Vector Prime: Overseer of Time & Space…

Forged after Prima from Primus' power, Vector Prime oversees the flow of time and its many branches that form realities. Much like his brother, Vector Prime often thought that as one of the older siblings, he knew best when it came to his siblings…

Wielding the Blades of Time, five ceremonial swords that hold an entire universe's time energy, Vector Prime can peer through the veil of reality, time, and space to see other universes, other timelines. He once lost faith in his fellow Primes during the fabled "War of the Primes", and was said to have retreated into a pocket dimension he created with the Blades of Time, entrusting his artifacts to one of the few Primes he trusted Nexus Prime…

Though many believe him to be a myth, there are persistent rumors that the legendary Vector Prime was indeed a real entity. Some of these rumors say that he dwells in the fabled "Realm of the Primes" or a city nexus between dimensions called Axiom Nexus…

Whether he was really just an ordinary person or a god as legends say he was, one of the only definitive proof to Vector Prime's existence are the stories that endured through time, and a female Mini-Con, who once said that she served him directly, named Safeguard…

-[Your Choice]-

It boggles the mind…

Issei couldn't believe that this million of year-old transmission that had been on loop since the dinosaurs roamed the earth, was made by his reality's version of the very Cybertronian that nearly killed him over a week ago.

He couldn't believe he was listening to his reality's Megatron…

There was plenty of static, blaring alarms, explosions, and pained screams of agony in the background of the message.

#"I send this message in hopes that you do not share the same fate as Cybertron. We were fools, all of us. War ravaged our world to where we now face total extinction, without the power of our very life-giver,…*ZRRKKKTT!*…both Autobots and Decepticons are already dead, though we still function…"#

Everyone looked at this Megatron with disbelief and disdain, this Megatron is a complete one-eighty personality-wise. Rias could tell that this Megatron was more like Optimus by the tone of his voice, but her emotions were very negative and she wore them plainly on her face, especially when she remembers that traumatic event when Issei faced the Megatron she met face-to-face…

She briefly snapped out of her negative thoughts when she noticed how the four teenage mutant turtles, Sean, Rosa, and Twilight seemed especially focused on this Megatron like they are trying to figure out his whole deal. Like they knew something about this Megatron…

#"*ZZRRRKKT*…By the time you probably get this message…*cough-cough-cough*…We would already be dead…and the Cybertronian race would be practically extinct…*ZZRRRKKT*…-I beg you, don't make the same mistake as we did! Don't become like…Nemesis Prime…"#

There was suddenly an explosion and the feed instantly went to static. Rias looked pretty unnerved, she wondered how far did her universe's Transformers take their war, to result in that kind of destruction she witnessed from Sky Lynx's transmission.

She only saw it for a brief moment, but when that Megatron said 'Nemesis Prime', the four turtles, Rosa, and Twilight's eyes lit up like they had an 'Ah-ha!' moment. But, it was clear that they still have yet to truly figure out the puzzle…

"I don't get it…who is this 'Nemesis Prime' this Megatron was talking about?" A-903 asked, his question at the moment being answered by Bumblebee shrugging his shoulders in an 'I do not know' kind of manner…

"Nemesis…Prime…where have I heard that before…?" Rosa said to herself, quiet enough to escape everyone's ears but Koneko's.

"Pretty strange, don't you think so Optimus Prime?" Sky Lynx asked as another Autobot (who didn't sound very familiar to Issei) said, "Yep, I knew it…the cons have listened in on that emergency transmission! Better cut off communications for now if we're gonna discuss this any further…"

The transmission was cut off, and then everyone in the hospital room were left alone, trying to figure out what exactly happened…

At the Same Time…

At the Decepticon Base under Chernobyl…

-[Background Noise: Hidden Base]-

Megatron wasn't very pleased. He demanded loudly…

"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS TRICKERY!"

Starscream cowered as he said, "If you recall, lord Megatron, there's the matter of different realities, different versions of all of us…this could be you if you were more like an Autobot."

Megatron seemed unimpressed, and he looked at the time stamp of when the video transmission was created. He said unremarkably, "Hmm, by Earth time, this was made during the Cretaceous Period of Earth's prehistory. The fact that Cybertron was destroyed in this reality makes it all too clear what happened."

Scrapper, leader of the Constructicons, asked the obvious question, "So, are all Cybertronians in this reality extinct? And, what are we going to do about that Dragon Guy…?"

Megatron said, "Highly likely, but it's more likely that the ship we found evidence of crashing on Earth, has Decepticon survivors. And if I convince them that I am that Megatron, we will have an advantage against Prime and the Autobots…"

A serpentine voice came from the ceiling, "Asss for the boy, Sssscrapper, I have jusssst come up with a brilliant plan…"

The voice's owner dropped from the very tall ceiling and landed on its feet. It was the size of a man and was black and red all over its body.

Starscream groaned as he silently complained, "Oh great…not this lunatic again…"

Megatron's eyes narrowed as he acknowledged the being, "Carnage…what would a nemesis of that wall-crawling menace of a hero have in mind for one of the most powerful beings on the planet?"

Carnage (of Marvel Comics fame) was a somewhat splotchy creature that looked like a twisted, nightmarish perversion of Spider-Man. His head had a fanged mouth that had a Joker-eske grin permanently on his face, and spikes along his arms.

Carnage answered Megatron, "Ssssimply bring the boy under our control."

Soundwave interjected, "Impossible…the dragons sealed in the Longinus prevent the wielders from any kind of mind control-…"

Carnage snapped, "IF YOU'LL LET ME FINISH! We have other wayssss to put him under our control…"

Megatron looked suspiciously at Carnage, and asked, "What are you planning? What is it you want for telling us?"

Carnage started to chuckle as he replied, "My hosssst wantssss to kill! We are in a dimension full of victimssss waiting to be sssslaughtered! I want to feed thisss…thissss…HUNGER! I want to hear their sssscreamssss! Alsssso, Sssspider-Man came with Optimussss Prime, and I want to KILL HIM!"

Soundwave acknowledged who Carnage was referring to, a serial killer from that superhero reality named Cletus Kasady. A seriously unhinged psychopath, especially after bonding with the Carnage Symbiote.

Megatron didn't take long to figure out what Carnage was hinting, and asked "Tell me what you have in mind?"

Carnage leaped up to Megatron and whispered into the Decepticon leader's ear(?).

Megatron's stern expression turned into a sadistic, evil grin, as he remarked, "Yes…this is an excellent idea Carnage. But, to ensure the Autobots and their allies don't catch wind of our plans, no thanks to one trooper who managed to get himself captured by Stark, we will need to spread them thin."

Starscream confidently said with a bow, "Allow me to enact Carnage's plan, Lord Megatron."

Hearing this, Megatron snapped back severely, "You had your chance already Starscream! Because of your blunder the last time, you allowed the Autobots to secure all the Prime Cores from our clutches! No, Sixshot and the Predacons will secure our 'recruit', you will take over the Predacons' search for the crashed ship on this Earth! At least you can't possibly screw up such an easy task!"

Sixshot overheard and replied, "It shall be done, Megatron. Where is our target located?"

Megatron provided Sixshot the details, appointing Razorclaw the leader of the operation and Sixshot will be his lieutenant. Sixshot left immediately as Soundwave transmitted the order to the five Decepticons.

But the green and white multi-changer asked before he left, "If I may? Before we head out for this recruitment assignment, could I verify the Red Dragon Emperor's worth for Carnage's plan?"

Megatron knew what Sixshot meant, and answered, "You may…but I will have to get the two of you alone for you to attempt this course of action…"

Sixshot bowed and then left without another word. Starscream seethed with jealousy as he thought, Bah! That Sixshot, thinks he's all that because his failure count is null? And that thing, organic creatures are so disgusting! Especially that wretch, Carnage, to think Megatron had to rely on humans and other organic life forms to match the Autobots' allies…

Megatron then said as he pushed a button on a computer console, "Shockwave! Prepare a container to trap a certain creature. The basis for this cage, tech-proof, it cannot absorb any technology. Is that clear?"

Shockwave answered without a hint of hesitation, "At once, Lord Megatron…"

Megatron then turned to Blackout, and said to him, "Bring me the Combaticons, I need them for an assignment…"

Underworld, Gremory Manor…

9:02 AM, Tokyo Standard Time…

The Next Day…

-[Your Choice: Training]-

Issei was sitting cross-legged in the little fighting area of the massive Gremory estate, he was thinking of a plan of attack against his sparring partner. He left the hospital earlier in the morning and was cleared to do some physical activities. He instantly asked to train, to get back at Megatron, Optimus hesitantly obliged and asked Sean Hashimoto to train Issei in his unique fighting styles. Which has resulted in what's happening now.

Sean stood still like a statue, eyes closed as he started a quick breathing exercise to help focus his mind. Rias, her peerage, Rosa, and a few of the Autobots (Windblade, Wheeljack, Bumblebee, D-002, First Aid, & Jazz) watched from a balcony near the battlefield, observing the sparring match. Sean couldn't believe he was ordered by Optimus Prime to train Issei in martial arts, especially in his special style tailored for fighting Cybertronians. Sean questioned why, especially since Optimus knew he already had a pupil in martial arts, and he was strictly a one-student teacher. The Pokémon Trainer sighed in his mind as he readied to teach Issei his fighting style. But first, this was the first sparring match, to see how well Issei can fight, and for Sean to see how much he has to teach the perverted teenager.

Ddraig spoke to Issei, "You should, for now, keep your distance and accumulate power before you strike Issei. Then, you pursue your attack relentlessly. Don't give him even a minute to catch his breath."

Issei replied to the Welsh Dragon, "Easy for you to say! You're not the one who Slash says defeated Decepticons more powerful than Soundwave!"

"I could if I had my full power…" the dragon replied with a slight hint of sarcasm.

Issei growled softly as he said, "He has lightning powers and dragon powers from that Zekrom Pokémon he had! He's more dragon than I am…"

Sean interrupted by commenting, "You know I'm aware of everything you two are saying, even if you whisper or speak telepathically…?"

Issei flinched as he then said to his partner, "See! Even he can read minds like that Soundwave guy!"

Sean corrected, "I actually can't read minds…it's more like inference and guesses based on the neurons firing through your brain Hyoudou. Being able to utilize electricity affords me with the ability to feel the electrical impulses the brain gives out. And Ddraig's strategy is a sound one. Between us even now, you're the stronger one Issei, by a large margin. But, being stronger doesn't always mean you'll win."

Rias looked at Rosa and asked her, "What does your husband mean by that Issei's the stronger of the two? I've seen him fight that Blackout copter Decepticon, and he won that fight pretty soundly, even if he said it was dumb luck…"

Windblade answered for the Pokémon Trainer, "His control over electricity through the use of Zekrom's power makes him a formidable opponent Miss Gremory. Using that power, he has managed to tag powerful beings like Superman, but he's better at dodging them than facing them on offense. He's also a pretty well-known practitioner of the art of using his opponent's strengths against them–you know, counters–he frequently uses their force or power to make his opponents hit themselves."

"He was trained by some nebulous master of all martial arts over 5 years ago…" Wheeljack added as he watched the training match through his drone's scanners, "…it's not like he can't throw punches or kicks strong enough to break metal, or harm a Super Saiyan. The only fight I've ever seen the kid fight on a purely offensive basis was against that pile of crap, Bowser, in the Infinite Dimension, and he fought less like a martial artist, and more like a beast against that Koopa…"

"He fought Bowser, Mario's Arch-Nemesis?!" Irina exclaimed, as Sean overheard and playfully added, "…And beat him in a fistfight!"

"Yeah, but you wound up with crippling injuries that lasted a few days because you traded blows with that monster tortoise!" Rosa added, which made Sean blush in slight embarrassment.

"And it's because of that, Goku–said Super Saiyan–likes Hashimoto as a sparring partner or his Pokémon. Not only are Sean's Pokémon very powerful, but also because he's a different kind of opponent than the ones he usually faces…that or his Pokémon…" Wheeljack stated as Issei took advantage of the fact that Sean was distracted.

Issei pulled his arm back as he attempted to throw a full-powered punch, but Sean moved his head out of the way, grabbed Issei's arm, then threw him face-first into one of the pillars.

Issei tried to get back on his feet as quickly as possible, but his instructor didn't give him the opportunity. Sean quickly struck Issei at pressure points with his fingers and threw him over to the center of the arena. The boy groaned in agony at the pain he's feeling, groaning so loudly that Asia wanted to rush to Issei's side and heal him.

Sean noticed and said, "Don't worry Argento, he doesn't need to be healed. And please ladies, refrain yourselves from interrupting the training session. If you do, Issei will never become strong enough to fight the Decepticons or any of the myriad of supervillains they've allied themselves with or conquered into submission…"

Asia sighed heavily, the former nun trying to resist helping Issei per Sean's instructions. She noticed that Irina, Koneko, Xenovia, Akeno, and Rias were looking very eager to jump in and help Issei too. Rias and Akeno looking the most, how shall we say, 'tense', in watching their object of affection getting beat up.

Sean walked up to the writhing Gremory Pawn, and said, "That pain is agonizing, huh? Well, too bad it only feels as bad as you think."

"And…why is…that…?" Issei squeezed out in between hisses.

Sean answered, "What I've done, is strike specific pressure points on your body in a specific order. This has the trick of fooling your nervous system into thinking it is in more pain than you actually are in."

"Huh?" Issei exclaimed, to which Sean explained, "Trust me when I say this, getting decked by a Transformer is no fun at all. I know that feeling all too well. Even with that armor of yours, this is more or less the same level of pain you would feel getting punched by a warrior-class Vehicon trooper. Megatron is leagues stronger than that, and you were able to fight him decent enough that time because your mind was firing off practically lethal amounts of adrenaline to compensate. This ultimately had the downside of wearing your body out quickly, which was why when the Decepticon leader skewered you like a shish-kabob, you nearly bit the dust."

With one more pressure point strike, Sean stopped Issei's nervous system from overstimulating pain.

Sean continued, "Obviously anyone could've died from having a tree run through their stomachs, but the adrenaline would've made your heart fail. And that's not as easy to come back from, even with some overcharged healing. You clearly have a guardian angel watching over you, even as a devil if that is the case."

Issei snapped after gasping and coughing with relief, "Then, what's the point of this whole thing!"

Sean answered, "Because letting your emotions run wild against a former gladiator, like Megatron, is like trying to stop a speeding Shinkansen with a plastic fork. It's just a bad idea, period. Especially in stressful situations, it's like a self-fulfilling defeat."

Sean helped Issei to his feet, and Xenovia asked Sean from the balcony, "What are you gonna teach Issei, Hashimoto?"

Sean looked up to Xenovia and answered, "I'll teach him as much as time, or the Decepticons, let me. Before that, however, I need to teach Hyoudou how to focus…"

Issei felt a little insulted as he interrupted, "Hey! I can focus-!"

Before the Boob Dragon Emperor could register what happened, he fell on his back onto the floor hard. He then felt Sean place his foot firmly onto his stomach. He was pinned.

"Not in the way that matters right now…" Sean said sternly to Issei, his aura flaring up as he continued, "Your interest in a woman's breasts is a crippling weakness in this case against someone like Megatron, especially Gremory's bust. It may work for you in terms of powering up. But it is abundantly clear that the 'waves'–Soundwave & Shockwave–have already figured that out. Megatron knows as well because of that, and he will not allow you to activate that power by touching breasts. Being offered a reward for beating them does not help against the Decepticons either. Both distract you, and against the likes of Sixshot, every nanosecond you give in the battle will help. I'm going to teach you first, Hyoudou, how to focus only on the battle, the here and now. After that, it will be on how to use different fighting forms. Then, I'll teach you how to maximize your power efficiently."

Issei looked at Sean, confused, and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Sean coyly smirked as Windblade answered for him, "It's pretty obvious that it wouldn't matter if he told you right away, Issei. So just follow his instructions and then you'll figure it out…"

"Bingo, Windblade!" Sean said with a thumbs up.

Sean then put Issei into a fighting stance before getting a few yards in front of him and assumed a fighting stance himself.

-[Your Choice: Conversations]-

Xenovia seemed to contemplate what Sean was talking about regarding focusing on the battle. She can't help but feel it sounded familiar.

"Begin!" Sean shouted as he and Issei sparred once again.

Twilight walked up to the group and said, "Hey guys. What's going on?"

Rosa smiled at the new arrival, and answered, "Oh, nothing too big. Just my husband is training that pervert in martial arts under Optimus' orders…"

Twilight seemed quite surprised as she asked, "Really?! Huh, I thought Smolder was his pupil, and that he preferred to take on one apprentice at a time…"

Rias and the other devils (and angel) looked at Twilight with confused looks. Rosa and Twilight talked to each other a bit more in the middle of Issei getting pummeled by Sean (but not without the boob-lover landing a few good licks to his mentor). The Autobots observing joined in as well, naming people, places, and events that flew over their heads.

Rias, ever so curious, asked, "Hey Twilight? Who is this Smolder you said Sean had as a pupil?"

Twilight looked at Rias and answered the heiress' question, "Oh, sorry. Smolder is a dragon–and a student of mine–back in my home dimension, which also is the Autobots and Decepticons home dimension."

*" True that, homie!"* Bumblebee spoke through the radio, which made Twilight giggle.

"Huh, Sean did mention that very thing…" Kiba remarked, "And he also said that this isn't what you actually look like. Mind explaining that?"

Issei wound up punching himself in the stomach hard thanks to Sean redirecting his fist. The punch was loud and the pervert's agonizing groans made it sound really painful, painful enough for D-002 to comment and place her hands on her stomach, "Oooh! That looks like it hurt!"

Jazz added, "I agree with ya. I would not like to be in his place right now…"

Most of the present Autobots focused on the sparring match, as Twilight explained her situation with the Autobots to Rias and her group…

"Well, I go by Natela Light when I look like a human, but my real name is Twilight Sparkle. Back home, I am actually…ehh…a pony…"

"A…pony…?" Irina mimed, a little in disbelief, to which Twilight responded, "Yes, more specifically, I am an alicorn. To best explain what that is, think of a winged unicorn with tons of magic."

Akeno remarked, "Sounds spectacular, I would love to see that…"

Rosa added, "She is spectacular to see as an alicorn, Twilight comes from a land of magic called Equestria. In that world, there are all sorts of mythological creatures that live there, like griffons and dragons, but they're not like the ones you have here. Equestria's main population are talking magic ponies, further divided into primarily three types; Unicorns, Pegasi, and Earth Ponies."

Twilight said next, "Tony Stark once described my world when it was first described to him; sounds like a five-year-old girl's fantasies of magic and horses come to life, a cavity if you ask me…or something like that…"

Koneko remarked, "Sounds boring…"

"It may sound boring, but it isn't all rainbows and fluffy clouds…it's got quite a muddy history…" Rosa replied, "…have any of you heard of a toyline called, 'My Little Pony' before?"

Rias answered Rosa, "Hmm…I have not heard of such a toyline before…"

Rossweisse said, "I have…it was immensely popular in the 1980s in America, but it hasn't taken off in recent years. Why?"

Twilight explained, "That's more or less, where my reality is built on. Except, there are no humans in Equestria…in some realities, my world is based on a '4th generation' of that toyline…"

Xenovia exclaimed over Sean and Issei roaring in their match, "Oh! No wonder your name sounded so familiar! I've heard of those toys before. And your name rang a bell in my mind, but I couldn't place it anywhere until now."

