Shockwave was thrown back by the force of Optimus' punch as the two started their death battle. Optimus got his brass knuckles out to tear through the hunk of armor Shockwave had protecting him. He took another swing at the Cyclops's head but he promptly sidestepped as he hit Optimus in the back with a kick.
The rest of the Autobots began to move forward under the cover of human fire after Prime made a path for them. It was do or die time and they moved without fear.
"Jet! On me! We're taking point. The rest of you will cover us from behind and peel off to take cover positions. Humans will help us with some fire power but we must keep the Decepticons away from Optimus while he battles Shockwave" Ironhide instructed as prime got his in the head in the background.
"Understood" they chorused.
"What about us?" Roadbuster asked as his machine guns fired.
"You're Wreckers. You're an occupational hazard" Ironhide replied.
The Wrecker wore a smirk on his face. All he heard was kill, kill, kill. Jetstream teamed up with Ironhide as the pushed forward under the cover of Ratchet, Sideswipe, Bumblebee, Wheeljack and Mirage.
"The Autobots are moving! Follow, follow, follow!" yelled Lennox.
The military forces on ground began to advance behind their alien friends as Wheeljack asked to concentrate fire around Optimus to keep the Decepticons off.
Prime punched off a horn from Shockwave's head causing the Con to spin to the side, He took quick aim with his cannon and shot a less powerful blast than the one from earlier hitting Prime in the chest and launching him across the street. Prime quickly got up to his feet as he saw Shockwave aiming at him. He rolled on the ground, picking up a moving truck to shield himself form the blast. He was launched further down the street by the impact as the truck was blown to bits. He rolled across the road before using his energon sword to stop himself.
"This ends here. I win" Shockwave said aiming his cannon at Optimus going full power.
"You forget one thing"
"That is?"
"I am not alone"
At that moment, blasts from Ironhide and Jetstream hit Shockwave in the side. He turned to them giving prime the chance he needed and closed down on him. He fired at the two, sending them into the air and as he returned his gaze to Optimus, the Prime tackled him to the ground. They tumbled through burning cars as Prime stood up first and slammed his head into the ground with his foot before kicking him. Shockwave recovered quickly, blocking Optimus' swing, punching him in the gut and then gave him a head-butt. Optimus took two steps back which gave Shockwave room to lift up his cannon, big mistake.
Optimus held the nozzle of the cannon, redirecting its shot as he punched through it with his brass knuckles and then whacked him in the head with it sending him to the ground. Shockwave stood up once again only to get punched in the head as the brass clawed out parts of his head causing a numerous amount of sparks.
"You die!"
Optimus punched into Shockwave's chest and used his strength to throw the bot into the ground. He propelled his hand into his head, grabbing a hold of the wires that went to his eye and pulled out his eye ending the scientist's life.
"Shockwave is down!!" screamed Sideswipe.
Prime had done it, Shockwave was gone. All that remained was Sentinel and the pillar. Optimus took out his blaster from his back and took aim at the copula. With one shot, he destroyed the copula and sent the pillar to the ground.
"Noooo!!!" Sentinel yelled as the transportation of Cybertron stopped.
"Get down here Sentinel!" Prime commanded.
"Optimus, you forget your place" said Sentinel as he got out his double edged sword.
He jumped down from the top of the building, using his sword to slow himself down during his descent as he stabbed it into the face of the building. He landed on one knee on the ground, spinning his sword as he prepared for combat.
"I bring you Cybertron. Your home! And still you choose humanity"
"You were the one who taught me freedom is everyone's right" he said getting his energon axe and sword.
He charged at Sentinel with a roar, stabbing into his shoulder and pinning him to the wall.
"I will retrigger that pillar!" Sentinel grunted as he tried to fight of Optimus.
"Then you'll have to go through me" Optimus said, using his axe to try and pin his other hand with his axe.
Sentinel head butted him and kicked him in the chest to get some space as the battle of Primes began.
