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"And it was written in the covenant of Primus that when the 47 spheres align, a perpetual conflict will culminate upon a world forged from chaos, and the weak shall perish in the shadow of rising darkness," Optimus said, reciting a passage from the Covenant of Primus
"No skies raining fire?" Arcee asked.
"Goes without saying. It is a doomed prophecy, after all," Ratchet pointed out.
"I say it's a load of hooey," Bulkhead remarked.
"Agreed," Chromette said, "Prophecies sound false and wouldn't ever happen."
"I'd always assumed the ancients were referring to our home planet," Ratchet admitted, "but being that Cybertron has been dark for eons."
"And considering what has befallen this planet since Megatron's arrival here…" optimus went on.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. We've known about these superstitions for ages and never and never gave them a second thought," Bulkhead protested.
"Why all the ominous rumbling now?" Arcee asked.
"Because the planetary alignment to which the prophecy refers is nearly upon us," Optimus answered.
"And it would seem it's end point… is Earth," Ratchet observed.
"Uh… crazy coincidence, right?" Bulkhead laughed nervously, even though deep down, he knew it wasn't a coincidence.
"Somehow, I highly doubt that, Bulkhead," Chromette told the Wrecker, shaking her head.
"How long are we talking?" Arcee asked.
"A few days at most," Ratchet answered gravely, causing Bulkhead, Arcee and Chromette to glance at each other fearfully.
"However unsettling this revelation may be, I am more concerned about those who might believe that the prophecy speaks to them alone," Optimus sighed, referring to Megatron.
Optimus, however, was far too late with his comment about the prophecy speaking to someone alone. Megatron had learnt about the prophecy the Covenant of Primus speaks of. And thinks of himself as the rising darkness.
"I did not seek the blood of Unicron to simply keep my spark aflame, but to rule undead armies and conquer worlds, and to accomplish that, I require more than this mere sliver which lies within me. So where is my Dark Energon?!" Megatron snapped angrily at Knockout.
"Out there, Lord Megatron, just waiting for you to reach out and pluck it," Knockout answered nervously. Megatron stared at the medic, for a second, "But you shouldn't push yourself so hard. You've had setbacks. You were in stasis."
Megatron grabbed him, "Precisely why I must make up for lost time! I can see the future vividly, but I must ensure its outcome, for I am the rising darkness of which the prophecy speaks!"
In his mind, Megatron could see one of the visions he had since acquiring Dark Energon. It was a vivid red. A mountain formation shot out falling flames around him as he loomed over Optimus Prime, having finally defeating his longtime enemy. His blade was unfolded from his arm as he raised said arm high towards the sky... Ready to make the final kill and put an end to a war that has spanned for millennia and caused their planet to go dark because of all the hate and bloodshed.
The humans were looking at pictures on a website on Raf's laptop, "Pass," Jack said as Raf scrolled down the page from a picture of a UFO to a picture that looked like two grey carbon based aliens in a window, "kid in a costume," Raf scrolled the page down again to an image of another picture of UFOs in the sky, but near mountains this time, "Balloon," Raf scrolled down yet again to a picture in a forest with a zoomed up circle showing a face, "Nope," Raf scrolled down again to another picture but this one was one of an all to familiar car, Bumblebee was in the picture, "Uh, hold. The camera sure loves bee."
"What can you do?" Miko said happily, crossing her legs and crossed her arms behind her head, "When you're a superstar you're paparazzi bait."
"Wait. Is that Bumblebee?" Ratchet asked as he peered at Raf's laptop screen.
"On a conspiracy website where users post evidence of close encounters. But we have it under control, Ratchet. We just scrub and replace Bee with," Raf said, clicking on the picture of Bumblebee to replace the picture with a cat in a astronaut suit, without a helmet and had a propeller hat.
"Mars cat Says, 'take me to your feeder,'" the cat avatar said.
