"Are you alright?" Optimus asked her, his voice quiet underneath Bulkhead's storytelling. Ater what happened yesterday, He was worried when Nova overexerted herself when she used her power.

"I'm fine, all that rest really helped me." Nova smiled at him.

".....But when the Insecticon's suddenly backed off, I was inspired by my proximity to the power core and did what I do best." Bulkhead recalled. Nova holding Campy in her arms, leaning back and listening to the story. He pounded his fist into his hand, Miko cheering below.

"You trashed Megatron's ride like a rock star in a hotel room." she cheered, running to her bot.

"We should hit the cons right now while they're vulnerable," Arcee called from below.

"Megatron's warship may be grounded," Ratchet called from the computer screens. "But let's not forget that we remain vastly outnumbered,"

"Especially since he has added the insecticon hive to his ranks." Nova pointed out.

"Then maybe it's time to call in an airstrike," Agent Fowler stepped forward.

"Or for us to consider more extreme measures agent fowler." Optimus said. He placed Nova on the platform then made his way down the hallway as ratchet followed him, no word or nothing.

"Erm, okay." She said confusedly.

"Extreme measures? Meaning?" Fowler said.

They all shrugged, and Campy yawned cutely at the same time.

When he and ratchet came back, Optimus was wielding the spark extractor in his hand. 'this is the extreme measure? Is he willing to go further for our race, if it means using a weapon forged by decepticons?'

"What is that?" Fowler asked

"The spark extractor, capable of extracting every spark within its radius." He explained.

"Sound dangerous, and how are you going to deploy it?" She asked.

"Be assured, I already have a strategy." 

Then the computer beeped and Ratchet moved to check it out, "Optimus, I'm detecting a massive energy spike at the Decepticon crash site. It appears to be dark Energon."

They all looked at each other before Optimus nodded firmly, "Autobots, transform and roll out!"

He began his accent himself, before he was called to a halt.

"Hold on, Prime," Fowler called his attention to them. "If you are going to deploy some kind of super weapon in the final showdown with the cons, it's my job as a representative of planet Earth to bear witness,"

Ratchet and Optimus exchanged a look, before he transformed and opened his door.

"Hold up!" Nova ordered, raising her arm to halt the man who moved to the stairs. "If he goes, I go."

  "Uh..." Ratchet muttered.   

"Ep Ep Ep.....just becoz I exhausted myself, doesn't mean I'm weak. Beside, It is my job as Optimus Prime's intended to bear witness on his final showdown. Especially since the last time he almost got himself killed." 

  The room fell silent as the weight of her words was bared. Eventually, Optimus decided to bring her along with Fowler since she was stubborn to come. "You will either stay with Fowler or I the whole time," Optimus demanded as the seat belts strapped Nova in, the doors shutting behind us as Fowler strapped himself in the driver's seat. "Sure," She replied as Optimus' engine rumbled through.

Fowler notice Campy in her arms and said, "Um Is it wise to bring THAT thing along?" Nova looked down at her scraplet then at Fowler, "Why not? He keeps whining that he wants to come along."

"Wait....you can understand him?"

"You....could say that. Don't worry he won't be in the showdown."

   They made it to the other side before Optimus transformed. Fowler fell to the ground while NOva with Campy falling onto his hand.  

"Sweet Lady Liberty," Fowler exclaimed from below.

In front of them, the Nemesis was flying again, only instead of the usual menacing red, it glowed a purple around it's edges. "You think..." Nova trailed off as she felt Optimus' form tense.

"It's weapon's systems are activating," he informed, placing Nova down beside Fowler. "Remain with Special Agent Fowler until we return for you."  

Nova nodded, standing beside Fowler and said, "Watch your back,"

"Bumblebee, now," Optimus ordered through his comm softly.

Nova hadn't even realized that Bee wasn't present until she heard his engine revving in the distance. The little yellow car engaged in evasive maneuvers as the warship released red energon blasts from its hold. 

"Arcee, Bulkhead," Optimus called over the fire that now rained on Fowler and Nova, not even missing a beat. Fowler and Nova went over to a nearby rock for cover, herself watching her guardian as he charged the warship directly. "Draw their fire."

Fowler broke out a pair of binoculars, Nova groaning as she looked at the scene. She narrowed her eyes, searching for a bot in the masses of dust forming. Her eyesight suddenly... moved, ... she was surprised at first then guess it has something to do with her being part Cybertronian. Focusing in on the bumper as a little yellow car accelerating forward. Bee transformed, snatching something from the air and running forward into the blasts of the warship.

From the deck of the warship, a thick, purple blast fired upon him, knocking him into the ground. What she assumed was the spark extractor fell from his servos, rolling far from his reach.

