I made a second chapter of non-canon omake story called "General Nemesis One".
Hope you like it.
All For Nothing
Alpha Trion, the last surviving member of the Thirteen Primes, was brought to the golden tower of Sentinel after he was captured by Airachnid, the False Prime's top enforcer. Had he been in better shape, he would have been able to fend the femme fatale off. He was thrown to the room where the Thirteen used to hold their council meetings inside and that he noticed the statues of his siblings were still intact, not replaced with the likes of Sentinel.
"Alpha Trion! You're still alive.", Sentinel mockingly greeted the elder Prime before remarking at the latter's current state. "Would you look at that? You look...
horrible."
Glaring at the smug traitor, Alpha Trion simply asked. "Why?..."
Confused as he was expecting a heroic speech from a Prime to preemptively shut him up, Sentinel inquired. "Why what?"
"Why did you betray us, Sentinel? To turn your back on Cybertron and sided with the Quintessons?", the last Thirteen member responded.
"I'm glad you asked. It's simple really. I seized an opportunity to take control of my future. Anything to get out of working for you and that boring Council of Elders.", the golden winged Cybertronian was more than happy to explain shamelessly. "Seriously, I would watch you Primes spend half the day losing a war despite your great power that once defeated Unicron and the other half sitting around waxing poetry around loyalty and honor."
Sentinel finished, "And now look at you: you're no longer on your
Prime. Get it? Eh? Right, bad pun."
Alpha Trion angrily corrected, "You have a self-serving memory, Sentinel. We were on a stalemate with the Quintessons. We trusted you that you had the information where Quintessa and her commanders are located so we can finally win a big victory and put an end to this war!"
Sentinel casually shrugged off, "Good point but it was
me who ended the war, Alpha Trion. Not the Primes. In fact, Quintessa and I had reached an understanding with mutual benefits. I have the power over Cybertron while she gets the supply of Energon. So it's a win-win for me."
"You may have the power over Cybertron... But can you really rule with that power when you carry a debt to the Quintessons that will never satisfy them? Especially when they remind you who's really in charge after your recent transaction? Quintessa must be laughing behind your back that you are her puppet, not her equal.", the elder Prime shot back with his response.
Annoyed of being reminded of the Quintesson high commander's threat to him recently, the False Prime brandished his collapsible dual-bladed sword and aimed at the neck of Alpha Trion. "Shut up. And speaking of transaction, there were others with you in the cave. Who are they?", he demanded.
Taking a page from Liege Maximo's book, Alpha Trion said with a smirk. "General Nemesis have found my message and sent her scouts to where I was and they saw you."
Groaning at the mention of the femme's name, Sentinel remarked. "Of course, Nemesis. She's a major pain in my aft. Always getting in my way for 50 cycles with her High Guard. If only she could see my side of things and joined me, we could have ruled Cybertron together. Now that I say it, Nemesis Prime has a nice ring to it, don't you think?"
"Ahahahahaha....", the last Thirteen member chuckled before throwing an loud laughter. "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"What's so funny?", Sentinel demanded, intending to kill him on spot for mocking him.
"Perhaps it's best if I show you...", the elder Prime stated before using his power to manipulate the dust particles all around the room despite its pristine looking state to create images of past events, complete with sound effects.
Airachnid moved in to stop him but Sentinel held his hand to halt her while putting away his weapon. "No need to worry. He's just putting a show of his storytelling. I want to see this.", he reassured before adding. "And get the cleaners to remove the filth when it's over."
The dust particles formed the iterations of the Thirteen members when they were alive including Alpha Trion himself at his prime as they transformed out of their respective ground and air alt-modes
* and headed their way towards the mountain's cave where Sentinel informed them about the gathering of Quintesson commanders was held there.
"This is the location Sentinel told us. Once we catch Quintessa by surprise, we will take her down for good and end this thousand cycle war once and for all.", Zeta Prime said, brandishing his Energon Axe.
"Indeed, the Great Deceiver will not escape us this time, Zeta. With her out of the picture, the Quintessons will have no choice but to surrender and agree to any demands we make. Such as the return of the Emberstone she stole from Quintus. She doesn't deserve to be called the "Prime of Life" she self-styled herself as!", Prima Prime agreed as he unsheathed his Star Saber.
Looking around for any sign of Quintessons, Liege Maximo protested,
"But what if it is a trap, Prima? Quintessa might be expecting us and prepared accordingly to take us down where we least expected."
"Then we shall spring the trap and once again thwart the treacherous femme who backstabbed Quintus and started this war. Besides, we've beaten Unicron and came out victorious together as one. The Quintesson Soldiers are nothing compared to the Chaos Bringer and his Terrorcons and their hordes of Infernocons! We'll blast them away to oblivion!", Megatronus Prime reassured with a deep chuckle, charging up his Requiem Blaster arm to emphasize his point.
Nexus Prime sternly warned him,
"Don't underestimate the Quintessons, Megatronus. You might end up losing your head if you're not careful. I lost half of my four component bots to them and had to separate the remaining two away from me. They're currently with General Nemesis taking full command of the High Guard to hold the line until we return victorious or empty handed."
The strongest of the Primes lightheartedly wave him off,
"I know, Nexus. If you're in trouble, I'll be there to bail you out."
"Thanks, I appreciate that.", the former First Combiner nodded.
"So when the war finally ends after a thousand cycles, what will we do in the aftermath?", Vector Prime asked to his fellow Primes, wanting to change the subject.
"We will continue protecting Cybertron and ensuring the prosperity of our people as Primus entrusted us... But I believe it's time we, the Thirteen, will step down and let the new generation take the reigns of leadership.", the leader of the Thirteen stated.
