Transformers Robots in Disguise (RID): Endgame
By: Marik7410
Chapter 7
Brother
Location: Space
Quickstrike was cruising through space for quite some time. He was looking for his brother to join him and yet he couldn't find him. He hopped planet to planet looking for him and he found no clues to his whereabouts. He was getting peeved. "The most wanted in the universe and yet no one has seen you. Where are you?" he said to himself. Then he had a thought. "I should've known." He turned around and raced to his destination.
Ship: Hyperion
Area: Holodeck
Their break was over and T-Ai and Wilson went back to working on the project. T-Ai was still trying to find the answer of why Stage II kept failing. Wilson sat back and watched. He was thinking of ways to bypass the scan process and into the download mode. Then Koji appeared next to Wilson. T-Ai saw Koji on the corner of her eye and greeted him. "Hey Koji, how you're doing?" T-Ai said.
"Doing good," Koji replied.
"Any info for me?" Wilson asked.
"One bad one," Koji replied. "But not here."
"Hey T-Ai, Koji and I are going to somewhere to talk," Wilson said.
"Why not here?" T-Ai asked.
"It's a personal matter," Koji replied.
"Is it about me?" T-Ai asked.
"No," they said. T-Ai was upset at the response. "Fine, go ahead and have your 'manly' talk," she sniffed. "See if I care."
Koji and Wilson left the Holodeck. They floated down the hallway and into T-Ai's room. The door was sealed and a force field was placed to prevent eavesdropping. "What's up?" Wilson asked.
"You felt it didn't you?"
"Felt it? T-Ai said that I shed a tear," Wilson replied. "What happened?"
"Earth is gone," Koji replied.
"Gone?"
"Yep."
"Man," Wilson sighed. "Any survivors?"
"Only two and they were captured by Starscream," Koji said. "Everyone else bit the dust."
"If we are revived, we won't have a home," Wilson said.
"I know," Koji agreed.
"Any reason why they were captured?" Wilson asked.
"Don't know," Koji replied.
"What about the suit?"
"I can't find the guy," Koji replied. "Hey, there are rumors that you and Empress formed an alliance. Is that true?"
"Where you hear that from?" Wilson asked.
"All the spirits," Koji replied. "They are everywhere and they hear and see things all the time. So is it true?"
"Yea. Why?"
"She's the enemy," Koji pointed out.
"She's the victim," Wilson corrected. "The suit has taken control of her body, kicking her out. She changed."
"Yeah right."
"She has. Believe me. Alexis has changed."
"Who's Alexis?" Koji replied.
"Empress' actual name," Wilson replied.
"Then who gave her the name Empress?"
"Her so-called father. She turned her back on him. She's coming to me for any info to separate her from the suit."
"You're treading in deep water," Koji warned.
"No I'm not."
"Whatever." And Koji disappeared.
Planet: Cybertron
Area: Empress' office
Empress Z was sitting her in her chair pondering. Alexis appeared next to Empress to confront her. "You think you'll win?" Alexis said.
"I don't think. I know I'll win," Empress Z said. "With this body, I have enough power to alter the universe in my image."
"Well I'm pulling the plug," Alexis threatened.
"Really. How?"
"You may have my body and my army but the spark crystal is mine. If I wanted to, I can pull the plug and kill both of us."
"That will take a lot of power to do that. Power you don't have."
Alexis knew that Empress Z had a point. Sound of glass breaking echoed in the hallway which was followed by an alarm. "What is that?" Empress Z asked.
"It's coming from my brother's room," Alexis replied. "Come on."
"Why should I be concern about your little brother?" Empress Z asked. "There are more things more important than your little brother. We have Deathstrike on the loose, you lost Scorponok, Quickstrike is missing, the Aerial bots are nowhere to be found, and the Autobots are looking for Cybertron. You are willing to put all of that to the side to look for your brother?"
"I will," Alexis replied.
