AN- I am sooo sorry that this took so long (TWO FREAKIN MONTHS!) especially after how quickly I got the first three up.
Anyways, this chapter is dedicated to Dragon Force Ranger and Prodigal The Son for their ideas for my name crisis and everyone else who helped. Thanks guys! It's also dedicated to DuskWolfAtDawn who somehow forcefully pulled my muse back from wherever it disappeared to. Thanks man.
Several plot twists are in here, the first was unplanned, but it was the perfect place to put it. The two at the very end were planned for a while. Also, there's a G1 easter egg in here for those of you who know your G1. It's reeeally obvious and made the last chapter that much more fun to write because I hate that particular character, so killing him was fun.
I apologize now for the cheesy title.
Chapter 4: Unspeakable Evils
The massive Cybertronian jet streaks through the cloudless blue sky. Below on the frozen Alaskan tundra is a top-secret base belonging to MECH. The jet lands, transforming as it goes, and looks around at the large, snow-covered compound. Suddenly, an alarm blares out from one of the watchtowers on each corner of the barbed wire and concrete fence. Instantly, the ground is alive with MECH agents, each armed with weapons designed to take down Cybertronians. The large mech smirks in contempt at the humans surrounding it, their feeble attempts at attacking it humorous. Arming its fusion cannon with the quip, "I am Galvatron, leader of the Decepticons and I bring you this message," his massive cannon rains blue plasma on the screaming commandos. Cries rend the air as the blasts send up geysers of snow, dirt and bodies. It continues to fire on the humans, unaware that cameras inside the walls of the palisade are watching it. These cameras are streaming live straight into a certain warship.
Soundwave watches the unfolding carnage with horror. Megatron stands behind him, observing the events developing on Soundwave's monitors. Most of the other Decepticons gather around their leader, minus Airachnid who is on patrol still and Starscream who is stuck in the med bay until he heals. Every one of them seems astounded at the mindless destruction of the MECH base. Silas is speaking with Megatron about what he plans on doing about their problem.
"Megatron, we need your help to stop this thing. Already it has leveled most of the base. The number of casualties is rapidly increasing. If that thing finds the entrance to the underground portion, then the death rate could easily climb into the hundreds, most of them women and children. This is one of the few bases that we hide families in from the government. If it reaches the second floor..." the human explains to the increasingly angry Decepticons.
"Understood, Silas. We will ground bridge to the location immediately," the Decepticon leader answers. Turning to his surrounding followers, he rapidly picks the team that he will lead to their ally's rescue. "Knock Out, Breakdown, Hardshell and Arcee. You four are with me. Soundwave, you and Dreadwing will remain here as backup." Everyone nods in agreement as Soundwave locks the ground bridge onto the co-ordinates, causing the green vortex to open with a roar. The rescue team transforms and darts through, madly hoping that they are not too late.
Megatron exits the portal and transforms, followed by Arcee, Hardshell, Knock Out, and Breakdown. The two medics begin to search for survivors, although they are not having much luck. Strewn around the compound, debris and human body parts turn the white snow to black and scarlet. Arcee and Hardshell stay behind Megatron, guarding his back, making sure the false version of him does not mount a surprise attack. Suddenly, a massive explosion rocks the remains of the MECH base. Smoke swirls around a newly created hole in the side of a nearby building, allowing Galvatron to step forwards from the ruins, his red optics gleaming with triumph as he tosses a small body to the side. Arcee sees red as she realizes that the body is that of a child.
"Well, if it isn't the weaker, much more moral version of me here to save the lives of these insects. How, touching. As to why you would ever want to save such miserable creatures is a mystery to me," Galvatron rasps in a voice that sounds surprisingly like the real Megatron's. That voice sends chills running down Arcee's spine, but she stands her ground, trembling in eagerness to attack the being that would kill a mere childwho could be no older than Raf from back home. She tenses, preparing to spring at the monster who looks so much like her current leader.
