Author's note: Here's the long-awaited chapter! Sorry that it's been so long (College work and writer's block.) I sometimes let stories ferment before typing them.

It's been four days since the Autobots returned from Antarctica, and Blackarachnia and Optimus Prime still haven't come back. Apparently, it was a terrible idea to leave a mech and femme alone at the base when they had a past relationship that they were trying to repair. Ratchet was fuming on how Optimus and Blackarachnia acted like irresponsible adolescent transformers and "they should know better than to do what they did." Soundwave found it funny that Optimus acted like some sort of animal in heat when the rest of the Autobots discovered what the mech and femme were up to the whole week. "Gonna need to do some scans on Blackarachnia to check if she's carrying" muttered Ratchet as he checked the computers for what activity has been occurring while they were in the Antarctic.

Meanwhile, within a deserted part of the city…

"I can't believe that what you're saying is true. How can Waspinator, Starscream, and three of the clones make an entire energy plant disappear without anybody noticing?" said Optimus Prime. "And how can they make more Constructicons without an Allspark fragment? It doesn't make sense" said Blackarachnia. "I don't believe it either, but Snarl here saw the whole thing, and he looked terrified. He was so quiet and shaking in fear when I found him, and then I heard the voices. I saw other construction equipment becoming Constructicons when that fella…Starscream his name was, I think" said Scrapper. Snarl was cowering in a corner as Optimus and Blackarachnia talked with Scrapper. He was thinking of what he overheard as it replayed in his processor…

"Alright Constructicons! I need you to repair the Nemesis so we can rescue Megatron and the other Decepticons" said Starscream. "What's in it for us" asked Long Haul. "Well, in addition to granting you guys good oil, I'll also give all of you a new power. "What kind of power" asked Hightower. Starscream looked at the T-Rex/crane, and said "A new kind of power witnessed only a few times on Cybertron. "Bark! Rampage not like" barked Rampage. "Listen, mutt. The power that I'm granting you is very rare. We just need the three other Constructicons here on Earth before I grant you this power" said Starscream. "Me Hightower like" roared the T-Rex. Bonecrusher was silent for a moment, then said "We agree to your demands." "Good. Skywarp, transport my new friends to the Nemesis" said Starscream. "Yes, Starscream" said Skywarp as he trembled, before he teleported them. "Good, once those buffoons rebuild the Nemesis, I shall obtain the Allspark and give the Nemesis it's true power; a power so strong it will defeat Omega Supreme" laughed Starscream as he flew off.

Snarl gave off a small squeak. He didn't want anything to happen to Scrapper. Scrapper was his friend, and what's more, the one who took him in after the other Dinobots rejected him.

Optimus thought a bit, then said "Did they happen to use anything to create the Constructicons that you've witnessed?" "Hmm, now that you mention it, I saw Starscream holding some sort of tiny key" said Scrapper. A key? "Was this key blue by any chance?" asked Blackarachnia. "As a matter of fact, yes" said Scrapper. "So, the Decepticons finally gotten that key" said Blackarachnia. "That's impossible. When we tried using that key the last time, all of its power was drained from it. There's no way that it could work" said Optimus. "Maybe the Decepticons found a way to power it…" said Blackarachnia before she and Optimus widened their optics. The missing power plant!

Just then, they heard a huge blast coming from one of the buildings, and the robots hid behind another building as they heard voices. "All right Constructicons! Starscream ordered us to find Mixmaster and Scrapper" announced Dirt Boss. "Woof! Me Rampage find missing Constructicons!" barked Rampage as he began sniffing the ground. "We've got to get outta here. I don't want to work with Dirt Boss again" Scrapper quietly said to Optimus. "I don't like the idea of the Constructicons taking orders from Starscream" whispered Optimus to Scrapper. "Ow. Snarl, will you stop that" said Blackarachnia in a harsh, but quiet voice to the triceratops. Snarl kept on poking Blackarachnia again, before Scrapper said "Whenever Snarl does that, it means that he has an idea, and wants us to follow him. Lead the way, Snarl."

Snarl led the three robots to a boat, and Scrapper understood and said "Snarl here wants us to board the ship so we could go to Dinobot Island." Optimus and Blackarachnia looked at each other, before Optimus looked at Scrapper and said "I suppose that hiding on Dinobot Island is safer than staying here." They boarded the ship, and left Detroit for the robotic dinosaur-inhabited island.

They arrived at the dock, and Optimus got off first, followed by Blackarachnia, Scrapper, and lastly Snarl. They headed into the forest, and walked until they came to a clearing, and Optimus began walking back and forth as he began thinking. "Ok, so we know that Starscream is using the Constructicons to create something involving the Nemesis, and he's planning on powering up the Constructicons. We've got to figure out what they're planning to do before it's too late" said Optimus. He turned to Blackarachnia and said "Blackarachnia, with what Scrapper told us, do you have any idea what the Decepticons are planning?" "Why are you asking me?" she said. "You were a Decepticon once, so do you have any memory of what Megatron or Starscream was planning before you came to Earth?" said Optimus. "Oh sure, ask me what the Decepticons are planning just because I was on their side" said Blackarachnia. "Well, you were the one who worked with Megatron for nearly a thousand stellar cycles" said Optimus.

