Transformers Robots in Disguise: Vengeances

Written by: Marik7410

Chapter 11

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In urban section of Metro City, Wilson and Tai were walking down the sideway one windy morning. "Ah, that was wonderful," Tai sighed.

"Pah, after you had a lot of my 'salad'," Wilson complained.

"Hey, your salad was good too," Tai teased.

Wilson reached inside his pocket and felt nothing. He lowered his head in shame. "Whose bright idea it was to take you out for brunch?" Wilson wondered.

"Yours, remember?"

"Dang," Wilson groaned.

Then Tai came to a stop in front of a parking complex. Wilson stood next to Tai and looked up. "Someone's jumping?" he wondered.

"No," Tai said. "Just remembering the good old days."

Wilson thought about it and remembered. "This is where the base was right?" Wilson asked.

"Before it was blown up," Tai confirmed. Then she went inside. Wilson soon followed.

"I'm still impressed that you Autobots constructed a base under this facility and kept it a secret for so long," Wilson said.

Tai smiled with pride. "Detecting the base is impossible thanks to me," she said. Tai looked around then noticed Wilson's bracelet flashing. "Someone's calling you?" she wondered.

Wilson looked at his bracelet and shook his head. "No," he said. "It only reacts like that if there is a new protocol implemented on a security system that it recognizes."

"For example?"

"Say if for some reason, the base experience a security breach and you changed the protocol, the bracelet will re-sync with the base to download the new protocols but this shouldn't happen if the base was destroyed."

Tai grabbed Wilson's left arm and pulled towards the center of the facility. She held his hand in the air and heard a beep. The ground quaked as it lowered to form a ramp to an underground facility. Wilson and Tai looked at each other in shock. "Ladies first," Wilson said.

"No thanks," Tai declined.

"You're a better shot than me," Wilson said.

Tai gulped as she tapped her bracelet as a pistol materialize in her left hand. She got herself ready and slowly went down the ramp. "Warrior mode," Wilson whispered. His bracelet glowed as nanobytes collected on his hands, feet, shins and forearms to form gloves, boots and guards. He slowly followed Tai with his back to her. The duo went in to the underground facility as the ramp raised and the entrance was closed to the public.

Elsewhere, Alexis, Koji and Shirley met up with Optimus to discuss what happened yesterday. "What's up Optimus?" Koji asked.

"Where are Wilson and Tai?" Optimus wondered.

"Went out for breakfast," Alexis said as she sips her tea. "What happened here?"

"A bot named Blackhawk was here," Optimus answered.

Alexis stiffened up and dropped her tea. "Did you say, Blackhawk?" Alexis asked.

"Why?" Hotshot wondered. "You know him?"

"Know him? He was my bodyguard in an alternate future when I was still Empress," Alexis said.

"Did you know that he was here?" Koji asked.

"No," Alexis answered. "If Blackhawk is here, Lugnut is here as well. And Lugnut is just as bad."

"But why are you frightened by this?" Optimus wondered.

"If Blackhawk and Lugnut are here, Empress is present as well," Alexis explained.

"But you're Empress," Shirley pointed.

"Would you believe me that my life is currently incomplete?" Alexis said.

"What do you mean?" Koji wondered.

"There is a part of me that's missing and I think she's here, assuming my true identity as Empress."

"But I thought your true identity is Alexis," Optimus said.

"No it isn't," Alexis said as she shook her head. "Alexis is a name that my host gave me. Empress is a name that I gave myself to mirror my dark nature but I eventually abandon that identity and accepted the name Alexis."

"So you think that your host is here under your former name?" Shirley said.

"Yes," Alexis nodded. "And if that suspicion is true, he will return."

"He who?" Optimus wondered.

"I never work alone," Alexis said. "If I'm here, Devil Z isn't too far away."

"Whoa, Devil Z?" Hotshot said.

"I thought you got rid of him for good," Mirage said.

