Hello everyone, I got a new Fanfic set up and this one is something I've been experimenting on. So as you all know, I have been doing some Transformers fan fics over the years, even doing my own version of season three of Transformers Prime. But lately, I have been working with someone on DeviantArt on a collab story that involves the Transformers and a variety of shows, cartoons, video games, and the like. Let me explain.
See, I have another account on DeviantArt under the same name. I use to spend it on the artwork I did for YAI Arts along with the earlier Transformers Prime Season 3 story I posted there as well before canceling it all together for obvious reasons. I'll get to that later. But lately, I've been in contact with an artist on the site through Discord who goes by the name of YellowCatArt98. She is what is known to be an artist that specializes in transformation sequences. Specifically sequences involving a character from a cartoon, anime, video game, or other form of media into another character from a cartoon, anime, video game, or other form for media. What makes it interesting is that she commissions work requested from other artists or non-artists on DeviantArt. I tell ya, the pieces that she made are very crisp and the details were sublime. I will provide you with a link to her DeviantArt profile page, but if you don't see it due to FanFictions way in not showing links, you can search for her name through the DeviantArt site.
www . Deviantart yellowcatart98
Back on topic, I started doing commissions with her when I started to get paid when I began working on an acutal job close to home. Don't want to get into the details, but you should know that I am working part time with fifteen dollars an hour. So it helps me to save up some money while spending it on necessities and the like. Course, I always want YellowCat to do some pieces for me. So far, she did, at the time of writing this, a series of sequences involving each member of Hololive in both Myth and Council, a March Needs Moms sequence involving YellowCat herself turning into Queen Angela from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, and Ellie Rose from the Henry Stickmin Collection becoming a real person and not a stick figure. But the first of the work she did for me is a series of sequences involving the Transformers. It is called Transformers Protectors of the All Spark and it focuses on the All Spark splitting apart into multiple pieces and scattered throughout different dimensions where a few individuals discover the pieces and the sparks enter their bodies, turning them into Cybertronian femmes from different Transformers series. It might sound confusing, yes, but at least you get the gist of it. So what I did was write the chapters for the story while YellowCat provides me with the sequences for each chapter. You are welcomed to check out the story and the sequences on my DeviantArt profile page. Just click on the sub-links on the gallery to see for yourself.
www . Deviantart luisjm / gallery / 85500360 / transformers-protectors-of-the-all-spark
So why do I decided on posting the story on Fanfiction. Well… Remember when I said that I had to cancel my Season 3 of Transformers Prime on my DeviantArt page? See, DeviantArt is fickle with long stories on their website. So much so that a minimum of, I believe to be, fifteen pages or more for a complete story. Anything longer then that won't be accepted to post up. Because of this, I had to split the chapters up to two or three parts, and that's the most frustrating part. I even still have the two episodes and half of the third still on DeviantArt before I immediately gave up on it and focus the stories on Fanfiction. The same could be said with the story I'm currently working on as I need to make sure it doesn't extend to over fifteen pages. Thankfully, with Fanfiction, I can make long stories without a certain limit. So I would be able to add more stuff on my chapters since I did the character introductions and transformation scenes first. You would be surprised about what I have in store for this story from here on out.
Anyways, enough talking, let's start with story. Here is the summary…
With Cybertron destroyed and the All Spark shattered, all eight pieces were flung into vortexes to different dimensions, where eight unsuspecting women will be chosen as their protectors. Follow each woman as they go from ordinary and more than meets the eye.
Chapter Notes
Now in the DeviantArt profile, I did the introduction that was short and sweet, if not a bit tragic. But I'm afraid I didn't flesh out the introduction well. So here in this story, I will grow out the introduction to show Cybertron's final hours during the war with the scenes coming from Bumblebee followed by a few of my own things. There will also be a special surprise that is from Transformers Animated that I feel needed to do for a while.
I hope you like this story as much as I like writing it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers or other future forms of media.
Enjoy!
Transformers: Protectors of the All Spark
Prologue: The All Spark
The All Spark… A powerful and ancient relic of the past that predates Cybertron and the Transformers. While not much is known about it, its powers are limitless beyond imagination. Some say it can create new Cybertronian life. Others say it can cyberform planets into the environment fit for Cybertronians. Few thought claim that it is a weapon capable of mass destruction. Whatever way you say it to be, it's power and knowledge can never be destroyed, but transformed.
With such power, it can be used for either good or evil. Hence forth the war on Cybertron, where both parties, Autobots and Decepitcons, fight for control over it. The Autobots, wishing to use the All Spark for peace and prosperity. The Deceptions, only wanting to obtain it for sheer dominance and destruction. The two factions fought long and hard and many lives from both sides were lost. But it is at the final hours of the war that everything has changed.
At the launch site in the middle of Iacon, Decepticons were making their way towards the launching pad as Omega One was on standby while Autobots and Neutral civilians were making their way into the ship. The defenses were doing their best in holding their own, but the Cons were slowly overwhelming the forces. On the ground near the entryway, Autobot soldiers were trying to hold the line, but they were outnumbered as the Decepticons kept pushing through. Communication between the bots were starting to get extremely frantic as they did their best to holding the enemy forces back.
"They broken through the front lines!"
"I lost contact with the capital!"
"There's too many of them!"
Suddenly, a missile flew down toward them and exploded on the ground, taking down a few Autobots in the process.
"Stand fast!"
One of the soldiers that said that got shot and tumbled around the ground. Up on the roof tops of the buildings, a group of Cons were at sniping distance and was firing right at them.
"Finish them!"
As they were firing, a few precised shots hit them and dropped them off the building. Running to the battle and jumping through the flames came a bigger Autobot as he was bulky and red armor resembling a truck. This bot is Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots and the last of the Primes. Landing on the ground, he rolled and got up on one knee, firing his blaster at one Con that was about to fire back. Turning to one end, he fired at another Con that was charging. Then getting up, he grabbed him by the delivered an arm drag to take him down to the floor. He soon surveyed the fight to see how grim it looked. Just then, another Decepction came from behind him with his blaster aimed to his back.
"You're a dead bot, Prime!"
The leader heard that and turned to see the Con about to pull the trigger. But before he could do that, a hammer was swung from behind him and knocked his head clean off, leaving his body limp and dropped to the floor. That's when another big and bulky bot approached him with blue armor and was holding a Cybertronian hammer in his servos.
Approaching the leader, he nodded and said, "Optimus. Nice of you to show."
The Prime see him approaching while keep his blaster armed and ready. "Apologize, Ultra Magnus. I was busy holding the back the Decepticons in the eastern front." he said to the bot called Ultra Magnus, "What is the status of the evacuation?"
Magnus sighed as he go to the back of Prime and swung his hammer at a few changing Cons and knocked them down while Prime fired his blaster to take out a few on his side. "Not good. We managed to get most of the civilians into the ship, but we still have others that are taking longer then expected. Some of them feel like leaving Cybertron was a bad idea. Combine that with the fact that we have gathered everyone in one place, makes it a likely target for the Cons. It will be a matter of time before are defenses will be destroyed." he said with a worry in his voice.
"All the more reason to evacuate." Prime mentioned, "Cybertron has fallen, and we need to leave now. There are other Autobots scattered across the galaxy. We must reach them if we hope to survive. Is everyone present?"
Magnus swung his hammer once more to flatten another Con and said, "Yes, Prime! Every Autobot soldier is present and accounted for."
Prime looked around to see if everyone is present. Noticing someone was missing, he asked his second in command, "Not everyone. Where's B-127 and S-8R1?"
