Written by: Marik7410
It's a beautiful crisp autumn day. Birds chirping and ducks quaking as wildlife was doing their usual. A thick forest in the countryside was near a lake filled with aquatic life. It was perfect. In the forest, leaves rustling and branches snapped as a person was running through the forest as fast as they could. The runner was being pursued by two others. The forest was thick and especially the canopy. The canopy allowed little light in leaving the rest of the forest dark. Sunlight peaked in where the canopy was thinnest. The runner was blazing through the forest, navigating around tree and leaping over large roots. The runner was quick but the pursuers were quick also. They managed to keep up but they weren't able to close the gap. The runner ran through a straight away with spots of lights peeking through. As the runner ran, the runner ran passed through those lights. Running shoes, jeans were seen in the light. A bracelet and a necklace glistened in the sunlight. Short brown hair flowed in the wind. The runner was female and she was eager to get out of the forest. A light shined at the end of the tunnel as the woman picked up speed. One of her pursuers was closing the gap. The other leapt from the trees and gained some ground. The woman saw how close they were and panicked. She received another dose of adrenaline and ran faster. The woman emerged from the forest and stopped. In an instant she was tackled to the ground by a third person. The two pursuers emerged from the forest. They crossed their arms as their saw the woman on the ground. The tackler sat on the ground smiling. "I win," he said.
"Because you cheated," the woman said.
"I didn't cheat," the man said.
"The rules were clear. We choose a runner and give them a head start in the forest. The rest of us go inside the forest and find the runner," one of the pursuers said.
"That's what I did," the man said.
"No you didn't. Alexis and I saw you making a break towards the edge of the forest."
"What? You lie."
"Me? Why would I lie if I saw you with my own two eyes Koji?"
"Are you sure you saw me?" Koji asked. "Are you sure it wasn't Alexis running away so the both of you can play your own game?"
"The nerves of you," Alexis said. "Mom, handle your man before I do."
"Come on relax. We're here to have fun," the woman said.
"And to play fair," Alexis added.
"It's not my fault that Wilson is slower than me," Koji boasted.
"Oh, so you think you're better than me?" Wilson said.
"I don't think, I know," Koji said.
"Alright then, a race," Wilson suggested. "We race to the big tree and back. The loser buys lunch, no limits."
"You're on," Koji agreed. "Tai, count us down."
"Nope," Tai refused. "I will not participate in this foolishness."
"I'll do it," Alexis sighed. "In 3…2…1…GO!"
Both Wilson and Koji took off running into the forest. "Mom, I can't believe you married him?" Alexis said.
"I'll say the same thing to you," Tai laughed. The girls lay down on the grass and watched the clouds floating by. "Hey," Alexis spoke.
"What?" Tai asked.
"Is this what you wanted?" Alexis asked.
"Yep," Tai replied. "It couldn't be any more perfect than this."
"What do you mean?" Alexis asked.
Heavy footsteps emerged from the forest as Koji and Wilson finished the race. "I win!" Koji shouted.
"That's because you cheated," Wilson said. "You didn't touch the tree."
"Go again?" Koji asked. Wilson nodded and took his position.
"Ready? Go!" they shouted and took off running again.
"I married the man of my dreams. Everyone is alive and together enjoying each others company. And you came back to me," Tai replied.
"That's because you never gave up on me when I did."
"I'm still not use to calling you Alexis."
"I know, as Empress I did a lot of things I regret doing. That include trying to kill you," Alexis said. "But that's all in the past."
"Yep and this is the future," Tai agreed. "I'm happy that I have my only daughter back."
"Yeah, so is your granddaughter."
Tai sat up when Alexis said that. "Wait, you don't mean…"
"Well…" Alexis dragged on.
"Tell me," Tai begging. She was excited to hear what Alexis has to say
"I'm expecting," Alexis confessed.
"Congratulations," Tai cried. "I can believe I'm going to be a grandmother."
"So when are you and Koji going to decide on giving me a little brother or sister?" Alexis asked.
"I don't know," Tai replied.
Wilson and Koji came back from the race and this time, Wilson was the winner. "Ha! I win fair and square," Wilson shouted.
"Big whoop," Koji said.
"So Koji, Alexis is expecting. When are we going to have one of our own?" Tai asked.
