Transformers: Prime: The New Beginning

Chapter 15: Becoming an Autobot

Back on Cybertron, the Autobots have kept the Sword of Primus safe within their base at, Retoris before Ultra Magnus walks over to Ratchet who is busy working on his datapads while standing right next to his computer. Magnus wanted to know how Orion Eclipse, the young Decepticon amnesiac who had been lost on Earth for decades as a stranded Cybertronian, was fairing.

"Hello, Ratchet." Ultra Magnus greeted the old medic.

"Good evening, sir," said Ratchet. "How may I help you?" he asked.

"I'm here to ask about our new apprentice, Orion Eclipse. How is he doing so far?" the Autobot leader asked.

"Well...Orion is getting used to being on our planet. Yet, he still cannot stop thinking about Earth and how it seems to be his home ever since he somehow arrived on that planet filled with its inhabitants." Ratchet told Ultra Magnus.

"I see. Ironhide believes that the Sword of Primus is meant for the young bot to wield and to use it to light our darkest hour since we have a new enemy on our servos," said Ultra Magnus.

"Doomsayer may be an active threat now, but he is insane regardless of how much power he has now with the Blood of Unicron that he has managed to control and use as a weapon, but for now he and his followers are hiding somewhere. Either in outer space or other locations on Cybertron or in other worlds." Ratchet replied, "Who knows when the New Decepticons will strike next? Doomsayer would probably lure us into another one of his traps to interrogate us into revealing the location of Unicron's Anti-Spark."

"I just hope that what Optimus Prime said about Eclipse being our only chance at preventing a second great war is true. Because I don't want us to fall into obscurity or have the universe fall into chaos if Orion isn't the chosen one." Ultra Magnus said to Ratchet.

"Orion Eclipse is young and strong, just like Optimus was back when he was once known as Orion Pax. But I'm not sure if he is capable of helping us defeat what is supposedly a mad cult of Unicron-devil worshippers." Ratchet replied.

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Meanwhile, Orion Eclipse was onto his final test course with Bumblebee and Hot Rod, for, in this case, it was a mission to find Energon in a huge mining cave and to bring it back with the Autobots back at their base. It was a bit hard at first, cause of the obstacles such as blasters and hidden trick traps, but the young mech was getting more aware of the traps and obstacles. "Come on Orion, you need to keep calm and try to think of your way out of this while keeping the team from danger," Orion told himself to not get clouded of his judgment.

While being aware of his surroundings, he soon saw Bumblebee and Hot Rod coming to see him. "Any luck in finding any Energon?" Asked Bumblebee when calling to the young mech ahead of the two. "Negative, but there is a lot of traps ahead, so watch your step guys." Orion replied. Bumblebee nodded as he and Hot Rod began to keep up. "Man, Orion Eclipse is getting better in his training. At this rate, he'll be ready in no time to soon join us." Hot Rod spoke as he watched Orion avoid any attacks of the obstacles. "Yes, but you cannot rush him into finishing his test, but let's make sure that he is more aware of his surroundings and be more at  ease with everything we've told and taught him during these past few days and such in his training." Bumblebee then said to remind Hot Rod of what the Autobots helped the young mech go through in his training.

However, either one of them noticed that one of the obstacles was about to go haywire as something made it go into an unknown attacking frenzy. But while Orion was nearing the completion of his test, he suddenly heard something like a lot that snap and turned to notice one of the blasters from behind the two Autobots. What the heck?" That was all Orion said? Bumblebee hears the sound as well and quickly realized what was going to happen next, a malfunction of the blasters. "Whoa! Hot Rod, watch out!" He soured and in pushing the young Autobot out of the way.