\u201cI already told you, I don\u2019t want any part of your war,\u201d Override grunted to Optimus sitting in the seat across the booth\u2019s table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, I get it,\u201d smirked Optimus. \u201cYou\u2019re the Nitro Convoy, you do everything yourself. How\u2019s that working out for you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s-it\u2019s-it\u2019ssss\u2026I\u2019m sorry, I don\u2019t mean to get off on the wrong foot here, but do I look at the blue lights or the thing on your helmet?\u201d Optimus then looked at her in a deadpan manner. \u201cIt\u2019s just…I\u2019m a little overenergized and I can\u2019t tell if you\u2019re fake or-\u201d Optimus then leaned closer to Override.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m real. VERY real. I\u2019m the realest thing you\u2019re ever gonna meet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Just my luck.\u201d Override\u2019s optics then looked elsewhere. \u201cWhere\u2019s the staff here?\u201d Her optics flashed green briefly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYep, partodium\u2019s in the latest batch of Synth-en, ain\u2019t it? That\u2019s not looking too good.\u201d Override cycled air through her olfactory sensors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been worse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve secured the perimeter,\u201d reported a femme\u2019s voice, \u201cbut I don\u2019t think we should hold it much longer. It might attract Decepticon attention.\u201d Override looked to her left to see Blackarachnia hanging upside down from a rope she attached to the ceiling. The Nitro Convoy\u2019s optics flickered as she tried to determine the reality of Blackarachnia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026You\u2019re\u2026fired?\u201d It was the best Override could come up with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m an Autobot,\u201d retorted Blackarachnia. \u201cThat\u2019s not up to you.\u201d She dropped down from the rope, sprayed something on the rope to make it dissolve into thin air, and sat next to Optimus as he put an arm around her shoulders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOverride, I\u2019d like you to meet my wife, the genius chemist and spy, Blackarachnia,\u201d he introduced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHi,\u201d mumbled Override.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was tasked with gathering as much information as I could on you and your condition,\u201d explained Blackarachnia. \u201cRegretfully, that meant getting copies of all files related to you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI suggest you apologize for that and delete those copies now,\u201d grunted Override.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve been busy lately,\u201d observed Optimus. \u201cYou made yourself a lab-rat for toxic Synth-en brews in an attempt to solve your planet\u2019s fuel crisis, you made your predecessor your doctor, and you gave the Planet Cup to some random femme! Now, if I didn\u2019t know any better-\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou DON\u2019T know better,\u201d interrupted Override. \u201cI didn\u2019t give it to Shadow Striker, she fought me and took it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhoa, hold on, no, she TOOK it?! The Planet Cup, and she took it?! The symbol of your office, and she just TOOK it?! A femme walked into your home, kicked your aft, and took the Planet Cup?!\u201d Optimus turned to Blackarachnia. \u201cIs that possible?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, from what Blurr told us,\u201d remarked Blackarachnia, \u201cthere are multiple security redundancies to prevent unauthorized hands from touching it until it\u2019s given to the new Nitro Convoy.\u201d Override resumed glaring at the two bots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026What do you want from me?\u201d she finally sighed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat do we want from you?\u201d asked Optimus. \u201cNuh uh! What do YOU want from ME?! You have become a problem, a problem that I<\/em> have to deal with! Contrary to popular belief, you are NOT the center of my universe!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI get it, all right?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI have bigger problems than you on Cybertron! Legs, hit her!\u201d Blackarachnia then jabbed her fingers into Override\u2019s neck. Override jolted from the shock of something being in jabbed into her. Blackarachnia\u2019s fingers then deployed a chemical into her systems, then pulled her fingers out of Override\u2019s neck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat are you gonna do?!\u201d she snapped. \u201cSteal my t-cog and sell it?! Could you not do anything awful for a few nano-cycles?!\u201d Optimus and Blackarachnia then saw the green glow vanish from her optics. \u201cWhat did she just do to me?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat did I just do FOR you?\u201d corrected Blackarachnia. \u201cThat\u2019s terraxium trioxide. It\u2019s gonna take the edge off.