Rias asked Twilight, "Can you show us your true form?"

Twilight quickly explained, "That's a no, because of some dimensional, spacetime, what's-its…Eh, it's more of a default camouflage when crossing dimensions. Palkia explained that this is more or less what my original form would look like when translated into a human from Sean and Rosa's world…think, that Kingdom Hearts game and what happens to the playable characters when they enter certain worlds…only its not done with magic…"

Rias shrugged and said, "Well, that's a shame…I would've loved to see what an alicorn looked like…"

Koneko bluntly asked Twilight, "Is it weird to find out your entire world is a toy world to other people?"

Twilight nervously chuckled as she answered, "Yes it was, but I've gotten used to the idea. Because hey, to other people, your reality is a story to them and vice-versa sometimes, but it doesn't make your world any less real. That's what Palkia said to me, and in some sense, me, my friends–both in Equestria and the Earth Sean and Rosa are from–are this multiverse peacekeeping force's first real recruits, before Optimus was appointed leader. Who can really say what is or isn't real at that point…"

The idea seemed to linger a little with the natives, but they quickly got over it thanks to how Twilight explained it. They also remembered that whole 'infinite number of realities' thing the Autobots explained earlier and figured that makes this whole questioning your existence thing seem minor.

"YAH-MEI!"

-[Laughter and Merriment - Kingdom Hearts II]-

Everyone's attention was redirected to the two boys duking it out on the battlefield. The shouting came from Sean and they saw the ground littered in upturned boulders and craggy craters.

Sean seemed to have a broken arm, as his left arm was limp and held tightly by his right hand. Issei was on his back, legs splayed out and he huffed heavily with exhaustion.

"Okay, Hyoudou. That's enough for the day…" Sean said, trying hard to hide the pain he's in.

"You…just…wait…!" Issei proclaimed in labored breaths, "I'll show you…what I'm made of…but for now…I need to lie down…for a week…"

Sean chuckled a little at that statement, replying, "Well, one thing is for sure, you were much stronger than I gave you credit for. Learn to use that strength better, and you may give Megatron a few good hits in next time you clash…"

Sean immediately tensed up when he heard Rosa shout in a demanding way, "Sean! Did you break your arm again?!"

Sean nervously replied with an equally nervous smile, "N-n-not really! I just…uh…landed on it funny, and now it's angry with me…heh-heh-heh…"

Rosa angrily snapped, "You better not be lying to me! You broke it seven times this past month, and I'm sick of it, you hear!"

"Yes ma'am! Ooooochhh!" Sean stood straight like a soldier and saluted with his right arm, then crouched down in pain from his sore body.

Issei laughed even though he was in just as much pain, saying, "Ha-ha! Guess you're not the one who wears the pants in the marriage…oh-oh-oh-ohh! The pain!"

Windblade and First Aid got down to help the two, Asia healed Issei while Rosa lectured Sean as he ate some kind of bean that rapidly healed his wounds. D-002 remarked after looking through her memory banks, "You two seem to be more alike than you think based on what I've seen…"

"I AM NOT LIKE THAT JERK!" both Issei and Sean shouted and pointed at each other, then regretted it when both Rosa and Rias slapped their thighs once and made the two of them hiss in pain.

"You be quiet…" Rosa said sternly to Sean, less like her husband and more like her misbehaving child.

Rias added in a similar tone, not wanting Issei to make things worse for him, "…That's enough excitement for the two of you…"

Twilight laughed and said, "I've heard that two boys of similar personalities tend to share similar interests and become best friends over time…"

"Hmph!" Sean huffed, "I'm no sick little pervert like him…!"

"Them's fighting words, buddy!" Issei replied, "…You know nothing about the beauty of the female's body!"

Rias pinched Issei's cheek hard as Rosa replied, "Oh yes he does, he's married to me, unlike a bachelor like you."

"I'm not even into chicks, and I can respect what you two are dropping down on the floor…" Jazz added, making everyone present laugh.

Grimlock could hear them from the courtyard, looking at the structure with disdain as he quietly said, "Careless weaklings…"

Swoop knew what Grimlock said as they both headed to talk with Rias' brother and father, but he pretended he didn't hear it that well and replied, "What did you say bud? It sounded like an insult to Rosa?"

Grimlock tensed up at the mention of the female Pokémon Trainer, as Swoop added, "She asked me to let her know if you give her any lip. Not wanting to get on her bad side, I'll just let her know–…"

Swoop was grabbed by the shoulders as Grimlock pleaded quite nervously, "Please…don't-don't tell her…"

"Ya know Grimlock, you really should watch what you say about our friends, even if you don't think of them as such. Imagine what might have happened if Rosa did hear what you just said…"

If Transformers could sweat, Grimlock would be drenched in sweat more than a swimmer in a pool. He knew better than to mess with that woman, but he couldn't place why. He did imagine, and what happened made the gargantuan Dinobot shudder in fear.

Grimlock replied after the thought, "You make good point…"

"Hey, you know I'm right…" Swoop said as he put his arm on Grimlock's shoulder, "…You don't even remember the last time you crossed that female's wires. If you did, you would be horribly embarrassed with the butt-kicking she gave you. She terrified Slug of all bots!"

"Over…" Grimlock asked, trying to remember why "…me saying her kids are dumb?"

Swoop seemed hesitant, and replied, "Yeah…let's…uh, let's get going…let's not keep Gremory-squared waiting any longer…"

The two Dinobots headed off to see Sirzechs and Zeoticus, unaware that Drift was watching them with observant eyes.

Hidden Autobot Base, Kuoh Town Outskirts…

5:42 PM, Tokyo Standard Time…

-[Your Choice: Science]-

Optimus Prime was observing an experiment being run by Jetfire and Perceptor. The two scientists were testing out a new weapon that Perceptor has been working on for several years. Optimus, as hopeful he is, doubted this will work, a weapon that is supposed to be harmless to organic life and detrimental to cybernetic life.

Perceptor came up with the idea some time ago after many repeated hostage situations with the Decepticons. He hoped this may discourage the Decepticons from taking hostages, but Optimus saw the downside to this idea if it worked. Because if the Decepticons holding hostages no longer works, then what's stopping them from outright killing innocent people to distract the Autobots.

Perceptor didn't give up, and while Wheeljack had initially helped with the creation of the weapon, it always seemed to blow up in their faces. Wheeljack became preoccupied with other projects, so Perceptor thought to ask Jetfire for help, as he was quite an engineer.

Optimus simply watched as Perceptor said in his data logs, "Test#419: after rerouting the Energon Transit Actuators to the base Telematter Transponder, energy performance has increased by 12%. Jetfire's contributions on weapon engineering from his prior work in the Seekers, proved most helpful in the process, also doubling the ammo magazine capacity. Now we are certain the modifications are successfully integrated, and as such, the weapons test can commence…"

Jetfire sighed as he propped up the test organic matter, and said to himself, "I may be a scientist and a former Seeker, but I'm no weapons engineer like Wheeljack or Brainstorm. It seems lately my best strengths these days have been my flying and my firepower, instead of my chosen field of expertise…"

Perceptor asked the huge Autobot, "What was that, Jetfire? Did you say something?"

"Nothing Perceptor, I'm fine…just, feeling under the weather a bit…" Jetfire replied immediately, not letting Perceptor know any wiser.

Perceptor didn't hear Jetfire all that well, but Optimus did, and he felt sorry for his old friend.

The test initially began without a hitch, but it quickly became a failure as the modifications didn't work as they should. For the first two shots, it seemed like a success, but the organic component used for the test quickly disintegrated. From further evaluations, it seemed the mods only made this weapon twice as strong as intended.

Perceptor optimistically said, "Well, we have found 419 ways to not create this weapon, an infinite number of other possibilities to go…"

Optimus sighed as he was just about to talk with Perceptor, but then Bulkhead rushed in, saying, "Optimus! We have a situation!"

Optimus, Perceptor, & Jetfire immediately got running to the control room as the base's alarms suddenly blared alive. Autobots in the base suddenly dropped what they were doing and went rushing to the main computer. The same could be said with any of the Autobots' superhero allies present at the base.

Optimus was somewhere in the middle, arriving time-wise as he asked, "Ratchet, what is the problem?"

Ratchet was at the console with a few Autotrooper Transformers there as well. The old medic answered his leader, "We are receiving reports from the Underworld, the Decepticons have launched another attack! This time, in a densely populated area in the Underworld…"

"What?!" Jetfire exclaimed, "How in the name of Primus did they get past our security sensors and the Devils' heightened security!?"

Phenax Territory, The Underworld…

Five minutes earlier…

-[Dance to the Death - Kingdom Hearts II]-

Sean had finished training Issei for the day, as the Oppai Dragon being exhausted is any indicator. Rosa and Rias objected strongly against the two continuing more after the injuries they sustained a few hours earlier, but the two men insisted that they continue a little longer.

"Hmm…we may have to try something else to get you better at your ability to react in an instant…" Sean thought as he helped Issei up onto his feet.

"Well, what can you do to get me to do…uh…that?" Issei replied, to which Sean answered, "Muscle memory takes several years to get accustomed to, even longer to use it in high-intensity combat. Unless you were already practicing martial arts from an early age and haven't stopped since we could've circumvented some of that time to develop your reflexes to the levels we desired…"

"Considering what you have told us broadly, how would you know any better? You're just as new to this as I am!" Issei said.

Rosa hesitantly replied to Issei's comment, "Not exactly true, I'm afraid…he actually has millions of years of experience to perfect that trick. But, that is due to complicated time physics that only Dialga, the god of time, can understand…"

Rias' interest was peaked as she asked, "Really? I'd like to hear more about this thing regarding time…"

Windblade answered for the female Pokémon Trainer (while also keeping Wheeljack's mouth shut as she decided to explain it instead of him), "From what I've heard, it's a quirk involving time travel with Dialga as the catalyst. There was something he called a 'personal timeline' where…uh…he, he basically simplified that if you travel past this 'personal timeline' in the past, you effectively become semi-immortal…or something like that. You won't age a day and can live for eons, but you are susceptible to getting killed regardless."

Wheeljack added, "It is an interesting quirk because Dialga is what one might call a transcendent being, existing in the past, present, & future simultaneously. He's the only one who can move freely through time, and his way of time travel is apparently the proper way. He could cancel out any other time travel methods by just being near him, and he's the one who handles all the loops that make time travel, even as a scientific impossibility, so astronomically dangerous…"

Sean clarified, "Trust me when I say it is not something you want to experience, especially since the only way you can have that happen is if you're trapped in the age of dinosaurs. I was already losing my sanity for the first ten years alone in the Mesozoic, and because of what can be best described as a glitch, I remained there for sixty million more. Jumping through vortexes created by Dialga to at least get me going to attempt to return to the present."

Rosa added with a hint of sadness, "Dialga and his sister, Palkia, did everything they can to ensure Sean came back to the present without any complications. But, I overheard them once on how once he spent fifty years of that sixty million, he lost his mind to the point he was basically an animal…"

Wheeljack was about to say something, but then a faint explosion sounded off, with fairly strong gusts of wind nearly knocking all the non-transformers off balance.

#" What the hell was that!?"# Bumblebee said through the radio, which Windblade transformed into her plane-mode and took to the air.

-[King Cold - Best of Dragonball Z Vol. 1]-

Windblade was a good 29 meters in the air when she saw a huge plume of smoke a great distance from the Gremory Estate. The city-speaker of Caminus could see through her special instruments that the smoke was from many burning buildings, said buildings had telltale signs of being destroyed by weapons of war. And sure enough, her concerns were well-founded, as she saw a sizable number of Decepticons launching the attack, with more than three times that number consisting of Eggman's Decepti-drones and…

"Insecticons…" Windblade uttered quietly, which Wheeljack heard and asked, "What was that about Insecticons, Windblade?"

"Insecticons?!" Xenovia shuttered in disgust at hearing that name again, "Why are you talking about those things…"

Windblade landed with a thud as she reported, "I don't know how, but the Decepticons are launching a large attack some 87 clicks due east from this spot!"

Rias exclaimed with surprise, "What?! How did they get past the security we set up?!"

Sean had an 'ah-ha!' moment, and said, "The Darkhold! How did I forget they had that book in their possession!"

Wheeljack chimed in, "Of course! Given the nature of the Underworld and the other-dimensional pockets of this reality, how could I have not foreseen that the Decepticons couldn't have used the Darkhold to find hidden ways here that we otherwise couldn't detect!"

D-002 added with a deadpan voice and expression, "Basically it is a whole 'it is so brilliant, that I am ashamed I did not think of it myself' kind of deal you were gonna say next?"

Wheeljack rubbed the back of his head and before he could reply, Swoop soared into the training arena and said, "What the hell are you guys waiting for, Kreddy Fruger? We got a situation if you recall! Grimlock and Sky Lynx are already on their way to help out the Autobots and that Spider-Man guy is already there! Let's get a move on people!"

Sean immediately took command of the situation and ordered, "Right! Bee, Windblade, Slash, and D-002, you four go with Swoop to that heavily populated area and take Gremory's Team with you to help get innocent civilians out of danger. Wheeljack, you Twilight, and Rosa will start a safe zone for the citizens to evacuate to. First Aid is with me, we're on rescue work for anyone trapped, whether by debris or by enemies. You're the medical personnel, and I'm your muscle-slash-bodyguard. This scale of invasion usually means a combiner is present on the battlefield."

"Yes sir!" Everyone (minus Rosa, and the Kuoh Town residents) saluted, causing Xenovia to ask, "Who put Hashimoto in charge?"

The Autobots already started leaving as Twilight answered while she and Rosa got into Wheeljack's vehicle mode, "Sean does come from a prominent military family back in his reality and he's proven tactical enough for most of us to just follow his lead because he's a good strategist."

"Especially if Megatron and Onslaught acknowledge Sean as their strategically-minded equal…" Wheeljack added, which soundly shocked the group.

Before any of them could inquire further Swoop scooped up Kiba, Koneko, Asia, and Xenovia in his Dinobot-mode's claws and flew towards the battlefield. Sean leaped into Windblade's cockpit and the two took off after Swoop.

Issei, Rias, Akeno, & Irina looked at each other as Rias shrugged and said with a smile, "Well, let's get going then…after all, Swoop just kidnapped four of my precious servants…"

Issei activated his scale mail armor, Irina manifested her halo and Angel wings, and both Rias and Akeno brought out their wings. Rossweisse had decided earlier to ride in Windblade's cockpit with Sean, and all of them headed to the residential area to face the Decepticons.

Meanwhile…

Ten minutes later at the Safe Zone…

-[Your Choice: Battlefield]-

Wheeljack had just arrived at the designated safe zone, seeing Sky Lynx was already there, obliterating swathes of Decepti-drones and several large Insecticon warriors.

"Had enough, you infernal Insecticon weaklings!" Sky Lynx shouted at whatever survivors were hiding behind cover.

One Insecticon screeched loudly in an unsettling, otherworldly sound that, at best, is similar to a hissing cockroach.

The Insecticon in question was foolish enough to make itself a target and was blasted to pieces by Sky Lynx's cannons.

"I figured that would have been your response. Honestly, it is hard for a genius like myself to be surrounded by beasts and machines dumber than wild animals…" Sky Lynx spoke to himself.

Wheeljack whistled and replied, "Hope you weren't talking about us, for your sake Lynxie!"

Sky Lynx looked down to his massive feet and saw the inventor/Wrecker beside them. And beside Wheeljack's own feet, Sky Lynx saw that Twilight and Rosa accompanied Wheeljack, and shielded the three from several weapons fired by the enemy with his wings.

"What brings an ex-Wrecker mechanic, the Princess of Friendship, and an accomplished Pokémon Trainer here?" Sky Lynx asked, to which Twilight answered while blasting several drones with her magic.

"Sean said we should establish a safe zone here for civilians and anyone injured because of the Decepticons attack." Twilight revealed her sword from its sheath and bisected a large Decepti-drone and Rosa added while setting another on fire, "Think someone of your talents can clear up the pests so that-…"

Sky Lynx interrupted as he fired a missile that torched several Insecticons, "So that Optimus and the other Autobots can establish a perimeter for the civilians to feel safe? Who do you think I am ladies? I am Sky Lynx! I make the impossible, possible! Of course, I can do it!"

Wheeljack chuckled as he fired rockets at the swarm, "Then do it, fancy-wings. I know from nebulan customs that it is normally rude to keep ladies waiting…"

Sky Lynx sighed while muttering under his breath that no one admires his magnificence, and got to work clearing out Decepti-drones and Insecticon mutants with his more powerful weapons. And to ensure the job is done much faster, he split into his two-component drones, his 'lynx-mode' and his 'dino-bird-mode', both dealing out torrents of firepower that turned his opponents into piles of melted scrap.

The surviving drones and Insecticons fled from the little plaza, to which they began searching for and rescuing any civilians in the wreckage. Some of the underworld's guards and soldiers assisted the four…five(?)…no, four in the effort of rescuing.

-[Your Choice: Transformers]-

It was after Rosa and Sky Lynx helped rescue several people trapped under a collapsed building that they heard the familiar sound of a ground-bridge opening. Rosa looked over as she was tending to a mother and her young son, saying, "About time Optimus and the others got here…"

From the portal, Optimus Prime arrived in his flat-nosed semi-truck form, pulling a long trailer with the Autobot insignia proudly displayed on its sides. Several other vehicles of land and air soared through the portal, along with several angels and fallen angels decked out in armor, ready for battle.

Optimus transformed into his bot mode, as Rosa helped the mother to a more open area to better treat her wounds, closer to Optimus as he gave the orders.

Rosa said, "Hey Optimus! Didn't you ever think that with that Darkhold book, that the Decepticons are privy to entrances no one even knew existed?"

Perceptor came running out as the trainer said that, and exclaimed, "Curses! I should have anticipated that Megatron would resort to such a manner!"

Jetfire landed as he let out several of the superheroes accompanying the Autobots, (Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Cyborg, Blue Beetle, Black Widow, & Power Girl if you're wondering). He transformed as he replied to Perceptor, "To be honest, we were more concerned about Megatron possessing the book's good counterpart and five of the seven Chaos Emeralds. So we can be forgiven for forgetting the Darkhold."

Sky Lynx's shuttle half landed as the lieutenant said to Optimus, "That Hashimoto kid ordered Wheeljack and those two ladies to establish a safe zone here for the civilians and injured, much like what Ratchet established the first time Megatron attacked the underworld."

"Good for him he thought about this fast enough. This square is an ideal location to set up an evacuation zone…" Sirzechs said as he and his queen appeared beside the Autobot commander.

Optimus nodded as he replied to both him and Sky Lynx, "He's always been quick to come up with a plan. Where is he, and Issei Hyoudou for that matter, right now…"

Twilight answered, "He's with First Aid in search and rescue, acting as First Aid's bodyguard…"

"Then, let me and mondo-boobs help him out! Sparky, you're with us too…" Iron Man said as he, Power Girl (who shot the Avenger a 'really?' kind of look), and Blue Beetle took off.

Cyborg said, "I'll try to use the frequencies we have in our databanks to try and find where this hidden passageway the Decepticons are using to enter the Underworld, and possibly close it in their ugly faces."

Optimus nodded and said, "Then do so Cyborg. I'll have Bulkhead and Smokescreen cover you. Sky Lynx, search for Rias Gremory and her team and cover them, Pyra Magna and her team will accompany you…"

Sky Lynx replied as he transformed into his space shuttle & carrier form, "On it Optimus! Alright ladies, pile in and hold on to something! I am, as Sonic says, 'Gonna go fast!'"

