Optimus and Ratchet were shocked and horrified to see that Megatron has managed to bring all of the dead Cybertronians to life with Dark Energon.
"Megatron has desecrated the resting place of our fallen ancestors! And his own!" Ratchet exclaimed.
"Not even the dead are free from his warmongering." Optimus added.
Megatron observed his army of Terrorcons from bellow and could feel their undead power surging through his body.
"At last, symbiosis. I can feel it." Megatron said. "I possess complete control over my army. Destroy them!"
The Terrorcons snarled and advanced towards Optimus and Ratchet, intending to rip them to pieces. Optimus pulled out his blasters and managed to shoot some of them down, but others only lost some of their body parts and continued walking to them.
"Optimus, if our combatants are already deceased, how can we possibly defeat them?!" Ratchet asked frantically, stepping back.
"Ratchet, retreat!" Optimus ordered as he kept firing at the Terrorcons. "Bridge yourself back to base!"
"No! I shall stand with you, Optimus." Ratchet replied, shifting his hands into a pair of blades. "You may require a medic when this is over with."
The Autobot medic stepped forward and managed to slice apart some Terrorcons with surprisingly impressive skills before noticing a sliced off Terrorcon arm losing it's power.
"I recommend dissection!" Ratchet stated, striking down another Terrorcon. "The smaller the pieces, the better!"
"Sound advice, old friend." Optimus agreed.
He then shifted his blasters into blades and he and Ratchet used their combined sword skills to destroy a few Terrorcons. They all fell back to the ground as more Terrorcons advanced towards the two Autobots, while Megatron kept on observing from above.
"I have mastered Dark Energon. When you fall, Optimus, you too shall join my army." Megatron said sinisterly.
Optimus narrowed his eyes at the Decepticon leader before he and Ratchet continued to battle the Terrorcons with their blades.
Meanwhile as the Nemesis'
resting area, Vehicon troopers were firing their blasters at Luz and the realm defenders, while Bulkhead, Wheeljack,grimelock and Gus watched from their cover. Vee got blown back by the impact of a shot and everyone rushed to her aid, while Amity created at Abomination wall kim and hunter also made a force field to protect themselves. Just then, Bulkhead,Wheeljack and grimelock drove up to them in their vehicle forms and opened their doors.
"Get in, now!" Bulkhead ordered.
"Perfect timing, Bulk!" Willow stated in relief before she kim,Anne,marcy and Hunter got into him, while Luz, Amity,Apollo and Vee hopped inside Wheeljack.also maria,Sasha and Darrel
The three Autobots then drove away from the blaster fire back towards their shelter.
"Thanks, Wheeljack." Luz said, breathing heavily a little.
"Yeah. You really saved our skins." Amity added.
"What're you kids even doing here?!" Wheeljack questioned frantically.
"We noticed Gus was missing and we got really worried for him." Vee explained. "Have you seen him?"
"Right here." Gus said, appearing next to the young Basilisk.
Bulkhead,Wheeljack and grimelock arrived back at the giant rock they were hiding behind.
"Everyone out." Bulkhead said as he,Wheeljack and grimelock opened their doors, allowing the kids to get out. "And this time, please wait here."
With the realm now out, the three Autobots drove straight up to the Nemesis and managed to avoid the Vehicons' blaster fire. Once they managed to get under the Nemesis, they both transformed and jumped onto the nearby cliff. Bulkhead grabbed onto it with his bare hands, while Wheeljack used his swords to hang on and grimelock did the same with his blade. They climbed all the way up the cliff before they reached the correct height to get onto the Nemesis and they both jumped onto it. When a Vehicon approached the side to get a closer look, he was grabbed by Bulkhead and thrown right off the ship.
Bulkhead,Wheeljack and grimelock got straight onto the ship as the other Vehicons began shooting at them. Wheeljack charged at one and used his swords to slice his head right off, grimelock transforms into his Dino mode grabbed one vehicon with T. rex mouth and bite the vehicon to two then he stomped on the vehicon upper half crushing his head.but then the last Vehicon to continue shooting. Bulkhead quickly picked up the Vehicon that Wheeljack decapitated and used it as a shield, allowing his partner to shift his hand into a blaster and fire at the Vehicon. While he did sustain some damage, the Vehicon trooper still wasn't offline. But that changed when Bulkhead jumped up and did a slam dunk move, and grimelock breath fire at them immediately destroying the Vehicon. Both Autobots saw that there were no more foes to deal with and they looked down to see the Luz and her friends were still behind the rock, except for one.
"Where's Gus?!" Wheeljack asked loudly, only to hear a banging noise inside of himself as he opened his hud and Gus crawled out of it while breathing exhaustingly and holding Emmiline in her staff form. "Gus?!"
