26- Dimensional Rumble.
There seemed to be a lot of hustle right at the upper deck of the Nemesis. The Decepticons seemed to be working on some kind of project: the Vehicons installed advanced equipment, linked it with a terminal where Shockblast was typing buttons and Starscream was with Xiaxus checking something on a datapad.
"Sir, the equipment is installed and ready for use." One Vehicon reported.
"Great. Shockblast, you can start with the preparations." Xiaxus signaled.
"I still not get what are we supposed to do with all this. What sense comes from taking the spare parts for the space bridge, place them openly and connect the essential components together when that's supposed to be done into the own structure?"
Starscream groaned. "If you payed attention when Shockblast reported it back then, Knock Out, you will know what are we trying to do."
"I'm also curious." Stinger said, present as well since he was helping with the equipment. "What's the purpose of this...experiment?"
"The data contained in that ship's black box was related to a human project to open a portal between their dimension and an alternative one, which from what it showed it was a success." Shockblast responded.
"Hum, I knew humans' nature was a curious one, but why that for?" Knock Out questioned.
"Maybe they just wanted to expand their horizons, and go exploring. Like what they do with space exploring?" Nightbird supposed.
"Fortunately for us this wasn't the case: the purpose of the project was to grant the ability to travel from this dimensional plane to one known as the Reverse World, which it's said to be parallel to ours." Starscream continued. "But the best is that its said that place is ruled by one important legendary pokémon, one of the greatest."
"The ship is real and so is the data, proofs that said place is also real. So that pokémon must be as well." Xiaxus added.
"I'm seeing where this is going." Stinger understood.
"Oh, so you're using the data to modify our technology of our space bridge portals to make one for that dimension instead." Nightbird figured out.
"You just take it out of my mind."
"Precisely." Starscream smirked.
"I just need to calibrate the space-time vortex generator to the levels recorded in the moment the ship performed the jump to apply it for our portal. It will not take long." Shocklbast said.
"There's also a recording about some of the defense tactics this pokémon employs as well, which may come in handy at the moment of facing it."
At the same time, in the Autobot base, there was another kind of scientific operation going on.
"So, how is he going?"
"Patience Dawn, it's almost done." Ratchet requested as he was scanning Ritchie. "The last scan's results shows a good improvement on all your vital statistics. Your body has recovered quite well from the toxin's effects."
"So that means I can already left the med berth and go back to enjoy with everyone?"
"Dat dat dat, I hadn't finished yet. You may have healed, but I recommend you stay out of strong impulses and stressful situations for your body to return back to normally. At least for half a day."
Ritchie groaned in frustration. "Just like when I was little at home and sick, mom used to act similar."
"At least you are here with us." Dawn pointed.
"Pikachu." Sparky added.
"Speaking of the others, what are they doing?" Ritchie asked.
They heard sounds of rumbling and turned to see some of their friends in a pokémon battle of training: Pikachu and Delphox in one side for Serena and Ash against Iris and Tracey on the other with Scyther and Dragonite. Pikachu and Delphox combined Thunderbolt and Mystical Fire in one beam which was countered by a combined move of X-Scissor and Thunder Punch from Scyther and Dragonite.
"They're just combining attacks and blocking them with other moves. What kind of pokémon battle is this?" Bonnie wondered.
"Is a special training focused on finding the better combinations of moves more effective against the Decepticons." Max explained.
"And I see you're borrowing Tracey's notebook to try to draw it by yourself." Misty noticed.
"I'm trying."
"So it seems everyone is occupied on training." Dawn deduced.
"Not everyone." Clemont said carrying a huge piece of cybertronian machinery.
"Where are you going with that, big brother?"
"And what do you plan to do with it?" May added.
"That's what I want to know as well." Fixit said approaching them. "I've recently seen you picking heavy and advanced instrumental from the repository, but I don't understand why you're doing that."
"I've decided to focus my free time to enlarge my understanding of cybertronian technology. It's has been my greatest obsession in the moment I learned we aren't the only sentient race in the universe."
"He's right, sometimes I have heard him whispering related things in dreams." Bonnie revealed, making her brother blush in embarrassment and the others laugh.
"Clemont, I sincerely appreciate your efforts to become useful for our scientific field, but cybertronian technology is simply too advanced for the human brain." Fixit discussed.
"Wait, are you calling us stupid?" Iris said annoyed.
"No, of course not, is just that not been familiarized with it, our science may be too hard for you to comprehend."
"Yeah, only the ones who are been living their whole life with it can know what are they dealing with." Warpath said walking next to them before leaving.
"You know Fixit, I may not be cybertronian or an expert on the matter yet, but I know how to handle complex machinery and advanced informatics. Also I was the first to figure out how to handle the human sized cybertronian weapons we possess when we found them on Lockdown's ship." Clemont argued back.
"You can ask us, we are witnesses." May supported before hand-five with Clemont.
"I'm sure I can be of more help for you by providing my experience and knowledge on the subject. Besides, I already have Ratchet's authorization when it comes to handle complex or delicate items."
"I think that's a noble purpose. And if you think you can help this team more by your way give it a try, and that way see if your instinct leads you right."
"Thanks Elita One. Now if you excuse me I going to start by knowing how an engine of a cybertronian ship is different from ours."
Fixit saw him leave with an unbelievable face. "Okay, but if something happens and you end with the item exploding in your face don't say I didn't warn you."
The rest of the group simply looked at the scene without saying anything, even the ones who were battling. Meanwhile, at the Nemesis' deck, Shockblast performed the last calculations on the terminal, maintaining the wavelengths of the energy levels until they reached the desired point. Then he activated the equipment, generating a ground bridge portal in middle of everyone.
"It...it has worked?" Nightbird asked.
"Don't ask me, I'm not scientist." Stinger opined.
"How can we be sure?" Knock Out said.
Dropkick, who joined them in silent, pushed Knock Out inside the portal, making him scream before disappearing into it.
"Knock Out, are you dead?!" Dropkick asked, making Stinger and Nightbird laugh.
"He can't hear you being at the other side." Starscream corrected.
Dropkick approached the portal with caution, and then a hand grabbed him from inside it and received a punch.
"Next time you be the suicide volunteer!" Knock Out yelled showing the head.
"Well, this proves it works. Congratulations general." Nightbird congratulated Shockblast.
"What is on the other side?" Xiaxus demanded.
"Well...I don't know how to describe it. I think it's better you see it by yourselves." Knock Out responded before entering again.
Starscream, Dropkick, Stinger and Nightbird went after him and crossed to the other side. Once with Knock Out they witnessed their surroundings, the local aspect of the Reverse World. While this occurred…
"How weird."
"What is it, Blaster?" Ultra Magnus asked accompanied by Optimus and Predaking.
"My sensors are registering some odd alterations of space-time nature."
"Why...sorry, I mean how do you know what exactly it is?" Serena asked.
"The intel from Team Galactic was very similar to the variables employed by the ground and space bridge technology. But these ones' origin seems to be cybertronian."
"Meaning…" Smokescreen started.
"The Decepticons may be experimenting in order to create a new version of their bridges." Tracey deduced.