In all this chaos and fast paced action, Sam and Carly took cover behind some rubble as the soldiers and Autobots charged forward. He placed his hands on her face as he delivered his gut wrenching sentence. For her it would be like he was going to war, like her brother, something that had given her a bit of trauma from his death.
"Okay, I've got to try and help. I have to. You stay here"
"Don't you go. Don't go. Sam! Sam-"
"You'll be fine, okay? I promise" he said kissing her forehead. "I got to get to that pillar"
Right now the charge to the pillar was in full swing, Ironhide and Jetstream were out in front dishing out heavy fire and becoming the main target for the Decepticons while the others picked them off one by one. Ironhide rolled forward as he would get back up on one knee using his Heavy Iron blasters to shoot down two Decepticons, one on the left and the other on the right as he shot one more straight ahead. Jet appeared by his side, picking off two Decepticons further ahead using his machine guns and cannons interchangeably. His eyes shifted their gaze to a Decepticon shooting at them from the top of a building. The Autobot rolled to the side as he unleashed two shoots from his cannons to kill the Decepticon.
The rest of the Bots followed them behind as they covered their human allies who pushed to the front lines with them. Mirage got far ahead being the closest to Ironhide and Jetstream. He attacked a Decepticon, disarming him of his weapon before performing a karate flip takedown on him, he wasted no time in using his blades to end his life. Bumblebee and Sideswipe covered the humans, with their eyes searching for any Decepticons perched up on high places. Most of their shot were directed to the Decepticons on roof tops while Ratchet and Wheeljack focused their fire on ground forces actively covering Ironhide and Jetstream as well as the soldiers.
"Charge the pillar!" Sentinel yelled as he fought with Optimus.
"We got Autobots!" Epps yelled as he and the soldiers ran alongside their alien comrades.
Sam had begun his run from deep, sprinting past soldiers as they took up strategic positions to lay cover fire. Ran onto the hood of a car as he held the top of it as he flew right over it, he would also hop over the trunk of another car before sliding under another as soldiers yelled and fired their guns. Optimus had his strike blocked by Sentinel with his shield and then would get hit in the head by the shield. The hit forced him to take a step back but the used that to generate momentum for a swing with his axe towards his head. Sentinel blocked this and then swung his blade at the arm of the other Prime which he dodged with a step backward. Sentinel capitalized on this as he used his shield to ram into Optimus in an upward motion lifting the semi-truck a couple feet into the air as a Decepticon behind them was obliterated by shots from Jetstream and Ironhide.
Their goal was simple, cover Optimus while he battles Sentinel. Well, it was easier said than done. Sentinel had his strike parried by Optimus' axe as he used his shield to block a swing aimed at his head as he managed the strength to push back the unrelenting Optimus.
"Reinforcements! Decepticon ships, fire at Optimus!" he commanded as he quickly blocked another attack by Optimus.
The Decepticons heeded his command as the ships that were once docile sprung to life and began flying towards their position.
"That isn't good" Ironhide remarked as he blew the head of a Decepticon clean off.
"We're taking fire! I need those Tomahawks in now!" yelled a SEAL commander over the radio as he took cover behind some rubble.
"First wave inbound" the NEST announcer responded.
A good amount of Tomahawks closed in on their position from the river, maneuvering their way past bridges and poles. A squad of humans joined forces with the Wreckers as they had a bridge on lockdown, no Decepticon was allowed to cross to the other side.
"We've got to cover for Optimus!" exclaimed Roadbuster as he dodged fire from a Devacon.
Topspin fired two missiles which hit it right in the chest as the other two and soldiers tore it to bits with their combined fire power. Mirage launched a surprise attack at an unsuspecting Decepticon, slicing of an arm and with a spin; he took off its head. The rest of the Bots had closed in on Optimus' position and they were going to help him beat their former leader. Soldiers had joined up in the fight, display excellent marksmanship with controlled bursts on Sentinel as he fought with Optimus.