Sky Lynx took off as the aforementioned hedgehog shouted, "I don't say that! It's 'gotta go fast' not 'gonna go fast' if anything!"

Optimus thought as Sonic took off to help with the rescue efforts, There is no doubt, there is a traitor in our midst! The past several months have proven that…but who is it?

Optimus felt in his spark, a kind of voice telling him to head into town. He recognized the feeling as being the same as when he connects to Primus, the 'creator god' of all Transformers. He was never wrong to trust this feeling, the Matrix of Leadership has always guided him true, and he is not going to doubt it now.

Meanwhile…

With Rias Gremory's group…

-[Your Choice: Battle]-

Issei obliterated scores of Decepti-drones with his Dragon-shot blasts. The Autobots and Rossweisse took care of the Decepticons and Insecticon clones and kept them from the teenagers. Unfortunately for the girls in the group, this was their first, in-person, encounter with the Insecticons, and they REALLY didn't like them.

"*shudder* I knew I would hate the Insecticons!" Xenovia stated as she tore the head off one of the decepti-drones, "They're horrifying in appearance, they make those unpleasant sounds, and they're just like bugs if they were the size of trucks!"

One of the Insecticons charged at Xenovia, letting out a loud, whooping cry as it opened its crooked maw, but Swoop tackled it and thrust his weapon, a Celsius sword, into its brain module.

Asia helped an older gentleman up on his feet, as she regretfully replied, "Yes, I hate to admit it, but I share Xenovia's sentiments with the Insecticons. But I still hope we could get along with them because they've already been through enough if what you bots say about them is true regarding Shockwave…"

D-002 said as she kicked one vehicon trooper hard enough to crash through seven city blocks, "Well, aside from Bob, Sunstreaker's pet…Insecticons are kinda like a mix between those creatures you call cockroaches and hydras, but ten times worse. They don't stay down, and if you manage to succeed in terminating one of them, a dozen show up to replace the fallen ones…"

Koneko snarked as she punched a large decepti-drone into the mouth of an Insecticon, making the clone choke, "Sounds like perverts like Issei…knock one down, more replace them."

Issei took offense at that, "Hey! It's not my fault that I like-!"

-[Ammo Storage - Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]-

"Incoming!" One of the vehicons shouted as he and the other vehicons transformed and fled the battlefield.

Everyone was alerted by Swoop as he pointed to the sky, and to everyone's bewilderment, they saw a tower the size of a city block falling towards them.

"Isn't that…" Rias thought as her eyes narrowed in focus on the falling tower, "My father's storage facility?"

Everyone got out of the way as, like a meteor, the tower crashed in the district and flattened hundreds of buildings into piles of indiscernible rubble, and a massive crater was left.

Rias and the other Occult Research Club members were dumbfounded by the destruction given. Wheeljack was carried by Swoop and observed the damage and said with certainty…

"This is definitely Bruticus' handiwork…only a moron like him is strong enough to hoist a building that large and have it create meteoritic destruction…"

"Who's Bruticus?" Akeno asked, her face looking eager to punish the Decepticon responsible for this.

Windblade answered Akeno's question, "Way too out of your league to face, Akeno…"

D-002 added, "You thought Megatron was strong? Bruticus makes him look pathetically wimpy by comparison in the strength department. He's the combined form of the five Combaticons, a team of military juggernauts led by the tactically intelligent Onslaught…"

"AND JUST MY LUCK, I FOUND A BUNCH OF AUTO-BUGS TO CRUNCH UNDER MY FEET!" A loud and brutish voice sounded nearby, causing everyone to turn in the direction the sound came from…

And they beheld the sight of a truly massive robot with a rocket & helicopter for arms, a jeep & tank for legs, and an anti-aircraft truck for a torso. All vehicles Issei noticed were military-grade, meaning this guy packs some serious firepower.

It then clicked in his mind, and everyone else's, they've heard of Bruticus before. He was the one who had fought Tannin during the Decepticons' first attack in the Underworld.

This gigantic Decepticon must be Bruticus!

"Time to crush some Autobots!" Bruticus exclaimed as he used his massive fist like a hammer.

Everyone got clear as when the combiner's fist collided with the ground, it sent shockwaves that made it rain rubble for a good two minutes. D-002, Windblade, and Swoop blasted Bruticus' head (which harmlessly bounced off) to distract the combiner.

Issei, Rias, Akeno, Irina, and Rossweisse all readied to throw their ranged attacks to help the Autobots fight this titan, but Windblade shouted, "No! Leave this guy to us! Bee, help them out, I saw…*grunt*…a horde of those Decepti-drones heading for that heavily fortified building a few clicks northeast of our position…"

Swoop added in a 'caveman' dialect (most likely for the lols), "Swoop say go now! Me and others-…ptth…I'm sorry, I couldn't help it, just go! We can handle ugly here no problem!"

Bumblebee beeped and blipped to the O.R.C. to hurry along and stop whatever it is they're after. Leaving just three little (but highly skilled) Autobots to face Bruticus and whatever Decepticon forces remained behind.

The group's escape didn't go unnoticed, as five jet vehicons and a leaper took off after them.

Windblade used her sword to block another one of Bruticus' shockwaves and barely hung on long enough to allow Swoop to nail the gestalt in the face with his powerful rockets.

D-002 noticed the cons going after the Occult Research Club, and said, "I'm going after those cons that took off after the kids…"

"Wait-!" was all Windblade could reply after D-002 transformed into her speed car form and drove off with a roar of her engines. The cityspeaker sighed in annoyance as it was now Swoop and herself fending off the dim-witted gestalt and around a thousand enemies.

Two verses a thousand and two hundred, not good odds even with the best flyer who's a Dinobot, and a cityspeaker. But fate smiled on them as the cavalry arrived in the form of Sky Lynx, three of the six Dinobots (Grimlock, Slash, & Snarl), Jetfire, Arcee, A-903, the entire Torchbearers team, Sirzechs & Grayfia, several devils, and a trio of superheroes (consisting of; Spider-Man, Power Girl, & Iron Man).

"Fear not Swoop! Windblade! Superior firepower has just arrived!" Sky Lynx said as he tackled/blasted Bruticus several yards from the two Autobots.

A-903 fired his cluster bombs at the hoards and decimated the Decepticon's forces alongside Iron Man using his full arsenal to further disrupt the platoon's order. Power Girl and Spider-Man ganged up on three leaper cons armed with kryptonite weapons, the New Yorker thwipping his web solution onto the leapers' claws, while the Kryptonian crashed into their backs. Arcee came in hot and with Sirzechs and Grayfia, unleashed a veritable tornado of carnage on any vehicon troopers or Eggman's drones in their path.

Then came the Insecticon horde, a deafening cacophony of buzzing wings amidst the thrall of the clones' whooping cries. Grimlock and Snarl wasted no time in unleashing a torrent of flames in their dinosaur modes. Slash brought out her Energon knives and proceeded to cut and slash at the cons with accuracy and speed greater than any ninja could ever hope to achieve. Jetfire blasted some of the larger drones with his powerful firearms, some of which melted holes in their hulls, while both Sirzechs and Grayfia finished them off. The Torchbearers remained in their individual forms to help Sky Lynx fight the Combaticon gestalt. They don't need Victorion to disorient and distract Bruticus, firing at his face, hands, feet, and butt from all directions.

"Hold on Spidey! This Wrecker's got some hurt to give to those lousy cons…!" Arcee shouted as she activated her left arm's Energon blade, and a blaster in her right arm. He took one of the leaper's out of the fight, allowing Superman's cousin to finish off the other two.

Power Girl asked in a semi-jovial manner, "Got our backs, smasher?"

"Yeah…" Arcee replied as she blasted a hole through a vehicon's spark chamber, "…and, isn't 'smasher' Banner's call sign, not mine…"

"Uh, guys?" Spider-Man said as he pointed, "Those Decepticons we just beat, something is telling me that they're not the best they have to offer…"

Power-Girl asked her fellow super-powered peer, "What makes you say that, webs?"

A-903 answered for the web-slinger, "How about them…"

-[Your Choice: Transformers Battle]-

The Autobot stealth bomber pointed towards seven, huge, four-armed giants of Decepticons marching towards them. They were armed to the teeth with weapons that gave even Power Girl reason to worry due to more than a few glowing that ominous, kryptonite green.

Jetfire noticed how they looked and said, "Those behemoths look like clones of that Constructicon, Overload. Which means that this is Shockwave's handiwork…"

"You mean this 'cyclops mad scientist' guy you Autobots told us about?" one of the devils asked, to which Spider-Man replied, "Yep! And it looks like they got weapons to spare!"

Sky Lynx landed beside them as the seven goliaths charged at them, and said, "Managed to hit Bruticus' combination cog, now he's back to the individual Combaticons that make him up! Pyra Magna and the other Torchbearers are currently keeping Onslaught and his motley crew occupied while we take out the scrap!"

A-903 added morbidly, "Whether that's a good thing or bad thing is up in the air, considering the kind of bot Onslaught is…"

"Speak of the devil, no offense…" Arcee added, then apologized to Sirzechs and the other devils as the individual Combaticons made themselves known along with the constructicon clones. Looking behind them, Sky Lynx saw the coral-green-&-red team being swarmed by thousands of Insecticons and Decepti-drones, it appeared that they will be unable to distract the Combaticons, let alone merge into Victorion.

"None was taken, Arcee. I actually like that facsimile…" Sirzechs said, to which one of the devils up in the air shouted below.

"Lord Lucifer! The Decepticon identified as Sixshot has been spotted heading for that horde of Decepti-drones a few blocks that way!"

Sirzechs looked at where that one devil pointed as he said that, and his expression turned pale, as he realized where it was Sixshot was headed.

Grayfia gasped as she said what her king/husband thought, "That was where Rias and her group were heading…right?"

A-903 shouted as he transformed into his stealth bomber, "Hey Sky Lynx! We're the fastest ones here, let's get to them now, or they will be killed!"

Meanwhile…

With the Occult Research Club…

-[Your Choice: Battle]-

The group of teenagers (plus one adult and Autobot) were making short work with the creations of Sonic the Hedgehog's nemesis. Plenty of experience fighting those machines certainly helped contribute to that.

But, things got very dicey when a large, combined drone decided to self-destruct to take out its enemies. The group separated from each other as they all dealt with the Cybertronian-enhanced badniks. Issei was with Kiba and Irina as they fought against four fairly tough Decepti-drones, the robots had dense armor and wielded large weapons, weapons none of them (except for maybe Issei and Koneko) could ever hope to lift. Kiba swung his holy-demon sword to try and disarm one of the robots, but the blade barely left a cut in its armor.

Irina noticed and suggested to him via communication spell, "Hey Kiba, try and aim for the eyes…"

Kiba quickly did as suggested and used his sword to thrust it into the robot's eyes. The robot briefly struggled until Kiba activated his Balance Breaker, and sword blades erupted from within the body of the Decepti-drone, sparks flying as it slumped to the ground motionless.

Two of the drones noticed and targeted Kiba as his guard was down, but they left themselves open for Irina and Issei to target their weak points and ultimately used the opportunity to destroy the CPU units in their bodies. This left one badnik left, and the robot was smart enough to use its armor to shield its eyes as the three teenagers went after the drone.

"So they actually learn as they fight?" Kiba noticed as he rolled out of the robot's kick, "This Dr. Eggman is smart, I'll give him that…"

"All the more reason to get rid of them as quickly as possible. I've seen enough movies and shows to know that it will end badly for us if we fight these things any longer." Issei replied to his friend's observation, with Irina agreeing.

Irina tossed a few halos of light that shackled the remaining Decepti-drone to the ground, while both Issei and Kiba finished the badnik off.

Issei deactivated his Scale Mail armor, using just his boosted gear for a bit as he regained the energy to use it again. Kiba drew his holy demon sword and manifested a large claymore-like sword to be ready for more enemy drones.

They heard the sounds of alien-jet engines, then the distinctive sound of the Transformers converting from vehicle to bot. The three ducked behind the remains of the destroyed drones, as six vehicon troops landed and readied their weapons.

Kiba tried to listen to them, but they spoke in a language that he couldn't understand.

The native language of Cybertron… Kiba thought as the grip on his swords tightened, …I cannot understand it. It sounds like a garbled, twisted mix of multiple languages, and with something else in it…

He then heard one of them say in their Earth languages, "Come on out you organic brats! Or we'll massacre every single inhabitant in this entire dimension!"

That didn't sit well with the three young warriors. Before the Decepticon could start a countdown, all three of them came out of hiding. Kiba told them that they should leave the people of the Underworld alone, Irina and Issei staying quiet for now, trying to listen for any sign of the others.

One of the Decepticons got impatient and said as he transformed his left arm into a blaster of sorts, "Let's just waste them alre-!"

The Decepticon's head was blasted to pieces as the other Decepticons started firing in the direction the blast was coming from. The larger Decepticon recognized the damage being from an Energon-based firearm so that immediately clued him in on that there's an Autobot currently confronting the remaining five.

He used his fallen comrade's corpse as a shield as he shouted to the vehicon troopers, "Waste that Autobot to a pile of melted slag!"

-[Leaper Ambush - Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]-

Bumblebee jumped high into the air and landed on one of the vehicons with such force that it decapitated the Decepticon and Bumblebee kicked the head into the group's leader. The mono-eyed, heavily armored bruiser quickly used his fellow Decepticon's corpse to block the kicked head, to which Bumblebee, with the added assistance of Kiba and Irina, quickly dispatched with the remaining vehicons…

Leaving the leaper Decepticon alone to face Bumblebee, two male devils, and a female angel.

"Looks like you're on your own, Decepticon!" Issei jabbed as he finished accumulating enough power to throw punches he's sure could damage the con's armor.

The Decepticon tossed aside the mangled, falling apart corpse of his comrade, and replied with a growl of confidence, "I'm more than tough enough to squash you all like a bunch of robotopossums! A bunch of irritating pests like them!"

The leaper charged forwards with an outstretched arm, made up of a massive spike that looked like it could impale a dragon. Bumblebee rolled out of the way with Irina in his hand, while Kiba and Issei dodged the attack on the other side of Bumblebee.

The Decepticon set his sights on Issei and Kiba and stomped towards the two boys. He readied to skewer them until Bumblebee jumped onto the Decepticon's back and tried to blast him through the thick armor. The leaper maneuvered and shook himself enough to allow him to grab the yellow Autobot's arm and threw him to the ground. The teenagers suddenly remembered Sonic's story as the hedgehog passed by Sairaorg Bael fighting a Decepticon similar to this one.

"Aim for this guy's back, those large thrusters are very vulnerable looking…" Kiba said as he and Issei helped Irina to her feet.

All three launched their attacks at the leaper's back, distracting the Decepticon from skewering Bumblebee.

"Gaahhhh!" The large Decepticon exclaimed in pain, "No one does that to me!"

He leaped like a frog, jumping to the height of a five-story building, and crashed down like a meteor, his targets were the three teens.

Bumblebee tackled the leaper midair as Irina threw halos of light to bind the con in an immobilized state. She managed to tie up his legs and right arm, but he used his left arm to swat away and destroy the last halo and tried to free himself while attacking the four at the same time.

Kiba and Issei quickly retaliated by the two of them throwing a combination attack that by sheer luck, went down the rocket's thrusters and detonated the innards of the leaper. The Decepticon shouted in pain, sparks and tiny fires erupted from his joints and crevices, and Energon bled from said crevices.

He looked at them with a determined fire in his eyes as he shouted defiantly, "I'm taking you with me!"

He lunged at the boys, but he was quickly blasted in the back by Bumblebee using his more powerful cannons. The explosion killed the Decepticon as he became a pile of smoldering pieces.

"Thanks, Bumblebee…" Issei remarked, to which the yellow Autobot gave an R2-D2-like beep with a thumb's up.

Irina hugged Issei as she asked her childhood friend, "Issei, I hope you aren't hurt. You took a nasty tumble when that Decepticon tried to skewer us…"

Issei replied, while trying to ignore the blissful sensation of Irina's chest pressing against his body, "Y-yeah, I'm fine…exhausted a little, but A-Okay otherwise."

They heard the sound of a sports car roaring towards them, then saw the vehicle mode of the Autobot, D-002, come to view.

She transformed and remarked as she inspected the damage, "Wow, and here I thought you guys would be in trouble with those cons…"

"They had their moments, but they were no match for us…" Irina said while flashing a peace sign.

Soon enough, the other members of the Occult Research Club arrived at the location. Rias, Akeno, Asia, Xenovia, and Koneko all hugged Issei tightly, determined not to let him get separated from them again on this battlefield.

They heard the sounds of an ambulance's sirens blaring closer, and saw it was First Aid.

The medic transformed as he said, "I am glad to have found the lot of you. Sean and I need help rescuing trapped civilians a few meters this way. A horde of Decepti-drones are nearly on top of them, and Sean and two of his Pokémon are fighting them all on their own to distract them."

D-002 asked, "How many civilians? The two of you could handle several if necessary…"

First Aid answered, "Around 42 individuals, and according to one of them, there are at least five in critical condition. Hurry!"

Rias said to her peerage, "You heard the medic, follow him! Xenovia, Koneko, Rossweisse, Kiba, you four help Hashimoto with those robotic drone foot-soldiers…"

Bumblebee said through the radio, *" And leave busting…Decepti…chops…to me and my comrades…little lady…let's move it, people…!"*

The three Autobots transformed and drove off with much of the Gremory peerage riding in or on the vehicle modes of the Autobots.

It didn't take long for them to reach the trapped civilians, a cage of broken rubble kept them there as prisoners as the Pokémon Trainer used his power and the power of his two Pokémon to keep the badniks' attention on them.

Rias noticed that the Pokémon were a Tyranitar and a Braviary, both powerful Pokémon known for their incredible fighting prowess, and destructive strength. She also noticed that the trainer was wearing some kind of black armor that, superficially at least, made him resemble a Pokémon/human hybrid with a Pokémon she knew was called Zekrom.

"Over here!" First Aid waved at them, that was when Rias said, "Issei, help Bumblebee and D-002 with freeing the trapped individuals. Akeno, Irina, Gasper, Asia, and I will get the people out…"

"Leave getting help to me Miss Gremory…" Sean said as he crushed the 'head' of one of the Decepticon-controlled badniks, "I'll head to the safe zone to get an extraction team and medical to help with the evacuation…"

Sean headed off with incredible speed to the safe zone, his Braviary following close behind while his Tyranitar obliterated numerous decepti-drones and forced them back.

The swarms of the mad doctor's mass-produced machines just kept coming, to a point where the Autobots present had to leave the group to deal with some Insecticons that were far back in the sea of badniks.

Issei was instructed to ensure a pathway was made clear for escape, should the need for retreat arrives. It didn't help that some of the badniks attempted to separate them again by self-destructing.

Issei remained steadfast in his duty and made certain that the escape route remained secure and free. The thick plumes of smoke from the demolished drones have made visibility pretty obscured, but Issei knows his friends are nearby, taking out any stragglers still wanting to finish them or the injured civilians off.

Issei thought to himself, "This is crazy…how many of these things do the Decepticons have?"