"Wait a second." Ratchet said checking the terminal. "I recognize this feedback, it's the same one we utilized to bring you back from that parallel dimension where you ended stuck after the duel ground bridging collision."
"You mean the one which sent us into the Reverse World?" May recalled.
"Alongside Skyquake, the undead Con?" Ritchie added.
"Your kind have zombies?" Iris asked surprised.
"It seems the Decepticons have found a way to recreate the portal, allowing travel from both dimensions." Optimus suspected.
"But why would they want to go to that place? What do they expect to find?" Predaking added.
As everyone tried to find an answer for that question, Ash gasped at realizing something. "Oh no. One peculiar detail of that place is that there's where Giratina lives."
"Yeah, the legendary pokémon which helped us to return." Max reminded.
"And because the Decepticons are now decided to try to capture legendary pokémon to use as weapons…" Dawn continued, realizing their intention.
"Blaster, can you recreate that anomaly as well?" Elita asked.
"It would have served with just analyzing the readings, but thanks to the input of the pokémon rangers and the intel recovered from those criminals former base it think I can done it with just...this."
In the moment, a ground bridge portal, a little different, appeared at the end of the space bridge.
"Woaw, you did it Blaster."
"Don't celebrate it yet, Bonnie. We still need to see if it's safe and the right destination."
"Sending recon drone right away." Fixit announced.
Immediately, a drone flew right into the portal while the screen showed what it registered. After passing through, the screen revealed promising images.
"Ash, is that what you found last time?"
"Yes Optimus, that's how the Reverse World looks like."
"Wow, it seems beautiful from there. Honestly, I thought it would have a little more alien look." Iris admitted.
"Looks like the portal chose a nice location to appear. There's enough solid ground around for many of us to move around." Blaster reported.
"Then we better move swiftly. Hot Rod, Bumblebee, embark at once. Find and secure the legendary pokémon before the Decepticons locate it." Optimus instructed.
"We will need a small and fast team capable of moving through such narrow place." Bee decided.
"I think we are the right Bots for the task." Moonracer said referring to herself and Arcee, who nodded.
"I'm going too." Smokescreen offered.
"Guys, you will needs us as well." Ash said.
"We know the Reverse World much better, so we will be more suitable to guide you." Dawn added.
"I think its fair." Hot Rod accepted.
"We will stand by in case you require reinforcements." Ultra Magnus informed.
The team formed by Bumblebee, Hot Rod, Smokescreen, Arcee, Moonracer, Dawn, Serena and Ash passed through the portal.
"Wow, what a place." Arcee observed.
"Okay, we're here. So what should we know about this dimension?" Smokescreen asked.
"There are places where gravity changes and can make us float in the air like if we were in space." Dawn recalled.
"Pi piplup." Piplup nodded.
"Besides that terrain here is lumped together as floating islands." Ash added pointing to one near them.
"Then I hope it doesn't bother you we go jumping between rocks." Bumblebee said.
"A shame Sideswipe is not here, he would have loved this." Hot Rod opined.
"Just that? It doesn't look like a dangerous place, specially if its the home of a legendary pokémon." Moon opined.
"That's because Giratina can fly around freely. Besides, we should be careful in case that zombie is still living and picking."
"Don't worry Serena, if we come across that Terrorcon, we will send him back to the Allspark." Arcee reassured her. "Let get moving."
"Team, can you receive us?"
"Loud and clear Ratchet. It seems com-links works even being at another dimension." Hot Rod answered.
"Roger that, it seems we will not face communication issues during your stay there. Report back once you locate the pokémon and if you require assist." Optimus instructed before ending the transmission.
"So, ready for that diving session you promised me?"
Misty laughed as she was getting ready. "How to forget it, Seaspray."
"Where are you two going?" Ritchie asked.
"For a diving tour around the clear waters of the Orange Archipelago. I want to show Seaspray the great views we saw when we were traveling around." Misty answered.
"It will have to wait for the second turn. It's time for us to go back home and bring some energon supply for base." Warpath said.
"I'm sure both departures can be performed at the same time. Right Blaster?"
"No problem Elita. The space bridge is not linked to the main structure, and with me present and the safe distance I can open more than one portal to different emplacements."
"You have improved your skills, partner." Tracey complemented. "I guess you can send me back to the professor's lab once you're done with the others, right? It's my duty to take care of it today during one of his meetings out of the region."
Meanwhile, back to the Reverse World, the Decepticons already started their search.
"Don't spread too much, and keep and eye on the corners. That pokémon knows this place better than us and we don't want it to act first." Starscream instructed.
"And how do you know how it will react?" Stinger asked.
"Because thanks to the data recovered I have realized I already had an encounter with that...Giratina. And believe me, you don't wanna have it face to face."
"Starscream, do you copy?"
"Without problem Xiaxus. The dimensional separation doesn't inhibit our transmission links."
"Maybe it's thanks to the application of our superior comm network." Shockblast deduced.
"I have a whole battalion ready and waiting to assist you once you find a trail of that pokémon." Xiaxus reported.
"Then tell them to stand by, for the moment. I don't want that beast to be aware of our presence until we are ready to assault it." Starscream requested.
"Are you certain, old friend?"
"Sir, there's something you must see." Shatter said arriving.
"Shockblast will keep your progress as your liaison, we have breaking news. I'll be back once I see what it is. Good hunting."
"Roger, over out." Starscream ended.
"So, any idea of where should we start looking?" Nightbird asked, but suddenly she noticed her feet were not touching the floor anymore. "Eh? Hey hey hey guys, what's going on?! I'm flying!"
It was exactly as she said, she was floating at some height in front of them, making Knock Out and Dropkick laugh at her misfortune.
"This isn't funny, you know!" She defended before Stinger helped her go down.
"What was that?" Starscream asked.
"I don't know. Suddenly I didn't feel the floor and I was floating."
Knock Out grabbed a rock next to his feet, walked with caution at where Nightbird was and threw it there. Everyone got speechless when they saw it floating like nothing.
"How intriguing. It appears there's lack of gravity in this small zone." Knock Out observed.
"The data of the ship also mentioned the existence of areas in this world where gravity changes gradually." Starscream recalled.
"Then we better be careful with where we step in." Dropkick suggested.
"Other issue, how are we gonna move through this place?" Stinger pointed out at pointing to an open area of the Reverse World.
"It appears there's only one viable way: we'll have to fly to cross this asteroid field-like place." Starscream decided.
"Hello, not everyone here has an aerial alt form." Knock Out protested.
"Speak for yourself. It will be no problem for me, as long as I make my jumps accurately." Stinger said.
"That works for me too, my physical structure makes me really fast and precise on that field." Nightbird added.
Starscream groaned. "Okay Knock Out, hop on."
Dropkick changed to his helicopter form while Stinger and Nightbird followed him jumping between the rock islands. Knock Out got on Starscream once he transformed.
"Just make your best and try not to scream during the haul. And don't hang onto my wings!" Starscream shouted.
"Wow wow, like if I had a choice!" Knock Out said trying to keep his balance.
While they started to inspect the Reverse World, at the Nemesis' bridge…
"What's the emergency?" Xiaxus demanded.
"We have received a suspicious signal which seems has entered the solar system from a little ago. We haven't confirmed its origin, but it seems to be cybertronian, but previous to the war. The only thing we have for now is this code." Shatter informed showing it on a terminal.
