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Plot – After Ga'Mede frees Misha from the newly upgraded Neo-Dark Energon with his own technique, their triumph over the Decepticons is short-lived when Artemis's partner, Moon was terminated by M-Ai's physical assault on him and suffers a breakdown. Coby and Bud's older brother, Tim drops by and when Artemis first meets him, she develops a slight crush. Alexis's past memories of Starscream has resurfaced and talks to Rodimus about her connection with him, along with the collapse of the sun that created a gigantic black hole threatening Planet Cybertron after a decade. Also, a startling transformation begins to unfold on Misha with the Sword of Purpose.
Chapter 26: The Resolve
By witnessing the sudden change from Misha with the Neo-Dark Energon upgrade, Kicker was already sweating bullets. Even Koji, Rad and Ga'Mede were also in a state of shock, along with Optimus and Rodimus.
"Galvatron, you monster!" shouted Optimus in a fit of rage.
"Say what you will about me and Cryotek, Prime. Your human friend is once again back on our side."
"And there's not a damn thing that you can do about it" added Cryotek.
Landfill stepped forth to oppose them. "Why, that ruthless..." But, he was stopped by Ruination and the Spy-Changers.
"That's far enough, Land-chump" warned Ruination.
Jan and Illumina remained hidden at the back alley from behind the wall without being seen or heard.
He speaks to her, quietly. "I wish that we could help, but I don't know what that weird glow was."
"Jan, look! She's about to attack him!"
As they both look on, Kicker didn't move an inch. Although that he's carrying the Energon Sabre and Sword of Purpose in his hands, he can't attack Misha.
With a sly grin on her face, she responds to him in a dark tone. "What's the matter, Kicker? Aren't you surprised to see me like this?"
Ga'Mede felt the power emanating from Misha. "The Neo-Dark Energon must've had some major improvements, when me and T-Ai fell victim to it."
M-Ai laughed. "Quite right. Galvatron and Cryotek have done some modifications to it, since the last time you and your pathetic friends were under our influence."
Koji raised his fist at her. "You take that back! It won't be enough to beat all of us!"
Galvatron waved his finger. "Nah-uh. You haven't seen the best part, yet." He motions to Misha with a slight nod.
Misha nodded back. She locks herself in a fighting position and dares Kicker to strike at her.
He hesitated. With grief on his face, he turned away. "No, I won't do it."
She grinned. "Then maybe, I will."
As soon as he gasped and whirled around, he gets hit in the stomach by Misha's fierce kick; resulting of him dropping both swords. He groaned weakly and as he got up, Misha strikes him again with a vicious right cross to his face. It sends him sprawling across the highway until he crashed into the wall hard and coughed up. When he tries to get back up, Misha charged at him again before she stopped right in-front of his face.
Fear began to rise into Kicker as his eyes were filled with fright upon seeing Misha being manipulated again, but with a more serious tone. With an evil grin, she proceeded to punch him in the face. Instead, her fist flew past his face by smacking it into the wall right beside his head.
She smirked at Kicker. "You have no chance of beating me from before. You may as well surrender."
He retorted. "I will not surrender! I'd rather perish then to get beaten from the woman that I love!"
"How touching. But, you're so very misguided." She ends her sentence by grabbing him from the throat and as she clenched her fist very tightly, she punched him in the belly.
The impact from her punch caused Kicker to de-transform back into his original self. In turn, Misha releases her grip on his throat. He falls to his knees and felt the pressure that Misha bestow on him. Then, he was later rendered unconscious.
She stroked her long brown hair. "You hardly put up an effort. How disappointing."
M-Ai has witnessed the surmountable power of the Neo-Dark Energon and became somewhat satisfied with the sudden transformation on Misha. "Wonderful. Our recent upgrade on the Neo-Dark Energon has worked splendidly."
"Yes, it has" added Galvatron.
Koji, Ga'Mede and Rad were left stunned when they saw Kicker's quick downfall to a darker and more mesmerized Misha.
"This is awful! She just took him out with only one punch!"
"I really hate to say this, but I don't think that neither of you can free her."
"Huh? Why is that?"
