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The citizens of both Askr and Embla and all of the members of the Order of Heroes all cheered as the newly wedded royal couple walked down the aisle. Both Alfonse and Veronica looked at each other's eyes, "After years of war, we are finally at peace!" Alfonse spoke with enthusiasm. Veronica smiles, "I know! Our nations will now know peace..." They both leaned towards each other and kissed.

[Future]

Alfonse is shaking as he's sitting on the bed, barely even breathing properly, his ears are still ringing, and Veronica right by his side holding one of his hands, "Alfonse are you okay?" She asks him but he starts tearing up as he touches his stretched neck...

[Past]

Commander Anna is writing on her tome about everything happening in the wedding. "Oh I can already think of the merchandise that would fly off the shelves and making big money!" She laughs. "I could possibly have dolls of them in their wedding outfits! Shirts with their faces on it! Oh! There's too many good ideas that I can't think properly!" 

[Weeks Later]

Anna was running across the fields in panic. "ALFONSE, SHARENA, VERONICA, KIRAN, WHERE ARE YOU?!" She cried out in the darkness before she hears something talking in the sky, "Target: Identified. Attack: Commencing. Decepticon Collaborator: Prepare for destruction." Anna started praying for mercy, "Guys, hurry please!"

[Past]

Sharena was cheering as she watches both her brother and Sister-in-Law dancing in the middle of the courtyard. She tugs at her mom's arm, "Couldn't you believe this mom?" Sharena asks her. Henriette looks at her daughter, "Not at all. But I am glad that things ended up this way! This is also the biggest opportunity for me to properly talk to the Emblian Empress herself! Oh and Sharena," Sharena looks at her, "When will you get married?" "I... I don't think I'll ever get married. I just want to make friends mom." Sharena responds to her mother.

[Mere Hours Later]

Sharena was running towards the freshly made crater for safety. "What on Askr's name is happening?!" She spoke to herself as the ground began to shake. Sharena looks up to see a gigantic steel wagon rolling right above her and stops. At first she was confused but horror struck throughout her body as two red lights began to shine. However she notices that they were moving. As if they are looking directly at her... 

[Past]

Kiran looks at Alfonse smiling with Veronica next to him. He runs his fingers through his brown hair and lets out a sigh, "We've finally made it to the end of all conflicts in Zenith! No more gods. No more invading armies. Just peace throughout the continent." It was all peace and quiet until the Byleth's came to interrupt, "Kiran!" M! Byleth spoke, "What's wrong?" He asked them. "There's something you must see!" F! Byleth grabs his hand and they all went towards the main tower in the castle. "Slow down now what's the problem?" Kiran asked them again...

[Present]

Kiran stands on top of the highest point on Embla's main castle. He watched all of the chaos and destruction happening in the kingdom below. With the Breidablik in hands, he closes his eyes and starts praying, "Askr, I know it's been years since you've died. But if your soul is still out there somewhere, please listen to my call and pleads for help. The continent of Zenith and world of Midgard, is in grave danger. Askr has fallen, and Embla might be next. Please, with your divine intervention, please give us our last hope..." He points the Breidablik towards the sky, "Don't fail us Askr..." He pulls the trigger and all of Embla glows...

This is a story about how the Continent of Zenith was almost destroyed by simply being in the crossfire of a civil war from another planet. This is a story about how Midgard was going to be the realm that falls to the hands of an invading army. This is a story about...

Fire Emblem Heroes:

A War from Cybertron

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In an unknown, yet a familiar realm only known as Midgard. There it homes a continent known as Zenith. And there on that landmass homes multiple Nations, in particular Askr and Embla. Within the castle of Askr, both the groom and the bride are getting ready for their wedding...

Alfonse is looking at his reflection as he's adjusting his bow tie. He suddenly hears knocking coming from the door. "Who's there?" He asks. "Don't worry, Alfonse, it's just me." Kiran spoke through the door. "Oh, come in then!" Alfonse lets him in and a smile grew on his face, "Well, Alfonse it looks like you're going to impress everyone attending the wedding huh?" Kiran teases him. "Erm- well no. Kiran my friend, we know how weddings are one of the most important events to happen in our lives? This means a lot to me and Veronica." Alfonse replies to him. "Yes of course. Actually, Alfonse," He turns around to look at Kiran, "Aren't you nervous about this?"

He lets out a small sigh, "To be truthful with you, yes. Both me and Veronica had been together for a couple of years and when I had proposed to her just months ago, I was scared." Kiran looks at him, "You were scared that she was going to reject you huh?" "Correct. Even after all those earlier years when both Askr and Embla had been at war and all of that hatred she had shown towards us, I thought those past feelings would determine our destiny..." Alfonse looks down, "Hey now," Kiran puts his hands on his shoulders. "But yet, here you guys are! The two of you are about to be married tonight! Ever since the events that had went down years ago in Embla, Veronica had completely changed and abandoned her old ways. Peace had been made between the two nations. And soon tonight, eternal peace will be achieved across the continent. And it wouldn't be possible if she hadn't said yes to you." Alfonse looks up at the summoner, this time smiling. "You know what, you're right. If she had said yes to the proposal, then the whole wedding would go smoothly."

He turns around facing the mirror again, "Kiran, can you please help me with a few more adjustments to my clothing?" Alfonse asks and Kiran simply obliges to help him out as his best man.

Meanwhile at the other side of the castle, both Veronica and Sharena are preparing for the wedding and bonding. "Veronica, we are about to be in laws!" Sharena cheers as Veronica smiles, "Easy now, Sharena, I know you're excited about this. I'll be blunt about this, I'm excited as well. It's just..." She looks out the window and sees some of the heroes in Askr arriving to watch the wedding. Taking a closer look, she doesn't see either Bruno or Letizia in any way or any form. Veronica sighs, "It's just that Bruno and Letizia aren't here to witness this very moment..." Tears start rolling down her face. "Hey now, Vero," Sharena pulls out her handkerchief to wipe the tears away. "I know it's hard for you to let go of your losses for your siblings. Even though Letizia tried to execute you... Me and Alfonse felt the same way when Hel put a curse on our dad that eventually killed him. But after a while, we've finally accepted that he's gone. It's just became the new normal where we don't have our father by outsides anymore. Life feels a little more empty but it still feels like he's with us, in spirit."

Veronica looks at Sharena, "So what you're trying to tell me is that both Bruno and Letizia are watching over me right now?" She smiles, "In a way yes!" They both stop chatting for a moment and looked at the mirror. Sharena then speaks up, "I still can't believe that Alfonse proposed to you." "I couldn't believe it either. At one moment, me and Alfonse were enjoying the sunset at Embla. And then the next he was at his knee with the ring in his hands. When I'm telling you that I was surprised, I was surprised." Veronica smiles and continues to talk, "It just so happens that he made me happiest woman in Embla that evening. And soon, we're going to be the happiest couple in Zenith." She feels her heart racing. "Just hopefully the wedding goes well."

Sharena then raises her eyes, "Wait isn't your mother coming to the wedding?" She asks her. "Yes! Even though she rarely leaves her castle for most reasons." "How did she reacted when you were getting married?" Sharena asks again. "At first she was surprised, then enraged because well... you know the conflict between the two nations, but she has finally accepted that things have changed." Veronica stands up with Sharena's assistance, "Ready, Veronica?" Sharena asks her, "Ready." The two girls left the room and were meet by Xander. "Oh, Xander!" Veronica cheered. "Ready for the big event Veronica?" He asks her. "Of course! Sharena, I'll see you there!" Sharena smiles and leaves, "Your main bridesmaid will be waiting for you!" She yells as she runs down the hall.

Xander then speaks up, "It's almost time, Veronica." He moves his arm, "We should get going now and as your escort I'll be right by your side." Veronica wraps her hand around his arm and he lightly rubs her head. "Just a couple of years ago, you were just a small little child who was looking for heroes to aid Embla's conquest. I just so happen to stay with you. Mainly due to the fact I've done it on my will and sympathy." Veronica looks up at him, "Really?" "Yes. You were powerful in your own right but also fragile and weak, unfortunately." Xander explained to her. Veronica only made a light groan. "But look at you now," She looks at him again, "You're stronger than ever, changed to be a better person even going as far as helping your enemies turned friends by fighting stronger enemies such as Surtr and Embla herself. Not to mention but you are also about to be a wife, to the very same man that you were fighting against. Ironic isn't?" "What makes you say that?" Veronica asks, "You did say that you wanted to conquer Askr by any means necessary correct?" "Yes, but what does-" "Was marriage the very last option in your mind?" Veronica's face turned red as a tomato, "Oh- nonononono. If I told my younger self how I ended up "taking over Aksr" I feel I would have a complete meltdown." Both Veronica and Xander started laughing as they journeyed towards the church.

Commander Anna and Henriette were standing in front of the church waiting for the guests to arrive. Commander Anna fixes her dress before asking a question, "Queen Henriette, do you mind if I ask you a question?" "Well of course! What's your question?" Henriette responds. "How many guests are coming besides the ones already present in Askr?" "With the exception of the other heroes, Fjorm, Laevatein, Ylgr, Dagr, Eir, Hríd, and Reginn. But the one I'm most eager for them to come is- Oh there she is!" She points towards the Emblian carriage that's approaching them followed by guards at its sides. They all stopped and the six guards formed a small barrier standing between the carriage and the two girls. The door swung open revealing the Empress of Embla. She steps out revealing her pale skin and silver hair. 

She then speaks towards the queen, "You must be Queen Henriette, correct?" Henriette smiles, "Yes! It is an honor to finally meet you in person!" Both her and Commander Anna bowed to the Empress. "Oh there's no need to be formal now!" The Empress giggles and shakes their hands. "It's not normal for me to leave the palace but when my daughter told me about both her and your son getting married! At first I was in complete denial but since relations between the two nations had become healthier. Even after the failed assassination attempts committed by the Healing Hands." Henriette nodded, "I agree." She then raises her eyes, "Wait! You forgot to tell us your name!" The Empress was quite surprised, "Oh how rude of me! Well you can call me-" The church's bells began to rang. "The wedding is about to start!" Anna announces. "Then it's time for us to attend to now!" Henriette cheers as she grabs the Empress's hand and pulls her, "Never I thought I'll meet someone as positive as her!" "Oh you really need to meet Sharena then!" Anna spoke to her.

All of the guests and heroes were sitting on the pews. Many of them being a mixture of citizens from both Askr and Embla. Alfonse and Kiran were waiting at the altar. The groom was rapidly tapping his foot on the floor, "Nervous still?" Kiran asks and he nods, "Don't worry! It will all go smoothly." Sharena then arrives towards the alter. "Sorry if I was late!" She pulls out the handkerchief and wipes off the sweat. Commander Anna arrives, "The Emblian Empress is here as well!" Alfonse looks at the second story of the church and sees his soon to be mother-in-law. "You got this Alfonse..." he whispers to himself. His mother arrives at the alter to act as the officiant.

The pianist started playing the organ. Everyone turned their attention towards the church's entrance. It creeks open letting the light shine from the outside. Alfonse looks and his eyes widens as he sees Veronica in her full beauty with Xander as her escort. The duo walked down the aisle. Veronica feels her heart racing at the very moment. Xander lets her go as they make it to the alter and leans towards Alfonse, "You better treat her right." He nods as Xander leaves to take a seat. Alfonse and Veronica stared at each other, both of their faces turning red and grabbed each other's hands.

Henriette speaks out, "Family and friends, thank you all for coming today to share in this wonderful occasion. Today we are here together to unite Alfonse and Veronica in marriage." She looks at her son and her soon to be daughter-in-law. Their faces were still red but they were slowly gathering their composure. Henriette continues, "Before we get to your vows, I want you two to pour out your hearts towards each other. Starting with you, Alfonse." 

Alfonse lets go of Veronica's hands and reaches into his suit to pull out his paper containing the words from his heart. "Veronica," he speaks out, "We had been through a lot during our times as both enemies and friends. I understand that it was hard for you to trust us. And I completely understand that. When we battled at different worlds, freeing others from your contracts, I realized that you were feeling alone, weren't you?" He pauses briefly and looks at Veronica as she nods. Alfonse continues, "But even with our differences, we still worked together. Whether that'll be out of generosity or out of desperation. And regardless of that, we both prevailed, no matter what. It was until when we had to save you, Bruno, and Letizia from Embla's control I was falling in love with you. But I was too afraid to even say anything about it. Because we were recently being closer as allies and soon friends at the time. Eventually after the issue with the Healing Hands, I told you how I felt about you. I was honestly scared that you wouldn't have the same feelings towards me." He breaths in and out and puts his sheet of paper away, "Thankfully you did. And I will love you until the very end of time." He reaches out one of his hands and places it on her cheek as a tear escapes from her eyes. 

She places her hand down over his, "Alfonse, that's very sweet of you." Veronica wipes her tears away and pulls out her sheet of paper, "Alfonse, it was hard for me to be kind to you and your friends at the start. We both had completely different goals all thanks to the powers to open and close gateways to other worlds and realms. The statement you've made that I was alone? You are unfortunately be right about that. Since Bruno and Letizia weren't around as they were when I was young, I felt completely alone. Even though I had mom, she didn't pay much attention to me. I was completely alone, isolated, and had no one to go to. Eventually I did meet Xander. Now, don't get me wrong I greatly appreciate his presence but, my world still felt empty. That was until I was freed from Embla's curse." Veronica crumbles the paper and grabs Alfonse's hands, "My life became brighter and happier all because of you guys, Commander Anna, Kiran, Sharena, and most importantly, you, Alfonse." She makes eye contact with him, "When I was poisoned, you stayed by my side until I fully recovered with the assistance of Ratatoskr. And to be truthful, I've started developing feelings for you when you came and help me repel Embla's wrath on the nation. You couldn't imagine the joy I felt when you confessed to me." Veronica smiles and holds his hands tighter. 

The audience awed while the Empress was wiping her tears away, "I'm so sorry for not being there for you sweetheart..." She muttered softly. Henriette smiles and continues, "Now for the vows." She looks at Alfonse, "Do you Alfonse, take Veronica to be your lawfully wedded wife, to live together in matrimony, to love her, comfort her, honor and keep her, in sickness and in health, in sorrow and in joy, to have and to hold, from this day forward, as long as you both shall live?" He responds, "I do." She then turns towards Veronica, "Do you Veronica, take Alfonse to be your lawfully wedded husband, to live together in matrimony, to love him, comfort him, honor and keep him, in sickness and in health, in sorrow and in joy, to have and to hold, from this day forward, as long as you both shall live?" Veronica also responds, "I do." Henriette continues, "Alfonse and Veronica have chosen rings to exchange with each other as a symbol of their unending love. As you place this ring on Veronica's finger, please repeat after me. With this ring, I thee wed and pledge you my love now and forever."

The ring bears arrived with the rings on the pillows. Alfonse grabs the Askran styled ring, "With this ring, I thee wed and pledge you my love now and forever." Alfonse says as he slides the ring in her finger. Veronica was in awe of the ring's beauty. Henriette then speaks to her, "Repeat after me. Witt this ring, I thee wed and pledge you my love now and forever." Veronica grabs the Emblian styled ring, "With this ring, I thee wed and pledge you my love now and forever." Veronica says as she slides the ring in his finger. His eyes glitters at the ring. Henriette smiles, "By the authority vested in me by the Kingdom of Askr, I now pronounce you husband and wife!" Right after she has said that, both Alfonse and Veronica leaned forwards and made contact with their lips.

The citizens of both Askr and Embla and all of the members of the Order of Heroes all cheered as the newly wedded royal couple walked down the aisle. Both Alfonse and Veronica looked at each other's eyes, "After years of war, we are finally at peace!" Alfonse spoke with enthusiasm. Veronica smiles, "I know! Our nations will now know peace..." They both leaned towards each other and kissed again. They exit the church with Kiran, Sharena, Commander Anna, Henriette, Xander, and the Empress following them. Alfonse takes Veronica towards the courtyard for them to dance. 

Some watches them dancing and other partaking in the other activities in the weekend Commander Anna is writing on her tome about everything happening in the wedding. "Oh I can already think of the merchandise that would fly off the shelves and making big money!" She laughs. "I could possibly have dolls of them in their wedding outfits! Shirts with their faces on it! Oh! There's too many good ideas that I can't think properly!" She furiously writes down her ideas. "Commander Anna, are you seriously going to try to gain profit from this occasion?" Kiran asks her but she only ignores him as she continues to write on her tome. "I figured..." he sighs. She finally looks up from the tome, "Did you say anything?" Anna asks him. "Never mind about my previous question. Anyways, in regards of the wedding I think we can say this is a success! Don't you think?" He asks and she nods.

Henriette and the Empress are in a conversation about the future between the two nations while watching their spouses dancing together. "They are happy together." The Empress says, "I seriously can't believe that I even oppose to this briefly!" Henriette laughs, "Well I'm glad that you didn't! Now, Empress, how should we plan to become grandmothers in the future?" They both laughed in unison. Sharena was cheering as she watches both her brother and Sister-in-Law dancing in the middle of the courtyard. She tugs at her mom's arm, "Couldn't you believe this mom?" Sharena asks her. Henriette looks at her daughter, "Not at all. But I am glad that things ended up this way! This is also the biggest opportunity for me to properly talk to the Emblian Empress herself! Oh and Sharena," Sharena looks at her, "When will you get married?" "I... I don't think I'll ever get married. I just want to make friends mom." Sharena responds to her mother. "She doesn't want to get married?" The Empress asks. Sharena shakes her head, "Nope! I prefer making friends!" The Empress raises her eyebrows, "Odd but I wouldn't dare to object."

Kiran looks at Alfonse smiling with Veronica next to him. He runs his fingers through his brown hair and lets out a sigh, "We've finally made it to the end of all conflicts in Zenith! No more gods. No more invading armies. Just peace throughout the continent." It was all peace and quiet until the Byleth's came to interrupt, "Kiran!" M! Byleth spoke, "What's wrong?" He asked them. "There's something you must see!" F! Byleth grabs his hand and they all went towards the main tower in the castle. "Slow down now what's the problem?" Kiran asked them again. "It just appeared in the sky. We don't know what it could be!" M! Byleth guides Kiran to the telescope. He looks into it, "Where at?" He asks. "Look at the northeastern direction." Kiran looks at the direction and sees two meteorites coming to the surface. 

However he takes a closer look at it and sees metal plates coming out of the supposed 'meteorites'. "Wait a minute..." he takes one more glance and sees the outlines of the 'meteorite'. "Those aren't meteorites," The Byleths looked at him, "those are spaceships." F! Byleth looks at him, "Spaceships?" "In the world I came from, they are vessels that can carry passengers or even cargo out of the planet. But the spaceships in my world aren't like those." The two ships are getting closer to the continent. "We need to warn the others right now!" Kiran and the two Byleths rushed back to the courtyard.

The royal couple were being served dinner and cake. "Alfonse, what did the chefs make?" Veronica asks him. "I'm not completely sure. I know that's steak, curry, and samosa." All of the dishes are laid in front of them. Alfonse grabs a spoon to get some curry, "Have a bite of it!" She takes the spoon and eats the curry. Her eyes lit up with excitement, "It's really good! Can I get more?" Veronica asks. Right before Alfonse can get more they see Kiran running towards them. "Summoner?" They spoke out to him. "We need to take shelter now!" He shouted out loud. Everyone turns to look at him as if he was crazy. "What are you talking about?" Alfonse asks him. "Something is about to crash into the continent!" He stands up from his seat. "What are you-" He pauses and looks up at the sky.

Passing above Askr are the two spaceships Kiran was going to warn them about. "Talking about..." Alfonse finished his sentence and a loud crash can be heard miles away. The entire kingdom started shaking. "What in the world was that?!" Sharena asks. "I don't know. But I think we should end the wedding now. We have bigger things to worry about now." Alfonse speaks up. "Alfonse, Sharena, Commander Anna, and Veronica, gear up right now! I'll go to the tower to see where it has landed at!" The group all nodded and left to change out of their wedding clothes and into their standard armor. 

Kiran returns to the tower to see where the ships had crashed landed at. He sees the trail of smoke rising near the mountain range. "Let's see if I can enhance the visibility." He zooms in and notices that only one of the ships was visible. "Where did the other one go?" He starts to see the outline more clear now. The color was about to shine as well. Not only it was massive but it was also purple. "A purple spaceship?" He asks himself, "Now where have I seen this-" the moment of realization hits him, "Oh no." 

Kiran immediately started running back to the main floor, his heart is pounding, sweat is running down his face, his legs are giving in. Finally he sees his friends regrouping just outside of the tower. "Kiran, what's wrong?" Alfonse asks him. "I never saw him this terrified before." Commander Anna says. "The spaceship, I have a feeling where I saw it before it's-" Kiran pauses. "Kiran?" Sharena grabs his shoulder, "Do you guys hear that?" He asks and everyone stayed quiet. At first they heard nothing. "I hear-" "Shhhh!" Kiran cuts Veronica off. Suddenly they all hear whooshing from the distance. "What is that noise?" Anna asks. "Do you guys remember how I said that in my world that we don't have dragons or even other flying creatures to rely for air travel?" They all nodded. "What you guys are hearing is the jet turbines that would make those noises. Especially those designed for war." 

Kiran looks up to see something flying in the distance. Everyone looked at the same direction, "Just like that?" Sharena asks him. "Definitely not like that..." The unknown red, white, and blue flying object was getting closer to unleash a barrage of steel rods and turned around. All but Kiran were wondering what it was doing. "What are those?" Veronica asks. Kiran sees that they're not stopping at all. "EVERYONE TAKE COVER!" He shouted just as they made contact towards the tower causing huge explosions. All but Sharena ran away from the tower. Kiran turns around, "SHARENA!" He runs towards her and pulls her away right as the debris hits the ground. 

Screams can be heard throughout the castle. The Order of Heroes scrambled to help the Askran citizens. "Empress we need to leave now!" One of the guards spoke to her. "I am not leaving without my citizens, my Son-in-Law, or my daughter!" She raises her voice at the guard. "Watch out!" Henriette shouted towards one of the Askran guards right as soon he got crushed by the debris. The group returns towards the courtyard, "Mom!" Both Alfonse and Veronica shouted and ran towards their mothers. Kiran, Sharena, and Anna rushed towards the debris. "How many did we lose?" Anna asks. "We don't know! This attack was sudden!" Henriette cried out. "Don't worry! I'll bring them-" Kiran pulls out the Breidablik to bring back the lost guards only to see it completely lost of power, "back..." "What's wrong?" Sharena asks him. "It's not working. Why?" Dread, despair, and fear completely took over his body. "This is not good! THIS IS NOT GOOD AT ALL!" Kiran was in full on panic mode. 

He rushed towards the second highest point in the castle and rang the bell, "ALL HEROES THAT ARE HERE IN ASKR, THIS IS A EMERGENCY! THE BREIDABLIK IS COMPLETELY DISABLED! I CANNOT BRING BACK THE FALLEN HEROES! IN ORDER TO PREVENT FURTHER LOSSES, ALL OF YOU NEED TO BE SENT BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL WORLDS! HEAD TOWARDS THE SUMMONING PORTAL AT THIS INSTANCE NOW!" All of the heroes in Askr started running towards the portal. Watching from afar, Sharena starts crying, "No..." She watches all of the heroes leaving Askr at the blink of an eye. Sharena looks up as Kiran "All that remains of the Askran army, we must be prepared for what is about to come! Be prepare for a potential siege! Be prepared for threats beyond our power!" He looks over towards the horizon to see the extraterrestrial forces coming to Askr.

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Commander Anna is with the other soldiers in the gates of Askr, "Commander Anna, what orders did the summoner have given for us?" One of the soldiers asked. "Kiran has said that he wants us to dig trenches." Anna gave out the order. "So let's get started to digging really fast now!" Most of the Askran soldiers grabbed their shovels and started digging. The same soldier then asks her another question, "Wait, Commander, why does he want us to dig trenches?" She looks at the soldier, "He didn't elaborate on it. He just wants us to dig." The soldier nods and starts digging with his comrades.

Veronica was with the other tome users and archers, "All of you were given orders by the tactician himself! He wants all of you to be at the highest points around in capital and as far as he says, 'aim for the eyes or heads.' Whatever he means by that." They all looked at each other with concern and confusion. "We're going have to fight against giants?" A mage asks. "By the way he gave us that order, I would assume that's the case." Veronica responds to the same mage. They all nodded and rushed to the highest points in the capital and within the castle.

Kiran rushes towards Alfonse and Sharena, Henriette, and the Empress, "How is the evacuation going?" He asks them. "The last few of the citizens are currently being evacuated right now!" Henriette responds. "All of the Askran people have my full support and permission to take refuge in Embla!" The Empress spoke out to them. Sharena looks at the crowds going towards the forest, "I hope that they all get there safely." Alfonse however was a bit angry, "Kiran," he spoke out to his friend, "Why are you doing all of this? What do you know that we don't? Why are you hiding this information away from us?" Both Alfonse and Kiran made eye contact. Alfonse was squinting his eyes as for Kiran he was unsure of what to tell him. "Alfonse, if I tell you what we are about to face, you would not take it lightly..." Alfonse grabs his shoulders roughly, "TELL ME WHAT ARE WE GOING TO FACE KIRAN! AS FAR AS I CAN COMPREHEND, IS AN ARMY COMING?!" Kiran nods, "Are they from this world?" This time Kiran shakes his head. "So, are you telling me that these invading forces are from another realm?" "No, not from another realm, from an another planet."

Alfonse let's go of him, "Another planet?" Kiran nods, "Kiran, what intentions do these invading forces have in mind, taking over all of Askr?" "No, worse." Kiran spoke softly. They all hear noises coming from the outskirts of Askr. "What was that?" Sharena asks. They rushed towards the other side of the walls surrounding the capital. Veronica catches up with them, "What's wrong?" She asks them. "They're coming." Kiran rushes towards Commander Anna, "Commander Anna, how are the trenches going?" She looks at him, "We've been hard at work!" She swipes the dirt off of her, "We also managed to dig down to seven feet!" "Good! Bring in the explosives!" Kiran shouts and Anna looks at him, "Wait, explosives?" A brigade of soldiers are carrying barrels of gunpowder and putting them into the trenches. He then shouts out towards a Pegasus Rider, "Prepare the slingshots, catapults, siege machines, cannons, ballistas, and trebuchets now!" The rider leaves.

Anna grabs his shoulder, "Kiran, I don't like how you're organizing this..." "Just trust me. I'm trying to slow them down." Alfonse spoke out, "What do you mean by slowing them down?" Before Kiran can answer they can hear the whooshing and rumbling again. "They're almost here!" He rushed towards both the Empress and Henriette, "The two of you need to leave now!" The Empress immediately protested, "I am not leaving without Veronica and my Son-in-Law!" Veronica steps in, "Mom, I will be fine! Leave now and I'll see you at Embla!" The Empress sighs, "Please, be careful." The Askran queen, grabs her hand, "Let's go now!" The royal queen and Empress had been escorted out towards the other side of Askr with the assistance of the remaining Emblian Guards.

The Askr Trio and Veronica all hear the rumbling. "They're here!" Sharena points towards the source. All of them looked at the rows of these unknown steel machines in front of them. They were moving closer to the gates of Askr until they suddenly stopped. Veronica then asks, "Why did they stop?" "Perhaps they want a negotiation?" Sharena nervously asks with a smile on her face. "They don't want peace, only warfare." Kiran spoke to her. "What makes you say that?" Anna asks him as he only points at the sky, "Those squadrons of fighter jets are the reason I said that." They looked at the same direction and all of their pupils shrank as they saw almost thirty individuals fighters jets heading towards Askr. And the one leading the assault was the same red, white, and blue jet that attacked Askr earlier. Alfonse then shouts, "EVERYONE GET TO SHELTER NOW!"

All of them tried rush back behind the walls as the flying machines started opening fire on the capital, "Attention to all Seekers present, lay waste to our inferior opponents and we shall claim it as our own!" One of the Seekers spoke out and all of them started releasing a barrage of rockets towards the capital. "TAKE COVER!" Anna shouts right as the rockets made impact on the ground and within the capital. Loud explosions can be heard for miles causing the Askran refugees to look back to see their beloved kingdom slowly crumbling. The Seekers returned back towards the other machines. "NOW DECEPTICONS, TIME TO BREACH THEIR DEFENSES!" The machine with the tank shouted and all of them started advancing towards the wall. It shot a powerful blast towards the trenches. Kiran looks back seeing some of the Askran soldiers still putting the explosives in them. "EVERYONE GET OUT OF THE TRENCHES NOW-" But it was too late as the blast hits the trenches causing a chain of explosions.

Some of the barrels full of explosives were sent scattered across the field. One landed mere feet away behind Alfonse and Veronica causing them to fly a few feet away from the impact and being knocked out when they landed on the ground. Another landed right in front of Sharena causing a huge crater being made. She stumbles backwards after seeing that she almost had died. Two more had zoomed pasts by Anna and Kiran and exploding ten feet away from them. Kiran looks at the knocked out duo, "ALFONSE, VERONICA!" They both rushed to get them to safety.

Sharena gets back up on her feet, "That was close..."More shots were being fired and some of them passing by her. "AAAHHH!" Sharena screams as she's running towards the freshly made crater for safety. She jumps in and takes a breather, "What on Askr's name is happening?!" She spoke to herself as the ground began to shake. Sharena looks up to see a gigantic steel wagon rolling right above her and stops. At first she was confused but horror struck throughout her body as two red lights began to shine. However she notices that they were moving. As if they are looking directly at her... "GAH!" She shouts as it starts to take a new form.

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Standing on its own two feet, it looks down at the helpless Sharena. She then speaks out, "W-what are you?!" It began to smile and let out a light chuckle. "What am I? What am I?! You foolish flesh creature don't know who I am?!" Sharena shakes her head, "No..." It raises its right arm and fired its cannon into the air. Sharena covers her ears as the boom echoed and it looks at her again, "I. AM. MEGATRON! LEADER OF THE DECEPTICONS! THE GLADIATOR OF KAON! AND THE NAME THAT THIS PLANET SHALL FEAR!" Sharena tries to back away from Megatron before a Seeker starts diving down at her. "AAAAHHHH!" She braces for impact, however...

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Sharena looks up to see that whatever it is, it was the same Seeker that attacked Askr earlier. "What is this worthless bug you're talking to right now Lord Megatron?" It spoke to his leader, "This flesh creature right here has never heard of us, Starscream." Starscream then looks at her, "Is that so?" Sharena is suddenly surrounded by two more Decepticons. She begins to panic more as Megatron spoke, "Soundwave, Scrapper, report!" Soundwave speaks first, "During the bombardment, the Seekers had identified multiple targets of key defenses within the technologically inferior city. However they should never be underestimated." Megatron then looks at Scrapper, "Scrapper?" "The Constructicons are on standby and ready for your commands, Megatron!" Scrapper responds. "Excellent! Now..." Megatron looks down at Sharena, "we can't have witnesses to alert the masses beyond this place now." Megatron aims his Fusion Cannon at Sharena and it begins to light up. Tears began to pour out of her eyes as she knows her fate is sealed.

"SHARENA!" Everyone turned their attention towards the source. Suddenly red beams appears and grazes the Decepticon's eyes, "GAH!" Megatron shouts and fired out the charged shot towards the sky. Sharena takes this opportunity and runs towards her saviors. Her eyes then glitters, "ALFONSE, VERONICA!" Sharena hugs them tightly, "SHARENA!" Alfonse was crying, thankful that his sister is alive. "GRAAAHHH!" They all looked at Megatron with anger filling his optics, "STARSCREAM, RALLY THE SEEKERS! Leave no survivors!" Starscream leaps into the air and transforms into his Tetrajet mode. "Skywarp, Thundercracker, get the other Seekers to aid the siege!" Starscream commands his comrades.

Kiran guides his friends back inside of the capital as the gates closes behinds them. Anna climbs up one of the towers and watches them from bellow, "Scrapper, you know what to do." Scrapper looks at his fellow green Decepticons, "Long Haul, Hook, Scavenger, Bonecrusher, and Mixmaster, transform and unite!" Anna squints her eyes as Alfonse, Sharena, Veronica, and Kiran arrived just in time to see them taking shape of new forms they haven't seen, "What are they doing?" Veronica asks. Kiran only spoke out a word, "Devastator." Alfonse looks at him, "Huh?" "Look!" Sharena points to the Constructicons.

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All of their eyes went wide in about terror after seeing them combining into a bigger robot. "PREPARE FOR EXTERMINATION!" Devastator marches towards the wall and starts punching it down. Alfonse speaks, "Let's not stand here, we got to move right now!" They all rush down the stairs and the familiar whooshing was back. "The Seekers are back!" Anna points at the sky as Starscream was leading his squadron. "Kiran, do something!" Sharena cried out. He then shouts out, "FIRE AT THE FLYING TARGETS AND THE GIANT COMING THROUGH THE WALL!" Most of the defenses were aimed towards the sky and began firing at the Seekers. They were dodging the projectiles flawlessly while unloading their payloads of bombs onto Askr. Things would get worse when Devastator completely broke through the wall with the other Decepticons following behind it.

The Askran soldiers aimed some of their defenses towards the giant automatons. "Decepticons, search for that yellow headed flesh creature!" Megatron shouts as he blasts a ballista to smithereens. "Seekers, make touchdown now!" Starscream transforms back to robot mode with the other Seekers landing in Askr. Veronica looks at an empty building, "Over here!" She guides them to the building for safety. Alfonse, Sharena, and Anna looked out the window to see the destruction happening. "Kiran!" Alfonse looks at him, "Do you have anything that can somehow give us allies?" "I can shoot a series of signal flares to the sky but it's inside of the castle!" He points towards said castle.

They then hear the screams coming from the Askran soldiers that were still defending the capital. "They are everywh- GAH-" One of soldiers screams as they were evaporated. "Our defenses are barely doing anything against them!" "Our spells are only scratching them!" "There's too many of them!" Alfonse went towards the door with his blade in hand. "Alfonse?" Sharena looks at him, "Our people are in danger! We need to be out there with them!" He breaks down the door and went to aid his soldiers. "Wait! I'm coming as well!" Veronica ran towards him. "Sharena, stay with Kiran alright?" Anna asks her. "Wait, why?" "Because I am going to help them!" Commander Anna leaves as she draws out her battle axe.

Kiran and Sharena looked at each other, "Well Kiran, what's your plan?" Sharena asks. He looks at the castle again, "We are going to try to call for help!" Kiran grabs her hand and they both start running towards the castle. Alfonse, Veronica, and Anna are running in the streets of a slowly crumbling Askr. "Oh my Askr..." Alfonse feels the weight on his shoulders as he's slowly losing hope. "Prince Alfonse, over here!" They all looked at a few Askran mages rushing towards them, "We need to abandon the capital! We don't stand a chance against them!" "I completely agree. Rally all of the remaining soldiers to evacuate through the other end of the capital!" Alfonse commands. "And how do you recommend we stay out of sight?" "The sewers, it may be disgusting but all of you are going to be hidden from these invaders!" The mages nods and started running deep into the capital.

Anna sighs, "Now we need to-" She was quickly cut off when a blue Seeker transforms and lands right in front of them. Alfonse immediately stands between it and the girls while pointing his sword at the Seeker, "Stay behind me now!" He shouts at them. Anna pulls out her battle axe and Veronica pulls out her tome and ignited some fire on her hands. The Seeker's arm transforms into a Null Cannon and points it at them. They both locked eye and optic contact for a while until it spoke, "Stand aside, now. Please." It's other hand points at the opposite way. The three of them steeped away as it began to open fire at the spot they were just standing at. Veronica looks at it, "Why are you sparing us?" "It's just not worth killing you, what species are you?" Anna answers, "Humans. We're humans." "Right. It's just not worth killing you humans. You're all weaker and defenseless than even the weakest Decepticons. Now, leave before Lord Megatron catches us!" They all nodded and left the scene as the Seeker fires at one of the cannons but missing most of their shots on purpose.

Kiran and Sharena were getting closer to the castle, "We are almost there Kiran!" She cheers. "Good! We need to get more help as soon as possible!" Following behind them was another Seeker and an extremely fast machine was right in front of them. "Kiran..." Sharena looks around their surroundings. He pulls out the Breidablik just to see it still low in power. "WHY WON'T YOU TURN BACK ON?!" Kiran shouts while he's smacking it. The machine gets closer towards them, "GET DOWN!" Sharena pulls Kiran to the ground with her. It suddenly jumps over them and transforms.

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It lands on its feet and pulls out its sword. Kiran and Sharena look at it, "Do you know what Decepticon that is?" She asks him. "That is Motormaster, the leader of the Decepticon Sub-Division, the Stunticons." The seeker behind him was getting closer it suddenly disappeared from the sky. "Where did it go?!" Kiran looks around. It reappears in a flash and transforms into its main form. "Who are you?!" Sharena asks it. "I am Skywarp! And that block head right there is Motormaster." Skywarp answers Sharena's question as she aims her Null Rays at Sharena. Motormaster raises the sword over his head, "And you're the little brat the Megatron has told us about!" Before they can do anything shots coming from the catapults has struck both of them. Motormaster and Skywarp were too occupied with the sudden attack. With the chance they're given, Kiran and Sharena rushes inside the castle with no other problem.

Alfonse, Anna, and Veronica were guiding the other soldiers to the sewers for safety. "Wait for us!" Alfonse turns to see his Askran soldiers, "We're coming as we-" The soldiers however were evaporated by a single shot. Alfonse, Veronica, and Anna all screamed in absolute terror as two Decepticon Drones approached them. "Freeze!" One of them talked, "You three are going with us!" The other one spoke out. The first drone puts its finger at the left side of its head, "Lord Megatron, we have-" "YOU SHALL NOT TAKE THEM AWAY FROM ME!" They all looked up to see a figure jump off a building and dug their sword into one of the drones head. "HEY!" The other drone starts shooting at the figure but it jumps towards the other drone and slams the sword into its head as well.

