Chapter 1: Three Ends, Or Three Beginnings?
Beyond the stars of our own world lies an unexplored frontier. Many worlds that have gone undiscovered, races of people that we have never met before. However... In comparison to our own world, these are much more connected than we've yet to realize. Our similarities in technology. Our way of life. And how we wage war. Similarities such as these are most likely responsible for why the connections between our worlds were severed. The voids of space and time are a powerful force that have always kept many worlds separate from one another, as if it was a guardian angel that protected us from one another. Space and Time are the fabrics that holds everything and everyone in the universe together. No matter how close by, or how far away. Yet despite all of this, there are many who seek power... Many who's greed and lust for it drives them to push past their limits. Even if it means destroying this barrier of space and time, and destroying the life that they once knew or the lives that many others have come to known... They will not stop until they have achieved whatever goals they have. This can be said for the many worlds that exist...
...And our own...
[Transformers G1 OST - Nemesis]
"Trypticon is now in position!"
"Establishing contact with Cybertron."
"Space Bridges, coming online now."
"Energon flow is currently stable."
"Prepare the main tower! We need to be ready the moment Shockwave gives us the signal!"
Planet Earth. Home to the human race, plants, animals, and more. For years alongside humans, Earth has been inhabited by a species of robotic beings from another planet, known as the Transformers, or their two factions; the Autobots and the Decepticons to be precise. While the Autobots sought to cooperate with humans while trying to return to their home planet, the Decepticons were willing to take any means necessary in order to return, even going as far as to destroy the planet itself. And that was exactly what their intentions were today. The Decepticon forces had set up a rather large base over Cathedral Peak, a mountain in Southern Africa, and Bugger's Gully below. Having completely taken over the area, they quickly began work on their plans. Overseeing everything while standing on the mountain was gray and black Transformer. He proudly wore the symbol of the Decepticons proudly and had a large cannon mounted to his right arm. This was none other than the leader of the Decepticons himself. Megatron.
"What is the status of the sub-towers?" The Decepticon leader asked his underlings.
"Lord Megatron, we don't have enough power to activate our sub-towers." One of these underlings had the form a light blue robotic jet, the Decepticon Thundercracker. "With most of out Energon being diverted to The Beacon there isn't enough to power all four towers at once!"
"Then drain the needed Energon from Trypticon!" Megatron commanded. "We will use him as our spare Energon supply. I want these towers up and running!"
"But Trypticon is essential to this base's defenses!" A Decepticon grunt spoke out.
Their attention is turned to a large dinosaur like Decepticon that towered over everything. This was a beast not to be reckoned with. It's height and body alone was enough to intimidate armies. This was Trypticon. The Decepticon's mobile battle city. The only weapon the Autobots truly had that could counter this was Metroplex, their own battle city.
"If the Autobots were to attack us using Metroplex we would be completely helpless, Megatron." Another Decepticon also approached their leader. He was of the same build as Thundercracker but with a different color scheme. This was Starscream, Megatron's second in command.
"After all," the Decepticon continued. "You cannot possibly expect that you would be able to stand a chance against-"
Starscream's mocking was cut short as Megatron aimed his hand cannon towards him and fired, blasting Starscream several yards away from the Decepticon leader.
"Silence!" Megatron ordered. "If the Autobots were to come they have no way of transporting Metroplex this far out from Autobot City so quickly. We do not need Trypticon to deal with the likes of Optimus Prime and his followers!" Starscream started to pull himself back up to his feet as Megatron continued talking. "Begin transferring power from Trypticon! I want those sub-towers online!"
"Yes, Lord Megatron!"
The Decepticons rushed in order to quickly transfer Energon from Trypticon to the sub-towers surrounding the beacons. Megatron had soon turned back around and looked out into the horizon. As he did so, a navy blue truck that looked like it was from another world was suddenly driving over towards the Decepticon leader from behind.
"What is it, Onslaught?"
Megatron did not even have to turn around as he managed to address the approaching vehicle by name. The vehicle soon started to slow down as it began to transform, revealing to be the Decepticon Onslaught, leader of the Combaticons. Transforming, Onslaught walked up to beside Megatron, the Decepticon leader turning his head towards the Combaticon.
"Lord Megatron, pardon my intrusion." He stated upon arriving. "But, why are we in such a hurry to destroy this planet? Doesn't Earth still have numerous resources to aid in our revival of our own planet?"
Megatron turned his head and looked out into the world below, prompting Onslaught to do the same.
"The Earth will not survive long enough for us to achieve our goals, Onslaught." Megatron began to explain his plans. "For the past decades, this planet has served as a battleground in our endeavors to destroy the Autobots. And because of this, this planet's resources have served more to provide us with a fuel necessary to fight the Autobots. But it is not nearly enough to save Cybertron. However. With the data Shockwave has collected from using Blast Off to venture forth to the surrounding planets in this area, he has determined a way for us to harness the necessary materials and Energon needed from these surrounding planets. The problem lies, however, that in order for these resources to reach Cybertron, we would need to transport them to the Earth and then through our space bridges, which would use up more resources than we would mean to."
"The cost of operating several space bridges does take the toll on our resources already." Onslaught thought out loud. "Then, what shall we accomplish by wiping out Earth?"
"An open parking lot." Megatron turned around and gestured to the large tower. "This beacon that Shockwave designed, when combined with the technology of the space bridge, will act as a wormhole through space and time. With this, we will be able to easily pull Cybertron into this solar system, until it crashes into the beacon, and destroys the Earth as well."
"And the Autobots?"
"Without a space bridge, or the proper means to escape the Earth in time, then..." Megatron proceeded to laugh in the middle of his explanation. "The Autobots will perish in Earth's destruction as well. We will be rid of all those who seek to stand against us."
"Sub-Tower A is online, Lord Megatron" A Decepticon Grunt called out.
"Sub-Tower B is coming online!" Another grunt also called out.
"Sub-Tower C is activating my liege!" A third soldier called out to Megatron.
"Sub-Tower D is now operational!" A fourth and final soldier called out as well.
"Excellent... Excellent!" Megatron exclaimed.
Megatron turned to look up at the tower that was now ready to be activated. The tower spanned about 125 yards high into the air. It was coated in metallic purple with several clear bands around the stem's main base, all connected to the stem itself. The beacon was rooted into the ground below, and had a single long control panel that would be used to activate it. The Decepticon insignia was also printed largely on the base of the beacon, clear for all to see from a good distance. Around the base was four sub-towers, at least 25 yards tall. The ends of each sub-tower was pointed upwards the tip of the main beacon.
