Transformers Robots in Disguise: Vengeances

Written by: Marik7410

Chapter 6

Damaged

Metro City

Tyler was returning home from school. He was disappointed that his new friends didn't show up for school. He planned on visiting them but he didn't know where they live. A couple of feet behind Tyler was Kim. She is heading over to see Cassie when she spotted Tyler. She sped walk up to Tyler and covered his eyes. "Not now Kim," Tyler sighed.

Kim removed her eyes and looked at her friend. "Something bothering you?" she asked.

"It's nothing," Tyler said.

"Come on, you can talk to me," Kim said. "We're like siblings. You talk to me more than you do with Cass."

"I knew it was too good to be true when Mina and Rin appeared in my life," Tyler said. "Now that they didn't show up for school, worries me."

"It's just one day," Kim said. "It doesn't mean that they don't like you."

"I know but it's been so long since a girl from my school talked to me," Tyler said. "Now that the opportunity came up, I don't know how to act."

"My advice to you, let it play out," Kim said. "If fate meant for the three of you to be friends, don't rush it and don't force it."

"I guess," Tyler sighed.

"Good," Kim said. She gave Tyler a kiss on the cheek before heading off. "I'm going to steal Cassie for a bit okay."

"Kim, wait," Tyler said.

Kim looked back. "What's up?"

"I'm not blinded by the fact that you have a crush on me," Tyler said. "Plus you know that I'm attracted to you, why not take advantage?"

"It's because of the bond we have," Kim answered. "I see you as my little brother. If it wasn't for that, you won't have to worry about Mina and Rin because you'll have me. I do care about you but not to that degree."

"What's stopping you?"

"You," Kim said.

"Me?"

"You're scared of me. That's why I can't allow my love for you to grow. I don't want to feel the same fear that you experienced years ago."

Kim left Tyler pondered on that thought as she left. Tyler thought about it but couldn't put two and two together.

Himalayan Mountains

A semi truck rolled through the lightly kissed snow road. The driver surveyed the road condition and felt comfortable with the current condition. The driver slowed down the truck and veered off to a hidden road. The road twisted and wine as forks were placed to throw off unwanted visitors. The driver reached for the ceiling console and pressed a button. The side of the mountain opened up as the truck drove in. The truck passed through a short tunnel before entering a vast warehouse at the end. Containers lined up on the wall and stacked up on top of each other. Human workers manned the floor whose job is to move and keep inventory of the cargo.

The truck hissed as it was parked. The trailer opens as forklifts entered the trailer and offload the cargo. Then the ground rumbled in a pattern similar to footsteps. The driver exited the cab then looked up. He bowed to his respect. "Master, the parts you've requested have arrived," he said.

His master is a 43 foot tall dark robot. His body is built for war. His thick armoring can defect any heavy assault he can take. He had a pair of pulse cannons on his back. Attached behind his hips are a stow-away sword and a mace. The name is this menacing robot with red killer optics is Lugnut. "Bring them to my lab," Lugnut ordered. "It is vital that I complete my task in due time."

Outside the warehouse on the mountain side, Heather was sensing the area with her hand. "It's like Greg said," she said.

"What's our course of action?" Mina asked.

"There are too many to interrogate," Heather said. "We have to find out on our own."

"I see," Greg said. "To even to question one will alert the others."

"They can communicate telepathically?" Mina wondered.

"These are far more advanced than the one you dealt with," Heather explained. "If you opened them, there is nothing human about them except for their brains. The ones you been dealing with are newborns. They are wild and out of control. They're main purpose is to spread the virus."

"Now are you ready to go in?" Greg asked.

"Always," Rin smiled.

"Let's take back our planet," Mina said.

"Ready?" Heather asked.

"Ready," Greg said.

"Ready," Rin said.

Then Heather and Greg looked at Mina. "I don't suit up," Mina said. "I have my second skin. So I'm going on ahead." And Mina left.

Heather, Greg and Rin pulled out a small chip from their pockets and inserted them into the bracelet. "Data card set!" they shouted. "Readout!"

Mina dropped in from the sky with her tail extended. She whacked the ground, causing the ceiling of the warehouse to collapse. "Paladin Armor Online!"

