A/N: I don't own Steven Universe or Transformers
Chapter One: To make an Army
The Kindergarten.
Once it was a place a where Gems were spawned for their war effort across the stars, but now it stands abandoned and damaged; left alone like a bad memory as those who shut it down would prefer to remember it. The facility would been left as it was, however in the past few weeks certain events caused the Kindergarten to become a place of personal interest for not only those who had constructed it, but other otherworldly conquerors. Over the skies above the canyon, a trio of multi-colored jets circled the area, after days of following a faint energy signature, they had found the source.
Like the Gems, these newcomers had arrived on Earth from another world; however they did not arrive here by choice. They came to this world when their own was dying after eons of civil war had ravaged it of its natural resources. They did not come to this world alone, their enemies who believed in peace and justice had followed them here and once again their conflict was reignited, but the leader of this band of conquerors believed that whatever was in this canyon may hold the key to their victory over those who had opposed them for so long.
"The energy readings seem to be emanating from this area" Starscream said to his fellow seekers as they flew over head the canyon "Lets land and get a closer look"
For the past several weeks, the Decepticons had been investigating the sudden influx of strange energy readings that where coming from space. At first it was passing interest, since their war with the Autobots was occupying their focus, but after the day where the Earth's entire the ocean was pulled in a massive tower that was reaching up to the heavens, the Decepticons became quit intrigued to learn what exactly was going on and more to the point how could they use such power to crush their enemies before they could do the same to them. Their research had finally leaded them to this birthplace of so many warriors for the Gem war machine.
"You were right Starscream, it is a Kindergarten!" the fellow seeker known as Skywarp said as they transformed into their robot modes before landing on the ground
"Of course I was right you fool!" the Air Commander snapped "as I told our 'glorious' leader, we've been following the energy signatures of Gems all this time!"
"Great, Gems are on Earth to?" Thundercracker said with disgust "The Autobots and humans were bad enough, but now we gotta deal with those freaks again?"
"The Gems may have been on Earth before, but judging by the damaged state of these machines, they either left this planet or died off long ago" Starscream concluded as he inspected one of the machines "Personally, I'm hoping for the second theory to be true"
"What does the boss see in this junk anyway?" Thundercracker asked his fellow seekers
"An opportunity" a cold voice replied darkly from above
The trio of robots heads quickly shot up and saw their leader Megatron descending down from the sky with Soundwave at his side.
"Theses machines may be damaged, but they can still be of use to me" the warlord continued "Soundwave, scan the area for any working technology in this area"
"Scan commencing" the Decepticon communications officer said as he began his task "confirmed, functioning Gem technology exactly twenty meters west of our current location"
The group of warriors headed toward the location where Soundwave had detected the operating device and sure enough they quickly found it. The tech in question was a strange green square-shaped platform. After ordering Skywarp and to stand guard at the entrance and for Thundercracker to scout the rest of area, Megatron proceeded to the lower levels with Starscream and Soundwave. Once they reached the underbelly of the Kindergarten, the Decepticons came upon what appeared to be the facility's main control room.
The warlord's two officers went right to work to attempt to reactivate the system, however try as the might; they could not find a way to turn the once great machine back online.
"Its useless Megatron, this machinery is far too old and damaged to be useful to anyone!" Starscream said in frustration "And besides, even if we could bring the system back online it would still be useless to us; we hardly have any knowledge as to how to use Gem technology"
Megatron's response to that was a strong backhand that sent the Air Commander falling to the floor.
"I will not tolerate whining from my troops" he warned as he pointed his Fusion Cannon at his second in command's face "Least of all from you!"
Suddenly, a screen activated above them, surprising the trio of machines. At first the screen was merely static for several seconds, then without warning the image of a strange green skinned woman appeared on it, looking rather displeased.
"Who's trying to break into my network?!" the woman demanded "This will not be-"
Her words ceased to come out of her mouth she saw who exactly was in the Kindergarten's control room. Her expression changed from angry to shocked, clearly not happy to see Cybertronians standing before her-least of all Megatron.
"What are you doing here?!" she said surprise "There where no reports of Cybertronians on Earth even when the Gems had control of the planet!"
