AUTHOR'S NOTE: Disclaimers at the bottom.
Invasion!
Prologue
Cybertron.
A world torn apart by civil war.
It is here that for millions of years, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons have fought for dominance over their homeworld and for its energy sources. Even with the Autobot and Decepticon leaders, Optimus Prime and Megatron, waging their war on the planet Earth, the war on Cybertron had not lessened until the planet was all but completely drained of its rich energon.
No one on the planet knew this more than the scientist known as Shockwave, the acting Decepticon leader on Cybertron, as he observed the devastation from the top of the Decepticon Capital in the city of Kaon. Shockwave, like other Decepticons, believed there was only one logical solution to this: for the Decepticons to drain the Earth dry of its own energy and convert said energy into energon. However, the Autobots believed that saving their home should not come at the cost of the Earth and the humans who inhabit it.
Because of this, the Decepticons would suffer defeat after defeat in their attempt to drain the earth, and at this rate, Shockwave believed Cybertron would be no more in mere years. To ensure their victory, the Decepticons would need to act soon, but how?
The cycloptic scientist's answer, surprisingly, would come much sooner than he had expected as he received word that Megatron was attempting to contact him. He then proceeded to take an elevator down to his lab and walked toward the main computer which displayed Megatron standing before the main computer of the submerged Decepticon warship, the Nemesis.
"Hail Megatron," Shockwave said as he bowed before his leader.
"Rise, Shockwave," Megatron responded. "Status report."
"Our energon suplies are dangerously low, both ours and likely the Autobots' as well," Shockwave reported as he rose upward. "I estimate that we will run out of energon in approximately three years. You must defeat the Autobots soon, my leige."
"Unfortunately, the Autobots are not our only problem," Megatron practically snarled. "You see, ever since we awakened on Earth, more and more protectors of this wretched planet have risen to delay our progress here."
"What do you mean, my lord?" Shockwave asked.
"Observe," the Decepticon warlord answered.
The screen then changed to a map of the United States of America before a dot appeared above a northeastern city known as 'Townsville.' A smaller window then formed where the dot was, showcasing a video of three, superpowered, young girls punching Starscream upward before one of them, dressed in green, flew up to him and smashed her fist against his head, sending him rocketing down towards the ground.
The window then disappeared as another dot appeared above another northeastern location known as 'Beach City.' A second window popped up, this time displaying a video of a six armed, multi-colored, giant woman with what appeared to be a second mouth bellow her normal one smashing Devastator against a large hill with an orange war hammer. The giant then formed a massive bow and arrow before firing it at the combiner, the resulting explosion forcing the Constructicons to separate and fall back.
Afterward, the window closed as a third dot came up on a town known as 'Echo Creek.' A final window then opened, displaying what appeared to be a normal, suburban city when...
"Warnicorn stampeed!" a female voice suddenly cried, a bright light emitting from the left as the ground began to rumble. The sounds of smashing metal could be heard before suddenly, Blitzwing, Thundercracker and Soundwave flew backwards from the left as though they were hit by something while Megatron and Starscream ran away in the same direction from what hit them.
"Retreat!" Megatron ordered as large, grey, red eyed unicorns charged towards them.
With that, the window closed and the screen went back to Megatron. Needless to say, Shockwave had not expected such a primative planet such as Earth to be home to such heroes.
"Fortunately, I believe I have finally figured out a way to deal with these nuisances," the Decepticon leader continued. "That is where you come in, Shockwave."
"What are your orders?" the scientist asked.
"You are to leave Cybertron with a fleet of Decepticons and venture throughout the stars to find the strongest galactic empires in the universe," Megatron answered. "We will form a coalition with them and invade the planet, wiping out not only the Autobots, but the planet's other protectors as well. We will then be free to suck this planet dry and soon conquer Cybertron!"
"My leige, you do realize that we would need to utilize more of our energon supplies to leave the planet, don't you?" Shockwave asked. "If this plan fails, it will only cause us to run out of energon far quicker and may give the Autobots victory in this war."
"Yes, but if we continue to try and fight the earth's champions AND the Autobots for this planet's energy, it will only result in either our defeat or Cybertron's demise," Megatron answered. "This could very well be our last chance to win this war, Shockwave."
The one eyed Decepticon took a few seconds to think this over. Megatron was taking a huge risk in this plan of his, but he did have a point. Implimanting the same strategies over and over again got the Decepticons nowhere, both on Earth and on Cybertron. Between risking everything on one large plan that could ensure their victory or taking no risk and possibly lead to a slow but inevitable defeat, he knew that it was logical to choose the former.
