Disclaimer:Transformers belongs to Hasbro, Takara, etc . The only thing in this that belongs to me is Arcee's sister.
Since their last encounter with the Autobots, M.E.C.H had disappeared off radar. Essentially, they were ghosts. And would be until their leader was back to health. As the medic stated before, in the scope of conventional medicine, Silas' case was hopeless. After all, he was crushed by 20 tons of metal that made up Nemesis Prime, their attempt at a knock-off of Optimus Prime. However, M.E.C.H was anything but conventional and they would find a way to bring back their leader.
And that was what they were doing in their new base. This day had been coming for months. They had finally found a way to revive their leader and they were putting it to use.
After connecting the two cables, the power up button was pressed. Electricity coursed through the frame of Breakdown who was rebuilt by M.E.C.H after Airachnid dismantled him several months ago.
As Breakdown's arms began moving, the machine powering the machine went into overload and was dangerously close to blowing the place up and bringing them back to square one. Fortunately for them, it didn't come to that. Instead, there were only a series of alarms and clouds of smoke. They watched cautiously, waiting for something to happen. Waiting for the ingenious plan of theirs to work.
Their dreams came true when they saw Breakdown's yellow optics come to life. They watched as Breakdown's helm turned around and took in the sights around him. When he looked down, he saw one of his chief scientists step forward, immediately letting everyone know that they hadn't succeeded in reviving Breakdown…
But the successful transplantation of Silas into Breakdown's recently mended remains.
"Welcome back, sir," one of the scientists greeted.
"What have you done?" Silas asked.
"What we needed to in order to save you, Silas " the scientist answered sympathetically.
"I'm...one of them," Silas observed as he glanced at his servos.
"The logical evolution of M.E.C.H's experiments and biotech. Your brain fused with the donor's nervous and skeletal systems," the scientist clarified.
"The perfect meld of man and machine," Silas muttered as he looked at the machinery surrounding him from inside Breakdown's recently-mantled frame, "Exquisite… Thank you all for your dedication and a lifetime of service. But I now seem more suited to keep the exclusive company of titans."
As Silas made Breakdown's Shoulder cannon deploy from the left shoulder of his frame and aimed it at the soldiers and scientists below him, everyone knew what was going to happen. After dedicating their time and resources to bring back their leader, he was going to turn around and turn their multiple crisscrosses from their time in the US Military together into double crosses.
Despite their instincts telling them to run, no one did, knowing that wherever they hid, Silas would find them. With a few shots, everyone was dead.
Silas ' branch of M.E.C.H had disbanded. Just not in the way everyone thought it would.
After taking care of the army that made up his branch of M.E.C.H and destroying the evidence, Silas took off. For him, it didn't take long to figure out how to transform from his robot form to his vehicle form. Whenever he was in his vehicle form, Silas would sit in the driver's seat to make it look normal.
Silas drove on until he arrived at a military base. The same one that M.E.C.H attacked with Nemesis Prime and the same base Fowler was leaving when he was almost bumped off the road by the very same creation. When he pulled up at the gate, a security soldier stepped out of the booth. The soldier stood outside the widow and Silas rolled down the window slightly so the soldier could only see his eyes.
"Colonel Leland Bishop," Silas sneered.
"Bulkhead, you really mustn't allow yourself to decline," Ratchet sighed.
"Yeah, Bulk! You gotta pull yourself out of this funk!" Miko said, agreeing with Ratchet.
During a rainy day in Jasper, Nevada, everyone was confined to the base. Utilizing the opportunity, Ratchet decided to talk to Bulkhead about his lack of motivation and effort when it came to his recovery from the injuries he received during the relic hunt. He has been in a state of depression since Smokescreen's arrival a week ago.
And Ratchet had enough.
"What's the use?" Bulkhead asked bitterly, still doubtful about his position on Team Prime due to Smokescreen's arrival.
"You need to regain your strength," Ratchet enforced, "The time will come…"
"Hey Bulkhead, I've been thinking. With your injury and all, you might want to take advantage of the armor I snagged from Starscream," Smokescreen suggested as he walked in carrying the Apex Armor, "Instant muscle suit."
