34- Nemesis Prime.
It was in the middle of the night when pokémon ranger Solana drove to the exit of the Ranger School, in the Almia region. She met the guard of the entry.
"Good night, Ranger Solana. Having a good time?" The guard asked.
"Yeah, it's been great to come for a visit. Seeing how some things has changed, others still the same, awakening good memories, even giving some advice to the students. Even Plusle has enjoyed the visit, right?"
Plusle simply nodded because he was about to sleep. The gate opened and Solana drove onto the open road out right to the nearest town, without noticing that a big vehicle began following her hidden between the rocks. Solana decided to turn on the radio to listen some music, but not loud enough so Plusle could sleep. She listened an ancient interesting song (The Touch by Stan Bush). Then a vehicle behind her turned on its head lights, blinding her.
"You got the path open! Go!" She shouted at the vehicle pulling the head of the window and signaling it.
However, the driver slammed the back of the car, causing Solana to spin out of control before screeching to a stop, and awakening Plusle immediately.
"That's not road rage. Someone's trying to bump us off!" Solana realized.
Now she could see the truck approaching in front, and she widened her eyes in shock as she saw the Autobot emblem on the grill.
"Prime?"
But that was no time for questions, so she started the car and started driving away from the truck, but it was following her closely.
"Prime! What are you doing?!"
At the same time, in the Autobot base, Pikachu, Sparky, Tracey's Marril, Misty's Politoed, May's Skitty, Dawn's Pachirisu, Serena's Sylveon and Clemont's Chespin were running through some kind of obstacle race, with each of them cheering for their corresponding pokémon. The Autobots also were there cheering for one specific. For the moment, Pikachu, Sparky and Pachirisu were the ones ahead, trying to reach the finish line first.
"(Which one are you cheering on, Max?)"
"No one, Bee. I simply want to enjoy the race. I don't have any favorite."
"Not me. Come on, Chespin!" Bonnie yelled.
"Dedenne!" Dedenne said cheering.
"Run Politoed, you can do it!" Misty told to her pokémon.
"Go, go, Pachirisu! Dawn cheered with her cheerleader outfit.
"Pi piplup!" Piplup said doing the same as Dawn.
"You heard the girl, little guy. Go!" Wheeljack also encouraged.
"You're doing great, Sparky!" Sideswipe said.
"Metal to the pedal, Skitty!" Warpath encouraged.
"Go Sylveon! Go!" Arcee cheered.
"You got it, Pikachu!" Hot Rod shouted.
"You heard him, buddy! Just a little more!" Ash followed.
But before they could declare the winner…
"Prime?! Do you read me?"
"I'm sorry, Ranger Solana. Optimus isn't here at the moment." Elita told him.
"I'll take that as a confirmation that he's presently trying to get me out of the road."
"What?!" All the gang said at the same time, making all the pokémon stopped racing and ended crashing between them.
The Autobots were also speechless.
"Ranger Solana, that hardly seems likely." Ratchet reassured.
"Tell that to him, he's actually on my tail."
The two vehicles reached a bridge above water as Optimus drove up next Solana and slammed her onto the railing. Solana began spinning out of control as she slammed into the other side of the railing, destroying it and causing her car to tip over the edge.
"Come on, come on." Solana said as she tried to back up, but it was no use since both wheels were not on the road.
Plusle saw the vehicle coming, and began slowly to push them off the edge of the railing as Solana looked back at it.
"Optimus, no!"
Then a ground bridge appeared and the Autobots came through it. Just when the vehicle almost threw them off the edge, Bumblebee grabbed the car and hooked himself to the bridge, with Solana and Plusle a little constricted inside the car. The other Autobots transformed as the vehicle began driving away.
"Looks like Prime." Wheeljack observed.
"No. Optimus doesn't run away like that." Elita argued before she transformed and went after him.