"I shall get started immediately," he finally said.
"Excellent, Shockwave," Megatron replied with a sinister smirk.
After carefully choosing which empires he would attempt to enlist into this alliance, Shockwave then boarded one of several Decepticon warships that were now leaving the planetary surface of Cybertron. Once they had exited the planet's atmosphere, the Decepticon scientist proceeded to board the bridge of the vessel where several Decepticons he had personally chosen to take part in the upcoming invasion of Earth were stationed. These included the Decepticons known as 'Sixshot,' 'Slipstream,' 'Lugnut,' 'Knock Out,' 'Blackout,' 'Demolishor,' 'Barricade' and 'Cyclonus.'
Upon hearing the doors open, the eight Decepticons turned to Shockwave, obviously wanting an answer as to why they were forced to leave their home.
"Clearly you all want an explination as to why we are leaving Cybertron," Shockwave stated.
"Gee, what gave that away?" Knock Out sarcastically asked with his arms crossed.
Ignoring his remark, Shockwave simply continued on with his reasoning.
"Megatron has formed a new plan to enslave the planet Earth," he said. "It involves creating an alliance of the most powerful and feared empires in the universe and launching a massive invasion."
"Bah! The Decepticon Empire doesn't need help invading one planet!" Lugnut shouted.
"See for yourself, Lugnut," Shockwave retaliated.
He then displayed the footage he had seen of the Powerpuff Girls, the Crystal Gems and Star Butterfly easily defeating the Decepticons to prove his point. The images of some of their most powerful warriors being tossed around by the heroes of Earth caused their optics to widen in shock.
"Im-Impossible!" Lugnut exclaimed.
"Now you see the reason for this plan," Shockwave responded. "The Autobots are not the only threat to our operations on Earth."
"O-of course," Lugnut replied. "How foolish of me to question the decission of the great and glorious Megatron!"
"Oh, for spark sake," Slipstream groaned as she placed a hand on her metal forehead.
"As I was saying," Shockwave said, getting back to the point. "I have carefully anylized multiple sectors across multiple galaxies for the ones most worthy to join us."
"How many have you chosen?" Sixshot asked.
"Five," Shockwave answered before five holograms suddenly switched on onboard the bridge. The holograms were of three planets labeled 'Lorwardia,' 'Gem Homeworld' and 'Atmos,' a fleet of starships labeled 'Triceraton Fleet' and a lone ship labeled 'Vessel of Lord Dominator.'
"What makes you think they're going to say yes to this anyway?" Barricade asked.
"We will have to make them offers that they cannot refuse," Shockwave answered before sitting down on the command chair of the warship. "Now, let us begin.
With that, the dark matter drives of the ship activated, causing the ship to jump to hyperspace away from Cybertron and towards its destination.
First came negotiations with the Lorwardian leader, Warhok, and his battlemate, Warmonga. Lorwardia was the closest thing to a planet ruled entirely by gladiators. Their war-hungry reputation was spread across the galaxies as other species were fearful they would be the next to fall at their hands. Their strength and ferocity was exactly what Shockwave was looking for in his search and because of that, Shockwave, along with Sixshot, stood before both Warhok and Warmonga in the Lorwardian throne room, explaining their offer to join this coalition.
As it turned out, they were in the process of preparing an invasion on Earth already after Warmonga had been beaten by a human by the name of Kim Possible as well as deceived by a villain named Doctor Drakken. Despite this however, the Lorwardians didn't exactly have a reputation as team players, so Shockwave knew that this negotiation would not be easy.
"I assure you, it would be wise for you to consider my offer, Warhok," Shockwave. "If you invade the Earth by yourselves, logic dictates that you will fail, and your empire will be in shambles."
"The Lorwardians do not need assistance from mindless machines to invade one planet!" Warmonga suddenly shouted.
"Says the one who got tricked to flying to Pluto by spray paint and a dog costume," Sixshot dryly remarked.
Grinding her teeth and growling in anger, Warmonga was about to reach for her staff when Warhok moved his hand in front of her to get her to stop.
"How exactly would joining you benifit us?" Warhok asked.
"Cybertronian technology is limitless," Shockwave answered. "Space bridges, energon fueled weaponry, advanced attack drones, just imagine your empire with such technology on your side. Your rule, as well as the rule of those who join this coalition, could reach the farthest edges of the universe. Is that something you would want to pass?"
Warhok took a moment to think what he said over. The thought of expanding his forces to the edge of the universe itself was an appealing thought, but what wasn't was that he had to share his rule. Then again, once the Earth was conqured and its champions defeated, they could always betray them and steal the tech for themselves. And with that plan in mind...
