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Summary: Navigator's profile and story.
Author's Note: Navigator created by Seawave
Rating - PG
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NAVIGATOR
ALLEGIANCE: DECEPTICON
FUNCTION: NAVIGATOR/WARRIOR
"Follow instincts, not orders."
Profile: Navigation is his speciality. He can tell how far an
object is, it's angle and direction in less than a second. Needless to say he's
an excellent navigator. Apart from navigation, Navigator isn't all that
intelligent. There is a deeper side to him. Although he's excellent at
navigation, he doesn't really like it. He can't go anywhere without looking at
objects, analysing the distances, angles ... It's like reading. His brain
automatically calculates it without him doing anything. Navigator has been
known to successfully navigate his way around the entire Decepticon
headquarters with his optical sensors closed, but prefers to see where he's
going. He feels there has to be more to life than navigation. He wishes he
could be like other Transformers. He tries to, but it's hard for him. He feels
lonely and wishes he had someone to talk to. He feels fighting is a waste of
time and energy and can't see any point in the Transformers war. He would
rather not fight or kill. Navigator will do whatever he's ordered, even if he
doesn't want to. He feels he needs freedom. He feels guilty about something he
did a long time ago on Cybertron. He was ordered to torture a young Autobot to
the death. Although a Decepticon, Navigator did not want to hurt the Autobot,
who was many times smaller than himself. The frightened Autobot begged
Navigator not to hurt him, but as ordered, Navigator began the torture. He
tried to shut out the Autobot's screaming, and found he couldn't go on with the
torture, and stopped it before it killed the small Autobot, and hoped his
superior never found out. He let the Autobot recover and then released him. He
later found out that the young Autobot's name was Orion Pax.
Abilities: Excellent navigation skills. Navigator is quite
large and quite strong. In plane mode, his maximum speed is Mach 9 - Range 5500
miles, armed with pulsar cannons. In robot mode, he carries a shoulder mounted
powerful air-to-ground missile launcher and an electron-pulse rifle.
Weaknesses: Sometimes Navigator gets extremely depressed. This
can hamper his performance. He's also not sure if he wants the other
Decepticons to find out what he's really like. Navigator is slow in virtually
everything except Navigation. He has extremely high fuel consumption.
-- TECH SPECS --
STRENGTH -- 10 INTELLIGENCE -- 6
SPEED -- 7 RANK -- 8
ENDURANCE -- 8 COURAGE -- 9
FIREPOWER -- 8 SKILL -- 8
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NAVIGATOR
A long time ago, on Cybertron, a new
Decepticon was created. His name was Navigator, programmed to be excellent at any
sort of navigation. He could tell how far away a pin was, its exact angle and
direction without blinking. He has never made a single mistake when it
came to navigation, hence his name. There is also a deeper side to him.
Although he is excellent at navigation, he doesn't exactly like it. Although
he's a Decepticon, he doesn't feel ruthless and can't see the point in the
Transformers war. He feels he has yet to find his true purpose in life.
I really need a friend ... thought Navigator sadly to himself. I...
"Navigator," called Megatron.
"Yes, Megatron?" Navigator hid his
irritation at having his train of thought interrupted.
"The Autobots have concealed a powerful
new weapon within the Polyhex boundary. I want you to help us locate it."
Megatron, Navigator and a few other Decepticons flew inside Astrotrain's
shuttle mode.
After a while Navigator said,
"Megatron, I have located the exact proximity of the weapon."
"Where?"
Navigator told Megatron the precise location
of the weapon, its location and angles. The Decepticons found it underground
and commandeered it.
In the next battle, they used it on the
Autobots. Many Autobots were wounded and some killed. Navigator looked at what
was happening and left the battle.
I do not wish my skills to be used for
death and destruction...
Megatron came to Navigator after the battle.
"Battle successful - Excellent results.
Excellent work, my friend."
Don't call me your friend.
Navigator nodded, feeling upset.
Navigator locked the door to his quarters
and sat on his resting ledge.
Those Autobots were hurt and killed
because of me. I know I am a Decepticon, but...
The next day, Megatron had captured a small,
young Autobot The Autobot tried to escape, but couldn't. He became frightened.
