Author's note: Well, it's finally come; the grand finale. Well, I hope you all enjoy it :)

The Nemesis

Megatron violently drove Optimus back as they battled on top of the Nemesis.

"What's the matter, Prime?" smirked Megatron "Is war not your thing after all?"

"The war was lost long ago, Megatron" said Optimus "And yet you still fight it as if it never left, destroying everything and everyone in the crossfire"

"The war never left" said Megatron "It just moved up its scale, causing greater measures to be taken"

"Not these measures" said Optimus "If you keep doing this, both sides will lose"

"You clearly haven't learnt a thing" said Megatron "I never lose! And no one, neither Autobot nor Decepticon, should dare to defy me!"

Meanwhile

Slipstream followed Blackout and Barricade until they reached a group of Vehicons at the end of the hall.

"Here we are" said Blackout. Slipstream hid and peered out.

"So why have you brought me here?" asked Barricade.

"I need your help" replied Blackout "I have a plan to change the fate of our kind forever, but I need help for it to unfold. I guarantee that by the end of this, our names will go down in history"

"What do you want us to do?" asked Barricade.

"We are going to take the space bridge from Megatron" replied Blackout. Slipstream's optics lit up.

All Hail Megatron part 2

The Nemesis

"Take the space bridge, are you insane?" said Barricade "What do you need it for?"

"I shall explain that eventually" replied Blackout "But right now, let us get into position"

"Do you seriously think I'm crazy enough to follow you?" said Barricade "First, you say something insane; then you expect me to go along with it. Well I won't" He turned to leave.

"Stop him" said Blackout. The Vehicons stepped in Barricade's way and pointed their blasters at him.

"What is this supposed to be?" said Barricade

"I have just spoken to about part of my plan; I cannot allow you to tell anyone about it" said Blackout "I need someone to lead the charge with me, so I chose you"

"You should have thought of that before you brought me here" said Barricade.

"I did" said Blackout "It's either you help me or you die" Barricade turned to see that the Vehicons were charging their blasters. He slowly reached up for his comlink. "And if you so much as touch that comlink, I'll have you shot on sight"

"Fine!" sighed Barricade "But I expect answers for this"

"In due time" said Blackout "But there's something we have to deal with first"

"And what's that?" asked Barricade. Blackout turned, turned his hand into his cannon, and shot it at the corner Slipstream was hiding behind, causing her to roll out.

"Dealing with the eavesdropper" replied Blackout.

"Blackout, you snake!" said Slipstream as she got herself up.

"Snake?" said Blackout "If you understood what was at stake and what was necessary, you would know full well that history shall not share that view"

"Stop speaking cryptic and start making sense" said Slipstream.

"I would but you still wouldn't understand it" said Blackout.

"Oh for spark's sake!" snapped Slipstream as she raised her rockets at them.

"Kill her" said Blackout. Barricade and the Vehicons raised their blasters at Slipstream and started shooting at her.

"Oh scrap it!" snapped Slipstream. She turned, transformed, and flew off.

"After her!" snapped Blackout "We cannot let her escape!" Barricade and the Vehicons transformed and drove after her before shooting at her until a critical shot hit her wing, causing her to spiral out of control and smash out of a window.

Meanwhile on Cybertron

The Vehicons pulled Bumblebee and Arcee (both wearing collars across their necks) down the hall before reaching a large cell and throwing them into it.

"I think we may have just found ourselves over our heads" said Bumblebee.

"Never mind that; we have to get out of here" said Arcee "They'll be taking the space bridge any moment now; and every communication in this city is subject to interception meaning we can't call them"

"Then what next?" asked Bumblebee.

"We find a way out of here, that's what" replied Arcee.

"Then let's search the cell" said Bumblebee.

"There's no point" said a voice from the shadows. Bumblebee and Arcee turned to face it. "I've already looked around here for ages and have found nothing"

"Who are you?" asked Arcee.

"Don't you recognize me?" replied the voice. Mirage sat up out of the shadows.

"Mirage?!" exclaimed Bumblebee "What…What are you doing here?"

"I found a space bridge but got captured by Shockwave's forces" replied Mirage "I've been in here ever since. I've tried finding a way out but there is none; everything is full proof"

"If we can't sneak out of here, we'll have to blast our way out of here" said Bumblebee. He turned to the door and tried to turn his hands into his blasters, only for nothing to happen. "What on Earth?"

"You see those collars around your necks?" said Mirage. Bumblebee and Arcee touched the collars across their necks. "Those things disrupt your t-cog to keep you restrained. No transforming, no weapons; and they even disrupt your other abilities, such as cloaking"

"Well, we have to do something" said Arcee.

"Yeah; besides, they already made a mistake by letting us share a cell" said Bumblebee "We can come up with an idea in here"

"This isn't the official cell, only a holding one" said Mirage "Once Shockwave's done with his current project, he'll move us to the official cells where he'll conduct experiments on us"

"But we have to escape, or Megatron will tear the Earth apart" said Arcee.

"But that's the problem" said Mirage "There is no escape, no way out of here; we've lost and Megatron has once, it's only a matter of time now"

Meanwhile

"Commander Blackout, we have found where Slipstream landed but there is no sign of her" said a Vehicon as he walked up to Blackout and Barricade.

"Then we'll have to up our schedule" said Blackout "We'll take the space bridge now" He walked over to the edge of the cliff that overlooked the space bridge and the Decepticons surrounding it.

