(It's finally completed. I would have updated sooner but I wanted to finish the story off with a single chapter instead of many.)
Bumblebee came to a screeching halt in front of Sam, Carly, and Arcee. Lennox and Epps jumped out before Bee transformed into his robot form. "Are you two alright?" asked Lennox. Bumblebee held up his hand in front of Sam. He smiled and gave Bee a high five.
"C'mon we've got to get the two of you and Arcee out of here," said Epps. Bumblebee reached down and picked up Arcee. Epps heard movement behind him and turned with his weapon held high. Dozens of small transformers of various sizes and shapes all rushed toward him. He pulled the trigger and a rapid series of energy blasts shot out of the barrel. Within seconds, the microbots were nothing but scrap. "I know what I want for Christmas now," Epps said to himself. Hundreds of microbots swarmed into the alleyway, erasing the smile off of Epps.
"Move!" yelled Lennox. Everyone turned and rushed into the streets where even more micros were waiting. They were everywhere. Running down the street, crawling on buildings, some even flying. It was like a swarm of ants.
"Okay now what?" shouted Epps, firing at anything that moved.
Bumblebee transformed into his stealth force mode with Arcee clinging on top of him. "Get in," said Bumblebee. Everyone jumped inside of him before he sped off right into the mechanical horde. To his credit, Bee managed to run a substantial amount but several managed to cling on to him and climb up his structure. Bee screamed in pain as they started cutting into him.
"Bee open the door," said Lennox. Bumblebee opened his passenger door and Lennox leaned out, firing his weapon at several on the side. Arcee pulled out her cannon and blasted the others off. After a few more seconds, they emerged safely out of the horde. Thousands of microbots transformed into flight mode and chased after them.
All of the Autobot prisoners grumbled amongst themselves, each on their knees and with a protoform or two guarding a bot. "Do you know what the first thing I'm going to do to you once I get out here?" Cliffjumper asked his captors.
"You're assuming that you're getting out of here alive," countered a Protoform.
"You're the one not getting out of here alive!" shouted a voice down an alley. A black truck emerged from it as high speed, soaring into the air. Cliffjumper's guard doesn't have time to react before the truck rams right into a building, crushing him to death. The truck transforms into Ironhide, pulling out his cannons and firing away.
The distraction is all the Autobots need to break loose and attack. Within a matter of seconds, all the Protoforms were either dead or dying. "What took you so long? Getting slow in your old age?" Warpath chuckled.
"Still better then you," countered Ironhide. The two bots punched each other's fists.
"Ironhide, Sentinel betrayed us," said Ratchet.
"I know. He orchestrated everything with Megatron from the naval attack on the island to taking over this city with the Decepticons. Sentinel's been colluding with Megatron since they were on Cybertron," explained Ironhide.
"What?" was the universal reaction from all the Autobots.
"This is Air Raid to any of you bots down there. I could use some help right now," came Air Raid's voice over the radio.
Air Raid spun, twisted, and turned as much as he could but the three Decepticon Seekers were still chipping pieces of him away with their gunfire. He shot down to building level, swerving around skyscrapers to try and avoid his pursuers.
"You think a few fancy moves will save you Autobot? Die!" yelled Starscream. The three Seekers launched swarms of missiles. Building all around Air Raid exploded, with a few missiles hitting him. The Autobot screamed in pain as he crashed onto the street below.
He transformed into his robot form just before Starscream landed right on top of him. Thundercracker and Skywarp landed nearby as Starscream stepped on Air Raid's head. "I get first dibs on trophies. His head is mine. You two can have the rest," said Starscream.
A missile hit Starscream in chest, knocking him to the ground. Breakaway and Silver Bolt flew in vehicle modes right towards the Seekers firing away. Skywarp and Thundercracker avoided the missile fire and shot up into the air, charging at their opponents. The four collided, knocking them all to the ground.
Thundercracker got to his feet and immediately went after Breakaway. Thundercracker used his shock cannon as a baton in one hand along with a chainsaw blade in the other. Breakaway avoided his attacks and delivered a spinning elbow strike to Thundercracker's face. Breakaway then transformed his two hands into swords. He charged in but Thundercracker managed to fight back, keeping the Autobot's attacks at bay.
Silver Bolt fired his thrusters and tackled Skywarp into a building. Skywarp activated his own thrusters and tackled the Autobot into the building opposite. The two then fired both their thrusters as the same time and went flying into the air, both punching and kicking the other.