Arcee watches the silver titan step towards their position. Another step, just one more and you will be close enough. He takes that final step and Arcee attacks in a blur of blue and pink, arm blades unsheathed. She flips over his helm, slashing at his head, although he barely ducks to the side and lands on her pedes with a clear shot at his back, which she takes, sending the cumbersome giant staggering. He whirls with a death glare at his opponent, his sword shhhing-ing from his arm as he returns the attack with vengeance. Blades flash and energon spills as Arcee's anger hinders her from noticing what is happening around her.
After Arcee's first attack, Megatron was planning to help the enraged femme, but the arrival of several Autobots drastically changed his plans. Now he and Knock Out are battling Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, and Arcee's evil counterpart, RC. Breakdown and Hardshell engage in a deadly dance with Bulkhead and a black and green Wheeljack, respectively, each desperately holding their own. All the 'Bots are augmented by Vehibots, causing more of a headache than a real problem.
Galvatron finally throws Arcee out of their fight and she hits one of the few undamaged walls left at the base. Her anger finally spent, she struggles to rise, but is viciously pushed back down into the snow by its pede. Megatron notices her predicament and comm.'s in help in the form of Dreadwing and Soundwave. The ground bridge opens and spits out Soundwave and Dreadwing in their vehicle forms. The silver UAV transforms and attacks the imposter, managing to keep him away from the injured femme. Meanwhile, Dreadwing joins Megatron and Knock Out in their skirmish using his sword for the close range fighting.
Galvatron calls out to the Autobots after sending Soundwave into a nearby drift with a wicked backhand, surprising the Decepticons with its order. "Autobots, fall back to the ground bridge." It transforms and takes off, while the Autobots disengage and retreat through their ground bridge, leaving the Decepticons in the ruins of the MECH base.
Megatron turns to his troops with a weary sigh and orders "search the base for any survivors. Maybe we can find some that were spared from the rampage." Nods accompany the order and all set to work; all except for Arcee who is leaning against the wall she in a sitting position. He kneels next to his newest soldier, noticing her wounds, which consist of several slashes on her chest and back from his evil version's sword and the plates of her torso severely dented from being stepped on, causing her breaths to come in ragged gasps. Blue optics converge with blue, each holding their gaze before Arcee finally looks away. Megatron sighs with a shake of his head, "Arcee, you do realize how incredibly foolish that was, correct? Only a few have ever tried to battle me, while even fewer have survived. Please tell me why you did something so ill-advised."
Silence greets his question before she finally answers without looking at him, "I was angry with him. He killed so many humans, so many. I know of a human that is about the same age as the one he threw when he came out of the building." She nods at the human's body lying in a snow bank not far from them. Megatron reaches out, gently picking up the body. To his surprise, the boy moves and groans with pain. Arcee is surprised that he even survived the fall, much less the entire killing spree that, thing, went on, although the large snow drift he was tossed into seemed to cushion his fall somewhat. Slowly he awakes, his brilliant blue eyes staring blearily at Megatron's face, his black hair spiking in every direction.
He blinks several times, still unable to see clearly, and looks around with a mumbled, "where are my glasses?" Moving slowly and stiffly from the pain, Arcee searches through the snow bank that previously contained the boy and manages to find his glasses. She passes them to him and he puts them on, painfully reminding the femme of her now destroyed home. Blinking several times, he finally looks around and sees Megatron clearly for the first time. He squeaks with fear and curls into a ball in the palm of the silver leader's servo, quivering from fright. After several seconds and no painful death, he peeks out of his curled position at the curious and slightly hurt expression on his "captor's" faceplates. He looks to Arcee who smiles at the small human still trembling in the 'Con's palm. "Don't worry, we won't hurt you. You are perfectly safe with us," she assures him.
"What is your name, boy?" Megatron rumbles, his smooth growl oddly comforting to the fearful boy.
"R-Rafael Esquivel. But you can call me Raf," he mumbles shyly. Arcee's optics widen in shock at his statement but her attention is pulled to Knock Out's voice calling from the other side of the compound.
