The idea that Megatron is trying to convert Cybertron into a giant battleship is based on the marvel comics. The jet engines and their main reactor in the sector Kalis are described in the "City of Doom" storyline and the idea was already mentioned briefly earlier in the comic line.
This is the final of the past storyline. It is the longest chapter so far and the first major battle.
Chapter 8
"War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory." (Georges Clemenceau, 1841-1929)
The sector Kalis, 9.000.000 years ago
The Autobots were preparing for battle. Optimus entire force, including the new recruits, had moved to Kalis. The Autobot Cronus had given then detailed information about what the Decepticon leader was planning and the location of his base.
The other Autobots were quickly informed about Megatron´s plans for the future of Cyberton. They all agreed on one thing. The Decepticons came far enough, without them doing anything about it. It was time for them to fight back. If Megatron should be able to raid other worlds, the Decepticons would soon become unstoppable. They had to confront them before the happened.
Some of the Autobots however distrusted Cronus. They thought he might be a spy. It was suspicious to them that this Autobot knew so many thinks about Megatron´s plans. The most of this information could he have gotten by simply living here and watching the Decepticons for some time. But some details he knew could not be explained in this way. Cronus claimed that he had this data from a Con who had attacked him and who he had taken out. It was possible. But some like Kup and Prowl still didn´t completely trust Cronus and his statements. It was however as both Alpha Trion and Optimus Prime said, what Cronus had told them was too important not to act on it. The least thing they had to do was to send a strike-force to Kalis to confirm Cronus words. So far everything he told them was true.
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The Autobots had now assembled a few miles from their destination. The former members of the Elite Squad and Ultra Magnus had taken officer posts.
Magnus weakness so far was his lack of actual fighting experience but he had one of the best battle programmings in existence and incredible strength and firepower. Everybody had great hopes in him. Next to Optimus Prime stood Elita one the leader of the female Autobots and a fellow creation of Alpha Trion. She was once the femme named Ariel, the companion to Orion Pax, Optimus past self.
"The Dececticon base is in the center on the city. This tower in the middle of their defenses is the the main building. According to Cronus information it is further the control-center for a underground reactor directly beneath it that is controlling the turbines", Optimus explained to his assembled troops. "When everybody know the plan and his role we are ready to strike now."
"Yes", Kup replied, "we all got really very detailed information from Cronus. It is more than astonishing that he got that much from a single shot down Decepticon. Many wouldn´t believe it." He slightly glared at the informant.
The other mech starred back at him for a moment. Then he decided to answer to Kup´s doubts.
"I know you don´t trust me, but everything is exactly as I said. Go and watch the area if you want. The Decepticon are down there. I am not leading you into a trap", Cronus assured the distrustful Autobot.
"You have to understand why some of us find it hard to completely trust everything you said", Ultra Magnus told him and the others diplomatically. "We were trying to find out what Megatron is planning for months now. And now you suddenly show up and simply tell us absolutely everything we need to know at once. Of course some of us have their doubts", Magnus said with a side-look at Kup.
He was, like Optimus Prime was, in the middle of the Autobots when it came to his opinion about Cronus. He wasn´t willing to believe what he said unseen but he was not one of them who already thought he might be a traitor either.
"I understand you completely", Cronus answered, "but I don´t work for Megatron." He said this with a smile, "and I am willing to do everything to prove it. I will go with you right into the mid of the Decepticon forces."
"Yes and I will be with the entire time to take a look at you", Kup added sarcastically.
"We will attack in two groups", Optimus Prime ordered. "Ultra Magnus, Ironhide, take your people and attack from the North. I and the rest will come from the West. The Decepticons doesn´t know that we have joined forces, so our strength will surprise them."
"Understand", Ironhide told him.
"We are ready", Ultra Magnus replied.
"Good", Optimus raised his voice, "Autobots transform." With that command his troops were closing up to their aim.