"I threw up on your floor mats. Sorry, Jackie." Gus said awkwardly as he began to heave again.
Wheeljack picked up his human partner and placed him on the floor, allowing the Illusionist witch boy to feel more steady again.
"Remind me to pack a barf bag when I do that again." Gus told the two Autobots.
Suddenly, another Vehicon came from out of nowhere and latched onto Wheeljack from behind. The white Autobot managed to quickly throw him off and then stabbed him with both of his swords. Bulkhead,Wheeljack and grimelock then noticed a hatch opening up behind Gus and two more Vehicon s emerged from it, attempting to grab the witch boy. The three Autobots immediately opened fire on the Vehicons before Gus inhuman powers to create a weapon to defend himself and rushed over to him. As more Vehicons showed up to fire their blasters and Gus ducked down to avoid them, Wheeljack noticed a sonar radar machine near them.
"Bulk, you might wanna out that muscle power of yours to use!" Wheeljack stated, gesturing to the radar.
"On it!" Bulkhead replied before he rushed over to the radar and used his amazing strength to rip it off, tossing it at the Vehicons and knocking them all down.
Grimelock(in his Dino form) he smacked a vehicon with his tail.
Gus looked back up and sighed in relief that all of the Vehicons were defeated. Wheeljack then approached him and picked him up, only for more Vehicons to show up from behind and fire their weapons. Bulkhead,Wheeljack and grimelock tried to find a way out, but then Gus noticed the hatch was still open.
"Hey, guys! Down the hatch!" Gus instructed.
"Good eye, Gus!" Wheeljack replied before they quickly rushed up to the open hatch and got into it, with Bulkhead making sure to close it once they were in.
Luz,kim,Amity,Willow,Hunter,Apollo,maria,Anne,Sasha,marcy,Darrel and Vee could only watch the battle that was taking place from their hiding spot.
"Do you think they're gonna be okay?" Hunter asked.
"Bulkhead,Wheeljack and grimelock did take down a lot of Decepticons." Amity admitted.
"I still wish we could've used our magic to help them out." Willow muttered as she crossed her arms.
"Uh, guys? I think we should be worrying about other things." Luz said in nervousness, pointing upwards from behind them.
The others turned around to follow their gaze and they gasped fearfully when they saw Thundercracker and Skywarp looking down at them.
"Well, well. Look what the Autobots dragged with them." Thundercracker said with an evil chuckle before both Seekers reached down at the kids.
Inside the Nemesis,
Bulkhead,Wheeljack and grimelock their way down the corridors while Gus was still feeling sick in his Autobot Guardian's hand. Just then, two Vehicons showed up and noticed the Autobots before aiming their blasters at him. Wheeljack thought fast and quickly slid Gus under the two Vehicons.
"Woah!" Gus exclaimed as he stopped and looked back to see Bulkhead smash one of the Vehicons into the wall, while Wheeljack delivered a spinning kick to the other one's head. "I think I'm gonna throw up, again."
"Just hold it in until we get to coulson, pal." Wheeljack told him before quickly picking up the witch boy and rushing down the halls with Bulkhead.
In another part of the Nemesis, Thundercracker and Skywarp were making their way to the interrogation room with the rest of the Hexside Squad as their captives. Thundercracker was holding Luz,Amity,Anne,Anne,Sasha,marcy, Darrel and kim, while Skywarp had Willow,Apollo,maria,Hunter and Vee.
"We should take these pests to the interrogation room. It's where Starscream is keeping the other humans, after all." Thundercracker said.
"Sure thing. It'd be fun to watch more organics scream for mercy." Skywarp replied with a smirk.
"Other human?" Willow repeated.
"They must be talking about Fowler." Hunter whispered.
"But for your information, my sisters is the only half human you should know!" Vee told the Seekers with a glare.
But then, they all began to hear some engine noises. Thundercracker and Skywarp looked to their left and were suddenly rammed away by Bumblebee in his vehicle mode, causing them to let go of the kids. Arcee,blurr,chromia,hot rod,wind blade and drift Cliffjumper quickly jumped over Bumblebee and they both managed to catch the kids before they could land, setting them both down.
"Bumblebee, you're here!" Hunter remarked as he approached his Autobot Guardian.
"We're glad you're here, Cliff." Amity said with a relived smile.
"Don't mention it, kiddo." Cliffjumper replied.
"We're all just glad you five are okay." Bumblebee added.
Thundercracker and Skywarp groaned in pain as they both stood up in a daze.
"Ugh, my servos ache." Thundercracker muttered.
"What the scrap just hit us?" Skywarp questioned.
Just then, the two of them were grabbed by the heads and slammed right into each other by Jazz, who had managed to sneak up to the Seekers when they least expected it. Thundercracker and Skywarp then collapsed in an unconscious state.
