Well, here we are. The second chapter of Transformers Prime: Invasion. A bit of a shorty, yes, but it's a taste of what's going to come in future chapters. Think of it like a prefix menu in a fancy restaurant. A multitude of courses that is better then the last. It's something that can wet your appetite parse. As for the response on the last chapter, I'm completely disappointed. After posting this story up, I only got one review and 120 hits. Really? Really? I had many hits and reviews from my season 3 stories and I get this? I always thought that since people reading my own version of Transformers Prime Season 3 would be interested in what happened in Jasper, NV. But people do tend to read what's good for them and I can't complain. Even if I have an unpopular story, I can't stop just like that. I mean I had one story that people barely read and it took me years in completing it. Still though, it is what it is. I just need to get it over with. So I'll continue updating this story until it's done. Let's head down to Chapter two of TFP: Invasion. In this chapter, Jasper is in the middle of the evacuation as the military tries to control the situation. But when the Decepticons come in and make their presence known, things go from bad to worse. Will the humans survive it all?

Chapter Notes

This chapter will show Noble Team defending one of the EVAC zones. This is the same team that was in few of the chapters of Season 3 Episode 2: Prime. I'm going to add another character into the chapter. That character is Carmine since I hinted him with what happened at his demise. Seems accurate since I want to give a bit of tragedy to the story. Maybe with a little work I could give you a clear view on how he died. There will be more video game cameos from multiple FPS's, but until then I'll leave you in the dark until I make the reveal. I also want to say that this chapter will be familiar to the Gears of War 3 DLC, Ramm's Shadow. If you don't know what it is, get the game and purchase the DLC. You'll love it. But it shows the beginning of an evacuation that went down south, fast.

Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers Prime, Halo series, or Gears of War series


Chapter Two: Noble Team

'Attention. Attention. This is the mayor of Jasper Nevada, Carlos Rodriquez, with an emergency announcement. Under the direct order of General Bryce and the United States government, I declare a mandatory evacuation of the town of Jasper, Nevada. All civilians must follow all procedures with the military. Report to your designated EVAC zones across town and have your IDs present. I advice everyone to remain calm and follow all orders from top officials. There's no time for carrying any personal items, you must leave your houses with whatever you're carrying. This is a direct order. Do not disobey it.'

That's the same message that played over and over again throughout the speakers as huge blow horns are blaring. For once this town of Jasper was a peaceful and quiet place. But that was until the light came down near this town and a huge alien like tower came out of it. Now everyone was at a panic, not that the tower came close to them, but the U.S. military was involved. Everyone had questions as to what is going on, but the military would give them little answers. Only thing they said to the population is to make an immediate evacuation of the entire town. Since this unexpected event, everyone was at a rush in leaving as they were packing everything they hold dear and hurried to their designated EVAC zones.

In one of the EVAC zones downtown was the K.O. Burger, Jasper's only fast food establishment. Now it looks like a war outpost. The place had sandbags and barriers surrounding the place with police officers, SWAT units, and black op soldiers surrounding the place. There were even watchtowers at the entrance loaded with machine mounted turrets as two soldiers were on watch. There were even coach busses in a line loaded with passengers, waiting to be cleared for departure. Once a police officer used two glow sticks to signal, the busses came out of the outpost one by one as they drove down the street filled with military activity. In the back at the parking lot, a small group of military choppers were on stand by as more civilians were trying to get in. Four of the five choppers flew to the air as the last one was getting the last passenger up, a small boy at the age of seven. A black ops soldier picked him up as the boy was holding a basketball in his hands. He's a young soldier at 22 years of age with black shaven hair and brown eyes. He was sporting battle armor was small and light, making him feel more flexible. Strapped to his back is an advance BR85HB SR battle rifle, which is light in weight and heavy in firepower. His name is Gabriel Thorne, a rookie working with Noble Team, a Black Ops unit that handles extreme situations within the battle. As he was lifting the kid up, he accidentally dropped his basketball as it bounced off of concrete floor. It stopped near Thorne's feet as he looked down and picked it up. Once he was holding it, he looked up to the boy and gave him some words of advice.

Throne: "Here you go kiddo. Don't want to loose your precious ball. Just remember, in life, there will always be struggle. But in life, there is also hope and happiness."

The boy got the ball and was happy to have it. As the helicopter started to warm up the engines and the soldier got back, he heard the voices of others from behind.

Barrick: "How poetic…"

Emile: "Yeah… Who would've thought the rookie would be a motivator?"

