Chapter 1
Ba Sing Se, the crown jewel of the Earth Kingdom. It's name means Impenetrable City, but that names about to proven to be very false.
It's near dawn and guards patrol the outer walls. Keeping their eyes on the horizon. But then, something does come into view, it's flying towards the wall faster then anything ever seen on this world, because it isn't from this world. And there's far more then just one.
"Come my armada!" Shouted Starscream. "Let us show this world what true power is all about!"
Starscream is flanked by his two fellow seekers, Thundercracker and Skywarp, and behind them a entire armada of Vehicons. They unleash a full barrage of weapons fire on the wall. The wall made of stone gets torn through like it was nothing. The armada doesn't stop as it flies past the wall and towards the actual city. Once at the inner wall of the city, the entire armada transforms and lands on the wall and unleashes hell.
Blaster fire rains down from the wall, tearing through the houses of the lower ring like it was paper. People are disintegrated in droves, fire rains through the streets. Vehicons descend from the wall in order to further spread the chaos through the streets. Soundwave arrives shortly after in a drop ship along the Constructicons along with several other ground Vehicons arriving via drop ships shortly afterward.
"Pretty impressive architecture for such a primitive world." Observed Scrapper. "Shame we'll have to tear it all down."
"And then you'll be able to build it better, Scrapper." Replied Soundwave. "Now do what your here to do."
"Yes, sir." Replied Scrapper as he turned to his fellow Constructicons. "Constructicons, form Devastator!" The six then leaped off the wall and merged as they fell, the completed combiners landing creates a shockwave that decimates several city blocks. Devastator stomps through the city and to his target, the wall to Ba Sing Se's middle ring. Rocks are dropped on him from above by guards desperately trying to stop the behemoths advance. "PREPARE FOR EXTERMINATION!" he boomed as he drove both of his massive fists into the wall. He pulls his arms apart from each other and the resulting motion causes the section of the wall to collapse downward. Allowing the Decepticons ground forces to advance further into the city.
The middle ring fairs no better then the lower, blaster fire tears through the streets, people flee in terror of the metal monsters before them. The Seekers and Vehicons rain bombs everywhere, making the city look like the surface of the moon. Devastator destroys building after building, leaving nothing in his wake. Soundwave just calmly walks through the carnage. Ignoring all that happens around him. For his target lies at the city's center.
Devastator breaks down the wall the city's upper ring, and the Decepticons continue their assault. As the upper ring burns, Soundwave makes his way to the Royal Palace. As he calmly walks through the palace halls he is confronted by Dai Li agents, they throw rocks in rapid succession at him. Soundwave barely flinches at the attack as the agents are then ambushed and killed by Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, and Ravage. He reaches the large outer door of the throne room, with one blast from his shoulder cannon he reduces the door to splinters. He enters the the throne room where he is confronted by more Dai Li agents. The agents don't have much time to react as they are set upon by Overkill and Slugfest, the agents were like lambs to the slaughter. Soundwave walks up to his target, the Earth Queen Hou-Ting. She tries her best not to let her fear show, despite the towering metal being before her. Her assistant Gun runs out from behind her throne in an attempt to escape only to get pounced on and mauled by Ravage. His screams nearly make the queen break, but she holds fast. "Y-you wouldn't dare strike a queen!" She shouted, a twinge of fear in her voice. Soundwave shows no expression and draws his rifle, aiming it at the queen, who's expression now turns to one of pure horror. "Your throne and city now belong to Megatron." Soundwave states coldly as he pulls the trigger, disintegrating the queen in a single shot.
Soundwave walks out of the palace as Skywarp bombs the air ship fleet, reducing it to scrap. Starscream flies up to Soundwave and transforms. "The city is almost ours, our forces are finishing up as we speak." He declared. "Lord Megatron will be most pleased."
Soundwave nods and activates his com-link. "Lord Megatron, the city is now ours."
"Excellent work, Soundwave." Megatron replied aboard the Nemesis. "Begin establishing our base there and wait for further instruction."
"As you command." Soundwave replied back and closed the link. Megatron then turns to Shockwave. "Now for the next step."
It's a normal day in Republic City, more or less. Vines cover the city ever since Avatar Korra's battle with Vaatu. The publics been giving her a hard time, they expect her to know how to fix the problem. But she's running out of ideas. For now Korra just wants to relax for a little bit on Air Temple Island.
She sits in the shade with Naga, stroking her head gently. The air bending kids play in the courtyard, racing on balls of air. Bolin relaxes in the sun with Pabu, having accepted the invitation to come live on Air Temple Island due to the fact that a vine now grows through the apartment he used to live in. His brother Mako on the other hand opts to stay at his place of work. Probably due to it being too awkward giving the fact that he and Korra just broke up recently, but that didn't stop him from visiting like he was doing right now. And Asami just stood and watched the kids play. Her and Korra had grown to be become good friends in recent weeks, probably due to them having both dated Mako. The two seem to complement each other perfectly.
