Will looked at the body of Optimus, he felt an ache in his chest as he looked at the dead majestic leader. Ironhide stepped up beside him.

"Ironhide, what are we going to do?" he asked, grief seeping into his voice.

"I don't know Will, I don't know"

The sound of a jet began to get louder.

Ironhide looked up. "Frag!" he powered up his cannons. Will looked up and saw a Seeker flying over them, with Barricade in a net. The Seeker was cackling in joy as he flew past.

"Ratchet can you get a clear shot without hitting him!" yelled Ironhide trying to get a clear shot.

"No," yelled Ratchet back.

"Slag it!" swore Ironhide. Will's heart began to pound as he released something. He had seen Sam run out of the woods but not Tyrell.

"Ironhide where is Tyrell? Is he with Bumblebee?"

Ironhide looked at Will. "No, my scans indicate that he was with Barricade. I'm sorry Will."

Bee tried every few seconds to contact Barricade as he raced away from the forest. The mustang had outraced everyone to get to Tyrell. Sam refused to speak and Bee feared the worst. He tried again and again to get through, after a minute Cade finally opened the connection.

:Cade! Where-: Bee began, intent on finding out where he was and what had happened.

:Bee I don't have time, is Sam safe?: Barricade sounded calm but Bee could sense the urgency underneath it.

:Yes but-: Cade cut the connection died before Bee could utter another word. "Slag it Barricade answer me!" demanded Bee out loud startling Mikaela, Sam, and the boy Leo. Bee knew that something was wrong, something had happened.

"Bee what's going on?" demanded Mikaela, Sam still a little to shell shocked to speak.

"Cade won't respond, I'm going to try Ironhide."

:Ironhide to Bee, Come in Ironhide:

:Ironhide here, Bee you need to get those kids somewhere safe. A Seeker flew overhead, he had Barricade and we picked up an organic signature, he had Tyrell with him. Bee don't bring the kids back to base, protect them. With…with Optimus dead there will be no one able to stop Megatron, no one is safe:

:I will Ironhide:

:Good, may Primus be with you:

The connection ended, Bee knew that it would be his last one to Ironhide, maybe forever.

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Starskiller flew for about an hour, Barricade succumbed to the sedative midway during the flight. Tyrell had no idea where they were heading until Starkiller spoke

"Here we are insect, a place where your species have proven how dumb you really are. Naming an island covered in ice, Greenland.

The base rose in front of Ty's eyes as Starkiller descended, it appeared to be entirely made up of ice. Yet upon entering Ty was surprised to find the interior made entirely made of metal. Starkiller walked with a purpose through the base, passing fellow 'Cons along the way. Before a, set of giant doors the seeker paused and knocked.

"Enter" came a sinister voice from within. Ty's heart began to race in fear as Starkiller walked into the room. Sitting on a throne in the middle of the room sat the Fallen! Megatron standing by his side.

"Starkiller, I see you have retrieved the traitor Megatron has mentioned. Yet what of the human?" asked the Fallen not seeing Tyrelll cowering in Barricade's hand.

"He is here My Lord, in the traitor's hand"

The Fallen rose from his throne and came to stand in front of Barricade looking down. Tyrell cowered under the gaze. He thought Megatron's gaze was the one to fear, yet this Decepticon made Megatron look like a kitten. The Fallen bared his fangs at Tyrell, amused by his fear.

"Yes, you are sure that this one has seen the map?"

Megatron spoke up. "Yes Master, Scalpel was able to pull part of the map from his brain. Prime interrupted us before we could proceed further."

"Call for Soundwave," ordered the Fallen to Megatron, then turning to the Seeker "Starkiller the net."

"Yes My Lord"

Starkiller sent a current through the net, making the ends snap apart. Tyrell gripped Cade's hand armor as Barricades boy unfolded from his ball form. His scream as his broken leg bounced off of his armor echoed in the room.