Ga'Mede continued. "Even with my Pulsar Photon Wave Rifle and your combined strength, the odds of freeing Misha from the Neo-Dark Energon are slim to none."
"What? Then, you mean…" Koji allowed him to finish.
With a nod of his head, he replies back. "That's right. We've lost Misha."
Cryotek laughed. "You're correct. Yet, you hadn't even realized as to how we've really orchestrated the Neo-Dark Energon on the likes of you."
"Such as what?" asked Rad.
Galvatron replied and unveiled the truth. "Back when I abducted Koji and Misha, I've added an extra ingredient to the Dark Energon. Normally, it would claim both your lives and theirs very quickly. So, in order to avoid certain death, since it's considered to be an extremely dangerous substance. I've used..."
There was a brief silence until he spat out these shocking words.
"A portion of Koji's blood sample right before I infected them!"
"Wh-What?!" gasped Koji in bewilderment.
Everybody in Autobot HQ were left completely frozen. They now fully understood as to how the Neo-Dark Energon would infect a human being; utilizing Koji's blood sample and integrated it with Galvatron's devious weapon.
"Inconceivable! How could Galvatron create such a monstrosity?" cried Dr. Jones.
"This is worse than I could ever imagine" says Alexis sadly.
"Kicker…" said Sally.
Back on the battlefield, the manipulated Misha tightened her fist and raised it at Koji, Rad and Ga'Mede by daring to come at her. "Try and take me on. I'll obliterate you all in a heartbeat."
"I can't tell what's worse; unable to free Misha from the upgraded Neo-Dark Energon or the way she's acting. We need to find another way. But, how?" thought Koji.
"Well, I refuse to hit a girl. It's not right of me" told Rad.
Misha grinned. "You won't. But, I do." After she finished her sentence, she strikes Rad in the face with lightning speed and then hits Koji right in the face, sending them reeling back first against the wall. Therefore, they were also knocked out-cold.
"Rad!" cried Alexis.
"Koji!" added T-Ai.
It was now a stand-off between Misha and Ga'Mede.
She gripped her fist and the Decepticon symbol shining on her forehead. "I'll defeat you in no time flat."
Once Ga'Mede stretched his neck, he complied. "Don't assume you'll have your way with me."
M-Ai became puzzled. "I beg your pardon?"
Galvatron answered. "My thoughts exactly."
Not only were they confused, so did everybody else in the Autobot base.
Sally folded her arms with her eyebrow raised. "Is it just me or is Ga'Mede bluffing?"
"You got me" says Kelly.
Ga'Mede later tells Misha. "It's true that M-Ai and Galvatron gave you a new makeover with the upgraded Neo-Dark Energon, but the original source still exists within me."
"And that is?" she wondered.
He smiled and pumped his fists. "I've managed to combine the last remnants of the original Dark Energon with the same armor transformation that Koji, Rad and Kicker currently have. In short, it was right after M-Ai took my imitation belt with the same power source."
"No way! You're lying!" yelled Misha.
He countered. "Watch and you'll see just how wrong you are." He then stood a few feet away from her and continued on. "Alright. Here goes!" As he gathered up his powers, a yellow aura had appeared around his body while building up his strength. Suddenly, some light purple lightning were shown and it was mixing it up with his armor transformation. From there, his armor began to flash yellow and purple altogether.
The ground and the entire city began to rumble, very heavily. Everybody maintained their balance, during this unusual spectacle.
Cryotek became irate as to what is transpiring into Ga'Mede. "Galvatron, what is the meaning of this?!"
"Whatever this is, he's about to show it to us."
On the threshold of syncing the original Dark Energon with his own armor transformation, he muttered out his new phrase. "Ga'Mede, Transform! Super Mode!"
Dr. Jones gasped in shock. "Don't tell me…"
"Super Mode?" wondered Alexis.
"What's that?" asked Bud to Stella.
"Beats me."
As soon as he roared with intense vigour, a bright light radiated everyone.
When it finally subsided, they all became astounded of his newly developed form.