Magnus heard those names and responded with, "The recruits? They are with the convoy securing the package. They should be back by now. If they haven't been terminated already."
Close to the fight, a group of Cons were firing on something that was speeding their way. Drifting down the battered road is a yellow futuristic sports car as it charged to the Cons and armed a pair of duel mini blasters at them. Firing away, he made a clear path and blow through a couple of Cons in the process. Heading up a ramp made of debris, he took off to the air and plowed through two Cons that were in the way. That car transformed into a smaller bot and flew to double kick another Con and both flew off the edge. He was falling with style as he was reaching the ground floor. But three Cons in their jet modes saw him and headed towards him about to fire. But then, they were shot down in the air and plummeted to the ground. The bot looked to the down jets and saw another jet coming down with yellow and beige paint job.
"Cutting it a little close, B!" the jet said in a feminine voice.
The bot who is B-127 smirked behind his face guard and said, "Thanks for the save S-8!"
The two head down to the fight below as the flew down to their comrades.
Once they reached the area, they were in a middle of Con forces as B landed on the group with the enemy soldier being used as a cushion. The impact in general ripped his head clean off and the scout kicked it like a soccer ball. That head knocked one of the Cons off the ground and the others soon took notice. They all turned to the bot and armed their blasters.
"Servos where we can see them, Autobot!"
The recruit heard that and said, "Whatever you say, Decepticreep."
He soon raised his servos in the air and stood still. But he wasn't surrendering, oh no. He was luring them into a false sense of security.
"S-8! Now!"
He soon ducked his head down as the yellow jet arrived in full force and headed straight to the group. They all started to fire as the jet rammed into one of them and then transformed to grab him by the helm. This bot planted him into the wall and turned around to do a battle stance. This bot is a feminine aerial bot with beige and yellow armor, with wings attacked to her back, and her helmet and mouth guard with two twin tails on the back. This was no doubt S-8R1, Autobot flier and good friend to B-127.
She looked to all of them and said, "All right, boys…" She soon deployed both her energy blades on her arms and was ready for a fight. "Who's next?!"
The Cons looked to her and looked at each other in confusion. Soon enough, the group split up as half of them headed to B while the other half reached for S-8. The femme placed her blades together and charged in to fight back. She soon got down on her knees and slid as she outreached her arms to cut both of the Cons by one leg on each side. She soon performed a break dance move and sweep the leg of the third one. Getting up, she swapped one of her blades with a blaster and fired the down Con in the chest. She soon turned to the next one and fired the next shot. A Con soon approached her from her flank and deployed his blade and swing at her head. S-8 felt that and turned while switching her other blade into a boom shield to deflect the swing. She soon got her leg out and pushed kicked him in the chest, knocking him down as another Con ran and jumped over him. With his blade out, he was going to swing right at her as well. The femme smirked and her feet opened up to deploy some energy skates. She soon used them to slide back to avoid the swing and was skating circles around him.
"Oh… Miss by a mile…" she said in a cocky tone.
The drone was annoyed and deployed both his blades as the other one got up and deployed his other blade as well. The two soon started to charge in to attack her, but the femme maneuver around them to avoid their attacks.
As for B, he was shooting his blasters at the charging group and managed to take down a few. By the time they got close, he put his arms together and outstretched them to deploy his blades on his wrists. The group got their blades as well as they swung to him. The scout charged in and jumped, maneuvering his body and spin to avoid the first swings. Landing on his pedes, he swung at the next one and took the arm off before using the other blade to cut his head. Turning around, he got his blasters out and fired at the two he avoided in the back. Turning around, he instinctively blocked the next blade strike with his own and the two were holding their own with sparks flying. The two starred down and weren't giving up.
"What's this? A youngling fighting the good fight. The Autobots must be desperate in recruiting kids."
B-127 heard that and was a little annoyed. "Heh… Laugh all you want. There's more to me and my friend then meets the eyes."
With that, he gave the Con a head butt and got him in a bit of a daze. He soon kicked him to the side with a high round kick and knocked him silly. The next Con came in and managed to spear the recruit and bring him down. But the scout recovered and kick back up, taking the drone with him. Getting on top of him in the air, he fired both blasters to his chest and terminated him completely. Jumping off, he transformed into his vehicle mode and sped towards the remaining group, running them down completely.
As for S-8R1, she was having her own fun, using her skates to go around the group and avoiding their shots and swings. With her shield and blades, she got an opening and took out one Con before skating to avoid the next one.
"Too fast!"
She soon skated and ducked her head down to avoid the next swing.
"Too slow!"
She soon skated to the wall and jumped on it and skate upwards as the Cons gave chase. She soon jumped off the wall and over the Cons. Landing on the ground, she skated back and armed her blasters to fired on those in the back.
"Too sloppy!"
The rest of the Cons turned around and armed their blasters to her as she got her boom shield out to deflect the shots. But without warning, B came in and drifted to slam them to the wall and knocked them unconscious. The femme saw that and was a little annoyed.
"Aw… C'mon B! I was on a roll." she said a bit upset.
B soon told her, "No time for fun and games, S-8. We have to get back to Prime and tell him what happened with the package. He needs to know!"
Hearing that, she understands the grave situation and has to focus on the mission.
"Right. Of course. Let's go!" she said as she grab hold of B's bumper.
The scout soon revved his engines and sped his tires before he took off with S-8 holding on. The two drove straight away to reach their team when they encountered more Cons blocking the way. They soon saw that and deployed their blasters as the femme used one free servo and the mech opened his front hood.
"Time to clear a path!" B said as he started to fire. Both younglings kept on shooting while plowing down Cons to make a clearing for them to go through. By the time they pass through the clearing, S-8 saw the Autobots ahead with a certain leader.
"There! I can see the Evac group! Optimus is with them!" she yelled while pointing to the firefight.
B could see that and told his friend, "I see them! Hang on! Maximum Overdrive!"
He soon set up his boosters and sped through the Cons, running a few of them in the process. S-8 soon jumped off the ground and landed on the rooftop of B's vehicle mode as she held her own. Crossing her arms, she spread them wide to deploy her blades as the two reached the fight. They could already see some Cons in the way as the scout made a drift and plowed through them while S-8 jumped off of him and spin in a circle to slice off some arms and heads of the rest. Meanwhile, Optimus and Magnus were back to back, shooting and swinging the hammer to keep the Cons at bay. One of them charged to swing his blade at the Prime. But a severed head of his comrade hit him in the head and knocked him out. Prime saw that and turned to see where it came from. That's when S-8R1 landed right in front of them as B stopped drifting and transformed and spin in a circle to get into a battle position. With their blasters armed, they fired at the Cons that they pissed off on the way to the team. Ultra Magnus looked to the two and wasn't happy about them.
"B-127. S-8R1. You took your sweet time in getting there." he said to them before swinging his hammer to another charging Con.
B fired his blaster at the head of another Con that's firing and looked back saying, "Sorry we're late. We hit a little traffic."
S-8 heard that and gave a sigh. "Yeah…. You could imagine the many shortcuts we had to get through to get here."
B turned to his friend and said back, "Hey! At least we made it."
"Oh, we made it all right. By the skins of or dental." she reminded him.
Magnus pounded a Con in the head and turned to tell them, "Enough! We already have a situation in our hands! I will not have this infighting in the battlefield." He soon notice that there is something missing and told them, "Where's the package? You are suppose to be at the convoy to escort it to the launch site."
