Title: S.O.S. Save Earth
Short Summary:
A what if story that Autobots never reached Earth on time before the Decepticons got to the All Spark. What would have happened if they had not come at all? Answer; The Earth becomes a dark, enslaved world ruled by the Cons. Rated M.
Pairings:
Annabelle L./Ironhide (not romantically), Sam/Mikaela/Bumblebee, Optimus Prime/Elita One.
Warning: Story contains implied and/ or scenes of: strong language, strong torture, attempted rape, angst, adult scenes, strong violence and probably more…
Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers or any characters.
::Chapter Twenty::
When all of the firing began, all of Hell broke loose.
Bullets and Energon blasts went flying and slamming into the Pretender guards as they patrolled the facilities. The impacts sent them flying off their feet and in many directions, startling them out of their bored thoughts running through their processors. The Decepticons that had not been hit were startled enough to whip around to see what was going on and they were quickly joined with their comrades in piles of scrap metal.
Autobots and humans rushed forward at the Decepticons, quickly engaging with the ones who survived and got to their feet to attack the attackers. They had to move quickly before any one of the Cons could recover or call for back up.
"Sideswipe! Sunstreaker! Get to the doors of the building! Open them!" Optimus Prime called out as he used his Energon blade to slash through a Decepticon.
The twins both nodded sharply before they rushed towards the building and began slashing the huge metal doors with their long blades. They came down with loud bangs and screeches of metal. From the other side of the doors, inside the facility, there came screams and startled yelps from human slaves that had been working the night shift. Will and the DATAR quickly entered the building with Ironhide and Bumblebee covering them as they ran inside and began shooting any Decepticon guards within the building. There were a fair few.
Of course, it didn't help when the Pretenders within the building were pretty much ready for them. They began to fire right back and nearly hit many of the DATAR members.
"Humans! Get back! Let us deal with these Pitspawn!" Ironhide barked at the humans before he burst into the building and began shooting the Pretenders.
Bumblebee, Prowl and Mirage were quick to join him at the doors and helped shoot at the Pretenders, even with him growling at them to stay out of it. The humans could only step back and fire their weapons when they needed to.
But by the looks of it, Ironhide was doing pretty well on his own taking care of the Pretenders. Will could only look around the building at the screaming human slaves as they cowered and watched with terror at the horrific battle between the alien robots. "GET DOWN! TAKE COVER!" He yelled at them, waving for all of the humans to get down. The human slaves within the building were quick to listening, lying flat on the ground and covering their heads as the big black Autobot destroyed many of their tormentors.
Anna was standing near her father, watching over his shoulder as Ironhide did his work. She couldn't help but feel amazed by how fast he was with his large cannons. He was the fastest shooter she had ever seen, and quite powerful. She was starting to wonder who would win if Ironhide and Starscream were pitted against one another. Her bets were leaning more towards the Autobot as she watched him shoot down the Decepticons. He was a truly amazing warrior.
But her smile quickly faded when she caught sight of a Decepticon Pretender on one of the high cat walks high above his head, starting to drop down with a Energon blade in his claws. He was looking forward to slamming it down right on Ironhide's head, possibly injuring him badly.
"IRONHIDE!" Anna screamed before she whipped up her rifle and shot at the Pretender above Ironhide. She knew it was a risky shot but she had to do something to help him.
Luckily for her and the Autobot, her shot slammed right into the Decepticon's head, causing it to explode on impact. The rest of him fell uselessly against Ironhide's head, making him jerk around to see what just hit him. His glowing eyes watched as the deactivated Pretender fell to the ground before he looked over at Anna. He gave a little grunt before he smirked at her and nodded his thanks to her.
Anna could only smile right back at him as she took aim at another Pretender and began firing. She was proud of herself. Her sharp shooting lessons with her father was really paying off. She was not the only one to start helping out with shooting Pretenders. Her father and the DATAR began to assist while the other Autobots were rushing off to secure the other facilities.
"Nice shot, hun!" Will had to say as he grinned at her. He was really proud of her and it showed greatly in that smile.
Grinning back at him, Anna nodded as she contined to shoot Pretenders. She had to pause for a single moment as she got a good look around the facility and found that there were large furnaces lined up at the farthest end of the building. She could see and smell burning bodies within the burning flames and she realized exactly what kind of facility this was.
