Far in space, in a distant galaxy, a large object floated through space, a massive machine that no other could even compare to in sheer size and mass. Its path of movement was towards a large, machine planet, where billions of robotic beings went on with their lives, never knowing what was approaching their world. Robot children played as the grown-up style machines went on with their tasks. Some carried flasks and containers to a lab-type building. The scientist there was mixing several chemicals when his helpers arrived and set the tray on the table. Suddenly, the entire planet began to shake, sending the tray crashing to the ground and shattering the flasks. Everyone look up to see the huge mechanical planetoid heading for them, and all recognized it's form. "Orbilus, look!! It's Unicron!" Large horn-like extentions jabbed into the planet, holding it in place as the machine emmited a light from it's single opening, and began to suck material into itself. "Quick, get to the ships, it's our only chance!!" As the planet was being consumed, two small craft managed to escape, but the second of them was pulled back towards the massive machine, spiraling straight inside along with the planet. The material that had been devoured by the machine was quickly grinded up, turning into a liquid-like paste substance as it flowed into power cells and reactors. Energy flowed everywhere through the massive machine, turning gears and lighting up the entire machine as it headed off towards a bright yellow star.
It is the year 2005. The trecherous Decepticons have conquered the Autobot's homeworld of Cybertron. But, from secret staging grounds on two of Cybertron's moons, the valiant Autobots prepare for their retaking of their homeworld.
Laserbeak flew away from Cybertron, heading for one of the machine moons on it's mission. What it saw was exactly what its masters wanted to know. Factories building weapons, Autobot weapons, intended to be used for taking back Cybertron from the Decepticons. Flying to another section, Laserbeak saw something even more intresting; the Autobot command base. It quickly extended a spycam and listened in on the Autobots' plans. "Ironhide," Optimus Prime called. "Report." "Uh," came Ironhide's reply. "Every time I look at a moniter, it sizzles my circuits! When are we going to bust some Deceptichops?!" "Easy, Ironhide," Prime urged. "We can't begin an assault until we have enough energon. I want you to make a special run to Autobot City on Earth." "But, Prime.." Ironhide began. "That's an order." "Your days are numbered, Decepticreeps," Ironhide replied and quickly ran off, transforming into machine mode as he left the building, racing off to another base near the other side of the moon. "Cliffjumper," Prime stated. "Are there any signs of Decepticons in the area?" "All clear here," the red Autobot replied. "Moon Base 1 to Moon Base 2. Do you read?" "Prowl and Spike here. Go ahead." "Any Decepticons in your area?" "All clear here," Spike replied. "We're clear for launch."
Ironhide smiled in his seat at the controls of the shuttle. "We're all set. Ready for launch." "Hey Ironhide," came Spike's voice. "When you get to Earth, tell Hot Rod and Daniel that I miss them, but I'll be home as soon as we kick Megatron's butt all over the galaxy." "Will do, Spike."
Optimus nodded to Cliffjumper. "Begin countdown." Cliffjumper nodded and smiled. "Five, four, three, two, one, ignition!"
Ironhide tapped a few keys and ignited the shuttle's engines, sending the craft roaring off into space and towards Earth.
Prime sighed as he watched the shuttle leave Moon Base 1. "Now, all we need is a little Energon, and a lot of luck." Laserbeak, having completed its mission, flew off back to Cybertron, returning to the Decepticon base there. "Laserbeak returns, mighty Megatron," Shockwave reported as the robot bird entered the structure. Megatron turned at the sound of Laserbeak's caw and smiled. "Excellent Laserbeak. Unlike some of my other warriors," the Decepticon leader remarked, eying Starscream. "You never fail me. Soundwave, play back the data." "As you command, Megatron," the dark blue robot replied, opening his tape deck section. "Laserbeak, transform." The robot bird quickly complied, transforming back into tape mode and entering Soundwave. The blue Decepticon then transformed himself, hooking up to a moniter and displaying Laserbeak's data. "I want you to make a special run to Autobot City on Earth," came the voice of Optimus Prime over the speakers and Megatron smiled. "But Prime..." "That's an order." "Now, all we need is a little energon, and a lot of luck." "Yes," Megatron replied to the screen. "More than you can possibly imagine."
