Come on. Did you really think I was going to make him stay dead? There's another tradition in Optimus Prime's deaths. He comes back. A LOT.

Alright. It's ass kicking time. I only own my OC's and the plot of this story. Enjoy chapter 52.

The AutoKnights VI: Knights of Chaos

Chapter 52: The Super Knights' Decepti-Conquest

The miracle had just occurred. Using all seven Chaos Emeralds and a fragment of the Allspark, Optimus Prime came back to life. But there was a special added bonus to it. In the revival process, he absorbed the Emerald's energy to undergo a super form transformation. And then he spread that same power to the other eleven AutoKnights with Shadow dubbing them, the Knights of Chaos.

Now, all twelve AutoKnights were flying right back to Station Square with Optimus leading the charge.

"Alright! I know you guys are all happy to see me again, but we can't focus on that right now!" Super Optimus shouted. "I need a situation report and I need it now!"

Super Bumblebee flew right over him and looked down.

"Megatron has the Allspark and the Matrix of Leadership. Dr. Eggman has let loose a squadron of his robots to hold out until we get back. And Titano is still fighting with Omega Supreme." The AutoKnight spy said.

Super Optimus nodded and then he looked to his left where Super Jetfire was.

"Omega Supreme can handle Titano by himself for now. We have to take care of the rest of the cons in the city. Jetfire, you, Team Lash, and Team Recon take the ground."

Super Jetfire nodded.

"You got it, Prime!"

"Ironhide, Ratchet, Team Ninja and I will take care of the air." Super Optimus said. "Everyone got that?"

Everyone said yes and then his faceplate came over his mouth.

"Super AutoKnights, let's take back this city!"

Just then, all twelve AutoKnights split up into two groups of six. Super Optimus led his group to the air above the skyline and Super Jetfire brought his group down closer to the ground. It was time to show the cons that anything is possible.

Above the Station Square skyline, Megatron and Soundwave had just destroyed the last of Eggman's robots and they were going to do some work of their own. Soundwave's shoulder cannon had been reconfigured into a camera and there was a giant antenna on the top of the tallest building that Megatron was using for a signal. He was going to declare his rule to the entire planet.

"We are ready, Megatron." Soundwave said.

"Excellent. Begin the broadcast."

Just then, all over the world, every single television was getting a clear view of Megatron's face. Even at the Thorndyke place. And all the digidestined in Japan were getting a load of this too.

"Citizens of this world, I, Megatron, have conquered the great Optimus Prime! Leader of the AutoKnights! And soon this world will be mine!"

Megatron then brought out the cube and the Matrix.

"Any attempts to stop me shall be thwarted!" He then raised his arms to the sky. "VICTORY IS MINE!"

"Guess again, Megatron!"

Megatron and Soundwave both looked down where the voice came from. And then Megatron went completely stiff as he thought his optics were deceiving him. Super Optimus rammed into his stomach and Super Jazz gave Soundwave one punch and that sent him back and his shoulder cannon detached. When Super Optimus rammed Megatron, he dropped the two artifacts. Only for them to be caught by Super Blurr and Super Trailbreaker and they put them away in their suits.

Super Jazz caught the camera and then he got an idea. He pointed it at his leader.

"Prime! You're on the air!"

Seeing what the ninja had in mind, Super Optimus went over and look into the camera.

"Hello world. I'm Optimus Prime. And we interrupt this program to bring you live coverage of the world's largest ass kicking!"

None of the AutoKnights knew it at the time, but all over the world, everyone was cheering for them. The whole world was united against the Decepticons.

And speaking of the Decepticons, Megatron regained himself and now had his eyes locked right on Super Optimus with obvious shock and seething anger.

"You….impossible….I killed you…..I watched you die!"

Super Optimus gave a chuckle.

"I said it the first time you and I fought, Megatron. You're gonna have one hell of a time trying to kill me."

Megatron had never been angrier in his life then he was right now at this very moment in time. After all these years, Optimus Prime just won't stay down for the count.

"I DID kill you." Megatron seethed. "And that means I can do it again!"

