Introducing: The Renegades! Part 1

It's finally here! Renegades is finally here for you all to enjoy, and best part yet? It has been released on my birthday! But wanna know something even better? Instead of releasing one chapter, I'm releasing two as a gift for you guys! Wanna know a funny fact? I'm using obscure characters for Renegades and these guys are so obscure doesn't have any character choices for them. thanks for your patience and enjoy the story!

Overall Theme: Twilight, by Electric Light Orchestra

Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers or the song used as the theme


"Alright Renegades, let's kill this thing. Remember, we're being paid to do this." Magnificus said, loading a magazine into his rifle. He then fitted the rifle with a small scope.

"Wait, how much are we being paid to do this?" Half-Track asked, the two red colored cannons on his back ready for use.

"5,000 shanix(1), and if we don't make a mess, then we might be able to double it." Tailwind replied to his question, taking out a double edged Energo-sword and a small pistol.

"LET'S SHUT UP AND KILL THIS THING!" X-Gunner shouted before zooming straight towards their target: a Shrieker(2). These creatures were infamous for both their hypersonic shriek and their tendency to damage a lot of stuff. The Renegades have traveled to Lithone, a planet of mechanical beings similar to Cybertron. They were hired to hunt and kill a Shrieker which had been causing massive amounts of destruction around the town and even causing several casualties. They finally tracked it down and chased it onto a landing platform, where they are getting ready to fight it. X-Gunner flew around the foul beast, gunning it down with his two rifles to no avail, the beast's thick hide being too strong. The other Renegades followed, shooting at it with all they had. Half-Track transformed into a anti-aircraft tank, firing at the Shrieker with heavy shells. This did not damage it, although it did push it back and anger it.

"Guys, this plan isn't working! Obviously all we're doing is making it more angry!" Flash Sentry said, using the pistols in his hand to fire several shots. The Shrieker then retaliated, having had enough of their annoyance. It opened it's mouth and shrieked, making everyone drop their weapons and cover their heads.

"AHHH, MY AUDIO RECEPTORS!" Stonecruncher screamed loudly.

"WE CAN'T WIN! IT'SANUNWINNABLEFIGHT!" Half-Track shouted in response, his words becoming mixed up. The Shrieker finally stopped, charging at Flash Sentry. Scylla reacted quickly, wrapping the tentacles on her back around the Shrieker. She then grabbed a rifle lying on the ground beside her feet and started to shoot at the creature, turning it's attention towards her.

"Guys, does anyone here have a melee weapon?" Magnificus asked, getting back to his senses.

"Yep, got two electro-rods(3) with me." X-Gunner replied, taking out two long, glowing, yellow staffs.

"Get close to the Shrieker and stab it. It doesn't look like that things gonna die from our guns, might as well kill it the old fashioned way." Magnificus ordered. X-Gunner nodded and flew straight at the Shrieker, still being held in place by Scylla's tentacles. The creature tried to escape, struggling and thrashing to get out of Scylla's grasp, but it was stuck. X-Gunner, with full force, rammed into the Shrieker with his electro-rods, stabbing it in the chest. Before he came in contact, Scylla released the Shrieker so she wasn't stabbed in the process. X-Gunner shoved the electro-rods deeper into the beast before swinging it straight up, cutting the Shrieker. He stepped back, seeing the two large rips that started from the stomach and continued up the head. The beast, it's mouth gaping wide and it's lifeless eyes staring back at X-Gunner, fell backwards, a small pool of blood forming around the body.

"Did it." X-Gunner said confidently, seeming to be happy about his victory.

"If you're done, I want to hurry up and get the shanix and get out of here." Stonecruncher said. Tailwind and Flash Sentry hauled up the dead Shrieker and they all walked back to get their prize. On the way, they saw a robber happening. Although Lithone had a low crime rate, crime did still occur here and there. The group quickly stopped the robbery, taking down the weak robbers with ease before continuing down to get their prize…


"Thank you for killing that Shrieker. It had been causing disruption all over the city and the local law enforcement was failing to stop it. Thankfully, Cybertronians like you were in the area. Although we usually don't like to associate with Cybertronians due to the War, I would like to thank you for your deed. Now, here is your 5,000 shanix we promised." The Lithone leader gave a box to Magnificus, who opened it to reveal the shiny shanix inside.

