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(In Ratchet’s Office)
Skywarp and Hashtag watched as Ratchet worked his magic on Starscream. Starscream was in stasis lock while Ratchet worked. “There we go…done.” Ratchet said. Hashtag was about to say something but then an alarm began to go off causing the three conscious bots to look up in confusion.
“What’s that doc?” Skywarp asked with a concerned tone and looked over at Ratchet. “It can’t be.” Ratchet said and looked over at Hashtag. “Hashtag do you think you can hack into the security cameras?” Ratchet asked and Hashtag immediately smirked.
“Pft does Starscream have panic attacks in his sleep?” Hashtag said, causing Ratchet’s to raise an eyebrow. ‘Okay note to self if I get the chance to get Tsunder from Cybertron for some MUCH needed therapy.’ Ratchet thought to himself.
“Okay a lot to unpack with that…can you just hack into the security systems and see what’s going on outside.” Ratchet asked and Hashtag nodded in agreement and immediately tapped into the Autobot bases security cameras and saw various Decepticons roaming the halls.
“Well what did you see?” Skywarp asked curiously. “It looks like Galvatron has started a good old fashion jail break.” Hashtag said.
Skywarp’s optics widened in surprise though Ratchet already had a feeling that was the case given the alarm. “What do we do?” Skywarp asked with concern in her voice. “I don’t know but we should remain calm and remain here…after all the Decepticons don’t know we're here” Ratchet said, however just as he finished his sentence the door to Ratchet’s office was blasted off its hinges.
Hashtag, Skywarp, and Ratchet all looked over at the doorway and saw Shockwave and Ravage standing in the doorway. “Prepare to die, Autobots” Shockwave barked. “Aw scrap” Ratchet, Skywarp, and Hashtag said in unison.
(Meanwhile With the Other Terrens and Blaster)
Blaster and Nightshade were trying to get through to the other Autobot. “Grimlock, Jazz, Arcee…can anyone hear me?” Blaster asked over Teletran 1 but he got no response. “Frag” Blaster said and then realised he probably shouldn’t have said that.
Blaster looked over at the four young Terrens “Blaster what does Frag mean?” Twitch asked curiously and cutely tilted her head. “Never say that…especially not in front of your mother.” Blaster ordered, causing the Terrens to look at eachother with looks of confusion though Mo and Robbie had to agree with him since they knew what the earth equivalent of Frag was.
“Alright Nightshade, do you think it’s possible to get through to the other Autobots?” Blaster asked and Nightshade nodded in agreement. “I Believe so but i’ll need time” Nightshade said as they typed away.
Blaster joined them as the two of them continued in a desperate attempt to get through to the other Autobots. Wheeljack, Grimlock, Arcee, anyone to no avail. “Come on work baby” Blaster begged as he and Nightshade continued their efforts when suddenly the door to the communications room lock shorted out and opened.
Everyone looked over at the door as it slowly opened and the Decepticon communication officer walked in with Frenzy by his side and Laserbeak perched on his shoulder.
“Soundwave” Blaster said angrily and narrowed his optics at the Decepticon. “Blaster” Soundwave said with an annoyed tone and narrowed his optics at the Autobot though you wouldn’t be able to tell due to Soundwave’s visor.
“Laserbeak, Frenzy deal with the Terrens…Blaster is mine” Soundwave said and his Minicon partners nodded in agreement. “Nightshade you keep tryin to get through to the other bots, Twitch, Thrash, Jawbreaker, Mo, Robbie you five take care of the Minicons, Soundwave is mine.” Blaster ordered and the Terrens and humans nodded in agreement.
Soundwave and Blaster charged at each other while Laserbeak and Frenzy rushed at the Maltos and Nightshade continued to work in a desperate attempt to get through to the rest of the Autobots.
(Meanwhile With Optimus, Elita, and Ironhide)
The three Autobots rushed forwards down the hallway towards the prison area of their base. “Prime, what's the game plan?” Ironhide asked curiously. “I don’t have one.” Optimus said getting surprised looks from Elita and Ironhide “What but you always have a plan” Elita said with a surprised and confused tone in her voice.
“Who has time to plan in a situation like this?” Prime said with a sarcastic tone in his voice and then looked back at his Autobots. As the trio came to a corner a Loader and the spy triplets Reflector, Spyglass, and Viewfinder jumped out to surprise attack the group.
“ATTACK” The triplets screamed in unison. “Capture…Prime…Lord Galvatron…Wishes…to kill…him…with…his own…bear…hands.” Loader said slowly as the four of them charged the trio of autobots.
The largest of the Decepticon Loader attacked Optimus, the leader of the Decepticon triplets Reflector chose to fight Elita, and Reflectors brothers Spyglass and Viewfinder fought the Autobot weapons specialist Ironhide.
Loader attempted to punch Optimus in the faceplate however Optimus easily caught Loader’s punch and twisted his arm. Loader groaned in pain when suddenly Optimus swept his legs out from under him, sending the Decepticon grunt to the ground. Loader attempted to get back up however before he could get back up to his feet Prime punched him in the face plate knocking Loader out cold.