Wilson slid over to Alexis, leaving Koji by himself. "I was going to talk to you about it but my parent said it's too earlier," Koji said.
"Liar," Tai said. "Your mother keeps calling me on when she is going to see her grandchild."
Koji stared at Alexis and Wilson. "Oops," Alexis said. "It slipped."
Tai got the hint and got furious. "So you knew!" Tai said.
"Not really," Koji said. "I didn't know. Wilson came up to me and asked if I knew any romantic place."
Tai went over and grabbed Koji's arm and started dragging him. "I hope you don't have any plans because we'll be busy," Tai said. "And we are not going to stop until the test comes back positive."
"Ah shits," Koji whined. "Thanks a lot you two."
"She was going to find out one way or another," Alexis laughed.
"Consider yourself lucky because it's that time of the month," Tai said.
"NO!" Koji screamed.
This is the dream I have every night. A dream about the future, a place where everything is quiet and no one is fighting. Where war is not was a thing in the past. This is the life I want but I can't have it. Not yet. The universe is at war. Good vs. Evil. I wish it could stop but it doesn't. Whenever a war ends, another one begins. Back on Earth I heard seven years prior to a World War, it was nothing but peace. I don't know if that's true or not. So many lives taken away and for what? For power, for money, for space? Or it is for the thrill of battle? No one knows. I hate all of this violence and yet I got dragged into this. I want to protect life, not kill it. I never killed anyone. I don't intend to. I heard I did kill someone but wasn't me, it was something else. Now here I am ready to fight against someone I brought into the universe, my very own daughter, Empress. She is the only one who can make a difference. If I could convince her that all this fighting is the reason why she lost her brother, maybe just maybe she can put all this fighting to a halt and end everything. But that's not the situation. From what I understand, she's wearing a possessed armor and it's corrupting her mind. The only way to save her is to remove it. But removing it is not going to be so easy. I don't want to fight my daughter but there's no other way.
Look at me. Look at me Empress. I'm your mother. I brought you here into the universe and yet you want to destroy it. As a mother, I have to discipline you and put you in your place. But that method is not going to work on you. I'm going have to do something I thought I'll never have to do myself. If it means I can have the life I want and have you back as my daughter, I'm going have to do it. When everything fails a mother have to use their last resort. Something they don't want to do. I'm sorry Empress but you have to die. I have to kill you. I have to kill my own daughter to save everyone but…
If I do manage to kill her, I won't be able to live with myself…
Knowing I did something so horrific…
As long everyone is safe that's all that matters. Because once that's done, my life ends at that moment and there is nothing anyone can do or say will that can stop me.
Transformers Robots in Disguise (RID): Endgame
Chapter 1
It Begins…
For those who had forgotten, I'll do a brief recap. The Autobots had visited the Spirit World and saw their lost friends. At the same time, Zed met his father for the first time in his life. Devil Z sent Zed on a mission. The Autobots left the planet and went about their business but to be attack by Zed. Zed offered to hand over the Aerial bots if they are willing to give up T-Ai. Wilson had remembered that Zed had the ability to convert Cybertronians into Decepticons. A fight broke out. Zed had taken down Wilson and T-Ai. Arcee, filled with rage, wanted to get rid of Zed but to be only stopped by one of his guard. Arcee involuntary sent T-Ai all of her negative energy. This made T-Ai and Wilson fuse together and created a dragon of rage. The dragon took down Zed's guards and fatally wounding Zed. Lugnut came in and rescued Zed and went straight to Cybertron, leaving the Autobots with the dragon. Using her words, Arcee saved herself a trip to the afterlife by taming the dragon. In sick bay, the dragon cried as Wilson separated himself from T-Ai, returning them back to normal.
Meanwhile on Cybertron, Lugnut delivered Empress her brother. She was emotional for the first time ever. She cried as her brother was dying in her arms. He gave Empress her birthday present a little early. Feeling guilty, Zed tried to warn Empress about his present but he die before he had the chance. Feeling alone, Empress isolated herself and wished that her brother would return to her. Hearing that, Empress' present spoke. The present tried to persuade her to use her present to get revenge but Empress refused. Furious, Empress' present acted on its own and attacked Empress. After that, Empress evaded T Ai's dream. Wilson entered T-Ai's dream also after hearing T-Ai's call for help. Wilson received a tip from an unknown source that the corrupted armor was missing. Empress revealed that she had corrupted armor and deployed it.
