Megatron thought of many things as he sat on his throne with his sleeping grandson in his arms. He was not happy that Starscream, his own child, had betrayed him and that he took the omega lock and keys with him. He had betrayed Megatron one too many times. As he looked at his sleeping grandson he wondered if he'd do the same thing and could he take a chance in letting him do the same thing?
No, he was his grandchild. His own metal and circuitry, but then again . . . so was Starscream. As he thought to himself Thundercracker had come in and told him a report on the autobots and Starscream.
"SHHH! can't you tell my grandchild's sleeping?!" said Megatron in a harsh whisper, but not harsh enough to wake Sunraiser.
"Oh, sorry," bowed Thundercracker. "But when we gonna get the omega lock back from Starscream?"
"Soon," said Megatron his mind thinking of many things. "Soon."
The autobots had tried to figure out a way to get past Starscream's barrier, but so far they didn't know how to. Optimus came to the control room and asked for a status update.
"Well Scattershot, anything new?"
"Well we know where Starscream is but we can't get to him with out being fried," said Scattershot showing the barrier.
"Perhaps our combined strength can break the barrier," suggested Vector Prime.
"Perhaps," said Optimus. "But at what cost? We need to find out how strong a barrier it is first and then go from there."
"I'm on it sir," said Scattershot getting back to work.
In the distance Optimus heard the sound of Hot Shot's voice say-
"Hey Override wanna race?"
He then looked and saw Hot Shot and Override talking to one another.
"Sure, where at?" asked Override.
"There's this one place by Lori's house . . ." started Hot Shot, but was cut off by Optimus coming and speaking to them.
"You cannot leave this base, any of you. The human government might still be looking for us and so I want no one to travel out less I say it it okay," said Optimus with his hands behind his back.
"Aww, no fair!" said Hot Shot crossing his arms.
"Hhh, Hot Shot you have to understand the human way," sighed Optimus. "When they see a threat to their planet they never stop looking for it."
"Yea, it's still not fair," said Hot Shot.
Override began to laugh a little at the sight of Hot Shot acting like a little sparkling. Optimus then looked at Hot Shot again and asked him-
"Hot Shot how old are you?"
"20,030 years, why?" asked Hot Shot.
"Please start acting like one," sighed Optimus as he walked off.
Override couldn't hold her laugh back any longer. She let out a laugh that only angered Hot Shot.
"What?!" growled Hot Shot.
"I'm sorry!!" she laughed trying to hold her giggles back.
"Then stop laughing!" said Hot Shot.
When she continued to laugh he left her to her giggles. The days past and Scattershot had found the barrier readings. Optimus and Vector Prime studied the readings and found that they could possibly make a portal through the barrier.
"Are you going to try Optimus sir?" asked Red Alert.
"By the Allspark of Primus we are!" said Optimus. "Who knows how far that black hole has gotten now."
"Then what are we waiting for?!" smiled Hot Shot. "Let's go!"
Megatron had found that the autobots were going to try and penetrate the barrier and Megatron wanted to get in. So he rounded his decepticons up and decided to go after the autobots. He left Crumplezone and Ransack behind to watch his grandson Sunraiser.
"Grandfather where are you going?" he asked as he watched Megatron leave with Scourge.
"I'm going to take care of some business," said Megatron giving a quick kiss to his grandson. "Now you promise to be good Sunraiser?"
"I promise grandfather," smiled Sunraiser as he ran and gave Megatron a tight hug on his legs.
This gave Megatron a small smile. Scourge was annoyed by it and so said-
"Wait till they grow up."
"Do you have any children Scourge?" asked Megatron.
"No, but I knew plenty of people who regret having them," said Scourge.
"Yes," whispered Megatron reflecting on Starscream.
He then let go of Sunraiser and left with Scourge.
The autobots had readings of the decepticons coming and so prepared for battle.
"No matter what men," said Optimus. "Don't let the decepticons get through."
"YES SIR!" they said.
Megatron and Scourge came and attacked the autobots. They were more than enough of a match for the rest of the autobots as Optimus and Vector Prime tried to open the barrier. Landmine was flung back into Jetfire as they attempted to hold down the jungle planet leader. Smokescreen and Override tried to help out by spinning around Scourge, but he kept his ground.