Deep in space, the Autobot shuttle sped along on it's path to Earth, the pilots and crew relaxing as they knew that their launch had been clear, or so they thought. The entire craft rumbled, causing the crew to look back, only to see the side of the shuttle blast open, Megatron and his band entering the shuttle. "Megatron!" "Decepticons!" "Die, Autobots!!" Megatron yelled, transforming into his laser blaster mode and landing in Starscream's hands. Brawn got out of his seat, only to meet a massively upgraded blast from Megatron's barrel, his fusion core failing as a hole was ripped into it. Sunstreaker got out of his seat and drew his gun, but the Constructicons shot him within seconds. A gasp a pain came from him as he opened his mouth, collapsing to the ground. Ironhide and Rachet managed to fire their guns, hitting a few of the Decepticons, but the evil Cybertronians firepower drastically out did the Autobots'. Thundercracker and Soundwave shot the two remaining Autobots with their blasters and Starscream fired with Megatron, puncturing the Autobots' power cores. Megatron swiftly transformed back to robot mode and smiled. "This was almost too easy." "Yes, oh mighty Megatron, Starscream replied. "Much easier than when we attack the real threat, the Autobot base on Cybertron's moons!" "You're an idiot, Starscream, so shut up!!" Megatron retorted. "Don't you get it? We'll slip by the early warning defense systems on Earth in the Autobots' own shuttle, and wipe out Autobot City!!" Ironhide, still active, grabbed Megatron's leg, not willing to admit defeat. "Noo!!" Megatron looked down and shook his head. "Such heroic nonsense." Taking aim at Ironhide's head, he fired, blue flames erupting from the impact.
On Earth, at a stream, two beings were sitting on the bank, fishing. One was a human twelve year old, Daniel Witwicky. The other, was his Autobotized cousin, Hot Rod, once human teenager Derek Witwicky, supergenius, and the one who had discovered the secret of merging Autobots and Decepticons into one. "Fish're jumpin' today, eh cus?" "I guess so," Daniel replied softly. Hot Rod frowned at his human cousin's reply. "What's the matter? You're the one who begged me to take you fishing." "I don't know, Derek," Daniel answered, using Hot Rod's old human name without thinking. "I guess I just miss dad." "Hey," Hot Rod replied, a lighthearted tone to his voice. "Uncle Spike'll be back before you know it...hey!!" He quickly began reeling in his line as he felt a tug. "I caught something!" He brought his catch in and Daniel forgot all about his gloom. "Geeze, look at the size of it!" the boy exclaimed. "It's gott'a be at least two feet long!" Hot Rod smiled, glad his cousin was out of his slump. "It's big alright." Daniel heard a beep from his pocket and fished out a small air/space traffic tracker. A small Autobot insignia marked where an Autobot shuttle was coming in and Daniel hopped to his feet. "Derek, the shuttle's coming in, let's watch it land!" Hot Rod sighed as his cousin ran off, tossing his fish back into the water where it splashed back beneath the surface. "Talk about dull, Daniel." Daniel, on the other hand, was excited as he ran to his hoverboard. He rarely saw an Autbot shuttle come in and he wanted to be a space pilot for the Terran Space Corp when he grew up. Having his dad on Cybertron and an Autobot for a cousin were definite perks and reasons for doing so. "Hurry, or we'll miss it!" He got on his board, tapped the power switch with his foot, and felt a jolt as the board lifted up off the ground and shot off, the air rushing over his face as he raced along the crude grass covered path. Hot Rod followed his cousin as they went down the path and shook his head as Daniel raced ahead. Kid's too full of energy...just like me. Daniel was having the time of his life, then gasped as he skimmed over a bush and hit a large rock, shorting out his hoverboard. Fortunetely, Hot Rod was right there to catch him just in time. "Thanks..." "If you're gonn'a ride, cus," Hot Rod replied. "Ride in style!" He swiftly transformed into his sleek sportster vehicle mode, dropping Daniel in the driver's seat and shutting the canopy in one fluid movement. "It's jet time!" Daniel was amazed by the view and looked through the canopy to see the glistening Autobot City in the close distance. "Hey, let's stop here!" That merely got a joking scoff from his ride. "Daniel, come on! Why settle for a peak, when you can see the whole show from Lookout Mountain!" He accellerated even more up the road, getting some strange looks from humans and Autobots alike and raced for the towering mountain that the road led up to. In the way was some kind of construction crew working behind a road block. Kup was directing Bluestreak and Sideswipe as they moved a sign into place. "A little to the left... A little bit more..." That's when he heard a powerful engine approaching and turned to see Hot Rod racing right for them. "Cover!" Hot Rod rammed right through the road block and barely missed hitting Kup as he raced up the road. "Sorry!!" "Turbo charged punk!" the older Autobot yelled in reply. "One of these days, I'll straighten you out!" Hot Rod merely laughed to himself. Kup had been trying to "straighten him out" for almost five years now. Thank god for being part human. He skidded to a halt, let Daniel out, and transformed back to robot mode as the boy ran over to the telescope mounted at the edge of the dais. "Hot Rod," Daniel called, one of those rare moments when he used his cousin's Autobot name. "Look! There's a hole in the shuttle!" That got Hot Rod's undivided attention, and surprise. "There's what?!!" He quickly activated his helmet's scanning visor, which slid down over his eyes, and looked at the shuttle. Magnifying his view, Hot Rod gasped as he saw the hole, and who was standing in the view. "Starscream?! The Decepticons!" He raised his arms and started firing like crazy at the shuttle, managing to hit Starscream dead on. "Gotch'ya!!"