Ratchet couldn't help but laugh at the cat, surprising the humans before realizing what he did.
"Ratchet actually laughed?" Miko said, surprised at what she just witnessed.
"Uh, Optimus, do you want to see something funny?" Jack offered after chuckling.
"No," Optimus declined, looking at one of the Cybertronian computer system's monitors.
"Don't take it personally. Primes are built that way," Arcee said walking in with Chromette and Bulkhead.
"Never seen Optimus laugh, cry or lose his cool, well except for that one time a while ago," Bulkhead said.
"You mean when Ratchet induced himself with the unstable and incomplete Synthetic Energon?" Chromette asked the Wrecker.
"Yeah, Chrome, that's the time I was talking about," Bulkhead confirmed.
"While Optimus certainly keeps his emotions in check, I've known him far longer than any of you have, and he was different before he was made a prime," Ratchet said ignoring Bulkhead talking about the Synthetic Energon.
"Optimus wasn't always a prime?" Raf asked, confused.
"On Cybertron, one isn't born into greatness. Rather, one must earn it," Ratchet explained.
"So, different how? We talkin' party animal?" Miko asked.
"No, no. Optimus was more like… Jack," Ratchet corrected.
Jack heard this, looked at him, "What? I'm nothing like Opt-" He stared but was cut off as the base received a call.
"Prime!" Fowler said, calling the base, "those techites my department's been tracking, we figured it was M.E.C.H. on account of their stealth tactics until moments ago when a security feed at the Pennington ebbs particle collider captured this."
The monitor on the left showed a picture of Soundwave inside a building stealing some hi-tech and zoomed in on the face.
"Soundwave," Jack observed.
"Raf can swap that out for you with a funny cat," Miko joked.
"The 'Con without a face made off with a cutting-edge phase conductor. Here's a punch list of everything else we've confirmed stolen to date," Fowler said and the monitor on the far right suddenly was filled with a document filled with a list of the items stolen with big yellow words over the list saying 'TOP SECRET'.
"Plasma Injector, Neutron shield, Tesserat? There's only one thing missing if they are intending to build…"
"The Decepticon Space Bridge 2.0 is nearly ready to launch," Knockout told Megatron in the Bridge of the Nemesis with Soundwave standing next to him, "All we require is…" Soundwave's visor shows Megatron a picture of what it is that they require to obtain. "What Soundwave said, an ample power source."
"This one lies within a highly fortified location, by human standards. I could tunnel in," Airachnid offered.
"The time of prophecy is nearly upon us! We can no longer afford stealth," Megatron declared, causing Knockout and Airachnid to glance at one another nervously.
"Prime, the 'Cons really stepped in it this time. They hit a U.S. military lab. Our boys in green will fend them off till your team shows," Fowler said to Optimus contacting Optimus at the Autobot base.
"Agent fowler, I fear that Megatron's desperation may be at its zenith, and you know that I cannot condone even a single human casualty," Optimus told him.
Fowler sighs as knew to not get on Optimus' bad side as he sits in his helicopter, and activates his microphone, "Fowler here. Evacuate all personnel, immediately."
Helicopters were relentlessly shot down by Decepticons that are currently attacking the base. The soldiers tried to avoid shots and fire their own. However, it wasn't that easy. So some were relieved when soldiers came running past, relaying Fowler's instructions to retreat from the base and let the Autobots handle the Decepticon troops.
Vehicons came running out carrying the final component needed for the Space Bridge 2.0. It appeared that it would be an easy escape for them. They thought so…until a Ground Bridge portal appeared and Optimus,Bulkhead, Arcee and Chromette came jumping out firing like mad. All seemed lost for the Vehicons on the ground. Then Jet Vehicons began arriving in vehicular mode, turning the tides dramatically in this battle. However, the Autobots wouldn't give up. They have fought more Decepticons at once than this number of Vehicons. This is nothing to them. But deep down they knew they would need backup.
