Chapter 7
Next Generation
Within time in the Autobots base, there was an alarm, a siren that only meant for one thing, Unicron is completed and had approached Cybertron in his sphere shaped form, his horns dug the sides of Cybertron and Optimus had already commanded his Autobots to attack while Decepticons on the other side of the world was worried as hell when Megatron will not say a thing.
Mirage growled as he raced in his vehicle mode down the hallways, entering the briefing room with a screech.
"Hey, you were about to miss the party, Mirage." Sideswipe replied as Mirage just gave him a thumbs up.
The Autobots gathered around as Optimus gave out the commands while Jetfire stood beside him. He hoped he could do more. When the Dynasty of Primes were sent out to help, they accepted their destiny and faced Unicron but no matter what, Unicron will shoot them down as the chaos continued around Cybertron, some Decepticons even decided to help the Autobots out. Jetfire was in pain as he watched Unicron, get closer and closer until finally he chose an action that might pissed off most of his officers.
"Jetfire, will you help me...Jetfire?" As Optimus turned around to see Jetfire, he noticed he was missing.
"Optimus look!" Ironhide cried as he pointed at the battle monitor as his officer looked, Optimus realized what was going to happen as he spotted Jetfire flying straight towards Unicron.
"Jetfire..."
The mighty Unicron chuckled as he found his offspring in front of him with a large bright mouth, enclosing Cybertron. Jetfire looked at him and shouted. "Father, I have come to negotiate!"
"You, negotiate? How dare you call me father once more?" Unicron roared as he stopped his destruction before his son.
"Please, I beg you, stop this..." Jetfire said as Unicron just laughed.
"Don't be a fool, Jetfire! I am Unicron, and I will conquer all that stands in my way!"
Jetfire growled as he couldn't help think about Sunstorm being used as a puppet in his place. "Then let me become your source once more!"
"Now why would you suggest that, when I no longer need you anymore?"
Luckily when Unicron stop attacking to talk to his son, the united transformers back off with caution and treated their wounds and when Optimus appeared on the battlefield, the Autobots waited for his next command.
"I could be your back-up battery in case, the rainmaker failed you..." Jetfire said with a trail of second thoughts. If he did, he would be once more as a prisoner but he had to help somehow for the rainmakers because they are part of him.
"What do you get in return?" Unicron asked as he knew that Jetfire was trying to make a trade.
"You leave Cybertron and everyone on it alone..." Jetfire said proudly even though he doubted Unicron keeping his side of the bargain.
Unicron then chuckled. "Very well, I accept your terms but aware that I will some day, come back and devour the planet alive."
Jetfire then laughed to himself as he knew he was right. "Alright,"
"Jetfire...!" The shuttle spooked as he turned around to see Optimus standing there watching him make his greatest mistake. "Don't do it!"
"I'm sorry, Optimus..." The young officer said. "You and the others have done so much for me...and now it my turn."
Unicron snickered of their reunion then he mentions Jetfire about the rainmakers. "There isn't much you could do for you sons, Jetfire. Sunstorm is doomed to lose his life since his destiny is near to completion."
The shuttle shook his head. "Well I'm not giving up on him! Now accept me and let the rainmakers go!"
"No, I wouldn't let you!" Optimus cried as he ran up the metal scrapped hill.
Jetfire looked sad as Optimus reached on the top and looked at him, worried.
"Prime, I'm an offspring of Unicron." Jetfire said back to Optimus, who then looked angry.
"I know that...!" Optimus replied which amused Unicron of the power of their friendship when they are supposed to be moral enemies.
"I'm sorry, Optimus...I need to do this for everyone's sake!"
"Don't be a fool, Jetfire! You too, are that everyone!"
The ex-Decepticon stepped back with surprise. "Optimus..."
Suddenly Unicron flinched and started grunting that surprised his enemies as Optimus came up beside Jetfire, they both realized something was wrong.
"Daddy...?" said the voice that came from inside of Unicron.
Jetfire realized that voice, "Sunstorm..." He cried as Unicron started to feel weaken.
"How dare that child, hack my systems!" He recalled as Optimus took the advantage.
"Autobots attack! When Unicron is still down!"
With respect, and loyalty the Autobots obeyed their Autobot leader and attacked Unicron followed by some Decepticons that believed in freedom with the help of the Dynasty of Primes where they went inside of Unicron, who released Cybertron and transformed into a huge devilish robot.
