Declaimer: I do not own Transformers, only the plot

Chapter 2: A Fight

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. - Friedrich Nietzsche

"So, what do we now?" asked Strongarm as he looked at the group.

That was the same question Skyblast was asking himself. What should they do now? He had not really desire to report back to the Autobots, not after what they did. But he really didn't want to stick around here all day. This whole was a new experience for him, thinking and making choices for himself. He had made the choice to fight, to risk his life. He like it.

"Let's just head back to the rec area," suggested Signal Flare, "I could use a drink."

"Right, I could so go for a jug of the high grade stuff," laugh Skyblast.

"You and me both!" agreed Strongarm.

"Ok, three rounds of high grade energon on me, for the best Omnicon fighting force!" cheered Skyblast.

"Don't get so carried away," said Signal Flare as he shook his head.

Stongarm laugh as he slapped Signal Flare on the back, "Oh, come on, 'Flare, we won! We have to celebrate!"

"We have yet to truly win anything. A single battle doesn't change our standing in the world" said Signal Flare as he glared at Strongarm.

"You are such a downer," mumbled Strongarm.

Skyblast just laughed at them. He really didn't care now. Sure, the Autobots wouldn't care what they had done, nor would the other Omnicons, but he did care. He wanted to do this, it was just something he had to prove to himself. Now, that he had done it, he wonder what was going to happen to him next.

"Maybe once we get some energon into him, he will lighten up," said Skyblast.

"For once!" laughed Strongarm as Signal Flare continue to glare at the two of them. The two Omnicons just laugh at him. They didn't know why, they just did.

Suddenly, Signal Flare' expression change and with a couple seconds, he pulled both laughing Omnicons to the ground. Strongarm was about to punched him for that, if only a laser shot didn't fly right by where his head was.

"You missed,"

"Not my fault the one of the stupid clones spotted us!"

"Nothing talking, more destroying,"

Skyblast and Strongarm turned around at the sound of the voices. Their optics widened at the sight of four Decepticons coming right at them, well, more like six if you count Megatron with both Starscream and Scorponok standing in the back, surround in darkness. That still didn't stop the others from coming straight at them.

"Ah slag it!" roared Strongarm as he transformed and started to zoom away.

"You can say that again!" agreed Signal Flare as he ducked under one of Snowcat's shots.

"Maybe later!"

"Come back here, you copy bots!" shouted Shockwave as he was then only one that seem to be getting close enough to them.

Skyblast transformed and flew into the sky, while Signal Flare and Strongarm dove to the side. The Decepticons were still coming in too close, firing all they had on to the three of them. Skyblast didn't know what to do. This was totally different, really different. They didn't have the weapons to go against the Decepticons like this. Sure, they had the spirit to fight, but not the supplies.

"What are we going to do?" shouted Strongarm as the Decepticons forces were gaining on their tailpipes.

"Over to the Energon Reserves!" shouted Signal Flare as he pulled out into the lead.

Skyblast and Strongarm just gave him a look, but didn't argue with him. This really wasn't the time for it. Turning down left and right down the mines, the three Omnicons leaded the four Decepticons on a goose chase. Coming up to where some steel bars were holding up the rocks, Strongarm charge into it and created a wall to get them some more time to escape.

"Great work, Strongarm," said Skyblast.

"Thanks 'Blast," he said as they came up to where Signal Flare was leading them; the Energon Reserve. This was where they took all the Energon they had mines and place for storage to be refined into energy or Energon Stars.

"Why are we here, Flare?" asked Skyblast as he and the others transformed. Signal Flare walk up to one of the crates and held out a piece of raw Energon towards his two allies.

"These are going to save our afts," he stated.

"What! You are planning on giving them our Energon!" shouted Strongarm.

"No! Don't you remember what raw Energon does to a Transformers' body?" asked Signal Flare as he glared at Strongarm.

"They can't touch the stuff. That why they makes us dig it up," answer Skyblast before Strongarm could say anything.

Signal Flare just smirked at them as the little light bulds over the other two Omnicons' heads came on, "Now come on and grabbed what you guys can carry."

