Transformers:Young Evolution

by mariodeleon59

2029, The Transformers, along with super-powered immortal children known as Demigods, find themselves hunted down as a threat. But when a special young Demigod girl named Nei appears, the chase is on between heroes and villains to claim the key to the future itself. Set within an alternate version of the epic film "Transformers:The Last Knight".

2. Chapter 2

Transformers: Young Evolution: Part 2: (Sanctuary Is Haven)

Last we left on Young Evolution, Transformers and the race of super-powered immortal children called Demigods, are being hunted. But at this moment, everything is focused on Nei, a seven-year-old Demigod girl with the incredible power to heal any lifeform. However, this special youngster finds herself in a spot of trouble when the Transformers Reaction Force, a Government organization that specializes in hunting down any dangerous or fugitive Transformers and Demigods, regardless of allegiance. We find that a group of four kids find her out hiding in the remnants of an old town that suffered in a massive fire in the 80's, and with a friendly scrap-collecting Transformer, but meets his unfortunate end at the hands of the TRF. During this scuffle, the four finally get help for Nei in the fugitive Cade Yeager, who's been spending nearly five years saving any Transformers and Demigods around the country who are wrongfully hunted down, and taking in those who need a home. After a scuffle with the TRF, along with a tense and unpleasant reunion between old allies Bumblebee and William Lennox, Cade and his chosen crew for this mission along with Bumblebee, including other Autobots Hound and Sqweeks, manage to get Nei out of there safely and take her straight to her new home. But not long after this adventure we find that the Decepticon tracker Barricade was watching the whole thing, and reports this to his master, the tyrant Megatron. After telling him of the TRF, Megatron devises the next stage in their plan, with young Nei as the central part of the whole thing. As such, Barricade relays his master's order to fellow Decepticons Mohawk and Berserker, and two top Demigods they have with them named Chad Strathmore/Earth-Shatter and Tsubaki Seriyoshi/Neon, to carry out this next stage for the grand plan. As it turns out, all of this was the idea of one of the few adult Demigods who showed up when Demigods first originated in the 60's, Marcus Flynn/Sylas, whom Megatron is taking a strong interest in. Soon, the grand chase will begin.

Now, this chapter starts off with Cade, Bumblebee, Hound, Sqweeks, and their new Demigod family member Nei, driving deep into South Dakota, with vast desert canyon around them with some greenery in there. As they drive on by, Nei is taken in by these surroundings, considering she's never experienced such landscapes around her before, even back in Utah. Right now, they're passing through a Native American reservation, where Cade stops the 4x4 in front of a trailer, while Bumblebee and Hound drive on ahead, and Cade, Nei and Sqweeks are greeted by a Native on horseback, who happens to be sheriff of the local police.

"Hey Chief! Nice horse you got, you really getting into this whole Indian thing huh? Ow!", shouted Cade as he tried to pet the horse but nearly gets bitten, while Nei reaches out and manages without the horse getting all bite-happy, then this chief lets hers finish before speaking out.

"I thought I've asked you about a million times since you all came out here five years ago to stop calling me Chief?", asked the chief not too happy about that remark.

"Yeah but last time I checked you're the tribal Chief around here", said Cade.

"Indeed, but from you, it's always sounded, vaguely racist", said the Chief bluntly, while Nei steps in to help out a bit.

"Sorry, but I'm sure Cade doesn't mean anything bad by it sir.", said Nei politely, and the Chief takes note of her defense for Cade.

"I'm sure he doesn't, but Mr. Yeager here could at least try to fix his tone about it, thank you though young miss. You must be another one of those Demigods right? Nice to meet you, my name's Sherman", said the Chief named Sherman tipping his hat, and Nei feels good about it.

"Nice to meet you too, my name's Nei, I hope we get along", said Nei cheerfully, as Sherman tips his hat.

"Well Ms. Nei, I hope to get along with you as well, and I'm sure everyone else here will come to accept you as one of us", said Sherman gladly.

"Well, introductions made, sorry but we gotta head in now Chief", said Cade as he was starting up the 4x4, until Sherman budded in, seems like he wasn't done yet.

"Hold it, one other thing that needs saying: one of our cruisers was stolen last night, again", said Sherman vaguely, and Nei was confused about this brief look on Cade's face, like he knew what he was talking about and had something to do with it. Then Cade tries to play innocent about it.

"That's terrible! You know what, shit's getting out of control here!", shouted Cade all non-guilty like, and while Nei's still a bit confused, Sherman's clearly not having any of it. "There's crime going on everywhere! A bunch of my stuff got stolen too and-"

"Just drop the act Cade, and get me our car back, intact or otherwise", said Sherman bluntly, and not in the mood for any lies. As this is going on, the scene then shifts to Cade's home in South Dakota: a junkyard, not the most luxurious place on Earth, or Cybertron, but it serves as an effective safe haven for Cade's Autobot friends like Bumblebee, Hound, and Sqweeks, but plenty of other Transformers and many Demigods as well, because let's face it, not even the Government would waste any time searching for super-kids or alien robots in a giant pile of junk. The place was pretty expansive, a near massive sea of wrecked old cars of all kinds, some construction equipment like a small crane, in the center lies a big enough hub for repairs and rest, with all kinds of spare parts and Transformer mementos inside lining the walls, and the hub was split into two spaces, the smaller one is just for regular things like some rest. Right behind the hub is a trailer home for one, obviously where Cade lives, and pretty decent as well.

Near the hub, we find Drift, a red and black samurai of an Autobot who transforms into a Bugatti, in human size and upside down balancing himself on one of his swords, and in a meditative state chanting a mantra of sorts, while on top of a wrecked car. Close by practicing alongside him, is Akane Isaka, a sixteen-year-old Demigod and a master swordswoman. Akane has short hair but the ends look a bit overgrown while not covering her face, deep green eyes, wears a deep red and black kimono to represent her sensei, with the sleeves ending halfway down the forearms, and the skirt ending just below the knees, is barefoot just for her to really connect to the earth beneath her, and carries with her a well-kept sword from her homeland, it was also the only thing she had time to take when she fled. Her Demigod power is use of her aura, which is something everyone has, but she can use her own to greatly enhance her body and its functions, her senses, her movement, her strength, all of it, a good example of it is that while regular weaponry can't stand up to Transformer weaponry, Akane can enhance her sword so its durability can hold up easily, and if she puts in enough effort, anything she cuts with that sword won't hold up for long, or at all. Akane is practicing her sword while in a meditative state like her sensei, who still quietly chanting the mantra and meditating, while his student continues in silence.

"No fear, no hate, no anger. No fear, no hate, no anger", said Drift in a classic samurai accent, as he seemed to be immovable from his balanced trance, until a small silver pterodactyl swoops in and safely lands on one of Drift's feet, which he notices, and loses it. "Get off of me, you flying rat!", shouted Drift as he tried to shake the little Dinobot from his foot and then loses his balance, falling off the car, then gets back up and picks up his blade again, and tries to cut up the little guy but playfully avoids his swings, "I will kill you! And leave no trace of your existence in this world!".

"So much for banishing our anger. No offense sensei, but you could do to spend some extra time on that", said Akane as she casually stops her meditation and sheathes her sword after Drift chases away the little Dinobot at last.

"My apologies Akane, old habits such as mine, are hard to break, as you are aware of", said Drift calmly as he regained his composure. While floating just above the duo, sitting in the cockpit of a Cybertronian fighter ship, also in human size, is Crosshairs, a goggle-wearing, green and black Corvette-transforming Autobot, boringly watching the whole thing like he's got nothing else to do. He's probably the crankiest Transformer one will ever know, and he's a hero for Christ's sakes, but he also happens to be the best marksman the Autobots have, armed with dual rapid-fire guns, so it's those "take the good with the bad" kind of situations.

"Uggh! So bored on this god-forsaken rock", said Crosshairs miserably and frustratingly in an Australian accent and with a toothpick in his mouth, as he flies the ship away from Akane and Drift, who just stand and stare, and goes to land it nearby. Apparently the guy's so bored he'll resort to watching two people just meditating.

"Well nice to see he's as cheerful as always", said Akane unimpressed.

"Wisely said, student", said Drift in agreement. Meanwhile, in that resting half of the hub, an in front of a laptop computer, is Jimmy Chambers, a man of African-decent in his mid-twenties, who's been part of this whole thing for a year now and still has a lot to learn about the Transformers and Demigods, and hired by Cade. In his lap is ten-year-old Demigod Lilith Smith, sporting light brown eyes, short black hair with a little clip keeping it from blocking her right eye, a yellow shirt with an orange hoodie on top with UFO labeled on the chest area, loose gray pants and thin sandals, but no socks. Her Demigod power is that of gravity manipulation, where she can encase anything in a clear bubble, and alter its gravity worth, so while it looks like levitation, Lilith is simply decreasing the gravity of her target, and make it fall in any direction mimicking throwing. Sadly, despite her practice, Lilith can only, for now though, alter the gravity of objects that she can handle, as in she needs to put in more effort despite the strain. Like stuff ranging from mailboxes and vending machines will do, she's currently not strong enough to do the same with Transformers, since they're too heavy for her, even when they shrink to human size, considering that it's only the size of the regular Transformers that's altered in the shrinking, not their weapons' potency, physical strength, and their weight, but in time she'll get better. And standing on the table near the laptop, is Wheelie, a foot-tall former Decepticon drone turned-Autobot with small beady red eyes, and wheels for feet, hence the name, and transforms into a deep-blue remote control toy truck. The three were simply sitting around checking out some stuff online that Wheelie likes to mess with, like a Chinese car website with pictures of different cars old and new, in various shots.

"So is this like some kind of Autobot dating site?", asked Lilith.

"Nah, I just go here to dream. Check out that classy chassis. Whoa, look at the junk in her trunk eh?", asked Wheelie jokingly in a New Jersey accent, going from a picture of a sweet bright red car to a blue pick-up truck with stuffed boxes loaded in the back. As this is going on, two VTOL jets come flying in fast, and both shift into two female Autobots, who shrink down to human size, land on the roof of the hub in front of the "Auto" sign and rest up. The red and black one with the geisha-looking head is Windblade, a fierce Autobot hunter armed with an energy sword, and is the fastest flyer there is, the dark pink one is Maxima, her fellow hunter, best friend, and master shooter who may rival Crosshairs, with the aid of her plasma rifle. Then they spot something passing through the gate, Bumblebee and Hound of course, since Cade and Nei are a bit behind while speaking with Sherman.

"Back already, and guessing job well done, as usual boys", said Windblade as she sat in a polite manner with hands on her lap.

"Honestly, it's like these two always get picked out because they're his favorites", said Maxima in a slightly grouchy manner as she sat next to her friend cross-legged.

"We all know he doesn't think that way, lighten up. Oh, here it comes", said Windblade as Hound shifts into R-mode, shrinks to human size, rolls forward with Bumblebee behind, shifting to R-mode and shrinking to human size as well, but as Hound was rolling, one of his little rocket launchers falls off, goes off and a few small rockets fly all over the little spot behind him blowing up a few cars, kicking up a lot of dust.

