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Chapter 5 The Final Guardian
A narration plays out:
The Great Omega Supreme is vulnerable.
Megatron and his Decepticons must press their attack if they hope to overcome the Guardian of Iacon and force him to unlock the gateway to Cybertron’s core.
The scene opens with the damaged Omega crashing through a ceiling in vehicle mode, having been shot down earlier by the Decepticons. He lands in a large square shaped pit, on the ground level of Iacon city.
A few levels above, Megatron and his Decepticons are making their way down to pursue Omega. Having seen where he crash landed, they jump down to get a closer look at what state Omega is in.
“The Cons managed to follow Omega to where he crashed.” Milly observed.
“Well, since they managed to ground Omega, all Megatron has to do now is force him to open the Omega gate, and then their insane scheme can be carried out” Ohgi scowled, realising Megatron may be this close to bringing about the ruin of Cybertron.
“The question is whether Omega is still even capable of opening the Omega Gate, Considering how badly he’s been hammered by the Decepticons” Shadis pondered.
“Well, in our world Omega’s taken quite a lot of punishment in the past and still pulled through, so he’ll likely still be online and functional enough” Nina reassured.
“Let’s just hope he’s at least got enough left in him to give the Cons a fight they won’t get through unscathed” Yukiya hoped.
“You think he survived all that?” questioned Brawl.
“I hope not. I’d hate to face this guy again, especially up close and in robot mode” Barricade admitted.
“He doesn’t appear to be moving” observed Skybyte. “Does it matter whether Omega is functional?”
“As long as there is enough left to open the Omega Gate, I care not” Megatron replied.
Knockout, however, quickly noticed something. “Uhhh, Megatron? I don’t think that’s gonna be a problem” he said, pointing with his left hand.
(Begin: Omega Supreme Boss ost 1)
Omega Supreme began transforming, readying himself for battle once more! “Power cells: drained. Initiate: energy recovery sub routine.”
Omega’s right hand stretched out and used it’s magnetic ability to grab a nearby energon battery. It was big enough to fit in the palm of his hand and he began absorbing the energy within the battery, restoring some of his strength.
“Omega’s still alive and kicking. Knew that it would take more than some turrets and a rough landing to take him out” Gino smiled.
“Looks like he’s using those batteries to replenish his power” Kenshin noted.
“Energon batteries? How did those end up there?” Kiyomi wondered, as it seemed a bit convenient.
“Well they are in Iacon. It’s possible that whilst Omega was crashing down, he likely scanned the area to search for nearby Energon that he could use to repair and revitalise himself” Kaguya theorised
“Well it was a good call anyway. Given how many Cons followed him and how persistent they are, Omega will need to be at sufficient strength to repel them, especially with them whittling him down earlier” Akito observed.
“He just grabbed something! What’s he doing?!” Breakdown asked urgently.
“My scanners indicate the batteries are the source of Omega’s rejuvenation” exclaimed Thundercracker, as Omega Supreme finished transforming and stood tall over the Decepticons.
“Wow, he’s pretty… big” Slipstream was speechless, as she realised the height disparity between them and the Autobot Guardian. Fighting him in vehicle mode was one thing. This, however, was much more daunting.
“Scanning: Decepticon intruders. Weapons: engaging” Omega activated a series of turrets on his body, notably his wings on his back and his chest, which began firing at the Decepticons.
“He’s spotted us!” alerted Brawl.
“Weapons engaging?! I thought we had this guy beat!” Skywarp exclaimed.
“Spread out now, attack him from all sides!” Megatron shouted, as he ran to a higher floor within the square shaped arena, whilst the others moved in separate directions.
“Hell yeah! Omega is back on his feet and ready to kick Decepticreep skid plates!” Tamaki cheered.
“Never count Omega out!” Rivalz joined in.
“Whilst it’s a relief that Omega is functional and primed to battle, remember that this fight determines the fate of Cybertron; Omega is the only thing left standing in Megatron’s way!!” cautioned Sayoko, as she tempered the enthusiasms being expressed. An epic battle may have been exciting to contemplate, but with the stakes involving the fate of an entire planet, they were to high for hubris, especially when it was the villains who stood most likely to win.
“She’s right. This battle’s significance is about what comes after! The consequences?” Ymir reminded.
Everybody knew what she was referring to, but stayed quiet, either because they didn’t want to get ahead of themselves as they watched the events unfold, or because they didn’t want to think about what was to come, dreading the moment they might actually have to see it.
Once everyone had moved into position, they returned heavy fire towards Omega, in an attempt to retaliate. But it seemed to have little effect.
“Our weapons aren’t doing ANYTHING!” Dreadwing called out.
“We need a new plan of attack!” shouted Onslaught.
“Scans indicate that Omega’s Supreme’s defensive barrier does not extend to his turrets. Recommend targeting turrets immediately” reported Soundwave.
With that, Dreadwing, Onslaught and Soundwave all directed fire at the turret on Omega’s left wing.
“The Decepticons have managed to locate a weakness in Omega’s defences” Jeremiah placed his fingers under his chin in concern.
“Why doesn’t his shielding cover his turrets?” asked Floch.
“It could be because the turrets aren’t core components of Omega’s body, only attachments of sorts. His shielding may not consider them important enough. Another explanation could be that he doesn’t have enough energy to extend shielding to his turrets, as a consequence of him repairing the prior damage he took in vehicle mode” listed Cecile.
“One way or another, the Decepticons now have vulnerable targets they can direct fire at, and that gives them a chance against Omega. But even if he’s not at full power, they’ll still need every advantage they can get?” Erwin reasoned, hopefully.
Omega, however, was not about let the onslaught go unchecked. He turned to the Decepticons and began firing multiple barrages missiles from his left hand rocket launcher.
“Holy crap! And I thought he could fire a lot of missiles in vehicle mode!” Ashley commented.
“No joke, that’s a lot of incoming heat!”. Niccolo sweated at the thought of that many explosives being aimed in his direction.
“Missiles coming in hot!” alerted Onslaught.
“Soundwave! We can use our Barriers to try and block most of them!” Dreadwing exclaimed.
“Acknowledged” Soundwave responded, as he deployed his barrier in front, with Dreadwing placing his slightly above them both, like a ceiling. As planned, most of the missiles were blocked by the two panelled Barriers, though they did take some splash damage as some of the missiles hit past the Barriers.
Soundwave quickly tended to their wounds with his Energon Repair Ray, allowing them to focus their efforts on finishing off the turret on Omega’s right wing.
Whilst they’d managed to take out one, destroying the rest of the turrets was easier said than done, as Omega continued his relentless attack.
Barricade, Skywarp and Breakdown were by now attacking the left side turret on Omega’s chest, when Soundwave burst out with a sudden warning.
“Danger! Avoid Omega Supreme’s Tractor Beam! Seek cover before he fully charges it!” Soundwave exclaimed from a distance, as he saw Omega arming his weapon to fire.
Omega began aiming the Tractor Beam at Barricade, Skywarp and Breakdown, attempting to pull them in and crush them.
“He’s using his magnet again! The Decepticons barely got away from that last time” observed Jean.
“True, I don’t think they’ll be able to shoot it like last time; if they want to avoid it, they’ll need a different idea” guessed Marrybell.
“He’s trying to pull us in!” Skywarp could feel the magnet drawing him toward Omega.
“Quick! Transform and get to cover!” Having dealt with Omega’s magnet before, Breakdown had an idea of what to do
The three quickly transformed and sped across to find cover behind some walls, preventing Omega’s tractor beam from locking on to them.
Once they were behind cover, the three switched back to robot mode and fired again at the turret, taking it out.
“That was close” Barricade remarked.
Meanwhile, Brawl, Thundercracker and Knockout were preparing to destroy the left wing turret, but Omega turned towards them and raised his left arm into the air, poising to strike.
“Guys! He’s gonna try and smash us to bits!” cried Knockout in distress.
“Evasive maneuvers! Getting hit by Omega spells disaster!” Thundercracker darted from their cover, as did Brawl, while Knockout sped away as fast as he could in car mode, avoiding Omega’s large arm smashing down through the wall they had been hiding behind, causing the ground to shake form the sheer force of his swing: a force so great that the trio took damage from the shockwave alone.
“Wow, look at size of the shockwave that strike sent out!” Historia was amazed.
“Only to be expected of Omega! He could smash through a building, let alone one Transformer.” Kaguya added.
“Gah! I felt that from here!” groaned Knockout.
