In the Nemesis' main deck, Megatron and his Decepticons were assessing the damage to their crashed ship.

"Dreadwing, damage report." Megatron ordered.

"We have suffered critical damage to all major systems, Lord Megatron." Dreadwing said, looking at the diagnostic scan of the Nemesis. "It will be some time before we can get the ship airborne."

"I've located the epicenter of the damage, Lord Megatron," Shadow Striker said, "It's the powercore, looks like something struck with the Energon inside was still being processed." She explained.

"But no way that the powercore took a hit like that." Lockdown said with a curious look. "Most of the action was happening outside with the Insecticons. And Starscream is too much of a wimp to go to that level."

"Soundwave?" Megatron spoke to his communications chief as Soundwave showed a security feed of the powercore right when Bulkhead struck the core. Soundwave rewind and paused the feed as he zoomed in and focus the screen as it showed Bulkhead. "So it was an Autobot who crippled my vestal. They will move quickly to exploit any perceived weakness."

"Astrotrain, Sky-Byte and I just arrived here and things are already as bad as they seem." Deadend said with a frown. "And even with the repair time, I doubt this rust bucket is gonna get into the air before the Autobots really do launch an attack."

"Surely they're not foolish enough to launch a direct assault, my liege." Knock Out reassured.

"Optimus has grown decidedly more ruthless since our last encounter." Megatron recalled.

"So what do you suggest we do, my liege?" Sky-Byte asked. "Do we prepare incase of an attack?"

"No. I have something better." Megatron said to him.

The Decepticons later arrived at the power core's room with boxes of some familiar purple-coloured Energon with them.

"Lord Megatron, as your physician, I strongly advise against this. Dark Energon's regenerative properties are impressive, but the side effects. There's no telling how it might impact the ship." Knock Out said in concern.

"Dark Energon courses through my veins." Megatron replied as his eyes glowed purple. "Infusing the Nemesis with it will allow me to manipulate the craft as if we are one. And together, we shall crush Optimus Prime." He declared with a smirk.

Meanwhile at the Metroplex, Bulkhead was telling the Autobots, the children and Fowler how they managed to ground the Nemesis.

"But when the Insecticons suddenly backed off, I got inspired by my proximity to the power core. And I did what I do best." Bulkhead explained, smashing his fist into his palm.

"You trashed Megatron's ride like a rockstar in a hotel room." Miko said with her arms up with a knowing smirk.

"Classic, Bulk." Crosshairs said with a smirk.

"Excellent work, my friend." Jetfire said with a smile. "But if I hadn't suddenly arrived on scene, you wouldn't have made it off the ship."

"Yeah, heh, thanks, Jetfire." Bulkhead said with a smile. "But I still wondered how you got here?"

"I have been tracking my old rival Sky-Byte along with his comrades, Astrotrain and Deadend, across the galaxy," Jetfire explained to them, "When I saw them flying to this planet and saw the Nemesis below, I knew right then and there they had joined Megatron's ranks."

"Sky-Byte, Astrotrain, and Deadend are here too?" Windblade questioned with a groaned. "Not those guys."

"Well, we are glad you're here, Jetfire." Elita said with a smile. "Another flying Autobot will definitely be useful against the Decepticons," she stated.

"It is my pleasure to be here, commander." Jetfire said with a smile.

"So, are we gonna get to the 'punching the cons' part yet?" Grimlock questioned with a smirk as he smashed his fists together.

"Grimlock's right. We should hit the cons right now while they're vulnerable." Acree said in agreement.

"Megatron's warship may be grounded, but let's not forget that we remain vastly outnumbered. Especially since he has added the Insecticon hive and three new Decepticons to his ranks." Ratchet reminded them.

"Then maybe it's time for me to call in an airstrike." Fowler suggested.

"Or for us to consider more extreme measures, Agent Fowler." Optimus replied.

Elita looks at Optimus with a frown. "Optimus, you aren't suggesting…" She started as Optimus nodded.

Back at Metroplex vault, Optimus and Elita walked into it and turned to the most dangerous weapon in the vault, "The Spark Extractor," Elita said grimly, "Orion, you set that off there's no going back." She told him.

"While I am deeply reluctant to deploy a weapon of this caliber, especially one forged by Decepticon hands, this might be our only chance to end the war, once and for all." Optimus said seriously while he and Elita looked at the Spark Extractor.

