Transformers Robots In Disguise: Altered.
Chapter 3: An Explosive Situation.
(Author's notes: In this chapter, Hookbomber Prime will be the one to finally put Sideburn in his place in terms of firmly telling him only once to stop chasing after every Earth-based red sports car he sees.
Additionally, there's sixty-five Predacons that will show up alongside Sky-Byte. They are Burnfang, who transforms into a dire wolf. Flashtooth, who transforms into a salmon shark. Buckeye, who transforms into an Irish deer. Snakehide, who transforms into a Najash basal snake. Horndire, who transforms into an orca. Beamfrost, who transforms into an Archaeopteryx. Cartilatron, who transforms into a tiger shark. Wolley, who transforms into a wolf. Nicfin, who transforms into a great white shark. Waspstrike, who transforms into a wasp. Autorachnid, who transforms into a black widow spider. Archacrusher, who transforms into a bison. Drillgony, who transforms into a boll weevil. Buzzarachnia, who transforms into a yellow jacket. Quickhorn, who transforms into a scorpion. Powerpage, who transforms into an earwig. Crabex, who transforms into a king crab. Falconstrike, who transforms into a falcon. Sawwing, who transforms into a bee. Stingdobber, who transforms into a wasp. Ironhead, who transforms into a rhinoceros. Strongneck, who also transforms into a rhinoceros. Lancecondor, who transforms into a Pteranodon. Nozzlevulture, who transforms into a vulture. Wildravager, who transforms into a jaguar. Tigerclaw, who transforms into a tiger. Razorslicer, who transforms into a lion. Silverwolf, who transforms into a wolf. Thunderhorn, who transforms into a buffalo. Bufftorox, who transforms into a horned ram. Mesothulas, who transforms into a tarantula. Dinosnake, who transforms into a Velociraptor. Stinginator, who transforms into a hornet. Shoutscreamer, who transforms into a cheetah. Light Guildo, who transforms into a cicada. Galvabolt, who transforms into the same things that the RID 2001 Galvatron turns into. Gigatron, who transforms into the same things that the RID 2001 Megatron turns into. Deviltron, who transforms into the Beast Wars Transmetal 2 Megatron's dragon mode. Gelshark, who transforms into a great white shark. Sky Shark, who transforms into a hammerhead shark. Lawbscouter, who transforms into a lizard. Saberjetter, who transforms into an eagle. Terrorhammer, who transforms into a lobster. Halfdart, who transforms into a Triceratops. Dirgelauncher, who transforms into a tortoise. Seamander, who transforms into a lobster. Moonback, who transforms into an alligator. Brimlunge, who transforms into a snapping turtle. Overstone, who transforms into a mosquito. Dreadbite, who transforms into a dragonfly. Gnashbite, who transforms into an iguana. Slingteeth, who transforms into a snapping turtle. Battlebladez, who transforms into a locust. Darkfennec, who transforms into a scarab. Quillgrille, who transforms into a Stegosaurus. Ragefire, who transforms into a pill millipede. Psychopincher, who transforms into a stag beetle. Freesteel, who transforms into a Styracosaurus. Shutterstorm, who transforms into a winged dragon. Slugload, who transforms into a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Twinvamp, who transforms into a flying fire ant. Vampiregator, who transforms into a crocodile. And Springbug, who transforms into a ladybird beetle.
Lastly, in this chapter, there'll also be the following Autobots showing up on Earth in a bonus scene: Grimraid. Blueswipe. Bouldercast. Acidraker. Ionraker. Novaraker. Bodystreak. Brakestuff. Lazerdive. Fangblaze. Aeroload. Ironblitz. Riplight. Voltflash. Cloudray. Phaseshot. Heavybang. Rotorpoint. Magmaclaw. Icebang. Boneraider. Steelviper. Phasecharger. Speedtwitch. Wildraker. Soundbite. Ironclash. Lazerkick. Astrojump. Voltstorm. Jawwheels. Thunderbeast. Photonlift. Chainraider. Overcrusher. Breakblades. Brakeswitch. Mechaside. Fierystreak. Aperazor. Solarcycle. Hydracycle. Autosnarl. Crankstrike. Savagebang. Doomdealer. Voltflight. Bullvortex. Grooveraid. Icelift. Botanitrap. Armorsnarl. Powerburst. Wreckwhip. Swiftpunch. Meancharger. Topback. Hangwatch. Magnahead. Sparkbolt. Shadowpunch. Windwheels. Rollblades. Turbobuster. And Brakewheels. Their descriptions in terms of physical appearance are explained in the chapter below.
Enjoy chapter 3.)
(Metro City, nighttime, third person POV...)
A truck of unknown make was driving through the quiet nighttime streets of Metro City, carrying a big power cell to be delivered to a power company to backup the power for their computer systems.
One of the occupants of the truck yawns as he asks, "Ahhh, these night deliveries are killing me. What's the rush anyway?"
The truck driver replies, "The power company needs this big power cell to backup their computer system."
His companion yawns again as he says, "Well, wake me up when we get there."
The two men drive their truck, completely unaware of the mechanical great white shark following them.
But this ain't just any ordinary mechanical great white shark.
No. It's the Predacon second-in-command known as Sky-Byte, a staunch poet and patriot of the Predacon army whose only mission is to fulfill his duty as Megatron's first lieutenant.
The noise of Sky-Byte smashing through the cement roads to catch up to the truck wakes up the sleeping truck passenger.
He asks, "Huh? What's that?"
He looks in the rearview mirror to see Sky-Byte's shark fin, even though he didn't know who the Predacon sub-commander was yet.
The man mutters, "You must be kidding me."
The passenger says to the driver while pointing outside, "It's a shark!"
The driver replies, "Listen, pal, I think you should go back to sleep; this night shift really is getting to you."
He looks outside to the back, only to be horrified by seeing Sky-Byte burst out of the road in beast mode.
Sky-Byte bursts out of the road with a roar.
Then, he starts chomping apart the back of the truck, leaving nothing but the cab behind as it speeds away, leaving the power cell behind.
