“YOU IDIOT!” Megatron roared at Optimus. “YOU SAID YOU AND BLACKARACHNIA WOULD TAKE CARE OF NEMESIS!”
“CRYSTAL WIDOW WOUNDED HER!” argued Optimus. “I HAD NO CHOICE!”
“YOU AND YOUR BLEEDING SPARK! THANKS TO YOUR IDIOCY, THERE’S STILL A REMNANT OF UNICRON OUT THERE AND HE’S…AND HE’S…And he’s…” Optimus then looked where Megatron was looking, and his own optics widened to see Nemesis Prime in robot mode out on the balcony.
“Oh, no,” he called, “don’t mind me! By all means…give me some ideas!” He then leapt off the balcony and landed on his feet in front of everyone. “Well, Optimus and friends, I must admit, I’m impressed! You pulled it off! …You managed to dash my hopes completely! Thanks to your killing of my subordinates and exiling of my master, my life-span has been reduced to two days! I’m curious, where on this planet are you all located? Oh, it doesn’t matter. I’m sure I’ll stop by there on my journey. Pick up some eggs, some milk, then DETONATE THIS PLANET AND ITS MOON LIKE AN ATOM BOMB! …Oh, I’m sorry, I’m usually far more composed! I’m just a little bit ABSOLUTELY LIVID!!”
“Oh, quit your glitching!” snarled Megatron. “I’m not immortal too, and you don’t see ME complaining about it!”
“Yes, well, you see, Megatron, the difference between us is that two days is still long enough for me to ensure that I’m the only one on this planet who’ll live long enough to regret it! NEMESIS PRIME, SLAYER MODE!” His super mode looked similar to Optimus’ old one, just more jagged.
“MEGATRON, CONQUEST…!” Megatron didn’t finish his command as Nemesis grabbed him by the head and rocketed up to the sky. Nemesis then wailed on him!
“THAT’S FOR GIVING ME INFERIOR IDIOTS TO WORK WITH!” He struck again. “THAT’S FOR SOUNDWAVE USURPING ME FOR ONLY A MOMENT!” Another strike. “THAT’S FOR YOU BLASTING MY HEAD OFF IN THAT CAVE!” Another hit. “THAT’S FOR YOU KEEPING THE CHAOS EMERALDS AND ALLSPARK FOREVER OUT OF OUR REACH!” He punched again. “THAT’S FOR KILLING MY ENTIRE TEAM AND BANISHING MY MASTER!” Yet another blow. “AND THAT’S JUST BECAUSE YOU LOOK STUPID!” The last strike flung Megatron over the horizon! “Oh, I ain’t done with you yet!”
“OPTIMUS PRIME, SUPER MODE!” Optimus then appeared and swung his fist into Nemesis, throwing him to the ground. Optimus stayed in the air as Nemesis picked himself up. The heroes followed Optimus and looked up.
“…What’s he doing up there?” asked Natalie. Sira then got an idea.
“You think he’s going for a Prime Cannon?” she asked. That was when Optimus brought out the Requiem Blaster.
“…That’s NOT how the Prime Cannon works!” yelped Amy as she realized what he was doing.
“He…he can’t be serious!” muttered Nemesis to himself. The barrel of the Blaster then gained a glow from inside.
“Getting Bruticus flashbacks here!” gulped Silver. Nemesis then started laughing.
“I see, Optimus!” he called. “Yes, you’re absolutely right! This IS the only way this could end! The tournament! These fools! This whole miserable planet! They mean nothing to men like you and I! We will go out together…IN A BALL OF MOLTEN ROCK AND DEATH!”
“OPTIMUS, NO!” shouted Sonic.
“OPTIMUS, YES!” cheered Nemesis. Then…Optimus vanished. “…Wha…what?! Where…?!”
“Optimus, no,” remarked Optimus’ voice. Nemesis looked down to see Optimus crouching down and pointing the Requiem Blaster in Nemesis’ face.
