Greetings again, I will be your author/presumed narrator through this MASTERPIECE (or trainwreck (or should I say ASTRO-TRAINWRECK!) whichever you prefer).
A/N: Transformers is owned by Hasbro.
Chapter Two: More Than Meets the Eye Part 2
1984, several days after impact of the Ark.
It was around mid afternoon on warm and sunny Thursday and a trio of college students were busy discussing their new car.
"Why, oh why, did you buy a beetle?," brunette girl in dark clothing groaned. "Of all the cars, you could've picked a Buick, or a Chevrolet, a Pontiac even! But noOo, you just had to get a Volkswagen Beetle!"
A red headed guy in a green varsity jacket answered her with a laugh,
"I didn't buy it, I got it from the junkyard for just two bucks!"
"That's still buying it," the girl retorted. Not looking up from her book.
"Why do I have to do half the work," another guy, this one in a red hoodie complained, "I ain't gettin' paid to do this, Isaac!"
"You don't get paid at all, Dex," Issac replied, "the reason you're helping, is so we can get this car back on the road faster!"
"More like get it off the road faster," the girl scoffed as she loudly turned a page in her book.
Que that transition sequence!
"According to our readings, there has been one Autobot signal active," Slipstream commented.
"...and?" Megatron prompted, leaning forward ever so slightly.
"The signal has been stationary for a few days."
"That means the Autobots are there, waiting for destruction," Megatron concluded.
"I told you," Starscream added from across the room.
"SILENCE," Megatron ordered, "now go destroy them!"
"But the ship is no longer operable," Thundercracker complained.
"FLY, you fools, FLY!"
As told, the Decepticons transformed (except the stunticons because they were cars, as well as Megatron and Soundwave who chose to stay behind) and took flight.
Transition again!
Isaac and Dex were almost finished with the car, on the inside that is, until two guys rolled up in a yellow Countach.
"Hey, your car looks awful," one of them shouted.
"We got it from a junkyard, thank you," Isaac corrected.
"Are you sure it was a junkyard, and not the Middle East or downtown Detroit," the other laughed, "that thing looks like it's been in a WAR ZONE!"
"I HAVE been in a war zone," a disembodied voice answered.
Things got deathly silent, no one moved or spoke.
"What was that?" one of the two guys whispered.
"Man, you guys must've finally lost it," Dex responded.
"Not as much as you guys are gonna lose your lunch," the other laughed as he punched Isaac in the gut.
"Don't do it," the girl in black warned. Isaac then grabbed a bucket of water, and splashed it all over the jock's face. He was THIS close to eating a knuckle sandwich, when his new ride revealed itself to be Bumblebee. The two jocks screamed as they scrambled to their car, only for IT to also transform. One of her most notable features, were the large yellow 'ears' on her head.
"Somebody call the cops, WE'RE BEING INVADED," one of the jocks screamed as they ran as far as their legs could take them. Bumblebee looked down at the two boys and awkwardly answered,
"we come in peace?"
"Bumblebee? Is that you?" the female transformer asked.
Do do do do do DO!
"Any sign of Bumblebee, Windcharger, or Cliffjumper," Red Alert asked.
"Hey, worrying is my job!" Ratchet quipped, without really looking at her. Wheeljack answered Red Alert's question with a tone of concern poorly hidden in his vocals, "nope. Nothin', and I was hopin' Sunstreaker would've found 'em already."
"I just hope they're okay," Red Alert sighed as she looked at the injured bodies of Prowl, Ironhide, and Optimus Prime.
Transition time!
"Sunstreaker, am I glad to see you!" Bumblebee exclaimed, a joyful look in his eyes. He stood a mere four feet away from the newest Autobot, shifting awkwardly on his feet.
"Are you two gonna hug?" the human girl in black asked with disgust clearly evident in her voice.
"Aw c'mon Beth, don't ruin their moment," Isaac scolded.
Both Autobots dropped all emotions and turned with confused expressions to the few humans and asked in unison,
"what's a hug?"
"You two ain't from around here," Dex said with an amused grin.
"Of course not," Isaac corrected, "they're alien, giant, robots that turn into cars, where'd you think they're from?"
"Japan?"
They all had no words for answer that came out of his mouth. Dex looked like he was thinking about saying something more, but Issac quickly started explaining the forgein concept to the Autobots.
"All right, a 'hug' is what you do to show someone you like them, or when they make you happy." He said, trying to find words to describe a physical expression.
"But not everybody likes being hugged," Beth added, giving the two boy's a pointed look.
"Sure they do," Isaac argued as he tried to demonstrate.
"Dude, nuh-uh," Dex refuted. Taking a few steps back and raising his hand in front of him.
"Just play along," Isaac gritted through his teeth, advancing with outstretched arms.
"Are they... supposed to be awkward," Sunstreaker asked. The two boys both said 'yes' and 'no' at the exact same time one said the other.
At that very moment, a Jet flew low over the house, causing the two Autobots to tense.
"We gotta leave, now," Bumblebee demanded.
"Wait, all of us?" Dex asked, only to "you're kidding!"
"Yes, he meant 'all' of us," Beth retorted.
"I know where the Ark is," Sunstreaker interrupted, "follow me!"
Transition sequence!
"Slipstream to Megatron, the target is on the move."
"What do you mean, 'on the move'," Megatron asked.
"I mean it's actually moving, and there seems to be a second signal."