"And then you will fail," Empress Z said.
A Decepticon soldier walked into Empress' office. "I'm sorry your Excellency but I failed you," he said. "They've stolen your brother's body. I don't know who did it but I am ready for my punishment."
"Don't do it again," Empress Z said.
"What?"
"Don't do it again," Empress Z repeated. "Now go back to work."
"Ok." And he left.
"What the hell was that?" Alexis asked.
"My leadership," Empress Z replied.
"Unbelievable."
Ship: Hyperion
Area: Briefing room
Wilson was returning to the Holodeck to finish his project. He floated pass the briefing room when he heard something that made him stop. He went back and cracked the door open and listen in. "I don't think it's safe for those three to be here."
"That's Ultra Magnus," Wilson said.
"But we need them. Without them, we will lose the only edge we have against Empress."
"X-Brawn?" Wilson said. He peered inside and saw Optimus, Ultra Magnus, Hotshot, X-Brawn and Railspike. "It's a private meeting," Wilson whispered.
"What edge? We didn't have one 50 years ago, and we don't have one now," Ultra Magnus said.
"We did have one," Optimus said.
"But she didn't use it," Magnus pointed out.
"She didn't know," Hotshot said. "Beside if she did, it was locked."
"Plus if she did knew, our fate would've been the same," Railspike said.
"They talking about me and T-Ai," Wilson whispered.
"Did you ever notice that even since that moment 50 years ago bad things happen to us?" Magnus asked.
"So who are you blaming?" Hotshot asked.
"No one," Magnus replied.
"But you are pointing fingers at someone," Optimus said.
"I'm just saying that we should kick Wilson off the ship," Magnus suggested.
"If we do that, T-Ai has to go too. She's connected to him," Hotshot pointed out.
"So be it," Magnus said. "We'll get rid of a threat and a traitor."
"You still hung up on that?" Railspike said. "She said she's sorry."
"We all know 'Once a Decepticon is always a Decepticon'," Magnus quoted.
"Your point?" X-Brawn asked.
"She'll turn on us at any moment," Magnus replied.
"What about Arcee?" Hotshot asked.
"Throw her out too," Magnus replied.
"No one is leaving the ship," Optimus said. "Yes, they been troublesome but good things are happening for us."
"Like what?" Magnus asked.
"We now have a weapon that can defeat Empress. Wilson knows someone that can give us a map of the universe so we can go home to Cybertron and end this nightmare," Optimus replied.
"You know what Prime? You just as gullible as ever," Magnus said. "You'll let anyone push you around if it involves plans on getting rid of the Decepticons. You're a sorry excuse of a leader. I know I should've taken the matrix when I had the chance so I can take over as leader and do things my way."
"That's not the case," Optimus said. "I wear the Matrix of Leadership…"
"…so do I," Magnus interrupted.
"…and I'm in charge. You either do things my way or you can hit the road," Optimus continued. "The escape hatch is available for you to leave."
Ultra Magnus had enough and stormed off. Wilson saw Ultra Magnus coming and hid. "The nerves of him," Magnus said as he walked away. Wilson phased out from the wall and breathed a sigh of relief. "So that's how you feel don't you Magnus? Don't worry, I can make your dreams come true," Wilson smiled. "It might hurt but it'll be worth it," he said as his hand was charged with electricity.
Area: Ultra Magnus' quarters
Magnus was still fuming from the argument with Optimus. "He tells me to get lost," Magnus grumbled. "'Look at me, I'm Optimus Prime. I'm leader of the Autobots and I'm your boss. As your commander, I'll like you to call me Pompous Prime for I'm a gasbag.' I swear all that leadership is swelling his head."
"So you think that you can do a better job than him?" a voice asked.
"I don't think, I know I can do a better job than him," Ultra Magnus replied. "Beside, who are you?"
"Your subconscious."
"My subconscious? How do I know that you're not a fake?" Magnus asked.
