Previously...

After the skirmish with Soundwave and his little group, the Autobots reconvene and get ready to go for a final assault. Arcee pokes her helm out from the building that she was currently hiding behind. The other Autobots were hiding behind another building further back along with Braedey, Jasmine, Ken, and Jennifer. When Arcee was done doing recon, she scurried back to the group with her report.

"I spotted at least six Deceptions guarding the streets towards the building, including Shockwave." Arcee reported. "And there's eleven or more surrounding the building."

Everyone looks at Elita for the plan. She was on the radio transmitter, probably speaking to Optimus. When she was done, she turned to the other Autobots.

"Optimus said he's on his way now and will be here in a few minutes." Elita-One informed the group. "In the meantime, we move in slowly. Lennox's team is going to soften them up."

"Alright, everyone, move out slowly behind me." Ironhide declared.

As the Autobots transform into their alt modes, Bumblebee waits for a few seconds for the humans to get in before heading off with the others. Ken and Jennifer were in the back while Braedey and Jasmine sat in the front.


Lennox and Epps' teams heads toward the building that looked suitable for a counter-attack. Fortunately the chosen building helped them link up with the marines who entered the city.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Okay, baby! You're coming with us!" Epps shouted out, and the now larger group of soldiers moved into the building.

"You guys, follow that ground team!" Ken pointed to the ground team. "Go!"

"Epps, take your team to the 3rd floor, we're going to 45." Lennox yelled to Epps. Epps took a look at how many floors were here on the spiral staircase.

Lennox decides to divide his group into three. One group will position up on the building's roof with sniper rifles; their job is to take out the enemy's optics. A second group, one on the floor Lennox, Ken, and Reynolds were on and on the roof, will parachute down and land on the Decepticons, even Shockwave. And the last group is on the ground, hidden underneath destroyed cars. When it's time, they'll attach the boomsticks to the Deception's legs, weakening their support once they were blind. Once the Decepticons were incapacitated then the soldiers would move in for the kill.

When Lennox's team got to the right floor, he took a peak to see the situation. Shockwave was directly underneath them. With him, there were five other Decepticons, including Barricade. It looked like the Barricade was scolding some of those Deceptions Protoform about something, possibly about what had just happened with the Autobots.

"Lennox, the sniper team is in position and waiting for your command." Ken informed.

"Copy that." Lennox nodded. "We got five targets and Shockwave right below us" He told the snipers and his team as he ready his own parachute. "Everyone, standby to jump." He radioed. "'Let's go. Get ready." And everyone gets into position to jump.

Meanwhile, Epps and his team were looking for a suitable location to do some damage when he found one. "Set up shop right here." Epps told his team as they headed inside the room.

The good news was the room gave them a good view of their targets; bad news was they were right behind Shockwave. If Shockwave spots them, he'd just have to fire just one shot from his cannon to blow them into a million pieces. Fortunately, Shockwave didn't have the slightest inkling of their presence, which was good.

Epps checks outside for any signs of Lennox - he had to wait to give the soldiers a head start before he ordered the attack. Finally, he spotted several soldiers jumping off a building, and when he saw them pull their chutes out, that's the signal.

"Snipers, take out their eyes." Epps radioed the sniper team.

The sniper team fire their rifles at the Decepticons eyes, blinding them. Epps waits for a few seconds, then some of the Decepticons were covering their faces, the pain of their eyes being shot was to great to ignore. He turned towards Stone and gave a nod.

"Okay, Demo Team, let's crank steel." Stone radioed the Demo team.

From a nearby alleyway, Mongo, Hooch, and a few troopers made their way out. They rush forward, making sure to avoid the legs of the half-blinded Deceptions. Once close enough, Hooch rams his Boomstick into Barricade's right foot while Mongo and the others plant theirs in the three Protoforms.

"Turning steel." Mongo declared as he and the others dove for cover.

The boomsticks detonate a few seconds later, leaving the Decepticons further crippled as the rest of the NEST soldiers and Navy SEALs on the street laid onto them with automatic fire, killing the two crippled Protoforms before they had a chance to withdraw behind cover.

The NEST Troopers, SEALs, and Marines engage the Decepticons. Epps's team got into position, facing the primary threat: Shockwave. He was undamaged and now returning fire. But he was so occupied on the soldiers on the ground, he didn't notice the paratroopers coming in from above. Lennox lands right on top of him, disconnecting his parachute while it was blocking Shockwave's view. Shockwave snarls with annoyance as he tries to get the chute off him while the soldiers fired on him, though their bullets were doing little damage to him. Shockwave still couldn't fire on something that he couldn't see.

"Fire!" Epps yelled to his team, who all open up on Shockwave, the window's glass breaking off as they did so.