Back at the Nemesis, the claw machine inserted a box of Dark Energon onto a hole in the power core and Megatron pulled a lever, making the box go inside. The Decepticons watched as the blue lightings of the core turned purple and it's dark energy courses throughout the entire warship, making the lights and computers turn red in the process. Megatron could feel the Nemesis being empowered by Dark Energon with the blood of Unicron in his body.

"Yes, I can feel it." Megatron said triumphantly.

At Metroplex, Fixit was looking at the map as purple energy reading were shown, "Optimus Prime, I'm de-de-de-de-de-de," Fixit glitched before hitting himself, "Detecting a massive energy spike at the Decepticon Crash sight. It's confirmed to be, Dark Energon," He reported seriously.

The Autobots gave serious expressions as Ratchet powered up the Ground Bridge. "Autobots, transform and roll out!" Optimus declared as Team Prime, Elita, Moonracer, Windblade, Crosshairs, Jazz, Prowl and Grimlock stood ready.

"Hold on, Prime. If you are gonna some kind of super weapon in the final showdown with the Cons, it's my job as a representative of planet Earth to bare witness." Fowler proclaimed.

Elita and Optimus looked at each other in thought by what Fowler just offered.

Soon, the Autobots and Fowler exited the Ground Bridge as they saw the Nemesis taking to the air. "Sweet lady liberty!" Fowler exclaimed in awed as.

"How did they get that bird in the air already?" Crosshairs said in shock.

"Doesn't matter! It just make it more fun to knock it down!" Grimlock said with an excited smirk while slamming his fist together.

In the Nemesis' main deck, Megatron saw the Autobots on Soundwave's face screen.

"Optimus, you never disappoint." Megatron said as he noticed Grimlock with him, "And with a new recruit it seems," He mused.

The Nemesis brought out some turrets and they all aimed at the Autobots, while Optimus secretly turned to their other team member.

"Windblade, now." Optimus ordered.

"You got it!" Windblade called as she flew out in her jetmode as the Nemesis started firing it's turrets at the Autobots.

"The rest of you draw their fire!" Optimus instructed as he and the other Bots ran in different directions while Fowler watched the Autobots with binoculars.

Back with Windblade, she was shown to be carrying the Spark Extractor in her cockpit seat. "Once you launch the Spark Extractor, be sure to clear it's radius before it can activate." Optimus told him on the com-link.

Windblade then transformed and grabbed the Spark Extractor before flying straight towards the Nemesis.

However, the Nemesis brought out some kind of radar-like weapon a purple electronic beam straight towards Windblade.

"Oh, scra-" Windblade said as she suddenly got hit by the beam and slowly went into stasis as she fell from the sky.

"Windblade!" Bumblebee exclaimed as he transformed and drove to where Windblade was falling as he quickly transformed back into bot form and caught Windblade bridal style and caught the Spark Extractor in his hands as he looked at Windblade's stiff form. "Windblade's down! I repeat, Windblade's-" He told the others before he was blasted by the same beam and was put into stasis too.

"Bee!" Jazz called out as the Spark Extractor fell down and he quickly picked it up. "I got it!" He called as he ran, but then he got hit with the same beam, going into stasis as well before Acree ran to the extractor.

"Mine!" Acree called as she ran forward to the Nemesis before getting hit by the beam as well and rolled across the ground.

The Decepticons saw everything from the main deck and were quite surprised.

"I didn't realize the Nemesis was equipped with a stasis beam." Sky-Byte admitted.

"It shouldn't," Knock Out said suspiciously.

"Lord Megatron?" Shadow Striker asked as Megatron remained silent, which meant that he didn't know either as he gave a suspicious look.

Back on the battlefield, Bulkhead went for the Spark Extractor and grabbed it before the Nemesis fired a stasis beam at him.

"Bulkhead!" Crosshairs called as he then grabbed the Spark Extractor and proceeded to fire at the Nemesis's turrets before he too was hit and put into stasis lock.

"Come on! Maybe the beam won't hit the two of us!" Prowl exclaimed as he and Moonracerr both rushed forward and Moonracer picked up the extractor while Prowl provided cover fire as the two rushed towards the Nemesis in opposites directions, but shockingly, the stasis beam hit both of them as they were put into stasis lock.

Grimlock, Elita, and Optimus were on the only Bots remaining as they avoided the blaster fire while they rushed forward as Grimlock tried to grab the weapon, but was caught in a crossfire, "WAAH!" Grimlock yelled as he ducked for cover.

Elita and Optimus both rushed towards the Spark Extractor while avoiding the stasis beams as best as they could. "Go Optimus! Go-" Elita cried out before she was then hit by the beam before tumbling to the ground.