The other Autobots were about to help Bee. Sideswipe, Arcee and Moonracer made a chain to one of the car's windows, which fortunately was open. Moonracer extended her hand and allowed Plusle to climb on her to the bridge, but before they could help Solana, the bumper of the car ripped apart, causing her to scream as she fell below. Warpath acted immediately and jumped to the bottom, landing there first and catching the car without incidents.
"You alright in there?" The Autobot tank asked.
"Just a little…dizzy." She said, right before the airbags deployed right on her face, making Warpath laugh.
"Looks like the big guy caught the lady just in time." Moonracer interpreted.
"Thank Primus, but…where's Elita One?" Hot Rod noticed.
Elita followed the vehicle to an abandoned gas station. She inspected the area with her vehicle mode lights, but there was nothing there. Then she heard a driving noise next to her and saw the truck driving at her at full speed before her lights went out. When she was waking up, she was back at the Autobot base, being examined by the doctor.
"Yes, that's it. Follow the light."
"Wait, what?" She gasped, before seeing she was back at base, sighing in relief. "Not the best choice of words, Ratchet."
"Elita, are you alright?" Serena asked as she exited the medical chamber with help from Hot Rod and Wheeljack.
"Sure, except for being blindside by…something looking like Optimus. Because I don't believe it was him."
"I'm telling you again, that's what I saw." Ranger Solana repeated.
"I'm with Elita, that's impossible." Ratchet supported.
"I wish my optics were deceiving me, but that's what I saw." Elita repeated.
"I'm also with you, Elita. Knowing Optimus as we know him, there's no way he would do something like that." Ash defended.
"Yeah, that's more like Galvatron's style." Serena supported.
"But why would Optimus try to knock off Ranger Solana?" Dawn asked.
"Do you believe it could be because Optimus believes he is a Decepticon all over again?" Misty suggested.
"You mean he's been faking being good all this time?" Ritchie clarified.
"Maybe he's not doing it by himself, but maybe he could have been manipulated, or maybe he's infected by some kind of virus that's affecting his reason, one which makes him believes his allies are his enemies and the contrary." Clemont theorized.
"That sounds a little absurd. Right?"
"Not exactly, Max. There are have been reports of an experimental weapon the Cons deployed during some days before the fall of Cybertron: the Corruptor. It is rumored that infects enemy circuits with a destruction chip virus, causing them to attack their own allies. But if Prime was surely infected with that, he should have shut down after a while to the infection." Wheeljack explained.
"I don't think it is because of that, since Sentinel Prime ordered that those weapons needed to be destroyed, thing that happened before we all joined the Great Exodus." Hot Rod reminded.
"So, it has to be another thing." Arcee said.
"If Prime has gone rogue for any reason, we have a serious problem." Solana pointed.
"But Optimus is our friend, why he would do this?"
"Fear nothing, Bonnie. All this is absurd." Ratchet reassured as he went to the computers. "A quick check for Optimus's signal will reveal that he's nowhere near the location of tonight's incident." He typed some buttons and got the answer. "In fact, he's returning now."
Everyone looked at the entrance, hearing Optimus driving in. When he entered, he changed to robot form and walked to them, making some of the Autobots to go back a little. They all stared quietly, until Elita approached him and touched his face, as she looked him right to the optics.
"What is it, Elita?" Optimus asked.
Once she was done, she sighed in relief. "I just wanted to make sure."
"Is something wrong?" Optimus asked confused.
"We were just…wondering where you've been." Moonracer invented.
"We haven't been able to reach you." Warpath added.
"I have been outside of our communication range." Optimus said as he was about to reach for something.
That caused the Autobots to pull all their weapons and aim at their leader while Ranger Solana stood between them and the gang.
"Whoa." Sideswipe said.
"Easy." Wheeljack added.
"Everyone, stop!" Elita ordered.
"In a subterranean energon deposit." Optimus clarified showing an energon crystal.
Even with the proof, the Autobots remained unsure.
"Come on guys, he's our Optimus. Don't you see it?" Ash reassured them.