Starscream got back to his feet and aimed his cannon up at Silverbolt and Skywarp. He hesitated for a moment as the two flyers were spinning around, making it almost impossible to hit the Autobot and miss his Seeker comrade. Then Starscream smiled and fired regardless. The missiles impacted both flyers, sending flying to the ground. "Sorry Skywarp but sometimes sacrifices are necessary," said Starscream who didn't feel an ounce of guilt.
Starscream turned his attention back to Air Raid. He kicked the Autobot in the head and transformed his arm into a drill. With a simple slash, the Seeker took off Air Raid's right arm. The Autobot screamed in pain. He prepared to finish him off before an energy blast hit him in the skull, taking a portion of his jaw. The Seeker screamed before transforming and quickly retreating as Bumblebee came roaring up to Air Raid.
Breakaway continued dueling with Thundercracker. The two clashed their weapons, setting sparks and electric bolts everywhere. Thundercracker charged forward only to for Breakaway to fire his thrusters, leaping over him. Positioning his thrusters over the Seeker's head as he traveled underneath him, the Autobot fired his thrusters again. The blast took off part of Thundercracker's face and knocking him to the ground.
The Seeker crawled on all fours, weakened and struggling to get away. Breakaway landed on top of him, impaling one on his swords through the Decepticon's back. Thundercracker screamed in pain just as Breakaway shoved his other sword through the back of the Seeker's head, exiting through his mouth. The Autobot lifted the sword upwards, cutting Thundercracker's head in half. The two halves dropped to the ground next to the now lifeless body.
Lennox and Epps quickly exited Bumblebee and approached the bodies of Silver Bolt and Skywarp. Both of the transformers were heavily damaged and could barely move. The two soldiers aimed their weapons at the helpless Decepticon. "This is for Edwards Air Force Base you son of a bitch," said Lennox. The two fired their rifles at Skywarp's head, destroying it and killing him.
Arcee rolled off of Bumblebee and limped over to Air Raid. "He's hurt bad but he should be okay," said Arcee.
Breakaway quickly joined the group and checked on Silver Bolt. "Hang on buddy. We'll get you some help," said Breakaway.
"Spark…fading…honor…to serve…with…," whispered Silver Bolt before his optics went dark along with his life.
"NOOOOO!" yelled Breakaway. He turned his cannons on Skywarp's lifeless body and fired away with mindless rage. Bumblebee tackled him, trying to calm him down. Breakaway fought against him for a moment before dropping to his hands and knees. "I knew Silver Bolt my whole existence. Our Protoforms came online at the same moment. We did everything together," he cried out.
"You can mourn him later but right now we need your help. We need to get him, Arcee, Sam, and Carly out of here," said Lennox.
"Uh guys," gulped Sam. He pointed towards a massive swarm of microbots flying towards them.
"I'll distract them. You get the others out of here," said Breakaway. He transformed into his vehicle mode and shot straight into the horde.
Sentinel lifted up his sword, preparing for the final blow to his former student. It pained him that it had come to this but being a leader meant making difficult and sometimes painful decisions. This had to be the most painful of all. "Farewell my student. May Primus show mercy on you," Suddenly, a hammer flew in and knocked Sentinel's sword right out of his hand. Sentinel turned in shock to see it returning to Ultra Magnus. His most loyal soldier had just betrayed him. "Magnus!" yelled Sentinel.
Magnus turned and fired his missile launchers at the Decepticons below him. The attack killed several and stunned Megatron. Magnus leaped down and grabbed the Cube, ripping the Pillars cables out. "What are you doing?" shouted Sentinel.
"What I know is right!" shouted back Magnus. He transformed into his vehicle mode and drove right over Megatron towards Optimus. Sentinel tried to jump in front of him but Magnus transformed and leaped right over him. Magnus slammed the Cube down on Optimus's body. Instantly Optimus began to convulse but also heal, his lost arm regenerating. "Forgive me Optimus. I should have never doubted you," said Magnus.
Suddenly an energy blast hit him in the back, sending him spinning to the ground. Sentinel turned to see an angry Megatron with his fusion cannon smoking. "No more games. We kill them both," said the Decepticon Commander. Megatron transformed into his flight mode and shot right into Optimus, the two wrestling with each other down the street.
"I expected better from you Magnus," said Sentinel as he picked up his sword and Rust cannon.
"And I expected you not to go this far but yet you did," countered Magnus, getting to his feet.
"If you are not with me then die!" yelled Sentinel. He fired his Rust cannon. Magnus jumped out of the way as the rust blast impacted a building, eating away at the metallic supports inside and causing it to collapse. Magnus returned fire with his missile cannons. Sentinel blocked them with his shield, causing him to stagger back but otherwise unharmed.