“Quit you whinging! We need to deal with Omega now, or you’ll have more to complain about!” Brawl said dismissively
Once they had regrouped, the trio moved to a new position and began pelting their target turret, with Brawl transforming into tank mode to ensure it’s destruction.
“Nothing does the job like a tank blast!” he jeered.
As to the final turret, on the right side of Omega’s chest, Megatron, Starscream, Skybyte and Slipstream were left to take it out.
As they were shooting at it, Omega positioned his right arm for a sweeping motion in the direction of Megatron and his group, in an attempt to swipe them into a nearby wall.
“Seems he’s changing it up this time, going for a swipe from the side instead of a downward swing” commented Guildford.
“With the size of his arm, most beings or objects would be demolished in an instant! The Decepticons are lucky to be big enough to avoid being squished altogether!” Onyankopon emphasised.
“Look out! Omega’s trying to swipe us!” Slipstream called out.
“He’s sweeping low, jump over his arm!” shouted Skybyte.
The quartet jumped into the air just as Omega swung his right arm at them, missing them entirely.
This gave the group an opportunity to attack Omega’s last remaining turret.
“Now’s our chance! Fire at that turret!” Starscream immediately shot at the turret, with the other three doing the same. With that, the last of Omega’s turrets were destroyed.
“Warning: Vulnerability in select sub-systems. Armour: weakened. Systems: recalibrating. Situation: Sub-optimal” Omega evaluated, as he summoned another Energon battery out of one of the higher ground floors.
“It wasn’t a coincidence that Omega chose this area. He can summon batteries at will to recharge himself” Tohdoh affirmed Kaguya’s earlier theory.
“That means he’s essentially got a near limitless supply of energy at his disposal!” Hanji realised.
“How are Megatron and the Decepticons going to beat Omega if he can just keep healing himself?” pondered Toto.
“My guess is Megatron will come up with a plan soon enough; he’s not one for letting his enemies stay ahead for long” Eren said while glaring at the screen. He knew that someone like Megatron could find advantages where almost no-one else could, as much as he hated to admit it.
“A battery full of Energon just came out of the floor – is that normal?” Breakdown asked.
“Omega Supreme is using the batteries to try and repair his turrets.” Thundercracker observed.
“Decepticons! We must move quickly! Use Dark Energon on the core battery!” commanded Megatron, as he made a mad dash for the battery.
“We’ll cover you Megatron. Decepticons! Fire at Omega Supreme and keep him distracted long enough for Lord Megatron to contaminate the battery!” Dreadwing ordered, as he fired his Cluster Rocket Canon to distract Omega’s attention.
“Guess you were right. Buckethead managed to come up with a pretty dandy solution to counter Omega’s repair process” Kallen scowled.
“Not only is he using Dark Energon once again, I almost shudder to think what it will do to Omega if the substance makes contact with him.” Lloyd said nervously, for even a Cybertronian like Omega must be susceptible to that poison, and that thought actually scared Lloyd.
“I have a feeling we’ll see for ourselves sooner than rather later” said Shadis, as everyone watched Megatron drive towards the battery.
Soon enough, all the other Decepticons were firing at Omega and whilst he did not suffer any major damage, it was hard for Omega to focus on all of them at the same time, since they were spread out wide across the arena.
Whilst Omega was distracted, Megatron ran up to the battery and planted a Dark Energon Det Pack infused with his own Dark Energon powers, directly onto the battery, to ensure that Omega really felt the sting of Dark Energon.
Just then, Omega decided he’d had enough, and, ignoring the constant gunfire aimed at him, he used his magnetic ability to pull in the battery and absorb its contents. But to his dismay, he realised too late that the battery had been contaminated, and instead of replenishing his strength, it was weakening him.
“Detected: system corruption. Action: release counter virus”
Unlike most Bots, Omega Supreme had been equipped with countermeasures against Dark Energon, so he was not helpless against the blood of Unicron. However, it still took time before the counter-virus would fully cleanse him.
Many were surprised. They’d expected Omega to be fatally damaged by the Evil substance.
“Counter virus? I thought most Transformers didn’t have innate resistances to Dark Energon?” Nile was confused.
“They don’t, normally. Dark Energon should either destroy the user or grant them exponential power, as in the case of Megatron. And yet Omega is neither decaying nor empowered?” Anna was also puzzled.
“It could be that when Jetfire defected to the Autobots, he alerted Zeta Prime and the Autobots about the full properties and effects of Dark Energon, as he’d studied them extensively. This may have enabled the Autobots to create a counter-virus that reduces the effects of Dark Energon. Alternatively, because so many types of viruses had been used against the Autobots during the war, from Cosmic Rust to the Cybonic plague - even Tox-en, the Autobots must have equipped Omega with a counter virus to prevent him being destroyed by such threats” Monica speculated, as she remembered when Prowl and Sideswipe told them how the Rust Plague had brought the golden age of Cybertron to an end.
“Well, whatever the case, Omega shouldn’t be in too much trouble as it seems Dark Energon can’t do that much damage!” Ashely smugly boasted.
“I wouldn’t say that kid! Look at the big bot?” Kenny pointed out. “He may not be as fucked as other bots we’ve seen, but he’s still suffering from that purple shit.”
“Look at that! The corruption is HURTING him!” Brawl said in amazement.
“Ah! The great Omega Supreme is vulnerable at last! Decepticons! ATTACK!” Starscream shouted as he began hovering and firing his boosted Scatter Blaster at Omega Supreme.
The rest of the Decepticons opened fire on the weakened Omega, inflicting noticeable damage. However, before they could inflict further harm, Omega’s counter virus kicked in and flushed the Dark Energon from his systems. With that, his repair systems activated again, and Omega deployed more turrets in the same spots as before, allowing him to continue his fight, raining fire down on the Decepticons, forcing them to spread out again.
(End: Omega Supreme Boss ost 1)
“So. Omega’s counter virus is strong enough to actually purge the Dark Energon altogether. Pretty potent for it’s time?” said Nonette.
“Perhaps. But Omega is still exposed to the Dark Energon still in his systems, so the Cons can still blast the shit out of him while he’s trying to fight off the infection.” Levi countered.
“The fact that even the likes of Omega Supreme can be affected this severely by Dark Energon, is deeply troubling” Tohdoh narrowed his eyes, as he watched Omega struggle to fend off the infection.
“Oh great! We were hurting him before, but he’s almost back to normal now!” Slipstream was irked by them going one step forward and two steps back.
“Well, if he can repeat his moves, so can we. He spawned more turrets? We’ll just destroy them again.” Onslaught replied calmly, having already noticed a pattern.
“Destroy more stuff? Sounds good to me!” cheered Brawl.
“Now that’s a plan I can understand!” Skywarp agreed, as he took off in Jet mode, shooting at the turret on Omega’s right side wing. Thundercracker and Skybyte, seeing this, immediately went in to assist in destroying the turret.
As they came in, Omega retaliated by firing a number of rockets from his back, which, whilst smaller than the Missiles fired from his left handed canon, were much faster.
“A rocket counter-attack? That’s not exactly different from the missile barrage he fired a few moments ago?” Sancia was expecting something slightly more powerful or different.
“The attack may look the same, but the angle and speed is entirely different and, as such, it’s still a danger to be aware of” Pixis evaluated.
“Incoming rockets! Dodge them!” Skybyte called out, as he and the other two rolled out of the way of Omega Supreme’s rockets.
“Those were fast, But not as fast as me!” Slipstream gloated, feeling more confident in their chances.
With one turret down, Breakdown, Knockout and Onslaught began firing at the turret on Omega’s left side wing.
In an attempt to stop them, Omega slammed his right hand into the ground, which the three of them dodged, when suddenly the ground began shaking.
“What’s happening?! How’s Omega doing this?!” Breakdown shouted, whilst trying to not lose his footing.
“Does it matter?! We need to figure out how to avoid getting scrapped!” Knockout rebuked.
“Jump now! It’s our safest bet!” With that, Onslaught leapt off the ground, with the two smaller Cons following, if only to avoid ending up dead. Sure enough, a tremor and number of smaller explosions erupted from the ground.
“Omega just caused the ground to explode with his hand!” Louise’s mouth widened.
“Guess Omega’s right hand has quite a few tricks up its sleeve” Chigusa was astonished by the amount of abilities Omega had.
Whilst they were in the air, the three Decepticons saw that Omega’s left side turret was exposed and so, as they fell back down, they demolished the turret with gun fire.