Megatron let loose a few blasts from his fusion cannon and they hit Super Optimus dead on. But instead of exploding in his suit, the shots all bounced off him and the knight didn't even flinch. And now Megatron was a bit scared that he had no power in this fight anymore. He wasn't even sure if this was the same boy.

"Who….who are you?"

Super Optimus held out his right hand and his now glowing ion blaster appeared in his grip via Chaos Control. He pointed the gun right at Megatron.

"I'm your worst nightmare!"

The trigger was pulled and the bullet that fired out of the blaster wasn't orange this time around. Now it was glowing bright white and it was twice as big. It hit Megatron and he was sent sprawling through the air.

Soundwave then flew forward and got ready to attack. But then he was blown back by yet another blast. This one was a long green beam that sent Soundwave flying right into Megatron. That beam came from Super Jazz.

"Correction. WE are their worst nightmare." Super Jazz said.

Super Optimus nodded and cocked his ion blaster as Super Ironhide, Super Ratchet, Super Blurr, and Super Trailbreaker came in around them. The six of them flew off while Super Jazz still had Soundwave's camera. Up ahead there was a whole horde of twenty cons coming at them.

"My turn!" Super Blurr flew ahead and his hands went over the two star embroideries on his hips.

The stitches glowed and his two ninja stars appeared in his hands. And then he grasped them with a firm grip and they too began to glow. A few more feet up, he stopped in mid-air.

"SUCK ON THESE!"

Super Blurr threw his stars with all his might. And they turned into two blazing balls of energy as they flew right for the cons. And Super Blurr was using his connection to the Chaos energy to guide the stars. He made them drill their way through the bodies of at least three quarters of the squad in front of them. The rest of them were obliterated by Super Ironhide's now even more powerful cannons.

"Alright. Press forward and take out any Decepticon you see." Super Optimus commanded his team.

On the ground, Starscream was in charge of leading that assault. And he was completely oblivious to the knight's presence right now. No con on the ground had any idea yet. But they were about to be given a wake-up call.

"Just a few hours and this world shall be ours!" Starscream shouted.

"OH SCREAMY!"

Starscream looked up to see something shiny and yellow headed right for him. It was Super Bumblebee. And he was not looking friendly. Starscream fired his machine gun but the bullets bounced right off him. Super Bumblebee rammed into his chest and Starscream was sent skidding on the pavement at least five football fields in length. Then the other Decepticons finally noticed their oppressors were among them. But they still weren't fully aware that they were invulnerable for the time being. So whenever a con fired a gun at a knight, it did absolutely nothing at all but make them angry. Team Lash and Team Recon all split up and pursued their own targets.

Now Super Arcee didn't really like fighting even though she was in this war. But she did it. And now that she was super, she had never felt power like this before. Now all it takes is one punch to a con's head in human mode, and bam. That Decepti-creep is toast for good. All the others felt this way too. Super Chromia was loving every bit of it. She hadn't felt anything like this since the last time she and Renamon bio-merged. Now it was like she was her own Mega level Digimon. Only human. Super Jolt and Super Jazz felt the same way.

All of their powers and weapons were amplified to the max. All Super Bumblebee does now is fire on shot and it rips a whole Decepticon drone to shreds. Needless to say, Starscream was now horrified.

The cons didn't have a chance. Team Lash and Team Recon plowed through them like a sherman tank. The only ones who were lucky enough to get away alive were Starscream and the Constructicons. All the drones on the ground, which consisted of about a hundred or so, were taken out. And then all six of them surrounded Starscream. And the con was now shivering.

"You want some of this, Scream?" Super Jetfire said.

Starscream took off for the sky screaming like a little girl with the Constructicons behind him.

"Ha! How funny. Starscream is screaming while he heads for the stars." Super Sideswipe said.

"That is kinda funny." Super Jolt agreed.

Super Jolt then looked around. He himself was surrounded by another squad of Decepticon drones. And that's when he noticed that he was sparking electricity from his body. And that gave him an idea.

He began to spin around and around until he looked like a small tornado. And when he got to a high enough speed, his whole body lit up with electricity and it shot out of him in small spears in all directions. Every single con around him was destroyed by the shocking spears.

Super Jolt himself was surprised by his own abilities. So was everyone else. But then Team Lash and Team Recon decided to re-join with their leader.

