Cybertron
In the Sea of Rust, Megatron walked with his battalion to the Omega Lock. he looked to see if he was heading in the right direction, contemplating if the Autobots are up to something. He looked back at his tracker and saw that he was not far from the coordinates the Omega Keys gave him. The battalion walked forward with their leader, guarding the Keys from all angles. At the back of the battalion, Smokescreen came from the ground and started to shoot several vehicons.
"Wha-what just happened?" Megatron said.
"We are under attack." Blitzwing said.
Megatron looked to where the fighting was happening and saw that Smokescreen was there, phasing through the walls and blasting down his troops. "Smokescreen? But that is impossible, the Autobots do not possess the means to-" Megatron was cut off by another noise.
Bumblebee, using the Polarity Gauntlet, threw a giant piece of metal onto several vehicons, killing those who got crushed.
"Crush them!" Megatron ordered.
"Shatter, with me." Blitzwing said turning into his jet mode. He and Shatter flew up and shot a Bumblebee. The other vehicons did the same and fired their blasters at the Autobot, missing all their shots.
On the opposite side, Backfire aimed the Immobilizers at several vehicons. He fired a beam at them and before the vehicons could react, they were placed into stasis lock. Backfire jumped down and shot his blaster at the oncoming battalion. Bumblebee mat up with him and did the same, shooting down several vehicons at a time. In the background, Arcee was giving cover fire for the two. She jumped from her perch and placed the Apex Armor on her chest plate, landing on the ground fully covered in the armor. Smokescreen met up with the group by phasing out from the ground and firing his cannons.
"Blitzwing, target the Autobots and eviscerate them!" Megatron said. "Everyone else, defend the Omega Keys!"
The vehicons came together and made a circle around the keys, but this was a bad idea. Over the battalion, Bulkhead was hanging onto Dreadwing, getting into position to use his own body as a wrecking ball.
"Ah, are you sure about this?" Bulkhead asked.
"Yes, now jump." Dreadwing said. Bulkhead let go and started to fall, his body gaining speed the closer it got to the ground. Over the vehicons Bulkhead braced himself, not wanting to join the all spark that early. Before the cons could see him, Bulkhead slammed into the group with great force. All the vehicons that were under him were now similar in size to a pancake.
Bulkhead looked around and saw that the vehicons lessened his fall. "Huh, would you look at that." Bulkhead said. He looked down and saw the Omega Keys were still intact, surprised that they also didn't get squished by his weight. He looked up and saw vehicons aiming their blaster at his head. Before they could fire however, dreadwing came down and tore into them, blasting away all that got in his way.
"I told you I got your back." Dreadwing said firing at the vehicons.
"Yeah yeah, you wouldn't make a bad wrecker yourself." Bulkhead said pulling out the gatling cannon that Dreadwing gave him.
"I will take you up on that offer, after the battle." Dreadwing said.
Back with the group, Arcee was tearing apart several vehicons with little effort, thanks to the Apex Armor. "This is going better than I expected." Arcee said.
"Yeah, well we still have to deal with Megatron." Backfire said blasting down a vehicon.
Megatron unsheathed his sword and charged at the group. "Get back the keys!" Megatron said to his battalion. Optimus came into the fray and unsheathed his own sword, cutting down several vehicons with ease. Megatron clashed with Optimus, their blades colliding once again. "I bested your little blade once, and I shall do it again!"
Back with the group, Backfire was using the Immobilizer along side with his blasters to easily take down vehicons troops. Out of the corner of his optic though, he saw something speed towards him. He looked and saw that it was Blitzwing, coming in full force, slamming Backfire into the ground of metal.
"So good for you to join this fight, now I can kill you the proper way." Blitzwing said.
"There is one thing you missed." Backfire said.
"And that would be!?" Blitzwing asked.
"Your not the only one to bring backup." Backfire said. Just then Arcee came in and punches Blitzwing off of her sibling.
"Stay away from him." Arcee said.
"Apex Armor or not, you will die regardless." Blitzwing said taking out his own sword.
"Good luck with that." Backfire said blasting Blitzwing with the Immobilizer, making him freeze in place. "Huh, it actually worked."
*Arcee, Dreadwing and I got the Keys.* Bulkhead said.
"Good, now get over here." Arcee said.
*There's a problem with that, we're pinned down!* Bulkhead said.
Arcee looked over to see Bulkhead and Dreadwing taking heavy fire. "Oh scrap, Smokescreen, bumblebee, go help Bulkhead and Dreadwing." Arcee ordered.
"On it." Smokescreen said. Smokescreen transformed and drove to help Bulkhead and Dreadwing. "Bumblebee, clear a path would ya."
Bumblebee used the Polarity Gauntlet and lifted several vehicons into the air, throwing them away into walls and broken buildings. Smokescreen drove to the pair with little in his way, but one con just had to show up. Shatter slammed into him and make each other transform.
"Did you think you could run!?" Shatter asked.
"No, but I got smarter." Smokesceen said turning on his Phase Shifter. Shatter shot at him, her blasts going straight through him. "Aw what's the matter, can't touch me?"
"How dare you make a mockery of me!" Shatter said shooting more bolts at Smokescreen. Smokescreen just ran at Bulkhead and Dreadwing, helping by shooting down more cons.
He got to their positions and turned off the Phase Shifter. "Okay, where are the Keys?" Smokescreen asked.
"Under Bulkhead." Dreadwing said.
"Okay got them." Smokescreen said holding all four keys. "Optimus, we got the keys."
*Understood.* Optimus said. Optimus kicked Megatron away, giving him room to use the Star Saber. He swung, making a blast hitting Megatron, sending him flying into a wall. "Autobots, go to the coordinates of the Omega Lock."
