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Cybertron. A place of where everyone have a very good life. Nature, wildlife, the breath of fresh air and clear skies above. It was everything. At the castle, lives two rulers who fell in love and had a sparkling, Named Elita One. And her creators are Megatronus and Solus Prime. And all there, are at the halls, alongside with other 11 primes, but lacking one. Waiting for the ceremony to begin. A ceremony for Elita’s appointed knight to be official. The appointed knight stand still in front of throne, didn’t move an inch at all. Waiting alongside with other Primes sitting nearby at the throne.
“ What’s taking so long to begin?” Whispered a cybertronian nearby to him as everyone was mumbling and waiting it to began.
“ Liege Maximo isn’t here yet, they can’t begin it just like that. He IS one of the Primes, you know that?” The bot replied back as it been hours long and he haven’t arrived. They might gonna start it without him in presence.
As they just about finishing talking about the matter, everyone began to quiet as the trumpet began to blasting loudly in the halls. The rulers and their daughter finally went down to the stairs, as Solus Prime sat at the throne whilst Elita standing near to the appointed knight, and Megatronus stand next to her began his speech and greeting for everyone.
“Cybertronians, Primes, I hereby welcome you to begin our ceremony for our appointed knight, Orion Pax. “
The knight stood still in front of them the stale yet serious expression were unchanged, looked at the princess he will protect. Orion’s origin are a bit mysterious, said he come from a land very far from this land. Some said he is a child from a Prime, but that’s sounded ridiculous. He trained to become a knight ever since little, just to serve and protect the Primes. Elita stood there with her expression that lacking of happiness, understandable due to the duty of become a princess and a sparkling of two Primes, learning the history, the myth and legend about the Primes with all of her life.
“Despite we have no news or any presence of Liege Maximo, we will begin the ceremony to avoid time consuming, as there are citizens and Primes have duties to be done somewhere else.” Megatronus continued his speech.
“And now, let the ceremony begin, with my daughter, Elita One to begin her oath to the knight.” He looked at his daughter with a serious yet a gentle, small smile appeared at his lips as he stepped back to sat down at his throne next to his conjunx.
Orion begin to kneeled in front of her, helm facing down the floor and optics closed shut as the king stepped back and the rest of the Primes watching, judging. Elita took out the sword her creators gifted to her, even the functions are just during the ceremony and that’s it, it means a lot to her, laid next to Orion’s right shoulder, and began her speech. “Orion Pax, a hero of Cybertron, you have shown your bravery in the midst chaos of war, serving under the light that gives us the hope in this world. And have proven yourself worthy by Primus himself. We pray for your protection, and hoping that he will light our darkest time.” She sighed as she moved the sword next to his other shoulder armour.
“I, Elita One, daughter of Solus Prime and Megatronus, hereby declare you as my appointed knight, as to serve and protect for the future of the Primes. “ She spoke with a calming voice, didn’t break any sweat as she used to do with everything that involves about the castle. She removed the sword and keep it inside it’s sheath.
“Rise, Orion Pax” Elita demanded him, and thus he begin to rise up and stood up, with a small nod, a hidden small smile created at his lips under his mask, and stood next to him. She looked at him with a small nod and stand still as he is now closed to her. She felt to be stand with other people is normal thing, but this time, she felt a bit nervous. Strange. All cybertronians cheered for Orion inside the halls, and the Primes clapped their servos to congratulate him.
But then, the cheerful atmosphere changed. All the Primes alerted themselves, including Solus and Megatronus. Oynx already growled as his sharp digits sheeted, they knew something is wrong. “ What is going on? Cybertronians mumbling and some are started to panicked a bit.