While the outside was chaotic, inside was quiet only the gritting sound of a youngling trying to hack into Unicron's system while poisoning the energon he was giving to Unicron because they aren't called for rainmakers for nothing. When Megatronus has survived his journey inside of Unicron, he approached Sunstorm with a grin.
"So you're the next generation..." Megatronus recalls as he picks up his blaster and behind him was the corpse of Scorponok, whom he killed to complete his goal, kill every last Unicron's links as Sunstorm watched the Prime aim at him with fright, his brother, Acidstorm came storming down, creating acid rain upon Megatronus that made him weak and started to rust. "No...! I'm so close!" He screamed as he dropped his blaster. "Dammit!" Megatronus then collapsed unable to get up as he knew; he was going to die right there.
Meanwhile, Sixshot helped Shockwave get out of prison, located at Unicron's shoulder. When he dragged the Decepticon into the chamber to reclaim the energy source, Sunstorm, he witness Megatronus downfall. Feared that Acidstorm will do cast his powers upon them, Sixshot escapes with Shockwave back to Kaon to tell Megatron, the sad news.
Megatron snapped as he heard the fallen of Megatronus. "Damn you, Unicron..."
"I'm sorry but Megatronus has become the fallen and there was nothing we could have done, sire." Sixshot replied as Megatron gave him an evil glare.
"Leave my sights, soldier!" As Sixshot obeyed, Starscream came up beside the sitting lord.
"Oh, you're highness, you look so gloomy, is there anything I could do to please you?" Starscream teased as Megatron just grunted. His master has fallen so how should he feel?
"Send all forces to Iacon and go help the Autobots to get rid of Unicron."
Starscream looked surprised. "Help the Autobots, are you mad?"
Megatron then shifted his optics to his 2nd commander. "Don't question me! And just do it!" He roared as Starscream understood and carried out his orders.
As more Decepticons joined the Autobots, it took a whole day but when the Dynasty of Primes got to the spark of Unicron with their united power along with Optimus beside them.
"Optimus, will you do the honours?" Alpha Trion questioned the prince, who looked at the proud council.
"No, we all shall do this together," The Autobot leader replied as the council agreed.
"Till all are one," they chanted as Optimus's chest begun to burn.
He gasped as opened it and remembered the Matrix, he hasn't used since forever.
"To light the darkest hour," said Rodimus as he along with everyone else watched Optimus take out the Matrix and aimed it at Unicron's spark.
"Please eliminate the threat that caused everyone in pain, especially Jetfire..." Optimus said with a whisper as he pulled the Matrix apart and with a beam of light shining into Unicron's core. Unicron cried.
"No, you can't stop my destiny!" As lights beams came out from his wounds, Unicron exploded into many pieces once more where the council inside of Unicron escaped just in time to see the mighty one at his defeat.
"It is done," Optimus replied as he looked back to the celebrating transformers but when Optimus saw Jetfire, he was the only one that felt lost and broken because he never got the chance to save Sunstorm and Acidstorm...
"They're gone..." He said sadly when Optimus came up to him. "Acidstorm...Sunstorm...kids...my sons...they're gone just like Jetstorm...dammit...dammit it all..."
"Jetfire...I'm sorry." Optimus replied as he knew he couldn't say anything else.
Jetfire looked at him with weak smile. "I'm sorry too, Optimus."
Suddenly the shuttle jerked as all he could see was numbers rolled down his optics.
"Choose your fate now, Jetfire." Primus called inside the shuttle's head.
"Primus...?" Jetfire said as Optimus looked at him confusedly.
"Will you live as a god or will you live as a regular being?" Jetfire smiled as he knew his answer right away and by thinking about it, Primus knew his answer. "Good choice, Jetfire," Primus replied as he and his numbers disappeared from Jetfire's vision.
"Jetfire, are you alright?" Optimus asked as Jetfire just smiled until he felt a jerk in his systems suddenly the shuttle collapsed that shocked Optimus. "Jetfire...!"
Blacking out at that moment, Jetfire knew he no longer has his powers to regenerate energon.
When peace was regained once more, the Autobots offered and was send in groups in search of the rainmakers as Unicron's parts were shattered, it took days to search and yet there was nothing. Jetfire had stayed in the medical bay for awhile and hasn't been talking for the longest time. This worried, Optimus but there wasn't much he could do except leaves him alone or to be at his side and hopes, Jetfire would start saying something which it never happened yet.
