Chapter 17: One Shall Fall

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Optimus: and it was written in the covenant of Primus that when the 47 spheres align, a perpetual conflict will culminate upon a world forged from chaos, and the weak shall perish in the shadow of a rising darkness.

Arcee: no skies raining fire?

Ratchet: goes without saying. It is a doom prophecy, after all.

Bulkhead: I say it's a load of hooey.

Ratchet: I'd always assumed the ancients were referring to our home planet, but being that Cybertron has been dark for eons...

Optimus: and considering what has befallen this planet since Megatron's arrival here...

Bulkhead: whoa, whoa, whoa. We've known about these superstitions for ages and never gave them a second thought.

Chromia: why all the ominous rumblings now? And Bulkhead, can you keep it down, Axel is sleeping.

Axel:<sleeping on the couch>

Bulkhead; sorry.

Optimus; because the planetary alignment to which the prophecy refers is nearly upon us.

Ratchet; and it would seem it's end point... is Earth.

Bulkhead: eh... crazy coincidence, heh, r-right?

Arcee: how long are we talking?

Ratchet; a few days at most.

Optimus: however unsettling this revelation may be, I am more concerned about those who might believe that the prophecy speaks to them alone.

Nemesis

Megatron: I did not seek out the Blood of Unicron to simply keep my spark aflame, but to rule undead armies and conquer worlds, and to accomplish that, I require more than this mere sliver which lies within me.

Blitzwing:<Icy> and Knockout needz more if he vant'z to make Wade'z zerum.

Megatron: so, where is my Dark Energon?!

Knockout: out there, Lord Megatron, just waiting for you to reach out and pluck it.

Megatron;<gives him a deadpan look>

Knockout: but you shouldn't push yourself so hard. You've had setbacks. You were in stasis.

Blitzwing;<Random> vhile Starscream took command, very poorly from vhat ve heard. <laughs>

Megatron:<grabs Knockout and lifts him up> precisely why I must make up for lost time! I can see the future vividly, but I must ensure its outcome, for I am the rising darkness of which the prophecy speaks!

Autobot Base

Jack: Pass. <looking at a website with Raf> unh-unh. Kid in a costume. Balloon. Nope. Uh, hold. The camera sure loves Bee.

Miko: what can you do? When you're a superstar, you're paparazzi bait.

Axel: annoying paparazzi bait.

Ratchet: wait. Is that Bumblebee?

Raf: on a conspiracy website where users post evidence of close encounters. But we have it under control, Ratchet. We just scrub and replace Bee with... <puts the picture of a cat that says "Take me to your feeder">

Ratchet:<laughs but stops when the kids are looking at him>

Miko: Ratchet actually laughed?

Axel: that's rare?

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