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Five years have past since Optimus and Megatron left Earth to find their creators and their home world. Although both Autobots and Decepticons are now one faction, chaos rains down on Earth and its surrounding planetary systems due to Megaton's alliance with the Autobots. Most Decepticons have deserted, but some have joined up under a new unknown commander of the Decepticons. Which seeks to hunt down Megatron and any other Decepticons who dare to betray the The Fallen's original ideals.
The nations of Earth have also formed a new group, called the Transformer Reaction Force. Which seeks to hunt down the remaining Cybertronians on Earth, as they are all now illegal. No matter the faction. Areas of the world are also blocked off, to keep civilians away from the Cybertronians. But for some people, this motivates them to go into these areas.
...
"Bee, Megs, you both copy?" Asked Cade Yeager into a walkie talkie, as he walked through an abandoned town.
"Don't call me that!" Boomed Megatron, "refer to me in the correct terminology."
"I'm not calling you shit," replied Cade as Megatron scoffed. "Bee, do you copy?"
Suddenly, Cade heard a loud explosion erupt from the area near him. He quickly ran to the location, to find Bumblebee fighting with a TRF walker. Before quickly destroying it with a simple cannon blast. Cade then saw a group of children running away from the scene, as a little girl sat in front of an offlined Cybertronian. Crying before him and yelling at him to get up.
"Hey!" Called Cade as he rushed to the girl, "he's dead, he's gone. You need to get out of here." Cade said.
"B-but I can fix him. I-I can't leave him here."
"Would he want you to die here!?" Cade boomed as the girl paused before nodding.
Cade then began to lead the children to safety, running with them up to a fence.
"Hey, you know there's a reward out for your arrest, right?" Said one of the kids.
"Oh, really?" Replied Cade as the kid nodded. "Do you want to get punched in the face really hard?"
"N-no," replied the kid.
"Good, then go." Replied Cade as the kids left the area through a hole in the fence while the girl glared at him.
"You're a traitor, helping out the Decepticons." Said the little girl.
"Decepticons? They're Autobots now." Cade replied.
"Maybe to you, but they can't undo the deaths they've caused." Replied the girl before she left.
Cade wanted to pursue, but didn't. As he returned to the area where Bumblebee took down the TRF walker. Finding a spaceship with a seemingly offlined Cybertronian inside. The Cybertronian then began to move as he gave Cade a talisman.
"P-protect the talisman." Said the Cybertronian. "It shall protect you."
"Then you keep it," replied Cade, but the Cybertronian insisted. Giving it to Cade before going offline. Cade sighed in frustration as he left the Cybertronian behind. Taking the talisman with him as a memento to the fallen warrior. "Bee, Megs, he's dead." Said Cade, "we should go."
Suddenly, as Cade hung up with the two, he was surrounded. Finding himself at the center of a TRF ambush. Gray jeeps with guns on top and dozens of black armored soldiers surrounded him with black assault rifles pointed at his head. Cade got on his knees with his hands behind his head as the soldiers zeroed in on him.
"Cade Yeager," said the TRF field commander, Santos. "Seems your luck has run out today."
Suddenly, a yellow Camaro both Cade and the TRF knew all too well began approaching them. The soldiers fired at it, but the bullets did nothing as Bumblebee transformed into robot mode and began firing at the ground in front of the soldiers, blowing them back but not killing them. As Cade knocked Santos to the ground before he grabbed one of the soldiers weapons, and aimed it at Santos head. Bumblebee and Cade held their guns trained on some of the soldiers, which meant the TRF wouldn't dare attack them unless they wanted their men to die.
"Shoot him!" Cried Santos.
"You shoot me, you're dead before I hit the ground." Smirked Cade.
"Hold your fire!" Cried the voice of William Lennox as he approached the two. "Drop your weapons!"
"We're not dropping shit," replied Cade as he smirked at Lennox.
"Come on, Bee." Sighed Lennox, "it shouldn't have to be this way but that's the way the world is now. And these guys are running the shots now." But Bumblebee just scoffed.
Suddenly, a black Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit with purple windows appeared overhead.
"Who called in the Air Force?" Asked Santos as Lennox backed away from Cade and Santos.
"That's not the Air Force." Replied Lennox nervously.
The bomber then transformed into a robot. Revealing himself to be Megatron, now with an Autobot symbol where his Decepticon symbol once was. A black fusion cannon now also sat on his left arm. He growled at the TRF soldiers as they backed away in fear, Hound then arrived, rolling next to Megatron as he held his heavy machine gun.
"Oh, yeah. I love starting the day off with a gun fight!" Cried Hound. "Sorry we're late, our invitation to this ass kicking must've got lost in the mail."
"We're leaving this place," said Megatron, "now."