Be turned to him and explained to him the situation. "Well, sir, that's why we came to warn you. We were taking the package to the rendezvous point here. But just as we were on the way, we were ambushed by the Cons."
Magnus heard that and was shocked. "What?! How? I thought the path was secured."
S-8 soon sliced a Con with her blade and turned to tell him what happened. "That's what we thought too. But they came out of the blue and attacked us. We tried to defend the convoy as much as we could, but we were greatly outnumbered. We didn't stand a chance."
Optimus soon turned to them and asked, "Why didn't you call for backup? I would've send a strike unit to assist you."
The femme turned to the leader and said, "We tried. But communications was down and B and I had to head to you guys to give you the news. It was under Hot Rod's orders."
Magnus heard all this and turned to Optimus for an answer. "Optimus… If the Decepticons attacked the convoy without warning than that means…"
Optimus thought of that and said, "Indeed. If the Decepticons attacked the convoy, then they know about the package. We need to get to the convoy and secure the package immediately before the Decepticons obtain it."
Just as he said that, one of the soldier's yelled out…
"Reinforcements! Incoming!"
All four bots turned to see what the comrade was yelling at and their optics were wide and fearful.
"Uh… Optimus? I think we got bigger problems to worry about." B said with a fearful tone in his voice.
As if on cue, a huge bot came down and landed up on the high perch. And not just any bot. This bot has gray and dark gray armor, a black cannon attached to his arm, and another cannon strapped to his back. This bot is known as Megatron, leader of the Decepticons. He was soon joined by Starscream, his second in command, Soundwave, his intelligence officer, and Shockwave, his science officer as he gave out his orders.
"Decepticons! Attack!"
A lot of fliers soon came through the air and began the assault. Optimus could see the odds were against them and told everyone to retreat.
"Autobots! Fallback!" he said as he backed away and fired his blaster at them, "Get to Omega One!"
The team heard that and flee to the launch pad where Omega One is on standby.
Up on the high rise, Megatron was aiming his cannon and fired a few shots. Seeing the Autobots falling back, he turned to Starscream and told him on what to do.
"The Autobots are retreating! Destroy the launch pad! Let none escape!" he told his commander.
Scream heard him and smirked viciously. "With pleasure…" he said as he ran to the edge with his Airadicon squadron behind him. They all transformed as they jump off the edge and flew towards the launch pad where Omega One is ready for launch, firing on any defense system that stands in their way. As the air fleet were making their way, Soundwave approached his leader and told him the good news.
"Lord Megatron, the assault unit have successfully eliminate the convoy and have confirmed the package they have acquired." the Intel officer said in his monotone voice.
The leader turned to him and asked, "And the package, is what I believe it is."
Soundwave nodded and said back, "Probability of the identification of the package is 100%."
The overlord gave a wicked smile and knew that they have found what he wanted. "Excellent… That means our victory in this never ending war will be finite."
He turned to Shockwave and asked him to take over. "Shockwave, handle the Autobot refugees. I will be retrieving the package. Make sure there are no survivors."
Shockwave heard him and turned to give out a generous bow. "As you wish, Lord Megatron."
And with that, he turned around and walked away, heading to the ambushed convoy to claim his prize.
Meanwhile, the launch pad is heavily under attack as the Cons were trying to take it down. The defense system is keeping them all at bay, but it would be a matter of time before that too will be taken down. On the launch pad, lies a huge ship in yellow, red, and gray armor, slanted upwards to prepare for take off while Neutrals and Autobots were getting into the ship. At the base, one of the bots was in charge in keeping order within the Evac zone. He was a huge bot decked in blue armor and had huge shovel like places on his shoulder pads. Looking on, he could see some infighting going on and told everyone to stop it.
"Hey, hey, hey! That's enough! There will be no infighting within the Evac zone." he said to them, approaching the fight. Breaking it off, he told them, "Now what's the hold up?"
One of the civilians pointed to the one that started this mess and said, "This slagger cut me in line! I've been here for Mega-Cycles and he came in took it. Acting like he didn't do anything, he did."
The other mech looked to the one blaming him and was appalled. "Me?! You're the one cutting line! I was waiting to get on that ship Solar-Cycles ago. I don't know if you know this, but the Cons are at our front door. I am not leaving this spot and you sure as slag ain't cutting me!"
"Cutting you?! You were cutting me!"
The two soon started to push each other until they went back into fighting. Two Elite guards soon broke them up and blue bot separated them.
"Hey! Break it off you two! I'm not going to have to be dealing with this scrap any further. Just be quiet or I will court Marshall both of you. You will get your chance getting in when you are allowed-"
Suddenly, an explosion was heard as the launch pad was shaking. Everyone was caught by surprise and wondered what happened. But one of them looked up and saw something, pointing to it.
"Look!"
Everyone turned to see what one of them saw. There was a huge plum of and explosion and it was very near. Seeing that, everyone was in a complete and utter panic.
"It's the Decepticons!"
"They're close!"
"Everyone, get into the ship!"
Almost immediately, the freaked out neutrals immediately ran to the ship and crowd around it, trying to get in. Every Elite Guard could see the situation was getting worse and the blue bot told everyone to ease off.
"Everyone calm down! Don't panic! We have the situation under control!"
But no one is listening as they were scarred to death of what would happen to them. The bot saw this and gave a deep grown at the situation.
"Why do I have to deal with the worse of jobs?" he asked himself.
Just then, he heard the sound of footsteps from behind and turned to see what it was. That's when he could see Optimus leading the way with his team not far behind. He soon approached the blue mech and spoke to him by his name.
"Sentinel. What is the status of the evacuation?" he asked.
Sentinel gave a deep sigh and told the leader, "Have a look. Every bot here is scarred slagless. They are trying to rush to Omega One. Especially now considering that there was an explosion happening close to the launch site. What is going on out there?"
The Prime turned his head away before looking back to give him the bad news. "The Decepticons are advancing to our position. We have only a short time to get everyone into Omega One so we could take off and leave."
Sentinel heard that and realized the situation was starting to get grim. "They're almost here?! Scrap… Didn't think it would be this soon. Well, we can't do anything with this many Cybertronians crowding to get in. If this keeps up, those Cons will be reaching us and we would be permanently grounded. Emphasis on permanent."
Optimus looked to the ship and could see all the civilians crowding around the ship's entrances while the Elite Guards were trying to contain the chaos. Just then, another explosion was heard and caused a lot of bots to go crazy and did everything they can to push through to reach them. The team looked back as B told the leader that it was starting to get really grim.
"Optimus, the Cons are getting closer. If they reach the launch site…"
The Prime narrowed his optics and knew he needs to do something. Looking back at the crowd, he decided to let the team handle this mess.
"Autobots! I want everyone to get all these neutrals and civilians into Omega one immediately. I'll go on ahead and hold the Cons back for a long as possible. Once everyone is in the ship, launch immediately."
The group turned to him and were extremely shocked about the news.
"Optimus? Are you mad. You want us to leave you behind? You're our leader! We need you to lead us to victory." S-8 said in worry.
The Prime looked to them and told them the reason why he should stay behind.
"While I appreciate your concern, S-8R1, I have my reasons. The Cons have attacked the convoy and have secured the package. Once Megatron gets a hold of it, then there won't be a future for all Autobots." he told everyone.
Sentinel heard that and was shocked. "They have the package!? Scrap! The situation is far worse then we have imagined. But if the ship leaves, how are you going to get out of Cybertron?"