"Bumblebee!" Nova shouted in worry at the same time that Optimus called to his scout.

Arcee altered her path, grabbing a hold on the device as she ran, not halting in the slightest. "Mine!" she called, before she was halted by the same blast that dropped Bumblebee.

Bulkhead was the next one to grab the spark extractor but he didn't get far as he saw the ship already firing at him. Optimus' optics widen as he was the last one of the Autobot warriors so he charged forward. The Prime dodged the beam and grabbed the relic as the turret continued to fire. He jumped high into the air and prepared the relic but the turret re-directed its target and fired at the Prime, causing him to stiff and fall to the ground.

With Optimus down for the count, Nova finally decided as she gave Campy to Fowler before rushing out on the battlefield to check and see if he's all right, ignoring Fowler as he called after her. Nova switched to her robot mode as she slid to her guardian and scanned to check his vitals. When she completed the scan, she sighed in relief as he was just in stasis.

Her senses twitched when a shot was fired. Nova jumped back before the blast hit where she was. She glared up at the Nemesis. She noticed one of the satellite blasters were aimed at her and Fowler.   

"So much for Christmas in Fiji," Fowler muttered, clutching to Campy tightly, from his hiding spot. Nova's hands began to spark with electricity as she ready for what's coming next. But then they..... disengaged. "Huh?" Both Fowler and Nova asked in confusion and saw the ship began to move.  

 "What?" Nova asked, watching the warship pulled away. "Not even going to stop for.... Trophies?"  

"Team down, requesting medevac." She heard Fowler say.

A ground bridge appeared and Ratchet came through and she switched back to her human form, "What happened?"

"Some kind of stasis beam I think, it hit them and they fell like rocks, some quite literally." Nova explained.

Back in the Base

  "They're alive," Ratchet reported as Nova standing on the platform with Campy. The four bots stood behind him, frozen still, in stasis. "But I've never encountered before this form of stasis lock,"  

  "The 'cons are crossing the Atlantic, making a beeline for North America." Agent Fowler noted approaching behind the monitor Ratchet was currently using.  

"Wait, we can track them?" Jack asked in confusion.

"Why aren't they cloaked like usual?" Raf asked.

"None of this makes a lick of sense. They had us in the crosshairs, but the 'cons just took off." Agent Fowler said and then Miko chimed in.

"They even bailed on that spark extractor thingy."

Jack thinks for a moment and then he gets an idea. "Well, if the ship isn't cloaked, maybe the communication relay's are open, and - -"

"Yep, Yep. Are you suggesting that we should just call Megatron and ask him what's happening up there?!" Ratchet questions Jack's logic, and then receives a shrug from the four of them as if they were saying ''Why not?''

He turns his helm towards Agent Fowler, and he too shrugs in response. "I mean- -" Ratchet turns his head around and his optics drifted down to Nova. "It wouldn't hurt to try, you know?"

Ratchet sighs deeply and complied with their request and contacted the warship. There was no response at first and so, he attempted again except this time instead of Megatron answering the call it was a deep and guttural voice that responded.

"Megatron has been relieved of his command."

"Who is this?" Ratchet asked.

The voice repeated his question. "Who is this?!"

"Have you taken control of the decepticon vessel?" Ratchet once again questioned the stranger and the answer he got was a surprising one.

"I am the vessel! Any Cybertronian who interferes with my mission will be neutralized." It said as it began to broadcast a live feed inside the warship on their monitors, showing them various decepticons in stasis lock throughout the corridors of the ship. 

Ratchet furrowed his brow-ridges together. "What mission?"

"Priority one - - decrypt iacon database and recover decepticon technology."

"For what purpose?" He asked again but this time it didn't answer...and then it hung up.

Miko huffed as she leaned over the rail. "It hung up! Rude!"

Fowler turned to her, narrowing his eyes. "Rude?! There's a giant spaceship flying around collecting Decepticon weapons of mass destruction!"

Nova tilted her head, thinking about the situation. "Well. It is just the ship itself right now.." Fowler frowned at her, "What are you talking about?"

Jack nodded. "It's filled with neutralized Decepticons."

Fowler crossed his arms, staring them down. "Point?"

Nova looked over at Ratchet and then back to Fowler. "We could safely get onto the ship now."

Jack nodded, "To download the Iacon database."

Raf continued, "So Optimus can decode it."

Ratchet nodded. "Ingenious. I will infiltrate the Decepticon warship."

"Not ingenious." Jack objected. "You saw what it did to the Decepticons."

"Probably Megatron too." Raf added.

"And Team Prime." Miko added.

Nova added, "And the 'bots...but not me, not when I was a human."

