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Previously- Soundwave did not reply, to busy surveying the situation at the lack of movement from any of the Nemesis' soldiers, Soundwave sighed and turned to the invaders, attempting to see what his personnel files relating to all known Decepticons could reveal. Coming up empty, Soundwave decided that as TIC it was up to him to determine the origin and plans of these unknowns.

October 1985

On Board Nemesis…

"Greetings. Designation: Soundwave. TIC Decepticon Army under command of Lord Megatron from starfighter Nemesis, "stated Soundwave in his monotone voice, "Requesting identification and purpose"

The purple and grey femme cocked her head to the side, before smirking and providing Soudwave with the requested information.

"My designation is Whirlblade, SIC of the Decepticon Imperial Army under Commander Nitrofire, from the warship Pandemonium. Our purpose on Nemesis is quite simple really. We sought out a weak Decepticon signal originating from this planet and came to investigate. Attempts at communication failed, so we decided to board this ship in an attempt to discover if it was manned and functional. And….well from my observations, I would say that this ship would be better off on the scrap-heap. Anyway, I suppose I better introduce the rest of the boarding party"

Whirlblade gestured one by one to the party behind her

"This is Shadowblaster, one of our law-enforcers. She works with her mate Barricade". The black and blue femme nodded in greeting, before turning her attention to talk with the orange and black femme with the yellow visor next to her.

"Next to her is Trackracer, one of our messengers and soldiers. She is the fastest grounder that our force possesses"

"Our assassins Sparkdeath and her brother Deathblade", she gestured to the black, red and purple femme and mech, who were watching the proceedings with keen interest.

"Lastly we have Blockade. He is one of our Commander's personal guards", Whirlblade said of the scarred green and purple mech who stood still as a statue near the entrance they had made to Nemesis.

Whirlblade turned back to Soundwave after the introductions to those she had brought with her were made.

"Well now that we have that over with, perhaps we could meet with your commander"

"Negative. Lord Megatron has ordered not to be disturbed"

"Very well. Let me com my commander and obtain further instruction"

"Acceptable"

On board Pandemonium…

Nitrofire thrummed her fingers on the arm rest of her throne, waiting to hear back from Whirlblade. She had sent her SIC and a few select members of her army through to the unidentified ship, deciding to keep Bombarda on Pandemonium in case extra they needed to plan an attack. Suddenly her comlink sprung to life with a call from her SIC.

: This is Whirlblade reporting of mission status:

: Proceed Whirlblade:

: Contact has been made with the starfighter Nemesis. All communication links on the ship are out due to heavy damage:

:Is there anyone on board?:

: Yes Commander. There are Decepticon soldiers on the ship. I have spoken with a mech, designation Soundwave. He says he is the TIC. I requested a meeting with the ship's commander but apparently the soldiers are under orders not to disturb him:

: Who did this Soundwave say is the commander of Nemesis:

: A Lord Megatron my Lady:

: Hmmm….its seems Megatron has risen through the ranks since I was last on Cybertron:

: What are your orders Commander?:

: Arrange a meeting on Pandemonium at 1300 Joors, this planet's next orbital cycle:

There was a small pause in communications whilst Whirlblade discussed this with the TIC of Nemesis.

: The meeting time has been accepted Commander:

: Excellent. Get back to the Pandemonium as soon as possible Whirlblade. We need to prepare for this meeting. I have a feeling it will be very eventful. Nitrofire out:

: Affirmative Commander. Whirlblade out:

Command Trine Quarters- Nemesis….

Skywarp appeared in the command trine quarters , running through attempting to find the whereabouts of his wingmates. He found Thundercracker in the common living area, grabbed him unceremoniously and headed off to find Starscream and tell him what he had seen.

Starscream placed his Null Rays on their holder on the wall of his room, then stepped back to admire his handiwork. At least now that he was finished, he would be able to recharge in peace, Starscream thought. After all he had managed to get rid of Skywarp earlier. He was probable wreaking havoc at this very moment. Unfortunately for Starscream, his peace was interrupted when Skywarp burst through the door to his room dragging a very confused Thundercracker with him.

