answer to Kris-dragon : No, Starscream will stay dead. He threw away the shard of dark energon he had.
Megatron was still seething. Ever since that infuriating human boy was transformed into a Cybertronian, his troops deserted him.
First Dreadwing left, then Airachnid killed Breakdown and she tried to kill him by siccing an insecticon on her. His only lieutenants left were the ever loyal Soundwave and Knockout.
But he was interrupted in his reflexions by a vehicon. " Lord Megatron, an unknown transmission coming through the lines. Should I patch it through here?" reported the Vehicon.
"Do it." Megatron ordered
So the Vehicon tapped a couple buttons on the grid-like pannel until a screen appeared in front of the silver leader himself. All you can hear is a bit of static here and there along with frequency lines moving up and down in waves.
"Identify yourself intruder or forever be cut off." Megatron coldly demanded to the unknown frequency.
" Flamewar reporting, Lord Megatron. " A familiar melodious voice making Megatron's optics widen in shock and surprise.
" Flamewar ?! I thought you perished on Cybertron. " Megatron said
" Many think this about me. I was travelling with some old friends when we detected your ship in this solar system. I hope you don't mind if we come aboard. " Flamewar said
" On the contrary, my dear. We will wait for you. " Megatron answered before the comms were cut off
( docking area )
Megatron, Soundwave and Knockout were watching Flamewar's ship land on the Hangar and from it came out its passengers.
The first was Flamewar herself. She had the same body type as Arcee but her colors were orange and black. A decepticon assassin having killed many autobots in their own bases.
The second was Barricade. Before the war began, he was the one responsible for running Megatron's schedule in the Kaon Gladiatorial arena. As the civil war erupted, he served under him and notorious for passing and destroying Autobot blockades. His color scheme is black and purple with his alt-mode being a Cybetronian car.
The third was Brawl. A member of the combaticons who only live for one thing : Sending autobots to the scrapyard. Brawl has a toxic green color with purple energon glowing around his frame.
The fourth is Slipstream. She has a frame of a seeker only more feminine and her brother is Starscream. Unlike her fool of a brother, she follows Megatron and doesn't try to assassinate him. She has a gray and teal color scheme while her current mode is a Cybetronian jet.
And last but not least was Blackout. An ex-gladiator of Khaon and a true giant among Cybertronians, being 40 feet tall. His strenght is only equaled by his loyalty to Megatron and he has a totally grey color scheme.
"You don't disappoint me at all Flamewar. I appreciate the help you sent me." the satisfied Megatron said
"Anything to please you Lord Megatron." Flamewar replied with a grin.
" Great Lord Megatron, we live to serve you. " Blackout said, kneeling
" At ease, Blackout. We have much to discuss : Fellow Decepticons. As you know from the Decepticon channels, I already lost Skyquake and Makeshift to Optimus Prime and his autobots while Breakdown went offline thanks to another traitor named Airachnid. My foolish of an SIC, Starscream has gone rogue again after another failed assassination attempt giving us undesirable odds against the Autobots. And Dreadwing deserted us."
" My idiot of a brother never know when to stop. " Slipstream muttered
" Indeed. But that's not the worse : The autobots have a new Prime leading them. " Megatron added, shocking his troops.
Soundwave showed them a picture of Jack before and after his refformatting.
" He is one of the inhabitants of this planet. His name was Jack Darby, and now he is called Durerus Prime. And he is a triple-changer. "
" But how is that possible ? " Barricade asked
" Optimus gave him the Key to Vector Sigma and while Jack was using it to give Optimus memories back, I shot at him. But as Jack was dying, the Matrix and the Key refformatted him into this autobot body. " Megatron explained
" Well, for an autobot, he is rather cute. Maybe I'll play with him before I kill him. " Flamewar sultry said
" What is wrong with you ? " Slipstream asked her
" Decepticons, now I order you to choose an alt mode among the vehicles of this planet. It could be counter-productive to our goals if the natives of this planet were to learn of our presence. " Megatron said
" Yes Lord Megatron ! " The newcomers said before following him
( hangar)
Soundwave showed them different vehicles and each decepticon took the one that looked the best for them.
Flamewar picked a Kawasaki ninja, Barricade choosed Saleen S281 Ford Mustang Police Car, Brawl choosed a M1A1 Abrams Tank, Blackout choosed a Sikorsky MH-53 Helicopter and Slipstream choose a f-22 raptor. They all transformed.
" Hey not bad. " Slipstream said
" Rather sexy. " Barricade said
" Nice curves. " Flamewar said
" It has space. " Blackout noted
" This will do. " Brawl grumbled
( Harbinger )
Dreadwing was standing in front of the five pods containing protoforms. After realizing that he couldn't destroy Megatron alone and asking the autobots for help was out of tve question, his only solution was to use the technology on this ship to create his own soldiers. Fortunately his Cna and the deceased Starscream's would be helpful.
The process was then finished and the pods opened to reveal the clones.
The first one was a purple/black and bulkier version of Starscream ( animated Skywarp )
The second was similar but was blue and white ( animated Thundercraker )
The third was yellow and white and had an helmet on his head ( animated Sunstorm )
The fourth was a pure white bot with a cone-shaped helmet on his head ( animated Ramjet )
But it was the fifth that was the most interesting. His shape was more geometrical, his color was red, his face was white, his torso looked like a cockpit and he looked proud. ( Starscream from Armada )
" Welcome to life, soldiers. " Dreadwing greeted them.
Yes, I bring more decepticons into the field and give soldiers to Dreadwing.
Next Time : Airachnid start an attack.