Optimus Prime has traveled to Earth with a few Autobot commanders leaving many of the Autobot soldiers to remain on Cybertron and fight off the remaining Decepticons under the command of Shockwave. While Optimus was fighting the war on Earth. A few Earth days have passed and Shockwave has already put a reward on their heads. The Autobot soldiers are forced to hide in the shadows and the ruins of Cybertron as Shockwave's inventions and Decepticons hunt them down causing Cybertron to turn into a world of nightmares for the Autobots. Most of the Autobot soldiers have already been wiped out, others have been captured and Shockwave either had them executed or forced into slave labor. The few remaining Autobots that are still in hiding are Numbskull, Whirlwind, Springer and Nova-Zeus. While the four Autobots haven't been caught. The Decepticons soldiers patrolling Cybertron return to Nucleon in order to inform Shockwave of their status in finding the four Autobots.
"Shockwave." One of the Decepticon soldiers said with a frightened tone in his voice.
"I've been feeling for these past few stellar-cycles that Starscream left me with you soldiers because he didn't want to deal with a bunch of incompetent scrap-heaps!"
"But perhaps you can prove me wrong! Have you captured the four Autobot fugitives?"
"No sir not yet but….."
"You dare return to me empty-handed. I need those four Autobots for my experiment, I need their energon to give life to my new creation!" Shockwave explained to the soldiers why he requires the five Autobots.
"We promise you Shockwave, we will not fail you." The Decepticon soldier explained.
"I know you won't, that is why I hired four Decepticon bounty hunters to go with you!" Shockwave said.
"Bounty Hunters?" The Decepticon soldier asked.
"Indeed!"
"My Decepticon warriors I would like to introduce you to my bounty hunters." Shockwave points at the four Decepticon bounty hunters that enter the base.
"These are Skyquake, Dreadwing, Dreadbot and Blitzkrieg." Shockwave addresses the bounty hunters to the soldiers.
"These highly-trained Decepticon warriors will assist in you in locating the four Autobot fugitives that you all failed to capture on more than one occasion!"
"Um Shockwave! Will all due respect, why can't Berserker and the Enforcers help us?"
"The Enforcers are busy keeping an eye on our slaves."
"Makes me wish I was an enforcer." One of the Decepticon soldiers whispered.
"And seeing as how I must finish working on my new creation, I require a Decepticon or two to command you!" Shockwave explains to the Decepticon soldiers as he goes back inside to work on his new project while the bounty hunters leaving the facility with the soldiers to capture the five Autobots.
At the rubble of Tyger-Pax. Springer had arrived to their hideout to reunite with Whirlwind and Numbskull while Nova-Zeus went for a patrol.
"Well?" Numbskull asked.
"This place is crawling with Decepticons. With my helicopter form I was lucky not to be caught!" Springer said.
"Anything from Nova-Zeus?" Springer asked.
"Nothing so far!" Numbskull replied.
"Oh who gives a scrap about Nova?" Whirlwind said.
"I for one am tired of him bossing us around!" Whirlwind said expressing his hate towards his Autobot comrade.
"Whirlwind!"
"Shut Up!" Numbskull whispered trying to make Whirlwind keep his mouth shut.
"OH JUST STOP NUMBSKULL! You're whinier than Jolt."
"Whirlwind that's enough!" Springer says to Whirlwind who began insulting Numbskull.
"Enough? ENOUGH? I'm getting sick and tired of hiding like some scavenger and not to mention taking orders from some Autobot soldier who acts like he's a better than us!"
"I'd recommend shutting up!" Springer said
"Oh really? And why is that?" Whirlwind asked.
"Because Nova-Zeus is standing right behind you!" Whirlwind turned around noticing Nova Zeus standing and looking at him.
"Uh—Hello Nova Zeus!" Whirlwind said.
"Whirlwind! Always a pleasure to hear you complain."
"Go shove an energon blade up your exhaust-port." Whirlwind murmured.
"So Springer, do you have anything to report?" Nova-Zeus asked.
"Apart from the swarm of Decepticons searching for us at Tyger Pax, then….no not really!"
"How about you?" Springer asked Nova-Zeus.
"I hacked into the Decepticon's comm-links. It appears that Shockwave has hired four Decepticon bounty hunters to track us down!" Nova-Zeus said mentioning the bounty hunters.