Meanwhile Elita was locked in battle with the Decepticon Reflector. Elita kept trying to punch the Decepticon but he kept blocking all her blows. “Haha is that all you got femmey?” Reflector asked with a mocking tone. Elita grit her jaw teeth angrily and kicked Reflector in the crotch plate. Reflector squealed in pain, put his hands over his crotch plate, and fell to his knees in pain.
Elita pulled up her leg and kicked Reflector in the face as hard as she could, sending him flying backwards into a wall.
Meanwhile, Reflector’s brothers were fighting Ironhide. Spyglass and Viewfinder were fighting Ironhide. The two of them were using their ability to create clones of themselves to overwhelm the Autobot soldier with numbers.
One of the Spyglass punched Ironhide in the head while one of the Veiwfinder’s attacked him from behind. Ironhide quickley killed off the two bots and then transformed his hands into blasters and picked off three more clones splattering enargon all over the walls.
“Give up Autobot” the small unit of Spyglass’s and Veiwfinder’s exclaimed in unison. Ironhide groaned and transformed his hands back to normal and grabbed a Spyglass with his left hand and a Viewfinder with his right hand. The two clones had looks of horror on their faces which then spread to the rest of the copies as they all froze.
“WAIT NO STOP WE’RE-” The two cons said in unison with a hint of panic in there voices and without thinking Ironhide slammed the two brothers into each other so hard the two of them burst into pieces splattering there enargon all over his face and torso. Ironhide prepared to continue the fight however the rest of the Spyglass’s and Viewfinder’s didn’t move a muscle.
Ironhide was confused why the clones weren't attacking, that is until the clones all turned gray and fell to pieces and turned to dust. Ironhide’s optic widened as he realised what he did “I…I killed the real ones” Ironhide muttered to himself disgusted by his own actions.
Reflector stood up and looked over and saw the mutilated corpse of his brothers at Ironhide’s feet. Reflector’s eyes widened “VIEWFINDER…SPYGLASS NO” Reflector yelled clearly distraught by the deaths of his siblings causing Optimus and Elita to look over at Ironhide as well. Their eyes immediately widened in shock at seeing their comrade standing over the mutilated corpses of Reflectors brothers.
Ironhide looked up and saw Prime, Elita, and Reflector all watching him intently. “I-I didn’t mean to…” Ironhide said sadly. Reflector wanted to kill him with his own bare hands to avenge his brothers. But he couldn't take a step forward. He was completely imobile like he was hit by Shockwave’s immobilizer or was stuck in stasis cuffs.
“Reflector Im-” Ironhide began and took a step forwards but before he could finish his sentence Reflector hit a button on his wrist and Onslaught opened another Ground Bridge right behind him and walked through it without saying a word and tears still running down his face.
“Stop him” Optimus barked and both he and Elita rushed towards the ground bridge however the portal closed behind the Decepticon stopping Optimus and Elita from recapturing him. “Damn it” Elita said and looked back over at Ironhide. The two Autobots walked over to their comrade. “Ironhide…are you alright old friend?” Optimus asked with concern in his voice.
He knew his old friend didn’t wish to fight after the war ended which is why he took the job of guarding the Autobot base and prison and knew he must be having a mental crisis over the two lives he just took.
Ironhide looked up at Optimus “I didn’t mean to do it…it was an accident.” Ironhide said sadly. “I know old friend.” Optimus said and placed his hand on his soldier’s shoulder. “Do you wish to sit back on this?” Optimus asked clearly concerned for Ironhide’s mental wellbeing and Ironhide stopped to think about it for a moment.
“No sir The Cons being held here can’t be let free” Ironhide said sternly and stood at attention. “Alright then let's get going.” Elita said and Optimus and Ironhide nodded in agreement and the three Autobots continued forwards.
(Meanwhile In Ratchet’s Office)
Shockwave and Ravage stood in the doorway and looked around the room. He saw Ratchet, which he expected this was his office or whatever then he noticed Hashtag…one of those DISGUSTING Terren creatures Megatron used to care so much for, then he noticed Skywarp and Starscream the latter of whom still being unconscious and the disgust he felt grew even stronger.
‘Those pathetic traitors…they even trust the Autobot to treat their injuries. No stop letting your own personal feelings get in the way in Illogical just get the job done.’ Shockwave thought to himself as he locked his singular optic on Skywarp and Hashtag the latter of who nervously wrapped her arms around Skywarp’s arm though Skywarp didn’t seem to mind much if at all.
Shockwave looked down at Ravage “Ravage you deal with Ratchet…I shall terminate the traitor and the terran.” Shockwave said and Ravage responded with a panther-like growl getting an annoyed sigh from Shockwave.
“I am not Soundwave or Starscream beast I can’t understand you…just do as you're told” Shockwave barked much to Ravage’s annoyance.