"You think I need a crutch?!" Bulkhead growled as he knocked the Apex Armor out of Smokescreen's servos causing it to fly into the one of the Cybertronian computer.
"Bulkhead, I needed that!" Ratchet cried.
"When what? You guys will need an assist? Isn't that what the new guy's for?!" Bulkhead snapped.
"Out of my way, rookie," Bulkhead snapped as he transformed his wrecking ball mace that replaced his servo back into his servo and limped away.
"He can walk!" Smokescreen said with shock and surprise as Bulkhead reached for the lob ball and began using it to work out, "Looks like he's fit for duty to me."
"You don't even know what you're talking about," Ratchet muttered before beginning his work to fix the computers that Bulkhead accidentally broke. Miko smiled warmly at Smokescreen and gave him a thumbs up. That is, before the two of them notice the trouble Jack was having.
"You've gotta be kidding, Raf!" Jack cried in disbelief into the phone, "You of all people grounded?!"
"Big time," Raf sighed, "I misplaced some homework and blew a couple of tests."
"Translation: A- instead of A," Miko surmised.
"I'm probably spending too much time at the base," Raf shrugged casually, trying to figure out why his grades were starting to slip which resulted in him getting grounded.
"Rafael! I hope you're not on the phone in there!" Raf's mother said outside Raf's bedroom door.
"No, mama!" Raf called back before turning back to his phone, "Say hi to Bee for me. Until I improve these grades, I'm off Team Prime."
"Just when we get one back, we lose another," Miko sighed sadly as she and Jack glanced at Bulkhead Working out and after Raf hung up.
Aboard the Nemesis, they were about to get a few surprises themselves. Everything began when Knockout and Soundwave were monitoring the computers in the main room. A life signal appeared on one of the screens. Normally, this wouldn't surprise them. However, this just happened to be the life signal of someone who has been presumed dead for numerous months.
It was Breakdown's.
"Strange," Knockout mused, "Lord Megatron! It appears that Breakdown's signal has popped back online! Albeit corrupted."
"Investigate with caution. It may well be an Autobot trick," Megatron warned.
"I certainly hope not. Breakdown may act the brute. But he's a maestro behind a rotary buffer," Knockout smirked as he brushed some invisible dust off his shoulders to prove his point.
The base that Silas entered was close to being nothing more than a smoldering pit. Cars were turned over. Tanks were destroyed. Not a single soldier in sight. People who would drive by the base or visit would wonder what had happened.
In the centre of the base, a Ground Bridge portal appeared. Emerging from the portal was Knockout with a handful of Vehicons accompanying him. Clearly, he was following Megatron's advice by approaching the situation with caution. When he looked around, he at first saw nothing out of the ordinary. The base almost a smoldering crisp.
Then he heard the sounds of footsteps and metal grinding against the concrete. Knockout's interest was directed at the hole in the wall where smoke was coming from. He wanted to know who was inside and what he possessed. Both object-wise and ability-wise.
Who he saw was Breakdown.
But there were differences…
"Breakdown, where have you-?!" Knockout's question of joy was cut off by horror as he realized that something was wrong, "Breakdown, what happened to you?"
"Therein lies a tale that won't nearly be as interesting to Megatron as this," Silas proclaimed as he held a giant silver briefcase in Knockout's face to prove his point, "So take me to your leader."
When Fowler found out about the news, the first thing he did was notify the Autobots. This time, instead of the usual video chat that sometimes involved yelling on Fowler's behalf, he flew to the base and told them in person.
"At 16:30 hours, a satellite was stolen from a high-security military vault. Surveillance shows the Decepticon known as Breakdown at the scene," Fowler began explaining, causing everyone to look at each other in slight surprise.
"Haven't seen him in a while," Bulkhead remarked, voicing the reason behind everyone's surprise.
"It looks like Breakdown entered the base in vehicle mode with someone behind the wheel," Fowler added after closely examining the security feed he had gotten from the base.
"A Decepticon paired with a Human?!" Ratchet exclaimed in disbelief.