Xiaxus looked at the screen with surprised eyes. "I think...this is going to be of great interest for Starscream."
At the same time at New Iacon, Clemont was working with his tools on one of the weapons of Team Prime.
He continued working until the item he was using stopped working. "Huh? What just happened?"
Then he saw Fixit standing in front of him cut a cable disconnected.
"I believe we had a discussion about you and cybertronian technology. I understand basic tech may end easier for you to understand, but weapons technology and ancient relics are a complete challenge." Fixit said.
"But it wasn't a discussion, it was your opinion. Which I strongly disagree with because of obvious reasons." Clemont answered back glaring back.
They didn't knew their argument caught everyone else attention.
"I am well versed in human emotion based upon my viewing of a certain doctor on your televisions: he would say you have an unhealthy need to prove yourself. He would also say that you should tune in every afternoon at three."
"You guys know what Fixit is talking about?" Ritchie asked.
"No idea." Iris answered.
"I indeed have a need, to make a use of my knowledge. You've been working with these findings since their retrieval, not to mention the weapons Ultra Magnus provided to the team, and I haven't seem you make any progress regarding upgrades or modifications." Clemont exposed.
"Well, I am in the 'analyze the problem' phase. Telecom was not built in the millennium, you know." Fixit argued.
"Uh huh." Clemont said taking the cable from Fixit's hands and connecting it again. "I'm not a psychologist, but I think it's you who is insecure about his abilities. And fear a young genius can surpass a true alien on his own field."
"What? Why do you think…? Ratchet!"
"No no, don't involve me in your mess."
"Give me that, that, that, that…" Fixit kept saying, maybe because of a glitch.
"Wait, looks like there's a little corrosion on the surface. A little scraping should be enough."
In that moment the weapon started to tremble, the same as with his inventions.
"Oh oh, looks like its coming again." Max sensed.
"Fire in the hole!" Bonnie yelled, making everyone to take cover, even the Autobots.
Just as they expected, the weapons ended exploding the same way, with lot of smoke and leaving both covered in smoke and with Clemont with afro hair.
"Hmm, it appears the power line was clogged, and now is cleared. Tell Arcee her weapon is almost fixed, you're welcome. Now if you excuse me I need to take a shower." Clemont announced leaving, making Fixit to grin his teeth in frustration.
In the Reverse World, the heroes continued their mission wandering through the tricky roads, the Autobots giving a hand to the humans and pokémon when they needed to jump across long distances between solid ground. Dawn was getting ahead of the group.
"Dawn wait, don't go that way." Moon warned as she threw a little rock which levitated there. "That's one of those non-gravity zones."
"Uff, a little more and I may end being an astronaut."
"It isn't supposed to be a little childish jumping into a place without knowing what it could be there?" Smokescreen provoked.
"Cut it off, Smokey. I'm not Iris."
The others laughed.
"By the way, how did you know that place wasn't good?" Ash asked.
"Blaster took the bother to modify our scanners specially for this task. Now they can detect gravity variables once they are close." Hot Rod revealed.
"That's very handy." Serena said.
"You could also tell that before." Dawn protested.
"Changing subject, any idea of how finding the only inhabitant of this vast place? We don't know if its practically at the other corner of the dimension." Arcee pointed.
Ash's first impulse was… "HEY, GIRATINA!"
"PIKA PIKAAAA!" Pikachu imitated.
"Not very subtle." Smokescreen criticized.
The call repeated multiples times thanks to an echo.
"But it may work." Hot Rod smiled.
After some time elapsed the group started to hear a different sound. But Bumblebee got alarmed when it got closer.
"Everyone, quick hide."
"Why?" Serena asked.
"I got a bad feeling about what we may have attracted."
The Autobots hide behind some big boulders while Ash, Dawn Serena, Piplup and Pikachu got into some kind of rock bunker next to them. The bunker possessed some holes through which they could check the outside, allowing them to see the sound's origin: it was the sound of the engines of three ships which transformed, revealing to be three aerial Vehicons. Meanwhile, at New Iacon, Clemont seemed like he was looking for something.
"Thinks he can hide it from me?" He said looking between small holes between machinery, furniture and under the stairs. "Ha, he doesn't know how I managed in my lab."
"Em, Clemont, what exactly are you looking for?" May asked, both concerned and a little interested.
"I already saw the internal mechanism of a cybertronian weapon, so I've decided to go for the next step: I'll be the first one to understand the special properties of the Scythe. However it seems Fixit has seen it coming, so he may have hidden it somewhere nearby since I have already searched in the room were it's supposed to be stored with the other relics."
"Clemont, why would Fixit hide a relic of the Primes from you?" Iris asked.
"Simple, because he's jealous."
"Jealous? Of you?" Wheeljack asked.
"What makes you think that?" Blaster asked, getting interested on the matter.
"Even it exploded, he saw how I found the problem with Arcee's weapon and fixed it. So he's worried I'll work my magic on the relic too and uncover its property's secrets." Clemont asked while he continued searching, removing objects even.
In that moment, Fixit saw what he was doing. "Search all you want, Clemont. It's so well hidden."
"Have you really token an ancient relic, valuable for your leader because of its history, just to hide it from Clemont?" Ritchie repeated in disbelief.
Fixit nodded proudly, but he got alarmed at seeing Clemont again. "Don't!"
"Aha!" Clemont shouted before going to the hangar, pushing a few boxes of spare parts and raising the Scythe at hand.
But Fixit came and grabbed it from the end. "It's extremely dangerous. Let go."
"Give it here." Clemont demanded. "Admit it, thanks to Ratchet's formation I'm better at alien tech than you. After all, I have a very organized approach."
"You, organized? Ha! Have you ever looked at your lab? Because I did when Bonnie took me to your gym once when she insisted me to meet Clembot. And you intend to do the same in your working place of our lab?" Fixit countered, until something came to his mind and released the relic, making Clemont fall backwards. "In fact, as a favor to you, I will reorganize your workshop according to cybertronian principles of design."
"No, wait!" Clemont shouted trying to him, but the Minibot was too fast and left at once. "Stop!"
He dropped the Scythe before going after him. That left the others a little confused.
"Should we go quell those two before we need a cleanup?" Wheeljack asked.
"Uh, should we sit and watch?" Sideswipe suggested.
At the end they gave it no importance, except Bonnie, who sighed.
"I have the bad feeling this is going to get worse." May said.
"Yeah, I know." Bonnie agreed.
At the same time, back to the Reverse World…
"Looks like our suspicions were right: the Cons have also reached here." Smokescreen expressed.
"But it seems they still have no much knowledge of this place than us. These looks like scouts." Serena observed.
"Those are not ordinary Decepticon flyers: they look like Seeker troops." Hot Rod recognized.
"You mean those aerial Vehicons which color resembled Starscream?" Dawn remembered.
"What are they, his personal guard?"
"Not exactly, Ash. The Seeker armada was the air army of the Decepticons since the first days of the War for Cybertron. An important fact was that almost all its leaders and most notorious members were part of a formed squadron of energon seekers, led by Starscream." Bumblebee told.
"So they are like his strike force." Dawn interpreted.
