Hello, heroes and villains. Centurion Maximo here and welcome back to Young Justice: Their War, Our World. In the last chapter, the Team got a new member in the form of Crimson Knight, or rather four, adding Wolf, Bjorn, and Belinda. Not only that, but the Brain and Monsieur Mala have been captured by the Decepticons. In the end of the chapter, Squawktalk has landed on Earth and is in Mission City from Transformers (2007).

Now, back to the action!

*Outer Space. Decepticon Fleet. Unknown Time*

"Megatron, Squawktalk is on Earth in a location called Mission City." Soundwave informed.

"Excellent, Soundwave." Megatron grinned. "I have had a talk with the humans working with our comrades in the Machination. Admittedly, a lot of them do have things to offer us." He felt sick admitting that. "How much longer till we reach Earth?"

"Three more solar cycles." Soundwave answered.

"I am interested to see how our comrades on Earth are faring." Skyquake commented.

"In due time, Skyquake." Megatron said. "In the meantime, see to your Seeker Armada with Dreadwing."

"Yes, Lord Megatron." Skyquake bowed before walking to his destination.

"Barricade, prepare your squad for when we reach Earth." Megatron ordered.

"At once, Lord Megatron." Barricade nodded before walking off himself.

"The Autobots will fall and the Decepticons will rule the universe with them gone." Megatron muttered evilly to himself.

"You've said such boasts before, Megatron, but the Autobots still exist." Starscream snidely commented. "If I was leading the Decepticons, they'd be wiped out by now."

"Starscream, only the select few ever lead." Megatron calmly retorted.

"My time will come, Megatron." Starscream growled.

*Bialya. Underneath Queen Bee's Palace. 10:12 am*

Queen Bee was once again checking in on the Insecticons. "Hello, Queen Bee." Bombshell greeted.

"Same to you, Bombshell." Queen Bee smiled. "How is the hive faring today?"

"Excellent, if I do say so myself." Bombshell and Queen Bee walked through the hive together. "As you can see, several Swarmer and Spitter Drones have been produced and they're processing the materials you and your soldiers bring to us to create new pods for new Insecticons. Some Swarmer Drones have already been sent to the Louisiana Bayou to help Poison Ivy construct a new forward base."

"That's good news. Perhaps that part of the bayou could become a second hive." Queen Bee suggested.

"Exactly what I was thinking." Bombshell agreed. "However, there is one major detractor to that notion: when Shrapnel, Kickback, and myself are present, the primary hive here defers to use, but when we are absent…"

Queen Bee quickly caught onto what Bombshell was saying. "They'll be feral and out of control." She then thought of another thing. "How exactly did you, Shrapnel, and Kickback become the way you three are, anyway?"

"We evolved." Bombshell stated. "Is there anything else you wanted to see?"

"Actually, there is something I want from you: One of your Cerebro-Shells." Queen Bee brought up.

"How come?" Bombshell was curious.

"I have a theory and an idea I want to pitch to my comrades." Queen Bee answered with a wicked grin.

"Oh, I see…" Bombshell said quietly. "Very well." He took out one of his Cerebro-Shells and handed it over to her.

"Thank you very much, Bombshell." Queen Bee nodded. "I shall see you on my next visit down here."

"I look forward to it." Bombshell replied.

*Earth. Happy Harbor. Mount Justice. 11:34 am*

"MEGATRON IS COMING?!" Every Autobot except Optimus Prime screamed loudly.

"Um… Who's Megatron?" Neola asked, worried about the Autobots' reaction.

"Megatron is the leader of the Decepticons and a goddamn murderer!" Bishop shouted angrily. "He's the reason our world is dead in the first place!"

"Megatron started the whole war between the Autobots and Decepticons." Ratchet added. "He gathered tons of followers.

"He almost tore out my voice box." Bumblebee cut in.

"He's next to impossible to take down, if any of you are thinking you can." Ironhide stressed.

"None of us were thinking that." Green Arrow reassured. "We kind of learned that lesson after Bludgeon."

"We only have three Earth days to prepare." Arcee pointed out. Everyone had worried looks. The master of the Decepticons was almost here and with a fleet of Cruisers to boot.

Suddenly, before anyone else could say anything, a black and red portal appeared and a shadowy hand grabbed Artemis. "Hey! Let go of me!"

"ARTEMIS!" Everyone shouted as they tried to free her, but the hand kept swinging the young archer out of the way before finally pulling her through the portal.

"What the hell?!" Wally shouted.

*Louisiana Bayou. 12:00 pm*

Poison Ivy and a few Insecticon Swarmer Drones were finishing up adjustments to their new forward base. "Finally, finished." She smirked as the Swarmer Drones walked up beside her, just looking at their work, converting the part of the bayou they were in into a second hive which also benefited Poison Ivy as the area was hotter now.

A ground bridge opened up and Sting, Firebug, and Stinkmix walked through. "How is the adjustment proceeding?" Sting asked in curiosity.

"It's proceeding far smoother than I thought it would." Poison Ivy admitted. The Swarmer Drones nodded in agreement.

"Good." Firebug added. "Lord Megatron is three Earth days away from here. We must be prepared to show him all we have accomplished working together."

"We will, Firebug." Poison Ivy reassured.

*Happy Harbor. Mount Justice. 13:12 pm*

"What happened to you?" Greyhound asked, worried seeing Bishop having a black eye in his Pretender shell.

"Artemis's mother happened, thats what." Bishop deadpanned.

"She's just worried for her daughter's safety." Blurr reminded.