The workers inside saw the roof collapsing and snow poured in from the mountain side. Once the snow stopped falling, three armored beings and a dragon skinned girl stood in the pile. "What the hell…who the hell are you?" one of the workers asked.

"Ice Princess," Rin answered.

"Dragoness," Mina answered.

"White Lotus," Heather answered.

"Ground Striker," Greg answered.

"Your point?" the worker asked.

"Together we form the purest of light," they said.

"Oh shit!" the workers said.

In the lab, Lugnut was working hard on his project when he heard a large explosion that rocked the building. "What the hell is going on?" Lugnut wondered.

He exited his lab and walked to the corner. He peered into the main room and saw a full on fight in progress. Lugnut studied the fight and he was ready to end it when he saw the enemy, which made him worried. "Slag, I can't let them find it," he said to himself and slinked away.

Heather sensed movement at a distance. "Guys, cover me," Heather requested.

"Not to be rude but one of us should go instead," Mina suggested.

"She can move faster than all of us plus she has something you don't," Greg said. "Heather, go!"

Greg cleared a path for Heather as she raced towards the lab. She reached the door and walked in.

"I'm willing to bet that you're blind," Lugnut oiled.

Heather stiffened up with fear. "Damn, I didn't sense him," she said to herself. "Wait, that voice seems familiar."

"Who are you?" Heather asked.

"Well it seems appropriate to identify myself before your life ends here today," Lugnut said. Lugnut was hovering over the ground to elude his enemy. He touched the ground and Heather turned her body towards Lugnut. "It's not only sound that guides you, tell me woman, what is it that you utilize to substitute for your vision?" Lugnut inquired.

"I've trained myself to use sound waves to guide me," Heather explained. "Vibration on the ground is my eyes as I size up my opponents."

"You, without sight, can still pose a threat?" Lugnut chuckled.

"That voice, it was you," Heather said.

"I have no idea of what you speak."

Heather retracted her helmet, revealing her face to Lugnut. "Remember me?" she asked.

Lugnut examined her face and chuckled. "You still live after all those years," Lugnut laughed. "I'm surprised the energon didn't kill you."

Heather reached in into her eyes and removed her contacts. She kept her eyes closed as she dropped the contact onto the floor. "You'll be surprised of what the energon has done to me," she smiled.

Heather opened her eyes and revealed her cybernetic eyes. A second later, there was a flash of light and an explosion.

"Heather!?" Greg called. Greg tapped into his suit's power supply and directed everything to an EMP transmitter. "Rin, power down," Greg instructed. "This is going to scramble any and every mechanical device."

Rin did as Greg instructed and powered down. Greg punched the ground and sent a powerful EMP through the ground. The resulting pulse killed every single cyborg in the room. "Whoa!" the girls awed.

This move resulted in a major power loss and forced Greg to power down. Then he ran towards the lab to look for his wife. The girls soon followed. In the lab, Greg found his wife on the ground, not moving. He rushed to her side and held her close. Heather moved her head and look Greg in the eye. "Sorry sweetie," she said in a weak voice. "I had to do it."

"It's okay," Greg soothed.

The girls walked in and saw scorch marks were all over the room. "What happened here?" Mina wondered.

"That day when Heather lost everything, something in her changed," Greg explained. "This happened once before and it was by accident. When Heather empties her mind and focuses on her eyes, she can fire a devastating beam that can incinerate everything in Heather's line of sight. But as a result, it takes a toll on her mind and possibility shortened her life."

"What can we do to help?" Rin asked.

"Right now, nothing," Greg said. "Go home and tell Phoenix that the mission was a failure. Whatever they were hiding, they were able to remove it. Until Heather regains her strength, you're on your own."

"I see," Rin said. "Come on, let's go home."

"And leave them?" Mina said.

"This is their life, not ours," Rin said. "We'll only get in the way."

"Okay," Mina sighed and the girls left.

"Are they gone?" Heather whispered.

"Yeah," Greg said.

"I saw it," Heather said. "I saw what he was building. Trust me, what we're dealing with now is nothing compare to what's going to happen to us in the future. I can assure you, we're all going to die."

Metro City

CGA Tower is one of Metro City's landmarks. Not only was it the tallest building at its time but it was a historical moment when Predacons Sky-Byte, Darkscream, Gasshunk and Slapper worked together with the Build Team to save the hostage in a foil attempt to get the O-Parts from the Autobots. It was known on that day that the Predacons, in particular Sky-Byte, aren't that much of a threat as they were before. From that time, there have been building in the city that has surpassed the tower in height but it still retained its popularity.