Megatron had seen the Primes and so were headed towards them, but Red Alert and Scattershot blocked his way.
"Get out of my way and your pathetic lives will be spared," said Megatron getting angry.
"Sorry pal, but we have strick orders," said Scattershot.
Megatron then attacked them and was getting quite annoyed by them not dying. Then when he had them down Hot Shot had come to their aid.
"You need some help?" smiled Hot Shot as he came to help them.
"Sure thing," smiled Scattershot.
And so Megatron got more annoyed by not being able to kill Unicron's spark holder.
"Why won't you just DIE?!!!" he growled looking at Hot Shot.
"I guess Primus is just looking out for me," smiled Hot Shot.
"You mean Unicron!" spat Megatron disgusted.
His anger got so high that a new cyber key came to him and gave him more power. He received a new weapon as well. He smiled as he gazed at his powerful gun. He then looked at Hot Shot and pointed his gun at him.
"I think it is about time you die Unicron!" Megatron growled.
Hot Shot froze in spot as Megatron pointed his gun at him. There was nowhere to run now. Scattershot and Red Alert then came and stood before Hot Shot.
"If your going to kill him then your going to have to kill us too," said Red Alert raising his head high.
"Uh, yea!" said Scattershot.
Megatron then gave an evil smile and said-
"Hm, it will be my pleasure."
He then let his ammunition loose on the bots and shot them. They had used their bodies as a shield to protect Hot Shot, but as they fell Megatron reloaded and was ready for Hot Shot.
"NOOO!" cried Hot Shot seeing his friends fall because of him.
Hot Shot's anger was rising and at that the ground shook a little.
"What now?" smiled Megatron as he looked at the enraged Hot Shot. "You going to let your power loose again Unicron?"
"I am NOT Unicron!!" cried Hot Shot through his teeth as he tried to control his anger.
"Yes you are!" said Megatron. "You wield his spark and so YOU . . . ARE . . . UNICRON!"
"NO!" said Hot Shot.
Megatron then pointed his gun at him and smiled and said-
"It is about time you die."
Hot Shot's optics widened as Megatron pulled the trigger and instead of a round of shots there was a large blast that shook the ground and Optimus' spark. Optimus heard the sound of the blast and as he turned he turned in time to see his son fall down to the ground. It was as if the world went still as Hot Shot's life passed before Optimus' eyes.
"NO!" he gasped. "NOOO!"
Megatron smiled and turned to see a shocked beyond belief Optimus Prime standing there looking at the three autobot bodies.
"My men!" he gasped gazing at them.
He then looked at Megatron with angry optics and shouted out in anger-
"MEGATRON!!!!"
All stopped as a matter of fact to see what Megatron had done.
"Oh sweet Primus!" gasped Jetfire.
"Hot Shot!!!" gasped Override as she drove up and transformed to see this site.
"Hot Shot, Scattershot . . . my men . . . HOT SHOT!!!" cried Optimus seeing them.
His anger then could not be controlled any more and so he let it loose. Vector Prime had never seen him so mad and either have the others.
"Jetfire get them out of here!!" Optimus commanded.
"Y-yes sir," said Jetfire as he got their bodies.
They got them out of the battle, but they could not repair them for Red Alert was also hurt. They still lived, but barely. Now at this time the autobots were friends with the humans of the world and so the army helped them hold Hot Shot, Red Alert, and Scattershot. Coby, Lori, and Bud tried to help and fix them, but with out Red Alert they were not going to make it.
"Maybe if we can fix Red Alert then he could fix Hot Shot and Scattershot," suggested Bud.
Red Alert heard this and so let out a weak sad chuckle and said-
"Nice try kids, but it's too late for that."
No! we have to try!" said Lori shaking her head.
Override and Smokescreen were with them as they attempted to fix them. Lori looked at Override and asked-
"Do you know how to fix them big sister?"
Override just bowed her head in sadness and sighed a sad sigh as she said-
"No, I'm sorry. All I know how to do is race."
Hot Shot heard this and gave a small weak smile as he tried to laugh a bit. He then said-
"Hm, that sounds like someone I once knew."
Override then came and knelt beside Hot Shot and took his hand in hers and said-
"Don't talk like that Hot Shot. You know I still want that race."