"Because you're jealous of Optimus. He was chosen instead of you. All you wanted is to be just like your brother but you couldn't reach his level."
"I can so reach his level and more. I almost slagged Optimus myself. If it wasn't for his team, I will be carrying the matrix!" Magnus boomed.
"Oh, you 'almost' killed him. Well almost doesn't count. Beside if you did have the matrix, everyone will be dead."
"What are you talking about?" Magnus was getting nervous.
"You're one of the most reckless Autobots I ever seen. You fail to take orders. You only think of yourself…"
"I don't think for myself. I think about the team as well."
"To your benefit. As long it makes you look good or helps you, you do it. Aren't you the one who wanted T-Ai dead because she betrayed you? Look how far you've gotten because of her. Now image where you will be at this time without here?"
"At this very spot," Magnus said.
"Wrong. You'll be in the afterlife." A holographic projection of Cybertron appeared in front of Ultra Magnus. He found three copses on the ground. "Who are they?" Magnus asked.
"Optimus…Arcee…then YOU!"
"Me? I can't be dead," Magnus denied.
"Because of your reckless behavior, everyone on your team either left or died."
Inferno was walking down the hallway minding his own business. Then he heard a scream from Ultra Magnus' room. Then Wilson phased out from the wall laughing. Inferno put two-and-two together and glared at Wilson. Wilson felt the glare and met the source. "What?" he asked.
"What did you do?"
"Nothing," Wilson chuckled.
"GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" Magnus screamed.
Inferno shot Wilson a mean look.
"He was bitching how he would've done things differently if he was in charge," Wilson said. "What, I can't teach him a lesson?"
"No," Inferno said.
"You're no fun," Wilson said.
Magnus came out of his room and saw Inferno and Wilson. "You two," he snarled.
"Don't look at me, it was him who did it. I just heard you screaming and that's it," Inferno said.
Ultra Magnus looked at Wilson and let out a snort.
"Wilson, can you help me in the holodeck?" Wilson said in a high pitched voice.
"Oh look at the time, I have to go. Bye!" And he disappeared.
"I'm going to kill him!" Magnus said.
"He's already dead, what good is that going to do?" Inferno asked.
Magnus released the pent-up steam and sulked back to his room.
Planet: Jungle Planet (KG 52)
Deathstrike and Shockblast entered the planet's atmosphere and cruised over the forest. They flew into a hole in the forest and cruised through the forest. They flew for a while until they reached an ancient building. They transformed into their robot mode to enter when they were stopped. "Hello dear brother," a voice said.
Deathstrike recognized the voice and turned around. "Hello Quickstrike," Deathstrike said.
"You want me to give him a 'parting' gift?" Shockblast asked.
"No," Deathstrike replied. "He's my little brother. Why you're here?"
"You were right," Quickstrike replied. "Empress couldn't care two shits about me. I should've taken your offer when you presented it."
"It's still open," Deathstrike said. "Omega Prime may have killed Nightstrike but together we can let Empress know what a true Decepticon is."
"Whatcha doing?" Quickstrike asked.
"Come and see," Deathstrike said.
Deathstrike led his brother into the building and down towards the bottom. Shockblast followed. After traveling down 300 feet, they touched ground. Deathstrike led the group to a large set of double doors. The doors swung opened and there laid in the center of the room were two stasis pods. The room was surrounded with computers. Quickstrike was amazed by the room. "It used to be a communication base before the takeover," Deathstrike stated.
Quickstrike saw that stasis pods and walked over to them. He circled the pods and peered into the viewing glass. "It's empty," he said.
"No it's not," Deathstrike said. "My subjects are too small to fill the pod all the way."
"So what is this?" Quickstrike asked.
"My plan to get rid of Empress," Deathstrike replied. "Inside those pods are two dead bodies."
"Wait, there is no way you can revive the dead," Quickstrike pointed out.
"I know, you have to a God to do it," Deathstrike agreed. "That's why I'm reanimating the dead."