"If we're going to attack now then can you at least tell me the purpose of all of this?" asked Barricade.

"Very well" replied Blackout "It all began shortly after Megatron and the rest of you departed Cybertron after the AllSpark in which I travelled the vast wastelands of Cybertron in search of a means to overpower the Autobots. I eventually found myself in Iacon and eventually reached the Hall of Records. I spent several years traversing it, checking every inch to make sure I covered everything; within that time, I read every book and scripture I could get my hands on, from the Covenant of Primus to Cybertron: A History. After a long time, I came to a revelation; the truth that neither Autobot or Decepticon had come to accept but which I had due to my travels and my research"

"And what's that?" asked Barricade.

"Cybertron is beyond saving" replied Blackout "Do you remember the state of Cybertron's decay when you left?"

"Yes commander" replied Barricade.

"It has only continued to do so" said Blackout "What was once vast glowing cities and hospitable environment is now nothing more than a graveyard of everything that once was; cold, pale, and broken beyond repair"

"But sir, it's not beyond saving" said Barricade "There has to be a way to revive it"

"With the AllSpark we had a chance" said Blackout "But with it gone, there is no point to continue this futile agenda. A new slate must be made; and for that to come to be, Cybertron must be destroyed"

"Destroy Cybertron?" said Barricade.

"I can understand why you would be uneasy about that, so let me explain" said Blackout "What was once home to both Autobot and Decepticon alike has become nothing but a hindrance to all of us. We have lost countless resources on false hope of reviving the planet when we should have spent our time on new colonization" Barricade slowly reached up to his comlink but Blackout quickly turned his hand into a cannon and pointed it at him. "This will be a final warning; do something like this again and I will not hesitate to shoot you" Barricade barred his teeth. "As I was saying; colonization is the way of the future; and if all Cybertronians refuse to see that, then we'll have to remind them that there is no hope for Cybertron"

"I thought you and Megatron were friends" said Barricade.

"We were" said Blackout "But after seeing him explain his plan to me, I now know that he just as delusional as Optimus Prime. Time to get into position"

Meanwhile

Just behind the field filled with Decepticons, Jazz, Bulkhead, Ironhide, Wheeljack, Breakaway, and Hound hid and watched carefully.

"They're out in full force" said Jazz.

"The whole Decepticons sha-bang" said Bulkhead.

"You getting this, Ratchet?" asked Prowl into his comlink.

"In every possible detail" replied Ratchet out of his comlink.

Meanwhile in the Ark

"In fact; if I didn't know better, I'd say they had increased in number" said Ratchet as he observed the Vehicons on Teletraan I.

"For all we know, they might've" said Melody.

"And she's not kidding, Ratchet" said Prowl out of Teletraan I "By the looks of it, Shockwave may have just added some more bulk to Megatron's army"

"Then be extra cautious" said Ratchet.

"So what are Prowl and the others going to do when they take the space bridge?" asked Bobby.

"The portal is already up so all they need to do is to move it over Cybertron to bring it back into its right spot" replied Ratchet "But they have to be extra careful and precise. There are still many Autobots and Decepticons on Cybertron, including Bumblebee and Arcee. A wrong move could cause the deaths of many of them"

"And if they leave that thing in orbit for too long, it could kill millions by tearing the Earth apart" said Bluestone "That's something I can't allow"

"It's worse" said Ratchet. He brought up an image of Earth with Cybertron orbiting it. "I've run a simulation and found something most disturbing; Cybertron is too big to stay within Earth's orbit forever" The simulation showed Cybertron slowly edging towards Earth. "If it's left orbiting for too long, the planets will collide into each other" The simulation showed Cybertron colliding into Earth. "This will kill more than millions on both planets"

"Would Megatron have run this simulation?" asked Bluestone.

"I doubt it" replied Ratchet "Considering he's a power-hungry tyrant who's greatest obsession is lying just in front of him, he probably didn't bother with one"

"Then what are we going to do now?" asked Bluestone.

"Relax, just leave it to them" replied Ratchet "They'll know what to do"

Meanwhile

"What do you mean we have to reevaluate the plan?" asked Jazz.

"With the increased number of Vehicons, things have shifted somewhat" replied Prowl "We have to shift with it"

"Why don't we just go in and blast them?" asked Ironhide.

"Because no matter how many we may manage to shoot down, they'll always be many more who'll swarm us" replied Prowl "That's why we're taking this subtlety. First we'll have to observe their movements and then—"

"Jazz…" said a faint voice.

"What?" asked Jazz.

"We need to observe their movements—" replied Prowl.

"No, no; not that" said Jazz "I got that part. I just heard you say my name so I thought—"

"I didn't say your name, Jazz" said Prowl.

"Well, someone did" said Jazz.

"Over here…" said the voice. Breakaway and Hound turned around and stepped back as they saw who was speaking.

"Prowl, you may want to see this" said Breakaway. Everyone else turned around to see Slipstream badly wounded, with one of her wings blown off, and bleeding energon.

"Slipstream!" exclaimed Jazz.

"Ironhide, keep your cannons on her" said Prowl. Ironhide nodded and pointed his cannons at Slipstream. Prowl turned his hand into his blaster and pointed it at her. "Don't you dare move!"

"For Primus sake, Prowl!" said Jazz whilst rushing through over to Slipstream.

"Jazz, don't" said Prowl "We can't take any chances with her"

"Slipstream, you alright?" asked Jazz.