Over the skyline, Team Ninja, Super Optimus, Super Ironhide, and Super Ratchet were going at it with the airborne drones. And just like the ones on the ground, they were dead in seconds. Each one of them had their blade weapons out and they were slicing them up like sushi. Super Jazz had his chucks and Super Ironhide ad her hammer. Super Trailbreaker head a blade weapon too. He had an energon mace just like Super Chromia did. Usually he wasn't for using weapons like this. But oh well. But he got tired of it pretty quickly and he just decided to do it the old fashioned way and spin through them like the hedgehog he was.

After a few short minutes, Megatron found all of his Eradicons drones to be offline with an army of super charged AutoKnights ready to tear him to bits. But he still had one more trump card.

"Titano! Forget Omega Supreme! Destroy the AutoKnights!"

Titano was on the other side of the city still engaged with Omega Supreme when he received the order. And then he flew off and Omega Supreme received his new orders. He found it confusing, but Super Jetfire ordered him to return to space and remain on stand-by. And without question, he followed those orders and transformed into his spaceship mode.

Titano remained in robot mode as he rocketed over to where the knights were. Megatron flew clear of the battle area.

"Enjoy trying to get rid of HIM, boy!"

Super Optimus glared up at the giant Decepticon. And Titano laughed at all of them.

"So now the puny humans can fly and glow. How amusing."

All twelve AutoKnights spread out and Super Optimus was right in front of him.

"Judging by size is always a grave mistake." The Prime said.

"Judge this." Titano pointed his giant Titanic cannon at Super Optimus and let loose a giant blast.

A huge red beam completely enveloped Super Optimus and everyone was now scared that his resurrection might be for nothing. But when the beam died down, everyone saw a while feathery egg looking thing floating right where the boy was. Then the egg hatched and the "shell" turned out to be Super Optimus' eight wings wrapped around his body. And his wings didn't even have a scratch or missing feather. And that left both Megatron and Titano baffled.

"Impossible." Titano muttered. "You should be obliterated!"

"Shows how much you know." Super Optimus said. "Super AutoKnights! Take his fat ass down!"

That was probably the best order they could have heard right now. All twelve knights flew right for the giant Decepticon. Then Titano unleashed his full arsenal against them. All over his body, gun turrets, missile launchers, and laser cannons appeared and a full barrage of projectiles headed fright for them. But all twelve of them now had enough power and agility to dodge every single thing launched at them. Super Blurr even teleported out of the way.

But they hit a problem now. They couldn't take Titano out if they had to continuously dodge his fire. And Super Jazz had lost Soundwave's camera some time ago. So now the world was left in suspense. But everyone at the Thorndyke place still had a view thanks to Teletraan-1.

But Super Trailbreaker thought of a solution.

"Go for his weapons! Take them all out and we can attack!"

Everyone agreed with the newest AutoKnight and they all flew right for the guns that were pointed right at them. All of them then armed their own guns. And Super Blurr readied another Spear of Light. And then in union, all of them fired their guns and a large amount of Titano's weapons were destroyed. And that made it easier for them to attack. And Titano couldn't take them all on. They were so small and he saw too big. He was just too slow for them.

"Stay still!" he shouted.

"As if!" Super Trailbreaker shouted. "Hey, Blurr! How about you and me spin this guy right round?"

The hedgehog and the Digimon had now been in quite a few fights together just the two of them. And the two of them could both do their own spin move. So that saying, "spin right round" was becoming quite commonly said between them. And Super Blurr smirked at his hedgehog buddy.

"Let's do it, hedgehog." He said. "Prime!"

He was asking for Super Optimus' approval. And he already had it before he even asked.

"Go for it, you two!"

The two shortest knights hovered right next to each other as Super Blurr readied his now white glowing energon saw.

"Let's spin it up, Breaker!"

Super Trailbreaker always loved spinning his way through robots. So with a chuckle he and Super Blurr started to spin. The hedgehog did his trademark spin-dash and Super Blurr performed his drillspin. The two of them then charged and drilled right through Titano's stomach.

They exploded out the other end and stopped spinning. What they expected to see was smoke billowing and Titano to power off forever. But they only got one out of two. Smoke was gushing out of the two holes they created when they drilled through, but Titano was still ticking. He was in pain but he was still online.