"Thank you, kind sir, for our reward. We will be leaving now to scour the universe for adventure, more or less." Magnificus said before the group left the government building of the city. Stonecruncher was laughing, holding a briefcase in his hands. X-Gunner peered over, joining Stonecruncher in laughing.

"What's so funny?" Flash Sentry looked at the briefcase's contents, his face filled with shock.

"You kept some of the money!?" Flash Sentry asked.

"Yeah, of course. The guys were stealing 5 billion shanix from their bank. I just decided to help myself and steal half a billion, is that so bad?" Stonecruncher asked.

"If they find out, they could chase after us. We would be considered criminals, especially for stealing an amount of shanix as big as that." Tailwind commented.

"Eh, it's fine. They'll never notice it's gone." X-Gunner reassured them. They got to their ship, which was once the late Star Dasher. Tailwind touched the side of the hull, sadness in his eyes. He still hasn't forgotten the day Star Dasher perished to the Gordanians(4). Tailwind let out a deep sigh before speaking softly to the his dead friend.

"I wish you could have come. It was fun, by the way. We killed a Shrieker, stopped a robbery, got a reward, took some of the money from the robbery for ourselves. You should've been there…" Tailwind said before entering into the ship. Flash Sentry and Scylla saw the whole thing, feeling sorry for their fellow Decepticon.

"Well, that's depressing." Flash Sentry commented.

"What can you expect? He's constantly in a ship that was once his best friend. He's constantly reminded of his friend's sacrifice. I'd be sad too if it were my friend." Scylla replied as they both went into their ship. Inside, X-Gunner prepared to take off.

"Alright, let's get the Ugly Truth off this planet before the Lithones find out we stole some money." Magnificus ordered.

"Remind me why we're calling the ship 'the Ugly Truth' again?" Half-Track asked.

"Because, the 'ugly truth' is that we're a bunch of Decepticon nobodies and rejects that no one cares about and we're going on adventures to make up for it. Think about it, we aren't anything special. Just regular old Decepticons. The badge doesn't even make a difference anymore." Magnificus explained. Half-Track nodded, understanding what he was talking about. They were nobodies and rejects. No one cares about them. If they were to return to Cybertron, they would end up as just regular, generic soldiers in the main army. The Ugly Truth took off, quickly leaving the planet Lithone to wander in space until they decided to stop somewhere out of necessity or out of boredom.


In his small hab suite aboard the Ugly Truth, Tailwind sat on the edge of his recharge slab and staring at the floor with a forlorn expression.

"Why did it have to be you? Why did you have to leave me on this world, alone and abandoned? I needed you Star Dasher, I still need you! You were all I had left. You were the last friend I had, the last person that wasn't yet taken from me. And now I have nothing, now I have nothing left." Tailwind said to himself, remembering the day Star Dasher had sacrificed himself, the memory replaying in his mind in a seemingly endless loop. He continued to stare at the ground until he heard something fall. Tailwind, having been slightly startled by the sudden noise, left his hab suite to investigate. He walked down to the engine room, and saw someone he wasn't expecting to see.

"Scylla? What are you doing here? And why are you messing with the Star Dasher's engines?" Tailwind asked his fellow Decepticon, who turned and glared at him. She then pulled out a small pistol, aiming for his spark.

"This ship is now under inspection of the Galactic Council. Surrender now Decepticon scum."


Earlier…

"Hey, just a friendly question, what's your alt-mode? I thought you'd be a vehicle of some sort, but I don't see any kibble on you, plus you got that ridiculous cylinder-thingy on your chest." X-Gunner asked, using his right hand to point at Flash Sentry's chest while using his left to steer the ship.
"Woah X-Gunner, you can't just ask that!" Stonecruncher exclaimed.

"Why not? I said it's a friendly question. We all have a Decepticon honor system here, I won't judge it. I just wanna know."

"Decepticon honor system? Since when did that ever exist?" Half-Track asked, joining the conversation.

"If you count 'being insulted by your alt-mode from your whole infiltration squad because you don't have a hundred guns on your body' an honor system, then yeah, we have one." Flash Sentry said.

"Alright, but back to my question, what is your alt-mode?"

"Do you all swear you won't laugh?" Flash Sentry asked. All three Decepticons nodded.

