ATE: Why does this keep happening to me? I know that the last time I updated was Dec. 25 and it took me this long to finally finish this chapter. Anyways, thanks go out to Diamond White, Crystalmaiden62, Sailor Shinzo, SeekerLuna, DarkButterfly128, Autobot-Bre, Manderss.x.x, and Bumblebeecamaro38 for their reviews. Speaking about reviews I just realized that this story now has 107 reviews total! I gotta thank everyone for that now. So as you can see, this chapter is covering the evens of Episode 42 (Miracle), so for those familiar with Armada, you should know what going to happen in this chapter. Enjoy!
Declaimer: I don't own Transformers or Transformers Armada. I only own my OC Valerie.
Chapter 19: Miracle
The next day had me standing with my friends as we gazed at the Earth through the window we stood in front of. Apparently from all the progress that had been made so far we could still see it. The planet itself was so beautiful and it was nothing like what I've seen in pictures. Even though it was beautiful it still looked so fragile, so small among the black space surrounding it. I knew we would return someday, but for now we had to stop the Decepticons.
"Well, goodbye Earth. See ya soon." Carlos said as we got farther and farther away from it.
"Don't worry, bud. We'll be back." Rad said reassuringly, causing Carlos to looked over at him. He then turns to Carlos. "The day the battle on Cybertron is over, that's the way we'll be coming back to Earth."
"Yeah. One day." Alexis said, sounding slightly sad or homesick.
Suddenly I heard what sounded like Billy crying slightly and we all turned to see him holding his head in frustration. Fred was looking up at him while munching on a chocolate bar…and he had some of it on his face.
"What's up with you, Billy?" Fred asked.
"Stupid me! I forgot my video camera!" Billy cried.
"What a drag."
"Now nobody's gonna believe we were in space!"
"Hey, maybe this'll cheer ya up, Billy." Fred then brought out his green Video Pal and held it up. "I brought along my Video Pal to play."
Billy looked over, but then he furrowed his eyebrows.
"You forgot to bring along the cartridges, ya doofus!" Billy stated.
I mentally face-palmed myself at this. Of course, only Fred could accomplish something this stupid.
"Aw, you're just jealous." Fred said while turning away slightly.
At this Alexis turned to Billy and Fred with her hands on her hips and a angry expression on her face.
"Hey, you guys! Would you put a lid on it? We're having a moment over here!" Alexis scolded.
I couldn't help but giggle slightly at this. I took this time to bring out my camera.
"If it makes you feel better I brought along my camera, Billy. Fully charged and functional." I told him, causing Billy to turn to me.
"Really? Great! Now we can use it to prove we were in space now!"
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Jetfire stood to Hot Shot's right as he observed the bridge and everyone in it. Everyone was at their stations and no problems so far.
"Nothing unusual to report on radar, sir." Sideswipe announced.
"And engines running at full thrust, Hot Shot." Red Alert said.
Jetfire then looked over at Red Alert.
"Red Alert, lock up to our warp co-ordinates, stat." Jetfire told him.
"Roger that."
"Focus, gentlemen." Hot Shot said before turning to Hoist. "Hoist, how does your new name fit your new reformatting?"
At this Hoist looked at Hot Shot.
"It fits just fine, Commander." Hoist said.
Hot Shot then turned to Sideswipe.
"Sideswipe, how about bringing up Earth on the main monitor for us?"
"You've got it, bro." Sideswipe said, glancing at the yellow mech over his shoulder.
Sideswipe did as he was ordered to do and soon Jetfire could see Earth on the main monitor. He could still remember the day he first arrived on Earth and how he didn't really think much about it back then. But after everything he went through whiling he was still on the planet he had a new perspective of it. This beautiful blue planet that glowed in space was Valerie's home world, the place she was born and raise. To think that not so long ago the Decepticons were planning to destroy it.
"Ahh... What a beautiful planet." Blurr said in awe.