"Why didn't that work?" Super Blurr wondered.

Super Trailbreaker had been in many battles with robots even before the AutoKnights came around. So he knew why.

"This robot is a lot bigger than most of them, Blurr. Drilling through him once isn't going to be enough."

"How observant." Megatron said above them. "Titano was created to be the Ultimate Decepticon. He is invincible. Even YOU can't stop him now."

"Just watch us, Mega-jerk!" Super Trailbreaker shouted. "Blurr, aim for the chest. We'll take out his spark!"

Super Blurr nodded at that and then the two of them started spinning again. This time they flew right for Titano's back. And if they hit the right spot, they would come out the front side through his chest. But Titano was armed on both sides.

Holes all over his back opened up and even more turrets and cannons popped out. And they began to fire at the two spinners. After avoiding enough blasts, the two of them Chaos Controlled away and regrouped with the rest of the team.

"Well we have a way of knocking him out." Super Blurr said. "The only problem is we can't get to it without getting bombarded by lasers."

"But we're in these new super forms." Super Jolt said. "Can't we just fly into them and not get hurt?"

"It's not that simple." Super Trailbreaker explained being the one most experienced with this form. "If you take on too much a load of anything, like laser blasts for example, it'll drain your energy and you won't be able to hold your super form."

"He's right." Super Blurr said. "We're going to have to find another way."

"But how? Every time we destroy one of his weapons another one takes its place. How can we beat this guy?" Super Sideswipe began to panic.

"Well I think it's time we ask this again." Super Bumblebee looked at a certain knight with wings. "What's the plan, Prime?"

Super Optimus chuckled a bit.

"Some things never change. Do they?" he joked before getting back to business. "Alright. Here's what we're gonna do."

But before he could tell them a plan, he saw a giant fist start to come down.

"SPLIT!"

All twelve knights flew off in their own direction and soon they found themselves back to what they were doing before. Dodging Titano's weapons.

But Super Ironhide was really starting to get pissed. There was just too much crap going on. First the boy she loves dies, but she got him back. And now this huge asshole con is trying to make him dead again.

And she was NOT going to have that. It was time to show everyone exactly why SHE was the weapons expert.

So instead of dodging, she flew into position right in front of Titano a few hundred feet away. And when the giant con saw her, he laughed.

"A puny FEMALE? HA! This is too good!" Apparently Titano did not take women seriously.

But then everyone else saw Super Ironhide just hovering there in place. And they had no idea what she was doing.

"Ironhide! Get out of there!" Super Arcee called.

"Come on, gunslinger! Move already!" Super Jetfire called.

Now below them, The Freedom Fighters, the Chaotix, and Dr. Eggman and his robots were all watching from the streets. They wanted to see this battle up close.

"What is she doing?" Cosmo wondered.

"Maybe she knows what she's doing." Knuckles said.

Back up in the air, Ironhide had a smirk on her face as Titano pointes his left giant cannon at her.

"Let's see who gets the last laugh." And then she prepared for something to happen. "I gave myself a little 'upgrade' before I came into the fight today. Full barrage mode, ACTIVATE!"

And then the other eleven AutoKnights saw Super Ironhide take on a whole new transformation. Along with her giant twin arm cannons, there were all kinds of weapons appearing from all over her suit. Two mini gatling guns appeared from her behind her shoulders. Her hands disappeared as two plasma cannon barrels came out of the front of her sleeves and covered them. From the sides of her legs, two missile launchers came out and every single weapon was pointed right at Titano.

Now everyone was shocked at what just happened. Super Ironhide was literally covered in weapons from head to toe. And they were sighted for Titano's cannon.

"But wait. There's more." Super Ironhide said. "Cannon combiner mode!"

Her two arm cannons began to transform themselves as she brought them together. Their pieces fit together and one giant cannon was formed. And in her super form, she had no problem withstanding the weight it had.

"Suck this, Titano."

