Me: Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow.
Knuckles: Aw come on. Are you still hurting?
Me: Hmmm. Am I still in pain after Trevor possessed my body and let all of you go to town on me at once? Let me think. YEAH!
Tai: How many times do we have to say we're sorry?
Me: You could say it as many times as you want to. It won't relive me of the extraordinary amount of pain my whole body is feeling.
Takamon: I think I know what you need.
Me: What I need, Takamon, is a whole bottle of pain killers and ice on my head.
Takamon: No. I think someone needs to go down to the basement.
(Everyone gasps)
Sonic: The basement?
Shadow: We haven't been down there in so long.
Trevor: Guys, I almost got busted a few months ago for that stuff.
Takamon: I took precautions. I got a prescription.
(Takamon hands me a paper that's his prescription)
Me: Well then. I guess if it's for medical purposes, let's get on down there! I only own my OC's and the plot. Enjoy!
The AutoKnights VI: Knights of Chaos
Chapter 53: Welcome Back
Now that Station Square was finally rid of the Decepticons, the people who worked there immediately got to work on re-building al that was damaged in the past few days. But over in Washington DC, there was a certain someone who had to make an announcement to the world. Luckily, all the electronic billboard screens remained unscratched and totally operational. And all of them along with every single television in the vicinity of the broadcast fuzzed on and an image of the president of the U.S. came on. He was sitting behind his desk.
"My fellow Americans, today we all witnessed one of the most horrific attacks we could ever see. Station Square fell under attack from the same breed of alien robots that have been trying to invade us for the past months now. The damages done to the city were substantial. But it should not take long to get the city beck up and thriving the way it was. But today proves that we are not alone out there after all. And the threat to this country, and the whole world together, is a lot bigger than we thought.
But thankfully, this very threat has heroes who stand up and protect us all. They may be young, but they have proven to us that fighting back is possible against these…Decepticons. We are forever in their debt for the protection and fighting they do for us each day. So...from everyone in this country and the world over….we thank you, AutoKnights."
The world was in a state of celebration and partying. The AutoKnights had done what they do best only this time on an even greater scale. The whole world knew this time. And the knights themselves had no idea. But as for them, they were just happy to have Optimus back with them and in charge. Jetfire was especially happy. He wasn't meant to lead this team. His rightful place was the second in command. He knew that and he was okay with it.
As they approached the front gate to the Thorndyke mansion, they noticed that they were all driving by hordes of cheering people across both sides of the street. And then when they turned into the driveway of the mansion, they found everyone else who lived there waiting outside for them. And then all twelve vehicles came to a stop and let everyone out. And then the cheering started up again after all of them transformed into their human modes.
The twelve of them turned back around and viewed the people behind the gate. And as a group, all of them smiled and then they waved at them like they were celebrities or something. As of twenty minutes ago, they officially became celebrities the world over. All of their friends and families around the world were so proud of every last stinkin one of them.
After a few more waves from the knights, they all retreated back inside the house. And once the doors were closed, all twelve of them powered down. And for the first time in four days, Optimus Prime became Trevor Bauer once more. And as soon as he was done powering down, the greetings came.
"It's good to see you again, Trevor." Chuck said.
Trevor nodded and shook his hand as Amy gave Sonic back his gloves.
"It's good to be alive again."
But then the stone of Trevor's ring began to glow. But he wasn't transforming. Out of his stone came a small white ball and it floated up to his neck. And then the small ball began to grow some sort of string out of it and it wrapped around Trevor's neck. And then the thing stopped glowing. Noe everyone understood what it was when they got a good look at it. It was a necklace with a thin metal chain and a mini sized polished chrome charm resembling the Matrix of Leadership. Since the ring was the power of the AutoKnights, apparently Trevor's new necklace was going to be the equivalent to the Matrix of Leadership.
"I know I'm not related to any of you guys. But…I am so proud of every one of you." Chuck said. "You worked as a true team out there and you all were amazing."
Tai stepped forward and put his hand on Trevor's shoulder.
"It's because we had a good leader." He said.