Standing on top of the tower was Empress. She surveyed the bustling city and smiled. "Oh yes, I sense your presence," she said. "I can hear you calling me. But in order for you to return, a certain soul must be…appreciated." Empress slid down the roof to the edge and broke through the glass. The patrons were in complete shock with Empress dramatic entrance. "It's a robbery!" a woman shouted.

"Worse," Empress chuckled. Empress snapped her fingers as a group of 30 miniature robots appeared next to Empress. "It's a life changing experience. Let me share the three easy steps to world domination. Step 1: Recruit." The robot broke up into nanobytes and infected the patrons, not only the observation deck, but the entire tower itself. "You can't dominate if you don't have do have any supporters. Step 2: Facilitate. There is no point in ruling if you don't have a haven to call home." Empress looked at her minions and smiled. "You have your orders," she said. "Get started."

"Yes ma'am," the patrons bowed and left.

Empress walked up to the elevator and summoned it. After being picked up and lowered to the ground floor, Empress started her stroll. What she was interested in is the general age group population. While she was walking, a young man in his late teens walked pass Empress then turned around for a pursuit. He maintained his distance for quite some time until he was ready to make his kill. What seemed forever was a few city blocks he walked following Empress. Then she turned into an alley. This was his chance to strike. He sped up to sneak up on her. He walked into the alley and saw a long deep corridor of emptiness. "What the…" he said.

The teen walked the corridor until he was halfway through. "Where she go?" he wondered.

"Over here boo-boo," Empress answered.

The teen quickly turned around and saw Empress behind him. Feeling so certain, he charged at Empress and pinned her against the wall. "You're mine now," he said.

"I beg to differ," Empress smiled.

The teen felt something pulling his shirt as he was thrown high in the sky before landing on his back. The blow stunned the teen as he was unable to move. Then he felt something pinning his arms and legs to the ground. He looked and saw that his limb was tied to the ground. The ground lifted as he was placed upright in front of Empress. "Who are you?" he asked.

Empress grabbed the teen's face and examined it. "You're quite the looker aren't you?" Empress smiled.

"Release me," the teen demanded. "When my master found out that I'm missing…"

"Your master?!" Empress said. "I'm your master now, boy. Now let me see what you know."

The teen felt Empress' firm hands turning his head to expose his neck. On the teen's neck were two cyber ports. Empress smiled with glee as she licked his neck. The teen shivered in disgust from the sensation. "Tell me your story," Empress whispered.

Empress' canines grew as she sunk her teeth into the ports. The teen stiffened up with pain as Empress hacked through the teen's firewall and invaded his brain. His memories were forcibly hacked and read. Tears rolled down his eyes as Empress had her ways. She detached herself from the teen as he was left drained. "You're Takumi," Empress said. "You're one of three children to Max and Chelsea. Your relatives consist of an uncle named Max and his wife Andrea. Plus you have two cousins named Tyler and Cassandra or Cassie as she preferred it."

Takumi was trembling with fear. His whole life was now in Empress' head. "What do you want?" Takumi asked.

"Your loyalty," Empress answered.

"Piss off," Takumi hissed. "I'm not bowing to some psychotic bitch like you."

"Oh? So I guess you wouldn't mind if I attack your older brother Tim or your cute little sister?"

"You leave Kiriko out of this!" Takumi fumed.

"A protective one, aren't you?" Empress grinned. "Serve me and I will leave her alone."

Takumi lowered his head and snarled. "Ah, I see that you're afraid of your cousin aren't you?" Empress said. "Well, don't worry about your cousin because I'm the lead virus. Everyone has to report to me and you are my trusted solider. And go and spread my word of wisdom."

Empress snapped her fingers and Takumi went stiff. He was released as he left the alley. "And that was step 3: Infestation," Empress concluded.

"You do realize that we need a certain amount of bodies in order for this to work?" a voice spoke.

"Blackhawk, you worry too much," Empress said as she assured her bodyguard. "Just get back to work and leave everything to me."

"As you wish," Blackhawk bowed and vanished.

