Arcee poked her head out from the building that she was currently hiding behind. The other Autobots were hiding behind another building further back along with (YN), Mikaela, Jake, and Vanessa. When Arcee was done doing recon, she scurried back to the group with her report.

Arcee: "I spotted at least six Decepticons guarding the streets towards the building, including Shockwave." She reported. "And there's eleven or more surrounding the building."

Everyone looked at Elita for the plan. She was on the radio transmitter, probably speaking to Optimus. When she was done, she turned to the other Autobots,

Elita One: "Optimus said he's on his way now and will be here in a few minutes." She informed the group. "In the meantime we move in slowly, Lennox's team is going to soften them up."

Ironhide: "Alright, everyone, move out slowly behind me." He declared. "Warpath, cover our six." He ordered Warpath.

As the Autobots transformed into their alt modes, Bumblebee waited for a few seconds for the humans to get in before heading off with the others. Jake and Vanessa were in the back while (YN) and Mikaela sat in the front.

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Lennox and Epps' teams headed towards the building that looked suitable for a counter-attack. Fortunately their chosen building had helped them link up with the marines who entered the city.

Epps: "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Okay, baby! You're coming with us!" He shouted, and the now larger group of soldiers moved into the building.

Bishop: "You guys, follow that ground team!" He pointed to the ground team. "Go!"

Lennox: "Epps, take your team to the 3rd floor, we're going to the 45th." He yelled to Epps. Epps took a look at how many floors were here on the spiral staircase.

Lennox had decided to divide his group into threes. One group would position themselves up top on the building's roof with sniper rifles; their job was to take out the enemy's optics, blinding them. A second group, one on the floor Lennox, Bishop, and Reynolds were on and one on the roof, would parachute down and land directly on top of the Decepticons, hopefully Shockwave. And the last group was on the ground, hidden underneath destroyed cars. When it was time, they would attach the boomsticks to the Decepticon's legs, weakening their support once they were blind. Once the Decepticons were incapacitated then the soldiers would move in for the kill.

When Lennox's team got to the right floor, he took a peak to see the situation. To his delight, Shockwave was directly underneath them. With him were five other Decepticons, including Barricade. It looked like the Barricade was scolding some of those Decepticons Protoform about something.

Reynolds: "Lennox, the sniper team is in position and waiting for your command." He informed.

Lennox: "Copy that, Reynolds." He nodded. "We got five targets and Shockwave, right below us" He told the snipers and his team as he ready his own parachute.

Bishop: "Everyone, stand by to jump." He radioed. "Let's go. Get ready." And everyone gets into position to jump.

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Meanwhile, Epps and his team were looking for a suitable location to do some damage when he found one.

Epps: "Set up shop right here." He told his team as they headed inside the room.

The good news was that the room gave them a good view of their targets; the bad news was that they were literally right behind Shockwave. If Shockwave spotted them, then he would just have to fire just one shot from his cannon to blow them into a million pieces. Fortunately, Shockwave didn't have the slightest inkling of their presence, which was good.

He checked outside for any signs of Lennox, he had to wait to give the soldiers a head start before he ordered the attack. Finally he spotted several soldiers jumping off a building, and when he saw them pull their chutes out, that's the signal.

Epps: "Snipers, take out their eyes." He radioed the sniper team.

The sniper team fired their rifles at the Decepticons eyes, blinding them. Epps waited for a few seconds and then some of the Decepticons were covering their faces, the pain of their eyes being shot was to great to ignore. He turned towards Stone and gave a nod.

Stone: "Okay, Demo Team, let's crank steel." He radioed the Demo team.

From a nearby alleyway, Mongo, Hooch, and a few troopers made their way out. They rushed forward, making sure to avoid the legs of the half-blinded Decepticons. Once close enough, Hooch rammed his Boomstick into Barricade's right foot while Mongo and the others planted theirs in the three Protoforms.

Mongo: "Turning steel." He declared as he and the others dove for cover.

The boomsticks detonated a few seconds later, leaving the Decepticons further crippled as the rest of the NEST soldiers  and Navy SEALs on the street laid onto them with automatic fire, killing the two crippled Protoforms before they had a chance to withdraw behind cover.

The NEST Troopers, SEALs, and Marines engaged the Decepticons. Epps's team got into position, facing the primary threat: Shockwave. He was undamaged and was now returning fire. But the was so occupied on the soldiers on the ground, that he didn't notice the paratroopers coming in from above.

Lennox landed right on top of him, disconnecting his parachute while it was still blocking Shockwave's view. Shockwave snarled with annoyance as he tried to get the chute off of him while the soldiers fired on him, though their bullets were doing little damage to him, Shockwave still couldn't fire on something that he couldn't see. Watching this, Epps noticed another soldier about to land on top of Shockwave.

Epps: "Don't fire till I tell you." He told his men as he waited for Zimmerman to land.