Epps could hear Eddie letting out a war cry as he continued to spray out bullets from his Machine Gun. Shockwave was reeling in pain, but he had managed to get the chute off of him and aimed his cannon at Epps' team. But before he can fire, more bullets of three different calibers from an unknown source attacked him. Epps took a look and saw that it's the Wreckers rolling in, firing their human-base weaponry at Shockwave, causing his single optic to fall out of its socket, barely suspended by a coil of wires as he retreated.

"We got him!" Epps shouted.

"Yeah!" Hardcore Eddie followed up as they raced outside to join the others.

Autobots now arrive. They could see half of the Decepticons were dead or too injured to pose a threat. But as Shockwave retreats, the rest of the Decepticons advance, weapons armed. All the Autobots, except Bumblebee, transform into their robot modes and brought their weapons out.

"Autobots, attack!" Elita-One ordered at once, and they all opening fire with the Wreckers alongside them.

Braedey, Jasmine, and Jennifer immediately climb out of Bumblebee before he transformed, ready to step up and fight. Ken and Jennifer went into battle while Braedey drags Jasmine along and he sets her behind a large chunk of rubble as Ravage transforms into his Jaguar mode and gave them covering fire.

"Stay here and keep your head down." Braedey told Jasmine before he turned to Ravage. "Ravage, stay with her." Ravage snarls in acknowledgment, and he went to battle.

"Dino, you got one to your left!" Arcee shouted as she joins the human soldiers to fire on some injured Decepticons. Dino saw one swing his gun at him, but he dodges it easily and rams his blade into his enemy's optic, killing it instantly.

Sideswipe fires at a few Deceptions before ducking for cover behind a firetruck. "We need to push them back to gain distance." He yelled as he fired at a Decepticon, blasting a chunk of its armour off.

"Hound, Ironhide, with me at the front." Ultra Magnus commands. "Ratchet, Jolt, round the back, the rest of you in the middle. Dino and Sideswipe, keep to the side and deal with those Decepticons shooting from cover."

Ironhide pulls out his Heavy Irons and fires at the Decepticons, killing four of them until something struck his weapons, damaging them. Jolt fired more electric bolts at the Deceptions, frying some of their higher logic sensors, thus making it easier to pick them off. A Decepticon tried to fire at the femmes but it was knocked back by a blast from Ultra Magnus. To some of their surprise, they also saw Drift now among those fighting against the Decepticons, slicing through the 'Cons with no mercy at all. Hound was firing his triple-barrel Gatling gun at any Decepticon that was in his line of sight. Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, and Dino cut down any of them with their blades while Arcee and Chromia shot them in the optic with their marksmanship.

A Decepticon took a swing at Ratchet, but Ratchet kneed him, knocking him down. Then Ratchet finished him off with a well place shot from his machine gun. Ratchet was then struck by a missile as he saw a bunch of Deceptions on a nearby draw bridge.

"Mortar that bridge!" Ratchet ordered to a group of marines, pointing at the Deceptions that were on the bridge.

Another Decepticon was trying to crawl away due to his injured leg, but instead, he was pinned down by Ironhide's foot, who fired at the Decepticon's face with his left cannon. Cliffjumper and Ultra Magnus gang up on a large Decepticon, punching and shooting him at the same time. Two Decepticons are shooting from long distance on top of a building, firing plasma cannons. Hound took cover and readied his wrist missiles, aiming from behind the cover of a truck. His fired a few shots that took out one Decepticon, but the other forced him to cover. Chromia took aim with her sniper rifle and fired a round of fiery plasma, and his machine pistol to knock the second Decepticon off the building.

Braedey now deploys his ion cannons and shoulder missiles, and fired at some Decepticons along with the rest of the soldiers, showing them absolutely no mercy.

"IT'S OUR WOLD NOW!" Sentinel yelled out all around.

Braedey looked over at the building and he can see the tower almost encroached with Cybertronian metal, the metal slowly moving out like a slow wave of lava, the ground slowly becoming made of metal. Braedey staggered back from a nearby explosion, then he spotted a familiar blue and red Autobot flying in at full speed. It was Optimus Prime, zooming through the air, with the Aerialbots right behind him.

"OPTIMUS!" Braedey exclaimed, using his right hand to cup his mouth.

When he saw the large group of Decepticons all engaging the human soldiers and Autobots, Optimus did a straight noise dive.

Ironhide was the first to spot him, and saw the look in Optimus' optics. "AUTOBOTS, GET DOWN!" He shouted out.

