40- Tunnel Vision.
Following the previous events, the Autobots were planning the best way to recover the four Iacon relics that Trypticon decoded.
"If we are to have any hope of recovering the Iacon relics before the Decepticons do, we must divide our resources."
"But Optimus, when it comes to numbers we are already at a grave disadvantage." Ratchet reminded.
"Under the circumstances, swiftness of action is paramount. This is one race that we absolutely cannot afford to lose."
Unfortunately, the Decepticons were planning to do the same, because on the Nemesis's bridge…
"Dispatching multiple squadrons will enable us to pursue all four coordinates simultaneously." Megatron said as Soundwave continued with his chores.
In that moment, Knock Out entered the bridge with a few miners. "Lord Megatron, I have assembled the mining detail you requested for the first set of coordinates. Breakdown and I enjoyed previous success retrieving Iacon relics. In memory of my fallen comrade I intend to do the same again." He said proudly.
Megatron approached him. "This is a mission, not one of your racing excursions. Stop your priding! Move quickly and operate with a surgeon's skill! Did you understand me, Knock Out?!"
Knock Out chuckled nervous. "Explicitly, Lord Megatron."
"Now, since the unfortunate loss of Breakdown has left you rather vulnerable, you will require appropriate support."
Knock Out looked behind him to see a giant six-legged Insecticon with giant jaws (a Bruiser from Fall of Cybertron and Rise of the Dark Spark) looking at him.
"How very…repellant." Knock Out said stunned.
Meanwhile, back on the Autobot base…
"Here's a twist. It would appear that the Decepticons have retreated from Taris." Ratchet reported from what he saw on the terminal.
"They just up and left?" Cliff asked confused.
"It is more likely that Megatron has already set course for the second set of coordinates, having dispatched a unit to this relic's underground location." Optimus deduced.
"Without busting up a city block to get to it?" Arcee asked.
"They used subway tunnels. As Coruscant, Taris' cities have a whole network of them running beneath them." Aris explained.
"Since the native population no longer seems to be directly threatened, maintaining our disguise will be necessary. Arcee, Bumblebee, you are the best choices to navigate through such a densely populated area." Optimus stated.
"Optimus, Taris has a huge population, similar to Coruscant. The odds of being spotted by at least one of them are pretty high. Even if they are headed underground." Luke warned.
"Where are you going with this?" Cliff asked.
"You're gonna need a face man. Someone who can speak on their behalf: a human who can run interference if their cover gets blown." Luke explained.
"And who better for this task than someone representing the Jedi Order? And two more the better." Leia supported.
"Well, I've actually been in subway stations on Corellia. So I grew up in another major metropolis. Unlike Mr. and Ms. I-grew-up-in-a-city-all-surrounded-by-water." Han said looking at the twins.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Leia asked annoyed.
"Well, I have been to Cybertron." Sky reminded them.
"But Cybertron doesn't have subways. Does it?" Han asked.
"Actually, it had. A lot." Cliff told, making Han groan in defeat and the other kids laugh.
"Come on, guys. This is not a competition." Aris calmed down.
"Agent Kallus's field experience makes him our best candidate." Optimus said turning at him, who was still lying on a medical berth.
"BUAAANANA FISH!" He suddenly shouted before went out again, making the children laugh, BB-8 and some Autobots a lot.
"If he weren't still recovering from his encounter with the Decepticon warship." Ratchet explained.
"Which we survived, without incident?" Han reminded.
"Very well. Luke, Han and Leia will accompany Arcee and Bumblebee." Optimus said giving up.
"Yes!" Han cheered.
"At least we can spend time with you, Bee." Leia said.
"(Another mission together.)"
"Initiate transport. And triangulate coordinates of the other three relics." Optimus ordered to Ratchet.
Taris
The ground bridge opened and the team appeared inside a small street which lay to inside the city. The Skywalker twins were riding on Arcee, who activated her holoform, while Han was inside Bee.
