Transformers: Robots In Disguise
Season 2
Firestar, a member of the Autobot elite team Hyper Force, drove through the Brazillian rainforest
as quietly as he could. According to Hyper Flight's instructions, he was two meters from his
designated position.
"Firestar, transform!" Firestar transformed and took out his Star Shooter. He activated his
comm. link. "Firestar reporting in, I'm at the designated spot."
"Acknowledged," came the voice of Hyper Flight, the leader. "Siren and Heavy Duty have already
checked in. I'm still waiting for Hot Rod and Shuttle. Be on your guard. Tai detected
Starscream in your area."
"I'll be on guard. Firestar out.
When Tai detected Starscream in the area, she immediately informed the Hyper Force. They
set up a trap for him. Each of them will quietly sneak around Starscream. At a preset time,
they will all fire their weapons at once. The desired result was that they will disabel
Starscream and take him back to Autobot Headquarters where Optimus Prime will interrogate him.
At least that was what they wanted to happen.
Hyper Flight's position was in the air. He was going to cover Starscream's escape should he
attempt to transform and flee back to Unicron.
"Shuttle to Hyper Flight, I'm in position."
"Acknowledge. That just leaves Hot Rod."
Hot Rod was discovering something much more interesting than Starscream. A village, a human
village. Hot Rod has never seen humans up close before, not even Koji, Karen, and Wayne, the
Autobot's human allies.
{Those humans are so lucky,} Hot Rod thought to himself. {They have no idea of the terror that's
above them. They can do anything they want, go anywhere, not be weighed down by all these
Autobot duties...}
"Hot Rod! Hot Rod come in!" Hot Rod almost jumped. He completely ignored his comm. link that
was beeping.
"Hot Rod here."
It was Hyper Flight. "Hot Rod, are you in position?"
"Yes... yes I am. I have Starscream in my optics."
"Good. Next time, Hot Rod, report in earlier."
"Sure... I mean roger."
Heavy Duty had hear this conversation through his comm. link. He shook his head. Hot Rod was
probably daydreaming again. That Autobot could never concentrate on the task at hand. He was
surprised somebody so young and ignorant became a member of the Hyper Force. Perhaps it was some
sort of fluke.
"All right, Hyper Force," Hyper Flight's voice came in over their comm. links. "We wait until
1414 hours then we strike. Firestar, you'll lead off."
"Affirmative."
Hot Rod's internal chronometer read 1405, he had about 9 minutes before the fireworks began.
Suddenly Starscream turned and started heading in Hot Rod's direction.
"He's heading my way," Hot Rod gasped.
"Hot Rod, stay down," Hyper Flight instructed. "If you don't make a move, Starscream's sensors
won't pick you up."
"No... no, I think he spotted me. He's heading this way. He's heading this way!"
"Hot Rod, stop, don't do anything," Hyper Flight ordered. "Don't worry, we'll back you up."
"It's too late... It's too late!"
"Hot Rod, stay still. That's an order!"
"Arm Blasters!" Hot Rod fired at Starscream. He turned to Hot Rod's direction.
His look was that of startlement. He didn't spot Hot Rod, until he opened fire.
"Unilasers!" Starscream retaliated by firing a stream of energy at Hot Rod. Hot Rod's arms
came up to block them but he was forced into a tree.
"Siren Shock!" Siren appeared from behind Starscream and blasted him with sonic energy from
the sirens on her chest.
"Starscream, super power! Sonic disruptor!" An even bigger blast of sonic energy blew both
Siren and Hot Rod back.
"Hyper Cannons!"
"Chest Laser!"
"Star Shooters!" The other Hyper Force members came out of hiding and attacked Starscream.
"Teleportation!" Starscream disappeared and reappeared behind Shuttle. "Sorry, buffoons, but
better luck... never! HA-HA-HA! Starscream, assault mode!" Starscream transformed and took
off.
"Slag," Firestar cursed. "We failed."
