Return of a Love, Start of a Fire
Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers.
Author's Note: I did see one episode of Energon so I will be using those little dog looking transformers as some of the bad guys. Thank you to DarkTiger for correcting me. I will change it to Terracons. ( )Means scene change.
"Optimus..." Optimus Prime turned around to see Megatron. "Megatron! You're back!" Optimus said in surprise. Megatron just chuckled and replied, "Of course I am, I said I would be didn't I?" Optimus reached out to touch him.
But right at that moment the alarm at the base went off, waking and bringing him out of the sweet dream. Optimus sighed and got up from his recharge bed. He started making his way toward the control room. It had been nearly a year since he had seen Mega...sorry Galvatron leave to stop Unicron. After they had both disappeared again, he had made his way back to Cybertron. It was a slow process; he wasn't a seeker and it had taken nearly three months to find his way to a spaceport and then find a ship home. The reason there weren't that many ships heading to Cybertron was because the war was over, although he didn't know it at the time, so it was difficult to find. Once he had found a ship that agreed to take him back, the pilots had treated him with contempt. Though it really hadn't surprised him; the war had been going on for more than a million years. Most traders and merchants had gotten sick of it but still came to Cybertron, as it was a good place to peddle.
Once he had gotten home however, his and Galvatron's men greeted him with happiness, relief, and surprise. It seems that Hotshot and Demolisher, who was appointed commander of the Decepticons, had already signed a peace treaty, which didn't surprise him much either. His energy levels were exhausted from his little escapade and he had recharged for quite a few days. Though once he was back to his full strength, his and Galvatron's men, being the ever-curious bots they are, had asked him or rather dropped hints that they wanted to know where he had been. He told them what had happened, minus a few details. He really didn't think that anyone was ready to hear that the two greatest enemies the universe has probably ever seen had fallen in love. His men would probably ship him off to an asylum, and when Galvatron came back his men would do the same thing to him. The Decepticons were a bit depressed to hear what happened to Galvatron, and needless to say his men were a bit surprised that he went off looking for him. By the reaction of his men, he guessed not telling them the whole story had been best, so he did his duties and waited for Galvatron. He thought that the days of war and fighting were over...boy was he wrong.
Now once again, he found himself commanding an army. Unicron had emerged from his black hole of death, and set his sights on Cybertron again. It was quiet and peaceful the day he had attacked, and of course nobody was expecting it, which caught all of Cybertron off guard. He had sent down his Terracons, a vicious bunch of dog like Transformers, who feel no pain or regret. They basically seem to have to emotions at all, and no matter how many they destroyed more were created to take their place. Unicron himself seemed too weak to attack. Galvatron must have forced him to use the last of his energy to survive. He used the Terracons to suck the life force out of other Transformers to feed himself and gain back his power. There were also two new minions, Razorstar and Spitfire. Razorstar is a seeker with a pure silver body except for his wings and cockpit, which are a sickly pale yellow. Spitfire is a sports car, a very fast sports car. He could keep up with Blurr and Hotshot without even trying; he's pure red and certainly has the temper to match. Then there are their Minicons, Darkstream and Blackray, both pure black. The only difference between them is Darkstream is a stealth bomber and Blackray is a Freight Train. It seems Unicron made those Minicons especially for them; they have absolutely no will of their own and only obey Razorstar and Spitfire. The other Minicons are upset about it and nobody knows what to do about it. Nobody wants to hurt the Minicons but Unicron can't be revived.
"Report." he ordered as he entered the control room. "Razorstar, Spitfire, the Terracons and two unidentified Transformers in sector 1 Optimus sir." reported Red Alert. "All together?" Optimus asked. "Yes sir." replied Blurr. Strange, usually Razorstar would take half the Terracons, Spitfire would take the other half and they would attack different areas. And who were these new Transformers? "Okay, Red Alert, Soundwave, and Shockwave stay here and scan the area, try to find out what they're up to. The rest of you lets move out." ordered Optimus.
When Optimus had arrived home he had been reunited with some of the Transformers that stayed on Cybertron while they had been down on earth trying to find the Minicons. There was Soundwave, a cassette player, Rumble and Frenzy, his two cassettes, Shockwave, a giant laser gun, Thundercracker, a seeker, and Skywarp, another seeker younger than most in the war. Both seekers were under Starscream's command in the aerial force. Being Decepticons, he wasn't to familiar with them, but they all seemed nice enough. On the Autobots side there was Ultra Magnus, a truck who was put in charge while he and Jetfire were on earth, Springer, a sports car with an attitude and a very bad sense of humor, and Rampage, a tank he was quite new and a bit of a hot head but was a hard worker. Optimus sighed to himself this was going to be a long day.