"That's not just it." Chuck said. "Every single one of you has your own unique abilities and style of fighting. And only when you all put every single one of those forces together is when you win. It doesn't matter if Trevor wasn't the one who died. If it were any other one of you, you would be lost. That's because you all work best when you are all together."
Trevor had to agree. As powerful as he was, he wasn't the center of this team. No one was.
"I have just as much power as any of you do." Trevor explained to his team. "Just remember that."
Everyone of them nodded. And then Ella stepped forward and handed Emma back to Blaze.
"It looks like somebody is hungry." Blaze said noticing the look on her daughter's face.
Trevor looked at Emma and kneeled down so he could see her. And then Blaze smiled at him.
"Look, Emma. Uncle Trevor is back." Blaze said.
Emma then looked and gave a very big smile at Trevor. And Trevor just had to smile back at her. Everyone did. Emma was a cute baby. Mina then went over and patted the young one's head.
"Come to think of it, I'm a bit hungry too." Violet said. "I think we all are considering we haven't eaten that much in the past four days."
All the knights agreed with what she said. And then Ella looked at them.
"I thought you might be hungry. I made you all some food. Come to the dining room." Ella said.
Everyone followed Ella to the dining room to get their grub on. But Violet found her arm caught by Trevor's hand.
"Hold up. I need to talk to you alone."
Violet almost gasped when he said that. Why would he want to talk to her alone? There was only one possible explanation for as to why. Was this it? Was he finally going to say what he tried to say when he died? There was only one way to find out.
She stayed in place and no one noticed that they stayed in place. Then when the door to the dining room closed, Violet spoke first.
"So….what's on your mind?" she asked.
Trevor just wanted to come out and say she was the one on his mind day in and day out. But he had to ease into it.
"Well….there's something I really need to tell you, Violet." Trevor started. "And I want to get it off my chest right now because the last time I tried to say it, I died on you."
Violet strutted over and took a seat on the couch. But Trevor stayed put. Both of them were pretty sure that the other knew what was about to happen. But for some reason, they decided to play it out.
"I do remember the word, 'I'. And then it was followed by the syllable 'luh'." Violet said.
Trevor smirked and then he slowly walked over to her. It wasn't exactly the way he had in mind, but the three words escaped his mouth.
"Quick hypothetical." Trevor said. "If what I was going to say was a three word sentence, and the last two words were 'love' and 'you', what would you have done?"
Violet chuckled and gave her answer. But in a way, Trevor said that he loved her.
"Well…I would have cried even harder because you died two seconds later."
Trevor chuckled as well and then he sat down next to her.
"Okay." He said as his smile faded. "Now…what if I didn't die? And I said those words to you. What would you have done?"
Violet's smile faded too. This just went serious. And it was time to let it all out. It had already been too long.
"Trevor, you're the best friend I've ever had. But, for the past months I've been having these feelings for you. And as much as I tried to deny them, my heart wouldn't let me. They were just too strong for me to let go."
Her words were the truth. It could be told by the tender tone in her voice.
"But, I guess I never told you because I was afraid I wouldn't know what to do. You know. Being in a relationship."
"And you think I of all people would?" Trevor retorted. "Violet, I'm a lot of things. Leader, friend, robot ass kicker, but when it comes to romance and stuff like that, I'm completely clueless."
Violet smiled at him.
"I guess even the great Trevor Bauer has flaws."
"Everyone has flaws, Violet."
"Wow. I guess neither of us knows a lot about dating and stuff."
And then Trevor moved in closer to her.
"Well….maybe we could learn together."
Violet's eyes got a bit bigger when she heard that. But then Trevor had a few more words to say.
"Violet, when I was dead, I saw my family up there." He explained. "I met my mother for the first time. I got to say hello to my father again. And…I finally got to hug Amber again. All of them said they were so proud of me."
Violet smiled again at this. Trevor got to see his family again.
"But…we all knew that I wasn't supposed to be there yet." He went on. "Violet, as much as I want to be with my family, I want to be here more. I'm needed here….and I want to be with you. My family can wait. But I saw that you couldn't."
Okay. Now she was pretty sure. THIS was it.
"Violet, I love you. I have for a long time now. That's why I couldn't take the shot. I couldn't risk you getting hurt because I cared about you way too much to let that happen."