Issei was suddenly feeling an intimidating aura, a sensation powerful enough to put the Red Dragon Emperor on guard. He notes that he hasn't felt such dread, such bloodlust since…since who knows when. He could hear his friends fighting pretty harshly against the drones, while his dread grew.

Issei said with enough volume to be heard by his stalker, "I know you're out there. Why don't you-…"

"So…we meet at last, Red Dragon Emperor…"

Issei's blood froze as he nervously turned in the direction of the voice, behind him. He looked up to behold a Decepticon staring down at him.

"Who are you…?" Issei asked nervously. He couldn't figure out how a Decepticon got past the defensive wall to him.

-[Shaded Truths - Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep]-

He saw a truly imposing bot colored black, purple, and (green). His height was staggering, he was at least four feet taller than Optimus Prime. His armor was pretty hard to figure out what he turned into, as there was no discernible kibble pointing to any vehicle if he transformed into one at all. What really unsettled Issei was the fact that this lone Decepticon has a face that looked pretty similar to Optimus' face. The con was wielding twin Transformer-sized katanas that had a dim, purple glow to them that looked like (but not quite) the familiar glow and hum of a lightsaber.

The Decepticon answered Issei in an unnervingly polite manner, "I've heard much about you, Issei Hyoudou. Bearer of the Boosted Gear, the latest Red Dragon Emperor, conqueror of the Crimson Ruin Princess' heart. And a student of Kuoh Academy, placing within the school's top 50 best scoring students. You are also among those the students call the 'Perverted Trio' as memory serves."

Issei was weird about the compliments this Decepticon was giving him, and he can't help but feel uneasy about how much he seems to know about him.

The Decepticon finished, "It may not matter in the long run of your short life, but allow me to introduce myself. I am Sixshot. The greatest master of the Six Clan's Metallikato techniques. And the one who will end your life here and now…"

Issei's blood ran cold as soon as the con put a name to his face. This was the Sixshot he was warned about, the one who defeated Riser so effortlessly.

Ddraig felt the overwhelming fear rising from within his partner and said to the boy, "Hey kid! What's the matter with you? It's just a lousy Decepticon…"

When the Welsh Dragon looked at Sixshot through Issei's eyes, he finally understood why the Red Dragon Emperor was so hesitant to face the Decepticon…

Sixshot's optics were redder than most Decepticons, and they carried a glare that makes it painfully clear that in terms of power and skill, Sixshot actually is better than Megatron in every way. Those eyes told Issei and Ddraig, that Sixshot always goes for the kill, and he can do it. There was also a horribly oppressive aura emanating from the Decepticon, the aura of a professional killer, targeting its prey.

It was clear. This guy has an impressive headcount, and very few (if any), of his victims, survived…

"Uhh…g-guys…?" was what Issei tried to say, but it came out as barely audible gasps that seem to choke him into silence.

Wh-wh-what's going on?! I can barely make a peep?! Issei thought as Sixshot added, "It is a shame that I have orders to face you and not hold back, otherwise I would have longed to face you at your maximum power. I would have felt some gratification from our battle, especially after having dispatched with that emphatically virtuous hero, Doctor Voodoo, some time ago…prepare yourself, Red Dragon Emperor, for the end…"

Sixshot crouched down in a stance like a sprinter, his blades arched behind the warrior, and Issei managed to break out of his fear-induced trance to activate his Scale-Mail armor and got into a fighting stance. Underneath his faceplate, Sixshot smirked, remarking how even in a total state of the instinct to flee, the boy stood his ground.

Issei's heart was racing at a feverish pace, he swore it pounded so loudly that it sounded like his heart was in his ears.

Keep it together, Hyoudou! Remember what Hashimoto taught you… Issei thought in his mind as Sixshot's stance tightened, a telltale sign that he was ready to strike.

But before Issei could ready himself for a counterattack, Sixshot vanished with kicked-up dust, that being the only indicator he was there in the first place.

Ddraig exclaimed to Issei, "Behind you!"

Issei turned around to see Sixshot's back turned towards him. One of Sixshot's swords was low to the ground, and another raised high in a finisher kind of manner. Issei tried to attack, but he suddenly felt very weak…and cold…

Sixshot's attack was practically instantaneous, barely a second had passed before he dealt the Red Dragon Emperor a crippling blow. Issei fell to the floor, a large pool of blood-forming from underneath him. The attack was so fast Issei thought, that his nervous system didn't even register that he had been cut by Sixshot's blades.

Sixshot sighed as he said, "A shame you humans die so easily, or else I would have found some semblance of satisfaction in regard of your, how shall we say, commendably resilient spirit."

Issei was paralyzed, he couldn't move an inch, he no longer had the strength. He lost too much blood in the span it took for Sixshot to deliver his attack.

It…it was so…quick… Issei thought in disbelief, his mind starting to fade as he couldn't even hear Ddraig shouting at him, Now I get it…this is what…makes Sixshot so…s-so…terrifying…

Sixshot hovered over the diminutive human and readied to cut off his head.

The powerful Decepticon warrior said with finality, "Farewell…Issei Hyoudou the Red Dragon Emperor…manic lover of the mammaries of your species' females…I will remember your resolve well, even under the tremendous fear you had in your spark…"

Sixshot was primed to deal the killing blow, but his sword was knocked out of his hand by a lightning bolt from Akeno. Rias and his other friends rushed over to his side as Asia tried to stop Issei's bleeding and keep him alive. The rest of the Gremory peerage were ready, confidant even, that they can take this Decepticon down.

"You will pay for hurting Issei, metal ***hole!" Koneko said ferociously as she got in a fighting stance poised to kill her target.

Sixshot responded to the Gremory Peerage with an amused chuckle, and said as he picked up his blade, "Ah yes…the boy's comrades and master, Rias Gremory, the Crimson Princess of Ruin."

He bowed like a knight as he added, "I have already introduced myself to the Red Dragon Emperor, but I'll gladly do so again for you. I am the greatest disciple of the Six-Clan's teachings, Sixshot…"

The Kuoh Town residents immediately felt their blood run cold once they pinned the name to the bot. Their confidence instantly turned to overwhelming dread.

"Unless you wish to join the Red Dragon Emperor in death, you will stand out of my way…" Sixshot said as he readied another strike, but Kiba attacked first, replying to his foe, "Not today! Xenovia, Rossweisse, Koneko! Let's tear this piece of scrap apart!"

The three joined the knight and attacked Sixshot all at once, Rias, Gasper, Akeno, and Irina quickly unleashed all their attacks as well.

"W-wait…!" Issei weakly uttered too late, as before the combined might of their attacks landed, Sixshot vanished and with three swings of his sword, all of them (minus Asia) were swiftly defeated.

If the situation wasn't bad enough, Sixshot managed to do to Kiba what he did to Riser almost ten days ago and completely severed the Knight of Rias' left arm off. The others received critical wounds themselves, blood pooling under their limp bodies, alive but very weak.

"A pathetic, but otherwise admiral effort. A shame you were outmatched. I did warn you…" Sixshot said to them all, a few of them already passing out from the shock.

Rias tightly applied pressure to her wound as she could only reply to the Decepticon with a scornful scowl. Her consciousness started to fade in and out as Sixshot said next…

"This is quite disappointing…" he remarked as a flick of his wrists shook off the blood that clung to the blades, "I expected more out of Irina Shidou, Akeno Himejima, Koneko Toujou, Yuuto Kiba, Xenovia Quarta, and the bodyguard of Odin, Rossweisse. For warriors of your reputation, it seemed I had overestimated your abilities. Asia Argento is a healer, so I wouldn't expect her to be much of a fighter. But the dhampir, Gasper Vladi, his power I've heard is greater than any vampire in your history."

Gasper tried to use his Sacred Gear against the Decepticon, but Sixshot simply flicked his finger behind his head, it generating enough force to knock Gasper out.

"And you, Rias Gremory, are the biggest disappointment of all." Sixshot said, completely unfazed by the hateful glares he got from everyone who was still conscious, "I've heard everything about you, a brilliant tactician, a gifted magic user of the Bael family's destruction magic, all of it. And based on what I've seen from my duel with you…you're nothing, but a helpless little girl who should've just looked down and stay out of your games…"

Sixshot shot the shocked Rias a glare that cut deep into the very core of her being, "You are a weak, and stupid little girl believing that she is something special, but you are not special…you never were if this is all you can manage…"

Rias felt those words cut deep, deeper than the blades could ever get. Something in her mind snapped, and Rias felt what little resolve and strength leave her. Like the last breath of air from a living creature.

Sixshot calmly walked to the scowling Issei, still defiant, especially after the woman he loved being torn down verbally by this Transformer. The six-changer held his sword like an executioner's ax and aimed to decapitate Issei. Rias felt the immense fear of effectively a little girl seeing her worst nightmare in the waking world. She struggled to reach Issei as she feebly begged Sixshot to stop, trying desperately to get the Decepticon to spare her beloved's life. He swung his sword down to the Red Dragon Emperor, as Rias screamed her plea…

But suddenly, a large sword sailed through the air! Sixshot sensed this immediately and knocked the Decepticon back several yards as the six-changer barely blocked the attack. The sword spun like a rotor blade until it was caught by an Autobot…

Akeno saw who the Autobot was and remarked with a bit of surprise, "Is that…Drift…?"

-[Sniper Fight - Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]-

The samurai-like warrior stood defiantly with a hardened expression as he put himself between the Kuoh Town residents and the lethal Decepticon assassin. He wordlessly put a second sword in his other hand and stood in a stance that made it obvious to his onlookers that Drift was even more adept at swordsmanship than he lets on.

Sixshot noticed the Autobot and remarked at his presence, "Well, if it isn't the traitor…finally decided to face me after running away for eons?"

Drift would normally remain silent for remarks like that, but the white and red Autobot replied in a voice that made him sound like a stereotypical samurai, "I have never run away, Sixshot. I have always faced my foes and accepted my fate should I fall in battle, it is because of her dying wish to me that I live on to see the end of the war between the Autobots and Decepticons. I never faced you in battle because I was not ready to face you."

Drift very briefly looked at Rias and company before finishing, "And while I still am not ready to face you, I seem to have little choice now. Because I will not let you harm these children any further. Today is the day, you fall at my blades…"

Sixshot didn't hide his excitement in his face. He merely readied his blades as he replied, "It's funny that you say that because that was what I was going to say to you…lord Megatron will be pleased if I bring your severed head to him, Deadlock…"

Issei wondered to himself as the two transformers clashed blades with such power and speed, the swords colliding with each other sounded like lightning discharging, he was puzzled by what the two said.

"What did Sixshot mean by calling Drift a…traitor, why did he call him Deadlock?"

Koneko, Xenovia, Akeno, Rossweisse, and Rias heard Issei wondering as they bore witness to a duel that seemed to put any sword clashes in fiction to utter shame. They were wondering the same thing, mostly because when they met Drift, he kept much of his past a secret.

Who was Drift exactly? Could he be the traitor Optimus Prime suspected was among their ranks?

Drift's skills with swords are really impressive, practically godlike or beyond, but the group noticed that it seems that Sixshot was simply too strong. Drift may be aggressive with his swordsmanship, but it was becoming clear that he was on the defensive. The Autobot has precision and accuracy on his side, but the Decepticon had power and speed on his.

It became obvious when with one mighty swing, Sixshot forcefully knocked Drift's blades out of his hands. Forcing the Autobot to dodge with reactions bordering on precognition, Sixshot swung his swords with such ferocity and speed that the blades cut the very air if the rubble out of the blades' reach having gashes on them is any indicator.

Drift nimbly dodged one of the six-changer's more powerful swipes to where he picked up one of his swords and managed to use it on time to reflect Sixshot's firearm unleashing accurate bullets like a machine gun.

"You have certainly improved, Deadlock…had you remain loyal to Megatron, he could easily have made you his second in command, over that weasel, Starscream to be sure…" Sixshot remarked, as he put one of his swords away and replaced it with his blasters.

Drift gritted his metal teeth as he replied to his foe, "That name has no meaning to me, I abandoned that life, that identity, the weapons you carry, once I chose the path I walk now…"

Sixshot chuckled a little, as he then said in acknowledgment, "Very well, Drift, you have earned my respect. I will be sure to have you become one with the Allspark, as quickly and painlessly as possible in honor of your skills with a blade, and to reunite you with your lost love."

Drift put on a very convincing facade, but Asia was the only one who could see past it and knows that Drift was getting weaker the longer the fight lasts. He must've been hurt, her mind told herself, but she knew she had to heal her teammates first, especially Kiba with a severed arm.

Before Sixshot could attack, he was tackled to the ground by Sky Lynx's 'Lynx-half', which he threw away like it was nothing.

Sky Lynx said to Drift, "Well, well. Seems I'm the first to arrive when you needed it most, my fellow Autobot. Have no fear, Gremory, I am here, and with my superior might, this Decepticon will become a pile of spare parts faster than you can say; Goodness, how superior is Sky Lynx in the art of battle…"

Drift quickly replied to Sky Lynx's arrogant claim before Rias could respond, "Your opponent is Sixshot, and he has gotten stronger since he took down a Guardian single-handedly. Do NOT underestimate him, Sky Lynx."

Kiba recovered enough thanks to Asia to sit up and noticed Sixshot getting back up on his feet. He also noticed that Sky Lynx merged into his full power 'dinoblast' form, and several Autobots (Bumblebee, D-002, A-903, Pyra Magna, & Bulkhead), and two superheroes (Spider-Man & Hulk) line up beside them. Pyra Magna transformed and left to help her team once Jumpstream called for help several clicks south of her current position.

Rias managed to force herself upright to see around fifty of Dr. Eggman's Decepti-drones get behind Sixshot. She said to the Autobots, "Make that bastard pay, Sky Lynx…"

A-903 remarked jokingly, "Come on red, you should really watch your language. We have a civil code to uphold and lead by example for any children watching us…"

The joke didn't quite make sense, was absurd, and felt so forced that even though it was a poor attempt to lighten the mood, it made Rias and the others laugh a little.

*" Considering the skill level of our present foe…seems like a fair fight right now…"* Bumblebee said through the radio, which Hulk said, "Hulk agree, Yellow Bug Robot. Hulk smash white robot!"

Sixshot remarked as he brought out his firearms, "Then I am looking forward to our clash, Dr. Banner. Besides, I have a mission to accomplish…"

Spider-Man responded, "Like we would let you kill Issei Hyoudou-…"

Sixshot interrupted, "Who said anything about my mission being in killing the Red Dragon Emperor? I do have orders to kill him if necessary, but that is not my mission…"

Bulkhead asked as he crashed his fist into his open palm, "And what mission is that? You better start squawking, con, or-…"

Sixshot cut Bulkhead off by going for the green Autobot's spark chamber but was quickly blocked by Drift, to which the swordsman remarked seriously, "Conversations are over Bulkhead, my friend. The battle begins now…"

Rias and the others of Kuoh Town watched an eight-on-one brawl, utterly floored by the sheer fact that Sixshot was fighting all eight of them and holding his own.

During the staggering battle, Koneko remarked, "I guess we now know what Sean meant by Sixshot's name being a bit on the nose regarding his alternate mode."

During the battle, Sixshot quickly transformed into his armored car, jet, anti-aircraft tank, cannon, & winged wolf forms to gain whatever advantage he could against his foes. Spider-Man tried to use his webbing to tie up the Decepticon, but Sixshot's heightened senses allowed him to avoid getting trapped numerous times. Bulkhead was grabbed and tossed like a bowling ball at a grounded Sky Lynx and Drift by Sixshot like a judo throw. Hulk grabbed a collapsed tower and hammered Sixshot, but the Decepticon's armor was too tough, and the six-changer threw a fast punch that knocked the wind out of the green rage monster.

Sixshot then saw an opportunity to get at his target. Rias and the others noticed it too, as Sixshot's eyes focused and narrowed at Issei Hyoudou, the boy still trying to recover.

Everyone in the Gremory household tried to get to Issei, but they all were too weak to try and get to him.

Sixshot lunged forward to try and decapitate Issei once again, but was pushed back when he blocked a stream of fire. They all looked to see it was Sean's Typhlosion, the Fire-Type monster's flames roaring with vigor. The Pokémon was ready to fight, as he was soon accompanied by his trainer, wearing some kind of armor that made him look like a mini-transformer/Gundam hybrid. There were others with the two; four of the Dinobots (Grimlock, Swoop, Snarl, & Slash), Jetfire, Captain America, Cyborg, Sonic the Hedgehog, Windblade, Sirzechs, and Grayfia.

"More interruptions? What is with everyone saving each other at the last minute…" Sixshot said to himself as he readied to face his new foes.

Sixshot realized that he was severely outnumbered by this point, but before he could begin to withdraw, he got sucker-punched by Optimus Prime in the chest plate, cracking his armor ever so slightly.

"Huh, I never take you for fighting dirty, Optimus Prime…" Sixshot remarked as the other combatants noticed a massive swarm of Insecticon clones, Decepti-drones, & the Combaticons amassing close to the group.

Optimus replied sternly, "War brings out the worst in everyone, especially one as drawn out as ours. I still have my honor, but will do what is necessary for the good of all sentient beings. Even if it means that I stain my honor in battle…"

-[Your Choice]-

Sixshot remained silent for a minute as if contemplating the Prime's words. But, he chuckled a little as he said, "Then, are you saying that for the good of all beings, you would commit horrific acts of it means one step closer to peace? Like, kill a family of innocents? Perhaps, massacre an entire nation?"

Rias, Issei, Rossweisse, Akeno, and Kiba noticed the Autobot leader's expression change, to something that resembled…

Regret…? Rias was pretty familiar with the look of regret, especially regret of doing something, truly damning, Optimus must have done something really morally wrong if he is making a face like that…

Optimus answered, "No…I will not let innocents get hurt! Not again…"

Sixshot made a face that seemed to tell the group that the Decepticon was rubbing salt in an old, ugly wound, as he said, "Still haven't forgiven yourself for what happened at the Battle of Richargo when you Autobots failed to prevent the Decepticons from decimating the city? Though credit where credit is due, you Autobots were forced off of Nebulos because the Autobot you told the leaders of Nebulos to trust, was really working for the Decepticons…do you still hear the screams of all those who died that week?"

Optimus' face furrowed from regret to self-blame as Sixshot finished, "When your predecessor shot Gears and Windcharger in the back. And killed your dear friend, General Clayton Abernathy…You should have killed Megatron when you had the opportunity, especially since you knew the moment the two of you had your disagreement…"

Rias was filled with more questions as the Combaticons ushered the attack, she asked as quietly as a mouse, "What happened back in your world, Optimus? What ugly skeletons are you hiding based on what Sixshot said?"

Optimus simply brought out his weapons as he said with finality, "I have paid for my mistakes…! All of them! And I refuse to make any more…"

The prime launched at the six-changer as they both fought viciously. Issei could tell that Sixshot was significantly better than Optimus was, but the Autobot managed to dent armor that even the Hulk couldn't dent. That must mean Optimus must have been strong enough to match Sixshot in combat.

Issei hated that he was too weak, that his friends tried to defend him and got really hurt because of that. He was supposed to be the Red Dragon Emperor, and yet Optimus is bailing him out from a confrontation with the Decepticons again. He had to wonder, how was it that someone like Sean, a practical human, can face such powerful mechanical beings without the assistance of his Pokémon. This led to an even more frustrating thought on how was he supposed to learn how to fight a Cybertronian.