Magnus transformed into his vehicle and drove off. "Give me that Cube back!" yelled Sentinel. He transformed and chased after him.
"So that's the plan? Just fight every Con we see and shoot 'em?" Jolt asked Ironhide.
"Pretty much," shrugged Ironhide.
"I like it," said Cliffjumper.
"Me too. Where should we start?" asked Warpath. An energy blast flew by his head. Everyone quickly took cover as dozens of Protoforms rushed in.
"Here's a nice place to start. Split up and take out anything that attacks you," said Ironhide. He was the first to move, rushing out and firing his dual cannons.
"You better save some for me," Warpath shouted at him, using his massive arm cannon to clear the way for Ironhide. Cliffjumper and Sideswipe skated on their wheels, slashing at every Protoform they passed by with Sideswipe's swords and Cliffjumper's sharpened knuckles. Ratchet climbed to the top of a building along with the Twins and provided cover fire. Mirage tossed out his cable daggers, hitting two Protoforms in the face and pulled their heads off.
The Autobots quickly scattered as the ground exploded, the Driller tearing its way up. With a swipe of its tail, the building Ratchet and the Twins were on came crashing down. Shockwave emerged from the top of the beast. He jumped off and motioned for his pet to continue the attack.
"Are you alright?" Ironhide asked Ratchet as the two took cover.
"It'll take more than a falling building to kill me. How in Primus are we going to take that thing out?" replied Ratchet. The Driller demolished every building in sight, making room for itself along with trying to kill any Autobot it could find.
Jolt climbed a nearby skyscraper and leaped off the rooftop, landing on the Driller's back. His shot his electro whips into the back of the Driller's head and started shocking the beast while riding it like a rodeo. "YEEEEEEEAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" yelled Jolt as the Driller tried to twist and turn, struggling to get him off.
"I said leave some for me!" shouted Warpath, charging straight towards the Driller.
"Warpath!" yelled Ironhide.
The Driller noticed the charging Autobots and shot towards him. Warpath jumped into the air towards the mouth as he transformed into his vehicle mode. Just as he reached inside the beast's mouth, he fired his primary cannon. The blast ripped through the Driller mouth and leaving a massive hole in the back of its head where Warpath safely flew through. The Driller moaned and then dropped to the ground motionless.
All the Autobots started at Warpath is shock. "To make things fair, that will only count as one," laughed the large Autobot as he transformed back into his robot mode. A blast hit him in the back, knocking him to the ground. Shockwave stepped onto the remains of his pet and he was pissed. Jolt dashed towards him but Shockwave transformed one of his arms into a sword and sliced Jolt's electro whips off before stabbing the Autobot in the chest. The Decepticon kicked Jolt away, lifeless. "Kill them all!" shouted Shockwave as numerous other Protoforms and Decepticons emerged, firing away as they closed in.
Breakaway shot up into the upper atmosphere, luring the minicons with him. They nibbled away at him but he kept going. Eventually he reached the upper atmosphere and the small robots all froze up. "Somebody forgot to make your bodies ice proof," mocked Breakaway as his pursuers dropped back to the Earth. Now it was time to deal with one more problem. He soared towards a satellite and fired his missiles.
Soundwave quickly detached before the missiles hit and flew off. Breakaway would have followed but at the moment, he was too weak to fight the Decepticon in a one on one fight.
Cliffjumper rushed in and tackled Barricade. He caught the Decepticon in a headlock and pulled his head right off. Cliffjumper held the head up. "Not so tough now are ya?" he mocked before tossing the head aside.
Sideswipe impaled Crankcase in the chest and sliced off his head. The Twins managed to pull an injured Warpath away while Ratchet covered them. Shockwave and Ironhide's optics never wavered from one another. Shockwave motioned for the others to move away as he approached his opponent.
"Let's see how well you'll last without Optimus," challenged Shockwave. Ironhide put away his cannons as did Shockwave. Suddenly, Shockwave pulled his cannon back out and fired. Ironhide leaped over the blast and rolled right up to Shockwave. He delivered an uppercut that dislodged Shockwave's single optic from his face. Shockwave still managed to grab Ironhide and slam his head through a building. He held the Autobot up against it before his optic retracted into his head. He picked Ironhide and tossed into another building, causing it to collapse.
"That's what I thought," laughed Shockwave. Ironhide transformed into his truck form and shot right into the Decepticon, ramming right through the opposite building.
"You were saying?" retorted Ironhide, transforming back to robot mode.