"It was me, Cons." Jazz quipped.
"We appreciate you all covering the front door for us, but storming the Nemesis was not on the activities list." Arcee told the children. "You could've gotten seriously hurt."
"Try telling that to Gus." Luz replied.
"Yeah, he's the one who decided to go with Bulkhead,Wheeljack and grimelock on their rescue mission." Willow added, still pretty ticked off at the Illusionist witch boy.
"Speaking of those three, we should go find them before Thundercracker and Skywarp wake up." Cliffjumper told everyone.
"You don't need to tell us twice." Vee agreed before they all ran down the halls to search for the others.
When they were about to reach a corner, they began hearing footsteps and Arcee signalled everyone to stop before pulling out her blaster. When she turned to the other corner with her blaster ready, she saw that it was Bulkhead,Wheeljack and grimelock, who were readying their own blasters while the White Autobot held Gus in his other hand.
"Friendly!" Arcee stated.
"Hello!" Bulkhead replied.
"Good to see you all made it." Wheeljack said as they all put their blasters away.
"You three brought the kids, Huh?" Cliffjumper questioned.
"You try getting them to stay behind!" Bulkhead retorted.
"We can talk about this later. We've gotta find Fowler and these kids outta here." Jazz told his comrades.
"He's in the Interrogation room." Vee replied.
"That black and purple Jet Decepticon said so." Amity added.
"Skywarp never was good at keeping secrets." Cliffjumper said with a smile.
With Fowler
Speaking of Fowler, he was still dangling by his chains in the Interrogation room and was badly injured from all the zaps he took from the Energon prod.
"My dear Agent coulson." Starscream said as he approached the weakened agent, causing him to look up. "You do realise the Autobots have abandoned you."
coulson didn't response as Starscream let out an evil chuckle.
"I am the only you can rely upon, now. So tell me what I want to know, or…" Starscream said as he charged up the Energon prod and held it near Fowler.
"Please, no more." Fowler whispered beggingly. "They're in… secret government base."
"Go on." Starscream replied.
But just then, the two of them began hearing blaster noises from outside along with two Vehicons who were standing guard at the door. Starscream decided to ignore and turned back to Fowler.
"Yes?" He questioned.
"In the old steel mill. Or was it under that carnival funhouse?" coulson asked with a small smile, trying to buy some time.
This only made Starscream mad again and he zapped Fowler, causing him to fall unconscious.
"Someone find out what is going on out there!" Starscream demanded, still hearing the blaster fire.
The two Vehicons left the room to deal with the problem that was in their ship.
As more Vehicons showed up at each end of the halls, the Autobots did everything their could to battle back as the realm defenders get in the middle to defend themselves. Arcee,Bumblebee,blurr,chromia,drift,hot rod,wind blade,grimlock,Jazz,Cliffjumper blurr,chromia,hot rod,wind blade,grimelock,drift and Wheeljack used their melee combat skills to strike down some Vehicons, while Bumblebee,Bulkhead,blurr drift and Jazz shot them down with their blasters.
While all of this was going, Luz could only breath heavily and watch with a traumatised-looking expression in her face as all sounds were being blocked out by her feelings and her friends made sure to stay clear from anything dangerous. She knew that coming onto this ship to get back Gus was a bad idea, and she still went along with it when her friends convinced her otherwise. Now they were all in grave danger and she could blame no one else but herself since it was her idea to go through the Ground Bridge. It was just like what happened in the Boiling Isles before she and her friends got stuck in the human realm.
"It's all my fault. It's all my fault." Luz thought to herself as she clenched her head and kneeled down in guilt. "My friends and I are gonna get killed by evil giant robots and it's all my fault. I can't do anything right."
"Luz! Get out of the way!" Amity called out before she grabbed her girlfriend and moved her back.
Luz snapped out of her thoughts when she saw a Vehicon was collapsing in the position she was in, but she didn't get squished when it fell down due to Amity's actions.
"Are you two okay?!" Willow asked in concern.
"We are, Willow!" Amity replied before she turned to Luz. "Can you still stand, Luz?"
"Uh… I-I think so." Luz said as she slightly shook her head out of her traumatised state.
The realm defenders looked around and saw that the Autobots had taken down all of the Vehicons.
"Come on! We've gotta keep moving!" Jazz stated.
Meanwhile
Optimus and Ratchet were still battling against Megatron's army of Terrorcons. They kept on slashing at the undead Cybertronians until they stood at each other's backs, starting to feel tired.
"Optimus, this prolonged exposure to Dark Energon is sapping our strength." Ratchet told his leader.
"We cannot falter, now." Optimus replied before they went back to fighting the Terrorcons.