"AAAHHHH!!!" Starscream let out a painful yell as Hot Rod's shot hit him. "Autobots?!! But we're in their ship!!" Megatron smiled sadistcally at the sight. "Then why don't you just repay them the favor, and fire back?!" "Right!" Starscream replied, and he fired away with his arm mounted cannons, returning fire on the half-human Autobot and the human boy. "Take that, Autorot!!" Megatron shook his head in dismay. "Uh...why me?"
"What's that damn fool doing?!" the older blue Autobot said as he saw the laser fire go back and forth between the shuttle and the dais on Lookout Mountain.
Hot Rod continued his assualt and finally blew a massive hole in the engine block, causing the Decepticons to evacuate the shuttle prematurely to their plan. All the jet-type Decepticons transformed as Megatron yelled his single order. "Attack!!!" He flew over and aimed at the dais, firing at Hot Rod, who dodged the blast and ran to his cousin. "Daniel!!" Megatron fired off another blast, and blew the dais in half, sending the section that Hot Rod and Daniel were on sliding down the mountain side. Hot Rod leapt off the crumbling remains of the dais and sailed towards a flat hill top, Daniel yelling as the two fell. Blitzwing flew overhead, transformed to robot mode in midair, then transformed to tank mode as he landed and took aim at Hot Rod and Daniel. "Come on down and play, Autobrat!" Kup ran up the path, saw Blitzwing transforming, and swifty transformed into a large blue low-rider pickup truck, raced towards Blitzwing, and reverted to robot mode just as the Decepticon had locked on to his targets. The Autobot swung around up onto Blitzwing's back and pulled hard on his cannon, throwing off Blitzwing's aim as the blast shot out. Hot Rod ducked under the blast and the purple shot slammed into Kickback, who fell from the sky and tumbled down the mountainside, slamming into Blitzwing as the older Autobot leapt away. Hot Rod slide down the side of the hill with a smile on his face, Daniel still in his arms. "Geeze, not bad for an old timer." "Old timer?" Kup turned to face Hot Rod with a stern look. "That's something you'll never be if you don't get back to the city!" "Save it, Kup!" Hot Rod yelled and he shoved his companion to the ground just as Strascream came screaming by, lasers plastering the ground. The trio barely avoided getting hit, and Hot Rod frowned as they got back up. "It's time to kick the tires and light the fires! Let's rip!" The two Autobots transformed, Daniel back in Hot Rod's driver's seat as they all tore off down the road, heading for Autobot City, which was now under full attack.
In Autobot City, a red and grey Autobot, Perceptor, transformed into his microscope mode, scanned the oncoming Decepticons, and reverted to robot mode as several Autobots in vehicle mode drove up, transforming to robot mode as Perceptor approached them. "Ultra Magnus!" Perceptor called to the largest one. "A cursory evaluation of Decepticon capability indicates a distinct tactical deficiency!" "In other words, Perceptor," Magnus replied, as usual not getting a word of techno-babble that Perceptor used. "We're outnumbered!" the green Autobot translated, raising his arm and flipping out a blaster, firing at the oncoming Decepticons. He missed and was answered by several shots from the enemy robots, causing everyone to drop for cover. As they all got back to their feet, Magnus frowned and faced the group. "Springer," he said to the green Autobot who had fired off the shot at the Decepticons. "You and Arcee transform Autobot City. Perceptor, tell Blaster to contact Prime for help." A light blue Autobot in the group moved in a blur as he changed his position. "WhataboutmeMagnus? Whataboutme? Hmhuhhmhuhhmhuh? Icanhelp,Iwann'ahelp, whataboutme?" "Blurr," Magnus replied. "You can help me alert the others." Blurr smiled with delight. "Absolutelypositivelydefinitely! Nobodycangetajobdone fasterthanIcan,nobody,nobody,nobody!!" The two transformed and drove off as Perceptor raced to find Blaster, and Springer started off to transform the city. "Come on Arcee, let's go!!" "But Kup and Hot Rod are still outside the city!" Arcee replied, activating her scanning visor and seeing the two mentioned Autobots dodging laser fire from the Decepticons. "We can't wait for them!" Springer replied. "They'll have to take care of themselves, this is Hot Rod we're talkin' about. Come on!" The two raced down the stairs to where two devices were, and Springer grasped one of the devices, pulling it outwards as Arcee rotated and pulled the other. Sections of the city began to retracted and change to reveal massive weaponry. Several sections folded in and shut off to prevent invasion. Arcee and Springer ran through a closing corrider, Starscream close behind and firing like crazy at the two. "He's persistent I'll give him that..." "Pathetic fools!!" the Decepticon yelled. "There's no escape!!!" The two Autobots reached a doorway just in time, and Starscream found that his way out was rapidly closing. He shot up into the air, but his foot was catch by the first closing roof, and the second was approaching, poised to crush him. Cringing as he took aim, Starscream fired and flew off just in time, his foot blackened a bit from the burn. "Ow, my foot!!"
