A few days later: Decepticon Camp, Sub-Saharan Africa.
"Aw I'm bored!" Mohawk said walking towards Nitro.
"Tell me about it!" Nitro replied.
"I miss Cybertron, I miss working with Shockwave!" Nitro continued talking.
"Yeah and I miss torturing Autobots in my torture chamber!" Mohawk replied back. Mindwipe walks near Nitro and Mohawk. "What are you two Scrapheads doing?" Mindwipe asked. "Go back hunting for Autobots!" Mindwipe ordered Nitro and Mohawk.
"With all due respect Lord Mindwipe. I haven't been able to come out of hiding ever since TRF started hunting both us and the Autobots!" Barricade explained.
"Barricade has a point Mindwipe!" Bonecrusher said defending the Enforcer.
"Fine….If you refuse to ignore my orders then you'll be executed!" Mindwipe explained.
"WHAT?" Mohawk and Nitro both screamed in shock.
"You can't do that we are low in numbers!" Blackout said, the other Decepticons kept yelling back at Mindwipe.
"SILENCE!" Mindwipe yelled back at the Decepticons.
"May I remind you that I am now the leader of the Decepticons, my word is the only one that matters!" Mindwipe explained.
"Understand?" Mindwipe asked Blackout slightly annoyed by the larger Decepticon.
"UNDERSTAND?" Mindwipe began yelling but Blackout didn't respond.
"Commander Starscream, LOOK!" Brawl yelled pointing at the distance.
"I thought I made myself clear that only my word matters…What in the name of….." Mindwipe turns around and notices three vehicles driving towards the camp.
"Autobot or Decepticon what do you think? Nitro asked Mohawk.
"Hard to tell homie, I don't see any insignias!" Mohawk said. Onslaught then walks towards them to get a better look. "Looks like Decepticons to me." Onslaught said. Suddenly the vehicles molecularly transformed in front of them all. "BY THE ALLSPARK!" Blackout said as he never witnessed a Cybertronian breaking apart into particles and assembling together into a different form before. Stinger and Dispenser finishes assembling.
"STAY WHERE YOU ARE!" Nitro said aiming his weapons, Mohawk and Hooligan stood next to him and aimed their weapons towards the prototypes.
"Stinger, Dispenser stand down!" Galvatron walks in front of the prototypes and towards the Decepticons.
"So this is where the Decepticons are hiding at!" Galvatron said staring at all the shocked Decepticons.
"There is something familiar about you!" Hooligan said pointing at Galvatron who ignored his comment.
"I would like to speak with the one in charge…..I'm guessing it's Starscream!" Galvatron said causing Starscream to lift his head up slightly surprised. Starscream started and getting, "Well uh…." Starscream gets interrupted by Mindwipe. "Listen up here rookie I don't know who you are but you must know that I'm officially the leader of the Decepticons!" Mindwipe addressed himself to Galvatron.
"Officially? (Galvatron grabs Mindwipe by the face.) Leader? This is bad comedy!" Galvatron then throws Mindwipe to the ground. "That grip…..That voice…..Wait a minute….No you can't be!" Mindwipe was shocked as he began recognizing the mysterious Transformer.
"Megatron?" Soundwave said.
"By the Allspark."
"MEGATRON IS ALIVE!" Brawl yelled in excitement as the other Decepticons began cheering.
"Uh great to have you back my lord!" Mindwipe said slightly frightened at the sight of their original leader back.
"Well then Megatron, seeing as how you're still functional I guess you still hold the rank of leader!" Mindwipe said as he began getting up.
"Indeed Mindwipe and let me remind all of you (Mindwipe turns around and pulls out one of his knives preparing to kill Megatron/Galvatron.) The next Decepticon who betrays me (Galvatron transforms his right hand into a cannon) will be…..EXECUTED!" Galvatron aims at Mindwipe and fires at Mindwipe's back, the hit from the bullet bursts Mindwipe's chest open causing the Seeker to collapse to the ground. Mindwipe begins crawling away from Galvatron with his left arm while covering his chest with his right arm.
"You knew….but how?" Mindwipe asked turning around, spitting out energon and watching Galvatron walking towards him.
"You IDIOT! I knew all this time that you were trying to execute me from the moment you shot me during my space bridge travel!" Galvatron said looking down at Mindwipe who started to spasm from the pain while leaking energon from his mouth and chest cavity, his optics began to flicker out and sparks flew out his injury.
