Chapter 17: The Black Archives

The Black Archives- Under the Tower of London, G1verse

Galvatron glared at the device that was now holding the Spark essence of Unicron. Not that long ago the Spark essence of Unicron had been in the offlined chassis of his old ally, Cyclonus. Now it was in a container that was being put into a hole under the Tower of London. All around them was artefacts both from Earth and from the stars. The Black Archives also housed the Moonray which was docked in for repairs on a level lower than where Unicron was being imprisoned in. His red optics never left the container that was being lowered into a cell by a group of humans. He could hear the humans shouting as they worked together on getting Unicron secured. There was a black blur which made him think that Nightshade had finished her meeting with the children from his dimension, but he remembered that UNIT had allied with a group of ghosts called Shadow Men. He relaxed his shoulder plating when he knew that the Shadow Men would be watching over Unicron when the humans could not watch him.

Venting air through his vents he looked up at the black ceiling high above him that supported the Tower of London and the city of London above. He shuttered his optics and he could feel some form of peace come to his Spark. His Spark was still being cured by Nightshade's Curse Breaker that was still working on curing the damage that Unicron had caused to it. He could already feel the damage that Unicron had caused him in their last fight begin to repair. Something that he had thought would not happen for some time. But, they were locking Unicron up for good. Technology along with magic were being used to keep the Chaos Bringer locked up this time. They could not destroy Chaos, but they could contain it. And that was what they were doing.

He watched in silence as door to the cell that was keeping the Chaos Bringer snapped shut. Five locks then whirled to life keeping it in place and Unicron trapped. His optics never left the door that was between him and Unicron.

"Galvatron?" he heard Nightshade say from beside him.

He looked down at the smaller Dragonoid. He could not believe that she and Arcee who were smaller than most of the Autobots and Decepticons were able warriors who could stand on their pedes in a really bad fight. In the recent fights against Unicron, Galvatron was glad that he had once again fought alongside Optimus Prime and Nightshade. "How are the children?" he asked her still looking down at the Dragonoid. Her red optics were looking down at the cell that was keeping Unicron.

"They are fine! The boys seems eager to get back to their homes, but the girl I hope her adrenaline seeking does not lead her to trouble! I might need to wipe her memory of events to keep her safe!" Nightshade responded. She looked back up at him. Shifting on her four paws she saw down like an overgrown cat with wings. She titled her head when Galvatron snorted. "What do you know of these children?" she asked.

Galvatron vented more air through his systems. "Where do I begin, Nightshade?" Galvatron asked himself more than asking Nightshade. He titled his helm at her questioning look that had crossed over her optics. "Jack he is the oldest out of the three of them. He is very mature for his age as he has had to learn to grow up and look after his mother and himself. His Carer worked long hours as a medic. He is calm in the face of danger, danger that I had put him in along with Miko. And in many ways I see him as a little version of Optimus Prime! In fact Optimus Prime saw it himself and gave him the Key to Victor Sigma before the first time we faced Unicron in the Core of Earth in my dimension!" he said. He had only meet Jack a few times. And in those few times he knew that the human boy would one day become a great man. Maybe like Captain Rogers who no doubt wanted to see Nightshade know that Unicron had been dealt with.

"What about the other boy? The youngster?" Nightshade asked brining Galvatron out of his thoughts.

A smirk came across his face plates. "Saving the best for last, Nightshade?" he asked her.

Nightshade could only hiss at him for a brief second before saying, "Just answer the question, Galv'!"

"The youngest member of the group is Raf! He may be young but he is a mind is vast. He is not the only child that I have seen who would rather keep their face in a book than going to play with other younglings! His knowledge had helped the Autobots on many occasions!" he explained Raf to Nightshade. He bowed his helm when he remembered that he had nearly ended his life. He had nearly caused a bright child to end with a horrible death. Now his Spark was pained with anger and sorrow at the monster that Unicron had created. That was when he felt a nudge in his Spark. Nightshade's Curse Breaker had felt the negative feelings he was having and had thought that it was Unicron's curse coming back. He shuttered his optics as he felt Nightshade's optics on to him. The ruby orbs never left him and he felt his chasing clamp up at the thought that she would learn more of what he had done. The pain that he had caused.

"Galvatron, war makes monsters of us all! We learn quickly that it is either kill or be killed! What you done was something that was beyond your control. You know that it was because Unicron that you done those actions! You did not know he was controlling you like a puppet. Galvatron you're free on Unicron's hold and Raf is alive and well!" Nightshade said to him gaining his attention back to him.