Megatron then tied him to the bed with strong energon bands. The Autobot tried
to struggle free.
"Don't strain your linkage, pathetic
Autobot weakling ... You'll never break those energon bands ..."
The small Autobot knew it was no use, but
kept trying.
"Navigator," Megatron said, "
kill this Autobot, will you? I have other matters to attend to."
Navigator froze. Kill?
"I want you to destroy this
Autobot."
Navigator did not want to kill, but felt he
had to obey Megatron. He the Autobot lying on the bed.
I do not want to destroy this frightened,
helpless Autobot but Megatron will kill me if I do not. I feel I must obey him.
He's my leader.
"Well ... what are you waiting for? ...
" asked Megatron, impatiently.
"Nothing, Megatron. I'm just going to
get the Cyber-serum."
"What on Cybertron for?"
"It'll kill him instantly - quick and
painless."
"That's all fine and well, but I want
this Autobot destroyed slowly and painfully ... "
"No ..." the Autobot gasped. his
voice shivering.
He then tried to struggle free. Megatron
laughed evilly and gave Navigator a laser sword. Navigator ignited it.
"No ... Please don't ..."
The Autobot tried to pull himself away.
Navigator didn't want to hurt or kill him, but felt he had to. He held the
sword closer to the Autobot.
I'm sorry ... said Navigator, sadly in his mind, as he stabbed the
sword into the Autobot's chest.
The young Autobot screamed in pain.
Navigator wanted to throw the laser sword away and repair him, but knew he
couldn't.
The Autobot was crying and shivering.
He's so helpless ... Should do this to
Megatron - see how he likes it.
Navigator continued slicing the sword down
the Autobot's middle. He couldn't stand listening to the screaming. It made him
feel terrible. Navigator was shivering inside. He couldn't bear to look
at the Autobot's Pax's face. He could almost feel him shivering.
"Navigator, stop" said Megatron.
Navigator gladly turned off the sword, but
the Autobot was still whimpering with pain.
"Silence, you pathetic Autobot
wimp" ordered Megatron, backhanding him. "Navigator, rip out his
power pack. "
"What? ... but ..."
"But what?" asked Megatron,
surprised.
"But that'll kill him ... " said
Navigator.
"But of course ..." Megatron
smiled evilly.
"All right ..." gave in Navigator,
wishing he could punch Megatron in the head.
"Rip it out - now."
"No ... no ... no ..." wailed the
Autobot, petrified.
"Don't worry, ... " said Megatron
sarcastically. "It'll all be over soon ..."
"He's all yours, Navigator ..."
Megatron walked out of the room. Navigator
dug his hand into the Autobot's body and could feel him trembling. Navigator
put his hand around the Autobot's power pack. The Autobot tried to struggle
free. It was hurting him a lot, and he couldn't.
"No ... please don't ... ple...ease
..." he gasped.
"Sorry ..." confessed Navigator,
softly and sadly, as he ripped out the power pack, trying to be as gentle as
possible. He saw a puzzled look on the Autobot's face just after he said he was
sorry, but he also saw the pain in his face.
"I'm truly sorry ... " said
Navigator, very softly and sadly, looking at the Autobot's body. "How
could I have done this?..."
A tear rolled down Navigator's cheek. He
then wiped it away quickly and walked out of the room to Megatron.
"Here's the power pack" he said.
"Excellent, Navigator, you did a fine
job. Now wash the blood off it."
Navigator looked down at the power pack in
his hand. It was covered in the Autobot's. Navigator felt truly sick. He had
not noticed it before.
"Also, Navigator," said Megatron,
"when you were destroying that Autobot, I noticed you seemed concerned for
him, in your voice and eyes."
"I didn't care for the Autobot,
Megatron," lied Navigator. "I don't particularly like the sight of
blood and guts ..."
"Well get used to it," snapped
Megatron, "and wash that power pack."
Navigator did as he was told.
He later returned to the Autobot's body. He
hadn't looked at the mutilated mess before, feeling certain he would vomit, but
he forced himself to look at it now. Look what you did, you bloody
bastard...How could I have killed someone so young and helpless...
Navigator really wanted to sock Megatron one. But you don't have the guts,
do you? He told himself.