"Word of advice Mindwipe-Next time when you're trying to betray me or execute me, don't make it so obvious….Oh wait, there won't be a next time!" Galvatron said aiming his cannon at Mindwipe's head, everybody watched as Galvatron prepared to deliver the final blow while Mohawk was smirking with excitement. Galvatron then fired his cannon again and killed Mindwipe.
A few weeks later: TRF headquarters, Arizona.
After Galvatron released all the prototypes (Stinger and Dispenser being the only surviving ones), Santos and the rest of TRF began repairing their headquarters.
"I can't believe I let you do this!" Santos said to the TRF scientist.
"General I'm…."
"NO SORRY, NO BUTS, NO NOTHING!"
"If you ever create something that nearly kills off a huge number of people and especially my soldiers….I will kill you!" Santos explained.
"Understood sir!" The scientist said before walking away from the pissed off Santos.
"Now somebody please dispose of that Transformer head!" Santos said pointing to Megatron's original head that was left unscathed during the base attack. Suddenly a person from outside the base began knocking at the door.
"Who the hell is that?" Santos asked.
"I don't know sir!" One of the soldiers replied.
"Well then open the door and let them in!" Santos ordered his soldiers to let the person in. As soon as they open the door, a giant Cybertronian turret flew straight inside and landed near the door. Afterwards a giant, green, three-fingered Cybertronian hand landed on the ground and then the Cybertronian's head was lowered and faced the soldiers.
"You need a bigger door!" The Cybertronian said revealing himself to be Onslaught. While the soldiers are distracted by Onslaught, Hooligan, Stinger and Mohawk burst out of the wall and fire at the TRF soldiers and scientists.
"What up fellas...Man I want to kill you all right now! HAHAHAHAH." Mohawk said as he tackled a soldier and a few more came by to help him out.
"Maybe I'm going to kill you later….OR MAYBE KILL YOUR MOFOS LATER! HAHAHAHAHA." Mohawk began mocking the soldiers before looking at his left and noticing Megatron's head.
"Hey fellas I found the head!" Mohawk yelled to Hooligan and Stinger, the soldiers then proceeded to fire at Mohawk.
"HEY WATCH THE WHEELS!" Mohawk said getting pissed off at the soldiers and then throwing his knives at them, killing them instantly.
"Losers!" Mohawks says as he runs away from their corpses. Hooligan and Stinger then grab Megatron's former head and run away from TRF headquarters with it.
"Blackout catch it!" Hooligan tosses the head to Blackout who surprisingly manages to catch it.
"Be careful with my head you fools!" Galvatron said annoyed by Hooligan's reckless behavior. Hooligan, Stinger and Blackout transform into their vehicle modes and retreat from TRF headquarters. Dino, Wheeljack and Jolt notice the attack and follow the Decepticons once they start driving away.
"Jolt inform Optimus of this and follow me!"
"Where are we going?" Jolt asked.
"After those Decepticons what do you think?" Dino said to Jolt as the three Autobots drove off.
"Optimus you there? Optimus?" Jolt tried contacting Optimus.
"Here Jolt what's the issue?" Optimus responded while driving with Ratchet and Sideswipe.
"Dino, Wheeljack and I are chasing the Decepticons! We caught them attacking TRF headquarters!" Jolt explained.
"Megatron!" Optimus said believing that Megatron/Galvatron is with them.
"What Megatron? He's alive?" Jolt asked through the comm-link.
"Dino keep following them. We'll lock on to your coordinates and meet you there!" Optimus said through the comm-link.
"Just hurry up Optimus! If Megatron is still alive and working with them, I'm not sure we'll be able to survive fighting them without you!" Dino said as he sped up towards the Decepticons.
"Uh Lord Megatron. Three Autobots are following us!" Hooligan said to Galvatron noticing Dino, Wheeljack and Jolt driving towards them through the rear-view mirror.
"Take them out!" Galvatron replied ordering the Decepticons to attack.
"Got it! Mohawk!"
"Yeah Hooligan?" Mohawk asked.
"Climb on board!" Hooligan opened the door to his vehicle mode and allowed Mohawk to get inside. Mohawk transformed into robot mode and jumped inside Hooligan and stood on the driver's seat, he turned around and began firing at the Autobots.
"AH SCRAP!" Wheeljack said as he was trying to dodge Mohawk's bullets.