As for the remaining two turrets, Megatron, Barricade, Soundwave and Thundercracker were attacking the turret on the right side of Omega’s chest, while Starscream, Brawl, and Dreadwing were attacking the left side.
“Damage: Critical. Iacon: threatened. Battle: unfinished.” Omega stated robotically, though it was apparent he knew the battle was not going in his favour.
“Only two turrets remain. It’s time to finish the job.” said Dreadwing.
“You make it sound like it’s easy” admonished Starscream.
“Cease your useless comments Starscream!” threatened Megatron, as he continued firing at Omega.
Omega was not about to take this lying down and, raising both of his arms upward and wide, he moved to crush the seven of them with one wide slam.
“He’s using both of his arms this time?!” Kenshin shouted.
“This is gonna be a big one, thats for sure!” Lucretia smirked.
“Alert, Omega is moving to attack!” notified Soundwave.
“Obviously!” Barricade responded in both alarm and irritation.
“Move out now!” Thundercracker commanded as he dashed to his left, with Starscream and Brawl following, whilst Megatron, Soundwave, Thundercracker and Barricade swiftly moved to the right. All of them just about avoided Omega’s attack, though the ground did shake beneath them with the force of Omega’s massive slam shaking the Decepticons, even those in the air.
Once Omega lifted his arms from the ground, Brawl spotted that the turrets were open to attack.
“The turrets are open! Shoot now!” he called, as he began firing at the left side chest turret. With that, the seven Decepticons pelted both turrets with so much gun fire that they were instantly obliterated.
With all of his turrets destroyed, and a significant amount of his energy supply used up, Omega could feel his strength waining.
“Systems: failing. Defeat: unacceptable! Orders: protect Iacon. Success: imperative!” he declared resolutely, as he summoned another battery out of the ground, this time on the opposite side from where the previous one had appeared.
Jeanne realised that Omega was now in the same position he had been in earlier. “Uh oh, Omega’s turrets are gone again, which means…”
“He’s going to need to recharge again.” Mikasa had come to the same conclusion. “And with the battery open to corruption, the Decepticons will no doubt do what they did before and use Dark Energon on it.”
“If they do that, Omega will be susceptible to further damage, and he might not be able to take another wave of incoming fire in his current state.” Cornelia finished, as she grew concerned about Omega falling for the same tactic as before.
“Argh – he’s regenerating again! We’ve got to stop him!” Starscream groaned.
“Plant a Dark Energon Det Pack on the battery! Let’s see what we can do with even more Dark Energon!” Onslaught promptly suggested.
“Now! Omega will finally understand what happens when you choose to stand against me!” With that, Megatron transformed and drove towards the battery with the other Decepticons, who were trying to keep Omega Supreme pre-occupied once again. Once close to the battery, Megatron transformed and infused the battery with his own Dark Energon powers through another Det Pack, thereby contaminating it.
And as Omega attempted to extract the batteries contents, he was once again afflicted with Dark Energon.
“Detected: system corruption. Action: release counter virus.” Omega stated aloud, as he activated his counter measures. However, he was now once again vulnerable to damage.
“This is great! The Dark Energon is actually breaking down his armour!” Barricade was pleased at seeing the effect of the Dark Energon kicking in against Omega.
“Now! The Dark Energon has corrupted Omega Supreme’s systems! OPEN FIRE!” Megatron roared.
Seeing the effect of Dark Energon had on Omega Supreme twice now, many couldn’t help feeling uneasy or even terrified by its effects. Time and time again they’d seen and heard about it, but each time they watched it in these viewings, it only cemented how horrifying it was, and what made this worse, was the seeing the one who wielded this power.
“Megatron’s Dark Energon powers… they’re too strong” Onyakopon’s voice quivered, feeling even more terrified by the tyrannical titan.
“Each time he uses his powers, they seem to grow stronger and the number of uses diversify, from draining life force out of Transformers, to forcing open large doors, to even contaminating the great Omega Supreme…” Rakshata listed all this nervously. If it were it any other Cybertronian technology or substance, she’d be excited to study and work on it, but this…? She hoped never to see Dark Energon again.
“What’s worse, is Omega’s counter virus isn’t performing any better than before. That’s how far Megatron’s Dark Energon proficiency has come.” Nunnally continued, terror tracing her voice.
“If he can overwhelm Omega’s innate defences, rendering the Autobot Guardian as vulnerable as any other Transformer, Megatron’s ability to diminish his opposition through the most vile means is now fully out in the open and Omega seems to be defenceless on the receiving end of Megatron’s wrath.”
Everyone felt a chill go down their spine on hearing this, fearing for the giant Autobot.
With that, the Decepticons unleashed hell on Omega, firing everything they had at him. From rockets and minigun bullets, to sticky grenades and machine guns, even jet mode weapons and a tank canon in Brawl’s case!
Megatron and Starscream even activated their Hover abilities to increase their damage output, firing Fusion Canon and Scatter Blaster shots at the debilitated Guardian.
Omega Supreme could do little, as he was hit with blast after blast, projectile after projectile. He was already weakened from his earlier fight with the Decepticons, but the exposure to Dark Energon had depleted his strength even more than before. Attacks that that he could normally repel with ease were breaking through, damaging him as never before!
“They’re just brutalising him…” Oldrin could only watch in horror as Omega kept getting pelted over and over again.
Historia wasn’t any more comfortable “He’s already been heavily battered, and they’re still pulverising him.” She understood that conflict was sometimes unavoidable harsh, but this… this didn’t feel like beating a towering threat, this felt like the senseless pummeling of a helpless giant.
“Poor Omega…” was all Shirley could say. Even though she knew he was alright in their universe, to know that he had been through this was heartbreaking, and the Autobot Guardian had done nothing to deserve such a beating, especially at the hands of Megatron.
“No mercy Decepticons! Bring him to his knees!!” rallied Megatron, as he and his troops rain down hell on Omega Supreme! But, before they could entirely overwhelm him, Omega’s counter-virus kicked in, purging him of the Dark Energon contamination. However, the effects of the virus, combined with the damage he’d just sustained, left Omega feeling almost entirely drained, as he dropped onto one knee, using his right arm to support himself from going down altogether.
Thinking that he’d achieved victory, Megatron declared: “I, Megatron have defeated Omega Supreme!”
“Uh… All hail Megatron!” Knockout declared, albeit sounding somewhat uncertain and surprised.
“Did they do it? Did they defeat Omega?” Dalque asked nervously, not wanting to believe what she was seeing.
“He’s looking dangerously out for the count? Having to use his counter virus twice, along with the sheer damage he just took, even the likes of Omega has got to be worn out” Ymir said grimly, as it looked like Omega could no longer fight.
“He may be down, but I don’t think he’s out! Girls, look” Claus said with a satisfied grin.
(Begin: Omega Supreme Boss ost 2)
Megatron’s moment of triumph didn’t last long, as Omega began to rise and stand back up!
“Systems: corrupted. Power level 49%. Repairs initiating.”
Omega began emitting a fearsome aura. His power seemingly rising, he initiated a repair function that was now healing him and as it did so, he assumed a fighting stance, infused with a new surge of energy.
“He’s getting back up??? What do we do now?!” Breakdown asked in disbelief.
“Megatron! Be advised! Omega’s internal shielding may be exposed, but he still functions.” Soundwave cautioned.
“I don’t care if his entire frame has been reinforced! I will see Omega Supreme at my mercy, No matter what it takes…” Megatron screamed maniacally, as the scene zoomed in on his twisted face, before turning black.
“Hell yeah? Omega’s still kicking!” Connie cheered.
“Sure looks that way! The Cons really should stop celebrating so early!” Alice sneered in satisfaction at the Decepticons expense.
“After all of that, he still had 49%?! What the fuck is this guy made of?!” Floch exclaimed in disbelief, unable to think of nearly anything in their universe that could survive that.
“Sterner stuff than the Decepticons, that’s for sure” Shirley smiled.
As they were talking, an image of Omega Supreme appears, and with it a tech spec.
Omega Supreme: Unyielding resolve has no conqueror.
Strength 10
Intelligence 6
Speed 3
Endurance 10
Rank 7
Courage 10
Fireblast 10
Skill 6
“Omega Supreme this time? This will be most fascinating to see” Kiyomi had to admit she was intrigued to get a closer look at Omega’s stats, having already been impressed by what she’d seen, Transformers were truly on another level.