Optimus thought of that and had to come up with a way. "I'll find a way out as soon as I retrieve it. But if I don't make it out…" He soon turned to Magnus and placed his servo on his shoulder. "Ultra Magnus, as the second in command and good friend, you will take over in my stead. I trust that the fight against the Decepticons will continue on without me."
Magnus heard that and was surprised that he would give him position of leader if he doesn't make it out of Cybertron. With that, he bowed his head down and said, "Optimus… I'm am honored."
With that, another explosion happened and it was sounding to get closer. The civilians were getting more rampant as they struggled to get in. Prime looked to see a few jets flying by. No doubt, they are trying to carpet bomb the place, but missing for a bit. But that doesn't mean that they were getting closer. Looking on, he decided to start to hold them back. He got his arm out and told everyone to get into the ship.
Optimus Prime: "Go! Get everyone into Omega One. I'll hold them off."
With that, he jumped and transformed into his Cybertronian truck mode as he sped back out. The moment he's gone, Magnus turned to the group and told them, "You heard the Prime, we need to get everyone out of Cybertron. Get the civilians inside and initiate emergency launch protocols. Let's move! We are already out of time!"
They all soon acknowledged that and turn to get to the ship, controlling the civilians and making sure they are all in Omega Once. B though looked back and was worried about their leader handling this on his own. S-8 looked to him and told him, "C'mon B. Quite stalling! We need to get off this planet now while Prime keeps the Cons busy."
The scout looked to his friend and was a little hesitant. Looking back and forth, he sighed and said, "Right… Of course."
He soon joined her as they were getting everyone in as much as they could.
As the evacuation was going on, the Decepticon fliers were in the air, reaching the launch pad where the ship would be leaving. The one thing they need to handle would be the defenses as they were avoiding all the projectiles being fired in the air. Swerving around to avoid them, they dropped their bombs on one of the anti air turrets and they were successful in destroying it after the last three. They performed evasive maneuvers and fly by to focus on the next set of defenses.
"Hmph… These Autobots think they can hold us back with their puny defenses. They have another thing coming." Starscream said with disgust. "All units, finish with the defenses! Megatron wants that ship grounded before it could take off."
They turned back around to focus their attention on the next set of defenses. What they didn't know is that there was a truck of some kind climbing up an interstate highway, high enough and close to them. It soon started to drive off the edge and smashed through the metal barricade. Flying downwards, it transformed and Optimus Prime was free falling. As he was coming down, he managed to grab hold of Starscream and grabbed him by the wings. He felt that and loose control of his flight as the others started to scatter.
"Ah! What the- What are doing?! Get off of me!"
The commander tried to regain control as he was keeping his flight pattern stead. But Optimus held on tight and punched the wing to pull out some circuits from his flight systems. He soon started to loose control as the two headed down to the ground and they were careening on an open courtyard. Optimus soon jumped off the flier and flipped before landing down on the ground on his pedes and looking to the Con. Starscream soon transformed and was groaning in pain. Standing up, he looked to his damaged body and was a little upset over it.
"You insignificant fool. Who do you think you are attacking a Decepticon commander!" he said to him.
Getting up, he armed his blaster and gave him a deep stare.
"I will not let you attack Omega One!" he said in a booming voice.
Scream could see him pointing his blaster to him and couldn't help but to chuckle. "Oh really… You and what army?"
He lifted his arms out as a group of fliers came out of the blue and transformed to land, surrounding the Prime. Optimus looked on and could tell that the odds are against him. But looking at the launch pad, he knew that he has to give his brethren time to escape.
Starscream looked to him with beady optics and chuckled a little bit. "Ah… What's the matter? Having second thoughts? You know slagging well that the odds are against you."
Looking to Starscream, he narrowed his optics and said to him, "True… But a Prime knows that they will fight to the very end."
Scream chuckled and decided to initiate the attack. "Then it is you who will be terminated on these grounds. Decepticons! Remove Optimus's spark chamber from his chest! Megatron wanted it hand on his mantel next to the package. Now!"
With that, the drones charged in and fired their blasters right at the Prime. Optimus ducked down and avoided the shots while getting his blaster out and fired with his own, taking down a few Cons in the process. Rolling to avoid the next few shots, he turned to the closest Con and shot him in the chest plate. He then proceeded to turn and push the next one with his pede and turning again and shoot the next one. He soon felt one coming up from behind and turned to grab him by the head. He then shot him in the chamber before lifting him up by the head and slammed him on the other end. He soon rolled over the lifeless shell and got back up to run and gun the next Airadicon. Jumping over him, he grabbed him by the neck and did a flip take down on him. Landing on one knee with the Con in the stranglehold, Prime shot the next one to take him down. Then twisting his body around, he did another take down on the one he was holding and brought him down easily. Getting back up, Optimus wondered who is next in the fight. He soon got his answer as a monotone voice spoke up.
"Ravage: Eject."
Turning to the voice, he could see Soundwave that has already joined the fight. Just then, the Intel Officer's chest opened up and something came out of it and shifted around. That turned out to be a mechanical panther as it charged towards the Autobot leader. Seeing that, he turned his blaster to Ravage and fired a few shots, only for it to sidestep to avoid each shot. It then pounced on the Prime and brought him to the ground, forcing him to let go of his blaster. Optimus struggled a bit to get the panther off of him before giving him a straight punch to the beast's face. Ravage rolled around before recovering and shaking off the effect. But behind it, Soundwave, Shockwave, and Starscream were walking towards the leader with Cons behind them as well. Prime stood his ground as he could tell that this was going to be a loosing battle.
"Resistance is futile, Optimus Prime. You know you can't win. Surrender now, or face our wrath." Shockwave said as he pointed his blaster arm to him.
Optimus looked around while in a fighting stance and knew that he was right. But he wasn't thinking of giving up, not until he retrieves what Megatron wants. Looking behind the Cons, he could see that Omega One is about ready to launch and looked to the three Cons and said, "You're right… I cannot fight you all on my own. But… I could distract you long enough for my comrades to escape."
The three Cons heard that as Starscream was the one asking, "What?"
Just then, they all heard the sound of thrusters taking off from behind and turned to see what that noise was. That's when they could see Omega One taking off at the launch pad and leaving Cybertron.
Scream could see that and uttered one word. "No… No. No! NO!"
He turned to see Optimus still on guard and he told everyone, "DESTROY HIM!"
He soon fired his blasters and rockets at him as the group made the charge. The Prime could see that they are all focused on him and has to not only escape, but making sure the Cons don't reach the Autobot ship. He soon side jumped out of the way to avoid Scream's weaponry and ran towards the edge of the freeway. But there were Cons that were blocking his path so he deployed his blade from his arm and started to swing towards the first Airadicon, taking out his arm in the process. Then spinning in slow motion, he deployed his ax with his other arm and swung to the next one, going for his head. With both blades, he made a clear path to the edge of the freeway and jumped off it. As he was falling, he could see some of the drones transforming to reach the ship. While what's left of the defense system would keep them at bay, it wouldn't matter as more will overwhelm the turrets and the ship would go down easily. So he looked down and saw one that was heading below him. He soon grabbed hold of it and used the drone to maneuver around and headed to one of the support pillars for the highway.
"Argh! Crazy Bot! Get off of me!" the Airadicon demanded.
Getting close to one of the pillars, Prime acknowledged by saying, "Gladly."
