper or something cause there's no way Prowl would schedule his nephew like that.

Also Skyfire is going to catch major side-optic from everyone for suggesting it in the first place even though he makes very good points for every argument his superiors have. Even Jazz kind of shadily remarks that Skyfire has "given this a lot of thought".

Optimus Prime

Prowl

Jazz

Ratchet

Wheeljack

Perceptor

Skyfire

Skyfire does also argue from a mental health side of things. Seekers are social creatures by nature and do not handle being underground for very long. He frames this carefully as fliers (as to include himself) don't tend handle being underground well. Prowl throws out Silverbolt which Skyfire counter as being an outlier as he has an underlying pathological fear.

To everyone's surprise Ratchet agrees with Skyfire.

Is Oil Slick back? Of course not. Oil Slick is dead and has been for ages now. He was killed by his own creations. Prowl likes to argue that no one can be certain of that since a body was never recovered but Ratchet was at ground zero during the cosmic rust recovery mission and will argue Oil Slick's death until the day he dies. Not that the audience will know that. Shockwave recovered Oil Slick's notes from the ruins of his lab. He tried to use some of the knowledge when creating Sunstorm but it failed. This will come up later if/when Sunstorm appears.

Fun fact cosmic rust did not kill Oil Slick. Ratchet was partially wrong though Oil Slick did die soon after. His experimentation with scraplets did. Scraplets will not eat rusted metal willingly. He assumed since he was slowly dying of cosmic rust they would leave him alone. He was wrong. He was eaten alive by bugs essentially. He basically tried to escape the collapse of his lab using underground tunnels and instead of using a safe route tried to use a faster infected route.

[lifetimeshipper]

New Life, New Obstacles

Chapter 24

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Magnus walks into Strongarm's room to see how she's doing, "Hey honey, how did the ultrasound go?"

"It was great, we saw the sparkling and heard its spark pulse," she replied with joy.

"Do you know the gender of it?"

"No, we wanted it to be a surprise."

"Oh, okay. How are you feeling? You seem to be a lot more cheerful now."

"I'm feeling great. Was this how you felt when you and Mom had me?"

"Yes, we were very happy. Thank you, Steeljaw, for sticking with her and helping her pull through."

"Of course, anything for my mate," he replied with a smile as he hugged Strongarm.

"How do you feel after seeing your sparkling, sire-to-be?"

"Happy, full of pride that we're bringing life into this world."

"As well as you should be."

Steeljaw looked back to Strongarm with a loving smile. Strongarm looked back at him with a loving smile of her own.

"Let's go get some Energon. What do you say?" Magnus suggested.

"OK," Steeljaw replied unmoving, keeping his optics on his mate.

"Steeljaw, you're gonna have to take your optics off me so you can see where you're going," Strongarm says with a giggle as they start walking.

"Don't worry I'll be- oof," he ran into the doorframe.

Strongarm couldn't help but laugh, "I warned you. Are you alright?"

"I'm okay," he assured her as he left to catch up with Ultra Magnus. Still laughing, Strongarm runs to catch up with them.

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Arcee was basking in the sun beside Metalsound, "You didn't want the gender to be a surprise?" The Predacon asked with closed optics.

"No, I was very curious to know. You're gonna make it a surprise?"

"I like surprises."

"I see."

"As long as the sparkling's healthy I'll be happy," she added.

"Same, I just want a healthy sparkling."

"It's what we all want." Metalsound stretched her legs, "Man this sun feels good."

"Yes, it does."

"I'm going to go for a short fly, maybe Windblade would like to join me."

"Alright. I'm gonna go see what Wheeljack's up to."

"OK, see you later," Metalsound left to find the female seeker.

Arcee finds Wheeljack practicing his swordsmanship against Drift and walks over to them.

"Hello, Arcee. How are you feeling?" Jetstorm greeted.

"Hello, Jetstorm. I'm feeling better, thank you."

"And how is the sparkling?" Slipstream asked.

"It's doing fine."

"Do you know if it's a mech or a femme?"

"It's a mech."

"Congratulations," the twins said simultaneously.

"Have you thought of a name for the child?" Slipstream asked.

"Thanks. No, haven't thought of any yet, will have to talk to Wheeljack about it."

Drift had managed to evade Wheeljack's blade with his own, "Shall we call this a draw?" Drift asked with a small smirk.

"Yeah, sure."

Arcee walked over to Wheeljack and hugged him and he hugged her back, "You almost had him," she said with a smile.

"Yeah. Thanks for the support, babe."

"My pleasure. Have any ideas for what we're naming our sparkling?" She asked as she led him to their room.

"How about Seajumper?"

"Seajumper?"

"Yeah, Seaspray and Cliffjumper. Kind of like a remembrance of them."

Arcee smiled as she remembered her old partner, she was sure Wheeljack was thinking of Seaspray as well, "I like it," she replied softly as she leaned onto his shoulder.