"Are you okay?" Starscream asked concerned. Sideways was on his knees with his forehead to the ground hugging himself. "Ya" he mumbled and his voice seemed strained, "just hate to fly. It makes my circuits feel like their going to meltdown." Starscream knelt down next to him concerned and put a hand on his back, but he really didn't know how to help him. "Um, well is there anything I can do to help?" Starscream asked trying to be helpful. "No, I just have to rest for a while, thanks though." Sideways replied though his voice seemed stronger this time. Starscream just nodded not moving.
"Well, I have to say, I'm impressed Thrust." Galvatron said approvingly as he turned to look at Thrust, "You didn't betray me and you got us back to Cybertron in record time." "We really weren't that far away Galvatron." Trust stated. "Indeed..." Galvatron murmured, staring off at something. "Is-is something wrong Galvatron?" Thrust asked nervously. "Look over there and tell me what you see." Galvatron told him nodding in the direction he was looking. Thrust looked at him a little strangely and did what he was told, and if he hadn't had his mouth guard on his chin would have hit the ground. "Tha-tha-tha-" Thrust stammered. "That's what I thought." Galvatron said while starting to make his way over.
As they entered what was supposed to be the sector being attacked, they heard nothing, saw nothing, and felt nothing. It was if all life in the universe had disappeared. "Keep your guard up guys, they're probably hiding just waiting for an opportunity." warned Jetfire. "Ah come on they're gone, they probably got scared when they saw us coming!" laughed Rampage. Suddenly the silence was destroyed by a battle cry. "Scared am I?" Spitfire screamed jumping out of his hiding place, "Fight me then and we'll just see who's scared." "Fine by me lets go!" replied Rampage smirking. "Spitfire you were supposed to wait until they let their guard down!" screamed Razorstar furious now and coming out of his hiding place. But Spitfire wasn't paying any attention. "I'll wipe that cocky little smirk off your face!" Spitfire snarled. "I'd like to see you try!" replied Rampage as they charged each other. "Grrr... Terracons attack!" commanded Razorstar. "Hotshot, Blurr help Rampage, Jetfire and I will power link and take down Razorstar the rest of you stop the Terracons!" commanded Optimus. "Tsk, tsk, how rude of you Optimus! Ignoring our guests." taunted Razorstar. "Optimus! We know who the two unidentified Transformers are!" Red Alert shouted over the comlink. But it was too late. Out of the shadows jumped none other than..."Megatron." Optimus whispered. "Megatron and Starscream!" continued Red Alert not hearing Optimus.
"Are you okay now?" Starscream asked. "Yes, thanks." Sideways said standing up. Starscream shook his head, "Don't mention it." They smiled at each other when all of a sudden they heard, "Starscream." they both turned. "Galvatron?!" Starscream asked surprised. "Galvatron?!" asked Sideways, "Sideways?!" asked Thrust, "Sideways?!" asked Galvatron, "Thrust?!" asked Sideways, "Thrust?!" asked Starscream, "Star-" started Thrust but was interrupted by Galvatron. "All right enough!!!" he screamed. Everyone stopped and stared at him. He counted to ten to calm himself and continued, "Starscream, two questions: one, how are you alive, and two, why are you with him?!" Galvatron hissed the last part and glared at Sideways. Starscream shut his optics to slits and replied, "I don't know how I'm alive that's why I'm here and I'm with him because he helped me. Now it's my turn, why are you with him?!" Starscream asked pointing to Thrust. "Because he flew me here." Galvatron replied simply then, "How could you trust him he's a minion of Unicron!" "No he's not, not anymore at least" Starscream replied. Galvatron looked at him suspiciously and asked, "What is that supposed to mean?" Starscream nodded to him and Sideways told them his story again. "Humph and you actually believed him?" Galvatron asked. "YES I DID!" Starscream replied extremely annoyed now. As they continued arguing, Thrust and Sideways just watched, one bored and slightly annoyed himself, the other one just concerned that they might get into a fistfight and then that would no doubt turn into lasers. "Do they always fig-" Sideways started. "Always." confirmed Thrust doing a scan of the area. "Al-" tried Sideways again. "Trust me, when I say ALWAYS." Thrust said turning to him, "Don't worry they'll stop in, 3-2-1." And sure enough the fighting stopped and they both turned and looked behind Sideways. "How did yo-" Sideways questioned. "If you would use your scanners you'd notice a battle going on over that way." Thrust said pointing behind Sideways. Turned around and started his scanners. "Oh, hehe, ya I guess that would get their attention." Sideways said a bit sheepishly.