"And I wish I could give it to you," He weakly said. "But I'm afraid Megatron took that chance away from me."
/I lie here paralytic inside this soul/
"Hot Shot," started Override.
"You know it's true," he coughed. "It's all my fault Red Alert and Scattershot are with me. They tried to protect me when they should have just let me die."
"That's enough Hot Shot!!" said Override getting angry that Hot Shot had no hope.
/Screaming for you till my throat is numb/
"If any one deserves to die it's me," said Hot Shot gazing into the blue skies above.
"Hey don't say that buddy," said Scattershot gazing at Hot Shot. "We're all in this together remember?"
"You should have just stayed back when Megatron was going to shoot me," said Hot Shot. "If you had you would have gotten rid of a big problem."
"Hot Shot you're no problem," said Override.
"Yes I am!" he said his body beginning to ache again. "If I die then at least Unicron will die too."
/I wanna break out/
"Hot Shot stop this!" said Override. "You can't give up Hot Shot."
/I need a way out/
Hot Shot then turned his head to Override and then said-
"I don't want to I truly do, but . . . if I do then everyone won't have to worry about me turning into the most evil force in the universe again."
/I don't believe that it's gotta be this way/
"Hot Shot, I forbid you to give up!" said Override standing back up and straightening.
Hot Shot just gave a weak smile. Override feared that Hot Shot was just going to give up. She didn't want him to give up on life when he had so much to live for. Bud then looked at Hot Shot and decided whether he should ask him that question or not, but he decided he wanted to and so he did.
"Hey Hot Shot can't you use your powers to heal everyone?" he asked.
"I don't know," said Hot Shot. "But If I can I won't. I'm not going to disobey Optimus no matter what."
"Not even to save your friends lives?" asked Bud.
Hot Shot then thought for a moment about that but Red Alert shot back and said-
"That's alright Bud. We'd rather die then see Hot Shot use those dreaded powers of his again."
"Yea, if it's to stop Unicron from taking over again then I'd be honored to die," said Scattershot.
"OOHH, why are all you guys the same!!" grumped Bud. "If there's a chance to save you guys' lives then you'd rather die?!!! I just don't understand you guys at times."
"So what do we do now . . . wait for you men to die?" asked Override placing her hands on her hips.
/The worst is the waiting/
None said a word. They just laid there and waited for death.
/In this womb I'm suffocating/
/Feel your presence filling up my lungs with oxygen/
Optimus had combined with Leobreaker so they could kill Megatron faster, but he was in a rage so fierce that it forced Megatron back a bit. Even he had never seen Optimus this mad. It appears he found Optimus' weak spot . . . his men. Vector Prime was near the enraged Optimus and knew that if he continued this madness he'd be lost in it forever.
"Optimus you have to cease your anger!" said Vector Prime trying to calm him down.
"NO! it is the only way I can be strong enough to KILL Megatron!!" he growled.
"Optimus, Vecte' is right," said Jetfire.
"NO!!" cried Optimus turning to his men. "He almost killed MY SON!! what can you say to that?!!"
"Well my children were killed by decepticons as well," said Vector Prime.
/I'll take you in/
"Yes, but you didn't lose them all!" said Optimus.
"Well I thought I had!" said Vector Prime. "Now you have to stop this rage now!"
/I've died/
Optimus looked at his men for a moment and then turned back to Megatron's direction and said-
"But I still haven't told Hot Shot I'm his real father!!"
/Rebirthing now!/
Optimus then jumped high in the air and landed in front of Megatron and Scourge.
/I wanna live for love I wanna live for you and me!/
"Oh look Scourge," grinned Megatron. "It's an angered Optimus Prime. How long do you say it will take to bring him down."
/Breathe for the first time now/
"Not long at all," smiled Scourge as he jumped at Optimus.
/I come alive some how/
/Rebirthing now!/
/I wanna live my life wanna give you everything/
Optimus then grabbed Scourge by the neck and began to crush everything in his throat. Scourge couldn't move. He was stuck in Optimus' death grip. Megatron then took his new gun and let loose his fire on Optimus. Optimus let go of Scourge to guard himself, but he was shot all over his body.
"Heh, heh, die Optimus DIE!!" laughed Megatron letting loose all his fire power.