Super Ironhide's aura grew a bit as every single one of her weapons unleashed their loads upon Titano's gun. Every single bullet and missile flew inside the giant barrel. A few seconds later, the gun exploded along with Titano's whole left arm. With another smirk, Super Ironhide retracted all her weapons into her suit. Then she noticed above and to the left of her, Super Optimus was looking at her. She smiled at him and he smiled back underneath his faceplate.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Super Optimus knew that angry cry. Megatron was PISSED. He was charging right for the winged knight. And then he threw out his arms one at a time and tried so desperately to make contact with him to make some pain. But even now in human mode, Super Optimus was able to easily block all of Megatron's punches.

"You have been a thorn in my side for too long, boy!"

When Megatron threw another punch, he expected to just be able to pull back his arm. But Super Optimus now had a good grip on it. And with a glare, he spoke these words to Megatron.

"My name….. .. .. .. IS OPTIMUS PRIME!"

Super Optimus threw away Megatron's hand and then he went in and got in a few punches of his own. And Megatron was getting beaten up very badly with Super Optimus all powered up like this.

Then with one more big kick to the chest, Optimus sent Megatron sprawling into the air. But then he saw nothing but darkness as Titano enclosed his hand around the leader.

"Now I've got you." Titano said.

"Squeeze the life out of him, Titano! I want there to be nothing left of him!" Megatron ordered as he regained himself in midair.

Titano did indeed begin to squeeze the young Prime. And the other eleven knights flew right for his hand and began to try and pry his fist open.

"Let him go, you big creep!" Super Chromia shouted. "Aw to hell with this."

Super Chromia had already thought of her own way of getting him free. She held out her right arm and her small energon blade extended out. Now she and Super Arcee had the same blade. Whenever they swung it, it automatically grew longer and thicker. The size of it depends on how hard the swing is. But now that it was super charged…it was worth a shot.

"Stand back guys!" Super Chromia shouted.

Everyone saw what she had planned and they all flew away to clear the area. And then Super Chromia raised her blade and swung it downwards as hard as she possibly could. That blade grew longer Megatron's robot mode and thicker then the strongest armor. And her aim was perfect. She sliced right through Titano's wrist and his hand fell off. With Optimus still inside it.

Super Ratchet and Super Sideswipe caught the hand and Super Ironhide moved the fingers to get Super Optimus free. But he wasn't there. The hand was empty. But Megatron didn't notice yet.

"Why do you continue to resist us? You humans will NEVER be able to co-exist with Cybertronians! Our differences draw a line that will never be crossed!"

Super Jetfire turned and glared over at Megatron.

"You're wrong, Megatron. We're more alike than you think!"

"Oh really? How so?"

Just then, a white light came from behind Megatron. When he turned around, he saw that Super Optimus was there in the middle of it. He learned Chaos Control. And then he let his mouth show as he lowered his faceplate.

"Just like all Cybertronians, Megatron, us organics can also be a whole lot more than meets the eye!"

With another use of Chaos Control, Super Optimus warped himself to right in front of Titano.

"It's time to finally end this battle!"

His two energon swords unsheathed themselves and then super Optimus began to channel all the Chaos energy inside of him. The orange glow went chaos white and an orb of energy formed at the top of the swords as he brought them together. And it was growing large by the second. And his aura began to flare even more and more.

"The power of our hearts is what empowers these super forms. The Chaos Emeralds create a light that no darkness can block. It's time to let that light shine upon this monster and bring peace to the world!"

Down on the ground, they were all once again shocked at what was happening. But Knuckles and Shadow could feel something.

"There's an abundant amount of chaos energy coming from him." Shadow said.

"Yeah. I've never sensed it like this before." Knuckles said. "What kind of attack is that?"

"I don't know. But let's find out." Julie-Su said back.

It was ready to be unleashed. Super Optimus could feel it.

"It's time to light our darkest hour!"

He raised his arms over his head. And with two words, Super Optimus let loose the most powerful attack anyone had ever seen.

"CHAOS… … .. . ….. . LIGHT!"

It was called Chaos Light. It was a Chaos attack that not even Shadow could use. Only Super Optimus could. He learned it in his short time in the afterlife. But he would explain that later.

A huge white beam of Chaos energy bigger than the robot mode of Super Optimus. Titano went stiff. And then…contact. The beam tore right through Titano's chest and therefore also, his spark chamber. When the beam died down, so did the light in Titano's eyes. Megatron was fuming angry. But after what he just saw happen, he was also frightened now.

