Chapter 8
Unified Year – Nov. 18 1926 – Imperial Strategic HQ – Berun Capital City – Strategy Room A
(Three hours after the start of Operation Barbarossa.)
"Any message from 203rd?" Rudesdorf callously asked without removing his sight from the map on the table. Strategy Room A, one of the most important part of the Imperial Strategic HQ, was filled with stiff atmosphere. The current situation was intense; the Empire's most ambitious land invasion was now three hours old.
"Not yet sir!" a solider responded and the brigadier general clicked his tongue in ire. What are they doing there? They should've reported already! Rudesdorf only blew his cigar miffly; his friend walked beside him and glanced down on the map.
"Perhaps they'd encountered a problem," Brigadier Zettour suggested, however his face showed a displeased frown. If they did, I hope that problem isn't a big deal, he thought with coolness as another soldier saluted them both and reported: "The main force had just broken the front line. They're now proceeding to advance."
"Let them advance, in full speed!" Rudesdorf ordered, in temper, looking down on the map again and making a frustrated sigh. Now then…what should I tell to the princess downstairs?
Imperial Strategic HQ – Lounge Room
Princess Katherine sat stiff but with solemnity in her chair beside a window that over look the city square outside. The night was deep and starless and the full moon was high already. Normally, she would be asleep at this hour; however, she felt restless and decided to observe the operation from here.
"I hope Optimus and Tanya are alright."
Especially Optimus, goodness grief what did I do yesterday!? The memory of kissing Optimus flashed in her mind; a violent feeling of embarrassment and worry erupted inside of her. "Oh dammit!" she cursed and crampedly hung her head back.
St. Northusburg – East Side
(30 min after the ambush started.)
"Support Tospan and the Fallschirmjager!" Weiss cried out as he pointed his rifle and fired a green bullet. The bullet traveled and exploded in the streets below the museum, which was now filled with Russy infantry soldiers and artillery's. Shit…this was a trap! The 1st lieutenant cursed and lobed a grenade down, killing at least ten to fifteen.
However, he only watched in frustration as another batch of soldiers came in the view and fired at them. Weiss activated his forcefield, deflecting the bullets, and his back hit the back of his 2nd lieutenant. "What are we gonna do!?" Glanz asked but the 1st lieutenant howled.
"Fire and fire! We have no back up!"
On the roof below them, Tospan glanced to his remaining battalion; out of fifty, only twenty five had remained and some of them were heavily injured. "No…this isn't happening." I let them die! Guilt weighted inside his stomach and his mind was lost so much that he didn't hear the door that served as an access to the inside of the museum swing violently open; a group of Russy soldiers poured in, their weapons aimed at them.
"Tospan, what the fuck!" Glanz saw enemy on the roof and fired his rifle. He quickly landed and glared at the infantry captain. "Tospan, wake the fuck up-!"
Glanz punched the man on the face and the captain blinked, light on his eyes returned. "Wha—"
"This is no time to space out! You still have the infantry!" he shouted and blasted a Russy fed soldier that jumped out of the door.
Tospan glanced behind him. His remaining men... all of them were staring at him either with angry or undeterred eyes, they were all determined to still fight. He's right…damn it!
"All men, defend Weiss's company! Fight 'till you all drop!"
Glanz smiled encouragingly as Tospan and the remaining battalion howled a battle cry; they ran and hid on the edge of the roof and started returning fire.
St. Northusburg – West Side
"Damn it!" Koenig activated his forcefield and was violently pushed to the air after blocking a tank's bullet. The street below them, still enveloped by green fog, was also filled with tanks and Russy infantry soldiers.
"Where the hell are they coming from!?" Koenig and his company fired while Neumann and the 4th company were stuck on a roof of an apartment complex.
"Supporting you, Koenig!" Neumann and his men opened fire on the enemy troops below. But really, where they coming-huh? The soldier stopped after he saw a man hole slide open on the street and observed a new batch of Russy soldiers climb out from below.
"Koenig they're coming from the sewers!"
"Isn't that creepy... all men switch to armor piercing - incendiary ammo, kill those tanks!" Koenig and his company hovered and zigzagged through the street below. Their rifles spewed green bullets and hit the tanks.
However, a loud bang echoed from the sky and made him stop. One of the large artillery guns on the mountain fired and hit the building where Neumann was standing. Koenig gasped in terror.
"Neumann!"
"I'm fine!" Neumann and his company, in the nick of time, jumped from the roof top and landed on the next just before the building collapsed. "Our computation jewel is broken, but it was enough for us to make a jump!" he added and turned to his men. "Company! We're going to jump from building to building; support Koenig's company!"
"Yes sir!"
We have no back up…we're own our own! Neumann thought nervously and looked towards the next building.
St. Northusburg – Naval Pier
"Hurry up, don't let them get you!" Tanya shouted as her company and her anvil bolted through the sky above the city's naval. Behind them, chasing hot on their tails, was the Unified Aerial Mage Battalion. The major glanced behind her and saw the girl, whose eyes wide in fury, leading the hunting pack.
Tch, what the fuck is her problem!? Tanya screamed in her thought, frustrated, before she looked ahead. The open sea was in front of them, its surface dark and completely devoid of anything. Perfect timing. "Serebryakov, alert our company, we're going to lose them in the sea!"
"Yes major-" however, before Serebryakov could radio in, a sharp loud bang echoed from the sea. Tanya darted her eyes and she gasped in horror. The sea become alive with explosions and lying in wait, floating motionless in the surface, was a huge blockade fleet of camoflouge Russy warships. Their cannons were aimed at them and she immediately ordered "Move up!"
Tanya's company jolted up as the warship's turrets fired. The sky exploded; fire and smoke enveloped the Empire's ace aerial mage company. Tanya looked down and saw that some of her men had begun to fall.
"This is Wustemann! 50 percent of my company is down!" Wustemann, trailing behind them, said while he looked down.
We're trapped! Fuck, fuck, fuck! Why didn't I realized this! "Serebryakov, report to Optimus Prime; we're going back to the cube!" No choice, we need to regroup! The two companies barrel-roll to the right and dashed speedily back to the cube, almost colliding with Unified Mages.
