"Inform Delta warships to move in! attack the damn thing from behind! It MUST have a weak point!"

"Sir! Alpha Squad has been terminated! All ships have been taken out by an unknown energy attack! It's firing another energy beam!"

"DAMNIT! Grievous! Take command of Omega and Gamma forces, order them as you see fit! I'll keep command of Beta and Delta!"

His ship shook violently, as they saw another white light beam fly past them, ripping through a nearby warship, tearing in two, before one half what had it's engines, exploded.

Keaton had grabbed onto some nearby rails, looking pissed off. Grievous had already gone over to some of the officers, telling them what to send to the squads Keaton gave him command of.

Keaton quickly sorted out his posture, looking out the windows of the bridge again and bellowing out commands, telling his men to tell the fleets to continue firing, hundreds of green laser fire was seen shooting at one target outside, hitting it everywhere, but getting nowhere, hundreds of small ships flying at the target firing at will, but nothing was even scratching the surface.

Their target, was none other then Unicron.

"Don't let up! Beta and Delta Squads! Deploy all ships I repeat! Deploy all ships! Swarm the bastard now!"

Like a swarm of bees, waves upon waves of small combat vessels flew out of the warships, avoiding the big ships guns, while heading towards Unicron, using their own in a effort to destroy him.

But in reality, it was more just like flies to Unicron, and his playing around with these little ships is beginning to annoy him.

"I see that you are all blinded by your duties to attack me, instead of thinking of your own lives. Very well, I haven't had any dessert after such a wonderful main course…something, explosive…"

His mouth opened up once more…and the green energy begun to flow out, covering hundreds of small combat ships, and at least 9 warships, one of them being Keaton's vessel. All of the other warships and combat ships begun to open fire at the open maw and stayed away from the energy, but again, it done nothing.

Keaton turned to his men, as a green light filled the bridge, making it seem everything was green. "What's going on!?"

"S-Sir! We're being pulled in! weapons fire is NOT effecting it!"

"Reverse engines! Attempt to use Alpha warp!"

The officer who was speaking to him look terrified, after trying to get the engines to function again.

"Sir! It's- it's not working! No matter what speed we use we can't escape it's unknown tractor beam! Estimate 9 minutes before we reach the opening!"

Keaton looked outside, and saw their destination, he could just see the small fighters being pulled in, being, eaten…like the planet… "..Abandon ship. I repeat! All personnel! ABANDON SHIP!"

There was no looking at Keaton like it was a bad idea, his crew just fled the bridge, all except Grievous, who begun to follow Keaton, as he walked off the bridge instead of running. They walked together side by side as panic was around them. Keaton had his own personnel escape pod, which was fitted with superior engines, hull, even a shield to save his own hide. He stepped into it, and motioned Grievous to sit inside with him, as the cyborg expected.

Keaton looked at him, as the door closed shut, and it prepared for an automatic lift off. The destination? To any nearby GF controlled planet, as the auto pilot was set for. "Grievous…it appears this will not be my day of glory."

Grievous looked directly at him. "It will be one day, Grand Commander, One day. We will find his weakness and expose it."

Dozens and dozens of escape pods launched, shooting out of the warship, along with the other warships doing the same, knowing it was hopeless…but many, many of those escape pods, were caught in the energy, and were pulled in faster then any of the other ships, the people inside saw themselves fly through the entrance into the beast, and their last sight, was three large metal walls, with teeth like parts to them in the middle, opening and closing, chomping through the feeble armour of the pods and fighters, either crushing the people, or killing them with the lack of air once their vessel was torn open. In the end, they would all become the food in which he eats.

If their luck was terrible, they would avoid all three, and instead join the rest of their friends in what appeared to be red liquid, flowing inwards, into a huge, massive hole, filled to the brim, with pink liquid…which to those survivors would find out before they died, was acid, at such a strong level, it melted the metal…and the flesh of those people, as their ships sunk into the abyss, turning into specks.

Today would not be the finest hour for the GF, that's for certain.

Ridley sighed. Two days it's been since their departure from Zebes, two days, and no sign of the warship these things were auto piloted for. It just felt like forever, as both ships were drifting on through space.

Samus looked at him, knowing how annoyed he was getting. "Ridley, these things don't have warp engines. It's gonna take time if they warped away anywhere. We just need to relax."

Ridley nodded, knowing this, but he still didn't like anything in a ship like this, with nothing to do. Rouge was a lot better now, so checking how she was is gone from time passing, and all they had was talking to their friends on the other ship, but that gets boring when neither see anything.

He looked at Shadow, who was sitting there, eyes closed. "You've been like that for the last 29 hours, you know that? How can you not be bored of just…being like a sleeping statue?"

Shadow opened his eyes and looked at him. "It's called focusing your mind Ridley. It helps me relax and regain my thoughts, keep them all in line."

"Well my species can only focus on that for like 2 hours before we have to do something else. I mean, it ain't something you should do all day long."

"Well it's not like we have anything better to do."

