Here we are at Chapter 92. Sadly, we're almost done with this story before another hiatus. However, we still have a couple chapters left. It's time for the battle of Decepticon Island. I do not own RWBY or Transformers. They belong to their respective owners. Here's chapter 92. Enjoy.
Chapter 92: Confronting the Past
The ship Megatron and his allies are on continue making their way towards decepticon island. As they do, Ruby pops up from below.
"Toolbox, I was wondering... while you were still on the island; when Steeljaw showed up... Did he have a human girl with him?" Ruby asks.
"Now that you mention it, he did. A peculiar human with him, an adolescent female with brow and pink hair. I saw her with Steeljaw." Toolbox says, looking to Ruby and her teammates. "And she was consuming a strange liquid compound that combines elements of Earth's water with Energon to boost her illusionary abilities."
"So, it is Neo," Ruby mutters.
Rachet perks up, "How's that possible? Energon doesn't exactly mix well with other elements and it's deadly to organic life," Ratchet asks, trying to understand it.
Predaking speaks up, "Back on Remnant, while I was in the desert, I found an oasis that was untouched by the Grimm. They dare not go near it as if they fear it. I sampled some of the water myself after ensuring its security and found the familiar sensation of Energon within the water," he says, pulling out the canteen he had. "I still carry some with me if you wish to prove my claim."
"Wait… are you saying the Grimm were scared of this stuff? I mean, I know that the Grimm are scared of people like Ruby because of her eyes, but this... How does that work?" Yang asks, confused.
"Energon's the lifeblood of all Cybertronians," Megatron reminds her, while Soundwave shows the composition of it on his visor. "No matter the faction, it has allowed us to keep on living like any being. We also use Energon for ammunition, fuel for our ships and cities, as well as medicine to accelerate healing. The Creatures of Grimm are soulless or sparkless monsters that exist only to destroy. Much like Unicron and the dark energon that flows from his anti-spark."
"And if these Creatures of Grimm from Remnant are as you described, then perhaps they might've sensed that life energy from the energon and were repulsed by it," Ratchet theorizes.
Megatron nods, "That may be the case. However, now we know for sure that Neo is there. And we all know who she'll be targeting first," he looks to Ruby as does everyone else.
Ruby sighs, "I think... I think she blames me for what happened to Roman Torchwick,"
"Ruby, that wasn't even your fault. Torchwick was eaten by a Grimm. You said so," Yang says.
"It doesn't matter. Neo was not there to witness the act, so she made her own conclusions. It happens more often than one thinks. No matter what species you are," Predaking says.
"Soundwave, stay close to Ruby, no matter what. Given our prior conflicts with her, her apparent hatred for Ruby, and how much more powerful she's become, she may complicate things. I don't want to take any chances with this," Megatron says, to which the two nod.
Ruby clenches her fist, but then Soundwave places a hand upon it, showing Ruby that she won't have to face this threat alone. Ruby calms down and offers a small smile to Soundwave.
"Guys, we're approaching the island. Get down, now," Toolbox says as he jumps down to let Grimlock take over at the controls.
"Everyone, remember the plan," Bumblebee says before they all hide or pretend to be asleep.
"Uh, what am I supposed to be looking for again?" Grimlock mutters while looking around.
A comms signal suddenly comes in, "Attention approaching craft, we are reading your decepticon tracking signal, but we cannot identify you. State your name and business, or you will be determined hostile and subsequently be destroyed," the caller says.
"You are returning with autobot prisoners that you captured during a battle. Your transmitter was damaged in the battle and that's why they couldn't identify you," Megatron whispers next to him.
"Uh, yeah, I'm coming back from uh... mission and I've brought back autobot prisoners. Guess my transmitters got damaged in the fight. Um, sorry about the confusion..." Grimlock repeats what Megatron said... mostly.
Suddenly, the wreckage of the Alchemor appears right in front of him; its cloaking system shutting down. Decepticon Island. A large door opens up, revealing two Vehicon troopers waiting for him. Grimlock docks the ship and hops onto the alchemor.
"Man, it sure feels good to be back home. Decepticon Island is where it's at," Grimlock says, even going so far as to kiss the metal to improve his act.
"Sure are a lot of prisoners here," the troopers walk past him. "How in the world did one Dinobot manage to capture so many... including Optimus Prime?! How in the name of Megatron's pistons did you-," the troopers ask before Grimlock grabs and smashes their heads together, knocking them out.
"Oops," Grimlock smirks.
The autobots and Megatron's group leave the ship and head into the Alchemor. Megatron's group hitch rides on the autobots' shoulder so they wouldn't have to worry about keeping up. While Megatron could use his jet board, he'd rather conserve energy just in case. They race through the halls of the ship, looking for their target.
