Hello again crossover fanbase!
So
Here's a chapter to fill in the gap between ME1 and ME2
Going to be a bit fast paced so I can get to the second game
Also, need to ask
If I were to change Optimus' appearance, what should I change it to?
G1 remastered Optimus?
Or
Age of Extinction Optimus?
Just a quick thought I had
So, onto the chapter!
It was a peaceful night on the human colony of Shanxi, the first world where contact was made between humans and other extra terrestrial beings. It could also be known as the second first contact situation, the first being the first contact at Freedom's Progress with the Cybertronian faction known as the Autobots. Few knew of these autonomous robotic organisms, only those high up and those who held connections in the shadows could know such information.
However, as every day passed, the secret of the "Transformers" as the Spectre force had come to call them as was slowly being revealed. Decepticon forces across the galaxy had gone online, razing small towns and villages, leaving little survivors or none at all. The larger cities were by far the hardest to conceal, especially when hundreds of people driving across roads or in the air witness massive robotic beings duking it out.
The Shanxi city of Taiyuan was bustling with activity, people going about their daily lives as the sun set. The sky was painted various shades of warm colors as a Mako pulled up in a construction yard. Out stepped a trio of passengers, one a human man who glowed with biotic power as he searched around quickly, holding up an Avenger assault rifle, another being a Turian with a sniper rifle, also searching, and then stepped out another human, this one a woman donned in special armor marked by a scarlet letter and number, N7.
"Alright boys, let's hunt some Cons," Jane Shepard, Savior of the Citadel and First Human Spectre laughed as she expanded her shotgun.
"Sometimes I wonder if you're a Spectre or a stripper," Garrus joked and she shot him a glare.
"Hey, I can be fun when I want to be," she retorted as they moved forward, slowly inching towards an area surrounded by Human Systems Alliance soldiers.
"Commander Shepard! Ma'am!" the leading trooper acknowledged as he saluted.
"At ease soldier, what's the status?" she asked, placing the shotgun on her shoulder casually.
He motioned for her to follow and the trio of aliens were sent towards a strange red truck. It was bulky and in a more simple term, a lot more advanced than anything this galaxy had yet to create. Next to it sat a variety of equipment, all designed to detect nearly anything especially one specific substance.
"We were testing the new scanning equipment when we got the Code E Alert, contacted command immediately, ma'am," he explained and Shepard nodded, understanding the term for Code E. E, for Energon.
"That's all for now soldier, take your men and return to base, we can handle it from here," she ordered and he nodded, pulling his men back.
It was about an hour later when they had left and the area was secure. Shepard smirked and patted the red truck's side, calling out to it.
"Alright Ironhide, safe to come out."
In an instant, the armored hull expanded, plates shifting and large chunks rearranging until a tall mechanical warrior stood in its place. The armor of its right arm opened up before turning into a stubby looking gun with two 'arms'. He cocked it and walked forward, moving towards a clear area, filled with construction vehicles of all kinds.
"Those Cons 'er here, I can smell 'em," Ironhide stated, sniffing the air, letting his filters take in the smell of Energon. "Must've made fresh Energon earlier."
"Then let's get a move on," Shepard replied and pulled her shotgun in front of her. "Garrus, find a good position to snipe from, Kaiden you're with me. Ironhide, you do what you do best."
"Alright, Shepard," they all spoke in unison and divided up, moving to locate the Decepticons.
The effect of their plan was instantaneous, the moment Ironhide set foot in the area, five different advanced vehicles transformed. The leader of the Decepticon team began to shout orders. Thanks to Ratchet, Shepard and her team along with the Spectres had been given special translators to understand the Cybertronian language.
"Combaticons! Destroy the Autobot and its pets!" a green and blue con, Onslaught shouted.
They began firing, blasting away at them, but the old bot and the organics were more than a match for them. In the time after the famed 'Battle of the Citadel', the Autobots had given their allies the means to defending themselves from the Decepticons, giving them specially designed Energon ammunition while restricting their gain of Cybertronian tech.
Garrus fired several rounds, the advanced ammunition easily bringing down their overshields.