"Boo-yah! Back home boys and girls! Whoop, been holding that one in for a while. Talk about a cluster bomb", said Hound twirling his helmet around a bit before putting it back on, and looking back on the small mess he just made, while Bumblebee waves hello to the flying duo resting on the hub roof.

"Yo!", shouted Jimmy as Lilith jumps off his lap, he gets up from the recliner he was resting in, and he gets out and walks up to Hound, clearly not okay with his little mishap.

"What's the matter with you, dude?", asked Hound obliviously.

"I think you know what he's upset about, Hound", said Windblade as she and Maxima are enjoying the show.

"That's right! Next time bud, EASE ON THE BRAKES", said Jimmy putting plenty of emphasis on what he's saying.

"That's how I roll. I like to make a statement when I arrive", said Hound pounding his chest with pride.

"Yeah well you're getting dust all over the campus man", said Jimmy starting to calm down.

"This ain't no campus pal, it's a junkyard", said Hound correcting Jimmy as Cade finally rolls up with Nei and Sqweeks in tow.

"Damn it Grimlock! We can't always go around doing whatever the fuck we want!", shouted Cade angrily after he hopped out of the 4x4, and starts walking off to the right of the junkyard, with Nei and Sqweeks behind him.

"Welcome back, Cade", said Windblade greeting a pissed off Cade.

"Hello there", said Maxima, as Jimmy pops up along with Lilith.

"You got into some shit huh?", asked Jimmy.

"Yeah, neck deep!", shouted Cade as he, Nei and Sqweeks continued walking off in that direction. While Crosshairs shows up after stowing away his fighter ship, and with something on his mind as always.

"Hey Cade! That's what you get for taking that useless yellow bugger with you all the time! You need a real leader out there! Like me!", shouted Crosshairs in an unfriendly manner while throwing away his toothpick. With Optimus Prime on Cybertron, along with the Autobot medical officer Ratchet and the Knights of Iacon, still working on properly fixing up the now Earth-bound metal planet, Bumblebee has been holding command of the Autobots in his place. Despite some mistakes on his end, Bumblebee has easily earned the trust of his fellow Autobots as a leader given his relationships with them, even their Demigod friends, but Crosshairs thinks of this as some bad joke, made it abundantly clear he'll only listen to Optimus seeing him and him only as a true leader, Cade being an exception of course. Not taking any of that talk, Bumblebee wastes no time sliding across the hood of a wrecked car, goes up to Crosshairs and gets in his face pretty angrily.

"Shut up! Before I do some damage, you won't walk away from", said Bumblebee through the radio, and Crosshairs, seeing this as an empty threat, continues to make his stand.

"You will NEVER be Optimus Prime, you little runt", said Crosshairs, knowing this will really get the guy upset.

"(sighs) Here we go again", said Windblade, disappointed in this occasional spat between those two even though she's got great respect and love for them like everyone else in the place.

"You always did talk too much", said Bumblebee even angrier as he and Crosshairs shove each other before getting into a brief tussle. Cade, looking back a couple quick times, tries to ignore that spat as he focuses on his latest problem.

"Come on man! Million-year-old warriors, you're acting like a bunch of junkyard dogs! Starting to piss me off!", shouted Cade, while the scene quickly shifts to a resting bike-sized silver and black Cybertronian bulldog called Thunderjaw, who hears this and whimpers a bit.

"He didn't mean that for you boy, Cade's just cranky is all", said Hound patting Thunderjaw, who barks in approval. Then back to Cade, Nei and Sqweeks are still with him, and Nei sees herself in complete surprise who he was yelling at, more like what actually. Nei looks out and not too far ahead of her, she's looking right at a towering beast, a horned, red-eyed, dark-silver Cybertronian Tyrannosaurus Rex which Cade referred to as Grimlock. Grimlock's one of several legendary warriors of Cybertron, proud and fierce knights same as Optimus Prime, but more brutal and ruthless. He and three others, along some mini versions of themselves all called Dinobots, have been a big help, but for a while now they've been acting, as Cade put it, like junkyard dogs. The other three big ones, are Slug, whose form is a Triceratops, and resting on a bed of scrap-metal, Scorn, in the form of a Spineosaurus, who Crosshairs nicknamed Spike, and is sitting around crunching on hubcaps, then there's Strafe, who takes the form of a two-headed Pterodactyl, and keeping watch in a nest he made at the top of one of the mountains near the edge of the junkyard. It's then revealed Grimlock has something in his jaws: that police car Chief Sherman told Cade about, speaking of Cade, he's pretty upset.

"Come back here Grimlock! Turn around, what do you got in your mouth huh?!", demanded Cade as Grimlock slowly walks away with that car sticking out of the mouth, and Cade's patience is wearing thin. Nei's surprise then turns to joy, laughing as Grimlock continues to chomp on the car and snorting black smoke from his nostrils just to mess with Cade. "Now I swear, I am wasting my time, protecting YOU of all people! Drop the cruiser right now! I know you got Chief Sherman's cruiser in there! Drop it!", demanded Cade as Grimlock chomps on the car some more before he finally swallows the whole thing, followed by a low growl like he's all pouty for not eating what he wants, "Yeah serves you right! Spit it out now! Spit it!" demanded Cade before Grimlock finally gave in and, with some effort, he manages to vomit out the crushed up cruiser, and a few parts, while Cade briefly falls to the ground on his back avoiding the debris, while Nei and Sqweeks watch from a distance. Then Grimlock pukes out some more bits and pieces from the cruiser at Cade, nearly hitting him, just to spite him, while Cade gets back up, "Don't eat cars! DON'T. EAT. CARS! You get back in your hole and think about what you did!", shouted Cade, like he's punishing a naughty pet, as Grimlock pounds the ground a bit with his nose before walking off, "It's just like the Macy's Thanksgiving Day out here Jimmy J!", shouted Cade at Jimmy, watching from afar, but he clearly wasn't having any of that.

"Dude, you hired me! From a Want-Ad! In the Dakota Penny Ledger about a year ago! Think that comes with a superpower? That is a dinosaur! An ALIEN dinosaur! That was NOT in the ad!", shouted Jimmy at Cade as he walks back to the hub, with Cade and Nei in tow, then once inside the work room, they talk a bit more, "He tried to eat me yesterday man!", shouted Jimmy bearing his complaints as Cade sets his bag on the big table and Nei goes outside to be with Hound and the others, so she doesn't bud into their business.

"Look, you wanna go to Federal Prison paly?", asked Cade mockingly.

"No thank you. I-I don't wanna go to any prison", said Jimmy nervously.

"Well that's where you're gonna go alright, cause you're aiding and abetting. I'm a fugitive, I'm the big boss, and you're my little crime-y", said Cade, explaining the predicament Jimmy got himself into a year ago, but can't help but argue nonetheless.

"When you leave, it becomes The Wild Kingdom out here, and that's when Will and those Demigod kids don't go acting like they run the place. I can't always handle these guys man", said Jimmy.

"Look I told you, this is a junkyard, Transformers blend in with other junk, no one looks for Demigods in a pile of junk, that's it!", shouted Cade.

"YOU hired me, to be Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations-", said Jimmy cut off by Cade.

"Did I tell you that?", asked Cade acting a bit innocent.

"Yes! That's what's what you said!", shouted Jimmy.

"Well too bad, cause I made that shit up!", shouted Cade.

"DO NOT take this title away from me Cade, it's a big deal for me!", shouted Jimmy.

"Hey this is not a start-up okay? I don't do this shit for the money, it's for a higher cause", said Cade as he was starting to walk out the work room and about to enter the rest area.

"Wait, you're not doing this shit for the money? What's wrong with you man?", asked Jimmy as he followed Cade, but then he stops and looks out into the distance with an upset look on his face.

"What's he doing here?", asked Cade a bit surprised as he and Jimmy both spot a rusty-old dump truck passing through the gates, with the entire back area completely covered in so much random junk, old TVs, plastic bottles, roof gutters, a dusty mattress, even a jet turbine. This dump truck was actually the V-mode of Daytrader, a chubby, bearded Autobot with a passion for all things junk that no one else can rival, except the late Scavenger. Most of the junkyard residents love the guy, but some, like Cade obviously, aren't his biggest fans, namely because he's not only obnoxious, but despite his passion for junk, he almost never actually checks if his goods are legit and acceptable.

"Uh, no idea man", said Jimmy feigning ignorance but Cade's angry stare means he's not buying it, "Dude I-I don't know".

"You remember the mess he made last time, that's why I banned him for a month, and he's not supposed to come back for another week", explained Cade in an angry manner.

"You know, it's not cool to go accusing people when you feel like it. I swear I didn't do anything", claimed Jimmy as he and Cade were walking into the rest area, but then Wheelie pops up, with Lilith in tow, standing on the hood of an old car in there.

"Hey Cade, he gave him this little beauty", said Wheelie as he slightly kicked around what looks to be a Cybertronian gun Cade doesn't own. Cade throws an angry look at Jimmy again, wanting an explanation.

"I've NEVER seen that before, at all", said Jimmy feigning ignorance again, but Wheelie was making it difficult for him.

"Come on, say it! Say it! You wanted the alien blaster! Said it made you feel like a BIG MAN!", shouted Wheelie calling out Jimmy, who's not happy with being snitched on by a toy-sized alien robot with a big mouth.

"Hey! Remember that us humans can lose their temper right? Come here!", shouted Jimmy as he walked over, grabbed Wheelie and started shaking him around.

"Whoa whoa whoa! (grunts) I'll have my boy Grimlock kick your ass!", shouted Wheelie, still being shaken up.

"Okay, calm down you two, please", said Lilith kindly as she casually used her power to get Wheelie from Jimmy, slowly made him fall her way, and grabbed him.

"Yeah you're REAL tough! What you've been working out?! I doubt it!", shouted Wheelie, still upset, as Lilith carried him back to that car. As Daytrader was slowly approaching the hub, Windblade and Maxima continue to watch from the roof, while Drift, Akane, Bumblebee, and Hound ready themselves as Nei walks up to Hound to ask about the junk bot.

"Excuse me Hound, but it sounds like you guys don't seem to like him very much", said Nei as she stands beside Hound before she briefly gets called by Windblade.

"We don't all hate Daytrader sweetie, but including his personality, he's made some bad business choices that's gotten under SOME bots' gears. Trust me though, he's not a bad bot", said Windblade as she tried to make sure Nei doesn't get the wrong idea about Daytrader, but some bots aren't so forgiving.

"Quit protecting him Windblade, and believe ME kid, this hopeless cur's the single most irritating, annoying Transformer on all of Earth AND Cybertron. Hey Drift, should I frag him?", asked Hound after speaking with Nei briefly, then pulls out a grenade, and Drift is making a small Triceratops Dinobot bounce on his sword before tossing him aside. Drift, being the noble warrior he is, gives Hound a reasonable answer.

"Yes, definitely frag him", said Drift without regret as Hound pulls the pin with his mouth, while his student Akane just sighs in disapproval.

"This stunt actually goes against Bushido sensei, just saying", said Akane reluctantly, seeing her master yet again does things the opposite of what he should really do.

"I heard that, Hound", said Daytrader in a slight-nasal like voice, just shifting from V-mode to R-mode and going human size, before a few grenades are thrown his way and blew up one at a time while kicking up dust and dirt, nearly missing him but still gets a bit startled by this, "Easy easy! Wha-jeez! You ALWAYS resort to violence! Right off the bat!"

