This chapter was actually supposed to be Light And Shadow, but I cut it since there'd be too much to pay attention to. Another way this is different to the original concept, is the absence of Skywarp and Thundercracker in the original fight (again, to 'streamline' this chapter). As always, Hasbro owns Transformers, and I do NOT sponsor any real world companies or whatever.
Chapter 8: Robots in Disguise Part 3
Meanwhile, the rest of the decepticons deployed were on their way to steal nuclear energy.
"Hey, what's the Air Force doing here," one of the plant workers asked as he saw three fighter jets. "Are they flying... TOWARDS US," another asked worriedly as the jets started flying in their general direction. The lead jet proceeded to fire missiles at the plant. "They are, and they're shooting at us! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!"
After the power plant staff had panicked and disbanded from the plant, the seekers landed and continued their operation. "Get those fuel rods, but be careful with them," Starscream ordered. "Whatever you say, commander awesome," Sunstorm complied. "I STILL question your leadership, commander," Slipstream complained to Starscream. "Why," Sunstorm asked, "he's like the best leader EVER... behind Megatron of course!" Starscream pointed his gun at the two seekers and demanded, "do as I say OR ELSE!" "As you wish," Slipstream mocked.
Transition.
"Megatron, we have the materials needed to make our own energon," Starscream announced. "Excellent! Now, return to base with the fuel rods before the autobots arrive!" "But Megatron, don't you think you should commend me for terminating- AUTOBOTS!" The only one Starscream could recognize was Bumblebee, who was accompanied by a red truck that transformed into none other than... "OPTIMUS PRIME?! BUT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD!" "Not quite," Optimus corrected, as he knocked Starscream down with a punch to the face. As Optimus was about to finish him off with shot from his rifle, Sunstorm intervened by shielding Starscream, giving the air commander enough time to get back up. "You three can FLY," Megatron reminded the seekers, "use that to your advantage you fools!" "Bumblebee, Red alert, get those rods back into the reactor," Optimus ordered.
The remaining two seekers flew up to get a better angle to attack Prime from. "I failed to terminate you once, I'll make sure I do it this time!" Starscream said, firing his missiles at Prime. Unfortunately, the missiles were all intercepted by Optimus' shots. "You are so useless, Starscream! Fortunately, I'll finish the job for you!" Slipstream added, firing a laser at Prime. "Wrong again, Slipstream," Optimus replied, dodging the laser.
Meanwhile, Bumblebee and Red Alert were discussing on how to put the rods back in the reactor. "How do I put this thing in," Bee asked. Red Alert answered, "it's upside down, other way." Then, Bee saw Slipstream's laser reflect off the walls towards Red Alert, and proceeded to push her out of the way and got hit instead. Seeing this, Optimus began firing furiously at the decepticons. Starscream was having none of this, and decided to fly away in his jet form. "I always KNEW you were incompetent!" Slipstream commented as she flew off behind him.
Optimus then turned his attention towards his fallen comrade. Red Alert stated, "he's still alive but..." "We will make sure he lives to fight another day, but we need to repair this reactor first!" Then, alarms began blaring, and one of the plant workers ran up to the autobots, blabbering in what sounded like complete gibberish. "We can't understand you," Red Alert told the man. "The reactor, it's getting hot," the man finally responded in English with a German accent. "How do we cool it down," Optimus asked. "There should be a control panel that injects coolant into the reactor!" Red Alert then looked over to where the panel would've been, had the decepticons not been fighting them, and replied, "well that's not good." "WE'LL ALL DIE IF WE CAN'T COOL DOWN THE REACTOR SOME WAY," the man panicked.
Then, an idea suddenly came to Optimus. "Red Alert, do you still have Wheeljack's invention," he asked. "Yes, but it only works I'm not sure if it'll work." "Could we attempt to cool the reactor by plugging this tool in," he then asked the worker. "It's possible," the worker replied. "We'll take that chance!" They then tried to cool down the reactor by manually injecting coolant using the device. Surprisingly, the plan worked, and the reactor was finally stable. "Mein gott im himmel," the worker gasped. "Another job well done," Optimus applauded. "What about this human," Red Alert asked. "For his and every other human's safety, he'll have to keep our existence a secret." "Fine by me," the man agreed, "I've already seen enough crazy stuff in my lifetime! This is just the first I've seen giant talking car robots."
Do do do do do DO!
Back at Decepticon headquarters, the ones sent out on missions gave Megatron the news of their mission outcomes. "Yo, Megs," Wildrider greeted, "we couldn't catch the adorable little Earth creatures." "I am disappointed in you, Stunticons," Megatron commented. "Me, Soundwave, and Scavenger built the machine that makes energon," Thundercracker stated. "Excellent work, Thundercracker," Megatron applauded. "Technically, MY GENIUS was responsible for crafting such an invention," Scavenger corrected. "SILENCE! And what do you have to report, Starscream?" "He left the fuel rods and ran like a coward because Optimus Prime was there," Slipstream answered. "SLIPSTREAM," the air commander snapped. "How unsurprising, you fail me yet again, Starscream. Fortunately, my patience isn't wearing thin anytime soon." "And fortunately, Sunstorm got at least SOME of the fuel rods," the female seeker added.
Just then, Megatron received a transmission from Cybertron on the computer screen. "Megatron, this is Thrust. Come in Megatron!" "Go ahead, Thrust." "My lord, I have terrible news!" "What? No news is terrible news." "It seems that we have a new enemy on Cybertron, my lord." "Who?" "According to Perceptor, they have these foot soldiers known as The Sweeps. They appear to be more powerful than even our best soldiers." "Who are they lead by?" "I am not sure, but I am coming to your location to help you prepare for any upcoming attacks towards you." "Very well, you may come to Earth to assist me in my endeavors. Bring me any assistance you can give, as long as it can be maintained." "As you wish, my lord."
The Transformers will return!
(Yeah, this chapter was... something, but I am much more satisfied with it than the original concept which had Prime fighting a bazillion different people. Here's a sort of 'mini-spoiler' (I'm sorry I'm spoiling the story a little for y'all, I'm just trying to get you guys stuff to look forward to): the autobots and decepticons might end up fighting robots from other franchises maybe (or perhaps a parody of them). Leave me your reviews so we all can make this story better bit by bit. Also, I'm sorry I keep writing my thoughts down here if it's taking a bit away from the story, I have opinions on my own work too. Also, I do not have a degree in nuclear physics so... take this chapter with a pinch of salt since it's unrealistic, even though this is a fictional story of giant alien robots that turn into cars.)