Shockwave and Ravage split up. Shockwave raised his blaster arm and pointed it at Skywarp and Hashtag while Ravage growled and attempted to attack the Autobot medic. Shockwave began to open fire on Skywarp and Hashtag. “Wow” Skywarp said and held her arms in front of her face for protection, however the blast never made contact.
Skywarp opened her eyes and saw Hashtag standing in front of her with a small forcefield similar to her brother Robbie’s in front of her. Hashtag had created the barrier to protect her. Skywarp smiled at the young terran
“Thank’s kid” Skywarp said happily and Hashtag smiled back at her “No problem.” Hashtag replied back to her and looked over at Shockwave ‘I didn’t know I could do that.’ Hashtag thought to herself as Shockwave began to walk up to the two girls.
“You two will be terminated” Shockwave said and began to open fire again however this time Skywarp saved Hashtag by grabbing the young bot and warping the two of them out of the way of the blast.
Shockwave’s shot hit the wall Hashtag and Skywarp were standing in front of, leaving a large blast mark on the wall and causing a crack in the wall to begin to form and begin running up towards the ceiling.
Meanwhile Ratchet was trying to avoid Soundwave’s minicon partner Ravage not only because of his vow to do no harm but also because his own fighting skills were lacking.
Ratchet ran around the bed with Starscream’s unconscious body on it in order to avoid the enemy Minicon. Ravage eventually got tired of this and jumped up onto Starscream while the Deception Air Commander slept.
Ravage then jumped on Ratchet, tackling him to the ground. Ravage tried desperately to rip into Ratchet’s throat but Ratchet held her jaws open with all his might. Ravage growled angrily as Ratchet continued to hold her jaws open. ‘I can’t hold her back much longer,’ Ratchet thought to himself as Ravage’s fangs dug into his hands causing energon to leak from his wounds and cover Ravage’s maw.
Ratchet’s hands slipped freeing Ravage’s jaw. Ravage let out an angry growl and attempted to strike however she was stopped dead in her tracks once again. Ravage growled angrily and looked back and saw Starscream had woken up and had grabbed her by the neck.
Starscream quickly stood up and held Ravage tightly so she wouldn’t be able to get out of his grip. “Hasn’t anyone ever told you it’s a war crime to try to kill a medical officer” Starscream said and tossed Ravage aside causing her to slam into a wall rendering her temporarily unconscious.
Starscream looked down at the injured Medic. “Hmm it appears my former comrade did some serious damage to your survose.” Starscream said and looked Ratchet in the eyes. “Ratchet, can you do me a favor?” Starscream said and Ratchet hesitantly nodded. “Okay…take Hashtag and-” Starscream began but was interrupted when he was hit by a blast which easily went straight through his torso leaving a giant gaping hole in his chest.
Starscream looked back and saw Hashtag and Skywarp staring at him with wide optics and Sackwave pointing his cannon arm at him.
“STARSCREAM” Hashtag and Skywarp screamed in unison as Stascream’s body fell to the ground and onto Ratchet. Ratchet instinctively pushed Starscream’s body off of him and watched as Starscream's eyes went dark.
“You're going to pay for that!!!” Skywarp exclaimed angrily and began to open fire on the Decepticon scientist. “Unlikely” Shockwave replied as he was shot over and over again by the female seeker but it didn’t do much damage. Shockwave raised his blaster arm and began to shoot at her.
Skywarp warped out of the way of the first shot then the second however Shockwave knew she would do that and was only shooting at her to get a better understanding of her movements so that way when he shot at her a third time he’d be able to predict where she’d teleport to and his plan worked perfectly.
Shockwave shot at Skywarp for a third time and Skywarp teleported out of the way and just like Shockwave predicted she reappeared to Shockwave’s right and the Decepticon scientist easily grabbed Skywarp by the throat.
Skywarp gasped and tried to break free from Shockwave’s grip to no avail. Then she tried to warp out of danger however due to her inability to teleport through solid objects that didn’t work either. “Prepare to die, traitor.” Shockwave said as he looked at the look of pure terror on Skywarp’s face. Shockwave began to squeeze Skywarp’s neck in an attempt to snap it. ‘This is it…this is how I die.’ Skywarp thought to herself however before Shockwave could kill her Hashtag spoke up.
“GET AWAY FROM HER!!!” Hashtag yelled transformed into her vehicle mode and slammed into Shockwave causing Shockwave to drop the seeker.
Skywarp fell to her knees and began to instinctively gasp(Despite not needing air) and Hashtag slammed Shockwave into the wall he shot earlier causing the crack to get worse. Shockwave fell to the ground unconscious as Hashtag transformed back into robot mode and walked over to Skywarp.
“Skywarp, are you okay?” Hashtag asked with a concerned tone in her voice. Skywarp looked up at Hashtag, the bot that had just saved her life and a light blue blush appeared on Skywarp’s face. “Oh um yeah” Skywarp said and shook her head and the blush on her face disappeared.
