Before I begin this long overdue chapter, which I'll get to soon, I want to talk about some Madoka Magica news. So lately I've been playing Magia Record on my Ipad and I must say, this is quite a unique experience. I really don't know where to start with this. The story mode that takes place in an alternate universe. The wide variety of characters both old and new. Turn base game play with the special powers. Or even the Doppels that I haven't got around to just yet. I must say, this is an entertaining experience.

Now there is the question of if I'm going to insert the Magia Record game into this story. I might be thinking about it. With how the story is, it seems to be like the perfect way to continue. After all, I have many other things to take care of with this story, to which I will be letting you know about the future of Madoka Prime. I will give you more information about that in the next chapter. And yes, I know that there is going to be an anime spin off series that will come out in January. But I'll be waiting until they have it for English dubbed. Don't like the idea of reading subtitles and missing out on the action. All and all, I really enjoy this game and I got a good collection of Magical Girls that could be useful in my stories, including the main ones. A big recommendation for those who wish to see the game for themselves.

Also, I would like to apologize for this long of a wait. It has been since June I posted a chapter in here and it must've been hard for those who are waiting for me. I wasn't expecting this chapter to take longer then this. I have close to a hundred pages on this chapter. So I did tend to get a little overboard. Haven't made a long chapter since one of my stories, 'Teen Matrix 2: Rise of the Brotherhood'. And I started that in 2007 and it lasted until 2013. That was a rough one for me. I am hoping that I don't go through that crap again. Yet here I am, getting through with a story not realizing it's taking longer then expected. I hope this will be the only chapter in this story where it will take many months. But considering a many more chapters I'm going to make, it would be a difficult one. Here's hoping that the next chapter would be shorter.

Now let's see how the last chapter went. For the past six to seven months, it does look like that it's strong in numbers. I got about seven reviews and around 750 hits. So, yeah… That last chapter must've been really popular. Then again, it has been months since the last update and a lot of people read that chapter just to see what happens. Honestly, I was hoping to get the chapter done soon, but with many things that have been going on, I'm afraid that I never got around to finishing this. At least this chapter's been posted and I hope it's just as big as the last one. And trust me, I have a lot in store for this chapter.

So on this chapter, the epic showdown has begun. The Autobots and Magical Girls must do everything in their power in stopping Megatron from Cyberforming Earth and wiping out all human life as they know it. Will they succeed? Or will all that effort cost them everything? This is one fight you can't miss out on.

Chapter Notes

Now this chapter will be from the epic fight scene from 'Darkest Hour', however I'm going to make a few quick changes. For one, the Autobots will be fighting instead of just Optimus, right before the destruction of the Omega Lock. And yes, the Omega Lock will be destroyed, spoilers. But c'mon, is there an alternate future where the Omega Lock is intact without Megatron getting hold of it? You got to have high stakes in it. I am also going to have the Magical Girls fight Decepticons too as they defend the communication room. This is where the ending theme of Madoka Magica will play. I think you all know what ending song I'm referring to. Trust me when I say this, this is going to be one HELL of a battle. And stay tune for the little twist I have planned in the end. Not going to say anything, but you might be surprised.

Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers Prime or Madoka Magica

Chapter Twenty Three: Darkest Magical Hour

Down at the base, an eerie silence echoed through the main command center as news just broke out on what Megatron is really planning for the Omega Lock. That he was going to use the very device to restore Cybertron as a weapon and use it to transform Earth into a new Cybertron. Fowler heard the news and was completely confused about it all.

Agent Fowler: "Hold on. Let me get this straight. You're saying that Megatron is planning to use this Omega Lock on Earth? Shouldn't that be a good thing?"

The medic turned to the former Army Ranger and explained about the true purpose of the Omega Lock.

Ratchet: "Agent Fowler, there is more to the Omega Lock then you think. Indeed, it can restore our planet back to its pre war state, but it can also cyber-form other planets in favor of its new matrix. In theory, if it is used on an organic planet, any and all resources will be converged into cyber matter, destroying all indigenous life in the process."

Hearing that, the agent turned away and grasped how heavy the situation is.

Agent Fowler: "Dear God and Country… Never in my wildest dreams that the human race will be wiped out by something far extreme. Now it's going to happen sooner rather then later."

That was when they heard Strongarm on the comm., telling him to not give up.

Strongarm: "Don't think that yet. We cannot give up on everyone, not yet. We need to stop Megatron from activating to Omega Lock and destroy Earth."

Ratchet heard the cadet on his end and approached the console, explaining the situation.

Ratchet: "And how are we going to do that? The team is on Cybertron with Megatron and his armada. He got them in the palm of his servos and they can't do anything about it. Because of that, we're pretty much screwed over."

Up in the Nemesis, Strongarm, Sideswipe, two magical creatures, and the six humans were in the main comm. facility, contacting the base on the problem. Already, there were a lot of complications as it is. What with Dreadwing deciding to become the inside man, the addition of two Magical Girls in Mami and Kyoko, and the obstacles that were in the way, it was certainly a day they could never forget. But now their day got worse after discovering Megatron's true intentions. Sideswipe soon got to Strongarm's side and wanting to know what to do.

Sideswipe: "C'mon, Ratchet! We cannot just stand idly by as the Cons conquer another planet. There's got to be something, anything to prevent this."

They soon heard the banging on the door and turned back to see the locked door. No doubt, the Cons are trying to break through the door, considering Sideswipe lock them out and they are locked in. They were hoping that Ratchet would bridge them out of the ship as they can return to the base. But now, things changed when they discovered the Decepticons finding where their base is located and Megatron's plans. Now they must figure out a way to stop him from wiping out all life on Earth. Ratchet though doesn't know how as he explained it to them.

Ratchet: "Even if I could, we have little options left. Unless Optimus and the others can stop Megatron, my servos are tied. There's nothing I can do on this end."

Jack, Raf, Miko, Homura, Mami, and Kyoko were with them and were just as shocked as the others. Hearing the news that their planet is in grave danger, shook them to their core. They can't stand by and watch their world end. They have to do something. That's when Jack came up with an idea and approached the screen, telling Ratchet of the plan.

Jack Darby: "Ratchet, why don't we sabotage the spacebridge the Cons are using, just like last time?"

Ratchet heard that and was skeptical about that one.

Ratchet: "Hmm… It seems possible to accomplish that. But let me remind you that the last time that happened, the team was there to sabotage it. Now the team is predisposed of and there is no way in getting on that bridge to shut it down before the Omega Lock is activated. We're pretty much back to square one."

Raf soon heard it and thought of another idea that might work. Approaching the screen next to Jack, he got into his book bag and took out his laptop, explaining what he has in mind.

Raf: "Why not hack into the space bridge like Damocles? That's one way in shutting the bridge down."

Ratchet heard that and was still unsure of that.

Ratchet: "Raf, even if you can do that, the technology is too advance for you to bypass. It's not as simple as a satellite hack. There's no way you can succeed a successful hack like that."

It was then that Sideswipe heard the plan and decided to help the hacker out.

Sideswipe: "I can help him out. I know a thing or two in bypassing Cybertronian tech. I can help Raf with that."

Strongarm heard him and remembered one of his crimes, opening her palm to let the hologram record appear look into his crimes.

Strongarm: "I remember about that. If I recall, you broke into Iacon's historical records and tried to rewrite a bit of history with you being the hero. That was a crucial blow you made. And, even I can't believe I'm saying this, the best hope in saving Earth."

Sideswipe heard her and just smiled to her.

Sideswipe: "Who'd a thunk that my crimes will save the world? You really should be thanking me."

The cadet heard that and glared to him.

Strongarm: "Yes… Sadly, you're right."

They soon heard another bang as they look back at the door that the Cons were surrounding.

Outside, the Cons hit a battering ram right at the door, hoping to bust through. But it still wouldn't budge as the leading con was getting annoyed.

"Argh! It's not working! That door is super thick and our weapons are no match with it. There's got to be another way in getting in there. Fortunately, we do have a last resort."

He turned to one of the Cons holding the device and ordered him to handle it.

"Place the breaching bomb on the door. It's time to get in there and destroy all those intruders."

One of the Vehicons approached the door and placed a metal circle in the middle of the door. Pushing a button, he stepped away and the disk opened up to the sides and four nods came out and positioning at the door. That's when red laser cutters came out of those nodes and penetrated the door, beginning to turn slowly to get into the comm. facility.

On the other side, Sideswipe noticed the red laser melting the door and slowly creating a curve on four sides. Sideswipe looked to this and warned the others about it.

Sideswipe: "Uh… Guys? I think we have a problem."

The others turned around to see what he was referring to. That's when they saw the Cons starting break the door down with the laser cutters and was 25% done. Strongarm saw this and was starting to get worried.

Strongarm: "Scrud… That can't be good."

Ratchet heard it on his end and wondered what's going on.

Ratchet: "Strongarm, come in. I overheard something. What's happening this time?"

The cadet turned to him and told him what's going on.

Strongarm: "Ratchet, we got a problem. The Decepticons are breaching through the door. Once they get in, we won't be able to survive the onslaught on the other end. We might need a bridge once we disable this one!"

Ratchet heard that and told them the bad news.

Ratchet: "I would like to help you, but I'm afraid I cannot. Unless I have the exact coordinates to your position, I cannot simply bridge you all back to the base."

Miko heard that and got her arms up in frustration.

Miko: "Again with the exact coordinates crap! You know Ratch, you are really a buzz kill."

Strongarm sighed and decided to let him know of deep the situation is.

Strongarm: "You better come up with a way in getting us all out of here. Otherwise we would be good as terminated. Out."

She ended communications and was grasping what they are all in for.

Strongarm: "Well, this is just splendid. Not only the Cons wishing to cyberform Earth with the Omega Lock, we're trapped in here with a lot of Cons at our doorstep. If this is what is called a bad day, I don't know what is."

Jack could see that the door cutter was 50% done and was worried about it.

Jack Darby: "Um… How long until they break that door down?"

The femme turned to the door to see what they possess.

Strongarm: "Hmm… Looks like they have a Class A breaching bomb, easy to blow open the toughest of doors on Cybertron. From the speed of the cutter, it would take them five more minutes until a full breach."

Sideswipe heard this and didn't like the odds.

Sideswipe: "That's not enough time. Raf and I would need time in bypassing the space bridge controls if we are to shut it down before the Omega Lock is activated. Five minutes won't work."

Strongarm turned to him and told him that they have to do something.

Strongarm: "Well we are running out of time. We need to do something, otherwise we're all going to be joining the Well of the All Spark too early."

Sideswipe: "And what should we do? Fight them off? I don't know if you notice this, but we are under prepared, outgunned, and outnumbered. There's no way we can survive an onslaught like that."

Strongarm turned away and knew he has a point. They are in no condition to take on an army of Cons in behind that door. There's got to be a way in getting out of this mess. That's when they heard a familiar voice from close by.

Homura: "We'll do it."

The two heard that and looked down on the console to see Homura, Miko, Mami, and Kyoko all standing there, with their weapons armed and serious looks on their faces.

Homura: "We'll hold them off while you guys prevent Earth's destruction."

Both Sideswipe and Strongarm looked to each other and was unsure of this. The cadet soon turned to them and asked if they can survive what's on the other side.

Strongarm: "Are you sure it's a good idea taking all those Cons on? You saw what they are capable of. Even if you can easily take them down, it won't matter when you're up against so many of them. You won't survive against that onslaught."

Sideswipe soon joined in and agreed with her.

Sideswipe: "She's right. Plus none of you never faced any of their heavier oppositions let alone the top elites. There's no way you would take them on, even on your best day."

Homura sighed and told them what everyone just heard.

Homura: "Haven't you heard? The Decepticons are planning to cyberform Earth, wiping out all life on the planet. That would also include all the Magical Girls that live on that planet. We cannot allow it to happen."

Mami and Kyoko soon joined her and they too were in agreement.

Mami: "I'm with Homura. We cannot stand idly by while our home is threatened. We need to act now while we can."

Kyoko: "Totally. It's bad enough that Wraths and Nightmares try and attack us. It's another that these Decepticons would consider wiping our planet. Besides, do you have any idea what would happen if all of the food on Earth were gone. I couldn't only imagine where will I be without a bite to eat."

They all glared at the rebel Magical Girl and figured that it was her reason to protect Earth. Miko soon brushed it off and decided to finish what they were all saying.

Miko: "Earth's our home, guys. We can't let this happen. We need to protect our planet from the Cons and stop them from destroying all that we cherished. If you don't let us help you, then I fear Earth would be lost. What's it going to be?"

The two recruits looked to each other and knew that they were in a bit of a pickle. With the Autobots on Cybertron and them under equipped, they have little options left on the table. Turning back, they could see the door halfway cut in the middle and was about to breach. Seeing that, they had no choice as Strongarm turned to let them do what they need to do.

Strongarm: "Very well. If there are no options left to handle something this drastic, protocol states that there needs to be an alternative solution. And it looks like this is the alternative solution we have. All right, you hold off the Decepticons as long as you can. We'll do our best in shutting off the space bridge for the Lock can fire."

The group heard that and were glad that they can assist the Autobots.

Homura: "Thank you. I promise we won't let you down."

Kyubey and Bebe were behind the group as the Incubator decided to give them a warning.

Kyubey: "Be careful out there. If any of you waste your magic on that large number of Decepticons…"

Homura turned back to him and assured him that they'll be all right.

Homura: "Not to worry. We'll preserve our energy as much as we could."

She turned to the others and told them to get going.

Homura: "All right, time to go."

So the four jumped down off the console and landed on the cold floor, running to the door. Kyoko soon turned to looked at them and lifted her hand up. That's when chains of red diamonds appeared up, down, and the sides and moved around until they made a complete stop. The group saw that and was confused about what it was all about. Kyoko then explained about what they are seeing.

Kyoko: "It's a barrier. It will protect you from those things. Just try not to get shot if they break through."

She soon turned around and headed back to her group. Strongarm looked on and never thought that they could poses such protective power. Still, they have a job to do and turned to Sideswipe and Raf to begin their plan.

Strongarm: "What are you two waiting for? Hack into the space bridge and shut it down!"

The two heard her and decided to move on ahead to bypass the security of the bridge. At the same time, Homura, Miko, Mami, and Kyoko were in front of the door leading out as the cutter was 75% done with breaking through. The teacher soon turned to the student and reminded her of what she said to her.

Homura: "Well… You finally got what you wanted, to fight against Decepticons. I hope you're happy."

Miko simply sighed and told her of what it truly meant now.

Miko: "You know… A part of me is stoked that I'm going to fight against Cons as a Magical Girl. But now after hearing what those metal bastards have planned for my home, it's officially personal. I'm going to fight to protect Earth, by any means necessary."

Homura head her and smiled, knowing that her determination changed from excited to serious.

Homura: "I have taught you well."

She soon got ahead and turned to the three, telling them to be ready.

Homura: "All right, we don't know what we're going to face behind that door, but we must defend this room at all cost. Check on each other's soul gems, make sure you are not drained in magic, and look out for one another. We have to do this. Both for Earth and for the Magical Girls…"

All three of them nodded as they knew the risks of this battle, the very same risk when they became Magical Girls. Homura turned to the front and took out an FN P90 rifle out of her shield, loading it up. As she was getting ready, she uttered one more thing that the three won't hear.

Homura: "And for Madoka Kaname…"

Back at the base, Ratchet was on the console, his head lowered and his mission conflicting. With Fowler, he heard it all and was freaking out.

Agent Fowler: "This is insane… This is absolutely insane. This is like betting on WrestleMania insane! We expect two recruits and a young hacker to help save the world from near extinction? I cannot believe that we are relying our trust on them."

Ratchet heard him and turned tell him that it's the only way.

Ratchet: "I'm afraid that we have no choice in the matter. With the rest of the Team in Megatron's clutches, it's up to the kids and the recruits to save everyone."

The former Army Ranger nodded and has to focus on one more particular thing.

Agent Fowler: "Even if they can succeed, there's still the issue of them being trapped up there. We have to find a way in getting them back."

Ratch got the message, but knew that it was close to impossible.

Ratchet: "Won't be that easy. Even though we now possess space bridge travel, I will need precise coordinates to reach them. And with them on the Nemesis, it would be impossible to find them."

Fowler thought of what to do when he came up with an idea.

Agent Fowler: "Don't you guys have a ship that can be used for an extraction."

The medic heard that and wasn't sure.

Ratchet: "Even if we had one, you think I would stage a rescue myself. Some of us got here when our ship crashed and it was inoperable, while Arcee and Cliffjumper took a space bridge to Earth. I don't think there is a ship that would save them. Unless…"

He turned away and wondered if it's wise in calling someone. Fowler noticed his pondering and wondered what he was thinking.

Agent Fowler: "Unless what?"

That's when he remembered who he's referring to and realized the risk of that.

Agent Fowler: "Oh, by Jefferson's white hair, you're not referring to him, are you?"

Ratchet paced back and forth and was contemplating sending him in.

Ratchet: "Well, he has a working ship that can go through space, and the arsenal pass through their defenses. But… No, it's too risky. He's not the type of Autobot who can follow the rules. I learned that the hard way when I was with him on that Iacon Relic search."

Agent Fowler: "But we don't have a choice in the matter. The team's on Cybertron and the recruits are in enemy territory with no way out. If we are to get them out, he is the only bot capable on a rescue mission. We're running out of time here."

Ratchet stopped pacing and sighed to himself. Usually, he would not contact him on a mission this dangerous. But with everyone disposed of, he's the only one that can save them all. Sighing, he decided to contact him as soon as possible.

Ratchet: "You're right. We do have no choice. And while I don't like it, he's our only option left. I'm going to make a call."

He soon approached the comm. area and inputted the access number to contact him. He waited for a response until the window popped up and the medic took a deep breath.

Ratchet: "It's me… I might need your help with something…"

Back on Cybertron, Optimus stood his ground with the Lock's controls behind him and feared the worse. Megatron didn't want to restore the planet, he wanted to create a new one, by using the Omega Lock to cyberform Earth. He knew that this warlord is power hungry. He never imagined that he would go that far in his sick and twisted campaign. Hearing of what he has planned through Ratchet, he stepped forward and decided to stop him of this genocidal mission.

Optimus Prime: "Megatron… How could you… You wish to restore our planet, yet you decided that you wanted more than Cybertron. So you go on ahead and use this Omega Lock, to cyberform Earth? Why would you go so far as to destroy a world that has nothing to do with us?"

Megatron just chuckled at what he said and told him the honest truth.

Megatron: "Optimus, I am quite surprised you figured it all out. But I suppose you want an explanation, so I'll tell you about it. Yes, I wish to restore Cybertron, you know that's the honest truth. But there is more to this then you think. For during our time on Earth, I experience certain discoveries that none of us have imagined. Something I thought were myths, yet were standing right in front of us. That's why we are all here, and I'm giving you this opportunity. For not only I will let you rule the world created by Primus, I will rule the world created by Unicron."

The Prime's optics snapped opened and now understood the gravity of the situation. Megatron wishes to cyberform Earth because it was created by Unicron the Destroyer, the very monster that wishes to destroy Cybertron itself. Not only that, but he wants to rule it as his own.

Optimus Prime: "And what about the humans? What will become of them? You know that cyberfroming organic planets will wipe all life it touches."

Megatron: "Indeed, it would destroy all life on the planet, but what would the humans know of it. You should be aware that war includes making sacrifices, including the indigenous species. I feel that they will die and merciful death knowing that their sacrifice will end the war. As far as the four humans on my ship… Well… I will let you keep them as your own endangered pets. They do have a short lifespan after all."

The Prime glared at the warlord and was seething at the thought of mankind exterminated over a simple thing as a planet's restoration."

Optimus Prime: "You monster…"

Megs laughed that off and told him that he wasn't one.

Megatron: "Oh, I am not the monster, Prime. I only wish for the war to end with us restoring both our worlds. Speaking of which, you have wasted enough time. Arm the Omega Lock so we can begin changing both planets."

Optimus looked back to the Omega Lock's controls and didn't know what to do. He only wishes to restore Cybertron, but he didn't want Earth to be the casualty of Megatron's own personnel vendetta. Turning back, he looked to the warlord and responded the best he could.

Optimus Prime: "No…"

Megatron raised and optic ridge and was a bit confused.

Megatron: "I'm sorry… What did you say?"

Optimus Prime: "I said, No. I will not let you use the only hope in restoring our planet to endanger innocent lives. None of those humans deserve to die like that. I cannot stand for that."

Megatron heard his reason and figured that this was his decision. So he decided to handle it his own way.

Megatron: "I see… So you wish to sacrifice our worlds for the humans. How foolish… I think it's time to take some drastic measures…"

He lifted his servo and made a gesture. That's when the group of Cons pointed their blasters and took aim right at the group. The team saw this and knew that they were in deep trouble.

Arcee: "Scrap… This can't be good."

Optimus looked at the team and turned to the opposition they're facing. Considering a large number their against and the weapons, they are completely screwed.

Optimus Prime: "Megatron, you understand that forcing me to use the Omega Lock to cyberform Earth isn't going to change my answer. I will not destroy many lives for your own personal vision."

Megatron starred at him and will not give up with his plan.

Megatron: "Oh, I'm afraid you have no choice. Either you use the Omega Lock, or I'll terminate you and your team and I'll do it myself."

Optimus peered his eyes to relics that they discarded and are too far to use. But one of them seems to be the best option he has in getting out of this. Looking back, he decided on a third option of Megatron's choice.

Optimus Prime: "Why not go with the third option?"

Megs raised an optic ridge and was confused about that.

Megatron: "Third option? What third option?"

That's when he smirked behind his face plate and answered truthfully.

Optimus Prime: "This third option."

Quickly, he armed his blaster and pointed to the one relic that can get them out of this mess. The Polarity Guantlet. Megatron saw this and realized what he is planning.

Megatron: "NO!"

But it was too late as he fired his blaster and hit it. Once it connected, it immediately activated and it glowed an orange hue. It started to grow more powerful until it exploded into a burst of magnetic energy, causing the Decepticons and Megatron to get pushed back and away from the lock. The Prime could see that they're out for the moment, but he needs to focus the problem they no face. Turning to the others, he told them to prepare for a fight.

Optimus Prime: "Autobots! Gather all your relics and prepare to defend the Omega Lock. The Decepticons must no use it to destroy Earth!"

The others soon heard him and got the message. Running, they reached the relics and got a hold of their own. This soon led Optimus to get to his Star Saber sword and pried it out of the ground. The Cons were recovering from the push and struggled to see what just happened. Megatron and Starscream recovered the quickest and never thought the Prime would pull a fast one on them.

Starscream: "Well… Didn't see that coming. I assume that peaceful negotiations are officially off the table."

The warlord turned to the commander and told him to get to their goal.

Megatron: "Enough! Gather all your forces and prepare to storm towards the lock. I need to cyberform Earth and make it my own!"

Scream turned to him and bowed gracefully.

Starscream: "It shall be done, my lord."

He soon turned to the others and told them to get ready.

