Back on Cybertron, the atmosphere was left quiet since the Decepticons left. Unicron laid floating about in Cybertron's atmosphere, watching the planet's surface.

Down below the surface, in several Decepticon prison cells, several of the Autobots were chained up in the cells, awaiting their fates. They didn't know if the Decepticons were going to violently torture them, or remove the Equestrian magic within their hearts. Either way, things were not looking good for them.

In one of the bigger cells, with their arms and legs chained, hanging them from the ceiling, keeping their feet mere inches away from the ground were Perceptor, Ironhide, and Sideswipe.

"Erh, come on!" Ironhide struggled, trying to break his hands free.

"We already tried that, its not working." Sideswipe said, sighing.

Ironhide grumbled. "Well I'm not gonna sit here and rust. We've got to get out of here!"

"And how are we going to do that? Face it bro, they thought of everything to keep us in here. We're... we're stuck." Sideswipe somberly said.

Ironhide looked at Sideswipe.

"That ain't the Sideswipe I know. What's gotten to ya kid?"

"Ironhide, look at us. We're stuck here with restraints tight enough to hold all of us, we lost a bunch of our friends, we couldn't even protect the girls, and now we've lost Sunset! What does that tell you?"

Ironhide said nothing. For about a few seconds.

"Kid. I know things are tough, but we can't just give up. We've got to get out of here."

"How can you even be positive in a time like this? What about everything that's happened?"

"Because Ironhide knows he needs to have faith. Just like I do."

Sideswipe moved his head forward, trying to look at Perceptor. Perceptor offered a friendly look.

"I know our chances of breaking free are slim, but we cannot give up. If we gave up, the Decepticons would have gained victory of Cybertron. If we gave up, then there would be nothing worth fighting for. If I gave up, then I would have been stuck here on this lifeless planet... instead of being with the best friends I could ever ask for."

Ironhide and Sideswipe both looked at the scientist with heart-warming smiles.

"We're really your best friends?" Ironhide asked.

Perceptor nodded. "The best friends I could ever ask for. You all have given me reason to keep looking up for the future, and I know that things will always get better."

Sideswipe for once in that cell, had some hope.

"You're right. We can't just sit here and let those Decepticons win. We've got to get out of here." Sideswipe struggled again, but paused again and looked at his friends. "Um... sorry I was such a downer."

"Don't be sorry kid. You're fine." Ironhide nodded. "Now come on, lets see about finding a way out. Perceptor, you can levitate yourself, right? Perhaps you can use that to get yourself out."

Perceptor looked up at the chains holding his hands and he looked carefully. His hands were free, but his wrists were still held. Perhaps he could find a way?

"Give me a few moments. I believe I can find some way to break out."

Perceptor with his hands free, focused them onto the chains that were connected to the ceiling. With as much focus as possible, he tried to use the magic to rip them from the hooks. He focused with all of his might, his eyes permanently locked on without distraction.

Within moments, bright purple auras wrapped around the chains connected to the ceiling, and they broke apart, dropping the scientist onto the ground and face first.

"Ow."

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine!" Perceptor raised a hand.

Now having free arms, he pulled himself up, and flipped himself around so he could look at the two other boys. Pulling the chains off his legs, he ripped the chains off the ceiling and the two other Bots got down and onto their own feet. After awhile, they snapped the chains off their arms and legs, and were now on the run, searching for the rest of their friends. They didn't have much luck finding them, but they did find a particular room that peaked their interest.

"Ironhide, can you do the honors?" Perceptor asked.

Ironhide grinned and he bashed his hands against the doors, breaking them down. Inside the room was a bunch of computer equipment and monitors all around. And on one of the monitors there was a display of several security cameras all set up.

"We've got to find our friends. Perceptor, think you can hack into the computer and find them?" Sideswipe asked.

"Yes, I believe I can." Perceptor nodded as he took a seat in one of the chairs, rolled up to the console and began typing.

"Now where would our friends be?" Ironhide asked as he looked at the monitor.