The Fallen's eyes flashed as he looked at Tyrell and then Starkiller. "You damaged the human."

"No My Lord, the human was damaged during the fight between Prime and Lord Megatron."

The Fallen nodded once before leaning over and picking up Tyrell. "I should have known, when I first meet the humans they were weak, in all this time things have not changed."

Ty tried to control his panicked breathing as the Fallen lifted him to eye level.

"It is strange, something so weak can have all this information I need" to prove how weak Tyrell was the Fallen poked his broken leg. Another shrill scream filled the room, and another as the Fallen dropped him from about ten feet from the ground.

Barricade's optics snapped back online as he heard Tyrell's third scream. He immediately caught sight of his charge falling to the floor. His hands shot out and caught Tyrell before he could hit the ground. He brought Ty to his chest before looking at the mechs before him. He immediately saw Starkiller, but he didn't know who the other Decepticon was, but he gave off an air of great power. As he watched the Decepticon smiled, Barricade jumped his feet prepared to run, when the Decepticon raised his hand.

Barricade found himself floating above the floor, unable to move a finger.

"The Traitor awakens," murmured the Decepticon, flicking his fingers so that Barricade floated to work right in front of him. "The human wouldn't have hit the ground, as you can see."

Against Barricade's will the hand holding Tyrell to his chest moved until it revealed Tyrell. The Decepticon moved his fingers again and Tyrell floated away from Barricade, until he landed in the 'Con's outstretched hand.

"As you can see Traitor he was never in any harm, though I cannot say the same to you."

Barricade glared at the unknown Con. "Who are you?" he demanded as he struggled to move, he had never heard of a mech who could do such things as this.

"I am the Fallen, the first of the Decepticon's, and that is all you need to know."

The door behind Barricade opened with a swish and Megatron along with Soundwave entered the room.

"Megatron, my apprentice, you may do what you wish with this Traitor, I only ask that you make sure you keep him alive to see what becomes to the race that it so cares about. Starkiller, you are dismissed." said the Fallen, releasing Barricade so he fell to the floor. Immediately Megatron and Starkiller grabbed him and dragged him away. Leaving the Fallen and Soundwave, a moment later Megatron appeared.

The Fallen turned to Soundwave. "Soundwave, retrieve the information that this organic has in his head. He is part of the key to find the energon source" the Fallen held out his hand, Tyrell was hovering above it, fear shining in his eyes.

"As you wish Master" said Soundwave in his monotone voice.

Tyrell tried to fight the power that held him so still as tentacles approached him, but it was no use. The tentacles wrapped around him, pulling him closer to Soundwave. One tentacle attached itself to the top of his head. Tyrell was suddenly aware that he wasn't the only one inside his head. He tried to block the presence, putting up walls, and digging trenches, but it blew past all of them. He then went onfense and tried to fight the presence in his head the pain was sharp.

:Human not fight, no pain: came the monotone voice of Soundwave as he began to go through Tyrell's earliest memories. Ty knew that he couldn't let the Fallen get the message, he visualized the symbols and pulled two from the group, determined to not let Soundwave see them. Tyrell soon felt like he was playing tag with Soundwave. As Soundwave searched through his mind, he set up barriers and tried to be one step ahead. He clutched the two symbols in his mind refusing to let Soundwave have them. He jumped through memory to memory searching threw his memories for a safe place to seal them away, when he stumbled on a unmovable barrier that he didn't know he had. He knew deep down in his gut that this was the same barrier that had unleashed the symbols. He willed it to open and take the two symbols back. He was surprised that it did, after he knew that they were safely hidden in his mind he began to follow what memories Soundwave was watching.

He was surprised to find Soundwave watching a memory about a how Maggie and Glen explained how Frenzy had been killed and how they moved to Tyrell's cherished memories of Dials. Soundwave pulled out of them when he felt Tyrell's presence watching him. He skipped past memories until he reached the ones from the past couple of days. He copied the memories of the message and the symbols and pulled out of Tyrell's head.