"So I thought," Alexis said. "For now, pray that I'm lying. If not, prepare for a battle like none other."

"But here's my question, if Empress is here and Devil Z is erased from existence, how can it be possible for him to return?" Optimus asked.

"All of us know that Devil Z always thinks three steps ahead of us," Alexis answered. "He has a failsafe hidden on this planet. We have to find it and destroy it before he's revives. Once Devil Z is back, there is no turning back. We have to kill him before he frees his master."

"Who?" Optimus wondered.

"Not even I know," Alexis said.

Autobot Base

Tai and Wilson were currently searching the reappearance of the so-called destroyed base. "Tai, we searched this base with a fine-tooth comb and nothing," Wilson said.

"That's good," Tai said. "There are no traps set. Now we need to search this base for any pressure sensitive trap."

"Oh no," Wilson objected. "I am NOT searching this base again."

"Come on, we have to make sure that this base is safe for the Autobots to use," Tai said.

"If you want to make sure that this base is safe, perform the one crucial test right now," Wilson said.

"And that is?" Wilson walked up to the computer console and turned on the computer. "Are you mad?!" Tai yelled. "What if the computer was booby-trapped?"

"I'm not dead," Wilson smiled.

"Not yet," Tai said.

"Yeesh."

Tai walked up to the console and ran up the most recent archive that was stored. "This is odd," she said.

"What's up?" Wilson wondered as he looked over Tai's shoulders.

"Look," Tai said as she pointed at the screen. "The last time the system was access was 20 years ago. But the base was complete about 22 years ago."

"Who accessed the system?"

"Apparently, I did," Tai said in confusion.

"Okay," Wilson said with uncertainly. "Can you identify who rebuilt this base?"

"Let me check," Tai said as she typed furiously. "Got them."

The results pulled up on the screen as three faces pulled up on the screen. "Rick, Nikki and Max," Wilson read.

"How did three humans obtain the base schematics?" Tai wondered.

"Maybe someone left a computer behind," Wilson guessed.

"Real funny," Tai said. "We took everything to Cybertron and left nothing behind."

"Anyways, we have to interrogate them on their purpose," Wilson said. "Can you get an address?"

"According to the system, Rick and Max are out of the country, Nikki went M.I.A. but Max has someone we can talk to," Tai said.

"Who?"

"His sister, Andreana Jameson, a wife and mother of two teenagers." Tai pulled up Andrea's picture and put it next to Max. "Now that I got a better look, Max sort of looks like you," Tai commented.

"Probably a doppelganger," Wilson said. "I doubt that we are related. Let's find her and question her."

"Okay," Tai agreed. Just as they were about to leave, Drift walked in. "Hey guys," he greeted.

"Drift, what are you doing here?" Wilson wondered.

"I sort of disobey a direct order and as punishment, I was told to join you," Drift explained.

"Come on," Tai invited. "We were going to do some recon."

"Got a lead?" Drift asked.

"No, just the sudden reappearance of the once destroyed Autobot base," Tai said.

"Oh," Drift said in a down tone.

"Don't worry my man," Wilson said. "Trust me, hang with me and Optimus will have to take you back."

"Or send you home," Tai said.

"Relax Tai," Wilson said as he tapped his chest.

"Let me guess, 'you got this'?"

"I always do," Wilson smirked.

"You're ain't no George Lopez," Tai said.

"You don't know me woman," Wilson said and waltzes off.

Tai rubbed the bridge of her nose and sighed. "Why me?"

Sky-Byte Middle

Tyler, Mina and Rin were at the library catching up on their studies. Mina and Tyler were deep in their studies but Rin was getting impatient far too quickly. "Man!" she yelled. "I hate this!"

"No one asked you to come," Mina said.

"No but you dragged me here," Rin fumed.

"Can we get through one visit without you girls bickering?" Tyler requested.

"You know what, I'm going to the bathroom," Rin said.