His body that was originally crimson yellow is now brightly gold, much similar to Kicker's hair. His Photon Armor has now become chalk white. Whereas his hands, pads and his hair are now platinum gray. Yet, his eyes were ruby red with light purple/yellow lightning surrounding him.
Even though most of them were very surprised of this outcome, M-Ai and Misha were not intimidated.
"So, what? You've changed your outfit. Big deal."
"If that's your way of impressing me, then you've bitten off more than you can chew." She formed his hands in a size of a ball and begins charging her Neo-Dark Energon powers.
Alexis instantly recognizes that technique from her previous outing with Koji. "Hey, I know that move!"
During Misha's procedure with Ga'Mede, Kicker barely stood up but remained on his stomach and opened his eyes to see what is happening. When he does, however, he became awfully surprised of not only seeing Ga'Mede in his brand new armor transformation but also Misha beginning to attack him with her upgraded Neo-Dark Energon powers. "Hey, Ga'Mede! Get out of there, right now!"
But, he did not hear Kicker. He stood very still at that spot with his fists tightened and had a determined look on his face.
Koji and Rad also try to warn him after they've regained consciousness.
"What do you think you're doing?!"
"Move or you'll be wiped out!"
Ga'Mede replied to them. "No, I won't."
Dr. Jones also couldn't believe that Ga'Mede refuses to listen and step away. "Is he crazy? Doesn't he realize that the Neo-Dark Energon has been re-modified?"
T-Ai narrowed her eyes closely at the viewing monitor on Ga'Mede and has noticed something on him. There was a mixture of yellow and light purple gloves that were formed on his fists. "Is he actually playing possum on her?"
After Misha was finished charging, she shouts back at him. "Take this! Neo-Dark Energon Tsunami Blaster!" She fired her purple and black projectile beam right into his path.
For Ga'Mede, however, he made a wild grin.
When M-Ai read his expression, she gasped in astonishment.
By that time, it struck him and resulted with a huge bang. A huge wind gust blew everybody as they covered their eyes.
"Holy smokes! What power!" says Koji regarding the dark energy coming from Misha's technique on Ga'Mede.
"I can see that. But, what about Ga'Mede?" asks Rad curiously.
As soon as the dust blew away, both factions stood in awe and in total bewilderment about what has emerged: Ga'Mede has suffered no major damage from Misha's direct attack.
Kicker couldn't believe his eyes and neither did everyone. "Y-You've…got to be kidding me! Th-There's…"
"There's not a scratch on him!" yelled Galvatron.
"This changes everything, mostly" told Optimus.
M-Ai grinded her teeth and informs Misha. "Why, that little punk! Misha! Attack him again!"
With a glow from the Deception insignia on her forehead, she responded. "Understood." She dashes into Ga'Mede and hoping to retaliate from earlier.
Ga'Mede smirked. "That was a mistake." A small gleam appeared on his eye.
Before Misha could react and halt her punch on him, he instantly catches it with ease. She then tries to follow it up with her other fist, but he also grabs it.
He later starts breaking her fists and once she feels her hands being broken, she mutters in pain. In-spite of this, she gives a cold glare at him. "You will never destroy the Neo-Dark Energon!"
He raised his eyebrow. "Oh, really? What about this?" By hitting her in the belly with his knee really hard and again until her fists had loosened and her eyes had become empty. Afterwards, her arms had dropped from the surprising impact and became semi-conscious.
A look of disappointment and amazement had loomed over both Galvatron and Cryotek.
"This is remarkable. His powers are nearly even with our newly upgraded Neo-Dark Energon."
"In fact, he's attempting to pull off something anew."
As Ga'Mede holds onto Misha, he turns to Kicker and the others. "I suggest that you cover your eyes, now!"
With a quick nod, Kicker quickly notifies his teammates and the Autobots; Just as Ga'Mede pulls out his new signature move on Misha by staring at her face.
"Super Energon Flash!"
In an instant, a bright radiant flash of light shined on Misha and the Decepticons. But not for Kicker and the Autobots, because they've shielded their eyes. During this, Misha's loud scream can be heard for a brief moment until it went away.