With his blade out, he stabbed the drone's wings a couple of time before taking out his blaster inside the body and jumping off him. The Drone soon lost control and collided into the pillar, damaging it completely. Flying and falling with style, he used his blade to slice the next one, and then used the ax to take down the third. All three pillars soon started to break apart as the highway was beginning to crumble. Optimus soon landed on the ground and with a roll, transformed into a futuristic truck and speeding away form the collapsing freeway.
With the rest of the Cons and the three leading ones, they could feel the freeway starting to give way and Starscream gave the orders.
"Decepticons! Fallback! Get off of the freeway!"
All of them started to run away as some of them begin to transform and took off. But others, like Starscream, Soundwave, and Shockwave were caught in the collapse and started to fall into the debris. At the same time, Optimus drove as fast as he could as twisted metal and steel was raining down on him. Quickly, he went into maximum overdrive and reached top notch speeds to get away from the collapse. But now, he escaped and was on a fast drive through the war torn streets of Cybertron, reaching his destination. Looking at his review mirror, he could see Omega One taking off and was leaving the planet.
"Godspeed Autobots. Till all are one."
He soon hurried as fast as his wheels will take him to the convoy that was suppose to deliver the package. He just hope that he's not too late.
In a supposed secured road that the convoy was one, it was already a wreck as heavy vehicles were blasted artillery fire from the Tank Cons on the higher end and a few Con were carrying the bodies of the bots into a pile. One of them that survived was held in stasis cuffs as two Cons were hitting him, trying to force him to open ton the vehicle that was locked up tight.
"Come on you bucket of bolts, we ain't got all solar cycle. Open this convoy and show us what you are delivering."
The mech, which has a red and yellow paint job, three pipes on the elbows, and decals looking like flames, looked up to one of the Cons and said, "Frag… Off…"
Hearing that, the Con punched the bot in the face and screamed, "Wrong answer! Open the cargo now or we will do worse to you."
But then, the two heard the booming voice from close by telling them to stop.
"That won't be necessary."
The two heard that voice and turned to see who it was. Turned out, it was Megatron as he approached the two and the imprisoned Autobot as they stood at attention.
"Lord Megatron! Sir! We have successfully stop the convoy and secured the package, but this low life wouldn't open it of us. But we are working hard to-"
The leader lifted his servo up and told them that he got it. "These Autobots are strong, soldier. They won't tell you anything unless they get beaten to termination. But I have a different method in handling this. Step aside."
With that, the two bowed as walked away from the bot. The Autobot looked up to see Megatron towering over him as the warlord got a good look at him.
"Well, well, well… If it isn't the elusive Hot Rod. They say you are the fastest bot in all of Cybertron. Sure doesn't look like it from where I'm standing at."
The Autobot known as Hot Rob looked up to the leader and said in a weak voice, "Megatron… Why am I not surprised? Shouldn't you be stopping the Autobots from escaping? Preventing them to leave is more vital then stopping on convoy."
Megs chuckled as he walked around the prone mech, "Oh don't worry about that. Starscream is handling the Autobots escape vessel even as we speak. However, I do wish to know about this mysterious convoy. You see, Soundwave had picked up shatter that a transport unit was making it's move to Iacon with some highly sensitive cargo. Pinpointed the route it is taking and everything. He specifically told me that the chances of what this package is is extremely high, so I decided to come here to confirm it. So tell me, is it what I think it is?" He stop to see that the transport was locked up tight and knew that it would be impossible to break in.
Hot Rod looked to him and gave a low grunt. "Argh… You're wasting your time, Megabreath. That transport only contains resources and supplies to Omega One. If you think we would be delivering something as valuable as that, you got another thing coming."
Megs turned to Hot Rod and asked, "Then why drive it into a private road? No…. You are hiding something from me. And you seem to be the only one that have access to what is within this container. So… Open this door now and I promise you that you would have a better termination."
The Autobot looked up to him and was still a fighter, despite being imprisoned. "Please… Like I'm going to hand something important to the cause."
Megatron smirked and said to him, "So be it…"
With that, he pointed his cannon to his head and fired right at it. The head was soon clean off as Hot Rod's body fell limp on the floor. The Cons saw that in shock as Megatron approached his carcass.
"Heh… Foolish Autobot…"
He bend down and used his other arm to deploy his blade. With a quick slice he removed Rod's arm and slice the stasis cuff in half to free it. Looking to the disembodied arm, she smirked and finished what he was saying.
"...They never learn."
Turning to the door of the convoy, he approached it with the arm and the drones watched on to see what happens. With Hot Rod's arm, he uses the servo to place it on the scanner next to the door. The scanner was soon activated and scanned the hand. The scanner soon glowed green, meaning that he had access to the convoy truck. The door in the back started to open upwards and slowly revealed what it contains. That's when a low blue light seeping out of it. The more the door rises, the brighter the light went. Once it was fully opened, Megatron and the Decepticons watch on and couldn't believe what they were all seeing.
In front of Megatron, lies a huge orange container that was glowing blue lines around the lock. Seeing that, he approached the container and hit the lock. Almost immediately, the container opened and it revealed a crystallize sphere that was glowing blue. That object inside the container was none other then the All Spark, the most powerful entity that can create Cybertronian planets and Cybertronian life. And Megatron, he now possess it.
"The All Spark…" the Decepticon leader said to himself, "The most powerful entity in all of Cybertron. This is what the Autobots were taking. And to think that Optimus would trust some young mechs to escort something as precious as this to Omega One."
Looking to the All Spark, he reached for it and felt confident with this victory. "With the All Spark in my possession, the Decepticons will rule all the universe! No one can stop us!"
But as he was about to reach for the All Spark, something big came out of nowhere and plowed to to Megatron, catching everyone by surprise. The Decepticon leader felt that and immediately planted his pedes and grabbed hold of the Cybertronian truck. He managed to stop it and lifted it up from the tires with the servos on the grill. Using all his strength, he lifted the truck up and caused it to fly into the air. During the flight, it transformed during the flip and landed on the pedes as well. As it turns out, it was Optimus Prime as he was on one knee and looked up to the warlord.
"Megatron…"
Megs looked to him and knew that he would come.
"Hello Optimus. Surprise to see you. Aren't you suppose to be on Omega One with your traitorous Autobots? They can't be led without their leader." he said to him.
Looking to his immortal enemy, he glared to him and said, "Oh, I will leave with my Autobots. But not until I retrieve what matters." He soon turned to see the open Convoy that has the All Spark from within.
Megatron looked at it too and smirked to himself. "Ah, yes… The All Spark… I'm quite surprise that you wish to take it with you off Cybertron. You and I both know that it belongs here on this planet, since it is it's first creation and we were the first to be created by it. Perhaps it's best you leave it here in...capable servos."
Optimus looked to him with a deep glare and knew that he was lying to him. Standing up, he told the leader, "Not going to happen, Megatron. I know what you are planning to do with the All Spark. You said it yourself, it can create planets and life like us. And with it in you possession, you wish to use it as a weapon to create more planets and life led by you and you alone. I will not allow it."
Hearing that, Megatron got his head down and gave a grunt. "Hmph… Such a shame. And here I thought you understand. Decepticons, you know Optimus Prime? Exterminate him, and bring me his head."
With that, all the drones pointed their blasters right at him and charged to fire. Prime looked back and could tell that he could be in trouble. But he dealt with the odds and he looked down and looked up to the warlord to say, "Bring it on." as he closed off his face plate.