As the Autobots look up and saw what he meant, they all made space for Optimus to come in for a landing, while he launches a barrage of rockets at the Deceptions as he spun in a 360, his jetpack unclipping from his back. As he did so, Optimus deploys his right Energon sword and stabs one Decepticon, before he quickly guns down another. The Autobots and the humans watched him in awe, as they cheered him on. As the Aerialbots unleash their missiles in pon the Decepticons, Optimus just slashes a Decepticon Protoform in half, and fires with his other cannon before he drops that, switching for his left sword and killing Decepticons. Optimus didn't even stop as he stabs a Decepticon, killing it before he kills another Decepticon, all the while running right through a field of explosions and corpses. Optimus retracts both his swords and charges right at Shockwave, who fired a desperate shot from his cannon at him. Optimus somersaulted forward, dodging it just as Shockwave was hit in the chestplate by a NEST Trooper, forcing him down on his knees. As Shockwave recovers from the hit, Optimus lunges forward and revealed his brass knuckles on his left hand, punching Shockwave's left side, ripping out a huge chunk of metal, causing Shockwave to screech out in pain, before Optimus punched Shockwave in the face with his right hand. Elita then ran forward and she gave Shockwave the German suplex strike, now slamming the Decepticon into the earth.

"YOU DIE!" Optimus snarled in rage, throwing Shockwave to the ground, and tears out his eye. Elita takes the Decepticon's cannon and fires a round at the control pillar, shutting it down as it crumbled away.

"Noooo!" Sentinel roared, reaching out for the control pillar that fell with the rubble.

The control pillar was deactivated as it crashed to the ground, the cyberforming process being stopped.

"Bullseye." Braedey smirked.

"Get down here, Sentinel!" Optimus yelled out demandingly.

"Optimus..." Sentinel snarled, then he pulled out his two-bladed sword. "You forget your place." He jumps off the building, and using his sword, stabs it into the building's side and slides down to the ground. When he lands, he took a stance. "I plan to bring back Cybertron, your home. And still you choose humanity?" He growled.

Optimus narrows his eyes at him, tossing away Shockwave's corpse. "You were the one who taught me freedom is everyone's right." He reminds to Sentinel, pulling out his Energon axe from his back, and deploys his right Energon sword. He lets out a battle cry as he lunges forward at Sentinel, quickly pinning him against the building by stabbing his sword into Sentinel's left shoulder.

"I will re-trigger that pillar!" Sentinel declared, now using his shield and his blade back to block and hold off Optimus' weapons.

"Then you'll have to go through me!" Optimus challenged as he pushes forward, pressing his weapons against Sentinel's.

Sentinel headbutts Optimus, knocking him back before he kicked him away, causing him to roll backwards. Optimus manages to regain his balance and blocked Sentinel's attack with his axe and slashed at Sentinel's legs. The fight had begun.


As this was happening, Braedey went back over to Jasmine and Ravage. He gently grabbed her shoulders as he retracts his helmet.

"Jasmine, Ravage is gonna keep you safe." Braedey breathed. "You're gonna be fine."

"Braedey, please don't. I can't lose you." Jasmine begged him.

Braedey held her face and she kissed her forehead. "I'll be okay. I promise you." He reassured her, now brushing his hand over her hair. "You stay out of trouble. I've got to get to that pillar." His helmet reformed and ran back to the battlefield.

Ironhide saw Optimus taking on Sentinel and even though his instincts told him to go help his leader, he knew that Optimus was giving them an opening they needed: Destroy the Cyberforming pillar. "Autobots, c'mon, this is our chance!" He yelled as he activated his cannons.

"Charge the pillar!" Ratchet yelled as he followed Ironhide's lead, along with the others.

"We got Autobots!" Epps exclaimed, running alongside them.

The Decepticons tried their best to stop them but the majority were just Protoforms and stood little chance against them. A Decepticon stood on top of a building and tries to take a shot at Bumblebee, but he was struck by an energy shot fired by Chromia. Bumblebee gave a smile of gratitude to her. Dino tackled a Decepticon to the ground, bringing his blade down on him before he could react.

"Ironhide!" Braedey called out to him, getting his attention."I need to get to the pillar! But l'm gonna need help to get through!"

"Autobots, clear a path for Braedey so he can get to the pillar!" Ironhide ordered the Autobots. "Give him covering fire!" And the Autobots did so.

Optimus and Sentinel were both locked in combat, ignoring everyone else, the other bot was all they were focused on. Optimus manages to knock Sentinel off his feet and brought his axe down. But Sentinel managed to roll to the side, getting a small part of his armour scratched. Sentinel then tackles Optimus with his shield, smashing him against a building. Sentinel steps back and lunges his sword towards Optimus' chest, but Optimus got out of the way. Optimus swung his sword, slashing Sentinel's chest, energon leaking out.

"Reinforcements! Decepticon ships, fire at Optimus!" Sentinel orders, just as he dodges Optimus' downward strike from his axe. A bunch of Decepticon Assault Carriers that were in the area flip over and turn around, heading for Optimus.