"Ash's right. We don't have anything to worry about." Elita supported.
Everyone retrieved their weapons in shame. Hot Rod walked to their leader to apologize. "We're sorry."
"Don't blame them, Prime. All this fuss is because I was attacked earlier tonight, out on an open road on Almia by a Peterbilt truck." Ranger Solana explained.
"Both me and Solana. And for what I spotted, one which looked like a resemblance to you." Elita added.
At dawn, the same black truck drove down the road towards the Ranger School. The guard of the entry saw it coming and put himself in front of the entry.
"Halt!" He ordered putting his hand in front of the vehicle.
But the driver didn't listen. Instead, it drove even faster towards the gate, causing the guard to jump out of the way as the truck crashed through the gate and continued throughout the school, ramming over everything it found on its way and scaring the people and pokémon present.
"Ms. April, there is a truck out there and it seems it's trying to run over us." One of the students told to one of the teachers.
"What? Show it to me." Ms. April asked.
The truck stopped in the middle of the yard as some pokémon rangers surrounded it.
"This is a private facility. Exit the vehicle or we will take you out." Ms. April warned with a speaker.
Two rangers rushed over to the vehicle and looked at each other before opening the door, only to find out that no one was inside. The door suddenly closed before the vehicle transformed into Optimus Prime, but this one had yellow eyes and was all black.
"I am Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots. And I bring you this message." The false Optimus pronounced as he changed one of his hands for a cannon.
Seconds later, Ranger Solana received a call.
"Solana here. What?! That's impossible. I'm with him right now, so it can't be him." She said before hanging up. "We got bad news: our Ranger School in under attack, by Optimus Prime."
"The truck?" Clemont asked.
"The robot."
Everyone looked at Optimus, who looked determined to figure out this confusion. Back to the school…
"I need to contact headquarters! We need to get our students out of here immediately!" Ms. April called by com-link as she and the other teachers tried to take the students to a safe place as the present rangers tried to engage the false Optimus.
But it was very difficult for them: it was breaking havoc where it went, damaging buildings and tried to shoot at the nearest people. As it continued its rampage, a ground bridge appeared and the Autobots stepped out. The impostor saw them and immediately changed to vehicle form and drove away. Also, in that moment, three pokémon rangers arrived on two Dragonair and a Dragonite, and they were aiming at them.
"There! He brough reinforcements! Resume fire!" The ranger of the middle ordered.
The three pokémon fired Hyper Beam at them, but barely missed them.
"Autobots, return to base. We must not inflict any casualties." Optimus ordered.
And everyone returned back to the ground bridge, which closed before the rangers' pokémon could strike again. Back to the Autobot base, Ranger Solana was speaking with her superiors through com-link.
"No sir, Optimus Prime did not attack our cadets. Because I was with him when I received the alert. Yes, the Autobots were at the school, but only in response to the initial attack. But sir, I…yes sir, I understand." She said before hanging up.
"So what's the damage?" Tracey asked.
"The school took a lot of considerable damage, including some of its most important equipment, but fortunately no one was hurt. However, all pokémon rangers are under strict orders to destroy any and all giant robots on sight."
"Are they serious?!" Ash asked in disbelief.
"But they are innocent." Max added.
"Optimus was framed." Bonnie followed.
"And they should now have taken a better look to this other Optimus." Tracey pointed.
"Sadly not. We just saw that it looked like Optimus, and being focused in not ended like scrap." Sideswipe revealed.
"Though unfortunate, the rangers' order changes nothing. Our impostor clearly poses a grave threat to humanity and pokémon kind." Optimus rumbled.
"A thirty-foot-tall transforming impostor." Dawn corrected.
Then Clemont thought about something. "Wait, now all this confusion makes sense to me. Do you think that…?"
"I do, Clemont. They actually did it, those butchers managed to crack the code once again." Ratchet snarled.
"Team Alien." Elita growled.