While the two argued, Scrapper looked at Snarl and said "I don't know why that Starscream fella would want seven Constructions to build things. It's not like we can't accomplish anything with Mixmaster and myself." Optimus and Blackarachnia looked at Scrapper before they looked back at each other, with Optimus saying "Seven Constructicons? Is it possible…?" Blackarachnia crossed her arms and thought for a moment, then said "Megatron did have plans for a combining Transformer, but he did look at some very ancient data pads that were on…" before they widened their optics and said "Mergers!" "Um, so what are these merging things that you're talking about?" said Scrapper. Optimus looked at Scrapper and said "Back on Cybertron, most transformers would take some sort of history course on the ancient transformers, and one of these subjects covered in ancient Cybertronian history was the merging transformers. Very few appeared in the past, but they all died out in past wars. None exist on Cybertron today." "They don't sound too tough to me if they died out" said Scrapper. "On the contrary, they were some of the most powerful transformers to exist, and they died when huge armies of normal transformers fought them. Of course, there were a high fatality rate when fighting a merger" said Blackarachnia. She was silent for a moment before she continued "For Megatron to create one of these mergers, at least five transformers were needed, and they all had to be from a certain faction. Of course, he gave up when none of his enlisted seekers wanted to create a merger because…many were offlined when trying to create one. If Starscream was planning such a thing, he would need all of the Constructicons, including you, to come true with his plans." "Without Mixmaster, they can't create this larger transformer, right?" said Optimus. "Well, to be perfectly honest, a few weeks after that little human girl had Snarl and I to stop you guys during that Christmas thing with Soundwave back there, I found Mixmaster. He's currently doing some bridge reconstruction the last time that I heard from him" said Scrapper. Optimus just looked at him and said "Then, we've got to find him before the others do" before he turned to Blackarachnia and said "Do you remember any plans for the Nemesis?" She thought for another moment, then said "Not offhand, but Shockwave did send Megatron for some plans on Omega Supreme. I have no idea what he was planning." I remember that plan thought Optimus. Just then, they heard some rustling in the bushes when Grimlock came running out.

"Intruders located" roared Grimlock. Snarl hid behind Scrapper as Blackarachnia stared at her dinosaur friend. He sniffed Blackarachnia, then glared menacingly at Optimus. "Truck-bot touch Spider-lady!" roared Grimlock as he transformed and pinned Optimus to the ground, with his fire sword to the Prime's neck. "Truck-bot know Spider-lady love me Grimlock! Spider-lady is Grimlock's mate! Grimlock destroy Truck-bot!" shouted Grimlock. "Now Grimlock, my friend. We don't want to hurt Optimus that way. We both know that he would be a more valuable asset to my experimentation" said Meltdown as he stepped out from behind a tree. He noticed Blackarachnia and said "Looks like my old friend, Blackarachnia, is here with some new friends" as he noticed Snarl and Scrapper.

"Prometheus Black" said Optimus as he locked optics on the acidic life form. "It's Meltdown, and we have you surrounded. You'll all be prisoners for my experiments" he said. "There's only Grimlock and yourself here" said an unimpressed Blackarachnia. "Well, my dear. I've made a few new friends since you've been gone from Dinobot Island" said Meltdown as he snapped his fingers, and some hybrid experiments of his came out. The shark and bat creature stepped out, as well as a bipedal scorpion with a cobra for a tail, a bipedal panther, a tarantula-like creature, and a skeletal dinosaur with some mechanical parts. "What is that?" said Optimus as he pointed to the skeletal dinosaur. "That is Dinobot 2. I based him off my watchdog Grimlock, but with failed successes. I tried to create a mechanical dinosaur, then apply fossils to it for its organic makeup, then purge away its mechanical parts. What I got was that" said Meltdown. "Why 'Dinobot 2' instead of 'Dinobot 1'?" asked Optimus. "The first one died, but now I have Blackarachnia here to find out what I did wrong" said Meltdown. Blackarachnia tensed up with fear as Optimus glared at Meltdown. "But Meltdown, you promised me Grimlock to be with Spider-lady for helping you locate intruders" said Grimlock.

Meltdown stared at the robotic t-rex, thought for a moment, then said "Ok, I will let you be with Blackarachnia for one night, then I get to use her for my experiments. If she's useless for my experiments, or turns into one of them" while pointing to the other experiments "I'll let you keep her as your mate." "Me Grimlock like plan" said the dinosaur before he turned to Optimus and said "When Spider-lady is me Grimlock's mate, you truck-bot can no longer have her." "Well, bring the prisoners, my pets" said Meltdown as he headed deeper into the forest with Optimus, Snarl, Scrapper, and Blackarachnia corralled by the experiments and Grimlock. Optimus looked down in shame, giving the occasional glance at Blackarachnia as Grimlock walked next to her. She was silent, crying quietly as she feared herself being experimented on, with the strong possibility of being killed. Scrapper looked both confused and afraid as Snarl walked besides him. Dinobot 2 snapped at Snarl, while the scorpion-like creature snapped a claw at Scrapper. They were all quiet, worried about what will Meltdown do to them, and if they will survive the experimentation.

