Hello, bots and cons. Centurion here and after months since starting this story, we've finally reached the Season 1 finale! I'm excited to write this as I've set it up and thought about what happens with each chapter since the very beginning and now, we're finally here! Will the Autobots triumph? Or will the Decepticons rise up and destroy their enemy? Will Remnant survive either way? Read and find out in Only One May Stand Part 1!
AN: Now, I have read reviews requesting their OCs, already known characters and story ideas and I'm sorry that they weren't put into this season, but they probably will show up in Dustformers Season 2. I have plans for Season 2.
invictus113: Your OCs will probably show up in Season 2. I like your OCs, so I'll probably include them.
Lordofuselesness: How can I not include Warpath in this? He's one of my all-time favorites. He'll be in Season 2.
Sithlord-666: That is actually a very good idea and I wish I thought of it sooner, but there is potential to have it incorporated into the story in season 2.
*Vale Forest. The Ark. 4:20 am*
The Autobots and kids were preparing for what may be their final bout against the Decepticons. The kids weren't blind anymore. If they failed, all would be lost. "Well, this is it." Jazz said.
"We can't fail this time. We have to win!" Bumblebee declared.
"For the innocent people of Remnant." Ratchet said sharpening his blades.
"For Cybertron." Elita-1 said.
"For the future of the universe." Wheeljack finished.
"If we fail, millions of people will be killed at the hands of the Decepticons." Zig voiced.
"Meaning we have to stop the Decepticons here and now." Zag added.
"Agreed. If we don't, this planet will no doubt be stripped of everything and used to create even more Decepticons." Hound pointed out.
"We're going to help, obviously. This is our home and I will not let it be destroyed by the Decepticons." Ruby said with pure determination to protecting Remnant.
"You said it, sis." Yang agreed.
"None of you bother trying to talk us out of this." Weiss said sternly. "We're doing this."
"If we don't do this, how can we call ourselves Hunters?" Nora asked rhetorically.
"I feel like we are fated to help you in your war. This is our new duty." Pyrrha said.
"Pyrrha is right. We have to help you. It wouldn't be honorable to just leave everything to you guys. Besides, remember when we first got our powers and helped you deal with the Grimmcons." Jaune reminded.
Ironhide chuckled a little. "Of course we remember that, Jaune. We haven't stopped thanking you kids for that."
"We just worry about your safety." Ratchet put in his two cents.
"We're doing this, guys." Blake smirked.
"Of course. We were involved from the day we found that object." Ren smiled slightly, thinking back on when it all began.
"I'm still trying to wrap my head around all of this." Weiss admitted. Yang looked at her incredulously. "Don't tell me you've wrapped your mind around two warring factions of a race of sentient machines."
Yang tried to retort, but couldn't dignify Weiss with a response. "You have a point there."
"What matters is that we're doing this together." Ruby said. "Not only just for us, but like you guys said, for Remnant and hopefully ending the war."
At that moment, Snipewing walked in. "We have their location. They're just waiting for us at Vale Beachfront."
"Let's go." They all said as they marched off to what would potentially be their final battle.
*Atlas. Atlas Military HQ Helipad. 5:31 am*
General Ironwood was standing in front of a Bullhead. The alien ship was here on Remnant. He decided that this was the time to act before these alien beings knew what hit them. "Bullheads 1 through 14, lift off and head for Vale Beachfront. That's where the alien ship is located. So, that's where you all will strike." He ordered.
"Sir, yes, sir!" The soldiers shouted all at once.
With that, Bullheads 1 through 14 took off and headed for Vale Beachfront for a preemptive strike against the alien ship. Hopefully, this would work. It had to!
"General Ironwood, sir. Do you think this will do anything to the alien ship?" Junior Lieutenant Cryos asked.
"Honestly, I'm not sure, Junior Lieutenant Cryos." General Ironwood said. "We can only hope it says something to these beings."
"I'm fairly confident it will, sir." Winter said walking up to the two.
"I wish I had your confidence, Ma'am." Junior Lieutenant Cryos sighed.
Winter's stern expression remained, but her tone became a little softer. "Don't worry, Junior Lieutenant. You'll gain your confidence back soon enough."
"I hope so, Ma'am," Junior Lieutenant Cryos replied. "I-I still have slight nightmares about what happened."
"Wilma," General Ironwood said softly. "What happened wasn't your fault. Have you seen Dr. Trilla about this?"
