Chapter 3: Caught in the Middle
"Autobots, attack," shouts Optimus Prime.
Just then several other vehicle appears.
A yellow car comes out and says, "Bumblebee, transform,' before becoming a robot.
A fire truck appears and becomes a robot after saying, "Inferno, transform!"
"Jazz, transform," says a coming police van that becomes a robot.
"Jetfire, transform," shouts a coming plane that becomes a robot.
A race car appears in and says before becoming a female-looking robot, "Override, transform!"
A black car comes out and turns into a robot after it says, "Smokescreen, transform!"
These new robots that appeared were then poised to fight the other robots that threatened to capture X.
As X was looking, he noticed that the robots that first appeared had a purple robot head symbol, and the new robots that came out had a red robot head symbol that was designed differently.
"Autobots and Decepticons," said X quietly to himself.
"Give it up, Megatron," said Optimus. "We're not letting you touch one part of the chosen."
"Chosen," asked Roll. "Are they talking about you, Rock?"
"Somehow, I think they are," replied X. "Two sides of robots fighting over me. This is going to get ugly."
Megatron just laughed and said, "If that's how you want it, Optimus Prime, then prepare yourself! Decepticons, let's take care of these Auto fools!"
After that, Optimus jumped down the cliff and prepared to do battle with Megatron.
"Ready, Jetfire," asked Optimus.
"You know it, my friend," replied Jetfire with a British sounding accent.
The two sides of robots did battle with each other, with Bumblebee going after Road Rage, Override taking on Starscream, Jazz dealing with Thunder Cracker, Smokescreen fighting Cyclonus, Inferno taking on Demolisher, Jetfire going after Sound Wave and Optimus Prime fighting Megatron.
The fighting was fierce as the giant robots did battle and they punched, kicked and fired their weapons at one another, and even got into the occasional struggle.
"Man, what a fight," said Axl. "They all seem pretty even."
"I think some of these robots are trying to help us," said Duo. "But with them all fighting like this, it's hard to tell who's on our side."
"I know how to tell," said X. "Look at their emblems."
"Their emblems," asked Blues.
"Yes," said X. "Some robots have a red emblem, and the others have a purple one. I think the ones with the red emblem are on our side while the ones with the purple emblem are the ones we need to fight."
"You sure about that," asked Bass.
"I'm pretty sure," X replied. "The ones with the red emblems called themselves Autobots, and the ones with purple emblems were referred to as Decepticons."
"I think I got it," said Zero. "Autobots have red emblems, so they're good. Decepticons have purple emblems, making them not good. Let's take down the Decepticons, then! They're probably some form of Maverick, anyway!"
"And what convenience," said Blues. "There are seven of them and seven of us. One for each of us."
"I'm going to help that Optimus Prime guy," said X. "Zero, you accompany me in helping to aid his partner. The rest of you, pick who you want to fight. Let's go!"
"Right," said the Hunters.
After that, the Hunters went to help the Autobots with their fight with the Decepticons. X went to fight Megatron while Zero accompanied him to fight Sound Wave. Roll decided to take on Road Rage, while Bass dealt with Cyclonus, Duo took on Demolisher, Blues fought Thunder Cracker and Axl went after Starscream.
Optimus saw that X was coming in to fight Megatron and said, "What are you doing? You're going to be in danger if you try to take him on."
X said while blasting Megatron, "It doesn't matter! I'm a Maverick Hunter, so I have to fight!"
Megatron was getting irritated by the amount of times X was blasting him charged Buster blasts, and then tried to grab for X, but Optimus knocked his hand out of the way. X then pulled out his beam saber and made a slash for Megatron's foot, though he barely cut it. Optimus then gave Megatron a hard kick to his "gut."
Zero used many of his techniques against Sound Wave, which annoyed him. Jetfire used the opportunity to blast Sound Wave back a few feet on to his back.
Duo went into energy form and started to smack Demolisher around, but the Decepticon tried to swat him away like a gnat, though Duo proved to be too fast. Using this to his advantage, Inferno tackled Demolisher.
Bass swiped with his katana and performed some techniques against Cyclonus, and eventually, went into flight mode as he unleashed his wings. Cyclonus tried to knock down Bass, but Smokescreen grabbed his arm and punched him several times.
Both Roll and Axl sprayed Road Rage and Starscream with a volley of energy bullets. The two Decepticons were about to fire on the two Hunters, when suddenly, Bumblebee and Override countered them with a double attack that took both of the Decepticons down.