Ridley thought about this, and nodded. "Point taken, so Shadow?" Shadow sighed, but continued to listen. "Where did you come from? I mean it's pretty weird title, the Ultimate Lifeform, hell I could call myself that. But to me you look kinda like Sonic in a dark way."

"I'm called that because that's what I am. I was created by Gerald Robotnik 57 years ago on the space colony ARK. I take it you do know that abandoned colony, don't you?"

"I think so. Orbiting Mobius isn't it? Abandoned due to freak accidents."

"Humph, there was no freak accident, SCI got scared of what Gerald was doing, along with a fellow scientist called Yuri Gargarin. They swarmed the place and killed nearly everyone. I was able to flee down to the planet thanks to…a friend…who was killed during the attack."

"So…your name came from Gerald?"

" What I was came from him, the Ultimate Lifeform, my name was given to me by Yuri as Gerald couldn't think of anything for my friend to call me by. I was designed to master Chaos Energy, and be the fastest thing alive."

Ridley understood now. "Ah, I see now. So that's why you can do some damage with the energy. Shame without that shiny emerald you got there, it's limited."

"This 'Shiny Emerald' is a Chaos Emerald, filled with infinite energy, which very few beings are able to harness. I know of a few besides me that can. Sonic has a minor ability to, this Red Hedgehog called Chad used to be able to as well and-"

"Wait, you know Sonic and Chad? Well hot damn, guess what?"

Shadow looked at him, and waited. "…what?"

"We're going to rescue them too! At least you can have a reunion with them!"

"…Oh joy."

"Captains log, Stardate 46607.8. So far we have been able to pass through plenty of the Galactic Federation territory with little to no issues. Previously we had detected a Borg ship, but it appears it has return back to it's territory where it belongs. Instead we're moving towards where there may be a battle going on, as noted by a Galactic Federation warship Valaha earlier. Not just any battle, a possible battle with the Planet Eater."

The Enterprise was seen warping by, along with it, several other Starfleet vessels. Inside, on the Bridge, sitting at his Chair, was Jean-Luc Picard. He continued his log. "I have already prepared the crew for what awaits us, although to be honest, we cannot be certain of what we will come up against, and what power it has…end log."

Then, a series of beeps were heard from Worf's station behind the where the captain was sitting. "Sir, we're detecting a distress call, from a Galactic Federation ship."

Picard stood up, along with Riker. "Source?"

Worf pressed a few buttons on his controls. "It seems to be coming from sector 33.713."

Riker looked at Picard, concerned a little. "That's where we're heading right now."

"Worf, patch it through." Picard said, looking away from him now, and just listening.

"Aye sir."

There was silence…then a scrambling sound, as if the transmission was having a hard time, before a male human voice was heard, just. " Unable to escape, we are in need of assistance! Please send help!"

Picard looked at Worf quickly. "Open the channel."

Worf nodded, and pressed a few buttons. "Chanel open sir."

"Galactic Federation vessel, this is the Starfleet vessel USS Enterprise, we are en-route to your location, what's your status?"

"Enterprise, we're being-" there was interference. "-our engines are not responding! We've sustained severe damage, and nearly all of the fleet is wiped out, we were going to retreat and regroup-" more interference, then the transmission cut off. Picard looked over to Worf once again, who shook his head.

"We've lost contact sir. Unable to re-establish."

Picard turned towards the main screen of the bridge. "Data, contact all vessels to increase to warp 8. Can you scan the sector now?"

"Aye sir. I have detected at least 38 Galactic Federation attack warships. I will scan again once we get close."

It only took them an hour at this pace, but once they got close, Data begun a scan. "Sir, I have detected the Planet Unicron. It is a few sectors away from our current destination."

Riker spoke up. "Any sign of that fleet of the Galactic Federation?"

"I am picking up no sign of a fleet. There are a few vessels though, no power to them…"

Picard looked at him. "That's it? What happened to the rest?"

"Unknown sir. We are about to arrive."

Picard went silent. And soon, they all arrived in the sector…to be greeted by the few remaining GF warships, torn into fragments, drifting there…

Picard stood up, looking at the screen, walking over near it. "…Lifesigns?"

Data pressed a few buttons on his control panel, but just shook his head. Riker seemed to realize something and stood up, walking over to where Picard was. "Sir, there was suppose to be a M-Class planet in this sector according to the Vahala…"

Picard nodded, remembering. "…Data?"

Data typed something in, then just looked at the screen. "No planets of that type in this sector sir. If there was, it is gone."

Picard looked at Riker, concerned. "Perhaps, this Planet Eater does truly go by his name…"

Data checked his control panel quickly, as a worrying beeping sound was heard. "Sir, we're detecting several large ships entering the Sector. They are not Galactic Federation."

They soon saw the ships come into view…Imperial Star Destroyers, along with two massive Freighters, the Star Destroyers bearing the mark of the Galactic Empire, while the Freighters carried the mark of the Rebel Alliance. Unlike the other two human empires, these ones had the biggest ships around, they had double the size of the GF warships, and simply dwarfed even the Galaxy class.

Picard quickly turned to Worf. "Open hailing frequencies."