"We're taking fire! I need those Tomahawks on scene NOW!" The SEAL Captain shouted on the radio, hidden behind a pile of building debris.


Outside of Chicago, a group of Tomahawk missiles are flying in into the city to take out the targets. But alongside them were Thundercracker and the Aerialbots, sporting their Concorde SST, F-15 Eagle, F-4 Phantom, F-16, and Harrier jumpjet alt-modes, all of them ready to take out Decepticons.


Down on the ground, the soldiers and Autobots advance across towards the bridge blocked by a few Deceptions, including a large four-legged Decepticon.

"We gotta cover for Optimus!" Prowl shouted, firing his pistols at a the Decepticons.

Prowl, Arcee, Chromia, the Wreckers, Jolt, Sunstreaker, and the others cover fire. Sunstreaker opens fire on the Decepticons. Hound blasts the four-legged Decepticon with his cannons as it goes down, before he finishes off with a shot to the head.

Braedey deploys his ion cannons and opens fire on Sentinel, waiting when Optimus in the way. Optimus kicks Sentinel's shield away with his right leg and kicks Sentinel's chestplate with his left leg, until Sentinel grabs Optimus' head and kneed him in the faceplate, knocking him back behind a statue, just as Bumblebee fired at him. Soon, they come under fire from the enemy ships. Optimus takes out his ion blaster to fight back. Sentinel tried to run away, but Braedey quickly deploys his right grappling hook, launching the hook to Sentinel's right calf, and reels himself in as he stabs Sentinel in the back of his knee, causing Sentinel to growl out in pain. Braedey jumps off his leg and fired several energy bolts, pushing Sentinel back.

"Bothersome insect." Sentinel growled, before he stabbed his sword to the ground as Braedey side rolled to his left in time.

Sentinel slams his sword on Braedey several times, trying to kill him, but Braedey jumps and flips to dodge the attacks. Just then, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Elita, Sideswipe, Ratchet, and Ironhide appear and gang up on Sentinel. Ratchet got up close to Sentinel and fire a round from his gun, but Sentinel blocks it with his shield. Cliffjumper fired at Sentinel with his plasma cannons, but both his attacks miss, causing Cliffjumper to grunt out. Ironhide fires his energy cannons at Sentinel, only for Sentinel to move his shield to block it. Sentinel slices his sword across Ratchet's chestplate, causing him to backflip as he took the attack. Sentinel then lunged at Ironhide, only for him to leap to the side and dodge it just before he was slams backwards by Sentinel's shield. Elita circles around, unleashing a barrage of Energon bolts in Sentinel, only to for the attack to be deflected by Sentinel's shield, slamming into her entire right side. Bumblebee fires his plasma cannon at Sentinel, but Sentinel used his shield again to deflect it. Cliffjumper lunged forward and kicked his foot out Sentinel's feet as he used everyone's attack as a distraction to get close. Cliffjumper was then knocked to the ground, and swiftly backflips away and fired his cannons at Sentinel.

"Decepticons!" Sentinel stabbed his sword to the ground, trying to hit Bumblebee, then whip around Cliffjumper, but both Autobots backflip backwards and transform, just as Sideswipe lunged at him, but he saw his attack coming and swiftly blocks Sideswipe with his shield. "Trigger the pillar!" He ordered, throwing Sideswipe to the ground. "RESTART THAT PILLAR!" Bumblebee, Ratchet, and Ironhide rejoined the fray and fired at him.

"I can't hold them!" Optimus exclaimed, shooting down two Decepticon ships. "The ships have us pinned!" A missile hit his back as he tries to run, hurtling him forward as a second missile hit the ground beside him, causing him to hit crash and hit the ground. "NO!" He cried out as he was tossed around, landing on his back at the missiles.

"Inbound, ten seconds! Danger close!" A NEST soldier shouts.

"Mark-Lima-Echo-Echo, 1-4-2-5-0!" The SEAL Trooper coordinated, using a target locator to send coordinates for the cruise missiles.

The Tomahawks found their targets and strike. All the Decepticon ships that are attacking are shot down. The Aerialbots took to the skies and took down most of the Decepticon dropships. The skies are nearly clear, but battle still rages on.

"Braedey, go! Get to the control pillar!" Elita-One yelled out to Braedey, the brunette now making a run for it.

Braedey finally spotted the pillar lying on a pile of rubble that was once the cupola. There were no other Deceptions in the area at all, but then, he spotted a familiar figure heading towards the pillar. It was Gould, and he had a good head start on Braedey. Grunting, Braedey ran with all his might towards the pillar. Unfortunately, Gould had caught a sight of him and was also doubling his efforts to reach it first.

