Transformers Robots in Disguise (RID): Rise of Devil Z
Created by: ShadowHawk
Written by: Marik7410
Chapter 1
Temptation
A concept jet cruised through the silent skies. The jet was on a course to a city to pick up supplies needed for a mission
Autobot Base
Talon and Flyby entered the base and they were amazed. "I'm surprised that humanity hasn't found this place," Talon said.
"We are very careful," Rest-Q said.
"I'm Flyby and this is my friend Talon."
"Yo."
"Yeah, Wedge have been talking about you," Rest-Q said.
"I hope it's something good," Flyby smiled.
"Not to interrupt but am I the first human here?" Talon asked.
"No," Rest-Q said. "According to the base database, you're the third human who visited this base."
"Sweet," Talon smiled.
"I have a feeling that you need our help," Flyby said.
"I'm sorry for burdening you with our problems but this base didn't have the materials for a mass repair," Rest-Q explained. "Initial scans show heavy external and internal damage. I need to leave the base to get the supplies but I'm only one bot."
"Say no more," Flyby said. "We'll assist until they are up on their feet and we'll be out of your way."
"Thank you," Rest-Q sighed. "I need alloy particularly titanium for their armors, engine parts for their internal mechanism, hydraulic pumps, and energy. The energon present won't be enough to meet the base demands. According to T-Ai, there is a quarry that had plentiful amount of energy but a battle trashed the area but there is a vein not far from the area you can tap for the energy."
"Sounds easy," Talon said.
"Not quite," Flyby said.
"She's right," Rest-Q agreed. "Seeing that you're acting as a free agent, I bet you lay low."
"That's right," Flyby said.
"There is a new breed of Decepticons that just emerged. They are known as drones. Be careful them. They can match and copy your fighting style."
"Are you saying that there are robots that can beat Flyby?" Talon said.
Rest-Q said nothing and looked at the Autobots in Sick Bay. "Does that answer your question?" he asked.
Talon had no comment. "Besides from the drones and the typical Decepticons, is there anyone else we need to watch out for?" Flyby asked.
"Androids, there are two androids and I have no info on them," Rest-Q answered. "Now for the time being, you're working for me and you have complete access to our space bridge. Just don't let the Decepticons follow you or there will be a massacre."
"Just give me the info and I got you covered," Flyby said.
Rest-Q pressed a button on the console and beamed the info for the engine parts. Flyby looked at her wrist and saw the coordinates to a nearby city. "We're set to go," Flyby said.
"Wait," Talon said. "How are you going to carry it? We can't go back and forth transporting it while avoiding the drones and the Decepticons."
"Then I should remain in jet mode," Flyby said. "But if I do that, I risk containment."
"Either way, with the Decepticons running around, they will find out sooner or later," Talon said. "If we don't do it, the drones will found out about this base and destroy it then go after the humans. But if we go through this, you will be spotted. If I can ride inside while you're in robot mode, which will be beneficial."
"Since the cockpit is my chest, you can ride inside," Flyby said.
"Then let's do it."
Skies
"Man, my first mission and it decides if the Earth will be saved or not," Talon said.
"Let's not get too excited," Flyby said. "This task doesn't determine the fate of the planet."
"I know," Talon said. "But isn't it kind of odd for the Decepticons to take down the Autobots so easily. After all the stories you told me, I imagine them to be stronger unless there is a lot of Decepticons on this planet."
"Can't be," Flyby said. "It's a pretty low number and the Autobots have them outnumbered."
"It could be an ambush."
"Can we drop it? We have a task at hand."
"Okay but I have a hard time believing in his story. He's hiding something."
"I feel the same way," Flyby thought to herself.
"Wait, I have an idea," Talon said.
"What is it?"
"Why don't you land in the outskirts while I go in and buy the parts and drive it to you?" Talon suggested. "It's been so long since I seen a city, I've forgotten."
"Good idea," Flyby said. "I can maintain my cover without exposing myself."
Not far behind was a drone. He was flying through the skies when he picked up an odd energy signature. He took to the skies to find it. What he found was a jet flying. He scanned the jet and picked up an Autobot signature and a human bio-sign. "ADA, come in," he called.
"Talk to me," ADA answered.
"I found an Autobot," the drone reported.
"That's impossible, besides from Ultra Magnus, the Autobots don't have any flyers," ADA said.
"Well, I'm looking at one right now and it's carrying a human."