"Hyper Flight," Heavy Duty said. "We need to get back to base, we have a problem." His eyes
went over to Hot Rod who looked down in shame.
"WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING, HOT ROD?" Heavy Duty shouted. The Hyper Force were back
at their camp in French Guyanna
"I was sure he spotted me," Hot Rod said.
"He didn't until you shot at him," Heavy Duty argued. "You're worthless!"
"Just a minute..."
"No, Hot Rod, YOU wait a minute. The Hyper Force is suppose to be the elite of the Autobots!
But a team is only as strong as its weakest link. And YOU are the weakest link! Let's face it,
the team would be much better off without you."
Hot Rod couldn't believe Heavy Duty was saying this. It was no secret that the two didn't get
along all the time, but now he just went over the edge. And none of the others came to his
defense, so that must mean that they agree with him.
"I see," Hot Rod said softly. "Well the last thing I want to do is hold the team back. I quit.
I'm quitting the Hyper Force." Hot Rod turned around and walked away.
"Nice going, HD," Firestar said sitting down (he couldn't lean against a tree without toppling
it over). "Don't you think you overdid it just a little?"
"He's just a kid," Heavy Duty said. "I'm sorry I said it, but our purpose here is to stop
Unicron's forces, not babysit robots who can't handle themselves. Trust me, it's for the
better." Behind Heavy Duty's back, Hyper Flight shook his head. Shuttle looked at him. Siren
and Firestar exchanged looks of confusion.
"I agree, Heavy Duty, Hot Rod is inexperienced," Hyper Flight said. "But we're a team, and
everybody has to contribute in whatever he or she can. I feel that Hot Rod is doing his best."
"He's a kid."
"Funny," Siren spoke up. "I thought he was an Autobot."
The argument was heard by Starscream. He knew how to use this to his advantage. He opened
up a communication channel with Unicron.
Hot Rod walked through the jungle. What was his next move? He couldn't go back to the Hyper
Force, but he couldn't just wander around South America. Hot Rod figured that his best move was
to radio Optimus Prime and ask him for a Space Bridge link back to base. Maybe he'll be
reassigned to Australia with Tow-Line and Skid-z or stay in Japan with him.
"Penny for your thoughts as the humans say," a high-pitch voice said behind him. It was
Starscream! Hot Rod quickly took aim with his arm blasters. "Calm down, Hot Rod, I'm not here
to fight you."
"Probably because you don't have any ammo," Hot Rod muttered.
"That too," Starscream agreed. "But also because I have a proposition to offer you."
"Not interested."
"At least hear it out before you say no."
Everything was telling Hot Rod to just blast him, transform and run, contact somebody, anything.
But instead, Hot Rod lowered his weapon.
"Thank you," Starscream said dryly. "Now here's my proposal. Why don't you join forces with
me."
"No way, Starscream! I would never become one of Unicron's flunkies."
"Who said anything about becoming one of Unicron's flunkies? Why don't we form our own team.
A team to battle both Unicron's forces and the Autobots."
Hot Rod relaxed. "All right, I'm listening."
Over in Europe, a different group of Autobots were battling another of Unicron's henchmen.
Wedge, Heavy Load, Grimlock, and Hightower, the Build Team were battling against Gateway. The
Autobots were trying to keep Gateway from super powering himself.
"Shoulder Thrust!" Wedge tackled Gateway bringing him to the ground.
"Cyber Sword!" Gateway took out a blade and slashed at Wedge, cutting his armor.
Heavy Load got Gateway in a bear hug giving Grimlock the opportunity to attack with his shovel.
Gateway elbowed Heavy Load in the head. He then attacked Hightower with his laser gun.
Suddenly everybody was attacked. They all looked up as Starscream approached the ground.
"Starscream, you fool!" Gateway insulted. "What do you think you're doing."
"Whatever I want," Starscream replied firing his lasers again.
"You fool!" Gateway said again. "You will pay for attacking your own allies.