"Mohawk…that Mingia!" Dino said as he sped up to the Decepticons.
"Um Hooligan…They're not slowing down!" Mohawk said to Hooligan slightly scared and concerned.
"Uh for the love of-STINGER DEAL WITH THOSE PESTS!" Galvatron ordered Stinger to fight off the Autobots. Stinger started slowing down as the others moved forward.
"Um Dino who is this bot?" Jolt asked.
"He's going to be scraplet food by the time I'm finished with him!" Dino said as Stinger molecularly transformed out of his Pagani Huayra form and into robot. "What the…." Dino said as he watched Stinger complete his transformation and charge towards the three Autobots. Dino transforms into his robot mode and engages Stinger. "Go on without me!" Dino said to Wheeljack and Jolt while wrestling Stinger.
"But Dino…." Jolt said.
"JUST GO!" Dino said as he was pinned down to the ground by Stinger. Wheeljack and Jolt continued driving after the Decepticons but not before Jolt activates his stealth mode and fires an electricity beam at Stinger temporarily paralyzing him. "My turn!" Dino got up and cracked his metallic knuckles before punching Stinger. Wheeljack and Jolt continued following the Decepticons and Wheeljack activated his stealth mode firing at the Decepticons. A bullet flew straight to Mohawk and Mohawk blocked it with Hooligan's door.
"Ouch, HEY!" Hooligan said in anger feeling the impact of the bullet.
"Sorry!" Mohawk apologized feeling guilty for letting his friend get hurt. Suddenly Optimus along with Ratchet and Sideswipe drove and stopped in front of the Decepticons. Optimus pulled out his barrage cannon and fired at Galvatron causing him to molecularly transform into his robot form.
"Let us finish this!" Optimus retracts his energon wrist blade and walks towards Galvatron. Galvatron swings his left arm at Optimus who blocks it and slashes Galvatron on the chest. Optimus then pulls out his energon axe and swings it towards Galvatron. Optimus then attempts to impale Galvatron in the spark but Galvatron grabs Prime's blade and forces it into a vortex grinder in his chest.
"Do you know who I am?" Galvatron asked with a revenge-crazed tone in his voice.
"Megatron!" Optimus said with an angry and sinister tone in his voice. "Good you remember! NOW YOU DIE!" Galvatron says as he pulls out Prime's blade after more than half of it was destroyed by his vortex grinder. Optimus then attempts to swing his axe at Galvatron but Galvatron snaps it in half with his elbow saw. Optimus then grabs Galvatron by the head and slams him to the ground.
"Optimus the Decepticons are retreating!" Sideswipe says as he turns around and witnesses Optimus beating Galvatron to a bloody pulp.
"TAKE HIM DOWN PRIME!" Ratchet yelled happy that Galvatron is being defeated. The Autobots kept cheering and just as Optimus was preparing one final punch, he is shot from behind by a missile. Optimus collapses on Galvatron. The Autobots begin running to Prime's aid. They then witnesses in front of them a Cybertronian spaceship hovering at Earth's atmosphere and in front of it a dark grey Cybertronian slowly walked towards them. "No…it can't be!" Ratchet said recognizing the mysterious Cybertronian. The Cybertronian transformed his head into a massive cannon and fired at Ratchet and Sideswipe knocking them off their feet, he then approached Optimus and Galvatron. Optimus attempted to get up but was in a lot of pain from the blast.
"Stay down!" The Cybertronian said firing again at Optimus causing him to collapse again. "Who. Are. You?" Optimus Prime barely able to speak from the pain. "You seriously don't recognize me? I'm a little offended!" The Cybertronian said.
"Lockdown?"
"Your first guess. Very Good!" Lockdown puts his right foot on Prime's back pinning him to the ground. Galvatron then proceeds to regain consciousness. "I will not be imprisoned by a pathetic Bounty Hunter!" Galvatron said as he disassembled himself into multiple particles and molecularly transformed into a truck and drove away from Lockdown. "What a pity, at least I still have you Optimus Prime!" Lockdown said staring down at Optimus and crushing his spine more with his foot.
"Who. Sent. You. Here?" Optimus Prime asked sounding very weak.
"You don't know anything do you Optimus? Your past, your creator. Nothing absolutely nothing!"
"My. Creators?"
"Where do you think you came from? You think you were born? No…you were built and your creator wants you back!"