With that, he turned around and made the charge as the Cons fired right at him. The Prime deployed both his blade and ax and deflected the projectiles that would hit him. Once he got close to them, he uses his melee weapons to slice a few Cons by the legs, arms, and heads. At the further distance, a group of Tankicons got their canons up and fired right at the Prime. Optimus saw that and rolled out of the way to avoid the heavy artillery. The blasts took down a few cons, but nearly got the convoy that contains the All Spark hit. Megatron saw that and told his troops to watch it.
"Check your fire! The All Spark is exposed! Hit that and it's over for all of us!" he demanded.
Optimus overheard that and had an idea in clearing the air and have the fight with him and his arch rival. Turning he immediately cut the one drone in half as it was about to fire. Running, he transformed and drove around the convoy, plowing a couple of Airadicons in the process. The remaining Tankicons aimed their cannons at the moving truck and fired right at him. Prime drove as fast as possible as the shells hit around him and exploded. A group of Decepticons soon blocked his path and continued to fire at him. The projectiles only hit the truck's armor as it didn't slow him down. With explosions coming around him, he reached the front end of the destroyed convoy and made an immediate drift to go around it. The Cons were soon plowed by the drift and were either knocked down or ran over. The Tankicons continued to fire as the explosions were around Optimus and missed him completely. Went he went around it, the Prime pushed forward and drove as fast as he could and trying not to get yet by the shell explosions.
Megatron was watching on and was getting irritated. "Argh! Insignificant buckets of bolts! Must I do everything myself?!" he said as he jumped up on top of the container that has the All Spark.
With his cannon armed, he took aim and waited for the right moment to fire. As the truck was getting closer to his position, he charged up his weapon and fired away. The Prime saw that and swirled a bit to avoid his firepower. But one of the shots hit one of his tires and he was loosing control. In a matter of seconds, his vehicle mode tripped and he tumbled around. He soon transformed during the tumble and he skidded on the floor by the chest plate. Groaning, he got slowly got up only to have the warlord place his pede on him and kept him down. With the cannon aiming at his head, Megatron smirked and said, "Last words, Prime?"
Optimus looked to him with his optics and mentioned one word. "Just one… Run."
Megs looked at him with a raise optic ridge and was confused with what he said. "Run…?"
Almost immediately, cracks within the road were starting to spread after the constant firing of the Tankicons arsenal. Those cracks, combined with the heavy convoy, let the road gave way and was collapsing from within. Megs took to this and realized that Optimus has done. All that driving and avoiding, was all part of the plan to take both the convoy and Megatron down. The Decepticon leader looked to his surviving team and told everyone to run.
"Decepticons! Retreat!" he screamed, "Don't let the collapse get you!"
The group heard that and ran for their lives, some transforming into jets, others by foot. But the crumbling caught some as they fell to their deaths as the heavy Tankicons lost their balance and went into the pitch black darkness. Megatron soon made a break for it as well, leaving the Prime to plummet to his demise. But he got caught in the collapse as he plunged into absolute darkness as well. Once the smoke cleared, all that's left was a huge hole in the road where the convoy stood.
Deep underneath the road, there was a hole in the ceiling that was emanating light as deep below is debris with twisted metal, damaged vehicles, and Decepticon corpses. All was quiet at the sweet sound of death was heard. Suddenly, the silence was shattering when there was a rumble coming from the debris. Almost immediately, an arm came out with a cannon as it was dented and damaged from the fall. Slow getting out of it, Megatron came out of pile and coughed up a bit of energon. As he was getting out of there, he would hear static from the comm system as he hear the jumbled voice of Starscream on it.
"-gatron! Lord-tron! Come- read me? Answer me, Lord Megatron!"
Once the leader managed to get out of the rubble, he groaned and answered back.
"I am here, Starscream. What is it?"
"It's the Autobots! They managed to escape on Omega One and have left Cybertronian airspace. We tried to stop them from taking off, but Optimus pulled a fast one on us and buries us in the mess he created."
Megatron heard that and cranked his neck, knowing the feeling. "Oh… I am aware of that. What is your current position?"
"We have managed to recover most of the survivors, but the Autobots have a head start on us. What are your orders?"
The leader soon looked around rubble to find the one thing he needed. At the same time, he told his commander on what to do. "Get everyone onto the Nemesis and take off after Omega One. We cannot let them get the slip on us!"
There was a bit of silence into the commander asked about him.
"But- But what about you? We cannot follow the Autobots without you leading us. As your second in command, I implore you to forget about the package and return to us, this instant!"
The leader heard that and noticed a glow from from a piece of the debris. Seeing that, he decided to take it now while he can and told Scream, "Not until a retrieve what is rightfully mine. Return to the Nemesis and go after Omega One. I will regroup with you shortly with the package secured."
He soon turned off his comm and approached the part of the debris that was glowing. Climbing up on it, he pulled out the metal and concrete to confirm what he's looking for is under all that rubble. Once he cleared everything up, he was relieve to see the All Spark is still intact, but with a few cracks on it.
"There you are… You are mine now, but precious thing. And nothing will stop me from fulfilling my destiny." he said as he reached out to touch it. But then, a blaster shot came out of the blue and his him in the back. Megs felt that and turned around to see who fired on him. That's when he could see Optimus Prime with his blaster in his servo. He was also badly damaged as he dents and cuts in his armor with energon seeping out of the wounds. But he remained stern as he was willing to protect the All Spark at all cost.
"Stay away from the All Spark, Megatron. You're battle is with me!" he boasted.
Megatron starred the Prime down and was surprised that he survived the fall. However, he knew that Optimus wouldn't go down easily without a fight and will do anything to protect the All Spark. So getting back up with his back to the All Spark, he chuckled and said, "Yes… You are correct, Prime…My battle is with you. Let us end this, you and I. And whoever is left standing will control the fate of the All Spark."
The Prime heard his terms and knew that he is willing to fight him for the future of all Transformers. "Very well… We shall fight for the future of the All Spark and we will see who gets to keep it."
Optimus soon deployed his Ax as he said the first part of their infamous line. "One shall stand…"
Megatron soon deployed his blade and finished what he was about to say. "...And one shall fall."
The two stood there, looking at each other for a brief moment. Suddenly, the two started to charge into each other as they fired their blasters right at each other. The shots have missed them and hit parts of the debris. Some of which hit the around the All Spark as it started to topple off the rubble and rolled down, leaving a few more cracks in the process. The two stop firing when they got close to each other and began swinging their blades into each other. Optimus started with an ax swing to the throat. Megs soon bend back to avoid the swing and spin to deliver a swinging back kick to knock Prime's blaster off his servo. Spinning back around, he quickly use the blade to for of the spark chamber. Prime quickly sidestepped out of the way and grabbed the enemy's arm with his arms and give him an arm drag. Megatron got flipped over completely before maneuvering his body around to turn and land on his pedes, just to arm his blaster and fired right at him. Optimus made a run for it and avoided the projectiles while blocking some with his ax. He could see his blaster on the floor and immediately jumped towards it. Going through a roll, he grabbed the blaster and got up on one knee, firing back. Megatron was shooting away as he was looking for a way to take him down a peg. Looking behind him, he could see one of the escort vehicles that was leaking energon. With a sinister smirk, he aimed right at the leaking energon and fired a stray shot to it. Once it connected, the vehicle exploded and pushed the Prime forward. The Autobot leader rolled around until he made a complete stop and had his back on the rubble. Shaking off from the last attack, he looked up to the hole and could see Megatron already over him and was about to plunge the blade into the spark chamber. Seeing that, Optimus rolled out of the way just in time for the blade to miss him and planted into the piece of concrete. Megs felt that and try to pry it out of the surface, but it was too tough to release. This gave Prime an opening as he rushed to him and gave him a punt kick to knock him off and caused the blade to be snapped. Megatron rolled around and down the debris before stopping and grabbing hold of a piece of twisted cable from falling. Looking down, he could see the light close by representing the All Spark. He knew that he need to get it, but with Optimus, it will be difficult. Looking up, he could see Optimus jumping off another convoy vehicle and bought his ax down to him. Megatron let go of the wire and jump away from the ax strike. He soon slid down the debris and used his cannon to fire right at his arch enemy. Optimus followed him and used his ax to deflect each shot. Once they reach the bottom where the All Spark was, Megatron jumped off the small hill and did a quick turn for a few more shots to the Prime. Optimus rolled away after reaching the bottom and got his blaster out to fire in the air. After one shot, he got Megs on the chest plate, but didn't terminate him. Instead, he fell into the debris and disappeared from it completely. Optimus stood up and unsheathe his ax, using both servos to hold on to the blaster. Slowly walking up to the rubble, he hope that Megatron is defeated. Approaching where he fell, he got to his spot and armed his blaster, charging it up completely. But as he took aim, he could see that he wasn't there, meaning he survived the blaster shot. Looking at the indent from the debris, he looked around to find his arch rival and demanded him to show himself.
