Transformers: Young Evolution-Part 4: (Meeting Of The Past)
Last we left on this story, Cade Yeager, the Autobots, and their strongest Demigod friends find their home in South Dakota invaded by the TRF, and worse, the Decepticons and their own strong Demigod allies. The heroes had planned for this eventuality, such as the world they all live in, and had engaged the villains their own way, a fierce battle breaks out between Autobots, Decepticons, and Demigods alike, sparks flew and the chaos was high, none were slain, but the Decepticons and their Demigods were forced into a retreat. During this chaos, drones piloted by the TRF were in pursuit of Cade and the Four, along with the special Demigod, little Nei. Once the game of cat and mouse was finished, Charles and Nei were met by Cogman, a Transformer Headmaster of a butler, a crazy one at best, sent by one of the several remaining members of the Order Of Wittwican, telling of how the villains were after Nei the whole time, and that she and Charles are part of a larger grand scheme of the future. Upon accepting his invitation, Charles, Nei, Cade, Bumblebee and a select few Autobots and Demigods accompany Cogman to England to meet with his master, Sir Edmund Burton. However, it wasn't long before the villains caught wind of this, and Megatron orders Chad, Tsubaki, Blitzwing, and a few others led by Barricade to find and capture Nei once they all reach their destination, while Lennox figures this out himself and his commanding officer General Morshower sends him and TRF out to settle this themselves. While still stuck on Cybertron, looking down on the planet next to theirs, Optimus Prime shows concern over his friends and allies on Earth, aware that the worst is yet to come, and like most of the time, sadly, he was right.
Now we find this band of chosen heroes just arriving in England, passing over the famed White Cliffs over the sea side and finally land at a small airstrip. Upon landing, everyone gets off the plane and Cogman leads them for a walk and about ten minutes later they are looking on at this amazing castle from the Medieval times, somewhat crumbled away yet still very livable. Though from a distance they spot a figure walking away from the castle, the figure is Sir Burton himelf, dressed appropriately for this meet-up and smoking a pipe while walking an adorable middle-aged dog, both coming to greet them as they all walk across the castle's big backyard. But still from a distance, a World War One era tank with the name Bulldog on the side suddenly yet slowly rolls up just behind Sir Burton, and fires off a single shell at the group, and hits the ground just four feet close to Bumblebee, surprising most of the others.
"We have guests! What's the matter with you?! Idiot!", shouted Sir Burton at the tank as it transforms into a gray, bulky, and pretty old bot called Bulldog as was written on his side.
"Oh dear, my bits are falling off, I'm far too old for this sort of ordeal", said Bulldog in a British accent as he stretched out and a few parts of his fell off and then proceeds to picking them up. Then Sir Burton proceeds to turn back around and greet them properly.
"HELLO!", shouted Sir Burton with Bulldog tipping his hat as the group was finally closing in on this duo.
"What the hell man?!", exclaimed Rex, in fairness he's right to be upset, anyone would be after getting shot at, even though no one got hurt.
"Don't take this the wrong way mister, but if that's a form of proper greeting we don't know about, it's not a very good one", said Alex kindly as another elderly Transformer shows up on the top of the castle after transforming from an outdated silver and gray/rusted Cold-War Era fighter jet.
"What's all the ruckus down there?! We under attack here?!", shouted the flying bot in some upbeat yet demanding British accent.
"Nothing you needn't concern yourself with Breakaway, back to your business now!", shouted Sir Burton to the flying bot called Breakaway.
"Fine then, if you find yourselves bombarded by a missile salvo an hour later, don't come crying to me!", shouted Breakaway as he struggled with his makeshift cane used from his landing gear before walking off and flying off to the far side of the castle.
"I'll just get back to my post, don't mind me younglings, enjoy your visit", said Bulldog as he picked up the bits of him that fell off and shifted back into tank mode, albeit slowly and hard to watch as Sir Burton leaves the dog in Cogman's care.
"Did we get dragged to some Transformer retirement home or something?", asked Akira.
"Looks that way, too soon to know the whole story though", said Oscar.
"I'm awfully sorry about that. You see, Bulldog here often times thinks it's still the early nineteen hundreds really", said Sir Burton.
"Very sad story matter of fact", added Cogman.
"You could probably say it's a very dreadful case of: ROBOT DEMENTIA, not at all pretty", chuckled Sir Burton as he smoked some more from his pipe, which left most of the others confused and a bit awkward with the guy, understandably though.
"No idea what you're smoking in that pipe mister", said Oscar slightly joking.
"Pretty sure none of us wanna whiff of the old guy's magic tobacco stuff", joked Blurr chiming in.
"Duly noted, Mr. Yeager, pleasure it is to see you again my friend, it's been far too long", said Sir Burton joyfully as he and Cade shook hands.
"Yeah, same to you old timer, don't hug me though, I haven't showered yet and I don't wanna stay smelling like your special tobacco, no offense", said Cade.
"Oh none taken, I get that a lot actually", said Sir Burton.
"Monsieur Burton, good to be back, looking well I see. Have you heard from Lady Vivian lately? I've been hoping to catch up with her again", said Hot Rod as he greeted Sir Burton, who apparently has known him longer than Cade has.
"Pleasure seeing you as well old friend, suffice to say but Ms. Wembly is rather bust at the moment, giving lectures at Oxford University is no small task. Fret not, you'll hear from her soon enough", said Sir Burton.
"Curse my luck then", said Hot Rod a bit disappointed but he won't let that piece of news get him down though.
"Oh Cade, Hot Rod said your girlfriend was called Vivian right? Think she'd want to see you later, she probably misses you", said Nei as Cade looked a little uncomfortable.
"I'll bet, she probably misses their cozy snuggle sessions together", joked Rex.
"Hey we are not getting into this right now", said Cade irritated.
"I really think we should, I wouldn't mind meeting Ms. Wembly now", said Suzy.
"Guys cool it, save it for later", said Charles to help get everyone back on track for a minute.
"Yes I quite agree on that. Now let's have a look at what we've got", said Sir Burton as he took a closer look at Charles and Nei, Nei in particular as the two kids look a little confused and awkward as to what's going on right now.
"Ah yes, you keep a secret for so long, knowing it to be true and yet, deep down inside, you begin to wonder: 'has my life been wasted?' Have you ever thought about it that way Mr. Rodgers?", asked Sir Burton with Charles looking a bit surprised same with Nei.
"Just Charles sir, sorry but I don't think we came all this way for riddles", said Charles.
"Yes but you want to know don't you young man? Why you and Ms. Nei here matter so much? Am I right?", asked Sir Burton with Charles looking a bit dumfounded.
"You okay Charles?", asked Nei showing concern for her friend, then before Charles could get anything out of his mouth, the sound of footsteps approaching from behind.
"Ah, I do so love perfect timing", said Sir Burton as two sharply dressed youngsters came from behind and gave proper greetings. A 14-year-old boy with black hair and brown eyes, dressed like a butler, named Trenton Gould, the girl, a year younger than him, red hair and green eyes, dressed like a maid and wearing glasses, her name is Lexi Bell.
"Sir Burton, I presume these people are our guests?", asked Trenton.
"You presume correctly Trenton, everyone meet adopted siblings Trenton Gould, and Lexi Bell. Both Demigods who possess super speed, and caretakers of the castle who are under the tutelage of Cogman, and if I do say so myself they do a very banging job indeed", said Sir Burton as he introduced the duo to the others.
"Vexing little devils I must say, very frustrating to deal with honestly", said Cogman rudely.
"Pleasure to see you as well Teacher, though it pains me so", said Trenton disappointed.
"Enough of that, come inside everyone! We've got some tasty refreshments prepared for your arrival", said Lexi joyfully.
"Quite right Lexi, come along now everyone, we have much to discuss", said Sir Burton as he leads everyone into the castle, and not too long later, they're all seated and gathered in this grand study, no doubt meant for Sir Burton himself, which blows those first visiting this place out of the water. Upon everyone being seated and Sir Burton standing close to his desk, Cogman, Trenton, and Lexi work to make sure there's a cup of tea and some sweets for their enjoyment, though Cogman only does this for Charles and Nei, since they're of most importance, nothing for Bumblebee, Hot Rod, and Blurr for obvious reasons, while Trenton and Lexi put their speed on display as Cade and all the others find themselves with something faster than they could even utter a word at all.
"Please enjoy your refreshments sir and madams", said Trenton while still looking a bit moody like he did outside.
"Thank you! But is something wrong? You look like you're in a bad mood, not that it's any of my business", said a nervous Mike.
"No, I'm perfectly fine, this is how I always look", said Trenton in a stern manner which didn't really help at all.
"Well if you say so, which reminds me, you two have remarkable speed, a friend of ours back home actually has the same power as you, and he's pretty good too", said Sarah after she sipped her tea.
"That's wonderful! I'd love to meet him", said Lexi.
"Not to brag, but I'm quite the speedster myself too you know, if you two are interested I could race you, see if it's anything compared to me", said Blurr with some bravado.
"I'd love that actually, sounds splendid! Trenton, fancy a race with this one? It'd be lots of fun", said Lexi giddy with joy, though Trenton doesn't look as interested in this idea Blurr has to offer.
"To this day Lexi, our definitions of 'fun' are nowhere near the same, I'll pass thanks", said Trenton simply.
"Ouch, a simple no would've been enough kid" said Blurr a bit hurt by that refusal.
"Sorry about that, Trenton's always so moody, in his defense it does suit him quite nicely", said Lexi.
"You don't need to defend me Lexi, I'm used to that by now. Anyhow, Lexi and I were out and about when Mr. Yeager first visited so we're not quite familiar with him. You're the inventor from Texas we've heard about?", asked Trenton.
"That I am, and before you go probing me about it, I've invented loads of stuff you don't know yet, patents are pending and stuff", explained Cade.
"Oh", said Trenton and Lexi in unison, which baffles Cade a bit while offending him, like he's no stranger to this kind of talk.
"This again? Let me tell ya kids this ain't my first rodeo, I can go 'oh' too you know. Like 'oh I'm so great 'cause I'm British and shit like that'. Guess what we can't all be snobby butler brats like you in case you didn't notice", said Cade ranting as Trenton and Lexi look casual about this like it doesn't mean too much, yet Cogman looks aggravated about this, clearly he doesn't like others trampling on his students/fellow caretakers. This is further examined when Cogman surprises all but Trenton, Lexi, and Sir Burton when he dashes right at Cade, leaps onto him thus making him fall back in his chair and proceeds to strangle him severely.
"Shall I take his head off you two?", asked Cogman kindly as the three aforementioned treat this like it's nothing while everyone else are too stunned to move and stop this.
"Oh no, this isn't a big deal or anything Teacher, no harm no foul", said Lexi casually.
"It's very tempting, but you forget we can easily defend our own honor", said Trenton casually as well, while Cade looked to start losing consciousness as Cogman continues choking him.
"Ah yes but I do so very much want to CRUSH his windpipe!", shouted Cogman like a lunatic as his head spins like an owl.
"Control Cogman, you must learn to control that impulse of yours. Channel it into other things of significant importance", said Sir Burton as Cogman looks disappointed and releases his hold on Cade and the guy catches his breath once again.
"YES Master, like making beds, or cooking food, or polishing the silver. I am TRYING My Lord", said Cogman as he casually helped flip Cade, still in his chair, in the upright position.
"Okay, well that just happened", said Alex as he and the others finally collect themselves.
"Terribly sorry you children had to see that, Cogman is a Headmaster, very rare breed of Transformer that literally become the heads of compatible Transformers granting them a great power boost, though depending on the host, the Headmaster will often adopt the traits of whoever they bond with", explained Sir Burton.
"If that's the case, then he was partnered up with a Decepticon before huh? Sorry Cogman, but whatever happened to your old partner?", asked Alex.
"Oh he's dead, ripped him apart piece by piece, be thankful you've never seen a sight like that, quite grisly I assure you. Not like he deserved mourning, the bot was a dreadful fellow, my only regret was rushing about the whole murder", said Cogman casually as Alex tensed up a bit.
