Prowl stepped into the Cave of Creation. This was to be a temporary base as determined by Ford and Dustan, approved by Bumblebee. Prowl however did not approve of using the Cave of Creation for anything related to war. Then again, Dani had to work things out with what was happening.
Mach Dart shoved Redarrow into the cave and quickly placed the boulder over the hole.
Bumblebee was on his feet, cradling Alice in his arms. Sari noticed holding Dani's hand before they went their separate ways. She also noticed Rocky scowling at his brother. Sandra was nowhere to be seen. Zach had a smile on his face as he walked towards a rock to sit on. Sari walked up to him.
"Zach." said Sari.
"Yeah mom?" said Zach suddenly tensing up, thinking he was in trouble.
"I think it's time I told you something." said Sari. "It's time I give you 'the talk'."
"WHAT?" shouted Zach. "NO!"
Sari didn't listen. She was actually pretty concerned. She never discussed the "Nuts and Bolts", as Cybertronians put it, with her children. For one thing, it was an awkward subject. Also, they were part human and on Cybertron. It's not like there was a bunch of human girl's walking around. Then Dani showed up. Now Zach was getting really close to her. Sari wanted to make sure he didn't get too close.
"You see, when a male and female get to know each they-"
Zach covered his ears, blocking out what his mom was saying. He already knew this stuff. He became uncomfortable with the pressure on his ears and eased it. Unfortunately this allowed him to pick up bits and pieces of Sari's speech.
"Of course in mine and your father's case…. open…. CNA… didn't know I was compatible so…. morning sickness…"
"MOM!" shouted Zach. "It's too late for this."
"How late." asked Sari in an angry tone, raising an eyebrow.
Before Zach could answer, Ford barged in.
"Sari, since Bumblebee is currently recovering right now, we need you to follow me into this cavern Moonbeam found." said Ford.
Sari nodded and looked at Zach. "We'll talk about this later."
Zach tried to explain, but Sari walked away.
Rocky walked next to him, laughing. "I remember 'the talk'. I almost hurled."
"Dad already told me about this stuff." said Zach. "Apparently she doesn't trust me and Dani."
"Yeah." said Rocky. "So when are you going to hit that?"
"What?' asked Zach in surprise.
"Dude, she's hot. Personally I would have tapped that a long time ago." laughed Rocky.
Zach clenched his fist. "You're sick."
"What?" asked Rocky. "It's all natural. Besides, she'd probably be opened to it. Heck she already let you in her mind. It's just a matter of time until she lets you-"
Zach's fist met Rocky's face with amazing force. Rocky lost his balance and slammed into the wall of the cave. The crystals around the brothers began to glow red.
When Rocky got up, Zach tackled him. Rocky punched Zach in the stomach multiple times then kicked him off. He transformed his hammer and swung it at Zach who had already transformed into his robot mode. When the hammer hit Zach, the room turned red as a result of the crystals.
"WHAT IN THE PIT IS GOING ON HERE!" yelled Prowl. He grabbed Rocky and Zach in each hand and held them up.
88
Shockwave exited his ship. His feet made a crater in the soft dirt on the ground.
"Such a delicate planet." said Shockwave. It's just as Megatron described."
"So this is Earth huh?" said Jag looking around. "I imagined it a lot smaller."
"Sensors indicate a large amount of power being used off to the west." said Shockwave. "There is a city there. Hopefully the Autobots still occupy the area known as Detroit."
Jag noticed a small tail running through the grass. She gently flattened the grass revealing a small black and white cat.
Jag reached for it slowly, and to her surprise, the feline started rubbing its head against her hand. Suddenly the cat hissed and ran away. Jag jumped when she noticed Shockwave peering at her.
"Like what you see?" she laughed.
"A Cybertronian, meddling with an organic. Horrific." said Shockwave.
"If you say so." she laughed.
88
Starscream's optics flickered on. His optics had healed. Guess Unicron's power was working. Everything was silent. As far as Starscream knew, he was at the bottom of a ravine. Everything came back to him, but most importantly, he remembered that weird feeling he got when he was about to kill that girl. Why hadn't he finished the job?
"HE HAS BEEN RELEASED!" bolted Unicron.
Starscream held his head in pain as Unicron spoke. "Who had been released?"
"MALUS PRIME!" said Unicron.
"Who?" asked Starscream.
"MALUS PRIME!" said Unicron. "MALUS WAS MY CREATION. HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FIRST OF MY PRIMES.HE WANTED MORE THAN JUST TO BE MT SERVANT.HE ASORBED MY POWERS AND LEFT ME FOR DEAD WITH THE PRIMES."
"Well, judging by the fact that I'm talking to you, I guess he failed." said Starscream. "Besides, you're Unicron for Pri- your sake. I bet you can easily beat him."
"YOU FOOL!" shouted Unicron. "HE IS FAR MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE! HE NEARLY DESTROYED THE PRIMES. IT WASN'T UNTIL THEY SACRIFICED THEMSELVES TO TRAP HIM INSIDE THE BANE MATRIX THAT HE WAS STOPPED. I WAS REVIVED BY MEGATROUNUS MANY YEARS LATER. NOW HE IS BACK IN THE BODY OF THAT FEMALE!"
Starscream knew who Unicron was talking about. It was that same girl that he didn't kill. "Tell me Unicron, can he affect emotions?" he asked.
"WHAT YOU FELT WAS GUILT. THAT WAS A MOMENT OF WEAKNESS! YOU BEST BE SURE THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN!" growled Unicron.
Guilt. Starscream had heard of it before, but never really felt it. All of his foes had been robots, tough robots. Starscream was used to seeing dents and energon, so it didn't really affect him to see those things as he killed an Autobot. But that girl, he saw her pain. He heard her screams as he squeezed her. It must have been Malus. Malus made Starscream feel guilt in order to protect himself. At least that's what Starscream was telling himself.
"GO!" ordered Unicron. "YOUR MISSION HAS CHANGED. THE CHILD BLESSED BY PRIMUS IS NO LONGER YOUR MAIN CONCERN! MALUS MUST BE DESTROYED BEFORE HE GAINS ANY MORE POWER!"
Starscream nodded. "Don't worry. I have a plan."