Arcee and Springer quickly activated the last of the transformation systems for Autobot City. Blast doors and energy resistent panels slid into place as several Autobots made it inside just in time. Megatron snarled as he reached a blast door, fired twice, and looked back. "Instecticons! Breach their defenses!!" Shrapnel and one of Kickback's clones flew over and began chewing at the blast door. "Delicious," Kickback's clone remarked. "Eh, Shrapnel?" "A little heavy on the electrons," Shrapnel replied. "Electrons..." At that moment, the bridge pulled away from the doorway and the clone was pulled with it. Kup and Hot Rod were racing towards that very door at that moment, and Kup growled as he saw the Instecticons. "The Insecticons are in our way!!" Hot Rod, on the other hand, was grinning to himself. "Wrong!" he replied. "They're our way in!! Yee-haw!!" He accellerated even more and used Kickback's clone as a jump ramp, flying over the gap and hitting Shrapnel as he tore off into the city. Kup got the idea, sped up, and hit the clone just as it was climbing back up, crunching it's head in and flying over the gap, knocking Shrapnel off the ledge and following Hot Rod as a stronger second set of blast doors closed behind them.
Up in a crow's nest gun tower, a red and white Autobot, Blaster, was firing at the flying Decepticons and having a blast. "Look out and shout, ow!!" He looked over and saw the Insecticons trying to chew through the City's armor again, and smiled sadistically. "Look's like I get to lay some laser slugs on the overweight bugs!! Good night!" A laser blast shot out and slammed into the Insectcons, sending them flying off. Blaster smiled even wider as he continued to make bull's eyes. "Hits, people! I'm talkin' hits here! Hits with a capital H, as in Hard, Heavy, and...." He looked back and saw Peceptor climb into the crow's nest, and quickly cut the comment. "Hey Perceptor! What's shakin', other than this city?" "Blaster!" Perceptor replied. "Ultra Magnus send orders to contact Optimus Prime on Moon Base 1!" "Alright!" Blaster replied. He tapped a few keys as he continued, his control panel lifting up. "Cut me a receptor, Perceptor!" He transformed into a ghetto blaster boom box, and hooked up with the satellite dish on the roof of the building. "Optimus Prime! Do you read me?! The Decepticons are blitzing Autobot City! We're really takin' a pounding! Don't know how much longer we can hold out!" "Soundwave, jam that transmission!" Megatron ordered on the ground, pointing at the dish on the roof. Soundwave stepped forward and pressed his Eject button. "Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, Ratbat, eject. Operation: Interference." The four robot cassettes ejected and transformed. They landed on the roof, tore off the dish, and threw it down. Rumble grinned evilly as he looked at the two Autobot's inside the crow's nest, Blaster reverting to robot mode. He transformed his arms into piledrivers, and took position. "First we crack the shell," he said, pounding his piledrivers on the glass. "Then we crack the nuts inside!!" He finished his weakening of the glass, and slammed down his foot, smashing the glass, and the four "cassetticons" fell into the chamber, all four attacking Perceptor. "Run Blaster!" Percetor begged, doing his best to fend off the Decepticons. "Save yourself!" "No way!" Blaster replied, kicking Ravage away as the robot panther jumped at him. "Two can play!!" He tapped his own eject switch and grinned as his "cassettobots" shot out and transformed. "Sic 'em!!" Rewind, Bolts, Cubbie and Stripes all slammed into the Decepticon cassettes, and Percpetor got back to his feet. "Do you think you you got through to Prime?" "Let's hope so," Blaster replied. "Otherwise, we're all going to look like burnt out toasters."