Sky-Byte chomps on the power cell, literally siphoning the power from it as gas pours out of it.
Sky-Byte remarks, "I don't know why I'd bother; that was barely enough for a snack! I need more energy, and I believe I know where to find it. MAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
The next morning, Optimus calls Koji on his phone and says, "Koji, we have a Predacon alert. I'll pick you up a block north of your residence."
Koji replies while running to the rendezvous point, "One block north of my house. Gotcha, Optimus. I'm on my way there right now."
Koji finishes running and sure enough, Optimus Prime comes into the alleyway in fire truck mode.
Optimus opens his cab door and states, "Hurry, Koji, this is an emergency."
Koji enters Optimus' cab and the Autobot leader starts driving fast while making sure to obey the city's speed limit.
Koji asks, "Whoa, what are you running on, jet fuel? What's all the commotion about, Optimus? Where are we going?"
Optimus replies, "Not far. I'll explain everything when we get there."
Optimus enters a parking building and a part of the bottom road lowers itself like a ramp, revealing itself to be the entrance to Autobot Headquarters.
Optimus stops driving at the center of the base before he comes upon the command center.
Optimus lets Koji out and switches to robot mode.
Koji asks, "Holy cow! What is this place?"
Hookbomber Prime comes up and replies, "This is Autobot Headquarters. This is the secret underground base of the entire squadron of Autobots under Optimus' command while on Earth."
Koji states in awe, "Wow. How many Autobots does it take to run this operation?"
Optimus answers, "Our computer systems here in the base are controlled by a proactive cybernetic interface program. We call it T-Ai, which is short for tactical artificial intelligence."
T-Ai's hologram appears and she notices Koji as she says, "Hello, Optimus. I see you have brought along a visitor."
Optimus replies, "Yes, T-Ai. This is my friend, Koji Onishi, the son of Doctor Kenneth Onishi."
T-Ai states, "Nice to meet you, Koji. Any friend of Optimus is a friend of mine. I'm T-Ai, tactical artificial intelligence system. Daughter of the Teletraan 1 computer program."
Koji replies, "Nice to meet you too, T-Ai."
Koji tries to shake T-Ai's hand, only to phase right through her to the ground, as T-Ai was nothing more than a mere hologram.
Hookbomber Prime says, "Koji, I didn't get to tell you. T-Ai is a hologram, not a solid carbon-based life form like you."
Koji looks astonished at how T-Ai looks like she's made of air and digital pixels.
T-Ai explains further, "Yes, you see, I was invented only to be a proactive self-initializing program that constantly scans the entire planet in order to alert the Autobots if it looks like the Predacons might be causing trouble."
As T-Ai displays photos of demolished Earth vehicles, Optimus adds, "Take a close look at the monitors, Koji. In the past few days, there have been reports of over two hundred vehicles being attacked on the road. In each and every case of the attacks, the vehicles' batteries were stolen."
Hookbomber adds, "And that's not all. They've also been stealing lots of coal, solar panels and hydropower-based turbines to power their mobile command center and space ship."
Koji asks, "But who would want to steal car batteries, coal, solar panels and hydropower turbines?"
Hookbomber replies, "The Predacons. Batteries contain energy, and they literally want as much energy as they can get from any source on Earth. On top of that, the hydropower turbines are used by hydro-electric dams to utilize flowing water to produce massive amounts of electricity to power any mechanical invention that runs on electricity. Such as television sets, laptop computers, food processors, blenders, refrigerators, electric stoves, alarm clocks, stone tablets, cellular telephones, the cables needed to recharge phones, traffic lights, film cameras, large news cameras utilized by news reporters, and the light bulbs needed to provide light for one's own residence if there's no natural light from the sun beaming in from the windows. In addition to that, Koji, the solar panels that the Predacons stole, my guess is that they want to harness the energy from the sun to also convert to Energon cubes to power up their command center. And on top of that, coal contains excessive amounts of heat, and the Predacons won't even hesitate to steal any natural and unnatural sources of heat to convert to Energon, the primary source of fuel for all Transformers, no matter their allegiances. However, despite the fact that the Predacons' real mission is none other than locating Fortress Maximus, the Predacons' space ship and command center is nearly depleted of energy since the voyage to Earth drained almost all of the Energon needed to power the transwarp fuel cells of the ship, appropriately named the Megastar. Hence, that is why Megatron sent his Predacon troops to various locations around the world to steal massive quantities of any energy source they can find. However, I sincerely doubt that Megatron would actually accept small car batteries as a means of powering up the Megastar."
Koji asks, "Even still, they're putting people in danger. Can't you guys stop them?"
Optimus replies, "We've tried, but no matter how quickly we respond, the attackers are long gone by the time we manage to get there."
The Autobot Brothers are shown on the monitors as T-Ai explains, "The Autobot Brothers are patrolling the highways right now. They've been working for mega cycles trying to locate and intercept the Predacons."
Hookbomber turns on the commlink patch to Sideburn's commlink and says, "Hey, Sideburn. I know you're chasing after red sports cars every time you see them, and I'm only gonna tell you this once because I hate repeating myself: the sports cars on Earth are not – I repeat – ARE NOT SENTIENT MACHINES WHATSOEVER. So, focus on your assignments, or I'll have no choice but to strip you of your sentience PERMANENTLY, thereby reducing you to nothing more than a mere drone."
Sideburn shivers as he replies, "I never pegged you for being as scary as Megatron."
Hookbomber sneered, "Oh, you have no idea how scary I can get, little mechling. Now stop chasing after every red sports car you see, or else I'll have not a choice but to follow up on my warning of stripping you of your sentience."
Sideburn shivers again as he replies, "Okay, okay. I'll try my hardest to stop chasing after every red sports car I see."
Hookbomber hangs up and contacts X-Brawn as he asks politely, "X-Brawn, what's your status?"
X-Brawn replies in pain, "Climbing all the way to the top of this radio tower to spot the Predacons is very painful. You'd think that the humans who built this five hundred feet tall beast of a building would've afforded to build in a freight elevator. When I get down from here, Prowl is gonna owe me a new set of shocks. Uggh."
