Hello, bots and cons. Centurion Maximo here and welcome back to Transformers (2007): Rewritten. In the last chapter, Sector 7 revealed to Spike, Sparkplug, Lennox, his men, and Defense Secretary Keller that they have Megatron and the Allspark in their possession. Unfortunately, Frenzy snuck in and reported the Allspark's location to Soundwave who relayed it to every other Decepticon on Earth. After a little test of the Cube's energy, changing a normal Nokia flip phone into a killer spider-like robot, Starscream, Skywarp, and Thundercracker attack the power station while Frenzy frees Megatron, but gets killed immediately after.

Bumblebee is freed and taken to the Allspark which shrinks down to the size of a beach ball. Megatron is reactivated and leaves his former prison, but not without giving his captors his retribution.


*Hoover Dam. Soundwave. 10:34 am*

Soundwave was attached to the darkside of the hoover dam. He looked to be calm and calculative on the outside as he kept a close watch on the radio waves filtering through to a specific radio. On the inside he felt something he hadn't felt in a very long time, anger. Soundwave had an attachment to his Mini-Cons for the simple fact that they were his. To lose them is to lose a part of himself and so he was quite upset but being a professional he didn't show it. Deciding it was time for him to take action against the humans, Soundwave had his tentacles emerge from his body and slither to the radio's location. "Operation: Obliteration."

Soundwave was a top ranking Decepticon, what many people often make a mistake in, is believing that to be considered the best is to be Megatron's second in command. But in reality that was the worst spot to be in as a decepticon. It was the place decepticon leaders put a person in because they did not trust you and knew you'd be untrustworthy with any other task. To truly know you were in someone like Megatron's good graces were positions that required a great amount of trust. Communications Officer was one of those precious positions.

Soundwave's tentacles were making their way to Sector 7's information center and getting progressively thinner the longer they extended. As they journeyed through the facility, they didn't take a single wrong turn. It was almost like they had minds of their own. It didn't take them long to reach the information center. They managed to easily pick the locked door before officially entering. Once they reached the computers, they immediately began working their magic. Smaller tendrils suddenly emerged and glowed a bright blue as they hacked into the system. Within seconds, the download was causing the computer monitors to go haywire as all the information was downloaded by the communications tactician. No humans even came to see what was going on as they were reeling from Megatron's freedom.

"This is Soundwave to Lord Megatron. I am hacking into the human's database as we speak. We will soon know all of their secrets and battle power. They will not be able to hide anything from us." Soundwave assures his leader.

"Excellent, Soundwave. Unlike some of my other warriors, you've never failed me, even after all these stellar cycles." Megatron complimented over the comm.

"I live to serve Megatron. To fail is the greatest dishonor." Soundwave replies in a mostly neutral tone but anyone who knew him knew he was expressing pride as well. "Lord Megatron, the humans are attempting to warn the government. Should I stop them?"

"Don't bother with that, Soundwave. Return to the Nemesis and await further instructions. I will join my other Decepticons in claiming the Allspark." Megatron said.

"I will do so, my lord. Just need to finish downloading earth's defenses." The loyal communication officer replies dutifully.

Megatron gives a scary smile as he turns to a cowering Starscream, "If you even worked half as hard as Soundwave. Maybe you'd actually make for a half decent leader." He then taunts cruelly.

It took a couple minutes for Soundwave to finish downloading Earth's defenses. His tentacles retreated from the computers and made their way back to the communications officer. The tentacles got thicker the more they retracted. Soon, they fully retracted back into Soundwave. "I have finished the download, Lord Megatron. I am returning to the Nemesis now."

"Good. I'll call when you are needed." Megatron then replies.

*Nevada Desert. Autobots & Allspark Convoy. 10:51 am*

Optimus Prime and the other Autobots were still driving around towards the location just about to pass Lennox and his convoy, Bumblebee included. Once they saw Bumblebee was safe, the Autobots pumped their brakes and performed a hard u-turn and caught up to the convoy. "Bumblebee. Thank the Allspark you're safe." Optimus said to Bumblebee through the commlink. There was great relief in his voice.

Arcee drove up beside Lennox's Assault Buggy and communicated via her holographic avatar. "So, given that you guys are clearly escorting Bumblebee and that you haven't fired on any of us, I assume you know about us Autobots?" She correctly guessed.

"So, what's the plan?" Jazz asked through the commlinks.

Lennox soon explained a quick summary of their plan, and with the Autobots' help, they have a better grasp of what to do, adding that if they could get the Allspark into military hands, they may chase off the Decepticons from pursuing it any further.

"Then we will assist you in any way we can. Autobots, form up with the convoy." Optimus ordered as the rest of the Autobots got into formation with the soldiers as they drove to Las Vegas.

Soon enough, the Autobots and the Allspark convoy were on the busy highway towards Las Vegas. However, panic quickly spread as Barricade was leading the way, his sirens blaring as people who thought he was a real police officer started to clear the way as Sandtrap, Brutewheel, and Twitch followed close behind. The panic only grew as the Decepticons were on the same highway as the Allspark convoy. Sandtrap then started bulldozing his way past civilian drivers, bumping into them and causing them to crash against the barrier separating the roads going opposite directions.

"Oh, crap!" Spike shouted as he looked behind them. "I think we got Decepticons on our tails!"

A part of Brutewheel's hood suddenly opened up and a missile launcher appeared. The Decepticon wasted no time in firing a missile at the Autobots and human soldiers. Ironhide swerved out of the way enough to hit a streetlight on the side of the bridge and blow it off the structure. A pair of machine guns popped out of his hood. "Optimus! The kid's right! We got Cons sniffing our tailpipes! It's Brutewheel and Twitch! They're firing on us!"

Optimus slowed his speed, applying his brakes and got behind Ironhide and Ratchet. He then ordered "Maintain heading! Chromia, Prowl, and I will slow them down!"

Twitch and Brutewheel slowed down a little for Sandtrap to overtake them and rush ahead full-throttle. While driving at full speed, Sandtrap suddenly began transforming, his parts shifted into place. With a growl, he completed his transformation with some of his feet still making contact with the road were said wheels of his Buffalo Mine Sweeper mode.

Twitch and Brutewheel soon picked up speed again as they opened fire on Optimus, Chromia, and Prowl. Optimus transformed going at full speed, slowing down as shifting parts dragged and carved up the road, allowing him to dodge the bullets and missiles fired upon him. Once the Prime jumped out of the way of two missiles that hit a billboard, Twitch and Brutewheel went full throttle as Optimus stopped just shy under a higher bridge at the interchange. Then, Twitch hit the guard walls in such a way that he actually flew clear of the road and crashed bumper-first into the overpass' support pillar, completely obliterating it, and causing the structure to collapse as Barricade and Brutewheel raced past Optimus as the bridge collapsed behind them and continued their pursuit of the Allspark. Twitch went past Optimus and landed back on the road, rejoining his comrades.

Meanwhile, Sandtrap was still wheeling towards Optimus, catching up to a metropolitan bus. Sandtrap got closer and closer to the bus, then with a growl, tackled the bus, cutting it in half with the fire of the explosion dancing around his body like a cloak continuing his pursuit toward Optimus Prime.

