Awakenings And Betrayals
Part 2
by Tronia
Disclaimer: All Transformers/Beast Wars are owned by Hasbro, etc. All others are of my own creation.
Halfway between Cybertron and the Decepticon held planet of Charr. Tronia ran into some trouble, namely a small Decepticon group led by Cyclonus.
" Hey, Cyclonus! I’m getting a blip on my radar," one of the Sweeps spoke. " Looks like an Autobot. Shall we attack."
The Decepticon second in command gave the order to attack. The group began their attack run. However, they were unprepared for what they met. Tronia took out a Sweep with one burst of energy from her jet blasters. It was now down to six Sweeps, Scourge, and Cyclonus. ‘ They are good,’ Tronia thought silently, ‘ but I’ve seen better.’ Spotting a planetoid up ahead, Tronia headed for it. Once there she transformed and landed, taking out her plasma blaster, Tronia dove for cover and waited for the Decepticons.
Tronia didn’t have to wait long for the Decepticons to arrive. She watched as they transformed, the one in the lead gave out orders to the others to fan out and search for the Autobot. Once the others disappeared, Tronia decided to make her move. She crept silently behind Cyclonus without making any sound and placed her blaster near his head.
" Drop your weapon and turn around, slowly," Tronia hissed, Cyclonus did what he was told and dropped his blaster to the ground. Turning around slowly, he came face to face with Tronia. He was shocked to see that she was an attractive female Transformer. " Now put your hands in the air, slowly."
Cyclonus slowly raised his hands," Who are you," he asked, but he already knew that she was an Autobot.
" My name is Tronia," she answered, suddenly Tronia became aware that the other Decepticons were trying to sneak up behind her. She turned and fired. Several of the blasts found their mark, but as her attention was diverted this left her wide open for an attack from Cyclonus. Cyclonus launched himself at her. Striking out his punch caused Tronia to stagger back, but she did not fall. The Autobot spun around, lashing out with a roundhouse kick. The kick sent Cyclonus sprawling onto the ground. Tronia moved closer and leveled her blaster towards the Decepticon, but he kicked it out of her hands. Tronia dove for the blaster as did Cyclonus. The two wrestled for the gun, but with another punch Tronia won.
" Okay, ‘Con!" Tronia hauled Cyclonus to his feet, and used he a shield between her and the other Decepticons. She pressed her blaster under Cyclonus’ chin," tell your goon squad to back off, or they’ll be picking up your pieces from all over the galaxy." To emphasize her point she pressed the blaster harder against Cyclonus’ throat.
" Scourge, you and the Sweeps return to Charr," Cyclonus ordered, Scourge and the Sweeps hesitated. " Go, that's an order!" Scourge and the Sweeps took off and headed back to their home base.
Once they were gone, Tronia loosened her grip on Cyclonus. " Who are you," Tronia asked as she sat down on a rock, but kept her blaster trained on the Decepticon.
" My name’s Cyclonus," he answered.
Tronia tossed Cyclonus his blaster, Cyclonus looked puzzled. " You know I could take advantage of the situation."
" You could, but then you’d never live to tell your leader," Tronia stated matter of factly. Cyclonus knew that she meant what she said. " You can go." The Decepticon rose slowly to his feet, unsure of what this mysterious Autobot was up to. Cyclonus walked a short distance, then turned back to see that Tronia had turned her back to him.
‘ This is one of the strangest Autobots that I have ever met,’ he thought silently to himself. ‘ Odd too that I feel some what drawn to her.’ He approached her hesitantly.
" You’re still here," Tronia replied quietly." I would have thought that you would have been half way back to your base."
" I would have, but something held me back," he stated as he sat down beside her. " Just who are you anyway."
" My past is too detailed and complicated to tell," Cyclonus noticed a hint of sadness on her face.
Cyclonus began to feel an attraction growing the longer that he sat with Tronia. He had never felt this way before.
" I can sense your emotions," Tronia spoke, Cyclonus looked at her with a startled look. " If you tried to get close to me you’ll find nothing but trouble. However, I am full of surprises. I have warned you."
They talked for awhile longer, then they decided to leave having to go their separate ways. But before Tronia could transform Cyclonus caught her arm. " There’s one thing that is bothering me," he spoke, Tronia looked at him with a puzzled expression. She felt a peculiar sensation course through her circuits as Cyclonus drew her closer to him. The Decepticon leaned down and kissed her lightly on the lips, then they parted. " I’ll contact you." With that he transformed to jet mode and headed for Charr. Watching him go Tronia then transformed and headed for Cybertron.
Within an hour Tronia arrived in Cybertron’s orbit. As she orbited the planet a flood of memories washed over her. She remembered how she had watched from a distance that fateful day on Earth. It was the day that the Decepticons made an all out attack on the Autobot City on Earth. On that same day the Autobots lost a great leader, but gained another. She was brought out of her daydream when she sensed several forms approaching her position from the planet surface.
Elsewhere, Cyclonus was just landing on the surface of Charr. Transforming, he wondered how he was going to explain his lateness to Galvatron. Cyclonus walked cautiously not knowing what to expect from the Decepticons unstable and unpredictable leader. Suddenly, a shadow jumped out at him, startling him, but it was only Soundwave.
" You are late Cyclonus," the Decepticon spoke as he watched with pleasure as Cyclonus cringed. " Mighty Galvatron is very unhappy that you did not return with Scourge and the others."
" I got caught by an Autobot," Cyclonus growled as he glared at Soundwave." And I don’t have to give you a detailed play-by-play of my whereabouts."
