WARNING: This will probably be the most controversial chapter in my Transformers story. I know a few members of the Transformers fanbase will not like this chapter but what has to be done to make the story darker has to be done so be sure to have some ice cream and tissues with you for this chapter.
At the Decepticon campgrounds, Shockwave and Bonecrusher have nearly finished repairing Megatron. Bonecrusher had finished constructing a new right arm for Megatron and surgically implanted it back into his socket.
"Right arm has been implanted Shockwave, are you nearly finished?" Bonecrusher asked Shockwave.
"In due time Bonecrusher, I'm tempering with his energon in hopes of increasing his strength, durability and stamina!" Shockwave explained staring at a talisman he designed to store the genetically modified energon for his beloved leader. Once the stabilization of the energon was completed, Shockwave grabbed the talisman and walked towards the weak Megatron.
"You may feel a bit of discomfort my liege!" Shockwave warned Megatron before attaching the talisman to Megatron's chest. The talisman activated and Megatron started to spasm as the energon began running through his veins.
"MEGATRON?!" Bonecrusher yelled as Megatron fell to the ground from the pain. "Do not worry Bonecrusher, it's just a mere side effect of the transfusion!" Shockwave explained to Bonecrusher showing no signs of fear for Megatron's life. After the transfusion was completed, Megatron stopped groaning and collapsed to the floor, the two Decepticons stared at their leader as he didn't move.
"My lord….Are you—"Bonecrusher walks towards Megatron until the Decepticon leader grabs his hand.
"FUNCTIONAL?!" Bonecrusher yelled as Megatron threw him across Shockwave's laboratory. Megatron proceeded to get up much to Shockwave's, Scalpel's and Bonecrusher's surprise.
"Shockwave!" Megatron said the scientist's name as he started getting back up on his feet.
"You are amazing, I've never felt so powerful in all my years!" Megatron got up and stood straight making direct contact at Shockwave.
"I can't wait to crush Prime's spark, no thanks to you my most loyal of Decepticons!" Megatron complimented Shockwave for repairing him and increasing his power.
"No thanks needed my liege but we must first test to see if the new energon is stable. I'm afraid that too much adrenaline could cause the energon to turn unstable and destroy you from the inside!" Shockwave explained his concerns.
"Then find me some Autobots to terminate, Shockwave!" Megatron ordered Shockwave to find some Autobots that he can kill and use to test the stability of his new energon.
"Shockwave, this is Barricade come in!" Barricade yelled through the comm-link while Shockwave stared at the blood-thirsty Megatron. Shockwave didn't reply, Megatron ended up pushing the scientist aside and replied to Barricade's call.
"This is lord Megatron. REPORT!" Megatron snarled through the comm-link.
"Megatron!? Thank Primus you're functional, I am returning back to base with the others but the three Autobots we were sent to execute are following us to your camp!" Barricade addressed the situation to Megatron.
"Good!" Megatron proceeded to snarl again.
"My lord? Are you alright?" Barricade asked in confusion.
"Make sure they get here Barricade and I want all three of them to arrive!" Megatron said to Barricade with a threatening tone in his voice.
"Uh…uh, understood my liege!" Barricade replied before ending the comm-link.
"You do realize that if they do get here, any of the survivors will know of our location and report back to Megatron!" Shockwave explained to Megatron the cons of leading the Autobots to their camp.
"I'm counting on it!" Megatron said before leaving his tent. Shockwave and Bonecrusher didn't say anything, just looked at Megatron while exiting the tent and they both had a shock looked in their face even Shockwave who is known for erasing his own emotions from his circuitry.
"BRAWL, BLACKOUT!" Megatron called for Brawl and Blackout.
"Lord Megatron?! You're operational!" Brawl said out of excitement.
"None of that matters now, when the Autobots arrive, you will capture them and bring them to me but make sure they are fully intact!" Megatron gave Brawl and Blackout their instructions before walking away.
"Uh…what?" Blackout looked at Brawl and asked. Brawl simply lifted his shoulders as an answer. Suddenly Nitro flew past the two Decepticons and when they looked back they saw Barricade, Berserker, Hooligan, Mohawk and Onslaught all speeding towards them. Brawl and Blackout quickly moved back trying not to get run over. Onslaught was the last to enter and quickly transformed in front of the two Decepticons.
