For eons. Cybertron has been a peaceful planet. There were no wars, no deadly rivalries, no incidents that would affect the peace and harmony until the day the power hungry Megatron and his Decepticons waged war on the Autobots. After years of war, Cybertron started dying due to the damage it received and Megatron has disappeared and is presumed dead until his signal was re-discovered on a foreign and organic planet called Earth.
Present Day: Cybertron.
Starscream has put several Decepticon soldiers on patrol on the ruins of the Sea of Rust which was the original base of the Decepticons. One of the soldiers is suddenly attacked by the Autobot Sandstorm, the impact of Sandstorm's collision causes the soldier to collapse on the ground and get his fighter jet knocked over.
"Eat it Decepti-creep!" Sandstorm mockingly yelled back at the soldier.
In anger the Decepticon soldier boarded his fighter jet and chases after Sandstorm. The soldier fires at Sandstorm but manages to miss.
"Sandstorm to Autobot Base! Sandstorm to Autobot Base do you copy?" Sandstorm called his allies asking for reinforcements.
Wheeljack hears Sandstorm's call for help and responds.
"This is Wheeljack! What is your status Sandstorm?" Wheeljack asked.
"I'm being pursued by a Decepticon soldier…." Sandstorm replied
With Sandstorm flying straight, the Decepticon soldiers manages to get perfect aim on the Autobot seeker and fires at him.
"Requesting back up immediate….uhhhh!" Sandstorm is unable to finish his sentence as his left propeller wing is severed by the blast.
Sandstorm crash lands on the ground and transforms into his robot mode during the collision damaging his chassis even more. The Decepticon soldier then lands his fighter jet on the ground and steps out with his assault rifle in hand. He slowly walks towards the mutilated Sandstorm, Sandstorm lifts his right hand in which he is holding his double barrel pistol. The soldier kicks off his hand and aims his gun at Sandstorm.
"Go on you Decepticon filth! Just Do It!" Sandstorm mockingly insults the soldier bravely staring death in the eye.
As the soldier prepares to deliver the final blow. He is distracted by Optimus Prime who drives to Sandstorm's rescue, transforms into his robot mode, activates his Energon wrist blade and bisects the Decepticon soldier in half killing him.
"Prime…..Took you some time." Sandstorm says to Optimus insulting him for taking too long to arrive.
"Engaging the enemy on your own Sandstorm….What were you thinking?" Optimus scolds the injured Sandstorm.
"I was thinking that….I was doing my job" Sandstorm sarcastically replies while spitting out energon.
"I've contacted Ratchet, he will be here soon just stay still and rest" Optimus informed Sandstorm
"Well to be honest boss…..It….Doesn't look like I'm going anywhere." Sandstorm continues to joke around despite being in bad condition.
Ratchet eventually arrives to their coordinates and takes a look at Sandstorm.
"How bad is the damage old friend?" Optimus asked Ratchet.
"Hard to tell Optimus! He has a lot of internal injuries!" Ratchet informs Optimus.
"Great!" Sandstorm replied sarcastically.
"Oh Shut up Sandstorm!" Ratchet yelled at Sandstorm.
"Will you be able to fix him?" Optimus asked.
"Not here! If he's ever going to have a chance at surviving I need to take him back to Kaon! Hound can help me repair him there!" Ratchet informed both Optimus and Sandstorm.
"Then let's head back to Kaon! Autobots Roll Out!" Optimus replied shouting his battle cry.
The three Autobots traveled back to their Autobot base in Kaon which was once the capital city on Cybertron. Hound rushes out of the medical bay and helps both Optimus and Ratchet place Sandstorm on a gurney where they take him back to the medical bay for repairs.
"This is not good!" Ratchet started talking in a worried sound in his voice
"Our population is starting to decrease! We already had another incident with Bumblebee and Cliffjumper!" Ratchet continued talking.
