Autobot Base, conference room...
"Now that the the Combaticons are on Earth, Megatron will no doubt use them to create a new Combiner, which means that we are outmatched. Even with the Dinobots."
"What are you proposing, Optimus?" Silverbolt asked,
"I believe that this is the best possible time to begin construction on our own Combiner." Optimus answered.
"So, where do we come in?" Scattershot asked,
"In order to create or own Combiner, we need at least five main components."
"So?" Hotspot chimed in,
"Each of you lead a team of four Autobots, which makes you the perfect candidates." Optimus explained, "But we currently only have the necessary resources to build one Combiner. The choice is up to you three which one of you will become one." they all discussed it for a while before one of them volunteered...
Somewhere in the middle of nowhere...
"UUGH!" Swindle groaned, "I feel like I'm gonna rust away!"
"Oh, quit complaining! It's not bad!" Blast-Off silenced him in annoyance, though that didn't work,
"Why are we even here?!" Swindle asked, still dying of boredom,
"The boss says this'll be a great spot to build an outpost, so we have to stand here and defend while our build team is planning everything." their squad-leader, Onslaught answered,
"Ha! Like any Autobots are gonna find us all the way out here!" Swindle continued complaining,
"Well I hope they do, I'm ithcin' for a good fight!" Brawl said,
"Yeah, me too! I didn't sharpen my blades for nothing!" Vortex added,
"Well too bad! We'll just have to stand guard." Onslaught silenced them all, finally shutting them up.
Meanwhile,
"What's the point of this?!" Pipes said, "Surely the Decepticons aren't smart enough to build a base this far outside our radar."
"You'd be surprised at their intelligence." Hauler replied,
"How would you know?" Pipes asked,
"I was one of them for a short period of time. Although, that was when the Constructicons had just unwillingly joined them." Hauler replied,
"Wow, really?!" Pipes said excitedly,
"Yup."
"That's nice, but can we please focus on the mission!" Rollbar interrupted, driving ahead of both them. Then suddenly, he saw something in the distance, five figures standing in front of a somewhat large building,
"Hey! What's that?!" Rollbar shouted,
"Is that what I think it is?" Clocker spoke,
"DECEPTICONS!" Pipes cried,
"Autobots, prepare to attack!" Rollbar ordered. As they came closer, each of them transformed, and pulled out their weapons,
Meanwhile,
"Hey! Are those, Autobots?!" Swindle alerted,
"Yes! Just what I was hoping for!" Brawl said in excitement,
"Combaticons! Prepare for combat!" Onslaught ordered, and they drew their weapons as well, "Open fire!"
"With pleasure!" Brawl shouted, transforming into his tank-mode and firing a tank shell at the Autobots,
"LOOK OUT!" Rollbar shouted, as the Autobots moved out of the way, avoiding the explosion. Vortex and Blast-Off transformed into their aerial-forms and flying towards the enemy, firing at them,
"We won't go down that easy!" Hauler said as he extended his crane-arm and latched onto Vortex, lifting him off the ground. Hauler then drew himself closer, and placed a mine on Vortex, then jumped back down,
"Hey! What did you just put me!? Get back here!" Vortex shouted. Hauler then pressed a button, detonating the mine, exploding and causing Vortex to crash into the ground, "CRAP!"
"Nice job, Hauler!" Pipes complimented, as he kicked Swindle in the leg. Swindle fell down to his knees, and Pipes prepared to finish him off. But Swindle used his arm-cannon to shoot Pipes, knocking him back,
"Ow! Scrap that hurt!"
Clocker sped up, transforming at the last moment and grabbing Blast-Off, yanking him down to the ground, forcing him into transforming,
"Do you really think you can beat me?" Blast-Off said,
"How 'bout we find out!" Clocker replied, grabbing his duel pistols, and firing at Blast-Off. Though his attack didn't damage him much, and Blast-Off slashed at Clocker with his sword, grazing his arm, then kicked him back. Clocker somehow managed to land on his feet. Clocker grabbed a mysterious gun on his back, and fired it at Blast-Off. The blast created a big dome around Blast-Off, which slowed his movement down by a lot,
"What the?! What the frag did you to me?!" Blast-Off shouted,
"It's a Time-Disruption Blaster! It slows down the target's movement." Clocker explained, "But don't worry, the effect will only last for a few hours!"
"Wait, what?! NO!" Blast-Off tried to move, but he was too slow to escape. Clocker then ran off to help Pipes fight Swindle. Just as swindle was about to finish off Pipes, Clocker kicked him out of the way, saving Pipes, and causing Swindle to shoot Vortex in the back,
"Thanks for the save!" Pipes said,
"Don't mention it!"
"Shut up and fight, frag-heads!" Swindle shouted as he punched Clocker in the face, and kicked Pipes back. Pipes transformed both of his hands into cannons, firing them both at Swindle at a rapid pace. But Swindle managed to dodge his attacks, and transformed and rammed into Pipes, injuring him. But before he could do any major damage, Clocker jumped on top of him and pulled the front of his truck-mode backward, flipping them both over. Swindle transformed back and shot Clocker with his arm cannon, knocking him down. Pipes charged at him while he was distracted, but Swindle noticed and gunned him down too, nearly finishing him off.
Meanwhile, Rollbar took on Brawl by himself, barely dodging his explosive shells. Once Rollbar was close enough, he kicked Brawl, turning him over nd causing him to fire an explosive shell at Blast-Off, knocking him out of the Time-trap,
"Yes! Finally I'm out of that!" Blast-Off said, as he took off to get revenge on Clocker,
"That's not good." Rollbar said,
"Indeed!" Brawl replied as he stabbed him in the shoulder with a tactical knife, making it non-functional,
"AAGH!" Rollbar groaned in pain.
Clocker continued to fight Swindle, not knowing who was approaching from behind,
"HAHAHAHA! PREPARE TO DIE!" Blast-Off shouted from behind. As soon as Clocker turned around, a sword was stabbed straight through his chest, killing him instantly,
"NOOOOOOO!" Pipes cried,
"Your next." Swindle said. Pipes tried to run, but he ran straight into Onslaught, who had just finished off Hauler,
"Oh scrap..." Pipes mumbled,
"Hehehehe, 'oh scrap' is right." Onslaught said as he pointed his blaster right in front of Pipes' face, pulling the trigger, and ending his life,
"No! You can't do this! Wait!" Rollbar cried as Brawl lifted him up, pinning his face right up against his tank barrel,
"We can... and we will." Brawl said, firing a tank shell, and killing Rollbar. Right when they thought they had finished them off, Onslaught saw Hauler move,
"Hey! I thought I killed you!" Onslaught yelled,
Hauler looked over, energon dripping from his lifeless eyes, "No. Not yet. Not when I can do more." Hauler showed the Decepticons something in his hand, a tracking beacon,
"No! Don't press that!" Onslaught shouted, but it was too late. Hauler pushed the button, then died, "Oh scrap..."
To be continued...