Gabriel turned to see who and talking behind his back. What he saw was his own comrades joking around. The first one is a male around his forties with a baldhead on the top, a rugged brown beard, and brown eyes. He was wearing his combat armor on his chest and across his arms, exposing his muscular arms and showing off a skull tattoo on his left shoulder, military pants with a belt holding explosive rounds and a knife holster holding his combat knife, and combat boots. He was holding a GP-25 grenade launcher in his hands and a M19 55M rocket launcher strapped to his back. The second person looks to be young male but he looked like he was armed to the teeth. His body armor had shell rounds on his belt and straps over his shoulders, a combat knife holster on his right shoulder plate, and he was holding a super powered M45D Tactical Shotgun. But he didn't show his face in front of everyone. Instead, he had on a helmet that has a skull imprint on the front that makes him look intimidating. And then there was a third person within the ranks. He's in his early thirties and was covered head to toe with battle armor just like the second one; only it's the colors of blue and black. There was a skull in the middle of his breastplate and a helmet completely with blue goggles and a metal mouth guard clamp connecting to his helmet. He was also holding a Mark II Hammerburst in his hands and a Boltok pistol on his side. Those three are Michael Barrick (the team's demolition expert), Emile (the team's scout), and Anthony Carmine (the team's little back talker). Thorne look to them all and explained about what he says.

Thorne: "Just trying to cheer the kid up here. He's scared to death at what's going on around here. He just needed a little pick me up to make him feel better."

The three look to him and felt that was a little awkward. Carmine then came in and told him about it.

Anthony Carmine: "Sure thing rookie… Like a little pet talk is going to calm the boy down when there's a huge tower looking over the town. That would make him feel any better."

Thorne laughed it off and thought that was kind of cute. But then, he looked at the tower that's looming over them and began to wonder about that.

Thorne: "Still, do any of you have an idea on what's going on around here? Why would a tower that massive appear near the town or perhaps the fact a light came down near here before that tower showed up?"

The three looked to each other and could tell that the new addition to Noble hasn't have a clue. So Emile approached him and told him about it.

Emile: "Come on newbie, don't you know what's been going on for a couple of years ago? Haven't you heard about the aliens coming here?"

The recruit looked at them and was confused by what he meant by that.

Thorne: "They haven't told me about aliens on this planet in training camp."

That's when they told him what's been going on.

Barrick: "Let's make it brief shall we? For the past couple of years, the military has been hiding a small group alien refugees who call themselves the Autobots. They were here on this planet because their own was the casualty in some centuries long war. The U.S. Government could tell that their seeking a place to stay and hide and they approved on some sort of agreement to keep them here. And here's the real kicker. These Autobots has a base of operations, right here."

Thorne blinked his eyes in shock and was surprised about that.

Thorne: "Whoa! Hold up! You're telling me these aliens have a place here. No way! Why would they be here of all places? Why not someplace in New York, or Washington, or some other big important city?"

The three looked to each other as Emile answered his questions.

Emile: "The suits believe that they leave them in a city like those would expose them too much. One of the agreements is that their existence would be kept a secret. Meaning the public shouldn't know that they are living amongst us. That's why they were placed here, to make sure that large mass of people wouldn't know of their identity and Jasper is a town that no one knows."

Carmine then continued on with what they were saying and wanted to talk to him about something very cool.

Anthony Carmine: "But here's the best part of the story. Turns out these aliens are actually metallic humanoids that are the size of giants. Even better is that these beings can turn into earth based vehicles, such as cars, trucks, jets, the works. They are really an advance group, that's for sure."

The rookie listened on and was amazed about these alien beings on this planet. And not just ordinary aliens he had seen on the TV or the movies. These are metal robotic aliens that turned into vehicles.

Thorne: "Wow… That's really awesome!"

But then, he looked back to the tower and asked about that.

Thorne: "Then if that's true, then who would put a tower like that near here? Was it them?"

The three looked to each other and gave deep sighs, knowing that he won't like the next part. Barrick then decided to give him the bad side of things.

Barrick: "That's the thing bud. See, these Autobots aren't the only ones that headed to Earth. There's another group, a bad group if you will, called the Decepticons. And believe me when I say this, they are bad to the core. They are led by some sick, sadistic leader who makes Hitler look like a Boy Scout leader. These Decepticons were the ones responsible for the destruction of this planet they and the Autobots use to reside in. And now they here to continue their psychotic campaign in domination. And judging by this tower that appeared out of the light near this town, it would seem that the Cons not only want to make their presence known but must've discovered the team's base of operations."

Thorn turned to them and understood what they meant now, but has no clue on why he didn't know.

Thorne: "Well, that explains everything. Still it doesn't explain about me not knowing of this. Why wasn't I informed about this like everyone else?"

Before the three could answer about that, there was another voice coming from the distance.

Carter: "Because it was on a need to know basis."

The four turned to the direction of the voice and saw two more people coming towards them. One was a male around his mid to late thirties with black military style hair and sky blue eyes. He was wearing some heavy combat armor that's coated in the same color as his eyes and was holding an advance MA5B assault rifle with a digital gauge on the front. The other is a female at age of 32 with unkempt short dark brown hair and crystal blue eyes and was wearing the same combat armor as Carter only in a feminine design. She also had a robotic like right arm that's holding a M392 designated marksman rifle, probably because she lost her right arm in one of her missions. They were the Noble Team leader, Carter, and their Intelligence officer, Katherine (Kat for shot). The four stood in attention as Carmine call the leader out.