Starscream: "All right! Arm up and prepare for battle. Megatron wants the Omega Lock secured to fire! Double time!"

The group recovered pretty quickly as they armed their weapons and were prepared for a fight. On the other end, Team Prime managed to get their relics and armed them for a fight of their lives. Optimus got his sword in a defensive stance and looked right at Megatron. The Decepticons leader currently now possess the Dark Saber and decided to end this peaceful negotiations for good.

Megatron: "Decepticons! Secure the Omega Lock! That Autobots must not use it to restore Cybertron, at least not yet. I still need it to cyberform Earth."

Starscream heard him and told them what he said.

Starscream: "You heard your master! Get to the Omega Lock and secure it! Move!"

They all recovered as they got their blasters armed and ready while Starscream was ready with his rockets and blasters. As they were prepared, Megs saw Team Prime as they have their Iacon Relics ready, with Bumblebee holding the Polarity Guantlet in his servo, Bulkhead has his Immobalizer armed, Arcee with her Apex Armor on, and Smokescreen with the Phase Shifter attached to his wrist. Optimus was in front of them with his Saber Sword pointing to Megatron and gave him a fair warning.

Optimus Prime: "Megatron! If you wish to restore Cybertron, then allow us to do so. Otherwise, I will not let you destroy Earth or harm any humans in the process."

Megatron looked right to him and didn't want to do that.

Megatron: "I'm sorry, Prime. But I cannot abandon my dreams of ruling the world of Unicron. Decepticons, attack!"

With that said, he pointed his sword towards the team as they all charged in with the warlord and commander standing still. Optimus and his group looked to the odds and decided to get rid of them all now before they get the advantage. Prime soon pointed his sword to the armada as he call out his war cry.

Optimus Prime: "Autobots, Roll Out!"

With that, the group charged in as they were ready for a full on assault. In a battle field, the numbers are against them. But the team has the relics to gain the advantage. It was then that they collided with them and used all in their arsenal to stop the group. Bulkhead used his Immobalizer to fire a stream of energy, stopping a small portion of the group dead in their tracks. Arcee soon charged in and rammed through them, taking them down with one hit. She soon picked up one of them and tossed him in the air. He was soon grabbed in the air by an orangey hue and was levitating high. Turns out, it was Bumblebee was pointing his gauntlet right at the frozen Con as he turned around and saw a few more Cons firing at him. Seeing this, he quick turned his gauntlet towards them and the frozen body flew and collided into each other. Smokescreen ran up to more members and was side stepping around, avoiding the shots from their blasters. With his phase shifter armed, he phase through the one in the middle and was right behind them. Arming his blaster, he fired them in the backs and took them out. As for Optimus, he charged in and swung his sword, tearing appendages from them and destroying them all. The fight was rough and tough as Megatron looked on and could tell that they were desperate in fighting for Cybertron. But he could tell that they were very busy and not seeing the warlord watching on.

Megatron: "Foolish Autbots. To think they want to stop me in having a world of my own to call home. They are fully mistaken."

He soon looked to the Omega Lock that's not far from him and knew that it was vacant. With a coy grin, he decided to go for the relic.

Megatron: "Oh well… If you want something done right, better do it yourself."

He soon turned to his commander and gave him some orders.

Megatron: "Starscream, keep the Autobots busy for as long as possible. It is my time to embrace my destiny."

Scream heard him and turned with a slight bow.

Starscream: "Of course, my liege. I'll make sure the Autobots don't interfere in this history making moment."

With that, Megatron turned and approach the Omega Lock, ready to create history. At the same time, Starscream got on the comm. and contacted Soundwave for some reinforcements.

Starscream: "Soundwave, Megatron is proceeding in cyberforming Earth. He can't have the Autobots interrupting the festivities. Send in Airadicons and Insecticons to my coordinates."

Turning off the comm. he turned around and saw the spacebridge appearing in front of him and a gang of silver Elite Airadicons and Insecticons appearing, ready to fight. With a grin, the commander was ready to take it to the sky, something he wanted to do for a long time.

Starscream: "I've been waiting for this moment. Decepticons! Take flight!"

With that, he turned and run towards the fight. The rest followed and they all transformed and took flight, including Starscream as he can finally transform now that he has a T-Cog replacement after returning to the fold. Flying high in the air, he told them to start firing.

Starscream: "Attack! Attack! ATACK!"

He soon started to dive down and the silver jets came down after him, firing their lasers right at them. The group started to scatter as they avoided the projectiles, hoping that they won't get hit by the aerial assault. Now they have to handle not only the ground forces, but also the air assault as well. At the same time, Megatron slowly started to walk down to the Omega Lock, with a grin on his face that was so sinister. His moment has finally come. He's ready to embrace his destiny.

Back in the Nemesis, the group of Vehicons gathered at the door leading to communications and waited patiently for the breaching bomb to blow it open and lead them through. It's close enough completion as it was 99% done. The leader looked to it and was eager to attack.

"This is it! Get ready boys! This is going to be good."

They all armed their blaster and were ready to strike. The bomb completely finished when the lasers finally did a complete circle and stopped completely. Then it started to heat up in the center and was glowing bright. That was until it exploded and the door was blown off, giving them access to the area. The leader saw that and was delighted that they were in.

"All right! First unit, move forward. Arm blasters and be careful. Those two might be rookies, but they can still pose quite a threat."

The first unit started to step forward and have their blasters ready to fire. As they were approaching the doorway, one of them lifted his arm to stop them, noticing something glowing purple. He starred right at it, wondering what it was. That's when a purple like arrow came out of the smoke and headed right to the Con in the middle, taking him out in the head. Then a few more arrows started to appear and hit the remaining group that was caught off guard by the attack. All of them were pierced in the spark chambers and they were terminated in seconds. The rest of them watched on in shock as they didn't see that coming. Even the leader saw that and was surprised as everyone else.

"What the-! What happened?!"

That's when he heard one of his comrades when he saw something.

"Sir! Look over there. Something's coming out of the smoke!"

He turned to see what he was looking at. That was when four small shadows appeared in the smoke and slowly came out of it. Turns out, they are Homura, Mami, Kyoko, and Miko as they walked out of the smoke with their magical girl attire and their weapons were armed and ready to fight. Stepping out of the smoke, they got into their battle stances and were ready to take on an army of Decepticons. The group look to this and was completely confused about it.

"What's this? Some kind of sick joke?! Those humans wish to fight us?! Please… This will be too easy. Cons! Mop the floor with them!"

The group heard that and armed their blasters right to them. All four Magical Girls held their ground and were ready to fight.

Kyoko: "Let's see… There are thirty of them and four of us. My kind of fight!"

Mami heard her and told her to not push herself.

Mami: "Don't get too cocky, Kyoko. These Decepticons are no pushovers. And it looks like they mean serious business."

Miko chuckled and assured them that they got it.

Miko: "Please… Since when they are serious? We hit them hard, hit them fast, and don't get killed by them."

Homura heard them all and decided to begin the attack.

Homura: "Let's not dwell on the plan. Let's make sure they don't reach the communication room! Charge!"

With that, they all ran in unison as they headed straight to the group. The leader soon gave the command and told everyone to fire.

"Open fire!"

They soon fired their blasters right at them, hoping that it will be over with quickly. The four has some serious speeds and avoided the projectiles. The group soon jumped up and were in the air as the Cons focus their attention on them. Mami started the attack by waving her arm and multiple muskets appeared right in front of them. With the igniters down, they all fired multiple projectiles right at them and plowed through the first batch of Cons. Miko soon followed suit as she set her axe guitar into a machine gun, strumming wildly and fired a stream of dark green projectiles at the next batch, mowing half of them down. Homura got her bow out and pulled the string back, fired a dozen arrow in one shot, handling the rest. Kyoko soon twisted her body and spear around and thrust her weapon forward and pierced one Con by the neck and taking him down. She looked up to see a large number of Cons surrounding her and their weapons are poised at her. Smirking, she slice the neck of the Con and spin around with her spear. The pole of the spear begins to detach and extend into a chain, flailing around and did quick strikes to the Cons surrounding them. By the time the weapon attached, body parts were split apart and collapsed on the floor. One Con survived and pointed his blaster to the red head. But suddenly, he saw a shadow of a teen fast approaching. Turning around, he soon had a literal splitting headache as the axe end of the Miko's guitar and was sliced in the middle. Miko landed on ground with one knees as the Vehicon is split in half and fell limply on the ground. Landing on the ground, she was completely pumped and made a joke about it.

Miko: "Oh Frag yeah! That's what I call a splitting headache!"

As she was celebrating, two Vehicons approached the rocker Magical Girl and took aim at her. She turned around to see them and immediately went to a defensive. Flipping the switch, she strummed fast and a barrier appeared around her and Kyoko as they fired on them. The projectiles were deflected by the shield and protected them. But it won't be for long. Just as they were firing, something jumped up from behind the Cons and wind back. Turns out, it was Mami as she flew down with two musket like gauntlets. She punched the first one in the back of his head and ignited, blowing the head in pieces. Jumping off the shoulder, she used the next gauntlet and punched the second one into the chest when he turned, wondering what that noise is. The moment she punched the chest, it ignited and blew a hole in the chest, destroying it completely. Landing back down with the two crashing into each other. She looked to the two and told them to get back in the fight.

Mami: "There's no time to be cocky you two. We need to focus on defending the comm. entrance."

The two turned to each other and figured that they were saved by a veteran like her.

Miko: "Wow… She's good."

Kyoko sighed and knew her better then anyone else.

Kyoko: "Tell me about it."

They soon turned to see a group of Decepticons in front of them and aiming their blasters at them. All three of them got their stances down as they were about to fight them all off. But in a quick moment, all of the Cons exploded in the chests and rockets appeared close to their chambers, killing them all in the blast. The three saw the group go down and was curious of what happened. Turning back, they could see Homura standing there with a pile of rocket launchers behind her, with her arms crossed.

Homura: "Watch yourselves… These Decepticons are no pushovers. They will pull all the stops to defeat us."

Kyoko looked to the bodies of the Cons and wasn't impressed.

Kyoko: "What? These clowns? We just put them down easily. And I thought we were expecting a challenge."

By that time, they all heard the sound of wings fluttering towards their position. They all turned to see what it is. That's when they saw a group of huge metal beetles flying right towards them. The group soon landed and transformed, turning into huge monstrous Decepticons as they shrieked right at them. Those were of course Insecticons as they joined the Vehicons in battle against the Decepticons. All four of them starred at the incoming threat as Miko glared to Kyoko.

Miko: "Really? You had to say it, did you?"

Mami soon joined in and got two muskets in each hand.

Mami: "Let's worry about that later. Right now, we must clear the area of any threat. Let's go girls!"

So she quickly ran ahead with Homura following. When Miko turned her guitar into a hoverboard to fly after them, Kyoko gave a grin and saw the challenge right in front of her.

Kyoko: "Now that's more like it!"

She soon ran up with her spear at the ready and charged into battle. All four girls used their powers and weapons at the hoard as the Insecticons retaliated with slashes and blaster fire.

Inside the communication room, Sideswipe looked back at the red diamond wall, hearing the fight on the other side. Figuring he can't see, he knew that it was difficult to understand what is going on.

Sideswipe: "Sounds like a serious fight out there. Wish to know what's going on out there."

Strongarm approached him and assured him that things are going to be okay.

Strongarm: "I'm sure that those humans are going to be all right. They have their part to do, as we should. Speaking of which… Raf might need some help with the space bridge."

Swipe heard her and turned to see Raf on his laptop. Seeing this, he headed to the hacker and checked what help he needed.

Sideswipe: "Sup, Raf. What's the problem?"

He heard the red mech and explained to him the situation.

Raf: "Oh, you're here Sideswipe. And just in time. I need your help in getting through this firewall. This code is complex for me to break into. You think you can help me out with this?"

Sideswipe looked to the screen that was showing a complex code for a human. But to a Cybertronian like him, it would be easy.

Sideswipe: "No prob. I'll help you through it."

So he went to the keyboard and begin typing away to bypass that firewall. Up on the screen, the bridge controls were slowly beginning to peel away, but it wouldn't be enough as there's a lot more to handle. Jack saw this and didn't like the odds.

Jack Darby: "This is not good. Bypassing the space bridge is going to take time and we have no clue as of when Megatron will use the Omega Lock on Earth. This is really troubling."

He soon heard an explosion and turned to see nothing but red chains covering the doorway and didn't have a clue what was going on.

Jack Darby: "Not to mention the girls fighting those Cons and we have no clue who's winning. I sure hope Homura and Miko are okay."

As he said that, Kyubey came in and told him that they'll be okay.

Kyubey: "Not to worry; Jackson Darby. While Miko is still in training, Homura's a veteran. And considering Mami and Kyoko are veterans as well, all three of them together are quite experienced for years. I'm sure they can handle themselves."

Jack look down to Kyubey and reminded him of what they're up against.

Jack Darby: "Yeah... But they face Nightmares and Wraiths in their experience. They are now facing Decepticions, and an armada of them too! They have no idea what they're up against."

Kyubey sighed and reminded him the last time a Magical Girl fought against the Cons.

Kyubey: "Need I remind you that Homura took out a hoard of Insecticons when she was dragged into a battle by Smokescreen? Or the fact that Homura and Miko took on Silas with the help of the mysterious Magical Girl? Or maybe Homura who outsmarted this ship and-"

Jack heard enough and told him to shut up.

Jack Darby: "Okay, okay… I get it. The girls can handle it. But now the stakes are high and the Decepticons will do anything to please Megatron's personal vendetta. If they fail… If the Autobots fail…"

Raf overheard him and decided to let him know that it won't happen.

Raf: "It's not going to happen, Jack. We all have been through tough scrapes before. I'm sure the Autbotos and Magical Girls can handle themselves. They just need to give us enough time in shutting down this bridge before Megatron wipes out Earth."

Jack heard the hacker and turned to him with a smile.

Jack Darby: "I guess you're right, Raf. But if they are to succeed, we have to do our part and shut this bridge down. We need to get all that security bypassed as soon as possible."

And with that, Raf and Sideswipe went back to hacking into the bridge security systems as Strongarm was keeping watch on the metal door with her energon pistol armed in her holster and Jack looking on at the screen. As they were doing their jobs, Kyubey and Bebe watched the scene with the incubator feeling a little unsure of this.

Kyubey: "These humans… I just don't get them. They are risking their short lives just to make a difference. It's so baffling…"

Bebe simply responded by babbling in her own language, to which Bebe understands.

Kyubey: "Yeah… I guess you're right…"

Back down on Cybertron, the fight between the Autobots and the Decepticons escalate as they were trying to gain control of the Omega Lock. Starscream and his strike unit were doing their rounds, trying to destroy them with an aerial assault. Firing their blasters, they try to attack them in the air. Thankfully, they missed and they lifted up to go around for another go. But that doesn't mean the team would rest as there are a lot more Cons to deal with. Smokescreen was firing multiple blaster shots at anything that moves. Unfortunately, he was completely surrounded as the Cons cornered him into a dog pile. Thankfully, he used his phase shifter and sink into the ground, preventing himself from getting crushed. Course, they meant all the drones were buried and immediately stuck as Bee used the polarity gauntlet to stick them all together and lift them up, throwing them right towards a charging group of Vehicon and plowing down most of them. Bulkhead started to run away from a gang of Insecticons as they fired their horns at him in the air. Covering himself, his tough armor deflected the shots, but it will be a matter of time before it starts to weaken. Looking to his Immobalizer, he knew what he has to do. Transforming, he sped up and was away from the Insecticons at a farther distance. The bugs could see him do that and wondered what he was planning. Not wanting to figure it out, they swoop down and charged their horns for a powerful blast. But before they could actually fire, Bulkhead drifted to a 180 degree angle and transformed midway through. Getting his Immobalizer out, he fired an energy wave that hit the metal beetles on contact. Their wings stopped fluttering as they fall and landed on the rusted metal surface with sparks flying. They all soon made a complete stop right in front of Bulk as he approached one and kicked it in the bug like face with his pede. Seeing it was completely frozen, he breathed a sigh of relief and looked to his weapon.

Bulkhead: "That was too easy… Why didn't I use this thing during the whole Tox-EN incident? Would've made the mission much more easier, and less painful."

Just then, he got surprised by more blaster fired from the side and turned to see more Vehicons charging towards him. Quickly, he jumped over a frozen Insecticon and sat on his large metal butt. With his free servo turning into his blaster, he got out and performed a little covering fire with the Con as cover. But the numbers were too numerous, that it was impossible to get through with the opposition. He went back to cover and figured that there were too many to take on by himself.

Bulkhead: "Scrap! There's too many of them! I'm going to need something to get out of this mess."

Just as he said that, most of the immobile Insecticons were bathed in an orangy glow and were immediately pushed forward. That caught the Vehicons by surprise as they were tripped by the bugs and landed face first on the ground. Bulk saw this and was completely confused by what has happened. That is when he turned around and saw Bumblebee behind him with his polarity gauntlet aimed and glowing.

Bumblebee: (Need a servo, Bulk?)

The Wrecker gave a quick smirk and was happy that he got an actual assist.

Bulkhead: "You're a lifesaver, Bee. You know that right? Now let's mop the floor with these clankers!"

With that, he turned his servo into a wrecking ball while holding the immobalizer with his other servo. The two charged in and went on a quick assault with Bee using his free servo to fire his blaster. Some of the Cons managed to recover and fired their blasters on the defensive. But the rest were easily destroyed after getting shot by the scout's own arsenal. Bulk soon used the immobalizer to freeze half the members and used the wrecking ball as a means of knocking them out like a boxing bag. Bee soon turned around and noticed more flyers heading straight towards them, firing their blasters at them. He ducked down to avoid getting hit and they swoop over them and went around for another go. Looking up to them, his best bet is to loose the air force so he can focus on the ground work. Turning to his polarity gauntlet, he decided that he could kill two birds with one stone. So he turned to a few drones that were still recovering and fired an orangey glow at them. They were soon encased in that glow and struggled to get out of it, but it was completely fruitless. He soon lifted them up and turned to see the jets turning back around to attack again. Quickly he flung his gauntlet to them as the floating drones were flying in the air and heading straight to the group. The jets saw that and tried to scatter, but the drones hit a few of them, causing them to explode in the sky. He looked on and was pleased with what he did, failing to notice a bigger threat right behind him. Landing on the ground, an Insecticon transformed and shrieked right at him. He heard that and turned around, realizing he had little time to avoid it. It raise its claw and was about to slice him up. But before it could strike, a metal fist came out of nowhere and punched him right in the face. The Insecticon started to launch off the ground and went careening to the floor. Bee saw that and didn't expect it at all. Turning to what hit the bug, he saw Arcee in her Apex armor, pounding her fists with anticipation.

Arcee: "All right, bug boy. Let's dance."

The Insecticon struggled to get up as it turned to the two-wheeler and shrieked with claws at the ready. The two stood their ground before charging in for the attack. The two soon collided and used their strengths to beat each other up. They compete with fists and claws, trying to see which one will go down. But it was even as they were equally equipped, Cee wouldn't give up as she decided to stick with drastic measures. The Insecticons raised an arm and was about to slice the dome to break through the glass. But Cee grabbed hold of it and tightened it to prevent the bug from escaping. With a smirk, she used the armor's strength to twist the arm to break it. It felt that and screamed in absolute pain. She quickly took a bigger risk and grabbed the bug by the head. She gripped it tight and used the thumb digits to crush the visor, preventing it to go blind. Then with one twist, the head turned to a 180 and the face was on the other side, killing it in a brief moment. The bug fall offline and Arcee stood triumphant. So much so that she failed no notice a gang of Insectiocns flying towards her after witnessing the death of their comrades. They all shrieked and charged their horns to fire. She heard it and turned to see them heading towards her position with their horns charged. She was going to fight them all head on, but a energy swipe came from the air and connected to all of them, exploding them all in the air. Cee blinked and wondered what happened. Turning to the direction of the swipe, Optimus stood there with his sword in position and looked to be calm and demeanor. He soon looked ahead and saw more Vehicons approaching their position. Tightening the hilt, the Star Saber glowed and he immediately spin and swung it to them, creating another slash wave to them. This lead to the group seeing that and half of them ducking down to avoid it while the other half got strike and blew up. The rest recovered and continuously fired at the group. The team regrouped and fired their blasters while using Arcee's armor as a shield. Smokescreen started to shoot at a few and noticed that something was amiss.

Smokescreen: "Hey! Anybody noticing a certain warlord missing throughout the fight?"

The others notice it and started to search while fending off against the Cons. Arcee punched a Con that was too close to them and looked around. That's when she spotted something and pointed to it.

Arcee: "There! I found him! And you're not going to like what he's going to do."

They all heard him and turned to see what she was referring to. There, they saw Megatron at the Omega Lock, prepping it to cyberform Earth. Optimus saw this and has to do something.

Optimus Prime: "We can't let Megatron wipe out humanity. We must stop him, now!"

Bulk looked at the distance between them and Megatron and knew that it was impossible.

Bulkhead: "Not going to be that easy. Getting to the Lock is a bit far from where we are. Even if we transform and go full throttle, the Cons will block us off. There's got to be a way to get to him."

Optimus heard that and thought the same thing. With this many Cons surrounding them, it would be difficult in getting to him. Looking back to the team, he looked to their Iacon relics they possessed and came up with something.

Optimus Prime: "Maybe there is a way…"

Back aboard the ship, the Magical Girls were holding their own against the Decepticon threat. Mami and Homura was at the forefront as they have all their weapons set up in a row, from muskets to rocket launchers. One by one, Mami grabbed one musket after another and fired a short at the charging Insecticons, blowing them up in the heads. There were others on the ceiling as crawling towards them, ready to come down to strike. Homura soon activated her time shield and the gears spin to snap, causing time to freeze. She grab one rocket launcher after another and fired a shell, letting it freeze in up to the crawlers on the ceiling. Closing the shield, time resumed and the rockets reached the ceiling, destroying every bug in a huge blast. The Vehicons behind them turned away as the blast nearly got them. One of them turned back to the huge smoke and wondered if the humans were long gone as well. He soon got his answer to show shadows were in the smoke. That's when Kyoko and Miko came out of the smoke and went on a full on assault against them. Kyoko sliced the first one by the head and it was clean one. Miko soon got to the next one and sliced the axe end of her guitar and chopped the blaster arm of the Con's limb. Landing on the ground, she switched to gun mode and strummed hard, firing a projectile on his back and killed him. She turned to see the more of them surrounding her and switched to her shield to play a riff and created a barrier to protect herself. The blaster shots were deflected, but they keep coming. Course, they forgot about the rebel magical girl as Kyoko came in and slice all the blasters with one swing with her extended blade. They all looked to their stubs and were shocked by what has happened. But this gave Miko a chance as she went back on the attack and got to blaster positioning, strumming fast for rapid fire. With multiple shots, she took all of them down as they fall to the floor. But this gave way for a large number of them rushing towards them. Kyoko looked to this and didn't like their odds.

