A. N: I just have to say that this is probably the last chapter I will post before Christmas, and perhaps before New Years. I'm starting my new job on January 2nd, so after this chapter, I do not know when updates will come. However, I have a big announcement. As a Christmas gift to you all, I want to announce that any character that is mine is completely open use. All you have to do is give me credit. You do not even have to ask me permission to write stories about any character that is my own. Rowan is basically me, so if you can get my character right, you are officially awesome. Thank you for your support. Please leave a review to let me know how I did. Thank you.

Episode 5.

Within One Mind.

Megatron was in his perfect Paradise. He sat upon his bedazzled throne, staring out at the sky of Cybertron that stretched over his new domain. Kaon was beautiful to him. It was the place where he had started his life, and now, it was where he made his capital.

Reflecting upon his victory was great for him. He very much enjoyed remembering slaying Optimus Prime. The most interesting thing was, he got to relive that over and over again. Whenever he desired, he could just slay the Prime anytime he wanted. It was absolute bliss. However, in the times when he was not slaying Optimus Prime, he would be doing exactly as he was now: sitting upon his throne, looking over the land which he now ruled.

He felt a familiar, soft, tiny, fleshy servo touch his own as a voice he had not heard for many years spoke to him saying, "Megatron, my love, you have truly earned the universe. Your Conquest is undoubtedly superior. I am proud to be beside you as your mate eternal."

"Your affection is much appreciated Maggie." Megatron said, looking to his mate, who was sitting upon a much smaller throne next to him. He could have turned her cybertronian of course, but there was something about her fleshiness that made her strangely enjoyablr.

"Sire," he heard the timid, yet excited voice of his sparkling say. "When I grow older, and far more experienced, I will strive to be exactly like you."

Looking to the opposite side of his mate, Megatron saw his young sparkling. She was dressed in the finest velvit robes and adorned with the finest headpiece. Even with that, she still remained her humble, kind, loving, cheerful self.

"With time my sparkling," Megatron said. "I know you shall become a great and powerful Warrior."

Megatron had hoped to continue this family conversation, but something peculiar caught his optic. Walking towards him, was the autobot Scout, Bumblebee. He stood himself up and went to the scout. He informed the foolish little thing that trespassing on his soil would mean his destruction. However, when he attempted to perform such a destruction, his survo pass directly through him. He thought this was odd. therefore, he began to analyze the situation.

"You are not wearing phase displacement armor." he said, a thoughtful air to his voice. "Your optics track my movements, so you are not a hologram, and I do not believe in spirits, so tell me Scout, what are you?"

Megatron would have continued his analysis, but he heard an all-too-familiar voice that filled him with hatred call him by name. He backed up, and blasted all Autobots in front of him, and he was very surprised when the Scout was not destroyed. It was then that he realized exactly what was happening.

"You are real, they wetr not." Megatron said, his analysis completed. He uttered a dark chuckle before continuing, "A cortical psychic patch. How unexpected."

After interrogating the scout about how he was inside his mind, he was startled to find out that he had been in stasis for quite some time, and it was then that he remembered something.

If Optimus Prime was not real, were the two allies in his mind even real? He felt only the slightest pity in his spark as he blasted his mate and sparkling. His mate dissipated, but his sparkling remained, now reminded of her situation.

Upon learning this information, Megatron turn to the young Scout and questioned why he would take such trouble to enter his mind. The Scout explained that along with Megatron, Optimus was also unwell, affected by cybonic plague. He questioned why that would matter to him, and the Scout told Megatron something he could not argue with.

If he was to let Optimus die by the plague, he would never get to see his spark fade with his own optics.

However, as much as Megatron was a powerful warlord, he did make mistakes, and one of those mistakes, was showing the formula for the cure for cybonic plague to the Scout before offering it to him. His only condition to the scout, was that his recovery would be guaranteed.

It was then, that he heard on the scout's comlink, a message from the autobot medic. He had managed to rewind the recording of the video feed from the cortical psychic patch, and had managed to pinpoint The Cure. It was then, that the Scout was disconnected. Megatron was about to follow the scout, when he felt a surprisingly strong soft Servo grab him.