After the flash had vanished, Kicker re-opened his eyes and discovered that the Decepticons have been blinded by Ga'Mede's newest Energon technique. However, his excitement turned to worriness when he sees Misha out-cold on Ga'Mede's arms. "Hey! Is she alright?"
"Now's not the time! We must leave at once!"
"And why is that?" Koji asks.
"My Super Energon Flash has only blinded them for a short period of time. Let's move!" says Ga'Mede carrying Misha unconscious.
"You got it! Everyone! Head back to base, before they can re-calibrate their optic sensors!" told Rodimus.
They all headed through the Space Bridge and return to Autobot headquarters until SnowCat was left behind.
That's where Jan and Illumina came in and motioned to him.
"Hey, you there!"
"Wait for us!"
SnowCat heard their call and halted. "Huh? What's the hold-up?"
"Take us with you, please! We too can help!" Jan offered, while pleading to him.
He opened the doors for them. "Okay, okay. Just get in, quick!"
They right away climbed inside SnowCat and hurried off through the Space Bridge. Just in time for the Decepticons to regain their optic sensors.
When they did, however, they soon discovered that the Autobots have managed to escape.
"Curses! They got away!" yelled Galvatron in frustration.
Cryotek scoffed. "We'll have to re-strategize our tactics on them, another day."
As the Decepticons come up with a better solution to overwhelm their enemies, back at the Autobot base, the Autobots have returned and when they did, they've noticed that everyone is in a small huddle. It has triggered their curiosity.
"What's going on, here?" asked Optimus.
Dr. Jones whirled around with a deep frown on his face. "I hate to tell you this, Optimus. But right where M-Ai abducted Misha, she physically assaulted Artemis's partner, Moon and…"
Unable to finish, Kicker became concerned. "And then what happened?"
By taking a deep sigh, he unveiled the truth. "He was…terminated."
Kicker gasped and so did the Autobots, regarding the loss of Artemis's partner, Moon.
Koji became horrified. "Oh, my god!"
Ga'Mede narrowed his eyes. "Where is she now?"
"With them." Dr. Jones points to him, where Artemis is consoling. Surrounded by Sally, Bridget, Kelly, Stella and the rest of the group trying to cope with a grieving Artemis.
Ga'Mede gives Kicker the unconscious Misha in his arms. "Here, take her. I'll deal with this."
"Eh? What can you do?" asked Kicker about Artemis.
"Despite that I'm a mercenary, I'm somewhat negotiable with others. Unlike you."
"Say, what?" says Kicker with a confused look on his face. He later looked down at Misha carrying her bridal style and out-cold. By smiling to himself, he felt relieved that she's back safe and sound. "I'm really glad that you're back here, Misha." He later carries her back to his dormitory.
As they see Ga'Mede approaching this way, they've moved aside and allowed him to confront Artemis.
Her head was nestled on her knees and her arms were cradled around her legs, while she cried softly.
Bending down to her level, he does his best to lift the weight from her shoulders. "Artemis, I understand how you feel. But, taking out the enemy won't bring your partner back." Much to his surprise and annoyance, she wasn't listening. So, with rage in his eyes, he pounded her on the head with a closed fist. "Hey! Pay attention!"
"Ouch!" she rose to her feet and starts yelling at him with tears in her eyes. "What did you do that for? Without Moon, I'm nowhere and I might as well quit!"
"Get a grip on yourself!" He responds back at her with an unlikely move: he slaps her right across the face hard.
It caused everyone inside Autobot HQ to gasp in shock.
"Yikes! That had to hurt" cried Kelly.
A few seconds later, Artemis regained her composure and responded in her normal tone. "I'm…I'm sorry. I didn't know what came over me. Moon was more than just my partner; he was like a brother to me." By hanging her head down, her expression fell into sadness once more. "Yet, I-I don't think that I'll ever find someone as energetic as him."
Upon listening to her speech about her lost comrade, Alexis now remembers her former acquaintance, Starscream in similar but different fashion. By tracing back to when Unicron first came and hearing about the Decepticon's shocking demise through an omen when her old Cybertronian locket cracked, she approached Rad and held his arm firmly while she sobbed.