It was a human burning factory. A place where dead humans were gotten rid of.
"Aw, man. This is just sick." Anna heard Spike say beside her.
Glancing at him, Anna saw the horror and disgust on his face. She agreed with him. She had heard of these factories but never seen them. She had never wanted to. But seeing them now, she felt sick to her stomach. She was looking forward to destroying this building when they got down with the raids.
It was not long at all before all of the Decepticons were destroyed and the factories were under DATAR and Autobot control. There were about thirty five human slaves in all that were gathered outside of the burning buildings, rounded out of the factories before their destruction. All of them looked terrified of the Autobots, even though some of them were in vehicle mode and the DATAR were loading up supplies into them. Optimus Prime wasn't exactly too happy as he watched the DATAR loading up a large trailer that they had found. He was the only one there that could haul that thing and he wasn't looking forward to doing it. But he didn't complain.
Will and Epps, however, were busy trying to convince the human slaves that the Autobots were not there to harm them. It wasn't exactly easy.
"You have nothing to fear of these alien robots, everyone!" Will called over as he looked around at the afraid faces of most of the humans. He reached over and patted Ironhide's large hood, which Anna was sitting on with the Autobot's permission. She was somewhat trying to hide a laugh as she listened to him grumbling about having supplies being loaded into his bed. "These are the Autobots! They are here to save Earth, not enslave it! They have come to free human kind from the Decepticons! We've been fighting side by side, trying to destroy the Cons, stopping them from hurting people! Now that we have destroyed these Decepticon Pretenders, you are all freed! Join us! We will take you all to freedom! You can choose to fight with us or just be safe back at our camp!"
"What about that one?" one man called as he pointed at Alice as she stood beside Ironhide and Anna. "We know that one! She's one of them!"
"She's not with them any more! She's defected from their side!" Anna called out as she looked around at everyone, sharing a brief smile at Alice, who did not really return it.
"Bull shit!" That's Shockwave's direct subordinate! She's one of his favorites! Why would she help you!" Someone yelled. And it was that voice that made Anna tense up and look around wildly for the owner. For some reason, that voice sounded way too familiar. It was like a voice from her past that she would have never heard again.
The man that the voice belonged to was standing in the farthest back but he slowly stepped forward when all eyes turned towards him. He was just barely standing in the shadows but when the light hit his face, Anna felt her breath catch sharply in her chest. She could not believe her very eyes. She couldn't believe what this man looked like. He was a very handsome man, a little older than she was. He had dark tanned skin and cut short dark brown hair sticking up in spikes of sweat from the heat of the battle and working all night. He had darker brown eyes than she remembered but the face was just too familiar. He was wearing worn clothes, much like the rest of the human slaves.
But this man, the way he looked, Anna couldn't help but slowly slide off Ironhide's hood and landing on the ground, staring at him in shock. She thought she would have never seen him again. She knew he had died. She had watched him die. But yet, he was standing there right in front of her.
There was a look of recognition in his own eyes but the man kept a hard look on his face. He knew Anna's face but he was trying not to show it. But he couldn't help but step back when Anna walked towards him, fully aware that everyone was watching them.
"Wh-what…?" Anna stammered with growing tears in her eyes as she walked right up to the man, staring into his face. "Pe-Pete?" her voice broke slightly as she slowly reached up to touch the man's face. "Ho-how…?"
The man stiffened before quickly catching her wrist, stopping her from touching him. His eyes had darkened at the very name she had called him. He shook his head as he gave her a very dark look. "I'm not….." He was saying.
But Anna quickly cut him off as she threw herself forward and wrapped her arms around his chest, hugging him tightly. She was fully aware of the shocked and alarmed looks she was getting from everyone that was watching. She just didn't care! She couldn't believe it! He was here! He was alive! Pete was alive! "Pete!" She cried out in happiness. "But I thought…..!" She was saying.
"Dude, bro. I think she knows that human." Sideswipe said, nudging Sunstreaker.
Giving his brother a wry look for giving his paint job a small scrap, Sunstreaker snorted. "You think, Sides?" He asked sarcastically.
"Pete! How are you alive? I thought you were…..!" Anna was crying into the man's chest.
