(Disclaimer: it's called a fan fiction for a reason. I don't own any characters, just the plot line.)
Chapter 1: "What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
It was a beautiful day on the secluded island of Griffin Rock, but Doctor Ezra Greene was not currently enjoying it. He was, in fact, inspecting inventions in the Best Left Forgotten area underneath the Hall of Inspiration.
Of coarse he knew the inventions were considered 'best left forgotten' for a reason, but perhaps, with a little tinkering and maybe some reverse-engineering, he could improve the devices and use them for help, instead of havoc.
Besides, he was slightly bored, with nothing else to do.
He had a data-pad to scan the items and determine their purpose, according to the data banks, on him.
He scanned a rather in-obvious device and became extremely curious when the data-pad came up blank. Nothing in the files was on this item, not its creator's name, nor its purpose.
"intriguing..." The man mused.
Meanwhile in the firehouse, the Burns family was just sitting down to lunch when the phone rang.
"I've got it!" Cody, the youngest member of the team called out before answering it. "Griffin Rock emergency." He stated simply.
Over the line Doc Greene answered him. "Cody, I need you and your family to meet me in the Best Left Forgotten sector immediately!" The scientist sounded excited. "Bring the bots too!"
The call ended and left Cody wondering if he should be worried. Doc said the whole team, right? Why would he want the hole team unless it was an emergency?
"Who was it, son?" Chief Charlie Burns asked the young boy.
Deciding it was best to just gather the team and meet Doctor Greene as soon as possible, Cody answered. "Doc Greene, and he wants to meet us in the BLF asap!"
"Why, is there an emergency?" Danielle, or 'Dani' as everyone called her, stood up quickly.
"He didn't say, but he sounded excited." Cody responded to his sister.
"Well, he may need our help." Graham, the second youngest and usually the brains of the operation, resolved.
"Come on, I just sat down!" Kade, the oldest whined.
"The sooner we see what's up, the sooner you can get back to your sandwich!" Dani teased.
The five humans rushed for the elevator to to inform their robotic partners.
In the bunker, the bots were all busy doing their usual free-time activities: Heatwave was sparring with his wooden dummy, Chase was reading manuals, Boulder was painting, and Blades was channel-surfing.
"Eh... Nope... Hmmm, nah... Yuck! Double no!" Blades exclaimed as the channels flipped by. "Why is nothing good on right now?" He whined.
Heatwave, sparring across the room, called over his shoulder between punches. "You could... Do something else... Rather than... Being a couch potato..." he smiled smugly.
Blades brow furrowed. He did not appreciate being called names, especially names that didn't suite him. "I am not a couch potato!" He huffed. "There's just no emergencies to answer, so I've got nothing to do!"
"I thought you didn't like 'rolling to the rescue'?" Heatwave sassed.
"Being on a rescue team is fine," Blades explained. "Rescuing people is great even... It's not rescuing that's the problem, the problem is-"
"When you're scared of heights and end up being a helicopter." Heatwave laughed.
Blades glared at the firebot. Heatwave had no clue what he went through every air-related mission. He had to muster up enough courage just to lift off! Of coarse, having Dani along always helped...
The helicopter sighed. He never got any respect, especially from Heatwave. To Heatwave, Blades was just a cowardly scaredy-bot. I'll show him, Blades thought. One day I'll show them all, then they'll never tease me again!
The elevator doors opened then, to the bots' surprise. The Burns' walked out.
"Rescue bots, vehicle modes!" Chief ordered. Chase immediately put down the book he had been reading and changed form, into a police car.
"Is there an emergency?" Boulder asked as he transformed into his alternate mode, a bulldozer.
"We're not exactly sure yet." Cody explained. "Doc wants all of us to meet him in the BLF."
The other two bots turned to vehicles, and the humans each entered their bots, Cody riding in Chase.
The doors opened and the four Rescue Bots dashed off to the BLF.
Racing in and screeching to an abrupt halt, the four Rescue Bots let out their human counterparts and transformed.
"Doc, you said you needed us?" Chief questioned.
"Yes, I've found an invention that has no recorded information in the data files," He answered, holding up the blank pad for proof. "Which leads me to wonder: why?"
"Aw, C'mon Doc, you're making me miss lunch!" Kade complained. "You made us think it was a real emergency!"
"But it is!" The scientist defended. "I would like to tinker around with this until I can figure out what it is, and in case it will harmfully affect anything in any way, I thought you'd like to be here."
"Terrific..." Kade mumbled.
"We're glad to help you out, Doc," Heatwave the firetruck told him, glaring at Kade. Kade immediately glared back at the bot.
"As long as it's safe." Blades added worriedly.
"So how are you planning on tinkering with it, Doc?" Graham, thoroughly interested asked.
"I was considering taking it out on my floating lab, so the island might not be effected as much, should the device be harmful." The scientist answered.
"A device from the Best Left Forgotten shelves that'll probably do more harm than good." Blades gulped. "What could possibly go wrong?"
The bots then loaded the device onto the floating lab. Doctor Greene, his daughter Francine 'Frankie', and the Burns family stood on the dock next to the lab.
"You bots better stay on shore," Chief explained. "I don't think Doc's dock can hold all four of you and the device."
"Well, Blades and I could at least watch from above, just in case something does go wrong." Dani suggested.
"Good idea." Chief replied.