Skywarp took Hashtag’s hand and the young terran helped the seeker to her feet. “Thanks for the save kid.” Skywarp said and leaned down to give Hashtag a peck on the cheek leaving a black lipstick mark on Hashtag’s cheek.
Hashtag’s face turned bright blue. ‘And Hashtag.EXE has stopped working.’ Hashtag thought to herself as a stupid smile appeared on Hashtag’s face. Then Hashtag remembered Starscream “Starscream.” Hashtag said with a concerned tone in her voice and both her and Skywarp looked over to see Ratchet kneeling over Starscream’s body trying to revive him to no avail.
Hashtag and Skywarp rushed over to the two boys. “Doc, you can help him right?” Skywarp asked desperately. “No…His spark it’s been snuffed out…I'm sorry there’s nothing I can do.” Ratchet said, causing Skywarp and Hashtag’s optics to widen. Tears began to run down Hashtag’s face and she leaned into Skywarp's shoulder.
Meanwhile behind them Shockwave began to regain consciousness.
(Meanwhile in the Communication Room)
Soundwave was meeting Blaster strikes blow for blow. “You give music makers like us a bad name Soundwave” Blaster said with a cocky smirk on his face and unleashed a sonic blast to knock Soundwave back a bit. “You will be terminated” Soundwave barked and countered Blaster’s sonic attack with his own.
Meanwhile the Malto family were fighting Laserbeak and Frenzy. Frenzy let out a sonic scream knocking Thrash into a wall. Laserbeak fired off a pair of laser blasts from his eyes in an attempt to shot Jawbreaker in the back but Robbie jumped in and blocked the blast with the forcefield from his cybersleave.
Then Twitch flew up and knocked Laserbeak out of the air. Laserbeak was sent flying into a wall and was knocked out cold. Then Mo, Jawbreaker, Twitch, and Robbie went to help Thrash with Frenzy. Thrash rushed over to the rest of his siblings “Frenzy, give up your out numbered.” Twitch said but Frenzy just scoffed.
“That ain't happening” Frenzy said and let out a sonic scream sending Robbie, Mo, Twitch, Jawbreaker, and Thrash flying and slamming into a wall. However, Frenzy continued to scream, leaving the five Malto children pinned to the wall and making it so the five of them couldn’t move.
Blaster looked over at the five Terran’s and saw Laserbeak wake up and fly over to Frenzy and knew Laserbeak was preparing to fire his lasers.
“Aw scrap” Blaster said and gave Soundwave a knee to the gut sending Soundwave stumbling backwards. “Eject, Rewind let’s rock” Blaster called out and his chest opened up and two cassettes flew out one of the cassettes being a dark black and the other being a dark blue.
The two cassettes transformed into robot modes, the black one became Rewind and the blue one Eject. The two of them had masculine humanoid forms and looked identical to each other in every way except for color.
“Help the Terrens” Blaster ordered getting nods of agreement from the two Minicons. Eject and Rewind ran over to take on Frenzy while Blaster went back to fighting Soundwave.
Frenzy continued to scream completely unaware of the Minicon twins' arrival allowing the two of them to easily get the drop on Frenzy. “Shut it Frenzy” Eject yelled and punched Frenzy in the face causing her to stop screaming and causing the Malto to fall to the ground clearly still a bit disoriented due to Frenzy’s sonic scream.
Laserbeak looked down at Frenzy and saw her being attacked by Eject but before he could help her Rewind jumped up and knocked the bird out of the air causing Laserbeak and Frenzy to crash into each other.
Soundwave and Blaster were still fighting with both being dented and damaged from their fight. Suddenly Soundwave pulled out his gun and shot Blaster in the gut. Blaster screamed in pain and fell to the ground.
Soundwave walked up to Blaster and pointed his gun at the back of Blaster’s head. “Say hello to Rumble when you see him in the Inferno” Soundwave said and was about to pull the trigger when suddenly Frenzy and Laserbeak were thrown into him. Soundwave dropped his gun and caught the two unconscious Minicons.
“Laserbeak, Frenzy return” Soundwave ordered and both Laserbeak and Frenzy transformed into their cassette modes and Soundwave quickly stored the two of them in his chest. Soundwave looked up and saw Twitch flying up to him and before he could react Twitch kicked him in the chin.
Soundwave stumbled backwards and fell to the ground. Soundwave looked up and saw Twitch, Robbie, Mo, Thrash, Jawbreaker, Rewind, and Eject all surrounding him.
Soundwave placed his finger on the side of his head and activated his commlink.
“Onslaught I require immediate evacuation.” Soundwave said which caught Nightshade's attention. Suddenly a ground bridge portal opened right underneath Soundwave and the Decepticon communication officer fell through it and the portal closed after him.
Once Soundwave was gone The Malto’s and Blaster’s Minicons immediately rushed over to the Autobot Communications Officer. “Mr.Blaster are you okay?” Mo asked with a concerned tone in her voice. “Yeah kid I’ll be fine…Ratchet will be able to patch me up” Blaster said as he held his hand over his wound in an attempt to stop the Energon from leaking out.