Shockwave didn't see Zimmerman landing directly on his right shoulder before raising his Mk 48 Mod 0 and began shooting at his neck and head, causing a small explosion to happen before he was knocked off and landed backfirst on a car. Lennox and Bishop sprinted over to him and they pulled him off.

Lennox: "Good job, kid." He complimented Zimmerman as he gave him a pat on the back before hauling him up to his feet.

Epps: "Fire!" yelled to his team, who all opened up on Shockwave, the window's glass breaking off as they did so.

Epps could hear Eddie letting out a war cry as he continued to spray out bullets from his Machine Gun. Shockwave was reeling in pain, but had managed to get the chute off of him and aimed his cannon at Epps' team. But before he could fire, more bullets, of three different calibers, from an unknown source, attacked him. Epps took a look and saw that it was the Wreckers rolling in, firing all of their human-based weaponry at Shockwave, causing his single optic to fall out of its socket, barely suspended by a coil of wires as he retreated.

Epps: "We got him!" He shouted.

Hardcore Eddie: "Yeah!" He followed up as they raced outside to join the others.

Autobots arrived, they could see that half of the Decepticons were either dead or too injured to pose a threat. But as Shockwave retreated, the rest of the Decepticons advanced, weapons armed. All the Autobots, except Bumblebee, transformed into their robot modes and brought their weapons out.

Elita One: "Autobots, attack!" She ordered, and they all opening fire with the Wreckers alongside them.

(YN), Mikaela, Jake, and Vanessa climbed out of Bumblebee, before he transformed, ready to step up and fight. Jake and Vanessa went into battle while (YN) dragged Mikaela along and he sets her behind a large chunk of rubble as Wolfang transformed into his wolf mode and gave them covering fire.

(YN): "Stay here and keep your head down." He told her, before he turned to Wolfang. "Wolfang, stay with her." Wolfang nodded in acknowledgment, and he went to battle.

Then Stratosphere flew in along with Springer and Evac, and they transformed into their robot modes, landed with them. Evac and Springer readied their weapons and charged at the Decepticons while Stratosphere armed his large double-barreled forearm cannons and started blasting at them.

Stratosphere: "Get blasted, Decepticon!" He remarked, blasting more Decepticons.

Arcee: "Mirage, you got one to your left!" She shouted as she joined the human soldiers to fire on some injured Decepticons.

Mirage saw one swing his gun at him, but he dodged it easily and rammed his blade into his enemy's optic, killing it instantly. Sideswipe fired at a few Decepticons before ducking for cover behind a fire truck. Longarm launched his tow cable at a Decepticon's head, and reeled it in, yanking its head off.

Sideswipe: "We need to push them back to gain some distance." He yelled as he fired at a Decepticon, blasting a chunk of its armor off.

Elita One: "Warpath, Ironhide, with me at the front." She commanded. "Ratchet, Jolt, the back, and the rest of you in the middle, Mirage and Sideswipe keep to the side and deal with those Decepticons shooting from cover."

Ironhide pulled out his Heavy Irons and fired at the Decepticons, killing four of them until something struck his weapons, damaging them. Jolt fired more electric bolts at the Decepticons, frying some of their higher logic sensors, thus making it easier to pick them off. A Decepticon tried to fire at the femmes but was knocked back by a blast from Springer. Warpath was firing his chest cannon at any Decepticon that was in his train of sight. Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Evac, and Mirage cut down any of them with their blades while Arcee and Chromia shot them in the optic with their marksmanship.

A Decepticon took a swing at Ratchet, but Ratchet kneed him, knocking him down. Then Ratchet finished him off with a well place shot from his machine gun. Ratchet was then struck by a missile as he saw a bunch of Decepticons on a nearby draw bridge.

Ratchet: "Mortar that bridge!" He ordered to a group of marines, pointing at the Decepticons that were on the bridge.

Another Decepticon was trying to crawl away due to his injured leg, but instead he was pinned down by Ironhide's foot, who fired at the Decepticon's face with his left cannon. Cliffjumper was ganging up on a large Decepticon, punching and shooting him at the same time. Two Decepticons were shooting from long distance on top of a building, firing plasma cannons. Longarm took cover and readied his quagma rifle, aiming from behind the cover of a truck. His fired a few shots that took out one Decepticon, but the other forced him to cover. Inferno took aim with his flamethrower and fired a jet of fiery plasma, and his machine pistol to knock the second Decepticon off the building.

(YN) deployed his ion cannons and fired at some Decepticons along with the rest of the soldiers, showing them no mercy.

Sentinel: "IT'S OUR WOLD, NOW!" He yelled out all around. "Commence transport!"

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The trajectory beam is pulling Cybertron to Earth's atmosphere through the space bridge as the massive waves of energy pulsed throughout the planet.

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(YN): "Oh my God." He mumbled to himself as the planet came into view in the atmosphere.

