Annabelle:

"You've become slower, Mother."

Annabelle hit a wall, and if  Zero had aimed for her face-- it'd really be in a need of restoration. But he slammed his fist to the wall beside her head, Annabelle remaining the only one panting heavily. While Zero grinned wickedly.

"And you've become more of a pain in the ass." Annabelle replied, getting her son chuckle in delightment. "Zero... you don't see the damage and pain you've caused for me and your Father. You need to start listen to reason--!"

"Shh." Zero shut her up with his hand, listening something carefully. Annabelle blinked and only panted, knowing her chances of beating Zero had came close to none. How had he became so powerful? "My Master is calling me--" Just when Zero was to press his Mother's neck to get her unconscious the woman managed to slip from his grasp, as she backed away. "Mother,"

"What is his plan?" Annabelle growled, knowing Unicron never talked of his plans around Annabelle. Zero grew irritated, as he chased now the woman who backed away. "Zero, tell me!"

"That's information I cannot reveal." Zero said, trying to reach Annabelle who suddenly lept forward. She rounded behind him and settled her hands very fast above his head, sucking information from his brain. "Oi--!" Zero pushed her away, feeling dizzy of the sudden force for his database. Annabelle froze, only widening her eyes in terror. "Ugh.."

"ZERO!" Unicron's distanted voice growled for his subordinate's presence.

"Zero... you have a choice." Annabelle tried, seeing Zero pass her only without doing anymore proper damage. "Zero!" She saw him going stairs up, only to stop in middle way up. "Please don't hurt Iris or John... they are your real family! I am your real family-- just, we are able to forgive. Like Iris took us in with welcoming arms."

Zero glanced back, until continued his way up.

"You have the information you need--"

Zero put on fire the curtains he passed, Annabelle narrowed her brows a bit.

"Go and warn them already."

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Iris:

"This is--"

Iris strike an antibody down, then flew on other's back and blasted it down, then continued her way doing the same.

"Funnier than I thought." She grinned, seeing Optimus, Cyclonus, Chris and Grimlock coming right behind. They were making a path behind Unicron's army and intended to take them down faster like that.

"Don't get too excited," Cyclonus easily slided some helms off with his swords. "If you once let your guard down--"

"Blaa, blaa." Chris was doing same as Iris, until remained on one Cyber-Form's shoulder. How much Optimus and Cyclonus tensed after he noticed Chris. "How come you get the best part of these fights?"

"Chris--!" Cyclonus was interrupted.

"YEAAAAH!" Savannah... and Predaking had transformed. Now they took down easily the targets with single slams while remaining as the biggest of them all. They even killed the one Chris was on.

"Hey! Watch it!" Chris growled, Iris only laughed as made somersault once in the air and blasted three down. "She's gonna kill someone..."

"No one's going to stop us!" Savannah cheered, until loud roar echoed throughout the air. 'Their' helm rose up, but it was already too late as they were pinned down by humongous claws. It was Zynx, Iris remembered. She was distracted so bad that she tripped once, and fell down middle of Cyber-Forms-- beside their pedes. "You!?"

"Iris!" Optimus called, seeing how she fell only into the mayhem. Iris regained with grunt, widening her eyes of a coming ped as she rolled over. But she had to dodge another one until managing to get back on her feet. She took her blaster and blasted them from down below, telling Optimus also where she was at. "Get down!" He called then.

"Down!?" Iris obeyed after marvelous Dinosaur roar. The girl 'grounded' literally, and saw next only tail-swing as well very big fired plasmas. It was Grimlock who cleared the way for her, made sure she lived until he continued. With bunch of his own minions. "Are the inhabitants okay, Big-Rig!?" She got back up, Optimus smiled little after seeing she was okay.

Now Optimus glanced back, feeling proud also of the blue little people which proudly kept the antibodies and Cyber-Forms in check with Katie and Drift thus Venox and Lucy. The groups were totally mixed up, but Iris hadn't seen John nor her Father in a while.

Not Unicron either.

They had like vanished with that crazy doctor, so Iris saw it the best to take down as many by-side factors. So that would ease their situation perhaps.

"They are fine," Optimus reassured, jogging little forward. "But we must continue."

I wonder where they are...

Iris glanced back, sighing in defeat. So she continued forward at full speed after Chris, Cyclonus and Optimus.

       At same time Annabelle barched out of one of the Kingdom's door after killing one Cyber-Form down. Her eyes searched for one Guardian of the Stone until she saw Jack, Praxina and Ann taking down left side of Unicron's army with their Cybetronians. Okay she got three. She ran over quickly, not going to loose anymore time.

"You need to back down for a moment!" Annabelle panted, Praxina got heart attack by it and almost fired at her. "Now!"