"Yeah, that tub had me dead to rights, and I'm still breathing." Fowler agreed.

Jack ponders for a bit until realization finally hits him. "The ship may be blind to humans."

Ratchet exchanges a questionable look down at them. He was contemplating whether to allow or not allow them to go through with the plan. His optics landed on Fowler and was slightly hesitant to say it...but he said it anyway.

 "Very well agent fowler, but at the first sight of trouble i am bridging you right back here." Ratchet said turning to the computer, "now in order to download the database you will need a compatible transfer drive." He said handing over an alien like USB twice the size of fowlers head.  

"A what?" Fowler asked.

Nova stated, "He means a flash drive in essence but Cybertronian sized."

  "He'll also need tech support." Raf said, taking the chance to join.  

  "And back up" miko added pulling Nova in for a hip hug.  

Inside the Nemesis

  On the Nemesis, a portal opened and the whole team of humans now boarding the nemesis from the groundbridge, "Nova to base, we're in." Nova said patching through to ratchet. 

"Good. Their data core should be accessible from any console." 

They had to weave through several Decepticons before they finally found a console, "H-here's one." Raf said, pointing to one.

Miko ran over to where a stasis locked Knockout laid on it and pounded his foot, "Doc Knock is knocked out." Nova rolled her eyes as she walked over.

"Look, the ship's decoded two sets of Iacon coordinates. Three! Let's rip and run." Raf said running over to Knockout. He and Fowler climbed up him and reached the console, "There's the port."

Jack looked at the screen then at the map with a blinking dot, "Um, why is the warship heading for Manhattan?"

Raf and Nova looked at the coordinates the ship had decoded so far before Raf answered, "Because that's where the first set of coordinates are located."

"What would a relic from Cybertron be doing in the Big Apple?" Fowler asked.

"The Iacon relics landed on Earth eons ago agent Fowler, long before the city was built atop of it." Ratchet answered.

"Which means if the ship wants this one...it may have to move a few buildings out of the way." Jack said.

Fowler scowled, "Our mission just got complicated. How do we deter the ship?"

"I would advise disabling the navigation module. Call up the main navigation menu."

"There!" Raf pointed out. "Uh, wouldn't that alert the ship to our presence?" Novaa asked.

"It's a risk we have to take." Fowler said.

"Fowler I'm not sure that's the best..." She was cut off when he pushed the button and received a nasty shock, "...Option." She finished, thin lipped. They watched him in horror as he stumbled backward before falling. Luckily, Nova's quick-witted actions, she managed to prevent Agent Fowler from the rough fall (using her telekinesis), he landed with only a gentle but loud thump on the way down.

"Agent Fowler!" Jack cried.

They looked over the side and saw him move slightly and groan before the ship's voice was heard again, "System access detected. Interference will not be tolerated."

Raf looked up and saw another devise, "There."

"Reveal yourself." The camera began scanning the room. It fell onto the kids, hesitating just a second before going over them. It flashed over Nova, before quickly returning. "Weak Cybertronian life signal detected. Mixed with ... organic flesh? What strange being is this? You will not interfere!"

 Nova gasped as the ship shot at her. She rolled out of the way, the kids hollering for her. "I'm fine!" Nova hollered, ducking behind Knockout's leg. "Ratchet, is there another way to shut this thing down?"

"I'm bridging you back,"

"No!" Jack protested. "There are millions of lives at stake here, and we four are the only ones who can do anything about it!"

"You're out of your element, Jack," Ratchet argued. "These readings, the ship's rapid recovery all point to the fact that Megatron employed dark energon to repair it."

'Huh, I guess it was dark energon that gave the ship a mind of its own. Too bad, Megatron rushed it.' Nova thought, staying from view of the sensor. 

"If you're saying the ship is fueled by dark energon, we can dump it right?"

"Hmm... you'll need to reverse the warship's energon infuser. Follow the main overhead conduits. They'll lead you to the power core."

Peering around the leg, Nova saw the sensor had abandoned its post. She charged with the kids as they ducked and dodged through downed decepticons, her spark tugging at each one as we passed.

They approached a room with piles of energon around it, a massive engine in the middle. "This is what Bulkhead and I blew up during our last visit," Nova observed as they walked through the mountains of energon. Moving straight forward, her skin leaped from her body, the others yelling in fright.

Megatron stood at the panel that she assumed was what we were going after. His hand was on a lever, about to pull it, but he was frozen solid. "Stasis, like the others,"

"Looks like he had the same idea," Jack said.

"Then we're on the right track," Raf cheered.

"The Energon injection valve can only be operated manually."

"Manually?!" The kids shouted.

All of them looked at megatron, intimidating even when he's a statue; the ship could broaden its sight any minute now, She approached megatron.