"Good," he says as he leans in and kisses her on the helm.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Magnus, Steeljaw, and Strongarm are drinking their Energon, all the while Strongarm keeps looking at Steeljaw and giggling a bit.

"What's so funny?" Steeljaw asked in confusion.

"Still thinking about earlier."

"I guess it was kind of funny," he chuckled.

"What happened earlier?" Ultra Magnus asked.

"Steeljaw wasn't paying attention to where he was going because he was looking at me and he ran into the doorpost."

The commander blinked before taking a sip of his Energon, hiding a small smile of amusement.

"I told him to stop looking at me and pay attention to where he was going but he wouldn't listen."

If his daughter was trying to get him to laugh she was succeeding. They hear a gurgle as he lets out a small laugh while drinking.

"Is he okay?" Sideswipe asked as he walked by.

Strongarm giggled, "Yeah, he's just fine. Just laughing at something funny."

"Laughing? I didn't think he was capable of laughing, let alone smiling," he shuddered at the thought of seeing Ultra Magnus smiling.

"Hey! Watch it, kid!" Magnus says when he stops drinking.

"Sorry," the speedster yelped as he took off running.

All three started laughing as they watched him run off. Windblade came walking over, "Hey, guys."

"Hey, Windblade. How are you?" Strongarm greeted.

"Doing good. What's so funny?" She walks over to get some Energon and sits down with them.

"Just Sideswipe, Dad scared him."

"Oh, that figures. He seems to get scared about anything," she says with a chuckle, "How are you doing, Strongarm? Feeling alright?" She could feel Steeljaw glaring at her and heard him let out a small growl as he took a sip of his Energon but she shrugged it off.

Steeljaw, stop it.

Stop what?

"I'm great," she grinned. Stop glaring at Windblade.

"That's good. Do you have a problem with me, Steeljaw?"

Steeljaw just looked away, sipping on his Energon. Ultra Magnus looks between Steeljaw and Windblade in confusion, "Did something happen between you two?"

"I believe I know what this is about. He's still upset with you, Windblade, for telling me all that stuff about him which caused me to question his loyalty."

Windblade looks at Steeljaw, "You're still upset about that? That happened about half a year ago."

Steeljaw growled slightly, "I know, but I'm still a bit ticked off about it. I almost lost Strongarm thanks to you. You better not do it again."

Windblade threw up her servos, "In my defense, I was looking after my friend and making sure she didn't get hurt."

Strongarm placed a servo on Steeljaw's shoulder as she sent him a wave of love to calm him down, "We're going out for a drive," Strongarm said getting up and pulling Steeljaw up as well. "Nice talking to you again, Windblade," she says as she walks off with Steeljaw following after her.

Once they get to the gate they transform and drive off. Hard to believe we've been together for half a year. Strongarm said in disbelief through the bond.

I know, time really flew by. I just hope I make you just as happy as you make me.

You do.

[tfpshatteredglasswriter]

Overcoming Darkness Part 3

Meanwhile Arcee was still driving in search of Emily as she was really worried about her friend and someone that she sees as a daughter.

"Where are you, Emily?" Arcee whispered as she kept on driving forward before she stumbled upon destroyed rocks.

From the looks of it Emily came through here but just to be sure Arcee transforms to check it a little further as she inspect the damage.

"Hmm. She must've gone through here." Arcee said to herself as she started to check the area before she suddenly heard someone coming behind her.

She quickly turns around and points her gun at the person who was sneaking up behind her but to her relief and surprise, it was just Cliffjumper.

"Whoa. Take it easy, I'm on your side." Cliffjumper jumped slightly and raised his servos in a calming motion as she calmed down slightly.

"You should know better than to sneak up behind me." Arcee told him as she switched her servos back.

"True. Knowing you, you would have shot me by now." Cliffjumper said as she sent a small smile at him.

"Lucky for you. I'm not an easy trigger. What are you doing here?" Arcee then asked before she saw how his expression changed to a worried one.

"I'm here to help a friend." Cliffjumper said and Arcee knew that he chased after her to help Emily as well.

"I think I can handle this on my own." Arcee said as she was about to walk away to search for their friend but stopped as Cliffjumper spoke.

"I know you can. I'm here to help Emily." Cliffjumper said as Arcee turned to him.

"How? By trying to attack her?" Arcee stated but Cliffjumper shook his head. He tried that already and it got him to get attacked by their friend that revived him.

"No. By talking to her. Look, Arcee, I'm here today with you and thanks to her that I'm here now with you and the others. I owe her one. And today I wanna help her." Cliffjumper said as he wanted to help his friend and the human girl that he was slowly seeing as a niece.

"Look, I know you wanna help her. But this is something I have to do on my own." Arcee said as Cliffjumper put a servo on her shoulder as she crossed her arms.