Galvatron could feel his plating relax at her words. His red optics drifted back to where UNIT was keeping Unicron. He was assured that Unicron would not escape like he had in Cybertron because of how Optimus saw goodness in all people. The sound of splashing made him look up. A large canister above the cell that was holding Unicron was being filled with a silver liquid. Arching an opticridge he looked back down at Nightshade. "Nightshade, what is that?" he asked looking back up at the canister that was nearing being full.

Nightshade followed his gaze to see the canister. "Their filing it with mercury! Mercury is a substance that not only causes madness to the humans but it keeps evil at bay in that it weakens their power greatly!" Nightshade replied as the mercury was dumped on top of the cell that was keeping the essence of Unicron from wrecking havoc with Seth.

"We have a prison designed from tombs from Ancient Egypt for Seth once we capture him and can't find a way to destroy him!" she said suddenly just as the sound of clang metal reached her hearing. Both her and Galvatron took battle stances along with the human soldiers in that their guns were aimed at the direction of the source of the disturbance. A couple Shadow Men hovered just above the ground. Their clawed hands clenched as they prepared to take out a foe that had managed to get past all the security that UNIT had put up to keep their enemies away from all the tech that they had.

Nightshade dropped low to the ground. She kept her wings folded and close to herself as black lightning crackled around her teeth. Even though he was treading lightly she could still hear his pedes tapping into the ground. She could also hear muffled whispering coming from the area of the clanging. Keeping low she allowed herself to come into view of three small huddled figures that were trying to keep hidden in the shadows.

A foot stuck out for a quick second before whipping back into the shadows. It was quick, but her optics had caught it. "Come out of the shadows before I send all three of you to the dungeons! I should make you aware that all UNIT soldiers are trained in beheadings!" Nightshade snapped at the small three figures. With an annoyed sigh Miko was the first to come out followed by Jack and Raf. "You three are becoming a real pain in my afterburners! Why are you here?" she asked the three of them but her optics were fixed on Miko.

Jack was about to say something but her red optics jumped to him, "Not you, her!" she snapped looking back at Miko.

Jack slumped and looked over at Miko with a sympathy.

Miko sighed and came face to face with Nightshade with Galvatron standing right behind her. "I just wanted to see what was going on! I mean you just allowed us to move from one room to another! That was all and I want adventure! You can't just think that we are going to sit around you are wrong!" Miko snapped back. She made it clear that she did not like Nightshade, and Nightshade did not like her.

"This is an active military base! It is not safe for you to be wondering around!" Galvatron spoke up from behind Nightshade.

"Its best that we send you back to your dimension!" Nightshade said before turning on her heels. She looked at the closet UNIT solider. "Take them to the Moonray and tell the Moonray to get in touch with Prime from their dimension!" she ordered the solider. The soldier nodded before nodding his head with a grunt. He grabbed Miko by her arm and dragged her away. Jack and Raf were close behind as they followed the soldier to the silver and blue jet. A flash of blue was seen and the three children had returned to their own dimension.

Galvatron noticed Nightshade's wings drop slightly. "What's the matter?" he asked her.

"Their safe! That's all that matters! I don't want them anywhere near Unicron or Seth who is still out there!" she replied before walking away. "I need to get ready to head to New York! I need to speak to Captain Rogers about something!"

Galvatron followed close behind her. He took planned stepped so he did not step on her tail. UNIT soldiers kept working on making sure that Unicron was not going to get out. One god of chaos was enough for all of them. They were sure that even with the combined forces of UNIT, SHIELD and the Avengers would not be enough to take Seth when he got his full powers back. Something that no one wants to happen. The Book of the Dead, was what he needed for all of his powers to return but that was lost to history.

"But before I do that I take it we can both agree with Miko is a wildcard? One that must be watched at all times before she causes problems to both allies and enemies!" she said while looking over her wings as she kept on walking away from the Black Archives.

"That we can agree on!" he said with a smirk as he followed Nightshade out of the Black Archives. He did not dare look back. He was finally and truly free of Unicron. He was locked away and he was among people he trusted. He was not seen as a monster. He had saved his world. He had saved his best friend who he considered a brother. He was no longer a monster. He had redeemed himself. He had been blessed by Primus above for this chance, which so many other Decepticons and Autobots were not going to get. He had been given a second chance. He was going to live it to the fullest and defend the people of this world.