"But there's something a little different about these ones."
"Smokey's right, look. These ones presence a little more color variant." Moon supported, seeing one the Seekers was a little more blue, other red and other green.
"Maybe is because they belong to different brigades or units, like some forces in the army." Serena suggested.
"Actually, I think it's more like a range difference proof. To show which ones achieved more superiority or battle experience." Arcee corrected.
"That doesn't matter. The only thing which should concern us is what those have come for: if they are attempting to track down Giratina or they are simply scouting." Hot Rod pointed.
"Whatever it is we cannot let them to find anything and report back." Bee said.
"But we should do it silently, these are not ordinary Vehicons." Arcee advised.
While the Autobots debated how to proceed against the Decepticons, the kids and pokémon approached them silently from the bunker which a part of it was where one of them was standing. Sometimes they sneaked through the holes to check how close they were from the Seekers. Dawn decided to look at the moment through a hole, Piplup imitated her with a smaller hole which he introduced his head. But that was a mistake, because once seeing nothing and tried to pull it out he noticed his head was stuck.
"Pi? Pi, pi piplup, piplup, piplup!" Piplup yelled, trying to get out.
"What is it, Piplup?" Ash asked.
"You got your head stuck?" Dawn guessed.
"Piplup!" Piplup nodded, or that's what he was trying to do.
"Oh poor thing. Lets help him." Serena said.
Everyone, including Pikachu, grabbed Piplup from behind and pulled the strongest they could. After two times struggling, they managed to get him out, making the hole bigger in the process.
"Are you okay?" Dawn asked her pokémon.
"Piplup." Piplup nodded.
"That would teach you not to put your head in a hole where it can't fit."
"Guys, did you think they heard us?" Serena asked, realizing that made some noise.
Everyone looked at the hole while they heard the sound of big footsteps approaching, moments before one of the Seekers showed his head looking at them with his visor.
"Scrap." The three said at once.
The Seekers reacted immediately introducing one of his hand in an attempt to reach them. Pikachu reacted immediately by using Iron Tail, hitting the hand and forcing him to retrieve it.
"Let's go back with the Autobots!" Ash shouted taking Serena's hand.
In their way back another hand made its way through the rock and tried to grab them blindly. The surprise made the group to split: Dawn, Pikachu and Piplup at one side while Ash and Serena at the other.
"Piplup, Bubble Beam." Dawn commanded.
Piplup's attack hit the hand directly, but didn't cause any damage, simply made the hand to almost crush them. Next, it moved near where the others were, with Ash grabbing Serena to protect her.
"Hang in there. Pikachu, use one of your electric attacks. Piplup, let's try with Drill Peck." Dawn instructed.
But suddenly the hand retired by itself, as sounds of the Seeker, probably struggling because of fighting something or someone else, were heard. Also, a familiar sound followed next.
"Hey, I recognize that roar." Serena started. "Do you think…?"
"I do." Ash answered going for the exit.
Everyone looked out and got surprised at seeing the owner of the roar they recognized: the Seeker got trapped by Giratina, which coiled its around around him while it levitated some height and threw him against the rock bunker. Next, it finished him with a Will-O-Wisp attack. That also caught the attention of the other two Seekers, who pulled out their weapons and fired at it, but the legendary pokémon reacted first, disappearing like a shadow and reappearing next to them, hitting one very hard with its signature move, Shadow Force. The last Seeker saw this, but before he could react someone touched him from behind, making him turn before being hit by Hot Rod and Bumblebee, being grabbed by Smokescreen next, who dragged him into a rock, leaving him stuck thanks to the phase shifter before Arcee and Moonracer attacked with their melee weapons, cutting him in half.
"Nice plan, specially for just only one." Smokescreen said.
"What about the others?" Hot Rod recalled.
"Fear nothing, it appears the ruler of this dimension has already taken care of them." Moon answered, spotting Giratina reuniting with its human and pokémon friends.
Meanwhile, in other part of the Reverse World, the Decepticons continued their search, until they found something curious in their way.
"Huh? I thought none of our kind was here before us." Nightbird announced.
Knock Out picked up the object from the floor and examined it closely. "Hey, looks like your arm, Starscream. The one you lost when lord Galvatron...well, you know."
"It must been from when you were still Darkscream." Stinger recognized.
"Yeah, when I was at the top of my game." Starscream said, with a mix of sadness and nostalgic.
"Well, at least we may be able to reconstruct your previous configuration by just this part. I'm sure Shockblast will come up with something." Knock Out suggested.
"If it doesn't belong to someone right now. I have the feeling we're not alone." Dropkick communicated as he pointed to behind some rocks.
Suddenly they saw a figure lurking behind the rocks. When it came out of its hiding place, the Decepticons got shocked. Someone else was surprised from what was happening in the Autobot base.
"Clemont, what are you doing?" May asked, seeing Clemont about to do something.
"Fixit wants to improve my workshop without my permission? Fine! I'll improve his side of the laboratory."
At the end she couldn't do anything. And that wasn't the only case: Max, Bonnie and Iris saw Fixit placing different things like a tower.
"Wait, this is where I had my personal area for explosives' improvisation. Where's all my stuff?" Wheeljack demanded.
"Moved it." Fixit responded, not stopping on his duty.
"Exactly where?"
"Don't remember."
"Has anyone moved the pile of scrap metal which I piled up to use a punching bag for training?" Predaking asked.
"I think Fixit did. But how he managed to move something that big is what I can't deduce." Iris answered.
"Well that's not the only thing missing. I can't find my armor polish." Sideswipe added.
"Did you ask Fixit about it?" Ritchie asked.
"It wasn't Fixit's doing. Clemont said he moved it under the advanced machinery but for me that could be anything."
Max groaned. "This is officially out of control."
"Okay, that's it." Bonnie decided, going to the gang's area and pulling out a megaphone out of a bin. "Both of you, stop what you're doing and get over here, now!"
Clemont and Fixit met with Bonnie.
"You are both important members of…" She started, until she noticed the volume and dropped the megaphone. "Sorry...of this team. And if we need something and can't find it because you moved it that could jeopardize the whole mission."
"I could, with a little time." Blaster said.
"Whoa, I never thought I would see Bonnie in Optimus Prime mode." Ritchie confessed.
"Ha, me neither." Wheeljack added.
"So stop worrying about your turf and work together. Share your expertise." Bonnie finished.
"You put my blowtorch next to the universal decryptor? What kind of system is that?" Clemont asked mad.
"Alphabetical." Fixit answered firm, leaving everyone confused.
"Em, I wasn't exactly good at school but, I'm sure those two things doesn't start by the same letter." Iris pointed.
"He means the cybertronian alphabet." Ratchet corrected.
"Oh." Everyone said.
"These are all going back to where they belong." Clemont said leaving.
Fixit chuckled. "Trust me, whatever you've done to my place is about to be undone."
"Well, it could have been better." Max opined.
"There's either fun coming or a whole lot of damage." Wheeljack deduced.
"Or both." Sideswipe added.
"I don't understand the nature of this fight. Taking species aside, those two seem almost like the same." Predaking said.
"They are both smart, gentle, nice and happy to help with their skills. If only there's one way to make them leave their proud aside and work together." May started.