"Okay, I transform into a frikkin camera. Not a tank. Not a car. Not a jet. A camera." The three Decepticons stared at him before X-Gunner broke the awkward silence.

"Cool! Now we can take pictures of our adventures and battles! How about you take pictures of me shooting people?" X-Gunner said.

"Yeah, that's actually useful for us right now! Think about it, we'll have a whole library of pictures about our adventures!" Half-Track exclaimed.

"Yeah, I guess. Kinda still wish I was a car. A car with guns." Flash Sentry said. Magnificus then walked up to the group, a datapad in his right hand.

"Have any of you seen Tailwind or Scylla?" the scientist asked.

"Nope, although I'm sure Tailwind is in his hab suite sulking like he usually is." Half-Track commented.

"Give him time. He's still getting used to his friend's death." Flash Sentry said before everyone heard a beeping sound. X-Gunner turned to face the controls and looked at the readings on a scanner.

"Um, Mags, there's a giant warship approaching us…"
"Where is it?"

"Above us."


"Scylla, what are you doing! I'm (sort of) your friend!" Tailwind said, his hands up in surrender.

"Stand down. This ship is now under Galactic Council inspection."

"What's going on? C'mon Scylla, speak to me, what's the matter with you?" Scylla continued to inch the barrel of the pistol closer to his chest, making Tailwind back up towards the door.

"I'm really sorry if I have to do this, but…" Tailwind uppercutted Scylla, making her fall. She tried to pull the trigger, but the shot hit the ceiling. Tailwind quickly ran toward the bridge where the others were.

"Guys, something's wrong with Scylla! She tried to shoot me!"

"What did you do?" Magnificus asked.

"I just heard something coming from the engine room and Scylla was there. She tried to shoot me so I punched her and ran."

"Well, we have other things to worry about. There's a massive warship above us, and from what X-Gunner told me, we're being pulled in." Magnificus said. Just then, Scylla walked into the room, pistol in hand.

"This ship is under Galactic Council inspection. If you try and resist inspection, they will not hesitate to destroy you." Scylla glared at the group, all of them huddled together.

"The GALACTIC COUNCIL!? WE'REDEAD,THERISNOMRCYFRUSWEARDED!" Half-Track exclaimed, panicking about the current situation.

"Scylla, put the gun down, now."

"I don't take orders from Decepticon scum." Scylla said, aiming for Magnificus.

"Speak for yourself…" X-Gunner mumbled. Behind her, Galactic Council troops began to fill the ship, their guns aimed at the Decepticons. The group was then escorted off the Ugly Truth onto the warship's docking bay.

"Ah, Decepticons, you may be wondering why we brought you here. For introductions, my name is General Neech of the Galactic Council."

"We don't care. Now get to the point: one, why are we here, and two, what is wrong with Scylla, and three, why are you all a bunch of organic dirtbags." Magnificus said. The last part of his sentence insulted Neech, but the general kept a calm composure before speaking again.

"You were brought here because you had something that belonged to us." Neech explained.

"The shanix? You can have it." Magnificus said.

"No, not the shanix. We are in no need for money. However, you had a person onboard that was Galactic Council property." Scylla walked up to Neech, standing beside him.

"SCYLLA!? No, she's not your property, or anyone's property for that matter." Magnificus said.

"Ah, but that's where you are wrong. Scylla is a Galactic Council sleeper agent, an agent with one mission: getting rid of the Cybertronian threat."

"No…" Flash Sentry muttered in shock and disbelief.

"Originally, the job was supposed to be finished in a matter of days. However, she was quickly transported to another planet for a mission and shortly after she then disappeared from our radar."

"Yeah, because she was on Tamaran and she was offline." Tailwind said.

"Now that she is back online, she shall continue her job and finish it, no matter the cost." Neech explained. He then ordered the Renegades to be taken away to the brig where they will stay and await trial on a Galactic Council planet.


As they were being escorted, Half-Track was panicking.

"Do you guys know what this means? They're the Galactic Council! Theywontstopuntil thyhavevrydecepticonkld!"

"I'm only gonna say this once nicely, because one time is all I have for kindness: SHUT THE HELL UP HALF-WIT!" Stonecruncher shouted, causing the guards to shush him and shove the group forward. Eventually they were thrown into their cells, the door being locked behind them.

"So, it's obvious we aren't gonna stay here, right?" Flash Sentry asked. Magnificus was staring outside the cell, being deep in thought about an escape plan.