Blues attacked Thunder Cracker with a combination of his Buster and shield. Thunder Cracker tried to blast Blues, but Jazz was ready with a jumping spin kick that knocked Thunder Cracker away.
After a long a grueling battle, the Decepticons were looking beat up from the tag team of Autobots and Maverick Hunters.
"Time to give up, Megatron," said Optimus Prime. "We told you we're not going to let you even touch the chosen."
"Bah," said Megatron. "This is only a minor setback. We will get them very soon. Until then, you win this one, Autobots. Decepticons, fall back and regroup!"
Frustrated, the Decepticons obeyed Megatron, anyway and retreated as they all transformed, except for Sound Wave, and ran off.
"Hey, come back here, you Decepti-cowards," shouted Bumblebee.
"Let them go, Bumblebee," said Jazz. "We'll have our chance again, very soon."
As the Decepticons were gone, the Autobots walked towards one another as they got in a group, then Optimus Prime said after they all stopped walking, "Good work, Autobots. We managed to stave them off, for a while, anyway."
"Oh yeah," said Bumblebee giving a thumbs up.
"Anything to keep the Decepticons from succeeding," said Smokescreen.
"And we'll make sure they never succeed," added Inferno.
"Uh, excuse me," came Zero's voice, which made the Autobots look at him and X. "What are the rest of us down here? Chopped liver? We helped you guys. If it hadn't been for us, you wouldn't have been able to send them running."
"Yeah," said Roll, which then made the Autobots look at her and the other Hunters.
"They've got a point, Optimus," said Override. "They did manage to give us an edge in our fight."
"That they did," said Optimus. "I guess we should introduce ourselves to them, now."
The Hunters then walked into the center of the Autobots, with X changing back to his Normal Armor.
"It's great you all came to our aid, like you did," said X. "My name is Mega Man X, though my friends call me X while my family calls me Rock, which is technically my real name. I'm a Maverick Hunter. And this is some of the other Hunters." X then called out the names of his fellow Hunters, each of which gave a greeting as he called them, "Zero... Axl... Roll... Blues... Bass... and Duo."
"It's nice to meet you all," said Optimus. "I am Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots from the planet of Cybertron."
"Cybertron," asked Duo. "I've been to a lot of planets, but never a Cybertron. I never even knew such a planet existed."
"Really," asked Optimus. "Well, our planet is part of the reason we're here. It's a long story, but it will have to be told. Until then, let my team introduce the rest of themselves."
"Hi there, I'm Bumblebee," Bumblebee said. "And I can certainly sting like one."
"My name is Inferno," said Inferno.
Jazz then spoke, saying, "Hey, what's up? You can call me Jazz."
Jetfire said, "Allo, governor. I'm Jetfire."
"Greetings to you all," said Smokescreen. "My name is Smokescreen."
"And I'm Override," said Override. "I may seem like the only female in this group, but that just makes me more dangerous."
"Certainly got some interesting names," said Bass.
"I think they're pretty cool," said Roll.
"So, Optimus, tell me," X started to say. "What did those other robots want with me?"
"We'll be happy to tell you," Optimus replied. "But first, we need to find your partner. There are supposed to be two chosen. Last time we saw, she was at your base."
"I have a feeling you're talking about Alia," said X. "If we go to get her, what do you want us to do, then?"
Optimus replied, "We'll need you to come back to our shuttle with us. When we get there, we'll tell you everything you need to know."
Zero then came up to X, and said, "I wouldn't do it, X. These guys may have helped us, but I still don't trust them."
"Same here," said Blues. "I've got a feeling this is another trap."
"Somehow," said X. "I think we can trust them. I don't know why, but I'm having these feelings that something is about to happen, and we're going to need them."
Hearing this sparked Optimus' curiosity.
"I know it's risky, all of you," said X. "But just go with me on this. I think we can trust them."
Zero sighed and said, "Alright, X. We'll go along with them. But, if they do anything funny, I'm not going to waste any time in cutting them down."
"Thank you, Zero," said X.
"I guess it's good that he's cautious," said Jetfire. "But rest assured, X, we are on your side."
X replied to Jetfire, "And I think you're all telling the truth."
"We'll do our best to not break your trust," said Optimus. "Now, let's go find your partner, and explain to you everything that is happening, and what will happen."
"We'll lead the way," said X. "Come."
After that, the Hunters and Autobots walked off together.
To Be Concluded in Chapter 4.
