"SUCH A SMALL THING. YOU ARE NOTHING." Unicron bellowed as it looked to the small form impaled at the very tip of his claw.

The small Transformer grunted in pain and gripped the tip of the claw, pulling himself up.

"No…not…nothing." It spat weakly.

"OH? THEN WHAT ARE YOU?" Unicron bellowed amusedly.

The blue visor of the Autobot glared at Unicron defiantly.

"Me? Me…Grimlock…BADASS!" Grimlock said, wrenching himself from the claw and leaping at Unicron's face.

Grimlock slammed into it….and fell towards the ground having done nothing to injure the massive Chaos Bringer.

"Me…Grimlock…think plan not work as expected." Grimlock coughed as he fell for what seemed like eternity. Even this great warrior could not survive the fall coupled with his injuries.

He stopped halfway down.

"Er?" Grimlock asked puzzled.

"I have you big guy. Just take it easy." A voice came from nowhere.

"Who say that?" Grimlock asked.

"Name's Apollo." The human sized hero who had caught Grimlock said, "Just take it easy, because reinforcements are here."

Massive bursts of energy fired forth and struck Unicron in the chest. The massive beast actually took a step back. Then he glared at the equally massive Carrier wafting hundreds of meters in front of him. As the smoke cleared from his chest wounds, Unicron's green eyes unleashed bursts of energy. They ripped into the Carrier, shearing off a section.

"JESUS CHRIST!" Jack Hawksmoor said as the Carrier was rocked, "What's he packing?"

"More energy than we have." The feminine Engineer replied as the Carrier shook, "This guys a monster. Doctor?"

"I'm working on it but…uh…don't know how to tell you this." The Doctor said.

"Just tell me!" The Engineer shouted.

"This guy…whatever he's made of…whatever's powering him…well he's resisting my transmutation. Don't ask me how, but I tried turning him into a giant douche, but no dice." The Doctor laughed nervously.

"Great. I guess I'll just have to fly out there and ram the guy with my body." The winged Swift sighed as she held Jenny Quantum, "And it's too hot a body to ruin."

"Fire again." Midnighter said, "Fire at his head."

"W-was that those…computations that run through your head telling you that?" Tara asked nervously.

"Nope. Just common sense." Midnighter grinned.

More beams fired at Unicron. The Chaos god actually roared in pain as the beams struck his face.

"Yeah! Told you!" Midnighter replied.

"Yeah, now we pissed him off." Jack said.

Sure enough, Unicron's green eyes glared at the Carrier.

Beams of green in addition to purple fire from his mouth rained against the Carrier. The massive Shift Ship was rocked much harder this time.

"Shit! She can't handle much more of this!" Jack shouted.

"I'll handle the repairs." The Engineer said, creating several nano clones of herself, "You send him back to hell."

"Yeah but how?" Swift asked.

"I got an idea." The Doctor said.

Unicron's massive body shot up into the air, falling upwards.

"Just reverse the flow of gravity." The Doctor smiled.

Unicron's ascent halted.

"Uh…" the Doctor stammered.

Unicron struck out, a mile long arm ripping into the Carrier.

"Anymore bright ideas dumbass?!" Midnighter asked as he grabbed Tara, keeping the witch from falling and injuring herself from the attack.

Unicron growled and recoiled his massive arm. He was preparing to tear the massive ship in half.

"Hey guys!" Apollo said through his radio-telepathic linkup, "Remember that phrase I always wear thin?"

The combined Authority and even Midnighter and Apollo's adopted daughter Jenny Quantum groaned.

"Daddy Apollo acts retarded sometimes."

"What phrase is he talking about?" Tara asked.

Apollo slammed into the back of Unicron's head going at speeds almost faster than Midnighter could calculate. The immense Chaos god seemed to lurch forward a little, at least long enough for the Carrier to move out of his range.

"Like a speeding bullet. I swear I love the guy but he's such a cornball sometimes." Midnighter said, palming his masked face.