His fellow Primes were surprised of Zeta's declaration. However, they agreed with him because they have their own dreams and aspirations to follow as Alchemist Prime was the first to express it,
"Well, I was thinking of opening a bar. I will call it as... "Maccadam's Old Oil House". There will be free drinks for everyone at the opening ceremony!"
"I will be content at being a head librarian of the Archives. To teach the new sons and daughters of Cybertron of our race's history and imbue them with knowledge and wisdom for the betterment of our world.", the undamaged Alpha Trion said.
"Count me in as your fellow librarian as well. I'll aid in recovering any of the lost records from the war and add them to the Archives to complete them.", Vector Prime chimed in.
Liege Maximo made his piece,
"I would like to focus on the refining of Energon to provide greater energy efficiency for Cybertron. Shockwave and I have been formulating Synthetic Energon. They're still on their experimental stages though."
Onyx Prime declared,
"I will gather what's left of the Beastformers and form a new settlement for them to call home after the war. Still name pending for it though."
"I plan to create the Omega Lock that would help restore Cybertron from its war ravaged state more effectively. It will save time, effort and resources of our people.", Solus Prime said.
"That sounds like an ambitious project. I'm more than happy to help you out there, Solus.", Nexus Prime offered, looking very interested as he shared an affinity for creation with her.
Solus Prime then asked to her other fellow Prime,
"And what about you, Micronus?"
"I'd like to talk to Nemesis regarding her unusual spark. It caught my attention that hers is different from the rest of the Transformers' sparks. I wonder if she's the Point One Percenter from my theory I wrote up...", the smallest Prime replied.
Megatronus Prime glared,
"Leave my apprentice out of it. Whatever she was is none of our business and we have no right to judge her for it when we're unusual ourselves. She's one of us as a child of Primus and it's all that matters."
Micronus conceded,
"Alright, alright. On the other hand, I'd like to open a science academy with Soundwave as my deputy headmaster."
"I hope to rebuild our relations with the Quintessons after Quintessa has been dealt with and to teach them a better path..., Quintus Prime somberly said.
"She held much promise as the first of my creations and I taught her everything I knew... Only for her to misuse it in the path of war and destruction she chose for her own selfishness and greed."
"It's not your fault, Quintus. We can't change the past despite our brother Vector's power of time. But we can focus on the future and learn from our mistakes.", Amalgamous Prime comforted.
"As for me, I would want to be the caretaker of new Transformers emerging from the Well of Allsparks. To teach them how to use their T-Cogs in their first steps of life."
Megatronus Prime spoke up
, "I want to leave Cybertron and travel through the stars with Starscream and any Seekers volunteering as my retinue. To find any Colony we've lost contact with during the war and bring them back to Cybertron's fold."
"You just wanted to get away from the adoring crowd and the merchandise patterned after you, Megatronus.", Liege Maximo retorted in a deadpan manner.
"And whose fault was it, Liege?! I know you're the one who got my face on the merchandise!", yelled the strongest Prime indignantly.
Liege simply gave a cheeky smile,
"I have no idea what you're talking about, brother. Maybe you're just that beloved compared to the rest of us."
"Hahahahahahaha! Maybe we should have our own merchandise as well. To make things even and Megatronus won't have all the spotlight to himself.", Prima mused with a smile.
"As for me, I'll be a simple instructor to train new defenders of Cybertron as the High Guard."
Zeta Prime told his fellow Primes,
"And I will appoint Sentinel to be our successor as the new ruler of Cybertron. The first of the new lineage of Primes chosen to inherit Matrix of Leadership for generations. He had proven himself worthy to be a Prime with his great courage, intelligence, nobility and strength. He was our most dependable advisor and now it will be my turn to be his."
The rest of the Thirteen agreed with Zeta about it and went inside the cave, fully determined to end the conflict today.
After the recollection ended, Alpha Trion dissipated away the dust particle images of the Thirteen. The elder Prime looked up to see Sentinel being stunned in cold shock upon witnessing the Primes' last moments before they met their unceremonious end.
Alpha Trion called out to rub it in with much emotional damage as possible, "It would seem you realize that you've betrayed my siblings and Cybertron to become a Prime. All For
Nothing."
In response, Sentinel backhanded the remaining Thirteen member so hard his remaining left crest broke off, matching his other shattered right crest. "You know what? I changed my mind. I'm not gonna kill you...", Sentinel snarled in fury. "I'm gonna brand you a traitor and have you publicly executed before everyone in Iacon who will be baying for your spilled Energon. That you've been in cahoots with the Quintessons the whole time and murdered your own brothers and sisters. Not only that, you destroyed the Matrix of Leadership to spitefully doom Cybertron to a slow death all this time."
"Not when the truth will bring down your feeble web of lies you've weaved around yourself!", Alpha Trion defiantly yelled.
"Down here, the truth is what
I make it.", the False Prime retorted before using the blunt end of his blade to knock out Alpha Trion, which rendered the latter unconscious and collapsed on the floor.
"Hunt down Nemesis's scouts!", Sentinel ordered his second-in-command. "If they lead you to the secret High Guard base, do not engage and call me in on their location. Nemesis is
not to be underestimated, am I clear?"
"As you command, my lord.", Airachnid complied as she jumped out of Sentinel's tower, transformed into her VTOL alt-mode and rallied her Death Trackers to begin her hunt across Cybertron.
*In Transformers One universe, it's safe to assume that all Thirteen Primes can transform as Alpha Trion turned into a robotic unicorn-lion beast mode to wipe out Sentinel's troops.
