Chapter 8: Megatron's Temporary Victory

"Optimus please don't do this; he will kill you and claim me! Please don't fight him, how about we retreat while we can instead!" Lasandra said as Optimus looked at her, knowing his fate. 'I must do this at save her, but what if Megatron dose win in the end because of what I've done? I must take the risk anyways, regardless.' Optimus thought as he charged at Megatron himself. Then Arcee interfered: she got to Megatron first and was nearly destroyed because of it. "Arcee!" Optimus yelled as he rushed to her side.

While Optimus was busy with aiding Arcee, Megatron grabbed Lysandra and took off with her. "He got away Optimus, with her. What are we going to do now? You know that he will go to a private location to keep us away from them." Bumblebee said as the whole Autobot team looked at him in full understanding. "This is my fault; I should have transformed and took off with her back to base. Now Megatron has her and who knows what he has planned for her." Optimus said as he looked down to the ground in shame.

Meanwhile, Megatron and Lysandra aren't really that far away from the Autobots. "It looks like you belong to me now my dear." Megatron cooed as her got closer to her. "Over my dead body Megatron!" Lysandra spat as she struggled against him. But then she grabbed a rock and whacked him in the head very hard. "You will pay for that!" Megatron yelled fiercely as he grabbed her by the neck. "You see…you can't…resist killing…me!" Lysandra said as Megatron realized her plan: to die. "It won't be that easy Lysandra; you will accept being my queen. One way, or another way." Megatron whispered in her audio receptors as he laughed.

Unfortunately what they did not know is that there is another new Autobot nearby, his name: Smokescreen. "Now to find Optimus Prime. Whoa, what's going over there?" Smokescreen said as he heard yelling and some crying. When he got to the scene, he was in shock and horror: a young female Transformer and a male trying to do something to her. "Hey, let her go! NOW!" yelled Smokescreen as he saw that the male had a purple insignia, while the female had one like his: red. "Help me, please!" Lysandra cried out as Megatron went to go battle Smokescreen.

"You really don't want to be bothered, right? Well tell me who you are and why you want me to leave." Smokescreen said as he thought he was talking to Megatron himself, but he needed him to prove if he's right or wrong. "I am Megatron, and the reason why I want to be left alone is because I'm catching up with my long lost wife. Is that wrong?" Megatron asked as Smokescreen looked at Lysandra and knew what he must do. In mere seconds he found Optimus' frequency and called for backup. "Smokescreen to Optimus, I need backup. I found Megatron." Smokescreen said as he heard some: "Yes!" and "We found her!" on the other end.

"Thank you Smokescreen, we will be there shortly." Optimus said as the ground bridge opened. Then the rest of the Autobots arrived as Megatron knew he was over powered. "I will get her back Optimus Prime, mark my words!" Megatron shouted as he was forced to retreat without doing what he planned to Lysandra. But then something amazing happened: she turned back into a human! "Hey look you guys, she's a human again!" Jack said as he managed to go through the ground bridge as well. Lysandra realized that she was only a Transformer for awhile, not permanently. "This is good news, right?" asked Lysandra as they headed back to base.

"Yes and no, Lysandra. The bad news: Megatron can still capture you and continue with his plans for you—whatever they were. The good news: you will live right next to Jack's family, with yours." Ratchet said as he looked at Fowler. "It's all sat to go, her family is already moved in and apparently the families already connected to two houses together." Fowler explained as he helped Lysandra out. About one and a half hours later, Lysandra was home again. "Mom, Dad! I'm back!" Lysandra said as they came running to greet her. "Oh, my poor baby! Special Agent Fowler told us everything. Even that you are not Nova anymore, but Lysandra which means defender of humanity." Her mom said crying as they hugged each other.