The humans, Autobots, and Decepticons almost paused for a moment, staring at Cybertron from the ground and the roofs of buildings. But the mood ended quickly when a Decepticon fired at Ironhide, restarting the skirmish.

Longarm: "They're actually doing it, what are we going to do?" He exclaimed as he ducked from Decepticon fire.

Sunstreaker: "We need to keep pressing forward until Optimus gets here!" He shouted.

Prowl: "Keep fire!" He yelled out.

(YN) had staggered back from a nearby explosion when he spotted a familiar blue and red Autobot flying in. It was Optimus, zooming through the air, with the Arielbots right behind him.

(YN): "OPTIMUS!" He exclaimed, using his right hand to cup his mouth.

So when he saw the large group of Decepticons engaging the human soldiers and Autobots, Optimus did a straight noise dive. Ironhide was the first to spot him, and saw the look in Optimus' optics.

Ironhide: "AUTOBOTS, GET DOWN!" He shouted.

As the Autobots looked up and saw what he meant, they all made space for Optimus to land on while he launched a barrage of rockets onto the Decepticons as he spun in a 360, his jetpack unclipped from his back. As he did so, Optimus deployed his right Energon sword and stabbed a Decepticon, before he quickly gunned down another. The Autobots and the humans watched him in awe, as they cheered him on.

As the Arielbots unleashed their missiles on the Decepticons, Optimus had just slashed a Decepticon Protoform in half, and fired with his other cannon before he dropped that, switching for his left sword and killing Decepticons. Optimus didn't stop as he stabbed a Decepticon, killing it before he killed another Decepticon, all while running through a field of explosions and corpses.

Optimus retracted both his swords and charged at Shockwave, who fired a desperate shot from his cannon at him. Optimus somersaulted forward, dodging it just as Shockwave was hit in the chestplate by a NEST Trooper, forcing him on his knees. As Shockwave recovered from the hit, Optimus lunged forward and revealed his brass knuckles on his left hand, and then punched Shockwave's left side, ripping out a huge chunk of metal, causing Shockwaves to screech in pain, before Optimus punched Shockwave in the face with his right hand.

Optimus: "YOU DIE!" He snarled in rage, throwing Shockwave to the ground, and teared out his eye, before he grabbed his cannon and fired at the cupola.

Sentinel: "Noooo!" He roared, reaching out for the control pillar that fell with the rubble.

The control pillar was deactivated as it crashed to the ground, the transporting process being stopped. Cybertron was now half through the space bridge.

Optimus: "Get down here, Sentinel!" He yelled out demandingly.

Sentinel: "Optimus," He pulled out his two-bladed sword. "you forget your place." He snarled. He jumped off the building, and using his sword, stabbed it into the building's side and slide down. When he landed he took a stance. "I bring you Cybertron, your home. And still you choose humanity?" Optimus narrowed his eyes at him, tossing away Shockwave's corpse.

Optimus: "You were the one who taught me freedom is everyone's right." He reminded Sentinel, pulling out his Energon axe from his back, and deployed his right Energon sword. He let out a battle cry as he lunged at Sentinel, quickly pinning him against the building by stabbing his sword into Sentinel's left shoulder.

Sentinel: "I will re-trigger that pillar!" He declared, using his shield and his blade to block and hold off Optimus' weapons.

Optimus: "Then you'll have to go through me!" He challenged as he pushed forward, pressing his weapons against Sentinel's.

Sentinel head-butted Optimus, knocking him back before he kicked him away, causing him to roll backwards. Optimus managed to regain his balance and blocked Sentinel's attack with his axe and slashed at Sentinel's legs. The fight had begun.

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As this was happening, (YN) went back to Mikaela and Wolfang, and grabbed her shoulders as he retracted his helmet.

(YN): "Mikaela, Wolfang is gonna keep you safe." He breathed. "You're gonna be fine."

Mikaela: "(YN), please don't. I can't lose you." She begged him. (YN) held her face and she kissed her forehead.

(YN): "I'll be okay. I promise you." He assured her, brushing his hand over her hair. "You stay out of trouble." His helmet reformed and ran back to the battlefield.

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Ironhide saw Optimus taking on Sentinel and even though his instincts told him to go help his leader, he knew that Optimus was giving them an opening they needed: Destroy the pillar.

Ironhide: "Autobots, c'mon, this is our chance!" He yelled as he activated his cannons.

Ratchet: "Charge the pillar!" He yelled as he followed Ironhide's lead, along with the others.

Epps: "We got Autobots!" He exclaimed, running alongside them.

Inferno: "KILL THEM ALL!" He roared, unleashing his flamethrowers at the Decepticons.

The Decepticons tried their best to stop them but the majority was just Protoforms and stood little chance against them. A Decepticon stood on top of a building and tried to take a shot at Bumblebee, but he was struck by an energy shot fired by Chromia, Bumblebee gave a smile of gratitude to her. Mirage tackled a Decepticon to the ground, bringing his blade down on him before he could react.