"Arcee, you're scared and I get that. But if you wanna help Emily, you must let her friends help you out." Cliffjumper told her gently as Arcee was trying to fight back the small tears.

"I know it's just that. I just don't wanna lose her. She's just a child... she doesn't know what she is yet... and I don't want to see her suffer." Arcee told him shakily before the voice of their leader spoke up.

"I understand your concern, Arcee." Optimus said as he and the others came up to them in their robot forms as Optimus held concern and worry in his optics.

"We all do. And that is why we must do what we can to help her." Optimus told her and she smiled at them as Smokescreen saw the damage in the area they were in and was really surprised and shocked.

"My guess is that she went through that way considering all the smashed rocks." Smokescreen said as he followed with his optics the direction the destruction that Emily caused but they couldn't blame her for it.

"She must be going through something rough." Bulkhead said as they were getting worried.

"We must find her before the Decepticons do." Optimus told them as they nodded.

"Let's follow this trail." Cliffjumper said and before they could even make a step, Optimus spoke up.

"We won't. Arcee will." Their optics turn to Arcee as she looks back at them in confusion.

"Me?" She asked in confusion as Optimus nodded as he saw how Arcee approached Emily earlier.

"Emily puts her trust in you. So she will listen to what you have to say." Optimus said as Arcee nodded.

"What about you?" She asked as she turned to the others.

"I'll lead the others to watch from a safe distance." Optimus said as Bulkhead and Bumblebee looked at him with Cliffjumper and Smokescreen in confusion.

"Safe distance?" Bulkhead asked as Bumblebee whirred the same question.

"Optimus, we all should go in together." Smokescreen said but Optimus shook his head.

"Do not worry, Smokescreen. I refuse to abandon one of our own. But if we want to bring her back safely, only one of us must go." Optimus reassured him as Arcee agreed.

"Optimus is right. If we go in all together, she'll start attacking us. Like she did earlier." Arcee said as they remembered how Emily attacked the others and realized that she mistook their attempts to make her stop as attacks.

"Be careful, Arcee. The Emily we know might not be there anymore." Optimus told her grimly as Arcee gave him a determined look.

"She is still the same Emily on the inside. I know it." Arcee said as Optimus nodded.

"So do I. Let's go, Autobots." Optimus said as they went in two ways as Arcee started walking the same trail Emily did while the other Autobots followed another route so they could watch from a safe distance.

Meanwhile back at the base, everyone was very nervous including Ratchet who was trying to find a way to extract the Dark Energon from Emily and to return her back to normal.

"There must be something. Think, Ratchet, think." Ratchet muttered to himself as the kids looked at him.

"Don't you have a super techno Dark Energon extractor thingy somewhere?" Miko asked as Ratchet let out a frustrated sigh.

"If I had one, I would have used it already." Ratchet told her as Jack thinks that there must be something they could try.

"There's gotta be something we could do." Jack said as Ratchet turned to them.

"I'm trying to find a way. But nothing works." Ratchet said as Raf spoke up meekly.

"Maybe... we could try and talk to her." Raf said as Ratchet turned towards him and the 12 year old cowered slightly at the gaze that Ratchet was throwing at him.

"And then what? Just hope that she goes back to normal just like that?!" Ratchet calmed down instantly when he saw that Raf was on the verge of crying as Bolty chirped sadly.

"I'm sorry, Raf... I... I didn't mean to..." Ratchet said as Raf sniffled and wiped the tears that appeared.

"It's okay." Raf said as he sniffed slightly but was calming down slightly.

"I know you didn't mean to do that." Raf reassured him as he understood that Ratchet was just worried.

"Raf might be right. It might be silly. But maybe if we talk to Emily, we could help her." Jack said. Talking to Emily might make her snap out of it.

"Then let's go." Miko said as she stood up but Ratchet stopped her.

"No. This is too dangerous for you, kids. I'll go." Ratchet said as Jack looked at him in confusion as well as Miko and Raf.

"What?" Jack asked in confusion.

"No fair, she's our friend too, you know." Miko said as she wanted to come and help their friend but Ratchet gave them a look as if saying to stay put until he and the others came back.

"That is why you can't go. As her friends, she would never forgive herself if one of you got hurt because of her. And neither will I. Rafael, open the ground bridge." Ratchet said before turning to Raf who nodded.

"On it." Raf said before he used his laptop to put in the previous coordinates as the ground bridge opened up as Ratchet approached it.

"Be careful, Ratchet." Jack said as Ratchet turned to them.

"Bring her back." Miko told him as he nodded.

"I will." Ratchet nodded before he transformed and drove through the ground bridge as the trio watched him go.

When he gets to the area where he sent the others, he starts looking for clues to where Emily and the others could've gone. He then found something, he followed it and hoped that he would reach the others and hopefully bring Emily back to normal.

