4 million years ago, the Autobots were preparing to leave Cybertron. Starscream's ambitions were failing and soon the Autobots would leave and Energon would be wasted in a pursuit of them. But an unexpected visitor meets Starscream and gives him the knowledge to defeat the Autobots and Megatron in one fell swoop. How is this possible? (An Alternate timeline story.)

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters or anything of the transformers brand. All rights belong to Hasbro

"So...hey. It's me, Knight again. I'm back after what 3 years? Well I suppose I should say why. Quite simply I couldn't finish this story, or any others for that matter. I was really enjoying this Reign of Starscream universe I created, and I did have the story ideas for all of them. The thing is I was just juggling so many stories and had so many ideas that it was hard to keep writing for them. I will say I pretty much had this planned out, it would have been long. I'm proud of the story I thought of for this piece of fiction, but in the end I wasn't interested i transformers at the time. I kepi switching what I was obsessed with to the point where I had no I've come today to tell you this story will not be finished, not saying never. But for the foreseeable future I'm burned out. Got life plans and my own novel to write. But for you guys who followed me i'm leaving a gift. An overview of the story, to put me and hopefully you at ease. I'll do my best to cover everything. Maybe I'll be back one day when I have like more ideas and nowhere to put them after

Enjoy I guess.


Transformers: Reign of Starscream

Chapter End
The whole story

"So basically Megatron and those on the Nemesis are stuck on a planet rebuilding the ship. Megatron remembers Starscream's betrayal. Soundwave is worried about Megatron's sanity but will follow him. They appear later on, months later if i recall"On Cybertron Starscream has his plan to take Iacon, with Onslaught's help and Shockwave's combiners and Screamers focus on aerial bombardment/attacks the plan will work. Before the Assault Optimus Prime receives a vision/message from Alpha Trion saying a threat to Vector Sigma is imminent and he need to come with a large force to save it. Optimus takes a large contingent and most of his commanders (Ultra Magnus is left in charge on the surface). They go down into the planet."Megacles after that starsceams assault begins. Iacon holds itself for as long as it can, but its defense is broken by the combiners. Those who aren't dead are imprisoned, and the remaining Autobots form a small resistance led by the Wreckers and Magnus. The city is under Decepticon control and Starscream takes his crusade across the other Autobot cities.;"Optimus and the others find out about the assault, but are sealed inside the planet by Alpha trion. They are stricken with grief and anger but Optimus tells them to focus on Vector Sigma (despite his own feelings of failure). Thundercracker gets closer and closer to the truth as Future Starscream sends an assassin to kill him. He survives and begins to realize that their is indeed a conspiracy within the 'Cons. As Starscream tightens his grip Thunder' suspects him more and more. But is not sure what he can do about it.

Weeks later Cybertron is finally under Screamers rule, the Decepticons are now without a war to fight, save the occasional resistance attack. With the center of the planet on Lockdown, guards are placed at the exit and Screamer leaves Optimus to die down there. Many decepticons,are beginning to doubt what will happen next. Especially with the planets Energon beginning to be rationed. A lot of resources went into the nemesis, perhaps too many.

"It turns out Alpha Trion lied...well partly. He brought Optimus down there to save him from Starscream. He needed an army to help retake Cybertron. Optimus and the others feel that they should have went down fighting than live scavenging down here. But Trion tells Optimus that he has seen the past has been changed, they are in a future that should not have come to pass. Optimus takes a journey inside the Matrix to seek the Truth. The knowledge inside the Matrix isn't altered and records the change in timeline. Alpha was telling the truth Prime could sense drastic ripple effect in the flow of time.

Trion takes him to the Oracle, the fore-teller of the future (same one we see in beast machines which is G1 canon), Optimus communes and doesn't leave for a few days. During this time the other Autobots feel they should force Alpha to let them out of the core. So they can die fighting.

Simultaneously Megatron and the Nemesis return. Megatron broadcasts a message to the planet his anger at their betrayal and begins an assault on Kaon from the nemesis. Future Starscream is furious at this. He tells past Starscream to rally the troops against him, by tricking them into thinking Megatron has been driven insane and will kill them all.

During this time Optimus has seen it all, the future that will never come to pass, and the one they will experience. He sees how Starscream did it and Megatron's revenge on cybertron currently. As well as Iacon's defenses being weakened as troops are called to aid the civil war in Kaon. Optimus leaves the Oracle and delivers a speech, that despite this darker present and them living in a timeline they weren't supposed to, they have a chance to turn the tide. They will forge a better future no matter the cost.

Alpha let's them leave and Optimus's small army enter Iacon, freeing prisoners and uniting with the Wreckers against the Decepticons in the city. Upon re-taking their Capital, Optimus considers taking the Ark to the stars to leave this changed world. But he realises that the reign of starscream must be quelled to allow them a chance. The Autobots board the Ark to Kaon with all the energon and armaments it can carry.

The war for Kaon rages on. Devastator takes on Menasor and the other combiners. Soundwave wages his own personal war. He sneaks into Shockwaves tower to face the cold betrayer in mortal combat. He uses his cassettes weapons and fists against Shockwave's durability and firepower, Soundwave reveals that although Megatron is too far gone, he will follow him to the end. Even if it means the extinction of their race. He throws Shockwave off the tower to meet the outside ground below.