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The Decepticon fortress consisted of the main tower, several smaller buildings and a heavily armed defense wall around them. This was currently one of the best guarded places on Cybertron. From here Megatron controlled the new hyperspace engine that would transform the entire planet into a space-craft.
The three Decepticon elite seekers Skylord, Thundercracker and Skywarp were patrolling the area in their atmospheric jet form. They flew a few miles above the city. Skywarp and Thundercracker flew in formation behind the Air Commander. None of them had detected any remaining inhabitants so far. Their order was to search for Transformers who were still in the sector and remove them, if necessary by force. The patrol flight was nearly over.
"Hey Skylord. What do you think so far of our new recruit?" Skywarp asked his air leader out of curiosity about Starscream.
"He has great great skill. Maybe even more than any of us. I couldn´t believe it than I saw his scores and heard then that he had absolutely no experience in air fighting", Skylord told the black seeker his opinion.
"He has a lot of ambition too, he has gone through the War Academy faster than anybody else I have known, including you. To be honest it is a shame that he had as far only worked as a scientist and his entire potential as a fighter was completely wasted", he continued. "Given some time Starscream could become one of the really great ones."
"Yes he really seems to be a little bit full of himself", Skywarp replied.
"Look out, in a few vorn this young seeker could become a real threat to our positions", the Air Commander told him with a bit sarcasm.
"I am detecting something", Thundercracker told the other two, interrupting their conversation.
"Several signals are coming in our direction."
"Okay. We will check this", Skylord answered him. It didn´t take much time for them to see what their sensors had detected, Autobots, a large number of them.
Skylord contacted the base.
"Shockwave. Do you hear me? A number of nearly 200 Autobots is heading for the base. Have you understand me?"
"I have received your warning", the other officer replied. "We will prepare defenses. Return to base and join the troops." After getting the answer of the one eyed Decepticon, the three flyers turned around and flew back to the control tower.
A large army of Autobots led by Optimus Prime was heading directly to the location of their base. But so far unknown to the Decepticons a second group, led by Ironhide and Ultra Magnus was coming from another direction.
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Megatron had heard that Autobots were coming. He didn´t know if they had found out about his plans or if they were simply attacking because the Decepticons had claimed this sector for themselves. It didn´t matter right now. They needed to be stopped. He stood right now in front of his ground troops. Right next to him was Blitzfight, a Decepticon who had a battle tank as a alt mode and was the commander of the ground forces in this sector. I that moment he received another call.
"Megatron. Are you hearing me?" It was Starscream´s voice.
"Yes Starscream. What is it?"
"I have made out a second group of Autobots that is coming in from the West", he informed his superior. It was the second warning of this sort Megatron was getting, he had already been informed about the approach of the enemy´s main force.
"Damn", he cursed. "Good work Starscream. Return to base."
"Thank you sir", the seeker answered.
The Autobots were slowly coming closer to the Decepticon base.
As Skylord, Skywarp and Thundercracker had reached the tower they transformed and landed in front of the rest of the seekers who had assembled by then. The Air Commander instructed them about the coming battle and their individual duties. As he had finished he said a few other words to everyone.
"Be careful and look all out for yourself. Fight as good as you can, give everything and don´t hold anything back. Remember, if you should be shot down you can not expect anybody to come back to you. This is a battlefield, always remember that", he told them loudly but had his eyes the entire time on the youngest recruit Starscream.
"Attack." The order came from Megatron. At his word all seekers ascended into the sky. The other Decepticons followed them in the air or on the ground.
The first Autobot group was now less than one mile away and were moving fast. Megatron recognized the leader. It was the same large, red and blue Autobot who had confronted him during a energon raid two years ago. Given what he knew now there was only one possibility about the identity of this robot.
The seekers were the first to open fire. They shot a few salves into the path of the approaching Autobots who were still in vehicle form. Several of them had to stop to avoid the shots. Then Optimus gave the order to transform. Moments later they had changed into robot mode and were firing back. Megatron flew now a few dozen meters in the air, right in front of the leader of the attackers.
