Sorry I haven't posted in a while, kept forgetting to post them. Anyway, this is the next chapter.
Silence filled the room once more, everyone shocked and angered about how they didn't find out sooner. Even Optimus looked regretful, as if he had predicted that they would say this. The silence went on for a few more moments, then someone spoke up.
"How can we help?" said someone behind them. Everyone looked back and gasped as they saw the President of the United States walking in. Luke got up slowly, and walked toward the president.
Wait, how did he know that something wasn't right? Luke thought as he made his way towards the president. Nevertheless, we could use at least some help against them. Luke stopped in front of the President.
"Wait, how did you know that something was up?" Luke asked.
"We have been seeing some peculiar objects heading to our solar system, and they don't look like asteroids. And since you just appeared a few weeks ago, what else could they have been?"
Luke thought for a moment, then spoke up.
"We would gladly accept any help, as we need as much of it as we can get. We can give you some technology to build more powerful weapons faster, you need them," Luke raised his hand to shake the presidents.
"We will do everything we can to help, commander," the president said, as he shook Lukes' hand.
Optimus then stepped forward, "Autobots, we need to upgrade. Get as many armor and weaponry upgrades as you can, including the forbidden ones."
All the autobots gasped, then smiled like idiots at what they heard. There were certain weapons and armor that were forbidden, given that they were tremendously strong and in the wrong hands could be devastating. The autobots started to go to their storage containers, and grabbing data chips that resembled large usb drives, and walking towards the med-bay.
"You sure that you want to do this? This could be the end of your planet," Luke said, doubting they could stop the oncoming invasion.
"Hey, it's our planet. The entire world, once they know of this, will stand and fight, no matter what the cost," the President said, reassuring.
"Besides, we have a few tricks up our sleeve," the President said as he walked out the door, leaving Luke to think about what they have in store for the invasion
Optimus has been thinking for a bit, on whether or not they had a chance. Optimus then realized it was not the matter of just saving cybertronians from tyranny, but the entire fate of the planet rested on the decisions that they make beforehand. Optimus then thought maybe they needed more reinforcements. Megatron, we might be enemies, but now we have a common enemy. Optimus thought, walking towards the console.
A wavelength appeared on the holo-screen on the Nemesis, telling a drone that there was a transmission.
"Lord Megatron, there's a transmission, it appears to be from… Optimus Prime!" The drone shouted, everyone looking towards the drone that overreacted in front of Megatron.
"Hmm, what does he want?" Megatron said to himself as he walked towards the console.
"Ah, Optimus Prime. Are you surrendering just yet? Because I got an idea on where another resource cache is," Megatron said over the comms.
"No, Megatron. I am asking for your help. There is an invasion coming, an invasion that would take more than just us autobots to defend against," Optimus said coldly.
"Oh really? And how does this concern me?" Megatron asked.
"If you let the invasion succeed, the entire planet would be destroyed, and you along with it." Optimus said coldly.
Megatron paused for a bit.
"Hmm, a difficult choice. And tell me, what do I get in return?" Asked Megatron.
"You get to live, and you get to face off against me, personally," Optimus said, again in a cold tone.
"Hmm, how much time will you give me for my decision?" Megatron asked.
"We will give you until 1 hour before sunset. If you decide to comply, meet me at these coordinates," Optimus sent the coordinates of their first encounter with a commander to Megatron.
"I will think about it," Megatron said, cutting the transmission.
2 hours before sunset
The autobots were going into the med-bay and coming out looking pretty different: Bulkhead had much more armor on than before, and his maces had meter long spikes. Bulkhead also had a dual-armed energon hammer and a chaingun. Arcee got a sniper rifle and a SMG, along with some thinner but stronger armor. Bumblebee and Smokescreen had assault blasters and looked more cybertronian, having more of an alien alloy for armor than normal. Wheeljack had upgraded grenades, along with what looked like ninja stars and extra armor that made him look like a samurai. Ratchet actually got a sword and an upgrade to his optics, so he could zoom in on targets. Finally, Optimus got a personal shield and the Sword of the Primes, a sword so powerful it glowed a light blue.
Luke was setting up a massive army, and since his unit cap was in the hundreds of thousands, possibly in the millions, he was building non-stop. Since he was an elite commander, he had the ability to build an infinite amount of Experimentals, along with the ability to build some experimentals standard commanders couldn't. That's why the elite commanders are called the elite commanders, because they could get an experimental up in about 5 minutes compared to the 15 or 20 minutes a standard one had to use up. This is going to be the toughest battle I have fought, and one of my first in real life. Luke thought as he set his factories to infinite build, allowing him to build an infinite amount of certain units as long as there are the resources to produce them. We're going to need all the help we can get if we can win this battle.
Megatron was thinking intensely at the situation. Either die from the invasion, or live and face Optimus another day. Megatron scowled, I am not a coward, I will fight without thinking about my own. However, if I do help Optimus, what do I actually get in return? Megatron thought. Then, he made up his mind, and ordered the drones to set a course for the coordinates that Optimus gave him.
1 hour before sunset
The autobots, along with the commanders in they ACUs and the President were standing at the coordinates, waiting for Megatron to arrive. They spotted the Nemesis 4 klicks west of their location, and it stopped about a mile away. Megatron flew out of the ship, and landed a football field away, slowly walking towards them. Megatron walked up to Optimus, his blue eyes penetrating into Megatrons soul. Megatron then stopped, silence filled the area. Megatron raised his hand, and Optimus shook it.
"Our day has come: Autobots, Decepticons, factions no longer matter. It is no longer the fight against rivals, it is the fight for this planet and the very species it holds on to. We are fighting for the humans, for us," Optimus said in a motivating tone of voice. Some drones flew down and met the autobots eye-to-eye, scowling at each other. The autobots, especially Arcee, glared at the decepticon drones. They immediately deactivated their weapons and shook hands with the autobots.
At a makeshift base where Megatron and Optimus were discussing plans on how to best counter the invaders, Luke was teaching the drones on where the weak-points of the units that they will be facing are, along with what weapons they will be using. All of the drones have been upgraded significantly during the time in battle they have acquired with UEF mechs and tanks. Ratchet started detecting energon signatures, one especially big. They got transmissions from them, introducing themselves as the dinobots and Devastator. It turns out they narrowly avoided a large energon reaction when escaping cybertron, causing them to go into a sleep mode for a while. They picked up the transmission after they found blueprints for a protoform factory, synthetic energon and codes for a larger class of transformer. They landed at the base with a decent complement of starships. They even found some autobot infantry floating in space that have been in a power sleep mode for hundreds of years. Things were looking good for the coalition.
The UEF commanders even upgraded their ACUs with every weapon upgrade and piece of technology they could get for them, Lukes' ACU especially. Lukes'ACU now had the ability to turn its' guns into fully-functional hands, and he was able make the servos run faster, making him able to actually move the arms and legs like humans could and run. Not only that, he even outfitted custom swords designed for combat inside the arms. However, this required an almost complete makeover of the control scheme, and took a while to get used to. Lukes' ACU had the abilities of all of the ACUs combined, and was a very formidable force. The UEF presence on this Earth was doubling every hour, and they needed all the help they could get, for the invasion was on the horizon, moving towards Earth ever so fast.
Calculations from radar satellites at the outer solar system indicated that a massive amount of enemy forces were heading towards the Earth. It would be at least a day until they arrive, making the intensity of the situation even more so than before. The coalition was building more units, and building the first and last line of defense for Earth. The Battle for Earth had begun.
Alright, so. I have a question for you guys: Should I put the battle for earth in this story, or should I do it in another story?