"Damn it!" Mary glared after her eyes locked on Tanya.
"After them!"
"Not too fast, 2nd lieutenant!" lt. Col. Drake called and grunted as the whole battalion made a maneuver and gave chase for Mary. I swear to God, Mary…! The mage glared as he gripped the controls of his flying device and sped up more.
St. Northusburg - City Proper
Optimus's mini machine gun roared and hit the advancing tanks on his right; the tanks exploded and shattered the glass of the buildings beside it. He then pointed his left ion cannon and blasted the group of artillery's forming on the corner of the street. The autobot was standing on top of the cube. Below him, the city square was enveloped by the thick green tox-en fog and right now his sole duty was to protect the box.
Second tank of energon is gone, thank Primus that it didn't explode. Jet pack is unusable, I'm trapped, Optimus summarized and frowned at his unlucky situation. "If only I voiced out…if only—ack!" A tank bullet hit Optimus on his back. He staggered and almost fell to the poisonous ground but he swiftly turned around and fired his left ion cannon on another tank.
"Is there no end to this!?" the autobot growled and gritted his teeth beneath his mask as he watched another batch of tanks approach. Artilleries and infantry soldiers emerged and marched through the fog; their eyes beneath their gas masks showed no fear, regret or resentment and the pace of their feet continued without hesitation.
You leave me no choice. Optimus growled and slowly touched the cube's surface. A hologram screen popped out and displayed a message.
'ANALYSIS: RECONFIGURATION IS AT 58 PERCENT'
'WARNING! UNWANTED FORCES DETECTED: DEPLOYING ION MACHINE GUNS!'
A loud thud reverberated from within the cube, its sides started to open and a pair of large caliber machine guns appeared. Whoa…really? Optimus stood agape as the barrel moved and started ejecting blue bullets. The machine gun rattled endlessly, hitting the infantry soldiers before it destroyed the artilleries and tanks. Explosions rocked the city and the autobot was left in total shock.
"Maccadam would never invent something dangerous…I think." The autobot watched as the machine guns retracted into its inside.
"Optimus! What's your sit-rep?!" Tanya howled through his comms.
"It is fine, for now."
"We're coming in hot, provide support!" Coming in? Optimus glanced behind him and looked up. His optics focused on Tanya and her anvil, descending from the sky- and then the Unified Mages came into view.
"Scrap!" Optimus immediately pointed his machine gun and started firing. The major and her company quickly dived, avoiding his blue bullets which hit the attacking Unified battalion.
Mary clicked her tongue as she and most of the battalion swerved away from the bullets.
"Avoid the bullets, don't let them get the cube!" Sir Drake barked the order and pointed his rifle. The soldiers behind him shot down at Optimus. The autobot activated his force field, deflecting each of the bullets. However, a loud warning sound echoed from his left again, making him side-glance. The holo-screen was displaying another message.
'WARNING: UNWANTED FORCES DETECTED: DEPLOYING TENTACLE INTERCEPTOR'
"Tentacle what-" Optimus paused after several holes appeared around the surface of the cube. Then emerging from within were several tentacles with three claws on their ends. The cube vibrated again and then the clawed tentacles shot upward.
"Watch out major!"
"Shit!" Tanya and her company made a barrel-roll to the left as the tentacles swooped passed them. Mary screamed in pain as one of the tentacles grazed her right shoulder and stabbed the two mages trailing behind her. Her eyes widened in horror and watched the skewered mages fall to the sky with large holes in their chests.
"Damn you!" she roared in fury and fired a violet beam. The beam hit the cube and it reacted. Hundreds of holes appeared and hundreds of three clawed tentacles ejected from the inside.
Sir Drake yelped and grunted as he avoided the tentacles, which decapitated the soldier behind him and impaled three more. "Fuck! What the hell!?" he exclaimed in anger as he pulled his flying device up and then down, scraping by and avoiding each of the tentacles.
Meanwhile, back at Tanya's group, the major roared at Optimus in anger. "What the hell Optimus!? I thought you said Maccadam wouldn't invent something dangerous! What the fuck is this then!?"
"Major, I don't know. But this cube reacts if its surface is attacked. The best you can do is to avoid firing your guns!" Optimus said and took out his Star Saber; he swung it up, parrying a volley of violet bullets.
Hell, this cube doesn't need defending! Tanya glowered at the cube as she and her company swerved to the left. Then an idea formed in her head. She looked behind and saw the lone angry unified mage trailing behind them with green eyes, still filled with malevolent fury. "Tch time to kill that bitch. Serebryakov!"
"Yes sir!"
"I will detach from the group. You and Wustemann will continue defending the cube."
Serebryakov blinked in confusion.
"Sir?"
Tanya gave a deathly glare to her. "I have a very important date with that bitch over there!"
Serebryakov nodded obediently and Tanya produced more thrust, shooting away.
"Wustemann! Defend the cube with us!" Serebyrakov and the rest of the 1st company made a U-turn.
"Understood sir!"
Optimus heard the whole conversation from his comms; he too was puzzled but then he saw the woman unified mage from earlier also detaching from her unit and gave chase to the major. He realized what was happening.
She's luring her away. But why? "I must help her." Optimus felt compelled to help the major, that unified mage woman was dangerous to him and he felt that Tanya's strength wouldn't be enough to stop her. "Serebryakov, I'll help Tanya! The Cube's defense mechanism might help you, just try to avoid the tentacles!"
"Eh!" Serebryakov exclaimed as Optimus looked around and saw a tall flag pole on the right with a large Russy flag hanging on it. He ripped the flag and tied around his metallic mask, protecting him better from the tox-en below. The autobot jumped and landed on the ground; he groaned painfully as the tox-en made contact with his metallic surface. Then he sprinted across the square and leapt again from the ground; he grabbed the edge of a building and climbed up to its rooftop.
"Serebryakov, I entrust the cube to you!"
"You gotta be kidding me!" Serebryakov was still clueless as she and the anvil flew and encircled the cube; its surface was still ejecting tentacles and it was still attacking the mages flying above it.