"I love violence, it's my pride and joy", said Hound proudly as Cade approaches the junker.

"Daytrader, the hell are you doing here anyway?", asked Cade impatiently.

"Business as usual Cade, you're one of my best customers after all", said Daytrader trying to play nice with Cade, but he knows what he did with Jimmy.

"Oh yeah, huge honor, so what, you thought of that before or after you bribed my employee with a gun of his own?" asked Cade getting all smart with him.

"I'm offended that you'd accuse me of such a thing. It was a simple exchange is all, I know I wasn't allowed in for another week, but how else was I gonna get in huh? I got some new stuff you'd be interested in, trust me", said Daytrader, hoping Cade will look the other way for this.

"Yeah, I'll believe it when I see it paly", said Cade suspiciously as Hound steps in.

"Hey, reminds me, you find us a new spaceship yet? Five years here and I'm starting to get tired of waiting around to catch a bullet", said Hound as he turns to smoke his cigar a bit and Daytrader walks up to him.

"Carbon monoxide and a small gasoline drinking problem of yours are probably gonna kill you long before a bullet does that for you, my fine corpulent comrade", said Daytrader as he wiped some dust on him from the grenade explosions, and rests his hand on Hound's shoulder, but he wasn't having any of that nonsense.

"Back off! Get out of my face! You wanna throw down with Hound?", asked Hound, threatening Daytrader with his combat knife, and Daytrader takes a few steps back to not risk him bluffing.

"Whoa whoa, easy! Oh yeah, real tough guy huh? How 'bout YOU try carrying all this stuff every day?", asked Daytrader as he kept his distance from Hound and some junk falls off his back. Much of it that's normally big is shrunk down unless a Transformer is holding it and returns it to its original size. This stuff would range from the landing gear of a plane, an old computer monitor, a couple laptops that surprisingly merge and shift into a fly-shaped Transformer that buzzes around until Bumblebee, who was sitting close by, swats it with both hands, crushes it and shakes it off his hand in disgust.

"Figures he's got some pests on him, I say we finally deep-six this pickpocket", said Hound as he sheathed his combat knife.

"Or let's just try not wanting to kill him for once", said Windblade.

"Thank you Windblade, least some people here are reasonable. Now, look here what I found in Buffalo, Bonecrusher's head, ladies and gentlemen", said Daytrader as he pulled out the severed and slightly battered head of a brutal Decepticon called Bonecrusher, who was killed by Optimus a long time ago, played around with it like a puppet, before settling it atop a wrecked car for Cade, who isn't too crazy about it and pushes it off with one hand, "And this here? A replacement automatic targeting system for that security turret you guys got", said Daytrader as he handed Cade a slightly scratched up black box covered in a bunch of electronic bits and pieces.

"You sure this'll work?", asked Cade worryingly.

"Come on Cade, I always find the good stuff", said Daytrader, feelings hurt a bit.

"That's what you said that one time you got me that used toaster oven, next thing I knew, I had to get a new one, and a new chair. But we needed this anyway, so I'll take it, I have Brains look into it. So what else you got?", asked Cade as he accepted the black box from Daytrader, then he spots Nei next to Hound.

"Oh hey, newcomer huh? I know I haven't been here in almost a month, but last I checked it's been a hell-of-a-while since you took in anymore of those kids", Said Daytrader to Cade as Nei approached him.

"Special case from Utah, was called in, Nei, Daytrader, Daytrader, Nei", said Cade introducing the two.

"Nice to meet you! So you love junk collecting too? My friend Scavenger loved it all the same", said Nei to Daytrader.

"Pleasure kid and-whoa hold up, you know Scavenger? Seriously?", asked Daytrader in surprise.

"I'm sorry but you know Scavenger too?!", asked Nei in surprise.

"Know him? Hell, the guy and I were practically junk brothers! We've been into this business for years. Alright my turn, how come you know the guy?" asked Daytrader eagerly.

"I was on the run, he found me and we've been living together for a year. Not that it's my business, but he never mentioned you", said Nei.

"Of course he wouldn't, he knew how much I enjoyed my privacy, believe it or not. Plus I haven't been able to get in touch with him since we split, thought we'd find more nice stuff that way. That reminds me, how's old Scavenger now these days? Bet he's doing better off than me", said Daytrader, followed by a small chuckle before he noticed Nei looking at the ground all sad-like, and the others close by upset with him for opening his mouth like that.

"Scavenger…he's gone now", said Nei sadly, and Daytrader stumbled a bit upon hearing his old friend was dead now.

"Oh no…you careless old rust-bucket, could've just watched your step but instead, you go and die on me", said Daytrader sadly.

"I really loved him, he took care of me when I had nowhere else to go. He was a really great friend", said Nei, trying to hold back the tears, and this really moved Daytrader.

"Yeah, he was. Hold up kid, I think I got something you'll like", said Daytrader as he rummaged through his junk a bit, and a minute later, he pulls out a teddy bear, the classic brown kind, a few tears on it, covered in some dirt, but in still good condition.

"A bear, for me, but why?", kindly asked Nei as she grabbed the bear from Daytrader.

"Scavenger was a good pal, and looks to me you made him real happy. Consider that toy a gift, I know it's cliché and all that, but it's better than nothing. Hope you do well kid", said Daytrader.

"Thank you, it means a lot, I'll keep it safe. For him", said Nei as she hugged the bear, while Cade has that look of grief on his face again. The silence is broken right away then Crosshairs steps in with something to show. We find him standing close to the big carrying case-like trailer belonging to Sqweeks that's still hooked to the 4x4, and Nei and Sqweeks look a bit surprised, like they know something.

"Hey Cade, sorry to interrupt the potential waterworks, but I noticed you got some extra shit with you when you all came back home", said Crosshairs slightly tapping at the case.

"It's nothing, Sqweeks probably got some spare parts from a few sentries we trashed back there, leave it for now", said Cade.

"Well, you say that…", said Crosshairs as he finishes his thought with a swift kick to the case, knocking it over and spilling its contents, but instead of parts, we find the four kids from Utah: Rex, Mike, Suzy, and their leader Charles. As the four spill out from the case onto the ground and on top of each other, all eyes are on them as awkwardness drops for a bit, yet Crosshairs is feeling pretty good about himself here.

"What. The. Hell. Is. This?", asked Cade slowly and still in surprise.

"That's what I said! We got ourselves a pack of stowaways here, and easy betting Nei and the little blue eyesore helped them out before you all left Utah!", shouted Crosshairs frustrated while the four still lay on the ground and hoping to get out of this with few scars.

"That ain't true! We found the case empty and wanted to tag along! It's not their idea, just ours!", shouted Rex in anger and denial, trying to cover for those two, but Crosshairs wasn't in the mood for this stupidity, case in point when he pulls out one of his rapid fire guns from his left thigh and takes aim.

"Kid, I'm in no mood for buying bullshit like that! And don't think you not being Demigods means I won't shoot you to pieces", said Crosshairs as he cocks the gun and aims fight at Rex, and despite the slight fear in his eye and sweat on his face, he's not backing down.

"Yeah?! Go ahead! I'd bet you anything that thing's just loaded with blanks! You're not really gonna shoot us!", shouted Rex before Crosshairs lost a bit of his patience and shoots at a glass bottle dangling from Daytrader, then aims it back at Rex.

"You must have some major balls to call a bluff like that, kid", said Crosshairs seething with rage.

"Do not tempt him kids, he's too cranky for his own good and he'll shoot at anything that pisses him off", said Maxima.

"Hold on, you're not really gonna shoot us right? Us being kids and all that, right?", asked Mike nervously.

"Depends on what else comes out of your mouths", said Crosshairs.

"I'm telling you guys, he's not gonna shoot us!", shouted Rex, ever so defiant, and yet Crosshairs keeps proving him wrong as he shoots the ground close to Mike's face, startling him a bit.

"Yeah, keep telling yourself that you brat, assuming it helps you feel any better than me", said Crosshairs at his wits end.

"Good going, you idiot!", shouted Suzy at Rex, but then Nei steps in.

"I'm really sorry! They wanted to come with us and I didn't wanna leave them behind, so I asked Sqweeks to help me hide them in his case! Don't be mad at them, I let them come in the first place!", shouted Nei desperately to keep the four out of trouble, even Sqweeks was whirring sadly to agree with her, and Charles had something to say was well.

"(sighs) Look, we're sorry for this, we just wanted to see for ourselves, make sure Nei would really be alright. We're to blame just as much if not more", said Charles as Cade thinks hard on it.

"Crosshairs, stand down, we'll let this slide", said Cade as Crosshairs reluctantly but kindly lowers his weapon and stows it back, while the four get back on their feet.

"Well, as fun as this was, I think my business is done here, enjoy the bear, kiddo. Now if anybody needs me, I'm gonna go slather myself in oil before I leave. Turn around Drift, it'll hurt your sensibility", said Daytrader jokingly from the kids and Cade, to Drift, who's clearly disgusted by that thought like he's seen it before, and threatens Daytrader with his sword, who slowly backs away.

"Now Akane THAT is something that can't be unseen", said Drift as he scared off Daytrader.

"I'll keep that in mind sensei", said Akane casually.

"You know I can never understand half of what comes out of your mouth", said Daytrader as he walked off.

"Okay, enough of the creepy stuff. Bee, first thing in the morning, you and me, we're dropping these kids off back home", said Cade as the four, even Nei, were surprised by this.

"I understand Cade", said Bumblebee reluctantly, clearly, he didn't want to send them off just yet now that they're all the way out here.

"Oh come ON!", shouted Rex as Cade walked off and the others went back to doing some other stuff while Nei and the four were following him.

"Yeah, I gotta agree with Rex for once, you can't just send us back home like that!", shouted Suzy in agreement.

"There's no argument about this kid, you four CANNOT stay here, and I've already got more than enough strays to deal with", said Cade.

"But Cade, they just wanted to make sure I would be alright", said Nei.

"And now they know, and knowing is half the battle, or some shit like that, I read that once before. Look, there's no buts about it, they're going home, end of story", said Cade firmly, and Nei and the four, Charles especially, isn't so happy about this but they're not done yet. Now they approach that trailer just behind the hub, where he lives, and as they enter, they find the place on fire. More specifically, the curtain to the door was starting to catch fire, the work of a mini T-Rex like Grimlock, named T, and messing with the furniture a bit with him, are the other two mini Dinobots, the Strafe-lookalike was Terry, the Slug-lookalike was called Tio.

"T! Hey little buddy, I told you, you're not supposed to do that in here", said Cade as he picked up little T, still coughing out small puffs of fire while the fire on the curtain was slowly starting to spread.

"Dude, your hous-trailer's on fire", said Charles as Cade takes his seat in a comfy recliner to the far right of the door, with a TV to his right as well and Nei takes a seat in the little booth in front of him.

"Back corner there!", shouted Cade, pointing to where he keeps the fire extinguisher and Charles was quick to find it while Rex, Suzy and Mike make their way past Terry and Tio and try to take a seat at the table left of the door with a fridge just behind them.