"I found a survivor. It's a femme and," a few choice Cybertronian swear words follow before he continues. "She's fast."
"Put me down you over-sized tin can! I can walk on my own thank you very much!" The scowling cyan medic stalks into view holding a young teenage Asian girl who has longish dyed ash-blonde hair with several purple streaks plus a very twisted sense of fashion.
Again Arcee feels surprised, although less now than earlier. "Lemme guess, your name's Miko." The look on the girl's face is priceless as she sputters in amazement. Knock Out places her on Megatron's palm before kneeling by Arcee's side and begins to repair her damaged systems. Dreadwing and Breakdown stagger from the hole that Galvatron had created in the building Arcee is currently leaning against. It is still pouring smoke, and has been the entire time they were fighting. Dreadwing is carrying an older teenage boy with brown hair and charred clothing.
"Everything is on fire down there, with no survivors except for this one, and even then I'm not sure if he will survive," Breakdown explains to the three bots and two humans. Megatron nods tiredly. This was not good, the humans need medical attention, but the only human on board the Nemesis is Jack and it is doubtful that he has the knowledge needed for such matters.
The decision however, is not his to make. Several military helicopters appear on the horizon, moving in for the attack. Their pilots quickly realize that these are Decepticons and initiate an attack on the grounded bots. Megatron and Dreadwing cover the humans in their servos, creating a living shield to keep them from harm.
Megatron turns to Soundwave, "Soundwave, open a ground bridge and contact Silas. These humans need medical attention and we need to retreat." His silent friend nods and opens the green portal, allowing everyone, bots and humans, to enter the halls of the Nemesis.
Thankfully, Soundwave had the intuition to open the bridge close to the med bay, allowing everyone easy access to Knock Out's domain. Jack and Starscream look up as everyone troops in, minus Soundwave who is waiting for a group of MECH paramedics to check the humans they brought in.
Jack is the first to react to all the wounded, noticing his partner being supported by Knock Out while Breakdown helps him direct everyone to berths and such. "Arcee, are you alright? What happened?" he asks, eyes filled with worry. Arcee sends him a tired smile, before Knock Out helps her onto a berth. The only one not injured in some way appears to be Hardshell, who has his thick Insecticon armor to thank for that.
Miko and Raf stare at the size difference surrounding them. They finally seem to notice Jack as he calls out to Arcee. Megatron sets them down on the consul next to Starscream's berth, on which Jack is perched as well, before he leaves to help the medics with smaller injuries. Jack glances at them in surprise; he had not expected to see humans as well. Miko holds out her hand, a massive grin covering her face. "Hi, my name's Miko," she chirps to Jack, pulling Raf closer to her to meet the surprised human. "And this is Raf. Do you actually know these robots? How cool is that! Where do they come from? Where do you come from? How do you know them? How did they turn into cars and planes? Who was that Galvatron dude who attacked us? Why does he look like that other guy? Why are you looking at me like that?"
Jack sputters before finally managing to find his voice, "Umm, ok. My name's Jack and these are the Decepticons. I actually come from another universe, so I know you already. The Decepticons come from the planet Cybertron, which the Autobots, the bad guys, destroyed in a war. Their leader is Optimus Prime and he is very evil. Megatron, the big silver and blue one, is the leader of the Decepticons. He's a good guy. The one that attacked the base was an evil version of him."
Raf and Miko nod, although Raf looks confused about something, "but you just said that you're from another universe. How is that possible?"
Jack just shrugs, "I don't know. Something happened to our ground bridge and we were sent here."
