Warpath led the other two through the barracks and out into the air of Iacon. The first thing he saw was the giant Omega Supreme and a mound of silica and metal that he had never seen before. Omega seemed distracted, looking in another direction.
"What is it, Omega?" asked Inferno.
"Autobots: sighted. Combat: occurring. Help: requested," said Omega Supreme, who then began walking in the direction he had been looking. It did not take long to see that drones were attacking three Autobots who were caught in the open. In fact they might have been close to surrendering. Omega's blast dispersed some of the drones.
Inferno charged in and knocked one of the drones off of an Autobot who was down. He then fired to destroy another drone. "Are you okay?" he asked.
"I'm fine now," answered the robot. "My name is Red Alert."
"Inferno," replied Inferno. "There will be more time to make friends later."
Two more Autobots ran up and the sight of Omega and jumped in. The drones withdrew. Warpath looked around at everybody. "Zowie! Looks like you guys missed the boat too. Who is everybody?" he asked.
"I'm Red Alert. Those are Skids and Smokescreen. We were just trying to make the boarding call, but I guess we were too late. Are we all that is left?" asked Red Alert.
"No, Ultra Magnus and the other Wreckers are off building a resistance movement," answered Inferno.
"I can certainly help there, security is my business," replied Red Alert.
"And the others?" asked Inferno. He was looking at the two new arrivals, both whom appeared as though they could fly.
"My name's Tracks and this is Powerglide. A long drawn out guerrilla war sounds dreadful. Are sure there isn't another way?" asked Tracks.
"Situation: uninteresting. Prospect: dull. Alternative: available," answered Omega.
"What in the BAM do you mean, alternative available?" asked Warpath.
"Target: Constructicons. Departure: imminent," said Omega, who then transformed into his transport mode of a strange looking spacecraft.
"Wait, Omega, you can't be…" started Perceptor.
"Who votes to join Omega Supreme for action and mayhem?" asked Powerglide. His own hand shot up as did the hands of Skids, Tracks, and Smokescreen. Omega lowered a gangway to collect his new army and then launched. He left Perceptor and Warpath stunned. Red Alert and Inferno shrugged their shoulders. As big as he was, Omega would have made a difficult guerrilla warrior. There was nowhere to hide him.
"Well then, our first order of business will be to find a base," uttered Perceptor, suddenly depressed.
"No worries, there. I know every inch of this area. I know a good underground option," said Red Alert.
"Then let's go," said Inferno.
Red Alert led them to an older supply depot under the planet's surface. There was a small energy supply and enough of a computer network to make Perceptor happy. There was even space for weapon storage and places to hide more Autobots. Soon the Perceptor cell was up and operational. If only Omega Supreme was not flying straight for Kaon.
The tower shook, ratcheting Shockwave out of his stupor. The chief Decepticon looked around and saw the Constructicons to his right and Sunstorm to his left. "We're under attack! But how? From where?" roared Shockwave.
"It is Omega Supreme, sir. He is attacking outside," answered Sunstorm.
"Well, do something. Constructicons! Do something!" ordered Shockwave.
"Constructicons, phase 1. Phase 2!" called out Scrapper as the team of construction vehicles began to merge into Devastator. He charged out of the tower.
"Sunstorm, pick up a few seekers and join him," ordered Shockwave.
Sunstorm nodded. He transformed into a tetrahedral jet and flew out. Soon he was flanked by similar jets on both sides. He saw Devastator grappling with Omega Supreme. Sunstorm strafed his large target, when he noticed his vision go dark. The other seekers were having similar troubles around him.
Tracks smiled, "Now we should be able to bring them down." Now it was his turn to be surprised as Sunstorm created a burst that drove away his darkness rays. Tracks' smile disappeared rapidly. The seekers now turned on the small Autobots on the ground. Skids bounded away.
Smokescreen had a different idea. He transformed into his Cybertronian form and began moving in circles to generate as much silica dust as he could. The results were somewhat impressive and succeeded in hiding Tracks and Skids for a moment.
Then, Sunstorm released another burst that burned away the dust. The three Autobots searched for and found cover and became locked in a fire fight with the seekers. Meanwhile, a motivated Omega Supreme was handling Devastator at least on an equal footing. The two giants were trashing the architecture of Kaon. Eventually that reality was beginning to annoy Shockwave. It did not look that the Constructicons would prevail. Even if they did, what would be left?
"Constructicons! If you cannot win, you must leave. Perhaps he will follow you," said Shockwave.
Devastator refused to disengage at that moment and continued to fight Omega, but his rage could match that of his opponent. Omega finally got a strong shot right into the leg connection between Mixmaster and the rest of the unit. It caused the Decepticon giant to separate. Now they took Shockwave's advice and left in a hurry. Omega pursued them to the hangar and they scrambled aboard a ship.
"Mixmaster, blast off! What is taking so long?" asked Scrapper.
"You bring us to a random spaceship and just assume I can fly it?" asked Mixmaster.
"Never mind. Long Haul, get us out of here!" ordered Hook.
Long Haul pulled a lever and the ship flamed to life. It began advancing out of the hangar and quickly began climbing, cutting through the gravity of Cybertron all of the way. Finally it broke away.
"Where are we going, Long Haul?" asked Hook.
"I don't know, I was just told to get us out of here," answered Long Haul.
Omega Supreme watched them go. He would not let them get very far. His large ship mode could not do it, for it was only really designed for sub-orbital flight. However, Omega knew he had another mode.
"A little help, big guy?" called out Smokescreen from behind his cover.
Omega turned and looked at Sunstorm and his armada. He opened his nucleon shock cannon hand and fired right into the Decepticon crowd, spilling them around and scarring the tower in which Shockwave continued to find some answer to attack the behemoth.
Omega now transformed into a rocket platform with track and guardian tank. It caught Tracks and Smokescreen by surprise. They were even more surprised as Omega's rocket began firing up. The two Autobot pre-cars looked at each other.
"Hey, wait for us!" shouted Smokescreen. The three Autobots rushed over and boarded the extended gangplank that Omega had ready for them. Once they were safe aboard, Omega lifted off and began his pursuit of the Constructicons. As they did not know where they were going, neither did Omega.
Shockwave breathed a sigh of relief. The large Autobot weapon was gone. He could attempt to prepare for its return. He could also try to wipe out the remaining Autobots. Reports were coming in that the Autobots were heading underground to secret tunnels. His drone army could only do so much unaided. There were not a lot of other Decepticons to draw on. Sunstorm and his seekers were practically it. Well, the Autobots would need energy sometime. Shockwave began to occupy the remaining energy depots with clone troops. Any effort to take energy would cause the Autobots to be found and destroyed.