Decepticon Sentinels

Chapter 31: Omega Key One

Nemesis No POV

DreadWing; forgive me, Lord Megatron, while I do not question the wisdom of our tactical retreat, know that my brother and I are fully prepared to lead the troops in a counter-attack against the Autobots.

Megatron: Counter-Attack? Perhaps you failed to notice Optimus Prime fatally wound SoundStorm after he single handily demolished the Autobots. With the StarSaber in his possession, my enemy can obliterate us all with the weight of his hand. I must find a way to tip the balance of power back in our favor.

DreadWing; do we not also possess a powerful relic of the ancients?

Megatron: indeed. The Forge of Solus Prime but it is useless except in the hand of a Prime. <has an idea and laughs> but I might wield that power if I were to control it such a hand.

SoundStorm:<enters the bridge fully healed> so what is our next move, Lord Megatron?

Megatron: SoundStorm? Aren't you supposed to be recovering?

SoundStorm; I'm all healed up and my Minicons undamaged. I'm ready to go out into the field.

Megatron: soon you will but first DreadWing, SkyQuake and I have to go somewhere first.

Autobot Base

Optimus was receiving the message as he could hear no one else but the large silhouette of Alpha Tryon.

Alpha Tryon; I wish that I could meet you under better circumstances, Optimus Prime, but I fear that Iacon will not withstand the next Decepticon Assault.

Optimus: so you speak to me from across the ages.

Alpha Tryon: if you are listening to this message then I take solace that you now possess the Star Saber. I am certain that you have deduced how these Cybertronian relics and Decepticon weapons came to be found on such a remote world. Indeed I transported them there, not so much to keep them far from Megatron's hands but to ensure that they reach yours. As you may have long suspected, the covenant of Primus records events of the future as well as the past. My imperfect understanding of its runes affords me a shadowy glimpse of what is to come. The covenant's pages foretold that you, Optimus Prime, would journey to the small but significant planet and there engage in a crucial chapter in the war against the Decepticons. I know neither the nature of the battle nor its outcome. I only hope that these relics of the ancients will aid the Autobots in your time of need. Of utmost importance, in a few moments I will launch the last of the relics. The most significant and powerful of them all.

Optimus finally got out of trance as he put his sword down.

Ratchet; easy, Optimus.

Smokescreen: so, did Alpha Tryon ask about me?

IronHide:<elbows him>

Bulkhead: what was the message?

Optimus: it is paramount that we recover the final four Iacon relics. The Omega Keys.

Arcee: keys?

Ratchet: to what?

Optimus: to the regeneration of our home planet.

Nemesis

The Nemesis was flying through space towards the moon.

SkyQuake: Earth's moon is a barren rock, is it not?

Megatron: indeed, SkyQuake, but the moon is not our destination.

The Space Bridge portal was coming from behind the moon.

DreadWing; a space bridge.

Megatron: our very own. Relocated here after the Autobots discovered its whereabouts on Earth. The Dark Side of the Moon is hidden from prying human eyes and more importantly, well out of the Autobots reach. Come, DreadWing, SkyQuake, we shall travel to the one place in the galaxy which may provide us with a means of defeating Optimus Prime.