Author's Note: Alrighty, I've began writing the chapter around for days after I've finished the last, and for some odd reason, I feel like I've been slacking... Ah well, I'm tryin' to write for ya guys, so enjoy!

That day changed the lives of two Decepticons, and began the creation of the horrible creature that would haunt my old leader, Optimus Prime. I'm sure if he were still alive, he would agree with me that the war began to get worse for us that day.

                                                                                                 Rodimus Prime

Chapter 5: Fixed By Evil

                        Starscream looked up to Tidal Wave. He was still worn out and sore from his beating from Jhiaxus, and going up against the strongest Decepticon didn't help in the least. This was one of the few times he couldn't think of a way to get himself out of a rough situation.

"Make your move." Tidal Wave's booming voice said. Starscream grinned, hiding his fright.

"That'll be your last mistake, Tidal Wave!" The seeker exclaimed, while leaping up into the air.

                        He dropped back to the ground. With surprise written all over his face, realization suddenly hit Starscream. Jhiaxus still  had his wing saber, meaning he cant fly! Tidal Wave's face gave off the impression that he was grinning, as he opened up his giant hand, and slammed it down into the sand hill which held Starscream. Sand flew up into the air, and Tidal Wave looked to the side, where Starscream had leaped. The seeker took the titan's momentarily surprise, and jumped onto his hand. He ran up Tidal Wave's arm, and the Decepticon watched his every move. Starscream ran onto the giant's shoulder, who in turn, stood up straight. He looked to the much smaller Decepticon.

"What you hope to achieve?" Tidal Wave asked. "You know you cant beat me."

"I can at least try!" Starscream exclaimed, while running up to the Decepticon's head, and thrusting his foot into his right optic.

                       Tidal Wave's glass optic cracked upon impact. He cried out as static half blinded him, and stumbled backwards. Looking to the seeker with his non-damaged optic, he thrust his hand up to his shoulder, and clutched the seeker tightly in his hand. Starscream clenched his teeth tightly, trying his hardest not to scream. The warship, in return, only tightened his grip on Starscream, while bringing him closer to his face.

"It inevitable, you know you die if you keep fighting, Starscream. Give up." The Decepticon said. Mech fluid began seeping through his damaged optic, but he seemingly didn't notice.

"I'm a... Decepticon, Tidal...Wave," Starscream weakly said. He shakily looked up at his opponent, still trying not to cry out in pain. "I don't give up!"

                       At that moment, the two cannons hidden on Starscream's backside flipped forward. He grinned slightly, and unleashed a surge of pure energy upon Tidal Wave's face. The giant screamed once again, and violently threw Starscream to the sandy ground. The seeker groaned loudly as his collided with the ground, and rolled onto his front side. The cannons on his shoulders flipped back onto his back, and he looked up to Tidal Wave, who was hunched over, holding his face.

                     The warship trembled, while holding his smoking face, in an attempt to relieve the pain. He turned to Starscream, and dropped to his knees, causing the ground to shake.

"Divert power to optics." Tidal Wave commanded, and his internal computer complied. He took his hands away from his face, and looked at them, as his vision slowly returned, but still remained covered in static. He looked up to Starscream, who was also struggling to get up. Tidal Wave slowly climbed to his feet, but remained hunched over, as his arms hung.

                        Starscream was on one knee, slowly climbing up to his feet as well. He growled quietly, and glared at Tidal Wave. He was already worn out, and could barely move! Tidal Wave would crush him easily at this point. Starscream twitched. He looked down to his hands, and twitched again. This time, he saw that his hands, and the rest of his body was briefly covered in static when he twitched. He groaned as he twitched again, and the static remained this time. The seeker cried out as the static grew, and he fell onto the ground, motionless.

"Stasis lock." Tidal Wave weakly said. He could barely see what happened to Starscream with his limited vision, but nothing else had that type of effect on a Transformer. The giant stood up sluggishly to his feet, and looked to the fallen form of Starscream. "Mission accomplished." He said, while turning around.

