Autohers note: Hello for the first time, and welcome to my first Transformers fanficiton. Well it's not really my first, but it's my first with actual Transformers, not Transformers as a human, but actual autonomous robotic life forms. It's a serious story of my own design, but I'm not claiming to own Transformers or its characters, just the story line that I came up with in my head.

I hope you enjoy it, and if you do you can always tell me, or if you have any advice or feedback you have. Also feel free to make a character request, I only ask that it would be a Decepticon, and an existing Canon character from any generation. The only Decepticons I have so far are the Stunticons, Motormaster, Dead End, Dragstrip, Offroad, and Breakdown, and Breakdowns twin Barricade. Thank you.

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Helion class scout ship, the Shockwave II

400 Miles from Earths Moon.

March 5th 2015, 1400 Hours Earth time

The Shockwave II was on a routine scouting mission through out the northern galaxy. Cybertroian First class pilot, Alpha Bravo, was at the helm. He looked out the view port towards the blue planet ahead, and said. "Pretty."

"Yeah, too pretty." The Third Class Infiltrator and the Shockwaves Communications Officer, Arcee, said from the seat next to him. "Problably festering with organics."

"Always the cheery one, aren't you Cee." Requisitions Officer, Sideswipe, said from the other side of Alpha on the sensory equipment.

"Seriously, Arcee." Said Chief Scout Bumblebee who was standing behind the flight crew. "You need to lighten up."

"And let a Decepticon sneak up behind me and slip a knife in my back strut? No thank you." Her tone was light, but they knew she was serious.

"Ah come on, Cee." Sideswipe said looking at her from of over his shoulder. "We haven't seen a Decepticon in years. And yet you always act like there's one right behind you, all the time."

"Cut the chatter!" The voice of the Shockwaves Executive Officer, and Special Operations Officer, Prowl sounded off. The XO had just stepped onto the bridge, and he didn't look happy. But then again, he never did.

"XO on deck." Bumblebee announced as the bridge filled with a new air of professionalism.

"At ease, Chief." Prowl said to the smaller yellow bot. "What do we have." Prowl commanded, he never asked for something.

"Right." The Chief Scout said as he relaxed his shoulders. "It's a small world, mostly ocean. Likely populated with organics. Sideswipe is scanning it now."

The taller bot nodded in approval, the only way he knew how to show it, and spoke again. "Anything relative, Sideswipe."

"Well let's see here." Sideswipe said looking at the monitors in front of him. "Nitrogen-Oxygen atmosphere, densely populated for such a small planet, completely organic by the look of it."

"What is there technological level." Sideswipe shifted what was on the monitor. "Just barely at level two."

"I'm picking up a plant wide communications grid." Said Arcee. "It's primitive, but impressive for a level two planet."

"Hmm." Prowl put a hand on his chin in thought.

"Hang on." Sideswipe said. "I'm getting an energy signature." He paused, his optics widened. "It's Energon, and a lot of it."

The bridge was silent for a moment, then Prowl spoke up. "Impossible. Energon on a planet this far away from Cybertron is unheard of."

"Should we tell the Big Guy?" Bumblebee asked the XO.

"No." Prowl said immediately. "Unless we become desperate for fuel out here, he doesn't have the need to concern himself." He turned to the pilot. "Alpha Bravo, let's getting moving to,the next planet."

"Roger." The pilot said. But just as the pilot was about too move the ship along, Sideswipes console picked up a new signal.

"Prowl!" Sideswipe exclaimed. "I'm picking up a radiation spike."

"From where." The Officer said with attention.

"Behind us, Oh no." He said with slight panic. "Its Decepticon!"

"Brace for impact!" Prowl barely got the words out as the ship was rocked with an impact. Both Prowl and Bumblebee were thrown off their feet. The flight crew had grabbed there consoles for support. "Damage report!"

Alpha Bravos mind worked fast. "Engines three and four are offline. Engine two is in the red with a fuel leak. Shields at forty percent."

