Chapter 2: New Players and Pieces... (Part 2 of 6)

(Edited: 4/22/18)

(WARNING, QUOTE MIGHT CAUSE SOME FEELS...)

"-Do you believe in Destiny?-"

-Pyrrha Nikos

(Planet: Remnant, Location: Emerald Forest...)

The Cliffs...

Ozpin held out his Scroll, watching the multiple live feeds of different Students. He glanced away from his tablet and took a sip of coffee from his favorite coffee mug. He smiled and let out a happy sigh.

"Professor Ozpin, all the students now have partners. Now all that's left for them is to retrieve the Artifacts and return back to the Academy." said Glynda Goodwitch, Ozpins 2nd in command -I mean- right hand.

"Do we have an ETA?" asked Ozpin

"Yes, at the current pace the groups are going they should all have retrieved the artifacts and be back here before lunch."

"Very good Glynda. Go and prepare the amphitheater for the Team ceremony." said Ozpin with a smile.

Glynda smiled and nodded.

"Yes sir, I'll get right on-"

Suddenly a bright flash of light engulfed the sky, Ozpin and Glynda shielded their eyes from the bright light. The light died down, as it did Ozpin and Glynda un-shielded their eyes

"What... what was that bright light?" asked Glynda in concern

"I don't know Glynda." said Ozpin

Ozpin looked up at the sky, as did Glynda. The two saw four lights falling; the lights were yellow, cobalt blue, crimson and light sky blue. Glynda looked at the lights with curiosity, as did Ozpin.

Glynda looked at Ozpin.

"Sir, should we stop the initiation and call the students back to Beacon?" asked Glynda

Ozpin looked at Glynda and smiled, "No need Glynda. We are only observing the students initiation and thus can not interfere with it.", he said looking back at the lights falling from the sky.

"But, sir-" Glynda started.

Ozpin cut off Goodwitch's thoughts with his own,"-Of course if something incredible dangerous does happen then and only then can we intervene."

Glynda looked at the professor with wide eyes. She was about to counter the option but let out a sigh instead, "Very well sir, the Initiation will proceed as planned..."

Glynda turned around and made her way back to Beacon, "And Glynda?", Ozpin spoke up.

Glynda stopped in her tracks, she turned around and looked at Ozpin, "Yes Professor?"

"Make sure that we have extra dorms, I have a feeling that it might come in handy later on."

Glynda left, leaving Ozpin alone. Ozpin looked at the lights one last time; he saw the lights touch down together near the lake. He took another sip of coffee and looked back at the scroll, he tapped the holographic screen sliding his finger across. He saw multiple video feeds but stopped on a certain one. The feed had a boy with a strange looking yellow helmet and tan skin, he smiled.

Ozpin tapped the feed enlarging it to fit the screen.

"This should be an interesting development..."

Bumblebee slowly opened his eyes, he looked up at the sky and saw the open blue above with a few scattered clouds. Over head were a few trees and birds flying.

He grunted and sat up, rubbing the back of his head, "Oh... What happened?" asked Bumblebee tiredly.

He looked around at his surroundings, he was in some sorta forest opening. He then looked downwards at his peds... only to see a pair of sneakers in their place.

"AH!" shouted Bumblebee.

He quickly scrambled to his feet, he looked over to his left and saw a lake. Bumblebee quickly dashed over to the lake and looked at his reflection. Instead of seeing the metal face of a cybertronian, he saw the reflection of a young boy looking back.

Bumblebee was a 16 year old teenage boy. His skin was pale-tan, his eyes were metallic ice blue (he kinda looks like Ruby), he wore his original helmet (From the first Transformers movie in 2007). He wore a rust yellow infinity scarf around his neck; a bumblebee pin was attached to the scarf. He wore a black undershirt with a yellow racing stripe across the chest area and an unzipped short sleeved yellow hoodie over the top. Yellow armor plates rested on his left and right shoulders. He wore dark yellow jeans with a black stripe running across the bottom right leg and a combat knife sheathed on his left, on the sides of his upper thighs hung two pieces of gold armor plating with red Autobot symbols on the front; the armor plating went down to his knees (Resembling his Cybertronian Legs in 'Age of Extinction'). His footwear was very reminiscent to that of his regular robotic peds only in sneaker form. His arms, however, remained the same as his Cybertronian form.

