\u201cHe wouldn\u2019t dare!\u201d gasped Trema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s going on?\u201d asked Sonic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe\u2019s trapping the city in a special kind of magic dome!\u201d explained Optimus. \u201cIf an attack hits it, it will be reflected and hit somewhere or someone else!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut if the attack is lethal\u2026!\u201d breathed Jazz, putting two and two together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNow, do you understand the gravity of the situation?!\u201d asked Aaron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThese people have nothing to do with our fight!\u201d shouted Optimus. \u201cLower the dome now!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot a chance!\u201d countered Aaron. \u201cThere WILL be casualties! As such, since you try to defend these technology worshipping ants, it will be on YOUR hands, not mine!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTake it down! Now!\u201d ordered Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou are in no position to give orders!\u201d roared Aaron. He then started firing energy blasts from his hands. He stayed in the air and kept Optimus to the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cScrap!\u201d thought Optimus. \u201cI have to get him down, otherwise he\u2019d dodge and the attack would hit the dome!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPRIME!\u201d shouted Prowl. \u201cHE\u2019S TOO POWERFUL! RUN!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAre you out of your gourd?!\u201d protested Optimus. \u201cI can\u2019t run! Too much is at stake!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOptimus, trust Prowl!\u201d urged Teletraan. \u201cHe\u2019s got a plan!\u201d Optimus continually shifted his vision between Prowl and Aaron. He finally gave a groan of frustration, transformed into vehicle mode, and sped off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCOWARD!\u201d roared Aaron as he took off in pursuit. Optimus pulled off every flying maneuver in the book to shake him off, but it did no good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWill you get off my aft?!\u201d shouted Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDIE, SCRAPHEAP!\u201d screamed Aaron as he fired an energy blast. Thankfully, Optimus was low enough so the attack would hit pavement and not the dome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo,\u201d thought Optimus, \u201cI guess not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOptimus, blind him for a bit,\u201d suggested Prowl, \u201cthen mask yourself. Amy\u2019s informed me of a spell that can hide you from other magic users.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have mastered that spell, yes,\u201d replied Optimus. \u201cThen what, wait for the right time to strike?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo,\u201d corrected Prowl. \u201cStay hidden until he loses it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat?!\u201d yelped Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTrust me!\u201d said Prowl. \u201cI have a theory!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOkay,\u201d muttered Optimus, with a bit of uncertainty. \u201cOptimus Prime: Super Mode!\u201d He transformed, took a cylinder from his right leg, and threw it at Aaron. Aaron fired a blast and detonated the Cybertronian flash grenade Optimus threw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMY EYES!\u201d he roared. He tried various eye healing spells, but his vision still took a long time to return. When it did, Optimus had disappeared. \u201cOh, want to play that game, hm? It\u2019s easy to track you, you know? Quis Inveniet.\u201d An orb on energy flew in front of Aaron. \u201cNow, since you use magic, it should be easy to find you!\u201d The orb glowed and glowed\u2026and glowed\u2026and glowed some more. \u201cThis isn\u2019t right!\u201d snarled Aaron. \u201cI should be able to track you unless\u2026oh no!\u201d He dismissed the orb. \u201cThat\u2019s not how the game is played!\u201d He fired on the ground. \u201cOptimus, you can\u2019t hide from me forever! Where are you?! OPTIMUS PRIME!!\u201d The aforementioned Autobot was hiding in an alleyway per his 2nd lieutenant\u2019s suggestion. He used a spell to mask himself completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGrgh!\u201d he thought. \u201cEvery fiber of my being wants to take up the gauntlet, to face him, but Prowl\u2019s plan depends on me staying still!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOPTIMUS! FACE ME!\u201d screamed Aaron, sounding desperate. \u201cPlease! In the roar of battle, there was peace! Sanctuary! I DON\u2019T WANT TO REMEMBER!!\u201d That made Optimus arch an eyebrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRemember what?\u201d he thought. \u201cMaybe I should see how this plays out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOPTIMUS! COME OUT AND FIGHT! OPTIMUS!\u201d cried Aaron. He then let off an unearthly shriek! As Optimus covered his Audio receptors, the noise shattered many windows in the surrounding area. Optimus cautiously opened one optic and directed it skyward to see that the dome was disappearing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat in the\u2026?!\u201d he gasped. The citizens of Station Square echoed his reaction. The scream had died as Aaron landed, not so gracefully, on the pavement. \u201cAutobots,\u201d called Optimus over the comms as he stepped out of the alley, \u201cconverge on my position. I think Prowl needs to explain his theory.\u201d Aaron saw him and raised his hand to fire a magic bolt. Optimus got into a defensive stance and prepared for the blast, but nothing happened. Aaron goggled at the lack of magic and tried again, but there was still nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat did you do?!