"Wedge, I don't think we'll be able to handle both Starscream and Gateway," Grimlock said.
"then let's combine," Hightower suggested.
"Right. Build Team combiner mode!" The Build Team combined to form Landfill. Landfill fired
his weapon at Starscream. Surprisingly, Gateway fired his laser at Starscream as well.
"Starscream, super power!" Starscream powered up and deflected the blasts. He then buzzed them
creating a shockwave that knocked Landfill apart and turned Gateway onto his head.
"Gateway, super power!" Gateway powered up as well
Starscream touched down. His cockpit opened and someone stepped out.
"I don't believe it!" Wedge cried.
"It couldn't be!" Grimlock threw in.
"This isn't good," Heavy Load commented as the robot fired at them.
Over at Autobot Headquarters, Tai was monitoring the status of all the Autobots. It was a 24-7
job with hardly anything happening.
But today, something did happen.
"Optimus," Tai called. "I just lost all contact with the Build Team."
"Contact the Spy Changers," Optimus instructed. "Ask them to get over to Europe to check on
the Build Team. In the mean time, launch a warning to all the Autobots."
Firestar answered the comm. link.
"Firestar here, go ahead, Optimus."
"Firestar, be on the alert, someone or something just took out the Build Team. Be on the guard,
whoever defeated the Build Team might be heading your way next."
"Understood, Optimus, we'll go on red alert right away."
"What's going on?" Heavy Duty asked as the rest of the Hyper Force walked up to him.
"Optimus just called. He said that something took down the Build Team and might be heading for
us next."
"This is not good," Hyper Flight said. "Siren, contact Hot Rod." He threw a side glance to
Heavy Duty. "I know Hot Rod's our 'weak link' but he's still an Autobot and Autobots look after
their own."
"Hot Rod," Siren said into her comm. link. "Hot Rod, come in. Hot Rod, this is Siren, please
come in."
"Maybe he's out of range," Shuttle suggested.
"More likely he's just sulking," Heavy Duty refined.
"Guys, heads up!" Siren warned. The Hyper Force looked up as Starscream came soaring down on
them. They ducked as he fired his lasers. He strafed them again.
"I can't believe we're pinned under like this," Shuttle said.
"Don't give up," Hyper Flight encouraged. "Hyper Cannons!"
"Strata Blaster!"
"Star Shooter!"
"Siren Shock!"
"Chest Cannon!"
The Hyper Force retaliated. Some of their blasts hit mark but didn't do any damage.
"You're crazy to think you alone can take all of us on," Hyper Flight said as he fired his
Hyper Cannons.
"Who said I was working alone?" Starscream asked. He touched down and somebody stepped from his
cockpit.
It was Hot Rod!
"Hot Rod, what are you doing?" Siren asked.
"He's turned to Unicron's side," Firestar gasped.
"That traitor," Heavy Duty grumbled.
"You're both wrong," Hot Rod said darkly. "I didn't join Unicron's side. Starscream and I have
forged our own alliance, against both sides."
"I refuse to believe it."
"Starscream, combat mode! Believe it, Hyper Fool, both of our sides have shunned us so we have
decided to shun them back."
"You won't get away with this," Shuttle said.
"Let's rumble," Starscream said.
"No," Hot Rod interrupted. "They're mine."
"By all means," Starscream said gesturing that he should go first.
"Hot Rod, please, don't do this!" Siren pleaded. "We're your friends."
"Do friends allow each other to be ridiculed, to be treat like low-class oil?"
"No," Siren admitted.
"I didn't think so." With those words, Hot Rod raised his cannons and fired them both at the
Hyper Force.
Optimus Prime: Hot Rod proves to be a formidable match for the Hyper Force, but they overwhelm
him by sheer numbers. Abandoned by Starscream, Hot Rod wanders the Brazillian Rain Forest where
he learns a lesson from the most unlikely source. The next episode of Transformers: Robots In
Disguise: "Hyperion Pt. 2: To the Power of One." So get ready to roll out.