"This is…a nice home", said Mike without trying to be harsh. At the same time this was happening, three different cars were speeding into the junkyard, in front is a black and orange Lamborghini Centario, the V-mode of Hot Rod, a brash and slightly arrogant soldier and is brother in arms with Bumblebee, behind him is a white, with little red, McLaren F1 which is the V-mode of Override, a drag racer who's just as tough on the battlefield as she is on the road, and behind her is Blurr, a fellow speedster who's V-mode is a sky blue Nissan GT-R. Determined to prove which among them is the fastest thing on wheels, every day those three take off and test their mettle in this patch of land practically tailor-made for racers. As the three racers finish their competition for the day, upon coming home, they even try to see who's going to get back first, this time it's Hot Rod of course, and upon pulling up, they waste no time shifting into R-mode and going human size.

"Ha! Magnifique! I win!", shouted Hot Rod excitingly in a deep French accent.

"Yeah this time, but don't so cocky after one win", said Override upsettingly.

"Not cool man! You only got up ahead of us because I hit the brakes a split second late when we made that turn. I could've left you BOTH in the dust", said Blurr frustrated, but this wasn't going to ruin Hot Rod's good feel.

"But you didn't, and now I am on top!", shouted Hot Rod.

"Nice to see you guys had fun with your usual races", said Windblade.

"'Fun', isn't what I'd call today's race", said Blurr still upset as Bumblebee approached the three racers.

"Bee, glad to see you back, my old friend!", shouted Hot Rod still joyous from his win and even more so that his brother in arms is back.

"Same to you Hot Rod, good win?", asked Bumblebee.

"Big time! By the way, where's Cade? Back in his trailer?", asked Hot Rod.

"Yeah, he's with the Demigod we were called to help in Utah, she's called Nei, along with some kids who snuck along with us back here", said Bumblebee.

"New kids?! My friend, why didn't you say so sooner?! I've got to meet them, and give them a proper greeting!", shouted Hot Rod.

"Cool it lover boy! They just got here, let them be!", shouted Override but Hot Rod wasn't having any of it as he made his way to the trailer.

"That guy loves kids WAY too much", said Blurr, finally calmed down.

"Too bad for us we got loads of kids living here with us", said Override, as this was happening, we shift the scene back to the trailer, with everything starting to settle down, like Charles finally putting out that little fire on the curtain.

"I know you're really coming into your power now, so you got take this outside bud, whoa hey. Terry, grab me a beer pal?", asked Cade as he had T settled down and sat him close to his leg.

"Wait, Terry?", asked Suzy as Charles had put away the fire extinguisher and walked to the booth Nei was sitting in and sits just across from her while Terry flies over to the fridge, carelessly opens it up and a few metal beer bottles fall out before he grabs one, closes the fridge and brings it over to Cade.

"Nice work pal, great delivery, gotta work on the pick-up though", said Cade as he opened up the beer, turned on the TV and switched to a racing channel and finally relaxed.

"Hi there little fella, heavy aren't you?", asked Nei playfully after Tio walks up to her and she picks him up and holds him close while Terry flies over to Suzy, Rex, and Mike and lands on the table, while Mike tries to pet him but nearly loses a finger, then Terry flies on top of a little perch made for him just near the top of the doorway. Then Suzy notices some family pictures on the fridge, and one of them is of Cade's teenage daughter named Tessa. Cade had been having a hard time throughout his life, even more so when his loving wife died and had to raise Tessa on his own, who, growing up, looked more like she was taking care of him. When Cade first met Optimus Prime, Tessa was just starting to go to college, and well, you can guess the rest. By now, she's on her own, having graduated from college some time ago, but she will get herself arrested if she tries to really contact or visit her father, and vice versa.

"So, Cade, If you don't mind me asking, what's your story?", asked Suzy politely.

"Uh long story short, wife passed away, daughter graduated from college, living on her own, got herself a decent job. She might as well be on the far side of the moon, hell, Mars at best", said Cade while keeping his eyes on the racing channel, beer in his hand. Charles and Nei looked to each other and feel sorry for Cade, they hadn't thought that even a guy like him had a hard life.

"At least she's still here bro", said Rex rudely with Mike getting nervous and Suzy throwing a mean glare at him.

"I go visit her, we BOTH go to jail, that bad enough for you bro?", asked Cade in a smart-alecky manner, to make sure Rex got he didn't like what he said.

"(sighs) Alright, my bad", said Rex reluctantly before Cade turns back to the TV, then before anything else was said, Charles and Nei look at something at the doorway in awkwardness and curiosity.

"Does that guy have to loom in like that?", asked Charles

"Wait what are talking about-oh my God", said Cade annoyed as he saw that Charles was talking about Hot Rod, who was leaning against the doorway, waving hello to Cade, then looks to Rex, Suzy, and Mike, then back to Charles and Nei before properly introducing himself.

"Bonjour enfants, mon nom est Hot Rod", greeted Hot Rod in French, enfants meaning children, but they were confused about his name.

"Hawt Rawd?", asked Nei trying to pronounce it right.

"Nuh-uh, Hot Rod" said Hot Rod trying to make it clear.

"Hoot Root?", asked Charles now.

"HOT ROD", said Hot Rod really trying to emphasize it.

"I'm so sorry, I really don't know how to say it", said Nei, but Cade obviously had enough, as if stuff like this with Hot Rod is like his own brain cells are committing suicide one by one.

"It's just Hot Rod, don't mind him that's his French accent", said Cade as Hot Rod nodded in agreement.

"Wait, he's French, really?", asked Charles surprised.

"Oh no, he just really loves the accent", said Cade honestly, but Hot Rod looked in denial a bit and tried to set things straight.

"No no no! I HATE the accent! But I can't get rid of it! I'm stuck with the accent! Blah!", exclaimed Hot Rod while slightly hitting against the doorway with his left hand a bit, trying to explain things to the kids, but then Crosshairs shows up.

"Again with this shit? Don't believe a word of it, ankle biters, he loves that damn voice like crazy!", shouted Crosshairs as he approached the trailer, and through the windows the others could see what's going on, "He goes on saying he hates it and he's stuck with it! But actually, he loves it so much he's even made it so he can't ever get rid of it!"

"How dare you accuse me of lying, you trigger-happy amateur! For all we know, YOU could've done exactly what you just told us just now!", shouted Hot Rod as he walked up to Crosshairs like they're ready to fight, and obviously Crosshairs isn't going to back down.

"Except unlike YOU, I ain't afraid to admit any of it, you flamboyant showboat!", shouted Crosshairs.

"Wha-those are fighting words!", exclaimed Hot Rod.

"Bring it on pretty boy!", shouted Crosshairs as the two started rolling around and duking it out.

"Shouldn't we get them to stop?", asked Mike nervously.

"Best thing to go down here if you ask me, and my money's on the green guy", said Rex.

"Too bad no one's asking you, jerk", said Suzy angry-like.

"Please stop fighting you two!", shouted Nei, yet the two bots are still pummeling each other, and Cade looks like he's had enough of this stupidity.

"Alright that's enough! Break it up you two! Damn it I said stop! For Christ's sake…(radio on) Scrapper! Sorry to bug you buddy, Crosshairs and Hot Rod are at it again, you know what to do (radio off)", said Cade as he spoke in his radio while still in his seat as well as the four and Nei, then a few moments later, in human size, was a construction-based Transformer, who Cade referred to as Scrapper, who happens to be that excavator seen just near the front of the hub. Scrapper then quietly yet casually gets ahold of the two squabbling bots with little effort.

"Whoa! Hang on my friend! This isn't really necessary!", shouted Hot Rod a bit startled, guess he and Crosshairs know all too well what happens next.

"Don't you dare do what you're gonna do next you walking shovel!", shouted Crosshairs as he struggled to get loose, and Scrapper, not much of a talker, didn't answer back. That's when he proceeds to slam the two against each other hard, and throws them far to the other side of the junkyard.

"SACREBLEU!", yelled Hot Rod.

"SON OF A BITCH!", yelled Crosshairs as the two flew high and far into the air and hit the ground hard, far across the junkyard. The kids were feeling a bit awkward for a minute, until Cade spoke up.

"Thanks big guy, go back to sleep", said Cade, grateful for the intervention, as Scrapper nods in agreement and returns to his spot, leaving them alone again, "In case you're wondering, Hot Rod's a soldier, he and Bumblebee are close friends. The guy's supposed to be in London, but he was asked to come here from the person he watches over, her name's Vivian, but uh…we're not seeing each other right now, all the stuff I deal with of course", explained Cade.

"Wait, seeing each other, like…oh my gosh! You two are in love?!", exclaimed Suzy, who can't help with getting involved in romantic stuff.

"Well, I wouldn't put it like that, shit went down, I met her, we just had dinner that was, kinda romantic, nothing big is all", said Cade trying to get the point across, but they clearly thought otherwise and wanted to mess with him a bit.

"Yeah right, like nothing happened, I bet you two kissed and crap like that right?! Got to hold hands, maybe take a walk through the park and bought flowers for her?", asked Rex jokingly, yet jerk-like, and the other kids laughed along, and Cade gave a fake laugh before giving a real kicker to the kid's pride.

"(fake laughs) Yeah? Well what about you smart guy? You jealous, or are you spouting all the fun shit you'd wish you could do with that girlfriend you'll never have? No answer? That's what I thought", said Cade with some attitude as everyone was silent for a bit before everyone laughed harder at that, unlike Rex who looked red with anger and embarrassment.

"He really got you there Rex!", shouted Mike still laughing, until the laughter stops as Rex grabs ahold of Mike by the collar of his vest and pulled him in close, not very happy at all.

"Yeah? Wanna say that now?!", demanded Rex, getting Mike up in his face.

"No I'm good", said Mike casually yet still pretty terrified, then someone comes by knocking on the doorway, and entering this little scene is Alexander Drake, a boy at the age of sixteen, blue hair, light blue eyes, short sleeve aquamarine shirt with the sleeves being deep blue, regular blue pants, lace-less blue dress shoes, basically he's really into blue. His Demigod power is mastery of ice, think of him similar to Chad, except he can summon his own ice, even if there's no moisture in the air for him to use, ranging from ice blasts, pillars of ice, ice armor and fists, icicles, all that stuff. Cade is in charge of the whole place, but when it comes to really getting the little Demigods in check, Alex is one of the leaders.

"Cade, sorry to intrude, would've came in sooner but I spotted Hot Rod and Crosshairs fighting again, then Scrapper showing up and, well you know the rest", said Alex with a little smile on his face.

"Ah, perfect timing as always kiddo. Guys, this is Alex, he's one of the older kids that helps me with the other Demigods we got here", said Cade, introducing Alex to Nei and the four.

"Nice, I know you came back from Utah with a newcomer, but I didn't know you'd found four more", said Alex.

"No see, Nei here, the kid in the dress, she's a Demigod. These other four dummies snuck along for the ride", said Cade reminded of this unexpected bring-up.

"Hey!", shouted Rex.

"Well my bad, nice to meet you all anyway. Nei, welcome to your new home, we're happy to have you here", said Alex gladly.

"It's nice to meet you too Alex", said Nei happily.

"Thanks for that. Sorry to ask Cade, but what about these other four? They're staying with us, or are they leaving?", asked Alex.

