Cybertronian Civil War

== The Cybertronian Civil War ==
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=== Before the War ===
Cybertron had been under a caste system since as far back as anyone can recall, and the planet itself was under Quintesson rule. However, when Shockwave managed to decode the secret Quintesson language, the whole of Cybertron overthrew their dictators... 
But by the end, the system never truly changed, the new council changed nothing, subjugation of cybertronians still took place, assigning them to roles within the planet, miner, military, construction, any you could think of. This elite council was always under control by a prime and decided how Cybertron would be run. Eventually the golden age would arrive, the planet was rich in resources, everyone worked well together, though Orion Pax (now known as Optimus Prime) noticed the corruption taking place even in the golden age and made friends with a miner named D-16 (now known as the infamous Megatron). D-16 would go into the gladiatorial arenas, mainly the Pits of Kaon where he made a name for himself.. Megatronus. He amassed followers and fans, going unbeaten for over 8,000 matches (8,245). He also partook in a friendly duel around this time against Soundwave, the champion of Iacon in a non-death match, which ended in a draw and the two becoming friends and acquaintances. 
Orion saw no wrong in Megatronus's plans, though he didn't know the full extent of what the enraged gladiator truly thought or how he planned to fix the system. Eventually, Megatronus became well-known enough, alongside Orion Pax, to get a meeting with the council. Soundwave helped get it done through his ties as well. Megatronus was ridiculed quite a bit for choosing his own name, but the two decided to make a stand to the council themselves, which was granted by Alpha Trion and Halogen. Megatronus went over his idea, a radical one. The council would step down from power, if not peacefully, then by force. Him and Orion would become the new rulers of Cybertron, and the caste system would be brought down. Orion, however, realised the true bloody extent of Megatronus's ways. The council wouldn't step down, but he knew force wasn't the answer and proposed his idea in an attempt to help his brother. He argued for a peaceful reform, the council would keep their power, keep control, but the caste system would be altered, fairness across Cybertron would be achieved.
Orion's words touched the council, this was the bot they had been waiting for. He had a way with words Megatronus just didn't. He was a higher class bot, which made him more favourable, and he was humble and kind at heart. However, in this effort to help Megatronus, the gladiator was instead embarrassed and felt betrayed by his friend. This would boil over when Orion was granted the Matrix of Leadership by Halogen, turning him into Optimus Prime. Megatronus grew spiteful and, with his most loyal of supporters such as Contrail and Soundwave, attacked and destroyed the council, executing all members, himself killing Halogen in cold blood. And then.. the war would begin. However, one council member was spared, Sentinel Prime, who struck a deal with Megatron to be spared and was sent off-world.
=== The War on Cybertron ===
==== The Battle of Iacon ====
The Battle of Iacon was the last action of the war on Cybertron, the Autobots forced back to the planet's capital, every autobot soldier was there, fighting, though the Decepticons were not far behind. As Vehicons marched in numbers, Soundwave, Shockwave, and Starscream made their grand appearance, Shockwave commanding Starscream and the seekers to destroy the Ark's engines so the bots could not stage an escape. In this battle, both Brawn and Stripes met their end with no significant Decepticon losses. The Ark escaped through a spacebridge but Soundwave shut it last moment, and the ship was sent on a collision course to Earth.
=== The War on Earth ===
==== The Beginning ====
Shortly after the Ark crashed on Earth, humans got involved. Noah Diaz ended up entering Mirage who fought Barricade, alerting Sam Witwicky and Miko Nakadi to their location before Jazz, Hound and Bumblebee arrived on the scene. As the Humans were introduced to the Ark, Bumblebee was sent on a scouting mission, where he ended up encountering Blackout. After a fight involving Ratchet, Ironhide and Smokescreen. However, as they caught the decepticon and put him through a groundbridge, Ravage downloaded the bridge data and gave it back to his master.