Kyoko: "Sheesh! They just keep coming! And I thought Wraiths are bad enough."

Homura and Mami rejoined them as one of the veterans told them to keep pushing.

Homura: "We need to hold them off for as long as we can! We need to give Raf enough time to bypass and disable the bridge. We don't, then goodbye Earth."

Mami: "But there seems to be too many of them! If we are going to hold them off, we need some breathing room."

Miko heard that and looked to the group. Seeing that many, she decided to give them a spectacular show.

Miko: "Breathing room you say? All right then… Stand back."

The three turned to the recruit and wondered what she's up to.

Homura: "What exactly are you planning?"

Miko turned to her teacher and gave a quick smirk.

Miko: "Isn't it obvious? Big crowd tonight. I'm going to give these folks of show that will blow them away."

Hearing that, Homura got what she's saying and decided to leave her at that. She soon turned to her teammates and told them to get back.

Homura: "Mami, Kyoko, fallback!"

The two turned to her and were confused.

Kyoko: "You kidding me? We have our chance to give it our own, and you want you student to handle the work. That's bad teaching skills right there."

Mami nodded and agreed with her.

Mami: "I agree with Kyoko. It is dangerous in sending a recruit into a dangerous situation, Wraith, Nightmare, or otherwise. Even I know I can't let Sayaka in handling herself when she started."

Homura sighed and told them that it was all right.

Homura: "Trust me, she's more then capable in handling this. Now let's get out of here. Unless you want to be in Miko's line of fire."

The two looked to each other and still think that it was a risk. But Homura believes that she can do it, so they have no choice in the matter. So the three got back and watched to see what the student can do. Miko soon watched the huge group of Cons approaching her and gave out a devious grin on her face and determined eyes behind her dark green shades.

Miko: "All right Decepticreeps, you want a performance? I'll give you one Hell of a performance!"

She soon turned the dial to her special ability and was ready to take them all out. Almost immediately, the hall started to shake as huge speakers and lighting fixture rose from the metal ground, forming a stage. Every Con stopped and looked up at the huge stage in front of them with Miko standing on it with a spot light hanging down on her. With her arm raised high and the guitar pick in her fingers, she grinned and was ready to deliver a crushing blow.

Miko: "All right! Let's Rock and Roll! Final Encore!"

The moment she strums her guitar down, the speakers burst a huge sonic blast, pushing the Cons off their pedes. Some of which broke apart from the velocity of the wave and scattered to the floor. When the performance was over, the stage disappeared as the group of drones were on the floor completely out of it. The veterans quickly approached the student and Mami and Kyoko were quite impressed.

Kyoko: "Okay… I admit it. That wasn't half bad. A little extreme, but not bad either."

Mami: "Indeed. Quite a spatacular power you possess. Though I think you need to work on saying your finisher. Final Encore does almost sound like my Tiro Finale."

Miko turned to her and raised an eyebrow.

Miko: "Really? Doesn't sound like it to me. What exactly do you want me to call it?"

Homura though decided to let them focus on the threat ahead.

Homura: "Save that for later. Right now, we need to clear the hall and keep the comm. room secured. Look over there."

The three heard her and looked head to see the Vehicons and Insecticons starting to get up from the attack. Seeing that, they decided to keep on pushing forward.

Mami: "These are quite a persistent bunch. Far more than the Wraiths."

Kyoko: "So what? We have them down for the count. Let's take them to the scrapheap!"

With that, Kyoko charged in and had her spear at the ready to strike rough and hard. The other three saw her cut off limbs and heads while they were recovering and could tell that she was getting ahead of herself.

Homura: "That idiot… She's going to get herself killed."

Mami crossed her arms and gave a smirk.

Mami: "Well you got to admit, her heart is in the right place. Risky, but brave."

Miko: "Yeah… But she's doing something stupid. And I thought I was being dangerous. Shall we help her?"

The two heard her and decided to help out.

Mami: "Might as well. Can't let her have all the fun."

Homura: "Yes… Let's…

The three soon armed their weapons and charged in to begin their attack. With muskets, guns, spear, and axe guitar, they all laid waste to any and all Cons that were recovering. There were those that made a full recover, and fired back with what they got. But it was all too fruitless as they were being outnumbered by little human teens. One of them contacted the bridge to more of an assist.

"Bridge come in! We got a situation! We're trying to take back the comm. room, but these four humans are giving us a beating."

Back in the bridge, Soundwave got the transmission as he heard every word of it.

"We are in need of some serious backup! We don't know how long we can hold- ARGH!"

The connection was cut off as the drone was attacked by one of them. Knockout was next to the Intel officer and was a little annoyed by what he heard.

Knockout: "This is ridiculous. We Decepticons are the most feared across the universe and we cannot stop four human younglings? That is impossible!"

Silas: "No… It's not…"

The two heard that voice from behind and turned around to see Silas standing there with his arms crossed.

Silas: "These girls are no pushovers. They have powers that we cannot understand. Learn that the hard way. Either way, we cannot waste anymore drones to them. We are already using all the manpower we have to keep the Autobots occupied on Cybertorn."

Knockout and Soundwave looked at each other and wondered what he was up to. The medic soon looked to him and wondered what he was up to.

Knockout: "What are you suggesting?"

That's when he got his hammer out and looked at it before answering.

Silas: "I think it's time we meet them, face to face."

Back in Cybertron, the Cons were trying to keep the Autobots away from the Omega Lock. But they were heavily focused on the defensive as Optimus was planning something big. They were hiding behind a pile of corpses with Bulkhead and Smokescreen providing covering fire. But not far from them, Arcee, Bumblebee, and Optimus Prime were setting up his plan, to which the two soldiers were a little hesitant about this plan.

Arcee: "Sir? Are you sure this is wise? This sounds like a dumb one to me."

Prime looked down to Arcee, with her Apex Armor on and his pede on her armored servo and assured to her that it will work.

Optimus Prime: "We have no choice in the matter. Megatron will begin cyberforming Earth. We must stop him at all costs. This is the only way."

He looked up and could see the warlord just about ready to target Earth.

Optimus Prime: "And by the looks of it, we are running out of time."

Arcee looked back and was still concerned about the whole situation.

Arcee: "Optimus, if this doesn't work… If there's one slip up…"

Optimus assured her that nothing would go wrong.

Optimus Prime: "It will work. Trust me. Now on my mark, launch me high in the air."

Cee heard that and got the message. So she readied herself to launch the Prime in the air. Optimus looked to Megatron, who was about to prepare the Omega Lock to fire, and knew now it is the time to fight back. He look down to the femme and told her to launch.

Optimus Prime: "Now! Lift me!"

She heard that and used the strength of her armor to launch him high in the air. He flew high and was at the right height. The two-wheeler soon turned to the scout and told him to move on to the next phase.

Arcee: "Bee! Now!"

Bumblebee heard her and activated his Polarity Gauntlet. Pointing it up, he hit the button and the Prime started to glow orange, floating in mid air. Looking toward the Omega Lock, he flung his gauntlet to it as Optimus flew right to it. One of the drones noticed what they were doing and warned the others about it.

"Look! The Prime it heading to the Omega Lock! We can't let him ruin Megatron's goal! Take him down!"

With that, the drones pointed their blasters up in the air and fired at him. Optimus managed to avoid each attack in the air by maneuvering his body and deflecting them with his saber sword. As they were firing, they were easily distracted as a huge blue pulse wave came in and took out the ones in the front, freezing them completely. Then multiple shots hit the prone and vulnerable statues, killing them completely. The others saw that and noticed the team with their relics armed and ready.

Smokescreen: "Hey, you forgot about us!"

With that, Smokescreen armed his Phase Shifter and charged in to battle. The rest of the Autobots soon followed him and were ready for a fight with the Decepticons doing the same and using their blasters to fire away. By the time the two groups collide, it was an all out battle with blasters and con parts flying and relics being used.

Up in the sky, Optimus was flying high and headed straight for the Omega Lock Megatron was using. But as he was getting there, he could see Starscream and his Elite Airadicons flying towards him, preventing him from getting there.

Starscream: "Don't let him get through! We can't let him stop Megatron's mission!"

The group soon fired their missiles at him, hoping to take him out as soon as possible. Optimus saw that and decided to clear the way. With his sword high, it glowed and he swung it in a straight path. The energy wave hit the missiles and they all exploded on contact. The commander saw the wave and warned the others to scatter.

Starscream: "Scrap! Spread out! Spread out! Don't let that wave hit you!"

The group immediately spread out and went into different directions. That beam managed to take out a few and they blew up on contact. With that out of the way, he headed right to the Lock and Megatron.

At the Omega Lock, the warlord is making the final preparations at the targeting system, skimming through planet to planet to find the proper one. After much skimming, he found the one he needed, the planet Earth.

Megatron: "There it is… Charging the Omega Lock."

He clicked on a few key sequences and started to warm the Lock up. Executing, the cyber mater in the circle arch started to glow brightly above him. Seeing this, he contacted Soundwave and told him to open the spacebridge.

Megatron: "Soundwave, I have the Omega Lock charged and targeted. Open the bridge now!"

With that said, the green and blue portal opened up and grew the same size at the Lock. Megatron looked up to it and was ready to make his own history. Looking down at the fire button, he has his servos out side and felt over confident.

Megatron: "Behold! The Age of the Decepticons!"

But as he was about to fire, Optimus reached Megatron in time and swung his sword to him. The warlord immediately felt that and took his Dark Energon sword off his back and turned around to block the attack. The two weapons clashed as Optimus landed back on his pedes. The two held their ground as Megatron was getting tired of these confrontations.

Megatron: "Are you trying to stop the future, Optimus? Look around you. This is history in the making and you are planning to throw it all away. How can you be so selfish?"

Optimus heard him and remind him of what he's fighting for.

Optimus Prime: "I do want to save this planet. But I cannot let you sacrifice Earth just so you can rule it."

Megatron heard this and decided to put an end to this battle.

Megatron: "I must admit, Prime, you're dedication to protecting those weak humans are commendable. Stupid, but commendable."

With that he pushed the Prime away with his sword and caused him to stagger back. He managed to regain his footing and got into a stance to begin the battle. Megatron soon approached him, spinning his sword around, and was ready to deal with him personally.

Megatron: "Mark my words, Optimus… When I'm done with you, your sword isn't the only thing that's going to break."

With that, he gave out a war cry and charged in with his sword on the ground and it scrapes with sparks on the floor. Prime spins his blade and charged as well with his weapon in the air. The two soon collided and their swords clash, causing an bright light when they connected.

In the comm. room of the Nemesis, Raf and Sideswipe are doing their best bypassing the security within the space bridge to shut it down while Jack and Strongarm watched on. As they were looking, a new window open up and shows the 3D image of the bridge starting to glow. Jack was the first to see that as he pointed to the screen and asked about it.

Jack Darby: "Hey! What's that?"

Strongarm heard him and looked to the screen as well. Looking at it, she soon realized what it was.

Strongarm: "Oh no…"

Up in space, far from Earth, the space bridge and floating close to the dark side of the moon. Suddenly, it started to glow as the blue and green portal appearing in the middle of the ring and the thrusters move into position, targeting Earth.

Back in the Comm. room, the cadet saw this and didn't like the looks of it.

Strongarm: "This is not good. The space bridge has been activated. Which means that they are about ready to cyberform Earth."

That type of news shocked the group as Jack turned and was completely scared for it.

Jack Darby: "Seriously? They about to fire the Omega Lock?!"

Looking at this, the femme shook her head and figured that it's not the case.

Strongarm: "No… I don't think so. If that were the case, the cybermatter would've come out through the bridge in the first place. It must be on standby."

Sideswipe then turned to her and asked what it means.

Sideswipe: "So…"

The cadet turned to the two and told them to hurry.

Strongarm: "It means we have to shut down that bridge now before the Lock actually fires! Get to it!"

Raf turned to her and told her that it was impossible.

Raf: "We can try, but it is difficult to make a full enough hack. Soundwave's data is sophisticated, really top notch firewalls. Even if we are successful, it's going to take us hours for a full bridge control. Time we do not have."

Jack heard this and thought of something, something that happened from before. Turning to the hacker, he asked how far he can go.

Jack Darby: "How far are you in hacking through the bridge."

Raf shrugged his shoulders and made a wild guess.

Raf: "I don't know… With Sideswipe's help, maybe the propulsion and targeting systems. Why?"

Hearing that, the Darby smirked and came up with a plan.

Jack Darby: "I think it's time we pull a Damocles on the Decepticons, but on a much bigger scale."

The three looked to him and was wondering what he meant by that.

Outside of the comm. room, the remaining Decepticons were holding their own as they were using what's left of their arsenal to take care of the girls. Meanwhile, the girls were going to the defensive as Miko wailed on her guitar and a barrier covered them all. She turned to her teacher and told her to take care of those weapons.

Miko: "All right, teach, you're up! Give em' Hell!"

Homura heard her and drew her Japanese sword out of her shield, ready to attack. Kyoko soon turned to her and wondered if this plan could work.

Kyoko: "Hope you know what you're doing. These guys sure know how to fight."

Homura heard that as her shield open to let the gears turn.

Homura: "Trust me, I know what I'm doing. Be ready when I handle my part."

Once the gears clicked, time stopped and the world was frozen, with the exception of Homura. She jumped out of the barrier and landed on the side wall, running down it. When she approached the remaining group with their blasters out, she jumped off the wall and ready her sword. She soon slice one blaster after another until she went through all of them. Landing on the other side, the shield closed and time resumed. At the same time, all the blaster arms fell off their arms and landed on the floor. All the drones soon screamed in pain as sparks and energon leak out of their stumps. With them disarmed, Homura turned to Kyoko and told her to that it's her turn.

Homura: "Okay, Kyoko! You're up!"

She heard it and gave a quick smirk. Lifting her hand up, she said her own magical words.

Kyoko: "Latticework Barrier!"

Soon enough, red diamonds came up on the floor and walls and trapped the remaining Cons, preventing them from escaping. The struggled to get out of the situation, but it was fruitless as the chains were completely tight. With them immobile the rebel Magical Girl turned to her former teacher and told her to finish it.

Kyoko: "Now, Mami! Finish them off!"

The Veteran heard it and was ready.

Mami: "I'm on it!"

She soon jumped up high in the air and removed the ribbon from her neckline. Spinning in a circle, she twirled her ribbon around her body and it grew and expanded. In a flash, a huge cannon like musket appeared as she was holding it. Winking, she uttered her famous words.

Mami: "Tiro Finale!"

When the igniter hit the spark, it fired a huge projectile and it headed straight towards the group. Once it landed on the ground, it exploded, taking out all of them in one hit. When the smoke is cleared, all that's left are pieces of Cons and fire. Mami landed gracefully with Homura joining her, twirling and grapping a small plate and a tea cup filled with tea that was falling. She sipped it while Kyoko and Miko approached them with the recruit surprised by the sight of it.

Miko: "Whoa! That was awesome! I didn't think you were that good!"

Mami finished sipping and turned to her with a smile.

Mami: "What can I say? I am very proficient in my field."

Kyoko crossed her arms and rolled her eyes around, hearing that self-confidence from her former teacher.

Kyoko: "Pft… And a huge ego to boot."

Homura heard and an elbowed her to knock it off. Homura soon looked to the hall and could tell that it was taken care of.

Homura: "Regardless, this area is secure, for now. No telling if more of them will show up soon."

Miko though felt accomplished and told everyone that they can do it.

Miko: "No problem! We can handle this. I mean, look how well we have done lately. We're pretty much an unstoppable force!"

Just as she said that, Homura looked to her soul gem and realized something, warning her of the impending danger.

Homura: "Don't celebrate just yet, Miko. Take a look at your soul gem."

Miko heard her and checked her arm to see what she was saying. Already, she can see that her gem is half muddled and tainted, filled with grief and used up most of it's magic. The moment she saw it, she groaned and realized her mistake.

Miko: "Oh great… My magic is half depleted! This is what I get for using up my special abilities."

Mami and Kyoko heard this and decided to check on their gems too. They realized that their gems are muddled as well and they need to purify them soon.

Mami: "Homura is right. We used up a lot of our magic against these things and our gems are dark. If we don't purify them, we would be visiting the Law of Cycles pretty soon."

Kyoko: "Doesn't look like it. It just looks half dark as far as I can tell. Doesn't look that threatening."

Homura soon look to her gem on the back of her hand and notice that it was dark as well.

Homura: "Still, it is best that we purify them soon. We don't know if more of them will come for us and we're half depleted. Do the two of you have any pellets with you?"

Mami turned to her and told her that they have enough.

Mami: "We got enough we gathered after facing many Wraiths in Mitakihara. I'm sure it's enough."

Homura: "Good. Cause we need to purify our gems now before-"

Before she could finish, Miko heard something and immediately lifted her hand up, signaling them to stop.

Miko: "Wait! Did you hear that?"

The three turned to her and wondered what she was talking about. They kept quiet as they could hear nothing so far. Suddenly, they hear the sound of metal footsteps, getting closer and louder by each step. Hearing that, they knew that trouble is already afoot.

Homura: "Oh no… They're coming!"

Kyoko groaned and got her spear out.

Kyoko: "Oh c'mon! This soon! Can't these guys give us a break?"

Miko turned to the red haired Magical Girl and smirked a little.

Miko: "They're called Decepticons. They can never give us a break!"

Homura approached the foe approaching and readied her shield.

Homura: "It doesn't matter. If more of them are coming, then our only option is to fight back. We still have enough magic to hold them off. Best not use all of it up in one go.

Mami and Kyoko agreed and got their weapons ready for another round of Decepticons. The footsteps started to get closer as they were waiting for what's to come. But that's when both the teacher and student heard a voice that was very familiar.

Silas: "Well, well, well… What do we have here? Never in my wildest dreams we meet again so soon."

Miko heard that voice and realized who it was.

Miko: "Homura? Did you hear that?"

Homura listened and nodded with worry.

Homura: "I did… And I don't like the looks of it."

They all waited until they see something big and bulky approaching them. When the threat approached the light, they could see a large Decepticon sporting a green and silver paint job and a tire on his back. That is indeed, Breakdown, or more to the point, Silas in Breakdown's body. He stopped a good enough distance as he smirked over the four standing before them.

Silas: "If it isn't the new girl of Team Prime and the human companion of Bulkhead. So nice to see you two again. And what's this? You brought in some fresh blood? You four certainly got quite the hobby."

All four of them got in a defensive position as Mami asked about this one.

Mami: "You know this one?"

Homura peered her eyes to her and told her what happened.

Homura: "Let's just say Miko and I encountered him before. Barely got out of the fight by the skin of our teeth."

The former MECH leader overheard her and reminded her about that.

Silas: "Oh, I remember about that fight, dear girl. I also remember that the mysterious robed woman coming in to rescue the both of you. And by the looks of it, she's not around to save you this time. Even if you have these two with you, it still won't save you. You're in Decepticon territory now, and there's no escape."

With that, he servos shifted into hammers and he pounded them together for battle. The four kept their ground and was waiting for the opportunity to strike.

Kyoko: "Well, this is a situation we got ourselves into. And by the looks of it, he means business. Who is this clown?"

Homura soon turned her and explained about it.

That body belongs to Breakdown, one of Megatron's elite soldiers. But in that body is in fact Silas, a former leader of this terrorist organization that is called MECH. Apparently, MECH saved his life by putting his damaged body into this one and made him more powerful then he already was."

Kyoko blinked and was confused about that part.

Kyoko: "Whoa! Back up. You're telling me there's a human body in a huge robot body? That's just messed up!"

Mami: "Messed up or not, this one looks to be just as cruel as a Nightmare. And giving our limited magic, we cannot simply waste it on him."

Miko overheard her and told all three of them that they got it.

Miko: "No problem! We can take care of this bastard. It's just one of him, and four of us. The odds are on our favor."

Silas overheard that as well and decided to let them in on a little something.

Silas: "I knew you were going to say that. Which is why I decided to bring in some help. Boys!"

That's when they heard more metal footsteps approaching their position as well. They slowly backed away and wondered what's coming out this time. It was then that two more individuals came out between Silas. The one on the left is a red mech with glowing red optics. The other is a thin looking indigo colored Con with a visor on his face covering his looks. Those two were Knockout and Soundwave as the medic looked to them with disappointment.

Knockout: "So… These are the humans you've encountered in Jasper, Silas? They don't look too tough to me. I think it's time to see what makes them tick."

The moment he said that, he deployed both and saw and drill, activating them and letting them spin. Soundwave soon got his cables out and the pincers clicked, ready to take them out. All four magical girls looked to the three and realized that they were in more trouble then expected. Miko soon gulped and knew the error of her ways.

Miko: "Okay… Correction. There's three of them, and four of us. That's still an advantage, right? Right?"

Homura looked on and knew this is going to get worst from here on out.

Homura: "Just hold them off for as long as you can. Long enough for Raf and Sideswipe to shut down the space bridge. Get ready!"

With that, the four girls kept their ground as the three Cons looked on with interest.

Silas: "Last time, you caught me off guard. This time, though, there won't be any problems from here on out. Decepticons, let's tear them apart!"

So the three soon charged in and wear ready to destroy the Magical Girls. All four of them immediately charge back as they ran right into each other. The two soon collided as the battle for their lives started.

Returning to Cybertron, the Autobots were using all in their power in taking the Decepticons down. A group of Insecticons begin to fly towards them with their horns charging and firing. The group scattered as they avoided the attack. But Bulkhead managed to get a hold of them with his Immobalizer, followed by Bumblebee with his gauntlet. The bugs soon freeze up and were immobile as the orange hue kept them afloat. Soon enough, they could see more drones on the ground, firing their blasters to them. Pointing the gauntlet to the group, the frozen bugs flew down to them and collided with the ground. The Cons saw this and tried to get away, but some of them were taking out by the heavy bugs. The remaining group managed recover and used the frozen bugs as cover and fired their blasters to them. At the same time, Smokescreen came rushing in and transformed to drive towards those that were in hiding. At the same time, his phase shifter activated and he can give them the surprise of their lives. Speeding towards the first cover, he phased through it and went behind one of the Cons without him knowing it. Drifting to 180, he transformed and deployed both his blaster, firing at the drones around him. All of them were caught off guard and were easily taken out. The rest of them drove away and scatter, finding another way in taking them out. One of them was speeding far away until he was stopped by a huge metal foot. The drone applied the breaks and stopped near the foot, preventing the crash. Even in vehicle mode, he could look up and see Arcee towering over him with her metal knuckles cracking.

Arcee: "Going somewhere?"

The Con was silent for a brief moment until he transformed to try to get the upper hand with his blaster. But that was short lived as the femme grabbed him by the head with her huge metal hand and lift him up. The drone struggled to get out of her grasp, but it was proven to be fruitless. As she looked at this little scene with glee, a barrage of blaster fire came from above her. Looking up, she could see Starscream and his cronies approaching the two-wheeler, intent in taking her out.

Starscream: "Fire! Fire! Don't let any of them survive!"

