Chapter 18
AT THE DECEPTICON BASE…
Megatron: Now repeat after me. I am a Decepticon!
Quickstrike: I am a Decepticon!
Dinobot: I am a Decepticon!
Megatron: I serve Megatron, the Lord of the Decepticons and answer to no one but him.
Quickstrike and Dinobot: I serve Megatron, the Lord of the Decepticons and answer to no one but him.
Megatron: My intentions are heartless, cruel, and destructive.
Quickstrike and Dinobot: My intentions are heartless, cruel, and destructive.
Megatron: The only goals I follow are Megatron's goals to be yet accomplished.
Quickstrike and Dinobot: The only goals I follow are Megatron's goals to be yet accomplished.
Megatron: I am furiously loyal, fearless, and bent on total destruction.
Quickstrike and Dinobot: I am furiously loyal, fearless, and bent on total the destruction.
Megatron: The Decepticons will conquer and destroy all who defy them!
Quickstrike and Dinobot: The Decepticons will conquer and destroy all who defy them!
Megatron: All hail Megatron, ruler of the Decepticons and conqueror of the Autobots!
Quickstrike and Dinobot: All hail Megatron, ruler of the Decepticons and conqueror of the Autobots!
Megatron: The Decepticons will prevail!
Quickstrike and Dinobot: The Decepticons will prevail!
Megatron: Congratulations, my new Decepticon friends! Welcome to the forces of the Decepticons! *his hand glowed with electricity as he embedded the Decepticon insignia on them*
Quickstrike: ARRRRGGGGHHHH!!! *the pain left* Whoa! Talk about strength!
Dinobot: What about the problem with transforming and staying in robot form?
Megatron: You are now free to transform at will and you can stay in robot form as long as you like! Also, you can scan anything and transform into it!
Quickstrike: I like the sound of that!
Dinobot: I'm glad that I finally found a team that I'm happy with. The Predacons were lame and the Maximals don't let you do anything really.
Megatron: Well you are free to do what you like, cause destruction and fear, but by my permission.
Quickstrike: Understandable, my lord.
Megatron: Now off with the two of you. Go find a Decepticon named Blackout and join his mission.
Dinobot: Yes sir!
Quickstrike: Wow, we just became Decepticons and we get a mission already!
*the two opened a portal and jumped in it*
ON THE HIGHWAY TO SAM'S HOUSE…
Blackout: First we'll kill the Autobots, and then we'll capture the two Maximals.
Long Haul: Good. The sooner we get this job done, the sooner we can head back to base and take a long break.
Demolishor: Yeah, I could use a two day break.
Soundwave: It depends on what kind of mood Lord Megatron is in. He just might send us on another mission.
Barricade: Blackout! Portal opening up in sector two-one-three-five-nine!
Blackout: I see it. Decepticons transform!
*the Decepticons transformed, weapons at the ready and Quickstrike and Dinobot entered*
Quickstrike: You guys look like you're waiting for the Autobots.
Brawl: Oh, it's the stupid Predacons!
Dinobot: We are not Predacons! We are Decepticons and we've been ordered by Lord Megatron to assist you on your mission!
Rampage: How could we be sure?
*both new Decepticons flashed their Decepticon insignias to the other Decepticons*
Blackout: Well then you're welcomed to join us! The more the merrier!
Mixmaster: And the sooner the Autobots die!
AT SAM'S HOUSE…
Optimus: There has to be a misunderstanding. The Decepticons want us Autobots dead and want to capture Sam.
Mudflap: That's where you're wrong sir! The Decepticons want us Autobots dead but want to capture Silverbolt and Cheetor.
Jazz: Do you think that Megatron is trying to recruit Decepticons?
Ratchet: It's possible. I saw Megatron and Ramjet and other Decepticons, storm into a building and come out hassling a scorpion/cobra and a dinosaur.
Bumblebee: I've heard rumours that the Decepticons are building up their forces.
Mudflap: I don't know what they intend on doing, but they wanted to recruit me.
Skids: So they lied by telling you that you're a traitor?
Ratchet: I recon so. The Decepticons are very devious and have many different ways for recruiting. Propaganda is one of their ways and so is deception.
