Transformers Prime: Tarn & Spectra

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Arcee dashes toward Spectra and makes a flying kick, but she ducks, avoiding it and manages to make Arcee stumble.

"You're pretty good," Arcee stops her fall and gets up.

"I'm more than that," Spectra replies. Another GroundBridge appears, and Megatron emerges from it, followed by Starscream, Soundwave and many vehicons. The Autobot team slowly gets up from their impromptu nap and faces the newcomers.

"Oh great," Bulkhead groans as he sees the Decepticons getting closer, "All that was missing was them."

"Well, well, well," Megatron's chippery voice is laced with something much darker, more teeth than smile, as the GroundBridge closes behind him, "Who do we have here?"

"Megatron," Ultra Magnus spits out the name like a curse.

"This mine is already occupied," Wheeljack declares to Megatron. The latter doesn't seem phased by the assurance with which his proprietary rights have just been denied and even lets a lazy smirk appear on his faceplate.

"Well, I'm sorry, but there's going to be a change of owners," Megatron looks at Spectra, "And who's that?"

"None of your business!" snarl Spectra and Smokescreen at the same time.

"That offended me" Megatron informs them,"Starscream!"

"Yes, my lord?"

"Clean this mess out of my way."

"At your service. Decepticons, kill them! Except for Prime, of course."

But as the vehicons were charging the blasters a third GroundBridge appears behind the Autobots,bigger than the precedents and purple.

"What the-" Bulkhead mutters.

"What's that?" one of the vehicon squints at a shadow walking toward the Autobots out of the purple GroundBridge. The shadow looked like-

"Tarn?" Megatron blinks several times, not believing what he sees.

The Tarn-like cybertronian emerges from the GroundBridge. He was identical to Tarn, but he lacked pupils in both eyes and he was holding a red, flag-like banner with a black Decepticon insignia printed on it.

"Who the hell is he?!" Smokescreen yells at anyone who could answer him.

The Tarn-like cybertronian looks at the Decepticons,after that at the Autobots, encompasses all the present around the mine, to ultimately turn to the purple GroundBridge. When he talks, his voice is quiet, unbothered.

"It's okay, we can go"

'We'? Who is 'we'? There's like fifteen people around here, care to be a bit more specific?" Starscream points out.

Several rows of Tarn-like cybertronians come out. The one with the banner plants it and speaks.

"This mine and all its resources now belong to Supreme Lord Megatron!"

"What!?" Everyone except the Tarn-like cybertronians scream.

"You created them?!" Wheeljack shouts to Megatron.

"I didn't create them!" Comes the reply at very much the same volume "I don't even know them!"

"That's because you're not Supreme Lord Megatron," the Tarn-like cybertronian in the lead states curtly.

"You dare!" At this point, Megatron is positively fuming.

"Decepticons, kill them!".

The order comes from Starscream. The vehicons split into two rows, the first one on their knees and behind, the second row standing, both lines ready to shoot.

"Fire!" shouts Starscream.

The Autobots and Spectra start to get out of the firing range. The vehicons shot at the Other Ones multiple times, but only managing to shoot down 6 of the 19 Others.

"What the-?"says one of the vehicons after seeing the results of the shooting.

The Other ones charge their blasters and aim at the Decepticons.

"Retreat!" Megatron orders straight away.

Another GroundBridge emerges behind the Decepticons at the same time the Other Ones open fire. Spectra uses her intangible device to pass through the wall of the mine she was leaning on, to finally stop in another of the mine's tunnels, parallel to the one she just left. Her breath is quick for a moment, but she manages to get down and sits down, looking disappointed. She laments to herself:

"If only you were here, Tarn"