\u201d he roared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe only thing I did to you was throw a flash grenade at you!\u201d protested Optimus as he went to normal robot mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot exactly,\u201d answered Prowl\u2019s voice as he, Sonic, Shadow, Amy, Trema, and the other Autobots arrived on the scene. \u201cIt\u2019s all come together. My neural clusters are in top gear!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d asked Shadow as he gingerly held his sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDuring the fight, it looked like he was in denial about something,\u201d explained Prowl. \u201cWhen Optimus had given us the rundown of the conference with Team Dark about the potential misuse of a Chaos Emerald, I was floored that the name Witwicky was being dragged through the mud like that. At that point, I started doing my research on Aaron. He had a habit of vlogging and he always had his wife and children with him. They gave the look of a family that always had fun times; however my optics are specially designed to observe 800 moving objects and calculate their direction of travel in 0.5 seconds. As such, I can focus on the tiniest details, even in a video. I noticed that your wife, Mikaela, was giving off very tiny twitches in her face. I did some more research and found that she made a vlog herself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat?!\u201d yelped Aaron. \u201cImpossible! She was terrible with computers!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHer vlog begs to differ,\u201d argued Prowl. \u201cDuring its run, she made mention to domestic abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLIES!\u201d roared Aaron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not what the twitches in her body said,\u201d answered Prowl. \u201cThey told me enough to know that she spoke the truth. She even showed a handprint on her cheek in one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMust have been one of her \u2018friends\u2019!\u201d hissed Aaron. \u201cShe hung out with catty girls!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cImpossible,\u201d countered Prowl. \u201cThe handprint was too square-like for a woman\u2019s hand, even for a heavyset one. All evidence points to the fact that the lover\u2019s nest wasn\u2019t a happy nest. Even your children, Samantha and Timmy, got onto Mikaela\u2019s vlog to expose your crimes. When they were shot, a soldier under your command was blamed. However, I saw the trial\u2019s outcome and the twitches in the defendant\u2019s body suggest that he didn\u2019t do it. The point was moot, sadly, as he was found guilty and sentenced to the firing squad. Then, you started blaming technology and an uneasy peace as the killer. However, that\u2019s not true, is it? You were using magic to try and drown out the noise of the victims\u2019 ghosts blaming you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re suggesting that I killed my wife and children\u2026!\u201d snarled Aaron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s exactly what I\u2019m saying,\u201d deduced Prowl. \u201cYou actually knew about Mikaela\u2019s vlog and her exposing of your crimes. You didn\u2019t want her saying that your world wasn\u2019t perfect or for children to call you evil, so you disposed of the witnesses and fabricated the crime scene to make it look like that soldier was the killer. After the outcome of the trial, you started hearing voices, so you used magic to start a war to drown out the noise because battle was the only way you could ever be happy. What you didn\u2019t know was that the War of Four Orders, as many people across the universe call it, would spread to the wizards and witches of Cybertron, thus sullying magic for a good long while.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou have no proof!\u201d roared Aaron. \u201cLet\u2019s say I DID do it, how are you going to prove it? Your eyes won\u2019t be taken as evidence! And all proof that doesn\u2019t relate to tiny twitches in my body is in the past! No court will accept evidence from the latter half of the 28th century!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAh, but there IS current proof!\u201d replied Prowl. \u201cAnd it came from your own mouth!\u201d Aaron goggled at the police bot. \u201cWhen you started the fight, I noticed that you kept saying that battle was glorious, proving that you can\u2019t function outside of battle. When Optimus taunted you about your family, it struck a raw nerve! As such, it let me formulate a plan. Of course, the dome that would reflect all attacks onto civilians did leave an x factor, but my people pride themselves on adaption, so I shifted gears and convinced Optimus to run. Being the battle-lusting fighter you are, you weren\u2019t going to be satisfied until you fought him and crushed him. Thankfully, Optimus threw a flash grenade in your face so he could hide and deny you battle with him. That didn\u2019t sit well with you and so you started searching for him. That was the moment when you said, and I quote, \u2018Please! In the roar of battle, there was peace! Sanctuary! I don\u2019t want to remember!\u2019 But you do. Aaron Witwicky: killer of Mikaela, Samantha, and Timothy Witwicky. You thought the roar of battle by magic would bury the ghosts of those that you\u2019ve wronged. Let me tell you right now, as a bot that almost went down that path, you\u2019re wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI AM NOT!