"GET THIS THING OFF OF ME!" It shouted. "Now guys! Tear these automatons down!" Alfonse and Anna starts hacking down at its ankle as Veronica was finishing off the other drone. "You dammed pests will regret this moment as Megatron takes over this plan-" Their savior strikes into the head a couple more times causing a mysterious blue liquid leaking out of its head. The Decepticon Drone then falls as it's completely lifeless. "Thank you-" Veronica spoke up and the moment she saw who was their savior she was in complete shock, "XANDER?!" Alfonse and Anna look at him, "What, how?!" Anna asks. "I thought you went back to your world!" Alfonse spoke to him. "I didn't. While the summoner was sending everyone back to their original worlds, I snuck away while he wasn't looking and stayed hidden until those explosions had went off." Xander explains to them. Veronica then asks him, "But, why did you stay?" "That's rather simple, I have a personal duty to do. And that duty is making sure that you are okay and alive!" He responds. "But I am married and I have Alfonse by my side!" "Yet the three of you would've been dead if I hadn't came here to help." He fires back at her. "Enough everyone!" Anna steps in, "We need to get to safety now!" "Right! Kiran and Sharena are likely at the castle trying to send out calls for help. Now, let's go now!" Alfonse guides everyone to the castle through the capitals ruins.

Sharena grabs the box of flares, "Kiran, is this it?" She asks him. "Yes! Now quickly, to the top of the tower!" They rushed to the top and lined up the flares facing upwards at the sky. "Alright, let's light them up." Kiran hands her a couple of matches and Sharena asks him a question, "Wait, the entire capital is slowly being engulfed by the smoke and fires, how will anyone see our flares?" Kiran responds, "I... I don't know. We can only hope that someone will see our cries for help." He lights them up and they all shoot up into the sky and exploding. Bright red lights are visible for any living being to see.

Somewhere in the forest, a figure saw the flares in the sky, "Oh no..." It spoke as it returns to the forest. And unfortunately for them, Starscream has spotted them. "Meet your unfortunate end right now you disgusting insects!" Starscream unleashes five rockets that were spiraling towards the tower they were in. Sharena tugs at Kiran's cloak, "We need to leave now!" He looks up and his eyes were filled with terror, "You're right! Let's get out of here now!" The duo rushes down the stairs, "Do you think we will-" Sharena was cut off when the rockets made impact on the tower causing them to fall down the stairs. They crashed at the bottom floor covered in bruises. "Are you okay?" Kiran asks her. "I wish..." She tries to stand up but falls back down. "Sharena!" He stands up and carries her in his arms. "Thank you." She thanks him. "How's your legs?" "I think one of them is broken." Sharena groans as she tries to move her left leg. "Stay still! We'll get help now!" Kiran reassures her.

Alfonse, Veronica, Anna, and Xander were rushing towards the doors of the castle. "We are almost there! We just need Kiran and Sharena and we are leaving!" Alfonse spoke to them. "Not on our watch!" Skywarp teleported right in front of them. They stopped dead in their tracks as more Decepticons surrounded them. Motormaster, Soundwave, Starscream, Devastator, and Megatron pointed their weapons at them. "Oh no..." Veronica whispered. "So, there's more of you meat bags living here?" Megatron mocks them. Alfonse steps forward, "Who are you and what intentions do you have with the conquest of Askr?" "I am Megatron! Leader of the Decepticons! And this, this pitiful place you call Askr, a city-" "Kingdom!" Alfonse shouts at Megatron provoking him aim his Fusion Cannon at the young king, "I did not gave you permission to speak! As I was saying, this, 'kingdom'  you call is Askr? Askr is already almost under Decepticon control! What chance of survival do you have left?" He continues to mock him. Alfonse stood his ground and held onto a firm grip on his sword. Veronica opened up her tome with her hands lighting up following with Anna and Xander holding onto their weapons. "Above all, the mission." Alfonse spoke out. "Such heroic nonsense." Megatron laughs as his Fusion Cannon lights up. Veronica grabs his hand tightly and whispered, "I know our mutual friend turned lovers days may end now, just know I love you Alfonse." "I love you too Veronica." He replies to her.

Just as they are expecting their appending doom explosions can be heard from above. "What the?!" Megatron looks up to see some of the Seekers being shot out of the sky. "IMPOSSIBLE!" He sees more jets but they're not his Seekers. They began to shoot at Devastator, "You dare to attack Devastator?" It shoots back at them along with its Decepticon comrades. Rockets were sent at Devastator causing it to fall backwards and crashing into the buildings. "SOUNDWAVE!" Megatron shouts, "Megatron, the Autobots have survived the crash!" Soundwave informs him. "And we are here to stop you, Megatron!" A unfamiliar voice spoke out but it was enough to cause Megatron to panic. "NO! ITS-"

Megatron was knocked away by a mighty strike from a red and blue savior. Starscream, Skywarp, Soundwave, and Motormaster turned their weapons at him. It then spoke to them, "Very bold of you four to try to challenge me to a fight." It changes one of its arms into an orange axe and starts to take on Motormaster. "Skywarp, Soundwave, let's send him to the scrap heap!" Starscream commands.

"Not on our watch Starscream!" They all see four other 'Autobots' leaping towards them. The white and black Autobot kicks Skywarp to the ground as a yellow and pink bot takes down Starscream and a huge gray bot grabs Soundwave by his head and throws him back across the capital. Motormaster, Skywarp, and Starscream all retreated with Megatron in their arms. Alfonse, Veronica, Xander, and Anna looked up at their saviors, "Jazz, Grimlock, report!" Jazz speaks first, "The rest of the Autobots I have chosen to fight back against the Decepticons should arrive very shortly along with the other Aerialbots and Jetfire!" Grimlock was the next to speak up, "The other Dynobots are getting ready as well and should be here soon!" "Perfect. Bumblebee?" It looks at the yellow one, "These Decepticons have the entire place surrounded! Who knows how long this place would still stand!" Bumblebee responds. "And Elita?" He looks at the pink one, "Windblade and Chromia should be here any minute now!" "Good! Rally all of the Autobots and they are all tasked to repel the Decepticons out of this little city!"

The four Autobots nodded and left the scene. Right before it can leave as well Alfonse spoke up, "Wait!" It looks at him, "Is there something wrong?" "No, it's just that you saved us. Thank you." "You are welcome my friend." Veronica steps forward, "Allow me to introduce ourselves, I'm Veronica, his name is Alfonse, he's Xander, and her name is Anna." "It is a honor to meet you all." "There's one thing we still got to ask you-" Xander speaks and Anna finishes his sentence, "Who are you?" It looks at them, "I was called and given many from those close to me and those who despise me. But the only name you shall know is that I am Optimus Prime." An explosion was heard across the capital, Optimus turns away, "I am sorry if I have to leave you all. Just get to safety, we'll take care of Megatron!" He rushes into battle. Alfonse looks at his group, "Alright let's go inside the castle now!" They all rushed towards the entrance and he can only think of one person right now, and that is Optimus Prime himself.

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Alfonse, Veronica, Xander, and Anna all entered the castle as the battle continues to unfold. They were regrouped with Kiran and Sharena as he's carrying her. "Are you okay, Sharena?" Alfonse asks her. "We were okay until Starscream blasted the tower we were in." Kiran explains to him, "The blast caused us to fall and I might've fractured one of my legs." Sharena tries to move her legs only to stop midway. "It's my left foot." She groans. "Easy now." Anna walks towards her, "There has to be some medical supplies still left behind right?" She asks Alfonse, "I know it's around the first floor somewhere." Xander looks at him, "What do you mean 'somewhere'? We are under attack! We need to act quickly!" "You're not wrong. Quickly, I believe the West Wing should have medical supplies there!" The group all ran towards the direction. 

"Wait!" Alfonse raised his voice, "Even though our attempt would be futile, we should barricade the doorway. We don't know what else could be there." "What makes you so sure about that?" Veronica asks him, "If they can have other 'Decepticons' that can be as big as Devastator, then it's possible there's some that's potentially our size." He rushes to the nearest shelf, "Xander, Kiran, help me out with this! We'll meet back up at the West Wing!" Alfonse gave out the order. Anna and Veronica were carrying Sharena as the rest of the men were getting busy with the barricade.

Meanwhile at the battle in the capital the Autobots are slowly moving in and doing their best to repel the invading Decepticon Forces. Elita-1 rushes next Optimus Prime, "Good news Optimus, Chromia, Windblade, and the Dynobots just arrived! And they are not alone!" She points at the other Autobots that are rolling in battle. Optimus places his hand on her shoulder, "Thank you, Elita." She leaves with Windblade and Chroma. Optimus looks at the other bots, "Hound, Sideswipe, Hot Shot, Skids, I want you four to go to these coordinates. Do not allow the other Stunticons to advance any further!" Hound salutes to Prime, "We won't let you down, Optimus Prime sir!" The four boys leave, "Ironhide, Cliffjumper, Blaster, Drift, I was given confirmation from Jetfire that Onslaught is here! If he's here then it means the rest of the Combaticons aren't too far behind! He was last seen at the eastern part of the city, go now!" Ironhide nods, "Let's go now!" They all left in a hurry. Optimus looks at the city slowly being engulfed by the flames, "It's just like Iacon all over again..."

Starscream, Skywarp, and Motormaster returned back to their back lines with Megatron in their care, "Where is Soundwave?" Megatron asks them. "That brute, Grimlock threw him somewhere among the rubble of this puny city." Starscream replies to him. "Hm... and what about the flesh creatures?" Megatron asks again. Skywarp steps forward, "I honestly don't know. The last time we saw them was before Optimus Prime attacked you when we were near that stone building." "That building you say?" He looks towards the building and a smile grew on his face. "I have an idea. Soundwave, do you hear me?" After the long moment of silence he gets a response, "Loud and clear, Lord Megatron." 

Back inside the castle's West Wing the ladies opens up the doors to the storage area. "The supplies must be kept in here!" Anna guides them deep into the room to find the supplies for Sharena's leg. "How's your leg now?" Veronica asks. "It's the same but thank you for asking." Sharena thanks her. They all stopped and looked at the crate in front of them. "I think this should be it!" Anna cracks it open and pulls out the said supplies, "Alright, Sharena, I might need to cut off  some of the clothing on your left leg." She nods. "Okay, Veronica, help me out on this!" "On it!" Veronica grabs a blade and starts cutting the cloth that was visible. Alfonse, Kiran, and Xander had just finished moving the fourth shelf against the door. "Do you think this will be enough?" Kiran asks. "We can only hope." Alfonse looks at him. They suddenly feel the ground shaking beneath them, "What was that?" Xander asks.

Unknowingly for most of the Autobots or for the humans, Devastator was still functioning and rose up from the debris. "Nothing can defeat the Devastator. Nothing!" He then starts pummeling his fists against the castle. The women felt the castle shaking, "What's happening outside?!" Sharena cried out. "I don't know but we need to hurry with this now!" Anna applies the casting. Alfonse, Kiran, and Xander started backing away the moment they can see the sky from the cracks that are appearing. "WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE LADIES NOW!" The men started running towards the West Wing.

From the sky, Silverbolt spots him, "Optimus, we got trouble!" Prime turns around to see the Decepticon Combiner slowly tearing down the castle. "Bumblebee, Windblade, get to the castle now! Aerialbots, distract Devastator!" Optimus gave out his orders. "Yes, Optimus Prime sir!" The seven Autobots heeds his call. Bumblebee and Windblade ran side by side as the Aerialbots were diving towards Devastator. It manages to create a hole into the castle and looks at the flying bots. Silverbolt then speaks out to his team, "Skydive, Air Raid, Slingshot, and Fireflight: Transform and merge into Superion!" The Aerialbots merged and both Superion and Devastator are engaged in combat. From the ground, Soundwave steps out of the shadows and looks at the hole that's visible, "Minions: Eject. Operation: Search and Destroy." Soundwave opens his chest and all six of his Cassetticons were ejected and landed inside the castle.

The men regrouped with the ladies, "How is Sharena?" Alfonse asks them. "We just barely put the cast on! It still needs time to harden!" Anna and Veronica lifted her up. "And it still needs a day to harden up." She continues. "Now, where do we leave to now?" Kiran asks. "There has to be some kind of emergency exit around the castle right?" Xander asks Alfonse, "Besides the main entrance, there should be at least two more exits at this side of the castle. Let's go, now." They all carried Sharena and made their way towards one of the exits. "Do you think some of the horses are still in the stables?" Kiran asks them. "I'll be surprised if they're still there despite what's going on right now!" Veronica spoke up. "We can only hope if that's the case. Just as long as we make it out of this, we'll be safe!" Alfonse spoke again. Sharena suddenly raises her head upwards, "Did you guys hear that?" Everyone stops and listens to their surrounding area. "Hear what exactly?" Alfonse asks her. "Wait, I hear something." Kiran turns around facing the dark hallway.

From the darkness, there was something sprinting directly towards their direction. A pair of red eyes are seen and they're rapidly approaching their location. Alfonse and Anna draw out their weapons, "Kiran..." Anna spoke to him. "Yes?" "Do you mind telling us what's possibly here?" She asks him, "There is a Decepticon known as Soundwave and he can carry his own minions and they're the smallest of them all." Kiran replies to her. "And do you mind telling us their names?" Alfonse asks him. "Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, Rumble, Frenzy, Ratbat, and-"

Just before Kiran can finish a large metal cat pounces towards him, "RAVAGE!" Kiran shouts as he's pinned down by Ravage. "Get off of our summoner now!" Anna raises the axe over her head and before she can swing it, Ratbat takes the axe and flies away with it. "HEY!" Anna shouts at it. Alfonse and Xander rushes towards the pinned down Kiran, "Veronica, take Sharena and get out of here now!" Xander tells her. "I'll do it the best of my ability!" She two ladies are making their way towards the exit. The two men swung their blades at Ravage causing it to get off of Kiran. "Hissssss." Ravage aims its weapons towards them. Kiran stands back up and went behind them. Two more Cassetticons emerged flying towards Sharena and Veronica. Both Laserbeak and Buzzsaw were shrieking at the ladies. Veronica stops and gently puts Sharena down, "Why does this kind of stuff happens to us?" Veronica asks as she gets her tome out. Her hands began to lit up and she fires at the metallic vultures.

Alfonse and Xander kept on swinging at Ravage and Veronica was still firing at the flying bots. "Let's shake things up now!" A voice called out and the entire room began to shake. All of them were starting to fall towards the ground as it was starting to split as well. "What is going on?!" Anna yelled. Alfonse and Xander jumped towards the other side with Sharena and Veronica. Kiran and Anna got back up to their feet. They all looked to see Rumble and Frenzy emerging out of the hall. Rumble speaks first, "So these are the ones Soundwave told us about?" Frenzy responds to its brother, "They're the only ones that are here. So it has to be them." Ravage pounces at Kiran and Laserbeak grabs Anna by her shoulders, "HELP US!" They cried out. Buzzsaw and Ratbat dives towards Xander and Alfonse. Xander manages to make a slice at Ratbat's wing and Alfonse grabbing Buzzsaw's legs and throwing it against the wall and proceeds to bash its head against the ground.

"Get off of Buzzsaw now!" Rumbles rushes towards Alfonse and pins him against the wall. Veronica was the last one standing thus Frenzy starts running towards her. She fails to land a blast against him and he immediately has her on a chokehold. "Wait did Megatron wanted us to kill them or capture them?" Frenzy asks Rumble. "Who cares? They're good as dead anyways!" Rumble punches Alfonse across his face, "GAH!" He holds onto his head as he's kicked at the gut. "Al...Alfonse..." Veronica was struggling to breathe. "Alfonse, Veronica!" Sharena yells as she tries to get back in her legs before she falls. Laserbeak looks down at her. It drops Anna to the ground right next to the crawling Buzzsaw. Kiran tries his best to get Ravage off of him, "We can't stop them!" Ratbat finally knocks Xander down and tries to claw at his face, "We are no match for them." He called out. Anna raises up from the ground slightly, "We're going to die..."

Just when they thought all hope was lost a voice called out, "Leave them alone you little rats!" Everyone turned their attention towards the hallway and for both the Askrans and Xander and Veronica it was hope. However for the Cassetticons it was dread. Alfonse then asks, "Wait? Is that-" "BUMBLEBEE?!" Rumble and Frenzy shouted as he immediately kicks Ravage off of Kiran and shooting Laserbeak out of the air. Rumble and Frenzy lets go of Alfonse and Veronica and started to open fire at him. Kiran and Anna quickly got back up on their feet to help Xander. They try to pry off Ratbat with no avail, "Hey, did you happen to bring any more of your friends?" Anna asks Bumblebee. "About that."

Suddenly, Windblade crashes through the ceiling and right in the middle of the room. Ratbat sees her and immediately tries to fly away. "I don't think so!" She grabs Ratbat and chucks him towards Rumble, "HEY!" "Not sorry for that!" Windblade replies. Anna quickly grabs her axe, "And I am not sorry for this!" She lands a heavy swing against Frenzy's chest causing some of the same blue liquid to leak out of it. He begins to scream, "AAAAHHH! WE NEED TO LEAVE NOW!" And in a hurry all of them quickly fled the other way completely beaten. Both Bumblebee and Windblade looked at them, "Are you guys okay?" Alfonse struggles to get up, "I wish." Sharena was crawling towards them, "You guys saved us. You're not with them?" "Of course not! We're the Autobots, we have been battling the Decepticons for millions of years!" Bumblebee explains to her. She looks up with curiosity, "Millions of years?" "That's right. It's a very long story and too much to explain everything." Windblade replies as she kneels down looking at them. Kiran carries Alfonse as Veronica was helping out Anna, "We still need to get out of here and straight towards Embla."

The two bots looked confused, "Embla?" Windblade says. "Is that another planet?" Bumblebee asks her. "The Emblian Empire is a nation that resides in this continent. Where you guys are in right now is the capital of the Kingdom of Askr." Alfonse explained to them. "Or at least, soon to be, was the capital..." He gets off Kiran and struggles to stay up, "When my father was killed, I was suddenly in the position of protecting my people from outside forces. Whether they're gods or armies from other realms, I made it my mission to defend my country and my people against those who even dare to threaten them. But this..." Alfonse pauses and from silence they can all hear the blasts and explosions from the raging battle outside. "This is completely different. This isn't like trying to defend against another ordinary invading army. This is like trying to fight back against appending doom and the threat of extinction." Veronica walks towards him, "Alfonse, we will make it through." He looks at her, "I can only hope that you're right." They both hug only for him to groan in pain.

"Hey, easy now. Let us help." Bumblebee takes Alfonse in his hands as Windblade gently picks up Sharena. "Thank you!" She thanks the bots with a smile on her face. "No need to mention it!" Windblade replies. "It's apart of our programming after all! Now, let's go!" Before they can leave Veronica spoke out, "Wait! Our horses are still tied in the stables!" She rushes towards the other direction. "Wait!" Xander runs towards her, "Let us go with you!" Kiran and Anna went with them. Bumblebee looks up at Windblade, "Should we go with them?" "Please!" The siblings begged. They nodded and followed them.

They all make outside where they see the Seekers contesting the skies with the other flying Autobots. "What are you guys going to do?" Bumblebee asks. Veronica runs towards the stables where the horses are panicking. "Easy now you two," She speaks to them softly, "I know you guys are scared right now. What I want you two to return to Embla. I promise that we'll make it!" Xander walks towards the other stable, "On three, we unlock the doors and move out of the way quickly!" She nods. "Alright. One, two-"

They all hear the castle crumbling and felt the ground shaking again. "What was that?!" Anna asked. She would get her answer when both Superion and Devastator crashed through the castle. "That's that!" Xander shouted. Veronica and Xander quickly opened the doors letting their horses free. Superion crashes at the ground while Devastator starts to punch him at the face relentlessly. "Ahahahaha!" The Decepticon Combiner laughs as the latter struggles to get him off. Bumblebee and Windblade used their other hands to get their blasters and opened fire at Devastator. "Your attacks mean nothing to me!" Devastator yelled at the smaller Autobots. "But ours will!" Devastator quickly turns around and was knocked away by the Dynobots. "We thank you for your assistance, Grimlock!" Superion thanked him. "No problem big guy!" The combiner stands back up, "Superion, disengage and return to the battle in the sky!" The Aerialbots separated and returned to the sky.

Grimlock looks down at Bumblebee, Windblade, and the humans, "Are you guys okay?" "We are, thank you." Alfonse thanks him. "That was amazing!" Sharena cheers. "You guys just knocked him down like if he was just a shelf!" Grimlock chuckles, "Me and the Dynobots have been fighting against these Cons for millions of years! So of course we would know how to take care of them!" They all hear explosions at the other side of the castle. "Oh no." Alfonse spoke out. Coming from the sides of the castle, Optimus and the other Autobots started running towards their direction and blasting at the Decepticons trailing behind them. "Autobots, this city has fallen into the hands of the Decepticons!" Optimus shouted out. Alfonse looks up at him, "No, no this can't be real!" Optimus looks down at him, "I am very sorry. We tried our best but we're greatly outnumbered. Quickly, Autobots, transform and-"

A large blast hits Optimus right at his back causing him to collapse to the ground. The humans and the other Autobots were stunned as Megatron was seen approaching them with his smoking Fusion Cannon. "How pathetic, you tried to stop me from trying to take over this underdeveloped city and killing those bugs. Face it, Prime, no matter what you do, I will always come out on top and crush your own kind." Megatron laughs as he kicks Optimus across the ground. Anna, Veronica, Xander, and Kiran were panicking knowing they're powerless to do anything. Kiran grabs the Breidablik again only to see it was still down, "Why won't you work for the one time I need to shoot at a big target?!" He whispers. "Now, Decepticons," Megatron aims the Fusion Cannon at Optimus as the other Decepticons aims their blasters at the other Autobots. Alfonse felt his blood turning cold as Sharena's eyes went wide. "Say goodbye to the thorn of our sides, the Autobots." Megatron laughs.

Veronica looks at Optimus and notices that one of his hands was missing. "Huh?" Optimus then spoke out, "You forgot one thing, Megatron. Even though you would come out on top," Megatron looks at him, "Huh?" "I WILL STILL FIND MY WAY BACK UP ON TOP!" Optimus swings his Energon Axe across Megatron's chest, "GAH!" He shouts as the Autobots strikes back against the Decepticons. Kiran then shouts at them, "WE NEED TO LEAVE NOW!" Both Bumblebee and Windblade nodded, "Give me a moment!" She places a finger on her head, "Jetfire, we need you to carry some friendlies out of here!" They all see the white Autobot landing next to them, "So who am I taking?" Jetfire asks. "Them!" Bumblebee and Windblade show Alfonse and Sharena while pointing at Veronica, Anna, Xander, and Kiran. "Two are injured while the rest are as far as I know unharmed." They put them on the ground in the care of Anna and Kiran. "Very well." Jetfire transforms into a Cybertronian Jet, "Load them in!" He calls out to them. 

As they're walking inside Alfonse turns around, "Wait, where are we going? What about you guys? Are all of you guys going to make it?" He asks them right before he falls. "That-" Bumblebee was cutoff when Optimus talks to Alfonse, "Do not worry about us! Only worry about yourself and your friends now! I can assure to you that we'll make it!" Alfonse stared until he finally talked, "I trust you." The door closes as Jetfire takes off with them. All of them are finally given the chance to rest. Veronica sits next to Alfonse, "Are you okay?" She asks, "Still feeling the same. I just... need to... sleep..." He lays his head on her shoulder and begins to snore. "Rest easy." She kisses his head.

Sharena, Anna, Xander, and Kiran started their own separate conversation, "Coming from a person that's from another world, I don't think there will be anything that's just as terrifying to experience at all." Xander spoke first. "I seriously can't believe it had escalated that quickly." Anna hugs her legs, "Those deaths we've seen are not going to leave my mind." Kiran grabs his Breidablik, "Ever since they've landed here at Zenith, this has ceased to function at all. The moment I couldn't bring back one of our men from the dead, I knew something was wrong." "So that's why you wanted the other Heroes to leave Askr." Xander spoke to him. "Correct."

Kiran then turns towards Sharena, "How are you feeling now, Sharena?" She tries to move her leg but groans, "Still the same, but thank you for asking." She smiles softly. "But in regards of today's events, it was terrifying like Xander has said. Today was supposed to be one of the best days in our lives, especially for Alfonse and Veronica. And in the next moment, Askr was suddenly attacked, all of the Heroes we've befriended were evacuated out of here, the capital was under siege and lit in flames..." Tears started rolling down her cheeks, "And now we've lost our home." Sharena starts sobbing in her hands. Alfonse suddenly wakes up to the sound of her crying, "Sister-" He groans as he tries to get up to comfort her. "Alfonse, no!" Veronica sits him back down. Kiran lightly hugs her for comfort, "T-thank you." Sharena thanks him. "You're welcome."

All of them felt Jetfire landing gently, "Alright, get some rest. You've had enough for today." He spoke to them. They closed their eyes, slowly drifting to sleep. "Just one more question, how do you guys feel?" Jetfire asks. "Safe." Sharena yawns and falls asleep.

Chapter Text

In the horizon on the continent of Zenith, the sun rises and shining on the land beneath it. The light then hits the still smoking and crumbling Askr. The Decepticons have completely occupied the entire capital. Some of the cons were either continuing to tear down the buildings or being repaired such as some of their fellow Decepticons, the Cassetticons or even Megatron.

"Decepticons, how is the progress going so far for the Cyberforming this small piece of land?" Megatron spoke out. Both Starscream and Scrapper appeared, "Me and the Constructicons are working at maximum efficiency! We have already flattened 70% of this place!" Scrapper told Megatron. "Excellent. Now, Starscream, have you and the other Seekers seen where the Autobots has retreated to?" Starscream then responds to him, "The last time we've seen them right after we have full control of this place was in the nearby forests. We couldn't even spot them in time. Skywarp, Thundercracker, Slipstream, the Coneheads, and I failed to even properly get them in our radars thanks to the unexpected diverse wildlife living on this planet."

Megatron sighs, "At least you admit your own failure, Starscream. But do we have a location of the Ark?" "Now, you'll think we'll be able to find it by now right?" Starscream asks him, "Of course! It would be impossible to miss it!" He replies to him. Starscream lifts his arm and opens a hologram, "As you can see, we've already mapped out the local area. But what had stunned all of us is that it's nowhere to be seen." His optics went wide, "What?! That is impossible!" Megatron quickly stands up, "So you are telling me that we don't even know where they are?!" "That's unfortunately the case, Megatron." Starscream walks away from him, "Even Soundwave couldn't track them anymore." Megatron growls, "Those pesky Autobot must be cloaking themselves in plain sight! Decepticons, scan the surrounding area! We must find out where they are!"

Back in a disclosed location, Alfonse, Veronica, Xander, Kiran, Sharena, and Anna were all still slumbering inside of Jetfire. One by one, they all slowly opened their eyes and yawned. Alfonse looks around as he stretches, "Is... everyone awake?" He asks them and they all nodded at him. He looks at Sharena, "How's your leg?" She tries to mover her leg only to groan, "Still the same." Anna walks up next to her, "Let us help you." She lifts Sharena with Xander assisting them, "It's daytime right?" He asks them. Kiran stands up, "It has to be. I mean, why would we wake up now?" He walks towards the way they've entered Jetfire, "Jetfire, can you let us out, please?" Jetfire responds after a few seconds, "Of course. Just give me a moment now."

They all stood by the door as it slowly opens downwards letting the light hit their bodies. As the door reaches down at the ground, all of them are surprised to see where they're at. Alfonse steps forwards first to see that they're in some room where they are being accompanied by the resting Aerialbots. "Is it safe to walk out?" Veronica asks him. "Yes, come now." The rest of the group walked out of Jetfire and next to Alfonse. "Where are we?" Anna asks as they all looked around their surroundings. Kiran then clears his throat and speaks up, "I think we're inside the hangar. And to inform you guys, we would keep our fighter jets inside of places like this back in the World of Steel." Sharena then asks him a question, "Do they have automatons like our new friends here?" "In a way we do but they're not as big as them. The biggest they are as far as I recall is the size of a dog."

Veronica looks at the large door right in front of her, "I can only assume we went through that door last night right?" "That's right!" They all turned around as they see one of the Aerialbots transforming in front of them. "When we got here Jetfire was already resting with you guys inside of him." It was just silence until Sharena asks it a question, "Um, sorry but, who are you?" "Ah, my apologies! The names Silverbolt, the leader of the Autobot Subdivision, the Aerialbots!" He turns towards his fellow Aerialbots, "And them?" Alfonse asks. "Glad you asked! Aerialbots, present yourselves towards our new friends!" The other four transformed in front of them. The first bot speaks up, "Air Raid here! Nice to meet you guys!" Next up, "Skydive, report to you!" Skydive salutes to them. "Oh! Sorry I was dozing off a bit. I'm Fireflight!" Fireflight smiles to them. The last bot only sighs, "Just call me Slingshot."

Silverbolt immediately walks up to him, "Sorry about Slingshot, he's not really social nor has any form of matters." Alfonse looks up at them, "That's okay. I just want to know where we can meet Optimus Prime." The five Aerialbots looked down at him, "You want to meet Optimus?" Air Raid asked. "Yeah, we want to thank him and you guys for saving us." Alfonse responds to him. "Well, I mean it's the least we can do for you guys." Slingshot opens a door, "I guess we can give you guys the freedom to explore." They all went through, "Mind if we get a guide?" Kiran asks. "Hm, I think I know a bot that'll gladly assist you." Silverbolt puts his finger on his head, "Beachcomber, Bumblebee, do you two mind if you give our new friends a tour across the Ark?" "No problem! Me and Bee will be there!" They can hear a voice speaking out. "They will be here any moment! Just hang on for them!" Silverbolt spoke to them. "Thank you!" Sharena smiles as the door slowly closes on them, "You're welcome kid!"

The door closes and Slingshot immediately begins speaking his mind out, "I can believe we have to babysit some of those guys." "Easy now, Slingshot!" Air Raid speaks to him, "They were caught in the crossfire! It wasn't their fault!" "Air Raid is right." They all turn around to see Jetfire transforming, "They don't know about everything on us and we can't just put the blame of them for having their planet on our course." Silverbolt looks back at the door, "If only we can tell them everything right now. But I think they're going through enough already."

Back on the other side of the door, Alfonse speaks up, "Do you guys just wish that whatever happened yesterday was a bad dream?" "If it was, I wouldn't have a broken leg." Sharena pointed to the cast. "The Siege of Askr makes Dökkálfheimr look like it was just a tea party." Anna sighs, "This is a real nightmare." Veronica speaks up, "Not even the years of war between our two nations would be this bad." Alfonse follows her up, "At best, at an open field on a clear day. At worst, a siege outside of the neighboring towns or villages." "I feel like what we should know is where did they come from." Xander spoke out. Kiran was contemplating on telling whatever he knows about them. He however decided to keep it to himself... for now.

As they kept waiting, they see the two bots walking towards them, "You must be the guests Silverbolt has told us. Oh and if you don't know, the names Beachcomber." Beachcomber introduces himself to the group. "Ah, where are our manners, I am Alfonse, the King of Askr. Or at least, was..." Alfonse quickly looks away as Veronica lays her hand on his shoulder, "I'm Princess Veronica, and I would've been the Queen last night but now, we're just refugees of war." Sharena is next, "I'm Princess Sharena! Nice to meet you guys!" Xander, "I am General of the Emblian Empire and King of Nohr, Xander. It's an honor to meet you two." He bows to them and Anna was next, "Commander Anna, I lead the Order of Heroes and I'm in charge of the funds." Kiran was last, "I am Kiran, and I was summoned from a different world by my now Commander, Anna. I've been here ever since." Beachcomber kneels towards them, "I am very sorry that you guys had to go through this. How about you guys blow off some steam with a tour!" They all nodded. "Then allow me to carry the injured princess!" Bumblebee gently picks her up with his hands. "So, where are we going?" Sharena asks. "That, that I don't know. But we'll see!" Bumblebee responds and they all began to walk.

Back on Decepticon Occupied Askr, Starscream is rallying his fellow Seekers. "Attention Seekers, not only we have failed to captured those organic bugs, but the Autobots have saved them and escaped to the nearby wilderness." He turns towards them all, "So, Lord Megatron has given us new commands, he wants us to search the surrounding area. He never gave us the specific instructions so…" Starscream opens a hologram on his wrist, "I'll give us the instructions. Skywarp, Thundercracker, the two of you are going with me, scouting the area North of here. Thrust, Dirge, Ramjet, you three are scouting West. Rainmakers: Acid Storm, Ion Storm, and Nova Storm, East. And finally, Hotlink, Blast, and Slipstream, South. Now, all four groups are going at a fifty mile radius. As we get further away, each group member will separate in order to cover more ground." Starscream stops and looks at them, "Did all of you get that?" The Seekers stomped on the ground and raised their Null Rays to the air, "Yes, Commander Starscream!" Starscream smiles, "Good. Now, go!" Starscream and his Seekers transformed and took off from Askr and to the surrounding area.

Back inside the Ark, the group had made it to the Repair Bay. "Hm, what's this?" Anna asked Beachcomber, "This right here is the Repair Bay. This where our friends get all fixed up and ready for the next battle." "Can we go inside?"  Veronica asks them. "I don't see why not." Bumblebee knocks the door. "Who's there?" Someone called out to him, "It's me and Beachcomber, we got some friends on the tour and they want to take a look inside." "Hold on give me a second." It quickly goes silent until the door opens. The medic looks down at the humans, "So you are the guys Optimus told us about." It spoke to them and they nodded. "Well, nice to meet you guys. I'm the one in charge of the Autobot Medical Team, Ratchet." Ratchet guides them in. They all looked around the room to see the other Autobots such as Cliffjumper, Sideswipe, and Hot Shot. "I'm guessing they've been injured in combat." Xander looks at them. "That's correct." They all turned to look at another bot, "Me, Ratchet, Inferno, Hot Spot, Streetwise, Blades, Groove, and First Aid went to rescue them when they were lacking behind the moment the Autobots were retreating."

Alfonse looks at them, "And you are?" "Red Alert." Red Alert kneels to him, "Nice to meet you all." They hear something moving, "Thanks for the repairs, Groove! I feel like a new bot already!" "No need to just thank me, Hot Shot. Us Protectobots have a duty and it's to protect and serve!" Groove helps Hot Shot off of the operating table. More chattering was heard, "Hey, thanks for the repairs, Inferno." "Not a problem, Sideswipe!" "Man, I cannot wait to beat up those Decepticons again! Thanks, Hot Spot!" "You are welcome, Cliffjumper!" The humans smiled at the fact that these 'automatons' have compassion for each other. "Wait, you guys aren't fleshy like us, how do you guys heal or even bleed?" Xander asks them. Ratchet looks at him, "Now you see, we have huge stash of parts that we can easily replace or repair. Now for 'bleeding', I can assume like a way of your internal fluids leaking out of the body correct?" He nods as Hot Spot steps forward, "To answer that, yes. However, unlike biological living beings where the fluids are blood, ours is Energon." Sharena then raises her hand, "Uh, what is 'Energon'?"

"I never thought anyone would ask that!" A voice calls out from the other side of the door. "Oh no." Blades complained as another bot excitedly rushes in, "You see our organic visitors, Energon is the primary and only the main source of our fuel. Although we prefer it in its liquid state, it can vary between many forms such as crystals, ores, gases, and raw energy! But did you know that it also flows inside our bodies, just as Hot Spot has said!" They all hear Ratchet sighing, "Thanks for your explanation of that, Perceptor." Perceptor laughs and looks at the humans, "I'm guessing you guys are having a tour around the Ark?" "The Ark?" Anna asks him. "That's right. This vessel all of you are in is what brought us to your world!" Sharena then speaks up, "Wait! There's something about-" She however doesn't get her chance to finish as her stomach growls. "I'll save that question for later. But, do you guys have any organic food by any chance?" They all shook their heads, "The Energon would most likely be too toxic for any of you to drink or digest it." Ratchet explains to them. "Then it seems like we have to forge for our breakfast." Alfonse looks at the door, "Just uh, where is the exit?" Beachcomber glances at Sideswipe, "Sideswipe, do you mind taking him-" "I'll go with him!" Veronica butts in, "Uh, take them to the exit of the Ark?" "Not a problem!" Sideswipe then transforms into an unknown machine. "Woah..." The humans were stunned by what they've witnessed. The glass opens upwards, "Get in you two!" Alfonse turns towards Veronica and lends out his hand, "Shall we?" She gently grabs his hand, "We shall." They both stepped inside of Sideswipe, "I promise we won't be gone for long!" Alfonse spoke out as the glass closes and Sideswipe drives out of the medical room and towards one of the exits of the Ark.

Starscream, Skywarp, and Thundercracker are continuing to move North, "Skywarp, Thundercracker, this is where we split for now! Now remember, search the area for any signs of those fleshy bugs, or even for the Autobot Ark!" Starscream gave out the order as they all split away from each other. Skywarp went towards Northwest, Starscream continued going forwards, and Thundercracker went Northeast. Thundercracker then asks Starscream a question, "Hold on now, if we find the flesh creatures, what do you want us to do with them?" "Dispose of them! If Megatron wanted them dead, KILL THEM!" Starscream yelled. Within his own mind, Thundercracker began to question, Why even waste our energy on trying to kill these humans? Shouldn't getting more Energon be our top priority? He remains silent as he continues on his path.

Beachcomber, Bumblebee, and the remaining humans continued their tour across the Ark. Sharena takes a quick glance at the Dynobots that were doing some heavy lifting, "They must be the Dynobots we saw yesterday, right?" She asks as she's pointing at them. "You mean the ones that took down Devastator? I think it may be them." Kiran looks at them as well. Grimlock turns around and spots them, "Well if it isn't Beachcomber and Bumblebee!" He walks towards them and immediately spots Sharena, "You're that little girl that we've saved you and your friends yesterday, right?" Grimlock asks Sharena and she nods. "Correct! And actually," She takes another glance at Grimlock and the other Dynobots, "you guys are massive! You're probably just as tall as Jetfire!" "Not really. We're just shy shorter than him!" One of the Dynobots spoke out. "Ah right, almost forgot to introduce all of you to my team. Of course, I'm Grimlock, the team leader. And then we have Slug," Slug raises their fist, "Sludge," Sludge waves at them, "Nice to meet you little guys." Grimlock turns towards his next teammate, "Snarl," Snarl only tilts his head at them, "And finally, Swoop." Swoop kneels to their level, "It is nice to meet the ones we've saved yesterday!" Sharena looks at them in awe, "How can we repay you guys?" "There's no need for that. It's the least we can do." Slug responds to her.  Soon the light begins to blink, "Looks like we have to cut this short. Hopefully we'll meet again!" Grimlock says as he and the Dynobots went back to work. They all left the room and continued their tour.