"Yeah. It will always be a special place for us. Especially for Optimus. I guess you could call it our second home." Hot Shot said before saluting. At this everyone started to salute as well and Jetfire joined in as well as he paid his respects to Optimus. "We'll never forget you. You'll always be commander to us, and we salute you, Optimus-sir."
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Megatron sat on his throne on the Decepticons' ship with his head propped up on one of his servos.
"Unbelievable." Megatron suddenly said, which caused Thrust to turn around to face him.
"Pardon, sir?" Thrust asked.
"I can't believe Prime would sacrifice himself for such a meaningless planet." Out of the corner of his optic Megatron saw Starscream give him a quick side glance. "I thought he was more intelligent, but I suppose I was dead wrong in my assessment of that fool." He then turned to Demolishor. "Demolishor!"
"Uh, sir!" Demolishor replied as he turned to Megatron."Exactly where are the Autobots now?"
At this Demolishor was confused.
"Which Autobots, Megatron?"
"Don't play games!" Megatron sat up straight in his chair. "You tell me precisely where they are and on the double, soldier!"
"Uh, yes, sir!" Demolishor saluted him. "At last report, they'd just left Earth, but appear to be closing the gap at a phenomenal rate, sir."
"Don't worry, Megatron. They'll never catch up with us." Thrust said, trying to sound reassuring. "Soon, we'll reach our warp co-ordinates and then we'll be home!"
"Silence!" Megatron yelled and Thrust took a step back in surprise. "Did I say I was worried, Squidhead?! The Autobots, without Optimus Prime, are no more of a threat to me than a common housefly!"
"My sincerest apologies, sir. We will not concern ourselves with their craft and we'll prepare instead to warp."
With that Thrust turned around to face the console he stood in front of. Wait a minute. Housefly. They were annoying, yet they were easily dealt with. That was when Megatron got an idea.
"Turn us around." Megatron said calmly.
"Eh, what?!" Thrust looked at Megatron in surprise.
"The time has come…to swat that fly."
"B-but sire... We've almost reached the warp co-ordinates. May I suggest we continue-"
"-Enough!" Thrust flinched. "I gave the order, now do it!" Megatron turned away. "Time to eradicate those good-for-nothing Autobots and their toys for good."
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Sideswipe was sitting at his station in the bridge when he noticed something yellow appear on the radar.
"Hmm…" He turned to look at the radar to see what the yellow thing was, only to find nothing at all. "Must have imagined it." He turned away, but then he thought he saw more yellow appear and quickly turned back to the monitor with wide optics. "Or not!"
"What's up, Sideswipe?" Red Alert asked, turning to Sideswipe.
Sideswipe swirled around in his chair to look at Red Alert.
"Radar's picked up some unidentified bogeys coming at us." Sideswipe told him.
"You sure?"
"Do you think they might be Decepticon ships?" Hoist asked.
Hot Shot looked over at Hoist.
"Let's not jump to any conclusions." Hot Shot said before turning to Sideswipe. "Sideswipe, turn on the main monitor."
"Yessir!" Sideswipe answered.
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Out of the corner of my eye I noticed High Wire walking closer to the window as he bleeped. I turned to look at him and I could see the confused look on Rad's face.
"Hey, what's wrong with High Wire?" Rad asked.
As soon as I heard Grindor I turned to see the Mini-Con was doing the same thing as High Wire.
"Dude, what's up?" Carlos asked as he moved out of Grindor's way.
I turned to face Alexis' general direction and saw that Sureshock was acting the same way as High Wire and Grindor.
"Is something wrong?" Alexis asked.
Rad stared at High Wire in confusion before turning to look out the window.
"Hmm... Say, maybe they're - sensing something." Rad said.
What was going on? I don't understand why High Wire, Sureshock, and Grindor were acting like this. Did they know something that they weren't telling us? Now I was confused as to what was happening.