Later, Megatron was in a huff, because the
Autobots had broken in and stolen, as far as he was concerned, the body of the
Autobot, which he had planned to melt for scrap. Navigator was pleased and
hoped the Autobots repaired him, but that didn't make him feel any better with
himself.
The Transformers war raged on for many years
on Cybertron. Navigator could see no point in it. He fought by command only,
not choice. He hated violence, but felt there was nothing he could do about it.
He had considered joining the Autobot force, but there would still be fighting,
no matter what side he was on.
Navigator was lost in one battle. The
Deceptions searched everywhere, but could not find him.
"No sign of Navigator, Megatron,"
informed Skywarp. "We've searched the entire planet. "
"We've been navigatin' for Navigator
and found nothin'" added Rumble.
"He was probably destroyed by the
Autobots" assumed Skywarp.
"They shall pay for it ..."
cursed Megatron.
"It may not have been the Autobots,
Megatron, " said Shockwave, "We've searched Cybertron's exterior and
interior. If the Autobots had destroyed him, we would have found his remains,
but found nothing. I have no further information."
"It doesn't add up ..." said
Megatron, puzzled. "What could've happened to him? ..."
The Decepticons returned to their
headquarters.
When Navigator hadn't returned for many
years. The Autobots and Decepticons all but forgot about him.
* * *
The Autobots then left Cybertron, years
later, as the planet was running dangerously low on energy. They were followed
by the Decepticons. The Decepticons attacked in outer space. During the battle,
the
Navigator was not in the crash, as he was
still missing, and presumed dead when the Transformers left for Earth.
He was not dead. In one battle, he had been
drawn into a black hole. Miraculously, he had not been destroyed by the
pressure. He had tried to escape more times than he'd bothered to count, but he
kept getting drawn back into the hole and almost being compressed to death.
He finally managed to escape.
Navigator found his way back to Cybertron, but found no other Transformers. He
was upset and longed to see his people again. Navigator took a supply of
energon cubes. He spent quite a long time trying to navigate his way to his people.
Meanwhile, the computer on Earth started
reactivating the Transformers. The war began again - on Earth.
The Transformers learned many things. The
Autobots befriended the Humans and swore to protect them and Earth from the
Decepticons.
The Transformers had been on Earth for eight
years before Navigator picked up a faint reading from the third planet of a
solar system in the milky way. He flew to investigate.
"I hope it's them ..." he said to
himself, wearily. "I have been searching for four million and eight years,
four months, one week, two days, twelve hours, five minutes and fifty-five
point five astroseconds."
Navigator flew down to the planet below
where the signals were most strongest. He landed in a meteor crater and
transformed into his robot mode. He then climbed up the wall of the crater and
peered over a rock above. He could not believe it. Navigator fell back
down into the crater.
"I can't believe I've actually
found them ... " he breathed, quietly, with overjoyed tears in his optical
sensors. "I've finally found them ..."
Navigator waited until the battle had ended.
He saw the Decepticons retreating and waited until both Autobots and
Decepticons were out of sight and detection range, then followed the
Decepticons at a safe distance and flew to their undersea headquarters.
Megatron was in the main control room.
"Megatron ..." called Brawl,
suddenly, "intruder outside- Do you want me to destroy 'em?"
"Negative, Brawl, I will decide if the
intruder is to be terminated. Go with the other Combaticons and bring him to
me."
"You got it."
Brawl left with the other four Combaticons.
They flew outside and saw Navigator. Navigator saw they were Decepticons, but
didn't know who they were, as the Combaticons were created on Earth. Navigator
looked at them and did nothing and they began to attack.
Navigator did not want to fight back.
"There's no need to be hostile. I have not come to ... "
"Haven't come to what?"
interrupted Brawl.
"I have not come to fight" replied
Navigator.
"Too bad."
The Combaticons began to fire at him.
Navigator did not want to fight his own kind, but felt he had to defend
himself. The Navigator was unarmed. Onslaught then blasted him with his sonic
stun gun. Navigator fell to the ocean floor, wounded. Onslaught walked to him.
He lowered his gun.
"Who are you, anyway?" he asked.