"And I have a pretty good hunch who. The satellite stolen was Project: Damocles," Fowler announces.
"Invented by Silas," Optimus rumbled.
"I guess the former Colonel Bishop wanted it back," Fowler shrugged.
Bumblebee buzzed a reply with confusion.
"Yeah, I thought Silas was paste?" Arcee said agreeing with Bumblebee.
"No argument there," Fowler nodded in agreement.
"Agent Fowler, even if he were alive, are you suggesting that Silas has allied M.E.C.H with the Decepticons?!" Ratchet exclaimed in disbelief, "I highly doubt that Megatron would even entertain such an idea!"
"Why not? The human/bot alliance works for us," Jack state's dryly.
"Most of the time," Arcee muttered, referring to Ratchet.
"Maybe he survived but crippled, as in nearly dead and his surgeons fused him with Breakdown's corpse," Chromette suggested, thinking of a way of how Silas survived.
"Knockout, what is this abomination?!" Megatron demanded in anger, And why have you brought it here?"
"I am Cylas, as in Cybernetic Life Augmented by Symbiosis," Cylas told him as he changed his name from Silas to Cylas as he now was a cyborg and bowed before him, "I come with a proposition."
"This is the human who dejected Breakdown!" Knockout cried in anger as he transformed his servo into his rotating saw, "Please my liege, allow me to return the favor."
"I propose that you not overlook the one asset that provides Optimus Prime an advantage. At least, on this world," Cylas suggested.
"And that would be?" Megatron inquired dryly.
"The Human Factor," Cylas clarified with a slight smirk, causing Megatron to figure out what he was hinting.
"Look around you, Cylas! I command an army from a mighty warship. What could a human possibly offer?!" Megatron asked.
"I am no ordinary human and this is no ordinary weapon, Cylas proclaimed as he gestured toward the weapon he had stole from the military vault.
"Damocles is a particle beam cannon so powerful it can slice up the Pentagon like a birthday cake or give everyone on Mount Rushmore a Mohawk from a satellite in orbit," Fowler explained just what Project Damocles was to everyone in the base, "It's the work of a madman in Megatron's hands."
"A threat to everyone anywhere on the planet," Megatron mused as he thought about everything Cylas told him.
"With pinpoint accuracy at the flick of a switch," Cylas piped in.
"And what is it that you wish in return?" Megatron inquired, knowing full well that Cylas had a hidden agenda.
"Merely a place at the table," Cylas answered as he bowed once again.
"The 'Cons may have the satellite. But they can't use it without the interface code. The only copy is stored on a secure network at headquarters in Colorado," Fowler Said as he held a folder in his hand.
"We must keep the code from Decepticon hands at all costs," Optimus proclaimed.
"It's roll time!" Bulkhead smirked as he pounded his fist into his open servo as he went to follow.
"Yip! Yip! I have not yet cleared you for active duty," Ratchet quickly reminded Bulkhead, "Nor are you ready to roll."
"Attention! All personnel are ordered to evacuate immediately! We have a level 5 radiation leak! Repeat! Evacuate immediately!"
The soldiers at the secure building at Colorado assumed that this was a cover Fowler was using to warn everyone on base of an upcoming Autobot-Decepticon battle. However, it was quite the opposite. It was Soundwave using a voice recording of Fowler's he had obtained.
Within moments, he had found his way into the secure building. No sooner than had he found his way inside, he immediately deployed his extendable cables to one of the keyboards connected to one of the computers. Within moments, he began downloading the interface code for Project Damocles.
It didn't take the Autobots long to figure out what was going to happen. So Optimus, Smokescreen, Arcee and Bumblebee immediately bridged to Colorado. Upon arrival, they were met by blaster fire courtesy of the Vehicons standing guard. Immediately, the four Autobots separated. Arcee, Chromette and Bumblebee hid behind a rock, while Optimus and Smokescreen did the same together.
"The Decepticons have preceded us," Optimus said before transforming his servo into his blaster, "We must secure the command center."
