Day of Honor, Part II

By SciFiMan

Author's Note: Still don't own anybody. Please don't sue.

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September 12

Three jets flew over the skies of Afghanistan. One was red, one was blue, and the other was black. They were the seekers: Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp. The jets landed at the opening of a cave. A gun and a tape deck came out of the jets and transformed. They were Megatron and Soundwave. The seekers then transformed. The Decepticons walked into the cave and eventually found the man they were looking for.

"Mr. Bin Laden," said Megatron, "we have come to receive our end of the bargain."

"And so you shall. Please, take all that you want. My wealth will supply you and your troops for years." said Osama Bin Laden.

"All we need is enough to power our ship for our return to Cybertron. Soundwave, prepare the energon cubes."

Soundwave dispensed the glowing cubes from his cassette compartment. The seekers grabbed the cubes and attached them to the oil reserves. They filled the cubes and transformed to load them up. Soundwave ejected Rumble and Frenzy who were ordered to load the energon cubes into the seekers.

"We will be back for more at a later time." said Megatron.

"As I said, if you helped me, you would be allowed to take all the energy you needed. Thanks to your assistance, I will soon be ruler of the world."

"And the Decepticons will rule Cybertron. Decepticons, return to base." The Decepticons then flew away with the energy they had been given.

At ground zero, the Autobots had just arrived to help with the cleanup.

"Jazz, let's go inside." said Ratchet.

"Yeah. I can play my music to help people find us. All they'll have to do is follow the sound."

"Good thinking. As long as you don't play it so loud they don't run away."

"I know that. If I play it too loud, we'll have rock and roll with real rocks."

The two of them then transformed and entered a tunnel in the debris.

"Aerialbots, patrol the skies." said Optimus. The five robots went into their jet modes and headed for the skies.

"Dinobots, clear the debris." said Optimus.

"Dinobots transform." said Grimlock as he transformed to T-Rex mode.

Up in the air, the Aerialbots were given a surprise courtesy of the Decepticons.

Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Dirge, Ramjet, and Thrust began to fire on the Aerialbots.

"Die Autobots." said Starscream as he fired a volley of missiles at Silverbolt, leader of the Aerialbots.

"Aerialbots, form Superion." said Silverbolt. The Aerialbots each transformed into their third modes: the components of Superion.

"You Decepticons are finished." said Superion.

Superion grabbed the nose cones of Dirge and Thrust and swung them together so they collided with each other. Ironhide and Hound shot down Ramjet and Thundercracker. Superion punched Skywarp and brought him down.

"Decepticons, retreat." said Starscream. The other Decepticons took off and followed Starscream.

The Aerialbots then separated and resumed their patrol.

In the debris, Jazz's music brought several people to him and Ratchet. After several hours of searching, Jazz and Ratchet couldn't carry any more people.

"Let's get these people to a hospital and then come back for more." said Ratchet. The two of them came out from the debris and sped off toward the Hospital.

The Dinobots efforts paid off as well. While sifting through the debris, they found twelve people.

"Perceptor, how is the analysis of the wreckage coming along?" asked Prime.

"We are having minimal success. Most of the debris is too burnt to be able to be used. On what is left of the debris, I am finding heavy concentrations of Decepticon explosives residue."

"The humans are suspecting an Arab man named Osama Bin Laden is behind these attacks. It is possible that Megatron is working with this man. It has been reported that he has a lot of money and can fund large-scale attacks such as these. He also has access to many resources. Perhaps it is possible that Megatron in merely interested in these resources."

"It is very possible indeed. I will continue to analyze the useable materials for clues indicating the identity of the attackers."

While Jazz and Ratchet were away, Ironhide and Blaster took over the efforts of looking for people in the debris. The plan worked for them as it did for Jazz and Ratchet. The people were drawn to Blaster's radio and were able to find rescue. When Ironhide and Blaster left to head for the hospital, Jazz and Ratchet were waiting to go back inside.

Trouble was brewing at the Decepticon base.

"You fools have failed me again." Megatron yelled to the seekers.

"It was not our fault, Megatron. All of the Autobots were waiting for us like I told you. It's all your fault. You should have given me more troops to command." said Starscream.

"I gave you all you needed to attack flesh creatures with minimal defenses and could not take advantage of it. Your terrible leadership is the reason you failed." Megatron then proceeded to blast Starscream.

"That is what will happen to anyone who dares to defy me again. Now, we must plan our attack against the Autobots."

"I recommend a full scale attack at dawn." said Soundwave.

"I like your plan, Soundwave. Decepticons, prepare for battle. We shall attack at dawn."