THE DEATH OF ULTRA MAGNUS PART 2

(AKA: ULTRA MAGNUS REBORN)

Megatron stood there motionless and speechless as Ultra Magnus slowly turned to gray. "Megatron." He turned and saw a shocked Optimus standing. "What have you done?"

"I am sorry Optimus, this wasn't suppose to happen." Megatron said sadly as he transformed to his helicopter mode and flew away.

"Megatron is getting away!" Devastator said pointing to him.

"What is he up to?" Skywarp asked.

"I don't know but his gesture is clear. He is telling us to retreat." Onslaught said and he commanded to Soundwave prepare the ground bridge for them, and all the Decepticons entered the portals.

IN THE NEMESIS

"What was the meaning of that Megatron?" Starscream asked angrily. "We where almost winning!"

"But we would never because Magnus destroyed the Allspark." Megatron said to them, all the Decepticons gasped.

"What are we gonna do to win this war?" Skywarp asked.

"I don't know." Megatron said as he sat on his throne and sighed. "Constructicons help the Insecticons and Soundwave's cassettes fix the Nemesis, the others go have some rest." When they left were only Megatron and Soundwave.

"I have report to do Sir." Soundwave said.

"Proceed." Megatron said.

"While you and the others were out Shockwave and I had detected a strange energy source, we analyzed the signal and we deduced that looks like Energon but much more stronger and with something else." Soundwave said.

Megatron raised an eyebrow. "Really? Where is it?"

"It is in the desert of New Mexico." Soundwave replied.

"Very well, call the Terrorcons we are leaving now." Megatron ordered.

IN THE ARK

Rodimus, Hound, Kup, Arcee, Bluur, were reunited in the control room along with Optimus, Sari and Sam. "We are going through tragic time, but still the death of my brother and the destruction of the Allspark shake us." Optimus said. "From now on Ultra Magnus's team will be lead by my sergeant Sentinel Prime." Optimus said and all the Autobots from Magnus's team whispered something between them with exception of Rodimus who stood silent.

"I won't obey this b*st*rd just because you are telling me to do it." Rodimus snarled.

"What? How dare you treat your superior officer this way?" Sentinel said but he received a punch from Rodimus.

"I don't obey anyone but Ultra Magnus!" Rodimus roared.

"B-but Magnus is dead." Sentinel said hesitantly.

"So I think that we are going to have a problem." Rodimus muttered before he turned his back to them, he activated a Ground Portal.

"Rodimus." Arcee said sadly.

"Do not follow me." Rodimus said to them before he entered the portal.

IN DETROIT CITY

"Do you think that this is a good idea Sari?" Bumblebee said to the girl sitting inside him.

"Stop whining bee, Rodimus needs his friends more than ever." Sari said annoyed.

"I know but he said that he wanted to be alone, and I don't want to be melted by him and besides we don't know where he is." Bumblebee said when he and Sari heard and saw an explosion. "Where did this come from?"

"This came from the junkyard!" Sari said and Bumblebee rushed towards the Junkyard. There Sari jumped off Bumblebee that transformed to his robot mode then they saw Rodimus destroying the junkyard with his fire bow.

"Rodimus!" Bumblebee ran towards, but Rodimus turned pointing his bow to bee and shot an arrow that missed bee for only one inch.

"I told you that I wanted to be alone." Rodimus snarled now aiming at Bumblebee, he closed his eyes waiting for Rodimus finish him but then Rodimus slowly lowered the bow. "Damn, what do you want?" Rodimus asked sitting.

"We were just wanting to talk to you." Bumblebee said sitting at the side of Rodimus. "What made you act that way Rod? I was because of Sentinel becoming the leader of your team?" Bee asked.

"It is more than this, Magnus was much more than a leader he was a like a father to me." Rodimus replied.

"What do you mean with this?" Sari asked.

"It happened before I entered the Elite Guard, four weeks after the start of the war." Rodimus started.

Start of Flashback

A red and yellow young Autobot was being pushed by two Autotroopers there he saw a blue and yellow Autobot sitting in a chair with the feet supported in the desk. "Hot Rod...It is good to see you again, is this the 15th time that we get you?" The Autobot asked with a grin in his face.

"Hello Officer Nightbeat." Rod said with an ironic intonation in the "officer".

"So what he did this time?" Nightbeat asked now more serious.

"He was stealing Energon, he would escaped if he hadn't stopped to tar one of our ships." The Autotroopers said in unison.

"Very well send him to a cell while I think what to do with him." Nightbeat ordered.

Hot Rod still laying down in a bed for some hours thinking about what he would do after being released, then he heard the grid of the cell being opened, Rod looked to the grid and saw Ultra Magnus standing there. "Look if isn't the great Ultra Magnus." Rod said sarcastically.

"I am here to make you an offer." Ultra Magnus said.