"Four?" Numbskull said with a frightened tone in his voice.
"I suggest we go hide somewhere else! Closer to Nucleon this time!" Nova-Zeus said suggesting that they should re-locate to a new hiding spot.
"Good Idea Nova!" Springer said to Nova-Zeus.
"We have a goal—to free our imprisoned Autobot brothers and sisters and what's your greatest plan? To F*CKING HIDE!" Whirlwind said having another temper-tantrum.
"There are only four of us and thousands of Decepticons after our hides! I'm only trying to keep us alive in order for us to survive and enter Nucleon to free our Autobot brothers!"
"So I suggest you stop freaking out every second because one-day we will be caught and it's all going to be your fault!" Nova-Zeus said further angering Whirlwind who began screaming yet again. During the argument, The Decepticon bounty hunters were spying on them.
"Well, well! This going to be too easy!" Dreadwing said spying on the Autobots.
"Skyquake I found them!" Dreadwing contacted Skyquake to inform him.
"Excellent work Dreadwing! Dreadbot, Blitzkrieg and I will soon be arriving to your location! Send your squadron to attack!" Skyquake instructed Dreadwing.
"My Pleasure!" Dreadwing said.
"STOP ACTING LIKE YOU'RE A PRIME WHEN WE ALL KNOW YOU WERE NEVER A PRIME TO BEGIN WITH!" Whirlwind began screaming louder.
"Whirlwind!" Springer said grabbing hold of Whirlwind trying to calm him down.
"YOU THINK YOU'RE BETTER THEN US JUST BECAUSE YOUR BROTHER INVENTED THE INVICIBLE MAGNUS ARMOR!" Whirlwind mentioned Nova-Zeus's brother Ultra-Nova who was once a respected Autobot warrior and a brilliant scientist and inventor. During Whirlwind's temper tantrum, an explosion went off causing debris to fall near them.
"What the scrap?" Whirlwind said.
"DECEPTICONS!" Numbskull yelled in terror as he pointed at Decepticon fighter jets flying around them along with Dreadwing, Skyquake and Blitzkrieg.
"RUN!" Nova-Zeus yelled ordering the Autobots to retreat as Dreadbot jumped on top of the debris and began chasing after them.
"Dreadbot, do not let them escape!" Skyquake ordered Dreadbot to pursue the Autobots. Dreadbot transformed into his Cybertronian race car form and drove after the Autobots.
"Blitzkrieg attack the Autobots from the other side!" Skyquake ordered Blitzkrieg.
"With Pleasure, HAHAHAHAHA!" Blitzkrieg replied as they flew down to block the Autobots path.
"Nova! Blitzkrieg is trying to block our path!" Springer said as they were driving straight towards the bounty hunter.
"Make sure he doesn't Springer!" Nova-Zeus ordered Springer to attack Blitzkrieg.
"Numbskull come with me!" Springer said as he transformed from his car form to his helicopter form and flew straight after Blitzkrieg with Numbskull without hesitation following him. Numbskull would begin firing at Blitzkrieg buying Springer enough time to pounce on the Decepticon bounty hunter.
"Gotcha Decepticon Punk!" Springer said as he grabbed hold of Blitzkrieg who was still in his jet form.
"Let go of me you Autobot filth!" Blitzkrieg yelled at Springer.
"Or I will dissect you piece by piece!" Blitzkrieg threatened Springer.
"Numbskull fire!" Springer ordered Numbskull who immediately fired at Blitzkrieg. Blitzkrieg tried to avoid the gunfire but ended up getting hit due to being blinded by Springer.
"Dreadwing! Skyquake! I require backup!" Blitzkrieg contacted Dreadwing and Skyquake asking for backup.
"Reinforcements are coming this way! GO HELP BLITZKRIEG!" Skyquake ordered the Decepticon seekers to attack Numbskull and Springer. They fire at the Autobots and successfully hit Numbskull who crash-lands to the ground.
"NUMBSKULL!" Springer yelled as he saw Numbskull fall to the wreckage. Springer eventually let go of Blitzkrieg and flew after Numbskull to check on him.
