How many weeks has it been since I lasted updated? To me, it felt like forever. I guess it's my fault for getting distracted so easily. I got this new game called "Cardfight! Vanguard: Ride to Victory for the 3DS (JAP, bought it on Amazon), and I got so addicted to it, even though I can't read Japanese. Even so, I tried my best to multi task. Playing my 3DS and doing this is quite hard actually.

But enough of it. Here's the next chapter.

Chapter 4: Fall of the King

"A plan to restore peace and prosperity to Cybertron?" Silverbolt repeated with suspicion. He could he murmurs from everyone around him, all with disbelief and suspicious.

Sam nods. "Yes. I've learned that even before the war, Cybertron has always been dark and corrupted by the higher ups, isn't that true? Which explains why Megatron sought out to take over Cybertron by force. Which is why he killed the oldest High Councilor, Halogen, when he was denied of being nominated as the next Prime." The last statement made some let out a surprised gasp.

"How do you know that!?" Onslaught demanded with a surprised look on his face. There were only a few selected and trustworthy Decepticons that know of Megatron's history. Onslaught was one, the others were Shockwave and Soundwave, two of which whom are very loyal to Megatron.

"Why, Optimus did. Back when I was still with the Autobots, he would tell me stories about his life and how Cybertron once was before the Great War." Sam replied, his seriousness never leaving on his face.

"Just who are you, and how do you know Optimus? It sounds as if you and Optimus are really close."

Sam begins to grow tired of having to tell his life story to everyone that he encounters in order to try to get more people to join his cause. The Decepticons won't care about his life, but by the look on Silverbolt's face and all the Autobots, he would have to tell them if he wants them to leave the Autobots and come join his side for world peace, and the destruction of Earth.

He let out a tired sigh as he begins to tell his story. "I was once human, founded by Optimus and his team on Earth." There were shock looks from the Autobots, and slightly surprised look from the Decepticons and the Dinobots on the information that the person in front of them used to be human. "They took me in when they found out that my parents abandoned me, left me to die in the desert. Since then, we've became a family. I've loved them all, and they loved me back. As years went by, there was one Autobot whom I've started to fall in love, and that same Autobot began to fall in love with me."

Grimlock let out a grunt in disgust when Sam mentioned about love. Slug elbowed him, telling him to behave. Sliverbolt rolled his optics a bit at Grimlock's attitude before looking back at the person on top of the ship.

"And may I ask who is this Autobot you speak of?" Even though he has a suspision who the Autobot was, he has to make sure if his assumption is correct.

Sam crossed his arms and clenched with anger of having to say that Optimus is the one whom he fell in love with, as so did he with him. Sliverbolt thought he was imagining it when Sam was clenching his arm and his optics showing hatred. But it seem to have disappeared when Sam's optics met with Silverbolt.

Sam sighed quietly, closing his eyes for a bit. "I'm Optimus' chosen mate."

"What?!" There were some who shouted in surprise that Optimus has found somebody. They began to talk amongst themselves, both Autobots and Decepticons, on their new discoveries about Optimus. Never in Cybertron History has a Prime ever gotten a mate before. It was either they never had the time to find someone to be with, or they die in battle before they got a chance to find their chosen one. But to think, Optimus found his on planet Earth, and his chosen mate is a human.

Those who had known Optimus before the War began, they would've thought that Optimus would've chosen Elita-One, seeing as everyone thought they make a cute couple back before they were Orion and Ariel. Actually, it was Elita-One who has a huge crush on Optimus. But Optimus never even paid attention to her affection and advances. Everyone thought that either Optimus was just a busy bee, going through the archives, or Optimus was just oblivious to love. Boy, were they wrong.

Speaking of Elita-One, wonder how she'll react when she finds out that Optimus chose a human to be his lover instead of her. They could already imagine her being very furious and throwing a hissy fit. One time, when Ariel went to visit Orion at the Hall of Records, she spotted her sister, Chromia, talking to Orion. Furious, she pulled Chromia into a private chamber and began yelling at her, telling to stay away from Orion. Chromia calmed her sister, telling her that she is not even interested in Orion, and that she doesn't even knows him. Silverbolt knows of this because he went to pay Orion a visit, and saw the whole thing.

