Unicron:

Lockdown waits by his ship enjoying what he was hearing. He overheard Quintessa and Optimus constantly arguing and enjoyed every minute of it nearly laughing at one point. Quintessa floats away from the chained up Optimus Prime and floats towards Lockdown.

"How is it going?" Lockdown asked.

"He's too noble, it's revolting!" Quintessa replies.

"Aren't all the Autobots?" Lockdown says.

"I'm preparing to send Unicron to Earth in just a few days, I need a knight to corrupt so that he can get me MY staff!" Quintessa explained.

"I have a plan!" Lockdown said.

"Tell me your plan!" Quintessa replied.

"What of instead of capturing a knight, we could turn another Cybertronian into a knight!" Lockdown said.

"Interesting….Continue!" Quintessa replied.

"I know a Decepticon, the most ruthless one out of them all….Megatron!"

"How ruthless is he?" Quintessa asked.

"Just as ruthless as you, he wishes to conquer worlds and to kill those who attempt to disobey him!" Lockdown said.

"I never met this Megatron and I like him already!"

"Very well, bring me Megatron NOW!" Quintessa orders Lockdown to travel back to Earth and retrieve Megatron.

Abandoned Junkyard, New Mexico:

While Barricade, Hooligan and Blackout traveled to England to find the Autobots. Onslaught, Nitro, Stinger, Starscream, Soundwave, Mohawk and Galvatron remained behind in New Mexico to build Galvatron a new body made out of the corpses of Mindwipe and Dispenser. Galvatron watched Onslaught, Soundwave and Nitro building his new body while he was holding Mindwipe's decapitated head.

"We're almost done Lord Megatron!" Soundwave yelled telling Galvatron the update on his new body.

"Excellent!" Galvatron replied to Soundwave.

"The end is near my old treacherous friend…. (Galvatron said staring at Mindwipe's head while stroking it.) What a shame that you'll be unable to see it!" Galvatron says throwing Mindwipe's head out of the way.

"It is complete Lord Megatron!" Onslaught says as he along with Nitro and Soundwave move away from Galvatron as he stares at the new body they built for him. It was made from the parts of Mindwipe and Dispenser with his Galvatron's original head (back when he was called Megatron) attached to the body.

"Excellent now for the conscious transfer!" Galvatron said but he was unable to begin the transfer since he saw Lockdown's ship fly by to the Junkyard.

"Megatron!" Lockdown said walking towards the Decepticon leader.

"Lockdown, you failed to capture me once and you won't succeed this time!" Galvatron said as he charged towards Lockdown. Lockdown immediately retracted a blade from his left hand and blocked Galvatron's elbow-saw blade. Galvatron then molecularly transformed his hand into a cannon attempting to fire Lockdown.

"Sloppy, Pathetic. You are powerless in this form!" Lockdown said as he managed to block Galvatron's every move and subdue him.

"I didn't come to forcefully capture you again, I require your assistance!" Lockdown explained helping Galvatron get up.

"And how might I help you?" Galvatron said pushing Lockdown's hand away after getting up.

"My master needs an artifact located here and she requires your help in finding it and conquering this planet!" Lockdown explained.

"Only I can conquer this planet, your master will never receive my help!" Galvatron said turning away from Lockdown and began snarling.

"What if I told you that she can give you a more powerful body?" Lockdown said trying to convince Galvatron to come with him to Quintessa.

"Talk bounty hunter!" Galvatron said turning around to face Lockdown and was intrigued by his offer.

"You wish to escape the human-made form of yours am I correct?" Lockdown asked.

"Indeed!" Galvatron replied.

"Quintessa will rebuild you into a powerful body made out of pure Cybertronian metal unlike your current chassis which has been tampered with!" Lockdown said.

"What do you say?" Lockdown asked as Galvatron began thinking.

"After careful consideration, I will accompany you back to your master!" Galvatron said.

"But lord Megatron….." Starscream said.

"I'm currently no Megatron!" Galvatron replied.

"So it's a deal, I will help your master but only if she grants me that new body!" Galvatron said as he and Lockdown shook hands confirming their deal.

"My lord, we have received a transmission from Barricade!" Soundwave said.

"And?" Galvatron asked.

"They are currently in England!" Soundwave said to Galvatron.

"So Barricade was successful in finding them. All of you head to England immediately and find those Autobots!"

"I will re-group with you once I help Lockdown's master with her plans!" Galvatron said as he and Lockdown boarded the ship and flew to Unicron. After a few hours of flying in deep space, Lockdown and Galvatron arrive to Unicron.

"What is this monstrosity?" Galvatron said disgusted by the planet's appearance.