"Ironhide! Fall back! There's too many of them!" shouted Ratchet. The enemy fire from the Protoforms and Decepticons were becoming impossible to avoid and Ironhide was forced to retreat. The Autobots made their way back to the FDR highway and took cover underneath it as enemy forces swarmed all around them.
"I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I think we are really screwed," gulped Mudflap.
"I think that's an understatement," said Skids.
"So what do we do now?" asked Mirage.
"We go out like Autobots," said Ironhide. The others nodded to him in agreement. Just as they were about to rush from cover, Omega Supreme emerged from the river behind them and transformed into his robot form. He fired his multiple weapons at the Decepticons. It was a complete massacre with nearly every Protoform and Con destroyed in seconds.
"Retreat!" yelled Shockwave, rushing away with what few survivors remained. The Autobots glanced up at the massive behemoth completely speechless.
"Targets eliminated. Victory achieved," said Omega Supreme.
"Hey guys!" waved Wheelie and Brains from on top of the giant machine's head.
"We ended up inside this big guy and decided to reprogram him a little," said Brains.
"Omega Supreme allegiance: Autobots," said Omega.
Megatron let loose his rage upon Optimus, punching him in the face over and over again. The Prime had interfered with his plans for the last time. And this time, no upgrades from Jetfire were going to save him. Megatron transformed one of his arms into a sword and slashed at Optimus's face. Optimus's blade arm shot up and deflected it away.
"How ironic. I rebelled against the Primes and now the last Prime has converted to my way of thinking," mocked Megatron.
"There's only one true Prime now," said Optimus. The two exchanged blows. Megatron grabbed hold of Optimus's axe attachment and ripped it off. Optimus retaliated with an uppercut with sharpened knuckles. The blow took part of Megatron's jaw off. The Decepticon leader retaliated with a spinning back elbow, knocking Optimus's faceplates off. Optimus twisted into a tornado kick that knocked Megatron to the ground.
Optimus leaped towards him as Megatron leaped to his feet. The two launched their swords at each other and to both their shocks, they both hit. Optimus hit Megatron in the chest but the Decepticon had done the same. The two leaders stumbled back, both clenching the swords sticking out of their chests. Optimus pulled it out first and immediately energon began to leak. Megatron was already leaking energon and knew better than to pull it out or makes things worse.
Optimus stumbled against a building, leaning against it while clenching his wound. Megatron dropped to a knee, weakened. The two looked at each other, waiting to see who would make the next move.
Sentinel Prime transformed into robot mode and tackled Ultra Magnus off the road. Magnus transformed as well and used his hammer to knock Sentinel's rust cannon away before he could fire it. Sentinel drew his sword and shield. Magnus grabbed Sentinel's sword arm, blocking it but Sentinel knocked his hammer away with the shield.
Magnus head-butted Sentinel and then kicked him away. He held out his hand and the hammer flew back into it. Magnus fired his missile cannons, hitting Sentinel's shield but knocking him to the ground. Magnus leaped onto him, holding him down while swinging his hammer at Sentinel's head. Sentinel blocked the hammer with his sword and then swung his legs around, tripping Magnus off his feet. Sentinel tossed his shield away as he got to his feet. He used both hands drive his sword at Magnus's chest. Ultra managed to catch the sword at the last second, the two struggling to take control of it.
Sentinel kicked it away and grabbed Magnus by the neck. He lifted his former protégé to his feet and started punching him in the head and chest. Magnus threw a punch but Sentinel ducked underneath it and grabbed both of Magnus's missile launchers, ripping them off. Magnus summoned his hammer and swung around, hitting Sentinel in the chest. The blow knocked him back. Magnus swung again but this time Sentinel caught it.
"Can't you understand what I'm trying to do Magnus? The sacrifices I've made? I'm trying to save our race. You understood sacrifice and duty more than Optimus ever did!" yelled Sentinel.
"I know. Forgive me," said Magnus. He managed to gain leverage and shove Sentinel away. Sentinel rolled away to avoid getting hit. Magnus rushed towards him only to realize too late that Sentinel managed to get his hand on his Rust cannon. He fired, hitting Magnus in the leg. Magnus dropped to the ground, pulling his leg off before the rust spread out of his leg. He then tossed the rusting leg right at Sentinel. The leg bounced of his cannon arm, the rust spreading onto it. Sentinel quickly grabbed his sword and severed his cannon arm.
"Was this worth it? Betraying those who would call you brothers? Those who would follow you into the mouth of Unicron?" shouted Magnus, pulling out the Cube and holding it up.
"Hand it over," warned Sentinel.
Magnus summoned his hammer and dropped the Cube to the ground. He held up the hammer to smash it.