"Sire," Rowan said. "You don't need the scout. I can guarantee your recovery. When I wake up I will..."

The little half-human was cut off, as she could not hold on to her sire. She was both horrified and sad as she watched her sire disappear into the mind of the autobot Scout. It was after this, that she snapped from her own state of sleep. She sat up so fast, and called out for her sire. The commander and the doctor were at her side instantly.

"Oh Ro." the doctor said. "You're finally awake. Are you okay?"

"Yes." Rowan said. "How long was I out?"

"Too long." said the surprisingly relieved voice of her sire's second-in-command.

It was then that she was filled in on all the past happenings since she had been hit by the beam of the energon harvester. She decided to hold the fact that she had somehow connected to her sire through the Sire bond while she was in stasis to herself, and it was thus, that she returned to just sitting by her sire's side in the medbay, for she knew, though in a different form, her sire would return.

...

Rowan sat as she had everyday by her sire's side. It had been almost 3 days since she herself had been woken from stasis. The doctor and the commander were very puzzled as to why her sire's mind was mysteriously missing. She honestly thought about telling them, but she figured if she did, they would go on a hopeless mission to find him, which she knew would not be possible, since he was no doubt within the autobot base, which was heavily shielded. It was thus, that she spent all her time awaiting the return of the autobot Scout, which she knew would bring her sire back to her. She was not expecting however, that with the return of her sire, would come the autobot medic, and one of the little humans.

She knew her sire, within the scout's mind, could take on the autobot medic, so she dealt with the human. He was the smallest one, and would have been very easy to take down, had she had her platform. Alas, though she had been in stasis for 2 months, the platform had still not been repaired. Therefore, she did the only thing she could do, and held the little human down. He tried to call out to his friend, and tell him not to bring Megatron back, but Rowan would not let him speak. She covered his mouth, and watched as dark energon was placed into the spark of her sire. She might have been skeptical about this, but if it truly was her sire within the autobot Scout, she knew he knew what he was doing. Reconnection over with, and her sire returned to his body, she released the human that belongs to the autobots, and stood before her sire.

"Decepticons!" her siee said, an air of authority in his voice. "Your rightful Lord and Master has returned!"

Upon ordering a few troopers to destroy the Autobots, Megatron was just about to leave the medbay, when he caught something out of the corner of his optic. He turned so fast to see his sparkling, instead of being safely in his quarters, standing on the floor of the medbay, smiling up at him. She bowed low before him, in a gesture of love, respect, and relief.

"Rowan," her sire said, in a voice that she knew very well, but surprised the Autobots with how gentle it was. "I would highly suggest you leave this war in more capable servos."

Megatron put his hand down to the floor, and Rowan jumped upon it. It was then, that she came to rest between two of Megatron's shoulder spikes upon his left shoulder. She activated the Sire bond, and told Megatron of all that had happened aboard the Nemesis.

She started with how a platform had been made for her, so transport would be easier for her. She then went on to talk about the energon harvester mission. Finally, she ended with how she spent so long in the medbay beside her sire, waiting for his recovery. By the time the explanation had been completed, Megatron had returned to his quarters and set his little sparkling down.

"My sparkling," Megatron said. "I am very proud to see how you have matured since I was in stasis. Once your platform is repared, you may continue to use it to transport yourself around the Nemesis. However, you may only come to the bridge with me when I call you, or go to the medbay for your energon IV. Is that clear?"

"Yes Sir!" Rowan said cheerfully, saluting to her sire, then bowing before him.

"Good. await my call to the bridge." Megatron said before leaving Rowan alone in his quarters as usual.

Rowan waited for his call, and when it finally came, she used her newly returned and repaired platform to move towards the bridge. However, when she was just outside of the entrance to the bridge, she found a horrible sight she would never forget.

A. N: HUSH! I know this chapter was short, but that is because the next chapter is going to be extremely long. I just wanted to get this out to you guys before Christmas. Since the next chapter is so long, it will most likely not appear till after New Years. Thank you for your patience and support. Please leave a review. I like reviews.

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