"Whoa." Luke said, looking the surroundings.
"It really looks like Coruscant." Leia added.
"So why so surprised? It's not Cybertron." Han smirked from one of Bee's windows.
"(But it's similar.)"
"All right, faces. How do we get underground?" Arcee asked.
"Well, you can't just jump the turnstile and hope no one notices." Luke started, until Bee's horn caught their attention.
"Check it out! Construction. A fact of life in the big city." Han showed them.
There was the entrance of a tunnel in front of them. Moments later, they were walking through the tunnels, even the Autobots, since there was no one around yet so they had no need to remain in vehicle form.
"Bumblebee, don't move!" Luke suddenly shouted looking where he was about to step on.
"(Why? Is something wrong?)"
"The third rail." Luke showed. "It carries electricity to power the subway trains."
"One touch and zap: you're fried." Han concluded.
"(Good to know. I will be more careful from now.)"
"He must have learned about that on the Holonet or something." Han said.
Meanwhile, not far from there, the Decepticon miners have already started to mine in a wall with a drill. Once the path was clear, the miners got inside to retire the rubble.
"Could we please pick up the pace? The humidity down here is threatening to corrode my undercarriage." Knock Out complained before he heard the Insecticon hissing behind him. "Must you holler?"
But then, Knock Out directed his attention to something that was glowing in blue between the rubble.
"Wait. Is that a storage box? And with glowing blue? I didn't know there was an energon deposit right down here." He went to check it.
"There isn't. If that was true, the scanners would have detected it from the warship." The miner in charge revealed.
"Then what is this?"
Knock Out pulled out the box and saw what it contained: lots of piles of tiny cylinders glowing in blue. He took one to examine it closely. The Insecticon approached and tried to garb it with its claws, making Knock Out to keep it away.
"Stop that, you fool! You cannot eat this, this is not energon." Knock Out clarified.
"There is a similar glowing at the other side of the wall, just like where the relic seems to be. We'll have to open a path with the drill." The miner leader instructed.
"No! Don't do that, idiots! This is coaxium. It's a powerful and volatile hyperfuel used by the natives for their starships. If the drill destroys one of those boxes, we will be blown up sky high alongside the relic. You have to make an entrance the old way." Knock Out explained.
"Oh great, what a discovery of no use." One of the miners complained.
But Knock Out remembered what he said about its volatile properties. "Or perhaps we can somehow." He said looking the one he had in hand.
Meanwhile, the team continued their way into the tunnels while Arcee tracked the signal with her scanner device.
"We're getting any closer?" Leia asked.
"Triangulating the coordinates is one thing. But figuring out how to reach them through this maze is another." Arcee answered. "What if you give us a hand with those Force powers of yours like Sky used to do with me?"
"That could work." Luke nodded.
In that moment, Bee heard the sound of drilling coming right from a passage from behind him. Everyone approached and heard it coming from inside.
"Drilling." Arcee recognized.
"It's coming from this way." Han said as he ran into the tunnel.
"Han!" Luke called out before he and his sister went after him.
They caught up with him at the other side of the tunnel.
"Han, what is it…?" Luke started, until a light flashed them.
"Scrap. We're busted." Leia cursed.
Instead of a calling from a guard, the only thing they heard was some kind of roar.
"It's a mole man!" Leia yelled scared.
"No, wait. I recognize that sound. It's not a simple roar." Han said, looking not scared.
"Then what is it?" Luke asked.
Han tried to focus his eyes better at the other figure, which turned off the light and approached them. Once it was close enough, Han could see what was exactly.
"It's a Wookiee."
The Wookiee groaned calmed, seeing that they were only children.
"What is a Wookiee doing all the way here? I thought they lived on Kashyyyk." Leia said confused.
"I will ask him." Han offered.
"What? Can you understand him?" Luke asked.