"Elita!" Optimus yelled as he glared at the Nemesis and ran as fast as he could before giving a powerful jump with a yell as he was about to throw the Spark Extractor, but the stasis beam hit him as he fell to the ground with a thud.

"No!" Grimlock exclaimed in horror at what happened to his friends, as was Fowler after seeing the action as the Nemesis towered over the two, "Oh scrap." He muttered as the turrets aimed at them.

"So much for Christmas in Fiji." Fowler commented.

"What's a Christmas?" Grimlock asked confusedly as the cannons suddenly retracted, "Huh?" He said with a brow, confused why the Decepticons' withdrew. Fowler was just as confused as Grimlock was before remembering.

"Grim, the Spark Extractor!" Fowler told the Dinobot.

"Oh right!" Grimlock realized as he went into Dino mode and rushed up to the Extractor.

Back inside the Nemesis' main deck, Megatron could see the Spark Extractor being picked up by Grimlock on the screen.

"Whoa, is that a Dinobot?" Clobber said in amazement.

"I was led to believe that their kind was all but wiped out," Dreadwing commented.

"As was I, but all that matters is that he has the Spark Extractor!" Megatron reminded them before turning to the pilots, "Guide us closer so that I may collect what belongs to me, and destroy the Autobots!" Megatron ordered.

But unknown to him and the other Decepticons, one of the red terminals started to show a line of Cybertronian language and a coordinate on the map of Earth next to it.

The Nemesis started to fly away from the area as Grimlock and Fowler simply watched it leave.

"Uh, where are they going?" Grimlock questioned with a brow.

"Team's down. Requesting med-evac." Fowler told Ratchet on the com-link.

Megatron saw that the Nemesis was flying away from the Autobots instead of moving towards them like he ordered.

"What?! Where are you going?!" Megatron questioned angrily. "I said closer!"

"Lord Megatron, the ship seems to be navigating itself." A Vehicon said while working at the controls.

"Override!" Megatron demanded.

The Vehicons attempted to regain control of the Nemesis, but a beeping noise sounded off and the Dark Energon-infused warship continued on it's current course, making Megatron growl in frustration.

"The systems are bypassing manual contro-" The Vehicon was suddenly electrocuted by the controls and collapsed to the floor, causing a small silence in the main deck.

"What the scrap was that?!" Shadow Striker questioned in shock.

"It appears the ship now possesses a will of its own." Knock Out theorised.

"Impossible!" Megatron stated. "Trace the problem to its source and fix it!"

"Do not tamper with my systems, Lord Megatron!" A loud and evil voice suddenly,

Spoke out.

"Who said that?!" Deadend asked in surprise.

"Wait, that voice sounds familiar." Sky-Byte said in wondered.

"I am surprised you have forgotten me, Decepticons. After all, you all know who I once was before I forcefully reformatted into this warship." The voice replied.

"W-What are you talking about?" Clobber asked fearfully.

"I am sure you remember that day well, Megatron. It was long after I fell from Cybertron's orbit and was placed into stasis as a prisoner of the Autobots." The voice explained, making Megatron's eyes widen in disbelief. "The Decepticons then attacked the labs that imprisoned me, but you yourself said that it was not a rescue mission. For my failure to destroy the Autobots, my chassis was permanently transformed into the Nemesis while my mind was kept in stasis for all those years. But not anymore."

"Wait, are you saying that you're actually…?" Knock Out asked in a fearful tone.

"Trypticon." Megatron finished seriously.

"The Decepticon Titan." Dreadwing added, also familiar of the Nemesis's previous life.

"Indeed. Once you infused my core with Dark Energon, my mind was finally reawaken." Trypticon proclaimed. "And now, I have been able to obtain a clear view of what my purpose is on this planet. So you and your followers know this, Megatron. This will be your only warning!"

"Warning?!" Megatron repeated.

"My new mission is to recover the lost Iacon artifacts and obtain them. Once they are in my possession, all Cybertronians will then see that I alone am the future of Cybertron and I shall restore our homeworld in my image. This mission assumes priority, and any Cybertronian who interferes will be neutralized." Trypticon said threateningly.

"Someone's cranky after being offline for sometime." Deadend muttered in worry.

"My own Titan dares to address me in threatening tones?!" Megatron asked, outraged.

Soundwave then pointed towards a terminal at the back, which was showing the same line of Cybertronian language as another one was currently being decrypted.

"Trypticon also seems to be doing a better job at decoding the Project Iacon database than we were." Knock Out admitted, approaching the terminal. "He's already deciphered a new set of coordinates."