Korra was just about to doze off when all of a sudden Tenzin's older brother Bumi came running out of the house, frantically getting everyone's attention. "Something's happened in the Earth Kingdom!" He shouted.
This immediately turned everyone's heads. "What do you mean something's happened?" Tenzin asked concernedly.
"You'll have to listen for yourself, come on." Everyone followed him inside as Bumi got the radio he was listening to and turned it up full volume so they could hear the report.
"Ba Sing Se was attacked this morning. Reports are sketchy but it seems the Earth Queen has been assassinated and the entire city lies in ruins. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but several reports describe giant metal beings with energy weapons of unknown making and bending seemed to do little to phase them. We'll continue to update this story when new details become available." And with that Bumi shut the radio off.
"That sounded bad." Said Bolin.
"Ya think?" Replied Mako sarcastically.
"Do you think someone's developed a new type of mecha tank, Asami?" Korra asked.
"I don't know. Whatever they were they must've of been strong and a lot of them if they were able to take a city as large as Ba Sing Se. But I can't imagine anyone capable of building such advanced weaponry." She explained, clearly baffled, something she usually wasn't.
"Uh, everyone." The entire group turned to see Jinora looking out a window over looking the city. "You might want to take a look at this." She said, her voice shaking slightly.
Everyone looked out the window and they couldn't believe their eyes. Hovering above Republic City, was a giant ship. It was dark colored, it had sharp protrusions all over its body, it glowed with a purple hue, it's shadow engulfed a good portion of the city. It's presence alone was enough to put fear into anyone.
In the city, panic ensues. People are either staring at the ship in awe, fear, or both. They run to get to cover before anything happens. Police try to calm the populace down to little success. Korra arrives and meets Chief of Police Lin Beifong among the panic.
"How's the crowd control going?" She asked.
"Not good. Everyone's too afraid to listen. Can't say I blame them." Lin replied as she looked up at the metal monstrosity above them.
All of this is observed by Megatron on the bridge of the Nemesis. He chuckles to himself before pressing a communication button. "Shockwave, time to address the natives."
"Yes my liege." Shockwave replied. With that, dozens of Vehicons descended into the city. Transforming and landing before the masses gathered across the city.
Three of them land right in front of Korra. Holding in the fear she feels, her, Lin, and the police all get into fighting positions. But the metal giants do not attack. They simply stand there, their cold faces inspiring fear in the populace.
And one by one, a Vehicon in each group pulls out an orb. They press the tops of the orbs and throw them into the air where they then proceed to float in the air and each one opens up to project a hologram of Megatron.
"Attention natives of this world." His voice booming through the streets. "You are probably wondering who attacked your other city earlier today. Well, you now have your answer. I am Megatron, leader of the Decepticons. We come from a world much unlike your own. Our own world is now unable to support us, and we now seek to harvest energy from other worlds in order to survive. This in particular world has caught my attention, for it radiates pure energy. So we will be helping ourselves to your planets energy reserves, and as long as there is energy here we will stay. As you have seen, my armies can destroy your cities at will." Pictures of a destroyed Ba Sing Se flash before the crowds. "But in a rare case, I will show this place mercy. You will all be given the choice to leave here. But if you choose to stay, heheheh, well if you would all be so kind as to look out towards that statue that sits near your city."
The hologram disappears and all eyes then turn towards the statue of Avatar Aang that sits in the bay of the city. On the shore with a clear line of sight on the statue stands Shockwave. He transforms into his cannon mode and takes aim at the statue...
All those on Air Temple Island island see a purple light building on the shore pointed in the direction of the statue. Tenzin's eyes widened as he realized what was about to happen.
Shockwave's shot builds in power till it is at its peak. And with that, he fires.
The shot shoots across the bay and hits the statue square in chest, exploding upon contact. The statue is blown to pieces and what ever is still standing crumbles into the water...
The entire city is in shock at the shear show of power they had just seen. Korra feels her anger building, she wants to destroy every last one of this things. But she holds herself back, knowing that it would likely be the death of her and numerous others. The hologram of Megatron then reappears. "That was only a mere taste of what I am capable of. Consider that your only warning. The rest is up to you. Leave, and live another day. Or stay, and face complete annihilation." And with that the hologram disappears, the Vehicons transform and fly back to the ship. Leaving the entire city to assess their situation.
Korra then returned to Air Temple Island. "What happened out there?!" Yelled Tenzin.
"I don't know what they are. But they were the ones who attacked Ba Sing Se. Now they want Republic City, and that," she gestured towards the now destroyed statue of Aang, "was our only warning."
"What was the decision?" Asked Asami.
"The decision was unanimous, their evacuating the city." Answered Korra.
