The Secret of The Legion 4
Disclaimer: I own hardly any of the characters included in this fanfiction… most belong to TakaraTome and Hasbro.
"Your units located and eliminated the tracker before it had a chance to locate a new player. I will activate a new tracker and provide it with an escort," the thing with the tentacles said. 'Where is Unit 01?"
Amano, looking less than human in the creature's workshop, stepped forward. "We detected a security breach, so I had the arrival of unit 01 delayed two more days."
The thing changed faces. "We are not patient. The experiment must begin."
0oOo0
Kaori of Rat Squad winked at Mamoru, a man from Rooster Squad, as they passed in the hallway. She didn't get to see the grin that spread over his face after she passed.
Amano surveyed the members of her Rat squadron. Ringo, a superb and ruthless fighter, almost perfectly aligned with her AutoTrooper. Kayu, also nearly perfectly aligned with her AutoTrooper, but she was meek and displayed the characteristics of an abused woman. Kaori was a fast thinker, eager to do her duty and she was compliant enough. Shao-Shao was truly gifted, but had not yet truly bonded with her AutoTrooper, and she was regal and defiant in her attitudes.
The alarm sounded, and all members of the squad snapped to attention. "Major disturbance at a subway terminal. Multiple NBEs sighted, believed to be Legion. Rat Squad go; Rooster Squad on containment. Be advised the target is mobile."
Amano hid a slight smile as the women of Rat Squad and the men of Rooster each ran for their AutoTroopers on the hanger level. So far it was rare for the squads to work together, but even now as two teams were being dispatched, they would not see each other in action.
0oOo0
"There is the CO," Marissa said into her radio, "Driving the same sort of car as the other EDC troops, but without markings." She was watching the procession of the EDC troops from the vantage point of a rooftop.
"Thanks for helping us out, Ai. Your intel, and help on our next OP, we wouldn't be able to do it without you," Marissa told the police woman on the other end of the radio transmission.
"Glad to help, just don't tell Koji." The voice returned.
Over the last few days Ai had helped Marissa and members of the resistance track the EDC and survey their attacks on the rouge part mechanical part organic machines that had been dubbed Legion. Marissa could only assume they were named that because their number seemed to be legion… at least there didn't seem to be an end to them. But then, she really couldn't see the beginning either.
She watched as four AutoTroopers transformed and somehow merged with their human female drivers. Two ran down into a subway, while the other two ran down an alley. Civilians were running and screaming even before the EDC arrived.
The arrival of Optimus Prime had for some reason delayed… Marissa and her group had decided to keep hidden until their objective could be reached.
O0O0o
The Legion backed up against a building, cornered by the two AutoTroopers. Both sides were oblivious to the crushed swing set and other property damage that had taken place during the chase across the city.
"Let's take it out, Ringo," Kaori said through her AutoTrooper. Her unit dropped it's K-gun and threw out a series of cones that snapped back, transforming into a Gatling cannon.
"Right! I'm through fucking around with this thing," Ringo agreed, similarly activating her Gatling cannon.
A loud 'thunt-thunt' sound echoed across the neighborhood. Aside from a head, the combined cannon fire had left next to nothing of the Legion.
When the smoke had settled, the AutoTroopers transformed back into cars, each of which held a now naked and slime covered woman. The EDC technicians had assured them when asked that the goo was merely mech fluid, but as she was wiping herself off before getting into a new uniform, Kaori had her doubts.
oO0Oo
Amano had remained parked outside the subway, the rest of the civilians had been cleared out thanks to the efforts of Rooster Squad. She stood beside her car, waiting for news. There would have to be news soon… the pilots could only merge with the AutoTroopers for a specific amount of time. That time was fast running out.
At last an AutoTrooper climbed back out of the subway and transformed back into its car mode before speeding over to where she waited. She hurried over and opened the door to hug the crying, tired, naked and slimy Kayu. She held the younger woman close.
"Shao-shao is still fighting it… its still moving, a block west now," Kayu sobbed. "She's goanna run out of time..."
"Shhh…" Amano comforted, "We cannot afford to lose any of you. Go on back to base, and get cleaned up. I will settle things here."
Amano returned to her own car, while Kayu slowly drove back towards their base. Once the girl was out of sight, Amano gunned her own car engine to hurry to the fight location.
oO0Oo
The AutoTrooper kicked, and again the Legion dodged, slipping past her once again, charging after a very scared fleeing young woman.
Bringing up its K-gun, the AutoTrooper fired; hitting the Legion in the leg, slowing it just enough to get in front of it again. She kicked again, this time it connected and pushed the Legion back a few meters. Just enough to buy time; but not enough time.
The panicked girl looked up at her would be savior only to see it go into some sort of seizures, as it fell before her. Beyond it the Legion again stood up, advancing is almost organic/transformer body towards her; its Megatron like head spouting a drooling tongue lusting after the meat of you helpless girl.
The AutoTrooper forcibly ejected a naked and slime covered Chinese woman on the ground next to her. The Chinese woman tried to stand, but apparently was too exhausted as she lost consciousness.
Several meters away was safety, blocked by an iron gate, and a woman stood behind it shouting something. The girl did not hear the pleas to help the mech, she was lost in the panic of the situation. She knew she would never be able to reach the Iron Gate in time, and there was no way she could get the Chinese woman to safety either.
She saw the Legion lunge for her, and knew it was all over, but the AutoTrooper stepped in the way, deflecting the Legion's attack, and losing its arm in the process.
The AutoTrooper screamed and inaudible cry of pain to the heavens, but the girl heard it.
The Legion seemed to slow its actions, waiting for something, hoping that something would happen the way it wanted.
The young woman, named Atari, stood; the path to freedom and the naked Chinese woman were both forgotten. All she saw was the injured AutoTrooper, apparently just as alive as the Legion and had just given its arm in a vain attempt to save her life. She walked over to it, as it leaned down to her. She made a move to kiss it…
AutoTrooper unit 04 immediately enveloped her, absorbing a new power that few had seen before. Where the missing arm was, greenish organic goo covered tentacles grew out and quickly reformed into a robot arm identical to the one that was lost.
The orange cones appeared, and assembled into a gatling cannon; and within seconds the Legion was no more.
A dried off, and freshly dressed Ringo approached Amano as they both watched the AutoTrooper transform back into its car mode. They both knew the young girl would be passed out in the driver's seat.
"At last, we have a new player," Amano said.
"You never liked her, did you?" Ringo asked, matter of factly, "Was it because she was Chinese?"
"No. That just made it easy."