"Communications array is busted." Arcee reported.

"Aft scanners are offline." Sideswipe said.

"Alpha." Prowl commanded "Divert all power to the rear shields. Arcee, try to send out a distress. Swidswipe, find out were that missile came from."

Bumblebee looked at up at Prowl. "Now should I get the Big Guy?"

Prowl was hesitant, but said. "You have permission, Chief." Bumblebee nodded and turned to leave, but Prowl stopped him. "Take this." He handed him a fire extinguisher. "Just in case."

Bumblebee nodded again, took the extinguisher, and started running down to engineering. He was quickly met by Science Officer Wheeljack. "What happened? That felt like a Decepticon ambush missile."

"We think it was. I'm going too get the Commander, head up too the bridge. They might need you there."

"Right." Wheeljack nodded, and ran back the way Bumblebee had come from. There were fires all over the engineering deck. The Engineering deck was the largest on the ship as it had to contain the eight Faster-Than-Light engines the ship this size required to travel. The Shockwave II's Commander often spent time alone down here, doing Primus knows what. Bumblebee put out small fires as he went through the deck. "Sir, are you there?" Bumblebee called out.

"Bumblebee." The Commanders deep voice said calmly. "What's the situation?"

Bumblebee turned around to see the Commander standing behind him, or rather towering. He was the tallest member of the crew as he was the only voyager class Cybertronion aboard. And to Bumblebee, he was the most intimidating and humble Cybertronion who ever lived. He was a bot that Bumblebee respected more than any other. Optimus Prime. "Sir." Bumblebee said. "We've been attacked by..."

"Decepticons." Optimus finished with a slight bit of dread.

"We think so, yes."

Optimus put out his hand and said. "Go back to the bridge, tell Alpha Bravo to land on the nearest planet. I will take care of the situation down here."

Bumblebee hesitated, but gave him the extinguisher. "Yes sir."

Back on the bridge, Alpha Bravo was taking evasive maneuvers with little luck. The Shockwave was hit two more times, but the ships shields held them at bay.

"I've got something!" Sideswipe yelled. "A Decepticon War Ship to the starboard side. It's a Destroyer Class."

Prowl gritted his dental plates. "We're not equipped to take on a Decepticon Destroyer. Turn us around, we have to get out of here."

"Negative." Wheeljack said. A Helion can't out run a Destroyers tracker missiles, we have to land."

"We can't land." Prowl argued. "Under Section Four Thousand Ninety Four, Paragraph Eighty Two, Line seven of the Autobot code. 'A Cybertronion of any make, size, or build cannot establish first contact with an organic species of level five technology or below.' It's out of the question."

Wheeljack stepped forward. "Clause Three B of that same Section. 'Unless a situation is of a certain desperation.'"

"I know what the code says. Every word. This situation is not desperate enough." Prowl shot back.

"Actually." Bumblebee said as he stepped back into the bridge. "Prime says it is."

Wheeljack would have smiled at his small victory, if he had a mouth. With an emotionless expression, Prowl turned to the pilot. "Set a course for the organic world, Alpha. Avoid populated areas."

"Aye Sir." The Aerialbot said. Alpha Bravo shifted course towards the blue planet. Hopefully he could land the ship safely.

Outside the ship, the Decepticon war ship changed to an intercept speed. When it was within range, the Destroyer unleashed its main weapon, a Particle Accelerator Cannon. A mighty blast of pure energy ripped through space towards the smaller vessel.

Wheeljack heard the beam before he saw. "Brace for impact!"

The attack struck the Shockwave with enough force to throw it off course. Once again, Prowl found himself picking himself up off the bridge floor. "Now what."

"All shields are down." Sideswipe reported with a slight panic. "Were exposed."

"And off course." Alpha Bravo said.

"That was particle cannon fire." Wheeljack said as he too rose up off the floor. "The Decepticons aren't pulling any punches. I don't think they want us reaching the planet."