In Sector M, Shockblast and Sixshot led Deathstrike to the flying fortress Nemesis II. After a tour of the ship, the trio reached the bridge and met the chief. The chief was none other than Megatron. With lives on the line, Wilson and Deathstrike have to defeat Empress and Megatron in order to escape.
Location: T-Ai's dream
Area: Battle Arena
Inside the battle, T-Ai and Wilson are facing off with the new and improved Empress. She was wearing a battle armor she recently received from her dying brother.
"Take the armor off," Wilson demanded.
"But if I do, I won't be on the same level with you," Empress whined. "You have an armor. T-Ai has an armor and I don't. If I take mines off, it will be an unfair fight."
"It was an unfair fight to begin with," Wilson said. "Now I'm asking one last time, remove the armor."
"No," Empress refused.
"Then I guess I have to rip it off your back," Wilson said.
"Just try," Empress said.
Wilson moved in. Empress prepped herself for anything Wilson might do. Wilson got close and did a sweep kick. Empress jumped in the air to avoid the kick. Wilson anchored his right arm and thrust upwards. He landed a kick to Empress' chest. He pushed off his arm and delivered a series of kicks. He flipped over and landed a power fist. Empress soared in the air. Empress regained flight control and dove. Her gauntlet glowed as she got closer to Wilson. Wilson went into a freefall and started recording data about her armor. Wilson landed on the ground and leapt out of the way. Empress smacked into the ground leaving a large crater. Wilson went over to the crater and Empress was missing. "Where she went?" Wilson wondered.
"Behind you," Empress said. Empress wrapped her arms around his waist and threw him over her body. Empress flipped and kicks Wilson in the air. Wilson was airborne. He regains control and turned over. His hand glowed as he fired a series of energy balls. Empress ducked as the energy balls hit their targets. Wilson flew near a wall and pushed off from it doubling his speed. The smoke diminished and Empress regains her vision of the field. She saw Wilson flying at towards. She had no time to react. Wilson delivered one punch to the abdomen and Empress was off the ground. Wilson landed a fury of punch to Empress. Then Wilson flipped and landed a kick. Empress scrapped the wall and fell into the bleachers. Empress got up and faced Wilson. She was impressed by his fighting skill. Empress started running towards the bleachers, circling Wilson. She fired multiple energy balls at Wilson. T-Ai stood watch and got fed up. "Battle armor online!" she shouted.
"No!" Wilson said. "This is my fight, not yours."
"But…"
"But nothing," Wilson continued. "I have more experience with Empress than you do. And besides, I have little knowledge of the armor Empress have. You are not to enter this battle no matter what. Got it?"
"Got it," T-Ai groaned. Now she is fed up, angry and helpless.
"Keep your eyes on your target," Empress said.
Wilson turned his attention to Empress and she was in the air. She landed in front of him and her gauntlet glowed. She struck Wilson with her claws and he stumbled back. Empress swept the ground underneath Wilson and he tripped. Using the momentum of her kick, she punched Wilson and sent him flying. Wilson slowly got on all fours and shook his head. Empress ran up and kicked Wilson in the chest. Wilson flew up and Empress hammered Wilson to the ground with her elbow. "Where's your spunk?" Empress teased.
"Right here," Wilson replied. He turned around and he had T-Ai's bazookas on his arms.
"Hey, those are mine," T-Ai complained. Wilson fired the bazooka and Empress flew.
T-Ai was upset. "As long I'm connected to you, might as well use some of your weapons," Wilson said. Wilson got up and took flight.
"Some of my weapons, huh?" T-Ai pondered. "If he can use my weapons, maybe I can use his." T-Ai held up her right hand and stared at it. "I also wanted to try this. I guess this is my opportunity." Then she started concentrating her energy into her right hand.