Optimus went for a spinning heel kick to Sentinel's head but he managed to dodge it. He caught the arm of Optimus as he went for a swing and drove his knee into his head causing the Prime to stumble backwards. The ships had arrived and started shooting at him, this prompted him to take cover behind a statue as he got his blaster out to shoot them down. Now the rest of the Bots had arrived and Jetstream and Ironhide had a personal grudge against Sentinel after the fade he ran on them back in the NEST HQ days prior. Ironhide took aim with both blasters and hit Sentinel in the chest; Jetstream flew over him, using his thrusters to give him a boost as he landed a solid punch to Sentinel's face.
Sentinel used his shield to hit Jetstream away before getting shot in the back by Ratchet. The Prime turned quickly as he sliced the chest plates of the medic with an upward swing lifting the 22 foot bot into the air. Ironhide got into close quarters, running a quick one-two on the Primes head, he then went for a two punches to his gut as the second blow was accompanied by a shot from his plasma cannon that sent him flying. He got back on his feet quickly as he shoot the charging weapons specialist in the chest sending him back. Bumblebee shot at Sentinel which caused him to swing his sword at his head. The Camaro reacted quickly, performing a backflip and transformed, reversing over a pile of rubble before transforming again. Sideswipe jumped in and Sentinel used his shield to redirect him to the ground as he kicked him away.
"Decepticons. Trigger the pillar! Restart that pillar!" Sentinel commanded.
The only Decepticon not being shot at wasn't one anyone would expect, Dylan. He human hid behind railings in the midst of this terrifying battle, dusking every time a bullet bounced of the metal rails. He heed his words and tried to make his way to the pillar without getting shot.
Jetstream had a clean shot at the Prime and alongside Bumblebee, they both fired and launched the Prime across the street. Before he could engage any further, his eyes caught the Ships flying by and shooting at Optimus. They needed to be dealt with if they wanted to win.
"QUE! Ships!!" he yelled.
"Roger!" he answered.
He went down on one knee as he took aim at the ships flying back for another round at Optimus. His collarbone plates moved back as a set of four swarm missiles revealed themselves on each side. They set off at their targets, managing to take down four ships but it wasn't enough as more flew in. Jetstream and Wheeljack joined Optimus as they shot down as many ships as they could but it felt like for each ship they shot down, two more spawned in to replace it. Que used his rifle from a far and fired repeatedly into the sky taking down two ships while Jetstream used his plasma cannons to hit one in its engine causing it to crash into another.
"I can't hold them!" Optimus cried from behind the statue as he used his blaster to shoot another ship causing it to crash into another one and launch the pilot out of his cockpit.
"The ships have us pinned!" He said running from the crashing ships. The explosion from the crash threw him to the ground. "NO!"
Ironhide got kneed in the head as Sentinel used his sword to block a strike from that of Sideswipe's. The two exchanged blows before the Prime came out victorious and hit him away. Dino jumped in from behind and stuck his blades deep into Sentinel's back causing him to groan in pain. Sentinel grabbed him by the hand and threw him to the ground before using his pedes to stomp on his left hand damaging it. Mirage groaned as Sentinel rose his blade to stab him but shots from Bumblebee and Ironhide pushed the Prime back. Ratchet rushed in and pulled Dino out of there before anymore damage could be done.
"In bound, ten seconds! Danger close" yelled a NEST soldier as the Tomahawks closed in.
"Mark-Lima-Echo-Echo, one four two five zero!" said the SEAL captain holding a laser scope to mark the targets for the Tomahawks to hit as he called out coordinates for their controllers.
"Positive surface contact. Target I.D. Target acquired" said their controllers.
The Tomahawks flew in and took down a good number of ships easing the pressure of Optimus and the rest of the Autobots. The destroyed ships flew into the ground like asteroids from space, crashing into buildings and cars in the street with loud explosions. Through this chaos, Carly had managed to locate the true leader of the Decepticons, Megatron; sitting in an alleyway as he watched the battle unfold. What was she planning? One of the greatest mind games of the century.