"That's crazy. How are you going to do that?"
Deathstrike opened his spark chamber and showed his brother his spark. "Even though, how do you know if they will follow you orders?" Quickstrike asked.
"Why ask such a rhetorical question? They'll be mindless zombies. They'll obey no one but me," Deathstrike replied.
"Everything is ready," Sixshot called.
"Good." Sixshot fixed up to two energy rods connected to the pods. Deathstrike walked up to the rods and held a tight grip on them. Energy from his spark ran down his arms and into the rods. Then the rods carried the energy into the pods. Then pods were infused with Deathstrike's spark energy into the subjects. Deathstrike continued to pour his spark energy into the pods until the lids on the pods popped. Deathstrike stopped transferring energy and watched. Mists bellowed from the pods and onto the ground. The pod's lids slowly opened. More mist bellowed from the pods. Two figures sat up in the pods. Because of their size, the mist was still covering them. A pair of red eyes burned through the mist as Deathstrike laughed with triumph. "They live. They live!" he laughed.
"But they're dead," Quickstrike said.
"Shut up, you're killing the moment," Deathstrike said.
Location: Unknown
Region: Unknown
There is a section in the universe that no one knows about. A section of the universe where no one can reach. Maybe because it doesn't exist or does it. In this section lays a race of supernatural beings. Like the Vok, this race was never seen by anyone. No one knows what they look like. They are always in disguise when moving about the universe. They have no physical body. They have one purpose: keeping the deads dead. They only enter the universe when someone does the unforgiving. "A reanimation process has taken place," a dark voice spoke. "The reanimated has to be placed to rest and the user destroyed."
"We'll look for the culprits and dispose of them," a lighter voice spoke. "If things get 'complicated' we'll let you know."
"Very well. Allow some time to pass. If the balance has not been restored, search and destroy."
"Understood sir."
Five minutes has passed and the balance hasn't been restored.
Location: Space
Region: Sector H
A starship was cruising through the galaxy on an exploration trip. Driving it was a female humanoid life form. Her skin was blue and her hair black. She was very young as if she was in her early adult stage in her life. No species can say no to her, she was considered the gem of the universe. And oddly her name was Kelly for short (don't ask for the full name). "Ah, my life is good," Kelly said to herself. "With my looks, I can make any man smile. I think I made a blind man have a cardiac irregularity (heart attack). I have everything I want but nothing seems weird happens lately. I want some action. I want some thrill. I want weirdness."
Then a hole was for in space. Kelly saw the hole and thought it was a black hole. She was about to turn around when she saw a ship emerging from the hole. The ship was nothing like Kelly has ever before in her life. The ship scanned Kelly's cruiser and took on its mold. Then the ship separated into a fleet of 100 and flew off in different directions. Kelly couldn't believe it. "That was the stuff I was talking about," she said. She found the weirdness and she was having a rush just from seeing it. Now she wants to see some action. She took off following one of the ships in hopes of seeing some excitement.
Ship: Hyperion
Area: Holodeck
Wilson floated back to the Holodeck to in hopes to finish his project. He phased through the door and saw T-Ai sleeping, again. "T-Ai," he called.
T-Ai quickly sat up and fixed herself. "I'm awake," she said.
"Are you okay?" Wilson asked.
"I'm fine," T-Ai replied.
"No you're not. You went to sleep before and now you're entered a sleep cycle again and you did nothing but think."
"I hope an idea will fly into my head while I was dreaming."
"That's enough for today. Let's just put this to rest until tomorrow," Wilson suggested.
"I agree," T-Ai said.
The program was close and the simulation ended. Wilson was about to head to Astrometrics when he noticed something about T-Ai that was bothering him. "T-Ai, can I ask you a personal question?" Wilson asked.