They all kept firing their blasters, hoping to take her down. But Arcee's Apex Armor is protecting her from the incoming onslaught. Looking to the body she was holding, she smirked and decided to draw them away from her.

Arcee: "Here! Catch!"

She soon toss drone in the air and he was flying, arms flailing in panic. Scream saw this and told everyone to scatter.

Starscream: "Look out!"

They all soon spread out to avoid the flying drone. One of them didn't feel lucky as the two collided in the air. Arcee looked at the end result and knew it would be short lived.

Arcee: "That would only keep them away for a while. We have to keep them busy long enough so they won't focus on Optimus."

Smokescreen and Bumblebee joined her and transformed, using their blasters to fire at anything that's around them.

Smokescreen: "Easy for you to say. These scrappers keep coming out of the woodworks. They just don't know when to give up!"

Bumblebee: (Tell me about it!)

Bulk soon join in and drove to the three, transforming and using his blasters to fire anything that moves.

Bulkhead: "Whatever the case, we have to keep fighting! For our friends! For Earth!"

They all soon fired all around them as the Vehicons, Airadicons, and Insecticons were around them.

At the same time, Megatorn and Optimus started their duel as they clashed swords together. One hit after another, they collided as sparks came out of each impact. Megatron swing high, Optimus ducked low. Optimus swung low, Megatron jumped high. It has become a serious fight as they were giving it all their own for each other's purposes. One wishing to protect Earth, one to destroy it. They both collided their weapons again and give out a test of strength to each other. That's when Megatron warned him of the implications of this demise.

Megatron: "Why do you wish to fight a battle you know you can't win, Prime? Do all those humans means so much to you? That you would risk the restoration of our planet and a new home we can create? You are just as weak as them!"

Optimus heard that and didn't accept his words.

Optimus Prime: "You are wrong, Megatron. The humans you've mentions and more then meets the eye. You won't believe it, but I do think they can rise above their bonds. They will fight for what they believe in, something you don't understand."

Megatron: "Oh, I understand, Optimus. I understand that they will be sacrificed for the greater good of all of Cybertron. You will see once we begin making history."

The thought of that made Optimus mad and didn't want to see it happen.

Optimus Prime: "Never, Megatron. I will not let you destroy all of humanity for your own personnel goals."

Megatron: "Then if that's the case, you will be TERMINATED!"

He soon pushed him off and he rolled away from the push. Getting back up, he heard the sound of gears turning and looked up to see Megatron fast approaching him in his cybertronian jet mode. He quickly side stepped out of the way as the jet missed him and flew high into the air. Optimus quickly turned his free servo into a blaster and fired on the jet while holding his sword in the other. Megs flew high and away, missing the projectiles easily. Getting to a farther distance, he transformed and swung his sword right at the Prime, sending a wave or purple energy right at him. Optimus saw this and figured he would go that far. Running up, he got both hands on the hilt of his sword and spin around, swinging it and sending the blue energy wave as well. Both waves started to fly towards each other and collided, creating a huge explosion.

At the same time, in the Nemesis, the Magical Girls charged in and attack the three elites with what they got. Homura and Miko faced their previous opponent, Silas, as they used the same maneuvers as before. Both of them used their weapons as they fired many projectiles at him. He was bombarded as he backed away from the assault. He soon looked up and decided to bring them down.

Silas: "Nice try, girls… But it's going to take more then some shots to take me down. Here, let me show you how's it down!"

He opened up his shoulder and a cannon came out, firing a rocket. The two saw that and Homura told Miko to hold her hand.

Homura: "Miko, take my hand!"

The student turned to the teacher and knew what she's planning.

Miko: "Got it!"

She soon grabbed Homura's hand and the shield started to open up and the gears spin. The moment it clicked, the missile stopped close to them and froze in suspended animation. Looking at that, the veteran told her pupil what to do.

Homura: "Now! Let's turn that missile right back at him!"

The rookie smirked and got the message.

Miko: "Oh, yeah! Time to give this pretender a taste of his own medicine!"

The two soon kicked the missile and spin at a 180 degree angle, right back at the Con. Once the shield closed, time resumed and the missile flew back at him. Silas saw this and immediately ducked down to avoid the attack. The missile missed him and blew up a ceiling, destroying a part of it. Silas groaned and figured they will pull something like that off.

Silas: "Clever, girls… Quite clever… But that is only temporary."

He got up and was going to fight back. But he looked up and saw Miko high up with her axe guitar held high.

Miko: "Shut Up!"

She drop down and was about to cut Silas up. But he lifted his servo out and formed a hammer, blocking the attack. Miko was caught by surprise and launch herself off the hammer and back down to the ground. Silas soon charged in and was about to crush the student. But in a flash, she vanished seconds before he pounded the spot she was standing on. He saw that and wondered what happened. That's when he saw Miko appearing not far from him with Homura by her side. Seeing this, he got two hammers out and charged in for a fight. The two got their weapons armed and were prepared for battle. He soon used his hammers to pound them, but they jumped up high to avoid that attack. They started to fire their weapons with Miko strumming rapidly and Homura using dueling AR60 machine guns.

Meanwhile, Kyoko was facing Knockout and was having her own fun. With her spear, she charged in and strikes many times to the medic. Knockout covered himself and only got a couple of grazes on his arms. He looked on and thought that it was cute.

Knockout: "What are you trying to do? Tickle me? Here, let me show you how to fight!"

With his drill, and thrust to the magical girl, in order to impale her. But she duck down and landing on the ground, trying to get some distance from the Con. But he never gives her a breather as he slams his drill to her over and over again. Kyoko easily dodged each attack and was trying to make an escape. Yet she remained cool and cocky as she responded to that rebuttal.

Kyoko: "Please, I'm just getting started!"

She soon avoided the drill and swung her spear, extending it right towards the end of the drill. With one quick pull, it caused Knockout to trip and fall to the floor with a thud. He was in a daze and looked to find her. That's when he saw her charging to him with the pointed end of her spear targeting his face. With quick thinking, he pointed his blaster to her and fired away while he's down. Kyoko saw that and extended her weapon, deflecting each blaster shot with her Ivy like spear. Backing away, she could tell that it was going to be difficult. Jumping up, she got a good enough distance to find another way to taking him out. He managed to get up while firing and decided to play dirty. With both his drill and saw out, they spin and have a devious look on his face. Kyoko look to that and realized that she's now in hot water.

Kyoko: "Crap…"

Knockout soon charged in and was going for a massacre. With both weapons down and sparks skidding on the floor, he went on with the assault and used both weapons to take her out. Kyoko quickly dodged each attack and was trying to look for an opening. But he was moving so fast, that it was impossible to find a single weakness.

Kyoko: "Damn! This bastard's too much! Need to get some breathing room."

Almost instantly, she was nearly beheaded by the circular saw. Holding her spear in both hands, she blocked the saw with the middle of her weapon and held on completely. She was using all of her strength to hold her own, but Knockout was much stronger in size and strength as he smirked at the sight of her target.

Knockout: "You got to be kidding me! This is the threat Silas mentioned? What a joke!"

Kyoko heard that and knew that he's underestimating her. So much so that she knows a way to gain an advantage. She just needs a way to escape this situation. Peering her eyes, she could see a steam pipe that's attached to the wall. Seeing this, she knew what needs to be done and responded to Knockout's insult.

Kyoko: "I'm a joke? Pft… You ain't see nothing yet."

With a twist of the pole, the spear end popped off and extended to the wall. The tip of it hit the pipe and steam spewed out of it, engulfing the area. Knockout was caught by surprise as he backed away and covered himself from the steam. By the time he recovered, he looked around and noticed that it was foggy from the steam, making it impossible to see. Looking around, he could tell that she got away from him.

Knockout: "That's your plan? Hide in the smoke like that of a coward? I thought you are a fighter. So where are you?!"

He waited for a response and was ready to attack. That's when he heard her voice coming from above him.

Kyoko: "I'm over here, metal head!"

The medic heard her and looked up to see Kyoko coming out of the smoke and flew down with her spear ready. But he smirked and knew that she made a fatal mistake.

Knockout: "Too obvious!"

He soon thrust his drill to Kyoko and pierced her through the chest, knowing that she's done with her. But as the piercing commenced, Kyoko immediately disappeared in a puff of smoke. The medic saw that and went completely confused of what happened.

Knockout: "What the- Did she just-?"

As he was trying to figure out what occurred, he could hear Kyoko's voice from the distance.

Kyoko: "You think that attack I made of obvious?"

He heard that and looked up to see where it came from. That's when he noticed Kyoko standing there with her spear behind her. Then he saw another one appearing through the fading smoke, in a battle stance. Then another one appearing sipping on a juice box. Once the smoke disappeared, he was immediately surrounded by an army of Kyokos, all in different stances and were ready to fight it out.

Kyoko: "Maybe this time I'll be more calculated with my attacks."

Looking around, he realized that he could be in trouble.

Knockout: "Scrap…"

One of the Kyokos got her spear pointing right at the Decepticon and told the others to follow suit.

Kyoko: "All right girls. Let's teach this clown why you don't mess with a Magical Girl like me!"

They all got their spears ready and responded at the same time.

"Right!"

So right at the moment, the group jumped in and went on the attack. Knockout quickly used his saw and drill, and hope that one of them is the real Kyoko, with a swing and a stab, he missed half and got half, but the half he got vanished in smoke. The battle was rough and aggressive as Kyoko was pulling all the stops to take care of Knockout.

As for Mami, she was focusing on one Decepticons that's the most conniving. The Decepticon known as Soundwave. He got his tentacles out and flung them right at the veteran. Mami smirked and jumped high in the air to avoid the strike. Running up the wall, she took out two muskets and fired two shots at him. He ducked down and avoided the projectiles and they exploded behind him. He soon got this resonator out and started to fire it right at Mami with a pulse wave. She saw that and jumped off the wall, letting the wave hit it and impact on the spot. Landing on the other side of the wall, she continued to run took out two more muskets to fire. Again, he dodged them and fired his resonator at her. She soon jumped off that wall and landed on the ceiling to continue on running. Getting close enough, she jumped down and poised one musket to fire. Soundwave immediately pointed his resonator at her and fired a small blast. She was immediately got pushed and was flying back. But during that her hat flew off her head and glowed yellow. That led to multiple muskets coming down and landing on the floor. She soon landed and was on her knee, grabbing her hat with one hand and placing it on her head. Standing up, she could tell that this Con is clever.

Mami: "Quite a clever one, I see. Very well, allow me to show you how clever I am as well."

Grabbing one musket, she took aim and fired a shot right at the Intel officer. Soundwave aimed his resonator and fired a pulse wave to hit the pellet, exploding in contact. She soon grabbed another musket and fired another round, with Soundwave firing the resonator at the projectile as well. And then another. And another. And another. Pretty soon, they were at an even stalemate with their projectiles hitting each other and not harming each other. Pretty soon, Mami was down to two muskets and knew that it was going to be difficult. That's when she decided to use her last muskets and pointed them right at the walls. Pulling the triggers, she fired them right at the at the wall and they impacted, forming holes in-between the Intel officer. He looked to the last attack and realized that she made a fatal mistake. Mami just look at him and reminded him what she said before.

Mami: "Like I stated before. I'll show you how clever I am."

Almost immediately ribbons came out of the holes and they extended to the Con. Soundwave turned left and right as saw the ribbons surrounding him and he was going to escape. But before he could do that, the ribbons wrapped around his arms and legs and more on his waist, trapping him completely. With him completely stuck, Mami smirked and got one musket out. She soon pointed her musket at him and it glowed yellow, expanding into a huge cannon with metal legs for support.

Mami: "You put up a fair fight, I'll give you that. But as you can see, I bested you this day. Now hold still so I can end this fight. Tiro-"

Before she could fire, she notice something moving on his chest and started to pop out. She looked to that and wondered what it was.

Mami: "What the…?"

Almost immediately, the chest popped out and laserbeak formed, charging straight to the Magical Girl. It soon fired its mini blasters at her and the stream of projectiles reached her and her cannon. Immediately, she jumped away from the assault and got into cover. The projectiles soon hit the cannon and it exploded and left it in pieces. She covered her head from the blast, and figured that it was too easy. So much so that she didn't know that a cable came out of the mini con and grabbed her by the knee. The veteran felt that and was immediately lifted off the floor and dragged her around in the air. By the time she was preoccupied, this gave Soundwave the chance in escaping. Getting his cables out, he uses them to cut the ribbons off of him and go back to the fight. At the same time, Mami was being flailed around by Laserbeak's cable, getting hit by the walls, floor, and ceiling in the process. She was getting hurt by this and was getting annoyed by it.

Mami: "Argh! Pesky creature. I don't have time for you now. Get off me!"

She went behind her back and two muskets appeared behind her and she fired at it. Laserbeak flew around and avoided the shots. She saw this and knew that it was going to be a trying task. So she needs find a new tactic to get rid of it. Looking up, she saw the holes on the arches and decided to use them as an advantage. Stretching her arm out, a ribbon came out of it and wrapped around the hole. Holding on tight she gripped it and Laserbeak stopped and froze in the air, struggling to get out of Mami's grip. Increasing its thrusters, he accelerated, trying to get out of it. Mami held on and doesn't know if she can hold on for much longer. Pretty soon, the ribbon snapped and the minicon was free. But the accelerated thrusters caused him to speed up fast and was flying like crazy. The veteran was being hit a lot and couldn't hang on for dear life as she was hitting and skidding on any piece of surface it maneuvered. Taking the pain no longer, she decided to kick it up a notch. With both hands out, multiple ribbons came out of her sleeves and wrapped on any arch hole that's there and gripped on them tightly. The two were stopped as Laserbeak struggled to break free again. With the thrusters on full throttle, it was going to be a trying task. The ribbons held on completely with a few of them snapping. Mami gritted her teeth, hoping that this will work. The minicon was having a harder time and was using all of its power to escape. Almost immediately, the thrusters started to short circuit and he couldn't take the strain any more. Instantly, the engine blow and went offline. With the power out, Mami got the chance and let go of the ribbons with one hand and took a small pistol out of her hand. Firing the shot, she hit the engine and exploded, letting the metal bird to go and flying out of control. It soon crashed into the ground and skidded to a complete stop, malfunctioning in the process. Mami landed on the ground and looked to the damaged minicon with disrespect.

Mami: "Honestly, did you really think that you could take me down that easily? You were mistaken. Still, I am impressed by what this Decepticon did in tricking me. That was quite unexpected."

With that, she approached the down minicon and a musket appeared on her hand. Getting her foot on the struggling metal bird, she aimed her weapon to it and was about to end its misery.

Mami: "Still, you were just a hurdle to the bigger opponent. So, I would like to apologize in advance for what I'm going to do."

Slowly pulling the trigger she was about to put an end to the minicon. But as she was about to fire, a pulse wave hit her from the back and caused her to fly to off it and skidded on the floor, stopping at the front of the communication room. Shaking off the attack, she got up and saw Soundwave approaching her, being freed from Mami's ribbons and look down to her and placing laserbeak back into his chest for repairs, repeating what she said to him.

Soundwave: "I bested you this day."

Mami look to this and realized she's in trouble.

Mami: "Oh, dear… This is not good."

Pretty soon, she heard Kyoko's scream as she was bested by Knockout, crashing to the ground with a thud. Rubbing the back of her head, she got up and was recovering from the last attack. Mami checked on her to see if she's all right.

Mami: "Kyoko! Are you okay?"

Kyoko turned to her former teacher and responded with her own answer.

Kyoko: "Yeah… I'm dandy… The clones I made taught him a lesson."

The two soon heard Knockout's voice from the left side.

Knockout: "Apparently, you didn't teach me enough."

The two turned and saw the medic standing there with the last clone held by his digits. Crushing her, she disappears in a puff of smoke and he looked at the two with intent to kill.

Knockout: "You are quite the tough one, I'll give you that. But your little tricks are no match with Decepticon might."

He soon got his drill and saw out and spins them for lethal purposes. At the same time, Homura and Miko skidded back from the left and panted completely, feeling a little exhausted from the fight with Silas and could tell that it was going to get impossible.

Miko: "Okay, is it me, or are we getting our butts kicked?"

All three veterans turned to the recruit and responded at the same time.

"It's just you!"

Silas soon approached the group as he, Knockout, and Soundwave reunite and were going to take them all out.

Silas: "You can attack us all you like, but in the end, you are no match for the Decepticons."

Miko gave Silas a deep glare and had it up to here with him.

Miko: "You? A Decepticon? Please! You're just a human controlling a Con's dead body. And if you think that you have a chance in stopping us, you got another thing.

Homura soon stopped her and warned her of the danger.

Homura: "Miko, wait! Look at your soulgem!"

Miko heard her and looked to her gem to see what she's referring too. That's when she discovered that her magic is almost drained and the color was completely muddled. Blinking, she was eye wide and couldn't believe what she's looking at.

Miko: "Scrap! As if this day couldn't get any worse."

Kyoko looked to her soulgem and notice the same thing.

Kyoko: "Damn it! This is not good. Our soul gems are heavily tainted. We used too much of our magic."

Mami: "Indeed… If we reach our limit, it will be a bad time in uniting with the Law of Cycles."

Homura heard her and knew what it meant. Gripping her darkened soulgem, she knew she couldn't see her again, not now.

Homura: "No… I'm not ready to see her yet. I will join her when it is my time to go."

She soon looks to the three elites, and didn't know what to do.

Homura: "But with our magic drained, how should we defend ourselves against these three. This isn't going to end well for the four of us."

Back on Cybertron, the Autobots were holding their own against the Decepticon threat. They all had their backs to each other with their blasters and Iacon weapons armed. Surrounding them were Vehicons and Insecticons as they were armed to the teeth and ready to attack. Soon enough, they aimed their blasters and proceeded to fire. Arcee soon raised her metal pede up with her Apex Armor and stomped the ground hard. That soon caused a shockwave and created metal slabs that came up from the ground. At the same time, the Cons fired their blasters and the projectiles hit the slabs Cee created. As they were safe, the team has to formulate a plan.

Smokescreen: "Man, these Cons can't catch a break. All this just so they can cyberform Earth? Desperate much? Sure wish I had that Spark Extractor. Would've solved this problem if only it was for one use."

Arcee heard him and decided to focus on handling this now.

Arcee: "For now, let's focus on the now. We need to handle all these Cons now and help Optimus. Who knows how long he can last against Megatron."

Bee and Bulk looked to each other and didn't know what to do.

Bulkhead: "Not going to be easy. Our relics would only be of little use against this huge armada. And with what Smokescreen said, a spark extractor is the only way out of this."

Bumblebee: (Indeed…)

Arcee soon look down at both the Polarity Gauntlet and the Immobalizer the two mechs have and came up with an idea.

Arcee: "Maybe there is a way. Quick, hand me your relics!"

The two heard her and looked to each other in confusion. Bee soon looks to her and asked what she's planning.

Bumblebee: (What are you up to?)

They soon hand their relics as Arcee grabbed with both metal servos.

Arcee: "Trust me, you'll be in for a surprise. Smokescreen, use that Phase Shifter and get the three of you to safety."

Smoke heard her and knew what she was really planning."

Smokescreen: "No problem."

The Cons kept on firing on the slabs and realized that this wasn't getting them anywhere. One of them soon ordered the others top stop by lifting his servo and they responded in kind. They all soon waited to see what the Autobots next move was as one of them wondered what's the hold up.

"So… You think they are going to wait there for a long time? Or are they going to attack?"

The other one look on and wondered about that too.

"Who cares? Those four are outnumbered, outclassed, and outgunned. Even if they try to escape, they are surrounded and have nowhere else to go. They're doomed from the start."

They all waited to see what was going to happen. That was until they noticed some movement coming from there.

"Wait! You see that? I saw movement in there. What are they doing?"

Everyone heard him and looked to see what's going on through those barriers. One of them looked ahead to see what's going on. Getting to one of the thin openings, he noticed something moving right towards him and warned the others.

"Oh scrap! Watch out!"

Almost immediately, the metal wall he was on was smashed through and Arcee burst out with her Apex Armor on. That in turned trampled the Con to the floor and crushed his head with her pede. She soon rushed right towards the armada and going on a suicide run. The Cons saw this and decided to intervene.

"Frag! Here she comes! Open fire!"

They all soon fired their blasters right at the Autobot, hoping to take her down. But the armor she has on was so tough, that the blasters deflect it. Arcee kept on running as she was getting to the exact spot to strike. By the time she got into position, she took out the polarity gauntlet from behind her back and pointed it down. Hitting the button, an orange line came out of the end and hitting the ground, launching her in the air. The group saw that and fired high in the sky, hoping to bring her down. By the time she was high enough, she took out the Immobalizer with her other servo and held it high, activating it. She soon headed back down and fell like a rocket. The Con looked to that and realized that they could be in complete trouble.

"Slag! Everybody run! Get away from the femme! Now!"

But it was too late as she landed in the middle of the armada and had the staff on the ground. Soon enough, an electric pulse wave came out of it and spread far and wide. All the cons were contacted by the electric wave and they all froze when they made a get away. Once it was all over, Arcee stood up and observed all the frozen drones that didn't have the time in escaping. When she was done, she told the rest of the team to come out.

Arcee: "Okay! All the Cons are stopped. You can come out now."

As if on cue, Smokescreen, Bumblebee, and Bulkhead emerged from the ground when the Elite Guard member used his Phase Shifter to phase to the floor so they won't get caught in the attack. When they emerged, the observed what happened and was immediately impressed.

Smokescreen: "Okay. I got to admit. That was awesome!"

Bulkhead: "Yeah, it was. A little aggressive, but it gets the job done."

The femme turned to them and told them that it was the best she got.

Arcee: "Hey, we were running out of options. It seemed like the best option at the top of my processor. Now let's get to aiding Optimus."

But before they could actually do that, they were bombarded with lasers and missiles in the air. They all covered their heads as the projectiles rained down on them. Bumblebee looked up and noticed that they forgot something. Pointing to the sky, he warned the others of what's coming at them.

Bumblebee: (That's nice and all. But we have bigger problems to deal with. Look!)

Cee heard him and looked up to the sky to see what he was seeing. Turns out, it was Starscream with his Airadicon fleet and Insecticon hoards, as they swoop down for the kill.

Starscream: "They have become weak! Keep on firing! Don't let up!"

The groups kept on firing as they were too focused on eliminating Team Prime. The group was surrounded by explosions and there was no way out again. The femme turned to the others and told them to get to her.

Arcee: "Everyone with me! Now!"

Quickly, all three Autobots get to her as she wrapped them around her large metal arms and bowed her head low. Soon enough, the projectiles hit them and engulfed the ground in a huge fiery mess. They soon flew up and went high into the sky. When the smoke cleared, there was nothing but smoldering metal with many frozen Cons destroyed by the bombardment. But the only ones remain standing was Team Prime as the armor projected all of them from the onslaught. Once they were safe, Arcee let go and the group looked at all of the destruction around them.

Smokescreen: "Whoa… Talk about cutting it close."