"Yeah, I'm fine" replied Slipstream "Mostly"

"Now we're just wasting time" said Prowl.

Meanwhile

Scrapper and the other Constructicons watched carefully as Optimus and Megatron.

"That's Prime!" said Bonecrusher "Let's get him!" He stepped forward, only to get stopped by Scrapper

"Not yet" said Scrapper "We'll only attack when Lord Megatron calls for us"

"At least it's something that's not construction work" said Long Haul. Megatron slammed Optimus against a fin on the Nemesis and slammed down his mace, only for Optimus to block it with his axe.

"Not bad, for a librarian" said Megatron "Maybe you should have spent more time in the pits"

"Maybe you should have spent more time in the library" said Optimus "Then at least you would have learnt that all tyrants fall eventually"

"Don't count on history to repeat itself, Prime" said Megatron. Suddenly, a sword blade pierced through Megatron's stomach.

"Got you!" snarled Grimlock. A look of shock befell on Optimus's face. Megatron turned his head around and grinned evilly.

"You should have aimed for my spark!" said Megatron. He grabbed ahold of the sword blade in his stomach, poked Grimlock in the chest with the other end of the sword, turned around, and punched Grimlock in the jaw, sending him flying across the Nemesis. He pulled the sword out of his chest and threw it to the side.

"I'll keep that in mind" said Grimlock as he got himself up and transformed "Lightning Strike Coalition, attack!" The other members of Grimlock's team ran up and transformed.

"Quite a cavalry you've got here, Prime" said Megatron "Alright, come and get some!" Grimlock and his team charged forward at Megatron who leapt into the air, pulling down Swoop in the process. He then landed on top of Sludge and pulled him to the ground by the neck. Suddenly, Slug and Snarl charged towards him but he stepped aside just in time, causing the two of them to smash into each other. Grimlock charged at Megatron who grabbed him by the mouth. "Is this really the best you and your team has to offer, Grimlock; I would have thought you were capable of much more" Suddenly, Optimus got himself up, transformed, and rammed himself into Megatron before transforming back.

"Took you long enough" said Grimlock.

"If you're getting help from your friends, fine" said Megatron "I'll just have to get help from mine. Scrapper, unleash the ultimate weapon!"

"Constructicons, transform phase 1" said Scrapper. He and the other Constructicons transformed and drove towards Optimus and the others.

"Got some more incoming, Grimlock" said Swoop.

"We'll scrap 'em all the same" said Slug.

"Now transform phase 2" said Scrapper. He and Mixmaster leapt up into the air and transformed as they landed. However; instead of transforming into their robot modes, they had instead taken the form of a pair of legs. Long Haul leapt over them and formed a lower torso with Scavenger forming an upper torso. Bonecrusher leapt to the side and formed a right arm whilst Hightower formed a left arm. Now what stood before them was a robotic and beastly giant with a large red visor and sharp teeth.

"I am DEVASTATOR!" snarled the giant in a low grumbly monstrous voice.

"What is that thing!?" exclaimed Snarl.

"It's a Decepticon combiner" replied Optimus "A single giant made out of multiple Cybertronians"

"Whatever it is, I'm going to beat the scrap out of it!" snarled Slug. He charged towards Devastator.

"Slug, wait!" exclaimed Optimus. Just as Slug was about to reach Devastator, he was grabbed by the giant, lifted up, and thrown to the side.

"Prepare for extermination!" growled Devastator. Sludge charged up to him but got punched into the ground (his optics briefly popping down in a Looney Tune like manor) and was kicked the side. Snarl rushed up to him and battered him on the leg with his tail multiple times by Devastator kicked him away Swoop swooped in knocked him off his feet onto his back, but was knocked down in the process. Grimlock turned and charged towards him.

"You're dead, Decepticon!" snarled Grimlock as he leapt on top of Devastator. Suddenly, Devastator grabbed him by the snout and pushed him to the ground.

"You cannot beat me, Autobot scum!" snarled Devastator.

"Well, well, well; looks like it's just us again" said Megatron. He swung his mace towards Optimus who blocked it off with his axe.

"As it would seem, Megatron" said Optimus.

Meanwhile

Bumblebee and Arcee lay on the floor of the cell, looking up at the ceiling.

"Well; I hate saying this, but I just…just can't think of a way out of this" said Bumblebee.

"At least we tried; but in the end, there was nothing we could do" said Arcee "Bee, I've got something to tell you"

"What's that?" asked Bumblebee.

"Before…with the whole relationship thing, I'm sorry" replied Arcee "I was just feeling a little uneasy about everything, I'm sorry if I upset you about it" She reached her arm over and clenched his hand tight.

"It's okay" said Bumblebee "I understand that sometimes being together can be a bit difficult, especially when you're working together. But…I'd like to keep it going for as long as possible"

"I'd like so too" said Arcee "Well, we'd better treasure this moment. Once Shockwave's done with Earth, he'll probably have us sent off to separate cells. I never thought I'd say this, but I think I'm okay with this" At that moment, the door to the cell opened up wide causing the two of them to sit up abruptly.

"Hold that thought" said Bumblebee.

"Good, this is the right cell" said a silhouette in the doorway.

"Who are you?" asked Arcee.

"Don't you recognize your old commander?" replied the silhouette.

"Old commander?" said Arcee. The silhouette stepped forward, revealing itself to be Elita One, holding her iconic sword which was dripping with energon. "Elita One!" Arcee leapt to feet and helped Bumblebee up.