Bonnie saw Dedenne looking at the Scythe, and in that moment she though about what May said. She took the relic and smirked. "Maybe there is."
Back with the Decepticons, they all got surprised by who they encountered, or better said 'what' they encountered. Stinger and Dropkick presented speechless looks, Nightbird and Knock Out were scared, while Starscream, surprisingly, smirked.
"Well well, look who is still walking." Starscream said, recognizing the individual.
"Wait general, you...know this guy?" Nightbird asked in disbelief.
"It must be Skyquake."
"Exactly Knock Out, or better said was. Now he's just a mindless vessel body by the influence of dark energon." Starscream said.
"You mean one of those Terrorcons, huh?" Stinger recalled.
At the moment it put eyes on them, the zombie started advancing toward them.
"Uh-oh, I think it has spotted us." Knock Out warned alarmed.
"Oh please, look at it, clearly it isn't any threat. He's missing an arm." Dropkick boasted.
"Don't underestimate it because of that, Terrorcons are surprisingly resilient. The reason why Galvatron searched for the blood of Unicron after we went separated ways is because he knew how mighty these undead warriors could be. But this one is just a remembrance of our mistakes from the past, so it's of no use for us. Stand down Dropkick." Starscream ordered preparing one of his missiles to aim. "This one is mine. Farewell Skyquake, say hello to your twin for me once back in the Allspark."
Starscream was about to fire at the zombie's head, but before he did he heard a sound he recognized. Then, another missile came from nowhere, passed above Starscream right at Skyquake. Starscream's reaction was unexpected: instead of dodging he jumped, circling around the missile's trajectory, and after it impacted on the Terrorcon, making a huge hole in the chest, he fired his, blowing its head. Skyquake fell back, lying in the ground with sparks coming from the injures before Starscream pushed the body to the edge, making it to fall to the deeps of the dimension.
"I admit it general, that was a great maneuver." Stinger complemented.
"I didn't know you could move with such style." Knock Out followed.
"But from where did that missile come from?" Nightbird questioned.
"Hold on, I recognize that tactic: one projectile to draw the enemy's attention while launching other not expected." Starscream remembered.
"How do you know that?" Dropkick asked suspicious.
"Because I was the one who invented it, to employ it against the Autobots. It's an original Seeker tactic."
"It seems after all this time you haven't forgotten the ways of the old days." A voice said.
"Who's there?" Knock Out asked, making everyone to pull out their weapons and stand in battle position.
"You dare messing with Decepticons?" Stinger warned.
"Show yourself, coward! We're not scared to face you!" Dropkick challenged.
"Coward? Hehehe, those are big guts for one of you who used to identify himself with that word."
"Wait, I recognize that voice." Starscream revealed.
"After all, brother, it was you who taught us your most important lesson."
Starscream turned and remained speechless discovering who was talking to him: it was another cybertronian, or better said, one that looked exactly like another clone of him. But there were somethings different on this one: his voice was different, and so as his color, which was black.
"Sometimes cowards survive, right?" The new cybertronian saluted.
"Hahaha, Skywarp!" Starscream yelled very cheered running to the newcomer, and for everyone's surprise he hugged him. "You old crazy flyer, how did you find your way here?"
"Guess it by yourself, you're smart." Skywarp said, breaking the hug. "And I managed to escape home with a couple of relatives with me."
Immediately other cybertronians flyers landed around the group: one was blue and showed a smart look, followed by a green one and an orange one, one of turquoise color, a red one and a last one light blue; all looking almost the same as Starscream except for some small details. Two more joined, a yellow one and other of fuchsia color, but these two were girls. Seeing all of them around him, Starscream showed a happy face like none ever seen before.
"Hahahaha, this is a day I never expect thought I would see, but always wanted to happen." Starscream celebrated.
"It's good to see you have missed us a lot, brother." The blue one appreciated.
"You can say it, Thundercracker. Good to see you thoughtful as always, Mister Big Mind."
"It is thanks to him that we have managed to keep our sparks beating all this time." The yellow female supported.
"I have no doubt of that, Nova Storm."
"We have missed you all this time too, brother. And nice reaction time with your tactic, you haven't lost faculties." The one of turquoise color said.
"Haha, in your dreams, Hydrostorm."
"But It appears we have hit the wrong target. It's him one of us?" The red one asked worried.
"Fear nothing, Red Wing. That's one who failed to prove his value as a Seeker, as well incapable in adapting changes."
"Looks like we did right on trusting the new recruit." The other female one pronounced.
"Slipstream, you Sky Beauty. How did you figure out I was here?"
"You're referring to this place or where our warship currently is?" Skywarp asked.
"The fact you being on another dimension was unknown to us." Thundercraker started.
"But we wouldn't be able to find the planet she mentioned and our actual fold if she didn't bring us." Red Wing ended.
"She said she knew you, but she used to refer to you as...how did she say it...Darkscream, I think." Nova Storm revealed.
"What? Who guided you?" Starscream asked.
At the moment one more flyer met with them, one who Starscream knew very well.
"Spacestream?"
"Darkscream, is good to see you again." The Decepticon female known as Spacestream, Starscream old teammate, said before hugging him. When she broke the hug she noticed something. "What happened to you? You look like the others."
"It's a complicated story, involving a certain group of humans we know so well."
"Oh, I get the picture. Well anyway, is good to see you after all this time. I missed you."
"Huh boss, you know her?" The green one asked.
"In a matter of saying I do, Acidstorm. Spacestream is a special cybertronian, one not born from the Allspark, but she shares the dedication for our cause. She assisted me and lord Galvatron alongside others time after arriving Earth."
"Lord Galvatron? Looks like you have lot of stuff to update us." The light blue said.
"I'll tell you every detail once where back to the Nemesis, Ion Storm. As I expect the same about your experiences since the exodus."
"So, she's one of us." Slipstream understood. "In that case, welcome to the Seekers."
"Sunstorm ready and at your command, sir." The orange one saluted.
In that moment someone else called by com-link. "Starscream, there's a surprise coming to you."
"Already aware of it, Xiaxus."
"Sorry for not telling you before, but we got a curious signal calling in our frequencies. First we were not sure but once I took a closer look I supposed it was something very familiar to you. I sent our coordinates and told them your actual location and means to find you as soon as they asked me."
"I see. Thanks anyway, I'll take it from here." Starscream appreciated ending the transmission before returning with his pals. "I hope you brought a little more than your appreciated company."
"How about a whole battalion of Seeker soldiers?" Hydrostorm answered in surprise mood.
That made Starscream smirk. "That would do it."
"Hello!" Knock Out called, being ignored from a while with the others. "May you share with us what we're missing?"
"Looks like you also accomplished your mission."
"Good to see you, Stinger." Spacestream greeted taking his hand. "Is any other from our previous team here?"
"You will see them once we're done with our hunt."
"Huh?"
"Who are these? Some kind of creepy copies of you?" Dropkick demanded.
"Hey, what did you call us?!"
"Easy Skywarp. Fellow Decepticons, meet my personal strike force of the Decepticon air brigades: the Seeker armada." Starscream introduced.
"I wouldn't have said it better myself, commander."
"It is general now, Acidstorm. You better get used to it."