The sky above the streets of St. Northusburg
Tanya turned sharply on a corner, to the left. She sped up and looked behind her. Mary Sioux trailed behind her and she was moving closer and closer more. Tch, just how powerful is she!? Tanya then pointed her submachine gun and prayed.
'Lord may you give me strength and power to protect my Fatherland more!'
Her jewel glowed in gold and she immediately pressed the trigger of her gun. Bullets shot around and hit Mary, but her purple forcefield deflected majority of them before it shattered. The woman swerved to the left and swooped towards the major. She raised her violet rifle and pressed the trigger, but the small major dove down to the surface of the thick green fog.
"Damn!" Tanya cursed; her face was inches away from the deadly fog. She quickly gained altitude, only to yelp as Mary hit her back with her rifle.
"Tanya von Degurechaff!"
"The fuck is your problem?!" Tanya raised her submachine gun and blocked Mary's rifle blade. The taller unified mage pushed the little major more. Tanya struggled but it was all in vain; Mary's strength just got stronger as her computation jewel got brighter in violet hue.
"You killed my father, you bitch!"
"I don't even know who the fuck your daddy is!?"
"Shut up!" Mary whipped her right fist and punched Tanya right on the face. She then swiftly moved her right hand down and ripped at the her computation jewel on her chest.
"No-!" Tanya screamed in terror but she yelped after her back hit the wall of a building. Mary grinned evilly before her flying device thrust hard and pushed her upward; the major agonizingly groaned as her back scraped against the brick wall. The two women reached the roof and the unified soldier threw the little major on the floor.
Blood spewed out from Tanya's mouth and the girl grunted more in pain as she tried to move. "Mu—must-hide!" she looked to her right and saw Mary landed a meter away from her. Her face was plastered in a cruel grin and her eyes glowed gold, menacingly, as if she had captured her prey. The girl who murdered her father was lying helplessly in front of her.
"Murderer…after I kill you, I will also kill Prime…" Mary walked towards her and planted her right foot on Tanya's back, pushing her to the ground. "And after that…I will kill every Imperial soldiers and citizen. Your kind should've never existed in the first place!"
Fuck…am I going to die!? Tanya made a side-glance and her eyes steeled in anger as Mary pointed her rifle at her face. Fuck this…fuck this…move my pathetic body, move! The major tried to move but to no avail. Mary's riffle began to glow in violet.
"Stop, she's just a child!"
Mary darted to her left and immediately activated her forcefield, blocking Optimus's machine gun.
"Tch, the unholy follower!" Mary grunted and was pushed several meters away, towards the edge, and growled as Optimus jumped and landed on the roof beside Tanya.
"Optimus-why are you here…!?"
"Serebryakov is guarding the cube. Friends and comrades protect each other, major." Optimus shielded her and Tanya stared at his massive back with understanding look. She wanted to berate him angrily for leaving his precious cube, but she no longer had the strength.
"Disgusting…" Mary cast a hateful scowl at them. "Murderers protecting murderers, disgusting!"
"Mary, was it? Please spare her; she's just a soldier like you; she's just following orders."
"She murdered my father! She won't be forgiven. God gave me a 'miracle' just to kill her!"
So 'the One' really did gave her a miracle, but she's using it wrong! Optimus thought and put his Star Saber down together with his machine gun.
"Optimus…where's your jet pack?" Tanya asked while staring at Optimus's bare back.
"Broken, major."
Great, how can we escape then...? Tanya groaned achingly and tried to stand up.
"Mary, I am sent by 'God' to help the Empire stop the war. What you're about to do will only worsened it more. Please…your father may have been killed by Tanya but she was just following orders that time. The miracle that you've been given, it is not for killing people…it's for stopping people from creating more wars such as this."
What do you know…? Mary's rifle shook as her grip around the trigger tightened. The words of the alien automata sunk deep within her. The rage that she kept for months and the anger that grew inside of her exploded into her mouth. "THE MIRACLE THAT GOD GAVE TO ME…IS FOR ENDING THE EMPIRE!"
Her rifle burst into a violet glow as she pressed the trigger; a bright deadly beam of purple shot out. Scrap! Optimus swore as he picked up the sword and prayed.
'HEAVENLY LORD, I PRAISED YOU, GIVE ME PROTECTION!'
The Matrix of Leadership glowed in gold and his sword shone brightly in blue. The autobot swung it upwards, creating a blue curved beam. Both beams collided; a great flash of violet and blue lit up the sky.
"Just die both of you!" Mary roared as her beam intensified and cut the blue beam in half. Optimus, optics wide in shock, quickly parried the violet beam and grunted in pain as he was pushed towards the edge.
"Optimus-no use, we have to escape!" Tanya shouted. She took out her handgun and started firing at Mary. The unified mage then shifted her violet rifle towards her, but Optimus sprinted and pushed the sword in front of Tanya, blocking the violet beam. "I'm trying…I have to make a plan!"
She's so strong, her anger is consuming her! The autobot pushed his sword forward; the beam moved back.
Mary howled like an animal and intensified her attack as the alien automata ran towards her. "Mary, stop it now!" Optimus called once more in a worried tone. "Don't lose yourself to vengeance or else you'll lose your father!"
"My father is gone! This miracle and anger is the only thing I have for him!" Mary screamed and the beam disappeared. Her computation jewel glowed violet before she took a great leap to the air and delivered a roundhouse kick to the back of Optimus's head. The autobot groaned and fell to the edge of the building; half of his body hung towards the poisoned street.
"Augh-!" Optimus tried to stand up only to meet the end of Mary's rifle. She stood on his chest and the autobot cast a saddened look at her.
"This your end…" Mary chuckled triumphantly and tightened her right index finger around the trigger of her rifle.
*Bang!*
A loud gunshot echoed through the sky and Optimus watched in stupor as Mary's upper body bent back and her computation jewel flew through the air, broken and cracked from side to side.
She fell to the ground and her green eyes were wide eyed. "Ho—how-!?"
"That's quiet enough, Mary."