"Very well then, you have the support of the Lorwardian Empire," he said.
"Excellent," Shockwave replied before opening his right hand to reveal a holographic projector which displayed a map of the cosmos with Cybertron's location marked on it. "Meet us in the capital building of Kaon in precisely twenty four hours."
Next came the negotiations with the Triceraton Empire. This time however, instead of meeting face to face with the Triceraton Emperor, Zanmoran, Shockwave chose to hail the Triceraton mothership instead to discuss the terms of the alliance with him. The reason why is because had he simply flown to them, they'd have likely attempted to destroy them.
Like the Lorwardians, the Triceratons were chosen because of their brute strength, aggression towards their enemies and love for battle. Ironically, also like the Lorwardians, they too were about to invade the Earth after one of their soldiers, Zog, sent a signal to them about a potential Kraang outpost being hidden there. Unlike Warhok and Warmonga though was that Zanmoran was more willing to listen to Shockwave's proposition.
"Your offer intrigues me, Shockwave," the emperor said. "This knowledge of these 'champions' of Earth would initially be most troublesome, especially apparently since even my best soldiers can't handle four, mutated terrans!"
Zanmoran couldn't help but let out a snarl of contempt for the incompetence of the recently demoted Captain Mozar.
"But with the assistance of both you and the Lorwardians, victory will most surely be ours," he continued.
"Then I believe we have reached an agreement, Emperor," Shockwave responded.
Soon afterward, the Decepticon vessel had traversed to the Gem Homworld where discussions were currently taking place between Shockwave and the military leader of Homeworld, Yellow Diamond. Unlike the others, the Decepticons, in fact all of Cybertron, had a history with the Gem Empire. Millions of years ago, before the war, they attempted to colonize Cybertron like they had attempted to with Earth to develop new Gem soldiers utilizing energon. However, the Cybertronians managed to hold them back and, after their invasion force was in shambles, the Diamond Authority agreed to a ceasefire with the High Council of Cybertron.
Now, many years later, the Decepticons have now come to Homeworld, but this time without hostile intentions. Shockwave had chosen the Gems not just because of their strength like the Lorwardians and the Triceratons, but having seen first hand what they were capable of, he knew that their battle tactics could not be ignored, even if their invasion lead to their defeat.
However, a ceasefire did not exactly mean a truce and, as Shockwave sat in front of Yellow Diamond in a diamond shaped table inside the Diamonds' palace, he noticed a hint of bitterness in her eyes. No doubt that if this were any other occasion, the Decepticons would not have been welcome on Homeworld.
"I understand that you of all Gems would not be too enthused to see us on your world, but I strongly recommend that you consider my offer," Shockwave stated.
"The earth is of no concern to me, Shockwave," Yellow Diamond coldly replied. "The Cluster will have laid waste to it at this point, so you have nothing to offer me."
"Is that so?" the cycloptian Decepticon asked. "Then explain why the earth is still in our star charts as though nothing had happened."
To prove his accusation was accurate, Shockwave proceeded to place a holographic projector of a star chart of the Solar System and, as he said, Earth was still there in its proper orbit. He then noticed a slight widening of Yellow Diamond's eyes, almost as though she was trying to hide the shock she was almost certainly in.
"Your Cluster has failed," Shockwave said.
"Even if that is the truth, what could you possibly have that would benifit us into joining this alliance?" Yellow Diamond asked.
"I have information that you may be interested in about a certain Quartz soldier that evaded your harmonic weapon thousands of years ago," Shockwave answered.
The hologram projector then switched to video footage of Steven Universe and the Crystal Gems fending off a corrupted Gem. Noticing both the fusion and the defective Pearl that had caused her armies so much trouble was enough for her eyes to widen once more until she focused her attention on Steven, and noticed the rose quartz stone on his stomach.
Seeing the Gem of the one who shattered Pink Diamond was enough for her to scowl intensely with deep hatred. Suddenly, she immediately got back on her feet as the hologram shut off, Shockwave following suit.
"I will consult this with the rest of the Diamond Authority," she said.
"Should you decide to join us, meet us at the top of the Decepticon capital building," Shockwave replied.
The next choice was a rather odd one to the other Decepticons, but Shockwave believed they were a perfect choice despite their seemingly limited capabilities. They were the Cyclonians of the world of a thousand mountain top kingdoms, Atmos. Some questioned the decision to enlist an empire that hadn't even mastered space travel. However, Shockwave took note of their usage of crystals and just how powerful some of the higher ups were. Particularly their leader, Master Cyclonis.