The evacuation was quick and chaotic, yet slow moving at the same time. People piled into trains were taking out of the city. Some gathered everything they could and exited the city via it's bridge, but traffic was thick. The United Forces fleet also evacuated, along with President Raiko, planning to retreat to the Fire Nation in order to discuss what to do next in the face of these invaders. While everyone else on Air Temple Island was put on an air ship provided by Asami and evacuate to the Northern Air Temple, the families air bison Oogi would also follow, once there Korra and co. would leave to join the United Forces. But little did they know that time was running out...
Megatron watched the despair unfold in the streets. He smiled at the chaos he had created. Shockwave then approached him. "The evacuation of the city is well underway, my liege." He reported.
"It is time for these insects to recognize their masters. Seal off the city." Ordered Megatron.
"As you command." Shockwave bowed his head and left.
Several hours into the evacuation, squadrons of Vehicons swooped down and bombed the bridges that people were still on. Destroying portions of them and now leaving no escape. More Vehicons landed in the train station and collapsed the tunnels, trapping anyone still inside. The police fought back, firing their cables and throwing boulders at the metal giants. The cables just simply bounced off and left nothing but a scratch, the boulders would stagger them slightly, but still left little damage. The Vehicons would simply grab the cables and throw the officers around like rag dolls, those that weren't were knocked out or killed by blaster fire. Chief Beifong was among them and fought the hardest. But she then found herself being knocked out, the last thing she sees is the metal monstrosities looming over her. The Vehicons eventually surrounded the crowds of civilians that didn't escape and weren't killed in the chaos, but didn't execute them. Megatron had decided that the populace may yet be of use to their cause.
Korra witnessed the double cross unfold from the air ship heading for the air temple. She drove her fist into a wall out of frustration, upset that she didn't do anything to help, before collapsing and pulling her self inward to a fetal position. Naga comes up to her lays beside her in attempt to comfort her.
In the atmosphere above the planet, the Ark finally arrives. The Autobots discuss the apparent situation on the ships bridge. "Optimus, we've trailed the Nemesis's ion trail to this world. But it seems that the Decepticons are already on the planets surface." Reported Wheeljack.
"Primus. Megatron's probably attacked the native population by now. Who knows what damage he's inflicted." Said Ratchet.
"What should we do Prime?" Asked Jazz.
Optimus didn't have to think long before making a decision. "If the local population is threatened in anyway, we must act."
"But Optimus," injected Prowl, "if the readings Wheeljack has shown are any indication, we have no idea what to expect down there."
"That's a risk I am willing to take Prowl." Replied Optimus. "But we'll have to set up a base of operations before launching a counter attack against the Decepticons. Attacking them out right would be catastrophic. Blaster."
The communications officer steps up.
"What does Raindance have to report?" Prime asked.
Blaster ejected Raindance, and the little jet proceeded to upload the pictures he acquired. Images of a destroyed Ba Sing Se are shown.
"The Decepticons have already begun establishing themselves on this world." He reported, this earned a look of sadness from Optimus. "The natives on this world seem to have complex societies, but their technology is quite inferior compared to ours."
"Any place we could set up a base?" Asked Jazz.
"In the northern most part of the continent there's a large range of mountains." Blaster pointed out.
"Those would definitely serve as good cover." Replied Ironhide. "Activate our ships cloak and the Decepticons wouldn't be the wiser."
"Prime? What are your orders?" Jazz asked Optimus, who was thinking things over.
"Those mountains will suit our needs, we'll have to set up our base fast. The longer we wait, the more time we give the Decepticons to conquer this world. But we must come up with a proper counterattack before hand."
"And what of the natives?" Asked Ratchet.
"That is something we'll have to approach carefully." Explained Optimus. "We do not know how they will react to us. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Teletran, set course for those mountains at once." He ordered.
"ALREADY DONE, OPTIMUS PRIME." The computer responded as the Ark descended to the planet below.
A few notes:
-As with another story of mine, I choose to have the beginning of Book 3 as the starting point, for a few reasons. One, I find it the best starting point due to Korra now being skilled both physically and spiritually. Two, the spirit vines provide a reason for the city's capture. And three, Korra has no internal conflict going on at the moment.
-I'm tossing all plot lines that began here out the window, so no Zaheer(despite the great villain he was) and return of the air benders. I'd rather not juggle multiple plot lines and would rather have an original story rather then just putting Transformers into the plots of the Books.
-The ground Vehicons have the purple color scheme like in the show, while the air Vehicons have their silver and black color scheme from later episodes.
-If you didn't catch that hint or you haven't read my profile, I'll tell you here, I'm a Korrasami shipper. But writing relationships doesn't come easy to me, it's one reason I find Transformers so easy to write. So I can't make any guarantees it's going to happen in this story or be well done for that matter.
-Sorry if the reason for Team Avatar to go to the Northern Air Temple seemed a little contrived. I couldn't really think of a better reason.
-Also, don't expect any female Transformers in this story, for in story reasons.
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