"Good to know, glad that's cleared up", said Alex followed by a nervous chuckle.
"(deep breaths) Told you, that dude's disturbed, serious split personality kind of thing", said Cade as he was still regaining his composure then quickly turns back to Cogman for a second, who casually waves to him.
"Okay, so why are we here again? And what does this have to do with Nei and me?", asked Charles.
"I kinda wanna know too mister. If it means making sure my friends are safe I'll listen", said Nei.
"Nei…", said Charles with concern for Nei as much as she has for the others.
"Quite right, proper introductions are in order I believe. For the majority of you who've only just met me, my name is Sir Edmund Burton, twelfth Earl of Folgan, one of the last surviving members of the Order of Wittwicans. We have much to show you, follow me", said Sir Burton as he leads everyone out the study, then slowly through this dining room with portraits of various figures lined up high on the wall to the left.
"Cogman, Glass 17C is missing from the table, did you break it?", asked Sir Burton.
"(sighs) I've been a butler to the aristocracy for seven centuries and you are by far the WORST I've ever worked for!", shouted Cogman in frustration.
"So he did break the glass set then?", asked Suzy.
"Indeed", said Lexi cheerfully.
"Pretty much", said Trenton agreeing casually.
"Bloody turncoats", said Cogman rudely.
"It's crazy this whole place is still running with THIS dude taking care of the place", said Rex
"Worry not young man, you won't live long enough to regret meeting me", said Cogman in a threatening manner.
"I'll take you anytime you looney bot", threatened Rex.
"Alright can it already, this is important", said Suzy.
"Thank you miss", said Cogman as Rex reluctantly listens to Suzy.
"Now these are all my predecessors, they're all Folgans, many of which were uncouth or raving mad, almost hard to believe we're all related to begin with", said Sir Burton as he showed the others those portraits of his family, followed by leading them all this this much larger study, filled to the brim with so much history relating to Transformers and their relationship with the human race, even some stuff revolving around humans bond with the Demigods despite their existence lasting only more than half a century so far, those new to this place were stunned with all this lore, even those who normally don't care much about ancient history and such. Then Suzy notices a marvelous gold pocket watch in a glass case sitting on a desk, but something was strange about that set up.
"Neat watch, but what's with the bullet holes?", asked Suzy as she closely inspected the watch, only to be startled when the watch reveals tiny beady red eyes, several little claws, and a small laser hole.
"Ah ah! No, nasty little critter, no no no. Careful there, that's the watch that killed Hitler, best keep that in mind", warned Sir Burton as he took the case from Suzy and rested it back on the desk.
"Right, I'll keep my hands to myself then, thanks", said Suzy a bit taken back.
"Back to business, these are all the Wittwicans. In our halcyon days we were quite the club to be a part of. Brilliant minds, artists, scientists, explorers, world leaders, Renaissance thrill seekers, the works. Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Catherine The Great just to name a few. They and all other historical figures you can name all belonged to a secret society you see, all united to one cause: to protect the secret history of Transformers, here on Earth, and as of the mid-1940s, Demigods have been included as well", explained Sir Burton as almost everyone minus Cade, Bumblebee, and Hot Rod, were quite astonished with something this big that's been hiding under the noses of the people for generations.
"I'm hoping I'm not the only one blown away by all of this", said Alex stunned.
"Don't worry dude, you're not alone in that department", said Oscar.
"Glad you're impressed, yet there's more. Over here, is the Wittwican family tree, Merlin, Viviana, goes back forty generations. And my own family had some…small part in all this", explained Sir Burton as he showed everyone this big board depicting said family tree, but some had noticed easily the look and sound of Sir Burton when he brought up his own family, clearly a delicate subject.
"ZB-7. Hey, that looks just like Bee", said Charles as he examined a portrait of what looks to be Bumblebee dating back to World War Two, and yes, his R-Mode looks appropriate to that time period, then Sir Burton joins him to tell more.
"It is, Bumblebee was attached to the Devil's Brigade, a rather vicious military unit, him and Hot Rod both. Helped turn the tide of war you know", explained Sir Burton as we're treated to a brief flashback delving into Bumblebee's very violent past on Earth. This is during World War Two, obviously, we find ourselves in front of this impressive looking complex hosting a party for some aristocratic supporters and guests of the Nazi Regime, security in front is rather robust, but that wouldn't matter in a matter of minutes. A small military convoy shows up, passes through the front gates then slowly stops for inspection. A host walks up to the driver of the lead car and speaks with him.
"Ah good evening gentlemen, I trust you have an invitation from us I assume", said the host in a German accent. A couple seconds of silence pass before the driver speaks.
"We're not invited", said the man in an American accent before one of the soldiers in the car leaps up and starts shooting and the host fumbles and runs away in fear. The Nazi soldiers scramble to deal with this opposition, but a few of them were taken by surprise by how quickly and ruthlessly the American soldiers got out of their two vehicles and started gunning down any Nazis they could get in their sights. The Nazis no doubt believed they could easily wipe out a small strike team, they would be proven wrong as the lead gray car transforms, rolls forward, and it's revealed to by Bumblebee, with the truck behind him transforming into Hot Rod. As he gets back on his feet, Bumblebee, armed with dual heavy four-barreled blasters, starts opening fire on the enemy, with Hot Rod arming himself with dual rapid-fire assault guns and joins him. The Nazis try to fight back but find themselves easily overwhelmed by this surprise firepower and help, as the Autobot duo and their American allies go about and shoot up the place.
"Take this! And some of this!", shouted Hot Rod as some guests and soldiers flee from the battle, and during the chaos, Bumblebee even ditches his guns and pulls out a war hammer from his back and starts smashing up the place, ever adding to the carnage. We're taken back to the present day, with Charles a bit taken back to what Sir Burton told him while he tried to picture that kind of scenario.
"Bee?", asked Charles simply.
"That's right", said Sir Burton in response as Charles looks to Bumblebee, who's fiddling around with that dog from earlier, than reverts his attention back to Sir Burton.
"But Bee's so nice", said Charles in slight denial, but he knew well there was no lie involved.
"Behind the lines during the war, they called Bumblebee many things, 'nice' was never one of them", said Sir Burton with a simple stern look on his face as Charles was still a bit stunned with this, then Nei shows up and Charles let's her hold his hand, and casually leads her away from the portrait, prefer he doesn't let her know of the vicious side of Bumblebee from days long gone, and Sir Burton can understand this choice. Now he leads them all to this other room focusing on the start of the society itself.
"See it all began in 484 A.D., when King Arthur, and his wizard Merlin, stared down and vanquished the Saxon Hordes at Mount Badon. That's his sword and his mace right there", said Sir Burton as he pointed out said weaponry on the table.
"This stuff could sell for millions maybe", said Rex with a greedy look in his eyes.
"Don't even try it genius", said Suzy trying to knock some sense into her friend.
"She's right, make a move and you'll never leave this place intact", threatened Trenton.
"You guys say I got no funny bone. Last thing I want is sta. Last thing I want is staying in the same room as that psychopath robo-butler hanging around here", said Rex frustrated.
"I prefer the term 'sociopath' in truth", said Cogman correcting the boy.
"That's not helping", said Suzy.
Then Sir Burton leads them all across the castle to this much older part of it all as Cogman, Trenton, and Lexi go and light up a few candles for everyone to have a better look at what lies in front of them: a giant room filled with even more history than expected, but what's in the center of this room is even more impressive.
"This place, was built around the original Round Table. Percival, Gawain, Tristan, Lancelot, and King Arthur himself. They sat right here, twelve in all. Behind them, sat the twelve Guardian Knights, who came from Cybertron. Twelve alien knights, who saw in Camelot, what the human race could be, at its finest: a race of honor", explained Sir Burton as most of the group were in pure awe of what they're seeing and hearing, suddenly amplified by some pipe organ music, then everyone realized it's getting louder, then they all turn to find Cogman up on a upper floor, playing said pipe organ to his heart's content, while a few, like Sir Burton, weren't so moved by this act.
"Cogman!", shouted Sir Burton as Cogman halted quicker than expected, "You ruined the moment again".
"I was making the moment more…epic", said Cogman in his defense.
"Just be quiet. Honestly, if I could find his neck I could strangle him", said Sir Burton upset with that behavior before he gets right down to why Charles and Nei matter so much in all this as he points to them and the others a small special mural that Trenton and Lexi pulled out from behind one of the columns. The mural seems to depict these two small figures, child sized no less, and some rays hitting a round shape, no doubt meant to represent Cybertron.
"Are those supposed to be…us?", asked Nei as she laid her free hand onto the stone slab.
"In a manner of speaking, it is. This was foretold by the Guardian Knights, as if they foresaw the coming existence of the Demigods, that one day, one Demigod with untold healing gifts would stand above all others, and under the protection of her own knight, one who is not of Cybertronian or Demigod origin, would aid her in her mission to bring life back to Cybertron itself, to truly decide the future of all Transformer existence. So it would appear, Mr. Rodgers, and Ms. Takemago, that she is the sole Demigod, and he, is that knight", explained Sir Burton as Charles and Nei look in awe of what this tells of their roles in all this.
"I'm supposed, to save the world?", asked Nei.
"And I'm supposed to be this knight that these Guardian Knights were looking for a long time ago?", asked Charles like he's in slight denial.
"No, not you specifically. An ordinary boring little boy from the state of Utah, no Heaven forbid", said Sir Burton as everyone noticed a rising opera note, and it's Cogman, trying miserably to make the moment epic once again, though some aren't so pleased.
"Stop it!", shouted Sir Burton in frustration as Cogman put a sudden halt to his song.
"What?", asked Cogman as his arms drop in disappointment, and everyone else are finding the moment more awkward than epic.
"You know if you don't stop that at once, I'll send you back to Cybertron, in a little tiny box", threatened Sir Burton.
"Oh scary", said Cogman sarcastically as he came down from the balcony.
"I'm not some boring kid", said Charles in a slight upset manner.
"No they refer to the qualities of a knight, Trenton please?", asked Sir Burton.
"Yes sir, qualities of a knight include purity of heart, valor, honor, virtue, integrity", stated Trenton casually.
"Yeah, I have those sure", said Charles casually. Lexi is just joyful like always, but Trenton looks unimpressed.
"Oh most importantly, is he chaste?", asked Sir Burton.
"Chased? Sir me and my friends were getting chased when your little weirdo butler brought us all on the plane", stated Charles.
"Actually it's chaste, C-H-A-S-T-E. 'T'. Celibate actually", stated Lexi.
"Yeah I was making a joke, I got what he said", said Charles.
"Sure you did", said Trenton.
"No whoopee Mr. Rodgers?", asked Sir Burton.
"I don't do that much", said Charles.
"It's true, it's a rarity, even for him", said Suzy.
"Then when was the last time then?", asked Trenton.
"None of your business pal", said Charles firmly.
"Well we need to ask you the question", said Trenton pushing Charles for some answer.
"Not much", said Charles firmly once again.
"Oh", said Trenton simply.
"Oh", said Sir Burton.
"Hey hey, you gave me that 'oh' stuff the first time I came here, don't annoy the kid here with any of that", stated Cade.
"Fair enough", said Trenton as he backed off with no remorse, yet Lexi gave off a nervous laugh for good reason.
"Sorry to interrupt, but there's still the matter of us getting to Cybertron, even if we had the right ship, that barrier that's engulfed the whole planet won't let anything or anyone in, and so far no word on Optimus Prime being able to shut it down, from what we've been told anyway", explained Alex.
"Ah, but, there are ways that even the witch Quintessa could not foresee. Over here just on the lower part of the mural, this strange platform, most likely depicting some sort of teleportation device, the first true Space-Bridge, I've been told of one such version of said technology, but let's save that for another time. Now, its current location is unknown, but I have a source who's looking into it as we speak", explained Sir Burton.
"We have a problem though, Megatron was after the kid, he knew about her this whole time", said Cade.
"Then the ultimate battle is upon us, and if Megatron was already after the child, most likely he has his own means of reaching Cybertron", said Sir Burton grimly as this weighs heavily on everyone present in this meeting regarding one very crazy prophecy.