That voice? Optimus slowly rose up and looked to the left where the source of the new voice came from. His optics landed on a man wearing a silver bespoke vest and red necktie. His greying black hair moved as the wind brushed it while his right hand held a small pistol. He recognized the man; based on his broad shoulder and height.
"Joel Miller!" Optimus stared as Joel cast a kind smile at him.
"You're forgetting something, Optimus."
The Prime was confused but then he watched as the man turned and cast his hazel eyes at another figure standing on the roof of the next building.
The autobot followed his gaze and stopped. His blue optics widened both in shock and recognition. The figure stood 35ft tall; his shadow cast largely on the roof; his shoulders had distinctive sharp spikes built around them. Silver white, grey and violet, glinted perfectly under the moonlight.
"B-But—how-no-! By the all-spark!"
Joel grinned at Optimus as he recognized Megatron.
"Sir Joel…" The man then cast uncaring eyes at Mary, who stood again at the end of the roof. Her eyes were still in a dazed, confused as to why he was here only for her to gasp in terror as she saw another alien automata standing on the next building.
"Mary…you put quiet a number on my dear friend Optimus. I recognized your feat," Joel proudly bowed as Megatron jumped and landed beside him. The building shook little and Tanya, who was watching the whole scenario on one corner of the building, stood in awe. Her opened mouth trembled in horror as she also recognized the new form as another alien.
"Why—why-why is there another cybertronian here!?" she screamed and Joel turned to her.
"Ah you must be Tanya. Thank you for looking after Optimus for me." The man smiled happily at her and touched Megatron's left foot. The old man's figure fizzled and turned into static; his form burst into beautiful myriad of red hue and disappeared.
"And with that, I'm done playing as Joel Miller."
Mary and Tanya were glued to the spot. They were horrified and astonished as the red optics of Megatron opened and cast their way to Optimus.
"Do you need a hand, Optimus?" the cybertronian extended his right servos. Optimus eyed him with a doubtful and questioning look. The warlord who brought down Cybertron and prolonged the war into millennia, and had killed millions of innocent cybertronians...was now offering his hand to help him stand up.
"Thanks." Optimus didn't take his hand. Instead, he stood up and only stared at Megatron more. This time, his optics were filled with suspicion and disbelief.
"I see." Megatron understood his reaction; he only gave a long, sad, smile and turned away.
"Traitor!" the two cybertronians looked at Mary and the girl unified mage took out a battle knife. "I will never forgive you, for betraying mankind, Joel Miller!" she shouted as Megatron cast his red optics to her in a ridiculing manner.
"I was never part of Russy Feds nor Unified States…I am on my own…stupid girl," he snarled at her and it made Mary's green eyes harden in fury. She darted to her right after she saw the major take out and point her gun again at her. "At least I'll take Tanya to the grave!"
"For the last fucking time-!" Tanya growled and fired her handgun. The bullet traveled and it hit Mary in her chest but the girl continued her charge towards her. "-I don't know who your father is!" Tanya had enough. She threw her handgun at Mary's face, disorienting her for a moment, and quickly detached her flying gear- which she then swung to the left and hit the girl with with all of her might.
Mary lost her balance and her footing. She was pushed over the edge. Her eyes widened in fright and she let out a doomed scream as she fell and disappeared underneath the thick tox-en fog.
"Fuck. Finally!" Tanya slumped on the ground and breathed a mouthful of air.
"Major." She turned and saw Optimus staring at her with a worried look.
"I'll be fine." Tanya then slowly shifted her suspecting eyes at Megatron. The warlord only made an amused smirk. He had enjoyed what he had seen, clearly. "Optimus, please restrained Megatron. After all, you said it yourself, this fucktard bucket head was a warlord criminal."
Optimus made a side-glance Megatron.
Bucket head 'fucktard'…oh. Megatron frowned to her remarks but he didn't protest. "I understand, Major Tanya, but before that…let me call some of my friends first."
Friends? Optimus gave a muddled blink and watched as Megatron put his left index finger on his comms.
"Starscream, take care of the mountains,"
"Starscream! He's here too?!" Optimus was aghast as Megatron chuckled in a deep bellowing voice.
"You'll be surprised how he's changed. The One has truly changed me, and him, my friend."
"The One!?" Wait, he had made contact with the One too? "How-!?" Optimus asked but their conversation was disrupted by a bright blue flash. Everyone darted to the edge of the rooftop and saw a tall column of blue electricity shooting towards the night sky.
"Ok…" Megatron blinked in surprise. The thunder was certainly not on his part. He slowly turned to the autobot. "Now what is that?" he asked in a confused manner and Optimus only shrugged, cluelessly.
St. Northusburg – City Proper
"Oh dear!" Serebryakov and the 1st company swerved down, avoiding a tentacle. She spun around and pointed her rifle; the bullet exploded and ended two unified mages in an instant. "Ok guys, climbed up!"
"Wustemann here, how long are we gonna keep this up? I'm running out of ammo!" Wustemann radioed in as he swung his rifle hard, hitting a male unified mage on the head before he took his hand gun and started firing at the mages above the anvil company.
"As long as it takes!" Please Major, we need you here! Serebryakov prayed and pointed her rifle at an approaching mage. It only clicked. "Ran out-!" she quickly took out another magazine, but let out a sharp yelp as the approaching mage fired at her computation jewel. "No!" Serebryakov screamed in horror and fell towards the poisoned ground, only for her hand to wrap around the cable of one of the cube's tentacles.
"Oh no-!" Serebryakov was dragged as the tentacle whipped and slashed through the unified mage soldiers, bathing her in their blood before she let go and landed on the surface of the cube.
The 2nd lieutenant made a breath of relief but the peace was short lived; she quickly rolled to the right avoiding the rifle blade of a unified mage.
"This is your end, Imperial mage!" Sir Drake pointed his rifle but Serebryakov quickly made a high kick, knocking the rifle off towards the poisoned ground. The seasoned mage then brandished a hand gun and Serebryakov followed. Both of them shot at the same time. Serebryakov's bullet traveled and hit Sir Drake's computation jewel while the mage's bullet grazed the girl's left cheek.