At that moment, the impostor was returning to a secret center of operations of Team Alien. It has been controlled the whole time by a single operator: Misbelwy, sat on a command chair in front of a terminal, manipulating a console controller on her hands. She drove it in and once it was next to her post, she pressed one of the buttons of the controller, making it to change back to robot form.
"My lady, any parallax or latency issues?" One scientist asked her.
"No one. The new telepresence interface performed flawlessly, in vehicular and robot mode. I'm glad we have taken all precautions to ensure the errors of the previous ones won't happen again. And of course, this new control link provides a highly realistic experience with the maximum safety guaranteed. It's like a videogame, but in the real life. My brother would have loved this."
Back with the Autobots…
"Team Alien abducted Breakdown, and by all indications deconstructed him from cranial chamber to heel strut." Ratchet recalled.
"I was there." Wheeljack added.
"And we know that more recently, they obtained Darkscream's T-Cog." Optimus reminded.
"Which they evidently installed in a knockoff of you." Arcee piped in.
"Which in turn scanned an appropriate vehicle form." Hot Rod went on.
"Fill the tank with energon." Ritchie followed.
"And say hello to Nemesis Prime." Bonnie finished.
"Hey, that's a good name for him." Misty opined.
"So where do we start? Team Alien's base could be anywhere." Ranger Solana said.
"Not necessarily. While Team Alien may have learned much of our biology again…" Elita began.
"…they haven't necessarily absorbed our technology yet. Without access to a ground bridge, Nemesis Prime would rely solely on its vehicle mode for transportation, just like when we met Galvatron for the first time." Ratchet explained.
"Which means Team Alien's base is within driving distance of both incidents, somewhere on Almia." Moonracer deduced.
"What are we waiting for? Let's get out there and ruin Team Alien's little science project. We did once and we can do it again." Ash declared.
"Haha, you said it, Ash. They are gonna regret messing with the future pokémon rangers."
"Ranger Solana, I do not think it advisable to put yourself in harm's way of Team Alien's robot again." Optimus protested.
"Well, I'm not sure its advisable for you Bots to be running recon with my companions out there looking for you."
"We will maintain vehicular cover until absolutely necessary."
Already at night, the Autobots started to explore Almia for the location of the hidden Team Alien base.
"Nothing but tumbleweeds." Warpath reported from his area, the Chroma Highlands.
"Nothing here, just the sound of the waves." Sideswipe said, driving next to the shore.
"Just a whole lot of empty." Arcee informed, driving down a road.
"Nothing here, this town is very quiet." Hot Rod said driving through Vientown.
"None suspicious things." Wheeljack informed checking Portópolis.
"Everything looks fine here." Moonracer reported as she left the Shiver Camp.
"(I'm entering an industrial area, maybe I will have better luck there.)"
"Bumblebee, proceed with utmost caution, reconnaissance only. We will rendezvous at your coordinates." Optimus instructed.
Bumblebee drove right at the Oil Field Hideout, not realizing that he was being spotted by a security camera. Inside the facility…
"The Autobots are persistent." Misbelwy observed as she sat back on the command chair, activated the systems and grabbed the controller. "Time to meet their match."
Immediately, Nemesis Prime turned online. Bee changed to robot form, preferring to check the place on foot.
"Bumblebee."
Bee pulled out his guns and aimed to the shadows, just where Nemesis was hidden.
"Be on your guard. My double could be anywhere."
"(How do I know you are not the impostor?)"
Fortunately, Nemesis didn't understand him. "I'm sorry. What?"
By hearing that, Bee understood that was the impostor, not Optimus, and fired at him. But Nemesis dodged all shots and approached him. Bee tried to punch him, but Nemesis managed to block him and kick him hard enough to turn his lights off. Moments later, the rest of the Autobots arrived to the factory.
"Bumblebee, do you read?" Optimus called.
"Maybe he may have already encountered with your double." Moonracer deduced.
"So, spread out?" Wheeljack suggested as everyone pulled out their guns and went by separated ways.