"You are more important than you realize!" Lockdown said as he sent his Mercenaries to take Optimus inside the prison ship. Jolt, Dino and Wheeljack arrive to Prime's current location.
"Alright what did we miss?" Jolt asked.
"Lockdown?" Jolt said clearly terrified of Lockdown.
"Boo!" Lockdown jokes around surprisingly managing to scare Jolt.
"Good to know my reputation lives on!" Lockdown said as he walked away to board his prison-ship.
Lockdown, Optimus and the mercenaries get on board and ship goes off. Hound, Crosshairs, Drift and Cade arrive shortly but are too late.
"We heard a distress signal from Jolt about Galvatron and his goons! What did we….miss?" Hound says as he notices Sideswipe and Ratchet injured, Optimus missing and Lockdown's spaceship beginning to fly away.
"Is that Lockdown's ship?" Crosshairs asked.
"Si!" Dino replied saying yes in Italian.
"We need to get inside!" Wheeljack said.
"Crosshairs, Drift, Jolt…."
"There is no way I'm going there!" Jolt said.
"JOLT!" Dino yelled.
"I'm not going anywhere near Lockdown!" Jolt explained.
"Alright then Crosshairs, Drift and Cade are coming with me. We are going to rescue Optimus and then all five of us are returning back, I am sure of it!" Wheeljack said as he retracted a grapple glove.
"Hold on tight fellas!" Drift, Cade and Crosshairs grabbed on to Wheeljack as he fired the grappling hook and pulled himself and his partners straight to Lockdown's ship.
"Jolt what is the matter with you?" Dino asked scolding Jolt for acting like a coward.
"What do you want from me? That was Lockdown!" Jolt said.
"Yeah and?"
"Uh I'll go patch up Ratchet and Sideswipe, you two can continue arguing far from me!" Hound said dragging Ratchet and Sideswipe away from Dino and Jolt.
"And what makes Lockdown so terrifying?" Dino asked.
"Lockdown is one of the most feared and successfull bounty hunters of all time. He has more weapons than any other Cybertronian and has claimed the most lives too. Not to mention the fact that he has a rare weapon called the Spark Extractor and that red mark on his face makes him even creepier than he should be!" Jolt explained why he is afraid of Lockdown.
"Oh for Primus sake….You know what come with me!" Dino said transforming into his vehicle mode.
"Where are we going?" Jolt asked.
"Scouting for Decepticons! I need to toughen you up!" Dino explained.
"Oh alright!" Jolt said transforming into his vehicle mode and driving off to search for Galvatron with Jolt.
"OH YOU GUYS ARE JUST GOING TO LEAVE ME HERE ALONE WITH THESE TWO?" Hound yelled at Dino and Jolt upset that he was left alone with an unconscious Sideswipe and Ratchet. Aboard Lockdown's ship, Lockdown and his mercenaries were taking Optimus Prime to his cell while giving him a tour of the ship to refresh his memory of it.
"Remember this ship Prime? Built for all you knights to explore the universe. Well I commandeered it, it's my personal prison now!" Lockdown explained as Optimus began having flashbacks of the Cybertronian knights on Earth. Optimus then stops seeing the visions and gasps in shock.
"You are having faint memories of them aren't you?" Lockdown asked.
"The knights made a mistake trying to hide you, they honestly thought nobody would know of your involvement on Earth? Rubbish I tell you!" Lockdown said giving Optimus more faint memories. Far away from Lockdown but inside the ship. Wheeljack, Crosshairs, Drift and Cade get inside the ship and begin to explore it.
"Fascinating technology this ship contains!" Wheeljack said.
"It's very creepy though!" Drift replied getting slightly creeped out.
"Hey Cade I'd recommend you be careful some the traps around here are deadly to organic creatures!" Crosshairs said.
"Traps? What traps?" Cade asked.
"Well there are Bone Grinders, Chromosomal converters, brain blinders, flesh stealers and of course…radiation!" Crosshairs mentioned the few traps that are in here.
"Uh crap!" Cade said.
"Lockdown has some messed up flesh fetish. He rarely captures metallic aliens!" Crosshairs said.
"Okay fellas here's the plan. Crosshairs and I will fire the anchors to prevent Lockdown from going into space, Drift and Cade. You two will go search for Optimus and take out as many mercenaries as possible.
"You can count on us Wheeljack!" Drift said.
"Come on Cade let's go!" Drift said pulling out his swords and running off with Cade.