"Lord Megatron. Communication incoming." The Decepticon communications officer Soundwave spoke.
As Megatron and Onslaught walked over to the beacon, Soundwave opened up a communication channel via the beacon's control. Soon a small holographic image a single yellowed eyed, purple Decepticon with one arm having a gun in place of a hand appeared before them.
"Shockwave. Are the preparations on Cybertron ready on your end?"
Meanwhile, lightyears away on Cybertron, the logic-based Decepticon scientist Shockwave stood in front of a large monitor, with Megatron being the one who's face was on the front screen.
"Hail, Megatron." He first greeted. "The Warp Beacon on Cybertron is fully active. I have Quake, Demolisher, and Drag Strip making the final preparations before we're ready to activate. Has the Warp Beacon on Earth been fully prepared?"
"All the necessary preparations on Earth have been made Shockwave." Megatron answered. "Soundwave!"
"Yes, Lord Megatron."
The communications officer soon pulled a lever on the same control panel. A series of red, yellow, and green lights all lit up aside the lever. A loud whirring sound could be heard all across the area, getting the attention of many Decepticons as they looked up at the currently activating tower.
"Warp Beacon; Operational." Soundwave spoke. "ETA till one-hundred percent activation; Five minutes."
"Excellent." Megatron responded. "Shockwave. How long will you need to reach full power on your end?"
"Five minutes is a logical time." Shockwave answered the Decepticon leader. "With the Warp Beacon's current state, five minutes should be more than enough time to be ready for full activation."
"Yes. Everything is going just as it should be." Megatron turns towards the rest of the Decepticons. "Decepticons! Make the last necessary preparations and prepare to head for the space bridge! If you are not off this planet by the time Cybertron arrives, then-"
Megatron was interrupt as in another part of the Decepticon's newly established base, a large explosion had just occurred. This got the attention of all Decepticons, putting them on high alert.
"What?!" Megatron said while clenching his fist. "Soundwave, get me Blitzwing and the Decepticons in that area! I want to know what is going on!"
Soundwave opened up a second communications channel.
"Soundwave to Blitzwing." He said, as a purple and brown Decepticon appeared in a hologram. "Lord Megatron has requested a status update."
With the aforementioned Decepticon, a large firefight was currently underway all around Blitzwing. Several Decepticon grunts were running to the front of the area, most being gunned down in the process. As Blitzwing was attempting to relay the situation to Soundwave and the other Decepticons near the tower, he was also focused on firing his blaster ahead of him, as well as taking cover behind a wall.
"Blitzwing reporting!" He yelled out amidst the blaster fire and Decepticons dropping dead around him. "It's the Autobots! They've made it here and they're trying to get to the tower!"
"Blitzwing! The front line's been taken out!" A red cone-headed Decepticon called out towards the triple changer.
"You take care of it Thrust! I'll hold the line here!"
"Yes sir!"
The cone-head Decepticon Thrust rallied up several other Decepticon grunts near Blitzwing and quickly set out to try and hold off their attackers at the front line.
BAM!
[Transformers Devastation OST - Autobots' Theme]
. . .Or so they thought they would.
The moment Thrust turned around after rallying together some Decepticons, the grill of a large truck smacked him dead in the face, knocking him to the ground. The Decepticon grunts stared in shock as what ran over Thrust was a blue and mostly red semi-truck that soon ran right through any other Decepticons that was in its way. The remaining grunts attempted to fire on said truck, but were all gunned down from behind by more blaster fire.
Blitzwing quickly jumped out of the way as the semi-truck went straight through the wall he was behind and nearly ran over him as well.
"Optimus Prime?!" Blitzwing said in surprise. He soon started to contact Soundwave again. "Soundwave come in! It's Opt-"
Before he could finish his transmission to alert Soundwave, he was interrupted as a small yellow car drove straight past his left foot. Before he could say anything else, another vehicle hit him in the back and knocked him down, this time the vehicle was a dark red sports car. Both of these cars followed right after the semi-truck that was tearing through the Decepticons' defenses. More grunts soon ran out in front of its path to try and put a stop to its rampage, all with blasters in hand.
"It's Optimus Prime!" One of the grunts called out. "Don't let him get to Megatron! Fire!"
All of the grunts aimed their blasters and fired at will, the semi-truck dodging their attacks left and right. All of a sudden instead of running straight through them, the truck suddenly boosted into the air as it transformed into the leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime. Without wasting time, Optimus pulled out his Ion Blaster and took aim. He fired off three shots while he was moving through the air, downing three Decepticons before he touched the ground.
Arriving at ground level he rolled on the ground to avoid more blaster fire as he ended up behind the wave of grunts that were shooting at him. He fired at each of them, downing the remaining four Decepticon grunts in almost an instant. A blue car with the Decepticon insignia rushed at Optimus from behind, soon transforming and leaping into the air as it was this time a grunt soldier that was wielding a steel sword.
"For Megatron!" The grunt shouted as Optimus turned around.
Before Optimus could fire a yellow Autobot, otherwise known as the scout Bumblebee came from the side and kicked the Decepticon grunt straight in the face knocking him several feet away from the Autobot leader. Bumblebee landed on the ground and quickly ran over to the grunt that was getting back up. The Decepticon tried to strike at the Autobot scout with his sword only for Bumblebee to get in close and jab at his hand with his elbow, knocking the sword out of the grunt's hand. He then attempted to try and fight Bumblebee fist-to-fist by throwing a left hook which Bumblebee ducked under, followed by a punch with his right hand, to which Bumblebee sidestepped out of the way. By the time the grunt turned around, Bumblebee had decided it was his turn and went in. He threw an elbow at the grunt's head to stun him and then followed up with two punches to the chest and then a spin kick with his right leg knocking the grunt to the side. Bumblebee then threw a left hook that knocked the grunt around to the other side, then spun around before hitting him with a left uppercut that knocked off the Decepticon's head clean, and left his body to collapse to the ground.
Suddenly the red sports car from earlier came up to Optimus and Bumblebee at high speeds, transforming into the Autobot Sideswipe, skidding against the ground as he stopped right in front of the other two Autobots.
"Boy, looks like Megatron's throwing everything he's got at us, doesn't it Optimus?" He asked the Autobot leader.
