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also i am still trying to fix any mistakes that i might have missed in past chapters (i.e spelling, grammar and so on)
As the young prime and his crew headed out to retrieve the information about the meeting with Simmons contact another group were making plans to meet in a familiar setting once they made planet fall. Fury's alt form looked strangely at home in the empty void of space the he lead three of his commanders towards earth. Things had gone better than he thought they would if not exactly as he and Scalpel had expected. The moment the news was sent to all available Decepticon's the reaction was anything but straight forward, many loyalists who followed Megatron were in shock and disbelief over the loss of what some considered a god. While those who though like Starscream celebrated the down fall of Megatron and his obsession with the Fallen's plans. It was only when Fury sent an edited version of Starscream's betrayal that the loyal followers of Megatron accept what had happened. This however caused a new set of responses from the Decepticon army, first those who believed that Megatron was their savior decided that there was no longer any point to the war and choose to end their existence so that they could be with their master. Many including Soundwave praised Fury for avenging Megatron's death and welcomed him into the fold as a true Decepticon. Only a few who supported Megatron felt that Fury had acted poorly as they wished to question Starscream's actions in hopes of finding out who he was working with and how he had managed to kill Megatron so easily.
More disruption was caused when Scalpel informed the others that Megatron had decided to make Fury his new second in command once the other new Decepticon's were online and functional. Most loyalists accepted the decision as it sounded like an order form Megatron given Starscream's past failings and his recent betrayal, some even went so far as to say that this decision was the cause of Starscream's actions. Only a select few questioned the information and this was based on the belief that Fury was to young to be Megatron's second in command. The reaction from those who were not so loyal was equally mixed, some saw this as a chance to rise to power themselves as they started forming alliances with other weaker Decepticons. Many like the loyalists fell into line behind Fury as they believed that his youth meant a new way of thinking and a chance of finally ending the war with the Autobots with the Decepticon's as the victors. As part of his acceptance as leader of the Decepticon's Fury showed another edited transmission, this time it was him ending the traitorous life of Starscream. The transmission brought most who had not pledged their loyalty to him into line quickly if not instantly. Apparently this new Decepticon leader looked as powerful and unforgiving as the old and that was enough for most.
However it was only the final transmission that brought the rest into line. Fury announced that he was going to succeeded where Megatron had failed by having Scalpel create a whole new army of Decepticons, one that would wash away all who opposed him Autobot or Decepticon. Many newly formed alliances fell on hearing this and most of the others ended soon after as the thought of being outnumbered soon outweighed their lust for power. As Fury mused over the reaction and the lack of in fighting that it had caused he failed to notice that one of the compact spheres that were following him was trying to get his attention. "fury it's the moon shouldn't we be slowing down or something?" asked Tank as he watched the large ball of rock grow increasingly closer. Fury quickly changed course and said "follow me" as he headed towards the earth and the gap in the tracking system created by Soundwave. As they headed towards the narrow flight corridor created for their entry Tanks asked "what's on your mind fury?", the new Decepticon leader replied "I was just thinking on how everything went, some times you plan things in your mind and then when you come to do them they never turn out how you expected". Tank knew that Fury was not simply referring to his recent rise to power but also to what had happened back when they were all human. Tank knew that Fury or Trent as he was known at that time had wanted to bring Max fully into his trust about a lot of things including how he wanted to form a group to protect normal people from those who he thought weren't right. But the discovery of Max's true nature had shattered that plan and betrayed Tent's trust completely leaving the former jock more driven than before but also more paranoid about trusting others, something that stayed with him for some time.
Tank thought about inquiring further but decided that it was best to leave things alone for the time being when Fury closed the come link to him. Fury's A10 Thunderbolt alt headed into the flight corridor first as the others followed it closely each with a final destination chosen to provide them with the best chance of getting a scan of their chosen alt form. As the group headed into the atmosphere each started to alter course towards their intended targets, Fury slowed slightly as he was flying in in a more controlled fashion. The others now moving much faster than their leader plummeted through the sky leaving trails of fire behind them as the very air tried to halt their entry onto the earth below. Fury watched as his friends fell towards earth like lighting thrown by some all powerful being, he knew that when each landed there would be no earthly force capable of standing against them with out help for the Autobots. But no government would know they were there on earth, nor would the Autobots for that matter. For the moment they were to be like ghosts, unseen and unheard, moving silently among the cattle the mewed around on the planets surface. No no-one would know about them yet, people would not even know when they started recruiting humans for their army. Scalpel had taught him the power held with in subtly, a power that could fell the strongest opponent when used by a master.