Sideswipe stops right in front of the exit, "Alright you two, here you go." The glass opens up letting both Alfonse and Veronica out. He quickly turns around, "I promise we won't go too far from this place." "I trust you guys!" Sideswipe replies to him. They both walked towards the shrubs in hope that they'll find berries. When they're searching, Veronica sparks a conversation, "So Alfonse, when all of this ends someday, when and where should we spend our first Honeymoon?" His faces turns red, "Oh um... I was originally thinking about the beach. But since Askr is now gone..." Alfonse looks around their surroundings and sees the still visible smoke stream coming from the ruined capital. Veronica looks at the same direction, "What do you think is left of Askr?" "Most likely nothing." He sighs, "Our new friends were even struggling to push them back." Alfonse sits on the ground as Veronica follows suit. "At least we know that our mothers are safe. They were long gone right before that large automaton... what was its name again?" She asks him. "If I remember what Kiran said, it was Devastator." He responds to her. "Right. But what also matters to us is that we made out alive. Albeit with the assistance of Jetfire." Veronica grabs his hand, "So, we're going to forge still, right?" Alfonse grabs her hand, "Yeah. Let's look for the berries." They both stood up and searched around the shrubs.

The group has entered another room where sparks are flying around, "I am guessing this is the workshop?" Kiran looks at the various machines in the room. "That's right! Other than Preceptor, there are only two other bots that usually work in here. And they should be-" Beachcomber was interrupted when the two bots entered the room, "Hey, what brings you guys here?" Its side fins were blinking blue as it talked. And the other bot right beside him starts talking, "Hey, aren't they the creatures that Optimus was talking about last night?" He points his finger at Sharena. She brightly smiles at them, "If that's the case then that's us!" "Well then, the names Wheeljack," Wheeljack places his hand on his friend, "and this here is Hoist."

Hoist looks at both Beachcomber and Bumblebee, "Well then, how long have they been here?" He asks the two bots. Beachcomber was the first to respond, "To be honest, I don't know at all. Today was the first time I've seen them." "If I recall, they have been here since Jetfire had returned." Bumblebee spoke to them. "Since Jetfire had returned you say?" Hoist asks and they all nodded unanimously. "And if I remember based on what Prime said, you guys were caught in the crossfire huh?" Hoist speaks to them. "Wait, 'crossfire'?" Xander asks, "What do you mean by that?" "Oh... well-" Hoist wasn't able to finish his sentence as someone was knocking at their door. "Ah, who could that be now?" Wheeljack went towards the door and was met by Windblade and Elita-1. "Elita, Windblade, what brings you two ladies here?" He asks them. "It's urgent, Optimus wants all of us to report at the mainframe." Elita responds and hastily leaves. "Why do you think he wants all of us to be there?" Kiran asked. "Like we know." Anna replies to him, "It might be important though." "Speaking of important," Sharena speaks up, "Alfonse and Veronica! They're still out there!" "Right." Bumblebee speaks up as he places Sharena gently on the ground and places his finger on his head, "Sideswipe, get both Alfonse and Veronica and report to the mainframe!" Kiran looks at Sharena, "Need help?" "Yes please." Sharena responds as he places his hand on her back and under her legs and lifts her up.

Back with Alfonse and Veronica, they have managed to gather a good amount of berries. "Do you think this should be enough?" She asks him. "Just as long as we're fed is enough for us." He responds to her. They both stopped to admire the scenery they're witnessing. "It's... beautiful." Alfonse stared at the green field that's flourishing with life. "It really is." Veronica places the berries down stands next to him. "Not as beautiful as you thought." He winks at Veronica, causing her face to turn red, "You..." Alfonse laughs while she turns her head away from him. He grabs her hands and turns her around. They both stared at each other until they both leaned towards each other and kissed.

Their sweet moment ended as soon as they heard swooshing. They quickly separated with fear in their eyes. "Did they find us?" Veronica asks. "I hope not but let's hide!" Alfonse drags her into the bushes, "Wait! The berries!" Veronica quickly grabs the berries and returned with Alfonse in the bushes. As they're hiding, the swooshing was getting louder and landing just mere feet away from them was the same Seeker that spared them. "Wait, is that-" "Yeah. It's them." They whispered to each other as Thundercracker scanned the nearby area. "Hmm..." He scans for any life and multiple pings started to appear on his radar. "As I thought, too many life forms are present. Can't even tell if it's either the humans or the wild life of this planet." Thundercracker turns his attention towards the fields and squints his optics, "Enhance my vision." He sees more clearly and sees something that caused his optics to go wide, "Oh no. I cannot let Megatron or the other Seekers know about this!" Thundercracker runs towards the field, jumped, and transformed into his Tetrajet mode and makes a U-Turn back to Askr.

Both Alfonse and Veronica rose up from the bushes, "What caused him to leave?" She asks him. "I don't know. But did you hear what he said?" He looks at her. "Something about him making sure that neither the Seekers nor Megatron know about something he saw?" Veronica looks at the same direction Thundercracker was looking at. "Yeah." Alfonse tries to look at the same direction, "If only we can see what he saw." It was quiet until Sideswipe called out to them, "Alfonse, Veronica, we need to get back to the Ark!" They both turned around and rushed towards him. He turns around and looks at them, "You guys got what you've been looking for?" Veronica shows him the berries they've collected. "Alright, let's go!" Sideswipe transforms allowing the Royal Couple to enter and return to the Ark.

Bumblebee, Beachcomber, Hoist, Wheeljack, Windblade, and the remaining Order of Heroes made it to the mainframe. "Kiran, what is this supposed 'mainframe'?" Sharena asks him. "Back in the World of Steel, the mainframe is what we call it a high speed computer." Kiran responds to her and looks around the room, "And it seems like we're not going to be the only ones here. Anna and Xander turned to see Jetfire and the other Aerialbots arriving to the room. And soon, more bots joined. The Protectobots, Elita-1, Chromia, Hound, Hot Shot, Skids, Drift, Ironhide, Cliffjumper, Blaster, Ratchet, Inferno, Red Alert, Preceptor, the Dynobots, and Sideswipe returning with both Alfonse and Veronica. Anna and Xander help them out of Sideswipe along with the berries. "Here you guys go." Both Alfonse and Veronica handed out the berries for them to feast. "A complete downgrade compared to what we were eating yesterday. But it's still better than nothing." Anna says as she shoves another berry in her mouth.

"So is there a reason Optimus just called us here for?" Sideswipe asks. "Well, to answer your question, Sideswipe," Everyone turns to a different bot that had just walked in, "Optimus Prime is going come on here and inform us about this new planet we're at." "Thank you for the clarification, Jazz." Everyone turned their heads toward Optimus Prime as he was the last one to enter. "And it seems like everyone, including our visitors, are here." He stands in the middle of the room right in front of a large machine. "And unfortunately, they need to know the truth." Alfonse looks at Optimus, "What do you mean?" Optimus turns around towards the machine, "Teletraan-1, please explain them about our war."

Teletraan-1's lights began to flicker and it spoke, "As you are aware, we are not from this world. We have actually came from another." Sharena speaks up, "Like from one of the nine realms?" "The realms you speak of are unknown to us." Teletraan-1 responds to her. "What Teletraan-1 is saying is that we've come from another planet." Optimus speaks to her. "And the planet of origin that we have came from is Cybertron." The screen on Teletraan-1 then shows everyone their home world. "Woah..." They alls were in awe at it. "It looks like life on other planets are possible." Xander spoke out. Sharena's eyes glittered, "It's so beautiful." "I know other planets exist but this is something else." Veronica stared at the screen. "Kiran," Alfonse spoke to him, "Yeah?" "Do you remember how I referred your words as the World of Steel?" "Of course I still remember that." "The world you describe doesn't even match that anymore. Cybertron does..." They all stared as Teletraan-1 continues, "Cybertron is the home of all Cybertronians, a race where the robots have the ability to transform. Nearly 99% of them have a robot mode and an alternative mode. At rare cases, some can have more than one alt mode." Optimus then speaks up, "Cybertron is our home world as Teletraan-1 has explained. For millions of years, it was a peaceful where we lived in harmony. However, peace didn't last for long..."

Teletraan-1 shows them something else, "D-16, or you're familiar with now, Megatron, was a miner and a renowned Gladiator of the city of Kaon. Before he got his current name, he was called as one of the 13 Primes, Megatronus. Due to the inequality at Cybertron, D-16 was radicalized and wanted to change Cybertron's government by one of his mottos, Peace through Tyranny. And within years, Cybertron has erupted into Civil War where Megatron and his army of Decepticons have fought against the Autobots. When Zeta Prime had fell, Orion Pax, or as most of us know him as Optimus Prime, was given the Matrix of Leadership and lead the Autobots into battle. For millions of years, the war on Cybertron raged across the planet and it's just recently that the Autobots were losing." "Losing?" Alfonse spoke out. "That's the unfortunate truth." Optimus kneels to him, "We had fought to the best of our abilities but during our last stand at Iacon. All of the remaining Autobots, including the ones you've see and the ones we're still repairing, has escaped in the Ark. However, Megatron wasn't far behind and they've followed us. We've fought back whenever they were getting close until what I can assume that both of our ships lost control, in result, we have unintentionally brought our war to your peaceful world."

Kiran steps forward, "I actually have something to say." Everyone turns their attention towards him. "In my world- or well the universe I came from, the Cybertronians aren't real." Alfonse turns towards his friend, "What?" "In fact, they are just well, toys. But yet, they all have their own personalities, identities, and each of them are different from one another. Remember how I immediately identified one of the Decepticons as Devastator back at Askr?" Kiran asks him. His eyebrows rose up, "Wait... yeah." He then gasps, "Wait actually! Optimus, when me and Veronica were outside, one of the Decepticons landed next to us, assuming they were looking for us. But it was looking at a different direction and left!" "A Decepticon suddenly left after looking at something else?" Optimus asked. Veronica speaks up as well, "It something along the lines of it making sure that neither the Seekers nor Megatron know about something he saw." Optimus stands up all confused, "This makes no sense at all. Can you two take me to the spot they were looking at?" "Of course!" Alfonse responds.

Optimus transforms into a Cybertronian truck and opens its doors, "Quickly!" They both entered and Optimus took them out of the Ark. As he drove through the forest, Veronica points at the spot, "There!" Optimus stops letting both of them out before he transforms again. "And where were they looking at?" Optimus Prime asks them. "That way!" They pointed at the open field. He turns at the direction, "Enhance optics." Optimus now sees further at the horizon and he spots something. "Wait, what is that?" He points at the direction. Alfonse and Veronica looked at the direction, "We can't see anything." He looks down at them, "My apologies." Optimus gently grabs Alfonse and lifts him over his head. "Can you see it now?" He asks him. Alfonse squints his eyes, "Wait, I see something!" Veronica looks up, "What is it?" "I see some buildings and flags are being flown." He responds to her. "Wait, let me take a look!" Veronica requests for her turn. Optimus puts Alfonse down and lifts Veronica, "What do you see now?" She squints her eyes and sees the same thing Alfonse was looking at. "Wait!" She spoke out, "That's the capital of the Emblian Empire!" Veronica cheered, "We're close to home!"

Chapter Text

Alfonse, Veronica, and Optimus Prime had returned to the Ark with their discovery. Kiran, Xander, Anna, and Sharena looked at the royal couple, "What did you two see?" Xander asks them.

"It turns out that the Seeker has discovered Embla." Veronica speaks out causing the others to gasp.

"How far are we from the capital?" Anna asked her.

"I unfortunately don't know. We could barely even see the outline of the castle." She replies back at Anna.

Alfonse walks forward and clears his throat, "However it appears that has been untouched at all from the chaos that had occurred last night. Plus, it seems like we can make it, but we'll be on foot and we'll be there by the next morning. Given my estimate."

Everyone sighs, "By foot? I can't even walk yet!" Sharena spoke to them.

"Plus we need to take turns carrying Sharena." Kiran says as he lays her on the ground gently.

"Who said that you guys would be walking?" They all looked up to see both Optimus and Wheeljack looking at them.

Alfonse then asks, "What do you mean?"

Kiran taps his shoulder, "I'm pretty sure they're offering us to ride inside of them while we make our way towards the Emblian Capital."

"He is correct," Optimus spoke to them, "But I will not go alone. I need at least a few other fellow Autobots with me. Can you wait for the meantime?" All of them nodded. "Perfect. We'll be right back." Both Optimus and Wheeljack left them to form a group.

Anna, Xander, Kiran, and Sharena looked at both Alfonse and Veronica, "So," Anna started, "How was it like to be inside of them?"

"It was, very strange." Alfonse replied to her.

"Yeah. It's somewhat like a horse carriage only except the carriage is made of metal, sentient, and moving on its own." Veronica backs him up.

Sharena then looks at Kiran, "Didn't you say that your world had steel carriages that don't need horses and you can move it on your own?"

He nods, "Yeah, something like that."

Kiran looks at Xander, who was looking at the Breidablik, "How come the Breidablik isn't working, Kiran?" He asks the summoner.

"That's what I've been trying to figure out. Ever since both the Autobots and the Decepticons had crashed landed here, it suddenly lost power." Kiran responds to the Nohrian Prince.

Anna walks towards him and takes the Breidablik from Kiran. She pulls the trigger, "Nothing at all." She smacks it, again, nothing. "What even caused it to cease to work at all?" Anna gives the weapon back to Kiran.

He only keeps looking at it, "I don't know... I only wish I knew. I'm sorry that I've failed." He slumps on the floor with everyone watching him.

Meanwhile back at the outskirts of Askr, Starscream, Skywarp, and Thundercracker have all returned to the ruined capital. The three Seekers transformed and landed in front of Megatron, "Seekers, report!" He demanded.

Starscream steps forward, "None of us have detected either those flesh creatures or the Ark."

Megatron grows, "I should have expected nothing from you three. Especially you, Starscream."

Starscream was about to throw one of his fists until Skywarp spoke out, "Wait, Lord Megatron, he speaks of the truth!" She steps in-between Starscream and Megatron.

"I can back that up as well. I founded nothing at all as well." Thundercracker says as he pulls Starscream and Skywarp away from Megatron.

The tyrant hums to himself then spoke to his Seekers, “Hm, it seems like the three of you are speaking the truth. We shall wait until the other Seekers return. But until then, rest for now. We are still waiting for a source of Energon. Currently, with the assistance of the Constructicons, are currently taking parts from the Nemesis and towards this place. We can only wait until we have sufficient supply of Energon and reactivate the other Decepticons. All of you are dismissed."

The three Seekers walked away from Megatron and began their own conversation, "Skywarp, Thundercracker, did none of you actually get anything?" Starscream asks them.

"Negative. Nothing but green was all I can see." Thundercracker replies to him.

"Oh come on now, we all know that you have some of the sharpest optics amongst the Seekers, Thundercracker!" Skywarp pulls on her brother's arm causing him to pull away immediately.

"And so what? If neither me nor Starscream can spot anything, what makes you think there's more to this planet?" He looks at her. "Speaking of that," Thundercracker looks at Starscream, "What did you actually found, Starscream?"

"Just as I said, nothing!" Starscream moves past them and spots the Constructicons arriving with the first batch of steel.

"So, any idea how we're going to make our own Energon, Starscream?" Skywarp asks him.

"Unless Soundwave has detected any underground resources or any kind of energy, it's possible that all of us would go offline within a few months." Starscream spoke to her.

"A few months?!" Skywarp looks at him as Thundercracker turns Starscream around, making him looking at him, "What happened to our Energon reserves?"

Starscream then continues, "Because of the damage the Nemesis has taken, even before the crash, we've lost almost all productions of our Energon. And when we crashed, 70% of our supplies were destroyed."

Soundwave walks up towards the Seekers, "Correction: The Energon production had completely ceased when one of the Autobot's Cannons had struck the production facility of the Nemesis. And when the Nemesis crashed, all of the remaining Energon had been destroyed."

Starscream looked at Soundwave, "Impossible! The last time I checked, we still had some Energon!"

"Starscream, have you forgotten that Energon is combustible?" Soundwave asks him.

Starscream only scoffs and leaves them behind. "For someone that was a scientist, Starscream sure isn't the brightest one." Skywarp then laughs as both her and Thundercracker leave, "Just be sure to look for underground resources, Soundwave!" He calls out to him.

Soundwave then looks at the two Seekers as they're getting further away, "And you will show us the secret place you're hiding from the rest of us, Thundercracker."

Back in the Ark, the rest of the Order of Heroes were surrounding Kiran as he's still lying on the ground. Anna kneels down at him, "Kiran, are you alright?"

He only shakes his head at her, "Not at all. I was supposed to protect this device and whatever happens to it is my sole responsibility." Kiran looks at Anna, "And now, it's completely useless. I can't summon other Heroes, I can bring back any of the recently deceased ones, I can't even use it as a weapon!" He places the weapon on the ground and sighs.

Anna grabs Kiran by his chin and makes him look at her, "Kiran, what ever happened to the weapon isn't your fault. It was something that you couldn't control." She then takes the weapon, "Until we somehow fix it, I'll be the one to carry it, alright?" Anna asks and Kiran nods. "Good."

She smiles as Alfonse pulls him back up on his feet, "Don't worry about it for now, we should focus on making our way to the capital of Embla."

Kiran nods, "You guys are right. We should prioritize what's more important to us at the moment." He turns at both Alfonse and Veronica, "And for this case, your mothers, your citizens, and every realm that's within this world."

All of them turned around as Optimus Prime returns with a team of other Autobots. "Good news my friends, all of us bots here," He turns and points at the team and gives out a roll call, "Jazz, Bumblebee, Windblade, Wheeljack, Ratchet, Ironhide, Red Alert, Blaster, Elita, and Inferno are all going with us!" They all cheered knowing that they're about to be reunited with their friends and family taking refuge in Embla.

"Now," Wheeljack spoke to them, "I had agreed to Optimus that I'll take all of you. But first, we need to let your people know what we come in peace."

Alfonse began to think, "If only we have ink and paper, I could write them a letter and have one of the Aerialbots deliver them the message." All of the other humans checked to see if they had any of those resources.

"Nothing at all." Xander spoke.

"It seems like we'll have to take you guys towards the capital and inform them know of our existence." Optimus Prime then looks outside of the Ark, "Is everyone really?" He quickly asks them. Kiran lifts Sharena in his arms while everyone else nodded. "Good. Windblade, since it'll be risky for you to fly in the skies especially with Decepticons present, you'll be inside the trailer for now. But other than that, Autobots, TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUT!"

All of the Autobots besides Windblade have transformed into their Cybertronian Alt-Forms. Windblade lowers her wings and enters the trailer. Wheeljack opens his rear door and speaks to them, "Alright you guys, let's go!" They all entered Wheeljack in a hurry, all of the Autobots left the Ark and began their journey towards the capital of Embla.

Optimus then stops quickly, "Hold on now, Windblade, ignore my previous instructions for a moment and scout the area and try to map out a route for us to take!"

"Yes sir, Optimus Prime sir!" Windblade leaves the trail and quickly transforms and scouts ahead of them.

Back at the occupied capital, the Constructicons had just finished building a few structures for their fellow Decepticons to rest in along with their newly built headquarters. "The first few buildings have been completed, Lord Megatron!" Hook called out to Megatron.

"Excellent work, Hook." He praises him, "And how much more is going to be built?"

Mixmaster walks up towards Megatron and speaks, "We still need to build a new medical facility for us so the Autobots can't attack us while we are vulnerable."

Scrapper then joins in, "We also need to build a whole new Energon Production Facility as soon as Soundwave has detected any resources."

Megatron begins to think and then gave out his answer, "I want all of you Constructicons to work in them at the same time. And do not worry, I will get Soundwave on working on the sources of energy as soon as possible." Megatron gave them the orders. As they left, he places his finger on his head, "Soundwave, scan the local area for any potential resources that we can siphon for ourselves!"

"As you command, Megatron." Soundwave replied to him.

Megatron the hears the other Seekers returning to the occupied city. He again places his finger on his head, "Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker, report to me at once! The rest of the Seekers you had sent out are returning!"

The following Seekers, Thrust, Dirge, Ramjet, Acid Storm, Ion Storm, Nova Storm, Hotlink, Blast, and Slipstream all landed in front of Megatron, knelling to him. Starscream, Skywarp, and Thundercracker arrived and also knelt for him. "Seekers," Megatron spoke to them, "Since none of the three had found anything useful, I want to know if any of you have anything to share with me."

Thrust stepped forward, "I found something but not certain if it's that important." He then shows Megatron an hologram of a bridge that's covered in ice and fire.

"What is this?" Megatron asks.

"I am not certain, but if we can, we should have an expeditionary force to see what's at the other side of the bridge." Thrust suggests to him.

Ramjet then steps forward as well, "I also found this," He then shows Megatron a gate covered in bones and an green aura surrounding it, "not sure about this but it was also radiating some unknown energy. Can't make it up what it is though."

Dirge then growls, "And of course, I found nothing."

Megatron then asks the Coneheads, "Have the two of you tried to go past them?"

They both nodded. "We did, but when we tried to go further in we were only shocked and it made us lose some of our Energon." Thrust explains to him.

"Hm, so something is preventing you to continue onwards?" Megatron asks.

"Most likely." Ramjet replies to him.

"Interesting... anyone else?" Megatron asks.

Slipstream pulls out a hologram, "I saw another kingdom similar to this one." The hologram shows them the kingdom where it is made up of predominantly muscular women and giant hawks.

"Such strange creatures..." Megatron observed them.

"But that's not all," Hotlink then shows them another kingdom on his hologram, "there's another kingdom, although this one has smaller creatures living in them. However unlike the ones we see, it is surprisingly technologically advanced especially in this world. But it's probably as best as ancient Cybertronian technology."

A smile grew on Megatron's face, "All of these locations have the possibility of holding large amounts of resources from within! But my question is that do they also have some barrier protecting them?" He asks them.

"Unfortunately, yeah." Megatron looks away, "Until a proper communication link can be made between this world and Cybertron, Shockwave is unable to help us with any reasonings or even to protect us from the unknown source. We can only wait until we have enough Energon to do anything. You're all dismissed."

All of the Seekers went on their separate ways except for both Slipstream and Skywarp. Thundercracker went inside one of the freshly built buildings and took a rest. "Resting in here as well, Thundercracker?"

He turns towards the source and sees his fellow Decepticon comrade, "Oh, it's just you, Tarn. Yeah, I'm just going to rest in here. Anyways, what do you want from me?" Thundercracker asks him.

"Easy now, Thundercracker. Is there a problem that I can't talk with one of my fellow Decepticons?" Tarn asks him.

"Eh, not really. As I asked though, what do you really want from me?" Thundercracker asks him again.

Tarn begins to explain, "You seem a bit uneasy. I noticed your change of behavior ever since we laid siege to this place."

Without much reasoning to give, Thundercracker speaks some truth, "I know Megatron is doing this the Decepticon cause. But is destroying inferior opponents really apart of the Decepticon cause?"

Tarn places his hands on his mask, "To be honest with myself as well, I think Megatron might've gone too far with that. But then again, his goal had completely shifted from originally wanting to make all Cybertronians equal under his rule but then it turned into complete domination for the whole universe."

"And yet you're completely loyal towards Megatron." Thundercracker spoke to him.

"I have made my loyalty towards Megatron. And of course the Rules of War that had been agreed on back at Cybertron." Tarn replies to him as the Seeker sighs. "But," He suddenly speaks up, "I will keep my mouth shut and I'll act like we have never had this conversation." Tarn stands up and gets a nod from Thundercracker. They both parted ways, giving Thundercracker the chance to rest, for now.

Both the humans and the Autobots were still waiting for Windblade to return with a visual on their path. "Anything with Windblade yet?" Anna asked.

"Not yet. But it's been a while since she had left." Optimus replied to her.

"I can only hope that Windblade is alright." Bumblebee spoke.

Alfonse looks at his sister, "How's your leg?" He asks her.

Sharena moves her leg and she groans, "Still feeling the same. I really wish the pain would go away..."

Ratchet then suddenly speaks to them, "Hm, I don't recall any of you saying that she was injured."

Kiran then responded to him, "She is. Back in Askr when we shot up the flares in one of the towers, Starscream shot it and it caused us to fall from the flight of stairs."

"And I'm guessing the impact broke my left leg due to the sheer force of that explosion." Sharena looks at the cast.

"As a medical bot, it is my duty to help others to get back into the fight." Ratchet replies to them.

"But as far as we know, you only helped and repaired other Cybertronians, right?" Anna asked him.

"Technically, you are right about that. But sometimes when we made pit stops on other organic planets, I had learned how to also help and heal the other life forms. I have yet learned how to heal your kind but after the first time, all future care will be flawless." Ratchet then opens his back door, "Wheeljack, do you mind if I some of your passengers go with me?" He asks him.

"Not a problem at all!" Wheeljack opens his back door.

"Alright, Sharena, time for an examination." Ratchet called out to her. Kiran picks Sharena up and carries her out of Wheeljack and inside of Ratchet.

Meanwhile, Xander and Anna exchanged stares with each other, "We will go with them as well!" Xander spoke up as the two of them left and entered Ratchet, leaving Alfonse and Veronica behind.

"Aren't you two going to go?" He asks them.

"Um," Alfonse quickly looks at Sharena as both her and Kiran are entering Ratchet, "It looks like she's in good hands. I trust him." He stays put in his seat.

Veronica grabs his hand, "Are you sure?" She asks him.

"Yes, we had been each other’s side since Anna had summoned him. When we lost him because of Ótr kidnapping him back in Niðavellir, I actually felt extremely worried for him. What would happen to him and what would happen to us without his assistance." He replies to her.

Veronica lets out a little giggle, "You really cared that much for him didn't you?"

Alfonse smiles back at her, "Yeah." They both cuddled together.

Inside of Ratchet, the medic has made the table, "Alright, lay her down on here."

Kiran sits Sharena on said table and a panel extends from one of the walls. Anna was a bit stunned, "What is that?" She asks him.

"This right here is a X-Ray scanner. It allows me to see the skeletal structure of organic beings." Ratchet explains to her as he hovers the panel over Sharena's left leg. They were in awe as they see the bones. "Luckily for her, it's mild so it's expected that her leg would recover in a few weeks."

Xander then asks Ratchet a question, "What treatments can we give to her?"

"Now, that is a good question. However, I am not too familiar with medical practices in this world. So it may vary." He replies to him. "So you guys are going have to teach me the medical practices here."

All of them looked at each other since none have medical experience. "About that, none of us in the room, or even Alfonse and Veronica, have any medical experience." Anna spoke to Ratchet.

"Hm... I suppose rest is all that she needs."

It got quiet with the Autobots until Jazz got a call, "Windblade to Jazz, Windblade to Jazz, do you copy?"

He immediately responds, "I can hear you loud and clear!"

"I'm on my way! Have Optimus open his trailer and get ready to move forwards! I have made the route clear and ready for you guys to go!" Windblade returns and lands in front of them. "Let's go!" She says as she reenters the trailer. "Here's the pathway!" She gives Prime the route for them to take.

"Thank you, Windblade. Now, let's roll out!" Optimus Prime spoke out and all of the eleven Autobots rolled onto the grass fields and towards Embla.

Since Alfonse and Veronica were alone in Wheeljack, they could do nothing except having their own conversation. "Hey, Wheeljack," Alfonse spoke to him, "What's going on, Alfonse?" He replies, "The weapon Kiran is carrying, the Breidablik, had lost all of its power the moment you guys landed here. Is there a way you can probably fix it?"

Wheeljack thought about it for a while and gave out his answer, "I am not sure what the weapon is, but whenever I can, I'll gladly take a look at it and do my best to fix it!" Alfonse smiles and thanks him.

Within Ratchet, the medic then spoke to Kiran, "Hey, Kiran, I have a question for you."

He looks up, "What's the question doctor?"

"I've seen you carry Sharena more than any of the other organics I've seen with you guys so far. And the only other one that was carrying her was Bumblebee."

"Oh! Kiran has been carrying me most of the time since my injury in Askr!" Sharena replies to him.

"Hm..." Ratchet hummed, "Are you sure it's not it's because the two of you have any connections?"

Kiran's face immediately heats up, "I-it's not like that at all! We're just friends! Ask Sharena herself!"

She immediately back up the claim, "It's true! We've been friends ever since we both met each other!"

"I see. Apologies for the confusion." Ratchet replied to them.

"It's alright." Kiran spoke to him.

Anna then asks a question, "How much further until we arrive?"

"Actually, that's a good question. Optimus, how much further do we have left?" Ratchet asks Optimus.

"We still have an hour left. The refugees have to wait still... but don't worry, we'll make sure that all of you are safe." He spoke to them all as they continued their journey.

Within the Capital of Embla, all of the Askran refugees and their surviving soldiers were all scared and confused about what had happened in their home.

"Does anyone know what happened to my husband?" One of them cried outside.

"Who attacked Askr last night?" Another asked one of the soldiers, "I don't know! They were larger than us and they were made of steel!" They replied.

"But it wasn't similar to Niðavellir technology! It was far more advanced!" Another soldier spoke out.

One of the Emblian Guards blew a horn, grabbing all of their attention, "All Askran refugees, the Empress of Embla and Queen Henriette are about to come and address to all of us!" They announced as the two women approached towards the Capital's Plaza Stage.

Henriette spoke first, "My people, as we are all aware of, our country, our home, was suddenly attacked by forces that are completely unknown to us. We unfortunately don't know who they are or what their intentions are."

The Empress is next to talk, "I have personally accepted all refugees to stay here for the time being until we know what will happen next. But we have another problem, the Askran Commander, Summoner, and most importantly, the Royal Family aren't here with us." Everyone gasped when the news was delivered to them. The Empress continues, "The last we had heard from them was when they stayed behind and presumably, stood their ground and tried to defend their home. I can only hope that they made it out alive..." She looks down and sighs, "May Askr and Embla guide their souls to safety."

Henriette places her hand on her shoulder, "I am certain that they made it out."

"But how?" The Empress looks at the Queen, "How would you be certain that they made it out?"

Henriette responds, "They had face impossible odds many times before. This time won't be different."

"I can only hope you're right."

It was quiet until someone in the crowd spoke, "They're back!"

The two ladies rose their heads up, "Who's back?" The Empress asked.

"It's them! The newly wedded couple are back!" Another called out.

Their eyes went wide, "Alfonse!" Henriette spoke.

"Veronica!" The Empress cried as they both left and rushed towards not only them but also Kiran, Sharena, Anna, and Xander walking behind them. When both Alfonse and Veronica looked at their mothers, tears of relief flowed from their eyes. "Mom!" They both cried out and hugged their respective mothers. They all hugged with relief. Henriette lets go of her son and went towards Sharena, Kiran, and Anna.

When she sees the cast on her daughter's leg, she begins questioning, "Sharena, what happened to you?!"

Sharena responds, "Me and Kiran were in a tower shooting flares. When we both went down, an explosion rocked the building and it caused that." She tries to lift her leg again only to groan in pain.

"But don't worry, we have her in our care." Kiran reassures the Queen.

She then looks at Anna, "How many were lost at Askr?"

"I unfortunately don't know. At best, maybe a quarter. At worst, almost three fourths of them." Anna responds to her.

The Empress looks at Xander, "General Xander, you're still here?" She asks him.

"The Summoner wanted all of the Heroes to return back to their home worlds but I disobeyed and stayed behind." He replies.

"But, why?"

"I have a personal duty to continue."

"I'll question on that later. But, how did all of you made it out alive." She questions all of them.

Alfonse and Veronica looked at her, "Let us show you." All eight of them left the capital and to the nearby forest.

"Why are we here?" Henriette asks.

"You'll see." Alfonse spoke to her. He turns around and spoke out, "You guys can show yourselves now!" The two royal women heard shuffling in the shrubs and an unfamiliar sound.

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"What is happening?" The Empress asks.

Sharena simply responds by saying, "They're not only our friends, but our saviors." One by one, the Autobots slowly emerged and showed themselves. Henriette and the Empress gasped in both surprise and curiosity.

The eleven Autobots knelled to them with Optimus Prime gently speaking to them, "Greetings, Empress of Embla and Queen of Askr, I am Optimus Prime, the Leader of the Autobots. I have a lot to explain to you and your people..."

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At the center of of Embla, the citizens of Embla, refugees from Askr, and the Autobots all watched as the hologram shuts down and Optimus Prime speaking to them, "And that's how our war have arrived to your peaceful home planet." They all began to chatter in the masses about their newly gained knowledge.

"There's life outside of our planet?"

"These steel giants are sure strange beings."

"A war that lasted for millions of years?" The Empress then spoke out.

"Cybertron, it's beautiful..." Henriette looks up at Optimus, "And those that attacked us in Askr yesterday were the 'Decepticons' like you've said?"

"That is correct. As I had said, the Decepticons have followed us ever since we had fled from Cybertron. No matter which planet we landed at, they were always right behind us. Unfortunately however, we had only brought destruction to every planet we've been to." He then looks at the refugees, "I wish we hadn't landed here."

"I know it's not your fault, all of you just wanted to look for refuge since you were losing the war." The Queen responds to him.

"You aren't wrong at all, but I must bear the responsibility for what I have brought upon your world."  Prime responded to the Askran Queen.

Alfonse steps up to speak towards the crowd, "Askrans, Emblians, I know all of you are terrified about what had happened just last night. I want to be honest with all of you now, I thought we weren't going to make it out alive. Me, Sharena, Veronica, Anna, Kiran, and Xander believed that all of us were going to die that night. In fact, we would have been dead if it wasn't for the assistance of Optimus Prime and the Autobots." He points at his new allies, "All of them saved our lives from the invading Decepticons. They also escorted us from our fallen kingdom that's now most likely occupied by them. But I will make sure that our country will be liberated from their clutches, without shedding any more Askran blood."

"The same can be said and applied to my Emblian citizens as well!" Veronica rushes next to him. "Along with Alfonse, I saw what had happened to the remaining Askran Soldiers that stayed behind and tried to defend their home! From one blast of their weapons, they were evaporated and nothing was left of them! Just ashes. From their size alone, they can easily squeeze us to death by either using their hands or their own feet. What's worse is that most of our weapons were ineffective. We only destroyed two out of likely the hundreds they all have! Even when I'm empowered by the once Embla, the most I can do is scratching them."

"I can help you guys with that." Wheeljack spoke to them, "Just as long as I can get the proper measurements and your guys fighting skills, I can make you guys some gear made specifically from Cybertronian steel!"

They all looked at him, "Really?"

"Of course. But I may have to hold onto that though since you guys have gone through enough." He responds to them.

"We'll gratefully appreciate it." Alfonse spoke to Wheeljack.

"What I also want to propose is that for each day, we rotate some of our Autobots to come towards this capital and have your people getting comfortable with them." Optimus suggests to them.

Both the Empress and Henriette looked at him, "There's more Autobots? Here in Midgard?"

Elita speaks to them, "Yes. The rest of us Autobots are still in the Ark, where some of them are either online of temporarily still in stasis."

"The sooner they're introduced to us, the more comfortable we will be." The Empress replies to Elita.

"Me and Optimus will take good note on that!" Jazz tells the ladies.

"Speaking of that, us Autobots will stay until the next morning." Optimus Prime spoke to the Empress, "But by morning, Jazz, Ironhide, Ratchet, and I will stay for another day. The rest will return to the Ark and inform the rest that are still there." All of the other Autobots nodded. "For now, rest. The humans have been through enough already."

"Thank you, Optimus Prime." Alfonse thanks him. He turns to the rest of his group, "Alright everyone, we can now rest." All of them made their way towards the castle along with both the Queen and the Empress. 

Ratchet and Wheeljack however stopped them in their tracks, "Hang on a moment, I still need to take care of the girl with a broken leg."

Wheeljack was next to speak up, "And Alfonse here wants me to do some fixing with some sort of weapon the brown haired guy is carrying."

Sharena and Kiran turned around, "Oh right, my leg." She spoke to Ratchet as Kiran pulls out his Breidablik and looks at Wheeljack, "Ever since you guys crash landed here, the Breidablik had suddenly lost its power somehow. And I don't even know how it happened."

The first to speak was Wheeljack, "Okay, that is one small weapon. I might need Perceptor to help me with this."

Ratchet was next, "In order for me to help you, Sharena, I need to talk to medical professionals that are currently here. Is anyone here a doctor?"

He called out to the group and a mixture of Askran and Emblian Priests and Bishops came to his aid, "We heard that you need our help?"

"I am going to need all of you to teach me how to heal your kind. Alfonse, I hope you don't mind if I take care of her?" Ratchet asked the Askran Prince.

"No, not at all." He responds to Ratchet as he carries Sharena in his hands and both the Priests and Bishops followed him.

Wheeljack leaves them on their own, "I'll try to get Perceptor to come here one day. I can promise that the Breidablik is good as new."

Kiran then follows Ratchet as Anna and Xander made their way towards Jazz and Ironhide. Both the Queen and the Empress looked at Alfonse and Veronica, "Are you two alright?" Henriette asks them.

"Other than the fact those human sized Cybertronians that attacked us back in the castle, I'm alright." Alfonse responds to his mother.

"And you, Veronica?" The Empress asks her daughter.

"I'm alright, mom, really." She looks at the stables where the horses would be, "Did our horses return from Askr?"

The Empress looks at the stables, "Now that you mentioned it, I'm pretty sure that both yours and Xander's horses had just returned sometime this morning."

Veronica lets out a gentle sigh, "Thank goodness."

The Empress continues, "All of you must be tired right now. Come with me, I'll show the both of you the room you'll stay in."