Bulk soon looked up at the sky and sees them turn around for another attack.

Bulkhead: "Don't get too relaxed, Smokescreen. They're coming back for another round."

Arcee looked at this too and knew there's no way out of it.

Arcee: "And not enough cover for all of us. This armor is the only thing protecting us, but who knows how much damage it can take. We need another plan to take them out. Ideas?"

They all looked at each other and then Bulkhead noticed the gauntlet Cee was holding. That's when he came up with a really good plan.

Bulkhead: "I think I got a good plan. But I'm going to need the Polarity Gauntlet to do that. Arcee?"

He soon lifted his servo and gesture to give the relic to him. Seeing that and then turning to the gauntlet she was holding, she decided to do what he said.

Arcee: "As long as it involves destroying those flyers, I'm all in."

She soon tosses it to him as he grabbed the handle end with his servo. Getting a hold of it, he activated and set it to full power. The others looked to him and wondered what he's up to.

Bumblebee: (Um… What are you doing?)

Once he got everything set up, he got into position, answering the scout's question.

Bulkhead: "Making sure we don't have any pesky flyers bothering us. I just hope this Gauntlet is powerful enough to hold them back."

He stood his ground and waited for the enemy to fire. The Cons turned around and flew down for another attack. Scream soon saw the Wrecker standing there in front of the team and looked to be ready to take a hit. He chuckled in his jet mode and thought that was pathetic.

Starscream: "What's this? The Wrecker trying to be the hero? How foolish… Makes him easy target practice. Focus your fire on that Wrecker! Let's teach him what happens when you mess with the likes of us!"

Soon enough, all the Cons target Bulk and fired their blasters and rockets at him while flying down to the ground. Bulk looked to all of this and knew that they would aim at him. Smirking, he activated the relic and pointed it up to the incoming projectiles. Pretty soon, it fired a barrier and stopped all of them in one hit, causing them to float in midair. The commander saw this and was shocked that he would stop them all with one weapon in his servo.

Starscream: "What?! Impossible!"

Bulk soon adjusted the gauntlet and all the energy bullets and missiles slowly turned, targeting the Decepticon fleet that was heading towards them. Scream saw this and warned the others to get away.

Starscream: "All Decepticons scatter! Don't let your own weapons hit you!"

They all soon went into many directions, trying to make an escape. But it was all too late as Bulkhead released the trigger and all the projectiles were flung back to them. Some of the projectiles hit the Airadicons and Insecticons and they were all blown up in the sky. The rest hit either the propulsion systems, thrusters, or wings and caused them to fly out of control, sometimes crashing Kamikaze style. The moment the air cleared, Bulk turned to his teammates and was confident that he got them all.

Bulkhead: "See? What I tell you? No more pesky flyers."

The group looked to each other before Arcee decided to let him know that there could still be survivors.

Arcee: "That's nice and all, but there could be those that are still online. We could still be in trouble."

He heard that and turned to see what she meant. That's when he saw some of the Cons recovering from the crash and struggled to get up in their bot modes. Bulk rubbed the back of his head realized his mistake.

Bulkhead: "Oh… Right… Guess I didn't think ahead in this plan, did I?"

The rest of the team joined him as they prepared for one more fight. They immediately charged in and pick off the remaining Cons that have survived.

Back with the main battle, Optimus and Megatron were clashing with their swords, but this time, using the powers of their swords. They swung their swords and purple and blue waves came out of them and flew towards each other. The moment they collided they explode in a multicolor explosion. Optimus held his ground and waited for Megatron to make his move. Almost immediately, something flew up in the air and was high in the sky. Getting a closer look with his optics, he realized it was Megatron flying high in his jet mode. Getting high, he transformed and got his sword up high, letting it charge to full power.

Megatron: "And now Optimus, you shall burn in the flames of the Decepticons!"

He soon pointed his sword down to him and it fired purple flames at him. Prime saw that and immediately transformed, driving away from the attack as the flames hit the ground at the spot he was on. He soon guided the flames to Optimus, hoping to burn and melt him completely. The Autobot leader sped as fast as possible, as the flames nearly hit his mud flaps. Still, he cannot drive forever and there's not much of cover to hide from the flames. So he had to do the most riskiest thing he could do. Going to a 180, he transformed and prepared his sword, sticking it down as it glowed. Bringing it down, the blue light hit the flames and split in two, separating it and missed the Prime in the middle. With him safe from the attack, he looked up and pointed his sword up to Megatron. Glowing bright, he fired a stream of blue energy and it headed straight to the warlord. He soon saw that and pointed his sword down, firing his purple flames right at the beam. Both objects collided and a white light formed in the middle. The two used all that they have, as there was a tug of war between the two with mystic weapons. The white light moved back and forth as the two was using all in their powers to take each other out. What none of them didn't know is that they were all preoccupied while a certain Con was recovering.

Not far from the battle, Starscream slowly got up and rubbed his helm, feeling the pain from the last attack.

Starscream: "Ow… My aching processor… Note to self, don't fire your weapons at someone who has the Polarity Gauntlet."

Shaking the cobwebs, he wondered where he was. Checking around, he noticed that he was close to the huge Omega Lock that's before him.

Starscream: "The Omega Lock…"

Starring at it, he realized he was at close distance to destiny. Not just Megatron's destiny, but his destiny as well. Looking around, he spotted the fight that was taking place. With the Autobots and Decepticons busy with the remaining Cons and Optimus and Megatron dueling with their beams from their swords, this would give him the chance in accomplishing what Megatron is trying to do. With a smirk, he's ready to embrace his destiny.

Starscream: "Oh, yes… It is my time now…"

He soon approached the Lock; ready to cyberform the planet on his own.

Returning to the Magical Girls, they held their ground, as the three Decepticon Elites were ready for an assault. Looking to the situation, they had to strategize at how to approach this.

Miko: "So, anyone has a plan. It doesn't have to be a good plan, just a plan to get us out of this mess."

The three looked to each other and didn't know how to get out of this.

Homura: "And how can we do that? Our magic is drained, we're outclassed, and even if we fight, we are one step closer to joining the Law of Cycles. That is something none of us would do."

Mami then got her own two cents in and discuss the worse case scenario.

Mami: "But if we don't do something, not only will we loose, but also the others in the barrier won't stand a chance. We are pretty much looking at a loose/loose scenario."

Kyoko soon decided to chime in and has her spear at the ready.

Kyoko: "Who cares? We'll keep on fighting until we won't stand anymore!"

Homura turned to her and knew there was no way out of it.

Homura: "Of course… If we all go down, we'll all go down fighting! Get ready, girls. It's time for our last stand!"

All three girls got the message and responded at the same time.

"Right!"

They all soon got their weapons armed and were prepared for fighting for their lives. The three Cons looked to this and were surprised that they would want to still fight, even if they're up against the wall.

Knockout: "This is something. These girls are still willing to fight, even if the odds are against them. What's there deal?"

Silas look to this and figured what they're problem is.

Silas: "From my experience, these four will not give up on the fight, even if it means risking their own life to accomplish it."

The medic heard that and couldn't help but to smile so viciously.

Knockout: "Really now. Well, allow me to put them out of their misery."

He soon got his drill out and activated it while causing it to spin. He walked ahead and was ready to deliver the killing blow while the team stood their ground and was ready to fight for their lives. But before he could even make a move, something came out of nowhere and implanted into the con's drilling arm. Knockout felt that and wondered what it was. Looking to his arm, he noticed a syringe filled with some kind of red liquid. It was soon injecting itself into his arm as he starred with confusion.

Knockout: "What the…

Silas soon looked at what Knockout is seeing and remembers about the syringe.

Silas: "Oh no! Get that thing off your arm! It's going to-!"

Before he could finish, the syringe exploded and engulfed the room in smoke. The four girls look to this and were confused by what just happened.

Kyoko: "Whoa! What the hell was that? Was that you Homura?"

All three turned to her, wanting an answer. But the magical girl was just as confused as them and told them that it wasn't her.

Homura: "Don't look at me. I was standing here with all of you. I didn't even use my time shield at all."

The smoke soon cleared up as the Medic was in a daze after what transpired. Coughing, he looked at his arm and noticed that it was badly damage. Circuits are exposed, sparks flying, and energon was leaking. Seeing this, he was completely irate about it.

Knockout: "Ah! My arm! What happened to my arm?! Who did this!?"

Silas heard him and knew who threw that syringe.

Silas: "Got the feeling that we're about to find out."

Just then a white streak came passing by and multiple syringes filled with red liquid was implanted into the walls. The moment they automatically injected, they soon exploded, catching the Cons off guard and covering the hall in a puff of heavy smoke. The girls looked on and wondered what caused that. That's when someone landed down in front of them on one knee and the head was lowered. Homura looked at the person in front of them and realized a few key things about her. The Assassin's Creed uniform, the X formatted belt filled with red and white syringes, the white cross soulgem on her upper chest. She soon realized this was the same older magical girl that saved both her and Miko back at the spillway in Jasper.

Homura: "It's you!"

Miko looked on as well and was shocked that she came to their rescue.

Miko: "No way!"

The other two saw her and was a little confused. That was until Mami remembered what Homura said in one of their adventures.

Mami: "So… This is the older magical girl you told us about."

Kyoko heard that and was completely shocked by that news.

Kyoko: "Seriously! This is the girl? She's not even a girl at all. Just some old lady."

Homura turned to her and glared at the red haired teen, knowing she insulted a complete veteran. But before she could talk to her, a mysterious voice came out of the blue.

"A Lady, yes she is. Old though, that's a bit of a stretch. She would rather be preferred as experienced."

The four soon heard that and turned to the direction of the voice, wondering where it belonged to. That's when a strange creature came out of the shadow and slowly walked to them. He is the same size and look as Kyubey, but with slight differences. For one his fur was black, then there are the bunny ears that were attached to his own ears. And then there were the bat like wings attached to his back. Homura starred at the creature and knew what it was.

Homura: "Figures… Another Incubator."

The black incubator looked to them and introduced himself.

"Greetings, Homura Akemi, Mami Tomoe, Kyoko Sakura, and Miko Nakadai. My name is Quvey. It's very nice to meet you all."

Miko heard her name and was shocked that he knew about it before they made their introductions.

Miko: "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Back up. You know who we are?"

The Incubator known as Quvey nodded and responded with an emotionless smile.

Quvey: "Of course. It's every Incubator's job to know all the magical girls around the world. It is nice to meet up with three great veterans from Mitakihara and the second Magical Girl of Jasper."

That last sentence soon got to them and turned to see the white robed magical girl, realizing where she came from.

Homura: "So, this older Magical Girl is from Jasper. Makes sense, she came to Miko and I when we were fighting Silas down at the spillway. So it's obvious she lives there. So, what is your name?"

The veteran stood up and looked at her and didn't respond at all. Homura look to her and figures she won't speak.

Homura: "I see… So you're the silent type, are you?"

Still more silence, as she didn't utter a single word. The veteran crossed her arms and was getting a little annoyed by this.

Homura: "Well, if you're not going to say anything, just let us know why you're here in some way."

That response is turning and pointing to something. Homura looked to what she's pointing at and saw the smoke dissipating and the cons slowly emerged out of it. The dark haired girl watched on and knew why she's here.

Homura: "Oh… Right… Them…"

The three recovered from the attack, as they were furious. Knockout especially who has his arm damaged by the mysterious Magical Girl.

Knockout: "You! You were the one who damaged my arm! Do you have any idea how hard it is to repair? You'll pay for that!"

Mami looked to this and knew that this wasn't over yet.

Mami: "It looks like we're not done yet. Get ready!"

The group was about to handle this with whatever magic they have left. But that was until the older Magical Girl stopped them by turning and lifting her arm up. The four look to this and blinked with annoyance.

Kyoko: "Hey! What's your deal? You don't talk to us and you keep us back? What kind of Magical Girl are you?"

The veteran turned to the four and winked, symbolizing that she got it. That's when she got in a starting stance and charged in towards the three. The four saw her leave and was confused about that."

Miko: "Okay… What is she doing? Does she know that that's suicidal?!"

That's when Quvey approached the group and reminded them of what she's doing.

Quvey: "Not to worry. She knows what she's doing. Meanwhile, you four need to purify your soul gems while she holds those three back. Unless you want to visit the Law of Cycles."

And four of them realize what he meant and looked to each other with Homura reminding them of their current situation.

Homura: "Quvey is right. Our soul gems are drained and they need to be replenished. We should get whatever pellets we have left and begin purifying them quickly. Let's hurry if we are to assist that mysterious woman."

The other three soon got the message and proceeded to get the grief pellets to begin the cleansing. At the same time, the mystery Magical Girl was running towards the three Naruto style and was armed for battle. Silas noticed this and with experience, told the two to attack.

Silas: "Open fire! Don't let this own get near you! She's really clever!"

Knockout heard that and smirked to the notion of shooting this one after what happened.

Knockout: "My thoughts exactly…"

He soon deploys his blaster and started to fire right at the mysterious woman. The projectiles hit the floor, but she easily avoided them with a lot of parries and side steps in quick succession. Silas soon armed his cannon and fired a bunch of rockets right at her. She quickly flew up high and avoided them while explosions appeared from below. That's when Soundwave got his resonator up and armed to push her away. With her arms crossed, multiple scalpels came out of it and she threw them right at the group. At the same time, the resonator fired and sent a pulse wave that ultimately push the sharp projectiles away and pushed back the mysterious Magical Girl. With a quick flip, she landed down gracefully and looked up while the scalpels flew past her and scattered to the floor. Silas soon walked ahead and told her that it was impossible.

Silas: "You caught me by surprise when we first met. This time though, I am more ready for you, and you're outnumbered three to one."

Almost immediately, Soundwave opened his chest and Laserbeak about out and flew towards her. That led the former MECH leader re-correcting himself.

Silas: "Actually, it's four to one."

The older Magical Girl looked to that and knew that she could be in big trouble. Laserbeak soon swoop down and fired its mini blasters right at her. She soon jumped to the side and rolled away to avoid the attack. The minicon soon passed her as she turned to see it turning for another round. Lifting her hand up, she swung it and four scalpels came out of it. Those scalpels didn't faze it though as it spin to avoid the projectiles and fired again. Dodging the attack, she knew that she was going to be in some serious trouble. So she needs to come up with an alternative method. Getting into her sleeve, she took out something and waited for the right moment to pull it off. At the same time, Laserbeak went back around and came down with blasters blazing. Doing so, she managed to avoid that and rolled to the side. But when she did, she stretched her arm and a white bandage came out of it and extended right to the minicon, grabbing it by the wing. It soon felt and tried to break free, but the bandage was strong and couldn't break. The magical girl held on while keeping her feet planted, looking for any weakness. But as she was looking, Laserbeak increased its boosters and got an extra kick, causing the mysterious woman to fly off her feet and into the air. She was quite surprised by that move, but recovered quickly as she swung around and somersault over the minicon, landing right on the top. Getting her other bandage out, she grabbed the other wing and used it to control the metal bird. The three soon saw this and could tell that she was truly a veteran, but not enough to stop them. Knockout looks to this and decided to end it.

Knockout: "Enjoy the ride, for it will be your last."

But as he was about to fire, Soundwave stopped him and reminds him of Laserbeak through the schematic on the screen. Knockout groaned and figure the Intel officer doesn't want his minicon hurt.

Knockout: "Hey! Don't go sentimental on me, Soundwave. That human nearly destroyed my arm! She has every right to be destroyed by me!"

Of course, the two were getting distracted as the mystery Magical Girl saw this and took her opening. She soon pulls the minicon and sped it fast enough to hit the two. Silas soon noticed what she's planning to do and warn the others about it.

Silas: "Look out, you idiots!"

They soon heard him and turned to see what he was going on about. But it was too little, too late as Knockout was immediately whacked in the head by Laserbeak and falls flatly on his back. The older Magical Girl soon jumped off and did a cross flip with two syringes in hand and threw them to the floor. Once they started to inject themselves, they exploded and took the two out of the loop. She soon falls to the group and threw multiple scalpels to Silas. By then, the scalpels outline Silas's body, is if they missed him. But that was soon changed as the Scalpels started to glow multiple bandages came out at the ends and engulfed the former MECH leader into a net. He saw this and struggled to get out of it. Landing on one knee, she looked up and decided to end one of the Cons once and for all. With a quick dash, she ran up and took out her hammer and jumped up high over Silas. Lifting it up over her head, it grew ten times big as she came down to him, ready to pound the chest with Silas's prone body inside it. But just as she was about to crush him, she was immediately blown by a pulse wave and pushed away from the Wannabe Con. She soon fell to the floor and skidded while the hammer nearly missed her by a few inches. Turns out, Soundwave recovered and has his Resonator charged up to fire on her. When he did that, he got up and approached the downed Con and cut him free with his cables. The moment he freed him, he offered him a hand and the FrankenCon accepted it. Dusting himself off, he looked to the faceless Con and thanked him.

Silas: "That was cutting it close. Thanks for the save."

Soundwave's response is a prerecorded message of what Megatron said when he recruited him.

Soundwave: "You have earned your place at the table."

Knockout soon got up from the actual knock out and was fuming more then ever.

Knockout: "That's it! I've had it with this one! Where's this glitch?! I'm going to teach her for using my face as target practice!"

The two turned to him and could tell that he was greatly upset. That's when Soundwave patted him on the shoulder and pointed him to where the woman is. That's when he turned to see the mystery Magical Girl lying on the floor, recovering from the push of the resonator. Seeing this, he grinned and decided to head down there to finish the job.

Knockout: "Oh yeah… Vengeance is sweet…"

As he walked ahead, Silas decided to let him know that they want her as well.

Silas: "Save a piece for us, Knockout. We all want some form of payback on her."

So the two started to follow the medic for some unfinished business. At the same time, the mysterious magical girl struggled to get up and was hoping to recover from the last attack. But as she turned, she spotted all three Decepticons towering over her with their weapons armed and Laserbeak flying up over Soundwave's shoulder. Silas looked to this and was pleased with how the tables were turned.

Silas: "Looks like your luck has run out."

The woman looked to them and knew that it was too much for her. But peering her eyes down, she looked up and smirked behind her cloth mask over her mouth, knowing that she distracted them long enough. The three were about to fire until multiple long ribbons came up from behind and grabbed them by the necks. They were caught by surprise and were pulled down by the necks to land on the ground, having the ribbons tied around them in one huge bow. With their backs on the metal floor, they looked up and saw the four Magical Girls standing proud with their weapons pointing right at their heads. Turns out, they had enough time to purify their soul gems while the mystery woman distract them. With a smirk, Homura decided to joke around at what Silas was saying.

Homura: "Funny… I was going to say the exact same thing."

Down on Cybertron, the Autobots were just about finished with moping up the remaining Decepticons. With their relics, they went full blown attack mode on them. Bee used the polarity gauntlet to snatch a bunch of Airadicons and Insecticons in the sky and tossed them to the other side, taking out more that were attacking from behind. A few more started to fly down and already fired their blasters at him. Bulkhead soon got in front of the scout and blasted them with the Immobalizer to stop them dead in the air. They soon dropped to the ground, right on top of a bunch of Vehicons firing, crushing them in one hit. The two looked to them and was glad they removed the remaining aerial forces out of the way. Now they can focus on the ground troops. Of course, they didn't focus on the last Insecticon that landed behind them and transformed, screeching to them with its pincers armed to main. The two turned to see it towering over them and were about ready to fight it off. But that was until two metal hands came out from behind and turned its head to a 180, cracking the neck and shutting the bug down entirely. It soon falls to the side and Arcee appeared with her Apex Armor on. She crossed her arms and look down to the two with a sly smile.

Arcee: "Really? Did you two got cocky over your success and not realizing the threat behind you?"

The two looked to each other before turning back with a bit of an embarrassing face.

Bulkhead: "It was beyond our control."

Bee turned away and whirred with embarrassment. But looking to the metal ground ahead, he soon realized that they could still be in trouble.

Bumblebee: (We could still be going over our heads! Look!)

The two looked to where Bee was pointing at and soon discovered the remaining Decepticons surrounding them and have their blasters completely armed. They all had their backs to other and were ready to embrace the assault.

Arcee: "Well, at least when we go down, we go down fighting."

As soon as she said that, someone rose from the ground behind them all and responded to her bluff.

Smokescreen: "Not while I have something to say."

The three turned to the middle and saw Smokescreen standing there with his arms crossed.

Arcee: "Smokescreen?"

He soon told everyone to get his servos.

Smokescreen: "Quick! Grab my servos! Unless you want to get shot down!"

Hearing that, she looked back and saw the drones about to fire with their blasters charged. With no other option, she and the others decided to do what he said.

Arcee: "You heard him! Hang on!"

So the group started to get a hold of Smoke while the two-wheeler embrace him with a hug. As they did that, the Elite Guard member turned on his Phase Shifter and it glowed warmly. At the same time, the Decepticons have their blasters fully charged and one of them ordered the attack.

"No way out for them now. Open fire!"

So the group started to fire their blasters at them, knowing that they have won it. What they didn't know is that Smokescreen was there with his Phase Shifter with him and the projectiles phase through their bodies and going the opposite direction. The blaster shots soon stopped as the group wondered what happened. Letting go, they soon saw all the Cons with blaster holes in their bodies and heads, letting them all fall to the ground. Pretty soon, the entire squad was eliminated and left the Autobots completely unharmed. Smoke looks to this as well and was surprised that it would happen.

Smokescreen: "Huh… What do you know? That really worked. And I thought what happened when I was captured by the Nemesis was a fluke."

Bulk turned to him and was completely shocked by this.

Bulkhead: "You kidding me?! We were on a verge of being terminated and you went on a whim at the last minute?!"

Smoke turned to the Wrecker and explained himself.

Smokescreen: "Give me a break, Bulk! We were surrounded with no way in taking them all out. Had to take the risk."

Arcee could tell that this was getting heated and decided to break it up and told them to take care of the next task.

Arcee: "Take it easy you two. At least we handled the Cons, and I don't think anymore will show up. We should now secure the Omega Lock and hopefully assist Optimus. Let's hurry!"

So second in command ran to where Optimus is and the three looked to themselves before following.

Meanwhile, with Optimus and Megatron, they were still at it with their swords pointing to each other and their beams wrestling back and forth to prove who is the better. Megatron's purple fire beam soon started to get an advantage as it starts to spread downward as Optimus was holding his own. Megs looked down to him and was getting excited in defeating the last of the Primes.

Megatron: "Pathetic… How long have we've been fighting this war, Optimus? For eons? And look how this will all end. Back to where we started. If the Thirteen Original Primes haven't rejected my philosophy and choose you to be the next in line, we wouldn't be in this predicament. But here we are, at each other's throats to prove who would rule this planet. That and the world I wish to call my own."

The Prime glared to him and didn't like the sound of his voice. But Megatron continued to boost and was ready to finish it all in one fell swoop.