They all arrived at the underground lab, with Snarl and Scrapper locked up in cages, as Meltdown prodded Optimus closer to the pod with Dinobot 2 snapping at him. The pod closed, as Optimus looked out sadly through the thick glass. Meltdown was looking through his samples, deciding what to do to Optimus while Blackarachnia looked tearfully at her old boyfriend. This was probably the last of them either of them was going to see each other alive, as Optimus placed a servo against the glass as she did the same. Grimlock snarled, then pulled the femme away as he went off to do what he wanted to do with her. Meltdown turned to Optimus, with a wolf limb and a hawk wing held in his hands. "I'm going to try to use multiple creatures on you, like what I did with Quickstrike" he said as he approached the pod. Great, I'm going to look like one of his experiments with at least two organics thought Optimus. He offlined his optics, and waited as Meltdown started up his machine.

Blackarachnia was with Grimlock as he caressed her with his huge claws. "When Truck-bot is one of Meltdown's friends, me Grimlock won't have to worry about him taking you away from me" said Grimlock as he licked her audio. "Grimlock, listen, I know that you have feelings for me, but I'm in love with Optimus" she said before she looked up at Grimlock "Even if he turns into one of them, I'll still love him for who he is. I'm sorry Grimlock, but I can never love you." Grimlock snarled at Blackarachnia, then said "Spider-lady will love me Grimlock, even if me Grimlock fights Truck-bot to the death." He pinned her down, then snarled "Spider-lady will produce baby dinobots for me Grimlock!"

As Grimlock was pinning Blackarachnia down, Quickstrike, Dinobot 2, and the bat-creature spotted two glowing dots in the sky. Dinobot 2 looked at Quickstrike and said "There's something coming to this island. Do you suppose that it's more of the robots?" Quickstrike looked at the bat and said "Bomb-Burst, investigate." "Can do" said Bomb-Burst as he flew up in the sky to intercept the invaders. As Bomb-Burst flew closer, a huge laser came from one of the dots and vaporized the bat. Quickstrike and Dinobot 2 were in shock as their bat friend died instantly, before Dinobot 2 shouted "INTRUDERS INVADING! BATTLE POSITIONS EVERYBODY!" The shark, panther, and tarantula ran to the other three, as Grimlock looked up from his forced kiss on Blackarachnia, before he snarled and looked down at the spider. He said "Me Grimlock go off to stop more intruders. Spider-lady be here to reward Grimlock for victory after intruders destroyed" before he transformed to his dinosaur mode and ran off to join the others.

Swoop had just joined the group as the two dots grew huge and took shape as they came close. One looked like a six-limbed sauropod with reindeer antlers, while the other was a UFO. The sauropod flew by a huge laser cannon attached to her back, while the UFO hovered as they approached. "Attack!" commanded Dinobot 2 as the creatures charged at the flying intruders. The sauropod landed on her hind legs, before she began punching, clawing, and kicking her way through the pack. The UFO just hovered, before a huge laser cannon popped out from its underside and fired. Grimlock roared, but as he began to fight the UFO, Blackarachnia had launched herself, and stung Grimlock. He moaned, before he fell over. Blackarachnia looked up at the UFO before it transformed itself. "Soundwave" she said as the satellite regained his robotic mode. He folded his arms, then said "Blackarachnia, it's good to see you. What are you doing out here, looking for a little get away spot with Optimus?" She smirked, then said "Actually, we were investigating on what Starscream was planning. I'll explain the whole thing later, but now, we need to rescue Optimus. He's going to be experimented by Meltdown, and…there's a good chance that he'll die" as sadness appeared on her face as she mentioned what was going to happen to the mech that cared about her. Soundwave nodded, then said "First, we need to get through security" as he raised his cannon arm, and began charging up his cannon.

Meltdown was about to activate the mutation sequence, when a loud blast caught his attention. He turned around when he heard a jet-like roar as a mechanical sauropod appeared. She looked at him with one optic as a UFO hovered in silently, followed by Blackarachnia. Isn't that a Nighthawk? Weren't those things retired in 2008? Thought Meltdown before he saw it transform into a robot. Soundwave stared down at Meltdown while Pulse looked around, before noticing the control panel for the mutation chamber. She approached it, then rapidly punched several buttons which caused an override for the mutation process. The door opened, revealing a crouched Prime in a corner of the chamber. Blackarachnia approached him, and placed a servo on his shoulder. He looked up at her, then asked "Am, am I a trans-organic?" "No, Pulse managed to turn off the machine before you were able to mutate. You're still the same, Optimus" said Blackarachnia before a sonic blast caught their attention. They looked out of the mutation chamber to find Meltdown splattered all over the place. Soundwave lowered his blaster arm, then looked at them and said "I don't know how long it will take that mucus creature to reassemble himself, but I recommend that we leave before he does." Pulse had managed to release Scrapper and Snarl, and she looked at Soundwave and said "I agree with you, Grandpa. Meltdown did have a reputation for mutating organics and robots into his minions. Many of them died horrible deaths, but the ones that stayed alive sided with the Decepticons after they destroyed their master." "Agreed. Snarl here didn't like Meltdown when he was around, and neither of us wants to stay when he, uh, reforms himself. Snarl? Snarl?" said Scrapper as he looked down at his dinosaur friend. Snarl didn't hear him because he was looking at Pulse. Where have you been all my life, beautiful? Thought Snarl as he stared at Pulse. He'd never seen such a beautiful femme before in his entire life, and that included Blackarachnia. Soundwave didn't like the way that Snarl was looking at his granddaughter like that, so he beckoned with his servo for the robots to follow him out of the cave.

