Transformers: Dark Cybertron

Battle at the Ark

A month after the fight with Blitzkrieg, Charlie sighed as Bee got his new Goldbug armor and paint job. He walked out with a battlemask as he chuckled, "Heh, what do ya think Charlie?" She looked up and gasped, "Woah... You look good as new Bee! You gonna change your name too?" Bee shrugged, "Maybe. I might make a new codename like Goldfire! No... Too stupid..." Charlie giggled and nodded, "Yeah definitely. How about Goldbug?" Bee's optics widened as he nodded, "Yeah, that's genius!" The two giggled as the wreckers walked in. Sideswipe walked out of a chamber with his new paintjob. The Wreckers talked about a new mission as Charlie saw Verity who walked over in her armor, "You must be Bee's little friend. I'm Verity, Verity Carlo. Wrecker and Autobot." Charlie arched a brow, "Wait really? How?" Verity smirked, "Well, when Shockwave blows up my town and kills my family, Revenge seems to work out perfectly. What about you?" Charlie looked up at Bee, "Wrong place, right time I guess." She smiled and looked back at Verity who nodded, "Nice." Springer and the Wreckers started to walk out as Goldbug made a call. Charlie ran after them but Bee knelt down and stopped her, "Sorry Charlie, I gotta go solo on this one. I called a bot to pick you up though okay?" Charlie hugged him and nodded, "Come back to me okay?" Bee nodded, "Always." He walked off as the ship flew off to space. Charlie waited as Buster drove up with Optimus Prime himself, "Hey Charlie Watson?" Charlie walked to the big rig and nodded as Buster helped her up into Prime, "The Name's Buster Witwicky, I take it you know Optimus." Charlie gasped and looked at the steering wheel, "Optimus? I-Is that y-?"
"Yes. Bumblebee told me to pick you up so here we are." Prime started to drive off as Charlie and Buster put on their seatbelts. Buster sighed as he relaxed and looked at Charlie, "So where do you wanna go?" She looked at him and shrugged, "I don't usually go home without Bee so..." Buster nodded, "Okay, Um, Prime, can you take me to my room in the Ark? Charlie can stay there until Bumblebee comes back."
"I can do that my friend. Ratchet, we're ready for the groundbridge." A portal opened in front of them as Optimus drove into it and entered The Ark. Buster and Charlie got out as Optimus transformed and stood up. 

Megatron sighed as he looked at Shockwave, "Yes Shockwave, what is it?"
"We need the human friends and to stop Teletraan 1. The Prime values several specific friends that are humans and if we take their computer or destroy it, the Prime uses it to find all of our targets and attack patterns... We must take the fight to them. They will not expect it. I have already made cloaking devices for you and the elite..." Megatron nodded as he stood from his throne. "Ready the armada, we strike now..." Megatron walked away as Shockwave nodded, "As you wish..."
Megatron walked to Soundwave, "Soundwave! Rally all forces. We're going after the Autobots. We need to destroy Teletraan 1 and take their human friends." Starscream overheard and marched over, "Megatron! That's suicide! We lost enough men at Garrus-9, the battle for Cybertron AND when you gave that One-eyed freak's brother some of our best warriors!" Megatron snarled at him, "Do not question my orders! We need-!"
"YOUR orders or Shockwave's? Ever since we brought him back from Cybertron HE'S been calling the shots LORD Megatron!" Starscream belittled Megatron as the Tyrant looked lost in thought. "If I were in charge I would be wondering what Shockwave's plan is exactly! Or are you too weak and blind to see there's more to his plan than just ruling Cybertron...?" Starscream walked off as Soundwave looked at Megatron who walked past him, "Time for War..."
Megatron saw his army as he stood above them all and smiled, "My brave Decepticons! We are going to attack Teletraan 1 itself! If we do this, the earth and Optimus Prime himself shall be weak! Come now my armada! Let the universe howl with despair as we take Earth! Decepticons! ATTACK!" All of the cons stood up and marched to a ship as Megatron armored up as he headed for the ship. Starscream snuck away from the vessel as he stayed on the moon Megatron hid his base on. The Decepticon vessel took off as Megatron set it to warp to earth.