Sandtrap got closer to Optimus, the Autobot commander turning around as he had heard the bus explosion. Turning around quickly, it still wasn't in time as he was tackled by Sandtrap. Prowl called out to Optimus as he anc Chromia rushed to assist their commander as Optimus and Sandtrap fell off the bridge they were on to a lower level of the highway. The two landed in front of a van screeching to a halt, with a mother and son inside who were completely gobsmacked at what they were seeing.

Optimus got sucker-punched in a manner that a bit of sludge splattered on the van's windshield. Once the two Cybertronians got back onto their feet, Optimus launched an uppercut of Sandtrap's face, nearly knocking an optic out of the Decepticon's face. The punch pushed Sandtrap as Optimus effectively directed the momentum of Sandtrap's recoil to the ground level of the interchange. Optimus soon hopped down to pursue Sandtrap as Chromia and Prowl quickly followed after their leader, the latter firing a couple shots to try and distract the brutally violent Decepticon. The boy could only shout "Cool, Mom!" with a huge smile.

Optimus soon swung under the bridge, landing as Sandtrap got up onto his feet. With a large thud, Optimus began talking to Sandtrap. "I know you have a burning hatred for everything, but it doesn't have to be that way all the time. Surrender and turn your back on Megatron's warmongering. This conflict is meaningless and enough lives have been destroyed by our war."

Sandtrap merely growled as he turned his minn-sweep arm into a clawed trap and snapped at Optimus, the Autobot dodging out of the way. "Never! The only way to stop me is to kill me, Autobot, like those worthless bags of organic filth that I dispatched earlier!"

"So be it…" Optimus sighed with finality as an orange glowing sword transformed from his right hand. Sandtrap felt the bullets from Chromia's guns, lurching after Optimus hid behind a support pillar. Once the Autobot commander noticed the Decepticon's intentions, he reacted swiftly without wasting a single movement. Optimus grabbed Sandtrap's arm in a hold under his pit and almost immediately, he swung his Energon Sword down and cleaved Sandtrap's arm off in a shower of sparks and embers with the Decepticon roaring in pain as a consequence. Optimus then let go of the severed arm and cut the mine-sweep arm off as he held the Decepticon in a chokehold. Optimus then thrust his blade into Sandtrap's throat as a bigger shower of sparks and fire shot out when Prime twisted his wrist.

The Autobot commander pulled back with a loud thunk and Sandtrap's corpse fell onto its back, the severed head rolled in front of Optimus's feet. The Decepticon's beige/brown colors fading to a dull gray as the red light in the optics dimmed out. Optimus stepped over Sandtrap's leg with a sad look in his eyes as he retracted his blade. "May you find peace with the multitude of fallen sons and daughters of Cybertron in the Allspark. I am sorry that it had come to this…"

Prowl and Chromia soon landed towards Optimus and could tell he was feeling slightly depressed, but before either of them could check if their leader was okay, Prowl heard something and shouted "Incoming!" All three Autobots took cover as ten Apache Assault Helicopters fired at them. They half descended and transformed into faceless drones with the singular center lens and fired upon them.

They hid behind cover as the airborne drones fired their gatling guns at them. "This has Onslaught written all over it!" He shouted.

"They're trying to divide us from the Allspark!" Optimus responded as he fired his Ion Blaster at the air troops, but missed.

Chromia fired and knocked one onto the ground. "Get back to the others, Optimus! Onslaught is going to corner them in the human city, he's likely figured out what their plan is…"

"Go! We'll handle this, Prime!" Prowl added as he rushed at the drones.

Optimus hesitated for a second before saying "Stay safe, Autobots, and join us when you can…" He ran in the direction of the rest of the convoy, transforming into his truck mode with one of the ground troops noticing this.

"Prime's escaping! Don't let him get away- HURK!" The drone shouted before being cut off by Prowl driving a knife through the head of that specific drone while Chromia quickly fired at the remaining air drones and grounding them.

"Looks like we're going to have more company!" Prowl shouted as a couple red Chevrolet Cobalts suddenly transformed into another type of Decepticon Drones that immediately began firing at the two Autobots.

*Las Vegas. Autobots & Allspark Convoy. 11:23 am*

The Autobots in their vehicular disguises and Allspark Convoy were parked outside a shop called Rhonda's Loan Center. They had made it there with little resistance, thankfully. Lennox exited the shop with the shortwave radios that they were going to use to contact the Air Force. These radios looked like large black-colored bricks, in all honesty. "Here, take these." Lennox gave the radios to Epps.

"Wh-What am I supposed to do with these?" Epss asked.

"Well, use 'em. That's all we got." Lennox said as he hopped back into the buggy with Epps looking at him strangely.

"This is like radio shack dinosaur radios or something, man." Epps said as the convoy drove through the city. "I'm only gonna get 20 or 30 miles outta these things." He then spoke up into the radio. "Are there any aircraft orbiting the city?"

They heard iconic roaring engines as three F-22s soared overhead. "F-22s at 12:00! Alright, here's the plan: I want planes for air cover and get Black Hawks on station to extract that Allspark, got it? From what I've heard about this Onslaught, he's probably bringing the fight to us, so we've got to keep them occupied so the military can get the Cube to a more fortified location…" Lennox relayed to Epps as the convoy stopped in the middle of the street amidst panicking civilians. "Air Force has arrived! Pop smoke!" He ordered and green smoke surrounded the convoy.

Epps relayed an inquiry through the radio. "Raptor, raptor, do you copy? We have you visual. Green smoke is the mark. Provide air cover and vector Black Hawks for extraction." The air was thick with tension as the rest of the soldiers got nervous at the lack of response.

In another part of the city, Onslaught, still in his anti-air artillery truck mode, heard the conversation and merely spoke a remark to himself. "Predictable humans. Though a meaningful and solid attempt, it will fail all the same. Starscream, attack the convoy. Brawl, Swindle, Twitch, and Brutewheel: Move in for the kill." He ordered.

Starscream flew below the skyline and chuckled. "I read you loud and clear, humans…"

Ironhide quickly transformed and shouted "It's Starscream!"

Arcee quickly changed forms hearing the name Starscream. "I can see Skywarp and Thundercracker as well!" She added with urgency while Epps nervously pleaded for the jets to copy.

Bumblebee transformed to robot mode to help Ironhide. "Everyone, take cover! Bumblebee! Help me hoist this thing up!" The citizens were panicking in the streets over the communications blackout soon had another thing to worry about as they screamed and ran away from the Autobots. Both Ironhide and Bumblebee then lifted a delivery truck at an angle to serve as a barrier for the incoming assault.

"No, no, no, no, move!" Lennox shouted urgently as he and the rest of the convoy scrambled to prepare for the incoming attack. "Retreat! Fall back!" He yelled. They were severely unprepared for the Decepticons assuming the form of military vehicles.