Wilson caught up with Empress and charged the bazookas. The barrels glowed as he got closer to Empress. "Punch zooka red," Wilson shouted. He punched Empress with the bazooka. Wilson flew higher and faster. He flew pass Empress and kept going. He flipped in the air with his leg out. Empress continued to soar upwards from the punch. Wilson landed a hard kick to Empress' back and she started falling. Wilson connected the bazooka at the end and mounted on his shoulder. His new weapon had two opening: one for firing and the other for the kickback exhaust. He used a scope and locked onto Empress. "Say hello to my little friend," Wilson said. He squeezed the trigger and a large energy blast fired from the bazooka. Even with the exhaust port, the kickback was strong enough to send him in a spin. Empress regained conscious and saw a large energy blast coming towards her. "Ahhh, this is gonna hurt," she said. The blast caught up with Empress and drove her to the ground. She smacked into the ground and the arena shook. The force of the impact formed cracks on the arena. T-Ai wasn't disturbed by the force and continued concentrating.
Wilson landed and surveyed his work. "There is no way anyone can survive that let alone walk out it," Wilson said. He spoke to soon. Empress rocketed out from the smoke and collided into Wilson. Empress took Wilson on a joy ride across the field. She went to the sky and released him. She stopped ascending and stomped on his chest. Wilson smacked into the ground. The smoke dissipated and Wilson lay in the crater and his helmet was blown off from the impact. Empress landed on Wilson and pinned his arms down. "What a dirty fighter you are?" Empress teased. "How come you treat me like this on our first date? Besides it's all over for you anyways. This armor has given me powers I never dreamed of having. Once I get rid of you and T-Ai, the autobots are next, then after that your home world."
"As long I'm here, I'm not letting you out of here alive," Wilson said. "That armor has corrupted your mind. You're going to lose control."
"Never, I'm in complete control," Empress said. "This armor has taken my powers to the next level. There is nothing I can't do." One of the spikes on Empress' forearm grew into a blade. She released one of his arms and stabbed Wilson in the stomach with the blade. The blade broke through his armor and blood was spurting out. Wilson cried out in pain.
"In this reality, everyone is real," Empress said. "I did that so you can feel every single pain I inflict on you. That way I can kill you again but this time a lot slower so you can feel every ounce of blood leaving your body."
T-Ai heard Wilson's cry of pain and concentrate even harder. Smoke started emitting from her right hand as it got hot. T-Ai yelped as she broke her concentration and shook her hand to cool it down. "Wait, I was almost there," she thought. "I just have to do a little bit longer. Hang on Wilson, I'm coming."
Wilson endured the pain and spat on Empress' helmet. She was pissed and retracted her helmet. "Oh no, here comes the boogie man's wife," Wilson joked.
"Real funny," Empress snarled. "I was going to kill you but I have a better torment device for you."
"What can be worse than death beside your breath?" Wilson teased. Empress growled at the insult. "I was going to tell you but I'm going to show you," Empress said. "All I need to do is to make sure that you will remember this forever. Just one kiss and that's all."
"Me kissing snake lips here?" Wilson insulted. "Hell no!"
"I didn't say you have a choice," Empress said seductively. She inched closer and closer to Wilson's face. Wilson struggles to get free but he couldn't move his arms. T-Ai saw Empress getting closer to Wilson concentrated even harder. Then her right hand caught on fire. "Whoa!" T-Ai exclaimed. "Now I have to direct it."
She held her hand out and made a fist. She concentrated and the fire went out of control. She relaxed her mind and the fire went dim. She tried again and this time she went a lot slower.
Wilson moved his head to avoid Empress. Empress smiled know that her prey was resisting. "Resistance is futile," Empress said. She stared in Wilson's eyes and he stopped moving. Empress moved in closer and closer and closed her eyes. "I can't move," Wilson thought. "What she has planned for me?"
Wilson remained motionless as Empress kissed him. Wilson's eyes widened. T-Ai closed her eyes and envisioned her weapon. She concentrated on the vision and the flames shot out on both sides as her weapon took shape. The flames died down and a Double Sword appeared in her hand. T-Ai was fascinated with her weapon as she examined it. Then she looked at Empress. She saw Empress kissing Wilson. T-Ai had gotten jealous and upset and was ready to release her fury. She deployed her armor and hovered over the ground. With her sword in front of her, T-Ai charged straight for Empress. "I hope you enjoy your kiss…" T-Ai said as she sped by and struck Empress off of Wilson. "…because that was your last."
"You bitch! I wasn't even finished!" Empress yelled.
"Well finish this." T-Ai separated her swords at the hilt. With a sword in each hand, T-Ai charged them up and released an X-blade toward Empress. The X-blade smacked into Empress. She slid back as she tries to push it back. Eventually the blade faded and Empress was still standing. "If you are going to kiss somebody, kiss the dead," T-Ai said.