Once they were open "This is Captain Jean Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise. We are part of the United Federation of Planets, and wish to bring you no harm."

There was silence…then on the main viewer screen, was Darth Vader, standing on the bridge of one of the Star Destroyers, his appearance, and his breathing sounds, made Picard feel like this one wasn't a friendly fellow.

Riker looked surprised at Darth Vader, then spoke to Picard. "Not really a looker, is he?"

Darth Vader soon spoke. "We are the Galactic Empire and Rebel Alliance, and I am Darth Vader, Right hand man to the Emperor. We have come under the truce between us and the Galactic Federation in order to deal with the being known as Unicron."

Picard smiled, relieved a little. "The Galactic Empire? This is the first time we've ever made direct contact. We're here for the same reasons, to handle Unicron. There was a battle here, which was being led by the Galactic Federation…unfortunately as you can see, it was over before either of us arrived."

A new voice was heard on Darth Vader's end. " A planet has been lost as well, I sense in the force." then, slowly floating up to show himself, was none other than Yoda.

Picard was just as surprised with the creature as he was with Vader. "Yes, well we have confirmed that a planet was present here, before we arrived…perhaps we can transport you over to the Enterprise and we can discuss what's going on?"

Yoda looked at Darth Vader, and nodded at him, as Vader looked to Picard. "Agreed." then the communication was disconnected.

"Not the best time to get to know our distant neighbors, is it?" Riker quipped.

"No number one, but when things like this happen, you can never know who you'll meet. I want all my secondary staff in the meeting room once they're ready. For now, I'll go down and greet them." He gave Riker a smile, then left the Bridge.

The prison ship was still heading to Gaia VII. It's occupants, still in their cells, awaiting to arrive. Inside the cells, there were four beds, and a small door connected to the cell which led to the single toilet. The other door connected led to the corridor and to the rest of the ship. On the side walls, were very small holes, which were barred, allowing inmates to talk with their fellow inmates in the other cells next to them. There was an embedded TV in one corner of the ceiling, which was always turned off at 18:00 and switched on at 8:00.

In one cell right now, was Chad, sitting on his bed, looking depressed, with Anna, who was talking to Zhang He that was with them, and finally their 4th roommate was Quickman. In the Cell to their right, was Forte, Cao Cao, Jak and Daxter, who classed as a prisoner, no matter what his height was. To their left, was Roll, Maylu, Xiahou Dun and Knuckles.

Quickman was seen watching the TV, which was showing an F-Zero grand prix going on at Mute City right now. 30 racers, hyper fast cars, and alot of deaths, as feared with 7 of the racers, who had already been knocked out of it. The time was 15:30, according to the TV right now.

Chad soon just laid down on his bed, looking at the ceiling, as he was overhearing Zhang He and Anna.

"…and I tell you Anna, being in here is NOT doing my makeup any good! I mean, the sooner we get to the planet the better! Not only have they taken my beautiful claws away, but my accessories too! Keaton did say I was allowed to bring some, I'm sure of it!"

"Well Zhang He, perhaps he told you the opposite and you were just hoping…but I agree with you with the hopes we get to Gaia VII soon, then Dr Light and Dr Wily can explain to the High Ministers, along with Yuan Shao, that Darkmega hasn't caused us any problems."

Chad gave a short laugh, before he rolled over and was facing the wall, with his eyes shut. Anna looked at him with an eyebrow raised for a moment, before Zhang He took her attention. "I thought they would rather try and cover up the fact we even have that…disgusting fellow. I mean he has done some harm to their empire, and you know what their like."

Anna sighed. "Yeah, I do…cause any trouble, they'll run you down and hang you up before you know-"

"Welcome, Chad Oswald…"

Chad shot his eyes open…and realized he wasn't on the ship anymore. He was drifting in space, upright, and looking right at the terror that Darkmega spoke of. He was right between the two massive horns, looking at it's mouth, which glowed white, covering him in the light as it spoke. He had to squint his eyes in order to avoid being blinded.

"U…Unicron…"

"I am communicating with you, through telepathy, Chad Oswald. To those around you, you have fallen into a deep sleep. Ever since I have brought Richard to me, I sensed your presence. A Oswald…long since I have heard that name…"

Chad just tried to glare at Unicron. " What the hell do you mean by that?"

" Clearly, you are not one to read your history. You appear before Heaven's Judgement, and yet you do not understand what your legacy is."

"What Legacy?! Why the hell am I such an interest to you?!"

There was silence, and as Chad heard, a growling sound echoed within Unicron, before he spoke again. "Because someone, many a millennia ago, battled me, and stopped me….once…but after, he worked for me, helped me return to a regenerative state. You are his descendent, and I have hopes that you will assist me, as he had done so before you."

Chad couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Bullshit! The fuck would I want to help you!? You're a nutcase thinking he'll destroy everything!"

There was a faint chuckle coming from Unicron at that statement. "You do not believe my power? Foolish boy."

"Look Unicron, what the hell do you want?!"