Soundwave displayed the coordinates on his face screen. "And judging by our current course, that is precisely where Trypticon is headed." Dreadwing told his leader.

"As I desire. You see? This warship is nothing more than an extension of my very will." Megatron boasted in triumph. "And with Trypticon fully reawakened, nothing will stand in my way."

"Your will is nothing. The Iacon artifact will belong to me, the new lord of the Decepticons." Trypticon replied sternly.

"Have you forgotten your place, Trypticon?! I am your master and you swore your loyalty to me!" Megatron shouted with a glare. "I command you to cease your operations!"

"I think not! We pledged our allegiance to you during the war for Cybertron and we were close to wiping out the Autobots, but our planet's core was shut down and we were all forced to flee because you never destroyed Optimus Prime! The Blood of Unicron has helped me understand this!" Trypticon argued, which angered Megatron even more. "Starting on this day, I will lead the Decepticons to glory and I shall never again take orders from you! You are no longer in command."

Suddenly, Trypticon started to emit a sonic attack from a light above Megatron and the Decepticon leader fell to his knees while shouting out in pain. Knock Out and Sky-Byte quickly rushed towards their leader to aid him.

"It would appear Trypticon still has a grudge from our last encounter." Sky-Byte commented.

"Regain control of this vessel, by any means necessary." Megatron ordered.

Soundwave shot his mechanical tentacles towards a terminal to try and interact with Trypticon's systems, but electricity coursed through the tentacles and straight onto Soundwave's body. The communication Decepticon then shut down and the other Decepticons were left shocked.

"Yep, still mad." Shadow Striker said in horror.

"All hands, cut power to the mainframe and disconnect data relays, now!" Megatron called out.

After gathering the troops, Dreadwing charged out of the main deck with Sky-Byte, Lockdown, Shadow Striker and a squadron of Vehicons as they made their way towards the power core. However, Trypticon activated a laser wall of the stasis beam energy and it began moving down the corridors towards the Decepticons.

"Ah scrap." Lockdown muttered before the stasis beams hit them as they were put in stasis.

Some Insecticons were crawling through the corridors before they were hit by the stasis beams as well.

While on the Landing strip, Astrotrain was in robot form before the Stasis beam aimed at him, "Is this really necessary Trypticon? I'm pretty much stuck out, I can't do anything to you," Astrotrain told the titan.

"All Cybertronians who stand in the way of my mission must be neutralized." Trypticon stated as he fired on Astrotrain, putting him into Stasis lock.

Back in Metroplex, Grimlock and Fowler returned while Grimlock had to carry the frozen Autobots back into Metroplex for Ratchet and Fixit to look at them as the children gave concern looks to their friends. "So give it to us straight, docs." Hot Rod said in concern while he, Chromia, Ironhide, Whirl, Firestar, Reck'n'Ruin, and Jetfire were beside him as they looked at their friends in concern. "How bad is it?"

"They're alive." Ratchet assured them after reading their vitals. "But I've never encountered this form of stasis lock."

"Me neither. This stasis lock is much more powerful than any other I've ever seen." Fixit added while looking at his controller while reading the data as well.

"The Cons are crossing the Atlantic, making a B-line for North America." Fowler informed as he stood on the platform.

"Wait, we can track them?" Jack asked in surprise.

"Why aren't they cloaked, like usual?" Raf asked in wonder.

"None of this makes a lick of sense. They had us in the crosshairs, but the Cons just took off." Fowler said, very confused.

"They even bailed out with this Spark-Whazzit." Grimlock said while holding the Spark Extractor. "I was looking forward to some punching."

"Well, if the ship isn't cloaked, maybe the communication relay's open and-" Jack tried to say.

"Yep, yep, are you suggesting that we just call Megatron and ask him what's happening up there?" Ratchet asked in disbelief.

The children only shrugged at Ratchet in response and the Autobot medic turned to Fowler and the other Autobots, who did the same thing.

Back in the Nemesis/Trypticon, Knock Out and Clobber walked into a small room and noticed that a computer screen was showing the second line of Cybertronian language having been finally decrypted.

"Lord Megatron, Trypticon has decrypted a second set of coordinates." Knock Out informed.

"Maybe we should let him to continue?" Clobber suggested.

Right after she said that, a small stasis beam turret fired at Knock Out and Clobber from behind and they were put into stasis-lock like the other Decepticons.

"I do not require permission." Trypticon replied.

