(Wreckage of Autobot base, Jasper, Nevada)

The vehicons lifted the churned piles of metal, scavenging for any of the Iconic relics or signs of Autobot casualties. So far they found only the remnants of the base, Blackwolf was sitting above watching their progress. But he was even worse than before, the virus had truly changed him.

He couldn't and was forced to not remember because of the virus in his system the friendship he had with the bots or his deep inseparable bond with Arcee. Something in the back of his mind was at war with him, telling him to break free, but he kept ignoring it. He was awakened from his internal conflict when Starscream flew next to him. He stood his attention to the seeker, ready to report.

"What have you found?" he asked, looking at the rubble frowning. Blackwolf raised his servo to order the vehicons to stop what they were doing. He looked at the rubble and looked back to Starscream.

"Nothing, no relics, no signs of dead autobots, just nothing." he sighed disappointed that none had died. Starscream's frown seemed to go lower, he had somewhat expected this to happen, now he had to take deeper matters of finding the Autobots.

"The only way to truly end the Autobots is to take care of Optimus Prime, however killing him in battle will be nearly impossible since Megatron never managed to kill him. But he does have two weaknesses right now with our weapon ready to fire where ever they choose to hide when we find them, and the natives of this world." he smirked evilly. Blackwolf saw where this was going.

"So we use the humans to draw him out, take him as prisoner, leading the Autobots to fall apart." he put the plan together. Starscream laughed at how they may truly defeat their enemy. Blackwolf then heard footsteps from behind, he turned to see two vehicons dragging Bumblebee, he wasn't dead but was damaged. Starscream smirked and walked up to the Autobot scout.

"This is just too good to be true, first we destroy your base, then we finally form a plan to defeat you, and now you, the Autobots' best scout, caught trying to spy on us. Well now you've failed and will be terminated." he said raising his sharp claws to deliver the killing blow.

"No! Stop!" yelled Blackwof before he could tear through the scouts armor. He looked at him confused, for Starscream hated the young Autobot, he had interfered with countless Decepticon plots.

"Explain!" Starscream, tempted to kill the Autobot that second. Bumblebee was still knocked unconscious after after the vehicons ambushed him.

"We can use him, the Autobots' care for this one a lot, we can use him also to bring Optimus out of hiding." he chuckled, adding a factor to their plan. Starscream thought about it for a moment, Blackwolf's idea was truly genius.

He smirked again, they had finally devised a plan to get rid of the Autobots for good. "Very well, call for a groundbridge, for we have further work to do. It's time to expose ourselves to the world, no more disguises, no mercy for the humans. It's time to end the war."

(Autobot hideout, Jasper, Nevada)

The family of Autobots and humans sat in depression, the Decepticons were winning and they couldn't fight back without giving their location away. Jack, Miko, and Raf were watching a small television setup Raf made so they could monitor the news. The blast alerted all of Nevada, and news travels fast, the entire U.S, Canada, and most of Europe were aware of the blast that hit the small mountain in Nevada.

Optimus, Ironhide, and Jazz were doing the same with a monitor Ratchet had built, as for the medic he was struggling to make a suitable replacement base for the groundbridge, but staying in hiding had it's roadblocks.

Arcee however sat in turmoil, she lost the first bot who loved her and her first sparkmate, she didn't know what else was going to ruin her life. Bulkhead saw this and felt sorry for her, after what had happened to Tailgate and Cliffjumper, she was closed off enough, what would she do after losing her sparkmate?

He walked over and patted her on the back as softly as he could. She lifted her head to see him and just slumped over again. "Come on Arcee, I hate seeing you like this, it's gonna be okay." he said calmly, a few seconds later she pushed him away and stood up to face him.

"HOW IS IT GONNA BE OKAY BULK?!" she yelled angrilly. "We're hiding from the Decepticons, my first sparkmate changed for some odd reason and betrayed me, and did I forget to mention there is a Decepticon super weapon hovering above our heads? So you tell me Bulk, how is it going to be okay?" she asked waiting for his answer.

He opened his mouth to speak when suddenly beeping came through the television made for Jack, Miko, and Raf and the monitor that Optimus, Ironhide, and Jazz were watching. The screens went black, then Starscream appeared on screen, wearing his usual smirk. All of the Autobot and human family members were watching the monitor.

"Humans of Earth, for since the beginning ages of your kind we have been among you, hidden from the human eye. We are in a civil war between two factions, but we the Decepticons, have no intention of letting your kind live, for your planet is filled with our life force, once our war is over this planet will be destroyed. Autobots, if any of you are listening, if Optimus Prime turns himself in, we shall spare this world and leave, and Optimus...don't keep me waiting, because a certain scout of yours may prefer not to die." he smirked as the screen went to normal again.

They all picked their jaws up from the floor except Optimus who was unmoved. They all sat in deep worry, what were they going to do? How could they ever stop this from happening? Optimus turned to face the small family. They knew from the moment he turned around what he was going to do.

"Autobots', human friends, together you are strong, do not let this be the end of our cause, keep fighting the decepticons, do not let them win. No matter what happens to me, don't let Starscream fulfill his plan. Remember Autobots', we fight for the freedom of every sentient being! We fight for Cybertron!"

"FOR CYBERTRON!" they yelled in unison