“Blaster, you should go into a stasis lock until you can get medical attention.” Rewind said and Eject nodded in agreement. “Don’t gotta tell me twice” Blaster said and powered down and the energon stopped leaking from his wound.
Twitch could tell Eject and Rewind where concerned about their boss. “Don’t worry…I'm sure he’ll be okay.” Twitch said and placed her hands on the two Minicon’s shoulders. Twitch looked over at Nightshade who was still typing away on Teletran 1. “Nightshade, have you had any luck getting through to the Autobots?” Twitch asked but Nightshade shook their head no.
“But I’ll keep trying…I just need a little time.” Nightshade explained.
“Alright…Jawbreaker, Rewind, Eject you three stay here and keep an eye on Blaster and Nightshade and to keep them safe if more cons show up” Twitch ordered and the three bots nodded in agreement.
“What about you four?” Eject asked in confusion, “We're going to help Optimus and the others.” Twitch said “Yeah” Mo, Robbie, and Thrash said in unison.
(Meanwhile in Ratchet’s Office)
Shockwave got back up to his feet and took aim at Skywarp and Hashtag while their backs were turned. However before he could take the shot Bumblebee burst into the medical office in his vehicle mode and before Shockwave could react Bumblebee transformed into his robot mode and kicked Shockwave in the head sentinel the Decepticon scientist stumbling backwards and then to the ground.
“Hashtag im here-” Bumblebee said and looked over and saw Hashtag in Skywarp’s arm while the two ladies and Ratchet stood over Starscream’s body. Bee’s eyes widened in surprise “Hashtag…what happened?” Bumblebee said as he walked up to the group. “Shockwave…he killed Starscream” Hashtag said with a distraught tone in her voice.
“Hashtag…i'm sorry bu-” Bumblebee said but before Bee could finish his sentence Shockwave attacked him from behind. Shockwave smacked Bumblebee with his arm, sending the autobot scout flying into a wall. Bumblebee fell to the ground unconscious and Shockwave walked up to Hashtag, Skywarp, Ratchet and Starscream’s body.
“Prepare to be terminated.” Shockwave said and pointed his blaster at the three of them. Suddenly a small gemstone embedded in Starscream’s head became visible and began to brightley glow. Shockwave covered his eyes and stumbled backwards due to the bright light. “What the?” Ratchet said in confusion.
Eventually the bright light stopped and Shockwave uncovered his eye and his optic immediately widened.
“impossible-” Shockwave began but was cut off when Starscream shot up and punched him in the eyes.
“Ahg MY EYE” Shockwave screamed in pain as he cornered his eye once more and stumbled backwards further.
Hashtag, Skywarp, and Ratchet looked up at Starscream with looks of joy, confusion, amazement, and excitement as the hole in Starscream’s chest began to feel and regenerate until he was in mint condition and looked as if he had just stepped off the assembly line.
“Haha Man I feel like I just emerged from the well of All Sparks” Starscream exclaimed as he felt his chest.
“HOW HOW ARE YOU STILL ONLINE” Shockwave yelled angrily dropping his emotionless act. “Oh you know me Blinkey…I don’t know when to quit” Starscream said and rushed Shockwave.
(Meanwhile With Optimus, Elita, and Ironhide)
Optimus effortlessly through Skullcruncher into a wall and before the brutish Decepticon could get back up Ironhide ran up and slapped a set of Stasis cuffs on the cons wrists. “Nighty Night con” Elita said and Skullcruncher screamed in pain as the Stasis cuffs activated and Skullcruncher passed out.
Ironhide pulled out a device to scan for Cybertronian energy signatures. “Prime it seems like most of the cons are already long gone.” Ironhide said calmly. “Great just great and I don’t think that this Galvatron would be dumb enough to stick-” Elita began but before Elita could finish her sentence Elita was shot and sent flying backwards. “Elita” Optimus cried out with concern in his voice.
Ironhide and Optimus immediately looked over and saw Scourge, Cyclonus, and the bot they assumed was Galvatron. “Man this varment seems like some kind of Megatron fanboy.” Ironhide said, getting a chuckle out of Prime.
“Cyclonus, Scourge deal with Elita and Ironhide Prime is mine.” Galvatron ordered and his two underlings nodded in agreement and rushed off. Cyclonus rushed to Elita 1 and Scourge tackled Ironhide to the ground.
“So you want to fight me 1 on 1” Prime said and Galvatron nodded in agreement. “Yes Prime, I want to slaughter you with my own two hands.” Galvatron barked and the two bots rushed at each other.
Meanwhile Cyclonus walked up to Elita who was bleeding energon from Scourge shooting her.
“Well are you gonna finish me?” Elita asked curiously and Cyclonus pulled out a dagger instead of his usual sword. Elita prepared for Cyclonus to slit her throat however to her surprise Cyclonus instead stabbed himself in the gut and groaned in pain. Elita’s optics widened in surprise and confusion.