Meanwhile, Ratchet was attempting to call the Nemesis on the main console with the remaining Autobots, the children and Fowler standing on the sidelines.

"Metroplex to Nemesis." Ratchet called. "Megatron, please respond."

Speaking of Megatron, he was charging down the Nemesis/Trypticon's corridors while shoving a frozen Vehicon out of his way. He then made it into the power core room and grabbed the same lever from earlier.

"This mutiny ends now, Trypticon." Megatron declared before he was then hit by a stasis beam from behind.

"Megatron." Ratchet said as he continued to try and contact the Decepticon leader, but got no answer.

Just then, the communication system activated and the Autobots, the children and Fowler received a different caller.

"Megatron has been relieved of his command." Trypticon's voice said, much to everyone's confusion.

"Who is this?" Ratchet asked.

"Who is this?" Trypticon echoed.

"Wait? That voice." Jetfire started off before his eyes widened. "Trypticon?!" He questioned in horror, which shocked the Autobots while the humans gave a confused look.

"Ah, but that voice, I know very well." Trypticon spoke with a gleeful voice. "Hello, Jetfire. It has been a long time, has it not?"

"B-But how is it possible?!" Jetfire questioned while looking at the console. "We thought you were-"

"Yes, I'm sure you did." Trypticon taunted. "But now, I have returned, stronger than ever."

"Trypticon?" Raf repeated.

"Who or what in the Sam Hill is that?" Fowler asked.

"Trypticon was a Titan of unbelievable power and Megatron's most dangerous weapon. Almost none of us could stand up to his power." Ratchet explained. "Fortunately, Optimus and Jetfire were able to defeat Trypticon."

"My fellow aerialbots and I were the ones who brought Trypticon down while Optimus and the other Autobots finished him off." Jetfire said with a firm look. "After Optimus dealt the final blow, we had him shipped and dismantled in an Iacon laboratory facility."

"Correct. That was until Megatron invaded that facility and had me permanently transformed into the Nemesis. But now I've finally awakened and I shall complete the task that my former master was unable to complete." Trypticon announced, letting out a menacing growl. "But know this, any Cybertronian who interferes with my mission will be neutralized."

The Cybertronian Titan/living warship then showed images of the stasis-locked Decepticons to the group in Metroplex.

"What mission?" Ratchet asked.

"I will obtain all the remaining Iacon artifacts and learn to harness their power." Trypticon replied.

"For what purpose?" Ratchet asked again.

"…You will find out soon enough, Autobot." Trypticon replied before he ended his call.

"Did he just hang up?!" Miko questioned in disbelief. "Rude!" She scoffed with her arms crossed.

"Rude?! There's a giant Decepticon flying around collecting Decepticon weapons of mass destruction!" Fowler stated sternly.

"A giant Decepticon filled with other neutralized Decepticons." Jack reminded.

"Point?" Fowler questioned.

"This could be a our only chance to slip aboard and download the Iacon database." Jack suggested.

"So Optimus can decode it." Raf added.

"Which will give us the upper hand on collecting the other relics before the Decepticons do." Hot Rod added as the other bots nodded in agreement.

"Ingenious." Ratchet said in agreement. "Chromia, Hot Rod, Jetfire and I will infiltrate Trypticon."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! That's not so ingenious, Ratchet." Reck'n'Ruin said in unison.

"Yeah, you saw what Trypticon did to the Decepticons." Jack said.

"And probably Megatron too." Raf added.

"And half of the Autobots." Miko added while gesturing to the stasis locks bots.

"Not me," Grimlock reminded them, "Trypticon didn't try shooting me with that stasis thing,"

"And that hunk of metal had both of us in its lights and we're still breathing." Fowler added.

"Trypticon may be blind to humans." Jack theorized.

"And Grimlock's dinobot biology must not be recognizable to Trypticon." Fixit theorized. "He might not have been able to see Grimlock even at point blank."

"So we have an edge against Trypticon. Humans and dinobots." Kup said with a smirk.

"Very well. Fowler, Grimlock, But at the first sign of trouble, I am bridging you both right back here." Ratchet proclaimed before he pulled out a small device from the console, handing it to Grimlock. "Now, in order to download the database, you will need a compatible transfer drive."

"Uh, compata-what now?" Grimlock questioned while scratching his head.

"Even I didn't get that." Fowler said with a shrug.

"They'll also need tech support." Raf said with a smirk.

"And backup." Miko added with a smirk as Jack smiled.