"Engage Dark Matter Drives, full power!" Lockdown ordered his mercenaries through the comm-link.
"Here is your cell "Knight"!" Lockdown said to Optimus who was laying down next to an empty cell.
"Why do you keep calling me a knight?" Optimus asked.
"I am no knight. I never was!"
"Don't lie to yourself Optimus. If I knew you weren't one, I wouldn't be trying to capture you!" Lockdown retracts a hook from his right hand and stabs Optimus on his right foot with it and drags him to his cell. The sentient claws attached inside the cell grab Prime's feet and lift him up hanging the Autobot leader upside down.
"Our creator will be pleased!" Lockdown says to himself as he hides his hook and looks back at Optimus.
"Set a course for Unicron!" Lockdown said to the mercenaries through the comm-link.
"Who is this creator you speak of?" Optimus asked.
"You will find out soon enough Prime, in the meantime keep having those flashbacks. Remember your true brethren!" Lockdown says as he moves away from Prime's cell and the gates close.
"Hurry up Crosshairs, we are about to go into space!" Wheeljack impatiently yelled at Crosshairs.
"Oh shut it Wheeljack!" Crosshairs replied back trying to avoid all the traps placed near the mainframe of the ship.
"Ah here's a little jujube right here. (Crosshairs hacks into the mainframe releasing a bunch of anchors out of the ship.) Hello mama!" The anchors eject from the ship and land on the ground causing the ship to hover in the air.
"WHO FIRED THE ANCHORS?" Lockdown angrily yelled as he felt the ship shake from the impact of the anchors to the ground.
"Who's on my ship? Do we have another loose prisoner?" Lockdown asked himself confused on what's happening and leaves the room in which Prime's cell is in to investigate. Drift and Cade also feel the impact, "Crosshairs and Wheeljack did it!" Drift said. "Well I'll be damned!" Cade said. Drift and Cade continued exploring the ship searching for Optimus.
"So Cade….have you enjoyed being with us the Autobots?" Drift asked Cade.
"At least I have friends like you guys instead of being alone in the streets again!" Cade explained.
"That's great to hear!" Both of them stopped talking for a moment.
"Anyways Cade….Have you ever considered having a guardian?" Drift asked Cade.
"A what now?" Cade asked confused by what Drift meant.
"A guardian is an Autobot who is assigned to protect a certain alien species!" Drift explained.
"That's nice!" Cade said.
"Wait a minute…..Are you asking me if I want you to be my guardian?" Cade asked.
"Well we have been fighting together for a while already and I thought we developed a close friendship so I was just wondering if I could be your guardian!" Drift explained.
"Maybe…I don't know, I don't think it's the right time to be discussing this we need to find Optimus remember?" Cade said.
"Oh yes of course!" Drift replied as both he and Cade started exploring the ship more searching for Optimus.
"Good job Crosshairs!" Wheeljack said.
"What can I say Jacky….I'm just that good!" Crosshairs said being an egomaniac as usual.
"YOU!" Crosshairs and Wheeljack looked to their left and saw Lockdown pointing at them with an angry look in his face.
"Aw scrap!" Crosshairs said scared at the sight of Lockdown. Lockdown's face transformed into a cannon and he fired at both Wheeljack and Crosshairs.
Outside the spaceship. Dino and Jolt are scouting for Galvatron and the other Decepticons.
"Um Dino why are you taking me on a scouting mission?" Jolt asks transforming into his robot mode.
"Because Jolt, you need to toughen up!" Dino replied also transforming into his robot mode.
"Wheeljack and Crosshairs could've really used your help in rescuing Optimus and…."
"Dino what's that?" Jolt points at the three vehicles they encountered while hiding.
"What? It's those vehicles we found when TRF was hunting us!" Dino said.
"They're driving away!" Jolt yelled.
"Not on my watch, let's get some answers from them!" Dino said transforming into his vehicle mode and driving after them with Jolt following him.
"The Volkswagen and the Citroen are quite slow!" Jolt pointed out.
"But not the Aston Martin. It must be their leader, SPEED UP JOLT!" Dino said pursuing after the silver Aston Martin. Suddenly the Volkswagen on Dino's left side activated its stealth mode and fired at Dino causing the Autobot spy to flip over and transform into his robot mode rolling on the ground straight towards Jolt. Jolt immediately transformed into a robot and dodged Dino. Dino lied on the ground for a while and Jolt ran to his aid. "DINO! Are you okay?" Jolt asked looking down at Dino who was recovering from the hit. "I'll get you to Hound he'll help you out!" Jolt said trying to comfort Dino. "Primus, I hope Crosshairs and Wheeljack are okay!" Jolt said to himself as he starts lifting Dino and taking him back to Hound.