"Okay, let's stay out of sight team. Megatron, once we near the ventilation hub, your group will split off to find and free the minicons. Then get out of here as fast as possible," Bumblebee says.
They stop when they see shadows of guards walking towards them, turning left to head in another direction. They stop and Bumblebee and Megatron look around one corner to find several decepticons roaming the halls. One walks into another, and gets knocked into a third. This causes a chain reaction and soon enough, all the decepticons in the area start fighting with one another.
"Pitiful. And they intend to plunder the galaxy with this lot. I'm starting to see why we lost the war in the first place," Megatron shakes his head.
"We need to get moving. Find the ventilation hub without being seen. Let's go," Bumblebee says and they keep moving.
However, as they do, Megatron looks up, "Wait, stop!"
The group stops, "Megatron, what is it? Why did you have us stop?"
"I sense... something. A great, but dark power within this ship. One I have not felt in a long time, but one that feels... familiar," Megatron replies as he looks around.
"We don't have time, Megatron. We need to keep moving," Bumblebee says.
Megatron shakes his head and they continue on their path. They end up entering a new room, but stop once more.
"Why are we stopping?" Optimus asks.
They look to see two vehicons guarding a group of minicons working on some equipment. The minicons, having been enslaved, are tired, weak, and running on fumes, but the decepticons force them to keep working without rest.
Toolbox wants to help his friends, but Bumblebee stops him, "Toolbox, I know what you're thinking, but we need to keep moving,"
Toolbox shakes his head, "This way. Let's hurry,"
They move around the room, out of the decepticons' line of sight. However, one of the minicons turns and spots them.
"Toolbox, you have returned!" the minicon says.
This causes the team to freeze, and the decepticons to turn
"Autobot intruders in cargo bay 1-7, and they brought some human pets with them," one vehicon contacts reinforcements.
"Scrap!" Megatron curses.
"Strongarm!" Bumblebee commands.
"On it!" Strongarm fires her crossbow, taking out the vehicon troopers.
"We must free the minicons!" Optimus says, but Bumblebee grabs his arm.
"We can't right now. we have to keep moving!" Bumblebee objects.
"We can't just leave them here to-," Optimus argues.
"Stop treating me like a-!" Bumblebee shouts.
"Will you two stop arguing already?!" Megatron shouts.
Just then, scores of decepticons flood the cargo bay, surrounding them.
"Prepare yourselves for battle!" Megatron commands as everyone ready their weapons for a fight.
The decepticons make way for Glowstrike, Saberhorn, and lastly Steeljaw who stands as their leader.
"I wouldn't be too sure about that, Lt., considering the current situation," Steeljaw activates his two decepticon hunters. "I believe you've already met my new friend, though some of you are already familiar with her. She really helped me get in touch with me, myself, and I," he says as several copies of Steeljaw drop down above and surround them, with Neo standing on the shoulder of one of them.
"Neo..." Ruby mutters, glaring at the mute, who returns the look with a smirk.
"Welcome old friends to the first outpost of my new Decepticon empire. The same empire you once envisioned. Isn't that right... Megatron," Steeljaw smirks at his former leader, shocking all the decepticons around them.
"Wait... are you saying that..." Saberhorn gasps.
"It is true..." Megatron steps forth. "I, who was once a slave in the mines on Cybertron. I, who fought and became a champion in the Pits of Kaon. I, who started a war that led to our world's destruction. I am Megatron, your leader. And I order you... to stand down," he engages his arm blades.
"But... how? This can't be possible. Megatron... a human?" Glowstrike can hardly believe it.
"I know, I was just as shocked as you were. However, why should we obey you, 'Lord' Megatron? You chose to become such a weak human and turned your back on your cybertronian pride. On your own kind. Though, I am glad you decided to come to MY decepticon island," Steeljaw says.
"An island you stole! Without any style or class! We took you in and gave you a chance to prove yourself. We gifted you with our trust," Saberhorn argues.
"Imagine that. A decepticon who proves to be less than trustworthy. Don't blame me. You gave me the chance to possess two decepticon hunters. You were practically begging me to take control of this island. I merely accepted your gift," Steeljaw argues.
"I have another gift for you!" Glowstrike's tails shine and hum with energy, only to stop when one of Steeljaw's weapons stops a few inches above them.
"I'd keep it if I were you," Steeljaw warns her.
"They're not working together here. Let's use that to get out of this mess," Ruby whispers.
"Agreed, Ruby. We'll need an opening, though," Megatron agrees.
"Perhaps we should let them take us prisoner and then we-," Optimus suggests.
"We don't have time for this!" Bumblebee shoots the idea down.
