Everyone spent the next morning trying to figure out where Megatron was until receiving word from some Vehicons that he had gone to the old ruins of the gladiator pits in Kaon.

Upon arriving they found the former Decepticon leader standing in the center of the arena.

"To what do I owe this pleaser?" Megatron asked them.

"The multiverse is in danger and you need your help to save it." Optimus Prime replied stepping forward.

"And how does that concern me?" Megatron asked.

"You have a connection to this world's Unicron which means you might be able to help us fight the Unicron for my part of the multiverse." Ulchtar cut in.

Megatron had to do a double take upon seeing the two Starscreams then the warlord busted out laughing.

"What's so funny?" Asked Bumblebee.

"That you would rely on no less believe any version of Starscream this is obviously some kind of ruse to father his own agenda whatever it might be." Megatron mocked the seeker.

"My planet Velocitron just got destroyed by Unicron that wasn't a ruse I was there in the middle of it all and the death of my home and the bots who couldn't escape it wasn't a ruse those were lives and that was my home and Unicron destroyed it!" Knock Out practically broke down.

"It's not my problem." Megatron told them then started to leave. "None of it matters."

"It matters to Knock Out!" Starscream suddenly hissed at his former master. "That was his home and a huge part of his life and he had friends and family on that planet, don't you ever say that the destruction of a world that the loss of life doesn't matter because it does matter Velocitron matterd!"

"But your also the one who poisoned Cybertron with dark energon and had Shockwave destroy Vos and Tarn before that, I always knew you were a monster but I never took you for a coward I know the truth your after of Unicron but the true irony is you and Unicron aren't that different because you both bring destruction and I know that better then anyone!" Starscream finished.

"I'm nothing like Unicron!" Megatron roared. "This whole conversation is nothing but a waste of time."

"I challenge you if you can beat me in a gladiator match we'll go away and never bother you again, but if I win you have to come with us and help us." Ghost Rose challenged the former warlord.

Megatron laughed again.

"Ok I accept your challenge and don't worry I'll go easy on you because I wouldn't want to break such a sweet and delicate femme." Megatron chuckled in amusement, But Starscream looked like he was on the verge of a panic attack.

Then Megatron and Ghost Rose walked to the arena and the battle began.

Megatron lunged at Ghost Rose but was shocked when his blows only passed through her.

"What is this?!" Megatron bellowed.

"Oh did I forget to mention I'm an outliner my bad." Ghost Rose smirked.

Megatron just growled in response as he continued to try to hit her only to not be able to land a single hit.

Suddenly Ghost Rose went invisible and Megatron started walking around the arena trying to figure out where she went.

Ghost Rose suddenly appeared behind the former Decepticon leader and walking around the arena with him staying behind him so he didn't see her.

"Hey has anyone seen a silver femme with red roses painted on her?" Ghost Rose asked.

Megatron not finding her antics a bit funny tried to tackle her only for her to phase through him when she saw him coming causing him to do a faceplant right into the ground.

Then he noticed that she disappeared again.

And started looking for her again only for Ghost Rose to go visible again on his back shhing the others as spent a few moments riding him around the arena before he realized she was on his back.

"Get off me!" He roared as he slammed himself back first into a pillar only for her to phase through it and Megatron knocked himself out as a result already having worn himself out trying to chase and hit Ghost Rose and failing miserably.

"Well Megatron a deal is a deal." Optimus told his former enemy and friend extending a hand to him as he helped him up.

Megatron reluctantly accepted and agreed to go with them.

Then Starscream rushed over to Ghost Rose and hugged her.

"Easy your gonna dent me." She smiled as the seeker loosened his grip on her.

"What were you thinking challenging Megatron like that, He's Megatron he's scary and could have killed you?!" Starscream scolded her as he also kept hugging his little sister acting like he never wanted to let go. "Please never scare me like that again."

"Don't worry Soundwave was always the biggest threat for me and he's not here, Old Megs can't touch me." She assured him. "And I had to get some sweet revenge for the abuse he put my big brother through during the war." She added with a smile.

Just then Megatron passed them on his way to the ground bridge back to the base then felt something on his back and pulled off a piece of paper that had been attached to his back that had the words Kick Me Hard! written on it.

"Oh I wonder how that got there?" Ghost Rose asked fighting back laughter and a smirk.

Megatron frowned at her before passing through the ground bridge and as soon as he was out of earshot Ghost Rose, Knock Out and even Starscream busted out laughing and Starscream and Knock Out both told Ghost Rose that the sign was a nice touch.

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Once back at base they quickly filled Megatron in on everything that had happened then Ratchet and Wheeljack came in and announced that the ship was ready and now capable of multiversal travel.