"General? Wow, you surely have done some progress during our absence." Ion Storm congratulated.
"And what was that about a hunt?" Slipstream recalled.
"We are in middle of the task of tracking down a creature which inhabits and rules this dimension. Some kind of deity adored by this planet's natives." Nightbird explained.
"It is essential we capture it alive for our current plan to conquer Earth." Stinger added.
"Well, now that we have so many flyers we may have more chances to find it if we split up and look around." Knock Our suggested.
"Or perhaps we could try a more simple and effective way." Thundercracker said pulling out an object.
Starscream gasped in surprise at seeing it. "Where did you find it?"
"It was locked into some kind of ancient compartment we found at entering this dimension. It seemed lost so we didn't take hesitation in taking it back." Nova Storm revealed.
"With this in our hands, we can make that beast to come right where we want."
While this happened, in New Iacon, Clemont seemed to have ended organizing his stuff.
"Ah finally. Now that walking wheelbarrow won't be able to move my things without me know it first. And if he dares he will receive a noise surprise. That'll teach him."
Clemont decided to sit on the couch and relax seeing something on the TV. But when he turned it on, he saw images of battles between Autobots and Decepticons, more like official recordings, which surprised him. He tried to change the channel, but it wasn't of any use.
"FIXIT! What did you do to the TV!?"
"It's your new 24-hours new channel: the greatest battles of the War for Cybertron. A well detailed documentary all the time. You're welcome."
"Moving my things out of their place is something I can tolerate, but messing with a human's TV is a death wish." Clemont said, really mad this time, as he prepared his backpack, making lots of items to come out. "You had your fun, but when I'm done with your place you'll not stop dropping tears of oil."
Clemont moved to perform his treat, although Fixit tried to stop him.
"Let me through!" Clemont demanded.
"No, I forbid…"
Suddenly a weird noise caught their attention, making them to stop fighting.
"Guys, we have a problem." May said meeting with them alongside Iris, Max, May and Bonnie, this last one carrying the Scythe.
"It's the Scythe." Ritchie continued.
"We were just messing around with it and it started to make noise." Max told as the Autobots followed them.
"You two are the genius. What do you think it is?" Iris asked.
"Might be a frequency anomaly." Fixit suggested seeing it closer.
"Or perhaps a systems overload." Clemont theorized.
"Could result in a catastrophic explosion."
"And the lost of an important relic of Optimus's ancestor, which we still have much to learn from. We need to check it closely."
"To access the Scythe's motherboard, if there is, the outer casing needs to be removed. For that, the relic must be kept completely immobile. I...cannot do it myself."
Clemont understood what Fixit wanted to say by the way he was looking at him, so he nodded. Back with the rest in the Reverse World...
"Glad to see you're fine, Giratina." Ash greeted, making the legendary pokémon to stroke him, making him laugh.
"Looks like the Cons didn't find it before us." Serena pointed.
"That's good. Now we can focus better on its protection." Arcee said.
Giratina looked at the Autobots suspicious and distrust, probably because of their similarity with the Decepticon it disposed off before.
Dawn became aware of this and stepped between. "It's okay Giratina, these are friends. They are with us."
"Pi piplup." Piplup translated.
"The other ones, who wear that purple symbol, those are the bad guys." Ash clarified.
Giratina seemed to understand what the children said, because it calmed down. But then, it seemed to notice something else, because it turned and flew to other direction.
"And where is it going now?" Smokescreen asked.
"No clue. Maybe it's sensing some trouble." Hot Rod suggested.
"Perhaps it knows where the remaining Decepticons are. If they are more here, of course." Moon answered.
"Let's check it out."
"Ash, you guys go ahead. See what's the reason its so anxious, we'll catch up with you." Bumblebee instructed.
"Okay." Ash nodded, pulling out two poke-balls. "Charizard, Noivern, I choose you."
Charizard allowed Ash, Pikachu and Serena to ride him while Noivern carried Dawn and Piplup. They followed Giratina around the Reverse World, trying to catch up with it. The legendary pokémon looked around an area full of floating islands in search for what was out of place. Finally it found it: in middle of the place there was some kind of black orb which seemed to be sucking rocks and materials from around it. Giratina roared at it furious and headed for it, determined to stop it. But before it could approach it…
"Now!" Starscream's voice sounded.
In that moment Acidstorm and Hydrostorm appeared from behind some rocks and fired some lasers at Giratina, making it growl at them. The shots didn't hit it, but it was enough to made it change its attention, so it went after them. It tried to take them down by using Dragon Rage, but they dodged it pretty easily. Next, Slipstream and Nova Storm performed the same way, attacking it from behind, forcing Giratina to focus on them, unaware that they were lurking it to a close space. Once in there, Red Wing and Sunstorm attacked it as well. Giratina used Will-O-Wisp, but Sunstorm changed to robot form and fired his laser guns, being these more similar to Predaking's. He used his own shots to counter Giratina's attack, surprising the legendary pokémon. Before it could react, Giratina heard another transformation sounds, followed by a strong hit from above. It was Skywarp, standing in front of it. Giratina decided to uses its signature move against him, but in the moment it disappeared Skywarp suspected and vanished as well. Giratina reappeared, shocked for what it happened, right before Skywarp appeared and hit it again.
"You're not the only one who can teleport." The black Seeker mocked before disappearing again.
Giratina tried to counter again, but Skywarp's teleportation ability was faster and unpredictable, not seeing coming Ion Storm, who emitted some kind of energy wave which surprised it. And then, Starscream and Spacestream came from above, launching missiles at the walls, trapping it under a pile of rocks. But Giratina wasn't defeated yet, so it tried to get out of the rocks. But before it could two electrified whips wrapped around its neck, stunning it and forcing it to stop.
"Ah, I see you have made some improvements, dear." Starscream said to Spacestream, the one with the whips coming out from her wrists.
"Well you know, a girl never has enough accessories." She responded, acting like if she blushed while the other Seekers landed around the now captive Giratina.
"Who will know that trinket will work? Nice job, brother." Red Wing congratulated Thundercracker, who had a remote at hand.
"We all know how dangerous those weapons are when turned on, so it is better to operate them at a safe distance." The blue Seeker revealed.
"How did you know it will come attracted by the gravitational anomaly?" Slipstream asked.
"It is said this creature watches our dimension from its own, and as its only inhabitant it's logical to assume it can feel any changes occurring at its home." Starscream responded.
"Logical you say? Ha, you're starting to sound like Shockwave." Ion Storm laughed.
"Great job team, we have managed to capture this amazing creature. The first incorporation to our new army of native beasts."
"Just like the old times." Acidstorm recalled.
The situation looked bad for Giratina, now at mercy of the Decepticons. Fortunately for it, our heroes saw this from a safe place.
"Oh no, this looks bad." Dawn expressed.
"Since when there are lots of Starscream?" Ash looked curious.
"I don't know, but look. Doesn't that one resembles someone we knew?" Serena asked.
"Yeah, that one looks similar to Misbelwy. So that must be Spacestream, she's back."
"And she has taken back with her lots of flying comrades. I can't believe they managed to catch Giratina." Dawn said.
"Pika pi." Pikachu called, pointing at something.