“Well, Omega’s an absolute power house and his tech spec shows that. His strength, endurance and firepower are completely maxed out. I suppose it helps that’s he’s courageous too. Means he’s more than ready to walk into any situation and smash any opposition in his path, a wonderful war machine if I ever laid eyes on one” commented Lloyd in his nonchalant manner, despite the fact he was glorifying a living weapon.
“He’s got a decent rank as well, though I suppose that’s to be expected” Hanji chipped in eagerly. “I suppose Omega’s weaker areas are his intelligence and skill, which are just pretty standard, and worst of all is his speed, if it wasn’t for his vehicle mode, he’d probably be slower than a snail.”
“Omega Supreme is one of the Autobot’s greatest allies, being one of the strongest amongst them, his sheer power being capable of turning the tide of nearly any battle. But he is no genius and certainly not fast. Which means that one possible weakness would be that he can be overwhelmed if overtaxed or if he overextends himself” Jeremiah surmised. And with that everyone continued watching.
The screen returns with the Decepticons preparing to face a newly powered up Omega Supreme and Skybyte looking for a possible spot to attack. Skybyte notices something.
“There is a layer of armour plating protecting his chest. If we breach his armour there, we may be able to do enough damage to his circuitry and finally defeat him” Skybyte pointed out
“How are we supposed to get through that Armour plating?” questioned Slipstream.
“Don’t waste time talking, just shoot it till it breaks!” Brawl curtly replied, immediately firing his Magma Frag Launcher at Omega’s chest, to break away on what armour was left.
Omega, however, was not going to take the Decepticons attacks lying down. As he unleashed a flurry of rockets from his back. But this time there were even more than the last flurry, and they were faster too!
“Watch out for those rockets!” Skywarp called out. The Decepticons moved urgently to avoid the raining missiles, albeit this time a few Decepticons were hit, notably Soundwave, Breakdown and Skybyte.
“Holy hell, that was a lot of rockets! I swear there were loads more this time!” Ryo exclaimed.
“Omega must have got a hell of a boost, to be able to fire so many, and at that speed!” Jean had sworn that Omega would be close to finished, and yet the behemoth proved otherwise.
Chiba then raised the question which was on many people’s minds: “But Omega should be a lot slower and weaker than this, and yet he actually seems stronge r than before! How is that possible?!”
“Immediate surrender: required. Access to core: Impossible” Omega defiantly warned.
“He’s drawing energy from Cybertron’s core!” Megatron realised. “What amazing power! I must have it for myself!”
“I thought you said his power was drained! He’s got even more now than he did to begin with!” exclaimed Knockout in alarm, as he fired at Omega’s chest plate.
“He’s drawing energy from Cybertron itself?!” Orpheus couldn’t believe what she’d just heard.
“OOOOHHHHH!!” Hanji couldn’t contain the excitement. “Drawing off of a planet’s energy! What an incredible Being Omega is! The amount of strain that would cause and the number of uses for that power must be off the charts!!”
“To have that kind of energy now? Omega’s power must be way beyond his base state. Who knows what he’s capable of now!” Rakshata was just as excited: drawing a planet’s energy into oneself was guaranteed to have tremendous effect.
“Oh yeah, the Cons are in trouble now!” Alice was ecstatic to see Omega in overdrive and eager to see the Cons get their come-uppance.
But Megatron was not intimidated or cowered by Omega’s improved strength “It makes no difference! Not even Omega Supreme can stop me now!” Megatron fired a flurry of bullets from his X12 Scrapmaker at Omega.
Megatron’s persistence would be put to the test, however, when Omega clasped both of his hand canons together and slammed them down next to where Megatron and a few others were standing. This shook the entire ground, sending Knockout and even Brawl flying toward separate walls. Megatron used hover ability to avoid being flung around. Knockout and Brawl, however, were sent flying with such force, that they were knocked unconscious.
Meanwhile, Onslaught and Barricade were attacking Omega’s chest plate, scoring some direct hits from their EMP Shotgun and Thermo Rocket Canon respectively , as they both knew that if they didn’t break Omega’s chest armour, they would soon be melted into slag.
Omega Supreme wouldn’t let them fire for long, however, as he used his magnet to draw in a large piece of debris and he threw it at the two Decepticons with such force, that neither of them had enough time to react as they were hit by the debris head on. Barricade was thrown to the side, whilst Onslaught was thrown underneath the debris. Both of them were now incapacitated .
“Shit! Omega’s cleaning house!” Sasha said in excitement.
“Goddamn right he is! Omega’s on another level now!” Sokkia affirmed with a grin.
“The difference between now and earlier on is night and day! Before, the Decepticons were dodging his attacks and hitting him hard where he was vulnerable. Now they’re lucky if they can land enough hits on Omega’s one ‘weak spot’, and even that’s not going well.” Euphemia was delighted with how the battle had now turned in Omega’s favour.
“Even the toughest Decepticons are going down with little effort.” Suzaku smiled in agreement.
The remaining Decepticons had by now regrouped behind cover, causing Omega to lose sight of them temporarily. Having seen the other Decepticons being swatted down by Omega, Omega’s threat level was more than clear now. Those left standing could tell the battle was turning against them, and soon enough fear was sweeping through them, with only Megatron, Soundwave, Dreadwing remaining defiant and unafraid.
(End: Omega Supreme Boss ost 2)
“Stand your ground!” Megatron ordered ruthlessly.
“Stand our ground?! He’s already knocked us clear down the mountain!” Skywarp cried out.
“We don’t stand a chance against Omega Supreme now! We need to retreat!” ushered Breakdown urgently.
Tamaki was more than eager to gloat on the Decepticon’s fear. “Look at the Cons? Falling apart the seams! Loads of them are scared shitless!”
Connie would soon join him: “Omega’s got them on the ropes! What an absolute beast!”
“It’s certainly ironic how the Decepticons had the upper hand to begin with, and now they find themselves backed up against a wall” Misty noted.
“I tried to warn you this would happen...” Starscream interjected, referring to when he had called for a retreat, before Megatron reached the Ion Turret nest.
“Silence!” roared Megatron, refusing to allow Starscream to claim foresight.
“ You brought this ruin upon us Starscream! You and your treachery!” Megatron countered, remembering how Starscream had not only tried to take control when they were underground, which no doubt weakened their position against Omega, but had also failed to inflict any meaningful damage when Megatron called for them to distract Omega.
Interestingly, Starscream didn’t back down: “Attitude is a reflection of respect for leadership my Lord. The mindless loyalty you get from these drones has left you blinded to what you really need.”
“Kill me if you like Megatron...” he continued “It will not make you right, and it will not move Omega Supreme a mechanometer!”
Leila shook her head in disbelief at seeing the two egotists choose to chastise each other at such a critical time. “As if they didn’t have enough on their hands, the two of them are just shifting blame, whilst they face annihilation at any moment.”
“Now more than ever, they should be focused on working together on how to survive this battle, as if laying blame’s a realistic solution to their situation” Onyankopon concurred, seeing little purpose in the Decepticon’s bickering.
Soon enough, Omega detected where the Cons were hiding and loomed over them like a monolith. He turned his full attention to them.
“He’s coming this way!” alerted Thundercracker.
“What do you want us to do?” Slipstream questioned in panic, unnerved by their current odds.
At that moment, Megatron doubled his resolve. “No more games Starscream. Can you establish the link between the core and Trypticon station?” he asked.
“If you lead Megatron… I will follow” Starscream answered. Despite his dislike for taking orders, especially from Megatron, Starscream knew that if he didn’t put his grudge against Megatron aside, all of them would be destroyed, here and now, and no Emperor ever ruled a throne from the grave.
“Very well.” Megatron acknowledged, as he turned from his troops to face the approaching Omega Supreme.
“It would seem the Decepticons are capable of being civil to one another after all” Akari said sarcastically, having seen and heard about the Deecpticon’s barbarity towards his own more than once.
“Megatron and Starscream may be arrogant, but they’re far from stupid. Both of them have likely realised that defeating Omega must now take priority over all else. Any disputes or mistakes will spell certain defeat and if there is anything those two loathe, it’s losing” observed Akito.
“Guess we’ll see if this truce between them is enough to deal with Omega.” said Niccolo, as everyone paid close attention to the Decepticons.
“Decepticons – ATTACK!” Megatron roared, as those left sprung into action.
(Begin: Omega Supreme Boss ost 3)
“For Lord Megatron!” Dreadwing cried as he transformed to Jet form, as did Starscream and the rest of the Seekers, to attack Omega from the air, whilst Megatron, Soundwave and Breakdown prepared to attack from the ground.