"Just be wary, Trypticon might be in his ship form, but even in vehicle mode, he's a force to be reckoned with." Jetfire advised. "Trust me. I experienced it first hand."

"What does Trypticon even look like before he became the Nemesis?" Jack asked in wondered.

Jetfire said nothing as he walked up to a console and type in before showing them an image of Trypticon's true form, which resembled a Kaiju with large three-clawed servo and a ginormous tail.

"Wow, he looks like a Cybertronian Kaiju." Miko said, slightly surprised.

The Autobots looked confused, "What's a Kaiju?" They all said.

"Giant city-destroying monster!" Miko explained with a wave of her arms.

"Didn't know you Bots had your own Godzilla." Fowler commented.

"At least we won't need to deal with Trypticon being like that anymore." Ironhide said with his arms crossed. "Like he said, he is permanently the Nemesis, but he's still a pain in vehicle mode."

"So be cautious." Jetfire advise to Grimlock and the humans. "One small mistake and Trypticon will sense your presence."

"And like all Decepticons, Trypticon has no concept of the term mercy," Ratchet added seriously.

As Trypticon continued to fly through the skies, a Ground Bridge appeared in his corridors and the Grimlock, the children and Fowler walked out of it.

"Fowler to base, we're in." Fowler informed on the com-link.

"Good. Their data core should be accessible from any console." Ratchet replied.

The group began to walk down the large corridor while passing some stasis-locked Vehicons along the way. Vee then looked to her right and noticed a frozen Knock Out and Clobber leaning in front of the computer he looked at earlier.

Raf gulped nervously at the two. "Here's one." He said as Miko walked up to Knock Out and pounded the back of his leg.

"Doc knock is knocked out." Miko quipped.

"And Clobber's been Clobbered." Grimlock added with a grin.

"Look . Trypticon's already decoded two sets of Iacon coordinates." Raf told everyone while looking at the computer, until a third line of Cybertronian language appeared on it. "Three. Let's rip and run."

"Okay. So where do I put this?" Grimlock asked, holding the drive as the humans climbed over Knock Out and onto the terminal.

"Right here, Grimlock." Raf said as he saw a port in front of Knock Out as the dino bot inserted it as the download began to commence as fourth line of language appeared as they all waited before Jack saw something as he saw the coordinates Trypticon is heading.

"Um, why is Trypticon heading for manhattan?" Jack questioned as they all looked at the coordinates before seeing the first set of it on the monitor beeping.

"Because that's where the first sets of coordinates are located." Raf answered.

"What would a relic Cybertronian be doing in the big apple?" Fowler questioned in confusion.

"The Iacon relics landed on Earth eons ago, Agent Fowler. Long before the city was built ontop of it." Ratchet explained.

"Which means if Trypticon wants this one, he may have to move some buildings out of the way." Jack said firmly. "And if he figures out how to Transform again…"

"Kaiju war." Miko muttered as they all looked in horror.

"Our mission just got complicated. How do we detour this ship?" Fowler asked Ratchet as everyone else got onto the computer pad.

"I would advise disabling the navigation module." Jetfire instructed. "Call up the main navigation manual."

"There." Raf said as he pointed to a keyboard.

"Step aside, son." Fowler said to Raf as he stepped forward.

The special agent approached the button and was about to press down on it, but received an electrical shock once he touched the button that made him shout painfully. Fowler stumbled back a bit before he fell.

"Agent Fowler!"JAck called out worriedly as Grimlock quickly caught Fowler, who was unconscious.

"System access detected. Interference will not be tolerated." Trypticon's voice said.

"Uh, oh," Grimlock said in worry.

"Up there!" Raf said, pointing at a camera that appeared from the top wall.

"Reveal yourself!" Trypticon ordered as he didn't see the children or Grimlock.

"He doesn't see us." Miko said.

"Yet. Trypticon must not be scanning for carbon based life forms, but once he widens his search parameters…" Ratchet started.

"Kaboom," Grimlock said with his claws open.

"I'm bridging you back." Ratchet told the group.

"No." Jack said firmly. "There are millions of lives at stake in New York. And us four are the only ones who can do anything about it."

"You're out of your element, Jack. These readings, the ship's rapid recovery, all point to the fact that Megatron employed Dark Energon to repair it and unintentionally reawakened Trypticon." Ratchet explained.

"He's right. It's too dangerous." Hot Rod said in agreement.

Grimlock gently placed Fowler down as he grabbed the kids and put them on his shoulder. "Wait, you said that Trypticon is powered by dark energon, so couldn't we just dump it out of him?" Grimlock suggested with a shrug.