When he felt it and turned to Alexis, he became startled to see that her eyes were filled with sorrow and disbelief. "Alexis…"
During all of this, the Viewing Monitor was turned on and Quickstrike was shown on-screen to notify Optimus. "Attention, Optimus Prime!"
"What is it, Quickstrike?"
He answered. "There's an oncoming vehicle heading your way, sir."
"Is it a Decepticon?" Optimus asked.
"No, sir. It doesn't have an insignia on it. However, I've been told that Tim Hansen is on his way here."
Coby and Bud's eyes had lit up.
"D-Did you say…Tim?"
"Our big older brother?"
Even Lori was surprised. "I can't wait to see him again!"
Koji blinked his eyes. "Who's Tim?"
"Tim is Bud and Coby's older brother. He doesn't see them much and the last time they saw him, he was at Coby and Lori's wedding" replied Dr. Jones.
"I see."
"But, why is he coming here and more importantly, who told Quickstrike about him?" thought Sally.
"That's an interesting question." Rodimus turned to Quickstrike on the Viewing Monitor. "Quickstrike, when were you told about Tim's arrival?"
He explained. "It was right around the time, when Misha was consumed by Neo-Dark Energon and that's where Colonel Mikey Franklin informed me to send Tim Hansen straight to you."
When Alexis heard that familiar name, her eyes flashed in shock and gasped. "I-I know who that is!"
"You've got to be joking!" cried Carlos.
"I wish it was, but it isn't. Over and out." The Viewing Monitor was then reverted back to an Autobot insignia.
"Well, this is unexpected news. Rodimus, escort Tim inside the base" told Optimus.
"Of course."
As soon as he headed outside, Rad, Carlos and Sally have perceived the sudden expression on Alexis's face.
"Alexis, what's wrong?"
"Are you worried about what Quickstrike had said?"
She nodded her head slightly.
"Why would she be so concerned about him?" asked Sally to them.
"I'm not sure. But, only Tim knows the answer."
Meanwhile, Kicker is inside his dorm and placed Misha on his bed. He later clasped his hand with hers and held it. From there, he reminisces the current situation revolving the Neo-Dark Energon, Fortress Maximus, T-Ai's evil clone, the unholy alliance between Galvatron and Cryotek, his best friend wielding the Sword of Purpose that contained medium energy anomalies of the legendary Autobot commander, Star Saber and the sudden appearance of Artemis and Moon from Prehistoric Earth.
After reflecting on the recent events that followed, he had this to say to her. "I hope that you'll wake up." He then released her hand and joined up with the others by witnessing Tim Hansen's arrival.
Outside, the black limousine comes to a complete stop. The driver pops out and opens the passenger door. When that happened, out comes a tall man with dark ash blonde curve hair, blue eyes, wearing a grey dress shirt with dark blue shirt, black pants and brown shoes.
He smiles at a familiar group that he hasn't seen in a long while, since Coby and Lori's wedding. "Hi, there. Long time no see."
"Big brother!" cried Bud.
"It's so good to see you again!" added Coby.
At that very moment, they ran and hugged him dearly.
Whereas Alexis, she was still concerned about his presence in regards to Colonel Franklin. She walked cautiously to him and asked. "Pardon me, Tim. What does Colonel Franklin have to say about me?"
Tim made a small laugh and replied. "No need to worry, Alexis. He is fully aware of your new role. In short, he's handling his job as ambassador to Planet Cybertron very swimmingly ever since the four Cyber Planet Keys were sealed away."
She made a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness."
During all of this, Dr. Jones, Jan and Illumina are trying to drag Artemis outside due to her depression of losing her partner, Moon.
"Come on, Artemis! Don't be such a coward!"
"You need to lighten up."
"Yes, get over it. You can't just sulk over your dead partner, all day!"
"I-I just can't! Now, let…me…go!" Much to her dismay that when she broke free from them, she immediately lost her balance and fell flat on her face nearly right next to Tim's feet. "Ouch." She sobbed. "This is seriously not my day! What else is going to happen to me?"
"Are you okay, young lady?" Tim asked by bending down on one knee and extended his hand out to her.