"And beware of anything that might resemble me." Optimus advised.
"I'll go with you. That way we will have a way to difference yourselves." Elita offered.
"As you wish."
Everyone separated in different directions. Hot Rod was checking the possible hideouts, while Sideswipe, not far from him, decided to remain in the light to see better. Then, both of them heard a step noise, aimed at where they thought was coming as they walked back, until they touched something. They turned immediately, but they both sighed in relief seeing it was the other one.
"What's up?"
"Sideswipe, you almost give me a spark attack." Hot Rod complained.
"Sorry. I thought I heard something, but it was you." He said, right before he was dragged into the shadows by something big.
Hot Rod saw Nemesis's figure standing right in front of him, so he charged at him, but Nemesis turned his lights off hitting him with Sideswipe, knocking out both Autobots. Warpath explored his area, until he heard noises coming from behind him. He turned back but he saw nothing, but then he got tackled by Nemesis into the shadows. There, Nemesis and Warpath started to hit each other with their fists and hammers, and he was about to use his chest cannon, but Nemesis punched him first in the face, knocking him out. Wheeljack spotted him from above and tried to jump to him and strike him down with his swords, but in the last moment it looked up and kicked him back, sending him against the wall. Before he could recover, Nemesis neutralized him with a punch on the head. Arcee continued her way between the silos, until she heard a scream before seeing Moonracer flying above her and crashing against the silo, followed by the sound of a weapon charging behind her. Back at base…
"Do you think this will help them?" Clemont asked while he manipulated one of the terminals.
"If we can isolate the control frequency of the remote link Misbelwy is employing, we should be able to pinpoint her exact position." Ratchet explained.
"Remote link?" Misty asked.
"You didn't think Team Alien has commit the same mistake of building a completely autonomous robot, did you?"
"Remember, that's what allowed the Decepticons to return and their first downfall." Tracey reminded.
"Oh, now I get it."
"So this robot is like a remote-controlled toy." Max translated.
"I was hoping Misbelwy would be operating this time the robot from inside, because one blast from Warpath and BOOM! ARG!" May said as she simulated the action, much to everyone's amusement.
"Hehe, we get it, May." Ash chuckled.
"And you can cheer up more, because our victory is now, thanks to science. I have isolated the frequency."
"Good job, Clemont. And well said." Ratchet congratulated.
"Then reopen that bridge." Ranger Solana instructed.
"Ranger Solana, did you not hear Optimus's advice against your involvement? It's for your own safety."
"Look doctor, I don't have any intention to roll with you Bots, but there is an important human element in play here, and in case you haven't noticed, I am a highly trained human. Besides, I have Plusle to cover my back."
"Yeah. Plus, Misbelwy tried to run them off the road. It's personal." Ritchie added.
Meanwhile, Optimus and Elita, with guns ready, continued investigating until they turned around a corner and encountered Nemesis Prime in front of them, like waiting for them.
"Optimus Prime and Elita One, we meet again." Nemesis said, but with Misbelwy's voice.
"The deception ends here, Misbelwy." Optimus said aiming his cannon at Nemesis.
"Does it?"
Elita jumped at Nemesis firing, but he intercepted her and threw her against a bunch of containers. Next, Nemesis pulled out his cannon with intention to use it against her, but Optimus fired at him first earning his attention, making him charge at Optimus as he fired back, thing that Optimus imitated. Both robots ended clashing together. Not far from there, a ground bridge opened, and Ranger Solana and Plusle came out. The little pokémon looked dizzy, just like his friend, who groaned and looked sick.
"Yeah Plusle. I think I'm going to toss the breakfast I ate back at the academy."
They heard a loud clang and turned to see Optimus slam into one of the domes. Nemesis tried to attack him once again, but Optimus grabbed him by the hands and pushed him back.
"Ranger Solana, the control frequency is transmitting from a structure 100 meters due north." Ratchet informed through com-link.