"Sorry if I am not too much interested in your ridiculous offer." Rod said with disdain.

"Look you have great capacity but you are wasting your potential with your delinquent acts, What are you trying to prove doing this?" Ultra Magnus said.

"Why are you concerned with what I do with my abilities?" Rod asked intrigued. "No one never cared about me or what I do in my life." Rod said bitter.

"Well I care about you, and I can help you have a good life with people that care about you, but I can't force you since this is your decision." Ultra Magnus said. "So do you agree in join the Elite Guard?"

Hot Rod's eyes widened but then his expression of shock was replaced by a wide smile. "Yes I do."

End of The Flashback

"That is why Magnus is so important to me, he cared about me different from Sentinel and Optimus." Rodimus said bitter.

"Rodimus...I never thought that you hated me that much." Optimus said leaving behind a pile of scrap.

"So now that everything is clear you guys can go." Rodimus ordered in nasty tone.

"Rodimus...Look..."Optimus said but he was cut off by Rodimus.

"You are trying to replace the best leader ever, by a rusty cretin." Rodimus said wroth.

"You are making a mistake Rodimus, Sentinel will be leader but only temporarily because Ratchet is looking for way to revive Ultra Magnus." Optimus explained.

"What?" Rodimus asked incredulously.

IN THE NEMESIS

Skywarp was laying down on his bed hearing some classic music while Thundercracker was playing Asura's Wrath. "Holy Cr*p! Asura destroyed Olga's fleet all by himself!" Thundercracker screamed as he played the game.

Skywarp chuckled, this is what happen when you share your bedroom with a violent and nearly psychotic brother but despite all their differences Skywarp couldn't imagine himself without Thundercracker. "Hey Skywarp, Thundercracker." He heard someone whispering, he looked to the door and saw Starscream standing there.

"Starscream...What are you doing here?" Skywarp asked as he turned off his music device and Thundercracker turned off his video game.

"I wanted to call you to attack the Autobots in Metroplex." Starscream replied.

Skywarp and Thundercracker looked at each other and looked back to Starscream. "But Megatron ordered us to stay here." Thundercracker said.

"O know what he did I am not deaf! But the Autobots are mourning Ultra Magnus's death so I thought that we could take advantage of the situation and attack them while Megatron still out in his mission." Starscream explained to his siblings.

"Well you have a point, so I think that we can go on your secret mission." Skywarp concluded and Thundercracker nodded of approval.

IN NEW MEXICO DESERT

Megatron was wandering in the Desert in his tank mode being followed by the Terrorcons transformed in their monster mode, they wandered for some time when they finally arrived at a huge mountain. "Decepticons Transform!" Megatron and the Terrorcons transformed to their robot modes. "Very well Hun-Gurr, this is the place which Soundwave said he detected an unusual energy source. But it is inside this rock, so I'll need the help of your combined form." Megatron commanded.

"Yes Sir. Terrorcons Combine!" Hun-Gurr commanded.

The Terrorcons jumped to the skies, Hun-Gurr turned in a body whose head have two straight horns in each side, Blot and Rippersnapper transformed in the arms and Cutthroat and Sinnertwin in the legs. "Abominus!" The Giant announced his name and drew a gray weapon. "Shadow Energy Cannon!" He shot a black electric blast that opened a hole in the mountain, then a purple liquid started to leave the hole. "What is this thing?" Abominus asked.

"Wait...Is it possible?" Megatron asked to himself and he rushed towards the cave, Abominus split back to the five Terrorcons and they followed Megatron, inside the cave they found a huge deposit of purple crystals.

"These crystals looks like Energon crystals but there is something different in them." Rippersnnaper said confused.

"It is because these aren't normal Energon Crystals. It said that during the which the Fallen was the Emperor of Destruction the Autobots made experiments to create a more powerful Energon in the end they created an Energon that is 10 times stronger than usual but this Energon corrupts everything and everyone who touches it, so the Autobots took all of this "Dark Energon" put it in a non-piloted spaceship and launched it to space, I think that we have found a fraction of the cargo." Megatron explained.

"Or perhaps we have found the entire cargo." Cutthroat said and he pointed to a crashed Autobot ship, Megatron looked at the ship's hull and he saw some Dark Energon crystals popping out of it and smirked.

IN METROPLEX MEDICAL WING

"So I understand that you had rebuild Ultra Magnus's body, but now that the Allspark is destroyed we can't resurrect him." Rodimus said.

"It is destroyed, but it's energy is inside Sari's key." Optimus said and Sari showed her cybertronian key to Rodimus with a smile.

They entered in the Medical room and there they Found Ultra Magnus's body but he was different, his main colors were blue white and red the antennas in the sides of the head were higher and he was without a mouth-plate covering his face and his shoulders were in a rectangular form and they were taller. "Oh Sari, good to see you here, please insert your key in that laser and I'll do the rest." Ratchet instructed to Sari.

