Chapter 3 – Talk About A Muscle Car
A/N Shameless plug, but if you have not found it, I have started writing a Ben 10 crossover with this very series, just look on my profile, please review, and follow me. Remember italics is com speech.
One year after the Autobots, and Sari had returned to Earth Sari, and Jazz were taking a break between training sessions, several Allspark shards had been collected with few incidents, but everyone was still wary, Decepticons are always subtle, and cunning (except Lugnut, and Violent Blitzwing). Sari was progressing well in her training; Jazz was impressed by how quickly she picked up new parts of being a Cyber-ninja. Suddenly the com-link sounds.
"Autobots, a new Allspark shard has activated, it's in Texas, it has activated another Earth vehicle as one of us, so Bumblebee, and Bulkhead meet me at the ship" Prime informs everyone.
"Me, and Bulky are on our way," Bumblebee chimes in.
"Shall we see if he wants us?" Sari asks.
"Just about to," Jazz says, "Do you want me, and Sari along, we are taking a break in training at the moment."
"That would be great Jazz, if you can please do."
"Well, we are going to Texas, Sari," Jazz says turning to her.
"I know, I can hear the com-links as well."
"I forgot that," Jazz says, transforming.
"Race you," Sari's skates appear out the bottoms of her feet, the rockets fire off, before Jazz can respond.
"No fair," Jazz yells as he gives chase through Detroit.
Jazz gets to the ship before Sari, after taking a short cut.
"No fair, you cheated, and I got delayed by a bus," Sari says.
"You sound like Bumblebee," Jazz laughs.
"Hey," the offended yellow bot says, "I don't sound like that, when I lose, not that I ever do."
"Yes, you do," Bulkhead says.
"Stop arguing, we are going to take off soon," Prime says, "get on board."
The four bots walk up the ramp, Bumblebee, Prime, and Bulkhead go to the controls, Sari, and Jazz go into the back to meditate, and begin Sari's p-o-m training. It took several megacycles for the Autobots to reach Texas.
"Welcome to Texas guys, the Lone Star state, home of oil, and cowboys" Sari says walking down the ramp, and out onto the empty desert ,"the second largest state in the Union, and the only to ever be a country, except Hawaii."
The others walk down the ramp, Prime is carrying two sensors, "well, it's definitely sandy, and empty," says Bumblebee, "I'll be cleaning sand out of myself for weeks.
"It's not actually that empty, it is also the second most populated, we are just in the desert area, where no-one lives," Sari informs him.
"Well, let's get scanners, and start looking," Prime says, "Sari, you go with Bumblebee," Bumblebee transforms, and Sari walks over, carrying one of the sensors "Jazz, your with me", they both transform, "Bulkhead, watch the ship, you act as back-up just in case."
"Yeah, yeah, I'm too clumsy, so you are leaving me here," Bulkhead mutters as he gets back into the ship.
"We'll go east then south, you go west then north," Prime says.
"What part of second largest state do you not get? This place is huge, and like most of it is desert*."
"We can only hope we find it then, and keep out of trouble," Prime, and Jazz drive off.
"So, which one of us is Prime hoping will keep the other out of trouble?" Sari asks, looking at Bumblebee.
"Hey, I don't get into trouble," after a sizeable delay, "much, anymore."
"Right," Sari gets in the driver's seat, "let's go."
Several hours of driving later Sari is very bored, then the detector starts beeping faintly, and the arrow on the screen points south, towards Austin, which is just on the horizon.
"It had to be a populated area, it couldn't have been in the desert, nope it's in the city," Sari mutters before activating her com-link, "Prime, the Allspark shard is somewhere near the city of Austin."
"Thanks Sari, we'll be right there. Did you get that Bulkhead?"
"Yes Prime, I'll move the ship closer to the city," Bulkhead says.
"Okay Bulkhead, but don't break anything."
"Yes Prime," he deadpans.
At this point Sari, and Bumblebee have reached the outskirts of the city, there is the sound of screams coming from closer to the city centre.
"Well, I guess we follow the screams," Sari says stepping out of the car, Bumblebee, and readies his stingers. A short (about Prowl's height), bulky orange robot walks around the corner.
"Alright, you must tell me who you are, where I am, and what I am in that order."
"I'm Sari, this is Bumblebee, you are in Austin, Texas, on the planet Earth, and you are a vehicle that has been turned into a Cybertronian by a shard of the Allspark."
"Silence organic, and surrender the Allspark shard that will be used in the plan to save the great, and glorious Megatron," says Lugnut at his usual volume: painful.
"If you think we are going to hand over the Allspark then you are as mad as Blitzwing's mad head," says Sari transforming in a flash of blue.
"Zat voz not very nice," Calculating Blitzwing says dropping down next to Lugnut.
"Oh great, both of you, the sycophant, and the three stooges," Sari says. Blitzwing's head changes to Anger.
"Silence you little worm, or I will," head spins to Madness, "dance the cha-cha-cha with a flamingo."
"What?" The short robot asks, raising an optic.
"Ignore Blitzwing when he talks, he is rather changeable, but don't ignore him in a fight."
"I'm not fighting anyone," the short bot says crossing his arms.
"Okay then," says Bumblebee taking a step away.
At that moment Bulkhead managed to land the ship in the middle of the road, only two blocks away.
"He didn't break anything," Bumblebee says sounding confused, "are you sure that's Bulky?"
"Be nice Bumblebee," Sari says.
"SILENCE," Lugnut yells at an even louder than usual.
"Can you be quiet?" Sari asks, "is it possible, or were you just built like that?"