"Numbskull are you alright?" Springer asked as he pulled the injured Numbskull from the rubble. Numbskull couldn't speak as his mouth was full of energon that he kept spitting out. All he did was point his finger at Dreadbot who was driving straight to them. Springer took out his shotgun and fired at Dreadbot. Dreadbot transformed out of his car form while evading the bullets and throws his boomstick at Springer. The boomstick hit the ground and blew up sending Springer into the air and crashing into the debris behind him. Dreadbot would slowly crawl closer to Numbskull, He was snarling and drooling energon like a wild Earth animal while slowly moving his hand towards Numbskull head.
"Numbskull! (Springer gets up and regains consciousness noticing Dreadbot about to kill Numbskull.) Get away from him you Decepticon Slag!" Springer got up and ran towards Dreadbot firing at the Decepticon. Dreadbot looked away from Numbskull and at Springer and gave out a threatening growl.
"Stand down Autobot!" Blitzkrieg flew straight to the ground, transforming out of his jet form and into his robot mode behind Springer. He then aims his gun at Springer's head.
"Drop your weapon und we will make your death quick und painless!"
"And if I don't?" Springer asked refusing to surrender.
"We will drag you alive to Shockwave, we won't care how much you squirm und we don't care if your body will be intact when we arrive back to Nucleon!" Blitzkrieg said giving Springer two choices.
"I'd rather die a rebel fighting for freedom of all sentient beings then die helping Shockwave complete his experiments against my will!" Springer said.
"Oh poor Autobot. Sadly you chose poorly….Then again…..I don't really care what choice you would make since you would have died anyway." Blitzkrieg began mocking Springer buying the Autobot enough time to attack and take down Blitzkrieg. Springer would pin Blitzkrieg to the ground and aim his gun-wielding arm at Dreadbot and fires at the Decepticon bounty hunter. He then let's go of Blitzkrieg's arm and slams his head to the ground knocking him out.
"Nova-Zeus! Whirlwind! Anyone can you hear? I require backup immediately!" Springer runs towards Numbskull and contacts his two other comrades.
"Springer!" Nova-Zeus responded to Springer's call.
"Where are you? What's your status?" Nova-Zeus asked.
"We were ambushed by two Decepticon bounty hunters and Numbskull is badly hurt! We need you guys to get hear now!"
"Don't worry Springer we're on our way!" Nova-Zeus said before ending the transmission.
"Whirlwind! Go distract Skyquake and Dreadwing while I go help Springer and Numbskull." Nova-Zeus said giving Whirlwind his instructions.
"Stop acting like a Prime you patriotic rust-bucket!" Whirlwind murmured as he drove off to distract Skyquake and Dreadwing while Nova-Zeus transformed into his Cybertronian tank form and drove to Springer's and Numbskull's location.
"You're going to be alright Numbskull, help's coming this way!" Springer said as he tried to keep Numbskull alive, currently unaware that Blitzkrieg has regained consciousness and is aiming his gun at him. Blitzkrieg fires and successfully hits Springer in the back causing Springer to collapse to the ground from the impact and the pain.
"Dreadbot, Get up!" Blitzkrieg ordered Dreadbot to get up and take Numbskull. Dreadbot crawled slowly towards Numbskull and began tearing apart his chest until his spark chamber is visible. He aggressively tears open the spark chamber revealing Numbskull's spark. As he slowly reached his hand into Numbskull's spark in order to pull it out. He heard a vehicle driving behind him and when he turned around he saw a white and blue Cybertronian hover tank who was none other than Nova-Zeus driving towards him. Nova-Zeus transformed out his vehicle form and jumped high in the air landing in front of Dreadbot.
"Get away from my friends!" Nova-Zeus threatened Dreadbot who stood on top of Numbskull and snarling at him.
"Ya? Und who's going to stop us?" Blitzkrieg got up mocking Nova-Zeus who was the only un-harmed Autobot standing against them.
"Me!" Nova-Zeus took out an activation cog which activates the Magnus armor, he slowly began moving it towards his chest and making direct eye contact with Blitzkrieg. Unaware that Dreadbot who is behind him is tearing out Numbskull's spark.
"NOVA BEHIND YOU!" Nova heard Springer yelling on the ground and as he turned around he saw how Dreadbot viciously tore out Numbskull's spark killing him instantly.
"NO!" In a fit of rage, Nova-Zeus fired at both Dreadbot and Blitzkrieg.
