Move to a mining site on Cybertron. The largest mine ever, and where the Energon is mined.
There are a lot of Decepticons there and also some slaves from outside the city who are miners.
Mining with the equipment available there. With the scorching heat of the sun. The slaves were required not to stop mining.
"Keep mining, slaves!... Or your lives will be at stake!"
One of the slaves was seen, his face was not happy to hear what the guard said.
Then with his whip, the guard continued to whip several other slaves who were already exhausted.
"Hey!!! I said keep mining!!!"
"BACK!!!" the sound of the whip.
Another slave was carrying some Energon on his back. But he looked exhausted, his walking was ragged.
Until finally he fell and became unconscious.
"Gosh! These slaves are so useless!! They can't even do this job!"
"Just throw him in and burn him with oil!"
"Heh... That's a crazy idea!"
Then a boy who had fainted was picked up by several guards and thrown into the incinerator.
He burned himself there, and exploded.
"Woww... I almost feel regret!"
"That's fitting for trash like them," said one of the guards.
Even though it was very clear that the unconscious person was still alive, he was simply burned there.
The miner's face was unhappy and he said, "How cruel... ... There's no point in us staying here, because we're going to die anyway."
"Keep digging, Hotrod. They saw us!"
It turns out that the miner is Hotrod, and the one warning Hotrod is Bulkhead, next to them who looks like Bumblebee is Cliffjumper (the difference is he's red).
"Uhggg... but Bulk... I feel so tired!...." said Cliffjumper who was already exhausted.
"Be patient... it's almost break time!"
Then Cliffjumper who was already exhausted started to lose his balance and he fell. But Bulkhead didn't stay silent and tried to help Cliffjumper.
"Cliff... hang in there, buddy!"
"I... can't stand anymore!"
But then the guard saw him and approached him.
"Now... One more thing... why are you guys always making drama?"
The guard came and brought a whip, he seemed to be about to whip Cliffjumper.
"Hey you, leave him and get on with your work!"
But Bulkhead still remained next to Cliffjumper.
"Hey... looks like I'll have to whip you two too!"
"Continue your work... Bulk!"
"And let you be whipped?... no, my friend... just get here!"
"Hey did you hear me!!... leave him and get back to work!!"
Then the guard whipped Bulkhead and Cliffjumper. But Bulkhead with his big body protected Cliffjumper.
"Ah... what is this!" said the guard who was annoyed when he saw it.
Then the guard whipped them both repeatedly. But Bulkhead still protected Cliffjumper. Even though the whipping was very painful for Bulkhead.
Hotrod couldn't stand to see his friends being whipped. Then Hotrod charged at the guard.
"HIYAAAHH!!" Hotrod shouted.
Then Hotrod managed to make the guard fall, then Hotrod sat on his body and hit the guard's face repeatedly.
Hotrod's patience was at its peak. But his action was then stopped by several other guards who came there and beat Hotrod.
"Ahh... Bastard slave!!" said the guard who was hit by Hotrod.
As a result, Hotrod was trampled until he had many wounds on his body.
Then the other guards also beat Hotrod by stepping on his genitals repeatedly.
Hotrod felt so much pain that he finally passed out.
It didn't end there, Hotrod, who had fainted, was dragged by the leg and then tied up and the other leg was left hanging.
In that place, it was seen that it wasn't just Hotrod whose leg was hung like that, around him several people were seen to have been subjected to the same torture.
"I have mercy on you two. It's break time now, if after break you still pretend to be weak, I will kill you!" said the Guard cruelly to Bulkhead and Cliffjumper.
Cliffjumper and Bulkhead then went to a shelter and took a short break there. Although their break time was only 20 minutes.
The food given to them, also can not be said to be adequate. Only a handful of food contains iron.
"... Bulk... You should have let me die." Cliffjumper said.
"..." Bulkhead stared at Cliffjumper silently.
"I can't stand this famine anymore," said Cliffjumper in despair.
"Eat up!... we have to survive!" Bulkhead assured Cliffjumper.
"Come on!!... Your break time is over!" said the guard.
"Twenty minutes... or just two minutes!" said Cliffjumper.
Then the other miners stood up and started working again.
Cliffjumper and Bulkhead then went back to mining. But Cliffjumper kept looking at Hotrod tied up there.
He felt sad and regretful. But he himself was helpless. There was nothing he could do about it.
"Cliff... I think I found a hole!"
"It's probably just a hole!"
"No... Look. It looks like there's a path in there. Maybe... an ancient path. Should we tell the guards?"
Cliffjumper then he was silent for a moment long enough to think.
"... ... ... I have an idea. Maybe there's a way out there." said Cliffjumper.
Cliffjumper then without thinking again, he jumped into the hole and arrived in a very dark corridor.
"Cliff... Wait!"
Bulkhead then decides to go with Cliffjumper. Because he is worried about him.
Cliffjumper and Bulkhead then turned on the lights on their shoulders.
Then Cliffjumper continued walking without paying attention to Bulkhead behind him.
"Cliff... We don't even know what's in there!"
"..."
"Cliff!!"
"..."
The hallway they were walking through was very dark, the walls were covered in rust. But for some reason Cliffjumper didn't care about his surroundings.
They continued through the dark alley, continuing to walk. They came to a three-way intersection. But Cliffjumper didn't stop and continued walking, choosing the left path.
"Cliff... aren't you scared?"
"... I don't care!"
Until finally Cliffjumper spoke in the middle of his journey.
Bulkhead has no choice but to follow Cliffjumper's path.
***
On the other side of the story. Around the mining area. Under the wall, it turns out there are two people infiltrating and monitoring there.
Apparently it was Elita-1 and Optimus who sneaked in there.
"Looks like Megatron isn't there!" Optimus said.