Hookbomber sighs as he replies, "Don't worry, pal. I'll get you a new set of shocks. Just gotta get the right amount of money for it. Besides, even I have no idea how expensive a set of shocks for a 2001 Mercedes-Benz ML320 SUV is supposed to be, especially here in Metro City."
Hookbomber hangs up and makes his way to his base.
Meanwhile, in the waters off the shore of Metro City, Megatron is monologuing, presumably to the Predacon Council.
Megatron says, "We must find a new source of energy; our mobile command center has been stuck here in the same spot for far too long. The only way we can keep its existence a secret from the Autobots is by constantly changing its location, but our voyage to Earth used up almost all of our Energon to power our transwarp fuel cells. If it weren't for those blasted Autobots, we could easily force the pathetic humans who inhabit this planet to turn all of their energy over to us! And then, I would rule this galaxy and soon the entire universe! Somehow, I'll find a way to get rid of those Autobots and their new '"Aerialbots"' so that no one can stop me."
Slapper calls out, "Megatron! We brought back lots of energy, boss."
Megatron replies, "Excellent. Good work, Slapper. Convert it to Energon cubes and recharge the transwarp fuel cells. After that, we'll move the base to a new location. How is this energy being stored, and how long will it take to convert?"
Dark Scream replies, "These panels we stole are called solar panels."
Gas Skunk adds, "They're used in gathering energy from the sun as long as they're used on the surface."
Slapper adds as well, "And these turbines we stole are called hydropower turbines. They're used in creating electricity using flowing water. We believe that we can use these two inventions to create enough sunlight and electricity to convert to Energon."
Doomtrack adds, "And these black rocks are called coal, a fossil fuel invented by ancient animal skeletons being melted into liquid while being buried far below the Earth's surface. These coals will serve as a great heat source to also convert to Energon."
Megatron replies, "Hmm. I see. How long will each of them take to convert to Energon?"
Doomtrack replies, "As long as we're careful, converting the coals to Energon will definitely take at least two and a half minutes."
Slapper replies, "For the hydropower turbines to convert water into Energon, I'd say no less than five minutes."
Gas Skunk adds, "And as for the solar panels being retrofitted to convert sunlight into Energon, I'd say no more than ten minutes."
Megatron asks, "Is there anything else that needs to be converted to Energon?"
Dark Scream replies, "Yes. The only other energy source is stored in little round canisters."
Gas Skunk adds, "They're stored in something called flashlights, and we got thousands of them!"
The Predacon trios laugh maniacally as they dump all of the stolen batteries out of their large bag, causing Megatron to frown.
Slapper says, "Great score, huh? Of course, we'll have to convert it to Energon, and it may take a little while."
Dark Scream replies, "I don't think it'll take more than a week or two."
Gas Skunk replies, "Well, three at the most."
Megatron shouts, "Silence!"
Megatron continues calmly, "We need massive quantities of energy to convert to Energon, and these little batteries won't be enough to run the base. But the amount of coal, the hydropower turbines and the solar panels, on the other hand, will serve quite nicely."
Just then, Sky-Byte's voice rings out as he says, "You've spent your time wisely, Lord Megatron. I, on the other servo, have found a powerful battery that can be used as a power booster."
Megatron says in response, "Show yourself, Sky-Byte!"
Sky-Byte decloaks as he replies, "Certainly."
Just then, sixty-five more Predacons decloak and are shown all over the command center, thankful that the command center was large enough for such a large gathering of troops.
Dark Scream asks angrily, "Hey, what are you and the others doing here, Sky-Byte?!"
Sky-Byte growls menacingly in response, forcing Dark Scream to back down.
Sky-Byte calls out, "Sky-Byte, terrorize!"
Sky-Byte transforms to his robot mode.
Just then, a dire wolf in the crowd calls out, "Burnfang, terrorize!"
The Predacon who is now known as Burnfang, who transforms into a dire wolf, switches to his robot mode.
A salmon shark calls out, "Flashtooth, terrorize!"
The now revealed Flashtooth, who transforms into a salmon shark, also switches to his robot mode.
Then, an Irish deer calls out, "Buckeye, terrorize!"
The Predacon Buckeye, who transforms into an Irish deer, switches to his robot mode as well.
Then, a Najash basal snake calls out, "Snakehide, terrorize!"
Snakehide, who transforms into a Najash basal snake, switches to his robot mode.
Just then, an orca shark calls out, "Horndire, terrorize!"
Horndire, who transforms into an orca, switches to his robot mode.
An Archaeopteryx calls out, "Beamfrost, terrorize!"
The Predacon Beamfrost, who transforms into an Archaeopteryx, switched to her robot mode.
A tiger shark calls out, "Cartilatron, terrorize!"
Cartilatron, who transforms into a tiger shark, transformed to her robot mode.
Just then, a wolf calls out, "Wolley, terrorize!"
Wolley, who transforms into a wolf, switches to her robot mode.
Then, a great white shark calls out, "Nicfin, terrorize!"
Nicfin, who transforms into a great white shark, switched to her robot mode.
After that, a wasp came out and said, "Waspstrike, terrorize!"
Waspstrike, who transforms into a wasp, switched to his robot mode.
Then a black widow spider calls out, "Autorachnid, terrorize!"
Autorachnid, who transforms into a black widow spider, switches to her robot mode.
A bison called out next, "Archacrusher, terrorize!"
Archacrusher, who transforms into a bison, transforms to her robot mode.
A boll weevil calls out, "Drillgony, terrorize!"
Drillgony, who transforms into a boll weevil, switches to his robot mode.
A yellow jacket calls out, "Buzzarachnia, terrorize!"
Buzzarachnia, who transforms into a yellow jacket, switches to her robot mode.
A scorpion calls out, "Quickhorn, terrorize!"
Quickhorn, who transforms into a scorpion, transforms to his robot mode.
An earwig calls out, "Powerpage, terrorize!"