The other two look as if they are about to ask more questions, but Starscream, who is avidly listening to their conversation, breaks in with his explanation. "That will have to be explained later, but for now, we need to focus on what will happen to the two of you. As humans, you are small and easily squished. I believe that you need guardians, and I know that Megatron will agree with me. We will have to sort that out later, but until then I will give you a quick introduction to the Decepticons. My name is Starscream. That, as Jack has already told you," he points to Megatron," is Megatron, our leader. The jet next to him is Dreadwing, our weapons specialist. Next are Knock Out, the blue car, and his assistant, Breakdown. They are our medics. The largest one is Hardshell, one of the few Insecticons left. Sitting on the birth is Arcee, Jack's guardian. She came from the same universe Jack does. She is not actually a Decepticon, but an Autobot. Where they come from, the Decepticons are evil while the Autobots are good. Oh yes, and one more of the Decepticons has arrived. The one who just walked in is Soundwave. He is our director of communications, hacker, and ground bridge operator. It appears that he has some humans with him; I wonder why."
Starscream and the kids watch as Soundwave gently lowers the three humans in his servos to a berth near Dreadwing, who holds something in his servos. Knock Out immediately forces Soundwave onto a berth to check for injuries ignoring the recorded complaints, mostly Megatron's, that the silver and purple mech is currently using. Dreadwing gently lays his burden on a berth, watching with interest as two humans break from the group and immediately set to work on what ever he held. The third turns to Megatron, who offers his servo as a ride. Megatron strides over to the consol on which the kids are currently residing, allowing them a good look at who he is holding.
"Hello Jack. It's good to see you again, although I would prefer it if we were under different circumstances. Hello Miko and Raf. I'm sorry that you had to go through all of that," Silas tells the young humans. He then turns to Starscream with a greeting before moving to inspect Raf and Miko for injuries.
Starscream turns to Megatron with a question, "what happened?"
Megatron sighs and gives the white jet a full report on the situation. The humans listen as they hear the Decepticon's side of the story. When finished with his tale, Megatron turns to Silas, who has finished checking up on Raf and Miko. "Unfortunately, we do not know where the imposter is. We need to find it before we have a repeat of today's events."
Silas nods in assent, "my technicians are already working on the problem. They are monitoring every satellite we have, but no word yet on how well they are progressing, although they have been able to narrow it down for us."
Starscream sits silently absorbing the info Megatron has given him on the imposter. No human could make something like that. They would need a Cybertronian with medical knowledge and no moral code whatsoever. He suddenly facepalms. Of course, the Autobots do have someone like that. Their medic Ratchet perfectly fits the bill. Add Wheeljack's large amount of know how and you have quite the team of mad scientists. "Megatron, that slagging butcher has finally done it. Ratchet has finally finished Project Chimera."
Megatron and the humans turn to him in surprise. "What do you mean?" Megatron asks his SIC.
Silas, however, beats him to the punch with wide eyes. "Do you really think so? They started working on it right before I left them. I knew they wanted to create a weapon against you, but I did not believe that it would be finished so soon."
Megatron nods thoughtfully. This added facet only makes things more complicated than they already need to be. He finally sighs, "We need to concentrate on finding it first, and then we will worry about destroying it."
The two other humans Silas had brought with him finally approach in Dreadwing's servos. Turning to Silas, they give their report, "sir, we have stabilized his condition and dressed the burns. He has several second-degree burns on his chest and another third-degree burn on his back. While the injuries sustained were dire, Jackson Darby will make a full recovery."
Jack looks close to falling over in shock. Silas looks at him in worry. "Jack, are you alright?"
Jack simply stares at the brown-haired version of himself. "That's me?"
Starscream sighs in near exasperation as he goes into his genus scientist mode, "Jack, you should not be surprised that there is a version of you in our universe. You said yourself that you knew other humans like Raf and Miko from your universe. What makes you think that there would not be a you on this side of the mirror?"
Jack merely shrugs at the almost curt reprimand, "I guess that it was just a surprise. I never really thought about it."
Silas suddenly touches a communicator in his ear and turns to Megatron, "I have conformation on your clone's whereabouts as well as co-ordinates. They did not see his arrival, but do have enough evidence to show that he is there. He is in an abandoned group of military warehouses. There has been no report of activity in them for several years, so it being an Autobot base is highly unlikely."