"I got this." Nova said starting to climb megatron, his spikiness made good for climbing, she climbed up over Megatrons shoulder, and his facial expression was the same like the others which made her shudder. She jumped off his shoulder onto the control panel as Megatrons hand was firmly attached to the lever. Nova tried to shoved in order for the lever to go down. The ship's voice suddenly called out, "I am infested with alien life-forms!" 

The kids looked up and saw a claw like devise moving towards them as Miko spoke, "Uh-oh, we just got made."

As Nova looked upon the lever, she  saw the three of them run for there lives as a clawed gripper tried to destroy them, something twinge in her to go and save them but...

"Nova! Deal with the lever." Jack told her, obviously knowing her too well.

'Right, deal with the lever and we deal with the ship', so Nova ran to the lever with the hand that was grasping onto tightly, 'let's do this.'

Taking a step back, Nova rammed into the lever, and though it budged slightly it was a stiff thing to move...no good Megatron has most of his weight holding that thing...but perhaps...

"Jack, no!" Nova heard raf say.

"Run for it." Miko said.

'No don't avert your gaze, the lever...the lever!'

Megatrons position was slightly tilted backwards, then an idea came to her. 'perhaps with a large enough force, he can topple backwards.'  Nova then switched to her robot mode as stepped backwards ready for another sprint, 'I hope it works.'

  "Ah!" Nova shouted as she ran toward megatron, then leapt into the air and performed a hi-jump on his chest. With a powerful kick, which slowly shoved Megatron before Nova flipped back and was brought down to the floor. Landing on her feet from a 12 ft drop,  Nova was positioned between Megatrons legs and saw them raised off the floor. Her plan worked?!

 "Uh-oh Gotta move." She said dragging herself off the floor and running in the opposite direction, Megatrons shadow completely engulfed her body as his upper body was falling fast, Nova saw Jack was positioned under him too as she used her lightning speed to get him out of the way.  Megatrons body hit the floor, but the lever. The valves which were pumping dark energon were now being washed away with energon,

   "Critical power drain." She raised both her right arm and leg to shield herself and Jack from the incoming attack from the claw but it stuttered, "I am in... command. Prepared to be... neutralized."  

 Nova relaxed her body and watched as a dark energon box emerger from the core. She then watched as the energon turned from purple to blue. When Megatron's arm fell to the ground, the con letting out a groan of pain.

"Ok, Time to go." Nova said, which was her cue to leave. She grabbed Raf placed him around her neck while she carry Jack and Miko on both her arms. "Hang on," She ordered, as she spread her wings and they were lifted in the air with full speed, hightailing it out of there. 

   "Ratchet, fire up the Ground bridge!" Nova commed.

  She dodged through the awakening decepticons back while carefully carrying her friends back to the console. When they arrived, fowler was kneeling and was groaning, Nova released Jack and Miko while Raf jumped off from her back. 

"On your feet soldier." Miko said as she helped fowler up.

"And beavers and dots and walnuts and grandma." Fowler babbled as miko let go of him as he fell back to the floor.

  "Yeah, he's gone," Nova grunted, more to herself. 

While looking upon the computer screen, they noticed the loading bar had barely moved and that the ship had just finished the fourth set of co-ordinates.

"That's all that's been downloaded?!"Jack said. "The iacon file must be huge." Raf said.

"Something's better than nothing." Nova added as the groundbridge opened up behind them.

"Sa-weet!" Miko cried, "Come on! Here's our ride!"

"Jack?" Raf asked.

"Go, I'll get the drive."  Nova said to Jack as he nodded and followed the others.

She flew to the console and managed to pulled out the drive However, she didn't notice that Knockout came back online until she heard venting so she glance behind her and and saw the mech smirking.

 "Ah, who do we have here."Knockout said.

 "Scrap!" She said as he tried to grab the teenager, but she dodged.  

 "Hold still you brat."

"Ugh, I don't have time for this?!"

Finally, Nova decided to end this and equip her hammer before hitting the Decepticon medic away. She wasted no more time and flew through the bridge and met Ratchet in the hallway, "I was about to come and get you." He said.

"Had to deal with Knockout." She said as the bridge closed and handed him the drive.

Ratchet nodded and walked to the computer and plugged it in as the other 'bots gathered while Nova landed on the platform and listened to their conversation, "The download of the Iacon database may have been incomplete, but we now posses four sets of the coordinates decoded by the ship." Ratchet said.

"Then we must act quickly, for Megatron possesses the same four sets. And he will not hesitate to obtain the potential doomsday devices which lie at the site of each." Optimus said gravely.

  "You mean the day isn't over yet?!" Nova moaned flopping her arms to her side.