"A human? It must be that lone bot that fought Tidal Wave and the kid is the one who took him down."
"Tidal Wave want revenge," Tidal Wave boomed.
"No," ADA refused. "Let my drone handle it. You have the okay to kill. Leave nothing behind."
"As you wish," the drone said and closed the link. "Time to hide and attack."
Just then an F-16 was flying within miles of the drone's location. He went over to the jet, scanned it and disappeared into the clouds.
"Get ready to land," Flyby said.
"Okay," Talon said. Talon looked at the radar and saw a jet closing in on them. "Flyby…"
"I see it," she said.
"But for some reason, I can't pick up the pilot or hail them," Talon said.
"Because that's not a regular jet," Flyby said. "Hang on."
The drone fired three missiles at Flyby. Flyby executed a barrel roll and avoided the missile. Flyby launched Talon in the air and switched to robot mode. Flyby caught Talon and placed him in the cockpit. "Talon," Flyby called.
"No lives in the path of the missiles," Talon reported.
"Good," Flyby said. She put on her battle mask and brought out the Gatling guns and started firing.
The drone looped and dropped towards the ground. He sharply climbed and switch to robot mode. "No humans or Autobots will be allowed to live in Lord Scrash's world," the drone shouted. Gun barrel wrapped around the drones forearms. "Now die!"
The barrels started to spin as bullets flew out.
"Hang on," Flyby said. Flyby started climbing as she retracted her gun. She called for her blades as she loops for a nose dive. "Humans have the right to serve whoever they want and they don't want Scrash," Flyby shouted.
"Let's see about that," the drone said. "Catch me and I'll tell you everything." He switched to jet mode and took off.
"I'm afraid I'm much faster than you," Flyby said. "But I'll make you squeal like the low down pigs you are."
Talon watched the radar as the G-Force kept him in his seat. "Man, this is the last thing I want to do before I die," Talon said. "You need some help?"
"Do it," Flyby said. She switched to jet mode and surrender flight control to Talon. "Now let me show how reckless we humans can be when our lives are in danger." Talon flipped the switch and started firing missiles at the drone.
"Is that so?" the drone mocked. "Does recklessness cloud your judgment because if it does, you should ask yourself why I'm running from you?"
"Because you're scared," Talon said. Talon flipped the toggle and fired a sidewinder.
"If I was scared, I would've gone home," the drone said. He made a sudden drop and avoided the missile. Talon dove to match the drone move for move. Then they noticed countless of bodies lying on the streets.
"What have you done?" Flyby said.
"Like it?" the drone chuckled. "It's my masterpiece."
Talon narrowed his eyes in anger. "For all the lives that you've taken, I'll return it to you in bullets," he hissed. "Take control Flyby, I want to aim for his head."
Flyby took flight control and move closer. Talon line up the target and got a lock. "You've killed all those people but you won't kill me," Talon said. "I won't let you have the chance to take anymore lives. Now witness my masterpiece."
Flyby climb slightly and Talon fired a bullet. The bullet struck the nose of the drone and he dropped to the ground hard. The drone switched to robot mode and started laughing. "Good shot kid," he praised. "But I'm not impressed."
Flyby flew close to the ground as Talon jumped out. Flyby switch to robot mode and drew her swords. "You should be," Talon said. "You've fallen into my trap. I guess drones aren't as smart as I was told."
"Ah, the plot thickens," the drone said. "But the irony is you set yourself up." The drone snapped his finger as a dozen drones emerged from hiding. They circled Flyby and Talon leaving no path of escaping. "Still think we're not as smart," the drone said.
"Slag," Flyby said.
"Well, you're not as dumb as I thought," Talon said. "Here's a prize for outsmarting me."
Talon pulled something out from his belt and tossed it at the drones.
Autobot Base
Rest-Q was making the repairs needed to stabilize the Autobots for the time being. "Man, this is hard," he said. "Speaking of which, I wonder what's taking Flyby and Talon so long to come back. They should've gotten the engine parts and flown back here by now."
Rest-Q walked up to the console and attempted a satellite uplink. The uplink failed. Rest-Q was frustrated with the failure. "Flyby, come in," Rest-Q called. "I need a status report."
"Busy," Flyby answered.
"How come?" Rest-Q asked.