"Ve vould like to stay and tear you apart piece by piece, but ve must return to Shockwave und deliver to him an Autobot spark, one that ve easily collected because of your ignorance!" Blitzkrieg insulted Nova-Zeus as he transformed into his Cybertronian fighter jet form and flew away to meet up with Dreadwing and Skyquake with Dreadbot hitching a ride on him. Nova-Zeus stares at them flying away for a brief moment before looking at his right side and sees Springer mourning the deceased Numbskull.
"Guys I'm back…" Whirlwind reunited with Nova-Zeus and Springer and stops talking after he sees Springer lifting Numbskull's mutilated corpse and mourning it while Nova-Zeus stands in front of him ashamed of himself.
"What the hell happened?" Whirlwind asked as he ran towards Springer and looked down at Numbskull.
(After leaning his head down deeply saddened over his fallen friend, lifts his head back up and yells at Nova-Zeus.) "You degenerate, patriotic scrapheap!"
"Whirlwind-I know how…you feel but…"
"Oh no buts NZ! It's because of you that my best friend is gone, if you have just shot them, Numbskull might still be alive!"
"Numbskull was beyond repairs, he would've died either way!" Springer got up and got involved in the argument.
"It's still Nova's fault, he thought he could scare Blitzkrieg, the most terrifying Decepticon bounty hunter to ever step foot on Cybertron and ignored the fact that Dreadbot was right behind him tearing out Numbskull's spark!"
"Hey you leave NZ out of this!" Springer yelled at Whirlwind.
"You know something! I liked things better when Optimus and Ultra Nova were around. You don't deserve to lead us just because Ultra "Magnus" was your brother! He might in fact be tossing and turning in his grave knowing that his annoying brother is in position of his Magnus armor!" Whirlwind in a fit of rage once again mentioned Nova-Zeus's deceased brother Ultra Nova and instead mentioned the name given to him after he invented the Magnus armor.
"That's enough Whirlwind!" Springer yelled at Whirlwind who walked away from them still deeply saddened and angry over Numbskull's death.
"He needs some time to cool off, I'll go bury Numbskull!" Springer said as he grabbed Numbskull's corpse and carried it away.
Back at Nucleon, The Decepticon bounty hunters return to Shockwave with Numbskull's spark.
"Shockwave! We have returned!" Skyquake said trying to get Shockwave's attention as all four bounty hunters entered the room.
"Did you bring an Autobot with you?" Shockwave asked as he slowly turned around to face them.
"We have an Autobot spark with us, Blitzkrieg and Dreadbot managed to pluck it out of an Autobot seeker…."
"It should have plenty of energon for your experiment!" Skyquake said.
"Plenty…But not enough!" Shockwave said as he placed Numbskull's spark into an energon harvester that is connected to Shockwave's creation.
"But how?" Dreadwing asked.
"Although the spark is the very organ that pumps the energon into our circuits, the amount of damaged the Autobot must have received before his demise caused him to leak out a ton of energon and when you tore out the spark therefore severing its connection with the circulatory circuits, well more energon leaked out!" Shockwave said as he began activating the energon harvester and extracted the remaining energon out of Numbskull's spark and into his newest creation.
"Shockwave. If you don't mind me asking, Why vould you need so much energon? Vhat are you vorking on?" Blitzkrieg asked, slightly interested in what Shockwave is building.
"Oh Blitzkrieg, you should know by now what I specialize in. I have a fondness for creating powerful and often at times sentient weapons…But I mostly like to build new breeds of Cybertronians that can aid us Decepticon in our quest to the extinguish the Autobot race!" Shockwave explains as Numbskull's energon was finished being injected into Shockwave's creation. The creature started to activate, its chassis made drilling sounds as it was crawling, and it made a bone-chilling roar as it got up.
"What in the name of Primus is that?" Dreadwing asked as all four Decepticon bounty hunters slowly backed away.
"A new species of Cybertronian, and my most beloved pet!"
"My brothers, I present to you-the Driller Beast!" Shockwave said as the Driller Beast raised its head up and roared. It then crashed back to the floor from lack of energon.
"What the hell happened?" Skyquake asked as the driller collapsed to the ground.
"Lack of energon. The energon that was inside the Autobot's spark wasn't enough!"
"Find the other three and bring them….alive!" Shockwave has instructed the four Decepticons to travel back to Tyger Pax and capture the other three remaining Autobots.
"Right away Shockwave!" Skyquake said as he and the others transformed and flew/drove back to Tyger Pax to search for Springer, Whirlwind and Nova-Zeus. Outside Shockwave's laboratory, Berserker and the other enforcers watch over the imprisoned Autobots and often torment them.