                       The giant also twitched. Not good. He opened up his com link to the Decepticon base. He twitched again, and static briefly covered him. A red arrow in Tidal Wave's good optic flashed and pointed above him to his left. He snapped his head up in the direction the arrow pointed, and static covered his optics more. Tidal Wave groaned as he dropped to his knees from the commencing stasis lock. He looked back up, and saw a figure descending from the sky.

                       The figure had rather large shoulder guards, dinosaur-like legs, a tail-like weapon dangling from his right hand, and glowing, crimson optics. Tidal Wave shook violently, and groaned loudly as he dropped to the ground, in stasis lock.

Unknown, Unknown

                       Starscream groaned as his optics flickered on. This was the second time he woke up in an unfamiliar place, and it was getting old fast. He slid into a sitting position, and looked around. Beside him was Tidal Wave, still damaged, and wide awake. But it was who was around them that caught Starscream's interest.

                      There were seven in all. One had bird-like wings stretching from his back, and a panther head resting on his left shoulder. One had half a rhino head on each of his shoulders, and held a large, dull blade in his hand. Another had eight legs stretching from his back, and eight, lime green optics on his chest. Another had metallic wings coming from her back, and another had razor-like blades emanating from his forearms. One had a cheetah-like skin on his chest, and the last was rather odd, as he had no apparent beast-like mode showing in his robot mode, besides two red optics in his chest.

                  Starscream looked to Tidal Wave. "Where are we?"

"You think me know?" Tidal Wave replied, with his arms crossed. Wherever they were, they were either hostages, or guests.

A voice came, but from none of the seven around them. "Welcome, Starscream and Tidal Wave."

"I know that voice..." Starscream replied. A soft chuckle came from behind the crowd around them, as a familiar face stepped out.

"Sideways!" the seeker shouted.

"What you want?" Tidal Wave directly asked.

"It's not me who wants anything," the turncoat said. "It's my master."

"Well, tell him if he wishes to speak with us, that he'll have to come here!" Starscream snapped.

"He is here, Starscream." Sideways replied. "You're inside him, after all."

"Inside of who?" Starscream replied.

"Why Unicron, of course." The turncoat replied.

"Who Unicron?" Tidal Wave asked, while unfolding his arms.

Sideways motioned to the seven Transformers around him. "He is the God of chaos, and our master."

"You expect us to believe myth?" Tidal Wave spoke.

"I am no myth." A booming voice above even that of Tidal Wave spoke.

                        The said Decepticon, and his seeker colleague both looked up to where the voice originated. A hologram of a horned head descended from the ceiling, and it looked to be seemingly made of moving data. The instant it stopped, the eight mechs turned to it, and all saluted at once.

"As you can see, Decepticons, my power is not false, or a legend. It, and I, are as real as you are." Unicron calmly spoke. Starscream trembled, that was the first time he actually felt the person's voice.

"What you want from us?" Asked the verbally challenged Decepticon known as Tidal Wave.

"A bargain." Unicron replied.

"What kind of... 'bargain'?" replied Starscream.

"A simple one. I need your efforts to help me with two tasks that need to be done." The god of chaos stated.

"Why you no get them to do it?" Tidal Wave replied, while motioning to the eight in front of him.

"They are always busy with other tasks I pass on to them, which is why I need you two."

"What's in it for us?" Asked Starscream.

"That is why this is a bargain... I will provide you two with new bodies and abilities, and in return, I expect you two to fulfill these tasks."

"What the tasks?" asked Tidal Wave, crossing his arms once again.

"I will tell you all you need to know once you agree." Unicron once again replied. The two Decepticons turned to each other, and Tidal Wave kneeled down to Starscream's level.

"What you think?" Asked the giant.

"It sounds kinda fishy if you ask me," The seeker replied. "But he did say it would be simple... I don't know about you, but I'll do it."

"Me not so sure... But I agree to terms." Tidal Wave replied, while standing up again. Starscream turned to the hologram.

"Alright, we will go along with your deal."

The hologram of Unicron grinned. "Excellent."