Anthony Carmine: "Noble leader on deck!"

The leader looked to the group and told them to calm down.

Carter: "At ease soldiers."

The group relaxed as Carter explained to the rookie his reasons in not knowing about the aliens.

Carter: "These aliens and this war they are in are meant to be a secret. Only the government knows of this and no one else. Those in the government include top military officials and high-ranking officers. That is then passed town the military personal such of Black Ops like us. But this information shouldn't be shared to recruits like you until your rank is up. But since this happened, it was wise to tell you about it post haste."

Thorne look to him and thought that he should've told him sooner.

Thorne: "With all due respect sir, a little warning would've been more appreciated."

Carter starred him down and told him his reasons in keeping it a secret to him.

Carter: "And what will that do? Young recruits like you can do two things; freak out or share what they heard on your Face book, Twitter, or Youtube accounts. You know damn well what would happen if the world finds out about this if one foolish rookie posts a picture or a video about this. It would be absolute madness! We need to make sure that this Autobot/Decepticon war is off the radar."

Emile looked back to the Decepticon tower and told the leader that it was going to be impossible to fix.

Emile: "I don't know about that sir. Judging by that, I don't think that we can cover that up at all."

Carter turned to him and told him that it's unavoidable.

Carter: "Doesn't matter now. Our main concern is to get these people out of here before the storm comes."

Barrick though was relaxed and told the leader that it was all cool.

Barrick: "Relax Carter, the town is still ours until the evacuation is complete. After that, it will be nothing more then a ghost town."

Anthony Carmine: "Yeah… Better a ghost town then a war zone, I'll tell you that."

Carter: "Hope you're all right on that. The last thing I want is to fight Cons."

Just as he said that, he heard another voice in the distance.

Paduk: "Sir?"

Carter turned to the voice and saw two more individuals coming out of the fast food restaurant. The first, a male that was a little older then the others as he was in his mid forties with gray hair and brown eyes. He was wearing yellow combat armor that's similar to Barrick and was holding a GZ18 Markza sniper rifle. The second, a female of twenty-nine with fiery red hair that's done up in a pony tail and blue eyes. What made her different was unlike the other soldiers; she was wearing body armor that belonged to a S.W.A.T. unit with elbow and kneepads and black combat boots. She was holding an M4 assault rifle with a couple of stun grenades on her belt. Their names are Garron Paduk and Sofia Hendrik, one is Noble Team's best sniper and the other is part of a S.W.A.T. strike force in Las Vegas. Carter looks to Paduk and asked what he wants.

Carter: "What is it Paduk?"

The sniper got close to him and told him the situation.

Paduk: "Forgive the interruption sir, but this young lady is concerned about the goings on in this mission."

Sofia then came in and started to file a complaint.

Sofia: "Indeed. My team is a little weary about what's been going on. I know we are supposed to assist in the evacuation of this town. But this is too much military hardware for a small EVAC and that tower over there isn't in the tourist hand manual. So, care to explain to me what the hell is going on, so I can tell the others in there on the situation."

She then pointed to the K.O. Burger as Carter turned to the direction to see a S.W.A.T. unit waiting for an answer. Knowing that they could be worried he had to tell them, but not the alien invasion kind. He does know how to keep it secret and he figured out a way in telling her without telling the truth.

Carter: "What is your name?"

Sofia: "Sofia Hendrik sir, top marksmen in the S.W.A.T.'s strike unit."

Carter: "And how long have you been in this unit Sofia?"

Sofia: "Five years of service sir. Seen my share of hot spots for a long time. When you're in Las Vegas, sometimes the people could get hostile. This? This is a whole 'nother playing field."

Carter: "And what, pray tell, are you orders from your commanding officer?"

The S.W.A.T. member was a little silent and was getting suspicious about Noble leader's questions. But she kept her cool and told him straight away.

Sofia: "To ensure that all civilians within the town have been evacuated and that they are safe from harm. At least that's what my S.O. told me."

Carter nodded and told her what she needs to do.

Carter: "Then do me a favor and go tell your team what you said to me."

The S.W.A.T. member raised an eyebrow and was a little curious as to what he was hiding.

Sofia: "And what about that tower that's near the town. What should I tell them about that?"

Carter looked to her sternly and told her what he wants her to do.

Carter: "That it's none of their business and they should be focusing on the task at hand. Got it?"

Sofia starred him down and thought his answer was a bit off. But she decided to let it slide with a quick salute with her middle finger.

Sofia: "Yes sir."

She then turned around and walked away, heading back to the building. As she was leaving, Paduk neared him and talked to him privately.