"SILENCE," Lugnut yells even louder, now rather miffed he wildly swung his fists at Sari, who jumped out his way, Bumblebee now realising Sari's plan pipes up as well.
"Nah Sari, I think his volume switch is broken," Bumblebee says, Lugnut swings at Bumblebee, and misses again "Blitzwing can't you control your pet."
Blitzwing's face changes to Wrath, "he is not my pet, you pathetic little Autobot scum, now hand over the Allspark shard, or I will vaporise you, and half the city." Lugnut swings at Bumblebee again, and Bumblebee steps out the way, "three strikes, you're out Lugnut," Sari says.
"Vhat are you talking about?" Blitzwing says switching to Calculating..
"I was going to stay neutral, but you are just bullies, who are threatening innocents just because you didn't get what you wanted," the short bot steps between the Autobots, and the Decepticons.
"Vell zen, ve vill just have to put you off-line as vell," Blitzwing's calculating face says, lowering his shoulder guns.
"In your dreams," the short robot says charging Blitzwing, who shoots his shoulder guns at the short robot, creating a huge cloud from the explosion, from which the short robot does not emerge.
"Vell, my dream has just become reality, it vould seem," Calculating says, turning back to Sari, and Bumblebee, as Bulkhead joins them.
"Where are the Decepticons?" Bulkhead asks Bumblebee, who turns him to face Lugnut, and Blitzwing.
"Lugnut, go look for ze Allspark fragment, I vill deal viv ze Autobots, und ze organic freak," Lugnut transforms, and flies away.
"Who are you to call anyone a freak; can you make up your mind on at least having one personality?"
"Zat is it, I vill blast you into subatomic particles," Angry says.
"I don't think so," says the short robot, who jumps onto his back out of the cloud, which is now clearing.
"Autobots, attack," Sari says, shooting her lasers at him, nailing him in the chest, shoulder, and hand.
"I vill tear your servos from zeir sockets." Anger says, shooting a fire blast at Sari, who jumps out the way, just as Bulkhead's wrecking ball connects with the back of his head, and Bumblebee's stingers shoot his legs, and finally the short bot jumps on his back, and hits the sides of his head repeatedly, causing him to switch personality with every hit. Until he can pull him off his back, and throws him at a storefront, from which he gets up, and dusts himself off.
"I vill return, und tear you to shveds," Blitzwing says transforming, and flying off.
"He got away, oh well," the short bot shrugs.
"You still need a name," Bumblebee says, "I think I will call you Brawn, what do you think?"
"Brawn, hmm, I like it," Brawn says. Now Optimus, and Jazz arrive.
"Sorry we're late, we were half way to Dallas," Optimus says, he looks at Brawn "who's your friend?"
"This is Brawn, I think he was made by the shard, he helped us against Blitzwing," Sari says.
"Well, let's go back to Detroit, and sort this out," Prime says.
"We can't, Lugnut is still here," Sari says, "you didn't think they'd let the three stooges out without the sycophant?"
"Good point, well let's find the big idiot before he causes more damage, or injures someone, Autobots, and Brawn, transform, and roll out."
The Autobots, and Brawn transform (Brawn turns into a Toyota Hilux**), and drive down the street towards the sound of screaming, and the occasional explosion, Sari is on her skates.
"WHERE IS THE ALLSPARK SHARD PUNY ORGANICS," Lugnut yells at a small poodle, who just stares at him, and tilts its head to the side, barks, and runs off.
"Lugnut, you may be a cat bot, but you don't need to shout at Fido there," Sari says.
"Agh, you, what have you done to Blitzwing, if you have done anything to stop the plans of the great, and powerful Megatron."
"Oh can it, you overgrown coffee maker."
"Agh," he yells, and tries to punch Sari, but Bulkhead hits him over the head with his wrecking ball, then Jazz clouts him with his numb-chucks.
"I will destroy you," he activates 'the Fist' as Bumblebee had dubbed it, "I will destroy…" he is cut off when Brawn hits him over the head with a lamppost, repeatedly.
"Well, that deals with Lugnut," Bumblebee says. Lugnut falls over, transforms, and flies away in defeat.
"Well Autobots, that just about wraps that up, Brawn, do you want to come with us, and be an Autobot?" Prime asks the short robot.
"Yes, sure, the alternative is those bullies," Brawn says.
"Autobots, back to the ship," Prime says, transforming, and driving down the street towards the ship.
The Autobots arrived back in Detroit at nightfall, The Autobots, and Sari both head to their respective homes.
"Dad, I'm back," Sari says walking in to the living area of Sumdac tower, the lights are all off.
"That's strange," Sari says, turning on the light switch for the living room, the furniture is a mess, the stand lamps have fallen over, the sofa has been knocked over, and there are books, knick-knacks, and important papers everywhere, or shredded/smashed.
"This is not good," Sari says she looks in every room, but cannot Isaac, activating her communicator, she calls her father's number, "Captain Fanzone, it's Sari Sumdac."
"Sari, what can I do for you?"
"I think my Dad's been kidnapped."
"Are you sure he's not just in his lab?"
"Well, our living room looks like a tornado hit it, everything is knocked over, or broken."
"I'll be right over," Fanzone ends the call.
"I hope he's ok," Sari walks over to the elevator, and goes downstairs, to look over the footage from the cameras. What she finds shocks her, on the screen is the unmistakable form of Prometheus Black, Meltdown is back.
A/N Brawn in these stories is not going to be the same one who was in G1, just his design, and being virtually indestructible (if anyone remembers him). Please review, favourite and follow my story.
*Only 10% of Texas is actually a desert, but Sari is exaggerating.
** Totally indestructible car, as proven by Top Gear.