"So we meet again Autobot. If I am not mistaken you are Optimus Prime, the new leader everybody is talking about", Megatron addressed the mech.
"Yes. I am Optimus Prime and I am here to stop you", he said determined. The Decepticon commander only smiled at the words of his opponent. It was bad that this attack was endangering his plans for Cybertron, but at least he had the chance to take his currently most dangerous rival out. He fired his cannon at Optimus but missed. The Autobot returned the fire but Megatron was able to avoid the shot.
Blitzfight was in formation at the top of four other tank mode Decepticons. They were now shooting at Optimus and the rest of the Autobot main force from a few hundred meters distance.
The seekers were at the same time taking the Autobots under fire from the sky.
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Ultra Magnus and Ironhide´s group had meanwhile arrived. Their first contact was a small group of three guards who had originally been securing the base. This three opened fire on them on sight. They were however easily eliminated with a few shots by Kup, Prowl and Cable. Then a larger group of Decepticons came in and the real fight started for them.
Megatron saw the second Autobot group coming. He realized that it was led by a robot who seemed to rival Optimus Prime and himself in strength. This interested him. He decided to confront the other group first.
The three elite seekers Skylord, Thundercracker and Skywarp attacked the attackers from the sky, each of them killing one Autobot.
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Jazz, one of the recruits Optimus had gathered during the last months, engaged a few seekers together with Ratchet.
Megatron was flying over the battlefield, Soundwave and Blitzfight close behind him. He fired his fusion gun at a crowd of Autobots on the ground. Two of them were hit. The blast ripped through their bodies and killed both in an instant.
Optimus was hit by a shot in the shoulder. As he looked around he saw a large Decepticon with a smoking gun standing behind him.
"I am Blackbeast", the dark armored robot told him, "I am the one who will kill you."
The Decepticon transformed into a wild looking creature with sharp teeth and claws and attacked.
Ultra Magnus and his group were fighting their way through a line of Decepticon ground warriors as they were intercepted by Megatron.
"As I see the Autobots are creating even more fighters of Optimus Prime´s form. Not that it will help them", the Decepticon leader said to him. "A warrior of your power is rare Autobot, too rare. Don´t you see that your side will lose? We will be ruled by the ones who have the will and the power for it. Why don´t you join me? I could need someone like you."
"Forget it. I have seen what happens to the ones who are happen to stand in your way", Ultra Magnus replied.
"As you want Autobot", Megatron said and fired again.
"We know what you are planning", Cronus yelled at him, "I have told them about your plans to activate the jet turbines."
Megatron starred at this Autobot. How could this robot have found out about his plan? He asked himself this for less than a second. Then he raised his weapon and shot at Cronus.
"If you want it that way?" He fired but the blast only gazed the Autobot.
"Do you trust me now?" Cronus asked Kup as he was lying on the ground.
"Okay. I admit you don´t seem to work for him", Kup told the wounded robot.
Ultra Magnus fired one of the missiles that were placed on his shoulder at Megatron. It hit the Decepticon leader in the chest and seemed to have caused an amount of damage.
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A few miles from the battlefield, hidden between some of the buildings of the deserted city were Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge watching. Scourge with his highly developed sensors could easily oversee the entire range of the battlefield.
They were here to make sure that their time travel had not accidentally changed something in the past.
"It goes all as it should have", Scourge told his leader.
"Yes all is as it should", Galvatron said in a grim tone as he was looking down at the massacre.
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Skywarp teleported and appeared directly in front of the former Security Squad members, surprising the Autobots. He shot and caused minor damage to a few of them. When they draw their weapons but he had already teleported again. He was now a few hundred meters away from them.
"I will deal with him", said Fist and followed the black seeker.