Powerpage, who transforms into an earwig, transforms to his robot mode.
A king crab calls out, "Crabex, terrorize!"
Crabex, who transforms into a king crab, converts to his robot mode.
A falcon calls out, "Falconstrike, terrorize!"
Falconstrike, who transforms into a falcon, reverts to his robot mode.
A bee calls out in the crowd, "Sawwing, terrorize!"
Sawwing, who transforms into a bee, switches to her robot mode.
Another wasp calls out in the crowd, "Stingdobber, terrorize!"
Stingdobber, who transforms into a wasp, reverts to his robot mode.
A rhinoceros calls out, "Ironhead, terrorize!"
Ironhead, who transforms into a rhinoceros, converts to his robot mode.
Another rhinoceros calls out, "Strongneck, terrorize!"
Strongneck, who also transforms into a rhinoceros, switches to his robot mode.
A Pteranodon calls out, "Lancecondor, terrorize!"
Lancecondor, who transforms into a Pteranodon, switches to his robot mode.
A vulture in the crowd calls out, "Nozzlevulture, terrorize!"
Nozzlevulture, who transforms into a vulture, converts to her robot mode.
A jaguar calls out, "Wildravager, terrorize!"
Wildravager, who transforms into a jaguar, switches to his robot mode.
A tiger calls out, "Tigerclaw, terrorize!"
Tigerclaw, who transforms into a tiger, transforms into her robot mode.
A lion in the crowd calls out, "Razorslicer, terrorize!"
Razorslicer, who transforms into a lion, converts to his robot mode.
Another wolf calls out, "Silverwolf, terrorize!"
Silverwolf, who transforms into a wolf, switches to his robot mode.
A buffalo in the crowd calls out, "Thunderhorn, terrorize!"
Thunderhorn, who transforms into a buffalo, transforms to his robot mode.
A horned ram in the crowd exclaims, "Bufftorox, terrorize!"
Bufftorox, who transforms into a horned ram, converts to his robot mode.
A tarantula in the crowd shouts, "Mesothulas, terrorize!"
Mesothulas, who transforms into a tarantula, reverts to his robot mode.
A Velociraptor in the crowd shouts, "Dinosnake, terrorize!"
Dinosnake, who transforms into a Velociraptor, switches to her robot mode.
A hornet in the crowd exclaims, "Stinginator, terrorize!"
Stinginator, who transforms into a hornet, transforms to her robot mode.
A cheetah calls out, "Shoutscreamer, terrorize!"
Shoutscreamer, who transforms into a cheetah, converts to his robot mode.
A cicada in the crowd shouts, "Light Guildo, terrorize!"
Light Guildo, who transforms into a cicada, transforms to his robot mode.
A two-headed dragon sharing a combination of Megatron and Galvatron's paint jobs calls out, "Galvabolt, transform!"
Galvabolt, who transforms into the same things that the RID 2001 Galvatron turns into, switches to his robot mode from his two-headed dragon mode.
A bat-like gargoyle sharing Megatron's colors in reversed positions – but not enough to match Galvatron's colors – calls out, "Gigatron, terrorize!"
Gigatron, who transforms into the same things that the RID 2001 Megatron turns into, transforms from his bat mode to his robot mode.
A red-colored winged dragon calls out, "Deviltron, terrorize!"
Deviltron, who transforms into the Beast Wars Transmetal 2 Megatron's dragon mode, transforms to his robot mode.
A great white shark calls out, "Gelshark, terrorize!"
Gelshark, who transforms into a great white shark, switches to his robot mode.
A hammerhead shark exclaims, "Sky Shark, terrorize!"
Sky Shark, who transforms into a hammerhead shark, converts to her robot mode.
A lizard calls out, "Lawbscouter, terrorize!"
Lawbscouter, who transforms into a lizard, reverts to her robot mode.
An eagle shouts, "Saberjetter, terrorize!"
Saberjetter, who transforms into an eagle, switches to his robot mode.
A lobster calls out, "Terrorhammer, terrorize!"
Terrorhammer, who transforms into a lobster, transforms to his robot mode.
A Triceratops calls out in the crowd, "Halfdart, terrorize!"
Halfdart, who transforms into a Triceratops, switches to her robot mode.
A tortoise calls out, "Dirgelauncher, terrorize!"
Dirgelauncher, who transforms into a tortoise, switches to his robot mode.
Another lobster calls out, "Seamander, terrorize!"
Seamander, who transforms into a lobster, converts to her robot mode.
An alligator in the crowd shouts, "Moonback, terrorize!"
Moonback, who transforms into an alligator, reverts to his robot mode.
A snapping turtle calls out, "Brimlunge, terrorize!"
Brimlunge, who transforms into a snapping turtle, transforms to her robot mode.
A mosquito calls out, "Overstone, terrorize!"
Overstone, who transforms into a mosquito, converts to her robot mode.
A dragonfly exclaims, "Dreadbite, terrorize!"
Dreadbite, who transforms into a dragonfly, switches to his robot mode.
An iguana calls out, "Gnashbite, terrorize!"
Gnashbite, who transforms into an iguana, converts to her robot mode.
Another snapping turtle calls out, "Slingteeth, terrorize!"
Slingteeth, who transforms into a snapping turtle, converts to his robot mode.
A locust calls out in the crowd, "Battlebladez, terrorize!"
Battlebladez, who transforms into a locust, switches to her robot mode.
A scarab in the crowd shouts, "Darkfennec, terrorize!"
Darkfennec, who transforms into a scarab, converts to his robot mode.
A Stegosaurus in the crowd exclaims, "Quillgrille, terrorize!"
Quillgrille, who transforms into a Stegosaurus, switches to his robot mode.
A pill millipede calls out, "Ragefire, terrorize!"
Ragefire, who transforms into a pill millipede, converts to her robot mode.
A stag beetle calls out, "Psychopincher, terrorize!"
Psychopincher, who transforms into a stag beetle, transforms to his robot mode.
A Styracosaurus calls out, "Freesteel, terrorize!"