The two jumped and gained distance and pointed their guns at each other. They both shared a deadly glare before they fired another round; this time, both bullets hit each other's gun. Serebryakov let go of her handgun after its barrel bent. Sir Drake cursed as half of his handgun disappeared. Once again, they made deadly glares before they both took out a battle knife.
"Curse you!"
"Take this!"
Serebryakov and Sir Drake charged and clashed both of their knives on the level of their neck. The two were locked in a power struggle and both were determined to kill each other. But a loud blaring alarm interrupted the bloody battle; a large holo-screen popped out on their left and it showed a message.
'RECONFIGURATION FINISHED!
WARNING: TOX-EN DETECTED ACTIVATING: ENERGON EMP ERADICATING BLAST!'
"What—"
"Huh?"
The tentacles retracted and electric blue sparks suddenly crawled along the surface before the cube let out a deafening zap. The cube let out a bright blue thunder light, which pushed the two mages apart. Serebryakov and Sir Drake fell to the tox-en fog, but before the two could make contact with the fog, the cube let out a burst of blue light again and erased the surrounding tox-En mist. The blue light crawled all over the city, eating and eradicating the Tox-En on its wake.
"The fog…it disappeared?" Serebryakov was in awe after her back felt the cold earth. She quickly stood up and looked around, the fog was gone and the cold air only blew hard. "Look out!" Serebryakov looked up and jumped to her right as Wustemann and his company landed hard on the ground.
"Wustemann!"
"I swear, Major Tanya's Kampfgruppe…is weird." Wustemann groaned in pain as several of his men started to stand up. Serebryakov looked down to their computation jewel; it was all dead and blackened.
Jewel's all short-circuited-"Ah!" Serebryakov's thought was suddenly cut and she screamed as Sir Drake put his whole left arm around her chest while he pointed his knife at her neck. The girl gasped and terror flooded her mind.
"Don't move!" Sir Drake ordered; his grip around her neck tightened more. Wustemann glared and took out his war knife. "Pal, it's a coward act to take a girl as a hostage!" he berated as Sir Drake grinned maddeningly.
"This bitch is both Empirian and Russy; both of those accursed nations are filled with accursed people who don't deserve to live!" Why…why does my country and nationality matter? Serebryakov's eyes widened in horror more; memories of her damned childhood flashed before her eyes. Being put inside a sack inside a truck together with her mother, watching as her father and her Grandpa Ivan took arms and walked to the battlefield, seeing a couple of anti-communists rallyists kick and punch her mother to the ground- all of it in the Empire, just because she was a former Russy citizen. All of it flooded her mind; the terror and persecution of the Russy communist played unforgivingly in front of her.
Sir Drake was so locked on Wustemann and his company that he didn't notice the approaching large figure behind him. The anvil noticed the figure and backed away with fearful eyes, making Sir Drake cast a startled look behind him.
What are they doing- "Grimlock hates men beating helpless women!" a large booming voice echoed from behind him and Serebryakov half screamed as Sir Drake was yanked upward. She looked behind her and froze in shock as a Tyrannosaurs Rex thrashed the mage in the air before he threw him to the ground.
"Wha—what—the-!" Grimlock cast his blue optics at her and then he transformed into his 50ft bipedal mode. "So sorry about that, don't worry; I meant no harm." Grimlock said and gave a friendly smile. What the…more of Optimus's kind!? Serebryakov blinked several times as she slowly absorbed his words. The robot possessed a green, grey and yellow colors and he was larger than Optimus.
"He meant no harm, because he's an illogical idiot."
Sererbyakov and Wustemann's group gasped in surprise as another cybertronian appeared behind Grimlock. This one was a little smaller and currently stands at 26ft; his metallic large body was composed off purple, black, and grey.
"Oh, Shocky."
"It's Shockwave." The so-named Shockwave corrected and glanced his single yellow optic at Serebryakov.
"You guys…" the girl stood in awe at their presence but then she darted her eyes after she caught sight of the enemy mage moving and trying to stand up. Her anger returned and flared inside of her and she scowled at the mage before she charged, her knife at ready.
"Damn you!" Serebryakov caught and stabbed the neck of Sir Drake. The mage went wide eyed and slumped on the ground, but the 2nd lieutenant wasn't finished yet. She repeatedly stabbed and stabbed the named mage. First his chest, then his stomach and back to his chest before she planted the knife in his face. She howled in fury as blood flowed on the street and everyone was bewildered and frightened at her violent reaction.
"Girl, stop…" Grimlock was the first to react. " Stop, stop it, he's dead!" Grimlock knelt and moved his right servo, catching the girl by her back; he pulled her away from the mangled body. Serebryakov cast an hateful glare at him.
"He told me I deserve to die because I was a Russy and I'm an Imperian! I am human, I deserve to live!" she wailed vengefully at the Dinobot transformer. Grimlock was saddened as he understood what she'd said.
"Yes, you are, I understand you. So please…calm yourself, it's over," he cooed and Serebryakov understood his words. She broke down and cried in his servos. Shockwave witnessed everything and shifted his red optic to the mangled corpse.
It's illogical for Grimlock to stop the girl from stabbing the enemy, for this is war…but it's also logical for him to stop the girl, because the girl was about to lose her sanity and her humanity. "Life is illogical, eh," Shockwave whispered and looked up. The sky rattled loudly as a group of 100 Seekers swept passed above them.
"Starscream, Swoop and Soundwave are here," he muttered again to himself.
St. Northusburg – East Side
The fog had disappeared! Weiss looked down; the soldier could now clearly see the street below and the swarm of Russy soldiers walking along its surface. "Use all of your grenades!" Wiess commanded but Glanz quickly answered. "We've ran out sir!"
Dammit, there's no end to this! Weiss growled, balking; his radio gave out static and the voice of Tospan reported in.
"This is Tospan, we're low on ammo!" Cpt. Tospan and his strong twenty five men were now backed up against on the edge of the museum. All of them showed haggard looks on their faces, but all of them were still strong-willed enough to fight more. "We're low on ammo too!" he added and threw his last grenade on a new batch of Russy infantry soldiers standing by the roof access doorway. He hid behind an exhaust pipe and took a mouthful of breath.