Paduk: "There is an old saying, comrade, that Hell have no fury then a wrath of a woman's scorn. I do believe that this woman is one good example out of it."

Carter gave a deep sigh and told him that it was all right.

Carter: "She's just concerned Garron, as with everyone else in this town. As long as we get everyone out without any incident, then we will be okay."

Throne looked to the woman leaving and started to wonder if he would tell her.

Thorne: "Uh… Shouldn't we tell her about what is really happening and the aliens?"

Carmine looked to her and was a little hesitant about telling her.

Anthony Carmine: "After what I have seen, it's best not to anger her more. Trust me, women with anger history is the worse kind."

As soon as he said that, the last of the choppers took off the left the K.O. drive thru. The moment it made it's departure, Carter was pleased and decided to contact Palmer for anymore orders. Placing his hand to his earpiece and contacted the commander.

Carter: "Carter to Commander Palmer. Come in Palmer. Do you read?"

After a bit of silence, he heard a response coming from a female voice. That voice belonged to Commander Palmer.

Commander Palmer: "Loud and clear Carter. What's your status?"

Carter: "EVAC Zone 6 has been emptied ma'am. All civilians have been transported and heading out of Jasper. What are our orders?"

There was a bit of silence as Palmer spoke up about what to do next.

Commander Palmer: "Excellent work Carter. You and Noble should be commended for your work in getting more people out of here safely. There appears to be some civil unrest within EVAC Zone 13. Head on down that and help asset the situation. We can't have a fight in the middle of the evacuation."

Carter nodded and decided to follow it.

Carter: "Understood. We're on our way now."

Once he turned off the comm. channel in his ear, he told the others what to do.

Carter: "Pack up and move out. We're heading to EVAC Zone 13."

The others looked on and nodded in approval as Emile remember where that zone was located.

Emile: "EVAC Zone 13? You mean that mini mall? The place has got to be jam packed with Jasper residents to the brink. The last thing that place wants is more soldiers guarding the area."

Carter looked to him and told him that they have to do it.

Carter: "I know it could be harsh, but we must follow what we are told to do. If it means getting these people out of this town, then so be it."

The group looked up to the helicopter leaving the city, with proud smiles on their faces. They know that it's a long hard road, but matter what, they would save some lives. They continued to watch the chopper flying high in the sky and were about to leave town. But suddenly, and without warning, and lone missiles came out of the blue and flew straight to the chopper. The team had little to react as the rocket hit the chopper and it flew down in a ball of flames and crashed into a nearby building. Everyone immediately went horrified, as Thorne was distraught to see the chopper when the kid was in it.

Thorne: "Oh no… NO!"

As soon as the chopper was down, a huge plume of purple and silver jets came up over the sky and dive down to begin the attack. At the same time, missiles from the ground started to fire upwards, destroying a few of the jets and missing many others. Some of the jets flew down to the ground and immediately transformed into bipedal humanoid giants. They were indeed the Decepticons and they were beginning the attack on the humans. Four of the Airadicons landed in front of Nobel Team's EVAC zone and began firing. The team began to panic and quickly get to cover with the other soldiers and police officers. They all went into covering fire as Carter alerted the commander.

Carter: "Commander, this is Carter! We've got a situation! EVAC Zone 6 is under attack! We need back up stat!"

Commander Palmer: "Understood Carter. I don't know if you see it, but this entire town is already under attack! I'll get you the closest help I can get, so hang on for five minutes."

Carter looked back at the Cons attacking them and told her that it's not good.

Carter: "With all respect ma'am, we don't have five minutes!"

Blaster shots came from over his head as he ducked down to avoid them. Noticing this, the others decided to intervene as Carmine, Thorne, and Kathrine got out of cover and fired their weapons at them. The other soldiers and police officers joined in and fired their weapons as well. But as the bullets hit the armor, it has proven to be less effective. Kat looked on and couldn't believe it.

Katherine: "Their body armor is super tough. Our weapons are useless against them!"

Thorne: "Yeah, I notice."

The Cons continue to fire the blasters as the team and most of the soldiers got down. The few other soldiers and police officer didn't get so lucky as they got hit and the heat of the blasters disintegrated them in a matter of seconds. Emile looked to that and couldn't believe their weapons can do that.

Emile: "Careful! One hit from those things and you're good as dead!"

Carter saw this and agreed with his scout.

Carter: "Noted!"

Barrick look to the group of Cons and had to think of something quick. Getting his grenade launcher out, he loaded it and was ready to fire it.

Barrick: "Let's see if they are invulnerable against this!"

He aimed it at the Con in the middle while in cover and pulled the trigger, firing a lone rocket at him. The projectile did hit square in the chest and the force of it ripped through it and destroyed the spark chamber. The Con dropped to the ground and was completely offline. The group looked to that and was amazed that the demolition expert managed to take the first Con down.

Paduk: "Nice shot comrade!"

Barrick chuckled and answered back.

Barrick: "Hey, all in a days work."

