I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK! From finals. Hey guys, ValvraveRider17 here, sorry for those who were impatient for this chapter, had finals to finish up here. But now that I'm done. I should have more time working on this. Now last time, a new AutoKnight has been introduced to the gang, Carmilla, who decided to leave the group to travel with Wheeljack. Could this mean something? Who knows, but we'll see in the future. Anywho, I would once again apologize to those who have been impatient for the chapter. Without furthur ado, let's see what Team Prime and the AutoKnights fare against a new enemy? Let's transform and roll out!
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Convoy
The Autobots and AutoKnights residing in the Outpost Omega-1 took their sweet time with the humans hanging out today. So what are they doing in the training room again? Well, ever since knowing that the Chaos Energems possess different varieties of power, Zone Runner wanted to test out what his could do. Though there weren't any good results.
"Are you sure you want to do this again?" Sonic asked with his blade out, with Zone being at the other side of the room. They were also being watched by Arcee, Bulkhead, Bumblebee, and the human children.
"Not really, but it's worth giving it another shot," Zone replied.
"We've been at it for days and nothing has happened."
"Please, just one more go," Zone pleaded. He really wanted to find out what his special power is.
"He's really into it, isn't he?" Jack said.
"Maybe, he doesn't want to be left out? Since Sonic and Carmilla know what their powers are," Raf suggested.
"Eh, doesn't matter as long as we get some action going!" Miko waved, waiting to see some action and maybe some explosions.
So for Sonic Drive, he reluctantly has to allowed it, or else Zone won't have it. "Alright, fine. One last time," he said, as he braced himself with his sword and blaster.
"Alright!" he held up his Energem in his palm, before closing. He closed his eyes, focusing his concentration on the Energem. The crystal began to faintly glow before gradually getting brighter and brighter until-!
"PRIME!"
He was snapped out of his concentration and jumped in surprise at the same time. "Wah!" He fumbled the Energem, as he frantically caught it.
Sonic Drive too was surprised by the familiar voice. "Was that Agent Fowler?"
"Guess he decided to make a call for something," Arcee shrugged, before everyone made their way to the main chamber to see what was important.
Zone Runner though, sagged his head down as he sighed that he was denied the chance to know what his special powers were. He was given comfort though by Sonic with a pat on the shoulder. "Don't worry about, Shirou. Maybe next time, we'll get to know what your Energem holds."
"I really hope so, Shou," Zone sighed, before the two walked out of the training room and to the main chamber.
"PRIME!" Fowler called again through the communication system, as his frustrated expression was shown on the the main screen.
Optimus kept his cool though as he made his way to greet the liaison. "Special Agent Fowler, to what do we owe-"
"What else? Cons!" Fowler interrupted. He seemed to be in a downed aircraft somewhere in a forest area as he sat in the cockpit. A huge trail leading up to the craft. "I chased them off with some hard ordinance, but not before they blew me out of the sky!"
Miko stifled her laugh at the misfortune. "Again?"
"Guess he sometimes has bad luck of Cons blowing him up whenever he's in an aircraft." Sonic snickered, as he stood next to Arcee and Zone Runner.
Zone turned to his friend with raised brow. "Does he? He didn't seem so when I first saw him."
"Hey tin cans, I can hear you, you know?!" Fowler berated, making them silent. He back to focus and informed them the situation. "Anywho, They tried to smash and grab for the Dingus!" he informed.
"The what's it?" Sonic, Zone, Arcee tilted their heads in confusion, puzzled about why it has such a ridiculous name.
"Dynamic Nuclear Generation System, a.k.a. DiNGuS." Fowler explained before pushing a button to show them the cargo he was holding. It appeared to a metal box device completely strapped down for high safety. "It's a prototype energy source I'm porting to the coast for testing."
Ratchet let out a scoff. "That's absurd, why would Starscream bother with such primitive technology?"
"I'm guessing they'd make a big bad primitive weapon of mass destruction. If this baby were to meltdown, it would irradiate this state and the four next door!"
The AutoKnights and the kids widened their eyes in shock, at the destruction it can do.
"Okay, that sounds bad." Zone shuddered a bit.
"Uh, did Agent Fowler say which state he was currently in?" Raf gulped nervously.
"He better not be in Nevada!"
"I'm a sitting duck here, Prime." Fowler stated with a frown. "I need you to spin up your Bridge and send the Dingus to its destination before the Cons come back for it!" he requested, thinking that the Autobots' Ground Bridge can get the Dingus sooner without the Decepticons coming after it.
Optimus, however, had a look that didn't agree to that plan. "I'm afraid that sending such a volatile device through a Ground Bridge is out of the question," he explained, "If there were to be an accident during its transmission, the radiation of which you speak could propagate through the Ground Bridge vortex, and harm all fifty states and beyond."
The AutoKnights and the kids turned to each other, horrified at that statement. He does put up a good point, if the Dingus did have an accident, danger could be ensued and instantly kill the humans and the environment.
Fowler took his suggestion into consideration. "You got any better ideas?" asked Fowler, with a hint of desperation in his voice.
Sonic placed his hand on his chin, thinking of what to do to help the agent. He put his mind at work before he had an idea. He raised a hand, getting everyone's attention. "I think I have one," Optimus turned to him. "It might be long, but I'm sure it's the most safest."
"And are you certain?" Optimus asked, confirming with the AutoKnight.
Confidently, Sonic nodded. "Don't worry. If it goes well, then the laws of victory have been set," He declares as he smirked, and did a motion of his right hand tracing one of his fins before flicking his fingers.
Zone Runner deadpanned at the antic. "Really? Kamen Rider Build?"
"Let me have my moment," Sonic snarked. The others were just confused at what they were referring to.
(Fowler's crash site)
Shortly after receiving the coordinates Fowler was at, the team Bridged themselves there in their vehicle forms, with Optimus carrying a trailer hooked behind him. Sonic's plan was to transport the Dingus safely by travelling on road to its rendezvous point, where the military can handle its transportation to its destination. They decided to have more discrete cover by being in their vehicle modes, since they don't know when the Decepticons are going to attack.
Now that the Dingus was loaded onto the trailer, they were ready to go. Agent Fowler was riding in Optimus's driver's seat as he rubbed his hands togetherin anticipation before he grabbed the steering wheel.
"Ah, ah!" Optimus chided, getting Fowler's attention. "No need, Agent Fowler. I will handle the driving."
Fowler huffed and crossed his arms in disappointment. "This is gonna be a long trip."
Sonic Drive took a knee next to Optimus, peering into the window. "Don't worry, Agent Fowler. We'll get the Dingus there as soon as we can," he said, assuring the agent.
"I still don't understand why they named it like that," Zone in his Porsche form muttered.
Sonic then stood up and went to the trailer before knocking on the wall. "Arcee, how you feeling in there?"
"A little cramped, but I'll manage," Arcee's voice echoed from the trailer, albeit sounding a bit annoyed.
"Hang in there okay? We'll need you here in case the Cons try and snatch the convoy."
"Let's just get this over with."
Sonic nodded before he changed into his 2010 Ford Mustang. Zone rolled up next, having a teasing expression.
"Having a nice talk with your girl?" he teased.
"Would you cut that out?" Sonic replied, annoyed. He's having a feeling that this joke isn't going to bet let down anytime soon.
Seeing that they are set, Optimus started his engine, followed by Bulkhead, Bumblebee, Sonic Drive and Zone Runner. "Autobots, AutoKnights, roll out!" he commanded as they began their trek on the road.
(Cue Transformers Evo by Jam Project)
(Instrumental)
The scene starts with the 40 Chaos Energems in a circle formation with the background speeding past stars and galaxies until it reached Earth and the Energems glowed and emerged together to the title with the AutoKnight insignia behind it.
(Yami no kanata seijaku wo hikisaki [Out in the darkness, someone is rending the silence]) The scene changes to Sonic Drive out in the desert fields, staring out into the open until he brought out his hand to reveal his Energem.
(Hoshi no nemuri yobiokosu no wa Doitsu da? [Who will be the one to awaken this planet from its sleep?]) Sonic Drive look at it until he face forward as the rest of the Autoknights in their vehicle forms sped past him and transformed into their robot forms, lining up next to him.
(Hora me no mae jaaku na tamashiitachi [Look, the evil spirits are right before you]) On the Nemesis, Megatron and the Decepticons face the screen with their evil smirks.
(Nigeba wa nai massugu ni uketomero! [Take 'em straight on, as there is no place to escape!]) The camera pans out of the Nemesis showing Optimus Prime and the Autobots on the ground, with their weapons ready.