"You heard out leader, lets go." Dreadwing said transforming into his jet mode. Smokescreen and Bulkhead jumped on, getting out of range of the vehicons. Dreadwing flew low to the ground, since he was carrying two other bots on his back. He got to the rest of the group and set Bulkhead and Smokescreen down. The pair transformed and drove off with the Keys, driving as fast as they could to the Omega lock.
Shatter was having none of it, she aimed her cannon and the Autobots and fired a single round. The round hit Backfire's arm before he could transform and join everyone else. He looked over and saw that the Immobilizer was destroyed, this sent chills down his armor. He looked back and saw Blitzwing get out of his stasis lock, looking more angry than ever before.
"Scrap." Backfire said transforming and driving as fast as he could to the rest of the group.
"We got all four keys." Bulkhead said.
"Yeah, and we didn't have to use the Spark Extractor." Arcee said.
"Actually." Smokescreen said.
Back at what remains of the Decepticon forces, Megatron got up and looked at his troops. "I will have those Keys, or I will have your sparks!" Megatron said.
"Lord Megatron." A vehicon said holding the Spark Extractor.
"Good, something other than failure." Magatron said.
Before the vehicon could move however, the Spark Extractor came to life. The Spark Extractor sucked out the vehicons spark, leaving nothing but a husk. The blast from the Spek Extractor killed the vehicons in its radius instantly, leaving the bodies of fallen soldiers. Shatter saw this and grabbed Blitzwing, who was still recovering from the Immobilizers effects. She turned into her jet mode and flew off, taking Blitzwing into the air with her.
Megatron saw the radius of the Spark Extractor growing. In anger, he threw the Dark Star Saber at the relic, destroying it and making the radius dissipate. He jumped down and grabbed his sword, pulling it out of the now destroyed relic. "Starscream, the Autobots have seized the Omega Keys, send reinforcements immediately."
*Actually Lord Megatron, Soundwave has been briefing me on recent developments, and we may have a more effective solution.* Starscream said.
Team Prime was making their way to the Omega Lock, thinking of what they could do to restore the planet. Once they got there, they stopped and looked to see where the device was.
"Our head start won't last long." Arcee said.
"Especially if Blitzwing get here first." Backfire said.
"This is where Alpha Trion said we'd find it, right?" Smokescreen said.
"These are the coordinates." Bulkhead said. Not long after they find a small console in the middle of the Sea of Rust. "Doesn't look like much."
"Looks often are deceiving." Dreadwing said.
"Ratchet, we have located the Omega Lock." Optimus said. "According to Alpha Trion, the Omega Lock is a conduit to the very All Spet itself."
"Optimus, an honor like this, shouldn't belong to me." Smokescreen said handing the keys out to the others. Just then, the Keys started to glow, creating light as bright as the sun. Then the console came to life, glowing like the keys. The ground started to shake, creating holes and transforming into a much larger device. The Omega Lock was starting to form, becoming larger than many human skyscrapers.
Optimus looked over and saw Megatron, Blitzwing, and Shatter coming towards them. The trio landed and walked over to the group of Autobots. "Autobots, I would suggest that you put a halt to your task, and hand over those keys." Megatron said.
"And why would we do that?" Smokescreen asked.
A ground bridge suddenly opened behind Megatron, revealing three figures with four glass cages. Starscream, Knockout, and Soundwave had cages with them, holding one human for each cage. Starscream handed Blitzwing the cage containing Sierra, blitzwing looking at the weak little girl.
"There you go, sir." Starscream said.
"So that I may hand over the humans." Megatron said.
"And if we refuse?" Optimus asked.
"Then let me make an example of one." Blitzwing said. Blitzwing slammed the cage to the ground, breaking the glass and releasing Sierra to the toxic atmosphere.
"Sierra!" Jack yelled. Sierra was struggling to breath, taking in the toxic fumes of the Cybertronian air. Sierra moved around like a fish on land, trying to get to safely where there is none.
Backfire acted fast and grabbed the Alternator from his back and shot a beam at Sierra. The blast hit her and started to turn her into a Cybertronian once again. The cons were shocked to see that a human female had turned into a Cybertronian in a matter of seconds. Megatron was beyond shocked, Starscream was disgusted, Knockout looked at her finish, Soundwave just looked, and Blitzwing was smiling.
"Ah, there it is, the relic that you stole from me." Blitzwing said.
"The Alternator, now I see why you hunted him down throughout several galaxy." Megatron said.
"T-thanks." Sierra said coughing.
"Sierra, are you okay!?" Jack asked.
"Y-yeah." Sierra said.
"And I take it this isn't the first time?" Megatron said. "Jackson and Miko were the other two with you at the desert, weren't they?"
"Yes, I thought the experience would be good for them to see our culture." Optimus said.
"Then you would be wise to turn them all into Cybertronians before I order them to be let out." Megatron said.
"Either way, they will die if you don't give us the keys." Blitzwing said aiming his cannon to Sierra's head.
"Very well, Autobots, disarm." Optimus said. "I will not forsake our human allies."
"Prime, if you do this, then we all die." Dreadwing said.
"Maybe so, but I will not let innocent humans die for a cause that they were forced into." Optimus said stabbing the Star Saber into the ground, and backing away. The other Autobots threw their relics into a pile with the Star Saber.
"Now if you please, the Omega Keys." Megatron said.
"Optimus, are you sure?" Arcee asked.
"If we do not comply with Megatron's demands, then he will kill the children." Optimus said.
"Optimus, you know as well as I, we can take then down." Dreadwing said.
"Not while they hold the humans hostage." Optimus said.
"We can't give up our home." Backfire said.
"That is not a choice we have, we must do as Megatron asks." Optimus said.
"So much talking, so little doing." Megatron said. "Now, the Omega Keys!"
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