Of course since they hadn't even made it past the planet's stratosphere, the Cyclonians were not expecting an alien warship to descend atop the palace of Terra Cyclonia, but, rather than attempt to blow them out of the sky, Cyclonis was quite interested in these strange visitors from another planet and decided to hear Shockwave out in her throne room.
"This is quite an opportunity I am being presented," she said as she sat on her throne. "Sentient machines from another world fall from the sky with an offer to extend my rule from beyond Atmos itself, and all I have to do is assist them in conquering one, insignificant planet."
"I take it that you are interested then, Master Cyclonis?" Shockwave asked.
"Very, but unfortunately, as you see, we do not have the capabilities to leave our world," Cyclonis answered. "How do you intend on fixing that?"
"Simple," the Decepticon answered. "Some of my technicians will remain here to construct a space bridge that will connect itself to one we already have built on Earth. Once the invasion begins, we will open the bridge so that your armies will be able to assist us. However, first I will need you to accompany me back to Cybertron so we can discuss our plans of attack. Would that be any sort of problem for you?"
"Not at all," Master Cyclonis answered with a sinister smirk before turning to one of her Talons. "Inform Dark Ace that he will be in charge in my brief absence."
"Yes, Master," the Talon responded before walking out of the throne room. Cyclonis then levitated out of her throne, her staff in her hand before landing on the floor, following Shockwave out of the room.
Finally came possibly the most difficult part thus far: Convincing Lord Dominator to join the coalition. Like the Triceratons, Shockwave opted for hailing Dominator rather than approaching her ship as she would have likely attempted to wipe them out which, given just how powerful she was, wasn't completely out of the realm of possibility. Despite not having an empire at her command like the others, the power that she possessed as well as her weaponry in the form of her suit and her robot drones made her a clear candidate as a member of this alliance, but, as those back at her home galaxy knew, she's not one's teammate or partner in crime.
Nope, she's the bad guy.
"Look, Cyclops, I'm not interested in the whole 'rule with an iron fist' grop, and I definitely don't need any help from a bunch of tin cans like you," Dominator said as she leaned back on her chain, her feet rested on the control console of her ship. "What makes you think I'd be interested in helping you take over one, puny little planet?"
Shockwave had to admit, trying to convince her to join them was much harder than he had previously anticipated. Her downright psychotic lust for destroying everything was much greater than he had assumed. However, he still believed he could manage to have her change her mind.
"I can offer you the coordinates of a multitude of planets in many galaxies for you to destroy for your cooperation, Dominator," he answered.
"Ugh, that would mean starting everything from scraaatch!" Dominator practically whined. "Meeting a bunch of new people, figuring out the right way to crush their spirits!"
"I find your objection to be illogical," the Decepticon scientist replied.
"Knew a stiff like you wouldn't get it," Dominator remarked before pressing a button, switching the screen from her to the image of the ruins of several planets she had destroyed. "Demolishing this galaxy is gonna be my masterpiece. It's so full of dorks ripe for the dominating!"
The screen then switched back to her.
"Where else am I gonna find anyone as dumb and hopeful and pathetic!?" she continued.
"I believe I have the answer to that," Shockwave answered before turning to Demolishor. "Send her the files."
"Yes, sir," Demolishor responded before sending the files of the heroes of Earth to Lord Dominator's ship.
Once she received them, Dominator proceeded to open them and read them. With each passing hero she learned about, her lower jaw slowly lowered in surprise before eventually turning into a sinister smirk.
"Perfect," was all she said in response to this.
Hours later, the Decepticon fleet had returned to Cybertron. It, as well as Lord Dominator's vessel and three warships that had belonged to the Gems, the Lorwardians and the Triceratons hovered above the city of Kaon, cloaked from Autobot scanners. Inside the Decepticon capital, several doors opened to a war room with a round table that had a built in holographic projector in the middle of it.
One by one, representatives of each faction entered the room. First came Shockwave and Master Cyclonis, accompanied by Ravess and Snipe. Next came Yellow Diamond with a Yellow Pearl beside her. Following them was Emperor Zanmoran and Captain Mozar. Then came Warhok and Warmonga, and finally came Lord Dominator.
Several chairs then shifted and decreased in size to better accommodate those that were not the size of both Shockwave and Yellow Diamond as they took their seats. Once everyone was seated, Shockwave then activated the holographic projector that suddenly displayed an image of Megatron looking down at each of the factions Shockwave had chosen, almost as though he was judging each of them. An evil grin was all it took to know that he was satisfied.
"Greetings, everyone," he said. "Let us talk war."
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