Megatron: "You should've accepted my offer. We would've ruled both our respected planets, and yet you threw it all away for protecting humanity. How weak can you get? When I use the Omega Lock on Earth, you will learn what it's like to feel loss. The type of loss that we all suffered when Cybertron was gone. Farwell, Optimus… You've been a good rival."

With that, he focuses all his power to his sword and the beam started to get closer to the Prime. Optimus felt that and realized that he is in serious trouble. But he still won't give up as he had one more trick up his metal sleeve.

Optimus Prime: "You are right Megatron. If the Thirteen Primes have chosen you, we wouldn't be in this predicament. However, there is a strong difference between me and you."

Megatron heard that and wondered what he's going on about.

Megatron: "Oh? And what's that?"

Optimus looked on decided to focus on something while answering back.

Optimus Prime: "You which to lead by sheer strength and power. That led to your downfall. But for me, I fight for hope! That's what true power is!"

With that, his eyes glowed bright white and his Saber sword followed suit. Almost immediately, the beam begins to fire and shot through the purple light. Megatron was caught by surprise and didn't have the time to recover.

Megatron: "NO!"

Almost immediately, the beam hit Megatron and shot him out of the air and he was falling to the ground. He soon landed on the ground managed to recover to get in a kneeling position. As he was recovering looked up to see Optimus standing far from him with his sword in position. He soon started take aim with his blaster and was ready to take him out at long distance. But just as he was about to fire, some orange glow started to engulf his blaster arm and moved it away, second before he fired. He noticed missing and the orange glow on it. Turning to the side, he noticed Bumblebee and Bulkhead standing their with their Iacon relics in their servos.

Bulkhead: "Don't even think about it."

It was then that he got caught off guard as Smokescreen drove towards the warlord and jumped off a slanted piece of metal ground as a ramp to reach his level. Transforming in the air, he delivered a kick to the side of his face and got him in a daze. He soon transformed back and drove away, getting out of the line of fire. Megatron was seething and turned to target the Elite Guard member. But before he could fire, Arcee came up from behind in her Apex Armor and grabbed him by the waist, delivering a vicious suplex to him. He got discombobulated and didn't know what just occurred. Arcee soon turned to him and gave a devious smirk.

Arcee: "Bet ya didn't see that one coming."

Megs looked up to her and just about had it with all of them.

Megatron: "Enough!"

He soon got his sword out and brought it to the ground. That soon brought as purple pulse wave that spread to the ground, catching Team Prime by surprise. All four of them were caught by the pulse blast and toppled to the floor. Even Smokescreen was pushed while driving away and tumbled in his vehicle form. Arcee was the closest though as she fall off and was in a daze. Megatron soon got up and approached the prone two wheeler. Looking at the button on the chest, he used his sword to push it and the gears started to spin, reverting the armor back into the device and exposing the femme. He soon kicked it to the side and pointed his sword right at the spark chamber and was getting angry.

Megatron: "I have had it with all of you! I was planning to snuff out Prime's spark and consider it a solar cycle. But considering you stick your ventilation in my business, I'll consider taking you all out as well. Starting with you…"

He soon lifted his sword up and was about to give a killer blow. Cee look to this and decided to fill him in on what they just did.

Arcee: "Really? You think we got you riled up. We just only distracted you."

Megatron heard that and soon realized who his main target is.

Megatron: "Scrap…"

Optimus Prime: "MEGATRON!"

That's when he heard Optimus and turned to see him charging towards him with the sword in the air, ready to cut him down. He had little time as got his sword up to block it. But it was too late as the Prime quickly slice off the arm of a Prime Megatron used to help him use the hammer to forge his Dark Saber sword. The arm was cut clean and flailed until it landed on the floor with the sharp sword on the end implanting through the steel ground. Megatron grabbed hold of the stump on his arm and screamed in pain, making him vulnerable for an attack. It was then that the Autobot leader kicked him in the chest and brought him down, pinning him in the process. Pointing his sword to Megatron's throat, Optimus stood victorious while the rest of the team recovered and got up to join their leader. Looking down, they knew that it was finally over.

Optimus Prime: "It's over Megatron… You failed…"

Megatron looked to him and realized that he lost everything now. Or did he? He soon chuckled and decided that give him the biggest swerve ever. Optimus looked to him and wondered why he's laughing. That's when he told him what's about to happen.

Megatron: "That's what you think, Prime."

By the time he heard that, they heard a familiar sound of energy building up. Looking up, they could see the Omega Lock activated and already at full power. But on the controls was Starscream with a few remaining silver Airadicons guarding him and the device. He looked to the group and decided to rub it in their faceplates.

Starscream: "Too late, Autobots! The era of the Decepticons has begun!"

Almost immediately, the Lock exploded and shot up the glowing cybermatter up to the space bridge Soundwave opened not too long ago. The Autobots starred in horror and realized that the unimaginable happened.

In the comm. room of the Nemesis, Raf and Sideswipe was typing away while the rest of the group stood by and watched it all go down. Already, they were pretty much got the propulsion and targeting system up and running and were about to complete the work. But as they were about to finish, they noticed a warning message popping up on the screen. Jack looked up to it and noticed that it wasn't anything good.

Jack Darby: "Guys? What's that?"

Strongarm looked at the warning message and checked each of the screens to see what's going on. Checking the schematics of the space bridge, multiple pop ups appeared and detecting an energy source that's about to come out.

Strongarm: "Looks like there's a strong energon readout coming from the Decepticon's spacebridge. Really strong stuff."

She soon looks at the bridge and remembered what they saw in Megatron's true plans. Her optics started to grow wide as she knew what it meant.

Strongarm: "Oh sweet Primus… The Omega Lock… They fired it!"

Everyone turned to her and was shocked by that news. The Decepticons have already fired the Omega Lock and the cyber matter is making its way through the bridge.

Meanwhile in deep space, the bridge was humming to life and was charging to full power. It soon took aim at the one spot everyone knows about. Jasper, Nevada."

Everyone looked to that and had to do something. Jack soon turned to Raf and told him to stop this.

Jack Darby: "Raf, now would be a good time to shut the bridge down. We're already out of time!"

Raf looked to what he did so far and decided to get to work on getting the bridge away from it's intended target.

Raf: "On it! With the help of Sideswipe, I was able to get the propulsion and targeting system at the ready. All I need to do is to move the bridge to away from Jasper and away from any cities or towns fully populated."

Sideswipe was beginning to sweat, as he doesn't know what he's planning on.

Sideswipe: "So… Out of curiosity, where exactly are you moving the bridge to?"

Raf heard him and gave a bit of a smirk while completing the code.

Raf: "Oh, I got a perfect spot for them. Full thruster burn!"

Once he completed typing, he hit enter and put the plan into motion.

Up in space, the spacebridge was glowing as something white was starting to come out. The cybermater was going to come out of the bridge and reach it's destined target. Almost immediately, the thrusters were activated and started to turn into the curve, pointing to a different direction. The moment it did that, the cybermatter started to come out and flew straight to the new target, hitting on that spot.

At the same time, the alarm was blaring throughout the Autobot base and both Fowler and Ratchet heard it all. The agent looked to that and was questioning what that noise is all about.

Agent Fowler: "What's all that noise! What's going on!"

Rathcet headed to the console and checked to see what the noise is all about. Scanning the planet, he noticed a huge energy surge coming from space, causing all systems to malfunction.

Ratchet: "I really don't know… But an unknown energy spike in Earth's atmosphere is crashing all my systems. I can't even get a lock on where the surge is located. Please tell me this is related to the activation of the Omega Lock."

Back on Cybertron, everyone watched in horror as the Omega Lock was firing through the spacebridge and would wipe out all life on Earth. But for Optimus, he wouldn't take no for an answer. Megatron notice that and decided to give him the ultimatum.

Megatron: "It would seem that you are at a crossroads, Prime. You managed to out beaten me, yet failed to stop my vision to become reality. Looks like you have a choice to make. Will you destroy me and end this eternal war, or will you destroy the very thing that will restore our planet? The choice is yours to make. Time is running out. You have to choose before it's too late."

Optimus look down to the warlord and knew he was right. The had to choose between ending the war, or ending their hopes in saving Cybertron. He cannot let Megatron's tyranny go any longer. Yes he couldn't have the human race wipe out by the only thing to restore their home world. He had to make a choice, and he has to make it now. Looking at the Omega Lock where Starscream and his Elite Airadicons were protecting, he knew what needs to be done.

Optimus Prime: "Autobots! Get to the Omega Lock! We have to stop this!"

The group heard him and turned to him with shocked expressions.

Smokescreen: "Optimus, you can't be serious! That relic is the only hope in saving our world. If we destroy it…"

Optimus looked to their optics and knew that this is an extreme risk. But he reminded them of what they are fighting for.

Optimus Prime: "I am fully aware that we all wish for our home to be restored. But know this, the reason we have to end this war is to protect those that cannot defend themselves. And that includes all human life on Earth. If we don't destroy the Omega Lock, then another planet will fall in the hands of the Decepticons. We must save Earth from mass extinction, even if it means destroying the very thing we need."

The group heard him and looked to each other, knowing the he was right. Earth is in grave danger and it will be a matter of time before all life itself will be wiped out. Turning to him, Arcee responded in the most respectful way.

Arcee: "Then if that's the case, then let us light our darkest hour."

With that, the group soon left to end this once and for all, but not before Optimus hitting Megatron in the face, knocking him out incase he pulls a fast one.

Optimus Prime: "Autobots! Transform and Roll Out!"

All of them soon transformed and drove straight towards the Lock, going full throttle. Starscream saw this and realized what they were doing, destroying the Omega Lock. He soon turned to his comrades and told them to hold the group back.

Starscream: "All units, open fire! Don't let them near the Omega Lock!"

So he and his group pointed his blasters and fired right at the team. The Autobots swerved around to avoid the blaster shots and was trying to reach for it. But with the many blaster shots, it was impossible to get through. But Optimus didn't want to give up as human lives are at steak. So he continued to charge forwards and went to maximum overdrive. The others soon saw him speeding ahead and knew that it was dangerous. They all stopped and applied the breaks, transforming to see him going.

Bulkhead: "Optimus, wait! It's too dangerous!"

He didn't listen as he was going fast to get to his objective. The others watched on and were surprised by the bravery of their leader, yet at the same time, scarred.

Smokescreen: "Is Optimus committing suicide?! He's going to get killed! We have to do something!"

Arcee knew that to be true and had to think of some way in helping him without getting hit. Turning to Bee, she saw the Polarity Guantlet he was currently holding and came up with an idea, reaching her servo out to him.

Arcee: "Bee! Hand me the gauntlet! I got an idea!"

The scout looked to her and wondered what she has planned for the relic.

At the same time, Optimus was making a mad dash towards the Omega Lock and looked to see the beam still firing into the spacebridge. He had to hurry if he is to save the human race. Looking down at the controls of the bridge, he knew that's the only way in shutting it down, even if it's by force. He push the gas pedal more and went faster like a bat out of Hell. Starscream and his forces focused on the Prime and never thought that he would be this sick in the head in heading towards them. Scream looked on and smirks rather viciously.

Starscream: "Rash, Prime. Very rash, indeed. Think you can stop Megatron's vision by destroying Cybertron's only salvation? Think again!"

He took aim with his missile attached to his arm and was ready to finish him off.

Starscream: "Prepare to meet your maker, Optimus Prime!"

With one click, the missile fired and it flew straight towards the Autobot leader. The two were about to collide when suddenly, and orangey hue surrounded the Prime and lifted him up off the ground. This caused the missile to miss him and flew straight to a group of dead Cons, exploding on impact. Scream saw this and was shocked by it.

Starscream: "What!?"

What happened was that Arcee got Bumblebee's Polarity Gauntlet to lift Optimus and brought him high into the air.

Arcee: "Finish it, Optimus!"

He lifted him high into the air and close and over to the Lock. Letting him go, he started to fall in his vehicle mode and headed straight for the controls. He transformed and got his sword out, coming down like that of a comet. The commander saw this and had to stop him fast.

Starscream: "Fire! Fire! Don't let him destroy the Omega Lock!"

They all pointed their blasters up to him and fired while Starscream used his second missile. All the projectiles reached the air but only miss him. The missiles itself managed to reach the Prime, but in slow motion, Optimus tilted his head only for the rocket to miss him by a few inches. He soon rocketed down to his target as Scream realized that they were all in grave danger.

Starscream: "No, No, NO!"

He soon ran and dodged what could be a potential swipe for him. Optimus did miss him, but he got his hit by swiping on the controls of the Omega Lock. It started to spark as the holo screen fizzled. In a matter of seconds, the entire Omega Lock exploded, causing debris and fireballs to spread all over the Sea of Rust. Team Prime braced for impact and was pushed from the force of the blast while the Cons that were close to the explosion were killed. By the time the smoke and flames were cleared, all that was left is the wasteland and there's not a soul around the radius. In a huge slab of metal, something was moving and pushing it off of it. Once the slab dropped, it was Arcee who managed to get her Apex Armor back on to protect herself and the rest of the team from the blast. Getting up, she look down to the mechs, who were unharmed from the blast, and checked to see if they're all right.

Arcee: "Everyone okay?"

Bulk rubbed the back of his helm and was a little woozy from the blast.

Bulkhead: "Urgh… I think my audio receptors are ringing, but I think I'll manage."

Bumblebee: (Same here…)

Smokescreen soon looked around and realized they're missing someone.

Smokescreen: "Hey! Where's Optimus?"

Hearing that, they soon realized that there leader was in the blast radius. They all soon ran to the epicenter of the explosion and were around to make a rigorous search of the Prime. Just as they were about to find him, they noticed movement coming from the rubble. They all started to arm themselves up and were ready for another fight. Suddenly, a familiar hand came out of the rubble as debris started to scatter about. They stood in awe as the coming out of the rubble stood a valiant Optimus Prime. His body was damaged with the windshield chest cracked, armor dinged up, and some energon leaking in a few spots, yet he stood proudly after what he did.

Up in the Nemesis, the humans and recruits looked up to the screens and hope that the Autobots managed to stop the reformation of Earth on their end. Looking up at the bridge schematic, they saw the energy spike fading and the power levels lowering. By the time it was shut off, Jack soon was ecstatic of it.

Jack Darby: "They did it! They actually did it! They saved Earth!"

Raf and the others realized that as well, as they were really excited, hi fiving and putting their fists in the air. Kyubey though remain perfectly calm during the whole thing and was glad that trouble was adverted.

Kyubey: "Excellent. It would seem that the crisis has been adverted."

All four of them look to the creature and couldn't believe that he was behaving like it was the norm. Sideswipe soon butted in and recap of what happened.

Sideswipe: "What's gotten you all calm and the like? We just save a planet from getting exterminated by Decepticons. You should be proud of that."

The Incubator looked to him and told him that he was excited.

Kyubey: "Oh, I am proud of what the Autobots have done. If they didn't save the world, all the Magical Girls would've been eliminated and all our hard work would be lost."

The four starred him down and figured that's the reason why he was calm.

Raf: "Right… Figured you didn't want this planet to be cyberformed."

When the threat was finally over, Strongarm approached the control console and contacted Ratchet with Dreadwing's flash drive blocking Soundwave's transmission.

Strongarm: "Strongarm to base, Team Prime has successfully stopped the Cons from cyberforming Earth. Do you read?"

There was a bit of static as she was waiting for a response. He soon heard the voice of Ratchet on the other end.

Ratchet: "I read you, Strongarm. Sorry if I didn't pick up. All the systems at the base have been malfunctioning when an energy spike was detected. Now, it looks like it stopped. What happened?"

Strongarm was happy to hear him and told him what she knows so far.

Strongarm: "Wish we know. But from what we saw in the schematics, the Autobots must've stopped the Decepticons from cyberforming Earth."

The medic heard it on his end and was completely relieved, not really knowing what happened on Cybertron.

Ratchet: "Thank the All Spark… I thought for sure that Earth would fall into the servos of the Decepticons, at least that would've been the worse case scenario."

Strongarm: "Either way, we are done on our part and in need to leave the Nemesis. Can you try to bridge us out of here?"

Ratch heard her and told her of an alternative way.

Ratchet: "I'm afraid I can't do that as I need exact coordinates. However, I can provide you with an alternate means of escaping. Head down to the loading back on the flagship. You'll be expecting a pick up really soon."

The cadet heard that and was confused. They have a ship? She doesn't recall the Autobots having a ship. Still, this is the only shot they have in getting out of there. So she decided to end the call.

Strongarm: "Roger that. We're make our way to docking and wait for our evac. Out."

She soon ended the comm. and turned to the others, letting them know that they have a way out.

Strongarm: "All right, looks like we got a way out of here. Let's just hope the way out is clear."

Jack crossed his arms and was glad that he'll be leaving.

Jack Darby: "Not to worry. If I know the girls, it's just that they have things under control."

Back out, the five Magical Girls stood proud as the three Elite Decepticons were on the floor, tied by Mami's ribbons. The group looks down at the three defeated Cons and believed that they actually survived. So much so that Miko got extremely cocky.

Miko: "Looks like you three lost to a bunch of girls. How awkward for you. Guess it's not your lucky day."

Homura soon turned to her and told her to be quiet.

Homura: "Enough, Miko. Let us savor this moment."

The trainee heard her and decided to leave it at that.

Miko: "Sure… Whatever…"

That's when Homura turned to Silas and reminded him of this defeat.

Homura: "What is this, Silas? The second time you were defeated? You seem to be getting use to having your butt kicked by the likes of us. Still, I'm surprised that you didn't expect the distraction, let alone the mystery magical girl that came in to save the day."

She soon looked to the older veteran and was curious of how she got up on the ship, even with her own incubator with her. But she brushed that aside and decided to end it.

Homura: "Either way, I'm afraid this dance has finally ended. Last words?"

The four charged with weapons while the older Magical Girl got her syringes out for the final blow. Silas, Soundwave, and Knockout looked up to the three while still tied down and were silent by this. But ultimately, the former MECH leader started to laugh a little and find it all amusing. Kyoko heard that and was curious on what he's laughing about.

Kyoko: "Hey! What so funny? We have you three beat and you find all this amusing?"

Silas soon stopped his laughter and decided to let them in on a little trick.

Silas: "Not at all… See I figured that you and your friends will get the upper hand on us and would stall us long enough for your friends in the comm. room to shut down the spacebridge. But there's one thing you should know about strategy. If all goes wrong, you got to have a backup plan."

The five heard this and was confused by what he meant by it. Miko soon looked up and noticed something in the distance, immediately alerting the rest.

Miko: "Look out!"

She quickly got in front of them and strummed her guitar rapidly, creating a strong enough barrier. That was when a high-energy projectile hit the shield and exploded, causing it to shatter and send the five flying. The mysterous woman and Quvey got impacted on the wall while the rest of them hit Kyoko's barrier and slumped on the floor. That impact caused the barrier to explode and shattered completely. That's when the two recruits and the humans turned to see them down for the count and realized something happened.

Jack Darby: "Miko! Homura!"

Sideswipe soon looked to see what happened and noticed the same thing Miko saw.

Sideswipe: "Whoa! What the frag is that?!"

The others looked up and wondered what he meant by it. That is when they saw what appears to be a tank with a purple and gray paint job down the hall. But then the it started to transform into what appears to be a new kind of Decepticon with tank treads on the ankles, four huge and heavy plating on its arms and shoulders, huge cannons over its head and two red visors on its face. Strongarm looked to this and realized that they're in big trouble.

Strongarm: "Don't know, but I got a feeling that it could be bad. Get behind me!"

She soon got into a kneeling stance and took out her energon pistol to full power, firing at the huge brute. The huge con got into the defensive as it clapped its arms together forming a metal shield with the cannon over it. The shield deflected the pistol shots and didn't do any damage what so ever. As she was firing, the five Magical Girls recovered and looked at the huge Con going into the defensive. Looking back at Strongarm trying to fight it at a distance, they had to join in and help her. Mami got her muskets out while Homura took out a rocket launcher from her shield, firing them right at the huge Con. Still, it wasn't enough as the shield was protecting it. That's when Mami decided to pull all the stops. With her one musket in her hand, she took aim and it glowed yellow, turning into a huge cannon with stands to support the weight.

Mami: "Tiro Finale!"

Once the igniter was hit, a huge cannon ball pellet came out of it and flew right towards the huge Decepticon. It connected and caused a huge explosion that engulfed the entire hall. The group watched on and wondered if they were able to defeat it. But by the time the smoke cleared, they were all shocked to see the tank like Con still standing with his shield leaving nothing but a huge burnt dent. Even Mami was shocked, as even her own powers couldn't stop it.

Mami: "That's impossible! My Tiro Finale didn't destroy it?! It always destroys Wraiths and Nightmares!"

Homura soon turned to her and reminded her what she's facing.

Homura: "Apparently you never face a Con like that before."

The cannon over the shield soon started to charge up and was about to fire. Strongarm noticed that and told everyone to duck.

Strongarm: "Oh, scrap! Everybody, watch out!"

Quickly, they had to get away as Sideswipe managed to get Raf, Jack, Bebe, and Kyubey off the controls for their protection. They all managed to run out of the controls, but the cannon fired an energy shell and it flew right to them. They all managed to dodge that, but the shell hit the controls and caused it to explode in a fiery fury. They were all pushed from the explosion and tumbled to the floor. Jack was in worse shape as he felt something on his shoulder and placed his hand on it, feeling the pain and hoping nothing bled out.

Jack Darby: "AH! Damn it! That hurt so much. I just hope I didn't pull something."

He soon turned to see the mysterious and older Magical Girl, who was recovering next to him and blinked a little. The two soon starred into each other for a few good seconds until he spoke up.

Jack Darby: "Whoa… Who are you? You look strangely familiar. Have we met before?"

The older veteran looked at him and didn't know what to say. So much so that Quvey scurried to her and warned her of the incoming onslaught.

Quvey: "We got company!"

She heard her and turned behind to see reinforcements fast approaching and saw the group down for the count.

"The Autobots and the human friends are now down! Take them out now!"

Turning to see the team woozy from the attack and than the Tank con that was about to fire a shot, she decided to pull off the most riskiest of moves. With multiple syringes in each hand, she tossed them towards the pipes connected to the wall and they inject themselves with the red liquid. They soon exploded, causing the pipes to burst and steam coming out of it, blinding the huge brute completely. Turning to the Cons on one side, she got up and was prepared to fight. But not before looking back and winking to Jack. She soon charged in and rushed to the group with Quvey by her side, jumping up and throwing scalpel knives and syringes to the enemy, taking some of them out in the process. Jack got up clutching his shoulder and wondered about this veteran and why she looked familiar. But before he could find out, he heard the voice of Homura from behind.

Homura: "Jack! What are you waiting for?! Get in now!"

Jack heard her and turned to see the two recruits and the Magical Girls fully recovered as the bots transformed and ready to leave. Homura was already at the driver side of Strongarm with Mami and Bebe on the truck bed while Kyoko, Kyubey, and Raf were already in Sideswipe.

Homura: "That Magical Girl gave us time to escape. We should make the most of it. Hurry!"