"Hey, Ddraig…?" Issei asked his partner, to which he asked, "What is it? You little pervert…"

Issei asked his question to the Welsh Dragon, "Could we transfer any power we've built up to Optimus Prime?"

"Hmm…I'm not sure…" Ddraig contemplated, "It's a different story if we're talking about another person. Organic, granted, but I don't know if we can do the same to a metal being made of cogs and springs."

"Despite being robots, they are living beings like us, aren't they?" Issei readied his Sacred Gear as he continued, "It should work, I have practiced to transfer any built-up power to making Rias' boobs bigger-…"

"To satisfy your libido, little perverted wuss…!" Ddraig isn't aware of what Issei was trying to do, "Your point in this little conversation?"

Issei said, "His spark, or whatever it is. They've said that is their core being, where they're considered living beings. That's where we should transfer the power."

Ddraig was silent for a few seconds, before replying, "This may not even work, and you would waste energy to, say boost Argento's healing abilities. Worse yet, you could overclock Optimus Prime's systems and destroy him. But, let's do it, you would do it regardless if I say no."

Issei let out a pained chuckle as he had already gathered four boosts, he put his attention back on the battle.

-[Your Choice: Powering Up]-

A-903 was being a 'human' shield as Asia healed the group from their injuries. From in front, Issei can see the real scope of this battlefield that it became. Hundreds of thousands of Eggman's Decepti-drones were swarming like insects, which added to the Insecticon clones numbering the thousands. The sheer number of enemies made it pretty clear that they were beginning to overwhelm the Autobots and others that came to their defense. Even Rias' older brother and his queen were finding it difficult to fight back the horde, even with the firepower of Sky Lynx and Jetfire assisting them in the fight.

From the looks of it, Sean, his Typhlosion, Spider-Man, Hulk, Captain America, Bulkhead, and Windblade were facing the Combaticons separately. The Combaticons, especially Onslaught, were mostly why this horde was so overwhelming, the tactician certainly knew what he was doing by commanding the drones. Issei figured the battle would be easier if Onslaught was taken out of the equation. But his eyes zeroed to Optimus and Sixshot…

The two Transformers were battling it out quite viciously, Issei observed. Sixshot's tough armor had noticeable cracks on it, but between him and Optimus in terms of visible damage, Optimus was in worse condition than his opponent. Optimus had broken armor, was bleeding Energon in places, and he was looking exhausted. Issei knew that now was as good a time as any to implement his idea.

-[Metroplex Activated (1:20-end) - Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]-

"Okay, now!" Issei shouted as his Boosted Gear manifested a small orb of energy and launched it to Optimus' spark chamber, the gear shouting in his mind, "Transfer!"

Optimus was caught off guard, as from his spark to the tips of his limbs, his body overflowed with magic energy.

Optimus didn't have enough time to process what had just happened, as he could barely block a vicious kick from Sixshot. The blow impacted with such force that it would be clear that it would snap steel-girders like toothpicks.

Optimus Prime put as much energy he could to throw a punch as fast as Sixshot's kick to counter the Decepticon. And he succeeded in shattering Sixshot's torso armor like glass.

The attack stunned the Decepticon long enough for Optimus to tackle Sixshot to the ground, Optimus then said to his opponent, "You will answer for your crimes against Cybertron and Nebulos, Sixshot. Any further attempt at resistance will result in immediate retaliation."

Sixshot chuckled as he replied in a calm, unnerving voice, "Are you sure you need to focus on me, Prime? I'm sorry to say that the Constructicons and Combaticons have planted hidden anti-matter bombs around the city's perimeter. They will go off in sixteen minutes, and they could only be shut off by a kill code I possess. I will give it to you, but unfortunately, the deactivation code cannot be copied. Only transferred, tick-tock, Prime. The clock's racing…"

Sixshot transformed into his wolf-form quickly, then back to bot mode to free himself. Then he threw a smoke bomb to the ground and vanished like a ninja.

The Decepticon forces retreated, some began to celebrate for only a second before the anti-matter bombs go off. This has escalated into a much more serious threat than it has been for the past few hours.

-[Apprehension - Kingdom Hearts II]-

"If the bombs are hidden, where do we start looking for them…" one devil asked as he helped a fallen angel to her feet.

"We should be asking how to disable them first!" Azazel pointed out, "If they could only be deactivated by a kill code without copying it, then we have to find a way to disable the bombs themselves before they detonate. And am I right to assume anti-matter bombs are really bad news?"

Wheeljack answered the fallen angel's query, "VERY bad news if you know your astronomy and physics, long story short. We have fifteen minutes now to find the blasted things before they go off now…"

Optimus took charge and said, "Divide into groups and search the city's perimeter and locate the bombs first. Then, we figure out how to disarm them."

He and the conglomerate of all sorts of beings split off as he said those very infamous words…

"Autobots! Transform, and Roll Out!"

Ten minutes later…

-[Your Choice: Race Against the Clock]-

Things have never been as stressful for the denizens of the Underworld as the fact that anti-matter bombs were about to be going off in five minutes.

Perceptor and one of the other Autobots (a generic one by the looks of him), launched long-ranged scanners into the air, the instruments tuned to detect anti-matter specifically. It took no longer than twenty seconds for Perceptor's assistant to shout…

"Found the Anti-Matter Bombs!"

"Where are they located, and how many?" demanded Azazel, with Optimus backing the fallen angel by the communicator.

Perceptor answered almost immediately, but with a voice that felt quite grim, "There are twenty-seven in total. Transmitting their locations now to your onboard computers."

Captain America said through the coms-channel, "You heard Perceptor! Find those bombs and hand them to Sky Lynx to gather them in one place, he and Blurr are the only ones fast enough and strong enough to get those weapons together!"

Everyone shouted "Yessir!" through the coms-channel, and soon enough (about a minute and a half) Sky Lynx and Blurr gathered them in the ruins of the town center. Sky Lynx carried eight of the last anti-matter bombs and arranged them with the others while doing a kind of sliding land.

Three of the Autobots already there each remarked in a deadpan manner to themselves after seeing Sky Lynx do that…

"Show off…"

"Egomaniac…"

"Braggart…"

As soon as the bombs were handed to Sky Lynx and Blurr once found, everyone headed to where the biggest one was located, earlier deciding to gather the bombs there. They had just arrived as Sky Lynx skillfully placed the last bomb as he made his landing.

"What's the status, Perceptor, Wheeljack?" Optimus asked as he handed the two of them the deactivation code before they went off looking for the bombs.

Wheeljack cursed loudly and profane in native Cybertronian, the O.R.C. noticing both Captain America and Windblade both gasp (mostly Windblade only) and exclaim, "Language Wheeljack!"

Wheeljack quickly summarized, "Bad news! The code was only good for the big one! Sixshot knew all along! And worse, we only have two minutes before everyone here gets obliterated by having their atoms torn asunder!"

Rias, Issei, and the other inhabitants of this reality panicked. To which the superhero, Cyborg used chords to connect all the bombs and said, "Hold onto your butts everyone! I'll try to disarm them by hacking their programming! Prime, use the code on the big one!"

Optimus immediately complied as Tony Stark ran up and said to Cyborg, "You're going to need back up on this front, Victor. F.R.I.D.A.Y., run encryption algorithms in case the cons have planted a data-mining virus inside their anti-matter bombs."

*" Running algorithms, boss…"* said the computerized UI system in the Iron Man suit.

"Four heads are better than two!" Perceptor added as he and Tails assisted the two superheroes in the cybernetic battle in the digital plane.

Azazel looked at the timers in those strange, Cybertronian glyphs. He was quite thankful that Perceptor had earlier taught him and others how to read some of those glyphs, and felt intense pressure as he saw that there were a few seconds over a minute left before all of them go off.

Issei could only lay down in absolute horror and shame as he overheard what was going on by First Aid's comlink, he was still recovering from his brief battle with Sixshot and was completely worthless in hacking, alien technology, and both at the same time. He felt utterly worthless in a way unprecedented since his first rating game against Riser Phenax.

He wasn't the only one, Issei noticed how uncharacteristically tense Rias was, this was WAY beyond her capabilities to deal with. She never had to contend with alien robots, cyberspace, and the like since the Transformers arrived in their reality. It was also clear that what Sixshot said to her really got to the crimson-haired beauty.

The two could overhear the four tech-minded heroes say quickly to each other numerous tech terms that flew over their heads, completely lost in what the technobabble spoken means.

-[Countdown (0:00-1:57) - Captain America: The Winter Soldier]-

Everyone's heart rates spiked dramatically high once they heard Sky Lynx say quickly over the coms, "Less than 30 seconds until they go off! Can't you four work faster!"

"You try breaking through the Decepticons' firewalls and see if you can work as fast! Everyone should evacuate right now!" The voice of the little buddy of Sonic the Hedgehog snapped at the shuttle.

The Occult Research Club felt their blood run icy cold once they heard Wheeljack say, "Evacuate where? There's little time to even start, and it wouldn't matter as once those bombs go off, the entire solar system will be engulfed by a highly destructive, singularity!"

"Ten seconds!" One of the feminine Autobots shouted.

Issei's fear intensified to a point he collapsed out of sheer stress, freaking out his friends once they felt his heart had stopped beating. First Aid immediately responded to the action as he turned his two-pointers into human-made defibrillators and began to try and restart Issei's heart.

"Nine seconds!" another Autobot, (this one sounded like A-903) shouted, causing all the civilians of the ruined city to begin panicking.

"Clear!" First Aid said loudly over the thousands of screams and got extremely lucky as only one time was enough to get Issei's heart going again, much to the relief of Rias and the other admirers of his.

"Oh, Issei!" Akeno said crying with relief, "Please stop with nearly dying. We can't take any more scares like that!"

"Thank you, First Aid…" Rias said, not turning her gaze on her beloved pawn and boyfriend.

"Protect and serve. That's what all emergency response individuals are taught to uphold…" First Aid replied to Rias' thanks.

"Five seconds! Hit the deck!" The unmistakable voice of Grimlock shouted loudly.

"Wait! Is that-…?" Tails said over the comms, to which Tony Stark interrupted, "Focus Miles! We're nearly there!"

Issei heard Slash say, in a remarkably calm tone, "This is going to be down to the nanosecond. The chances of succeeding are roughly 70% on us failing. But odds like that often result in…what were they called again…?"

"Fourseconds!We'regonnadie,die,die!" Blurr exclaimed quite loudly and in a panic over the comms.

"Three!" it sounded like Sean this time over the comms, as he began to count down.

Issei tightly hugged Rias, determined to have his last memory being the scent of her crimson hair.

"Two!"

Asia tightly hugged Issei's abdomen, with Koneko, Akeno, Irina, and Xenovia joining the former nun.

"One!"

This is it! Goodbye cruel world! Issei thought as he shut his eyes tightly, anticipating the boom to come from a weapon toted as worse than the nuclear bombs the world was ready to launch for the dreaded World War III.

"Got it! And just thirty hydracycles to spare!" Tails exclaimed through the comms, which was quickly followed by a deafening cacophony of cheering from everyone in this part of the underworld.

The Occult Research Club let out a huge and loud sigh of relief and slumped to the ground. And it appeared that they weren't the only ones, as they saw First Aid & several other Autobots nearby react just like they did.

"Oh yeah!" Slash exclaimed, "Miracles...that's the word..."

"Oh jeez!" Issei said like he ran two marathons back to back, "I thought we were goners! How much was a hydracycle?"

"Trust me, kid…" said a winded Windblade, "…you do not want to know specifically. All you need to know is that a hydracycle is much shorter than a second by Earth metrics…"

That statement sent chills up everyone's spines, they were less than a mere second from total annihilation.

They then heard Optimus Prime say through the comlink, "We will gather the injured and rendezvous to the safe zone in five minutes…"

First Aid responded, "Copy that, Prime. I got an injured Red Dragon Emperor to get proper medical treatment there."

"Don't keep us waiting doc, we have quite a few injured here that I need your help with treating…" said Rosa, Issei forgetting that the Pokémon Trainer was training to be a doctor herself.

-[Your Choice]-

It hasn't been exactly five minutes by the time almost everyone within a hundred-kilometer radius, was at the designated safe zone. Plenty of Autobots and soldiers of the three mystical factions forming a perimeter to ensure no Decepticon was getting in.

Issei was stabilized as he was wrapped in bandages, remarking sarcastically that he's gonna look like a badass with gnarly looking scars. Rias swiftly smacked him in the back of the head for even suggesting that in a joking manner.

"Okay…that should do it Mr. Hyoudou…" said a really cute devil nurse, that Issei couldn't help but ogle at her rather shapely figure and making his 'harem' jealous.

Issei broke his perverted gaze from the nurse once he heard the footsteps of Optimus Prime approach the group of teenagers.

They were initially happy to see him, but that happiness swiftly turned to concern as he had a stoic, yet stern look on his robotic face.

"I know you tried to face Sixshot on your own without any backup. He could've killed you all, especially since his target was Issei Hyoudou."

Issei felt like a kid being sent to the principal's office, especially with how Optimus was talking to them.

"We underestimated your warnings about him and nearly paid the price." Kiba said as he looked at his reattached arm thanks to Asia's help, noticing his hand uncontrollably trembling.

"It seemed that the damage done to you has severed many nerves. Sixshot has hardly failed in taking out his intended targets…" Rosa said as she inspected the young man's arm.

"If that's true…" Rias wondered, "Then as an assassin sent to kill Issei, he would've done so based on what you all told us about him, and do it without any of us noticing. I've learned about assassins enough to know that he really wasn't trying to kill us."

Ironhide was being put into an arm brace by Chromia as he remarked, "Well, if he wasn't trying to kill the lot of you, then what was he trying to do if not that?"

"I have to agree with Miss Gremory on that Ironhide, and I'm not the only one…" chimed in the voice of the yellow, two-tailed anthro-fox, Tails, as he, Cyborg, Iron Man, and Perceptor brought in a few of the deactivated anti-matter bombs.

Azazel got into a defensive position as he asked, "I thought you said those things were crazy dangerous! Why are you bringing them here of all places?"

"Not to worry…" Perceptor answered quite jovially, "Anti-matter bombs lose their deadliness once deactivated. The anti-matter ceases to exist, and now they're just hunks of metal to take up space in a scrapyard…"

Azazel slightly relaxed, before Iron Man said, "Except, of the twenty-seven anti-matter bombs we deactivated, only five of them were anti-matter bombs."

Optimus asked, kneeling as he began to feel the stress his body endured fighting the six-changer, "What do you mean by that, Stark?"

"He means…" the Hulk (back to being Bruce Banner) clarified, "The rest were fakes, and Cyborg found out that there was a kill-switch code inside that is locked only to Sixshot's signal, that would've terminated the bombs, rendering them useless. They were decoys, to distract us as he escaped."

"Didn't help that, while difficult, hacking the bombs was oddly simple to achieve. It was definitely like he wanted us to deactivate them…" Tails added as he took apart two of the bombs to show the group what they mean.

Issei saw that the left bomb (one of the legit anti-matter bombs) had all kinds of machinery and parts that definitely were what he expect a bomb to look like. The right one was a stark contrast to the left, it had the most rudimentary and basic (not to mention minimal) number of parts. It looked simplified, even fake, and nothing like the left.

Cyborg explained as he pointed to one part I have no hope of even attempting to describe, "This part right here is what makes the left one the anti-matter bomb. A chamber that functions effectively like a mini particle accelerator. This is what creates the anti-matter, effectively a black hole, like the kind that swallows dying stars in space. The left is clearly a cheap knockoff, looking more like a B-movie prop. It is merely a dummy armament, meant to trick enemies into thinking you were more equipped than you really are…"

"That is…" Rias began to say, "…is absolutely horrible! Who would do something so horribly cruel into making a fake bomb that looks real?!"

Before the talk could continue, Sky Lynx landed and looked, nervous as he said to Optimus, "Uh…Optimus, sir? We have a situation…"

Optimus noticed the nervous tone in the unflappable Sky Lynx, an extremely rare instance for Sky Lynx, which means this was serious…

He asked as Ratchet arrived to treat his injuries, "What is wrong, you're never this nervous-…"

Sky Lynx answered his leader, "Ever since my last visit to our base before Ghidorah messed with the barriers surrounding this reality and completely cut us off. I didn't notice it at the time. But, I appeared to have stowaways that I didn't notice until three minutes ago…"

"Stowaways?" Ratchet asked in a fairly surprised tone, Rias adding more to the medic's question with her own, "What exactly do you mean, stowaways, Sky Lynx?"

"Well…see for yourself…"

-[Your Choice: Innocent Reveal]-

Sky Lynx transformed into his shuttle mode and opened the space shuttle's roof, where a mechanical arm grabbed something from inside. Then everyone else heard some, very young voices say things like, 'hey, let us go', and such.

Issei noticed Rosa and Sean's expressions change, it was clear by the looks in their eyes that they recognize the young voices, the sound of two young children.

The arm soon pulled out, then put down two children (a boy and a girl) who look to be five and four years old respectively. The two squirming children were trying to break free from the arm Sky Lynx had grabbed them with.

The five-year-old was a young boy with brown hair that looks almost black in color, he also has eyes that looked like the irises were made of actual silver in color, wearing a t-shirt with a pattern that looked exactly like the sigil of the Autobots, and a pair of shorts. He also had an air about him that told a few of the O.R.C. members that he will grow to be a handsome young man and noted he looks a little similar to Sean.

The four-year-old was a little girl with light brown hair that reaches an inch past her chin in length. She had cyan eyes, really fair skin even for a four-year-old, and she wore a t-shirt with a skort of sorts. She had an air about her, that Issei noticed, that told him she will assuredly grow into an exceptionally beautiful young woman.

After Sky Lynx set the two children down, he used his shuttle arm to grab and pull out of his maintenance deck, three, white-&-blue little mini-cons that wore the symbol of the Autobots.

They looked to transform, based on their kibble, into an odd-looking shuttle, a super tiny concord transport plane, and a mini Boeing liner. The three were plopped seven feet to the left of the boy and girl, not that Rosa, Twilight, and Sean were concerned. Their focus was squarely on the two children. Rosa said to them in a quite harsh tone…

"Thomas! Maria! What are you two doing here!?"

The boy and girl flinched at Rosa speaking to them with such a confrontational tone. And the glares that Rosa and Sean shot them…

The boy gave a nervous smile, and replied with an equally nervous tone, "H-hi mom…d-dad…f-fancy meeting you h-here…

Issei's curiosity was peaked…

This was likely going to be an interesting and long story…

Alpha Trion: The Keeper of History…

The third born from Primus' power, having perfectly vivid memories of events before his formation, to the beginning of time. Primus entrusted Alpha Trion to keep a record of history, so Alpha Trion agreed…

He carried two artifacts of great importance, the first was from Primus himself called the Covenant of Primus, a book written by Primus' will detailing events far into the distant past to far into the future, often written in languages even Alpha Trion had difficulty deciphering. The second artifact was from both Primus and Solus called the Quill, working in tandem with the Covenant of Primus, the Quill had limited power to alter reality, but only its owner knows the inner workings…

Alpha Trion was a kind soul who followed the whims of his creator close to heart, befriending fellow Primes like Onyx or the youngest, and believing that freedom was the sacred right of all sentient beings. He also was trusted with numerous secrets by his fellow Primes, so much so that some of these secrets were practically godlike in power and importance.

