Hello! I'm back. Okay I know its been a while but please bear with me!
Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers: Animated. I only own Skystreak.
*Recap*
"Teletraan-1. Set a course for the nearest Space Bridge." Optimus said.
"But Ultra Magnus said to sit tight." Bulkhead protested.
"With all due respect, Ultra Magnus isn't carrying the All Spark." Optimus said back. "So, we'll set a course for the nearest Space Bridge and blast through whatever debris in our way." And that plan worked for a little while. That is, until we found the ship that's been tracking us.
"Uh... Boss Bot? I don't think we can blast through that." Bulkhead said.
The Decepticon ship was enormous! At least 100 times bigger than our ship right now.
"I've never seen a Decepticon ship up close." Bulkhead continued.
"No one has, and lived." Ratchet said grimly.
Optimus looked up from the data-pad he quickly looked at. "It's a command ship. I recognize the markings from the history vids."
"Megatron..." Ratchet whispered in horror.
"MEGATRON?" I shouted. "As in the cruel and vicious Decepticon Leader? Who eats Autobot protoforms for breakfast?
*On the Decepticon Ship, The Nemesis: The Bridge*
"Megatron is a fool who's been chasing a ghost for centuries." a pink(I AM NOT PINK! I'M MAGENTA! THERE"S A DIFFERENCE!), black, and silver Seeker bot sneered. "I seriously doubt we'll find this All Spark on such an insignificant vessel."
"TRAITOR!" a giant purple and green bot with one optic yelled. "Megatron is smart! Megatron is bold! Megatron will return the Decepticons to Cybertron! And-"
"'And wipe our homeland clean of the stench of Autobot tyranny' bladdy, blah, blah, blah." A black and purple femme with a spider like appearance interrupted.
"Did you memorize that speech, Lugnut? Or is it just hardwired into that thick, one-track processor of yours!" She yelled, waving one arm in the air. But then a beam of white light shot her arm. The beam disappeared and ice formed around the femme's arm.
"Az uzual, Blackarachnia. Your demeanor iz unpleazant az zat cursed organic mode of yourz." a purple and tan bot with an optic like a monocle said while putting away his cannons that shot the ice beam.
"Blow it out your actuator, Three-Face." Blackarachnia snapped while cracking the ice off her arm.
The tan bot's face literally changed into a face with a visor and a gap in his denta. "THE NAME IS BLITZWING, INSECT! REMEMBER IT! CUZ ITS THE LAST YOU'LL HEAR BEFORE I-"
Blitzwing's face changed again to a Jack-o-Lantern style face with a red mouth. "Express my feelings in song! The itsy, bitsy spider climbed up the-"
"You wanna battle it out here and now, Blitzwing?" Blackarachnia yelled at him
"Would you three walking malfunctions just keep it down?" the pink(I AM NOT PINK!) bot yelled at them.
"NO ONE MOCKS THE WORD OF MEGATRON!" Lugnut yelled.
At that moment, the door to the bridge opened and in walked a giant gray bot. He was even taller and more massive than Lugnut. His face and body language gave away no emotions and his optics were a blood red. His mere presence brought silence to the bridge. He was the most powerful Decepticon in the galaxy.
He...was Megatron.
Megatron walked across the bridge and stopped right in front of the pink(FOR THE LAST TIME, I AM NOT PINK!) bot. There was a pause. Then, Megatron spoke in a voice of authority. "Starscream. Report."
"Energy readings off the scale, my liege." the bot now known as Starscream said. "Shall I fire on the Autobots?"
"Cripple their ship, but do not destroy it. Yet."
"Yes, yes, yes! A brilliant strategy! Oh, wise and brave leader." Starscream simpered.
*Skystreak's POV*
I watched in horror as the giant ship's lasers powered up. "Teletraan-1! Evasive maneuvers!" I yelled. We dodged shot after shot. But I knew we weren't gonna make it for long. "Activate emergency defense system! Code name: Omega!"
"I'm sorry." Teletraan-1 replied "This function has been disabled in compliance with Cybertron's ongoing efforts to conserve Energon."
"WHAT!" Optimus, Ratchet, and I cried out. We kept dodging all the lasers the 'Cons shot at us. Eventually, one of the shots came within a cyber-inch of us and we swerved to avoid another laser.
"Warning. Asteroid field. Initiating alternate route."
"Gr... Override!" I yelled. We kept dodging, but one shot scraped our hull.
"GAH!" Everyone shouted as we fell to the floor.
"We're all gonna die, aren't we?" I moaned from my position on the floor.
*Decepticon Ship*
"I've got a match on the energy reading" Blackarachnia reported. "If it's not the All Spark, it's something just as powerful."
"I volunteer to deploy and breach the Autobot ship!" Starscream announced. Megatron's servo lashed out and grabbed Starscream's wing.
"I didn't spend the last 4 million solar-cycles searching for the All Spark just so you could lay your greasy wings on it!" Megatron increased the pressure on Starscream's wing, leaving a dent in it. "Ow ow!"
He brought Starscream up to him so he could look optic-to-optic. "I will use its power into the ultimate weapon, and crush the Autobots underfoot."
Then he walked out of the bridge without a backwards glance.
"Well... This is fixed then." Starscream whispered hatefully.
Megatron was standing at the door of the Nemesis when Starscream walked in. Apparently, Megatron wasn't in the mood to deal with Starscream because he snapped, "What do you want now, Starscream?"
Starscream walked up to Megatron, reached up and patted his back. Then he stepped back and bowed. "Only to wish you luck, my liege."
"I do not believe in luck." And with that, Megatron transformed and took off.
