Transformers Robots in Disguise (RID): Return of the Decepticons
Created by: ShadowHawk
Written by: Marik7410
Chapter 11
Brothers at arms, Enemies at war
Naval Base
Flyby was down with the wounds she received from her enemy. "Flyby, are you okay?" Talon asked.
"I'm fine," Flyby assured. She looked back and noticed something familiar about this one. "Nightfire, is that you?" Flyby asked.
"Yes, it's me," Nightfire answered.
"Take cover!" Flyby warned. "I can handle this."
Talon, stubborn as usual, ignored her warning and started firing. Nightfire rolled around the bullets fired. "TRANSFORM!" he shouted. He switched to robot mode and aimed his pistol at him. "You need a little cool down," he grinned. He squeezed the trigger and fired liquid helium freeze shells at them.
Flyby jumped in front of Talon and shield him as the bullets froze her solid.
"Flyby!" Talon shouted. Talon glared at Nightfire with rage. Talon was looking around for the nearest weapon and noticed the same ship he landed on when he was ejected. He hatched a devious plan. "Follow me if you can," Talon said and ran.
"What's this?" Nightfire said. "A human have the nerves to test me. My target is frozen and won't be moving at anytime soon." Nightfire started his pursuit on Talon. He fired freeze shells near Talon to knock him down. "You missed," Talon laughed. "You robots are horrible marksmen."
"On the contrary…" Nightfire smiled.
Talon came to a stop when he saw a large area of ice blocking his path. "Trapping in the corner like the pest you are," Nightfire said. "This next bullet won't freeze you. It will burn you to the afterlife. I hope you had dinner."
There was a faint rumbled nearby. "Let Tidal Wave do the job," Tidal Wave creaked as he slowly came online.
"You can barely move let alone see," Nightfire pointed out. And he was right. Tidal Wave was blinded from Talon's assault.
"I can try," Tidal Wave said. Using his audio receptors, he had isolated Talon and locked one of his cannons at him. Tidal Wave fired a missile at Talon before going to stasis. Talon froze as the missile came towards him. Talon's life flashed before his eyes. Talon shut his eyes and braced for his fate. A bullet was fired and streaked pass Nightfire and blew the missile. The shockwave sent Talon flying. Nightfire wasn't impressed. "What was that?" he wondered.
He looked where the bullet came from and saw that Flyby was melting but only her hand was free. Talon got up and dusted the dirt off his clothes.
"It doesn't matter," Nightfire said. "My orders were simple and that's to kill my targets and that includes humans. Lady luck saved your life from Tidal Wave and allows me to splatter you all over the place. Freeze in hell."
Nightfire started firing freeze shells at Talon once more. Talon looked and saw that he was closer to the hangar now. He took off running as he dodged the bullets. One bullet struck the ground and propelled Talon in the air. Talon landed on the ground and got up. "Thanks Flyby," Talon said. "That shot was gave me a second chance."
Talon rushed into the hangar and found the jet Flyby had scanned. He opened the cockpit and hopped in. He closed the cockpit and started up the plane. The jet taxied to the doors. Talon blew the door opened. Nightfire saw the explosion and saw a jet pulling out. "What is that?" Nightfire wondered.
"Say goodbye tin man," Talon said as he activated the machine guns. Nightfire moved to the side as Talon roared by and took to the skies. "I see how Tidal Wave was taken down," Nightfire thought to himself. "But unlike him, he needs more than that to take me on."
Nightfire switched to jet mode and went after Talon. "It's about time for this wretched planet to enter a new Ice Age and it's starring you," Nightfire laughed. He fired four freeze missiles at Talon. Talon dodged the first three but the fourth one was hard to shake. The missile was gaining on him and it was targeting his tail. A bullet flew by and destroyed the missile. Talon looked down and saw that Flyby was free with traces of ices on her. She broke the ice by switched to jet mode. "Talon, stop it!" Flyby shouted.
Field
"Ultra Magnus, why are you doing this?" Optimus asked.
"You damn sure know why," Magnus answered. "Now, are you going to fight me or surrender your life to me?"
"Magnus, you're an Autobot," Optimus said. "You don't have to do this. Just lower your gun and we can look pass this."
"Heh, you've gotten soft around these humans," Scrash chuckled. "On Cybertron, you were deemed as the strongest Cybertronian there is but now I begin to wonder who rely supply Omega Prime his power. I'm not like any leader there is. I let my comrades handle their problems and I handle mine."
"What are you saying?" Optimus wondered.