"I know you are hiding from me, Megatron. Come on out and we can finish this fight." he told him.
What he didn't know, is that Megatron was looking from afar and needs to take care of him once and for all and get his servos on the All Spark itself. Looking around, he could see a sharp steel pipe with a straight up tip at the end. Picking it up, he nodded and knew what to do. Looking back, he talk to Optimus, just to stall him long enough to make his plan work.
"You know… It doesn't have to be this way, Optimus." he started, "Things would've been different. If the Thirteen Primes didn't rejected me and accepted you, I would've been a Prime. You and I could've been working together, as it would've been intended."
Optimus heard his plea and could tell that he is stalling. "There was a reason why the 13 Primes rejected your offer to be a Prime yourself. Your radical ideals led to your rejection. And while I did rise to be the next Prime, I felt sorry for you. We've could've done so much together. But in the end, you didn't live up to the Primes. The only bot is at fault in this, is you."
Megatron heard that and was annoyed about it. Looking for a way to distract him, he could see the corpse of the Airadicon that was terminated after the fall. Starring at it, he knew how to take care of this and laughed a little.
"My fault?" he exclaimed, "You think that it was my fault that the Prime rejected me by my own ideals? No… They turn their backs to me because they fear me. They fear that I would surpass them. They are afraid that I might rule them all. That is why they wouldn't make me their next Prime. They don't want someone like me ruling them all. But you… They see you as what they are. Weak… Pathetic… Not wanting to take action and would treat Cybertronians like the Decepticons as mere tools for their own agenda. You are the lowest of the low, Prime. Which is why I would be the one to defeat you."
Optimus listened to his side of his story and didn't find it highly possible. "If you believe that the Thirteen Prime abandoned you due to their belief of what would've happen if you became a Prime, then you are out of your processor. I will stop you, Megatron. And I will prevent you from using the All Spark as the ultimate tool of destruction. That is a promise."
He could soon hear the maniacal laughter from the warlord as he boasted that he would love to see him try. "We shall see, Prime. We shall see…"
Suddenly, a huge shadow came out from the sky and was about to attack the Autobot leader. Thinking it was Megatron, he quickly got his ax out and swung at it, cutting the attacker in half. But as he did that he looked down and realized that it was a drone that went offline during the fall. Looking on, he wondered where Megatron was. He soon got his answer as someone else jumped towards him, this time with a pointing steel cylinder. Feeling something was off, he rolled jumped out of the way and avoided the attack. That was when Megatron came down with the sharp weapon on the ground and he missed the Prime by mere inches. Prime rolled back and got his blaster out to take a few quick shots. However, Megatron got up and spin his staff around to deflect each shot. With a quick swing, he deflect a shot back and it headed to Optimus. That shot, hit the blaster and knocked it off his servo, causing it to fly in the air and away from his grasp.
Looking back see his blaster far from his reach, he knew that this is starting to be a dangerous situation. Megatron soon knew he was vulnerable and jumped up with the staff in position to go straight for Optimus's head. The Prime soon jumped back and was at a good enough distance to get away from him while the warlord place the stick on the ground, where the leader was. With the two in distance with each other, Optimus deployed both his blade and his ax together and placed in with an X formation. Megatron stood by and spin his sharp staff around to to be ready to fight. Both of them soon gave each other a stare down while the All Spark was in the rubble in the middle, glowing brightly as it watched the two. Optimus's and Megatron's optics looked at each other, never wavering, never pulling away. After a long an intensive stare, the two gave a war cry and they both charged in with their blades on the ground and emitting sparks. The moment they were together, the epic clash has begone.
With their weapons clashing the two were evenly matched as sparks were flying all over the place. They even connected from one bit of exposure, causing cuts and energon bleeding out. Megatron soon started to use his staff to do some quick thrust strikes to the Prime. Optimus quickly got his arms together and protected himself from the strike. Those said strike caused some deep wounds with circuits exposing and energon leaking. But the Prime stood his ground and waited for the moment to strike. Megatron, soon was out of breath and was trying to take a breather. However as he did that, it gave Optimus an opening and dropped his arms, headbutting the Decepticon leader in the head and make him wonky. He soon jumped up and delivered the knee to the head as well, knocking him down. Megatron lay on the metal floor, dazed and confused. The Prime immediately jumped up with the ax in his hand to deliver the final blow. But Megs got something up his sleeve as he immediately got his cannon arm out and fired a shot. The Prime saw that and got his ax up to deflect the shot. That said shot pushed the Prime back as it bounced off the ax's surface. That shot nearly hit the All Spark as the impact exploded and pushed the object forward, causing it to roll around and creating more cracks. The Prime soon landed back on the floor as well and rolled around, groaning in agony. Megatron soon got back up dusted himself, not amused by Optimus's false victory.
"You got a lot of fire in you, Prime. I'll give you that. You would've been an excellent Decepticon if you had the chance. But you chose your end. And now…" He soon pointed his cannon to him and charged it up for the killing blow. "I'm going to exterminate your Spark and let you join your Prime brethren on the planet you were created on."
Optimus struggled as he was trying to get up. Reaching out, he felt something on his servo and looked at it to see what it was. When he saw it, he found a way to delay the inevitable and gave out his choice of words. "Good. Cause I could think of no other place to bury you!"
With that, he turned around and tossed a huge piece of debris that was the size of a cannon. That said debris precisely went into the cannon when it was fully charged. Megatron saw that and try to stop it, but he prematurely fired, causing the cannon to exploded and took his arm out in the process. Megs screamed in pain as he placed his servo on the wound as it sparked electricity and energon. This gave Optimus the chance he need in finishing this and made the charge with his ax out. Megatron was still clutching to his stump and while injured, he could still fight. Risking injury, he used his sharp staff as a means of a defense and turned around to fight. Optimus swung, Megatron dodge by ducking down. Meg soon swung his staff and the Prime backed away. With the other blade out, Prime swung back as Megatron blocked it with the staff. With a parry, he pulled Optimus to him and used the knee to strike him in the gut. The leader felt that and was coughing up energon. But he recovered and used stood back up to avoid another strike. With a turn, he delivered a spear to Megaton and pinned him to the ground, forcing him to spit out energon in the process. With his ax out, he was ready to deliver the final blow. Megatron looked to it and decided to give him one request.