As the battle continued, Blurr was firing like mad while pulling point defense. "We'vegotDecepticonsatthegates,Decepticonsintheair,Decepticonsinsidethewalls, DecepticonsDecepticonsDecepticons! Ifwepickthemoffthewall,theyshowupintheair. Ifweshootthemoutoftheair,theyshowupatthegates,andwheredoesthatleaveus,nowhere, that'swhere!!" Springer raced down a set of stairs, racing to a large launcher, and started pushing against it. Arcee was dragging in the lifeless bodies of Windcharger and Wheeljack, shocked at how much death had happened. "Come on, Arcee!!" Springer called. "Megatron's making his big push, and we've got to bite back!" Arcee looked at the dead Autobots, then turned to help Springer, both of them pushing the launcher into place. Kup, Hot Rod, and Daniel ran in at that moment, just in time to help. "Keep at it, Springer my boy!" Kup called as he and Hot Rod began to help push the launcher, Daniel pushing on a wheel. "Helps at hand!" He took a position, and readied himself. "Together now!!" All five pushed with all their strength, and the launcher slowly rotated into position. Arcee looked to Hot Rod with a small smile on her face. "I was afraid you two would be trapped outside the city." Hot Rod returned the smile. He knew that Arcee liked him more than just a friend, probably because he had saved her life more than once. "Hey, you know me, I wasn't worried for a second!" "Then you probably didn't understand the situation," Arcee retorted playfully. "Wouldn't be the first time," Kup put in. The five got the launcher into position, and Kup let out a sigh. "That did it." Daniel ran over to a ladder and climbed up to see Megatron and the Constructicons. "Kup, Hot Rod! Look!!" Kup ran over and gasped as they watched the Decepticons. "Constructicons!!" Megatron ordered. "Merge for the kill!!" "Devastator!" Kup gasped out. "Guys, we've got a problem!!" The Constructicons united into Devastator, and moved towards a wall. "Prepare for devastation!!" Springer snarled as he grabbed a rocket and loaded it into the launcher just as Devastator began to pound on a wall. "I've got better things to do tonight than die!!" He grasped the firing control, pressed the switch, and sent the missile flying off at the Decetpicons, the warhead impacting on Devastator's back, but the blast didn't even faze him. Two more missile went flying off at the Decepticons, and Devastator replied by peeling off a piece of wall armor and flinging it at the launcher area, causing the Autobots and human boy inside to evac the chamber. Lasers and missile went everwhere as the battle continued, the Autobots fighting valiently against the invaders, but it wasn't enough to stop the Decepticons; the Autobots were simply outnumbered. Soon, the defense cannons failed, and the Decepticons had breeched the City's defenses. "Their defense are down," Megatron shouted. "Let the slaughter being!!" Devastator ripped into a section of the defense walls, and Decepticon after Decepticon stormed the City, Autobots quickly coming to fight them, but the battle was almost hopeless. Just then, they heard a roar from overhead, and looked up to see another Autobot shuttle approaching, and Megatron was horrified at the sight. "NO!!!"
Inside the shuttle, Optimus Prime piloted alongside Bluestreak, and he turned to the Dinobots. "Dinobots, go down and take out Devesator." "Rrrr! Me Grimlock love challange!!" the Dinobot leader replied as he led his three fellow Dinobots. The four saurion machines swiftly transformed as they fell towards Devestator. The huge Decepticon saw the attack, and kicked Grimlock, slamming his fist into Sluge as the Brontosaurus robot landed, picking him up and throwing him away. Slag rushed at Devestator, slamming the huge decepticon into the walls of Autobot City. Swoop quickly swooped in, only be grounded as Devestator brought down some of the wall he had been pounding.
Back at the shuttle landing site, Optimus Prime survayed the damage, fury rising at the cost of all the needless destruction. His people were dying now, and it was all because of one being. "Megatron must be stopped, no matter the cost." With that, Prime transformed into his vehicle mode, whirs and thumps emanating from his body as he transformed into a huge semi-truck, trailer appearing behind him. He tore off down the street, knocking over the larger Decepticons, and crushing some of the smaller ones. He then transformed back into robot mode, trailer vanishing, and Prime leapt into the air with his jump jets, firing down Decepticons with his huge plasma rifle. As he landed, more and more Decepticons fell to his awesome power, holes blasting open in the bodies of even the strongest of Decepticons soldiers. Soon, he found Megatron, and took aim at the Decpeticon leader. "Megatron!!" Megatron turned to face him. "Prime!" "One shall stand, Megatron." Optimus Prime replied. "And one shall fall." "Why throw away your life so wastefully, Prime?!" Megatron retorted. "I was just about to ask you the same thing, Megatron." The evil Decepticon leader snarled, grasping his cannon. "I'll crush you with my bare hands!!!" He leapt at Optimus, sending them both to the ground as their battle began.
Dax quickly blew a hole in an Insecticon Clone's chest, then turned to see the battle and snarled. "No way!!" "Dax, stay out of it!! That's Prime's fight!!" Kup yelled, but the younger Autobot just ignored him. "But I've got to help Optimus!!" Hot Rod saw his friend and ran to aid him. "Dax, wait up!!" One of the Decepticons leapt into Hot Rod's path, laughing evily. "Ready for death?!" "Who the hell are you?!" "I am Plague!" the 'Con snapped back. "Newest of the Insecticons, and merge of my brothers' best..." The half-human Autobot fired both of his arm blasters into the Decepticon's stomach at full power, shoving the now dying machine out of the way as he ran to catch up with Dax, but he knew that he would never make it unless Dax slowed down. "Yeah, you're a dumbass just like your brothers, none of you ever shut up...Dax, wait for me!!"