Braedey had finally managed to catch up to Gould. "Dylan!" He yelled as he began climbing the rubble.

"NOOO!" Dylan shouted defiantly, pushing things towards Braedey in an effort to slow him down, but Braedey just picks it up and throws it out of his way.

Despite that, Braedey managed to reach him as he standing right next to the pillar. Just before he could say anything however, Gould pulled out his Glock 17 and aimed at Braedey. Gould fires his pistol at him as the bullets bounced off his armour as Braedey smacked the pistol away. Braedey pulls Gould down onto the pile, tumbling to the pavement as they stood up to their feet, glaring at each other while Braedey retracted his helmet.

"Don't do this, Dylan." Braedey snapped.

"There's only one future for me. And it doesn't include you!" Dylan declared. All of a sudden, the wind picked up and some paper went into his face blinding him temporarily, giving Braedey an opening to tackle him to the ground. "You don't seem to understand, Braedey! I want what my father wants me to do." Dylan glowered.

"You have that when you shut down the moon program, and killed those who knew what was on it." Braedey snarls, just as Gould tosses him on the road. He turns to the control pillar and runs up to it. He quickly recovered and thrusted towards Gould, tackling him down.

"I have come too far for this moment." Gould proclaimed. "And I'm not gonna let you ruin everything!" He kicks Braedey off of him and slams his hand down on the control pillar, reactivating it as sparks flew out.

The pillar floats back into its vertical position with a hum and the light launched back towards the sky, starting the cyberforming sequence back up. Braedey got up and sees the beam from the pillar shooting to the sky.

"Cybertron will be reborn, and the Deceptions will call me a hero for saving their world!" Dylan proclaimed.

"NOT TODAY, SLEAZEBAG!" Braedey roared before charging forward and he tackled down Dylan, the two of them going for a tumble across the ground away from the pillar.


Elsewhere, Jasmine was riding on Ravage, who's in his Harley-Davidson Fatboy motorcycle, the two going down an alleyway, and they saw Megatron away from the battle. Jasmine dismounts from Ravage, who shifts into jaguar mode and growls at Megatron with his cannons ready. Jasmine placed a hand on Ravage's snout, telling him to stand down, and she walks over to Megatron, who removed his tarpaulin from his head and looking up at the sky, his head hitting against the building he was leaning against.

"Behold as we witness the dawn of a new age. The Age of the Decepticons." Megatron murmured breathlessly, gazing at the planet that he hasn't seen in centuries. Jasmine now walked under one of his legs and he looked down at her. "Oh. Have you come to surrender?" He questioned, his claws twitching slightly.

Jasmine climbs up on a pile of rubble to Megatron's left. "I came to speak to you, not as an enemy, but as a fellow living being."

"Speak your peace." Megatron replied.

"Was all of this really worth it?" Jasmine now asked, climbing up a pile of rubble to his left. "All of it?"

"Obviously." Megatron answered with an obvious tone.

"Everything you've done to bring back Sentinel, and your plan to turn Earth into Cybertron, but now, it looks like he's the one with all of the power. It seems almost tragic, doesn't it?" Jasmine asked, feigning to smirk.

"You dare to lecture me, slave?!" Megatron growled, getting close to her.

"Think about it, Megatron. Your Decepticons, the very soldiers you have trained for several millennia, they are finally taking over Earth, but now, they're taking their orders from an Autobot, one who betrayed us both, and they'll know you won't be in charge." Jasmine added in.

"It WILL be me!" Megatron snarls and hit the ground next to her, his facial plate a few inches away from her. "It will ALWAYS be me..." He growled, holding his claw under her chin, the tips barely touching her.

"Any minute now, Sentinel will take down Optimus, not giving you the sense of satisfaction of doing it yourself, and he'll take control of everything." Jasmine breathed out. "Soon, you'll be nothing but a memory. And everyone will remember you... as Sentinel's... little... bitch."

Megatron roared lowly and reaches out for Jasmine, but he then stopped. He pulled his claw away and looked away from her, now looking down in thought.


Sentinel was still battling against the Autobots as Bumblebee, Elita, and Sideswipe gang up on him. Then he took out his Cosmic Rust gun, aiming at Elita. But before he could fire, Bumblebee and Sideswipe struck Sentinel back together as they knock him back.

"ROCKET!" Hooch alerted and fired the rocket at Sentinel so hard, it literally knocked him off his feet and his cosmic rust cannon out of his hand. "DIE!" He yelled, glad that he finally got to use the rocket.

"Good shot, buddy." Hound called as he fired his forearm missiles at Sentinel and other Decepticons.

"Concentrate your fire." Magnus yelled out as Drift leaped overhead in his helicopter form, firing missiles at the incoming Decepticons.