                        Suddenly The two Decepticons started to glow light blue. They slowly hovered into the air, as the color was seemingly drained from their frames.  Unicron's optics glowed, as they straightened, and straight faces came onto their faces. Their armor seemingly disappeared, showing off all of their interiors. Suddenly, their bodies were over-run with what seemed to be static, but no stasis lock occurred. The snowy substance began to stretch  and change the Decepticon's bodies, reformatting them into their new structures. As quickly as the static came, it went away, and the interiors of the new Decepticons were shown. Then the new armor came onto them, giving them a solid, colorless look. Then, the color returned to the Decepticons, and they observed their new forms.

                       Tidal Wave's body was a brilliant blend of flashy colors, quite the opposite of his dark colors before. His legs were a blend of white, tan, and blue, while his torso had the same coloring. His four turrets were grey, with a gold cap on each, and his shoulders were blue and green. His arms were grey, and the same shade of green as his shoulders. His head and face was grey, gold, and green, with his optics glowing yellow. But oddly, his arms, shoulders, and shins all had lightning designs on them.

                       Starscream's body was another story. The cockpit of his jet mode stretched all the way down to his waist, and was made up of red, grey, and dull blue. The fins on his shins stretched all the way to his feet, and were light blue and red, where as his feet were jet black.  His shoulders were light blue, and dark blue, with fins on his forearms at grey and red. His right shoulder, however, was strangely glowing green, and looked as if it was incomplete.  What used to be his shoulder cannons are now what could be either vents, or missile launchers stretching above his head. His wings reached down to the bottom of his waist, and were dark grey and red, with a green trim running around them.

"I feel incredible!" Tidal Wave exclaimed. "Like I could take on anyone anytime!" Realization hit. "And I can speak normally, too!"

"I thought you might like that." Unicron replied. "I have given you two new abilities, and the knowledge to use them."

"What are our abilities?" asked Starscream, with his voice sounding a bit deeper than normal.

"You, Starscream, have the ability to create Energon weapons. The more Energon you absorb, the more powerful your weapon becomes." Unicron replied, with Starscream grinning.

"And me?" Tidal Wave asked.

"You, Tidal Wave,  have the ability to repair yourself from any damage what-so-ever, and you control the Ramjet Armada."

"Ramjet Armada?" Tidal Wave repeated. "What's that?"

"You will know when the time is right." The dark god replied.

"Right... So what are the tasks you need us to do?" the new Starscream asked.

"I need you two to recover the scattered body parts of Megatron, and bring them here." Unicron said. The two Decepticons received shocked expressions almost immediately.

"But why? You're not going to revive him, are you?" asked Tidal Wave.

"That's exactly what I'm going to do." Replied the dark god.

"But why?"

"That's not for you to know... Yet." Unicron chuckled. "I will tell you your second task after you complete the first, now go!" The two Decepticons turned around, and began walking out. "Just one more thing," the chaos bringer said. Tidal Wave and Starscream turned around to face him, and the eight surrounding Transformers. "I have the power to give, and to take... Do not fail me." The two Decepticons nodded, and walked out of the room.

                       After walking for what seemed to be hours, Starscream and Tidal Wave found their way out of the maze that is Unicron. They walked into what seemed to be a shuttle bay, and Tidal Wave shifted to his warship mode. Starscream looked over to him with a confused look on his face.

"We will get there faster if I fly us there." Tidal Wave replied. Starscream shrugged, and thrust himself up into the air. Landing on what appeared to be the control tower of the runway on Tidal Wave's arms, the seeker walked inside.

"Alright, lets get the show on the road!" Starscream called out.

                       Tidal Wave activated the thrusters on his rear, and energy erupted from them, pushing him forward. More and more energy came from the thrusters, making the giant move faster and faster, and  before he knew it, they were speeding away from Unicron. Starscream took this time to turn around and take a good look at the being who changed his form. He was surprised to say the least.

"Dear Primus... That's Unicron!?" Starscream gawked at the seemingly mechanical planet before him.