Lockdowns Ship:
"I CAN SEE NOW WHY JOLT IS SCARED OF HIM!" Crosshairs began crying as Lockdown continued firing at him and Wheeljack.
"ACCEPT YOUR FATE AUTOBOTS!" Lockdown yelled firing at Crosshairs and Wheeljack with his head-cannon.
"SNAP OUT OF IT CROSSHAIRS, NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO BE A COWARD!" Wheeljack yelled trying to make Crosshairs calm down.
"Oh Primus, oh Primus!" Crosshairs kept saying as he panicked.
"Ugh QUIT BEING A BABY CROSSHAIRS!" Wheeljack yelled getting annoyed by Crosshairs. Wheeljack pulled out one of Crosshairs's guns and began firing back at Lockdown. After a few shots, Wheeljack successfully hits Lockdown causing the bounty hunter to collapse.
"Come on Crosshairs we need to move!" Wheeljack said pulling Crosshairs away with both of them running away from Lockdown.
"Grrr…They're after Optimus. LOCK DOWN ALL THE CELL BLOCKS AND LOCATE THE INTRUDERS!" Lockdown said through the comm-link ordering his mercenaries and Steeljaws to go hunting.
The Knights cell block, Optimus Prime's cell:
Optimus hangs upside down in his cell starting to have more faint flashbacks of the Cybertronian knights, Optimus constantly groans and spasms seemingly uncomfortable by the visions he's having. He then begins to hear a faint voice calling his name. "Optimus…Optimus…Optimus." The voice kept calling and then the voice became louder and more intimidating. "OPTIMUS!" The voice yelled and Optimus regained consciousness.
"What…huh…..Who's there?" Optimus asked confused by who's calling for him.
"I'm telling you that's not him!" Another more raspy voice was heard speaking.
"He sure looks like him!" Another voice was heard both of them sounding different from the first one.
"Who…who….WHO'S THERE?" Optimus asked.
"Are you Optimus?" The being asked.
"Yes!" Optimus said slightly concerned.
"By the Allspark it's him!" The raspy voice said.
"Will you shut up?" The other voice said.
"Who are you?" Optimus asked.
"You don't remember do you?"
"No!" Optimus replied.
"Very well….My name is Grimlock!"
"And I'm Slug!"
"I will rip out your voice box!" Grimlock said threatening his brother.
"How do you know me Grimlock?" Optimus asked confused as he has never seen him before.
"We were partners once during the medieval ages!" Grimlock explained.
"I do not understand. I have no memory of the knights!" Optimus said very confused.
"I am aware of that!" Grimlock said. They stopped talking after they heard their cell block being opened.
"Cade….Drift!" Optimus said in relief.
"Optimus! Thank god we found you!" Cade said.
"Indeed…Wait…Where's Wheeljack and Crosshairs?" Drift asked.
"Wheeljack and Crosshairs aren't here?" Optimus asked.
"Lockdown is probably after them!" Grimlock said.
"Who is he?" Drift asked.
"I'll explain later, right now release me and him!" Optimus ordered Drift. Drift immediately cut open the gates to Optimus Prime's cell and went inside freeing Optimus who was still hanging upside down. Optimus falls to the ground and gets up.
"Now…Let's cut you down!" Optimus said retracting an Energon wrist blade from his left hand and cut open the cell gate freeing all four Dinobots. The Dinobots then leave their cell.
"Grimlock, care to introduce me to all of your brothers?" Optimus asked.
"This is Slug the loud-mouth…."
"HEY!" Slug reacted to Grimlock's insult.
"And these two are Scorn and Strafe!"
"Scorn is the demolition specialist while Strafe specializes in Assault infantry!" Grimlock said.
"So Grimlock….you promised me that you'd help me remember my true heritage!" Optimus said.
"Right away!" Grimlock replied.
"Sensei, what are you two talking about?" Drift asked confused.
"Lockdown and the Dinobots are referring to me as a knight! I want to know why!" Optimus explained.
"Knights? I thought they were myth!" Drift explained.