The TRF backed away and lowered their weapons as Cade released Santos. Bumblebee then transformed into vehicle mode, allowing Cade to enter the driver's seat.
"You sure you don't want a fight? I'm a big old target, wusses." Said Hound.
"Autobots, return to base." Megatron ordered as he and Hound transformed into their vehicle modes and left the TRF.
"Real smooth that was," Santos said to Lennox. "They could've killed me!"
"I just saved your life," replied Lennox, "and these guys are our friends. Or ... they were once."
"They're all evil, now that they've joined up with Megatron." Replied Santos, as he clicked a button on his small black earpiece. "Snipers, tag him."
From a distance, a sniper then tagged Bumblebee's spoiler with a small silver tracking device. However, none of the Autobots noticed this as they left the area.
...
Meanwhile, at a U.S Army base, Joshua Joice had arrived for a meeting with General Morshower. The general sat at a black table in an all black room, completely alone. As Joshua approached him.
"General, it's good to see you." Said Joshua as he arrived and shook hands with Morshower.
"You as well, Mr. Joice. Have a seat." Joshua then took a seat across from Morshower.
"So, what did you call me here for?"
"Simple, the horns are getting bigger, slowly but surly they are growing it seems."
Joshua perked up, "they are, are they?"
"Yes, and we've seen figures at each of the sites. We suspect they are of the Decepticon's faction. They have something to do with these horns we've been seeing all around the globe, which means they might also be the key to getting rid of them."
"Are you suggesting ... a team up with them?" Asked Joshua as Morshower nodded, "General, if I may say, that idea is crazy. Why can't we deploy the KSI drones? We've been upgrading them since their last encounter with the Autobots and we believe we are close to having Galvatron surpass Megatron in power."
"I know, but these new Decepticons probably know more about these horns that we do. So, it would be in our best interest to side with them for the time being."
Joshua nodded, disappointed. "Yes, of course, General."
"Good, we're scheduling a meeting with their leader as we want to form an alliance with him. So, we want you to have Galvatron and Stinger standing by in case things go south."
"Understood, sir." Replied Joshua, "by the way, who's commanding these Decepticons now?"
"He calls himself, Shockwave."
...
Megatron, Bumblebee, Hound, and Cade had returned to their base. With Bumblebee and Hound sporting new vehicle modes, a 2016 Chevrolet Camaro Custom for Bumblebee, and a Customized Medical 2016 Mercedes-Benz Unimog for Hound. The two Autobot soldiers drove into the base, passing by Chief Sherman. The chief of the Sioux Nation that had agreed to let Cade, Megatron, and the other Autobots take refuge at an abandoned junkyard.
They rode inside the base, with Drift, who was now sporting a black and red color scheme. Meditated on a junkyard car, while Crosshairs sat on one next to him.
"Oh, hell yeah! Megatron's back!" Cried Nitro Zeus as he and Barricade stepped out from under a tent. Autobot symbols where there used to be Decepticon ones. Nitro's words startled Drift into falling from the car.
"You fat head!" Cried Drift, "don't startle me next time."
"Oh, sorry Mr. Samurai." Nitro Zeus replied sarcastically as Drift groaned and Barricade chuckled.
"Don't get so excited, Nitro." Said the voice of a blue and black Transformer who looked identical to Starscream. "Megatron pales in comparison to my leadership." He said, pointing at himself.
"And you wonder why he doesn't put Thundercracker in charge of stuff." Said Barricade.
"Hey!" Cried Thundercracker, "you're just jealous that your genius pales in comparison to my own. Isn't that right, Skywarp?"
"Y-yes, Thundercracker." Said a meek and nervous black and purple colored twin of Thundercracker. Both of whom brandishing Autobot symbols.
Cade then stepped out of Bumblebee, before he and Hound then transformed into robot mode. Megatron then landed before the two in robot mode, before looking on at his troops.
"I see things have not completely fallen apart under Nitro's command." Megatron snarled.
"Everything was as you left it," replied Nitro Zeus as he bowed before Megatron. "After you kicked Daytrader out, things have never been smoother."
"Hey, Dad!" Called Tessa from the roof of the junkyard's main office.
"Hey, sweetie." Replied Cade as he entered the office.
"Did you guys find a ship yet?" Asked Crosshairs, "I'm ready to leave this mud ball."
"Optimus told us to stay here, remember?" Replied Megatron.
"I know he did, but he might be offline for all we know." Crosshairs retorted.
"Don't say that!" Barked Megatron. "He is still out there, somewhere."
"Then why don't you go look for him?" Asked Crosshairs.
"You know why," replied Megatron, "now be quiet you fool."
Crosshairs just scoffed as he walked away from Megatron. "And you wonder why the Dinobots won't team up with us."
Megatron just growled, trying to keep his anger down so as to not seriously injure or kill Crosshairs.
