Rain, Wind, Fire, Earth… Some Elements that just shouldn't be screwed with.

CHAPTER THIRTYEIGHT

"If you think that I'm going to show you jackshit, your mistaken, Predacon!" Gauntlet shifted on his feet. "If you don't… I shall make what you just saw, into a reality."

I blinked, and looked over at Kristy. "What are you talking about?" I asked, confused. The Predacon laughed. "You fleshy, are so clueless." He leaped up and took a seat on a rooftop. "That was a shock cannon I used. It put you and your friends into a "Dream Sequence." to which, it made your worst fear, a false reality. I can now make that into a true reality, if you wish…"

He took out another cannon and pointed it at Kristy. "Whoa! OK. Alright. Slow down you piece of scrap pile. Let's talk about this." Talk about this? What the hell? Gauntlet just laughed again. He seemed to like to do that. "There is nothing to talk about. You take me to the portal, or your girlfriend gets to play dead again. For real."

I looked over at Kristy. Then I turned back to Gauntlet. "Fine."

(-)

We walked. Through the sand dunes. It seemed as if it would never end. Kristy walked up beside me, and glanced back at the Predacon. "Exactly, where are we going?" She asked. I shrugged. "I really have no idea." I replied. She made a face. "Do you have some sort of plan I don't know about?"

I shook my head. "Nope."

"Then what are we doing?"

"We're walking."

"I can see that. Don't get all Smartass on me Matt. Tell me what the fuck is going on." I looked at her. "I don't know what's going on. I'm trying to keep you alive, and the only way I can see to do that, is to walk."

I saw that she was considering this in her mind. "Alright, fine, but he's going to get suspicious sooner or later." She said. I nodded. "Yea… what's your point?"

"My point is, that we need a plan."

"What plan is going to stop an 18 foot alien robot?"

"I don't know. Why don't you help me out here and think!"

Blazer walked up on the other side of me. "Hey, exactly where are we going?" He asked. I groaned. "You too?"

"Me too what?"

"Hey, hey, don't change the subject!"

"I'm not changing the subject, I'm j-"

"HEY! WHERE ARE WE GOING? WHERE IS THE PORTAL?!"

We heard a humming and a whirling of gears being moved. We all turned to look at Gauntlet, who was pointing his cannons at us. "ANSWER ME!" He screamed. I shook my head and glanced at Kristy. I shrugged again. "I got nothing." She sighed. "If you will not take me to the portal, she must die!" He said, aiming the cannon at her. "HEY!" I yelled at him. "You shoot her, and you lose everything." He looked at me. "What?" He asked. "What?" I heard blazer and everyone else mutter. Only Kristy was silent. "Then I shall destroy you!" He pointed the cannons at me and fired. "No!" I heard. Suddenly Everyone scattered. Kristy's hand shot out as she yelled. A bright blue beam shot out and hit Gauntlet square in the face. He flew backwards. Kristy closed her hand, breathing heavily and looked, wide eyed at it.

"Whoa."

She looked at me. "What the hell was that?" She asked. I shrugged, yet again. Blazer suddenly cracked up laughing. We turned to him. "What's so bloody funny?" She asked. He shook his head and waved. "He's just so…. Pissed off now!" He said, suddenly not laughing.

We looked toward The Predacon. "Now perhaps you see how powerful the portal is…" He took out a missile launcher and fired off a few. "Move!"

I rushed over to Kristy and pulled her down as a missile exploded near us. "Hey… guys! Where's Lara?!"

We stood up as another missile screamed overhead. "What do you mean where is she?!"

"I'm over here!" She cried. We looked around. There was no sign of her. "Where?!" Kristy asked. "Here!" And indeed, there was someone there. But only the shoe prints in the sand showed this. We all just stared in awe. Blazer was grinning from ear to ear. "Awesome."

But another explosion brought us out of our stare. "Take cover!"

I rolled my eyes. "Rebecca! There is no place to take cover." I heard a scream from a missile. I looked up and saw one coming at me. I brought my hands up as a display of defense. But after a moment, I looked up. The missile was stopped in mid-air. I blinked. Hmm… I rolled my finger around in a circle, testing an idea.

Sure enough. The missile turned around. I moved my hands as if I was straightening it out to be level. Then I made a flinging motion. The missile soared. And hit Gauntlet in the chest. "AH!"

"Holy shit!"

"Matt!"