It was her turn now.
"I understand." She muttered. "And…if I were to learn about…how to be with someone…or how to be romantic…I really want to do that stuff with you. Because I love YOU."
Trevor smiled when he heard her say that. All that fear and it was for nothing. And if TK and Kari could do it in the middle of a war, they could too.
"So…what now?" Trevor asked.
Violet giggled and then she got her face to move in closer to his.
"I think we both know the answer to that one." She whispered.
Trevor smirked at her answer. And then their faces got closer and closer. Until finally…. …. .. . . . . ….. … ….. … …. …. Violet turned her head invisible teasing him with a giggle.
"Okay. That's not cool." Trevor stated.
Laughing again, Violet made her head re-appear.
"I'm sorry. I just couldn't resist." And then she wanted joking time to be over. "Take two."
Once again, their eyes locked onto each other's and they seemed to get even bigger as they got closer. Then both pairs slowly closed and then….. . …. … …. ….. …. .. ….. … ..contact.
Their eyes closed, their lips brushed against each other's, and thus began a new relationship within the AutoKnight team. Trevor and Violet couldn't believe it. To them, it felt so right. What they were doing right now just felt right. And they liked the way it felt. It might have only been their first kiss, but they were making it last a long time. They wanted to be a kiss to remember.
The two of them never thought anything like this was even possible for them. Violet used to think she was destined to be alone and without anyone. Trevor thought he would never experience love at this magnitude. But yet, here they are on a couch connecting their lips to each other's.
But there was something they had no idea about. The door to the dining room was cracked open. And peeking through it to get a better look, was a certain pink hedgehog along with a certain golden skinned Digimon. And as soon as they saw them kiss, the two of them just looked at each other completely surprised and happy for the new couple.
And behind them was everyone else at the table.
"Hey come on, you two. Update. What's happening?" TK asked.
Takamon and Amy looked back and Tak gave the hedgehog the honors. Amy smiled, held up her two hands, extended her two pointer fingers, and then she touched them together signaling the two knights had made contact.
"It's about friggin time." Steve said with a smile.
"Trevor and Violet together. This is gonna be awesome." Fry said.
"Well good for them." Kari said. "I think they're good for each other."
"Of course. Those two are the very first two AutoKnights. They know each other the best." Takamon added.
"I guess that makes Henry the only knight who's single." Rika pointed out.
"And I like it that way." Henry pointed out. "I'll find a girl someday. Can't we just be happy for Trevor and Violet right now?"
Everyone agreed to that as Amy and Takamon seated themselves and then a few minutes later, Trevor and Violet themselves came into the room. And as soon as they entered, everyone clapped their hands for them and they immediately knew why.
"I take it you enjoyed the show?" Violet asked.
Everyone nodded their heads and then everyone began to chat for the next half four all the way through an early dinner. Afterwards, they moved their talking to outside in the family room. But then after all the happy stuff, Chris pointed out something.
"So now that you guys are all together and Megatron is defeated….does that mean….you're going to leave?" He asked with a frown.
Everyone had completely forgotten about that. Even though the AutoKnight team was strong, they were still not whole. There were just twelve of them. And there were thirteen rings. There was one more left to find. And they couldn't do that if they stayed in Station Square. Every single one of them frowned as they all thought of this.
"That's right. Isn't there one more ring for you guys to find?" Shadow asked.
"I'm afraid so." TK said. "That last ring is still out there."
"And we have to find it so we can complete this team and finally end this war." Henry added.
"But…when do you have to leave?" Tails asked not ready to see Sonic go just yet.
"Probably soon." Tai said.
*DING DONG*
The doorbell was able to take them out of their conversation.
"I got it." Steve got up and went for the door giving Tanaka a break.
As he did the conversation was put on hold. From a distance, none of them could make out what Steve or the person at the door was saying. But after twenty or so seconds, Steve left the door opened and then walked back to the group with a confused face.
"Um….door's for you, Trev." He said.
Someone was there to see Trevor? That got everyone confused now. Trevor didn't live there. How would anyone even know he was there to begin with?