The interrogation went no where, Blackout didn't budge even when Moonracer threatened torture or murder. He also explained that they followed the Bots to continue the war, to take out the life on the planet. As this happened, Ravage hacked into the vessel and shut off cameras. He himself took on the alt mode of one. In this time, he managed to move all the energon off-site to the Nemesis. After this, he faked the Nemesis's heat signature to get most of the Autobots out of their base, where he then attacked Jolt, Bee, and Smokescreen and freed Blackout who sent Optimus flying.
On the Nemesis, seeing as time is not of the essence, Starscream orders Soundwave to sort out Energon mining. However, Shockwave interrupts, mentioning how the Dinobots have been sighted near the Autobots and saying he had a project on its way, though it'd take a while. Starcream said for the energon efforts to hurry quicker, but Blackout suggested they get the Combaticons, as they remained on Earth. Soundwave and Barricade were sent to track them.
The Autobots go on a mission to find a new base, Sam suggesting a mountainside which is recieved decently well. However, Jazz mentions the issue is energon and that leads to an energon run being considered, though the point of cons guarding them is a major one, and Miko asks why they do not just cloak, Hound having to explain that "Soundwave's Mutt" destroyed it. Optimus interrupts, saying he found someone, Agent Fowler who leads the bots to Omega One, a new base.
Soundwave and Barricade discover that Onslaught was hiding in an Italian military base as a C1 Ariante Battle Tank. Barricade attempts to wake him up, to which he gets flung. Onslaught transforms and threatens death, though he spots the two cons and calms down. He states the Combaticons separated when they crash landed, Swindle in Romania, Brawl in the United States, and Blastoff somewhere on Cybertron. Vortex then lands, and both are ready to leave when they realise Starscream is in charge, though Barricade makes a case, and eventually every combaticon except Blastoff are brought into the Nemesis.
The bots then get into discussion over numbers in the war, counters to the lieutenants such as recruiting Blaster. Smokescreen then takes jabs at Jazz, saying how he got Stripes killed and his handling of Shockwave and Starscream. Wheeljack gets involved, defending jazz, though Jazz then says Smoke can fight the next lieutenant they see. Moonracer asks to split Smoke in two, but she gets a no from Prime. Jazz suggests an energon mine raid, sending Bumblebee, Mirage, and Crosshairs with the humans for some action, Hound was not suggested because he is not stealthy enough.
The seekers then meet up, Skywarp and Thundercracker anyway, where he introduces Skywarp to Ion Storm, remarking how the two look so similar. Slipstream eventually gets involved, asking if Skywarp caused yet another blackout. However, they end up speaking about the Dinobots and how Shockwave had his "Anti-Dinobot" creations on the way. Slip remarked that whilst she had full faith in the mad doctors abilities, he would not be done for a while and that he had a plan up his sleeve. 
Bee, Mirage, and Crosshairs head out, and after conversation with the humans, Shockwave and some Vehicons appear. Shockwave checks for Swoop, though he only picks up the vibrations of Mirage, who had cloaked. The others prepare for an ambush, and Mirage attempts to attack Shockwave, deploying holograms, but Shockwave hits him before he can move properly. He then fought off the rest, slamming them all down or shooting them where it hurts. Eventually, Crosshairs throws a smoke grenade, which Shockwave jumps out of and continues his search. However, Sam overhears him say the name of who they were looking for and the direction north. This was then brought to the Autobots, Prime deciding on search parties to find the other Dinobots who were clearly on the planet. 
==== Revival of Megatron ====
However, plans would be cut short when the Decepticons successfully found Megatron, Blastoff, and Soundwave moving him back to the Nemesis and Starscream having to reactivate his mind via Cortical Pyshic Patch, awakening the leader. Megatron was now infused with Synthetic Energon and Dark Energon and wasted no time learning his new abilities. He fought off Optimus, Grimlock, Jazz, Nautica, Hound, and many other Autobots with no difficulty, sending Prime flying and punching Grimlock into the side of a cliffside servely hurting the dinosaurs ego. Optimus told the story of Megatron, the council dismissing him, and his drastic actions taken in a fit of rage, for not being blessed with prime status. This is where we also learnt of how truly messed up the genocide was, the cons getting their revenge in a gory fashion. 