"Not a chance, I've told Bee to help take them back home tomorrow morning, that's that", said Cade firmly while sipping some of his beer, and the four, even Nei, were still not happy with a decision like that, but then Charles remembered something about this.

"Hold on! I just realized, we'd already phoned our families before we left. We told them about us spending the next two weeks with you, so you don't need to worry about them trying to find us like we're missing", explained Charles, and remembering this, Nei, along with the other three, were feeling good about their chances.

"Guess it sounds like they've thought of everything Cade, that alright with you?", asked Alex, and Cade wanted to argue with this, but with what he's been told, there's no way he can argue with this, especially given the fact that their families were trusting of him to look after the four for the next two weeks, and they never personally met the guy.

"Jesus, fine they can stay, don't come crying to me if you start having problems. Alex, take them with you and help them get settled in", said Cade.

"As usual, come on guys, time to show you where you'll all be staying", said Alex as the four and Nei all agree and follow Alex out the trailer. About a couple minutes later, the four and Nei are shown a large site of dome-like structures, comprised of what were wrecked cars, this was kinda like a mini city, with a bunch of Demigod kids left and right, playing around and doing some other stuff. The little group was in awe of it all.

"Crazy! It's like a small city here", said Suzy in surprise.

"I know, we figured as much, half of these serve as sleeping/resting places, a couple of them are play areas, a couple places to wash up, a kitchen-like area, storage spot, and the dome in the middle is the central hub. One of the little ones has magnetic powers, so it wasn't too hard to get this place set up here. For food, we Demigods don't need too much, but when we do, Cade helped us out with that, and some stuff like furniture and gear, and since a lot of us here are from all walks of life, we got plenty of stuff you'd find in places like Brazil, Japan, Germany, New Zealand, Africa and so on, thanks to Daytrader pulling through for us, even if some of it's a bit beaten up", explained Alex.

"So that's why they were talking about some of you guys hating him while everyone else doesn't", said Charles.

"I don't really get how a lot of the stuff he gets for Cade and some of the bots doesn't work so well, but hopefully they'll let it go. Anyway, come on, let's get you set up starting with the central hub, from what I can tell, Sarah and Oscar are there, let's go introduce you guys", said Alex as they all walk over to the central hub. Upon entering they find the two, Sarah Winchester reading a book, and Oscar Jones going through some pictures he's taken. Sarah is the same age as Alex, with light orange hair like a bob cut and a brown hair band on top, deep yellow eyes and wearing glasses, sporting a green short sleeve shirt, light gray pants with the legs rolled up to halfway of the foreleg, plain white flat bottom sneakers, and a plaid sweater tied around her waist. Her Demigod power is electricity manipulation and emission, I believe something like that doesn't require much explaining. Oscar is about nineteen years old, short and scruffy brown hair, orange eyes, gray long sleeve shirt with a black one over it and a white X on it, brown jeans and gray shoes. His Demigod power is something non-flashy, more like he can harden his body like steel, act out as both a figurative and literal sword and shield for those around him. The two quickly notice the little crew led by Alex coming in, and inside, surprisingly, there's nice carpeting and anyone can follow Japanese customs and take off their footwear in the domes if they want.

"Oh Alex, we heard Cade brought someone new, but I didn't know he he'd find four more", said Sarah putting down her book.

"Actually, little Nei here is a Demigod, these four are locals from there who just snuck along with him. They'll be with us for the next two weeks, but of course Nei's our new member", said Alex as the four and Nei stepped up.

"It's nice to meet you! I forgot to mention, but my full name is Nei Takemago, I hope we get along", said Nei as she was quick to bow and show proper etiquette.

"(giggles) Nice to meet you too Nei, and who might you four be?", asked Sarah.

"Oh right, I'm Charles, Charles Rodgers", said Charles.

"I'm Suzy Rodriguez", said Suzy.

"Mine's Mike Tyler", said Mike.

"Name's Rex Parker", said Rex rudely.

"Glad to have you here as well, I'm Sarah, and this here is Oscar", said Sarah waving a bit and introducing the guy on the floor.

"Hey there, good to meet you", said Oscar after leaving his camera a bit, "So Alex said you guys are here for a couple weeks, you on Spring Break right?"

"Yeah that's right, we told Cade all about it so he gave the go ahead", said Charles.

"Man, it's been way too long, I've forgotten what Spring Break was like, the best two weeks off from school you could ever have. You guys should be glad you can still enjoy it, compared to us that is", said Oscar, then Charles felt a bit guilty for what he said.

"Sorry to hear that", said Charles as Nei held his hand a bit.

"Don't be, we're not miserable or anything like that. Cade brought us all together, and since we got each other, there's no reason to get all mad about it, but thanks for worrying anyway", said Oscar, not really bummed out about this whole thing.

"Yeah, we appreciate the concern, but we're fine. I almost forgot, dinner's almost ready, I'll go let everyone else know", said Sarah.

"Alright, while you're at it, if you can, see if you can find the others and invite them over here, we can introduce them to Nei and these four while we eat", said Alex.

"Good thinking, I'll get right on it, be right back", said Alex eagerly as she ran past them, slipped on her shoes and took off.

"That really isn't necessary", said Mike.

"It's no problem, you four are our guests and Nei's a new member of our family here, only makes sense we treat you all to a family meal", said Alex gladly.

"Besides, you'll help you guys get a feel of how we do things here", said Oscar, but then there's a fairly big rumble.

"Rex! Not cool!", shouted Suzy.

"Hey, we've been hungry since we left, if they're gonna let us have some food, let's say yes already!", shouted Rex.

"Calm down, but thanks for offering us the meal, we're grateful", said Charles.

"Then it's settled, help us get things set up here, then we'll bring the food right in and wait for everyone else", said Alex as they all agreed and went to work. First they bring in a pretty big short table and place it in the center of the dome, next they bring in the utensils they'll all need, spoons, forks, knives, and for some stuff there's chopsticks, then they pull up some small pillows for people to sit on, finally they bring in the food, nothing fancy but it's still good stuff and plenty of it as well. As the food is passed around and these guys take their seats, Sarah returns with these "others" they spoke of.

"Alright, everyone else is eating now, and I brought the others along", said Sarah as about six other Demigods came in after she takes her seat.

"Well, nice to meet the new kids on the block, cheesy I know, but we old timers have our ways", said William "Will" Jackson, the only real adult Demigod among them, somewhere in his late forties, black hair in a buzz-cut manner, light brown eyes, purple Hawaiian shirt with a blueish vest over it, deep green cargo pants, and black boots. His Demigod power is that of producing seismic shockwaves, and as he takes his own seat he properly introduces himself and the other five with him, "Name's Will, pretty much the only adult Demigod in this place, let me introduce these guys, first here is Akira. Go on shrimp, say hello".

"I keep telling you to stop calling me that, and forgetting the jerk, hey there", said Akira, full name, Akira Fuse, about twelve years old, same as Charles and his friends, with silver short hair, deep orange eyes, a black and white long sleeve shirt, skin-tight, and the sleeves ending halfway at the forearm. He's got a cold gray short sleeve baggy hoodie over the shirt, blue shorts and strap-on sandals, and wears a rusted bolt necklace for good luck, his Demigod power is that of wind control.

"Admit it shrimp, you like the name", said Will playfully as he roughly tussled Akira's hair.

"Hey! Quit it already!", shouted Akira as he tried to force Will's hand off of him.

"Sorry about them, they do this every day, I'm Shiochi Gensai, nice to meet you all", said the boy called Shiochi, thirteen years old, just a year more than Akira, brown eyes, green and slightly spikey hair, short sleeve shirt with green and black stripes, loose green pants, and gray lace-less sneakers. His Demigod power is super strength, in a way that even helps him to shoot high into the air or over long distances.

"I'm Tara Edgarton, same here, I can't wait to get to know you all", said Tara cheerfully, sixteen like Alex and Sarah, purple eyes, short red hair reaching close to her neck, with two small three-inch-long bits sticking out both sides with tiny red bows holding them, sleeve-less black shirt with loose purple pants, a teal dress over all of that with a purple bow tied in the mid-abdomen section, slightly baggy pointed and old fashioned brown boots, and a teal scarf around her neck with a thin white stripe going down the middle. Her Demigod power is that of gears, basically summoning various sized gears from thin air, do all sorts of things with them for defense and offensive actions.

"Hey there, name's Jack Ward, don't mind Ms. Chipper here", said Jack jokingly, Jack here is about twenty one to twenty two, blond, yellow eyes, red dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up, black pants, and ankle high gray and blue pointed rough boots. His Demigod power is mastery over darkness itself.

"Hold up, where's Joshua?", asked Will.

"Take a guess", said Jack, followed by a quick blur that passed by before something shows at the mouth of that opening.

"Sorry, wanted to take a quick run. I'm Joshua Thompson, pleasure's mine", Joshua's seventeen, two years less than Oscar, light brown hair and eyes, red orange long sleeve shirt, tan jeans, running shoes, fingerless gloves. His Demigod power, you guessed it, it's super speed.

"That figures, well, you newcomers are now introduced to us eleven, the strongest of the Demigods here, we're the ones who'll be fighting so the others don't have to. Believe it or not, not everyone is okay with fighting, doesn't matter the reason, and that's where we come in", explained Will as the others take their seats and offered thanks as everyone starts getting something to eat.

"Wait, you say eleven, I only count nine", said Suzy.

"Lilith is still surfing the internet with Wheelie, and Akane's still meditating under Drift, they'll be back soon", said Joshua.

"I'll have some saved for them, don't worry", said Sarah, then noticed Nei with her small bowl of rice and the chopsticks she has, "Are you alright Nei? You look spaced out".

"Oh, sorry, it's just that it's been a really long time since I ate a meal like this, and with chopsticks, reminds me of my old home", said Nei reminiscing the past.

"Well I'm glad you feel that way Nei, now go on, and enjoy your first meal with us", said Sarah as Nei happily nods and eats a bit.

"You don't gotta tell me twice!", shouted Rex as he starts slurping his chicken soup like there's no tomorrow.

"About time someone gets it!", shouted Akira in agreement as he follows suit.

"Alright, slow down you two, don't wanna overdo it now do you?", asked Alex trying to keep those two from spilling their dinner.

"That's right, take it easy, I'd say we don't need you croaking on us, but only one of you both is immortal. And if you wanna join us girly, you and the little scooter can come on in", said Will, first to Akira and Rex, then to a fourteen year old tomboy girl, who steps into view hiding from behind a wall, named Izabela, or Izzy for short, a non-Demigod orphan Cade bumped into not long after hiring Jimmy, which was about a year ago, and is also very talented when it comes to repairs and machines like Cade. Following her inside the dome was none other than Sqweeks, the little bot from before.

"Could've let me surprise them dude, nice one", said Izzy a bit upset.

"You sensed her vibrations through the ground right?!", exclaimed Mike.

"Wow you know your stuff, and yeah, perks of having seismic-based power, hard for someone to sneak up on me unless they can fly", said Will as Mike chuckled for being praised, and Izzy takes her seat with Sqweeks next to her.

"Hey, you're the little guy we ran into back in Utah! Almost forgot about you for a second", said Suzy, with Sqweeks whirring in approval.