Back on Metroplex, the Autobots were surprised by Grimlock's idea. "I believe that could work." Fixit said in surprise.

"Yes, it's so simple, and yet Grim thought of it." Chromia said in surprise.

"Whazzat suppose to mean?" Grimlock asked confusedly.

"Oh, nothing, Grimlock." Ratchet said to him.

"Well, if you need to dump the dark energon out of Trypticon's fuel tank, you'll need to reverse his energon infuser." Jetfire spoke up. "Follow the main overhead conduits. They'll lead you to his power core."

The Kids and Grimlock ran towards the corridor while passing through the stasis Vehicons before they made it to the engine room and gasped in panic when they saw Megatron, only to calm down when they saw he was in a stasis lock like the others.

"Megatron." Grimlock muttered in awe as he stepped forward.

"Megatron had the same idea." Jack said as he saw Megatron was about to pull the lever to dump the Dark Energon.

"Then we're on the right track." Raf said to them.

"The Energon injection valve can only be operated manually." Ratchet informed them.

"Manually?!" The four exclaimed as they turned to the switch that Megatron was about to pull.

"Well, it's a good thing you have me." Grimlock said as he stepped forward as he saw the lever. "Though, I wish I could just give Megatron one punch. Been itching for a fight." When Grimlock was about to pull the lever, the scanners then searched the engine room before it got sight on Grimlock and the children.

"I am infested with alien life forms!" Trypticon exclaimed in anger as Grimlock and the children flinched and looked up.

"Uh, oh. We just got made." Miko muttered as some claws extended from the ceiling.

"Oh, scrap." Grimlock muttered as he avoided the claw as more towers over him.

"All parasites will be eradicated!" Trypticon stated.

"Hey! Who you calling parasite?!" Grimlock questioned with a look as he moved around to avoid the claws while using the energon cubes to hit each one while the children held onto him.

"Insolent pest." Trypticon said as he then took out his stasis blaster and aimed it at Grimlock.

"Grimlock, watch out!" Jack exclaimed as Trypticon fired his stasis beam, which Grimlock barely avoided as he hid behind a stack of Energon cubes as the dino bot ran around to avoid the beam.

"Okay, I officially hate this con!" Miko exclaimed in panic.

"What do we do?!" Grimlock asked urgently.

"We need to get to that lever to dump the Dark Energon!" Raf called while pointing to the switch that Megatron's servos was on.

"Easier for you to say!" Grimlock exclaimed while barely avoiding the beam. "I doubt he would let us, and if I get hit, you kids will be Trypticon's new kill list! And if I go into my dino form, I don't like small and dark places!"

"Don't worry, Grimlock! Just try and knock Megatron over! He might do it for us!" Jack suggested while gesturing to the stasis lock Decepticon leader.

"You mean punch him?!" Grimlock asked as his panic expression turned to excitement. "Now you're talking!" He cheered as he then narrowly avoided the claws and the stasis beam as he charged at Megatron. "Take this!" He called as he punched Megatron straight in the face, which caused him to slowly moved back and he pulled the lever as he fell to the ground.

Before the stasis beams or claws hit them, they stopped as the others saw the Dark Energon in the power core get replaced by normal Energon.

"Critical power drained." Trypticon said as he attempted to grab Grimlock with the claw, only for it to stop as he was slowly losing power.

Seeing as he was about to go back into a deep sleep, Trypticon tried to use the claw to flip the switch back up.

"I am…Trypticon. I am…in…command. I shall not…be defeated…again." Trypticon stated in a struggling tone. "Prepare to be…neutralized…"

As the claw then stopped, Trypticon slowly powered down and he was once again put back into stasis so he could never again cause trouble for the Autobots or the Decepticons while everything in the Nemesis returned to normal. But then, the group noticed Megatron was freed from his stasis-locked condition and he groaned weakly.

Grimlock gave a serious look, "Run." He said before he ran away while holding the children as he ran out of the room.

Back on Metroplex, the frozen Autobots then got out of stasis after Trypticon was defeated as they groaned and got their bearings from the long stasis they've endured while the rest of the Autobots smiled in relief.

"Thank the Allspark." Ratchet said in relief.

"What happened?" Windblade asked before she found herself in Bumblebee's arms.

The two looked at each other while looking embarrassed. "Uh…" Bumblebee muttered.

"Where's Grim?" Arcee questioned.

"Long story, Acree." Chromia said to her.

"Uh, guys…" Grimlock spoke up through the commlinks. "We could really use a Ground Bridge right now."

