Everything seemed to be happening all at once in a disoritenting fashion. Screams and gun fire echoed in the darkness of space, offline husks slamming on the ground. Kade barked commands at the Dinobots, Smokescreen struggled fighting with a burning shoulder pad, Arcee brawled with Starscream and Optimus and Teama teamed together to face Megatron. The others tried their hardest to fend off the Vehicons. Ratchet saw Bumblebee punch Shockwave's optic and the giant purple bot stumbled backwards. Bumblebee held the Star Saber in his servos and jumped off the upper level. He held the saber above his head, Ratchet expected him to throw it to Optimus.
He heard three loud shots, recognizing them as blaster fire, Ratchet looked down at Megatron as the three shots soared up to Bumblebee. Ratchet's optics went wide in horror, Bumblebee was mid air, there was no way he could avoid the shots, and the Star Saber was too heavy for him to use in defense. Suddenly, with the fire blasters inches away, Micra appeared in front of him, pulling her legs up to his chest, she pushed herself off him and our of the line of fire. But in doin so, she shoved herself into the line of the blaster fire.
'Wir!' was all Bumblebee could do when the three fire balls hit Micra's back. Bianna scream loudly, everyone else stared in absolute horror as the other two fire balls striked, leaving a large gaping hole in her chest plate. Bumblebee released the Star Saber, and he frantically tried to reach for his daughter. But he was falling in an opposite direction of her, as if the stars were pulling her away from him.
The Pteranodon flew over Bumblebee's head, and Kade caught Micra in his arms. Ratchet saw him jump off it's back, screaming her name as he cradled her. Blur and Steele joined them, lowering to their knee pads, both were leaking lubricants like a waterfall.
"NO!" Ratchet's head shot up in time to see a Vehicon plummeting towards him. The numb feeling disappeared and Ratchet veered to the side. The Vehicon's husk was covered in dents and burning holes, he didn't need to look up to know who was killing them. He's seen this plenty of times in the war; carrier's rage. Roaring in an angered beastly way, Bianna ruthesly attacked any Vehicons in her sight. Ratchet felt his servos tremble, this was a side to Bianna no one had ever seen. They never thought she was capable of killing so brutally.
"Ratchet!" A servo slapped Ratchet's faceplate, growling in pain, his head shot to the side to see Tailen looking at him desperatly. "Get to Micra! We'll cover you!"
"Bianna!" He heard a new voice shout, both of them looked back and forth, searching for Bianna. As if on cue, her husk landed with a loud thud in front of them, whimpering and her optics dimming. Kclayna ran past him, kneeling down to her teammate. She looked up at them, searching for an answer that neither one of them had. She glanced down again in time to see Bianna's optics dim out. Kclayna wrapped her arms around Bianna, sobbing and screaming.
"Mom!" He heard a mixture of Kade and Blur scream, but both were paralyzed. Ratchet suddenly felt nauseated, the area started spinning in small circles. Suddenly he lost his strength and he fell to his knee pads. Feeling bile build in his pipes, he haunched over and wrapped his arms around his fuel tank. Everything happened in slow motion. The Autobot's were struggling hopelessly, even Starscream appeared to have the upper hand. Gun fire and screams turned into loud rings. More than anything, he wanted this to be a dream and he was going to wake up back on Cybertron. Tailen would be in power down next to him, Kclayna was in the next room practicing her dance recital. The Decepticons finished, Bianna and Micra were online and Kade never found Dinobots.
Life was perfect.
Then Kclayna screamed, bringing him back to reality. He looked up to see Teama and Megatron fight with their calibers. Optimus flew towards them in hopes of aiding his mate. Using their calibers as springs, Teama bounced off Megatron, plummeting gracefully towards the Omega Lock.
Optimus caught her and carried her up, letting her roll out of his arms and landed in front of Megatron. Before she stood, Megatron grasped her shoulder pad and pulled her to him. He heard Teama gasp rasply, her shaky optics wide in terror, energon leaked out of her mouth valve.
"NO!" Ratchet managed to get to his landing pads. His legs turned to jello and gave out on him.
Get up, get up, get up! He roared in his thoughts, looking at Megatron with pure hatred. Teama's shaky husk fell into Megatron's arms. Megatron smiled seductivly, he grasped her chin plate, and planted his mouth valve on hers.
"Sick slagger!" Kclayna screamed, but her landing pads didn't move to pull Teama away. No one could move. Megatron slowly broke the kiss, and gradually pulled out the Dark Saber from her chest. Teama fell to her knees, as the last of the saber was pulled out, Teamas optics went dark and her husk landed with a thud on the ground in front of Megatron.
"Kneel before me mate of Prime. Kneel before your true master!" He heard Megatron say, smiling seductivly at Teama's offline husk.
With a loud roar, Optimus knocked into Megatron's side, sending him spiraling into space. Catching himself, Megatron transformed and continued battling Optimus. Ratchet's mouth valve formed a small 'o', looking at the offline husk of one of the leaders. Before he could run to her, Kclayna ran passed him and grabbed the hilt of the Caliber. Grunting, she fell backwards. She quickly got back up and began tugging as hard as she could but it was like watching the Hulk pull Thor's hammer.
"You cannot!" Tailen shouted, punching a Vehicon. "It is similar to the Matrix of Leadership!"
"Unlike the Matrix," Kclayna grunted. "This one can bbe seen by anyone! It can be wielded by one who's spark is worthy! That can be more than one!"
Ratchet was surprised to hear such determination in her voice print. A that moment, Kclayna seemed like an adult, and he felt a sense of pride.
Then he heard something power up like turning on a computer. Ratchet looked across the way, he saw Shockwave aiming his tail like blaster at Kclayna. He looked back at Kclayna who was pulling harder to the point her heels were slidding and screeching against the floor. Completely unaware of Shockwave.
"No." Ratchet gasped, watching Shockwave's weapon fuel up. Ratchet imagined a red dot on Kclayna's helmet like a sniper in a human war documentary. It powered rapidly, purple light formed around the opening. Kclayna didn't move, she continued to pull on the Caliber in vain. All of a sudden, Ratchet's legs started moving on their own. They ran to Kclayna, who looked at him with fear in her optics. He grabbed her and shoved her, Shockwave's weapon fired.
Ratchet gasped, feeling a hot burning sensation in his chest, spreading through out his system, burning every nerve wire and circuit to a crisp. The pain was lingering and growing hotter with each passing moment. Gasping, he coughed up energon and fell to his knee pads. The pain felt ten times more excrutiating than losing Tailen, when she cheated on him, when Kclayna 'chose' to be a Decepticon. Ratchet's audio receptors began to ring loudly and his vision started to fade.
"Ratchet, no!" Kclayna screamed, releasing the Caliber she ran to his side and dropped to her knee pads and servos. Lubricants poured from her optics, her mouth valve dangled in horror. Then she started looking around as if she could find something useful in the empty space. Then she looked up at her mom with a mixture of anger, fear and desperation in her faceplate. "Tools...a medical kit...where-where is it? Don't tell me you didn't bring it! Don't tell me you were stupid enough-"
Ratchet clasped her servo tightly. Kclayna looked down at him, his optics staring up at the stars with a smile. Ratchet had a sudden sense of awe, he knew what was coming.
And he welcomed it.
"Kclayna, I don't need that."