When they all got out of the cave, Optimus, Scrapper, and Snarl took notice of what was once Meltdown's minions, or what was left of them. Body parts were all over the place, and Swoop was injured badly. Grimlock was still unconscious from Blackarachnia's poison, but they heard him moaning slightly. Optimus just shook his head as he looked at the Dinobots, before he looked at Soundwave and said "So, how are we getting off the island?" "Pulse can teleport us off the island" said Soundwave before Pulse shook her head and said "Sorry Grandpa, but I depleted most of my energy by flying over here and in the battle. I'm sorry, but I'm too drained to teleport us off the island, but we can try to find a boat off the island." Optimus shook his head, then said "I'm afraid not, but the last boat off this island left about sixty cycles ago. We're going to have to wait until morning for the next boat." They all heard moaning, and they turned around to find Grimlock waking up. He shook his head, then looked at Optimus and growled at him. Optimus backed up into a tree as Grimlock glared at the Prime in close proximity and snorted at him. "Truck-bot touched Spider-lady, so me Grimlock hurt truck-bot" he said before he transformed and held his sword at Optimus' neck. Ungh!" he said before Soundwave wrapped his tentacles around the dinosaur and lifted him off the ground.

"Just who is this idiot?" said Soundwave as he held up Grimlock. "That's Grimlock, a Dinobot. He doesn't bother us if he leaves us alone" said Optimus. "Just why did he try to attack you?" asked Soundwave. "He just has a crush on Blackarachnia" said Optimus as he looked up at a furious Grimlock. "Me Grimlock destroy Truck-bot after Flower-bot releases me Grimlock" snarled Grimlock. "I am not a flower" said Soundwave in a harsh tone as he released Grimlock. Grimlock landed on the ground, but as he pushed himself up, he found himself looking at Pulse. He was silent for a moment, but then found his voice and said "Where has pretty Dinobot been in all of Grimlock's life? Me Grimlock has never seen such a pretty female in all his life." "Wait! You think that she's prettier than me? She has one optic and four arms. How can you think that she's more beautiful than me?" exclaimed Blackarachnia. Optimus just looked at Blackarachnia with his fists on his hips and said "You know, you're insulting me after what we've done all week at the base. You're not supposed to care about what Grimlock or the others think of you." "By the way, how did you manage to…?" said Pulse before Optimus looked at her with his servos out and said "Uh, we'll talk about everything when we get back to the base." "Yeah, what did you two do to Bumblebee's room? I've been trying to figure out how you managed to get on the ceiling all of your…?" said Soundwave before Optimus cut him off and said "I said that we'll talk about it when we get back to the base." "Me Grimlock wants to accompany pretty Dinobot back to base" said Grimlock as he sucked in his gut to make him look more masculine for Pulse. By this time, Swoop had transformed to his robot mode and was trying to look more attractive for Pulse. Pulse looked at the two Dinobots trying to impress her and said "I think that returning to base is a good idea. These two mechs here are creeping me out" as she backed up until she was next to Soundwave. The robots began heading for the beach, when Grimlock cut them off and looked at the group and said "Me Grimlock sorry for attacking you earlier, but Meltdown threatened to offline Grimlock if me Grimlock didn't obey Meltdown. Me Grimlock wants to make it up to you by joining you Autobots." "Are they to be trusted?" asked Soundwave to Optimus. "Well, the Dinobots happen to like Bulkhead and Prowl the most because they're the Dinobots' friends, and Grimlock and I tend to butt heads from time to time, but they can be trusted, but on a shaky relationship" said Optimus. "Ok, they can come, but I don't want them chasing after my granddaughter" said Soundwave.

They managed to get to the beach, and Blackarachnia froze. She had a worried look on her faceplates before she said "I, I can't survive underwater. I, I could go offline." Soundwave paused for a moment, then said "I suppose some of us can swim to shore, but looks like I would have to fly Blackarachnia back. So, except her, can everybody swim back to shore?" "Well, I could drive underwater" said Optimus. "Me Grimlock can swim" said the Dinobot. "Swoop can fly" said Swoop as he transformed back into his dinosaur mode. "Snarl can swim, and can bring back Scrapper back to shore" said Snarl as he wagged his tail. "I happen to be a very good swimmer myself" said Pulse. "Ok then, transform!" said Soundwave as he transformed into his Nighthawk mode. Blackarachnia got on him, and she flew off with the jet. Swoop transformed and followed right behind them. Grimlock started swimming, and Snarl had Scrapper on his back. Optimus tried to follow them, but some rope got caught in between his axles, and he was stuck. "Maybe it's better if you rode on me" said Pulse as she cut off the rope tying Optimus.