Just then, two purple cars made a drift and approached the K.O. Burger. At first, everyone thought that they were resident cars making an escape. But as they joined the Cons, they too transformed into more Cons and joined in on the fight. The humans had little time to avoid this and a few of them got hit and dissolved away. Carter looked back and could tell that this is a serious situation. Looking up at the towers that were set up, he knew there were man made turrets in there and they had an advantage. He turned to Emile and Thorne and told them to get up there.

Carter: "Emile, Thorne! Climb up those towers and provide covering fire! We need leverage!"

The two look up to the towers and knew what Carter wants them to do.

Emile: "Yes sir!"

Thorne: "On it!"

The two rushed to the two towers while ducking down to avoid the laser projectiles. As they were reaching the area, Paduk looked back to the Cons and need to find some advantage against them. Seeing their visors, he got his sniper rifle up and decided in doing a quick trick.

Paduk: "Let's see how well they fair against this!"

Pulling the trigger, he fired a shot as one of the Cons and hit the threat in the visor. The moment it connected, the bullet pierced through the visor and permanently blinded him. The Vehicon went in a panic and fired random shots at just about everywhere as the other Cons got out of the way and avoided them. As they were distracted, Carter saw this and decided to strike back.

Carter: "Now! Attack them while they are distracted!"

Everyone quickly got out of cover as they fired all their weapons right at them. The SWAT unit in K.O. joined in as well as they fired shots through the windows, letting glass shattered everywhere. Unfortunately, the bullets still have little effect and it was impossible in taking them down. Fortunately, Barrick had his rocket and grenade launcher with him as he fired one grenade after another, taking them down a notch. Meanwhile, both Emile and Thorne made it to the towers and climbed up the ladder to reach the top. Once they made it, they saw the two-mounted gun turrets ready to fire with two dead guards that were hit in the first strike. The two quickly approached the turrets and armed them ready for battle. Once they got their hands on the handles, Emile smiled underneath his visor and was going to enjoy this.

Emile: "Oh yeah… This is going to be good…"

Thorne got his turret loaded and hope that this will work.

Thorne: "Let's see if this can stop them."

The moment they pulled the triggers, they fired barrages of armor piercing bullets right at the group of Cons and made serious dents on them. The group slowly backed away and were preparing a counter attack on the humans. But Barrick didn't want that to happen as he got his rocket launcher out and fired multiple rounds on them. Few of the rockets hit their intended targets and the drones collapsed and died from the onslaught. But then, more drones came in their car modes and approached the outpost, transforming and firing back. The group then performed some covering fire as the two Noble members used their turrets to slow the enemy down. Kat though know it's not enough and had to stop them dead in their tracks. Taking a grenade from the carcass of a soldier that was half dissolved, she armed it and threw it to the closest Decepticon.

Katherine: "Grenade!"

The grenade rolled to the enemy's pedes as he looked down to see the object. Before he could even investigate it, the grenade exploded and he fell from the blast. With it temporarily immobile, the two teammates turned their turrets to him and fired multiple shots on his chest, opening up and destroying the spark chamber. With it dead, the others saw this and focused their attention of the humans in the towers. Both Emile and Thorne got down as the energy projectiles rained above them. With them cornered, they knew they were in serious trouble.

Emile: "Damn it! Those bastards have us cornered. We're going to need a little help here!"

The rest of the team could tell they need an assist, but with the Cons trying to shoot them down, it's not going to be easy.

Carter: "We're trying Emile! But with these things preventing us from firing, it's not going to be a piece of cake."

Indeed it wasn't. The Vehicons and Airadicons were overpowering them and shooting everything at them. Most of the soldiers and police officers were dead after getting hit as the few more were remaining. In the Drive Thru restaurant, the S.W.A.T. members kept on firing with their weapons and bullets flying. Still it was no match as the projectiles rushed through the restaurant and the group ducked down to avoid them. Sofia was with them as she was getting pissed off about the sudden attack.

Sofia: "Holy shit! What the Hell are those things? Aliens? Robots?"

One of the S.W.A.T. member peeked back to get an answer from her.

S.W.A.T. Solder 1: "My guess, it's a bit of both."

Back outside, Noble and the remaining soldiers and police officers were holding off as much as they could as they did some more covering fire. Carmine was getting fed up by the enemy and wanted to do something about it. Getting out of cover, he got his Hammerburst out and fired multiple shots at the nearest one.

Anthony Carmine: "Die you sons of bitches! Die!"

Carter groaned to himself and knew Carmine is a bit of a hot head. And whenever he's like that, he tends to get himself killed. Knowing this, he turned to his soldier and told him to get down.

Carter: "Are you crazy Carmine?! You're going to get yourself killed! Get down from there!"