"Hhh!" Rad suddenly cried out. I looked over at him and I saw the surprised look on his face as he stared out the window. I turned to the window and I could see why. Outside there were glowing green orbs of light started appearing as if they were surrounding the Axalon. "Look, it's like we're under attack!"
There were so many of them floating around the Axalon. Just how many of them are there?
"Oh wow! They - they look like fireflies." Alexis said.
Now that Alexis mentioned it, they do look like fireflies."I don't think they have fireflies in space." Rad commented.
"Maybe their space fireflies." I stated.
"What are the odds of that?"
"Friends." High Wire suddenly said and we all turned to the Mini-Con, who ended up turning to face Rad. "Yes, they are friends."
"Uhh.…" Rad seemed to be confused at first but then his eyes widened in realization. "Hey! They're friendly!"
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Jetfire was just as confused as everyone else as he saw those lights on the main monitor. Just what were they? Sideswipe zoomed in on one of the lights and everyone was surprised to see the outline inside the orb of light.
"Those are Mini-Cons!" Hot Shot exclaimed.
"Boy, that's strange." Hoist said. "I never knew it was possible to detect Mini-Cons on our radar system."
"We can, Hoist." Red Alert stated. "When they turned on their signal beacon transmitter."
At this Hoist turned to Red Alert.
"But how did they all get here?"
"Why did they all come to meet us, Red Alert?" Hot Shot asked after turning to Red Alert. The medic turned to look at the yellow mech.
"I believe the Mini-Cons aboard our ship broadcast a signal to which other Mini-Cons responded."
"It's amazing the bond the Mini-Cons have between each other. Totally amazing." Blurr mused.
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"You mean each one of those lights is a Mini-Con?" Rad asked.
"Cool! But why are they buzzing around like that?" Carlos asked.
"Aw, man. It looks like every Mini-Con in the universe showed up here." Billy said.
High Wire bleeped and Rad to turn to him.
"Gee, High Wire. Did you call them all out?" Rad asked, causing High Wire to turn to him and bleeped. "Here to battle?"
"Hey, I got it. They all showed up to battle alongside the Autobots!" Carlos assumed, looking at Grindor.
Grindor turned to Sureshock bleeping and Sureshock did the same.
"What's the matter?" Alexis asked.
High Wire bleeped and I couldn't help feeling confused. What was he saying?
"High Wire?" Rad asked.
"Hey, dude, what's he saying?" Carlos asked as he looked at Rad in confusion.
Rad looked at Carlos.
"Haven't got a clue." Rad told him before turning back to High Wire. The Mini-Con turned Rad. "What's wrong?"
It was quiet before High Wire spoke.
"Enemy." The Mini-Con said.
"What?" Rad looked confused.
We were all confused and I could help being confused as well.
"Aw, man, I don't like the sound of that." Billy said.
"Yeah, no kiddin'." Fred agreed.
I don't know why, but I got the feeling that this wasn't good. And why do I have the feeling I knew what it was.
High Wire bleeped, turning face Rad completely before lifting his hand up, along with Sureshock and Grindor.
"What, you wanna high-five?" Carlos asked, sounding confused.
I watched as Carlos lifted his hand up to Grindor, followed by Alexis and Rad doing the same with Sureshock and High Wire, but what happened next surprised all of us. A bright light appeared as soon as my friends' hands made contact with the three Mini-Cons and I was forced to cover my eyes from the light. What's going on?
Before I knew it the light disappeared and I uncovered my eyes to see that Rad's eyes had widened in surprise and he took a step back from High Wire.
"What - was that for?" Rad asked, looking like he saw a ghost or something.
"Unicron." High Wire answered after lowering his hand.
My eyes widen in fear as I felt a sense of dread inside me. I couldn't stop myself from remembering the dream I had of the metallic moon changing into that giant transformer. No…! Not Unicron! Not that horrifying monster that Sideways showed me. I wanted so badly to grab the pendant of my necklace, but my spacesuit prevented me from wrapping my hand around it.
"Unicron?" Alexis asked.
