The Taint

The ground shook beneath them as the meteors continued to pound the ground, sending shockwaves through the earth, as clouds of dirt spewed up into the air. The four of them ran as fast as they could, trying to get away from the destruction that was taking place behind them. Every time a meteor came close to the ground, it almost seemed to explode, sending out a deafening sound through the air as it hit the ground.

They looked over their shoulders, and could see a huge mass of moving figures, some large, some small.

They stopped for a brief moment to get a look, and could see nothing but copies of Unicron marching towards them. And at their feet, a mass of hideous looking creatures, with large bulbous heads, and nasty looking gun attached to their arms. It looked like they were the same type as the one that Tyler attacked at the station. And behind the whole mass, was one copy of Unicron that stood higher then the rest, it's body coloured red.

Jordan glared at it for a moment, knowing that, that was the conduit.

They knew they had to get out of there. There was no way they could fight all of that.

They continued running, with Jordan following close behind. It wasn't long before they reached the road, where Sarah was waiting with the chipettes and Oracle.

"START THE CAR!" Alvin yelled, as they quickly closed the gap.

Sarah hesitated for a moment. "WHAT"S GOING ON? WHERE'S TYLER?" She screamed.

A missile the flew out of the forest striking Jordan in the shoulder. He quickly turned around, firing his ray gun into the trees. Bullets shot towards him, pelting his body, as he struggled to keep his stance.

"GO NOW. I'll COVER YOU." He yelled out.

Alvin and his brothers jumped into the car, as everyone quickly climbed in.

Sarah pulled out her keys, her shaking hands struggling to get the keys into the ignition. Finally, the keys went in as she turned the ignition, barely giving the engine a chance before throwing it into gear, and stepping on the gas. All the chipmunks looked out the rear window, seeing Jordan firing a few more shots before turning towards them, transforming into the tanker truck, following close behind.

The whole forest seemed to glow with fire, as they raced down the winding roads, trying to escape.

"Where is Tyler, Alvin?" Sarah asked again, while keeping her eyes on the road.

Alvin looked down sadly, not saying a word.

"Alvin, is he-"

"We'll worry about getting out of here first, then I'll explain."

He said calmly, looking at Sarah's reflection in the rear view mirror. Suddenly Sarah stepped on the brakes, forcing the whole car to stop, with Jordan swerving around them to avoiding hitting them as he came to a stop.

Everyone looked straight ahead, and could see a bunch of tanks and army vehicles ahead on the road on the outskirts of the forest.

"Take it slow and easy Sarah." Alvin said.

She lightly tapped on the gas, as the car continued forward. As they came closer and closer, they could see a soldier step onto the road in front of them, holding up his hands. Sarah slowed to a stop, as close to the soldier as she could. The soldier came up to the window, peering in.

"Are you alright ma'am?" He asked.

"I….I'm not sure." She replied, her voice sounding distant.

The soldier looked back down the road, seeing the growing fire, then looked back into the car.

"We are evacuating this whole area. Do you want us to take you somewhere safe?"

She gave a small nod. The soldier then pointed into a near by field, where dozens of large helicopters were landing.

"Get on one of those. They will get you to safety."

Sarah said nothing as she put the car in gear, and rove into the field, with Jordan still close behind.

As they came close to one of the helicopters, Jordan quickly turned back to human, running along side the car.

As soon as they were close enough, they stepped out of the car. In the distance, the could hear distant explosions, and gun fire echoing out, followed by the odd explosion.

"We need to get out of here Sarah." Jordan said, as he took her arm, leading them onto one of the helicopters.

They all climbed inside, barely getting the chance to sit before it took off into the air. As it accented higher and higher, they looked out the window's and could see the whole forest was in a shroud of smoke, as meteors continued to rain down.

"It won't be long, before Unicron awakens." Jordan said, as he sat down.

"Time to die Jordan." Alvin growled, as he and his brothers held Jordan's body against the wall of a empty office attached to a military hanger.

"YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME. I HAD NO CONTROL OF WHAT I WAS DOING." He yelled back.

"THE HOW COME YOU DIDN'T WARN US THAT UNICRON COULD CONTROL YOUR ACTIONS." Sarah screamed, tears of sorrow running down her face, her body shaking with anger and pain.

"IF I KNEW HE COULD, I WOULDN'T HAVE COME NEAR YOU GUYS IN THE FIRST PLACE." He fired back.

Alvin then moved up to Jordan's face, while Simon and Theodore held onto his shoulders. He inched his face closer to his, his small nose almost touching his.