(YN): "Ironhide!" He called out to him, getting his attention. "I need to get to the pillar!" He told Ironhide. "But I'm gonna need help to get through!"

Ironhide: "Autobots, clear a path for (YN) so he can get to the pillar!" He ordered the Autobots. "Give him some covering fire!" And the Autobots did so.

Optimus and Sentinel were locked in combat, ignoring everyone else, the other bot was all they were focused on. Optimus managed to knock Sentinel off his feet and brought his axe down. But Sentinel managed to roll to the side, getting a small part of his armor scratched. Sentinel then tackled Optimus with his shield, smashing him against a building. Sentinel stepped back and lunged his sword towards Optimus' chest, but Optimus got out of the way. Optimus swung his sword, slashing Sentinel's chest, energon leaking out.

Sentinel: "Reinforcements! Decepticon ships, fire at Optimus!" He ordered, just as he dodged Optimus' downward strike from his axe.

A bunch of Decepticon Assault Carriers that were in the area flipped over and turned around, heading for Optimus.

SEAL Captain: "We're taking fire! I need those Tomahawks on scene NOW!" He shouted on the radio, hidden behind a pile of building debris.

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Outside of Chicago, a group of Tomahawk missiles are flying in into the city to take out the targets.

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The soldiers and Autobots advance across towards the bridge blocked by a few Decepticons, including a large four-legged Decepticon.

Prowl: "We gotta cover for Optimus!" He shouted, firing his pistols at a the Decepticons.

Prowl, Arcee, Chromia, the Wreckers, Jolt, Sunstreaker, Warpath, Inferno, and the others cover fire. Sunstreaker opens fire on the Decepticons. Inferno burns them down as they become melted metal. Warpath blasted the four-legged Decepticon with his chest cannon as it goes down, before he finishes off with a shot to the head.

(YN) deployed his ion cannons and opened fire on Sentinel and waited with Optimus in the way. Optimus kicked Sentinel's shield away with his right leg and kick Sentinel's chestplate with his left leg, until Sentinel grabbed Optimus' head and kneed him in the faceplate, knocking him back behind a statue, just as Bumblebee fired at him. Soon they come under fire from the enemy ships. Optimus takes out his ion blaster to fight back.

Sentinel tried to run away, but (YN) quickly deployed his right grappling hook, launching the hook to Sentinel's right calf, and reeled himself as he stabbed Sentinel in the back of his knee, causing Sentinel to growl out in pain. (YN) jumped off his leg and fired several energy bolts, pushing Sentinel back.

Sentinel: "Bothersome insect." He growled, before he stabbed his sword to the ground as (YN) side rolled to his left in time.

Sentinel slammed his sword on (YN) several times, trying to kill him, but (YN) jumped and flipped to dodge the attacks. Just then, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Elita, Sideswipe, Ratchet, and Ironhide appeared and ganged up on Sentinel. Ratchet got up close to Sentinel and fired a round from his machine gun, but Sentinel blocked it all with his shield. Cliffjumper fired at Sentinel with his plasma cannons, but both his attacks missed, causing Cliffjumper to grunt out in disappointment. Ironhide fired his energy cannons at Sentinel, only for Sentinel to move his shield to block it.

Sentinel sliced his sword across Ratchet's chestplate, causing him to back-flip as he took the attack. Sentinel then lunged at Ironhide, only for him to leap to the side and dodge it just before he was slammed backwards by Sentinel's shield. Elita circled around, unleashing a barrage of Energon bolts in Sentinel, only to for the attack to be deflected by Sentinel's shield slamming into her entire right side. Bumblebee fired his plasma cannon at Sentinel, but Sentinel used his shield again to deflect it. Cliffjumper lunged forward and kicked his foot out Sentinel's feet as he used everyone's attack as a distraction to get close. Cliffjumper was then knocked to the ground, and swiftly backflips away and fired his cannons at Sentinel.

Sentinel: "Decepticons!" He stabbed his sword to the ground, trying to hit Bumblebee, then whip around Cliffjumper, but both Autobots back-flipped backwards and transformed, just as Sideswipe lunged at him, but he saw his attack coming and swiftly blocked Sideswipe with his shield. "Trigger the pillar!" He ordered, throwing Sideswipe to the ground. "RESTART THAT PILLAR!" Bumblebee, Ratchet, and Ironhide rejoined the fray and fired at him.

Optimus: "I can't hold them!" He exclaimed, shooting down two Decepticon ships. "The ships have us pinned!" A missile hit his back as he tried to run, hurtling him forward as a second missile hit the ground beside him, causing him to hit crash and hit the ground. "NO!" He cried out as he was tossed around, landing on his back at the missiles.

NEST Trooper: "Inbound, ten seconds! Danger close!" He shouted.

SEAL Trooper: "Mark-Lima-Echo-Echo, 1-4-2-5-0!" He coordinated, using a target locator to send coordinates for the cruise missiles.