"We don't have time to argue. I'm going with Ruby's and Megatron's idea. I'll give you guys your opening," Windblade says and transforms to fly above them.
"Shoot her down!" Steeljaw commands and the decepticons fire away at her.
Dreadwing spots one exit behind a few decepticons, "This way! Let's move!"
They all make a break for it, but Neo and Steeljaw's clones get in the way. Soundwave gets up front and engages his semblance, firing off a resonance blast at them. The noise causes those in and around the blast to cover their ears, or audio receptors, from the noise. Predaking engages his semblance and turns into his flame predacon form, firing off a breath attack to burn through the clones, though Neo dives out of the way in time. As they run, Bumblebee and Drift get hit from behind by Steeljaw's decepticon hunter, causing Bumblebee to drop his. The others help them up and out of there, but Windblade gets shot down and gets captured.
"Windblade's gone down!" Sideswipe exclaims.
"There's no time. We can't help her right now!" Rachet pulls him away and then Grimlock breaks the lock, shutting the door behind them.
Steeljaw growls, "Come every inch of this ship. Bring. Me. Those Autobots!" he looks to Neo. "Well, I'd say you earned some fun. That human girl is all yours, but Megatron is mine,"
Neo smirks and leaves to hunt down Ruby.
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The group keep running through the ship, "Hey, what about Windblade?" Blake asks.
"Don't worry. Windblade's tough. And we're not abandoning her here," Bumblebee says as they come toa stop at one fork in the road. "Optimus, questioning me orders like that was reckless. Now, we're down a teammate and I've lost one of our strongest weapons!"
"Bumblebee, our mission is to get the stasis bomb to the ventilation hub. That remains our top priority," Optimus retorts.
"If they've captured Windblade, they'll likely move her to a more secure area," Dreadwing says.
"Then perhaps we should split our forces, to cover more objectives," Predaking suggests.
"Predaking is right. A group this big will be easy to spot," Yang adds.
"You're right. Here's the new plan. Drift, Rachet, Weiss, and Dreadwing will go and free Windblade. Blake, you and Predaking go with them. Strongarm, Sideswipe, and Grimlock will find a way to free the minicons. Ruby, Soundwave, and Jaune, you guys go with them. Toolbox will take me to the ventilation hub. Megatron, you and Yang are with me. Since Optimus still has his decepticon hunter, Optimus will come with us to protect the stasis bomb. Once all of our objectives are complete, we'll link up back where we came ashore and escape the island before the bomb blows. Let's rev up and roll out!" Bumblebee says.
"Let's make it happen, gang!" Ruby cheers.
The group split off and move to complete their separate missions. As Weiss and Blake's group move through the hallways, a sudden roar stops their advance. They look back to see the ghoul of Skyquake behind them.
"Scrap!" Predaking curses.
"You guys go ahead. This one is mine," Dreadwing draws his blade.
"Dreadwing, we-," Rachet begins.
"Go! This is MY fight!" Dreadwing argues.
Low on time, the group continue on their way. However, Weiss stays behind with Dreadwing.
"If you think I'm leaving you behind, then you have another thing coming. We're in this fight together," Weiss says as she readies her rapier.
Dreadwing smirks, "I'd expect nothing less from you, Milady,"
The Ghoul roars before it charges at them. Dreadwing makes the fist move, swinging his blade downward on him, but the ghoul catches the strike and swings Dreadwing into a wall. Weiss summons her Armas Gigas, which swings its massive blade, forcing the ghoul to jump back. Dreadwing gets back up and throws one of his bombs. The bomb lands on the wall beside the ghoul and explodes, sending their opponent flying towards the Armas Gigas, which swings its blade and knocks it further back onto the floor. Weiss unsummons her walking armor.
"See, with me around, it's not so difficult," Weiss notes.
However, her confidence decreases when a few decepticons suddenly appear and aim their weapons at them.
"Or... maybe not," Weiss takes back her statement.
The decepticons fire their blasters, forcing Weiss to jump around on her glyphs to evade them. Dreadwing turns around and brings out his cannon to fire, but the ghoul gets back up and attacks him from behind taking him to the ground.
Meanwhile, Rachet, Drift, Blake, and Predaking continue their search for Windblade.
"Any idea where they might be holding Windblade?" Blake asks.
"There should be some rooms where they keep prisoners and stasis pods. Given the current chaos we've started, they'll likely take her there. I have a good idea of where that is. This is an autobot ship after all," Rachet leads the way.
Meanwhile, Ruby's group continue their way and enter a room with several monitors and advanced terminals.
"I was hoping this would be the punching room," Grimlock notes.