"I know about your battle protocol," Scrash said. "Whenever there is a problem, you dispatch your team into action without considering the situation. You don't ask for their opinions nor ask if there were busy. You just draft them into battle while you bask in your base watching your henchmen suffer. You call yourself a responsible leader, you're more like Galvatron."
"I am nothing like him."
"Then prove it to me. Attack and slay your brother!" Scrash requested.
"I won't," Optimus refused.
"Silly fool," Magnus said. He rushed towards Optimus with the intention to kill.
Hydra Cannon
The Commandos walked onto the bridge to expect a yelling but all they saw was ADA looking at the monitor. "Where's Scrash?" Mega-Octane wondered.
"Earth," ADA said.
"Reason?" Rollbar asked.
"Dealing with Prime," ADA answered.
"Why won't we notify?" Armourhide wondered.
"I wasn't told to tell you," ADA said.
"Okay," Movor said. "So what are you watching?"
"Magnus beating the living daylights out of Prime."
"What?" the Commandos said.
"Oh, you weren't here when I turned Ultra Magnus into a Decepticons," ADA said.
"What?" the Commandos said.
"And Sky-Byte is a Decepticon as well."
"WHAT?" the Commandos exclaimed. "That tunabreath is a decepticon too?"
"Yeah so now shut up, I'm trying to watch my stories."
Skies
Nightfire looked down and saw that Flyby was free. "Still ticking aren't you?" he said. "I'll soon handle you." By groups of twos, Nightfire fired waves of missiles at Flyby. Talon took this chance to make his move. He took aim and fired machine guns at Nightfire. Flyby switched to robot mode and started firing her rifle.
"TRANSFORM!" Nightfire shouted. He looped around as Talon's bullets missed him. Flyby shot down the missiles and allowed the rest to hit the ground. Nightfire drew his sword and rushed Flyby. Flyby retracted her gun and her blades appeared. "I can't believe I'm fighting you but I have no other choice," Flyby said. "Talon, please don't interfere."
"Your spark is mine!" Nightfire roared as he charged in. Flyby crossed her blades Nightfire made contact. "You're a cruel brother," Flyby shouted as she swung her blades around aiming for his mid-section.
"Hey."
"Is someone calling me?" Flyby thought to herself.
"Pay attention," Nightfire said. Flyby saw a sword coming from above. Flyby blocked the sword and released a pressure wave on Nightfire's midsection.
"I can help you get rid of Nightfire."
"Who's this?" Flyby asked.
"No need to look, trust me. I'm a friend whose here to help. From where I am, I can get a clean shot at him. All I need you to do is to hold him for about 30 seconds. I'll signal you to move so you won't get hit, Ok?"
Flyby nodded in agreement. She rushed in for an attack once more. Nightfire saw Flyby coming and waited. Then Flyby wrapped her arm around his neck and kneed him in the chest.
"What are you doing?" Nightfire asked.
"Get ready."
Flyby was ready to bolt.
"What are you planning?" Nightfire wondered.
"NOW!" Flyby left and created a gap between herself and him.
"Now you want to run," Nightfire said. "You're nothing but a scared…"
Flyby pointed at the ground below. Nightfire looked down and saw a bright light. An energy beam struck him from below. The beam damaged most of his circuits. He dropped to the ground next to Tidal Wave. He was pissed that he lost. "ADA, I got Tidal Wave," he called. "Get me out of here."
Just like the light, they were gone.
Field
Sky-Byte gave a little sneeze. "Caught a bug?" Scrash asked.
"No," Sky-Byte said. "It's was more like someone was talking shit about me."
Magnus moved in for close combat. He was landing blows to Optimus as Optimus did his best to defend himself. "Fight back," Magnus said.
Optimus said nothing. Magnus stop the hits and fired his Arm laser at close distance. Smoke builds up from the impact to Optimus' body. "I can't let him destroy me and the Matrix," Optimus told himself.
"Then don't," a voice spoke.
"But he's my brother."
"Brothers and sisters have arguments and fights. This is just sibling rivalry. This fight can determine if there is hope in stopping Scrash. Don't give up. Keep fight and win."
Optimus' optics burned bright with determination. "I can't lose here," Optimus said. "I must win this fight. I have to stop and destroy all Decepticons."
Scrash, Sky-Byte and Scourge were stunned to hear that. "With what power?" Magnus asked.
"FLYING FIST!" Optimus shouted.
A red fist was launched knock Ultra Magnus off balance. "Cheap shot," Magnus said. He slowly rose to his feet.
"This isn't," Optimus said. "WATER MISSILES!" The ladder lowered on Optimus' mobile base and launched missiles. They were aimed at Ultra Magnus and struck on target. "You'll pay for this," Magnus hissed.