The Tomahawks found their targets and strike. All the Decepticon ships that are attacking are shot down. The Arielbots took to the skies and took down most of the Decepticon drop ships, even Springer launched his missiles from his back for aid. The skies are nearly clear but battle still rages on.

Elita One: "(YN), go! Get to the control pillar!" She told (YN), and (YN) made a run for it.

Sentinel then sees (YN) running for the control pillar. He brought out his cosmic rust cannon, and aimed at (YN) looked back and saw Sentinel aiming his cannon at right at him. (YN) sprinted faster, but tripped over a steel gutter and fell to the pavement, just as Sentinel fired a payload. Just as the payload was just a few feet away, Ironhide jumped in and shielded (YN) from the payload as it hit his back, rust beginning to spread.

(YN): "IRONHIDE!" He exclaimed in horror.

Ironhide: "GO!" He growled out in pain as Sentinel kept blasting his back. "GO NOW!"

(YN): "Ironhide, you can't die!" He argued as the cosmic rust on Ironhide began to spread throughout his body in a frightening speed.

Ironhide: "Go while you still can, (YN)." He grunted as he fell on his knees. "You must get to the pillar!" Another blast from Sentinel's cannon blasted his left arm off, as well as parts of his armor while he fell to the ground. He looked up at (YN) with a dying smile on his faceplate. "Till all are one, brother."

(YN) didn't want to leave Ironhide to die, but he must so he can get to the pillar. He quickly stood up to his feet and ran. Ironhide's body was almost covered in cosmic rust, but still he has the fighting spirit left in him. He aimed his right energy cannon at Sentinel, who was charging up his cannon, preparing to end Ironhide's life. Both Ironhide and Sentinel simultaneously fired their weapons and the blasts struck each other. Sentinel was blasted away, and Ironhide was shot in the chestplate, the payload pierced his Spark. He fell on his back as he breathed his final breath as his eyes flickered off. The Autobots witnessed in horror as they watched the cosmic rust consumed his entire body.

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(YN) finally spotted the pillar lying on a pile of rubble that was once the cupola. There were no other Decepticons in the area at all, but then he spotted a familiar figure heading towards the pillar. It was Gould, and he had a good head start on (YN).

Grunting, (YN) ran with all his might towards the pillar. Unfortunately, Gould had caught a sight of him and was also doubling his efforts to reach it first. (YN) had finally managed to catch up to Gould.

(YN): "Dylan!" he yelled as he began climbing the rubble.

Gould: "NOOO!" He shouted defiantly, pushing things towards (YN) in an effort to slow him down, but (YN) just pushed them out of his way.

Despite that (YN) managed to reach him as he standing right next to the pillar. Just before he could say anything however, Gould pulled out his Glock 17 and aimed at (YN). Gould fired his pistol at him as the bullets bounced off his armor as (YN) smacked the pistol away. (YN) pulled Gould down the pile, tumbling to the pavement as they stood up to their feet, glaring at each other while (YN) retracted his helmet.

(YN): "Don't do this, Dylan." He snapped.

Gould: "There's only one future for me." He declared. "And it doesn't include you!" All of a sudden, the wind picked up and some paper went into his face blinding him temporarily, giving (YN) and opening to tackle him to the ground.

They clashed for a few moments before (YN) sees something covering Gould's right arm, and didn't have time to react when Gould blasted him away. (YN) used his thrusters to stop himself, his feet scraping on the pavement. When (YN) looked at Gould, his eyes widened as metal plates began forming around Gould's body.

(YN): "No... way..." He breathed out in awe and disbelief.

Gould's exo-suit has a striking resemblance to a Decepticon protoform, only a little taller and bulky, yet streamlined, and colored in black and gunmetal gray.

Gould: "You think you are the only gifted with a suit of armor?" He mocked. "When my clients told me that your inventor created a suit for you, they decided to create one of their own - a gift for our partnership." He explained, and raised his right arm to examine his suit. "Though I must admit, they really went all out."

(YN): "Just because they create their own for you, doesn't make you better." He retorted, glaring at Gould. "I'm not letting you re-trigger the pillar, Gould."

Gould: "This is my future and I will take personal responsibility for making sure all competition requirements are met. And I will be achieved just like my father!" He shouted as a helmet formed around his head, lenses glowing red.

(YN)'s helmet formed up again and charged at Gould, pinning him to the wall. Gould head-butts (YN) and pushes him back. (YN) swings his Energon sword, but Gould parries the attack with his own swords. They parried their attacks until (YN) landed a strike to Gould's chestplate, and did a drop kick. Gould falls to the ground and (YN) jumped to the air to make a strike. However, Gould used his left leg and kicked him away. Gould then got to his feet, his left arm began to morph into a machine gun, took aim, and fired at (YN). (YN) rolled out of the way and took cover. He then grabbed the column and whacked Gould in the abdomen. (YN) then deployed his ion cannons and fired back at Gould, who uses a chunk of stone to defend himself. When he stops shooting, Gould throws a left hook at (YN), causing him to spin in mid-air in a 360 as he hit the ground. He then grabbed (YN) and lifted him off the ground, then used his thrusters to slam (YN) to the building wall.