Henriette then speaks to them, "I will inform the rest about where they'll stay!"

"Thank you, mom." Alfonse thanks her as his Mother-in-Law guides both him and his wife towards the castle.

Both Anna and Xander founded both Ironhide and Jazz, "You two are Jazz and Ironhide, right?"

Jazz looks down at the redhead, "That's right, lil' lady!"

Xander steps forward, "Just in case the both of you don't know, her name is Anna, the Commander of the Order of Heroes from the Kingdom of Askr and I am Xander, General of the Emblian Empire and Prince of Nohr." He introduces themselves to the two Autobots.

Ironhide looks at them, "Anna, Xander, it's nice to meet the both of you."

"Now how can we help you two?" Jazz asks them.

Anna clears her throat and speaks, "The both of us wants some battle tactics and strategies in order to fight against the Decepticons more effectively."

The optics from the two Autobots widened, "The two of you want strategies to fight those Decepticons?" Jazz asks them and they both nodded.

Xander continues, "Back when those Decepticons laid siege to the Askran capital, it took at least the three-to-four of us to even kill one of them. Not to mention of our inferior battle tactics especially since we're used to fighting those in our size." 

Ironhide pulls Jazz away from them, "Give us a moment, would ya?" They nodded and the two bots whispered, "I can understand the pain all of them going through since they've lose their home, Jazz, but it would be suicide if they were to take on a Decepticon in a one-on-one fight. Even with all of them together."

"I agree, Ironhide, but they eventually need to know how to fight them."

"I suppose you're right. The problem is that they are ill-equipped to even fight them."

"Who says that we can't arm them up with our own technology?"

"That's... actually not a bad idea. We just need Perceptor and Wheeljack to do the inventing and those kind of hi-jinx to make sure they're battle ready and strong enough to take on a few Seekers."

Jazz and Ironhide nodded and went back to Anna and Xander, "The good news is that we will teach all of you how to fight those Cons!"

"Yes!" Anna cheered.

"Finally, a fighting chance!" Xander smiled.

"However," They both looked at Ironhide, "We are going have to make equipment for all of you which includes Alfonse, Sharena, Kiran, and Veronica."

"Right, of course." Anna responds.

"But for now, I can tell you two about how us Cybertronians can endure a lot of punishment but still keep on fighting." Jazz spoke to them.

Kiran finds Sharena sitting on a bench, "What's going on?" He asks her.

Sharena speaks to him, "I'm watching the Priests and Monks trying to teach Ratchet how we heal each other." She points at the group.

"Other than medicine, we heal our troops during the heat of battle with these." They show the Autobot Medic their staffs.

"These tiny and skinny sticks all of you have here heals your troops?" Ratchet asks them.

"That is correct! They can also act as a weapon if the staff users are left with no other options when engaged in combat!"

Ratchet transforms his right hand and looks at his Energon Repair Ray, "If only mines can damage those Decepticons."

"And for us to demonstrate, we will bring one of the injured soldiers here." One of the Priests left to get one of the injured Askran soldiers to demonstrate. Ratchet looks at them, "Solider, how are you feeling?" The Priest asks him.

"Not good at all, the fall I took back in Askr has done a huge toll on me." The soldier replied to them.

"Don't worry, all of the pain will go away." The Priest pointed the staff at the Soldier and within a flash, light was shining from the staff and energy hits the Soldier, healing them at an instant.

Ratchet was completely stunned, "Marvelous! All of their wounds and injuries that I can scan have miraculously been healed!" He kneels down to them, "Even though I have a device that can heal other Cybertronians, I have nothing that can heal any living organics. Every planet I have been to I have to learn all customs when it comes to medicine. Can you two please teach me how to wield such a staff?" He asks them.

"Of course! We just need to give you a large staff somehow..."

Ratchet turns towards Sharena, "As of now, I want you to rest-"

"Actually, we can heal her now!" One of the Bishops spoke to him. They grabbed their staff and pointed at Sharena. In no time, her leg has completely healed.

"I'm feeling better already!" Sharena cheered as Ratchet places his finger on his head, "Inferno, Red Alert, I want you two to come to my position!"

"Just how do I take it off of my leg?" She asked.

Kiran looks at her, "Back in my 'World of Steel', removing the cast must be done in this specific order: Soak it in warm water for thirty minutes, lightly cut onto the surface of the cast, use blunt scissors to cut and unwrap it. Also, wash the limb to clean off any dead skin or dirt that was there."

A smile forms on her face, "Thank you! Let's go look for Anna, Xander, Veronica, and Alfonse!"

Sharena grabs Kiran's hands and attempts to sprint only to nearly trip. He catches her in time, "Are you alright?" Kiran asked and she nods.

"Looks like you're better already." They both looked up to see Anna and Xander in front of them.

"Mhm! The Emblian Bishop healed my leg as they're showing Ratchet their staffs!" Sharena responded.

"Now that you're mentioning that, both Jazz and Ironhide are going to teach us how to fight back and even give us new equipment." Xander spoke to them. "And what we learned is that the Cybertronians are extremely durable compared to what we're used to and they can take heavy punishments. The gunpowder barrels Kiran had deployed did almost nothing compared to what they can do to each other for millions of years."

Kiran looks at him, "I kind of figured since they're all technology advanced compared to us."

"But not for long," Anna spoke to him, "As I said, they are going to give us new equipment to fight the Decepticons! Not to mention, Wheeljack is going to try to fix the Breidablik so it's likely he'll measure our sizes and making sure that we'll not only be well protected but also having the firepower to deal significant damage!"

Kiran and Sharena smiled, "That's excellent! We need to tell Alfonse and Veronica now!" Sharena pointed at the castle.

The Empress opens the door, showing both her daughter and Son-in-Law their room, "And this is where you two will stay for here on out until Askr is liberated."

Alfonse steps in the room with Veronica behind him, "Thank you, Empress." He thanks her.

"Not a problem. Our butlers and maids will serve the two of you. So, if you need anything, they will be on standby to aid you two." The Empress turns around, "Now to tell your friends where they'll be staying." She exits the room and leaves them alone.

Alfonse looks out of the window and directly at where Askr once stood as only small streams of smoke were visible. "Veronica," He spoke to her, "were you able to see the castle all those years ago?" 

She looks through the window, "Yes." Veronica wraps her arms around his right arm, "I remember the days where I wanted to conquer Askr. I still recall that Surtr wanted to burn your entire kingdom down. No different can be said with Embla as well since she hated all mortals." She looks at him, "And never I've imagined Askr actually falling and being reduced to ruins." Veronica hugs him tightly and Alfonse hugs her back.

"One day, we'll liberate Askr and likely all of Zenith from those invaders." He sighs.

"We will, Alfonse. We will." They both had a moment of silence until the rest of the group was knocking on their door.

Alfonse turned around, "Come in."

Kiran, Sharena, Xander, and Anna entered their room and the Commander speaks first, "Alfonse, the Autobots are going to teach us how to fight the Decepticons while they plan to give us new equipment to fight them!"

Alfonse and Veronica looked at her, "Really?" They asked them.

"Also, my leg is healed!" Sharena points at her leg that still has the cast, "I just need to take it off."

Alfonse looks at his sister, then his wife, and his friends, "Until we have full recovery and the proper training, we will take back Askr by any means!" They all cheered.

Weeks has began to pass quickly ever since the Decepticons had laid siege to Askr's Capital. The refugees that now reside in Embla are now living with their neighbors, once seen as enemies and now as brothers and sisters in arms. Alfonse, Veronica, Henriette, and the Empress have made their own meetings with Optimus Prime and planned to counteract against the Decepticons. Wheeljack, Hoist, and Perceptor have eventually got the proper measurements of each of the humans and began to slowly work on their new equipment. As we jump towards five weeks since the Fall of Askr on the courtyard in Embla, Perceptor, Wheeljack, and Kiran were doing everything in their power to repair the ancient artifact that is the Breidablik.

Kiran looks at the screwdriver in his hand, "Okay, now what?"

Perceptor gave him instructions, "What you need to do now is to carefully remove one of the sides from the gun." He carefully splits it off of the Breidablik, "Next?"

"I'm looking through Perceptor's Eyepiece and the Tube and I can see that not only is it completely out of energy, but it's also damaged in the inside." Wheeljack spoke to him.

"I can confirm that and it looks like it was..." Perceptor took a closer look, "It was definitely hit by an EMP of some sort." 

Kiran looked at them, "An Electromagnetic Pulse?"

He gets a nod from Wheeljack, "It seems like you're familiar with that."

"I mean to be fair I was from a completely different world. But I don't know how an EMP took it out of power." Kiran looks at the Breidablik.

"I have an hypothesis," Kiran then looked at Perceptor, "I believe that when both the Ark and the Nemesis crash landed on this planet, a non-lethal but a very powerful explosion that's equivalent to 500,000 tons must have been produced. And from that explosion, an EMP was released. If this were to happen on Cybertron or any technologically advanced civilization, it would have devastating effects. Luckily for you guys however, it would have no effect whatsoever. All except for the Breidablik of course."

"Is there a way to reverse the damage done to it?" Kiran asked.

"Not that I know of unfortunately." Perceptor replied.

"However, what we can try is by fueling it with Energon." Wheeljack suggests to him, "Right after we fix that gun of yours of course."

He looks back at the Breidablik, "What's next?"

"Clean off the small broken parts that are still present in the weapon. And then Wheeljack will give you a small Energon cube to place inside of it." Perceptor gave him further instructions and Kiran obliges.

He wipes and shakes the shrapnel out of the weapon, "And how small is the Energon cube going to be?" He asks them.

Wheeljack shows Kiran the tip of his finger, "Small enough for a human to carry it."

He takes the cube away from Wheeljack, "So now I have to put the Energon in the Breidablik right now?"

"No. Put back the side you removed, and then you pour the Energon inside of it through its barrel." Perceptor informed him.

"Got ya." Kiran places the panel back on the Breidablik and pours some of the Energon inside of it. "So, now we wait?" He gets off of Perceptor as he transforms back to his robot mode.

"Correct. It can take some time for the Energon to power it up." Perceptor responded to him.

As they're waiting, Alfonse, Veronica, and Optimus Prime were approaching them, "Kiran, is the Breidablik working again?" Alfonse asked.

"Not yet. We just barely finished working on it and waiting to see if the Energon can power it up." He responds.

"Hm... Speaking of that, Perceptor, Wheeljack, anything with their new gear and equipment yet?" Optimus asked them.

"We just barely started working on the final augments and how their weapons will work whenever they use them. It's likely that it won't be done until probably the end of this week." Wheeljack explained to him.

"I see. Take your time until they have been perfected." Optimus replied. 

They all watched the Breidablik as it was suddenly glowing, "It worked! The Energon is giving it life again!" Kiran cheered. However it forcefully moves his arm and making it point towards the Ark's crash site.

"What is it doing?" Optimus asked.

"I don't know at all..." His finger is suddenly placed on the trigger.

"Are you doing this to test it, Kiran?" Veronica asked him.

"I am not doing this..." He replies to her. He pulls the trigger and the Breidablik fires a ball of energy as it moves up to the sky and then falling towards the Ark.

"What on Cybertron's name just happened?!" Wheeljack asked.

"I wish I knew, Wheeljack." Optimus replied.

Back in the Ark Teletraan-1 began to blare out sirens, "Alert! Alert! Unidentified energy source has been detected and rapidly approaching the Ark!"

All of the Autobots that were present went towards Teletraan-1, "Hoist, what's causing it to act up all of the sudden?" Beachcomber asked.

"I don't know. It did say something about an energy source that's coming towards-" They all suddenly felt the Ark shaking and all of the lights blinking.

"What's going on?" Jetfire and the Aerialbots entered the room.

"I don't know! It just happened now!" Red Alert replied to him.

Teletraan-1 spoke again, "Alert! Autobots have been revived!"

All of them gasped, "Autobots such as-" Red Alert was cutoff as they all hear footsteps from behind.

The Autobots that had risen were Kup, Hot Rod, Tailgate, Roadbuster, Mirage, Powerglide, Prowl, Bulkhead, Moonracer, Scattershot, Strafe, Lightspeed, Afterburner, and Nosecone.

All of the Autobots gasped, "No way..."

Windblade looks at them, "I thought we lost all of them."

Grimlock walked up towards Kup, "Kup, what happened?"

The elderly bot responded to him, "As far as I can remember, we all went offline when the Ark was shot. One moment, the only thing we saw was complete darkness. And the next moment, we all woke up all clumped together."

Hot Shot then spoke up, "Wait, do you all think they were revived because of that energy source that Teletraan-1 was talking about?" He suggested to them.

Ratchet then looked at Scattershot, "Can you and the Technobots confirm Hot Shots' theory?"

"You can count on us, Doctor!" He replied to him.

Jazz then rushed towards Teletraan-1 and began to call to Optimus, "Optimus, you're not going to believe this!"

Back in Embla, Optimus placed his finger on his head, "What's going on, Jazz?"

"All of the previously thought Autobots that were offline before we crashed here are alive again!"

His optics went wide, "Impossible."

Alfonse, Veronica, and Kiran looked at him, "What's wrong?" Alfonse asked.

"Jazz just told me that some of the Autobots have been revived." Prime responded to him.

All of their eyes were widened, "Then that means..." Veronica looked at the Breidablik, "It works." Kiran smiles. 

The Breidablik however has other plans as it makes him aim the weapon towards the South, "What the-" It first turns to an unknown location and forces him to pull the trigger and another energy ball makes its way. It then turns Kiran towards Askr, "WAIT!" Kiran tried to resist but the Breidablik makes him pull the trigger, firing the gun once again, "NO!" He cried out.

The Decepticons in Askr were finishing up their newly built communication tower, "It should be finished by nightfall, Lord Megatron!" Scrapper spoke to him.

"Excellent work, Scrapper." Megatron praised him, "Decepticons, once we have gain a communication link to Cybertron, we shall-"

Starscream then cuts him off, "Uh, Megatron?"

He looks down at Starscream all completely annoyed, "What now?!"

Starscream points at the sky, "What is that?" Megatron looks at energy source that was making its way towards the Nemesis.

"Where did that come from?" Megatron asks.

Skywarp then points at the sky as well, "Lord Megatron, there's another one coming towards us!"

He looks at the second one and it lands in Askr, however doing nothing at all. "Did it missed us?" Motormaster asked.

"Clearly, whoever tried to attack us, must have something close or similar to Cybertronian technology." Tarn spoke to them.

Soundwave then rushed towards them, "Megatron, I have identified multiple of our fellow Decepticon Drones, Seekers, Insecticons, the Triple Changers, the Predacons, and the rest of the Combaticons have been put back to online."

All of the Decepticons looked at Soundwave, "What?!" Megatron looked at him.

"But that is impossible! They were offlined the moment we crashed!" Starscream spoke to him.

Megatron looks towards where the Nemesis crashes and sees his Decepticon army flying towards their position. "So it appears Soundwave is right."

All of the sudden, the ground begins to shake beneath them. "A quake is happening!" Thundercracker spoke out. The ground changed from a mixture of concrete and dirt and was replaced by Cybertronian steel.

"The floor changed!" Tarn pointed downwards. 

Slowly but surely all of Askr was changing. The Communication Tower was instantaneously completed and a voice spoke out of it, "Shockwave to Megatron, do you read me?"

Megatron answered Shockwave's call, "This is Megatron speaking. I hear you clearly, Shockwave. Do you know what's happening with us?"

"I unfortunately don't know what you mean. Where did you land at, Megatron?" Shockwave asked only for Megatron to look out and see entire towers being made and a fortress being built at the center and being as high as the Stratosphere. "Megatron?" Shockwave asked.

"I'll get back with you later." He exits out of the building and sees the walls surrounding Askr. Or at least it used to be. The Decepticon army had arrived and all kneeled down for him. Megatron turns to look at them, "Decepticons..."

The capital then lit up with purple lights and a loud voice spoke out, "Here to serve you again, Megatron."

Starscream lightly spoke, "Is that-"

Soundwave interrupted him, "Megatron, the barriers that were protecting the entries to the other locations nearby have been completely disabled."

Megatron spoke again, this time with a smile, "We strike at dawn tomorrow."

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On the same evening when the wedding was happening in Askr, all of the invited guests across the different realms that were open to the entirety of Midgard, Nifl, Múspell, Niðavellir, and Jötunheimr were all getting ready to attend the wedding. However, none of them knew, or even expected the following events that were about to happen...

Waiting at the bridge with their guards, both Laegjarn and Laevatein were looking at the other side of said bridge as the sun was beginning to set. "Hey," Laegjarn spoke to her sister and she looks back at her, "how are you going to feel about visiting Askr? Not as conquers like how father had envisioned, but as guests of the wedding?"

Laevatein thought about it, "Even though it had been years since I had personally saw the Order of Heroes, as the current Ruler of Múspell however, respect must be shown towards our friends."

Arriving to the bridge were the Niflese Royal Family, Hríd, Ylgr, and Fjorm. "Princess Laegjarn!" Fjorm rushed towards her and the two girls hugged each other tightly and kissed each other on the cheek.

Laegjarn looks at the other two siblings, "King Hríd, Princess Ylgr, nice to see you two again!" She greets them.

"Nice to meet you too as well, Princess Laegjarn." Hríd greets her.

Laegjarn then looks down to talk to Ylgr, "And how are you feeling, Princess Ylgr?"

"I am quite excited to witness the wedding!" Ylgr responds to her. 

Laevatein then spoke up, "Wait, weren't the newly weds enemies at one point?"

Fjorm looks at her, "You mean Alfonse and Veronica, right?"

She nods, "I could've sworn that she wanted to kill him at one point."

"I think that was the case. I'm particularly surprised that they both fell in love with each other." Fjorm responds.

"Anyways, I can only hope that the wedding is going well when we arrive." Laevatein spoke to them. They all cheered except for Hríd, who was looking at the sky.

"What's wrong?" Laegjarn asks him.

"What's that?" Hríd responds to her as he's pointing at the sky. All of the girls looked at the direction he was pointing and they all see two objects falling from the sky.

"Are those... meteorites?" Laveatein asked.

The two objects crashed in Midgard and the explosion impact was heard and seen from their own positions. "Everyone, look!" Hríd pointed at the bridge and they see an unknown barrier falling at the other end of said bridge.

"What is happening?" Ylgr asked.

"I don't know, but I don't like it at all." Fjorm responds to her little sister. "I don't even think that is supposed to happen at all."

The only thing both the Múspellian's and Niflese's can do is return to their domains and prepare for what is about to come. Watching from the attic tundra, Nifl glares at the unknown barrier, "Something isn't right. Not even during the events of Ragnarök had caused something like this." She retreats into the forest.

Across the Continent of Zenith lies another bridge, this time to the kingdoms of both Niðavellir and Jötunheimr. The barrier has also been lowered ever since both the Ark and the Nemesis had crashed onto Midgard...

Reginn and Dagr were observing the barrier. "Jeez, that sure is the first to happen." Reginn spoke to the Queen of Jötunheimr.

"Yeah, just what caused this to happen? The two meteors that crashed here?" Dagr asked.

"I think that's the case." She responds to her. The floating machine next to Reginn tapped her, "Hm? What's wrong?" It starts beeping rapidly and looks directly at Askr. "Hey, what's going on?" Reginn asks again. It then moves close to her and activates its telescope. "Alright let's see what's..." She sees something flying in the distance and heading towards Askr. "Is going on?" 

Dagr looks at the same direction Reginn was looking at, "What are you looking at?"

"I don't know." Reginn zooms in at the castle and sees explosions rocking the castle. She lets out a gasp of terror.

"What happened?" Dagr asks.

Reginn looks away from her machine and at Dagr, "Askr is under attack!"

She raises her eyes in surprise, "What?!" She looks at the direction where Askr is and sees a small smoke cloud rising. "What do you think is going to happen now?"

"Who knows. Also, whatever attacked Askr are made completely of steel. But not like the steel in Niðavellir."

Reginn and Dagr looked at each other, "So what you're saying is that Askr is being attacked by invaders from a completely different realm?" She asks her.

"That's probably the best theory we'll have." Reginn responds. "And we are helpless since we can't cross the barrier. We can only prepare and get the defenses ready." Dagr nodded and the two respected Queens returned back to their kingdoms. 

After the attack in Askr had killed some Askran Soldiers and Guards, the realm of Hel are witnessing the Siege of Askr.

Líf and Thrasir are witnessing more and more now fallen Askran Soldiers joining the ranks of the Undead. "This isn't right at all." Líf spoke softly.

Thrasir looked at him, "What do you mean? Isn't it normal for soldiers to die in war?"

"Yes but this isn't normal." Líf then points at them, "As I last recall, Askr was supposed to be in peacetime." They both turned around and looked through the Gate and the barrier. "But why is there a siege happening now?" Thrasir and Líf both witnessed a large explosion right in front of the Gates of Askr. "What in Hel's name?" Líf spoke out. 

They both continued watching until a bright purple light was flashed and they heard something coming from Askr, "I. AM. MEGATRON! LEADER OF THE DECEPTICONS! THE GLADIATOR OF KAON! AND THE NAME THAT THIS PLANET SHALL FEAR!"

Líf and Thrasir looked at each other, "What was that?" He asks her.

"I don't know. But there is a name that might've struck fear to us for the first time..." Thrasir spoke to him as she holds onto his hand.

"Yeah? What is that name?" Líf asked her.

Thrasir hesitated to say the name but eventually caved in and said its name, "Megatron."

When Kiran and Sharena fired the flares, not only did Starscream but another figure saw the flare, a fairy that was hiding within the nearby forest. 

Peony watched in terror as the once shining beacon that was Askr is now being engulfed in smoke and flames. "No! This cannot be how it all ends!" She cried out as she watched Starscream shooting down the tower where the flare was shot from. "Alfonse, the Summoner, Anna, and Sharena are all in danger!" She looks at her own hands, "But I am powerless to do anything..." A light would shine behind Peony, catching her attention. "Huh?" She turns around and sees Ash approaching out of the portal. "Ash?" Peony spoke to her.

"There's no time to explain! We need to leave!" Ash responds to her.

"But what about our friends in Askr?" Peony asked her only for the two girls to feel the ground rumbling.

"What was that?" Ash looked around. The two girls hid in the shrubs as steel machines rushed past them.

Peony pokes her head out and hears one of them talking, "Hurry, Autobots, Megatron and the Decepticons are within the city's walls!"

Ash tugged at her arm, "Now!" Peony looked at Askr one last time before she followed Ash and into safety. 

Weeks had passed since the Fall of Askr, which is now completely under Decepticon Occupation. Now that Megatron has an Cyberformed Askr, a far larger army, and with all of the barriers are down, the Decepticons have now began their invasion across the different realms. Starting with the Realm of Ice...

A group of Niflese Soldiers were patrolling the area close to the bridge. "Anything yet?" One of the soldiers asked.

"No, nothing at all." Another soldier responded to them. "Well, at least the barrier is down." One of them pointed at the bridge. They all looked to see that it was completely gone and the bridge being accessible again.

"We should be able to cross, right?" A solider asked.

"Yes but we were given orders to patrol the area. No more than that." The Captain replies to them. "Besides, we don't know what happened all those weeks ago. A previous patrol squad have reported however that they saw a giant flying and walking near the bridge."

All of the soldiers gasped, "A giant that was flying?"

"Apparently. What they also reported is that they're made of steel. Similar to what could be found in Niðavellir, but more advanced. One of them also said that they have the ability to change their form from something flying and into something humanoid. It's in our best interest to report back to Nifl if we ever see anything out of the ordinary."

One of the soldiers looked at the sky, "You mean like that?" The Captain turns around and their eyes went wide.

In the skies, the Rainmakers spotted the group, "This is Ion Storm reporting to Razorclaw, do you read me?" Ion Storm spoke and he got a response.

"This is Razorclaw speaking, Ion Storm. What do you see?"

"We see some organics at the arctic tundra. Can you Predacons take care of them before we are alerted ahead of time?"

After a few seconds, he got a response, "I can assure to you Rainmakers that the Predacons will take care of them!" Razorclaw then switches his comms to Motormaster, "Razorclaw to the Stunticons, do you read me?"

With annoyance in his voice, Motormaster responds, "What do you want from me now, Razorclaw?"

"Us, Predacons and the Rainmakers are going to the arctic tundra. Remember what orders Megatron has gave you?" Razorclaw asks him.

"Lord Megatron's order was that us Stunticons are going to the area that is completely covered with volcanic activity. Motormaster, over and out."  

All of the Decepticons started to cross the bridge with the Rainmakers being the first to enter the freezing biome. The Niflese soldiers all watched as panic fills their bodies, "We need to go now!" The Captain shouted and all of them started heading back to the capital.

"There, Predacons! Attack!" Razorclaw shouted and all five of the Predacons leapt forwards. Razorclaw, Divebomb, Headstrong, Rampage, and Tantrum all transformed into their robot modes and landed in front of the soldiers. The Niflese soldiers stopped dead in their tracks and stared up at the Predacons.

"Are these the giants the other patrol saw weeks ago?" One of the soldiers asked their Captain. "I think so."

Razorclaw then spoke to them, "Resistance is futile! Just accept your fates!" All five Predacons aimed their blasters at the men.

"NO-" The Captain shouted but all of them were vaporized by their blasters. 

From the capital, one of the soldiers spotted the flashes that were coming from the Predacons. They immediately blew their horn multiple times, catching everyone's attention, "We are being invaded by unknown forces! Begin evacuation immediately!"

All of the Niflese soldiers and citizens began scrambling everywhere as Fjorm, Ylgr, and Hríd rushed upstairs in the castles watchtower. "Where are they?" Fjorm asked her brother. Hríd looks through the telescope and sees the giant metallic beasts heading their way.

"There!" He shouted out. 

Unbeknownst to anyone however, the Rainmakers were hidden in the clouds and a storm was about to brew. "Ion Storm, Nova Storm, let's melt away their infrastructure!" Acid Storm spoke to them and the three Seekers began to swirl around and unleashed their own chemicals into the clouds.

Ylgr looks at the sky and notices that it was changing colors, "Uh..." She spoke to them, "Are the clouds supposed to turn red?"

"No, why?" Hríd asked her. The other two siblings then looked at the clouds and saw that they're red.

"What in Lady Nifl's name?" Fjorm asked. Soon it started raining however they noticed that not only it was also red but it was melting down their kingdom.

"It's melting!" Ylgr cried out as a raindrop hits her head, causing her to scream. She would stop to notice that it had no effect on her. "Huh?"

"It's harmless to us?" Fjorm placed her hand out and felt a droplet hitting her skin. No effect at all. "That's strange."

"They're here!" Hríd yelled as both the Predacons and the Rainmakers transformed and landed right in front of the capital's gates.

"This is Predacon Leader, Razorclaw, speaking on behalf of our leader, Megatron! Resistance is useless! You may outnumber us but we have the firepower to defeat every last one of you!" Razorclaw spoke out.

Fjorm grabbed a horn and blew it, "All soldiers, we cannot let this capital see a repeat of Surtr's Destruction to our home!" She shouted and all of the men let out a war cry. The three siblings made their way down the corroding castle to grab their war gear. They all charged with their men and began throwing whatever they have available. Daggers, tomes, arrows, and projectiles shot from catapults were all being fired at the Decepticons. However due to the presence of the acid rain, most of their attacks were being corroded before they even reached their targets.

Divebomb spoke to Acid Storm, "When do we attack?"

"Right about..." Acid Storm saw the rain slowly fizzling out, "NOW!" All of the Predacons and the Seekers pulled out their blasters and began firing at them.

The Niflese Royal Family and their soldiers began scrambling back inside the walls, "Quickly," Fjorm spoke out, "close the..." Once they crossed back behind the walls all they saw was corroded buildings and the gates nearly melted away. "Gates..."

The Decepticons kept firing at them, "Over here! Quickly!" Hríd grabbed his two sister's hands and pulled them behind a building. "We need to leave! We can't do anything to them!" He spoke to them.

"But..." Ylgr starts crying, "our home."

"Ylgr, Hrid is right! We can't do anything to stop them!" Fjorm spoke to her.

"And they are correct!" They all gasped as Rampage appeared right out of the corner with Ion Storm and Tantrum blocking their escape routes.

Ion Storm points his Null Ray at them, "Just accept your deaths, organics! There exactly nothing you idiots can do to us!" He smirks at them.

"But I can."

"Huh?" Ion Storm and the two Predacons turned around and they were blasted by a freezing blast and entrapping them all in ice.

Fjorm, Ylgr, and Hríd looked to see who saved them. They all see Nifl with the other frozen Predacons and Seekers behind her. "Lady Nifl!" Hríd spoke to her.

"There's no time to talk! We need to go now! The kingdom will be liberated one day!" Nifl spoke to them. All four would leave the capital as the ice that's trapping the Decepticons started to crack.

At the other side of the landmass, the Stunticons are racing across the basalt and towards Múspell's capital. Both Laegjarn and Laveatein spotted their dust clouds that were trailing behind them. "What is coming this way?" Laveatein asked.

"I... don't know." Laegjarn replied.

All of the five Stunticons were gaining speed and they were now within striking distance of the gates, "Stunticons, accelerate at maximum velocity!" Motormaster commands and all of them are now speeding up faster.

"But they sure are not going to stop at all!" Laegjarn spoke up and blasted her horn, "We are going to be under attack! Get ready for combat!" She shouted.

All Múspellian soldiers got their bows and tomes and immediately shooting at the Stunticons. The attacks did nothing as they all crashed through the gates and walls. Both the soldiers and the civilians rushed out of the way as the Stunticons transformed into their robots modes and pulling out their blasters. "You," Laevatein spoke to them, "who are you and what are your intentions?"

She points her sword at Motormaster. He then pulled out his sword and points it down at her. She gulps and he speaks, "I am Motormaster, Leader of the Decepticon subdivision, the Stunticons! State your identities, now!" 

Laegjarn pulls her sister back and speaks to him, "The person you were talking to is my sister, Laevatein, the current Queen of Múspell. As for I, I'm Laegjarn, the Queen's sister. And you guys are?"

Motormaster looks at his comrades, "Introduce yourselves men!"

The red one spoke first, "The names Dead End. Not like you're going to need anything useful with that."

Next one was the yellow bot, "I am Drag Strip, I live for the thrill of victory!"

"I'm... Breakdown." The white bot introduced himself.

"I'M WILDRIDER! And you are at risk of being killed of you don't surrender now!" All of the Stunticons pointed their weapons at them.

The two Múspellian siblings stood there until Laevatein spoke, "If we surrender, will you spare us and at least let us govern our people?"

They all lowered their weapons and looked at each other, "Under one condition," Both Laegjarn and Laevatein looked at Motormatser, "Not one of you organics leave this city alone or unsupervised! And we will have Decepticon Drones patrolling twenty-four seven!" He looks at them. 

Laevatein and Laegjarn look at each other again and nodded, "If living is an option, we'll take it. Men, lower your weapons now!" Laevatein spoke out and they all obliged.

"And without energonshed!" Drag Strip smiled.

"Motormaster to Megatron, this kingdom called... uh," He looks at the girls.

"Múspell." Laegjarn spoke to him.

"Múspell has been captured by the Stunticons without casualties. Send in the Seekers and Drones!"

"Excellent work, Motormaster!" Megatron praises him.

Back in Decepticon Occupied Askr, Megatron leaves the Communications Tower and spoke to the drones, "Make your way to Múspell! The Stunticons have already occupied the kingdom!" Some of the Drones of Cybertronian Cars and Seekers transformed and left Askr.

Megatron then gets another call, "This is Tarn to Megatron, do you read me?"

He answers the call, "Tarn, what is the problem?" Megatron asks.

"Me, Blitzwing, Astrotrain, and Onslaught are under heavy fire! We need reinforcements!" Tarn spoke to him.

"To fight back against the Autobots? Did they find out that we're invading the other kingdoms?" He asks him.

"No! They're organics and they're surprisingly putting up heavy resistance! We need those drones now and the main Seekers immediately!"

His optics went wide, "Impossible! Reinforcements will arrive soon!" Megatron switches his comms to Starscream, "Starscream, Tarn and his team needs reinforcements now! Get your Seekers and aid him!"

"To fight the Autobots?" Starscream asks.

"To the surprise to even myself, no."

In the Ark, Teletraan-1 was blaring out alarms, "Alert! Multiple Decepticons are being tracked across this planet and they're scrambling at different directions!"

Windblade looked at the screen and opened a link to Optimus Prime, "Windblade to Optimus, Teletraan-1 is reporting Decepticon activities!"

Outside of Embla's walls, Optimus Prime answers her call, "Windblade, elaborate to me. What do you mean he has detected their presence?"

"They are scrambling all over the planet although it looks like none of them are heading towards your position!" Windblade spoke to him.

His optics went wide, "I'll report to you later! I need to warn our allies now!" Optimus rushed back inside the capital.

Right at the gateway to Hel, the Insecticons were chewing at the gate as Líf and Thrasir were approaching the entryway. They both stopped and looked at them, "What in Hel's name are those oversized cockroaches?" Thrasir asked him.

"I don't know but I don't think we should try to them." Líf responded and they hear the Insecticons talking.

"How are these metal bars treating your stomachs, stomachs?" One of them asked.

"They are quite nutritious, especially for the strange energy it was radiating." Another spoke out.

"I cannot wait to fight the unfortunate fools that have to face us!" The third one replied.

Líf and Thrasir tried to walk away from them slowly only to suddenly step on a dead branch. The three Insecticons quickly looked at them, "There, Shrapnel! They found us!" One of them spoke out. They both started running away as fast as they can.

"Follow them, them!" Shrapnel spoke and the three Insecticons followed them. 

Líf pulls Thrasir with him as he jumps inside a trench. "Did we lose them?" She asks.

"I hope so." He replies to her.

The three Insecticons found them, "So, these are the ones you saw Bombshell, Bombshell?" Shrapnel asks.

"Yes it's them!" Bombshell replies, "Kickback, get them!" He orders Kickback to grab them. Líf and Thrasir quickly attacked them and booked it out there. "Not so fast you pesky undead organics!" Bombshell spoke out and fires out one of his cerebro-shells and it directly digs inside of Líf head.

He began to scream out loud, "THRASIR!"

She stops and looks at him collapsing to the floor, "LÍF!"

He stars crying, "THEY GOT ME! I DON'T KNOW WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN BUT HELP ME..." His cries of despair however ended as he slowly got back up and his eyes were glowing in a different color. 

"Líf?" Thrasir spoke to him.

"You can't save him anymore!" Kickback spoke to her.

"He's is under my control thanks to my cerebro-shell! No free thoughts, only mines to control!" Bombshell taunt's Thrasir.

"And there's nothing you can do to save him, him." Shrapnel laughs.

She starts crying, "No! This can't be!"

"Oh it is! Líf, hold her as I take her mind as well!" Bombshell gave out his order. Líf quickly looks at Thrasir, causing her to run the opposite direction but he's not too far from her. He pounces her and restrains her as the Insecticons were closing on her.

”No..." Thrasir cried as Bombshell fires another cerebro-shell directly at her head, "NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Optimus had just finished explaining to the humans about what's happening, "The Decepticons are invading the other realms?!" Alfonse spoke him.

"That is unfortunately the case right now." Optimus replies to the young prince.

Sharena then cries out, "Do you know what probably happened to the other realms?"

"I unfortunately don't know at all. All I know is that they're not going to stop until Megatron gets what he needs."

"We need to help them now!" Kiran spoke out.

"Hold on kid!" Wheeljack speaks to Kiran, "Your new equipment isn't finished yet! It still needs a few more days until it's completed!"

Alfonse stood up with Kiran, "But we're the only ones that's familiar with the local geography! What we can do is organize a party with some of the Autobots and we should investigate where a majority of the Decepticons went!" 

Optimus looks at them, "Hm... Windblade, which directions had the most concentration of Decepticon movement?"

"East! Most of them are heading eastwards!" Windblade replies and Optimus look at them again, "East! That's what Windblade has said to me!"

"East? Isn't that where Niðavellir and Jötunheimr located?" Veronica asks.

Alfonse looks at her, "Yeah! If that's the case, we need to organize the search party, now!" He looks at Optimus, "Who can we bring along?"

"Allow me to do that." Optimus replies to him, "Jazz, Ironhide, Kup, Chromia, Roadbuster, and Prowl, I need you all to report to my position now!"

Within Jötunheimr, Swindle, Brawl, Crankcase, Thunderblast, and the Constructicons were rounding up all of the surrendering Jötnar. Dagr and her mother looked at the destruction and carnage left behind. "Jötunheimr... it's in complete ruins." Dagr felt a tear escaping her eye.

"Well at least that's over with." Brawl spoke to the ladies.

"Now get moving inside the cages!" Swindle shoved them into a cage with Thunderblast opening it for them to enter.

"And I believe that's the last one!" She spoke to Scrapper.

"Good! Scrapper to Lord Megatron, Jötunheimr is now under Decepticon control!" Scrapper spoke to Megatron through his communication call.

"Reinforcements are making your way now! But another Decepticon team is going to need some assistance." Megatron spoke to all of the Decepticons.

"What are your orders, Megatron?" Crankcase asked.

"Tarn and his team needed reinforcements and Starscream along with his Seekers, what I need is-"  

Megatron was cutoff when Thunderblast spoke out, "Starscream needs help?!" She asks.

"No, Thunderblast you fool! It is Tarn that needs help!" Megatron spoke to her.

"Tell me where!" She asks.

"Not too far. North of where all of you are-"

"I'M COMING TO HELP YOU, STARSCREAM!" Thunderblast transforms and leaves Jötunheimr.

"THUNDERBLAST, WAIT!" Megatron shouted through her comms.

She navigates through the skies and towards Niðavellir. Thunderblast speaks to herself, "Now, just why does Tarn needs help he can clearly-" She looks pasts the clouds and spots the carnage that not only consists of dead dvergar and their steam machines, but also some Decepticon Drones and Seekers, "do it himself..." She looks ahead and sees a full on battle happening between the dvergar and the invading Decepticon Forces.

Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker, and the Seeker Drones arrived to Niðavellir and the ballistas immediately started attacking them. "Watch out!" Starscream shouts as some of the ballistas have taken down some of the drones right out of the sky and crashing down to the surface.

"By the Allspark they're more dangerous than the ones we've laid siege to weeks ago!" Thundercracker says as he dodges another ballista attack.

At the surface, Tarn, Blitzwing, Astrotrain, and Onslaught are being bogged down by the constant barrage of shells and scattershots aimed at their direction. "Reinforcements are here!" Astrotrain points at the sky.

Tarn replies to him, "Good! Decepticons, advance towards the capital!"

They all made their advances toward the heavily armed city. Reginn and her drone approached one of her Officers, "Are all of the civilians out of the city?" She asks them.

"Every last one is out here and out of harm's reach!" The Dvegar Officer spoke to her.

"Good! We need to stand our ground until they give up!" She replies to the officer.

"They're getting closer!" One of her soldiers cried out as the watchtower was blown to bits.

Tarn looks at Blitzwing, "Aid the Seekers, now!"

"No problem!" Blitzwing transforms into a Cybertronian jet and joins Starscream. "Blitzwing, reporting to duty!"

"And so is Thunderblast!" She links up with them.

"Good! Bombard the enemy!" Starscream gave them their orders and they all started releasing rockets towards the capital.

Tarn then looks at Onslaught, "Onslaught, act as artillery fire!"

"Say no more!" Onslaught transforms and uses his cannons to fire at the enemy.

"Astrotrain, take me and go deep into enemy territory!" Tarn gave him the command.

He transforms into a shuttle, "Inside, quickly!" Astrotrain opens the door and he enters inside.

As they creep closer, more Decepticon Drones and Seekers were being destroyed by the ballistas. They kept dodging their attacks until Astrotrain was right above them, "Now!" He opens the trap door and letting Tarn dive the center.

Reginn looks up and she was shocked, "Everyone out of the way!" She command them and just in time as he lands in front of her.

"You." Tarn spoke to her and Reginn points her spear at him.

"What do you invaders want?" She asks him as her drone beeps rapidly. "What do you mean something isn't right?"

Tarn responds to her, "You should listen to your friend now, because you never know when you'll hear them for the last time."

"What are you talking about?" She asks him.

"I wasn't talking to you." He points at her drone.

"What are you going to do to it?"

"Oh nothing... just, this trick I'm going to do... now!" After Tarn finished speaking, all machinery in Niðavellir suddenly shut down, including Reginns armor and drone as they ceased operations.

She gasps and struggles to get out. "NO!"

"Yes."  

The Seekers landed in Niðavellir and pointed their Null Rays at her, "Such same this battle ended already!" Starscream laughs. "Megatron, we got good news for you!" Reginn starts crying as she feels no hope left. 

Waiting for the Autobots to arrive, Kiran sees that his Breidablik was moving his body again. "No! No, not again!" Kiran cried out as his arm points eastward.

Anna had arrived in time to witness it, "Kiran, what's wrong?" She asks him.

"It's doing the same thing it was doing yesterday!" The Breidablik makes him pull the trigger again and the sphere of energy was making its way towards Niðavellir. "Now what's going to happen?" Kiran asks himself.

"We'll see them here!" Starscream ends the call and looks at Reginn, "Now, what to do with her?"

"I say we squish her body!" Skywarp suggests. She cries more until the sphere has landed in Niðavellir. The entire capital glows, all of the deactivated machinery was reactivated, and parts of the castle and the roads in the city started to have a different kind of steel appearing on them.

"Again?!" Tarn looks at the ground.

"Cybertronian Steel!" Thundercracker shouted. Suddenly they all felt the roads retracting.

"Guys, what is going on?" Thunderblast asks.

Reginn spoke to her soldiers, "Let's go, now!" They all got out of the way as soon parts of the castle was starting to break way from the main structure.

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Both of the Decepticons and the dvergar looked up. "Oh no." Skywarp whispered.

"What the..." Reginn was shocked.

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"It can't be!" Blitzwing took a couple steps back.

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"This is impossible!" Starscream was in complete denial about the situation.

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"DECEPTICONS, FALLBACK!" Tarn shouted and they all started either flying or driving out of Niðavellir.

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The newly arrived Cybertronian looked around while it was still in the process of transforming and spoke, "Omega: Activated."

Reginn and the other dvergar were in shock in and awe, "What is that?" Reginn asks herself and it speaks again.

"Location: Unknown. Hostiles: Nearby." It starts activating its weapons, "Identities: Decepticons. Mission: Destroy."

Chapter Text

All of the Autobots that Optimus has called for has finally arrived at the gates of the Emblian Empire, each of them transformed and Kup was the first one to ask a question, "So I can only assume that this about the recent Decepticon activity?"

"That's unfortunately is the case, Kup." Optimus replied to him. He then lowers one of his hands, "Kup, Prowl, Roadbuster, I want you three to meet our new allies in this world, Alfonse, Sharena, Commander Anna, Kiran, Veronica, and Xander."

All of the humans showed themselves towards the new Autobots. "It is nice to meet you three. I am Alfonse, the Prince of Askr. Me and my friends and family will help you with the search party by seeing why they were heading eastwards." Alfonse spoke to them.

"Nice to meet you as well kid." Kup kneels down to the future king, "And this is why we are here, to see what those Deceptions are up to."

"Well then what are we waiting for? Let's bust up those Decepticreeps!" Ironhide raises his fist in the air.

"Hold on, Ironhide." Prowl spoke to him, "We can't just rush in there and fight on an entire army. Not only we're outgunned, but we are also out numbered."

"Not to mention, even if we take takeout all of the drones, they would just keep on calling reinforcements." Roadbuster joins the chat, "And who knows how many Decepticons are going to be there."

They all stopped talking and looked at Optimus Prime, "Before our human allies go and guide you, Autobots, I want them to say goodbye to their families real quick." He then guides the other Autobots away from them.

Alfonse and Sharena were greeted by their mother, "Alfonse, please promise me that all of you will return home safely." Henriette spoke softly to him.

"I will, mother. I can promise you that we'll be safe." Alfonse replies to her.

Henriette then looks at Sharena, "We need to make sure that the queens of both Niðavellir and Jötunheimr are not alive and well."

Sharena looks back at her, "I'll make sure of that!"

Both Veronica and the Empress were hugging each other before their departure, "Veronica, I don't want anything to happen to anyone, especially you." The Empress hugs her daughter. She would let go of her and look at Xander, Kiran, and Anna, "I want you three to protect them from any harm as much as possible."

Xander nodded, "My duty acting as Veronica's secondary guardian will not end until I believe it has been fulfilled!"

The Empress smiles, "Thank you, General Xander. Now, all of you must go." They all parted ways as the humans went up towards the group of Autobots as they were transforming into their individual Cybertronian Alt-Modes.

"We are ready." Alfonse spoke to Optimus.

"Good, I want all of you to stick with the group. Only get away from them if they're engaged in a firefight. Do all of you understand?" He asks them and they all nodded unanimously. "Now, board inside of Ironhide and give them the pathway to your neighbors in this planet!" Optimus instructs them. Alfonse, Veronica, Sharena, Kiran, Anna, and Xander all entered inside of Ironhide and took their own seats.

"Alright folks, tell us where to go!" Ironhide spoke to them.

Alfonse and Kiran went towards the front, "Ironhide, I want you and the group to go eastwards, that's where both Niðavellir and Jötunheimr are located!" Alfonse gave him the directions.

From the outside, Optimus spoke to them, "Now, roll out!" All of the Autobots left Embla and made their way towards Niðavellir.

Almost an hour passed and they had finally made it to the bridge, "There!" Kiran pointed forwards.

"Alright! Keep giving us the instructions, kid!" Kup replies to him.

"Yes sir!" He replies to the elderly Autobot.

Alfonse then bumps into the talk, "As soon as we cross the bridge, turn left!"

"You all heard the prince, turn left!" Kup, Prowl, Roadbuster, Ironhide, Chromia, and Jazz all turned and entered the nearby forest.

"Everyone, I can go up head to scout the area if you all wish me to." Chromia spoke to the rest of the group.

"I'll go with you, Chromia! The humans are coming as well!" Both Chromia and Ironhide went ahead leaving the rest of the Autobots behind.

"Just let us know if there's any danger up ahead!" Jazz transformed and shouted at them. Kup, Prowl, and Roadbuster transformed as well and looked at them.

"Don't worry, Jazz, if anything, Ironhide and Chromia are going to be fine." The elderly bot looked at Jazz.

Chromia and Ironhide were continuing to pass through the forest, "While we get there, what does this 'Niðavellir' place look like?" Ironhide asks them.

Sharena was the first to talk, "Niðavellir is a kingdom where the dvergar had harnessed the power to create technology and magic- seiðjárn!"

"So you're telling us that Niðavellir is technologically advanced compared to the rest of the kingdoms here?" Chromia asked her.

"Correct! You should see their architecture as well! Sky high buildings, giant gear-shaped structures, and the main castle being made of-" She stops talking as they exit out of the forest and took sight of the carnage that had happened, "steel... Oh my Askr."

Everyone moved to the front to see what they were seeing, "By the Primes..." Both Ironhide and Chromia stopped in their tracks.

The humans left Ironhide allowing him and Chromia to transform and get a better look at it. "There are dead dvergar scattered across the field." Anna looks at the dead men, "They even used their Steam Machines for defense against the Decepticons."

"But I'm just impressed that they even managed to shoot down dozens of these Drones and Seekers." Ironhide pointed at one of the destroyed Tertrajets that's dug into the surface.

"Just what is the outcome of the battle that happened here?" Xander asked himself.

"But more importantly," Anna pointed forwards, "why is part of the castle gone?"

"Huh?" Alfonse looks at the direction she was pointing at and sees a large portion of the castle was ripped apart. He turns back at the two Autobots, "Ironhide, Chromia, stay here! We'll call out to you guys if it's safe to enter!"

The two bots nodded, "Loud and clear kid!" They all began walking towards the capital's gates while passing by the many bodies scattered across the field.

Kiran spoke softly, "I can only hope that they made it through this battle."

Veronica looks at him, "Considering how they're technologically more advanced than most of the realms, I can see them holding a surprising strong resistance against any invaders. And I'll surprised if they managed to keep the Decepticons out of here." 

"Decepticons?" A voice spoke out to them.

Alfonse quickly pulls out his sword, "Who's there?!" He called out.

"Wait! It's just me!" Stepping out of the gates was Reginn and her eyes widened after she sees all of them, "Alfonse!" She rushes towards him and the remaining Order of Heroes. "Me and Dagr tried to come to Askr weeks ago but there was a barrier that blocked our way." Reginn looks at all of them and continues, "But then we saw it." She uses one of her hands to represent as Askr and her other as the object that attacked them, "Boom. The next thing we know is that Askr was under attack. Me and Dagr were worried that something happened to all of you. Thank goodness that wasn't the case." She walks up and hugs the newly wedded royal couple and separates from them.

Veronica then looks at her, "Reginn, what happened?"

She takes a deep breath in begins explaining to them, "At one moment, it was a normal day. And the next thing we knew is that we heard explosions rocking across the kingdom. I went out to see," Reginn stops, coughs, and continues, "these flying steel machines. They don't resemble anything like we made or seen across the different realms. And I'm not talking about a few of them, I'm talking about dozens of them. They covered the skies and there were more that were moving across the fields. At a moment's notice we immediately started fighting back thanks to the weeks of preparation since the attack. All of the shells we have stockpiled on and made were put to good use."

They all looked at the graveyard that lies in front of them, "I can't believe they were that effective on taking down those Cybertronian invaders." Kiran crosses his arms. 

"Wait," Reginn looks at him, "Cybertronian?"

Both Kiran and Alfonse looked at each other, "Reginn, there's a lot more to the story." Alfonse spoke to her and he uses his fingers to whistle, "Ironhide, Chromia, get the other Autobots here! I'll let her know that you guys aren't a threat!" He shouts right at the field.

"Huh?" Reginn asks again.

"We were also shocked about their existence. You'll see." Xander looks at her. 

After minutes of explaining to her, Reginn looks at the Autobots, "So, both the Autobots and the Decepticons came from not another realm, but rather from another planet?"

Prowl nods, "That's right. Cybertron is our home world where all Cybertronians come from."

She looks at all of the bots standing in front of her, "And the war?"

"The bad news is that those Deceptipunks made us flee the planet to look for more energy sources to create Energon." Roadbuster explained to her.

Reginn then gives them another question, "So in a way, you're all refugees of war?"

"Technically yes but that change as soon as the Decepticons chased after us. That's when we became soldiers again." Kup then kneels down to her, "What's strange is that some of us actually were put offline when the Nemesis Warship attacked the Ark. But somehow we were reactivated. We don't know how but this old bot is not complaining!"

Chromia looks forward, "Sharena, didn't you say that the castle was made of steel?"

She asks her and Sharena gives her response, "Yes, why?"

"Why is it missing an entire chunk of it?"

"Also, aren't there supposed to be roads in the capital?" Xander asked.

Alfonse looks at the ground notices it, "Yeah, it's supposed to be here but-"

"There was something coming out of the castle." Reginn cuts him off, "It was climbing out of the castle as if it was its tomb."

Roadbuster then talks to her, "Reginn, do you know what do they look like?"

"Not at all. I was too focused on getting my soldiers out of the way. But I do recall one of the things they've said."

All of the other Autobots looked at her, "What did it say?" Ironhide asks.

Reginn clears her throat and speaks, "The only few words I heard were 'Location, unknown' and 'Hostiles, nearby.' What followed was a huge smoke cloud and when it all settled, all we saw was the destruction left behind by those 'Decepticons' and whatever came out of the castle."

"Kup, do you know any Bot that talks like that?" Chromia asks him.

"There's only one other Cybertronian that talks like that is Omega Supreme."

All of the humans looked at Kup, "Omega Supreme?" Alfonse asks him.

"Omega Supreme is one of the super weapons that us Autobots had made to have a better chance at fighting the Decepticons." Kup responds to him.

"So what you're basically saying is that there's a large Cybertronian out there in this realm?" Veronica asks him.

"What I'm more concerned is that will this 'Omega Supreme' will see us as friendlies or we will be turned into ashes?" Xander asks Kup as well.

"There is unfortunately only one way to find out."

Sharena looks at the other direction, "Wait! If they attacked Niðavellir, then it's likely they had attacked Jötunheimr as well! We need to see if they're okay!" She cried out to them.

Reginn's eyes widened, "DAGR! SHE MIGHT BE IN DANGER!"

Jazz then speaks to her, "Mam, give us the directions and we will be there as soon as possible!"

"Go south! That's where Jötunheimr is located!" Reginn gave them the directions.

"Alfonse, get everyone inside Ironhide and we'll move to Jötunheimr immediately!" Jazz gave out his orders and leads the group to Jötunheimr.

As they're all driving all the way to the kingdom Anna asked the Autobots another question, "If this 'Omega Supreme' is really here, how did it got here in the first place?"

"That's what we want to know as well." Ironhide responded to her.

Kiran then speaks up, "I think I can explain that."

"Well, go ahead and explain to us."

"Before all of you arrived, I was the Summoner for the Order of Heroes. With the Breidablik, I was able to summon other Heroes from different worlds. Not like from other planets but from a different time and place."

"But how does that explain Omega Supreme being here?" Jazz asks.

Kiran continues, "I'm guessing that ever since both Perceptor and Wheeljack helped fixed my Breidablik, it started taking a life of its own and boom, it fired three shots but I don't know where."

"Hold on!" Jazz spoke out, "I think that was the reason why some of our Autobots were revived! The energy that you shot was so powerful that it reactivated their sparks!"

"It looks like we got to thank Kiran for our second chance of life!" Roadbuster cheered.

"Hold on now," Prowl interrupted them, "if they revived us then it's likely one of those three shots had went to the Nemesis crash site and revived, and I say this hopefully, some of Megatron's army have been reactivated!"

"But, where did the third shot go?" Alfonse asked.

"Straight to Askr. But I don't know what it did at all." Kiran replied.

"Hopefully nothing bad at all..." Chromia spoke.

"But about Omega?" Ironhide asks.

"I'm guessing the Breidablik was given some form of awareness and it must've possibly brought Omega Supreme from Cybertron, all the way to Niðavellir." Kiran gave out his hypothesis.

Everyone inside Ironhide looked at him, "Summoner, if we happen to meet them, they better be friendly!" Veronica raises her voice at him.

"Save your anger for now kids, we're here." Kup tells them as they all stopped in front of the devastated capital of Jötunheimr.

"Go, now!" Alfonse says as Ironhide opens his doors and allowing them to leave. The Autobots transformed and all of them entered with caution.

"Doesn't it seem quiet here?" Sharena asks.

"Yeah, it's quiet. Way too quiet." Alfonse responds to her.

They suddenly hear shuffling in the debris, "WHO'S THERE?" Roadbuster pointed his blaster at it.

"Don't! We've already surrendered!" A voiced called out.

Alfonse gasps, "It's Dagr! Veronica, Kiran, help me get her out!"

Kiran and Veronica helped him remove the debris and she sees her blue hair, "Right here!" Veronica cried out. Kiran and Alfonse kept moving the debris out of the way and slowly pulled Dagr out.

She was gasping for air, "Thank you guys!" Dagr hugs the three of them. She then looks at Alfonse's hand, "And you're married! Veronica you're one lucky girl!"

Veronica blushes, "T-thank you."

"I need help over here!"

Dagr quickly turns her head, "Mom!" She rushes towards the source of her mother's voice.

Alfonse looks at the Autobots, "Help her!"

"On our way!" Chromia and Kup went to help Dagr remove the debris and allowing Dagr to save her mother.

"Dagr my sweet baby!" The two Jötun hugged each other and looked at the two bots, "You're not like the ones that attacked us, right?" She asks them.

"If you're referring to the Decepticons, we are no way associated to them at all!" Kup responds to her.

"Speaking of Decepticons," They all turned to Roadbuster, "Were there any that attacked this place?"

Dagr then responds, "Yes, those 'Decepticans-"

"Decepticons." Jazz corrected her.

"Decepticons attacked our kingdom and took us as prisoners! They even locked us in cages! It only lasted for about ten minutes if I recall until another fight happened."

"What happened exactly?" Xander asks.

"They suddenly started attacking the sky with their fancy looking tomes and suddenly the capital was under attack again. But this time from an unknown enemy. It caused enough damage that it had freed us unintentionally likely but it was causing a lot of collateral damage and caused us to be trapped." Dagr gave them her explanation.

"Did any of you two happen to see what was attacking them?" Jazz asked.

"Unfortunately no." Dagr's mother responded.

Jazz then looked at the other Autobots, "Search the area just in case there's more trapped and see if there any Decepticons left here." All of them nodded and began looking around the capital.

Alfonse, Veronica, Sharena, Anna, Xander, and Kiran decided to settle down and relax for the time being. "So, what's next?" Kiran asks.

"I say that we should patrol the area just be sure that this realm is free from Decepticon activity." Anna suggests.

"We can't!" Alfonse exclaimed, "Optimus said that we have to stay with our team! We don't know or want to know what will happen if they capture us!"

"The prince has a point," Xander backs him up, "not only are they still possibly out there, but that 'Omega Supreme' is still unknown to us."

Anna then thinks, "Honestly, those are good points you two got there."

Sharena looks at the skies, "Am I the only one that scared about the future of Midgard?"

"No you're not the only one." Alfonse answers her, "All of us are scared. We never even thought that someone like this could happen." He then hugs his sister. Sharena sighs and hugs him back.

Kiran jolted his head upwards, "What's wrong?" Veronica asks.

"Listen." Kiran raises his finger and they all heard the same noise.

"Oh no." Anna whispered. "Don't tell me, it's-"

Alfonse cuts her off, "It's the Seekers." They all looked up to see the Decepticons flying above them.

"THEY'RE HERE!" Veronica shouted causing panic with the Jöthun and the Autobots.

"It's a whole squadron!" Prowl shouted as he and the other Autobots began to open fire at the Seeker Drones. Diving towards the humans was Starscream, Skywarp, Thunderblast, and Astrotrain.

"It's those organic that had fled weeks ago! Seize them!" Starscream shouts at his comrades. The Seekers were keeping the Autobots on their toes as Skywarp and Thunderblast surrounded the humans.

"We've got you now!" Skywarp grabs Alfonse and Sharena.

"IRONHIDE, ROADBUSTER!"

"HELP!"

They both cried out.

Thunderblast grabs Veronica and Xander, "UNHAND US NOW!" Xander shouted.

Kiran and Anna tried to run only for Astrotrain to land right in front of them and revealing Tarn, Onslaught, Swindle, Brawl, and the Constructicons. Anna and Kiran froze in place, "Oh no." He whispered.

"It's them! Get those organics, Tarn!" Scrapper commanded.

They both tried to run but Tarn quickly grabs them, "Bring the other humans in! We're going to give Megatron souvenirs." Tarn spoke to the Seekers. Skywarp and Thunderblast put their hostages inside Astrotrain and the door shuts.

"Let's go, Astrotrain!" Onslaught spoke.

"To our base of operations we go!" Astrotrain lifts off and flies along with the Seekers en route to Askr. "This is Astrotrain to Megatron, do you read me?"

"This is Megatron speaking, Astrotrain. Report to me!"

"Scrapper talking, we have captured the humans that had escaped thanks to the assistance of the Autobots!"

"Excellent work all of you! Return to our base at this instant!"  

The call ends and Sharena starts sobbing uncontrollably. "We are going to die!" She hugs Anna tightly and cried on her shoulder.

"Enough you pathetic worms!" Bonecrusher stomps on the floor next to them, causing her to cry even more.

"If that little pipsqueak doesn't stop leaking themselves, I'll just have to throw corrosive chemicals on her voice box!" Mixmaster threatens them. Sharena eventually stops crying but still hugging onto Anna.

Scrapper then talks, "How much longer until we arrive?"

"I'd say about in a few hours until we arrive." Astrotrain responds. He then gets an emergency call from one of the Seekers, "What's seems to be the problem, Thundercracker?" Astrotrain asked.

"There's something coming towards us from ahead!"  

"Huh?"

All of the Decepticons asked until Starscream starts talking through their communications, "Up ahead!" They all looked forwards to see another Cybertronian flying towards them and firing at them. "Decepticons, split up!" Starscream ordered as a few Drones and even one of his comrades, Thundercracker were shot down and falling to the surface.

"I'M HEADING TO THE LAKE! TRY TO SAVE ME!" He shouted as he crashes into the lake.

Astrotrain manages to make a sharp turn away from the attacker as its starts changing shape.

"What is going on?" Alfonse asked.

Tarn then spoke to Astrotrain, "Enough running away! We stand and fight! Turn around, Astrotrain!"

He turns back around, "But, Tarn, that's-" Astrotrain stops talking to see that they're suddenly gone. "Where did it go?"

"Did it just give up?" Brawl asked.

Right outside, a large foot has touched the ground and the giant has quickly grabbed Astrotrain and started crushing him, "AAAAAHHHH! HE'S CRUSHING ME!"

All of the humans were suddenly lunged forwards and crashed onto the legs of the Constructicons, "Who is attacking us?!" Xander shouted.

Tarn only gave him a short answer, "Him."

Again, right outside of Astrotrain, the giant had just finished transforming and squeezed him even more and it spoke, "Identity: Omega Supreme." Omega Supreme then turned its body and aimed for the mountains with the Decepticon carrier in its hands.

Everyone in Astrotrain were all sliding towards one side. "Get the Prisoners!" Tarn grabs Alfonse, Veronica, and Xander as Swindle grabs Sharena, Anna, and Kiran. "And get ready for what's going to happen!" Tarn shouted again.

"Enemy Status: Terminated." Omega Supreme then throws Astrotrain towards the mountains causing everyone inside of him to scream as they crashed into the rocky terrain.

Chapter Text

After the Decepticons had launched their surprise attack at Jötunheimr, the remaining Jöthun and the Autobots were left in panic as their friends were suddenly kidnapped by the hands of the Seekers.

Jazz had accessed into his communications channel and started talking, "This is Jazz to Optimus Prime, we were investing and the Decepticons had launched a surprise attack on us and kidnapped the humans!"

He gets his response just seconds later, "No! Any idea where they took them, Jazz."

Jazz looks at the sky and sees the remains trail that was left behind from a few Seekers, "They're heading back to where they had likely entered here, the bridge!"

"Jazz, follow them! Jetfire, Windblade, Powerglide, the Aerialbots and I will be arriving to your coordinates as quickly as we can!" Optimus gave his orders.

"On it!" He quickly turns around and spoke to his remaining Autobots, "Listen everyone, I am going to follow those Decepticons and see where they're heading! Kup and Roadbuster are going with me. The rest of you stay here and help these folks out of the debris!" They all nodded as Jazz and his team quickly transformed and followed their path.

In Askr, Megatron and Soundwave were waiting in the Communication Tower after they had received their last call from Astrotrain. "Soundwave, can you check the vitals for the Decepticons that have launched their attacks at the East?" Megatron asks.

Soundwave opens a screen and checks for the vitals, "Megatron, I have lost all forms of contact for the Decepticons that are sent to the unknown region." Soundwave replies.

Megatron looks at him, "What?!" He looks at the screen and growls, "Soundwave, you are tasked to stay here until I return!" Megatron steps out of the building and then transforms into a Cybertronian Jet and makes his way towards their last known location.

Back at the mountain, Alfonse opens his eyes and felt his head ringing as he gasps for air and slowly gets back up. He looks around to see no sight of the Decepticons but sees that all of them are still inside of Astrotrain. "Veronica, Kiran, Sharena, Anna, Xander, are you all alright?"

He gets on his feet and helps out Veronica first, "I'm slightly injured, but fine. Thank you." She thanks him as they proceed to help out Xander.

"Well, that's proof that the Summoner had brought Omega Supreme to this world." He swipes the dust off of him. Kiran, Anna, and Sharena emerged out with him on their shoulders.

"What happened to Kiran?" Alfonse asked.

Anna quickly responds to him, "He was knocked out! It was likely due to the impact."

"And who knows when he'll wake up!" Sharena struggles to keep him on her shoulder.

"Where is the Breidablik?" Alfonse asks.

"Right here!" Anna pulls it out of her armor.

"Good." He sighs.

"So," Xander spoke up, "what did they say this one's name was?"

"You mean the one we're in?" Veronica asks and he nods. "If I'm correct, one of them said that this is Astrotrain. Or at least, was." They all looked around to see that there was barely any light inside of him. Sparks were flying out of the walls from the inside. "I'm guessing it being crushed and the impact must've killed it." Veronica places her hand at the wall before retracting it quickly as another spark explodes.

"Is that the way out?" Anna points forwards and the back door was open.

"That seems to be the case, let's go!" Alfonse replied to her and they all carefully left the offlined Astrotrain. "Careful now, we don't know where we're possibly at or know where they could be." He spoke to them. 

One by one, they exited out of Astrotrain, surveyed the area around them, and noticed that it was nightfall. "How long have we been out?" Sharena asked them.

"Who knows. But what I'm certain is that it's still the same day." Alfonse replied to her, "We came to this realm just this afternoon and the sun was still up when we were at Jötunheimr. Now the sun is barely visible."

"But at least we know where we are." Xander tells them. They all looked to see that they're on the bottom of the mountain and right next to a lake. Sharena walks towards the lake with Kiran on her shoulders and lays him down on the ground.

"What are you doing?" Alfonse asks her.

"I'm going to splash water on his face, hopefully waking him up." She replies to him. 

She scoops up water and splashes his face. Kiran gasps loudly and rises up in a panic, "WH-WHAT HAPPENED?" He looks around to see everyone else surrounding him.

Alfonse went to his level, "We all just got out of Astrotrain, we're at the bottom of a mountain and we don't know where exactly in this realm we're at."

Sharena helps him up, "Also, are you okay?"

"I am. Thank you, Sharena." He thanked her. Kiran taps his body, "The Breidablik, where is it?" He begins to panic only for Anna to pull it out of her armor.

"Here you go." She hands it back to him.

He lets out a sigh of relief, "Thank you."

"You're welcome!" 

All of them sat next to the lake and started talking, "Do you think the Autobots will be able to find us?" Veronica asked.

Alfonse looks at her, "I hope so." He tucks his head between his knees, "If only we can have a way to find them first." Veronica and Sharena quickly comforted him.

"It's okay now." Veronica rubs his back.

Sharena then hugs her brother, "Have faith, Alfonse. We have faced impossible odds and we prevailed! This will be no different!"

He looks at her, "Sharena, I know you always want to keep a good mood on you, but what can us, humans, do against those large Decepticons? We didn't even have a fighting chance against the smallest ones they threw at us!"

She turns her head away, "I... I keep smiling because I will always know that I have the best group of people around me!" Sharena stands up and walks towards Kiran and Anna, "Kiran was our first best friend that came from another whole world! We helped him become accustomed to our world and saved him from many cases! Anna is the Commander of the Order of Heroes! Even though she uses her tactics to make quick money, deep down she's still a very carrying person!" She would then approach Veronica and Xander, "Princess Veronica and General Xander were once our enemies at one point but now they became our friends overtime! And admittedly, the only person I actually 'hated' was Veronica back then." Sharena rubs her upper arm, "Sorry about that."

"That's completely fine, Sharena." Veronica spoke to her.

Sharena then looks at her brother and grabs his shoulders, "And then there is you. You had stood up against impossible odds, no matter how tough or dangerous they were! I mean, you, along with the assistance of Eir, Veronica, and Kiran, killed the Goddess of Death herself! In fact, most of us wouldn't be here if it weren't for you! Eitri probably would've enslaved Kiran forever if you didn't save them! Veronica would've been dead if we haven't saved her in time during her assassination attempt! We are still here, because of you!" Alfonse smiles while looking up at his sister after she gave her motivation speech. "Besides, with all of us here, we can probably take on whatever is possibly in the lake!" Sharena says with confidence as she points directly at said lake.

They suddenly see ripples appearing all over the lake and the water slowly rising up. All of them quickly got up and stepped away from the lake, "You had to speak too soon?" Anna looked at Sharena.

"I didn't think anything was actually going to be there!" She cried back. Coming out of the lake was a damaged Thundercracker as he's holding onto the broken parts of his right wing.

"DECEPTICON!" Kiran shouted out loud as he stands in front of the group and aims the Breidablik at him.

Alfonse looks at him and his eyes widened, "Wait!" He pulls Kiran away from him and walks towards Thundercracker, "Aren't you the same one that spared us back in Askr?" Alfonse asked the Seeker.

"Huh?" Xander looked at him.

"Spared?" Sharena raises her eyebrows.

"Wait, you recognized them?" Kiran asked Alfonse.

"Yes, they have the same body shape and the same blue color that's present on them." He replies to him.

The Seeker then spoke to them, "Now that you have said that, yeah." He knells down them and points at Alfonse, Anna, and Veronica,"Yeah I remember at least three of you." He looks at Xander, Sharena, and Kiran, "But I don't recognize any of them."

They all looked at each other, "Seems like it's only proper for us to introduce ourselves. I am Kiran, Summoner for the Order of Heroes." He introduces himself first.

"General Xander of the Emblian Empire." Xander also introduces himself and lastly was Sharena.

"I am Sharena, the princess of Askr!" She walks up towards him and raises her hand for a shake, "You've never told them your name so you can properly introduce yourself to all of us!"

He extends his finger towards her and she grabs and shakes it, "The name's Thundercracker." Sharena lets go of his finger and he continues, "Where did the other Decepticons go?"

"You mean the ones that were inside of that?" Anna points at Astrotrain.

"Wait, they were inside of him?" Thundercracker quickly moves away from the humans and towards Astrotrain. He looks inside to see him being completely beaten up and left with no one else at all. "Where did they go?" He asked.

"We don't know. When I woke up, it was just us." Alfonse replied to Thundercracker.

"None were there?"

"None of them were there! Just us. No other Decepticons at all!"

He places his hand on the walls of his fallen comrade, "So they have not only abandoned me but also Astrotrain. I should have known that the original Decepticon cause would have eventually vanquish from their very own sparks." Thundercracker turns around and faces them, "I would like to get out of here but I can't even transform and fly properly." He displays his damaged wing towards them.

Alfonse then asks, "Do you mind if I ask you this question, Thundercracker?"

"Go ahead."

"Would you try to guide us out of here?"

"What?!" Kiran, Sharena, and Xander shouted at him.

"Have you lost your mind, Alfonse?" Xander crosses his arms, "You're actually putting faith on one of the Decepticons that attacked Askr? ESPECIALLY ON YOURS AND VERONICA'S WEDDING NIGHT!"

Alfonse looks at him, "Listen, Xander, if he would have, we all would've been dead by now!"

"He's right." The Seeker joins their conversation, "Why would I even try to kill you humans if you're clearly weaker than even some of the weakest Decepticons that are under Megatron's command. It would've been a waste of Energon." Thundercracker gets out of Astrotrain, "Anyways, let's get out of here before he finds us."

He quickly moves ahead only for Sharena to call out to him, "Thundercracker, who's 'he'?"

He turns around and replies to her, "Omega Supreme." They all quickly followed him and wandered into the forest.

A group of bandits were scouting from the fauna and spotted a group of Drones marching while chanting in their Cybertronian language. "So, what's your plan on taking them out?" One of the bandits asked.

"See those exposed areas around the elbows and knees?" Their Ringmaster points at them, "We will repeatedly strike at those areas until they fall."

"But they're larger than us! We can't do anything against them!" Another spoke to him.

"Their number count is five," The Ringmaster looks at his horde, "and there's fifty of us! Just remember, don't get detected!" All of the forty nine bandits nodded and used the dense forage to slowly encircle the drones.

The humans and Thundercracker were still walking through the forest while having their own conversation, "So, if what you're saying is true, both Starscream and Skywarp are your siblings?" Veronica asks him.

"Starscream is more like an older-brother figure and Skywarp is my sister. We're both technically twins but share no common details." He replies to her.

"Twins?" Anna asks him.

"Yes, twins. We both come from a single Spark and we've known each other since we were Sparklings. We both used to be 'the same' until the war broke out in Cybertron. The Skywarp I know now is not the same Skywarp I used to know." Thundercracker replies to Anna.

They all stop and hear the blasts coming from a distance, "What's what?" Kiran asks.

"It's sounds like fighting. Did Jazz found us?" Alfonse asks himself.

"There's only one way to find out." He responds to him. They all searched for the origin of the fight.

Hearing the shots from mere miles away was Jazz, Kup, and Roadbuster. "That sounds like trouble! Let's go men!" Jazz shouted and they all started speeding towards the source. 

Once the humans and Thundercracker got to the edge of the forest, they immediately see the bandits shouting as they throw daggers at them and the Drones firing at them. "Why are the bandits trying to take on those Decepticons?" Xander asks.

"Who knows what's their motivations could be." Anna replies to him.

"Most likely to use their parts as weapons." Alfonse turns to the ground, "And who knows what else they could use with those parts."

Sharena then asks Thundercracker, "Wait, don't you think you can talk to them?"

"That doesn't sound like a bad idea. But I want all of you to stay here." He responds to her.

All of the fighting would be silenced and they all hid in the forest as soon as Omega Supreme lands right behind all of the Drones and bandits, causing mini quakes across the realm. The Drones, bandits, Order of Heroes, and Thundercracker all looked up in horror as Omega Supreme stares down at them and spoke, "Identification: Decepticons. Action: Terminate."

The Ringleader then shouted, "RETREAT! FALL BACK INTO THE FOREST, NOW!" The Drones would also try to escape only for Omega Supreme to use its claw and activating a powerful magnetic field that started pulling in all of the Drones and a third of the bandits.

Both the Drones and captured bandits were now levitating in the air and screaming for help. "CALL IN REINFORCEMENTS!"

"I CAN'T ACTIVATE MY FLARE GUN!"

"SOMEONE, SAVE US!" The Ringmaster looks at the surface and barely sees Alfonse, "ITS THE ORDER OF HEROES! HELP US-" His cries were meaningless as Omega Supreme turns his waist and throws all of them to the sky. "AAAAAALFONSE!" The Ringmaster shouted one last time.

The three Autobots see all of the flying figures going across the sky, "What was that?" Roadbuster asks. "I don't know. But I can definitely tell that Omega Supreme is nearby. LETS GO MEN!" Kup shouted and they continued.

Omega Supreme then looks at the forest, "Enemies: Retreating. Scanning Laser Beams Systems: Activating." Beams escaped out of his eyes and began scanning the forest. The Order of Heroes quickly got out of its path.

"What would happen if we are detected?" Veronica asks.

"Trust me, you're better off not knowing what happens next." Thundercracker answers her.

The blue beams would then turn red, "Targets: Reacquired. Weapons: Engaging." Omega Supreme's left arm fired a focused beam towards the still retreating bandits.

"There, Omega Supreme is distracted! Let's take this opportunity to get out of here now!" Thundercracker suggests to them.

"Agreed. Everyone, let's go!" Alfonse spoke to the rest of the group and they all ran across the field as Omega Supreme was still focused on his targets.

From the skies, Thunderblast spots Omega Supreme firing down at the ground, "Thunderblast to Starscream, I have my sights on Omega Supreme! Permission to drop Cluster Bombs on him?"

She waits until Starscream responds to her, "Permission granted, Thunderblast. Keep Omega Supreme distracted until the rest of the Seekers and the Decepticons to arrive!"

"Loud and clear, Screamer!" Thunderblast flies over Omega Supreme and unleashes Cluster Bombs upon the Guardian and the unsuspecting team.

The bombs all made impact on Omega Supreme and the ground nearby the Order of Heroes. "WATCH OUT!" Kiran shouted.

"IT'S CLUSTER BOMBS! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!" Thundercracker shouted. The explosions were causing all of them to run in different directions.

"Over here!" Xander drags both Veronica and Alfonse with him to the bushes.

Thundercracker quickly grabs both Kiran and Sharena, "Where are we going?" Sharena asks.

"Somewhere to hide!" He replies to her. Anna was just mere feet away from one of the bombs. She gasps as it makes impact and the explosion sends her flying and her landing at the ground.