"Whatever Megatron is up to here, he intends to do everything in his power to keep us from finding out." Optimus Prime responded. "If the Decepticons are planning something on both Cybertron and here on Earth, then for the sake of both planets we have to stop them."
"You think Megatron's up there then?" Bumblebee asked, pointing at the large tower ahead of them.
"That tower must be what the Decepticons are trying to keep us from." Optimus responded. "Megatron must be there as well."
The three Autobots were interrupted by blaster fire coming from above. As they rolled out of the way, three Decepticon jets were heading straight in their direction, two of them being plain dark blue grunts while the other one was a black jet, the Decepticon Skywarp. The three jets began firing their blasters as they flew straight past the Autobots, who managed to avoid their attacks before pulling out their own blasters, Optimus Prime with his Ion Blaster, Bumblebee with his twin blasters, and Sideswipe with a basic single handed blaster. As the Decepticons flew away the three Autobots fired on them, shooting down the first two jets while Skywarp teleported away.
"Whatever's up there," Sideswipe started to say. "We can't stay here."
"There they are!"
Turning around, around a dozen more Decepticon soldiers were running towards the three Autobots, all with weapons in hand. The Decepticon leading them was a larger, black colored grunt soldier that had the body as if it transformed into a tank, while the other grunts followed.
"Don't let the Autobots reach the towers!" The Decepticon yelled out. "Tear them into scrap!"
The Decepticons let out a war cry as they charged at Optimus, Bumblebee, and Sideswipe. However right behind the Decepticon army was a red truck with a missile launcher mounted on it that was charging at those Decepticons as well. Firing its missile, the big grunt at the front was taken out immediately, surprising the other remaining soldiers. The truck then transformed into the Autobot Ironhide, the missile launcher that was mounted on his top changed into a warhammer. Rolling into action, Ironhide swung his hammer around, smashing Decepticon grunt left to right.
"Ironhide!" Optimus called out. "We'll head for that large tower in the distance. I need you and the other Autobots to cover us while we make our way up."
"Sure thing, Optimus!" Ironhide responded while using his hammer to hold back the sword of a Decepticon grunt, before smashing him to pieces with his free hand. "We'll keep these punks from stopping ya!"
"Thank you, Ironhide." Optimus turned to Bumblebee and Sideswipe. "Let's roll!"
While Ironhide and any other arriving Autobots continued to shoot down and fight off any Decepticons that showed up, Optimus, Bumblebee, and Sideswipe transformed into their vehicle modes and quickly drove off towards the tower.
Meanwhile on Cybertron, Megatron had Soundwave contact Shockwave once again to inform them of the situation.
"Shockwave! Five minutes may not be enough time with the Autobots' interference!" The Decepticon leader said to his subordinate. "Have Quake and the others come down to Earth once you've finished all your preparations."
"Yes, Lord Megatron." Shockwave responded. I'll send down reinforcements as soon as possible-"
Shockwave was interrupted by the sounds of the door to his laboratory being blown open. Turning around, the three Decepticons he mentioned earlier, Quake, Demolisher, and Dragstrip had returned to the laboratory much earlier than Shockwave excepted. Blaster fire was also being shot into the laboratory and being fired from the three Decepticons.
"Autobots incoming!" Dragstrip called out while running in, firing his blaster backwards as he flipped himself nimbly into the lower floor area of the laboratory for cover.
"There's too many of them!" Demolisher exclaimed while being shot at, also firing off his X-18 Scrapmaker towards the incoming Autobots as he walked in. "Can't believe they managed to catch us by surprise like that!"
"I didn't come here just to be pushed into a corner by a bunch of weak Autobots!" Quake grunted while using his Flak Shield to defend himself and Demolisher as he walked back. He unfortunately tripped while he was walking backwards, falling to the ground but still using his shield to defend himself as he looked back at the Decepticon scientist. "Shockwave! The Autobots have run us off from the tower, but it's ready to fire at any moment!"
Several laser blasts from the Autobots' weapons were fired in Shockwave's direction, hitting the monitors behind him as she shielded his face with him right arm. The transmission to Soundwave and Megatron was cut by the blasts as well. Shockwave then aimed his gun that was attached to the front of his left arm and prepared to fire on any incoming Autobots.
"It appears that Lord Megatron will have to hold out even longer before I can provide any assistance." Shockwave said aloud.
The Decepticons continued to fire off their weapons at the opening that was made by the destroyed door as the Autobot forces were starting to reach them, the majority of them using the walls next to the door hole and the corner wall in the hallway as covered as they fired. Suddenly a white sports car with the number 4 written on the sides and hood of it drove straight through the opening, dodging Decepticon fire left and right. Transforming quite stylishly as if it was break-dancing was the Autobot Jazz, who plunged straight into the laboratory with cover, pulling out his Photon Rifle as he transformed and fired at Shockwave, who strafed to the side.
Quake and the other Decepticons attempted to try and gun Jazz down themselves, only to be caught off guard as a smaller red Autobot known as Cliffjumper had suddenly appeared out of nowhere on top of Quake, leading to him to try and shake off the Autobot. At the same time a pink Cybertronian car with an open top suddenly drove in and transformed into the Autobot Arcee, ambushing the distracted Dragstrip and Demolisher with a split kick.
"Sorry, Shockwave." Jazz said. "But consider your little party here shut down."
Jazz dodged out of the way as Shockwave fired his hand blaster.
"I cannot allow you to interfere with Lord Megatron's plans." Shockwave stated.
Shockwave jumps slightly into the air and transforms into a large gun, firing an Energon blast straight at Jazz and the other Autobots, forcing them to all jump out of the way. Quake and the other Decepticons ducked under the blast as then Quake and Dragstrip each aimed their blasters and started firing again while Demolisher pulled out a small Axe and charged at the Autobots as well.
As Autobot grunt soldiers were firing into the laboratory from cover outside, while Jazz, Cliffjumper, and Arcee were engaging Dragstrip, Quake, Demolisher and Shockwave. Shockwave was attempting to keep distance from Jazz as he fired his hand blaster at the Autobot commander, who rolled under and dodged blasts left and right, all while moving closer and firing his blaster at the Decepticon scientist.
Demolisher was attempting to take down Arcee single handedly using his axe, to not much effect. Arcee was too nimble for large Decepticon as she repeatedly jumped out of the way and over his swings. When Arcee jumped over him, he tried to catch her off guard with a right back kick, only for Arcee to roll out of the way. The female Autobot then turned back around to face him and fire her Energon pistol. Demolisher managed to shrug off that shot as if it was nothing before going for an overhead vertical slash with his axe, to which Arcee backsteps out of the way.