Optimus Prime walked around with Buster as Kicker and Ironhide relaxed outside the Ark with Charlie, "So, you have a blaster and go with them on every mission?" Charlie asked Kicker as he nodded and smirked, "Yup! I got a knack for helpin' the big guys!" Ironhide chuckled, "And those giant spiders on galgana 7 when we took the world back 'n saved the other bein's on the planet?" Kicker freaked out, "They were huge though! They were almost bigger than Ironhide!" Charlie giggled and snorted as Buster and Prime walked out, "That sounds... horrifying. I'd run away if I were you Kicker." Kicker nodded, "I was about to! But I had this blaster and it was great." Prime looked to the sky as he twitched. He grabbed his gun and kept an eye out. Kicker and Ironhide noticed him as they pulled out their rifles with scopes. Kicker zoomed in and noticed a blue light, "It's a ship... Coming from warp..." Ironhide kept his gun up before he looked at Prime, "Optimus? What do ya feel?" Prime glared at the sky as he said in an angry tone: "Megatron..." Kicker ran inside with Ironhide as Prowl ran over, "Sir! Unknown ship coming outta warp! And it's coming towards-!" Just as he was about to say it, The Nemesis arrived as every Decepticon on it rocketed towards the Ark and began firing upon it. Prime activated a shield from his arm as he protected the humans. Kicker, Ironhide and several other warriors ran out to fight the Cons. Optimus pressed his wrist as he looked at the humans, "This is Optimus Prime! Commander Fairborne! Assemble your men! I repeat! Megatron is at the Ark!" As if on cue, Megatron landed near Optimus, smirking as his optics beamed red. Buster held his blaster pistol as he backed up, standing in front of Charlie. Prime stood in front of him as he glared at Megatron, "New friends? Or are they the same ones?" The tyrant chuckled as Optimus held an energon sword, "You even look at them wrong, and I will kill you Megatron..." The con pulled out his sword and shield as he chuckled, "I'll kill them where they sta-" Hot Rod blasted Megatron as he ran to Prime's side and looked at his leader, "Hot Rod! Get the humans out of here!" He nodded, "As you wish sir!" He picked up the two and started running as Prime dashed at Megatron and their swords clashed, causing sparks to go flying around them and the ground to shake beneath their feet. Hot Rod ran inside the Ark as he set the two down. Brawn ran to him, "We need help!" Hot Rod ran to Teletraan 1 as he sent a distress signal, "Okay! I sent it to Autobot City!" Brawn smirked, "Not bad kiddo!" Hot Rod winked as he picked up the humans before turning to see several Vehicons charge towards them. He fired his wrist blasters at the cons as Buster jumped down and shot his blaster at them too. Brawn started fistfighting some of them as Charlie ran to a smaller computer she looked through the names and saw one that sounded threatening. She pressed it and shouted, "Please! The Ark's under attack and we need help! Every Autobot here will die if we dont get help fast!" She grabbed a blaster carbine and started shooting from behind cover. Buster ran and slid to where Charlie was as he panted, "They'd never do this! It's too dangerous!" Hot Rod and Brawn tried to keep the Cons back before Grimlock tore a destroyer in half, roaring "AAAAAGH NO ONE'S TOUGHER THAN ME!!!" He threw the con's parts at the others as he pulled out his swords and started slicing the warriors into pieces. Hot Rod smirked, "Nice timing, King Grimlock!" He jumped up and over the cover to help him. Brawn ran with the humans to join the fight before Grimlock started fighting Snapdragon. The large con and bot took their fight outside as Soundwave fired his ultrasonic waves to disrupt the group. Brawn fell down to his knees and hollered in pain as Charlie and Buster fell to the ground trying to block out the sound. Hot Rod walked as best he could towards the con who was hacking into Teletraan 1. Hot Rod grunted as he aimed his wrist blasters at the computer and blew it up just before Soundwave could finish. Snarl and Swoop ran in to fight Soundwave but the con ran off before they could punch and slice him. Buster passed out as his body was convulsing. Charlie sat up and held him in her arms, trying to wake him up.

Prime and Megatron dueled as the evil leader smirked at the Prime, "Dark Cybertron is near Optimus! The planet will be ours and you will suffer as I did!" Prime gasped as he sliced Megatron's chest, "You fool! You'll cause our planet to be destroyed! Did you not read the Covenant-?!"
"Bah! I have no need for books you fool!" Megatron snapped back as he slashed at Optimus. Prime blocked his strike and growled, "Then you should pay more attention to what you read!" He pushed Megatron back and stabbed his arm. Prime punched Megatron several times before Marissa Fairborne and GI JOE arrived to back the Autobots up. Magnus fired at the seekers, taking a few out as Soundwave kicked Prime back and yanked his sword from Megatron's arm. He helped his leader up as they were bridged up to the Nemesis. Skyfire flew up with the human Seeker jets as they fired on the ship, driving the Decepticons away. Hot Rod limped out as Optimus turned to him and ran towards him. The bot fell to his knees as Optimus helped him up, "Hot Rod-!"
"Optimus, forget about me, save... Buster..." Just as he said that Charlie dragged Buster out, "Help! He won't wake up!" Prime ran to him as First Aid ran to him, "Load him up!" The medic transformed as Charlie and Optimus loaded him up, "Dr. Darby will help us at Autobot City!" Magnus ran over and transformed, "I'll take Hot Rod to get repaired." Prime nodded and got his friend loaded up into Magnus' trailer. The two drove off to the City as Wheeljack ran over, "Prime! Soundwave took files from Teletraan 1! I'll find out soon but it was destroyed.."
"I understand..." Prime answered sadly as Captain Duke walked over, "Optimus sir, I'm Captain Duke of the elite task force a.k.a. GI JOE. We'll work with you to fix your computer, sir." Prime sighed in relief as he turned to Duke and saluted him, "Thank you, Captain." Duke saluted back and nodded, "Yes sir. Alright men and ladies! We gotta help Wheeljack! C'mon now!" Grimlock walked over to Prime as the two looked at the small battlefield, "What they steal, Prime?" Grimlock asked as Optimus turned and walked into the Ark, "We're about to find out, old friend..."