But the man tensed up before he grabbed her shoulders and shoved her hard away from him, a growl deep within his chest. The pressure he used against her sent her staggering back and stumbling. She would have fell to the ground if not for Will. He caught his daughter before she went slamming to the ground, glaring at the man for shoving her.
"Hey!" Maggie exclaimed, quite angry of how this man just shoved her friend. "What's with the shoving?"
"I am not my fucking twin brother, got that? I am not Pete!" The man snapped, shooting Maggie a look before looking at the alarmed look on Anna's face.
Anna had to stare at him with alarm and shock. She couldn't believe that this man had shoved her so hard but after hearing what he just said, she had to be more surprised. She could hear quite a few exclaims from everyone around her for what the man had done. She could hear Ironhide growling his engine in warning towards the man who claimed to be Pete's twin brother.
"Tw-twin….brother?" Anna asked surprised. "Bu-but….who…if you're….."
Giving her a lazy but somewhat dark look, the man with Pete's face shook his head and squared his shoulders. He did not look happy one bit that he was facing this predictament. "My name is Luc. Pierre, or Pete as you know him by, are twin brothers. I'm the older of the two." He said with a tinge of acid in his tone.
"But…..but I don't understand." Anna had said with alarm. "Pete….! He never told me that he had a brother." And then, now she thought about it, she didn't know a whole lot about her deceased lover. She didn't know anything about his family. They hadn't really spoke about it. So she was quite surprised that she was meeting Pete's older brother, more or less, his twin.
Pete's twin, Luc shook his head with a very dry look before he folded his arms across his chest. "Yeah? Well I'm not surprised. We had a falling out some years back. So why the hell would he talk about me?" He asked sourly. "And if he's dead, good! I sure don't care!"
Now shocked and hurt and angry, Anna gave Luc a look for his words. She didn't understand why he was saying it like that. She didn't understand the hate in his words for Pete. "What the hell is that suppose to mean? Pete is dead and you're glad about it? Why….?" She was asking angrily.
"Don't waste your time on him, Anna."Alicespoke up her tone quite dead. "You're speaking to a Decepticon loyalist. He's a huge fan of what the Decepticons are doing to the Earth."
That shocked everyone. Anna, especially. But Luc shotAlicea look of acid before he lift his head and tried to look proud of what he was being accused of. Even with a few others growling at the mere mentioning of him being a loyalist. "Yeah? So what if I am?" He demanded.
"WHY?" Anna demanded right back, quite angry to hear that Pete's own brother was a fan of the Decepticons. "They murdered hundreds of thousands of people! They enslaved us! They murdered your brother! Why do you like them? Why?" She couldn't believe that Luc was a loyalist. It was almost insulting to the memory of Pete, that his own brother respected and worshipped the Decepticons.
Dark eyes on Anna, Luc shook his head as he glowered at her. "That's very easy." He paused for only a moment. "This god damned planet needed a disaster all of those years ago. We needed a change, a lesson taught to us. The Decepticons came and brought that. And now they're the ones who are in power. They are our masters. If we just do what they say, we won't die. Enslaved, so what? Why fight the unevitable?" He asked coldly. "And I don't give a shit if Pete is dead by a Decepticon's hand. If he wasn't so stupid, he wouldn't have…"
But Anna couldn't help it after hearing Luc calling Pete stupid. She just snapped. She felt so much anger just rise up within her that she had to throw her fist and slam it against Luc's face, causing him to stagger and yelp in pain after being punched by this much smaller girl. Her reaction startled many but it brought out a sound clip of loud applause out of Bumblebee as he nodded his approval for what she had done. Eventually the twins joined him and Epps whistled.
"Don't you ever talk about Pete like that!" Anna snapped at Luc as he touched his now split lip. "You do not know what Pete had been through! You don't know how he was murdered for saving my life! He protected me! And I am not going to just stand here and let you talk shit about the man that I loved! More or less, how could you even talk about your own twin brother like that?"
Teeth gritted, Luc glared at her as he straightened, a hand balling up into a tight fist. He looked like he was about to swing right back at her. He even made a move to do so, standing up sharply and face Anna.
That got a negative reaction out of everyone. No one could really be sure if he would have tried to hit Anna or not but no one was going to let him.
A roar snarled right out of Ironhide as he lurched forward and slammed on his brakes again before he could try and hit the man. All the while, Anna quickly snatched up into the air, causing her to yelp in surprise as she looked up at who had done it. It had been Bumblebee who was now holding her protectivingly in his hands close to his chest, glaring down at Luc with a string of Cybertronian swear words coming out of his processor.