According to some rumors, Alpha Trion never left Cybertron like his brothers after they fell to war, supposedly the Master Archivist of Iacon who shares the same name was the latest to bear the name. But, rumors persist that the Archivist and the mythical Prime, were one being, despite evidence saying otherwise. The Archivist has frequently said that he met and earned his name from his mythical namesake, but few don't believe his words…

Two Miles from the Borealis Basin, Mars

12:37 PM T.S.T (Tokyo Standard Time)

-[Your Choice: Evil Plots]-

Astrotrain was not a happy camper…

He was ordered to oversee ongoing investigations upon the Martian surface for any further clues to the Decepticon ship that crashed on Earth. Considering that something clearly odd was going on with how the part that was discovered on Mars, it was from the part of the ship that is quite durable, and could only be broken off by the impact of a planetary object. Shockwave theorized that either the crashed ship was actually on Mars, or it was part of an odd and rare (but still feasibly possible) phenomenon known to Cybertronians as Astro-Rebound Impact. Where a ship, even under the influence of gravity, could effectively, bounce off a planet's surface like a rubber ball and rebound back into space.

Astrotrain knew the phenomenon well and noted that a myriad of conditions had to be met for such a thing to even be possible. He was aware that, based on little bits of information already gathered, Mars fit the planetary needs for the phenomenon to happen perfectly. Mars was small enough for gravity to allow the event in question to happen. And the nearby Borealis Basin as the humans call the massive, and uncharacteristically smooth surface of Mars's northern hemisphere, actually hid the details of the impact well.

The triple-changer remarked that it was likely thanks to Mars' seismic activity and weather over millions of years, pretty much sent all the obvious evidence to oblivion.

But Shockwave wants all available evidence on Lord Megatron's orders to try and accurately pinpoint where the ship likely crashed on Earth or Mars. And the shuttle/steam engine hybrid knew better than to cross either of them.

"Put your backs into it!" He shouted as the Decepticons he was tasked to oversee in multiple ways dug the Martian soil further, "Lord Megatron will have your sparks if Shockwave doesn't get the information he needs! Those…geh…magic books are still being very uncooperative with us, so our master is on a very short fuse with any more bad news!"

He pressed his 'ear' and asked, "Hey Deluge, have you finished gathering that atmospheric and orbital data yet?"

He heard the Decepticon named Deluge reply through the comlink, "No, since you asked for the sixty-fifth time in the past twenty cycles! Keep asking and we'll never get it done, you giant piece of scrap!"

Astrotrain flinched as the con snapped quite harshly, if Deluge's data wasn't so valuable, he would've fried his circuits for that response. That sensation was even worse for Astrotrain, because Deluge knew he was too valuable to offline, and took as many opportunities to verbally assault his fellow Decepticons…

The grey-&-purple Decepticon sighed as he replied, "Copy that. Over and out…"

Astrotrain then decided to patrol the area, joined by two well-known Decepticons, Skywarp and Bludgeon. They were unaware that they were being spied on just outside of their sensors.

The onlookers were the Mars Probe, Opportunity, the Autobots Springer, Cosmos, Blaster, Rewind, & Ramhorn, and in spacesuits; the Saiyans Goku & Vegeta, the superhero Quake, and finally, a Pokémon called Minior.

NASA was made aware of the whole deal with the Autobots and Decepticons and was sworn to secrecy about it by the collective governments of the world in exchange for the Autobots offering a few technological upgrades to improve space exploration. So Opportunity was offered to help monitor the Decepticon activity on Mars after Cosmos and Blaster upgraded the probe to a point it could feasibly last longer than it would normally, and defend itself from the Decepticons.

Vegeta looked and said with frustration building, "Why the hell are we just observing those idiots instead of destroying them!"

Springer answered quietly while moving his pointing finger in a 'shushing' motion, "Because 'your majesty', they outnumber us, outgun us, one of them is our spy on the inside, and we need to find that Decepticon ship first if that message is any indicator of this reality's Decepticons ideals."

Quake remarked, "I agree, that Megatron from that message seems more like an Autobot to us than the Decepticons we know."

The Minior let out a little 'chirp' in agreement. Vegeta sighed as Goku said, "Hopefully we find out want we need soon because I'm getting really hungry and am getting tired of eating that astronaut food…"

Vegeta let out a single chuckle as he remarked, "For once, I agree with Kakarot…"

Blaster then said, "For now, let's return to Valles Marineris and regroup with Jammer and Kara. Hopefully, our signal blockers should hold out until we return to base. That last dust storm did some damage to them."

Rewind jabbed, "I, for one, do not want to be swarmed by Decepticons. Like Springer said at the Battle of New Orktown, I've got better things to do tonight than die…"

"Says you…" Vegeta said as they began heading for the massive canyon, "I welcome a full confrontation instead of sneaking around anytime. And Kakarot agrees with me on that front…"

"Yeah…" Goku admitted as Cosmos transformed and airlifted the Opportunity probe, "…I want to fight them too, but as Springer said, they have us outnumbered with those robots that Eggman guy built."

Quake remarked as she hopped into Springer's cockpit, "I still can't figure out how he gets the material and time to build so many on such short notice."

Springer replied, "Sonic said that is a question he asks himself, and figures he doesn't want to know the answer…"

The group headed for their hidden base in the largest canyon in the Solar System. Miraculously lucky with how they were left completely undetected by the Decepticons.

Astrotrain was hailed over by one of the excavation crew, and was pleasantly surprised by the discovery of copious amounts of raw, unrefined Energon deposits under the Martian surface…

"A bit of good news for Megatron…" Astrotrain smirked as he picked up an Energon chunk, "…if this is what unrefined Energon looks like on Mars, then there's more than enough to grant all of us the ability to annihilate those accursed Autobots and their organic and divine allies…"

Megatron would definitely be pleased once the news reached his 'ears', and figured it will be soon until he forces the Autobots into a trap…

Meanwhile, at the Same Time…

Back at The Phenex Territory of the Underworld…

-[Your Choice]-

"THOMAS! MARIA! WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU TWO DOING HERE!" Sean shouted loud enough to make a few of the Autobots jolt and back off from him and Rosa.

The boy looked ready to cry as he replied, much like any scared child, "H-h-hi…d-dad…m-mom…d-d-didn't expect you t-to be here…heh-heh-heh-heh…"

Issei and the others had slack-jaws when they heard the little five-year-old call Sean dad and Rosa mom. And then it made them curious about the little girl beside Thomas, clinging to him closely. She didn't look like she was related to either Rosa and Sean, and it could be possible she is their daughter through adoption, but something told the teens that wasn't the case.

Rosa's face was just as furious as Sean's as she addressed the young girl, "Did you know, YOU COULD HAVE KILLED YOURSELVES WITH THAT STUNT YOU JUST PULLED?! YOU TWO ARE GROUNDED! No, wait…! For what you two just did, YOU'LL WISH YOU WERE JUST GROUNDED FOR PULLING SUCH A RECKLESS STUNT!"

The girl they correctly deduced as being named Maria, replied quite scared, "I'm sorry, Mister Hashimoto, Misses Hashimoto…*hic*…I-I know we did a…a bad thing…"

Optimus Prime watched this unfold, ignoring the pain he felt, and said to the two, "Sean, Rosa, they're just children. I am not as familiar with parenting as I should, but I can tell that you are being really harsh with them…"

Rosa looked beside her on the ground, and then boldly threw one of Wheeljack's busted firearms at the Autobot leader's head with enough force to knock him on his back, slightly freaking out some of the O.R.C. members at the act. The sound of the weapon connecting with Prime's metal skull sounded like it hurt, even for a being whose skin was made of space metal.

Rosa snapped harshly at Optimus, "YOU STAY OUT OF THIS, PRIME! WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR WELL-BEING, YOU HAVE NO SAY IN THIS! ESPECIALLY IF OUR SON IS INVOLVED!"

Issei cowered behind Rias in response to Rosa's outburst towards Optimus. He's heard that she had a ferocity that made Sean afraid of her. Hell, this was the Pokémon Trainer who's bold enough to provoke Megatron, and fight gods.

Drift walked up to the natives of this reality, and said indirectly, "Humanity often says an amusing proverb that best describes this. 'Heaven hath no fury like a mother scorned' I believe it goes…"

Rias looked at Drift for a few seconds, then replied to the Autobot samurai, "Yeah, I know that sometimes, my own mother frightens my father when she's in a bad mood sometimes…"

First Aid looked over Issei and Kiba as he said, "Well, it might take a minute or two for those two to lecture the kids based on my observations on human behavior. So I might as well study these Phoenix Tears and how they affect the regenerative factors in cells…"

The teens agreed and relaxed now that the attack was over, so they talked it over as Sean and Rosa lectured the children. Optimus was helped back up to a sitting position by Ratchet and Windblade.

Despite their talks with each other and with some of the Autobots, Rias Gremory couldn't keep her eyes off the two children. There was something…curious…about them, and the other teens noticed too.

Sean and Rosa were absolutely furious at the little boy and little girl as they cowered at the pair lecturing them quite harshly. For what seems like a minute, the two Pokémon Trainers kept talking to the pair of children, telling them why it was stupid to stow away in Sky Lynx. It really didn't help Sky Lynx's case, as the Autobot lieutenant knew he'll be next on the chopping block after. Twilight Sparkle was quite familiar with the personal lives of the two Pokémon Trainers, and helpfully filled them in on what she was told by the pair…

-[Your Choice: Children]-

Thomas was the couple's second son, who had a twin sister who was a few minutes older and was very smart for her age. Sean and Rosa have had five children, and of those five, their eldest son and said son's close friend was the only one aware of this whole deal of realities and fictional characters existing in real life. Thomas was a genuinely kind boy like his older brother, which did make the two quite popular even among girls older than them, something Rias was interested in seeing if he was that kind. Despite his kindness, Thomas seems to be a trouble magnet, as all kinds of things happen that put him in danger without his intention. He was also really close with his best friend, Maria.

Maria was the only daughter of two very close family friends of Sean and Rosa. Her parents work jobs that left the little girl alone since three months ago for extended periods of time. Sean and Rosa offered to let Maria stay with their family, as the two cared for her as if she was their daughter. Maria's closeness to Thomas was a result of the young girl having feelings for Thomas, especially because of his kind behavior. She's also got quite a strong, almost dominating personality and quite a temper, but is generally well-behaved thanks to both her parents and her best friend's parents.

Rias was quite surprised the boy was, the Pokémon Trainer pair's second son (mostly because, despite their ages in the twenties, the pair could pass off convincingly as teenagers themselves), and the girl was a close friend of their family. Akeno, Asia, Xenovia, and Irina couldn't keep their eyes off of the two children, all they were seeing is (to put it bluntly), a fantasyland only a two-year-old could be exposed to. It didn't help that Thomas and Maria were absolutely, irresistibly adorable, especially when the two were together.

The high-schoolers had their thoughts refocused on the now at Sean angrily asking his son and his son's friend, "…AND HOW DID YOU TWO EVEN GET INSIDE SKY LYNX TO STOWAWAY IN THE FIRST PLACE!"

Thomas looked ready to cry in guilt, but his friend beat him to the punch. Maria bawled while crying waterfalls, "Wah-haa-haa-haa-haa! It's my fault! I'm sorry! *cries louder* Waaaah-haaahh-haaahh-haaahh! We-we-we just followed a bunch of pixies, and-and-and they told us where to find Tommy's daddy and mommy!"

Issei thought that Maria was making up pixies to avoid getting into deeper trouble, but Sean's expression changed from his angry face to a more, surprised expression. And then a contemplative one…

Rosa, however, still in 'mom' mode, was still really furious. She had a look that Issei and Rias knew mothers make when their children confess their wrongdoings…

-[Lake Cavern - Pokémon Diamond & Pearl]-

Optimus noticed how upset Maria is, and he felt that he needed to help her. He tried to get up after Ratchet (with help from Windblade and A-903) sat him down again to resume his first aid on his old friend. Sean saw that, and then said…

"Optimus…you don't need to worry about these two anymore. And that's because I now know who was responsible for this unexpected circumstance…"

Rosa looked at her husband with a confused expression (shared by the entire Gremory peerage) as Sean said, "Alright you three…mind telling me why you thought it would be a good idea to bring my son and his best friend into a multiversal conflict?"

Three lights suddenly appeared from Sky Lynx's shuttle body and floated to Sean. The lights vanished and were replaced by a trio of similar-looking creatures that floated, and had two tails.

Optimus Prime noticed the trio of peculiar creatures, and said, "Masters Uxie, Mesprit, & Azelf…were you really responsible for bringing these children here…?"

Issei noticed how Optimus' tone sounded stern and confused at the same time, as he addressed the beings called Uxie, Mesprit, & Azelf.

Rias immediately recognized them as a trio of Legendary Pokémon that debuted in her personal favorite Pokémon games; Diamond Version & Pearl Version. She was caught off guard by how adorable they were in real life from the games, and she tried to hide it.

Uxie, a being with a yellow turban-like head, spoke to the Autobot leader, "Yes, we were advised to do so…"

Optimus' tone veered straight to that of sternness as he began to lecture the three Pokémon, "Do you realize how much harm you put them in…? This is no-!"

"We were fully aware, and resisted as much as possible…" the cyan-headed Azelf interrupted, "But this was an order from the very top…"

Rosa barked, "I swear if Palkia thinks she can rope my children-…!"

"You misunderstand…" Mesprit explained, the pink-headed Pokémon interrupting Rosa, "Palkia is our sister, but she wasn't the one who told us to do the deed. It was the one who our sister frequently calls the 'Big G', he said that fate will turn for the better for all of you if the young Thomas Hashimoto and Maria Kotensuki are present with Optimus Prime's team. If it helps, we were also ordered to ensure no harm comes to the two…"

Rosa looked pissed, pissed enough to hurt the next living thing next to her. It was scary to behold, enough so for Issei to make him cower behind Rias like a frightened two-year-old. Rosa mumbled to herself for a short while, which Issei figured were very harsh and mean things that popped into her mind.

The female trainer said to herself in response, still looking ready to strangle someone, "Oh-ho-ho! If God thinks he can put MY son, or any of my children or their friends in mortal peril-…"

The woman took a deep breath and let out an exasperated sigh as she admitted to herself, "*sigh*…he's lucky he's an omnipotent being that transcends reality, or he would've been SOOO dead right now!"

-[Your Choice: Conversations]-

Ironhide rubbed the back of his head and said, "Well, if the top dog of existence says so, guess there's nothing we can do about it…"

"No arguments there…" Chromia added as she lovingly handed Ironhide one of his arm-mounted cannons lost during the fight.

Thomas and Maria were looking up at the Transformers with shock and awe, the little girl saying to her best friend, "Hey Tommy. Are we really seeing those Transformers guys? Are they real?"

Thomas replied, "Yeah, I know we aren't dreaming. These guys are all real."

Thomas and Maria then glanced over to their left and had eyes like a child meeting their favorite television character in person. The two children saw a few of the Avengers (Captain America, Spider-Man, Hulk, & Iron Man) walking in their direction.

Rias Gremory and the other girls felt their hearts 'go squish' as they would say when they saw the two children walk up to the four superheroes like one walks up to a mascot in a theme park.

"So, this is Thomas Hashimoto and his best friend, Maria Kotensuki?" Spider-Man remarked as he placed his hands on his knees, "Got to admit, they're just as you described them, Rosa."

The two little kids had bug eyes when the greatest superhero of all knew who they were, and Maria stuttered, "Y-y-you know wh-who we are, Mr. Spider-Man?"

"Just Spider-Man, please…" the web-slinger said as he petted the two on their heads, "Don't worry about it, Mr. Spider-Man would be my father if he was in the superhero business. Thomas' mom told us about you all, and it's a pleasure to meet you two for the first time."

Spider-Man rubbed his head and chuckled as he quipped, "Although…I just wish we could've been introduced under better circumstances, without the place being a dumpster wreck…"

Thomas and Maria laughed as the boy said, "He's definitely the real Spider-Man. Only the real Spider-Man could say something so funny…"

Issei saw the two of them smile as they were getting introduced to all the new faces, but when he looked at Rias, he saw her completely transfixed on the two children. The redhead had a look that told Issei that Rias was completely enamored by the two, for some reason.

"Okay, you two…" Twilight said as she placed her hands on their backs, "Let's give everyone space to recover. We've been under a lot of stress for the past few hours, is that alright?"

Thomas and Maria complied, as they both said respectfully to the alicorn-in-a-human-disguise…

"Okay, Auntie Twilight…"

"We'll leave them alone…"

Issei was in full alert if his outburst was any indicator, "Auntie Twilight?!"

Twilight heard Issei and explained, "That's just what Thomas and his siblings call me, I'm a close family friend. I'm not his actual aunt."

Akeno said in response, "Oh. Is that why? It makes sense to me now…"

Koneko soon looked at the three Mini-Cons who were stowed away with the two children, and asked, "Well, who are they?"

Twilight's curiosity peaked, and her attention shifted to the trio of mini-transformers. She replied, "Huh…I don't know, this is the first I've seen a trio of Mini-Cons like them. And I'm quite familiar with most of the Autobots…"

"You wouldn't know about them Twilight, because you haven't met them yet…" Sean said as he walked to the group.

Akeno asked, "Why is that so?"

Sean sat down with his son sitting beside him, and explained, "Those three are recent acquisitions. They're known as the Air Defense Team, from the colony of Micron. Their names are Sonar, the shuttle, Stormjet, the mini concord, and their mini Boeing leader, Runaway. They're a weaponizer trio that can merge into a powerful sword called the Cyber Caliber. They spent a great deal of time completely isolated from virtually any living being until a month ago. So, they speak only in their native tongue from the colony world of Micron…"

"Why were they in isolation?" Asia asked, quite concerned that it sounded like that the three bots were alone for thousands of years…

Sean answered, "That's a bit of a long story from what I've been told. But to summarize it, Sonar, Stormjet, & Runaway were subjected to horrible experiments by their own people in service to the Decepticons, by turning them into a weapon based on their genetic compatibility. They were meant to be used by Megatron and stripped of all their personality to become a mindless tool for killing until one bot took pity on them and allowed them to escape in a stasis ship that made the cons think the trio were lost in space…they're a little hard to get along with…"

Rias was quite disturbed by this summary of the 'Air Defense' team. To where she could only say, "How…horrible…"

Irina replied, "Aww, the poor little Mini-Cons…"

Twilight took the information in and said to her friend, "I appreciate the information, maybe I can help open up their sparks to friendship…"

Rosa brushed the dust out of Maria's hair with her fingers, and lightly chuckled as she replied quickly, "Oh no Twilight…that's not the problem. Sonar, Stormjet, and Runaway have no problem with making friends, the real problem is that they could only speak in an ancient language that hasn't been heard by the Transformers since the Sahara was a wetland beach, and sheep ate meat…"

"Oh…" Twilight remarked with a bit of a dumbfounded expression, "…That makes it where, effectively, they're speaking a rarely heard language that may very well be a dead language?"

"In a way…" Rosa shrugged as she patted Maria's clothes to rid the dust that got on the little girl.

Asia and a few others, (mostly Thomas, Maria, Akeno, Koneko, and Gasper), walked over to meet the three little robots. But, waited to talk to them after Optimus lectured the three 'weaponizers' over stowing away in Sky Lynx…

Issei groaned as his teacher to fight Transformers, and Kiba helped him up, so he could recover at his home. Sean chuckled a little as he said, "Despite your horrendous loss, you can definitely consider surviving against the likes of Sixshot a victory. Before we really tried to use teamwork a month before we ended up in your reality Hyoudou, there were only three individuals who survived their encounters with Sixshot."