==== The Calm before the Storm ====
He got back and decided on a course of action to find out the base he got Makeshift and Shockwave, ordering Shockwave to trabsform into Strongarm and Makeshift into Beachcomber. The two would arrive, but an issue arose when the real Beachcomber crash landed. "Strongarm" had to lead him away into the energon mines, where they shot the cave and caused a collapse. The two relocated with the bots and made themselves known. However, Miko managed to overhear a conversation with the two, videoing it, and in just some hours, they had already been found out. Shockwave and Makeshift managed to escape and got back to the Nemesis where Megatron had it out for them, raging about how useless they were. He confined Shockwave to the lab and Makeshift to get out of his sight. Megatron threatened everyone saying if he wanted something done he would simply ask Soundwave, though Airachnid interjected, saying Soundwave being accompanied would be better, to which Megatron told Nightbird to form a duo with the communications chief. 
The two ended up fighting Wheeljack, Mirage, Bumblebee, and Smokescreen. Despite being outmatched four to two, Soundwave took on Jack and Mirage, Bird taking on Bee and Smoke, though both sets would intermingle interchangeably. Ravage was deployed and managed to cause enough disruption to get Mirage out of the fight for a bit, also getting a new human involved, Charlie Watson, when he almost killed her as she was cycling Wheeljack managed to get the upper hand against Soundwave and cracked his visor enough to where problems arised. Laserbeak was deployed and stunned Wheeljack and Mirage, allowing Nightbird to send them both. Ravage was then flung into a mountain and had his tail ripped off, it being flung at Soundwave to which Nightbird blocked it. Howlback was deployed immediately and took on Smokescreen. Eventually, Soundwave and Nightbird had all three at gunpoint, though Windblade arrived just on time, and they left. However, they would find Swoop, who left through a bridge. 
Charlie Watson was taken back to base alongside Windblade, Jazz was made her partner. She talked with the other humans about events that transpired before. Jazz would then go to Crosshairs, asking for the kids to be given battle suits matching their bonded partners. These would allow them to handle battles better and at least be on a mini-cons level. 
Meanwhile, in the Nemesis, Megatron was getting angrier with the continued failures of his cons. Even though Nightbird and Soundwave secured their main objective, he was mad at them for not managing even a single kill. Airachnid talked sense into him, though, and suggested her own plan to calm him down. She suggested moving forces around the globe to get efforts and be less predictable. Meanwhile, in the colder regions on Earth, Bitstream attacked a military base, attempting to secure the relic known as Apex Armour, though she failed in this objective as the military moved it. 
==== The Maximals and Predacons ====
The autobots went out on a mission to find the other dinobots, the humans and their companions as well as Prime went out. They managed to get to a point and split up, Hound and Mirage heading one way, Jazz and Bee the other, Optimus doing his own thing and letting the group do what they wanted. However, Sylas flew over with his helicopters, accompanied by Agent Simmons, who spotted the alt modes of the bots and sent a team out to catch them. Eventually, after a bit of a gunfight, Bee was caught, and Jazz was left severely disabled. Prime vowed to get destroy them, but Jazz suggested sending the humans in their new armour. 
As it stood though, Ravage and Ratbat had been sent in, alongside Reedman who accompanied Ravage on the trip. They managed to find the locations of the Omega Keys, a major boost, but would have to quickly ditch after. The humans found their ways into the lower sectors after getting past guards and had a gunfight with Sector Seven agents. As it turned out, the base wasn't actually their main one, just an off-site one. However, Ramulus the Maximal warrior, was there, frozen, and after freeing Bumblebee, they freed him. He ripped havoc, and Sector Seven had to evacuate their Nevada base. 
