Back on the surface, the Decepticons make an all out effort to put a dent in Sinistor. Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Astrotrain & Windsweeper attacked at every opportunity that they had from the air as Predaking & Thunderwing tried to lay in their own strikes but found it to be more difficult as of now. Predaking tried to run Sinistor through with his sword as he made a quick dash to his opponent but received a kick to his face for his efforts, knocking him down onto his back before Sinistor drives the same foot down onto his chest.
Thunderwing charges his engines & prepares to make a quick dash from behind, but Sinistor senses his intentions & picks up the semi-limp body of Predaking & throws him into Thunderwing, sending the group flying back into another condemned building, also forcing Predaking to separate into his five counterparts after impact.
Sky Lynx, Battletrap & Flywheels split from their respective forms & began to attack from the ground & the air as Starscream & the rest of those that were with him flew in formation & attacked from behind. Sinistor raises his left arm & with his arm mounted cannons, he retaliates back, striking Windsweeper's tail section. It explodes into numerous pieces, causing him to shout in pain & loss control.
He collides into Thundercraker, who almost collided with Skywarp but quickly teleported himself out of the way just before impact. During this time, Spinister & Slugslinger stand beside Megatron, who was growing annoyed at the sight of his subordinates failure to stop this abomination. He was about to enter the fight once again when out of the corner of his eye, he noticed someone teleport down near the entrance that Springer & the others took earlier.
To Megatron's surprise, it was Optimus Prime, only somewhat larger. He turns & watches Prime jump down the hole, filling the Decepticon leader with curiosity as to what took Prime so long to show up? Megatron walks towards the entance, grabbing the two subordinates that were beside him. "Um, Lord Megatron, where are you going?"Slugslinger asked.
"That is non of your concern, Slugslinger. The only thing you should be worried about, is what I will do to you & Spinister if you both don't stop just standing around & spectate instead of doing what a Decepticon is suppose to do & that is fight."
"But, we were just guarding you, sir... We thought that was also our duty."
"I do not need anyone to guard me, Slugslinger. I have made my point clear. Now, do as you are told." With that said, Megatron continues on his way to the entrance as the fight behind him continues on. He reaches the hole that Prime jumped down & follows through by jump down himself.
Down below, Springer & his team arrive at a large circular door that was covered with what looked like ancient markings. "Huh, this looks familiar." Springer commented. "Yeah... I think it says, 'keep out'." Topspin added. Ed, who was perched on Topspin's right shoulder with Lust & Wrath on his left, Ed looks over the supposed door & the strange symbols that outline the area itself.
"It's weird but, I feel like I've seen these markings before." Ed muttered, catching Shockwave's attention. "That is very much impossible. These symbols a more than likely to be eons old. A forgotten form of the Cybertronian language."
Ed couldn't help but lightly chuckle to himself at the cyclops retort. "Obviously, you don't know me very well... Topspin, put me down."
He extends his left hand & complies with Ed's request, lowering him to the ground with an open palm. Ed walks up to the door & looks it over once again, his eyes carefully examining the symbols around the door once again. Lust jumps down & walks up behind Edward. He turns his head slightly to glance at her as he puts his hands in his pants pockets. "I have a question for you... Have you ever had to deal with a combination lock before?"
She suddenly remembered a time when she tried to open a locker a military base with Envy standing idly by as she fiddled with the lock. Sloth told her what the combination was, but she was having trouble with it. "Did you forget the combination?" Envy Asked. Her annoyance of the situation had reached a tipping point. She extends the blades on her right hand & with one quick motion, she slices upward.
The lock falls to pieces, followed by the door. As she reached in to grab the items that were inside, Envy just looked at her callously & with a slight smirk. "So, you did forget." She extends her blades once more, causing him to take a step back out of intimidation.
She quickly snaps back to reality & and shakes her head, not wanting to say that she has & admit to having a negative experience with it. Ed pulls his hands out of his pockets & claps them together before taking a deep breath to help calm his nerves. "You might want to step back a bit." Lust takes a few steps back in compliance. He places his hands on the doorway & the symbols began to glow brightly before they started change their positions by moving in a clockwise & counter-clockwise motion.