"I agree." Said the voice of Optimus Prime. "That makes our decent onto the planet even more important." The big Prime offered a hand too Bumblebee, who took it, and helped him to his feet. "Alpha Bravo, bring us into geosynchronous orbit. Everyone else head to the boarding deck. We are abandoning the Shockwave."

For a moment, all stood silent. Then Prowl said. "But sir, the Shockwave..."

Optimus cut him off by placing a gentle hand on his shoulder. "I know old friend. This vessel means a lot to me, and too all of you. It has been our home for many years. But your lives mean more too me than this ship ever could. So head to the evacuation chambers, that's an order."

Prowl nodded and turned to the rest of the crew. "You heard the Prime, let's get moving."

"Aye!" The rest of the crew agreed. Arcee and Sideswipe abandoned their posts and together, with Bumblebee, headed out of the bridge. Wheeljack followed afterwards. Prowl was about too go too, but stopped when Optimus went the opposite way towards the pilot. Prime looked over his shoulder at his XO, and gave a nod. Prowl then followed his orders and went too the boarding deck.

The others were standing in their designated evacuation chambers with their alternate forms set in their re-entry modes. Prowl entered his own chamber, and set his alt-form for re-entry mode. Now all they needed for was the green light.

Back on the bridge, Optimus stood over Alpha Bravo as he brought the ship in closer to the planets atmosphere. "Geosynchronous orbit reached." The pilot reported. "Hull integrity at seventy percent."

"Give the green light." Optimus ordered. Alpha Bravo nodded and hit the switch giving the others the okay to drop.

The second the green light lit, Sideswipe, along with everyone else, pulled the evacuation chambers hatch shut, and prepared to drop. The hatch shut tight and magnetically sealed it self. Then, with the force of a cannon, shot Sideswipe out of the ship, through the vacuum of space, and into the planets upper atmosphere.

With the ease of flipping a switch, Sideswipe transformed. His body folding in on its self with ease, and soon he was in re-entry mode. Sidewipe quickly felt the heat hit him as he started burning from re-entry, but the extra armor of his alt-node provided him with enough protection to withstand the intense heat, and hopefully the inevitable impact.

"The others are away." Alpha Bravo reported.

"Good." Optimus Prime confirmed. "Now it is our turn." No sooner had the Prime spoke, that a second blast from the Decepticon cannon hit the ship. This time without the shields, the beam had nearly cleaved the ship in two. Soon the ship stopped moving, the interior was exposed to vacuum, and the artificial gravity went out. The two remaining crewmen were now floating in the bridge. "Alpha Bravo, are you alright?" Optimus asked with concern.

"I'm in one peace, if that's what you mean sir."

"Good." Optimus said as he looked out the view port. "Let us go." Optimus activated his back thrusters to help him fly through the now scuttled and weightless ship. Alpha Bravo followed suit.

Together they reached the boarding deck. Their evacuation chambers were on opposite sides of the room, but Optimus stayed with Alpha Bravo to ensure that he was secure first. Just as they reached Alphas chamber Optimus heard the sound of the Particle Cannon fire again. He was out of time, so the Prime grabbed the Aerialbot and threw him into the chamber. And before the pilot realized what had happened, Optimus hit the emergency lock, and blasted Alpha out of the ship.

Without proper time too react, Alpha Bravo released the safety locks on his Transformation Cog, and begun an instantaneous transformation, instantly becoming a re-entry meteorite. Instantaneous transformation was only meant too be used as a last resort as it was hazardous to ones health, but Alpha Bravo was left with little choice as the particle beam hit the ship again just as he hit the atmosphere.

This time the ship was completely torn in half and knocked out of orbit. The two halves of the Shockwave erupted in fire as it begun too fall to the planet below. Alpha Bravo didn't see anyone else leave the ship, and feared the worst for the Last of the Primes.

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Authors Note: If your reading this note, then thank you so much for time. Know that I appreciate every second you spend here. If you liked it, you know what too do.

Thank you, and I will see you in the next chapter. Alone.