Ramulus met with the bots, explaining how he was caught, Sam mentioning how he was what his great grandfather found in the ice, to which Ramulus nodded. He then suggested they move to South America to meet the other Maximals. As they enter the clearing Cheetor, Rhinox, Tigatron and Optimus Primal ambush them. An agreement is eventually met, and they take the bots back to the Axalon, a spaceship now so destroyed its not functionable. They then agree to head back to the bots base. 
Meanwhile, Megatron sends Arachnid and Soundwave out to find the Predacons and secure an alliance there after finding out of Ramulus's existence. Both head to Ecuador, where they meet Waspinator, who was apparently left behind. After some "peaceful" coercing, the two were led to the Predacon base. Scylla tried hitting on Soundwave but got punched, and Megatron asked why they were here. Reasons were discussed, and they left. 
Megatron and the other Megatron do not get along well, insulting each other, though Tarantulas showed up, explaining in better detail important information. One piece of information was the Golden Disc, a relic of sending someone back through time, though he mentioned how they couldn't change the course of time, and it would be limited to just Earth unless they found the Transwarp Keys to go along with it. This was made more awkward by the fact that the disc would change position and location constantly. The Predacons were given rooms and Tarantulas his own lab, though Megatron had his own plans. Meanwhile, the bots also learnt of the disc from Primal. However, the Maximal leader believed they could stop the war from happening, something Tarantulas said was impossible. Either way, their was one thing for sure, the disc needed to be secured. 
==== The Hunt for the Disc ====
A massive group of Optimus Primal, Cheetor, Tigatron, Rhinox, Jazz, Mirage, Bee, Hound, and Dinobot were sent to secure the disc. Megatron sent the Predacons, Megatron, Waspinator, Scylla, Lyzack and Quickstrike, with Soundwave as back-up. This was done to try to get the Predacon soldiers killed. Soundwave successfully ambushed Bumblebee and Tigatron, who scouted ahead, Laserbeak stunning Tigatron and the mini-cons ripping into Tigatron. Dinobot immediately booked it into the forest when Bee got back, spotting Soundwave and engaging in a fight that Soundwave fled from. With Tigatron dead, the Predacons showed themselves. Megatron and Primal had a massive fight, Cheetor handled Lyzack, and Scylla was handled by the smaller bots and maximals. Jazz took on Soundwave himself, and Quickstrike came in later on. Noah and Miko got involved as well, though their importance was not much. Eventually, Soundwave deployed every mini-con he had, including Frenzy and then sent out Enemy to find the disc. She found it, but Steeljaw and Playback appeared, and the disc vanished.
The bots got back, and Jazz demanded a team be sent immediately again to find the disc that had just appeared in Colombia. He and a group of Wheeljack, Moonracer, Smokescreen, and Sam and Charlie were sent, and they immediately came up against the same Predacon group. Sam and Charlie managed to get the upperhand of Megatron alongside Jazz, but as the battle was nearing its end, the ground shook, and Slug broke out of the rocks, causing an immediate retreat. He was immediately sent back to Omega One, though he didn't comply much and rested in one area. However, Optimus got annoyed at continued failure and decided he would go to find it himself, taking Bee and Primal, Moonracer forcing Jazz to go along as well.
They'd arrive, Primal and Prime immediately being taken on by Megatron. Soundwave flew over and decided to try his luck against Moonracer whilst Scylla fought both Jazz and Bumblebee. Megatron put up a fight, but he was getting flung around majorly, being taken down at every opportunity. Scylla, meanwhile, was barely offering any help, being bested by the two. Soundwave and Moon were mostly in close combat, slicing at each other and parrying hits. She fired discs at him which he opened a bridge to send them through and behind her, however, Moon used her new portal gun to form a bridge behind him, attempting to shadowzone him though he quickly flew up and closed his bridge. He finally located the disc and flew off, but as he left, Primal told everyone to watch out, and for good reason, ￼￼Rampage appeared and immediately flung primal.