"Sure," T-Ai replied. She was getting uneasy. "A personal question. It maybe about how I look? No. Maybe how I act? No. How I smell? No. Maybe it's about my love life. No worse, I think he might confess to me. If that happens, I don't know what to do. Man this is getting tense."
"Why you always wear a hat?" Wilson asked.
Disappointment slapped T-Ai across the face. "That was his person question. He asked about my hat," T-Ai thought to herself. "It's a habit. I had one on when I was an AI hologram."
"Maybe old habits are hard to kick," Wilson said. "That's too bad. You cute with your hat on. I wonder how cuter you'll with your hat off." Then he walked off. T-Ai blushed. "Cute?" she thought to herself.
Area: Astrometrics
Cop-Tur and Throttle was trying to figure out and decipher the ship's map and determine where they are.
"I think we are over here," Throttle suggested and he pointed in the middle of the map.
"No, I think we're not in this area," Cop-Tur said.
"Really," Throttle said.
"Yep," Cop-Tur said.
"If we are over here in the center of the map, I believe is over in the upper-right hand corner," Throttle argued.
"You're nuts. You think Empress will move Cybertron where we can find that easy?" Cop-Tur asked.
"You may not know," Throttle replied.
"You're both wrong," Wilson interrupted.
Throttle and Cop-Tur turned around and saw Wilson behind them. "When you come in?" Throttle asked.
"I'm a spirit. I don't open doors," Wilson replied.
"You need a bell," Cop-Tur suggested.
"If you're so smart, where are we?" Throttle asked.
"Right over here," Wilson replied and he pointed at the upper portion of the map. "We had been going in circles."
"We have?" Cop-Tur asked.
"I noticed that we passed a star formation that was similar to the one I saw yesterday," Wilson replied. "Unfortunately this map is no good. It's 10 years ago and it's out of date."
"Can a lot change in 10 years?" Throttle asked.
"With Empress influence? Yes," Wilson replied.
"So you know where we are?" Cop-Tur asked.
"Yep," Wilson replied.
"Are we near Cybertron?" Throttle asked.
"Not even close," Wilson replied.
"Big disappointment," Cop-Tur said.
"Don't worry. If we travel at port-starboard, we'll reach my agent. He'll have the complete map," Wilson said.
"How long?" Throttle asked.
"A week at warp 2," Wilson replied.
"Can't we go any faster?" Cop-Tur asked.
"Like to but can't," Wilson replied. "I bumped into Optimus earlier and he said that we are running low on fuel and supplies. So I gave him the coordinates to the nearest Trade Planet."
"With you around, I believe that we can find Cybertron and have a fighting chance with Empress," Throttle said.
"That's nice of you to say," Wilson said. "That if I can get Stage II up and operational."
Planet: Cybertron
Area: Hanger
Empress Z was summoned to the main hanger. She heard that Starscream had returned from his mission. Empress Z reached the hanger and went inside. She only saw Starscream's ship. "Where are the others?" Empress Z asked.
"Searching for the low lives and Scorponok," Starscream replied.
"As usual, you never disappoint me," Empress Z said. "Where are my subjects?" Starscream led Empress Z to the brig where the hostages were held. Starscream only show one of the hostages. Empress Z saw an older woman blindfold and handcuffed to the chair. Empress Z looked at the picture then at the hostage. "This is not her," Empress Z said. "She is just a bag of dust."
"Mind you 50 years has passed," Starscream reminded.
"Yes but what use do I have with her?" Empress Z asked.
"She's related to one of the member of the Autobots," Starscream replied. "Closely related. They won't even touch her."
Empress Z removed the blindfold and stared into the hostage's eyes. The hostage gave Empress Z a look. Empress Z remembered the look and blindfolded the hostage again. "This is too sweet," Empress Z laughed. "Where's the other one?"
"She's a wild one. We have to quarantine her," Starscream replied.
"That's fine. Get this one ready. She's going out on a mission and probably her last," Empress Z laughed. The hostage shed a tear in sorrow.
