Chapter 16
An Evil Plot and Capture
While the Autobots were having a peaceful time on earth, The Decepticon base on earths moon was still, quiet as a empty tomb. After almost every attempt to capture a mini-con on earth end up in failure, not to mention that Megatron had not formulated a plan to capture the youngling, all was some what depressing and...boring.
Sitting upon his throne, Megatron was deep in thought. It appeared that capturing a youngling that belonged to one of his most hated enemies was much more of a challenge. Kidnapping was easy, but how was it going to work? What? What would make the plan a bigger success? Growling to himself he lifted himself up and was about to make his way to the hallway to his quarters when Thrust came in, a look of utter exhaustion and excitement in his optics.
"My lord, Megatron... I bring ... bring news for you." Thrust gasped.
"What is so important that you have interrupted my thought?" Megatron growled, obviously annoyed.
"I was out on patrol when I picked up a strange signal from the earth. I flew to where the signal was located, somewhere out in the ocean to the south of the earths atmosphere. Oh, you will not believe what I have found, my lord," Thrust said, recovering his loss of breath.
He continued, "As I went to the bottom of the oceans surface, I found a clutter of strange, abnormal crystal like projections purtoding from the sand like a fortress. And just in the center of it looked somewhat Cybertronian and..."
"What? Cybertronian?," Megatron interrupted, "Tell me what it looked like, robot of a scrap of some battleship, tell me what you have found." Megatron was now getting slightly excited. Thrust was not prepared for his lords reaction to this but pressed on.
"It was ancient in appearance, almost dating back before the war. Bronze, and golden by the look of it. But what was very peculiar was the large crystal at the center, it was almost the size of my fist."
"The Crest of Primus!" Megatron shouted in utter shock. "That artifact has never been found on Cybertron for eons. How could it have ended up on that pitiful planet below?"
"Sir, forgive me for interrupting, but what are you talking about? I have never heard of this 'Crest of Primus', you speak of." Thrust was confused, causing his leader to growl angrily.
"What I mean is that this artifact was thought to be a myth, a prop for legends and such. According to legend it was a great asset to the Primes, second only to the Matrix of Leadership. It was said to give a great ammount of power, a power so great it rivaled Primus himself, to whom ever it was worn to. It would give the bearer the strength of a thousand warriors, and the fire power of a super nova. But due to its destructive capabilities, even though it was used by the Autobots it was only used on rare events since it's power was to great." He then chuckled darkly, "And the only way it can be activated is when it is in the possession of a Prime."
"A Prime, that would be Optimus. But what does this have to do with..." Thrust interrupted but was suddenly caught by Megatron's clawed hands and was pulled to his leaders impatient face.
"WHAT I MEAN IS THAT I WILL CAPTURE THE SPARKLING AND USE THE RUNT TO MAKE THE PRIME RETRIEVE THE CREST OF PRIMUS, AND USE IT"S POWER TO DESTROY HIS OWN MEN AND THE EARTH." Megatron roared, making Thrust shudder in fear.
"Yes, I understand now, my lord. Please, let me go." He pleaded, and Megatron did, but since he was holding Thrust high up to his face plate he dropped Thrust to the ground with a loud CLANK.
"Assemble the others and have them meet me here, now." Megatron ordered and Thrust went off as quick as a flash. As Thrust ran out, the evil tyrant turned his attention to direction of the earth, and smiled an evil, sinful grin.
"Ha-ha-ha-ha, Oh Optimus, I have waited for eons for this moment, and now you will suffer ever since the day your wife and sparkling died in my clutches. I have won, and you will loose. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!"
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Meanwhile at the Autobot Base everyone was busy with their work on checking if any mini-cons had been spotted, while the rest were playing with Maria in a game of hide-and-seek. For the while everything was fine until the sirens suddenly caught everyone by surprise.
"Status report." Optimus ordered Red Alert, and the CMO answered his commander.
"You are not going to believe this. The Decepticons are attacking a populated area up north from where we are." The CMO spoke, utter disbelief in his voice.
"But why are they doing this?" Sideswipe asked as he and Hot Shot came running in with the children, mini-cons, and Maria following behind. "The Decepticons wouldn't do something that stupid."
"I am about as confused as you are, kid." Blurr said.
Optimus took that question Side Swipe mentioned into consideration. The Decepticons wouldn't think of randomly attack a populated area without drawing attention. Something was wrong, but he knew that he couldn't let the humans pay with the loss of their lives because of Megatrons careless act.
Optimus Prime then turn and announced. "Never the less, we cannot let the Decepticons bring harm to the humans. Everyone, we all need to go and stop them, no matter the cost. Be at the warp station as soon as possible, I will join in a moment." He commanded and all of the Autobots rushed their way.
As they left, Optimus told the human children that they must stay and watch over the mini-cons and Maria, and that if anything went wrong they should contact the Autobots right away.
"Don't worry, Optimus. We'll take care of everything." Rad promised.
"You'll come back safe, won't you?" Maria held Primes hand in concern, to which Optimus patted her head and said. "I will come back, safe and sound."
As soon as he finished he went of to join his men and soon the base was empty, with the exception of the youngling and the children and mini-cons.
"So... now what do we do?" Carlos asked.
Alexis then spoke up. "Let us finish up the game of hide-and-seek, then we think of something else to distract Maria from worrying about Optimus."
"Good idea." Rad nodded. "Hey Maria, want to finish up hide-and-seek?" He asked, and the youngling turned her head and said yes, but just faintly.