“What the…why would you do that?” Elita asked in confusion as she stumbled to her feet.
“You are injured and not at your best…if you aren't at your best then it would be dishonorable to fight you at my best.” Cyclonus explained and pulled out his sword and prepared to fight. Elita also got into a fighting position.
Meanwhile Ironhide was busy trying to wrestle Scourge off of himself as Scourge continued to claw at Ironhide’s metal skin.
Optimus and Galvaton were locked in battle. Optimus was using his energon axe and Galvatron was using his energon flail. “Galvatron please the war is over we don’t have to fight like this just stand down and we can-” Optimus began but was cut off when Galvatron hit Optimus upside the head with his flail.
“I will never side with a Prime.” Galvatron said and fired his arm cannon at Prime who easily blocked the attack with his axe. “Verywell” Optimus said and stuck Galvatron in the shoulder with his arm.
Galvaton screamed in pain and stuck back with his flail by hitting Optimus in the gut with his flail causing Prime to groan in pain and stumble backwards.
(Meanwhile in the Medical Office)
Starscream rushed at Shockwave. The Decepticon scientist tried to shoot the former air commander however Starscream easily and gracefully dodged out of the way.
Starscream punched Shockwave in the eye disorienting Shockwave and before the scientist could recover Starscream kicked Shockwave in the head sending him flying.
“This is ILLOGICAL…You shouldn't even be alive let alone be able to walk and fight.” Shockwave said clearly annoyed and enraged by this…NONSENSE. Meanwhile Bumblebee woke up and a look of confusion immediately appeared on his face when he saw Starscream fighting Shockwave.
“What the scrap?” Bumblebee muttered to himself in confusion and as he got up. Bumblebee walked over to Skywarp, Hashtag, and Ratchet.
“Guys what’s going on” Bumblebee asked curiously causing the three of them to look over at him.
“I have no idea Bumblebee…one second Starscream’s dead on the ground the next he’s up and fighting Shockwave to a stand still.” Ratchet said and the four of them looked over at Starscream.
“Does it really matter…Starscream’s alive and fighting Shockwave to a stand still?” Hashtag said and Skywarp nodded in agreement.
“Give up Shockwave.” Starscream ordered and Shockwave was thinking about what he should do. Then he noticed the large crack on the wall going up to the ceiling. If Shockwave had a face he’d be smirking. Shockwave pointed his cannon arm at the damaged wall causing the room to become structurally unstable.
Starscream looked up as cracks began to form on the ceiling of the room. “Aw scrap.” Starscream said. Shockwave placed two of his fingers on the side of his head. “Onslaught, please open a ground bridge for me.” Shockwave asked and a ground bridge portal opened right next to him.
The one eyed bit walked through the ground bridge. Meanwhile Ravage regained consciousness and saw the space bridge portal and figured Shockwave had left without her. Ravage immediately began to run, however the Ground Bridge portal closed before she could make it through, causing Ravage to slam head first into a wall leaving the poor feline disoriented.
The ceiling continued to grow more and more unstable as bits and pieces of the ceiling began to fall from above. “We need to get out of here now.” Bumblebee said and Starscream looked over at the Autobot scout. “For once I agree.” Starscream said and the group of bots immediately began to run out of Ratchet’s Office.
Ratchet was the first one out followed by Skywarp, Starscream, and Bumblebee. Hashtag was just about to get out when she heard a loud crash sound followed by a yelp of pain. Hashtag looked back and saw that a part of the ceiling had fallen down and pinned one of Ravage’s hind legs.
Hashtag couldn’t just leave her behind and turned around to save the small Decepticon. “Hashtag wait” Starscream exclaimed and tried to follow after her but was stopped by Bumblebee oddly enough. Starscream looked over at the Autobot scout who had a look of confidence on his face.
Hashtag rushed over to Ravage and lifted the rubble off of Ravage’s back leg. “Come on” Hashtag said and easily picked up Ravage figuring it might be difficult for her to walk with an injured leg. Hashtag carried Ravage out of the collapsing room as fast as she could getting out just seconds before the ceiling completely caved in on itself.
Hashtag looked down at the Cybertronian cat in her arms “You okay?” Hashtag asked and Ravage began to cuddle up against Hashtag’s chest and pur. “Aw she’s adorable…can I keep her.” Hashtag asked with a smile on her face, causing Bumblebee and Starscream to look at each other then back at her.
“That’s a question for your mother.” both Bumblebee and Starscream said in unison.
(Meanwhile with Optimus, Galvatron, and their Subordinates)
Elita 1 and Cyclonus were both still leaking Energon as they fought. Cyclonus attempted to strike Elita with his sword however Elita easily dodged it despite her injuries and delivered an uppercut to Cyclonus' chin causing Cyclonus to stumble backwards.
Cyclonus attempted to strike Elita again but Elita easily jumped over the strike and kicked Cyclonus in the face. However Cyclonus grabbed Elita by the leg and slammed her into the ground.
