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A/N: alright people almost there I can't wait sorry for the long delay work and life just got in the way so here it is the latest installment of 'TLCOC'.
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THE LOST CHILDREN OF CYBERTRON
Chapter 48: What Shall We Die For?
--THE OBLIVION--
A single ship departed from the mists of the Unicronian ship and made its way over to the gigantic planet sized transformer nearby. The ship itself moved towards the planet and was suddenly taken to another hold where the image of Unicron waited for them. Unicron's holoform looked exactly like his true form and thus could do what his normal size would do. Upon seeing his master Galvatron bowed low and stared at the ground until a clawed hand reached under and lifted his chin up.
"Rise Lord Galvatron," was the commanding voice that was heard over Galvatron's audio.
Rising Galvatron made his way over to his master.
"My lord," he said
"An invasion is coming Galvatron be prepared Starscream from what I recall is leading an assault against me," Unicron said as they walked further into the giant.
"What would you have me do my lord?" Galvatron asked
"Let them come prepare a trap for them and then when the time is right kill them," Unicron's orders were simple enough.
"I shall order Sideways…"
"No, I have already done so I need you here," Unicron said as they walked further and further in.
"Starscream and his children are my main concern after all they have the power to stop me. Since he is the heir to the Decepticon throne his sparklings from what I heard from my spies are both Autobot and Decepticon. Moonshadow was wise to hide them from me." He said as they walked further in.
"What about the others?" asked Galvatron and then diverted his gaze when Unicron looked at him with cold optics.
"The others are also a threat. It seems as if these humans are more formidable then I expected." He said slowly
"Vector sigma is here I can feel it," he said
"Vector Sigma! But I thought that was destroyed?" Galvatron replied
"No it is not, the Femmes hid it when we did the purge. They threw it on their ship when it was sent to space the same as the Allspark. With the Matrix of Leadership in the hands of the Prime the other two could not be used to kill me. They need the third to initiate it," said Unicron as they came at last to his spark chamber.
"My master they have all three already what do you think we can do about it?" Galvatron asked
"With the Allspark destroyed there is no hope for them to awaken the power of Primus. As long as it remains that way then I shall be the victor. That human that destroyed it by banishing you for a time was the one who caused my victory. Nothing is left of the Allspark for Primus to awaken by its power. All they are doing is sealing their doom." He said
"And what shall we do with them once this is over?" asked Galvatron.
"We destroy them all,"
--AUTOBOT BASE--
A Unicronian ship was finally brought in after much searching and careful flying by Airazor. The falcon landed the craft carefully in the base hanger and the assembled teams made their way to it.
"I have the present pass codes they should be able to get you to the ship without any trouble." With that said Bumblebee with his team was ready having disguised themselves using armor stolen from dead Unicronians on the battle field.
He and Jazz looked at each other before they climbed aboard the ship with the humans. As the ship prepared for take off others were already making preparations for their own take off. Starscream was one of them as he, a very scared Sam and the twins each with their own pilots Rodan with a very scared Mikaela and Radon with Miles as another one.
"Tell me again why do we have to do this?" asked Sam
"Because you two," Pointing to Sam and Mikaela
"Were the first two to touch the Allspark when it was in Mission city and he is there for moral support," he said pointing at Miles.
"Very funny," Miles replied with a frown on his face.
Starscream entered the launch ramp as he and the other three seekers and Starscream turned to face Thundercracker.
"Are you sure about this?" the blue seeker asked his younger brother.
"Yes it has to be done." Starscream replied and his brother held him in an embrace.
"Ma and Pa would be so happy for you dear brother. My Primus bless you, till all are one," he said
"Till all are one," Starscream replied as he transformed into his F-22 form.
The others followed suit as the shuttled took off towards the sky. Sam was scared as he watched the shuttle disappear into the heavens with those who will destroy the OBLIVION and all on it to secure a future for them all.
--DEEP SPACE--
Bumblebee was beyond nervous as he looked down at Stitch who was feeling the same. The computer Deceptibot was more then distressed as the ship left the planet and headed towards the massive ship.
"You know I have never left earth before. Only Goliath, Rodan and Radon have and I was stuck at home." He said
"Well no time to play scared cat on us now we have a job to do," said Will Lennox in full combat gear with paint on his face like that is going to help.
As they left the atmosphere and neared the fleet an announcement was made in Cybertronian and it was Jazz who answered in Unicronian.
"This is the shuttle Tropic Thunder we are approaching at vector 4.536 requesting docking procedures over," said Jazz and it was then that the answer came from the ship itself.
"This is the Oblivion requesting pass codes before proceeding," was the reply
Jazz smirked to himself, "Processing codes now," he said
It was sometime before the call clear came from the control area of the ship and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"So far so good," said Will as he and his team gotten ready to head out.
The Cybertronians dressed up in Unicronian armor to disguise themselves as the troops they killed. They each placed their Rangers in their hiding places.
"Remember the plan," said Bumblebee as he cocked his cannon ready.
"You know I am ready for some action," said Cliffjumper as he made like he was cracking his knuckles.
"Now boys do I have to remind you that this is a scouting mission not some brawling party," said Mirage as he walked in on them.
They locked and loaded their weapons with Stitch and Sonic ready to go transformed and were loaded into backpacks along with Skeeter and Scrappy.
As the ship approached a tracker beam locked on to them and pulled them in. The humans safely hidden in the compartments of their Cybertronian counterparts and the Deceptibots hidden as well stayed in the ship as it landed on the Oblivion and soldiers checked the ship for any intruders.
When they managed to get out disguised as Unicronian soldiers they were escorted to a separate room to be briefed and then made to do as they will while keeping in close contact with the others.
Bumblebee's group wondered the hallways while internal maps kept them on the right course.