"Maybe someone was here before us and managed to stash some weapons." Stonecruncher suggested, although his idea was shot down.

"Or, we can try to punch through the bars and run for it." Flash Sentry suggested, although the others disagreed with his plan.

"How about this? X-Gunner, give me a gun." Magnificus ordered, reaching out with his hand.

"What?"

"I know you have a gun. You ALWAYS have a gun."

"Oh yeah, right. Just a sec." A panel on X-Gunner's arm opened, revealing a pistol inside. He handed it to Magnificus, who put it away. Magnificus then whispered something to Half-Track, who suddenly had a look of relief.

"HELP! HELP GUARDS HELP! THEY'RESACRIFICINGME!" Half-Track screamed, getting the attention of the two guards watching over their cell. The guards unlocked the door and walked in, only to be shot by Magnificus. The group then left the cell and ran down the hall, shooting at guards along the way.


"So, how do we beat them? We know they're gonna destroy Cybertron, but how?" Flash Sentry asked.

"That's what we're gonna find out, but we need to be armed first. We're heading for the ship." the Renegades ran toward the Ugly Truth, gunning down as much guards as they could. Eventually, they got in and started to gather their weapons.

"Question." X-Gunner said.

"Ask away." Magnificus said, peering around the ship's entrance and shooting at three guards.

"Can I shoot them without any mercy? You know I LOVE a good fight, and this looks like a good fight."

"Go ahead. But don't kill Neech or Scylla."

"Got it." The group headed out and started to gun down guards approaching them, clearing a path to the bridge. They continued to run, ready to fight Neech…

"General, now that we have the sleeper agent, we can resume the project." a scientist said to the general, who stared out into space.

"Very good. The subject knows what she needs to do and everything has been ready for thousands of years. We need to get her on Cybertron immediately." Neech said. Just then, the double doors leading to the bridge bursted open, knocking over two guards standing nearby. In the entrance, the Renegades were all armed and ready to take down Neech. Neech stood in shock before pulling out a pistol and opening fire on the Decepticons. They all dodged his shots before returning fire. Other Galactic Council troops in the bridge joined the fight, shooting at the Renegades.

"C'mon, we have to stop them! We can't falter, not when we're so close!" Tailwind said, encouraging his fellow Decepticons. They all shot at the soldiers, killing a few and injuring several others. Suddenly, Flash Sentry and Stonecruncher were picked up and thrown, making them hit a wall. Tailwind looked to see Scylla extending her tentacles and attempting to grab him. He quickly punched several of the tentacles away before tackling her. Neech attempted to shoot Tailwind, but Magnificus shot Neech in the stomach, making him fall to the ground and grasp his injury. Magnificus stood over Neech in victory, his pistol aimed at the general's head.

"Game over, Neech. Now tell me, how are you gonna destroy Cybertron?"

"Pfft, you haven't figured it out yet? Look your friend in the eye and ask her the same question." Tailwind looked at Magnificus, who walked over to him.

"Um, Magnificus, you might wanna see this…"

"No way. That's impossible!" Magnificus said in shock. They looked at Scylla's left eye socket, the one covered by an eyepatch. An object had replaced the socket where her left eye should have been, the eyepatch concealing it. It made a haze of bright red light that dimly lit the room.

"It makes sense. It's the size of an eyeball, and it could fit perfectly there…"

"That's how they'll destroy Cybertron. Using a geobomb(5)…"

To be continued...


(1): Shanix is Cybertronian currency.

(2): A Shrieker is the creature that attacked the Titans in Season 4, Episode 8: Stranded.

(3): X-Gunner's electro-rods in this story look like the missiles that come with his toy, which he can use as melee weapons.

(4): See Season 2, Chapter 4: Renegades.

(5): A geobomb is a small bomb the size of a Cybertronian eyeball that can destroy planets.


Ooh, cliffhanger! Thanks for reading Renegades. Hopefully you all enjoyed it as much as I thought you would. Don't worry, part 2 will come out very soon (I might be able to release it two days after this). Flash Sentry's body type won't be his combiner wars toy one, instead it will be the same body type as Viewfinder in the G1 Cartoon. Hopefully you like the song I chose as the theme for Renegades. It's a new thing I'm trying, and hopefully you enjoy the song. Thanks for reading!