Season 2
Firestar, a member of the Autobot elite team Hyper Force, drove through the Brazillian rainforest
as quietly as he could. According to Hyper Flight's instructions, he was two meters from his
designated position.
"Firestar, transform!" Firestar transformed and took out his Star Shooter. He activated his
comm. link. "Firestar reporting in, I'm at the designated spot."
"Acknowledged," came the voice of Hyper Flight, the leader. "Siren and Heavy Duty have already
checked in. I'm still waiting for Hot Rod and Shuttle. Be on your guard. Tai detected
Starscream in your area."
"I'll be on guard. Firestar out.
When Tai detected Starscream in the area, she immediately informed the Hyper Force. They
set up a trap for him. Each of them will quietly sneak around Starscream. At a preset time,
they will all fire their weapons at once. The desired result was that they will disabel
Starscream and take him back to Autobot Headquarters where Optimus Prime will interrogate him.
At least that was what they wanted to happen.
Hyper Flight's position was in the air. He was going to cover Starscream's escape should he
attempt to transform and flee back to Unicron.
"Shuttle to Hyper Flight, I'm in position."
"Acknowledge. That just leaves Hot Rod."
Hot Rod was discovering something much more interesting than Starscream. A village, a human
village. Hot Rod has never seen humans up close before, not even Koji, Karen, and Wayne, the
Autobot's human allies.
{Those humans are so lucky,} Hot Rod thought to himself. {They have no idea of the terror that's
above them. They can do anything they want, go anywhere, not be weighed down by all these
Autobot duties...}
"Hot Rod! Hot Rod come in!" Hot Rod almost jumped. He completely ignored his comm. link that
was beeping.
"Hot Rod here."
It was Hyper Flight. "Hot Rod, are you in position?"
"Yes... yes I am. I have Starscream in my optics."
"Good. Next time, Hot Rod, report in earlier."
"Sure... I mean roger."
Heavy Duty had hear this conversation through his comm. link. He shook his head. Hot Rod was
probably daydreaming again. That Autobot could never concentrate on the task at hand. He was
surprised somebody so young and ignorant became a member of the Hyper Force. Perhaps it was some
sort of fluke.
"All right, Hyper Force," Hyper Flight's voice came in over their comm. links. "We wait until
1414 hours then we strike. Firestar, you'll lead off."
"Affirmative."
Hot Rod's internal chronometer read 1405, he had about 9 minutes before the fireworks began.
Suddenly Starscream turned and started heading in Hot Rod's direction.
"He's heading my way," Hot Rod gasped.
"Hot Rod, stay down," Hyper Flight instructed. "If you don't make a move, Starscream's sensors
won't pick you up."
"No... no, I think he spotted me. He's heading this way. He's heading this way!"
"Hot Rod, stop, don't do anything," Hyper Flight ordered. "Don't worry, we'll back you up."
"It's too late... It's too late!"
"Hot Rod, stay still. That's an order!"
"Arm Blasters!" Hot Rod fired at Starscream. He turned to Hot Rod's direction.
His look was that of startlement. He didn't spot Hot Rod, until he opened fire.
"Unilasers!" Starscream retaliated by firing a stream of energy at Hot Rod. Hot Rod's arms
came up to block them but he was forced into a tree.
"Siren Shock!" Siren appeared from behind Starscream and blasted him with sonic energy from
the sirens on her chest.
"Starscream, super power! Sonic disruptor!" An even bigger blast of sonic energy blew both
Siren and Hot Rod back.
"Hyper Cannons!"
"Chest Laser!"
"Star Shooters!" The other Hyper Force members came out of hiding and attacked Starscream.
"Teleportation!" Starscream disappeared and reappeared behind Shuttle. "Sorry, buffoons, but
better luck... never! HA-HA-HA! Starscream, assault mode!" Starscream transformed and took
off.
"Slag," Firestar cursed. "We failed."