"Lord Megatron, package secured. But the Autobots have arrived," a Vehicon said contacting Megatron with his comlink.
Megatron roared in frustration before exclaiming, "Prepare the warship for rendezvous! The package will be ready for pickup!"
He went out of the Nemesis jumped off the warship and transformed into his Cybertronian jet form, heading out to the military lab
Bumblebee was casually driving down a highway road in the desert with Raf sitting in his back seat, holding a yellow remote controlled car.
"Bumblebee, the team may require backup. They are three clicks north from your current position, just off the highway. If you drop Raf at the exit ramp, I can bridge him back to base from there," Ratchet said, contacting Bumblebee on his comlink.
Bumblebee buzzed a reply, telling Ratchet that he understood his instructions, before buzzing at Raf with apologies.
"It's okay, bee. We'll go racing another time," Raf said.
Above them, Megatron was flying through the clouds of the sky, high above before flying lower to see the highway beneath him. When he did he immediately recognized the yellow Urbana 500 with black stripes, driving down the road, "Well, well. A foolish scout has strayed from the ranks," Megatron said before shooting at the scout, Raf saw Megatron shooting at them, by looking out the back window, Bumblebee tried maneuvering himself carefully from the shots from Megatron, only to be hit as Megatron shot at him, aiming at the center of the road. Purple electricity crackled as he spun out of control and came to a dead stop on the middle of the highway. Megatron flew away towards his intended location. When the electricity died down, Bumblebee adjusted his rear view mirror so he could glance at the back seat. Raf's car, Controller and backpack had fallen to the floor. Bumblebee buzzed with worry, desperate to know if Raf was unharmed. He obtained his answer as he saw Raf's hand fall against the fallen backpack, limp.
Fallen Vehicons and burning military equipment surrounded the Autobots. But they didn't stop. They wouldn't stop. Not until every last Vehicon had fallen. Optimus was shooting at one he had pinned to the ground. Bulkhead had punched and swung a Vehicon that tried to jump on him and attack him with his mace. Arcee jumped up and sliced a Vehicon with her arm blade, Chromette was doing the same as her sister with her blades.
Suddenly they heard the sound of a Jet, looked in the direction of where the sound was coming from and saw Megatron in his Cybertronian Jet form, who transformed and landed on the ground after jumping in mid-air.
"Optimus," Megatron greeted.
"Megatron, do you not see the folly in trying to force a prophecy to fruition?" Optimus asked, though he already knew the answer, considering how well he knows Megatron.
"Why leave matters to fate if one can forge one's own destiny? Ah, speaking of fate…" Megatron answered.
All four autobots looked behind them and saw Bumblebee walking towards them solemnly carrying a sickly-looking Raf in his arms. He was unconscious, but appeared to be dead. They all gathered around him with worry.
"Raf!" Arcee gasped with worry as she gently took him out of Bumblebee's arms into her own, "He's breathing… barely."
"It would seem I swatted a bee and squashed a bug," Megatron tormented.
Bumblebee felt his servers whirring in anger over what Megatron did to Raf. Because of him, Raf was close to death. And he didn't like that idea. At all. He raised his arms and prepared to fire at Megatron for all he was worth.
"Bee, no!" Bulkhead and Chromette cried as Bulkhead held the scout back.
Optimus looked at Megatron, who chuckled, "Ratchet, bridge us back now," He then said, contacting base.
"We must have an Autobot down," Ratchet whispered to himself as he activated the ground bridge while Jack and Miko looked at each other with worry, wondering who was injured.
A ground Bridge Portal opened behind Arcee, Chromette, Bulkhead, Raf and Bumblebee. "Arcee tend to Rafael and Bumblebee," Optimus said.