"What happened to me!" shouted Bumblebee.

A figure stepped out of the woods and stood a few feet behind Bumblebee.

"So... you've changed as well?" asked a familiar voice.

Bumblebee turned around, his eyes widened and his mouth hung open.

He saw a boy who looked a couple years older than himself. His hair was light grayish blue and styled so that it looked like Optimus Primes helmet, his bangs covered his right eye. his skin color was peach tan and his eyes were dark ice blue. The boy wore an unbuttoned grey tuxedo vest with light blue and yellow accents, underneath he wore an un-tucked white dress shirt that stuck out from underneath the vest; a blue tie hung loosely around his neck. He wore a pair of black jeans that were held up by a red leather belt, the Autobot insignia was the buckle. His choice of footwear was a pair of Dark blue Suede Chinley Cap shoes. The boy had a giant sword sheathed on his back, the sword was silver and had Cybertronian engravings.

"ShootingStar? What happened to you!?" asked Bumblebee.

"Bee, what you should be asking is what happened to 'us'." said Star.

"What?"

ShootingStar let out a sigh and stepped out of the way, "Just see for your self..."

Another figures stepped out from the shadows, a teenage boy the age of 16.

Apart from the scar running down his left eye the boy was nearly identical to Bumblebee, from the facial features to the color of his skin and the shade of his eye color. His hair was dark crimson, the ends of his hair were black. Instead of a helmet, the boy had a pair of black aviator sunglasses on top of his head. The boys arms were identical to Bumblebees, only red. He wore a crimson red leather jacket with a hot pink Autobot symbol on the right sleeve and a silver stripe going down the left side; underneath he wore a white tank-top. Below he wore a pair of black jeans with holes in the knees, and his footwear was a pair of red high top sneakers with silver bottoms and white shoe laces.

Bumblebees jaw literally hit the ground, the sounds of sirens went off in his head. He quickly shook his head and looked at the boy.

"Cliffjumper? You too!?" asked Bumblebee

"Yep...", said Bumblebees twin deadpanned.

Bumblebee looked around at his squad, he mentally counted his squad members and noticed he was one member short.

"Hey Cliff, where's Evac?" asked Bumblebee

"I don't know..."

"Cliffjumper, you think he got separated from us?" asked the leader.

Cliffjumper shrugged, "Maybe. It's possible that he might've been transported to a different location."

Bumblebee groaned at that, "Man... Ground-Bridging can be unpredictable, if your coordinates are precise and on target then there's no worry-..."

"-But since the ground-bridge we went through was unstable-", Cliffjumper cut in, "-then it's possible that he could have ended up anywhere, on any planet, and possibly any 'when'."

Again, Bumblebee groaned at the theory, "If Evac was teleported to a different location than we'd be able to radio him via communication-link."

"Right, that's true-", Cliffjumper said nodding, "-and if Evac did end up on another world, we'd still be able to get a secure communication link to him and mount a Rescue Mission."

"But... If Evac was sent to any 'when'-", ShootingStar inputted his thoughts, "-then that means he would be lost forever. Never to return to our own time."

Bumblebee and Cliffjumper lifted their servos to their chins mirroring one another, humming thoughtfully. Looks of worry were etched onto their faces...

"Ahem..." said a voice from above.

The two Autobots look up and see a boy hanging upside down by his suspenders.

"A little help please?" asked Evac.

Bumblebee and Cliffjumper looked at each other then back at the boy. Cliffjumper grabbed hold of Evacs right suspender and Bumblebee grabbed the left one, Cliffjumper slid the suspender off the branch and Bumblebee did the same, Evac fell to the ground with a loud thud

"Omph!"

Evac sprung back up

Evac was now a 15 year old boy. His hair was cobalt blue and slicked back into five points, his eyes were light blue, and his skin color was white pal. The boy wore a simple blue t-shirt with a dark green chest plate over it, a black Autobot symbol was printed on the front of the chest plate. Below he wore a pair of camo green shorts that went down to his knees with light green suspenders hanging on the sides. His footwear consisted of a pair of dark blue sneakers with lime green accents on the sides. A sniper rifle was slung over his shoulders and onto his back.

