Transformers Amalgamation Universe!

Story One: Return of the Maximals

Chapter Two: Demon from the Darkness

By Arrisnyte (a.k.a. Kevin McCarty)

(To those of you who read the previous chapter of this story: THANK YOU FOR WAITING THIS LONG!!! Seriously, if it wasn't for the great comments I received, I would have been content to shelf this as one of my many Homeriffic try-em-once projects. I can only write when bitten by the inspiration bug, and I'm glad that some of you would have the patience to wait this long. I hope I get bitten sooner to update this, but know: I WILL update it again, now that I have support. Otherwise, enjoy the slamming of the new show! J Otherwise, enjoy the many tie-ins to the old show, and other animes)

It was a routine day at Autobot headquarters. Sideburn was chasing after a little red convertible, Prowl was following police procedures and watching for speeders, and X-Brawn was tear-assing through the countryside, scaring the wildlife. The bullet train brothers were all running on schedule, and Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Tai were all playing a game, called "Go fish" that Koji was teaching them. The Spychangers and Construction team were off in a corner, as two of them were having a heated verbal debate.

"I cannot BELIEVE, that I got changed again!" Howled Ironhide.

"At least you got upgrade. Remember when you used to be a minivan? A minivan for Prime's sake!" chuckled Grimlock.

"But it doesn't matter. The fact is, I got changed, and that's against all morals of robotic individuality!"

"How do you think I feel? I used to be a T-rex. A T-Rex for god's sake!! Now I'm a freakin' backhoe. Even I lost all respect for myself, and I used to hang out with Kup!"

Suddenly, there was a piercing wail as an alarm came up. Tai appeared at the console and started hitting switches. Suddenly, a recording popped up on screen. It was Blaster, the old Autobot Boombox, and Soundwave, the decepticon version. They had been working together for years at the cybertronian long-range communications satellite, ever since the wars were over. It was only Megatron and his cronies that still had a problem with peace.

"Hey man, some weird stuff going down. We didn't see it on visual, but radar picked the bogey up like some sick beats. Shields kept it out, but it went through armor like nothing. It's a stone groove man. AHH!!!" Then the signal went scrambled.

"Optimus!" Yelled G-Wing, "We have to go check that out!"

"Agreed, but we can't pull everyone. Megatron would take advantage quickly"

Just then, Ultra Magnus stood up. "I'll stay, Prime, along with the Dig Team, the Spychangers, and the Bullet Trains. You take the Autobot brothers and G-Wing and go. If you need any help, we'll be on our way immediately."

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Meanwhile, in Megatron's underwater fortress, the same message was being played.

"So, trouble on Cybertron, eh?" Megatron was scheming as usual. "I'd love to take advantage of the obvious shortage of Autobots here on earth, after Prime will no doubt send half his team to help out, but I must follow his example. I'll have no chance of ruling the universe if Prime saves the Autobots of Cybertron. Scourge, G-Epyon and the Predacons will go. Sky Byte and the Deceptions will stay with me here on Earth. Report back every two hours."

"Yes Megatron" Both G-Epyon and Scourge replied, almost in unison.

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And so it was that the Autobots and Decepticons both made way towards Cybertron, where a new menace had reared its head. An indiscriminate menace, that was after Autobot, and Decepticon, alike. The autobots, having landed first, made the startling discovery...

"Blaster!" Optimus yelled. "Quick, Prowl, tell me what's wrong with him!"

"I can't explain it, sir. Almost all his parts are there, except the transforming cogs and…"

"What is it, Prowl?" asked Prime.

"There's no damage whatsoever to the casing, but his spark… it's gone!"

The scratchy voice that appeared behind them was no mistake: It was Scourge. "Well, Prime, it seems we've found something a bit bigger than we can deal with alone. I propose that you temporarily deal with the fact that I got your cool 1980's head, and work with me and my team to defeat this menace."

"Listen Scourge," said Optimus. "I have no problem working with you, but that's 'with' not 'for'. And we've got a bigger problem than 'who's got the good parts?'…"

"Oh?" asked Scourge. "What's that?"

"What in the name of Cybertron can pull the spark and transforming parts out of a Transformer, without damaging the outer shell. What can also pass through triple thick Iridium Armor Plates?"

The two looked at each other, while a robotic relief passed over G-Wing and G-Epyon. For once, they could work together, and not apart. The relief was short lived, however, when they started thinking of the kinds of things they might be facing….

(Here's hoping for a part three soon!)