"What wrong mommy? You're mad because I kissed a boy without your permission?" Empress teased. "Don't you want me to grow up and move out of your house?"
"I won't even put you in a doghouse," T-Ai said.
"Don't be jealous because I kissed you man."
"He's not my man!" T-Ai snapped.
"He should be. He's a great kisser," Empress smiled as she rubbed her lips. T-Ai was fed up with Empress' antics. "That's it. I'm going to tear apart, circuit by circuit," T-Ai growled.
"I thought you don't kill," Empress said.
"True, but at least I keep you alive when that happens," T-Ai smiled.
"Empty threat," Empress said. "I got a better one to top that. Keep an eye on your friends…"
A sword penetrated through T-Ai from the back. "…they might stab you in the back," Empress laughed.
T-Ai turned around and saw Wilson standing behind her. He had a blank look as if he was under a spell. "Sorry…T-Ai," Wilson apologized. "I can't…control…my body." He was fighting for control.
"What did you do Empress?" T-Ai asked.
"What? Me. All I did was kissed him," Empress replied.
"You charmed him didn't you?"
"I wouldn't say charmed but I made him my slave," Empress smiled. "Now if you excuse me, I have some work to do."
Empress floated in the air and disappeared, leaving T-Ai with a possessed Wilson. T-Ai elbowed Wilson and he stumbled back, pulling the sword along with it. In reality, the wound suffered wouldn't be much of a problem because her system would've rerouted the energon flow around the wound and nanobytes will be working to close it up. Not in her subconscious, in this world she's human and blood was dripping from her back. "Watch out!" Wilson warned.
T-Ai turned around and saw Wilson airborne with his sword. T-Ai jumped out of the way and Wilson's sword struck the ground. "Stop it," T-Ai pleaded.
"I can't," Wilson said. His hip mounted canons deployed and fired.
Location: T-Ai's room
The door opens and Arcee walked in. She was there to check up on T-Ai. The room had a dim lighting setting. Arcee looked around and didn't see Wilson. "I wonder where he went," Arcee thought. "He promised that he watch over until she wake up."
She walked up to T-Ai's bed and kneeled down to get a better look. "She still sleeping," Arcee whispered. "I never knew how peacefully she looks while she sleeps." Arcee was about to leave when she saw T-Ai's bracelet glow brightly. "Is she waking up?" Arcee thought.
T-Ai opened her eyes and sat up. She surveyed the room and saw Arcee. "T-Ai, you awake," Arcee smiled. "You don't know how happy I am to see you."
"Really, because I'm not," T-Ai said.
"What are you saying?" Arcee asked.
T-Ai pulled out a handgun. "What are you doing with that?" Arcee asked.
The trigger was pulled and the shot echoed in the hall. Inferno heard the shot and quickly ran to the source. He continued running until he saw T-Ai's door slightly open. "I guess she's awake," Inferno muttered. He slid the door open and saw Arcee on the ground lying in a pool of energon. "Arcee!" Inferno called.
He ran over and held Arcee in his arms. He saw a bullet hole in her spark chamber. "Who did this?" Inferno asked.
"Turn around."
Inferno turned around and saw T-Ai. She was pointing a gun to his head. "I knew Optimus should've gotten rid of you when he had the chance," Inferno said.
"Well, he didn't," T-Ai smiled.
Inferno noticed that T-Ai seemed different that her smile didn't match her personality. "Empress?"
"Bingo," Empress said and pulled the trigger.
"This is going to be easy," Empress thought. T-Ai left the room and went to search for more victims. Inferno managed to send a distress signal within the ship. "Empress is on the ship," Inferno reported.
Empress was walking down the hallway. She was pleased that she able to gain control of T-Ai's body. Ultra Magnus walked all around the corner and saw T-Ai. "How you're feeling?" Ultra Magnus asked.
"Why fine, thank you," Empress replied. Ultra Magnus continued walking about his business when he received Inferno's distress call. "Say T-Ai, can I ask you a question?" Magnus said.
"Sure," Empress replied.
"Do you know what happened on Planet HA 48?" Magnus asked.
"Yeah, Why?" Empress asked.
