At Decepticon Headquarters, Weapon was getting ready for the final battle.

"So, the Headmaster just got married. How quaint." Starscream said.

They all tried to ignore the terminated Decepticon and went back to the plan.

"I'm not going to have some fancy attack scheme. I'm just going to sit on top of a hill and take him out. I am you know a sniper."

Megaton nodded. The lone Lyacon left the room and headed for Autobot City.

Meanwhile Dustin had transformed into Shortstop and was outside with Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Tracks, Jazz, Wheeljack, Red Alert, Skyfire and the newly repaired Autobot: Savage Noble. It was Savage's first day out since his battle with Shortstop. He has been restricted to the medical bay since then. Ratchet allowed him to go outside to get some fresh air. He walked around in his robot mode then transformed into his panther mode. He ran around, jumped through the air; he looked like a dog that had just been let out to play for the first time. Savage came over to Shortstop and transformed back into robot mode.

"Man it's a beautiful day out." Savage said

Shortstop nodded in agreement. He looked over to see the other Autobots just lying around relaxing. Just then Savage fell to the ground. Shortstop knelt down to see what was wrong. The other Autobots quickly came over. Savage was hit in the shoulder with something. He was still alive. Shortstop opened his comm. link.

"Medical emergency. Medical team report outside."

Moments later Ratchet came outside to see what the problem was. He saw Savage and knelt down to take a look at him. As soon as he bent over and shot was fired. The Autobots scattered. Everybody looked around to see where the shot originated. Shortstop's binocular visor slid down over his eyes. He saw who he suspected. It was Weapon.

"Autobots, fire on the hilltop." He ordered.

The Autobots raised their weapons and fired. Weapon dodged the photon charges and abandoned his post. Shortstop saw him run and he went after him. Weapon appeared from the woods and stood there in front of Shortstop. Shortstop looked him over. Weapon looked like Skywarp and Thundercracker except that he was gray in color. His left optic was burned out from the scar that went down the side of his face.

"So you want to do this now?" Shortstop asked.

"Lets finish this"

"One shall stand, one shall fall" Shortstop said

"That is how it shall end, my worthy adversary."

The two warriors charged at each other. They punched, kicked, and kneed each other. Both of them tried to gain an advantage over the other. They were well matched. Weapon fired his pistol and Shortstop fired his arm lasers. They both dodged their opponent's attacks. Finally Weapon shot Shortstop in the chest. He fell to the ground and lay there on his back. Weapon walked over to him and kicked him aside. He turned to the other Autobots to brag about his victory then was tackled from behind by Shortstop. Shortstop picked him up by his wings and threw him into the air. He transformed in midair and flew around and fired at Shortstop. Shortstop dove around avoiding the attack. He grabbed his spoiler and threw it at Weapon. The boomerang sliced through Weapon's wing. He went crashing into the ground. He transformed back into robot mode. He stood up, a little disoriented. Weapon pulled out his sniper rifle and swung at Shortstop with it. Shortstop grabbed it and snapped it in half. He threw the broken weapon aside and stood there facing Weapon. Weapon leapt at Shortstop, tackling him. Shortstop wrestled with Weapon, finally picking him up and throwing him against a tree. Weapon pulled a chunk out of the tree. The chunk was long with a pointed tip. He threw it at Shortstop. The object struck Shortstop's side. It didn't really faze him. Weapon fired his pistol at the Autobot. Shortstop dodged it, ran over and punched Weapon in the face knocking him back and causing him to lose his pistol. Shortstop stepped back and pulled the piece of wood out of his side. Weapon's forearm produced an energy beam. He ran over and sliced into Shortstop's already open wound. Shortstop stumbled back covering his wound, like a mother protecting its young. He stepped back a few more feet to give him some room from his attacker. Weapon ran and jumped into the air; he came down to deliver a deadly strike with his energy beam but was uppercut by Shortstop. Weapon fell onto his back. Shortstop ran up to attack, Weapon attempted to trip him but Shortstop jumped into the air. When he landed, he was hit in the chest by both of Weapon's feet. Shortstop fell on his back but quickly got up. Weapon had also gotten up. The two Transformers grabbed each other. Weapon was struggling to gain some sort of advantage, while Shortstop held him back.

"I'll rip out your optics." Weapon said infuriated that he hadn't defeated him yet.