"Thank Primus that monster hasn't move you yet" said Elita "It would have been almost impossible to locate you after that"

"But…But I thought…we all thought that you were dead" said Bumblebee.

"It's true that was separated for a time, but I found my way back to Autobot forces" said Elita "I only wished I could accompany you and Optimus on the Ark as we all had intended. Now quickly, we have to get out of here"

"And where to?" asked Mirage "This tower is armed to the teeth and they can see your every move, not even my cloaking device is effective against them"

"Which is why we have to get out of here before the security hacking wares off" said Elita. At that moment, there was the sound of an explosion and a loud rumble.

"What was that?" asked Arcee.

"That would be the planted bombs on the energon rods going off" replied Elita.

"Bombs?" asked Bumblebee.

"I'll explain later" replied Elita "We have to go now"

Meanwhile

"Sir, the energon rods have been destroyed" said a Vehicon at the controls "A group of Autobots appear to have planted bombs there. We've already captured them"

"Keep them outside the tower for the time being" said Shockwave "With security down, we cannot risk anything. Send all available Vehicons to the holding cell corridor. Without visuals or alarms, we cannot allow the Autobot prisoners to escape"

"Yes sir" said the Vehicon.

"Make contact with Megatron on Earth" said Shockwave "He needs to know of this"

"Sir, communications are down" said another Vehicon at the controls "We cannot make contact with anyone; not Megatron, not even our squads"

"It would appear that the Autobots hit us with everything they had" said Shockwave "Use comlink to communicate with the Vehicons squads"

"Yes sir" said the Vehicon.

"The rest of you, put all effort into communications" said Shockwave "We have to make sure Megatron knows of what just happened"

Meanwhile

A group of Vehicons blocked Elita and the others of in the corridor.

"Freeze, Autobots!" said a Vehicon as it and the others raised their blasters towards them.

"Get behind me" said Elita. Bumblebee, Arcee, and Mirage gathered behind her as she raised her sword again. "Stand aside, we have are only to leave"

"We can't allow you to do that" said the Vehicon "Surrender or we'll shoot without mercy"

"I don't want to fight you" said Elita "But neither can I risk everything I came here for. Stay behind me" She charged forward, cutting down the Vehicons in her path. "C'mon! We're almost at the exit!" They bolted down the corridor.

"After them!" said a Vehicon. The Vehicons charged after them, firing wildly. The four of them eventually reached a speeder that was parked just outside a smashed open window.

"Hop on" said Elita. She jumped into the pilot's seat with the other three leaping into the passenger seats and she sped off quick leaving the Vehicons to shoot at them.

"Commander, we've lost the Autobots" said a Vehicon into his comlink "Do you wish us to pursue?"

"Leave them" replied Shockwave out of his comlink "A chase would is illogical, it would only waste our resources. We must spend our energies on repairing the security and communications systems"

Meanwhile

"And then I tried to escape but got shot down and landed not far from here" said Slipstream who sat on a large rock telling her story to the Autobots "When I woke up, I managed whatever strength I had left to drag myself away before they'd arrive"

"Why come to us?" asked Prowl.

"I tried my comlink but it wasn't working" replied Slipstream "It must have got busted in my landing"

"That aside, why should we trust you?" asked Prowl.

"You serious?!" said Slipstream "I come here and tell you that Blackout is about to do something crazy and all you can think about is whether or not I can be trusted?"

"For all we know this could be a trick" said Prowl "And I'm not prepared to take that risk"

"Taking that risk is the lesser of two evils, Prowl" said Jazz "We've seen the lengths Blackout is willing to take. Whatever reasons he wants the space bridge for; we can't just sit by and assume there's going to be nothing. We have to be prepared" Suddenly, the sound of blaster bolts and exclamations hit the air.

"Well, something's happening" said Bulkhead. They looked out over the plains and saw Barricade and his Vehicons fighting off the Decepticon forces and turrets surrounding the space bridge.

"Looks like the attacks begun" said Jazz.

"If this is a hoax, it's pretty elaborate" said Hound.

"Now do you believe me?" asked Slipstream. Prowl was silent for a moment.

"This certainly adds more fuel to the fire" said Prowl.

"How are we supposed to get to the space bridge now?" asked Bulkhead. Prowl looked out and examined the battle.

"They may have just given us an opening" said Prowl "While the Decepticons are distracted with the battle itself, we can carefully sneak around the side and into the space bridge unnoticed"

"So if the outsides Decepticons and turrets, what's on the top?" asked Jazz.

"Soundwave's in charge of security" replied Slipstream "He'll overlook any attack until it reaches him, then he'll give you everything he's got"

"Then let's head around the side then" said Ironhide.

"Make sure it's subtle" said Prowl "We don't want anyone noticing"

Meanwhile

"Why are you doing this, Barricade?" asked Dead End as he battled with Barricade.

"I have no choice" said Barricade "Blackout's crazy and he'll destroy me because of it"

"You're weak if you listen to him!" said Hailstorm as he fired rockets at Barricade who dodged them.

"Listen to him?" said Barricade "He's some kind of megalomaniac"

"We're still on opposite sides, you know that" said Dead End.

"Not quite" said Barricade "I need your help; if he sees me even reach my comlink, he'll shoot me immediately. I need one of you to contact Megatron and—" Suddenly, Blackout leapt down and landed on top of Hailstorm.