"Ow." Apollo said, ricocheting off of Unicron's head, "Uh guys? I think I broke almost every bone in my body. Little help?"

"Door." Midnighter said, watching as Apollo fell through a small dimensional door and right into his arms.

"So, how'd I do? I kill him?" Apollo asked.

"Nope. I think you just made him mad." Midnighter said, watching Unicron turn and fire beams of energy at the Carrier.

"Bummer." Apollo replied.

"Uh…w-what now?" Tara asked.

"I've got something. Door." Jack Hawksmoor said, leaping through another dimensional doorway.

"Where's he off to?" Swift asked.

"He probably felt a city or something." The Doctor said lighting up a cigarette.

"Huh?" Tara asked.

"Jack was abducted by aliens years ago." The Engineer spoke up, or at least one of her nano clones did (Tara wasn't sure), "They altered him."

"He senses and controls city environments." Midnighter said, "He can speak to them. Don't ask me how. It's the most esoteric damned power I've ever heard of. I'm just glad I only kill things really well."

"I spotted a city down there. Pretty torn up." Apollo said, managing to stand even with his injuries, "Got any tricks up your sleeves in the meantime Doctor?"

"Maybe one." The Doctor said, inhaling his cigarette.

The dormant volcano of the Autobot base suddenly erupted and millions of tons of magma sprayed straight up into the air before forming a gigantic ball of liquid hot lava. The ball then heaved at Unicron and slammed into him. The giant barely seemed to notice.

"Hmm. That could have worked out better." The Doctor said, "Maybe I'll just make every atom in the air around him suddenly split and create an explosion that makes Hiroshima look like a queef."

"T-There's too many people down there…well robots." Tara said.

"Yeah. And? They're just robots." The Doctor replied.

"No. Atomic. Explosions." Midnighter ordered.

"Okay, but hey, the best solutions are usually the simplest ones." The Doctor said, reversing the flow of time around his cigarette until it was whole again.

"Well looks like your friends aren't doing so well." Starscream said as he rocketed through the air.

"Not my friends mate. They just showed up with a bird I know." Spike replied, "But you're right. Fat lot of good they did."

"I'm also wondering exactly what we're going to do." Starscream said.

"Well I think we could---SHIT!" Spike shouted.

"I don't think I can do that." Starscream said.

"That's not what I meant. Look!" Spike pointed.

Starscream looked (as well as a jet can I suppose) to see what all the ruckus was about.

"SHIT!" the Decepticon said.

"Let's hope this works." Jack Hawksmoor said as he melted into Autobot City, "How's things going?"

"Who is this?"

"Name's Jack. You'd be the city right?"

"Yes."

"Not feeling so hot huh?"

"Not particularly, no."

"So uh…Metroplex is it? How would you like to kick that big S.O.B.'s ass?"

"That would be good, but even in my transformed state I'm only about as big as his head."

"Yeah, well you're just a part of that city. Let me add to the thoughts and whispers that you're not privy to."

"Will this hurt?"

"Probably."

The earth rumbled. Metal twisted and groaned. A city shook and rose, becoming a massive warrior. Metroplex stood in the middle of it, the city wrapping itself around him like armor, adding to his already immense size. Bigger and bigger the titan grew until the entire city was about him; an urban knight, speaking with the voice and Jack Hawksmoor.

"Hey you big bastard. Let's go!" Jack shouted.

Unicron strode forth and looked down. Large as Jack/Metroplex/Autobot City was, he was still only about half Unicron's size. Purple fire belched at the Autobot Entity and clung to him. Unicron grimaced as the Entity came running out of the fire, fully ablaze, and ready to attack. Massive guns and armaments from the city exploded and fired. Massive metal fists clanged against Unicron's body, shattering. Unicron himself seemed unimpressed and merely brought a single hand down over the Entity's head, sending Metroplex crashing out through the bottom and onto the ground almost totally destroyed. Then the hulking remnants of his armor came tumbling down atop him.