"I'm just saying that we did a number to the Decepticons," Magnus continued. "Plus, I don't think Zed won't bother us anymore with that injury of his. He might come back with an army but I doubt he'll mess with you."
"We don't need to worry about him anymore," Empress said.
"Why?" Magnus asked.
"He's dead," Empress replied.
"How you know?" Magnus asked.
"Because he died in my arms," Empress replied. He cocked her gun and fired three shots at Ultra Magnus. Ultra Magnus collapsed to the ground with three bullet holes near his spark chamber. "Hurt 'em now, kill them later," Empress said as she blew the smoke from the barrel.
Location: T-Ai's dream
Two energy beams fired towards T-Ai. T-Ai jumped in the air. "I have to break the spell or take him out," T-Ai thought. "Until I find the answer, I have to take him out." T-Ai crossed her swords again. T Ai saw two small missiles coming her way. T-Ai went to the ground to avoid them to only face another set of energy beams from the hip canons. T-Ai crossed her swords and held the beams in place. She struggles to push it back. T-Ai had an idea she saw 50 years ago. When Arcee was up against an army of drones, Wilson instructed Arcee to use the energy from the attack and add it to her own and send it back. T-Ai wanted to try it but the attack was too large for her to deflect it but she was going to attempt it anyways. She charged her swords and released an X-Blade and the blade pushed the beams back a few feet. The beam ate the blade and continued towards T-Ai. T-Ai held her swords out and took the attack. She begins to absorb the power from the attack into her swords. Her swords glowed as it continues to absorb the power. When the beam dissipated, T-Ai's swords grew three times in sizes and it was heavy. The weight was too much for T-Ai to handle at once and the swords dropped to the ground. She called on energy she didn't have to pick up the swords. T-Ai's armor glowed bright gold as she picked up her heavy sword and crossed it in the air. "You saw my X-Blades now taste my X-Canon," T-Ai said. Wilson was quite impressed with T-Ai's performance. T-Ai swung her sword and formed an energy X in front of her. Then she held her sword out in front and together. T-Ai released the remaining power from the sword and the beam pushed the X towards Wilson.
His body wanted to move but he tries to stay still. "If I get hit, it will knock me out," Wilson thought. "So stay!" His body refuses to listen and instead begin collecting solar energy. Wilson's body moved out of the way at the last moment. The beam kept going and destroys a large portion of the battle arena. Wilson's eyes widened as he saw the devastation the beam did. "That could've killed me and I'm already dead," Wilson said.
"Oops," T-Ai apologized.
The collection was complete and his hands glowed. His hands came together and an energy ball was formed. "T-Ai move," Wilson warned. "It's a solar canon."
"And I'll redirect it," T-Ai said.
"No," Wilson said. "It's going to be too much for you. You can't even make one. What make you think that you can handle one?"
"I don't," T-Ai said.
The solar canon was released. T-Ai stood her ground. The beam came closer and closer then T-Ai realized that the beam was too wide for her to deflect. "This is going to hurt," T-Ai whimpered. The beam smacked T-Ai and carried her across the field. The beam carried T-Ai to the other side of the arena and she smack into it. The beam dissipated and her armor was heavily damaged. Her helmet was gone. Holes riddled the armor all over. T-Ai fell to her knee to catch her breath. She begins to re-examine the situation from a different perspective. "If one kiss from Empress can make Wilson do things against his will, maybe another kiss can break it," T-Ai analyzed. "If I don't do this, I can die in my dreams and that's not good."
Wilson was slowly walking towards T-Ai. "T-Ai, you have to send me back," Wilson said.
"What do you mean?" T-Ai asked.
"Send me back to the spirit and end my mission," Wilson replied.
"No! I won't do it."
"Just say you don't need me anymore and all of this can stop," Wilson pleaded.
"No. There is another way."
"No, there isn't," Wilson argued.
Wilson walked up to T-Ai and picked her up by her neck and held her in the air.
"There is and only I can do it," T-Ai said.
"What can you do?"
"Release me and I'll show you."
"Like I can," Wilson pointed out. "Just send me back."
"No," T-Ai said. "I need you. I'll do whatever it takes to make sure that you are here to help me."
"What if Koji was holding you instead of me?"
"I'll do whatever it takes so I can be together with him," T-Ai replied. "Please, trust me." T-Ai shed a tear and it rolled down her face. Wilson struggle for control and he managed to release T-Ai. T-Ai fell to the ground gasping for breath. "Hurry up," Wilson said. "I don't know how long I can fight it."
