Hello, heroes and villains. Centurion Maximo here and welcome back to Young Justice: Their War, Our World. Ragebyte and Hammerstrike are the first of Admiral Hook's crew on the Stormtide which is bad news for the good guys when they find out, Strobe has joined up with Toxwing and Laura Penelope, and the Scion xB has hacked into a radio tower. Who knows what it found with that.
Now, let's get back into this!
*Unknown Location. Ivo's Laboratory. 22:12*
Professor Ivo was back in his laboratory and was starting the construction of a new robot when the communications network popped up. "People, while I appreciate the communications network, it does provide momentary interruption for a genius like me."
"Apologies, Professor Ivo." T.O Morrow grinned. "However, the others and I think it's time we make a big move while Admiral Hook is out gathering his crew."
"Are Shimmer, Mammoth, Stormflow, and the Terror Twins back to their respective locations?" Ivo asked.
"Yes, they are. They are ready with our go-ahead should we go through with it." T.O Morrow answered.
"I see. Where would we strike?" Ivo asked back.
"We were thinking Happy Harbor where we've met resistance." T.O Morrow growled.
"That sounds like a good start." Ivo grinned back.
*Happy Harbor Outskirts. Batman & Wonder Woman. 23:43 pm*
Batman and Wonder Woman were at the location that Metalhawk described to keep watch for an Autobot that landed a little over a month ago. "Do you see anything?" Batman asked.
"Nothing yet." Wonder Woman answered as she landed back onto the ground. "You think this new Autobot will show up?"
"We have to trust the Autobots on this." Batman answered with monotone.
"Sounds like you don't trust any of them, but since it's you, I'm not even surprised. That's just par of the course." Wonder Woman deadpanned.
Batman looked at Wonder Woman for a second, not answering before turning back to look out for the Autobot. What he was thinking about was that his car was running around with a mind of its own. Why was this happening to him? Suddenly, an engine could be heard approaching from the distance.
Soon enough, the car was shown to be Bumblebee. Seconds later when it was evident that no one was watching, partly thanks to Batman, Bumblebee transformed to robot mode. "So, you two must be Batman and Wonder Woman."
"We are. Who are you?" Wonder Woman asked.
"I'm Bumblebee." He answered. "Are there any other Autobots on Earth?"
"Yes. Quite a few, in fact." Wonder Woman answered.
"Do you know if any Autobots took the form of my car?" Batman asked.
Bumblebee tilted his head in slight confusion. "Well, I have heard a couple of rumors about that, but why do you care so much about that?"
"Ignore him about that. It has something to do with his pride." Wonder Woman waved off.
"I see. Anyway, have you already encountered the Decepticons?" Bumblebee asked, his voice turning serious.
"We have." It was Batman who answered this time. "The name of this Decepticon was Wreckage. He was encountered in Seattle."
"That's not good." Suddenly, Bumblebee subtly heard two engines approaching on stealth mode but chose not to mention it to Batman and Wonder Woman. Soon enough, the two silent vehicles arrived, albeit in stealth mode.
Batman though was able to detect them through some tech in his cowl. He sighed. "Look, I know you're there, so why don't we have a talk?"
With that, Shadowwing and Shade revealed themselves to the trio and transformed to robot mode. "Bumblebee! It's awesome to see you again!" Shade exclaimed happily.
"It's good to see you too, Shade." Bumblebee smiled.
"Who are these two humans with you?" Shadowwing asked.
"This is Batman and Wonder Woman: Members of a group of heroes called the Justice League." Bumblebee answered.
"Oh, that's so cool!" Shade cheered.
"Could you please calm down, Shade?" Shadowwing asked with a smile.
"Sorry." Shade sheepishly apologized.
"So, Batman, Wonder Woman, how many other Autobots are here on this planet?" Shadowwing then asked.
"I'd say about a dozen." Wonder Woman estimated.
"That's excellent. However, we still need to pinpoint the Decepticons." Shadowwing's expression turned serious.
"That may be a little difficult. We have reasons to believe that the Decepticons have begun aligning themselves with humans." Batman added. "This means they can blend in better."
"I never thought they would even entertain that concept." Shade spoke.
*Happy Harbor. 00:25 am*
Things were quiet. The only people remaining were the ones working the night shift and still hanging out with others. Suddenly, an explosion appeared in one of the buildings. People screamed out in fear as they began running for their lives. Wreckage, Blightshot, Hellcrest, and Toxwing were in their vehicle modes shooting all over the place. Rubble was being created left and right while people were fleeing, getting crushed by the rubble, or getting caught in the crossfire. "Do we even have a plan, T.O Morrow, or are we doing, as some people say 'Winging it?'" Ivo asked.
"The plan is to draw those kids out into the open." T.O Morrow began to explain. "They're nothing more than sidekicks of the Justice League, not to mention I have a small feeling that someone familiar to me will be here as well."
"Whoever it is, they will be crushed under our might!" Toxwing declared.
"You said it, Toxwing, especially with our partners giving us an advantage over the Autobots." Hellcrest added.
*Happy Harbor. Mount Justice. 00:34 am*
Alarms went off all over the place, forcing the Team to get out of their beds and reach the main room to find the source. When they got to the main room, Robin brought up the computers and saw the Machination attacking Happy Harbor. The Autobots saw this as well and Bishop growled. "Wreckage..."
"Calm down, Bishop." Greyhound put his hand on Bishop's shoulder strut which seemed to calm him down.
"There appears to be three more Decepticons along with Wreckage." Voltshift observed.
"Along with any humans that may be with them." Windstrike said.