Meanwhile, Megatron was still looking for Emily when he suddenly felt the Dark Energon inside him pulsing and he could feel the human girl was close.

"She's close. I can feel her presence." Megatron said before he flew down as he transformed and landed down on the ground.

His Dark Energon starts pulsing even faster meaning that Emily was not too far away from him.

"She's close. Ah!" Megatron muttered as he grunted as visions started to appear in his mind.

Megatron starts seeing the same visions from before. But in one of them, he saw Alpha Trion holding a tiny sparkling as the sparkling was cooing and giggling in the vision before the visions stopped and leaving Megatron with many questions as he tried to figure out what he saw. Alpha Trion was holding a sparkling? What does that even mean?

"What does this mean?" Megatron said in confusion before he then felt something pounding the ground hard.

Suddenly his Dark Energon starts pulsating even more and he follows where the sounds are coming from before seeing who he was looking for.

"There you are." Megatron whispered as he saw how Emily was pounding the whole terrain with her punches before he aimed his fusion cannon at her.

When he was about to use his cannon and shoot her, he saw Arcee coming in the area so he decided to watch and wait for what would happen. Arcee, with worry, approached her friend slowly to see how Emily was doing.

"Emily." Arcee called out as Emily stopped pounding the ground before turning to her with unease as Arcee could see that her eyes were a mixture of dark purple and her normal eyes color.

"It's okay. I'm here to help you." Arcee told her calmly as Emily took a step back while shaking her head.

"No... no... Leave me alone." Emily told her and Arcee could sense the fear and sadness in her voice.

"Please, Emily. I know it's hard right now but I can help." Arcee told her as she continued to approach her slowly and calmly.

The other Autobots arrive at the place and see how Arcee was approaching Emily but didn't make a move to enter the scene yet.

"There she is. Should we go?" Bulkhead asks but Optimus shakes his head as he observes. He could still see that Emily was scared but he knew that she was crying out for help.

"Patience." Optimus told them as they continued to watch.

"You can't help me. No one can. This dark presence inside me... It's... It's showing me things..." This made everyone in the area confused as she said this as Arcee asked with concern and confusion.

"What do you mean 'things'?" Arcee asked as Emily seemed to relax but was shaking in fear and she could see it.

"Things I've never seen in my life. These visions are passing through my mind without stopping." Emily whimpered in fear as she held her head and Arcee felt her spark clenched painfully at the sight. Oh, Emily...

"It's okay. It's alright. I get it you're afraid. Please let me help you." Arcee told her as she continued to approach her.

"No... you can't help me... no one can." Emily whimpered in pain and fear and Arcee knew that she would tell her as long as she didn't approach her too quickly.

"Then please tell me." Arcee told her as Emily hesitated but told her.

"When this... dark presence showed me these visions... they invade... And I can't stop them. She's too strong." Emily said as Arcee was confused. Who was she talking about?

"You're strong too." Arcee said as she was nearing her slowly.

"Maybe I'm not." Emily whispered sadly but Arcee just shook her head with a smile.

"Trust me, Emily. You are." She told her warmly as Emily listened to what Arcee was saying and was starting to trust her slowly.

Megatron saw this and couldn't believe it. Even the other Autobots couldn't believe it either. They can clearly see that Emily was starting to trust Arcee and all they have to do is wait for her to trust Arcee fully then they can take her back to base to help her.

"It's working." Bulkhead said as Bumblebee beeped in agreement.

Suddenly they all heard the sound of an engine coming their way and they recognized who it was. It was Ratchet.

"What's Ratchet doing here?" Smokescreen asked nervously as he saw how Emily tensed up completely.

Megatron also saw Ratchet coming and he's quite surprised by this. What's the medic of the Autobots doing here?

"The medic?" Megatron said to himself in confusion.

Ratchet soon saw Emily along with Arcee. He transforms so that he can try and help Emily but took notice how she looked completely different.

"Emily." Ratchet said as his spark clenched painfully as he saw that he failed to protect Emily from this happening to her.

"Ratchet, stay back." Arcee said as Ratchet became confused as Emily took a step back before her eyes darkened with fear.

"You... you tricked me...!" She yelled at them as fear was in her voice.

"No, Emily, that's not it." Arcee said as she wanted to give Ratchet a punch to the helm for ruining the plan as Emily was almost trusting herm

"You tried to set me up!" She yelled at Arcee and she sensed hatred in them as well as sadness.

"No... no... I didn't." Arcee said as she tried to approach her but Emily backed away from her.

"You lied to me!!!!!" She yelled heatedly at her.

"You're wrong, I'm trying to help." Arcee was on the verge of crying as Ratchet tried to make her listen.

"So am I. Please, Emily, you must listen to reason and come with us so we can help you." Ratchet said as Emily looked at him as she shook her head.