Light bars on Optimus' back glowed and fired energy beams at Ultra Magnus. Then Optimus quickly follow up with a soaking from his water guns. "BATTLE MODE!" Optimus commanded. He jumped in the air as the mobile broke up and attached to his body. Soon there was a super transformer taller and stronger than before. "Give it up Magnus," Optimus said.
Optimus brought his ladder over his shoulder and took aim. Water nozzle swiveled forward and fired high pressure frost at Ultra Magnus. The frost froze up Ultra Magnus' leg. Magnus try to break the ice with his hand but the ice was really strong. "You yield," Optimus said.
Scourge had a prediction on how the battle was going to end and he was confident that he was right. "Sir, I know Magnus is weak," Scourge whispered. "He's useless."
"No he's not," Scrash said. "He just haven't tap into his Decepticon powers yet."
"Is that so?" Scourge doubted.
"Magnus, tap into your Decepticon spark," Scrash ordered. "Grab your wing and your true strength will be revealed to you. You're a Decepticon now."
"I'm a Decepticon now?" Magnus muttered to himself. He pondered for a moment before making his next move. Ultra Magnus held out his arm and his fist was launched. Optimus was shocked to see that. "STUN SHOWERS!" Magnus shouted.
The panels flare up and fired missiles at Optimus at close range. Magnus' fist reattached to his arm. Then he grabbed his wing and broke it off. The wing unfolded and turned into an energy sword. Magnus broke the ice from his leg and charged towards Optimus. He started striking Optimus with his sword.
"Sky-Byte, go have fun," Scrash granted.
"Yes sir," Sky-Byte bowed. He was pleased to have a chance at Optimus Prime. It wasn't because of all the humiliation he inflicted but all the negative reviews on his haiku. Sky-Byte wants payback and bad. "The wind of tides, Shifts in the air of battle, the bird flies for food," Sky-Byte said.
An awkward silence drenched the field. "What was that?" Scrash wondered.
"That was a haiku," Sky-Byte smiled.
"One syllable too short," Scourge pointed out.
"I told you to stick with limericks," Optimus said.
"Don't tell me what to do," Sky-Byte said. He switched to jet mode and started firing missiles at Optimus.
"I think I should get my hands dirty," Scrash said.
"Then use my sword sir," Scourge presented.
"Ah, Sword of Fury is a mighty sword but I prefer mine instead," Scrash grinned. Scrash extended his arm as a dark energy sword materialized. All four Decepticons armed themselves with swords and started circling Optimus like a wound prey. "What am I going to do?" Optimus thought to himself. "I'm all alone and I have no contact with the base. I have to do something."
"Time's up," Sky-Byte said. Each dealt one powerful strike to Optimus. Optimus was getting weak from the assault. He turned around and saw that Scrash and Scourge were standing to each other so was Ultra Magnus and Sky-Byte. They crossed their sword and sent a powerful energy beam at Optimus. The beam blew his armor clean off. Smokes bellowed from Optimus as his optics went dim. He fell flat on his back, motionless. Ultra Magnus was amazed with the feat. "I blew his armor off," he said softly.
"Magnus," Scrash called.
"Yes sir," Magnus addressed.
Scrash presented Ultra Magnus with his sword. "End it," he said.
Ultra Magnus grabbed the sword and looked at it. He looked at his brother and slowly walks up to him. He looked at his unconscious brother and beginning to have doubts. "Should I really do this?" he wondered.
"What are you waiting for?" Scrash asked. "Finish the job or the job is going to finish you."
"I'm sorry but I dreamed for this moment for quite some time," Magnus answered. "I just never knew that this opportunity will come."
"I see," Scrash said. "You can savor it later. Right now, ending his life takes priority. You don't want the other Autobots to show up do you? I don't think the four of us can take them on."
"Speaking of which, where are they?" Magnus wondered.
Autobot Base
T-Ai had the entire base to herself. She sent and trapped majority of the Autobots to the Bermuda Island. "Should I bring them back?" T-Ai asked herself. "Nah let them play poker all they want. The salty air will rust their armors and corrode their sparks. As for the Build Team and Defense Corp, they can't hide forever and eventually die. Man, it's good to be me."
Naval Base
Talon had landed his jet and powered it down. Flyby stood next to the jet, she's a bit annoyed that Talon disobey orders but grateful that he's safe. "Hey, why did you tell me to stay out of it?" Talon asked.
"I don't want to talk about him," Flyby brushed.
"But…"
"If you really want to know, he's my brother," Flyby sighed. "So please don't make it any worse than it really is."
Talon had no comment. Flyby scanned the area for her rescuer but she couldn't detect them. "Who are you?" she asked.