"Incoming!" Ironhide shouted as the three Decepticon jets fired their missiles. A few hit the truck that was hoisted up and the blast knocked the two Autobots off their feet and sent them crashing into nearby buildings, but Bumblebee's legs were blasted right off and he let out a long agonizing beep as he was in utter pain.

The explosions were deafening to all the humans for a few minutes as they recovered. Dust was kicked up all over the place. "Anyone hurt? Everyone okay?! Clear the area!" One of the soldiers shouted.

Spike and Sparkplug turned to see Bumblebee stumble and groan as he began crawling to a more open space. Writhing in pain, his body twitched as it hurt for Bumblebee to even move. "Oh, Bumblebee! Your legs!" Spike panicked. "Come on, Bumblebee! You have to get up!" The young man began to tear up seeing his friend in this state. "Ratchet!"

Lennox and several soldiers took cover behind some newly made rubble, readying for another sweep from the Decepticon jets. He turned to Epps and pushed him a little in frustration. "What the hell was that?!"

"What are you talking about?!" Epps asked, but Lennox cut him off.

"What do you mean what am I talking about?! They shot at us!" Lennox exclaimed.

"Those weren't real jets. Those were Starscream, Skywarp, and Thundercracker." Arcee said with a frustrated growl while reprimanding herself. "Scrap, I should've known the Cons' would still take advantage of their aerial superiority."

Epps added to this by turning to Lennox. "F-22 pilots would never fly below buildings unless it's for an airstrike! That's alien! That ain't friendly!"

"Please, you got to get up. You're okay." Spike pleaded as he was still facing Bumblebee who was still crawling, being guided by his human friend.

"*The pain…! It hurts so much! I wanna die! It hurts…!" Bumblebee cried in pain via radio clips still groaning in agony.

"Stand back!" Ratchet ordered as he ran up to Bumblebee and started inspecting the Autobot scout's legs. "Bumblebee, I can't operate on you if you're still moving!"

"Army Black Hawk inbound to your location, over." A voice called out over the radio Epps was still holding. Up in the sky, two Helicopters flew over another section of North Las Vegas.

Epps immediately began calling to the pilots. "Alpha 2-7-3 degrees, 10 miles. November Victor 1.2 clicks north.

All of a sudden, everyone jumped in shock at the sound of a huge cannon firing, grabbing their attention as they saw a large green tank firing as well as rolling up to the convoy, crushing a car under its weight. Soon enough, Twitch and Brutewheel passed the tank as well as Swindle. The three transformed to their robot modes.

"Alright, you grease buckets! Arm up and take them down! Just to warn you that these beauts will cost you for what I had to do to acquire this merchandise!" Swindle shouted as he tossed Twitch and Brutewheel some mean looking firearms. The Decepticon arms dealer rolled away back to his fellow Combaticon and provided cover fire.

Spike was still with Bumblebee, but now he was in a sitting position as he tumbled to avoid getting hit by Brawl's shells. "I'm not leaving you, Bumblebee…" He said with conviction.

Bumblebee looked at Spike for a second, then looked to the ground. He picked up the Allspark and handed it to the young man. "*They need to be stopped… no matter the cost… out hopes are in your hands… Spike…*"

Meanwhile, Ironhide was rushing to face Brawl as the tank continued firing. The Autobot swerved and dodged each artillery shots. The gruff veteran then shouted "You're mine, Brawl!" He then converted from truck to robot mode in slow motion. Mid-transformation, Ironhide jumped over a couple of missiles fired by Swindle, his arm cannons forming as he was nearly vertically oriented. To keep his momentum amidst his somersaults, he fired his cannons directly at the ground, continuing his momentum in a flip. This was seen from the perspective of a woman in a blue dress.

Jazz drove up as fast as he could as Ratchet split up to flank the Decepticons. He drove up to Brawl and transformed in the air as he landed on the green tank and pulled the turret to the side as he taunted "Come on, Decepticon punk!"

Swindle backpedaled so as to not become a target himself as Brawl transformed himself while Jazz was still on his person. As he transformed, Brawl tried to knock Jazz off as the Autobot lieutenant broke off one of his missile pods from his left shoulder strut.

"Get off me!" Brawl growled in a voice comparable to a gruff, burly bully as he managed to grab Jazz's leg and threw him into a building's brick wall, humans fleeing and cursing in fright.

Back with Ironhide, he was still jumping and dodging Brawl's shells as he let two shots of his own loose at Brawl. Said shots hit their mark as Ironhide and Prowl took on Brutewheel and Twitch while Jazz recovered and slid across Brawl and fired at him. Ratchet jumped as high as he could as a buzzsaw formed on one of his hands with Brawl trying to block the medic's attack once he noticed. But with the precision of a surgeon, Ratchet cut Brawl's right arm clean off at the elbow joint, the severed appendage crashing to the ground over Brawl's roar of anger.

"Concentrate your fire!" Lennox ordered as he and all the other soldiers fired on Brawl. The Decepticon was pelted with shots from both humans and Autobots. Even Arcee managed to get a few shots where the humans struck with their weapons and they succeeded in bringing Brawl down.

The only one that wasn't joining in on the fight besides Spike is his father Sparkplug who had got a Ford F-350 Tow Truck to help Bumblebee. He easily picked the lock of the door and hotwired it. Sometimes, it paid to be a mechanic.

However, bad things would follow as Megatron landed in an alleyway with a heavy thunk, callously smashing a railing on one of the buildings. There were dark red splotches on his hands and feet. He walked out of the alleyway with a satisfied grimace. Once the master of the Decepticons entered the view of the convoy, the Autobots visibly panicked at the sight of their long-lost nemesis. "Scrap! It's Megatron! Retreat! Fall back!" He shouted.

"All hail Megatron!" The other Decepticons chanted in support of their leader.

Jazz though aimed his weapons at Megatron though he trembled a little as Megatron towered over him. "You guys go! I got this!"

"Fall back!" Lennox shouted to everyone amidst the fleeing civilians that were caught in the crossfire that were tripping over themselves and each other as they ran for their lives. Jazz fired his weapons, but the shots bounced harmlessly off Megatron who retaliated by firing his Fusion Cannon at the ground, knocking Jazz off his feet. The Autobot lieutenant groaned in pain. Soon enough, Megatron activated his flying capabilities, grabbed Jazz as he flew off, dragging the Autobot along the side of skyscrapers.

Lennox and the soldiers regrouped as Twitch, Brutewheel, and Swindle fired upon them. "We need air cover down here now!" Epps shouted through the radio. One of the Sector 7 Assault Buggies wound up upside down.

Spike was still sitting and staring at the Cube as Bumblebee used all of the strength he could to sit upright. Both flinched at the sound of a truck approaching them, but it turned out to be the tow truck Sparplug took. The father stepped out. "Spike, we're gettin Bumblebee out of here."

Megatron flew to the top of a tower on the side of one of the building complexes with the Autobot lieutenant in his grasp. He landed with Jazz under his feet like a bird of prey, the Autobot groaning in pain under the strain of Megatron's weight crushing him underfoot. "Is that all you got, Megatron? I'm still kickin!" Jazz defiantly remarked to Megatron despite the pain he felt.