Wanting to find out, Trevor got up and went to the door. It was a man dressed in a nice business suit and tie. As soon as he saw Trevor, he smiled and fell to his knee in front of him. And that got Trevor a little weirded out.
"Um…can I help you?" Trevor asked.
"You're him aren't you? You're Optimus Prime." The man said.
Oh. He wasn't asking for Trevor Bauer. He was looking for Optimus Prime. Now it made sense. But still, the guy was bowing to him. That was strange.
"Y-yeah. I'm Optimus Prime." He said. "What do you want?"
"I've come here to deliver this to you personally, sir." The man lifted up his right arm and in his hand was an envelope.
Trevor took the envelope and looked at it closely. But then the man stood up.
"We can't thank you enough for saving us." The man said.
"Um…no problem." Trevor said. "Uh….just…don't bow to me anymore. It's creepy."
With that, Trevor went behind the door and closed it. Then he walked back to the group looking at the envelope.
"Whatchya got there, Trev?" Bunnie asked.
"Not sure."
Trevor opened up the envelope to find out exactly what it was. He took out a single piece of paper from the envelope and he saw a familiar seal on the front.
"It's a letter. From the President of the United States."
That got everyone interested in what was written in said letter. Trevor unfolded it, sat down, and began to read.
"To Optimus Prime and all AutoKnights,
Your services seen on this day were an unforgettable sight. You have proven today that other worlds and other cultures can fight together for one world and one common cause. The leaders of this world and their people send their deepest gratitude.
And as a way of saying thank you, I am personally inviting every single one of you to a celebration ball in Washington DC to celebrate this victory. Bring as many friends as you want and dress nice. I hope to see you there and once again, thank you for all you have done.
Signed the President of the United States."
It was a thank you note and a party invitation in one letter. And everyone seemed to like that.
"A party in DC? Oh we HAVE to go to that." Fry said.
"But I thought you had to leave." Mighty said.
"Well we didn't mean right this second." Steve said. "When's the party, Trev?"
Trevor looked down the letter. The details of the party were enclosed.
"It's two days from now and it starts at 5:30 PM."
And then Trevor made another decision for his team.
"I know we all have a job to do, but how about this? We stay here until after the party. The next morning afterwards is when we leave. Does that sound agreeable?"
Everyone found it hard to find an argument for that. They get to spend a little bit more time with the friends they've gotten to know very well. And a few of them had been there for a long time. They weren't ready to leave just yet.
"I can agree to that." Takamon said. "All in favor?"
Everyone raised their hands.
"Then I guess it's settled." Violet said. "I guess we better get some nice clothes out."
"Actually I already have an idea for that." Kari said. "But I'm gonna need to borrow everyone's AutoKnight rings."
XXX
(Two days later)
Washington DC. Capital of the country, home to the most powerful man of the United States of America, and the stronghold of the country's democracy. And soon, it was about to become a city of celebration. The party was going to be in the White House. And already the press was all over it. The tables were set, the food was cooked, beverages were ready, but they made sure it was non-alcoholic because everyone was aware that most of the AutoKnights could not drink yet. Only Fry could. He would just have to show his ID to get his buzz on. The President himself was in the oval office.
(The President used here is the one from Sonic X)
As he sat at his desk, all he was doing was waiting for the guests of honor to arrive. This world was just full of heroes in his opinion. First Sonic came here and now the AutoKnights are in. And Sonic is one of them now. One of his aides came through the door of the office to speak with him.
"The party is ready for you, Mr. President." She said.
He stood up out of his chair.
"Good. Now what about the AutoKnights?"
"They've just been cleared through the second checkpoint. They should be pulling up in ten minutes."
"Excellent."
The back room of the White House was a lot bigger than the other ones in the house. And it had been decorated for a party. In fact, a lot of the world leaders decided to come here to meet the heroes. The Prime Minister of Japan, the President of France and Italy, a lot more of them were there. And then it came time.
"Mr. President, they just pulled up in front." The aide said.
The US President got up and then he made his way out to the front of the White House. All of the press made their way out with him and then all twelve AutoKnights rolled up in their vehicle modes. The pictures then commenced and flashes were everywhere. All of their doors opened up and everyone got out. And I mean EVERYONE.