Sentinel groans out as he hits the ground with a thud. He scrambled to his feet, now grabbing his weapons and transforms into his firetruck form, trying to drive away and escape, with Optimus hot on his tail and chasing on after him.


Braedey and Gould were still fighting against each other, with Gould now had Braedey on the ground. "You chose sides?" He punched Braedey in the face, and stood up. "You chose wrong!"

But as he goes to kick, Braedey deploys his left Energon sword and stabs Dylan the foot. He yelled out in pain, he and Braedey now going for a tumble, until they the ground.

Braedey quickly picked Dylan up and pinned him to a burnt taxi, slamming a human-size dent into the taxi. "I chose the right side. You're the one who chose the wrong when you turn your back on your own kind to join a side that'll enslave us!" He countered.

Gould pushed him back, then grabbed him and threw him to a nearby pile of debris. "There's a difference between right and wrong. No matter what side you're on, you always choose wrong." He argued, and started punching Braedey over and over.


However, as Sentinel heads forth towards a clear stretch of road of the bridge, albeit with deceased Deceptions lying in the street with damage done to the road, Optimus strikes him in the side, forcing Sentinel to transform into robot mode, and goes on the defensive against Optimus' attacks.

"Always the bravest of us!" Sentinel grunted out. Optimus keeps attacking him, but he blocks them with his shield, and pushes him back. "But you could never make the hard decisions." Both he and Optimus now start to trade slashes and cuts, only for Optimus to strike back again, just as he forces him back. "Our planet will survive!"

"No!" Optimus shouted defiantly. Sentinel brought down his sword onto his right shoulder. With great strength, Sentinel ripped his arm off, stunning him!

Optimus, now distracted by the pain of the loss of his right arm, suddenly had his legs kicked out from under him, making him fall over onto his back, just as Sentinel starts to bust up and beat apart the red/blue Prime, only for Optimus to kick him in the abdomen, sending him flying back.

"We were gods, once! All of us!" Sentinel kicks Optimus in the side again, forcing him up against the bridge girders, as he continued to kick him. Sentinel walks over to where his sword lays on the ground, picking it up. "But here..."

"Sentinel. Stop. Please." Optimus coughs out, groaning in pain, his systems screaming in pain from his beatings.

"There can only be one!" Sentinel declared, and he held up his sword, ready to deliver the final blow to Optimus.

But then, before Sentinel could deliver the killing blow a blast of Energon strikes Sentinel in the back, making him yell out in pain. Optimus looks over to his left, and to his surprise, he sees Megatron charging forward, firing another round of Energon from his fusion shotgun, then another shot at Sentinel.

Megatron tackled Sentinel away from Optimus, the red/blue Prime crawling away to try and get back to his feet. "THIS! IS! MY PLANET!" The Decepticon warlord now started to beet apart and tear right through Sentinel, parts of him falling apart, even his finical helmet breaking off in the process, while also ripping at the false Prime's abdomen and tearing off armour.


Gould grabs Braedey by the left leg and swung him left to right, smashing him against the pavement, until he threw him to the pile where the control pillar is. Braedey groaned and grunts in pain as Gould walked towards him. Braedey tried to get up, but Gould kicked him onto his back, and towered over him.

"You've been a thorn in their side for too long, Braedey!" Dylan slams his foot down on Braedey's chest. "l'm doing them a favour by getting rid of that thorn for good! And don't worry." He leans down to his face. "I'll take good care of your wife." He grinned evilly.

That did it. Braedey suddenly glares with a look that even Megatron would fear. He grabs Gould's head, jamming his thumbs into his eye sockets as Gould screams in agony. Braedey lets go of his head and gives a thrust-assist straight punch to the face, making Gould stagger back and releasing his foot from him. Braedey launches out of the armour, now forming blades and sharp spikes across his arms and hands, and with what could be described as an animalistic snarling roar, he starts slashing and stabbing at Gould as if he were a blood-fuelled crazed super-beast. He stabs and sliced at Gould's shoulders, arms, and legs. He next retracts the blades and began punching and kicking Gould, with his thrusters for assistance. Gould couldn't even defend himself as he is temporarily blind. He quickly deploys his cannons and rapidly unleashes Energon bolts, blasting off at Gould, him crying out in pain. Then, Braedey bolts in and punches him in the face and stomach until he began to slow down and pant out heavily. Braedey then fires thrusters from his back and feet to ram Gould and he knocks him into the pillar and it shocks Gould, the electricity from the pillar shocking his nervous system. Braedey then used a steel spear and launches it at Gould, sending him flying off the pile.