Gould: "You don't seem to understand, (YN)! I want what my father wants me to do." He glowered.

(YN): "You have that when you shut down the moon program, and killed those who knew what was on it." He retaliated. Gould tossed him on the road. He turned to the control pillar and runs up to it. He quickly recovered and thrusted towards Gould, tackling him down.

Gould: "I have come too far for this moment." He proclaimed, transforming his right arm into a cannon. "And I'm not gonna let you ruin everything!" He kicked (YN) off of him and blasted away, then transformed his hand back and slammed on the control pillar, reactivating it as sparks flew out.

Then, unknown to (YN), Gould's palm opened up, and  a tentacle-like probe slivered its way into the pillar. The pillar floated back into its vertical position with a hum and the light launched back towards the sky, restarting the transporting sequence. (YN) got up and sees the beam from the pillar shooting to the sky.

Gould: "Cybertron will be restored, and the Decepticons will call me a hero for saving their world!" He proclaimed. "You think you're a hero, huh? YOU THINK YOU'RE A HERO?"

(YN): "Me? Nah." He shrugged, then deployed his right Energon sword. "I'm just a guy who's gonna kick your ass." With a yell, he charged at Gould, who charged at him in return.

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Elsewhere, Mikaela was riding on Wolfang through an alleyway, and they now saw Megatron away from the battle. Mikaela dismounted from Wolfang, who growled at Megatron with his cannons ready. Mikaela placed a hand Wolfang's snot, telling him to stand down, and she walked over to Megatron, who removed his cloth from his head and looking up at the sky, his head hitting against the building he was leaning against.

Megatron: "Cybertron. You are saved. At last." He murmured breathlessly, gazing at the planet that he hasn't seen in centuries. Mikaela now walked under one of his legs and he looked down at her. "Oh. Have you come to surrender?" He questioned, his claws twitching slightly.

Mikaela: "Was all of this really worth it?" She now asked, climbing up a pile of rubble to his left. "All of it?"

Megatron: "Obviously." He answered with an obvious tone.

Mikaela: "Everything you've done to bring back Sentinel, but now, it looks like he's the one with all of the power. It seems almost tragic, doesn't it?" She asked, feigning to smirk.

Megatron: "You dare to lecture ME, slave?!" He growled, slashing his left arm out, narrowing avoiding her head.

Mikaela: "Your Decepticons are finally taking over Earth, yet their leader won't be you." She added in.

Megatron: "It WILL be me!" He hit the ground next to her, his facial plate a few inches away from her. "It will ALWAYS be me!" He growled, holding his claw under her chin, the tips barely touching her.

Mikaela: "Any minute now, Sentinel will take control of practically everything." She breathed out. "Soon, you'll be nothing but a memory. And everyone will remember you... as Sentinel's... little... bitch."

Megatron roared lowly and reached out for Mikaela, but then, he stopped. He pulled his claw away and looked away from her, now looking down in thought.

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Sentinel was still battling the Autobots as Bumblebee, Elita, and Sideswipe gang up on him. Then he took out his Cosmic Rust gun, aiming at Elita. But before he could fire, Bumblebee and Sideswipe struck Sentinel together as they knocked him back.

Hooch: "ROCKET!" He alerted and fired the rocket at Sentinel so hard it literally knocked him off his feet and his cosmic rust cannon out of his hand. "DIE!" He yelled, glad that he finally got to use the rocket.

Sentinel groaned as he hits the ground. He scrambled to his, grabbing his weapons and transformed into his firetruck form, trying to drive away and escape, with Optimus chasing after him.

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(YN) and Gould were still fighting each other, with Gould now had (YN) on the ground.

Gould: "You chose sides?" He punched (YN) in the face, and stood up. "You chose wrong!" But as he goes to kick, (YN) deployed his left Energon sword and stabbed him the foot. He yelled out in pain, he and (YN) now going for a tumble, until they the ground. (YN) quickly picked him up and pinned him to a burnt taxi.

(YN): "Oh, I chose the right side, alright. You're the one who chose the wrong, when you turned your back on your own kind to join a side that will enslave us!" He countered. Gould pushed him back, then grabbed him and threw him to a nearby pile of debris.

Gould: "There's a difference between right and wrong. No matter what side you're on, you always choose wrong." He argued, and started punching (YN) over and over.

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However, as Sentinel heads forth towards a clear stretch of road of the bridge, albeit with deceased Decepticons lying in the street with damage done to the road, Optimus strikes him in the side, forcing Sentinel to transform into robot mode, and go on the defensive against Optimus' attacks.