After a short moment, they came to a stop & the glowing light had faded. "Okay, try knocking now." He said as he turn to retreat from the door. Shockwave hands the device that he brought down over to Springer. Everyone takes a few steps back as he changes to his gun form & fires a large blast of energy at the door, destroying it with ease & surprising him with the human's ability to deduce what protected the door.
The light from inside told everyone that time was of the essence as they see the Fallen stand in front of the powerful beam of energy that was on the verge of breaking the ancient seal on the floor in the center of the room. The Fallen turns to face the intruders with little care. The Wreckers stand with their weapons aimed while Shockwave, Ed, Lust & Wrath stay behind the corner, out of sight while Shockwave protects his device.
Shockwave's attention along with Ed & the others hear heavy footsteps coming from the path back to the lift. To their surprise, it was Optimus Prime. Well, at least a bigger version of him. Springer looks over his shoulder & sees Prime. "You finally made it to the party." He said with a cocky smirk.
"You finally made it this far. In some way, I am pleased & yet, disappointed. After all, what consequence are you to me now? The Unbinding is nearly complete & you shall see the beauty of my domain unleashed upon the universe for all to see & to embrace."
"Not on my watch." Prime said, aiming all of his weapons as do the Wreckers. They open fire at the Fallen, who just stood idly by & took the rounds of ammo that was being unleashed onto him. Smoke & debris filled the area where the Fallen had been standing. The cannon & rifle fire continued on for a another moment until they finally stopped, allowing for the dust to settle. The dust & smoke cleared as everyone see the Fallen come into view without a scratch on him.
"My turn."
He motions his right arm out & with a sudden burst of force, everyone is thrown back into the hallway, their bodies are covered by yellow electrified shackles that surround them each, with the exception of Prime, who was left untouched. Was it intentional, or not? In the end, it doesn't matter. It was just him & the Fallen now. Prime drops his rifles & ejects the cannons from the sides of his shoulders. The Fallen couldn't help but chuckle at the sight, for this was truly amusing to him.
"The last of the Primes in a long line of keepers of the Matrix willing to do battle with something that you have no hope of understanding, let alone measuring up against. Why attempt to stop me at this point? You know what is down here. You can feel it in the very core of your spark. You know I'm right. This is meant to be, it has always been meant to be."
"You're right about how I feel deep within & you may be right about what is down below, but I am going to stop you from succeeding in your insane task."
"Well then, try your best."
"How's this?" A recognizable gravely voice called out from the entrance, all before a large blast of energy rockets out & strikes the Fallen dead in the face. The blast actually knocked the Fallen back a step while grabbing his face. Prime charges forward & with everything he had, rammed his right fist in the left side of the Fallen's face. The damage was minimal, but the impact was enough to make him stumble back further. The Fallen rights himself & stares down Prime & glances at Megatron.
"So very weak."
The Fallen slams his right fist into Prime's abdomen & lifting his feet off the ground. With his left fist & forearm, he slams it down onto Prime's upper back, forcing him to crash face first into the floor. Megatron rushed in, drawing his left hand into his forearm is quickly replaced it with a short staff. A chained morning star suddenly materializes & makes an attempt to strike his larger opponent.
He swings the spiked weapon over his head to build momentum before taking aim at the Fallen's head. The Fallen sees his actions from the corner of his eye & catches the the energy weapon with an open hand & crushing it into oblivion, surprising the Decepticon leader.
"Your murderous intent pleases me, but your lack of power make me think otherwise."
Megatron quickly points his fusion cannon & fires a blast of energy at point-blank range into the Fallen's face, making him stumble back a few steps while holding his face plate. The incident made him chuckle for a moment before throwing his hand out & with tremendous force that seemed to come from thin air sends Megatron flying & into the wall at the opposite end of the room.