However, Optimus was soon ganged up on by the Terrorcons and they all plied onto him. Optimus tried to fight back with his blade and blaster, but the Terrorcons were able to make him collapse and they all surrounded him.
"Optimus!" Ratchet called out as he noticed the danger his leader was in, only for the Terrorcons to start pinning him down when he was distracted.
Megatron chuckled evilly as he watched both Autobots become overwhelmed by his undead minions. But then, Optimus managed to jab his blade through one of the Terrorcons and then shot some of them with his blaster before shouting out and powering through them all. When he saw Ratchet's life-threatening situation, he blasters one of the Terrorcons away and then grabbed the other two before slamming them into each other and tossing them away. The Autobot leader then helped Ratchet back on his feet.
"After all these years, Optimus, you're still at the top of your game." Megatron said while smirking. "My legion, finish them!"
Even more Terrorcons showed up and moved towards Optimus and Ratchet, who went back to fighting back at them.
Meanwhile inside the Nemesis'
Onmain deck, a Vehicon was about to leave through the exit before he was suddenly shot down by a blaster fire. Arcee,blurr,chromia,hot rod,wind blade,and Cliffjumper then showed up and they both blasted another Vehicon, while Bulkhead,grimelock,drift,Bumblebee,Wheeljack and Jazz charged in and gunned down the remaining troops.
"Clear." Wheeljack said.
The realm defenders then showed up in the main deck.
"Okay, we made it." Hunter said. "Now what?"
"Wait in here." Jazz instructed.
"You're just keeping us back, again?" Willow questioned in disbelief before she crossed her arms. "We keep telling you that we're not defenceless!"
"We've been dealing with dangerous things for months back in the Demon Realm." Amity added.
"They're not wrong. Maybe we should give them a chance?" Bumblebee suggested.
"No can do, Bee." Cliffjumper replied. "Prime told us to keep the kids safe and that's what we've gotta do."
Yes be safe drift said.
"Cliff's right. You're all easy targets for the Decepticons and it's too big a risk." Arcee told the realm defenders . "You'll be safe in here, as long as you stay put."
Listen to my sister chromia said.
The Autobots then left the main deck to find Fowler and the door closed behind them, leaving Luz and her friends alone.
"Well, that was intense." Gus said, only for the others to simply glare at him in annoyance. "Uh… why're you guys making those faces?"
"Because it's your fault we're all stuck in this intensity in the first place, Gus!" Willow shouted frantically, making the Illusionist witch boy back up in shock.
"What in Titan were you thinking?!" Amity demanded.
"Hey, I-I never said you guys had to follow me!" Gus protested, slightly sweating in nervousness.
"That still doesn't change the fact that you followed Bulkhead,Wheeljack and grimelock into a place that could've gotten you killed!" Sasha exclaimed with a glare. "That was just plain stupid!"
"I only wanted to get a look at how the Cybertronians battle! I've been interested in everything they do since we met them!" Gus replied.
"But it didn't have to involve you just going off without us like a complete fool!" Hunter exclaimed.
"Hunter's right, Gus! We're come on Earth with just for a visit but you had to do something stupid!" Kim added sternly. "We can't also have you getting yourself killed! We've been through enough, already!"
Gus started to tense up from all his friends' scolding before looking at them in the eyes.
"Okay, I admit it! I was being dumb, again! I only wanted to prove to the Autobots that we're not weak and can totally take on the Decepticons!" Gus shouted, much to the others' surprise. "But I guess you're all right! You're totally right to be mad at me!"
We are mad you idiot maria said.
Gus then held his head down and walked over to a corner before sitting down and hugging his knees to his chest. The others, feeling a little guilty for how they scolded Gus, walked over to him and sat down with the Illusionist witch boy.
"Hey, Gus, it's okay. We never said we were mad at you." Willow reassured with a smile.
"Yeah, it's all okay." Luz added comfortingly. "Once our Bots get back, we're all going to be okay."
"I guess." Gus sighed. "I just wish they'd give us a chance to prove ourselves."
"There's not much we can do about it, Gus." Hunter replied. "The Autobots are just a better species than us."
"I don't really think our magic could really compete with their amazing abilities." Amity admitted.
"Well, it's for the best that we don't get in trouble." Luz muttered in depression, keeping her voice low so the others wouldn't hear her.
When anne looked ahead, she noticed something interesting.
"Hey,marcy ? What's that?" She asked while pointing forwards.
Vee and Marcy jumped off the edge and she looked up to a Cybertronian console that was displaying some weird images, while the others joined her by her side.
"It's important. Very important." Vee told them.
Meanwhile,
Starscream heard more blaster shots from inside the interrogation room and he glared back at the still unconscious coulson.
"Wake up, you pathetic piece of flesh!" Starscream ordered.