"By the AllSpark!" exclaimed Dead End. He started shooting at Blackout who merely wacked him to the side.

"Do you think I can't hear you from across the battlefield?" said Blackout. Barricade sighed. Suddenly, there was a loud sonic boom and Blackout turned around just in time to catch Thundercracker in midair who transformed back.

"What the heck!" exclaimed Thundercracker.

"Your sonic boom gave you away" said Blackout "I'd call it poor timing" He punched Thundercracker out and threw him to the side. At that moment, Skywarp teleported behind him and started sneaking up on him; but Blackout turned around and kicked him across the battlefield. "And you have a great ability but lack the right mind to use it to its full potential" He walked over to Skywarp and stamped on his face. He then looked up to the control panel at the top of the space bridge where Soundwave sat and watched. He gestured and Blitzwing and Astrotrain transformed into their aerial modes and flew down. "You all handle the triple-changers, I'll handle Soundwave" He transformed and flew up to the platforms just before Blitzwing and Astrotrain transformed back to robot mode and landed.

"Prepare yourself to die, Autobots" said Blitzwing "Because I'm going to pumble you into the core of this planet! Yes! DIE DIE DIE!" Blackout transformed and landed on the platform in front of Soundwave who leapt down in front of him.

"For whatever reasons your attack is for, Blackout, it ends now" said Soundwave.

"Ends?" said Blackout "It has only just begun. So I'll put it this way: surrender now and you may just walk away from this unharmed"

"Surrender is not an option" said Soundwave "Laserbeak, Ravage: Eject. Operation: Defense" Laserbeak and Ravage were ejected.

"Shame" said Blackout. Behind his back he held a small grenade-like object which he subtly dropped onto the platform, sending out an electrical wave which stunned both Soundwave and Ravage but left him unharmed. Laserbeak screeched and flew down towards him but he caught the bird in midair and threw him onto the ground. "Bird-brain" At that moment, Barricade and the Vehicons arrived up onto the platform.

"How were you not stunned by that electrical surge?" asked Barricade.

"When I escaped incarceration I repaired myself and gave absorbent padding on my feet to avoid being harmed on electrical surfaces" replied Blackout "Now come on, we've got work to do"

"I don't get it; why go to the trouble?" asked Barricade "You could just do that electrical footstep thing to take out the space bridge"

"The absorbent padding does not allow that to happen" replied Blackout "Besides, this way we can make sure there's nothing to repair"

"Not another step, Blackout" said a voice. Blackout turned around to see Prowl and the others had arrived and had their weapons pointed at them.

"Autobot resistance" said Blackout "I expected something like this; but I didn't the likes of you, Commander Slipstream"

"At least they're not crazy like you" said Slipstream. Blackout laughed.

"I'm merely being the realist here" said Blackout "Allow me to explain; for too long has the safety of Cybertron been a crutch for us, I'm just going to remove the problem. With Cybertron gone, our race can start anew. I've taken it upon myself to perform this task"

"This is genocide" said Slipstream.

"It is the greater good" said Blackout "Foundations are forged in fire, but the flame must first be set"

"And you think destroying the space bridge is going to automatically make everything better?" said Prowl.

"It is a start" said Blackout.

"You don't understand, do you?" said Prowl "Cybertron is not meant to be in orbit of a smaller planet. You may not realize it yet, but it is on a slow collision course towards Earth. If we leave it for too long, it'll crash destroying both worlds and countless lives on both of them, including your own"

"Did you really think I was not prepared for that?" said Blackout.

"Not at all" said Prowl "But I doubt your helpers are willing to, especially considering it's unlikely that Megatron would give them a safe route offworld with the Nemesis" At that moment, Barricade and the Vehicons looked at each other before pointing their blasters at Blackout.

"What are you doing?" asked Blackout.

"I only did what you said because you had me outnumbered" replied Barricade "But now it looks like you're outnumbered"

"It's over, Blackout" said Prowl.

"You're right, it is" said Blackout. Suddenly, he turned his hands into his cannons and fired them at the control pad, reducing it into a black and tarred mess and causing the portal to disappear.

"No!" exclaimed Prowl. Everyone started shooting at Blackout who transformed and flew away at an alarming speed.

"Honestly, I don't think that was going to end well" said Jazz.

"Prowl, the space bridge's portal has disappeared" said Ratchet out of Prowl's comlink "What's happened?"

"Blackout destroyed the console causing the portal to go offline" replied Prowl into his comlink.

"Is he…never mind" said Ratchet "Wait for me, I'm coming"

"What are we going to do now?" asked Bulkhead.

"Our only hope to save both Cybertron and Earth is to repair the space bridge and send Cybertron back as quickly as possible" replied Prowl.

"I'm no expert on bridges and whatnot, but I can tell that that's just no repairable" said Wheeljack whilst examining the control pad.

"If we don't try, we've already lost" said Prowl. Jazz looked around.

"Wait, where's Slipstream gone?" asked Jazz.

Meanwhile

"The portal's disappeared" said Bumblebee.

"That's just not good" said Arcee "How are we going to get Cybertron back now?"

"That's what we're about to find out" replied Elita "We're here" As they sped forward, they reached a shadowy and ruined city.

"Is that…Iacon?" asked Bumblebee.

"What's left of it" replied Elita. They flew down and landed outside a small building. Elita placed her hand on a pad that scanned her palm and opened the door in front of them. As they entered the building, they entered a large lab filled with gadgets and contraptions.

