Chapter 6

The entourage of cars drove along the highway as fast as they could. Pyrrha, in the back seat, held onto the Cube, Nox perched on her shoulder and on the lookout for any threats. On the way, Sam spotted Optimus and the rest of the Autobots, who turned around and joined the military group.

"Um, we've got problems," Sam said.

"What?" asked Mikaela.

"That cop car from before? He's on his way right now."

A scoop truck drove alongside the cop-bot, slamming into vehicles and using the scoop to throw vehicles before transforming. He skated along the highway before barreling through a bus. The bus exploded into flames, and Pyrrha looked back to see the bot having a smile on his face. Optimus transformed, and the other bot tackled him off the side of the bridge.

"Will he be alright?" Pyrrha asked.

Ratchet's voice came over the radio. "Optimus will be fine. He can take Bonecrusher with his eyes closed!"

"Okay," Pyrrha said.

They soon entered the city and stationed themselves on a street. Everyone got out of their cars and got ready for an engagement. Nox was anchored on Pyrrha's shoulder, who held her shield and the AllSpark in her arms. They spotted a F-22 Raptor flying over the city.

Epps attempted to hail the bird, but when he got no response, Ironhide transformed. "It's Starscream!" he yelled.

"Please tell me you copy," Epps said.

"Back up! Take cover!" Ironhide commanded. He turned to Bumblebee and had him help him form cover in the shape of a Furby truck. People began screaming and running away, just in time, too, as Starscream let loose a cluster of missiles that knocked everyone off their feet. People were thrown into buildings by the concussive blast.

When Pyrrha got up, she looked for Nox. The little bot was at least 5 feet away and was rapidly scurrying towards her. She picked him up and placed him on her shoulder. "You're made of pretty sturdy stuff," Pyrrha told him as he chattered away. Then she heard Bee groaning. She grabbed the Cube and ran over to where Sam and Mikaela were standing.

"Bee! You're hurt! Get up!" Sam exclaimed. Bee's groaning and attempts to get to them were saddening. "Come on Bee! You can do it!" Sam encouraged.

Pyrrha was crying. "Bee, you're going to hurt yourself! Stop!" She wiped her face with her hand and shifted her shield and the Cube. That was when something unexpected happened.

When she moved the AllSpark to her other hand, some of her tears got on the Relic. It began glowing. Slowly, a large symbol on the Cube lit up. Then another, and another, until the large symbol and six smaller ones were all glowing. The large symbol and five of the smaller ones dimmed until they were no longer glowing, but one stayed lit up and started glowing brighter. Cybertronians and humans stopped and stared at the Cube in wonder.

Then, arcs of electricity shot out of the Cube and wreathed Bee's legs in blue electricity. They began gathering metal and adding it to Bee's legs until his limbs were whole once again. Once he is complete again, the glow and the sparks stop.

"What the hell was that?" Sam asked as Bee tested out his new legs.

"I don't know," Pyrrha answers. Whoever did that, Primus, Allspark, Primes… Thank you.

A tank shot broke the reverent silence. Looking down the street, they saw a Decepticon making its way towards them, firing shots from its three barrels. People started panicking again, and the tank crushed any cars that got in its way. Pyrrha holstered her shield and threw it at the tank's turret ring, where the turret meets the body, but it bounced off. She had the shield return to her when Ironhide, Jazz and Ratchet ganged up on him.

"Sam! Mikaela! Take cover!" Pyrrha yelled as Bee ran towards the melee. She ran forward and threw her shield at an approaching Decepticon's chest as the Autobots kept pressing their attacks.

"Pesky fleshbag," the Decepticon growled, leveling a cannon at her. She ran and slid under the Decepticon before aiming at the joints. It's kind of like a sentient Atlesian Paladian… except bigger, angrier, and wants to kill everyone… okay, so maybe not… Nox was on her shoulder, firing his mini-RPG at the joints too, and under the combined fire of the humans and Autobots, the tank-bot fell.

Suddenly, a bot landed down the street. "It's Megatron! Fall back!" Ratchet commanded. Everyone except Jazz fell back, who bravely stood there to buy everyone some time. Megatron fired a shot that knocked Jazz off his feet, then grabbed him and flew on top of a building.

"I've got to do something," Pyrrha said. She ran forward and levitated a fallen pole. Closing her eyes, she concentrated, and metal fragments and objects started floating. She opened her eyes and thrust her hands out, and all the metal objects flew towards Megatron at supersonic speeds.

"You want a piece of me?" Jazz was yelling as he fired his cannons.

"No, I want—GAH!" Megatron exclaimed as he was bombarded by the metal. He dropped Jazz, and stared at the meatbag who dared to attack him. Pieces of metal were sticking out of his body, and he was slowly leaking fluid. "You… you FRAGGER!" he exclaimed. He yanked a pole out of his chest and looked to see where she went, only to miss her ducking in an alleyway.

Upon spotting Lennox, she ran up to him. "Where have you been?" Lennox asked.

"I have the AllSpark, saved Jazz, and may have pissed off Megatron," she told him.

"WHAT!" Sam exclaimed as he ducked under a car to avoid a missile.

"Okay, so extracting the Cube and you has now become a priority," Lennox said. "Here." He handed her a flare. "There's a tall, white building with statues on it, go to the roof, set off the flare, and the Black Hawks will pick you up."