(Some tells me "Yowaki" ya "Osore" wo shoukyo shite [Someone tells me to erase my "worries" and "fear"]) In the Autobot base, Jack, Miko, and Raf get into their respective partners' vehicle forms and drive through the Ground Bridge portal.
(Bokura wa ishiki kumikaeru [We reconstruct our minds]) In another room, Beast High is seen singing while shedding an energon tear from her eyes.
(Sono te wo tsuyoku nigiri [Strongly clench your fists ]) A dark silhouette, with a dark red visor, holding a lance appeared with his visor glowing as 4 other robot silhouettes join in front of him along with more silhouettes. A Decepticon looking insignia with a halo and draconic wings coming out to side glow behind them.
(Tagai no kizuna shinjite [Believe in the bonds between us]) Sonic Drive stood in front of the enemy with Null Infinity right next to him as their eyes were glaring with resolve.
(Tatakae![fight!]) They then engage into their battle mode and charge forward along with the others with their weapons ready.
(Saa All I can do! And all you can do!) On the battlefield, both Autobots and AutoKnights fight against the Decepticons; while the others were facing the Vehicons, Sonic Drive and Optimus engage into a sword fight with Megatron. While Rave Rose, Bumblebee, and Incursio were dodging Starscream's missiles, Rave Rose drew out her katana and slashed at him.
(Habatake Transform [spread your wings and transform]) Arcee, Elita-One, and Vilkiss throw punches and kicks at Airachnid, while she retaliates with her claws.
(Sono mune tsuranuku ikari wo chikara ni kae [Take the heart piercing anger and turn it into strength]) Gurren Lagann, Earth Impacter, Bulkhead, and the rest of the Valvrave team along with the Arzenal Team engage in close combats with Knockout and Breakdown who are with the Vehicons as well. Meanwhile, Soul Rider and the Evangelion team, as well as Galaxy slash and his Majestic Prince Team cover fire at long distances.
(Ima All I can do And all you can do) We then see a giant silhouette behind Megatron with glowing purple eyes, firing lasers at Optimus and Sonic, pushing them back but not enough to make them falter.
(Kagayake Transform! Shinka no Stage e! [shine and transform to the stage of evolution]) Optimus takes out his sword and swings it at Megatron who blocks it with his own. While Sonic Drive activates his Chaos Energem as he glows with a raging blue aura.
(Touch and Go!) He then Jumps and throws his fist at the silhouette as the opening ends with the AutoKnights, the Autobots and the humans lining up together in their Autobot base.
Convoy
Team Prime steadily drove through the road with the convoy secure. Optimus took the lead while the other four followed behind. So far, there is no signs of any suspicious vehicles tailing them or any Decepticon attacks, but they remained covert for safety. Meanwhile, Ratchet and the kids were watching on the computers as they kept track of the team with their energy signatures. "We are locked onto your coordinates, Optimus," Ratchet reported, Miko yawning in boredom. "Barring any complications, you should reach the drop off point by sundown."
"Understood, Keep surveillance of any Decepticons in the area," Optimus noted as the team continued. That is until they came upon a run down old truck that was moving slow in front of them. Optimus had to slow down as he patiently trailed behind the old truck. For the passenger though, he was not patient at all.
Being pressed for time, Fowler felt a little stressed and started pressing Optimus' horn, prompting the old truck to move. "Move it, Gramps!" He shouted impatiently as he continued to press the horn. The truck complied though as it moved off the road and out of the semi-truck's way.
Seeing that, Optimus had deadpanned expression on his face even in his vehicle form. "Agent Fowler, is that really necessary?" He questioned, getting Fowler's attention.
The liaison let out a huff and crossed his arms. "Don't tell me you're one of them textbook drivers," Though he relaxed a bit as he sat back.
"More like you're one of those angry drivers who get the road rage," Zone got out in a teasing tone.
"Dude, don't," berated Sonic.
"What?"
The team continued their drive. However, they were being followed unnoticeably by a lime green helicopter in the sky. Its scanners detecting the Dingus' energy signature. "They're transporting in a unarmed civilian truck," a voice reported through the radio. "Send in the ground unit."
Bumblebee and Sonic moved up in front of Optimus to provide better cover for the Dingus, while Bulkhead and Zone stayed behind. They kept a steady formation, until Zone noticed the helicopter with his side mirror.
"You know, you're saving my bacon here, Prime," Fowler admitted, resting his arm on the window in a relaxed position.
"I am proud to be of service."
"Course, not like I'd need your help if you and the Cons had stuck to tearing up your own corner of the galaxy," Fowler added.
"Are you suggesting that no evil existed on your world before we arrived?" Optimus questioned.
"Well, it was a… different evil," Fowler rephrased.
"Terrorists, right?" Fowler flinched in surprise, before turning to his handheld radio.
It was Sonic Drive who answered through the com-link while driving in front of Optimus. "There were humans who used that kind of force against unarmed civilians to bring government leaders down. Mainly it's for their aim to destroy the political."
"Uh, yeah. Somewhere along those lines," Fowler agreed.
For some reason, the Mustang furrowed his expression as he further added, "But there are those who commit it for what they believed in for themselves, for what they thought was right for the country. They will use violent force to obtain anything they want beneficial to them, be it with guns, hostages, or blackmail. But in the end, they're just psychopaths who don't seem to know the consequences of their actions. And they don't understand how much damage they can cause to everyone involved."
Fowler raised an eyebrow at the description, how did Sonic know that much? He knew that he was human, but he was supposed to be a civilian, and shouldn't know this much knowledge about terrorists. "You... sound like you've been through that kind of situation before," Sonic stayed silent at that. That kind of unnerved Agent Fowler for a little bit.
Before he could say any more, Zone suddenly talked through the com-link. "Hey guys, there's a chopper tailing us."
Fowler abruptly looked at the the rearview mirror to see the said helicopter and recognized it immediately. "That's the one! The Con who shot me down!" he shouted angrily. "Who is he? Wingnut? Dingbat? Skyguy?"
"I think none of those fit, Agent Fowler," Sonic sweatdropped.
Suddenly, Bulkhead noticed something behind and warned the others. "Watch your rear views."
Fowler did so and saw that a group of green muscle cars came up behind Bulkhead before they drove to his sides, surrounding him. That made Bulkhead feel uncomfortable. "Feeling a little constricted without the use of my fists, boss," he informed, wanting to smash the Cons around him.
"Remain in vehicular mode unless absolutely necessary." Optimus ordered through the radio frequence. He didn't want their cover blown in the open for now since there were still civilians driving along the road.
One of the assailant cars moved in front of Bulkhead, getting more closer to the convoy, while another one took its place. Zone had his guard up as he kept his position.
"A whole team of Cons," Fowler commented.
(Omega-1)
Ratchet leaned in in confusion. "What? I'm not picking up anything," he informed looking the screen, seeing that there is indeed nothing but the Autobots' and AutoKnights' signals. "They must be utilizing cloaking technology."
Suddenly, Sonic's voice buzzed through. "Wait, I don't think those are Cons," he reported.
Ratchet raised a brow in more confusion. "What? How can you be sure?"
"I sense something... different from the cars."
"Is it your aura thing?" Raf asked. They learned that Sonic Drive had the ability to read living beings aura with this Chaos Energem the day after Wheeljack and Carmilla left. Even though they were surprised to learn of such small item carrying that kind of power.
(Road)
Sonic kept an eye on the muscle cars with his side mirrors, his vision showing a different type of aura. Not only that, he seemed to be sensing multiple life signatures radiating from them. "I don't know, but it sure isn't Cybertronian."
They kept tight formation, preparing themselves for any assault. One of the assailant cars moved from Bulkhead's side, passing Zone, Optimus, and Sonic before drifting in front of Bumblebee. The scout moved to the other lane but the lime car moved to block him from advancing. Fowler looked out the window to see another one moving up from the other side. This one though pulled up right at Optimus' driver's side.
When the car stopped there, the roof window suddenly slides open. Out of the open window, a man stood out of it. He was wearing green leather combat suits with gloves and a mask covering his entire face, black goggles were over the eyes to hide his identity. He also had what appeared to be an advanced gun in his hands. "Pull over!" The guy ordered, aiming the weapon at Fowler's head.
Fowler widened his eyes in absolute shock. "Well I'll be dipped!" That took took him by surprise!
(Omega-1)
Optimus immediately informed the entire crew to the base. "Sonic Drive was right, Our assailants are not Decepticons. They're human."
"Human?!" Ratchet, Raf, and Jack gasped in shock. Humans were behind the attack?