Cliffjumper was going toe-to-toe with the Decepticons Quake and Dragstrip, using his large shield to fend of Quake's strong punches, and his skills in melee combat to keep back Dragstrip. Suddenly Dragstrip managed to grab Cliffjumper in a full nelson to keep him in one place. As Quake went in for a shot to the chest, Cliffjumper headbutted Dragstrip from behind before flipping himself over to get out of Dragstrip's grip and jumping on top of the Decepticon. He then jumped off as Quake's fist collided with Dragstrip, punching him into a wall. Suddenly Cliffjumper came down on Quake with his right arm transformed to reveal an Energon sword and sliced Quake diagonally, causing him to stagger back as Cliff rushed him again.
With the Autobots on Earth, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Sideswipe had managed to get very close towards the Decepticons' large towers, despite their enemies doing their best to stop them. Autobots like Wheeljack, Sunstreaker, Grimlock, Jetfire, and many others had been engaging in battle with the Decepticons all over to cover Optimus and the others. Soon, Optimus and his team were merely several yards away from the tower, where Megatron and Soundwave could be seen standing by the largest tower, Soundwave having his minicon Laserbeak perched on his shoulder.
"Megatron, here as excepted!" Optimus stated.
"Let me at him Optimus!" Sideswipe exclaimed, driving ahead of Optimus and Bumblebee. "I'll take care of this clown!"
"Sideswipe wait-!"
[Transformers Devastation OST - Decepticons' Theme]
Before Optimus could stop Sideswipe, he noticed Onslaught driving towards him and Bumblebee at high speeds.
"Don't worry Optimus!" Bumblebee said, transforming and running towards Onslaught. "I'll hold him off!"
Optimus continued to drive straight towards Megatron while Bumblebee went to deal with Onslaught, and Sideswipe would have to deal with Soundwave and the minicons. Onslaught began transforming as he closed in on Bumblebee and was prepared to flatten the noticeably smaller Autobot underneath him. Bumblebee attempted to use his strength to force back Onslaught but didn't have enough power and was tackled to the ground. Onslaught then attempted to pound Bee's face into the ground, only for Bumblebee's wheels on his feet to activate and pull him forward right underneath Onslaught's legs. As Bumblebee got back up, Onslaught's right arm turned into a Riot Cannon, and immediately opened fire as he turned around to face Bumblebee. Bumblebee slid underneath the first shot and ran to the side, pulling out his blasters and opening fire on Onslaught, who did the same.
"Laserbeak, attack."
Sideswipe was driving straight up to Soundwave to get as close as possible with the communications officer. Soundwave order Laserbeak, who was on his shoulder, to attack Sideswipe. The minicon bird flew and open fire on the red sports car Autobot. As Sideswipe avoided the blasts from Laserbeak he skid to the right and transformed to robot mode, attempting to go for a low sweep kick at Soundwave, who jumped back. Sideswipe then came back up on his feet and rushed at Soundwave.
"Ravage, eject."
Soundwave chest area opened up and ejected another cassette tape, Ravage. The minicon transformed and immediately jumped on Sideswipe's face to distract the Autobot.
"What the?!" Sideswipe responded as he tried to pull Ravage off. "Hey, watch the paint! Get off me will ya?!"
Sideswipe finally managed to get a good grip on Ravage, and threw the minicon off of his face. When he looked towards Soundwave, he saw the Decepticon having his blaster point directly at him. As Soundwave fired, Sideswipe suddenly flash stepped to the side, out of the range of Soundwave's blast. He then fired another one to which Sideswipe flash stepped towards the communications officer, and kicked Soundwave back a few feet, causing him to drop his blaster. Pulling out his swords, Sideswipe went in for a twin horizontal slash towards Soundwave's upper body and head, only for him to suddenly transform and shrunk down into his cassette tape player mode. Sideswipe was confused for a moment as he reached down to pick up the Decepticon. Soundwave then transformed back to robot form immediately then caught Sideswipe with a swift right hook.
While those two Autobots and two Decepticons fought against each other, Optimus clashed with Megatron. The Autobot leader's Energon Axe collided with the Decepticon leader's Energon blade.
"Megatron! What are you planning this time?" Optimus demanded answers from his foe. "What do you plan to do with this tower?"
"That is for me to know, Optimus." Megatron replied. "And for you to roll over and die!"
Megatron knocks both his arm and Optimus' arm to the side, their weapons now being held pointed at the ground. Optimus used this to roundhouse kick Megatron but the Decepticon manages to duck underneath his attack. Megatron spins around and tries to strike Optimus with his sword via diagonal slash, only for the Autobot leader to block his attack using his Energon Axe. However this left an opening for Megatron to then hold out his right arm and aim his arm cannon, firing a blast that hit Optimus directly, knocking the Autobot back away from him.
Optimus Prime collided with the ground as Megatron then rushed at his foe once again. Leaping into the air, he held his Energon sword in the air above him as he came down on Optimus, who was pulling himself up. Looking up and seeing the Decepticon leader closing in, Optimus quickly rolled out of the way as Megatron slammed into the ground below, his sword striking the ground below. Not letting up Megatron spun around once he struck the ground and went on the offensive with a horizontal slash. Optimus managed to parry the sword to the side of him using his axe. Megatron followed up with a vertical swing upward, knocking back Optimus' arm that contained his Energon Axe and left him wide open.
The moment Optimus' guard was broken, he ejected his Energon Axe from being attached to his hand. Suddenly the axe's blade started to grow in length, and then split into a two headed axe blade. The hilt then grew into the length of a polearm, as Prime's Axe now become a long polearm axe. As Megatron swung his arm back for another blow with his sword, Optimus spun around and grabbed his Energon Axe, holding it in both hands as he came back around. As he turned around, the two weapons collided, but the force from Prime's axe was almost enough to knock Megatron's sword out of his hand. Optimus spun around again and went for a vertical overhead slash at Megatron, who attempted to block using his sword. Optimus managed to cut straight through Megatron's blade and strike Megatron, sending the Decepticon leader flying backwards with a powerful attack. Optimus held his axe tight as he rushed at Megatron, who stood back up and transformed his left hand into an Energon Mace, and spun it around rapidly as he got back to his feet. Rushing at Optimus, their two weapons clashed once again, leaving the two leaders in a heated deadlock.