"Not for long, little cretin." Megatron snarled as he grabbed Jazz and lifted him from underfoot.

As he was being lifted up by his leg, Jazz fired a torrent of bullets that did little to no damage to the Decepticon warmonger. He even managed to get a kick or two in, but had the same result. "You want a piece of me?! You want a piece-"

Jazz's ribbing was cut off as Megatron slammed Jazz against the tower. Megatron proceeded to break Jazz's back and pulled at his leg and arm. "No. I… want… two…" With an exertion, he violently tore Jazz in half, blue glowing liquid splattering out and catching fire from the two halves of Jazz's torso and hips, the Autobot's limbs falling limp and his white and blue colors faded to a dull, lifeless gray.

Back on the street, Lennox asked "What's going on?!"

Burke looked to see Brawl was actually getting back on his feet. "Sir, that tank thing's gettin back up!" He responded.

Arcee rolled up beside them. "Some opponents just don't stay down, even after you break their legs…"

"Oh, these things just don't die..." Lennox muttered.

Onslaught was nearby as well. "Blackout, finish them! Lord Megatron grows impatient. The Allspark was last seen in possession of the Autobot scout. Locate him and take the Allspark. Its energy signature is bouncing all around the city…"

"Yes, Onslaught. All hail Megatron." Blackout transformed to robot mode atop a tower.

Lennox looked behind him and saw this. He sighed in exasperation seeing the reason he got involved in the Transformers' war in the first place. "Oh, we're so dead…"

"Blackout… Megatron's ever loyal hound and weapon of mass destruction." Arcee directed her weapons at Blackout instead of Brawl.

Back with Spike and Sparkplug, the father and son were using the tow cables as a harness to hoist Bumblebee so he could sit on the tow-bed. "Spike! Sparkplug!" Lennox shouted as he ran up to the two. "Spike, where's the Allspark?"

"Right there." Spike replied, pointing to the Cube which was glowing a faint blue within the interior.

Sparkplug relayed some instructions for Spike as they used the tow chains to wrap around Bumblebee so they could drive him out of the battlefield. "Epps, get those Black Hawks down here! We're gonna be overrun!" Lennox yelled. He looked down another street in Las Vegas, noticing a ten or twelve-story building with statues on the top. "That building…" He began to formulate a plan.

Heading to Spike and Sparkplug, Lennox began to explain things. "All right, I can't leave my guys back here. The Decepticons are overrunning our perimeter. Take this flare." He gave the young man said flare. "Okay, there's a tall, white building with statues on top along the roof's edges. Go to the roof and set the flare. It will alert the choppers to your location and you will hand them the Cube."

Spike immediately refused as he didn't want to leave Bumblebee. "No, no, no! I can't do this!"

"Listen to me! You're a soldier now!" Lennox got into Spike's face with a stern expression while grabbing his shirt. "Alright, you have to take this Cube and get it into military hands while we hold them off or a lot of people will die and our planet will be destroyed!"

Lennox was about to command Sparkplug to get out of here, but Sparkplug fiercely retorted with "You listen to me, Lennox! I'm Colonel Irving Witwicky and I am not leaving until I get our friend out of here!" Hearing that actually stunned Lennox as Sparkplug went back to what he was doing.

"Army Black Hawk requested for immediate evac of civilian boy with precious cargo. Headed for rooftop marked by flare. Precious cargo marked top priority extraction." Epps relayed to the Black Hawks as they flew closer to the battlefield which was evidenced by towers of smoke rising from a distance in the city.

Ironhide and Ratchet turned to face Spike. "Spike, we will protect you." Ironhide reassured, which Spike nodded to.

Sparkplug saw this after he tied the last cable and was ready to get Bumblebee out of there. "Hey, son!" He called out which Spike turned to face him. "Be very careful, Spike! You can be great!"

"Spike, get to the building!" Ironhide readied his cannons.

Ratchet adding with "Move! Onslaught is pressing out the first line, so time is short! Arcee, you will stay here and keep their attention on us! I detected Optimus, Chromia, and Prowl entering the city. Inform them of the plan to keep the Cons' attention directed on us!"

Onslaught could sense that the Autobots were planning. "They're readying for something. Blackout: You, Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp locate the Autobot scout or the human he was guarding! The rest of us will slaughter all resistance! Move!" Onslaught transformed into his large-framed and burly robot mode.

"Good plan, Onslaught! Decepticons, attack! Kill them all! I will not tolerate any failure!"Megatron roared.

With that, the Autobots and soldiers engaged in trench warfare as Brawl, Swindle, Twitch, Barricade who finally made it, and Brutewheel opened fire on the convoy. Ironhide and Ratchet fired while retreating to cover Spike who looked like he was running a marathon/football run with the Allspark in his arms. Chromia and Prowl arrived and added to the cover fire. Ironhide at one point had to use an abandoned car as a shield from weapons fire from Blackout who quickly transformed into his helicopter mode.

Brawl was continuing to force the convoy/resistance to take cover while in the background, Sparkplug drove Bumblebee out of the battlezone. Bullets and missiles fired from both sides and they hit the ground, the opponents, and sometimes the buildings.

Meanwhile, Optimus Prime had finally reached the battle as he was driving down an alleyway, hitting a trash can. He managed to epically drift in his truck mode before transforming into his robot mode. When his head popped up, he had a determined expression as his parts shifted and converted. Getting into a battle stance, he activated his battle mask and stared at his nemesis. "Megatron…"

"Prime…" Megatron growled with venom while tossing Jazz's bisected corpse aside like garbage. He jumped off the tower and spun in mid-air as he transformed to his Cybertronian starfighter mode and flew towards Optimus. Optimus clenched his fists, intent on bringing out his Energon swords and jumped up, but Megatron was too fast and Optimus was carried away. Megatron purposely crashed into buildings to shake Optimus off, but Prime kept holding onto the wings.

Soon, Megatron and Prime crashed through the middle of another building, the windows showing there were still people inside. Quite a few of them became nothing but dark red splotches of blood as the two leaders crashed through the other side and landed on the ground, barrelling through the street. Now in robot mode, Megatron grabbed Optimus by his arms and pulled the Autobot commander closer as he spoke to his foe. "It's been stellar cycles since we last clashed, Optimus Prime. I see that you're still the noble weakling who believes in the good in everyone. It sickens me to see such typical weakness. Surely, you know about the history of this planet's inhabitants and what they did to your poor scout. Humans don't deserve to live…"

Optimus managed to break one arm free from his nemesis' grasp, using said free arm to push against Megatron's face as he refuted. "They deserve to choose for themselves how they live! You have no right to decide how they live or die! You destroy everything you touch, Megatron!"

"Because everything I touch is food for my hunger! My hunger for power! If you really feel that strongly for the humans, then you can die with them, brother!" Megatron kneed Optimus in the face and punched him in the gut as he picked Prime up and tossed him several yards away which sent Optimus to the ground. Megatron then charged up his Fusion Cannon as what looked like bullet shell casings appeared on his other arm. "Join them in extinction, Optimus Prime!" He roared as his arms fused together to make the already impressive weapon even more imposing and powerful with a longer barrel.