"Oh please. Taking on our Bots? They're road kill," Miko remarked cockily.
Even though she said that, Ratchet, Raf and Jack had questioning looks upon their faces. Why would humans go after the Dingus, if it's said to be dangerous to use?
(Road)
On the helicopter, a man sat in the passenger seat while another mercenary was piloting. The man was wearing a military suit with armored paddings. He had a buzz-cut of white hair along with a scar across his nose and down the left side of face. He had a glaring expression upon the convoy before calling through his radio to his squad. "Gentlemen, stop their engines," he ordered.
The mercenary with the gun aimed it at Fowler's head, preparing to pull the trigger, the agent covering himself in reaction. However, Optimus swerved into the muscle car, spinning it out of control. The mercenary standing almost fell off balance, making the shot hit the ground.
"Who are these guys?!" Fowler wonder aloud, very confused on who they are.
"Probably mercenaries attempting to steal the Dingus for a price!" Zone suggested.
"Autobots, AutoKnights, maintain your cover and apply minimal force. Disarmament only." Optimus ordered over the com-link. As much as they know the assailants were humans, he still didn't want to harm them in the open.
The same car from before went to the Optimus other side and the mercenary aimed at his tires, targeting to slow the truck down. But Bumblebee blocked them when he backed up, almost knocking him off balance. When he gained balance, they tried again but was once blocked again but Bumblebee sideswiping the car. It swerved out of control before it hit a rock and flipped over.
Sonic Drive saw another one coming up from the other side, attempting to do the same thing. His quick thinking kicked in. "Zone, ram 'em!"
Zone did as told and drifted to the side and drove into the back of the muscle car, spinning it out of control, making the standing mercenary lose balance for a moment. This gave Optimus the opportunity to speed ahead of them.
The man frowned, "Those are not civilian drivers," They have to be some covert military experts driving them.
Up ahead, multiple curves came up as Optimus swerved to keep the cargo upright. However that made Fowler not feel well due to motion sickness. "Could use some air," Fowler groaned, covering his mouth with his hand to prevent any bile coming up. Thankfully, Optimus pulled down the window, allowing Fowler to stick his head out into the wind as he sighed in relief.
His relief disappeared when gun clicks were heard, making Fowler turn to see a car close to the port between Optimus and the trailer. A mercenary jumped from the car and onto the port before pulling out a gun and started cutting up the connecting bolts with a laser cutter from the gun.
"Prime, bear right!" Fowler warned.
Trusting Fowler's words, Optimus beared right, almost throwing the guy while ramming the car in the process, sending it and the driver off the cliff. However, the guy cutting the bolts held on before continuing his work.
Seeing that the mercenary was still on, Fowler unbuckled himself and got out. He carefully scaled the side without falling before grabbing him by the scruff of the neck and pulled him out into the open, causing him to drop his weapon.
He held the mercenary out in the air. "You're gonna tell what I wanna kno-!" he didn't get to finish as a tree knocked the mercenary out of his grip.
"Whoa!" Zone moved out of the way as the body fell onto the ground, the mercenary being okay though with a few bruises.
Disappointed, Fowler climbed back into seat. He buckled back in before his communication radio caught into a static. "I do hope you take better care of the Dingus than you do your captives," a voice addressed. Fowler had a feeling about where the transmission was coming from before looking out to see the helicopter, confirming that the person on the helicopter was calling him.
Fowler decided to call back to get some information."Special Agent William Fowler, here. Identify yourself!" he demanded.
"I am Silas," the voice replied. "But of greater consequence to you, we are MECH."
The now identified Silas sat in the helicopter, watching the convoy. "Fair warning, we will be helping ourselves to your device. Even if it means inflicting casualties."
"Is that so?" Fowler frowned, "Tell me, Si, what's the market price for a Dingus these days?"
"What makes you think we intend to sell it, Agent Fowler?" Silas retorted.
Fowler deepened his frown at the answer. Sonic Drive and Zone Runner too heard the two exchange and even though he was in his Ford Mustang mode the former made a frowning look.
"There is a war brewing, between the new world order and the newest. The victor will be the side armed with the most innovative technology. Which is why we will take the Dingus off your hands," Silas asserted with an evil grin.
"Hey, Sonic," Zone began, "Are you thinking that they're…"
"Yeah…" Sonic frowned, "...Terrorists." The word that came out stung with anger. That would explain the weapons and the shady uniforms. For some reason, it reminded Sonic about a certain memory of a past. One he wished to never remember.
He snapped out of it though when he suddenly heard gunshots coming from behind the trailer. Turns out, one of the MECH mercenaries shot three rounds of specialized bullets that stuck onto the latch that kept the trailer door shut before pressing a button, causing the bullets to explode, destroying the lock along with opening the slide door slowly as it revealed the Dingus inside. MECH was expecting an easy access to the Dingus. However, the Autobots and AutoKnights don't intend to make it easy.
Sonic Drive com-linked, "Arcee, get ready, they're trying to get in."
Arcee's voice replied. "Got it."
Fowler smirked before holding up his radio. "So, Si, you think MECH has all the radical tech?" he asked in a taunting tone.
The MECH mercenary carefully got out of the car and was about to jump into the trailer to grab the Dingus. Only to jump back in surprise to see a woman in a leather suit and helmet on a blue motorcycle popped out and landed on top of the car. Arcee backed off before the car spun out and flip over, which in turn flipped the car behind into the air. Bulkhead, Arcee, and Zone,made out of the clear before the flipped car exploded when it hit the ground. The three immediately went there way as they followed the rest.
"Nice job!" Sonic commented.
"Was exploding them necessary?!" Zone shouted, thinking that the explosion was a bit overkill.
Silas frowned at what happened.
"Definitely not civilian drivers," The pilot agreed to what his leader said earlier.
"Later, Si," Fowler taunted before placing the radio down.
"Agent Fowler, do not take your 'Silas' lightly," Optimus reprimanded, getting Fowler's attention. "Megatron preached the same ideology before plunging Cybertron into the Great War that destroyed our world."
"Optimus, prepare to initiate Phase 2," Ratchet commed in, "Five miles ahead, to the south, you will reach the rendezvous point."
As the chase continued, two vehicles were behind them. They seemed to be ordinary civilian cars just passing by.
The red car drove up to the silver one. "What do you think that was about?" A female voice asked.
"I don't know, but it sure isn't nothing," A male voice replied, seeing as the commotion didn't look like an accident.
"Should we follow? They might know something."
The male thought about it, they had other agendas that they had to do. But after seeing the commotion, the two changed their course and followed after them with discrete movements.
(Nemesis)
"Five miles ahead, to the south, you will reach the rendezvous point," Soundwave replayed the transmission on his visor.
"So, the Autobots and AutoKnights are outside the confines of their base, and sound otherwise engaged. Which means, they will never see us coming," Starscream sneered. He turned to a group of Vehicons, waiting for his orders. "Find them and scrap them!"
"Yes, Lord Starscream," The Vehicons saluted in union. Starscream grinned at the response, seeing that he was being recognized as the leader. Oh, how he loved the sound of that.
(Shortly on the Road)
The Autobots and Autoknights came upon a train track on the side as MECH was still on their tail. They were persistent on stealing the Dingus, to use it's power source as a weapon to who knows what it can be that is enough to cause destruction onto the country. While the chase was on, a train came up along the tracks as the team began driving side by side with it.
Fowler saw that they were close to their destination, "There's the destination point," He stated, pointing to a tunnel through the mountain.
Optimus com-linked to the Autobots, "Autobots, keep a tight formation."
Arcee and Sonic Drive swerved to the right as they went off the road and next to the train with the others following suit as they entered the train tunnel. MECH drove off the road to continue pursuit. But before they can enter the tunnel, Bulkhead transformed with his blasters out and fired at the ceiling of the opening, making few giant rocks fall in front of the tunnel, blocking it. The cars stopped in front of the blocked tunnel to prevent any crashing. Satisfied with his work, Bulkhead went back into his SUV mode and went back to the others.
As they drove alongside the train, Arcee jumped into Optimus' trailer, keeping it secure, as Bumblebee turned into his bipedal form and jumped onto the moving train before knocking on the slide door...
Silas smirked to himself at their mistake of blocking the entrance. "Tactical error: only one way out."
And just like he predicted, the team with the convoy came out along the train before they moved away from the train and back onto the road. Silas' smirk grew at how perfect it came to be. That is until a squad of jets appeared next to him, confusing him with the sudden appearance before they passed him and towards their intended targets.