"I can't leave Sam here!" Pyrrha protested.

There was a loud bang, and Megatron slammed into the pavement. "Where is she?" he yelled. Jazz suddenly cartwheeled out of an alley and shot at him. "She has the AllSpark!" he snarled, "You are MINE!"

Pyrrha turned and ran, Nox firing away. She vaguely heard Jazz yell, "You are not getting anywhere near her!" before following her. "Pyrrha, I'll cover you!" he yelled to her.

On the way to the building, Starscream came down and landed in his bipedal form. He used his machine guns to disable Jazz while Pyrrha managed to sneak by him. "Go! Get to the building, Pyrrha!" he yelled. She ran, not stopping, even when she reached the relative safety of the building. Thank the Primes for my training, she thought. Soon after she got inside, Megatron burst through a window. "I smell you, girl! I'm gonna kill you and take the Cube!"

As she ran on the second floor, Megatron burst through the floor and chased after her. She threw her shield at his face and didn't bother seeing if it hit its mark. Nox was plugging away with his little gun and RPG, trying to buy her some more time. She ran up several flights of stairs to get to the roof. Once there, she activated the flare and ran to the edge, where a Black Hawk Helicopter waited. She was about to get in when she saw Starscream fire a missile at them. "Look out!" she screamed, "Missile!" The pilot didn't have any time to react. The missile hit, and the helicopter went down, not before the tail rotor chewed up the edge of the building.

Megatron began bursting through the roof at that point. First his arms slammed through, and then he hauled himself up. Pyrrha ran over to the edge of the building, placing herself against the ledge. Flying Dorito of Doom on one building, Megatron in front of me, and a steep fall behind me, she thought as Megatron finished his breakthrough, Well, I'm so screwed.

"Your ability to injure me is intriguing. Give the Cube to me girl, and I may let you live."

"And let you kill everyone on this planet? Hell no!" she defiantly answered.

"Oh, wrong answer," Megatron said. He turned his hand into a flail and slammed it into where she was standing. She fell, both her and Nox screaming.

Her fall was stopped by none other than Optimus Prime. "I've got you," he said. Prime was stretched out between two buildings. "Hang on, Pyrrha!" he told her before jumping from building to building. Megatron quickly followed him, then tackled them to the street.

As they laid on the street, Optimus told Pyrrha, "Pyrrha. You risked your life to protect the Cube."

"No sacrifice, no victory," she responded.

"If I cannot defeat Megatron, you must push the Cube into my chest," Optimus said, "I will sacrifice myself to destroy it." He then ordered her to get behind him.

"It's you and me, Megatron," Prime said.

"No, it's just me, Prime."

Pyrrha watched Optimus duel with Megatron from a crater in the pavement. As they fought, Nox decided to chitter at her. "What is it, Nox?" she asked. The little bot jumped off her shoulder and turned into a phone. On the screen, it showed a cube and Megatron's face. "What do you want me to do?"

Nox took a picture of Megatron and then showed the same cube shape going into Megatron's chest. "You want me to shove the Cube into Megatron's chest?" Nox chittered some more, before showing a cube shape with X's for eyes, alongside Megatron's face, with the same X's for eyes and a tongue hanging out of his mouth. "So it will destroy the AllSpark and kill Megatron?" Nox gave a thumbs up sign. "Okay. I'll do it," she told the little robot. He transformed back and crawled to his shoulder perch.

Optimus was getting his metal butt kicked by Megatron until the Air Force finally got there. They fired HEAT missiles at Megatron, who groaned and stumbled under the furious assault. The army began firing on him too, using their Milkor M32 MGLs and Defense Technologies 37mm Grenade Launchers on his chest. He went to grab Pyrrha, but Optimus tripped him. He landed a few feet away from her and began grabbing at her.

"You will die! Mine! Allspark!" Megatron said as he grasped for her.

"Pyrrha! Push the Cube into my chest NOW!" Optimus commanded.

Megatron was getting up. Nox let out a little vibration, and Pyrrha nodded. She ran over to Megatron.

"Pyrrha! No!"

She raised the AllSpark up and shoved it into Megatron's chest. As the AllSpark disintegrated, electricity wreathed her. Suddenly, everything disappeared and she saw 12 colossal beings. She saw them smile. "Power such as this cannot be created nor destroyed, Pyrrha, only transformed."

When she came back, Megatron was spasming and grunting. Then he fell to the ground, and the light in his eyes went out. Pyrrha and Optimus got up, and the soldiers appeared. Sam and Mikaela followed the soldiers, and they all hesitantly approached Megatron's corpse. "You left me no choice, brother," Optimus said sadly. He crouched down to look at Pyrrha. "Pyrrha, I owe you my life. We are in your debt," he told her.

"You're not the only one," Jazz said, "She saved my life too."

"We have gained new comrades today. You all honor us with your bravery." Optimus addressed the soldiers.

"Permission to speak, sir?" Bumblebee asked.

"Permission granted, old friend."

"I would like to stay with the boy," he said.

"After this is all done, I'd like to stay with the girl," Jazz said.

"If they would like it," Optimus said. Pyrrha and Sam nodded. "Yes. Yes, we would like it."