BEFORE:

"Shit, it's the 'Cons! Everyone get ready to fight. You four, stay here, stay hidden. If you get into trouble use this flare, someone will come help. Lets Go!" The pirates weren't sure what was going on, but they sure as hell weren't going to hide. "Oi, let us help, we're strong. We can take anything you can." Luffy declared. Sanji stepped up, lighting a cigarette. "Hey Luffy, you better not hog all the action this time."

Will saw that all four of them were determined. If he left them behind, they would just follow and get in the way. "Well Optimus, what do you think? They look pretty determined to me." He stepped back as the 'bots started to transform.


The strawhats watched in shock, as the 4 vehicles shifted and changed, becoming humanoid. Nami shrieked, stepping back, "What, what's happening?" she asked. Sanji stepped forward, in front of the girls. Robin watched them warily. And Luffy, Luffy just stared, eyes shining. "THAT IS SO COOL!" he yelled, laughing his head off.

Two of the robots looked almost the same, one being yellow, and the other red. The one that had accidentally hit Luffy was black, full of what looked like weapons, and was glaring at them. Finally, the biggest one; the one Luffy had stood on, was a mix of red and blue. The first three seemed to look to the red and blue one to lead. He crouched down to their eye level.

"Greetings, my name is Optimus Prime, leader of the auto-bot faction residing on earth." His voice was deep, and sounded trustworthy and honest. The pirates took a liking to him right away. "Hi, I'm Monkey D. Luffy. I'm gonna be king of the pirates." Optimus wasn't sure what Luffy meant, but introduced the others as well.

"The twins,Sideswipe and Sunstreaker." The red and yellow 'bots looked impatiently at the humans, wanting to respond to the alarm asap. "Our weapons-specialist, Ironhide." The black mech was already charging his weapons. "We got 6 minutes till the decepticons arrive, we need to make this quick." he warned. Optimus nodded. "You have already met Major William Lennox. " Will shook his head at the formal introduction, and continued the explanation.

"Basically, the auto-bots are part of an alien race from Cybertron, that was destroyed in a civil war with the decepticons. The cons' are now trying to take over and destroy earth. We work with these guys to stop that from happening. Now, give me one good reason to let civilians take part in a fight, that is way over your heads?"

"Who said we were civilians?" Sanji asked, already heading out with the others. Pausing at the door, they all turned slightly. "We're Pirates!"

Outside the city, approaching fast, the decepticons picked up three different auto-bot energy signatures. There were clustered at the edge of the city, doubtless preparing to investigate the odd energy reading. Deciding to take advantage of superior numbers and the element of surprise, they dampened their energy signatures and changed course.


Sorry for the short chapter.

Also, I figure as twins, Sunny and Sides probably won't register as separate energy signatures if they stand close together.