"Onslaught! Those fleshlings got Energon rounds!" a violet red and tan colored con, Vortex spoke as he fired his own Neutron Assault Rifle at the sniper.
Shepard began firing her shotgun at a large burly, green plated tank con, Brawl as Ironhide engaged Swindle and Blastoff alone. Being the old, tough bot he was, the battle was a fair fight between the elite Decepticon team and the Autobot commando.
"We ain't winnin' this fight!" Blastoff shouted as he rubbed his head, trying to ease the pain caused by Ironhide's fist striking it.
Onslaught took note as he combated the human biotic who continually shot construction equipment at him. He took a quick survey of the battle and came to a conclusion, they needed a bigger gun. Luckily, they had one.
"Combaticons! Combine into Bruticus!"
They immediately complied, Brawl and Swindle retreating towards the center of the area to shift into their third form, the legs of the titan. Onslaught followed and became its torso unit, the menacing head appearing as Vortex and Blastoff became the giant's arms.
"Bruticus online! Ready for action!" it bellowed and stomped the ground, sending everyone falling on their afts.
"Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo," Joker sang as he flew above the Shanxi city, "From Omega to Mars. From the Council to the seediest bars-"
"Joker!" the Commander's voice screeched over the com and he shook the ship a bit in shock.
"Whoa, Commander. No need to scream at me."
"Shut up and look down!" she shouted and he raised an eyebrow before turning on the external cams, all of which were focused on a massive robot marching through Taiyuan, demolishing hover car lanes and ripping through buildings like they were made of paper.
"Whoa, what happened?"
"Five Decepticons! They turn into one big Con so we're going to need the big gun!"
"On it, Commander!" he shouted and flew down to barely scratch the skyscrapers, the stealth drive active.
The bay doors opened slowly and several crew members paved a way for a Cybertronian truck, colored crimson and indigo. The red markings on it glowed brightly as it drove forward. It dropped, quickly with its wait and near midway down it transformed. Optimus' head appeared from the chassis and his optics quickly aimed a spot to land on. Right as he passed the midway point, he activated his boosters and slowed his descent to the point he was able to roll off the rest of the impact, quickly transforming into his alt mode as he did.
"Commander! I'm in pursuit!" he roared as he charged through the ground roads, barely used by the modern day humans.
Few cars drove on the ground as most were in the air, but there were still those cars from the times before hover technology was created. The Autobot made his way towards a bridge just as Bruticus was preparing to smash through it. Quickly braking, Optimus acted quickly and transformed.
The moment the Decepticon Gestalt obliterated the bridge, Optimus jumped onto its chassis, catching the collar of its torso unit.
"Autobot!" it roared and attempted to grab Optimus, but only succeeded in allowing him to jump onto on arm and climbing onto a shoulder.
"Pull over!" Optimus shouted as the giant spun and rolled as he tried in vain to grab the Prime.
He unloaded his Path Blaster into the combiner's head and sent it stumbling forward in pain. As if on cue, a Mako drove out an alley and slammed directly into its foot. The combined efforts of the Autobots and humans sent the Decepticon falling off the main road and into a rather large warehouse.
Shepard and her team walked out of the tank as Optimus and Ironhide approached the Con. Both had their weapons out, aiming them at the Decepticon as it reformed into the Combaticons.
"Vortex! Blastoff! Go!" Onslaught shouted and the two aerial superior Cybertronians transformed and flew off.
The rest of the Cons preformed a similar action, but instead drove off towards an unknown location.
"They're getting away!" Ironhide yelled in anger as he fired his Scatter Blaster.
"Easy, old friend," Optimus called solemnly as he lowered the bot's weapon.
"Easy? The Cons are getting away!"
"Let them, this city need no more destruction and chaos. The Decepticons have already sown enough discord and in turn caused much casualties," he rumbled and they all turned to eye the destruction caused by Bruticus alone.
Many skyscrapers were barely holding themselves together, other buildings were completely demolished. Entire complexes reduced to rubble and fires. People were screaming and crying as Shepard and her team moved to an extraction point, awaiting the Normandy's rendezvous.