"You wish to know then? Excellent. In order to guarantee my success, Chad Oswald, I require you to collect me three items, which could easily stand in my way should they be…used. An essence of darkness, the Black Materia. An essence of light, the Holy Materia. And of course, the element of energy itself, the Matrix of leadership, carried by the Transformers…destroy them, guarantee my return will not be stopped."

Chad looked at him, still just holding a glare. "And you expect me to just do out and do that!? You're an idiot!"

"Oh am I? I can see inside you, boy. I can see what you want, what you are."

Chad clenched his fists. " All I want is to live in peace Unicron!"

"So do I, Chad Oswald, but the only way to find true peace, is removing all threats to it, from humanity itself bar the chosen few, to the creatures that live by them."

"You're sick."

"I see you do not understand…perhaps granting you the power your ancestor once proudly used, will awaken you to the truth…the blade of darkness, is not enough…"

"Whatever it is, I would never use it!"

"Why? Why resist it boy? It will grant you power greater then you've felt before, new strength, the power of a true warrior."

"I DON'T CARE! I just want to live in peace!"

Unicron went silent, then laughed, loudly, annoying the hell out of Chad. "What's so funny!?"

"It is not like you have a choice in the matter. While we speak, I have used my power to transfer a power inside of you, which you have no control over. The pure element in which those things you call 'Dark Chips', are created from."

Chad just stared at him in horror. "You…you did what!?"

Slowly, the white light turned dark purple, as Unicron laughed again. "Chad. It is time for you to follow his footsteps. It is time, to awaken your inner dark power. I will open the door for you, and let you experience the darkness in it's wonderful, glorious form!"

Chad tried to move himself, but his body was stiff. It felt like, something was burning on his skin, like something was latching onto him. "Never! I'll refuse it!"

"It is not like you have much of a choice in this matter. It has already begun to infest your body, your mind. You'll soon wake up, and see things differently than before."

Chad felt it getting into his skin, his head, oh god did that hurt so much right now, something was pushing itself inside…something that was making him feel tired, weak at first…his thoughts were becoming deluded, he couldn't focus on Unicron anymore, then, a new power, a dark power, was awaking inside of him, hatred, anger, it was growing, and fast. "No…no no no! I don't want to! I don't want to be like this! LEAVE ME ALONE!"

"Now go…see what are really are…like him… Destroy the Matrix, the Materia…"

Soon Unicron begun to fade away, as Chad saw a black liquid like substance begin to cover his body, from the feet up. He tried to struggle, tried to get away from it, as it reached his waist, but he couldn't, it was impossible, he felt so much pain now, as he looked ahead, Unicron vanishing from view, as Chad was finally covered completely in the Black substance.

"F-FREEZE!"

"H…Holy Shit…"

"Chad! Please stop it! PLEASE!"

Chad suddenly saw a flash of light, and then, he found himself, holding a GF trooper by his neck, against a steel wall of a corridor…his crushed neck no less, blood splashed inside his visor. Chad quickly dropped him in shock. He looked around, his mind clearing quickly. He was in his mobian form, but was a dark red colour as he could see, and a purple aura was around him.

He was standing in the centre of a corridor, one of the prison sections, he noticed the door to his cell with the others, was blasted apart, and on the floor were several GF troopers, with either holes through their torsos, or head decapitated by his own hands. Anna was seen near him, on the floor, her voice is what he heard asking him to stop, she had a massive mark on her right cheek, which indicated he hit her, or must of. Zhang He was also near him, along with Quickman. Down the end of the corridor, were several more GF troopers, aiming their rifles at Chad, some of them shaking a little. There was an alarm going off, warning of a breakout in this corridor.

He felt worried for Anna, had he, Really done that? His minds clear crisp focus soon begun to fade, as he felt…anger, so much anger fill him, hatred, it was making him shake. His little worry of Anna was disappearing, to him she was just a nuisance right now, a hindrance like her friends with her. He turned his focus to the GF troopers before him. His cackled evilly. "Heheheh, so you think you can stop me? Stupid fools, I'll make you regret coming down here!"

He begun to spin on the ground, and shot towards them, their bullets flew to him, only to be rebounded by the aura itself. As he got close, he jumped out of the spinning state, into the air, looking at them all, and shouted "CHAOS BLAST!" that segment of the corridor, was filled with a blinding red light, as the screams of the GF troopers was heard…and once the light faded, the GF troopers were, to say in the very least, as Chad landed, in several pieces, in several places all at once. Chad panted a little, but as he looked at the deaths he caused, that felt GOOD.

"Oh yeah! that's how you kill without any problems!" Then, he heard something come at him move behind, and quickly moved next to the wall, seeing a Quick Boomerang fly past…he turned and saw Quickman, and Zhang He, looking at him, as Anna was now seen sitting up against the wall near their cell, looking at Chad in fear.

"Chad, you have to stop this! This will only give them a good reason to keep us all in prison for good!" Quickman shouted.