As the last of the fire trails vanished Fury pictured his crew making planet fall near their chosen targets. He hoped that there would be no unforeseen encounters before they managed to make a scan of their chosen alt's, hoped that this would go as he had planned it and that they would all meet at their arranged destination in a few days so that their training in how to move undetected even around Autobots could be completed. Now that the others were down Fury commed Soundwave and asked "did they make it to the ground in one piece soundwave?", the communication expert scanned the impact sites looking for signs of movement in the slowly clearing dust clouds. After a few minutes Soundwave spotted each making their way unnoticed towards the intended targets. Without any hesitation Soundwave replied "all decepticons have landed safely,there is no sign of detection by any locals and data predicts that they will reach their targets unnoticed in the next few hours". Fury smiled to him self as he thought "even when doing something this simple we out perform the old decepticons with ease". A moment later the new Decepticon leader commed Soundwave again and said "well done soundwave your expertise made this possible, let me know if you need any help with your assignments here and I will make sure that you get what you need right away, I look after the loyal soldiers under my command". Soundwave was stunned into silence by the message, Megatron had been very spearing with his complements if the Decepticon gave any at all. There had been no offers of help when Soundwave had been swamped with work only threats to get it done by the time ordered or else be replaced and offlined. "thank you" commed Soundwave "at the moment I am able to perform all tasks asked of me but I will notify you should I require help", "understood" replied Fury as he dove into the earth's atmosphere towards his target.
Now that the link was closed Fury was pleased with him self as he knew that he had started to win Soundwave over. Scalpel had warned him that the intel Deception would not easily trust him when he announced that he was the new leader as the bot was very loyal to Megatron but Fury had come up with a plan to make the Decepticon follow him. It was simple really, he would use a little team building that he had learned while human along with a few tricks that he had picked up from the streets. The technique worked well at keeping alpha male jocks in line when working together as a team so there was no reason it would fail with the intel bot. Judging by the response from the usually dispassionate Soundwave the first little connections that would bring him into the fold had been formed. Now all Fury needed to do was make Soundwave trust him while he gave the intel bot all he needed. Then as time went on it would become things the Decepticon needed until one day the bot could not function with out Fury's help and support and would not think of turning against him for his own sake. As the last heat of re-entry faded from his wings Fury gently changed course as he headed towards Tranquility so that he could wait for his crew to return with their alt forms.
As the Decepticons traveled to their separate targets the young Prime was leading his team away from Autobot City. Sam's Avatar looked in his rear view mirror as the city that was now his home started to fade into it's surroundings, "he we go" he thought "my first mission as an autobot and a prime". Before Sam could think about what he was heading into his com system received an incoming message from Optimus Prime, "sam I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to speak with you before you left major lennox had an idea about our little problem and wanted to discuss it with me". "it's ok optimus today hasn't turned out the way I was expecting any way" replied Sam, "never the less I wanted to wish you good luck on your first assignment in the field" commed Optimus. The young Prime felt something stir in his spark when Optimus spoke something that was not connected with the mix of feelings that he had linked with his first mission. It was warm and made him feel ready to face what lay ahead, the feeling was similar to the way Bumblebee made him feel about things like this but some how different. All Sam knew was that he felt more ready to face this than before Optimus had said anything, "thanks optimus that means a lot to me right now" commed Sam as the desert seemed to swallow his last image of the city.
"you have no need to thank me my brother as I will always be here for you when ever you need me" commed Optimus. For a moment the link was filled with a comfortable silence the needed no words to communicate the respect and friendship that existed between the two Autobots. But as with all thing it came to an end when Sam asked "so what did will come up with?", "he wishes to perform a manual review of all personal connected with both nest and autobot city, he rightly believes that all digital records will have a trip to them should anyone make a review so he is currently retrieving all hard copy's so that we can look into the backgrounds of the people involved" explained Optimus. That sounded like a good idea to Sam except for one thing "won't the spy find out about if word gets to whoever it is about all the paper work being examined?" asked the young Prime. Optimus chuckled slight before he said "will has already come up with a cover story about all this, he has made sure that a rumour of some one stealing supplies and falsifying digital records has made it's way across the city and that this is an investigation into who ever is responsible". "how did he manage that?" asked Sam curious as to how Lennox would make sure that such a thing was believable, again the old Prime chuckled before he replied "the told the twins and then told them that they were not to speak about it to anyone". Sam laughed as he pictured Skids and Mudflap letting it slip then trying to deny it to who ever they had told, "yeh that's one way to make sure the spy believes that your not looking for him" commed Sam.
The two spoke for only a few more seconds before Optimus had to end the conversation to attend to his duties and the search of the records. In those last few seconds Optimus told Sam how proud he was of him and how he hoped that the mission would go smoothly despite it not going the way Sam had pictured it so far.
Had either side known what was happening with the other they would have been shocked by the fact that they were now acting so opposite and yet similar at the same time. But neither new leader knew of the storm the was almost ready to strike, a storm that had been created by random chance and was still awaiting it's rebirth.
