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We now Return to The Transformers!
Chapter 7: Robots in Disguise Part 2
Meanwhile in Japan, a series of thefts at television and appliance stores is being carried out by a mysterious figure with a van.
Several days after Prowl had left for this country, a detective was examining the latest crime scene. The strangest part, was that all the money hasn't been stolen; however, everything that can be plugged in WAS. This was the detective's most bizarre case yet. The only footage caught, was a strange shadowy figure putting the electronics inside a van. Now the big question was: why?
Transition to an unknown location.
The same van from the footage was currently being unloaded in what appeared to be a warehouse by the shadowed figure. "Is this all you brought," a feminine voice called to the figure. The figure responded, but the response that came didn't sound like any words at all. In fact, the response was made up of seemingly random noises. "That's not good enough! Bring back more, before we use YOU to build the machine!" The figure simply hissed like a cat, and got back into the van, driving off. "My latest creation will be FAR superior than anything HE has ever invented!"
Transition back to the detective in a police cruiser.
While driving down the road, the detective got a glimpse of a black and red bird, followed by a mysterious voice that sounded as if it was in the car with her. "LASERBEAK!" Without warning, the car began driving itself and chasing after it. The detective then began saying various sentences in Japanese, being completely confused and overwhelmed by the situation. "Pardon," the voice asked her. She then pulled out her gun and asked a question, again in Japanese. "Hold on a second," the voice replied as the nobs on the radio began dialing themselves, "there, can you understand me now?" "You have ten seconds to answer my question before I shoot you, where or whatever you are!" "Calm down, I will tell you as much as I am allowed to. First, we need to go somewhere secluded."
Transition to later.
The car then pulled into an alleyway, and began to explain. "All right, I'll tell you what I'm allowed to tell you." "Are you a ghost? Is my car haunted?" The voice only answered by laughing. "If this thing is cursed, I'm taking you to the scrap yard!" "No! Don't! PLEASE!" "Why not?" "Because that would kill me!" "But you're a ghost in my car." "I'm not a ghost that's in your car, I AM YOUR CAR!" The detective rubbed her eyes and pinched herself to make sure she wasn't dreaming. "So... you are a talking... car...?" "Well... yes and no, it's complicated." "How do I know this is neither a trick, or an illusion?" "I can show you, but Optimus ordered me not to." "Who?" "Never mind, let's just find where Laserbeak went." "Whatever you say, talking car." "I have a name, it's Prowl. What can I call you, besides 'inquisitive human'?" "You certainly can't 'call' me anything, I am detective Tamako Izumi of the Tokyo Police Department." "I think I'll stick with 'inquisitive human' for now."
Transition to MUCH later.
As the two were cruising down the road, they suddenly saw the shadowy figure loading electronics into a blue van. The detective herself stepped out of Prowl, pulled out her gun and shouted, "FREEZE!" The shadowy figure simply panicked and ran into the van, followed by a mysterious sounding voice. "RAVAGE, EJECT! OPERATION: CONFRONTATION!" Suddenly, a black metal jaguar jumped out from the back of the van, and ran towards Tamako. Prowl knew he had to take action, and transformed into his robot form. Seeing this, the mechanical jaguar known as Ravage ran back into the van, with said van speeding off. The detective was even more confused, especially now that Prowl had revealed himself. "I told you it was complicated."
Transition again.
"AUTOBOT PRESENCE: CONFIRMED," the mysterious voice announced. "Then DEAL WITH IT! I can't waste my genius by fighting them like lesser minded individuals such as YOURSELF, now DO SOMETHING!" "AFFIRMATIVE! REQUEST ASSISTANCE: ELIMINATE AUTOBOT PRESENCE!" "You don't have to tell me twice," a different voice replied. At that moment, a blue fighter jet suddenly had someone appear out of thin air, sitting in the cockpit. "Hey, where are you going?" One of the ground crew asked as he ran over to the 'pilot'. The so-called 'pilot' didn't respond, and the jet took off from the ship, flying to Japan.
Do do do do do DO!