"You are talking to a few knights right now!" Grimlock said to Drift. Drift moved back seemingly frightened.
"So tell me about my past!" Optimus demanded. Grimlock shook his head and began walking into an armory that was inside the cell block. "Follow me Optimus!" Grimlock said, Optimus, Drift, Cade and the Dinobots began walking inside the armory which contained swords, axes, spears that were used by the knights and guns that belong to the Mercenaries.
"Woah!" Cade and Drift were amazed by the sight of all these weapons.
"By the Primes!" Optimus said also amazed by the weapons. He then feels Grimlock's hand on his shoulder and looks at back at the Dinobot leader. "I have something much more exciting to show you!" Grimlock and Optimus began walking towards a table with multiple Cybertronian swords embedded into it. "That sword in the middle is yours Optimus!" Grimlock said allowing Optimus to get a closer look.
"My sword?" Optimus asked still confused about what he has been hearing.
"It contains your CNA….Only you can remove it from the table!" Grimlock said as Optimus began walking slower towards the sword.
"Look at all of these guns!" Drift said exploring the ship with Cade.
"Drift look!" Cade says turning around and getting Drift's attention, both of them witnessing Optimus about to grab his original weapon. Optimus places his hands on the hilt and attempts to pull it out. Suddenly his forearms began to transform taking the appearance of gauntlets. This gives Optimus enough strength to pry the sword out and claim it back. Optimus stares at the blade and sees ancient Cybertronian symbols on it. He then proceeds to have more flashbacks of the Cybertronian knights and being part of a squadron known as the Dino-Riders.
"You speak the truth Grimlock….We did fight side-by-side!" Optimus said turning around towards the large Dinobots. Grimlock didn't say a word but simply shook his head as a way of saying yes.
"By the Allspark….his sword looks better than both of mine!" Drift said causing Cade to laugh.
"Here Optimus, this was your shield!" Grimlock says as Slug walks towards Optimus Prime with his shield and attaches it to his left arm.
"Thank you, both of you for helping me remember my true past!" Optimus said thanking the Dinobots. Suddenly Crosshairs and Wheeljack ran into the armory. "CADE! DRIFT!"
"Wheeljack, Crosshairs what is it?" Optimus asked.
"Lock…Who's the Spark-Eaters?" Crosshairs asked.
"Ow, HEY!" Crosshairs yells getting punched in the shoulder by Wheeljack.
"Oh yeah….LOCKDOWN IS HUNTING US!" Crosshairs yelled.
"Where's Lockdown at the moment?" Grimlock asked.
"He just sent his Mercenaries after us, they should be here….. (The Mercenaries enter the armory and begin firing at the Autobots and Dinobots.) Now!" Crosshairs said suddenly scared.
"AUTOBOTS ATTACK!" Optimus yells as he starts slicing the Mercenaries in half with his sword, Wheeljack joined in on the massacre using his spear. They successfully manage to kill the mercenaries, "We finished them all off!" Wheeljack said. "NO! There will be more!" Grimlock said to Wheeljack, "YEAH and we get to rip them apart!" Slug said pulling out his swords.
"I like that guy!" Drift said thinking that Slug is cool due to his aggressive attitude and the fact that his primary weapons are swords.
"More are coming…..Optimus get on my back!" Grimlock said as he heard more Mercenaries coming by.
"Excuse me!" Optimus replied confused by what Grimlock meant. Grimlock started transforming into his alternate mode, to the Autobots surprise he transformed into a mechanical, fire-breathing, horned Tyrannosaurus Rex. Crosshairs was so shocked that he didn't move away during Grimlock's transformation and got knocked down by Grimlock's tail.
"What in the name of….."Grimlock lowered his head to Optimus Prime allowing him to climb onto Grimlock's back and ride him.
"Hey Drift want a ride?" Slug asked as he transformed into a spiked Triceratops.
"Drift I think we should get on top of him!" Cade said grabbing a small Cybertronian gun from the armory and walked towards Slug. Drift followed Cade still shocked by the sight of the Dinobots transforming into Dinosaurs rather than vehicles, Drift and Cade get on Slug's back.
"Hey uh could one of you two by any chance give me ride?" Crosshairs gets up recovering from Grimlock's tail smack and asks Strafe and Scorn to ride either one of them. Scorn transforms into a three-sailed Spinosaurus and allows Crosshairs to get on his back. "This is fragging awesome!" Crosshairs yelled in excitement while sitting on Scorn's back.