U.C. 0096. Just above the planet Earth, a battle that would decide the fate of those living on the surface below was taking place between two opposing forces. On one side, Londo Bell, a special forces unit under the Earth Federation Army. Dispatched by the Federation, the mission of Londo Bell was to prevent the crashing of Axis, an asteroid base built long by the Principality of Zeon, a long since defeated force, from crashing into the planet. If they failed, the asteroid's crashing would not only cause many casualties, but it would bring planet Earth into an uninhabitable state, and force the remaining population to flee Earth and head into space with the rest of the spacenoids. On the other side, controlling the asteroid base Axis was the Newborn Neo Zeon, the second armed organization that formed from the old Principality of Zeon and from its predecessor Axis Zeon. Their goal was to drop the asteroid base Axis onto Earth in order to force humans to move to outer space. Seeing the way humanity has abused the planet and its resources, this was their way of allowing the planet to rest and heal itself from the damages that humanity has caused it. These two factions clashed above Earth at Axis in order to stop the other, and save the earth in their own way.
Close to the Axis base was where a battle between two rivals had been taking place. Mobile suit pilots Char Aznable of Neo Zeon, and Amuro Ray of Londo Bell clashed near Axis base. As the two had entered Axis, their mobile suits, the Sazabi, and the Nu Gundam respectively, were left behind outside of the entrance. Avoiding a trap that Amuro had set up to try and kill Char, the latter continued his search for the former.
"Gotta have better instincts if you plan to bring new life into the world." Amuro said, over a radio frequency. "Revolutions are dreamt up by intellectuals, but their aims are so unrealistic that they'll stoop to drastic measures."
"A radio signal... from where?" Char uttered as he searched.
"Following a revolution, the wordy passions for rebirth are swallowed up by bureaucracy and mediocrity." As Amuro kept talking, Char had smacked away a radio that he flew by. "Intellectuals dislike this so they disassociate themselves with society and politics to become reclusive."
"I'm not planning to bring new life into the world." Char responded.
Char fired a missile that was attached to his leg in one direction. The explosion from it managed to blow Amuro out from where he was hiding, also putting a whole in the Newtype's helmet which he had to cover with his hands to keep himself from losing oxygen. Reaching into his pocket with one hand, he found something that he could use to cover the hole with and did so. Grabbing his pistol as it floated by him, he started flying away again as Char continued to search for him.
"Look who's talking." Char said. "Those ignorant people are just taking advantage of your powers."
"You think so?!"
[Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2 OST - Calling to the Wind]
Amuro yelled that out as he flew straight past the area where Char was, dodging a bullet from his rival's pistol and begun making his way back towards Nu Gundam. Char quickly dashed over and took off after him. Amuro, holding a bazooka, had it aimed at Char who was heading up in an area parallel to him. Char fired another missile on his leg first, Amuro avoiding it and using the explosion to help him get away from Char. Flying ahead, he managed to turn a corner as Char pursued. With Amuro out of sight, Char removed the missile pack from his leg first and threw it out ahead. Said pack was shot by a bullet and sent floating backwards before exploding, just as Char expected.
"He's escaped..." Char thought. "Has Bright's team...?"
Amuro fired the bazooka, hoping to buy some time as he flew upwards. As the explosion occurred he reached the Nu Gundam and quickly climbed in. Returning to the cockpit, he pulled off his helmet as the Nu Gundam activated. Catching his breath, he piloted the Nu Gundam way from Axis. Looking to his right, he saw that Char had already reached his mobile suit as the Sazabi was right on his tail. Firing s spare beam rifle, he scrapped a part of the Sazabi. That didn't last long as the red mobile suit took out the spare beam rifle, leaving it to explode as the mobile suits engaged in melee combat. The Nu Gundam sliced apart one of the Sazabi's beam sabers as it flew back. The Sazabi pursued despite being down a saber. Flying over a horizontal slash, both mobile suits pointed their sabers down, doing damage to each other as the flew towards the other. Soon after the Nu Gundam continued by kicking the back of the Sazabi.
"That was nothing!" Amuro shouted.
Nu Gundam rushed in once again, pushing up against the Sazabi's beam saber with its own. As they collided, the Nu Gundam was overpowering the Sazabi with its beam saber.
"My saber's weaker than his?!" Char said in surprise.
Char went for a forward thrust with the Sazabi, only for Amuro's Gundam to avoid. Seeing the opening, the Nu Gundam sliced off the Sazabi's left arm, leaving it without a beam saber. Not giving up, the Sazabi punched Nu Gundam in the mid region and knocked it backwards before pursuing with a kick that disarmed the Nu Gundam by knocking away its beam saber. Nu Gundam then went to punch the Sazabi, only for its fist to be grabbed as Char forced back the Gundam.
"If it hadn't been for you...!" Char scowled.
Sparks came from the Nu Gundam's fist as the pressure applied by the Sazabi was damaging it. Quickly, the Nu Gundam grabbed some of the wiring in the neck of the Sazabi before kicking its left side. Nu Gundam rammed and shoved the Sazabi, knocking off part of the red mobile suit's lower armor before repeatedly punching the head, the three hundred sixty degree monitor inside the cockpit starting to go offline.
"My monitor is failing!" Char exclaimed.
Even with such damages, the Sazabi was able to push itself upright after being pushed to the surface of Axis, Nu Gundam gaining some distance between them. As the Sazabi rushed towards Gundam, explosions began occurring inside of Axis. The Sazabi flew out of the way as an explosion occurred underneath Nu Gundam while it pursued, the mobile suit escaping and going after Char. The Nu Gundam knocked the Sazabi back down to Axis. At this point, Char blew open the top hatch to the Sazabi as his escape pod flew out, the mobile suit being too damaged for him to continue fighting. At that time, the explosion from the inside of Axis caused by Londo Bell had caused Axis to begin splitting straight down the middle, an explosion that could be seen clearly from across the battlefield.
"I'm not letting you get away!"
Nu Gundam fired its birdlime launchers towards Char's escape pod, covering the thrusters to stop the pod's escape. As the escape pod drifted around, Nu Gundam grabbed hold of it to keep Char from going anywhere.
"He caught me..." Char said. "But it's too late anyway."
Amuro piloted the Nu Gundam to avoid the debris that had been caused by the splitting of Axis. While doing so, he was suddenly greeted to the sounds of Char laughing from inside his escape pod.
"What're you laughing about?!" Amuro asked.
