What... happened to me?
After Optimus Prime came back to life, he raised a hand to his head and looked up at the bewildered projections of the Twelve Primes before him, still somewhat unclear about what was going on.
He seemed to have been stabbed in the back by Megatron.
All he had felt then was a sharp burst of pain, followed by darkness.
Had he been saved?
And what were these projections before him?
They felt somewhat familiar, somewhat comforting—but why were their expressions so comical?
What exactly had happened?
"Uh, our descendant."
After the bewildered Twelve Primes stared wide-eyed at one another for a while, First Awakening Heaven, among the remnant souls of the Twelve Primes, spoke on behalf of the others.
As the first Transformer ever created and the first being to possess the Leadership Module, First Awakening Heaven was indeed Optimus Prime's direct ancestor in name.
"Although we do not know what happened..."
As he spoke, First Awakening Heaven inconspicuously glanced at Xu Yue beside him.
"What we can be certain of is that, even without receiving our power, you already possess the qualifications to contend against The Fallen—and perhaps even the ability to defeat him!"
The Fallen was the original name of The Fallen when he had still been one of the Thirteen Original Primes. He and First Awakening Heaven had been two sides of the same coin, representing the balance of the other side.
Then, he had fallen into darkness...
During World War I, he had decisively betrayed the other Primes and the Creator God who had created him. That was what had allowed Unicron the possibility of rising again from the ashes, and led to the deaths of the other Twelve Primes.
"Young descendant, remember your mission! Before you stands an enemy you