"Then if that dude gets his way, we're screwed, right?", asked Rex pointing out the obvious.
"I for one really don't the idea of getting blown up over this", said Mike nervously.
"This is all still pretty crazy, and I don't think I'll be able to understand all of this, but I do know that I promised to watch out for Nei even if I'm no super powered guy. I'm not gonna leave her alone", stated Charles being his stubborn yet noble self, though Nei had something else she'd like to say in this matter.
"I wanna help Charles too, like he helped me, and I wanna help everyone else. I want everyone to stop fighting too much and get along, if we do this, then everyone will wanna live together and be happy. So I'm gonna do what I have to, so everyone can be happy", said Nei firmly, and Charles looked proud of her deeply.
"Very touching, crudely naïve, but touching", said Cogman.
"Touching or not, this is still way above our level, we can't just head straight into this expecting things to work our way without trouble in our faces", said Suzy trying to be some voice of reason.
"'Two worlds collide, only one survives', those were Miss Vivian's words exactly, but Ms. Takemago is the living key to Cybertron's future, and that of all Transformers. You bunch play this right, both Earth AND Cybertron will be allowed to live. Time is short and everyone's future is at stake, which means you'd better get cracking, NOW", said Sir Burton firmly as a satellite holds a downward view of the castle.
"TRF, surround the castle, and lock it down", said a British officer over a comm-link. Then suddenly a small fleet of police cars and TRF trucks come rushing at the castle.
"Everyone! MI6 and TRF are here! Time to vacate the premises!", shouted Cogman as he darted through the castle.
"Move it! Cogman, Trenton, Lexi, you're with me, need to check in on our source to find that Space Bridge! Everyone else, split up and don't let them catch/kill any or all of you, whichever comes first", said Sir Burton as everyone scrambled to get out of there.
"Who put that old man in charge anyway?", asked Akira rudely.
"Like you could do a better job, that, and he is an Earl after all", said Oscar teasing him a little.
"Not funny dude", said Akira as they all rushed out of there. The cars were coming in hot and fast, escape without violence would be tricky, though some don't really see it that way.
"Decoy car is ready?", asked Sir Burton as he leads everyone out the castle.
"Fueled up and ready to roll sir", said Lexi joyfully.
"Hurry along now", said Trenton as the authorities start pouring in, and as Bumblebee, Hot Rod, and Blurr were about to grow and shift into V-Mode, Breakaway and Bulldog step in briefly.
"Not so fast there youngsters, we'll hold them off", said Bulldog after rolling in as a tank and shifting to R-Mode, sounding as if he's starting to fall back asleep. Breakaway lands beside him after flying on the spot in his V-Mode and shifting to R-Mode.
"All due respect old-timers, but even these guys seem way out of your league", said Blurr jokingly.
"Complete balderdash! We're no longer in our heyday, but we've got more than enough juice to send these sissies straight to Kingdom Come!", shouted Breakaway as Bulldog tries to fire dual rockets from his shoulders but rather he loses his balance and falls on his back after some more little bits of him fall off his body.
"I knew I should've stayed asleep", said Bulldog regretfully as he did just that, though Breakaway feels a bit silly thanks to his partner.
"No worries boys, I'll handle this, the true scourge of the skies", said Breakaway proudly as he tries to hover and shoot away with a small musket-shaped laser he grabs from his right thigh, but sadly he loses control, flies and shoots all over the place before hitting the side of the castle, lying in the rubble in agony, "On second thought, we'll leave the rest to you kiddos, good luck!"
"I actually feel bad for those two", said Bumblebee.
"It was their own fault though", said Oscar.
"Alright everyone group up, stay in your groups at all times, and DON'T GET CAUGHT, let's go!", shouted Cade as he, Charles, Nei, Alex, and Sarah got inside Bumblebee, after he shifted into V-Mode that is, while Akira and Oscar ride with Blurr. Then once they've entered the compound, the officers scrambled out of their vehicles quickly and aimed their special weapons t the group, but too little too late though.
"Stop the time!", shouted Hot Rod as he quickly drew his Time-Gun and one huge blast was all it took to engulf all those men in a bubble of slow motion falling and flying everywhere.
"Ha! Einstein would've been tickled pink!", shouted Cogman jokingly as he messed with the time bubble getting a closer look before Hot Rod transformed and had Suzy, Rex, and Mike hop in, "Quickly this way! Hurry hurry!"
The three Autobots and their companions drive past the time bubble and out the gate.
"Shotgun! I call shotgun!", shouted Cogman as he ran up to the decoy car Sir Burton, Trenton and Lexi were riding in and took over. The chase was on as the group rushed out of the castle grounds, meanwhile we find Lennox and his team arriving in the U.K. via helicopter after landing on an Air Carrier Vessel. Upon landing, Lennox, Santos, and their team rush inside the main deck to better understand the situation.
"This is Santos, Team Leader USA, what you got?", asked Santos, meanwhile we go back to the group of heroes speeding into London, with a black helicopter keeping watch as best as possible.
"TRF airship on the way", said the pilot as the chopper flies away, then we get some more police cars rushing about trying to catch them, and while the heroes are on the move, Sir Burton, in his decoy car along with Cogman, Trenton, and Lexi, makes a quick call.
"I can't wait to hear from that man, he's always a funny one he is", said Lexi as cheerful as one can be at a time like this.
"Think he'll manage to send us the right way in time sir?", asked Trenton sounding like he doesn't like this person of interest at all.
"Well for his sake, he'd better", said Sir Burton firmly as the scene quickly shifts to Cuba, the same place, along with Japan, that freely welcomes any and all Transformers and Demigods. Standing next to a payphone, sporting a goatee and dressed like he's on vacation, short gray hair, most likely in his late forties or mid-fifties, is former Agent Seymour Simmons. Simmons was once a high-ranking agent of a secret Government agency called Sector Seven, but upon official debut of the Transformers and Demigods nearly two decades ago, the agency was disbanded, and Simmons dropped off the grid, but held strong to his paranoia and investigative ways regarding all things Transformers and Demigods alike, and thanks to his efforts, he's earned a place among the several remaining members of the Order.
"Brother Simmons, it's been quite some time, I hope you've been well", said Sir Burton over the phone, but Simmons doesn't look like he's at all happy about this.
"I got a call from a very innate janitor at Trinity Library, you're late", said Simmons frustrated.
"We are, as they say, in a bit of a pickle", said Sir Burton over the phone, Simmons still not happy here.
"Do not mess with me Brother! It's hot, and I am on a very short fuse!", shouted Simmons as he pulled off his sunglasses with a fiery look in his eyes. Then the decoy car stops close to this alleyway and Sir Burton steps out quickly.
"Quick, get to the library! This chasing is stressing me out!", shouted Cogman as he drives off for a bit while Sir Burton runs off. Moments later, he's stepping into the beautiful Trinity Library, trying to call Simmons again, to get a better understanding of this book he needs to find.
"Come on come on. Answer me, come on", mumbled Sir Burton to himself as he entered the library while on the phone, then Simmons walks over to the ringing phone after pacing for a bit, "Damn you! Tell me where it is already!"
"About time, this is big enough as is, and believe me, I've come across some big things in the past I'd like to discuss with you and the others", said Simmons as we go back to the massive library with Sir Burton.
"Enough of that right now, just get on with it and tell me where to find that infernal book already", demanded Sir Burton without causing a scene.
"Stack six, row C. Hurry man, that book won't last another day!", rushed Simmons as Sir Burton hurried along to his destination.
"I'm going I'm going, it's always been so confusing talking to you!", shouted Sir Burton as he went from row to row to find the book, then we go back to Simmons and we find a kid paired up with some former Autobot in human size, blue but with a bearded head that doesn't look like his, calls himself Volleybot, yeah you read that right, I don't believe it either. Seems like they're waiting on Simmons since Volleybot's bouncing a rubber ball.
"Come on Simmons, you said no work today. Let's get your pale-ass legs and go to the beach already!", shouted Volleybot messing with the ball, but the guy wasn't ready just yet.
"I'm working here alright?! Five minutes I swear!", shouted Simmons at the bot after he covers the phone quickly.
"You always say 'five minutes', that means 'no'", said Volleybot in an upset manner.
"Just go get Rodrigo and Julio and get the fricking game started", said Simmons.
"I hate Rodrigo man!", shouted Volleybot in frustration.
"I'll set and bump with you guys in ten minutes, okay? Come on, I'm in the middle of something", said Simmons before getting back to Sir Burton, who was looking through the book already, this book contained much recorded documents surrounding whatever the Guardian Knights shared with humanity back when they first arrived on Earth. One section speaks of the previous event regarding the destruction of Earth, which turned out to be Unicron, or Cybertron itself. The section Sir Burton is focusing on, is in regards to the prophecy involving those two kids, and how to get to Cybertron and around Quintessa's failsafe barrier.
"Okay back, they knew way back in the Dark Ages that something like this would happen. The Knights wanted to prepare for the eventual possibility that Quintessa would up and close the main gates on them and anyone who wanted to set foot on Cybertron, friend and foe alike. But they knew her too well, someone as high and mighty as her would take any precautions but would be so CHOCK-FULL of hubris and arrogance, that she'd never even think of anyone sneaking in through some hidden back-door", explained Simmons as Sir Burton looks through those pictures and passages surrounding the prophecy.
"Wow. These markings, the Space Bridge again. As suspected, the two champions will use this doorway, to sneak past Quintessa's spell, and make their way to Cybertron. I have no clue what these numbers indicate though", said Sir Burton as he ripped that page out the book for reference before making his way out the library, where the two butlers and maid were waiting for him.
"Come on, come on", said Cogman rushing Sir Burton in as he hops in the car and they head out.
"Tell me where it goes down", said Sir Burton over the phone as Simmons uses his smartphone for this part.
"Just sent it to you, those numbers? Turns out to be some type of coordinates, which lead somewhere in the Atlantic, far from Europe. There's some islands there but the coordinates literally lead in the ocean, you're on your own there", explained Simmons as Sir Burton activates a map on a touch screen and looks closely before Trenton steps in.
"I believe I know of a way, I believe we know of the means hidden here in London", said Trenton.
"Oh that's it! The Royal Navy Museum!", cheered Lexi.
"Pure genius", said Cogman.
"Royal Navy Museum? That's it! We have to inform the others right away", said Sir Burton as he looked at the map again.
"Shame no one outside the Order would believe even if I brought it right in their face. You're the man behind the man, figure something out", said Simmons a bit relieved and sad at once.
"I'll handle this. Thank you for your services Brother Simmons, I'll inform our fellow Wittwicans of the role you played in our survival", said Sir Burton.
"Feels good having a brother, good luck, and don't die so hard", said Simmons as he hung up, looking refreshed having done his deed, then gets his game-face on for another task-at-hand, "Beach time! Ready? Let's go!"
After that, Sir Burton then makes a call to Cade, to inform him of what they learned.
"Yeah?", asked Cade answering his phone.
"I know where to look now, but first, get to the Royal Navy Museum at once", said Sir Burton over the phone.
"We got it, see you there", said Cade before hanging up, then Sir Burton and his escort stop before this little spot with a red sports car waiting for them.
"My lord, TRF is on our tail", said Cogman as they got out the car.
"Why'd you park the decoy car so far away?", asked Sir Burton.
"Oh you are a fuss-pot!", shouted Cogman as they all hopped in the car and drove off like the wind, or something.
"Don't let us get caught, Cogman", said Sir Burton as he rides shotgun, Trenton and Lexi get in the back, and Cogman drives, again.
"My specialty, my lord", said Cogman as they drove into London, but a TRF helicopter was on them, so it wasn't long before they found themselves chased again. As expected, those four found themselves quickly bombarded with several British police and TRF cars, both parties swerving to avoid civilian cars and civilians in the streets, Cogman even goes as far as trick some police cars to crash right into some civilian cars, quite a mess.
"Damn, you know you don't have to kill people, Teacher", said Trenton casually as they drive down this narrow street, with still plenty cars on their six.
"Which reminds me sir, Agnes called not long ago. Wondered if you were available for a bit of a snuggle this evening", said Lexi looking through this schedule she just so happened to have on her.