"I'll rip out your optics!" Megatron yelled as his hands descended towards Optimus Prime's face. Both he and Prime where lying on the ground they paid no attention to the chaos and destruction that went on around them, only ending this rivalry mattered now. "NO!!!!!!" yelled Prime as he hit Megatron in the jaw, knocking him back a few meters and allowing him time to get up "This ends now, Megatron. Too many good people have died already....I will not allow this to go on any longer! The death and carnage ends now!" Suddenly Prime was hit by a blast of laser energy as Megatron scored a direct hit in his side. "Shut up Prime!" he yelled, firing again, but missed as Optimus ran directly at him and rammed him into a wall. Megatron grabbed a sharp pieces of rubble and, as Optimus smashed him into the wall, stabbed it directly into the hole caused by his cannon. Prime gasped into severe pain, and took his rifle, smashing Megatron across the face with it's barrel. Megatron fell to the side and fired again, his blast hitting Optimus in the shoulder, and watched as pain again showed on the face of his greatest enemy. He suddenly was struck by a blast from Optimus' rifle, and a feeling of great pain shot through him as his cannon was actually blown off of his arm. His mind wheeled through the pain. Megatron ran at Optimus, suddenly desperate as his primal feelings took over. He had to survive, he had to destroy Prime, those were the only thoughts he had as he ran, trying to ram Prime and give him a few more seconds to attack. Prime somehow knew what was happening as he threw out his arm catching Megatron and throwing him over himself to the side of a rather sharp cliff. Prime grabbed his gun and walked over to Megatron; it looked like finally after all of these years victory would be his..... Megatron had the same feeling as he spied a gun laying on the ground, it's previous owner, Dirge, now lay half dead on the ground muttering. It was hidden and he was sure Prime hadn't seen it so he just had to buy himself a little more time. "Please, Optimus Prime, grant me mercy," Megatron said. "I beg of you!" "You, who are without mercy, without remorse, now plea for it?!" Prime replied. "You disgust me Megatron!" Megatron slowly reached for the gun when suddenly a shout of "No you don't, Megatron!" was heard and Megatron was tackled just a few inches from his target. Dax needed to help; that was the only thing that shot through his mind as he attacked Megatron. It was foolhardy at best; Prime could have taken care of Megatron if he hadn't interfered, but he hadn't thought of that. Instead he acted on his base emotions, and now he was fighting Megatron, most likely going to die, as Prime stood trying to shoot, pleading "Get out of the way Dax!" Suddenly, Megatron grabbed him and the gun, and he knew it was all over.... Megatron grabbed the little pest at the same time he grabbed the gun. Not what I had in mind, but it does give me some extra time, he thought as he hurled the Autobot at Optimus Prime, making him stagger back and fall over as the weight of Dax hit him. At the same time, he fired blast after blast after blast from the gun. The first bolt of energy hit Dax right in the stomach, blowing a nice sized hole in him and even doing some damage to Prime. The next bolt hit Prime in the chest, and the last blast hit Dax again, doing even more damage and going all the way through him and then smashing through into Optimus Prime. "Fall, fall!!!!!" Megatron yelled as he saw both opponents go down. He walked over the bleeding wreck that used to be Dax, who was still clinging to life, and stood over Optimus Prime who was obviously dying. "I would have waited an eternity for this...it's over Prime" Optimus snarled as he gather his strength for one last action. "No...it's not!!" He sprung into action and swung with both of his fists, smashing into Megatron's face and sending the Decepticons over the ledge. Megatron managed to grab Dax as he fell, and used him as a cushion, getting helped back to his feet as Soundwave walked over. Megatron wasted no time once back on his feet. He grabbed Dax, and smiled evilly. "You will be an excellent test subject for our merging experiments." Turning to his forces, the evil leader continued. "Gather up the dead and put them in Astrotrain...the Autobots are sure to retaliate hard for this. Starscream, get a sizable force down here to drive the Autobots out of the city." Starscream snarled at the order. "How can we take the city, when the Autobots are still here?!" "You're an idiot, Starscream," Megatron replied. "They are beaten, and Prime is dying. They don't have a chance..." "Heads up, Deceptishits!!" "Huh?" Starscream said as he looked up in time to see Hot Rod jumping toward him from the ledge above. The Autobot landed right in front of him, and blasted him point blank in the chest, sending Starscream to the ground in agony. Soundwave fired at Hot Rod, but the half-human Autobot was too quick, and he dodged the shot. Hot Rod lunged at Soundwave, landing a punch to his face. Soundwave fired his weapon at Hot Rod as he fell, barely missing, and threw him off balance. As Hot Rod fell, he fired at Soundwave, tearing open his shoulder. Starscream was crawling towards Astrotrain. Soundwave grabbed him, and helped him into the shuttle. "Astrotrain, take off!" Megatron ordered. Soundwave collapsed against the wall within Astrotrain. His wound was more serious than he had first realized, and he lost consciousness as Astrotrain took off into space.