"I'm ok!" said Evac giving an ok gesture.

Bumblebee chuckled at the boy while Cliffjumper rolled his eyes.

The Autobots were making their way through the forest with Bumblebee in the front, Cliffjumper on his left and Evac on his right; ShootingStar was behind Bumblebee. The four looked around the forest. The leaves in the trees waved in the wind, sunlight poured through the little gaps and hit the four; the sounds of birds chirping were heard in the trees above. Their shoes crunched against the dirt ground with every step.

Why were the Autobots wondering through the forest, you ask? Their searching for any signs of civilization, once they do they can find help and figure out how to get home. As they walked the group of Autobots took in their surroundings, each one voicing their opinion about the forest scenery.

Bumblebee was the first to respond, he smiled and let out a whistle.

"Wow... Don't think I've ever seen a forest this beautiful! It's like human kind hasn't even touched it!" said Bumblebee in an impressed tone of voice.

"It's so... big..." said Evac nodding

"Yeah," Cliffjumper nodded, "It's like something out of an Earth Fairy-Tale."

ShootingStar observed the forest with an uneasy feeling, his right hand was on Knights Dreams ready to defend himself. He knew that a dark presence was looming over the forest, it felt deadly to the young lieutenant. His eyes shifted left and right with un-easiness, a low concerned grumble escaped the boys throat.

"I will agree that the forest is lovely" he said un-easy, "but something about this place doesn't feel right..."

Evac looked at his friend with a questioning look.

"What do you mean, Star?"

ShootingStar answered his brother-in-arms question, though most of the lieutenants attention was still focused on the forest around them.

"Evac... There's something in this forest..." he said, "something dark and sinister is here in these woods... I can feel it's need for blood, it's thirst for destruction."

Just then, Star shivered in disgust, "And man it's starting to give me the chills. I haven't felt something like this since the final days of the Great War... when Cybertron was becoming nothing more than a barren wasteland..."

Evac, still being the fresh rookie of the Autobots, hadn't served in the Great War -he was nothing more than a mere youngling when the War had ended. He was told stories about the War for Cybertron by some of the other Autobots like Hound and Crosshairs. They had told the young rookie that the Great War was more of a blood-bath then anything. Both sides lost an elephantine amount of soldiers, and resources to boot. It was thanks to those stories that Evac had thanked his lucky stars about being to young to remember what had happened on his homeworld.

However, hearing Stars statement, made the young rookie feel uneasy. If there was something dark in these woods, something that came off as similar to the dark nature Star had felt during the end-days of the War, then what's to say that this presence wouldn't come after them?!

The mere thought made Evac shake with worry, silently letting out a low whimper of fear.

Cliffjumper, seeing the poor kids reaction, decided to try and ease his worries. He walked over to the blue and green soldier, and clapped his metal hand on Evacs shoulder.

"Just ignore him, Evac. ShootingStar says bull-shit like this all the time; usually it just turns out to be a 'gut feeling'."

The red bruiser gave the rookie a comforting smirk, "So don't worry to much."

The group came to a halt, a knocked over tree with a thick trunk blocked their path. Bumblebee reached up and pulled himself up over the huge tree, he was followed by Cliffjumper who hopped over the tree like a wall; ShootingStar unsheathed his sword and stuck it into the tree and pulled himself up and over. Evac took off one of his suspenders and slung it over a branch, he tugged on it making sure it was secured. He put his right foot on the log and pulled himself up. Evac grabbed his suspender off the branch and put it back on, he jumped off the tree and onto the ground. He looked at his four comrades and they continued their trek.

"Hey Bumblebee?" asked Evac.

Bumblebee looked away from his surroundings and shifted his attention to the boy on his right, "Yeah Evac?"

"Do you have any idea of what happened to us and where we are?" asked Evac

Bumblebee looked away from the boy and thought.

"Well, to answer the first question, I think that the portal we closed had something to do with this. But other than that, I don't really know" said Bumblebee

"Ok, that answers one of my questions." said Evac. Bumblebee took a deep breath, he closed his eyes and exhaled heavily, "As for where we are? I'm uncertain..."