"It seems because of that. Giratina felt that thing must be affecting the Reverse World and they used it to make it a trap." Ash deduced.
"Guys, we got news: Starscream is here, alongside Spacestream and some other Cons which look almost like him." Serena reported with her Pokétch.
"What?! More Starscreams?! Like if it wasn't enough with just him." Smokescreen complained.
"Wait. Guys, these Cons look the same except for their color scheme?"
"Yes. How do you know, Arcee?" Ash confirmed.
"Those are Starscream's minions before and during his stay on the Decepticons."
"The Seekers." Bee remembered.
"The Decepticons' air force?" Smokey recalled.
"It was founded by Starscream and his relatives, all flyers and not from Megatron's first followers." Moonracer revealed.
"It used to say when they acted together, with each one providing one special fact or quality, they were unstoppable." Hot Rod told.
"That's how they managed to trap Giratina. Besides something making some kind of black hole."
"What? What did you said, Ash?"
"There is some kind of machine generating that thing which caught Giratina's attention. Maybe the Decepticons used it to lure it." Serena revealed, seeing a machine was the one emitting the orb.
"Scrap, this is worse than we thought."
"Hot Rod?" Ash asked, getting worried.
"There are not things like that in the Reverse World, right?" Moonracer asked.
"As far as we know, we don't think so." Dawn answered.
"Then it can only be a Dimensional Decimator." Bumblebee said.
"A what?" Everyone asked.
"Is...that some kind of...weapon?" Serena asked alarmed.
"We're afraid so. It is a creation of extreme levels which its said is powerful enough to make black holes." Arcee answered.
"You mean like those roaming hidden in space which is rumored they can swallow entire stars?" Dawn recalled.
"No, not like those. The ones coming from these devices are of minor scale. Because the instability of the gravity field after activation, its ends fading away after a short period of time." Hot Rod explained.
"So its a single use weapon." Serena understood.
"But how is it that it is still active right now?" Ash noticed.
"It must be some upgraded variant, designed for a longer use." Moonracer suspected.
"That must be what Giratina sensed. It knew that thing is dangerous so it went to destroy it." Ash deduced.
"How can we stop it?" Serena asked.
"It should be enough by destroying the source. The structure which causes the anomaly." Arcee proposed.
"See what you can do, we'll try to reach as fast as we can and we'll deal with the Decepticons." Bee ended.
The group decided to focus on the decimator, flying around the machine, not close because of the gravity attraction.
"We need to destroy that generator, so hit it with the best you got. Pikachu, Charizard, Noivern, combine the effects of your Thunderbolt, Flamethrower and Boomburst." Ash instructed.
"Piplup, use Bubble Beam." Dawn commanded while she pulled out two poke-balls. "Pachirisu, Discharge. Togekiss, Aura Sphere."
Serena followed their example and summoned her pokémon. "Pancham, Sylveon, attack that thing with Dark Pulse and Swift."
They didn't know their voices reached Spacestream.
"Hold on. Starscream, you hear that?"
"What?"
"Those voices, they sound familiar."
"Look!" Nova Storm pointed.
"What are those insects doing?" Acidstorm wondered.
"Wait, don't!" Thundercracker warned.
The pokémon launched their attacks, trashing the artifact. But that didn't shut down the black hole, it caused the opposed effect: it started to grow.
"You fools! You have compromised the infrastructure. If it damages it can't contain the gravitational force. Now is out of control!" Thundercracker revealed.
"Forget this place and the creature, we better get out of here or we will end as space dust."
"As always you are as smart as me, sister. Seekers, retreat!"
Everyone followed Starscream's example: transforming and flying away as fast as they could. They even passed above their companions.
"Get out of here or you're doomed! Return to the Nemesis!" Spacestream communicated.
"If is Starscream I'm not sure, but if others follow his lead…" Knock Out simply said before they followed the command.
Meanwhile, the Autobots already reached their friends, who decided to focus on liberating Giratina.
"What happened?" Arcee asked.
"The anomaly is completely out of control. It seems breaking has only released its full potential." Serena explained.
"BLACK HOLE!" Everyone yelled.
Giratina looked at the growing black hole, which started to consume the nearest places. The pokémon roared before using Dragon Rage, which was completely absorbed by the phenomenon.
"You don't happen to know how to get rip of a black hole, do you?" Serena asked.
"Hum, actually Blaster had a theory, but it's not confirmed yet. He speculates that if a black hole absorbs more matter than it can process, specially pure energy, the anomaly will end collapsing on itself and will be destroyed." Bumblebee recalled.
"Giratina must know it as well, the reason why is attacking it." Dawn saw.
"What about the artificial version of the Omega Lock which was made from that human creation which is related?" Smokescreen suggested.
"We don't have time to construct something that big. We need to act now." Moon said.
"If it needs matter, let's give it as much as we can." Hot Rod decided firing at it.
All the Autobots followed Hot Rod and Giratina, the same as the kids' pokémon. That made the black hole to grow slower, but it didn't stop.
"This isn't working. We are going to need help." Ash requested.
"I already communicated this to Optimus." Bee revealed.
"Did he say how they are going to help?" Serena asked.
Suddenly, a portal opened near them and Optimus Prime flew through, with the Star Saber as hand. The saber shined with a strong red aura, and the Autobot leader shouted as he aimed it to the black hole, unleashing a beam of pure energy which was absorbed. But this caused something weird to happen: the black hole started to experience some pulses, like releasing waves of energy it couldn't contain.
"The gravitational field is getting unstable, it's going to blow. Fall back." Optimus ordered.
The Autobots and Giratina got away from the black hole before it was consumed by a huge explosion which unleashed a huge wave of plasma and dust. It dissipated immediately, but it let a lot of destruction around the area. Some islands even didn't exist anymore. However, Giratina used its power to start restore the damage, thing which the team witnessed.
"Something tells me Giratina is gonna be just fine." Arcee observed.
"Well, this isn't the first catastrophic it faces." Dawn reassured.
"I hope it doesn't bother it if we place a sensor here to ensure the Decepticons doesn't try new incursions."
"A wise decision, Smokescreen." Optimus supported. "As long as we don't disturb its home."
"And let's hope the Decepticons doesn't have more of those black holes bombs."
"Don't worry Serena, that was the only exception." Hot Rod reassured. "Besides, we made sure to eradicate those weapons before leaving Cybertron."
"There are forces in this universe which is better not to deal with." Optimus declared. "It is time to return."
"Let us a least some time to say goodbye to our friend." Dawn asked.
"Fine, but not too long." Arcee said.
The kids took a little amount of time to spend with Giratina, full of laughs, tickles and waving before they returned with the Autobots. The team stopped a huge mess, but at returning to base they saw another still in process of solving.
"Em, are we missing something?" Moon asked, seeing the other humans and some of the Bots gathered.
"Ssh, we don't want them to make a wrong move." Wheeljack silenced.
"Huh? What?" Ash asked.
"Elita, what's going on?" Optimus questioned.
"This is out of my authority, but I think they got it under control."
While Clemont was holding the Scythe, Fixit pulled a drill from one of his hands and used it on the relic's surface, both of them really nervous. That allowed him to open a direct access to the relic's inside.
"There's...something...lodged...in there." Clemont saw.