"No..." She whimpered before she started seeing the visions again and it made her grab her head in pain to make them all stop from appearing.

"Stop... stop..." Emily whimpered in fear as the Autobots and Megatron watched on.

Megatron then sees what's happening to Emily and asks himself what's going on with her as he could feel something similar to pain settle on his spark.

"What is wrong with her?" Megatron asked before he started seeing the visions again and making him grunt from them in slight pain.

"Ugh..." Megatron groaned as he held his head.

He starts seeing many things and notices that they were at war on Cybertron before and when they started but in one of the visions he sees a younger version of Ratchet with Alpha Trion and calling the sparkling his daughter in his arms.

"What? Could it be...?" Megatron muttered in shock. Could it be that Emily was...?

Ratchet tries to approach Emily and to calm her down as this was hurting them all.

"Emily, please calm down." He pleaded for her as he was in front of her now but she took that as a bad sign when he tried to reach for her.

"No... no... stay back. STAY AWAY FROM ME!!!!!!!!" Emily screamed at him as she pushed Ratchet away as he was sent flying to where Arcee is as her powers were surging out of control again.

The Autobots are about to take action but Optimus looks at them and they stop.

"Ratchet's down. Let's go help him." Bulkhead said before Optimus spoke.

"No, we cannot risk hurting Emily." Optimus told them sternly as they backed down hesitantly as they couldn't do anything but watch.

Emily soon takes out her Sword of Destruction and starts attacking Arcee who stops her with her side blades and tries to make her snap out of her rampage.

"Emily, stop! We're only trying to help you!" Arcee said but it looks like Emily wasn't listening.

"You're lying! You don't wanna help me! You want to destroy me!" Emily yelled at her but her voice was mixed with someone else's as well.

"It's not true." Arcee said but Emily glared at her as her eyes soon glowed a deep purple.

"Stay away from me." She growled at her.

Emily pushes off Arcee as she is sent flying to where Ratchet is, who got up to help her as they tried to snap her out of it. Not wanting to stand there and do nothing, Optimus decides to take action as he slips his battle mask on.

"Autobots, advance!" Optimus commanded as he and the others rushed in to help both Arcee and Ratchet.

Arcee saw this and tried to stop them.

"No, don't do this!" Arcee told them as Emily was starting to lose control quickly.

"Stay back... get away from me!" Emily yelled at them as they didn't attack.

"Emily, please. You must stop this." Optimus told her but he was getting a bad feeling as he noticed the aura around her was spiralling out of control.

"Come on, kid, get a grip." Bulkhead said.

"I say... stay back!!!!!" Emily screamed before she was completely consumed by the dark aura and caused the Autobots to stand back from shock and horror.

Emily was being surrounded by a dark aura that was transforming into a monster made of dark aura as its eyes glowed a deep purple as the Autobots almost felt their sparks stop as they witnessed the birth of a creature from the dark aura of darkness.

"By the Allspark..." Ratchet breathed in shock as it towered over them and they could see that Emily was in the core and completely motionless while her eyes were lifeless.

"This... is... not good..." Cliffjumper gulped as his optics widened at the size of the thing.

"Not good at all." Smokescreen agreed. Just how are they gonna beat that thing?!

Megatron sees what's happening and even he was taken back by the turn of events.

"Incredible... such raw power. Hahaha... let's see how the Autobots deal with this." Megatron said as he decided to stay back and watch the events.

The Dark Aura surrounding Emily finished forming a monster made out of dark energy as it towered over them.

"Oh scrap." Bulkhead muttered as the dark energy creature let out an earth shattering roar that almost destroyed their audio receptors.

"The Dark Energon is growing on her. Taking control of her. If we attack, it will strike to protect her." Ratchet told them grimly.

"Sounds fun." Cliffjumper said sarcastically but was worried about their situation.

"How are we going to fight this thing while our friend is still there?" Smokescreen asked as he didn't just wanna attack but they will in order to save Emily.

"We won't fight her. We will stall until we can find a solution." Optimus said before he rushed in as the others followed suit.

The dark energy creature started to attack them but they avoided every attack that it sent at them.

"You're gonna have to do better than that." Cliffjumper taunted but that only provoked it more as it let out an angered roar before releasing some tentacles to try and catch him.

"You can't catch me!" Cliffjumper said as he dodged them but the creature was able to catch him as he started to struggle.

"Let go." Cliffjumper grunted as he struggled to break free.

The dark energy creature is about to absorb Cliffjumper but with Ratchet and Bulkhead's help, he was able to get free as he landed where the others were as they avoided getting grabbed.

"What are those?" Cliffjumper asked as he avoided another one that tried to grab him.

"They look like tentacles." Bulkhead said as he avoided one as well.

"This dark creature had created several limbs to defend itself. If we try to get any closer, we risk getting absorbed." Ratchet told them as he scanned the creature to try and find a weakness.