"Navigator. You could have asked me
that before attacking."
"Ah, shaddup ..." said Brawl.
Onslaught helped Navigator up and took him
inside the Decepticon headquarters with the other Combaticons.
"We've got him, Megatron,"
informed Onslaught, coming into the main control room.
"Who is he?" asked Megatron, not
bothering to turn around, as he was holding a large glass panel.
"He claims to be a Decepticon"
said Onslaught, "but he may be an Autobot impostor. He says his name is
Navigator."
Megatron spun around in shock, dropping the
glass.
"N ... Navigator ..." he said,
still in a state of shock... "I thought you were dead ..."
"Negative, Megatron" Navigator
started to explain, but Megatron interrupted him.
"Where ... where have you been all this
time?"
"Looking for my fellow Transformers -
Decepticons. I ... I was trapped in a black hole for a very long period of
time. Miraculously, I managed to survive the pressure. I survived on energy
particles drawn into the hole. After many years, I finally managed to escape. I
then looked for the other Transformers ..."
"And now ... after all these years, you
have found us ..." Navigator nodded, gratefully.
"It's been a long time,
Navigator," Megatron said, putting his hand on Navigator's shoulder.
"Yes, it has, Megatron. And," said
Navigator, looking at the Combaticons, "my welcome home was hardly
overwhelming."
"Were these scrap piles hostile to
you?" asked Megatron, angrily. "I'll melt them down into paper clips
..."
"It can be forgiven," said
Navigator. "This time."
Megatron began to explain to Navigator about
the Transformers war on Earth.
Earth interested Navigator, but not for its
vast energy resources, but its strange beauty and difference to Cybertron.
Megatron introduced Navigator to the newer
Decepticons and reunited him with the older ones.
Navigator, a few hours later, transformed
into his plane mode and went to explore Earth. He wanted to learn more about
it.
"A very interesting, unique and
beautiful planet" he said to himself.
He observed all aspects of Earth - The
inhabitants, which he found very interesting, the plant life, the cities and
country and nature.
A few days later, the Decepticons attacked
the Autobots.
"Why must we always fight? ..." asked
Dead End, quietly. "It's such a waste of time and energy ..."
Navigator agreed totally, and was glad
another Decepticon shared his view, but he knew he had to fight.
Not many Autobots knew or remembered him,
but Optimus Prime did and he gave a start. I ... I thought he'd been
terminated ...
Ironhide came to him. "Who's the big,
new Decepticreep? I can't help thinking I've seen him before."
"You probably have, Ironhide. A long
time ago on Cybertron."
"Do y' know him, Optimus?"
"Yes, Ironhide, I do."
"What's his name?"
"I ... I can't remember ... It ... it
was a long time ago ..."
"How do you know him?"
"It was a long time ago, Ironhide, some
other time, perhaps."
"'Kay, Chief."
Ironhide and Optimus Prime began to fight
off the Decepticons.
Although Navigator didn't like fighting, he
was quite good at it. He blasted a few Autobots. Some Autobots blasted at him,
but Navigator managed to manoeuvre out of the way in time, both in plane and
robot modes.
The battle ended, with no side gaining
victory. Both sides were running low on energy, and so had to retreat for more
supplies.
Optimus Prime had been slightly wounded by
Navigator in the battle.
"You okay, Chief?"
"Yes, it's just a small blast
wound."
Optimus Prime put his hand over his chest
and stood. The pain quickly wore off. He then walked into Autobot headquarters.
"I cannot remember the Decepticon's
name" he said, "but I vividly remember him. I saw him a long
time ago on Cybertron, many years before we left for Earth. I know virtually
nothing about him. We must capture him to find out more about him. "
The Autobots planned on how to capture
Navigator.
"We'll trick him and capture him at the
next battle" Optimus said.
Navigator got to know the Decepticons and
they got to know more about him. None of them really liked or disliked him.
Navigator walked into the energon room.
There were four energon cubes left in the room. Just enough for him. He had
quite high fuel consumption, so ate quite a lot. Navigator drank three of the
energon cubes and was about to drink the fourth one. Breakdown, a smaller
Decepticon, burst into the room. He saw Navigator, about to drink the last
cube.