Jack looked to her and looked back to see the older Magical Girl still fighting with Quvey on her shoulder. Looking on, he wondered about getting her out of there. But Homura assured him that she'll be fine.

Homura: "Don't worry about her. We would see her again soon. Now get on!"

Hearing that, he sighed and decided to listen to her advice. Turning around, he rushed to the passenger side of Strongarm's vehicle mode that was opened and jumped into it. He soon took his seat while pressuring the wound on his shoulder while Strongarm automatically placed a seatbelt on him. The two cars soon took off and drove down the hall to reach the EVAC sight. Homura soon got her seatbelt on and turned to see if they were successful in stopping the spacebridge.

Homura: "Please tell me that you were able to shut down the spacebridge?"

Jack explained to her of the situation and the good news came out of it.

Jack Darby: "Well, we try to shut down the bridge, but it was activated before we can turn it off. Good news is that Raf managed to gain access to the propulsion and targeting systems for the bridge and installed a new target away from Jasper or any human populated cities. He doesn't say where he placed the target, but it does seem that he was somewhat successful."

Homura heard that and was quiet about it. But she shrugged it and decided to move on.

Homura: "Just as long as Jasper and Earth is safe, I'll believe you. Now we just need to make an escape from this place. I hope you have a way out of a ship that's in deep space."

That's when Strongarm responded through the steering wheel and told them on where to go.

Strongarm: "We contacted Ratchet and he told us to head to the loading dock where are ride will come. Don't know how he's going to plan it, but he knows someone that can get us out of this situation."

Jack clenched his wounded shoulder and hoped this is the only chance in escaping.

Jack Darby: "Either way, we need to get there and leave this ship. I just hope we don't run into any trouble when we get there."

At the same time, the smoke in the hall cleared as Silas, Knockout, and Soundwave emerged out of the smoke with the tank Decepticon following behind. Turns out, they managed to free themselves with the Intel Officer using his cables to cut the ribbons off them. Now they start to survey the damage from the terminated drones, to the trashed comm. room. Observing the damage, Silas sighed and figured that it was bad.

Silas: "Well now… This was quite a mess."

Knockout turned to him and reminded him of his arm.

Knockout: "You think that's a mess? Look at my arm! Look how bad it's damaged. Do you know how long it's going to take to fix this? When I get my servos on that little glitch, she will pay for it."

Silas turned to him and rolled his optics around, knowing that that's how he feels. Looking around a little more, they realized that the Autobots and Magical Girls are already gone and are on the move.

Silas: "Looks like those girls and the Autobots have already fled when they were successful with something. They couldn't have gotten far. Soundwave? Do you have a lock on them?"

Soundwave turned to him and gave a nod for a response followed by the visor going static. It was then that he showed security footage that was live. That's when Sideswipe and Strongarm were driving down the hall, heading to the loading bay. Knockout notice that and told Silas about it.

Knockout: "Looks like those Autobots are making a break for it. They appear to be heading down to docking bay. Don't know if their processors are working, as there is no way out of the ship in deep space."

Silas looked to them leaving and has a smirk to what they wouldn't be expecting.

Silas: "Then let's get everything ready for a farewell celebration. They'll be in for quite a surprise."

Back in the hall, Strongarm and Sideswipe were driving down the hall with the human companions in their seats. The cadet looked ahead and knew that they were getting close.

Strongarm: "We're almost at the docking area. I just hope our ride is there waiting for us."

Jack held on to the wound on his shoulder and hope for that too.

Jack Darby: "Let's hope it's there. I'm surprised that Ratchet has a ship for us. I wonder how he was able to obtain one."

Homura soon looked ahead and noticed something in the distance.

Homura: "We should worry about that later on. Right now, we got some problems of our own."

She soon pointed to the direction straight ahead and Jack looked to see what it is. Turns out, it was a group of Cons forming a blockade and have their blasters armed.

"There they are! They're trying to escape! Blast them all!"

Soon enough, the group fired their blasters and were trying to stop them. The two vehicles swerve around, trying to get out of the line of fire, but the hall was narrow and impossible to avoid.

Swideswipe: "Gah! This is getting ridiculous. We cannot avoid the shots with little to move around in."

Mami looked on while holding on to the truck bed and knew that this would be a serious problem. That's when she decided to handle it herself.

Mami: "Keep driving! I got this one!"

She soon jumped on the roof of the truck on got her footing into position. Having her hand, multiple muskets appeared and they all fired at the same time. All the pullets hit the Cons and blew them up in pieces. The two vehicles drove past the bodies and turned a corner, getting closer to the loading bay. But by turning the corner, they didn't notice a hoard of Insecticons on the roof, standing by if any intruder comes. When Strongarm and Sideswipe drove past them, they shrieked and detach themselves off the ceiling, transforming and flying after them. Bebe heard that shriek and jumped up to see the group of bugs flying towards them. She pointed her sleeved arm at them and warned Mami about it in its bizarre language. The Veteran heard that and turned to see the hoard flying after them. The veteran turned to see them and could tell that it's worse as she thought.

Mami: "I see them, Bebe!"

She soon turned around and got her arm out, letting the ribbons wrapped around it and turning onto a huge cannon with an igniter on the side. With a wink, the igniter hit and a huge cannon came out and flew right towards the group. It hit the first bug and caused a chain reaction that blew the ones in the front, leaving behind a plum of smoke. Mami looked to this while the cannon vanished and wondered if she got them all. That's when the remaining Insecticons came out of the smoke and continued their pursuit. She soon saw this and told Homura the situation.

Mami: "We got a bit of a problem here!"

Homura heard that and peeked to the review mirror to see the remaining bugs giving chase. Looking on, she knew that it would be problematic.

Homura: "I see it! Not to worry; I got this one."

Digging into her shield, she took out a large rocket launcher and rolled the window down to get an opening. Jack turned to see her holding that weapon and was concerned about it.

Jack Darby: "Uh… Homura? What are you doing?"

Homura slowly sat on the windowsill and was getting ready to aim, but not before warning him of the attack.

Homura: "You might want to cover your ears on this one."

She soon took and locked on to the targets. Pulling the trigger, she fired one rocket and was heading towards the group. But before it could reach them, it opened up and multiple mini missiles came out of it, all of which boosted and headed to their desired targets. They soon connected and exploded, destroying all the targets in one hit. Homura soon lowered her weapon and smirked to herself.

Homura: "Bug infestation dealt with."

Jack blinked and never thinks that Homura was a cool and dangerous girl, trying to joke within the moment.

Jack Darby: "You know… I'm kind of concerned of your explosive attitude."

That's when Strongarm butted in and told them that they made it.

Strongarm: "We're at the entrance to the loading bay, but it's locked down. We need a way in opening it."

Homura turned to the front and saw the blast doors leading to the loading bay. Seeing that, she decided to pull off the most riskiest of moves. Jumping on the roof of Strongarm, she was next to Mami and got a plan.

Homura: "Don't worry; we have a key. Ready Mami?"

The Veteran turned to her and smiled, knowing clearly what she is planning.

Mami: "Ready!"

So with that, Homura turned her shield into her bow while Mami took out a musket from behind her. Once the two connect, they formed a combination of a crossbow musket, saying this one word.

Homura and Mami: "Tiro Duet!"

They both pull the trigger as an arrow like pellet came out and glowed purple, flying right towards the blast doors. The moment it connected, it caused an explosion and formed a huge hole in the middle, letting them through. Strongarm saw this and was quite surprised, but decided to take it anyways.

Strongarm: "All right, we got our opening! Everyone through there! Our ride is going to be waiting for us by now!"

The two vehicles got into the hole of the blast doors and made it to the wide docking area. But by the time they made it, the two applied the breaks and skidded to a complete stop. That's when the humans and the creatures look to the scene and knew what this was about.

Jack Darby: "Scrap…"

All around them, there was an armada of Vehicons, Airadicons, Insecticons, and those tank like Decepticons surrounding them with their blasters and cannons armed and ready for a full on firing squad. The humans and creatures got out of their respective vehicles as the two recruits transformed and survey the situation.

Sideswipe: "Well, I don't see the ship, but I see a whole lot of Decepticons. And judging by the numbers, I really don't like the odds."

Strongarm: "And with the weapons we possess and the lack of training, yeah…I would agree with you on that one."

Miko looked to this armada with her guitar out and was also worried about the odds. She soon turned to her veterans and asked if they can take them all on.

Miko: "So… We take them head on? I mean, we did this a lot defending the comm. room."

All three of them turned to the student and told her that it would be completely impossible.

Homura: "Even so, I don't think we have the resources necessary to take this many on."

Mami: "And besides, we used all the remaining grief pellets to purify our gems after the fight with those three Decepticons. If we use any of our remaining magic, then it's all over."

Miko heard that and knew that it was impossible, turning back to the group in defeat.

Miko: "So that's it. It's all over."

Kyoko looked on and decided to make her last stand.

Kyoko: "Not likely. If this is going to be our last stand, we will fight until we can't fight no more."

She soon stepped ahead and readied her spear for a final stand. The others saw her taking that stand and knew that this is all or nothing. Mami soon went to her side and stood her ground as well.

Mami: "For once, Kyoko, I could strongly agree with you."

A musket immediately appeared in her hands and she took aim. Homura soon joined in and got her shield out as it glowed.

Homura: "Indeed… We won't give up so easily."

Her shield soon turned into her trusty bow and went into a stance with an arrow appearing on the bow and hand. Miko looked to all three of them and realized that they're not going to back down. Sighing, she decided to follow their lead.

Miko: "You veterans… You don't know when to give up."

She soon joined them and readied her guitar for the ultimate battle. Both Strongarm and Sideswipe got their weapons out and knew that the odds were stacked against them.

Sideswipe: "You know, this is not what I wanted to do, at least we're going out with a bang, huh?"

Strongarm looked to the situation and agreed with that.

Strongarm: "It does seem that way. At least we will go down with honor."

Jack, Raf, Kyubey, and Bebe stayed behind them and didn't know what would happen. All six of them were prepared for their last stand, as the Cons surrounding them were ready to take them all down.

"End of the line with you lot. All units, ready!"

All the drones charged their blasters and pointed it to the small group. The bots and magical girls stood their ground and were ready to take them all on. The Vehicon raised his arm up and was ready to finish it all off.

"Fire!"

Before the group was about to launch their onslaught on them, a green and blue portal appeared behind them and something big came out of it. The drone felt that and turned around to see what it was. That's when a huge ship came out and flew towards the group from behind.

"Hit the deck!"

Immediately, the ship knocks down a bunch of Cons and ripped apart the catwalk with those that were on it. At the same time, the bridge closed off and made sure that no Decepticon would come in. The ship soon turned and went on a heavy assault with blasters and rockets, destroying any Con in sight while others were wounded. Once that massacre was over, everyone looked up to the ship and was surprised that it would show up, let alone through a spacebridge. But the main question was, who was on this ship. But when Miko looked at the design of it, she soon realized whom it belongs to.

Miko: "Wait a second… I know that ship!"

The ship soon started to lower and landed on the metal floor, with the back end in front of them. Soon enough, the ramp slowly started to lower, opening it up. The group stood their ground, and were ready to take on what's going to come out of it. But by the time it lowered, they were all greeted by a familiar face.

Wheeljack: "Hey there, guys. Need a lift?"

All of them soon saw a medium build mech with a white paint job and red and green strips on parts of it, completely with two prods on the sides of his face. It was no doubt Wheeljack, the residential Wrecker, leaning on the wall with his arms crossed and a confident smile on his face. The group starred on in surprise and never thought he would come to their rescue. But Miko was extremely ecstatic as she ran up the ramp and gave the Wrecker a hug on the leg.

Miko: "Wheeljack!"

He looks down to see the newest recruit that was so happy to see him and chuckled a little.

Wheeljack: "Hey there, my littlest Wrecker. Nice to see you too. I take it you're trying not getting into trouble, huh?"

Miko looked up with tears in her eyes and back away, wiping it off her cheeks.

Miko: "I try, but trouble always find me."

Jackie chuckled and knew that was the case.

Wheeljack: "Figures that was the case. Still, at least you are still surviving, as always."

That's when Jack and Raf joined in and wondered how he was able to arrive like that.

Raf: "Wheeljack, thanks for saving us. A few more seconds and we've all would've been goners."

Jack Darby: "Yeah… Though, there's one thing that's bothering me. How did you…"

Jackie soon realized what he's going to ask and answered immediately.

Wheeljack: "Isn't it obvious. The doc told me that you guys were in a pinch and needed a way out. Guess he wanted to keep his end of the bargain since that fight with Soundwave a whiles back. Even told me that they have a working space bridge so that way I can bring my ship in and go full on assault on any Con I desire."

Miko let go of the hug and gave a cocky grin.

Miko: "So, Ratch told you to help us out of there. Ain't that something. Well, at least we're glad that you came to our rescue, Jackie."

The Wrecker look down to his recruit and felt a little angulated, even though he doesn't understand what is really going on.

Wheeljack: "What can I say? I can't leave any of my Wreckers behind, which include my recent recruit. So…what happened? Ratchet told me that the fate of the world is at stake or something."

He soon notices Miko's attire and was a little confused about it.

Wheeljack: "And what's up with that outfit. I mean it makes you look like a bad aft, but I don't know if that's Wrecker material."

He soon looked ahead and noticed the two recruits and three Magical Girls and was even more confused.

Wheeljack: "And who the frag are these guys?"

Jack could tell that the Wrecker needed answers. Unfortunately, now isn't the time in explaining, as they would need to leave.

Jack Darby: "It's a really long story. But right now, we need to get out of here before more trouble starts to come towards us."

Just as he said that, he heard Silas's voice behind everyone.

Silas: "I couldn't agree more."

Jack heard the voice and he and the others turned to see who it came from. Turns out, Silas, Soundwave, and Knockout were standing there with more Vehicons and tank like Decepticons behind them. Silas looked on and realized that they have an escape ride.

Silas: "So the Autobots have a ship. Never heard anything in previous reports. But at least I got the heads up. As for the lot escaping… Destroy them!"

Pretty soon, all the drones fired their blasters while the heavies fired their cannons. Kyoko quickly pound the staff end to form more red diamond barriers to protect her and the others. The projectiles hit it but it will be short lived as the cannon shells blew pieces of it off the walls. Seeing this, she warned everyone to hurry into the ship.

Kyoko: "That barrier won't last for long! We should get out of here!"

Homura soon agreed and told everyone to get aboard.

Homura: "Of course! Everyone into the ship! Now!"

Quickly, the group reacted and headed up the ramp and into the Jackhammer. Wheeljack quickly got on the controls with Miko joining him as Strongarm sat at the passenger side to ask if he has a way in getting out.

Strongarm: "I hope you have a plan in getting us all out of the ship."

Jackie turned to her and gave a bit of a smirk.

Wheeljack: "Plan? Missy, we wreckers don't plan, we improvise!"

He soon took aim right at the blast doors in front of the loading dock, which would lead outside. The Cadet notices that and started to get scarred over it.

Strongarm: "Oh, scrud…"

At the same time, the barrier blew up in pieces as the Cons came out and saw the ship leaving.

Knockout: "They're trying to make an escape!"

Silas: "I noticed that? Don't just stand there, take it out!"

Soon enough, the drones focus fire on the ship and shooting it with everything in their disposal. Meanwhile, the ones the Jackhammer took out recovered and saw the ship leaving as well and joined in on the fight. Blaster shots dented the ship, but didn't take it down. But on the inside, the group felt that and was barely holding on.

Sideswipe: "Better get moving on the escape plan, bud. Don't know how long this ship will last!"

Jackie heard that and decided to make his escape now.

Wheeljack: "Ya'll better hang on to something. It's going to be a wild ride."

He soon pushed the button that resembles the rockets and two missiles came out of the front and headed straight towards the blast door. Silas notice that and immediately realize what was going to happen.

Silas: "Shit! Fallback! Fallback!"

The missiles hit the second blast door and exploded completely. That soon led to an immediate suckage of space and pulling everything in, including the ship. Most of the Cons were caught from the force and flew into the hole and sucked into the vast of space. Soundwave, Knockout, and Silas quickly hold on with the Intel Officer using his cables as a means to keep the three of them from getting sucked out. The Autobots and the humans held on and were caught by surprise about it. Wheeljack soon fired more rockets and blew a hole big enough to let the ship go through. The hole was so big that the Jackhammer made it through. Soon enough, they were out of the Nemesis and escaped the Decepticons. At the same time, the remaining Decepticons were struggling to hang on as everything started to get pulled from the hole leading to space. Silas couldn't take the whole thing anymore and told the Intel Officer to close it all off.

Silas: "Lock down the entire loading dock! Now!"

He heard that and got another cable out, reaching the override control pad and let the tiny wires get the code. Once it was accessed, he initiated the override sequence and the second blast doors started to close and seal the hole completely, the remaining forces dropped to the ground after hanging on for so long and were a little dazed of what transpired. Soon enough, the three Elite cons got up and survey the damage. Not only have they lost their prisoners, but also left the ship in ruins on the inside. Knockout looks to all of this and wondered about what the warlord would say.

Knockout: "So… Who's going to tell Lord Megatron of what the Autobot recruits and humans did to the Nemesis?"

Silas turned to him and gave a deep enough glare. The medic backed up with his servos up and was a little confused by that reaction.

Knockout: "What?"

In the vast space, the Jackhammer and flailing around after getting sucked out of the Nemesis. Wheeljack was trying to keep his ship in control as the recruits and humans were holding on for dear life. Quickly, he went to the console next to him to regain mobility and gravity controls while holding one servo on the steering wheel. With a quick turn, he managed to keep the ship in control and remain in altitude, flying safely away from the enemy ship. He took a breather and was glad that they got out of that mess.

Wheeljack: "Phew… That was a close one. Everyone all right?"

He looked back to see how everyone is after that stunt. Apparently, they were all in a daze after that risky move. Sideswipe was lying on his back while the humans were on top of him. Even Kyubey peeked his head up from the pile while Bebe was knocked out with swirls in her eyes. The red recruit shook off the temple and looked to the Wrecker for an answer.

Sideswipe: "Yeah… We're good. A little banged up, but we'll survive."

Kyoko shook her head and just couldn't fathom what they had to go through.

Kyoko: "So… Do all of you guys go through all of this?"

Jack got up and held on to his wounded shoulder answering the best he could.

Jack Darby: "You could say that. Get use to it."

Jackie smirked and knew that they'll be fine. He soon heard Strongarm thanking him for the rescue.

Strongarm: "Thank you for coming to escape us. Don't know what we'll do without you."

Jackie shrugged it off and told her that it was nothing.

Wheeljack: "Don't thank me, kid. You should thank the doc. If he didn't let me know of the current situation, you guys wouldn't be in a tight spot."

Miko smirked as she returned to her normal attire and was glad to have him rescuing them.

Miko: "C'mon Jackie, we should be ecstatic that you came to our aid. I mean, how else are we going to get out of a ship heavily protected by Decepticons, huh?"

The Wrecker looked to his newest member and smiled at the thought.

Wheeljack: "It's like you said before, trouble finds you. So… Care to explain to me what has happened back there? How did all of you got into this predicament? And who are these girls with you?"

Miko looked at him with a bit of a sheepish face and didn't know how to respond to it.

Miko: "It's… It's a long and very complicated story."

Jackie heard that and knew something wasn't up. So he decided to let this slide.

Wheeljack: "Well, we'll talk about this once we return to base. Until then, let's relax and enjoy the flight back."

So the Jackhammer, flew down to earth to return to Jasper.

Back in the Nemesis, the three Cons survey the damage and could tell that it was worse. Silas was also speaking to one of the squad leaders of the other Magical Girl that separated from the others.

Silas: "And you say she disappeared?"

The squad leader nodded and explained about it.

"Yes sir. This intruder ran from us while destroying everything that blocked her way. He managed to trap her at a dead end, but when we did, she and this creature she was with vanished in a blinding light. No clue where she went, but I got the feeling that she is related to the other strange girls that she assisted in."

Silas heard that and decided to leave him with attending to the wounded.

Silas: "We will find out about this woman before hand. Until then, tend the injured. Repair the ship. The last thing Megatron wants is the Nemesis looking disrepair by a bunch of human girls with unknown powers. Dismissed."

The squad leader soon departed to help with the repairs. Silas soon walked away and headed to Soundwave with Knockout by his side, looking at all the destruction caused by the Magical Girls and the Jackhammer.

Knockout: "What a mess… Never believe that a bunch of humans could do something like this. Autobots, I get it. But this?"

Silas looked to the devastation of the docking bay and knew of the risk.

Silas: "Indeed, this looks devastating. But it did shed some light that there are more of these powerful girls on Earth. Megatron would be pleased with this discovery."

The medic soon looked to his damaged arm and was still upset of that the mysterious woman did to him.

Knockout: "I would be more pleased if that human who hurt me was killed. I swear, when I get my servos on her…"

Silas lifted his arm up to him and told him to wait.

Silas: "In time, Knockout. For now, let's worry about fixing this place before Megatron arrives. The last thing I want is to get taken to your dissection table after something like this."

Knockout glared to him and reminded him of what he did with Breakdown.

Knockout: "Hey! You and your MECH friends turned my partner into a science experiment and you are using him as a second skin. It's fitting that I would treat you the same if it comes down to it."

The two soon approached the Intel Officer as he turned to give them more bad news.

Silas: "Well, Soundwave? What's the extent of the damage?"

It was then that Soundwave approached him and his visor went static to show what happened. That's when he showed them the spacebridge schematics and it's new trajectory. The former MECH leader looked to this and was a little confused.

Silas: "What's this? I asked for the damage report of the Nemesis, not the spacebridge. Is your processor frying, or did one of those girls knocked you silly?"

Knockout soon looked at the screen and realized what it was.

Knockout: "Wait a nano click… This is a targeting update for the spacebridge. It seems like those girls were only holding us back because the rest were trying to stop us from cyberforming Earth. Looks like they only manage to pick a new target for the bridge to fire."

Silas turned to him and was surprised about that as well.

Silas: "Is that so? All right then, where did those escapees move the bridge to? Soundwave?"

He turned to see where the Omega beam hit as Soundwave pinpointed the new location. Silas starred at it for a few seconds and soon realized where the beam hit.

Silas: "Oh… That can't be good."

On Cybertron, there was a lot of destruction throughout the Sea of Rust as the Omega Lock was completely destroyed. But in the middle of it, Optimus stood proud, even if he destroyed the Omega Lock The group approached him and checked to see if he's all right.

Arcee: "Optimus… Are you okay?"

The Prime look down to them and was pleased that he had succeeded, without risking it all.

Optimus Prime: "I'm fine now, knowing that it's finally over."

Smokescreen looked to the destruction that's around them and sighed in despair.

Smokescreen: "Shame that we had no choice but to destroy the Omega Lock. That was the only shot in restoring Cybertron."

Optimus bowed his head down in defeat, but knew that it was for the best.

Optimus Prime: "Indeed. This was in fact a risky decision on our behalf, however it was for the best. We cannot allow another planet to fall to the Decepticons, even with lives on the line. We should all move forward, for now we know of the stakes."