"Yeah, that's one of my secret aptitudes. Don't ask me where I learnt it." Han said before looking at the Wookiee. "My name is Han Solo. These are my friends, Luke and Leia Skywalker. Who are you?"
The Wookiee groaned in answer as Han listened carefully.
"So, your name is Chewbacca?" Han interpreted. "Well, that's a complicated name to memorize. Don't you bother if I use a nickname to short it? What about…Chewie?" Han suggested, and Chewbacca nodded. "Yeah, I like it too."
"Pleased to meet you, Chewie." Leia saluted.
"We're students on a field trip with our school. But we got lost when we got separated from our group. May you help us to get out of this maze?" Luke asked.
Chewie groaned in affirmation as he showed them a near train they could use.
"I never ride a sweeper train before." Leia admitted as she and Han walked to it with Chewie, while Luke looked behind and saw Arcee and Bumblebee looking at them.
"Face. We will be fine."
The two Autobots were not sure at all, but they trusted the children could handle by themselves so they returned to their mission. Meanwhile, the kids moved through the tunnels with Chewie, who was starting to get along with Han.
"And you fought during the Clone Wars too?" Han asked, earning a nodding groan from the Wookiee. "Hey, he even said that he fought alongside a Jedi when he was kidnapped by Trandoshan hunters. And guess what? It was commander Ahsoka Tano."
"Chewie battled alongside Sky's mother? What a coincidence." Leia said surprised.
"So Chewie, what are you doing here on Taris' subways?" Luke asked.
Chewbacca started to tell them, by his way. After a while, Han managed to understand everything he said, and he seemed interest for what he heard.
"Whoa, that's some adventure."
"What did he say, Han?" Luke asked.
"He's here by following a very rare rumor about a secret coaxium deposit buried here on the planet's subways. One very big. Someone hid it beneath the planet's surface during the times of the Old Republic."
"Coaxium?" The twins asked confused.
"Is a very precious hyperfuel used for starships. And an amount of what he heard could mean a lot of money." Han explained.
"How do you know that? You usually are not good a school." Leia pointed out.
"Is some of the things you must know if you're going to become a pilot. But I learned this with my friend Qi'ra back on my home planet. He's looking for it in other to use that money to help his people so they will not to worry anymore about the Trandoshan menace." Han ended traducing.
Seeing that Chewie was so focused on the train's path, the twins took the chance to sneak to the train's exit, something that Han saw. He knew they were supposed to accompany the Autobots, but he was starting to get well with his new Wookiee friend. At the end, they ended dragging him with them when they jumped out of the train.
"I haven't even been able to say him goodbye."
"Don't worry Han, he's a Wookiee. He can take care of himself." Leia reassured.
"I just wish him good luck finding that treasure." Luke added as they started their way back.
At the same time, back with the Autobot duo…
"I'm picking up a locator beacon. The Cons have unearthed the relic." Arcee decreed. "Curious. The scanner is detecting another energy signal, a huge one, next to the relic. Maybe they found out something else.
The two Autobots hid behind the nearest corner and pulled out their weapons. Arcee saw the Cons looking through the hole they made into the wall.
"Well? Let me see it already." Knock Out demanded, pushing one of the miners aside before seeing the relic's container next to the coaxium deposit. "Ah, jackpot. I'll secure the relic; you start to recollect all the coaxium. It will be put to good use for future war purposes."
"Lock and loaded." Arcee said, ready to charge.
But they were not aware that right behind them, on the ceiling, the Insecticon bruiser was stalking them. Fortunately, they spotted it and dodged when it attacked. They fired at it, but its chassis was that strong that it looked like it didn't feel a thing. He even tried to stomp at Bumblebee with its feet, but he jumped aside. The noise of the battle made Knock Out get out of the hole alongside the miners and see the Autobots battle the Insecticon.
"Attack already!" He ordered to the miners.
"I'll get the relic." Arcee told to Bee so he continued keeping the bug occupied.