"Please ..." he said, desperately,
"... I'm starving...
I need that cube ..."
Navigator hesitated.
"No need to panic, Breakdown. Here. You
can have it."
He handed the cube to Breakdown.
"Thank you."
"It's all right. There's no need to be
so hysterical. "
Breakdown smiled and began to drink the
cube.
"Don't eat so fast ..." said
Navigator, wiping the spilt energon away from Breakdown's face. "It's not
good for you."
"I know. I'm sorry, but you usually
have to be quick around here."
Navigator smiled. Breakdown then left the
energon room. Navigator still felt a little hungry, but he could survive on
three cubes.
Some Decepticons began to tease him about
how much he ate and how slowly he ate it. Navigator was getting upset and fed
up with it.
"Look ..." he snapped, angrily.
"I can't help how much energon I need. It's just the way I am and I don't
like eating fast. There are other Decepticons with high fuel consumption - why
not go and insult them?"
"All right ... relax ..." said
Thrust. "We were just teasin'."
"Well don't." Navigator turned on
his heel and walked away, without saying another word.
In the next few days, the Decepticons raided
a nuclear power plant. The Autobots later attacked to stop them. The
Decepticons were outnumbered, but managed to get away with half the energon
cubes they had stolen. Navigator was about to pick up a few cubes near him. The
Autobots blasted them. The explosion knocked Navigator unconscious.
"Take him back to headquarters,"
said Optimus Prime.
"Lie him down there" said Optimus
Prime, pointing to a large metal bed. "We'll have to wait until he regains
consciousness. Meanwhile, tie him to the bed with energon bands, so he can't
escape."
The Autobots did as Prime said.
Navigator, a short while later, began to
regain consciousness.
"Ohhh ..." he groaned.
He tried to get up, but then realised that
he was tied to the bed.
These bands are quite weak ... he thought. I could easily break them, but I'll
just see what they want with me first.
"Who are you?" asked Optimus
Prime.
"Navigator."
Navigator ... thought Optimus Prime. Yes ... I remember now ...
He paused for a short while. "Where were you when the Transformers left
Cybertron?"
Navigator told them his history, as he had
told Megatron.
"I understand" said Optimus Prime.
"So now you've come to join the war again?"
"I have not come to join the
war, Optimus Prime," explained Navigator, "fighting is pointless. A
waste of time and energy."
Optimus Prime felt the same way, but was
surprised a Decepticon felt like this.
Navigator went on to say, "I have not
come to fight in the war, or to accomplish 'conquest of the universe.' I have
come to be with my people again. I only fight when I have to, or when I am
ordered to."
Optimus Prime was even more surprised. He
was dubious at first, but believed Navigator.
"Sorry ..." he said. "I
didn't realise."
"It's all right" said Navigator.
"I didn't expect you to." " "You're very unlike the other
Decepticons ..."
"Yes, I know."
"Most Decepticons seem to love fighting
and violence, you..."
"I told you, I don't see the point of
unnecessary violence."
"You're quite loyal," said Optimus
Prime, "aren't you?"
Navigator hesitated for a while.
"I don't agree with everything Megatron
says and does and everything he orders me to do, but I feel I must obey him,
even what I don't want to. He is my leader. If I do not obey him, he will
destroy me."
"I understand" said Optimus Prime.
"I'll release you from the energon bands now."
"That won't be necessary."
Navigator, snapped all the weak energon bands around him.
"Then ... then why didn't you try to
escape? ..." asked Optimus Prime, in surprise.
"I didn't know what you Autobots wanted
with me."
"I can't get over how different you
are. I know all Decepticons have their differences, but you seem to be unlike any
of them."
"In a way I want to be the same as
everyone else, but I like how I am inside. My feelings ... about fighting,
other aspects, but I can't tell any other Decepticons ... I ... I feel
lonely..."
Navigator felt he could talk to Optimus
Prime, but for some reason, he felt he couldn't join the Autobots. Optimus
Prime felt sorry for him.
"Have you ever tortured or killed any
Autobot before?" Optimus asked.
The question threw Navigator. There was a
pause.
"If I told you no, I'd be lying. Once
... Megatron ... ordered me to kill a small, young Autobot."