Fowler stuck his head out, confused about the squad in the sky. "Air support? Ours or theirs?"
Sonic sensed a familiar aura from them. "I don't think so!"
"Optimus, you have company!" Ratchet warned.
A Vehicon brought out missiles, locking onto the Autobots before firing them.
Silas sat up in surprise at the action. "Military fired on one of their own?!" More confusion struck him. He still didn't know that they were a completely different team.
Sonic saw the assault and panicked. "EVADE!"
The missiles were closing in on the Autobots and the AutoKnights as they turned sharply to avoid the attack. For Optimus though, he was drifting so hard, the trailer was detached from him.
"Sir, the Dingus!" the pilot shouted, panicked that the Dingus was in the line of fire.
It was too late as the missiles hit the trailer, making it explode into shrapnels. Silas and the pilot was shocked… until the pilot noticed something amiss. "Sir, I'm not reading any radiation. The Dingus didn't meltdown."
"No, it didn't." Silas nodded, having a frown on his face as he thought of what could have happened. Why didn't it the Dingus meltdown? There should have been a spike of radiation when the trailer exploded, so why didn't it? Then he thought more, unless they moved it somewhere from the trailer before the attack happened. Somewhere that they would be able to move while in movement. Then that would mean...
"Of all things, the Cons have to come and pull a stunt on us!" Zone complained as the team came upon an open area in the forest. The Cons followed after them before transforming in mid-air, landing in front of the group.
Optimus frowned. Given their current situation, they seem to have no choice. "Agent Fowler, I'm afraid that if we are to survive, it has become absolutely necessary to drop our cover," he informed the passenger. Fowler had a twinge of worry of what he was about to do.
Before he could ask, the team suddenly changed into their bipedal forms, with Optimus, Sonic, and Zone having their battle masks on. The Prime was holding Agent Fowler in his palm while the Agent was… well… making sure he didn't throw away his lunch do to the sudden motion.
Zone noticed Fowler's condition. "Um...Are you okay?"
"ULP! Peachy…" Fowler groaned.
Silas looked down at the robots, seeing their bipedal forms for the first time. "So, the rumors are true. Living technology stands before us,," he mused. "Though perhaps not for very long." The helicopter circled above them to see the event unfold.
The Autobots and AutoKnights took a stance, glaring at the Vehicons. Not wanting any casualties to happen, Optimus placed Fowler onto an edge of a rock. "Remain here."
Fowler obliged as he stood on the surface. "Will do."
"Finally, I get to do some action for once!" Zone Runner grinned.
Bulkhead rolled his head and shoulders. "After a long road trip, it feels good to get out of the car, stretch my legs,"
"Your next line's gonna be 'and kick some tailpipe!'"
"And kick some tailpipe!" He shouted, "huh?" Bulkhead turned to right, looking at Zone who looked away with an innocent expression though he had mischievous smirk.
Though, he was rewarded by a harsh elbow by the deadpanning Sonic, the Jehuty coughing due to the impact. "We'll clear this with no continues!"
Still hurling from the hit, Zone once again deadpanned at his friend. "Kamen Rider Ex-Aid?" He was responded with a look from his friend. "Never mind, let's go!" He dismissed as he got up.
Bulkhead took out his wrecking ball hammer before taking the front as he charged, the rest following after. The Vehicons too charged forward as the two opposing forces met at the middle.
Optimus Prime immediately knocked one down with his fist while Bulkhead hammered his own to the ground. Arcee avoided a claw swipe before she jump kicked it and added a few punches to its torso. Bumblebee took a boxer's stance as he dodged and threw a few punches here and there. Sonic Drive rolled under the swipe of his Vehicon before striking a fist at its face, chipping off some armor. He then added a few kicks to the face and stomach before flipping over the Con and stuck its backside, dropping the Con. Zone Runner blocked a strike from his Vehicon, ducked down from another before sidekicking it. He then grabbed its arm and flipped it over before unfolding his blade and stabbed it between the eye.
(In the helicopter)
Silas watched the robots engaged into several melee fights, almost tempted to stay in his helicopter to see the outcome, but he knew he was still on a mission.
"Sir, if the Dingus wasn't in the truck..." the pilot began, reminding his leader.
"Yes, that,," Silas nodded before going on his radio. "Special Agent Fowler,"
(On the ground)
"You lead a charmed life walking among titans,," Silas' voice came out of Fowler's handheld radio. Fowler picked up and brought it close to his ear. He looked up to see the circling helicopter. "Come on down, I'll introduce you,," he offered.
"In good time," Silas promised, but he was looking at the scanner showing a moving pinpoint, detecting a certain energy signature. "But at the moment, I'm too busy wondering how the Dingus might have vanished into thin air without a trace."
Fowler remained silent as he thought back about where the Dingus really is.
(Flashback)
When they drove alongside the train and Arcee in Optimus' trailer, Bumblebee turned into his bipedal form and jumped onto the moving train before knocking on the slide door. The slide door was opened by a military soldier, as he saw Bumblebee waving at him. The soldier nodded at him, acknowledging that he was one of the Autobots.
The walls of Optimus' trailer slid and opened up around Arcee and the Dingus. She easily lifted the device in her arms and passed it to Sonic Drive, who was sitting with one knee up on top of the train along with Bumblebee. Carefully, he grabbed the Dingus and handed it to the scout, who gently placed the Dingus into the cargo car.
They immediately changed back into their vehicle forms and came out of the tunnel like nothing happened before driving from the train.
(End Flashback)
It was revealed that the train itself was the rendezvous point to carry the Dingus straight to its destination. Sonic Drive suggested a diversion plan in case of an opposing force did come to get it so that they could lure them away from the Dingus to fight them off.
"Now if you'll excuse me, I have a train to catch," Silas implied, snapping Fowler out of his thoughts.
Fowler looked up at the helicopter departing from the scene. Fowler realized that Silas found out Phase 2, and immediately contacted Optimus. "Prime! Silas got wise to Phase 2!"
Optimus was fighting against a few Vehicons, punching the one in front of him while kicking another behind him, when Fowler patched in. He took a hit in the torso and head before he uppercutted back and swung both his fists upwards at the remaining Cons.
"I understand!" he stated and was about to leave to chase Silas. He turned back only to meet a log to his face, knocking him over the cliff.
"Optimus!" Sonic yelled, seeing the leader fall down. He tried to go down and help but the Vehicon holding the log swung at him, forcing him to dodge and flip before he propelled forward from his arms and kicked it in the face. The others saw that their leader fell, but they were too occupied to help with the Decepticons.
Optimus tumbled over the rocks before landing very hard face down onto the surface. He struggled to get up for a moment before blackness took him over.
Fowler too saw the Prime fall and yelled into the radio. "Prime! Do you read me? Prime!"
(Omega-1)
The residents operating at the computers heard the commotion but heard no sound from the leader, making them worried.
"Optimus is down!" Miko cried with a worried expression.
"MECH's gonna grab the Dingus! We need to think of something quick!" Jack stated, with a panicked face drawing on his face. "We need to think of something quick!"
"Like a Phase 3?" Raf guessed.
Jack took a moment to calm down and think for a solution. "Okay, come on, think. If MECH wants the Dingus, they have to get on that train."
Miko though had a crazy idea. "What if we get on board first?" she suggested excitedly also by doing a few punching motions in the air. "You know, running some human on human interference?" she always wanted to do some action of her own, every since infiltrating the warship.
"Absolutely not!" Ratchet denied.
Jack agreed with Ratchet, "Yeah, that would be suicide."
"Hello? The United States of Meltdown?!" Miko reminded them. "Lives are at stake!"
"Yes, yours!" Ratchet berated even further. "You want me to not only Bridge you into a confined space, but one traveling at 90 miles per hour?! I can't even the count the number of things that can go wrong," he rolled his eyes before listing off the said things, "Mass displacement trauma, twisted limbs, Metal burn!"
The kids gave him a look at the last one.
"Well… maybe not the last one," Ratchet admitted, but he went back on track. "Regardless, it is nearly impossible to fix Ground Bridge coordinates on something moving at that speed!"
Raf, though, suggested something that could work. "Would it help if we had access to the train's coordinates?" he asked. He typed on his laptop before putting up the moving coordinates of the train.
"Well…"
(Road)
Sonic Drive cut down a Vehicon and stabbed through another one. Though, he turned towards the direction of the train, seeing the MECH was getting closer on obtaining the Dingus. If they obtain it, it will result in the loss of lives in this world. That was something he doesn't want to happen.
"Sonic Drive!" Sonic turned to Arcee, "Get to the train! If they get their hands on the Dingus, human lives are at stake! Get there before they can!"
