"Whew, it sure is cold," the climber, Jeff said.
"Hey, it was your idea to climb up here," his friend, Matt reminded.
"I thought it was yours!" Jeff exclaimed.
"Okay, it totally was mine," Matt laughed.
"Good thing we set up camp here. Got a radio saying there's a blizzard just a few—Hey, what's that?"
"What's what?"
"That," Jeff pointed. The snow cleared just enough for the two to see the wreckage of a large purple space ship with strange markings all over it.
"Woah, I've never seen anything like that in my—Look out!" The two ran away and hid just as a meteor smashed into the snow right on top of their camp. The meteor stood up and revealed itself to be a huge cyborg covered from head to toe in armor. He had an ocular device that had one eye on the front and two on either side, a cybernetic jaw, huge armor over his chest and arms that ended in three claws, and armor on his legs with two front toes and two back toes on each foot. A second man landed next to him.
"Careful you copper-clad klutz!" Blitzwing barked, "You stepped in something!" Lugnut looked under his foot at the remains of a soup pot. Blitzwing's head shook wildly, "But with a few dancing lessons, you'll be light on your feet like me. Cha cha cha." Blitzwing shuffled from side to side.
"Silence Blitzwing! I did not follow this beacon halfway across the galaxy for dancing lessons!" Lugnut bellowed, "This was Megatron's ship."
"Starscream never did have a knack for parking!" Blitzwing's head twitched.
"Curious," he said much more calmly, "Zis is also the same quadrant we last heard from Lockdown."
"Do not mention, that worthless bounty hunter," Lugnut growled, "He is a disgrace to the glorious name of Decepticon!"
"You fool! He was helping us take revenge against the Autobots for destroying Megatron!"
"No! Megatron lives! I can feel it. I believe only two things: The Decepticons will rule Cybertron. And Megatron will rule the Decepticons!" Lugnut dropped onto his knees, "Our glorious leader AWAITS!"
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"Gyah! Oof!" Ratchet was smacked in the head by a black ball. He had jumped awake out of the bench and tripped on his own feet. He sat on the ground and rubbed his head.
"Time out!" Sari skated over, "Fan interference!"
"First off, I'm no fan of this childish sport," Ratchet corrected, "And second, the only interference is with my nap!"
"Yeesh, what a grouch," Sari giggled. She picked up the black ball and threw it back into the parking lot then skated after it with her hockey stick ready, "Game on!" Before she could hit it, Bumblebee stole it from her and made his way to the goal.
"He's breakin' away!" Bumblebee narrated, "The crowd goes wild! He shoots!" He smacked the ball to the goal. Bulkhead reached for it but missed. It was about to go in the net, but a trash-bot jumped in the way and caught it. Bumblebee stared in shock.
"Ooh, bad luck I guess," Sari shrugged.
"Was it really?!" Ratchet pointed an accusing finger at the AllSpark key sticking out of the trash-bot.
"Oops, how did that get there?"
"Sari, how many times do I have to tell you? That key is not a toy." The key glowed hot. "I said knock it off!"
"I'm not doing that!" The key shot a beam of energy pointing at two meteors speeding towards Earth. They crash landed near the downtown area. The shockwave could be felt throughout the entire city.
"This is not good," Ratchet frowned.
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"The objects of unknown origin struck without warning," the news man said. The copter-bots went a little closer to see what was hiding behind the cloud of dust. "Police are warning the public not to panic." A large, three-clawed hand jumped out and grabbed the camera-bot. Lugnut arose from the crater.
"Gah! These are not the Autobots!" he shouted angrily. He crushed the camera-bot.
"Perhaps one of their droids?" Blitzwing suggested, crawling out of the crater.
"Then where could they be?!"
Blitzwing shook his head wildly. His pupils constricted and his mouth drew into a wide grin. "Ha ha! I have an idea! Let's ask him!" Blitzwing pointed at a construction worker who was shivering in fear.
"YOU THERE!" Lugnut stared straight at the worker with his cybernetic eye. "What have you done with our beloved leader Megatron?! TALK!" The worker backed into the wall and cowered in the corner.
"Please don't kill me!" he pleaded, "I've got a wife and kids!"
"Oh look!" Blitzwing laughed and pointed at the man's pants, "Someone forgot to wear their diapers! AHAHAHA!"
"He is useless!" Lugnut, in his anger, slammed his fist into a support beam. The beam bent, causing the above floor to crack. One of the pieces broke off and bonked Blitzwing on the head.
"Lugnut! You bungling idiot!" Blitzwing rubbed his head through his helmet, "I ought to rip off your arms and pummel you to death with them!" Lugnut sighed.
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"It's about time they came for me," Megatron remarked, "But can they be trusted? After all, I've already been betrayed by one of my own."
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"Did you hear?" Prowl asked, "Those Decepticons are looking for us."
"Then let's go kick their butts!" Sari exclaimed. She was about to run to the Auto-Rover, but Ratchet stopped her.
"Sari, you stay here," Ratchet said.
"But I wanna—"
"We barely held our own against one Decepticon. And we're not about to risk your life against two."
"Ratchet's right," Optimus agreed, "It's too dangerous. We need to lure them away from innocence."
"But aren't we innocent?" Bumblebee injected.
"Autobots roll out!" Optimus led the Autobots onto the Auto-Rover. Sari was about to sneak on board, but Ratchet once again stopped her.
"Sari, go home. And stay there." The door shut and the Auto-Rover left for the construction site.
"You sound just like my dad!" Sari stuck out her tongue.