"Shepard! This is an outrage!"
She flinched at the ambassador's harsh words, gritting her teeth in anger at his loud voice. After the Battle of the Citadel, Udina had attempted to mend his relationship with the Commander in an attempt to gain favor with the first Human Spectre, but he failed when he insulted the Autobots after a failed mission to defeat a group of Decepticons on a Batarian colony.
"I know, I know-" she attempted to argue, but was cut off for the hundredth time in the argument.
"No! You don't know! If you did we would have saved lives, not take them!"
"Ambassador, you're overreacting," Councilor Anderson spoke, his eyes glaring at his assistant. "If she and Optimus hadn't stopped the Decepticons there, then there would be no telling how many more lives would have been lost if they had been allowed to roam freely."
Udina tried in vain to argue, but could not find any counter towards the Councilor's argument.
"Very well," he huffed in anger all the while, Shepard was hiding a smirk.
After the failed mission at Shanxi, the Normandy had docked at the Autobot base on Freedom's Progress. The Spectres had been introduced to their new alien allies and helped in adding more adequate sized equipment for beings their height. Shepard stood on a raised platform that was leveled to the hologram emitter and Optimus' head.
"My deepest condolences Councilor and Ambassador, but many will pay the costs in this galaxy as they have on our home world."
"Hopefully, less," Anderson responded with a benign smile and Optimus returned it.
Many Autobots had rejoined their ranks after the Council-Autobot alliance was formed. Sideswipe, Arcee, Warpath, and even more of their brothers and sisters from across the stars.
"Back to the situation at hand," Udina interrupted, angering everyone in the meeting or listening in on, "Shepard, you're needed in the Traverse, we need you to scan for any Geth activities."
"Geth activities? There are giant, killer, alien robots on the loose and you want me to-"
"Find smaller, killer, alien robots, yes," Anderson spoke and she immediately regret her words.
"Sorry sir, I didn't mean to-"
"It's alright, Shepard. Also, on that note, I would like to enlist the Autobot's aid in this matter in case the Geth have brought any heavy armor with them and kept them there."
"We will be willing to extend our aid to you," Optimus responded and Shepard smiled.
"Part of the team, part of the family," she laughed and lightly punched the bot's shoulder.
The two had bonded over their time working together, a sibling relationship close to, or perhaps even stronger than the brother relationship he shared with Megatron in the Golden Age, when they fought side by side through the political wars and skirmishes.
"Indeed, my friend," he said and closed his mouthpiece. "We shall depart soon to the Traverse."
"Good, meeting adjourned," Udina stated and the last three occupants of the com sighed or the Cybertronian's case, vented in annoyance before cutting themselves out.
"Shepard did everything right. More than we could've hoped for," Miranda Lawson spoke as she stared at the massive sun that lay before Cronos Station.
It was a swirling mass of hot gas, burning bright orange red or serene blue. In the chamber she stood in there sat another being, another human who puffed a cloud of smoke. He lay in his chair, sitting as he stared at her. A multitude of orange holographic screens surrounded him, feeding him the information his organization gathered 24/7.
"Saving the Citadel; Even saving the Council. Humanity has the trust of the entire galaxy..." she trailed off, thinking of what was transpiring. "and still it's not enough."
The man tapped his hand on the arm of his chair, the cigarette poking out from in between his fingers also tapping against them as the tip burned orange.
"Our sacrifices have earned the Council's gratitude, but Shepard remains our best hope," the Illusive Man spoke and Miranda nodded, not bothering to look back at him.
The burning ash on his cigarette fell down onto the metal floor, having been tapped off.
"But they're sending her to fight Geth, Geth! We both know they're not the real threat."
She turned and walked over to him, passing through the holographic screens, her hips doing a little sway as they her genetic code dictated.
"The Reapers are still out there."
"And it's up to us to stop them."
"The Council will never trust Cerberus. They'll never accept our help. Even after everything humanity has accomplished," she firmly stated, but her frowning lips curved into a small smile, "but Shepard... they'll follow her. She's a hero, a bloody icon."
She looked back at the sun, but the thoughts in her head demanded to be let out.