Back in Autobot City, things were somber and mournful. Many had died in the battle, but the greatest blow to the Autobots' spirit was Optimus Prime, who now lay on a bed, hooked up to scanners and life-support. Silence filled the room as Perceptor transformed into robot mode, having completed his scan of Prime's injuries. "I fear the wounds, are fatal." Daniel looked at the Autobot leader with fear. "Prime, you can't die." "Do not grieve," Prime said weakly. It was obvious that even speaking was becoming painful for him, and that it was taking all his strength to do so. "Soon...I shall be one with the Matrix." Hot Rod stepped forward. "Prime, I'm sorry..." Optimus turned his head painfully. "Ultra Magnus, it is to you, old friend, that I shall pass the Creation Matrix, as it was passed to me." "But Prime, I'm just a soldier, I'm not worthy." Ultra Magnus said quite honestly. Optimus shook his head. "Nor was I. But one day, as Primus foretold it, an Autobot shall rise from the unknown," he said weakly, "and unlock the power of the Matrix in our darkest hour. Until that day, 'til all are one." Prime opened up his chest plates and took out the Matrix, but faltered and dropped it. Hot Rod caught it, and a burst of light flashed out, freezing time for the briefest moment as the Matrix took notice of Hot Rod's hands. Time started again as Hot Rod handed the Matrix to Ultra Magnus, who opened his chest section and placed the Matrix within himself. "Lead them well, old friend." Optimus said weakly. The lights in Prime's eyes flicked, then they went dark completely as his body turned grayish black, and his head fell to the side. Arcee bowed her head, as did Ultra Magnus and all the others in the room, except for Daniel who, unable to hold back his tears, broke down and began to cry.
As Astrotrain flew through space, he knew something was wrong; there was to much weight. He cursed, then told everyone inside the news. "Jettison some weight or we'll never make it back to Cybertron!" Megatron looked up, startled, and then hid the look from his face. He stared around at all of the dead bodies including that of the Autobot Dax, who was still clinging on to life somehow. He hated having to do this, but it looked like they would have to throw the bodies into space. "Fellow, Decepticons. I am afraid that we will be forced to throw the dead from the shuttle. I realize that this will not allow them to be given a proper burial, but I see no other choice." As if on reflex, the other Deceptions took the bodies and, after Astrotain opened the hatch, threw them into outer space. Dirge, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Plague and the Insecticons clones, and Dax were thrown into space. Blitzwing went to push Soundwave out, but the cassetticons ejected and move to prevent the action. "No way!" Rumble and Frenzy said. "Soundwave stays!" Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, Ravage, and Ratbat were all there as well. Blitzwing pointed his gun at Rumble's head and gave a sadistic grin. "If you wish, you can join him." "Umm, that's okay," Rumble replied. He and Frenzy pushed Soundwave out, regretting it, but they knew they had no choice if they wanted to live. Suddenly, Megatron felt himself be pushed forward and shot his hand out into a wall to keep from falling out. He whiped around, expecting it to have been Starscream who tried to shove him out, but instead found Blitzwing! "Blitzwing?! What's the meaning of this?!" Blitzwing grinned and shoved the wounded Starscream into Megamtron, sending them both out the airlock. "The new regime, mighty Megatron." "Blitzwing!!!" Megatron yelled as he and Starscream went flying into space, staring as Blitzwing shut the hatch. "Well," Blitzwing began, turning back to the other remaining Decepticons. "Since Megatron has, how shall I say, departed, I nominate myself as the new leader!" Scrapper stepped forward to challange the announcement. "Wait, the Constructicons form Devastator, the most powerful robot!! We should rule!!" That's when the Combaticons stepped forward. "In your dreams, fathead! Bruticus is superior, Devastator is inferior!!" "Who are you calling inferior?!" Bonecrusher demanded. "No one would follow a bunch of brainless muscle-heads like you!!" Hook added. Rumble and Frenzy were quick to defend their only "friends" besides Soundwave, whom had been thrown out. "Hey, nobody calls our buds brainless!!" Rumble yelled. "Yeah, let's kick tailgate!" Frenzy added. "Constructicons, unite!!" Scrapper called, and the Constructicons began to join, forming into Devestator. "No way!" Rumble and Fenzy yelled, their voices creating a stereo effect, and their piledrivers knocked Devestator apart. Civil war broke out in Astrotrain's cargo hold, and he wobbly flew on towards Cybertron, glad that he would soon have the weight out of him.