Braedey ran to the pillar, placing his right hand on the control pillar to shut it down... but nothing happened. He repeatedly smacked his hand on the pillar. "No, no, NO!" He exclaimed, punching the pillar. "Guys, we got a problem!" He radioed the Autobots and NEST. "I can't shut down the pillar!"

"WHAT?! What do you mean you can't shut it down?!" Elita-One exclaims on the Comms.

"I don't know! It won't turn off!" Braedey replied.

Braedey then heard laughing as he looked back at Dylan, who was recovering. Gould's suit and body were severely damaged and torn and broken in most places. A grim expression forms on Braedey's face as he figured Gould had done something to the pillar. Braedey launches at Gould and grabs him by the collar, pinning him against a wall.

"YOU BASTARD! WHAT DID YOU DO?!" Braedey demanded angrily.

"A little failsafe I implanted." Dylan reveals, laughing in pain. "It's designed to rigged the pillar to stay on. The only way for the pillar to shut down, Earth must be completely formed out of metal. No more Earth."

Braedey's eyes widened in horror as he drops him, and took a few steps back. "What have you done." He breathed, before he looked at the pillar and walked over to it.

"It's over, Braedey. I won." Dylan smiled mockingly, coughing. Braedey didn't hear him, he just stared at the pillar. "You hear me? It's over! There's nothing you can do!"

Gould was right; there's nothing Braedey can do. With that probe in the pillar, he can't shut it down. He looks up at the beam of energy, and looked at the pillar. Then, a determined glare forms on his face, knowing that there is one thing he can do.

"Yes, there is." Braedey muttered, and deployed his right Energon sword, the blade burning hot.

Gould looked at him confused. "What are you doing?" He demanded, but Braedey didn't answer, now rearing his right arm back. Gould quickly realised what he's planning to do. "Stop! NO!" He pleaded, his right hand reached out to Braedey.

Braedey roars out and stabs his sword into the control pillar, sparks shot out of it. He yanked it out and stabbed it again. He stabbed the pillar over and over again as the sparks shot out.

"BRAEDEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Dylan shouts out in horror as Braedey kept stabbing the pillar. "NOOO!!" He yelled out, aiming his pistol at Braedey and about to pull the trigger, until he spun around, retracting his sword, and grabbed his arm with his left hand.

"I'VE JUST HAD IT WITH YOU!" Braedey snaps Gould's wrist as he cries out in agony, making him drop the pistol. Braedey uses a blaster to shoot Gould in both of his knees, then his right shoulder and left. Gould screams in pain as he fell to his knees before he picked him up again. "You said you always get what you wanted?" He reminded Gould, before he spun him around with his back facing the pillar. "HERE'S WHAT YOU GET FOR PICKING THE WRONG SIDE!!!" He roared in Gould's face, and with a yell, he shoved Gould right into the pillar.

The electricity surges throughout Gould's body as he screamed in agony while Braedey holds him in place, his eyes fixed and glaring at the man who had caused so much trouble for the human race. Gould's body was slowly being incinerated until he was nothing but ashes.

"Good riddance." Braedey muttered at the ashes. The explosions caught his attention as he sees the Autobots and NEST Troopers finishing off the last Decepticons. "HELP ME WITH THIS!" He hollered, waving his hand and motioning to the control pillar.

"Let's do this!" Epps yelled as Bumblebee urged the others to help.

"The pillar's still connected!" Lennox shouted as he took aim at the pillar.

"Shoot the pillar!" Jennifer commands, the troopers opening fire on the control pillar.

Braedey brought out his cannons and opened fire. Ratchet, Elita, and Bumblebee help out with their firepower. Pieces of the pillar blasts off as it was enough to damage it.

"Do it, Braedey!" Elita-One yelled.

"Bring it down!" Chromia added.

"RIP THAT PILLAR DOWN!" Roadbuster roared.

Braedey deploys his right Energon sword and rears his arm back, the thrusters on his arm assisting him. With a mighty yell, he made a horizontal slash, slicing the pillar in two. The pillar's red orb becomes unstable and explode, destroying the entire pillar, sending a small shockwave that blasted Braedey away, and Bumblebee caught him.

Everyone now watches on as the beam shoots back up into the sky, and all across the world in orbit, the pillars all began to overload and explode like they're all nothing but firecrackers, the debris from them now beginning to fall back into the atmosphere and burn up upon re-entry.


Optimus, Sentinel, and Megatron all looked up as they witness the pillars in orbit all being destroyed. Megatron held Sentinel by the throat as Optimus pushed himself onto his feet, crouching and kneeling down.

"Now. We need a truce. All I want is to be back in charge." Megatron revealed, now throwing Sentinel to the ground as he crawls away. "Besides... who would you be without me, Prime?"

Optimus turned his blue optics towards Megatron, regarding the other before he narrowed his optics. "Time to find out." He answered, and his battle mask slid together over his face with a loud clang echoing eerily.