Megatron nods, quickly formulating a plan of attack. "Breakdown, Hardshell and Dreadwing. You are with me. The rest need to stay and recuperate under Knock Out's supervision. We will attack as soon as the three of you have refueled; you will need the strength."
Nods all around accompany his response as all move to do his bidding. Megatron turns to Silas, "we will possibly need backup and I was wondering if you would be willing to provide it."
Silas nods and turns to contact his men about the latest events unfolding in rapid procession.
The shadows surrounding the warehouses keep the large red Hummer from prying enemy eyes. It moves nearly silently from the shadows and into the moonlight, its headlights unfortunately giving it away to the humans watching from cameras attached to the nearby buildings. Inside one of the warehouses, the Controller, a young man from the Air Force and master drone pilot, readies his machine.
Breakdown, whose large frame belies the mech's ability to be incredibly sneaky, slips fluidly from building to building. He keeps thinking he hears the sound of footsteps, but never actually sees anything. Scowling, he misses the shadow following him in the blind spot caused by his missing optic. His shoulder cannon swivels, but not fast enough to block the massive fist from colliding with his face. Immediately, he tries to access his comm., but all he gets is static. The massive silver brute stands above him, red optics shining against the black of night. Galvatron's sword unsheathes from his arm before plunging into Breakdown's spark. He does not even get a chance to cry out before his spark extinguishes.
Dreadwing moves with an easy grace that is common to all Seekers, his cannon unattached from his back and ready to use. Optics flickering between shadows and open space, he creeps forwards, always on the look out for the imposter. He hears footsteps behind him and whips around, cannon at the ready… only to see Megatron behind him. He turns around, returning to his patrol when his 'leader' suddenly tackles him from behind. Dreadwing somehow manages to unsheathe his sword before his cannon is knocked away. Staring into those blood red optics, he feels a chill run down between his wings as they close behind him reflexively for protection. Instantly, the two large mechs begin their deadly dance with clashing swords and flying sparks. After a few blows, Galvatron finally lands a crushing strike to the Seeker's torso, sending him flying backwards into a nearby warehouse. The silver menace stalks away, knowing that the amount of damage sustained from a hit like that would not allow the jet to move anytime soon.
Hardshell hates scouting. His massive Insecticon body simply cannot be quiet, no matter how hard he tries. Scowling, he stalks along, grumbling under his breath at the thought of him acting silently. It was ridiculous! Insecticons just couldn't do it. His eye-catching, neon-blue paintjob did not help matters either. He often envies Megatron's ability to move near soundlessly even though they are nearly the same size. What were those sneaky humans in black called again? Ninjas? Right, that's what they're called. Megatron is like a ninja with his sneaky steps. He's even good at using a sword too.
The human controlling Galvatron makes him silently sneak up on his unsuspecting prey. The large mech is grumbling to himself about… ninjas? He shoots the Insecticon a surprised glance, before shrugging it off and charging to stab the bot in his back. Unfortunately for the attacker, he badly miscalculates the thickness of Insecticon armor causing his sword to merely skate off of the thick metal hide. Hardshell throws him off, but not before Galvatron manages to take off a large chunk of armor with his sword. The Insecticon screams in pain, optic band tinged with red as he charges his foe. Galvatron slides under the enraged bug and slices several neural lines, sending him crashing to the ground not far from him. Smirking at his handiwork, he melts into the heavy warehouse shadows, intent on his next prey.
Megatron arms his fusion cannon, keeping a careful watch on the shadows that heavily populate the formerly abandoned base. On full alert, he turns a corner and stops, his cannon humming in preparation to fire. There, before him is his latest archenemy, himself. Red optics meet blue with a clash of anger and determination. Galvatron is the first to speak, "Ah, Megatron. So nice of you to join me."
Megatron snarls at the imposter, "The deception ends here. You have taken enough lives already, do you really need to take more?"
Galvatron mock thinks for a few seconds before snapping his optics back to Megatron's, "Hmm, I believe the answer to your question is… yes." He charges forwards with a roar of anger, Megatron meeting him with a clash of swords.