High Wire turned back to the window and he gazed at all the other Mini-Cons floating around outside the Axalon.
"Man, I'm totally lost." Carlos said.
"Is this Unicron a person or a thing?" Billy asked.
"Yeah, what?" Fred added.
Alexis gasped as she realized something.
"Wait a minute! That's who he meant by enemy!" Alexis stated.
"Ah! Are you saying this Unicron is coming down here after you guys?" Rad asked.
High Wire bleeped as he turned to face Rad and this caused the boy to look uneasy.
If what Alexis and Rad said was true then Unicron was coming for the Mini-Cons. And that also meant that Sideways would be coming for me soon! I felt sick to the stomach because of this.
"It sounds like this freak is meaner than Megatron!" Billy exclaimed. "What're we gonna do?"
"I wish Optimus were here right now." Carlos said, sounding sad.
"Huh? Uh…" Fred then turned to look out the window. "Hey, look." Fred said, causing Billy to look out the window. "You can't see Earth anymore."
"It's okay…" Alexis said, trying to sound reassuring. "Valerie? What's wrong?"
I turned to Alexis and I could see the concerned expression she had on her face.
"Nothing. I'm fine." I told her. "I just need to get away for a bit that's all."
I decided the leave and started walking down the hallway. I was so worried that Jetfire might find out about my thoughts so I blocked them from him. He couldn't know about this or Unicron. I didn't want him to worry about me. I went around the corner and sat down against the wall with my before placing my head in hands. I started shaking when I suddenly heard Sideways chuckling in my mind.
{Your time will come soon, Sweet Valerie.} He told me, as if it were a dark promise.
At this I felt a few tears fall from my eyes.
'How soon is soon?' I couldn't help but think fearfully.
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"Aw, how come we have to go back, anyway?" Cyclonus complained.
Upon hearing Cyclonus complain Wheeljack looked at the insane Decepticon over his shoulder.
"Because Megatron said. Now quit asking stupid questions." Wheeljack answered before turning back to the console he sat in front of.
From his throne Megatron observed the exchanged between Cyclonus and Wheeljack before looking back at the main monitor with a frown on his face.
"I don't know why, but the thought of you infuriates me, Optimus." Megatron said quietly to himself.
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In the bridge the alarm started going off. Jetfire knew that wasn't a good sign.
"I've locked on incoming and they're closing in fast!" Sideswipe announced.
"Betcha anything it's the Decepticons." Hoist assumed as he looked over at Jetfire.
"Maybe not." Jetfire told him as he looked over at his friend. "Why would they send out such a huge fleet after us?"
It was at this time that Rad, Alexis, Carlos, Billy, Fred, and Valerie ran inside and Jetfire knew that they heard the alarm as well.
"Hot Shot! Hot Shot! Are they Decepticons?" Rad asked.
"We're still analyzing the data, Rad." Hot Shot said as he looked down at Rad with his arms crossed.
"Bro!" Sideswipe called, causing the yellow mech to look at him. "It's just an asteroid field!"
"Are you serious?"
Hoist looked over at Red Alert.
"Oh, great. Let's fix that radar." Hoist said.
Red Alert turned to Hoist.
"Let's not let our guard down yet. There could be enemy spacecrafts camouflaged inside the asteroid debris." Red Alert said before turning to Blurr. "New course, Blurr."
Blurr turned around in his chair to look at Red Alert
"I'm on it! No one's gonna touch this ship." Blurr said before turning back around to face his console. After awhile Blurr turned back to Red Alert. "Red Alert, increase power one more factor."
"Roger."
Blurr turned back to his console as he stared at the main monitor.
"I can do this." Jetfire could hear him say quietly before he raised his voice a bit to address them. "Buckle up, boys. We're going for it!"
Jetfire had to admit that Blurr was doing his best as he maneuvered the Axalon through the asteroid field, but suddenly they all saw that they were heading for an asteroid. He could feel Valerie's anxiousness and glanced over at her to see that she looked just as anxious as she felt at the moment.