Optimus Prime´s foe was strong and dangerous and Prime was injured. This Decepticon Blackbeast, he had to admit, did really justice to his name. Optimus was one of the most powerful constructions on Cybertron. But he knew by now that being a fighter was also to a great part intuition and skill, not only strength and programing.
For a moment, he acted without a conscious thought. He acted faster than the Decepticon could react. Optimus managed to grip his enemy at the throat and threw him down. Blackbeast tried to draw his gun at him again, but he had already shot the Decepticon in the head before he had the chance.
As the dead Transformer sank to the ground Prime was already fighting other enemies.
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The Autobot Fist got his name due to his ability to transform his hands. Right now his right has become a gun and he was shooting at Skywarp. But the seeker was able to avoid all his shots. Suddenly he teleported directly in front of the Autobot and fired his guns off at him. The first shots only scorched his armor, the next ripped through his chest and destroyed him.
Then Skywarp heard a voice behind him. He turned around and saw a tall, black, red and gold Autobot. He recognized him as the one who had claimed the he had led them to their base. The robot smiled at him.
"As I see, you have a interesting ability. I just happens to have a similar one by myself." As he said those words, the Autobot suddenly vanished from sight.
Skywarp saw two other Decepticons approaching him to assist but before they were able to reach him the robot reappeared right next to them. He draw something that looked like an ancient battle spear from subspace and before anybody could react he rammed it one of the Decepticons directly through the chest. Then he turned around and sliced the other the head off.
Skywarp took aim at him but the Autobot had already vanished again. He reappeared directly behind him. Skywarp had anticipated something like that and turned around in time. He shot his opponent but saw that this had hardly caused any damage. In the next moment he felt a sharp pain as the spear of his enemy cut through his shoulder and his wing. Skywarp disappeared and materialized again a few dozen meters distance. But the Autobot did the same thing and forced him to teleport again.
He had no longer a chance, he realized. This enemy was strong, he was damaged and his energy reserves were slowly getting low. His teleport system was using a lot of energy and he had already used it too often. He had never thought that he had to fight another teleporter. He had no other choice than to try a long range transport. But that would draw up his last energy reserves. Skywarp knew he was already defeated, so he tried it. He vanished and appeared at a place away from the other fighters. He was a few miles outside of the battlefield. His energy reserves were now nearly empty. For him, he knew this fight was over.
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Ironhide had been fighting Decepticon ground forces for some time now. At first he had tried to back up Ultra Magnus.
But then Megatron and Magnus had been separated from each other by several robots who were attacking them. The ground troops, in first line the tank form cons, Ironhide had to admit were great to fight. If there was any sort of enemy especially created for him, it was them.
Despite being an Autobot, Ironhide had been a warrior for practically his entire existence. Fight was a part of his life. Then he saw something that really interested him. He was a warrior through and through but Ironhide always kept some morals. And killing defenseless beings which were separated from their bodies and completely helpless was something he really detested.
Right now he saw the seeker he had met two days ago and he had really no intention to let this murderer get away. Ironhide shot Gunpoint right under the wing to get his attention. As he had wanted the Decepticon was now flying to him.
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Proxis was a young Autobot recruit. This was his first real battle and he was burning for the chance to finally see some action and fight the Decepticons himself. Now he had his chance. He was looking for a fitting foe. Proxis saw a silver and red seeker who he doesn´t recognized from any of the briefings. He took aim and fired at him. The Decepticon saw him and charged at him with incredible speed.
Proxis tried to take a shot at the seeker but he was simply to fast for him. After he missed him twice the Autobot became nervous and started to fire blindly at the flyer. The Decepticon jet only looked at him mockingly.
"I see you think you can best me Autobot?" Starscream asked. "I guess you are a young recruit right? Someone who is out to prove himself", the seeker stated while he shot back and hit the other robot in the shoulder. "But between you and me is one great difference. I actually have talent", he said as he shot both his weapons and killed the Autobot.