Leaves rustled as an elder cybertronian emerged from the bushes. "Let's say that I was responsible for what's going on now," he said. "I am the one who made Scrash. It's my fault that's he's evil."
Talon stepped back from the shock. Flyby held her blade in the air and watched the steel shine in the sunlight. "Then why did you help me if you are responsible?" she asked.
"Just to make amends," the elder said.
"Amends?"
"It's difficult to explain."
"Who's Scrash?" Talon wondered.
"Someone who must be destroyed at all cost," Flyby said. "And since you are responsible, you better give me a good reason why I shouldn't take your spark."
Field
Ultra Magnus looked at Optimus and sensed his power returning. "I have to kill Optimus but I don't want to," Magnus muttered. "I guess I should disable him." Ultra Magnus raise the sword and drove it down. The tip touched Optimus' chest then a bright light consumed the field, blinding everyone. The light faded and everything was normal. "What was that?" Scourge wondered.
"I don't know," Scrash said. He was annoyed. "Magnus, where's Prime?"
Ultra Magnus looked down and saw that Optimus was gone. "I don't know," Magnus said. "He vanished before the sword touched him."
"Lies," Scrash hissed.
"He's not lying sir," Scourge said. "He was going to do it when we were blinded. It seems that light saved Optimus from certain death."
"Oh well," Scrash sighed. "At least we severely damaged him. Time to return to the ship." Scourge walked up to Ultra Magnus and stopped. "Why you'd lied?" Magnus asked.
"Consider us even," Scourge said.
"But you don't owe me."
"You're still alive aren't you?" Scourge walked off and left Ultra Magnus on his own.
Naval Base
The elder was asked a question that can end his life if he answered it wrong. "Just hear me out. Back on Cybertron, Scrash was my pride and joy because I created him. He was a kind and caring Autobot who doesn't like fighting. He believes that fighting will end the universe and life as it is. Then one day while I was performing upgrades to his system, a strange fellow came into my lab. He knew that I can create transformers so he commands me to create a powerful, fighting warrior for him and I refused. Because of that he took me and my creation away to a dungeon. He tortured me day after day to change Scrash into a decepticon. I continue to refuse. So he had enough and let us go. During the war on Cybertron, the Autobots were in desperate need of energon so I equipped Scrash with a system that can carry and dispense energon to the injure soldiers. Then one day I was out of energon, I have not one ounce of it left. Then Scrash found a supply of super energon. It was very small, but it was enough to assist 50 Autobots. Scrash insisted that he should take it to the Autobot and I told him no. He insisted and insisted 'til I said yes. That when everything went black. After consuming the energon, a dormant program that I put in activated. It was a decepticon program and it was activated. Scrash did the best he could to refuse the program but it was too late. He was a decepticon and started terrorizing the planet. I made my life's goal to fix my mistake and bring Scrash to the side of good once again."
Flyby lowered her sword and started laughing. "You expect me to believe that story," she said. "You expect me to believe that Scrash was once a good guy. He turned my brother against me. I can't let that go. Whether you like it or not, he's dead. Come on Talon, we're leaving."
Flyby looked back and saw that Talon didn't move. "Let's go," she said.
Talon refused to listen. "So you lost someone in your family too," Talon said. This brought in painful memories of his parents death. "Though Scrash is not dead, you see him such as."
"It feels like he's gone in my spark but I know he can be saved," the elder said.
Flyby rudely laughed. "I will do whatever it takes to save him, even it means becoming a Decepticon, so be it," the elder continued. A warp gate opened in front of the elder. "I won't stop you nor tell you what to do. If you want to kill him, go ahead. But when you know the truth, don't bother come looking for me."
Flyby said nothing as the elder entered the gate. "Let's help him," Talon suggested.
"No, I won't," Flyby refused. "I'm going to end his miserable life and I will have his spark as my trophy." She switched to jet mode and opened the cockpit. Talon climbed into the cockpit and strapped himself in. "That won't help," he said.
"Butt out of it," Flyby snapped. She closed the cockpit and took off.
Leaves were rustling as an armored being walked out from hiding. "I guess the suit works," he said. "They didn't detect me at all. As much I like to stay impartial, kid has a point. Hopefully the situation cleans itself so I won't have to get my hands dirty."
"Already disobeying orders?" a deep voice spoke.
The being let out a hiss before disappearing into the brushes. Not too far away, Wedge was listening. "I have to tell Optimus," he said. Then he vanished in a flash of light.