                        He was beyond huge, big enough to make Cybertron look like a moon. He had a large ring surrounding him, which was held in place at four points around. A large mouth rested in the center, with sharp teeth to boot. Two large arms stretched out, threatening to grab and devour anything that dared to come close enough.

"We can gawk when we return, right now let's get our job done." Tidal Wave spoke, while maintaining a good speed.

"What's the rush, Tidal Wave? Why not try out our new bodies before getting to work?" The Decepticon replied.

Tidal Wave gave a 'hmm' before answering. "Good idea, I say we let the Autobots have a taste of what we can do."

"Sounds good, let's get going!" Starscream almost excitedly said, as Tidal Wave sped up.

Unkown, Earth

                       Optimus carefully guided the ship down through the atmosphere. He and Hot Shot had just returned from Planet M2, with no success in finding information on Predacon.

"Well that was a wasted trip." Hot Shot said as the ship bounced slightly.

"Not exactly, Hot Shot. We may not have gotten what we needed to know, but at least we learned some new things." Optimus said.

"Nothing that can help us in this battle." Hot Shot replied.

"Try to think positively. After all, we may not have learned anything about Predacon, but we all know experience is the best teacher."

"From what I know, Optimus," Hot Shot began. "I don't want to experience Predacon. He almost killed Smokescreen. I think we should just avoid him all together."

"There are some things that cant be avoided." Optimus solemnly said.

Suddenly, the alarm started blazing. Optimus looked over to Hot Shot. "Are we under attack?" He quickly asked.

"No, but we're about to be." Hot Shot said, while pointing to the radar. "We've got two really strong signatures heading our way, and they wave the flag of the Decepticons!"  

                        The ship shook violently as blasts made contact with it. The two Autobots fell to the floor, but quickly climbed to their feet. "On screen!" Optimus ordered, while holding himself up on his consol. Hot Shot pressed several keys on his keyboard, and on the main screen to the side, a visual came on of the newly upgraded...

"Tidal Wave?!" Hot Shot yelled, obviously surprised.

The ship shook seriously again, and Optimus looked up to a screen. In flashing red, it blinked '50%'. "Slag!" Optimus swore. "Two more hits like that and our shields are gone for good!"

                     Again, the ship shook fiercely, and Hot Shot fell onto the floor. He grabbed the arm rests of his seat from the ground, and pulled himself up.

"You had to say that, didn't you?" Hot Shot sarcastically said. Optimus ignored his partner, as lights flashed all over the cockpit. The screen that once said '50%' now said '22%'

"We have to abandon ship!" Optimus said, while running towards the hatch. He pressed several buttons, and the door to the outside opened up, with wind bursting through.

"We have to what!? Oh hell no Optimus, I'm not jumping out!" Hot Shot said. He quickly walked over to Optimus. Maybe he could talk Optimus out of it, and land the ship instead. Missiles hit the ship, and it shook even more violently. The Autobot commander looked over to the screen, and in bright red letters, it flashed 'Explosion imminent'. Optimus grabbed the back of Hot Shot's armor, and looked at him dead in the optics.

"Yes you are." Optimus firmly said, while jumping out of the airborne ship, taking Hot Shot with him.

                          Hot Shot's optics snapped open as he found himself and his leader plummeting to the ground. The Autobot did the only thing that came to mind: scream. He yelled at the top of his lungs, and Optimus kept a firm grip on the back of his armor.

"Calm down!" Optimus shouted, with the wind around them drowning his voice out. The Autobot commander opened up his comlink to the Autobot base.

                          Jetfire, along with Sideswipe and Rodimus, were lounging in the control room when Optimus' call came in.

"On screen!" Jetfire and Rodimus both said, Rodimus more out of instinct. Jetfire glared at the future Autobot, and in turn, Rodimus waved his hands.

"Accident." He said, embarrassed.

"Yeah, whatever." Jetfire said. Sideswipe had just then brought Optimus' call onto the main monitor. What they saw was Optimus falling from growing distant ship, with Hot Shot in his hand. All around them, were lasers and blasts pouring down on them like rain.