Elsewhere in the city, a taxi cab pulled up in front of a concrete gated house. The back doors opened as Mina and Rin dragged their bodies from the cab. "We're home," Rin said.

"Come on," Mina encouraged. "We're almost there."

Flying after a bust left the girls both mentally and physically fatigued. The door was left unlocked as the owner was expecting the girls' arrival. The door opened as the girls walked in. "Tadima!" the girls crooned then dropped to the ground.

The owner of the house peered from the kitchen to greet the girls. "Girls, I'm making some dinner, what do you…" The girls were fast asleep. "Dang, they're worst than me."

The next day

Tyler walked through the halls of his school, heading towards homeroom. On his way there, he passed the teacher's office and saw Mina and Rin inside. He saw a tall dark man talking to his teacher. "Now they show up?" he said to himself. "But what's going on?"

Tyler paid no mind to it and went to class. In the classroom, the class was waiting for the teacher to come in to start the class. 5 minutes after the bell rung, Mina and Rin walked into class.

"Hey," Tyler greeted.

"Hi," Mina smiled.

"Yo," Rin waved.

Then 10 minutes later, Nami walked into the classroom. "Stand!" a student commanded.

"No need," Nami interrupted.

"How come?" the student asked.

"Um, due to unforeseen circumstances, I have to take a temporarily leave of absence," Nami explained.

The class started to murmur. "It's not a big deal," Nami smiled. "Everything will be fine. I'm just letting you know this. So as of now, this is Study Hall."

With that, Nami took her leave. Concerned, Tyler got up and exited out the second door. He saw his teacher talking with the same man he saw earlier this morning. "So are you ready?" Nami asked.

"I should be asking you that," the man said. The two walked down the hall and the man spotted Tyler. "Come on," Nami said.

"Hang on," the man said. "This kid fascinates me."

"I'm not that interesting," Tyler said with a straight face.

The man erupted in laughter. "You remind me of me when I was young," he laughed. "Here's a hint of advice from me to you, don't trust every single girl you see."

"Already on it."

"Good." With that advice delivered, he left.

Mina walked up behind Tyler and placed her hand on his shoulder. "So what do you think of him?" Mina smiled.

"He's odd," Tyler said. "He said that I remind him of himself in his younger years."

"So you don't like him?" Mina asked.

"Not really," Tyler answered.

Mina was disappointed in Tyler's answer. "Oh well, you can't please everyone," she shrugged and head for the library.

"What does that suppose to mean?" Tyler wondered.

Tyler went back to his seat and leaned back. Then he looked to his left and saw Rin staring at him. "I thought you have someone," he said.

"Doesn't mean I'm not allowed to shop around," Rin smiled.

Then Tyler donned on a serious face. "What's wrong?" Rin wondered.

"GET DOWN!" he shouted. He grabbed Rin and threw her to the ground. The wall exploded as glass and debris flew across the room. Students that seated near the wall were tossed from their chairs. Nine cyborgs entered the room with guns in their hands. A human sized robot walked in with a machine gun in his hand. He fired in the air to silent the classroom. "Listen up fleshlings!" he boomed. "I'm looking for a certain someone. Hand them over and everyone will leave here with their lives. Does someone know where I can collect Tyler J. Jameson?"

Tyler's eyes peeled back with shock and fear. "TJ? Why are they looking for him?" Rin thought to herself. "I have to get out of here." As much as she likes to leave, Tyler held her tight. "Damn, Mina you better heard that," Rin said to herself.

When no one moved, the robot started to lose his patience. He looked at a female student and one of the cyborgs shot her dead. "Their blood will taint your conscious unless you show yourself," he warned.

The entire class was fearful for their lives. "He's over there," one of the students pointed.

"Shit," Rin thought to herself. The robot walked up to Tyler then glanced at Rin. He picked up Rin and tossed her to the side. The robot grabbed Tyler by his collar. "Found you," he smiled.

"Leave him alone!" Rin demanded.

"Or what?" the robot said. "Your hero has failed to save everyone."

Two cyborgs walked in with Mina unconscious. "No," Rin quivered.

Tyler looked over his shoulder and saw Mina out cold. "Leave them alone," he requested.

"I will," the robot said. "Since I have you, everyone here will live."

The cyborgs disabled the safety and took aim. "You promised!" Tyler said.