"I'd love to snuggle with Agnes, do I look available?", asked Sir Burton sarcastically.
"I'll tell her to wait another time then", said Lexi casually as the cars all get out the narrow space, not too long after, one TRF car tries to ram the red car, but hits a police car by accident.
"Kamikaze pilot, ha!", shouted Sir Burton jokingly.
"Move bitch, get out of my way! Move bitch, get out of my way!", shouted Cogman like a lunatic. As that goes on, on the other side of London, it didn't take long for the heroes to find trouble afoot as well, with cops and TRF catching up to them as they drive through a park.
"Bee, me and Blurr are gonna divert the cops! Good luck!", shouted Hot Rod as he and Blurr do what they intend and not long when most of the authorities start focusing on them.
"Hang on dude, I'll take my share of the blame here", said Blurr as he got half of those cars chasing him down this other street, while Bumblebee and those inside him quickly find trouble again, but it's much worse.
"Hey guys, no pressure but we got Decepticons on us", said Bumblebee.
"What do you mean 'Decepticons'?", asked Cade as he got his answer quick, they already spot Barricade and Stinger chasing them and getting past the police.
"Yo Bee! Hope you didn't think we'd let ya off the hook that easily, because it sucks to be you!", shouted Stinger.
"Focus on the job and get them already", said Barricade as they push through the cars in their way.
"Hang on guys, this is where things get intense", said Cade.
"More intense probably", said Charles a bit nervous, as Bumblebee makes a quick and hard 180 spin to throw one police car off balance and make it flip and crash, but Barricade is very much used to being in V-Mode for long periods, moving around like a car is as natural for him as it is in R-Mode, after that, Barricade tries to close the gap while Stinger hangs back a bit to let his passengers, Chad and Tsubaki, do their thing.
"You two, slow them down", demanded Barricade.
"Alright guys, that's your cue, go nuts", said Stinger gladly.
"Mind if I do the shooting? Been awhile since I had this kind of fun", said Tsubaki as her right hand lit up.
"Nah, do what you want, not my call", said Chad as Tsubaki rolls down the window and tries to take some shots at Bumblebee, but at the speeds their moving at, not to mention all the twists and turns they're all doing, most of her neon blasts miss their mark, and the few that do hit barely hurt. The scene then shifts to the red car with Sir Burton and his escort, the police begin to surround their quarry, and escape is looking to be all the more difficult.
"Goddamn they're all around us and I just have SO MUCH ROAD RAGE!", shouted Cogman as he punched the horn to the steering wheel.
"Actualize the rage! That's it!", shouted Sir Burton as the cars closed in.
"Oh you want some?! Come and get it!", shouted Cogman at the police while Sir Burton rudely and playfully flips off at the car on his side.
"Cogman! Blast them!", shouted Sir Burton.
"With pleasure my lord", said Cogman as he sticks his head out the window, opens that mouthpiece of his with a rocket coming out, and fires it at the underbelly of a car behind them before closing it up and focusing on driving, making that car flip over and on its side, making it skid right behind the red car, and as the red car passes through this small passageway, the skidding car winds up blocking the path, making the other cars stop in their tracks, and Sir Burton looks giddy with joy, same with Lexi, while Trenton looks casual about this.
"Good boy!", shouted Sir Burton with joy, but while those four has the authorities off their backs for now, the others are still having trouble, while Hot Rod still some police chasing him, Blurr manages to give his pursuers the slips, but as he reaches this wide open space called Piccadilly Circus, where a black water-fountain looking piece of art with a fairy decorating the top, he and his passengers, Oscar and Akira, are about to wind up in a world of hurt.
"Think we're in the clear now?", asked Akira.
"Don't know, too soon to tell", said Oscar.
"Quit your worrying you two, cops can't find us now, just gotta meet the others at this Navy Museum and the rest is open sailing", said Blurr confidently right before a rocket came from the sky and sends Blurr flying upward for a bit, forcing him to shift into R-Mode and the two boys come right out, and they all hit the ground fast and hard, fortunately for them the area was mostly empty today so it didn't take long for those around to evacuate. As they try to recover from that painful fall, a desert-colored jet comes out of the sky and it's Blitzwing, who quickly shifts into R-Mode himself and makes a hard landing in front of Blurr, and with some fiery look in his visor as well.
"Hey Blitzwing, crazy meeting up here huh? (nervous chuckle)", said Blurr looking up at the furious Decepticon who wastes no time pummeling the cocky Autobot.
"THERE YOU ARE, YOU SON OF A BITCH. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!", yelled Blitzwing in absolute fury as he effortlessly grabs Blurr by the torso, spins him around a bit and slams him back into the ground hard. Meanwhile, the two boys were recovering themselves only to find Blitzwing's companions: Dai and Max, looking awfully pleased with this turn of events.
"Great, just what we need right now. Don't suppose you guys wanna talk this out maybe?", asked Oscar after he and Akira got back in their feet.
"Afraid that's out of the question, the boss wants the girl, and the rest of you are practically cannon fodder. Besides, I was getting a kick out of that brawl back in the States, been waiting to pick up where we left off", said Dai with confidence.
"Figured as much, worth a shot though", said Oscar in slight disappointment.
"Hey Dai you probably wanna fight the kid with the hard skin right? Can we switch? I wanna fight someone who can take my light", said Max happily.
"No arguments here", said Dai.
"I'm standing right here you know!", shouted Akira in frustration.
"Don't bother complaining Akira, they've obviously made up their minds, best to just go with it", said Oscar.
"Don't tell me what to do, let's just show them who's boss", declared Akira as Max lights up with joy, literally, before taking a shot at Oscar, who was able to harden his skin in time so he's simply knocked away a bit, but damage was very minimal so he gets back up quick, then Max charges at him full force and almost hits him with a shockwave, but then Oscar moves to close the gap and throws a flurry of punches at Max, who mimics his moves by engulfing his arms in light and both warriors connect their punches at a fast rate, then they break the tie with Oscar smashing the ground hard enough to send some debris at Max, but he surrounds himself in a light field thus wiping it all out.
"This is fun!", shouted Max.
"Not what I'd call fun", said Oscar as they engage once again.
During this, Dai darts at Akira, who summons a mini tornado to block his field of vision, but this doesn't deter him much as he pushes Akira away, but he breaks his fall with his own wind and tries to swing at Dai with two long whip-like cyclones from his arms, but the laid back teenager just keeps zipping back and forth and side to side, avoiding the attacks.
"Not so easy when someone's faster than you I bet", said Dai jokingly.
"(grunts) Just you wait you jerk", said Akira in frustration. Meanwhile Blurr finds himself thrown against that street art before Blitzwing presses him against it harder and gets in his face.
"This is for dropping a cliff-side on my face!", shouted Blitzwing as he readied a Taser-fist and takes a couple swings at Blurr, who doesn't find this too pleasing, but the bot he's facing has one of the worst tempers imaginable, so he knows exactly how to get him to do all the work for him.
"Seriously, punches like that, they'd tickle a turtle easy! Matter of fact, I bet a turtle, no better yet, a SLOTH would hit harder than you", teased Blurr as the red glow in Blitzwing's visor glowed brighter.
"Go ahead and laugh it up while you can you rotten little shit, not gonna do much laughing when you're nothing but smoldering burnt scrap!", shouted Blitzwing as he readied another punch and swung hard, but Blurr got him to lose focus long enough to move his head to the right, dodging it, then head-butting the big guy hard enough to make him lose a bit of balance before unleashing a flurry of fast punches to the torso, followed by a spinning kick in the face. Blurr was feeling pretty proud of himself, but that moment faded a bit when Blitzwing, more furious than before, shifted into a tank, and readied to fire his turret at his target, but Blurr, cocky as he is, knew full well what his job was, so rather than let himself or bystanders get hurt, he'd leap onto the top of Blitzwing, and pull the shaft of the turret with enough force to make it go upward right before he fired a few shots into the air. Blitzwing then shifts into R-Mode quickly and Blurr was able to jump off, pull out his gun and get in two shots before Blitzwing starts shooting back. Seeing this as fun, the three heroes knew full well they had to get moving, so they pull a fast one on their rather tenacious opponents. Blurr takes some quick shots at Dai, who's zipping around to stay unscathed, Blitzwing is furious for his rival ignoring him even for a moment and tries to get in his face again, but then Oscar hits him in the back hard enough to distract him long enough for Akira to get Max to charge at him like a light rocket, then summon a cyclone to swings and toss him right into Blitzwing, knocking them both to the ground. Dai looks at the three he's up against, and being so laid-back, not to mention actually thinking things over, he backs off while those three take their leave.
"Great catching up with ya Blitz, love to stick around but we gotaa go now, peace", said Blurr as he shifts into V-Mode and Oscar and Akira hop in and they drive off.
"Talk about a crash course, glad I wasn't caught up in that", said Dai jokingly as Max was lying on Blitzwing.
"Whoo! Let's do that again", said Max eager to have another.
"Try it again punk, I dare you I FUCKING DARE YOU", threatened Blitzwing yet that didn't get through the boy much. As they drive away, something comes up.
"I heard that Blitzwing guy get pissed at you about a cliff and his face? What's up with that?", asked Akira.
"Oh, funny story, Blitzwing was trying to gun me down a while back, this was on a mountain range by the way, and I played him into this trap with me shooting up part of a cliff-side and got the guy buried underneath all that rubble (laughs), you'd have to be there to really savor the moment", said Blurr joyfully, yet the two boys had other thoughts on this.
"Well, can't say I blame him for being so angry with you, I'd be too, Akira no doubt though", said Oscar.
"Hey!", shouted Akira as they and Blurr make their way to the Navy Museum. Back to Bumblebee and his passengers, still find themselves chased by Barricade, Stinger and his passengers, with Chad letting Tsubaki shoot at them to slow them down, to counter this in some manner, Alex sticks out his window to try and shoot and form some speed bumps made of ice along with little roadblocks, but either Barricade drove straight through them, or Tsubaki blew them up, and nothing is working.
"They're wiping out my roadblocks faster than I can put them up, we need something else to get them off our tail", said Alex as he sticks his head back in.
"Won't be long before they catch up to us", said Sarah as she did her best to keep Nei calm as the little one hugs her stuffed bear a bit harder.
"Bee, you better have some skills today buddy", said Cade as the chase goes on with Barricade right on them, a couple police cars were still on them but Tsubaki shot up one of them and Barricade lures the other one to crash right into a parked car. Seeing this go on long enough, and with Barricade on the left of him, Bumblebee decides to show his skills for the day and to everyone's surprise, part of him starts to shift while still in V-Mode.
"Oh crap, Cade!", shouted Charles in shock as the left part of Bumblebee shifts, revealing his head and left arm, but the surprise is that the seat Cade is in is now hanging just out the car, dangling Cade close to the road while Charles tries desperately to keep him from falling, as Bumblebee shifts his left arm into his plasma cannon and before Barricade could react, Bumblebee lets off a few strong shots at his true rival, rolling him to the side and forcing him to shift into R-Mode, but luck was a bitch to him as the guy instantly trips and slams into a few moving and non-moving cars like some clumsy loser.
"That's how you get to the big leagues", said Bumblebee through the radio with Cade still hanging out the bot's car form, as Stinger stops for Barricade and Chad and Tsubaki step out to check on him.
"Oh, that hurt", said Barricade as he slowly yet painfully got back up while the two Demigods look unimpressed.
"Damn man, that looked like it sucked ass hard", joked Stinger, still in car form.
"Well that was an epic crash if I ever saw one", said Tsubaki.
"Epic fail sounds about right, seriously dude, you think you'd see that coming", said Chad as Barricade got a bit ticked.
"Shut the fuck up and get ready to move out", said Barricade trying to keep it together, then he suddenly finds himself getting a call, so he expresses those three to keep quiet while he speaks with whoever's calling, those three couldn't hear much from his communicator, but it turns out he was told to let them watch through his "police camera", to better understand their next move. Not three minutes pass before Barricade wraps up his call and faces the others.