"I told you not to drink that bottle of soda," Mina scolded.

Rin let out a loud burp and sighed. "But it was good," she smiled. "Excuse me, I have to make some lemonade. Care to taste it, TJ?

"No thanks," Tyler declined.

"Okay but we got the whole school to ourselves," Rin hinted. "No one has to know."

"I'm right here," Mina announced.

"And?" Rin smiled and left.

"I swear that girl is nothing but trouble," Mina grumbled.

"I think she's nice," Tyler said.

Mina gave Tyler a cold stare. "You're sick," she said and got up.

"Problem?" Tyler smiled.

"Great," Mina said as she rolled her eyes. "There are two of them. I'm going to grab a book. I'll be back."

"Okay," Tyler said.

Mina walked pass the bookshelves to the reference section. She scanned the shelves for a particular book and she found it. The book is about the history of Metro City. She opened the book and started thumbing through the pages. "Where is it?" she said. "Where is it?"

Mina thumbing through the section she wanted but found nothing. "Dang," she muttered. She re-shelved the book and found an anthropology book. She opened the book and thumbed through it. "There it is," she said.

The section Mina was reading date back to ancient Egypt. She spent five minutes breezing through the section and she was hooked. She turned the page and saw a number of pages missing. "Dang, its' the same here," Mina said. "What is it about the past that no one wants us to know? Whatever it is, it's happening now. Man, I hate this."

In the hallway, Rin was returning to the library from her trip to the vending machine. She finished her chip and now drinking her juice. "Aah, chips and juice can fill a hungry girl's stomach," she said. Then she felt some pressure in her lower stomach. "Damn it, I really do need to use the bathroom," she said. "I knew I shouldn't drink that soda." Then she ran off to the bathroom to relieve her bladder.

Back in the library, Mina searched through every single reference on history and noticed numerous of pages were missing from every book and the pages contain important information. Mina let out a sigh of defeat. "This is hopeless," she said. "I'm going back to my studies."

Then Mina sensed movement. "Who's there?" she asked. "Rin, if you're trying to scare me, I'll kick your ass."

From the corner of Mina's left eye, she saw a shadow standing at the end of the bookshelf. She turned her attention to the shadow but it vanished. "TJ?" she called.

Tyler was too busy sleeping with his face in the books to hear Mina calling for him. "Hello?" Mina called. She walked to the end of the bookshelf and looked around. Then she noticed the people that were in the library were gone. "What's going on?" she wondered.

In the girls' bathroom, Rin had relieved herself of her worries. She sat on the toilet to relish in the moment. "Man, that is some relief," she said. Then she took out a hand mirror and slipped in under the stall to her left and to her right. "No one is around," she grinned with mischief in her mind. She took in a deep breath and the air came out the other end. "Whoo! I've been holding since this morning," she said. Then she saw someone's shoes in front of her stall. "Oh no, my time of isolation ruined with one set of ears," she said to herself. "Everyone is going to know that I blow like a boy."

Then the shoes scurried off but Rin didn't hear the door open. Rin made herself decent and peered out the stall. The bathroom was empty. "Maybe I was imagining things," she said.

Rin walked up to the sink, took out her handkerchief and held in between her teeth. She opened the faucet as she washed her hands. She closed the water and dried off her hands. She peered in the mirror in front of her and examined herself. "Just as expected," she said. "I'm getting bigger."

Then her foolish pride made her drop her handkerchief. "No," she whined. She reached down to get it as the mirror revealed a blanked eye student was standing behind her. Rin stood up and moped at her soil handkerchief. "Great, I have to buy another one," she said and tossed it in the trash. She headed to the door and gave it a push but it didn't budge. "What the…"

Rin tried again. Nothing. "The heck?" Rin said. "Am I locked in the bathroom?"