"A NOBLE ATTEMPT, BUT ULTIMATELY FUTILE."

"Jack! Jack! You dead?!!" The Engineer shouted through the linkup.

"…Yeah. Wait…no. I'm alive. Door." Jack said, as he appeared back in the Carrier's control room, looking very haggard, "Never doing that again. Poor robot I was riding got annihilated."

"Notice how we're doing Jack, no pun intended, and shit against this thing?" the Doctor asked, "I say we turn tail and run."

"W-We can't do that!" Tara shouted.

"Well, what else are we going to do?" The Doctor asked.

"Ramming speed." Midnighter said.

Everyone looked to Midnighter with shocked expressions.

"Okay, anything else?" Tara asked.

Amidst the shattered carcasses and dying frames of the Autobots and Decepticons, a hand rose. Shoving off the bodies covering him violently. Red eyes glowed and peered out. Though he was injured, armor cracked, leaking Energon badly, Megatron was not about to be beaten…even by the Chaos Bringer.

And dragging behind him was the fallen body of Optimus Prime.

"You're an idiot Prime." Megatron said as he pulled the body of his sworn enemy free of the rubble, "You had to be right there on the front lines. Noble, but stupid. A good general only gets involved in skirmishes when he has no choice. But no…you had to be right there, carrying me along and firing at that monstrosity."

Megatron looked up to Unicron, who seemed to block out the night sky.

"Even when our gestalts exploded you were right there trying to fight. And all it got you was pain, being buried alive by our comrades in arms despite my warning to retreat. And in that you show me up again. I detest you." Megatron said, kicking the downed Autobot leader, "And by Primus you'll never show me up again. If you want to see how a real leader fights and dies then watch Prime, WATCH!"

Megatron shot into the sky, firing his fusion cannon behind him to increase his speed. Halfway to Unicron he turned the weapon onto his giant foe and fired again and again and again.

"You will die!" Megatron shouted.

"Ugh…Megatron…don't…he's too far gone." Prime said standing.

"ASSISTENCE REQUIRED." Omega Supreme's massive voice boomed even over the carnage.

Prime turned and saw the mightiest warrior either side had, torn in half, missing an arm and nearly slagged down to his infrastructure.

"Do you still function Omega?" Prime asked.

"FLEETINGLY." Omega replied, "DAMAGE TOO EXTENSIVE. TERMINATION IMMINENT. I FEEL…I FEEL AGAIN. I FEEL FEAR."

"Good soldier." Prime said touching what remained of Omega's arm.

Then an idea hit.

"Do you have anything left in your pitching arm?" Prime asked.

"POWER FAILING. CLARIFY INTENT."

"Throw me at him. Throw me right down his throat. Maybe once inside I can open the Matrix and end this." Prime said.

"QUERY…ACCEPTABLE."

Prime leapt into the massive three pronged hand of the larger Autobot and was launched into the air after Megatron, right at Unicron's face.

"Now we end this." Prime said as he flew along, rapidly gaining speed.

"ENERGY SOURCES DEPLETING….SHUTDOWN BEGINNING. TO FEEL. TO FEEL AGAIN AFTER SO LONG. TO FEEL PAIN. TO FEEL FEAR. TO FEEL…HOPE. FEELS GOO----"

"Eh?" Megatron said as something shot past him. He couldn't believe his optics.

"What?! What are you doing Prime?! What are you doing?! This is my moment! Mine! Mine!" The Decepticon leader shouted.

Prime couldn't hear what Megatron was screaming in the air behind him. He was too focused on Unicron. The leviathan grew larger and larger as Prime neared him. Touching his chest, Prime felt it open and the power of the Matrix grow within him. Unicron felt it too. The large green eyes left the Carrier and stared right at Prime.

"Damn you Prime! Damn you!" Megatron roared, firing his fusion cannon at his hated foe, "This is my moment! Mine!"