Fowler groaned slightly as he managed to open his eyes a bit.
"Grandma, is it cookie time?" coulson asked, feeling very spaced-out from the shocks he got before blanking out again.
Starscream growled in annoyance before he heard a knock on the door, which opened up to reveal a Vehicon on the other side.
"Well?!" Starscream questioned, only for the Vehicon to collapse and reveal Bulkhead standing behind him.
The dark-green Autobot then shot the other Vehicon in the room before he, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper,blurr,hot rod,wind blade,grimelock,drift,Wheeljack and Jazz charged in with their blasters aimed at Starscream, who quickly aimed his own blaster at coulson.
"Not so fast!" Starscream said threateningly.
Just then, he felt a tap on his head and looked up to see Arcee and chromia were both hanging from above and aiming their blaster directly at him.
"I wouldn't." Arcee and chromia both said with a glare.
Their right drift said.
"Oh, but I might." Starscream replied, smirking evilly.
Meanwhile with realm defenders
"We need to get this to Optimus." Vee told her friends as they all stared at the monitor.
"And how do you know it's not just some alien puzzle game?" Anne asked with a raised eyebrow.
"From school and amphibia . And that is one series equation." Marcy replied.
"If it's that important, then I guess we should show it to Optimus." Gus said.
"Do you think you could download it?" Luz asked.
"I brought a flash drive with me." Vee answered, taking out a drive from her pocket. "But this is all alien tech. I don't see where we could plug it in."
"We need to find someway to copy all of this." Hunter told her.
However, the Hexside Squad didn't realise that Brawl had just entered the main deck with a grumpy expression.
"I hate it when Starscream doesn't let me have any fun with those puny humans." Brawl grumbled, making the kids hear him and gasp silently at his appearance. "If I was Lord Megatron's Second-In-Command, I'd order the troops to round up all the humans I can find so I can step on them all."
But then, Brawl noticed the dead Vehicons that were laying down on the floor with smoke emitting from their bodies.
"What?! Do we have intruders on the ship?!" Brawl asked in shock. "Why didn't anyone inform me about this?!"
The realm immediately ran under the console to hide themselves, but Vee noticed she dropped the flash drive she was holding and went back to quickly pick it up. Unfortunately, that's when Brawl spotted her and he chuckled amusingly.
"Well well, look what we have here. It's a puny little Human that seems lost." Brawl said maliciously before pulling out his club hammer. "Don't worry. I'll save you the trouble to trying to get out by just smashing you, right now!"
Vee backed away fearfully when she heard that, while the others began to panic from the situation.
With the arcee and the others autobots
While the kids were having problems of their own, the Autobots were still having their intense standoff with Starscream.
"Now, Agent Fowler and I will take our leave." Starscream told the Autobots.
"The Emu says NYAAH!" coulson shouted in a babbling tone, causing Starscream to look at him in annoyance.
"Hey, Scream! Think fast!" Cliffjumper called out before opening fire at the aerial Decepticon.
Starscream avoided the blasts as Arcee started shooting from her higher position as well. Seeing he had no other choice, Starscream transformed into his jet mode and blew Arcee away with his thruster before flying straight out of the room.
"Alright, let's get coulson and pick up the kids so we can go home!" Wheeljack stated.
With the realm defenders
Vee could only wear a fearful expression as Brawl was preparing to smash her with his hammer.
"Say bye bye, little earthling!" Brawl shouted, only for some large vines to pop out of the ground and restrain him. "What the scrap?! Where did these green things come from?!"
"Right here, you big jerk!" Willow called out, revealing to be using a green magic circle.
"Seriously?! Humans aren't supposed to do that, at all!" Brawl exclaimed.
"That's because we're not humans!" Amity replied before summoning her Abomination by her side. "Abomination, battle!"
The Abomination charged towards Brawl and delivered a slimy punch to his Center area. Brawl growled and attempted to swipe his hammer at the Abomination, but then Hunter appeared in front of him in a golden flash while holding his staff and kicked him twice in the face, causing the brutish Decepticon to step back while wiping his face.
Apollo fired a Kai blast,Anne fired an electric energy ball and lucario fired aura spare at his arm,damaging it badly preventing the decepticon from moving his arm.brawl holds his arm in pain.
"Hey, big guy!" Gus called out as he was standing near Brawl, earning his attention. "Take the swing! I'm wide open!"
"With pleasure, insect!" Brawl replied angrily as he slammed his hammer onto Gus, only for him to disappear in a puff of light-blue smoke. "What?! Where did you go?!"
"Over here!" Gus stated as the British Decepticon saw him on the other side of the main deck. "What's the matter? Never seen an illusion, before?"
"Grr! You're not escaping me this time!" Brawl yelled with a furious growl as he charged at Gus.