"So, we gonna chase them some more? Give it to us straight pal", said Stinger.
"No, we leave them alone for now, we'll make our move again when it's time. Tell Blitzwing and the others to back off, we're leaving", said Barricade as those three wondered what could be going on, but then they figured they'd be filled in later, as the two kids get back in Stinger and Barricade shifts into V-Mode and they drive off in the opposite direction. Meanwhile we get back to Bumblebee, who shifts that part of him back into the rest of his V-Mode, pulling Cade back inside with a bit of help from Charles.
"What the hell?! You are out of your mind!", shouted Cade in shock after what happened just now.
"I don't think that's much of surprise here", said Charles.
"Come on, it worked out well", said Bumblebee in his defense, but Cade wasn't in the mood for it. After that, Hot Rod and his passengers, Suzy, Rex, and Mike, finally catch up to them, but they'll have to tell stories later, as they and Blurr finally pull up in front of the entrance to this Royal Navy Museum, gorgeous place just close to the ocean. Wasting no time, they all hop out the Autobots with them and don't hesitate to ignore procedure and get on that submarine Sir Burton told them about.
"Come on let's go! Move it!", shouted Cade as he was the first to hop over the gate.
"But we didn't pay!", shouted Nei, being an upstanding citizen never seizes to make her look and sound cute.
"We've got other things to worry over Nei, we have to go", said Charles as he grabs Nei by the hand and leads her through the gate and the others follow suit while the three Autobots stay behind for a moment.
"No worries, I've got this! They just love submarines!", shouted Sir Burton on behalf of those guys as he walks up to the woman sitting in the ticket booth while Cade and the kids rush inside the submarine.
"They're a tad bit rude", said the ticket woman.
"Yes well, that's the modern generation for you. And this museum is now closed, for eternity", said Sir Burton as he presented the ticket woman with some kind of slip of paper, and the look of surprise on her face clearly meant she'd be better off not looking into this. Then some quick chaos bubbles up when Sir Burton logically yet harshly rushes everyone in the submarine to get out.
"All you men, women, children, get out now! Move it move it! Get off your lazy asses and leave at once!" shouted Sir Burton as the visitors rush out without hesitation, while Cade and the others examine the submarine for what they have to find.
"This piece of junk ain't gonna work. Looks like it came from some rundown dollar store", said Rex expressing his thoughts on the matter.
"Believe me kid, you're not alone there", said Cade as he better examined his surroundings while Sir Burton and his escort come aboard to lend a hand.
"The mission, is in deep unexplored waters, ha it's wonderful. And the sweet-sour musk of men in close-quarters. It's quite disgusting, really", said Sir Burton gladly as he looked through a scope before meeting with Cade, Charles and Nei, along with Alex and Sarah in the center control room.
"Can't imagine", said Suzy.
"But now this: one of the greatest missions of them all, one that I have waited for my entire life…to help turn the tide of history, you know? Now, alas, I can no longer join you", said Sir Burton with a heavy heart as the group looks on in some disbelief, and none of whom have to be geniuses to figure out the sad look in his eyes, not to mention the tone in his voice, clearly this whole adventure means that much to him, but even he's aware we can't get everything we want in life, good or bad.
"But my lord, you've been waiting for this moment for seventy six years", said Cogman.
"Yes, this is the moment you've wanted for all this time, its right in front of you sir", said Lexi trying to be motivational.
"I'm well aware, but I'm not knighthood material, I'm afraid. And uh…you have your mission you two, I have mine", said Sir Burton as Charles and Nei look to one another in regards to this matter, "Cogman will accompany you further, Trenton and Lexi will remain by my side".
"Of course sir", said Trenton casually and Lexi nods in agreement.
"Hold up a second, you are not leaving us in this tin can with that four-foot mental psychopath, I don't think so", pointed out Cade, recalling that scuffle back at the castle, and all the other times he's been alone with him, very unpleasing.
"As I mentioned earlier today, I prefer the word 'sociopath' if you don't mind", said Cogman naturally, this doesn't ease their minds though.
"I kinda do mind, sorry", said Mike nervously.
"Yeah same here", said Oscar.
"Sir Burton, this is a stupid question but, you really think me and Nei have what it takes to make this work?", asked Charles
"Mr. Rodgers, Ms. Takemago, take this to heart, know that all that you've endured through your young lives, hardships big and small, it's all been a journey leading up to this very moment", said Sir Burton enthusiastically while looking those two in the eye, knows full well the looks in their eyes are the kind of spark that you don't find much these days. He knows they were meant for much greater things.
"You talk a lot mister, you know that?", asked Charles just to break the ice a bit.
"Yes, I suppose I do. Now, since the future has been literally entrusted to you two, no doubt the Alliance will obey the girl only, the rest is up to you now", said Sir Burton as he pointed the controls to Nei, who slowly steps forth to try something out.
"This might not the weirdest thing I've done today, but here goes", said Nei as she touched the controls, then suddenly the whole submarine came to life, all the controls moving on their own.
"Guess I was wrong about this piece of junk", said Rex in awe.
"Next stop: the Atlantic", said Alex as the submarine literally starts to move on its own and tries to jump off its display base, and the people around start to make themselves scarce.
"Good luck!", shouted Sir Burton as he, Trenton and Lexi make their way off the submarine and wave them off, while Bumblebee, Blurr, and Hot Rod decide to skip their cover and shift into R-Mode and hitch a ride on the submarine from the outside as the whole thing finally jumps off and into the sea, and the crew entrust the rest to the submarine as it automatically plots a course to their destination. Meanwhile, Lennox catches wind of this due to surveillance while assessing the situation in this base of operations.
"Jumped? What do you mean jumped?", asked Lennox.
"The old World War Two sub jumped its moorings", said the officer reporting in.
"They're in a Transformer", said Santos while Lennox looks a bit exhausted with some of this craziness. Meanwhile, the submarine slowly makes its way through London harbor, being the very opposite of inconspicuous, and inside the sub.
"Hey let me have a look", said Cade demanding to look through the scope but Cogman was not in the mood to share.
"No, I'm the one who's looking!", shouted Cogman acting like a moody little boy, present company accepted.
"Move it, God, get out of the way man! Hey, are we in water?", asked Cade after he shoved Cogman aside and takes a peek through the scope.
"No shit, Sherlock", said Cogman grumpily.
"Obviously we're in water", said Suzy.
"Hey, reminds me, you two got any clue how to operate this thing? Because he did say you're in charge of this thing", said Cade.
"I don't really know anything submarines", said Nei.
"No clue, sorry", said Charles, and Cade isn't too thrilled to hear this before he gets back to the scope.
"Let me see! Let me see!", shouted Cogman like a desperate five-year-old waiting for his turn in a bumper car or something.
"Hey, don't touch me again paly!", shouted Cade having more than enough with Cogman's insanity as the butler bot makes some threatening poses at him, "Don't freak me out"
"Guys let's not do this in such a small space okay?", asked Alex but those two aren't listening.
"What happens on the alien ship, stays on the alien ship. I will eff you up", threatened Cogman with a small pistol he shifts from his left hand to get Cade to back off from the scope right now.
"We're totally gonna die thanks to this nutso butler", stated Rex unfortunately.
"Drowning to death in a submarine? I don't really see that as me way to go out, and I'm way too young", said Mike uncomfortable about this situation.
"You and me both pal", said Oscar as the submarine finally enters open waters.
"Surface, I have positive surface contact. Track number 5205", said a radar man.
"The sub must be heading toward open water, directly towards our strike group", said the commanding officer to Lennox.
"Okay, we have to cut them off, stop them. Use whatever assets we have", said Lennox.
"Contact the Zulu module. Have all our subs converge on that chokepoint", said the lead officer as several submarines start heading under and one by one, converge on where to intercept the Alliance. Bumblebee, Hot Rod, and Blurr are the first to notice this.
"Hey guys, seems like they're rolling out the welcoming committee for us", said Blurr.
"You may be right my friend, and they'll no think twice about pulling out all the stops", said Hot Rod in an excited mood. Then back to Lennox.
"We need to get SEAL teams in DSVs. We need to chase them", said Lennox as the carrier crews rush to prep the DSVs for Lennox and a team armed to the teeth, ready to go into the depths as they board their rides and get ready to head out. Meanwhile one submarine is in pursuit of the Alliance, and definitely not looking to go easy on them.
"Cogman, is that normal?", asked Sarah from a distance as the butler studies a radar telling them of the incoming threat.
"Perfectly normal, ma'am. A nuclear-class submarine is on our stern", said Cogman as he shows up and runs past them.
"Wait what?", asked Rex dumfounded.
"Quickly quickly follow me, hurry!", shouted Cogman as Cade follows him with Alex, Charles and Nei behind them.
"Hey, this is your sub you guys, not mine", said Cade.
"'Our sub?' Before all this came down we were just a couple kids", said Charles upset at that blow. Then we find two to three DSVs being lowered into the water, and as they enter the water, they're uncoupled and they make their decent.
"All right let's move. Let's move. Put it in high gear. DSV-2, stay on our tail", said Lennox as the DSVs make their way to their targets. The military submarine is getting closer and closer to the Alliance, and the heroes are scrambling to figure a way out of this mess.
"Heads up, looks like we're gonna fight anyway", warned Bumblebee, while inside the sub, the alarms are going off like crazy.
"An alarm on a sub is not a good thing", said Cade as they reached the front like Cogman asked.
"Why'd he send us up here anyway?", asked Charles.
"He got us up front so we die first, that's why", said Cade harshly, then again he's got every reason to think that way about Cogman. Then the submarine behind them fires off a missile going right past them to serve as a warning shot, then the Alliance slowly starts to move upward like a whale breaching the surface, and those in front are particularly not enjoying this. The Alliance is now going vertical and those three Autobots hand on for dear life.
"Sacrebleau!", shouted Hot Rod in panic mode.
"This is totally not what I'd think would happen!", shouted Blurr.
"Just hang on!", shouted Bumblebee, back inside this sub, Cogman finds himself falling down and hitting a few walls along the way.
"Oh good lord!", shouted Cogman as he manages to grab onto something, and everyone else follows suit, terrifyingly so though. It's revealed that the Alliance is making a surprise underwater back-flip, becoming the hunter rather than the hunted, shame for those military guys normal submarines aren't capable of such maneuvers yet. Crews of both subs brace for impact as the Alliance shoots straight at the military sub and severely grazes it as it passes by, severely crippling it so further pursuit from them is no longer possible. Once things calm down inside the Alliance, everyone tries to collect themselves.
"We're clear for now", said Cogman as he approaches the four that were in the front, still lying about and trying to recover, and Charles was found holding onto Nei, his protective instincts over her kicked in, no surprise.
"You alright?", asked Charles as Nei got up.
"You're not hurt so yeah, I'm fine", said Nei with a little smile, which Charles was glad to see as usual, although…
"Hands off! There's a time and a place for everything. This is not the time nor the place", said Cogman as he ushered Nei off of Charles for a bit, implying some innuendo here.
"Wha-?! Dude that's not cool! We're not dating or anything", said Charles with some slight blush on his face and Nei proved to be smarter than one would expect of someone her age considering her equally blushed face means she knew full well what those two were talking about.
"Could've fooled me kid", said Cade actually siding with Cogman for once.
"You're not helping", said Charles frustrated as Cogman walks off somewhere.
"Hey!", shouted Cade.
"Not now", said Cogman.
"The hell are you going?!", demanded Cade.
"Away from here", said Cogman casually as he walks into this little spot while opening a door, moments later, those in front quickly spot him flying out of the submarine at high speeds, much to their surprise.
"That little sicko just shot himself out like a torpedo!", shouted Cade in disbelief.
"I know! I saw it! We all saw it dude!", shouted Alex in surprise. Meanwhile back in London, we find Sir Burton, along with Trenton and Lexi making their way to the Prime Minister's house, currently guarded by a few security officers.
"Good afternoon, is the Prime Minister in yet?", asked Sir Burton, and the guard closest to him is a bit confused on the matter.
"Who?", asked the guard.
"The Prime Minister, who else? It's very urgent", said Sir Burton.