"NOO! Don't! It's the only hope of restoring Cybertron. The home that you failed to protect. If you destroy it, you'll never redeem yourself!" shouted Sentinel.
Magnus glared at him. "I didn't fail Cybertron and I won't fail this planet!" he yelled before slamming his hammer down on the Cube.
Optimus and Megatron were knocked off their feet by a powerful shockwave. Every building in the city shook and cracked along with a blinding flash of light. Optimus quickly got back to his feet and limped towards the source of the explosion. He knew that was the direction Magnus and Sentinel went.
He didn't have to go far before seeing the epicenter. Sentinel had both legs and arms but was still alive. Magnus was so charred and damaged that Optimus couldn't believe he was still online. "Optimus…did…we…win?" asked Magnus.
"Yes old friend. You did good Magnus Prime," Optimus said. Calling him a Prime brought one last smile from Magnus's before his optics went dark. Optimus turned his attention to Sentinel.
"Optimus. I had to betray you," pleaded Sentinel as Optimus picked up the Rust Cannon.
"You didn't just betray me, you betrayed your friends. You betrayed your soldiers. You betrayed every Prime and every Autobot who ever existed," spat Optimus.
"No Optimus!" shouted Sentinel before Optimus shot him in the chest. Sentinel's body disintegrated within seconds. Suddenly, something tackled him from behind. Megatron was screaming in fury.
"You just destroyed our last chance to restore Cybertron!" he shouted while punching Optimus again and again like a wild animal. He grabbed Optimus by the neck and started to squeeze. "DIE!" he continued to scream while trying to rip Prime's head off.
Optimus couldn't wrestle Megatron's hand away. He quickly grabbed the sword still lodged in Megatron's chest and ripped it out. The Decepticon gasped in pain just before Optimus shoved the sword into his face. Megatron slumped to the ground, lifeless. Everything started going dark. His power cells were being depleted rapidly and he was too weak to move. Optimus swore he could hear someone approaching him as he turned his head to see Ratchet, Ironhide, Bumblebee, and all the rest of the Autobots rushing towards him before it all went dark.
Two days later
Optimus stood on the deck of Omega Supreme, holding the remains of Ultra Magnus. All the rest of the Autobots stood around him saluting. "A great light in the Universe had gone out. A Prime has fallen my brothers and we stand here now to honor his sacrifice. May his soul return to the Matrix and let us never forget that the title of Prime is not born but is earned. Through dedication, bravery, and the willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice," said Optimus. One by one, the Autobots began all moved out of the way as Optimus walked past them towards the edge. "We commend your remains now to this world that you fought to save. Farewell brother," he said before dropping the remains into the ocean.
Things were hardly perfect. Many Decepticons escaped and the humans no longer openly accepted the Autobots. They were no longer welcome in any country or nation. The death and destruction in New York had everyone terrified and angry. The public blamed both the Autobots and Decepticons for it. Despite being forsaken by the humans, the Autobots would continue to protect them as long as a single Decepticon was on this planet. They lost good friends. Jolt, Silver Bolt, and Ultra Magnus. Optimus knew others might follow the same fate but that won't deter the Autobots from their duty. The day that they forsake this world will never come.
Megatron awakened from his slumber to find himself in a dark place. "Where am I? What's going on?" he shouted. The last thing he remembered was Prime shoving a sword in his face. Megatron glanced around and realized he was strapped to a chair.
"Good. You're awake. Your repairs and upgrades are complete," said a black colored transformer who entered view. Megatron struggled with his restraints and ripped them right off. He got to his feet and then realized his body completely different.
"What did you do to me?" shouted Megatron.
"It was not I but my master who did that," said the transformer. Megatron was about to attack him before metallic tendrils shot out of the floor and wrapped around Megatron's wrists and ankles.
Lights inside the room came on, revealing a massive chamber that could probably hold an entire human city. The tendrils lifted up Megatron as least several hundred feet to a transforming wall. It changed into a thousand foot tall face.
"My servant Cyclonus speaks the truth. I have brought you back from the dead to serve my whim." said the face.
"Megatron serves no one!" shouted Megatron. That got him a painful shock.
"You are Megatron no longer. Megatron was weak and pathetic. You are now my champion and herald. My Galvatron," said the face.
"Who are you?" asked Megatron.
"I am your master, your savior, your god. I am Unicron," said the face.
(Finally done. With how hectic my life is right now, I'm amazed I have anytime to write anymore. Hopefully I'll get the sequel up and running soon. Hope you liked this story and will check out Transformers End of the World went I finally post it.)