As for Will, he leapt forward and jabbed his rifle nozzle right into Luc's chest, causing him to grunt from the air being knocked out of him. "Were you just about to hit my daughter?" He snapped. "You ever raise a hand at her, you will find yourself full of lead! That is if Bumblebee or Ironhide don't get to you first!"
"Ironhide, calm down." Optimus Prime spoke as he stepped closer and towered over the large black Top Kick truck, as he growled his engine threateningly. He looked down at the pair of humans having a glare off before hovering his hand right over Will. "Calm, Commander Lennox. He held back his fist. He was not going to hit her." He then gave Luc a look of warning. "But if he had, I would have stopped Ironhide and Bumblebee. But I would have not stopped you. We, Autobots, do not allow violence against younglings or females. Try to hit Annabelle Lennox, and you may regret it." He warned the man.
Luc just glared up at him, choosing wisely not to say anything.
There was a long awkward silence between everyone before Will took a deep breath and lowered his rifle. He continued to glare at Luc for a moment before deciding to look around at everyone that still looked quite frightened of the Autobots. "Listen up, everyone." He called, getting all's attention. "Take a good look at what just happened. This asshole," He shot Luc a dark look. "Just threatened to hit my daughter, Anna. And it was two Autobots that had the bigger reaction. Take a good look at what Bumblebee just did. He pulled her to safety when he thought she was being threatened." He shook his head, motioning around at all of the Autobots. "Look, everyone. I know you're all afraid of them. But you really don't need to be. You can trust them. They're not here to hurt you or anyone. No one but the Decepticons. My daughter, Anna sent out an SOS out for the Autobots and asked them here to help Earth. They came here and swore that they would do just that." He pointed up at Bumblebee and Anna. "Does it look like he's hurting her? If he wanted to hurt her, he could have a long time ago. It's your choice, everyone. You can either stay here and remain being slaves to the damn Decepticons or you can come with us to be free. Make up your mind now because we are leaving." He said now turning away and twirling his finger to signal that it was time to wrap everything up.
"I'll come and fight for you against the Decepticons." A young woman spoke up.
Everyone looked at her with surprise as she stepped forward. She was looking up at the Autobots somewhat uneasily but there was a look of determination in her eyes. She was mostly eyeing Bumblebee and Anna, though, a smile threatening to place itself on her lips. "If you trust these Autobots, then I will. I will fight against the Decepticons. It's time we did something anyway about all of this slavery." She said.
Anna had to smile as she just sat in Bumblebee's hand, looking down at the woman. "What's your name?" She had to ask.
Smiling back up at her, the woman held up her head high as if proud. "My name is Kaleia. And I believe you. I believe what you say about these Autobots. I believe that they're here to save us. If they weren't, they could have easily killed us the minute they showed up here with you. So I will join you in the DATAR and fight for freedom. And I will fight along side them." She said proudly.
Another young woman nodded as she stepped forward and stood as tall as she could. "My name is Brandi and I will fight too! It's time we kicked these Decepticons the hell off our planet!" She said boldly.
One by one, even though slowly, all of the humans but Luc stepped forward and declared that they would too fight against the Decepticons. It made many smile as they looked around at all of these brave humans as they took their stand with them. But Luc remained back, still touching his bloody lip that Anna had given him. He did not make a sound of standing up against the Decepticons but watched with a glower.
Anna looked down at him before she sighed and tapped Bumblebee's hand, motioning to him to put her down. He did very hesitantly though. He kept a wary eye on Luc as he put her down and watched her walk straight over to the man again. All Luc did was glower at her, not looking happy at all.
But what surprised him and everyone else was that Anna extended her hand towards him. "Luc, look." Anna began carefully. "At some extent, my Decepticon Master, Starscream was great too. I did respect him, even if it was mostly fear and hate that made me do it." She shook her head, keeping her hand held out towards him. "Starscream basically raised me from a baby. He did a lot for me that I will never forget. But he also did too much against me. He murdered my mother right in front of me. He kept me as a slave. He bossed me around and threatened me that if I didn't do what he said, he would kill me. He murdered the one man that I loved, your twin brother. I don't know what happened between you and Pete, but if you knew him as well as I did, you would know that if he was here right now, he would not leave until you agreed to come with us. Please, Luc. Don't stay here. If you stay here, you will die." She said very seriously. "I know Shockwave's reputation." She paused to glance atAlicebefore looking back at him. "When he finds out that we attacked his facilities in his city, he will kill you out of rage. Please, don't stay here. Come with us."