"Oh it's urgent? Why didn't you say so?", asked the guard sarcastically.
"Oh, thank you. Dickhead. I'll use the old entrance, good afternoon", said Sir Burton bluntly as Trenton and Lexi follow him elsewhere. Back on the Alliance, Cogman returns, with two jumbo fish the size of baseball bats along with him.
"Get in there", said Cogman as he shoved the fish inside first. Once inside, Cogman is walking down a corridor with the fish in both hands, still moving about fresh out of water, then Cogman harshly and literally buts the rest of their lives out with swinging them around and kicking them. Then we turn to Charles and Nei, having a peek around the sub since this might be the last moment of peace and quiet they and all the others will have for a while, and we find Nei hopping into one of the bunk beds trying to get a little comfy.
"What are you doing?", asked Charles.
"I just wanted to see what it's like for people sleeping in these things. Do you ever wonder what it's like for the people driving these things to spend a long time sleeping underwater?", asked Nei.
"Can't imagine really, I never really thought about that way. More like I was never really into subs so I couldn't figure it out even if I wanted to", said Charles.
"But if you could, what'd you guess?", asked Nei as Charles decides to sit beside her.
"Best guess, is that they'd probably not like it at first, especially since it's so small and cramped. But maybe after a couple days, or weeks even, they get used to it, faster than they could think. A place this small, they end up making another home out of it", explained Charles as best as possible, which astonishes Nei like he's telling her some epic fairy tale.
"That sounds nice, having another home I mean, it's just like me and the others", said Nei cheerfully.
"Yeah, right", said Charles in agreement, but then the mood is interrupted when those two are a bit startled to find Cogman setting up some dinner table just next to them, with candles and everything, and even some jazz music playing.
"Whoa Cogman, what's all this?", asked Sarah as she enters the room.
"You all look rather puckish, it's been a good while since you've all had a proper meal after all. Also potential start of the end of the world, I believed a meal, one of the last anyway, would be in order, bring the others right away", said Cogman as he was just about done setting things up and Sarah kindly does what he asked of her.
"Great, we're starving", said Oscar as he popped in along with Cade.
"No canoodling", said Cogman as he pointed the lighter-fingers he used for the candles at Cade.
"I didn't even do anything", said Cade upset already as the others shows up as instructed and take their seats while Cogman goes and fetches the food.
"This is a bit weird", pointed out Akira.
"But this is thoughtful of Cogman to go to this sort of trouble for us", said Sarah.
"Too bad he and Cade don't seem to get along too well", joked Alex.
"Hey his brand of crazy ain't my fault, I'm being clear on that", said Cade in his own defense.
"Yeah what's his deal with you anyway?", asked Rex.
"Guy's probably still pissed with how I acted with Vivian back when I first met her. Treated me like I was trying to force myself onto her, the nerve of that guy", explained Cade venting his thoughts.
"A grumpy stud like you, can't blame him", said Suzy.
"Watch it missy", said Cade as Cogman finally arrived with the food.
"Sushi a la Cogman, dinner is served", said Cogman as he set the food for everyone.
"This looks great actually", said Mike gratefully. Then back to Sir Burton and his escort, Sir Burton walks up to the locked gate of this old closed up subway, leaves his cane with Lexi for a moment before pulling out a key and unlocking it. Once inside, those three make their way through the old subway, making some turns along the way.
"No sacrifice, no victory", said Sir Burton as he walks up to this sealed doorway before he punches a panel on the wall to his right, flipping it open, revealing the same phrase in Latin, and once the doorway opens, it reveals to be a secret passage to some office, but as mentioned earlier, this is the Prime Minister's office.
"Is the President in his bunker? He is. How about Putin? Son of a bitch", said the Prime Minister while talking to someone on the phone from his desk with dual monitors on either side telling the news of what's happened in London earlier, while Sir Burton casually takes a seat on the couch while Lexi and Trenton join him. Because of the big mirror hanging on the wall behind the desk, the Prime Minister was quick to notice Sir Burton at last.
"Are you the new Prime Minister?", asked Sir Burton.
"Security, in my office, now!", shouted the Prime Minister, clearly not very big on unexpected company.
"Oh I'm sorry, well I used the old entrance. That door is used for extraordinary circumstances, and these circumstances are quite extraordinary", said Sir Burton as the Prime Minister looks a bit dumfounded, understandably of course.
"I must say sir, your office is quite lovely", pointed out Lexi.
"Could use some dusting though, a few more months and this place might as well be listed as a den for dust bunnies", said Trenton as three to four armed guards come storming the office, ready to make some arrests until this.
"I will keep this very simple: nasty little fellow. I let him out, we all die terrible deaths. Do you understand?", asked Sir Burton as he raised a box holding the deadly pocket watch from earlier, live and ready to kill should he let it out of there. Aware of the stakes, the Prime Minister signals the guards to stand down and they follow as instructed and Sir Burton in turn, stows the pocket watch for safe keeping.
"Thank you. My name is Sir Edmund Burton, Her Majesty's Royal Navy, Order of the Wittwicans, keeper of the secret history of Transformers here on Earth, protection of the Demigods included such as my two young attendants here you see.", explained Sir Burton.
"Hello", said Lexi.
"Charmed", said Trenton.
"Wttwicans?", asked the Prime Minister.
"Wittwicans, yes", answered Sir Burton.
"But um, they all died out", said the Prime Minister.
"Not all of them, not yet anyway. But I do need you to marshal all your resources-", then Sir Burton finds himself quickly cut off.
"Hold on hold on, you have just emerged from the wall and now-", now he finds himself caught off guard in a much more rude fashion.
"Shut up!", shouted Sir Burton and the Prime Minister, still looking dumfounded, decides to hear him out, "Thank you, now as I was saying I need you to marshal all your resources, all your military assets. As you've no doubt surmised, the world is on the brink of a new beginning, quite possibly not for the better if we do nothing about it, and I just so happen to know when, and where."
Meanwhile, we get back to the heroes, who had wrapped up their meal not too long ago to notice something coming up in view, something literally big.
"You are the first, to see this station, since the Dark Ages. You young miss, you are the key to unlocking this station", said Cogman, while referring to Nei briefly, as they all look in awe of what lies before them, a massive yet wrecked station lying at the very depths of the Atlantic ocean, and as mentioned, no one's seen or visited this place, since the time of King Arthur. Just as they arrive, Lennox and his team show up as well, though the heroes are unaware of their presence.
"Radar has about eight-hundred meters. I think I got a bogey at four o'clock. We're starting to see it through the murk. There's lights on down here. Oh my god, look at that. It's a big alien base. Topside, are you catching this? It's massive", said Lennox as he and his crew examine the station and are sending video feedback to General Morshower, watching this as it unfolds. As the Alliance moves ever so closely to the station, a low whirring noise can be heard, and Cade points out what's going on.
"The station knows we're here", said Cade as the whole station lights up, waiting for them, and we get Lennox and his team not too far behind.
"Alright, stay on them", said Lennox as the Alliance is allowed to enter through this sort of docking bay once the doors open up, but once they're inside, the doors close behind them.
"Oh shit. The door just sealed. Try those tubes. DSV-2 stay close, stay close. Topside, we're going in, we'll be losing radio contact", said Lennox pointing out those tubes, no doubt used for some kind of ventilation. The DSVs start making their way there, and are able to get inside with little to no trouble, aside from some bumpiness. Meanwhile once safely inside, the Alliance surfaces and Bumblebee and Hot Rod jump off and arm themselves to make sure everything's fine while Cade and the others get out the sub and have a look at their surroundings, time has not been well with this place.
"This place is off the wall man", said Rex in awe.
"So what now? Where do we even start looking?", asked Charles.
"The young miss there is the key Demigod, you're her knight, and you're both the Earl's special children. You figure it out", said Cogman rudely.
"That's not really helping", said Oscar as Cade jumps in the water first.
"Alright let's move", said Cade as the others jump off one at a time.
"I'm not going into that water. My gears would be sucked into my main shaft", said Cogman as Blurr casually shoves him over the edge.
"You're totally right pal, that's why I pushed you instead, you're welcome", said Blurr jokingly as he followed suit.
"Now you're all on my shit list", said Cogman rudely as they all trek though the water.
"Save it for someone who gives a damn", said Cade as they push forward. A while later, the DSVs finally show up beside the Alliance, and Lennox and his team put on their scuba gear and disembark, weapons ready and focusing on their surroundings. Then back to the heroes, with the three Autobots leading the charge while Alex and Sarah staying close to Charles and Nei, Oscar and Akira with Suzy, Rex, and Mike.
"This is unbelievable", said Alex in awe.
"Yeah it is unbelievable. What does the old man want us to do anyway?", asked Rex.
"Hell if I know he's almost as crazy as the tin butler here", said Cade.
"I'm very close to drowning you, you know", said Cogman in response as Cade lights a flare from the sub. Then this opening forms between the walls, and as Cade inspects it, Nei goes through.
"Hey hold up", said Cade.
"Don't worry, I think it wants us to go this way", said Nei.
"If you say so, I'm following you", said Charles as he tags along.
"This isn't exactly a luxury beach house", said Hot Rod in disappointment.
"Trust me pal, not like I wanted to wind up in a place like this", said Bumblebee as he and the others go through. Meanwhile we take a quick visit back to the States, and as the rest of the Autobots and their toughest Demigods are waiting around, they catch something that makes their day.
"(whistles) Look at that, quite a sight ain't it?", asked Will joyfully as a massive warship comes in, roughly five to seven times bigger than the Knights' Ship.
"You can say that again", said Akane as she was practicing with her blade.
"Hey there everyone! As promised, one massive ship, no extra costs necessary, but appreciated", said Daytrader though the ship's comn line.
"Daytrader! Son of a bitch actually came through to us with our new spaceship!", shouted Hound as Izzy and Sqweeks pop up next to him while Windblade flies in after her patrol with some news.
"Hey guys, I just scoped out England, something big is going on over there, and it can't be good for Cade and the others", said Windblade.
"Very well, then England is our next destination", said Drift.
"Things are likely to get nasty, real nasty", said Hound as he pulls out one of his shotguns.
"Hey Hound, think the rest of us can come and help? They might need us all", said Lilith.
"Oh little lady, hell, you forget I ain't no Earth parent. Hop aboard everyone. Take a field trip to the front lines. Let's go make some noise", said Hound as he loaded up his shotgun.
"Let's give them hell", said Crosshairs with confidence.
"I'm driving though", said Drift.
"Good decision sensei", said Akane as the ship flies overhead and gets ready to land. Meanwhile we go back to the station, were Cade and his group are still trying to make their way through the maze that makes up that place.
"Jeez this place is big, it'd take us ten years to figure this place out, maybe more", said Rex complaining.
"Hey you wanna take the lead hot stuff? Be my guest", mocked Cade.
"Oh lay off old man", spat Rex, but as much as this bugged Cade, they had to press on. Then we find Lennox and his team following their footsteps, making sure nothing pops out at them, then they find the opening the heroes went though and follow suit. Then upon reaching this one opening in the floor, Nei stops them.
"Guys, I think it's down there, like it's calling me", said Nei as Charles helps her climb down using the bundles of vines from the overgrown vegetation around the station and the others follow as well. Once they've reached the bottom, they discover themselves to be in this massive chamber dedicated to the Knights of Cybertron.
"Holy shit dudes", said Blurr stunned, and the others don't think twice about agreeing with him.
"Quite the sight indeed", said Cogman as they press on, it doesn't take long for Lennox and his team to find the same opening they took. Back to the heroes, they're walking down this long corridor with statues of the Knights lined up.
"Well this is ominous", said Oscar.
"Yeah no argument there", said Suzy as they continue forward. After maybe a few more minutes of walking, they suddenly find themselves in the heart of the station so big it might as well take up the whole place itself. Sitting right in the middle of that perfect circle, is a huge metal ring, no doubt what they're looking for, and this control panel surrounding the ring leaving a small opening for someone to walk though.
"The Space Bridge, at last we've found it", said Hot Rod gladly as they approach the massive ring to better examine it.