Optimus quickly got up and rushed Megatron, firing a few blasts from his Ion Blaster, a couple of which hit the Decepticon tyrant on the shoulder and hip, making Megatron recoil. Megatron however used the momentum of the blast to regrip his weapon and fire his Fusion Cannon which hit Optimus square in the chest and sent him flying across the street and crashing hard into the building feet first as the humans inside fled to get out of the way. Optimus struggled to get up as Megatron looked at his nemesis. "Oh, how easily I could kill you now, Prime. But, I have more pressing matters to attend to. Decepticons!" Thundercracker, Skywarp, and Onslaught showed up beside him. "Keep Prime occupied while I claim my prize."

Onslaught bowed. "Either the Autobot scout or the human he guards have the Allspark. The city's buildings are making it difficult to locate it."

Megatron looked at Onslaught with a murderous glare and after a moment of thought, he gave his reply. "Leave that to me… I've been hunting for the relic for millions of stellar-cycles, and I will have it by the end of this rotation."

Spike was still running with Ironhide and Ratchet running beside him keeping him safe. "Keep moving, Spike! Don't stop!" Ironhide yelled. The young human even managed to dodge Blackout destroying another Camaro-looking car and kicked it into what looked to be a diner. However, it got worse when Starscream flew down and transformed into robot mode, his left hand changing into his missile launcher. Spike took cover between a couple of cars as the bout between Starscream and Ironhide and Ratchet began, but Starscream was faster than the two as he used his machine gun on the two Autobots, pelting them with bullets. Sure, the Decepticon Seeker got hit a couple of times, but they bounced off him. Ironhide and Ratchet were exclaiming in pain as they were still being pelted.

A loud bang near his metal head showed that Chromia had joined this fight, but Starscream just responded by firing a couple of missiles which knocked her back. Seeing his work was done, Starscream jumped and flipped into the air as he transformed back to his F-22 Raptor mode and flew off. All three Autobots were damaged, but Ironhide was definitely the worst off as several spots had glowing blue liquid dripping out. The weapons specialist clutched his hand over the wound under his left abdominal region. "Spike, get to the building! Go!" He groaned in agony.

While Spike resumed running as fast as he could, Megatron flew down and transformed as he stomped onto the asphalt. A car swerved to a stop in front of the tyrant who grabbed it with the person still inside and tossed it away behind him like throwing a stone. He then growled again. "Give me the Allspark, boy!" Hearing this caused Spike to run even harder, pure panic in his eyes as he swerved and spun out of hitting other fleeing civilians in Las Vegas.

Spike nearly got hit by a Taxi driving away and narrowly avoided it as a large truck stopped in front of him in time to not kill the young man, but not soon enough for him to roll along the truck's grill and land on the pavement hard. The manner in which he landed caused the Allspark to hit the ground first with a loud explosive sound as he rolled back onto his feet. The Cube had sent a massive energy wave in an expanding circle that reached several yards. Said energy wave sent several people onto their feet as the energy brightened as it traveled up into some devices like someone carrying an Xbox 360 inside of its package and a 7up Vending Machine.

As Spike struggled to get back onto his feet, Prowl looked in the direction of the sudden readings his sensors detected. He turned to Arcee. "I'm going to assist Spike Witwicky. Can you hold things here until Chromia can return to your position and provide backup?"

Arcee chuckled wryly As she replied. "Me and a bunch of humans against the likes of Brawl, Swindle, Onslaught, Barricade, Twitch, and Brutewheel all on our own? I'm not stopping you. We have to stop Megatron's madness, no matter the cost…"

Spike continued to run off with the still glowing Allspark in his hands, though the glowing was starting to fade. Inside the truck he rolled off of, the driver and passengers, who were all a bunch of young women, reacted to the energy wave with the black-haired driver remarking "Did that jerk just dent my car?!"

Her blonde friend replied with "Is that really what you should be worrying about right now?!" They began screaming as the steering wheel began shifting into a spider-like form and launched itself at the black haired girl's face. The energy wave affected more than the vehicle's steering wheel though as the truck itself began twitching and shifting, the occupants continuing to scream in utter terror.

The man carrying the Xbox 360 held the package away from him as the console's startup sound rang and metal arms and a screech burst from the sides of the box trying to get at the person. The 7up Vending Machine shook and burst from its cage, the machine transforming into a full-blown robot with a nasty face that beheld an animalistic scowl on it. More machines within the vicinity suddenly sprang to life, ranging from tiny mobile phones to a stray bulldozer, nearby people screaming in sheer fear as the machines began to blindly attack everything in their vicinity.

The energy wave even reached the battlefield and it traveled through all the ruined wreckages of vehicles and rubble to pass over one of the intact, but upside-down Buggies that was used to get to the city. It jostled and sputtered as it soon came to life as another Allspark Mutation. It wasn't the only one though as the black Chevrolet Silverado that was also used by the convoy jostled and came to life. However, unlike the other Allspark Mutations which were just attacking everything in their path, these two mutations looked around with nervous expressions as they saw the battlefield in absolute chaos. They backed away into an alley to try and hide themselves, though that was rendered moot thanks to other mutations noticing and savagely attacking them. The buggy mutation panicked as it activated and fired its weapons, destroying them as the Chevrolet Silverado mutation clenched its fists and punched the rest of them, which brought them down easily, much to their confusion. They looked at their weapons and fists respectively with dumbfounded expressions before hearing the battlefield, even hearing the shouting of they were going to be overrun. Their expressions changed, like something was forming in their newborn sparks.

Back with Megatron, he was briefly slowed down by the Allspark Mutations, but he easily destroyed them with such savagery. Spike however, had reached the building that he was supposed to get to the roof of. He ran inside, constantly looking behind him. "You're not gonna get me! You're not getting me!"

Megatron crashed through one of the tall windows and growled. "I smell you, boy! You cannot hide from me, nor hide the Allspark from me! I have spent millions of stellar cycles chasing after it and you will not rob me of a single deca-cycle longer!" He grabbed a pillar and bared his teeth like a wild animal.

"Stay right where you are, Megatron!" A new voiced called out. Megatron turned to see Prowl aiming his weapons at him.

"Tell me, Autobot…" Megatron spoke up, the Decepticon warmonger towered over the Autobot, his sneering expression acting as an insult itself. "Are you aware of how many of your kind I slew back on Cybertron?"

"One too many…" Prowl replied calmly as he opened fire on Megatron, but the Decepticon was far too quick for any shots to land. Prowl quickly changed tactics and readied for close-quarters combat, managing to land two good hits on Megatron, but Megatron proved why he was leader of the Decepticons as he landed twelve brutal yet quick blows that disoriented Prowl as Megatron lifted Prowl with one hand, then threw him into a wall, the action clipping Prowl's left hand off.

