Day 296-Searching
For two weeks, me and Discord have looked far and wide for Solaris, not allowing anypony else to catch on, but so far, we've had little success. I always hope every night after every search that she'll casually turn up, but like every lookout, she won't show.
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Today, my mission was to investigate a mysterious gathering in a forest nearby Jasper, Nevada. Upon arriving, I heard an explosion and upon finding a safe observation place, I can see Starscream running from Optimus Prime, Ratchet, and Bulkhead, who I can see has already recovered from his injuries, holding three key-shaped artifacts. Starscream typed in something on a remote device and a portal opened in front of him, which he went through and disappeared before the Autobots could catch up, with Optimus giving out a scream of defeat.
"We'll get 'em back," assured Bulkhead.
"The Keys are of no use to Starscream while he's roaming the wild like some Scraplet," said Ratchet. "There must be something we can give him."
"The fate of Cybertron now rests in Starscream's hands, whatever his intention," said Optimus. I don't know what's happening here, but I know that I shouldn't be involved in matters such as this. In fact, after roaming this area, there's still no sight of Solaris, so I decided to just give up for today and just go to the clock tower.
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"I beg of you, my liege, release me from this absurd predicament."
Knock Out was trapped within a wall during an Autobot escape, and Megatron and a blue-colored Decepticon known as Dreadwing was able to notice.
"No," said Megatron. "You shall serve as a constant reminder to those who dare fail me." They then walked away from him and back to the bridge of the Nemesis. "I cannot allow Optimus to be the one to restore Cybertron. We will find the Autobot base, invade it, and retrieve the Omega Keys."
"Been there, done that." Both Megatron and Dreadwing turned to see Starscream standing next to the control panel. "Please, pardon my unannounced visit, Lord Megatron, but I've come bearing a peace offering." Starscream lifted up all four Omega Keys to show to his leader.
***
Me and Discord were sitting on the clock tower, with no ice cream, contemplating our search efforts.
"What are we gonna do?" I asked. "We may never find her."
"You certain you didn't forget someplace to look?" It was Discord who asked the question, and I knew the answer.
"I looked everywhere I know where to get to."
"Yeah..."
"The only place I didn't look is the Everfree Forest. Solaris was talking about that. And the day before she disappeared, you said she was on some big mission."
"I know, but...the place was cleared. There's nothing left."
"Solaris may be there."
"Actually...that's where she came from. The Everfree Forest." I jumped in surprise, only I literally didn't get up.
"Seriously!?"
"That's why she was asking about it."
"I never knew that..."
"Hey, I didn't know, as well. I only knew about it some time back myself."
"She really wants to answer something important. Oh, Solaris..."