And the next bit!
Bhar: sorry - was just mumbling to myself what to write next. Trying to finish story three before going back to Candyman and Storm.

To Come Home on an Alien Land

By Jolly

Episode 34

Destiny: Godson to The Old Man

This was not going to work out, Joe realized. Megatron's just too power hungry and too selfish to allow any peaceful resolution.

"Give it up Megatron. The All Spark is clearly not ours, and you know that without it Cybertron cannot be revived. A dying race cannot rule, brother." Prime said reasonably. "It's over."

Prime was still trying to reason, and Joe could understand why. There were so few autobots left, and with no absolute certainty that Cybertron could be revived, Prime wanted to keep as many of his kind alive as possible, even the enemy. He understood what it meant to be truly alone – the last of your kind type alone.

"Never!" Megatron snapped back. "We're meant to rule and this universe is mine! He will be mine."

Joe felt sadness permeating his soul again over his next move. But he had no choice; he's running out of time. And he valued Frank's life above all others. He stepped away from the others and walked casually towards the Decepticon Leader.

"…and if I can't have him, I'll rather see him dead than belong to someone else!" Megatron announced throwing a baleful glare at Desi and Amateratsu, and then without warning, lifted his arm and fired a shot directly at Joe.

Prime was surprised that neither Guardians reacted, only to find out when the dust settled that the four humans were untouched by the blast.

Frank smiled grimly. He's getting more and more comfortable with his stormshield, and more confident of his abilities to protect his brother.

It was then everyone realized they heard a high pitched scream. All attention turned towards the three humans partially hidden behind a fallen pillar not too far away.

"Get them!" Megatron ordered Blackout and Devastator, who immediately headed towards the three.

Joe immediately teleported himself across and placed himself in front of the other three. With two powerful bursts of electromagnetic pulse, he sent the two decepticons flying back towards their leader. He could feel Van's eyes on him, but forced himself to ignore that. Another sweep of his arm, he had all four of them back under Frank's shield. Knowing that Frank would check and make sure all three of them was fine, he returned his attention to autobots.

He chose to address them in their own language and the others watched on, wondering what was being said. As his words faded off, there was a moment of quiet as the autobots considered his words.

Frank kept a watchful eye on his younger brother as Prime said something to Joe. His brother responded in a reassuring tone. Finally, Prime gave a firm nod, and then he and his fellow autobots took off for the skies.

Joe smiled inwardly as he caught Megatron's satisfied expression as Prime and the others flew away. He had fought enemies far more devious, and far more powerful than him. When the decepticon leader reached out for him he was more than ready, nimbly leaping out of the leader's reach. With his right hand, he summoned Noah's Ark.

"The All Spark!" Megatron roared. "Give it to me!"

"Noah's Ark created life, it can also take it away. Be careful what you asked for, Megatron," Joe warned.

But the leader ignored him and reached for the Cube. And Joe watched a deep sadness in his eyes. The Ark had been returned to its rightful owner, it no longer accept a stranger's touch. The Ark was a product of Runescape, and like Runescape, it protected itself by all means necessary.

The instant Megatron touched the Ark, a light flared. High in the skies above, an electrical storm raged. The wind grew and howled sweeping a multitude of dust into the air and blinding all vision. The Ark giveth life, it also taketh away life. Lightning bolts appeared from the skies and systematically worked to dissemble the life that was created so long ago by the same method. One by one, the remaining decepticons were struck and they collapsed onto the ground. If one strains one's hearing, Megatron's final scream of denial could be heard just barely above the howling wind.

Soon, it was all over. The clouds parted, and sunlight broke through. The dust settled, and everyone could see again. The world around them was littered with huge chunks of broken buildings and twisted piles of metal that was once alive.

"Are they all dead?" Captain Lennox finally asked.

"They're deactivated," Joe replied cryptically.

Starscream, that coward, chose to fly away just before Megatron touched the Ark. He got away. Joe sent to Banz and Frank. I think we'll be meeting him again sometime in the near future, he added.

Where are the rest of the Autobots? Frank asked.

Prime is gathering them and we'll be meeting all of them at Cybertron later. Joe answered.

And Desi and Amateratsu? Frank asked again.

They're fine, and are currently enjoying a tour of this galaxy, Banz answered. They'll be here when we call for them.

"Joe?"

Joe turned around at the sound of that familiar feminine voice, and saw Vanessa staring at him with tears in her eyes. A moment later, she threw herself into his arms, sobbing, "It's you, and it's really you. Oh my god, it's really you…"

Joe let her hold on to him for a while before gently but firmly disengaging her from him, and then returned her to Phil's side.

Phil, who had stood by quietly and with dignity, looked up first at Joe, and then at Frank. Then he took in the disaster that felled Mission City. Finally, he returned his gaze to the brothers, tilted his head towards those damaged buildings, and asked as if such occurrences were the most natural thing to expect with the Hardy brothers around.

"Care to explain what just happened?"

Ceri woke up with a start as she felt a spike of pain streaked across her chest. Just like before, the pain faded away as quickly as it came. Again she scanned her body and could not detect anything wrong with herself.

She rushed to the window – the electric storm was still raging. That meant that communications would still be down. She could feel panic rising. She needed to know that Frank's alright. It took her a while to temper down that wild desire to just rush over to Reiko's room for reassurance.

She put on a robe and moved to the window. Her fears and worries would keep her up tonight, anyway, so she might as well enjoy the storm. And as she watched the electrical sparks arced across the skies, she could not help but to worry.