So this was how he was going to die huh? He couldn't believe it, that dream he keep having actually came true. Megatron came back; too bad he wanted to kill him. Why, why was he doing this? Was it all a cruel joke what he said to him a year ago? Had his heart changed? "Optimus be careful!" Hotshot screamed. He, Blurr and Rampage were still fighting Spitfire. Jetfire, Thundercracker, and Skywarp were having a hard time with Starscream. He was hit by another blow and landed on his back. When he looked up he saw Megatron's fusion cannon pointed at him. He heard numerous bots scream his name as Megatron was about to fire, but silence soon reigned as Megatron was blown away by an even more powerful fusion blast then his own. Everybody looked where it came from and gasped. "You know Starscream, I get the feeling they're surprised to see us." Galvatron chuckled. "Really, I hadn't noticed." Starscream replied staring at his clone and removing his sword. "Galvatron." Optimus whispered as relief flooded his spark. The clone started to power link with the clone Swindle and that was all the notice Starscream needed. In the blink of a human eye he blurred past the three fighting his clone and sliced him in two. Galvatron snorted, "Show off." and turned back to his clone that had started to rush him. When his clone reached him, Galvatron punched him in gut then in the face. As the clone stumbled backwards Galvatron fired his fusion cannon that pierced his chest and destroyed his fake spark. "Retreat!" Razorstar ordered. They watched them run off with their tails between their legs. Galvatron then walked over to Optimus, as everybody tensed, and offered him his hand. "You've gotten weak, what's wrong, haven't had me around to practice on?" Galvatron laughed. "Ya Galvatron, I get my kicks by beating you up." Optimus replied smiling and accepting the offered hand. Everyone relaxed as Starscream landed and muttered something about being under the command of two nuts, but he kept looking at the two strangely. But soon was concentrating on not falling down as he was slammed into. "SCREAMER!" Skywarp cried happily hugging him and cutting off his fuel line at the same time, "YOU'RE ALIVE!" "Right now I am but if you keep squeezing me, I may not be for long!" Starscream choked out. "Oops sorry Screamer." Skywarp said letting go. Optimus was naturally a little confused and it must have showed because Galvatron whispered to him, "I'll tell you later."
As the rest of them began to make their way over to greet the new arrivals the peace was yet again broken, except this time in a less deadly manner. "Huff, puff, you know the least you could do was wait for us!" Thrust said collapsing on the ground exhausted. "I can't fly as fast as Starscream!" Thrust continued to complain not noticing the death looks he and Sideways were getting. "Um, Thrust?" Sideways tried to get his attention to no avail. "Thruuussst?" he tried again with still no luck. "Grrr....THRUST WOULD YOU SHUT THE PIT UP!!!" that got not only Thrust's attention but everyone else was staring at him shocked too. "Um, well your all no doubt wondering what we're doing here..." he was cut off by Hotshot before he could finish. "No we aren't. We know exactly what you're doing here!" he said stalking over to them and putting his gun right in Sideways face. "And I for one a-" but was cut off as Starscream lowered his gun. "What are you doing Starscream? Don't tell me you're with them now!" Hotshot screamed at him. "Neither Sideways nor Thrust serve Unicron anymore Hotshot." Galvatron said calmly. That started a fit and everyone started talking all at once. Optimus meanwhile took the opportunity to look at Galvatron very closely. He didn't look unsure or nervous; he seemed to trust them. So in turn Optimus decided to trust them as well. "ENOUGH!" Hotshot screamed. Everyone clamed up and looked at him, "Just how are you so sure of this?" he asked. "Because he saved my life." Galvatron and Starscream both said at once. Hotshot gave them a blank look for a moment then dropped his head and sighed in defeat. "Fine but don't think I'm going to trust them!" Hotshot said as he stomped past everyone making his way back to the base. Everyone but Optimus, Galvatron, Starscream, and the two accused followed giving them suspicious glares. Galvatron shook his head, Starscream glared at the retreating party annoyed, Sideways and Thrust stood there mumbling about not recharging, and Optimus sighed; he knew today would be a long day.