Back to the matter at hand, there was one thing Silverbolt doesn't understand: How can a giant robot mate with a small human? There is no way they could interface without having to squish or hurt the human. He could ask him, but it would probably be awkward.

"Hey! Let me ask you something. If you and Optimus are mates, how can you guys interface?" Leave it to Swoop to say things so bluntly. Sliverbolt looked up at Sam, expecting to see him embarrassed, but for some reason, he is looking... disgusted?

"Back when I was human, I created a technology that will allow the Autobots to be one with humans. It was impossible for me to accomplish that since humans are not advanced in technology as you are, but with the help from Ratchet and my dedication to be closer with everyone and Optimus, I was able to finish my technology."

"And what is this technology?" Swindle asked with a bit of interest.

"I call it, the holomatter, or the holoform."

"And what are those?"

"The holoform are consist of small nanobots which allows the Autobots to become humans with some of the quality that humans have. The holomatter generators, which are installed inside the 'Bots' CPU, creates an avatar for the Autobots by taking their appearances and personality and making them a human version of themselves. For example, Bumblebee..." Silverbolt perked up at the mention of Bumblebee, "his human version of himself is a early 20's with blond hair, blue eyes, slim body but very muscular since his vehicle form is a muscle car, and somewhere around 6 feet taller."

Silverbolt's mind drifted elsewhere, now imagining how Bumblebee looks like as a human. Although, it might feel different to interface as a human, but it still spike his arousal just thinking about pinning a human Bumblebee in bed and having his way with him.

"Now that Optimus and his team are able to become humans thanks to your invention, does that mean that you and Optimus have mated?" Jetfire asked with awkwardness.

"Actually, no. You see, I feared that Optimus never had a romantic interest in me, and if I tell him about my feelings, then our friendship would be destroyed. But I found out from Ratchet that Optimus was madly in love with me. Heh, that old 'Bot was never good at keeping secrets." There was a small twitch on Sam's lips before it fell. "He told me that Optimus is planning to confess to me on my birthday. Apparently, that old doctor spilled the beans on Optimus."

"So wait, you said you two haven't been mated yet. If the two of you have the same feelings for each other, why haven't you mated?"

"Because Megatron and the Decepticons attacked us on my birthday, the same day Optimus was going to confess to me."

There was a loud gasps coming from the Combaticons and the Autobots looked at them with confusion as to why they gasped. There were recognition and disbelief in their optics.

"Now I remember now!" Onslaught yelled as he pointed his finger at Sam. "You're that human boy that Megatron terminated as payback for terminating him! We were there when that happened."

Now there was more gasp coming from everyone at the new information they have now gotten. So a human was able to offline Megatron? It's highly impossible, but how?

Sam stared at Onslaught with confusion. "It seems you are mistaken. I remember every single detail that happened that day, and you are not in it."

"Actually, we were. We were in the form of Bruticus. We were the one who had Optimus pinned down as he watched his beloved human die before him." Blast Off replied with almost sadistically at the end.

"Ah, now I remember now. The big dumb brute."

There were some snickers coming from the Aerialbots and Dinobots, but the Combaticons ignored them. They are much too focus as to how the human in front of them is still alive. "But how is it that you're alive? We saw you get blasted by Megatron himself."

"I don't even know myself. But when I woke up, I found myself under Decepticon's clutches. But I must thank you and Megatron for that day."

"Thank us? You must have a loose screw if you want to thank us for attacking you on your special day." Onslaught remarked mockingly.

Sam gave a light chuckle. It is now time to tell them the truth that will make Optimus and Megatron look like the real enemy all this time. "Thanks to power of Dark Energon, I was able to finally see the truth."

"What truth? And how can the blood of Unicron show you the truth? That thing corrupts the spark and mind of one who " Silverbolt asked.

Hearing about the Dark Energon being called as the blood of Unicron made Sam chuckle at first, then laughed loudly and harder as if he heard a hilarious joke, which he did. Everyone else, including Dreadwing, were very confused as to what made Sam laugh so much. No one made a joke or do something hilarious to make him laugh, or else everyone would've probably join in on the laughter, or to be precise, Swoop. They waited until Sam's laughter died out, wiping away a non-existing tear. When Sam looked at them again, he started to laugh again.

"What's so funny?" Snarl demanded with a snarl, feeling like he's being laughed at, even though Sam's laughing at everyone, not just him.