Placing comforting hands on Bumblebee's shoulder and guided him through the portal, as soon they were through the portal closed behind them. Optimus, Chromette, Bulkhead and Megatron looked up and saw the Nemesis flying above them ready to load the final component for the Space Bridge 2.0. Megatron saw an opportunity to escape and decided to take it. He stepped into the elevator with the component and allowed himself to be lifted aboard the Nemesis.
Ratchet, Jack and Miko watched the Ground Bridge tunnel anxiously. Everyone was fearing that the reason Optimus had desperately called for a bridge back to base was the fact that someone had gotten hurt during the Decepticon encounter. As soon as they saw them walk through the portal, their eyes or optics in Ratchet's case, did a once-over. Arcee and Bumblebee were emotionally distraught. Ratchet, Jack and Miko saw Arcee carrying an unconscious Raf in her arms.
"Raf?" Jack gasped as he and Miko raced forward.
"No!" Miko cried.
"What happened?" Ratchet asked as he approached the unconscious Raf in Arcee's arms.
"Megatron," Arcee answered harshly.
"Quickly, into my laboratory," Ratchet said as he immediately began relaying instructions to them.
At the military lab, the Nemesis was beginning to depart the vicinity. They had thought that all of the Autobots had returned to their top-secret base when they saw that Megatron had critically injured Raf. Well…they saw Arcee and Bumblebee walk through the portal carrying Raf. But they didn't see Optimus , Chromette or Bulkhead leave. That was because they didn't. But rather, they snuck onto one of the many wings of the Nemesis and began to climb. They were on a mission.
"Rafael isn't responding. We must run diagnostics of his assembl-I mean, vital statistics! Ugh! My tools! They're all wrong!" Ratchet exclaimed in frustration as he threw some of his tools against the wall.
"We need to call my mom," Jack said as he took out his phone and began to dial his mother.
"Your mother may be a nurse, but does she know anything about the effects of energon on the human body?" Ratchet asked him.
Jack turned around, "Do you know anything about the human body?" He retorted before returning his attention to his phone, "Mom, it's urgent!"
"'The weak will perish,'" Ratchet said as he recalled parts of the prophecy looming over them, "Be strong, Rafael."
"The Power source will be rigged in no time, Lord Megatron. We're nearly at the construction site," Knockout told Megatron.
"Nearly isn't good enough. The spheres are aligning. I must not miss my moment to-" Megatron's rant was cut off by a choked gasp as his optics turned purple as he has another vision, he saw rocks, the eyes and face of Unicron the Chaosbringer, before the vision went to a Volcano. He didn't understand what it meant but he knew that he will as he said so himself.
"Lord Megatron, Are you alright?" Knockout asked him.
"Yet again, it is as if I can hear Unicron's thoughts," Megatron said.
"Unicron, the Chaosbringer?" Airachnid repeated in surprise.
"They say Dark Energon is his blood," Knockout said before scoffing "Heh, whatever."
"Complete the Space Bridge. There is something I must attend to," Megatron said as he began to walk away from the ship's bridge.
"Does he seem to be losing it?" Knockout asked Airachnid.
"A bit," Airachnid, agreed.
"Mom, Thank God!" Jack sighed in relief as he saw his mother's car drive through the portal.
"Grab my bag," June instructed as she raced over to Raf.
"Measuring the extent of the absorption should help determine the proper course of treatment," Ratchet said as June began measuring Raf's pulse with a scanner from inside his body.
"If I don't get this boy stabilized now, he will not leave this table alive! Do you understand me?" June snapped, causing Ratchet to stutter in surprise.
Jack brought his mother's bag over to the table as Bumblebee took his anger out on a nearby wall, over the harsh reality June had just given them, everyone was surprised by Bumblebee's sudden reaction to the situation. Arcee immediately pinned him to the wall.
"Bee, listen. You think I don't know how it feels to watch a partner… harmed? Revenge won't help Raf right now. You need to keep your emotions in check," she told him.
