Lego owns Lesovikk and the names Ketongu and Jaller, Hasbro owns the name Xanthium, and Galem owns Tali, Ava, Iris, Amber, Diego, Alyan, Adhira, Valera, and Kasar.

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Chapter 25: Battle at the TATF base Part 2

Mere seconds had appeared to go by as the flames continued to spread around the base, and gunfire took more victims from both sides. Though as Setsuna and several other fliers were airborne and firing rapidly, more soldiers were becoming lost to the Toabots every few seconds. Now as Athena continued to help the others fight back, she couldn't help but feel a little hopeless. Sure, they had managed to get a lot of people out of the building and into safety, but that seemed to be the only thing that God had placed in their favor.

Regardless of how long they could keep fighting, this building was definitely coming down so they couldn't stick around. Plus, the Makutacons vastly outnumbered them and were coming in at the pace of termites and would be rid of the rest of them soon. So again, as much as Athena hated to admit it, staying here would not be a wise option. Athena let out a heavy sigh and glared at the ground, not too happy to leave a place behind with so many memories before giving her next order to the survivors around her and behind cover.

"We have to retreat"!

"Are you serious?!" Iris yelled over to her. How could they possibly retreat?! They could win this, she knew they could!

"We don't have a choice, Iris!" Diego yelled back as he rolled to take cover a millisecond before a shot hit the area he had been. "Aunt Valera can't keep up with the flames! They're too wild!" He could fill the strain his Aunt was going through through their fledgling bond. The strain of trying to control the flames was taking a toll on her and he wasn't sure how much longer she could last.

"Athena's right!" Ava rested a hand on Iris' shoulder, understanding in her eyes. "We have to get out of here, now!"

Not waiting for anyone else to leave an input, Athena turned to the soldiers and commanded with a shout: "EVERYONE, RETREAT"!

Each deciding that they wanted to live to fight another day, no Toabot, Autobot, or Toa dared to disobey their second in command, and ran as quickly as their feet would allow, down into the hallway, then making a sharp left turn into the exit which had been left open by everyone else who had retreated earlier. Still in fear for their lives, they continued running up the large grassy hill up ahead, continuing to run even after reaching the top. But two of these people, Ava and Diego stopped for a moment, both turning to gaze back at their base one last time.

Tears ran down Ava's kanohi as she stared down at the blazing inferno and blackening material that had once been their base. " I can't believe it's gone."

"Buildings can be rebuilt, Ava. But it's the lives that are precious." Giving her a comforting pat on her shoulder, Diego walked after the other retreating teammates, the hidden pain and sorrow rolling in his spark.

Note: Reference of a quote from Optimus Prime in the Energon series.

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Once the base had finally collapsed in on itself in the form of ashes and burning metal, the Makutacons all let out a cheer in victory. Finally, after all these years spent fighting, the Makutacons had finally dealt a crippling blow to the Toabot forces! Sure, they had won many battles back on Planet X, but none of them had had as much of an impact as this one did and surely would for years to come. 'And yet... I don't feel happy'. Killer thought. 'But why?! We've won! The Toabots have been defeated! I should be proud, but instead I feel anger and sorrow'?! It just didn't make any sense to him. After how long he had been craving this victory, sadness should not have been a feeling to him. Nor should anger. Perhaps he would have Death Note look at him later.

Xanthium however, felt an intense happiness. After those Turaga had betrayed him, Xanthium had been waiting to destroy the very faction he had created. To break them until they could no longer stand. Now he was achieving just that. He had separated families, taken away their home, turned two members against them, deceived them to believe he actually cared about what happened to the other inferior races, and beat their leader. Now he had one last card to play, and after that, the mercy of the earth was in his hands.

Xanthium approached Killer happily then, exclaiming: "An excellent win Killer"!

Killer faked a smile, then nodding as he responded: "Thank you Xanthium. Now, all we have to do, is get that little message of yours out".

Xanthium chuckled darkly. "It is being done as we speak, Killer". then nodding towards a massive antenna besides the now destroyed base, where Death Note and Solar Scream were attaching some Xtronian equipment to it.