Freesteel, who transforms into a Styracosaurus, converts to her robot mode.
A winged dragon calls out, "Shutterstorm, terrorize!"
Shutterstorm, who transforms into a winged dragon, converts to her robot mode.
A Tyrannosaurus Rex exclaims in the crowd, "Slugload, terrorize!"
Slugload, who transforms into a Tyrannosaurus Rex, transforms into her robot mode.
A flying fire ant shouts, "Twinvamp, terrorize!"
Twinvamp, who transforms into a flying fire ant, transforms to his robot mode.
A crocodile says out loud in the crowd, "Vampiregator, terrorize!"
Vampiregator transforms from a crocodile to a familiar-looking robot.
And lastly, a ladybird beetle in the crowd shouts, "Springbug, terrorize!"
Springbug transforms out of his ladybird beetle mode to his robot mode.
Megatron remarks, "So, you brought lots of help, Sky-Byte."
The Predacon lieutenant replies, "Yes, and the good news is I've brought you the most powerful battery the humans were capable of manufacturing." He brings out a glowing ball of energy as he continues "But the bad news is even this one isn't strong enough to help run the command center."
Megatron states, "If our fuel cells aren't recharged soon, the Autobots will discover our location."
Sky-Byte replies, "You don't need to worry about that, Megatron. Based on the reports I've been monitoring, I believe I know how to solve our problem. Listen to this latest news report."
The monitor turns on the news as Dorie Dutton explains, "All the terrorists have been placed under arrest. However, the terrorists' ultra high-energy explosive device has not yet been found. The bomb is hidden inside the engine of a red sports car, one of the new XZ-12 models. All XZ-12 models have been recalled and are being thoroughly searched."
Megatron asks, "High-energy?"
Sky-Byte replies, "Exactly. If we can get our hands on this device, we can dismantle it, extract the energy, and convert it into Energon to recharge our fuel cells. As long as we can prevent the device from detonating, it'll give us all the energy we need."
Megatron replies back, "Then finding the bomb in that red sports car is now our top priority."
Sky-Byte points out, "The only one left that hasn't been searched is being shipped and delivered to Metro City."
Megatron responds, "Yes, I see. And what is its exact location?"
Sky-Byte answers, "Right now, it's being off-loaded from a ship at the Metro City Docks."
A dot on the map shows the Metro City Docks.
Slapper asks, "What if this device is rigged to go off if you try to take it out of the car?"
Dark Scream adds, "Yeah, there's no telling what might happen. Sounds awfully dangerous."
Gas Skunk adds, "And if we get damaged by the explosion, the band-aids on Earth aren't big enough for Predacons."
Megatron rebukes them as he snarls, "Silence, you sniveling cowards!"
Megatron continues calmly, "Sky-Byte, I'm putting you in charge of this mission. Use whatever means necessary to obtain that bomb."
Sky-Byte replies, "Your wish is my command, mighty Megatron." Sky-Byte turns to the entire Predacon squadron and continues, "Slapper, Doomtrack, Gas Skunk, Wildember, Dark Scream, Flinchrunner and Gelshark, come with me. The rest of you, stay behind and be ready to mobilize in case we need additional reinforcements."
The eight Predacons leave the Megastar.
Meanwhile, at the Metro City Docks, the XZ-12 sports car with the bomb in the engine is being carefully placed onto the road where Kelly, the human who's always at the wrong place and the wrong time, is waiting as she paid for the car.
As soon as the bombed car is set down, Kelly runs over and says, "Oh, just what I've always wanted! A red XZ-12 with a leather interior and a CD player too!"
She enters the car and turns on the car.
Then Kelly drives the car out of the docks.
Kelly is seen by Hookbomber Prime as he is invisible and flying over the city without causing any damage or attracting any attention.
Hookbomber mentally grumbles, "I'm not gonna be able to get that bomb before Sky-Byte does, but at least I managed to warn my new Autobot friends in time. I hope they can handle the situation without me, and if not, then it'll be time for the big guns."
On the highway, Kelly remarks, "Talk about a smooth ride; this baby handles like she was glued to the road! Okay, now let's see what kind of power she's got!"
Kelly increases the speed of the car.
As Kelly drives onto the empty freeway, underneath the overpass, Sky-Byte is following close behind.
Sky-Byte mutters to Gelshark, "That human could ruin everything. At that speed, one bump off the road could cause the bomb to detonate, and the energy it contains will be lost forever."
Gelshark replies, "The car is probably booby-trapped from what I can see. Sky-Byte, you and I can't rip out the bomb, or it'll blow."
Sky-Byte suggests, "Okay. Either you or myself will have to tear the rest of the car apart, bit by bit, until there's nothing left but the device. Then, a gentle grab and its ours."
Gelshark smiles evilly in beast mode.
Just then, Sideburn turns up and decides to leave the car alone, having remembered Hookbomber Prime's earlier threat.
Sky-Byte remarks, "I didn't think that the Autobots would show up so quickly."
Gelshark replies, "Me neither. We'll have to put our plan into action right now."
Meanwhile, Prowl remarks, "Nice to see you doing your duty for once, Sideburn."
Sideburn replies, "Well, I gotta tell you, Hookbomber Prime is very scary. Scary enough to be easily compared to Megatron."
Prowl asks, "How so?"
Sideburn answers, "Well, apparently, Hookbomber Prime has the ability to strip Cybertronians of their sentience, reducing them to mere drones."
Prowl replies, "I'm sure Hookbomber didn't mean to scare you, little brother, but Hookbomber does have a point about you chasing red sports cars."
Sideburn doesn't say a word, knowing the lecture that's coming.
Up ahead, Sky-Byte and Gelshark emerge from underneath the freeway with a roar of anger.
Kelly notices the two Predacon sharks and screams in terror.
Prowl notices and exclaims, "It's Sky-Byte and Gelshark, two of the Predacons!"
Sideburn replies, "Oh, yes, I see them!"
Kelly calls out, "Please don't hurt my new car!"
Sky-Byte and Gelshark continuously try to bite into the car, only to miss without hitting each other.