Chad chuckled, looking down at the floor, then at his Net Navi. "I thought you would enjoy the freedom from the cell…instead you attack me to try, poorly I might add, to stop me. Pity that it seems I might have to kill you now." he got into a stance, motioning Quickman and Zhang He to come at him. "I'll give you both 30 seconds tops to try. Fail, and I kill."

Both Quickman and Zhang He were a little reluctant, but then, they charged towards him, Quickman being much faster and getting right up close to Chad, when his view of things died off. Chad was confused, it felt like everything was Black…then…Zuo Ci, appeared before him, walking out of the darkness almost, walking towards him. Chad didn't resist, just confused at what was going on. The old man stopped right in front of him.

"You…you're…that old man from Wu Zhang Plains…What…where, am I?" Chad asked.

Zuo Ci looked right into his eyes, then shook his head slowly. "The darkness, has covered you, yet I know you can still find the light. Look into yourself Chad, realize that what you are now is not what you were meant to be. I will aid you this time, to break away, but if this were to happen again you must fight your own battle."

Zuo Ci reached out, but Chad quickly stepped back. "Hold on a moment, how did you know what's been going on? How did you get here?"

"Do not be afraid, Chad. I am a Deity, a being that can see many things, and feel what goes on in this Universe. Here, is a question that I cannot truly answer, for here is a place within your mind, infected by the darkness."

Chad looked at him oddly, but accepted that explanation. "Why do you help me? Am I important or something?"

Zuo Ci nodded. "Yes, you are Chad."

"…To stop Unicron, right?"

Zuo Ci stood there silent for a moment, then nodded. "For now, yes, that is what you are to do."

"Then, then what can I do to stop him?! His a planet eater! His size isn't something I feel comfy about taking on!"

"Chad, what you must do, was hinted by Unicron…the three items. One of them is with one of your allies, two of them, are on Gaia VII…find them, and use them to stop Unicron."

Chad sighed in annoyance. "That's all good and all, but I'm in a tight jam right now. Arrested remember?"

Zuo Ci took a step towards him, and placed his hand on Chad's shoulder. "Your chance on that planet will come…now close your eyes."

Chad looked at him with suspicions, but done as he was asked, and felt a cold feeling rush over his body, and the next moment, he was back in the corridor, standing there, as Quickman and Zhang He were both on the ground, knocked out cold, and he was charging Chaos Energy in his hands, which quickly disappeared, his dark red fur changing back to it's more brighter form, and the purple aura vanishing.

He stumbled, a little fazed out by the sudden drop of power, but he soon recovered, quickly worrying about Quickman and Zhang He and checked them. Thankfully he had only done little harm to them. He then saw Anna, and went over to her, as she was still sitting there, looking terrified at him, and pushing herself up against the wall as he got close. "Anna, Anna…it's me, I'm myself again, it's alright."

He reached out, and gently touched her on the shoulder, she just stopped, looked at him…and quickly hugged him, certainly relieved he was alright now, as he hugged her back. "I'm sorry Anna, I'm sorry for all this right now…something just, happened earlier…" Then, he heard more GF troopers arrive, telling him to freeze, along with Anna. He did so this time, putting his hands up to show he was surrendering.

On the Enterprise, the meeting had begun, between the captain of the Enterprise, the flagship of the United Federation of Planets, Jean-Luc Picard, with his officers Data, Georgi La-forge, William Riker, Deanna Troi, Worf and Beverly Crusher, and Darth Vader, head of the Star Destroyer Destive, with him, was Yoda, two of his officers called Titus Klev and Marl Semtin, and finally Admiral Ackbar, who was on one of the two Rebel alliance vessels.

They all sat down once Picard shook hands with both Darth Vader and Ackbar. Picard leaned back in his chair a little. "Well, it seems that the Galactic Federation have decided to make a truce with both of our parties after such a long standoff, and we all know why, don't we?"

"This major threat of Unicron. We got word from Master Yoda that he felt a major disturbance in the force, and soon Galactic Empire scouting parties confirmed that the Planet Eater was present." Ackbar said.

Riker looked at him and Darth Vader. "Unicron was spotted in our sector before coming over to the Galactic Federation. We think his aim is for the capital Planet itself. Gaia VII."

"We have concluded that as well, but as we headed towards it, we picked up a distress signal from this area." Darth Vader responded.

Picard nodded. "Like we did. Unfortunately, we both seem to have arrived too late to help, and Unicron has begun moving again. He also had allies called the Borg, but we detected none all the way here. There was one prior to the distress signal, but it seemed to be returning to their territory. If Unicron has abandoned them, it's one less problem right now."

"Our concern right now then, is to protect Gaia VII from him." Darth Vader concluded, with Picard nodding.

"That's correct, but I doubt us alone will be enough to handle Unicron. We need to call as much back up as we possibly can to repel him. Mister Data, have the scans on Unicron showed how long it will take for him to arrive at Gaia VII?"

Data stood up. "It would seem his pace indicates a slow down in his movements. It is possible that processing a planet, which we believe he has consumed, requires a large amount of energy. We have if he keeps to this speed, 4 days untill his arrival at Gaia VII."