"Autobot base! This is Optimus! Come in!" He urgently said. Jetfire ran up to the consol.

"Jetfire here, what's going on?!" the sub-commander replied.

"Hot Shot and I are under attack by Tidal Wave. From the looks of it, he got an upgrade from someone." He replied. "But there's no time for that, get out here, Jetfire, and help us out before we hit the ground!"

"You got it!" Jetfire exclaimed, while running out of the control room. Rodimus tapped his chin.

"Why is this so familiar?..."

                        Starscream ran through the automatic door, and found himself on Tidal Wave's runway. Converting into jet mode, the seeker noticed a difference in his alternate mode, too. He was much more sleek, and his wings were wider. He had two fins above his main wings, and two supporting wings under the main ones. Starscream revved his engines, and sped off of the runway. Diving down, the Decepticon flew at the falling Autobots. Two missile heads popped out of the launchers under his wings, and they suddenly came to life, leaving a trail of smoke behind them.

                         Screeching noises above alerted Optimus. He turned around, and saw two missiles heading right for him and Hot Shot. Without hesitation, Optimus let go of Hot Shot, and thrust his fists outwards. He fired his wrist gauntlets relentlessly at them, hoping to hit them before they hit him. His wish came true, as the missiles got hit by his blasts, but the force of the explosion pushed him and Hot Shot further to the ground. The Autobot commander looked up at Starscream, then at Tidal Wave. The sound of jets occurred below them.

THUD!

"...We're dead, right?" Hot Shot asked with his optics shut tightly.

"We will be if I don't get you two out of here!" Jetfire replied. Hot Shot turned on his optics, and found that he and Optimus had landed on Jetfire, who was in vehicle mode.

"You wont get away so easily!" Starscream shouted, while unleashing countless blasts upon the three Autobots.

"Alright guys, cover me while I land us!" Jetfire shouted, while turning around, and flying towards the ground.

"You got it!" Hot Shot exclaimed, while pulling out his gun. Gripping it with both hands, he pulled the trigger many times, firing a blast at the Decepticons each time. Optimus did the same with his ion blaster.

"Pathetic fools!" Tidal Wave exclaimed. The runway on Tidal Wave suddenly split in half, as his hands underneath balled into fists. The two jets on the back separated from the ship, and flipped over, with his feet folding out, and the wings folding in. His torso turned around, and his shoulders connected to his body. The Decepticon's head rose from the chest, and his golden optics glowed brightly. "There's no escape!"

                     Jetfire swerved around the blasts around him, dodging each one skillfully. The ground grew closer and closer as the attacks grew more furious as they neared it. Optimus and Hot Shot continued firing on the two Decepticons, but with little effect.

"Almost there!" Jetfire exclaimed. "Just a little more!"

                     The Autobot speeded faster, and the ground came even faster. Tidal Wave saw this, and gave a 'hmmm'.

"Let's find out what this Ramjet Armada is..." He said, while raising his right arm.

                     A panel opened up, and for a brief moment, nothing happened. But suddenly, hundred upon hundreds of Mini-Con sized jets flew out of his arm, all flying at the three descending Autobots. Optimus looked up at them, and gawked behind his faceplate.

"By Primus..." Was all he managed to say. The Ramjet's continued to fly out of Tidal Wave's arm, and didn't seem to stop! "Jetfire!" Optimus shouted. "Get us back to the base now!"

"I'm trying! I'm trying!" Jetfire replied.

                     Optimus looked up at Tidal Wave, who closed his arm panel, and cut off the swarm of Ramjets. He trembled. There were countless little Ramjet drones all flying at them! If that wasn't enough, Tidal Wave began descending towards the ground, firing off hundreds, if not thousands of blasts at them. The four turrets on his chest all span quickly, each firing hundreds of blasts.

"You'll have to jump from here!" Jetfire exclaimed. "I cant take this fire for much longer!"

