Darkest Hour || Transformers || Accepting

[the machine]

Jolt drive | status: alive and well| mood: scared
Jolt drive was going to walk closer until Optimus warned them about wanting to talk to megatron himself
She growled and walked out with the others

Mirage| status: alive and well | mood: confused and concerned
Mirage lead his cousin out of the room
He could see her emotions stirring in her optics
She was neutral, yes, but Jolt Drive was more comfortable with the Autobots
Seeing another young one like her be in such a poison made her empathy go crazy.
Mirage knew that if she stayed in there she would have broken something,
To emphasis a threat she'd make

[ᴇɴᴇʀɢᴏɴ]

ᴏᴘᴛɪᴍᴜs ᴘʀɪᴍᴇ | ᴍᴇᴄʜ | ʟᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ | ᴀᴜᴛᴏʙᴏᴛ | ᴛᴀɢɢᴇᴅ: Megatron

“We will not hand over Nightshade. She is an Autobot, and therefore she will be protected.” Optimus paused for a moment before speaking again. “I offer myself in her place. I’ll willingly surrender myself to you in exchange for the youngling. Does that sound like a fair trade?”

[Kia_Bee]

Megatron's optics widened a bit before he burst into laughter. "How noble, the great Optimus Prime offering himself as prisoner!" He mused. "Very well, Prime. The mutt in exchange for you. I'm sure you'll have no trouble finding us." He said before ending the link. He looked over at Starscream. "Get the others ready. Optimus won't escape here alive." He ordered with an evil laugh.

[ᴇɴᴇʀɢᴏɴ]

ᴏᴘᴛɪᴍᴜs ᴘʀɪᴍᴇ | ᴍᴇᴄʜ | ʟᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ | ᴀᴜᴛᴏʙᴏᴛ | ᴛᴀɢɢᴇᴅ:

Optimus sighed, walking out of the main hangar and rejoining his comrades. “Megatron has agreed to release Fang and leave Nightshade in peace.” He informed them.

sᴛᴀʀsᴄʀᴇᴀᴍ | ᴍᴇᴄʜ | ᴀɪʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴀɴᴅᴇʀ | ᴅᴇᴄᴇᴘᴛɪᴄᴏɴ | ᴛᴀɢɢᴇᴅ: Megatron

Starscream smirked with cruel joy. “As you wish, Lord Megatron.” He said, leaving to inform the other Decepticons. Finally, that wretched Autobot leader would fall!

[Kia_Bee]

"What?!" Spitfire exclaimed, looking at the others before looking back at Optimus. "That can't be right. This has to be a joke. This is Megatron we're talking about."

Rusty ran in, panting heavily. "I'm not letting you do this, Optimus! I heard everything. You know he won't keep his word, especially when it comes to you." She said.

[ᴇɴᴇʀɢᴏɴ]

ɪʀᴏɴʜɪᴅᴇ | ᴍᴇᴄʜ | sᴇᴄᴜʀɪᴛʏ | ᴀᴜᴛᴏʙᴏᴛ | ᴛᴀɢɢᴇᴅ: Autobots

Ironhide cut in. “What is she talking about, Prime? How did you get that scum to back off so easily?” Jazz nodded, joining the conversation as well. He had Nightshade pulled close to him. “Yeah Optimus, it can’t be that simple. There has to be a catch.” Optimus remained solemnly quiet.

[Kia_Bee]

Rusty looked at him. "Tell them." She said, her voice cracking as tears formed in her eyes. "Tell them or I will."

[ᴇɴᴇʀɢᴏɴ]

ᴏᴘᴛɪᴍᴜs ᴘʀɪᴍᴇ | ᴍᴇᴄʜ | ʟᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ | ᴀᴜᴛᴏʙᴏᴛ | ᴛᴀɢɢᴇᴅ: Autobots

Optimus closed his optics wearily. “I offered myself in exchange for Fang’s release. Megatron agreed.” The room went dead silent. Shocked expressions were frozen onto the faces of Jazz and Ironhide. They couldn’t believe what they were hearing. It couldn’t be true.

[Kia_Bee]

"Y-You can't!" Spitfire said, stunned. "You know that he'll try to kill you. There has to be a plan you have or something!"

[ᴇɴᴇʀɢᴏɴ]

ᴏᴘᴛɪᴍᴜs ᴘʀɪᴍᴇ | ᴍᴇᴄʜ | ʟᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ | ᴀᴜᴛᴏʙᴏᴛ | ᴛᴀɢɢᴇᴅ: Autobots

“I’m aware of what Megatron plans to do with me, and I’ve accepted it. I will not offer any of my comrades in exchange for another.” Optimus replied.

ᴊᴀᴢᴢ | ᴍᴇᴄʜ | sᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟ ᴏᴘs. ᴀɢᴇɴᴛ | ᴀᴜᴛᴏʙᴏᴛ | ᴛᴀɢɢᴇᴅ: Autobots

Jazz broke out of his daze. “You can’t exchange yourself either, Prime! There’s got to be another way! Something we haven’t thought of.” Ironhide border in agreement.