"White Knight, how are you?" Finally deciding to let Bluestreak into Jetfire's room, Bluestreak did whatever he can to get Jetfire talking again by being his annoying self. At first, Ratchet thought it was joke because whenever one was giving the silent treatment, others intend to leave them alone and hopes they would speak again.
"Bluestreak, please stop." Smokescreen ordered but Bluestreak refused to stop teasing Jetfire.
"Come on, speak up! I know you can!" The scout replied as he started to tug on Jetfire's arm.
"Bluestreak...!" Smokescreen called again.
"Don't be like this! White Knight! I know you can talk! Come on, tell me what's wrong!" Bluestreak cried that started to annoy Jetfire.
And without thinking about the pain and his losses, Jetfire opened his mouth and said. "Dammit, Bluestreak, do you ever shut up?"
Both, Datsun brothers widen their optics where Bluestreak happily, climbed upon the bed and jumped upon Jetfire.
"You talked! You talked!" He cried as Jetfire realized he been hurting others' feelings when he felt so hurt about his losses. "Thank goodness! I was worried that you'll never talk to me again!" Bluestreak said as he embraced his white knight. "And you even said my name for the first time!"
His brother, Smokescreen smiled as Jetfire returned the hug.
"You talk to much, kid. Now be quiet for a moment." Jetfire ordered as he once again felt alive.
When Optimus came in to visit, he too was surprised that Jetfire holding Bluestreak close as he looked at Smokescreen, Smokescreen nodded with a smile.
"Thank goodness," Optimus replied as he begun to enjoy the moment of Bluestreak and his white knight.
As the search was still unsuccessful, the Autobots given up but that didn't to Jetfire because he knew someday, he will eventually meet up with them whether dead or alive.
Back in Kaon, huddling in the dark corners of the city, Blitzwing showing some poor repairs patches among his body, he held a green camouflage youngling's hand and followed behind him was Sunstorm as all three looked towards the stars. In the end, Jetfire was still unknown of their survival as he returned back to his feet and begun serving the Autobots and under Optimus's command. In time, Jetfire was trained along with the reasons of why Autobots fight and gain a position of 2nd command. While he faced Skywarp in a friendly dual, others lived their daily lives, not worrying much as the war against Unicron had ended. Mirage will hang out with Cliffjumper, an orphan, he once found in one of his past battles, Hound too would join in the fun. Prowl and Jazz would research the energon flowers that begun to wilt. Drift would practice his sword to become a better fighter as he was sent into Earth and stayed in Japan to protect the creatures there. The Lamborghini twins continued to be of whom they are pranksters and in time, Ironhide and Ratchet would get their revenge on them. Bluestreak would grow up and continued to be his annoying talking self, bothering his brothers when ever he can. For Moonracer...she sat around the grass and waited.
"Hey look, Moonracer, your white knight is back." Bluestreak replied as Moonracer looked back to Jetfire's shining armour. A bit embarrassed of what Bluestreak said, she intended to ignore Jetfire as he sat down with them.
"Would you quit with the white knight calling, Bluestreak. It's annoying me." Jetfire replied as he heard what Bluestreak said.
"I can't help myself ever since I started calling you that, I grew a fond of it." Said the young adult Bluestreak as he got up, "Now, I'm going to leave, you guys have fun!" Bluestreak said as he transformed and rolled away.
Jetfire gulped as he realized he was alone with Moonracer.
"Well, I should go too." Moonracer begun to say as she stood up but Jetfire looked back to her.
"Hey," He called as Moonracer looked in his yellowish optics. "Just to tell you, Moonracer if you ever in trouble, I'll always be your white knight to protect you."
Moonracer gave in a slight smile. "I'll think about it but thank you." She said then she kneed down in front of him and kissed his mouthpiece. After that Moonracer left, leaving Jetfire alone with his thoughts and remembering the past about his twin brother along the events they went through when Unicron was still alive while Optimus came down with a surprise visit.
"Optimus...?" Jetfire called as his leader sat down beside him.
"Is everything alright, Jetfire?" Optimus asked as he noticed there was something in Jetfire's mind.
"Yeah and it's all thanks to you Prime."
Optimus smiled. "I do what I can...and you know what, Jetfire? You're almost like a son to me that I never had." Optimus said as he looked back to Jetfire.
Jetfire too smiled as he looked back Optimus. "And I think you're my true father all along, Optimus Prime."
As they exchanged looks, they return watching the sunset, together and this is where two strangers from different teams join together to fight for their rights.
The End
Hello again, I just once again say thank you for the people that has been reading my fanfics! Until next time! ~TheBlackReaper