Irina asked, with her curiosity peaked, "Who are they? They must be really skilled to survive a confrontation with that monster…"

"Two of them were sheer dumb luck. And they were Donald Duck and Windcharger. The one who didn't survive on dumb luck was the Black Widow, Natasha Romanoff…" Sean replied as they walked to a teleportation ring Sirzechs set up for them.

"Yeah. We were very fortunate that First Aid had studied enough about the human anatomy to reconnect Nat's severed nerves when she distracted Sixshot from taking a case of Vibranium." Captain America added as he walked up with a large medical kit and handed it to Koneko.

Optimus was close by and he said once he noticed the children (and a couple of young adults), "We will stay here and help with the reconstruction and rescue efforts. Go to your home and recover from your injuries before you do anything else. The Air Defense team, Falcia's team, and Twilight will accompany you to help safeguard you from another attempt on Issei Hyoudou's life…"

Rias bowed as she replied over said named mini-con loudly complaining in the background, "Thank you for the assistance, Optimus Prime. We definitely need it if Sixshot is like any other assassin…"

Twilight added, "I don't know about that. Based on what I gather, Sixshot is too skilled to simply have you guys attempt to fight him. If he wanted to kill Issei, he almost certainly would have done so already, and we would be none the wiser. No, if anything…"

Everyone got tense as Twilight finished her thoughts, "…He was testing Issei for something…something they need you alive for…"

Issei railed at that, "Then why the hell did he leave me to die from blood loss…"

Sean gave his input, "First Aid and Ratchet both said that, despite the large wound you received, it was thin, and easily recoverable with Asia's healing abilities…"

Optimus thought about it, then said, "If that's the case, then I'll have Drift, Arcee, and Bumblebee patrol around your home and school in Kuoh Town."

They headed to Sirzechs as he offered to take them to Issei's home…

Unaware of the fact that someone was watching them, and said to themselves, "Sixshot definitely lives up to his skill if he can make a minor injury on the fleshlings look fatal, and not kill them. Lord Megatron is going to be pleased…but for now, I need to maintain my guise as a filthy Autobot, for now…"

Around a Day Later…

At the Hyoudou Residence…

-[Your Choice: Home]-

Issei was making a quick recovery, the wound looked like it was never there thanks to the kind healing magic of Asia. The residence had guests in the form of primarily, Mini-cons. But there were other guests, two small-bodied Transformers, a scout who kept his name secretive at the moment, and the Dinobot, Slash, and the five prominent otherworlders.

Twilight Sparkle was making food in the kitchen for the two stowaway children, Thomas and Maria. The young boy's parents were doing other things, coincidentally, concerning Issei himself. Sean was figuring out how to train Issei to be more ready to face some of the absurdly powerful Decepticons, while his wife, tended to the boy's injuries to ensure they were healing correctly and no nerve damage was remaining.

"You mentioned how you're a doctor–…" Rias asked Rosa, to which she interrupted, "Technically, a neurosurgeon, but I made it a point to study other facets of medical professions."

"Right…" Rias added, "Neurosurgeon, your primary job there is medicinal practices with the nervous system. I seem to recall that is not an easy job to learn from. Your precision is practically perfection itself, meaning you were taught by someone…"

"And you want to know who taught me?" Rosa asked as Rias gave a smile as her answer.

Rosa then answered, "It was Stephen Strange, or as he's known now, Doctor Strange, the Sorcerer Supreme from the Marvel Comic Universe, and an ally of ours."

Irina replied to this answer, "Oh, I've heard of him. Before I became an agent of the church, I wanted to be a magician like him and even collected quite a few of the comics he appeared in. To think you were taught by a superhero to be a doctor…"

Rosa's neutral face turned sour a little, as she replied, "He's an arrogant, pushy, egomaniac when he tutored me in his craft, just because my hands are the kind of steadiness that's ideal for a precision surgeon."

"If the stories Twilight, Sean, and yourself are anything to go by, I believe it." Akeno said as she hugged Issei's sore arm, "Those same stories also make you out to be an incredibly talented Pokémon Trainer, budding medical practitioner, and actress, you must be quite a multitalented, gifted individual, Rosa…"

"If it wasn't for the fact I was a Pokémon Trainer longer than she has, Rosa would be a more talented and accomplished trainer than I am. And the Pokémon she would train would be much stronger than mine." Sean added as he drew in the air with his finger the ideas that were coming from his mind.

Issei, had his thoughts linger for some time about the Decepticons, especially Sixshot. He asked to get back on the topic regarding their earlier discussions about the Decepticons' plans.

"Hey Hashimoto, Twilight." he began, "Is there anyone who can beat that Sixshot guy? Not just survive, but defeat him soundly."

Twilight inquired as she handed the two stowaway children food, "You mean, who could defeat Sixshot in a fight? And not simply be someone who only survived an encounter with the six-changer?"

Issei nodded, and the disguised princess mulled it over, then Twilight answered, "Hmm…I'm not entirely sure if she can, but I think Nightbird could theoretically defeat Sixshot…"

Asia asked, "Who's Nightbird?"

Xenovia added, "I agree, who is this Nightbird bot, especially with a name that sounds so sinister…"

Sean looked at Twilight and asked, "This is the first I've heard of Nightbird, and I'm familiar with the character who bears the name…"

-[Organization XIII - Kingdom Hearts II]-

Twilight answered, "Well, Optimus and a few of the other Autobot officers like Ultra Magnus told me this quite recently, a few months before this whole ordeal we are currently in. Nightbird is a creation of the Nebulon robotics researcher, Dr. Hiro Fukiyama, he was a part of the Nebulos Global Defense Agency that works closely with the Autobots in their frequent battles against the Decepticons. He and several other scientists created, until recently, a secretive project called Project Skywatch, an initiative that the Nebulon people effectively create their own Transformers to bolster the Autobots' dwindling numbers."

Rosa remarked as she sat beside her son and his best friend, "Oh, I've heard about that from Miss Faireborn. I've heard that it was an expensive failure, even though they did succeed in bringing ten brand new Cybertronians to life…"

Twilight continued after a brief chuckle, "Yeah, that's the one. They consider Project Skywatch a failure because the ten Transformers they did create relied on protoforms, they thought that because Cybertronians have a genetic structure, they could be cloned to produce more protoforms. But, they couldn't, so they were stuck with ten when the governments wanted a thousand by the first year of the project's inception."

Rias commented, "That would be quite frustrating, especially if, from what I'm gathering, they put enough money into this project to be its own country."

"True…" Twilight answered as she took a sip of tea, "…but Optimus and I consider it a success because they ultimately did succeed in, effectively, create man-made Transformers. Even if they cheated a little by using Transformer protoforms as a base. Because of the prototypes, the Skywatch Autobots were excessively powerful, and had abilities that almost no other Transformers possess."

"Interesting…" Kiba pointed out, "But, that doesn't explain why you think this Nightbird character could defeat Sixshot…"

Twilight laughed a little as she replied, "Yes, yes, fair enough. Well, it was a bit of context, because Project Skywatch was at least a decade old by now. During the same time, me and my friends, ponies, and Pokémon Trainers were in an extra-dimensional world nicknamed the Hollow Earth, facing a demon who, at least in their world, was the folkloric villain, Yamata-no-Orochi."

The Occult Research Club looked at Sean and Rosa with puzzled faces, which Sean responded to their stares, "A story for another time…"

Twilight then began explaining Nightbird in detail, "Nightbird was the very first of these ten bots, and Dr. Fukiyama was in charge of her design. Using all his know-how on robotics, he designed Nightbird as a ninja, purely for the sake of bettering the Nebulon people. She was also in terms of overall power, speed, and such, the most powerful of the ten Autobots…"

"Aren't ninjas assassins?" Rias asked perplexedly, "Wouldn't that send the wrong message?"

Twilight laughed as she said, "Funnily enough, Optimus thought the same thing, but to be honest, I have no clue why Fukiyama thought a ninja would be a good idea for a robot for peace."

Maria chimed in, "Maybe he just wanted to build a ninja robot because it's a ninja robot…"

That comment made everyone, especially Issei, Rias, Sean, and Twilight burst hysterically in an uproar of laughter.

Falcia just looked at them and said to herself, "****ing organics…so weird and ****ing hypocritical…"

Twirl looked at her team leader and said, "Don't be like that. That's what makes them so much fun to be around, and why some of them are so nice to us."

Falcia rolled her eyes in a 'yeah, yeah, I get it' kind of manner as Twilight managed to stifle her laughter to continue.

"Yeah, perhaps that's why Maria." She said as the human-disguised alicorn patted the little girl on the head, "…But continuing, the Decepticons eventually caught wind of Project Skywatch, and around fifteen of them led by Megatron himself, broke into the military research facility Nightbird and the other man-made Transformers were. Because of how the Skywatch scientists constructed them, the ten Transformers were horrendously underprepared to face the Decepticons, because their minds haven't quite matured yet to be battle-ready, even lacking the proper training. They were practically children because of how they were brought up. The Autobots and military personnel that was guarding the facility were overrun, about two-hundred Autobots and thirty-thousand Nebulon soldiers were stationed there, and only four members of the combined forces survived the assault with serious injuries."

Rias and the others were shocked, that many soldiers, both Autobot and Nebulons, were wiped out by just fifteen Decepticons, and only four of those soldiers combined survived the attack.

"Who survived?" Irina asked, to which Twilight answered, "Well, as far as Nebulon natives, I recall hearing they were a medic, a general, and a pilot. As for the Autobots, the lone survivor was Omega Supreme, who was stationed to guard the facility under Optimus Prime's orders."

"Was Megatron trying to destroy the man-made Transformers?" Akeno asked, worried about the fate of the Skywatch Transformers, especially hearing the ten bots were practically children.

Twilight Sparkle answered in a matter-of-fact-ly manner, "No, quite the opposite. Megatron wanted to turn them into Decepticons and use them against the Autobots. The soldiers stationed to defend those ten Autobots fought bravely, especially an Autobot couple named Ardlight and Lanten. They sacrificed their own lives to not allow Megatron to steal them all. He only managed to steal Nightbird away, which wasn't too hard for him as she was…umm…heartbroken, to say the least, when the attack, killed her creator, who she viewed as a father…"

The O.R.C. was shocked at hearing this, and were further shocked when Twilight continued further, "…Nightbird remained captive by the Decepticons for days since the incident, and was subjected to…"

Twilight shuddered as she struggled to push past this part, "…Horrific experiments, carried out by the two mad scientists of the Decepticons, Shockwave and Jiaxus. They took advantage that humans built most of her components, so they stripped her of what made Nightbird born of Nebulos, and replaced those parts with harvested organs from Shockwave's experiments on Autobots. He…and Jiaxus then subjected Nightbird to violent, forceful, and agonizing reprogramming with something called a 'robo-smasher'. For years, Nightbird was brainwashed into being a Decepticon assassin, until a year or two ago, with help from another of her fellow Skywatch Autobots, Ginrai. He managed to get through to her, and she overrode her reprogramming enough for Optimus to put her in stasis lock. And with help from Perceptor, Brainstorm, and Chromedome, they barely managed to get rid of all her Decepticon programming."

Sean couldn't help but say, "Jeez, that sounds truly despicable to me. No human would even stomach such cruelty, and if they did, they wouldn't be human at all…The way it sounds, Nightbird sounds like she was cut open, her organs were removed and replaced with others, and suffered through brainwashing."

The Kuoh Academy students (and the teacher) were horrified at the things this Autobot went through.

Twilight continued further, "In a way no organic being could even imagine. Which is really frustrating, because Nightbird before that was a very kind and gentle Autobot. Approachable, and even to some of the male soldiers, very cute. She managed to return somewhat normal, but she's suffered horrendous psychological trauma, and it has been eating away at her mind. She was fully aware of her actions, all the horrible things she did as a Decepticon puppet, killing innocent people, cruelly torturing those who were supposed to be her allies before. Especially since she later confirmed it with me when I got the chance to meet her, Nightbird went through all of the procedures in the same way Grimlock did, fully awake and conscious…From that, she ended up telling me that she ended up learning from a group of Cybertronian ninjas whose name roughly translates to, 'The Six Clan', and taught her how to fight…"

That made all the girls gasp in sheer disbelief, they literally couldn't imagine what an experience like that would feel like. They have tried, and couldn't contemplate it halfway, it was simply too horrific to imagine as an organic being. Issei was absolutely furious when he heard all that done to, who sounded like a robot version of Asia, personality-wise so to speak. Rias noticed that Issei had hate in his eyes, a hate she rarely saw in humans, let alone devils, directed at the Decepticons.

"Those…sick…evil…BASTARDS!" Issei shouted angrily as Sean and Rosa quickly covered young Thomas and Maria's ears, "They need to pay! Every last Decepticon!"

Twilight was shocked by Issei's statement, observing them, even Falcia had to agree with Issei, especially hearing what a nice bot went through and how it ultimately affected her. She was visibly pissed, even with her battle-mask active, she looked ready to maim and murder the next closest Decepticon to her present location. She didn't give a damn if it may tip the Cons to their base's location, she wants to kill a con, didn't matter who.

"Aside from Megatron, now that you brought it up Twilight…" Sean asked as he picked up the drowsy Thomas and Maria, "…who else was present at the attack?"

Twilight thought about it for several seconds, then answered a bit unsure herself, "Well, after hearing the reports and finding whatever evidence was left…I recall that only eleven of those fifteen were identified, and that includes Megatron."

She started to count her fingers as she named the known Decepticons, "There was a trio of Seekers named, Red Wing, Sandstorm, and Hotlink. There were four of the five Combaticons, someone the medic identified as 'Gigatron', and then, an unknown bulky grunt who constantly shouted, 'For the glory of Megatron!' and blew things up constantly…"

Sean, Rosa, Twirl, Falcia, Slash, and the other other-worlders all said in unison in an 'of course that is who it is' tone and an unamused expression on their faces, "Lugnut…"

Rosa added with a sigh, "That loudmouth with absolutely no brain is idiocy personified! Too stupid to shut up, too stupid to show any restraint, and too much for anyone to spend five seconds with before they want to freaking destroy that moron…"

"That annoying?" Rias asked to which Falcia replied, "Imagine the most idiotic, annoying, son of a ****ing bitch who you would massacre if they utter so much as a syllable. And you would rather be annoyed by them than talk to Lugnut for anything longer than ten seconds. He's also one of the Cons' most infamous muscle, he has freaking collapsed buildings the size of mountains here on earth by punching the ever ****ing daylights out of them, especially since he has pressure-sensitive, gravity generators that he uses to punch and kill ****ing everything. And, he's durable as ****ing hell…"

Akeno remarked, "My, this Lugnut sounds like an absolute cockroach by your tone Falcia…"

Slash replied to Akeno's statement, "Oh he ****ing is! And I don't swear like miss Italian don here, he's freaking tough, and very stupidly destructive. And like the insect, Lugnut doesn't stay down…"

"Nightbird when she was under the Decepticons' control, was just as annoying to deal with, just in a different manner…" Twilight remarked as she took a sip of tea, "…she was as slippery as an eel, and had all kinds of tricks and tools that afforded her a comparison to Batman in escape artistry by some of the Justice League. No doubt thanks to her training from the elusive 'Six Clan'…"

"Why do I feel that I somehow know this 'Six Clan' is related to Sixshot?" Koneko asked.

Sean answered for Twilight, "Because Sixshot was once a member of this secretive, neutral group, and he's the most well-known member of the Six Clan…"

"That explains a lot…" Rossweisse remarked, then she asked, "Now I want to know what Nightbird and this Ginrai fellow look like…"

Twilight answered, gathering the dishes left by Thomas and Maria, "Fukiyama, had the Skywatch Transformers modeled after some of the Autobots themselves, and a couple of Decepticons. Nightbird takes most cues in appearance from two Autobots, Chromia and Arcee. As for Ginrai, he was made in the image of Optimus Prime himself and was intended to be the commander of the would-be thousands of Project Skywatch. Sometimes he's called 'God Ginrai' by the Nebulans due to his impressive ability to survive and completely recover from injuries that would mean certain death even by the Transformers' standards. There were a few others, but I'm ashamed to admit I forgot most of their names. Although, I have to admit that I am certain that one of them was Ginrai's twin brother, much like Sideswipe with his twin, Sunstreaker…"

Sean opened up his smartphone and scrolled through the photo app, and showed an image to the Kuoh Academy students (and the teacher), then said, "I'm not sure if this is what Twilight meant she looked like, but this is more or less, what Nightbird looks like to me and Rosa, as a fictional character in our world…"

"Whoa…" Rias said with interest, "…I see what you mean by Nightbird being a ninja robot…"

Issei remarked with a squint, "Yeah, I guess she's nice-looking for a robotic being, but I don't see how she would be viewed as 'cute' as you described her…"

Twilight replied, "Oh, she could remove that faceplate of hers, revealing the face hidden under it. And truthfully, even made of metal, Nightbird had a very, 'human-like' face, not that surprising considering she was built by human-like beings like the Nebulons. I would say if I could make a comparison, Nightbird's face sort of looks like a metal version of Rossweisse's face…"

The ex-Valkyrie did a spit-take as in a second, everyone stared at her with confused, surprised, or curious faces. She stuttered, "W-w-wait a minute! Are you saying…Nightbird and I look alike?!"

Twilight answered her in-between giggles, "Kind of. There are clear, distinctive facial structure differences, but in the right lighting and if you squint, the two of you could pass off as each other's copies…"

"Can you recall any more of these Project Skywatch Autobots?" Irina asked, quite curious about who else was made.

Twilight answered, "Well, there was one other who comes to mind, but unfortunately, he's no longer with us. His name was Lightfoot, and he sacrificed his life to prevent a tear in spacetime from swallowing our reality about four years ago. As a matter of fact, the date today marks the anniversary of Lightfoot's sacrifice. He was well known among the Nebulans, and revered as fondly as the United States President, Abraham Lincoln, by them…Now, there are only nine of them left alive, but one of them was crippled beyond repair…"

Rias said, "That's very touching, and based on what you've said, he is regarded as a hero of Nebulos?"

"More like the entire universe…" Twilight replied, "The tear he gave his life to close was a significant threat to all of us. Enough so for the Autobots and Decepticons to form a ceasefire to face a common enemy, as this tear in spacetime led to an anti-matter reality known as the Dead Universe."

"The Dead Universe?" Asia asked nervously as she wrapped her arms around Issei's.

Twilight answered the blonde's question, "Yeah…the best way to describe it…well, it's something like an undead reality, where everything in it, plants, animals, planets, and stars, were dark matter facsimiles to zombies, even if they don't look like zombies."

That sent a chill up everyone's spine, a literal undead reality? That sounds absolutely horrifying.

Twilight added, "It's even more dangerous as it could infect your mind just from a single touch, and gives you unfathomable powers in exchange for being completely subservient to the Dead Universe itself, and it worsens your bad qualities to a ridiculous degree. One of their worst slaves was a bot named Nova Prime, one of Optimus' predecessors."