"We have been robbed of our ultimate victory!" He addressed his troops. "Decepticons retreat!"

Every single Decepticon who was still alive headed for the stars while Megatron yelled at him one last time.

"Blast you, Prime! Savor your victory while you can! You haven't seen the last of us! That's a promise!"

And keep true to that promise he would. As he took to the stars along with his brethren, Super Optimus noticed something Megatron said.

"Well how about that? He actually called me by name."

The other eleven knights then rejoined their leader and Super Arcee wrapped her arms around him kind of like Amy does all the time.

"You did it, Optimus!" she cried.

"We all did it.' Super Optimus corrected.

But then they heard a very loud noise. And when they looked, they saw Titano was starting to tip.

"Not just yet!" Super Jolt shouted. "That thing's gonna level the city if it falls!"

"Alright!" Super Optimus turned on his brain and faced his team once more. "Okay here…..wait. Where's Blurr and Trailbreaker?"

There were only ten out of twelve knights grouped together. Super Blurr and Super Trailbreaker were missing. But Super Sideswipe pointed them out. They were right underneath Titano.

"Sorry! But this city had been wrecked enough!" Super Blurr raised up his hands.

"No way he's getting through!" Super Trailbreaker said as he rose up his own hands.

Their two auras grew larger and brighter as the same kind of energy seemed to come off of the front of Titano.

"What are they doing?" Super Jazz wondered.

"Their using their power to hold Titano up." Super Optimus figured out. "Let's help them out."

The rest of them flew over and started to do the exact same thing as Super Blurr and Super Trailbreaker were doing. They were using their power to hold up the giant con. But in fact, they weren't holding him up, he was still falling.

"He's too heavy!" Super Jazz cried.

"I…I can't hold him up!" Super Jolt shouted.

"We're gonna get smashed along with the city!" Super Ratchet yelled.

"No! We are NOT gonna let that happen!" Super Blurr shouted. "Everyone listen to me! When you guys were on Cybertron it was hard for me to keep this world safe without you! Well we're all together now! And we are going to do this together!"

Super Trailbreaker smirked. His style was rubbing off on him. And now it was time to let the rest of these guys know exactly what kind of abilities they had in these forms.

"Everyone! Focus all your energy! Bring it forward!"

The hedgehog lowered his arms and he began to do just that. His aura exploded and his shine intensified. Super Blurr then reached for the inhibitor rings on his forearms and he took them off to let loose all his power.

"ALRIGHT! LET'S KICK IT UP!" he shouted as the energy began to flow through him.

Everyone else began to glow as well. And then their hands began to turn white. They just learned the most simple Chaos technique that was about to save Station Square. And all of them raised their hands and shot a blast of energy at Titano.

"CHAOS CONTROL!"

All twelve of them shouted it at once. It was the power of twelve Chaos Controls all bundled into one. And it was necessary for this. The energy hit Titano dead on and then the white light enveloped his whole body. And then a few seconds later, he vanished.

On the ground, everyone saw Titano disappear. And they noticed that the AutoKnights were gone too.

"Where….where are they?" Amy asked looking up and around.

"I don't know." Blaze replied. "Blurr! Blurr, where are you?"

"Ironhide! Can you hear me?" Vector shouted.

Soon, almost everyone was calling the knight's name hoping to get some sort of response. But no matter how loud their voices got, they received no response at all. Chaos Control had gotten to them too and they were warped along with Titano. Where they went was beyond them.

But then right above them, a very bright white light started to shine out of nowhere. And then it grew brighter as all twelve AutoKnight came out of it and lowered themselves down to the ground.

Super Blurr had his rings in his hands and he put them back on his arms. And then Super Jetfire brought his comlink up to his mouth.

"Omega, fire when ready."

That's where he was. The knights Chaos Controlled Titano into space. His corpse was just floating there dangling in space. And Omega Supreme had a lock on him with every weapon he had ready to fire. And the giant red center beam was charged up.

"Omega barrage: fire."

The center beam launched along with every other weapon Omega Supreme had. And every single one of them hit. And in a few short seconds, Titano's body blew up and he was but a memory.