The Illusionist witch boy only smiled smugly before he made two magic circles and made a bunch of illusion copies of himself appear around Brawl.
"No way you can guess which one's the real me!" Gus said tauntingly.
Brawl shouted out in anger before he started swiping at all the Guses with his hammer, only hitting the illusions. Watching from a long distance, marcy had a worried expression as she pulled out a Fire Glyph she got from earlier back at the base, looking at it and wondering if it could actually work on Earth.
"Well… I won't know unless I give it a try." Marcy whispered before narrowing her eyes and charging at Brawl. "Hey, you! Muscle for brains!"
Brawl stopped attacking Gus' illusions and he looked down at marcy.
"Another human that has some kind of weird power?!" Brawl questioned, clenching his hammer tightly. "I'll just kill you where you stand!"
"That's not going to happen!" Marcy replied sternly before thrusting her hand with the Fire Glyph forward.
Miraculously, the Glyph managed to glow orange after a short amount of seconds and a huge burst of fire ended up striking Brawl in the face, causing him to cry out in pain while holding his burnt face. Needless to say, Luz was very shocked and amazed to see that the Glyph ended up working.
It really worked!" Marcy gasped in astonishment. "Glyphs really do work in the Human Realm and I don't have a bio-sack!"
"Good for you, marcy!" Darrel replied.
Maria used her sonic blast coming from her hand.Darrel Darrel fired a magic blast from his staff.
Sasha and kim fired a stream flame at brawl cause to fall backwards.
He immediately got up.
"That's so great that Glyphs can work here, after all!" Vee added before shifting into her Basilisk form and slithering to Brawl.She slapped her tail onto Brawl's leg with all her might and caused him to trip down while still covering his face from the fire.
"This is a perfect opportunity for us! Willow, take a picture!" Amity told the Plant witch girl.
"Okay!" Willow replied before taking out her Scroll and snapping a picture of Brawl, who was still clenching his burnt face.
Anne's gerninja came from its pokeball used hydro pump.a scream of water came from his mouth at brawl back.
"Not of him! Of that!" Hunter stated, pointing towards the console with the strange equations.
Willow quickly snapped a picture of the console, but then Brawl recovered from the flame attack and glared down at the realm defenders.
"Enough of this! I'm not gonna be defeated by a bunch of puny organics!" Brawl yelled.
"Deal with it!" Amity replied before she summoned a massive Abomination fist in front of Brawl.
The fist then smashed Brawl into the ceiling before Willow summoned a pair of large vines and wrapped them around the brutish Decepticon before using them to slam him back down. Luz then clapped her hands together and ran straight up to Brawl before jumping up and touching his back. When Brawl tried to stand up, a symbol of the ice Glyph immediately appeared and activated then it encased him in a giant block of ice.
"Okay, it's been a while since I did that." Luz said with a small smile.
"We have what we need! Let's get out of here!" Kim stated before they all ran towards the main deck's exit. Once they made it out, their Autobot Guardians drove up to them in their Vehicle mode and halted when they got near the kids.
"Hop in! We're getting outta here!" Jazz announced.
The realm defenders immediately got into the Autobots. Luz hopped onto Arcee,Amity, Willow and Hunter got inside Cliffjumper, and Gus,kim and Vee went into Bumblebee and Apollo,Anne and marcy got in drift and sash,maria and Darrel got in drift before they all drove off before more Decepticons could show up.
"I like pie. Can we stop for pie?" coulson asked from the backseat, still feeling dazed.
"You guys found coulson! Nice job!" Gus remarked.
Soon, everyone arrived outside and they went straight into the Ground Bridge that got them to the Nemesis in the first place.
Back at the deserted canyon,
Optimus and Ratchet were still battling the Terrorcon army with everything they had. After a few more strikes from their blades, all the Terrorcons had been completely destroyed.
"Bravo, Optimus. Though this is but a prelude." Megatron told his arch enemy. "You may wish to save your strength for the main event."
Optimus put away his blades and then started climbing the mountain to reach Megatron.
"You will not prevail, Megatron." Optimus declared, using all bud might to reach the Decepticon Leader. "Not while Energon still flows through my veins."
"Fitting. For it is Dark Energon which flows through mine." Megatron replied.
Optimus attempted to grab him, but Megatron leaped up and transformed into his vehicle mode before flying away. Optimus used his blaster to fire at Megatron, but all his shots missed and he then helped Ratchet onto the mountain.
"If this wasn't Megatron's endgame, then what is?" Ratchet asked as they both looked down the piles of destroyed Terrorcons.
Autobot base
When everyone was back in the Autobot base, Optimus had just finished placing on a Cybertronian cast on his arm while the others watched from the sidelines. Agent coulson was laying on a medical table to recover from his interrogation.