"Your orders sir!" one of his soldier on his left asked in a determined manner. He glanced at them and made a weak smile. "Fight…fight till you drop!" he screamed without regret and fear. They were not just any soldiers, they were part of Major Tanya's Kampfgruppe and Ace Battalion. To die by the hands of the ruthless commies was certainly not allowed under her watch.
"That's the spirit!" a lively deep voice shouted from above and they all looked up. Suddenly, the roof shook as a large figure landed in between the Empire and the Russy feds. Tospan looked and made a short shocked gasp as an alien automata with a form of a prehistoric bird, a Pteranodon, loomed over him. Its metallic skin was grey, gold and red while its beak were sharp.
"Hello there, no need to fear. The cavalry is here!" The Pteranodon transformed into his bipedal mode and ejected tons of missiles, which hit the Russy feds on the other side of the roof. The roof collapsed, dragging the soldiers underneath. The creature shifted and launched another volley; the missiles flew down to the street and exploded, killing most of the Infantry soldiers and destroying most of the tanks.
Weiss and Glanz hovered in bewilderment and turned to the roof only for them to form the same reaction as Tospan. "Wh—what!" Wiess stammered as Glanz reacted.
"Another alien automata!"
"That's a long word," a sleepy voice said below them and the company looked down. Another alien automata- this time in a form of a pre-historic dinosaur with long neck- looked back at them. "Just as long as my neck," the Apatosaurus added softly, its metallic surfaces glinting under the moonlight and showing off its colors of yellow, grey and red.
"Sludge, what took you so long?" the Pteranodon asked as it stood on the edge of the building.
"The streets are small and I don't read Russy, Swoop."
Swoop chuckled but he raised his left hand and caught a tank's bullet between his fingers. Sludge looked and saw a new batch of tanks and infantry soldiers charging and emerging from the corner of the street in front of them. The Apatosaurus then transformed into his large 20ft bipedal mode and cast his blue optics their way.
"They are like roaches." A loud thud echoed and his back opened, revealing a pair of large machine guns. " I don't like roaches." And with that soft voice that so contradicted his large body, his machine gun fired.
Swoop laughed as missiles launched from his body and hit the rampaging Russy soldiers. But the Pteranodon stopped for a moment and turned back to Tospan. "Good work you guys, we'll handle this one."
Who are these guys!? Tospan only thought in confusion as Weiss radioed in.
"We need to contact the Major, looks like we have new allies," the 1st lieutenant suggested and the human Empire soldiers only watched the onslaught.
St. Northusburg – West Side
"The fog has disappeared!" Neumann reported as Koenig blared: "And the enemy hasn't! What was that blue light anyway!?"
Koenig shot but his rifle made a clicking sound. "Damn it-!" He activated his force field and was pushed back by a tank's bullet. He dove into his magazine holder only to find it empty.
"I've used everything! Neumann, how's your ammo?"
"I'm on my last!" Neumann reported and emptied his last magazine. "Fuck!" He threw it on the street below and threw a grenade which was his very last also. We're losing here-! His thoughts, however, were cut when one of the tanks shot and hit the edge where he was standing. The soldier screamed and fell to the ground.
"Neumann!"
"Oh shit-!" He hit his back on something metal and solid. The man quickly got up and was startled as a pair of blue optics looked back at him.
"Hello, have you seen a gift shop around here?" The alien automata was a pre-historic Stegosaurus; its colors were red, gold and grey. It had large dorsal fin-like structure on the back and its lazy blue optics eyes blinked lazily at him. Neumann stammered and his mouth froze in shock; he couldn't believe what he was seeing right now.
"Hmm, I guess he doesn't know, Slug."
"Augh, a shame, I love to collect human world mugs. So what now, Snarl?"
Another Alien Automata, the one with the name Slug walked and stomped beside the Stegosaurus. This one was sporting a large crest and two horns on its head. It was a Triceratops and its blue optics stared ahead; its metallic surface was composed off red, gold and gray.
Snarl, the Stegosaurus tilted his head for a moment before he gently asked Neumann again. "Can you come down for a second, son?"
"Yes." Neumann immediately obeyed and stood on the sidewalk. The two alien automata transformed into their bipedal mode and looked around.
"Starscream just passed above us. With this pace I say we could defeat the Russy's in less then 1 hour."
"We already destroyed the 45 division back on the plains…so the Navy's?" Snarl suggested in an excited manner as the street before them were suddenly filled with Russy soldiers rushing towards them with their weapons ready.
"Constructicon's Devastator would be the one to destroy them."
"Oh, so we were left with them, huh." Snarl cast his disappointed blue optics at the rushing Russy Feds. He sighed and glanced at the Stegosaurus. "Let's go Snarl!"
Snarl looked down on Neumann and smiled. "We got this. Retreat for now."
Before Neumann could answer, Snarl sprinted together with Slug. He watched as the two alien automata's charged and launched missiles from their body.
"Who the hell are they!?" Koenig suddenly shouted in his Radio and Neumann answered in a daze. "Allies?"
Staring back at the sky, Koenig watched in disbelief as the two automata's attacked the charging Russy feds in a brutal rampage.
"Allies don't just fall from the sky!" the 1st lieutenant reasoned and then a loud thud echoed from behind them. The soldiers turned around and were startled to see another figure standing on the roof. This one had a thin body with large arms that looked like they were parts of an aircraft. Its outer appearance was purple, black and violet. It had no face; instead, it only had a black visor.
"What the hell?"
Koenig hovered back but the alien automata shifted his head to him.
"I am an ally. Retreat now, you've ran out of ammo."
He's so creepy! Koenig felt chills as Soundwave moved to the edge. His right servo held and raised a futuristic looking rifle and started firing at the Russy Feds below. Koenig was staring at his back, clueless as to what he would do next. "Tch. Fine. Everyone, assist the 4th company and retreat to the cube!"
The soldiers saluted him and began to prepare for the retreat.