Arcee ran toward the miners who fired at her, while she simply jumped and kicked down two of them and cut the last one's head off with her wrist blades. But after landing and checking no one survived, she failed to notice Knock Out behind her until he hit her on the back with one of his buzz saws.
"You have lovely features. Perfect for a painful little procedure I call the nip and tuck." Knock Out announced as he was about to strike again.
But Arcee dodged at the last moment and kicked him on the back.
"Dodge and kick."
Next, she went into the hole and spotted the relic between all the coaxium.
"Wait, what? What is all this? And who put it all around the relic?" She asked as she started to pull the container out of the wall.
Bee continued firing at the Insecticon until it charged up its abdomen and ran over him, crushing him against the wall. Weakened, Bee only could saw when it hit him again. The same came for Arcee, who was so busy trying to take the container out of the wall that Knock Out took the chance to zap her with his staff.
"Shock and drop. Thank Primus you haven't fired at the coaxium, or the entire city would have been reduced to ashes, alongside all of us. Of course, I'm not Autobot, so I only care for my spark."
Meanwhile, the kids were still wondering through the tunnels, trying to find the Autobots. They reached to a fork in the tunnel, with only one way to be correct.
"We'll have to focus." Luke suggested.
"We have no time. This way." Han said choosing one.
"How do you know?"
"Oh no, Han, not this time. Let's think this through." Leia stopped him.
"Why? Cause you're a Jedi princess and you must know more than normal people?"
"I told you before, I'm not a princess."
"Well, our mom was a queen before. So I guess that could be true somehow. Even some people think that way." Luke said, making Han nod.
"Not you too, brother. Anyway Han, this is because of something I said before? If that's the case, I wasn't serious."
"No, I don't think is that. Wait, don't tell me this is because Sky was chosen to go to Cybertron." Luke reminded.
"Not at all. But in case it wasn't him, it could have been anyone of you."
"Because we're Force wielders? Having those powers doesn't mean we are the best, just look at you yesterday. You helped us to stop a corrupted Decepticon titan, that's more than anything. But this isn't a competition." Luke pointed out.
Suddenly, a familiar roar caught their attention as another light flashed them. Of course, that cheered Han.
"Chewie! How great you found us."
The Wookiee approached them, not as happy as them.
"Guys, I think we should tell him the truth." Han sighed.
"What? Are you crazy?" Leia asked, but he only gave her a serious face.
"Right. The truth is…we lost our droid." Luke invented, making Han to facepalm himself.
Of course, Chewbacca didn't believe it.
"Seriously?! I mean the real truth. Come on, he's a Wookiee, we can trust him. We're trying to prevent a group of evil droids from another galaxy from digging up a powerful ancient relic so they can't use it to harm the galaxy. And now I think where we could find it: at the same place where the coaxium might be."
Chewbacca looked all over around before groan very low, like whispering.
"Really?!" Han expressed surprised.
"What he's saying?" Luke asked.
"He doesn't think our truth may be ridiculous after all. During the battle of Kashyyyk, at the end of the war, he saw one walker of the clone army standing far from the rest of the troops and firing more precisely than any other could imagine. And that the walker was green."
The twins looked each other, knowing who he was referring to. "Bulkhead."
"Also, we're not normal children. We've been assigned for this mission by special members of the Republic. Show him, guys."
Knowing what he was referring to, Luke and Leia pulled out and ignited their lightsabers. That surprised Chewbacca.
"We need to use the train to reach our allies and stop the bad guys, but we also could use a little extra help, if you want."
Chewbacca answered with a loud roar and handing his bowcaster.
"Yes, he's in." Han translated.
"Good!" The twins said cheered.
Meanwhile, the Insecticon was dragging Bee with its jaws and threw him over Arcee.
"What do you know? You're more skilled than I thought." Knock Out said, meeting with it and with the container at hand. "Now, shall we see precisely what you are and what you do? Then, we'll bring you back home with us, alongside our new volatile treasure." He opened the container and took out a small object with three claws before looking at the Autobots. "And what better way to learn your power than to conduct an on-site experiment."