"Yah! Stop it! Stop it! Yah!" screamed Optimus as he held on for dear life as Pulse kept on jumping through the water. She spun and dove in the water like a spinner dolphin with Optimus as a passenger. On a boat not too far from them, a father and son were watching the water. "See son? The legendary lake monster is supposed to exist beneath the waves. They say you can see it breach and hear its legendary scream" said the father. About thirty seconds later, Pulse jumped out of the water, and Optimus screamed "Aaaaaahhhhhaaaaaa! Yaaaahhhhhaaaaa! Eeeeeeeeeee!" "Wow dad! Is that the lake monster?" asked the little kid as he pointed to Optimus and Pulse. "Why yes son. That was the legendary lake monster that you've just seen. Notice on how much it resembles the plesiosaur from the Mesozoic era. As you can see, that one had horns on its head" said the father as they watched Pulse and Optimus swim off to Detroit.

The Autobots arrived at the shore, and Optimus slipped off Pulse, screaming "Land!" as he began kissing the ground. "Oh, come on! My swimming wasn't that bad!" said Pulse. "Now what?" asked Scrapper. "Well, next we head off to the base before the Decepticons find us" said Soundwave. "Ok" breathed in Optimus "Everybody, Transform and roll out!" Everybody transformed, but Soundwave looked at his granddaughter and said "Uh, so what are you supposed to be?" as he noticed Pulse's vehicle mode. "I'm supposed to be a lunar vehicle equipped for battle. In the future, humans have landed on some hostile planets, and they needed their vehicles equip to fight off dangerous life forms" said Pulse as her moon rover mode had a laser cannon, video cam, and sharp claw. He understood, then followed the group to base, but that's when the rest of the Constructicons arrived, and blocked their path. "Going somewhere?" said Bonecrusher. "Yeah, away from you!" said Optimus as he backed up, and retreated down a different path.

The rest of the group followed, and they all took different routes down the city, until they came to the Dinosaur Drive-Through. "Everybody, get inside" said Optimus as he drove in, then transformed into his robotic mode. "Down here" he said as he jumped from the bridge into the pit beneath it. Everybody followed, and Optimus hid under the overhang. "What me Grimlock supposed to do?" asked the T-Rex. "You and the other Dinobots pretend that you're dinosaurs within the exhibit. Pulse, pretend that you're one of the dinosaurs. Blackarachnia, pretend that you're some sort of gigantic prehistoric spider, while Scrapper, Soundwave, and I hide" said Optimus. "Some plan" said Blackarachnia. "Have any better ideas? We have to keep the Constructicons away from Scrapper" said Optimus. She just gave Optimus this look, before she transformed into her spider mode and spun a web on a tree. The Dinobots and Pulse pretended that they were some dinosaurs in the exhibit as they began roaming around. It wasn't too long until the other Constructicons came, and they began searching. "All right! We split up and look for Scrapper and his buddies. Rampage, you stay with Long Haul and guard Mixmaster. The rest, you split up and look around. We need to find them!" said Dirt Boss. "Can do! High Tower, Transform!" as the crane transformed into a T-Rex. The others transformed, and began looking around the exhibit.

Grimlock growled as High Tower approached him. "Me Grimlock destroy intruder!" he roared as he transformed. "Me High Tower found copycat dinosaur! Me High Tower destroy!" roared High Tower as he transformed into his robotic mode. The two dinosaurs fought, and Snarl joined in, only to be stopped by Bonecrusher. Bonecrusher attacked Snarl. Snarl screamed as Bonecrusher savagely attacked the triceratops, who was attacked by Blackarachnia. She tried to poison him, but Bonecrusher swatted the spider to the ground. "Blackarachnia!" screamed Optimus as he rushed out to attack Bonecrusher, but was pinned down by Dirt Boss. "Wimp" said Dirt Boss before he turned around to face Soundwave and Scrapper. "One false move, and your so-called leader here gets it" said Dirt Boss as he held Optimus by the neck. Pulse rushed to attack Dirt Boss, but Rampage jumped and clamped his jaws on her neck. She screamed as his powerful jaws began crushing her. "No!" screamed Soundwave. He was watching his granddaughter die by an inferior Constructicon, and that's when he began focusing his telepathic abilities. He was cut off when Long Haul dumped a few tons of dirt on the satellite, burying him alive. He screamed as the dirt and rocks scratched his sensitive glass on his wings, cracking a few panels. "Alright, stop!" said Scrapper "If, if you stop attacking them, I'll, I'll join you." "Don't do it! It's a trap" called Mixmaster as he looked down at his friend. Scrapper looked up at the cement truck and said "I'm sorry, Mix, but I don't want them hurting my friends. Sure they're not Megatron, or have any of the good oil, but they're my friends. I, I don't want them being hurt." "Heh, looks like we won" said Bonecrusher sinisterly. "Come on" said Dirt Boss as he began heading out of the Jurassic jungle. "Wait! Before I go, I just want to say goodbye to Snarl" said Scrapper. "Fine, say goodbye. Woof!" said Rampage as he began scaling the wall to get out. Scrapper approached his dinosaur friend and said "Snarl, I just want you to know that you're the best pet that any robot could ever have. I'll miss ya, old friend" before he hugged his pet.

