Finally! Another chapter posted for you guys. Thank you for patently waiting for this update. So relied that it is Summer break and since it is summer, I will be posting chapters more frequently now. Anyway enough chit chat and let's get on with the story.

Chapter 14: Rise of the Decepticons

POV Harmony

I was in a deep power down when I started to have a horrible nightmare.

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Where am I? I thought to myself as I looked around to see where I was. As I turned my head from side to side, I noticed that I was still in the city of Kaon, but the place looked different.

Kaon looked like if a war had been going on for a couple of decades. There were burning hot smelting pits surrounding a stadium of some sort. The buildings looked as if they were bombed on from the skies. The whole place looked like a mess.

I cautiously took a few steps forward down the street until my foot was caught on something. I tripped and fell towards the ground. I quickly got up, turned around to see what I tripped on, and gasped in horror.

I saw a sparkless body of a mech. He was blasted multiple times in the spark chamber before he died. Lubricant started to form in my optics before I heard a huge booming sound that vibrated all around me.

I turned to the source to see smoke rising in the distance. I heard an intense battle with blasters firing in all direction mixed with the sounds of clashing metal. Sounds of screams filled the air from the epic battle to the death.

I started to run towards the battle to see what was going on. I gasped in terror at what I saw. I saw my father battling against his friend Orion Pax, Starscream toe to toe in battle with Arcee, and Soundwave and Bumblebee engaging in hand to hand combat.

I was horrified to see my best friends fighting to the bitter death in this war. I was even more horrified to see hatred in my father's spark as he fought against Orion.

Then I saw something odd. I turned to the tallest building to see a mysterious mech on the rooftop. I took out a binocular vision visor and put it on my faceplate. I zoomed in and saw a sniper pointing his cannon blasters directly at my father.

"No!" I said in horror as I ran down towards my father to warn him. I ran as fast as I could towards my father while avoiding the blasts from both sides of the battle field.

"Father, watch out!" I shouted at the top of my vents.

My father turned around as his red optics widened in horror to see me here on the battle field.

"Harmony? What on Cybertron are you doing here?!" he shouted back towards me while blocking Orion's wrist blade.

But I kept on running towards him. That's when Orion broke away from my dad and said something into his comlink.

My optics widened in horror as I realized that Orion just signaled the sniper to shoot at my father. I ran towards my dad and pushed him out of the way. I felt something fly right into my spark chamber as my vision started to fade into darkness.

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My optics shot wide open as I started to breathe very hard from that horrible nightmare. I started to mentally count to ten so that I could calm down from the experience. Once I've calmed down, I started to look around my room.

Everything was in its rightful place. Everything was normal. I let out a sigh of relief as I rubbed my tired optics.

Then the sunlight creeped its way into my room. I put my servo up over my optics to protect them from the rays of the sunlight. Once the sun rose a bit more, I started to get up off the ground to stretch out my sore circuits.

Once I did a couple of stretches, I heard a tapping on my window. I turned around to see a beautiful Cybertronian butterfly. The butterfly's wings were a deep blue color with black edges around its wings. A few silver spots covered the black lining of the wings.

I smiled softly as I opened my window. The beautiful creature flew inside and fluttered around my room for a bit before it landed on my servo.

I giggled a little before I said, "Hey there little guy, where on Cybertron are you from?"

The butterfly just flapped its wings, before it started to fly off my finger and out of my room.

I watched it fly towards the sun rise, before I started to close my window.

Then I started to go to my CD rack to find some of my favorite songs to play on my stereo.

*A few decades later*

POV Megatronus

I woke up early today so that I could go meet up with Orion at the Iacon Hall of Records to plan out my proposal of a just society to the High Council. I was casually walking by when I heard someone calling out to me.

"Megatronus!" said the mech.

I turned around to see Orion running up towards me. He came by my side and said, "I see that you like to be on time."

I laughed as I replied to him, "I don't like to keep people waiting on me."

We both went inside the building of the Hall of Records. Alpha Trion greeted us for a brief moment before he returned back to his work.

I followed my protégé into a large hexagonal section of the room. Columns and columns of recorded data were lined up in seemingly endless rows of knowledge from across the ages. I stared in awe at the vast recorded records from Cybertronian past before I noticed Orion looking something up on the computer.

"What are you doing?" I asked him as I walked up to him and peered at what he was searching for on the computer behind his shoulder.

"Oh just looking to see if we have any more records about politics" he replied to me as he was continuing to search for any new information about how politics worked so that he could help me reform our corrupt government.

A few minutes have gone by and Orion hadn't found anything new of value to me for my meeting at the High Council in a few days.