As soon as those words left his mouth, Optimus and Smokescreen raced ahead. Immediately, Arcee, Chromette and Bumblebee raced after them to catch up.
When Megatron saw his enemies on the surveillance, he wasn't happy.
"The Autobots have arrived!" Megatron observed in anger.
"Megatron, relax," Cylas coaxed, earning a glare and a growl from the Decepticon lord, "Lord Megatron, Soundwave may need the code to move and operate the Damocles here aboard your ship. But while jacked into the mainframe, the Damocles is his to command."
With a press of the button, the Damocles satellite was launched from the warship into Earth's orbit. Once in orbit, it transformed into the full shape of the satellite and prepared to power up.
"Soundwave, prepare for beta test," Soundwave heard Megatron say on his comlink and nodded in response, Soundwave immediately went to work. With his free extendable cable, he tapped into the free controls for the Damocles satellite. Immediately, he zoomed in on his approaching targets just outside the building.
Smokescreen transformed into his vehicle mode and raced ahead. When he was close enough, he transformed into his robot form and attacked the Vehicons. One went to tackle him to the ground. But Smokescreen was quick to turn the tide. The Elite Guard member flipped them over and delivered multiple punches to his face.
Then he heard the sound of a small explosion of something breaking through the sound barrier and a loud hum coming from the pitch black skies above him. Looking up, he saw a particle beam hurtling towards him. In horror, he quickly realized what had just happened.
The satellite has been fired.
And he was the first target.
Smokescreen was quick to move out of the way of the rapidly approaching danger. The Vehicon he had been attacking, however, wasn't as lucky as mortal enemy. The Vehicon was struck by the bright particle beam and was quick to be killed.
"Whoa," Smokescreen remarked as he saw the Vehicon he was fighting burnt to a crisp.
"Promising," Megatron observed with a smirk.
Optimus looked up to the skies and saw that the satellite was fired again. This time, he, Bumblebee, Arcee and Chromette were the targets as well as Smokescreen.
"Fall back!" Optimus immediately instructed as they began running.
When the beam hit the ground, it didn't stop and disintegrate like it did the first time when that Vehicon was killed. This time, it followed the five Autobots around the military base with no signs of simply disintegrating until its target was destroyed.
"Ratchet, we require backup!" Optimus said on the Cybertronian Computer System through the comlink.
"I'm there," Bulkhead promised as he went to approach the Ground Bridge, only to be stopped by Ratchet speaking gibberish and physically holding the Wrecker back.
"Can you remotely disable Project Damocles under Agent Fowler's advisement?" Optimus asked Ratchet through the comlink.
"On a human based computer network without my backup?! Without Rafael?!" Ratchet exclaimed with disbelief.
That was all that needed to be said. A bored Rafael was about to have a mission of his lifetime.
When he heard the familiar whirl and saw the familiar flash, he immediately turned around. To his surprise, he saw Jack, Miko and Fowler walk through the Ground Bridge casually.
"What are you guys doing here?!" Raf demanded.
"Son, your planet needs you," Fowler proclaimed as he knelt down and held out the file for Raf to take.
When the particle beam had finally disintegrated, the Autobots stood on their pedes.
"Autobots! We must draw it's fire to distract from Rafael's efforts!" Optimus proclaimed.
"Somehow, I don't think that'll be a problem," Arcee remarked as the particle beam started firing again and they took off running again.
Knowing that they weren't going to go anywhere any faster on foot, they transformed into their vehicle modes, hoping to successfully provide a distraction.
But somehow knowing that Soundwave was involved, they knew that their chances were slim.
"Ratchet! You gotta send me in!" Bulkhead pleaded.
"So you can be an even easier target?! You have yet to gain your full range of motion!" Ratchet continued his strong protests.
"But Breakdown's back! My archenemy! Come on! Even the kids are in on the action!" Bulkhead whined.
Ratchet sighed, knowing that he was never going to win, and finally relented, "Very well, Bulkhead. You are clear for duty."
"Yes!" Bulkhead cheered as he raced towards the Ground Bridge.
"A duty of my choosing!" Ratchet quickly added.