Gauntlet glared at me and fired off a round of energy. Etain touched my shoulder in an attempt to get me out of the way. Instead, we both fell to the ground. I looked up and saw the energy blast. I closed my eyes. I heard the blast hit the ground. I opened my eyes. I was still alive. I rolled over and stood up. Etain wiped her forehead of sweat. "Did I…"

I nodded quickly. "You did."

She stood there, shocked. Some how, she caused the blast to go through us. Gauntlet rushed toward us. I stood up held out my hand. But he kept coming. Fordo rushed over. "Please! Stop! We don't know where the portal is!"

The Predacon ignored him and continued to rush us. Fordo shook his head. "STOP!" He waved his hand out at the transformer. Suddenly a blue bolt shot out. Gauntlet was thrown backwards. "Holy shit."

"Your telling me."

"Everyone run. Now."

We all turned and began to run. The twin suns were going down quickly. A little too quickly for normal. "What the hell is going on?" I muttered. We raced through the dunes. But the dunes slowly turned to a cavern. I finally stopped. "Hold up guys. We've been running for a little while now. Let's take a break."

We all stopped and sat down on the ground. I rested my head on the cavern wall. "Well, I think we've lost that loser transformer." Fordo said. We all chuckled. I smiled and looked around at all of my friends. Rebecca glanced at me. "What are you so happy about?"

I shrugged. "I was just thinking."

Kristy smiled. "About what?"

"How this all happened."

She nodded. "We've all been through hell." She chuckled. "And Tatooine."

I laughed.

"This is amazing."

We looked at Kate. "What is?"

She waved her hands around. "I was just thinking about this dark cavern that we could hide in. Isn't it amazing that we happened to come across this one?"

I glanced around. I exchanged looks with Kristy. "Yea… Yea sure is."

Suddenly there was a bright blue light and a loud crackle. We all looked at Fordo. "This is awesome!" He said, making electrical sparks and bolts with his hand. Then there was a scream. I looked over at Etain, who had went right through the rock wall. Fordo began to laugh at her.

(-)

I blinked my eyes open. The two bright suns caused my eyes to form tears as I sat up and yawned. I looked around, rubbing my eyes. Wait a moment…I stood up. The cavern was gone. Now we were out in the desert again. But the strangest thing about it was, the Large land speeder that sat nearby.

I looked around. Everyone else was still sleeping. I slowly began to walk over to the speeder. It was completely quiet. Not even the wind was blowing. I touched the hood of the speeder. It was smooth. The coloring was black, with green trimming. The two turbo engines were in the back. It looked like it would seat all of us.

"Whoa." I looked over at Blazer, who stood, staring. "Where'd you get that?" He asked, walking over. I shrugged. "I found it right here."

Suddenly the engines slid down to the sides of the speeder. "Wha-"

With that the entire vehicle transformed into another robot. It knelt down and brought it's face close to me and Blazer. "Are you the Teenagers who came through the portal?" It asked, softly. I looked over at Blazer. "Uh, yea."

"My name is Saberforce. I am part of a group from a planet called Cybertron. I am here, looking for the portal. If I don't find it before Gauntlet and the Predacons, then your planet will be lost."

I blinked. "I am also here to protect you humans from the Predacons, as you are the only ones who can help me and my people stop the Predacons and protect your planet. Have you discovered your powers yet?"

"Po- P- Powers?" I stuttered. I was speechless. Blazer chuckled and slapped my back. "Yea. You know. Fordo and his electric bolts. Kristy's water beams, Lara and her chameleon powers, Etain and her ability of being able to go through anything or anyone…"

I waved my hands. "Alright. Alright. Calm down. Fine. I get it. So your telling me, when we came into this world, we also received powers?"

Then it hit me.

A blue shield raced around the room, and trapped us in a smaller cube. A electrical bolt suddenly hit the chair. The force from it threw us into the blue shield.

The Sky. The Battle in the sky. I opened my eyes. It was the first thing I saw. But the first thing I felt… It was like a charge.

I looked up at Saberforce. "So, exactly where is this portal? Because We've already been attacked by this Gauntlet guy, and he really wants to know it's location. He's even tried to kill us, to prove his point."

"That, is what I need your help with. I don't have the location of the portal. But we have an idea of where it might be. I was told of a large fortress among these sand hills. Someone by the name of "Hutt." is all I know."

Blazer looked at him. "Hmmm, the only Hutt I know around these parts is…"

I nodded. "Yea. Jabba. Jabba the Hutt."