Then he turned to me and said, "I couldn't find anything new that may be of value to us in our plea to the council."

"Okay, so should we plan on how we are going to ask the council for help in political matter now?" I asked him.

"Yes" he said as we went to sit down at the roundtable to discuss our plan. We talked and discussed about politics and government responsibilities for a couple of hours.

Then I had to tell Orion Pax that I had to go home soon. He said that I'm always welcomed here anytime if I need help with anything. I nodded my head as I left the building to go home.

That night, I stayed up reading all of my notes that I'd taken from ancient history and made changes to them as I see fit to meet the needs of our society today. I sighed as I turned to my nightstand to see a picture of me, Neonna, and little Harmony laughing joyously at a trip we went to centuries ago.

I picked up the picture to look at it for a few minutes. I brought up my servo and lightly touch the picture of my late sparkmate.

"Soon…soon I'll bring the justice that you deserved so long ago to society in a few days, my love" I said to myself before putting the picture back on the nightstand and turning off the lights so that I could power down and sleep.

*Few days later*

POV Megatronus

Today is the day that I go up to the High Council to plea my case to them on a just society. I saw Orion Pax waiting for me so that we could go together.

"You ready?" he asked me as we walked into the building.

"Yes, I am ready to bring justice to everyone who corrupted our society", I replied to him as we continued to walk down the hall towards the High Council room.

Then we came up to a huge metal door that led us to where the High Council was meeting in.

Orion turned to me and said, "Good luck."

I smiled as I replied to him, "I don't need luck. Now, we better not keep them waiting any longer."

He nodded his head as I opened the huge metal door to the council. I was amazed at the size of the room that the council was held in. Then my attention was turned to the front of the room where three figures stood high above us in a balcony.

We continued walking further up towards the council until we were in the center of the room. We bowed before the council in respect.

"Members of the council, it warms my spark that you have accepted to have an audience with me" I said to them.

"We were intrigued by your proposal to cease the spread of corruption within our government, Megatronus" said the tall mech in the middle of the three.

I heard a few murmurs of agreement from the spectators and the Primes that wanted to come and see this hearing.

"Please, just call me Megatron" I said to them.

I took a short pause before I continued, "And yes, I want to change the vile way that our government is doing to our fellow Cybertronian citizens. That is why I come before you today to hear my words on how I will restore Cybertron's Golden Age back to its former glory."

The three members looked at each other for a brief moment before the one on the left asked, "And how do you propose to bring back our Golden Age from the corruption that has already taking its toll on Cybertron?"

I looked up at them and replied, "My protégé and I have already did some research to bring equality of the people back into Cybertronian society. We have decided to alter a few of Arexnus III's laws to suit our modern society."

I then talked on and on about the different laws I will be proposing for every Cybertrionian when I am elected into office. I talked about how I will use my judgement wisely and how to use my knowledge to end corruption in our government with the use of persuasion and cooperation.

I heard the spectators whisper to each other about my ideas. The High Council nodded their heads in agreement with my proposal to make things right.

"And how are you going to convince the Old Guard about your proposal for this just equality for all Cybertronians?" asked the mech on the right.

I paused for a moment before I replied, "I would persuade the Old Guard of my new ideas of improving our society and our government."

"And if the Old Guard refuses to cooperate?" asked the middle mech.

I looked at him and replied, "Then I would have to overthrow the Old Guard with force."

POV Orion Pax

I couldn't believe what my auto servers were hearing. I had to blink a few times to see if I was imagining things, but I wasn't. I heard murmurs in the room about what Megatronus said to the High Council.

"What do you mean by overthrowing the Old Guard with force?" asked the mech in the middle of the three on the balcony.

"What I mean is I would overthrow the Old Guard with force if they refuse to accept the change to make all Cybertronians equal" he said to the council.

Everyone in the room was shocked by Megatronus' forceful actions to make all Cybertronians equal. More and more talk was heard inside the room about how my mentor was going to do about overthrowing the Old Guard.

"Plus, it would be my honor to have your blessings to become a Prime" he said while bowing down towards the council in respect.

I gasped in shock about his actions. This can't be the mentor that showed me that we can restore Cybertron's corruption in our government.

I turned my head to the left when I heard someone slammed their servo against the bar and cried out, "Ludicrous!"

"How dare you proclaim to be the next Prime when you haven't proven yourself worthy of such an honor!" cried out another Prime.

I looked at Megatronus and said to him, "This wasn't how it was supposed to go."

He turned to me slightly and replied, "Change of plans, Orion."

Then the mech in the middle looked at me and said, "Orion Pax, do you have something to say?"

I froze for a second before I responded with all my courage, "I do have something to say."