Optimus ran to get the disc from Soundwave whilst the others all attempted to fight Rampage. Rampage took every hit and every jab and gave it back tenfold. Meanwhile, Soundwave attempted to grab the disc but was bodied away by Optimus. Optimus went for the disc, but Soundwave soundblasted him. He then deployed Enemy, who got the disc. Optimus shot at the mini-con to make her drop it, but she used it as a shield, and then Soundwave ordered it destroyed. The disc was blown up, and with that, Soundwave transformed and flew away, followed by the rest of the Predacons, including Rampage.
==== Predaking ====
Meanwhile, Grimlock and Windblade were off on their mission to find more Dinobots, and they would hit the goldmine when red spikes appeared. Snarl broke out of the ground, immediately bowing to Grimlock. Immediately after, Sludge broke out the mountainside, asking how Grimlock was alive. After they discussed what happened, the two were taken to base... However, back at the Decepticon base, every major Decepticon waited, and Shockwave walked out of a bridge. "I present to you.. the perfect Dinobot Killer, Predaking. " Predaking left the bridge, roaring, causing everyone to flinch. 
==== The Security of Power ====
Megatron demands Shockwave to take Beastwars Megatron on a mission, with the main objective of getting him killed. The autobots get the signals and send Primal and Cheetor to intercept. Megatron insults Shockwave constantly, causing Shockwave to slam the ground, though he senses vibrations and turns to the boulders Primal and Cheetor hide behind. Megatron goes to attack, and as they fight, Shockwave executes him. The body is taken back to the Ark so the cons can not experiment. 
Megatron calls a meeting, going over how Megatron died.. killed by Primal, supposedly. He then calls for a new action, the Predacons would cease to exist, becoming known as meer Decepticons. He mentioned a possible sub-faction leader, to which Shockwave corrected him, mentioning they would not have one, and Megatron corrected himself. Terrorsaur was made a conductor of an Energon Mine, an insult to him, and Lyzack was made a commander. Waspinator was also made into an Insecticon by Shockwave.
==== Filler ====
The autobots back in Omega One discuss what the cons are doing, more specifically what the Decepticons plan and what Shockwave could be doing. They know they have four dinobots but fear what could happen if the cons even got five of a new sorta creature. Meanwhile, Slug and Grimlock get into another argument, Slug saying he would quote on quote "Penetrate Megatron" and destroy him.
Skywarp and Acid Storm are accompanied by Thrust, taking note of how she speaks and how Shockwave has had an effect on her. Thundercracker appears with thunderous music, making his usual cool appearance. After more arguments and debates from the seekers there, Skywarp finally says why they are there. They are there to investigate a supposed killer who's been taking out countless vehicons on Cybertron. Thundercracker tries to find them by using heat seeking missiles.. but just makes excessive noise for no reason as they fail to find a target.
Skywarp spots Lockdown, and instead of waiting, Thundercracker goes in guns blazing, immediately getting flung. Acid Storm provided back-up, and Thundercracker fired six missiles at Lockdown, who tanked them all with damage but no other visible injuries. Thrust and Skywarp got involved, taking on Lockdown whilst Acid Storm used Thundercracker as a weapon, finally setting him down once they believed the battle was done. She fired 10 missiles at Lockdown who dodged them all...
Suddenly Lockdown was flung and damaged by Blackout, who had just landed. He committed heavy fire but was stopped by Nitro Zeus. Blackout managed to tank a headbutt from the cyclops and a shot from Lockdown, causing Nitro to say Blackout was a true fighter. Nitro attempted to attack Blackout with his sycthe, but the two engaged in a swordfight, Blackout using his rotor blades instead. Nitro then decided to fire a missile and a scythe into Blackouts' leg, to which he tanked the missile, ripped the scythe out, and then crushed it. He then fired off a full charged sonic cannon, which, despite being blocked, sent Nitro flying. Lockdown and him both fled. Blackout confirmed it was Lockdown's group, mentioning how he had to study on them to be a tactician and knew most of his crew.