“Farwell Autobot.” Cyclonus said as he stood over Elita and raised up his sword. “Just know that you died honorable…which is more than can be said for more.” Cyclonus said and prepared to plunge his sword into her chest.
However when he tried to do so a green shield appeared right above Elita protecting her from Cyclonus. Cyclonus optics widened in surprise and he looked over and saw Robbie standing there. “Worthless insect.” Cyclonus said when suddenly Twitch stabbed Cyclonus in the shoulder plates causing Cyclonus to scream in pain.
Cyclonus smacked Twitch away and stumbled forwards. Twitch ripped the blades out of his shoulders and tossed them aside and turned around and saw Twitch helping Elita 1 back to her feet.
“Elita are you okay?” Robbie asked with concern in his voice upon seeing her leaking Energon. “I’ll live” Elita said and her, Twitch, and Robbie looked over at Cyclonus.
Cyclonus let out an angry growl and a ground bridge portal opened behind him and the Second in Command of the Decepticons walked backwards through the portal and the portal closed after he was through.
Meanwhile Ironhide was pinned down by Scourge. Scourge was using one of his hands to pin Ironhide’s arms above his head. “Time to make that ugly face of yours a little prettier.” Scourge said with a sadistic tone in his voice and raised his free hand.
The nails on Scourge’s free hand grew longer and he was about to plunge his claws into Ironhide’s face. However before he could a tire was thrown at him. The Tire bounced off his head and Scourge looked up and saw Thrash with Mo in his arms standing in front of him.
Scourge’s facial expression screamed ‘What did you think that would do?’ However, due to the distraction, Ironhide was able to kick Scourge off him.
“I’ll kill all three of you.” Scourge said and tried to rush at the group however Ironhide had had enough. “I think you should chill.” Ironhide said and transformed his right hand into a sprayer of some kind that looked like the end of a hose.
Ironhide pointed the sprayer at Scourge as the Decepticon quickly approached him but before Scourge could strike Ironhide sprayed him with a clear liquid. The liquid immediately froze Scourge solid causing him to stop in his tracks. “Wow what was that?” Mo asked in surprise.
“Just some good old fashioned Liquid Nitrogen.” Ironhide said as Thrash picked up his tire and attached it to his arm again. Suddenly a ground bridge portal opened right underneath the frozen Decepticon.
“Scrap” Ironhide called out and rushed forwards to stop Scourge from getting ground bridged away but he was too slow as the Decepticon fell through and the portal closed behind him.
“Frag” Ironhide said with an annoyed tone in his voice.
Meanwhile Optimus and Galvatron were still locked in combat with each other. “I won’t let you get away.” Optimus said and struck Galvatron with his axe. However Galvatron responded by sweeping Prime’s legs out from under him.
Prime fell to the ground and attempted to get back up but Galvaton immediately knocked him down again and stepped on Prime’s chest. “Haha Optimus you never stood a chance, you're outdated, obsolete, ancient, but that’s the difference between you and me Optimus Prime you're the relic of a bygone era…” Galvatron said and paused. Galvatron pointed his arm cannon directly at Prime’s face at point blank range.
“...and I'm the upgrade.” Galvatron barked as his canon lit up. “Goodbye Optimus, it was a pleasure knowing you.” Galvatron said as he tried to fire but something in him was preventing him from ending Prime right here and now much to Galvatron’s confusion.
“Why won’t my cannon fire?” Galvatron muttered under his breath. Then he realised what was going on.
‘Ohhh you're still here…I thought you died when I was born…really why are YOU getting in my way? We're both Decepticons, you know.’ Galvatron thought to himself in annoyance as he continued to try to fire.
“Ironhide NOW!!!” Twitch yelled and Ironhide sprayed liquid nitrogen all over Galvatron’s arm cannon. Then Twitch used her incredible speed and her swords to rush in and shatter Galvatron’s canon like glass.
Galvatron was surprised and before he could gather himself Elita and Thrash attack Galvatron at the same time knocking the Decepticon leader backwards off of Optimus.
Ironhide, Elita 1, Thrash, Twitch, Mo, and Robbie all stood together in front of Galvatron. Galvatron knew he could take them all on even without his Cosmic Rust Canon. Galvatron took a step forward and he heard a voice in his head “STOP please I beg of you” the voice ordered causing Galvaton to grab his head. “GET OUT OF MY HEAD!” Galvatron yelled.
Everyone had confused expressions on their faces. Thrash leaned over to his sister Mo. “Is he talking to us?” Thrash asked but Mo just shrugged in confusion. “NO THIS IS MY BODY NOW I'M IN CONTROL” Galvatron yelled angrily.
“Sounds like this con is lossin his mind” Ironhide said and Elita 1 nodded in agreement. “Um, are you okay?” Twitch asked with a concerned tone in her voice.
“Let’s just take him down before he has a chance to get his act together.” Ironhide said and Thrash nodded in agreement. “Wait Ironhide, Thrash don’t” Twitch said but Ironhide and Thrash both were already rushing forwards.