"Hey'Screameryou''llneverguesswhatIsawnevernevernever,"Skywarp said rather quickly

"If I didn't know you any better than what I do Skywarp,"Starscream sighed, "I wouldn't have understood a word that came out of your mouth. Now what is it exactly that you saw?"

"Femmes 'Screamer, Decepticon femmes I tell you. They blew a hole in the command centre and appeared out of the smoke, then started talking to Soundwave, the lucky glitch. By Primus they were glorious, those curves. I'm telling you 'Screamer this is the best day I have ever had on this miserable planet. I haven't seen a femme since….well I don't remember"

"Do you have a bolt loose in that empty head of yours Skywarp? Megatron wiped out all femmes and carriers in the Great Purge. They're extinct, our 'fearless leader' didn't even realise the implications of such a foolish plan. Now the only way we can reproduce using Vector sigma to create new soldiers. Unfortunately Megatron forgot that we need a key to access it and they have all been destroyed. I'm telling you if I was leader…."

"Oh come on 'Screamer not your 'if I was leader' rant again. TC and I have heard it enough. We get the point- you-do-not-like-Megatron…but that's beside the point. We're here to talk about the femmes"

"Enough Skywarp. Thundercracker, take him to the med bay and have Hook take a look at him. He's delusional"

"Come on 'Warp. Let's go see Hook and he can have a look at that processor of yours"

"I'm not delusional you guys. I have a copy of the security footage from the command centre. Have a look, it'll prove I'm telling you guys the truth"

"Show us"

Skywarp withdrew the datadisk he had taken from the security room from storage area and placed it into Starscream's personal computer. He would show his wingmates that he wasn't glitched.

Megatron's Personal Quarters…

Megatron woke from a brilliant recharge cycle feeling better that what he had since he awoke on Earth. He wondered if the Constructicons had completed the repairs on the command centre yet. For Megatron, the sooner the repairs were completed, the sooner he could start plotting another way to get more energon.

His thoughts were interrupted by a beep on his personal computer announcing a message from Soundwave. Reading the title of the message and its contents, Megatron wondered what the frag had gone on while he was recharging.

Title: Invasion of Nemesis and Upcoming meeting with Decepticon Commander

Sender: Soundwave, Communications Officer, TIC

Lord Megatron,

An incident occurred today in your absence that resulted in further damage to the command centre of Nemesis. A hole was blasted through the outer wall of the command centre and a boarding tunnel from another ship attached. Nemesis was then boarded by members of another Decepticon ship who had been unable to reach Nemesis through normal communication channels due to existing damage.

The boarding party consisted of four femmes and two mechs designations Whirlblade, Shadowblaster, Trackracer, Sparkdeath, Deathblade and Blockade from Decepticon warship Pandemonium. The ship's SIC requested that you meet with her commander on their ship at 1300 joors on Earth's next orbital cycle. This meeting has been agreed to.

I have taken the liberty of contacting Shockwave and have requested that he find all possible information relating to the Pandemonium as well as its commander and crew.

I await your orders

All Hail Lord Megatron

Sometimes Megatron really wondered why he really bothered to recharge at all. His soldiers did not seem to be able to function for one astrosecond without having any problems. He was rather displeased that a hole seemed to have been blasted in his ship, but this was eased when he read about the name of the ship that had found Nemesis.

He vaguely remembered the Pandemonium. It was a great black, ominous warship that the Decepticon emperor had gifted to his charge who had been named as a Supreme Commander of the Decepticon Imperial forces. Megatron was looking forward to meeting this Nitrofire, though he had never seen the commander whilst he was in residence at Darkmount on Cybertron, he had heard a lot about the commander's skill in battle. That name, Megatron mused, sounded like a good strong Decepticon name for a mech. He would ensure he took his command trine and Soundwave with him to this meeting. After all, it would bode well for his plans to make a good impression with this new ally. Together they would be able to wipe the Autobots of the face of the Earth and Cybertron.