The bombs made impact on Omega Supreme and it looks around to see Thunderblast in the sky, the other Seekers coming towards it's position, more Decepticons rolling through the forest, Thundercracker carrying Kiran and Sharena, and Anna laying on the field. "Decepticons: Located. Status: Fleeing. Initiating: Pursuit." Omega Supreme transforms and launches towards the sky.

Xander, Alfonse, and Veronica looked over from the bushes, "Where is Anna?" Alfonse asks.

Veronica points forward, "There!" They all see Anna lying on the ground but also seeing the smoke covering the field.

Anna began to recover and looked around, "Guys? Where are you?" Fear would flow through her body as she hears both Omega Supreme and the Seekers engage in their fight, "SOMEONE, HELP!" She cries out.

Thundercracker stops and turns to look at the direction of her cries, "The red head!" He quickly puts Kiran and Sharena on the ground and rushes towards her.

However for Anna, Omega Supreme has also heard her voice from the sky as he's battling the Seekers, "Decepticon Collaborator: Located. Mission: Destroy."

He quickly fires at Starscream and Skywarp causing them to dodge in a flash. "Skywarp, where are the reinforcements?" Starscream asks her.

"More of our Drones are coming along with the ground forces coming from the nearby forest! But weren't alone." Skywarp informs him.

"What do you mean?" Starscream asks.

Skywarp then answers him, "Some of the Autobots are coming towards us. Not just the ones we've attacked at the castle, but also the Aerialbots and the other flying Autobots."

"Any good news?" He asks again.

"Fortunately yes, the Constructicons and Lord Megatron are coming towards our way!" She informs him.

"Good! Until then, keep the assault on Omega Supreme!" Starscream gave out his orders. Omega Supreme continues to fight against the Seekers. He nearly lands his attacks against them.

"We need to regroup, Starscream!" Skywarp suggests to him.

"Very well, Thunderblast, get to the forest now!" The three Seekers retreated towards the forest. 

Anna is running across the smoky fields in a panic. "ALFONSE, SHARENA, VERONICA, KIRAN, WHERE ARE YOU?!" She cried out in the darkness before she hears Omega Supreme talking in the sky, "Target: Identified. Attack: Commencing. Decepticon Collaborator: Prepare for destruction."

Anna started praying for mercy, "Guys, hurry please!" She is hears him transforming and descending down towards her. Anna starts panicking, "HELP!"

"I got you kid!" Thundercracker swiftly grabs her just as Omega Supreme's hand strikes the surface.

Anna looks up at him, "Thundercracker!"

"No time to thank me now! I'm taking you to safety!" He quickly responds to her.

All of the humans felt the ground shaking from the impact, "KIRAN!" Sharena grabs onto him.

"Hold still, Sharena!" Kiran grabs a hold onto her.

The shaking stopped for them but the rumbling continues for Alfonse, Xander, and Veronica. "Why is it still shaking?" Alfonse asks them. They all turned around to see Tarn, Brawl, Swindle, Onslaught, and Blitzwing rolling towards them.

"That's why!" Xander shouted.

They all transformed and looked at them, "Blitzwing, Combaticons, engage with Omega Supreme. I'll take care of them myself." Tarn spoke to them as he pulls out his katana. The rest of the Decepticons walks past them as Alfonse, Veronica, and Xander pulled out their weapons and tried their best to fight against Tarn. 

Kiran and Sharena felt the ground shaking again, "Is that Omega Supreme again?" She asks him.

He looks over the bushes to see Thundercracker running back towards them with Anna in his hands. "He saved Anna!" Kiran cheers.

He sees Omega Supreme looking at them before being shot across its head, "Hostile Decepticons: Spotted. Suggestion: Neutralize." He pulls his arm out of the ground and starts firing at them.

Kiran and Sharena felt more shaking but this time it wasn't from Thundercracker or Omega Supreme, "Now what's causing the shaking?" She asks him.

They would get their answer as Devastator emerges out from the trees and looks down at them, "That will be Devastator!" Kiran and Sharena looked up in terror as Thundercracker stops in his tracks, "Oh no!" 

Kup, Jazz, and Roadbuster have spotted the battle that's going on. They all transformed and Jazz spoke to Optimus, "Jazz to Optimus, do you copy?"

"This is Optimus Prime speaking, Jazz. What is your current situation?" Optimus replies to him.

"We have confirmation that Omega Supreme is here and both him and the Decepticons are fighting right now! Where is your current position?" Jazz asks him.

"The rest of us are going to arrive in a few minutes! Where are the humans?"

Jazz looks towards the battle to see Alfonse, Veronica, and Xander battling Tarn, Kiran and Sharena running away from Devastator, and Thundercracker backing away from the combiner while carrying Anna. "Let's just say a mixture of fighting, running, and being carried by one of the Seekers." Jazz responds to him.

"Which Decepticons are present?" Optimus asks him.

"Devastator, some of the Combaticons, Tarn, Blitzwing, and the Seekers are here!" He replies to Optimus.

"We will be there shortly! But be aware, Megatron is coming!"

The call ends and Jazz looks at Kup and Roadbuster, "Weapons out!"

They all looked at the Decepticons, "Now," Kup spoke, "which one do we attack first?"

They all looked at the same direction where Tarn is, "There!" Jazz pointed and they all started running. 

Alfonse and Xander kept on dodging attacks coming from Tarn's sword and his double cannons as Veronica kept using her tome to throw attacks against the purple Decepticon. "You little organics have the nerves to resist surrender!" Tarn spoke to them.

Alfonse looks up to see Xander and Veronica climbing the nearby trees over the Decepticon, "We are not trying to be captured again!" He spoke to him.

Alfonse swiftly dodges another swipe, "Well that's too bad." Tarn pulls his sword away and points his double cannons at him. Blasts coming from Jazz, Kup, and Roadbuster were all being fired at him, causing Tarn to change his focus and fire at the Autobots.

"NOW!" Alfonse shouted.

"Huh?" Tarn looks at him. Xander jumps down with his sword digging deep into its lower biceps, "GAH!" He quickly gets out of the way as Veronica fires a focused beam onto the wound and cutting off the arm and the double cannons from Tarn's main body. Tarn would scream as the humans quickly ran to the Autobots. He would look up and shouted, "STARSCREAM, THE AUTOBOTS ARE HERE!" 

Turning its head towards the source of the scream, Omega Supreme sees Jazz, Kup, and Roadbuster and the humans running towards them, "Autobots Jazz, Kup, and Roadbuster: Identified. Omega Supreme: Glad." It spoke out before getting shot at the head. He quickly turns towards the source and sees the flying Megatron, "Target Identification: Megatron, Decepticon Leader." Omega Supreme would then get attacked by the already assaulting Seekers and Decepticons.

Starscream dives straight towards Tarn and transforms, "Tarn, who did this to you?" He asks.

"Them!" Tarn points at the retreating humans that were running towards the Autobots.

Starscream laughs, "Really? They cut your arm off? Pathetic!" He starts to open fire at them.

"KEEP RUNNING! DON'T STAND STILL!" Alfonse shouts.

Jazz immediately starts firing at Starscream, "Kids, duck and cover! We'll take care of Starscream!" Kup shouted to them.

Thundercracker was still carrying Anna in his hands while trying to stay out of Omega Supreme's sights. "Any idea where your friends could be?" He asks her.

"I don't know! They're probably hidden in the forest!" Anna replies to him. They suddenly see Kiran and Sharena running out of the forest as Devastator also emerges out of the foliage.

Kiran and Sharena quickly hid behind Thundercracker, "Uh, Thundercracker, can you tell them that we're not a threat!" Sharena begs.

He looks down at her, "I'll try. Devastator!" The combiner looks at him, "These humans aren't a threat to us! There's no point of trying to kill them!"

Devastator only laughs, "Devastator does not care. Devastator must exterminate the pests!" He pulls out his large blaster and points at them.

Megatron suddenly spoke to the combiner, "Devastator, your new orders is to attack Omega Supreme and eliminate him before the other Autobots arrive!"

Devastator then looks at Omega Supreme, "You live to see another day." He then starts blasting at Omega Supreme. The giant starts stumbling as he's tanking more hits from the Decepticons at different angles.

He then regains his posture and looks down at them, "Situation: Critical. Solution: Initiating Multi-Target Attack Systems." A protective metal shield then covers Omega Supreme's face as its head rotated around and its head becomes a turret. Panels on his chest began to open up, exposing the rockets that were hidden underneath its plates.

Anna looks up, "What going to happen now?" Harmless lasers began to shoot out of Omega Supreme and each of them were directly on the surfaces of each visible combatant.

"He's going to kill all of us!" Thundercracker began to run with her in his arms again.

Omega Supreme began to fire out lasers and rockets at all directions with little care for collateral damage. Some began to fly past Thundercracker, "RUN!" They all started running back to the forest.

Blitzwing, Devastator and the Combaticons began to dodge the incoming attacks. Starscream narrowly dodges one of the beams, "Seekers, avoid all of Omega Supreme's attacks or you'll be turned into scrap!" He gave out his orders and returns back to the sky.

"DECEPTICONS," They all hear Megatron shouting from above, "YOUR LEADER HAS ARRIVED!" He transforms and starts diving towards Omega Supreme.

Optimus Prime and the other flying Autobots spot Megatron, "Jetfire, get me closer to Omega Supreme and aid him when I jump out. Aerialbots, Powerglide, engage with the Decepticons forces and assist the humans and the other Autobots! Windblade, follow Thundercracker! Megatron is mines!" Jetfire gets closer to Megatron and lowers the back door, "Megatron."

Optimus spoke and he looks at the Autobot leader, "PRIME!"

Optimus jumps out and tackles Megatron straight towards the ground. Both Air Raid and Slingshot began to fire at Skywarp and Starscream as they're trying regroup with the other Seeker Drones. Anna gets placed back on the ground with Kiran and Anna surrounding her, "Are you alright, kid?" Thundercracker asks.

"I am, thank you." Anna replies to him.

Sharena looks up and points, "Windblade!"

She is diving closer to them, "Thundercracker, get away from the human or I'll-"

She was suddenly attacked by Thunderblast, "Not so fast, Windy!" The two bots rolled over the floor and struggled for dominance.

Back with Alfonse, Veronica, and Xander, Jazz rescues them, "Are you all alright?" He asks them.

"We are, thank you." Veronica thanks him.

Tarn slowly gets back up on his legs, "Autobots..." He quietly grabs his sword as they're distracted.

"Where are the others?" Kup asks.

"Over there!" Veronica points at the other side of the battlefield where they see Windblade and Thunderblast fighting with Thundercracker standing beside them.

Roadbuster then asks, "How come Thundercracker isn't helping?"

"Yeah, about that." Xander speaks up to the Autobot only for them to get ambushed by Tarn.

"PERISH!" The humans quickly got out of the way as the large blade strikes at the spot they were standing. Jazz, Kup, and Roadbuster quickly drew out their blasters and pointed at him.

"Tarn, we outnumber you three to one! It's best that you flee now!" Kup spoke to him.

"Then consider this an even fight." Tarn and three Autobots began to fight each other. Alfonse, Veronica, and Xander quickly ran away from the fight.

Powerglide spots them running, "Powerglide to Optimus, I have spotted those humans you were talking about."

"Save them, quickly!" Optimus spoke to him through the communications as Megatron slams him with his Energon Mace.

"Give up already, Prime, this planet belongs to the Decepticons. Even if you have Omega Supreme, it's only a matter of time until he eventually runs out of Energon and falls." Megatron walked up towards him.

Optimus slowly got back up, "We will never rest until you and the Decepticons are fully destroyed!" He then retracts both of his arms and drawing out his Energon Axes.

Megatron smiles, "Then so be it." He starts spinning the mace and the two leaders clashed once more.

Jetfire, Omega Supreme, and the Aerialbots were keeping the Seekers and the other Decepticons on the ground. Jetfire spots Windblade and Thunderblast fighting, Tarn and the other Autobots fighting, and Powerglide landing next to the humans. He transforms and lands on Omega Supreme's shoulder, "Hm..." Jetfire enhances his vision and zooms in on the humans.

Back with them, Powerglide opens one of his sides, "Come on in, quickly!" He spoke to them.

Alfonse, Veronica, and Xander all quickly ran inside of him. Tarn pushes Roadbuster to the side and spots them, "NO!" He shouted as Powerglide takes off with the humans.

"And away we go!"

"Take us to Thundercracker!" Alfonse spoke to him.

"To Thundercracker? But he's a Decepticon!" Powerglide replies to him.

"Just take us to him!" He demanded.

Powerglide eventually yields, "Very well."

Omega Supreme spots him and scans, "Decepticon Collaborators: Identified. Location: Inside Autobot Powerglide." His left arms starts glowing as he aims at Powerglide.

Jetfire immediately taps his head, "Don't, Omega! There are humans in there!"

"Humans: Decepticon Collaborators."

"No! They are our friends, Omega! When you weren't here, we rescued them from the Decepticons!" Jetfire tries to reason with him only to see them getting closer to Thundercracker, "What is he doing?" He would get distracted as Starscream and Skywarp flew straight to him, "Starscream..." Jetfire spoke.

"It's Jetfire. Get him, Skywarp!" Starscream commands her. Skywarp transforms and tackles him off of Omega Supreme.

The Guardian looks as Jetfire and Skywarp falls and turns his attention towards Starscream, "Target Identification: Starscream, Decepticon Air Commander. Mission: Destroy." Omega Supreme then transforms and chases after Starscream as he's flying away.

Onslaught, Brawl, Swindle, and Blitzwing watched as the Guardian left, "So, any ideas, Onslaught?" Blitzwing asks.

Onslaught scans the area and then responds to the Triple-Changer, "As long as the Autobots have Omega Supreme and the Aerialbots, there's nothing we can do! We need to evacuate as soon as possible!"

Kiran, Sharena, and Anna watched Windblade and Thunderblast fighting and Thundercracker trying to intervene. "Thundercracker, do you mind helping me?" Thunderblast asks as she's getting her face shoved by Windblade.

"Thunderblast, there is something you need to know!" Thundercracker speaks to her.

She however spots the humans, "Aha! Devastator, come to my position! The humans are here!"

"Thunderblast, no!" He pulls her off of Windblade and throws her to the ground.

"HEY!" She shouts at the blue Seeker.

"Listen to me! There is no point in taking these humans!"

She looks at him, "What are you talking about? Didn't they attack you back in that small town?" Thunderblast asks him.

"Well not these humans! They know they can't stop us so what's the point of fighting them?" He speaks to her.

They all felt the ground shaking as Devastator appears once more "Puny organics, prepare to meet your end!"

"Not on our watch!" The combiner turns around to see the Aerialbots diving at him, "Aerialbots, transform and merge into Superion!" Silverbolt spoke to his team and at an instant both Superion and Devastator fought once more.

Optimus strikes Megatron across the chest again, "It is all hopeless, Optimus. No matter what you throw at us, we can easily recover and strike back harder than the last!" He stands back up and looks at Optimus at his optics, "We will eventually find out where you and your organic allies are hiding and cleanse them from this planet."

Optimus positions himself into his fighting stance, "I will never let you harm the humans! Their lives are just as precious as Cybertronian life! We may be different as a species but I have seen their compassion for each other. How they will tend to their wounds and grieve for the fallen, just like us. You spilling their blood will never happen when I'm around!" He starts sprinting at Megatron, "I WILL SPILL YOUR ENERGON BEFORE YOU'LL HARM THEM AGAIN!"

"WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT, PRIME!" Megatron swings his Energon Mace towards Prime and getting it tangled at one of his arms.

"Thanks for this assist, Megatron!" Optimus pulls Megatron towards him and punches him across his face.

Landing feet away from them, Skywarp starts punching Jetfire across his face, "We meet again you filthy traitor!" She spoke to him.

Jetfire grabs Skywarp's body and pulls her away from him, "And you sure haven't changed since the last time we've met!" He proceeds to throw her towards the forest. 

Powerglide lands next to the edge of the forest and lets them out, "Alright, now what's the deal with Thundercracker?" He asks them as he transforms.

"Back when Askr was under attack, Veronica, Anna, and I actually met him first when he landed in front of us. He actually spared us and we would have been dead by now if he didn't hesitated." Alfonse replies to Powerglide.

They all then hear Thundercracker and Windblade attacking Thunderblast, "This isn't fair at all!" She complains as Thundercracker slams her with a tree, "Starscream, Skywarp, anybody?!" Skywarp then crash lands next to them, "Well speaking of Megatronus."

Skywarp stands up and sees an injured Thunderblast with Windblade and Thundercracker standing behind her. She then spots all of the humans including Powerglide, "Autobots!" Skywarp points her Null Rays at them only for Windblade to strike her down quickly.

"Not in my watch!" Windblade quickly pins her down.

"Thundercracker, help me!" Skywarp called to him. 

Thundercracker only looks at her, "No."

Skywarp's optics widened, "No? But, Thundercracker, they are our enemies!"

"Not to me." He then grabs Thunderblast.

"Wait! Don't do it!" She tries to beg only for him to throw her out of the forest and right next to the fighting combiners.

"What did you do! She could possibly get stepped on!" Skywarp raised her voice.

Thundercracker then pulls Windblade away from Skywarp and speaks to her, "Listen to me, Skywarp, ever since the war had broken out back on Cybertron, I had noticed that you've only became hostile towards anyone and anything that stood in the way of the 'Decepticon Cause'. Even murdering innocent lives at each planet we've stopped on. You also became a suck-up to Megatron! Seeking for validation and attention from him even though we all know that he doesn't even care for you at all! We are all cannon fodder for him and he wouldn't even care if you had went offline in the heat of war! You'll just be another useless pawn piece for him to use and discard later!" 

Thundercracker stops briefly as Skywarp looks at him in disbelief, "I..."

He then continues, "We both fought side by side for millions of years, brother and sister mind you. Our relationship had been strained since you've tried to become one of Megatron's lapdogs and the moment you and Slipstream started dating centuries ago. The only thing in your mind wasn't the original Decepticon Cause, but rather your desire for attention and praises. You and the others didn't even bother to see if I was still online or if Astrotrain survived! You've abandoned us!"

Skywarp then shouts at him, "You've gotten weak ever since we landed on this forsaken planet! Why are you suddenly like this?"

"It was before we landed in this planet. In fact, ever since the first Battle of Iacon, I still remember the cries of the innocent civilians that were caught in the crossfire. They're still haunting me to this very day. As for my apparent 'weakness' that had been showing up lately, these humans, or as all of you call them as 'organic creatures' were never worthy adversaries! The Decepticons are forged through combat, not slaughter." Thundercracker then steps away from Skywarp and towards the humans and the Autobots, "I am sorry for saying this, sister, but I no longer recognize you as my sister from this moment onwards. The Skywarp I once knew had died millions of years ago." 

Energon starts leaking outside of the frames that on Skywarp's optics, "YOU FILTHY TRAITOR!" She starts charging at Thundercracker only for him to transforms his right arm into his Null Cannon and points it at her.

Skywarp stops and looks at him, "Leave, now." Thundercracker speaks to her. She steps away from them, transforms and flies to the sky. He turns around to face the humans and the Autobots.

"Now I see what you mean. Thundercracker is a completely different bot now." Powerglide spoke to Alfonse. 

Optimus knocks Megatron down and then speaks to him, "Megatron, you and your Decepticons shall never cross into this region again!"

Megatron stood up and retracts his Energon Mace, "You win for now, Prime." He then sees Jetfire grabbing his blaster and the Combaticons and Blitzwing approaching Optimus. They all pointed their blasters on him, "There is no use for that. We shall leave at this instant!" He then taps on his head, "Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Thunderblast, Constructicons, Tarn, we are leaving at this instant!"

Thunderblast gets the message as she was crawling away from the battling Combiners and sees Devastator fleeing. "I need assistance! I lost an arm!" Tarn spoke through the communications.

"Me and Starscream will get you pal!" Thunderblast inform him as she begins to fly.

Megatron looks at the other soldiers in front of him, "Blitzwing, take Swindle and I'll take Onslaught. Brawl, Skywarp will carry you." They all nodded and left as the Combaticons were being air-lifted. Tarn grabs his missing arm as he was fleeing from the Autobots and threw it to Thunderblast as Starscream takes him.

Omega Supreme starts to chase after them only for Optimus to stop him, "Don't bother with them, Omega, they've been defeated, for now. Return back to us!"

"Directions: Received. Path: Rerouting to Optimus Prime." Omega Supreme turns around, transforms and lands in front of forest again. Jazz, Roadbuster, and Kup reunited with Optimus and Jetfire as Aerialbots separated from Superion. Powerglide, Windblade, and surprising the other Autobots, Thundercracker with the humans as they've stepped out of the forest. Omega Supreme looks at the Seeker, "Individual Identification: Thundercracker. Allegiance: Unknown. Feeling: Sorrow."

"What?" Optimus asks. "Thundercracker, why didn't you leave?"

"Well..." The Order of Heroes stepped forward before he can say anything else, "I think it's about time we explain why didn't leave but stayed here with us." Alfonse spoke to the Autobot Leader.

Chapter Text

The Order of Heroes and the Autobots surrounded the now alone Thundercracker. Optimus walks towards him and begins to ask questions, "Thundercracker, why didn't you leave with the other Decepticons?"

He looks at the Autobot leader, "Listen, Optimus, both me and Astrotrain were left to rust by my fellow Decepticons. And none of them even bothered to even see if we were still functional or not!"

"It's true," The Askran Prince spoke up, "We all first saw him walking out of the lake."

The Seeker then shows Optimus his broken wing, "This is the evidence that you need."

"Even though you're showing no signs of hostility, you cannot be trusted at this point, Thundercracker." Optimus puts his hand on his shoulder.

"I understand where you're coming from, Prime. But rest assured that I have no ill intentions whatsoever. My mind has been completely made up." He gently moves Optimus' hand away from him. 

Alfonse then talks to Optimus again, "Listen, we still have our friends back at Jötunheimr and Niðavellir that need our help. The only problem we have however is that we have no idea where we are."

Jazz kneels down to him, "We've got good news for all of you, me, Kup, and Roadbuster all looked for you kids. And I know the way back!"

Optimus looks at him, "Excellent job, Jazz. Although it doesn't look like all of us are going to make it." He then looks at Thundercracker, "Because of your injuries, I can only assume that you're unable to transform."

Thundercracker taps on his wing, "Most likely not."

"Then you are going to need repairs." Optimus then turns around, "Jetfire, you are to return to the Ark and bring Ratchet to Omega Supreme's position!"

Jetfire nods, "Loud and clear, Optimus Prime!" He transforms and makes his way back to the Ark.

The humans steeped back as the other Autobots transformed into their alt modes. Optimus speaks to them, "Humans, enter Powerglide as he, Windblade, the Aerialbots, and I will the other Autobots towards your friends locations! As for you, Thundercracker, you will stay here as Omega Supreme watches over you and waits for the return of Jetfire and Ratchet!"

Thundercracker replies to him, "Believe me, I won't be going anywhere." Optimus transforms and everyone leaves and makes their way to Jötunheimr. 

As they're taking a breather while in Powerglide, Sharena speaks out her question, "Based on what we've just seen, is it possible they can be bigger than Omega Supreme?"

"Hm, now that you mention that, there are Titans that are currently in stasis back at our home planet." Powerglide answers her.

All of their eyes widened, "Titans?" Alfonse whispered.

"Just a question, would Omega Supreme be considered as a 'Titan'?" Anna asks him.

"To you guys, yes. But to us, he's not even half the size of the second largest Titan that's still on Cybertron."

They all fell dead silent, "Not even half?"

Alfonse then looks at Kiran, "Approximately, how tall is Omega Supreme?"

"If my eyes aren't deceiving me, he's around four hundred feet tall." He responds to him.

Veronica takes her turn to talk, "He's literally taller than some of the highest points back at Askr."

"I think we should worry less about larger Cybertronians," Anna cracks her knuckles, "instead we should worry about our friend's safety." She looks through Powerglide's windshield, "And speaking of that, we're back at Jötunheimr."

All of the Autobots arrived at Jötunheimr and the flying bots landing. The Order of Heroes exited Powerglide and began looking for Dagr, Chromia, Ironhide, and Prowl. They ran through the rubble and recovering Jötun and towards the center of the capital. As they're going deeper in the capital the other Autobots transformed and began helping out the Jötun people, "Victims of the Decepticon's attack in Jötunheimr, I am Optimus Prime, and we are your friends! Our only intention is to help all of you!" Optimus spoke to them.

The other Autobots began to move the debris out of the way and carrying the injured. "You're not going to hurt us like the ones that attacked us twice, right?" One of the citizens asked them.

"No, of course not." Silverbolt gently picks them up, "Us Autobots are programmed to fight the evil Decepticons and protecting those that can't defend themselves." Jazz takes the citizen from Silverbolt and places them on the ground.

The humans continued through until someone called out to them, "Alfster!" He turns his head to see Dagr.

"Everyone, over there!" Alfonse points at her. Dagr starts running towards them with her mother trailing behind her.

"Are you guys okay?" She asks them.

"We were kidnapped but we were saved." Sharena replies back at her, "Though it wasn't these guys that saved us."

Dagr looks at the unrecognizable Autobots helping her citizens. "They didn't save you all?" She asks.

"Yeah."

"But rather someone bigger than them just happened to save us. Though it was unintentional." Kiran explained to Dagr.

"How big was it?" Dagr asks.

Xander then speaks to her, "The summoner has also said that our 'savior' was estimated to be four hundred feet tall."

Her eyes widened, "What the actual hell? That tall?!"

Alfonse nods, "What's even crazier is that he's not even one of the tallest of them."

"Now I'm starting to wonder if that savior you're talking about is the same one that fought the other Automatons when we were in cages." Dagr looks at the damaged castle and then back to her people being helped by the Autobots. "We shouldn't worry about them," She pops her neck, "Rather I need all of your help now!"

"And they need medical assistance!" Ironhide, Prowl, and Chromia walked up towards them, "There's a lot of injured humans-"

"We are the Jötun." Dagr corrected Chromia.

"I apologize for that. There's a lot of injured Jötun that needs our help! Please them some care!"

Kiran nods to her, "Loud and clear. Everyone, let's get to work!" The Order of Heroes aided Dagr and the Autobots taking care of the wounded and the weak.

Thundercracker and Omega Supreme were still waiting at the fields for the return of Jetfire and Ratchet. "I just wonder how long it's going to take to get to and back from the Ark." Thundercracker speaks to Omega Supreme.

"Location of the Ark: Unknown."

"So even you don't know where it is. But that makes sense since you literally appeared out of nowhere during the fight." Thundercracker looks at the stars now shining in the night sky. 

Both he and the Guardian Robot waited until Omega Supreme gets a call, "This is Jetfire to Omega Supreme, do you copy?"

"Omega Supreme: Copy. Request of the position of Autobot Jetfire: Immediate." Omega Supreme responded to Jetfire.

"Me and Ratchet are almost at your positions! Have Thundercracker ready for Ratchet to initiate repairs!" Jetfire gave out his orders to Omega Supreme.

"Orders: Received. Former Decepticon Thundercracker: Await for the arrival of Autobot Medic Ratchet." Thundercracker grabs the broken pieces and looks to see Jetfire landing.

Ratchet gets out of him and drives towards the blue Seeker. "Alright..." Ratchet transforms and transforms his right arm into his Energon Repair Ray, "What appears to be the problem, Thundercracker?"

The Seeker shows the medic his damaged right wing, "Long story short, I was shot down by Omega Supreme and I was fortunate enough to crash land in a lake." Thundercracker hands him his broken pieces.

Ratchet examines the pieces and the damaged wing, "I will do my best to repair you as quickly as I can!" The Energon Repair Ray starts blasting a bright blue beam onto the wing, "I'll try to block off all of the exposed wires and any exposed holes from leaking any more Energon for now. Just stand still!" Thundercracker did as he said and waited patiently for repairs to be done.

Back at Jötunheimr, Skydive and Fireflight were removing the ruble and getting the Jötun people out of their would-have-been tombs. "Fireflight, don't you have a bad feeling that we are going to see something bad soon?" Skydive asks him.

"If you're referring to any of the deceased Jötun we might find, then yes." Fireflight responds back at him.

"Well not only that but you can just never know what we'll find." Skydive and Fireflight lifted another piece of debris off the ground and this time they saw a metallic hand. Skydive gasps in pure shock, "We've found an unknown Cybertronian!"

Both the Order of Heroes and the Autobots all heard the call, "To Skydive, quickly!" Optimus spoke to everyone and they all started to make their way to the two Aerialbots. They all got their weapons out as they approached towards the pile of debris that Skydive and Fireflight were at.

"Let me see them. I may have an idea who could it be." Dagr raises her sword and shield and starts approaching to the Aerialbots slowly, "Where are they?" She asks them.

"Right here." Fireflight points down at the exposed arm.

Dagr turns around quickly, "Alfonse, Kiran, with me now!" Alfonse and Kiran drew their weapons out and all of them approached the arm slowly. She uses her sword to lightly poke at it to check for any movement.

"Any idea who this could be, Kiran?" Alfonse asks.

"Not at all. I can’t identify anyone just by the design of the hand alone." Kiran replies to him.

Dagr has an idea, "If that didn't work, then this will." She raises her sword over her head and stabbed it deep into the metallic palm. And as quickly she struck the hand started moving again. Dagr quickly got off of it and all of the Autobots pointed their blasters at it.

"Whoever you are, surrender! You are greatly outnumbered!" Optimus gave them a warning. It however continued to struggle to get out of the debris.

"We tried to warn you!" Ironhide pulled the trapped Decepticon out and punched it across its face. It falls to the ground and struggles to get back up.

Dagr points her sword at it, "Now what's your name?" She asks it. It tries to speak only for static and Energon coming out of its mouth.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Crankcase." Roadbuster slams his fist into his hand.

"So you know them?" Dagr asks him.

"Wait, Dagr, is this one of the Decepticons that put all of you in cages?" Anna asks her.

She turns around and nods, "I don't know why exactly though." Dagr then speaks to her former capturer, "Why did you want me and my people in cages as we were wild animals?!" Crankcase tries to speak only for more Energon to spill out. "Why is he not talking?" She asks again.

Prowl walks up to the downed Crankcase, "It seems like whatever damage it had taken from the earlier battles today must've damaged his voice box."

Optimus looks at Silverbolt and Ironhide, "Hold Crankcase down! I'll get Ratchet to come to our positions now!"

"Your wing should be good as new, Thundercracker." Ratchet patches up the last piece onto his wing, "Now, can you transform?" He asks the Seeker.

"Well-"

Ratchet and Thundercracker were suddenly interrupted when Optimus spoke through the comms, "Ratchet, get to our positions, now! We've found Decepticon Crankcase and their voice box has been damage. Can you try to repair him so we can get answers?"

"On my way, Optimus." Ratchet looks at his fellow bots and Thundercracker, "Everyone, we are leaving now! Jetfire, Omega Supreme, head to the coordinates that Optimus is located. Thundercracker, follow them. I will meet all of you there!"

"Orders: Received. Rerouting to: Optimus Prime." Omega Supreme transforms and leaves. Both Jetfire and Thundercracker leaped up into the air and transformed, following Omega Supreme with Ratchet behind their tails on the ground.

They all arrived to Jötunheimr with Omega Supreme standing on guard with Thundercracker, Jetfire, and Ratchet transforming and approaching Crankcase. "Alright, now what seems to be the issue?" Ratchet asks them.

Dagr was shocked to see more Cybertronians but quickly gathers her composure and speaks to the Autobot Medic, "I was to trying to talk to one of the capturers, Crankcase as they're all saying, but they're not giving me a response at all."

He starts scanning Crankcase and gets a beep at the neck, "Voice box has been damaged." Ratchet once again transforms his right arm into the Energon Repair Ray, "Hold him still, this won't last too long." Ironhide and Silverbolt tightens their grasp on the Decepticon with Prowl grabbing onto Crankcase's head. The Ray activates and at an instant it repaired the voice box.

Crankcase gasps and struggles to break free, "UNHAND ME YOU AUTOBOT SCUMS!" He shouts at them.

Optimus speaks to him, "Not until you answer the Queen's question."

He looks down at Dagr, "I am going to ask this for the last time, why did you want me and my people in cages?"

The Decepticon starts talking, "Last night, Megatron had ordered a majority of us Decepticons to invade the neighboring areas thanks to the rainbow bridges and the barriers that fell. I'm pretty sure that you would know much about this operation as well, Thundercracker?"

The blue Seeker looks at him, "For starters, I was only apart of the reinforcements to aid my former friends back at the kingdom at the opposite direction from here. I had no idea what the original plan was."

"What Megatron wanted us is to do is capture any organics that survived the initial battle and send them back to home base." Crankcase looks back down at Dagr and this time the humans were standing next to her.

"Invading other Realms?" Sharena asks.

"What is possibly Megatron's true intentions with the inhabitants?!" Alfonse raises his voice at him.

"That is something I'm not aware of at all. But I can assure to you that it would be painful. And allow me to demonstrate!" Crankcase breaks free from the Autobots and dives straight towards the Jötun Queen.

"NO!" Thundercracker's arm turned into the Null Cannon and immediately blasts Crankcase's head into scrap. Dagr leaps backwards as Sharena screamed and hid behind Alfonse as all of the Autobots were shocked at the sudden attack and the lifeless body quickly fell back to the ground. Everyone looked at the smoking barrel coming from his cannon. Sharena was still hugging Alfonse from the sudden attack.

Optimus slowly walks up to him, "Thundercracker-"

"Not now, Optimus, I..." Thundercracker conceals his weapon while looking at the scared organics, "I don't know what came over my thoughts." He starts looking at his hands while he's completely shaken by his own actions. "I didn't think I would be able to offline one of my former colleagues..."

Thundercracker felt Optimus putting his hand on one of his wings, "You did what was you believed was the right choice, Thundercracker. You saved a soul from a terrible death."

"Even I didn’t have a fast quick-draw like that." Kup spoke out to them.

Dagr looks up at him, "Thank you, Thundercracker."

He looks back down at her, "You're welcome, madam. I just..." Thundercracker stops briefly as he finally stops shaking, "Never mind..." He walks far from the group but close enough for them to see him still.

"That's definitely a new behavior we haven't seen with them." Veronica whispers to Alfonse.

"I completely agree. And there's something I can feel from his voice."

"And what would that be?"

"Regret." He responds to her. 

Optimus kneels down to them, "Don't mind if I ask you, Alfonse, but did you said that Niðavellir was a potential place that was attacked?"

"Yes, Niðavellir was one of the targets that the Decepticons attacked." Alfonse replies to him.

Dagr rushes to them, "Wait! Is Reginn alright?" The Askran Prince looks at her, "Yes, she's okay! The Dvegar had taken heavy losses but so did the invaders. Oh and a portion of the castle is actually missing."

"Missing? Why's that?" She asks him.

Alfonse points towards Omega Supreme, "That's why. But I think we have to leave now! We still have to help Reignn and her people out!"

Optimus speaks, "Then it is settled. Alfonse, give us the directions to Niðavellir! Other than that, Autobots..." He stands up and looks at his team, "TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUT!" All of them transformed into their Cybertronian Alt-modes as the Order of Heroes entered Ironhide again.

"Niðavellir is north from where we are!" Alfonse spoke to them.

"You heard him! Onwards, quickly!" Optimus gave out his command and all of the Autobots, along with Thundercracker and Omega Supreme left Jötunheimr and to Niðavellir.

Reginn was helping along with her officers cleaning up whatever debris that can clear. She looks towards the horizon and sees figures being shown from the moonlight. "Stay here, I'm going to check on something." She speaks to them. Reginn grabs her lance as her drone follows her. It beeps a few times and she responds to it, "I'm certain that it's the Order of Heroes and their Autobot friends." They both looked and see not only the same Autobots they saw but also newer ones they haven't seen. "Though I don't know anything about them." All of the Autobots started slowing down along with the other flying bots descending. The Order of Heroes left Ironhide and all of the Autobots transformed. Reginn was completely mesmerized by the sight of them. "Wow..."

"Reginn," Kiran spoke to her, "we're back."

She looks at all of them and takes notice of Thundercracker, "YOU!" Reginn raises her lance at him.

He only stood there, "I know what you're thinking. You recognize me."

She nods at him, "You were along with the Decepticons that were besieging the city!"

Thundercracker lightly pushes her lance down, "I was one of the many Seekers that were tasked to reinforce my former comrades."

"Wait," She puts her weapon away, "former comrades?"

He nods to her, "You heard that correctly. But I'll have the humans explain to you." 

Thundercracker points at the Order of Heroes, with Sharena talking, "So what happened is that back in Jötunheimr is that we were kidnapped by the Decepticons and we were about to be taken as prisoners to Megatron. However, Astrotrain was caught by Omega Supreme. He threw us to the mountain, fortunately all of us survived. And the bad news was that most of them survived, except for Astrotrain. We stopped next to the lake and suddenly Thundercracker was walking out of it. Alfonse says that he actually spared him, Veronica, and Anna back when Askr was under siege. We all walk through the forest, crossed paths with Omega Supreme, both the Autobots and Decepticons arrived and the battle happens. And finally, Thundercracker abandons the Decepticons." Sharena takes a breather and looks at Reginn, "So... do you understand what I just said?" 

The Queen was completely dumbfounded, "Um... How about I treat all of you guys with dinner?"

They all looked at her, "That would be appreciated. Please, Reginn." Alfonse smiled.

Reginn also smiles, "Alright! I'll get the chiefs ready in a bit!" She looks up at Optimus, "Do you guys mind if you can help my officers cleaning up and any first aid?"

"Not a problem. Autobots, we got a job to do!" They all separated into two different groups.

Reginn then asks Kiran, "Have you guys actually found 'Omega Supreme' yet?"

He looks back at her, "About that..." Omega Supreme suddenly transforms and landing right outside of the castle, causing the crust to shake.

"Woah..." She looks at the Guardian Robot in awe.

"Autobot's status: Exhausted. Battle Station Mode: Engaging transformation." They all watched Omega Supreme transforming again and this time into a larger platform complete with its own road layout and a tank patrolling the area.