Optimus: I agree. The Decepticons will stop at nothing to accomplish their tasks.
*a Chevrolet Volt and Stingray pulled up to the house and transformed*
Volt: We gotta get outta here! The Decepticons are here and they look pretty pissed, right Sideswipe?
Sideswipe: That's right, Jolt, they tried to convince us to join the Decepticons.
Mudflap: They did the same with me!
Optimus: Well we better leave before…
*an F-22 Raptor flew overhead and transformed into a robot and landed on a house near Sam's*
Ironhide: It's STARSCREAM!!!
Optimus: Battle positions! Fire at Starscream!
Jazz: I'm gonna kill that sonafa bitch!
Silverbolt: Cheetor and I will help as well.
Ratchet: Bumblebee, get behind me! Jazz, open fire!
Starscream: You Autobots are pathetic! *he fired at the Autobots with his hand-mounted machine gun and fired missiles at them*
Silverbolt: Beast mode! *he took to the skies and flew at the Decepticon from behind* Silverbolt, MAXIMIZE!!! *he transformed and launched missiles at the back of Starscream* Bulls-eye!
Starscream: ARGH!!! You'll pay for that Maximal! *he was shot from Ironhide*
Jazz: This is going to be too easy!
*a tree shattered into splinters as a salvo crashed into it and it was followed by another salvo*
Sideswipe: Decepticon!
Mudflap: It's Brawl!
Brawl: *he drove over a car, crushing it*
Optimus: Ratchet, take Ironhide, Mudflap, and Jazz and take down Brawl! I'll take down Starscream!
Silverbolt: You're not alone Optimus sir!
Starscream: Optimus Prime, I have to admit it. You're a fool!
Optimus: Not even as half as you are, Starscream!
Silverbolt: Hey Screamer! Look up here!
Starscream: *he glanced at Silverbolt who launched a missile right as his head*
Optimus: *he took out his sword and attacked Starscream* You could leave the Decepticons and join us Starscream.
Starscream: Never!
*the familiar sound of rotors drowned out the battle*
Ironhide: BLACKOUT!!!
Blackout: *he transformed* Decepticons, ATTACK!!!
*the Constructicons came out of a dark alleyway*
Soundwave: Communications team, ATTACK!!!
Dinobot: Let's get them!
Scalpel: Charge! *he jumped on Optimus' face and started torturing him*
Optimus: ARGH!!!
Silverbolt: Get off him, you little bugger! *he fired a missile at the Doctor*
Scalpel: AAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!
Silverbolt: That'll teach you!
Quickstrike: Remember me, Silverbolt? *he leapt up and attacked Silverbolt*
Silverbolt: ARGH!!!
Jazz: Hang on, little guy! I'm coming! *he back flipped over Soundwave and fired a pulsing energy blast at Quickstrike*
Quickstrike: ARGH!!! *he fell off of Silverbolt and fell to the ground but was caught by Sideways who was being chased by Arcee, Chromia, and a blue motorcycle robot*
Silverbolt: Thanks Jazz! *he flew after Laserbeak and shot the Decepticon out of the sky*
Soundwave: Laserbeak! *he ran over and caught his little minion* FRIEND NOT MINION!!! *Whatever* Ravage, attack him!
Ravage: *a ferocious metallic jaguar with one eye and rows and rows of dagger-like teeth jumped at Silverbolt and started biting savagely at him*
Mudflap: *he ran under Long Haul's legs, jumped up, and yanked Ravage off of Silverbolt, almost breaking the Decepticons neck*
Ravage: *he yelped and whimpered with pain*
Soundwave: *he charged at Mudflap and slammed the Autobot against a wall*
Silverbolt: Optimus Prime sir! There's too many of them! We should retreat!
Optimus: Can't you see I'm in the middle of a fight? *he used his two swords against Blackout who blasted the Autobot leader with his energy cannon*
Blackout: Optimus, just give us those two Maximals and we'll leave. That easy.
Silverbolt: You'll have to catch me first before you take me!
Blackout: Or we can kill all your Autobots and take the Maximals by force. Your choice.
Optimus: No. You can't have them.
*a dark figure came from the skies and transformed into a flaming Decepticon*
Optimus: It's the Fallen!!!