T-Ai stood up and walked up close to Wilson. She stared deep into his eyes. In his eyes, T-Ai saw Empress taking over her body and terrorizing the ship. Now she hopes that her idea works or everyone is dead. She stood on her toes and drew her face closer to Wilson. "I hope she's right," T-Ai thought to herself. T-Ai felt Wilson's warm breath from him. T-Ai closed her eyes and kissed him. Wilson begins to emit a dark aura all over his body. The dark aura started creeping towards T-Ai. When the aura reached T-Ai, it was deflect by T-Ai's white aura. T-Ai's aura started moving towards Wilson and destroying the dark aura. Soon the dark aura that surrounds Wilson was replaced with T-Ai's. T-Ai's armor reverted to the form of a bracelet. The middle layer started spinning clockwise, absorbing Wilson. Wilson was absorbed by the bracelet and T-Ai emitted a red aura. Then the bracelet switched in to high gear and spun faster clockwise to a point that it was spewing a red gunk from the bracelet. The red gunk continued spreading until it covered T-Ai completely. Then T-Ai turned into a ball of red light and left the arena.
Ship: Hyperion
Area: Engine room
Empress did a lot of damage with T-Ai's body. Arcee was out of commission. Without Inferno, the Defense Corp was powerless against Empress. Empress took down Railracer and Landfill with ease. Omega Prime couldn't make an appearance since Ultra Magnus was down. She made fools out of the Spychangers and Towline. She fought against Optimus and the Autobot Brother but they retreated before Empress could finish them off. Empress reached the engine room where she plans on taking out the Autobots for good. She intend on sending the warp core into overload. The door slid open as Optimus and the Autobot Brother entered the room and encounter Empress one last time. "It ends here Empress," Optimus said.
"Really," Empress said. "Are you willing to hurt me? No, are you willing to hurt T-Ai? Because this is her body and I have her in my possession. Hurt this body, and you'll hurt T-Ai." Empress walked up closer and closer to the Autobots. She stared at the Autobot Brother then at Optimus. "What are you waiting for? Do it," Empress said. "Hurt your T-Ai just to save your pathetic life."
No one did anything.
"Just as I thought, you are nothing but a bunch of soft machines that can't even take out one of their own," Empress smiled.
"You're not one of us," Optimus said.
"Then kill me," Empress egged.
Optimus did nothing.
"What? What happened to the big bad Optimus? A predacon got caught in your voicebox?" Empress teased. "You can't kill me without killing T-Ai. You know what, no matter what form I assume, you can't hurt me without hurting T-Ai."
"What are you talking about?" Sideburn asked.
Empress closed her eyes. She opened them and they were white. She smiled showing fangs. T Ai's hair begins flowing in the air as the transformation began. Her skin started peeling leaving a red mass underneath. Before they knew, the Autobots was once again up against the dragon. The dragon fell on all fours and let out a roar. "Should we attack?" X-Brawn asked.
"No," Optimus replied. "If we attack, we'll hurt T-Ai." The growling stopped and the room fell silent. The dragon had a strange look on her face, like if she was going to throw up. And she did. The dragon coughed up a red ball of light. The light flew around the room before hovering in front of the Autobots. Everyone stared as the light begins to expand. The light took a humanoid form and faded away leaving a red armored life form. It was similar to the battle armor T-Ai had but it was red. The helmet was shaped like a dragon's head. The gauntlet had claws. On the back were two large mechanical folded wings. "Who are you?" Optimus asked.
"What? I am surprised. I used up most of my energy to separate myself from my body. What do I get? 'Who are you'" a female voice said.
"T-Ai?" Sideburn wondered.
"Bingo," T-Ai laughed. T-Ai turned her attention to the dragon. The dragon let out a roar saying that she meant business. "So this is how I look like," T-Ai said. "Menacing but can be easily taken down."
Everyone was confused by what T-Ai had said. T-Ai charged towards the dragon. The dragon leapt in the air to avoid T-Ai. T-Ai disappeared then she reappeared on top of the dragon. She drops a kick sending the dragon to the ground. T-Ai landed on top of the dragon and stuck her hand inside the dragon's head. The dragon cried in pain as T-Ai was searching. T-Ai found what she was looking for and begins pulling. T-Ai had the object but it pulled her in. "A fighter are we," T-Ai laughed. "Let's see how well you fight when I give you your medicine."