"Be prepared Autobots, those mercenaries will be arriving here soon!" Optimus said as the mercenaries began charging towards them.
"Here they are….AUTOBOTS ROLL OUT!" Optimus shouted his battle cry as the Dinobots charged at the mercenaries crushed them with their heavy feet and tearing them apart with their jaws, Grimlock breathed fire at a few of them. "Wheeljack where were the anchors fired from?" Optimus asked.
"They are just a few minutes away!" Wheeljack said as they ran straight to one of the exits of the ship.
"DO NOT THE LET THE PRISONERS ESCAPE!" Lockdown saw the Dinobots and Autobots retreating and ordered more mercenaries to go after them. One of the Mercenaries jumped on top of Slug and attacked Drift.
"Holy Crap!" Cade yelled.
"Cade get down!" Drift yelled as he began fighting the mercenary. Drift ends up getting shot in the stomach and Cade fires back at the mercenary with his Cybertronian hand gun shooting the Mercenary on the head causing the dead mercenary to fall off of Slug. The Autobots and Dinobots reach one of the exits.
"Oh scrap how do we get down?" Crosshairs asked as the anchors became thinner and started being pulled out of the ground by the hovering ship.
"We are going to have to jump!" Optimus said.
"WHAT?" Crosshairs yelled.
"Drift is injured he is in no condition to jump!" Cade said mentioning that one of the Autobots is crippled.
"Grimlock grab Drift with your jaws but don't rip him in half!" Optimus said jumping off of Grimlock.
"Prime what are you doing?" Wheeljack asked.
"Lockdown and his mercenaries are here, I'll buy you all some time to escape!" Optimus explained as he got into a defensive position.
"Boss are you crazy? That's suicide!" Crosshairs yelled.
"Don't worry Crosshairs, Lockdown wants me alive, he never had any intention of killing me!" Optimus explained.
"But Optimus…."
"GO NOW!" Optimus yelled as the Autobots and Dinobots jumped out of the ship and started falling to the ground. Cade unable to grab on to Slug started to float away due to the wind. Strafe (who transforms into a two-headed and two-tailed Pteranodon) catches Cade and flies down to the ground.
"Goodbye my Autobots!" Optimus said as he charged at the Mercenaries, killing a few of them and one Steeljaw before being shocked by Lockdown.
"You let my trophies escape! Normally I'd kill someone for such an act!" Lockdown said to the pinned down Optimus whose body began to spasm from the electrocution.
"But you're lucky that my client wants you alive and in one piece!" Lockdown said dropping Prime's head to the ground and making his mercenaries take him back to his cell. As the ship takes off. The Autobots and three of the Dinobots recover from the fall and watch Lockdown's ship leave Earth. Strafe flies down and safely lands Cade to the ground who runs straight to the Autobots.
"Guys are you alright?" Cade asked as he ran to check on the Autobots and Dinobots.
"NO!" Slug said noticing that Optimus never jumped out of the ship and is still in Lockdown's custody. Suddenly Dino, Jolt, Hound, Sideswipe and Ratchet drove to Drift, Crosshairs, Wheeljack and the Dinobots to check on them.
"What the hell happened up there?" Hound asked.
"Yeah and who are these guys?" Jolt also asked as he noticed Grimlock spitting out an injured Drift. Cade and the Autobots didn't say a word.
"Where's Optimus?" Ratchet asked. Drift, Wheeljack, Cade, Crosshairs and the Dinobots were reluctant to say until….
"Aboard Lockdown's ship!" Crosshairs said shocking Ratchet, Hound, Jolt, Dino and Sideswipe.
"Optimus sacrificed his freedom to rescue all of us!" Slug explained why Optimus was still aboard Lockdown's ship. All the Autobots looked down on the ground in sadness, missing their beloved leader.
"Hey Drift…."
"Please don't say a word right now Cade!" Drift said covering the bullet hole on his stomach with his hand.
"Okay….I just wanted to say thank you for saving my life inside that ship!" Cade said as he began walking away to give Drift some privacy.
"And by the way…. (Drift turned his head towards Cade.) I think you are a great Guardian!" Cade said walking away from Drift making the former Decepticon smile.
"Fellow Dinobots, I fear that this planet and the rest of our brethren…..Are doomed!" Grimlock said to his Dinobots as they looked up at the stars.
TO BE CONTINUED….