St. Northusburg – Near the Mountain Ranges
Starscream glanced below him and watched the Russy Feds running on the surface of the ground. The 100 divisions below him were all disorganized and running rampant. Some groups were still charging while others were running away after they caught sight of him and his seekers.
"So disorganized…" Starscream smirked and mocked the soldiers below. He glanced behind him to his group of one hundred seekers, lined up in a perfect diamond shape. "Our orders are clear: we'll clear out the cannons on the mountain, understood!?"
"Yes sir!" the aerial vehicons answered. The five mountain ranges loomed ahead of them; their dark shapes cast a shadow over the seeker battalion.
"All stop!" Starscream ordered and the battalion hovered and stayed in the air. The 2nd in command of the decepticons observed as the cannons move and pointed at them. A volley of loud booming sounds rang loudly but nothing happened; not a single bullet had hit the seeker battalion.
"So primitive…and yet this nation has caused a lot of people to suffer just because some of them doesn't agree with their ideology."
And it's sad because it sounds like us Decepticons, before. Starscream sighed disappointingly at his memory before he commanded:
"Seekers! Fire at will: your targets are these scrappy cannons!"
"Target: Scrappy cannons!" the aerial unit vehicons locked on all of the cannons on the mountain side and, after a second, the seeker battalion launched a barrage of smart missiles that hit the mounted large caliber cannons with perfect precision. Explosions rock the mountain ranges and the structures inside groaned and began to collapse. Starscream watched with a satisfied grin as his attack triggered a large landslide from each of the mountains, taking with its wake the cannons and all of Russy's finest soldiers.
"Interesting. So a mountain with a hangar inside is susceptible to collapse. Very interesting." He chuckled evilly before he cleared his throat and turned back to Seekers. "We'll now go to our next target which is a very large, annoying, statue of Comrade Josef. Prepare your missiles!"
"Yes sir!" the vehicons shot forward and flew again towards the city.
Russy Naval fleet blockade – Warship Virov
"Why…why is this happening!?" Loria slumped down to his seat as another failure of the country's military plan was reported to him. Ever since the siege started, they were winning. He was sure that they would capture the battalion tonight, he made sure, and reviewed the plan many times as possible before the attack started.
And then the failures came in.
"Sir, mountain range cannon defense line is down!"
"Sir, we couldn't contact the 45 division on Bolgor plains!"
"Sir—the tox-en disappeared!"
Why…why? I was sure this plan was perfect. So what are these failure then!? He was lost in a humiliation which he felt could lead to the country's defeat. His mind was racking and so tensed up that he didn't hear Comrade Josef screaming into his ears.
"Comrade Loria! Would you kindly tell me what's happening now!?" Josef was fuming on his chair; he slammed his left fist on a coffee cup, smashing it into tiny pieces. "Why are we loosing suddenly!? Our divisions are so disorganized!"
Loria cast a frightened eyes at the General Secretary.
"I—I-Comrade Joel Miller! He's the defense secretary, I'm sure he has an answer-" Loria turned to the bulkhead door where he last saw the defense secretary- only to find no one was standing there. Where is that idiot!? "Find Joel now!" Loria barked, before one of the soldiers suddenly stood up and reported:
"Sir, incoming audio message from Joel Miller!"
Eh? Loria darted to the soldier and quickly snatched the radio from his hand. "Joel, where are you!? Shit has hit the fan here!"
There was silence at first on the other end and then a dark chuckle echoed from the radio.
"Oh Loria…you little shithead." Loria was taken aback by Joel's words but the old man continued. "A question to the general secretary: why did our attack fail? The answer was very simple. We don't have mages. You eliminated every single one of them because their abilities and identity didn't match the ideal lifestyle of communism and this country has lived under the tyrannical rule of fools who only want to fulfill their own selfish desires."
Loria's eyes widened as anger swelled in his chest.
"You son of a bitch, you're betraying us!" he screamed to the microphone and Joel replied with a dark laughter.
"No, Loria! There's no betrayal here. I was never loyal to you…you were, however, deceived."
Deceived…?! The head of NKVD gritted his teeth in fury as Joel continued explaining further. "There's nothing wrong with your communist ideology. All life, as long as they are sentient, have the right to believe to whatever they want to believe. You guys just suck at leading. Now prepare to suffer for your idiotic mistakes. Good bye!"
The line was cut, leaving Loria with glaring and deadly hateful eyes.
"DAMN!" he screamed in anger and slammed the head phone down. Suddenly, the warship shook and tilted heavily to left and right. "What's that?!" Josef held tightly for dear life in his chair. Loria slowly looked up, confused at what happened.
"Sir! Report from the Navy blockade fleet. Three ships are downed!"
"What!?" Josef darted to the soldier but then he saw Loria quickly exiting the room. The head of the NKVD climbed up the stairs, pushing sailors out of his way and walking out onto the decks. His glasses shook over his frightened eyes after he saw the sate of the blockade fleet.
"Wh—what in Motherland's name is that!?"
In the distance, three battleships were burning and tilted in an odd angle; then he saw something large move. Loria gasped as a huge figure emerged form the smoke. Its face was grey and its metallic surface possessed the colors of light green, violet and grey. It stood at a staggering height of 100 ft. "What-" the NKVD head fell to the floor and pushed backwards.
The alien automata turned and locked its red optics at the warships Virov and his own.
"LORIA! PREPARE TO SEE THE RESULTS OF YOUR LECHEROUS PERVERTED PLANS!" the creature spoke in a heavy bellowing voice before it picked up two of Russy's cruisers and threw both away. Loria screamed in horror as the ships swept past above the Virov and slammed against another pair of ships behind.
The alien automata then picked up another ship and hurled it into another ship. The warships started to move; some began to charge towards the large transformer while others began to flee. "I WON'T LET YOU ESCAPE. I, DEVASTATOR, WON'T LET YOU ESCAPE!" The cybertronian picked up one of the charging ships and threw it on a fleeing warship. It began to walk, creating huge waves along its wake.