Prowl groaned in pain as he struggled to get up as Megatron began walking away. "You are braver than most Autobots who faced me. You deserve a better death at my hands, Autobot, but I have bigger plans than to indulge your pitiful existence any longer… Now to claim my birthright…" Megatron saw Spike's shadow filtering through. "Maggot!" He shouted spitefully as Spike looked back in terror, but the Decepticon leader suddenly felt something grab his legs. Looking down, he saw the injured Prowl pulling the larger Transformer down to the ground with a loud crash.

Megatron roared like a lion as he got up to his feet and grabbed Prowl's remaining hand and crushed it in his grip, eliciting a painful cry from Prowl. Megatron then proceeded to throw Prowl around like a ragdoll, punching him mercilessly and even tearing Prowl's whole arm off. He then lifted Prowl with one hand again and slammed him with enough force to cave-in the pavement of the floor. "The fact that despite your injuries, you once again stand in my way. I only allowed you live so I could kill you later, but I think I will just end your life here and now! Any last words, or final pleas of mercy, Autobot?" He growled as despite missing his hands and a whole arm, Prowl still tried to hold Megatron there.

"Freedom… is the right… of all… sentient beings…" Prowl managed to utter while gritting through the agony and smiled.

Megatron snarled again as he threw Prowl onto the floor and forcefully pressed his Fusion Cannon against the Autobot's chest. The cannon hummed to life as the shadowed forms of the two Transformers briefly vanished as the light coming through the windows faded. Then, with the sound of Megatron's Fusion Cannon, the wall the shadows were on illuminated again, showing Megatron blasting Prowl to pieces. The explosion tossed up Prowl's severed arm and it landed in a puddle of water, the color fading to dull gray that signified the death of another Autobot. Megatron then looked at the Autobot's corpse with a disgusted sneer through the view of the puddle. "Such heroic nonsense…"

Back with Sparkplug, the tow truck suddenly sputtered and slowed to a halt in an alleyway just as the energy wave hit. It shook a bit with Sparkplug inside, but what he didn't see was the frayed wires suddenly fixed themselves. He was groaning in frustration at how things were turning out, bringing back some PTSD for him back in his military days before he met his wife and before Spike was born. It was not a good time for him.

In the battle, Optimus Prime was struggling against Onslaught, Skywarp, and Thundercracker, getting ganged up on as they hit him with missiles, punches, and guns. The Autobot leader could barely fight back against the three Decepticons. To put it simply, he was getting the scrap beaten out of him, but he wasn't the only one struggling.

Ironhide and Ratchet were trying some quick patches to their injuries with Chromia's help while at the same time, Starscream, Blackout, and Barricade kept them behind cover. Arcee however dealt with some rather worrisome injuries as her left arm was bleeding Energon and hung limply though she continued to fire alongside the humans. Brawl, Swindle, Twitch, and Bruetwheel continued to pressure the resistance, Brawl being the one to really put them on the backburner.

Sparkplug looked back at Bumblebee who gave him a look of pure determination despite still being in pain for not having his legs. The young scout nodded at Sparkplug's unspoken idea. "Alright, then, Bumblebee. Here we go!" With that, He drove the tow truck into the open street where the two were greeted by various Allspark Mutations, some small and some big. However, with Sparkplug driving the tow truck in reverse, Bumblebee was able to not only push abandoned vehicles aside, but he could also smash any Allspark Mutations that stood in the path.

Lennox, the convoy along with Arcee continued to be on the back burner as even though they managed to land a couple good shots at Brawl, the Decepticon was still keeping them on the defensive. Debris was flying everywhere with every shot. "This isn't going well!" Lennox exclaimed.

"Let 'em have it, Bumblebee!" Sparkplug shouted. Bumblebee activated his plasma cannon from his right hand and began firing at Brawl and the other Decepticons with him. Some of these shots narrowly missed, but one of them did hit Brawl right in the chest where his spark was, making it bleed Energon and knocking him back. This proved to be a good distraction as Brawl stumbled back. Swindle wasn't even given time to pull out a shield to defend them from the barrage of shots. This also had the added effect of drawing the attention of multiple Allspark Mutations to the Decepticons and began attacking them.

The distraction of Brawl's spark being struck allowed enough of a distraction for Arcee and Chromia to roll in and the two swiftly, but brutally kill Twitch and Brutewheel in their shock. Arcee brought out an Energon Sword from her right wrist, cut off Twitch's left arm, and pointed her blaster at the Decepticon's chest and fired point-blank which consumed Twitch in a fiery explosion.

Chromia on the other hand, fired two shots at Brutewheel, one of which traveled into the barrel of his weapon, causing it to explode in his hand while the other amputated his left arm off his chest. Bringing out a combat knife, she dragged it from his chin up his head, killing him instantly. It didn't take long for both new corpses to dull in color.

A scuffed-up Arcee and Chromia panted very heavily while Brawl kept being pelted by shots from Bumblebee as well as the humans. Parts kept flying off the Tank Decepticon left and right, but Brawl was still going strong.. Bumblebee kept firing shot after shot, but then, one stray shot hit Brawl right in the spark chamber and his corpse collapsed right on top of one of the buildings the convoy were using for cover. Swindle, seeing his comrades being killed, saw this as his moment to scram from the battlefield.

Arcee and Chromia looked at each other up and down. "You look like scrap." Arcee replied wryly.

"You look at yourself in the mirror. I don't think you're on any grounds to say that to me, Arcee." Chromia replied with the same tone.

After Brawl's corpse collapsed into the building kicking up dust, Bumblebee and Sparkplug drove up to just in front of said building. Bumblebee brought a finger to his battle mask and peeked under it while Sparkplug exited the vehicle to inspect the damage. "Nice shot, Bee." He complimented, but the yellow Autobot shook his head. "Wait, you didn't do this? Then who did?" The two looked to see the Assault Buggy Mutation with its arm-mounted cannons aimed forward, the barrels smoking as it walked closer to the group, the Chevrolet Silverado mutation joining it.

Arcee, Chromia, and the soldiers noticed the two newly-born Transformers as the first one deactivated its cannons. Arcee looked back at Brawl's corpse and asked the mutation while pointing to the dead Decepticon. "Was this you?"

The mutation looked around at everyone on guard, but it nodded with a curious look on his face. "Well, thanks for the assist, friend." Chromia replied with a thankful smile.

"Fr… friend? We… are… friends?" The mutation asked, clear in its tone that it wasn't used to speaking.

Ratchet walked over and looked at the two mutations. "You two aren't like the other mutations around here." He looked at the dead mutations. "I feel you two have actual sparks. Want to help us end our war?"

The newborn Transformers turned their gazes upward for a moment, then looked at each other. Though their speech were still stilted as they both were still learning. "S-Sure… if you… want… us." The Chevrolet Silverado mutation answered this time.

Ironhide just so happened to walk up. "Welcome to the Autobots then, newbies."

The soldiers lowered their weapons and began inspecting Brawl. "Okay, that tank is definitely dead now." Lennox sighed in great relief. "All right, let's go! We still got business with the other Decepticons!"