"Hyper Flight," Heavy Duty said. "We need to get back to base, we have a problem." His eyes
went over to Hot Rod who looked down in shame.
"WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING, HOT ROD?" Heavy Duty shouted. The Hyper Force were back
at their camp in French Guyanna
"I was sure he spotted me," Hot Rod said.
"He didn't until you shot at him," Heavy Duty argued. "You're worthless!"
"Just a minute..."
"No, Hot Rod, YOU wait a minute. The Hyper Force is suppose to be the elite of the Autobots!
But a team is only as strong as its weakest link. And YOU are the weakest link! Let's face it,
the team would be much better off without you."
Hot Rod couldn't believe Heavy Duty was saying this. It was no secret that the two didn't get
along all the time, but now he just went over the edge. And none of the others came to his
defense, so that must mean that they agree with him.
"I see," Hot Rod said softly. "Well the last thing I want to do is hold the team back. I quit.
I'm quitting the Hyper Force." Hot Rod turned around and walked away.
"Nice going, HD," Firestar said sitting down (he couldn't lean against a tree without toppling
it over). "Don't you think you overdid it just a little?"
"He's just a kid," Heavy Duty said. "I'm sorry I said it, but our purpose here is to stop
Unicron's forces, not babysit robots who can't handle themselves. Trust me, it's for the
better." Behind Heavy Duty's back, Hyper Flight shook his head. Shuttle looked at him. Siren
and Firestar exchanged looks of confusion.
"I agree, Heavy Duty, Hot Rod is inexperienced," Hyper Flight said. "But we're a team, and
everybody has to contribute in whatever he or she can. I feel that Hot Rod is doing his best."
"He's a kid."
"Funny," Siren spoke up. "I thought he was an Autobot."
The argument was heard by Starscream. He knew how to use this to his advantage. He opened
up a communication channel with Unicron.
Hot Rod walked through the jungle. What was his next move? He couldn't go back to the Hyper
Force, but he couldn't just wander around South America. Hot Rod figured that his best move was
to radio Optimus Prime and ask him for a Space Bridge link back to base. Maybe he'll be
reassigned to Australia with Tow-Line and Skid-z or stay in Japan with him.
"Penny for your thoughts as the humans say," a high-pitch voice said behind him. It was
Starscream! Hot Rod quickly took aim with his arm blasters. "Calm down, Hot Rod, I'm not here
to fight you."
"Probably because you don't have any ammo," Hot Rod muttered.
"That too," Starscream agreed. "But also because I have a proposition to offer you."
"Not interested."
"At least hear it out before you say no."
Everything was telling Hot Rod to just blast him, transform and run, contact somebody, anything.
But instead, Hot Rod lowered his weapon.
"Thank you," Starscream said dryly. "Now here's my proposal. Why don't you join forces with
me."
"No way, Starscream! I would never become one of Unicron's flunkies."
"Who said anything about becoming one of Unicron's flunkies? Why don't we form our own team.
A team to battle both Unicron's forces and the Autobots."
Hot Rod relaxed. "All right, I'm listening."
Over in Europe, a different group of Autobots were battling another of Unicron's henchmen.
Wedge, Heavy Load, Grimlock, and Hightower, the Build Team were battling against Gateway. The
Autobots were trying to keep Gateway from super powering himself.
"Shoulder Thrust!" Wedge tackled Gateway bringing him to the ground.
"Cyber Sword!" Gateway took out a blade and slashed at Wedge, cutting his armor.
Heavy Load got Gateway in a bear hug giving Grimlock the opportunity to attack with his shovel.
Gateway elbowed Heavy Load in the head. He then attacked Hightower with his laser gun.
Suddenly everybody was attacked. They all looked up as Starscream approached the ground.
"Starscream, you fool!" Gateway insulted. "What do you think you're doing."
"Whatever I want," Starscream replied firing his lasers again.
"You fool!" Gateway said again. "You will pay for attacking your own allies.