"Autobots, keep your distance! Don't let the tentacles grab you!" Optimus told them before he tries to get closer to Emily while avoiding the tendrils.

"We should distract this thing so that Optimus may have a chance." Smokescreen said before he rushed in to distract it.

"Hey, ugly. How about you try to get me?" Smokescreen taunted but that just angered it more as it created more extra limbs as Arcee gave Smokescreen a scolding look.

"Way to go, rookie." Arcee said as he laughed nervously.

The dark energy creature then starts unleashing it's full power and is trying to catch the Autobots to absorb them. Everyone is fighting with all their strength to avoid getting caught.

The dark energy creature then starts unleashing it's full power and is trying to catch the Autobots to absorb them. Everyone is fighting with all their strength to avoid getting caught.

Bulkhead was using his mace to smash every tentacle coming for him, Bumblebee was using his warrior skills to repel every tentacle that was coming towards him. Arcee was using her side blades to defend herself before she suddenly saw an opening and called over her shoulder to tell Optimus.

"Optimus, I see an opening!" Arcee said as she pointed to the opening.

"Understood." Optimus nodded before he ran towards it but the creature was able to stop before he could hit it.

"Ahhhh...! I can't get there." Optimus grunted as he tried to fight the tendrils.

Seeing how Optimus can't seem to match the creature's speed and ferocity, Arcee decides to go in. She had to do it. For them. For Emily.

"I can." Arcee said before sliced the tendril before transforming and rushed in full speed.

"Arcee, no!" Optimus shouted.

Arcee rushes toward the opening and when she was about to hit her target, she was caught by one of the tentacles. To try and get free, she transforms and starts struggling to get free.

"Emily, please you must stop this!" Arcee called out to her as Emily looked up to her as Arcee saw that her eyes were shrouded in darkness but she could still see that there was a small light in them.

"No... you wanted to destroy me..." She growled at her but Arcee knew that it wasn't true.

"You're wrong. We all want to help you. We would never destroy you. You are part of our team." Arcee said as Emily stayed silent and starts to listen to what Arcee as saying and the femme took that as a sign to continue.

"Think, Emily. Ever since you came to our lives, we've been through so much together. I've seen you fight with bravery and courage. You are stronger than you think. Please, Emily, you must think back." Arcee told her as she could see the small tears forming in Emily's dark shrouded eyes.

Emily starts remembering all the things she's been through with the Autobots. All the good moments, the battles, the comfort and fun times they all shared together as everything came back to her as her eyes returned back slightly to normal as she stared at Arcee with reluctance and confusion.

"I... am I stronger?" She asked as Arcee nodded with a smile. That's the Emily that they know.

"Yes... you are." Arcee said with a warm smile as the others saw this chance to try and calm her down and to bring her back from the darkness.

"Emily, you're a part of our family. And we will be there for you. All of us." Optimus told her as the others followed suit on trying to encourage her and to get her to break free from the darkness.

"Pull it together, Ems!" Bulkhead called out as the dark creature stopped attacking.

"Fight that thing!" Smokescreen said.

"Snap out of it, kid!" Cliffjumper said as she looked at them.

"Dark Energon is strong but you're stronger than it." Ratchet told her as she was starting to fight back but held her head in pain.

"Ahhhh!!!!!" She let out a pained scream as the creature started losing control before it started talking and the Autobots were taken by shock by this as well as Megatron.

"Weakling, you can't ignore the darkness inside you. Destroy them!" It growled at her as a smoke of silhouette appeared in front of her with glowing purple eyes.

"No! Get out of my head..." Emily growled at it as her eyes kept flashing from her normal eye color to purple eyes.

"Fool, you can't get rid of me... for I'm one with you. I'm inside your mind, inside your heart, and inside your soul. You will never get rid of me." It seemed to laugh evilly but Optimus knew that Emily won't give in that easily.

"Do not listen to these words. Real strength comes from the heart, not from the fists." Optimus told her as she looked at him.

"You're weak... you can never defeat the darkness." It hissed at her as she stayed silent but it was taken aback as Emily became more determined as she glared at it.

"No... you're wrong... for I am stronger than you!!!" Emily yelled at it before the same blue light started to shine from her as it was destroying the darkness.

"AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Emily screamed as the light consumed the area as she was able to break free from the darkness' hold on her.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The silhouette screamed in pain as it dissolved into nothingness.

The blue light starts shining more as the others can see what's happening. The light was able to bring back Emily but something came out from her and before disappearing. Emily soon falls to the ground, completely unconscious from both the events and experience.

"Emily!" Arcee called out worriedly as she went to check on her to see if she was alright as she picked her up in her servos.

The others went to them as well as Ratchet starts checking her vitals and seeing if she's still alive and if the Dark Energon inside her is gone and it was a good sign as their friend is alive and well and the dark energon was gone from her.