Spike had finally reached the roof of the building and ducked under clothing lines, the Allspark still in his grasp. He took the flare as he ran and popped it, lighting up with a bright red glow with a loud sizzling sound. "Hey! I'm over here!" Two Black Hawks were flying, following Spike as he held the signal flare like an olympic torch.

However, Starscream flew up and transformed into robot mode, landing on an adjacent building as if waiting for something. A third Black Hawk ascended in front of Spike, with a co-pilot waiting by the doors for the handoff. "We got the boy and the package is ready for the handoff…" The pilot remarked while smirking.

Spike rushed over as the co-pilot extended his hands out to receive the Cube, knowing full-well that they had to leave the warzone immediately. Spike extended the Allspark as far as he could with the awaiting fingers of the co-pilot just and inch or two from making direct contact with the mystical artifact. "Just a little farther, son…" The co-pilot said as he and Spike reached ever closer, the young man looking to his left and his eyes widened in fear. "Watch out!"

Starscream fired missiles at the helicopter. "Missiles! Brace for impact!" The co-pilot shouted in utter urgency to his companion. The pilot tried to swerve out of the missile's path, only for them to strike directly at the rotor engine.

The Black Hawk spun out of control, descending form the roof of the building as Optimus was rushing from a lower rooftop on the building's outer edges. He saw the helicopter and proceeded to grab it mid-spiral and spun himself to lower it onto the roof safely. "Hang on, Spike! I'm coming!"

Onslaught saw this from a block away. "Stop Prime, Skywarp!" He ordered and the Seeker acknowledged. Skywarp confronted Optimus and this was a quick, but epic battle between the two interstellar titans. Optimus managed to fend off Skywarp's teleporting strikes which included a sawblade. He then fired his Ion Blaster at Skywarp mid-teleport who let out a horrifying scream as he warped away and a Death-Star level explosion rocked the windows of all buildings miles away.

Back with Spike, he got to his feet, running away from Starscream, but suddenly to his right, the roof exploded with the ear-screeching sound of metal being twisted and torn apart. Spike ran as a metal hand emerged from the hole as Megatron climbed out. Spike was struggling to keep still on a statue as it was at least a thirty-foot drop to the ground while Megatron began stalking him like a predatory animal. "Is it fear or courage that compels, fleshling? Or is it the weak-willed ideals of Prime, his idea of protecting the weak, compelling you to assist them to keep what's rightfully mine away from me?"

Clenching his clawed hands like a bird of prey, Megatron spike in a low, menacing voice as he closed in on Spike, wrapping his arm around a statue. "Give me the Allspark and you may live to be my pet…"

Spike nearly lost his footing, constantly trying to maintain his balance in the precarious position. Megatron was momentarily distracted by a Black Hawk flying very close to him while it was in an aerial dogfight with Thundercracker. "I'm never giving you the Allspark, Megatron!" Spike shouted defiantly.

Megatron could tell Spike was adamant in his position and let out a frustrated growl. "Oh… So unwise, boy… If you feel that strongly, boy…" He snarled as he activated his Energon Mace. "Then I will simply take what's rightfully mine from your cold, lifeless, husk! Now die, like all those who oppose me!" He swung his mace at the corner of the building, causing an explosion that broke the statue Spike was clinging to in half. Spike, still having the Allspark in his hands began the thirty-foot drop to his death while screaming in fear.

Fortunately for Spike, Optimus had caught him with his hand, cushioning his fall. Prime then pulled Spike to his chest, using the two buildings as support as he had an arm on one side of the building and his legs against the opposite of another. "I got you, Spike." He activated his battle mask. "Hold on to the Cube and hang onto me!" Optimus then began to get back to ground level as he used his legs and free arm to jump down the two buildings. Megatron looked down and saw this.

"OPTIMUS PRIME!" Without hesitation, he jumped down, he angrily screamed as he jumped down and grabbed his nemesis. The leaders of both factions fell all the way down into an intersection, crashing into the pavement and making a large congregation of humans to flee in terror as fast as possible. Amidst the screams of numerous screaming humans, Megatron groaned as he began to reorient himself, noticing one human man struggling to get on his feet and flee. He sneered as the human was too close for his liking. "Disgusting, filthy creatures…" He remarked in a revulsed tone as he flicked the man who bounced off the asphalt and collided with the rear of a taxi.

"Spike…" Optimus said softly as he deactivated his battle mask, looking at the human, the faintest of many scars littering his face. "You risked everything, including your own life to project the Allspark from Megatron…"

"As my family motto says: No sacrifice, no victory…" Spike responded. He looked into Optimus Prime's eyes, a look of understanding. They both heard Megatron struggle to get up.

"Listen to me. If I cannot defeat Megatron and end this once and for all, you must push the Cube into my chest to destroy it as a last resort." Optimus spoke, pure conviction in his voice. "I will sacrifice myself to prevent the subjugation of countless innocent worlds at his hand, or the destruction of your world. Get behind me…" He reactivated his battle mask and struggled to his feet. "It's you and me, Megatron."

"No, it's just me, Prime, and you will face the same wrath of anyone who opposes me, brother!" Megatron snarled at his former friend.

"At the end of this day… One shall stand, One shall fall…" Optimus said as Spike was hiding in a crevice in the road, thinking about his next move. However, Optimus was on the receiving end of a beatdown as Megatron was thrashing him around like a ragdoll.

Megatron punched Optimus to the ground, then grabbed his shoulders to knee him in the face, then tossed him over his shoulder, and all the while, he was mocking the Autobot commander. "You still fight for the weak! That is why you'll lose! You're just as weak as the weaklings you fight for!"

Lennox's group, who were accompanied by Arcee and Chromia, were moving down an alleyway not far from the clash of the two leaders. Soon, civilians began fleeing in terror. What was scaring them soon showed itself as the soldiers took cover. Turns out it was Blackout who transformed to his robot mode and looked around before walking down the street. The group looked to see Blackout activate his tail rotor like a buzzsaw which was a weapon clearly intended for one target.

"Fighter jets in 60 seconds." Epps said after listening to the radio. He then spoke through the radio, most likely to the pilots on the other side. "We got friendlies mixed with bad guys. Targets will be marked by laser."

Lennox patted his friend's shoulder after Epps finished his message. "Bring the rain, all right?" The captain then held his gun in a ready position. "All right, boys! Let's kill these bastards… once and for all…"

"I have an idea…" Arcee transformed to her motorcycle mode. "Hop on and get ready! I don't think the rest has to be said."

Onslaught, meanwhile, looked at his sensors. "Thundercracker, Starscream! We have the humans' aerial fighters inbound! Deal with them! Swindle, get your crankshaft back here now before Megatron tears your spark out for your cowardice!" He ordered. Hearing that made Swindle turn a complete 180 back to the battle.

The group got into position as Blackout kept walking. "Remember, aim low. Armor's weak under the chest!" Lennox reminded his group. He hopped onto Arcee and the pair drove a little distance to get into position for the attack while Epps marked the target with a laser and was waiting for the Air Force. Speaking of, about 15 F-22 Raptors roared in the sky, closing in on Las Vegas.