As she looked up, she became very amazed at Tim's handsome face. A hint of redness had filled up her cheeks. She was so stunned at his appearance that she almost failed to hear his response.
"Is there something wrong, miss?"
She managed to reply back after wiping her tears. "Huh? N-No, I'm fine." She clasped his hand and rose to her feet. "Th-Thank you."
"Much obliged. By the way, I didn't catch your name" Tim said.
"Oh, right. I'm Artemis from the moon side of Planet Gaea. N-Nice to meet you." She bowed her head at him.
Tim smiled back at her.
Elsewhere at Decepticon HQ, Galvatron and Cryotek are conducting a high priority plan down at the basement. It was covered with Neo-Dark Energon and only they have complete access to it.
"Are you certain that it could work?" Cryotek asked.
"Definitely." With a grin on Galvatron's face, he continued. "Little does Koji know that we have a secret surprise in-store for him and the Autobots."
"Be very mindful with this, Galvatron. We want this project and the rest to be in perfect condition, regardless of the outcome" informed Cryotek.
"But of course, Cryotek. For the moment, it is at fifty percent. Once we add the remaining numbers, our ultimate Neo-Dark Energon soldier will rise up and annihilate those pesky humans!"
As Galvatron and Cryotek prepare for the inevitable, back inside Autobot HQ and down into the meeting room, Alexis tells Rodimus about some past memories that has resurfaced. In return, she asks to speak with him privately without Rad, Carlos, Dr. Jones and Sally's presences. Although quite surprised, he humbly accepted her request.
"When Artemis cried about the loss of her partner, Moon, it somehow reopened a memory inside my mind and it wasn't even the Neo-Dark Energon that did it."
The red and yellow flamed Autobot became highly curious. "Interesting. Tell me, who were you friends with and I'll fully understand."
By taking a deep sigh and lowered her head down, she unveiled the individual's name. "It was...Starscream."
Rodimus gasped in shock. He couldn't believe that she was best friends with a Decepticon mercenary after so many years. "Are you serious? Why didn't you tell me or Optimus about it?"
Alexis could feel her heart tore in two. "I'm really sorry." Tears reappeared in her eyes. "When the years rolled by and meeting up with the Jones family, I've moved on from him and putted away my old Cybertronian locket until Rad retrieved it and then, restored it by making a family photo of me and everyone." As tears trickled down on her cheeks, she continued. "I've already lost one special friend and I don't want to lose Rad either." She cries hard over the loss of her former Decepticon colleague and possibly losing Rad as she buries her face with her hands.
Rodimus could do nothing but watch. After a few minutes of witnessing Alexis finally revealing her connections with Starscream and Rad, he sighed and turned on the projection screen. "First off, Alexis. I'm really glad that you told me and second of all, he was actually revived not once but twice."
The moment she heard about his revivals, she stopped crying and removed her hands. Her eyes were still watery and had a look of shock on her pretty face. "Wh-What did you say? He was still...alive?"
As he plays the images one by one, he explained about what really happened to Starscream. "In a way, yes. He was first revived by a Quintesson named Alpha Q. However, he ran out of Energon and it had numerous results due to the incompletion: the first was his body being unstable. Second, his memories became blank. And finally, he can constantly shift from a physical to an ethereal form while being able to teleport by ghosting from one location to another. Shall I continue?"
During the presentation, Alexis became fascinated after wiping her tears. "Yes, go on."
Rodimus nodded and continues with the projection screen. "When Unicron's body was destroyed, Starscream went to a reservoir of Super Energon and even though he was supercharged by its power with a new color-scheme, he was dealt with some pain. Fortunately, I was able to smack him around despite his power-up. During our climax, he was still loyal to his ancestor and flew with him into the stellar flames of the new sun. But a decade later after he disappeared into Primus's sun, the deity's plan to contain the chaos bringer's spark failed and the sun had collapsed; thus, resulted with the creation of the gigantic black hole that threatened our home planet."
"And his second revival was far worse than the last time?" thought Alexis to Rodimus.