"But he's just one woman. If we lose Shepard, humanity might well follow."
The Illusive Man stuck his hand down, putting out the cigarette in a small container filled with ashes.
"Then see to it that we don't lose her."
Optimus didn't know how it happened, but it all began in an instant. A yellow beam of energy tore through the Normandy's hull and incinerated a small group of crew members instantly. He transformed, in shock as he watched them disappear along with several others who were sucked into the vacuum of space.
"No!" he cried out, vainly reaching his hand out in an attempt to grab them even though he was to far away.
Above, Shepard had finished speaking to Liara, having sent a distress beacon to the Alliance for help.
"Goddammit, Joker!" she screamed as her legs moved her quickly through the wrecked husk of a ship.
Air and steam were spewing out of broken pipes while entire pieces of the metal walls were crumbled up, tossed onto the ground by explosions. She stumbled and was pushed against walls, but Commander Jane Shepard continued to make her way to the cockpit. She opened the door to the CIC and immediately was pushed forward by the suction of space, having all the air in the rest of the Normandy being sucked out.
Her boots managed to magnetize to the ground, allowing her to walk through the void that was outer space. An entire section of the CIC was gone, the ceiling blown off revealing the stars and a nearby planet. The galaxy map was having its own seizure, glitching and flashing with different colored lights as it malfunctioned before going off.
She grabbed the headrest of a chair, throwing it away before moving towards the cockpit. Suddenly, she felt something strike her in the back and found herself face first on the ground. She looked above to see a piece of rubble floating away as a rather large one headed straight for her. Her eyes widened in fear as she began to get up, but her action was needless as a large crimson arm grabbed the piece of the ship, throwing it away.
"Optimus," she sighed in relief as she pushed herself back onto her feet, rubbing the armored pads on her pained legs in an attempt to relieve them. "Thanks."
"No need for thanks, but what is going on?"
"The ship's under attack, some unknown enemy."
"Geth?"
"Don't think so," she replied seconds before walking into the cockpit.
Joker was furiously typing away commands, pressing buttons on the holographic display as the ship continued to fall apart.
"Joker, we need to go! Now!"
"No, I can save her, Commander! I know I can!"
She weighed her options, let him try and save the ship or take him by force. Then she remembered one of Optimus' teachings she had decided to listen to, there was always a third option.
"Joker, the Normandy's gone. There's nothing we can do," she quietly said and he slowly bowed his head, fingers slipping from the ship's controls.
"Alright," he replied after a while and began to get up, delicately doing so as to not break his brittle legs. Suddenly, the display beeped and blinked in alarm, causing Joker to gasp. "Shit! It's coming for another attack run!"
Outside, a large ship, covered in asteroids with a metal ring and poles sticking out of it charged its main cannon, a large circular barrel that had a yellow sphere of crackling energy. It fired and the laser seared straight through the hull of the Normandy, right into Optimus Prime.
"Optimus!" Shepard cried out in worry and fear as he took the full blunt of the attack.
He used his hands to cover his face as the yellow energy blast burned the energy of his overshields out. They dropped and pain immediately overloaded his nerve receptors, causing him to roar in agony.
"Raaaaaaaah!" he bellowed as he pushed himself forward in order to make himself a shield for his human allies.
"Come on, let's go!" Joker shouted, snapping her out of the stupor she fell into.
She grabbed his arm, roughly pulling him up, much to his displeasure before pushing him into the escape pod. She began to climb in, but before her foot could touch the rim of her last hope, the floor gave way. Optimus fell, the blast propelling him out into the dark void as he began to loose consciousness, falling into a stasis lock.
"No!" Shepard cried, but suddenly she to was shot up, the magnetic lock her boots had on the ground giving way to the raw force of the explosion.
Quickly acting, she slammed her fist on the holographic activation button, sealing the pod. Joker screamed and banged on the door, trying to open it for her, but he could only watch through a small slit as she gave her life to save his. It was so fast that her mind didn't register the explosion or the forces pulling her into space before she finally realized it. She floated around, watching the escape pods flee.