"Looks like I win." Char answered. "The rear of Axis is being pulled in by the Earth's gravity. Eventually it will plummet to the surface. Sorry your plans backfired!"
"So you think. Gundam will have you problem pushing back that worthless piece of rock."
"That's preposterous."
"Why don't we find out?"
"You're insane!"
"I'm not impatient like you. I can wait for humanity to learn and grow!"
Nu Gundam flew over to the bottom of Axis, the part that was falling straight towards Earth. Holding up Char's escape pod, it approached Axis. Nu Gundam pushed up against Axis, slamming the escape pod into the side and causing Char to be shaken around in his chair.
"Axis has already started its descent towards Earth!"
"This Nu Gundam isn't just for show!"
Firing its thrusters at full power, Nu Gundam pushed up against the bottom of Axis to push it back out of the Earth's gravity. Despite all of the Gundam's power, it didn't seem to be having that much effect as Axis could still be seen falling towards Earth. However out of nowhere, dozens of mobile suits began flying around to the same side of Axis, Jegans of the Earth Federation, and began pushing the side of Axis alongside Amuro.
"Huh?" Amuro said surprised. "What are you doing?! Stop it! You don't have to go along with this! Back off! Get away from here!"
"We can't let Londo Bell hog all the glory." One of the Jegan pilots responded.
Just then, several Geara Dogas from Neo Zeon's side also began pushing up against Axis.
"Geara Dogas too?!" Amuro exclaimed. "Fall back! It's hopeless!"
"We'll never know unless we try!" a Geara Doga pilot replied. "The Earth is at stake!"
"That's enough! Everyone stop!"
Despite the help from the other mobile suits, it didn't seem to affect Axis' descent at all. The thrusters of several Jegans and Geara Dogas soon started to give out and exploded, some of the mobile suits just outright shutting off and started drifting away from Axis. As a Geara Doga drifted away, one of the Jegans tried to catch the mobile suit but failed.
"In the end," Char started to speak. "The tragedies of mankind will spread and destroy the Earth. This is inevitable. That's why the human race must atone for what they have done to their planet. It's judgement day for humanity, Amuro... why can't you understand that?"
"Get back!" Amuro shouted to the other mobile suit pilots. "My Gundam is...!"
Suddenly a green light began emitted as a strange power came from the Nu Gundam, pushing away all the other mobile suits and starting to affect Axis' descent as well.
"What's this?" Char questioned. "The psycho-frames are resonating! So much willpower focused here... Is Gundam going to overload? That being said... I'm not sensing any fear. It's more like a.. a warmth...! It's like a sense of peace, a feeling I don't know how to explain... Fascinating... Even those with the warmest of hearts still have the potential to destroy the Earth...! Why can't you see that, Amuro?"
"I do!" Amuro replied to Char. "But humanity isn't something that we can give up hope on! That's why we have to show the world this light that's within the human heart!"
The energy emitting from the Nu Gundam was something that could be seen across space. From the Ra Cailum, to the Rewloola. Even the people on earth could see this light shining through the sky, as said light was also emitting from the T-shaped object from earlier that circled around in outer space. As the light emitted, it surrounded Axis. Not only the half of Axis that was falling towards Earth, but also the half of Axis that remained floating in space, pulling the half falling back to the one in space. Everyone was able to witness Axis being pulled back together by the light emitted from the Nu Gundam's psych-frames. However...
What became of Amuro Ray and Char Aznable was something that no one knew of.
The world was on the verge of collapsing. Due to several incidents that led to the merging of space and time, the world as everyone knew it would soon be gone. Not just their world, but multiple worlds were at stake. Now, a final showdown to defeat the mastermind behind this was at hand inside of a void between space and time. A man who gained power to exalt himself as God against a small group that piloted machines through space and time to this island. The fate of several worlds hanged on the possibility that they could defeat this one man.
[Cross Ange OST - Eikou no Hoshi no Moto de]
"Why, Ange? My infinite time... My infinite love... Why?"
Above the island two machines clashed, Ragna-mails, mech like machines with the ability to travel through space-time with power capable of destroying and creating worlds. The first was white with red tattoo-like decals. Armed with a beam rifle, large sword, and a beam shield was the Villkiss, piloted by Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi, or Ange. The other sported a block color scheme with purple decals, wielding a beam sword on its wrist and beam shields, as well as a beam rifle was the Ragna-mail Hysterica. This was piloted by the man who had obtained abilities akin to being a God, Embryo.
Flying back and forth through the sky, the machines swung their blades and clashed repeatedly. Finally, they entered a deadlock as their weapons each clashed against their energy shields.
"All these things, so why?" Embryo asked. "Why won't you let me control you?!"
"I'm not some object that you can just do as you please with!" Ange shouted.
Just as this was said, a slash from a katana cut across Embryo's shoulder. Despite his Ragna-mail battling against Ange's Villkiss, he himself was not inside to pilot it, as it was able to fight remotely. Embryo himself was currently engaged in a swordfight against Tusk, a human and lover to Ange. In that moment of distraction, Tusk cut across Embryo's shoulder, forcing him to warp backwards.
"He can't switch bodies while he's here?" Tusk thought. "Of course! This means that this has to be the real Embryo!"
Tusk ran up and swung his katana down on Embryo, only for the latter to warp out of the way. Not being able to heal, he could still teleport to keep his distance. Warping behind Tusk, Embryo was now holding a handgun. Firing it, he warped all around Tusk and fired on him from different places. Tusk responded by throwing out shurikens at him, only for Embryo to warp through as he approached him once running out of bullets.
"You..." Embryo said. "It's because of you... There's plenty of other women in the real world. Any of them you could have chosen! And yet, you take Ange..."
Tusk attempted to quickly pull out a handgun and shoot Embryo, but the man warped behind him and thrusted his saber through Tusk's right shoulder.
"The Ange I waited an eternity for and someone like you, comes in and thinks that you can just take her from me?!"
As Embryo talked, he suddenly looked in surprise as Tusk managed to stab him through the chest with his katana, despite the awkward position. Both suddenly moved away from each other as they held their wounds.
The Villkiss broke the deadlock between the two Ragna-mails, then kicked the Hysterica back. Withdrawing its energy saber from its wrist, the Hysterica pulls out its beam rifle and began firing, the white Ragna-mail rushing after it. The Hysterica only had time to fire about three shots, all of which were blocked by the Villkiss' beam shield. Swinging its sword, the Villkiss cut off the right arm of the Hysterica.