Back on the Nemesis, Starscream smirked evilly. "Neither do I."
What Megatron didn't know, was that there was an online detonator on his back. In exactly the same spot Starscream patted his back.
*Skystreak POV*
I was full on panicking. It only got worse as Teletraan-1 displayed an imaged of an incoming spacecraft. To all of our horror, it transformed into a giant gray and red bot. And when i say giant, I mean GIANT.
"Is that... Megatron?" Optimus whispered.
"You never said he was so big."(1) Bulkhead said
"You never said he could fly!" Bumblebee half-shouted.
'That should've been obvious he could fly.' I thought to Dad and he sent his amusement to me.
Megatron came right at our ship and we all braced for impact... but he went right over us.
"Huh... Guess he wasn't coming for us" Bulkhead said hopefully, but that hope was shot down
The ship shook violently and we all fell to the ground again. An astro-second later, the roof slowly started to melt.
Optimus groaned before shouting orders. "Prowl! Hold the ship steady! Ratchet! Seal the hull breach! Bulkhead, Bumblebee! Guard the All Spark! I'll hold off Megatron!"
"An' me?" I shouted at Optimus.
"Skystreak! Turn invisible and prime up the stasis pods!" Optimus shouted. "I've got a feeling we'll need them."
"But! We're repair bots! We're not programmed for this kind of action!" Bumblebee protested.
"Then consider this an upgrade." Optimus' answer was that simple.
I turned invisible and ran towards the stasis pods. They were right next door to the bridge. I primed 6 of them, one for each of us.
Then, I went down to the loading dock where Bumblebee and Bulkhead were 'guarding' the All Spark.
'Yeah right. Like we, a bunch o' rejects, could do anything to protect the All Spark from Megatron.' I thought.
Halfway to the cargo hold, there was a giant explosion that knocked me off my stabilizing servos and into the only data file cabinet on the ship.
*The Nemesis*
Starscream watched gleefully as the Autobot ship slowly made a decline in altitude.
"YES!" he shouted "Alright. Solemn face, solemn face." Then he walked back to the bridge.(2)
*Skystreak's POV*
I fell front first onto the floor and the cabinet fell on top of me. And slag, if it wasn't heavy... I tried to get up but it was at least two times as heavy as me. AND it was crushing my wings, which, by the way to you non-fliers out there, slagging hurts!
'Oww... Ah think it's crushing mah intakes'
Suddenly, a very bright blue light lit up the hall ways. I looked around as much as I could.
'Dad? What's goin' on?' I thought through the bond
'We are going through a space bridge. Are you alright?' he sent back.
'No. Ah'm stuck under the only data cabinet on the ship' I was going to say more but Optimus said through the comm. link "Bulkhead, Bumblebee, Skystreak. Report- GAH!"
"Optimus! Ya a'right?" I shouted to him. The cabinet was really getting heavier, I just knew it.
"Artificial gravity: disabled" Teletraan-1 said.
The Primus-damned cabinet finally floated off me. I kicked it off of me and jetted off to the cargo hold to watch the All Spark.
'Dad, remember to listen to Optimus' I reminded him
'Hn.' I rolled my optics at that.
"Would it kill you bots to say something like 'heads up' or, I don't know, 'Watch out' or-" Optimus' rant traveled all the way down to the cargo bay but it was cut off by Ratchet shouting "INCOMING!"(3)
"Hey, look on the bright side, Optimus. At least someone warned you" I said through the comm. link. Immediately after that, the ship jerked forward so suddenly that I fell onto the floor and Optimus came flying into the cargo hold. He crashed into some pipes that were shaped like a pyramid or something.
"OP, ya okay?" I tried to say. Tried being the key word because a little after Optimus came crashing in, Megatron stomped in and pinned Optimus down with his foot. I noticed that his arm was missing. I suddenly had the urge to laugh but that urge went away pretty quickly when Megatron said, "Now bring me the All Spark, and I may spare your miserable Autobot lives."
I started to slowly ease the All Spark away from Megatron so as not to attract his attention. While I was doing that, Megsy(I think I'll call him that from now on) brought his sword down just as Optimus whipped out his axe. Then, as I seem to have some slightly bad luck this cycle, the All Spark started glowing again.
'No! Come on, don't do that!' I thought to it, like it could hear my thoughts and trying in vain to cover the glow with my invisible body. I froze at that moment because Megsy was staring right at me. Isn't my luck just wonderful?
Fortunately, Optimus took advantage of this distraction and extended his axe's handle to key the pad to open the loading dock.
The atmosphere of whatever planet we were approaching sucked us down the hall. I held down the All Spark with my frame while Optimus and Megatron flew out the door. The next thing that happened was that I heard Megatron yelling out and totally faded out in the roar of the atmosphere.
Optimus crawled back up the hallway and closed the door. "Get to the stasis pods now."
"Got it." We both ran to the bridge. "Everyone to the stasis pods!"
It was Bumblebee, Dad, and I on one side. Then, on the other side it was Bulkhead, Ratchet... Where's Optimus?
"What about you?" Bumblebee yelled through the comm. link.
"Not until I steer us clear us this populated sector!" he yelled back.
A few astroseconds later, he got into his pod.
"Initiating emergency stasis mode." Teletraan-1 said. My last though was 'Ah wonder what populates this planet...' And with that, I fell into stasis.
(1) That's what she said... (My friends would crack up if they saw this)
(2) One of my favorite quotes in this series
(3) All time favorite quote!
A/N: What do you think? I'm so so sorry that I haven't updated in about a week... It's almost finals week and I've got 2 majors band concerts soon so... Anyway, I thank everyone who actually bothers to read my stories and please review or PM me!