Evac looked at his leader with confusion, "What do you mean?"

Bumblebee remained silent for a few seconds, he thought of what to say and how to say it.

"Well, have you ever heard of the 'Multiverse' theory?" asked Bumblebee.

Evac shook his head side to side, "No but it sounds familiar. Why do you ask?"

"After we woke up, I've noticed several things about this place, things that are different from Earth."

Evac looked at Bumblebee with both curiosity and worry, "Like what? What differences did you see?"

Bumblebee explained the 'sore thumbs' that stuck out to him and ticked them off by counting his metal fingers, "The first being our forms, normally if we were traveling to another world through the Ground-Bridge our forms wouldn't have changed. The second thing I noticed was this forest."

"What?" asked Evac.

Bumblebee nodded, "Yep. This forest, it looks like mankind hasn't even touched it. It's strange, I've lived on Earth for a while now and visited many different forests and forest-like places. But this one seems to be, well, un-scaved." The Autobot leader looked at ShootingStar with narrowed eyes, "And if we include ShootingStars statement about something dark living here then that makes three..."

Cliffjumper heard what Bumblebee said, he let out an audible 'tch' and looked at his twin brother with worry, "So your basically saying, and I'm just thinking out loud, that we've been transported through Time, Space and reality and ended up in a-"

"-A universe that's completely different from our own?", Bumblebee cut Cliffjumper off, "Yes. I am..."

The other three Autobots were baffled, could they really be stuck in another dimension?

Evac looked at Bumblebee with even more worry, "If that's the case, then how are we going to get home?"

Bumblebee stopped walking and looked at the ground, his fists clenched tight with the sound of metal crumpling up, "I'll find us away home... no matter how long it takes, no matter what the cost-", Bumblebee looked up from the ground and at Evac with fire in his eyes, "-I'll get us home... I give you my word Evac."

Evac, as well as the other Bots, looked at Bumblebee with surprised looks. They knew that Bumblebee was still young, but his words, his actions spoke volumes of courage and hope. That hope and courage was carried into their hearts, causing all three of them to smile at their leader.

"And we promise to be by your side.-", Evac stepped forward and held out his fist, "-we are all a family, and we're all in this together. We're gunna get back home, stop Galvatron from ruining it, and pound his stupid Bucket-Head into the ground."

Bumblebee was taken back by Evacs words, he smiled and bumped his young friends fist with his own metal one, "Spoken like a true soldier, Evac." Bumblebee looked at ShootingStar and Cliffjumper with a smile.

Cliffjumpers metal fist connected with Evacs and Bee's, he smirked, "And if something evil or wicked tries to stop us from completing our mission and knocks us down-"

"-Then we'll get back up and fight till the end-", ShootingStar put his fist in, "-Cause nothing's gunna stop us from getting back home."

Bumblebee looked around at his troops, each one smiling and nodding their heads. The Autobot leader smirked, "Alright,' he lowered his fist to the ground, the others did the same, "Let's do this! We'll complete the mission and get back home!"

A chorus of cheers erupted from the three soldiers, Evac and Star gave each other a high-five and Cliffjumper started throwing left and right hooks at an imaginary enemy. Bumblebee, he simply looked at his squad with a smile on his face.

The squads cheering came to an abrupt stop as a loud, monstrous chilling screech echoed through the forest. The four Autobots looked around with wide eyes and itchy trigger fingers. In fact, Star already had his hand on 'Knights-Dream', ready to unsheathe, and Evac quickly spun his sniper rifle around and looked through the scope. Both Bumblebee and Cliffjumper got into boxing stances, ready to fight.

"What the slag was that?", asked Cliffjumper

Bumblebees eyes shifted left and right, he couldn't exactly pinpoint the origin of the noise and stood on edge, "Don't know; but it didn't sound like a small woodland creature... Evac?"

Evac heard his name and responded back, "Yeah, what's up?"

"I need you to use those Sniper Skills of yours. I can't pin-point the sounds location, so the target is probably air-borne."