"HEY YOU!" Berserker yelled as he walked towards an Autobot prisoner getting exhausted from too much hard labor.
"What's your name?" Berserker asked as he aggressively lifted the tired Autobot.
"Re….wind!" Rewind said too tired to talk.
"Wrong! Your official name is Autobot number 29851!" Berserker said yelling to the Autobot's face and drooling energon in the process.
"Can u explain to me why were you lying on the ground?" Berserker asked with an intimidating tone in his voice.
"I'm too tired to work more!" Rewind explained to Berserker.
"Oh you're not tired….You're-CRIPPLED!" Berserker rips Rewind's forearm with his own bare hands and throws him to the ground and starts drinking the leaking energon from Rewind's arm. Chrome-Dome noticed Rewind being abused by Berserker and rushes to help his friend.
"Rewind are you alright?" Chrome-Dome asked as he lifted Rewind back up.
"Autobot number 25608! Get back to work!" Berserker dropped Rewind's arm and ordered Chrome Dome to leave Rewind alone and get back to work.
"Yes sir!" Chrome Dome was resistant at first but left Rewind behind and went back to work.
"And as for you 29851, I'll make sure the rest of your life will be as miserable as ever, each time I see you slacking off-I'll tear out your limbs and I won't stop ripping you apart until you are dead! Understand?" Berserker threatened Rewind who immediately went back to work despite missing a limb.
Back at Tyger Pax, Springer and Nova-Zeus discuss on how to get back to Nucleon while Whirlwind is standing by Numbskull's grave and mourning him.
"So-How are we supposed to get to Nucleon? There is only 3 of us and hundreds of Decepticons!" Springer said.
"I'll need some time to think about it!" Nova-Zeus replied back.
"How about we just go in guns-blazing instead of letting this buffoon plan out our attack!" Whirlwind said still showing hatred towards Nova-Zeus.
"WHIRLWIND! How many times do I have to tell you….TO SHUT UP?" Springer defended Nova-Zeus as Whirlwind still continued to insult him.
"Oh yeah well how about the fact that….." Whirlwind stopped talking and looked up at the sky as he heard Jets flying their way. It was the bounty hunters and all three bounty hunters that are disguised as Jets transformed into their robot modes and hovered in the air while Dreadbot jumped down to the ground.
"You Autobots sure are ignorant!" Skyquake said.
"Did you honestly think that yelling out loud could help you hide?" Skyquake asked.
"Let's just take them down brother!" Dreadwing said.
"And we will young Dreadwing!" Skyquake said.
"You Autobots are lucky! Shockwave wants all three of you alive!" Skyquake told the Autobots.
"Yeah and what does Shockwave want with us?" Whirlwind asked.
"You will soon find out but I promise you that when Shockwave is done with you….You will all get your-Sweet…Release!" Skyquake said.
"You can try Skyquake but you'll never catch us!" Nova-Zeus said.
"Oh really? It's four Decepticons against 3 Autobots!" Skyquake pointed out.
"Then let's even the odds!" Springer said as he grabbed his gun and fired at Dreadwing. The gunshot hit Dreadwing's head, easily decapitating him and killing him. Dreadwing's head falls to the ground and then his headless body falls down from the air and squishes Dreadwing's head.
"DREADWING! NO!" Skyquake yelled as he looked at his younger brother's corpse.
"GET THEM!" Skyquake ordered Dreadbot and Blitzkrieg to attack. Blitzkrieg landed to the ground and transformed into his Cybertronian hover tank form and fired at Whirlwind and Springer. Nova-Zeus was in a fist-fight with Dreadbot and during the battle had to dodge Skyquake's missiles. While distracted by Skyquake's missiles. Dreadbot pounced on Nova-Zeus and slashed his face. The impact knocked Nova-Zeus to the ground. Dreadbot walked slowly to Nova-Zeus preparing to knock him out but Nova-Zeus immediately activated the Magnus armor. The Magnus armor increased Nova-Zeus's strength and agility and was equipped with a powerful weapon capable of instantly obliterating any Cybertronian. With one punch. Nova-Zeus badly damaged Dreadbot's face and knocked him to the ground unconscious and proceeded to aim the Magnus cannon on Skyquake. Skyquake transformed out of his vehicle form and into robot, landing to the ground, pulling out his sword and charging towards Nova-Zeus. Nova-Zeus got good aim on the Decepticon and fired at him. Skyquake's head and limbs quickly flew out of their sockets from the impact and his torso was instantly blown up.