Sentinel: "Always the bravest of us!" Optimus keeps attacking him,  but he blocks them with his shield, and pushes him back. "But you could never make the hard decisions." Both he and Optimus now start to trade slashes and cuts, only for Optimus to strike back again, just as he forces him back. "Our planet will survive!"

Optimus: "No!" He shouted defiantly. Sentinel brought down his sword onto his right shoulder. With great strength, Sentinel ripped his arm off, stunning him.

Sentinel continued by banging his shield against Optimus' head, knocking him down, causing Optimus to lose his axe as it skidded to the side. Before Optimus could get up, Sentinel stabbed his sword into Optimus' left shoulder, dragging him along the bridge.

Sentinel: "We were gods once! ALL OF US!" He shouted as Optimus groaned. "But here!"

Optimus: "Please!" He pleaded as he tried to get up, his hand on Sentinel's shoulder. But Sentinel harshly kicked him away, forcing him back down and pinned him with foot.

Sentinel: "There will only be ONE!" He declared, casting his shield aside, and raised his sword over his head, ready to finish off Optimus.

Suddenly, as just Sentinel was about bring his sword down, he cried out in pain as something struck him in the back, his cape falling off as he struggled to stand. As he moved, he revealed his attacker: Megatron, armed with his fusion shotgun in his hand and fired another shot.

As Optimus crawled away, Megatron grabbed Sentinel by the head and smashed him against the bridge's rails, punching and kicking him while he's down, one punch caused Sentinel's crown to come off.

Megatron: "THIS IS MY PLANET!" He roared out, throwing Sentinel around the bridge and tear right through him, parts of him falling apart

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Gould grabbed (YN) by the left leg and swung him left to right, smashing him against the pavement, until he threw him to the pile where the control pillar is. (YN) groaned and grunted in pain as Gould walked towards him. (YN) tried to get up, but Gould kicked him onto his back, and towered over him as his helmet retracted.

Gould: "You've been a thorn in their side for too long, (YN)!" He slammed his right foot down on (YN)'s chest. "Now, I'm doing them a favor by getting rid of that thorn for good! And don't worry." He leaned down to his face. "I'll take good care of your wife." He grinned evilly.

That comment made (YN)'s blood boil red hot, and grabbed Gould's head, jamming his thumbs into his eye sockets as Gould screamed out in agony. (YN) let go of his head and give a thrust-assisted straight right punch to the face, making Gould staggered back and releasing his foot off of (YN). The he deployed his Energon swords and start stabbing and slicing Gould's armor off. He stabbed and sliced chucks of armor off Gould's shoulders, arms, and legs. Then he retracted them and began punching and kicking Gould, with his thrusters for assistance. Gould couldn't even defend himself as he is temporarily blind.

He quickly deployed his cannons and rapidly unleashed charged Energon bolts, blasting off Gould's armor. Then he punches him in the face and stomach until he is weaken. (YN) then used his thrusters to ram Gould and he knocked him into the pillar and it shocks Gould, the electricity from the pillar is firing his suits circuits. (YN) then used his right grappling hook and launch it at Gould, reeling him off the pile, and ran to the pillar. He placed his right hand on the control pillar to shut it down... but nothing happened. He tried again, and still nothing happened.

(YN): "No." He repeatedly smacked his hand on the pillar. "No, no, NO, NO!" He exclaimed, punching the pillar. "Guys, we got a problem!" He radioed the Autobots and NEST. "I can't shut down the pillar!"

Elita One[on Comms]: "WHAT?! What do you mean you can't shut it down?!" She questioned, exclaiming.

(YN): "I don't know! It just won't turn off!" He replied.

Then (YN) heard laughing as he looked back at Gould, who was recovering. Gould's exo-suit was severely damaged and most of the armor is gone. A grim expression formed on his face as he quickly figured out Gould must've had done something to the pillar. Retracting his helmet, he walked over to Gould, and grabbed him by the collar, yanking out of his exo-suit, and up to his feet, pinning against a wall.

(YN): "YOU BASTARD! WHAT DID YOU DO TO IT?!" He demanded angrily.

Gould: "A little failsafe I implanted." He revealed, laughing in pain. "It's designed to rigged the pillar to stay on. The only way for the pillar to shut down, Cybertron must reach the Earth's lower atmosphere." (YN)'s eyes widened in horror as he dropped him, and took a few steps back.

(YN): "What have you done." He breathed, before he looked at the beam and walked over to it.

Gould: "It's over, (YN). I won. I just saved a whole other world." He smiled mockingly, coughing. (YN) didn't hear him, he just stared at the pillar. "You hear me? It's over! There's nothing you can do!"

Gould was right, there's nothing (YN) can do. With that probe still inside the pillar, he can't shut it down. He looked up at the Cybertron, and looked at the pillar. Then, determined glare was formed on his face, knowing that there is one thing he can do.

(YN): "Oh, yes there is." He muttered, and deployed his right Energon sword. Gould looked at him confused.