Kekoa peeked out from where he was hiding surveying his surroundings. Skeeter on his shoulder watched and recorded where they were going. As they made their way to the generator room he counted on the many things that could go wrong.
--JAZZ--
Of the many things that could go wrong this just did. Thanks to some dumb act on Cliffjumper's part of him being impatient left Jazz in a position that he threatened to throttle the car. Jazz just stabbed another Unicronian when several blasts headed his way. Without thinking Jazz called forth a gust of wind with the movement of his hands and blasted the missiles back to their masters. Sonic was not too happy either as he sent a few more guards down into the scrap heap.
"You know when this is over remind me to prank him myself," he said and Jazz had to agree.
As they ran down the corridor Jazz had to haul a wounded ranger his way. Being the smallest of the Autobots next to the smaller sparkling next to him Jazz ran the fastest down the corridor and into a room ushering the others with him. In his group was Swindle as conniving as he is Sonic of the Deceptibots, Kyouji and Epps for the humans representing the clans and a few other rangers, of course there was Cliffjumper of the Autobots.
The leader of the other group had lost his temper when one scout mentioned what they would do to all the femmes they saw on Earth. Now they knew how short Cliffjumper's temper is. Jazz had to shake his head and radio Dragstrip the Decepticon rep for Cliffjumper's group. They ran till they found cover and one of the rangers started to repair Cliffjumper's systems. Jazz just hoped that the other groups fond luck on their side.
--MIRAGE--
The invisible Autobot with his group consisting of Ravage, Scrappy, Figg and a few others as they raced down to their target. Now that they reached the room where the engines were housed he and the others made their first plants of explosives. Humans can be very creative when combining explosives. As they placed the clay explosives next to the generator Figg set up the timer as they began to hurry out.
--BUMBLEBEE--
The main shield generator was something that Bumblebee wanted to destroy for a very long time in his existence. As he attached his explosive to the main controls he could feel in the back of his spark that something had gone wrong with the other groups. As he was about to turn he heard the click of a gun and slowly his sensors told him that he had been caught. Slowly he turned and met the barrel of a rifle belonging to a Sweep. Slowly the others felt the presence of others as they too stood up.
"You won't get away this time scum," was all that was said.
--THUNDERCRACKER--
Thundercracker stood on the runway waiting for the others as the shuttle made contact with Oblivion. When the signal was given he began to gun his engines.
"Alright everyone time to hit the skies with lightning and let the thunder roar."
With that said he made his way over to the runway and fired up his engines. In his cockpit Miles was giddy with glee as the plane began to fly down the runway at incredible speed followed by others as he took off into the sky like on a catapult. As he held on he screamed in glee as he rose up and up into the sky.
Right behind him other specially modified aircraft and Cybertronian craft headed towards the sky as they roared down the runway. Instead of the normal human take off hundreds of aircraft thundered down the runway at full power and he could make out Sam as he was in Starscream. Sam did not like airplanes as much as Miles did but as he took off after his friend he could feel the G-forces as they rocketed out of the sky. Sam had to try harder not to throw up as the G-Forces took their hold.
When they were clear of the base and headed towards the heavens Starscream began to laugh at Sam as the entered the clouds still rising higher and higher.
"Alright there Sam?" he asked and Sam tried hard not to throw up to give him a thumbs up.
"If you want I can change the gravity for you now that we are airborne so that way you don't feel so queasy," Starscream replied.
"That would be nice thanks Starscream," said Sam as gravity was adjusted for Sam's comfort.
"Hey Sam this is awesome or what?" said Miles as Thundercracker flew beside him.
"Yeah for you! I nearly threw up in Starscream," Sam shouted to his friend over the comm.
"Don't be that bad Sam," said Radon as she flew next to Starscream her brother on the other side of Thundercracker. The F-15 did a roll before settling down.
"Now, now children no playing now," Starscream said to his twin sparklings.
Goliath joined them sometime later with another squad of Aerial bots. The three flying Deceptibots stayed with the main formation as they exited the atmosphere towards space. As they left the atmosphere into the darkness of space it was where they take their leave.
"Alright Thundercracker you know what to do," Starscream said to his brother.
"I know that 'Screamer just you be careful," Thundercracker urged and Starscream gave his version of a salute as he and the twins headed away leaving him with Goliath.
As the two groups separated Thundercracker waited till the time was right to launch his strike.
--BUMBLEBEE--
How could they have gotten caught?
That thought ran through Bumblebee's central processor as he walked with his hands up even his powers that he gained back on earth are useless. As heavy firepower was aimed right at them and now that all the groups are back together again in the main hanger only one difference though.
They got caught getting back no thanks to Cliffjumper's stupidity.
Speaking of the red Autobot he was being held by three Sweeps holding him in place. The others had their hands up as well with both groups of Decepticons and Autobots being held. The only one missing was Skywarp, Mirage and the humans. Bumblebee hoped the seeker had gotten away with the humans back to earth since he has no idea of the distance ratio between Skywarp's teleportation and the planet.
Humans and Deceptibots have all but disappeared leaving the rest to fend for themselves. The Unicronians failed to notice the tiny beings leaving the feet of the Autobots and Decepticons.
Bumblebee could only hope they are alright.
TBC
Sorry I did this at the last minute so it was left unedited as for those of you waiting for a few weeks for this update sorry about that. I was trying to catch up with artwork namely the ones for Blackwingrose and her two fanfictions 'How we Seared the Sky' and 'They Day we Hailed the Heavens,' both awesome fics you should read. I am currently doing one with her latest story 'We Dared the Dawn,' just trying to find the inspiration for it.
That was just the topping I was starting to get a massive writers block for this story but thanks to my boyfriend and seeing Death Race I got my mojo back just wont be posting as fast as I normally would.
Till next time aloha.