"Oh, I have. Multiple times, sir." Junior Lieutenant Cryos responded. "I do sometimes take those sedatives she prescribed."
"As I just said, let's hope and make it so that this at least does something." General Ironwood sighed again.
*Vale City. Vale Beachfront. 10:00 am*
The Autobots had arrived only a few minutes ago. They and the Decepticons were standing off with each other. Only the Decepticons however had the upper hand as the Decepticon Cruiser 920 had just finished entering Remnant's atmosphere. "Here we are, Optimus Prime. The Decepticons on the verge of winning of the war and taking this pitiful planet's resources to revive Cybertron and conquer the universe!" Megatron declared.
"Megatron! You are the victim of your own twisted delusions!" Optimus retorted.
"Am I? Look around you, Optimus. This planet has so many resources, ripe for the taking. If you think about it, there's more than enough here to revive Cybertron. We can just take from this planet and help Cybertron. Why don't you help me, Prime?" Megatron asked.
"Because I, like Cybertron, value all life." Optimus responded.
"Flesh isn't life. Servos, gyros and fuel. This is where life comes from." Megatron retorted. "If we conquer this planet and it's resources, a new Cybertron will be born!"
"No! You would be destroying life, not creating!" Optimus yelled.
"Just what we expect to hear from an Autobot!" A female voice shouted from the Decepticon Cruiser. Suddenly, a screen popped up in front of the ship, revealing a purple, white, and aqua blue Decepticon with wings.
"Slipstream!" Wheeljack growled.
"Ah. Good to see you again, Wheeljack." Slipstream smirked, making Wheeljack growl again.
"Don't give her the satisfaction, Wheeljack." CLUTCH reminded which made Wheeljack calm down.
"Why don't you shut your trap, useless drone!" Skywarp shouted.
"Why not just surrender, little bug." Crossvolt taunted.
"You must be joking, sparky." Bumblebee taunted back.
Crossvolt growled menacingly at that and blasted a surge of electricity at Bumblebee who dodged the obviously predictable attack. "Come on, sparky. Come up with a new move... like this!" At that point, he ran towards the orange Decepticon ducked under him, then swung his feet up, hitting Crossvolt in the head, disorienting him. The fight to protect Remnant had begun! The Autobots and Decepticons charged at each other! Bumblebee and Crossvolt continued their bout, but at this time, Jaune managed to sneak up behind the orange Decepticon and slash his right leg with Crocea Mors. Crossvolt felt this and looked at Jaune who merely smirked. Crossvolt would've done something to Jaune if not for Bumblebee shooting him with his stingers.
Wildfire and Yang fought Hypnotica together as they still wanted payback for when Yang was hypnotized. Unfortunately for them, Hypnotica was just evading their attacks with a mocking smirk on her face. "You still have it in your processor that you think you can defeat me, Wildfire?" She taunted.
"This time, I'm not alone." Wildfire smirked as Yang came in with a few dust rounds from her gauntlets. A couple of rounds hit Hypnotica, but she managed to shrug them off and kick Wildfire in the left leg joint and jump away in one attack. Wildfire and Yang didn't get time to react as Hypnotica unleashed a sweep kick, knocking the duo backwards. What Yang and Wildfire realized is that Hypnotica wasn't going crazy over time.
"Why isn't she going nuts?" Yang asked, confused as last time, Hypnotica went off the deep end.
"Because I have special help." Hypnotica smirked. Immediately after she said that, Abysswing unleashed a flurry of feathers at the blonde and femme Autobot. One of them actually managed to scratch Yang's leg, but her aura healed it up quickly.
"Abysswing?" Wildfire asked slightly astounded. "Why isn't he with the Grimmcons? Why is he with this boltcase?"
Pursuit and Trap Widow glared at each other. "Ah, Pursuit. How fitting. Here we are again. Once we were together, now we are on opposite sides after you betrayed Lord Megatron's ideals." Trap Widow glared.
"I didn't betray anyone. I just realized that the way of the Decepticons are misguided. The way of the Autobots is the one to enlightenment." Pursuit retorted calmly.
"LIES!" Trap Widow screamed. "The Decepticons are the ones fighting for the right of everyone!"
Pursuit sighed in disappointment. "You've been with the Decepticons for so long you've allowed your spark to become absolutely corrupted."
"Shut up! Time to die, Pursuit!" Trap Widow unleashed her extra appendages at the Decepticon defect who dodged with relative ease. Pursuit sighed once again. As he felt he had no choice, he brought out his Energon Glaive, a weapon he'd slain many Autobots with. Letting his former sparkmate charge at him, he dodged at the last nano-klik, getting a slash in on Trap Widow's backside.
