Smokescreen looks at the wound on Optimus' side as the big mech lays on the ground, there's a lot of Energon leaking out. The rest of the team needs to get back with Ratchet fast. He places his servos on the wound to try and stop the Energon from leaking out so much.
"Don't worry, I won't let him join the All-Spark just yet. He still needs to watch my rise to power and feel the humiliation of losing."
"But you told the others -"
"Deception. I told them that to ensure they return and not try anything. Though if they don't return I will track them down and bring them back forcefully and then I will destroy your precious Earth."
"Don't worry." The two mechs look down at Optimus who looks up at them all drearily, feeling woozy and looking like he's about to pass out from the loss of Energon, "They will return… They will never put Earth at risk."
Starscream walks over to stand next to Megatron, "You Autobots are just too predictable, always risking your sparks for beings that are so insignificant."
Megatron chuckles, "So true. Which made it too easy to take you down."
Smokescreen grinded his dentures as he glared at the two. But before he could make a remark he heard a groundbridge opening. They all look at the groundbridge as Bumblebee, Bulkhead and Arcee return with Ratchet.
"Nice of you all to join us." Megatron says with a victorious smirk on his face.
Ratchet ignores him as he rushes to Optimus to start tending to his wound. The others glared at the warlord, "Get fragged Megatron!" Arcee says and Bulkhead grabs her to pull her over to Optimus and the others.
"Arcee, don't provoke him." Ratchet tells her, "I hate this just as much as you do but unfortunately we need to stay in his good graces." Ratchet couldn't keep from sneering as he spoke, he truly hates this.
Arcee furrows her optic ridges and nods as she clenches her servos, she would give anything to knock that smirk off his face. She flinches slightly and looks back when she hears Megatron laugh. Megatron looks at her with a mischievous gleam in his red optics, "I have something special planned for you dear." He says with a smirk which sends shivers down her back strut. She doesn't want to even imagine what he has planned for her.
Megatron walks over to the Omega Lock and sets it to reconstruct another building, a prison, "Soundwave, I want you and Knockout to put our prisoners in the holding rooms and take Ratchet and Optimus to med-bay. Knockout, I want you to watch over them as Ratchet repairs Optimus' side, Soundwave will be keeping surveillance over the others. Starscream, you and your Armada will come with me, we have business to attend to on Earth." Megatron looks over at the Autobots, "I hope you didn't leave your human pets at your base, would sure hate for them to be destroyed." He says sarcastically.
"We had a deal!" Bulkhead yells at him.
"You would leave Earth alone if we surrendered to you!" Arcee added.
"I said I wouldn't destroy Earth, I didn't say I would leave it alone. After all, I need to make sure no other Autobots come to Earth and finds your base."
Ratchet's spark sinks, he told the children to stay at the base and wait for Wheeljack and any other 'Bot that might come to Earth. If they get killed because of that he will never forgive himself. They all watch helplessly as Megatron and Starscream go through a groundbridge that Soundwave had opened up for them, returning to the Nemesis to go to Earth.
The Vehicons point their blasters at the Autobots as they command them to get moving. Ratchet and Bulkhead help Optimus up and they start walking towards the reconstructed prison. Once they enter the building their first stop is med-bay, they all instantly took notice that Megatron constructed everything, not just the building. There's a medical berth already set up for Optimus to lay on and some tools for Ratchet to work with.
Knockout and three Vehicons were left to watch over the two while Soundwave and the other Vehicons took the other four to the prison rooms, there are lots of them as though Megatron is expecting to get a lot more prisoners. The four were put into one prison room together since the rooms were big enough, and Soundwave and the Vehicons left as the door shut.
The four look at each other with worried expressions as they think about the children. They can only hope and pray that they will be alright.
Jack, Miko and Raf tear their eyes away from the spot where the groundbridge had closed and they look at each other, the three could feel each other's heartache at the thought of not seeing their guardians and close friends ever again. They already miss them, but they hang onto the hope that they will see Wheeljack again and bring in more Autobots that could possibly help the others break free and take down the Decepticons.
"Prime!" Agent Fowler appears on the screen ready to question the big bot before he notices that he's not there, only the kids, "Where is Prime and the others?"
Jack, Miko and Raf turn to look at the screen with sadness in their eyes, their eyes still full of tears as they look at him and he could tell that something really bad happened, "Optimus surrendered himself over to Megatron…" Jack started.
"Then the rest of the team surrendered as part of a deal to save Earth." Miko finished.
"Prime surrendered to Megatron!?" Fowler takes a deep breath as he calms himself down, he can't believe Optimus would do that but he can understand why and he gives great respect to the big guy for making such a sacrifice for his planet. But…, "Well it seems Megatron went back on his word, he's here and he seems ready to attack. I need you guys to meet me on top."
The three look at him in disbelief, hopefully, the 'Bots didn't sacrifice themselves for nothing. They run to the elevator and take it to the top of the base, when they come out at the top they see Megatron's warship heading right for them. They feel a small relief knowing that he's not actually destroying the Earth but they begin to panic at seeing that he's gonna destroy the base. They need to get out of there fast.
Fowler lands his chopper near them and yells at them to get in, they run to it and climb in as the shadow of the Nemesis engulfs them. They fly off as the ship flies over the base and stops.
Megatron is standing on top of the ship so he can watch the base blow up and he sees the helicopter fly off with all of the Autobots' pets inside. He looks at Starscream, "Shoot them down."
Starscream bows with an evil smirk, "Would be my pleasure." He then transforms and flies off after them.
When the ship is positioned correctly over the base the beam cannon on the bottom of it is activated and fires at the base making it blow up. The helicopter is hit with the shockwaves from the explosion and Fowler fights to keep control as the debris hits the chopper and pieces of it get caught up in the blades, "Hang on tight!" Fowler shouts as he tries to navigate the helicopter to land it safely. His systems start beeping and he sees the signal of a jet flying towards them.
Starscream starts firing at them and Fowler maneuvers the helicopter the best he can to dodge the shots as he calls the command center, "This is Agent Fowler, I'm in need of assist! I'm being attacked by the enemy and I have three civilians with me! I repeat I need assist!"
Jack, Miko and Raf hang onto each other as they listen to Fowler call for assist but get no reply. Starscream is on their tail trying to shoot them down when they're already going down from the impact of the explosion. Where is Wheeljack? This would be the perfect time for him to fly in and save them.
The helicopter jolts and spins out of control as alarms go off. One of Starscream's shots hit the tail end and they're now going down faster than they had been already, "We've been hit, we're about to crash!" Fowler shouts as they go hurtling towards the ground. The helicopter hits the side of a cliff which breaks off the side door where Miko is sitting.
Miko closes her eyes as she hangs on for dear life, the boys try to hang onto her but with the way they're spinning they can't keep a good grip. When the helicopter hits the ground it bounces and Miko ends up falling out and slamming into a rock. Jack and Raf reach out but there's nothing they can do as the helicopter hits the ground again and starts rolling with pieces breaking off and flying all over the place.
The helicopter finally slides to a stop and Starscream flies over them as he surveys the area to see if any of them could have survived. When he sees no movement he laughs evilly as he comms Megatron, :: Lord Megatron, they're all dead. ::
:: Good work, Starscream. ::