"What was his name?" asked Optimus
Prime.
Navigator thought for a while.
"O ... Orion Pax ... I ... I didn't
want to harm him ... But Megatron ordered me to ... I-"
Navigator closed his eyes.
"He ... he was so frightened ... I
didn't-"
Navigator kept tears back, surprised that it
still haunted him after all this time. "I didn't want to ... he was so ...
so helpless ..."
"It's all right, Navigator," said
Optimus Prime, gently. "I remember."
"But ... how ... could you remember,
Prime?" asked Navigator, confused, "unless Orion Pax told ... you ...
wa... was he ... repaired? ..."
"Yes. He was also reconstructed."
Navigator looked puzzled.
"Is Orion still alive?"
"Well ... yes ... He was repaired by
his best friend Dyon and his girlfriend Ariel and later, badly wounded by
Megatron and an Autobot named A3, later to be known as Alpha Trion,
reconstructed him."
"Do you know who Alpha Trion
reconstructed Orion into? ... I want to see him."
"You already have. He's me,
Navigator."
"You, Optimus Prime?"
"Yes."
Navigator gave himself a few moments for
this to sink in. "I'm... I'm ... truly sorry about what I-"
"I know, Navigator. I've known all
along."
Navigator looked confused.
"But how? ..."
"You said you were sorry before you
killed him ... me."
"I remember now. I'm glad you
understand, Optimus Prime."
Optimus smiled.
"You look hungry, Navigator."
"Starving, actually."
Optimus Prime then brought Navigator an
energon cube. Navigator looked at it.
"Thank you, Prime."
He then slowly drank it. He was still quite
hungry.
"Uh, Prime ... this is a little
embarrassing, but I have ... Uhh ... I have-"
"High fuel consumption?"
Navigator nodded. "How did you
know?"
"There are Autobots of high fuel consumption
too. It's nothing to be ashamed of. How many more energon cubes do you
require?"
"Three ..." replied Navigator.
"My usual intake is four, three times a day ... If it's too much for you
... I..."
Optimus Prime shook his head. "No, it's
all right, Navigator."
He left and brought back three extra energon
cubes. Navigator slowly drank them all.
"The other Decepticons sometimes insult
me about how much I eat and how slowly I eat it and it kinda hurts..."
"That's how much energon you need for
your survival. If you didn't eat that much, you would die."
"I know, Prime, but I-"
"Don't let anyone get to you like that.
The Decepticons often have a go at me, because I hardly eat anything at
all."
"They do?" asked Navigator in
surprise.
Optimus Prime nodded. "Doesn't it
bother you?"
"No. I ignore it. It does not in any
way reflect how I am inside."
"Thanks, Prime. I'll try it."
Optimus Prime smiled, then let Navigator go.
He was very kind to me ... thought Navigator. Understanding, forgiving,
especially after what I did to him, but I just feel I can't join him and the
Autobots ... I wish we weren't enemies, but there's nothing I can do ...
Navigator found it hard at first, but he
managed not to let the teasing get to him, but it still hurt him in a way.
I wish they'd accept me the way I am ... he thought sadly.
Later, he heard a few Decepticons arguing.
The arguing became louder and louder.
"Stop it ..." he heard Rumble say.
"Why should we, creep? " asked
Vortex. "You wrecked the whole spy mission ... "
"Hey ... it's not my fault I slipped
..." protested Rumble.
"Clumsy scrap heap ..." said
Brawl, degradingly.
"Yeah ..." added Swindle. "We
would've had the Autobots if you hadn't've fucked everything up ... If
Onslaught was here, we'd form Bruticus ..."
Rumble tried to get away from the four
Combaticons, but they wouldn't let him. Navigator heard them fighting. The
Combaticons began to bash Rumble up. Blast Off then blasted him with his ionic
disperser rifle. Rumble was hurt and wounded. He couldn't get away or use his
pile driver arms. He became more and more frightened.
What are they gonna do to me? ...
There were a few blasts. Rumble cried out in
pain. Navigator burst out of his quarters.
"Leave him alone" he ordered.
"And shut up!"
Vortex looked at Navigator. "Hah! What
are you going to do about it?"