"Why do I hear noise in there?" Elita-1 said.
"We have to focus on finding Energon! Even though there are no cameras here, there are many guards lurking. Maybe we should distract them with a bomb!" said Optimus.
"I think that's a bad idea. We can't move that fast. I mean... That's me!"
"Maybe our hiding place is bad!"
"Yeah... I think this is a good place!"
Then Optimus and Elita-1 accidentally overheard a speech from some of the guards there.
"There's good news, the guards found a mysterious path there."
"Is it true?"
"Can!"
"Then we have to contact Lord Megatron!"
"Mysterious path?" Elita-1 said.
"I saw a box of Energon over there. Any plans to go there?" Optimus asked.
"Hmmm... ..."
"?...?"
"I think... I should show you something!"
"What's that?"
"Something called Hypno Energy."
"Hypno... energy?" Optimus asked.
"I don't know... I only know the name. I don't know what it is. But this thing I'm going to show you... is related to that."
"I've heard something about it... some kind of ancient Energy before Energon. But I don't know exactly what it is either."
"Maybe I'll try it on some of the guards there. Although this power is embarrassing to use. It can only be used once in 24 hours. One thing too... If used excessively there are side effects. Maybe I'll be... embarrassing. Hughhh... you better take care of everyone after I use this power."
"So what?"
"... I'm ashamed to say it!"
Elita-1 then stood up and came out of their hiding place. Then she faced several guards who were near the box containing Energon.
"Hey!! Decepticons!"
"There's an intruder... Autobots!! On that woman!!"
"Elita-1... What are you going to do?" Optimus said, confused as he looked at Elita-1.
But there is something strange about Elita-1.
The guards then gathered and surrounded Elita-1.
"Hey-hey... Are you so desperate that you came here alone?"
"Catch him, guard... then... we'll torture him!"
"Hehehe! Her body is so graceful."
The guards there were clearly very perverted. They wanted to molest Elita-1.
Then suddenly Elita-1 seemed to smile.
"Unfortunately... men like you can't hold back anymore and want to molest me! HAHAHAHA!!!" said Elita-1.
Elita-1 suddenly acts crazy there. And there is one thing different about her. Her eyes were originally blue, but then they turned red there.
"What's wrong with this woman?"
"Maybe he's dying to get married!"
Then suddenly Elita-1 moved very fast and hit the Decepticon Guards right in the vital points that could make her opponents faint.
The Decepticon guards themselves didn't even expect something like this to happen.
There was a guard who seemed a bit scared as he tried to back away. But suddenly Elita-1 was behind him.
Elita-1 then held the somewhat frightened guard by the shoulder.
"Hey-hey... why aren't you like them? Are you scared?"
"I'm not afraid! Not even of you!"
"Are you sure?"
Then Elita-1 rested her chin on the guard's shoulder.
"You feel ticklish... I know what you're thinking."
"Why can't I move?"
"Of course... Because now you are at the peak of your fear!".
Then Elita-1 moved in front of the guard and then pushed him until he fell.
Then Elita-1 sat on the guard's body.
The guard then tried to crawl backwards.
Then Elita-1, gasping for breath, was at a very close distance to the guard.
The distance between their gazes is also very, very close.
"Guess... Am I going to do something?"
"You bitch!"
"And you're a loser! And you're going to sleep for now!"
Then Elita-1 suddenly bit the guard's neck very hard.
"Arghhh!!! Aghhh... Let go of me!! Arghhh!!"
***
It turned out that all of that only happened in the sight of the guards there. They all collapsed unconscious without any clear explanation.
Optimus and Elita-1 are also still in hiding. It seems that is how mysterious Elita-1's power is.
Optimus was also confused seeing the action because nothing happened from his perspective.
Meanwhile Elita-1 looked exhausted.
"Uhhh... Primus. My head hurts!"
"... Very weird!"
"Come on... this is our chance to take some
Energon!" Elita-1 exclaimed.
Then Optimus and Elita-1 immediately ran to the box containing Energon. They both lifted and tied the box to their backs.
The goal is to make it easier to carry items when changing into their vehicles.
Optimus glanced to the right. He was shocked there, witnessing something terrible. Seeing some slave miners there hanging who had also died, but only one was still alive.
Optimus' feelings were immediately struck with anger.
Optimus stepped towards it, but his action was stopped by Elita-1. Elita-1 grabbed Optimus' hand and shook her head, meaning not to be reckless.
Then Elita-1 took the rifle on her back. Elita-1's mainstay sniper. Then Elita-1 handed it to Optimus.
Elita-1 gives Optimus the signal to release the slaves with her sniper rifle.
Optimus then agreed and he immediately took the sniper Elita-1. Then aimed at one of the trapped slaves, at the target who was still alive.
The bullet then shot without a single sound. With a unique bullet that has Boomerang properties.
The bullet managed to release the rope that was entangling Hotrod's leg. Then the bullet headed back to Optimus, and Optimus caught the bullet.
Afterwards Optimus returned Elita-1's sniper. Then he put the bullet in his pocket.
Optimus then looked alert and vigilant around him. Setting his feet, he looked ready to head towards Hotrod.
Optimus then ran, but his running was really fast, and very silent. He immediately grabbed Hotrod and then carried him.
But then Optimus' run slowed down a bit due to the heavy load he was carrying. He was carrying a box of Energon which was also very heavy, then carrying Hotrod. It would make his leg speed even slower.
Optimus would be much faster, we just have him there.
Even though he's a bit slow, Optimus is still fast.
Optimus and Elita-1 then transform into vehicles. Then step on the gas and immediately leave the Mine controlled by the Decepticons.
Hotrod, who was in critical condition there, realized that he was being carried by Optimus. Therefore, he felt relieved there.
To be continued....