==== Sector Seven ====
The bots decided talking to Sector Seven would be a good move for them, to try secure knowledge of any artifacts the group owned, whilst also getting to good terms with them. They met Agent Burns and his squad. Optimus attempted to say they came in peace and mentioned the Decepticons to try to sway the humans' minds. Burns then went on about what they did and that the cons hadn't been seen. This was weird as Barricade had his whole highway battle, but in footage, he was edited out, likely by Ravage. Agent Burns then said how the Decepticons sounded stupid as name and cartoonishly evil. 
As if on cue, Vortex and Onslaught arrived, Onslaught fired to kill every human, but Prime blocked it. Onslaught and Prime had a physical battle, Vortex dealing with Jazz. Swindle then rolled in, taking on Ratchet and Mirage, getting Mirage's hooks into his arm, causing him to transform and apply enough force to rip the hooks out himself, something Mirage showed disgust and shock at. Soundwave then appeared, though he chose not to fight, instead opening a bridge for Brawl to come out and take on Jolt. Onslaught got Ore-13, injecting himself with it, and the others followed suit. Finally, Blastoff appeared and injected herself, and immediately.. the tide changed.
Bruticus roared and immediately fired off 100 missiles. He caused shockwaves, destroying everything in his path. Sludge charged but got sniped, nevertheless still getting a hit off, to which Bruticus choke slammed him. Sludge fired fire, which Bruticus dissipated with his rotor blade, doing the same to Grimlock, who had just shown up, sniping the rex. Optimus attempted to climb on the titan, shooting his head only to get grabbed and begin to get crushed. Slug charged in and caused Bruticus to drop Prime though the combiner grabbed Slug, used him as a weapon, and slammed Grimlock. Eventually, however, the time limit for the Ore-13 kicked in, and Bruticus collapsed into its normal components. Vortex fled with Onslaught and Brawl whilst Blastoff left with Swindle.
==== Civillian Blood ====
The Autobots arrive back at base, Sam saying that the town was hosting a massive parade and that he couldn't be bothered going. However, Jazz thought differently about it. He believed it could help the bots understand humanity better, learn more about their customs, and serve as a nice break from the constant violence going on. Jazz alongside Bee and the two humans Noah and Sam went, mainly because a lot of other bots weren't ready or had just got done being beaten up.
Meanwhile, Blackout flew over, reporting to Starscream that he had found the kids and the Autobots, but also a huge crowd of fleshlings, to which Screamer said eradicate them all. Bee pointed out that there was a helicopter nearby and Playback tried warning Jazz by using sonic waves, which worked in time as Starscreams missiles struck, Jazz barely dodging. Blackout meanwhile levelled every poor soul in that march, anyone was murdered and Jazz knew what he had just caused, calling Prime who arrived shortly, though way too late, and fought Blackout.
Starscream was ready to fight Bee and Jazz, but Air Raid showed up, opening machine gun fire and missiles, Starscream trying his best not to hit her or cause damage to her. The battle went on and on, Air Raid continuously striking him until he went to pick up Jazz by the neck, ready to kill the bot but Air Raid stabbed him through the abdomen and then shot him away with missiles. She told him to "Do what you normally do, run away like the coward you are." To which he said he had already won. Near the dying embers, Tom Banachek had arrived on his personal helicopter to assist Prime against Blackout, but the chopper was shot down, and Tom supposedly died. 
Air Raid went to overturn a bus, which turned out to be the Decepticon Transit, Prime, and her both kept watch of their prisoner as Jazz left, feeling ashamed with himself. However, Playback suddenly jumped into the car. Bitstream, Nightbird and Soundwave all looked on as Transit had his hands up, but unlike the others, Soundwave swooped in, picking him up and getting out of sight, letting him through a bridge, although he didn't go through himself. Sari had also shown up, a normal looking kid who talked with Sam and revealed an attack on Qatar by Blackout with only six survivors. Meanwhile, Soundwave seemed to be worried about something and deployed Ravage, who in secrecy turned into Sari Sundac's phone. They then left.