"Loria, what in motherland's name are you doing-what the hell is that!?" Josef came rushing to the deck after he saw Loria leave, only for him to meet the infernal sight of Devastator. "It's the reckoner-!" Loria sniffled as tears ran down from his eyes. "Our sins are now exposed!" the head of NKVD howled in misery and horror as Devastator hurled another ship to the air.
The warship Virov suddenly jolted and tilted to the right, making Josef and Loria slide down the deck. The head of NKVD slammed against the wall and looked up- only to see the red optics of Devastator, glaring inches away from his face.
"NOW…DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOD?"
Loria cried and started to beg. "Please-! Forgive me for my sins-"
"GOOD, I LIKE YOUR BEGGING…NOW GO MEET GOD!" Devastator raised the ship high and with all of his strength catapulted it towards the city. The decepticon constructicons laughed as the ship exploded when it made contact with the buildings, killing everyone onboard. Devastator then stood still as its inner intercoms activated.
"Stike one for me. I, Bonecrusher, am a champ!" the left arm, and the bulldozer, Boncrusher announced in perfect pitch.
"Heh, I can do better than that!" the left leg, Mixmaster the concrete mixer truck, said in a ridiculing manner and added: "so typical."
"Now, now, this isn't competition…but if it is, then I'm winning." Hook, the upper body, spoke with pride and arrogance, making Longhaul, the lower body constructicon, snort in disagreement.
"And I always carry your fat stupid scrap ass!"
"What did you say to me!?"
The two constructicons growled before a loud clearing throat made them stopped.
"You all realize that we're just following Megatron's order, you bunch of dimwits." The right leg and leader of constructicons, Scrapper, said in a plain reminding tone.
"Um…Sir Scrapper?" a gentle voice spoke and it made everyone stop. "Scavenger here…can we please get out of the water?"
"Why is that?"
"I'm afraid of icebergs."
The constructicon stopped for a moment as they analyzed what Scavenger, the right arm power shovel constructicon, had said.
"There's no iceberg here you dimwit!" Hook shouted followed by Longhaul's: "Yeah, we're metal, we're invincible to such things!"
"So was the Titanic…before it sank."
A low protesting groan escaped from the mouth of every constructicon.
"Are you done destroying the fleet, Devastator?" the voice of Megatron made everyone still. "Yes sir, we did," Scrapper reported as the former tyrant commanded again:
"Good, deconstruct now and wait for the Nemesis at the shore."
The constructicons's sensors suddenly made a ping and a familiar signature appeared on their radar. The clouds above them parted and the sharp hull of the Nemesis emerged and slowly hovered towards the city.
Near the City Proper
"Is that Devastator?" Optimus paused on the middle of the street and Tanya looked up to him, confused at his reaction. Megatron was walking ahead of them and also stopped.
"Yes. They were with us."
Optimus slowly turned to him. Devastator was a transformer composed of a group of Decepticon constructicons. They were tall and massive and left nothing but devastation on their wake. They had been a hard enemy to kill during the long cybertronian war. His blue optics hardened.
"Are they the enemy?" Tanya asked and Megatron smiled at her.
"They are not. They're converted, just like me. They've received 'miracle's' from the One," the tyrant explained and Tanya scowled angrily after she heard Being X's name being mentioned again. Being X- suddenly her eyes caught sight of something; she glanced up and gasped in terror. A large shape had appeared in the sky above St. Northusburg; its spiky features emitted an ominous and dangerous aura and it made her take a step back.
"Wh—what is that!?" she asked as Optimus looked up and recognized the ship. "That would be Nemesis, major. The Decepticon's warship and HQ." The Prime slowly cast his still suspicious and cautious optics at Megatron. The old tyrant sighed, realizing that the autobot leader was still suspicious of him.
"That was before Optimus. The Nemesis has changed. Look closely."
Optimus glanced back again and noticed something. The hull was not colored in violet; in fact, it was colored in white, gold, and blue. The menacing look was gone and had been replaced with kind and tranquil ambiance. A pair of flags were hanging and waving on the left side of the hull.
"That's-those are the flag of autobots and decepticons and the Empire?" Optimus stared more and noticed the symbols of the autobot and decepticons were in the same white flag; the second flag below it was the flag of the Empire.
"The ship was blessed by the One." Megatron added and looked down at the still shocked major. "Shall we go back to the Empire? I bet your men needs medical treatment."
Tanya's eyes hardened at request of Megatron but she let out a defeated sigh and grumbled.
"Thank you then, Megatron."
Damn you Being X! What kind of shitshow did you send this time!? Tanya lowered her head; her face may have been expressionless but deep inside, she imagining herself torturing and killing Being X for all the weird things that he had sent.
"Major, sir!" Tanya's anger was interrupted when the voice of Serebryakov blasting through her comms. Ah…so Serebryakov is still alive. A breath of relief escaped her lips before she replied.
"What is it, Serebryakov?"
"Report from HQ: we have bad news!" Tanya made a side-glanced to her right, a heavy feeling of danger began to bloom inside of her. "What's the bad news?"
Serebryakov gulped down from the other end of the line.
"Emperor Walpurgos…is dead. And declared today, Princess Katherine…is now the Empire's Empress."
Special thanks to drop-out ninja for beta-reading!
Disclaimer: I do not own the cartoon Transformers Prime and the anime Youjo Senki. Names, events, places are fictional, if there's one existing in real life then its purely coincidence.
Woo-hoo new chapter! The fall of Russy Feds, agh this chapter is so hard to write! Actions scenes, drama, and even comedy are really hard to mix...just like red wine and white wine!
Optimus and Megatron had finally meet! What do you think will happen next? Will Optimus Trust Megatron again, despite all of the crimes that he had done to Cybertron?
How will the dinobots, Shocky and Soundy and Screamy, live with the Imperial 203rd aerial mage battalion? How will they all live in this world?
And looks like our little princess is now an Empress, how will the world react to the Empire this time?
And are there more tansformers whose going to appear in the Empire? Find out more! Stay tuned!
I would like to thanks the readers and guests who leave reviews, likes and kudos! I promise to all of you that this fanfic would have a good ending.