"SKYQUAKE!" Blitzkrieg transformed out of his tank form and noticed that Skyquake has perished.
"You will pay for this Autobots! We will hunt you down if it's the last thing Dreadbot and I will do!" Blitzkrieg threatened the Autobots before transforming into his jet form and flew away with Dreadbot getting back up and hitching a ride. Springer manages to throw a tracker on Dreadbot to track the Decepticon's every move.
"Well three against two, this day has slightly gotten better!" Whirlwind said as he mocked the Decepticons for easily losing two comrades in just a few minutes. He and Springer then looked to their right and saw Nova-Zeus standing still with the Magnus armor still on, he was staring directly at Skyquake's mutilated corpse.
"Hey NZ you alright?" Springer asked as both he and Whirlwind walked towards Nova-Zeus to try and calm him down.
"It happened so fast-I haven't had a rush like this in years!" Nova-Zeus said as he started shaking.
"Nova just take off the armor and sit down!" Whirlwind said trying to calm Nova-Zeus down. Nova-Zeus immediately took the Magnus armor and sat down on the ground with Whirlwind and Springer.
"I feel like shit, I murdered him in cold blood…That's not the Autobot way!" Nova-Zeus said as he started feeling less like an Autobot and more like a Decepticon.
"Don't worry about it Nova, many of us Autobots have killed our enemies in cold blood. I mean-did you see what I did to Dreadwing?" Springer tried to cheer up Nova-Zeus but it didn't work.
"Oh for Primus Sake! Nova, you are our leader during Optimus Prime's absence. You want to be a true leader you have to take risks!" Whirlwind said trying to make Nova-Zeus feel better after Springer failed to do so.
"Why are you calling me a leader? You hate me….You've been treating me like shit a lot!" Nova-Zeus said confused by Whirlwind's sudden change in behavior.
"I treat everybody like shit okay! When the Decepticons were formed, I had to survive on the streets with two of the biggest assholes I ever met. Crosshairs and Slingshot! Alright and I had to work with them in order to survive!" Whirlwind explained why he is always such a jerk.
"Well then!" Nova-Zeus said.
"Look I'm sorry about the way I've acted it's just….times have been rough lately! I've lost a lot of friends, I've felt very lonely ever since the war started and ever since Crosshairs went to Earth, and Slingshot being captured by Shockwave and Numbskull being killed by the bounty hunters!" Whirlwind said.
"But I know that I shouldn't live the rest of my life trying to hide my sadness by insulting others, so I am willing to help you if you're still willing to be our leader…..Nova-Zeus….Prime!" Whirlwind tried to motivate Nova-Zeus to continue being their leader.
"You had me at Prime!" Nova-Zeus said getting up and reloading his gun.
"So how are we supposed to get to Nucleon?" Nova-Zeus asked.
"I placed a tracking beam on Dreadbot before he and Blitz-freak retreated!" Springer explained.
"I'm tracking their every movement as we speak!" Springer explained.
"Well then let's follow that beacon! AUTOBOTS…ROLL OUT!" Nova-Zeus shouted Optimus Prime's battle cry as he, Springer and Whirlwind transformed and drove to Nucleon.
Back at Nucleon in Shockwave's laboratory! Blitzkrieg and Dreadbot enter inside badly injured and exhausted.
"Blitzkrieg? Dreadbot? Where are Dreadwing and Skyquake? And the Autobots?" Shockwave asked as he noticed Blitzkrieg and Dreadbot walking inside all alone.
"Dreadwing und Skyquake vere killed! As for ze Autobots, ve failed to catch them!" Blitzkrieg explained.
"You dare return empty-handed? I might as well use you to…Dreadbot! What is that on your arm?" Shockwave noticed a tracker on Dreadbot's arm.
"It's called a…..TRACKER!" Nova-Zeus yells as he fires at Blitzkrieg and instantly kills him. Dreadbot turns around and is slashed to death by Whirlwind and Springer.
"So you implanted a tracker on one of my bounty hunters so then you can get into my laboratory?"