Sideburn points out, "Oh, no. Hookbomber Prime was right about the bomb in that car after all."
Prowl replies, "Even if it weren't for the bomb, I'm gonna have to admit that this is the worst case of road rage I've ever seen. Predacons! You're under arrest!"
Sky-Byte and Gelshark ignore the remark and continue trying to bite into the car, only to continue missing.
Prowl activates his jet boosters as he calls out, "Prowl, jet boosters!"
Prowl's jet boosters enable him to fly ahead of the two Predacon sharks.
Prowl remarks, "Halt, Predacons!"
As Prowl continues speeding in front of the two sharks, Sky-Byte snarls, "Autobot, I warn you, if you try to interfere with my mission, you'll suffer the consequences."
Prowl switches to robot mode and stops in front of the two Predacon sharks.
Gelshark snarls, "Here's a little tip for you: never ignore a warning from even two sharks! Now, get out of our way, Autobot."
Sideburn catches up, switches to robot mode and lands next to his brother.
Sky-Byte states, "You chose to ignore our warnings?! Such insolence and disrespect will not be tolerated!"
Noticing the car speeding away, Gelshark says, "We'll deal with you two later."
Prowl replies, "No way, Gelshark! We do this now! Jet booster power fist!"
Prowl activates his arm-mounted jet boosters and tries to punch Gelshark with the flames on, only for the Predacon shark to block it with his tail with each strike.
Sideburn brings out his battle blade and tries to hit Sky-Byte with it, only for the other Predacon shark to continuously block the attacks.
This went on for a few seconds before Sky-Byte remarks, "Well, it's been fun playing with you two, but recess is over! Shark Missiles!"
Sky-Byte fires two missiles from his mouth at the two Autobots, causing them to revert to vehicle mode as the two Predacons pass them while remarking in unison, "Happy motoring." "Happy motoring."
Sideburn growls, "Come back here!"
The remaining six Predacons chase after the car.
Dark Scream calls out, "That's the car, Slapper! We found it!"
Kelly remarks, "I must be dreaming. Either that, or I should be put in the nearest nuthouse."
Kelly's rant is cut short when the Predacons exclaim in unison, "Gotcha!" "Gotcha!" "Gotcha!" "Gotcha!" "Gotcha!" "Gotcha!" to signify that they managed to get a hold of the ticking time bomb.
Slapper exclaims, "We did it! We got the car!"
Sky-Byte calls out, "Careful, you clumsy fools! One false move, and that bomb will detonate, and blow all of you into oblivion! Gelshark and I shall take it to Megatron. Now, hand it over to us."
Doomtrack replies, "Of course."
Slapper interjects, "It's ours. We found it, and we're taking it in. Get going, guys."
The other Predacons get moving, causing Gelshark and Sky-Byte to roar in anger as they fly after the others.
Along the way, Sky-Byte pushes Slapper out of the way as he says, "Get out of my way!"
Kelly starts screaming in terror as Gas Skunk runs with the car in hand, but his running causes the car to shake.
Gelshark points out, "That's no way to carry a bomb! Shaking it like that could cause it to detonate!"
Sky-Byte adds, "Yes, so hand it over, and we'll fly it to the command center."
Gas Skunk replies, "Hey, you two are not the only ones that can fly, tuna breath. Take it, Dark Scream."
Dark Scream replies, "Good thinking, Gas Skunk! Adios, Overbite!"
Dark Scream starts to fly away with the car in tow.
Sky-Byte sneers, "Try to get this through your thick skulls; neither of you is taking that car anywhere!"
Sky-Byte bites into the car, and starts biting through it, tearing it apart bit by bit until there's nothing left but the high-energy bomb.
Kelly says fretfully, "I just know I'll wake up any second."
Sky-Byte gently grabs the bomb in his jaw as he says with his mouth full, "I've got the bomb!"
Kelly starts plummeting to the highway with a high-pitched scream of fear.
Sideburn calls out, "Hold on, madam! I'll save ya!"
Sky-Byte chortles, "Now that I've got the device, I'll have to deliver it to Megatron."
Sideburn catches Kelly in his hand, thanks to the fact that he can make his left hand extend in vehicle mode.
Prowl comes up to Sideburn and says to Kelly, "Sorry, ma'am. I do apologize for the inconvenience. Are you all right?"
Kelly replies, "For someone who was just attacked by two giant flying squirrels, two huge toads, two flying maniacal sharks and two monstrous skunks, sure, I'm just fine."
Meanwhile, Sky-Byte says while flying and with his mouth full, "Hahahahahaha! This device contains enough energy to help recharge all our transwarp fuel cells. We'll convert it's energy as soon as I reach the command center."
Hookbomber Prime's voice says as his grappling iron grabs the bomb, "Think again, scumbag. This little chunk of energy is going with me."
He carefully loads the bomb in his hand, thankful that he didn't handle it so roughly, and teleports into space.
Hookbomber uses the time borrowed to defuse the bomb and teleports to his base to put the bomb in his energy converting conveyer belt.
Hookbomber successfully converts the high energy into massive quantities of Energon for the two Autobot bases.
Meanwhile, Sky-Byte is fuming about how Hookbomber Prime stole "his victory" from him, even though he didn't know who the Aerialbot commander was just yet.
Koji and T-Ai are cheering about Hookbomber Prime's victory, and Koji attempts to hug T-Ai, only to fall through the hologram, completely forgetting what he was told earlier.
In the Predacon base, Dark Scream says, "Sky-Byte must've shaken a bolt loose in his tantrum. Now he's reading books."
Slapper asks, "What for?"
Dark Scream replies, "He says once we understand humans, we can trick them into giving us their energy."
Sky-Byte says while reading, "What sort of nonsense is this? '"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"'? Best or worst, make up your mind!"
Slapper asks, "Does Sky-Byte really think he's gonna understand humans by reading that stuff?"
Sky-Byte continues reading, "What's this? '"To be or not to be?"' This guy can't make up his mind either! Ugh..."
Slapper states, "It's not gonna work."