"It's just that...you all think...Dark Energon...is Unicron's life blood! When in fact...Dark Energon...is not really his! And also... it does not...corrupts you!" Sam said in between laughs.

Now everyone is having confused looks on their faces as they began to talk to each other. What does he mean Dark Energon is not actually the blood of Unicron, his life blood? Sam said Dark Energon isn't really his. What does that mean? And how can it not corrupt someone?

"Now you're speaking nonsense!" Jetfire shouted as he stood beside Sliverbolt. "I've been researching Dark Energon before and after I was a Decepticon. That thing is filled with evil, and anyone who is foolish enough to infuse themselves with it, their fate shall be doomed."

Sam finally settled down from his laughter and looked at Jetfire seriously. "That's only true when your mind is weak and pathetic. Allow me to explain the true nature of Dark Energon."

"True nature?"

Sam nodded. "At first, I believed Dark Energon is evil and corrupted, but after a fateful encounter, I now know what Dark Energon can really do." There were silence, and Sam took that as a sign to continue explaining. "The true purpose of Dark Energon is to increase your powers in order to fulfill your desires. For example, Unicron wanted to destroy Primus and rule over the universe. Dark Energon granted his wish and made him powerful as Primus. He almost succeeded, but it seems he didn't count on him to create the Thirteen Primes, and was defeated by them. Next, there's Megatron. He wanted to rule Cybertron with an iron fist, but that pathetic fool doesn't even know how to master Dark Energon, his desire wasn't that strong, and was killed easily by Bumblebee."

"And what makes you any different from the two?"

"Because my desire is far more stronger than the two predecessor. I have surpass them in other ways as well."

"What do you desire then?" Silverbolt asked, hoping that Optimus' mate isn't corrupted yet by the Dark Energon. But he can't tell if he really is Optimus' chosen mate.

"To reassure you all, my desire has nothing to do with destroying Cybertron, simply rebuilding it into paradise."

"Into paradise? What sort of crazy talk are you talking about?" Swoop asked somewhat rudely, which earned him a scolding look from his peers.

Sam couldn't be mad at him. He does admit that it does sounds like something coming from a crazy person. He'll just have to prove that his plan isn't crazy. "I've learned that all of you have suffered, even before the war: Oppression, the Caste System. All those shall no longer exist in the world that I want to create."

"A world that you want to create? Sounds to me like a power-hungry maniac who want to take over Cybertron." Vortex stated with a scoff.

Sam let out a light chuckle. "You actually got the 'taking over Cybertron' part right, but I'm no power-hungry maniac."

Everyone was shocked to hear that Optimus' mate has admitted that he plans to take over Cybertron, especially the Autobots. They would've gladly follow Sam because of his status of being a Prime's mate, but after hearing what he wants to do, they are starting to have doubts. Doubts that if Sam truly is Optimus' mate, or it was just a lie to trick them.

Vortex was surprise that he admitted that he plans to take over Cybertron. He was just kidding about the last part, but it seems he hit it right on the spot. The question is, should the Decepticons follow Metatron? Now that Megatron is defeated, should they follow this human as their new Decepticon leader? Both Metatron and Megatron have the same goal: To rule over Cybertron. Looks like they need to discuss this with the other Decepticons. But they also need get more information on how the Prime's human will rule Cybertron. What would happen to those who pledge their allegiance to him?

Vortex looked over the Autobots and saw the Dinobots are getting ready to fight, with their weapons up and running. Finally, some action.

"So, you're just like Megatron, huh? That's why your name almost sounds like Megatron. You're going to follow his footsteps, aren't you?" Slug demanded with his blaster up, ready to use it to fire at Sam.

Sam felt insulted by Slug's statement. There is no way he's the same as Megatron. And there is no way he'll be following in his footsteps. Sam gently pushed Dreadwing aside, who has moved in front of Sam to protect him, and looked at both the Autobots and Decepticons.

"My goals and Megatron's are far different. Megatron wants to conquer Cybertron and enslave those who refuse to pledge their loyalty to him, whereas my goals is to restore Cybertron to its rightful glory, to create a world without hatred or war, bring everyone together, thus bringing world peace. But in order for me to do that, I need every single Decepticons and Autobots to cooperate with my plan. I need all of you to accept me as your new ruler. Only then we shall have true peace."

"And what happens to those who pledge their allegiance to you?"