In response to this, Trap Widow only growled and transformed into her helicopter mode to try and gain an advantage over her enemy. Needless to say, Pursuit saw this coming however, and jumped into the air, grasping Trap Widow's rotors successfully bringing her back down to the ground. Transforming back to robot mode, Trap Widow kicked/stabbed Pursuit in the left hip joint, making him stagger back. Trap Widow scored another hit as she slightly further punctured that new wound. Pursuit groaned in pain as he was brought down onto one knee. She would've gotten more hits in if it wasn't for Blake shooting at her with Gambol Shroud. This gave Pursuit the chance he needed to push Trap Widow back.
Jazz, Zig, and Zag took on Thundercracker who actually had a little surprise for the Autobot trio. Instead of transforming into his jet mode, he threw a strange-looking grenade at them. When the grenade hit, it unleashed a sonic boom that succeeded in disorienting the three and allowing the Seeker to kick Jazz into the sand. Zig and Zag were next on his list who were firing at him with their sniper rifle and assault rifle. Unfortunately for the twins, Thundercracker was shrugging off their shots. "You really think those pitiful toys will stop me?" He asked sarcastically as he transformed to jet mode. Flying off into the sea, he turned around and unleashed a flurry of fast missiles that the three were barely able to dodge. "THUNDERCRACKER!" The seeker screamed at the top of his vocal processors.
Nora and Ironhide were dealing with the Grimmcon Maul who wanted revenge on Nora for what she did to him last time. Nora regained her large grin when facing the Grimmcon. "I've wanted to break your legs for a while now. I'm looking forward to this."
"I've been looking forward to cave your puny body in and feasting on it." Maul growled as he once again brought out his Energy Kanabo while Nora was holding Magnhild, ready to charge. Instead of swinging his weapon, Maul jumped up and transformed into his Ursa Major mode and ran at Nora. Nora took Maul's charge as a challenge and did the same thing. Nora swung Magnhild onto the ground, creating a small shockwave that caught the Grimmcon off balance. Switching Magnhild into a grenade launcher mode, Nora fired several heart-shaped grenades at Maul who took them full-force. That didn't stop Maul however as he transformed back to robot mode and swung his Energy Kanabo at Nora who barely dodged. This gave Ironhide the chance to slug Manic in the faceplate. At the same time while the Grimmcon was distracted, Nora hit his legs with Magnhild hard enough to actually smash through his left leg and moderately damage his right leg. "Aaaggghhh!" He screamed in pain.
"Yes! I broke a Decepticon's legs!" Nora cheered.
Snipewing was having a sort-of dogfight with Starscream. "Really, Autobot? Did you take flying lessons from a maintenance bot?" He taunted. Snipewing said nothing for the time being and focused on taking down Starscream. Starscream however was more maneuverable as he flew behind Snipewing and shot at her. "You are nowhere near as good a flyer as me, Starscream." He then unleashed missiles at the backside of Snipewing. Unfortunately for her, she got hit by two of them and was plummeting to the ground fast. Luckily, Snipewing had a little trick up her sleeve. Her back opened up and shot a shock missile at Starscream who couldn't dodge it in time and got electrocuted. Flying back up to face Starscream smirked a little.
"What's the matter, Screamy? Can't beat anyone in a fight?"
"N-No! Please, don't!" Starscream pleaded.
"Like that'll ever happen." Snipewing kept her smirk as she shot Starscream out of the sky. Right after that, she was getting shot at by multiple Vehicon Drones, so she transformed to her vehicle mode and flew, making the Vehicons fly after her.
Once again, Full-Throttle and Flamewar were going at it. This time though, Flamewar was keeping at a distance and firing her weapon several weapons at the fast Autobot who dodged most of the shots, but he still got hit by a couple of shots.
"Full-Throttle! Please keep your cranial chamber in the here and now!" CLUTCH reprimanded.
"Uh, hello? I'm doing the best I can, CLUTCH!" Full-Throttle argued.
"If that was true, you wouldn't be getting hit at all!" CLUTCH retorted. "Try to get in close to attack!"
"Don't you think that's what I'm trying to do!" Full-Throttle shouted back as he tried to get close to fight Flamewar, but she was still firing at him. "I have to come up with a plan."