"This all looks really important. What is this place?" Ruby asks.
"This is the communications hub. Hey, I got an idea. Remember, Fixit used sonic equipment to free Toolbox from his inhibitor collar?" Strongarm recollects.
"Yeah, I see where you're going with this. If we can find the correct frequency, we can broadcast it and free all the minicons on this ship. Then, they could help us and get out of here," Jaune says.
Ruby smiles at Soundwave, "Soundwave, this sounds like your forte,"
Soundwave nods and jumps up onto a terminal. His tentacles come out and link up with the equipment and he begins his work. Back with Blake's group, they eventually find what hey've been looking for, Windblade in a stasis pod guarded by a few decepticons. Predaking fire his breath attack, disorienting them. Rachet and Drift jump through the flames, tackling the guards. Rachet throws one of the decepticons into an empty stasis pod and shuts it closed. Drift deals a few sword strikes on his opponent, followed by Predaking leaping into the air and firing another breath attack into the decepticon's face, staggering him into a second stasis pod. With the threat dealt with, they open up the stasis pod holding Windblade.
"Windblade, are you alright?" Rachet checks her condition.
Windblade groans while holding her head, "I've been... better. Where are the others?"
"A slight change in plans. We split up to take care of multiple objectives at once. Come on, we have to reach the rendevous and get out of here before the bomb goes off, with us in it," Rachet explains.
They leave the holding room, only to encounter another group of decepticons blocking both of their paths. Meanwhile, Toolbox leads Megatron's group to the ventilation hub. However, as they keep moving, Megatron feels that same sensation again.
"It's there again... That same energy," Megatron stops.
"Megatron, we must focus on the mission," Optimus says.
"I'm sorry, but I can't leave this alone, Prime. You guys go on ahead and get the bomb set. I'll catch up. And try and sort out your issues while your at it," Megatron heads down a different pathway.
"Megatron, wait! I'm coming with you!" Yang fires her gauntlets behind her to catch up and runs with him.
"Ah, scrap!" Bumblebee curses before they continue to the ventilation hub.
Megatron and Yang continue down their path until they find themslves before what looks like the doors to a vault room.
"It's in here," Megatron says.
"What's in here?" Yang asks.
Megatron throws a javelin at the control panel and it explodes, opening the doors. They walk inside, only for Megatron to freeze upon seeing what's on the other side of the room.
"It cannot be..." Megatron mutters in shock.
Before them lies a massive sword with a purple glowing blade. The design looks evil, but it courses with power.
"Megatron, what is that?" Yang doesn't like the look of it.
"A powerful weapon I forged long ago, with dark energon. The Dark Star Saber. It must've surived rentry through Earth's atmosphere. I lost it at the battle for Earth that would cost me my spark... for a time at least. They must've located it as they were searching for parts and supplies for the ship," Megatron explains.
"But, why leave something so powerful here then?" Yang asks.
"Not just anyone can wield a weapon of such power. They probably couldn't control it, and decided to keep it locked up here for safe keeping. I once held the blood of Unicron within me, so I could sense its energy," Megatron says.
"Okay, what do we do about it? Blow it up?" Yang suggests.
Megatron narrows his eyes, "No, I'm going to take it with us," he walks up to the blade.
"Uh, one, that does NOT sound like a good idea, and two, that thing is massive. You'll never be able to lift it!" Yang says.
Megatron stands before the blade, placing a hand on it. The sword glows brightly before it starts breaking apart, pieces falling off. It gets smaller and smaller until a mini-version of the blade is left, perfect for Megatron's size. He wields the sword in his hand, the blade glowing with energy.
"You were saying?" Megatron smirks.
"Okay, that happened, but... are you sure, Megatron? I mean, this sound incredibly dangerous," Yang is worried.
"I understand your concern, Yang," Megatron sheathes the sword on his back. "I don't intend to keep the blade forever. Just long enough for it to be useful. Then, I will dispose of it, so that no one will ever wield it again. Besides," he takes Yang's hands in his own. "If I ever go astray, I know you'll just knock some sense into me,"
Yang sighs with a slight blush, "That's not playing fair,"
"Whoever said I was," Megatron smirks.
"Okay, fine. Let's hurry and get back to the others and end this. Then, once all this craziness is done, we find what we need here and finally go back home," Yang relents.
"Agreed," Megatron draws the blade. "Unlike before... this will NOT be our last stand,"
And that's the chapter. Megatron's group begin their mission at decepticon island, but things quickly go sideways. Now, everyone must accomplish different objectives and face an army of decepticons in order not only save Earth, but finally get the means to go back to Remnant. Will Megatron and his friends succeed? Will they finally go back to Remnant? Until then, please Read and Review.