"Copy that." She nodded looking to a building with lights.
Meanwhile, Optimus started to clash his sword with Nemesis's. He managed to kick Nemesis, sending him towards a set of power chords which exploded, while Optimus covered himself. There was a Team Alien grunt with his Crawdaunt seeing everything from the top of a dome, when he suddenly was grabbed by Solana from behind and used a technique to knock him out, while Plusle used Thunderbolt to do the same with the grunt's pokémon. Next, they found the entrance and descended down stairs, seeing Misbelwy on her command chair, making Nemesis punch Optimus.
"My new best unit's chassis possess all your strength, speed and firepower." Misbelwy said as Nemesis fired at Optimus, but he tackled him, but recovered fast. "Add my extensive combat training and Team Alien has clearly achieved the perfect tech soldier. A true wonder without the mistakes of the past."
Nemesis blocked Optimus's attacks, except two punches on the face. As Optimus and Elita, who finally recovered and joined him, started to fire at him, Nemesis started to climb up the dome, so Elita followed him. Once on top, Nemesis changed his hand for a sword and Elita did the same with her own swords and clashed them.
"But the key difference between you and me: my body can't feel pain." Misbelwy revealed as Nemesis stabbed Elita, causing her scream in pain before she collapsed onto her knees.
"Elita, no!" Optimus shouted coming next to her to help her, but Nemesis kicked him on the face, taking him down, before raising his sword for execution.
"This is just the beginning. Imagine a new army of transforming robots. And after I finish with you, the Decepticons will come next. And once I'm done with your kind, who knows? Maybe I'll go after Team Rocket. The fact is that no one will stand against the newly rebooted Team Alien." Misbelwy declared triumphal.
"Think again, young lady." Solana called as she walked toward her.
Misbelwy looked around, seeing all her soldiers knocked out by electricity, so it was Plusle's doing.
"Ranger Solana. In the flesh, at last."
"So, this is your outpost of Almia. It doesn't really surprise me, given the fact that this was the base of Team Dim Sun. Did you meet them?"
"If you are referring to cooperation, you're completely wrong. You pokémon rangers may caused them serious damage, but we were the ones who put an end to their cause. And not only them, Go-Rock Squad's downfall was also our undoing. When it comes to world domination, I don't like competition."
"I have come to close down your video game, and to confiscate Nemesis Prime from you." She said ready for combat.
"Hum, Nemesis Prime, nice name for my unit. So, you wanna fight. Okay, I have to admit that I have been waiting for a chance like this." Misbelwy accepted before she jumped from the chair high and landed in front of Solana.
Immediately, the two girls started to rumble, Misbelwy starting trying to give Solana a high kick, which she dodged. Plusle attempted to help her, but Misbelwy's Tyrantrum stomped right in front of him by surprise before he tried to bite him. Plusle dodged kick and climb onto Tyrantrum's back, where he couldn't reach and used his electric attacks, but the T-Rex pokémon's nature blocked any effect. Tyrantrum took advantage of Plusle's confusion to make a difficult jump to shake him off, and next he started chasing him around the room. Meanwhile back with the girls, Solana attempted to kick Misbelwy on her chest, but she pivoted to the left and karate chopped her on the back. She jumped at her with intention to hit her hard with her knees, but Solana recuperated quickly, jumped and landed right on back at Misbelwy where she grabbed her and made her a suplex.
Misbelwy groaned as she got up. "Not bad."
"What do you expect? We pokémon rangers are trained in special ways, even some military ones. And I'm one of the Top Rangers." Solana revealed proud before charging again.
Solana tried to hit her again, but Misbelwy managed to block her arms before shoving her back, followed by a double kick in the air which pushed her back.
"Impressive, but it's not compared to my personal training, taught by my family secret military ways. Special tactics, martial arts, judo, self-defense…we wanted us to be completely formed." Misbelwy shared.
"And it doesn't bother you to fight in such elegant dress?" Solana provoked.
