Hot Shot had gone to try and talk to Galvatron about Unicron and there was nothing Optimus could to. Scavenger saw that Optimus was sad and yet a bit proud.

"Don't worry Optimus," said Scavenger as he leaned against the wall. "He'll be fine. He's just like you."

"I know that Scavenger, but you know me and what would probably happen," saighed Optimus his optics showing tiredness.

"He's a smart boy," said Scavenger. "He can take care of himself . . . he's one of your best soldiers."

"I know . . . I'm just so tired of worrying about him," sighed Optimus.

"Then don't," said Scavenger. "I don't worry about my son cause I know he can take care of himself."

"But that's you Scavenger!" said Optimus turning to his old master. "It took so much just to keep him alive! He would throw his life away if he could . . . but should start worrying about getting the rest of the soldiers off the planet. Unicron is awakening."

Many things had happened since Hot Shot came to the decepticons they had figured out Thrust was working for Unicron like Sideways and so went to search for him, the kids found and so went with Hot Shot and Wheeljack as they searched for Thrust. They had entered a portal which brought them to the moon. Then something happened as soon as the children touched the surface of the moon. Everything went black, but yet they could see each other.

"What's going on?" asked Alexis.

"I don't know, but I want to go home man!" said Carlos beginning to freak out.

Then all of the sudden Alexis heard the cries of a small child.

"Wait!" she said looking around. "Do you hear that?"

"Hear what Alexis?" asked Rad. "There's nothing out there but the darkness."

"No!" she cried. "I can hear him!"

Alexis then ran off and the others had to chase after her.

"Wait Alexis!" they shouted after her.

She then stopped as she saw a small transformer child about the height of a human child. He was crying . . . he looked lost. Alexis had pity on the child and so picked him up and held him close. The rest of the kids came and saw the child . . . and recognized him.

"Dude! It's Hot Shot . . . as a baby!" gasped Carlos.

"Hey, he's kinda cute," said Fred looking at him.

"What's the matter Hot Shot?" asked Alexis looking into his watering optics.

"You . . . won't let him get me will you?" he asked his baby blues watering.

"Who Hot Shot?" asked Rad.

He then began to start to cry again as another voice was heard-

"There you are!"

They turned and saw Optimus . . . or someone who looked like Optimus. It was so dark so they couldn't see him that well.

"I'll take him now," he said holding his hands out to Hot Shot.

"I don't know you guys," said Fred feeling very uncomfortable around Optimus.

"O . . . kay," said Alexis as she slowly gave Hot Shot to Optimus.

Then as Optimus held Hot Shot close to him he looked at him and said-

"Start crying little one . . . I'm here."

"What?" gasped the kids as Hot Shot started crying again.

Then the dark Optimus let out a loud evil laugh as Hot Shot cried in his arms. He then turned into . . . Sideways!

"Sideways?!!" they gasped.

Then he jumped back into the darkness with Hot Shot in hand into the mouth of Unicron.

"No! Hot Shot!" cried Alexis.

Then the darkness vanished and they were beside Hot Shot and Wheeljack again.

"Hot Shot you're alive!" smiled Carlos as he hugged his leg again. "Unicron didn't take you!"

"What now Carlos?" sighed Hot Shot.

"The kids just love ya," smiled Wheeljack.

Then Starscream's cries were heard and so Hot Shot told the children to hide as they went and checked it out. They found Starscream, who had also sought Thrust, being attacked by bot spiders, but when they tried to help they too were attacked and couldn't move. Thrust and Sideways watched as the young transformers were being eaten alive by thr spides.

"Ha, Hot Shot won't live through this attack," smiled Sideways as he watched them.

Then as he watched them try and fight the spiders off something jogged his memory. Something that he remembered long ago. Something Unicron had told him about a onyx, sapphire, and ruby. Something about how they were transformers.

He had the gens he found in Unicron long ago, but he had no idea what they were actually for . . . until now. He looked at them closely again and said-

"Onyx," he said as he looked at Wheeljack. "Sapphire," as he looked at Starscream. "And ruby," as he looked at Hot Shot.

He then took something and put it in his hand.

"huh, what's that Sideways?" asked Thrust.

"Must you know everything Thrust?" asked Sideways as he tossed the gems at the three transformers.

Hot Shot felt something hit his metal and saw a gem was thrown at him. He also noticed the bot spiders had left them. He looked down at the red gem that lay at his feet and ever he was confused.

"Huh . . . what in cybertron-?" he started.

But then before he could sat anything else something strange happened. The gem casued a structure of some sort to form around him quickly. It was like a giant ruby egg around him.