The main door of the castle opened as there are no guards opened it at all. And lo and behold, Liege Maximo joined the party, way too late. And he isn’t alone. The company he brings along are all a serious threats, mostly worked and served for the darkness itself, Unicron. Quintessa, Tarn, Airachnind, Many more. The citizens inside the hall are now feared and most of them ran away, with the guards aiding them to protect them, much of a request from Solus herself to keep the citizens safety first. Liege Maximo, with a very dark and creepy grin came inside with weird, janky walk, raising both of his servos as he shrugged. “ Am I late to the party?” He claimed as he looked at the empty hallways, watching the other primes and guards in defensive mode, and Orion take out his sword and guarding Elita behind him. She never have been encountered like this before, and she was a bit petrified.
“Liege Maximo, the Prime that carrier never liked on behalf of his actions, aside from his trickster personality. I understand why she meant now.” Elita spoke quietly, on which only Orion heard. He was in a small shock when she speaks about it as he shielding her.
“ What do you want, Maximo? Late to come the ceremony, disobeying the rules of the Primes, and yet again, bring along the children of Primus?” Prima told him as he warned. “ Well. You know, I feel something was off with our planet. We had nothing new to protect it. I just want the conflict and fear to return.” He replied smugly, as the followers laughed hysterically and grinned evilly next to him.
Micronus spat his words and huffed. “ Don’t LIE to us, trickster. You are a Prime. It’s OUR duty to protect this planet or Any other planet that have lives in it!” Liege Maximo just stared at them in a very ‘pity’ looking, and he tuts in denial as he shook his helm in a evilly smile looking.
“ Oh, how you all missed the REAL fun.” He grinned as his optics went from blue hue, to a dark blood purple, with a smile on his lips and the children of Unicron rejoiced as the atmosphere went darker and purple thunder came from the dark sky.
“Let’s just say, I want to spice things up for our calm world.”
He snapped his digits from his right servo as the other one crossed to his body, and the floor starts to crack, strong purple hue shining beneath the cracks, and began to shatter as dark energon coming out, knocking the guards far and beyond. Making them an easier target to defeat. The Primes was in utter shock. Liege Maximo, one of the Primes, becomes a children of Unicron himself. And there are impossible to none to defeat him and his followers as he knew all of their tactics, skill. Everything. Liege Maximo began to laugh evilly, and the thunder went stronger and powerful. “And this time, ALL the Primes will NEVER succeeded to kill the all-mighthy lord Unicron himself!!!!!” He began to float as his spark chamber began to glow in dark energon, and getting ready to attack.
In the meantime, Solus and Megatronus rushed to Optimus and Elita, and quickly both of them told both of them what to do. “ I will groundbriding you a place very far away from this place, due to the spread process are slow. Please, search the relic we told you and prove that propercy is true.” Solus begged Elita and Optimus. He nodded, but Elita was actually in lost.
“Wait! What about you both? And others?? I can’t leave all of you!” Elita disturbs. She isn’t ready to face the duty, going to search the relic with only her appointed knight with her. They’re totally outnumbered. She started to think their fates facing the now overpowered and new children of Unicron, and Cybertron’s future without the Last of the Primes. She begged as she might have an alternate ways to save the world, but then, two servos were put at her shoulder, and she looked up as she started to teared up. Megatronus and Solus looked at her with a smile.
“We know, you can do it. All of us have faith in you. We knew you both can.” They immediately hugged Elita for the last time and she buried her face at their chests as she sobbed. Orion still guarding them all as Liege Maximo still do the talking, on which, surprisingly didn’t saw both king and queen take their last moment with their sparkling. Solus and Megatronus stand up and opened a small and quick groundbridge for Elita and Orion to escape safely without a trace. The last words her creators ever spoke to her before stepping into the groudbridge was they love her and find the relic as soon as possible.
The groundbridge closed and thus, Solus take out her forge and Megatronus readied his Requiem blaster, as Liege Maximo challenged them to fight. "Go to the place I desitned for you to guard. There are gonna be somebot will interfere our plans." Liege Maximo ordered the children of Unicron to be prepared as they take their leave with maniac laughter.
And that was the final moment Elita and Orion ever seen the Primes.