Sonic stood there for a moment before he nodded and called out to Zone Runner who was busy headlocking his Vehicon. "Zone, can you keep them busy?"
"Jiitto shitemo dounimo naranai right?!" Zone replied back, holding onto his opponent. "We'll handle it, go!"
Sonic nodded before turning into his Mustang form and drove along the speed bolted towards the train.
Zone Runner let go of his Vehicon before kicking it back a few feet. The Con got back up along with two more joining. "Guess it's finally time for this bad boy!" He took out his turquoise Chaos Energem and unfolded his blade and brought it up his face. A small slot slid open on the bottom side of his arm, showing a slot to where the Energem goes.
He inserted the Energem into the slot, the blade glowing with turquoise energy.
EXCEED DRIVE!
"Exceed drive?" Zone looked in question at the announcing voice, but decided to put that aside and reared back his arm and threw it horizontally, throwing energy slashes which followed up with a vertical slash and then diagonal. The slashes hit their mark, making the Vehicons explode. The last one however was still flying and was aiming towards Agent Fowler!
"WHOA!" Fowler ducked from the slash, losing a few strands of hair as the slash hit the the rock behind him. The rock slid down, leaving a clean mark. Fowler got up before scolding at Zone. "Watch it, sword fencer! You almost skinned me!"
"Sorry, Agent Fowler!" Zone frantically apologized. "Hm?" He then noticed the huge cut on the rock slab.
'A clean cut of the rock? And at that big size? My blade shouldn't be that sharp to do that,' he thought as he took a glance at his blade before ducking to avoid a sharp claws of a Con.
Suddenly, a rain of bullets fell down on the Con, holes filling onto it. Surprised, Zone Runner alertly looked up to see where the attack came from. Above him, a shadow blur flew through the Sun's ray before coming down and landed in front of him. Zone lifted his blade up on defense, but when he saw the figure, he lowered it as he gasped in recognition.
It was a femme that almost looked exactly like Carmilla, a Valvrave Unit with the broad and armor but with very different features. In place of green, the color was red all over with the black and white being at the same spot. Another difference was that instead of having multiple legs behind her, she had two pairs of wings that were edged with neon clear fossils. Her head was more of a downsized pair version of her wings attached to her green eyes and protruded towards the back of her head along the side. She also had a pair of sheaths on her left waist, while in her hands was a massive rifle like weapon that was actually a combination of multiple weapons.
"Heya!" She greeted with a chirpy tone.
"Rave Rose?!" Zone recognized the voice, "What are you doing here?!"
"It's easy, silly," Rave Rose giggled, "We just happened to drive by when we saw the commotion and I followed you guys here. Though I didn't recognize you at first until you transformed-."
Zone suddenly held up a hand, interrupting her, "Wait, 'We'? Is there someone else with you?" He questioned. But before he could get any answers, at the corner of his eyes he noticed something coming. "Actually hold that thought, we got more company." He looked up, with Rave Rose following his sight to see more flying Vehicons coming closer in the air, no doubt Starscream sending reinforcement to deal with the pest.
Zone clicked his tongue in annoyance. "Great, more trouble," he moaned before going back to Rave Rose. "I'll clear up the sky. You take care of Vehicons here, but don't mistake the Autobots as enemies!"
Under her mask, Rave Rose let out a grin as she held up her weapon. "Great, more fun for me! Watch me use my Vurutoga on these guys!" She speedily charged towards the others with her weapon in tow.
"Wait, Amy!" He held out a hand to stop her, he wanted to explain more but she was already out of reach. He slumped his shoulders with a sigh before facing the incoming Vehicons. "Right!" Activating his boosters, he took to the sky and flew to intercept them.
Seeing the enemy heading, the Vehicon Flyers fired upon him. Zone Runner maneuvered to dodge the bullets before grabbing one and swung a few times, getting more aerodynamic motion before throwing it back, smashing another. He then proceeded to boost up to fly over an incoming Vehicon, dodging it, before blasting it with his Energon blaster.
Deciding to end this, He brought up his sword to cut down the others, then he noticed that a turquoise light glowed through the crevices of the slot. Not only that, his blade emitted a faint turquoise glow. He didn't know why, but for some reason he knew what it meant and boosted toward the last three Vehicons. He went to the first one as close as possible before bringing up his blade and went through it, slicing the Con in half. He then twirled around before slashing diagonally onto the second one. For the final one, Zone Runner suddenly blurred out of sight, confusing the Vehicon. But it realized too late as multiple slashes came out of nowhere, with Zone reappearing behind it. It seemed that a moment passed before the Vehicon suddenly fell apart as he exploded into million pieces.
Seeing the result of his actions, Zone Runner thought of only one thing.
….
….
"... DAMN, I'M GOOD!"
On the ground, Arcee took out her arm blades and threw an upward slash across a trooper's face, stunning it before bisecting it across the abdomen with a swift cut. She sharply turned to hack at another one charging at her, but before she could, two sword blades suddenly bursted through the chest of the Vehicon, surprising her. The Con fell to the ground, revealing Rave Rose with her Vurutoga in hand.
"Hi! I'm Rave Rose," she greeted. She then ducked from a strike from behind. In the process, she removed a Z-Edge, which resembles a japanese sword, and stabbed the Vehicon across the torso. She then removed the blade and slashed downward onto the Vehicon, explosions erupting at where the Con once was.
Arcee widened her eyes in surprise. "Another friend of Sonic Drive?"
"She almost looks like Carmilla!" Bumblebee beeped.
"They just keep popping out of nowhere," Bulkhead commented, before getting dogpiled by a group of the troops.
(At the train)
The convoy train kept its course as the soldier inside guarded the Dingus. However, the MECH helicopter was right above the train as it caught up.
"Immobilize them," Silas ordered. A MECH soldier stuck his upper body outside from the passenger seat, aimed his gun at the engine, and fired. The bullet travelled straight to the engine as it attached onto the surface before sending out an electrical pulse throughout the train. It was too late for the soldiers to notice as the surge shocked them before knocking them out unconscious.
After the surge subsided, MECH was ready to land on the train to get what they wanted.
Inside the train, a Ground Bridge opened as two bodies flew out of it. Their landing was, well, rough as they landed on their butts from the sudden movements of the cargo car. Jack and Miko winced in pain as they rubbed where they landed before standing up. They looked at their surroundings, seeing that they were in the car with the Dingus along with an unconscious soldier on the ground. The former took out his cellphone, "We're in."
"I read you, Jack. The cellphone com-link patch works!" Raf called back. For easier communication, Ratchet had installed a com-link patch into Jack's cellphone.
The blades of the chopper was heard, getting the twos attention. They opened the slide door and looked up to see MECH getting closer to the roof.
"Raf, MECH's landing on top of the train!" Jack informed.
Raf immediately went to work. "In about 20 seconds you're gonna come to a fork. Brace yourself!".
The helicopter kept lowering and lowering, getting ready to land on the cargo car as they were coming up on the said fork. In the base, Raf typed a few keys before hitting the enter key. With the command, the track immediately changed to the left side from its original course, throwing the helicopter off. The helicopter spun a few times but the pilot was able to regain control,
Silas turned to his pilot with look demanding answers. "What happened?" he was starting to get annoyed by the setbacks.
"Hacker," the pilot replied, before hitting a key on the control panel. "Former hacker," he smirked. Payback time.
(Omega-1)
Raf kept on monitoring the activity when the screen was suddenly replaced with a moving image of crossbones behind a lit fused bomb. This surprised and confused Raf.
"What?" before he could even wonder what it meant the image exploded as Raf's laptop suddenly sparked, causing it to emit smoke. "Whoa!" he covered up at the sudden explosion before seeing that his laptop shut down.
It was this moment that Raf knew, he had been hacked back.
"And what have I been saying all along about Earth technology?" Ratchet rolled his eyes.
(Train)
MECH's helicopter managed to catch up to the train after that small setback. Now that it has been dealt with, the pilot has finally landed on top of the cargo car. Jack and Miko heard to landing and looked up to see sparks coming through the roof, seeing that MECH has landed and is infiltrating the cargo.
"So, what that buy us? Ten seconds?" Jack grimaced.
"Raf is losing his touch," Miko remarked.
But the two couldn't do anything but watch as the roof was being cut.
Thankfully, Sonic Drive was speeding as fast as he can towards the rescue as he saw the train insight, making him speed up even furthur. He was not going to let MECH do as they please!