Everyone that the AutoKnights became friends with decided to throw on their nice clothes and go to the party. Even Knuckles and the Chaotix tagged along. Every single guy was wearing a black tuxedo top but no pants. GK was the only one wearing pants. And for some reason he actually thought he was gonna get some action tonight. Knuckles on the other hand was wearing tan clothes with green triangle décor that his echidna tribe used to wear. And he was wearing similar boots. Julie-Su was wearing a dress similar in that style. And of course the girls all had dresses with most of them wearing ones that go with their color scheme. Cosmo was wearing green, Amy had on red, Sally had light blue, Bunnie had purple and grey, Blaze had on orange, Saffron had yellow, Mina's dress was black with a purple stripe going up the center, and Cream was wearing pink. Even little baby Emma was dressed in this cute little dress that Vanilla was nice enough to knit for her. Gatomon decided not to dress up. But Patamon had on a black bowtie.
And for the first time ever in both of their lives, Shadow and Rouge had on formal clothes. Rouge was wearing a long flowing black dress and had on a diamond necklace and smaller diamond earrings. She was also wearing no gloves tonight. And Shadow had on a full black tux, pants and all. But he retained his hover shoes.
After the press got in enough pictures of the Mobians, it was time for them to shift because one by one, each of the AutoKnights transformed from vehicle mode into their suit mode. But something was very different about their suits.
Instead of being hero suits with robes, they had been temporarily altered. The only thing that remained the same was the paint schemes and the braces on their upper arms and legs. And Blurr still had his golden inhibitor rings on his forearms. And Jetfire and Jazz had their goggles. But as for their suits, the guys' suits were all changed into full on tuxedos with bowties on everything. And the girls all had on long flowing dresses with long black gloves. It was Arcee's idea. Even Trailbreaker being his hedgehog self actually found the suit comfortable.
For all of them, their AutoKnight insignias had been moved to the back of their clothes.
As soon as all of them transformed, the pictures began again like a frenzy. All twelve of them stood together and smiled for the cameras. And then the President walked forward and smiled at the knight wearing the red and blue flaming tux.
"Optimus Prime, it's a privilege to meet you in person." He said as he extended out his hand.
Optimus smiled and shook the President's hand.
"Likewise, sir." The leader said.
The President nodded at him and then looked at the rest of the AutoKnights. They were all so young. But they were much braver than most soldiers in the army. Well…Sideswipe was 29 but he was still part of the team.
"All of you have performed greatly for us." He said. "I can't even begin to thank you all for your valor."
"Just doing what we were meant to do, sir." Bumblebee said.
The President nodded again and then stepped aside.
"Please come in. The party has now started."
All of them walked up and entered the halls of the White House as the President led them to the back of the house. As he did, Trailbreaker walked up next to Arcee.
"I gotta admit, Arcee. Re-formatting our AutoKnight suits into formal wear was a nice touch." The hedgehog pointed out as he adjusted his bowtie.
Arcee giggled at the compliment as she looked at her own dress.
"Thanks. I really should thank Teletraan and Nicole for helping me. It took forever to get these right." She pointed out.
"THIS is the only dress I will ever voluntarily wear." Chromia said.
"Because you can make a gun come out of it. Right?" Jazz knew her girlfriend very well.
Chromia chuckled and grabbed his hand. And he immediately blushed at that.
"You're damn right I can make a gun out of this." She said.
"But gunslinger has the biggest." Ratchet said.
"Damn right I do." Ironhide agreed.
After seeing her new barrage mode when she was Super Ironhide, everyone had to agree. Ironhide was officially a gun nut. And for Ironhide herself, it was hard to believe. Before she was a night she was just a super powered girl who rarely saw any big action. She would have never thought she would be a big part of a team so grand. And now she was involved with the leader of said team.
But on a completely unrelated subject, GK was busy staring at a certain bat. That dress Rouge was in was showing off an extraordinary amount of cleavage and he just couldn't take his off of it. In fact, so was Vector and almost every Mobian who was a guy. But then, Shadow noticed the direction GK's eyes were pointed at. And then the dark hedgehog proceeded to give the green Digimon a glare so evil GK's private area died down. So did all the other ones.