The Seekers rained what could almost be described as hellfire upon Omega, firing bullet after bullet, rocket after rocket at Omega’s chest, in a desperate attempt to breakthrough the defenses of this armoured giant.
“They’re really throwing everything they have at Omega...” Zhou was taken aback by the amount of gunfire and rockets she saw being fired.
“At this point, it’s all or nothing for the Decepticons. But Omega won’t stop, so now they’ve got no other option.” Shadis had realised that this was a desperate all out attack.
“Look! Omega’s chest is starting to break” Tian Zi was now extremely worried, on seeing the first notable damage Omega had taken since he powered up.
Whilst their offensive was effective and Omega’s chest armour was showing noticeable damage, with a quarter of it now gone, Omega was still fighting fit and clearly resolved to deal with these Decepticons in the same way he had the previously.
Omega set his sights on the slippery Skywarp, using his magnetic powers to draw Skywarp in. With his abilities enhanced from the power of Cybertron’s core, not even Skywarp could escape fast enough.
“Pull is… too strong! He’s got…” Skywarp wouldn’t be able to finish, as Omega pulled Skywarp in and, clasping him tightly in his right claw, hurled him right at Thundercracker, who Omega had been tracking intently with his optics.
Skywarp collided with Thundercracker with such force it caused both of them to spin through the air, slamming into two separate walls and taking them out of commission .
Omega then set his sights on Slipstream and Skybyte, who were continuing to whittle down Omega’s armour. Omega aimed his right arm canon and fired a giant laser!
“What the…?!”’ Skybyte had little time to say any more as he immediately moved on reflex to avoid being vaporised, with Slipstream also flying to dodge Omega’s laser. Whilst the two of them avoided being fried outright, Omega managed to catch Slipstream’s back thrusters, causing her to spin out of control and crash land on the ground, with the impact transforming her into robot mode and laying her out cold. As for Skybyte, the beam had scorched him all along his lower stomach area, causing him to writhe in pain as he flew down and landed on the ground, unable to do anything else, due to the pain he was in.
“Well, that didn’t last very fucking long.” Kenny scoffed at how quickly the Seekers were shot down.
“Omega swatted them like flies? Even after they’d managed to rally themselves and breakthrough Omega’s armour, they were taken down minutes after re-taking to he skies.” It was becoming very clear to Anya how durable Omega was, compared to most other Transformers, especially considering how much damage he’d tanked, while still able to take down so many of the seekers.
Tohdoh could see that the battle had again shifted back in Omega’s favour. “Now that the Decepticons numbers have essentially been cut in half, unless they increase the amount of damage they’re inflicting, their numbers will thin even more, until there is no one left to fight?”
All that was left in the sky was Starscream and Dreadwing, but seeing that their fellow fliers were out of commission, they quickly flew to lower ground and rejoined Megatron’s group, for they would be too vulnerable with just the two of them left in the air against Omega, as he was now.
Megatron, Starscream, Soundwave, Dreadwing and Breakdown were the only Decepticons left standing to face Omega, yet the five of them continued to attack.
Omega’s chest plate was becoming gradually exposed from all the punishment Omega had taken over the past two fights. In the midst of the fight, Starscream saw an Ion Displacer on high ground above them, and figuring that now was a good a time as any, he split away from Megatron’s group and went to grab it.
“I shall use this well” he smirked, as he turned his newfound heavy weapon on the huge Autobot.
“Behold the might of Starscream!” Starscream laughed as he unleashed it’s might against Omega, tearing another quarter of Omega’s chest plate apart, causing the giant to wince and stumble.
“Looks like Starscream managed to deal a fair amount of damage. It’s rare to see Starscream’s plans and gambits actually work” Kaguya said disparagingly, while being inwardly worried about the damage Omega was accumulating.
“We’ve seen Ion Displacers tear apart even Destroyer class transformers? It’s not much of a stretch that even Omega would take some serious damage, since that’s how the Cons grounded him in the first place” Claus reluctantly acknowledged.
“How does that feel you oversized Oaf?!” he gloated. But Starscream would immediately regret his hubris when Omega recovered and looked at him with what could only be described as a look of unabated anger.
“Uh? Earth to ‘genius’? I think you just pissed him off” Rai smirked.
“Now the fucking idiot has drawn Omega’s undivided attention” Levi groaned at Starscream’s over confident zealousness landing him in trouble once again.
“Which can mean only one thing” Tot said with a grin.
“Starscream’s about to get it, big time” Milly finished, with her She-Devil smile.
“Uh oh!” was all Starscream could say, as Omega unleashed his massive firepower in return: a flurry of fireballs from his right hand canon, aimed right at Starscream!
Starscream tried to drop his Ion Displacer and fly away, but he was hit in the back by two fireballs, taking him out of the battle.
“Oooooooohhh, that’s gotta hurt!” Sasha shouted, as he watched Starscream get unceremoniously scorched.
“Serves him right! Ryo cheered on seeing Omega take down yet another Decepticon.
“Starscream’s down!” Breakdown shouted as he saw Starscream fall out of the air and land hard on the ground.
“It matters not! Continue to press the attack!” Megatron dismissed, caring nothing for Starscream’s fate.
“Alert! Omega is moving to fire again!” warned Soundwave, as Omega unleashed a fireball barrage directly at the four remaining Decepticons, scattering them along the walls of the arena in an attempt to avoid being hit. However, the fireballs were so powerful that they broke through, with one fireball hitting Breakdown, launching him face first into a wall.
“He got Breakdown as well!” Guildford exclaimed.
“Now that’s what I’m talking about! Good to see Omega trounce that Lughead” Rai was more than happy to see Breakdown get his just deserts.
“Incredible...” Nile was speechless. Omega once again proved himself to be a force to be reckoned with.
This left just Megatron, Dreadwing and Soundwave.
At this point, ¾ of Omega’s chest plate was gone. But Omega showed no signs of letting up, as he raised his left arm and swung it down towards the Decepticons, who once again just barely avoided being crushed.
As the three Decepticons continued shooting at his chest, Omega decided to unleash a devastating attack, opening his chest horizontally, to reveal a giant Canon!
“His chest! His chest has opened up!” Dreadwing called out.
“Omega’s preparing to attack, ready yourselves!” Megatron braced himself for whatever was about to come.
Omega fired the chest Canon, spraying a devastating burst of plasma blasts all the way from the left side to the right!
Oldrin was more than impressed by what she saw. “Holy crap! Now that’s what I call a special attack!”
“Omega saved his strongest attack for last!” Xing Ke could tell that this was more powerful than any of the other moves Omega’s had used so far.
“There’s no way those all of three of them can dodge every single shot!” Historia exclaimed.
Soundwave noticed an opening in the centre and managed to jump over most of the plasma bursts, but he was still hit in the left arm by a stray plasma shot.
Megatron, however, was caught in a more awkward position, as Omega had fired in such a way that dodging the Plasma was near impossible. Still, Megatron was unfazed as he prepared himself to take the damage.
“Lord Megatron! Look out!” Dreadwing threw himself in front of the plasma blasts and took the hits for Megatron! The impact sent Dreadwing flying a long distance from Megatron.
Many gasped or covered their mouths as they saw the loyal warrior flung aside, having protected the ruthless Megatron from the Plasma barrage.
“Oh no! Dreadwing!” Euphemia exclaimed, concerned for Dreadwing and how damaged he was.
“Is he gonna be ok?!” Sasha asked? Despite not knowing Dreadwing personally, from what she’d heard previously, Dreadwing was a decent enough Bot, especially by Decepticon standards. Putting his leader’s life over his own was a noble deed.
“He just took a barrage of Plasma blasts head on! I’d be amazed if he’s even conscious!” Nina observed in shock over how quickly that moment had played out.
Megatron went over to examine Dreadwing’s condition, and saw that much of his outer armour and chassis were sparking. Energon was leaking out in numerous places and, worst of all, his chest had a hole in the centre. Whilst it didn’t go completely through his body, it had ruptured some of his circuitry. Any closer and his spark chamber would’ve been hit.
“That’s… pretty bad” Gino muttered on seeing how badly wounded Dreadwing was.
“Indeed, honestly, it’s a miracle that he’s still alive from the looks of it.” Erwin affirmed. He’d seen many scouts in similar states, and this was far from pretty to say the least.