"The Autobots are coming! THE AUTOBOTS ARE COMING!" Onslaught yelled running away from the entrance. Brawl and Blackout watched Onslaught run but soon turned around when they heard the sound of roaring engines coming towards them. Before their very optics. Dino, Jolt and Bumblebee transformed into their robot modes and attacked Brawl and Blackout. "AUTOBOTS ATTACK!" Dino yelled as Bumblebee and Jolt quickly opened fire at the robust Decepticons. Bumblebee and Dino engaged Blackout while Jolt fired his electric beams at Brawl. Jolt then focused his attention at the outnumbered Blackout but Brawl grabs him and tackles him to the ground.
"You're going down Autobot!" Brawl crawled towards Jolt and lifted his bladed left arm at Jolt's face. Jolt quickly grabbed Brawl's face with his crustacean-esque hands and before Brawl could do anything, Jolt fired an electrical beam from the palm of his hand and blew Brawl's face open. Brawl's body then flied back from Jolt due to the impact and collapsed to the ground right beside Blackout, Bumblebee and Dino.
"BRAWL!" Blackout yelled as he noticed Brawl's disfigured corpse lying on the ground. This distraction bought Bumblebee enough time to swing his hammer at Blackout's face and knock him unconscious.
"Okay to sum up, we found Megatron's camp, killed Brawl and subdued Blackout!" Dino mentioned all their accomplishments.
"We make one amazing team!" Jolt said.
"Yeah we do!" Bumblebee replied.
"Come on, let's raid this camp and report to Optimus!" Dino said.
"Megatron's finally going to get what's coming to him!" Bumblebee said lifting his hammer and grabbing it his left hand.
"Let's find Megatron!" Dino said as he and his two Autobots partners began exploring the campsite. Multiple Decepticons were watching them but didn't attack which bothered the Autobots.
"Something is not right!" Dino said in his thick Italian accent.
"Why aren't they attacking?" Jolt asked.
"Must be a trap of some kind!" Bumblebee said as he and the other two Autobots stopped in their tracks when they saw Megatron looking directly at them. Megatron didn't look normal anymore, he seemed more animalistic and more deranged then he has ever been. He looks like as the humans would say "he lost his shit".
"I knew Optimus would be foolish enough to send some of his warriors to track me down. Sadly it appears that he hasn't sent his finest warriors!" Megatron said disappointed at the Autobots that arrived.
"We are more than a much for you Megs, we just took out Brawl!" Jolt said, Most of the Decepticons gasp out of shock and sadness for their fallen comrade. Megatron felt nothing for Brawl, Megatron considered him as nothing more than a mere puppet.
"If you think Brawl is anything like me, you are surely mistaken!" Megatron said mocking his deceased warrior.
"We do not fear you buckethead. Optimus has taken you down on more than one occasion. We are ready for you!" Dino yelled at Megatron's face. Megatron didn't say a word but simply raised his axe-like sword preparing to fight the three Autobots. Dino, Bumblebee and Jolt all pounce on Megatron at once trying to take the Decepticon leader down. Bumblebee swings his hammer at Megatron's face but Megatron retracts his battle mask to avoid severe injuries on his head. Megatron grabbed the three Autobots and tossed them aside, he then retracted his fusion cannon from his right arm and fired at the Autobots.
"He's too strong!" Jolt yelled crawling away from Megatron, trying to avoid his bullets.
"I can see that!" Dino yelled back.
"We need to find a weak spot!" Bumblebee yelled back to his comrades. Bumblebee then looked directly at Megatron and after a while of scanning his chassis, he notices the talisman attached to his chest.
"Guys, I figured it out!" Bumblebee yelled to Jolt and Dino.
"That talisman on his chest, it must be his power source!" Bumblebee said to his two Autobot comrades.
"And we have to pull it out, got it Bee. Autobots…..ROLL OUT!" Dino along with his two Autobot friends charged at Megatron and attempted to pry the talisman off of him, each being tossed aside by the powerful Decepticon leader. Jolt fires an electric pulse at Megatron bringing down to his knees. Bumblebee stands in front of Megatron pointing his hammer at the Decepticon tyrant while Jolt slowly walks towards Megatron to deliver the final blow.
"Goodbye Megatron!" Jolt charges up his electric pulse and prepares to fire, suddenly a missile flew straight towards Jolt and hits him on chest. Jolt flies back from the impact and falls to the ground.
"JOLT!" Bumblebee yelled, Dino stood there shocked at what he just witnessed. Bumblebee turned around and saw Blackout standing in front of him with his chest-mounted cannon.
"That was for Brawl!" Blackout snarled as he retracted the cannon from his chest.
"You are going to pay for that!" Bumblebee yelled transforming his left hand into a plasma pistol. Barricade watched alongside the Decepticon crowd and quickly retracted the Gatling gun from his left arm. He opened fire at Bumblebee and one of the bullets hit Bumblebee's throat. Bumblebee drops his hammer and grabs hold of his throat while coughing.