"What- wait- why?" Ann questioned.

"There's no time," She started pushing these three away from the battle arena, but got Praxina to brush her arm away. "You need to leave now!"

"What's wrong?" Praxina demanded the information.

Annabelle was so stressed, that it even got Megatron and Jack worry here for a second. The red hair girl's eyes soon looked up at something, as she saw Splitter. Now they couldn't get wider than that to notice that he was already starting the machine.

"Exterminator..." Annabelle murmured.

"Come again?" Jack tensed very badly. He knew what it ment, but-- "Hold on, what does that thing do!?" He saw the machine also.

"It will suck your powers and finally your entire life out of your fragging body," Annabelle snapped, seeing that it had already started up. "Where are the others!?"

"There are most of them, but..." Ann searched from there but couldn't see almost anything. Other than most of her friends fought still on the battle arena.

"Iris and Optimus are the closest of it," Megatron widened his optics, seeing --as being the tallest of them-- far away, his orbs followed how Iris climbed up a wall and slammed her fist to one antibody. "As well Chris and Cyclonus..."

Praxina froze on her spot entirely.

"I can see Savannah and Predaking not far away also," Causeway narrowed her optics.

"This is not good!" Annabelle hissed, seeing Praxina put her comm on.

"Iris! Chris! Savannah! Retreat immediately!"

Iris lept down onto Optimus' shoulder like a monkey, pressing her comm down after hearing Praxina's voice. Even Chris and Cyclonus stopped for second.

"Praxina?" Iris asked.

:There's no time to loose, look above!:

Each of them obeyed, even Savannah/Predaking threw Zynx for second away from them while looked up. They saw Unicron and Splitter, ontop of that Zero and Iris Father. Now the Leader couldn't breathe.

Where's John?

:That thing will suck our powers!: Jack added quickly.

"How do you know--!?" Savannah had been lifted up until slammed right back on the ground. Her air was taken away as Predaking growled in annoyance. "We're little busy to leave!"

:Because Annabelle told.: Praxina said, Iris heard whirling sound. :Now, RUN!:

"Let's go!" Iris yelled, Optimus didn't even intend to disobey as well so didn't Chris and Cyclonus either. These two Cybetronians blasted their way through, as even had to push some of the Cyber-Forms off the way. Iris glanced back, seeing how there formed up first power-source line towards the sky, until it split into 12 different lines. And guess what?

There were 9 Guardians of the Stones, as well 3 of Beast-sparklings.

Oh no...

"You shall feel my wrath--!" Unicron declared from above, raising his servos up in the air. "Now DIE!" 

"What's going--!?" Katie stuck her words in.

Iris couldn't prevent it of coming at her, not even with her plasmas. Once it had grib of her waist Iris had been pulled forward; towards the machine. But the Leader did intend to destroy it with her plasmas but failed badly... as she was first to attach herself up to it. She almost glued to it, as huge shockwave burst was send through her body. And that only continued.

Their Leader screamed out loud for the great pain.

"IRIS!" Optimus couldn't believe his optics second time.

"No, she's--" Lucy helped Emily and Katie as she holded the shock-lines  away with her blade, worriedly looking at Iris.

"Optimus--!" Savannah jumped back while Predaking didn't allow the human inside his chestplates to get captured, so he allowed her to move as he worked on with the plasmas. "Iris is PREGNANT! To you for God damn it!"

Let's left to say; the former Prime fell in entire shock.

"Now how do you feel?" Unicron growled to Iris who was in deep pain, seeing how his next target was coming. "Ahh, my plan is working slowly, but surely."

It was Alex who got attached himself to it, but he was wearing a grin more than a pained face.

Iris hissed in pain, until she felt suddenly free. Automatically she lept forward but felt catched, by a familiar arm who held her close this time. Optimus watched down in shock, until he had had it enough. Other Cybetronians watched him ran through the field until reaching for the Kingdom's walls, as he begun to climb/throw himself up towards where Unicron and his closest subordinates were.

"Now I've had it," John growled, giving Iris to Alex who helped her to stand. Her heart was beating unwell and her Stones were only merely glimming. This got her team-mates also unraged. "You are asking death, Unicron."

"I am asking the death?" Unicron questioned, laughing devilishly. "I am the death itself, you fool!"

"They got her?" Praxina asked, biting her lip. Optimus approached them quite fastly, so her hope rose much. Now the SIC darkened her look, taking out her blade and blaster as slashing broken one antibody. "Let us continue then."

"Yeah." Jack growled as glared above, on other though-- "You stay," Jack allowed himself to get captured by one shock-line, Ann or Chromia weren't enough fast to grab him. "While I will assist them!"