Prime grabs the Fallen by the waist, lifts him off the ground, spins him 180° & spinebusters him to the floor. He kicks Prime off & rises back to his feet, the flames on his back never seemed to flicker. To Shockwave's surprise, the opportunity had arrived. He quickly ran numerous calculations in his head, coming to the conclusion that this may very well be the only chance to weaken their enemy while Prime does his best to keep the Fallen busy.
Prime begins to give a series of heavy lefts & rights across the Fallen's face, sparks & flames fling with every blow. Shockwave changes to his gun form while holding his invention & takes aim as the Fallen grabs Prime by his neck & rises to his feet & lifting Prime off of his. This was it, the opening he was waiting for. Shockwave fires, the blast of energy strikes the Fallen square in his upper torso.
Though he never felt it the device that was planted suddenly changed into a spider-like creature. Its legs dug into the Fallen's chassis along with a set of fangs from its mouth. The Fallen takes notice of this all the while still holding Prime by his neck as Megatron rises to his feet again.
"...What is this? A new toy you are trying on..."
His sentence was cut short due to an unfamiliar & unwanted feeling. He releases his hold on Prime & crashes to the floor as the Fallen falls to one knee. The flames on his back begin to flicker as he feels his power begin to slip away. Shockwave changes back to his robot form & looks on feeling surprised & yet, pleased at the end results of his invention. But he knew that this was far from over.
Megatron changes to his gun form & is received by Shockwave's open hand. He cautiously strolls over to Fallen who was somewhat at a loss at the moment. Yet, this did not quell his curiosity. It had been a very long time since someone attempted to trump him in such a manor. Shockwave points the muzzle of the hand gun to the Fallen's head. "I never miss at this range." Megatron said with bold confidence.
The Fallen quickly swatted the gun away before grabbing Shockwave's arm & throwing him into the wall off to his left. Prime begins another slug-fest the Fallen, laying in lefts & rights as the Fallen deals out his own & blocking some of Prime's punches. As the melee went on, Megatron rushed forward & aimed his cannon in the Fallen's face. Pushing Prime aside, the Fallen grabs the end of Megatron's fusion cannon & crushes it in his hand, surprising the Decepticon leader.
He grabs bot Prime & Megatron by the throat & slams them into the nearby wall, caving the wall with their imprints. Shockwave sees that something was amiss, the Fallen was still immensely strong & the Wreckers were still confined in their shackles. The Fallen glances at the Decepticon scientist amusingly, the one thing that is regrettable from the sight is that Shockwave lacks a face that could show any emotion.
"So, you noticed that your little toy was somewhat rather pointless... Though admittedly, it did disrupt my power, you didn't rob me of all of it. A shame really, the sense of not knowing if my end was going to be this day somewhat excited me for a moment."
"Hey, asshole! Instead of looking at him, you should concentrate what's happening beneath you." Edward shouted, quickly grabbing the Fallen's attention.
"Hmm?"
To his surprisement, he sees Edward & Wrath behind him yet, outside of some unique black markings with Latin wording encompass it. It was the same transmutation circle once found in laboratory five. The Fallen realizes what is about to incur, but he new the boy was still human, a being ruled by emotions, sin & desire. No different from himself.
"This chamber is filled with power you cannot fathom, boy. Preforming a technique of this nature could spell the end for this world & the universe as you know it. Death on a scale that no one can hope to calculate & possibly, slow & painful... Is this amount of blood really worth that kind of risk."
Wrath looked at Ed for a moment & saw that he was deep in thought before seeing a grin cross his face. It nearly sent a chill up the boy's spine. "Well, can't be any worse than what you're doing right now... Guess we'll know if we see each other in hell." Ed claps his hands together as Prime suddenly ejects from his trailer & free from the Fallen's grasp. His right hand is replaced with an glowing energy axe & makes a quick swipe behind the Fallen's left knee, forcing him to fall accordingly & releasing his grip on Megatron.
Prime rolls out of the way as does his arch-nemesis. "Edward, NOW!" He & Wrath place their hands on the outer edge of the circle, filling the room with an overwhelming red light with black lightning that surrounded the Fallen. To Edward's surprise, the Fallen appeared to be resisting to his & Wrath's attempts.