\u201d roared Aaron as he tried to fire magic bolts, to no avail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAaron, enough,\u201d urged Amy. \u201cThat emotional outburst has proven that you are unworthy of wielding magic. You divided the Wizards and Witches of all Orders, you started a war for selfish reasons, and you\u2019ve blamed other people for your mistakes! The simple fact of the matter is, you\u2019ve been stripped of magic. Granted, I\u2019ve never heard of people stripping themselves of magic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere is precedence,\u201d replied Trema, \u201cjust not on Mobius in any of its eras.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNow then,\u201d declared Prowl as he transformed. He slapped handcuffs on Aaron. \u201cAaron Witwicky, former Army Captain of the now defunct United States Armed Forces, you are under arrest. The charges include murder, fabrication of evidence, starting a war with no authorization from any government, and other various war crimes too numerous and horrible to mention. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say or do can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one, and considering you are not from this era, I can believe it, the courts shall provide you one. Do you understand these rights as I have read them to you?\u201d There was a pause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes,\u201d sighed Aaron, finally, as he surrendered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShadow, I believe G.U.N should hold him,\u201d urged Prowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo do I,\u201d agreed Shadow. He turned to a trooper. \u201cGet an armored car here, I don\u2019t want to run any risks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes, Sir!\u201d obliged the trooper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cProwl, help me search him,\u201d answered Shadow as he produced the warrant. After Prowl checked it over he gave a nod and the two search Aaron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNecklace,\u201d reported Prowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cStress Toy,\u201d droned Shadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBullet that was never fired,\u201d observed Prowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have no idea where that came from,\u201d insisted Aaron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWand,\u201d reported Shadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have a permit for that,\u201d assured Aaron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHad,\u201d corrected Amy. \u201cIt\u2019s certainly been revoked.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYellow Chaos Emerald,\u201d droned Prowl, \u201cwe\u2019ll fight about who owns it later.\u201d POW! WHAM! SLAM! SLAP! THUD! A mystery assailant floored prowl, Shadow, Sonic, Aaron, and Optimus. The others pulled their weapons out, be they guns or wands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, when an x-factor works in your favor!\u201d cheered a metallic Sonic voice. Everyone turned to see Metal Sonic standing on a rooftop with Shockwave at his side. Optimus and the other knocked out people had recovered and saw them as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat are you lot doing here?!\u201d shouted Optimus as he drew his gun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, since the original plan went out the window,\u201d answered Shockwave, \u201cit\u2019s only logical to tell you. We were simply looking for the Chaos Emerald on Aaron\u2019s person. It was only serendipity that we found yours as well. I must say, keeping them on you is rather illogical.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHand them over!\u201d roared Shadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot a chance!\u201d called Metal Sonic. \u201cWe now have five Chaos Emeralds to our name while you and that fat fool have none!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMetal Sonic, enough,\u201d interjected Shockwave. \u201cWe\u2019re leaving. Sigma, open a Ground Bridge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA Ground Bridge?!\u201d yelped Prowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTeletraan, intercept!\u201d ordered Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m trying!\u201d replied Teletraan. \u201cHer Ground Bridge vortex is different than ours!\u201d Too late. Shockwave and Metal Sonic stepped through and the bridge closed. Optimus twitched for a few seconds, then let out a roar of frustration, similar to a gorilla\u2019s roar. Shockwave had ultimately beaten them, but there were still the blue and white emeralds unaccounted for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTeletraan, once Aaron is behind bars, bridge us back,\u201d sighed Optimus. \u201cAfterwards, I think we should run a defrag on you. Before that, call Alexis, get her to tell us what we can do to fix the property damage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes, Sir,\u201d obliged Teletraan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cHe wouldn\u2019t dare!\u201d gasped Trema. \u201cWhat\u2019s going on?\u201d asked Sonic. \u201cHe\u2019s trapping the city in a special kind of magic dome!\u201d explained Optimus. \u201cIf an attack hits it, it will be reflected and hit somewhere or someone else!\u201d \u201cBut if the attack is lethal\u2026!\u201d breathed Jazz, putting two and two together. \u201cNow, do you understand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,227],"tags":[146,337],"class_list":["post-1232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transformers-mobian-chronicles","category-transformers-mobian-chronicles-arc-3-orions-journey","tag-sonic","tag-transformers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1233,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions\/1233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}