“Soundwave! Damage report!” Megatron demanded. Whilst Megatron was not one for caring about his troops wellbeing generally, Dreadwing was a loyal and capable soldier and even Megatron knew that you need living beings to fight wars, not dead ones.
“Vitals are critical. Urgent medical attention required or Dreadwing will cease to function” Soundwave assessed as he began using his Energon Repair Ray to stabilise Dreadwing, thus removing Soundwave from the fight as well.
“Seems like Dreadwing may survive.” said Mikasa, with many people sighing in relief, notably Euphemia and Suzaku.
“True, but he’s effectively inactive now, as is Soundwave, because he needs to repair Dreadwing.” mentioned Anya.
“Meaning Megatron is the only con left standing” Yukiya concluded.
The situation had gone from bad to worse. Now it was just Megatron against a powered up Omega Supreme. Notwithstanding Omega’s chest plate was nearly gone entirely, Megatron no longer had the numbers, air superiority or even an Ion Displacer to use against the Autobot Guardian. The likelihood of Omega destroying him was high. Despite this, Megatron refused to submit: he had come too far to be denied now.
Leaving Soundwave to stabilise Dreadwing, Megatron went on to face Omega.
Alone.
“Must I do everything MYSELF?!” Megatron growled to himself as he turned to face the giant Autobot
“Omega Supreme! You will submit to me! You may be the Autobot’s greatest weapon, but now, you face: A GLADIATOR OF KAON!”
Megatron standing firm, raised his Fusion Canon and charged. Omega in turn primed his right arm, preparing to attack the sole gladiator in front of him. The two of them stood defiant, in a face off, before the screen briefly faded out.
Witnessing Megatron’s unrelenting perseverance, many had to admit that it was impressive.
“Megatron may have his faults, but I must admit, even when facing such an overwhelming opponent, his will to keep fighting is unlike almost any I’ve ever seen” acknowledged Pixis, clearly impressed.
“We’ve seen Megatron’s willpower first hand, and with Omega looking pretty worn out now, it’s maybe not impossible for Megatron to be able to stand against Omega” admitted Marrybell reluctantly, not liking the thought all the same.
“With both Omega and Megatron being powerhouses in their own right, I suspect we’re about to see two “Titans” go at it.” Orpheus wore a serious look, as he watched Megatron and Omega square off.
At that moment a tech spec emerged and along with it, an image of Megatron.
Megatron: Peace through tyranny
Strength 10
Intelligence 10
Speed 8
Endurance 10
Rank 10
Courage 9
Fireblast 10
Skill 9
This tech spec certainly got people’s attention.
“It’s Megatron...” Armin felt conflicted, as he already had an idea of how ferocious and deadly Megatron. Despite the fact Megatron actually had a less tumultuous relationship with him than many others, Armin had to admit part of him was slightly… uneasy about seeing Megatron’s capabilities in further detail, as no doubt Megatron hadn’t yet revealed all that he was capable of.
“Well this certainly shows why Megatron is the leader of the Decepticons” Eren acknowledged. He hated that he was even giving Megatron any credit, but the fact remained, Megatron was a very powerful transformer. “All of his stats are above average, with more than half of them being maxed and his courage and skill very close as well. Even his lowest stat, speed, is still faster than many other Transformers. This near perfect stat line makes Megatron a near unstoppable killing machine and dangerous opponent” Eren continued uneasily.
Lelouch was also not fond of talking about Megatron in any way that could be Considered complimentary but, like Eren, he knew too much about the Decepticon warlord to downplay him even slightly . Lelouch spoke accordingly: “The only weakness one could attribute to Megatron that isn’t immediately obvious from this tech spec, is that he’s arrogant. More accurately, he truly believes that everyone and everything else is beneath him. This can lead to him underestimating certain opponents, or refusing to take certain actions, because he feels it’s beneath him. But unlike Starscream, Megatron is rarely, if ever that careless and if caught off guard once, he will learn and adapt, so that next time that opening doesn’t exist. Furthermore, if needed, there is no low or limit to which Megatron will sink to accomplish his goals, as we’ve seen. But at best these ‘weaknesses’ provide opponents merely brief opportunities, for the Lord of the Deecpticon is a near unsurmountable foe who cannot be vanquished easily.”
“There’s not much more to say about Megatron that no-one here doesn’t already know? This viewing alone has shown the kind of threat Megatron can pose to any being, planet or universe. There have been many tyrants, monsters and mad men throughout time, no doubt we can all think of at least one or two, but no matter how terrible they are, Megatron can always be relied on to be worse ” Cera finished, her voice shaking.
No-one could say anything in response, for they all knew that she was right. Even the Survey Corps, who had come to understand Megatron the most and even appreciate his help, knew that he had done horrendous things in the past, and they had now borne witness to some of them: to say they were heinous was an understatement.
After a few moments of uncomfortable silence, everyone resumed watching
The scene reopened with Omega throwing a massive punch at Megatron, who evaded the attack with a swift roll, before continuing on with his counter-attacks.
Megatron’s Fusion Canon was proving its might, as Omega’s remaining armour was slowly cracking. Megatron would need to remain at the top of his game, or else victory would be snatched from him.
Omega remained sharply focused on Megatron and, with him being the only active threat left, and not wanting to draw the battle out any longer, Omega decided to use an all or nothing attack.
Omega opened his chest once again and began charging his inner Plasma Canon. Megatron tried to take advantage of the moment by firing his Fusion Canon non -stop at Omega’s chest.
“Omega’s using his Plasma attack again! Dreadwing barely survived that!” shouted Rivalz.
“But from the looks of it, Omega’s using all of his remaining energy to charge the attack, after which I suspect he will have little to no energy remaining.” assessed Xing Ke.
“So it all comes down to whether Megatron can survive this attack or not” Ymir followed, to which Xing Ke nodded.
“The fate of Cybertron hinges on this one attack?” Sayoko asked in disbelief.
Lelouch scrutinised the moment, his body tensing at the enormity of the stakes. As much as wanted to see Omega triumph, he remembered what Megatron had said to him when he fought him on the Damocles, in the battle for Horai island.
“I defeated Omega Supreme in the past, I can do so again.”
Lelouch knew that Megatron, liar though he may be, would not boast of something like that if it weren’t true, especially considering that for Cybertron to fall, Omega would need to be defeated. Lelouch could only inwardly sigh and lament, for he could already guess how this battle would ultimately pan out, no matter how much he wished otherwise.
Omega felt the pain from Megatron’s ferocious assault as his armour broke apart further. However, he remained stalwart and continued to charge his canon. Once primed, Omega fired off a gigantic plasma sphere that bolted directly towards Megatron!
Seeing this, Megatron knew that even he could not survive such a blast if hit him directly, so he turned and sprinted away in an attempt to gain distance from the attack. But the explosion caught him from behind and launched him across the arena.
Megatron had managed to avoid being terminated, but his chassis had taken noticeable damage; sparks and crackles were emerging across his body and most of his armour was damaged and blackened.
“Omega’s attack connected… Megatron’s been heavily wounded.” said Ohgi, sighing with relief.
“I doubt even Buckethead can shrug that off!” Jean was amazed to see Megatron in such a state: he’d never seen the tyrant look as rough as he did here.
“Suffice to say, Omega certainly beat Megatron in the stand off” Nonnette added, and yet she couldn’t help but feel something was off.
Megatron tried picking himself off the ground, only to look up and see the mighty Omega Supreme standing over him: a thought that infuriated the tyrant.
“Target: Megatron, Decepticon Leader” Omega stated as he raised his arm to crush Megatron.
“Commencing termination.”
Megatron rose to his feet, even now unwilling to yield.
Everyone watched as Omega prepared to destroy Megatron, and despite it looking like Omega’s victory, deep down everyone knew that this couldn’t be it. Megatron had lived through to both their respective timelines and so he couldn’t fall here. This only made their stomachs churn, trying to imagine what could possibly happen to turn this seemingly overwhelming defeat into a crushing victory.
They would soon find out, for just as Omega was about to bring down his fist, he was hit in the back by a tank blast from Brawl! Then a bullet ricocheted off his head, courtesy of Knockout. The two of them had awoken from being knocked out and were reengaging the Autobot Guardian. Brawl had even been repaired, thanks to some quick repairs from Knockout
Whilst Omega didn’t take much damage, the sudden interruption caused him to turn.
“Over here, you big heap of scrap!” Brawl taunted.
“Um – Yes, look down here, so I can give your optic a makeover” Knockout joined in, in an attempt to mask his fear, as he fired his Energon Battle Pistol at Omega, who gazed at them.