"Name's Izzy, thanks for asking, and it sounds to me like my pal here was a big help, shame I couldn't be there to see it", said Izzy as Sarah passed her a plate of curry.

"Your pal?", asked Charles messing with his own curry.

"Yeah, Sqweeks and I go way back, known each other for a long time. He was hurt bad, I figured out how to fix him, and we've been together since", said Izzy before eating a spoonful and slapping Sqweeks on the back playfully, who in turn says yes his way.

"So, does that mean, you're not a Demigod?", asked Charles.

"Not really, why? That a problem pal?", asked Izzy with a bit of attitude similar to Rex, who stops with his soup for a bit to get in on this conversation.

"All we're saying is that it's freakin' weird you're here when that Cade guy doesn't have a lot of normal people around", said Rex rudely.

"Not that it's any of our business, we're sorry for asking Izzy, you don't have to tell us if it bothers you", said Nei trying to be kind.

"No, no it's fine, you really wanna know smart guy? Here it is: Decepticon fired a rocket, parents were home, I wasn't, no way in hell I was going to foster", explained Izzy upset, but Rex, idiotic in his own way, was a bit sad but not satisfied with that answer.

"Still doesn't explain why Cade let you stay here", said Rex.

"Rex, that's enough", said Suzy starting to get angry.

"Not enough huh? Fine then, Cade found me about a year ago and made me family too, me and Sqweeks, but before that we were with someone else, a big guy called Canopy. He was good, I was happy and called him family, until… (sighs) until the TRF burros shot him down, and I couldn't save him, that's that", said Izzy looking a bit teary eyed but held her composure, even Nei considering that's almost similar to her loss of Scavenger as she remembers the hat she gave him that Cade brought back.

"(sighs) jeez, my bad, alright? Didn't know you had that shit on your plate", said Rex reluctantly, but better he say something like that than nothing at all.

"Nei, are you alright? You look like you're thinking about something you don't like", said Alex, then Nei notices, stops herself from saying anything until Charles comforts her with a hand on her shoulder, then goes on, making sure she keeps from crying no matter how sad she is.

"Well, it's just that I know what Izzy's seen before, it's happened to me too", said Nei before she gives a shortened version of what happened back in Utah. The dome was silent for a bit as everyone was thinking of this endeavor Nei has been though, and the fact that she wants to cry about this despite keeping her composure proves it, then that silence breaks when Akira slams his fist into the table, looking pretty frustrated.

"Damn it! I'm so sick of those TRF jerks! Hunting us and the Transformers down, hurting and locking us up, treating us like the bad guys! They chased us out of our homes, away from our families, take away everything we have, and people just cheer for them! I'm sick of it!", shouted Akira as he kept his fist clenched and his eyes closed shut while gritting his teeth, like he's on the verge of crying himself despite his anger.

"Take it easy Akira, getting worked up like that isn't gonna change a damn thing", said Jack.

"And how the hell am I supposed to take it easy? We can't just sit around and act like they didn't do anything to us!", shouted Akira.

"Like we don't feel the same? Of course we're pissed too, but those bastards practically have infinite funding, we can't beat them. They've got the support of the whole freakin' world behind them, no way we'd win, so just calm down already", said Jack with a bit of anger in his eye, what he said was too harsh, but he's not straying far from the truth, but that doesn't mean everyone will easily agree on such a thing. Akira understood but wouldn't cool that hot blood of his, until Tara rests her hand on his shoulder.

"Just calm down Akira, if you're going on again about the same happening to us, you really don't need to worry, none of us are gonna be left alone anymore, not even you", said Tara soothingly as Akira seemed to calm down slowly yet was close to crying, even when Tara pats him on the head next, but he holds back as best as possible.

"Sorry for your loss Nei, can't imagine someone you care about dying in front of you. I hope you're feeling any better", said Shiochi trying to reassure Nei, and it seems to work a bit as she wiped away the small tears she had in her eyes and took a deep breath.

"Thank you, it means a lot, I feel better now", said Nei with a little smile, while Akira finally pulls himself together as well.

"You know, I'd bet anything that everyone, humans, Demigods, and Transformers, would try to do a better job of getting along if only Optimus were here", said Alex.

"You mean Optimus Prime right? The great Autobot leader? Isn't he still on Cybertron?", asked Charles.

"That's right, Cade and the bots told us about it. Optimus wanted to find some way of restoring Cybertron completely without risking the need to destroy this planet, give all other Transformers their old home again should they choose. He took off in this special ship with their doctor called Ratchet, along with these ancient Knights Of Iacon with him, but not long after they arrived, some crazy barrier engulfed the whole planet, nothing can get in, and whatever's inside can leave but won't be able to return. That barrier was supposed to be some secret failsafe of this person, Quintessa", explained Alex as everyone took a look at Cybertron itself, the world now bonded to our own.

"Who's this Quintessa then?", asked Charles.

"The crazy lying bitch, Crosshairs' words, not mine, who wanted to drain Earth dry to save Cybertron. Course, that's only because, brace yourselves, this little rock we all live on, it's supposed to be Unicron, this killer big enemy to Cybertron", explained Will as Nei and the four were surprised for a bit.

"The hell?!", exclaimed Rex.

"WAIT! This planet, is supposed to be an ancient evil giant alien?!", exclaimed Mike.

"The proof was those six giant horns found in different places around the world, turned out to be for his mouth, try picturing that in your head. And calm down a bit kid, Unicron ain't gonna be waking up anytime soon, or at all for that matter. That little incident with Cybertron somehow put Unicron in a permeant sleep, he ain't dead, but he's not gonna be able to wake up and kill us all anymore, so we're good" explained Will as he sipped some beer.

"Okay, okay, thanks for clearing it up, I was worried there a bit", said Mike calming down.

"Still, crazy that Earth is an evil alien at all", said Suzy.

"I hear you, and the fact she tried to have others do it for her makes her that much of a bitch, especially using Optimus himself", said Will as this also surprised the four and Nei.

"Wait, I'm very sorry, but Optimus was being used, like a weapon?", asked Nei politely but still surprised.

"Wanna tell them yourself Hot Rod?", asked Will when no one was there, but stepping into view was definitely Hot Rod, who didn't look shameful in the slightest.

"Ah, you got me again Will", said Hot Rod briefly holding up his hands like the police have arrived.

"Hold up, sorry, what're you doing here?", asked Suzy.

"I wanted to join in on your little party, but then I started to listen in on this talk of Quintessa and what she did to our great leader", said Hot Rod as he took the last free space between Shiochi and Tara.

"So, what Will just told us just now, was Optimus used to try to destroy the planet?", asked Charles.

"I'm afraid so, but let's be clear little one, he definitely didn't do it of his own volition. That harpy Quintessa cast a spell on Optimus, made him go to great lengths to save Cybertron her way, he even nearly killed Bee, and barely made it out alive", said Hot Rod.

"Oh my gosh…", said Nei shocked by this bit of news, understandable of course.

"Really sounds like a bitch, totally", said Rex upset.

"In that case, the both of them are still alive, so things worked out well right? By the way, you said this Quintessa was also the one who's got that barrier around Cybertron, if she's probably the only one who can turn it off, where is she?", asked Suzy.

"To answer your first question little lady, of course the two of them are doing fine these days, even if it doesn't look that way. Secondly, yet sadly, we don't know. Quintessa disappeared after what happened, we figured she's blending in here on Earth, and obviously we'd never find her. Besides, Optimus Prime is our leader for Christ's sakes, he's going to find a way to shut down the harpy's barrier around Cybertron and keep it that way, no problem, even though it's been five years now. But he won't give up, and that's a fact", explained Hot Rod with great pride.

"You guys must really respect him huh?", asked Charles.

"Without a doubt, I did say he's our leader after all, the best there is, no offense to Cade, or you yourself Will", said Hot Rod.

"Eh, none taken, no big deal", said Will.

"Say, quick question? How come I've never heard of you French-bot? Cade told us a bit about you and I figured you're another one of the more famous Transformers and all that", said Rex curious yet rude like.

"Ha! Young man, I am so much better than ALL OF THEM! None of those amateurs can compare to me, not even close!", shouted Hot Rod as he played around and flexed for them all, some laughed a bit, others felt awkward and annoyed.

"Also, I've just remembered, how's Cade right now? Do you know Hot Rod?", asked Charles, then once he's done playing around, Hot Rod seems to be a bit serious about this question.

"Oh, well, he's probably sitting on the hub's roof by now, and Hound's setting up the SAT phone. Cade is going to call his daughter", said Hot Rod.

"But wait, if he does that, they'll trace the signal to this location!", shouted Mike.

"Cade knows this little guy, trust me, he knows", said Hot Rod as he and the others can look out to the hub in the distance and can faintly see Cade up there alright. At the same time this was happening, we go over to the hub and find Bumblebee, Windblade, and Maxima sitting around on the roof, front of the sign, Windblade petting T, Maxima cleaning her rifle with a rag, Bumblebee just looking at the evening sky as the sun's nearly gone. But at one end of the roof, we find Cade, with Hound in tow, and Terry and Tio messing around.

"Evening skies are always so beautiful out here", said Windblade in awe.

"That's true", said Bumblebee in agreement, meanwhile Cade has other things on his mind.

"Yeah sure, alright Hound, pull up the SAT phone, let's do this", said Cade as Hound pulled in the equipment Cade asked for and left it close to the edge.

"All set, and this time I'm bouncin' the signal through Portugal, Istanbul, and Calcutta. You got twenty seconds chief, as always", explained Hound as Cade sits on a box close to the phone, picks it up and starts dialing, while Terry was hanging out on the sign and Tio was goofing around the phone, and Hound wasn't having that so he spits his bullet cigar at Tio to knock him off the edge while a few sparks few around Cade, annoyed by this.

"Really?", asked Cade annoyed.

"Irritating puppy Transformers pal, this is a Dino-free zone", said Hound as he lit another bullet cigar. With Cade getting back to his call, he holds up the phone close to his ear and waits through the dial tone, then not long someone answers, his daughter Tessa of course, but sadly, due to their fugitive status, he can't risk them being found out where they are, so all he can do himself, is listen to the bliss of his blood child's moving words.

Hello? Hello Dad? Look, I know you can't talk to me, or say anything back, you CAN at least listen to what I have to say. I'm gonna say what I always say until you hear me: you DON'T always have to save the world, you need a freakin' girlfriend. Where ever you are, I don't want you to die all alone. And I know you got about five or six seconds left, so, I'm fine, I'm safe, and…I love-

Then the call cuts off before Tessa could finish her sentence, and Cade looked pretty upset, at a loss for words as he just tosses the phone down.

"Sorry chief, but any longer than that, they'd have snagged our location. You're a hell of a father Cade, don't forget it. My dad never called me, then again I don't got a dad", said Hound jokingly yet sad himself. So Windblade steps in to help.

"He's not wrong Cade, you have those kids over there, who would've been off much worse if you hadn't taken them under your care. You're as much of a father to them as to your own real daughter, and she'd definitely be happy for you", said Windblade with certainty, and while Cade understood where she was going with this, he didn't feel any better.