"They earn the right to live in my new world."

"And those that don't?" Jetfire asked with uneasiness in his gut.

Sam paused for a moment before he spoke with a cold tone. "All those who are a threat to me, or peace, shall be destroyed by my hands."

Now this is truly messed up. So, Optimus' mate plans to eliminate all those who doesn't pledge their allegiance to him? Is he really Optimus' mate, or is he really Megatron's mate?

"What did Optimus said about your plan?" Silverolt asked.

That's where Sam glared in hate. "What am I about to tell you will break your sparks." Sam paused for a bit before continuing. "Optimus has been using you Autobots for his own selfish desires."

The Autobots gasp in shock from hearing about Optimus, while the Decepticons smirked at the Autobots' reaction. The 'Cons don't know if he's telling the truth or not, but it's fun to see the Autobots' hopes get crushed.

"The same thing goes for you, Decepticons. Megatron was planning to get rid of you all once he gets what he wants."

The Decepticons looked at Sam with shocked faces and disbelief.

"You lie! Optimus would never do something like that!" Silverbolt shouted with rage at the false accusation on Optimus.

"I, too, thought of that, but it's the truth."

"What's your proof!?"

"Dark Energon allows me to read the true feelings of someone. When I encountered Optimus and the rest of the team again after three years, from the outside, they appeared to be happy to see that I was alive after all these years. But deep down, they despise me. They were disappointed that I was alive. I've learned that they replaced me with three new human kids. And worst of all, Optimus never loved me." He finished with a tear sliding down his cheek.

The Autobots felt pity for the former human in front of them. They could actually hear his voice all broken, filled with hurt, pain, and suffering. Never they would've thought that Optimus and his team would inflict so much pain to this boy. Silverbolt is starting to feel disappointed of Bumblebee for doing that to him. Not only that, after hearing Sam about what Optimus and the others did to him, they are beginning to lose faith in Optimus.

As for the Decepticons, they were slightly crushed after finding out that Megatron would dispose of them if they were to wind the war. But they kind of knew that when they signed up to be a Decepticon.

Grimlock, on the other hand, is starting to get furious at Optimus for treating them like that. He knew Optimus was a weak leader, but to use them as tools for the war really shook his core. When he sees him, he'll make sure he'll give him a beating he'll never forget.

"And that is why I'm here, and Optimus is not." Sam continues, snapping everyone out of their thoughts. "If we work together, we'll make Cybertron a better place to live. Autobots and Decepticons shall become one, no one shall fight over Energon. We will all live in peace. So what you say? Join me, and we shall all have peace. We should all have a place where we belong. And also, if you join me, I will resurrect all your loved ones as well, thanks to the power of Dark Energon and the AllSpark."

AllSpark? But that has been gone since the beginning of the war. Optimus send it to space to prevent Megatron from getting his hands on it in order to create more armies. To think, this human now possess the AllSpark? Or maybe he has the cube hidden somewhere. But their thought traveled to what Sam said about resurrecting their loved ones. There has been many people who has lost either their family, friends, or mates during the war. Can he really do that? There are those who has lost their mates will do anything to bring their lovers back from the AllSpark. Silverbolt could relate.

Silverbolt remembers that horrible day when Megatron had tortured Bumblebee for the location of the AllSpark. He had almost lost Bumblebee when Megatron ripped out his voice box. He remembered the condition Bumblebee was in, all battered up, lots of Energon spilling out from his throat. He was sure that Bumble would not make it, which broke his spark to pieces. If he were to die, then he would gladly join with him to the AllSpark. He couldn't bare to live without the love of his life.

That's it! That's is what this is about. Silverbolt figured out Sam's true motive behind all of this. He wants to create a world where he could never feel alone. After hearing Sam's stories about his life, and comparing it with his past traumas, he figured out that the human still loves Optimus and the others, but was afraid to be left alone by them again. He's putting up this charade up so no one – not even Team Prime – could figure out his true feelings. If what the human said is true, about Optimus and his team not loving him anymore, then he's doing all of this just to have them love him again. Before he could voice out his findings, an all-too familiar voice shouted.

"Don't listen to him!"

Everyone turned to the direction of the voice, and spotted three vehicles heading in their direction. The green truck carries Ultra Magnus on his rear cargo area, and right beside the green truck are a blue racing car, and a red and white ambulance. The Autobots instantly recognized the green truck and the ambulance, but not the racing car. Sam, on the other hand, growled out the names of the three Autobots he knows quietly in rage.

