Amy was hanging out with Cream on a shopping trip while the intruder attacked Autobot HQ. She had just confirmed that she was the Scarlet Specter. \u201cAmy,\u201d asked Cream, \u201cwhy would you risk your life like that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI felt like I was depending on Sonic too much,\u201d sighed Amy. \u201cI realized that he won\u2019t always be there to save me, especially now that the Transformers are here. I\u2019ve been practicing a little since I first met my teacher, but with Eggman robbing from dead Transformers, I ramped up my training. He\u2019s planning something, and I want to know what.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJust don\u2019t get hurt,\u201d urged Cream. \u201cI don\u2019t want to lose you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m not going away anytime soon,\u201d reassured Amy. She pulled Cream into a hug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAmy,\u201d quizzed the little rabbit, \u201cdo you think I can learn magic?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnyone can learn magic,\u201d replied Amy. \u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBecause I want to learn from you,\u201d answered Cream. Amy smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s sweet of you,\u201d she sighed, \u201cbut I\u2019m not at the teaching level yet. The instant I get there, you can be my student.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThank you!\u201d bid Cream with a smile. At that moment, Amy\u2019s phone started buzzing in her purse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEr, could you excuse me for a moment?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOf course,\u201d replied Cream. Amy then took the call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHello?\u201d she began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAmy, sweetheart, this is Ironhide,\u201d came the familiar Texan drawl. \u201cYou mind heading to HQ? We have a situation that requires magic expertise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ll be there as fast as I can,\u201d replied Amy. She hung up. \u201cSorry, Cream, but we have to cut our shopping trip short. The Autobots need me right now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCan I come too?\u201d asked Cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf your mother\u2019s okay with it,\u201d answered Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf I\u2019m okay with what?\u201d asked a voice. Amy and Cream turned to see Vanilla standing behind them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMother,\u201d asked Cream, \u201cmay I go with Amy to the Autobot base? Apparently, they need her help and I haven\u2019t seen them in a while.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOf course,\u201d confirmed Vanilla. \u201cJust call me before you\u2019re Bridged back. I don\u2019t want a surprise like last time again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThank you! I will!\u201d promised Cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLet\u2019s go!\u201d cheered Amy. Cream took her hand as a red mist appeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAre you using magic to get us there?\u201d asked Cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOf course,\u201d confirmed Amy. \u201cIt\u2019s my favorite way to travel.\u201d The red mist then enveloped the two and it took off to Autobot HQ. They came through a vent and reformed in the Command center. Cream blinked in surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat was that?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an advanced spell that lets you and people around you move as mist,\u201d explained Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know why, but it felt like something hugging me,\u201d mused Cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat would be the spell\u2019s magic,\u201d replied Amy. She turned to Ironhide. \u201cSpeaking of which, is there a new magic abuser?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cActually,\u201d mumbled Orion as he stepped into view, \u201cthis is a different case.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEr\u2026I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve had the pleasure,\u201d stammered Amy. She then turned to Ironhide with an annoyed look. \u201cWhere\u2019s Prime?!\u201d she whispered harshly. \u201cI told him not to tell anyone I was a witch unless I said it was okay!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat IS Optimus,\u201d replied Ironhide. Amy blinked. She turned to Orion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHey, Amy,\u201d sighed Orion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOptimus, what happened?\u201d asked Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDid something bad make you change your armor?\u201d inquired Cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t know,\u201d answered Orion. \u201cAnd it\u2019s Orion Pax, right now. Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, and I had a scuffle with an intruder that had the Autobot symbol on him. He didn\u2019t act like any Autobot I\u2019m familiar with. After the fight, the source of my magic, the Matrix, went kaput. I\u2019ve got Jazz, Ratchet, and Tails trying to figure out what happened, but the process is taking a long time. I know that you said you\u2019re still a few years away from being a full-fledged witch, but I can\u2019t find Trema. Besides, you have more magic experience than me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ll see what I can do,\u201d replied Amy. That\u2019s when Jazz came in with a scanning device in his hands. It was white with red highlights and a yellow fan-like device on the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPlease tell me you have something,\u201d begged Orion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEr, Orion,\u201d gulped Jazz, \u201chere\u2019s the thing. Your Wind Scanner isn\u2019t working.