(Back at the Autobots)
Meanwhile, the Autobots were doing their best finishing up the Vehicons as Bulkhead bursted out of the dogpile before proceeding to smash them one by one with his hammer. For Arcee, she took out her blaster and shot at two, hitting their mark. Bumblebee pivoted to dodge a swipe before throwing an uppercut in the face and threw a left hook, knocking the Vehicon down. Rave Rose was having no difficulty whatsoever as she was suddenly outlined with red energy. When the Vehicon blasted a shot at her and much to their shock and confusion, she suddenly blurred. Their eyes weren't able to catch up. She was too fast for them. They weren't able to get a hit before one of them was beheaded. Others followed with slash marks appearing on their bodies. She appeared out of the blur, her Vurtoga standing upright, before the Cons exploded one by one.
Down below, Optimus groaned as he slowly regained consciousness. He shook his head to get the grogginess out. When he fully regained consciousness, he looked ahead to see the convoy train on a different course, along with MECH's helicopter on top of it! He got up in shock at the predicament, but then he noticed a certain blue car tailing after it. 'Sonic Drive!'
Just then, the Autobots just finished their work as the last of the Vehicon fell with its visor dim.
"Well, that's all of them." Arcee said, putting away her blaster. She turned to the direction of the convoy. Her initial thought was about the convoy was about to be hijacked, and that Sonic Drive was heading over there. But for some reason, she was feeling worried about him. Thinking about him facing them alone makes her want to give chase to help him.
Bulkhead saw her direction of sight and knew what she was thinking but not her worry. "We need to meet up with Sonic Drive. He may need the help he can-WHOA!" he jumped in surprise to see Rave Rose suddenly in front of him out of nowhere!
She seemed to be marveled as she looked at Bulkhead's wrecking hammer. "Is that a wrecking ball attached to your arm?!"
"Um, yeah?" Bulkhead replied nervously, having a Miko vibe coming from the red Valvrave.
"That's so cool!" Bulkhead swore he saw glint of stars from her eyes. "Whatelsedoyouhave? Doyouhaveablaster? Orbetteryet, doyouhaveachainconnectedtoyourwreckingball?!" On second thought, she is like Miko!
Thankfully that stopped as she was suddenly grabbed by the collar and pulled away from Bulkhead's space, courtesy of Zone Runner. When she turned to ask what for, she was met with ta look that says 'refrain yourself.'
"Sorry about that. She can get excited sometimes," Zone apologized to the group. The rest however had an imaginary sweat mark on their heads, absolutely stumped at what happened.
Zone, however, didn't notice as he turned to the femme. "Anyway, Rave Rose, earlier you said something about being with someone else. Who were you with?"
Rave Rose managed to get Zone's hand off of her collar and answered. "Oh, I was with Incursio."
Zone widened his eyes in surprise. "Incursio?! Are you serious?! Where is he?"
"Well, after we found you guys fighting, we split up as he went after the other guy who went after the train. Is there something going on that's causing a lot of trouble?" Rave asked
"He went after Sonic Drive?" Zone muttered, shocking Rave. she was about to ask about Sonic Drive when Zone suddenly remember about someone and went to the edge, ignoring Rave's questions she spouted. When he went to the edge, he looked down to see Optimus gone from his spot.
Zone turned to Agent Fowler "Where's Optimus?" Zone asked.
"He has a train to catch." Fowler answered on the ledge. True to his words, Zone looked ahead and caught a small sight of a red and blue figure running in the distance.
(Train)
Back inside the cargo car, the hole was almost complete as the two humans looked on. Not wanting to stand around, Miko took and axe from it's latch from the wall, preparing to fight against the MECH soldiers. Deciding to follow her example, much to his chagrin, Jack took a fire extinguisher off the wall as it was the only thing left, he'd have to make do of it.
The cutting was done as the roof fell in front of them. Looking up, they saw three MECH mercenaries coming up to the hole, noticing the children inside.
"You want a slice of this? Well do ya?!" Miko threatened fiercely as she swung her axe down.
"What she said!" Jack said his two cents as he held the fire extinguisher.
The mercenaries just stood there, watching in amusement at the two holding up items that seemed useless against them. In the chopper, Silas and the pilot waited patiently for the mercenaries to retrieve the Dingus, until the pilot caught a familiar energy signature on the computer.
"Sir!" the pilot got Silas' attention as he saw the signature and turned to the window to see the Mustang coming up along the train. Not only that, he noticed that the red and blue robot was running after the train, just a few yards behind the Mustang, before changing into his semi-truck form.
Silas gritted his teeth and immediately ordered his crew. "Retreat." Seeing that they were caught up and outnumbered by size, he knew that they were no match with their current arms against them, so he had to do a tactical retreat.
Hearing the order, the mercenaries went back on board the helicopter before the vehicle sped its rotors and lifted into the air. The kids bellow stood there confused on their actions before sticking their heads out to see the chopper leaving them.
"Whoa, we're pretty fierce," Miko remarked, thinking that their threats scared them away.
For Silas though, he was not going to let them off easy. "First rule of combat: never leave the enemy with the spoils," he stated as he pulled out a gun. He rolled down the window and stuck his head out before he aimed and fired a explosive bullet. The bullet traveled through the air before it exploded the the tracks ahead! The smoke trailed into the air, shocking Jack and Miko at what MECH just did.
'Oh, scrap! This is bad!' Jack felt panic spread inside him as he called into the com-link. "Ratchet! MECH blew the train tracks! You need to bridge us out of here! The soldiers too!"
(Omega-1)
However, the two at the base were having as much trouble as Jack and Miko were. Raf was too busy trying to fix his laptop, but was proving useless while Ratchet heard the problem and became very worried at the situation along with the safety of the two.
"We lost access to the train data!" he fretted. "I can't bridge you back without your coordinates!"
Jack and and Miko on the other side felt absolute distress on that, thinking of no way to get out of the crisis safely.
(Train)
Sonic Drive was right at the tail of the train with Optimus catching up to him when Ratchet informed them about the crisis. "Optimus, Sonic! Jack and Miko are on that train and MECH has blown the tracks!"
Sonic Drive was shocked about the news. "WHAT?! Why are Jack and Miko on the train?!" he thought that they would stay put this time and not get involved again. Guess he was wrong.
"I'm on my way!" Optimus stated, "Sonic Drive, ensure the children's safety!"
Sonic however had another thing in mind. "Frag it, we won't have time for that!" Sonic exclaimed before hitting maximum overdrive and headed toward the train engine.
Optimus was surprised by his sudden act. "Sonic Drive! What are you doing?!" he shouted from behind.
"I'm stopping this train, slag it!" He exclaimed as he speed bolted as fast as he could. 'If I can stop the train, I can save both their lives!'
Meanwhile, Jack and Miko, only mostly Miko, were thinking of how they should get off the train to save themselves.
"Maybe we should jump?" Miko suggested.
Jack looked appalled. "At 90 miles an hour?!"
"It's the impact or the meltdown, take your pick," Miko retorted.
Jack went into deep thought about it. True that if they stay in the train, they would die at the explosive meltdown of the Dingus when the train crashes, while jumping off of it has a 10 % survival rate, save for a few major injuries. It was like Miko said, either they die at the meltdown and get a few broken bones from jumping off of it.
Jack sighed as he was initially thinking that they regret their decisions."What were we thinking volunteering for this?"
Miko rolled her eyes "Next time, you need to do a better job of talking us out of the situations?"
"Next time…" Jack sighed as he looked down. 'If there is a next time.' Though he wasn't sure that there was going to be a next time, given their situation.
Miko turned to the back of the train. "We can buy another few seconds if we are in the back of the train, right?"
"Miko?" Jack called out, "at least, we're in this together."
Miko looked at Jack, hearing his last words. She leaned towards him with her face getting close to his, before she snatched his phone.
"Raf? This is important!" she called, a sorrow expression coming out. "Make sure Bulkhead gets my guitar."
'That's your last will?!' Jack rolled his eyes at the pigtailed girl. They stuck their heads out of the car and prepared to jump, until an engine sounded, coming closer from behind. They turned around to see the familiar Ford Mustang zooming past them.
Smiles etched from their faces as hope has arrived. "Don't read the will just yet!"
Sonic Drive raced like there was no tomorrow as he made to the engine. Once he made it to the front of train, he went back to his robot mode and immediately grasped onto the hull. Once he grabbed hold, he pulled back as hard as he could.
"HhhhhhhhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnrrrrrrrrraaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHH!"
With with all of his strength, the train began to drop some of its speed. But given his weight, it wasn't enough to slow down the train as it only slowed a bit. What's worse was that the crater was getting closer and closer!