"M…y…Voi….ce!" Bumblebee attempted to speak but it was too difficult due to the fact that Barricade's bullet hit Bumblebee's voice box. He was bound to go mute once more. Megatron got up on his feet and lifted his axe-like sword.
"BUMBLEBEE WATCH OUT!" Dino yelled trying to warn Bumblebee but the young Autobot couldn't react fast enough, with one swoop, Megatron severed Bumblebee's left arm. Bumblebee let go of his throat and placed his right hand on his exposed arm-socket. "NO!" Dino cried out as Starscream flew down and grabbed Dino tossing him towards Jolt's corpse. Berserker and Hooligan quickly ran towards the Autobot spy and grabbed both of his arms to make sure that he doesn't fight back. Barricade and Stinger also headed towards Dino, Hooligan and Berserker for they are the executioners. Megatron grabbed Bumblebee by the wings and threw him towards Dino, Hooligan, Berserker, Barricade and Stinger while tearing off his wings in the process. Nitro flew down and grabbed Bumblebee by the head. He then aggressively lifted the Autobot while digging his hands into Bee's scalp so then he can look at Megatron. Megatron walked towards the Autobots in order to watch their termination in a close distance.
"What should their sentence be my lord?" Barricade asked. Dino and Bumblebee all looked at Megatron with a frightened look in their faces. Bumblebee proceeded to cough but Nitro continued to aggressively lift his head up every time he lowered it to cough.
"Death of course!" Megatron snarled as Barricade, Stinger and Berserker all aimed their weapons at Dino and Bumblebee.
"But we must only kill one Autobot!" Megatron said.
"I'm sorry what?" Barricade said turning around to look Megatron. He seemed very confused and pissed off over what Megatron just said.
"I want Optimus to know where I am hiding so that he can come with all of his Autobots and die by my hand. We require a messenger to give Optimus our location!" Megatron explained.
"Very well, who shall you pick to deliver the message?" Barricade asked pointing his Gatling gun at the Autobots. Megatron looked at both Dino and Bumblebee trying to decide who he will spare. Megatron then made his decision.
"For starters we need someone…..who can speak!" Megatron looked directly at Bumblebee. Barricade and Berserker proceeded to maniacally laugh since they knew what was going to happen to Bumblebee. They wanted revenge on Bumblebee after since he murdered Stockade, now they might finally have a chance at avenging their fallen friend.
"No, NO, NO! NOT BUMBLEBEE!" Dino yelled.
"KILL ME INSTEAD!" Dino yelled.
"It….t…its oooooo…oooo….Okay Dino, you, you, you must, de, deli, deliver the message to O...opi…Optimus!" Bumblebee attempted to speak.
"I cannot lose you Bumblebee….I almost lost you when Cliffjumper died, I don't want to lose you now!" Dino said revealing that Cliffjumper died and Bumblebee lost his voice to Stockade under his supervision.
"Do…no….t worry ab…out me!" Bumblebee said.
"All that matters is, is, is you and Optimus winning the war with or, or, or without me!" Bumblebee said. Dino didn't say a word, he just lowered his head and closed his optics.
"Tell Optimus and, and, and, and…..Hot Rod…Ti, Ti, Till All….Are One!" Bumblebee said his final words before looking away from Dino. He accepted his fate and closed his optics. Dino tried to look away.
"HEY!" Hooligan noticed Dino looking down and grabbed him by the head. He then lifted his head and twisted his neck to the right to make him watch Bumblebee's execution. Barricade, Stinger and Berserker all aimed their guns at Bumblebee and opened fire all at once. The bullets and missiles hit everywhere, from his chest to his back to his sides and all Dino could do was watch. The last few bullets from Barricade flew straight at Bumblebee's throat, severing multiple circuits and cords that connected his head to his neck. Bumblebee's head flew out of his neck and fell on the ground with the rest of his torso. Hooligan twisted Dino's neck back and let go of the grief-stricken Autobot. Megatron walked towards Dino and lifted his head up with the tip of his sword.
"Tell your leader, where I am and that I am waiting!" Megatron gave Dino the message that he must send to Optimus. The Decepticons moved back from Dino and watched him crawl away from them to grab Bumblebee's hammer. Dino grabbed the hammer and transformed into his vehicle form and drove off.
A few hours later
TRF Headquarters/Prison, Wisconsin:
Hot Rod was on guard duty with Crosshairs, they were waiting for Dino's, Bumblebee's and Jolt's return.