==== Sentinel Prime ====
Meanwhile in the Atlantic Ocean, Scylla had transformed into her squid alt mode, diving down below and finding Sentinel Prime's body, remarking how ugly he looked as she lifted him up and out of the water. Sentinel's first thought was that they sent a "woman" to do the job and then called Scylla a wench and to call Megatron. Lyzack landed and interrupted, mentioning how Scylla held Sentinel's life in her hands. 
As if on cue, Megatron transformed and walked over, Sentinel bowing to his master and Megatron telling the pseudo prime to rise. They talked about how long it had been since they last met, and Megatron asks Soundwave for a groundbridge... to which nothing happens. He asks again. Nothing. Eventually, Shockwave opens a bridge himself, saying Soundwave is busy. They enter through, and most of the cons are there to witness it. Contrail asks why he is alive and if she made the mistake of killing Zeta Prime, to which Megatron says he didn't order her to do so, and second, that Zeta didn't have the will to do the hard decisions like Sentinel. He explained how they met and struck a deal, Sentinel being taken off-world under the idea that Megatron killed him. 
As Sentinel left and Megatron went to do his own stuff, Onslaught mentioned how he didnt want to have to keep an eye on the man, Blackout adding he looked as if he owned the place, though Contrail quickly told them not to doubt Megatron and that if they were so worried they could scout themselves. Onslaught mentioned it was Soundwave's job and that him not being here meant they had no scouts, or so they think, Contrail adding, "so you think." She then mentioned Soundwave was just 2009ft away from the attack Blackout did on the humans the last time she checked and that he had a plan.
==== The Driller ====
As the Autobots were debating what to do, Nautica picked up signals from Cybertron, almost distress signals, and so Optimus sent himself alongside Smokescreen (suggested by Jazz) to check on the signal. Nautica opened the bridge, and they arrived on Cybertron, where Sideswipe, Roadrocket, and Drift would meet them. Sideswipe said there were others on the planet who were busy or doing their own things and hiding from the Cons. However, their bridge shut down thanks to Howlback intercepting it, and suddenly, a large roar was heard. Prime seemed to know the call, and suddenly, from under Smokescreen, a 1,200ft Driller burst out the ground and swallowed the bot whole. The others immediately tried escaping, but Sodeswipe almost found himself joining Smokescreen, and Roadrocket almost did as well. Nautica managed to open a new bridge for them to escape into at the last moment, and Driller buried away.
==== Racing ====
They arrived back and told the others of the Driller and Smoke's death. A day passes, and Sodeswipe suggests they go to a race track to memorialise Smoke with his favourite sport and to have fun. Every human was allowed to go except Miko, who stayed behind because her partner was an armoured truck. Jazz also refused to go, but Sideswipe just allowed her to get into him for the race. Once they got there, he scanned a Buggati Divo on display, which Sam had to take a comment on, saying only 40 exist and that Swipe was the most obvious bot ever. Sideswipe and Charlie just said it was cool and perfect for racing. They arrived at the raceline, but Noah and Mirage left, Mirage having urgent buisness. They raced, and it went well at first, Sideswipe obviously became the fastest on there. Flexing his engines and even Sunstreaker appeared at one point in the race to overtake Bee, who was trying his best.
However, it all took a turn when Knockout managed to make the distance between him and Sideswipe almost null, with Breakdown firing missiles in an attempt to hit Sideswipe, who dodged them all. However, Christine also appeared, firing blasts at Sideswipe before leaving, and as a result, he transformed and took Knockout down himself, slashing the bot. Bee also got involved, the two tag teaming him. Breakdown attempted to help, but Jazz got in the way and fought him. Bitstream also appeared and tried getting Sideswipe only to be sniped by Jazz. Optimus appeared and gave Breakdown a knuckle sandwich, causing Breakdown, Bitstream, and Knockout to flee. Sideswipe took the kids back to base, and then... badass music played.