"You idiot!" Ann hissed, sighing worriedly. "That's Unicron we're dealing with..."

"I will not abandon my partner--" Chromia looked back at Annabelle, who almost knew what she was saying. "You coming?"

"Give us the humans, and join my ranks John." Unicron offered bluntly, as Iris already managed to stood. Her glare was totally directed onto him, as she felt her stomach pain only increasing.

... Our child.

"And what could you possibly offer that Galvatron cannot?" John growled, no matter what he'd say he wasn't going to approve to it. He just wanted to have a small chat to remember.

"A life. Powers. Celebrity!" Unicron said. "Or I can give you them all, if you just prove yourself to be useful." His dark expression was the worst.

"You better think again," Galvatron stood up, as Jack accompanied his side. Iris widened her eyes slightly, seeing him coming here. How did he even get up so fast? "I am not selling none of my family members."

"And what could you possibly do about it?" Unicron laughed devilishly, Michael, Zero and Splitter covered Unicron's sides. "I have an army to command."

"And we have;" Galvatron kept dramatic pause, laughing once by the look Unicron gave. "Grimlock."

The-so-called Dinobot soon found his way through one of the Kingdom's walls, as he slammed with his three other loyal friends Unicron out of his palace along with his subordinates. Iris and Alex had to back off by it but didn't see the edge that close. Luckily, a servo managed to catch them and bring close before they all went for fall.

"Optimus!" Iris gasped, damn her voice. Grimlock destroyed the Exterminator which harmed his friend, as he saw flying sparks go straight for Iris. Suddenly their Leader felt stronger, and that was when they all impacted with the ground.

Grunts of pain were first to hear.

Optimus rolled on his kneeplates, and forced himself back on his pedes. He backed down of the multiple enemies especially of Unicron, until he looked down at Iris and Alex. The girl remained eyes wide of some pain, as Alex was only shocked that they had been saved. But then the former Prime heard laughs, and as the Devil rose back on his pedes.

"We're screwed..." Alex said shocked. But maybe for their luck Unicron walked towards Galvatron, John and Grimlock, while his subordinates scattered this time. Guess who Optimus, Alex and Iris got? "You've gotta be kidding me."

It was yet again Iris' Father, who brushed the dirt off of himself. Was this a challenge Iris had to beat? 'Cause she started feeling weaker and weaker every minute she was in her mode.

"Optimus, Alex!" Moonracer called, transforming from her car-mode back to Cybetronian one as she took Optimus' side of the battle. "Is she okay...?" Alex jumped down, as Optimus allowed Iris slowly get back on her feet. She took in deep breaths, glaring down at her Father. Iris remembered John was bleeding from his gut... and it was stucked for her back too. He had hurt her brother, his own son, the one who had saved her twice already.

"WE DID IT!" They saw huge silver-girl shaped ran past them, as Praxina's voice echoed in the air. "It's simply by an action!" Praxina/Megatrom kicked Unicron on the ground, as well jumped away from it their fists up. What-- a transformation. "And I'm all fired up."

Now... wow.

"... This fight must be mine alone."

Optimus, Moonracer and Alex snapped their heads back at Iris.

"What!?" Alex asked. "No way!"

"Iris, the electricity you just exposed yourself has weakened you-- you can't fight him on your full power!" Moonracer added, seeing this evil human got done with their talking as he smoothly transformed his hand-- fleshy hand into a metal-object. "Is he a Cyborg!?"

Iris shielded Optimus' face from been hit by it, but the mech took few steps back.

"Moonracer, Alex... assist Galvatron and Megatron in order to defeat Unicron." Optimus strictly ordered, making the girl snap her head this time at him to argue. "Why didn't you tell me?" He pressed softly his digit ontop of Iris' stomach, making the girl first zone out for his neck cables until she looked down at it. "You are... with a spark,"

"It doesn't matter now, I..." Iris shielded another plasma from her Father, feeling tears swallow her eyes. "I don't know did it made it, I-- I probably killed it,"

"Iris." Optimus called, seeing the girl froze by it. "If it's as strong as you are, I believe it's heart will be pumping one day, but if not--" Optimus chuckled, looking darkly at the approaching Michael. "We just have to create other one."

Iris widened her eyes, forgetting everything just in split second. She slightly chuckled and blushed in embarassment, reaching up. She was going to kiss Optimus on his bigger dermas-- definitely. For the first time. Optimus lent down too, seeing Michael didn't like it at all.

"Pay attention on ME!"

They kissed.

Then; they were surrounded by huge light.

《~~|||~~》

Ahhaha. Back at these cliffhangers again... yeah.

~keep reading.