"Bumblebee…Cliffjumper….Ratchet! What happened to my scouts?" Optimus asked wanting to know the answer yet scared at the same time.
"Bumblebee and Cliffjumper were attacked by the Decepticon Enforcer Stockade! Cliffjumper….didn't survive the assault" Ratchet answered Optimus.
Both were silent for a moment mourning the loss of Cliffjumper until Optimus broke the silence asking Ratchet about Bumblebee.
"And what of Bumblebee?" Optimus asked.
"Bumblebee survived but with a cost!" Ratchet replied.
"What….Cost?" Optimus asked with a concerned tone in his voice
"Bumblebee's body is fully functional…except for his voicebox!" Ratchet answered Optimus Prime informing him that Bumblebee is now mute.
Optimus was shocked. He didn't say anything and was just looking at nobody and nothing saddened over Cliffjumper's death and Bumblebee's injury.
"I….must go back to the medical bay!" Ratchet said
"I…uh…..need to help Hound with the repairs on Sandstorm and Bumblebee!" Ratchet continued talking and ran back to the medical bay.
Optimus went inside the base and into the command center to check on the other Autobot soldiers. Everybody was checking through the Energon detectors over signs of any Autobots or Decepticons and hopefully Energon that they use as fuel for their weapons and themselves. Wheeljack and Jolt left their posts and had to the laboratory to build new weapons.
"Anything to report Autobots?" Optimus asked.
"Same as usual boss…..Bunch of Autobots and Decepticons keep popping up on our radar and then *Poof* they're dead" Crosshairs answered Optimus with his usual sarcastic tone.
"Oh Primus" Dino quietly said to himself annoyed by Crosshair's behavior.
"Has there been any Energon located?" Optimus Prime asked.
"Yeah if you count the fluids dripping out of those dead bots" Crosshairs replied and laughed after making his joke.
Optimus didn't laugh and left the command center. Crosshairs looked at the others and noticed how mad everybody was at him.
"What?" Crosshairs asked with a confused tone in his voice.
"You have some nerve joking about death in front of Optimus you Mingia" Dino yelled at Crosshairs.
"Dino, Dino, Dino…I was just making a little joke" Crosshairs replied.
"There is no honor in joking about death and war, Crosshairs!" Drift gets involved in the argument.
Crosshairs was just annoyed over how serious his partners are being just because of his sense of humor.
"Why are you guys taking this so seriously?" Crosshairs asked without even thinking.
"WHY? WHY? WHY? How about the fact that we have lost many of our comrades Crosshairs!" Dino got up and explained to Crosshairs.
"You may haven't lost any of your closest friends or brothers but we have! Our brothers died….many of them have joined Megatron thinking it was the only way to survive…And do you know what happened to Mirage because of him joining the Decepticons?" Dino continued talking.
"I killed him…I killed my own brother!" Dino finished his sentence and everyone stared at him, everyone around him was scared and worried. Dino then turned around and left the command center in order to cool off.
"Jeez, this guy has had it rough!" Crosshairs started talking.
"As much as I feel for Dino." Wheeljack replied
"Optimus has it worse. His best friend formed the Decepticons and started this war!" Wheeljack said to everyone as Optimus stares outside of Kaon at the ruined buildings and corpses laying on Cybertron's metallic soil.
At Nucleon the Decepticon Base. Starscream has become temporary leader of the Decepticons and entrusted Soundwave with locating Megatron. After a patrol with the other seekers, Starscream returns to Nucleon to hear the reports from his comrades.
"Soundwave!" Starscream said as he tried to get Soundwave's attention.
"Anything to report involving around Megatron's last known location?" Starscream asked.
"Still searching Commander Starscream!" Soundwave answered.
All the Decepticons were saddened and angered but Soundwave suddenly gave them good news.
"But I did find traces of Megatron's Energon spreading through space…They appear to be traveling to another Solar System!" Soundwave told everyone.
