Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! I hope everyone had a great time during the holidays and also I wish everyone a Happy New Year!
I don't own Transformers Prime as the show is owned by Hasbro.
Ch. 28: Broken Sparks
Sniffing the air Elisa suddenly smelled smoke, but she also heard the faint rumble of an engine off in the distance. Shots started firing and Elisa hurried on the trail and ran right into Ratchet. She slammed both of hands down on his roof and he grunted as he tried to speed forward. She nearly jumped when Megatron stood at her side.
"If you terminate me you'll never get your hands on the formula." Ratchet snapped making Elisa release him and he transformed.
"Oh I wouldn't be so certain doctor. My experts are working diligently to disentangle your false trail as we speak."
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"You need to get everyone over here." Phoenix snapped.
"What for?" Magma snapped.
"Megatron has managed to rebuild the Omega lock. He's got the autobot medic working on some kind of formula that will help cyberform earth." Phoenix explained quickly.
"He rebuilt it?" Magma gasped.
"Yes and if you want to get a good shot at things you need to get on the Nemesis now." Phoenix snapped.
"Oh I like the way you think."
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When Magma's tribe was on the Nemesis, Phoenix gasped when she saw that Predaking was on a rampage.
"I guess he found out." Phoenix had to laugh. "Get into hiding. Predaking is on a rampage." She ordered them.
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Elisa scrambled into the hallway and nearly shrieked when Predaking's gun pointed at her chest. She gasped when he grabbed her throat and lifted her up off her feet.
"You knew didn't you?" He roared.
"Knew what?" Elisa gasped.
"You destroyed my brethren!" He roared.
"No…I…I…" Elisa gasped. Her eyes went wide as he brought her close to his face with a sneer. "I didn't know." She gasped.
"Predaking release her now!" Megatron roared. Predaking looked up to see Megatron at the other end of the hallway. He tossed Elisa aside and she coughed for air.
"Megatron, is it true that you ordered the annihilation of my army!?" Predakign shouted.
"Indeed and my only mistake was not seeing the extermination through." Megatron said darkly. Megatron's blade appeared as Predaking flexed his claws. Elisa's eyes went wide as Predaking charged. Megatron spun around and got two swipes of his blade in when Predaking grabbed his arm and tossed him into the wall. Elisa gasped when Predaking slammed his fist into Megatron's chest and then flung him hard into the opposite wall.
"I will tear you apart!" Predaking shouted as he grabbed a dead troop and hit Megatron twice before a final blow shattered the remains and sent Megatron flying into a closed door. Megatron quickly rose to his pedes as their claws interlocked tightly. Starscream finally reacted and fired a missile at Predaking's back. He shouted in pain at the explosion, but the door finally opened and Megatron gave him a hard punch that made him grunt in pain. He grabbed Predaking and tossed him into the room making him hit his back into a wall.
"That's the spirit. When I was a champion of the Pits of Kaon not only due to my savage might, but also my cunning." Megatron said before he pressed a button. Predaking rose to his feet unsteadily as Megatron pressed a second button and sent the empty escape pod out causing a vacuum of air to suck in Predaking. He shouted in surprise and grabbed at the walls, clinging to them tightly. "You should have headed my advice and faced me as a beast." Megatron snapped as Predaking's optics went wide. Megatron fired and hit Predaking square in the chest that sent him flying out of the ship. He gave a shout when he hit the wing hard before he continued to be flung through the air. He turned around and saw Elisa staring at him with bruises forming on her neck.
"You killed them on purpose?" She gasped. Starscream remained silent and walked back a little ways as he knew this wasn't going to be pretty.
"They would have killed us first." Megatron stated.
"Why didn't you tell me?" She asked.
"You didn't need to know."
"What else don't I need to know?" She demanded.
"Don't you talk to me like that!" He snapped making her jump.
"You could have shown that the Predacons can cooperate with us." Elisa pleaded.
"It's over and done with." Megatron said with glare.
"Carrier what is so hard about compromise?"
"And have someone walk all over you?" He growled.
"That's not what happens. You said it yourself bots and cons have a common goal." Elisa said making Megatron grit his teeth.
"One ultimate weapon coming right up. Where's tall, dark and scaly? "Knockout said confused holding the dark star saber in his servos. Elisa flinched at it's presence.
"Report!" Megatron demanded.
"Lord Megatron the ship is under attack by the autobots."
"But the warship is cloaked how is that possible?" Starscream said.
"The medic lives. Mobilize what remains of our forces the Omega lock must be protected at all costs." Megatron ordered before he snatched up the blade. "If Optimus Prime wishes to wage a battle for the fate of both Earth and Cybertron, then I shall oblige him. This will be our last stand."
Knockout quickly left and Starscream exited, but hovered close by for Elisa's sake.
"Carrier please don't do this!" Elisa cried out and grabbed hold of his arm in fear for his spark.
"Stop being weak!" He shouted. Starscream's optics went wide when Megatron suddenly slapped Elisa across the face and she went flying with a scream of pain. Megatron didn't see him as he made his way towards the main deck. Elisa remained on the floor sobbing loudly and Starscream saw blood. He hurried over to her side and she looked up at him with tears in her eyes. He instantly saw another bruise forming on her cheek and her eye was starting to swell and he saw that her eye was bleeding.
"Get away." She said in defeat looking away from him.