He kicked Rumble.
"I said, leave him alone" said
Navigator, louder.
"Why should we?" asked Blast Off.
"It's because of him that our spy mission failed. We would've had
the Autobots if..."
"Rumble slipped" pointed out
Navigator. "It was not his fault. It was not
intentional."
"Suppose so ..." said Swindle.
"But he's still a clumsy idiot."
Blast Off pointed his ionic disperser rifle
at Rumble and pulled back on the trigger. Navigator bashed Blast Off's arm
upwards. The blast hit the ceiling. Navigator then grabbed Blast Off's throat
in his one hand.
"I told you all to leave him alone!"
"But he -" gasped Blast Off.
"I don't care!" yelled
Navigator. "He's much smaller than any of you and here, the four of you
are ganging up on him. It isn't fair."
Navigator tightened his grip on Blast Off's
throat. Blast Off started coughing and trying to push Navigator's hand away.
"Stop ..." he gasped.
"Are you all going to leave
Rumble alone?"
Blast Off hesitated for a while. Navigator
tightened his grip a little. Blast Off quickly nodded.
"Guys ... guys ..." he gasped.
"Come on ..."
The three other Combaticons agreed to leave
Rumble be. Navigator then loosened his grip on Blast Off's throat and let him
drop to the floor. Blast Off, on his knees, put his hand over his neck. He then
stood up and walked away with the others.
Navigator looked at Rumble. "Are you
all right?"
Rumble nodded.
"Hey, thanks, big guy."
Navigator smiled and helped Rumble up.
"It's all right. They should've seen it wasn't your fault, and it was
unfair of them to bully you like that."
"Yeah ... But I owe you one."
Navigator smiled. "Don't worry about
it," he said, walking away.
Soundwave came to him later and expressed
his gratitude at helping Rumble. Navigator was glad that some Decepticons at
least had come to appreciate him. Navigator liked helping others. He wished he
could do it more often. He began to walk to his quarters.
"Navigator ..." he heard Megatron
call, "I want you to destroy Optimus Prime."
Navigator jerked a little. "Destroy
Optimus?"
"Yes ... I want you to fly to Autobot
headquarters, and destroy him. I will send the Stunticon Breakdown to distract
Optimus Prime and to steal some energon cubes. Attack without mercy."
"A ... As you ... command,
Megatron."
Megatron smiled, then walked away. Navigator
transformed into his plane mode and flew as fast as he could to Autobot
headquarters.
Breakdown landed and began to walk to the entrance
of Autobot headquarters. As he was walking, he tripped and fell into a small
pool of spilt, highly corrosive acid. It began to eat into him. Breakdown
screamed with pain. Navigator immediately started to fly down to help him, but
he then saw Optimus Prime run out of Autobot headquarters.
I don't want to kill him again ... thought Navigator, but Megatron's orders are ...
and Breakdown's ... Ohh, what the hell am I going to-
Navigator then looked down at Optimus Prime,
who was walking toward Breakdown, who was in excruciating pain. Breakdown saw
Optimus Prime and was absolutely petrified. Optimus walked closer to him.
"N ... no ... pl...ea...ase ... don't
... kill ... me..."
Breakdown was absolutely desperate. He tried
to get away from Optimus Prime, but that only made his pain more excruciating
and unbearable. Optimus managed to get hold of him, who tried his best to
struggle away.
"Do...on't ..." Breakdown's voice
was shivering.
"Relax" said Optimus Prime,
holding Breakdown in his arms, "You're badly wounded. You'll kill yourself
if you keep struggling. I want to help you."
Breakdown was puzzled at first, but let
Optimus Prime take him out of the acid. Optimus Prime lay him gently on the
ground. He gently placed some acetonium liquid onto Breakdown's acid wounds,
which healed them instantly.
"Thank you ... Optimus Prime."
"It's all right, Breakdown, but what
was all that fuss about?"
"I ... I thought you were going to hurt
me ... kill me..."
"I would never hurt someone so
helpless, even if they are my enemy."
Breakdown smiled.
"Just one thing," said Optimus
Prime, "why were you-"
"Megatron wanted me to steal some
energon cubes" said Breakdown, "that's all."