Optimus could only look as the Constructicons walked off with Scrapper. His fans whirred, before he muttered "slag it!" Soundwave grumbled as he managed to unearth himself from the dirt pile as he gave Optimus a nasty glare. Grimlock snorted at Optimus before saying "Truck-bot lousy leader. Me Grimlock don't know what Spider-lady sees in you. Me Grimlock shall lead others to victory." Soundwave continued to glare at Optimus before he climbed out of the pit, followed by the Dinobots. Blackarachnia looked at Optimus silently, before she said "If you're looking for me, I'll be back at the base." Optimus watched the others head back to base before he got up and got out of the pit. He walked in the opposite direction of where the others went, leaving Pulse in the pit. She was silent for a moment, before she followed Optimus, saying "he may be a young leader, but still a leader that the future needs." The robotic dinosaurs in the exhibit remained motionless as they were, except for two. A brachiosaurus watched the robots leave the exhibit, before he looked down at a stegosaurus and said "Leader?" The stegosaurus looked up at the brachiosaurus and said "Leader?" They looked at each other for a while, before they followed Optimus and Pulse out of the dinosaur drive through.

Far outside the dinosaur drive through, Optimus walked around for a bit, before he sat down in an alley. He placed his faceplates in his servos and was silent for a bit, before he heard Pulse say "Are you giving up so easily?" He looked up at Pulse and said "I don't know. I thought that I was a great leader, but I messed up big time. Sometimes, I wonder if Sentinel was right on saying that he's the better leader. He led Cybertron when Ultra Magnus was seriously hurt, he's the one that stayed at the Prime school, the one with a team on the Elite Guard…me, I'm the one that defeated Megatron, but he took all of the glory. I took the rap for him when we left Elita-1 on that spider-infested planet, and Elita was the one who slept with him first. Me? I got to lead a maintenance crew repairing space-bridges, got offlined by Starscream once, got stuck on Earth for well over fifty stellar cycles, and had to fight Decepticons left and right. Sometimes I think that Primus enjoys messing with me" before he placed his faceplates in his servos and wept. Pulse was silent before she sat down next to Optimus and rubbed his back with two of her servos. He leaned into her and cried some more.

He cried for some time more before he relaxed a bit. He looked up at Pulse and said "What happens to me in the future?" Pulse looked down at him and said "Well, Sentinel Prime became Sentinel Magnus. Ultra Magnus died because of my father, and Sentinel used your defeat of Megatron as a promotional stunt. After that, he screwed things up even more than what you ever did. He led a quest for power, and he even released Megatron from prison so he can eliminate all organic life forms. Earth became a barren wasteland, but the worst was yet to come. They hunted down my grandparents, and locked up Grandpa in the stockade, while my grandmother became Sentinel's forced mate. My mother ran away to the Decepticons, where she bonded with my father. I was born as a Decepticon, and we were in constant fear of the Autobots because their mission was to eliminate all Decepticons. I was told of your accomplishments, and I sent off to find you when I was only sixteen vorns old. I found you only after several hundred stellar cycles of searching. You were on a frozen world, with a few organic plants growing on it. You were very old and had a sad spark, but it was still a strong spark. All of your old teammates died, and your sparkmate perished as well. Blackarachnia did become your sparkmate, but only after you rescued her from an experimental lab. You managed to have a few sparklings with her before she died of old age and pain from the experimental labs. You hated Sentinel for what he's done to the universe, and you vowed to get justice for what he's done. You trained me to become a warrior, and you became my guardian for doing so…well, a little bit more than that" as she blushed a bit.

"Uh, a little bit more than…oh" said Optimus as he blushed a bit as well. "You were my first and…well, I was sore the next few days" said Pulse "You were so kind to me, and I learned from you that the Autobots used to be a noble race before Sentinel corrupted the Autobot race. You wanted Sentinel to see that not all organics were horrible, but he refused to listen. Your human friend, Sari, died when he had her terminated. Sentinel refused to see what made organic life forms so special, and why they were needed in the universe. You had many regrets about your life, but many of them were your own faults, but you lived with them. Your deepest and greatest regrets were that you couldn't stop Sentinel from corrupting the universe. It wasn't until later that all Cybertronians found out that they needed an organic mode to continue to survive, and that's when they placed Blackarachnia in the lab. They tortured her for countless vorns before you came to her rescue. From what they learned, they started catching organics, and applying it to their genetic makeup to create techno-organics. Of course, by this time, Megatron grew tired of obeying Sentinel, and began searching the universe for something to make him more powerful. That's when he met Unicron, who upgraded him to Galvatron. Galvatron came to Cybertron and conquered it. He then captured Grandma and started using her virus to control the universe. You managed to return to Cybertron and release Grandpa, but he was psychotic after many vorns in the stockade, and couldn't fight like he used to fight. You managed to find Galvatron, but you died nobly in the fight. I managed to escape and find my parents, but our reunion was cut short and they had to send me back in time to prevent that future from ever happening. That's why it's important for you to stop Megatron and Sentinel before it's too late. I know that he's your friend now, but someday, the two of you become sworn enemies."