The arriving Autobots stopped besides the Aerialbots and transformed. The green truck was the last to transform since the rookie had to remove Ultra Magnus off of him in order to transform.

"Ratchet?" His optics landed on the injured Ultra Magnus. "Go help Ultra Magnus." Silverbolt orders his men as he made his way to Ratchet, happy to see him after so long. He noticed he wasn't looking quite well when his optics landed on Ratchet's arm. "Ratchet, you okay?"

"I'm fine." Ratchet brushed off Silverbolt's concern as he stares hard on Sam, who is also glaring with rage at him. "I'm just glad we got here just in time."

"Ratchet... is it true about what you guys did to his boy? He's clearly suffering from what you've done when he was still a human?" Silverbolt asked.

Ratchet shook his head. "It is clearly the work of Dark Energon. It is messing up with his head, having him think that we didn't care. He never saw how hard we took his death. He doesn't even know that Optimus had planned to take out his own spark just to be with him in the afterlife. We were able to convince him not to, but he wasn't the same after that."

"So what do we do now?"

"Optimus has issued a order to capture him, so that way I can reverse the effect of Dark Energon and bring him back to his good self."

"Can you really do that?" Jetfire looked at Ratchet with surprise. All those years of researching Dark Energon, he had never found out how to neutralize their negative effects.

"Of course I can. What, are you jealous?" Ratchet teased lightly, making Jetfire pout.

"So we fight?" Grimlock cracked his neck in anticipation, getting ready to let loose after being cramp up in the ship for a long time.

"Yes, Grimlock, but don't go overboard. I need him alive, and so does Optimus." Ratchet instructed. "That goes for the rest of you." He told to all the Autobots. They nodded and got their weapons ready to attack Sam.

Sam, on the other hand, began to shake in anger after seeing Ratchet again, and also ruining his plan to try to have everyone join his cause. But Ratchet got in the way, and now they are all against him, except for the Decepticons who are idling right now. Snarling our Ratchet's name dangerously, he jumped down from the top of the ship and began charging at Ratchet. He should've destroyed Ratchet when he had a chance.

Just as he is nearing at the frozen Ratchet, Grimlock stepped in and swung his blade at him. Sam was quick to use Dark Energon to have it create half a shield using the scraps around him to block the attack. But Gimlock's strength overpowered Sam and sent him crashing back to the ship he was on and causing it to collapse on him.

"Thanks, Grimlock."

"I not did it to save you. I just want to fight."

Ratchet knows that Grimlock is putting up an act. It may not seem like it, but Grimlock really cares for his fellow Autobots, just like he cares for his Dinobots. But he is very stubborn to admit it.

Sam gotten out from the rubble and snarled at Grimlock for getting in his way. When he looked at his shield that he created using Dark Energon, he was surprised to see the cracks and missing pieces on it. He was sure the shield of darkness cannot be destroyed, but Grimlock's pure strength had managed to do the impossible, and he was holding back his strength because of Optimus' order to have him alive. If that wasn't the case, if he would've gone full power, Grimlock could've broken through the shield and inflict some serious damage to him, or worse, he could've actually killed him. That thought actually made him grin wickedly. He has got to have him on his side, and he knows how to convince him to join him. Grimlock has only one weakness: His teammates.

"Grimlock, I'm amazed of your strength, and I would like for you to come and join my side. Your team can join as well. Together, we will be unstoppable. Our combine powerful strength can actually help me bring true peace to Cybertron. So what do you say? You'll have your desires come true."

"No." He answered without any thought.

Sam's evil smile didn't falter by Grimlock's answer, it only grew. "Really? Well, in that case, you won't see him anymore."

"Who?"

"Like I said before, I have the power to bring back the dead. I'll bring back the person you lost."

"Who we lost?" Grimlock asked in confusion.

Sam shook his head with pity. "You seem to have forgotten him. How sad. I wonder how'll he react to it."

"Tell me! Who is it!?" Grimlock demanded, his patient already lost from his temper.

Sam raised up his hand, which began to glow purple. "Here! Let me refresh your memory core!" He laughed maniacally as he slammed his hand to the ground. "Witness the power of reanimation!"