Bumblebee glanced over at Raf who was now being checked out by June. Jack helped when he could. He realized that Arcee was right. Revenge wasn't the answer. And it wouldn't be any help to his injured friend. Bumblebee buzzed his sadness and apologies and rested his helm on his hand.
A thunderstorm surrounded the Nemesis. Each flash of lighting threatened to strike the metallic Nemesis and send it falling out of the angry skies. Each clap of thunder threatened to mute the ears of the occupants inside the Nemesis. Vehicons stood guard of the power source they had recently obtained. Nothing seemed to distract them. until they heard a clanging high pitched sound nearby and looked away.
Suddenly Bulkhead appeared behind the vehicon, he activated his mace and attacked the vehicon with it, then Chromette jumped down, activated her blades, and sliced a vehicons throat with it, a vehicon aimed its blaster at them when Optimus jumped and stabbed him through the throat. As he did, another vehicon started shooting his blaster at him, only for Optimus to activate his blaster and shoot the vehicon, who fell backwards onto an electrical conduit, causing a fatal dose of electricity to surge through his body, killing him instantly.
"Ratchet, how is Rafael?" Optimus asked, activating his comlink.
"It is too soon to know," Ratchet answered sadly.
"He's in good hands," Optimus told him.
"Not mine, Optimus. Curse my Cybertronian pride," Ratchet said almost sobbing, We've accepted these humans into our lives, yet I bothered to learn so little of their science or medicine, even though Chromette said that they should teach us more of their planet all those months ago when we thought Megatron perished due to the Space Bridge explosion."
"Pull yourself together, old friend. Rafael needs you," Optimus reminded him.
"And I have grown to need him," Ratchet confessed after glancing at Raf in his weakened state.
"Lock onto my coordinates and activate the ground bridge," Optimus requested before looking at Bulkhead who was reclaiming U.S. government property and then at Chromette who was approaching him.
"Ready," Bulkhead grunted as the portal opened next to him.
"Bulkhead, Chromette, return to base you two, there is something I must do," Optimus declared.
"What? Serious?" Bulkhead stuttered.
"Can't we come with you to back you up with whatever you're going to do," Chromette asked.
"I have been foolish not to see what history has proven over and over again, that Autobots and Decepticons will never mend their ways. If there can be no diplomatic solution to this perpetual conflict, then I must not allow more darkness to fall upon this or any planet. Megatron must be destroyed!" Optimus declared.
The 47 spheres the prophecy refers to are even closer to alignment than before. as the moon and Earth almost aligned together alongside the sun. It was only a matter of time before the final planet aligned with Earth and the darkness will begin to rise, causing those who are weak to perish and it can't be stopped.
In a corridor of the Nemesis Vehicons were working innocently when they suddenly heard footsteps, distracting them from their work as they saw Optimus approaching them, "I have come for Megatron, and him alone. Stand down and be spared," he advised as he activates his blasters. The Vehicons did not heed Optimus' advice to stand down. Instead, they activated their own blasters. Big mistake on their part. Optimus just walked forward, shooting at any Vehicon that attempted to stop him in his path.
"The flaming mountain in my visions!" Megatron observed as he flew over a volcano and transformed before landing on a rock nearby, "As if it summoned me here, guided me. This is where I am to position my space Bridge, the place from whence I am to harvest Dark Energon!"
"Megatron! I am here on your ship. Come and face me," Optimus said on his comlink, through a dead vehicon.
"The place in which I am to defeat the last of the Primes!" Megatron declared before activating his comlink, "Hear this! Any Dcepticon who lays a hand on Optimus Prime will answer to me. Soundwave, lock on to my coordinates and lead my opponent to his destiny!"
"Jack, help me get Raf to the car. He's going to the emergency room," June declared as she removed the stethoscope from Raf's chest.
"Nurse Darby, your doctors wont be able to comprehend what's afflicting him, not without a decade of study," Ratchet immediately began to protest.
"I don't have time to argue," June snapped.