The Ark arrives and Optimus communicates with Megatron, telling him that they will help against Starscream in a bargain for them being allowed to leave Cyberton without resistance/pursuit. Megatron reluctantly agrees. The Ark provides the cover fire as the Autobots drop down to assist.
Future Starscream in frustraion tells Starscream to demand to face megatron i combat. Starscream quetions this but future Screamer says the battle will end a lot quicker if he kills Megatron right then. Starscream fears this but readies himslelf for battle. He sends a broadcast demanding Megs' to face him, telling him the place to do it.

Megatron accepts this and meets him in one of the gladiatorial pits. All the way back from when they were controlled by the Quintessons. (it's symbolic or something i dunno). Starscream meets him there. They have a big angry conversation about what the Deceptions need, Starscream calls out Megatron for attacking his own men for revenge when he had the chance to come back with energon. Megatron says he could have but revenge was more important.
They have a brutal fight, swords, lasers, missiles, kicks and punches. Starscream holds his own until they are both worn out and badly damaged. Megatron gets up to try and kill Scream with a mace but three shots blast through his chest...

At the same time Thundercracker meets the Combaticons. He convinces them that they should come with him and leave the planet. Thunder' has become disillusioned with the cause. A bunch of commanders killing anyone in their way to make it up the ladder. The destruction of the prison, the attempted killing of megatron and the latter's return. The cause has lost it's ideals and without them he will not be a part of that. The combaticons, as pardoned criminals wouldn't be able to stay on Megatrons Cybertron for what they did. And so they form an alliance to steal a ship and leave the planet.
(this would have become another spin off following their adventures)

Megatron badly wounded from the shots, turns around to see another Starscream behind him with a high powered rifle. Megatron is too weak to move. Future Screamer picks up the other scream's crown from the ground and wears it himself. Starscream demands to know what he is doing. To which Future scream shoots him twice in his leg. He cries in agony and falls to the ground, Immobilized as Megatron.
Future Scream explains his plan.

He was never here to help his past self take control and win the war. He needed him to change enough things according to his plan. Because their couldn't be two Starscreams. He needed to alter the past enough that when he killed his past self he wouldn't die himself. All of this to kill himself so he could be in charge as a living paradox.

Past Screamer is outraged at this. Megatron is simply bewildered. Future scream kicks Megatron in the face, displaying great pleasure at this, before he walks over to himself ready to fire. Before he can do so he is riddled with laser shots he is forced to the ground in seconds. His attacker is Optimus Prime, who is still pointing his Ion Blaster at him. Megatron chuckles at his enemy's 'rescue' of him.

Future scream is furious. All this planning but he didn't prepare for the most obvious obstacle. The last of the Primes. Now is defeat might be certain. Optimus says that he knew future scream would be here. Not just because of the Matrix or the Oracle, but because this as the perfect set up for him to win. Future scream fires a null ray but optimus takes the hit with his free arm. Prime says the war is over.

In a desperate bid to live, Future scream asks why he doesn't just shoot the other two. Past scream acted this plan out and Megatron hardly deserves to live. Optimus moves his blaster at all three of them. Contemplating it. In the end he states that Future scream took their future away from them, and it was his manipulation alone. He will not shoot them in cold blood. Future scream jumps at him desperately but is backhanded away. Optimus crushes his crown beneath his feet.

FS states that if he destroys his body his spark will live on and haunt them all. Optimus says he knows and shoots his legs, immobilizing him and then his null rays off. 'But you can't haunt anyone if I don't kill you'.
The job was done, Optimus had ended Starscreams Reign. Megatron weakly broadcasts that he has won the battle, and that Cybertron is his. (an hour later that proves true as the civil war ends). Prime steps up to Megatron asking him if he will stay true to his word and let the autobot's leave, after considering the future Optimus prevented, and the maniplation of them all. Megatron keeps his word.

The autobots prepare to leave Cybertron. To forge their own future.

Future Scream and Shockwave are dealt with by sending them through the space bridge to some icy planet, a fate worse than death. The cold weather will keep them in stasis Lock, preventing Starscream's ghost from being released. Past scream is lmprisoned on Cybertron, ever to be released, though Megs took enough pity on him to not kill him after what his future self had done. Cybertron was fully under Megatron's control, but it needed energon. He would use the Nemesis to find it once loyalty is assured.

The icy planet is in fact earth. The bridge lands the two prisoners there, before they freeze into stasis lock. Future Screamer sees his old friend Starfire in the ice as well. He gives a final chuckle before entering stasis


And so that's that. An overview like i say but that is the main story beats. Optimus knows everything about the Original G1 timeline and isw working to create something new. Future scream is contained. Most of what is set up is resolved as far as i'm aware. This is a story i'm proud of despie not finishing it, it's good to have this out there now. Thank you to all of you who reviewed, i appreciate our questions, advice and support. I might do this for the other stories when i have the time. Saves leaving a un-concluded story am I right? I'll check i every now and then to see the reviews or any private messages about this.

If I don't write here again, it's been a privilege. Till all are One

Sincerely - Knight of Cybertron 1984