"She's alive but unconscious. There's no sign of the Dark Energon. We must bring her back to the base so I can run some tests on her." Ratchet told them as they were filled with relief.

Ratchet then turn on his comm-link and used it to contact the base

"Ratchet to base, do you read me?" Ratchet asked through the comm-link.

Back at the base, the others were all worried about what had happened but perked up with relief to hear that Ratchet was okay from the sound of it.

"We hear you, Ratchet. Is Emily okay?" Raf asked as Bolty chirped the question as well and wanted to know if his caretaker was okay.

"She's alright." Ratchet told them and they cheered knowing that their friend was safe and okay.

"Yes!" Jack cheered.

"Alright!" Raf smiled as he was glad that his sister figure was okay.

"Whoo-hoo!" Miko whooped in joy as Ratchet's chuckle could be heard.

"Rafael, I need you to open the ground bridge." Ratchet told him as he nodded before typing the coordinates on where they are.

"Right away. Activating the ground bridge now." Rad said as he activated the ground bridge.

The ground bridge opened up to where the others were and they all relaxed and knew that it was time to go home and to get Emily checked up from what she's been through.

"Let's go home, team." Bulkhead said as they nodded and entered the portal as it closed up behind them.

Megatron watched them go back to their base as he was still trying to process what just happened as he had a sinister smile. He could use this to his advantage.

"Impressive, very impressive." Megatron said before activating his comm-link to contact the Nemesis for a ground bridge.

"Soundwave, open a ground bridge." Megatron ordered before a ground bridge opened up behind him and he walked through it and was back on the Nemesis.

Meanwhile back at the base, the kids along with Bolty were waiting for the others to come back through the portal. The Autobots entered the base as the kids were relieved to see them.

"You guys are back. But where's Emily?" Miko smiled before becoming confused since Emily wasn't walking with the bots.

Ratchet then comes in with Emily in his servos and the kids are shocked at how frail she looks as she is unconscious.

"Oh no..." Miko covered her mouth from shock as Jack and Raf ran to her side and asked if their friend was okay.

"Ratchet, is she...?" Jack was afraid to finish his sentence but Ratchet gave them a reassuring look.

"Don't worry. She's fine, she just needs to rest." Ratchet reassures them as Bolty jumps from Raf's head and climbs up Ratchet's arm to see his caretaker.

When he gets there, he nuzzles her cheek in worry as he looks up to Ratchet with a small worried chirp as Ratchet looks at their little friend.

"She'll be fine. I'll run some tests to make sure there's no sign of the Dark Energon infection." Ratchet told them as Bolty nodded as the medic took Emily to the med bay to be sure that the dark energon is completely gone from her system as the others watched on in worry.

"What happened out there?" Miko asked in concern as she turned to the bots who were looking more worried than ever as Arcee held herself to keep it together.

"Something... horrible... it's as if the Dark Energon changed her." Arcee told her as she still remembered what happened and how it all went.

"I still don't get how Dark Energon did this to her." Miko said as she was still confused and the other bots grew nervous about this.

"Well... uh... it's... hard to tell..." Bulkhead said hesitantly as Miko sensed it and became a little worried.

"You okay, Bulkhead?" Miko asked as Bulkhead nodded.

"Yeah, yeah... I just... need to rest up a little." Bulkhead said as he went to the sitting area as Cliffjumper followed as well.

"We all do." Cliffjumper said as Bumblebee beeped and whirred in agreement.

"It's a good thing that we were able to bring her back in one piece." Arcee said. That was at least a good thing but why does it feel like something even worse is about to happen?

"Yes. But I feel that the worst is yet to come." Optimus said grimly as Smokescreen turned to him in confusion.

"What do you mean?" He asked in confusion as Optimus was hesitating on telling the rookie and Cliffjumper the truth.

"I'm not... entirely sure." Optimus said as he looked to where Ratchet was by the computers and was praying to Primus to let Emily be okay after what happened.

Meanwhile back at the Nemesis, Megatron entered the control room as Knock Out turned around and was glad that he was back.

"Good to see you back, Lord Megatron. I'm sure you took care of that little business." Knock Out said as Megatron went to the computers as he glanced at him.

"I did. And I've discovered very.... intriguing things." He told him as he thought back to the visions especially with the ones with Alpha Trion, the young version of Ratchet and the sparkling that Alpha Trion calls his daughter.

"Like what?" Knock Out asked curiously.

"Let's just say that we may have now possessed the key to gain an advantage over our enemy. An advantage that could turn the tables in our favour."

Meanwhile back at the base Ratchet was conducting some tests on Emily who was still unconscious as he was checking her vitals and making sure that there wasn't any dark energon infection in her anymore.

"Hmm... so far nothing. Which means that Emily is no longer infected with Dark Energon." Ratchet said as he sighed in relief. At least that was a good sign.