However even in his questionable mental state Galvatron was able to easily smack the two of them away though he didn’t kill them thankfully.
“Onslaught get me out of here!!!” Galvatron ordered angrily as the internal battle going on in his head continued. “Are you sure my lord?” Onslaught asked over the comms. “YES I'M SURE OPEN THE GROUND BRIDGE NOW!!!” Galvatron ordered and a Ground Bridge portal opened for him and Galvatron immediately rushed through and the portal closed behind him.
Elita 1, Twitch, Robbie, and Mo were all just staring at where Galvatron used to be wondering what the Hell just happened.
(2 Hours Later)
Everyone was gathered around outside the Autobot base. It took them a while since the Autobots had to go in and carry the various injured Autobots and captured Decepticons outside.
Loader and Skullcruncher were both in stasis cuffs rendering them imobile and leaned up against the side of the cliff. Meanwhile Ratchet had gotten to work on repairing the various Autobots he had already fixed Elita and Blaster and had moved onto Sideswipe.
Most of the Malto’s where all gathered together talking with Blaster with the exception of Hashtag who was sitting with and talking to Starscream. Hashtag tag was sitting on the ground with Ravage on her lap and Starscream sitting next to her. Skywarp had already left to go check up with her sister and let Nova know she was still alive.
Hashtag was petting the feline minicon in her lap with Ravage purring as she did so. Hashtag looked over at Starscream “So do you have any idea how you healed from getting shot in the spark like that?” Hashtag asked curiously but Starscream shook his head no. “Nope…but Ratchet said he wanted to run a few tests on me after he was done fixing Sideswipe” Starscream explained.
Meanwhile Optimus, Elita 1, and Bumblebee were all looking down at Sunstreaker’s corpse. “I had hoped that once the war ended we would stop losing friends like this” Optimus said sadly. “So what do we do about this Galvatron guy?” Bumblebee asked curiously.
“I don’t know Bumblebee but there was something weird about him.” Optimus said, causing Elita to look over at him. “What do you mean him arguing with himself like a madman?” Elita asked and Optimus looked over at her.
“No I mean besides that he was talking to me like he knew me personally…but we never met before today.” Optimus explained.
“Hmm that is weird.” Bumblebee said “And we know he did something to Megatron…we have to stop him no matter the cost” Optimus said and Elita grabbed Prime’s hand and Optimus looked down at her. “We will stop him and find Megs…Together.” Elita said and Optimus smiled “Right…but first we need a new base” Optimus said.
Suddenly as if on cue Starscream spoke up “Prime, Elita you need a new base” Starscream said causing Optimus, Elita 1, and Bumblebee to look over at him.
“Yeah why?” Optimus asked curiously. “Well I might know a place.” Starscream said, causing Optimus, Elita, and Bumblebee to all look at each other then back at Starscream.
(Meanwhile on a Beach near Witwicky)
The Sharkticons Blitzwave and Razor-Fin were ruff housing. “Sorry buddy but you ain’t winning this one.” Blitzwave slammed Razor-Fin into a large rock, knocking a fragment of the emberstone out of a crevasse.
The emberstone fragment bounced off the ground and then rolled along the sand until it fell into a tide pool. The tide pool erupted with light catching the Sharkticon due’s attention as a protoform began to emerge. The Protoform was larger than any other Terren the Protoform was about as tall as Optimus and was quite bulky.
The newly born Terren opened his bright green optics and fell to his knees. “Where am I?…What am I?” The Terren muttered to himself as the Sharkticons slowly and cautiously approached the newly born bot. “Who are you supposed to be?” Razor-Fin asked in confusion.
The Protoform slowly got back up to his feet. “I’m called Rampage,” the young Protoform said happily. “Would you two like to play with me?” Rampage asked curiously and the two Sharktions looked at each other and then back at the newly born Protoform.
(30 Minutes Later)
Rampage was sitting on the beach with a king crab on his finger. Rampage scanned the aquatic bug and his body began to change due to his new alternate mode.
His body became bright red, orange, and purple, a pair of purple crab claws appeared on his back, a triple barrel cannon appeared in his hand, and his face changed to resemble a crab just with his eyes on his face instead of at the ends of eye stocks.
Rampage felt his stomach rumble “Uhg man I am starting.” Rampage muttered to himself and figured maybe it was time to grab something to eat. “Hey Playmates, you won’t mind if I help myself right?” Rampage said and looked over at the mutilated corpses of the two Skarkticons. Predictably the young Terren got no response.
“OH I knew you wouldn’t mind, you two are the best.” Rampage said with a sadistic tone in his voice.
Rampage walked over to the two dead Sharkticons and began to feast on the two dead bots savoring the flavor and taking great pleasure in indulging in his cannibalistic urges.
“I'm going to have SOOOOOOOOOOOO Much fun on this Planet.” Rampage exclaimed happily and went back eating and when he was done he transformed into his crab mode and scurried off into the ocean while laughing sadistically.
TO BE CONTINUED...MAYBE