"'Just in case'?" Blades questioned as Dani claimed inside him. "Just in case what?" He demanded as they took off.
As Cody was about to board the floating lab, his father stopped him. "Too dangerous, son. I'm sorry."
"I can't go but Frankie can?!" Cody couldn't believe this.
"It's Doc's choice whether Frankie can go or not, not mine." Chief Burns informed his son sternly.
"Guess you're outta luck!" Frankie teased her best friend. Cody knew she meant well, but he still felt left out.
"Fine, but let us know if you need anything." Heatwave insisted.
"Well, you could run home and grab my sandwich for me." Kade joked. Heatwave only rolled his optics.
"All set!" The Doctor called, and shoved off shore with the bots watching after them intently, Blades and Dani from the air.
"I'm just saying, anything from the BLF is in there for a good reason!" Blades trembled. "And it should stay there!" He continued.
"Relax, Blades, Doc knows what he's doing." Dani soothed.
Blades sighed. The helicopter still had a bad feeling about this...
When the lab was far enough from shore, the scientist activated the device.
Blades, watching from the air, suddenly saw a beam of blue energy shoot out from the lab and hit where Heatwave, Chase, Boulder and Cody were observing. He let out a cry of distress as the beam seemed to absorb his friends, and when the smoke cleared (so to speak), the three bots and human were gone.
From the shore, Cody, Heatwave, Boulder and Chase had been observing the procedure casually, but alert.
"Heatwave," Cody asked the firebot. "Do you think I'll ever be able to come on missions, like this one, with you guys?"
Heatwave sighed. "Right now I'm not even on this mission." He grumbled.
"But if it weren't for your weight, you'd be out there right now." Cody told Heatwave. "And you too." He added, glancing at Chase and Boulder.
"Cody, I have no doubts: everything Chief does is for your safety." Chase informed the boy.
"Don't worry, you'll be able to come on missions soon." Boulder reassured him, smiling.
"How soon is 'soon'?" Cody sighed sadly. "I just feel like he doesn't think I can help sometimes..." As the trailed off, a bluish orb turned their attention back to the experiment-at-hand.
The orb seemed to get larger by the second, making the four uneasy. When it was almost upon them, Heatwave shouted "Duck!" but it was too late. The three bots and human were absorbed by the light, closed their eyes and lost consciousness.
When they awoke, Heatwave assumed they had teleported, as they were now in what appeared to be a dark, ruined city. He groaned. "What... Happened?" He asked no one in particular.
The others rounded. "Oh, my head!" Boulder held his helm in his servos.
"That was rather unpleasant." Chase remarked.
"You said it, Chase!" Cody agreed, picking himself up and dusting off his clothes.
"Yes, I did. What is your point?" Chase asked Cody, confused by the lingo.
"Where are we?" Boulder inquired.
Everyone glanced around. the pace did not look familiar, but something about it rang their deja vu senses.
They were all up by now, and began wandering around trying to figure out what had happened.
Regrouping after finding nothing, and seeing how it was somewhat dark now, the bots decided to seek shelter, and work on finding what took place in the morning.
Strange, Heatwave thought. I thought before the blast it was just after lunch... He shrugged. Primus only knows what the blast did, maybe it caused the sun to speed up and set early.
"I found a place to stay the night!" Cody waved and called as he pointed down a crumbling dark alley.
When the bots peered down the alley, Boulder shivered. "Are you sure about this, Cody?" The green tractor asked.
"I don't know how many other options we have." Cody replied logically.
"OK, but stay behind us." Heatwave cautiously moved further into the alley, the others followed.
Suddenly silhouettes surrounded them no all sides, blocking their escape. Some sticking out of holes and crevices in the walls, others on top of the walls or on the ground. Some about the size of the bots, while others were just taller than Cody, But they all held a weapon of some sort, ranging from low-tech bows and arrows to extremely complex-looking guns, with lasers pointing where the shot would go.
The lasers were pointed directly at the bots' helms and sparks, and Cody's head and heart as well.
"State your business!" A gruff but familiar voice ordered from the shadows.
Heatwave growled. "Why should we answer to you?" He retorted.
"Follow protocol!" Chase hissed to Heatwave. "We are merely looking for a place to spend the night." He answered.
The leader, or whoever had been talking to them grew silent, contemplating the imposters. "It... It can't be..." He mumbled, though the Rescue Bots and Cody could hear him. "They went missing in action over 30 years ago!" He finished, taking a hesitant step back. Unbelief overwhelmed him and the bot drew his blaster, aiming at Chase. "Who are you really and why have you violated our refuge?!" He fumed.
"I'm afraid we don't understand the question-" Boulder, seeing the blaster pointed at Chase's faceplate, raised his servos in defense. "And if we don't understand, we can't answer." He finished calmly, though there was a twinge of fear in his voice.
"B-Boulder?" The mech lowered his weapon in disbelief. "Is... Is that you?" He asked cautiously.
"How do you know my name?" Boulder, completely taken off guard blinked in confusion.
The bot they were conversing with glanced over at Heatwave, Chase and finally Cody. "Heatwave? Chase? Cody?" He asked.
"How do you know our names?" Heatwave demanded.
The mech took a deep breath before stepping out of the shadows and into the moonlight, revealing himself.
They were thoroughly shocked, and exclaimed in unison.
"BLADES?!"