I have decided that I will go to "Con Job" before I go waaaaay off course.

Transformers Prime and it's characters belongs to Hasbro. I only own Sky.


Sky entered the main room to see Ratchet investigating what he had found on Arcee's servo,

"Do you know what that is yet?" Sky asked.

"Not yet. Because of Bulkhead, I am not able to do that as fast as I wish." Ratchet snapped.

"Sorry I asked." Sky muttered. "How about I fix the broken tool grumpy?" Ratchet growled as Sky joined him beside the workstation. They both looked up at a clanging noise.

"What?" Ratchet asked. Nothing happened, so he turned back to his work. Sky picked up something to help. They both turned at a skittering noise. "Optimus?" He called. They turned and saw a small spider-bot racing toward them. "By the AllSpark!" Ratchet exclaimed as it leaped up into the air. Ratchet quickly dodged it, Sky doing the same. The little spider-bot landed on the computer. Sky turned a servo into a blaster and she aimed to fire at it, but froze. It was flying toward Ratchet, and Sky could shoot her mentor in the chest, off-lining him instantly. An energon blast came from another side of the room, and the spider-bot flew to the side. It started to get up, but Sky raced forward and crushed it under pede.

"And stay broken!" Ratchet said. "Now what could have caused that?"

"I have a grave suspicion Ratchet." Optimus said. "Dark energon." Sky looked at him confused, her wings raising slightly. What was dark energon?

Optimus placed the spider-bot in a container. "If the residue Arcee found on Cliffjumper brought you're equipment back to life, it would stand to reason, that the very same substance brought Cliffjumper back from the dead."

"That would account for hie life-signal coming inexplicably coming back on-line," Ratchet admitted. "But, dark energon? It's so scarce it's virtually non-existent." That's why Sky never heard of it. "What would it be doing on Earth..."

"It was transported by Megatron" Optimus said.

"For what purpose?" Ratchet asked.

"So Megatron could use it against us?" Sky offered.

Optimus nodded toward her. "To conquer this planet, by raising an army of the undead."

Ratchet chuckled. "Well, Megatron will have to break quite a few toaster ovens. I mean, where on this world would you find that many Cybertronian dead?"

"You'll be surprised." Sky muttered.

The three 'Bots turned at the sound of engines as Bumblebee, Bulkhead, and Arcee drove in with their charges.

"That was awesome!" Jack exclaimed.

"Can we go again?" Raf asked.

"Sweet!" Miko said.

"Uh..." Bulkhead pulled something out of his frame.

"Sorry..." Miko said, taking the item. "Must have left that in the backseat.

"Autobots, prepare to-..." He broke off as he looked down at the humans.

"Roll-out?" Arcee asked.

"Remain here." Optimus ordered. "Ratchet, Sky. You two will come with me."

That startled Sky, because she never usually accompanied them on a mission.

"Arcee. We'll be out of communications range for some time. So, I'm putting you in charge."

"Dude, you're biggest. You should be the boss." Miko told Bulkhead.

"He... never picks me." Bulkhead said.

"Optimus, with all due respect, playing guard is one thing; babysitting's another!" Arcee said. "Besides, Ratchet hasn't been in the field since the War. And Sky cannot fight."

"My pistons may be rusty, but my hearing is as sharp as ever!" Ratchet snapped.

"Thank you for pointing that out, Arcee." Sky said, crossing her arms.

"For the moment, it's only reconnaissance." Optimus tried to assure Arcee.

"Then why do I hear an edge in your voice?" Arcee asked.

"Arcee, much has changed in the past 24 hours." Optimus said. "And we all need to adapt. Ratchet, bridge us out." The three 'But walked into the open groundbridge. They arrived at a desolate area.

"Optimus, what do we hope to find here?" Ratchet asked as they walked along. He walked beside Optimus, with Sky a few paces behind them.

"The site of the largest Cybertronian battle in this galaxy." Optimus said.

"On Earth?" Ratchet asked, surprised. Sky's wings twitched curiously. "You must be joking." Ratchet finished. Sky was tempted to throw a wrench at him.

"Do you recall the period late in the War, when both sides began hiding their energon spoils off-world?" Optimus asked.

Sky nodded, though they couldn't see her. Having been in the war for a long while, she could remember that.

"Of course. That is the reason why energon deposits exist on planets such as this one." Ratchet answered.

"It is also the reason why battles came to be waged on planets such as this one." Optimus said.

They came to a dead end in the canyon they were in, and Megatron arrived, landing on top of the canyon wall.

(A/N: I was not able to watch the rest of the episode, so the banter between Optimus and Megatron may not be right)

"Optimus." Megatron said.

"Megatron."

Megatron laughed. "Prepare for your demise!" He held up a large, purple crystal and threw it onto the ground in front of the three Autobots. The ground glowed purple out from the cracks the crystal had made. "Rise my army!" Megatron ordered. Dead Cybertronians started to rise. "Behold! The power of Dark Energon!"


~TBC~