“…Oh…crapBASKETS!” Optimus pulled the trigger and a torrent of energy enveloped Nemesis, knocking him across the ground in a crumpled heap.
“…Sorry about the scare, everyone!” Optimus called to his friends.
“DON’T DO THAT AGAIN!” shouted Sonic. “I ALMOST HAD A HEART ATTACK!”
“Optimus, that gun,” snapped Bumblebee, “HAS split planets in half back in the day! Don’t be so reckless!”
“I won’t! I promise!” assured Optimus. He then looked at Nemesis. “…Could I get a ten-count?”
“…You know, since we’re still alive, I’ll do it!” called Amy. “ONE!” Nemesis then got up. “Twooooo…”
“Okay, time!” snarled Nemesis as he made the time-out hand-sign. “Time out! Time RIGHT the hell out!”
“How did you…?!” asked Optimus.
“You weren’t here for this, but tl;dr, your old body’s endurance.”
“Okay, I’m…ninety percent certain I can’t survive that kind of energy blast at point-blank range, even in this new body!”
“We’ll figure THAT out later! In the meantime, what I REALLY want to know is how you just warped in and out of reality like that without Chaos Control!!”
“What? I used the teleport spell, Locus.”
“You didn’t even say it!”
“Oh, that? Megatron taught me and my magic-using friends how to cast spells without chanting the spell name.”
“Let me guess, he stole that move from someone?”
“…No, his late master, your buddy, Straxus…he made Megatron consume the stilled innermost Energon of a corpse while teaching him how to be a necromancer.”
“That’s disgusting.”
“Unicron ate people all the time!”
“Yes, and he’s a primordial evil.”
“Yeah, who employed cheap knock-offs of us,” remarked Tails.
“I DIDN’T ASK TO BE BORN, BROTHER!” Optimus then delivered a kick right into Nemesis’ torso. “So, that’s how it’s gotta be, huh?” he asked once he recovered. “Make no mistake, Optimus, you have no hope of survival, even in your super mode! You have no idea what kind of power I’m packing!”
“What, you brought your universe’s Chaos Emeralds with you?”
“I BROUGHT MY UNIVERSE’S…! Okay, they’re the thirteen Anarchy Beryl, but, seriously, when and how did you draw that conclusion?”
“To answer both at once, Prima told me once I undid your bricking of the Matrix. I asked Sonic if he knew about them and he told me what they do; same powers, longer time-limit, perhaps infinite.”
“Okay, so, if you know about how they work,” Nemesis brought out thirteen jewels shaped and colored like the Chaos Emeralds with extra colors, “why do you persist in fighting me?”
“Because it’s time for me to pull another transformation out of my aft!” Optimus took out the Chaos Emeralds and the two sets of jewels orbited their respective Primes. They then screamed and the Emeralds and Beryl entered the two bots, changing their armor’s colors. Nemesis was all purpled from head to foot and Optimus was golden. Nemesis’ optics were red while Optimus’ were amber-colored. The two bots then flew into the air and began their explosive battle.
“ANARCHY ARROW!” shouted Nemesis.
“CHAOS SPEAR!” roared Optimus. The two then fired off their attacks and they struck each other in mid-air, creating a massive explosion that created a large crevice in the ground. Glowing crystals were revealed, causing Bumblebee to gasp in surprise as he got the readings.
“Korlonium Crystals!” he breathed.
“Meaning?” asked Tails.
“Crystals that emit pure energy that disrupts any electronics! EXPLOSIVELY disrupts them!”
“…A death sentence for you guys?”
“Bingo!”
“I forgot I grew them!” muttered Gaia. She then snapped her fingers. “OPTIMUS! DOWN HERE! KORLONIUM CRYSTALS!” She pointed to the crevice.
“…Korlonium Crystals, huh?” mused Optimus.
“It’s your own grave you’re digging, buster!” snarled Nemesis as the fight continued.