"Ha! I TOLD YOU THE AUTOBOTS SURVIVED," Starscream shouted, a smirk tugging at his lips. "WE SHOULD'VE BLASTED THEM INTO SPACE DUST!"
"...And destroy the precious energon onboard?"
"Megatron's got a point," Skywarp added.
"Silence," Starscream ordered, "we shall destroy the autobots, ONCE AND FOR ALL!"
"Maybe we should destroy YOUR MOUTH, 'once and for all'," Skywarp suggested.
"SHUT UP, BOTH OF YOU," Thundercracker barked.
"Make me," Skywarp pouted, as all the jets suddenly broke formation.
"Idiots...," Slipstream muttered.
Do do do do do DO!
"So Sunstreaker, why did you sneak aboard the Ark?" Bumblebee asked, a cuorious grin on his face.
"Because I wanted to see what this 'Earth' place is like. So far, it looks pretty nice, ALMOST as nice as ME."
"You haven't even seen half of it," Beth muttered.
"I said ALMOST. I also didn't want Red Alert to be by herself."
"But she's got us!" Bumblee pouted, than chukled. It was really nice to see the countach again, even if she was vain.
Just then, a jet appeared in Bumblebee's mirror.
"Guys, I think we might have company," Isaac interrupted, as he saw a black big rig, a yellow Formula 1 car, and three sports cars behind them.
"Friends of yours?" Beth asked.
"...That's not Optimus," Bumblebee muttered, as the five automobiles behind them began to catch up and try to force the two autobots off the road.
"HEY, WATCH THE FINISH," Sunstreaker shouted, but the cars and truck continued in their malicious act.
Bumblebee decided they weren't going to lose them on the highway, so he decided to take it off road. Sunstreaker exclaimed,
"are you NUTS? That'll ruin my paint job!"
"Trust me, they probably can't handle dirt like I can!" Fortunately, he was right about all of the stunticons being terrible off-road, except for the truck.
After a while, they lost the truck and stopped in a town.
"Everybody out," Bumblebee demanded, as his passengers exited and looked for a place to hide. At that very moment, Thundercracker, of all people, landed behind the autobots.
"COME ON OUT YOU TWERPS," he hollered. Unfortunately, they were ALSO behind him, and turned around as soon as he hollered.
"I think this is a bad time," Bumblebee stated to him.
"Yes this is a bad time," Sunstreaker whined, "just LOOK AT ME!"
Thundercracker then held his hands up and said, "I surrender?"
"Two against one,"Bumblebee chuckled, "this is just sad."
At that very moment, Slipstream landed behind the autobots, the right way.
"Excellent work, Thundercracker. You managed to lure out the autobots."
"I did WHAT," he exclaimed.
"You can drop the act," Slipstream ordered.
"Two against two. Getting there, but not quite." Then suddenly, eight more decepticons showed up, including the cars and truck that were chasing the two.
"Now it's fair," Bumblebee said with a smirk.
"DESTROY THEM," Starscream yelled. While they were busy fighting, Thundercracker tiptoed some ways away to escape the battlefield (though it was more of an arena due to the events unfolding). From what the trio of humans could tell, Sunstreaker blasted Skywarp while cowering behind cover, while Bumblebee roundhouse kicked two Decepticons, made Motormaster 'defeat himself', and then proceeded to grab Breakdown. Dead End saw Breakdown flying towards said Decepticon and just muttered, "slag..."
All that was left were Slipstream and Starscream.
"Is it over?" Sunstreaker asked before she was snagged by Slipstream.
"Not yet, my dear," she replied.
"Surrender decepticons," Bumblebee ordered, "don't make this hard on yourselves."
"We can't lose if we have a hostage," the female decepticon said.
"Yes you can," Bumblebee argued,
"you and what army?" Slipstream suddenly turned around to see Thundercracker flying away, followed by Starscream and Sunstorm.
"Starscream, where are you going? The battlefield is THAT way."
"THUNDERCRACKER, COME BACK HERE YOU COWARD!"
"I'm continuing the mission. You're the one who's being a coward!"
"TRAITOR!"
"But I... we have a secret weapon," Slipstream corrected, "Menasor."
The very mention of that name didn't even make them flinch, so she tried to fly away in her jet form, only to be shot down and crash land into a 'badly-placed gas station'.
"Menasor," Bumblebee chuckled, "she can't be serious!"
"Oh no, IT'S MENASOR! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES," Sunstreaker added with mock fear.
What the two didn't notice, were the stunticons getting up and turning into their vehicle modes.
"Uh, guys," Isaac interrupted, as the cars began to drive towards each other.
"Guys," Beth tried to warn them, as the cars began assembling into something... big.
"LOOK BEHIND YOU!" As soon as they stopped laughing to turn around, all good feelings they had were now gone.
"Uh oh," Bumblebee muttered.
Like with all giant-robot-thingamawhatsits, the autobots tried shooting at it, which did nothing. Then Bumblebee went over to punch and kick it, only for the giant to grab and start squeezing him with both of its hands. Slipstream saw this as she emerged from the rubble and laughed.
"SQUEEZE THE VERY LIFE FROM HIM, EVEN HIS SPARK!"
The only thing Sunstreaker could do was watch, as Bumblebee struggled helplessly from his impending doom.
To be continued...?
The Transformers will return!
(Yes, I've done it, I've written human characters into the story, and they're MINE! *laughs evilly* no, seriously, I didn't feel like using any 'canon' human characters and I didn't feel like omitting humans from the story because... 'reasons' so... I decided to make some up, so maybe take this with a grain of salt)