Act 1: Ignition
"Voltage, come in!"
"Yeah, what?", Voltage called into his com.
"We need back-up, Devastator is here!"
Devastator. If he was there, Galvatron must have had a good reason to send the Constructicons.
"Scrap, okay Inferno, I'll go get Bravo team."
"You'd better, or Lieutenant Prowl will have your hide!"
Voltage bolted towards the barracks. Shoving the doors open, he thundered down the hall to the room marked "Meeting Room A".
"Silverbolt, Air Raid, Fireflight, Skydive, Slingshot, you'd better come with me."
"But why?", asked Skydive.
"Delta team are under attack, and guess what? The 'cons have Devastator with them."
"So you're here for Superion?", asked the ever eager Fireflight.
"Yeah, pretty much." Voltage responded.
They dashed out of the barracks and transformed, the Aerialbots into their jet forms and Voltage into a Cybertronian assault fighter.
"We're their only chance of survival. Hit them fast and hit them hard. Make a few bots feel like an army."
"Hear hear!", the Aerialbots shouted, trailing behind Voltage.
"Wait, why did you pick us, and not, you know, Powerglide or Sunburst?"
"Didn't you hear, their all off-world, defending numerous of our other outposts and planets from the 'cons. We're the only ones available.", said Skydive in a curt tone.
They arrived at the trenches, and soared above, seeing Gearshift and Beacon discharge their weapons at the ever looming Devastator.
"Thank the spark you're here!", he cried as the Aerialbots landed and transformed. Voltage remained in the air, searching for Inferno. He spotted him gunning down Typhoon, a 'con twice his size. The charred remains of Crossflare laid at his feet as he landed, he fired his sidearm at Scourge. The Decepticon crumpled as Voltage tore him apart with laser-fire. He looked up and saw the Aerialbots forming Superion. The massive combiner charged at Devastator and they were locked in fierce combat.
"Oi', ya need help?", he shouted a Inferno.
"No, Voltage, I'm fine, worry about yourself for now!", he yelled back.
Inferno ripped Wrangle apart with his plasma-releaser and tackled Dirge, grappling onto his tail wing and shot him in the chest, putting his spark out. Superion punched Devastator in the chest hard enough and the Constructicon monstrosity fell apart. The majority of the Decepticon forces seemed to sense defeat and retreated, while the valiant ones that fought till the end were quickly no more. There were more casualties than they thought. The most crushing, the young Comet, savaged by Runamuck and Runabout. Ramcutter was tending to Comet's injuries as Voltage and Inferno walked into the medbay onboard the Stinger, a autobot ship that was dispatched for the mission.
"That was awesome!", exclaimed Dynamo.
"That was most certainly not awesome," replied Huffer.
"I thought we were going to die."
"You always think we're going to die," said Inferno, rolling his eyes.
"That's besides the point," Huffer replied grumpily.
"Just shut up, Huffer," said Gearshift.
Huffer subsequently shut up. Grumbling, he scuttled away.
"What was that all about?", asked Voltage as he walked from Comet's stretcher.
"Dynamo just chose the wrong time to make remarks about the battle," replied Gearshift. They gathered around Beacon's stretcher.
"Hey, Beacon, you there?", asked Voltage.
The only response was mumbling that nobody could make out and groans. He had been shot out of the sky by Sixshot.
"Well this isn't good," said Dynamo.
"Ya think?", responded Inferno.