A bolt hit Prime making the Autobot commander scream in pain, and knocking him off course. That shot, while intending to kill Prime, saved his life. Beams of green energy just barely missed him and rocketed past his body. Megatron's own eyes lit up in fear.

"No." Megatron said right before a beam collided with him and lit his world up in blinding pain.

"So close…so close…" Prime muttered.

Then pain bit into his body again as he collided with something large and metallic. At first guess he thought it was Unicron. He went unconscious from the impact for a fleeting moment, only to be reawakened by a larger impact. Through the mangled body of the Carrier where he had landed, he saw the immense Unicron fall backwards onto the earth with the sound of a hydrogen bomb resonating for miles. Then Prime passed out again.

"Okay, we rammed him." The Doctor grimaced, "Lot of good that did."

"Holy shit!" Jenny Quantum shouted.

"Language baby doll." Apollo scolded.

"Hmmm…he's getting back up." Midnighter said, "Maybe my computations are off today."

"I'm going to kill you man. I swear." Swift said pushing debris off of her with her wings.

"Don't be silly Swift. The big robot's going to do that." Midnighter retorted.

"Um…I have an idea." Tara said.

"Make a really big joint and get him high?" the Doctor asked.

Everyone looked at him.

"Just throwing it out there." He shrugged.

"It better be good. I lost a few nano clones after that last attack." The Engineer spoke up.

"W-Well…you see---"

Everyone's eyes went wide.

"IS THIS THE BEST ANY OF YOU CAN DO? TO CHALLENGE UNICRON IS TO COURT DESTRUCTION ITSELF. WHEN YOU DIE AND GO TO THE VOID THAT AWAITS YOU PAST THIS LIFE, TELL THOSE THERE BEFORE YOU THAT UNICRON HAS DELIVERED YOU TO THE ABYSS!" Unicron shouted, "AND NOW, TO END THIS CHAR---"

Unicron froze in mid speech. His eyes became listless and his mouth contorted to a look of shock.

"WH-WHERE IS MY BODY?" Unicron said, as his head began the descent downward to the earth, producing a massive crater. For a moment, the Chaos Bringers eyes sparked with green shock and hatred before going dim.

Not long after…

"You what?!" Spike asked.

"W-Well, their ship here can open doorways between dimensions right? I figured maybe we open one underneath of him, move it up to his neck, then close it." Tara smiled.

"And you effectively decapitate the big blighter. Good work actually. Who'd think that you'd get so bloodthirsty in battle, pet?" Spike asked.

"Not so much bloodthirsty as inventive." Tara smiled.

"Well, call it what you will. Glad you hooked up with these fellas. Saved old Spike's skin you did." Spike said, smoking a cigarette he had bummed off the Doctor, "So this big thing is the weapon Q sent you for huh?"

"Y-Yeah, well not so much this as what powers it." Tara said.

"And what's that? Nuclear energy, electricity, Red Bull?"

"A baby universe."

"Come again?"

"This place's engine is a little universe, only like fifty feet tall. It's like magick Spike." Tara smiled.

"I spose so." Spike replied, "How'd you end up here?"

"Hmm?"

"How'd you end up here? In this universe." Spike asked.

"Oh. W-Well, I just sorta of zapped onto this Carrier about an hour ago and the Authority grilled me for a little bit until they scanned my mind and realized what I was saying was true. I guess Q knew what he was doing when he sent me to t-them. Angie, the Engineer, just downloaded everything in my head and put it into the computer. All that in-information had like a homing beacon in it. It sends us to where we need to go next. I'm not sure where we go from here, but the Carrier will get us there." Tara explained.

"An hour ago? That doesn't sit right. I've been here for hours and bloody hours." Spike said.

"Angie said that time flows differently in different universes. The w-way Q sent us, we may be in one place for only a few seconds or maybe even years. It worries me that Willow may be somewhere b-bad for years." Tara replied.

"Same for me and the Slayer." Spike mused.

"You uh…you really care about her don't you?" Tara said.