"I'm in, but I can't reach the targeting systems. Too many firewalls," Raf proclaimed as he hacked into the satellite.
"Come on, son. If the 'Cons make off with that interface code, Damocles will light up the sky 24/7," Fowler told him.
"Let them have the code. It won't do them any good without the satellite," Raf suggested.
"Can't say I follow," Fowler confessed with confusion.
"All satellites have maneuvering thrusters so they can adjust their orbits," Raf clarified, "If I can break into the navigation subroutine, I can bring the whole satellite down."
"Great," Fowler said before asking sheepishly, "Say, Um, which way's the bathroom?"
Both Jack and Miko looked at him with disbelief before Raf turned around in the chair he was sitting in, "What?! No! If my mom sees you-"
"Relax, I trained in covert ops," Fowler boasted.
"I don't care if you were trained by a ninja. My mom has eyes in the back of your head!" Raf said as he got off the chair and stood up.
An intruder in the system?!" Megatron said in disbelief as he shoved Cylas out of the way after noticing the alert, "Soundwave! We have a breach!"
The systems were quick to locate the location of the hacker. Megatron noticed that the beacon quickly raced to the state of Nevada. Specifically, at its centre.
"Jasper, Nevada," Cylas observed, "It could only be the Autobots' human allies."
"Then perhaps you should attend to the matter," Megatron suggested.
"Surely, one of your subordinates is more suitable," Cylas began to protest.
"NOW!" Megatron snapped.
Smokescreen was getting tired of all the aimless driving. So when he saw the opportunity to raced ahead and stop Soundwave from stealing the interface code, he had to take it.
"CLEAR SHOT! I'M GOING IN!" Smokescreen announced as he raced ahead…only to narrowly avoid the particle beam being fired from the Damocles satellite, "Scratch that!"
For Cylas, it didn't take long for him to figure out who the hacker was. With the files he had about them, he knew that Rafael 'Raf' Esquivel was the team Prime's best hacker. So it was safe to assume that he was the one hacking into the controls for the Damocles satellite.
"Goodnight, Hacker," Cylas smirked as he aimed
his cannon at Raf's house in his Alternate mode.
Unfortunately for the three inside Raf's bedroom, Jack was directly in the firing line. If Cylas was planning on firing multiple times, Jack would be the first to die.
Bulkhead was lucky to have arrived when he did. When he saw the weapon on Cylas' car roof prepare to fire, he felt anger coursing through his veins. No one was allowed to threaten his future Sparkmate and expects to get away with it. So quickly, he crashed into Cylas and pushed him down the road.
"Good call on curbside duty, Ratch," Bulkhead said to himself with a smirk evident in his voice.
Bulkhead didn't stop driving down the road until he sent Cylas tumbling down into the sewage ditch. It just happened to be the same ditch where Jack and Raf first encountered the Autobots and Decepticons, and had they stuck around, they would have met Bulkhead as well.
They both transformed as they went to land in the ditch. Instantly, they stood ready to fight. It didn't take long for Cylas to notice Bulkhead's injury.
"Been itching to trade pay with you again," Bulkhead said with a smirk, "Where you been, Breakdown?"
"Be patient. I'm about to send you there," Cylas promised, causing Bulkhead's optics to widen in horror at the revelation.
"You're not Breakdown," Bulkhead said with disbelief.
"But you are Bulkhead, and this is the last time you'll interfere with one of my operations," Cylas proclaimed, causing Bulkhead to realize who he was dealing with.
"Silas?!" Bulkhead gasped in disbelief and realized that Chromette's theory was correct about M.E.C.H fusing their crippled leader with Breakdown's frame.
"In the flesh...in a manner of speaking," Silas answered with a smirk.
Immediately, Cylas and Bulkhead went to attack one another. While Bulkhead came on strong, it wasn't long until Cylas knocked him down. But through determination, Bulkhead was able to rise again and again. This was something that amazed and amused Cylas.
At the base, Ratchet was desperately trying to reach Bulkhead, earning no response.
"Bulkhead! Do you read?!" Ratchet cried.
