The fireworks looked beautiful in the night sky. But Niño Sexton didn't have time to watch cheap effects. He had to get away quick or else the police would surely find him. Just as he thought this, a police drone rolled in front of him.
"Halt! You are in the process of a criminal act and by law I must order you to surrender," the bot said, "If you do not comply, I will be permitted to use force in relativity to the severeness of your actions."
"If that's a fancy way of sayin' drop the loot and just let you guys take me to prison, then I think that Sumdac's still got a few bugs to work out of your systems," Niño laughed. He jumped on top of the droid's head.
"Target lost. Searching. Searching."
"Man, these drones're even dumber than I expected." He jumped off the head onto a cargo crate. The droid wandered off. He jumped off and ran to the docks. "Looks like Sumdac really does have a few bugs to work out," Niño laughed.
"Luckily, he doesn't have to rely on those things," Bumblebee jumped down in front of Sexton, "Cuz he's got guys like me."
"An Autobot?"
"That's right. And since I'm in such a good mood, I'll let you have a head start." Sexton ran, but Bumblebee jumped in front of him.
"Too slow!" Bumblebee said. Sexton ran in a different direction, but was once again intercepted. "Denied!" This time, Sexton ran through him, and pushed Bumblebee out of the way. This time, a wrecking ball intercepted him and smashed the boardwalk.
"Hold that thought," Bulkhead said to Sexton, "Bumblebee, will you quit showing off and just nab him? I'm trying to watch the fireworks."
"Oh lighten up Bulkhead. I was just having a little fun."
"Oh yeah. M-hm. Like the kind of fun that usually ends in property damage and a chewing out from Prime?"
"Who died and made you Magnus?!" Sexton once again tried to get away, but Bulkhead once again used his wrecking ball to block him.
"Ya mind? We're talking here." The floorboards cracked and splintered, "Uh-oh," Bulkhead said before he and Bumblebee fell through the boards into Lake Erie. Sexton held on by a plank. He could only hold on with one slipping hand so he wouldn't lose his hard earned money.
"Help! Someone help me!" he called. The plank broke off, but he didn't fall. Optimus Prime raised him up.
"I'm still new to this place, but I'm pretty sure that that's not yours," he said.
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Isaac Sumdac flipped a switch. The skeleton for a robotic hand opened and closed a fist. Sumdac thought it had worked, but then it sparked and twitched wildly until it went limp.
"I could've told you that it wouldn't work," Megatron said. Sumdac jumped a little.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm not quite used to you talking," he said.
"And I am not used to my technopathic abilities yet. The mechanical field we are dealing with is fairly old where I come from. If we are to create a body for me, we will be needing Destronium."
"Then, my friend, we have encountered a problem. Destronium may be plentiful where you come from, but we have only been able to manufacture small amounts here."
"Unacceptable!" Sumdac was taken aback by Megatron's sudden outburst.
"Couldn't I just ask your Autobot friends to help?"
"No, they can't see me like this. Weak. Vulnerable. And I don't want them to be mad at you. After all, you're doing so much to help me. It's the least you can do for yourself."
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"So, you two feeling refreshed after your midnight swim?" Optimus raised a brow at Bumblebee and Bulkhead the next morning.
"Actually I'm still a little waterlogged," Bumblebee smiled, "Be-besides, it was Bulkhead's fault!"
"Was not!"
"Was too! You are your stupid wrecking ball!"
"Well if you hadn't been—!"
"Enough! It's not about assigning blame Bumblebee. It's about using your head. That's why you're going to spend the day training with Bulkhead and Prowl," Optimus said.
"No way!" Sari walked into the room followed by Ratchet, "I had plans with Bumblebee. Remember those boosters I told you about?" she pressed the garage door opener. The door lifted revealing a box with the Sumdac Systems logo on it.
"No way!" Bumblebee eagerly ran over to it and tore open the box. He pulled out a dual jet-pack and rubbed it on his cheek. "This is the awesomest thing your dad has ever done! It's even matches my jacket!" he admired the striped color scheme on the rockets.
"They've also got some prototype frictionless heels. They strap right onto your shoes and you can turn the friction on or off. And this is just the beginning. My dad's working on a suit that'll actually increase the muscle speed by like a thousand!" Sari said.
"You're not honestly thinking of strapping those onto yourself are you?" Optimus asked.
"Course I am! Did you hear Sari? Frictionless! That means I can strap on these jets, and run at super-sonic!"
"Are you really that dumb?" Ratchet said, "Those things are unstable, untested,—"
"And totally wicked fast!"
"So just how fast you think I can go in em? Two hundred? Five hundred?!" Before Bumblebee could dream any further, Ratchet yanked away the jets with his magnetizers.
"Forget it kid, I just finished picking out splinters and plucking leeches offa you. And I'm not gonna let you put yourself on my med-table any time soon."
"Then let me use those motorcycle things you're working on!"
"I'm not even gonna let you look at them," Ratchet growled, "But you're still not using these things. They're accidents waiting to happen."
"Oh come on!" Sari retorted, "My dad's equipment is perfectly safe."
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"WOAHWOAHWOAHWOAH WOAH!" the field tester screamed as he ran around the wall, up the ceiling, and across the floor at amazing speeds.
"Mr. Sumdac, we're having some trouble with the Turboblade Cyber Suit!" one of the scientists reported over a vid-chat as two more of the scientists where knocked away after being run down by the field tester.
"Send me the design specs and I'll see about fixing it," Isaac sighed. He cut off the chat. Megatron looked at the specs. "It's my latest invention. The cyber suit will increase muscle speed and reaction time a thousand fold."
"The Destronium, Sumdac. I still need the Destronium," Megatron reminded.
"Look, as much as I'd like to help, it cannot be done. The only sample is in a storage facility all the way across town. By the time it could be transported here it would be useless, or worse, highly explosive. Just wait a few more months and I should have my cyber suit finished. That way we can safely move it in a short time. All we need is one more month. Don't worry."
"There is no way I'm staying in this prison for another month if I can have it now," Megatron whispered so Sumdac couldn't hear.