Optimus Prime believed what Breakdown had
said, but not sure if `that was all.' He then let Breakdown go and watched him
fly off. Navigator was still hovering high above the clouds.
Optimus Prime, the Autobot leader, helped
a Decepticon. He saved Breakdown's life. I can't kill him ... I
just can't... He saved a Decepticon's life, and I can't kill him again ...
Navigator left for Decepticon headquarters.
"I trust you destroyed Optimus Prime,
Navigator?"
"Uh, no ... I didn't."
"NO ... What do you mean NO???!!!"
"Breakdown was wounded by some spilt
acid and Optimus Prime saved his life. I thought ..."
"What did you think?"
"I thought because he saved a
Decepticon, I shouldn't kill him."
"Prime sometimes surprises me"
admitted Megatron, "but that is not an excuse for not terminating
him."
"But he saved Breakdown's ..."
"Breakdown is expendable!" said
Megatron angrily.
Navigator felt upset that Megatron didn't
view the situation as he did. He doesn't care much for the other
Decepticons... "I cannot believe it, Navigator. This is the first time
you have ever failed me. You could've terminated Optimus Prime, and you
let the opportunity go."
"But-"
"BUT NOTHING!! I ORDERED YOU TO
TERMINATE HIM!!!"
Navigator said nothing and felt a little
frightened. Megatron blasted him in his arm and chest. Navigator fell
backwards, crashing into the wall.
"I do not understand ..." he said,
sadly, softly.
Megatron blasted him again. Navigator was
confused, frightened and hurt.
"I'll give you ONE more chance
..." said Megatron, "since you're virtually new here - but one chance
only."
Megatron lowered his fusion cannon and walked
away. Navigator was still wounded. He tried to stand up and finally managed to.
He walked slowly to his quarters leaning on the wall. He entered his quarters
and talked to himself about his feelings on the war, unaware that he had left
his door open.
Breakdown was walking passed Navigator's
quarters and walked inside.
"Navigator," he said.
Navigator jerked his head up and gasped.
"I ... couldn't help hearing what you
were saying, and I..." started Breakdown.
"Please don't tell Megatron ...or ...
or any other Decepticons..." panicked Navigator.
Breakdown shook his head. "I
won't" he promised. "I feel the same way too."
"You do?" asked Navigator,
surprised.
Breakdown nodded. "And thanks for
sticking up for me."
"It's a pleasure. I can't see any
purpose in war" Navigator said. "I can see why the Decepticons hate
the Autobots, but personally I don't hate the Autobots at all. Please don't
tell anyone."
"I won't. I promise."
Breakdown could see Navigator still looked
upset.
"Hey, cheer up ... The Decepticons
don't understand me properly either. You don't need everybody to be your
friend, just one or a few. I think you and I will get along just fine."
Navigator smiled. "Thanks."
Navigator was thrilled to have a few friends
amongst the Decepticons, whom he could relate with and talk to. But he felt he
could only talk to Breakdown about private things and joke around with. Even
though Rumble looked up to and respected him, Navigator felt he just couldn't
talk with him the way he could with Breakdown, but he appreciated Rumble's
support.
*
* *
He and Breakdown went out flying, and on
missions a lot together. Breakdown sat in his cockpit. Navigator still wished
the other Decepticons would understand him, but Breakdown was the only one
Decepticon whom really did. Navigator had secretly longed for a friend all his
life, and now he had finally found a true one. He didn't feel lonely anymore.
Breakdown helped Navigator expand his knowledge and intelligence. Breakdown was
absolutely terrific with any type of mathematics. Navigator
helped Breakdown with navigation and various other aspects.
Navigator still had his differences from the
other Decepticons, but he learned to put up with the teasing, which was
becoming less and less, as the other Decepticons were becoming used to him.
Navigator walked into his quarters and
reflected back on his life, the things he did on Cybertron, trapped in the
black hole, trying to find the Transformers ... Even if they didn't accept him
the way he was, Navigator was grateful to be with his own kind again. He still
did not know if he would remain with the Decepticons.
He felt he could not join the Autobots, but
he seriously thought about leaving the war and asking Breakdown to join him and
he decided that's what he was going to do.
*
*