Rin pounded on the door hoping someone would hear her. "Hey, I'm locked in the bathroom!" she shouted. Then it donned on her. "I'm locked in the bathroom," she said. "I'm an idiot."

Rin turned the lock and noticed that it wasn't locked at all. "Oh no, I've seen this in films," she said. "The unsuspecting heroine is trapped in the bathroom as her killer or stalker hides in one of the stalls. The lights will go out and she will be killed or worse, raped!"

Rin pounded the door as fast as she can. "HELP!" she screamed.

Then the lights went out. Rin slowly turned her head with fear knowing the worst is yet to come. Nothing. Rin walked back to the stalls and checked underneath. Nothing. There was a flash of lightning followed by thunder. "Oh crap," she whimpered. "This is how I die."

The lightning streak across the sky once more, as the light from it illuminating the dark bathroom. The short burst of light showed a student scaling the tile walls. "Why me?" she moaned. "Trapped in a dark bathroom with a thunderstorm looming overhead. I know I shouldn't but I need to get out of here."

Rin touched her bracelet and paused. She looked over her shoulder saw a male student standing behind her. "Tomoya, what are you doing here?" Rin asked.

No response.

"This is the girls' bathroom, state your reason for being here," Rin demanded.

No response.

"Talk or I'll beat you up," Rin threatened.

No response.

"TALK!"

A lightning streak the sky as the light entered the room. With that light, Rin saw that Tomoya's eyes were blank. "He's a newborn," she said.

In the library, Mina walked through the whole library and saw that the patron that was present are now gone. She headed towards the entrance and pushed on the door. It didn't budge. Mina examined the door and saw the door jamb is functioning correctly but the door wouldn't open. She was prepared to break the door with her supernatural strength when she sensed a presence behind her. She looked back and saw a girl about her age running in the library. Mina quickly followed the girl until she was in the far corner of the library. "Where she go?" Mina wondered.

"Over here," a voice spoke.

Mina turned around and saw three female students. Mina examined the girls' uniform and saw that it was different. "What school do you belong to?" Mina asked.

One of the girls smiled and stepped forward. "Don't worry about that," she said. "I'm interested in you."

"Flattered, but in order for me to go out with you, I have to know your names," Mina joked.

"Cheeky girl aren't you. The name is Rikako."

"Kihomi."

"Manaka."

"Your names sound familiar," Mina said.

"Hey girls, she heard of us," Kihomi said.

The girls glared at Mina and showed their blank eyes. "Newborns?" Mina said.

"Time to join us," Manaka smiled.

"Mina?" another voice called.

Mina's face dropped with horror. "No," she said.

The girls looked back and saw a familiar face. "Hey Tyler, long time no see," Kihomi smiled.

"You three," Tyler said.

"How nice of you to get us expelled," Rikako said. "Because of you, no school in Metro City will take us. Our reputation is forever destroyed. Our parents no longer trust us anymore."

"Not my fault," Tyler said.

"Yes it is," Manaka snarled.

"But since we found you, I think we should a little revenge should be make us happy," Kihomi smiled.

"Leave him alone," Mina said.

"Stay out of it," Rikako said. "Your boyfriend will be the first to feel our wrath and we'll take care of you." Rikako's forearm split open as her hand rotated inside as a hilt replaced it. The forearm closed as an energy blade materializes. Kihomi and Manaka followed suit. "Crap, they're not newborns, they're soldiers," Mina said. "I have to fight but if I do, Tyler will find out the truth about me."

Mina contemplated her decision to fight. "If Tyler really cares about me, he'll accept me for who I am," Mina decided. She jumped over the girls in stood in front of Tyler. "Mina, what are you doing?" Tyler asked.

"Protecting you," Mina said.

The girls erupted in laughter. "After all those years, you still need girls to fight your battles," Rikako laughed.

"How pathetic," Kihomi rolled.

"Trust me," Mina said. "If the situation was different, I'll let him fight you but not now. I'll be your opponent."