Back on the Nemesis' bridge, Starscream contemplates the Galvatron problem. Yes, Ratchet and Wheeljack were good, but not good enough to create a completely autonomous robot. Therein though lays the problem. The controller would need to be close to the shell, but not too close to the action to risk discovery. He glances at Soundwave, who is listening in on the duel between Megatron and Galvatron. Suddenly getting an idea, he turns to the communications expert eagerly, "Soundwave, do you think that you could isolate the frequency that is used to control the imposter?" Soundwave does not even look at him as he begins his search. Several seconds later, he isolates it and the location of the controller. He creates a map of the base and a blinking red dot appears where the control frequency is located. Starscream nods and orders; "Soundwave open a ground bridge to the location. I will find it and hopefully destroy it before it destroys anything else."
He turns to leave, but a recording of Knock Out's voice stops him in his tracks, "Starscream I am going to let you out, but no flying or any strenuous activities until that wing is healed. If you don't listen then I swear I will reformat you into a refrigerator!"
The irate jet turns to Soundwave with a snarl, "I know perfectly well what that medic said, but Megatron needs help. You and I are the only ones who are not confined to the med bay, and you need to stay here for communications."
Soundwave does not seem impressed and simply moves to block the ground bridge controls from the Seeker. About to argue with the silver mech, Silas, who has been on the bridge with the kids to listen in on the action, cuts him off.
"I'll go. There is a human element involved here, and in case you haven't noticed, I am a highly trained, formerly government-grade, human."
Starscream sends him a calculating look, before sighing, his wings drooping slightly in defeat. "Fine. Soundwave, fire up the ground bridge."
Silas easily jumps out of the ground bridge and turns to look at a clang of metal. The two Megatrons are currently hammering away at each other, dodging and striking with incredible force. Silas' cell phone rings in his pocket and he accepts the call as Starscream's voice speaks on the other side, "the signal seems to originate from a building one hundred yards to your left."
Silas glances in the indicated direction before thanking the jet and ending the call. He steps into the shadows and creeps toward the silo-like warehouse that hopefully houses the controls and controller of their latest headache.
Megatron watches Galvatron warily. The human in control has a good grasp of his machine's abilities as well as an astounding knowledge of Cybertronian combat skills. Although he has fought for millennia in the gladiatorial pits and against the Autobots, this human can still keep up with him easily. He dodges a sword thrust, then retaliates with several shots from his fusion cannon. Galvatron bares his sharp denta in a snarl as he charges Megatron, sword swinging in an attempt to sever the silver mech's head from his shoulders. He dodges, then returns the gesture with equal ferocity. They continue to slug away at each other, occasionally moving apart and using their fusion canons to fire a few shots. Eventually, Galvatron's cannon blasts a hole in one of the warehouses, unknowingly igniting several tanks of extremely volatile fluid, causing a massive explosion. Megatron manages to duck out of the way of both the cannon shot and ensuing explosion with ease, tackling his clone with a roar. Galvatron throws him off before he can even get a good grip, sending him sliding across the concrete with a screech and spray of sparks. He smirks at the downed and surprised Decepticon leader, "this robot chassis contains all of your strength, speed, and firepower. Combined with my extensive hand-to-hand combat training, I am truly the perfect combination of man and machine!"
Megatron scowls, not entirely understanding how he managed to throw him like that. Shrugging it off, he again charges, this time more careful of his enemy. They circle each other, then jump into battle again with a clash of swords. They continue fighting until Galvatron begins to climb the walls of a nearby silo. Megatron follows him, assuming a wrestling pose to move into hand-to-hand combat. The two titans meet with a clash and flying sparks. Galvatron suddenly smirks evilly leaning forwards slightly to speak softly in his foe's audios, "but the true difference between you and me is that I cannot feel pain." So saying, he unsheathes his sword from its previously sheathed position and stabs Megatron in the abdomen. The Decepticon gasps in pain as the clone rotates the sword cruelly in his wound, causing pain to shoot through his torso and cloud his processor. The sword is yanked out and he falls to his knees, bowing his head in pain as he tries to stem the flow of energon gushing from his wound. Galvatron stands above him, laughing maliciously at his enemy's weakness.