Despite the pleas, Carmine wouldn't listen as he was insisted in destroying these Decepticons. One of the drones noticed him firing at him and decided to fire back. With one precise shot, the blaster hit him but didn't kill him. Instead, he hit the rifle he was carrying as it was smoking hot. Carmine got pushed back to the shot and laid on the floor, while at the same time removed his rifle off of him before it got melted into liquid metal. Dusting himself incase he was toast as well; he looked up to see the drone slowly approaching him. With his blaster armed, he was prepared to take down one of the Noble members and charged it with enough firepower to destroy him completely. Carmine looked up through his goggles and realized that he was in more trouble then he thought. The drone was about to fire back until suddenly rocket shots came from the sky and hit the Con in the chest and blaster arm. Those many hits destroyed the enemy while the blaster arm detached itself from him and landed right next to the Noble Team member. Carmine looked on in shock and turned to the detached blaster, wondering who did that. The team watched on and wondered about that too. That's when a chopper came over the war torn sky and circled around the EVAC zone. As it was circling the area, an announcement was heard through the copter's comm. system.

Chopper Pilot: "This is Charlie 12! We got the message from Commander Palmer and will be providing you with air support."

Carter looked up to the chopper and was blessed that they were saved.

Carter: "Thanks Charlie 12. Now clear a way for us!"

Chopper Pilot: "Understood. Tom, let's do a little cleanup around here."

Turning to an angle, a soldier was operating a goss cannon and aimed right at the drones. Shot after shot, he hit them squared in the chests and destroys their spark cambers. The moment they were off line, more Airadicons and Vehicons arrived and picked up where the others have left off. The goss cannon continued to fire as they were trying to take them out. But then, they got into hiding and started to take down the chopper. The helicopter lifted up high in the air to avoid those shots as the Cons focused their attention on it. But they fail to grasp the attention of the team as they got their weapons and fired back at them. Even Emile and Thorne were back at the torrent to fire right at them. Just as they were fighting, Carmine got up a little bit and was making a quick recovery from the attack. Suddenly, he heard engine's roaring from behind. Turning around, he could see a few more Vehicons approaching them from behind and transforming, ready to strike in the back. Looking down to the detached blaster, he knew what must be done and picked it up. The moment they transformed and join their colleagues, a stray blaster shot hit the one in the middle right through the chamber and shut him down. The others looked on and couldn't believe what they just witnessed. Looking downwards, they could see Carmine in front of them with the detached blaster in his hand, getting use to the mechanics of it and charging it to full power.

Anthony Carmine: "Now we're cooking. Who's next?"

The two drones looked to each other until turning back and firing their blasters right at them. Carmine made a mad dash away from them while using his new weapon to fire away at them, only to hit their armor and not the chest. He then hid within the drive thru parking area and stood behind the pillar like wall. Both Cons got down on one knee and scanned the area to search for the Noble team member. Just as they were searching, multiple stray bullets appeared to the right and dinged their armor. Turning to that direction, they saw Sofia as she busted out of the front door and blasted her rifle right at them with the rest of the S.W.A.T. standing behind the doors, firing as well.

Sofia: "Hello boys… I don't know who or what you are, nor how you got here, but I'll gladly take you back to your maker."

They continued to fire as the drones were being overwhelmed by the bullet shots. But since they were immune to that, they got their blasters armed and were prepared for another attack. Sofia saw this and warned the others about it.

Sofia: "Get down!"

Immediately, the S.W.A.T. members got down as the blasters blew through the windows, missing them completely. Sofia though was in the crossfire as she was running and getting away from the blaster fire. But then, she accidentally tripped and fell to the ground with a huge thud. Groaning, she turned to her back and saw the drones starring her down with their blasters poised to fire. Just as they were about to kill her, Carmine came out of hiding and approached her side, firing the Con blaster at them. Each shot hit them squarely in the chests as they fall and were shut down. Sofia saw them die in front of her and look up to see the Noble team member offering a hand.

Anthony Carmine: "Need some help."

She looks to him and was a little sour expression. Yet she got his hand and got up, dusting herself off.

Sofia: "I can take care of myself, thank you."

Carmine looked to the dead Cons and was acting a little snarky.

Anthony Carmine: "Sure you did."

Back to the main battle, Noble Team, the battle chopper and the remaining soldiers and cops was holding their own as much as they could. Bullets, lasers, and rockets were heading to each other and there were casualties in both ends. Emile and Thorne were still at the towers and were shooting their gun turrets to blast them when they were out of cover. Barrick used his rocket launcher to blast them all. The chopper then got down to the original height and the soldier used the goss cannon to shoot down more along the way. So far, everything is going well on the human side until more Cons arrived and continued shooting. Katherine looked on and was getting aggravated.

Katherine: "Good God! They are certainly desperate in killing us!"

Paduk used his sniper rifle to blind a few more Cons in the visor and responded to her worry.

Paduk: "You think? That's how aliens work. They come to our planet and kill us all."

Carter then decided to tell them that it doesn't matter.