Tyrell lay breathlessly in Soundwave's tentacles, his head pounding as he came back around from the passages of his mind. He was barely aware of Soundwave showing the symbols.

"The Language of the Primes, murmured the Fallen, "The kings will show the doorway" read the Fallen. He turned to Soundwave. "Are you sure that this was all of it?"

"Yes, My Lord" answered Soundwave "Except for the images that came along with thesymbols."

Soundwave played the images. The Fallen sucked in a breath as the twisted piece of metal appeared. "The Matrix of Leadership" he hissed. He turned to look at Megatron.

"We need to find the other human"

"I will get on it Master" answered Megatron, "Then I will show that traitor the consequences."

Megatron turned and left going to look for Starscream, who he had sent to look for Sam. Soundwave left also after hand Tyrell back to the Fallen. The Fallen was sitting on his throne, stroking Tyrell like he was a cat.

"Soon fleshling, your planet will be mine"

Tyrell bit back the screams that threatened to escape each time the Fallen touched the leg. Soon it went numb as the hour was relieved when the Fallen stood up and put him in a cage next to his throne. He watched the Decepticon leave the room, leaving Ty all alone. Ty managed to pull himself to his feet and he looked out the bars to the ground far below. Even if he could squeeze between the bars, he wouldn't survive the fall to the ground without seriously hurting himself. Ty studied the cage as he sat back down.

The cage reminded Tyrell of a giant birdcage with an electronic lock on it. It made him think back to when Megatron remarked he would make a good pet, he had avoided it for two years but he still ended up in a cage. He must have fallen asleep because the next time he opened his eyes a single red optic was staring at him.

He about jumped out of his skin as Ravage gazed at him from behind the bars. Using his tails he punched in the code to the door, which opened with a swish. Ty pulled himself to corner in the cage, as far away as he could get from the panther. The single optic studied him as the cat approached. The sound of transformation drew Ty's attention to Ravage's tail, where a needle appeared.

Ravage watched the eyes of the human widen as he transformed his tail into a needle.

"Easy human, the needle is only filled with nanites. Soundwave found out in your mind that you had been given them before."

"How do I know that you're telling the truth" demand the human, narrowing his eyes at Ravage.

"Because the Fallen would kill me if I harmed you" hissed Ravage.

Ty thought this over, before reluctantly moving his leg so that Ravage had a better shot. Ravage padded close enough to inject the nanites into his leg, right were the bone was broke. The nanites began to work immediately, easing the pain.

"Thank-you" said Tyrell, not caring if Ravage thought him weak for saying it.

"If you want to thank me, you can tell me one thing, human."

"What would that be Ravage."

"Can you tell me what happened to a mech called Frenzy?"

"Why do you want to know?" asked Tyrell, remembering how Soundwave seemed to linger on the information of the same mech.

"Because he is what you would call my brother. Soundwave created both of us long ago. He left with Barricade long ago and I have never seen it since. When I ask Soundwave he will never answer me."

"Ravage he's dead. During the battle for the All-Spark he freed Megatron from the Hoover Dam, under order to not let the humans call for any help. While trying to stop a group of humans, he was offlined by one of his own throwing stars that he had thrown. Instead of allowing the Government to drop his body into the Ocean, Barricade took charge of it. Only he knows where he is buried at."

Ravage's optic became sad. "Thank-you for telling me, Tyrell."

He turned to leave when Tyrell stopped him "Ravage?"

Ravage turned to look at the human. "Yes"

"I told you about your brother, I would appreciate it if you would tell me if anything happens to my brother."

Ravage nodded before he punched the code to the door and leapt down to the ground again leaving Tyrell alone. Ty rested his head against the bars letting the coolness seep into his skin. He hoped that Bee was keeping Sam safe.


Hope you liked this new chapter, I'm toying with the idea of making Ravage a good guy...Please review!