TRANSFORMERS: SEASON 4
This is my first ongoing Transformer fanfic and like all fanfics, I will be dealing with the legalities here as well.
First up, all Transformer characters, deactivated or active, are associated to Hasbro and Takara and I am not in anyway affiliated with the 2 companies.
Secondly, any new characters I have created, if similar to anyone dead or alive, is just coincidental. I do not base my characters on anyone. Really.
Thank you for your time.
EPISODE 1: THE GREAT PRETENDERS PART 1
"Unicron!" exclaimed Hot Rod as he began to recognize his surroundings.
"No! Galvatron!" Hot Rod turned his head to face the familiar voice. In the
darkness, a blue hue appeared. Hot Rod immediately recognized it.
"The Matrix!" he shouted as the titan appeared in front of him.
"Nice little trinket isn't it." Said Galvatron as he aimed his fusion cannon
at Hot Rod.
'No, this isn't right,' thought Hot Rod as he dodged the fusion blast, 'Galvatron
tried to get me to team up with him to defeat Unicron.'
Hot Rod then made a leap for the Matrix. He knew that he had to get to it to
destroy Unicron. He never made it. The blast from Galvatron blew him apart.
Hot Rod looked helplessly as he saw Unicron destroy his home, Cybertron.
"Nooooo!" screamed Hot Rod as he reactivated.
"Whoa! Hot Rod, you okay?" Hot Rod turned his head and saw Springer. Then,
he surveyed his surroundings. He was in Metroplex, the Autobot City.
"Oh, yeah, I'm fine Springer." Replied Hot Rod, a little shaky from his dream.
Come to think of it, he could not even remember his dream. Yet, it made him
scared, if only he could remember what it was.
A battle with the Decepticons perhaps? No, it had been two years since the
Decepticons were forced off Cybertron. Cybertron had returned to its golden era
and the Decepticons had never been heard of again.
Yet, could it be a warning from the Matrix? Hot Rod had returned the Matrix
to Optimus Prime over two years ago, yet could some of its powers still be part
of Hot Rod?
Hot Rod contemplated those questions while walking out of the recreation hall.
'If only I knew what was going on on the Decepticons' side.'
Deep space, near a planet called Micros, a gigantic scorpion-shaped cruiser
moves towards it.
"Alert! Alert! This is not a drill! We are being attacked by the Decepticons!"
the alarms were sounded once the giant ship was detected.
"This is bad, very bad." Stated Quickswitch as he looked at the screen in
front of him.
"There's no way we can stop it on our own. We need help." Said Stakeout, leader
of the Micromasters Rescue Patrol, to his towering companion.
"Affirmative." Replied Quickswitch as he keyed in some coordinates and started
talking. "This is Micros, respond Cybertron, we are under attack by the Decepticons,
repeat, we are under attack by the Decepticons!"
"Soundwave," barked Galvatron, "jam their transmission!"
"Acknowledge!" replied Soundwave as he transformed into his cassette player
mode and released jamming waves. "Jamming sequence completed Galvatron."
"Very good, now, the planet Micros is ours." Stated Galvatron as he released
a sinister laugh.
Meanwhile, on Cybertron, the transmission had reached the renewed planet.
"Prime! You better get up here." Stated Blaster as he recorded the transmission.
The large red, blue and silver leader of the Autobots entered the communications
center and asked, "What's wrong Blaster?"
"Micros is under attack and by Decepticons!" replied Blaster quite frantically,
unlike his usual calm self.
Optimus did not blame him. He knew that the Decepticons had been very quiet
for the last two-terran years and this was usually cause for concern.
"Contact Fortress, tell him to go to planet Micros with his Headmasters and
Targetmasters." Ordered Optimus.
"You mean Cerebros, right?" asked Blaster as he keyed it Nebulos's coordinates.
"No, Fortress." Replied Optimus swiftly.
The planet Nebulos, the Headmasters had separated from their Nebulan counter-
parts and the armours that once housed the alien beings became the robot counter-
parts of the Headmasters themselves. Cerebros and Spike however, decided to quit
in the time of peace and a new Autobot was selected to be Fortress Maximus, the
leader of the Headmasters, he was called Fortress.
"We are receiving a transmission from Cybertron Fortress." Said Highbrow.
"Open a channel." Replied the grey robot as he turned to look at the viewing
screen.
Optimus immediately appeared on the screen. "Optimus, nice to hear from you.
How can I help you?" asked Fortress cheerfully.
"The Decepticons are attacking Micros," replied Optimus gravely, "I need you
and your warriors to go there and help them. The rest of us will join you shortly."