The ground around them began to shake, but not violently. Everyone stood their ground, waiting to see what Sam is up to. A metal coffin emerged from the ground in an upright position right in front of Sam. Once it has fully emerged, the lid of the coffin began to fall open slowly to the ground in a dramatic way. What it revealed shocked the Dinobots and the Autobots to their very core.

"It can't be." Snarl spoke softly.

"Is that really...?" Slug wanted to say the name of the person in the coffin, but is afraid to even utter the name.

"This is a trick, right? He's not real." Swoop said in disbelief.

"You!" Grimlock snarled with pure rage. "Where did you get his body!?"

"Surely you didn't think I've come unprepared to a meeting with all of you? You cannot refuse me." Sam smirked at Grimlock.

"Tell me where you get his body!" Grimlock yelled.

"That's one of the perks of having the AllSpark. I'm able to bring back the sparks of those who have become one with the AllSpark. So how about it? Join me, and he will be revived from the dead."

For the first time, Grimlock has to think. If he joins him, he'll be able to bring him back. It was his own fault that he perished back at the Sea of Rust. He told him that it was a trap, but Grimlock didn't listen to him and as a result, they all got captured by Shockwave's Insecticons. The only one that was left behind was...him. And for that, he shall carry the guilt of leaving him behind. And Grimlock is sure the rest of his team is feeling the same way.

Sam grew tired of waiting for Grimlock's answer. With a flick of his fingers, the lid rose from the ground and closed the coffin. Grimlock began running for the coffin, but it disappeared before he could even reach to it.

"So what's it going to be, Grimlock? Will you join my side and have him be returned to you, or go against me and you'll never be together again? I could see it. The guilt you carry in your spark for leaving him. Dark Energon never lies."

"Give him back. Give him back to us!" Grimlock yelled in a demanding tone as he swung his blade at Sam with blind rage.

Sam laughed at Grimlock as he used Dark Energon to create a giant arm and punched Grimlock, sending him back to his teammates. "You have no obligation to tell me what to do."

Seconds later, something began to rise up from the ground right behind Sam. When it became clear, what appeared from the ground are clones of Sam made out of scrap metals. They seems to be a very large number of clones popping up from the ground, maybe thousands. Sam laughed as he saw his clones arriving with good news.

"What are those?"

"A trick I got from absorbing Unicron's power. Though it does drain some of my powers to make this many copies of myself. I don't think I'll be using this ability again. They are not perfect to be my exact copy."

"And what do you plan to do with them?" Silverbolt asked, keeping his guard up in case they attack.

"Oh, don't worry. They won't attack you. They have already done their mission."

"What mission?"

"I've sent each and every one of these clones to each location of every airship that landed. And you know what that means? It means even if you reject my offer, there are others who would gladly accept my offers. I've probably gathered many followers." He looked back at his clones with anticipation while the rest fear that others were foolish to join his side.

"So? Tell the great news. Did they accept my offer?" The clones shook their heads. Sam's smile fell a bit. "So you say that they refused me?" The clones nodded their heads. Sam was shocked for a while before his face twisted into anger.

With a yell, he had the clones disappear and his hands glowed purple, creating a purple disk-like weapon that begins to spin like a circular saw. He created four and threw them at Grimlock and Ratchet. The Dinobots stepped in to protect Ratchet since he's the one who can't protect himself. The Dinobots were able to destroy the spinning disk and Grimlock was able to destroy the ones that were heading in his direction.

Swoop began to laugh in a taunting way. "Is that all you got? I was expecting a challenge."

"Really? Then here's for you only!" He created four more spinning disk and threw them at Swoop.

"Swoop!"

"I've got this!" Swoop said as he charged at the incoming projectile. He was able to slash three disk in half, but he wasn't quick to destroy the last one. He tried his best to hold the last one, but it overpowered Swoop and broke through his sword. There were look of horror in the Autobots' and Dinobot's faces when the disk cut Swoop in half.

"Swoop!" The Dinobots yelled as they rushed to catch Swoop's halved body.

"Swoop, hang in there!" Snarl said as he held Swoop's top half.

"Damn...I've messed up good." Swoop's voice quivered in pain, feeling himself losing conscious.

"Damn it, Swoop! Don't you dare close your optics!" Slug gave some light slaps across Swoop's face to try to keep him awake.