/Breathe for the first time now/
Scourge then transformed into his dragon mode and blew his hot fire upon Optimus. This caused Leobreaker to fall off of Optimus for the heat was so intense.
"Optimus get out of there!" he cried through the flames.
Optimus stood his ground though no matter how hot it was. Vector Prime and the others came to see their leader being murdered by Megatron and Scourge.
"Optimus get out!!" cried vector Prime.
But Optimus could hear no one. He was deaf to the world. It was as if the whole world went silent as his rage lessoned as he thought of his son. There were so many times when he could have told him . . . so many times when he should have told him and now he'd never get to tell his only son who he was to him.
"NNNOOOOOO!!!!!!" cried Optimus in anger, but more in sadness.
"Yes, that's right. Just die!!" hissed Megatron.
/I come alive somehow/
"Do you . . . think it will hurt?" asked Scattershot.
"What?" asked Coby.
"Death," said Scattershot.
/I lie here in this cocoon/
"Oh . . . I don't know how a transformer dies so I wouldn't know," sadened Coby that they were still thinking about death.
"No," smiled Hot Shot. "It won't."
"How do you know Hot Shot?" asked the kids.
"Cause my spark left my body once. That is the death of a transformer," said Hot Shot. "It's very quiet, and . . . peaceful all at once."
/Shedding my skin 'cause I'm ready to/
"Good," smiled Scattershot.
"Guys stop thinking like that!!" cried Lori her eyes watering.
"Please," gasped Override lightly her optics also watering.
Hot Shot then looked at the tearing Override and said-
"Do you think I should give up on this life?"
/I wanna break out/
"Never," she cried shaking her head.
"Then I'll NEVER . . . give . . . up," smiled Hot Shot softly.
/I found a way out/
"I'll NEVER give up either," shook Red Alert.
"And I'll NEVER give up too," said Scattershot. "No matter what guys?"
/I don't believe that it's gotta be this way/
"No matter what!" smiled Hot Shot and Red Alert.
While Optimus was caught in the flames of Scourge and gun fire of Megatron his voice was light, but it cried out loud to Primus-
/The worst is the waiting/
"Primus save them!!"
/In this womb I'm soffocating/
Primus heard all their cries and he had never seen such sadness before umong the autobots. Their aching cries for the three bots lives came in as clear as the sun in the sky to him and he decided to answer their cries, but in order to do that he needed the help of the omega lock.
The omega lock had then shot up some kind of force that shot up to cybertron. Starscream had no idea what was going on.
"What's happening?!!"
Sideways was near and so had seen it to.
"By Unicron what is going on?!" he gasped.
Sunraiser was playing with a couple of toys when he saw the magnificent light shoot up to cybertron. He was amazed by it's brilliance.
"Hey, what's that?!" said Ransack as he and Crumplezone turned their attention to it.
While they were gazing at the light Sunraiser saw were it shot from and knew that his father would be there. It would be a long shot, but he wanted to try. He took off running to the source while all at the same time trying to fly.
The light made it to cybertron's core which then shot back even greater to earth and came upon the three, nearly dead, autobots. It was so bright that the humans had to cover their eyes for fear of going blind. The blast had also knocked them back a bit for it was pure force.
/Feel your presance filling up my lungs with oxygen/
"What's going on?!!!" cried Coby holding on to Lori.
/I'll take you in/
"I don't know!!!" cried Lori.
/I've died/
Their spark beats were off the charts that it had broken all the instruments attached to them. They had gotten such a power surge that it nearly overloaded them. It was so powerful that it destroyed their bodies and they had found new stronger ones.
/Rebirthing now!/
/I wanna live for love wanna live for you and me/
/Breathing for the first time now/
When the light had faded the humans looked at the new and improved cybertron defense team.
/I come alive some how/
"Wow," gasped Bud as they gazed at them. "You look so . . ."
"So what Bud?" asked Hot Shot looking at his built new body.
"AWESOME!!!!" he jumped.
Override and Smokescreen were speechless as they gazed at the new and improved transformers.
"What do you think Override?" smiled Hot Shot turning a bit.
"All I have to say," she smiled. "Is can you race in that?"
Hot Shot let out a joyfull laugh. A laugh that he wasn't able to do a moment ago.
