Raise your hand if you've seen some of the scenes of TF2 were Optimus is totally kicking aft and if you're super excited about seeing the movie! I admit I'm raising my hand right now with a few of you! Ok, maybe not as you're reading this. But I'm so excited I can't wait for the movie.

Anyways, after seeing some of said scenes I was inspired to write a fight worthy of an Optimus and Megatron showdown. At least, I hope it's worthy. I'll let you readers be the judge.

Author's notes: '…' denote bond talk, italics denote comlink chatter.

Warning: Violence and some language

Optimus vs. Megatron

Optimus

The mere sound of my first born sparkling's voice lifted my spark from the precipice it had been lingering on since the moment I learned of her abduction. My sparkling, my beautiful little star was alive and doing better than I dared to hope. Far better than I had hoped if she was well enough to make an escape attempt.

An attempt that seemed like it was well on its way to being successful.

Of course I should not have been surprised that my Kaceystar would attempt an escape. I have done so and would do it again if necessary. Her mother would have done so as well if I had not been there to rescue her. Only it made me worry for my daughter even more because I had a good idea what it was she was trying to get away from.

I've been in her place a few times.

I have experienced the pain of being tortured both physically and mentally. I've witnessed the horrors that they do to femmes inside their cells when held as prisoners or slaves. I've even endured the traumatic after effects – the nightmares, the feelings of uselessness for not being able to save others whether they had been friends or victims.

I was terrified for what my daughter had to go through because I wasn't there to protect her. She had already endured far too much for one so young. And for this to have happened to her before she was even a mature femme was unbearable to think of.

'Please father. Don't be so upset. I'm fine.'

'That may be. However, I will only be fine once I have you in my arms and know that you are safe, my child.'

'Soon, I promise,' she said, her love filling my spark.

Oh Primus how I've missed her presence within. I basked in her love and gave her mine in returned so thankfully she was so eager to receive it. The only thing tainting the moment was the cold and hate I felt from my brother.

'So little brother,' Megatron teased over our bond as he descended from the sky. The moment his feet touched he started running for me. 'You've finally arrived to try and take your daughter back. Do you have the strength to? I think not. You're weaker than me. You will always be weaker, little brother.'

I didn't respond to his taunt over our bond. I had faith in my daughter. Instead I let loose a deep roar and charged at Megatron with everything I had. All my worries for my daughter, the anger I felt for the attack on the younglings and femmes, the remorse I felt for nearly losing my son and his mother. All of these emotions filled me, fueling my desire to do whatever was necessary to ensure the safe retrieval of my daughter.

And I didn't give a slag if I had to rip my brother apart in the process!

WHAM!

We collided with so much force that a piece of his shoulder armor popped off and flew through the air. A few warning systems sounded in my processor telling me I even lost a piece of armor from the collision. I ignored it because even though what my brother said was true, that I was smaller and weaker than him as he implied, I was far more driven. Such determination always gave me strength and hope that one day there would be peace in the galaxy. For peace was all any father ever wanted for his sparklings.

And I would do anything for my sparklings…anything.

I drove my brother backwards, lifting his feet off the ground. My processor filled with images of my beloved dying on the battlefield…of my son bleeding to death on the floor enraged me. My spark filled with the loss of my little sparkling femmes and I recalled the emptiness it felt when my Kacey was taken from me. Never again would I let these events happen. Never!

With a thunderous roar, I used all my weight in an attempt to pulverize Megatron into the ground. The very earth literally trembled and cracked beneath us. Dirt blew up into the air around us. I quickly clasped my hands together and started to swing at my brother's head.

Only Megatron ignited his thrusters and suddenly shot out from beneath me. I landed on my back in his wake. My processor taking a brief moment to calculate what had just happened. There was so much dust in the air that it clouded my vision. But my sensors were fully functional and warned me of a small object coming at me with high velocity.

Reacting on instinct and the desire to not give in to my brother, I rolled to one side onto my stomach. A clanking forceful thud sounded just where I'd been laying. My optics were able to see the spiked ball of Megatron's mace before it was quickly yanked back with chunks of dirt flying off it.

A heavy whoosh sounded and my optics widened in anticipation. I quickly rolled back to where I had been laying before, managing to sit up all in one motion. Dirty and rocks pinged off my armor when the ball of the mace embedded itself into the ground beside me.

This time my optics only saw a blur of spiked metal as it was retracted and my sensors warned me of the incoming projectile's trajectory. I spread my legs as quickly as I could. Sparks flew as one of spikes sliced the inside of my left thigh. A red alert warning sounded informing me that the cut was deep and had barely missed the main energon artery in my leg.

Without a moment to spare, I thrust my hands out, managing to grab hold of the chain just as my brother pulled to retrieve his mace. He had pulled with such force that it enabled me to rise up onto my feet. Once up I used as much leverage as I could and did some yanking of my own.

My big brother made a mistake by staying in the air!

"AAHH!!" Megatron shouted in surprise when I whipped him hard over my shoulder and sent him crashing into the ground.