"Control? Bah! You Gems couldn't control androids at a picnic!" Starscream mocked as he attempted to get back on his feet
"Silence!" his master commanded, kicking him back down as he did
"I'll ask again, what are you doing on this planet?" the Gem questioned again
"We are doing what we Decepticons have always done: conquering it!" Megatron declared "Clearly, we have the same goal for this backwater world"
"I would choose you words very carefully Megatron!" the Gem snapped back, clearly taking Megatron aback by that "Yes, I know who you are, the warlord of Kaon who stopped the Gem invasion of Cybertron a millennia ago"
"Because Cybertron is mine alone to rule!" Megatron shot back before taking on a calm demeanor "However, I'm willing to overlook our two species past conflicts if we can form a brief truce to take control of this world together"
"Meaning what exactly?" the Gem questioned with a hint of intrigue in her voice
"If you help me reactivate this Kindergarten, I will in turn give you an army that will wipe the humans and anyone else in our path off this planet" the warlord explained "Then we will be able to gather up enough Energon to leave this place and return to Cybertron while your people will have not only a new planet under your rule, but also an army to extend your empire to whatever galaxy you see fit"
The Gem began to mull over the robot's proposal in her head, after several silent seconds she finally came to a conclusion.
"Very well, I agree to the terms, but I will inform my people of this temporary alliance" she answered "However in the meantime, Peridot, at your service"
Just then, Megatron received a transmission from one of his soldiers outside of the control room.
"Lord Megatron, I've discovered something" Thundercracker informed his leader via com-link "It looks like some kind of teleportation pad"
"A Gem Warp-Pad?!" Peridot, who was able to hear the Con's words, nearly shouted in shock "So that's how they managed to find this place!"
"Who's 'they'?" Starscream questioned, now back to his feet
"The Crystal Gems" the Gem replied "Their the ones who shut down this facility and then recently damaged the control room"
"So it would seem Gems have their own inner conflict as well" the Decepticon second in command noted with a smirk "That sounds very familiar"
"It matters not, we'll crush them as well" Megatron stated, balling up his fist to get the point across "But for now, our main focus should be restoring power to the Kindergarten"
"The sooner the better" Peridot added "This system is incredibly old, it's hard to tell how much longer it will be able function properly"
the warlord nodded in understanding before he turned his soldiers in order to give them their assignments .
"Starscream, take Skywarp and Thundercracker and collect enough Energon stockpiled at our base to refuel the system" he ordered "Soundwave, you will follow the warp-pad's energy trail back to its point of origin and destroy these Crystal Gems; I will send reinforcements to you as soon as I can"
"As you command Lord Megatron" Soundwave acknowledged
"And just what are you going to do?" the Air Commander asked his leader with a sneer
"Aside from resisting the urge to rip out your audio processors, I need to make a call to Cybertron" he answered with a sneer of his own "If we are to succeed in our plan, then this place is going to require an upgrade and I know just the Con who can do that"
"You don't mean-"
"Oh I do"
"What are you talking about?" Peridot asked sharply, not happy being left out of the conversation
"Let's just say you'll be getting a new lab partner shortly" Megatron replied before turning back to his minions "Now go and do not fail me!"
With that, the Decepticons began to carry out their master's orders, however unknown to them a pair of interlopers where currently spying on them. Like the Decepticons, their enemies were also fallowing the trail of strange events that lead them to this place, knowing that Megatron and his warriors would use this wicked place for their own nefarious cause.
"This looks bad Bee" Cliffjumper mentioned to his friend as the two scouts hide behind a pile of boulders "The Cons could create an entire army outta all this stuff!"
"You can say that again Cliff" Bumblebee said "Come on, we gotta warn Prime"
The two Autobots then transformed into their vehicle modes and sped off back their home base, hoping to warn their leader of their enemy's newest scheme before they could unfold. Suddenly a laser blast hit the ground in front of them from above, knocking them of off their tires from the force of the blast. The Autobots quickly changed back into their robot forms to see Starscream and his fellow seekers descending from the sky in their robot forms.
"Going somewhere?" he asked wickedly
"B-but how did you-" Cliffjumper attempted to say
"You Autobots are pathetically predictable!" the Air Commander interrupted "Laserbeak spotted you two halfway here; we've been leading you to your doom this whole time!"
"You won't get away with this!" Bumblebee declared
"Maybe we will and maybe we won't" Starscream replied as he pointed his null ray cannon at his foe "But you two won't be around to find out"
One shot from his cannon was all it took to make Bee's optics go black.