"Hot Shot should we go back for the others?" asked Red Alert.
"Yea, how 'bout it boss?" asked Scattershot.
"Whoa, wait guys," said Hot Shot. "Why am I the leader of this team?"
"'Cause it was you who told us to never give up," smiled Scattershot.
"Thanks guys," smiled Hot Shot.
He then turned to the sky and said-
"Okay men we're going back to help out the others."
"But how?" asked Jolt. "I can't teleport something as big as you."
"Oh . . . but I can," smirked Hot Shot looking at Red Alert.
Optimus fell to his knees as the fire and ammunition got to him. He wanted revenge, but now he couldn't for he was too weak. He just hoped when he was gone that another would get revenge for him. The other autobots were going to attack Megatron and Scourge, but Megatron drew another gun and began to shoot them as well.
/Tell me when I'm gonna live again/
"What'll we do?!!" cried Jetfire. "Optimus has about had it!"
/Tell me when I'm gonna breathe you in/
"There has to be something we can do!" said Vector Prime trying to think of something.
/Tell me when I'm gonna feel inside/
But then the sky opened and there came new transformers to their aide.
"What the . . . who are they?!" gasped Landmine.
Then a familiar voice rang from one of them-
"Did you miss us? I know you did!"
All then knew who they were.
"TRANSFORM!!" they cried as they transformed to reveal to everyone who they were.
/Tell me when I'm gonna feel alive!/
"It's Hot Shot, Red Alert, and Scattershot!!" the autobots gasped.
"You got that right!" smiled Scattershot.
They then activated their cyber keys and blew Scourge and Megatron away.
"NO! IMPOSSIBLE!!!" cried Megatron seeing all of them alive and as healthy as ever.
"You can't get rid of us that easy Megatron!" pointed Hot Shot.
Hot Shot then smiled and looked at Red Alert. He bowed and said-
"After you Red Alert."
"Don't mind if I do," smiled Red Alert as he stepped forward.
"What now?!" asked Scourge looking at Red Alert activate his cyber key and his large gun come to life.
"Say 'ello to my li'le friend!" smiled Red Alert as he shot his gun at them.
/Rebirthing now!/
/I wanna live my life wanna give you everything/
/Breathing for the first time now/
Megatron and Scourge was almost flung off this planet as the blast hit them and knocked them far out of sight. Hot Shot looked at his defense team and they all hit fists and jumped in the air for their victory.
"By Primus, look at them," gasped Vector Prime seeing their new bodies.
/I come alive somehow/
"Pretty good," admitted Jetfire shaking his head.
"Not bad boys," smiled Landmine.
"Ya think?!" smiled Hot Shot. "We almost overloaded for these bodies."
As the cybertron defense team talked with their comrades Optimus had recovered his strength and stood up shaking off the hits that were impaled on him. He then looked and saw them. Hot Shot, Red Alert, and Scattershot were standing before his optics. He couldn't even believe his own optics.
"Guys look," whisperd Jetfire as they all turned to see Optimus staring at them.
Optimus slowly and unsurely crept towards them. Hot Shot turned to see him and said-
"Optimus?"
"Am I dreaming?" asked Optimus slowly walking towards them.
"No Optimus," started Hot Shot. "We're as real as . . ."
He was then cut off by the tight embrace of Optimus Prime's arms. Hot Shot was caught in total surprise. He had no idea why Optimus was acting this way. He had never before.
"Optimus I," tried Hot Shot.
"I thought I lost you!!" cried Optimus tears swelling up.
Optimus then squeezed him tighter to where Hot Shot could hardly breathe. Hot Shot remembered the feeling of this embrace. It was a dream he had a long time ago. The dream of . . . his father.
"There has been so many times when I almost lost you and I would have never gotten the chance to tell you!" cried Optimus, now tears streaming down his cheecks.
"Tell me what Optimus?" asked Hot Shot as Optimus loosend his grip allowing Hot Shot to gaze into his sad optics.
"Hot Shot," started Optimus placing a soft hand on the back of Hot Shot's head. "I'm your father."
This struck Hot Shot with so much surprise that he had no words to say and he couldn't help but stare at Optimus. He knew that Optimus didn't mean like his father. He knew Optimus had just revealed to him that he was his long lost father. Hot Shot was stuck between 'what?!' and 'awe'.