Back at the command center in Colorado, Soundwave was still downloading the interface code for Project Damocles. The download progress was 75% complete. As he monitored the download, he monitored the progress of the approaching Autobots. Whenever one of them came within even a few feet close to the building, he would attack them with the particle beam from the Damocles satellite.
That was what happened with Optimus when he came close. The particle beam went after him, causing him to retreat from the command centre.
"Optimus! I fear that Bulkhead requires immediate backup!" Ratchet announced on his comlink.
"Ugh, where did they hide the substring?!" Raf asked in frustration.
At that moment, Fowler came back into the room. He had successfully convinced Raf and the others to allow him to use the bathroom, only after warning them of the disastrous consequences that would result if they didn't let him do so. Fortunately for him, he managed to do so without being caught by Mrs. Esquivel. He, however, left behind a problem.
"F.Y.I, you're low on T.P," Fowler announced sheepishly.
"Reaction time is slow. You're favoring your right side. Legs are weak," Cylas observed as he knocked Bulkhead to the ground once again.
"I'll show you weak!" Bulkhead snarled as he charged and went to attack once again, only to miss and be knocked down again.
"You should have stayed in bed, Autobot," Cylas tormented with a smirk as he approached the fallen Autobot, ready to deliver the fatal blow.
He never got the chance as Smokescreen seemingly appeared from nowhere and kicked Cylas in the chassis, effectively knocking him back and keeping him away from Bulkhead. Rolling onto his back, Bulkhead looked up, admiration radiating in his optics at Smokescreen's valor.
"Assist. What the new guy's for," Smokescreen smirked as he helped Bulkhead to his feet.
"One new guy to another, this is your final day on the job," Cylas sneered as he transformed his servo into Breakdown's signature hammer and charged to attack.
As Cylas went to slam his hammer into them, Smokescreen and Bulkhead scattered, forcing Cylas to slam his hammer into the concrete.
"They're attempting to disable the satellite!" Megatron roared as he saw the same warning signs that Soundwave was seeing, "Cylas, how difficult is it to squash a human child?! …CYLAS!"
It was then and there that he realized just how unreliable Cylas actually is. Also, he realized that it was better to do the job himself rather than have someone else do the dirty work for him…in a way.
When he saw that Soundwave had successfully downloaded the codes, he knew what had to be done.
"We have the codes? Then target the intruders and destroy him!" Megatron ordered his eyes and ears.
Occasionally, Bumblebee would look behind him to see where the particle beam that was chasing him was. When he looked back once, he was surprised to see the particle beam begin to disappear. While he found this suspicious, he saw an opportunity present itself to him. And he knew that Optimus was seeing the same thing.
"This is our opportunity!" Optimus cried, "Autobots, scorn the command center!"
"I'm almost there," Raf announced as he continues working on disabling the satellite.
Then he heard the rapid alarms. In confusion, Raf examined the satellite. And when he did, he saw that trouble was coming.
"Raf, rock on! It's moving!" Miko cheered.
"That isn't me," Raf confessed as he shook his head as he looked at her, causing Jack, Miko and Fowler to gape in horror and it didn't take them long for them to figure out what was going to happen.
In Colorado, Optimus, Bumblebee, Arcee and Chromette were quick to take the opportunity presented towards them. Opening fire on any Vehicon that was still alive and trying to stop them, they raced towards the command center, hoping they would be able to stop Soundwave before it was too late.
Eventually, the raining blaster fire courtesy of the Autobots destroyed the three Vehicons that were still standing and the latter were able to push onwards.
Meanwhile, inside Raf's bedroom at the Esquivel residence, Raf was able to figure out just where the satellite was heading. And even though he had his suspicions, he was horrified to realize that his suspicions had been confirmed.
"Erm, guys, that's Jasper," Jack observed.
"Ooh! I can see my host parent's house!" Miko cheered excitedly, earning weird looks from everyone else in the room.
"And I can see my house right in the target sites!" Raf cried in horror.
"Anytime, son!" Fowler urged after looking at the ceiling.
"Full thruster burn!" Raf suddenly exclaimed as he types in commands.