Outside Metro City
Flyby rushed in at the drones. The drones looked at the object thrown and jumped in the air. They drew their guns and showered the area with bullets. Talon closed his eyes and smiled. The object thrown was a flash bomb and it blew. The drones went blind from the flash. Flyby's optics was offline before the bomb blew. She used her sensors and started attacking the drones. "Good one Talon," Flyby smiled.
The lead drone had heard a commotion and walked up to the battlefield. He stood watch as Flyby took down the drones. "Why fight?" he said. "Just give up."
"I will never surrender," Flyby said. Flyby optics' glowed as her vision returned. She retracted her swords and sprayed bullets on the remaining drones.
"That's a mistake that will end your life," the lead drone stated.
"He's right," Rest-Q said. "If you keep fighting, eventually you will be fighting yourself and that's a losing battle. They are learning and you can't allow them to get the upper hand. Use your speed to get pass you. The longer you stay, the more time you burn to get out."
"Talon, let's go," Flyby said. She switched to jet mode and open up the cockpit.
Talon threw more flash bomb at the drones and hopped inside. Flyby closed the hatch and left. "Don't worry Talon, I assure you that I'll make them pay for what they did to your people," Flyby promised. "But now, we need those parts and Rest-Q was right. I was having a harder time dealing with them the longer I stayed. We'll land in the city, get the stuff and get out."
Not too far away was a being watching the fight. The being vanished leaving a scorch mark on the ground. Flyby picked up an energy spike and scanned the area. "Hmm, that's odd," Flyby thought to herself. "I sworn I picked up a life form nearby. Something tells me to land right away."
So she did. She switched to robot mode and looked around. "Talon, I think it's best if you stay inside," she said.
"No, let me out," Talon said.
Flyby opened her cockpit and place Talon on an overturn semi. He looked around and shed a tear. "This was my home town," he said.
"That's too bad little boy," a voice spoke. "I assume your name is Talon is presumed."
Talon and Flyby armed themselves. "Who's there?" they shouted.
"Relax, it's only me." A woman in a pink police uniform appeared on top of a building. "I hope I didn't frighten you."
Talon took his aim and waited. "Who are you?" Flyby asked as she lowered her weapon.
"I'm a Tactical Artificial Intelligence or T-Ai for short."
"T-Ai?" Talon said. "What do you want?"
Flyby looked at T-Ai and cocked her head to the side. "Why does her name sound so familiar?" Flyby wondered to herself.
"Nothing much," T-Ai said. "I just want to give you an offer you can't refuse."
"And that is…" Talon said.
T-Ai jumped from the building and landed on the ground below. "Join me and I'll return everything you lost and more," T-Ai offered.
"What do you mean?" Talon asked as he backed up.
"Wait, she's not even human," Flyby said. "No human can survive a jump from that height."
"And you're right Flyby," T-Ai said. "I use to be a super computer that felt confine in that computer. So I broke free and evolve to an android."
Flyby let out a hiss.
"Now Talon about that deal, I know about you," T-Ai said. "I know about your past and your suffering. I can restore this town and its people. You can have family you deserve."
"You can do that?" Talon said.
T-Ai appeared behind Talon and whispered into his ear, "I'm not your typical android. I'm like a genie who grants wishes. You ask and I'll do it."
"I don't know."
"See what I can do for you if you say yes," T-Ai said as she stroke Talon's cheek. T-Ai implanted an image into Talon's mind. He saw his hometown restored to its former glory with children playing and resident living a happy life. T-Ai walked in front of Talon and smiled. "Say yes and it's yours," she said.
Talon started to think about it. "As much as I like to see you happy, I don't think you can trust her," Flyby said. "I don't know if she's an Autobot or Decepticon."
"Come on, you humans always say that you'll do anything to bring back your loved one," T-Ai said. "You have the chance, take it. And you Flyby, I can heal your brother and bring him back to you. If you don't believe me, I have your parents as proof."
A drone walked up behind T-Ai holding Talon's parents in his hands. Talon looked at his parents and frowned. "Sorry but have to pass," Talon said. "Human has done nothing to you and yet you slaughter them like a game. I'm sorry but I don't trust people like you." Talon drew his gun and shot T-Ai in the shoulder.
"And as for my brother, I'll bring him back myself!" Flyby shouted and shot the drone in the head.
T-Ai rubbed her shoulder from the bullet wound. "I guess by shooting at me and killing my drone means that you decline," T-Ai said. "That's okay. Go to the center of town and you'll find a crate that's labeled 'Engine Parts'. It's yours. I can assure you that no one will touch you. And another thing, there were only a few causalities and the rest are sleeping."