Gould: "What are you doing?" He demanded, but (YN) didn't answer.

(YN): "Optimus. Elita. Bumblebee. Please forgive me for what I'm about to do." He whispered, and reared his right arm back. Gould quickly realized what he's planning to do.

Gould: "Stop! NO!" He pleaded, his right hand reached out to (YN).

(YN): "HYAAAAAA!!!" He stabbed his sword into the control pillar, sparks shot out of it. He yanked it out and stabbed it again. He stabbed the pillar over and over again as the sparks shot out.

Gould: "(YN)! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" He shouted in horror as (YN) kept stabbing the pillar. "IF YOU DESTROYED THAT PILLAR, YOU'LL DESTROY THEIR WORLD!"

(YN): "IT'S BETTER OFF DEAD!!!" He roared back as he continued stabbing the pillar. Unknown to him Gould then sees the pistol on the ground, and
ran to it, picking up, and run up to him.

Gould: "NOOOOO!!!" He yelled out, aiming his pistol at (YN) and about to pull the trigger, until (YN) quickly spun around, retracting his sword, and grabbed his arm with his left hand.

(YN): "I'VE HAD IT WITH YOU!" He snapped Gould's wrist as he cry out in agony, making him drop the pistol as he caught it. Then he used the pistol to shoot Gould in both of his knees, then his right shoulder, and left, before he crushed the pistol and threw it away. Gould is screaming in pain as he fell to his knees before he picked him up again. "Hey, Gould, you said you always get what you wanted, right?" He reminded Gould, before he spun him around with his back facing the pillar. "HERE'S WHAT YOU GET FOR PICKING THE WRONG SIDE!!!" He roared in Gould's face, and with a yell, he shoved Gould right into the pillar.

The electricity surged throughout the Gould's body as he screamed in agony while (YN) hold him in place. Gould's body was slowly being incinerated until he was nothing but ashes.

(YN): "Good riddance." He muttered at the ashes. The explosions caught his attention as he sees the Autobots and NEST Troopers finishing off the last Decepticons. "HEY! HELP ME WITH THIS!" He hollered, waving his hand and motioning to the control pillar.

Epps: "Let's do this!" He yelled as Bumblebee urged the others to help (YN).

Lennox: "The pillar's still connected!" He shouted as he took aim at the pillar.

Bishop: "Everyone, shoot the pillar!" She commanded, the troopers opened fired on the control pillar.

(YN) also brought out his cannons and opened fire. Ratchet, Elita, and Bumblebee helped out with their firepower. Piece of the pillar blasted off as it was enough to damage it.

Elita One: "Do it, (YN)!" She yelled.

Roadbuster: "RIP THAT PILLAR DOWN!" He roared.

(YN) deployed his right Energon sword and reared his arm back, the thrusters on his arm assisting him. And with a mighty yell, he made a horizontal slash, slicing the pillar in two. The pillar's red orb has become unstable and exploded, destroying the entire control pillar, sending a small shockwave that blasted (YN) away, and Bumblebee caught him.

Massive waves of beams begin grabbing the Decepticon ships that were still in the air - big and small, and troops that were still on the ground, and lift them back to Cybertron. Every human and Autobot looked up as the energy beam then hits the surface and the planet begins sucking itself into a gigantic black hole.

It was over. Cybertron is destroyed... for good.

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Optimus, Sentinel, and Megatron all looked up as they witnessed their planet destroyed. Megatron held Sentinel by the throat as Optimus pushed himself onto his feet, crouching and kneeling down.

Megatron: "Now. We need a truce. All I want is to be back in charge." He revealed, throwing Sentinel to the ground. "Besides... who would you be without me, Prime?" Optimus turned his optics towards him, regarding the other before he narrowed his optics.

Optimus: "Time to find out." He answered, and his battle mask slid together over his face with a loud clang echoing eerily.

Optimus quickly stood up, grabbing his axe and threw it and it became lodged into Megatron's chest. Optimus grabbed the axe, yanking it out as Megatron stumbled forwards. Optimus then moved behind and roundhouse kicked Megatron, forcing him to his knees and slammed his axe into the middle of his head and tore the head from his body, a spray of energon arched high in the air before the body fell to the ground and Optimus dropped his axe, the head still attached to it.

Sentinel: "Optimus, alI ever wanted was the survival of our race." He noted as Optimus was walking over towards him. He paused and picked up Megatron's shotgun before he straightened up. "You must see why I had to betray you."

Optimus: "You didn't betray me." He stared down at Sentinel as he cocked the shotgun. "You betrayed yourself." He claimed, and aimed the shotgun at Sentinel as it powered up.

Sentinel: "NO, OPTIMUS!" He shouted with wide eyes.

The first shot went through Sentinel's back, causing his body to bounce and leaned against the railings of the bridge. Optimus charged up the shotgun once again and fired straight through Sentinel's head, killing him once and for all.

To Be Continued...