"What is this place?" asked Mirage.

"I suppose you could call it HQ" replied Elita. They reached an elderly figured who was tinkering with a device. "I'm back and I brought visitors"

"So you have" said the figure. He turned around and revealed himself to be Alpha Trion. "And not a moment too soon"

"Alpha Trion!" exclaimed Bumblebee and Arcee simultaneously.

Meanwhile

Devastator roared and threw Slug aside again before the other members of Grimlock's team rammed into him simultaneously.

"Nothing can stop the Devastator!" snarled Devastator.

"As you keep saying!" said Grimlock before biting right into Devastator's arm. As Optimus and Megatron clashed, Megatron looked up into the sky and noticed that the portal was missing.

"The space bridge!" exclaimed Megatron "What have you done?!"

"I have done nothing" replied Optimus "What benefits would destroying the space bridge have for me?" Megatron barred his teeth.

"Lord Megatron, Blackout's gone crazy and destroyed the space bridge's controls" said Barricade out of Megatron's comlink "We're trying to repair it now"

"Make it fast" said Megatron into his comlink "Well, it looks like you're not to blame after all" With a sudden sweep, he knocked Optimus's axe out of his hands with his mace and kicked him back. "But that still does not improve your position" He raised his mace and slammed it down onto Optimus, who retracted out his blades and blocked the mace with them. "It would seem that you've still got some fight left in you, Prime"

"I will fight to my last breath!" said Optimus.

"Poor choice of words!" said Megatron.

Meanwhile

Alpha Trion got out a pen-like device which he used to unlock Bumblebee, Arcee, and Mirage's collars.

"Thanks" said Bumblebee "That feels better"

"I've been working on this for a long time, good thing it came to good use eventually" said Alpha Trion "Very few prisoners ever escape from Shockwave alive. May I ask where the others are?"

"I'm sorry" said Elita "They've been captured. We only had one chance of taking down that thing and we weren't going to waste it. We all knew the risks"

"That's saddening to hear" said Alpha Trion "Hopefully we can rescue them eventually"

"That's going to require a lot of planning and preparation" said Elita.

"So how did you know that we were captured?" asked Arcee.

"We found out at the last minute" replied Elita "We had been planning an assault on Shockwave's base for a long time to take down those energon rods, but then we saw you being taken inside and decided to alter the plans" Bumblebee and Arcee looked down in an ashamed fashion. "Don't worry; we all knew that it was likely we weren't going to escape, even with the original plan"

"We still have one more issue at hand" said Alpha Trion "We need to send Cybertron and everything on it back to where it belongs"

"But without the space bridge, how is that possible?" asked Bumblebee.

"There is one way we can it out of here" replied Alpha Trion "But we must move quickly. Come"

Meanwhile

Blackout sat cross-legged and watched Cybertron up in the sky.

"Enjoying the view, huh?" said a voice. Blackout turned around and saw Slipstream.

"Someone like you will never understand what is really important" said Blackout as he stood up "This…This is my legacy. Years from now, generations will look back and understand the importance of what I have done"

"For that to work, you need witnesses" said Slipstream "And preferably ones who agree with you"

"A confrontation is pointless" said Blackout "Do you really want to spend the last moments of your life in pain"

"Getting crushed by a planet sounds pretty painful to me anyway" said Slipstream "So I say "bring it on"!" Blackout smirked.

"This time rules and regulations won't save you" said Blackout. Slipstream fired her rockets at him but he leapt up into the air and rocketed down towards her, but she dodged to the side and avoided him. "That wing still doesn't look repaired, and thus makes transformation pointless"

"Just shut up!" snapped Slipstream. She turned her hands into her blasters and shot at Blackout, but he retaliated by turning his hands into his blades and slashing towards her.

Meanwhile

Bumblebee, Arcee, Mirage, Elita, and Alpha Trion had zoomed out on Elita's speeder where they had reached a large well-like hole in the middle of the plains where they were now scaling down via cable.

"So; unless I'm much mistaken, this giant abyss we're in is the legendary Well of All Sparks" said Arcee.

"You are correct" said Alpha Trion.

"Wow!" said Bumblebee "This place is…huge"

"This place is biblical" said Arcee "This is where the original protoforms emerged from during the early days of Cybertron. This chasm leads straight…straight to the core. Wait, are we going to the core of Cybertron?"

"Correct" said Alpha Trion.

"Woah!" said Arcee. They eventually scaled down to the bottom of the chasm where the giant orb known none other than the core lay right at the center of the chamber.

"So what are we doing here?" asked Bumblebee.

"As you may recall, Cybertron's core shut down long ago due to the war's effects on it making the planet's surface uninhabitable by many means" replied Alpha Trion as he walked over to the core "But now it must be woken up, long enough for it to return to where it belongs"

"Woken up?" said Bumblebee.

"Cybertron's core is alive" said Alpha Trion "The shutdown was its slumber to help it survive and recover"

"Then if you can wake it up then why did we need to find the AllSpark in the first place?" asked Arcee.

"I can only keep it awake for a brief time, any longer and it could risk further damage" replied Alpha Trion "Only the AllSpark can truly repair to its former glory before the war" He raised his walking stick and jammed it straight into the center of the core. Various markings on the stick lit up in bright blue which soon carried onto the core itself. And that's when it happened; a giant godlike Cybertronian lit up blue just like the stick and the core emerged from the core.