Before Omega could respond, he felt pain surge through his chest, as he was fired upon by Breakdown, Barricade and Onslaught, who were also back online!!
“Your gonna pay for throwing that rubble at me, rust bucket!” Barricade cursed as he fired his Neutron Assault Rifle.
“And for dousing me with fireballs, you bloated junk pile!” insulted Breakdown, as he pelted Omega with Plasma Canon blasts.
“You’re finished Omega!” Onslaught said resolutely.
“Those guys are back?!” Louise asked. “I thought Omega took them out!”
“Omega may be strong, but that doesn’t mean the Decepticons are weak” Monica replied, knowing how tough the Deecpticons were, and how difficult it could be take even one offline for good.
“Yeah, as much as I hate saying it, the Cons don’t go down easy, hell killing them is hard enough. Omega may have roughed them up, but not enough to kill them outright” Ayano continued, a scowl on her face.
Then, many of the Seekers appeared, having recovered from Omega trouncing them, thanks to Thundercracker healing them. Now they too were shooting at Omega’s heavily exposed chest, despite the fact many of them couldn’t fly for the moment. But their robots mode weapons still worked, which meant they could still dish out pain.
“Omega appears to be drained, and with his chest exposed we can…” Thundercracker tried to evaluate only to be cut off by Skywarp.
“Quit yapping Thundercracker and keep shooting!” Skywarp instructed as he emptied his Scatter Blaster’s magazine into Omega.
“It feels good taking down Autobots, especially one as annoying as this big bucket of bolts!” Slipstream smiled sadistically as she fired her Photon Burst Rifle at Omega.
Starscream was more than enjoying his revenge on Omega, as he fired his Null Ray over and over : “Hahahaha! The mighty Omega Supreme cannot with stand MY fury!
Skybyte could only sigh under his breath: “Boy, he has an inflated sense of ego, but so long as it helps us and Lord Megatron’s cause, then I’m not against us using it to our advantage.”
“Even those goddamn Seekers are alive and kicking” said Kenny seeing that the battle had now shifted back towards the Decpeticons.
“That means all of the Decepticons who were incapacitated are now back in the fight” Cecile realised.
“But that’s too many!” Anna exclaimed with worry. “Omega’s too worn out and taken far too much damage to take on all of them!”
“That’s the thing with the Decepticons. They may not always get on, they may even wish to kill each other, but they’re still in the same army when it comes to it and they follow the same leader. Meaning that when it’s necessary, they’ll get back up, put their feuds aside and take down any enemy standing in their way. How do you think they managed to keep the Autobots on the back foot and dominate the war in later stages?” Diethard reasoned.
Megatron saw that his troops were functional and that between them they were managing to overwhelm Omega.
Omega was still trying to attack the Decepticons, but he was being attacked from too many sides and couldn’t hit them all at once anymore. Much of the energy he drew from the core was expended, so he couldn’t use many of his attacks and was taking substantial damage: his armour was all but gone and his chest was too exposed and taking too much damage.
All Omega could do was try and block some of the blasts and bullets with his hand and try slamming and punching the Decepticons gathering around him, but he was by now so sluggish that the Decepticons were easily able to dodge his attacks.
Everyone could only watch as Omega continued to be bombarded by the Decepticons.
“The poor guy is just being blasted to bits all over again...” murmured Ashley.
“He’s completely at the Decepticons mercy...” Armin felt awful for Omega, the fact that Omega could do next to nothing as he was being pelted with bullets and explosives was dreadful to see.
Whilst observing all this, Megatron felt an Energon Beam on his back and his strength slowly come back to him. Soundwave was healing him.
“Lord Megatron, Dreadwing has been stabilized. However, I will need to treat him in a medical bay once this battle is finished” Soundwave explained.
“Acceptable” Megatron replied. “Now, the time has come, to pave the road to destiny .”
“Megatron’s been restored … it’s as if Omega’s last attack meant nothing...” Anya uttered in resignation, as it was now more than clear who the victor would be.
“Omega put up a tremendous effort to fend of the Decepticons. But unfortunately, it just wasn’t enough” Pixis said solemnly.
“But, that means...” Chigusa couldn’t even bring herself to finish her sentence, not that she needed to. For everyone could guess what was to come, but no-one wanted to see what came next.
Megatron walked calmly toward the distracted Omega, who was still being fired at from all sides and too busy trying to block the barrage to notice the approaching Warlord.
“OMEGA SUPREME! Behold the power of MEGATRON!” With this, Megatron transformed into his tank form and fired a large tank shot, hitting Omega square in the chest. The blast was so devastating that small explosions began erupting across Omega’s body.
“Power: failing. Situation: critical.” he stated as he fell to his knees as he succumbed to his injuries, unable to fight any further.
The Decepticons had won. They had managed to defeat Omega Supreme… but there was still one last thing to do, as the 13 of them approached Omega, who was helpless in the centre of the arena, propping himself up with his right arm.
“Omega… lost...” Tian Zi couldn’t believe her eyes: the mighty Omega Supreme, the transformer that managed to dispel the monstrous Predacon…. kneeling and crippled.
“Megatron… The Decepticons… they actually beat him...” Onyankopon uttered in fear.
“Now there’s nothing stopping Megatron from opening the Omega gate… and fulfilling his plan.” Cornelia said resignedly. She hadn’t felt this sick since Megatron’s takeover of Britannia, a moment that spelled disaster for all.
Nearly everyone felt the same. Even Lloyd and Kenny were slightly taken aback by how Megatron had defeated Omega Supreme.
But the worst was yet to come.
“Omega Supreme’s internal shielding is down. Use the Dark Energon to corrupt him” Soundwave advised.
“I know what to do Soundwave. Be silent or face my wrath!” Megatron threatened. He was finally at the cusp of achieving his ambition and would not have anyone interrupt this moment of glory, not even Soundwave.
Megatron began conjuring Dark Energon in both of his hands, before letting out a roar as he fired a beam of Dark Energon straight into Omega’s chest. The Dark Energon immediately poisoned Omega Supreme, who no longer had the means or energy to repel the Evil substance. The Guardian fell onto his back, with Dark Energon spikes and purple outlines sprouted all across his body, showcasing how badly the corruption was.
“Systems: failing. Corruption: total. Mission… Failed.”
Everyone could only watch helplessly and in horror as the moment of disaster, finally came to be. Megatron had subdued Omega against his will, and seeing the toll which the Dark Energon was taking on the defeated Autobot… no words could describe how disturbing it was to witness…
Seeing that Omega Supreme had been subjugated, Megatron stood closer over the toppled giant
“Yes… YES!”
“The Autobots’ most powerful weapon and the key to the core of Cybertron are mine!” he murmered with evil glee, before jumping on top of Omega’s broken body.
“The universe shall hear my name and TREMBLE!!” Megatron bellowed maniacally to the heavens, as he stood victorious over the Autobots’ last hope of protecting the precious Core.
The view pans upward to reveal Megatron gloating in victory, his Decepticons looking on in silence and Omega writhing in pain on the floor… before the screen fades to black.
The room was silent. There were no words. All those watching could only look at the screen, each wearing their own expression.
Some looked in absolute horror at seeing what had happened to Omega, others were beyond shocked at how the Decepticons had even made it to this point, some were even crying with fear as the grim reality of Megatron’s victory and near unstoppable might set in.
But one thing was shared between everyone. As awful as watching Omega’s subjugation had been; to see that the Decepticons had succeeded when nearly all had prayed that they would not; to witness Megatron’s harrowing declaration of universal domination… there was still one last thing they had not seen: the moment that everyone had been dreading, even in the furthest corners of their mind; the event that they had been told about by the Transformers themselves:
The point of no return: the end of the beginning…-
And with that, a narration is heard:
“Omega Supreme has fallen, corrupted by the influence of Dark Energon. Triumphant, Megatron forces the Guardian to open the Omega Gate and lead the Decepticons to the core of Cybertron itself”.
On hearing this, many felt their hearts sink and fear seep into them. For they were about to witness a dire moment in Cybertronian history. Their universes may have had their own moments that caused a long chain reaction of suffering and disaster, from Britannia for the Black Knights, to Marley for most of the Survey Corps, no one could say they wanted to see a chain that lasted millions of years, a chain that made their own look like single link in comparison.
But reality could be cruel, everyone knew that, and what they were about see, would be one of the most horrifying things reality could show.
