Twist

Chapter 31: Challenge

By the next day, Ratchet and Soundwave were busy constructing plans to use Evil Optimus's relic bridge to get back to their dimension. Everyone got together at Airachnid's base, where there was better equipment and a better potential for group work. Optimus and Megatronus were busy helping devise plans to take down Ultra Magnus, while Temptest was left to babysit Megatron.

She had company though.

"So we have to call him Megatronus now?" Miko demanded. "You know, most people shorten their names, not make them longer."

"The author really needed a break from trying to name them when they all have the same names," Raf pointed out. "All we have to do now is find a better name for the weird, new, nice Optimus."

"Easy. Nice Optimus can be Nemesis Prime," Miko pointed at Optimus. "And since Megatronus is too long, we'll call Evil Megatron—"

"Buckethead!" Bumblebee yelled.

Miko blinked. "What?"

"Buckethead," Raf translated. "He said 'buckethead'."

Jack looked at evil Megatron. "His helmet does look like a bucket."

Megatron glared at them. "It's the bucket your corpses will be buried in."

Miko snorted. "You don't want to eat me."

"That's not what I—"

Miko waved him off dismissively and turned around. Megatron's optic twitched and he bared his fangs, but Temptest gave him a small glare. He snarled, but looked away with crossed arms.

Raf shook his helm. "We can't call him Buckethead, because Megatronus has the same helmet."

"You could call them both Buckethead," Ratchet muttered.

"No, thank you," Jack decided.

"I'll keep the name in mind," Temptest hummed. "Might come in handy someday."

Arcee looked at the children seriously. "It isn't a good idea to antagonize him."

"Afraid I'll snap?" Evil Megatron smirked. "Emotional breakdowns are for femmes... and my doppleganger, who hasn't quite matured yet."

"Excuse me?" Megatronus turned around and glared. "I've been leading a war against the Autobots for—"

"The Autodorks," Megatron snickered. "It's a wonder they could manage to be evil in any dimension. Optimus is a lovestruck fool, Ratchet is still on synthetic energon, and Ultra Magnus is a traitor that isn't even from this dimension. How on Earth have they managed to stay ahead of you for so long?"

"We... aren't..." Megatronus trailed off; when he says it like that, it sounds worse than it is.

"But we have a plan now," Temptest pointed out.

"Yeah, like that'll help you much."

Optimus sighed. Could Megatron be any less vexing while they were working?

"Soo, is Nemesis Prime still good?" Miko asked the other kids.

"Didn't Optimus get stabbed by someone with that name?" Temptest questioned.

"Oh yeah," Arcee looked at Miko. "And I believe it was Miko who came up with that nickname too."

"Me?" Miko frowned.

"They've got you three in their dimension too."

"What?" Raf's eyes widened and he took a step back.

"Awesome!" Miko pumped her fist. "So, we're evil, right?"