"Hey, what are ya doing, Blurr?!" Carlos cried out.
It seemed that at the last minute Blurr made the Axalon tilt slightly to avoid hitting the asteroid along with a few others. It was quiet as he listened to the bleeping sounds that came from Blurr typing at his console.
"Steady, Blurr, steady... Keep focused…" Blurr said quietly to himself. As the Axalon continued avoiding asteroids Jetfire noticed that the Mini-Cons outside the ship must've been following them still.
'At least it's a good thing they've decided to stick around.' He thought.
"Oh no! It's getting thicker. Hang on!" Blurr yelled just as the Axalon narrowly missed hitting an asteroid. At that time Jetfire saw that the floating seat Fred was sitting in was spinning around wildly due to the ship's movements. "What the?"
It was at that time that the Axalon suddenly started shaking uncontrollably and everyone knew that an asteroid must've hit them. Hoist then turned to look at Blurr.
"Hey Blurr, where'd ya learn to drive?" Hoist asked, sounding slightly annoyed.
"Sorry guys." Blurr said sheepishly.
Jetfire glanced at Valerie and sent her some reassurance through their connection so that she could know that things were going to be fine now. He could feel her gratitude as she held onto that reassurance as if it were a lifeline of sorts.
"It looks like - we're almost clear of the asteroids." Red Alert announced.
Suddenly the alarm on the radar started going off and Jetfire couldn't help but wonder what it was now?
"I've got bad news, boys." Sideswipe said, turning around in his chair. "Just detected an enemy ship!"
"Now what?!" Hot Shot yelled before turning back to the main monitor. Jetfire did the same thing and felt himself tense up slightly when he spotted the Decepticons' spaceship, which started firing at them and made the Axalon shake. "It's time to get ready for battle, men! Red Alert, I want you to stay put and make sure the kids are safe!"
"Yessir!" Red Alert replied as he stood up.
Jetfire was making his way towards the door to leave with the other Autobots when he felt Valerie's concern and he knew right away that she was worried about him.
{Please be careful, Jetfire.} She told him.
Jetfire reached out to her through their connection as a small smile formed behind his face mask.
'Don't worry, Skydancer. I'll be careful and I'll make sure to come back in one piece.' He said
With that he left.
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"Gentlemen, annihilate that Autobot ship and don't leave any evidence behind!" Megatron commanded before standing up from his throne. "Attack! And swiftly!"
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After Jetfire left Rad, Alexis, Carlos, Billy, Fred, and I ran over to Red Alert.
"Red Alert!" Rad called before we stopped near the chair Red Alert was sitting in. "We came down here to give you a hand."
"Okay, listen closely, kids." Red Alert said, looking at us. "I want you to keep an eye on the Decepticon ship."
"Alright! You got it!"
We started running off, but then Alexis stopped. I was about to ask her why she stopped but then I noticed High Wire, Sureshock, and Grindor talking to each other before they ran out of the room.
"No, wait! You can't do this all by yourselves!" Alexis cried before running after them.
I wasn't sure if I should go or not, but in the end I decided to follow Alexis out of the bridge and down the hallways that High Wire, Sureshock, Grindor went down. After awhile we took a right turn at an intersection in the hall, only to stop when we saw all the Mini-Cons running past us and moved out of the way so that we were against the wall.
"Hey, hang on, you guys!" Alexis said and I could see the confusion on her face. Her eyes widened when she saw the last Mini-Con (who happened to be red) that ran past us. "Junk, not you too!"
"We have to tell the other, Alexis." I said.
Alexis turned to me and nodded her head.
"You're right." Alexis agreed.
With that we went back to the bridge where we found the boys sitting in the seats that were floating in the air slightly.
"The Mini-Cons did what, Alexis?" Rad asked after we explained what happened to him.
"They headed straight for the warp gate platform." Alexis told Rad.