Killer smiled a bit wider at that. "Good".

Perhaps after THAT, he would feel happier about their victory. Then Paradox's words returned to him: "You were once the one who said and I quote: "We all, no matter what race, are all the same"! Where is that Killer now brother"? Then Killer looked back at the destroyed base and felt guilt as something hit him: The Toabots and their friends were now homeless. Sure, they were their enemies and they deserved this, but Killer thought he would've felt a bit of relief when they were close to victory. Instead, Killer felt guilt and, as surprising as it was, a bit of remorse. Maybe it was just the old Toabot in him speaking, but it didn't feel like that. For Killer, this was a surprising amount of guilt for an enemy that he had fought for so long. And now a terrifying question plagued his mind: 'Is this path I have chosen, really as right as I thought'?

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Twenty minutes after the attack, the ship Green, Z, Ops, Tali, Pow, Amber, Slash, and Adhira had been riding in came to a stop near the smoke, though far enough away that the hundreds of Makutacons would not see them. But from the distance they had stopped at, everyone could clearly see the ruins and the Makutacon soldiers and vehicles. Green balled his fists at the sight, angry that they hadn't made it in time to help fight, and that this base had been destroyed. Green grew angrier then as he saw the Makutacons drag bodies out of the wreckage and take them apart to use as parts.

"NO"! Green shouted. "We have to stop them! Come on guys"!

Slash sighed sadly. "It's no use Green. The base is nothing more than ashes now, and it's surrounded".

"He's right." Tali murmured quietly. "The whole base is destroyed. There's nothing left." As she gazed sadly at the destruction, she felt her heartlight sink into her stomach. She felt like purging when she saw the desecration of the dead. But as much as she also wanted to run in there and avenge them, she knew the best thing she could do was to live and fight for them.

Ops had a devastated look on his faceplates as he gazed upon the destruction through the windshield, tears filling his optics. "No. This can't be happening again..."

It had been bad enough when Gahu had died, and also when his original team had been killed in front of him by a mind controlled Z, but for it to happen on such a massive scale as this, it felt like he was watching both a million more times at once. Unable to contain himself, he collapsed against and hugged Tali tightly, sobbing uncontrollably at the sight. Tali responded immediately, hugging her fiance comfortingly as her heartlight broke at his cries.

Z turned his head to Ops, a bit of a sad look gracing his own faceplates, as he knew exactly why this would bother Ops so much. To have to lose so many friends in service to his country, as noble as said task was, it still had to take a massive toll on the young Autobot. It also made him feel a bit guilty for being partially responsible for the death of most of those friends. Sure, he wasn't in control of his actions then, but he had still allowed himself to be experimented on and used, not having given any thought towards what could've, and did, happen.

Z zoomed close to the two, then resting a clawed servo on Ops's shoulder. "It'll be alright Ops".

Slash looked down at the ground sadly then, upset at himself for have failing all of his friends as he pressed new coordinates into the front panel and replied as the ship retreated: "I'm sorry, but there's nothing we can do now". Though Slash silently prayed that they would not fail again. Especially not in this way.

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Galem: what Diego said about buildings being rebuilt is in reference to what Optimus Prime said in the Energon series. Which is still the worse series in the history of the franchise, imo.

Biomarvel740: ... No, that spot goes to Teen Titans Go.

Galem: The show is not part of the TF franchise, Bio.

Biomarvel740: Oh. Then I'll agree with you there. But as far as worst TV shows go, I believe that dishonor has to go to Teen Titans Go. Owned by Cartoon Network btw. If I was in charge of CN, I would shut down TTG and reboot the original series.

Galem: No argument there. I liked the original series. Though I will say the new Teen Titans in the latest DC movies are pretty awesome.

Biomarvel740: As I have only seen clips, my thoughts on that are TBA.

Galem: Okay.

Biomarvel740: (smiles, looks to the readers) What TV shows do you not like? Also, what do you think of this chapter?

Galem: please leave us a review or pm either of us if you have any questions.

Biomarvel740: We thank you all very much for taking the time to read today-

Galem: and please...

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