"Got it!" Optimus shouted, with the blasts drowning him out. He grabbed the back of Hot Shot's armor, and jumped off of the back of Jetfire.

"NOT AGAAAAIIIINNN!!" Hot Shot cried out.

                       But before Optimus could reply to Hot Shot, he and the ground made contact. His legs shuddered heavily, almost causing him to fall over. The Autobot groaned, and ran for cover behind a nearby boulder, dragging Hot Shot all the way. He dropped the Autobot on the ground, and pressed his back against the boulder, panting heavily.

"Are you ok, Optimus?" Hot Shot asked.

"I'll be ok once we get those Decepticons out of here!" The Autobot commander replied, while gripping his ion blaster.

                          Starscream flew high overhead. His supporting fins flipped forward past the cockpit, flipped upwards, then around, revealing his  feet. The fins above the main wings flipped down under, and unfolded into his arms, while the main body spun around, and flipped down, forming his back. Starscream's optics glowed an ominous green, as he looked down at the Autobots, and grinned. He slowly descended to the ground without making a sound, and silently landed behind Hot Shot and Optimus, who were firing on the horde of Ramjet drones with their backs to him. The Decepticon stalked up behind Hot Shot, and rose his hand into a striking pose.

                         Optimus and Hot Shot fired relentlessly on the Ramjet Armada, with little success. No matter how many they destroyed, another group would appear and continue the assault. Optimus continued to fire on one group of Ramjets, but quickly turned to his left, and fired on an advancing squad of drones. The world around him was seemingly shaking from his defensive stand, but the assault never stopped. Hot Shot also continued to fire shots at another wave, but with very little effect. The two Autobots were seemingly doomed. Until...

"Autobot base! This is Jetfire! Come in!" The sub-commander cried out. He was away from the battle, in robot mode, with his back against a rocky wall.

                        Blurr ran up to the consol in the command center. Pressing down a button on it, he spoke.

"Blurr here, what's the problem?" He somewhat urgently asked.

"We're under heavy fire!" Jetfire exclaimed, with explosions occurring in the background. "Get the others, come out here, and help us before we're scrapped!"

"Where are you now?" Blurr asked, trying to remain calm.

"We're right outside the base you dimwit! Get out here now!"

"Got it, we're on our way!" Blurr said. He typed into the consol, before pressing the same button again. "Attention Autobots! Jetfire, Optimus, and Hot Shot are under attack, and they require assistance! Head outside immediately!" Blurr cut off the transmission there, and headed for the exit.

                        Jetfire closed his comlink, and pulled out his blaster. He popped out from behind the rocky wall, and began running towards Optimus and Hot Shot, ready to assist them. But before he got close enough to help, something caught his optic. Starscream about to strike Hot Shot from behind!

"HOT SHOT! LOOK OUT!!" Jetfire yelled out.

"Huh?" Hot Shot replied. He turned to face Jetfire, and before he knew it he was hoisted into the air by his neck.

                      The Autobot looked down to his assailant, and found Starscream, holding him up with his left hand, and grinning. Taking his right hand, he opened it, and pressed it flat against Hot Shot's chest.

"Now... Give me all your energon." Starscream calmly and quietly said. Hot Shot's optics snapped open, as he felt the energon drain from his system, and flow into Starscream's hand. He gave out a weak cry, hoping his leader could hear him. His wish came true.

"Hot Shot!" Optimus called out. He turned from the Ramjet Armada, and faced Starscream. Dropping his ion blaster, the Autobot fired his wrist gauntlets at the Decepticon.

                        Starscream flinched each time a blast made contact, then suddenly grinned. The Autobot was worth more than an energon deposit! He turned to face Optimus, and pulled Hot Shot in front of him, using him as a shield. The Autobot commander did as expected, and stopped firing. However, some of his already-shot blasts had hit Hot Shot's back, making him cry out in pain. Starscream grinned, as he continued to absorb energon from the yellow Autobot. His right shoulder pulsated, and the Decepticon gave a pleasurable 'aah'.