Picard smiled a little. "Well that gives us plenty of time to inform our sides to bring in a larger fleet then and move round Gaia VII to protect it from harm."

Vader nodded. "Agreed. Once I return to my ship, I will contact the Emperor personally for more ships to arrive and assist. Ackbar, I expect you will contact the Rebel Alliance to do the same."

"Of course I will." Ackbar replied.

"I'll contact Starfleet and see what numbers we can get. Perhaps we could also call the Klingons to help, maybe even the Romulans and the Cardassians…if we're lucky and they understand the danger we're up against." Picard said.

Yoda sat there, nodding slowly, then looking at Picard. "Joint alliance, we must hold with the Galactic Federation, if we are all to survive. Work together, and victory shall be gained. Work apart, and defeat will occur without fail."

It was now about 18:15 on Gaia VII. In the towering building of Shinra HQ, Dr Robotnik was seen checking through files and looking at the computer on Keaton's desk, sitting there in the comfy chair Keaton had to himself, when Rufus walked in, making Dr Robotnik quickly stand up, thinking it was someone else, then sitting down again. "Oh, it's you Rufus. I heard you got a call from the High Ministers themselves, what was it about?"

Rufus walked over, and sat on the side of the desk. "…Keaton is now M.I.A, possibly K.I.A. All contact with his ship has been lost since the report that he had attempted to attack Unicron."

Dr Robotnik looked shocked. "…You mean…but then who-"

Rufus quickly interrupted. "Due to our closeness to the commander, and without Grievous, who was a possible candidate, as Grand Cross, I've been placed as temporary Grand Commander until they can confirm Keaton Al'Keriff is dead and buried."

Dr Robotnik went quiet…then leaned back and grinned. "Excellent. This is just what we needed Rufus! As long as Keaton is actually dead, you have the window of opp-"

"Robotnik?"

Robotnik stopped talking. "…?"

"You're in my seat."

Dr Robotnik very quickly moved, as Rufus stood up, walked over to the chair, and calmly sat down in it…this, was more like it. "S-Sorry Rufus!"

Rufus simply looked at the computer, ignoring Robotnik for the moment. "…So the United Federation of Planets and the Galactic Empire and their friends are coming towards this planet? Excellent. Ivo, I want you to contact Master Chief. Tell him, Snake and Colonel, I am in command, and I order that the prison ship carrying those 'Heroes' come to Gaia VII at once. I believe our two families of scientists on that ship can help us with Unicron…if we strike a deal."

Dr Robotnik nodded quickly, and walked off. Rufus sat back in the chair. Sure, he was temporary for now, but he was fine with that, afterall…

…soon he'll make himself, Emperor.

Captain David Hanson, of the GF Prison ship Ganioda, Glared down at the Three before him in his seat. " Grand Commander Rufus!? His as much Grand Commander as I am a Protoss!"

Master Chief was frowning underneath his helmet. Around them, the captains officers look at them weirdly. "We can have your rank removed if you don't comply with orders captain."

David scoffed at them. "I think not. If you're trying to just pull my leg, it's not funny, if not, I'll have all of you arrested and toss you all in the cells along with those punks!"

Snake sighed in annoyance. "We don't have time for this. Since this is a direct order from the Grand Commander, I'll personally give you one more chance. Turn this ship around to Gaia VII, and it's only an hours flight from here I might add, or get retired."

David stood up, shouting. "How dare you! I'll make sure you-"

One shot, one kill. Snake had pulled out an energy pistol with a silencer on the end, and fired it, square in the Captain's forehead. The Captain just fell back and slumped into his chair, blood flowing out of the hole, eyes rolled back.

"Retired it is then."

Master Chief looked at him in slight shock. It was always known people who joined 666 needed to understand violence is a option, not a last resort, and it seemed Snake learnt well. The officers around them just went silent from pure horror.

Master Chief then looked at the officers. "People, this is an order from Rufus Shinra, the replacement of Keaton Al'Keriff. You will do as we have been ordered. Plot the route to Gaia VII!"

The officers were silent…then just turned to their computers, making sure they did as they were told, lest they risk ending up like the captain.

Down in the cells, they had put a force field at where the door once was to Chad, Anna, Zhang He and Quickmans cell. Chad was sitting on his Bed, silent, as were Zhang He and Quickman.

Anna looked at him, still a little scared. "So…you said that you saw…Unicron? And he put something inside of you, to make you go crazy?"

Chad slowly nodded. "Yeah…Anna, I am really sorry, you know that right? I didn't have any control over it."

"…And, it's because he knew of an Ancestor to you?"

Chad nodded again. "That's what he said…"

Anna went quiet. Then Quickman spoke up. "Does that sorta make you his servant?"

"Hey whoa whoa, I'm not his lackey. I'm not under his control. It's been stopped by a…friend, for now. I dunno, if it's permanent I'll admit, but nothing will happen right now. I'm okay, I'm normal, whatever normal is."

Anna looked into his eyes, and smiled a little, to show she sorta believed him, but there was a little doubt. "I know Chad, it's just shook me up, that's all."