"Tyler may have found it in his heart to give you some sort of chance, but I won't. I don't trust you, and I never will. and I won't give you or Unicron the chance to finish me off, just like you did to Tyler."

He then raised his paw, clenching it into a tiny fist, beginning to glow, as he aimed it towards Jordan's face.

"UNICRON NEVER CONSIDERED YOU A THREAT." Jordan suddenly yelled.

Alvin froze, slowly lowering his fist. "What do you mean he never considered me a threat?" He asked.

"I don't know." Jordan replied, giving a sigh of relief. "He only considered Tyler the threat because he carried what he called 'the taint of Primus.' I have no idea what he meant by that."

"He was the first of his race in years." Brittany replied. "Maybe there was something special about him."

"What ever it was. Unicron considered it his only threat." Jordan answered.

"And it was a threat to him. One that I thought would be our best hope."

Everyone looked back, seeing the Oracle as she sat on a nearby couch, looking up at them looking with mournful regret.

"You know what this taint was?" Brittany asked, as she and her sistered grouped around the matrix to keep it safe..

Oracle gave a small nod. "I was never truthful with Tyler, but when I first gave him his powers, I gave him something, that he didn't know about."

She briefly fell silent, as all eyes turned to her.

"His spark, wasn't some ordinary one. It was a fragments of my brothers, Primus."

All their jaws dropped.

"The war that ravaged my brother's body was reaching it's end, it poisoned him, and the only way he could survive was by shutting himself down. To keep part of him going, I took a fragment of his spark, to give to someone incase Unicron should ever rise. If he did, that spark held untold powers that could destroy him. Tyler would most likely have ben feeling the affects of his rising."

"And what were the affects?" Jeanette asked.

Oracle said nothing for several seconds, before finally opening her mouth. "Since it is a fragment of Primus's spake, Tyler was linked to Unicron. He would have been feeling a lot of discomfort in his chest. It would have been the only early warning."

She looked down at the floor.

"But now that he is dead, that hope is now gone."

Her gaze then looked towards Alvin. "Alvin, now that Tyler is gone, you now bear the burdens and responsibilities that were his."

Alvin froze, his eyes bulging out and his blood went cold.

"No no no no no. I am not ready for this."

"You are the last of the Primes, Alvin. The duty is now yours."

"It was Tyler's duty. Not mine."

Oracle then held up her hand, holding it towards Brittany. The matrix then flow out of her paws and over towards Oracle. It hovered in her hand for a moment, then drifted over into Alvin's paws. He looked down at the glowing relic, a tear emerging from his eye.

"It is not right. This was Tyler's."

"And now it's yours." Oracle replied.

Alvin shut his eyes, trying to hold back the tears. He then felt a finger press against the bottom of his chin, slowly raising his head. He was soon met by Brittany's bright blue eyes, as she gave Alvin a sad smile.

"Tyler would have wanted you to carry on. Don't let his sacrifice be in vein. Do it for him."

Alvin looked back down at his paws, taking a deep breath as he pushed the matrix into his chest.

His body glowed a pale white, no brighter then a glow stick. After a few seconds, it disappeared, as he looked back towards Brittany.

"I promise, I will keep you, and everyone safe."

He then looked back at Jordan, slowly crossing his arms. "But there is still the issue of you."

Jordan slowly backed against the wall, a nervous look across his face. "I told you. I wasn't in control of my actions."

Alvin slowly raised himself into the air, hovering towards Jordan.

"The issue is, as long as dark energon continue to flow through you, Unicron can still control your actions." He held up his paw, a small blue glowing sphere taking shape.

He stared at it for a moment, then pushed the sphere into Jordan's chest.

He fell to the ground, clutching his chest in pain, as his eyes turned bright purple.

"What…..did…you…..do?" He exclaimed in pain, as he began to twist violently on the floor. His eyes began to flash between blue and purple, as a dark purple haze surrounded his body.

Suddenly, the haze vanished, and Jordan stopped screaming. He took several deep breaths, as he slowly rose to his feet, giving Alvin a confused look.

"I purged the dark substance from you body." Alvin explained as he settled back onto the floor. "Normal energy now flows within you." He then gee Jordan a cold sinister stare.

"That way, if you double cross us, we know it isn't Unicron who is controlling you."

"OH MY GOSH!" Sarah suddenly cried.

Everyone looked to her, and saw tears pouring out her eyes, as she looked out the window. They slowly glanced out, and gasped when they saw a large helicopter moving over the airfield, carrying the large lifeless body of Tyler underneath.