Dark Scream adds, "Of course not."
Gas Skunk adds, "Humans are all crazy."
The Predacon trio starts laughing maniacally and hysterically.
Sky-Byte just stews in his own anger, too heavily damaged by Megatron's earlier beating to do a thing about the bumbling oafs laughing at him.
A few days later, T-Ai detects a large Autobot ship entering Earth's atmosphere.
Optimus Prime and Hookbomber Prime walk into the command center as Optimus asks, "T-Ai, what's going on?"
T-Ai answers, "Optimus, there's an Autobot ship entering Earth's atmosphere."
Hookbomber remarks, "I didn't think we'd be getting more reinforcements this soon."
T-Ai continues, "It looks like the ship is gonna touch down at the Amazon rainforest."
Optimus states, "T-Ai, contact the Autobot Brothers. Hookbomber, call in your Aerialbots."
The two Autobots reply in unison, "Yes sir!" "Yes sir!"
At the Amazon rainforest, the eighteen Autobots bore witness to a large battle cruiser touching down in a section of the forest with little trees that won't get in the way.
As each Autobot emerges from the ship, Hookbomber telepathically tells Optimus, Nitroblast, X-Brawn, Prowl and Sideburn who and what they're seeing.
The first of the new Autobots was Grimraid, who looks like a combination of the WFC Air Raid and the DOTM Aerialbot Air Raid, but in the paint jobs from Grimlock and Grimstone.
Then there was Blueswipe, who looks like the WFC/FOC Sideswipe, but in the paint job from Bluestreak.
Then there was Bouldercast, a combination of the Rescue Bots Boulder and the Energon Overcast.
Then there was Acidraker, an Autobot Aerialbot inspired by the Bumblebee movie Starscream, but in the paint jobs from Acid Storm and Shadow Raker.
Then there was Ionraker, an Autobot Aerialbot inspired by the Bumblebee movie Starscream, but in the paint jobs from Ion Storm and Shadow Raker.
Then there's Novaraker, an Autobot Aerialbot inspired by the Bumblebee movie Starscream, but in the paint jobs from Nova Storm and Shadow Raker.
Then there was Bodystreak, an Autobot Grounder inspired by the Generation 1 Bluestreak, but in the paint job from Bodyblock.
Then there's Brakestuff, an Autobot Grounder inspired by the Cybertron Brakedown.
Then there was Lazerdive, an Autobot Aerialbot inspired by a combination of the Generation 1 Skydive and the Tyran cluster Skydive.
Then there's Fangblaze, an Autobot Aerialbot inspired by the Revenge Of The Fallen Blazemaster, but in the paint jobs from Fangry, Fangtron, and the Generation 1 Blaze Master.
Then there was Aeroload, an Autobot Aerialbot inspired by a combination of the Revenge Of The Fallen Breakaway and the Bumblebee movie Thrust, but in the paint jobs from Aerobolt and Overload.
Then there's Ironblitz, an Autobot Triple Changer inspired by a combination of the Generation 1 Ironhide and the Bumblebee movie Blitzwing.
Then there was Riplight, an Autobot Grounder inspired by the Generation 1 Lightspeed, but in the paint job from Rippersnapper.
Then there's Voltflash, an Autobot Grounder inspired by the Tyran cluster Autobot Flash, but in the paint job from the Cybertron Crosswise.
Then there was Cloudray, an Autobot Aerialbot inspired by the Generation 1 Cloudraker, but in the paint job from Darkray.
Then there's Phaseshot, an Autobot Aerialbot inspired by the Energon Treadshot, but in the paint job from Phaser.
Then there was Heavybang, an Autobot Grounder inspired by the Power Core Combiners Heavytread, but in the paint job from Flashbang.
Then there's Rotorpoint, an Autobot Aerialbot inspired by a combination of the Generation 1 Rotorstorm and the RID 2001 Ro-Tor.
Then there was Magmaclaw, an Autobot Grounder inspired by the Armada Megatron, but in the paint jobs from Magmatron and Iron Claw.
Then there's Icebang, an Autobot Grounder inspired by the Dark Of The Moon Icepick, but in the paint job from Flashbang.
Then there was Boneraider, an Autobot Grounder inspired by the Age Of Extinction Shadow Raider, but in the paint jobs from the Generation 1 Bonecrusher, the Energon Bonecrusher and the Tyran cluster Bonecrusher.
Then there's Steelviper, an Autobot Triple Changer inspired by a combination of the RID 2015 Steeljaw and the Generation 1 Viper.
Then there was Phasecharger, an Autobot Triple Changer inspired by a combination of the Generation 1 Windcharger and Phaser, but with the full space shuttle mode from Phaser and Blast Master coming together.
Then there's Speedtwitch, an Autobot Grounder inspired by the Generation 1 Speedstream, but in the paint job from Quickswitch.
Then there was Wildraker, an Autobot Grounder inspired by the Cyberverse Wildwheel, but in the paint job from Shadow Raker.
Then there's Soundbite, an Autobot Aerialbot inspired by the Cybertron Soundwave, but in the paint job from Sky-Byte.
Then there was Ironclash, an Autobot Triple Changer inspired by a combination of the WFC/FOC Ironhide and the Generation 1 Stormclash.
Then there's Lazerkick, an Autobot Grounder inspired by the Energon Kickback, but in the paint job from the Primeverse Lazerback.
Then there was Astrojump, an Autobot Four Changer inspired by a combination of the Primeverse Cliffjumper and the Generation 1 Astrotrain.
Then there's Voltstorm, an Autobot Aerialbot inspired by the Generation 1 Rotorstorm, but in the paint job from the Cybertron Crosswise.
Then there's Jawwheels, an Autobot Duobot inspired by the Generation 1 Flywheels, but in the paint job from the RID 2015 Steeljaw.
Then there was Thunderbeast, an Autobot Aerialbot inspired by a combination of the Armada Thundercracker and the Bumblebee movie Thundercracker, but in the paint job from the Beast Wars Razorbeast.