"What happened to you guys, anyway?" Willow asked.
"We engaged an army of undead Cybertronian warriors." Ratchet answered, much to the realm defenders surprise.
"You battled zombies? Those ugly monster things that have green skin and torn-off limbs?" Amity questioned.
"I never thought those things would be real." Hunter admitted.
"Bulkhead,Wheeljack and grimelock you both exercised extremely poor judgement in allowing the children to accompany you." Optimus said to the three Autobots.
"It won't happen again, Optimus." Bulkhead replied, looking back to the kids and his leader. "We promise."
"But it wasn't Bulkhead,Wheeljack or grimelock's fault. I'm the one who decided to go after them like a dimwit." Gus protested. "They had nothing to do with it."
"Gus, please." Wheeljack muttered. "It's all fine."
"Besides, we managed to get some useful info onboard that ship. Take a look." Willow said before pulling out her Scroll and showing the picture of the equation they found.
"Hum. Ratchet, have a look." Optimus instructed. "It could be of importance to Megatron."
"Megatron is here?" Vee asked worriedly, remembering the stories of the Decepticon leader that Optimus told them about.
"That's really bad news, right?" Amity questioned.
Ratchet took a look at Willow's Scroll, but only saw the picture of Brawl instead of the equation.
"I… don't understand." Ratchet said in confusion, causing Willow to look at her Scroll.
"Oops. Sorry, that's the big tank Decepticon who tried to smash us with his hammer." Willow said, smiling sheepishly. "But we all managed to take him down with our magic skills. And Glyphs really do work in the Human Realm."
"Wait, you 13 were able to hold your own against Brawl?" Bumblebee asked in surprise, while the other Autobots shared their own surprised expressions.
"Yeah, we did. He acted like he never even saw magic in his life." Hunter replied with a smile.
"We told you all that we could defend ourselves." Gus added.
"But, guys, Vee was almost killed by that Decepticon! And you all could've gotten killed, too!" Maria exclaimed sternly. "This is exactly why I didn't want any of you to go to that ship!"
"Maria, we were all almost killed. You, me, our friends, even the Bots." Luz told her.
"Well, if this is just an ordinary day with the Autobots, then I don't want to be a part of it. Not anymore." Luz declared as she looked away from everyone. "I've already been trying and failing to be a good leader without causing anymore problems. I don't want to get all of you killed in some crazy alien war that I never wanted to be in."
Luz's friends were truly downhearted to hear that she wanted to just leave the Autobots so she could get back to finding a way to their home.
"Luz, getting you involved in our war was never our intention." Optimus told the half Hispanic girl. "However, it is no longer the safety of you all that is at risk, but the safety of all humankind. But we will respect your decision if you wish to leave."
Ratchet then activated the Ground Bridge.
"No point in long goodbyes. There's the door." He said simply.
"Are you coming with me, Amity,kim,vee?" Luz asked her girlfriend and sisters.
They was silent for a moment as they turned their attention to autobot partners, who didn't seem very effected but was still upset that she might leave.
"Will… see you back at the house later." Amity said.
"Okay." Luz sighed before she got off the railing and walked towards the Ground Bridge before she stopped and looked at Arcee.
"Make sure you stay out of trouble… okay?" Arcee asked softly, looking quite depressed.
Luz simply nodded in response before walking into the Ground Bridge and disappearing on the other side.
"I'm sorry. She just… hasn't been herself since what happened to Aaarrrgghh." Hunter told Arcee, causing her to look at the blonde witch boy. "Luz has done some things that she isn't really proud and she's been blaming herself for making everyone's life bad."
"What do you mean by that?" Arcee asked.
"…There's a few things I should tell you." Hunter answered after a moment of silence.
Meanwhile On the nemesis
Megatron had just arrived on the Nemesis and he was very angry with a certain someone.
"Please, Lord Megatron. I meant no-!" Starscream said protestingly before Megatron aggressively smacked him away.
"I ordered you to await my command." Megatron scowled before slapping Starscream onto the floor, while Soundwave, Thundercracker, Skywarp and Brawl watched from the sidelines. "Instead, your mindless agenda resulted in the disabling of my ship. And the delay of my plans!"
"My intentions were pure, master!" Starscream stated as he crawled away. "I only wanted you to be rid of Optimus…"
He was interrupted again when Megatron stomped his foot onto his face.
"No one rides me of Optimus Prime but me!" Megatron shouted. "Do you understand?! DO YOU?!"
"Gah! Lord Megatron, I will make things right! I swear!" Starscream vowed as Megatron's foot pressed harder onto him. "I know how to set your plans back on course!"
After hearing this, Megatron removed his foot from Starscream and grabbed him by the neck before pulling him towards his face.