Then he transformed into jet form and flew upwards to continue the battle in the sky.
Starscream felt like he never did before as he fought in the air and on the ground.
He felt alive. No success he had, no discovery he had ever made before could match with this simply feeling to take on your enemies and to win. He was fast, he was powerful, he faced enemies and was able to defeat them, he even faced Autobots who had much more experience and were able to hold himself.
Megatron was right, he was a warrior. He could be one of the greatest and he should and would be.
Starscream had finally found an answer to all his frustration, his loss and his pain. He took aim on another Autobot and fired. This one fell down wounded and damaged, but Starscream was already searching for other targets. The lord of the sky was born.
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Gunpoint was closing up on Ironhide from the air. He shot the Autobot a few times who had made so far no great attempt to fight back.
Ironhide waited till the Decepticon had reached the right distance. As Gunpoint was relatively close to him he took aim. That was the moment Ironhide had been waiting for. He took out the gun that he had hidden in his underarm the entire time, he like many warriors was carrying secondary weapons in storage places on their bodies and shot the surprised seeker down before he had even a chance to react.
Gunpoint crashed in a short distance to him.
The downed seeker transformed back into robot mode as Ironhide approached him.
"It is harder to take enemies down who are not helpless prisoners right?" The Autobot sneered at the him. In the face of the robot was a look of understanding. Ironhide saw that the other had realized that he was talking about.
"You better draw your gun", he told the seeker casually.
Gunpoint aimed at the Autobot warrior, but before he could fire Ironhide had already fired at him. He shot him three times in the chest. The Decepticon sank to his knees, dieing.
After a short moment Ironhide was back on his way to the main tower. He was trying to find Ultra Magnus or Optimus.
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Megatron realized he had been separated as much from Prime as from this new warrior whose name was Ultra Magnus as he heard the other Autobots call him. Now he was standing before a number of opponents he had never met before.
One of them he recognized from files as Cable, a member of the Autobot Security Squad. He and his team were now following Optimus Prime but their leader was missing. There was a good chance that he had been killed. Above him Shockwave was flying in his gun mode. With a single shot he killed two Autobots, practically melted them down. Shockwave was as good as ever.
Megatron´s group had now the advantage over the Autobots present. He aimed his fusion gun at Cable and blasted the robot´s head off with one shot.
Next to him Soundwave killed one of the remaining Autobots. They had won at this small place of the battle.
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At another part however it looked different. Ultra Magnus and his group had by now fought their way relative close to the control tower. Optimus Prime and Elita One were coming in from the other side.
Ultra Magnus was now confronted with Blitzfight the commander of the ground forces and one of his followers.
"Takehard", the Decepticon ordered his comrade, "we take this guy from two sides. No matter how strong he is we will get him."
"Yes." The other warrior grinned.
Blitzfight attacked Magnus from the front while the other tried it from the side. In question of strength he had no great problems to hold both of them off, but he was in danger of being shot from two directions.
Blitzfight aimed his weapon at his face but the Autobot managed to dodge the blast. Ultra Magnus fired his second missile and hit Blitzfight directly. The impact at short distance destroyed a great part of his upper body and killed him in an instant.
Takehard was for a moment distracted by this. Magnus used the chance, gripped the Decepticon by the throat and shot him in the head.
Next to him Kup, Prowl and Grim-Side were still fighting several opponents.
At this moment the remaining Cons were taken under fire from the other side. Optimus Prime and the ones who were with him had arrived. One of the Decepticons were aiming at Grim-Side but Elita One killed him before he could fire.
They were now in close distance to the control tower. If they could shut it down they would have won. But it was not over jet. Megatron and Shockwave were coming to them.
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Cronus, who was still a bit further away from the tower, saw that Optimus and the others had nearly reached it. That meant they had nearly won, he had nearly reached what he wanted. He was right now involved in a fight with a few Decepticons. With a smile he swung his spear he cut another one the head off.