"What are we waiting for? Let's get out there!" Sidewinder excalaimed.
"Only a couple of us. If all of us go out there, the Decepticons will no doubt track us back here." Bishop cut in.
"Alright. Bishop, Skywinder, Sidewinder, and Voltshift: You four will go." Metalhawk said.
*Happy Harbor. 00:50 am*
The Machination that was in the city were still tearing it apart, some having a good time doing it. "Whoo! This is so much fun!" Laura cheered.
"Glad you're liking it." Lucas smiled.
"Heads up: We've got company." Blightshot informed.
The Team and the four Autobots selected had arrived. Bishop and the others didn't transform, remaining in vehicle mode. "You Autobots won't even transform all because of the pathetic people scurrying around." Blightshot taunted.
"Wrong! We actually care about weaker sentient beings unlike you!" Sidewinder angrily retorted.
"Oh, I see you brought these kids here." Ivo grinned in Blightshot's cockpit.
"Is that Ivo?" Kid Flash asked.
"I thought he was locked up!" Superboy growled.
"Oh, my new friends busted me out of that horrible confinement and escaped cleanly, but not without leveling Belle Reve Penitentiary to the ground." Ivo explained. "I have a little surprise for you kids, also." He pressed a button and a portal opened up, allowing a robot that was very familiar to the Team emerge.
"AMAZO?!" Everyone on the Team shouted loudly.
"Indeed. Amazo: Priority Alpha!" Ivo ordered with a grin.
"Access: Captain Atom." Amazo stoically announced as energy beams emerged from his hands, knocking Superboy and Aqualad back. Kid Flash and Robin tried a two-pronged attack, but Amazo obviously saw this coming and countered as expected. Miss Martian and Artemis tried a similar two-pronged attack, but their attempt proved ineffective as well.
The Decepticons on the other hand were fighting the Autobots. Wreckage was shooting at Bishop who, despite being constricted with all the buildings around, was doing a good job maneuvering to avoid the shots. He, however was landing a few shots on Wreckage since his alternate mode wasn't really built for speed. However, Wreckage was firing shots all over now, managing to knock Bishop off his wheels and causing him to transform to robot mode. T.O Morrow hopped out of Wreckage who also transformed to robot mode and kicked Bishop a couple of feet into a building. "As I said back in Seattle, you're as weak as ever."
Blightshot and Toxwing were trying to deal with Skywinder and Sidewinder. They fired their weapons, but the twins were too fast and fired their own weapons, bringing Toxwing down which prompted Laura to jump out of her cockpit so that she could transform, which she did and landed on her feet. This didn't bring down Toxwing as she kicked Sidewinder out of his vehicle mode and punched Skywinder into a nearby building.
Hellcrest was dealing with Voltshift who was practically doing nothing but firing electricity balls at the aerial Decepticon. The shots were slightly shorting out Hellcrest's circuits, but not enough to take him out of the sky. Hellcrest retaliated by firing missiles just short of where Voltshift was, knocking him into robot mode and onto his backside.
The Team were attempting to dispatch Amazo, but with little to no success. The android was dispatching them with little to no effort as it retained the abilities of the Leaguers from before. Needless to say, it was kind of a beatdown. When they were lying on the ground, Amazo surprised them. "You're all just as weak as I remember." Amazo suddenly spoke out.
That got the Team's full attention. "Since when can Amazo talk?!" They all shouted.
"Since our new friends have provided me with some upgrades to my work." Ivo regained his grin.
All of a sudden, Red Tornado appeared and used high-power tornadoes to slightly blow back the Decepticons, but Mister Twister appeared and tried to match Red Tornado. Red Tornado was still more powerful and knocked Mister Twister away. "Not bad."
"As the humans say 'You haven't seen anything yet.'" Red Tornado retorted as he descended to the ground. "I suggest you all leave now."
"Ah, Red Tornado. So good to see you again after all these years." T.O Morrow grinned as he stepped into view.
Red Tornado stopped what he was doing and looked at T.O Morrow. "You? You are here?"
"Indeed, and I see you've been doing well in the Justice League. Exactly as I was hoping for." T.O Morrow said, making the Team go wide-eyed.
"What are you talking about?" Red Tornado asked.
"I mean haven't you even questioned if everything you've done has actually been of your own free will?" T.O Morrow rhetorically asked.
"I..." Red Tornado was becoming more and more surprised which is something you wouldn't expect in a machine.
"Why don't you think on that?" T.O Morrow asked as a portal appeared and the Machination went through it, leaving the Team, Red Tornado, and the four Autobots standing there in shock, though the Autobots went back into vehicle mode. Red Tornado was the most shocked as he looked down at his own hands. Was T.O Morrow right?
Hello, everyone. I hope you all liked this chapter of Young Justice: Their War, Our World. This chapter was a bit of drama for poor old Red Tornado, seeing his creator again. Now, he's gonna be asking himself questions, Batman and Wonder Woman have met Bumblebee, then Shadowwing and Shade in the process, the Machination launched a first strike at Happy Harbor, and Mister Twister made another appearance and Amazo has returned to the fray with a couple of upgrades.
Meanwhile, Admiral Hook and the Stormtide are still roaming around gathering what will become Hook's official crew later on. If you have any ideas for this plot thread, please let me know. We may not see it in this chapter, but it's still happening.
Back to Red Tornado, he's seen his creator again after a very long time of being a Justice League member. Seeing T.O Morrow again and his creator saying certain things causes Red Tornado to start calling his personal freedom into question. Who knows where this will lead to.
As usual, if anyone has any ideas for this story, please let me know in the comments/reviews, or personally PM me.