"Everyone, I think i might have found klarion." Metalhawk smiled.

"What is that, Metalhawk?" Drift asked.

"His powers give off a unique signature which we can trace." Metalhawk explained. "Apparently, he has his own fortress, but we can't get in through traditional means. That's where Zatanna and Zatara come in."

*Unknown Location. Artemis. Unknown Time*

"Uuggghhh…" Artemis groaned as she woke up. "Where am I? Why is my hair down? Why am I wearing evening gloves?" These were the questions going through her head before realizing what she was wearing. It was a green ball gown with poofy sleeves, a full wide floor length skirt, light green evening gloves, green high heels, and a silver tiara. "And why am I wearing a dress?!

"Well, good morning, Ms Crock." A voice said before revealing itself to be Klarion the Witch Boy.

"You!" Artemis screamed.

"Surprised with my gifts? Ever since the Light started being extinguished and/or joining this Machination, I've been lonely." Klarion admitted.

"Okay, that's a bit of useful information." Artemis muttered to herself before speaking up. "Also, putting me in a giant bubble? Too easy." She tried to pop the bubble with her finger, but it didn't work. "What the?"

"Did I forget to mention that this bubble can only be popped from the outside?" Klarion smirked.

"Damn it!" Artemis cursed before going back to what he said previously. "What do you mean the Light's getting extinguished?"

"I mean my colleagues are either joining this Machination or getting captured or killed!" Klarion blurted. This caused Teekl to meow.

Suddenly, the Team showed up in a magical sphere generated by Zatanna and her father. "This is Klarion's fortress of magic? Bit on the obscure side if you ask me." Techwerx commented.

"How did you get here?! How the hell did you even find this place?!" Klarion screamed.

"Honestly, it wasn't hard, Klarion." Zatara smirked.

Kid Flash ran over to Artemis in the bubble. "Wally?" Artemis was a little shocked seeing Wally next to her bubble, seeing as they argued a lot.

"I'm here to save you!" Wally grinned as he noticed what Artemis was wearing. "Nice dress, by the way."

"Just get me out of this bubble." Artemis deadpanned.

Kid Flash popped the bubble with his finger and caught Artemis as she fell. "Gotcha."

Meanwhile, Zatanna zapped Teekl with a spell "Teekl!" Klarion exclaimed. "How dare you!"

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a ground bridge opened up and Bludgeon walked through. "Bludgeon!" The Team shouted.

"I've heard of you! How did you get in here?!" Klarion shouted angrily.

"That's my secret to keep." Bludgeon smirked as he began walking towards them.

"Please, like you can withstand my magic!" Klarion boasted as he shot a volley of dark fire at Bludgeon who didn't even flinch at the direct hit and continued walking.

"Are you seeing this?! What the hell is he?!" Kid Flash exclaimed.

"You are no match for me." Bludgeon grinned evilly as the Witch-Boy was beyond shocked while the Metallikato Master drew his sword. Klarion dodged out of the way as Bludgeon brought it down.

"Teekl, time to make our exit." Klarion panicked as he went through his portal.

Instantly, the fortress began to quake and crumble. "Waht's going on?!" Robin shouted.

"Without Klarion's magic, this place is gonna collapse!" Zatanna answered.

"Then I must take my leave." Bludgeon smirked as he went through the ground bridge.

"How do we get outta here?" Superboy asked.

"I got an idea!" Kid Flash voiced.

"What is it?" Artemis raised an eyebrow.

"We'll use your dress as a parachute." Kid Flash grinned.

"What?!" Artemis screamed.

"It looks wide enough." Kid Flash pointed out.

"I'll jump down, thank you very much, no offense." Superboy crossed his arms.

A few minutes later, Artemis's dress was acting like a dress and Kid Flash is holding on to her by her leg while Superboy jumped down and Miss Martian levitated to the ground.

"Hey, it worked!" Kid Flash beamed.

"You'd better have not looked up my skirt." Artemis warned.

*Happy Harbor. Mount Justice. 17:22 pm*

"Thanks for saving me, you guys." Artemis thanked.

"You're welcome, Artemis." Shane smiled.

"Yeah, saving damsels in distress is we usually do." Robin grinned.

"Pretty worth it to see you in that dress." Kid Flash muttered under his breath, blushing a tiny bit.

"Ya know, I think I'll keep it." Artemis decided.

"We should get you home. Your mother's worried sick." Bishop brought up.

"Yeah, considering the black eye she gave you." Blurr chuckled. Everyone had a good laugh at that. And with what was coming, they needed it.

Hello, everyone. I hope you all liked this chapter of Young Justice: Their War, Our World. Firstly, Megatron and his fleet are three days away from Earth and that's definitely not good. The Autobots find this out and are all freaking out, except Optimus.

Second of all, Bombshell and Queen Bee have a new rapport with each other. Also, regarding the Insecticons, I'm going with the Aligned Continuity track that they're a naturally occurring species of life on Cybertron and that Bombshell, Kickback, and Shrapnel are more evolved members of the species that learned how to transform and have individual minds. However, who says there should only be three evolved Insecticons? There were 4 more obscure Deluxe Insecticons in G1. If you have any Insecticon ideas, feel free to provide.

Furthermore, Artemis got kidnapped by Klarion and put into a nice dress and he blurts out that the Light is being extinguished by the Machination.

As usual, if anyone has any ideas for this story, please let me know in the comments/reviews, or personally PM me, especially if you have any OCs for Barricade's personal squad, and Skyquake or Dreadwing's armadas, including alternate modes.