"Hate her guts. Yeah I spose that qualifies as caring." Spike replied.

"You can't lie to me Spike. I know you love her." Tara said.

That much was true. Spike did love her…so much in fact he wanted to beat the holy hell out of her the next time he saw her, then turn her into something like him now that the chip was gone. Yeah, that hit the spot. Hell, he would drain the witch right here if all these other gits weren't around. Drain her nice and slow.

Tara smiled at him.

Then again…maybe not. She was nice enough. Damn, life didn't used to be this confusing.

"So what happened to my piece of the weapon? He get destroyed by the monster?" Spike asked.

"Not the last I heard."

"Ugh. Where am I?" Optimus Prime asked as he sat up off the table.

"Whoa, hold on there." The Engineer said, hovering over next to him, "Take it easy big guy. Ratchet, get over here!"

"Ratchet?" Prime asked.

"Right here Prime." The medical Autobot said as he thundered over to Prime.

"Where am I?" Prime asked again.

"We're with the group that saved us. This is the Engineer. She's one of a Terran group called the Authority. Well, sort of." Ratchet sighed.

"Did we win?" Prime asked.

"Yeah we won. Unicron's dead." Ratchet smiled, before losing it, "We took heavy losses though."

"Report." Prime said, standing, the officer in him taking over.

"We lost too many Prime. The gestalts are all gone. Omega Supreme's dead. Trail-Breaker, Wheeljack, Mirage, Braun, Prowl, even Ironhide." Ratchet explained.

"We saved as many of you as we could." The Engineer said, "But we couldn't get everyone. A few passed away once they were onboard. My nanites are very compatible to your physiologies. I'm trying to get things right, but its hard."

Prime observed the room and saw multiple copies of the chrome woman trying to work on other Autobots…and Decepticons.

"Megatron?" Prime asked.

Ratchet shook his head.

"Couldn't find him. We're still looking for bodies. Anyone with scientific know how and who survived is up here working on the others." Ratchet explained.

"NO! YOU NOT TOUCH ME GRIMLOCK!"

"AAAAAK!"

Prime looked over to see a wounded Grimlock standing and holding Starscream off the ground one handed. The Decepticon looked to be in mortal fear as the large Dinobot's fingers locked around his neck.

"Grimlock, please." The Autobot Perceptor pleaded.

Grimlock backhanded him to howls of excitement from the other more badly damaged Dinobots.

"Grimlock, stop." The immense Skyfire said, grabbing Grimlock in a headlock.

Grimlock dropped Starscream and threw his head back into Skyfire's face, before flipping him over onto the ground.

"Me Grimlock say I no get touched by Decepticon scum!" Grimlock roared.

"Who you calling scum?" Blitzwing said, getting off his own table, "I'm a soldier and I'm not going to be run down by some idiot who's not even smart enough to read."

"You get run down by me Grimlock anytime me say." Grimlock said, shoving Blitzwing back over his table, "ANYONE TOUCH ME GRIMLOCK AND THERE HELL TO PAY!"

A hand grasped Grimlock's wrist.

"Stand down and get back on that operating table." Optimus Prime ordered.

Grimlock growled.

"I said STAND DOWN!" Prime shouted.

Grimlock stared at Optimus Prime before slowly lowering his head.

"Me Grimlock sorry Prime. Me Grimlock no mean to start trouble. Me Grimlock just no want Decepticons working on me or Dinobots." Grimlock said.

Prime's hand traveled to Grimlock's shoulder.

"Understandable Grimlock, but there aren't many of us left now. We have to all work together to save all our allies. You understand?" Prime asked.

"Yes Prime, Me Grimlock understand. You always explain things good." Grimlock said, "But me Grimlock no want Starscream around!"

"Ratchet, Ms. Engineer, if you would, please rotate someone else to Grimlock and the Dinobots. And maybe give Perceptor and Skyfire some room from them too until they calm down." Prime said.

"We'll do what we can." The Engineer replied.