Suddenly, a loud horn blared throughout the junkyard. A beat-up and rusty Mercedes-Benz L 911 Dump Truck soon entered into the base.
"Ugh, here comes the most annoying transformer on the planet." Hound said. "Should I frag him?"
"Yes, definitely." Replied Drift.
"Blow him into oblivion," added Megatron as Hound threw a few grenades at the vehicle as it transformed into robot mode.
"I heard that!" Called the bot as the explosives went off around him, causing him to stumble around. "Hey, watch it!" He cried as Hound and Megatron chuckled.
"Hey, Daytrader!" Called Cade, "the hell you doing here?"
"I got you some more parts and scraps for you guys," he replied, reaching into his back pack and pulling out guns and other metallic objects. "Oh, look what I found in Buffalo." He said, pulling out the mangled and decapitated head of Starscream. "Starscreams head, ladies and gentlemen." He mocked as he threw the head to the ground.
Megatron picked up the head of his former second-in-command. Looking into its mangled face with a hint of sadness and grief over his former number two.
"This deserves much more respect than to be with you." Megatron commented as he walked away with the head.
Daytrader just shrugged, before seeing the metallic object the Cybertronian Knight had given Cade cralling on his arm.
"Wait, is that a Knights of Iacon Talisman?" Asked Daytrader. "No, definitely not. Here hand it over, I'll take it off your hands."
"You think I don't know what this is?" Asked Cade. "I know its something special because its got you licking your chops you skank."
"Words hurt, Cade." Replied Daytrader, "look, I don't know much about it but I do know that its one of the seven signs of the apocalypse. If that fancy metal pancake was real, I'd find a spaceship and blow this dirtball planet. Anyway, I'm gonna go lather myself up in oil. Turn your back, Drift. It might offend your sensibilities."
Drift just grunted, "now that is something you cannot unsee."
...
Later that night, as the group slept. Megatron was staring off into space. When Bumblebee awoke and saw this, he approached Megatron.
"What do you want?" Megatron asked as Bumblebee stayed silent. Megatron then sighed, "sorry, it's just be a lot to handle without Optimus. I know I could probably find him if I searched the cosmos, but I knew I couldn't abandon you all. I know this team would fall apart without someone to guide it and no one else besides me is ready for that burden."
Bumblebee nodded as he stood next to Megatron, looking out into space with him.
"I wish we never collided with that asteroid and got separated. Then he would be here with us. But oh, well. At least we have each other in these troubled times." Megatron smiled as Bumblebee nodded.
...
Deep in the vacuum of space, Optimus floated. He was frozen and out of energon, leaving him to helplessly drift throughout the cosmos. Until the gravitational pull of Cybertron pulled him towards it. He crashed onto it in a burning fireball, allowing him to awaken.
"M-Megatron?" He asked as he looked around himself. "What ... what has happened to my world?"
"Your world was dying, but I saved it." Said a distant female voice.
"Who ... who goes there!?" Bellowed Optimus.
"Come to me, Optimus, my greatest creation." Said the voice as Optimus followed it to the source.
"You ... are my creator?" He asked as he walked towards the robotic woman.
"Yes, I am Quintessa, the Prime of life."
"Then you're the last one I have to kill," replied Optimus as he retrieved his sword and swung at Quintessa. Who effortlessly blocked the strike and restrained him with metal chains.
"You dare strike your god!?" She cried as Optimus groaned.
"You ... are no god of mine."
Quintessa scoffed, "I repaired your world and this is how you thank me?"
"You have ruined my home!" Cried Optimus, before Quintess slapped him across the face. Leaving a red mark on the right side of his face.
"Do not fight me, Optimus. We share the same goal, of restoring Cyberton to its former glory."
"Yes ... yes we do." Replied Optimus as Infernocus approached him from behind, releasing him from the chains that held him.
"Though I have saved your world from death, there is one last step needed to complete." Continued Quintessa.
"A ... another step?"
"Yes, with Cybertron revived its ancient enemy will no doubt arise to destroy it. The Earth, otherwise known as Unicron."
"U-Unicron?" Asked Optimus. "Cybertron's ancient enemy?"
"Yes, the Earth will become his new body given another year or so for him to be completely revived. But, we can prevent this if we gather his life force and use Primus to destroy him!"
"Where is his life force?"
"It was contained within a staff, my staff to be precise. But it was stolen from me from my Guardian Knights. That is what I will need from you, to retrieve my staff so that we may destroy Unicron. He took worlds from me before, including my own. But no more will he destroy the cosmos. Shockwave will keep the humans, Decepticons, and Autobots distracted, in order for you to accomplish this task, Nemesis Prime."
"My maker, I will fight anyone ... who stands in our way." Optimus bellowed as his blue optics turned purple.