Optimus quickly stood up, now grabbing his axe and threw it as it became lodged into Megatron's chest. Optimus grabbed the axe, yanking it out as Megatron stumbled forwards. Optimus then moved behind and roundhouse kicked Megatron, forcing him to his knees and slammed his axe into the middle of his head and tore the head from his body, a spray of Energon arched high in the air before the body fell to the ground. Prime then dropped his axe, Megatron's helm still attached to it, the optics flickering before going dark.

"Optimus, all ever wanted was the survival of our race." Sentinel muttered, sparks flying off parts of his body as Optimus walks over towards him. He paused and picked up Megatron's shotgun before he straightened up. "You must see why I had to betray you."

"You didn't betray me." Optimus stared down with a darkened glare at Sentinel as he cocks Megatron's shotgun. "You betrayed yourself." He claimed, and aimed the shotgun at Sentinel as it powered up.

"NO, OPTIMUS!" Sentinel screams out before Optimus shot him through the chest, knocking his form into the side of the bridge. Sentinel chokes on the Energon before Optimus finally shot him in the head, killing him.

Optimus looked at the deceased and heavily beaten and damaged bodies of Megatron and Sentinel on both sides of him and dropped the blaster. It was all over. This long and tiring war was finally over.

The sound of feet moving caused Optimus to turn around, to watch as the other Autobots and humans walked up to him. Many of them were damaged; Dino was gripping his left arm, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, and Sunstreaker looked a little beaten up but otherwise fine, along with the others. As for Braedey, his armour was damaged with scars and pieces of his armour was broken off. Plus, he did look beaten and broken, but he was still standing. Brains and Wheelie, who miraculously survived the ship crash, both appear on the bridge, though Brains with one of his legs broken and reconfigured into a crutch, both appear as Arcee and Chromia helped them over to meet with the others.

Elita walked up to Optimus, staring at both the bodies of Megatron and Sentinel. "Optimus... She whispered, looking at him.

"It is done." Optimus nodded, his voice relieved.

Lennox, Epps, and the rest of the soldiers and Autobots join up. Braedey saw Jasmine with another group of soldiers as well as Ravage, and he immediately sprints over to her. Braedey hugged her and spun her around. Jasmine kissed him with nothing but love within her, and they don't part one another until after a full minute.

"I'm so sorry, Braedey." Jasmine muttered.

Braedey buried his face in her neck with a sigh. "It was my fault. I love you."

"I love you too." Jasmine said back, then she released her embrace.

"Jasmine, are you alright?" Braedey asked in concern. "Are you feeling unwell?"

"I was hoping to tell you this before you went on your mission, but with what's been going on, I wasn't sure if to tell you until everything was alright." Jasmine now gently held her stomach.

"Braedey... I'm pregnant."

Braedey's eyes widened as tears leaked from them. He fell to his knees and wrapped his arms around Jasmine's lower back, holding her close as he buries his face into her abdomen as he cried while she hugged him back, stroking his hair. He then stood up to his feet, gently placing a hand on her stomach, knowing his own flesh and blood is inside of his wife. Bumblebee and Ravage walk towards them, Jasmine gently patting Ravage as Braedey and Bumblebee fist bump and hug each other. Elita-One knelt down and picked up the two humans, hugging them close to her form, Braedey and Jasmine both hugging the her back.

"Oh, I'm so happy for you two." Elita-One gushes, looking to the two as Arcee nodded. "Looks like our family has just gotten a little bit bigger."

The Aerialbots fly overhead with Thundercracker as they circle around and transform into their robot modes, landing on the opposite side of the bridge to join the celebration. The NEST Troopers, Marines, and SEALs exchange hugs and fist-bumps. Ken was resting on the railing, with Jennifer resting her head on his shoulder.

In any war, there are calms between storms.

Ratchet puts his hand on Bumblebee's shoulder. "You fought bravely." He said.

"You did good, old man." Hound complimented to Magnus, the latter nodding back.

"Not too bad yourself, pal." Ironhide nodded, he and Bulkhead sharing a bro-fist.

There will be days that where lose faith, day when our allies turn against us.

Braedey walked up to Optimus and leans next to him. Optimus looked down and smiled, picking up Braedey with his remaining arm and puts him on his shoulder. The two of them stand before the other Autobots and humans, then they look out to the setting sun in the far distance.

But the day will never come that we forsake this planet, and its people.


A/N: there we go. 'Dark of the Moon' is complete. The cyberforming of Earth did not happen, Megatron and Sentinel are both killed, and Dylan Gould is gone, Jasmine reveals she's pregnant to Braedey, and the Earth has been saved once more.

Up next is 'Age of Extinction'.