They quickly nodded their heads and started to grab arms full of the energon nuggets. Doing so, Skyblast could hear the thundering foots steps and laser fire of the Decepticons. They were not the least bit happy, not one bit. Gulping back a little bit of energon fluid in his mouth, Skyblast joined Strongarm and Signal Flare behind a huge rock with their only weapons against these idiots, powerful but still idiots.

"Where are they?" roared out Shockblast.

"How I am suppose to know?" respond Demolisher as he banged his chest, "Lets just get them already."

Raising his hand up, Skyblast started to do a count down over the Decepticons yelling match at each other….

3

2

1

"Now!" shouted Skyblast.

The Decepeticons didn't know what hit them. One moment, they were fighting overwhat to do next, the next thing, Snowcat was pounded in by a fury of yellow glowing rocks, falling to the ground into stasis lock. Yellow energy was cackling all over his prone form.

"What that?" wonder Shockblast, as he turned to where the nuggets where coming from and his single optic flashed onto the three Omnicons readying themselves for round two, "There the little freaksh-AGRU!"

The Cyclopes Decepticon cried out in pay as he and the other three remain Decepticons were pounded down by the rainfall of raw energon nuggets from the Omnicons warriors. This was not Shockblast had sign up for. To be beat by a few weaklings that played in the dirt.

"Agru…I am going to destr-AHAHAHAHAH!" roared out Shockblast as he more energon then before was coming at them.

The Omnicons didn't let up. They just kept on grabbed all the Energon was around them and continue to throw it. They were not going to be taken down, not by them. Skyblast didn't want to die just yet. He had finally experience what it was like to make his own decisions. There was no way in the Pit he was going to let that feeling leave him again. He wasn't going to anyone puppet anymore.

"I Ah! Don't believe Agru! It," growled Demolisher as he tried to get the now off line Mirage off him. The yellow energon sparks dance all long his body, "Those bots…" and then he fell face first into the ground.

That only left them one Decepticon left, Shockblast. He could barely stand by the looks of him and there was pure hate in his one optic. Skyblast just gulp a bit. He had heard the rumors about this con and he had seen the reports. This was not a easy target to take down.

"Signal Flare! Skyblast! We are out of ammo!" shouted Strongarm as he pulled over the trolley that was carrying over on itself to give them better protection from the laser fire from Shockblast.

"Then we are going to have to go for the more direct method," said Skyblast as he picked up a piece of shrapnel that came off the cart, "Stay here, I'll take care of him."

Being weaken by the energon throw at him, Shockblast was just as a worst as his now stasis lock partners in crime. But he was still standing and that was something that Skyblast just couldn't have. The Decepticon was still a threat and would stay one ass long as he was still on-line.

"This ends now!" roared out Skyblast as he ran forward and launched the piece of metal in his hand towards Shockblast.

The next few seconds seem to freeze in time. Skyblast would have the image keep in his memory banks for all time. The piece of metal was sent flying like an arrow and crashed righting into the Decepticon's single optic. The yellow glass that it was made of crack into hundred of pieces and the screams of his pain could be heard all around the entire mine. The purple Decepticon just moaned a bit before falling to the ground off line.

Silence again gripped the area as the three remain fighters, three Omnicons just looked on at what just happen here. Did they do this? Were they responsible for taking down four of the more powerful enemies of the Autobots? Did they succeed where they had fail?

"How…" gasped Signal Flare as he couldn't understand what happen here.

"Did we win?" wonder Strongarm.

Skyblast just stood there with a shock expression on his face. It was still trying to get into his head that he just took down Shockblast. This was even a greater rush then the one he had before. It was like this was all a dream and he was just a visitor watching all this from above.

Of course, he didn't have any time to enjoy for long. The whole area was starting to shake. It was like a mini-earthquake. Skyblast try to stay on his feet, but trip over them and fell to the ground. Looking up, he really didn't like the new looks on his friends' faces. They were looks of pure fear. This was not a very good sign.

Slowly, Skyblast turned around to see what had his fellow Omnicons freaking out. There standing above him was the three remain Decepticons, Megatron, Starscream and Scorponok. He never had a chance to scream until he was punch in the face and was out like a light.