"They're doing what they're programmed for." Red Alert suddenly said, causing us to look up at him. "And we need their help."
It was quiet until Carlos turned to Rad.
"C'mon, Rad, we've got a job to do." Carlos said.
Rad turned to Carlos and nodded.
"We do." Rad agreed."Look! It's the Decepticons!" Fred cried out.
We all turned to the main monitor and we saw that Fred was right. The Decepticons were here.
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Jetfire was flying around in his alt-mode when he saw Thrust flying towards the Axalon and firing at it.
"You're all mine! Hahaha!" He overheard the Decepticon say as he fired at the ship. "You won't win this battle if that's the best you can do!" That was when one of the Mini-Cons manning one of the Axalon's turrets shot at Thrust and he got hit before transforming. "Are those Mini-Cons firing at me?"
Jetfire took that chance and started flying at Thrust, all the while firing at him.
"You're mine, pencilhead," Jetfire yelled before flying past Thrust. "Yeehaw!" Thrust then transformed and tried to fly off. "Oh no, you don't!"
Jetfire made a U-turn and started going after Thrust.
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"Ahahaha! Woohoohoohoo! It doesn't seem like work when you love your job!" Cyclonus shouted eagerly.
As Cyclonus fired at Blurr, the blue mech was able to dodge the blasts without any difficulty.
"Enjoy it while you can because you're about to be terminated!" Blurr yelled.
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Hot Shot could see the familiar form of Starscream's alt-mode flying past him and the yellow mech jumped after him.
"Hey, ya traitor!" Hot Shot yelled. "It's nice to see ya again!"
At this Starscream transformed and took out his wing sword before he and Hot Shot charged at each other. The yellow mech used his arm to block Starscream's sword before pushing him back slightly and punching the traitor in the face.
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Megatron was observing the battle as he landed on top of an asteroid. He gripped the handle of the Requiem Blaster tightly in his servo.
"Would you quit fooling around and get this over with sometime today?" Megatron yelled as he lifted the Requiem Blaster up a bit.
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Scavenger had managed to successfully pin Demolishor down on the asteroid they were on after having overpowered him.
"That's it. I'll give you till the count of three to get off of me." Demolishor demanded as he struggled to get Scavenger off of him.
"Like you can count." Scavenger retorted, smirking."Out of my way, Demolishor!"
Both Scavenger and Demolishor looked over in the direction the familiar voice came from to see Megatron aiming the Requiem Blaster at Scavenger.
"What? No!" Scavenger said. Despite his outer appearance, he felt fearful as he recalled what happened to Hoist before he became Hoist.
"Yes. The Requiem Blaster!" Demolishor said.
"Heads up." Megatron casually before firing.
Both Scavenger and Demolishor barely got out of the way of the blast. But Scavenger knew that Demolishor got off easier than he did since the older Autobot was sent flying before landing on an asteroid damaged. He tried to recover from the impact, but it was difficult. He was lucky to still be alive and not extensively damaged like Hoist had been.
"Hahahaha! Hahahaha!" Scavenger looked up when he heard Megatron laugh and he saw that the Decepticon leader was nearby. "Just like shooting fish in a barrel. With one shot from my Requiem Blaster, you will be reduced to space dust."
Suddenly someone shot at Megatron and the Decepticon looked to see Sideswipe charging at him as he fired, letting out a battle cry.
"Not if I can help it!" Sideswipe yelled.
"Heh, you'll be next." Megatron sneered. Megatron aimed the Requiem Blaster at Sideswipe and fired. Sideswipe tried dodging the blast, but he was sent flying into a nearby asteroid. Megatron smirked. "They don't build Autobots like they used to." That was when he spotted the Axalon. "Heh, heh, heh. Time to sink a battleship. Heh, heh, heh…"
"Megatron!" Megatron looked over and spotted Hot Shot. "Sorry, but now ya got me to get past!"
"Hahaha. I enjoy a challenge." Megatron aimed the Requiem Blaster at the yellow mech. "However, I must say you're a poor substitute for Optimus Prime."