"You have served your purpose, Autobot." Starscream stated, while tossing Hot Shot over to Optimus. The Autobot commander looked down to the troop, and cringed. Hot Shot's colors were dull, and his blue optics were dim. He looked back up to Starscream, glaring.

"You'll pay for that!" Optimus exclaimed. Starscream only grinned.

"We'll see, Optimus Prime!" Starscream exclaimed, while thrusting out his right hand.

                        Green energon seemed to be flowing from his body to his open hand. As more and more flowed through him, a weapon began taking shape in Starscream's hand. Suddenly, a flash occurred, and the Decepticon was holding a mechanical looking sword. He grinned at Optimus.

"Ready to die?" He calmly asked. Optimus growled, and picked up his ion blaster.

                        But before he could fire on Starscream, the seeker leaped up into the air. Dropping down from the air, Starscream brought his sword down vertically towards Optimus. The Autobot used the only thing he could think of for defense: his gun. He brought it up horizontally, and effectively stopped Starscream's sword from piercing his head. He groaned as the sword made contact, pressing him closer to the ground. Starscream grinned slightly, as he gripped the sword with his other hand, and pressed down harder.

                       Optimus's ion blaster groaned as Starscream's saber started to bend it. The Decepticon pressed down harder on the Autobot, while taunting him.

"Just give up, it'll be less painful that way." Starscream spoke.

"You expect me to give up?" Optimus asked, while gripping his gun tighter. It began splitting up slightly, and Starscream looked triumphant.

                         But before Starscream could assault Optimus any further, a blast from the side came, and made contact with Starscream's hand. The Decepticon cried out, and looked over to where the blast came from. He glared hard at Jetfire, who's blaster was still smoking. Suddenly, realization hit. Starscream turned back around, looking for his sword, and found it heading straight for Tidal Wave.

Tidal Wave opened up his arm panel. "Ramjet Armada, return!" He called out. Then, like the loyal drones they are, returned to their master without hesitation. As quickly as they all came out, the Ramjets went back inside the giant's arm. After the final one returned, Tidal Wave's arm panel closed behind it.

"Impressive." The giant Decepticon said. "I like it very much." Something shone in the light, and Tidal Wave looked over, to see a green blade heading right at him. He gasped slightly, and quickly turned to the side to avoid it, but wasn't fast enough.

                          A burning sensation erupted through Tidal Wave's right shoulder, as he suddenly lost all feeling in his arm. He looked over, and saw his arm slowly side off of his body, and plummet towards the ground. It crashed onto the Earth, causing the ground to shake below it. Mech fluid sprayed from both the severed arm, and Tidal Wave's shoulder, but he did little to acknowledge the wound.

"Haha! Score one for the Autobots!" Jetfire exclaimed, while running over to Starscream and Optimus.

                 Starscream was gawking at Tidal Wave. He just lost an arm, but acts like nothing happened! A clicking sound occurred, and Jetfire spoke up once again.

"Reach for the sky, Decepticon!" Jetfire commanded, while aiming at the back of Starscream's head. The seeker did as he was told, and slowly raised his hands into the air. Optimus took this time to aim his gauntlets at the Decepticon, and walk up to him.

"You're coming with us!" He said. Tidal Wave's groaning caused all three to look at him.

                       The giant looked over at his wounded shoulder, then at his arm on the ground. He then opened up his hand, and bent over, picking up his severed limb by the biceps. He then reared his hand back slightly, and slammed his arm back onto his body, and a shower of sparks sprayed to the ground below him. Tidal Wave then moved his reattached arm around a bit, and open and closed his hand.

"Good as new." Tidal Wave said, while looking to the three before him.

                        Starscream looked at Optimus and Jetfire, then grinned. He jumped up into the air, and, in one motion, kicked the two Autobots in their heads, knocking them back on their skidplates. He then flew up into the air, and jetted over to Tidal Wave. Turning around to face the Autobots, Starscream grinned.

"It was fun playing with you, but Tidal Wave and I really must be going. Business is business, after all." Starscream reverted into jet mode, Tidal Wave converted into warship mode, and the two speeded off into the horizon.