"Unicron, home of the Infernocons and Quintessa, my master and our creator!" Lockdown replied.

"It looks nothing like a planet!" Galvatron mentioned.

"It is incomplete, it needs to merge with an existing planet and absorb its energy in order to be complete!" Lockdown explained as he landed the ship to Unicron and exited with Galvatron following him. They travel to Quintessa's chamber where she is currently torturing Optimus Prime.

"PRIME?!" Galvatron yelled as he saw Optimus Prime in chains and being tortured by Quintessa.

"Meg-Megatron!" Optimus said noticing his arch-rival staring at him.

"What are you doing to him?" Galvatron asked.

"What I am doing? I am attempting to make him loyal to me!" Quintessa replied.

"So you are Megatron?" Quintessa asked examining Galvatron.

"You look pathetic!" Quintessa said grabbing Megatron by the chin and shaking his head around.

"And who are you supposed to be?" The offended Galvatron asked.

"I'm Quintessa, The goddess of Unicron and Cybertron and the creator of all Transformers!" Quintessa said to Galvatron.

"Interesting, so the Allspark has always been a lie!" Galvatron said.

"Yes it was, the knights tried to keep me forgotten from Cybertronian history, but they couldn't for long!" Quintessa said as she continued floating around Lockdown and Galvatron.

"So you know why you are here don't you Megatron?" Quintessa asked Galvatron who was standing behind her.

"Yes, you need my help conquering Earth!" Galvatron answered.

"Yes and…." Quintessa gets interrupted by Galvatron.

"But I will only help you if you give me a new and more powerful body!" Galvatron told Quintessa.

"What?" Quintessa furiously asked as he attacked Lockdown.

"You told him I'd give him a new body?" Quintessa asked mad at the bounty hunter.

"I had to convince him somehow!" the pinned down Lockdown explained.

"Why you….."

"Is there a problem?" Galvatron asked watching Quintessa threatening Lockdown.

"Nothing at all Megatron!" Quintessa drops Lockdown to the ground and floats towards Galvatron.

"Yes I will give you a new body and then you will help me take over Earth!" Quintessa said making a deal with Galvatron.

"All I want is to be Megatron again and for the Autobots's precious Earth to be destroyed!" Galvatron said mentioning his ambitions.

"I like the way you think!" Quintessa said as she reaches her hand towards Galvatron and with her powers began to transform Galvatron back into Megatron. Galvatron groaned in pain as his particles kept being tampered with Quintessa. The weak and chained up Optimus Prime watched in horror and before everybody's very eyes. Galvatron's human-made particles turned into pure Cybertronian metal and transformed Galvatron into Megatron giving him a more knight-like body and tusks on his head that form into his mouth-guard.

"And now for the final piece of the puzzle!" Quintessa says floating towards Megatron who was kneeling to the ground recovering from his transformation. Quintessa lifts Megatron's head up and slaps him on the right side of his face. A red mark appeared around his right optic and on the tip of his right tusk.

"Arise Megatron, a new member of the knights!" Quintessa says as Megatron gets up and his eyes turn into purple with a red color around his optics.

"Yes my goddess!" Megatron says showing his blind loyalty to Quintessa.

"Megatron… no!" Optimus said still weak from the physical and mental torture he received.

"Optimus my brother, how dare you reject Quintessa's offer!" the brainwashed and newly-reformatted Megatron walks towards Optimus.

"You want this war to end, for us to be brothers again and for peace in our planet to exist once more don't you?" Megatron asked Optimus Prime.

"Yes but….." Optimus gets interrupted by Quintessa.

"YOU TOLD ME YOU SEEK REDEMPTION AND NOW YOU'RE WILLING TO LET YOUR HOME PLANET DIE?" Quintessa yells scolding Optimus Prime.

"No, but the humans…."

"Humans are violent and unforgiving beings, killing their entire species will do no wrong!" Quintessa explained.

"No, no….grrr…NO, ugh….Yes humans are insects!" Optimus said as the mental torture kicked in affecting his mind.

"And we must destroy them and put their planet out of its misery before they slowly kill it!" Quintessa explained.

"YES!" Optimus replied as his optics began to change color.

"And together you will destroy anyone who wishes to save this planet and those vile humans!" Megatron said.

"I will fight anyone to stands in my way!" Optimus said retracting his mouth guard as his optics changed from blue to purple.

TO BE CONTINUED…

So that was Chapter 18. Hope you guys are happy that Megatron is back and hope you guys got that Last Knight reference I did with Mindwipe and Galvatron. Thank you for reading this chapter and stay tuned for Chapter 19.