"Clever….But not clever enough!" Shockwave said as he fired at the three Autobots. They managed to dodge the bullets but still collapsed to the ground from the impact of the bullets hitting and erupting on the ground.
"Springer! Whirlwind! Go free the other Autobots!" Nova-Zeus ordered Whirlwind and Springer to go free the imprisoned Autobots while he stays behind to fight Shockwave.
"I'll deal with Shockwave!" Nova-Zeus said as he started getting up to face Shockwave while his two comrades left the laboratory to free the other Autobots.
"This battle is illogical! Not only have I deleted all my emotions-But I upgraded my exterior! I now have armor imbedded into my chassis!" Shockwave explained that his hide is impenetrable.
"That maybe so….But I know a way to at least leave a scratch on that armor of yours!" Nova-Zeus said as he pulled out the activation cog to the Magnus armor and placed it on his chest.
"It can't be." Shockwave said as he saw the complete activation of the Magnus armor.
"The Magnus armor-I thought it was destroyed!" Shockwave said.
"This armor is not easy to destroy!" Nova-Zeus explained.
"Now prepare for an unrelenting beating!" Nova-Zeus said as he pulled out the Magnus cannon.
"I assure you….Your brother died in that armor fighting one of my creations. You….Won't survive this!" Shockwave said mentioning Ultra Nova's death.
"That may be-But I would gladly die a hero just like my brother did!" Nova-Zeus said as he began charging at Shockwave.
Outside of Shockwave's laboratory. Whirlwind and Springer manage to find the area where the other Autobots are held captive and being forced into slave labor.
"So this is where these bastards are hiding all of our brethren?" Whirlwind said.
"Well let's say we give the Decepticons a taste of their own medicine?" Whirlwind said as he started getting up and walking towards all the Autobot prisoners and Enforcers guarding and torturing them.
"Get down Whirlwind! (Springer grabbed Whirlwind's arm and dragged him back down to the ground.) There a bunch of Enforcers guarding the perimeter. We need to find a way to take them out before freeing the Autobots!" Springer explained.
"Good point!" Whirlwind said. They then began looking around trying to find as many Enforcers as possible.
"What the….." Whirlwind said as he noticed Berserker abusing the one-armed Rewind and both Chrome-Dome and Slingshot whom are trying to defend Rewind.
"Rewind…NO!" Whirlwind yelled and charged at Berserker to help his injured friend. Springer unable to stop him starts charging towards Berserker with him.
"Get away from my friends!" Whirlwind yelled getting Berserker's attention as he immediately turned around to face Whirlwind and Springer. Whirlwind jumps in the air and kicks Berserker in the face knocking out the Decepticon enforcer.
"Whirlwind-You're alive!" Rewind said in relief as Whirlwind helped him get up.
"You okay Rewind?" Whirlwind asked.
"Well aside from the bruises and the missing arm…..I'm okay I guess!" Rewind replied.
"Good, we're going to get you guys out!" Whirlwind said while Springer was helping Slingshot and Chrome-Dome get up.
"Um….That might be difficult!" Chrome-Dome says as he points at the huge number of Enforcers and Decepticon soldiers aiming their weapons at them.
"Till all are one?" Whirlwind asked Springer in a battle ready position.
"Till all are one!" Springer replied as they fired at the Decepticons. While Springer and Whirlwind were battling the Enforcers. Nova-Zeus was aggressively fighting Shockwave. Punching him at every second in the chest and face. Shockwave attempted to fire and block Nova-Zeus but to no avail, eventually Shockwave managed to get away after being cornered by Nova-Zeus.
"Give up Shockwave! You're finished!" Nova-Zeus said to the exhausted Shockwave.
"That assumption…..Is illogical!" Shockwave said as he turned on two Energon harvesting tubes connected to Shockwave's driller. He attaches them to Nova-Zeus's arms and pins him down.
"What are you doing?" Nova-Zeus asked unable to break free from the grip of the tentacles.
"Your brother's Magnus armor contains more energon than any Cybertronian. Enough to power my driller beast. And once I extract all the energon from the Magnus armor, I'll pull you out and feed you to my new pet!" Shockwave explains as he begins to extract the energon from the Magnus armor. The driller began activating as the absorbing process was almost complete. It was finished, the Magnus armor was completely drained out and no longer indestructible with Nova-Zeus trapped inside and exhausted as most of his energon was absorbed as well. Shockwave slowly walked towards Nova-Zeus and pulled him out of the Magnus armor before tossing him the ground next to his driller beast.