Carter: "I can imagine that. Still, we must hold this EVAC zone long enough until we're in the clear. Let's hope they don't go too far."

That was spoken too soon as they started to try a different strategy. Two of the Vehicons look to the towers where the two Noble members were firing away and shot back at the bottom. The projectiles hit the metal stilts holding them up and was setting them on fire melting them to goo. The towers then started to wobble as both Emile and Thorn could feel it shake under their feet. Knowing that they were in danger, they ran out of the tower and jumped down to the ground, just in time for the towers to fall and crashed on the ground, with many pieces scattering about. With the first defense down, the chopper came in and decided to hold the line. With the cannon, they killed off one con after another as they start to drop like dominos. Still, more keep coming up the woodworks as they focused on the task at hand. The pilot looked on and could tell that this wasn't getting them anywhere.

Chopper Pilot: "There's too many of them! We can't hold for much longer!"

As they were firing, and flying to avoid the shots, they were distracted as a missile came in out of the blue and flew straight to the chopper. None of them didn't notice when Carmine and Sofia saw the missile and warned Carter about it.

Anthony Carmine: "Carter!"

The Noble leader looked up to see the missile heading to the helicopter and warned to pilot to get away.

Carter: "Charlie 12, there a missile heading your way! Evade! I repeat: Evade!"

The pilot heard that and lifted the chopper up, just in time for the rocket to miss him. But before he was in the clear, the rocket did a turn and went back to him.

Chopper Pilot: "Shit! That missile is a heat seeker!"

He quickly did a turn as the rocket missed him again, only to turn once more and headed to it's intended target. Seeing this, he told the soldier operating the cannon to shoot it down.

Chopper Pilot: "Damn it! It's still following us! Tom, take it out of the sky!"

Tom turned to the rocket and pointed his cannon at it. One shot after the next, he tired to take it down but it was moving too fast. Before he could even get a clear shot, the rocket hit the helicopter and it exploded. The back end was bursting in flames and the chopper itself was spinning out of control.

Chopper Pilot: "Mayday! Mayday! Charlie 12 has been hit! We're going down!"

The helicopter continues to spin like crazy and was swiveling back and forth until it was heading straight to K.O. Carter and the others saw this and realized they were in trouble.

Carter: "Fallback! Fallback!"

The team ran away from the incoming chopper as the Cons continued to fire. The shots hit the remaining soldiers and police officers running as they were all killed in the blast. The only people left were Noble Team as they were getting to shelter, telling Carmine and Sofia to move it.

Carter: "Hurry! Back to in the restaurant!"

But when Carmine saw the chopper getting closer to the restaurant, he warned them about it.

Anthony Carmine: "Don't count on hiding from that, cause it's heading towards us!"

Sofia saw this too and realized that her S.W.A.T. unit is in grave danger. She quickly turned to them and warned them about it.

Sofia: "Everybody out! Get away from the helicopter!"

The S.W.A.T. member heard her and tried to escape. But a stray shot the ceiling and caused the cave in within the fast food place, blocking their way out and they would have to head out of the back. But it was too little, too late as the chopper hit the ground and the blades pierced through the restaurant and killing everything in the way before exploding in the middle of the crash. Sofia saw this with her own eyes and was completely horrified by what has happened.

Sofia: "NO!"

Just then, the roof of the outside parking area started to crumble from the blast and started to cave in with Noble Team underneath it. Fearing for their lives, Carter told them to run.

Carter: "Move soldiers! MOVE!"

The group ran like Hell as, in slow motion, the roof crumbled right behind them. Before long, the group got buried in the rubble and disappeared completely. With the battle over, all that was left was the ruins of a fast food restaurant as the drones were pleased with the destruction they have caused. One of the drones contacted Starscream and let him know of the news.

Vehicon 2: "Commander Starscream, we have accomplished destroying one of the human outposts. What are our orders?"

He could hear the response through the comm. as Scream told him what to do.

Starscream: "Excellent work. Now assist on the other outposts our comrades are taking care off. We need to weaken the town long enough for our returning scientist to finish it off."

Nodding in understandment, he turned to the others and told them to move out.

Vehicon 2: "We're done here. Roll out!"

The group turned around and transformed into jets and cars, heading to different areas to assist on the other attacks. As they were gone, what's left of the outpost was completely quiet. Just then, there was some movement underneath the rubble as a few individuals lifted huge slabs underneath them. Turns out, it was Noble team as Barrick, Emile, and Paduk managed to hold that huge slab while the others kept their heads down from the falling rubble. Once they were in the clear, the three grunted and pushed with all their might and pushed the slab away from them. The group took a breather and got up from that ordeal experience.

Thorne: "Oh man… That was intense… I didn't sign up for this."

Emile gave a bit of a huff and puff and responded to his own words.

Emile: "Kid, join the club."