"It's huge, I mean look at this thing, you could fit a whole fricking ship through that thing", said Cade as he walked through the ring to get a better perspective.
"So this thing's supposed to get us to Cybertron?", asked Akira.
"Looks that way, this place was able to turn on all these lights and open the way for us, power shouldn't be a problem", said Bumblebee.
"Well, we made it, so now what?", asked Alex.
"I think it should be fairly obvious, the young miss is the key, so she must be the one to activate the portal. And I cannot stress this enough, allow Ms. Takemago to fiddle with the console, no one else", said Cogman and then something sounds like it was booted up but it wasn't a good booting-up sound sadly. It was Rex, poking his nose where it didn't belong.
"I didn't do that", said Rex feigning ignorance yet the upset look on the faces of the others says otherwise.
"And now we all die, congratulations", said Cogman like a jerk as about twelve automated drones taking the place of the Knight statues that were supposed to be in there, armed and walking toward their targets.
"What are these thing?!", demanded Cade.
"Automated battle drones genius! Triggered by the unauthorized security breach!", shouted Cogman.
"Just had to put your hands where they don't belong huh Rex?!", asked Oscar upsettingly.
"I didn't think these things would pop up!", shouted Rex in his defense.
"Damn right you didn't think!", shouted Blurr, then we find Lennox and his team going down the same lengthy corridor as the heroes before them.
"Guys, the meter's going nuts. Something's alive down here", said Santos as he inspects his meter, and the knight statues to make sure it wasn't them, then they all hear sounds of gunfire and metal clashing.
"Let's move, now", said Lennox as he and his team press onward.
The heroes find themselves a bit outmatched, despite these drones being lifeless, they have all the skill and strength of the Guardian Knights themselves. Bumblebee tries to shoot a few times at the face of one drone but it wasn't enough, then Hot Rod charges at that same drone shooting as well only to be knocked away by that drone's sword and into another drone, which was about to bring its axe down on him before Hot Rod uses his Time Gun on it and moving out of the way, while Blurr uses this chance to kick its axe out of its hands and takes it and uses it against it as he swings hard and slices the drone in half. By the time the time bubble fades, it still functions trying to get at Blurr until he swings the axe down onto its head, finishing it off. Then Bumblebee avoids the sword of the drone he's stuck with, jumps at it and headlocks it, throwing it back a few feet, and as it gets up, Bumblebee rushes quick while shooting again, lands a solid punch or two, then presses his plasma cannon against its chest and fires at full power, killing it instantly. Another drone was swinging its axe around trying to hit Akira, who's using his wind to mess with its aim, but when it came close, Oscar would use his hardened skin to reflect the axe, Alex then freezes it in place long enough for Sarah to unleash a mighty bolt of lightning down on it, still moving but very weakened, until Cogman goes and casually rips its head off and acts like it's nothing to brag about.
"Well, three down, nine more to go, not bad I'd say", said Oscar.
"Indeed, but I'd say the odds are still weighing heavily against us, my friend", said Hot Rod as he and the two other Autobots keep shooting.
"Yeah, no doubt the rest of these guys aren't gonna fall for the same tricks, we gotta do something", said Blurr.
"These drones switched on because of a mistake", said Bumblebee.
"You're the mistake buddy!", shouted Rex.
"Not the time Rex!", shouted Charles.
"So if Nei interacts with the console, then they'll shut off and leave us alone", said Bumblebee still shooting.
"Better than nothing, come on kid", said Cade.
"Okay I'm coming", said Nei as she stays close to Charles and they make their way to the console spot where it all went down since they were a bit separated from it, then things escalate quickly.
"Open fire!", shouted Santos as he, Lennox, and the other soldiers show up and start shooting up the place way more than necessary.
"Focus on those old knights!", shouted Lennox as he joins the fray.
"It's Lennox!", shouted Bumblebee in surprise.
"The damn TRF is here?! How'd they find us?!", demanded Akira.
"Forget that, let's move now! Hurry it up kid!", shouted Cade as he, Charles and Nei rushed to the console, avoiding stray gunfire from the TRF and some attacks from the drones while the others cover them. Upon reaching it, they search for the specific spot where the security system was accidentally activated, and as they frantically searched for that right spot, suddenly this strange panel opens up for Nei, like some kind of palm reader.
"I think I'm supposed to touch this!", shouted Nei.
"Go for it!", shouted Charles as Nei slams her hand on the panel without hesitation, then suddenly, the nine remaining drones stop their attack, then drop to the ground, the shooting stopped for a bit, and things were a bit silent.
"So, now what?", asked Oscar, but then..
"Oh dear", said Cogman as eh whole place started shaking for a minute, before most of the room, especially the Space Bridge, was starting to rise up and the ceiling opens up. Lennox was in a bit of a spot as he winds up on that same platform along with Cade and the heroes.
"The fuck is going on?!", shouted Blurr.
"Everyone hang on!", shouted Cade as the platform continues to rise up, along with the rest of the station. Felt like the whole planet was shaking as well as the massive station rose from the very depths of the ocean, and sits there before the very top ceiling of the place opens up revealing that same platform with the Space Bridge and the others. Things have calmed down long enough for everyone to get their acts back together.
"Whoa, what the hell's going on here Yeager?", asked Lennox.
"Trust me pal, I could ask the same thing right about now", said Cade in disbelief as the Space Bridge starts to produce a whirring sound, and some of the lights go up and Cogman goes to check things out.
"Hey, so is that a good humming sound or a bad humming sound? Just curious", asked Alex, fair enough after what just went down below.
"As expected, the young miss was literally the key, the Space Bridge is fully powered up, coordinates are already set, all that's needed is to press the on switch and voila! Our transport to Cybertron will be set", explained Cogman as the others take a gander at this massive feat of engineering.
"Wait wait, this thing's gonna get you to Cybertron? Same planet that's off limits thanks to that barrier?", asked Lennox.
"Yeah that's exactly right. Trust me Lennox, there's a lot to cover", said Bumblebee.
"You have some serious explaining to do Bee, and same goes for Yeager and that kid", said Lennox as he referred to Nei, who Charles shields behind him.
"Hey, hold on there pal, ask me all you want later, but you leave the kid out of this. Just because Megatron is after her doesn't mean she's gotta deal with more shit than she's already been through. That line was drawn when your guys killed her friend", explained Cade making his point clear to Lennox.
"You know I had nothing to do with that, and I never wanted this. But I do what I have to do, and if Megatron is still after her, we need to get her somewhere safe", said Lennox.
"On that, we can agree in earnest. But it ain't with you guys, she's with us, and only us", stated Cade very clearly and he and Lennox have proven themselves to be very stubborn guys, then Nei steps up.
"Excuse Mr. Lennox, I know you didn't want Scavenger killed, and you don't wanna hurt us either, thank you very much. But I really don't wanna leave these guys, they're my family now, and I don't wanna leave them ever", said Nei gladly and firmly as she makes up her mind once and for all for Lennox to hear and the others are standing by her choice. But this warm and slow moment fades fast as they spot something in the distance, coming in fast and hot.
"Get down!", shouted Cade as the group quickly finds itself bombarded by a barrage of lasers and missiles, and they're pretty much all knocked to the ground. Then the assailants reveal themselves to be Nitro Zeus and Blitzwing, who shift into R-Mode fast and shrink down quick enough to pin Hot Rod and Blurr to the ground with their feet and have their weapons trained on them. Max and Dai are revealed to be with them as well, with Dai quickly disarming Lennox.
"I don't think so soldier boy", said Dai as he happily tossed the gun aside.
"Surprsie! We're here to kick things up", said Max joyfully as he messes around the others, who are still knocked to the ground.
"Okay, not gonna lie, this sucks", said Oscar struggling to get up, but things turn to the worst fast, because it looks as though this assault team is led by Lockdown of all bots.
"You guys blew your chance to stop us!", shouted Nitro Zeus as he and Blitzwing step away from Blurr and Hot Rod, while Bumblebee is already on his feet.
"Now we're gonna screw you losers over big time", said Blitzwing in a quiet angry manner.
"So, you've already activated the Space Bridge, good for you. But I'm afraid the fun's over, for you", said Lockdown grumpy as usual, examining the Space Bridge and then turns to Nei briefly, with Charles already up and about, trying to keep her safe.
"I still think we should off these guys already", said Nitro.
"I got no problem with that idea", said Blitzwing looking at Blurr.
"Great (groans), figured things haven't settled yet", said Blurr sadly.
"No, we're here for the girl, not them. Incapacitate them", ordered Lockdown as Nitro and Blitzwing waste no time knocking out Blurr and Hot Rod, then Bumblebee tries to rush at Lockdown and punch him, only for the latter to effortlessly spin and smack him a few feet away with his arm gun with enough force to leave him unconscious. And before Cade, Lennox, and the other flesh-lings could react, Dai moves fast enough to give them a simple hit on the neck, knocking them out as well. Max spots Cogman and happily shoots him against the ring. This just leaves Charles and Nei, with these guys.
"Back off! I won't let you take Nei, not after I promised to keep her safe!", shouted Charles with so much valor in his spirit.
"I don't care about your promises boy", said Lockdown with utter disdain as Dai knocks him out fast.
"Charles! I'm not going with you!", declared Nei with that same spark in her eyes.
"Yeah sorry kid, we're not giving you much of a choice here", said Dai as he knocks her out as well, making her drop the stuffed bear she has, then Dai picks her up without much trouble, "We got her now".
"Then let's go already", declared Lockdown as Blitzwing and Nitro Zeus grow and shift into V-Mode fast, Max and Dai, with Nei in tow, hop in Nitro, and Lockdown jumps onto Blitzwing. Charles wakes up just long enough to see them flying off.
"Nei…", said Charles struggling as they fly off into the distance, and he slips into sleep again. A while later, those five come flying in at Stonehenge, one of the greatest mysteries of the ages, back in Europe, turns out Simmons learned of how the six strange and massive horns scattered around the world were part of the mouth of Unicron, and kept rising out of the ground, but with Unicron permanently sleeping, they're stuck there, and Stonehenge was smack right in the middle of that perfect circle. And upon Blitzwing and Nitro Zeus shifting to R-Mode and shrinking, with Dai and Max hopping out and Lockdown jumping off at the last second, they walk over to Stonehenge with Megatron and the other villains gathered together, but this time, Sylas is out at last, ready to play his part.
"Hey big guy, they're back, and they got the kid", said Sylas gladly as they approach them. Megatron along with Chad and Tsubaki, and Sylas of course, were in the center of Stonehenge while the other Decepticons and Demigods were spread out making sure things stay on track.
"That didn't take forever", said Chad.
"Good thing too, I was starting to get bored here", said Tsubaki.
"Save your complaints for someone who wants to waste their time with you", said Lockdown as he has Dai leave Nei with Chad.
"Did she put up much of a fight?", asked Chad as she rested Nei onto the ground.
"Verbally, and I've never really had any interest in such pointless matters", said Lockdown.
"At last, now that the child is in our possession, we can proceed as planned. Now Sylas, commence your procedure", ordered Megatron as Sylas steps in the center of Stonehenge, and looks up at Cybertron, so far yet perfectly and directly above their position.
"Goddamn that's a pretty sight. A word of warning in advance big guy, this won't be such a cakewalk considering who put up that barrier in the first place, so busting though it might take me maybe five or six minutes where it'd usually take about thirty to thirty-five seconds. I'd appreciate it if you guys keep any party crashers off me while I work", explained Sylas.
"Enough of your babbling Sylas, begin the barrier removal at once", demanded Megatron, having little patience for any games after all the effort it took to get this far.
"Heads up boys and girls, you're gonna see something beautiful", said Sylas as he raises his hands high in the air, and after a couple moments pass, his hands start giving off this translucent glow, then it shoots out like a pillar of light high into space and at Cybertron, and once it hit, just about everyone on Earth could see the glow of Cybertron, with the beam from Sylas coming into contact with the barrier surrounding Cybertron. At the same time, we find Optimus Prime witnessing the whole thing from his tower window, looking very grim and concerned about what he's seeing.
