Chapter 5

The morning light from the planets sun shone into the cave and on the inhabitants. Spinout was the first to wake, "Wipeout I need you to get up and scout ahead while I get everyone else ready".

Wipeout stifled a yawn, "Okay give me a moment". After he left Spinout set about his task. He went around to each Cybertronian waking them gently including the human. The last one to stir was Megatron. The warlord had been through a lot in the past few megacycles and it was going to be a long day.

"Spinout, the road looks clear and we should make it back on time before he sends the search party" said Wipeout as he entered the cave.

"What do you mean by a search party" asked Sari?

"Our leader sends out regular patrols to check the border to make sure our enemies keep to the agreement that was made some time ago" said Spinout "and since we never reported in last night, he will give us until sundown to return to the city or we will have a search party coming after us".

"Well we better get a move on then" said Megatron.

"It will be at a slow pace since we have to walk the whole way and it will take a half a solarcycle to get there with a large group". "Especially since you have no idea on which direction to head" stated Wipeout.

They met outside the cave after using the energon spring in the back to fill the traveling tanks the two strangers had. Megatron still had a noticeable limp in his stride and it was causing some concern to Spinout, "are you sure you can walk, it is approximately one-hundred fifty miles from here"?

"I'll be fine" he replied with a growl.

Bumblebee began to complain after what felt like an eternity to him "how much longer"?

"A mega-cycle at least" replied Spinout.

"You don't think this leader will hurt us" asked Bulkhead with a whisper.

"I don't know Bulkhead" replied Bumblebee.

"If you two are done and would listen, I said we're here" said Spinout. As they topped the hill he said "everyone welcome to Sercon". The gate guards realized who they were and let them pass. As they walked down the streets they got many different looks from the citizens and soldiers. They saw mechs and femmes carrying on conversations, shopping in the shops and enjoying life to the fullest unlike the other city from yesterday. Then they reached the city square it was full of life and sounds of all kinds, Megatron caught sight of a mech sparkling with an energon coin in his hands. He ran over to the fountain in the center and said something in a strange language that he couldn't understand. He let the coin drop into the blue pool and walked off.

"He was speaking in our native tongue and if you are done sightseeing, we need to move on" said Wipeout. Snapped out his daydreaming, he continued to follow his rescuers to another set of gates. The group noticed the two statues on either side of the gate; they were a mech and a lion.

"Commander Stormfront we are here to audience with our leader" said Spinout. The guard opened the gates and allowed them to pass through. Once inside they saw four pillars with horns on the top and fires burning in the middle at the base of some stairs leading up to a throne. "Wait here", ordered Spinout.

"Is that their leader" asked Prowl?

"I think so" replied Optimus.

When the royal blue and silver mech turned to face them, "guards arrest them and bring the Sercumtancials to me" he yelled. Several different mechs surrounded the Cybertronians and Sari and then moved in to grab her and the Decepticons while leaving her Autobot allies trapped.

As the guards closed in on them, Wipeout ran into the building in front of them and ran into a bot and said "he is jumping the gun again".

A few moments later as the commotion continued, the mech came down and said to Optimus "you are going die Territorial", as he unsheathed two axes from his back. He was about to deliver the final blow when a loud, thunderous roar filled the air and all eyes turned to the direction of the sound.

"I don't think the blue mech is their leader" said Megatron.

"Who is it then" asked Sari?

"He is" replied Megatron pointing to a tall and muscular built black and silver mech with a lion with the same color scheme standing beside him.