"Oh, now you want to think of a plan!" CLUTCH exclaimed with false shock as he popped out of Full-Throttle's back and started firing at the Decepticon who started firing at him instead which allowed Full-Throttle to slug Flamewar and momentarily knock her down. Flamewar didn't go down easy, however as she kicked Full-Throttle in the face, knocking him back a couple of feet.
Slipstream had decided it was time to join the big fight. "Silverfly! Transflame! Forcewind! It's time to join Megatron in battle! Follow me!" She commanded while walking out of the ship's bridge
"Yes, Commander Slipstream!" They confirmed as they transformed to their alternate modes and flew out of the cruiser. The four Decepticon flyers began firing at the Autobots on the ground. Wheeljack brought out his gun and aimed it, quickly firing it. This shot hit Silverfly in the left wing, forcing him to descend.
All of a sudden, multiple Bullhead engines were heard in the air. The kids looked up and saw the Atlesian Military Bullheads showing up with Atlesian Military Soldiers hanging out of the sides. Following a silent order, they started firing at the Cybertronians. Most of these shots actually wound up hitting the Decepticons and this may have been a minimal annoyance, but it gave some Autobots the tiny advantage they needed. "Seekers! Dispense with those primitive devices!" Megatron ordered before blocking another of Optimus's attacks.
The Seekers obeyed and went into the sky to fight the Atlesian Military vehicles, redirecting the Atlesian Military's attention who started firing but the opponents evaded the shots. Unfortunately for the Atlesian Military, they were severely outmatched by their aggressors as the Decepticons quickly began shooting down the Bullheads. The Atlesian Military were mostly powerless to do any kind of damage to them, adding to the fact that the Seekers were too fast. One by one, the Bullheads were being destroyed with most of the soldiers inside being killed instantly.
"The Atlesian Military's getting their asses kicked!" Yang screamed.
"That much is obvious, Yang!" Weiss shouted back to the fiery blonde.
Bumblebee had just beaten Crossvolt again and saw what was occurring. He saw a clear path into the enemy ship. "This may be a good chance to take down that cruiser." He thought. He got up and started running towards the Decepticon Cruiser with a plan in mind. He was shooting and slashing many Vehicon drones along the way.
Unfortunately, Megatron spotted this."No!" He shouted. Managing to push away Optimus Prime. He fired multiple shots from his Fusion Cannon at the yellow Autobot. Optimus pushed Megatron, but it was too late as just before Bumblebee was about to jump into the air, he was hit by the Fusion Cannon shots. "AAAAAAARRRRRHHHHHHHH!" He screamed at the top of his vocal processors.
Everyone actually stopped fighting to see the source of the scream. Everyone saw Bumblebee, partly on fire for a minute, energon spilling out of the fresh new opening in his chassis. The Decepticons smirked while the other Autobots gasped loudly. Everything seemed to go black and white for the kids. Ruby and Yang had tears pooling in their eyes, Weiss's eyes widened, Blake had her hand over her mouth, Nora and Ren saw this and hugged each other. Pyrrha fell to her knees. However, the one who took this the worst was Jaune who simply shouted at the top of his lungs "BUMBLEBEEEE!"
Now, I know what you're going to say in the comments/reviews: NOOOO! WHY THAT CLIFFHANGER?! Anyway, yes. That just happened to Bumblebee. Does this bring back memories of Transformers: Prime? In fact, there are probably a few more questions following that.
Now, onto this episode. Decepticon Cruiser 920 reached Remnant and is helping Megatron's forces against the Autobots. We see Bumblebee and Crossvolt taunt each other along with the others as well as seeing some tension between Wheeljack and Slipstream.
Now, this Decepticon ship has not only a lot of Vehicon drones, but also a few more of my own OCs. Transflame, Forcewind, and Silverfly. I also included the female Decepticon Slipstream and the seeker from the G1 Transformers episode More Than Meets The Eye Part 1: Sunstorm! A reason I added Sunstorm is because I feel I can do so much more for him like give him a personality, my own backstory for him, and more screen time.
On another note, another Atlesian Military member gets name-dropped: Dr. Olivia Trilla. She'll officially show up in Season 2. While talking about the Atlas Military, General Ironwood has ordered a strike against the Decepticon Cruiser, not to mention all the Cybertronians.
I did my best to spotlight every character established in the story so far, some more than others, but that should be ok for now.
I hope people like the fighting in this first part of the season 1 finale. I worked on this for a long while as I didn't want it to be short.
Read what happens next in the second part of Only One May Stand!