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Optimus fell over in pain, clutching his helm and chest. Naru whimpered and curled into a ball. "What's wrong?" Helen asked unsure of what to do to help. Optimus shook his helm, "Not much I'm afraid." Soon enough, Optimus received the message sent by Megatron. "Megatron is on his way. But I feel it won't be a reunion." Helen opened the barn doors, "We should get out of here then." Optimus nodded and crawled out before transforming into his semi-truck mode and Naru cloaked herself and latched on the back of his bed.
Driving off, away from the barn and staying away from nearby towns, Optimus pulled over into a forest and took off on an offroad trip. His drive was stopped by a large river and he transformed, ready to run across when his back got slammed by a large body and he went stumbling into the river with Helen and Naru.
Optimus stumbled to stand up, the rocks below him were impossible to grip and the current swept his pedes out from under him every time. He was thankful that he didn't need oxygen. The large body that slammed into him pinned him to the river bed before grabbing his neck and launching him to the other side of the river. Optimus, coughing up the water that did get into his system, looked over to see Naru swimming away from him with Helen on her back. Optimus quickly stood up and spun around to see Megatron sporting a new mask and terrible welds and seams across his chest. "Megatron? Are you okay?" Megatron reached down and grabbed Naru and Helen before turning around and walking back into the forest. "Megatron?!" Optimus shouted, he stumbled through the riven and ran after Megatron.
Uprooting a tree, Optimus lobbed the trunk at Megatron's back causing him to drop the duo to catch himself on the ground. The two ran away from Megatron, Naru understanding that that is not her carrier. (Megatron, what the frag?!) Optimus saw no movement, but he could hear a light hearted laugh across the bond, (First of all, language. Second of all, there is a human in my chest plates, she is in complete control of everything I do and removing the cockpit she's in will tear out my spark.) Optimus, listening to this now had a gameplan, get the human out. Hopefully without bring harm to his bonded.
Megatron was swinging and slashing at Optimus, using his tail to try and stumble the Prime, and his wings to block what few attacks Optimus was throwing back. Naru and Helen watched from a distance when several figures appeared behind them and they were whisked away when the group walked towards the duo.
Optimus dodged and rolled away from just about every attack he could so conserve energy, he noticed Megatron getting tired and sluggish in some of his movements. Optimus swept Megatron's legs out from under him and pinned him to the ground. (Open your chest now!) Megatron sent the command and soon the cockpit opened.
The female in control was getting frustrated and she noticed that Megatron was running low on power, she was taking Optimus down, regardless of what happens to her. She was checking the monitor when a warning light flashed and soon the monitors vanished and a large hand grabbed her out of the cockpit. Megatron slumped to the ground, it seems almost as if he shut down. Optimus moved her away from Megatron, making sure to keep a firm grip on her. She used an electric pulse to temporarily stun the prime and she fell to the ground. Limping, she quickly hobbled to Megatron, about ready to continue the fight.
Another large hand grabbed her, this one more slender than Prime's and the pulse had no effect, as they grounded the charge into the ground. The female, struggling to get out of the hold looked up to see the faces of the Decepticon High Command, with Soundwave mere inches away from the female's face.
"Who are you?" They asked.