Soundwave landed, followed by Contrail, pointing at Prime, before having Laserbeak stun the both of them, but Optimus managed to read it and grabbed beak, flinging him back to Soundwave. Soundwave just stared, scanning the area before reattaching Laserbeak, deploying Howlback to aid Contrail and transformed, leaving. Optimus, Air Raid, and Jazz all took her on, though Howlback fired off her missiles at Prime, which he tanked. Contrail threw a tree at Air Raid, which she snapped in two and used to beat the scrap out of her. Flipsides would show up and fight Jazz. Eventually, though, the cons left, and from the ashes, Blaster appeared. 
They got back, and Jazz snapped at Sideswipe, telling the bot he could've had Charlie killed and that he was not thinking correctly. He then banned racing, to which Mirage added, "Who died and made you a prime." He got a glare and immediately left. Optimus told Jazz to calm himself, and he just left. Meanwhile, Sari's phone had funny cat video recommendations, and Blaster looked over at it suspiciously, to which it then showed a video, "Top 10 reasons why aster sucks." Blaster decided to shock it to try to get a reaction, but the phone (Ravage) smartly pretended that the shock just fixed it. Blaster talked more to Prime, saying how Soundwave was hunting her relentlessly and that Ratbat was also always watching over him.
==== Infiltration ====
Sentinel was called to the bridge and sent to act as his council-self, infiltrating the bots for information. He had to take along Flipsides and Glit (Rosanna and Shattered Glass as they called themselves). Though Blaster and Jazz especially doubted him and his claim, the others thought him fine. However, on radar, Soundwave appeared again. Nautica explained how he had been a pain recently and that he was now travelling with Barricade, to which Windblade and Blaster set off.
Blaster and Soundwave finally met for the first time in ages; their fight was brutal and pure disrespectful, Soundwave spinning in to get damage off but Blaster using turbo boosters to jump up and then sonic blasts to send him flying. She ripped two tentacles off by having them drill each other and then shattered some of his visor. He responded by ripping a chunk of her chestplate off and flinging her around. He went in for another attack, and she jumped on a hill. Even Barricade and Windblade stopped fighting to watch it ensue, Soundwave eventually being almost disabled deployed Howlback. She was intercepted by Stripes and forced to fight the Lion. Raindance also showed up and attacked Howlback, followed by Ramhorn. Eventually Soundwave fled, and the battle was won. Sundor was deployed and scolded for not attacking Laserbeak or tracking him but she said she had been hindered, she then led Garboil away, making a case for his escape by saying he was still recovering from being mindwiped.
Inside base, Rosanna and SG were discussing what they'd do about Sentinel and what their course of action truly was. Ravage appeared finally, though in the end, he had to rush back to Sari's room. Sentinel ended up appearing mid-way through their conversation, causing a complete shift of tone. Meanwhile, Jazz called Blaster to his room (calm down, she has a boyfriend) and mentioned the Mini-Cons. Blaster seemed ok with it as they were not able to contact Soundwave whilst in the base. He also mentioned Stripes' death, to which Blaster had a calm attitude, saying Stripes had a warriors death. 
==== Darkmount ====
Thundercracker, Airachnid, Acid Storm, Skywarp, Starscream, and Bombshell all went looking for Darkmount, and after a bunch of incidents involving themselves only, they found it. Acid Storm tried sitting on the throne, but Megatron appeared quickly after. He took Starscream to the power room and remarked that the bots would not think to ever raid them now, powering up Darkmount and causing a shockwave across all of Nevada. The bots caught onto this, and Windblade mentioned how Darkmount must have been turned on.
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