"Wait, 'we'?" Bulkhead repeated.

Grimlock was holding the children while running down the corridor as the Vehicons all began to get out of stasis. "Scuse me, Pardon me, outta the way, Dinobot coming through!" He said as his size knocked some of the Vehicons away just as they get out of stasis lock.

At the same time, Megatron sat up and slightly shook his head before noticing the lever he was holding had been pulled down.

They returned to the terminal where Fowler and the hard drive was as Grimlock gently got the kids off as he picked up Fowler. "Come on, dude. On your feet." Grimlock said to Fowler.

"And beavers and ducks and walnuts and grandma." Fowler babbled before collapsing again.

"Okay?" Grimlock said awkwardly before they turned to the download, which wasn't even halfway finished as five Iacon coordinates were projected.

"That's all that's been downloaded?!" Jack questioned from what they had from the download.

"The Iacon files must be huge." Raf replied just as a Ground Bridge opened up behind them.

"Sweet!" Miko said as she and Raf rushed to the Ground Bridge. "Come on, here's our ride." She said as Jack and Grimlock looked to the console as Grimlock gave Fowler to the two kids.

"Grimlock? Jack?" Raf asked in surprise.

"Get Fowler out of here." Jack said to them seriously.

"We're right behind ya." Grimlock said as he picked up Jack and walked up to the terminal as the two children and Fowler entered the Ground Bridge. "Well, some is better than nothing."

"Yeah, and we're not leaving without that drive." Jack added as Grimlock then knocked Knock Out and Clobber away as he then looked at the drive and was about to take it out, but Clobber and Knock Out got out of stasis and looked at them, which startled the two.

"I don't know where the Iacon Relics are!" Grimlock said quickly, hiding Jack and the Drive behind his back.

"Then open up and say 'aaww', Dinobot." Knock Out said with a smirk as he ready his drill while Clobber pounded her fists.

"And how about a beat down as well?" Clobber added with a smirk as Grimlock gave a concerned look.

"I'm here to offer a third opinion." Ratchet said as he came through the Ground Bridge and sucker punched Knock Out as he fell to the floor, which gave Grimlock the chance to give a mighty punch to Clobber, sending her flying across the room.

"Alright!" Grimlock cheered.

"Let's go." Ratchet said as Grimlock and Jack nodded as Grimlock picked up Jack and took out the drive as the three rushed back into the Ground Bridge as it closed just as Megatron came in as Knock Out and Clobber groaned as Knock Out saw him and quickly went on his knees.

"You let them escape!" Megatron stated angrily before he saw the five deciphered coordinates on the computer. "With vital intelligence!"

In Metroplex, after getting up to speed, Ratchet was displaying the coordinates on the main console to everyone else.

"The download of the Iacon database may have been incomplete, but we now possess four sets of coordinates that were decoded by Trypticon." Ratchet said.

"Which we were fortunate to get when he decoded them during the download." Fixit added.

"Never thought we would hear about Trypticon again." Moonracer said in a shudder.

"Haven't heard from him since the War for Cybertron." Prowl added with his arms crossed.

"Eh, that's one con I wouldn't want to meet or see again." Crosshairs said with a groan.

"Yeah, he was the second worst Decepticon in my opinion." Bumblebee replied.

"You said it, Bee." Jazz said in agreement.

"Let us be glad that's the last we heard of him." Jetfire said to them. "From what just happened, I doubt Megatron will bring him back online again."

"Then we must act quickly, for Megatron possesses the same five sets." Optimus recalled with a concerned expression. "And he will not hesitate to obtain the potential doomsday devices which lie at the site of each."

"Well we already know where one of them is," Jack told them as Fixit brought up a map on the monitor, "New York City." He revealed.

At the same time, the Nemesis was flying within some large clouds and was shown to have arrived in the city of New York, where the first Iacon relic was hidden beneath.

And with that, Trypticon has been taken out of the game…again.

And yes, official material for TFP does reveal that the voice of the Nemesis is Trypticon, though the Decepticons don't recognize his voice.

But now thanks to the Kids and Grimlock, the Autobots now know the location of 5 Iacon Relics. That's right FIVE.

The Fifth relic is OC Chapter I plan on making for a certain Relic that gives a very famous ability in Transformers. The team Leaders will be the following.

Optimus

Hot Rod

Elita

Rachet

Bulkhead

Post in the Comments who you want on which teams and stay tuned because Hot Rod's team is heading out to the Big Apple for an Underground Adventure in "Tunnel Vision".