"How touching," Manaka said. "Tyler finally has a girlfriend and she has balls bigger than yours."

Rikako and Kihomi try to hold back their laughter but couldn't. They dropped to the ground and laughed harder than before. "But sadly, she has to die," Manaka said. She rushed at Mina with her sword.

Tyler pushed Mina out of the way and prepared for the worst. Frustrated, Mina turned her attention to the sword and broke it with her arm. Manako and Tyler were shocked. Blood dripped from Mina's scaled arm. "What the hell," Manako wondered.

Mina swung her arm and slung Manako towards the wall. Mina completed her transformation as Tyler watched scales appearing all over Mina's body. Mina tapped her bracelet as the fusion drive absorbs the clothes as her tail was free to swing around. "She's…she's…she's…a dragon," Tyler said.

"Let's go," Mina said.

In the bathroom, Rin was deciding on her next course of action. "If I suit up, Tomoya will see it and exploit it," Rin said. "But if I don't, I'll be infected or dead."

"What did you say?" Tomoya wondered.

"Nothing," Rin said. Rin turned the fusion drive to the warrior setting as Rin took advantage of the poor natural lighting to gear up. Then she remembered something. "Out of all days to wear a skirt without any shorts," Rin said to herself. "No high kicks. No high kicks. I can't let him see my underwear."

Tomoya swayed side-to-side as he approached Rin. He went for a jab but Rin blocked it with her arm guards and countered with a jab to the cheek. Tomoya stumbled backwards then went for a low sweep. Rin jumped over Tomoya's leg and spun around for a kick to the head. Tomoya dropped to the ground and slid to one of the bathroom stall. He wiped the blood from his lips and stood up. "You're pretty good," Tomoya commented.

"You'll be the first to experience months of kickboxing first hand," Rin smiled.

Tomoya moved in as Rin stayed on the defensive. Tomoya delivered a series of short jabs to Rin's stomach. Rin took the hits and saw an opening. Rin took advantage and landed a powerful blow to Tomoya's right shoulder. Then three hits to the stomachs followed with a knee to the stomach and an uppercut to the chin. Tomoya fell back like a chopped tree in a forest. "Had enough?" Rin asked.

Toyoma threw his legs over his chest and used his arms to push him up onto his feet. Rin didn't wait and spun around with a kick to the head. Toyoma caught Rin's leg and took a glance of down below. "Cute panties," Tomoya complimented.

Rin went red and tried her best to cover herself. Tomoya swung Rin and smacked her against the stalls. Rin cried out in pain from the blow. Then Tomoya threw Rin overhead towards the wall. "Battle mode!" Rin shouted.

The nanobytes went from her wrist to her torso forming a chest plate. It was forming in time to absorb the blow to the wall. "I see," Tomoya said. "My master will be pleased with this situation."

"Your master won't have a chance," Rin said as she landed on her feet.

Tomoya's wrist opened up as gun barrels wrapped around his forearm. "Shit just got real," Rin said.

Tomoya started firing as Rin projected an energy shield to block the bullets. Once Tomoya stopped firing, he charged and struck Rin in the face then backhands her to the corner. Rin stood up once more and drew a set of kunais. Rin launched them and pinned Tomoya to the wall. "Jet mode!" Rin shouted.

Wings deployed and thrusters online, Rin flew at Tomoya and tackled him through the wall and into a classroom next door. Rin jumped off of Tomoya and landed on the teacher's desk. "Paladin Armor, online!" Rin commanded.

Tomoya stood up as Rin suited up. "So you're the Ice Princess," he said.

"Stick out and see why," Rin said in a cold voice. She held her hands in front of her as the classroom turned into solid ice and froze Tomoya stiff. Then Rin drew two ice blades and merged them together to form a large blue energy sword. She sliced Tomoya in half and sheathed her blades. Rin walked out the door and snapped her fingers. Water started seeping from underneath the door then there was an explosion that blew a hole through the wall and water poured into the hallway. She was about to power down when she heard an explosion. "That's near the library," she said and rushed over to investigate.