"Elisa I…"
"GET AWAY!" She screamed at him making him jump. She slowly crawled to her feet and started limping away. The gun fire broke his thoughts and Starscream had no choice, but to hurry towards the battlefield.
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By the time Elisa got to the deck Shockwave was opening it. They both dodged out of the way as Optimus Prime opened fire on Shockwave to get him away from the controls. Elisa looked and saw Megatron tackle Prime and Optimus landed hard on the platforms. In his dazed state Megatron landed easily and knocked Prime's machine gun off the ledge.
"Shockwave commence Omega Lock firing sequence." He ordered. Still staring at the lock, Elisa didn't see that Shockwave did as he was told. Elisa just stared feeling numb as Optimus gave Megatron a short beating that sent him stumbling and losing his blade. "Shockwave prepare to fire-what?!" Megatron snapped. Elisa yelped and landed on her side as the ship rocked back and forth. She quickly realized that the bridge must have been taken over by someone who wasn't a pilot. When it was stabilized she blinked in surprise as Smokescreen appeared with the Star Saber in hand.
"Optimus catch!" He called out.
"Smokescreen!" Ratchet called out to him, but it was too late as Elisa fired her heatray right at his shoulder sending him flying. She bared her fangs and flashed her spikes in warning as the other autobots started racing toward her as she covered the saber. Starscream got caught by Arcee and Bee charged towards her with Shockwave coming up behind her. He jumped in time as Elisa swung her tail at him. He landed a harsh kick to her head that send her tumbling into Shockwave. She groaned as he accidentally landed on top of her.
"Optimus you must use the Star Saber to destroy the Omega lock." Ratchet said to him as he landed a hard blow to Megatron. "It is the only way to save Earth!" He heard as Bee called out to him from a pillar holding the blade.
"The Star Saber." Megatron said to himself before he knocked Prime out of the way. He fired three shots at the scout before Prime ran into him. Elisa watched as Bee could do nothing as the shots hit him dead on in the center of his chestplates. All of the autobot's optics went wide as fire erupted from Bumblebee's chest as he started to fall, losing his grip on the relic. Elisa saw his bright yellow aurora go out before his optics did and the fire was extinguished before he landed into the synthetic energon. As the Star Saber hit the platform he sank below the surface and was gone.
"NOOOOOO!"
Elisa jumped when she heard the scream of pain from Optimus. He hit once, twice, three, four hard punches that sent Megatron reeling into the wall of a pillar before he fell over. He grunted as he looked up and saw the hilt of his blade as Optimus approached him behind and drew his weapon. Megatron shouted as he swung the blade and the energy wave hit Prime head on and sent him skidding off the edge of the ship. His steps were heavy as he came up to the edge and saw Prime hanging on to the platform groaning in pain.
"Prepare to join your scout in the Allspark."
"MEGATRON!"
"CARRIER!"
Megatron turned at the sound of the voices, one unfamiliar to him, before he gasped in pain. He suddenly felt nothing but agony in his spark as he gasped for air and slowly looked down. He saw the Star Saber had impaled him and that Bee was holding the hilt. His wounds healed before his very wide optics.
"You took my voice. You will never rob anyone of anything ever again." Bee said. Megatron raised his own Saber high but it fell out of his trembling fingers as he stared at them in surprise that this was happening. The pain was starting to get the better of him and he fell to one knee. It was then that he looked up and saw her. Elisa was lying on her stomach staring at him with tears running down her face. He let out a raspy gasp when he realized what he had done to her as her eye was bleeding.
Carrier…
I'm sorry little one. I'm so sorry.
Nobody paid attention to the single tear that ran down Megatron's face as he looked at Elisa for the last time.
I love you Elisa.
Never forget that.
She heard someone shouting, but she couldn't figure out who and she didn't care. She couldn't break eye contact with her Carrier that was dying in front of her eyes.
Carrier…
But he didn't answer. His optics went black and his body went limp. It seem to go in slow motion as his body slid off the saber, his purple energon, contaminated by dark energon, stained the blade. All she could hear was the sound of his limp servo scraping the blade before he finally fell off the ledge.
Even all the autobots froze when they heard Elisa let out a terrible scream of agony and sadness.
Gasping in pain while sobbing hard she took off into the hallway as the decepticons just stared at the scene in shock that their leader burned in Earth's atmosphere. Elisa never saw the other cons scramble for escape because she ran into her Carrier's empty room, locked the door, and never stopped crying.
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She didn't know how much time had passed or that she had even passed out. She felt numb all over. Her spark was in agony and her stomach was in tight knots. Elisa moaned as she stumbled to her feet and scrambled into the wash racks before purging hard. Even after there was nothing left she was coughing hard. Once the coughing fits stopped she crumbled to the floor and cried all over again.
Carrier…
And still no one answered.
She shivered as the coldness washed over her. So many questions raced through her mind now. What was going to happen to her? Where was Phoenix? What were the autobots doing? Why wouldn't Carrier answer her?! Her stomach still hurt and she curled up into a ball still crying. She couldn't move…she didn't want to move. There was nothing left for her. Carrier was gone. No! He couldn't be gone! He…he…he promised! He promised a new life for her with no war or danger. A life where she could be happy and live in peace.
Now those promises were nothing more than broken dreams.
Broken dreams of a broken spark.