"It's good to be home again!" Lysandra happily said as she enjoyed being with her family. But then the next day, her alarm clock went off at 6:45am. 'What?! Why would my alarm go off? Oh yes, school.' thought Lysandra as she prepared to go to school. When she got there, she saw Jack, Miko, and Raf. "Hey, you guys! What did I miss while I was away from school?" asked Lysandra as she was talking to them. "Alright class, a student is back from a long vacation. And she changed her name to Lysandra while she was away. But we also have a new student, come in Magne. Please tell us what you name mean." The teacher said as he walked into the class room.

"It means Fierce or Mighty Warrior." he said to the class as he sat next to Lysandra. When he looked at her he smirked. 'This is almost too easy, all I need to do now is get her away from Optimus Prime and his human companions. Then she's all mine!' thought Magne/Megatron as he laughed on the inside. After class both Lysandra and Magne went to lunch, there she saw her friends Jack, Miko, and Raf. "Hey, I have someone for you to meet, Magne. He's new in my class." Lysandra said taking a bite of her lunch. 'Oh, my. She plans for me to be friends with them. I will go along with it for a while then at the right moment I shall strike!' thought Megatron as he introduced himself to the other humans.

Then when school ended he was planning on taking her, when her ride showed up: Optimus Prime himself. "Hey Optimus. There was a new student today, his name is Magne. He seemed really nice though." Lysandra said as they went by Megatron's human form without knowing it. Later that night Jack and Raf were helping Lysandra with her homework. "I can't believe it Lysandra! You have a crush on the new kid in your class?!" Jack asked as she nodded. "He's kind of cute. Besides it's not like he has a criminal record or something. Right?" asked Lysandra in return as they laughed about it.

But that night Primus visited Lysandra in her dreams. "Hello Lysandra, my daughter. How are you?" asked Primus as he listened to what she had to say. "I'm alright. Megatron changed his plans for me though, he plans to make me his Queen over Cybertron and Earth father. Also, he plans for there to be an heir to his throne. A child..." Lysandra said as Primus grew worried for his daughter. "Optimus won't let him do that to you, he will stop Megatron sweetheart." Primus said as he saw her cry. "It's not that easy, he plans for Optimus to merge into him and to kill him! Father please do something before Optimus gets killed, please!" Lysandra begged as Primus said nothing in return, leaving her by herself. She woke up from her dream and started to cry heavily.

'I need to talk to someone.' Though Lysandra as she picked up the cell phone Fowler gave her, and called the Autobot base. Bulkhead answered her call on the other end. "Hey Lysandra, what's wrong?" asked Bulk head as he heard her crying while the others joined in to hear the conversation. "My father Primus came to me in my dream and I told him about what is happening, and I asked him to do something so that Optimus does not die by Megatron. But he was silent, as if he left me. I don't know what to do; I don't want Optimus to die because of me. I wish that I was never created! Then this would not be happening!" Lysandra cried out as all the Autobots and both her family and Jack's heard her say that.

Then Jack came into the room to comfort her. "Isn't there anything you guys can do for her?" Jack said as Optimus spoke. "Jack, there is one thing we can do. Find Megatron again and kill him for good. Then she will be free from that monster." Optimus said angrily as the other agreed with him. Eventually, Lysandra fell back to sleep until the next morning. "BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP!" the alarm clock went off the next morning as Lysandra fell of her bed. "AHH!" she cried out as she got back up. Around the time she was walking to the bus she saw Magne walking to the same but stop as her.

"Hey, are you alright? I heard you crying last night. What's wrong?" Magne asked as Lysandra blushed. "I had a nightmare that's all." She said still blushing as he smiled at her. "Please tell me about it. Please?" Magne asked as she agreed to tell him. They decided not to ride the school bus though as Lysandra continued on with her nightmare. "You won't believe me on this though, I'm not from Earth. I'm from another planet called Cybertron and my father is Primus himself—the creator of all Cybertronains. In my nightmare he visited me, we talked but I was lonely when he left. You don't believe me, do you?" asked Lysandra as Magne did "not" believe her.

'Oh I believe you my dear Lysandra, more than you know!' thought Megatron laughing in his head as they entered the school.