                       It was then that the Autobots from inside the base arrived. Red Alert was the first to transform, and rushed over to Hot Shot's fallen form.

"Will he be alright?" Jetfire asked to the medic. Red Alert looked Hot Shot over for a moment, before looking up to the sub-commander, and nodding.

"He'll be ok, as soon as he gets some energon flowing through him." Jetfire breathed a sigh of relief, as Scavenger walked up to Optimus.

"You ok?" He asked his commander. Optimus continued to stare at where Tidal Wave and Starscream flew off to.

"No... I'm concerned. How could those two get enough power, and cause that much havoc? Something, or someone, gave them new abilities."

"Do you think it's the power Sideways spoke of?"

"I'm not sure..." Optimus sighed, and looked up into the sky. "When did this war get so complicated?"

Unknown, Unknown

                          The eight Transformers stood around in their own positions, watching the battle that just took place via a large hologram in the center of the room.

"That was quite a battle." Razorclaw commented. "I didn't think Prime had what it took to stand up against that."

"Yes," Unicron replied. "He could pose a real threat to us, soon."

"What should we do about it?" Asked Cheetor.

"Let me at 'im! I'll tear him to pieces!" Rhinox exclaimed, while raising his blade into the air.

"Your aggression will get you killed one day, Rhinox." Predacon replied.

Before an argument could arise, Unicron spoke up. "Enough." He directly said, and the two went silent.

"Optimus Prime is indeed powerful, but I shall soon use that power against him." The Dark God replied, while grinning. He turned to Tarantulas.

"Tarantulas, begin Project: Psycho Mantis."

Author's Note: Woo! Much fun writing that chapter!

20th Anniversary Optimus Prime: You really get a kick outta this, dontcha?

Crab: Yep

20th Anniversary Optimus Prime: Well, I get a kick outta.... THIS! *kicks at Crab's leg*

Crab: *lifts his foot up* Ya missed! And I brought some friends to help me out this time! *pulls out Armada and Energon Unicron figures and sets them on the floor*

*the two Unicron's run at 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime*

Crab: And now, for something that my friend Ashana inspired me to do... OUTTAKES! I shall have three for each chapter... If I remember to ^_^;; Here's outtake #1!

(The scene is in the beginning of the chapter, when Starscream and Tidal Wave are fighting)

Starscream: *stares Tidal Wave down*

Tidal Wave: Make your move.

Ashana: NOOOOO!!!!! STARSCREAM!!! *runs out and stands in front of Starscream*

Starscream: Uh... Ashana? We're trying to write a story here

Tidal Wave: _;;

Crab: GAH! *throws down his director's hat* Ashana! That take was perfect! *anime tears*

Ashana: ^_^; Sorry

*tape cuts off*

Crab: Here's outtake #2!

(The scene is when Jetfire calls the Autobot base for backup)

Jetfire: Autobot base! This is Jetfire! Come in!

Blurr: *at the base* Blurr here, what's the problem?

Jetfire: We're under heavy fire!

Blurr: *Jetfire's message didn't come through clearly* Yes, I know you're made of heavy iron, but what's the problem?

Jetfire: I said we're under very heavy fire!

Blurr: Your ex married a very heavy liar?... Why would she do that?

Crab: GAH! CUT!

*tape cuts off*

Crab: And here is the final outtake!

(The scene is the final scene with Unicron)

Unicron: Optimus Prime is indeed powerful, but I shall soon use that power against him. *turns to Tarantulas* Tarantulas, begin Project: Barbie Girl.

All: O.o;;;

Unicron: ....What?... Did I get it wrong?

Crab: _;;; Yes... Yes you did.

*tape cuts off*

Crab: Thus ends the outtakes. Hope ya liked 'em! ^_^ *hears screaming behind him* Huh? *turns around, and finds the two Unicrons running away* O.o?! What'd you do, Prime?!

20th Anniversary Optimus Prime: *puts his removable Matrix away* You tell me *being sarcastic*