Optimus was silent as he took all of this in. He was silent before he spoke, "So, that's what happened in your time. Will that future happen in this one?" "I can't give you an answer there, Optimus. I just don't know, but if you give up now, it will happen" said Pulse. Optimus fell silent again. He looked at Pulse and thought of all that she saw and witnessed within her lifetime, and she was younger than him. He held her servo as he thought silently. After a long period of silence, he stood up and said to Pulse "If we are to ever prevent your future from becoming a reality, then we must stop Megatron. Uh, by the way, was I a good frag?" "Well, let me put it this way: I was glad that I lost my virginity to you, and I was jealous that your sparkmate had you for so long. I really wished that I bonded to you" said Pulse before they both heard some loud footsteps and felt the earth shake. They stood their ground as a brachiosaurus and a stegosaurus appeared. Pulse and Optimus looked at them before the two dinosaurs said "Leader?" "Uh, who are these two?" whispered Optimus to Pulse. "There never was any record of the existence of them, so they probably were created when the timeline shifted. Timelines and events shift when something alters history" whispered Pulse to Optimus. "Hello, I am Optimus Prime, and this is Pulse. Who are you?" asked Optimus to the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs looked at each other, then the brachiosaurus said "Me Sludge. Me don't know what me is." "Me Slag, but me know me stegosaurus" said Slag. "Are you two Dinobots?" asked Optimus. The two dinosaurs looked at each other, then the brachiosaurus said "What are Dinobots?" "The Dinobots are Autobots that look like dinosaurs" said Pulse. "Oh, then us Dinobots" said Sludge. "Would you like to meet the other Autobots?" asked Optimus. "Yes, us Dinobots would like to meet others" said Slag. "Then follow us" said Optimus as he led the new Dinobots to base.

Sludge and Slag were quiet for most of the trip, but there was one incident where Sludge sneezed and his plastic skin caught fire. Sludge panicked, then raced off to find a water source. Optimus, Pulse, and Slag chased the sauropod across town until they found Sludge with his head and most of his neck underwater. Optimus tapped Sludge on his leg, and the sauropod lifted his head above the water. His head looked different with his skin burned off. What made Sludge different from the other Dinobots was that he had a golden head, a black neck, and red stripes on his body. "Wow Sludge. You look pretty without skin" said Slag. "You creeping me out, Slag" said Sludge. Suddenly, they heard police cars behind them, and saw S.U.V. escape in a van. "Not those guys again" muttered Optimus. "Who they?" asked Slag. "They're just some villains we Autobots capture because they break the law" said Optimus. "Are they a threat?" asked Pulse. "No, they're more of a nuisance to us" said Optimus.

S.U.V. was driving ahead of the police when Optimus and a few dinosaurs appeared out of nowhere. Slomo slammed on the breaks as she stopped a few meters away from Optimus. "Oh no, it's that goody Autobot again. And this time he's got a few more friends, recruits, a new gang" said Slomo. "Well, we'll teach these ugly robots what happens when you mess with us" said Professor Princess as she hopped on Powdered Sugar and glided out of the van. The unicorn blasted at the Autobots, but Optimus and Pulse leaped out of the way, letting Sludge get hit. Sludge's skin caught fire, encasing the huge sauropod in a burning fireball. Optimus widened his optics in fear as he saw Sludge burn. "Sludge…" said Optimus as Slag roared, but got blasted by the Angry Archer. "My arrows slay thy dragon" he said as Slag was entombed in ice. Slag was frozen, but cracks formed in the ice as the stegosaurus broke from its icy tomb, revealing his metallic armor from beneath skin. Golden plates were on a silver streak of armor, with a black body with red spots on it. His legs were red and golden, with black nails. A golden head was staring at the humans as his red tail swished with black spikes.