"I have heard your plea, my child" said the giant "Do not fear, I will return to where I belong" It disappeared.

"Elita, get Bumblebee and Arcee out of here" said Alpha Trion. Elita nodded and brought Bumblebee, Arcee, and Mirage out of the chamber.

Meanwhile

Ratchet desperately tried to fix the space bridge control pad.

"Hurry up" said Prowl "How much harder could this be from a ground bridge?"

"If I could make a space bridge so easily, do you think we'd still be stranded here?" said Ratchet "Ground bridges are much simpler; and this control pad is fried, making it even harder" He slammed his fist down onto it. "Oh; it's useless! There's nothing we can salvage from this!" He fell to his knees in despair. "I…I can't…I can't do this…"

"Woah!" said Jazz as he looked up into the sky "Ratchet, you may want to have a look at this" Ratchet looked up into the sky and saw Cybertron which was now glowing bright blue and was slowly edging away from Earth.

"By the AllSpark!" said Ratchet. Suddenly, a blue light struck down in front of the space bridge and the giant appeared in front of them.

"Fear not, my children" said the giant "Soon your world will return to where it belongs" The giant suddenly disappeared.

"Who was that?" asked Bulkhead.

"Primus…" said Ratchet under his breath.

Meanwhile

Elita brought Bumblebee, Arcee, and Mirage back to Alpha Trion's lab.

"We need to get you three back to Earth now" said Elita "If what Alpha Trion told me is true, the journey back will be almost instantaneous and I imagine Optimus still needs you" When he heard this; Mirage walked over to window, had a long look outside, and sighed.

"Agreed" said Bumblebee "But how are we supposed to get back?"

"With this" said Elita. She walked over to a large pod and opened the door. "Hop in" Bumblebee and Arcee walked over to the pod and entered it with Mirage following them shortly.

"How do we start this thing?" asked Bumblebee.

"Just press the button" replied Elita "And when you get back, tell Optimus that…that I'm okay"

"You're not joining us back?" asked Arcee.

"I'm staying here" replied Elita "I've still got much to do"

"But you could come with us" said Arcee "We need more help and you could meet Optimus again. I'm just mentioning that you're throwing away—"

"Just go, now!" said Elita before she slammed the door. Bumblebee pressed the button and the pod fired off towards Earth with Elita watching on before she slouched back down and face-palmed herself.

Meanwhile

Megatron fired his fusion cannon right at Optimus who dodged the shot.

"You can't keep this up forever, Prime" said Megatron "You'll tire out eventually"

"You know that I won't stop, Megatron" said Optimus.

"I never said that and nor do I deny it" said Megatron "But you will tire, which will make killing you all the easier" He retracted out his blade and struck forward.

"Die now!" snarled Devastator as he slammed his fist straight down at Grimlock and his team.

"We can't stop this thing" said Snarl.

"We have to do something" said Swoop "Otherwise we're dead meat" Grimlock peered off over at the edge of the ship.

"I think I have something" said Grimlock "I'll lead him to the ledge and keep him distracted. When I give you the signal, give him everything you've got. And Sludge, finish him off with a ram"

"Got it" said Sludge. Grimlock transformed and ran over towards Devastator and bit onto him by the wrist before being shaken off. He rushed over to the edge of the Nemesis where Devastator cornered him.

"Are you ready to die, Autobot?" said Devastator as he pounded his fists together.

"Not today" said Grimlock. He raised his fist to signal the others who turned their hands into blasters and shot wildly at Devastator, sending him back. Sludge transformed and charged right into Devastator, knocking him right off the ledge and down towards the ground below.

"You missed this, didn't you?" said Megatron as he clashed with Optimus "Everything seemed different without me, you of all should admit that"

"I never wanted to kill you, Megatron" said Optimus "But you have left me with little choice"

"Such tenacity" said Megatron. Suddenly, he swung down and stabbed Optimus in the side with his blade. "If you had it years ago, none of this would have happened" He kicked Optimus off and sent him rolling away. As Optimus lifted his head up, he looked over at his axe which was lying a few feet away. He slowly reached out for it as Megatron came charging at him with his fusion cannon charged up. "At least you'll down in history as the last Prime, Optimus!" Optimus gripped onto his axe tight.

"No, Megatron!" said Optimus. As Megatron reach him, Optimus swung up and performed a powerful uppercut which sent Megatron back. He then walked over to the Decepticon leader and loomed over him.

"Going to finish it this time?" said Megatron "Or is it going to repeat itself again?" Optimus raised up his axe above Megatron's head. "I guess that answers my question"

"No!" exclaimed a voice. Lugnut zoomed down, rammed right into Optimus, transformed, and began beating him continuously. "You will not harm Lord Megatron!" Suddenly, Grimlock grabbed his fist and pulled him back.

"Leave him, you Hammer Head!" snarled Grimlock. He pushed Lugnut off into Megatron who immediately got up himself and Megatron up. Grimlock helped Optimus up. "I'm going to split your head in two, Megatron!"

"No, we have to get out of here" said Swoop whilst stepping in Grimlock's way.

"Out of my way, Swoop!" said Grimlock.

"We've already won this battle, Grimlock" said Snarl "If we go on any longer, we will risk losing" Grimlock looked between Megatron and the rest of his team.

"Fine!" said Grimlock. They all turned and climbed off the Nemesis.

