Hey everyone, I know its been a very long time since I have updated this story. I am very very sorry about that. Life has been crazy and its been hard to find time to sit and write. Also inspiration is hard to come by as well. When I do get it, I am usually not near anything to write it down on. So to that I have to also say how sorry I am that this chapter is so short. I hate putting out such short chapters but I decided that I needed to put this up so you all know that I am still here and working on this.
As far as this chapter goes, I kind of like it but its not what I had truly wanted to do. I don't know, it just feels kind of off to me. I may just be strange but let me know what you all think.
A shudder ran through Optiumus's frame as a strong pules rippled from his spark. He fought the urge to bring his battle mask out as a feeling of ill over took him. It wasn't the first time that this had happened to him. Ever since Sam had been taken by Starscream more then two weeks ago he had been having the same feeling of foreboding. He could feel something coming, something far worse then anything that had come before. He didn't know exactly what was going to happen but he knew that one way or another everything they had been fighting for would come to an end. He just hoped that when the coming storm broke that they would still be standing and that Sam would be alright.
A loud explosion shook Optimus from his thoughts. At first he thought that it was simply Ironhide working on the target range, but he was proved wrong when a message come to him from the black mech.
::Optimus... you should come out and see this.::
Confused by the message Optimus quickly made his way out of the hanger he had been in and stood out in the open looking around for whatever it was that he was suppose to be seeing. Moving quickly Optimus found Ironhide standing a fare distance from the main hanger along with several other Autobots and more then a few of the human soldiers.
"Ironhide." Optimus greeted his old friend. "What has happened?"
Ironhide didn't turn to look at the Prime. He simply nodded his head in the direction he was facing and said; "I've never seen anything like it."
Looking in the same direction, Optimus saw the same barren stretch of dessert that surrounded each side of there base. It wasn't anything new, but it didn't take long for Optimus to realize that the dessert wasn't what everyone was looking at. A massive cloud was slowly crawling across the sky in the distance. Its ink blackness blocking the sun completely from the ground covering it in complete darkness. Small bolts of lightning could be seen darting around inside the storm cloud each one was followed by a massive rumble of thunder.
"We have seen worse storms on other worlds Ironhide..." Optimus said not sure why his Autobots where acting in such a way.
Ironhide shook his head. "Not like this Optimus... scan it and see what I mean."
Confused by the odd request Optimus slowly began to scan the coming storm clouds. At first nothing unusual came up, but as the scan ran deeper into the moving mass a new reading began to show up. Optimus's optics grew wider as he pushed his scanners to there limit trying to get as much information as he could.
"This is impossible..." Optimus said.
"That's what I thought..." Ironhide replied. "But every mech here got the same readings."
Both Optimus and Ironhide stared at the dark clouds as they continued to draw closer and closer. The feeling of foreboding began to swell up inside Optimus again and he knew what was coming. A bright flash of lightning burst out from the cloud and erupted on the desert ground followed quickly by a massive explosion. The energy ripple that washed over them all from the explosion couldn't be anything else.
"Sam..." Optimus whispered to himself, his spark aching from the knowledge of what this show of power must be doing to the boy.
The dark clouds began to drift over the base and it didn't take long before the entire sky was blocked by the clouds. The raw power could be felt by the humans as well as the Autobots. Another massive bolt of lightning burst out from the clouds and struck right in the center of the base. Everyone watched in shock as the bolt passed right through the shields protecting the base. From the spot that the bolt passed through a ripple ran through the air as the shield began to dissolve. A series of explosions erupted around the entire base as each of the shield generators began to overload and explode.
Turning back to face the direction the storm had come from Optimus could just make out a series of figures standing in the distance. Each one stood ready to strike and in the center of there group stood the mech that Optimus would know any where. His burning red optics met with his and his cruel laughter sounded out louder then anything else. Optimus clenched his fists tightly as his battle mask slid into place.
"Megatron." He growled watching his fallen brother begin his march forward.