"The effects of an Energon blast on an Autobot can be devastating enough, but this is a human,"Ratchet retorted before a realization dawned on him at the readings on his computer, "I'm not getting any readings. How could I not have seen this?" He turned to them, "Rafael's been infected with Dark Energon."
Everyone turned to stare at Ratchet in shock. The effects of a Dark Energon blast on an Autobot is even worse than an Energon blast. But a Dark Energon blast on a human? They couldn't even bring themselves to think about it.
"Megatron, today you answer for your crimes against Cybertron and against Humanity," Optimus said, walking out of the Ground Bridge portal in front of Megatron, "One shall stand…"
"And one shall fall," Megatron finished, "You, Optimus Prime!"
They both charged at each other, with roars of determination and punched one another as the battle began.
"If Dark Energon is devouring Raf from the inside out, we must expel it and fast, the only way I know," Ratchet said, measuring his vitals with a scanner, inside his body before grabbing an empty vial, "I need energon."
"Wait. You said energon was devastating to humans," June said with confusion.
"Under normal circumstances, quite. But I am relying upon the Dark Matter currently invading Rafael's body to meet it head on," Ratchet clarified.
Optimus and Megatron punched each other in the face at the same time, knocking them back several feet, before racing toward each other again, blasters blazing. They dodged each others blaster fire. But Optimus was at the receiving end of the pounding from someone who has been his enemy for millennia. No reason why he couldn't retaliate with a move of his own and used a roundhouse kick on Megatron.
Immediately Megatron went to retaliate, they punched each other before Optimus aimed his blaster at Megatron before Megatron aiming his Fusion Cannon at him, which caused Optimus to aim his blaster at the Fusion Cannon. Both fired at the same time, causing them to fall backwards several feet and they staggered their feet. Optimus deactivated his blaster, and replaced it with his sword, Megatron fired his Fusion Cannon at him, Optimus blocked the shot with his sword. He repeated those actions as he came closer to Megatron. Optimus jumped toward Megatron and they slashed their swords together.
"Your defeat here was foreseen by the ancients," Megatron taunted him, "What was it they wrote, 'The weak shall perish?'"
"Do not believe everything you read," Optimus snarled before clashing their swords against one another as they moved around, soon Optimus swung his sword on Megatron's arm, and then did so again.
The situation back at the Autobot base was desperate. Raf's pulse was far from stable as the Dark Energon inside of him slowly killed him. Bumblebee gave Ratchet his arm and he filled the syringe with his energon. Normally, Bumblebee wouldn't just give his energon away as easily as this. However, desperate times call for desperate measures. Raf needs him to do this. This could possibly be Raf's only chance of survival. So he agreed without hesitation.
"I need him over here, now!" ratchet said, pointing at the repair bay after setting everything up, June and Jack rolled the table into the repair bay, they ran out of the chamber as the doors began to close. As Ratchet began to activate the machine, Jack and Miko stood by the glass. A blinding light began to fill the chamber of the repair bay as the energon in the vial began to disappear.
Jack immediately covered his eyes with his arm, Miko did the same, as well as everyone else. With a beeping from the controls, the light died down. As soon as the doors opened, June, Jack and Miko ran inside to examine Raf and June began to check over Raf.
Slowly Raf began to groan as he opened his eyes, causing everyone to sigh in relief.
"Pulse rate is stabilizing," June gasped after pressing her fingers to his pulse point on his wrist.
"Bee," Raf said, weakly, earning buzzes of relief from him.
Miko huged Raf's head as June looked at Ratchet.
"Optimus,we did it," Ratchet proclaimed.
Optimus either didn't hear Ratchet's proclamation that Raf had survived, was locked in his fight with Megatron to pay any attention to it and respond or turned his comlink off, the final one seems the most likely. He swung his sword at Megatron's sword a few times until Megatron punched him and kicked him back several feet. Optimus deactivated his sword, transformed into his alternate mode, charged at Megatron at full speed, dodging the blasts from Megatron's Fusion Cannon as Optimus flew off a rock.