"HEY!!" he shouted trying to bust out, but it was too hard . . . he couldn't get out of it.

The same thing happened to Starscream and Wheeljack. Starscream was engulfed in a sapphire egg while Wheeljack ws engulfed in an onyx egg.

"HOT SHOT!" cried Rad.

"Ah man, WHEELJACK!" cried Carlos.

"STARSCREAM!" cried Alexis.

Thrust then saw the children and pointed the blaster at them, but Sideways halted them saying-

"Don't bother with those fools."

He then looked at the three gems before him and then grinned with an unseen smile and then continued-

"We have all we need."

Then Sideways raised his hand and the eggs were sucked under ground while he and Thrust, also, vanished.

"Man, I'm a decorated flying ace. How did I get stuck here grounded? . . . oh wait, Optimus," Jetfire said sarcasticly.

He then stopped as he came to a portal. He then decided he had no other choice but to enter.

"Well, here I go," he said entering.

He then found that he was on one of cybertron's moons.

"Now that's what I'm talking about," he grinned as he activated his booster and flew in the clear night sky.

He then stopped as he saw the kids. As he came down to them he also saw three gemlike eggs going under ground and disappearing. he paid little attention to that till he came to the children.

"Hey kids, ya'll alright?" he said landing on front of them.

"Jetfire!" they cried as they ran to him almost crying.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Jetfire asked.

"Sideways has taken Hot Shot, Wheeljack, and Starscream!!" cried Alexis.

"What?! Are you saying . . . and just what were those gem eggs anyways?" asked Jetfire.

"That was them!" said Rad.

"Primus," gasped Jetfire. "Well hurry, get in!"

He then transformed and they entered him. Jetfire then took them to Optimus and told him of all that happened.

"What?!" said Optimus.

He then sat back in his seat as a dark thoght errupted in his mind.

This is Galvatron's fault, he thought. If he would have just listened . . .

"We have to tell Galvatron," Optimus finally said.

"What, why?!" asked everyone.

"Because he had a right to know that tow of his men had been taken by Sideways," said Optimus as he left.

Optimus did tell Galvatron and he wasn't too happy.

"How dare Sideways and Thrust take tow of my men away from me and not to mention my own SON!!" growled Galvatron on the screen. "They will pay dearly, oh they will pay!"

"I warned you Galvatron and now we have lost some of our men!" said Optimus blaming everything on Galvatron.

"What? who did he take from yours?" asked Galvatron.

Optimus paused a bit and then looked back into the monitor ad said-

"They took Hot Shot. He was with YOUR men when he was taken and now we have to rescue them!"

Galvatron said nothing for a moment. He just remained deep in thought. He then started-

"Perhaps . . . you were right . . . Prime."

"Will you join forces and help me find them?" asked Optimus with a stern face.

But Galvatron then said-

"How do I know this isn't just come autobot trick?"

"Galvatron!" started Optimus.

But then something started to happen. The moon began to break apart revealing . . . Unicron.

Sideways was alone in the darkness as he thought of the gems and the transformers he had caught. He wondered if they were the ones Unicron had warned him about.

"Onyx is black with decision . . . Wheeljack is still trying to decide if he is truly a decepticon or an autobot . . . Sapphire is blue with sadness and by what Silentscream has said about poor Starscream his life is full of sadness . . . Ruby is red with the bloodline of the Primes . . . but Hot Shot is not a Prime . . . is he? Unicron said a Prime will be one of them, but Hot Shot is not Optimus. Is it even Optimus he was talking about?"

Sideways thought of this for a long time he wanted to know if he had the right ones.

"Unicrons said that these three transformers will be able to unite autobot and decepticon to rise against him, but if we were to capture them then they could not unite them. If we were to turn them against their people then that could lead to the cybertronians destruction and they shall be no more. If it is Optimus then I could use Hot Shot to lure him into Unicron . . . yes . . . lure him into Unicron."

Sideways then grinned an evil grin as he contemplated a way to capture Optimus Prime.

Hot Shot had come back online and found himself laying on a orange metal bed. Next to him were Starscream and Wheeljack.

"Starscream . . . Wheeljack!" he said as he got up.

He stumbled a little, but he's had worse. he came and woke them up.

"What happened?" asked Starscream his voice a little raspier than normal.

"I don't know you guys," said Hot Shot. "But I do know we have to get out of here."

"Where are we?" asked Starscream getting up.

"I think we're in Unicron," said Wheeljack.

"How do you know Wheeljack?" asked Hot Shot as they turned to him.