Kihomi stood up and faced Mina. "Gladly," she said and rushed at her. Mina grabbed Kihomi's arm and picked her up then slammed her to the ground. Mina placed her foot on Kihomi's chest and tore her arm off her shoulder. Kihomi screamed in pain from the forced amputation. Then Mina delivered a power kick to Kihomi's head that sent her to the wall. Rikako stood up and rushed at Mina herself. Mina swung Kihomi's dismembered arm and smacked Rikako in the face. Mina grabbed Rikako with her tail and strangled her as Manako returned for round two. Mina landed a kick to the chest but Manako held Mina's foot. Manako attempted to swing Mina but Mina dug her claws into the ground to anchor herself. With Manako's strength overpowering Mina, Mina was forced to tap into her inner rage. Mina's eyes glowed red as her muscle grew twice their size. Mina easily picked up Manako and slammed her to the ground. Rikako grew her fangs and bit into Mina's tail. Instead of a scream, there was a dragonish roar. In her anger, Mina snapped Rikako's neck. Tyler watched in horror at Mina's true nature.

Kihomi came to and saw Rikako's death. "You monstrous bitch!" she yelled.

Kihomi rushed at Mina once more. Mina's muscle size bulked up twice their size once more as the mouth guard split along the lips. Revealing her dragon fangs, Mina took a deep breath and breathed fire on Kihomi, melting the skin off of Kihomi biomechanical body. Mina grabbed Manako and tore her in half. Kihomi, still alive, fired at Mina. Mina's muscle size grew once more and she was on all fours. Mina swatted Kihomi towards the wall then she smacked the wall, crushing Kihomi. Mina turned around and found Tyler frightened by her appearance and action. Mina took a step forward and he took a step back.

Outside the library, Rin saw the gaping hole Mina made and walked through. "Oh crap," she said. "Someone pissed her off."

Mina let out a soft hiss as she moved closer to Tyler. Frightened, Tyler shouted, "Get away from me you freak!"

The word 'freak' echoed in Mina's head. Mina shrunk as she took her humanoid form. "I'm…a freak?" Mina said softly.

Fed up, Rin walked in front of Mina and confronted Tyler. "Leave her alone," she said.

"Rin, you too," Tyler said. "So you're the Tokyo vigilantes. I can't believe you two."

"Tyler, wait," Mina said.

"No," Tyler said. "I won't hear it. I won't hear it from Rin and I especially won't hear it from a freak like you." And Tyler stormed off.

"I warned him!" Rin growled.

"Let him alone," Mina said. Rin heard sadness in Mina's voice. "Come on, let's go home," Rin suggested.

"No," Mina said. "I want to go home, my real home."

"Okay," Rin granted and they flew off.

Elsewhere in Metro City, Empress had found the central hub of the organization in Metro City. She walked with authority as others looked on with wonder. "Who's that?" they whispered.

Empress entered the throne room and stood at the base. "Who dares to disturb the queen?" one of the guards boomed.

"Pah, you should be bowing to me," Empress said. "My name is Empress and I'm your master. Show your face to me to be acknowledged as my second-in-command. I'm quite impressed with the numbers you've enslaved. Who are you?"

Sitting on top of the throne is a young woman who was being fanned by her servants. She signaled her servants to stop as she stood up. "Hello Empress, we meet again," the woman spoke.

"Oh this is too good," Empress smiled.

Then a middle age man ran into the throne room and bowed. "My liege, I have some news," he said.

"Speak," the woman granted.

"The four agents that you sent to the school have been destroyed but I can confirm that the ones who are against us are wearing special armor called Paladin Armor," the man reported.

"Paladin Armor you say," Empress said. "If the Paladin Armor exists, he will as well. How very fortune, for me that is."