"Almost. When he was freed and not unchanged, he grew a new ambition and that was to become the leader of the Decepticons and also the entire universe. Once the four Cyber Planet Keys sealed the black hole and were later sent to the far corners of the universe, along with the expansion of the Space Bridge network, Wing Saber, Landmine and a reformed Mudflap had found his trail in the fire dimension. After a long and hard fought struggle, the three of them were eventually victorious." Afterwards, Rodimus shuts off the projection screen and noticed Alexis' miserable face; assuming that he was 'destroyed' for the third time. Just as he was about to reply back to her, she turns away to rejoin the others. "Alexis! Wait!"
"I don't want to hear anymore, Rodimus! Just leave me alone!"
Alexis kept on running until she exited from the meeting room and not wanting to learn more about the Decepticon's true fate. Thus, Rodimus was all by himself.
Feeling frustrated by shaking his head, he goes to a hidden bunker within the infirmary room and inputted a secret access code. The corridors were opened to reveal a massive stasis pod covered in a large tarp and it lets out some steam. He sighed heavily after Alexis took off and not knowing that her former acquaintance has returned. "If we hadn't found you and reformatted your spark, we would've already lost to the Decepticons."
At the Main Monitor System, Optimus explained to Tim about the Neo-Dark Energon, Koji's connection with Fortress Maximus, Kicker's proposal to Misha and the sheer alliance between the two Decepticon leaders.
"And that's how it is. However, we still have our suspicions about them. Plus, your brothers were also involved, during this conflict."
"Did they fall victim to it?" he asked curiously.
Optimus shook his head. "No, they didn't. Bud was saved by the sudden arrival of Stella Holley, before he could even be brainwashed. Even though that they were highly interested in Koji of controlling Fortress Maximus, it's my belief that they're secretly planning on something more drastic."
"Such as?" thought Tim.
"We're uncertain as of right now. But once they reveal it, we may get an unexpected result" Dr. Jones replied.
"I hope that it's not worse than T-Ai's evil twin" Koji implied.
Tim raised his eyebrow in question. "Who?"
"You definitely don't want to know" replied T-Ai with her arms crossed.
Coby turns to Kicker in regards to Misha. "Say, Kicker. Has Misha recovered yet?"
"No, not really. The last time that this happened, she was in a coma."
"Do you believe that she still is?" asked Bud.
He shook his head. "I hope not."
During Kicker's prep talk about Misha to everyone, Alexis has rejoined them after her private conversation with Rodimus and just in time to hear Illumina catching a glimpse of an amazing sight: a sword was floating above Misha's body with a radiant white glow.
She quickly notified Jan. "Jan! Jan!"
"What is it, Illumina?"
"Why is there a sword floating on that young woman?"
When Kicker knew of whom she was referring to, he whirled around and also sees it. He instantly gasped. "Oh, my god! Misha!" He ran to his room and so did everybody.
They too were puzzled as to why the Sword of Purpose is reacting in a very strange way.
"What's going to happen to her?" asked Coby to Lori.
"I have no idea."
"You don't think that it has to do with…" Kicker stating to Ga'Mede about the legendary Autobot commander, Star Saber.
He nods his head. "Yeah, I believe that it is."
"What exactly are they talking about?" says Kelly to Bridget.
"It's about Star Saber. The Autobot that Artemis was mentioning earlier."
Just then, the Sword of Purpose started to react once again and right after a few glows, a huge bright light shined on them and they've shielded their eyes.
"Aw, man! I hate reruns!" says Rad.
"You're telling me! First the Neo-Dark Energon and now, we get this?" cried Carlos.
"How am I supposed to know that?" questioned Alexis.
Several minutes later, the light had eventually faded.
Kicker was the first to open his eyes, along with his Dad and sister.
When everyone else did, they instantly became very shocked of what has seeped into Misha.
She is no longer wearing her yellow jumpsuit. Instead, she is now donning the same battle armor outfit that Kicker, Rad and Koji are now wearing. As for her Sword of Purpose that she's holding, its blade has doubled its normal size where it's nearly identical to Star Saber's weapon.
By seeing Misha standing in her new uniform, Kicker was left utterly speechless. "M-Misha…"
End of Chapter 26