Before he could recover I jerked on the chain lifting him up in the air just enough. I quickly spun around twice before I let go and sent him hurtling through the air a short distance away. Then I chased after him and collided with him just as he got to his feet.

Megatron was stumbling backward, struggling to knock my hands free from the tight grip I had on his shoulders. I growled, ignoring the pain as he beat on my forearms. That wasn't working so he dug his claws into my face and yanked hard on my battlemask. I was only able to retract one side for he pulled off the other side.

I didn't care that he saw the rage on my face. I was no longer afraid of facing him on the battlefield or hiding what I felt.

With a roar, I raised my fist to strike!

Only my brother suddenly fell down onto his back. I barely managed to leap up high enough after spotting a silver armored femme lying on the ground. My processor briefly registered that it was Elita. I knew that if she were in danger she'd tell me. So I quickly focused back on my brother.

I landed on him hard, grabbing his throat with one hand and punching him with the other. I hit him as hard as I could! Once for nearly killing Elita. Again for nearly killing Leo. And…

"AH!" I cried out when I felt the sting of plasma fire hit my antenna.

It fragging hurt like pit! Damn antennas were so sensitive! Before I could shake the pain off I suddenly found myself face first in the dirt! With a growl I heaved myself back up onto my feet.

This fight was far from over!

Megatron

When my brother cried out in pain, grabbing his head I immediately took advantage of him being temporary disabled. And after throwing him off me, I would have gone on the offensive if Soundwave's voice hadn't sounded from my communicator and startled me. I had been so focused on my brother that I forgot everything else.

"Megatron! The Autobots appear to be falling back to regroup. But more importantly this fire's out of control! I need more troops to put it out or we'll lose the entire base!"

"I don't care what you do! Just do what you think is necessary and don't bother me again!"

"Yes, my Lord!"

I stood up and took a few steps back and was once again surprised by my brother's ferociousness. He'd already recovered and was coming after me again. I quickly grabbed a boulder from near by and hurled it at him. Only the fragger was quick to defend himself! Two blades shot up from his forearms impacting the boulder briefly before retracting both blades. The impact though brief had cause the boulder to explode into small pieces that bounced harmless off his armor.

None of it slowed him down one bit!

I growled, crouching down slightly and this time deciding to try a different tactic to get the better of him. I used his uncharacteristic rage and swift speed against him. I'd dropped lower at just the right moment and was able to lift him high off the ground and toss him head over heals up and over my shoulders.

But I didn't stop there.

Even as he crashed and bounced on his back across the ground I was quick to extend my mace and whipped it at him hard, hitting my mark with deadly precision. The spiked ball had embedded itself deep into his left shoulder. With a quick command I made the spikes extend further, impaling him deeper and making him howl out in pain.

Grinning, I tugged and pulled, dragging him over the rough terrain. I enjoyed hearing his cries of pain and agony. However, My laughter was cut short when the fragger used his sword again and snapped the chain.

"I'm impressed little brother," I mocked, as he panted heavily, getting to his feet. I too was doing my best to cool down. I must admit that was one of the hardest fought battles I've ever had with my brother. And I knew it wasn't over yet. "You may not be as weak as I thought."

The metal alloy of his armor screeched slightly as he yanked the spiked ball from his shoulder. If it hurt him he never let me see it. He didn't even wince or grimace. But I knew the damage was extensive with the amount of energon trickling down his chest armor from the wound.

"You have always been jealous of me, Megatron because you know deep inside I have always been the stronger of us both," he said.

"You…stronger than me!" I barked out with a short laugh.

"Yes! As a sparkling I was able to survive feeling our parent's dying. As a youngling I was able to move past the fact that my own brother that I loved more than anything in the universe wanted me dead! And As a mech, I know I am far better than you'll ever be!"

I growled, narrowing my optics at him.

"You have no honor!" he spat at me, I could hear and feel the raw emotion as he struggled to control it. "You went too far! To attack the base was one thing but to deliberately attempt to kill the femmes and take the younglings…it sickens me to think that you are my brother!"

"You forgot one thing little brother," I sneered. "I took your precious youngling. I did things to her far worse than I ever did to you!"

He snarled and charged at me with a loud guttural roar that made my audio receptors vibrate. And I quickly found myself at his mercy once again. I tried my best to counter each heavy blow with one of my own. My brother was relentless and I realized I made a grave mistake. I gave him more incentive to fight me and I was paying for it! And it wasn't until several punches were exchanged when I finally had something to give me the advantage over my brother.

'I have her, my love,' Thunder's silky voice purred over our bond.

'Have her call her lover through their bond,' I responded with more relief than I cared to admit to anyone even my sparkmate!

A few moments later, the pure rage on my brother's face quickly morphed to fear and worry for his beloved sparkmate.

"ELITA!" he shouted and ran for her.

I didn't let him get far and tackled him from behind, throwing a hard forearm to the back of his head. No way in pit was I going to let him get close to her! No way was I going to allow him even the tiniest of victories today! I used my knees to pin his upper body down, while holding his head up to see.