Chad understood. It shook him up too. Although after the next two hours, he was even more shook up.

The first thing was the sudden fact they had entered orbit of a planet, and landed, which was three days earlier than expected. Then, they had got off the vessel, in their handcuffs, escorted by the GF troopers. Into as Chad knew it as, Junon Harbor. He saw Yuan Shao come off the ship, just as surprised as anyone. Then they had marched down a few streets, with Master Chief, Snake and Colonel, only to be halted by none other than Rufus Shinra, who had Dr Robotnik with him, and several GF troopers of his own.

He ordered their handcuffs to be undone. Which was quickly handled. Dr Light and Dr Wily had moved in front of everyone with Yuan Shao, as Master Chief, Snake and Colonel had motioned the GF troopers of the prison ship to return to it and depart at once for the nearest starbase, then went over and stood with Rufus.

"What's going on here? Where's Keaton?" Dr Light asked.

Rufus smiled in a way that didn't make you feel welcomed. "Keaton is missing, and so as his replacement, I have corrected this little error of his. Our sincerest apologies, Dr Thomas Light and Dr Albert Wily."

Yuan Shao looked surprised. "They made you his replacement for now then? Well at least it is someone who has common sense! I'm glad all this has been sorted!"

Rufus bowed to him. "Of course Minister Yuan Shao. To arrest allies of the High Ministers is simply the actions of a madman. I would like to send you all home of course, but right now, I would like for you all to stay here, under my personnel care…and of course, to help me."

Dr Wily raised an eyebrow. "Help you? How?"

"To deal with Unicron, with great minds like you here, we might be able to come up with something."

Dr Wily looked at Thomas, who shrugged, quite happy with the idea. "Well I don't see why not Albert. Alright then Rufus, we'll help you since you helped us with this trouble."

Chad was watching at the back, with Anna. He could just see Rufus, and something about his appearance alone didn't rub well with Chad. Once they started being escorted to all of the available rooms and cargo holds for the transformers, Rufus stopped Dr Light, Yuan Shao and Wily from following, which made Chad stop nearby, which in turn made Roll stop as she saw him, and walked over to him, noticing he was watching Rufus, Light, Wily and Yuan Shao.

Rufus cracked a genuine smile, as Dr Robotnik, Snake, Colonel and Master Chief stood there, quiet.. "My, My, 12 years on. It's been a long time Wily. It's shame you only taught robotics for a few years before leaving it after the incident."

Wily looked confused. "…Excuse me?"

"You must remember me. I was the one who always stayed near the front of the class, always listening, and always writing down notes, so much so, you once scolded me for putting too much down."

Wily looked at him closely, as even Light was slightly confused. "This man was a student of yours Wily?"

"Years ago Thomas, when I has begun reforming from the rebellions…my god! Ru?!" Dr Wily exclaimed, finally recalling the person from his teaching days. Rufus Shinra, Little Ru, as he was nicknamed by Albert Wily. He was an isolated soul back in those days at the age of 15. He was quite short at the time, but he was a head above the rest in learning about science and robotics.

Wily remembered all too well that he heard about Ru's hopes to take over his father's business, and maybe more than that. His demand to learn soon changed by the age of 17, and he was very…quiet. Of course Wily heard about Rufus's father 4 years ago, and guessed it was Keaton's doing, as magically Keaton was granted a seat in Midgar.

Rufus reached out and shook Dr Wily's hand. "I'm glad you're here. I really could do with your guidance on Unicron. There must be a way to stop him."

Dr Wily smiled, and as he was talking to Rufus, Roll put her hand on Chad's shoulder, making him stop listening in. "Chad? Why don't we go indoors and leave them to it?"

He gave her smile, and nodded. They soon head inside..

Chad was sure he was asleep…but it felt like he was awake. He was walking around…somewhere…a lake? In a forest? And then, he found himself in a giant crater, green light emitting from it…he couldn't understand what was going on.

Then he saw Optimas Prime, and saw his chest opening, showing the Matrix of Leadership, glowing brightly…then he saw Unicron, and heard his laughter. Before he suddenly woke up, sitting upright.

He was in one of the small living quarters in Junon harbor. Bland, small, only had a bed, a machine where you tossed your clothes in, and it washed and dried them, a sonic shower, designed to just remove the dirt off you in seconds, and make you feel like your high for about 20 of those seconds, a toilet, and a small little TV hanging off the ceiling, but it was better than the Cell has he didn't have to worry now about Zhang He possibly sneaking up on him. He got himself up, put his clothes in the machine, and gave himself a sonic shower. Soon he was dressed, and saw the time on the news. It was 8:00am precisely. He then decided to take notice of the news…and was shocked.

It had been the report about the destruction of the planet Hyrulian, and the reports of the battle having being led by Keaton, who is now officially seen as KIA. A goner. According to the reports, a burial in his honour will be organized once the threat of the Planet Eater, as it was named on the news, was dealt with. Then they said about the United Federation of Planets and the Galactic Empire truce, saying it's one step closer to peace in the universe.