"Orion what are you doing?" Megatronus said to me.

"Megatron, let him speak" said the mech in the middle.

I nodded my head as I said to the council, "Thank you."

"Now, do you agree with Megatron on by overthrowing the Old Guard with force?" said the mech on the left.

"No" I said before I continued, "No I do not believe in violence as a means of achieving justice in our society. I believe in another means of creating equality for all Cybertronians, peacefully."

Murmurers were going on around the room from what I stated moments ago. The middle mech quieted everyone down before he said, "And how will you resolve this conflict peacefully, Orion Pax?"

I paused for a moment before I replied to the High Council, "Throughout Cybertronian history, there have been conflicts from what the people wanted and what the government would deny them of. Most of these conflicts would resolve in bloodshed and in the loss in countless Cybertronian life. Yet some of these conflicts with the government had examples of peaceful solutions. Though there were some loss of life by doing these peaceful riots, but they usually work out in the end. For these actions speak louder than words on how much these people are devoted for change without using the means of violence to seek change."

"What does any of this have to do about the present?" the mech on the right said to me.

"If we cannot learn from the past, then we would be bound to repeat it again in the future" I replied to them.

The council nodded their heads in agreement with my quoted statement from a wise Cybertronian from long ago.

Then the mech in the middle asked, "How would you bring about change peacefully on Cybertron, Orion Pax?"

I looked at the council for a moment before I replied, "Personally I would give out speeches of seeking resolution without the means of violence while negotiating with the government officials on the change to our society. I would never rally an army to be prepared for war when these problems can be resolved without any means of bloodshed and warfare. Surely Primus would agree that the simplest of matters can be resolved with little to no bloodshed."

Everyone in the room started to whisper more and more about seeking equality through peaceful means than that of warfare, violence, and death.

"Excuse us for a brief moment, Orion, while we will be discuss about Megatron's words and about your words upon this situation" said the mech in the middle.

I nodded my head in reply.

The three mechs turned to each other with their backs towards us. I nervously waited there for their response while looking at my mentor. He was not happy. His blue optics looked at me coldly as he leered at me with hatred.

I heard a mech clearing his pipes to get our attention. I turned to look up at the three mechs as they looked at me then at Megatronus.

"Megatronus, I am afraid that we would not help you" said the mech in the middle of the three.

"What?" he replied to them with a bit of anger in his tone.

"The council rules over Megatronus' plea and will not assist him with political means" the middle mech said while Megatronus looked at them with bitter hatred. "However, the High Council will consider in helping Orion Pax. If he chooses to have help with this kind of situation" he continued.

"M…Me?" I said in shock and in confusion.

"Yes, you have proven to us today that there is another way to resolve this conflict without any means of violence" said the mech on the right.

"I concur with that statement. You, Orion Pax, have proven yourself to be worthy of becoming a Prime" said the mech in the middle of the three.

"What? Me a….a Prime?" I said in disbelief.

All three of them nodded in reply.

"You have shown that, for the first time in Cybertron's Golden Age, you are worthy of becoming one of the Primes" said the mech on the left.

"But to prove to yourself in becoming a Prime, you must earn the Matrix of Leadership" said the mech in the middle.

I was in awe at the mech's words that I could be worthy of becoming a honorable Prime, but legend says that the Matrix of Leadership was hidden away where only Primus knows where its location is.

I heard footsteps leaving the room. I turned around to see Megatronus leaving. "Megatronus, wait!" I said as I turned around to follow him, but I stopped dead in my tracts.

Megatronus turned to look at me with hatred in his optics. I swore I saw his optics glowing red before he left the room of the High Council with a loud slam of the door.

POV Megatronus

I was walking home from the High Council. I was steaming with anger that they rejected me. But that doesn't matter now because I have a backup plan just in case something like this happened.

I walked into my house and looked around for my daughter and my adopted son.

"Soundwave, Harmony are you two home?" I called out to them.

I heard someone approaching me as I turned around to see Soundwave walking up towards me.

I looked at him for a second before I asked, "Where is Harmony?"

~ "She told me that she is hanging out with Arcee this afternoon. She said she'll be back at around five o'clock" ~ Soundwave said telepathically to me.

I nodded my head in reply.

~ "So how did it go?" ~ He asked me.

I shook my head as I replied to him, "Prepare for Plan B."

He nodded his head as he replied, ~ "I'll tell everyone to get ready" ~

I nodded my head as Soundwave prepared to contact the troops to be prepared for war.

~ "Umm Megatronus, what should I tell them exactly?" ~ He said to me.

I turned to my chief follower and replied to him, "Tell them that today is the day that the Decepticons will rise."

~To Be Continued~