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOverride, we\u2019re trying to get you back to work,\u201d explained Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026Gimme a couple boxes of that stuff,\u201d replied Override, \u201cand I\u2019ll be back on my feet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s not a cure,\u201d countered Blackarachnia. \u201cIt\u2019s just something to ease the symptoms. It doesn\u2019t look like this Synth-en stuff\u2019s gonna be an easy fix given the Energon shortage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBelieve me, I\u2019ve got a team that\u2019s the best at this stuff,\u201d grunted Override. \u201cThey\u2019ve been trying to find a suitable binding agent that would be better than partodium and give off the same radiation as normal Energon. They\u2019ve tried every combination, every permutation, of all known elements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAll known Velocitronian elements, perhaps,\u201d replied Optimus, \u201cbut I bet you haven\u2019t tried the elements of extraterrestrial periodic tables, have you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026What do you mean extraterrestrial periodic tables?\u201d asked Override, now giving Optimus her full attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Override\u2019s science team had copies and samples of the other elements of Mobius, Nebulos, and Animatros. To say that they were confused was an understatement. \u201cThis is way too much!\u201d muttered a Mech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCan any of them REALLY be a better binding agent than partodium?\u201d asked a Femme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat\u2019s what you guys are gonna find out,\u201d called Override as she entered the room. \u201cStart looking.\u201d The science team stared at her. \u201c\u2026That\u2019s an order!\u201d At that, the science team got busy. As she turned to leave, she idly glanced at a display of what would be Velocitron\u2019s second mobile city, dedicated to science and culture. It had a globe in the center and various pathways branching out from it with buildings dotting the areas in between the paths. Override then did a double-take on it. It looked oddly familiar, but she couldn\u2019t put her finger on it. \u201c\u2026Hey. \u2026Hey, someone! Over here!\u201d A young mech with the alt-mode kibble of an alien open-top race car then approached her. \u201cWhat\u2019s your name, kid?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cClocker, Ma\u2019am,\u201d replied the mech nervously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cClocker, what does that look like to you?\u201d She pointed to the display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026The shot-down science-centric mobile city?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI meant the shape of everything above the treads, what does it look like to you?\u201d Clocker arched an eyebrow and looked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026I need a better angle,\u201d he muttered. \u201cComputer, project a wireframe over the display. I need something to manipulate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHey! Clocker! Get over here!\u201d called a mech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHold on,\u201d replied Override. \u201cI think Clocker\u2019s gonna make a discovery.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat intern?! Don\u2019t make me laugh!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cShut up and let him do it. You get back to work without him.\u201d The mech scoffed, then returned to his work\u2026only to do a double-take as Clocker turned the wireframe projection of the mobile city to give him a bird\u2019s eye view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026I think I\u2019m getting something, but\u2026\u201d Clocker trailed off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLose the roads,\u201d replied the formerly-disrespectful mech. Clocker turned to him. \u201cGo on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDo it,\u201d Override said to Clocker. Clocker highlighted the roads, then swiped them away. He then got an idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLet\u2019s lose the streetlights and public art pieces too,\u201d he mused. He highlighted them and swiped them away. \u201cLet\u2019s see, parking lots, entrances, exits, they should go too.\u201d Once they were gone, it became more obvious. \u201cNow that\u2019s an atom if I ever saw it!\u201d he declared. \u201cComputer, create an atom over the wireframe. Structure it using the central sphere as the nucleus and the buildings as the protons and neutrons.\u201d The computer did so and created an atom of 147 protons and neutrons, then it mapped out the electron cloud of 147.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHey! Guys!\u201d called the mech. \u201cLook up all the periodic tables to find an element of 147!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFound it!\u201d replied a femme. \u201cIt\u2019s called Borzonite! Rare on Nebulos, but it\u2019s a common element in Velocitron\u2019s sands!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCan we reconstruct the formula using Borzonite as a binding agent?\u201d asked Clocker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTrust him!\u201d called Override.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026All right, beginning formula reconstruction with Borzonite as the binding agent.\u201d She began the simulation and added the alien elements to the formula. \u201c\u2026Okay, we have something, but it requires the Nebulan element, Yorkonium, as a necessary step for a covalent bond.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe have the element, let\u2019s try it,\u201d declared Override.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cI already told you, I don\u2019t want any part of your war,\u201d Override grunted to Optimus sitting in the seat across the booth\u2019s table. \u201cNo, I get it,\u201d smirked Optimus. \u201cYou\u2019re the Nitro Convoy, you do everything yourself. 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