"So when do you think they're going to show up?" Hot Rod asked in his thick French accent.
"Kid, I don't know. Honestly all I could think about is what is was like on Cybertron before the war!" Crosshairs said.
"What was it like?" Hot Rod asked.
"Well the only place I ever went to was the Kaon bar. Hound and I would go their everyday. Swerve would welcome us inside calling us "his favorite customers". We would drink tons of gasoline and watch all the female Cybertronian dance!" Crosshairs mentioned all the good times he had with Hound before they started fighting the war.
"That sounds awesome, I really wish I was there with you guys. I was built alongside Bumblebee and Cliffjumper when the war started!" Hot Rod said.
"Tell ya what kid, when we win this war and Cybertronian goes back into being a peaceful utopia. I will take you to every single bar I go and that I promise!" Crosshairs said laughing at the end of his sentence and rubbing Hot Rod's forehead.
"You're a good kid Roddy, a special one if I do say so myself. Still can't believe you're a Cybertronian knight according to all those fragging prophecies!" Crosshairs said.
"Yeah I'm surprised too!" Hot Rod replied both unaware that Hound was eavesdropping on their conversation. Hound trying to act like he didn't hear anything. "So any sign of our three spies?" Hound walked outside scaring both Hot Rod and Crosshairs.
"Oh Hound, nice to see you. We haven't seen anything yet!" Hot Rod replied but Crosshairs quickly put on his goggles trying to ignore Hound. Crosshairs then noticed a red Ferrari driving towards them.
"Hey fellas!" Crosshairs yelled to Hot Rod and Hound.
"I think I see Dino!" Crosshairs said lifting his goggles up.
"Hound zoomed in with his optics and noticed Dino as well.
"Oh shoot, I'll notify the boss!" Hound ran back inside the headquarters to inform Optimus. Dino drove towards Hot Rod and Crosshairs and quickly transformed into his robot mode.
"Dino what happened?" Crosshairs asked.
"Where's Bumblebee!" Hot Rod asked. Dino didn't say a word. He grabbed the hammer from his back and tossed it to the ground.
"Dear God!"
"No!" Crosshairs and Hot Rod were both shocked. Hot Rod placed his hands around his own face and moved back, shocked at the fact that his closest friend, his "Brother in arms" has passed away. Hound ran outside with Optimus, Sideswipe and Wheeljack.
"Dino report!" Optimus said but soon noticed that Bumblebee and Jolt are missing.
"Where are the other two?" Optimus asked.
"Yeah where's Jolt?" Wheeljack asked demanding to know immediately. Dino didn't say a word he tried to get the image out of his mind.
"Well?" Sideswipe said.
"Bumblebee and Jolt…..were executed!" Dino said to their faces.
"No!" Optimus said moving back from Dino.
"Ugh Primus!" Wheeljack said mourning the loss of his closest friend.
"Bumblebee!" Sideswipe said moving towards Hot Rod and placing his hand on the young Autobot's shoulder.
"This is all that remains of Bumblebee!" Dino points to Bee's hammer that is lying on the ground. Hot Rod picks up the hammer and adds it to his inventory in honor of his fallen friend.
"Megatron brought me here to bring you a message!" Dino said to Optimus.
"What sort of message?" Optimus demanded to know.
"Megatron said that he's hiding on top of Little Manitou falls and is expecting you to arrive, so then you two can have one last battle!" Dino said, Optimus was angered by the message. Bumblebee's death has become the breaking point for the Autobot leader and he accepts Megatron's challenge.
"Optimus, this is a trap surely you see that!" Dino said to Optimus in his thick Italian accent.
"I know Dino, but Megatron has crossed the line. He has murdered too many of our friends and shall now pay the price!" Optimus said to Dino. By the tone of his voice, the Autobots can tell that Optimus will show no mercy to Megatron on the battlefield.
"Hound, inform all of our Autobot and human friends that we are heading to Manitou falls!" Optimus said.
"You got it boss!" Hound ran inside the base and began shouting at everyone to arm themselves up.
"I'm going to kill whoever murdered Jolt, this I swear!" Wheeljack yelled going inside with Hound.
"If Megatron wishes for a final battle, he will have it. This will be our last stand!" Optimus said retracting his battle mask.
So this was Chapter 28, I know a lot of people are going to hate me for killing off Bumblebee. To clear something out, I do not hate Bumblebee but I feel like he's too popular and overrated. He has so much plot armor that he's becoming slightly annoying so I felt like I should've killed him off to make the story darker. Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter (even though I know you guys probably didn't) and get ready for Chapter 29 which will be a big battle between the two Cybertronian factions.