Finally, the President showed them the door that led into the party room of the White House. And then he went through it first and the knights followed him.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it is my great honor to introduce to all of you, the new superheroes of the world, the AutoKnights."
Everyone in that room applauded the twelve knights and their friends as the President stepped out of the way to let everyone get a good look at them. Ironhide waved her hand a bit and then Optimus leaned towards her.
"Being a hero back in our time, I'm pretty sure you're used to things like this." He said.
Ironhide shook her head.
"Not really. Back then, I was very antisocial. But now I'm not."
And then Ironhide took Optimus' hand and the two of them interlocked their fingers.
"By the way, this does NOT count as our first date." Ironhide added.
Optimus chuckled. "Noted."
And then Optimus reached to Ironhide's head and pulled out her head band and then half of Violet's face was covered by her long bluish black hair.
"That really goes with that dress." Optimus said.
It was probably a good thing he did that, because now Optimus couldn't see her blushing behind her hair covering her face. The both of them smiled at each other and then they redirected their smiled to the crowd as they walked all the way in the room and took a look around.
"This is awesome." GK said.
"In total agreement, featherhead." Blurr added. "What do you think, sweetie?"
"It's nice. Emma sure likes it. Don't you honey?" Blaze and Blurr looked at their daughter together.
"Ba ba ba!" Was how Emma replied.
Everyone who heard gave a chuckle at Emma's baby talk and then they all began to linger. For the first hour of the party, everyone just talked either amongst themselves, or with some of the guests of the party. Team Lash somehow got to talking with the Prime Minister of Japan about how he would pay handsomely of they lent him some of their weapon designs. But they said no explaining that no good would come from the whole world having weapons that strong. The Prime Minister understood but he left the offer open.
Team Recon and Jazz ended up telling war stories to some of the attendees like they were old people or something. Ratchet asked the President if there was going to be a certain CIA agent at the party tonight. He was of course asking about his father, Stan Smith. But the President said no. But yesterday, Ratchet's father did call the White House asking if he could be there. Then he was assigned to something else. But he did ask the President to tell Ratchet that he and his whole family watched him fight and that he loved him. That made Ratchet very happy.
The Freedom Fighters and the Chaotix all talked amongst themselves. Vector began to gloat that he had gotten in more Decepticon kills than any of them. Not including the knights themselves.
"You think you got in most of the kills?" Julie-Su argued. "All you did was whip your tail around and trip them all. And then someone else came in and finished them off."
"Oh? And how many kills did you get in?" Vector asked back.
"I actually got in quite a few with that shotgun Ironhide gave me." Julie-Su replied.
That shotgun was Julie-Su's new signature weapon. It was stronger, heavier, and more dangerous. But before they could argue on, Blurr, Blaze, and Trailbreaker walked over.
"Guys, check this out." Blaze pointed over to the buffet table.
And it was there they all saw GK doing what he did best. Hit on some random hot girl.
"Of course he is." Mina said. "I actually dated that guy."
"Girl, you're probably gonna be that guys only girlfriend." Amy pointed out.
"Aw man look at that girl's face." Blurr said.
Everyone took notice at the girl's face. She wasn't smiling. Her mouth was flat and her eyes were narrow.
"Hoo boy. This isn't gonna end well." Bunnie said.
"Ten bucks says it's a slap to the face." Shadow was calling out the method the girl would use to blow GK off.
And more than one person wanted to get in on this.
"I'm in for kick to the nuts." Blurr said.
"No way. That's a punch to the stomach look. I'd know it anywhere." Rouge said. "I'm in."
"Any other takers?" Shadow asked.
Trailbreaker put his money on stomp on his foot. Amy said kick to the leg. Antoine put his bet on splashing her drink in his face. Vector had his money on the girl just walking off. And Mighty actually put his money on GK actually getting the girl. And that was it. So then all of them began to watch GK interact with the woman. They couldn't hear him from a distance, but everyone could tell he was trying out some lame cliché line to pick the girl up. And then GK pointed to the girl, and then back at him. And then came what everyone was waiting for. The woman's reaction. And this is what she did. She placed her drink down, looked down at GK, and stomped on his foot. GK gave a small shriek in pain as the woman walked away.