"One move and she dies," Thunderblast smirked when the other Autobots made an attempt to rescue their femme commander.

I blinked in surprise for I had no idea they were there. Frag! Thunder may be oblivious to the fact that we were out numbered but I wasn't. I especially didn't like the fact that two of the most trigger happy Autobots were present. Ironhide and Chromia were untamed at times. I knew my brother was the only one able to control them.

I twisted his head slightly when Ironhide's cannons continued to whirl, aiming directly at my sparkmate.

"Call them off," I growled into his audio receptor.

"Back off! That's an order!" my brother quickly yelled. "Ironhide, I said stand down!"

I heard a distinct growl but the massive mech lowered his weapons, optics still glaring at my sparkmate.

"Get off me brother! I give you my word that I will not do anything."

"That's right little brother, you will no do anything," I laughed and yanked him up into a choke hold to control him. "You will do nothing but watch as Thunder slowly kills your precious Elita."

"Take me instead! I've always been what you wanted."

"Prime, you fool!" Thunderblast laughed. "We have you right where we want you. You will suffer as you watch her die. Then we'll kill that miserable piece of slag you call a daughter too!"

"Kill either one of them and I will rip both of you apart," my brother growled and I could feel he meant it from the powerful emotions emanating over our bond. Once again I was surprised for my brother was always so in control of his emotions.

"We have you outnumbered," Prowl pointed out.

"Not anymore," Starscream snickered, coming up from behind Thunder.

"About time you showed up," I said, barely holding back my agitation over my second in command for failing to do what I commanded of him! But such matters were to be dealt with later.

"I've come to report that Venom has captured the young femme and is on his way," Starscream said

"You saw this for yourself?" I asked in surprise, feeling a sense of pride. My son was finally becoming what I dreamed he'd be. I couldn't help but smile.

"Unfortunately no. However, he did make radio contact with me to gloat about it," Starscream answered looking rather enraged about it.

Ah, I see my son has finally learned the meaning of being a true Decepticon!

"I don't see why we need to wait for the femme to get here, my Lord," Thunder said to me. I could feel her pleading with me over our bond. She wanted so desperately to kill Elita One.

"I agree. We've tortured the youngling enough for now. Kill Elita at your leisure."

"With pleasure!" my lovely sparkmate grinned.

Her weapon was primed at maximum fire power and she deliberately took her time before finally firing her weapon. Elita cried out. Energon spurted upwards from the plasma blast hole to her thigh. And I suddenly found myself seeing the world upside down momentarily before getting body slammed to the ground.

"LET HER GO OR I'LL KILL HIM!" my brother growled with his blade pressing hard against my neck.

"No, you let him go!" Thunder yelled back.

"Let Megatron go or we kill you both!" Starscream said, as he Cyclonis and a couple of others had their weapons raised, pointing at my brother.

"Then we'll kill you as well," Ironhide countered with Chromia, Prowl and a couple Autobots, Ultra Magnus and Red Alert, joining in.

Thunderblast looked to me unsure of what to do. I could hear every single weapon on display and aimed at an enemy charging up to fire. The tension around us had risen as each weapon primed up to maximum fire power.

"Tell her to let Elita go and tell your son to release my daughter. Then I will let you live," he said in a deep, low threatening tone, one I'd never head from him before.

Still, I knew my brother better than he thought. With emotions running high I knew at any moment this could end badly. Only I had no intention of dying just yet.

"Quit bluffing, little brother," I spit at him. "I know you will not kill me. You don't have it in your spark to do so! Otherwise you would have done so long ago!"

"I'm a mech…a father pushed past his limits, dear brother. You have no idea what I'm fully capable of! Now, tell your bitch to back off!"

I narrowed my optics at him. I knew exactly what that derogatory name meant having done my own research on the fleshings.

"I'm afraid I can't do that," I replied calmly.

"Then you leave me no choice!"

"Wrong brother!" I countered. "You are the one who has no choice here! A piece of advice for you….Optimus…never hesitate when making a threat. And never make a threat when you're not holding all the cards. The result can be devastating. And now you must live with the fact that your own daughter's death will be on your conscience."

'Venom!'

'Yes father,' he replied sounding surprised.

'Kill her now!'

'With pleasure, father!'

I heard a femme scream almost instantly and started laughing. My brother heard it too and released his tight grip.

"No," he breathed, voice trembling as he rose to his feet, retracting his blade.

I got up too and looked to see my son high in the sky and Kaceystar falling from his grasp. Her thrusters were silent, her form still as she tumbled fast through the air. I knew the impact would probably kill her or at least damage her beyond repair. But I wanted my brother to suffer!

"Watch as your beautiful star falls, brother!" I snickered, grabbing hold of him once again before he could attempt to run after her. Then I activated my comlink and spoke so my brother could hear my command. "Finish her, Venom! Do it now!"

"Yes, father!"

My son's wings flapped a few times before he dove downwards after Kaceystar.

I smiled upon feeling and hearing my brother's anguish when he screamed, helplessly reaching out, "KACEY!!"

Up next: the long awaited Kaceystar versus Venom.