Elsewhere, two Decepticons were standing guard over in front of another cell which belonged to Jazz, Bumblebee, and Knockout. They had been tasked to keep their eyes on them since he was dropped off. But in the midst of their guarding, they heard very bizarre clattering noises from within. Very strange noises in fact. The rattling of chains hitting the ground, the pounding against the metallic ground, and even a grunt.

The two of them opened up the front of the cell and walked inside, seeing what the commotion was. But as they looked, they found no signs of where they were being held. They were gone!

Their arm cannons began to charge up for an attack, ready for action. But the soft tapping on their shoulders brought their attention to them. Looking behind, Jazz was standing with a smirk, and he had speakers projected around his body, ready to blast. And Bumblebee and Knockout were hiding behind the sides of the cell, away from the speakers.

"Rock and roll boys."

A loud song began to play through the speakers, which threw both of the guards against the wall, rendering them unconscious upon the impact. Both of them dropped to the ground, and Jazz smirked as he walked away from the cell.

Take on me, (take on me)
Take me on, (take on me)
I'll be gone
In a day or two

"Come on guys. Lets go find our friends!" Jazz said, transforming into vehicular mode. Bumblebee and Knockout transformed too, and began to follow right after him.

Over in another cell, Arcee and Cliffjumper were strapped to two tables, and the two of them had been struggling to get free. Their restraints were holding them tight, and they had a hard time trying to break free.

"Come on, keep trying!" Cliffjumper said.

"Hang on, I almost got it..." Arcee kept sliding her wrist back and forth across the laser that held her hand restrained, hoping the sharp piece of metal would slice through it. After a few more tries, she sprung her arm free. Using her free hand, she got her other arm free, and then got off the table she was strapped to.

"Alright, I'm free. Now lets get you out." Arcee jumped to Cliffjumper's table, and transformed her arms into the blasters. Once they transformed, she blasted the laser restraints, unlocking Cliffjumper free.

"Sweet!" Cliffjumper jumped off the bed. "Now how do you suppose we break out of here?"

"I think that's where I can come in."

The two of them jumped around, turning their heads to the outside of their prison cell. To a surprise, the laser bars holding them in were removed. A figure from the outside, stepped into their cell with a genuine friendly look. He had a white colored body, a blue cockpit on his chest, adn a giant backpack holding wings and rocket boosters. And his head was shaped like he wore a pilot's helmet. But his chest was brazen with a Decepticon logo.

"Who are you?" Arcee asked.

"Allow me to introduce myself."

The Decepticon logo on his chest flipped around with a turning mechanism, revealing an Autobot logo.

"My name is Skyfire. I am an Autobot spy, I've been keeping tabs on Decepticon activity for the past few decades. But when I heard news about special Autobots with magic powers, I wanted to stay behind and break them out. Besides, with most of the Decepticons out, we can slip by pretty easily."

"Wait, most of them are gone? Why?" Arcee asked.

"I'm afraid I don't know. The only thing I know is that they had some plan against someone named Jet Black Spark and her Shadowcons, and they told me to stay here and keep my eyes on you guys. That's it."

Cliffjumper and Arcee looked at each other with agreeing nods.

"Lets get going then! We've got to find the rest of our friends!"

"Follow me!" Skyfire yelled, leading the two Autobots with them.

As the Bots in the control room began to look around on the cameras, they felt a slight cock of a gun loading up behind them. Turning around, all of them stood in fighting positions as they saw several Vehicon soldiers loading up several guns.

"Oh dear, this could be a problem. Based on my calculations, they outnumber us by a number of 71%."

"Don't sweat it Perceptor. We can kick their cans."

"I wouldn't advise it Autobots." A female voice said over one of the monitors. Jet Black Spark's face in her old familiar face appeared on several screens, all throughout the room. "They are in possession of an old weapon that your friend Wheeljack was smart enough to make... the Immobilizer. Try and do anything, they blast you with it."

Sure enough, one of the Vehicons in front of them was holding a large staff with two sharp spears at the end of it, pointed at the Autobots.

"Fellow Decepticons, wipe them out from existence."