Trailbreaker was the grand winner of the bet. Everyone groaned as the ones who gambled each paid him the right amount of money. So the hedgehog won a total of seventy bucks. Then he looked over at Amy.
"Hey, I'll use this money for a really awesome date. How about that?" he asked.
Amy actually frowned when she heard that.
"But…you're leaving tomorrow morning. So we won't be able to go on a date."
That made Trailbreaker frown too. By this time tomorrow, the knights would be long gone on their way to find the final ring. Blaze looked over at the two hedgehogs with a very interesting look on her face as if she was thinking of something. But we'll get into that later.
As the sun went down and the sky went black and filled with stars, everyone grabbed a plate, served themselves with various kinds of food, and sat down at a special reserved table just for them. It was an extra long table so everyone could fit in it. And as they all sat down, the conversations started up again.
"You know, even though a whole lot of crazy and horrible stuff happened over the past few months, this whole thing turned out to be one hell of an adventure." Trailbreaker said.
Blurr nodded agreeing with the hedgehog.
"Yeah I know. Which makes it a shame that we're still one AutoKnight short of a full team." Blurr added.
"You know what?" Bumblebee said. "This was a great adventure. And yes it is kind of upsetting that we still haven't got all of our team members so we could do it all together. But I bet you anything that when we do find the final ring, the next adventure will be even greater. The more this team grows, the more awesome the adventures get. I've noticed that over time."
What Bumblebee said was entirely true in everyone's thoughts. The team started at just two back in the mid-sixties, and then they time traveled to this time and then the real adventure began. And this one was the newest one for the book. And the next one was probably gonna be a doozy too. Trailbreaker raised his glass.
"Hey. Here's to adventure." He was making a toast.
Optimus nodded and brought up his own glass.
"To adventure."
Ironhide did the same. "To adventure."
One by one, each person at that table raised up their glasses and uttered the same two words. After they were all raised, everyone took a sip of what they were drinking. And then the small talk started back up again.
"So where do you think the next ring is gonna be?" Vector asked.
"Who knows?" Jetfire replied. "As far as we know it could be at the North Pole or someplace like that."
"But every place we've gone to has been an awesome place. Maybe we'll go to Paris next. I'd love to go there." Arcee said.
"Paris? If we end up going to a tourist spot next, I personally wouldn't mind it being somewhere in Italy. Preferably Rome." Gatomon said.
"Rome Italy? Why would you want to go there?" Patamon asked.
"Mr. Tanaka and Topaz went there for their honeymoon and they said it was unbelievable." Gatomon replied.
"Wherever we end up, let's just hope we don't have a repeat performance of what happened in Shinjuku. Remember the crazed fans?" Sideswipe asked.
The first seven AutoKnights, which included Optimus, Ironhide, Ratchet, Jetfire, Bumblebee, Arcee, and Sideswipe all grimaced at that horrible memory. Being chased down the streets by crazy fans was not a very fun experience.
"Well….I think we all agree to that, Fry." Bumblebee said. "But I think we're gonna be doing quite a bit of fan running."
"Hey gunslinger? You think you can whip us up some custom pepper spray?" Chromia joked.
Ironhide laughed a bit and then she gave her response.
"Yeah. AutoKnight Pepper Spray. Made with Energon."
Everyone laughed at the joke and then a weird flash of light from behind caused them all to look out the window.
"Whoa! Check it out!" Tails shouted as he pointed.
All in the sky near the White House, fireworks of multiple colors began to explode making the stars look dim. Everyone got up and made their way outside to get a better look at the firework show.
But then Blurr got to thinking. If only there was some live music here. And he immediately had a song in mind. Making sure everyone else didn't notice, he grabbed GK, Trailbreaker, Mina, and Vector and walked away. Everyone else was too busy looking at the firework show.
"This is just amazing." Mina said.
"Girl, I could do better than that with one hand behind my back." Blaze remarked. "But I guess it's alright."