"Decepticon: Terminated."

The explosion was big enough to be seen from the ground in Station Square. And everyone down there was smiling as they watched the giant con blow to bits.

And then the golden glow that was coming from the twelve AutoKnights began to die down and their auras vanished. And then the natural colors of their hair, eyes, and suits returned to them. Trailbreaker's quills pointed down once more as his fur went to its traditional blue. Blurr's lashes on his head un-curved themselves and they went straight again. The eight wings on Optimus' back glowed and they all seemed to merge into one. And when the glowing stopped, it became his robe. And for the first time in four days, the familiar red and blue on Optimus' suit was clearly seen again.

"We won." Bumblebee said. "Holy crap! We won!"

Arcee jumped into his arms laughing and pretty much everyone else did the same. There were few who remained still. Those people being Shadow, Eggman, and Optimus. Optimus only took a look to his right. Where Ironhide was. The two of them were smiling at each other with the same looks in their eyes. Ten Ironhide took a few steps toward him. And Optimus thought she was going to hug him or something. But instead, this happened.

*SMACK!*

Everyone heard that loud smack and looked over at Optimus. Instead of feeling the warm embrace of her arms, he felt the force of Ironhide's right palm slapping the side of his face. And everyone's smiles faded away as Optimus rubbed his cheek.

"OW!" he shouted. "What was that for?"

Ironhide grabbed him by his arms and pulled him closer to her face. She looked a bit angry.

"The next time I tell you to take the shot, you take it. Okay?"

That was what she yelled right before Megatron killed him. She kept on telling him to take the shot. Gently, he grabbed her arms and stood up straight again.

"I think you know why I couldn't."

After the two of them stared into each other's eyes for a moment, they finally did what everyone was expecting them to do. They hugged each other tenderly.

"Please don't leave us again." Ironhide whispered.

Optimus chuckled.

"I'm not going anywhere."

The two of them smiled at each other and then Jetfire approached him.

"I think it's best if you take over control of the team again." He said. "I tried to do it, Prime. But my place is the second in command."

Optimus got free of Ironhide's grip and stepped towards him.

"You did a fine job leading while I was gone." He said. "But was it really that hard for you guys without me?"

Jetfire gave a small laugh.

"We aren't the AutoKnights without you, Optimus."

Then the two of them shook hands. But it wasn't long before they just pulled the other one in and hugged each other.

"Man it's good to have you back!" Jetfire said.

And then Ironhide hugged them both. And soon every one of the knights ran in and jumped on Optimus for a big group hug. They all pretty much fell over on top of one another and they were all laughing. And who could blame them? One of their friends just came back from the dead. Saying they were happy would be a serious understatement. They were overjoyed to have him back. And he was overjoyed to be back.

"Well isn't that a sight?" Blaze said.

"Yep. They really are the greatest. Aren't they?" Amy said.

"Well I tip my hat to those guys." Antoine said. "Zey truly are heroes."

Heroes. That word…took on a new meaning today. It was re-defined months ago when Blurr first met all of them. It was so hard to believe that so much time had passed ever since then. First Blurr showed up at the Thorndyke's house, then the knights got stuck on Cybertron for months, Blurr became a father, and now the most recent act, Optimus Prime dies and comes back to life. And to top it off, all of them took on super forms and saved the world from a giant killer robot.

In the pile, he and Ironhide again caught each other's eyes. And then everyone got up one at a time. Patamon went up to Bumblebee's head and Gatomon hopped into Arcee's arms. It was then Eggman hopped into his Egg-Mobile with Decoe and Bocoe behind him.

"Leaving so soon, Eggman?" Trailbreaker asked.

"Yes." Eggman replied. "And until you defeat those Decepticons once and for all, you won't be seeing me again."

"You mean you're taking a break from the evil for now?" Cosmo asked.

"Yes. Even Dr. Eggman needs to take some time to plot." Decoe said.

"Very true." Eggman agreed. "But know this. When the cons are all gone, you and I shall become sworn enemies, AutoKnights. All of you will. I still wish to conquer this world for myself. But I'll wait until Megatron no longer sees an interest in this planet or when you destroy him. Whichever comes first. So rest up, kiddies."