Then there's Photonlift, an Autobot Grounder inspired by the Revenge Of The Fallen Deadlift, but in the paint job from Scrapper.
Then there was Chainraider, an Autobot Grounder inspired by the Age Of Extinction Shadow Raider, but in the paint job from Chainclaw.
Then there's Overcrusher, an Autobot Triple Changer inspired by a combination of the Tyran cluster Bonecrusher and Overcast.
Then there was Breakblades, an Autobot Triple Changer inspired by a combination of the Primeverse Breakdown and the Generation 1 Blades.
Then there's Brakeswitch, an Autobot Six Changer inspired by the Generation 1 Quickswitch, but in the paint job from Breakdown.
Then there was Mechaside, an Autobot Grounder inspired by the Revenge Of The Fallen Sideways, but in the paint job from the Beast Machines Mechatron.
Then there's Fierystreak, an Autobot Grounder inspired by the Generation 1 Sunstreaker, but in the paint job from Fireflight.
Then there was Aperazor, an Autobot Triple Changer inspired by the Generation 1 Apeface, but without a Headmaster and in the paint jobs from the Beast Wars Airazor, the Armada Airazor and the Revenge Of The Fallen Airazor.
Then there's Solarcycle, an Autobot Aerialbot inspired by the Cybertron Sideways, but in the paint jobs from Sunstreaker, Sunstorm and Sunrunner.
Then there was Hydracycle, an Autobot Grounder inspired by the Generation 1 Hydradread, but in the paint job from the Energon Dreadwing.
Then there's Autosnarl, an Autobot soldier inspired by the Cybertron Snarl, but in the paint job from the Cybertron Crosswise.
Then there was Crankstrike, an Autobot Triple Changer inspired by a combination of the Tyran cluster Crankstart and the Energon Quickstrike.
Then there's Savagebang, an Autobot soldier inspired by the Beast Machines Savage, but in the paint job from Flashbang.
Then there's Doomdealer, an Autobot Triple Changer inspired by the Generation 1 Doubledealer, but in the paint job from Doombox.
Then there was Voltflight, an Autobot Aerialbot inspired by a combination of the Fall of Cybertron Fireflight and the Generation 1 Fireflight, but in the paint job from the Cybertron Crosswise.
Then there's Bullvortex, an Autobot Triple Changer inspired by a combination of the Fall of Cybertron Vortex and the Generation 1 Horri-Bull.
Then there was Grooveraid, an Autobot Triple Changer inspired by a combination of the Generation 1 Groove and Air Raid.
Then there's Icelift, an Autobot Grounder inspired by the Revenge Of The Fallen Deadlift, but in the paint job from Icepick.
Then there was Botanitrap, an Autobot Grounder inspired by the Generation 1 Roadtrap, but in the paint job from the Beast Machines Botanica.
Then there's Armorsnarl, an Autobot Grounder inspired by the Revenge Of The Fallen Armorhide, but in the paint job from the Cybertron Snarl.
Then there was Powerburst, an Autobot Aerialbot inspired by a combination of the Generation 1 Powerglide and Powerdive, but in the paint job from Skyburst.
Then there's Wreckwhip, an Autobot Aerialbot inspired by the Reveal The Shield Strafe, but in the paint job from Wreck-Gar and Wreckage.
Then there was Swiftpunch, an Autobot Grounder inspired by the Generation 1 Counterpunch, but in the paint job from the Rescue Bots Swift.
Then there's Meancharger, an Autobot Grounder inspired by the Generation 1 Windcharger, but in the paint job from Meantime.
Then there was Topback, an Autobot Aerialbot inspired by the Fall of Cybertron Topspin, but in the paint job from Backstop.
Then there's Hangwatch, an Autobot Grounder inspired by the Armada Hot Shot, but in the paint jobs from Hangnail and Watchdog.
Then there was Magnahead, an Autobot Aerialbot inspired by the Energon Bulkhead, but in the paint job from Magmatron.
Then there's Sparkbolt, an Autobot Aerialbot inspired by a combination of the Generation 1 Silverbolt and the Dark Of The Moon Silverbolt, but in the paint jobs from the Sparkabots.
Then there was Shadowpunch, an Autobot Triple Changer inspired by a combination of the Generation 1 Punch and the Cybertron Sky Shadow, but without Punch's Counterpunch identity.
Then there's Windwheels, an Autobot Triple Changer inspired by a combination of the Energon Windrazor and the Generation 1 Flywheels in terms of his tank mode.
Then there was Rollblades, an Autobot Triple Changer inspired by a combination of the Generation 1 Blades and the RID 2001 Rollbar.
Then there's Turbobuster, an Autobot Grounder inspired by the Dark Of The Moon Roadbuster, but in the paint job from Turbofire.
And lastly, there was Brakewheels, an Autobot Triple Changer inspired by a combination of the Cybertron Brakedown and the Generation 1 Flywheels in terms of his jet mode.
Optimus comes forward and says to Grimraid, "I am Optimus Prime. I'm the leader of our kind here on Earth. And in their name, allow me to welcome you to your new home."
Grimraid replies, "Thanks, Optimus. We're honored to be here."
The Autobot leaders took the new recruits to the base and gave them a huge line up of vehicles to choose to scan.
In particular, the Aerialbots were given military aircraft to choose from.
Soon, the new recruits were given the rundown about Hookbomber Prime and his troops.
Grimraid's crew were shocked when the explanation finished, but then Hookbomber revealed that because of his presence in their dimension, certain things are going out of chronological order.
But eventually, Grimraid and his team got along with Optimus Prime's protégé. Especially because Optimus decided to make Hookbomber Prime the leader of the Aerialbots of the Viron cluster.
Everyone cheered.
The End.
(Author's notes: There you have it, folks. The third chapter of my RID 2001 fanfiction story. I know I haven't been able to update this in a while, but bear with me.
Also, this shout-out goes to Irbrenneke. Thanks for the first six Predacon OCs you provided. Thanks to you, I was able to make new OCs for this chapter.
See you all in chapter 4: Team Bullet Train To The Rescue.)