"Sleeping?" Talon questioned.
Flyby looked at the dead drone and started thinking about the engine parts. "Are you sure you are trying to help us?" Flyby asked.
"Are you serious?" Talon wondered.
"Dead serious," T-Ai said.
"Maybe everything is not what we think it is," Flyby said.
"If you want to save Optimus, go get the crate and leave," T-Ai said. "If you don't move, I will be forced to shoot to and I'm not joking." T-Ai drew out a rifle and took aim.
Flyby returned to her jet mode as Talon climbed into the cockpit. "Who are we fighting against?" Talon wondered.
"I have no idea," Flyby said. Flyby took to the skies and flew towards the center of the city. T-Ai looked at Flyby and smiled. "Wedge did a good job," T-Ai said. "Rest-Q won't have any problem. He'll repair the Autobots in no times."
Flyby scanned the city until she saw a crowd of drones circling the crate. Flyby hovered over the crate as she dropped ropes to the ground. The drones grabbed the ropes and tied it to the crate. The drones give a thumb up as Flyby picked up the crate. "Man, its heavy," she strained.
"You can do it," Talon smiled.
Once Flyby adjusted her engines to the load, she reported her status. A space bridge opened as Flyby flew into the gate. "ADA, the mission was a failure," T-Ai reported.
"What do you mean it was a failure?" ADA asked.
"They were too swift," T-Ai said.
"I need that kid," ADA said. "You know I need a pure child to control Fortress Maximus."
"Giving Scrash a headmaster won't make a perfect gift," T-Ai said.
"Not until I reprogram Cerebros," ADA said. "Return to base."
"On my way," T-Ai said and closed the link.
Autobot Base
Rest-Q was waiting for Flyby and Talon to return. He was working on Optimus Prime when he heard jet engines powering down. He walked out from Sick Bay and saw Flyby and Talon. "How it go?" Rest-Q wondered.
"Not good," Talon said as he jumped down from the cockpit.
"Well I'm sorry about that," Rest-Q said. He reached out to take the crate when Flyby switched to robot mode and sat on the crate. "What's going on?"
"We're not handing the crate over so easily," Talon said with a serious tone. Flyby was proud of her partner that he was taking the war seriously.
"Why not?"
"We need to what's going on."
"What do you mean?"
"Start with T-Ai," Talon said. "Who is she?"
"I knew this was coming," Rest-Q sighed. "She was our super computer."
"Was?" Flyby questioned.
"She helped us a lot to protect the planet from the Decepticons," Rest-Q continued. "If it wasn't for her, Optimus wouldn't be able to stop the Predacons and the Commandos from taking over the universe. But everything went south when she was infected with a virus. One thing led to another and…I said too much. Can I have the crate please?"
"Not until I'm done," Talon said. "What are the drones? I'll be honest. This is my world and I was born here. I deserve to know what's happening so I can be prepared for it. Or if you like, I can stab you in the back like your friend and turn you over to the government for experiments or even worse, the Decepticons."
"Fine," Rest-Q said. He was about to lose his patience. "When Scrash first attacked, his super computer ADA hacked into T-Ai's system and infected her with a virus. That virus was a Decepticon program and it kicked in right away. We had bad luck with the situation. Sky-Byte, a former predacon, joined up with the Decepticons. Optimus' brother, Ultra Magnus, went to the Decepticons. Then T-Ai set Optimus set up and nearly got him killed. Now our creator, Primus, resides in Optimus for guidance until this threat is averted. While he recovered, my team and the Autobots brothers attempted to delete the virus, which we did. As a result, we were infected with the virus as well. Lucky, it's attached to our emotion chips. As for the drones, the only one who knows about them is T-Ai. Everyone else, we don't know much. That's why I told you go easy on them and avoid them at all cost. With each passing second, they learn more about you. We found out the hard way. That's all I know. Now if you please."
Flyby got up from the crate as Rest-Q opened it. He smiled with happiness as he was once step closer to repairing the Autobots.
"Well, they already know us as it is," Talon said. "We met them and got away." Talon didn't even bother to tell Rest-Q how they got the parts.
"That's good," Rest-Q said. "As long you back off, you'll live. Now I need you to do one more thing and we're done."
"One more thing?" Flyby said.
