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OKAY OKAY HERE ME OUT: What if Orion Pax was the one sent to the Institute and was forced to go under the Emputara Process? And Senator Shockwave was simply placed in prison? Here's what I think would have gone down: Megatron would learn of what happened and grow upset. At this time Orion and Megatron were friends. So Megatron would gather anyone he can. Some of the highlights would be Onslaught, Brawl, Ratchet, Ultra Magnus, Soundwave, Ironhide, Barricade, and Blaster. They would basically go full ballistic on the Institute and proceeds to raid the entire place, freeing Whirl in the process. They get to Orion, but it is too late, he had already gone under the process. So, in order to keep Orion MOSTLY himself, Soundwave hacks the system and is able to restore most of Orion's emotional processing, but in the end, he could fully revert the process. Orion can feel feelings but can't express them. And his body was heavily manipulated (Think Transformers Prime Shockwave with IDW Comics Optimus Prime). Megatron is so upset and fully opens up the idea of war. In the end many Cybertronians join him, and the war begins.
The two sides are the Autobots and the Decepticons. Megatron leads the Autobots, while the Cybertronian senate lead the Decepticons.
I need more fics that are like this
I might be cooking something myself but still