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat?!\u201d yelped Orion. \u201cLet me see that!\u201d Jazz handed him the scanner. Orion took it and pressed a button, but all it did was play a woman\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m not sensing any danger here,\u201d answered the voice. Orion pressed it again. \u201cNo enemies around here.\u201d Once more. \u201c\u2018All quiet on the Western Front\u2019, as the humans said long ago.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a toy,\u201d gasped Orion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHuh?\u201d asked Ironhide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s\u2026it\u2019s just a toy again!\u201d answered Orion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the result of every item you gave me,\u201d reported Jazz. \u201cI even tested the OOO Driver, nada.\u201d Orion then took a yellow gun out of his subspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTeletraan 1,\u201d ordered Orion, \u201cscan this!\u201d A probe descended from the ceiling and bathed it in a green light. After three seconds of eerie humming, it went back into the ceiling. Teletraan\u2019s avatar popped up on the main monitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJust painted metal and electronics,\u201d he announced. \u201cBut isn\u2019t this your Gaburevolver?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is,\u201d replied Orion as he took it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKiddo,\u201d quizzed Ironhide, \u201cwhat the hoo haw\u2019s going on? I\u2019ve seen you turn into a red Power Ranger with that thing. It works.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKyoryuger,\u201d corrected Orion, \u201cand it\u2019s supposed to work!\u201d He automatically slid a panel on his right forearm to reveal a screen inside it. Writing in Cybertronian appeared on it and Orion pulled a wand out of subspace and first flicked it up, left, right, left, down, up, right, then thrust the point at the Gaburevolver while saying \u201cFacere Imaginem Rerum!\u201d. The room was silent for a few seconds. Nothing happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPax, what in Sam Hill was that?\u201d asked Ironhide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat should have at least sparkled,\u201d muttered Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI don\u2019t understand,\u201d interjected Cream. \u201cWas Mr. Pax trying to use magic?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was,\u201d confirmed Orion. \u201cIt\u2019s a spell called \u2018Make This Image Real\u2019\u2026I think. The translation\u2019s iffy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf it\u2019s executed properly,\u201d explained Amy, \u201ca representation of an object, like a toy from a T.V. show, becomes the actual object itself. Most magic users use it on their toys because it\u2019s the closest thing they have to the real thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWait, really?!\u201d asked Jazz. \u201cSo, why didn\u2019t you guys make a little box with a button on it that says, \u2018Stop All Bad Guys Forever and Ever\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDoesn\u2019t work like that, Jazz,\u201d replied Orion. \u201cI don\u2019t even fully comprehend the rules to magic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo one does,\u201d supplied Amy, \u201cnot even the Magic Greats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd even on the stuff I HAVE enchanted,\u201d continued Orion, \u201cit\u2019s tricky. It took me ten times to get a working Wind Scanner. The Fourze Driver took MONTHS because, while the spell works, there\u2019s no cosmic energy for the Astro Switches to access and give super powers and equipment to! Primus, I\u2019m still trying to get this thing to work on my Duel Disk! Although, that\u2019s probably because I don\u2019t have anything like hologram projectors. I did try it out on one of my spare cards just to try it out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat happened?\u201d asked Ironhide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou know that poster of a monster card I have in my room on Cybertron?\u201d remarked Orion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou mean the poster of the Dark Magician Girl card?\u201d replied Jazz. \u201cWait, that was a card?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYep,\u201d confirmed Orion. \u201cI don\u2019t think the spell likes being used on things with text.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s good to know before I make a mistake like that,\u201d mused Amy. At that moment, her eyes went wide. \u201cOrion, do you still have that sonic screwdriver I gave you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYeah, right here,\u201d replied Orion as he took it out of his subspace. He then got what Amy was driving at and waved it around the Gaburevolver. He then flicked it and got a reading. \u201cI see where you\u2019re coming from,\u201d he realized. \u201cAnything I didn\u2019t originally enchant still works, but now there\u2019s a bigger problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s that?