Then Optimus Prime, Megatron, Bumblebee, Smokescreen, Arcee, Prowl, Ratchet, Ghost Rose, Starscream, Knock Out and Ulchtar all said goodbye to Ultra Magnus, Bulkhead, Wheeljack and Moonracer and everyone else who was staying behind to defend their universe, then boarded the ship and took off into space.

But Ulchtar had to do something before they would travel to the next multiverse.

The seeker closed his optics trying to use his link to Unicron to send the chaos bringer a message.

"Unicron this universe isn't important to you, You want me and your counterpart's spark well neither of us are staying in it were leaving this universe so you'll be wasting your time here if you want me come and get me and your counterpart's spark if you can find us mark my words we will find a way to stop you leave this universe alone because if you touch another planet in it we'll find a way to take you down extra heard." Ulchtar told Unicron that they were leaving the universe to try to make sure the chaos bringer would follow them away from their part of the multiverse.

Then Ulchtar started holding his helm in pain for a few minutes before steadying himself, Knock Out, Ratchet, Starscream and Ghost Rose all ran to him to make sure he was ok.

"He got the message and he's going to try to pursue us." Ulchtar smile as the pain subsided happy that Unicron was taking the bait and the plan was working now the hard part would be playing multiversal keep away until they could find away to defeat or at least stop the monster planet once and for all.

Suddenly everyone noticed Megatron holding his helm similar to the way Ulchtar did whenever his link to Unicron was in play.

Knock Out noticed and went over to check on the former Decepticon leader.

"Megatron are you ok?" Knock Out asked his medical instincts kicking in.

"I AM MEGATRON! AND I AM COMMANDED BY NO ONE!!!" The former warlord bellowed as he suddenly without warning grabbed Knock Out by the neckcables and part of his chest with a vice like grip.

Knock Out's optics widened in a mix of pain and fear as he struggled to wiggle free letting out grunts and kicking his legs wildly while trying desperately to escape as a loud sound of bending metal could be heard.

"Megatron stop your crushing him!" Yelled Ulchtar who was the first one to notice what was going on.

And rush over to try to break it up only to be hit and slammed into the wall Ulchtar was dazed but alright and noticed that Megatron's optics had turned purple.

Megatron was still hold Knock Out by the throat when Starscream grabbed Knock Out's energon prob and zapped Megatron with it from behind causing the warlord to drop the red medic.

"What in the universe is going on?!" Ask Ratchet.

"I think the cylinder with Unicron's spark inside is affecting him!" Starscream told him. "Put it away somewhere quick!"

Optimus rushed over to where Megatron was knowing he would be the only one strong enough to restrain him if the effects of the energon prob wore off.

While Ratchet wasted no time taking the cylinder holding Unicron's spark inside and locked it away inside the ship's vault and as soon as it was shut Megatron's optics turned red again and he went back to normal.

"What happened?" Megatron asked standing up having already gotten over the effects of Knock Out's energon prob.

"You went crazy and attacked Knock Out." Bumblebee told him not sounding happy.

Ghost Rose and Smokescreen wasting no time helping Knock Out to the medbay where Ratchet got to work treating his damage and making sure it wasn't serious.

"Unicron was trying to control me." Megatron explained. "From inside the cylinder."

"What was he trying to get you to do Megatron?" Optimus Prime asked him.

"He was trying to get me to let him out." Megatron replied. "But fortunately I can't hear him anymore."

"The ship's vault must be cutting off the connection between you two." Prowl quickly pieced together.

"We'll keep the cylinder inside the vault and not open it under any circumstances." Arcee suggested and they all agreed.

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Later Starscream, Ghost Rose and Ulchtar all went to the medbay to check on Knock Out and we're all relieved to learn that he was going to be fine though his voice would be horse for a few hours and he would probably be sore for awhile.

"Wow would you look at what Megatron did to my poor finish?" Knock Out groaned.

"We're just glad you ok." Starscream told his best friend.

"Thanks I wouldn't be if you hadn't stepped in thanks Screamer you really saved me, And thank you too Ulchtar for also trying to stop him." Knock Out thanked both seekers.

"Anytime." They both replied at the sametime.

"Your lucky if Megatron would have squeezed you any tighter he would have cracked open your spark chamber." Ratchet explained.

"Yikes, And to think you had to endure that all the time during the war." Knock Out said looking at Starscream. "It proves your a really tough bot."

"So are you." The seeker replied. "Knock Out?" He asked when the red medic didn't reply.

"He just passed out." Ghost Rose point out concerned and Ratchet did a quick scan on him then smiled holding back a chuckle.

"He's fine he just fainted because I think it just registered that Megatron could have killed him and how close he came to joining the Allspark." Ratchet told them.

And they were all glad Knock Out was going to be ok.

To Be Continued.

Hope this chapter turned out ok, and I'm sorry it took so long I had a case of writer's block and a lot going on in RL, I'll try to get the next chapter up soon in the meantime feel free to send feedback.