"Oh yeah? Well go ahead and bring it on, Megatron." Hot Shot yelled.
Megatron chuckled at this.
"So, any final requests, Autobot?" Megatron asked, lowering the Requiem Blaster. Hot Shot remained quiet, not saying anything. "I'll take that as a no. Now, let's get this over with."
Suddenly Megatron used his hip cannon to fire at Hot Shot and the yellow mech was sent flying. Before Hot Shot knew it he found himself laying on an asteroid damaged when Megatron approached him.
"I remember the good old days when fighting Autobots was a challenge." Megatron said. Hot Shot lifted his helm to look at Megatron. "Heh. You are so pathetic."
It was then that Megatron aimed the Requiem Blaster at the yellow mech.
'Great.' Hot Shot thought. 'Looks like this is the end of my career as new Commander.'
It was then that Megatron seemed to notice something since he looked to his right.
"Now what?" Megatron asked.
"What the?" Hot Shot asked weakly.
Hot Shot looked over in the direction Megatron was looking in to see a big glowing green orb of light fly into Megatron and knock him away from the yellow mech.
The glowing green orb flies into Megatron and knocks him away. This must've taken the Decepticon leader as he recovered, just in time to see the green light stop in place.
"Identify yourself!" Megatron growled. The orb of light dimmed slightly enough to show Sparkplug holding the Matrix, causing Hot Shot to gasp quietly. "A Mini-Con?"
"That you, Optimus?" Hot Shot asked, looking at Sparkplug.
"I don't have time for your holographic tricks!" Megatron then aimed the Requiem Blaster at Sparkplug. "Whoever you are, show yourself or perish now!"
Suddenly the orb started glowing brighter to the point that it was a blinding white light, causing Megatron to cover his optics from it.
"It's over, Megatron!" A familiar voice declared.
"Ugh... It can't be!" Megatron said. The light started dimmed slightly to show a familiar outline, one the Decepticon leader never thought he'd see again. "N-no... It's - it's some kind of trick!" the outline then threw its arms out and the orb of light seemed to shatter as if it had been made of glass. The outline got easier to see and Megatron aimed the Requiem Blaster at it. "Optimus!"
Suddenly the outline of Optimus clasped his hands together before pushing them out at Megatron, sending a blast at the Decepticon leader that sent him flying. The only thing that stopped Megatron from flying through space was the asteroid that he was slammed into.
"No! Impossible! This has to be some kin of Autobot illusion!"
The light that concealed Optimus form disappeared to reveal that he looked as good as new, as if he had never offlined at all.
"No illusion, Megatron! I'm back and I'm gonna finish this." Optimus stated.
At this Megatron growled before aiming the Requiem Blaster at Optimus.
"Sorry, Prime. But - you're all mine this time."
Suddenly Optimus went into Super Mode and combined with Sparkplug before firing his blaster at Megatron. The place it the Decepticon leader directly before a bright light appeared.
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I couldn't believe it! I blinked, even rubbed my eyes, but the image was still there on the main monitor. It was Optimus!
"Optimus is back!" Rad exclaimed. "This is amazing!"
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Megatron was floating through space, but despite the fact that he just lost this battle he was smiling a small smile, all the while chuckling quietly before laughing out loud.
"I never thought I'd say this, but it's good to have you back, Prime." He said, for once feeling glad that Optimus was back.
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This was unbelievable! I never thought I'd seen Optimus again after what happened during the incident with the Hydra Cannon. But he was back and we were all happy to see him. It was as if the Mini-Cons outside the Axalon knew that this would happen and managed to bring him back at just the right time. Now Jetfire and the other Autobots wouldn't be sad anymore.
ATE: That's it for chapter 19. I'll have an interesting time writing chapter 20 and coming up with ideas as to what will happen in it. Tomorrow is the start of my spring semester in college and I'll only have classes on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, so updates to this story may come more frequently now.
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