Megatron couldn't keep the grin from lifting his facial plates. Everything he had ever worked for was about to come to a head. He would wipe out the Autobots, kill his unworthy brother and bring about the new rein of Cybertron with him as its supreme ruler. Added to all that, the shear power that was running like lightning throughout his entire being. The pure power of the AllSpark was coursing through him just waiting for him to unleash it. His optics burned an unnatural color, no longer there normal bright red nether wore they there long lost blue. Now they glowed a brilliant hot white and crackled with power.
He could feel everything around him with a new clarity. He didn't need his scanners to tell him where his Decepticons where or where the Autobots where. He could see each and every one. He could feel there sparks pulsing and he could see there every strength and ever weakness. To a lesser extent he could even see the pathetic humans. Since they didn't have a spark it was more that he could feel where they where. The small amount of energy that there bodies produced gave away there positions and he could see how to manipulate that energy if he so wished.
Unable to hold back any more, Megatron let out a thunderous laugh that carried all the way to the Autobot base.
"Shall we begin our attack my lord?" One of his soldiers asked.
Megatron could hear the eagerness in the 'Cons voice. They where all desperate to prove themselves to there leader and he knew it. Nodding his head he unleashed his forces on the Autobots.
"Kill them all!" He yelled. "But leave the Prime for me!"
The gathered Decepticons roared there battle cries and rushed at the base. There weapons engaged they stormed through what was left of the Autobot's defenses and began there assault.
No longer able to feel anything Sam hung in the darkness, broken and beaten he welcomed the numbness that had fallen over him. He knew that the pain wasn't gone, his body was just refusing to acknowledge the pain for the moment. Any second the pain would return and bring with it a fresh wave of agony that would drag him down deeper into his living hell. But for the moment Sam could breath. Not literally since he had long ago felt his lungs rip to shreds and burn away. The fact that he was living without breathing was not a relief like it would be for other people. In truth he wished that he had suffocated long ago if it meant being free from his prison.
He tried to think of something, anything but his mind didn't seem to want to work which didn't surprise him. Pretty much every part of his body had stopped working soon after his decent into darkness. Part of him wondered what was going on in the outside world, but then anther part of him decided that he didn't really care. Even if he knew what horrors where going on out side, it wasn't like he could do anything about it anyway.
A tug at the back of his mind told him that Megatron was once again pulling the AllSpark power from his body. Again Sam thanked the fact that he was numb so that he couldn't feel the intense pain at that moment. The tugging continued for a time before finally dying down to a slight irritation at the very back of his mind.
"I wonder how much of me is still human..." He briefly thought. "Not that it matters, not like I'll be leaving here any time soon."
These thoughts continued to swim in what left of his mind only adding to his hopelessness. Letting his eyes close, Sam tried to not think about anything. Trying to think only made his head hurt more. As his eyes closed and his mind started to fade out a small point of light broke into his darkness. The light wasn't bright, in fact in any other event it wouldn't even be considered light. The point was simply not as pitch black as everything else was. Opening his eyes Sam looked around as much as he could, but he was once again swimming in an endless sea of blackness. Thinking nothing of it he closed his eyes again and once more let his mind start to fade.
Once more the spot appeared. Slightly irritated by its return Sam wished that he could work his voice if only to yell at what ever it was to go away and leave him alone. Unable to move his attention from the point of light, he continued to focus on it until he began to notice something off about it. The more attention he paid to it, the larger it seemed to grow. As it grew in size he began to notice dark shapes moving inside it. However he couldn't tell what they where. They moved to fast and there out lines constantly blurred as if he where seeing them through fogged glass. No matter how hard he focused on them the shapes never came into focus or grew any more definition then there blurry out lines.
Feeling a shudder run through his body Sam's eyes snapped open and the images vanished. That was the last thing on his mind however as he realized what the shudder meant.
"Please no..." He thought.
Less then a second later fire erupted throughout his body and it he felt as if each of his bones where shattering into dust. He screamed inside his head as his mind once more began to register the immense pain that he was in. As his body and mind continued to writhe in torment he knew that even if his body survived that his mind would be nothing but broken fragments.
Like I said, Im sorry for it being so short. I promise the next one will be longer and better then this was. I would very much like to know what you all think about this chapter since I am not sure about it at all. So please leave me a review and let me know what you think.
Thank you to everyone who has stayed with me all this time. I am sorry that my updating has been so crappy. I will do what I can to improve on that.