Location: Space
Ship: Hyperion
The ship had travel for 72 hours towards the trade planet. Optimus had decided to go on impulse and burn the fuel on a rush to the trade planet. Wilson was in the Holodeck relaxing. He was running a simulation of Cozumel, Mexico. He was partying on the beach during Spring Break. While he was partying, he noticed that T-Ai hasn't burst in and rid his fun. Wilson pause the simulation and requested the computer to search for T-Ai. The computer wasn't able to locate T-Ai. Wilson resumed the simulation and left the Holodeck. He went to T-Ai's room to see if T-Ai was there. He phased through the door and T-Ai wasn't there. The light was on and a brush on the dresser. Wilson went over to the dresser to examine the brush. He saw a few strands of hair in it. "She was here," he thought to himself.
He left T-Ai's room and started roaming the halls. Wilson saw the door of to Astrometrics opened. He peered inside and saw no one. "Empty," he said to himself. "I wonder where's everyone? Maybe they might be planning to throw me a surprise birthday party. Though it's not my birthday, it would be nice to have one."
Wilson went to the bridge and saw no one. He saw that the ship wasn't set on autopilot and the defenses offline. "Something is not right," he said. He raise shield and did a complete stop on the ship. He requested the computer to search for any autobots. The computer wasn't able to locate any of the autobots. "Why can't you find any autobots?" Wilson asked.
"Unable to find any energy signature," the computer replied.
"Any sparks?"
"None."
"Scan for any androids?" Wilson replied.
"Unable to locate any androids," the computer reported.
Wilson grabbed a seat and reclined back. He was thinking of ways to locate anyone. He stared at the ceiling for quite some time. As he was thinking, he couldn't shake off Project Paladin. Then he started stripping Project Paladin data for data until he had an idea. "Computer, search for this ID," he requested. He typed in a series of number on the keyboard. The computer started scanning the ship for that particular ID.
"Subject T-Ai has been located. She is currently at Holodeck 2," the computer reported.
"Where I least expected but at least I found her," Wilson said to himself.
Area: Holodeck 2
Wilson reached the door and stared at it. He still had the mindset that he was expecting a surprise party. He was about to phase through the door but he thought that it was better to open the door. He opened the door and the room was dark. He walked in to search for a light switch. He hugged the wall until he found a switch. He flipped the switch and a lamp turned on. In the distance was a woman standing under the lamp. "There you are. I was looking for you everywhere T-Ai," Wilson said as he was getting closer to the woman. "Why so silent?" He placed his hand on the woman and she disappeared.
"Everything is not like it seems boy," a female voice said.
"Who's there? Identify yourself," Wilson demanded.
Another lamp turned on and Empress stood under it. "Empress. What you doing here?" Wilson asked.
"The Empress you knew is gone. Only Empress Z is here," Empress Z said.
"Add as many letters you want, you still be the scum you are," Wilson said.
"How sweet for you to say that."
"Where are my friends?" Wilson asked.
"They're fine," Empress Z replied.
"Where are they?" Wilson demanded.
"Someone needs to lighten up," Empress Z said. She snapped her fingers and recessed lights turned on revealing the autobots chained to the wall.
"What did you do to them?"
"Nothing. They said they want to 'hang' around," Empress Z replied. A faint rimshot was heard.
"Release them," Wilson demanded.
"Not if you play a game with me," Empress Z offered.
"Never," Wilson refused.
"Alright. Then you'll be known as the one human who single handedly destroyed the Autobots," Empress Z threaten.
"Alright, I'll play."
"Good," Empress Z said. "There nothing I like than a nice, fair game."
"I'll be watching you," Wilson warned.
"Don't bother. In this game, this is no way to cheat. You either win or lose. And if you lose, you'll lose more than the game."
"Let me guess: I'll lose my life," Wilson said.
"No. Lose the game and you'll lose everyone," Empress Z said. "Let the Shadow games begin."