The team heard him and knew he has a point. Earth is their home now, and they won't let the Decepticons take it. Just then, they heard a call coming from Ratchet on the comms, wondering what happened.

Ratchet: "Optimus, can you read me? What happened out there?"

Optimus heard him and contacted him of the situation.

Optimus Prime: "I hear you, old friend. Megatron almost succeeded in cyberforming Earth, but we were able to stop him from wiping mankind from existence"

Ratchet heard that on his end and was completely relieved, not knowing what has happened.

Ratchet: "Guess that's the reason why that energy spike faded. I got word from Wheeljack that he has got the recruits and the humans out of the Nemesis and he's on his way back to the base."

Optimus heard that news and was happy that their human companions and the recruits have gotten out safely."

Optimus Prime: "That's good to hear. Ratchet, please open the space bridge back to base. We have much to discuss."

The medic heard him and just like that, the portal started to appear next to them, signaling them to return. Optimus soon turned to the group and told them to leave.

Optimus Prime: "Autobots, let's return home."

And with that, the four of them walked down to the bridge and disappeared through them. But by the time the portal started to close, there was more movement from the rubble and someone was coming out. That someone is Starscream as he took a breather after the explosion and looked around to see the destruction of the Omega Lock.

Starscream: "Oh my… This cannot be good."

He soon notices that Megatron isn't around. Fearing the worse, he ran through the wreckage and tries call out his name.

Starscream: "Lord Megatron! Are you around? Say something to me! Lord Megatron!"

Just then, he heard movement from close by and turned to see where it was. That's when a purple beam started to appear and blew the debris away. Scream managed to back away watched to see what came out of it. That's when he saw Megatron slumping a little with the stump where his Prime arm used to be. Seeing him, he rushed to his aid and checked on him.

Megatron: "Lord Megatron, are you all right? Can you move?"

There was a bit of silence as Megatron mumbled to himself. The commander knew that it was bad and decided to get some help. So he contacted Soundwave to bridge them back to the Nemesis.

Starscream: "Soundwave, we need a bridge back to the Nemesis. Have Knockout prep the emergency ward. Megatron needs medical attention."

Stepping away, he looked at the destruction once again and was upset about what happened.

Starscream: "Prime… He will pay for dooming Cybertron to remain a lifeless husk!"

Just as he said that, he heard Megatron laughing maniacally, even wounded. Scream noticed this and was confused at what's going on.

Starscream: "My liege…? What's so funny? With all due respect, we lost the Omega Lock from the Autobots. You should be upset about what happened."

Megatron stopped his laughing and told him that everything's going according to plan.

Megatron: "Indeed, Starscream. The Autobots have destroyed our only hope in restoring their planet. But taking away the Omega Lock is only just the beginning. They can run, they can fight, but they can never hide from us anymore."

But then, the two can hear the voice of Silas coming from their comms, explaining of the situation.

Silas: "Megatron, Starscream, can anyone read me? We got ourselves a problem here."

Star heard him and wondered what he wants.

Starscream: "What? What is it this time?"

There was a bit of silence until he told them to come to the ship.

Silas: "It's best you two return to the Nemesis. There's something you might want to see for yourself."

The two heard that and looked at each other, wondering what the former MECH leader wants them to see.

Back in the base, the Jackhammer reached it and landed on top of the silo on the landing pad. The pad soon lowered and headed down to the main lobby of the command center. Ratchet and Fowler saw the landing pad coming down and waited for half the team to come out. Once they reach the lower area, the back end started to open up and out came Wheeljack, Strongarm, and Sideswipe coming down the ramp while the humans were coming from behind. With Homura holding an injured Jack, and the four magical girls back in their normal attire, they all reach the lounge and they all took a rest after what happened. Ratchet soon noticed Mami and Kyoko and was even more confused then ever.

Ratchet: "More humans?! What is this?!"

Strongarm looked to him and told him a keep it shut.

Strongarm: "It's a long and very complicated story, Ratchet. We will talk about it as soon as we relax from our little adventure."

As soon as she walk past him, as Sideswipe reminded him of what they had to go through in just picking a bunch of kids up.

Sideswipe: "And Ratch, next time you pick the kids up. I think I had enough for one solar cycle."

The two soon rest up while Wheeljack got next to him wanted to respond to what he was going to say.

Wheeljack: "You're welcome by the way."

Fowler soon approached the teens that were resting and talked to them of what happened.

Agent Fowler: "Heard about what happened to you guys. I could only imagine all of you had went through."

Jack rubbed his wounded shoulder and turned to him with a bit of a smile.

Jack Darby: "Agent Fowler, you have no idea what we had to go through."

Fowler soon smiled and knew that they were all safe.

Agent Fowler: "Well, at least you all got out alive and well. You are all brave, I'll give you that."

He soon noticed two new faces and realized that they weren't with them before. Shaking that through, he decided to ask them who they are.

Agent Fowler: "I'm sorry, I didn't see you two before. Who are you two exactly?"

Both of them looked to each other and knew that he needs answer. So Mami stood up and presented herself respectively.

Mami: "Oh, our apology. We're just friends of Homura Akemi. My name is Mami Tomoe. It's nice to meet you."

Kyoko remained on the couch and just waved it off, reminding Mami of Homura and introducing herself to the former Army Ranger.

Kyoko: "Technically, I'm not a friend of Homura, more like a mutual partner. Name's Kyoko, by the way. Kyoko Sakura."

Fowler blinked as he turned to the other four and demanded why they were there.

Agent Fowler: "Okay… I know that having you kids here are the norm, but this base is really starting to turn into a clubhouse! How did these two get in this base? More to the point, where did they come from?"

The four looked to each other and knew that he wanted answers. But it's difficult to explain two extra Magical Girls or two creatures, who are well hidden from the Autobots until it's time to leave. So they don't know how to answer his question. Miko soon try to make an excuse of those two.

Miko: "Funny story. You see…"

But before they can explain about that, they could hear the sound of the spacebridge opening up. They all looked to see the opened bridge and could see Optimus and the rest of Team Prime entering the base, looking rather defeated by what happened on Cyberton. Fowler looked to them, and decided to save what Mami and Kyoko for later.

Agent Fowler: "We'll talk about this later."

He soon left them and approached the other side of the comm. area and demanded what happened, looking really upset about what transpired.

Agent Fowler: "Prime! You got a lot of explaining to do. You suddenly journey through Cybertron with a spacebridge you created and then there was a huge energy spike on Earth. You have to explain to me what happened out there."

Team Prime stood back while holding their relics they were going to return and was silent about what they went through. But Optimus knew that Fowler and Ratchet need an explanation. So he explained about what transpired.

Optimus Prime: "There was a complication on Cybertron. Megatron and the Decepticons used the Omega Lock to cyberform Earth. Thankfully, we were able to stop them, but there is still the issue of what happened here. The Omega Lock was on for quite a while, there's no telling how much has affected."

Ratchet heard him and explain about that.

Ratchet: "Yes, well, it was hard to tell on our end as well. The energy spike from the Omega Lock got all of our systems here in a loop. I'm trying to pinpoint where the source of the spike is located. Speaking of which…"

He soon approached the terminal and looked into the spike location. Hitting a few keys, he scanned the map to see where the spike originated. Once the scanning is complete, he soon spotted where it is.

Ratchet: "Okay… I think I got the location of the energy spike from the Omega Lock. According to the scanners…"

Looking at the map, he soon started to notice something not right about it.

Ratchet: "Hang on… This doesn't look like… It says there that the spike is located in…"

Inside the Nemesis, it was floating above a certain spot on Earth as Soundwave, Silas, and Knockout looking on at the bridge of the ship. As they were watching, the door started to open up and Megatron and Starscream came in with the commander feeling miffed by what happened.

Starscream: "This better be good, Silas. We got the location of the Autobots base and we're ready for a full on assault on the team."

The three heard them and turned to see them fast approaching. Silas started to tell them what happened.

Silas: "Yes, well, we have some good news and bad news. The good news is that the first stage of the global takeover was successful."

Starscream smirked and was pleased with the news.

Starscream: "Good. Then that means that we will begin the attack on the Autobots base."

That's was when Knockout butted in and told them the bad news.

Knockout: "Yes, well, it's going to be a long travel to get there. See, the bad news is that there have been a slight change in the targeting system."

Scream heard that and was a little confused about that.

Starscream: "What? What are you talking about? What do you mean the targeting sensor changed?"

The medic crossed his arm and decided to show him what they discovered.

Knockout: "Take a look yourself."

Megatron looked on and wondered what he meant by that. So he headed to the window to see what they were talking about. Looking at the view, he saw something he did and didn't expect. For the did, he could see huge tower looming with many spikes sticking out form the bottom and four cannons attached to the top on what would appear to be the throne room. Looking at it, he knew that it was Darkmount, his main base of operations back and Cybertron. Now he has a second Darkmount on this planet, his complete first phase. But for the didn't, it was something he was shocked the most. Darkmount was supposed to be looming over the Autobot base in Jasper, Nevada. But now, it looks like they were in the middle of what appeared to be Antarctica, complete with ice and mountains of snow surrounding the base with cyber formed metal on top of it. Starscream looked at it and couldn't believe what he's seeing. But Megatron, he was stun silence and couldn't believe that what he was working for crashed and burned right in front of him. With his head lowered, he vented out and told everyone to leave.

Megatron: "Leave me. Now."

Everyone turned to him and surprised that he was calm in this, let alone demanding them to leave him alone. However, they know that something is boiling inside him and knew that it meant trouble coming. So all the Vehicons Airadicons, and others started to leave followed by Starscream, Soundwave, Knockout, and Silas. The moment they were all gone, Megatron was all-alone, looking back at what happened. He lost the Omega Lock, he lost his chance in restoring not only Cybertron, but create a planet of his own, and now his plan in attacking the Autobot base by placing his own base next to it has been compromised. His fists started to tighten, his teeth clenching, and his eyes blaring red with anger. With his body tensing, he immediately screams out loud in complete defeat and anger, knowing the Optimus Prime have ruined everything for him again.

Back in the base, everyone look at the map on where the energy surge is located. What they discovered is that the surge emanated from the arctic, the very place that the scraplets were discovered and when Starscream used the observatory telescope as a sun gun to melt the ice where the strong hold of energon is located. Looking at it, they realized what it was.

Arcee: "The Arctic? Huh… What do you know, the Decepticons now have a vacation hot spot. So let me guess, it was all your doing?"

The femme turned to see the recruits and human companions at the lounge as they all looked to each other and knew that they want an answer. That's when Sideswipe and Raf explain to them as much as possible, without letting them in on the Magical Girl incident.

Sideswipe: "Well, yes, it was. When we discovered that the Decepticons were planning to use the Omega Lock and the Spacebridge to target this base, we had to do something to prevent it."

Raf soon joined in and told them the rest.

Raf: "And with my hacking ability and Sideswipe's skills in Cybertronian technology, our idea was to bypass the bridge and shut it down. However, we only bypassed the propulsion and targeting system, and the bridge was already activated. So with little time, we decided to use what we have and give the bridge a new target. And as you can see, it worked out well in the end."

Everyone listened to what they did and was surprised that the two managed to outsmart the Cons with their own bridge. Ratchet soon smiled and was glad that one part of the crisis was adverted.

Ratchet: "Well, at least we're thankful that Megatron isn't knocking on our door."

Fowler though reminded everyone about the bad news part.

Fowler: "But that still doesn't change the fact that the Decepticons know of your location. I'm contacting Bryce on the situation right now. We need to find a way in sending troops to the town while keeping the whole alien invasion thing a secret."

He soon got on the phone and contacted Bryce, explaining to him of the situation. Ratchet looked to his and shrugged it off, feeling that the still succeeded and not realizing what happened.

Ratchet: "Regardless of that little hiccup, at least we were able to secure the Omega Lock. Now all that's left is restoring our world and ending this war."

Hearing that, Team Prime turned their heads away, knowing full well what really happened. The medic turned to them and notices the sorrow look on their faces. Blinking, he wondered what happened and asked them.

Ratchet: "What's with the sour looks? We won this battle. Now all we can do is revive our world and return home."

The group looked to each other and didn't know how to put it. So they went on ahead and give him the bad news.

Arcee: "It's difficult to explain, Ratchet. You see…"

There was still silence, as they don't know what to say in this time of worry. Now the medic was getting annoyed and demanded an explanation.

Ratchet: "Well? What happened? Somebody say something."

They all turned to Optimus, wondering if Ratchet is ready for the answer or not. Prime soon nodded, letting him know what occurred, letting Bulkhead taking the shot.

Bulkhead: "Optimus…destroyed the Omega Lock.

The entire base went into complete silence, as everyone didn't utter a single word after news broke out. But then, Ratchet was starting to process what he heard and was confused by that answer.

Ratchet: "What?! You did-"

Ratch was about to talk to the Prime about his actions, but he stopped him and explained to him why he did it.

Optimus Prime: "-what was necessary. Megatron wishes to not only restore Cybertron, but create a second one on Earth, wiping out all human life in the process. We tried to stall him long enough, we try to stop him, but it was too late as he and Starscream used the Lock on Earth. There was no time for another prolonged battle, not with Earth in imminent danger."

Ratchet listened to his explanation, but was greatly upset about this unexpected outcome.

Ratchet: "So you destroyed the only device in any universe capable of restoring our home? Optimus… We needed that…"

Smokescreen went next to his leader and defended his actions.

Smokescreen: "You weren't there, doc. And it's not your place to second-guess a battlefield decision."

It soon lead to Arcee reminded him of how it all went downhill from the very start.

Arcee: "And besides, it was the Cons that took the kids and recruits while we were on our home trying to save it. They started this mess in the first place. There was no other way in avoiding it."

Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Sideswipe, Wheeljack and Strongarm soon joined them, picking the side of their leader and his most difficult decision. Ratchet though wasn't on their side and went into a complete rant.

Ratchet: "There is always a way, and it most certain is! There had to be another way!"

It was then, that the human companions went to Ratchet and told him of what happened before hand, with Jack holding onto the wound on his arm.

Jack Darby: "It wasn't that simple, Ratchet."

Raf: "Megatron was using the Omega Lock to attack Earth. You said it yourself when we discovered what his true intentions were."

Miko: "And Optimus made the right choice to save our planet."

Homura: "Sometimes, we all have to make the tough decisions in order to make the right outcome."

The medic turned to the kids and snapped at them, at all of them.

Ratchet: "What about our planet?! All of our struggles and energon spilled and countless sacrifices for nothing?! Do you have any idea how hard it was for all of us when we fled our home, when it was dying?! How many centuries it took for us to build to this moment, all of which were completely wasted! Because you, Optimus, made the wrong decision in sacrificing everything just for what?! To lead us to extermination!"

The group was silent and knew that he wasn't happy with this news.

Arcee: "Right decision or wrong, what's done is done. And we have another problem here on this world. The Cons have changed the rules when they put Jack, Miko, Raf, and Homura into play. And after what Megatron did, it's no doubt that Earth is in far graver danger then it already is. We have to figure out what's his next move now before they could strike."

But Ratchet wouldn't listen as he barade them of their actions. Of course as this was going on, Kyoko was getting annoyed by the old mech and wanted to teach him a lesson, so much so that her ring was glowing red.

Ratchet: "Forget it! After what all of you have done on Cybertron, I cannot trust any of you. You had one mission, to restore Cybertron and end the war. What did you do instead? You throw it all away! Just because you didn't want more lives hurt. You are all self center and arrogant and if it were up to me, I would've-"

But as he was trading on them, something unexpected happened. Out of nowhere, Kyoko jumped in and kicked the old mech right in the face, knocking him down to the floor. What makes it worse is that she was wearing her Magical Girl uniform and holding her spear in one hand. She soon pinned a shocked Ratchet on the floor and twisted her spear right to him, at the same time, multiple magical circles appear to emanate huge spears right at him. The team and humans were shocked by what just occurred, with Arcee and Bulkhead realizing what happened. Ratchet though was caught in a bigger shock than the news of the Omega Lock's destruction, as he was starring right at a girl that easily took him down with one hit. With her spear pointing at him, Kyoko started to give him a huge dose of reality.

Kyoko: "Now you listen here, gramps. We've all were beating the living crap out of these metal monstrosities, they were risking everything in saving this planet! What did you do? You just stood here and do absolutely nothing!"

Homura watched it all go down and couldn't believe what she was seeing. It took her months in keeping the Magical Girls a secret. And it took a few short seconds for Kyoko to spill it all out. Quickly, she jumped down and call out her name.

Homura: "Kyoko!"

She didn't listen as she went on talking down to Ratch.

Kyoko: "Seriously, you haven't been through what we had. I was taken into a ship with Mami to rescue Homura, had to go through so many of these metal bastards, finding a way out, only to defend some of the people against those pieces of crap! Hell, I barely survived against that red one with the saw and drill! BARELY!"

Homura tried to call her out again.

Homura: "Kyoko!"

Yet she didn't listen and continued to keep him down.

Kyoko: "And yet here you are, standing there and just looking at screens. At least appreciate the fact that we worked so hard to save this world. The least you can do is thank us for all the trouble."

That's when Homura decided to get all physical and rushed in and pushed her to get her attention.

Homura: "KYOKO!"

Kyoko felt the push and turned to her with questions.

Kyoko: "Hey! What's the deal?! I was trying to teach this fool what it means to respect us Magical Girls. What, you want teach me to respect my elders or something?"

Homura rubbed the temples of her head and groaned at the rebel's actions.

Homura: "Kyoko, I spent months in keeping this a secret. Months, I've try to keep our identity discrete. Despite a few hiccups, I've managed to keep it in check. And then you showed up and expose our existence in a matter of moments, in front of everyone!"

Kyoko heard that as she pointed to the many eyewitnesses that saw her actions. She blinked a little and was confused; until she turned to where the Veteran was pointing at. That's when she could see the team witnessing what they saw, with half of them with optics wide and mouths agape while the other half face palming themselves knowing of the existence of Magical Girls. She soon looked to the humans, all of which knew of the Magical Girls. But then, she turned to see Fowler who was on the phone with General Bryce explaining the situation. He soon noticed the commotion and saw Kyoko pinning Ratchet with huge multiple spears pointing to him and has his jaw agape. Yet he was still on the line and Bryce was waiting for him to say something. Fowler soon shook off that thought and decided to keep the talks on hold.

Fowler: "Uh… General? I may have to call you back. Something just came up."

He soon hung up the phone and look down to the two girls, wanting to know what he just witnessed. Kyoko did a double take and immediately realizes her mistake.

Kyoko: "Oh… Heh, heh… That… Didn't realize these things know of our existence till now. Is it too late to cover this up and tell them to pretend that what happened didn't happen?"

Homura rolled her eyes around and a part of her knows that it's too late for that. With the remaining teenagers, they all watched it all go down and knew that the gig is up. Mami soon looked on and turned to Darby for an explanation.

Mami: "So… I'm taking a wild guess and say that these creatures don't know about us?"

Jack sighed and rubbed the temples of his forehead.

Jack Darby: "Honestly, only a few of them know about you guys. That was until your friend here pulled this stunt. Looks like we all got a lot of explaining to do."

As soon as he said that, he felt and stinging pain on his wounded shoulder and got to his knees in pain. Arcee noticed that and rushed to his side to check on him.

Arcee: "Jack! Are you okay, partner?"

Jack turned to her and smiled while grasping his shoulder.

Jack Darby: "I'm fine, Arcee. Just got hurt in an attack and got my shoulder wounded. Nothing to worry about."

Arcee looked to him and knew that he was completely lying. After all, she is being overprotected on him. She soon turned to Raf and demands him to make a call.

Arcee: "Raf, call June. We might need her to patch him up."

Raf nodded and went on the call.

Raf: "On it."

As he was making the call, Arcee turned back to him and decided to check on the wound herself.

Arcee: "Slowly remove your hand."

Jack heard her and knew what she wants, so he shook his head and told her that it's okay.

Jack Darby: "No, really, I'm fine. It's just a scratch. There's nothing to worry about."

Cee though won't take no for an answer and told him of the risks.

Arcee: "Jack, you were held captive aboard Megatron's flagship and got hurt by a cybertronian blast. Who knows what an energon blaster shot, explosion, or a combination of both can do to a normal human. You saw what it did to Raf…"

Jack soon turned away after hearing that, remembering when Raf was infected by a heavy dose of Dark Energon when Megatron was attacking Bumblebee. They were thankful that they cured him by countering the dark with the regular, but it was a near death experience for the hacker. Knowing the dangerous risks, he groaned and decided to follow her order.

Jack Darby: "Fine… I'll do it… Just need to warn you that it could look gruesome if it's bad."

The two-wheeler smirked and told him that it was all right.

Arcee: "Trust me, I've seen worse from fatally wounded Autobots during the war. Now, remove your hand so I can see the extent of the damage."

Jack was hesitant about it at first, but being that the explosion from a Decepticon tank shell, he can't take any chances. So slowly, he removed his hand to expose the wounded shoulder. When he did, Arcee looked to see what was damaged. But at a glance, she backed away and gasped with her optics wide and her servos over her mouth. Jack noticed her looking at the wound and figured that it was bad, but not that bad.

Jack Darby: "What? What is it? Is it worse? Am I going to die? Answer me! Please!"

The rest of the Autobots and humans turned to him, wondering what the femme is shocked about. That is when they saw what she saw and was completely shocked for words. Jack was still confused by what's going on and demanded answers.

Jack Darby: "Why is everyone looking at me like that? C'mon! Give me an answer."

It was then that Miko pointed the wound and told him to look.

Miko: "Jack, look at your shoulder!"

The Darby heard her and wondered what she meant by that. That was when he looked at his shoulder and his eyes grew wide in fear. Indeed, the shirt and skin was ripped, but there wasn't any tore muscles or blood leaking out. Instead, what he was seeing is metal skin over his own and exposed circuitry that was sparking. In a matter of moments, Jack's world immediately collapsed around him as he uttered the one question that's been buzzing in his head.

Jack Darby: "Wh… What am I…?"

Well, that concludes this, long and epic chapter. Wow… This took far longer then expected. I want to apologize for this long wait. With so many things I have been going through, it wasn't easy getting everything together. Still, I was committed to this and I was able to keep going with this story. I mean, this took almost a hundred pages. A HUNDRED! That is commitment. Though I feel like I haven't done a story that long since my Teen Matrix 2 story. And that was a hell to get through. I do promise that chapters like this won't be this long again. I hope. Still, what I did on this chapter was action packed and has all levels of everything. And the way I handle the whole Omega Lock incident, has been quite unique. Not to mention a few plot twists to help continue with the story. So what will happen? What will be the fate of all Magical Girls? What of Jack Darby and the discovery that is making him ask many questions? All this will be answered on the next chapter as it talked about the aftermath of the Darkest Hour, along with a few extra surprises as well. Hope you have a Happy Holdiays and New Year. Please Review #WherearetheGoodCartoons?