s4 tfa AU where megatron accidentally reverts optimus into a protoform, and no matter how much of an evil warlord he is he cant bring himself to kill a defenseless sparkling
omg I’m just imagining Optimus being COMPLETELY unconscious of the danger he’s in, not giving one single rat’s ass about it, and being curious and adventurous and so not only does Megatron wind up with a defenseless sparkling he cannot kill, but scooping the sparkling out of all sorts of rediculous danger no one should be capable of getting into OH MY PRIMUS AUTOBOT DO NOT TRY TO CRAWL INTO SOMEONE’S THRUSTER WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT HOW DID YOU SURVIVE TO ADULTHOOD THE FIRST TIME.
“Silence, Blitzwing.” Which of course did nothing, but he did not expect it to in the triplechanger’s current state. The question was, which was more aggravating? The Decepticon babbling nonsense when he was supposed to be at his post… or the round Autobot protoform chirping at him from his cupped hands and doing its best to roll right out of them and onto the hard, unforgiving floor?
Right now they were both distractions Megatron couldn’t afford. His escape from the Stockades had been a near enough thing and his sensors still stung from the impact of the Magnus Hammer. It had only been luck that flung Optimus Prime in its path (well, luck and also Lugnut’s careless enthusiasm) and perhaps something more than luck that the little Prime had been wearing the Allspark Key around one wrist when he brought it up defensively to block the blow –
Well. Luck, or fate, or whatever superstition one wanted to believe in, Optimus Prime had disappeared between the Hammer weilded by his unlucky Autobot compatriot, and the tiny Allspark Key. The only bits of him left had been the axe he weilded, the Key itself – and a round metal sphere that quivered where it lay.
Naturally, Megatron had made a grab for the Key – blasted Autobot interference prevented THAT from coming into his possession – and failing that, the freed Decepticons beat a hasty retreat from Cybertron aboard a stolen ship.
It did not take long to discover the protoform magnetized to his wrist joint after that.
But now what to do with it? Megatron frowned down at the little thing as it rolled in circles in his palms. The identity was obvious from the circumstances, made even more obvious by the twin audial antenna and the bright blue optics that stared up at him.
“As always,” Megatron told it, “you have no instinct for survival, little Autobot.”
It had the audacity to beep cheerfully at him, and Megatron tried not to feel a little endeared toward it for that.
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