"An evil Prime?" Akeno wondered aloud, "My, that's hard to believe…"

Twirl overheard the conversation enough to chip in, and answered the half-fallen angel, "Not as hard to believe as you think. After the Thirteen Primes that preceded all Cybertronians, most of the bots who wore the title of Prime were, to quote you humans, 'pretenders to the throne', they were Prime only in name. They all started with noble intentions, but like you humans say about power…"

"Absolute power corrupts absolutely…" Rossweisse said, which Twirl nodded in agreement, continuing, "…Yeah, and the worst offenders were found to have been Nova Prime, who was a warmongering, murderous, and cruel tyrant who hid his actions behind a knightly persona and hero of the people…"

The O.R.C. didn't like how Nova Prime sounded, and could only imagine how much worse he ended up as a slave to the Dead Universe.

Twirl continued with her little tirade on the Primes, "…and Sentinel Prime, Optimus Prime's immediate predecessor. He was…actually a genuinely good guy at first, as he was something like a George Washington before he became a Prime. And it was when the Quintessons first invaded Cybertron and covertly enslaved the planet's people. He lead the war against the Quintessons, but due to a plague of rust, he isolated Cybertron from its colony worlds. And quickly became just as power-hungry, arrogant, and cruel as the other false Primes…"

The group listened in to this nugget of information, especially the observant ones who noticed Twirl's voice and body language said that this Sentinel Prime was responsible for more than one transgression.

"He's also responsible for a chain of events that ultimately started the war between the Autobots and Decepticons…from rationing Energon to extreme levels that left much Cybertronian life starving to death, to the caste system that led to a divide between the 'privileged' and 'underprivileged' that only fueled the hatred between them…" Sean added, which only infuriated Issei more and more towards the Decepticons.

"I recall you mentioning some time ago that Optimus wasn't always a Prime, that he was an archivist of sorts…" Akeno remarked, to which Rosa was about to reply…

"Honestly, that's a story and a half for another time…" Sean said instead as he sat beside his wife.

The scout who kept his name close to spark, pressed his fingers to the side of his head, which the Kuoh Town residents recall is him listening to the comlink.

His expression developed into surprise as he quietly accepted something from who he was talking to, then said to Issei, "Hey perverted dragon boy!"

"Y-yes?" was all Issei could say as the scout trooper ordered, "Turn on your television set! Set it to the global news station, now! I just got a statement from Sideswipe about something that seems to be involved with the Decepticons…"

Issei quickly turned on his television set and set the channel to the Japanese news station that covers primarily national and international news. Then, everyone in the room listened to the news anchors intently, wondering what made Sideswipe say that to the nameless scout.

#"…-just in. Another archaeological site was found decimated by unknown causes. The ninth case found across the globe these past few months. The site is left in shambles, located twenty-four miles south of Paris, France. Investigators are left puzzled by the disappearance of many archaeologists and volunteers, as families pray for any news that their loved ones are safe."

"This site differs from most of the others as there were signs that a violent attack was present at this site. The first case being the closest to this most recent development…"#

-[Your Choice: Chilling]-

The news provided was more chilling than any horror film could ever match. There was a series of unexplained attacks at nine archaeological sites across the globe, most of which the victims are missing if there's evidence left at all. Even more curious are some specific artifacts or research notes, papers, and such on the sites were stolen, and plenty of claw marks and blast marks that looked to belong to weapons or creatures the size of jets. A few of these sites have strong indications that the archaeologists and volunteers at the sites were killed, with numerous blood splatters across the crime scenes, or charred outlines of victims being burned to death into cinders. What made the news even more chilling was the fact that they knew something that the general public wasn't aware of.

Slash took a look at the crime scenes through the televisions and knew this was the work of one of two teams.

"Who could've done this?" Irina asked as Slash stated, "Among the Decepticons, there are two teams in mind for the level of destruction we've seen on those sites…it's either the work of the Terrorcons, which we'd be screwed if they're with Megatron, or the Predacons, which is the same, but we'd be triply screwed if they're behind this…"

"Terrorcons? Predacons?" Asia replied as Rias asked, "Who are the Terrorcons and the Predacons?"

Sean answered for the crimson-haired beauty, "There are two answers each for both names. Firstly, the Terrorcons was the translated name for what Cybertronians call what we earthlings would call, zombies or ghouls in our language."

"Zombies?!" Xenovia squeaked as the (honestly ridiculous) idea of alien, robot zombies entered her mind.

"Otherwise also called the 'Sparkless', the name invoked fear into the more religious or paranormally sensitive of Autobots or Decepticons. So a team of five murderous cons with monstrous alt-modes took that name as their team's name. Hun-Gurrr is the leader and transforms into a two-headed dragon. The other team members are as follows; Blot, the indeterminate ogre-like monster. Rippersnapper, the land shark. Cutthroat, the hawk-like monster. And Sinnertwin, a twin-headed horned land dragon. They can combine into a monstrous combiner named Abominus, who looks like a dragon crossed with a meat grinder on steroids…"

The description of the Terrorcons made the collective blood pressure of the Kuoh Academy students (and teacher) drop. Especially when Slash added that calling the Terrorcon team heartless, murderous monsters is an apt description of their behavior.

Rosa decided to explain the other group of Decepticons to Rias, Issei, and the other natives of this reality…

"As for the Predacons, that was the name of, effectively, Cybertron's version of Dinosaurs, or filled a similar niche in Cybertron's prehistory. But, unlike the Dinobots, those Predacons resembled creatures from Earth's mythology, like dragons, or hydras, etc. and such."

"They sound positively massive if that's the comparison you want to give in your explanation…" Akeno remarked, to which Rosa further elaborated…

"Certainly. However, like the Terrorcons, a team took that name to invoke fear into bots, because Predacons were really strong even by a modern Transformer's standards. Shockwave used what he learned from Grimlock and his team and applied that knowledge to give the team new alt-modes based on living creatures on Earth. The Predacon team is led by a con named Razorclaw, an unnervingly calm hunter/strategist who transforms into a robotic lion. The other members are; Divebomb, a robotic eagle. Headstrong, a robotic rhinoceros. Tantrum, a robotic water buffalo. And Rampage, a robotic tiger. They're mercenaries whose leader is loyal to Megatron, and they can merge into a combiner named…Predaking."

"You seem nervous when you mentioned Predaking's name. There's a reason for that, I assume?" Rossweisse asked.

Rosa, Sean, and the Autobots took a deep breath as Slash explained, "Yes there is a reason because, among combiners from both sides, Predaking is regarded as the ultimate, the most powerful combiner of them all."

Issei asked, "Huh? What makes you guys say that?"

Sean answered, "It's a thing regarding combiners as a whole that is a long story. But, to give it to you short and simple, combiners have weaknesses that Predaking does not have; intelligence, dexterity, and reflexes. Other than gods or kaiju, I'd say it's safe to argue that Predaking is the most powerful being in any universe based on those merits alone."

Kiba remarked as sweat formed from his head, "That certainly, makes it clear enough to the power he has."

"Though we are certain that Megatron has the Predacons with him…" the nameless scout said, "The destruction seen on the television, Optimus is certain that this is the handiwork of the Terrorcons. That makes it more unnerving for us because…"

"Because?" Koneko asked, to which Twirl replied, "The Terrorcons were stationed with another group of Decepticons that weren't with Megatron when he arrived here…"

"Who were they stationed with?" Kiba asked, which Twilight grimly answered, "They were with a unit under the command of one of Megatron's generals, a vicious Decepticon named Deathsaurus…"

"Death-…-saurus…?" Gasper asked, which Twirl replied, "The name pretty much sums up what kind of bot he is…"

Slash told the secretive scout, "Hey you! Call up Orion and tell him what we have come up with regarding what's on the news…"

The scout nodded as he did just that, Akeno asked what her quote family unquote was thinking, "Who's Orion? I ask because I know she isn't referring to the Greek hunter Orion…"

"Orion Pax…" Sean answered, which Twilight added, "That's Optimus Prime's original name before the title and the Matrix of Leadership we're given to him…and how is a bit of a long story that would probably be best saved for when the Decepticons aren't an imminent threat to us…"

Rias nodded as she said, "I honestly would like to hear this story now than later…but if you say so based on your voice, I can wait…"

-[Your Choice]-

The scout called up Optimus Prime at the Autobot base, and said, "Optimus Prime, sir! Please answer, we may have deduced more of Megatron's troops, with the possibility of one of his generals being here!"

"I read you loud and clear…" Optimus responded, with the scout and Slash explaining to him what they had discussed with Rias' peerage.

After about ten minutes, Optimus got all the necessary information, and replied after a minute of reflection to the information…

"This is most troubling…if your reasoning is true, then we will have to plan for not only the Terrorcons, but for Deathsaurus himself. His cruelty and ferocity are well known throughout our universe, having once fought Power Girl and Wonder Woman within an inch of their lives…"

"As I recall, he used extremely dirty tactics when he fought those two. Holding hostages, using kryptonite gas bombs, and causing exorbitant collateral damage to distract the two." Twilight added, which really got under Rias' skin hearing what this Decepticon general did to beat two extremely powerful superheroines.

Slash commented as she twirled a glowing energy dagger around her fingers, "I know his techniques and psychological patterns quite well. Excluding you Orion, the only ones who could face and defeat Deathsaurus are; Power Girl, Twilight Sparkle, Victorion, and Star Saber. But only if, one, Star Saber was here, and two, if all four combatants use teamwork that borders perfection."

Twilight was taken aback by this statement, "Me?! Wouldn't Sean and Rosa work better? They're both much stronger than me."

Slash explained, "He's faced beings that fit those two's power classes before and has counters in place for them. Deathsaurus is a zealot for carnage, but he's very competent in combat. I know for a fact he hasn't faced alicorn magic before. And unless he evades destruction at your hands for, say ten confrontations, your magic might be the key to slaying the Decepticon Emperor of Carnage."

Twilight mulled it over as Optimus assures the alicorn princess that she can do it. Rias notes that Twilight's magic reserves are astounding, even for gods, and detects a modesty or uncertainty in her body language about her strength. The heiress has to wonder why this is so. She knows from past talks that Twilight is no stranger to conflicts in that eternal war between good and evil, but what could have happened to result in a situation where despite having more power than most deities at her disposal. But, she is uncertain that she is strong enough to even make a difference.

Rias thinks this might have something to do with the Decepticons, because she got hints that despite winning a few battles, Twilight might have still lost somehow. Or, it could have been something that she was missing to enable her confidence to come in full swing. The young devil could empathize with her on some level, especially regarding the Decepticons being the one thing they might have in common in terms of being underprepared for facing an army of mechanical organisms from another planet.

Her thoughts were brought back to the group when she heard the voice of Cliffjumper hailing the Autobot base, which they were using to communicate with Optimus Prime with.

"Hey, Optimus! This is Cliffjumper! Do you read me!"

Optimus spoke to the soldier, "We read you loud and clear Cliffjumper. I was talking with those at the Hyoudou household but go ahead. What do you have to report?"

"Listen! You are not gonna believe what Power Girl, Nat, and I found Prime…!"

Rias replied, "Well, just say it already, Cliffjumper…"

Optimus added, "I share Rias Gremory's sentiments Cliffjumper…what did you find…"

Cliffjumper said next, his discovery, "We've found one of Shockwave's laboratories on Earth…!"

Meanwhile…

At the Decepticon Base…

-[Villains of a Sort - Kingdom Hearts]-

Megatron sat on his makeshift throne, staring at the monitors with an irritated, almost furious look. But one look into his eyes could immediately tell that something was occupying the warmonger's mind.

Megatron quietly muttered to himself, "You will not make me your slave, Ghidorah. You will submit to me, or be destroyed. Despite your overwhelming power, I know you are not invincible, and I will make you pay for this humiliation…"

"Lord Megatron…" Soundwave said, to which Megatron snapped, "What is it Soundwave!"

Soundwave backed off a little, then continued, "Sixshot and the Combaticons have returned from their distraction of the forces in the Underworld, and Sixshot has news regarding Carnage's idea…"

Megatron perked up on his seat as his interest was roused. He ordered, "Report, Sixshot…"

Sixshot arrived as the Predacon team mobilized behind Soundwave, and answered his master, "Carnage's suggestion has merits. His plan can work in our favor, the Red Dragon Emperor is powerful enough for Project Titanus to get on its feet, despite me easily defeating him and his comrades…"

Megatron grinned as he said, "Then you and the Predacons know what to do now. Report to the dark side of the moon to disembark through the Space Bridge."

"At once, Lord Megatron…" Razorclaw bowed as he, Sixshot, and the rest of the Predacons walked through a ground-bridge Soundwave opened.

"Lord Megatron…" Dreadwing said through the comlink, "There's a visitor on the Nemesis who requests your presence on the deck."

Megatron growled quietly as he wanted to kill whoever it was that requested, but he said, "Soundwave, assume command of our operations on Earth until I return. And Starscream…"

Starscream had an envious face at Megatron choosing Soundwave over him but was alerted when Megatron named him. He hesitated, "Yes…lord Megatron…?"

Megatron quickly replied to Starscream's question, "Know that if you try anything, I have given Soundwave the authority to extinguish your spark. I still haven't forgotten your attempt to use the Enigma of Combination to become a super combiner. An attempt that cost us the ability to create an army of combiners to wipe the Autobots and their allies out of existence…"

Starscream cowered as Megatron lurched forward to prove his point, one of the seeker's clever ruses to avoid getting his spark extinguished before his plans come to fruition. When Megatron entered the ground-bridge, Starscream let out a quiet growl at Megatron, too quiet to make the Decepticon leader retaliate.

As Megatron exited through the other side of the portal to the hangar on top of the Nemesis, he was greeted by Dreadwing and some seekers. He looked out of the hangar doors to see who wanted to speak with him.

Megatron walked out onto the deck of his warship, Dreadwing and a squad of seekers following close behind their leader.

Megatron growled at Dreadwing, "So, where is our visitor, Dreadwing? This better not be a joke-…"

"No joke, Megatron…" a deep, guttural voice responded to the Decepticon leader, "…This has something to do with your progress in acquiring Master Ghidorah's prize…"

Megatron recognized the serpent-like manner of speaking and looked behind on top of the hangar. He saw a massive, mahogany dragon on his ship, the dragon's eyes glowed a fiery yellow. The dragon's head was large enough to swallow Megatron whole and had pulled its lips back in a snarl-like grin.

Megatron sneered bitterly as he said, "Smaug…what are you doing here? I thought dragons of your type would want to burn human cities…"

Smaug replied quickly, "That is no longer relevant since I am no longer a dragon. Now, I am a kaiju like my master, you know this already. He has something to attend to, so he left me and another here to watch you closely should you attempt to betray him…"

Megatron shuddered with fury, he had anticipated that Ghidorah was heading off to obtain something of value in another reality. Megatron cursed for not expecting Ghidorah to do something he would do if the roles were reversed.

Well played…King Ghidorah…I will be sure your destruction is excruciating once I acquire your prize in this reality…and make it my weapon against you… Megatron thought as he began to formulate a plan to work around the fact that Smaug became present…

He must be clever, because unlike the already fairly intelligent Ghidorah…

Smaug was much more perceptive in sniffing out deception…

…especially, from a Decepticon…

To be continued…

Author's Notes…

Oooo…

Smaug, as in the dragon from The Hobbit? But, what's that about him no longer being a dragon, and being a kaiju like Ghidorah now…?

Apologies if it took, whoa…over a year to complete this chapter since the last one. Woof. I will try to be better about that. But to ensure that the next few chapters come out sooner, I am looking for a beta reader/idea guy to help me with this story. I have adopted another story from someone who at my request, looks over the chapters I wrote for that story to make sure they fit with their original vision, while I make changes they approve of. That also might influence how frequent the next few chapters come along. The beta reader (or readers, because having one additional wouldn't hurt) I'm looking for this story does have to meet a few certain requirements, but I'll name one here, and reveal the perk for this position…

For beta reading this story, you will have to know about the following franchises:

- Highschool DxD (a given)

- Transformers (general knowledge at least, very knowledgeable would be great, also a given)

- Marvel

- DC Comics

- Pokémon

- My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (you'll see soon enough)

- Godzilla

Knowledge of any additional franchises not listed here is also appreciated.

A major perk of several is getting to have some degree of influence on the direction the story goes. But, I will not hide some caveats, or conditions that I will not accept you as a beta reader if you trip more than one of these three major ones:

(1.) Don't mess with canon pairings! Whatever happens in the original property (unless it's really malleable like DC or Marvel), stays that way. It also somewhat extends to generally accepted pairings. Trip this line, and you are already on VERY thin ice!

(2.) Trying to deviate from the original timeline of events in any given story focused on one franchise. This one is the most lax I will be with whoever becomes my beta reader(s) because generally, I will be accepting of deviations from a franchise's OT (original timeline) if you have it make sense. But, fair warning, I will have counterarguments ready for you on why said deviations are not in my interest. So sell me on it if you want this to happen.

(3.) Badmouthing other franchises! No ifs, and, or buts about this one. You badmouth any franchise, you're fired. ESPECIALLY if the franchise you badmouth happens to be one I like or am okay with. It's okay to have opinions about a franchise, I have franchises you like that I loath to no end, but I'll be civil about it. This also extends to pairings to a lesser degree, canon or non-canon. To name two examples of each: you shouldn't badmouth Thomas the Tank Engine (even if his more recent stuff is worthy of such distaste), or badmouth pairings like Ash-x-Serena from Pokémon or Izuku-x-Ochako from My Hero Academia. That's liable to get kicked out of the creation process of the story.

Moving on…

Someone gave me a suggestion a while back, that I should add a few female Transformers characters to Issei's harem. There are problems here for two reasons…

Firstly, I'm in the camp lately of, "not screwing around with established pairings" (as mentioned above in looking for a beta reader) or something of that kind. If I did what some other fanfic writers have done, I would probably have put all but one of Issei's 'harem' into pairings with characters like Bumblebee or Windblade. The closest I will admit to fulfilling this wish on a partial matter is Slash having loads of fun messing with or making fun of Issei, but never joining the peerages (as I'm also in the camp of not messing with a show's/franchise's canon timeline).

Second, it's simple in that I haven't reached that point in Highschool DxD's story. Other than a few little tidbits of information, I'm mostly going off the anime as far as the story on that side is concerned. I have determined that my story takes place shortly after (several days at most) the very last moment of season 4 of Highschool DxD. Using wikis and such to get a grasp on what follows in the story of Highschool DxD…where a beta reader would be most helpful…

Now onto some chapter notes:

Unfortunately, I ended up forgetting a lot of the references and easter eggs writing this chapter since the prior one was still being written, so feel free to ask me about things if certain parts catch your attention.

Here's what I remember, or put down already…

I'm sure you sniffed out more than a few references to the game; Transformers: Fall of Cybertron.

Thomas and Maria are characters I have created to be part of the Pokémon world Sean and Rosa come from, which is the same one from my other story: Pokémon - The Equestrian Chronicles. I was writing this one with the idea that it takes place years after the aforementioned story. And you'll get a glimpse into it by the next chapter…

If those three mini-cons (Sonar, Stormjet, & Runaway) sound familiar, that's because they are. They're my re-imagining of the Air Defense Team from Transformers: Armada who can combine into the Star Saber sword.

Nightbird is going to be somewhat prominent in the story sometime in the future, but you will get to see her by the very next chapter. For clarity, this Nightbird is a somewhat original take on the G1 character of the same name…

The Terrorcons are basically their G1 takes, but Abominus as described is meant to resemble Devastator from Revenge of the Fallen, to a degree...

And that's all for now, I'm sure you know the drill by now…

Until the next chapter, I'll see you later…