Using her free hand, T-Ai punched through the dragon's head and hit the object. Then T-Ai started pulling and yanked the object out from the dragon. She successfully extracted Empress from the dragon. T-Ai held Empress by her neck. Then she threw Empress across the room. The dragon fell limp to the ground. Empress recovered and rose to her feet. "This is not over," Empress said.
"You're right, it's not over," T-Ai agreed. "You see, I learned that you have your limit because you are projecting yourself from another location. Since you are too far away from your body, you are weaker than usual. But since I'm near my body, there are things I can do. To tell you the truth, Wilson and I switch bodies. I can turn ghost if I wanted to."
"If you are there, then who is controlling the beast?" Optimus asked.
"Guess," T-Ai said. The dragon got up and stood next to T-Ai. T-Ai gently petted the dragon. "Easy boy," T-Ai said. "Let her have it. Show her what we can do."
Empress' eyes widened when she saw the dragon smile. "If T-Ai is out of her body, then…"
"Wilson is controlling my body and he is mad," T-Ai finished. The dragon opened his mouth and an energy ball was formed. The energy ball was release and it struck Empress. The ball exploded and Empress was gone. The dragon stood on his hind legs and faced T-Ai. "Good job," T-Ai said. T-Ai and the dragon shook hands as a flash of light occurred and they returned to normal. "Same to you," Wilson said.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. "I can't believe she was able to take control of T-Ai's body and cause so much damage," Prowl stated.
"Don't worry, I will work with T-Ai and makes sure that this doesn't happen again," Wilson assured.
"Good, make it happen," Optimus agreed.
"Man, this ship is a mess," T-Ai said. "I hate to be the one who has to clean it up."
"And that person is you," Optimus said.
"Huh?"
"You have a lot of work to do," Optimus said.
"I do?" T-Ai whined.
"Yes, Rest-Q is out and you are the only doctor on board," Optimus continued. "You have to bring everyone back online."
"Can the Autobot Brothers help?" T-Ai asked.
"No, consider this a punishment for the stunt you pulled," Optimus replied.
"What stunt?" T-Ai asked.
"The funeral," Sideburn replied.
"Oh," T-Ai said. "That stunt."
"Get to work," Optimus ordered and they left the room leaving T-Ai alone. T-Ai groaned as she knows that she have 21 autobots to repair by herself. "It's going to take forever," T-Ai complained.
"If it makes you feel any better, I'll help," Wilson offered.
"You will," T-Ai smiled. "Thank you!" She went to hug Wilson and she went through him and fell.
"I told you not to do that," Wilson said.
"Shut it!" T-Ai snapped. Wilson helped T-Ai up and she dusted herself off. She let out a huff and started walking away.
"Hey T-Ai, about what happened back there…" Wilson started.
"We don't speak of it," T-Ai said. "What happened back there stays there. Beside Empress was wrong about you, you're a horrible kisser." Her cheeks went red.
"Really," Wilson smiled. "Then why are you blushing?"
T-Ai froze and stormed out of the room. "Koji was right. For an android she got soft lips," Wilson smiled.
T-Ai was heading for Sick bay to start working. Her lips still tingle from the kiss. "Wow, she was right," T-Ai said. "He is good but it doesn't compare to Koji's tenderness." T-Ai blushed as she skips to Sick bay.
Planet: Cybertron
Area: Empress' office
She was sitting in her chair, staring out to the window. She was lost in her thoughts. Especially she couldn't get Wilson out her mind. "Though he is my enemy, he doesn't act like it," Empress said. "He shows concerns for me, warning me multiple times to remove the armor. He fought with me not me directly. Yet when I pinned him down, he didn't resist. For that split moment, I was thinking how my life would be if I did listen to T-Ai and Wilson. I might be in a better position now. In fact, my brother will still be alive today." A dark aura surrounds Empress. Hers eyes glowed bright red as the armor took control. "I might destroy the Autobots, especially T-Ai and Wilson. I know exactly how to play with their emotions. I need to make a visit and recruit two more members to my force. I may have lost the battle to you T-Ai, but I will win the war. Just you watch."