The two kids saw their hopes getting faltered, fear running down their skins. "We're not gonna make it!" Miko cried as she held onto Jack for dear life.
Straining to stop the train, Sonic Drive knew that he was losing this fight. 'Scrap! The crater is coming too near and I don't have enough strength to stop it!' But inside, he also knew that if he could not make it, how much the meltdown blast radius can kill the innocent lives, including the ones inside!
'I can't bail now!'
'I have to stop this train!'
'I will stop it! Even if I die trying!'
With he let out a scream as he added more strength to the limit! "MAKETE TAMARU KA! (LIKE HELL I'LL LOSE!)" Sonic strained. As if responding to his resolve, his Chaos Energem shined brightly before the energy bursted out from inside, coursing through his entire body as aura flares, increasing his strength tenfold.
Even so, Optimus saw that he still needed help and was about to activate his maximum overdrive to help him when-!
*VROOOOOOOOOOOM!*
A silver vehicle suddenly came from the road and passed the humans in neck breaking speed. Optimus was surprised at the sudden appearance of the car as they watched it drive towards the engine.
"What in the?!"
The silver car raced past Sonic and transformed in front of the train and grabbed the other side of it. He held back as the speed drastically dropped, the wheels screeching on the tracks. The kids were trying to keep their balance as they grabbed onto the sides of the door. The train finally stopped as it was just centimeters from derailing.
Sonic panted as he relaxed, thankful that he was able to stop the train in time. The flames extinguished as he returned normal. "Ha, ha, thanks, Optimus…" he trailed off when he saw who assisted him wasn't Optimus, but was a silver armored mech. His head was in the shape of an arrow with yellow eyes and a mask which he retracted, revealing his mouth. The body frame was almost similar to Sonic's but was entirely white with black highlights coming down the side from the shoulders. There was silver armor covering the shoulders and the chest area along with the arms and legs. There was a long coat cape hanging from the back attached to the metal collars. Finally, there was the familiar AutoKnight insignia flashing on the chest.
Sonic, though, went stiff at first glance of the bot.
Optimus arrived next to the kids as Jack stuck his head. "Thanks for the save, Sonic. For a moment I thought we were gonna become meltdown soup," though he noticed that Sonic was just standing there, staring at the newcomer with his expression filled with surprise and familiarity. Optimus changed into his humanoid mode with a questioning look about his behavior.
"Sonic?" Miko poked her head, wondering what made the Grand Chariot freeze.
After a moment of silence, Sonic Drive opened his mouth. "...Tatsumi?"
The silver bot's eyes widened in surprise. "...Nii-san?"
Sonic let out an ecstatic gasp before a smile edged into his faceplate. "Tatsumi!" he couldn't hold his excitement any longer as he wrapped his brother into a loving hug.
"Nii-san!" The silver bot hugged back, happy to be reunited with his brother.
"I'm so glad to see you, Tatsumi!" Sonic cried as he held Tatsumi's head.
"I'm so glad to see you too, Nii-san! I thought you were someone else until now!"
"Nii-san?" Jack got out confused before he called out to Sonic. "Sonic, Who is he?"
The two let go and turned to the three waiting for answers. "This is my little brother; Tatsumi Kagamine, a.k.a. Incursio." he introduced, putting a hand on his younger brother's shoulder.
"That's your brother?" Miko gasped. "That's cool!"
"Yep, I'm happy to find one of my siblings after being separated." then a question popped out in his head and turned to Incursio. "Tatsumi, have you seen any of friends along your way here?" he asked, "What about our sister?"
Incursio shook his head, "No, the only person that I found who I knew was Rave Rose."
"Sokka (I see)..." Sonic sighed, looking a bit disappointed by that but let out a smile, "but I'm glad to see you alive and well."
The happy mood was cut off when a familiar helicopter engine sound caught everyone's attention. Sonic Drive glared an unforgiving look at the pilots riding on it.
"Well played, visitors," Silas congratulated. Even though he was surprised to see another one with him, he decided to leave it be. "But MECH still has home field advantage, and we will find a way to level that playing field. Even if we have to open you up, to see what makes you tick," he swore, looking at the scans of Optimus and Sonic before they flew away.
Sonic glared at the retreating MECH, unconsciously placing his hand on his left abdomen. He didn't show it, but he felt a bit of pain twinging from where he touched, reminding him of a certain past.
"Who was that, Nii-san?" Incursio asked, not knowing of what transpired.
"Someone that we will face against in the near future," he replied, silently growing.
Suddenly, Sonic suddenly went stiff for a moment before he turned his head toward the top of a far cliff. He noticed that a figure stood there, but with the sun's light shining behind it, it was hard to pick up the figure's body. But Sonic was able to pick up the figure being humanoid and holding a large rifle in its hands along with a giant wheel on its back. It was watching everything that transpired before turning around and walking out of sight, disappearing into the rocks.
'Who was that?' Sonic questioned at the figure. It didn't seem like a Decepticon, or a Cybertronian. Not mention it looked vaguely familiar to him.
"Nii-san?" Incursio called out to his brother, seeing him looking off in the distance.
Snapped out of his thoughts, he turned to Incursio. "It's nothing."
"Sonic Drive," The brothers turned to Optimus, sternly standing in front of them. "That was reckless of you trying to stop the train with your bare hands."
"Not as reckless as these two sneaking in." Sonic retorted, pointing at the humans on board.
"Well, it was her idea!" Jack blamed at the pigtailed.
"Hey!"
But Optimus continued, "But because of that you have saved a few lives today, and prevented a catastrophe."
"I was only doing what was best to prevent MECH from harming innocents," Sonic conferred earnestly.
Optimus Prime smiled, "I would've done the same to save those lives. Thank you once again for your deeds."
Sonic smiled back at the leader. Ratchet's voice suddenly came from the Com-Link with his voice wanting to know the safety of the team. "Optimus, are you and the children intact?"
"Intact, Ratchet," Optimus replied, "Crisis averted. But the world in which we live is a different one previously imagined. One which has spawned its own Decepticons, in human skin."
Sonic walked up to the children and kneeled in front of them, getting their attention. Though he did not look happy. "And what were you thinking of sneaking into the convoy, huh?"
"Um, well…" Jack tried to think of an excuse but was cut off with a sigh from the Grand Chariot.
"Next time, I'm gonna make sure you and her aren't going to pull a Batman stunt on us," Sonic declared.
"Sonic Drive!"
The rest of the team just arrived in their vehicle forms along with their new member, who immediately transformed into her Valvrave mode. Agent Fowler was there as well as he took the driver's seat in Bumblebee.
Sonic let out a smile, relieved that the Autobots were well and happy to see the new member. "Rave Rose-OOF!" He was met with a blur that tackle him almost to the point of making him fall.
"Oh,Imissedyou~! It'ssogoodtoseeyou! Didyoumissme? Didyoumissme?!" She held on tight with the crushing hug while somehow defying gravity and flailing her legs ecstatically.
The Autobots and the kids let out a sweatdrop at the display. "She's almost like Carmilla," commented Bulkhead.
"Okay, calm down. It's good to see you too!" he tried getting the big girl to let go. But with her unknown strength? That may take a while.
(Omega-1)
"Wow! What are these? What do these do?"
After safely dropping off the Dingus and Agent Fowler to their destination point, the team returned to base with their recruits. Ratchet and Raf were surprised to see Rave Rose and Incursio before the older AutoKnight introduced them. Optimus Prime welcomed the two and showed them around the base. After the tour was done, Rave Rose was marvelling at the equipments Ratchet had, much to the medic's ire.
"Nothing that concerns, so I'd advise not touching anythi- what did I just say?!" Ratchet balked, as she began touching them without permission.
"I've never seen such mechanism crafted, not even up close!" Rave gushed, "Do you have more of these? Is it possible if I can use them to upgrade my-whoa!" she was interrupted once again by Sonic Drive this time by the pull of the collar.
"You'll have to forgive Rave here, she goes into a full Ruby Rose mode whenever she sees a Sci-Fi weapon."
"Ruby Rose?" Arcee asked questionly.
"In simpler terms, a girl who can't control her urge to see futuristic weapons and meddle with them."
"I do not!" Rave Rose pouted as she crossed her arms, holding a cute smug look. "I am a full grown girl who can control her personality!"
"Does she?" Bumblebee asked in a whistling whirl like a whisper, while leaning near Zone, who had a devious idea.
"How about we put that to the test?" he smirked before pointing a random direction with a comic expression. "OH MAI GOD! There's a giant scythe with an Energon blaster installed into it!"