Inside the very building that Megatron and Galvatron are fighting on top of, Galvatron's controller watches the screen in front of him with spiteful glee. He smirks at the mech kneeling at his feet, or pedes as the robots call them. "Now you fall with the knowledge that you were defeated by a human, the very species you have sworn to protect. Such pathetic irony." He raises Galvatron's sword in readiness of the deathblow, but is stopped by a voice from behind him.
"Think again kid," Silas tells him as he saunters out of the shadows and next to the platform that houses Galvatron's controls.
The Controller scowls at the new arrival. "Agent Silas, I assume that you are here to help your large metallic friend out. Sorry to disappoint, but it seems that he is down for the count."
Silas cracks his knuckles and assumes a fighting stance preparing to confront the Controller. He glances at the monitor showing Galvatron's view. Megatron has yet to regain his pedes, but he seems to have control over his pain. Silas returns his gaze to the problem at hand and just manages to block a punch coming from the Controller. Silas returns the attack, but is blocked and hit in the small of his back. He stumbles forward, then turns and prepares to go at his opponent again. Again deflected, he stumbles, falling from a blow to the face.
The Controller smirks, shaking his head at the stupidity of this former agent. "Do you really believe that you can defeat me?"
Silas sits up, wiping blood from the corner of his mouth, "I wasn't trying to defeat you. I was just buying the big guy some time."
The Controller seems confused before realization sets in. He whips around, face slack with horror as Megatron prepares to deliver a full forced blow to the clone's faceplates. He dives forwards, barely managing to block the hit that would have completely caved in Galvatron's head. Unfortunately, his luck goes downhill from there. Megatron lands blow after blow, finally managing to force his clone onto its back. The Controller can only watch as Megatron jumps into the air, preparing to end this machine's destructive existence. He lands, shaking the building, sending Galvatron through the roof and crashing onto his Controller.
Silas looks up through the huge hole in the ceiling at Megatron, who is kneeling on the edge watching with a look of weary satisfaction. He suddenly glances over the tops of the warehouses, noticing helicopters approaching. Silas calls up, assuring the silver mech, "those are my boys. You should get back to your ship, we can handle clean up."
Megatron nods, too tired and weak to put up much of a fight. He comm.'s Soundwave, requesting a ground bridge and medical aide.
The Decepticons surround the berth supporting Breakdown's dead body. A massive hole gapes in his chassis, revealing the empty spark chamber. Knock Out is in shock that his partner and best friend is dead. Megatron and Arcee stand by his side as a comforting presence. Arcee can fully sympathize with the cyan Aston Martin, having lost several partners herself. Even the kids are sad that an ally is lost to the monster known as war. Suddenly, the med bay doors fly open, revealing a white and lavender femme with golden optics. She stares at the remains of the red mech on the berth, before giving an agonized wail as she rushes forward and throws herself on his body. Sobbing broken heartedly, the three pairs of extra legs attached to her back quiver with the force of her cries.
Megatron steps forwards to comfort the wailing femme with quiet condolences to her loss. Arcee stands in absolute shock, staring at the white femme now crying on Megatron's shoulder. "Airachnid?" she wonders in disbelief.
AN- WOW, that was a looong chapter (5000+ words). Yup, Airachnid was Breakdown's sparkmate. I am SO evil, I know. Yes, Breakdown is STAYING dead. Sorry, but its true. Bit of trivia for this chapter, Raf almost had green eyes until I realized I was writing a Harry Potter. Not that I have anything against him or anything, its just that I think TF/HP crossovers are weird. Next chapter Arcee and Airachnid formally meet, the kids get their guardians, and Starscream and Arcee have a fluffy conversation. ;) TTFN, ta ta for now.
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