"But we're her family," Bumblebee said, "We can't just abandon her! Who's gonna take care of her when we're gone?"
"We need someone we can trust," Ratchet said.
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"Ab-so-lutely NOT!" Fanzone yelled for the neighborhood to hear.
"Come on captain. She's a good kid," Bumblebee pleaded.
"Ya won't even know she's around," Bulkhead smiled.
"Why me?!" Fanzone exclaimed.
"You're tops on the list of earthlings we know personally," Bumblebee grinned.
"Though it is a short list," Bulkhead tapped his chin.
"And it does include Prometheus Black and Nanosec," Prowl said.
"Yeah but still! You're number one!" Bumblebee flashed a thumbs-up, wink, and a grin.
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"Face it Optimus," Sentinel said, "This deal is the only way you're ever gonna get your career back on track. And rid yourself of the stench of those flunky losers you've been commanding."
"What about the stench of the lies you're asking me to tell?" Optimus frowned.
"NO ONE'S ASKING YOU TO LIE!" Sentinel spat. Ultra Magnus looked at him then turned back to the computer. "Just confirm what our scanners have been telling us all along. There are no Decepticons on Earth."
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Lugnut burst out of the ground inside the shield. He stepped out of the tunnel followed by Blitzwing. They snuck towards the Elite Guard ship. Blitzwing jumped up, grabbed a small device on the ship's hull, and yanked it off.
"The tachyon transmitter," Lugnut breathed.
"You think I don't know what a tachyon transmitter looks like?!" Blitzwing barked.
"Just GO!" Lugnut kicked Blitzwing into the hole then jumped in after him.
"Last one in's an unstable Energon cube!" Blitzwing laughed. They both flew out of the hole and into the sky. Starscream appeared from behind a blimp and followed them.
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"Oh noble master. Our mission was victorious!" Lugnut kneeled and presented Megatron with the transmitter.
"Aah. If it isn't my old pal Megatron," a voice echoed through the mines, "And by 'old pal', I mean the piece of scum who tried to incinerate me INTO OBLIVION!" Starscream stepped from the shadows.
"Starscream. You're alive," Megatron said.
"What's the matter? You look like you've seen a ghost," Starscream smirked, "Well, maybe you have!" Starscream fired his null blasters, but Megatron grabbed his sword, jumped up, and slashed Starscream to the ground.
"Is that the best you could do Starscream?! And to think you actually believed you could take over as leader of the Decepticons. You couldn't lead a parade," Megatron insulted. He aimed his cannon at Starscream's face and fired at point-blank. Megatron walked away from Starscream's body. "Make sure he's dead this time." Lugnut nodded. He used his cybernetic eye to scan Starscream's vitals.
"His heart has stopped. Starscream is no more," Lugnut reported.
"And just to be sure," Megatron twirled his sword then stabbed Starscream through the heart. "Now. Dump that piece of traitorous garbage where it belongs! His stench is starting to spread."
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Blitzwing and Lugnut carried Starscream's corpse to the ledge, swung him twice, and then let him plummet into the stream below. They took one last look then left. Back at the bottom of the stream, Starscream jumped awake.
"Prepare to face the wrath of—! Huh? What am I doing down here? And why is there a hole in my chest? Is that—?! Oh no. maybe I really am a ghost!" Starscream panicked, "Or maybe…something else is keeping me alive." He looked at his reflection in the river. And saw a glowing blue shard in his forehead. "A piece of the AllSpark. Indestructible. Inextinguishable. Which makes little old Starscream…immortal." Starscream stood up and shouted to the sky. "Prepare yourself Megatron you pompous slag! For my vengeance will be swift and PAINFUL!"
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Megatron sat in his throne, activated the tachyon transmitter and began his speech to every Decepticon colony, "Fellow Decepticons, take heed! Your leader Megatron still lives! Though we remain dispersed throughout the far reaches of the galaxy, exiled from our true home, we are all still Decepticons! United by a common purpose."
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Starscream burst from the ceiling and fired at Megatron. His blasts merely bounced off Megatron's armor. Megatron grabbed his twin swords, ran towards Starscream, and slashed him into three pieces.
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"The time has come for us to put aside our differences and act as one under my undisputed leadership. Only then can we cast off the shackles of Autobots oppression!"
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Megatron stood in the darkness. Thinking of his next move. Starscream snuck out of the shadows, and aimed his null blaster. But Megatron turned around, and blasted Starscream in the face.
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"Working together, we can raise up our glorious empire once more. And crush all who stand in our way!"
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Megatron stared at the city of Detroit from the highest ledge. The moonlight showered all of the land in a deep night-blue. Megatron became aware of the traitor standing behind him. He caught the bomb Starscream threw and tossed it back at his feet. Starscream danced around it for a few seconds until it blasted him away.
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Starscream was once again landed in the river he had been tossed in several times before. As if on a timer, he jumped up and aimed his blaster. Then realized he was once again sitting in a river.
"Uhh, I think…I need…another approach," Starscream admitted, "A way to lure that egotistical trash out into the open. Catching him off guard! Wah! Oh!" Suddenly his AllSpark fragment glowed then sparked. It pointed to a nearby dump truck. Starscream curiously walked to the truck.
"Ooh, another AllSpark fragment?" He plucked the fragment out of the truck's side. "Perhaps this will do the trick."