All had now finally seen Optimus tell Hot Shot what he had been meaning to tell him ever since he found out he was alive. Hot Shot, after a long moment, finally got up the courage to speak. He looked down and tried to speak starting-
"I, uh . . . I knew this day would come, but, uh . . . I had so much to say when I actually found my real father and I knew what I was going to say, but . . ."
Hot Shot then looked up at Optimus and smiled softly and said-
"Now I don't know what to say . . . I never expected this . . . ever. Now all I want to ask is . . . why didn't you tell me?"
"I wanted to Hot Shot, but you weren't ready, I knew," said Optimus. "You were all I had left and I didn't want to lose you again . . . I had thought that you would get mad at me."
"I, uh," started Hot Shot. "I wanted to ask my real father why he didn't come looking for me all those years, but I think I already know."
He then looked at everyone and then back at his father/commander and asked-
"Did everyone know?"
Optimus just shook his head replying 'yes'. He then gave out a small chuckle and said-
"Most of them figured out by themselves."
Hot Shot also gave out a small chuckle and then looked back at Optimus and then said-
"Even my aunt Sandrone?"
"Yes," shook Optimus. "I told her when I first found out that you were my lost child."
"Why didn't SHE tell me?" asked Hot Shot.
"I . . . asked her not to," sighed Optimus. "Please don't get mad Hot Shot. I wanted to be the one to tell you."
"So that's why you asked me if I could be like your lost son huh?" said Hot Shot figuring things out.
"Yes," sighed Optimus thinking Hot Shot would get mad at him.
Hot Shot then let out a small laugh and said-
"So . . . I have the best father in the universe pretty much huh?"
Optimus smiled as he saw his, now aware, son smiling at him like he did when he was 2,000 years old. Optimus then said-
"If you think so."
"Oh I do Optimus . . . I do," smiled Hot Shot giving a long awaited hug to his true father.
After the hug Hot Shot looked at him confused and asked-
"Now do I have to call you father now, or what?"
"I'd like you to try," said Optimus. "It would make me happy if you did, but if you don't want to you don't have to."
Hot Shot then breathed out and placed his fists on his hips. It was a lot to comprehend, but, somehow, he'd manage it.
"So," smiled Hot Shot as he looked at Optimus again. "I'm a Prime."
"Yes," smiled Optimus. "Born . . . and raised."
"YES! I knew I was meant for greatness!" smiled Hot Shot remembering that deep down inside when he was young he knew that he was meant to live another/better life than what he had.
Optimus and the others just let out loud joyfull laughs. They then headed off to the base.
"So your my great great great grandfather, right?" smiled Hot Shot as he looked at Vector Prime.
"Indeed son," smiled Vector Prime glancing a smile at Optimus as they left.
"Aw man!" started Jetfire as they stepped through the portal. "I just realized something."
"And just what's that Jetfire?" asked Red Alert.
"I can't make fun of Hot Shot any more since he's, now, offically a Prime!" said Jetfire.
More laughs came after that as the portal closed, but all their conversation was heard by Megatron and Scourge.
"That's right," smiled Megatron. "I remember now. Hot Shot is Prime's child."
"We could use this to our advantage," said Scourge.
"Yes we could," said Megatron as he smiled evily.
Starscream was just about finished at finding out the secret to the omega lock's power when he heard the sound of immature boosters fail and something hit the ground and roll.
"Who's there?!!" he called out looking around.
He then saw the thing roll right by him. It was his son Sunraiser.
"SUNRAISER!!!!" he cried as he came and picked him up and held him close to his chest. "Did you fly here?!!"
"Yes I did daddy," smiled Sunraiser. "Although I not that good as you, but someday I will."
Starscream then let out a wide smile as he hugged his young son close to him. He was ever glad Sunraiser was there with him. Now he could finish protecting his son from their enemies.
Hot Shot's girl: YEAH! I finally made Optimus tell him, I hope you all are HAPPY NOW!! 'Cause most of you were buggin' and buggin' Oh I didn't mind or nothing, but I just waited and waited till this certain chapter:) So I hoped you all liked my version of that cybertron episode and all. See ya next chapter, bye:D