Eggman started up his Egg-Mobile.

"Dr. Eggman." Optimus called him.

Eggman and Optimus looked each other in the eyes. And Optimus gave a smirk.

"Thank you." Optimus finished.

Eggman didn't smile. He just nodded at the boy.

"Good luck, kid. You and your team are obviously going to need a lot of it."

With that said, Dr. Eggman flew off and then Optimus looked at everyone there.

"All of you performed greatly today. This just proves that other cultures from other worlds CAN co-exist in peace and fight together for it. Whether you're human…Mobian…or a Digimon, the meaning of the phrase, 'Til all are one', comes alive with every battle we fight together."

Trailbreaker and Blurr remembered they had the Allspark and the Matrix of Leadership with them. Blurr had the cube and Trailbreaker had the Matrix. The two of them reached into their suits and took them out.

"With every won battle, we get one step closer to having true prosperity. And I only hope that we keep up the strength to fight as valiantly as we all did today. Because if we do, then total victory will be here sooner than we think."

Right after Optimus finished saying those lines, the last phenomenon of the day began to transpire. The Matrix began to glow and float out of Trailbreaker's arms.

"What's happening?" the hedgehog asked.

Everyone eyed the Matrix as it seemed to be getting closer to Optimus. Just then, Teletraan and Nicole appeared before them.

"I can't believe this." Teletraan said. "I thought I would never be able to see this happen."

"What are you talking about?" Shadow asked.

"The Matrix of Leadership chooses who shall be the next leader of all Autobots. The next 'Prime' to be exact." And then the Cybertronian A.I. looked and smiled at Optimus.

Just then, Optimus' spark chamber automatically opened. And then the chamber began to reshape itself so something else could fit in there.

"And now Optimus, it would appear the Matrix…has chosen you."

The Matrix plunged right into Optimus' chest and fit perfectly. A huge blue light shone from his chest and Optimus felt something new flowing through him. It felt like a large accumulation of…wisdom.

All the great leaders the Autobots had, they had to be very wise. All of their wisdom has gone into the entity that lies within the Matrix. And now it was his.

"Congratulations, Optimus. You are now officially, the last Prime." Teletraan said.

The last Prime. It sounded kind of strange for him to be the last of something. But whatever. Just as they got ready to leave, a helicopter from the news landed not far from them and then Scarlet Garcia hopped out with a microphone in her hand. And then her camera man followed her. They made their way over to the AutoKnights.

"We're rolling!" the camera man said.

"This is Scarlet Garcia for SSTV News. And I'm here live at the scene where the heroic AutoKnights along with Sonic's friends have just saved the day once more."

"Optimus, she's getting closer." Jetfire said thinking they should leave.

"It's okay." Optimus said. "It's time we became official. No more hiding. The people deserve to hear the voices of the AutoKnights."

And then Scarlet was standing right in front of the group of knights.

"So which one of you is the leader?"

Bumblebee and Jolt gave Optimus a push and he nodded at Scarlet.

"You just saved us all." Scarlet said. "What you did will put you in our debt forever. Do you have anything to say?"

Optimus nodded and then looked into the camera as Scarlet held the microphone up to his mouth.

"Yeah. To all of those out there listening to this, just know that the AutoKnights will always be here to protect not only this city, but the whole world from the tyranny of the Decepticon invaders."

"Damn straight!" Ratchet came over and got in the camera with Optimus.

But Optimus pushed him out of the way and then said this.

"Now I just have four more words to say. And you all might wanna stand back for this."

Everyone did as Optimus told and took a few steps back. And then Optimus smirked as he looked down the street and pointed down it.

"AutoKnights…. .. … . .. . transform and rollout!"

Optimus literally jumped and dove for the ground. But as he did, his suit smoothly transformed and then he rolled away in his Peterbilt 379 truck mode as Vector, Mighty, and Espio hopped in.

All the other AutoKnights then took on their vehicle forms and their passengers loaded up. Tails got back into the X-Tornado and flew it right next to Jetfire. And soon Scarlet was the only one in the street.

All twelve AutoKnights drove their way back to the Thorndyke manor where everyone else was. The battle was won but there were still a few more things that needed to be taken care of.