Arcee and Lennox got into position and swerved back to the direction they came from, waiting for the right moment to spring the attack on Blackout who was too focused on assisting his master. "F-22s, we're still waiting. Target moving to unfavorable position…" Blackout readied and cocked his weapon in loud, but satisfying clicks. When the green dot of the targeting laser danced on his open hand, he took notice as he exclaimed in a little confusion. He swiftly turned to the direction where the light was coming from. His eyes narrowed when he saw the humans and Autobots. He then snarled and readied his weapons at them. "Move out!"

The group dodged out of the way as Blackout fired his Concussive Energon Cannons, the shockwave colliding with an abandoned car blasting it apart. "Incoming!" Epps shouted as Arcee and Lennox charged at the Decepticon. At this time, the F-22s had finally entered the city and were maneuvering through the buildings. Once they locked onto Blackout, they fired their missiles at the Decepticon while Lennox and Arcee continued their charge. The two slid on the ground as they opened fire on Blackout. Arcee landed a couple good hits on his chest while Lennox landed a sabot round right at the crotch of Blackout. The missiles hit Blackout right as that 'lucky shot' was hit, some of which managed to break Blackout's armor and do some serious damage.

Lennox shouted as well as laughed at the same time as he slid behind Blackout, the Decepticon's colors dulling to lifeless gray that signified a dead Transformer and dropped face-first to the ground, glowing blue Energon leaking from his wounds. Lennox stood up and resumed ordering his men. "Run! Move!"

Spike was still in the crevice watching fearfully as Optimus Prime was still getting the scrap beaten out of him by Megatron. He still had the Allspark literally in his hands. As the Decepticon tyrant stomped ever closer to the Autobot leader, preparing to finish him off once and for all, Spike climbed out of the crevice directly into the open. "STOP IT!" He shouted at the top of his lungs. Both Optimus and Megatron turned to look at him.

"Spike! What are you doing?!" Optimus shouted, concern pure in his voice.

Spike ignored Prime and held out the Allspark in clear view. "You want this, right? Just take it and stop hurting Optimus and Earth!" He declared.

Megatron was… genuinely impressed with Spike. He'd assumed all humans were just primitive meatbags, but Spike displayed integrity, something he didn't expect in Spike's species. This is especially because he heard Spike actively defying him back on the rooftop. "You're making the right decision, boy…" He chuckled darkly.

However, just as Megatron could claim his prize, Optimus managed to get back up and punch Megatron away from Spike. This was just as the moment the F-22s flew in and fired missiles at the robotic tyrant. "You dare attack me?!" Not only that, but he was pelted by shots from Ironhide, Ratchet, Chromia, and Arcee as well as the humans of the convoy.

"You want the Allspark so badly?! Here it is!" Optimus reached out his hand to which Spike gave the Allspark to. He then jammed it into Megatron's chest. It stayed there for mere astroseconds, but it was enough to make Megatron reel back before being consumed by the relic's raw power. With various wounds on his body leaking Energon, he had no other choice but to pull back.

"You will pay for this, Prime…" Megatron snarled before looking at Spike. "You too, boy…" He then relayed a message to all remaining Decepticons, no matter how much he loathed to do so. "Decepticons! Pull back!" Onslaught, Swindle, Barricade, Starscream, and Thundercracker were surprised by the order, but they obeyed nonetheless.

When the enemy all left, Optimus spoke softly. "We will meet again, brother…" He said as Ironhide carried Jazz's corpse up to him while Ratchet carried Prowl's chestplate with saddened expressions. Optimus looked down to Spike with a small smile. "Spike, I owe you my life. All of Cybertron thanks you. We now have the Allspark in our possession."

Just then, Sparkplug drove up with Bumblebee still attached to the back. Father and son smiled at each other, incredibly thankful they survived the biggest battle of their lives. The father also had a look of absolute pride in his eyes for his son.

"Prime… We couldn't save him." Ironhide handed Jazz's dull-colored corpse to Prime who cradled it after the Autobot leader handed the Allspark back to Spike. "And Prowl was obliterated trying to hold Megatron off from catching Spike. The chestplate is all there was to recover."

"Aww… Jazz and Prowl… May you two find peace in the Allspark." Optimus said with great sadness. He then looked at everyone. "We've lost great comrades, friends, brothers, but gained new ones. Thank you, all of you. You honor us with your bravery and bled for your planet's freedom…"

Just then, Bumblebee actually spoke. "Permission to speak, sir…"

Optimus was surprised, but happy to see Bumblebee speak again. "Permission granted, old friend."

"Wait, you can talk now?!" Spike asked incredulously.

"I wish to stay with Spike and Sparkplug. We've already been through so much together." Bumblebee said.

"If that is their choice." Optimus didn't really have any problems with that.

"You kidding, Bee? You're stuck with us!" Spike shouted happily. Bumblebee smiled behind his mouth plate.

Optimus then noticed the Assault Bugger and Chevrolet Silverado Transformers. "Who are these two?"

"New recruits to our cause." Ironhide answered without hesitation. Optimus looked to his other soldiers who nodded in confirmation. Chromia added that they helped out with Brawl and multiple Allspark Mutations.

Optimus then looked at the two mutations who flinched under his soft, but discerning gaze. "What are your names?"

The Assault Buggy Transformer tried to articulate words, but then looked to the damage he did to the other mutations. It was like a bunch of landmines went off. "L… Landmine…" He finally said.

"Landmine… I like it!" Ironhide approved of the name.

"You would." Chromia lightly laughed.

"And yous?" Optimus asked the second mutation.

"S…S… Salvage…" He said.

"Interesting name choice." Arcee nodded.

"D… Don't forget me…" The Ford F-350 Tow Truck suddenly spoke out. Turns out it was hit by the Allspark's energy wave as well.

"Okay, a third mutation. What should we name you?" Optimus asked.

"I already got a name for him, Prime." Sparkplug said. "Longarm."

"Longarm… I like the sound of that." Longarm accepted his new moniker.

"Welcome to the Autobots, Landmine, Salvage, and Longarm. I look forward to showing you all what it means to be Autobots…" Optimus smiled. Humans from all over the city began walking out and staring at the Autobots as they had officially been exposed to the public. Some began actually... clapping at the Autobots. The Autobots had won the battle and secured the Allspark, but the war was still ongoing, but now there was hope for the future for the Autobots and for Earth.


Hello, everyone. I hope you all liked the longest chapter of Transformers (2007): Rewritten. As you've read, the big battle took place in Las Vegas instead of Mission City. Not only that, but Optimus actually tried to talk Sandtrap down instead of straight up killing him first thing. Optimus is not a bloodhungry psychopath, but he knows that he has to kill if necessary. The biggest thing is that the Allspark wasn't destroyed, nor was Megatron killed with it's destruction.

Also, three new Allspark Mutations have officially joined the Autobots: Landmine, Salvage, and Longarm. I hope I do these characters justice in the future of my Bayverse rewrite project.

As usual, if anyone has any ideas, please let me know in the comments/reviews, or personally PM me.

This isn't the end of this fic, though, just the longest bit. We still have a bit more to get through, So, standby for more!