Evac caught on quickly and smirked, "And you want me to look through the scope of my rifle and see whats up above. Smart plan, Bee."

"So I take it that's a resounding yes?" asked Bumblebee

Evac got onto one knee, raised his rifle at a perfect steady level and looked through the scope, "Nothing that I can't handle."

Several moments of silence passed, Stinger Squad looked through the trees with caution. ShootingStars hand was firmly wrapped around the handle of his sword, tints of sweat were present on his face. The same went with Cliffjumper and Bumblebee, their eyes shifted through the trees nervously, sweat rolled down their faces. Evac was the only one who remained calm, he took in deep breaths as he moved his gun around the sky.

'Judging by that screech, the Target must be big... So it should be easy to spot...'

Several more moments of silence passed, Evacs eye was still glued to the scope, he moved his rifle around more, 'Where are you?', he thought. He moved his Rifle to the left, and a glint of black caught his eye, 'Bingo.'

"Guys, I got a visual on the target."

The other three looked at Evac. Bumblebee looked at the young sniper, "Well what is it?"

Evac enhanced his rifles scope, "Um... It's big, black, and it looks pretty grumpy."

"is it Ironhide?", joked Cliffjumper

Bumblebee quickly looked at Cliffjumper with a stare that could even send chills up Deaths spine. Cliffjumper immediately shut up.

Cliffjumper forgot about what happened to Ironhide... Bumblebee and ShootingStar were still a bit torn up about having one of their own, a former Autobot leader, genius scientist and a PRIME non-the-less, turn on such a great friend and a loyal soldier... But Optimus avenged Ironhide by killing Sentinal... he deserved that plasma blast through the head, even if he was a Prime, he was a traiter...

"No, it's got dark black feathers and red eyes...", Evac enhanced the scope. He looked through the scope and had an expressionless look, "Yep... It's a big ass bird, the targets a big-ass bird... great..."

The other Autobots looked at Evac with blank stares. Evac felt their stares but ignored them, he continued looking at the confirmed target.

"Wingspan is bout' two school buses long, body length is bout the size of a football field, and...", Evac moved his sight down towards the legs. His eyes widened in shock, "And it's got a hostage!"

Bumblebee looked at Evac with a serious look, "You sure?"

Evac nodded, "Yep. Hostage is wearing all white, age looks to be about 17. And judging by the outfit, a bluish white skirt and dress, hostage is confirmed to be a female."

Suddenly the large bird swooped down, a huge gust of wind blew over the area of Stinger Squad, almost knocking them off their feet. They all heard the girl scream, "SOMEONE HELP ME!"

The Autobots looked up at the sky, they felt like they had just been put into a fairy-tail book.

Bumblebee quickly shook his head, "Come on guys, let's go..."

"WEISS! I'M COMING!" shouted a young high pitched voice.

Stinger Squad quickly turned around and saw a red blur heading in their direction. ShootingStar sidestepped out of the way, "What the hell!", Evac quickly put his body on the ground belly down and ducked the blur of red, "Take bout' speed!", Cliffjumper quickly jumped over the blur, "The scrap is that!?"

Bumblebee jumped and somersaulted over the red blur, as he did he caught a glimpse of who the blur was, and time slowed down. His eyes widened, he saw the face of a young girl no older than him.

"What in the name of Primus!?"

Time resumed and Bumblebee fell to the ground with a skid, he whipped his body around with one fist in the ground. His head shot up, he eyed the red blur that had just passed them. Bumblebee quickly got up and sprinted in the direction of the red blur. He shouted back to his squad, "Come on guys! We gotta move!"

The other three members of SS snapped out of their funk, and hastily followed suit of their commanding officer...

They'll find a way back home later, right now was the time to act!

Here it is, Chapter 2 in all of its mighty glory! I'm SO SORRY I had to make you guys wait that long for this chapter. But like I said, I'm gunna make it up to you guys. I've already got a head start on Chapter three and am making good progress. So hold onto your butts and fasten your seat-belts, cause this is gunna be one heck of a ride!

Authors Update: Noticed a few spelling Errors, so I fixed them. Also, I added in a little more to the length of the chapter, but not by much...

Ja-Ni!