"Let's go, Dreadwing. We've wasted enough time here as it is." Sam said bitterly as he opened up a GroundBridge. Dreadwing nodded silently as the two began to leave.

"Wait!"

The two stopped and Dreadwing turned to face Onslaught while Sam just looked over his shoulder.

"Where do you think you're going, Dreadwing? You serve Lord Megatron, not this wannabe. So why are you with him?"

"...Because I believe that he would one day bring peace to this accursed world. To be in a world of peace, without a care or worry in the world, alongside with my brother. That is why I and will follow him till my time is up." Dreadwing spoke in a empty monotone voice.

"You can't seriously believe all that scrap."

"Of course I do, and I pity you that you can't see it." Dreadwing turned and headed towards the GroundBridge, ignoring Onslaught's call.

Sam was please that he found such a very loyal follower and followed after him.

On the other side of Cybertron, in the darkest part of Polyhex, Starscream arrives at the top of Darkmount, an exact replica of the one created back on Earth by using the Omega Lock, after fleeing the battlefield where Team Prime was swallowed up by the SpaceBridge. He knows Megatron fled to a different direction, but Starscream decided to return to Darkmount, after making sure Sam didn't followed him.

"This is not quite I envisioned my rise to the throne, but since Lord Megatron all but surrendered it to me, I would gladly revive the Decepticons in my name." Starscream froze when he heard flapping wings approaching. He slowly turned and gasps upon the Predacons' arrival.

"Though, perhaps, the throne is more befitting of an actual king?" Starscream laughed very nervously as he tries to look around to escape.

Predaking transforms and approaches Starscream dangerously while the other two Predacons stayed in their beast forms. "I am not here to seize thrones, Starscream." The Predacons corned Starscream as said 'Con began to cower in fear on the throne. "But to settle scores." Predaking stated as the three move closer to Starscream.

"I'm afraid you'll have to settle your scores on a different time. I have some use for him."

The Predacons turned and saw Sam and Dreadwing standing behind them, and he isn't looking quite happy.

"And who are you?" Skylynx asked as he and Darksteel transformed to their robot form.

Well this is new. He had actually forgotten about these two new Predacons. They were with Predaking during the fight against Unicron, but he never got the chance to get their names. "My name is Metatron. And you are...?"

"Skylynx."

"Darksteel."

"Well, it's nice to meet you all, but now I need to have a word with Starscream. So if you would be so kind as to leave immediately." He demanded.

"Sorry there, pal, but we were here first. We have some score to settle."

"I know about your little score with Starscream, and I promise to hand him over to you once he completes his role I have in store for him. Starscream, get over here." He orders.

"Coming, Master." It despises Starscream to have to obey someone his is less superior to him. For Primus' sake, the boy in front of them used to be a weak human, and now he's giving him orders as if he's high and mighty? Well actually, he is sort of high and mighty, thanks to the power of two powerful energy. Which is exactly why he's going to his side right now. He'd rather not be the Predacons' punching bag. He whimpered lowly when Predaking's giant frame blocked his path and looking down at him menacingly.

"You are not going anywhere, Starscream. Not until we finish what we came here to do."

"Predaking..." Sam was close of snapping at him. "You're not the only one who bears a grudge against Starscream." He said as he looked over at Dreadwing. "I give you my word that Starscream will return to you once I have no use of him. Well, not after Dreadwing's done with him. He has first dibs. So I implore you, stand down and hand over Starscream. He will be returned to you once we're done with him. I'm already furious of what happened today, don't make me do something that I'll regret."

Starscream have never felt insulted in his entire life span. The boy is treating him as if his life is meaningless, that he's not worth anything. And he's planning to toss him aside once he's through with him like trash. Good thing Predaking is in his way, or else Sam would see just how angry he is.

"Is that a threat?" Predaking asked dangerously.

"It will be if you don't do as I say. I am beginning to lose my patience, so please, just leave already if you do not want to suffer the consequences."

"You think you can just come here and order us what to do?" Skylyx asked rhetorically. "We want a piece of Starscream for what he has done to us, you better scram before we make you."

"I would like to see you try, you mindless beast." Sam looked back at Dreadwing. "You stay out of this. You are not to interfere in this battle."

Dreadwing nodded as he left to the other side of the throne room to give space to Sam.