"So that's where some of my castle went..."

Half an hour passed as the Order of Heroes and Reginn were eating dinner together at the steps of the castle, "Thank you again for serving us dinner, Reginn." Alfonse thanks her.

"Not a problem! I'll set up a camp for you guys to stay for the night until you all can leave in the morning!" Reginn takes a sip of her drink, "But I still got to help with my own people at the moment. So it may take a while."

"That's fine with us. We can set up the camp on our own to save you time." Veronica speaks to her.

"Oh no! I'm the host! I should be treating you all now!" Reginn replies.

"Don't, you should help your people first your highness." Xander advises her.

Sharena grabs Reginn's hand, "He's right, Reginn, your people need you more than we need you."

She looks away from them and to the Cybertronians who are helping her soldiers cleaning up the city and escorting her citizens back in. "You're all right." Reginn steps up, "They need me now." She leaves them all behind and helps out her own troops and the Autobots.

Everyone else all stood up and putting their plates away, "So, Alfonse, what now?" Kiran asks him.

"Well..." He looks at the men bringing the tents out for them, "We sleep now."

They were all set up for the night and went to their own designated tents with the exception of both Alfonse and Veronica sleeping together. Sharena stares up at the top of her tent as she's struggling to sleep. "It's been weeks since I had proper sleep!" She groans and gets up from her bed, "If only Peony was still with us before Askr fell..." She leaves her tent and looks around to see all of the other Autobots in their Alt-modes and presumably sleeping. "Hmm..." Sharena glances over at Anna's tent, "Hopefully she's still awake now." She peeks inside of her tent, "Anna, are you awake still?" She whispers to the redhead.

Anna groans, "I am now..."

"I just want someone to talk to-"

"Sharena, I am not trying to sound rude but now it's not the time! We've been through a lot today and we just want to get sleep!" Anna slightly raises her voice at Sharena.

Her eyes started to droop, "Oh... sorry for bothering you." Sharena closes the tent and makers her way towards Kiran's. Before she can check however she sees the Seeker looking at the stars next to the city's gate. "Huh?" She starts making her way towards him, "Thundercracker?" Sharena spoke to him.

He looks down at her, "Aren't you supposed to be asleep now?"

"Well... yes but I couldn't get any sleep recently for the last few weeks since Askr fell." Sharena replies to him.

"Since... your home fell to Megatron's grasp?" Thundercracker asks her.

"Yeah."

His optics shrunken as he looks up at the sky, "The voices..."

"Huh?"

"Their voices... their cries. I can still hear them!" The Seeker looks at the ground with his hands covering the top of his head.

"Thundercracker, are you alright?!" Sharena questions him as she takes a few steps back.

"My audio receptors picked up every last moment I was there! They were begging for mercy, crying out for help, their screams when the other Seekers were blasting at them! Oh Primus, it's Iacon all over again... MAKE IT STOP!" Energon was leaking outside of the frames near his optics. "What would've happened if Omega Supreme hadn't rose up from the ground and drew us out of here. Would I have listened to more of those cries of the innocent lost to our war? Would Megatron erase all life on this planet and bring his own destruction into more innocents that have nothing to do with us?!"

"Thundercracker!" Sharena places her hands on his leg.

He stops with his actions and looks at princess, "Huh?"

"I remember you saying something about 'Iacon' when you were talking to your sister. Was that battle very traumatic for you?" Sharena asks him.

Thundercracker sighs, "Unfortunately, yes." He gently lifts her up and sitting her in the wall. "As you know already, Iacon was the first battle of the Civil War back on Cybertron. Like I had said already, I still remember the cries of the innocent civilians that were caught in the crossfire. And it was no different when we laid siege to your home kingdom that was Askr." Thundercracker lets out a sigh. 

Sharena looks into his red optics, "I don't want to ask any personal questions, but have you also fought in equally bad or even worse battles?"

"I would rather not." He replies to her. "Understandable. Sorry for asking that." She looks away from him.

"No, I understand why. You're just trying to comfort me, aren't you?" He asks her.

Sharena looks at him, "I mean, that wasn't the original intention. But I'm glad that I made some attempt to make you feel better!"

"The attempt was made. Thank you for letting me speak out my core consciousness, Princess Sharena." Thundercracker grabs her again and puts her back on ground level. "You should get back to sleep now." He speaks to her.

"I will..." Sharena yawns as she turns to go back to her tent, "Thank you, Thundercracker."

Watching them from afar in secret was Optimus. He looks away from them, "I will help you to become a better Bot, Thundercracker."

"Uh, Optimus Prime, sir?" He looks down to see Reginn.

”How can I help you, your highness?" Optimus then kneels down to her.

"I'm assuming that tomorrow is when all of you are going back to I believe Embla right?" She asks him.

"That would be correct."

"Would it be alright if we can help them by giving you all some of our defenses in case if the Decepticons try to invade Embla?" Reginn asks.

Optimus looks at the graveyard full of Decepticon Drones and Seekers along with the dead dvergar and their steam machines littered across the field. He then looks back at her. "That would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Reginn." Optimus thanks her.

Reginn walks back into the city as Optimus reverts back to his Alt-mode. He was about to rest until someone spoke in his comms, "Optimus, are you alright?"

Optimus quickly responds, "I am still functional, Elita."

He hears a sigh of relief, "Thank Primus that's the case. Now, how are the humans? Are they still alive?" Elita asks.

Optimus gives her an answer, "They are still alive as well. The Decepticons had failed to kidnap them. We also have two new members to add to our ranks."

"New members? Who could they be?" She asks him again.

"All I can say is that one of them was Omega Supreme, and the other is Thundercracker."

Chapter Text

Skywarp was repetitively punching the walls from her own anger, "DAMN YOU, THUNDERCRACKER!" She shouts from the top of her vocal cords with Energon flowing out around her optics.

"Enough, Skywarp!" Starscream scowls at her, "You're only wasting your Energon on something that matters less in the long run!"

"You know nothing between me and Thundercracker! He was my brother!" Skywarp fires back at him.

"Hey now, Skywarp, calm down." She felt Thunderblast putting her hand on her shoulder. "Now isn't the time to focus on that."

"Oh yeah?!" Skywarp smacks her hand away from her shoulder.

"KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF, SKYWARP!" Starscream grabs her by the neck and points his Null Ray at the black and purple Seeker, "You know better than to put your hands on my sparkmate!"

She struggles to break free from his grasp, "Unhand me!" Skywarp begs. Both Brawl and Thunderblast pulled Starscream away from Skywarp, "Thanks for the assist!" She was about to punch him before both Slipstream and Scrapper hold her back. "HEY!" Skywarp shouted at them.

"Starscream and Thunderblast are right dear, your brother is nothing but a small loss to the Decepticon Army!" Slipstream speaks to her, "What we should focus now is to find energy sources to help us make Energon!"

"Slipstream is right. Not only do we need to find energy for Energon, but we Constructicons also need to build the Energon Fabricators and a working space bridge for us to gather resources back from Cybertron!" Scrapper explained to her.

Thunderblast and Brawl lets go of the Air Commander as Slipstream and Scrapper do the same with Skywarp. The two Seekers only looked at each other with Starscream talking first, "Skywarp, you are dismissed!"

Skywarp was still frowning, "Fine. Come with me, Slipstream."

The two Seekers left the room with both Megatron and Soundwave entering, "Starscream, is it true that Thundercracker had abandoned us?" The Decepticon Leader asks him.

"Yes and Skywarp herself had a tantrum over it." Starscream replies to Megatron, "Thunderblast tried to calm Skywarp down only for her to suddenly laying her greasy hands on my sparkmate!"

"It's true, Lord Megatron, she suddenly acted aggressive when I was trying to help her!" Thunderblast backs him up.

"Hm..." Megatron places his finger on his chin, "I see. But at least the weak had been weeded out, for now. But that doesn't matter now!" He raises his voice. All of the present Decepticons looked at him, "We've unfortunately failed to capture the other two kingdoms all thanks to the sudden appearance of Omega Supreme. The good news however is that thanks to our strike teams we've sent earlier today, Shrapnel, Motormaster, and Razorclaw have confirmed that the other three areas are now under our occupation! The Rainmakers are no longer needed with the Predacons, hence why they'll be returning by tomorrow. However, I was told by Ion Storm that the natives in where both Rainmakers and Predacons got away. There's no doubt that they'll try to hit them with hit n' run tactics. The Stunticons had taken the kingdom known as Múspell without any fighting."

Brawl starts speaking up, "Without fighting?!"

"Yes, Brawl, without fighting. I too was a bit surprised about that. And for the Insecticons, I was told that Bombshell used his cerebro-shells and enslaved two of the inhabitants but they're all struggling from open rebellion. But that's not our main focus. Remember Decepticons, we still need to find ourselves some resources to create Energon for our survival! As Starscream has said, without our precious Energon, we would go offline in months."

"Correction: The minority of Decepticons will go offline in a few months. The majority that have faced continuous combat starting today will only have enough Energon for a few more weeks." Soundwave corrects Megatron and earning all of his fellow Decepticons looks of shock.

"What?!" Scrapper shouted.

"Then does that means all active participants of the multi-front invasion, including Megatron, are going to go offline soon?!" Starscream asks him.

"That is the case, Starscream." Soundwave replies back.

"It looks like we're playing a very dangerous gambit right now..." Megatron looks down then right at Scrapper, "Scrapper, what I want for you and the Constructicons is to cease all projects until Soundwave and Starscream has found proper resources. Speaking of which," He looks at both Soundwave and Starscream, "I want you two to go on a geological survey at the nearby areas where the Stunticons are deployed. Do you all understand?"

The three Decepticons saluted to him, "Yes, Lord Megatron!" Scrappers speaks to him.

"At your command, Lord Megatron." Soundwave replies to his master.

"Just as long those pathetic Autobots don't try to cross into our paths, then it will all go smoothly..." Starscream clenches his hand into a fist.

The sun was slowly rising over campsite that lies in front of Niðavellir. All of the humans left their tents and started taking them down one by one. The Autobots were loading up all of the shell, barrels, and other building materials into Jetfire, Ironhide, Silverbolt, and Kup. "Now, how about the humans..." Optimus looks at them as they're entering the last tent available to have breakfast with Reginn. He looks at Ratchet, "Ratchet, do you mind if you carry them with you on the way back?"

"Not a problem at all, Optimus. I may as well give them a checkup on the way back as well." The Medical Officer responds to the Autobot Leader.

"That would be greatly appreciated, Ratchet."

Inside the tent, Reginn was cooking eggs with ham and started talking to them, "Last night I had talked with Optimus Prime about me offering to give you defenses for all of you set up."

"That is very thoughtful of you, Reginn." Veronica thanks her.

The dwarf hands them all their plates, "Breakfast is served!" Reginn gives them a pleasant smile as they all began to eat.

"Again, we should thank you for the hospitality and the new defenses." Alfonse looks at her, "But if they come back, what's going to protect your home and people?"

Reginn puts down her fork and stands up. She walks towards the entrance and pulls time of the folds away, letting the sun in, "Your big friend would protect us." Reginn points at the docile Omega Supreme with everyone looking at it.

"So yesterday wasn't a dream at all." Anna rubbed her eyes.

"Ever since the Fall of Askr, all we've experienced since haven't been dreams, but nightmares." Xander speaks to Anna.

Kiran was looking at the Autobots and a thought popped up in his mind, "Wait, how will they get their Energon?"

Reginn looks at him, "Huh? What's Energon?"

"Energon is both what flows inside their body like how blood flows through us, and it's their primary source for their energy." He explains to her.

Everyone else looked at him with curiosity. “Why are you bringing that up now?" Sharena asks Kiran.

"Because I'm starting to wonder on how do they get Energon? Like, do they mine it or make it somehow?"

They all looked at him, "Maybe it must've been like water in their home world? Like they simply scoop and drink it?" She asks him again.

Anna then speaks up, "What are you trying to say, Kiran?"

"What I am trying to say is that they are going to need to find a way to make or get their Energon again." He replies at the redhead.

"And..." Alfonse stands up from his seat, "How are they going to do that?"

Kiran looks at his best friend who is currently squinting his eyes at him. "Um..."

Optimus was talking to the Guardian Robot, "Omega Supreme, I had talked with the Queen and we've both agreed that Niðavellir be safer if you were to stay here."

"Omega: Understands."

"Good. Now, it's best that you stay in your base mode in order to conserve energy."

"Task: Received. Energon Conservation: Initiating Immediate." Omega Supreme's turrets started rotating slowly as its lights were turning off.

Optimus turns around to see the humans approaching him, "Ah, my friends, ready to go home?" He asks them.

Alfonse lightly pushes Kiran forwards causing the summoner to stumble. The summoner looks up at Optimus, "There's something I got to ask."

"Feel free to ask." The Autobot Leader kneels down at his level.

"If I recall correctly, Perceptor said that Energon is the main source of energy and what flows inside of all of you  Cybertronians. But, how do you guys get said Energon?" Kiran asks Optimus.

His optics blinked, "Back on our home planet of Cybertron, it would flow like streams and rivers of your world. However outside of our home we have to use some of the nearby resources that are able to be converted or make Energon from scratch." He explains to the two men.

Alfonse then asks him his own question, "Just how much 'Energon' do you all have left?"

"That... I don't know." Optimus stands back up, "I'll ask Wheeljack at this moment. But I want all of you to board Ratchet now! We are leaving shortly." Both Kiran and Alfonse nodded and left. Optimus contacts Wheeljack, "Optimus to Wheeljack, do you copy me?"

"This is Wheeljack, Optimus! Are our human friends safe?" Wheeljack asks.

"Yes, they're safe. Now, Wheeljack, I got a question to ask you about, how much Energon do we have left?" Optimus asks the scientist.

"From the last time I was in the storage area just two days ago, I can estimate that we have only have a month's worth of Energon left."

"Only a month?!" He asks Wheeljack. He looks at his Autobots and the Order of Heroes as they're saying their goodbyes to Reginn, and then starts talking to Wheeljack again, "Do you think our recent skirmish last night might've drained a good portion of our Energon?"

"Actually now that you say that, Optimus, yes all of you are going to need to be refueled when you return. But because that there's more Autobots that've been brought back online recently, the supplies would be dwindling faster than I've expected." Wheeljack answers him.

"Wheeljack, I want Teletraan-1 to scan the local area and close to both the base of operations and Embla for any sources of energy!" Optimus gave out his orders, "Not a problem, Prime!"

Optimus looks at his Autobots, "Alright, Thundercracker, I want you to follow Jetfire to the humans home. As for the rest of you, ROLL OUT!"

He transforms and all of them left Niðavellir and made their way back to Embla. The lone Seeker was flying next to Silverbolt and Jetfire, "So we'll just be going to your friend's home, right?" He asks them.

"You are correct, Thundercracker. In fact, me and Jetfire need to get there and drop off the load!" Silverbolt replies to the Seeker. As the ground Autobots plowed through the ground, the flying Autobots dominated the skies and zoomed past into the clouds.

Coming out of the other end were both Starscream and Soundwave as they're entering Múspell. The two flying Decepticons started scanning from the skies, "Any ideal place for us to survey, Soundwave?" Starscream asks him.

Soundwave continues to scan the surface and sees a large volcanic plateau, "To your right, Starscream."

The two Decepticons dived downwards towards the surface, transformed, and landed on their feet. "Ah, Soundwave, you actually chose a good place for us to survey! We can see most of the local area with this height advantage!" Starscream smiles as he stretches his arms outwards.

They both started their observations, "Starscream, there is a lot of seismic activity going around in the entirety of this land. We can potentially use it to produce the necessary amount of Energon for us." Soundwave speaks to him.

"No, it wouldn't be enough." Starscream replies back, "It does appear that quakes and tremors are frequent though. But I highly doubt that it would be enough to even fuel our fellow Constructicons for them to build an Energon Fabricator. What I am going to cross out is using a chemical known as methane."

"Would that not be enough to generate Energon either, Starscream?" Soundwave asks him.

"Not at all! But I do have an idea. Can you have Laserbeak see if there's any bodies of water nearby?"

Starscream gave out his request and Soundwave nods, "Affirmative. Laserbeak: Eject." Laserbeak was ejected out of his chests and flies around the area. Soundwave looks back at Starscream, "What is your proposition, Starscream?"

"It's more of a theory I want to test. After Laserbeak informs us about the nearest source of water, I want to contact the Constructicons and bring their supplies to build a fabricator right there." Starscream then shoots right beside the nearby volcano.

"But would Lord Megatron allow you the authority to conduct a project that might cost their own sparks?" Soundwave asks the Air Commander.

"Believe me, Soundwave, the Constructicons will be fine. Whatever I'm trying to build is not going to cost a lot of their Energon." Starscream replies to the worried Decepticon. As the Air Commander looks away his smile quickly fades away, "Hm..."

"Something wrong?"

"Maybe it's just me, but I feel like we're being watched..." Starscream replies to Soundwave as he looks around and activates his infrared vision and sees fresh foot prints on the ground, "And we are not alone here."

Both the Autobots and the Order of Heroes had returned back at Embla. The humans left Ratchet and made their way back inside the capital. As their Cybertronian allies started unloading the cargo, Alfonse, Sharena, and Veronica would reunited with their mothers. "My babies!" They all looked to see Henriette running towards her two kids and hugged them tightly, "I thought I wouldn't see you two again!" She showers her kids with kisses.

Alfonse looks at his mother, "We're fine mom! The search just gave us a detour!" As for Sharena on the other hand, she was accepting the affection.

The Empress walks towards her daughter, "My precious Veronica, are you alright?" She asks.

Veronica replies to her mother, "Yes, mom, I'm fine."

They both hugged each other until the Empress looks up and sees a new face, "I certainly don't recognize that one at all."

Henriette looks at the same direction as the Empress was, "Me neither. Kids, who's that?" She points at the Seeker.

Alfonse scratches his head, "It's a long story..."

The Autobots were still in the process of unloading their cargo, "Autobots, once everything has been unloaded, construction will not start immediately! What we should prioritize is finding an energy source to produce Energon!" Optimus spoke out to his fellow Cybertronians. He then hears two pairs of Autobots making their way towards him, "Huh?" Optimus turns around to see both Bumblebee and Elita-1 driving towards him, "Elita, Bumblebee, do you two have something to say?" Optimus asks the two bots.

"Yes actually!" Bumblebee responds to him, "Wheeljack told us about our current situation and he said that Teletraan-1 has found something!"

Optimus' optics started glowing, "Really? What did they say?"

Elita-1 steps forwards and facing him, "Well, Optimus, dear, Teletraan-1 says that we can make energy fairly easily."

"Really? How?" Optimus asks her.

"It's simple really. There are rivers nearby, so what if we try to use the current to generate energy?" Elita explains to him. 

Optimus puts his fingers on his mouth guard, "I'm interested..."

She then continues, "What if we make wooden wheels so when the rivers current makes them spin."

"But how will it make the Energon?" Optimus asks again.

"We can make generators. Though it won't be efficient, if we just make multiple wheels and generators, we have our own Energon farm!" Elita claps her hands together.

"That's... Not actually a bad idea! Elita you've done it!" Optimus hugs Elita-1 as she giggles.

"Anything to help out our fellow Autobots." He lets her go.

"So," Bumblebee starts talking, "Should we asks some of the citizens here to help us? I feel like it would allow us to bond with them even more and gain their trust!"

The Autobot Leader agrees, "It would be a great opportunity for all of us involved." The three Autobots made their way towards the plaza of the capital.

Anna, Xander, and Kiran were all watching the two families talk about last night's events until they heard the metallic footsteps approaching them. They looked up to see Elita-1, Optimus Prime, and Bumblebee, "How can we help?" Kiran asks them.

Optimus kneels down to their level, "We want some help to build something by the edge of a nearby river." Optimus responds to the summoner.

"Build what exactly?" Anna asks, "Does it have to do with the defenses we were given?"

"No not at all." Elita steps forwards and starts telling them about her idea of building Energon Generators.

"So you want our help to build at least a few of them now?" Xander asks her.

"Yes, but all of you won't be alone. We are hoping that your citizens would help us with the process." Elita replies at the General with Bumblebee talking now, "Besides, like I had told Optimus, it would be a great chance for them to get more comfortable with us!"

Alfonse, Sharena, Veronica, and the two Royal Mothers approached them, "We overheard everything." The Empress speaks to them.

Alfonse then smiles at the Autobots, "How can we help with that?"

Laserbeak returns back to Soundwave and Starscream, "Look who returned." The Seeker points at Laserbeak as it lands on Soundwave's forearm. Laserbeak chirps briefly towards its master, "What is he saying?" Starscream asks.

Soundwave looks at him, "Laserbeak has found a nearby water source. It is located miles away from us in form of a boiling lake." He then pops up a hologram on his wrist, showing Starscream said lake.

"Good! Now contact both Lord Megatron for him to watch the project being built up and Scrapper so him and the Constructicons to bring supplies!" Starscream gave out his order and Soundwave nods.

"Lord Megatron, we have a solution to the Energon Crisis."

Megatron would respond shortly, "Excellent! Tell me everything!"

Optimus and the team of both humans and Autobots were bringing their supplies towards the river. They all stopped at the riverbank with Optimus looking at them, "So here is what is going to happen, there are fifty humans here with us along with the Technobots, Bumblebee, Windblade, Elita, Kup, Thundercracker, Ironhide, and I will be split in two teams for the two different sides. Twenty five humans here with six Autobots here and the other half will go to their other side of the river."

Alfonse, Xander, and Kiran watched as the Technobots and Ironhide stating to take some of the people to the other side. "Alright men," Alfonse spoke to them, "let's get to work." 

Megatron and the Constructicons arrived at their positions and started dropping off their supplies, "This better be worth it, Starscream." He squint his optics at the Seeker.

"Believe me, Megatron, it will work. Now Constructicons, Laserbeak has found a water source! However it's boiling so bring it with caution or it'll melt your circuits!" Starscream gave out his orders and they nodded. Once they were gone he looks at Soundwave, "Until they return, get both Rumble and Frenzy out and have them start the process of them digging close to the magma chamber and putting the pipes in place!"

Megatron grabs one of his wings, "Just what exactly are you planning on?"

"Do you want Energon? I'll give it you shortly..." Starscream replies to him with annoyance.

The Technobots and Kup were carrying the supplies across the bridge with the humans trailing behind them. Alfonse helps out Kiran on lifting one of the many wooden poles. "Where are we going to put this at?" He asks his friend.

Kiran looks at the other groups putting their first poles close to the riverbank, "We follow their lead!" The two men lifted the pole at their own ends and made their way towards the spot.

Xander was waiting for them, "The hole has been dugout and ready for the pole."

"Good! In it goes!" Kiran moves away while placing his end in the hole.

"Help Xander filling out the hole! I'll hold the pole in its place!" Alfonse spoke to him. He nods and the two men grabbed their shovels and got to work.

Scavenger and Hook were getting the water and dumping it in Long Haul, "Starscream wasn't lying! It's really hot!" He starts complaining.

"Just why would Starscream need water?" Mixmaster asks.

"Who cares? If he needs us to gather some resources then it must be important!" Scrapper speaks up.

Back with the other Decepticons, Rumble and Frenzy were digging and placing the pipes in place. "Is this deep enough, Starscream?" Frenzy asks with Rumble joining the conversation, "Yeah! The ground is staring to get hot!"

"That's deep enough! Now get out of here before they return with the water!" Starscream spoke to them and the two Cassettecons started climbing their way up.

Bumblebee was holding the wooden wheel with Windblade helping him, "Any idea how to hold the wheel in place?" He asks her.

"I honestly have no idea. Uh excuse me," Windblade speaks to one of the volunteers, “Just how do we keep the wheel in place?”

"Well that's simple, madam, it needs a pole for its own along with supports!" They replied to the female Autobot.

"Thank you very much! Ironhide, help us out please!"

"No problem, Windblade!" Ironhide grabs a small metal pole and sticks it in the wheel, "Thundercracker, mind giving it supports?"

"On it!" Thundercracker grabs the support beams and with Elita's help they've got the wheel and the support beams stabilize.

"Now we are making progress!" Bumblebee cheers along with the rest of the team. 

Starscream and Soundwave pulled the two twins out of the hold just as the Constructicons arrived, "We are back!" Hook announces to them.

Megatron looks at Starscream, "Now what is your plan?"

Starscream only smiles at his master, "Before they dump the water, the facility must be built first! And it's going to need constant refilling and maintenance in order for us to generate Energon! The water also needs to stay in the ground!" He briefly pauses and shows a hologram on his wrist, "The magma chamber below is a heat source that'll heat up the water and turning it into steam. The pressure inside of its chamber will make the turbine spin, which will generate energy. All of the steam would then become water again, a cooling tower is required so the water can be sent back to the ground, starting the cycle all over again."

Megatron observes the Seeker's idea. He looks back at him, "Starscream, this better work."

"Trust me, it will."

"And pull!" Alfonse pulled the rope along with Kiran, Xander, and the other men pulling on the rope to lift the last wall on their side of the river. "Now hold it in place!" The prince shouted as Optimus and Ironhide started to nail the wall against its supports. At the other side, Kup and the Technobots placed the gears for the wheels and their soon to be made generators.

"Need any more help with your fancy buildings?" One of the men asked.

Kup looks at them, "I don't think we'll be needing your guys help on this. It might even be dangerous for you humans."

Scattershot taps on the old bot's shoulder, "Want us Technobots to get the other parts now?"

"Yes please! Now keep up the movement you young bots!"

The group of humans and Technobots crossed the bridge with Optimus watching them, "It looks like they've partly finished." He looks at the other men either resting or panting and wiping their sweat off. "I have good news for all of you! We don't need your help on this project from here onwards."

"Huh?" Alfonse looks up, "What do you mean?"

"What we're going to do is complicated for those that aren't familiar with technology. You're all free to go." Optimus gives them a thumbs up. Alfonse and the other men all cheered and started their march back to Embla.

The Constructicons had finished the piping systems and the pressure chamber. "That's the first building completed! Next up is the turbine and cooling tower!" Scrapper spoke to Megatron.

"Excellent work, Scrapper!"

"Hey now I think the water is cooling down now!" Long Haul announces.

"Is it really?" Starscream touches the water, "It is! It cooler than when it was first taken out of the lake. Now, Long Haul, you unfortunately have to wait until the entire thing has been completed." Long Haul growls as Starscream looks at the same spot with his infrared vision, seeing the footprints still red due to the never ending heat coming from Múspell.

"You've been looking at that direction for a while now, Starscream. What is the problem?" Megatron asks.

"Right, I haven't told you about this, I saw something over there. An organic mind you. I have a feeling that we're not alone." He replies to him.

"You're getting more paranoid than Breakdown. I only know you as an incompetent coward who's afraid of taking on any challenge that comes in our way!"

Starscream shoves Megatron out of the way, "Mock me all you want, Megatron! But when me and Soundwave arrived, there were no life forms detected earlier! I will prove you wrong!" He walks away from the now frustrated Megatron.

The men arrived back at Embla and making their way back to their homes. Alfonse, Kiran, and Xander split up as they've went back to the castle. The young king makes it back to his and Veronica's room only to see a note at the door. "What's this?" Alfonse takes the note out and reads it to himself.

𝒜𝓁𝒻𝑜𝓃𝓈𝑒,

𝐵𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊'𝓋𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈, 𝐼'𝓂 𝒶𝓉 𝒶 𝒻𝑒𝓌 𝓂𝑒𝑒𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓈𝑜 𝐼 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓎 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓁 𝓈𝓊𝓃𝓈𝑒𝓉. 𝐼 𝒽𝑜𝓅𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒾𝓉 𝓊𝓅 𝓉𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒷𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒹𝒾𝓃𝓃𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓉𝑜𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉. 𝐼'𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝒶𝓁𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓎 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝑔𝒽𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝓅𝑜𝒾𝓃𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓈𝓉𝓁𝑒

𝒲𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒,

𝒱𝑒𝓇𝑜𝓃𝒾𝒸𝒶

Alfonse smiles with his heart warming up, "I will be seeing you tonight then." He enters his room to start his bath.

Back at the river, the Autobots had finished building the last generator, "It's finished!" Bumblebee talks to Optimus.

"And look!" Scattershot points at an Energon cube that's starting to fill up.

"By the Primes!" Elita smiles.

All of the Autobots were in awe that their generators were working. Once the Energon cube has been filled up Optimus takes it. "Just to be sure it's safe and for the sake of safety for my Autobots, I am going to make sure that it's safe for us to consume."

Ironhide laughs, "Prime, are you sure that this isn't excuse for you to have Energon first?"

"Not really. Don't forget what unfortunately happened to Rack'n'Ruin back on Chaar. Poor bots consumed unstable Energon." Optimus replies to him. "Now, the moment of truth." He lowers his mouth guard and consumes the Energon, awaiting results.

Hook and Bonecrusher have placed the turbine in place along with the generator. "Now, Long Haul, dump the water into the hole!" Starscream gave out his order. The water was flowing into the empty chamber and as soon as it was inside Scrapper and Scavenger quickly covered it with the pressure chamber.

"When will we see results?" Megatron asks.

"Now." Soundwave responds to him as the Energon cube starts filling up.

Starscream picks it up, "We are going to need test subjects to see if it's edible or not."

Megatron looks at Rumble and Frenzy, "You two will be the test subjects."

Soundwave quickly steps in between him and his two Cassettecons, "Rumble and Frenzy will not be subjects of Starscream's experiments."

"Soundwave, this is for the sake of the Decepticons." Megatron grabs and moves him away.

"Drink the Energon to see if it's safe." Starscream hands them the Energon cubes.

Both Rumble and Frenzy looked at each other, "It was nice knowing you, Frenzy!"

"Same with you, Rumble!" Both Rumble and Frenzy shake each other's arms and started consuming the Energon.

Optimus was now awaiting for the results to show up. The other Autobots were eager to see if the Energon was safe for them to consume. Elita on the other hand was anxious about what is going to happen to her sparkmate. Optimus was suddenly glowing with his lights also blinking. They all watched in awe to even see some of his smaller scratches being healed. "Autobots, the Energon is safe to consume!" The Autobot Leader announces to them.

They all cheered as the other generators were now making their own Energon. Bumblebee, Windblade, and Kup went to retrieve the cubes and began handing it to their friends.

Kup hands the cube towards Lightspeed, "Here you go, kid."

"Oh no sorry, Kup. I'm allergic to Energon." Lightspeed tells him.

Kup only looks at him, "Is that so? I had never met a young bot that's allergic to the very life source of our kind."

"It's alright! I'll just get some lead." Lightspeed tells the old bot.

"Just drink it back in the Ark. Don't want to pollute the planet we're at. Although seems like the siege that the other bots told us did that already unfortunately." Kup looks at the direction where Askr once stood. "Hope the refugees are doing better now..."

All of the Decepticons were waiting to see what happens to them. Rumble and Frenzy were shaking in fear. "Wait! Something is happening to me!" Both Frenzy and Rumble started to glow with their lights flashing as well.

"By the Allspark, it actually worked!" Megatron was shocked.

Starscream laughs and looks at him, "I told you that it would work, Megatron! Do not underestimate my own superior intelligence!"

The Decepticon Leader angrily looks at him, "Listen to me very carefully now, Starscream. If you dare to mock me or boost your own ego against me, I will make sure that you would have to rebuild your own spark. Piece. By. Piece." Megatron gave Starscream his warning but he only laughs at him.

"Oh, Megatron, if you were given nothing but a few minute resources and in land without much to give, how will you be able to make-" Starscream suddenly stops as he looks over Megatron's shoulders.

"Starscream?" He asks the Seeker.

"I knew we weren't alone..." Starscream squints his optics and they met with an individual's eyes. His optics glowed a crimson red as the other was completely terrified. "YOU!"  He shoves Megatron out of the way and starts blasting at the area with his Null Rays. The figure screams as they start running from the other direction. They kept running until it jumps in the air and shape-shifts into the large bat and flies off. Seeing him flying, Starscream smiles, "So we got a runner..." He uses his thruster feet to fly up and transforms into his Cybertronian Tetrajet and is on pursuit with the flying bat.

It turns its head backwards to see the now flying Starscream coming towards its way. The bat screeches and starts diving back to the ground with the Seeker following it. Just what even is that thing?! The bat thought to itself as Starscream was firing at it.

"Just where do you think you're going you filthy organic?" He was now closing the distance between himself and the bat. Starscream transforms midair, "I GOT YOU NOW VERMIN!" He swats the bat straight to the ground. The dust cloud now covers the ground as Starscream touches the ground again, he scans the area with his infrared vision only to see that it was gone. "Now where did it go?" The dust cloud vanishes and sees the crater where the bat was.

"Starscream!" Megatron shouted through the comms, "What were you doing?!"

"I was telling you, Megatron. There was somebody else watching us. Now I don't even know where did they go." Starscream replies and makes his way back with the other Decepticons.

Just mere feet away from him was a portal closing up and the light vanishing from existence.

Chapter Text

The night Askr was under siege by the evil Decepticons, many of its citizens were desperately fleeing from the crumbling capital as its main military was ordered to defend until its very last breath. However, the attack didn't only affect the people...

"This way!" One of the men shouted to their group as they run deeper into the forest.

Some of the kids looked back at their crumbling capital. The smoke clouds were rising to the skies as the invading army advances closer to their homes. "Our home!" One of the kids cried out.

Their father picked them up, "There's no time for us to worry about that! We need to get to safety!"

Explosions were heard from miles away catching all of their attention. "Mommy..." One of the little girls hugged her mother's leg as she starts crying.

"Look away sweetheart," The mom hugs her, "I can promise you that we will be in a safer place soon."

"Guys!" The eldest son ran to them, "We lost our group!"

"What?!" The dad spoke to him.

"They left us behind and I don't know where they all went!" The eldest son replied to him.

The youngest starts crying, "We're lost!" Both the little boy and girl were crying with all of their hope completely shattered.

"Over there!" The family turns their attention towards the source. Another family was approaching towards them with whatever they could have carried with them. "Are you guys lost as well?" One of the men asked them.

The father nods and responds to them, "We are. We don't even know where they went!"

Another one of the men asked them a question, "Do you have any idea where they last went?"

The mother shakes her head, "Unfortunately no." The two young kids started crying again with the oldest brother trying to comfort them.

Light would start shining near the two groups, "What the?"

One of them looked over their shoulder to see a group of armored warriors slowly approaching them, "Are you all refugees?" All of them nodded. "Follow us. We are the Guardsmen of Ymir, the Realm of Life, and we have been taking as many refugees as we can. It was orders coming directly from our Queen, Eir."

All of the refugees looked at each other, "We have no other choice. It's either we keep looking and being under risk of being killed or we go with them for salvation." They followed the guards through the portal and it closes behinds them. The illuminating moon light and the flourishing plant life surrounding them. The other few Askran refugees that were rescued are all conversing with each other. 

Eir, the Queen of Yimr, appears in front of them, "Citizens of Askr, I know all of you are scared and terrified about the unknown attacking your home." She pauses briefly to look at the terrified crowd. All of the kids were hugging their mothers and fathers. Men and women comforting each other. Eir continues, "But all of you won't have anything to fear. You'll be temporarily safe in Yimr until the dust settles. And whoever have attacked Askr shall not fat get any kind of foothold in our sacred realm! That is a promise." She gives them a warm comforting smile as the guards and Yimr's people start taking care of the refugees.

As Jetfire was tasked to get the Order of Heroes out of Askr, there is a witness who had hoped to one day see Askr fall. But they wouldn't be aware what the monkey's paw would bring to him.

The read headed boy looks over from the bushes to witness the Fall of Askr. "Am I imagining this or is it actually happening?" He rubs his eyes and takes a second glance at the crumbling capital. His ears perked up and a smile was growing, "YES!" He cheers and raises his staff up in the air. His smile would fade as he remembers Embla, "If only Lady Embla was here. She would've been smiling just at the sight of the kingdom burning."

Elm continues to hear the battle unfold until he heard voices calling out from within, "Autobots, retreat! Survival is our main priority!" He watches the Automatons running and flying out of the city with the large green giant rising from the ground.

"Wait, what are those?" Elm would get his answer when Devastator pulls out his blaster and starts firing on the Autobots. One of them would fly above Elm and vaporizing half of a dozen trees at an instant before starting a fires, "WHAT THE?!" He starts running the other direction from the fight. Elm would feel the ground rumbling, "Huh?" He turns to see both Ironhide and Chromia right behind him and closing the distance, "HEY! YOU TWO!" Elm shouts at them but his calls were ignored as they ran past him. "LISTEN TO ME WHILE I AM-"

"Transform!" The duo jumped and transformed into their Cybertronian vehicle modes and rode off into the dark forest, leaving Elm stunned.

"Talking to you."

He then hears the Seekers roaring above him and hears them talking, "Scan the entire forest! Don't let them escape from us!"

Elm's ears started to point downwards, "I got to get out of here!" He soon morphed into his bat-form and sneaked past flying Decepticons and into the darkness of the forest.

Within the Realm of Light, Vanaheimr, the Goddess of the Land sheds a tear as she witnesses the Fall of Askr to the hands of an unknown army.  

"Children of Midgard, wherever you all are, please be careful and stay safe." Nerþuz wipes her tears gently from her face.

She only stared through the orb in her temple undisturbed until the Goddess of Hope, Seiðr approaches her, "Nerþuz, have you seen it as well?" She asks her.

"I had seen it, Seiðr. Just what kind of fowl beings would wage war during peacetime." Nerþuz speaks to Seiðr.

"That's the thing, Nerþuz," Seiðr shows the goddess an orb and revealing the perpetrators, "These things aren't like the mortals nor like the gods. They're made of metal just like the Automatons that were made in Niðavellir. But they're completely different in many ways. They have the ability to change their shape, sentient, technology being similar or if not, far more advanced than what's seen from Ásgarðr, and the worst part is that they fell from the stars." 

Nerþuz's eyes widened, "They're not from the known Nine-Realms?"