"Is something wrong." Billy asked.
"I don't know. I just feel like something is wrong, very wrong."
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Meanwhile at the now evacuated area of town, the Decepticons were standing ready to attack as the Autobots came to view on the horizon, but unbeknownst to the Autobots WheelJack was wearing a patch around his wrist. This was aspecially made patch made to quickly disguise it bearer with the form and voice of any other bot he chooses. And the particular bot that WheelJack was disguised as was none other than his leader, Megatron. As soon as the Autobots transformed from their vehicle modes, the Decepticon in disguise chuckled the same as his leader would and greeted his enemies.
"Ah, so good of you and your lackeys to arrive, Optimus Prime." He greeted them, making the other Decepticons chuckle.
"This is no laughing matter, Megatron. Why have decided to attack the humans?" Optimus questioned in anger.
"Probably because his processor finally cracked for being a sore loser." Taunted Hot Shot.
"Be silent, you young simpleton. No Autobot should have the authority to degrade our proud leader." Thrust defended even though he was pretending.
"Simpleton? Look who's talking." Joked Hoist.
"Enough, The reason for all this is as of now, I have lost my patience with you luck in gathering those pathetic excuse for sentient beings, the mini-cons. This battle is to end this once and for all. The victor shall have the glory, while the other will leave this planet, Immediately." Shouted the fake Megatron and no sooner had the statement been made that the Decepticons and Autobots fight, the Autobots not having the slightest idea of what was happening back at the base.
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"Come on, Alexis. In here and hide." Rad motioned Alexis behind a counter as the two huddled close, for they were hiding from Carlos. Carlos had already found Fred and Billy and Maria, and was now looking for them.
"Found ya, love birds." Said Carlos and everyone giggled at the name Carlos had called them.
"Very funny, Carlos." Alexis said sarcastically.
"I think I had enough of this game, lets give it a break." Billy yawned but Maria spoke up.
"But what about my turn.. I havent had one. Can we have just one more game? Please?"She pleaded, during the game she had lost her concern for the Decepticon's sudden attack
"Well, okay, but one more game alright? We're starting to get tired, Maria."Radded sighed. the youngling nodded happily and started counting to ten. While she did that the children and mini-cons decided to hide in the warp station, since they didn't think of hiding there in the first place. Rad and Highwire hid themselves behind some boxes, while Billy, Fred, Carlos, Grindor, Sparkplug, and Sureshock and Alexis hid around some large wires. Yet while they were hiding, none of them suspected a large shadow creeping towards them, until it was too late.
"8, 9, 10!. Ready or not here I come." Maria cried and she began searching for her friends. At first she could not find them in either of the rooms, the med lab, the wash racks, the rec room, or in the command center. Nowhere. Where were they? But then she remembered that she didn't think of looking at the warp station.
As she ran in she called, "Come on out guys, I will find you." But while she said this, Maria was looking to her left, looking at some cables and boxes.
"No, you won't find them, little one. But I found you." Said a deep, low voice catching Maria's attention. She turned and gasped in horror.
Megatron was standing in the center of the room with his fanged teeth shown in a scary smile. "No, what are you doing here?" Maria gasped in fear, trembling in fear.
"You will be coming with me." He growled, and grabbed the terrified youngling, squirming and crying for help. "Scream all you want..no one is going to save you."
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Meanwhile, the Autobots and Decepticons were still in the heat of battle, shots were fired, and blasts emitted as each shot impacted the bodies of each opposing side. While he shot several shots, Wheeljack, still in disguise, heard a com link from his leader, informing him and the rest of the Decepticons to retreat and return to the moon, for Megatronhad captured the youngling and was awaiting for his men to return. Acknowledging his commander via through com link, Wheeljack ordered the Decepticons to warp back to base, no exceptions.
As the enemy left the area, the Autobots were stunned at their sudden retreat.
"Now why would they decide to abandoned a fight. This is definatly not what a Decepticon would do." Scavenger grumbled, rubbing his chin.
"Yeah, I am about as stumped as you are Scavenger." SideSwipe agreed. "Optimus, sir, what do you think?" He asked his leader.
Optimus however, was standing still, deep in thought. Scavenger and SideSwipe were right, the Decepticons would never surrender, nor would they commence a random attack. The more he pondered this, the more clear it became, and horror came to him like a tidal wave.
"Maria." He gasped and immediately ordered the Autobots to return to base as soon as possible.
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As soon as the Autobots returned to their headquarters, they discovered that the children and mini-cons were tied up. As Hot Shot untied them they said that Megatron had intruded the base and captured Maria. While this happened, Red Alert came into the command center and found an incoming transmission and called everyone in to see it. What was written was more than a life saver. Here is what it read.
: Optimus Prime, my least favorite being in the galaxy. I have sent this message to you inform you and your weak solders that I have the youngling in my custody. I will be willing to return the child to you, but you must give me something even more useful than a femmling. Find the Crest of Primus, something I know you may have known for all your life, Optimus, and once you find it, bring it and your mini-cons to me at once. You have but three days to bring me the Crest of Primus, or else on the last hours of the third day, the youngling will be meeting your wife and child in the pits of Unicron to burn and suffer.:
:Megatron:
Optimus, shocked and enraged at the message, clenched his fists and with a mix of a cry and a roar, smashed his hands against the control panel, immediately disabling the screen and the power to the base.
(Oh No. Megatron has Maria. What is to come to the youngling?)