IN THE FOREST AROUND METROPLEX BASE

Starscream arrived along with Skywarp, Thundercracker, Thrust and Ramjet. "The Autobot base is some miles that direction, now let's put this show on the road!" Thundercracker said cracking his knuckles.

"Very well...Seekers Transform!" Starscream and the other Seekers transformed to their jet modes. "They can't know the true reason that made me organize this mission." Starscream thought to himself. "But after we succeed in this mission my power will rise to almost divine levels *chuckle* that fool of Megatron forget of search for any residual energy from the Allspark, and now this energy shall be mine." Starscream concluded as he and the others arrived at the base. Thundercracker transformed to his robot mode and started to shot energy blasts from his arm cannons just for the mere pleasure of destroy things, Ironhide jumped out of a tower and stomped over Thundercracker but the Decepticon stopped Ironhide's kick with a hand and punched him in the face. The following fights were those: Skywarp VS Blurr, Warpath VS Thrust, Ramjet VS Powerglide with Starscream watching the battles. Then Starscream noticed a small wind behind him and he turned to his back and saw Bumblebee jumping over him, Bee shot an energy blast from his stingers but Starscream repulsed it with a slap and grabbed Bee by the neck. "Pathetic." Starscream muttered with a smirk and shot Bumblebee destroying his arm Starscream released Bee who fell like a sack of potatoes.

"Stay Away From Him!" Sari screamed as she stood between Starscream and Bumblebee.

Starscream chuckled and looked to his brothers, they had practically won their fights. "If you are wanting that much to die, so be it." Starscream pointed his arm cannon at Sari and started to charge a blast, but when he was about to shot at Sari a Transformer wearing long cloak that covered his entire body and a round flat hat the stranger kicked Starscream's arm deflecting the blast and threw a ball at the ground creating a cloud of smoke, everyone outside the cloud heard sounds of battle and the sound of a blade cutting through steel when the cloud dissipated they saw Starscream in his kneels screaming in agony holding his severe arm, Starscream tried to grab the arm in the ground but the stranger destroyed the arm with stomp. "Who...are you?" Starscream asked, the stranger took off the hat and moved the part of his cloak that was covering his face revealing a skull like face."Blu-Bludgeon! Why are protecting the Autobots?"

"Sorry for the misunderstanding, I don't care about what you do with the Autobots but still I can't let hurt this girl." Bludgeon said assuming fight stance. "I promised that I would protect her with my life." Sari looked at Bludgeon with a look of affection.

"So you can relax because I prefer to fight an Autobot rather fight a human." Thundercracker raised a fist to punch Ironhide but instead he received a punch right in the face from Ultra Magnus who appeared from nowhere.

"Dirge could you prepare the Ground Bridge? It is because we are so screwed." Skywarp said to Dirge via radio.

Ultra Magnus drew a giant Hammer and defeated both Ramjet and Thrust at same time with an attack, Magnus gave Skywarp a death glare and the Decepticon launched himself to the ground as if he had been punched.

"Bludgeon you got to help us!" Starscream begged turning his look from Magnus to Bludgeon who had already disappeared. "Bludgeon?" He looked around and saw Bludgeon running away. "Where are you going?"

Bludgeon whistled and Iguanus appeared in his Cybertronian motorcicle mode. "My job is to protect the girl, but for now I think that Magnus can do this today." Bludgeon jumped over Iguanus and they fleed.

Magnus poked Starscream in the shoulder, the Decepticon turned and saw Magnus carrying his brothers in his shoulder "What are you...?" Starscream was knocked down by Magnus who joined him and his brothers in some kind of ball, Magnus looked upwards and saw a Ground Bridge portal he grabbed the Seeker Ball and threw it upwards he waited until the ball returned and hit it with his Hammer. "Home run!" Magnus shouted as he hit the ball and it went through the portal.

IN THE NEMESIS

Megatron walked around his ship when then he found Soundwave in the core supervising Scrapper's and Long Haul's job. "Soundwave."

"Oh...hi Lord Megatron, You'll be happy knowing that the repairs are going relatively fast but still will take some time until we can fully rebuild it." Soundwave said.

"Really? So let me quicken the repairs." Megatron walked towards the energy core and stuck a purple crystal in the orb, the core absorbed the crystal and started to glow purple, Soundwave looked perplexed at the scene. "This Soundwave is Dark Energon, the signal that you detected early is the entire cargo of Dark Energon that left Cybertron years ago." Megatron said after notice Soundwave's confusion.

"I can't deny that the repairs will go more quickly now, but still we'll need more specific repairs in the ship." Soundwave explained.

"I know that we need it, and I know the perfect Decepticon for this task. Summon Scorponok." Megatron said with a smirk.