She smiled, knowing that she had saved them all. The reserve air tanks in her armor should feed her enough oxygen before the Alliance arrived to rescu-
"What? No!" she screamed as she grabbed the leaking tube that fed her air, trying to keep it from letting oxygen seep out, but it was in vain.
She vaguely glimpsed Optimus' broken, burnt form falling down towards the planet, far more damaged than it was when he crashed onto Freedom's Progress. This time, it was their end.
"Help!"
A small family ran, they kept running from the lights. It was only several hours ago when the ships appeared, large and bulky carrying pirates and slavers. They had come right before dawn, striking when everyone was waking up. The small family managed to get in a vehicle and drive out of the colony, but they had been shot at. With their only means of escape incapacitated, the father took his wife and daughter and ran for the nearby tree line.
The pirates followed in their gunships, flashing lights across their prey and the forest as well as the mountainous region beyond. A single pirate shot, managing to make the husband trip in surprise. Soon the wife and daughter were struggling against the slaver's grips as the father was being prepared for execution.
"No!" they screamed as they aimed their gun, but before a single shot could be fired, something happened.
A loud cracking was heard, the cracking of wood. Everyone turned to stare at the forest as something moved through it. The forest was not known for its animals, only small woodland creatures ventured through it. This particular tree line was dense, very dense and so nothing much could be seen, but brush and tree trunks.
"What is that noise?" a pirate questioned as they stared in confusion.
The gunships aimed their lights on the forest, but saw nothing. They returned their spotlights to the group of men and women on the ground as they themselves pointed the flashlights of their weapons at the trees.
"Wait, what's that?" another asked as their lights gleamed off a metal plate.
It was colored grey, not clear like steel, but darker. They searched around the metal plate, but saw nothing as the brush surrounded it.
"Hey! Over here!" another shouted as they eyed another metal plate.
They continued to find more until one of them gasped, shaking in fear as they saw something above the tree line. Their lights slowly moved up a long metal... something. It was lined with what seemed like wires and large circular devices that seemed to be gears because they slowly rotated. Eventually, the lights arrived at a single burning red sun that was an eye.
Every single pirate and slaver slowly backed up as the creature reared its head, two ruby red eyes burning with primal and savage rage. Releasing a roar, it charged forward at them.
The gunships opened fire as did the pirates, but their weapons had little effect against the creature. It tore them apart, grabbing one in its mouth, another crushed under a three toed foot, and yet another pirate burned alive as it breathed a condensed stream of fire that plumed into a cloud of searing flames and hot smoke.
"Dinosaur!" the little girl of the small family cried out in joy as it tore apart the mean men.
She recognized the prehistoric saurian of her people's home world in its ancient age. The age when giant creatures roamed the land, hunting for meat or vegetation. The family could only watch in fear and awe as the mechanized saurian decimated the pirate forces.
The gunships' weapons were more effective than the simple guns carried by the pirates and slavers. However, to the Cybertronian brute, it did little to effect him as he pounced up and gripped a gunship with his mouth. The dagger like teeth easily sliced through the metal hull and with a mighty chomp, he tore out a chunk of the ship. He breathed another plume of fire and effectively decimated the pirates before turning his attention to the small family.
They cowered under his hungry glare, but the daughter was curious. She got out of her parent's loose grasp and walked up to the robotic dinosaur's head, much to the fear of her parents. They screamed at her, but were to afraid to get her, however, they didn't need to.
Even in this state of pure savage nature, Grimlock could tell the little sparkling was no threat to him nor was she an adequate kill. He vented, letting a small cloud of smoke and a lot of hot air spew out of his mouth before turning at the sound of gunfire. He could hear the colony under attack, but he wasn't going to save it, he was going to raze it.
In been a long time since he had crashed onto this world. He had been able to repair his wounds, but in time he had come to call this world his domain, his kingdom and no one would invade it.
Here we go
The start of ME2
So Optimus is going to get a new body
I'm not sure if I should go with the G1 remodel or the AOE version
I'm leaning towards the G1, but AOE had a pretty awesome look to it
Anyways
I'd love some feedback
So, I'll see you later
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