The Secret of the Legion 2

Disclaimers…. I own nothing. This fanfic builds off of continuity and concepts that were established as part of my "Fragments" story.

Japan:

A thin pale woman stood in the darkened room, she was visible only from light of the computer screens that were scattered around the room; somehow this ghostly light made her seem somehow less than human. Almost as hollow as she felt. Her name was Amano.

On the other side of the room was a creature that was decidedly not human by any standards. Amano had no name for it. It reached out with a tentacle and sealed an access panel on a deactivated robot that lay between the woman and the thing. The robot was red, and bore a striking resemblance to the Autobot's current leader, Rodimus Prime.

"Memory alteration on Unit 02 is complete," it said. "Where is Unit 01?"

The woman's voice was as hollow as she looked. "The onsite operative was unable to extract unit 01 unnoticed. Our American EDC operatives liberated it anyway; it will be here soon."

"Proceed with the preliminary experiment; the Primary Experiment will proceed once Unit 01 is conditioned and in play."

"Of course," Amano said with a bow that was more of sag as she backed out of the room.

oO0Oo

Four Mazda RX-8s, painted as police cars with EDC markings, slowly drove down an almost abandoned street. They came to a stop, and the car doors opened. A woman stepped out of each of them.

Ringo, a thin woman with medium length hair, midsized breasts and harsh features stepped out of car number 1. Car 3 belonged to Kaori, the tallest and most developed of the four women; and from car 2 was Kayu, an underdeveloped woman with short hair and almost boyish features. Shao-Shao a Chinese woman with long hair and a strange locket around her neck was in car 4.

"Ok, Rat Squad, Amano said the NBE signal is about 30 meters ahead," Ringo commanded, "Spread out and surround it. AutoTroopers, transform and move out!"

Each of the Mazdas transformed into a giant robot and followed its human partner as they each ran down a different side street. The clanking of feet was a surprisingly soft sound as they began to surround the NBE.

The Rat Squad new they were in the right area when they heard the sounds of crying and screaming; Ringo was not surprised by the sight that greeted them; Shao-Shao tried not to notice anything but the NBE; Kayu tried not to be sick; while Kaori found herself blinded by a vengeful rage.

The NBE was a car that had taken on a humanoid form and had begun eating the family of three that had owned the tainted vehicle. The head of the NBE had the very distinctive shape resembling that of the late Decepticon leader, Megatron. It was a Legion. Blood and entrails dripped from its mouth as it silenced the last of the human family's cries by taking another bite, ripping the last family member apart.

"That's it, it's a Legion," Ringo whispered into her headset.

"My god! It ATE them," Kayu needlessly added.

"Let's kill it, before it can do any more damage," Shao-Shao said.

"I second that, what's the word Ringo?" Kaori asked.

"Rat Squad: Attack!" Ringo commanded and the AutoTroopers all stood and readied their K-guns.

From all four sides, the Legion was assaulted by tiny yellow powerbolts that made tiny "krim" sounds as they fired. The monster screamed as its electrical systems were disrupted from the inside out.

No one noticed how Ringo's breathing grew faster from the excitement of watching the Legion agonize in pain; and her AutoTrooper seemed to share her joy. The two moved closer to each other, and the viciousness of the AutoTrooper's attack increased.

They all knew the stated purpose of the AutoTrooper experiment; of their ability to merge their skills with their mecha, and some theorized they could merge even more completely if their minds could sync up perfectly.

"We need to end this quick, the K-bolt energy is building up too high," Kayu shouted.

"Shao-Shao, you're up!" Kaori cried.

Shao-Shao climbed up onto her AutoTrooper and merged with it; the metal side and works seemed to fold around and envelop her into itself. AutoTrooper 4 immediately became more animated.

Leaping from the roof of the building it was perched upon, number dropped its K-gun and attacked the Legion with a series of well placed kicks. Before long, the headless body of the Legion fell dead, and the head rolled off to the side.

"Kayu and I will take care of the remains," Ringo ordered, "the rest of you head back to base.

The AutoTroopers reverted back to their vehicle modes, and Shao-Shao and Kaori drove off while the other two waited for the cleanup truck to arrive.

"Come over here, Kayu," Ringo called.

Kayu tentatively approached Ringo and her car. "Yes, sir?"

RIngo savagely grabbed the smaller woman, one hand grabbing the Kayu by the hair, and the other between her legs. She forced the other woman down in her car.

oO0Oo

America:

Marissa plopped down a stack of papers and computer disks on the desk in front of Chip.

"What's this?" Chip asked.

"You were right. That's everything I could find on the EDC operation. It's all well hidden, but the proof is in those files. If it helps, I don't think it's the EDC as a whole, just a smaller splinter group based in Japan," Marissa Fairborn told him.

Chip glanced over a few shipping invoices and the other information, before studying one of the computer disks before putting it into his computer. "I'll need to take a closer look at this information, but we need more time…. We need more help."

"I can go undercover and look around in that EDC's sector until we can establish how big their faction is. But you are right, we do need more help, what we need are the Autobots," Marissa said.

"Maybe you can get through to Rodimus Prime, but I'm ready to give up."

"Well, I could possibly get the Technobots, but I was thinking we could use these Autobots," Marissa said, gesturing to the dormant Autobot bodies that lined Chip's factory."

Chip looked at Marissa, and then at the Alternator body that housed a spark clone of Prowl, and smiled.