"A thousand years did I wait for someone like you..." Embryo said. "And yet, this is how you think everything is going to end?"
The Hysterica pushed back against the Villkiss, though the white Ragna-mail moved back on its own accord.
"Never mind you, anymore. I don't need a woman like you... who doesn't understand my love!"
The wings on the Hysterica suddenly spread out and opened. Golden weapons with green orbs in the center were revealed from the wings, the Hysterica's space-time convergence cannons. The Ragna-mail's most powerful weapons began to charge.
"'Love' my ass!" Ange exclaimed. "That 'love' of yours is nothing but your desire to make me bend to your twisted will! Like hell I'd believe that crap from a narcissistic creep like you!"
The Villkiss' wings also opened up, revealing its own convergence cannons as well. Unlike the Hysterica however, the white Ragna-mail suddenly turned gold as its weapons were activated.
"Go to hell!"
"Begone!"
Both Ange and Embryo shouted respectively, their Ragna-mails convergence cannons fired at one another, creating a large burst of energy across the island and across space time.
[Transformers Devastation OST - Decepticons' Theme]
The five minute period was about to end as the Autobots and Decepticons continued to fight. On Cybertron, Shockwave had just been knocked back into the control panel in the laboratory. Jazz had his rifle pointed at the Decepticon while Arcee and Cliffjumper had managed to take down Demolisher, Quake, and Dragstrip. Several Autobot grunt soldiers were also in the lab, keeping those three Decepticons restrained.
"Start talking Shockwave." Jazz ordered. "What's Megatron up to now?"
Shockwave looked up at the Autobot in front of him but then slightly looked to the left. He saw that his barrel of his left hand blaster was caught between the lever to activate the beacon. He then faced Jazz again.
"Five minutes are up."
Shockwave pulled down the lever to activate the tower. The laboratory started to rumble and throw the Autobots off balance. Looking through the window of the laboratory, Jazz and the others could see the large tower powering up. Shockwave pulled himself back up and quickly pointed his hand blaster at Jazz. As the Autobot faced him, Shockwave fired and shot Jazz in the shoulder, knocking him down. Cliffjumper and Arcee both came to his aid, their weapons aimed at Shockwave.
"The Space-Time Beacons set up on both Cybertron and planet Earth will prove to provide the Decepticons with an easy way to be rid of the Autobots, as well as expedite the process of restoring Cybertron." Shockwave explained. "With the tower activated, your interference here will mean nothing."
Shockwave quickly turned around and blasted the laboratory's windows. The energy coming from the beacon made the Autobots and Decepticons shield their faces, except for Shockwave.
"Decepticons, retreat." Shockwave order. He jumped through the opening and transformed into his jet mode, flying towards the beacon. "Fall back to the Space-Time Beacon."
Demolisher, Quake, and Dragstrip knocked off the Autobot grunts that had them held down and made a run for the opening as well. The Autobots opened fire on the three as the ran, scoring several direct hits but failed to stop them. The three Decepticons jumped out of the opening and transformed, all of them rolling across Cybertron's surface towards the beacon.
"Lord Megatron," Shockwave contacted Megatron as he flew towards the beacon. "The beacon on Cybertron is activate, and is searching for the other beacon's energy signature."
Megatron received this transmission on Earth, but was currently caught up in a fist fight between him and Optimus Prime. Seeing as he couldn't activate the beacon himself, he turned to where Soundwave and Onslaught battled Sideswipe and Bumblebee respectively.
"Decepticons!" Megatron commanded to the two. "Get that tower online now!"
"Sideswipe! Bumblebee!" Optimus called out to the Autobots. "You must stop them. We cannot allow that machine to activate!"
Onslaught threw Bumblebee aside as started running towards the beacon, only to be tripped by the smaller Autobot. Sideswipe and Soundwave were currently pushing up against each other, trying to push away the other. Sideswipe gained the advantage and shoved Soundwave to the side, turning around and running towards the beacon with his swords in hand.
"I'll shut this thing down, Optimus!" Sideswipe exclaimed.
"Laserbeak!" Soundwave called out.
The minicon Laserbeak suddenly flew in towards Sideswipe. Blasting the ground in front of him, Sideswipe was knocked back a bit by the blast. Laserbeak flew in and knocked the Autobot down as it collided with his head. Optimus suddenly grabbed hold of Megatron and threw the Decepticon leader behind him, getting Megatron out of his way. Optimus ran forward and picked up his Ion Blaster. Aiming at the tower he prepared to fire at the control panel. However just before he could, Starscream flew in out of nowhere, transforming and kicking the Autobot leader in the face, messing up his shot. Bumblebee tried making a run for it after tripping Onslaught, but the Combaticon grabbed hold of his leg and kept him down. Optimus attempted to get back up, but Megatron suddenly came back and pressed his foot against Optimus' head, keeping the Autobot down. Starscream laughed as he started walking towards the tower.
"Foolish Autobots!" He boasted. "Did you think that I, the great Starscream, wouldn't be around to ensure that Megatron's plan goes as it should?"
[Transformers Fall of Cybertron OST - Journey Through The Stars]
Starscream pulled down the lever on the earth beacon, the ground around the Transformers shaking and rumbling as it activated. Suddenly from the opening in the middle of the beacon a lot of Energon appeared to be building up, and eventually fired upward in the form of a large beam. The sub-towers that were around the main tower also fired off another Energon beam into the sky. All of the Autobots and Decepticons had stopped their fight as they saw the beams fire.
"Yes..." Megatron laughed. "Come to me, Cybertron!"
Everyone was surprised as all of a sudden, it appeared that the sky was being torn open by the beams.
On Cybertron, the beacon there suddenly fired off the same Energon beam, followed by its sub-towers. Shockwave flew up towards the bottom of the tower, transforming and landing on the ground. He then looked out into the vastness of space, the Energon beams suddenly forming what appeared to be a tear in the middle of space as well. Soon, Dragstrip drove up behind Shockwave, skidding to a stop and transforming.
"The tower's online and we left those Autobots in the dust." He reported, though Shockwave didn't seem to be paying attention. "Uhh... Shockwave?"
"That tear in space-time..." Shockwave said. "Something is amiss with it."
Quake and Demolisher both drove up behind the two, transforming into robot mode as well. Shockwave walked over towards the tower's built in control panel.