But just as they were about to strike, Sideswipe made a quick dash at all of them, ramming into them like a speedy superhero, knocking each one of them down. The only one left was the Vehicon holding the immobilizer.

"So, you going to strike, or what?"

"I... uh..."

He was about to say something, when out of nowhere, a red arm moved itself right through his chest, and grabbed the Immobilizer, pulling it right through him. Even stranger is, he didn't feel pain at all. The arm just moved through him like a ghost.

Turning around, he was met with the Immobilizer staff swatting his face, knocking him out onto the ground.

"How's that for a what do you call... a 'knock out'?"

Ironhide and Perceptor facepalmed while Sideswipe just gave a small grin and shook his head.

"What? What? Oh come on, that was hilarious."

"No. No it wasn't." Ironhide said, shaking his head.

"Either way... you're all alright!" Sideswipe grinned.

"We're still slick Sideswipe." Jazz grinned, fist bumping Sideswipe.

"And guess who else?"

The group looked behind and saw Arcee, Cliffjumper, and Skyfire all run into the room with happy faces.

"Its so good to see you guys! I thought they were gonna torture you." Bumblebee said.

"They don't have the guts Bee. But while we made our escape, we ran into an old friend." Cliffjumper gestured, looking at Skyfire.

"Skyfire?" Perceptor asked. "I thought you were..."

"Dead? In isolation? The reports of my death were greatly exaggerated. I was working undercover as a spy. I had been keeping tabs on them ever since."

"Well then, I suppose now that you are here, maybe we should find a way out of here?" Perceptor asked.

On the screens, Jet slammed her fists in rage.

"Alright then! If you won't be stopped by our troops, then maybe Shockwave's latest experiment will do the trick!" Jet snarled.

The power shut down in the security room, making it pitch black. Until a dark red light kicked in, providing tiny bits of light for them to see.

"Okay, this isn't good." Bumblebee said.

"Don't worry Bee. We're going to be fine, its not like Shockwave's experimented on another Cybertronian, right?" Cliffjumper asked.

Everyone stared at Ciffjumper with worried looks.

"...There's someone behind me, isn't there?"

A large snarl made Cliffjumper nearly jump, and he walked back to the other Autobots who loaded up their guns.

"This Dinobot was never finished in Shockwave's laboratory, until Hypermind finished the job for us. And unlike your Dinobots, this one isn't your ally!"

From the shadows, came several stomping of large toetails into the ground. And coming out of the shadows was a prehistoric form colored in gold, red, and black. This figure was much like the Dinobots, only its eyes were glowing red, and its body was in the shape of a velociraptor.

"Should we uh... shoot it?" Cliffjumper asked.

"Wait, hold on. Maybe I can talk to her."

"Her?"

"I can tell. I've interacted with many animals on Earth, even some of the most dangerous predators. If I can talk to predators, I think I can talk to Dinobots." Bumblebee interrupted.

"Bee, are you sure?"

"Wait... let him do it. I think this little guy can do it." Sideswipe grinned.

"I agree." Knockout nodded.

"Me too!"

"Go right ahead Bee. Show us what you've got."

Bumblebee nodded and he started to slowly walk towards the raptor which was snarling and snapping its jaw.

"Hey. Hey there girl. You feeling strong today?"

The raptor stared at Bumblebee, continuing to snarl.

"Easy, girl... its okay. I'm not going to hurt you. I just want to talk, its okay."

He slowly walked forward a few more steps, and the raptor just stayed in its ready stance.

"Shhh... you're not a bad girl, are you?"

The raptor stood still, breathing as it looked at Bumblebee. She didn't even try to attack him, she just watched his movements, keeping ready in case he would attack.

"Its okay... " Bumblebee patted his hand on the raptor's snout, rubbing her, whispering with a gentle voice. "You're not a bad raptor, are you? No... you're a good raptor. You're one of us."

The raptor's growls became quieter with each pant, and it looked at Bumblebee straight in the eye.

".. M... M... Me..."

"You can speak?" Bumblebee asked, continuing to pet her.

"M... Me.... S-S... Slash." The Dinobot spoke.