"Well done, Optimus" said Megatron "Even after all these years, you can still surprise me"

Meanwhile

Slipstream and Blackout brawled until Blackout grabbed Slipstream by the wrist, continuously smacked her against a large rock, and threw her to the ground. He turned his hand back into his roto blades and raised them up high, ready to finish her off. However, he was immediately distracted when he looked up at Cybertron, which was now glowing bright blue.

"Cybertron…" said Blackout "It's…alive!" Slipstream kicked him in the leg and ran off. As Blackout got himself up, a wave of light struck down behind him and the giant appeared who looked down at him with an emotionless and neutral sense of disdain. Blackout tried to run but the giant grabbed ahold of him and pulled him up to eye level. Blackout took one looked into his eyes and instantly realized that he was looking at none other than Primus himself. The giant looked back up at Cybertron which was getting further and further away, turned back into a wave of light, and shot back up at Cybertron with Slipstream looking on with shock.

Later

"I would never have suspected that Blackout was that deranged" said Megatron as he and Soundwave walked down the halls of the Nemesis "He really lost his way" At that moment, Barricade rushed up to Megatron.

"Lord Megatron, you have to see this" said Barricade. He brought Megatron and Soundwave over to the cells and opened Starscream's cell revealing that the only thing in there was the body of a dead Vehicon.

"Has there been any sight of him since?" asked Megatron.

"No sir" replied Barricade.

"Should I send out a search party, my lord?" asked Soundwave.

"No, he's probably way ahead of us by now" replied Megatron "Besides; we have more important things to adjourn to. But I guarantee; as soon as I see Starscream again, I will rip him apart by the spine"

Meanwhile

As the Nemesis flew of, Starscream stood on the ground and watched it carefully.

"I will show you the true meaning of power, Megatron!" said Starscream. He transformed and flew off.

Meanwhile

"Looks like everything's getting back to normal" said Ratchet as he watched the environment of the world through Teletraan I.

"Not quite" said Bluestone "The whole world was affected and it will take a lot of time. And on top of all that, we'll have to find an explanation for these natural disasters"

"It's better than the alternative" said Prowl "We're lucky that the Earth survived this. Where is Bumblebee and Arcee?"

"They said that they're dropping the kids off" replied Ratchet. Optimus sat in the corner and looked down at his axe when Grimlock walked over to him.

"I have to give you credit, Prime; you really were willing to go through with it" said Grimlock.

"But I ultimately didn't do it, and Megatron still lives" said Optimus.

"Then you'll just have to get him next time" said Grimlock.

"True" said Optimus "I only fear that the more time he's out there, the more damage he will cause"

Meanwhile

Bumblebee and Arcee drove up to Melody's house and parked at the curb.

"Well, here we are" said Bumblebee.

"Thanks for the ride, Bee" said Melody "Well, I guess it's time to get grounded for life" As she turned to leave Bumblebee, Bobby grabbed her by the shoulder.

"Wait, what if…what if you actually told her?" asked Bobby "I mean, about the Autobots and everything"

"I wish I could, but the Autobots are right" replied Melody "The less people know about the transformers, the better. If I want things to stay stable, I have to face the music" She stepped out of Bumblebee, took a deep breath in, walked over to her house, and entered it. "Mom, I'm home" There was no reply. "Mom?" As Bobby and Kate sat in Bumblebee, Melody bolted out of the house, ran over, and opened the door wide.

"What's wrong?" asked Kate.

"It's Mom, she's gone!" replied Melody.

"What happened?" asked Bobby.

"I don't know" replied Melody "She's gone without a trace"

Meanwhile

Megatron, Soundwave, and Slipstream flew down into a large chasm where they landed in front of the entrance to a base.

"This is it" said Megatron "This is where I emerged after I was repaired" Soundwave extended one of his tentacles out which attached to the pad near the door.

"So what are we doing here?" asked Slipstream.

"Your brother Starscream is a traitor and Commander Blackout is dead; but we will survive, we always will" said Megatron. The door opened up and they entered it. They walked down the halls until they reached Flatline's lab.

"Back now, Crankcase?" said Flatline "I was wondering when—" He turned around to see Megatron standing before him. "By the AllSpark!"

"Crankcase won't be back again anytime soon" said Megatron "You work for me now, understand?"

"Yes, my lord" replied Flatline whilst bowing "Right this way, there's something I have to show you" He brought the three of them to a door that lay to the right of the lab and opened it, and what inside made their sparks almost stop. The door had led to a chamber that was filled with tanks filled with a yellow liquid that contained creatures of various shapes and sizes.

"Most impressive" said Megatron "How long have you been working on this?"

"Ever since I arrived on Earth a few months ago" replied Flatline.

"Does Crankcase know of this?" asked Megatron.

"No one does" replied Flatline "I had intended it to be a surprise for when he came back"

"Then we have ourselves the perfect secret weapons" said Megatron "With a new army of beastly prowess, no one could possibly stand in our way; not even Optimus Prime" At the center of the room was a tank which contained a creature that resembled a coiled up scorpion which slowly uncoiled and opened all four of its eyes and looked around.

The End?

Author's note #1: Blackout's story was inspired by Zhao from Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Author's note #2: Well; that's season one all done, I hope you all enjoyed it. I plan to release season two sometime next year. Until then, see you all.

Hellman76: I actually hadn't planned on bringing the Technobots in, I just hadn't thought about it.

RoboDiamondDragon09: Well, I hope you enjoyed the finale; and don't worry, there are more seasons on the way ;)