He was about to put the thing on Bumblebee. Moments before, the new group was making their way on the train.
"If the Cons find the coaxium, what do you think they will do with it?" Luke asked.
"Well, they couldn't use it as fuel, they only accept energon." Leia reminded.
"But maybe they could use it for something worse. Coaxium is highly volatile, more powerful than any bomb or explosive." Han revealed.
"Then they could use it as a weapon of mass destruction!" Luke said alarmed.
"Then we need to find it before they do, aside of that relic." Leia added.
Chewie grunted something.
"What is it?" Leia asked.
"He said we must be careful, because we could be not the only ones who may be looking for the coaxium." Han translated.
In that moment, another train hit them from the side. But what surprised them was that the train was only piloted by commando droids.
"Droids? The Separatist Remnants are here too?!" Luke recognized.
"They must be searching for the coaxium too." Leia deduced.
"Those are some of those Jedi children. Blast them!" The commando captain ordered.
The droids fired first, forcing the group to take cover. The twins pulled out their lightsabers and started to deflect the shots, while Han fired his blaster. Chewbacca joined the fight, firing his bowcaster, which shot down the droids it hit with only a shot.
"We need to get these guys out of the way." Luke said.
"I think I have an idea." Leia told him before whispering her plan to his ear.
The kids moved to the front part of the train while Han and Chewbacca contained the droids.
"Wait, can I try it?" Han asked to Chewie, handing the bowcaster and firing it, taking down three droids with a shot. "I like this thing." He said, earning a nod from the Wookiee.
Once on the front part, the twins jumped to the other train and used their sabers to cut its power lines. That caused to start lose balance. They jumped back to their train while they saw the other one start covering in flames before it went out of the rails and exploded. Unfortunately, one of the droids, the captain, jumped onto their train and pulled out his vibrosword. But Chewbacca spotted it and pushed it with such strength that sent it against the wall. Next, he took the chance to grab the droid from its arms and ripped them apart and used them to hit the droid until he broke it totally. Of course, that left the kids without words, especially Han.
"Okay, I admit it: that was awesome." Leia said.
"It was about time you recognize why I liked him from the beginning." Han said proud.
"I'm sorry, but I thought you got impressed by anything so easily since you are nothing more than a laser brain." Leia mocked, making Luke laugh.
Of course, that made Chewie laugh too.
"See, even he admits it."
"Yeah, laugh it up, fuzzball." Han defended.
"Eh, guys, you should see this." Luke called.
The group saw in front of them their Autobot friends and the Cons.
"Those ones, Chewie. Those are the droids we told you about." Han said.
"The Decepticons." Leia pronounced.
"And they have Arcee and Bumblebee." Luke added.
"Chewie, can we make this thing move faster?" Leia asked.
As for answer, Chewbacca pulled down a lever, speeding up the train. That forced the Insecticon to crawl aside, but Knock Out was caught and slammed against the wall, making sparks. Of course, when that ended, he saw now on his chest the marks.
"Hey, watch the finish!" Knock Out yelled to them.
The Insecticon bruiser tried to launch them rocks, but the train moved so fast that got away. That allowed the Autobots to recover, and started fired at the Insecticon.
"Hate to run, but I just missed my train!" Knock Out saluted before changing to vehicle form to drove away.
"Follow the relic. I'll grab the kids." Arcee told Bee as she contained the Insecticon before dodging an attack.
Bee did what she told him: he transformed and went after Knock Out. Arcee continued facing the Insecticon until she slipped below it and changed to vehicle to went after the kids. The Insecticon charged its abdomen and ran after her. Back with the group…
"Guys, we have a problem. The break line must have been torched, which explains why we can't stop." Luke reported after revising the control panel.
"No big deal. These tracks go around for miles." Han reassured.
"Not this one. I saw it." Leia announced. "If we don't change route, we're going to crash."