This time, at the police station, Prowl decided it was time to tell the truth. "Let me give you the short version: I came from space, and fight what are known on my planet as 'decepticons'." "So... who do I tell is who?" The detective asked as she was pacing back and forth, processing the new information. "The insignias on our bodies tells us who is who." "Was that cat thing...?" "Yes. It's name is Ravage, and it is one of Soundwave's deployable servants." "And this 'Soundwave' must have BEEN IN THE VAN!" "Soundwave IS the van." "Oh yeah, I forgot that Ravage thing came from... 'It'."
She finally knew who the suspects were. Now all she needed to know was why they were stealing electronics, as well as where they're going. "Who are you, and what are you talking about?" A random police officer coming up to the detective asked. "I finally figured out who is behind all this," Tamako answered. "Oh yeah, who?" Tamako was going to give the officer the answer; however, she remembered she had to keep both Prowl and even the DECEPTICONS' existence a secret from everyone. "They're... probably stealing the electronics to... I don't know, either sell or make some kind of giant robot or something." "If they're stealing all these electronics," the officer began, "they obviously must be taking them all somewhere to stow away."
Then the detective figured out where the decepticons would be hiding. "Search every warehouse in Tokyo, the suspects will obviously be hiding inside one of them, along with the stolen electronics." "Are you sure," the officer asked the detective. "Has there been a case I was wrong about," Tamako responded. "All right, I'll get as many officers as I can to finally bust these suspects and crack this case."
Transition to decepticons.
"ALERT: LARGE GROUP OF NATIVES APPROACHING," Soundwave announced as they heard the sounds of police sirens in the distance. "They won't suspect us in our disguises," the feminine voice said.
When the police arrived and entered the warehouse, they found a large collection of various electronics inside, as well as a strange device. "Detective Izumi, we found the stolen electronics," an officer radioed the detective. "And the suspects?" "We don't seem to see them." "What else is in there?" "A black and green excavator, and a blue van." The blue van sounded it could've been Soundwave; however, she excavator seemed out of the ordinary. "The van is one of the suspects..., I mean suspect vehicles." "Are you sure?" "Yes, but do NOT engage until I get there!" "Why?" "The suspects are extremely dangerous."
While the police officers DID NOT engage, they did decide to investigate the two vehicles. One of the officers looked inside the van, only to find a boom box and other electronics inside. "Hey, guys, you notice anything weird about that excavator?" An officer asked, pointing to the piece of construction equipment. "It's an excavator, what about it?" Another asked in disbelief. "But it's more black than green." "So?" "I've only seen excavators with more green than black, not the other way around."
At long last, Prowl and Tamako arrived to deal with the situation. "This is where they must be hiding." She said, stepping out of the car. Then, something strange began to happen. First, Laserbeak, Ravage, and the shadowy figure (who turned out to be just a black robot) emerged from the van. "Stop where you are, and put your hands up," a police officer ordered. Then, they heard a strange sound, followed by the van transforming into none other than: Soundwave. "Do not engage," Tamako ordered. The police did what she said, but decided to panic instead. As soon as Soundwave transformed into his robot mode, the excavator transformed as well. The robot form of the excavator was interesting, as 'it' had a human looking face, and looked pretty feminine for what 'it' was.
"SCAVENGER," Prowl shouted after he transformed. "And salutations to you, autobot Prowl!" The scientist greeted in a teasing yet berating tone. "The pleasure is all MINE!" He exclaimed as he ran up to punch her in the face, following up by knocking Soundwave down with Soundwave's minions running away. "Where is Thundercracker when you need him," Scavenger groaned. The police surrounded the two decepticons with Prowl saying, "give up while you can still function." "HA! These natives are incapable of harming me with their inferior weaponry!" "But I'm not with MY weaponry." "Actually, you ARE," a voice from behind Prowl said as the autobot was being grabbed, "remember ME?" The voice coming from the decepticon that grabbed him belonged to none other than Thundercracker. "How's it going, you big blue doofus," the autobot asked rhetorically.