"Wedge, I don't think we'll be able to handle both Starscream and Gateway," Grimlock said.
"then let's combine," Hightower suggested.
"Right. Build Team combiner mode!" The Build Team combined to form Landfill. Landfill fired
his weapon at Starscream. Surprisingly, Gateway fired his laser at Starscream as well.
"Starscream, super power!" Starscream powered up and deflected the blasts. He then buzzed them
creating a shockwave that knocked Landfill apart and turned Gateway onto his head.
"Gateway, super power!" Gateway powered up as well
Starscream touched down. His cockpit opened and someone stepped out.
"I don't believe it!" Wedge cried.
"It couldn't be!" Grimlock threw in.
"This isn't good," Heavy Load commented as the robot fired at them.
Over at Autobot Headquarters, Tai was monitoring the status of all the Autobots. It was a 24-7
job with hardly anything happening.
But today, something did happen.
"Optimus," Tai called. "I just lost all contact with the Build Team."
"Contact the Spy Changers," Optimus instructed. "Ask them to get over to Europe to check on
the Build Team. In the mean time, launch a warning to all the Autobots."
Firestar answered the comm. link.
"Firestar here, go ahead, Optimus."
"Firestar, be on the alert, someone or something just took out the Build Team. Be on the guard,
whoever defeated the Build Team might be heading your way next."
"Understood, Optimus, we'll go on red alert right away."
"What's going on?" Heavy Duty asked as the rest of the Hyper Force walked up to him.
"Optimus just called. He said that something took down the Build Team and might be heading for
us next."
"This is not good," Hyper Flight said. "Siren, contact Hot Rod." He threw a side glance to
Heavy Duty. "I know Hot Rod's our 'weak link' but he's still an Autobot and Autobots look after
their own."
"Hot Rod," Siren said into her comm. link. "Hot Rod, come in. Hot Rod, this is Siren, please
come in."
"Maybe he's out of range," Shuttle suggested.
"More likely he's just sulking," Heavy Duty refined.
"Guys, heads up!" Siren warned. The Hyper Force looked up as Starscream came soaring down on
them. They ducked as he fired his lasers. He strafed them again.
"I can't believe we're pinned under like this," Shuttle said.
"Don't give up," Hyper Flight encouraged. "Hyper Cannons!"
"Strata Blaster!"
"Star Shooter!"
"Siren Shock!"
"Chest Cannon!"
The Hyper Force retaliated. Some of their blasts hit mark but didn't do any damage.
"You're crazy to think you alone can take all of us on," Hyper Flight said as he fired his
Hyper Cannons.
"Who said I was working alone?" Starscream asked. He touched down and somebody stepped from his
cockpit.
It was Hot Rod!
"Hot Rod, what are you doing?" Siren asked.
"He's turned to Unicron's side," Firestar gasped.
"That traitor," Heavy Duty grumbled.
"You're both wrong," Hot Rod said darkly. "I didn't join Unicron's side. Starscream and I have
forged our own alliance, against both sides."
"I refuse to believe it."
"Starscream, combat mode! Believe it, Hyper Fool, both of our sides have shunned us so we have
decided to shun them back."
"You won't get away with this," Shuttle said.
"Let's rumble," Starscream said.
"No," Hot Rod interrupted. "They're mine."
"By all means," Starscream said gesturing that he should go first.
"Hot Rod, please, don't do this!" Siren pleaded. "We're your friends."
"Do friends allow each other to be ridiculed, to be treat like low-class oil?"
"No," Siren admitted.
"I didn't think so." With those words, Hot Rod raised his cannons and fired them both at the
Hyper Force.
Optimus Prime: Hot Rod proves to be a formidable match for the Hyper Force, but they overwhelm
him by sheer numbers. Abandoned by Starscream, Hot Rod wanders the Brazillian Rain Forest where
he learns a lesson from the most unlikely source. The next episode of Transformers: Robots In
Disguise: "Hyperion Pt. 2: To the Power of One." So get ready to roll out.