"I'm really starting to hate trains!"
Fortunately, Arcee managed to catch up with them and hooked to the train when she changed to robot form. The kids went to the back of the train and got happy to see Arcee, but Chewbacca aimed his gun at her roaring.
"Chewie, no!" Luke stopped him.
"She is one of the good ones!" Han added.
"Arcee, the brakes are shot!" Leia communicated.
"Is there any kind of emergency override?!" She asked.
Chewbacca groaned something to them.
"Chewie says that there should be a switch trach control up ahead. You only need to pull it to the other side. You'll know it when you see it. It'll reroute us to another line." Han translated.
After listening everything, she changed back to vehicle form, surprising the Wookiee. She speeded up and went ahead of the train. Then, they heard a loud screech, and saw the Insecticon going right behind them.
"That, Chewie, is the bad one." Han said handing his blaster.
They two started fire at the bug, trying to aim at the eyes. At the same time, with the relic on his seat, Knock Out saw that Bee was chasing him.
"Well well, look who got his engines back."
Bee continued chasing Knock Out until he turned to a corner, but Bee managed to stop at the second to turn at the same direction. Thanks to their combined efforts, the Insecticon was forced to slow down. Meanwhile, Arcee reached to the switch. She changed to robot form, grabbed it and tried pull it down to change the rails, but it was tougher than she though, and ended crushing it.
"Scrap!"
Arcee had no other choice but to change the rails by pushing them with her feet. It took her great effort, but she managed to do at the last moment and jump out of the train's way. She sighed in relief.
"Yes!" Luke cried in joy.
"Alright!" Leia added.
"Sweet!" Han cheered as Chewbacca roared happy.
But her time to rest was short, because she heard the Insecticon approaching, forcing her to jump over it before it could hit her. The bug tripped on as Arcee hit the ceiling. She almost landed on the electrified rail, which gave her an idea. She stood next to it, waiting for the Insecticon.
"Come to mama."
The creature tried to smash her, but she rolled out of the way, fired it to provoke it and sliced it a little with one of her wrist blades. And the when the Insecticon jumped at her again, she fired at its head, making it to fall, right on the rail, electrifying it and finally eliminating it.
"Shock and drop."
Meanwhile, Bee continued his chase until he caught up with Knock Out, hit him on the side, making him lose control and changed to robot form to grab him and throw him aside. Knock Out was forced to return to robot form and dropped the relic. Both rivals raced to see who would reach it first, pushing each other aside. Meanwhile, the group was now relieved, still in the train.
"We're in the clear." Leia said in relief.
"Still need a way to stop. Besides slamming into a wall, I mean." Luke remembered. "If only we could reconnect the panels, we could restart the train, making it to stop."
"But how we know which cables to connect?" Han asked.
Immediately, Chewbacca started to align cables of some colors with others. That resulted in the reactivation of the train's control systems.
"How did you know those were the correct ones?" Han asked in disbelief.
Chewie answered, and let Han surprised when he listened.
"You have more than 100 years?!" Han repeated, leaving the twins without words. "Well, you keep yourself very well."
Back with Bee, he and Knock Out started rolling in order to get the relic, which now was in Bumblebee's possession. But when Knock Out made him drop it, it activated itself. Knock Out tried to drag Bee, but he kicked him back, and when he looked at the relic, it flew to him and hooked to his hand. Bee got up and looked the relic, not realizing that the train on which his friends were traveling was heading right to him.
"Watch out!" Luke warned.
"Bumblebee!" Leia yelled.
"Chewie, stop this, now!" Han asked.
Too late, Bee saw the train and covered himself, expecting the worse. But instead, he passed through the whole train, without a scratch. Knock Out didn't have that luck: the train hit him hard and fast and carried him by the way in the floor. Fortunately, that stopped the train.
"Bumblebee!" Leia called from the window.
"(Don't worry, I'm okay.)"