"Like I said before…..Your chances of victory are very low!" Shockwave said.
"At least I hoped that I would win Shockwave!" Nova-Zeus said spitting out energon.
"Hope is illogical, fact dictates hope and I choose to believe in facts and therefore I will win!" Shockwave explained.
"Face it Autobot, I am your superior!" Shockwave said to Nova-Zeus.
"No Shockwave! You're not my superior…you are just a mistake that Primus made!" Nova-Zeus insulted Shockwave who showed no reaction to his insults as he had no emotions in his mainframe.\
"Goodbye Autobot!" Shockwave said as he backed away from Nova-Zeus to watch his driller beast devour Nova-Zeus. Before the driller could have a chance to kill Nova-Zeus. A massive group of Autobots lead by Springer and Whirlwind attack Shockwave in his laboratory. This startles the driller beast which immediately begins devouring most of the Autobot prisoners.
"Whirlwind? Springer? What are you guys doing here?" Nova-Zeus asked as they helped him get up.
"We couldn't leave you alone to face Shockwave and his…freak of nature!" Springer says
"You guys need to get out of here. I'm going to blow up Shockwave's lab with him and his driller in it!" Nova-Zeus said trying to get Springer and Whirlwind to get out.
"But wait from you get caught in the explosion?" Springer asked concerned for Nova-Zeus. He then saw a sad expression on Nova-Zeus's face.
"No Nova don't I'm not letting you do this! We're getting out of here together!" Springer said grabbing Nova-Zeus's arm and trying to drag him out of Nucleon.
"No Springer! I have to do this, it's the only way to save the remaining Autobots on Cybertron." Nova-Zeus explained after yanking his arm out from Springer's tight grip.
"But…."
"Springer we have to go now!" Whirlwind said.
"Are you seriously going to leave Nova here after you started giving some respect around here?" Springer questioned Whirlwind as he had a change of heart for the Autobot and suddenly letting him die.
"He knows that one has to stay behind in order to pull off the explosion! You would've done the same I know it Springer!" Whirlwind explained to Springer why Nova-Zeus is staying behind.
"Nova, say hi to Numbskull and Ultra Nova for me would you?" Whirlwind asked for Nova-Zeus to say hi to his closest friends who have perished.
"You are a great Autobot Nova! Never forget that!" Whirlwind said saying his goodbyes to Nova-Zeus. Whirlwind and Springer left with the remaining Autobot soldiers as Nova-Zeus grabbed one of Dreadbot's grenades and pulled the pin. He threw the grenade near one of the energon extraction tubes and waited for one of the liquefied energon to drip on the bomb.
"Goodbye you piles of scrap!" Nova-Zeus said as he waited for the grenade to explode and began firing at the driller beast to get its attention. While shooting the beast, the grenade exploded and the explosion hit one of the extraction tubes with the energon stains inside causing the explosion to become more powerful killing both Nova-Zeus and the driller beast in the process. Springer and Whirlwind along with the other Autobots collapse to the ground from the explosion's impact. They get up and see the wreckage on Nucleon.
"Oh Primus!"
"Is Nova-Zeus still alive?" Springer asked and hoped that his friend would still be functional. Springer began screaming his name hoping that Nova-Zeus was still alive and would react to him.
"Springer!" Whirlwind tried to explain that nobody could survive that but just let Springer continue screaming Nova-Zeus's name. As the smoke began to clear, they saw a Cybertronian figure standing in the wreckage.
"Whirlwind look!" Springer said.
"Primus is that him?" Whirlwind asked.
"It could be!" Springer said but the smoke vanished revealing that the Cybertronian figure was none other than Shockwave who managed to survive the detonation.
"No!" Springer said with a shocked and scared tone in his voice.
"You murderer…..You cold-blooded psychopath! I hope the scraplets will feast on your chassis!" Springer yelled cursing at Shockwave who didn't react but simply walked into the debris, the smoke and the fire surrounding the once proud city turned Decepticon headquarters. Springer sat down in sadness and began mourning Nova-Zeus.
"He died a great leader Springer! Remember that, we'll all miss him!" Whirlwind said trying to calm Springer down. Whirlwind succeeded in doing so and they both looked up into the heavens wondering if Nova-Zeus reunited with his deceased brother.