Once they all recovered, they turned to what was once K.O. Burger, was now the remains of a building with a crashed through helicopter and flames spewing out of the windows. Carter sighed to himself and didn't think all of that would happen.

Carter: "Definitely not how this was suppose to happen. We better-"

Before he could even finish with what he was going to say, Sofia came out of the blue and punched the Noble Leader in the face. The team saw this and didn't expect that from happening. Not even Carter didn't see it either as he rubbed his cheek where the punch was landed. Sofia then grabbed the leader by the collar of the battle armor and was incredibly irate.

Sofia: "What the Hell was that?! Huh?! What the HELL was that?! This isn't what my team was assigned to do. We're suppose to assist on the evacuation! Not taking on huge metallic monsters! Now look around you! My S.W.A.T. unit is now dead and I want answers! What were those things? Where did they come from? Why did they attack us?! ANSWER ME!"

The group remained quiet as the leader was being shacked by that hostile woman. Thorne then rubbed the back of his head and started to wonder about something.

Thorne: "Uh… Now would be the time to tell her that those were aliens were attacking us?"

Unfortunately, he said it out loud as the S.W.A.T. woman turned to him and snapped some more.

Sofia: "What?! Aliens? You mean those little green men you see in movies? That doesn't look like aliens! They look like something out of those damn animes you see in Japan. There's no way, in Hell, that they could be aliens!"

Carter gave a sigh and could tell that the secret is now out. So with no other choice, he told her the real truth.

Carter: "You're right. Aliens weren't suppose to exist. But what you've witnessed was the cold hard truth. Yes, those were aliens. Yes, they were real as they be. And yes, they attacked us and tried to kill us. Yet, we're still alive and survived the onslaught. Now I'm sorry about what happened to your team and I too mourn the loss of our own soldiers. But now's not the time to feel sorry for what happened. Now we must focus on the task at hand. This town is still under attack and there are still soldiers holding their own. We need to assist anyone that is in danger."

Sofia turn to spat back until she stopped and realized that he was right. Her men had died, but that doesn't mean she has to be upset about the team. She didn't know this was bound to happen or it would've been caused by metal aliens. She just needs to stand up for herself and keep fighting. While she sulked her head down to think about that, Kat turned to him and explained the situation.

Katherine: "And how are we going to accomplish that? We barely survived the first strike and our weapons seem to be useless against them. They have a strong advantage against us."

The leader turned to his Intel officer and told her that it wasn't true.

Carter: "Not everything is useless. We know that one shot in the optics blind them completely, which would give us a shot to blind them. We also know that explosions can either weaken them or destroy them. So there are ways in taking them down."

Carmine though approached the leader and showed the leader his new weapon he was holding in his hands.

Anthony Carmine: "Maybe we can use their weaponry against them. This one here can pack quite a punch. It can be useful for us."

Carter turned to him and could tell that it can work.

Carter: "That might work too. But let's focus on our objective. Commander Palmer said that we need to head to EVAC Zone 13 to assist on the evacuation. It's important that we need to secure area to protect it while they evac the residents in there. We can't loose any more innocent lives."

He then approached to Sofia and told her that she must come with them.

Carter: "I know you haven't seen a fight like this, but moping on your team won't change everything. Right now, you need to be strong against this threat. If are you survive this, we need to work together as a team. And you're a part of it now. So, what are you going to do? You're going to stand up and fight, or are you going to give up and die?"

Sofia looks to the Noble leader and had a blank stare in her eyes. Thinking of no other choice, she slowly walked to him and gave him a response.

Sofia: "I'll join in the fight. But only because you told me the truth. I don't care if they are aliens, robots, whatever. If they get in my way, I'm going to kill them all."

Readying her rifle, she was set for anything that gets in her way. The rest of the team could tell that she wanted to fight as Paduk whistled to himself.

Paduk: "I got to give this young lady credit. She got guts."

Once everything is set, Carter told everyone to move forward.

Carter: "Let's go. EVAC Zone 13 isn't too far from here. We just need to keep our distance from those things and try not to get spotted. Don't fire unless it's absolutely necessary. Move out!"

The group nodded in unison as they followed their leader out of the parking lot. But before they could make a departure, Cater turned back to Sofia and gave her a proper welcome.

Carter: "Oh, I almost forgot. Sofia Hendrik? Welcome to Noble Team."

The group then started to leave the remains of EVAC Zone 6 as they were heading to the mini mall. And so starts a new adventure for Noble Team. They just hope it won't be their last.


And that's chapter two and the arrival of Noble Team. I know, I know… It's a little short for an epic action scene. But this is just the start as I got more action in future chapters. This is just the appetizer of course. There's more dishes within this prefix menu. On the next chapter, Noble Team journey's through town to reach the mini mall filled with Jasper citizens. During their journey, they encounter one civilian that got separate and wanted to reunite with his family. I'm certain you all know who I'm talking about. And for those of you who don't know, stay tune to find out. Please Review.