Fixit pulled out some cybertronian like pliers and proceeded to take it out. The phase was like deactivating an active bomb, so Clemont couldn't avoid sweat. Once Fixit had it, he retired it, both expecting it didn't explode or worse, fortunately it didn't happened. Then they saw the object which was inside was familiar.
"Wait. Is that...Max's PokéNav?" Fixit recognized.
Then they heard laughs. May, Bonnie, Ritchie...everyone aware of their fight was laughing.
"What kind of crazy joke is this?" Clemont demanded annoyed, as Fixit.
"The kind that worked." Sideswipe answered.
"It made you stop arguing and instead cooperating to resolve an issue together." Predaking explained.
"See? It isn't better to do the same together instead of seeing who's better?" May said.
The two looked at each other, and seeing their friends were right, smiled.
"Fixit, look. Is that…?" Clemont started.
"I think we just discovered the way the Scythe changes."
"So, we did it!"
"We did it. Perhaps we should work together more often."
"Agree. In fact, the first thing we should do is…"
"Study the relic's procedure so we may be able to replicate it."
"Well, I was gonna say put everything back the way it was, but I like your idea too."
With everything solved, Clemont and Fixit went to restore everything.
"I'm not sure what has gone on right here, but good work guys." Bee appreciated.
"Thank Bonnie, she's the one who came up with the idea." Max revealed.
"You have acted wise on making those two to leave aside their differences by a peaceful way, little one." Elita congratulated.
"What I can say? I may not be my brother's work biggest fan, but I don't want it for him to become an obsession in that way."
"At least they will give me more time for myself, to work peacefully." Ratchet appreciated.
"What about you? Did you have success in the Reverse World?" Iris asked.
"Giratina is fine, and we managed to avoid a disaster to alter his world's order." Serena answered.
"One weapon less for the Decepticons to use." Ash followed.
"But, they now have one of their most dangerous actives: the Seeker Armada has returned." Optimus shared.
"It wasn't already before?" Sideswipe recalled.
"No, those were simply foot soldiers. They are referring to the true founders of their military structure." Blaster corrected.
"Starscream's gang." Ultra Magnus pronounced.
"How they managed to find their way here?" Warpath wondered.
"Spacestream probably showed them the way back." Arcee suspected.
"What?! She's back?!"
"Starscream's girlfriend has decided to reunite like the others?" Sideswipe added.
"I must suspect they mean no good news."
"Indeed Predaking. With Starscream reunited with his followers and what remains of the Seeker Armada, the Decepticons have been recovering their advantage of numbers slowly. We must get ready to act as the old harder times." Optimus declared.
"Let's hope it would not take much time for other Autobots to join us." Serena said.
"Numbers don't win wars."
"No Hot Rod, but it can be of great help." Optimus pointed.
Meanwhile, at the Nemesis…
"So, no beast this time either?" Dropkick summarized. "I guess this mission as been a failure."
"Oh, not that much." Starscream objected. "We may have not obtained the pokémon or the weapon, but we have gained something the same of importance."
"Numerical and tactical superiority." Xiaxus responded.
"And most welcomed company." Starscream ended looking at Spacestream.
"Even if we captured the beast, we still lack the means of commanding them to obey our will." Knock Out reminded.
"Maybe we could employ something based on the technology humans employ to earn their loyalty. Something powerful to create a bond." Nightbird suggested.
"Oh, speaking of power. We also found something when we put a foot on this planet the first time. We took it from that traitor of Axer." Red Wing started as they brought something.
"What exactly is that you…?" Starscream started, but gasped in disbelief once he saw what it was. "It can't be. The Dark Star Saber."
"The what?" Dropkick asked.
"Excuse me?" Stinger followed.
"It was forged by Galvatron, thanks to the special properties of the Forge of Solus Prime, using a fragment of the blood of Unicron. A mighty weapon capable to counter the most powerful relic Prime ever got his hands on." Xiaxus related.
"How appropriate. With the legendary pokémon we can have all the power we need to take over the world, but with this we can conquer galaxies." Starscream said taking and examining it. "Hum, that also gives me an idea of the way to control them."
"Hold on, are you not saying…?" Knock Out said, starting to suspect.
"The inspiration from human-made creations could work, but dark energon may be the perfect fuel to establish that unbreakable loyalty."
"Dark energon?" Sunstorm asked surprised.
"The lifeblood of Unicron, the Chaos Bringer?" Slipstream added.
"So the tales are real, huh? I wonder how it will be to study such substance." Thundercracker opined.
"Lord Galvatron wanted it to create an army of undead warriors under his command. By establishing a symbiosis with the dark matter, our master was able to perform direct and total control over anything infused with it. So, if that substance is able to command individuals already deceased…" Starscream was saying.
"Wait, I know what you're thinking, and I think it's a bad idea. When it comes to dark energon we already have enough experience to know is going to backfire at us."
"Oh please, don't be so dramatic, Knock Out." Nova Storm objected.
"I'm being realistic. When our master was possessed by Unicron…"
"Shockblast, do you think with the data we extracted from that human facility and all our knowledge regarding the dark matter, will you be able to create a device suitable for that purpose?" Starscream asked.
"Hey! Are you ignoring my warnings?!"
"Unicron is nowhere to been seen or heard, Knock Out. Even if he's still out there, he may be trapped inside our former master's body. What needs does he of invading another body when he already possess total control over his?"
"But there may be others risks we need to take into consideration, right Shockblast? You're the one in charge of scientific field here, so you should considerate all things when it comes to experiment."
"Starscream." Shockblast started, making everyone to look at him. "Your proposal seems highly...logical."
"What?!" Knock Out asked surprised.
"I have been studying some methods humans employed to impose control over pokémon, and I'm sure it may be one which adjust to your preferences."
"I can't believe it, Starscream and Shockwave getting along like nothing." Hydrostorm confessed.
"There's a lot of things we have missed indeed." Skywarp agreed.
"But even if the dark energon element works there's still a downside: for that connection level to happen we require someone with a deep union with the dark matter. And only Galvatron reached such state." Shockblast explained.
Then Starscream remembered something. "Not just him."
"Excuse us?" Dropkick said confused.
"Is something you want to enlighten us with?" Xiaxus asked.
Starscream went to a specific area of the warship, right where long ago decided to hide a secret and important present he obtained long ago.
"Did you recall when I mentioned Skyquake was a useless remain of the past? I once tried to experiment the same power Galvatron possessed, but it didn't go as I expected, so I decided to give up on that power. But now, it can be of use once again." Starscream revealed, right before he inserted the piece into his spark chamber.
That caused a reaction just like the last time he did that: his whole was covered in purple flames while he seemed to scream in pain.
"Starscream!" Spacestream exclaimed as she was going to assist him, but Xiaxus stopped her.
Starscream seemed like if he was agonizing while kneeling down. But then he started to laugh maniacally.
"Yes, the power. I can feel it, flowing through my veins. Once again!"
He got up, and then something unexpected happened: all parts of his body changed, modifying, growing, even more metal covered some parts. His appearance continued changing until the flames disappeared, showing him with a new but know look which let almost everyone impressed.
"You can start worrying now, Autobots. Darkscream is back!"