\u201d asked Jazz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe base is not as safe as it was,\u201d explained Amy. \u201cOrion and I have a low-level protection spell around here. We\u2019re not strong enough, or skilled enough, to protect people, but the base itself would remain standing. You could detonate a bomb or shoot up the walls and it wouldn\u2019t matter. You wouldn\u2019t even scratch it. We started casting it after Aaron was arrested.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHowever,\u201d continued Orion, \u201cit\u2019s not as strong now. If one person casts it, it will wear out at a fast pace and you need to recast it every three months. If two people cast it, it won\u2019t wear out as fast and just needs to be recast every five years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re trying to find another person so it will only need to be recast every seven centuries,\u201d supplied Amy. \u201cBefore then, you guys would most likely have already left Mobius.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut Orion\u2019s magic went kaput,\u201d reminded Ironhide. \u201cWhat happens if there\u2019s enough pressure on the spell?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt will eventually break and you guys may find yourselves homeless pretty quickly,\u201d explained Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith the way Orion described the intruder,\u201d gulped Jazz, \u201cthat may be possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m more concerned about the one who\u2019s already home,\u201d sighed Orion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d asked Cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy weapons are each powered by a Spark,\u201d elaborated Orion. \u201cA mother,\u201d he held up the axe, \u201cand a son,\u201d he held up the gun. \u201cThey were unwilling ingredients in a ritual worshipping the Chaos Bringer. Every time I use them, I can hear them whispering in my ear. If the gun\u2019s not firing or the axe blade isn\u2019t forming, I\u2019m afraid something may have happened to them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh boy,\u201d shuddered Amy, \u201cmessing with the dead, or\u2026partially dead in this instance, is outside of most magic users\u2019 expertise. The only ones who could help on that front would be a Necromancer, and I\u2019m sure you know how weird they can be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, where \u2018magic\u2019 fails,\u201d called Ratchet as he stepped into the Command Center, \u201cit\u2019s up to science to save the day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s up?\u201d asked Orion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEverything works on both Arks,\u201d reported Ratchet, \u201cincluding the sensors. In fact, our little two tailed genius has come up with a way for both computers to check each other in case an analysis misses some data on one of them. If possible, we may be able to get Teletraan 1 and G.U.N.\u2019s computers linked and have an excellent surveillance system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDid they get anything on the weapons and the Matrix?\u201d urged Orion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTails is getting the final readout on the Space Colony ARK right now,\u201d answered Ratchet. \u201cHe should be reporting in about\u2026\u201d the communications terminal went off, \u201c\u2026right now!\u201d Ratchet fired up the main monitor and Tails filled the screen. \u201cWell, my genius friend,\u201d he asked, \u201canything?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSorry,\u201d sighed Tails. \u201cThere\u2019s still magic in the artefacts as much as any other time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo, why can\u2019t I access it?!\u201d wailed Orion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have a theory,\u201d mused Tails. \u201cFrom what I\u2019ve gathered, it sounds like the magic is being\u2026suppressed in a certain area. Somehow, something is preventing the magic from being used.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLike what?\u201d asked Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell,\u201d replied Tails, \u201cI did some digging and found something in a friend\u2019s computer that looked like blueprints for a device to prevent magic from being used. From the dates on said blueprints, I\u2019d say the idea was conceived after the fight with Aaron. That friend saw the potential damage magic can bring and so wanted to remove it when he was in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOkay,\u201d muttered Orion, \u201cI don\u2019t know as \u2018friend\u2019 would be a good word if that\u2019s the case. I\u2019d say he\u2019s a bad egg we need to figure out.\u201d As he folded his arms, Orion started thinking. His thoughts then drifted to the \u2018bad egg\u2019 comment he made and returned his gaze with Tails, who was nodding to confirm Orion\u2019s suspicions. \u201cYou don\u2019t mean\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe calls it the Magic Suppressor 9,000 Extreme,\u201d confirmed Tails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell then,\u201d hissed Orion, \u201cI think Sonic and I should pay the good Dr. Eggman a little visit!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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