Megatron let out a yell in surprise as Optimus's alternate form pounded him right in the chest, sending him falling below. Optimus transformed in mid-air and landed on top of him, weaponizing his tires, by causing them to accelerate on the warlord's face. Megatron then grabs Optimus's face and threw him several feet away from him, Megatron was temporary blinded due to Optimus' tires. He ran up to Megatron and punched him in the face multiple times, causing Dark Energon to spill out from his mouth.
Soon Megatron stumbled backwards due to a punch from Optimus but he didn't fall. He was given the opportunity to clean his optics, so he could see Optimus running forward and deliver the final punch. That punch sent him hurtling backwards. He landed on his back and skidded across the ground for several feet.
He groaned as he tried to get up and saw Optimus approaching him and he deployed his sword. Lightning flashed around him. Bright purple lightning from dark purple clouds. Those two elements alone made the moment even darker than it already is.
"My destiny!" Megatron gasped as Optimus pinned him down with his foot, "This isn't how it's supposed to end!"
"On the contrary, Megatron. I could not allowed this to end otherwise," Optimus, corrected, raising his sword in the air ready to give him the finishing blow and Megatron looked at him in fear when suddenly the Volcano erupted purple and orange fire and lightning flashed, Optimus struck his sword down at Megatron, but only to be caught by Megatron at the tip of the sword and Megatron looked at, neither of them were sure of what to do next.
"Bulkhead, Sis, you both let Optimus face Megatron alone?" Arcee exclaimed at Bulkhead and Chromette in disbelief.
"We didn't have a choice," Bulkhead defended.
"He's right, Arcee, Optimus didn't want us to come with him as back up," Chromette added.
"It could be a trap. We need to get a fix on his location," Ratchet as he went to his computers.
"How was it that you put it, Optimus? 'I could not have allowed this to end otherwise'?" Megatron asked Optimus as he stood up with his regained strength as he snapped Optimus' sword that he was still holding onto and stabbed near his neck.
As more lightning flashed, more thunder cracked and more fire burned around them, Megatron gained strength that he had never possessed before. And Optimus slowly grew weaker. Caused by both the elements around them and the blows he receives from Megatron, whose eyes and veins visible now glowed purple.
Optimus let out a long scream as an upper cut delivered by Megatron sent him flying through the air. He groaned as he roughly landed on the ground on his back. He saw the purple fire coming out of the volcano. He saw the purple mist. He saw the eclipse in the sky. That was when he realized. The time of the prophecy has come. The 47 spheres have aligned.
Megatron slowly approached Optimus, lightning flashing around him, Optimus groaned and mustered the strength to remove the shrapnel of his blade that had lodged itself into his shoulder. He went to sit up. But Megatron placed his foot on his chassis. Optimus was pinned. He appeared to be defeated. Megatron had emerged from the battle victorious. Or so it seemed…
"I'm locked onto Optimus' signal," Ratchet reported before finding another reading, besides Optimus' on the Cybertronian computer system, "Wait. How is this possible?"
"What? What is it?" Arcee asked anxiously.
"We need to get Optimus out of there now!" Ratchet exclaimed, turning around from the Cybertronian computer system.
Megatron laughs as he saw the volcano erupting purple fire. "Well, well. It seems the blood of Unicron I've been seeking is not out there, but rather right here."
"Dark Energon erupting from the Earth?" Optimus said with confusion and disbelief.
Optimus stared at Megatron with wide optics. He didn't know how to explain it. How is the Earth erupting Dark Energon instead of Lava? It just wasn't possible.
Megatron activated his sword in his arm and raised his arm high as lightning flashed around them just like he saw in his visions. He knew this was it, the time the prophecy will come to fruition and that the fate of the world will change forever.
To be continued as next is One shall Rise part 1