"Yeah, sure", said Cade quietly, he knows Windblade and the others try to cheer him up when he feels down like this, and appreciates the effort, but he can't rid himself of this depression. While all the Autobots and Demigods here, in this junkyard of a home, are his family now, he can never really forget the life he had with his birth daughter, the child he's known longer than anyone else here, the one he's raised before. Cade was already having trouble raising Tessa before he lost his wife, and even more so afterwards, he'd have to go through so much hardship to help her become such a great and independent woman, and yet he can't even speak to her. He does this to keep her safe, but it's hurting worse than anyone could've expected. As Cade sat there, the scene shifts back to the domes, the central dome to be precise, and we return to this conversation which was going on while Cade was busy.

"So he can't speak back to her, his own daughter?", asked Suzy.

"Unfortunately yes, all Cade can do is listen, he doesn't hate it, but he'd like to talk back of course. Cade's been through a great deal his whole life from my understanding, so this is nothing new, but it hurts him all the same. If he wanted to make some kind of wish, I've no doubt he'd wish to spend the day with his own kid again", explained Hot Rod.

"I hear you bud, that's some dedication to his kid right there, makes me wish I didn't have to leave my own kids too", said Will, with Charles thinking hard on the ordeals of Transformers and Demigods alike. He'd always figured the two kinds have been through plenty of hardship, but he could never imagine it was THIS hard on them, they had to sacrifice practically everything just to get where they are now, with having each other to be happy, and nothing else. And seeing Cade, a regular human, going through the same thing to keep them safe and together, makes him truly realize even normal people have hard times as much as others.

"It must be that hard on him, being away from his own daughter like this", said Charles.

"Yeah it is kid, but, enough gloom for the night, better not let the food go to waste. Back to it everyone", said Will as they all got back to their dinner, and those like Hot Rod and Tara were throwing in some jokes and bits here and there to really get the mood lively, and like that, everyone was enjoying their dinner and goofing around without a care in the world. About an hour later, everyone had washed up and were starting to head off to sleep, Shiochi helped the four to some futons in case of potential guests, while Nei was shown to her new room-ish bunk by Alex. As she was getting settled in and using an old glove box to store Scavenger's hat, to keep it safe, she was observing her surroundings until Charles showed up.

"Looks like you're making yourself right at home", said Charles as he looks to notice Nei's had some decorations around her, gifts from some of the other kids welcoming her no doubt.

"Yeah, the other kids here are really nice, and they helped me feel like I've always been here", said Nei happily.

"Glad to hear that, the others already went to sleep, I should go join them, later", said Charles, but Nei had something on her mind.

"Excuse me Charles?", asked Nei.

"Yeah, what's up?", asked Charles.

"This might be weird, but if it's alright with you, can you sleep next to me tonight?", asked Nei with a hand close to her chest.

"But why?", asked Charles like he wasn't bothered by that request.

"I'm not okay with sleeping by myself, I feel a lot better with someone there. And with Scavenger gone…", Nei had just paused there looking sad, remembering her old friend, and Charles, such a boy scout, gives her a quick answer.

"Alright then, I'll get into bed, for you", said Charles gladly as Nei looks to him a bit surprised and happy.

"Thanks" said Nei happily as Charles kicks off his shoes and hops up there with her, with a little night-light on, the two of them get under a good-enough blanket and Nei huddles in close to Charles.

"Night Nei, sleep tight", said Charles.

"Yeah, good night Charles", said Nei as the two dozed off, with Nei clinging to Charles's shirt, and Cade close by, watching the whole thing, before Will pops up.

"Still up? Surprised", said Will walking up to Cade from behind.

"Just checking in on the new girl again, you?", asked Cade.

"Just finished a cigar. Sweet kind ain't she? Good of you to bring her in the way you did", said Will.

"Yeah, well with all the shit she's been through already I doubt I'd leave her alone", said Cade

"True enough man, true enough, well, have a good night Cade", said Will as the two fist-bumped.

"Same to you", said Cade as he took off, and just like that, everyone's packed in for the night, just another day at the junkyard, but sadly this is just the start. Around this same time, we shift to the sprawling fortress of a cathedral hidden somewhere in Utah, hideout of the Decepticons and their own Demigod allies. Inside, we see what's beyond the doors to the right of that large crucifix room, inside, is a stairway leading down to this specially built hangar for a fierce-looking ship, with its captain just finished from running some special surveillance, and emerging from the hanger, was Lockdown, the most feared bounty hunter in the universe. He's a Transformer of course, but he sides with no one but himself, whoever he's with, that's only because they pay him very greatly. With a jet black and gray Lamborghini V-Mode like Hot Rod, he was once hired by the aforementioned Quintessa to recover Optimus Prime, claiming him as nothing but her property, but he was badly injured and was forced to stay on Earth. As mentioned, these days, Lockdown serves as a soldier and backup for Megatron, for the right price of course, however he's been much crankier than he normally is, considering Megatron has had Lockdown remain at the cathedral almost all the time rather than let him go and do some reconnaissance like Barricade, but since he's been paid extremely well, like always, he just deals with it. Anyway, Lockdown had just exited the secret hangar, stern-looking as always, and heads right for the boss himself. Entering the crucifix room, he takes a minute looking at Chad and Tsubaki, sitting around as usual, and none of them wanting to waste any words at the moment, the two kids figured why he was there and allowed him into the reverse-crucifix room, and upon entering, and going back to his regular size, Lockdown focuses those piercing green eyes of his onto Megatron, always on that makeshift throne of his and a small fire by his side. He looks the other way behind him to see the enigmatic Marcus Flynn, kicking it back in his recliner as always.

"Lock, nice to see you as always, you hardly ever leave that ship you love so much, with your work and all that", said Marcus, calmly cocky as always, which annoys the hunter.

"(scoffs) It's what I'm paid to do Sylas, and one of the few benefits is keeping myself far from your snake-like stench as much as possible", said Lockdown in a menacing British-accent, irritated, and looking to fight Marcus right now, who seems like he'd be happy to oblige, but Megatron, never in the mood for such behavior, wasn't going to have it here and now.

"Enough! I'll not have this idiocy in my domain. Lockdown, you came to me for a reason, tell me what you've uncovered", demanded Megatron as the hunter and adult Demigod backed off and Lockdown returned to his findings.

"I'll get right to it then, I've received word from Mohawk and Berserker, they've laid waste to that TRF zone and as expected, Santos and his crew showed up, but no Yeager. However, the ever-predictable Santos was not happy with it and declared he's activating the tracker he tagged Bumblebee with, and tracing the signal, it turns out those Autobots weren't at all trying to hide themselves well enough, I found them. With their hideout coordinates in our possession, we can strike anytime you wish and seize the girl, all we need is your command", explained Lockdown with a straight face, same with Megatron, while Marcus had this smirk on his face, knowing their getting closer and closer to their end goal. After a minute of silence, Megatron issues his next order.

"We attack, in three days' time, but first, we must prepare. Lockdown, have Earth-Shatter and Neon inform the other Demigods enforcers of our plans so they'll be ready. In the meantime, gather the others, ALL OF THEM, they are to arrive before our attack can begin", demanded Megatron.

"Give me names", said Lockdown.

"Nitro Zeus", said Megatron, and one by one, we catch the other Decepticons under Megatron's command in different places around the globe, getting the call and starting to move out. The first, as said, was Nitro Zeus, a rough and tumble Decepticon with one big yellow eye, a lot of weaponry, and a silver and black jet for a V-Mode who, for unknown reasons, served as Megatron's second-in-command, even though that job seems more for Lockdown, Barricade, or Marcus. We find Nitro in the town square of a village in the Himalayas, a village he decimated himself.

"Yeah baby yeah! Thanks Megatron, I'm roaring to go!", shouted Nitro Zeus with joy as he danced around that town square, amid the destroyed and burning buildings and burnt and shot-up corpses of the townspeople scattered everywhere, then he grows to normal size and shifts into his V-Mode as he takes off at high velocity.

"Dreadbot", said Megatron, then we find Dreadbot, an eight-eyed, rust-colored, sharp-toothed Decepticon with a special handgun and turns into a rusted van bus. Dreadbot was just done robbing a bank in Switzerland, and by rob, I mean he just blew up the money and killed all twelve people inside, staff included.

"This'll be a hell-of-a-lot more fun than robbing banks", stated Dreadbot as he stowed his gun, admires his handiwork, then storms out of there in V-Mode with police hot on him.

"Stinger", said Megatron, and speeding through the streets of Italy in the form of a red and black Pagani Huayra sports car, was the Bumblebee-lookalike called Stinger, who then turns into a cloud of floating red blocks, flies up to a rooftop before taking the form of a lean menacing bot with the face of a literal bee. Stinger was able to do that being one of the only two surviving special Transformers made by a special corporation meant to replace the Autobots but be controlled by humans to fight them and Demigods, but most were destroyed. His appearance was due to the fact he was supposed to surpass Bumblebee, and this is deep rooted in his belief that he is better in every way, and won't stop until he's dead.

"Nice! Ready or not Bee, here I come!", shouted Stinger with joy as he goes to cloud form before reaching the streets and going back to V-Mode, speeding off into the sunset.

"Widowmaker", said Megatron, and we meet the sleek and slim, beautiful yet deadly hind-legged and scorpion-tailed lone female of the Decepticons, Widowmaker. Turning herself into a cloud of red mass like Stinger, she then takes the form of a red and black McLaren sports car, and despite her looks, she's way more of a devil than an angel, this is confirmed when we find her having slaughtered some antelopes in the plains of South Africa.

"Make way boys, I'm not sharing this hunt with any of you" said Widowmaker as she blew a kiss to one antelope she had pinned under her foot before impaling it with her scorpion tail, then going into her V-Mode cloud style and taking off.

"Onslaught", said Megatron, then we see the thick and muscle-bound weapon-loving Decepticon brute called Onslaught. A hulking green bot with big treads on his back, claw-like blades on his right arm, a heavy gun on his left arm, and turns into a green tanker truck.

"Time I showed those losers how it's really done", said Onslaught as he was walking away from the near destroyed remains of a military outpost in Russia, but one of the remaining heavy-guns tries to take a shot at him, the shot lands but it barely left a dent on the guy. That shot could've obliterated up to a dozen anti-Transformers tanks in a moment' notice, yet there was no such effect on the bot. Irritated, Onslaught turns and quickly shifts into a mobile anti-air turret, lands one shot and that heavy-gun was no more, then he shifts into V-Mode and leaves the outpost to be swallowed up by the cold harshness of Russia.

"Blitzwing", said Megatron, then we find the desert-colored Decepticon Blitzwing, a heavy weapons bot himself who's a triple-changer himself like Onslaught, but his two other forms are that of a jet and a tank, hence the name he has. We find Blitzwing messing around the Outbacks of Australia.

"Let's get this party started you scrubs!", shouted Blitzwing as he shifts into tank mode and blows up a few rock formations to celebrate, then to jet mode to take to the skies.

"And, last but not least, Infernocus", said Megatron as we find six dark silver and freakish-looking Decepticons lurking around Greenland, before they come together and form one tough customer of a bot with a creepy mouth, horns, and two huge guns on both arms.

"I'll kill anyone who gets in our way!", shouted Infernocus as he finds an unoccupied cargo ship, splits back into six beings, and then they work to hijack the thing and set sail.