"So you're going to fight us one-on-one? Ha! Just so you know, me and Darksteel have defeated two of the Autobots."

Sam's lips twitch in amusement. "So you were the one who messed up Ultra Magnus real bad, huh? Nice to hear that before I get rid of you once and for all."

"Big mistake for acting so cocky." Skylynx transformed into his beast mode and charged at Sam.

"Skylynx, no!" Predaking cried out, almost sounding so desperate.

But Skylynx didn't listen to Predaking as he continues to charge at Sam. As he gotten so close to Sam, Sam activated his Dark Energon to create a metal cage in the form of a human ribcage, surrounding on himself to act as a shield. He then made a pair of arms appear and stopped Skylynx in his tracks with those giant arms.

Sam had his optics closed when Skylynx came charging at him. He opened them, showing Skylynx his cold, purple optics. "I have told you to leave, but you wouldn't listen. Now time for you to suffer the consequences."

A third arm began to grow from the back of the elbow part of the right arm. This new arm hold a blade and it aims at Skylynx. "It's been nice knowing you, Skylynx." Sam's right arm twitched a bit, causing the giant arm to lower the blade and pierce right through Skylynx's spark.

Predaking and Darksteel cried out Skylynx's name as they watched Skylynx's body fall lifelessly. What made Darksteel angry was that Sam just tossed Skylynx's dead body out the tower without a care in the world. Rage clouded his thoughts as he transformed to his beast form and charged at Sam like Skylynx did.

Sam stood his ground with an unfazed look as Darksteel comes close. With a swing of the blade, he slashes Darksteel in half. Ad that seems to be the last straw for Predaking. He transforms into his dragon form and launched a flamethrower attack on Sam.

Sam covers his eyes with his arm as he tries to fight off the fire. Big mistake on his part as it left himself open. Predaking gave a powerful head-charge which send Sam flying off the throne room and crash down on the lower level of the fortress where smelting pit is located. Predaking flew down on the same level where Sam is and landed. Predaking began to advance slowly towards Sam when he noticed he wasn't moving.

As he gotten close to him, Sam's body suddenly changed into scrap metal. Predaking's optics went wide when he realized it was a trap, but he was too late. When he turned, he was punched hard and was sent flying to a nearby wall very harshly. Sam laughed like a crazed person as he grabbed Predaking using the manifested arm. He began to swing Predaking like a rag doll, slamming him hard on the ground and on the wall without letting go as he laughs like a maniac.

"You're a fool, Predaking! I can't believe you fell for that! It's one of the tricks I learned from Unicron!" Sam stops his assault when he took notice that Predaking isn't moving, just barely holding conscious. "It's a shame really. I can't help but wonder, where would you go after you die? The three of you are clones from the originals. Which means you don't get to be one with the AllSpark, because you're just a fake."

Sam raised arm and plunged it right through Predaking's chest. A small port opened on Sam's arms, and five cables came out from it and attached themselves onto Predaking like a leech.

"Stay still, Predaking. I'm just going to take your CNA and add it to my own."

Predaking screeched weakly as he felt himself being drained of something. Once Sam's finished, the cables returned back inside the port. Sam started to feel pain all of the sudden, and he thought it was a bad idea to take Predaking's CNA without thinking the affects it might have on him. Sam groaned loudly in pain as he felt something moving inside of his back. With one final yell, wings grew out from Sam's back, an exact replica of Predaking's wings – size and shape.

"Wow. Never imagined this would happen." Sam stared at his new wings in astonishment. "I was actually planning to use your CNA for something else, but I guess this works fine." Sam began to drag Predaking's limp body to the ledge where the Smelting Pit is located. "I did warn you, didn't I?" Sam spoke with anger in it. "I told you three to leave, but you didn't listen. It was because of you that your two only Predacons are dead. And now, you'll join them. Hm, I wonder where you'll go once you die. Perhaps maybe in Purgatory, or in limbo? You'll find out soon enough, My King. It's been nice knowing you. I only wish things would've gone differently."

Making that as his final words, Sam tossed Predaking into the Smelting Pit.

Alright, I'm gonna have to stop right here. I've gotten some request from reviewers, telling me to update A New Beginning. So I'm going to focus my attention to that story.

Oh, and also, I'm dedicating this chapter to Invader Kathy Starsky as a early B-day present. Thank you all and please leave a review.