"On the contrary. I want my opponents to underestimate me the most, so I can surprise them." Misbelwy said before she charged to her opponent again.
Solana covered herself from an acrobatic double kick Misbelwy performed as some acrobat, but that was only the first part, because next she jumped onto the pokémon ranger's back, grabbed her with her legs and made a back flip, sending Solana against the ground. Now she was too tired to continue fighting, just when Tyrantrum brought Plusle on his mouth and threw him to the floor.
"Plusle! Are you okay?" Solana said picking him up.
Then, three Shiny Greninja jumped out of the shadows and surrounded them, while Misbelwy laughed.
"Poor Top Ranger. It must be a shame that despite all your experience and formation, you are unable to beat me."
"Who said I intended to beat you?" Solana revealed with a smirk. "I just needed to buy them a little time."
Misbelwy gasped in horror, knowing what she was referring to: as they were fighting, Optimus already helped Elita to get up and both of them looked at Nemesis, not moving. Misbelwy ran for the controller and started to manipulate it again, making Nemesis to block Optimus's punch. But as he did it, Elita took the chance to kick him by one side, followed by another punch of Optimus. The Autobot leaders continued hitting Nemesis multiple times, and this time Misbelwy was unable to react.
"No, no, no. Come on." She said trying to counter without success.
Elita neutralized Nemesis's swords cutting them off with her own, before kicking Nemesis on the head, making him to collapse. Optimus jumped over him, ready to give him the final blow. That made a hole on the ceiling, making it to fell over Misbelwy.
"No, no, NOOOOOOO!" Misbelwy yelled, seeing Nemesis fall over her.
Solana, Plusle and every Team Alien member and pokémon got out of the way. The impact caused Nemesis to be completely offline, but to make sure, Plusle used Thunderbolt on it, but there was no response.
"Looks like to me it is now scrap." Solana said with a smile.
"Ranger Solana?" Optimus called from the ceiling.
Then they heard some engine sounds. At the distance, they saw vehicles of the pokémon rangers approaching.
"That has to be my backup. I advise you and your team get back to base, we'll take it from here." Solana reassured.
Optimus and Elita did what she said and left, after picking up the rest of the team with them. Moments later, everyone was back at base recovering.
"So, how was it to been stalked and knocked out by someone exactly like Optimus Prime?"
"What kind of question is that, Bonnie?" Max asked in disbelief.
"Whew." Wheeljack whistled.
"Spooky." Sideswipe answered.
"It's a sight I won't soon forget." Hot Rod admitted.
"Me neither." Arcee added.
"The question remains: whether Team Alien will continue to function as we know it, without its leader." Optimus stated as Elita placed her arm down after Ratchet repaired the wound of her side.
"I'm sure the pokémon rangers will make sure they never rise from their ashes again." Ritchie said hopefully.
"Yeah, what matters now is that Team Alien has been defeated. This time for sure." Ash proclaimed.
"Pikachu." Pikachu nodded.
"And then we will no need to worry about them anymore." Serena added.
"Well, we got news for you: we have searched through the wreckage and the entire place. We have found evidence that proves that Team Alien was the responsible of the attack, but we have found no trace of Misbelwy." Ranger Solana told through com-link.
"So that means she's still out there. Somewhere." Tracey suspected.
In another Team Alien's facility, Misbelwy was lying on a medical table hooked to a few medical instruments, with scars on her face and looked unconscious.
"If her pokémon hadn't gotten her out of that wreckage, perhaps she wouldn't have made it. The internal damage to her organs is massive, and beyond the scope of conventional medicine." One female Team Alien's doctor reported to the officer in charge.
"Fortunately for our leader, Team Alien is anything but conventional." The officer reassured, seeing that next to the medical table they had the reconstructed body of Breakdown. "Meanwhile, lets fulfill our lady's last orders: use all the replaceable parts to repair the first one she used: the one called Nemesis Prime; and giving it some specific orders."