"You're fine." Luke said relieved.
"(I didn't feel anything.)"
Arcee arrived and met with them at last.
"(I secured the relic.)"
"How did you…not get smashed?" Han asked.
"(I think it's thanks to this.)"
"Phase shifter. Handy when you need to pass through solid objects, or vice versa." Arcee explained as she passed her hand through Bee's body.
"(With this I could be an elite scout.)" Bumblebee said as he removed the shifter.
Knock Out recovered and saw himself on the train's windshield. "No, NOOOOOOO!" He yelled loud, making everyone to saw him before he pushed the train at them. "You scratch my face, I scratch yours."
Bee stopped the train with his hand as he and Arcee aimed their weapons at him. But Knock Out pulled out his own weapons, sign that he was not going to run from the fight this time. But before he could shoot, a missile hit him on the shoulder, taking him down. It was Chewbacca, who used a Wookiee guided rocket launcher and fired one missile.
"You better get away, Knock Out. Unless you want to get more than a scratch on your paint job." Han warned as he and Chewbacca started fire at him together.
Knock Out was forced to cover himself before changing to vehicle form and drive away, dropping a piece of his chassis in the process.
"Well, you know that they said: let the Wookiee win." Han said, making laugh everyone before he gave Chewie a 'high five'.
"He knows." Luke told the Autobots, referring to Chewbacca. "Do we have to take him with us?"
"I don't think that's bad, guys. It could be great having a Wookiee with us." Han reassured, but everyone else looked him with serious faces. "But I think I have a work around."
Meanwhile, at the Autobot base…
"That's right, soldier. Dump that rock and come on home." Kallus spoke to the terminal, already recovered, when he heard his personal com-link ring, so he answered it. "Agent Kallus here. Han, what is it? I'm in the middle of a crisis here and you want me to… Oh. Put him on the line."
Back to the subways, Han handed his com device to Chewbacca.
"Mister Chewbacca, this is agent Kallus, from the Republic Security Bureau. Today, you have contributed to the alliance between the freedom fighters of the Republic and the Autobots against the threat of the Decepticons. This is a fight in disguise, so it cannot be showed to civil population, but according with the entire thing witnessed by the children and your previous battle experience, consider yourself an honorary helper of the Republic. If you are able to continue helping us in any way you can, we will be most grateful."
Chewbacca roared as answer.
"He says thank you." Han traduced before he hanging up. "Don't worry, we will not say anything about the coaxium. It's all yours."
Right next to where they clashed with Knock Out, there was the same hole where all the coaxium remained.
"And now that the train works, you can carry it all." Luke added. "Then I guess, this is a goodbye."
"It has been a pleasure meeting you, Chewie. Take care." Leia said giving him a hug.
As response, Chewie grabbed them all in a huge hug which surprised them.
"I thought Wookiees were fierce warriors." Arcee observed.
"(He looks more like a big teddy bear to me.)"
"You know, Chewie, I intend to become a pilot one day. The best of all, and travel all around the galaxy. Maybe one day we could travel together, as a team." Han suggested, earning a nod from Chewbacca. "I heard there's a guy, a good smuggler. One called Calrissian, I think, who has a unique ship with a cool name. Maybe one day we could earn that ship."
"But for now, we better get back. The Decepticons are not going to be defeated alone." Arcee reminded.
Chewbacca saluted the Autobots, who did the same before departing with the kids.
"Good call, captain Solo." Leia congratulated.
"I know Wookiees." He answered.
"You're going to miss him, right?" Luke asked.
"Yeah. But something tells me that we'll see each other again. Someday."
"But until that day comes, you have us, your other friends." Leia reminded.
"Yeah, who are also a great team."
"One relic down, three to go. I hope the others are having similar results." Arcee said before she and Bumblebee changed to vehicle form and the kids went in.
Seeing from the window of Bee's back, Han waved his hand to Chewbacca, who did the same, before they left, taking the coaxium.