"Look," said Wheeljack as he showed them a window showing cybertron below them and horns coming out of it the moon they were in.

"Like I said," started Hot Shot. "We gotta get ouf of here!"

They then foud the door and ran down the halls. They had no clue where they were going but just knew they didn't want to stcik around and find out why they were there in the first place. As they made there way down the halls Unicron's defense system came to life.

"Oh great, we've been soptted. Run for it!!" said Hot Shot as they turned and ran.

Then these organic wires came and tried to grab them. It had succeeded in grabbing Hot Shot though, but Starscream acted quick and took his sword and cut him free. Hot Shot fell to the ground and looked at Starscream a bit in surprise.

"Thanks," Hot Shot said.

"We have to keep running!" said Wheeljack as more wires came out.

They ran trying to find a way out till they saw something.

"I think I found a way out!" pointed Starscream.

It was, but the door was closing. Starscream ran out first but Hot Shot and Wheeljack fought over who sould go next.

"Go!" said Hot Shot.

"No you go Hot Shot!" shouted Wheeljack.

"I'm not going to leave you behind again!!" shouted Hot Shot making Wheeljack speechless. "Now go!"

Finaly Wheeljack went through and now it was Hot Shot's turn, but ie was too late the door was closed for good.

"NO!!" cried Wheeljack hitting the door.

"It's too late Wheeljack, we have to to and tell the others," said Starscream.

"NO! I can't leave him!" cried Wheeljack.

"WE HAVE TO!!" growled Starscrea, as he turned Wheeljack to face him. "We have to go back and tell the others so they can rescue him!"

Then after a while Wheeljack looked at the door and then turned to Starscream and said-

"You're right . . . Let's go."

"He was a friend to both of us," said Starscream. "Would he want us to waist time here?"

"No," bowed Wheeljack.

And so they left to get back to cybertron.

Hot Shot knew there was no other way out, but he wanted to get out. as he sat there he heard something, but when he turned he was met with pain. The wires had come and stabbed Hot Shot all over his body. They had got him.

He cried out in pain as more wires came and implanted themselves in his body. Then as his body became limp the wires pulled him up through the ceiling. He then saw nothing bu darkness.

Starscream and Wheeljack made it back to Galvatron and told him and Optimus what had happened but still Galvatron wouldn't listen. Starscream tried to convince his father, but he would not listen even to his own son. Starscream vowed that he would, some how, make him see, but how? He was determined to find that answer.
Alexis stood outside at a quiet place on cybertron just looking at the stars that shined so bright in the night sky. Their silvery forms reminded her of Starscream's silver optics. She remembered them. She remembered whenever they would gaze upon her.

They always looked at her confused with a confused feeling that Starscream kept well hidden. As she gazed at she then asked herself why, when she would try and befriend him, he push her away? . . . Did her not like her or hate her? . . . what did she ever do to him?

"Starscream," she whispered as she grabbed her pendant that she made out of Starscream's gift.

Then she heard a gental whisper flow through her ear like a soft breeze. She sat up and there in the shadows of the night was Starscream.

"Starscream!" she smiled as she stood up.

Her body ached as she resisted the urge to go hug him, but she only knew that he would push her away.

"I'm so glad . . ." she smiled, but then she saw the look on Starscream's face and said, "What's wrong Starscream?"

"I . . . " he started.

He then bowed his head and covered his optics with darkness and said-

"I cannot make anyone see the truth. Galvatron will listen to no one even if cybertron's at stake! I tried Alexis, but I failed."

"Don't think like that Starscream," said Alexis letting a small smile out. "You're not like your father are you? . . . You will never give up will you? . . . I mean if I were you I would march up to Galvatron and make him join Optimus even if it killed me . . . well, that's just me though."

He then looked at the human girl. She seemed so sure at times. She knew him better thean he knew himself. He then said to her-

"You remind me of someone I knew a very long time ago."

"Who is that Starscream?" asked Alexis her teal eyes gentle upon his harsh soul.

"Her name was Electrofrost," he said recalling his memory. "She was very kind to me when others despised me for my father's name sake."

"What happened to her Starscream?" asked Alexis almost afraid to ask.

"She . . . was killed. She was an autobot that was probably why," he said with a faint chuckle. "My father found out about her and decided to have her killed. He didn't was any chance of me turning into an autobot. She was like a sister I never had."

Starscream then looked at Alexis who starred at him with beautiful teal eyes and then he came to touch her. His large hand rested on the side of her body. His thumb rubbed the side of her helmet. She then placed her hands on his thumd and held it.