Everyone chuckled at that comment and then they heard very strange music coming as if it were from a synthesized keyboard. And then a spotlight came out of nowhere and it shone to the left. Blurr and Trailbreaker used their super speed to put together a small stage. Vector was on the drums, GK had his bass, Blurr had a microphone stand in his hands with the mike attached to it, Trailbreaker had an electric guitar, and Mina was the one playing the keyboard.
(BGM; Dreams; By Van Halen)
All four instruments began to play at once and everyone gathered at the front of the stage. Blurr and the others had done a lot of musical numbers. But none of the other knights had never seen them. But they DID watch them perform Thriller on Halloween. So Blurr was giving them a live performance. And the song fitted well in his opinion.
Blurr:
World turns black and white
Pictures in an empty room
Your love starts fallin' down
Better change your tune
Yeah, you reach for the golden ring
Reach for the sky
Baby, just spread your wings
The fireworks exploded behind him as everyone started to cheer for the ones on stage rockin out.
We'll get higher and higher
Straight up we'll climb
We'll get higher and higher
Leave it all behind
Blurr then looked over at Mina."Take it, songoose!"
And she gladly did.
Mina:
Run, run, run away
Like a train runnin' off the track
Got the truth bein' left behind
Falls between the cracks
Standin' on broken dreams
Never losin' sight! AH!
Well just spread your wings
We'll get higher and higher
Straight up we'll climb
We'll get higher and higher
Leave it all behind
The night was slowly becoming one that everyone would remember. And the knights themselves were enjoying every bit of it. Because they knew it wouldn't be long before they would have to arm themselves once more for battle. But for now, they were just gonna enjoy the two shows. The music and firework show. Blurr took the next lines and then kneeled down on the stage to look at his wife and daughter who were both smiling at him.
Blurr:
So baby dry your eyes
Save all the tears you've cried
Oh, that's what dreams are made of
'Cause we belong in a world that must be strong
Oh, that's what dreams are made of
And then the whole place got rocked by an awesome guitar solo from Trailbreaker that sounded almost like he was Eddie Van Halen. Or rather, "Eddie Van Hedgehog." That hedgehog was gonna be a real asset to the AutoKnight team. Not only with his speed, but also with his never give up attitude. The team needed a guy with that. And Breaker was the one who had it. As he smiled at Amy, Blurr took it away with his voice again.
Yeah, we'll get higher and higher
Straight up we'll climb
Higher and higher
Leave it all behind
Oh, we'll get higher and higher
Who knows what we'll find?
Blaze lit up her hand that wasn't holding Emma and shot some of her own fireworks into the sky. Something which made the crown even louder. Although the world leaders who were attending this party were not usually used to this kind of thing, they were tonight. Because they were all jumping up and down to the sweet sound of rock and roll playing in the backyard of the White House.
So baby dry your eyes
Save all the tears you've cried
Oh, that's what dreams are made of
Oh baby, we belong in a world that must be strong
Oh, that's what dreams are made of
As Trailbreaker started up another guitar solo, Optimus looked to his left and Ironhide looked to her right. Their eyes locked again and then the two of them kissed each other long, hard, and good. That kiss lasted until the song ended.
And in the end on dreams we will depend
'Cause that's what love is made of
Mina played the finishing notes on her keyboard and then the five on stage stood up and took their bow.
"YEAH! SUGAH-KNIGHT, YOU ROCK!" Bunnie screamed.
The press was going to have a field day with a story like this. And it was perfect timing. Because when Mina played the last key, the firework show ended. Everyone gave their very loud applause for the people playing on stage as they made their way off of it and back into the crowd. A couple of people even asked for their autographs. But not Vector's which made him kind of mad. But no one really cared. Julie-Su just laughed at him.
A few hours later, the party ended and the guest count began to slowly decrease. And then it came time for the knights to leave as well. The whole group left at once and the knights just rolled on back to Station Square in vehicle mode. The next morning was gonna be very emotional for all of them.
Well…maybe not for Shadow. He's never emotional. Unless that emotion is anger.
XXX
Me: Alright. The next chapter is the final chapter. I hope everyone's ready for it. I know I sure am. I've been working on this story for almost a year. Man that's long. But still, It's time for number seven. So until the next chapter, peace bitches.