Megatron floated through space, furious at Blitzwing for doing this to him. But, Megatron knew that within a few hours, he would die, and Blitzwing was by now leading the Decepticons, if someone else hadn't blown him apart by now. "I swear," Megatron stated. "I'll get you for this, Blitzwing!!" As he and the other dying Decepticons floated through space, Megatron detected a powerful energy field approaching the aimlessly floating robots. "What in the name of Cybertron?" "Megatron...." The former Decepticon leader turned around, and saw a huge object before him, a planet sized machine moon that slightly resembled something out of that human movie with the psionically empowered brotherhood of do gooders, and the primitive excuses for robots. "Who are you?" I....am Unicron. I have summoned you here for a purpose. " "No one summons me!!" Megatron replied, still stubborn to the end. "Then it pleases me to be the first." "Spare me the humor," the Decepticon replied, not realizing what he was up against. "What do you want?" "This is my command," the massive worldbot answered. "I want the Creation Matrix destroyed, it is the one thing, the only thing that stands in my way." "You have nothing to worry about, Unicron," Megatron responded. "I already crushed Optimus Prime with my own hands." "You exaggerate," Unicron replied. "The point is," Megatron snapped back. "Prime is dead, and the Matrix died with him." "The point is, you're a fool, Megatron. The Matrix has been passed on to the Autobots' new Leader, Ultra Magnus. I want it destroyed." "And just what," Megatron replied. "Do I get out of it?" "Your bargaining posture is highly dubious, but very well," Unicron answered. "I will provide you with a new body, and new troops with which to command." "And?" "And nothing!!!" Unicron bellowed. "You belong to me now." "I belong to no one!!" came Megatron's defiant reply. "Pehaps I misjudged you," Unicron said with a trace of disappointment in his voice. "Proceed, on your path to oblivion." Megatron screamed as pain blasted through him, red light streaming from Unicron as he began to pulled the Decepticon towards his opening. "Wait!!! I accept your terms!!" "Excellent....." That's when Megatron felt it. Pain that had no words to descripe it. For a while, he though that he was going to overload, but then the pain faded as he felt himself re-energize and repair. Corners smoothed out, colors shifting, body reformating itself. Soon, his change was complete, and Megatron looked at himself. "Behold..." Unicron proclaimed. "Galvatron!" No longer was he the bone white, sharp angled Decepticon he had been. Now, he was a deep silver with purple sections, and his body was rounded where it had once been cornered. His eyes had changed from red to a yellow color, and his black sight scope shaped cannon had been replaced by a orange-ish sphere cannon. "And these shall be your minions...." The other dying Decepticons were pulled towards the worldbot as well, their forms shifting into new ones. "Scourge, the hunter, and his huntsmen, the Sweeps." Plague's shape change, no longer boxy like he had been, and the Insecticon clones became streamlined as well, their new forms that of flying boats. "Cyclonus, the warrior, and Armada...." Skywarp changed into a powerful looking streamlined jet, his nose cone sporting a long pike at it's end. Thundercracker was changed as well, transformed into a similar machine. "Starfire, the battler...." Starscream was reformatted as well. He was now completely black, and no longer held the normal seeker shape. His wings were larger than before but held down. On each arm was a plasma cannon where his lasers once were. He now looked sleeker, more aerodynamic, and by the cold look in his optics, he was also more deadly. "Harbringer, the hand of death...." One beam shot out and hit the form of Dirge, and he too was soon reformed. He now was completely black and dark purple, his face gaining age to it. Deep piercing red optics shone from his face. As he held a large energy sycthe in his hands, he looked a bit like the Grim Reaper of Earth, due mainly to the sycthe and the large metallic hooded cloak that made it almost impossible to see his face. "Stalker, the silent warrior..." Another beam shot out and struck Soundwave, transforming him into a sleek, rounded robot. His twin eyes merged into a single red optic stripe, his purple color deepening to almost black. A deadly looking shoulder cannon took the place of his old laser bullet shooter, and a pair of blade protrusions formed on his arms. Finally, a beam laced out to the dying Dax, and he was quickly reformed into a much larger being, again about the size of Cyclonus and Starfire. He was now all black and he looked like a mix between a seeker jet and an Autobot car. "Legion, the reborn," came Unicron's voice. "And this shall be your ship." A section of Unicron's form opened, releasing an evil looking craft, and Galvatron smiled to himself. "I'll rip open Ultra Magnus, and every other Autobot, until the Matrix has been destroyed!!" "