Bermuda Island
The Autobots were trying to beat a vicious enemy, boredom. Trapped on an island in the Atlantic miles away from the main line, the Autobots were stranded. It was only a matter of time before they die of overheating or rust or sheer insanity, whichever struck the hardest. The Autobots Brothers were looking at the crisp clear ocean. "Just like last time," Prowl said.
"But this time, we're above the water," Sideburn pointed out.
"And there's no Decepticons to worry about," X-Brawn said. There was a flash of light as the Build Team appeared. "Wedge, how did you get here?" Prowl asked.
"I have no idea," Wedge answered.
Then there was another flash of light as the Defense Corp appeared. They looked lost.
"Bermuda Island," X-Brawn said.
"Um okay," Inferno said.
"So everyone is here except for Optimus and Ultra Magnus," Throttle said.
There was another flash of light as Optimus dropped to the ground badly damaged. "Optimus!" Sideburn said.
Everyone heard Sideburn's voice and rushed over their injured leader. "Is he going to be okay?" Inferno wondered.
"I have no clue," Rest-Q said. "I have to take him back to base."
"How?" Sideburn asked. "We are trapped here with no way out."
"Hello?" a voice called.
X-Brawn recognized the voice and saw that it was a radio call. "T-Ai?" X-Brawn said.
"Thank goodness I found everyone," T-Ai said.
"Found?" Prowl said. "You brought us here."
"No, I didn't," T-Ai said.
"You took us to an oil rig," Inferno said.
"We were in a cave," Wedge said.
"Look, I'm sorry for what happened," T-Ai said. "I was infected with a virus and it was screwing up with the system. It took a long time to isolate and delete the virus. I was lucky to even contact you."
"The Bermuda Triangle is some serious stuff," Wedge said.
"T-Ai, Optimus is hurt and he medical help now," Rest-Q said.
"Hang on," T-Ai said. "I'll try to manifest a space bridge to bring everyone home."
Autobot Base
T-Ai cut the communication to create a space bridge to bring the Autobots home. She zeroed in on their location and opened a bridge for them. "I think its better that ADA doesn't know about this," T-Ai said. She severed any link she had to ADA then she retreated back into her computer.
Hydra Cannon
The Decepticons were celebrating their latest victory with the Autobots. But they were celebrating the fall of Optimus Prime. The Decepticon were holding an energon cube as toasting drinks. "Life is good," Rollbar said casually.
"Yes it is," Drag Strip agreed. "They don't stand a chance against us."
"Cheers to that," Movor laughed. Scrash stood in the middle of his army and look around. He never felt more confident with his selection. "Decepticons today is a glorious day that we defeated the Autobot's greatest leader, Optimus Prime," he spoke. "I have promised each and every one of you victory and I have delivered that promise."
"And it's very sweet," Sky-Byte chuckled.
"Indeed it is," Scrash chuckled. "Today, we struck fear into the optics of those Autobots. They will think twice before messing with us. They don't stand a chance. Now we can move on to Phase 2 of my plan to retrieving Cybertron's lost treasure. We will return to our home world and claim it to the rightful owners, the Decepticons!"
The Decepticons cheered.
"The legendary Matrix of Conquest will be ours!" Scrash shouted.
ADA came to Scrash in silence. "Yes, my trusting AI," Scrash greeted.
"Tidal Wave is 90% repaired," ADA reported. "It won't be long before our muscle is back online."
"Perfect," Scrash said. "There is nothing that can bring this moment down."
The door opened as Nightfire dragged himself onto the bridge. The celebration came to a halt. "Nightfire, what happened?" Man-O-War asked.
"My lord, I wasn't able to complete my mission," Nightfire said. "I couldn't take down the new Autobot and her human ally."
Scrash crushed the cup in his hand out of anger. "Human ally?" Scrash said.
"Oh shit," the Decepticons said and stepped back. Scrash walked up to Nightfire snarling under his breath. "You, a perfect soldier, lose to a human," Scrash said.
"I'm sorry that I failed you," Nightfire said. "I promise…"
"There is no promise here," Scrash said. "It's either you do it or you die. I can't believe you failed me. Get yourself to the restoration chamber. I'll deal with you later."
"Yes sir," Nightfire bowed and left.
"The rest of you, we got a Matrix to find," Scrash said.
"Yes sir!" the Decepticons shouted.
"Um Scrash, I've just picked up something that's related to your recent fight with Optimus Prime," ADA spoke.
"What is it?" Scrash asked.
Naval Base
Metallic footstep clanged as the armored being from before walked on the roof. "So, those are the robots from space," he said.
A being dressed in a white cloak appeared next to him. "Exactly," he said.
"So I have to destroy them."
"Just the leader."
"Fine. But my first target is those Autobots. They are the first one to fall."