The most dangerous warriors of both sides were now standing against each other.
Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Elita, Ironhide and Kup against Megatron, Shockwave, Soundwave and Skylord. All of them were already damaged by the battle. Both sides were now firing an each other or in hand to hand combat. Optimus against Megatron, Magnus against Shockwave, Elita against Soundwave. Kup and Ironhide had taken Skylord under fire and managed to shoot the Air Commander down. He crashed several kilometers from them. But then something happened.
Sometimes coincidences have the greatest possible impact. A fallen stone or a tripped foot sometimes changed the world.
Something now happened that decided the battle and not only that. A single incident that was significant for the fate of the entire planet and the history of Cybertron.
The Autobot Prowl had like everyone of his model line two small missile launchers built on his shoulders. He fired them at one of the seekers. But the Decepticon was able to shoot the missile before it reached him. The laser fire of the Con however only gazed it, not enough to destroy it but enough to sent it out of control.
It flew aimless over the place till it met a target, the control tower. Through coincidence it hit the support line of the control system for the main reactor. Everybody saw it as the missile exploded but nobody could do something.
Megatron and Optimus Prime saw what happened but it was to late to stop it. One of them wanted to reform Cybertron into a weapon of battle, the other wanted to stop him. But what took place then was something none of them wanted.
For a moment nothing happened. But then, because the control system wasn´t working anymore, the reactor went out of control.
The ground began to shake. Something deep inside of Cybertron exploded, either a supply pipeline or the reactor itself. Flashes of lightning went out of the control tower and torched the entire area, short-circuiting the systems of several Transformers.
They all retreated from the tower, bringing some distance between it and them.
A giant quake was shaking the entire planet, getting worse and worse. Then the control tower exploded. A shock like never before went through the entire metallic globe.
To the shock of everyone the ground under them was starting to break apart. A giant crater was opening in the middle of the sector, filled with molten magma and the fire of burning plasma. Several Transformers couldn´t get away in time and fell helplessly into the inferno. The most Decepticons since being able to fly were able to get away, but the Autobots fell to their death.
Megatron was floating in the air full of shock, above the destruction. All his plans were crushed, his dream about Cybertron as the mobile heart of his empire destroyed. All he could do was scream.
"No", he yelled. That was all he could do. "That can not…, not like that." he called out to Soundwave who was beside him. "All my plans, my dream to recreate Cybertron, everything is destroyed. All that because some damned..."
Soundwave laid his hand on Megatron´s shoulder to get his attention.
"Situation is hopeless", he told him. "Retreat required."
He knew Soundwave was right.
"Decepticons retreat", he screamed like never before, full of rage.
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Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge were still at the same place from were they had watched the entire battle.
"Again", Galvatron said flatly, "all this is happening in the same way and I can only watch." His tone held the same anger and pain as his counterparts.
Then something happened that was not supposed to be. Elita One was one of the robots who didn´t managed to get away and fell into the abyss.
They knew if their future was meant to become reality Elita One was one of the beings who had to life. Cyclonus flew out. He moved faster than any Transformer of this era had even a chance to.
One of the special abilities Unicron had given him, he knew, was a magnetic energy weapon. With this he could manipulate and move objects of metal from a great distance. This was his first use of that weapon. He aimed it at the female Autobot and stopped her in the fall. Elita One hung in the Air, carried by the Decepticon who had just saved her life.
Cyclonus lifted her back up and placed her right next to Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus, who were staring at him incredulous.
"Are you alright?" Optimus asked his companion.
"Yes", she answered. "Why had this Decepticon saved me?" she asked him.
"I don´t know it", that was all Optimus could say.
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The Air Commander Skylord was lying on the side of the battlefield. He was able to transform back into robot mode. He had been defeated. As Megatron´s order to retreat came everybody who was able followed it. Some wounded warriors were carried by their comrades. Skylord had told his seekers before the battle that they could not expect anybody to help them. That didn´t mean nobody would be helping a wounded warrior, the most wounded were always saved by their friends. But there was no guaranty.
