Chapter 10: They Are Back!

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It was evening in the northern Canadian wilderness. The sun was beginning to set in the west with a band of beautiful, warm colours in its wake. The landscape is comprised of trees, hills, and mountains as far as the eye can see. Suddenly, a dark ominous shape appears out of the late evening sky. This ship was the Decepticon warship: the Nemesis. It comes to a stop, mid-air over a large, jagged mountain peak that is now an extinct volcano.

Without warning, a long, yellow tube expanded from the bottom of the Nemesis and descended into the jagged opening in the mountain top. Littered at the bottom of the mined cavern were huge blue crystals of Energon. Squadrons of Vehicons operated drills to dig further for more deposits while others collected the Energon unearthed and placed them in hovering storage bins.

Once the tube stopped, a pair of sliding doors opened to allow its two occupants to step out. The first out was slim silver seeker with red highlights called Starscream. Following behind the seeker, at a leisurely pace was a tall, broad silver mech, the leader of the Decepticons, Megatron.

Starscream proceeded down a metal walkway that overlooked the entire mining operation.

"Of the Energon deposits we have located while you were away, Lord Megatron...this one by far is the most significant." Starscream notified. "The drones have been mining without pause since your absence, and have amassed quite a stockpile." Starscream stopped before looking over the catwalk and pointed towards a random drone mining an Energon crystal. "You there, fetch me a sample."

"Starscream." A deep voice of authority called out, causing the arrogant mech to freeze up as fear grew on his face.

Megatron stepped out of the dim light, and gazed down towards his second-in-command with a look of authority and minor irritation. "Now that I have returned, I will issue the commands." Megatron declared as he continued walking down the pathway.

"I...understand, Lord Megaton." Starscream replied in somewhat disappointed tone. "Then, as your humble servant, should I ready the Spacebridge? To bring forth the Decepticon army you have surely gathered in your three years in space?"

"My army will come." Megatron then glanced back at Starscream with his blood red optics. "But my time away has yielded an...intriguing find."

At that moment, loud footsteps echoed from a nearby tunnel. A silhouette of a particular robot appeared, making Starscream look in shock, whilst Megatron seemed to have a neutral expression. There, walking up to the dreaded leader of the Decepticons, was the Decepticon mad scientist Shockwave.

Shockwave stood 26ft tall, with purple, black, and grey as his colour scheme. He has one right hand and one left arm cannon that never transforms into a hand and has an ammunition belt attached from his back to his cannon. He also has one large optic sensor.

"Shockwave." Megatron rasped, walked forward to the cyclops Decepticon. "Is your latest scientific project almost ready?" He asked.

"Lord Megatron." Shockwave bowed to his master. "Knockout and I have been putting every ounce of resource and design into this endeavour. After many cycles of work, Project: Deception is almost ready to deploy. We just need your confirmation and inspection for the project to proceed into its final phase."

"By all means..." Megatron's triangular, shark teeth were revealed as he smiled sadistically.

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