"This is the work of Megatron, I am certain of it", said Optimus to himself grimly as he continues to watch. Meanwhile, back on Earth, the villains are witnessing this turn of events as well.
"At long last, we will return to our home world, restore it to its former glory, and all of humanity will fall to our might", said Megatron proudly as the process has gone on for a minute already. During the procedure, we find Sir Burton there of all places, casually walking up to Stonehenge, taking advantage of all the villains watching the whole thing to get in close enough and see some of it himself, though he doesn't have Trenton and Lexi with him strangely.
"What a lovely sight, shame we have to cut things short", said Sir Burton to himself as he then transforms his cane into a long gun and takes a shot at Megatron, hitting him in the shoulder though merely irritating him, and before the others could react, it would seem the shot from Sir Burton was to serve as a signal for a greater force, as soldiers and special tanks from the British Army show up and all hell breaks loose.
"Open fire!", shouted a British soldier as those on foot and in the trenches aim their weapons and unleash some serious gunfire on the villains while the special tanks were making a mess of the place. Aside from a few Demigods, the rest of them along with all the Decepticons start shooting back at the surprise attack against them, some taking several defensive positons as Sylas continued his work. Even Trenton and Lexi finally appear, with their own super speed on display as a few villains did their best to keep them away since they would have a better chance of recovering Nei. The chaos ensued as the six minute mark was nearly done, and Lockdown called in his ship to take them to Cybertron once the barrier's down. As Sylas was just about done, Megatron, standing from up top one of the stones, spots Sir Burton, who was doing his best to avoid taking any hits and notices him as well, yet does nothing knowing he can do very little, and once he realized how he got shot, Megatron's fury was rising fast.
"YOU WRETCHED HUMAN!", yelled Megatron for that act of disrespect as he fired a single shot at Sir Burton, sending him flying back several feet despite him being hit by the force of the blast rather than the blast itself.
"How'd that old geezer figure out where we were?!", shouted Robbie.
"As if it even matters!", shouted Chad.
"Voila! The door's open everyone!", shouted Sylas with joy as the barrier around Cybertron breaks apart like glass, and it fades away, now allowing Cybertron open to all again for the first time in five years. And Sylas rests up after he finishes, just in time as Lockdown's ship shows up, forcing the British Army to try to concentrate their fire on it, but find the ship's defenses to be much more resistible than expected.
"Coordinates set for the ignition chamber", said Lockdown.
"Gotta say, that was some lightshow there man", said Chad.
"Thanks youngster, there's practically no force field in the world, or in this case, any world, that I can't bring down with some elbow grease", said Sylas proudly.
"Grab the child and board the ship! We now make our way to Cybertron, and once our work is complete, our world shall be reborn anew", said Megatron as everyone listened, grabbed a still unconscious Nei, and got on the ship, some of them fooling around while they were at it.
"Something up One-Eye?", asked Dai.
"Nah, can't help but feel like I forgot something", said Nitro Zeus.
"Well ya got no real brain up there, so it's no wonder", joked Dai.
"Shut it!", shouted Nitro frustrated as he and Dai were the last to board the ship, and the British Army kept on giving it all they've got, but to no avail as the ship takes its sweet time making its way to Cybertron. Not two minutes pass after the ship leaves and the British Army ties to regroup and tend to the wounded, and remember when Nitro Zeus felt he forgot something, it was Cogman, who was able to hitch a ride on him because he felt his master was in waiting, and he was right, though the timing was terribly off. Cogman comes out of hiding and discovers Sir Burton, injured and lying in a crater.
"My lord! Lord Folgan!", shouted Cogman as he rushed to his master's aide, and upon realizing the severity of the situation, Trenton and Lexi, who were preoccupied with the wounded soldiers, catch wind of this and rush over as well. Those three felt as though he was in too much pain, that he's reached his end at last, Cogman just had this sad look in his eyes, Trenton simply looked calmly angry, Lexi fought her hardest not to cry in front of her master as he nears his end, feeling it unfitting for a man such as he, especially since he gave those like her and Trenton a purpose, and a home.
"Rest easy sir, you've done enough", said Trenton calmly.
"(sniffles) You'll be just fine sir. N-no worries whatsoever", said Lexi desperately trying not to cry, but a few drops escape her eyes anyway.
"True enough indeed", said Cogman simply as Sir Burton tries to get out something he needed to say, because the look on his face was not of fear or despair, but of happiness.
"(panting) I did it Cogman, Trenton, Lexi…I've, I've finally had it, I've had my moment", said Sir Burton as best as he could which upset those three even more.
"You did my lord, you did. This is the hardest part of my job, watching Folgans die", said Cogman sadly.
"Thank you Cogman, and you two as well, carry on", said Sir Burton with his last breath as he now lay there with a cold lifeless look in his very eyes, and for his sake, those three decide to keep their act together.
"It was a pleasure serving you my lord", said Trenton bowing the usual way.
"It was a jolly good ride indeed", said Lexi as she managed to keep herself crying, yet is heartbroken all the same.
"Of all the Earls I've had the pleasure of serving, you were by far, the coolest", said Cogman with pride yet sorrow as he slowly bends down to close the man's eyes, and not one minute passes when this happens.
I'm not dead, I'm just resting", said Sir Burton as he woke up, turning out to be quite alive, just in great pain, though after what happened, no one would blame the three caretakers for going against their code just this once by beating him within an inch of his life, though Trenton and Lexi were just sitting there dumfounded, while Cogman looks a bit disappointed here.
"Well that was rather anticlimactic. What a waste", said Cogman truly disappointed, meanwhile we go back to Cade and the group, who were just waking up after their previous encounter.
"Oh man, anyone got the number on the thing that hit us?", asked Blurr a bit groggy.
"No I'm afraid, but I'll have yours if you don't keep quiet", said Hot Rod like he's got a splitting headache.
"Nei! Damn it!", shouted Charles as Cade, once he's awake, finds Charles holding the stuffed bear belonging to Nei, and looking guilty and angry.
"Shit, Charles I'm sorry", said Cade trying to reassure the lad, but to no avail.
"I said I'd keep her safe, and I messed up", said Charles sadly.
"You know this wasn't on you", said Alex.
"Although, in fairness, it was dumb of you to make a promise you couldn't keep kid", said Blurr harshly, and some were upset with him.
"Hey, not the best time for that", said Bumblebee.
"My bad. Whoa, guys, check it out", said Blurr as the others see what got his attention, and it happens to be Cybertron obviously.
"The barrier, it's disappeared", said Hot Rod stunned.
"Guess this means the bad guys got through already", said Rex.
"Yeah, looks that way", said Lennox, but then Charles looks to the bear again for a moment, then his resolve is renewed as he tears off a bit of his hoodie and ties the bear to his back, then checks out the controls.
"Whoa hey, what do you think you're doing?", asked Cade.
"If the barrier is gone, then Megatron and his goons are already on Cybertron, and they've got Nei, we have to go after her", said Charles with determination.
"Hang on, that's nuts, we'd be seriously outgunned up there", said Oscar.
"Charles, even if we go there now, there's no way of knowing where on the planet we'll wind up at", said Mike.
"I'm taking that risk, now someone help me turn this thing on", said Charles with a stern look in his eye.
"Wait what?", asked Akira.
"Cogman said this thing's ready to go, we just need to hit the on switch, help me out here!", shouted a desperate Charles, but before anyone could argue, Blurr goes over to him.
"Sure why not, this'll be fun. Aaaannnnddddd…..there we go, let there be light! Or, whatever the fuck you say when this kind of thing happens, beats me", said Blurr as he switched on the Space Bridge, and as expected, it wasted no time powering up, and the ring produces this neon blue glow to it, while being a bit noisy.
"Alright, let's go!", shouted Charles as he ran in front of the ring.
"Slow down a second, we don't even know if we can breathe up there!", shouted Cade.
"Once Cybertron first entered our atmosphere five years ago, it was somehow able to mimic the same conditions, so oxygen won't be a problem", said Mike as the others look dumfounded and surprised, "I was reading up some theories on the planet".
"Such a nerd", said Blurr jokingly.
"Not cool pal", said Bumblebee.
"Good to hear Mike, let's go find Nei!", shouted Charles, who ran right into the portal before anyone could stop him.
"Booyah! I love this kid!", shouted Blurr as he follows as well.
"Those two are such a pain in the neck!", shouted Cade.
"Yeah no shit!", shouted Rex.
"Screw it, let's see where this goes", said Lennox.
"Fine then, everyone through the portal now", said Cade as the others follow his lead and their way through the portal, and not too long after, they're all on the other side, and Blurr and Charles there as well. The group finds itself in this strange room no idea where exactly, but then, they see it outside the window, the Earth itself. They're on Cybertron at last, now the hard part begins.
Hey there everyone, and thank you for checking out the fourth chapter of this alternate take on The Last Knight. I'm awfully sorry you've all been waiting since I posted part three back last October, speaking of which, Happy New Year, better late than never I suppose. I've been very busy with other matters, that and I was too lazy for my own good, but I'm here to make amends, to prove it, expect me to churn out the final chapter, in high quality and greatness either before the end of this week, or before the end of the month, either way, you won't be disappointed. Just to clear up really quick, that bit in this part with Sir Burton right? Yeah, I wanted to mess around there, I don't regret it. Also, regarding the last chapter, expect loads of gunplay and epic-ness, but don't expect a whole lot of one on one fights like chapter three, I'm saving the best for last between Optimus Prime and Megatron, there's nothing like those two old warriors going head to head as always, and this will be no different. Farewell for now
Story Voice Cast (Part 4):
Mark Wahlberg (Pain & Gain): Cade Yeager
Ryan Reynolds (Chaos Dragon): Charles Rodgers
Eric Aadahl (Transformers: The Last Knight): Bumblebee
Lara Woodhul (Tokyo Ghoul): Nei Takemago
John Goodman (The Borrowers): Hound
Josh Duhamel (11/22/63): Lieutenant Colonel William Lennox
Santiago Cabrera (Heroes): Agent Santos
Jess Harnell (Animaniacs): Barricade
Cherami Leigh (Fairy Tail): Suzy Rodriguez
Alison Viktorin (A Certain Scientific Railgun): Mike Tyler
Bryce Papenbrook (Sword Art Online): Rex Parker
John DiMaggio (Adventure Time): Crosshairs, Nitro Zeus
Kari Walgren (Niko And The Sword Of Light): Windblade
Nolan North (Uncharted 4: A Thief's End): Blurr
Omar Sy (X-Men: Days Of Future Past): Hot Rod
Apphia Yu (Puzzle And Dragons X): Lilith Smith
Amanda Miller (Sailor Moon): Akane Isaka
Troy Baker (Bioshock: Infinite): Blitzwing
Diedrich Bader (Turbo: FAST): Stinger
Michah Solusod (A Certain Magical Index): Alexander Drake
Alexis Tipton (Tales Of Zestiria: The X): Sarah Chesterfield
Aaron Dismuke (Blood Blockade Battlefront): Oscar Clarke
Christopher R. Sabat (Dragon Ball Super): Will Jackson
Greg Ayres (Negima): Akira Fuse
Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai): Drift
Clifford Chaplin (My Hero Academia): Chad Strathmore/Earth-Shatter
Cristina Vee (Aldnoah: Zero): Tsubaki Seriyoshi/Neon
Mark Ryan (Black Sails): Lockdown, Bulldog
Maxy Whitehead (Soul Eater): Maxwell Sawyer/Bright
Ben Diskin (The Seven Deadly Sins): Robbie Heed/Hardshell
Newton Pittman (Fairy Tail): Dai Hirata/Long-Dart
Jim Carter (Downton Abbey): Cogman
Jason Liebrecht (Noragami): Trenton Gould
Monica Rial (A Certain Magical Index): Lexi Bell
David Tennant (Jessica Jones): Breakaway
John Turturro (The Big Lebowski): Seymour Simmons
With
Peter Cullen (Transformers Prime): Optimus Prime
Frank Welker (Transformers Prime): Megatron
And
Steve Buscemi (Monsters Inc): Daytrader
Sir Anthony Hopkins (Silence Of The Lambs): Sir Edmund Burton