The fire on Sludge burned away, revealing more of the Dinobot to the others as the moonlight gleaned on his black and golden armor. More red stripes ran down Sludge as some red spikes ran down his back and tail. Silver toenails glistened in the moonlight as the sauropod stared down at the humans. "Ahhh, they're even uglier than before" screamed Professor Princess. "I'll stop these dinosaurs, lummoxes, reptilians" replied Slomo as she used her watch to freeze the Dinobots in place. "Looks like the new Dinobots are not much fighters" said Pulse to Optimus. "Um, Slowmo, the dinosaurs were hit by your watch, right?" said Nanosec. "Yeah, why you ask, what's with the questioning, what's up?" said Slomo. "Then why is that one still moving?" exclaimed Nanosec as Sludge moved his foot, but very slowly. "Sludge…stop" said the large Dinobot as he moved in slow motion. "Let's get out of here, vamoose, leave" said Slowmo as she turned back to the van, but the van was held up in the air by Pulse. "I don't think so" said Pulse as she stared down at the four humans. "Forsooth, allow me to slay this Jabberwocky" said the Angry Archer as he launched his arrows at Pulse, but she dodged them as she swiftly moved her body. "This beast is far too agile for my arrows" said the Angry Archer as Pulse kept on dodging the arrows. "Not for long" said Slomo as she held up her watch, but it was snatched away by Optimus. "I think that I'll take that" the Prime said as he held the watch. "Screw this, I'm outta here" said Nanosec as he sped away, but was stopped when he crashed into Slag's body. "Ow" he said as he fell down. "This is why I hate dinosaurs!" screamed Professor Princess as Powdered Sugar powered up her horn, but was knocked down by Pulse's tail.

Just then, Captain Fanzone and the police arrived at the spot, with him holding up a megaphone, "Ok S.U.V., we've got you've surrounded. Put your hands in the air, and come quietly with us." "We'll do anything that you want, just get us away from these dinosaurs" said Nanosec as he held up his hands. "Forsooth, these dragons are too strong for us" said the Angry Archer as the police handcuffed him and the others. Captain Fanzone looked up at Optimus and said "So who are your new friends? What's up with the idea of bringing more of your robot friends to Earth?" "Well, the two new Dinobots there were in the dinosaur park when they came online, and Pulse there came from the Antarctic" said Optimus as Pulse approached, saying "And I came from the future, don't forget that Optimus." "Great, just what I need. More machines rampaging through my city, and one of them is a time traveler. What is this city coming to?" said Captain Fanzone to himself. Pulse blinked as she watched the captain walked off to his car, then drove off with the rest of the police, leaving the robots behind. She looked at Optimus and said "So, now what?" "I guess that there's nothing more to do, except to take you back to base" said Optimus as he transformed. Pulse transformed into her moon rover, and followed Optimus with the Dinobots behind them.

They arrived back at base, with Ratchet outside. "I've been waiting for you" snarled the medic as Optimus transformed into his robotic mode. Pulse transformed as well, leaving the Dinobots who weren't in their robotic mode. "Who are the new recruits?" said Ratchet as he pointed to the brachiosaurus and stegosaurus. "They're Dinobots, Sludge and Slag" said Optimus to the medic. "Great, just what we need, more mindless monsters" said Ratchet "I'll speak with you in the medical bay area with Blackarachnia" as he narrowed his optics before he went inside the base. "I've been dreading that discussion" muttered Optimus before he followed Ratchet inside the base, with Pulse and Slag behind him. Sludge remained outside since he was too massive, so he rested in the parking lot and fell asleep.

Pulse wagged her tail as she saw her grandfather and grandmother again. Soundwave reclined against the couch as he watched Prowl and Bulkhead talk with the Dinobots, before he winced as he heard Ratchet shouting at Optimus and Blackarachnia from the medical bay area. Berserk was tickling baby Ravage as the cat giggled as her mom played with her. Bumblebee was with Sari in his room, holding her as he thought a little bit about what Blackarachnia said when she returned. Why did the Constructicons need Mixmaster and Scrapper? What was going on while we were away in the Arctic? And if Blackarachnia is here, where's Waspinator? I haven't heard anything from him ever since he'd escaped. On top of all that, why were the two Dinobots in hiding for so long? What was this new power that Starscream was talking about? Sure, he's an aft-head, but why did he need all of that Allspark power for his plans? Thought Bumblebee as he stroked Sari's back gently with a digit. "Bumblebee?" said Sari as she looked up at her robotic friend. He was deep in thought, and didn't hear her, so she placed a hand against his cheek and said "Bumblebee?" "What? Oh, Sari, I didn't hear you" said Bumblebee "I was deep in thought, thinking about a few things that Blackarachnia said when she got back to the base." "Listen Bumblebee, I was just concerned because I've never seen you in deep thought before" said Sari "It's not like you." "I know that I usually don't think deeply like that, but I'm just concerned about what Blackarachnia told us. It worries me. Starscream has never thought up of a plan this big before. I could tell that he's been thinking of this plan carefully for a long time" said Bumblebee. "Hey, at least we have the two new Dinobots and Pulse to protect us" said Sari. "Yeah, I guess that you're right" said Bumblebee.

Back in the deep blackness of space, the Nemesis cruised toward Earth. Starscream narrowed his optics as he smiled to himself and thought Soon, I'll start Part One of my plan when we get to Earth. I'll get those Constructicons together, and then I'll start Part Two when the rest of the Decepticons are off the ship. Megatron doesn't realize the full potential of this ship, and he used Omega Supreme to build those Lugnut Clones when he should have been using him to redesign the Nemesis. I'll let you win for now, Megatron, but soon I shall rule the Universe with the help of the Constructicons and the Nemesis. You are such a fool, Megatron; you are such a fool.