"Did you find out why Emily was infected and didn't... you know...?" Jack asked as he went up to where Ratchet was as he looked at Emily who was breathing slowly but steadily on the bed she was on.

"Well, uh,... not yet. And maybe it's best not to know... for now. We should be grateful that nothing bad happened to her." Ratchet told him but Miko went up to where Jack is and gave him a look.

"Nothing bad? Are you serious right now, Ratchet?" Miko stated and Ratchet knew that she was getting suspicious.

"What do you mean?" He asked her in confusion but he knew what she was trying to say.

"What I mean is that you seem to know more than you say." Miko pointed out the fact

"For once I agree with Miko. First she gets infected and then you're acting as if you're hiding something." Jack said as he pointed that Emily first got infected by the dark energon from earlier and now Jack could see that he was really hiding something.

"That's absurd." Ratchet said but he knew that time was running thin and running out.

"Oh really? Then tell me why Bulkhead has been acting weird lately?" Miko asked as she wasn't falling for him pretending that he wasn't hiding something.

"And what did Optimus mean by something worse is coming?" Raf came up and asked in confusion and Ratchet was really getting nervous. Looks like the gig is up but he had to keep trying to hide the truth.

"Well... how should I know? Bulkhead must've been shaken off by what happened." Ratchet told them as he went back to his computers.

"Like all of us. But we must know why this happened. It's not normal." Jack said as Ratchet was trying to stop himself from getting nervous.

"We're a team, Ratchet. A family. And a family never hides a secret." Raf said as the medic heard this and sighed. It's time to tell them the truth.

"I know. And I think it's time you know the truth." Ratchet told them grimly as the trio looked at him in confusion.

"The truth?" Jack asked in confusion. What did Ratchet mean by that?

"What truth?" Miko asked as she was equally confused as Jack and Raf.

"Have you ever asked yourself why Emily is strong enough to defeat a Decepticon? Or how she's able to wield two of the most powerful weapons in the universe?" Ratchet asked them as the trio remembered how she wielded the two swords and how she was able to obtained them

"Well, uh, yeah." Jack said as he remembered.

"We figured that she must be some sort of superhero." Raf said as he just guessed that Emily must be born with it and boy was he wrong about it.

"Yeah like the ones in the comic books." Miko agreed to what Raf said but after seeing the grim look in Ratchet's face-plate the trio knew that it wasn't.

"I'm afraid it's not that. You see... Emily is different. Way different than you think." Ratchet told them as the trio looked confused. What did he mean by that?

"What do you mean?" Jack asked as Ratchet was clenching and closing his servos into fists.

"Emily might be human. But she's also half Cybertronian." Ratchet told them as the kids looked confused. Emily was part of what the Autobots are?

"Half Cybertronian?" They asked in confusion.

"Yes. I discovered not long ago that she had Energon inside her blood. And that she's the lost daughter of Alpha Trion. Optimus' former mentor." This made the trio gawk in shock as they tried to process what they were told.

"Whoa... Are you serious?" Jack asked him as he tried to comprehend what they were told. Emily is a daughter of Alpha Trion and a Prime at that?!

"Yes, Jack." Ratchet nodded as Jack looked at Miko and Raf before looking back at the medic.

"Does she know?" Jack asked as he looked to where Emily was laying as Ratchet shook his head.

"We... haven't told her yet. It's too dangerous." Ratchet told him as Jack looked confused but he knew that every kid deserved to know the truth. Even Emily.

"Too dangerous? Are you kidding me? Ratchet, she deserves to know the truth." Jack told him as Ratchet looked at them with an upset look.

"At what cost, Jack? If we tell her, she might do something rash." Ratchet said as he was clearly upset and guilty for not telling her but it was for her own good.

"Pfft. Are you saying that hiding the truth wasn't rash?" Jack asked as he crossed his arms.

"It was the right choice to make." Ratchet argued as Jack shook his head.

"Says you." Jack gave him a deadpanned look.

"It's the right choice to protect her. I know it's hard. And now that you know the truth I must compel you to keep it a secret. Emily is not ready to know the truth." Ratchet told him but they all froze when a weak and familiar asked.

"The truth?" She asked them weakly. Mainly Ratchet.

Ratchet hears that Emily was speaking and he realizes that she just woke up and he turned around and started to feel guilty. The gig is out now.

"Uh oh..." Miko said. How will Emily handle this?

"Emily... I..." Ratchet tried to come up with an excuse but he couldn't as Emily was giving them a worried, confused and scared look. What did Ratchet mean by that? Was he hiding something?

"What were you talking about? And what do you mean that I'm not ready for the truth? What truth are you talking about?" Emily asked them as she sat up weakly while holding her side in pain since it hurt as the trio and Ratchet knew that it was time. And there was no backing down now.