Everyone was amazed that Soundwave managed to locate something sharing Megatron's DNA but were still confused over how his Energon ends up in a different Solar System.
"But how is that possible? How could his Energon end up in a different solar system?" Barricade asked.
The Decepticon's scientist Shockwave entered the command center and explained it to them.
"Well…..As you can see Barricade we have also found traces of a space bridge being activated during the time he disappeared. A space bridge is the only logical explanation." Shockwave explained
"Were there any witnesses?" Onslaught asked
"Using our Energon Detectors we did find out that two other Decepticons were with him during his disappearance, the two Decepticons were Hooligan and…..Mindwipe!" Shockwave's assistant Nitro explained while also pointing at the Decepticon seeker Mindwipe.
Everybody turned around facing Mindwipe most of them grabbing their weapons and Mohawk was smirking getting excited over the fact that he might be able to mutilate Mindwipe.
"Care to explain Mindwipe?" Starscream asked Mindwipe in a threatening tone.
Mindwipe was frightened he knew that if he were to use his hypnosis cog to try to hypnotize Starscream, the other Decepticons would attack and kill him.
"Megatron asked for me and Hooligan to travel with him to another planet that Shockwave told him about!" Mindwipe explained.
"What Planet?" Starscream turned around and asked Shockwave.
"An organic planet that is rich with energon! The locals refer to it as Earth!" Shockwave answered.
Starscream then turned back at Mindwipe demanding more information.
"Continue!" Starscream said
"Megatron activated a space bridge. As he and Hooligan were entering the portal they were shot down. I managed to survive but they entered the portal leaving their fates unknown." Mindwipe continued explaining.
Starscream stared at the others. They all seemed suspicious, but since they were losing the war and required as many soldiers as possible. They spared Mindwipe.
"You're lucky Mindwipe. Because of our problems involving the war you may live!" Starscream told Mindwipe. Mindwipe was relieved over the fact that Starscream spared him.
"But…..If I ever find out that you shot Megatron for your own selfish intentions…..I'll hand you over to Mohawk!" Starscream threatened Mindwipe. Mindwipe was terrified even more and noticed how excited Mohawk was as he was jumping around in excitement and yelling random tortures that he would inflict on him.
"Now then. Anybody else have anything to report?" Starscream asked.
"I engaged two pathetic Autobots today." Stockade answered.
"And….Did you make them suffer?" Starscream asked again.
"The red one….I tore out his insides and the yellow one….well…..let's just say he'll never be able to speak again." Stockade answered explaining how badly he injured Bumblebee and Cliffjumper.
"Excellent!" Starscream said pleased with Stockade's results.
"You've done well! Both you, Soundwave and Shockwave have impressed me…Now all of you get back out there and hunt down some Autobots!" Starscream ordered everyone to go back hunting.
"And Soundwave! Follow that Energon trail and find both Megatron and planet Earth immediately!" Starscream ordered Soundwave.
"Affirmative Commander Starscream!" Soundwave replied.
"Soon….we will be reunited with our master…..He will help us bring back the fear we Decepticons used to spread on Cybertron and soon…..the Universe!" Starscream said while laughing maniacally.
On Earth. Megatron reactivates while unconscious due to the damage he received during Space Bridge travel, he lifts his right hand attempting to get up.
"Master!" Hooligan said as he noticed Megatron trying to get up.
"You are alive!" Hooligan continued talking and was relieved that his master is alive.
"Of course I am you fool!" Megatron said insulting Hooligan for assuming that he can easily be killed.
"No pathetic Autobot or Decepticon can kill me that easily." Megatron began showing off. Megatron struggled to get up on his feet, Hooligan attempted to help but was pushed aside. Megatron eventually got up and in both anger and pride he threatened to conquer both Earth and Cybertron as he still remained functional.
"Soon…..The universe will tremble…..When they hear my name…for today I, Lord Megatron, Leader of all Decepticons still stands!" Megatron said while coughing up energon and attempting to stand still on his feet...