"Now go, we must prepare our next move", demanded Megatron, and just like that, the other remaining Decepticons start making their way back to the States, while Chad and Tsubaki, under orders from Megatron and relayed through Lockdown, go off to this big hangout area of the cathedral, and in there goofing around, are the other eight most powerful Demigods the Decepticons have on their side.

"Oh! Chad! Tsubaki! Wanna play some chess?!", shouted a joyful twelve-year-old named Maxwell Sawyer, aka Bright. Red hair, green eyes, green overalls, red long-sleeve shirt, thin sandals, his Demigod power is that he can turn himself into light and use light-based attacks, albeit childishly.

"Ten games in a row, lucky him as always", said Lisa Piper, aka Kicker, a girl the same age as Maxwell. Short purple hair with a small ponytail on the left side, purple eyes, teal-colored dress, thick purple gloves and boots, and carries an umbrella around with her. Her Demigod power is generating a strong field around her legs, to sum up, she's a strong kicker.

"We'll pass, thanks", said Chad.

"Checkmate! I win again!", shouted Maxwell as he conquered Lisa yet again.

"That's eleven now, big surprise", said Lisa sarcastically.

"Just endure Lisa, no use fighting against his passion for this game", said Ryoma Akaike, aka Bushido, young man about seventeen, long silver hair, blue eyes, and short-sleeve shirt in blue, black trench-coat, blue neck-tie, and black pants with blue dress shoes and carries a katana with him. His Demigod power is similar to that of Akane, which would make them rivals.

"Changing the subject, anyone wanna grab something to eat?", asked Misty Horn, aka Gust, year younger than Rukio, long brown hair, tied like a ponytail but ends near the end of her back, brown eyes, red short sleeve shirt, red and white jersey, blue shorts, plain white shoes. Her Demigod power is like Akira's, but she's got him outmatched.

"Nah, I don't feel like it", said a boy massing with his skateboard, Robbie Heed, aka Hardshell, same as Misty, short and slightly spikey red hair, blue eyes, black shirt with white stripes, sleeves rolled up, brown shorts, red sneakers. His Demigod power is to harden his skin like metal, so his can take a hit as hard as he can dish it out, making him a rival to Oscar.

"You never feel like it man", said Joseph Key, aka Blaze, seventeen, messy black hair, red pants with elastics over each shoulder, a shirt mockingly dubbed "The Bikefather", with a plaid jacket over it, and matching running shoes. His Demigod power is control over fire, that'd make him Alex's rival.

"(sighs) Quiet down will you? It won't kill some of you to try whispering every now and then", said Austin Mark, aka Brawler, laying on the couch trying to nap. Fifteen, white hair with a black streak going down the middle, red eyes with the pupils being very small, making him look deranged, cold gray shirt with a bunch of thin white lines going vertical and horizontal all over the thing, loose gray sweat pants and gray sneakers. His Demigod power is typical super strength, but he's no slouch though.

"No fun in keeping quiet old pal", said Dai Hirata, aka Long-Dart, resting in a recliner of his reading a magazine, a laid back guy about nineteen, shades hiding his brown eyes, orange bandana hiding his blonde buzz cut, orange Hawaiian shirt with blue flowers, opened up to reveal a plain white tank top, baggy shorts and strap-on sandals. His Demigod power is to shoot himself all over the place, basically dashing over shorts distances and use that momentum and force to knock around his targets.

"Easy for you to say Hirata, you're not the one sleeping here", said Austin as he grew irritated, which only encouraged Dai's behavior.

"Come on Austin, lighten up a bit, all that depression will just leave you with some nasty bags under your eyes, and even immortality can't make that go away", said Dai jokingly, but Austin wasn't having any of this, and everyone in there could hear the sound of his clenching fist.

"I'll lighten up alright…after I send you flying straight to Saturn you cocky prick", said Austin menacingly, while Dai just chuckled in response.

"Oh! Austin and Dai are gonna fight again! Who do you think will win this time Lisa?!", shouted Maxwell in excitement, bouncing up and down.

"Honestly, I won't be surprised if they both pass out from the beating they dish out", said Lisa fidgeting with her umbrella, uninterested in the slightest.

"Save it you dumb babies, we got more important stuff than your squabbling", said Tsubaki, and reluctantly, Austin backed off while Dai just got a kick out of it.

"So, what we got?", asked Dai.

"Orders from the boss, we found out where that guy Yeager is hiding out. In a few days we're gonna head straight there and take the girl they just saved", explained Chad.

"Finally some action, we get to waste some of them right?", asked Robbie doing some flips with his board.

"Only if they get in our way", said Chad simply.

"But they are gonna try to stop us right? They won't just let us take the brat with us", said Joseph.

"Exactly right", said Tsubaki.

"Agreed, they'll not surrender the child so easily, we'd best be prepared for anything they might throw at us. This is our first combat with them after all, and despite what Barricade has told us on behalf of our lord, we still have no idea for ourselves just how powerful our enemy really is", explained Ryoma.

"Does this mean we're finally gonna do the thing we've been waiting to do?!", exclaimed Maxwell as he ran up to Tsubaki and tugged on the skirt of her kimono playfully and excited.

"That's right, we are, it's time", said Tsubaki as she patted the little guy, who really enjoyed it.

"Ha! I can't wait any more, I'm so excited!", shouted Maxwell, jumping up and down with excitement yet again.

"So we do this, we'll be running the world right?", asked Misty.

"That's the idea", said Chad.

"You ask me, it's about time, those bastards had to nerve to try to lock up and experiment on us all, they're gonna get what's coming to them", said Austin, who gave up on sleep for this meeting.

"Damn right pal, I don't know about you guys, besides Max obviously, but I'm itching to get some payback AND enjoy every last second of this", said Dai joyfully.

"Eh, not like I can think of anything else to do, what about you Misty, gonna get cold feet?", asked Lisa, and Misty did look a bit uneasy, but has no intention of backing out.

"I'll be honest, I won't take any pleasure in this, but even if this is wrong, I chose you guys, not to mention we're in too deep, I'm not planning on quitting either all of you or this plan, so there", said Misty firmly, demonstrating where her loyalty stands. With that in mind, everyone is in agreement.

"Alright then, get some rest guys, game day's coming, and we're giving it our all", said Chad firmly. And so three days pass in the blink of an eye, and like that, the day of the invasion has come, and the Decepticon forces, now gathered, depart for North Dakota, but unbeknownst to them, TRF catches wind of this road trip, realizing they're on their way to Cade Yeager's hideout to attack them. In response, they're best forces are deployed with Agent Santos and Lennox taking lead on this mission to eliminate or capture any or all of the Transformers and Demigods on both sides, so their armored SUVs loaded with all the best and toughest gear ride out to the Austinsame location.

It's early in the morning, the Sun just coming up over the horizon, starting to gleam its beautiful rays all over these deserts, but then a view of despair is spotted, ruining this beauty. Just outside of North Dakota, a convoy of evil, excluding the enigmatic Sylas, the erratic Blitzwing, and the fearful Combiner Infernocus for some reason, we find Barricade, Berserker, Mohawk, Stinger, Widowmaker, Dreadbot, Onslaught, and Lockdown in their V-Modes ready to roll, with Chad and Tsubaki riding Mohawk, Ryoma with Barricade, Robbie with Stinger, Austin and Dai with Widowmaker, Misty, Lisa, Maxwell, and Joseph all riding in Dreadbot. While Megatron and Nitro Zeus were still in R-Mode overseeing the whole thing before they decide to take flight, and get their prey.

"My loyal subjects, savor this bountiful time. Today…we hunt", declared Megatron as the sounds of revved up engines pierced through the morning silence, and he wasn't wrong, the hunt is on.

Well, I hope you all enjoyed this second chapter of this epic alternate take on The Last Knight. As promised, I brought this one before Summer's end, and I'll do my best to put out chapter three soon, and this will be thrilling, farewell for now

Story Voice Cast (Part 2):

Mark Wahlberg (Pain & Gain): Cade Yeager

Ryan Reynolds (Chaos Dragon): Charles Rodgers

Eric Aadahl (Transformers: The Last Knight): Bumblebee

Lara Woodhul (Tokyo Ghoul): Nei Takemago

John Goodman (The Borrowers): Hound

Cherami Leigh (Fairy Tail): Suzy Rodriguez

Alison Viktorin (A Certain Scientific Railgun): Mike Tyler

Bryce Papenbrook (Sword Art Online): Rex Parker

John DiMaggio (Adventure Time): Crosshairs, Nitro Zeus

Kari Walgren (Niko And The Sword Of Light): Windblade

Grey Griffin (Samurai Jack): Maxima

Nolan North (Uncharted 4: A Thief's End): Blurr

Omar Sy (X-Men: Days Of Future Past): Hot Rod

Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants): Wheelie

Apphia Yu (Puzzle And Dragons X): Lilith Smith

Collen Clinkenbeard (Drifters): Override

Amanda Miller (Sailor Moon): Akane Isaka

Troy Baker (Bioshock: Infinite): Blitzwing

Patrick Seitz (One Piece): Infernocus

Diedrich Bader (Turbo: FAST): Stinger

Jenifer Hale (Batman: Assault On Arkham): Widowmaker

Crispin Freeman (Durarara!): Dreadbot

Travis Willingham (Avengers Assemble): Onslaught

Michah Solusod (A Certain Magical Index): Alexander Drake

Alexis Tipton (Tales Of Zestiria: The X): Sarah Chesterfield

Aaron Dismuke (Blood Blockade Battlefront): Oscar Clarke

Reno Wilson (Transformers: Age Of Extinction): Sqweeks

Christopher R. Sabat (Dragon Ball Super): Will Jackson

Greg Ayres (Negima): Akira Fuse

Justin Briner (My Hero Academia): Shiochi Gensai

Erica Mendez (Hunter X Hunter 2011): Tara Edgarton

Johhny Yong Bosh (Trigun): Jack Ward

Robbie Daymond (Marvel's Spider-Man 2017): Joshua Thompson

Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai): Drift

Isabela Moner (100 Things To Do Before High School): Izzy

Jerrod Carmichael (The Carmichael Show): Jimmy

Clifford Chaplin (My Hero Academia): Chad Strathmore/Earth-Shatter

Cristina Vee (Aldnoah: Zero): Tsubaki Seriyoshi/Neon

Mark Ryan (Black Sails): Lockdown

Maxy Whitehead (Soul Eater): Maxwell Saywer/Bright

Kira Buckland (Tales Of Zestiria: The X): Lisa Piper/Kicker

Matthew Mercer (K: Return Of Kings): Ryoma Akaike/Bushido

Erica Harlecher (Hunter X Hunter 2011): Misty Horn/Gust

Max Mittelman (Persona 5): Joseph Key/Blaze

Ben Diskin (The Seven Deadly Sins): Robbie Heed/Hardshell

Austin Tindle (A Certain Magical Index): Austin Mark/Brawler

Newton Pittman (Fairy Tail): Dai Hirata/Long-Dart

Jamieson Price (Code Geass): Marcus Flynn/Sylas

With

Frank Welker (Transformers Prime): Megatron

And

Steve Buscemi (Monsters Inc.): Daytrader