Bumblebee gave a friendly smile. "Your name is Slash? That's a good name."

The Dinobot slowly backed up from Bumblebee's touch, and it began to change shape. It flipped around from a dinosaur, standing as a female Cybertronian. Her chest ran bare with an Autobot logo, her figure was curvey, and she had a red visor for a set of eyes.

"Me... Slash. Me no want... to kill Autobots."

"Its okay." Bumblebee patted her shoulder. "You don't have to. You'll be okay with us. I promise."

The Dinobot whimpered some more. "M-Me Slash... want to go, with Autobots."

"Well then, come with us. We could use another bit of muscle like you." Sideswipe nodded before chuckling. "Grimlock and those Dinobots will go nuts over her."

Jet Black Spark yelled on the screen and pounded her fist against the console.

"You will not interfere again! You can try to escape, but it won't be for very long until your planet dies!"

The screens shut off, and Slash snarled at them.

"Me Slash no like Decepticons. Me Slash want Decepticons... dead." Slash snarled.

"We'll get to them. Come on, we've got to get out of this base and fast. Autobots, lets transform and roll out!"

Ironhide transformed, leading the pack. Following behind were the rest of the cars, and Skyfire flying above them. And before leaving, Slash transformed into raptor form, allowing Bumblebee to ride on top.

"Come on Slash, lets go kick some!"

Slash let out a roar, and she stomped right after the rest of the Autobots. Now it was just a mission of escaping the building.

In another room, Jet slammed her fists against more consoles, destroying them in anger. Furious at the loss of her own allies, and the failure of keeping their prisoners locked up. Now there was nothing that could stop them from escaping, not even locking the place down would stop them.

"Perfect, just wonderful..." Jet snapped. "Could anything else go wrong?"

Just then, a glowing specter of light manifested in front of her, resembling a pair of glowing eyes and a helmet with horns.

"My master..." Jet took a knee down and bowed before him. "What is it?"

"Galvatron has failed... the Matrix... and Sunset are not destroyed. They still remain, and now they're making a little counterstrike force. We will begin stages of our assault... and my real presence will be unveiled when the time comes. Galvatron's usefulness has come to his end... but his own adversary might make better use..."

"Yes, my master." Jet nodded.

"Earpierce, Tremors." Jet turned to her two allies. "We're going to have to engage our last option. Since those Autobots escaped, we're turning to our last line of hope."

"And that is?" Tremors asked.

"We're going to need to report to Unicron that his prescene is now at the most, important. At this rate, with half of the Decepticons abandoning this planet, recruiting with Autobots... we're going to need to make our strike at once." Jet ordered. "And thanks to Galvatron's own incompetence, we're going to need to destroy everything until the Matrix and Sunset Shimmer are handed to us."

"And what might that be, Jet?"

The three Shadowcons turned around and were honestly frightened. Stomping in was an angry Galvatron, who stared at them with a piercing snarl.

"We... uh..."

"I listened to your conversations, and I've been listening ever since. It would seems as though my Decepticons... my Decepticons were right. You all had been nothing but thorns in our sides, just making sure we followed through on your own plans."

The three Shadowcons faces went from scared to angry.

"So what? Yes we did sabotage your own teammates, and yes we've been making sure you followed through with Unicron's wishes, because its over. Your planet will die, and so will you."

Galvatron sneered as he stared at them.

"If there's anyone conquering this galaxy you twit, its going to be me." Galvatron transformed into a single cannon, and took aim.

In shock, all three of them were blasted to the ground by Galvatron's pulsing cannon, which wounded each one of them. Falling onto the ground like carcasses, Galvatron sneered at their presumed cold dead bodies.

"Unicron... now its my turn to attack."

Galvatron stomped out of the room, letting all three of them lay about. But slowly, they all got back up on their feet, slightly aching, but smirking to one another.

"Oh, he's going to get it..." Tremors snickered.

"He shouldn't have done that..." Earpierce added.

Jet chuckled. "You underestimate our master Galvatron... and you will soon find out."

Author's Notes:

ending is a bit confusing, but I hope you guys understand the point here.