"Understood, Prime." Ratchet said.

"As for you Starscream—" Prime said, narrowing his gaze, "Make yourself useful and patch me up. I want to keep an eye on you personally."

"How dare you insinuate that I—"

Prime bent down and looked right into Starscream's eyes.

"I'm not Megatron. I'm not going to play around with you and run you down, but as of now you and every Decepticon here are in my custody and until we have a trial for you I am reprimanding you all under my command. If you don't like that, you have permission to speak freely. Otherwise get busy with the repairs. Now, do I have to repeat myself?" Prime asked.

"Er…no." Starscream said, swallowing.

"Good." Prime replied.

"Actually Prime. There's something the rest of the Authority and I need to talk to you about." The Engineer said.

"Very well." Prime said.

"This way." the Engineer said, leading Prime out of the room.

"Starscream!"

"I'm coming! I'm coming!" the Decepticon sighed.

One hour later….

Optimus Prime walked back into the room and glanced around at the wounded and the medics. He hated having to make this announcement, but he realized he had to.

"Alright everyone, listen up!" Prime said, grabbing everyone's attention, "The Authority have filled in the blanks on Unicron's presence here and what he said about this 'Dahak'. Dahak apparently is a being that is attempting to destroy the entire multiverse. That includes our own universe."

"That is something the dead creature informed us." Soundwave replied.

"And apparently helped instigate your attack on us, I know. Another young human woman has already smacked him in the back of the head for that. Regardless, the Creation Matrix which dwells within me is in need of use in this battle. I intend to then go with this group to help construct a weapon that the Matrix is only a small part of. As a result, I have decided that other Autobots and Decepticons will be needed in this struggle." Prime commanded.

"Oh no, here comes the rant about the draft." Rumble said, palming his face.

"What is required in this struggle is what will be required of any major conflict. Some of you have no choice but to come. Others will be able to volunteer." Prime said.

"I'm coming." The aged Kup said, spitting leaking Energon onto the floor, "You're gonna need my experience lad."

"It is well appreciated old timer. Anyone else?" Prime asked.

"Ah hell." Blitzwing sighed, "You're gonna need a soldier. I've been thinking about defecting anyway."

Several Decepticons leveled hard gazes at Blitzwing. Especially Soundwave.

"Don't get too angry Soundwave, because you're coming too." Prime replied, "In the event this radio-telepathy fails we need a communications man. Not to mention you can create Energon cubes to keep our health up."

Soundwave bored holes in Prime with his visor.

"As long as my children come too." Soundwave said, gesturing to Rumble and the other cassettes.

"Acceptable terms. They'll cover my reconnaissance needs. We'll need short range transportation too. Astro-Train, Skyfire, you're it." Prime added.

"I can double as your medical officer. I know enough to compensate." Skyfire nodded.

"Great. Really." Astro-Train sighed.

"Can I come?" Arcee, the only female Autobot in attendance asked, "I mean, I need the experience and I can help Skyfire with the maintenance if you need me to."

"Welcome aboard." Prime smiled under his mouth plate.

"I'd really like to come along as well Prime. No offense to Skyfire and Arcee, but I'm the best doctor we have." Ratchet said.

"No Ratchet, you're staying here to help the others." Prime replied.

"Alright. I thought I'd try anyway." Ratchet said.

"YOU BETTER BELIEVE ME GRIMLOCK AND THE DINOBOTS COMING!" Grimlock shouted, with the other Dinobots roaring in agreement.

"Well, I figured that as a given." Prime said, "Finally I'm going to need a second in command."

"You have it then." Ultra Magnus nodded.

"No old friend, you have to stay here. There's no one else I'd rather have at my side, but I know the Autobots will need a leader here as well. You fit the bill." Prime replied.

"Then who's your second going to be?" Magnus asked, confused.

Prime glanced back to a bored looking Starscream leaning in the doorway.

"You're kidding. Him?!" Magnus asked.

"What? What did I miss?" Starscream asked.

