Day Three...

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It was the in the A.M., the sun was still an hour from rising. Optimus had to sneak his way past some Elite Guardsmen to get to the building that housed Alpha Prime.

He had borrowed some climbing gear from Prowl, and was currently scaling up the side of the skyscraper. He finally reached the balcony that was attached to Alpha's room. He looked through the window to see Alpha and Ultra Magnus sleeping next to each other. He almost felt bad to disturb them.

He knocked gently on the window, he knew that Alpha was a lite sleeper and would hear him.

He saw her stir in her sleep, then she sat up, rubbing sleep out of her eyes. She looked at the time, then out the window, a look of utter disbelief came to her face when she saw him.

Alpha went to the window, and stepped out onto the balcony. She gently closed the door, to not disturb Magnus. "What are you doing here? Magnus told you not to come here."

"I know, I know."

"Then why are you here?"

"To say that I'm sorry." He saw her expression turn more gentle. "This whole time I don't think that I've ever said sorry to you. I know that I hurt you, I know I betrayed you. And I'm sorry. To be honest I'm not sure why I did it, but I did." He paused as he looked toward Ultra Magnus who was stirring. "I don't exactly know the kind of person he is now, but I hope that makes you happy." He looked back inside and saw Magnus see him. "I'll probably see you two tomorrow." He jumped over the balcony and started to climb down the building.

"What was he doing here?" An angry Ultra Magnus asked Alpha. "I told him not to come near you ."

"Magnus it's okay. He apologized. And he meant it."

"So what, you forgive him know?"

"No, but I think that I'm less angry now."

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Megatron paced in his office. The time had come, soon he would be back down to Earth to launch his invasion. It was time to address his empire.

He sat down at his desk and opened a worldwide comm-line on the Decepticon communication grid. The channel would carry his message to every Decepticon in the world, soldier or not.

"Attention all Decepticons, this is your emperor Megatron. Tomorrow will mark the beginning of the Decepticon Empires greatest achievement. Our glorious army will march to the gates of Iacon, we will tear down their great walls, march through the streets and show their fascist Reich that we will never let them walk over us. We, the ones who made their comfortable lives possible, while we risked our lives with the manual labor they forced upon us with their caste system. I will lead us to the heart of Iacon, I will put an end to the their Council, I will kill all of the Primes within the city and take their precious Matrix's. And when it's over and the Decepticon banner hangs over Iacon, I will find the rest of the Primes, and end them too. And when we have the rest of the Matrix's I will form their Spark, and destroy it! No one will ever oppress our kind ever again. We will hunt down, and put an end to all of those who claim to be your masters, or mine."

And all around the world, Decepticons, soldier or civilians, cheered. Their emperor would put an end to this war, and they will be there to see him do it.

Megatron knew this, as he watched the people and soldiers cheer on his many surveillance cameras. And a smile spread across Megatrons face.

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The rest of the day was pretty uneventful. Ratchet's day was especially uneventful, she had treated a few people at the hospital, and that was about all she did. She thought about Optimus a couple of times, but shook the thought from her head.

The Decepticons were supposed to invade tomorrow, and she was feeling alone in this huge city. Earlier in the night, Ironhide had called in their little commando group for a per-invasion prep talk, one that Optimus was noticeably absent from. When Ironhide's speech was over with, Ratchet went to go check on her Commander.

She went to his room, the door was open a little, so she let her self in. Optimus was standing on his balcony looking up at the moon. She went to the balcony to stand next to him. "So how was the pep-talk?" He asked her.

"You know, the usual Ironhide talk."

He smiled at the thought of sitting through another one of Ironhide's speech's. "You've been thinking about last night, haven't you?"

"I've been trying not to."

"That's okay Ratchet, you're human. It's just that Red Alert said you were out of it today."

"I know, it's just that I'm worried about tomorrow. If we start to lose, then were trapped. This city and it's walls, it's so... claustrophobic."

"It won't come to that Ratchet. I'll make sure of it."

"How?" She asked. "How can you be sure that were not all going to die tomorrow."

He looked to her eyes, and said. "Ratchet, I won't let that happen." He looked back at the moon. "As long as Megatron exists, I'll be here stop him." She listened to what he said, and believed what he said, and it made her feel safer.

"How do you do that?" She asked him.

"Do what?"

"You always make me feel better. I don't know how you do it."

"Me either."

They stood there in silence for a few seconds. "I know what you said yesterday was true. But if today is my last day, then I would like to spend it with someone that I care about."

For a long time Optimus was silent. Then he finally spoke. "Okay. But let's keep it simple okay."

"I'd like that."

And with that, he kissed her, to her surprise. And it turned to a night the two wouldn't forget...Okay, the had crazy hot sex all over the place, is that good enough for you.

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Deep within the heart of Trypticon, Shockwave was making some final adjustments to the dome-like structure, that was the size of a football stadium, that took up the majority of that area of the station. He just finished welding on meta-steel panel with a blowtorch that he concealed in his armor.

Shockwave went to work with the structures control panel's. He turned on a recording device on his arm and spoke into it. "Alas, while my greatest creation is still a couple of days from completion, this central hub will pump the energized Dark Energon throughout the station, feeding it life. My master dictates that this is the only proper course of action. Just as my master dictated that joining the Decepticons was the best choice of action. So was it said, and so shall it be. My masters will controls us all, most people do not understand my master, and therefore myself. It is a pity. Whether he realizes or not, Megatron is doing my master's work. And he will carry out it's will."

Shockwave took out a large memory card from a pouch on his belt. He placed the card into the control panel, and began to upload it's information. "When my greatest weapon is complete, it will destroy the Autobots, so is my masters will." He removed the memory card, and put it back in it's pouch. "Logic. Logic, the master of all things. And what Logic dictates, I will carry through. Logic commands that the Primes must fall, Logic commands that Iacon must crumble. An when the time comes..." Shockwave removed his multi-vision goggles, and looked at the dome with his own two eyes as the dome began to glow a bright electronic purple. "When Logic dictates that Megatron must fall, I will be sure to see Logic's will is done. So does Logic dictate, and so shall I do."

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