Seiðr shakes her head, "Not at all. Completely alien to all of us." She grabs another orb and shows it to her, "Some of their names were dropped from the initial siege by the invaders. See that tall green one?" Seiðr points at it, "Based on what they've said, that is 'Devastator'. The one in all gray with a large black barrel on its forearm, they said their name is 'Megatron'. And the flying red, white, and blue one, they've said that its name is 'Starscream.' I could go on with this but there's too many of them."

"And you said they're the ones responsible for the siege?" Nerþuz asks and Seiðr nods, "Yes."

"How many of the Children of Midgard had died?"

"Too many to count unfortunately." 

Nerþuz starts shedding more tears, "Those poor innocent souls..."

"But," Seiðr pulls out one more orb showing the Order of Heroes escaping, "They all made it out! The big white one is named 'Jetfire'. He took them all out and to safety!" The goddess starts smiling, "And there's more!" She shows her the two machines fighting, "See the one that's fighting Megatron? That tall red, white, and blue, bot is named 'Optimus Prime'. He saved them and made sure they got out alive!" Seiðr smiles.

Nerþuz starts crying but this time with joy and peace knowing that the Order of Heroes were still alive. "Thank goodness."

"Oh! And speaking of that," Seiðr points outwards from the temple, "I took in some of the refugees that fled towards the hilltop!"

Nerþuz looks out to see some of the Askran Refugees. "Oh my!" She quickly runs out and speaks to them, "Children of Midgard, Seiðr and I will be watching over all of you with the intent of protecting all of you! For now, just rest." 

"No time to rest!" Both Seiðr and Nerþuz turned to the bright light source appearing behind them with Ash and Peony stepping out of it.

"Ash, Peony, what are you two doing here?" Seiðr asks them.

”I just rescued Peony from Midgard! But that doesn't matter now! What matters now is that Alfheim is in danger!" Ash replies to Seiðr and Nerþuz was surprised, "My niece is in danger! We need to go now!"

The once reopened roots of the Yggdrasill World-Tree have now been sealed shut again across the Nine Realms. Only this time it was done by its own to prevent anyone or anything from entering. At the other end of the opening was the Healing Hands tending to the refugees that managed to enter before the roots were resealed.  

"Hræsvelgr, I need you to help me and Heiðrún with our patients!" Ratatoskr called out to her sister.

"I'll be there!" Hræsvelgr responds to her, "Níðhöggr, I need one of your fruits so numb their pain!"

"Coming right up!" Níðhöggr lets out a hiccup as she gives Hræsvelgr the basket of fruits.

Eikþyrnir was carrying some of the Askran refugees towards his sisters, "These are some of the last to enter Yggdrasill before the roots closed!" He places them on the ground gently. Heiðrún and Níðhöggr immediately went to work with the other patients as Hræsvelgr starts her open surgery on the patient's chest. 

"Just what caused the humans to run away from their homes?" Heiðrún asks.

One of the patients answers her, "Askr was under siege by an army! Based on what I've seen before getting lost was they were not only on the ground but they were also flying! They're also made of steel!"

Another patient then speaks up, "Its true! It was supposed to be beautiful evening as a wedding between the Askran Prince, Alfonse, and the future Empress of Embla, Veronica! But then an earthquake happened and shortly after that, we were attacked the castle and we had to be evacuated!"

All of the siblings looked at them in pure shock, "Askr fell?" Ratatoskr asked.

"Unfortunately yes. The Prince had ordered a mass evacuation for all of us as our military was tasked with protecting our homeland. But I think we all had a hunch feeling that our home would've been lost anyways." The patient sighs.

All of the siblings looked at each other with worry about not only the safety of the Order of Heroes but also for the rest of Askr's citizens. Ratatoskr then starts crying, "We need to look for them!"

Both Hræsvelgr and Eikþyrnir stopped her however, "There is nothing we can do about it." He tells his little sister.

Ratatoskr's squirrel ears fell flat on her head while she's hugging her tail with tears flowing down her cheeks, "May father protect them, the refugees here, and all of those who are lost."

Within the Alfheim, where both Ljósálfheimr and Dökkálfheimr coexist, all of the fairies are panicking as there has been a large increase nightmares compared to dreams. Shifting the delicate balance of power greatly. Watching the chaos unfold helplessly was the Lady of Nightmare.

"Just what is going on?" Freyja asks herself. The darkness was spreading uncontrollably at all directions. Freyja would use her powers to prevent the spread to the best of her ability. "GIRLS!" She shouted and both of her álfrs, Triandra and Plumeria came to her assistance.

"How can we help with this, Lady Freyja?" Triandra asks her.

"Try to prevent its spread! We don't want the two realms to be destroyed!" Freyja has gave out her order to them.

"Anything for you, Lady Freyja!" Plumeria and Triandra flew off to the distance where the one of the edges of barrier was expanding. "Just what caused all of this?" Plumeria asked.

"That's what I'm wondering as well. One moment it was business as usual. The next thing I knew was that the entire realm was starting to shake and crack." Triandra responds to her. They watched as their fellow fairies and álfrs scrambling and trying their best to stop the spread. Once the two girls made it to the edge they more fairies creating a barricade with their magic. "Hey, you!" Triandra called out to one of them.

Mirabilis looks at the source and spots her, "I..." She yawns again, "Need your help..."

The three fairies united right behind the barrier. "Mirabilis, where is Peony?" Triandra asks her.

"I... don't know where she is..." Mirabilis couldn't stop yawning even at an event of crisis. Triandra was worried for her sister's safety but now it wasn't the time for that. Their realms are in danger.

"I have an idea!" Plumeria calls out, "Have all of the fairies of light be ready as the second line of defense in case our barrier fails!"

Both Plumeria and Triandra separated from Mirabilis to start forming their barrier along with their fellow fairies to the darkness. All of the fairies of both realms formed the large barriers, "Here it comes!" Triandra points towards the incoming darkness. "Brace for impact!" She calls out to her kind as the expanding darkness crashes into the barrier.

Cracks were beginning to appear all over its barrier, "We need more help! Lady Freyja, if you can hear us, HELP!" Plumeria cried out for her help. Some of the light fairies would cross and aid them by adding in more strength.

"It's not enough!" One of them cried out. The overwhelming darkness was starting to overpower the fairies own magic.

Freyja has finally arrived, "Hold onto it for a little longer!" She uses her powers again to absorb some of the darkness only for it to shock her. "GRAH!" Freyja had lost her grip against it and the darkness was starting to reach its limit. "This is not good. This is not good at all! I am going to need my aunt for this!" She was starting to panic.

"I'm back!" All of the fairies would see the bright light source appearing in the middle of the darkness.

"Who's there?!" Triandra called out to them. Four figures would burst out of it and headed to the surface of Dökkálfheimr.

"Auntie Nerþuz!" Freyja smiled at her aunt as she brings Seiðr with her.

Peony was flying back towards Mirabilis and Triandra, "Sister!" She cries out to her. Peony reunites with her sister and Mirabilis, "I'm back now!"

"Help... us." Mirabilis speaks to her. The two fairies used their power to keep the barrier from breaking along with Seiðr and Nerþuz.

Plumeria looks at Peony, "Wait, how did you get back here?" 

Before she can answer, a loud shout could be heard from the mass of darkness, "FOR LORD ASKR!" The entirety of the invasive darkness had completely spontaneous combusted out of existence with Ash being seen in the middle.

"Is that Ash?" Triandra asks.

"Yep!" Peony rushes to help Ash as she's now falling to the ground. She quickly grabs her before any impact was made. Peony starts flapping her wings to slow down the fall. Freyja, Seiðr, Plumeria, Mirabilis, Triandra, and Nerþuz all rushed to Peony and Ash.

"Is she okay?" Freyja asks.

"Oh, I'm fine. I'm just exhausted from using my own powers to push back the corruption." Ash sighs as Peony sets her down. 

Freyja then looks at her aunt, "Auntie Nerþuz, what happened to cause this?"

Nerþuz holds onto her niece's hands, "Sweetheart, Askr has fallen to an unknown army that fell from the stars."

Freyja was confused at her aunt's statement. "What do you mean 'Askr has fallen'? I thought it was nearly impossible to conquer the kingdom."

"Not at all! And I was there to witness it as well!" Peony spoke out. "It was smoking, fire was everywhere," She starts crying whole waterfalls, "Our friends are in there and... Sharena was still in there..." Peony was crying uncontrollably which alerted Triandra to fly down and comfort her sister.

Seiðr starts to approach the crying fairy, "I have good news actually, Sharena and the Order of Heroes made it out to safety!"

Peony looks up at her and sniffles, "R-really?"

She nods at her. "Although where they currently are is a mystery to me. But other than that, they're all safe."

Freyja looks at her aunt again, "But how did Askr's fall caused the sudden eruption of chaos here?"

Nerþuz pulls out an orb and shows it to her, "These beings are responsible for causing the sudden uprise of nightmares from not only the children but also from the adults."

Freyja takes a glance and she was surprised, "Auntie, what are those."

Nerþuz touches the orb and it plays a moment after Askr had fallen, "My fellow Decepticons, the 'Kingdom of Askr' has fallen to the hands of the Decepticon War Machine! But we won't stop here at all..." It falls slightly while holding onto its chest, "By dawn, the Seekers will return and with them, the Autobots. Total eradication of them all! Once they've been taken care of, nothing will be in my way of claiming everything in this planet. And all of the natives shall face the wrath of Megatron!" Megatron clenches his hand into a fist and raises it to the air.

Freyja looks at Nerþuz with a whole new perspective at the moment, "And you said they fell from the stars?"

She nods with a frown. "Not even from Ásgarðr. The ones that saved come of the Children of Midgard are good. These beings shown to you are pure evil. Mercy means nothing to them. Although there is nothing we can do, we are safer in our secluded realms. Just hopefully they'll never find a way in."

Even the presence of the invasive Decepticons was enough to alert those residing in the heavens. Ever since the deaths of Alfaðör and Loki, both Baldr and Höðr were tasked to guard their realm along with Thórr. And they would get the first red flags almost instantly...

Höðr was watching all of the orbs that surveyed across the Nine-Realms and sees the wedding happening in Askr. "Those mortals must be happy after all of the trouble they had went through." She speaks to herself. She glances at another orb to see Rune sleeping on the grass under the tress of their home realm, "Can't believe father tried to kill that innocent child for simply reading the forbidden text. And I helped him..." Höðr's moment of sadness would vanish as she sees Midgard's orb suddenly glowing red. "What the?" She watches as two pairs of large steel objects falling towards the surface and crashing. "Oh that's not good at all." Höðr immediately teleported out of the room in search for Baldr, Thórr, and Rune. 

Baldr was sharpening her sword until her sister appears and interrupts her, "What's wrong, Höðr?" Baldr asks.

"Something just crashed at Midgard! And I don't even know what it is!" Höðr tells her.

Baldr only scoffs at her, "Really? That's it? The mortals are in trouble after everything that happened? Why should I be concerned about them?" She continues to sharpen her sword.

"It came from the skies! But not from here."

Höðr gave her more information and it had caught Baldr's attention, "What do you mean 'not from here'?" 

Thórr was at the training grounds where she was... well training. She was swinging her Mjölnir around until the two sisters arrived. "Baldr, Höðr, what do you two want?" Thórr asks them with curiosity.

"It's the mortals! Something fell from the sky and has landed in Midgard!" Höðr spoke to her.

Thórr was more confused, "What do you mean 'something landed in Midgard'?"

"That's exactly how I was when she told me something similar." Baldr speaks to Thórr.

"The orb was glowing red when it happened as well! It has to be serious!" Höðr explained more to her.

She puts her Mjölnir down, "Get back to that room. I'll look for Rune." The two sisters nodded and vanished from her sight. Thórr teleported to where Rune was sleeping. She watched him all snuggled up with his cloak. Thórr lightly shakes him, "Rune, Rune, wake up."

He slowly opened his eyes to look at her, "Hm...?"

"It's an emergency. Something happened back at Midgard." She tells the boy and he immediately snaps out of his slumber and is completely awake.

"W-what?!" Rune asks but she only nodded at him. "Where are they watching it?"

"At the surveillance tower!" Thórr grabs his hand, "Now let's go!" The both of them teleported to the tower and they both see Baldr and Höðr looking at the orb as one of the towers at Askr's castle was falling apart and causing panic among the mortals. "Girls, what just happened?" Thórr demanded.

"Askr is under attack..." Baldr replied while she was watching the orb, completely shocked.

They watched everything going down. From the initial attack, to the mass evacuation with Askr's military digging trenches, the first contact with the other-worldly invaders, the Siege and eventually, the Fall of Askr. All in one evening. None of them had any proper or ideal reaction to what they've had witnessed.

As for Rune, he was crying, "Alfonse, no..." Höðr tried her best to comfort the crying boy.

"Baldr," Thórr speaks up, "What about the other realms?"

Baldr quickly skims through the other orbs, "They're all still the same as I had last saw them. There seems to be barriers now protecting the bridges connecting to Midgard and some of the other realms and the Gates of Hel." She points it out to everyone in the room.

"And the Yggdrasill roots?" Thórr asks again.

"They've closed on their own." Baldr replies to her.

"In a way, that's comforting to know." Höðr speaks up.

Rune stops crying and then asks them a question, "What will happen if those barriers fall? Will those other realms meet the same fate?"

All of the ladies looked at him, "Hopefully that's not the case..." Baldr responds to Rune while watching the orbs.

Unfortunately, their nightmares would come true. Weeks would come and go and Megatron has ordered as mass invasion to the realms of Nifl, Múspell, Hel, Niðavellir, and Jötunheimr. The four of them would be helpless as they watched the destruction across the realms connected to Midgard.

Thórr was watching the destruction of Nifl's capital caused by the Rainmakers and the Predacons, "The rain is not only unnatural but it's melting everything except for the Niflese and anything with flesh." She watched the royal family being surrounded by the invaders until they were saved by Nifl herself.

Höðr was watching Jötunheimr being reduced to ruble by the Constructicons, Thunderblast, Brawl, Swindle, and Crankcase. The Jötun were struggling to keep the invaders back and losing their own soldiers in the process. "Not even the raw strength of the Jötun are able push them back."

Baldr was watching both the Stunticons arriving at Múspell and Líf and Thrasir being chased by the Insecticons. "I don't ever think I've seen someone move that fast before. Not to mention, this is the most terrified the two generals have been." Terror will fill her as she sees Líf falling and screaming for mercy before he suddenly stands back up, terrifying Thrasir in the process. She would start screaming as Líf catches her, "Why is he doing this to her?" Baldr looks back at the Múspell to see both Motormaster and Laevatein agreeing to a surrender deal with no bloodshed. "So it appears that Múspell is spared from the destruction." 

"But Niðavellir isn't." Rune spoke out as he points at the orb showing the carnage at the gates of Niðavellir. All of them were surprised that resistance was extremely high for the dvergar. Many of the Seeker Drones were being shot down with high accuracy and the Drones on the ground were being blown to bits. They watched as Astrotrain, Tarn, Onslaught, and Blitzwing scrambling to take cover and occasionally open fire at the capital. "The second most technologically advanced realm is halting their progress! GO DVERGARS!" He cheered on for the Dvegar.

"Hold it now, Rune, look." Thórr points at the orb again and it show that reinforcements are coming. Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Thunderblast, and more drones were coming. They all watched as the battle continued until they've entered the capital and seeing all of their tech shutting down. Reginn was crying as the Decepticons surrounded her and her soldiers.

"This looks like it's the end for them..." Höðr takes off her hat and places it on her chest.

"Uh, guys," Rune tugs at their arms, "What is that?" They all watched at the orb of energy hitting Niðavellir and powering everything back on.

"Never mind on what that is, what is it doing to the city?" Baldr speaks as all of the roads turned into metal and parts of the castle changing into a different type of steel.

They all watched as the castle was starting to come to life, "Omega: Activated."

"What is that?" Rune asks them.

"I don't know..." Baldr responds to him.

"Location: Unknown. Hostiles: Nearby. Identities: Decepticons. Mission: Destroy." They watched Omega Supreme breaking out of the castle and starts chasing the Decepticons.

Two of the roots of the Yggdrasill World-Tree would suddenly reopen again at both Niðavellir and Jötunheimr. The Healing Hands had made a risky move by going through the root that takes them to Jötunheimr.

Eikþyrnir peeks out of the forests to see if anyone or anything was nearby. "All clear." He calls out to his sisters. One by one, they all went through the entry they surveyed the dark forest.

"Hræsvelgr, can you check the skies if there's anyone out there?" Heiðrún asks her.

"I don't think that's a good idea. Considering whatever attacked Askr could be here as well. Not to mention of our glowing beast parts." Hræsvelgr responds to her sister.

Ratatoskr's ears would peak upwards, "Wait! I hear something!" They all quickly hid behind the tress and shrubs as they watched the Decepticon Drones strolling towards the plains.

"So, are they the ones that attacked Askr?" Níðhöggr asks.

"That's seems to be the case." Eikþyrnir cracks his knuckles and grabs his two dumbbells only for Ratatoskr to stop him.

"Wait, brother, we don't know what they're capable of!”

He puts them down, "You're right. Plus it would've been fatal if I had attacked."

They would then heard shouting at the distance but sounding more organic as it also gets the Drones attentions. The Healing Hands watched as a group of bandits start attack the Decepticons. "What are they doing?! Don't they know that they're going to get killed?!" Hræsvelgr spoke out.

"WATCH OUT!" Heiðrún shouted as they nearly avoided one of the blaster shots from the Drones.

"That was close." Ratatoskr sighs.

Níðhöggr then looks up at the sky, "Is it me or is there actually something coming down from the sky?" She would get her answer as Omega Supreme lands right in front of them, causing mini quakes across the realm.

The Healing Hands looked at him in horror, "WHAT IN THE NINE-REALMS IS THAT?!" Ratatoskr shouted.

"Identification: Decepticons. Action: Terminate."

"Everyone, back to the World-Tree now!" Eikþyrnir lifted both Heiðrún and Níðhöggr with Hræsvelgr getting Ratatoskr. Before the two girls entered back to their home realm, they watched as the Drones and some of the bandits were being thrown across the skies, likely never to be seen again.

"Go! Go! Go!" She cried out as they both returned to Yggdrasill. All of them were taking heavy deep breaths to comprehend on what they had seen. "That is possibly the scariest thing we have ever seen..." Ratatoskr hugs her tail with her siblings comforting not only her but each other.

Níðhöggr then throws away one of her fruits, "I think I'll stop eating those fruits for a while..."

Night turned into morning back at the Decepticon Occupied Askr. Both Starscream and Soundwave left towards Múspell to start their geological survey. Following them was no other than Elm himself.

"Just what are they doing?" Elm quickly changes into his bat form and followed them. Although he was far behind he had managed to catch up and make his way to hide behind a large boulder. "Now let's see what they're up to..." He peeks over and starts eavesdropping on them.

"What is your proposition, Starscream?"

"It's more of a theory I want to test. After Laserbeak informs us about the nearest source of water, I want to contact the Constructicons and bring their supplies to build a fabricator right there."

"But would Lord Megatron allow you the authority to conduct a project that might cost their own sparks?"

"Believe me, Soundwave, the Constructicons will be fine. Whatever I'm trying to build is not going to cost a lot of their Energon."

"Energon? Sparks? What in Lady Embla's name are they talking about?" Elm asks himself. He continues to listen to them.

"Hm..."

"Something wrong?"

"Maybe it's just me, but I feel like we're being watched..."

Elm would gasp and immediately covered his mouth out of fear. Oh no, did they hear me? He asks in his own thoughts

"And we are not alone here."

His ears fell flat now that he is in danger. The rest of the day would come and he continues to listen on the construction of the Energon Fabricators and the Decepticons talking to each other. "Okay Elm... just poke your head out, listen to them, and get out!" Elm peeks and listens one last time.

"Listen to me very carefully now, Starscream. If you dare to mock me or boost your own ego against me, I will make sure that you would have to rebuild your own spark. Piece. By. Piece."

"Oh, Megatron, if you were given nothing but a few minute resources and in land without much to give, how will you be able to make-"  

Starscream suddenly stops as he looks over Megatron's shoulders, "Starscream?" He asks the Seeker.

"I knew we weren't alone..." Starscream squints his optics and both his and Elm's eyes made contact. He felt his heart beating rapidly. Starscream's optics were glowing a crimson red as Elm was completely terrified and felt his already cold skin feeling colder. "YOU!" He shoves Megatron out of the way and starts blasting at Elm with his Null Rays.

"LADY EMBLA, GUIDE ME TO SAFTEY!" Elm screams as he start running at the other direction. He keeps running until he jumps in the air and shape-shifts into the large bat and flies off.

Starscream smiles at the terrified Elm, "So we got a runner..." He uses his thruster feet to fly up and transforms into his Cybertronian Tetrajet and is on pursuit with Elm.

He turns his head backwards to see Starscream coming towards his way. "GAH!" Elm screeches and starts diving back to the ground with the Seeker following it. Just what even is that thing?! Elm thought to himself as Starscream was firing at him.

"Just where do you think you're going you filthy organic?" He was now closing the distance between himself and Elm. Starscream transforms midair, "I GOT YOU NOW VERMIN!" He swats Elm straight to the ground.

"HELP!" Elm crashes to the ground with the dust cloud covering the surrounding area. He changes back to his physical form but completely in pain as he cries more. Elm would feel someone carefully carrying him. "Huh?" He looks to see who his savior was, "Sister?" Elm spoke to Ash.

"Don't worry... I'll get you out of here." Ash replies to him as they both sneaked out of the dust cloud and just in time as Starscream lands next to it.

"Now where did it go?" He asks as both Elm and Ash escaped from Starscream's sights.

The pair would appear at Nerþuz's temple at Vanaheimr. Ash puts Elm on the bed for both Nerþuz and Seiðr taking care of him. He starts to whimper as they touched his body, "It hurts so much..."

"Easy now you feisty boy. We're taking care of you until we send you to the World-Tree." Nerþuz gently pats his head.

Ash grabs Elms hand carefully, "What were you doing there?" She asks him.

"I just wanted to know what they were up to..." Elm groans before he continues, "I even saw the Fall of Askr. At first, it was something for me to smile upon because that was what Lady Embla wanted. But that would then become a curse because I never had anticipated on what would happen next." Elm would close his eyes and start snoring.

"Looks like he's completely worn out." Seiðr places a damp towel on his forehead.

"Now what will happen next?"

Ash asks Nerþuz. "I unfortunately don't know. All we can do is wait..." The goddess responds to her. "And how will the Children of Midgard combat against them?"

Chapter Text

The Autobots had returned back to Embla after they had fully secured on their energy problem. The sun was slowly setting across the horizon and the clouds covering the blue sky. Bumblebee stretches out his arms with Windblade twisting her spine, "So, Optimus, who's going to be next to watch over our human friends?" She asks him.

"I don't have any plans to be here tonight but all five members of the Dynobots will be here tomorrow night." He responds to her.

Bumblebee was looking up at him, "Wait, all of them?"

"Yes, all of them."

Both Windblade and Bee looked at each other then back at Prime. "No offense to them but they are too big for the people to interact with." Bumblebee speaks up.

Optimus sighs as he gets to their height, "I am well aware of that my old friend. But unless you are the Constructicons, no one would ever dare to fight them head on." They both understood his reasoning for their own arrival soon.

"Will it be fine for us to stay here for tonight and wait for the Dynobots so we can guide them through the city?" She asks the Autobot Leader.

"Of course." The three Autobots split up with both Bumblebee and Windblade going into the capital. "One more thing, the Technobots are coming to help with the construction of the turrets that were gifted to us!"

Back within the walls of the castle, Veronica was sitting on a chair with a table full of food, wine, and juice that hasn't been touched yet. She starts patting her hand against her lap rapidly, "Come on, Alfonse, where are you?" Veronica would get her answer as the door opens up revealing the now refreshed Alfonse. The princess’s eyes would glitter while taking a look at her husband as Alfonse was doing the same with his wife.

"You're looking really beautiful tonight..." He compliments her.

"And you're looking extra handsome as well..." She grabs his hand gently, "Now, let us enjoy dinner together in peace." The couple sat down on their chairs with Alfonse pouring wine for each other and Veronica removing the top of the cloches, revealing their dinner.

Alfonse was looking through the options until he realizes something, "Wait, these were same food choices we had back at Askr during our wedding."

Veronica gave him a smile, "That's right! In between one of my meetings I spoke with one of the Askran chiefs who made the food prior to well... you know."

Alfonse lets out a small sigh with a hint of sadness. "You know, if Kiran had never warned us about them crashing into the earth, I wouldn't think that we'll be here still." He takes a look at the capital below him with the crowds gathering towards the plaza. "Uh, Veronica, what are they doing?"

Veronica stands right next to him to see what was going on. "Oh that? What I forgot to mention is that here in Embla, there will be a performance by the professional dancers that resides here."

"So they're putting up a show for the purpose of entertainment?" Alfonse asks her again and she nods.

“Sort of. They would do it as a way to tell everyone here of the events that happened recently." Veronica looks to see both Bumblebee and Windblade entering the capital, and walking towards the plaza. "The last time I'm pretty sure one was preformed recently when you proposed to me months ago."

Alfonse turns to look at her with his face turning red, "Really?"

She nods at him, "Mhm. A few months ago after we told my mother about it, she set up a dance and gave them the details that went down."

They both start laughing with him grabbing her hand gently, "Did they even retell the events that happened throughout the years when we were at war?" He asks his wife.

Veronica turns to look at him, "Well what do you think?"

Alfonse nervously laughs as he rubs the back of his head. "Well- I mean like a few details about the six years we used to be at war and-"

"Oh be quiet." Veronica silences him with a kiss to the lips. Alfonse was taken off guard by her sudden movement but kisses her back. The royal couple separated from their kiss and sat back to their seats where they'll be having their dinner, alone.

Back on the main grounds of the capital, Kiran was walking out of the castle after his well deserved bath. He looks at the massive crowd at the plaza gathering up along with both Bumblebee and Windblade coming to take a look at it as well. "Now what is going on here?" Kiran asks while he looks around and spots Sharena, who's looking at the crowd as well. "Sharena!" He quickly runs up to her with the princess turning around to the source of the call.

"Kiran!" She runs towards him and the two friends stop to talk to each other. "Kiran, do you know anything about this crowd?"

He shakes his head at her, "I was going to ask you the same thing. Just why is there a mass gathering here?"

They were observing the crowd until they hear the two Autobots talking to the Emblians, "Uh excuse me, why is there a crowd here?"

The woman turns around and starts explaining to them, "A performance is about to happen! Would you care to watch?"

Kiran and Sharena looked at each other, "So that's why they're here." She nods as Windblade's wings rose upwards.

"A performance you say?" Windblade looks at Bumblebee with a smile, "Bee, these has to be like the shows that were preformed back on my home, Caminus!"

Bumblebee smiles back at Windblade while trying to calm her down, "Easy now, Windblade, I know you're homesick-"

"Oh it's not that, Bee. It's just we haven't seen any form of entertainment since the war that has broken out back on your home world, Cybertron." She quickly responds to him.

He looks at the small stage ahead of them, then looks back at Windblade, "I suppose that you are right about that."

The two Autobots were carefully sitting right next to the Emblians as Kiran and Sharena looked at each other again. "So that's why there was a crowd here!" Sharena smiles at him. They both sat next to Bumblebee and Windblade.

"Sucks that we're unable to see it." Kiran complains quietly but Bumblebee still hears them.

"Do you two want a lift?" Kiran and Sharena looked up at him and nodded. "As you two wish!" He picks up Sharena first and hands her to Windblade as he also picks up Kiran. They all watched in silence while the performers were walking towards the stage. The Mages and Priests coming from all corners of the Emblian Empire using their magic to create a small replica of the Askran Capital.

The narrator starts talking, "Just a few weeks ago, both the Kingdom of Askr and the Emblian Empire were about to witness the beginning of a new era for the two nations as Prince Alfonse and Princess Veronica were officially engaged." They stopped as the Mages started mimicking the crash landings of both the Nemesis and the Ark. They continued the story, "However, the peaceful day would quickly become one of the worst days to happen in Midgard but also the worst day in Askr's History. The continent would soon plunge into chaos again as it was caught in a war from whole nother planet. Not realm or world, planet. And that planet is Cybertron."

Everyone looked at the dancers and mages replicating the Siege and Fall of the capital of Askr. The sphere resembling Cybertron itself, little magical miniatures resembling the humans and the Cybertronians alike on the replica of Askr. The audience watched in awe and both Bumblebee and Windblade were basically reliving the moment. Kiran and Sharena were basically watching the events that happened as they tried to get the flares. "And within hours, Askr falls." The narrator clutches onto their necklace while looking at the diorama slowly vanishing. "But whenever there's darkness, there is also light. And that light is our new friends and the saviors of those that had survived the Siege, the Autobots." The crowd then looks at the two present bots and started cheering.

Bumblebee and Windblade smiled as the narrator finishing the story, "Despite them being bigger, stronger, and more technologically advanced than us, they still treat us as equals. We thank your kind for the protection you all have been providing us."

Both of the Autobots smiled at the humans, "You guys are very welcome!" Bumblebee spoke to them.

Windblade follows suit, "And it was a good thing that we were aware of this place before the Decepticons were able to find you guys!"

"And I want to thank you two for saving us back at Askr!" Sharena gives Windblade a hug by hugging her metallic cheek.

"Awe... You're welcome." Windblade uses her hands to lightly hug her.

Bumblebee starts talking again, "If we weren't informed about Devastator tearing into the castle, you guys might've not make it out alive."

"But thank god that's not the case." Kiran sighs and everyone turns their attention back to the stage.

The narrator leaves and a dancer takes their spot, "Ladies, Gentlemen, Askrans, Emblians, and Cybertronians, I would like to thank you all for attending our show. What all of you had seen was a retelling of everything that went down back at Askr. From the Royal Family, from the military, and even from the Autobots. With that now done, we hope all of you enjoy the other performances of the night!" Everyone cheered on as the performers continued for the rest of the night.

Back at the top of the castle, Veronica and Alfonse were exchanging smiles, laughter, and kisses as he kept drinking another glass of wine slowly getting a bit tipsy. He lets out a few hiccups before talking to his wife, "Veronica... you're looking prettier than usual..."

Veronica grabs his hands and starts talking to him, "Alfonse, you're getting intoxicated. Let me put you to bed." She guides him through the castle and back to their room. He gently puts his arm around her waist while kissing her on her cheek. "Wait until we're back in the room, Alfonse." Veronica speaks to him. They were halfway through the hall until a light starts to illuminate at the other side.

Alfonse immediately looks at the source and yells out,"Who's there!" He moves Veronica behind him while he raises his fists.

"I thought I had guards on standby?" Veronica asks herself.

"I don't know where they went, but I'll make the intruder wish they crossed paths with them and not me..."

Alfonse cracks his knuckles causing the intruder to speak up, "Wait!" They walk closer towards them slowly with their hands up.

Both Veronica and Alfonse rose their eyes as they see it's was a familiar and a friendly face, "Rune!"

They quickly ran and hugged Rune tightly with him also hugging them back. Alfonse lets out another hiccup before he starts talking, "R-Rune... what brings you here?"

Rune nearly gags after getting the whiff of his breath. "Ugh! Alfonse, what have you been eating?" He asks him but gets a response from Veronica.

"He just had one too many cups of wine. But, Rune, why are you here?"

"Me, Höðr, Baldr, and Thórr were watching everything that's been happening!" Rune starts explaining to her. The two were surprised that they were watching everything from their realm. He then continues on with the conversation, "We even saw that one massive automation crawling out of the castle back at Niðavellir."

"Wait, you mean-"

Alfonse cuts Veronica off with his response, "Omega Supreme. Let's just say... we almost died a few times that day." He lets out another hiccup and laughs.

Rune looks at Veronica, "Are you sure he's okay?"

She only sighs at him while pulling Alfonse away from him, "He'll be fine by morning. But to keep the story short, two factions were having a civil war from another planet known as Cybertron. The two factions which are the Autobots and Decepticons have crash landed here and now Zenith and the other realms are caught in the action."

Rune's mouth widens as he remembers about Anna, Kiran, and Sharena. "Is there something wrong!"

"Where's everyone else?" He asks her as she points out of the window to where the large crowd was at.

"You should be able to find them there! Rune, I wish to talk to you more but I'm putting Alfonse to sleep. Goodnight, Rune." Veronica speaks to him as she drags her husband to their room.

"Goodnight, Alfonse. Goodnight, Veronica." Rune waves at them and starts making his way to the plaza. Rune runs past all of the guards, maids, butlers, and other servants of the castle. As he got out of the castle he ran towards the crowd. His eyes would then catch the glimpse of both Kiran and Sharena sitting on top of Windblade and Bumblebee. His eyes then glittered with joy, "Kiran, Sharena, over here!"

The both of them turned their heads and see Rune waving his hands. Sharena gets off of Windblade, "Uh, Sharena?"

She ignores her as she runs and hugs him. "Rune! Oh my goodness! How have you been?"

"I am fine, Sharena, I was just worried about all of you." Rune responds to her.

Kiran gets off of Bumblebee and starts running to the kid, "Rune!" He also hugs him.

The two Autobots were watching a happy reunion unfold in front of their optics. Bumblebee and Windblade slowly stood back up which catches Rune's attention, "Uh, who are they?" He points at them with Kiran and Sharena letting him go.

Kiran was first to explain, "So, Rune, these are our new friends and saviors back when Askr fell. Bumblebee, the yellow Autobot that you see."

"And Windblade! She's the one in red and has a large wingspan!" They both waved their hands at him and Rune was in awe again.

"Hello there."

"Awe, it's nice to meet you!" Both Bumblebee and Windblade greeted him as Rune couldn't contain his smile.

He pulls out his book and starts writing in it. Sharena starts talking to him, "So you were worried for us?"

He nods at her, "Yeah and I've already said this to Alfonse and Veronica when I was inside, but I saw everything from Ásgarðr."

"But all of you were powerless to help everyone huh?" She asks him and he was about to answer her before tears started running down his cheeks.

Rune nods, "We're so sorry..."

Sharena hugs him again. "I can't blame you honestly, it was out of your guy's control."

Windblade kneels down to their level and starts talking to Rune, "Sorry for making any kind of assumptions but are you there sparkling?"

Rune and the two humans looked her all confused. "Uhh..."

"What is a 'sparkling'?" Sharena asks her.

"Uh, Sharena-"

"Basically they are very young Cybertronians." Bumblebee answers them.

Sharena and Rune were trying to process their answer but Kiran was completely flustered, "N-no! He's just a kid who came from a completely different realm!"

Bumblebee gently picks him up with his metallic palm as both him and Windblade observe Rune. "Well that is unusual compared to most of the humans we've seen." She points at his right arm.

He uses the darkened, clawed, arm to grab onto the tip of her finger. "Woah, I've never have seen anything like you guys in any of the realms I've been to!" He tells them.

"You're clearly not a human. Does that mean you're a god?" Bumblebee asks him.

Rune shakes his head, "I am an Aesir. Like I've said, I come from Ásgarðr. What I do is read and decipher ancient runes. But none of them has ever mentioned your race or world... What realm did you two originated from?"

"Not a realm but another planet, Cybertron. They're referred as Cybertronians. I came from Caminus so I'm an Camien." Windblade answers him.

"But none of the runes has ever mentioned your home planet, Cybertron or the Cybertronians at all! I must get back to Ásgarðr, I need to tell them about this!" Bumblebee puts Rune back down as he quickly hugs Kiran and Sharena, "Bye you two! Hopefully I'll see all of you again!" They all waved goodbye to him as Rune blips out of Midgard and back to his realm.

Kiran's eyes then rose up as he remembers something. "Wait!" He speaks to Windblade and Bumblebee, "Anything about the upgrades that we're supposed to get soon?"

"That's actually a good question. Let me get a communication link with Perceptor and Wheeljack."

Bumblebee turns away from them as Sharena starts talking to Windblade, "So uh, are you two... well." She pulls out her two index fingers makes a move where both of them mashed together.

Her optics went wide and smiles, "Are you asking me that Bee is my sparkmate?"

Sharena was a bit confused when she had said that, "Uh, what is a 'sparkmate'?"

"If my memory recalls, sparkmates is a term used by Cybertronians who are in a relationship." Kiran gave Sharena her answer.

Windblade nods at him, "He's right! And to answer your previous question, yes we are sparkmates ever since we departed from Archon!" She then gasps in excitement, "I should tell you two about Metalhawk! He actually taught me how to use a sword!"

Sharena starts jumping up and down, "If that is the case, then I must tell you about Bruno! He taught me how to use a lance!" The two girls are now giggling together.

Bumblebee returns to them with the news, "Good news for you guys! Both Perceptor and Wheeljack have confirmed that the new equipment will be completed in two days!"

Their human friends started smiling and cheering. "That is good news!" Kiran then turns to look at Sharena, "We gotta tell the rest about this!"  She grabs his hand and the two of started looking for Anna and Xander first. They see them helping the Technobots by telling them where to start building the turrets provided by Reginn.

"It's best that we should place them sparingly so it'll be difficult for them take them all down in one fell swoop." Anna tells the five Autobots in front of her.

"And I say that we should build the first one right there." Xander points at an empty spot of land just mere feet away from the city gates.

Sharena and Kiran shortly arrived, "Guys!" She speaks first with him following it up.

"Our new equipment is going to be ready in two days!"

Both Anna and Xander smiled at them. "That's excellent news!"

"Soon we will have a better chance at fighting them!"

The two then left to go inside the castle to tell Alfonse and Veronica. They were now approaching towards their bedroom with Kiran taking the lead, "Alright, Sharena, let me tell it to them!" She nods as he opens the door and went inside. "Alfonse, Veronica, we have good news it's-"

Shouts were then heard from within the room, "SUMMONER!"

"GET OUT!"

Kiran slams the door shut in a hurry with his face completely red. "Uh, Kiran, are you okay?" Sharena asks him.

"Whatever I had bear witness shall be kept to myself and taking it to the grave to save you from the trauma I have now seen." Kiran replies to her.

"But we haven't told them about-"

"You tell it to them tomorrow morning, alright?" She nods and they both went to their separate ways for the night.