For a moment, Luc glared at her but slowly the glare went away as comprehension took over. He knew she was right. He knew that Shockwave would kill him if he stayed there. He knew what kind of Decepticon that he was.
Slowly, Luc lift his hand before he lashed it out and grabbed Anna by the wrist, yanking her forward. He ignored the startled yelp that came out of her and how everyone all around them tensed up, watching with warning. He ignored them as he just pulled Anna very close to him before he dropped his mouth close to her ear. "You may know Pete but you don't know him enough to know the real reason why he fell in love with you." He growled into her ear. "He only met you to spite me."
And then he pushed her again, earning a very startled but confused look. She didn't understand his meaning. What had he meant that Pete just met her to spite him? She had never met Luc before. So what the hell did….?
But before she could even ponder it some more, the second wave of hell broke loose.
A startled whirl came right out of Mirage before he jerked around on his tires and let loose a loud honk. "Optimus Prime, sir! Incoming!" He bellowed out of his radio system.
Everyone jumped and looked around before they heard the loud thumps of heavy foot fall. It only took but a moment before the trees snapped from being thrown sidewards and a large Decepticon had decided to join them. A large lethal gun twirling into his hand, cannon fire exploded near everyone, causing many to exclaim in shock. The Decepticon was a violent purple with black markings all over his body. A single glaring red eye jerked around, taking in everyone that was there before he began firing at the Autobots and humans.
"SHOCKWAVE!" The twins exclaimed as they quickly transformed.
Immediately, Optimus Prime charged forward until he was standing between Shockwave and the others, his Energon sword snapping out of his arm and holding it up high. "Autobots! Protect the humans! Ironhide, Prowl and Bumblebee! Try and get the humans to safety! Mirage, Sunstreaker and Sideswipe! Attack Shockwave!" He ordered.
Grumbling, Ironhide threw open his doors and honked his horn very loud. "You heard the Prime, humans! Move it!" He barked through his radio system.
People began moving as fast as they could towards the Autobots who transformed quickly and jumped into their open doors. Will, Epps, and the DATAR quickly provided back up for Optimus Prime, Mirage and the twins as they began attacking Shockwave. Anna quickly grabbed Luc's arm and started pulling him towards Ironhide. "Come on, Luc! Let's go!" She yelled.
"I never said that I was going with you!" Luc yelled over the loud booms and clashes but he was still running right behind her towards the large black Autobot.
"Yeah? Well, I'm not giving you much of a choice! And neither will Shockwave now that he's here!" Anna snapped back at him.
Suddenly the ground rumbled right from under Anna's feet before it split open as something big was pushing itself up and out. She gasped as she tripped over the broken ground and went slamming against the pavement, knocking air out of her lungs. Luc had gone right with her after tripping over her and slammed down onto the ground right next to her, making him yelp. That was the least of their worries though.
Especially when Anna felt something wrap around her legs and yank her backwards. She couldn't help but scream as she was dragged and torn against the ground as something was pulling her back.
"NO!" Will shouted when he heard her screaming and whirled around to see what was happening. He saw what had a hold of his screaming daughter. He turned and bolted after her right with Spike, who was trying to raise the rifle in his hands and shoot at the newly arrived Decepticon.
Anna was scraped quite badly before she was yanked upward off the ground and into the air. She could only scream and thrash around to try and see what had just attacked her. But she froze with alarm and heart wrenching fear to see the Decepticon glaring at her.
Soundwave.
"Target acquired." Came the metallic hiss right out of the huge, many armed Decepticon as he held her up directly in front of her eyes.
Anna could only just freeze with fear. She knew that she was in a whole of trouble. She knew Soundwave's rep just like she knew Shockwave's. Both of them were nearly the most trusted Decepticons under Megatron and knew exactly how dangerous both of them were. Especially when both of them were here and there were only seven Autobots and one defected Pretender to help fight them with a mere handful of humans.
They were seriously fucked.