Shortstop pushed Weapon's arms aside, picked him up by his head and threw him aside. Weapon landed on his face. Shortstop aimed his arm lasers at the defeated Lyacon leader. Weapon got to his hands and knees and noticed his lost pistol was behind a fallen tree.

"No more Shortstop, grant me mercy I beg of you?" he pleaded as he slowly crawled towards his weapon.

"You, who are without mercy, now plead for it. I thought you were made of sterner stuff." Shortstop said not noticing what Weapon was going after.

Just then Weapon dove for the Weapon and fired. Shortstop dove out of the way and avoided the photon charge. The charge hit the side of a wall and caused it to collapse. A woman screamed. Shortstop knew that scream. It was Sarah. He quickly rolled over to see the wall fall on her. Shortstop came running over. He and the other Autobots quickly uncovered her, but it was too late.

Shortstop's head flew off and transformed back into it's exosuit mode. Dustin's helmet folded into his collar. He knelt down and propped her up against his knee and took ahold of her hand. She slowly looked up at him as her life rapidly left her body. Blood trickled from the corners of her mouth.

"MEDIC!" Dustin screamed. He looked back down at his injured wife. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I should've taken the blast. " Dustin said as he struggled to fight back his tears.

Sarah coughed as blood came out of her mouth. "It's...not your fault." She said faintly.

"Yes. Yes it is my fault. I should've been hit. Not you." Dustin said letting the tears stream down his face. "This shouldn't have happened."

"Don't beat...yourself...up? In a war...there are going to be casualties." She said.

Dustin looked up at the Autobot City entrance. "WHERE'S THE DAMN MEDIC?" His attention went back to Sarah. "Just hold on, baby. Once Carly gets out here, we'll fix you up and you'll be fine. Ok?" Dustin said trying to reassure her and himself.

Sarah knew better. She knew how bad her wounds were and that she would not survive.

"No,... not this...(cough) time. There can't be anything...done to save me." She said with her voice getting even more faint. The color in her eyes began to fade. She attempted a smile. "Even though...I was against the Transformers in...the beginning. I...must admit...it was...fun." At that moment her smile faded and her grip on Dustin's hand loosened. Dustin buried his head into the body of his wife.

Finally, at that moment Carly came running out. But she was too late. Sarah had already died. She stopped in her tracks to see the Autobots towering over Dustin and the body of Sarah. She ran over to them.

"You're too late. She's dead." Dustin said.

He gently laid her down and immediately turned around to face Weapon. His helmet folded back over his head and he transformed back into Shortstop. His eyes were glowing brightly. He saw Weapon laugh and take off into the sky. Shortstop knew he couldn't fly but two Autobots could: Sideswipe and Sunstreaker.

"I'm sorry Sideswipe. I have to do this." He said as he placed a hand on Sideswipe's shoulder.

"Sorry about wha..." he fell to the ground unconscious.

Shortstop gained Sideswipe's flying ability. With his eyes still glowing brighter than a mag light at full power, he jumped into the air and went after Weapon. He quickly caught up with him. Weapon turned around and was surprised to see Shortstop up there with him. Shortstop held onto Weapon's left arm and threw a punch that connected with his face. He repeatedly punched him. He didn't give Weapon the chance to retaliate. He held on to Weapon's left arm so tightly that he ended up ripping it off. He then took the arm and hit Weapon across the face with it. He tossed the arm behind him and continued to punch Weapon's face. He then grabbed a hold of Weapon's right shoulder then shoved his hand into his torso.

"This is for Sarah!"

He fired his arm lasers into him. Three lasers came out of the back of Weapon. Shortstop was losing his ability to fly, so he grabbed Weapon and brought him down with him. On the way down he continued to punch him in the face. They hit the ground so hard that it left a huge crater in the ground. He got up and walked towards Autobot City. He stopped turned around and walked back to the fallen Lyacon.

"This is also for Sarah."

He grabbed a hold of Weapon's head and twisted it. He had snapped his neck. He dropped the head and walked over to Sarah's lifeless body. The other Autobots backed off and gave him some space. He picked her up and brought her inside. He laid her down on the table, transformed back into his exosuit form and his helmet folded back revealing only his head. The Autobots who were in the room had left. He grabbed ahold of her hand and cried.