She then looked up at him and with the stars shinning off her helmet she smiled and asked-

"Am I like your sister Starscream?"

"No," said Starscream.

Her smile then lessoned as she asked again-

"Then am I like your friend?"

At that Starscream smiled and then shook his head and said-

"No."

This made Alexis a little sad. She could never see his emotion and so now feared she would be pushed away again. Starscream saw her bow her head in sadness and so said-

"Alexis I . . ."

But then there came an explosion in the distance. They both looked and knew the transformers were fighting again.

"No," gasped Alexis. "They're fighting again . . .I wish this all would stop."

"Alexis," said Starscream as he picked up her chin with the side of his finger.

"Yes Starscream?" asked Alexis as she grabbed his finger and looked up at him with gleaming eyes.

"I'm . . . not sure," he started.

Alexis didn't understand what he meant by this. She then realized that his thoughts dwelt on another thing. She knew he was trying to find to find the right words to say to her, but why?

"What do you mean Starscream?" she asked.

He then silenced himself said nothing. He then looked down at her pendant that rested saely upon her neck. He then touched it softly and Alexis knew that his mind ran through so many confused thoughts. Starscream then gave a soft smile as his mind was made up at what he was to do and so he said to her-

"Take my spark Alexis . . . and never let it go."

"What?" whispered Alexis in confusion at what he had just said.

But then Starscream turned and flew out od fight. Alexis then looked down at her pendant and saw how it shined in the light of the stars. She then too it in her hands and gazed at the place she last saw Starscream and then whispered-

"I love you Starscream . . . I just wish you felt the same way about me."

Optimus and Galvatron fought hard and long. Optimus wished Galvatron would listen and join so they could have a chance against Unicron, but it was no use. Galvatron listned to no one.

"Galvatron please!!" pleaded Optimus as Galvatron pointed the requiem blaster at Optimus.

But then Starscream came and defended Optimus.

"How dare you traitor!!" growled Galvatron. "You will pay for this."

"No," smiled Starscream taking his sword out. "You will if you don't join Optimus and destroy Unicron!"

Then they attacked each other, but Starscream never aimed ton killing Galvatron. Instead he knew only one thing would make him see the truth. As their swords swished through the night air Starscream let go . . . he let go of his life.

"NO!" cried Optimus seeing Galvatron plunge the star saber through Starscream's spark.

"Why?" asked Galvatron as he let go of the saber and Starscream fell to the ground. "I Know you had more skill then that. Why did you let me kill you?"

"It doesn't matter does it?" smiled Starscream as his spark began to estinguish.

"Tell me!" demanded Galvatron.

"I remember a very long time ago I swore an oath to you . . .an oath that I could never brake," smiled Starscream as he slowly died. "I tried to find favor with you, but you always found fault. I then saw how Optimus treated his men and I knew he would always be a better leader and father than you would ever be to me. You must join Optimus, you must . . . unless every last one of us is doomed!"

Starscream painfully stood up and looked at his father and then smiled and said-

"Please sir . . . do it for me."

There was a sad silence. Galvatron didn't know what to think. But then Starscream looked up at Unicron and knew what he had to do.

You were right Alexis, he thought as he gazed at the foul Unicron. You were always right.

He then grabbed the star saber and began to pull it out.

"Starscream don't!" cried Optimus knowing his spark couldn't take much more damage.

But Starscream took it out in apin and tossed it aside.

"If I am to die then I am to die fighting for the ones I love!" cried Starscream.

He then activated his cannon and shot it at Unicron . . . but then Unicron shot him with an electrical force completely disinagrating him.

"Alexis," he smiled as his spark vanished into nothingness.

Starscream had sacrificed himself to join the tow sides, but did it work? Optimus and Galvatron just gazed in shock as nothing remained of Starscream. Then there was a sad silence. Galvatron decided to give in to Starscream's last wish and so gave Optimus the star saber signifying he gave up fighting, but then Sideways came out of nowhere and stole it from them.

"Curses!" spat Galvatron in sad anger. "What else can go wrong?!!"

As the news came of Starscream's death all couldn't believe it and Alexis judt didn't want to believe it.

"NO!" she cried as she ran away.

As she ran away she somehow knew it was the truth. When her pendant had cracked she knew something had happened to him. Now all she had was his memory. Rad had tired to comfort her, but no one would ever be able to.

"I loved him Rad," she cried as she hugged him to perhaps find some comfort from her aching sadness.

Her tears fell like rain that day and no one but Starscream could stop them from falling.