"Go on Prime, you got what you wanted. Finish this and end this war. Let me die an honorable death."
The Prime looked on and was silent with the warlord's words. But he knew deep down that he wasn't like him. So he reverted his Ax back into his arm and said, "Killing you won't change anything. But I will make sure that you will be trialed for your heinous actions." With that, he delivered multiple punches to his head, knocking him down and leaving him out. With the warlord down, Prime got up and looked up to the hole in the night sky. Breathing a sigh of relief, he knew that the war is finally over.
"It's over…"
Looking to the brightness in the distance, he could see the All Spark on the ground, cracked and damaged, but still in one piece. While his battle with Megatron is done, he still have to take the All Spark and bring it to Omega One that was already past Cybertronian airspace. Getting up, he slowly walked towards it just to retrieve it and getting off the planet. What he didn't know is that Megatron is still alive as he opened his beaming red optics and was glowing, grabbing his staff in the process. As for the Prime, he was reaching out to the All Spark, ready to bring it back to who it truly belongs to. But as he was about to touch it, he immediately felt something in his back and through his tank and his optics were bugging out. Looking down, he could see the staff plunged into his gut and the sharp tip was showing energon dripping down it. His energon. Almost instantly, he could feel it getting pulled deeper as he was felt he was being pushed down by something. From behind, that something was Megatron as he recovered from the assault and used his only arm and plunge his spear into Optimus's gut.
With a sinister laugh, he looked behind the Prime and said, "Yes, Prime… It is over… For you that is."
With that, he pushed him down to the floor, close to the All Spark. Optimus was reaching for it with his servo, still wanting to save it, but Megatron laughed as he looked to the leader struggling.
"Ah… Look at you. Struggling. Trying to fight for that small glimmer of hope that still ignites in your Spark. How pathetic…"
He soon got his pede up and pushed him down, right under the All Spark itself. Optimus groaned and slowly realized that he doesn't have the strength to fight him off and had to find a way to end it once and for all. As he was thinking of a way, Megatron paces back and forth, like a vulture waiting to attack his prey at the most weakest.
"You disappoint me, Optimus. You had your chance in finishing me off. Use the ax to chop off my head or go for my spark chamber. But you didn't. You decided to have mercy on me and let me live. That was your mistake, Prime. Now here we all are. Me standing here as the victor and you, groveling on the floor. So sad…"
As he boasted on his victory, Optimus looked to the glowing All Spark before him and felt like he failed it, his Autobots, and Cybertron. He knows that there's no other way out of it. But that's when he heard Megatron claiming that he will now rule with the All Spark.
"At long last… The All Spark is mine to control. All will fall under the might of the Decepticons and will suffer the wrath and Cybertron's new emperor. Lord Megatron!"
Hearing that, he understood that he he won't get away with it. Looking to the All Spark that was cracking, he knew what must be done as the warlord deployed his blade with his only arm.
"Farewell Optimus. It's been quite the feud, but I fear that this is the end. Any last words?" he asked.
Optimus listened to him and was ready to end it on his own terms. "You want the All Spark? Then you can have it!"
Megatron heard that and thought of it strange he said that. But he ignored it and was ready to deliver the crushing blow. He soon started to bring his blade down to his back and into his spark chamber. But as he was going to end it all, Optimus rolled out of the way and let the All Spark get exposed. Megs place the blade into the magical object and it started to crack hard as it started to spread across the surface. Megatron saw this realized what Optimus did.
"You fool!" he said in shock, "What have you done?!"
Optimus sat back and watched and the lights started to seep through the cracks. "What was necessary. If I cannot get to the All Spark, neither would you."
The lights were seeping deeper into the cracks as it was about to break apart.
"You don't understand!" Megatron continued, "By destroying the All Spark, it would destroy us and Cybertron as a whole! You have doomed us all!"
Optimus looked on and was ready to accept his fate. "If this is how this war will end, then it will end with us and the planet. I will accept it as such. Till all are one!"
The moment the All Spark was cracked fully, it broke apart in eight pieces and leaving a bright light that started to spread. Megatron was caught in the blast as he was getting wiped out by it.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
The moment he was gone, Optimus was next as he closed his optics and let it happen, knowing he did the right thing. He was soon engulfed by the light was was destroyed completely. The light soon spread to Cybertron, ripping everything and everyone in its path. No one was safe as the light engulfed the entire planet. Then the light collapsed in on itself, and exploded in a blinding light, leaving nothing but an empty space where the planet was. The only thing that survived were both the Autobot and Decepticon vessels as they left Cybertronian space. But both factions have seen what has happened.
In Omega One, all the Autobots saw the their home world destroyed in that light of the All Spark on the screen. S-8R1 watched on completely horrified of what happened and uttered one word.
"No…"
She soon snugged to B's chest and cried as energon tears started to stream down her face plate. The scout could tell the pain she has and hugged her, feeling spark broken loosing their leader. All the Autobots and neutrals were hurt too knowing that they only hope and their home are gone forever. But for Ultra Magnus, while hurting, knew that Optimus sacrifice himself to save them all. So he put that in consideration that his sacrifice will never be in vain and they would have to move on without him. He will be remembered as the Prime that sacrificed all to save a few.
But in the Nemesis, it's a completely different story. As the armada watched their home destroyed and their leader gone from them, Starscream was in the middle of it and turned to his army, giving a twisted eulogy of his own.
"Decepticons… It is with deep sorrow that I note for the log that Megatron's spark has been extinguished. The loss of the leader of the great Decepticon Uprising is certainly a blow to our cause. Yet, we mustn't despair over his tragic demise, but instead, embrace his ultimate sacrifice and build upon the foundation he laid, with an even mightier hand."
He soon looked up to his armada and have a sinister grin on his face.
"All hail, Lord Starscream…"
Both ships flew in separate directions as they vanished into the vast stars. As their leaders and planet was destroyed, they know that the war will continue until one faction will claim the victor. But as one chapter ends for them, a new chapter begins for something else.
In the middle of the light, the All Spark, survived, but it was split apart in eight pieces and floated in the ether before the collapse caused eight vortexes and sucked each piece in. The shards took the long journey as it flew into the darkness until the light appeared at the end of the tunnel.
What all Cybertronians didn't know is that the All Spark in general is sentient. It knew that the world it harbored was no more. It knew that what's left of Cybertronian life will be on the verge of extinction. And it knew that it was split to eight shards. Knowing that, it knew what must be done. In order for these sparks to be protected, it must be in new vessels, new living vessels. For these vessels will not only take shape, but they will take the form of Cybertronian Warriors of based on their skills, bravery, and kind hearts. It is the only way for the new future of Cybertron to be intact. As the shards left the vortex, they soon crashed into for separate planets, waiting for their new vessels to come and claim them.
This is the story of eight unsuspecting heroes from eight different dimensions. Witness as these eight go from ordinary to…
More Than Meets the Eye.
And this is where the title for this story will take place and the end of the first chapter. Got to say, I made it quite epic. Much better then when I did this intro as a short and simple one. And while, yes, it does end in tragedy, it will start with hope with these eight individuals. Who are they, you ask? Well, I'm afraid you all have to wait to find out. Starting with one that will, and these are quick hints, lives in an alternate version of San Francisco and likes speed. I'm sure you can guess who this person is and who this person is going to turn into. But you all have to wait and see. Please Review. #WherearetheGoodCartoons?