Chad just muttered "So Keaton did get fucked over…good riddance…"

He soon opened the door out of his living Quarters…and was met face to face with Darkmega…he didn't looked surprised, and just glared. "…Alright, explain to me in 30 seconds how the fuck you got here and why the hell are you outside my door?"

Darkmega grinned. "Oh we got here last night actually. The ships we stole led us here, nearly got arrested, then this Rufus guy with the two good doctors confirmed we're on their side and let us stay. Well Ridley and the others anyway, I was told to go straight to you and you have to watch over me. So…I've been standing here since…oh…4 in the morning."

Chad was still glaring, then slammed the door on Darkmega.

"Ah come on Chad! Doctors orders!"

From behind the door. "FUCK the doctors!"

Darkmega was still grinning. "Chaaad, you're stuck with me and you know it. Why not just accept it?" There was no answer. "Ya know, we could be good pals. Why don't we go out somewhere on this planet for a little bit hm? Get to know each other better."

Chad leaned on the door, sighing in annoyance…then it hit him…the two items on this planet…he needs to get them, thanks to Darkmega, he just remembered. He felt his stomach grumble about food first, but that could come later. His first thought about how would know more than anyone about this planet, or been on an adventure to know it's secrets…he clicked his fingers. Cloud Strife and his group!

He opened the door, glaring at Darkmega for a moment, then pushed past him, looking for a trooper or a guard that might know where the nearest teleported facility was. He remembered that Cloud and co had left this planet years back, about 5 now, and took up residence at a planet called Traverse Town. As he walked down the corridors, he heard Darkmega catch up with him. "Hey! Don't just ignore me! I'm right here you know!"

Chad did just ignore him, and as he rounded a corner, he bumped right into Anna and Zhang He, knocking himself back a little, and knocking poor Anna to the floor. "Oh Anna! Jeez, sorry sorry!" he quickly said, helping her up.

Anna smiled a him a little…that was until she saw Darkmega. "…Oh, taking Darkmega somewhere Chad?"

Chad shook his head. "No actually, his just following like a lost puppy. I'm actually looking for someone to direct me to a teleporting area or place. I need to get to Traverse Town to find Cloud, Tifa and company."

Anna looked surprised a little, then smiled. "Well you won't mind if I come along do you? I would like to say hi to Tifa again after two years…Zhang He will come as well."

Chad looked a little uneasy at Zhang He, but knew that wasn't a choice she gave him. "Yeah, that's cool with me Anna. Come on then, let's go and find someone." All three started to walk off, with Darkmega still following.

He was glaring at their backs. Assholes, how dare they treat him like he wasn't there…wait, was he getting annoyed at them for not paying him attention? It shouldn't matter, they'll be dead in time, their actions now will only make things worse for them when he gets his chance.

Soon, They found a lift, and got on it, heading to the upper floors of Junon Harbor, Darkmega still following suit. Chad chose the highest level it was allowed to go, and soon he found himself in an office, where Rufus, Dr Light, Dr Robotnik and Dr Wily were, standing up in the middle of the room, discussing something. There was two guards at the elevator doors when it opened, and Chad, Anna, Zhang he and Darkmega found the guards pointing their guns at them. Dr Light noticed and quickly said "It's alright, they're with us."

The guards lowered their weapons, and the four were able to walk into the office. It was rather bland, besides the massive windows at the back, showing the sea. It had paintings of certain places of this world, and a red metal desk, with a computer on it, near the windows. Dr Light and Rufus walked over to Chad and the others, while Wily and Robotnik were talking still.

Dr Light smiled at them. "Good morning you four. Is there a problem?"

Chad wanted to say about Darkmega, but decided to leave that alone, as the last argument about him got nowhere. "Doc, does this place have a way to teleport people around? Like the Hero Base? I need to get to the planet Traverse Town."

Dr Light shrugged, and looked at Rufus, to replied to the question. "Indeed it does, as the High Ministers often come here. I will gladly let you use it if you must. Just simply communicate to the Thomas Light when you want to go and return, and I will personally inform the facility in Midgar tower to begin to teleportation sequence."

Chad looked at him. Something about Rufus still didn't fit with him, and he just nodded in thanks, while Anna smiled and personally thanked him. "Thank you so much Mister Rufus."

Rufus gave her a pleasant smile. "Just Rufus for you, miss…?"

"Anna. Anna Hael."

"Ah, a pleasure to meet a cute lady such as yourself miss Hael."

Anna blushed a little. "Oh, just Anna will do."

Chad felt a brief surge of jealousy. But like the Darkmega issue, allowed it to slide. "Anyway Rufus, we should go as soon as, if that's okay?"

Rufus nodded. "That's fine." he got on his com-link, and begun to talk to someone. Chad then remembered something, and quickly looked at Dr Light. "Doc, Darkmega doesn't have to come right? Because I can't deal with him right now."

Darkmega smiled slyly. "Of course I'm going with you."

"…Doc, if you tell me his gotta go-"

Dr Light sighed. "His gotta go with you Chad."

"Oh Fucking hell!"