" Galvatron is waiting for you for your report. I think that it is best that you don’t keep him waiting any longer than he already has," Soundwave spoke, Cyclonus glared at Soundwave as he walked by and into the base. Soundwave watched Cyclonus disappear into the base. He watched with eerie satisfaction. Then he too walked into the base to watch what kind of punishment that Galvatron was going to give to Cyclonus.
Cybertron, still in orbit Tronia watched as the shapes got closer.
She determined them to be Autobots.
" Unidentified Transformer, this is Silverbolt, leader of the Aerialbots. State your name and business or prepare to be fired on," Silverbolt stated over the radio.
" Silverbolt, my name is Tronia. I am an Autobot. My business is to return to active duty," Tronia replied.
" Please wait until we can verify your identity," Silverbolt stated, the rest of the Aerialbots surrounded Tronia, keeping their weapons trained on her.
Down on the surface, Perceptor was shifting through the many data files for an Autobot named Tronia. He was totally unaware that Rodimus and Ultra Magnus were standing behind him.
" Find anything yet, Perceptor," Rodimus asked, Perceptor nearly jumped out of his chair at the sound of Rodimus’ voice. " Sorry didn’t mean to startle you."
" I think I have found something on Tronia," Perceptor stated. " She is indeed an Autobot."
" I’ll radio Silverbolt to escort her to the surface," the Autobot leader stated as he moved away to radio Silverbolt. Ultra Magnus stayed behind to talk to Perceptor.
" Is there a picture of Tronia," he asked. Perceptor brought up the image of a yellow/white/red/green/orange female Autobot. Ultra Magnus studied the picture. There was something familiar about her that he couldn’t quite put his finger on.
On the surface of Cybertron, Rodimus Prime watched as six jets began their descent. When they got closer, they transformed to robot mode. ‘ The one in the middle must be Tronia,’ Rodimus thought as the mostly yellow colored female stepped forward. " Welcome to Cybertron and to the Autobots, Tronia," Rodimus greeted as he shook her hand.
" It’s a pleasure to be here," she replied. Rodimus and Tronia began to walk back into the base. The young Autobot leader was oblivious as to how deadly this new member was and that he was her target. Rodimus had Jazz show Tronia to her quarters. As he walked back to the command center, Rodimus was approached by Ultra Magnus.
" Rodimus can I talk to you for a minute," Ultra Magnus asked as he stopped Rodimus.
" Sure, what is it," Rodimus asked, curious as to what Ultra Magnus wanted to talk about.
" I have a funny feeling about Tronia," Ultra Magnus spoke with a serious look on his face.
" Oh, come on Magnus lighten up," Rodimus stated laughing at his friends paranoia. The Autobot leader walked away.
Several weeks later, after Tronia had gotten settled in. She walked the halls, remembering back to the early years of the war. Tronia was also aware that some of the Autobots were kind of suspicious of her, but she didn’t care.
Elsewhere, in the Autobot base Ultra Magnus was having Perceptor and Chemica check into Tronia’s background. The rest of her file was in a heavily encrypted code. Ultra Magnus paced back and forth as Perceptor and Chemica worked.
Finally, they managed to break the code. " Ultra Magnus, I’ve found something that you might want to take a look at," the red form of Perceptor spoke as Ultra Magnus looked over his shoulder.
" Thanks, Perceptor," Ultra Magnus spoke as he finished reading what was on the screen. " Print out a copy for me." ‘ I knew she was familiar,’ the red/blue/white form of Ultra Magnus spoke to himself.
With the newfound information, Ultra Magnus went to Rodimus Prime’s office to prove that Tronia could pose a threat. Knocking on Rodimus’ office door, he entered.
" Hello, Ultra Magnus," Rodimus spoke as he looked up from a stack of papers. " What brings you here?"
" I’ve found some interesting info on Tronia," Ultra Magnus stated as he inserted the computer disk into the computer.
" What kind of information," the young Autobot leader asked as he stood behind his trusted advisor. Ultra Magnus pressed a button and the data on Tronia appeared. Rodimus read what was there and looked up at Ultra Magnus, " I don’t see how this has any relevance."
" Don’t you get it," Ultra Magnus spoke as he stared Rodimus right in the face." Tronia is Unicron’s daughter." Rodimus Prime’s mouth dropped open in surprise.
Later that day. Rodimus called Tronia to his office. As she entered the office she noticed several others were there. Tronia saw the stony expression that was on Rodimus Prime’s face and knew. She sat in a chair in front of Rodimus and sighed.
" I guess you found out," she spoke without looking at the Autobot leader. The silence spoke for itself. " If you’re going to hold my past against me that's fine, but it doesn’t keep me from doing my job."
" Why didn’t you tell us that you were Unicron’s daughter," Rodimus asked.
" How would you have reacted if I just blurted out when we fist met that I was the daughter of Unicron," Tronia remarked, she looked at Rodimus who avoided her gaze. " That’s what I thought. You can’t judge people by their origins, its not right. Now if all of you will excuse me, I have important work to do." With that Tronia got up and left the office. Outside in the hallway she felt a throbbing pain inside her head and a voice.
< You should have destroyed him when you had the chance,> the voice spoke angrily, Tronia leaned against the wall clutching her head.
" No," she cried weakly, the pain increased and she sank to her knees. Just then Rodimus came out of his office and saw Tronia huddled on the floor writhing in pain.
" Are you okay, Tronia," he asked concerned as he knelt down beside her.
< Do it now!> the voice commanded inside Tronia’s head.
To be continued
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