"I just volunteered you to be my second in command." Prime explained.

"Oh well I…WHAT?!!! I'm not going anywhere with you!" Starscream shouted, "I'm just going to get killed!"

"Heh heh heh." Grimlock chuckled and popped his knuckles.

"And if this Dahak doesn't kill me, Grimlock will!" Starscream shouted.

"Grimlock. No killing Starscream." Prime ordered.

"Awww."

"The same goes for you other Dinobots."

"Awwwww."

"And anyone else on this mission."

"AWWWWWWWWWW."

"I'm still not doing it! You're just doing this to keep an eye on me because you know I'm smart enough to get away from your Autobots when their backs are turned!" Starscream shouted.

"That, and the fact that I know you're smart enough to be a good officer when you're not being humiliated or trying to backstab everyone." Prime said.

"What?" Starscream asked softly.

"Do I have to repeat myself?"

"No…uh…sir. No sir." Starscream replied.

Did Optimus Prime of all Transformers just compliment him?

"Good. That's my party. Everyone else will be transmitted back down below. The injured will be sent to Los Angeles for repair. The fully repaired will aid in the recovery of other bodies with G.I. Joe below. Understood?" Prime asked.

Nods and shouts of approval.

"Good. Dismissed." Prime said, "G1 Company, you're with me."

"G1 company? Who that?" Sludge, the least bright of the Dinobots asked.

"That's us. That's our company." Blitzwing said.

"Ohhhhh."

Hours later still, the Carrier opened a door and disappeared through it.

On the ground, several Transformers looked up into the sky and sighed.

"I wish I could have gone." Hot Rod sighed.

"Then you should have volunteered." Ultra Magnus smiled and patted him on the back.

"I figured Prime would have picked me. He knows I have big things coming my way." Hot Rod smiled.

"There's a reason he didn't pick you." Thrust said, lifting some scrap metal as he looked for survivors.

"Why?" Hot Rod asked.

"Because you suck." Thrust laughed, eliciting laughter from Ramjet and even Dirge.

"That's enough Thrust." Ultra Magnus warned.

"Hey, kid's gotta find out he sucks sooner or later." Thrust laughed.

"Oh bite me." Hot Rod said.

"Kid, I'm gonna blow you aw—what was that?" Thrust asked.

"What?" Ultra Magnus asked.

"That!" Thrust shouted, pointing at the crater that Unicron's head had made.

Sure enough green energy was erupting from the crater. It rose higher and higher into the sky, before beams of it shot down and hit fallen Autobots and Decepticons. It seemed to be changing them.

"What in the universe?" Magnus asked himself.

"MEGATRON!" Thrust shouted in glee.

Standing beside the Unicron crater was a large Transformer silhouetted by the green light. It clearly had a massive fusion cannon on its right arm.

But it just stood there.

Thrust squinted.

"Megatron?" he asked, "Is that you?"

"Here's a hint." A gruff voice stated.

Strange energy fired from the arm cannon and struck Thrust, making him explode and scattering the other Transformers. Ultra Magnus hit the dirt hard. The smoke was still heavy from the battle and Thrust's explosion, but he distinctly heard loud footsteps coming his way.

The smoke finally cleared as the footsteps stopped. What was before him was Megatron, but it wasn't. He was purple, sleeker, his fusion cannon was golden not black. He stood and stared at the fallen Transformers.

"I've got you Megatron!" Hot Rod shouted, leaping at the newcomer.

"Hot Rod don't!" Magnus shouted.

Hot Rod was batted away like nothing by the newcomer.

"The name isn't Megatron anymore, whelp." The newcomer growled, "Its Galvatron!"

A massive energy blast from the cannon tore Hot Rod apart with a single blast.

"No!" Magnus shouted, rising and charging Galvatron.

Galvatron turned and had Ultra Magnus point blank. He smiled.

"Such heroic nonsense."

Then he fired.

And Magnus fell.

Never to rise again.