Skylord noticed that someone was standing next to him. A hand was offered to him and after a moment he took it. As he looked up he saw the face of Starscream. The young seeker was smiling at him.
This young talented recruit had come to help him, Skylord realized. While it wasn´t a good thing that one of his warriors, especially a so new one, would see him in this state. He was glad that someone saw him and came to rescue him.
And he was glad that Starscream showed his loyalty in this way. He knew that this robot had great potential and could be one of the best fliers of all times. Skylord would be more than happy to help this young seeker with his carrier after they returned.
In this moment he realized that he was looking in Starscream´s gun. The young seeker was still smiling. The discharge of his weapon was the last thing Skylord ever saw.
Starscream looked around. He saw that in some distance a few fleeing Autobots had seen what he had done but he didn´t care. Should they see and fear him. He knew he would be the greatest. The new master of the sky transformed and flew up into the air.
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As all Transformers were gone, Galvatron, Scourge and Cyclonus still supervised the place. Kalis was now a disaster area.
"It seems everything is as it should be", Scourge said.
"Yes as is should be", Galvatron replied bitterly as he took a look at the destroyed sector. "We will travel back to our time now", he ordered.
After saying that he pressed the trigger and the transwarp-sphere involved the three of them. A few moments later they were gone.
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A few mile outside of Kalis the surviving Autobots had regrouped.
"There is no mistake", Kup pointed out. "Cybertron was thrown out of it´s orbit", he said.
Everyone murmered at this statement. A certain young Autobot felt at that moment worse than anyone else on the planet.
"Optimus. I. It was my fault. I am sorry I have failed us all like that", he apologist.
"Prowl listen to me. It was an accident. You had no way to know that this missile would get shot and hit the tower", Optimus assured him.
"I should have been more careful", Prowl said to them.
"And what would you have made differently?" Kup asked. "Not shooting on a battlefield? I would have done the same thing. That could have as easily been me or everyone else here." Kup looked around.
Prowl saw that nearly everyone nodded.
Optimus placed both his hands on his shoulders.
"You have a great potential as a warrior. What happened today was a accident that could have happened to everybody else too, even if the consequences were terrible. You were not at fault", He told him, convinced of his words.
"And what shall we do now?" Ultra Magnus asked.
"Cybertron was thrown out of orbit", Optimus replied, "that may be a global disaster but at least the planet is not under Megatron´s control either. He will not be able to raid the resources of other worlds and we have still a chance to stop him. And some day we will stop him", he declared.
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Decepticon Flagship in the year 2005, 9.000.000 years later
Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge reappeared at exactly the same place they had vanished earlier.
"Had everything gone as planned?" Sweep 2 asked. "I guess not", he stated as he saw Galvatron´s expression.
"We had to live through all this again and for what?" Galvatron said angrily. "We were not able to change anything and everything was put at risk. It was all for nothing."
"Do you plan to use that device again?" Cyclonus asked him.
Galvatron thought about what nearly happened. Then he crushed the time-travel controller with his hand.
Galvatron knew he had another chance. He would find Ultra Magnus and take the Matrix from him and he would use it against Unicron. It was the one thing that could stop him and he would be the one who brought Unicron down.
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5.000.000 years earlier, somewhere in space
No it was here.
He knew it had been here. Deep in the wides of space the monstrous being known as Unicron was furious. He was in the star system where the planet of Primus had been located, he knew it.
His old enemy had been in this system as he had been trapped into solid form all this eons ago. He had mentally felt Primus presence in this part of space for so long. But now he wasn´t there. He had found a way to leave.
In his anger Unicron was screaming out into the universe in a language that consisted of radio wave, telepathic messages and pure hate.
"I will find you", he called out. "Where ever you are. Some day I will find you and then it will be your end."