"Explain, Starscream. Quickly." Megatron said.
"Uh, Lord Megatron? Before Starscream's explains his plan to you, there's something important that I need to tell you." Brawl told his leader, earning his attention.
Megatron then looked back at Starscream and dropped him back on the floor before approaching Brawl.
"And what would that be, Brawl?" Megatron asked.
"The Autobots brought some young humans with them when they raided our ship, but they didn't look like ordinary ones." Brawl explained. "One of them had these pieces of paper that shot out these weird powers, another one made large plants grow from the ground, one of them could make illusions, one summoned some gross slime, monster with an ugly face, one could teleport in an instant, and the last one transformed into some slithery creature."
"Seriously? When are humans able to do that?" Thundercracker asked with a raised eyebrow.
"They shouldn't." Skywarp replied. "Humans only have vehicles that don't transform and hand-held weapons."
"I'm telling you, Lord Megatron, the Autobots found some really unusual pets on this planet." Brawl said.
"I see. If these creatures did indeed display impressive powers, as you described, then some of them may not be of Earth at all." Megatron replied, very interested by this new information. "And whatever world they came from, I shall learn of it's name and show it the full might of the Decepticons."
nighttime at luz house
Luz was inside her bedroom at the Noceda Residence and she was reading another one of her Good Witch Azura books while relaxing on her bed. She was wearing a dull expression before she heard a knock on her door.
"Come in." Luz said before the door opened up and Amity and kim walked in.
"Hey, Luz. I see you're reading the newest chapter that came out this week." Amity admitted with a small smile.
"Yeah, I was lucky to get the final book." Luz replied. "They were selling like hot cakes on Monday."
"I can tell." Amity chuckled before she softened up her expression and rested against the wall. "You know, Luz, you were usually into all this adventure stuff when you first came to the Boiling Isles. It was like your greatest passion."
She right sis kim said.
"Well, I guess I just learned to grow up. Especially when we all ended up forming the realm defenders." Luz said quietly, not taking her eyes off the book.
"Maybe. But the Luz that I got to meet was much more fun and enjoyable." Amity told her. "She always got herself into crazy situations, made all sorts of friends, changed people on the inside, and you got me as an awesome girlfriend. What happened to that half human girl, Huh?"
"She just made too many mistakes and decided to leave." Luz replied depressingly. "It was probably for the best."
"I don't believe that. The Autobots might be in this really intense war, but me and the others are willing to help them." Amity proclaimed. "We might not have none them for such a long time, but they're all good friends to us. You've managed to start a nice friendship with Arcee, I think you should keep it and come back to help us all."
"Sorry, Amity,kim but I've made my decision and I'm sticking with it." Luz said, sounding a little more firm now. "I don't want Optimus and the Bots to get in trouble because of something I did, and I hope that you'll all just drop it so I can get you guys back home safely."
Knowing that there was nothing else she could do with her girlfriend, Amity sighed in defeat before she stood straight from the wall.
"Fine. Have a nice sleep, Luz." She said before walking out the door.
Luz could only look at where her girlfriend and twin sister had left and then stared up at the ceiling, thinking about the Autobots and their war with the Decepticons. As much as she liked them in their first meeting, Luz just didn't want to end up making another big mistake that'll make their lives even worse. Team Prime was already stuck on Earth without a means of reaching their home planet, there's no telling what could happen if the half Hispanic girl did something stupid.
"I'm sorry, guys. I just can't come back." Luz whispered sadly as a single tear escaped from her eye.
Meanwhile at the autobot base.
Ratchet was analysing the equations that Willow showed earlier and discovered something surprising.
"It can't be." Ratchet said to himself before turning to his leader. "Optimus! These are engineering specs for a space-time vortex generator."
"Megatron is building a Space Bridge, if he hasn't already." Optimus realised.
"Doesn't sound like a big deal to me." Wheeljack admitted with a shrug.
"Jackie's right. The sooner he leaves, the better." Bulkhead agreed.
"Bulkhead, Wheeljack, a Space Bridge runs in two directions. Megatron may not be using it to leave Earth, but to bring through his conquering army." Optimus told them.
"So Megatron's planning to bring through a whole armada of Terrorcons?" Cliffjumper questioned, starting to get quite concerned. "That's definitely something we can't take down with a whole bunch of blaster shots."
"No kidding, Cliff. We'd be scrap metal if that'd happen." Jazz replied.
"The main event Megatron referred to. But, the only place Megatron could possibly recruit that many fallen warriors…" Ratchet began to say, knowing that the others knew what he was talking about.
"Precisely." Optimus said in agreement as he looked up and a single planet appeared in his head, knowing it was where Megatron would recruit his unstoppable army of Terrorcons.
"Cybertron."