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In a shaky voice:
"I hope you know that when I'm dead, it’s all going to be your fault!
"
The voice pauses for a second. Now rougher.
"DO YOU HEAR ME?"
It gets rougher, more hysterical — then suddenly the recording cuts short.
Optimus freezes. Stunned. Fear. Guilt. Anger. All of them hit him one by one. His vision wavers. Tears fill his eyes, unintentional. Beside him, Elita and Wheeljack stand silently, yet every other bot in the room hears the recording loud and clear.
He doesn’t move.
His hands tremble, small metallic shakes that feel enormous.
Tears slip down his face — silent, unbidden, unstoppable.
He wants to scream. Wants to break something. Wants the world to hear what just happened.
But he doesn’t.
Elita is beside him. Wheeljack is there. Yet even with them, he feels entirely alone.
The room is heavy. Quiet. Except for the echo of that voice:
“…it’s all going to be your fault.”
Optimus clutches at the console, at the wall — anywhere — desperate for action, desperate for proof that it’s not too late. And yet… he doesn’t know.
He desperately opens the camera files of all Witwicky locations, hoping for any clue where Bumblebee could be. The cameras catch a glimpse: Bumblebee, at an abandoned construction site near the city — not too near, yet not too far from the forest.
Without a second thought, Optimus heads there immediately.
(Since Bumblebee is the Autobots’ only scout, they bring Twitch — one of Bumblebee’s students. Not an official scout, but knowledgeable enough to help. The other Terrans stay behind because this is serious.)
Elita, Megatron, and Twitch follow Optimus to the site.
Twitch runs beside him, desperate to help. At the construction site, there isn’t much — just footprints from Bumblebee. But on the floor lies a puddle of raw energon.
Optimus stares. Assumes the worst. Without a word, he bolts.
Elita freezes. Megatron is stunned, confused. Twitch panics:
"OPTIMUS! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!"
She rushes after him. Megatron and Elita follow.
Optimus Immediately Arrives at the Decepticon base kicking the door down.
Aftermath sees optimus he lunges to stop him but second his hand reaches out, Optimus grabs him and throws him into the wall.
Then breakdown appears, his intentions clear yet Optimus grabs him. slams him to the ground. Energon floods Breakdown’s mouth, Yet Optimus doesn’t stop. He slams his foot into Breakdown’s torso, clearly driven mad with rage. He sides his foot backwards Throwing Breakdown Behind. Slamming him onto the wall one more.
Then he Rushes back to Running to the Decepticon headquarters.
Starscream sees him. His mouth opens — but before he can let out a word
SLAM.
Optimus grabs Starscream by the neck and slams him into the control panels, crashing almost every button.
"WHAT DID YOU DO?"
Starscream chokes, horrified, barely able to breathe yet Optimus' grip tightens
"ANSWER ME STARSCREAM!"
Optimus’ voice is ragged, trembling with terror. His patience is gone. Every breath shakes.
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