Once He had hit enter, the commands he typed in began to take place. Despite the satellite still firing the particle beam at Jasper, Nevada, he was able to shift the target away from his house. The beam narrowly flew above the roof and just below the power lines. However, the same couldn't be said for the sign of KO Burgers, which is now missing the top left hand corner.
"Yes!" Fowler cheered, "You're a genius!"
Then suddenly they heard someone Knocking on the door to Raf's room, causing them all to widen their eyes with fear.
"Rafael Jorge Gonzalez Esquivel!" They heard Raf's mother say as she opened the door. The four of them quickly went into a group circle with text books in their hands, and went into this position in record time. "What is going on in here?"
"Study group," Raf Shrugged casually.
When Bumblebee had taken down the remaining Vehicon, he, Optimus, Arcee and Chromette raced ahead. It was Arcee's turn to kick down the door and lead the charge into the central hub. However, when they arrived, they were too late. They looked at the hole in the roof Soundwave had made in his plan to escape capture.
So much for their attempts to stop them from receiving the code.
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hrough the advantages of putting aside their differences and teaming up, Bulkhead and Smokescreen had changed the tides as Cylas was the one that was being knocked down multiple times. Cylas went to stand up and attack again.
"Cylas, return to base immediately," Megatron said on Cylas' comlink.
Deciding to go out with a bang, Cylas fired a missile at Bulkhead and Smokescreen. Bulkhead and Smokescreen were quick to move out of the way. The missile exploded as soon as it made contact with the concrete ground.
However, to Cylas' horror, Bulkhead and Smokescreen weren't caught in the pillar of smoke and flames that were emitted from the missile as he thought they had. In fact, they were growling and baring their denta as they approached Cylas menacingly. Fortunately the Cylas, the GroundBridge open and he was able to retreat.
Looking up to the skies, they saw a shooting pillar of flame fly across the stars. For Bulkhead and Smokescreen, it didn't take long for them to realize that the pillar of flame was the Damocles satellite that Raf had successfully brought down.
Mostly, they were just glad to have one less thing to worry about.
"Looks like someone's big plan just burnt up in re-entry," Bulkhead smirked as he and Smokescreen hi-fived each other.
"And for the record, I studied every one of the Wrecker's battles," Smokescreen admitted.
"There's still hope for you yet, newbie," Bulkhead promised.
Meanwhile back on the Nemesis, Megatron wasn't happy, he was angry with Cylas as his plan failed.
"Cylas, you have earned your place at the table," Megatron proclaimed.
"Lord Megatron, I am honored," Cylas said happily.
"Knockout's dissection gable," Megatron corrected, causing Cylas to freeze in horror and fear.
"Breakdown would be tickled," Knockout said with a smirk as Cylas turned around and saw him across from him.
"No, Lord Megatron! Why?!" Cylas demanded as he stumbled backwards.
"Because Damocles was the best you had to offer, and it is no more. The Human Factor did indeed tip the scales...in favor of my enemies," Megatron said as Soundwave's visor brought up an old photo of Jack, Raf and Miko, of when they were trying to stop him from licking the Decepticons' original Space abridge onto Cybertron through the linked radio-telescope dishes in Texas.
Cylas gasped in pain as he felt the electricity course through him, effectively causing him to fall to the ground and paralyzing him. Standing behind him was a smirking Knockout, who was holding his cackling Energon prod in his servos.
"He will be a fascinating case for study," Megatron proclaimed as he, Knockout and Soundwave approached Cylas.
"I will leave no fiber or fiber-optic unexamined," Knockout said tapping on Cylas' unprotected Optic to prove his point.
"No, no, no! Megatron, I'm here to serve you! No! No! No! NO!" Cylas screamed as he was dragged out of the bridge to Knockout's laboratory.
Megatron just stood there with a smirk on his face plate. He should have known better than to offer his best straight up.
Oh well. It was one more enemy he didn't have to worry about.
Next is Legacy, please favorite, follow and review. I also want more suggestions on how I should turn Jack into a Cybertronian, I really want something that is within the show like Cybermatter or something.