"WHERE?!" Rave sharply turned to the direction, looking for the said weapon, only to find nothing. She then knew immediately that she was tricked, sending pouting look at the Jehuty. "Mou~! You're mean!"
"Learned from the best~!" Zone laughed.
"You know, she's kinda cute," Bumblebee beeped.
"Oh? Have you taken a liking for her?" Arcee teased the yellow scout.
"What? No no no. not like that," he flustered at that before turning to the pouting Valvrave, who was approached by Ratchet.
"Now if you would, please give me back my equipment?" Ratchet motioned her with hand waiting for her to return his tool. She wanted to see more of it but hung her head in disappointment before giving it back.
"Don't mind Hatchet here, that's his way of welcoming newbies," Zone comforted.
"My name is not Hatchet!"
"Though I'm surprised she went to you first, Zone," Sonic said curiously.
"Well, that's because, knowing her, she would want to test her weapons in battle. Since this is no doubt her and your brother's first time in combat," Zone stated. "Speaking off combat, guess what?! I found out what powers my Chaos Energem possess!"
"...Really?"
Rave Rose and Incursio piqued curiously at that word. "Chaos Energem?"
"You know the pendants that we have for good charms? Turns out they're an alien power source that possesses superpowers," Sonic explained before turning to Zone Runner. "So, what is it?"
"Watch and see!" He brought out his sword and Energem. He firmly grasped it into his fist, a faint turquoise glow emitted through the fingers before the blade lit up in a turquoise laser blade, surprising everyone.
"Whoa, it's a lightsaber!" Miko couldn't help but comment.
"That never happened in the game!" Incursio pointed out.
"Game?"
"You see, Zone Runner's body, the Jehuty, is a different kind robot called Orbital Frames which comes a video game from our world called Zone of Enders. Hence he got the name Zone Runner."
"Yep, and I believe my Energem possess the powers of swordsmanship. I mean, I was hoping for something that can allow me to shoot, but this too is awesome!" he exclaimed before anyone could expect it, he swung the blade down excitingly, aiming toward Sonic Drive!
"Nii-san, dodge!" shouted Incursio.
"Whoa!" Dodging to the side with fast reflexes, the blade missed and sliced a wrench on the table in the process. Sonic snapped at the action, "Watch it, dude! Were you trying to cut my head off!?"
Ratchet was horrified of seeing one of his tools destroyed before turning to the culprit with an angered look. "Zone Runner! I NEEDED THAT!"
Zone flinched and sheepishly apologized "Whoops, sorry…"
"Okay, other than him finding his Energem ability, I would advise you teaching your friend to learn how to control that power and not go crazy with it," Arcee said to Sonic.
Sonic nodded with groan, "Yeah, most definitely. Just when I thought his was something subtle."
"So these weren't just good luck charms…" Incursio murmured before pulling out a silver colored Chaos Energem. At the same time, Rave Rose pulled out her own Energem which was red.
Rave Rose thought of something as she turned to the Grand Chariot. "So does this mean, that my Energem can become a weapon? Like a superpowered scythe?!"
"Uh, no. I don't think it works like that."
The neon fossils on her head drooped. "Awww…"
"By the way, why does she look almost exactly like Carmilla?" Bumblebee asked.
"Carmilla was here?!" Rave piped into a 180 with her head up.
Jack turned to Raf, "What did he say?"
"He asked why she looks like Carmilla."
"Well that's because she's the same mecha model as Carmilla but with very different specs. In their case, they're the Valvrave Units, specialized robots that a human race called the magius pilot. They possess technology that are completely different to Zone, my brother, and I, hence why they look different. A total of seven units were created for a revolutionary war that took place at a galactic timeline. Rave Rose here is considered as the first unit to be created. Carmilla was labeled as Unit 3."
"So your bodies have some story behind them, like you when you said that yours was from a tv show," Raf remembered.
"Well, technically mine and Tatsumi's are not robots, their superpowered armor fought during a different revolutionary war, on a separate world with a different timeline."
Optimus frowned upon that, "You are implying that your current forms are weapons of war?"
Silence entered the room upon that statement. Now that he mentioned it, it did sound like the AutoKnight's forms were mainly weapons of mass destruction.
"That may be so. But that was when our predecessors had no choice but to use them for war," Sonic stated. "And since we're in a completely different one, we… I want to use it to aid along with you all, maybe to end this war. But to mainly to protect the humans living on this Earth."
"You can count me into this as well," Zone joined in.
"We may look like weapons of war, but we are not are predecessors who spread innocent bloodshed," Incursio added.
"Hm hm!"
Optimus smiled at their declaration. "I believe I can be rest assured of your motives, forgive me for doubting," he bowed in apology.
"Don't be. You have good reasons for being wary of our forms."
"Speaking of which, we do need to find some vehicle forms for your two," Zone turned to the two recruits with a grin.
"Vehicle forms?"
"It's basically a rule to keep hidden from public eyes."
Sonic Drive gave his friend a raised brow of confusion. "Zone, don't you know that they already have vehicle forms?"
"What?"
Incursio and Rave Rose looked at each other for a moment before turning back. "You mean like this?"
Much to everyone's surprise, the two's body frames shifted and transformed into different car models. Incursio was a silver Chevrolet Corvette Stingray concept with the sides having a black color layer over the silver, while Rave Rose was a Mazda RX-7 Veilside, with a red colored frame with black and white highlights along with some neon green lines across the sides and over the hood.
Zone was the most shocked at the two. "You got vehicle forms?!"
"Well, we thought that walking as giant robots in the open would cause panic among the citizens, so we went to a car dealership area and copied these forms."
Sonic laughed, "Ahahaha! That's my brother all right!" he turned to Zone with a smug look, "Thank Primus, they don't have to go through your choice of vehicle choosing. Last time went completely out of control. At least, for you it was."
"Hey! That was only one time!"
As the laughter subsided, the leader then called out, getting everyone's attention. "As ensuring that we have gained new allies, we still have Decepticons forces to be wary of, as well as the new threat we have encountered today."
Sonic became silent as he frowned at the thought of MECH.
Optimus continued, "For now, we shall rest as tomorrow we shall prepare ourselves for any Decepticon activity."
"Yes sir."
A hand raised up from an individual. "Um, Mr. Optimus Prime? I have a question," the Prime turned to the red Valvrave. "Is there a place where we can sleep?"
"Don't worry about that. I'll show you where we sleep," Zone offered before leading her down the hall to their rooms.
Incursio was about to follow when he turned to his brother. "Nii-san? Are you coming?"
"You go on ahead, I'll catch up," Sonic said, assuring his brother. Incursio seemed to understand before nodding and followed suit after the other two.
Arcee approached him with a grin, "You seem happy to be with your brother."
"Why wouldn't I? He's my family after all," He said, "I just hope I can find my sister very soon."
Arcee solemnly went silent, She gave a pat on the back. "You'll be able to see her soon. You can count on that," she assures before heading to her sleeping quarters. Sonic watched her leave before he remembered about her partner, Cliffjumper. Now that he thought of it, he realized that unlike him that he was given a chance to see his family whole again, she was taken away that chance to be with her partner, who perished in battle. Not to mention, she also lost her sister on Cybertron before she disappeared.
"Maybe I should apologize for making her feel that way. It's pretty unfair for her since, she has none of her real family other than Optimus to be with her," he decided to do that tomorrow and go to his berth, no doubt his brother was there to talk about a lot of things. Before he made his way, he remembered back about that faint figure he saw on the cliff. "Still… who was that?" He murmured, "It almost looked like… no, it can't be. There's no way that should exist here," He was doubting about one simple theory that shouldn't be possible here.
So why did he think that there is something more in this world than he imagined?
And done! Finally got this done after finals and onto my summer break from college! As shown in this Chapter we have been introduced to two new AutoKnights, Rave Rose and, Sonic's brother, Incursio! Now as I said before, sorry for taking too long on this. I was having some debate on whether I should add some connecting topics into this or not. Took my sweet time to decide.
Thought I'd mention this but around the beginning of June, I will going for a vacation trip to Japan for at least a week so I won't be able to make some progress around those times.
Also I forgot to mention before, the quote "Jiito shitemo dounimo naranai" or "nothing will happen if you stand by" isn't mine, it belongs to a tokusatsu show called Ultraman Geed, like I said earlier I will be putting up some references from other shows so keep that in mind. So make sure you leave a review on what you think about this chapter, and I'll see you in the next one! JA NE!
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1. Sonic Drive
2. Zone Runner
3. Carmilla
4. Incursio
5. Rave Rose
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