"I cannot seem to shake the feeling that I have made an error in calculations." Shockwave said to himself. "However there should be no issue. The two towers are set to search across a large range for an energy source that can obliterate space and time, and lock onto that." Shockwave activated a small monitor on the base of the tower. "Taking a look at the trajectory of the beam should point towards the general direction of planet Earth... Hm?"
Despite saying that, there was something else that seemed to have caught Shockwave's eye on the monitor.
"Two unidentified energy signatures?"
[Transformers Fall of Cybertron OST - The Great Exodus]
Suddenly a loud whirring was heard. Looking up, Shockwave stepped back as he and the other Decepticons saw that the Energon beams were becoming unstable, the tower starting to break apart. The Autobots led by Jazz started to arrive, and all skid to a stop and transformed as they saw what was affording in front of them.
"The Space-Time Beacon must've locked onto one of those unidentified signatures instead of the earth beacon." Shockwave said aloud. "The energy is too much for it to handle."
The tower suddenly exploded, a final large burst of Energon flowing into the tear in space. The tear suddenly started growing and exerting out a large amount of energy. Everyone witnesses as the tear in space had suddenly turned into what could only be a black hole.
"What is happening?!"
On Earth, the same situation had occurred. The Space-Time Beacon there had exploded as the tear in the sky had also become a black hole. As everyone's attention was focused on the black hole, Optimus had suddenly noticed something however. He felt himself being dragged forward without him walking. Megatron suddenly realized the same thing too.
"The black hole...!" Megatron exclaimed.
"It's pulling us towards it!" Optimus Prime shouted.
As the Autobot leader was being pulled upward, he quickly turned around and implanted his axe into the ground, trying to keep him down. Megatron transformed into his tank mode, the Decepticon leader rolling in reverse with as much strength as possible. The other Autobots and Decepticons were all being pulled towards the black hole as well, the vortex growing and getting stronger. They grabbed onto whatever they could and tried they best to run away. Suddenly the ground underneath Optimus and Megatron was ripped off from the mountain, forcing Prime to let go of his axe and Megatron to transform.
"Optimus!" Bumblebee called out.
"Lord Megatron, no!" Onslaught exclaimed.
As the ground was pulled upward, so were the two of them. Optimus grabbed hold of his axe once again, and then grabbed onto Megatron's hand. However he could not fight the force of the black hole, the two leader suddenly finding themselves being pulled upward very quickly, the destroyed tower also being pulled up next. The other Autobots and Decepticons could only watch as the black hole snatched their leaders.
"Fellow Decepticons!" Starscream announced aloud in an insincere tone. "It appears that a grave error in this plan has cost us the life of our dear leader, Megatron. But fear not! As your new leader, I shall be the one to lead you through this-"
Starscream suddenly stopped his boast as he was being pulled to the black hole at alarming speeds. Quickly, he grabbed onto a broken piece of the cliffside of the mountain. He looked and saw the other Decepticons trying to run away.
"My Decepticons, wait!" He called out. "Save me! Would you abandon your new leader!"
"Save yourself, Starscream!" Onslaught replied, transforming and driving away.
"Decepticons, retreat! Retreat!" Soundwave ordered.
"Autobots, come on!" Sideswipe said, transforming. "We gotta get away from that thing!"
The other Transformers quickly hurried to try and get away from the black hole.
On Cybertron, the situation was just as bad. The other Decepticons and Autobots were hanging onto their planet for their lives. Quake gripped the surface of the planet hard, but his grip was not enough. He was suddenly yanked into the air towards the black hole. Dragstrip attempted to grab onto the Decepticon's hand, but only ended up getting snatched away from where he was hiding due to the size difference between him and Quake.
"I should've known that was a bad idea!" Dragstrip shouted.
"Shockwave!" Demolisher said to the Decepticon scientist. "What's going on?! Is this supposed to be part of your plan!?"
"Negative." Shockwave said, slowly approaching the black hole. "Creating a black hole was not the intended results. However..."
"Wait, Shockwave! What are you doing!?"
"If I am correct, the black holes created on Earth and Cybertron will eventually consume both planets, possibly the entire solar systems as well. However, I do not feel a threatening energy coming from this energy source. It's something... different."
Demolisher tried to grab hold of Shockwave, but the scientist was far out of range. Several Autobots and Decepticons were flying past him as well.
"It appears we are fated to be pulled through the vortex either way." Shockwave said, reaching out for the black hole. "The only logical conclusion is to see what will await us on the other side."
Shockwave transformed into jet mode and flew straight towards the black hole. Demolisher tried to get his grip back onto an a column he was holding onto, but was soon pulled away. Jazz, Arcee, and Cliffjumper were trying to see if they could drive away to no avail. Eventually they all transformed, Jazz grabbing onto a piece of metal, Cliffjumper grabbing Jazz's arm an Arcee grabbing Cliffjumper's. The piece of metal Jazz grabbed onto suddenly snapped, the three Autobots being pulled up to the black hole along with others.
On Earth, several more Autobots and Decepticons have been taken by the vortex in the sky. Sideswipe, Wheeljack, Thundercracker, Blitzwing, and many more. Bumblebee was up in the air and pushing him off the debris being taken up, trying to get back down. However, a large chunk of rock collided with him. Being too big for him to move off of, Bumblebee was being carried up to the black hole. Onslaught was burning rubber furiously to try and get away, but to no affect. Transforming, he tried to find ground to grab on but there was none. Starscream was starting to pull himself back to the ground but was kicked in the face by Onslaught as he flew by. Both Onslaught and Starscream were both carried up to the black hole as well.
Autobots and Decepticons lightyears away were meeting the same fate. Cybertron and Planet Earth were also being pulled closer to the black holes as they grew larger. What was behind the vortexes was unknown, and the two factions had no clue about what would be behind the black holes.
An Unknown Amount of Time Later. . .
The Autobot leader Optimus Prime was currently all unknown, on what appeared to be a large island. He groaned as he slowly started to get back up to his feet. Standing up, he looked around at the world in the distance. On one side was a vast land mass that stretched on for quite a while, but was disconnected from the island. On the other side was nothing but the open sea.
"Where..." He started to say. "Am I...?"
Optimus activated his communication device.
"Teletraan One to Optimus Prime." Optimus attempted to contact the Autobot computer. "Teletraan One to Optimus Prime."
There was nothing but silence.
"No signal..." Optimus looked around the island. "Last, we were in the desert to stop Megatron's plan but then a large black hole appeared... Is this... still Earth? Or..."