"No, I didn't," the robot grinned.

"But you have me, let them go."

"I did say that they will live but I didn't say for how long. Men, take aim and fire!"

When there was no sound, the robot looked back and saw that his crew had vanished. "What the…" He felt a tap on his shoulder and saw nothing but metal. He examined his opponent and his face dropped. "You're taller than I thought and more manlier," he said.

"Thanks," the armored being spoke then he landed a strong hook to the robot's face, releasing Tyler.

The cyborgs that held Mina dropped her to engage the enemy. Another armored being flew in and shot the guns from their hands. "On the ground and don't try anything funny," she demanded.

Tyler looked at his savior and he was speechless. "There more of you," he said.

"I have no idea what you're talking about but since you're okay, take your class and leave. Evacuate the entire school and don't stop."

Tyler nodded and helped everyone out the room. He ran over to Mina and picked her up. He took one last look before leaving.

"Tai, I think it's better to end their lives."

"Are you nuts? Koji, you know better that they have information we can use."

"Whatever," Koji sighed. He looked around the classroom and saw the robot crawling to the edge. Koji rushed over to pick him up by his neck. "Identify yourself," Koji demanded.

"The name is Dugout, please let me go."

"Who sent you?"

"Like hell I'm going to tell you," Dugout laughed.

"Okay," Koji said.

Dugout felt something on his back. It was metal and round. "Wait, what are you…"

The trigger was pulled and Dugout's spark casting was blown off, killing him instantly. Koji dropped Dugout to the ground below and looked over at the cyborgs Tai had captured. He walked over to them and squatted down. "If you cooperate, you fate won't be his," Koji said softly. "You understand?"

The cyborgs nodded. Koji stood up and restrained the cyborgs. "Tai, call Lex and tell her we got two to interrogate," Koji said.

"Got it," Tai said.

Downstairs, everyone looked up as their saviors left their school with two suspects. Tyler looked up and watched his saviors fly away. "Is she okay?" Rin asked.

"She's knocked out," Tyler said. "She should wake at any moment."

Rin looked at Mina and saw that she was awake. "Shh," Mina hushed. She wanted to enjoy this moment a little longer.

"Put her down," Rin said. "She's fine."

Tyler kneel a bit to let Mina down. "You know how to treat your friends," Mina fumed.

Rin walked up to Mina's ear and whispered, "Why are they targeting TJ?"

"Don't know," Mina whispered. "I think he knows something about this whole thing."

"Are you saying that he's in charge of this whole operation?"

"Maybe. We need to keep a close eye on him before we confront him."

Tyler looked at the girls with a bright smile. "Well, since school is out, how about that tour I promised you?" he suggested.

"Ok," Mina smiled.

"This better not be boring," Rin snorted.

"Our first stop is the CGA Tower," Tyler said. "You'll love the view."

Meanwhile in New York, Crosswise walked the empty section of New York City. He felt that the search wasn't through so he decided to comb through every detail until he finds something that was overlooked. Crosswise move slowly and carefully until he reached a demolished department store. He sensed a faint energy coming from underneath the rubble. He carefully moves the rocks out of the way and found a pod. He picked it up and examined it. "What is it?" he wondered.

Metro City

"Where you find this?" Hotshot asked.

"It was underneath a store," Crosswise answered. "The energy was faint but it was there. Do have an idea where this came from?"

"I've never seen this before," Hotshot shrugged.

"Seen what?" Optimus asked.

Hotshot looked back as he saw his commander returning from his recon mission. Hotshot presented his leader with the pod and Optimus dropped it instantaneously. "Where you find this?" Optimus asked.

"Underneath a store," Crosswise answered. "Do you know who or what was in here?"

"The energy I felt from this pod is similar to Empress," Optimus said.

"Empress?!" the Spychanger exclaimed.

"So if Empress is here, does that mean…"

Optimus sighed and closed his optics. "As much I like to deny it Hotshot, we have to think that there is a possibility that Devil Z is returning."

"But you erase him from existence," R.E.V. said.

"That is what worries me," Optimus said. "The only one who can definitely confirm this is no longer living."

"We have to leave this planet before we get dragged into this," Ironhide said.

"If we leave, we are only making it worse," Optimus said. "We have to find Empress and destroy her before Devil Z returns, if he can."