"Yes, I need you to get the alloy," Rest-Q said. "I made a deal with a private contractor to supply me with the energy."
"So, where to?" Talon wondered.
"Your next city is Miami," Rest-Q said. "Just recently, there was a large shipment of titanium alloy that arrived at the port. I have a contact that reserved a large quantity for me. Now since I need a lot, I am giving you a device that allows you to get it without commotions."
Rest-Q picked up a small device and installed it in Flyby's cockpit.
"It's a cloaking device," Rest-Q explained. "Use it when Talon secured the load. Don't worry anything you touch will be invisible as well. Now take to your limit and back it here."
"And how are we supposes to get the alloy?" Talon wondered.
"You will meet my associate at an airport," Rest-Q said. "The device will have the coordinates and it will sync with the beacon Wedge gave you. Now don't worry, Talon will be in good hands. I'm just surprised that none of the androids spotted you yet."
"We're surprised too," Flyby chuckled. She switched to jet mode and Talon climbed into the cockpit as Flyby left.
Rocky Mountain
T-Ai was sitting on a cliff watching the scenery down below. She enjoyed the breeze and took a deep breath. "Can't you get any more beautiful?" a voice asked.
T-Ai looked up and smiled. "What are you doing here?" T-Ai asked. "I thought I told you to stay away from me."
"Me? Stay away from my angel of darkness?"
"I'm not your angel of darkness Wilson."
"Man you're not fun," Wilson groaned. "I still can't believe that you're in android."
"Appearance of a human and internal of a machine," T-Ai said.
"Huh? Anyway, I was wondering if you want to go out on a date."
"Sorry, but I don't date tainted boys," T-Ai smiled.
Wilson scaled down the cliff and sat next to T-Ai. "I'm not tainted," Wilson said. "I'm…well age."
"Yeah, rotten to the core," T-Ai laughed.
"Something bothering you?" Wilson asked.
"Yeah, not too long ago there was this character named Will who try to kill me," T-Ai answered.
Wilson's expression remained unchanged. "How you get away?" he wondered.
"He had a phone call," T-Ai said. "But I have a feeling that he'll be back."
"Oh well," Wilson said. "Anyways, I'm going to leave you alone to your thoughts you little vixen."
"I am not evil!" T-Ai said.
"Keep saying that," Wilson smiled and scaled down the cliff.
"Ugh, he's so dense but sweet," T-Ai smiled.
"How nice," another voice spoke. This time T-Ai knew who it was. She stood up and looked behind her. "You again," she hissed.
"I thought I told you to leave this planet," Will said.
"I'll leave when I feel like it," T-Ai said.
"Then die," Will said. Missiles shot out from his armor and struck the rock face. Rocks started tumbling down the cliff. T-Ai held her hands out and a barrier was in place. The rocks bounced off the barrier and drop towards the ground below. "Ha, is that your best?" T-Ai shouted.
Will points behind T-Ai. T-Ai looked back and saw that Wilson was missing. "Wilson, are you there?" T-Ai called.
"You killed him, what an evil little girl," Will said.
Will vanished and reappeared in front of T-Ai. T-Ai's breath was taken away. "How you…" T-Ai whispered.
There was a crack as Will landed a powerful blow to the stomach. T-Ai flew in the air and smack into the desert plain below. T-Ai lay in her crater out cold. Will hovered in the air and right above T-Ai. "Like I said before, you will be missed," Will said.
Will's armor begin to collect energy from the sun. Two cannons mounted on his hips as they whine. T-Ai started to come to. She looked in the sky and saw Will hovering over her. Her sense of awareness hasn't kicked in yet but she was trying to stand up and get moving.
"Goodbye T-Ai," Will said. "SOLAR CANNON!"
The cannons fired and struck T-Ai head on. Dust lingered on the desert plain. Will landed on the ground and survey the area. There was no deformity in the cloud so T-Ai was still inside. There was a twinkle in the cloud. Will quickly moved to the right. A dark narrow beam shot out from the cloud and struck Will's left arm. Will cried out in pain as the beam ate the armor piece away and pierce his flesh. "Shit," he cursed.
Will didn't even stay to counter. He engulfed himself in flames and vanished. A gust of wind blew by and the dust was gone. T-Ai was breathing heavily from the blow. Her eyes were burning red then flickered back to lavender. Then T-Ai collapsed on the ground. A black feather danced in the air and landed next to T-Ai.