"Excellent work, Thundercracker," Scavenger applauded as she got up and walked over to the strange device. "Aren't you going to kill us," Prowl asked. "Why would I, THE greatest mind on all of Cybertron, waste my time by terminating those with inferior intellect such as YOU and these primitive natives? I'm currently busy working on my latest invention!" "Are you going to start a monologue of how 'brilliant' your invention is," Prowl asked again. "No, I'll explain in a way you primitives will understand. This machine converts this planet's resources into pure energon, and the resources we are after are nuclear materials and fossil fuels." "That's your plan?" Scavenger then facepalmed, and began explaining in a 'simplified' manner. "All right, decepticons go steal resources to feed machine, then machine turns resources to energon." "What you're doing is monologuing." "No it's not!" "YES IT IS!" "IT'S NOT-!" "YES IT IS, BECAUSE YOU'RE RAMBLING ABOUT YOUR STUPID PLAN!" "Good grief, I hope they don't have marriage on their planet." Tamako shook her head and groaned as the two continued arguing. "What they're saying sounds more like converting those things into electricity," a police officer commented. "SHUT UP," Prowl and Scavenger snapped at the cop before continuing to argue.
Their argument was finally ended as Soundwave chimed in and ordered, "SILENCE!" "Wait, which one of you three is actually in charge of this operation," Tamako asked the decepticons. "Pardon," Scavenger asked since the scientist couldn't understand Japanese. "She's wondering which one of you is the head of this operation," Prowl corrected, "we REALLY want to find out who is in charge of everyone." "What's it to you," Thundercracker asked. "I mean surely YOU must be the one giving the orders since YOU are both the smartest AND strongest," the autobot continued, winking at the detective. "Actually, I am the one who's bossing everyone around," Scavenger corrected. "But what about Soundwave? Soundwave shows better leadership skills thanks to Rumble, Ravage, and Laserbeak following every order that comes from Soundwave." "So you're saying, I'm not leadership material," Scavenger asked. "Why do you think YOU are in charge of US," Thundercracker interrupted and tossing Prowl aside, "I'M the one who should be in charge of this operation." "Negative! Soundwave: SUPERIOR! Scavenger and Thundercracker: INFERIOR!" "I'll show you," the seeker exclaimed as he tackled Soundwave and Scavenger. Unknown to them, Prowl was sneaking over to the conversion machine to smash it while the three were fighting amongst each other. Unfortunately, Thundercracker saw this, took the machine, and flew off with it. "Better luck next time," Scavenger said as the remaining two decepticons transformed and ran off. Tamako looked at Prowl, then looked at the surprised cops and said, "I can explain."
Do do do do do DO!
"...And you expect me to believe all this," the police chief asked Tamako. "Sir, this is a serious matter! We are dealing with something we've never SEEN before!" Tamako pleaded. "I doubt even the news would believe this if I told them!" Then, the detective had an idea. "In fact, you SHOULDN'T tell them because I will show you, sir."
She then took the chief outside to show the chief Prowl transforming from his vehicle mode to his robot mode. "I don't believe it," the police chief gasped. "Now, tell every officer to keep their mouth shut about this, or WE ARE ALL IN TROUBLE!"
About a few hours later, the detective's new friend was preparing to board a ship to return home. "Why do you have to leave," she asked. Prowl replied, "I need to tell my friends about what the decepticons are planning." "Will you come back?" "Some day, but my friends need me!" "Don't worry, your secret is safe with me." Unknown to them, Laserbeak was listening in on them, and flew back to decepticon headquarters to spread the news.
The Transformers will return!
(Okay, this chapter is... something... Basically, it's sort of the 'anti-transformers' chapter (small cast of characters, the plot focusing on humans more, and... OH YEAH... THE DECEPTICONS WINNING (it's more of a hollow victory though), as well as not much action). Also, I made Soundwave a van and his minions electronics pretty much for the sake of necessity since a van would sort of fit with his gimmick of deploying his little minions (plus, Rumble doesn't speak, which is a blessing for me because less personalities to worry about, and I'm not necessarily cheating with designs). Plus, new original character that's a human, YAY (btw, there WILL be human antagonists too just to spice things up). Overall, I'm... somewhat satisfied with this chapter (maybe not the end, but a few episodes of G1 had pretty lame endings so...). As always leave me feedback so that I, to the best of my abilities, can make this story better.)