The scene begins with Megatron and all of the Decepticons who had fought in the battle against Omega entering the core of Cybertron, along with a number of Decepticon soldiers of different ranks, though Dreadwing was absent, due to his severe injuries and interestingly and Skyquake wasn’t there either.
Some of the Black Knights noticed Skyquake’s absence and they knew why he wasn’t there. For in their timeline, he’d objected to this madness and tried to reason with Megatron. His reward? A fusion canon shot and being left to wither away in the polluted core. This thought alone was enough to make them feel even more sick than they did already, especially Nunnally Euphemia and Suzaku, who remembered the pain Dreadwing had suffered because of this.
“At last… the core of Cybertron is mine!” Megatron said in satisfaction as he and his troops looked upon the core of their home planet.
“Are the corruptors in place?” Megatron asked.
“Yes, Lord Megatron” Starscream confirmed, having fulfilled his end of the deal with Megatron.
Hearing this, Megatron pointed at the Core and said four words that would irrevocably change Cybertron forever.
“Then let it begin!”
The words rang out like a death knell in the room. The inner dread that was lurking within everyone took hold as everyone felt their hearts freeze, their blood run cold and their body’s clamp up, for there was no waking up from this nightmare, no denying that it had happened. All they could do was accept the calamity that was playing out right in front of them.
Everyone had tried bracing themselves for this, in hopes that it would ease what was coming… but nothing can prepare someone for this, how could anything?
“Oh dear God….” Diethard’s body shook with fear. Such grand designs normally fascinated him, but there was nothing fascinating about this. No, this was the devils work at hand. And that devil was Megatron.
“This is… unfathomable.” Erwin was white as a sheet. He’d seen horrible things before, but this was beyond all of that. To poison one’s home world, all in a mad attempt to control it? Was this what it was like, to give and do everything to fulfil one’s selfish goals? Consequences be damned? Erwin shuddered, as he watched the depths of Megatron’s ambition unfold.
With that, six Dark Energon Corruptors, that looked similar to the machinery on the Orbital Station, fired beams of Dark Energon all across the core, infusing it with Dark Energon.
This infusion process proved to be unstable, however, as stray beams from the lasers would fray off and strike at the upper ceiling around the Core, causing parts of the ceiling to fall down!
“Madness… pure insanity...” Leila was rendered speechless, terrified as she watched the calamity that Megatron was bringing about.
“The process… it’s caving in the area around the Core… like it’s trying to reject the Dark Energon...” That’s all Suzaku could say, as he looked in anger at Cybertron becoming poisoned with Dark Energon. He thought back to when Megatron had tried passing blame onto the Autobots for the state of decay Cybertron ended up in. To think he believed that monster for even a second ? Seeing how Megatron himself was responsible for Cybertron’s doom infuriated Suzaku, and he could only be thankful that Megatron’s schemes had ultimately been put to rest.
“But… whether Cybertron wants to resist the corruption or not, it doesn’t matter … Megatron’s infusing it with so much Dark Energon, the Core can’t possibly repel that much.” Levi glared with a hateful scorn. He loathed Megatron as it was, for his shit attitude and his savage actions, but this , this took the cake. Levi knew many awful people throughout his life, too many to count. But very few could say they’d doomed their home world and entire species to extinction just for their own egotistical gain.
Nearly all of the Decepticons, both low and high ranked, had to take steps back to avoid being smashed. Even the likes of Soundwave was worried about the instability of this situation. Many of Megatron’s lower ranked troops were not so lucky as a few of them were crushed.
However, in spite of this danger, there was one Cybertronian who still stood firmly, unbothered by the danger and madness around him. Admiring the perceived work and glory he had created and brought about: Megatron.
“He’s… not even perturbed by the destruction around him, or the fact his soldiers are dying because of his ambitions…” Nunnally eyes shook in fear at the madness unfolding and Megatron’s complete disregard for what was happening. But it was precisely because Megatron wasn’t bothered that really scared her. Any sane or decent being would be aware of such a dangerous situation, especially when his own soldiers were paying the price, but then she saw the look on his face and her fear heightened even further as she realised: “He’s actually enraptured with what’s happening, none of what’s happening around him matters… the only thing that does, is that Megatron’s ambition brought to life… he sees as a thing of his creation .
“Monster… he’s a monster. A demented, ruthless monster... ” Cera wasn’t any feeling any better than Nunnally, as she too couldn’t dispel the fear. Even though she had seen countless atrocities in her life, and she knew that Megatron was no longer alive to inflict harm on others, even from beyond the grave, Megatron still terrified Cera. From the moment Megatron had used his Dark Geass on her and subjected her to her worst fear, Cera understood the depravity and Darkness that loomed within Megatron. And this moment was a personification of that evil.
“…” Armin couldn’t even think of what to say. He had known about Megatron poisoning Cybertron’s core, but only when he saw it for himself, did he realise how sickening it was, to know that the Transformers home world was ultimately corrupted.
Megatron spoke as the infusion process carried on.
“A glorious new age is upon us my brethren. With Dark Energon infused into the core, Cybertron is MINE to COMMAND!”
As he spoke, wisps of Dark Energon could be seen spreading upwards and across all the planet’s insides and surface, shifting to a wide view of Cybertron, only this time, there was no longer a rich, pure, blue colour lying the across the planet, only a dark, corrosive, purple that signified the slow process: the inevitable end of life on Cybertron… and the scene fades out...
“Cybertron… he’s completely desecrated it….” Kallen’s eyes shook in horror, at seeing Cybertron becoming polluted with the vile blood of the Devil.
Lelouch couldn’t stop himself from scowling hatefully. To see the transformers own planet being brought to ruin by this deranged despot was beyond unforgivable. Lelouch had seen twisted and horrible plots in his time, his own father being a prime example, and at one point, the person he hated most, more than anyone in the universe. But this here? This is what made Megatron become Lelouch’s most hated adversary. For his father at the very least, had a misguided philosophy and never actively set out to see their planet destroyed intentionally as he paved his way through with hell with good intentions. Not that it justified all the heinous things he did. But Megatron committed this vile sin with no good intentions or misguided motives. He had done this entirely for himself. All else was irrelevant. And to see him show no remorse whatsoever? Lelouch clenched his fist in anger as he could do nothing but watch.
Eren could only look at the corrupted Cybertron with disgust, as the image began to make him feel… sick. Sick to his core, almost to the point that he felt his entire body stiffen. Eren knew about Megatron poisoning Cybertron’s Core. The Autobots had mentioned it, even Megatron himself, and the Black Knights had alluded to it more than once and yet, actually seeing it was more harrowing than Eren could ever have imagined: to watch an entire planet be contaminated and ruined, Optimus’ own home world no less!
Eren thought he’d seen enough horrors to last a life time, from the Titans to the outside world and the cruelty that humanity was capable of, but this? This trumped all of that by a mile, for the scale of destruction and devastation was far worse than anything that had happened on their world as yet. Eren had resolved himself to move forward and carry out his plan, no matter what it took, but now… for the first time in what felt like ages, Eren felt something he hoped to never feel again, doubt and even… shame...
As if things couldn’t get any worse, one last scene appeared and all everyone could do was sit in dread, witnessing the end of this road of madness.
The scene starts showing Megatron’s legs from the right hand side, as he walks forward from the left side, angled towards something. He is narrating something in his head as he goes.
“The infusion is complete. The Core of Cybertron and all of it’s power… belongs to me.”
The view pans up to show Megatron’s upper body, the angle changing to his left as he continues walking.
“The pitiful remains of the Autobot army will come, they will challenge the power of the Dark Energon… and… THEY. WILL. FAIL . “
The scene shifts to a centre view of Megatron’s back as he walks towards a giant throne, with the Decepticon insignia molded onto the back of it.
“The Autobots are broken, Cybertron is finally mine. Nothing remains to challenge me here”.
Megatron sits on the throne, facing the viewers, with an evil smile adorned on his face, a smile that would send shivers.
“This world, and soon every world, will bow, to me!” ALL HAIL LORD MEGATRON!”
His eyes flash red, as the screen turns black, leaving only Megatron’s red eyes glowing. As a Decepticon insignia appears on the screen, Megatron’s red eyes continue to glow between the two optics on the insignia, before the screen fades out entirely….
…
The room was deathly silent, somehow more silent than Megatron’s victory over Omega. Everyone was trying to absorb what had happened, rationalise it. But no matter how hard they tried to arrive at a different answer, it always came back to the same thing.
Megatron had won and Cybertron had fallen.