"Understood Prime," replied Fortress, "we're on our way."
"Thank you." Replied Optimus as he saluted the other Autobot and the transmission
ended. "Sky Lynx, I need you prep and ready for boarding." Ordered Optimus Prime.
"Acknowledged Optimus." Replied Sky Lynx as Optimus left the room.
Jazz, Goldbug, Cliffjumper, Landmine, Waverider, Cloudburst, Getaway, Joyride,
Slapdash, Sandstorm and Sky Lynx all gathered at the main launching pad.
"Thank you for getting here so fast." Said Optimus as he transformed from his
trailer mode to his robot mode.
"No problem Op, what's up?" asked Optimus's trusted second-in-command, Jazz.
"Decepticons, they're back." Replied Optimus as the Autobots looked at their
leader in shock.
"Then, what are we waiting for? Let's roll!" shouted Cliffjumper.
"Well said." Said Optimus as the Autobot forces entered Sky Lynx.
"We're gone!" said Sky Lynx as he flew for planet Micros.
Meanwhile, a small war was waged against the Decepticon forces and the Micro-
master factions.
"We have to hold out until Optimus gets here." Shouted Quickswitch as he rallied
the troops.
"If he gets here." Muttered Big Shot, leader of the Battle Squad.
"He'll be here, just you wait." Said Quickswitch as he transformed in his
jet mode and streaked off to confront the enemy.
"And if he doesn't?" Flak pointed out.
"Then we handle the enemies on our own." Said Big Shot as he transformed into
his tank mode and rolled off.
Scorponok's firepower started to set the city on fire. The city's residents
were mostly dead and all those who were not, were helped by the Micromasters
Rescue Patrol.
"We can't keep this up. There are just too many of them." Said Seawatch as
he carried another Micronian away.
Stakeout nodded and then saw Quickswitch appear. "About time."
"Sorry, had to take out a few boogies before getting here." Replied Quickswitch
as he transformed back to robot mode.
"Well?" asked Fixit as he returned for more survivors.
Quickswitch shook his head. "No one yet, but I believe that the transmission
got through."
"I hope so too." Replied Stakeout.
Meanwhile, on top of Scorponok, Galvatron and two other Decepticons surveyed
the destruction.
"Ahhh... I love the smell of ashes in the morning." Joked Galvatron. "Dread-
wind, Darkwing, you know what to do."
"Yes." Replied the two in unison. The two then transformed into their jet
fighter modes and flew towards the city.
"Galvatron! It's the Autobots!" Galvatron turned his head and saw Fortress
Maximus entering the planet's atmosphere.
"Perfect timing." Said Galvatron with a smile.
"Fortress! We're nearing the... by the Primus!" Chromedome's voice totally
silenced as he saw the massive destruction below.
"It 's been totally wrecked!" shouted Pointblank. "The Decepticons really
outdid themselves this time."
"Chromedome, Pointblank, lead your forces down there. Siren, you and your
squad will help the injured. Leave Scorponok to me."
"Right!" shouted the three-squad leaders in unison, Siren's voice obviously
the loudest and temporarily deafen all on the fortress.
"Sorry." Said Siren quietly.
The three squads floated to the planet below. "Hosehead! Nightbeat! Take point!"
ordered Siren in his usual loud self. The other two gave him thumbs up.
Meanwhile, Chromedome and the other Headmasters were battling Weirdwolf and
the Decepticon Headmasters.
Elsewhere, Pointblank and his Targetmasters were battling Dreadwind and Darkwing.
In the planetary atmosphere, Fortress Maximus and Scorponok were engaged in
a firefight. Inside the Decepticon base, Galvatron spoke to three individuals
hidden from view in the shadows.
"You three will raise the Decepticons to greatness." Said Galvatron and then
started laughing. "Now go!"
The three left the room and prepared for battle.
Meanwhile, in the battle waged below, Quickswitch and Pointblank's forces had
pushed the enemies to a corner. "Now, you're finish." Said Crosshairs menacingly.
"You are wrong Auto fool," Replied Darkwing, "it is you who are finished."
Laser fire raked the entire area, forcing the Autobots to seek cover. When
the quartet faced their enemies, they were shocked.
One had the head of a bat and a monstrous body. It had wings on its shoulder
which kept it in the air. Next to it was another monster whose head was that
of a skull with horns. Finally, the third monster had a head with a huge fin
on top and gills on its face. All three were a size of a regular transformer.
"What manner of vile creatures are these?" asked Quickswitch.
"Not creatures," started the bat-like creature, "Pretenders!"
On the planet Earth, all was fine and as peace had lasted over two and in this
time, not a single Decepticon attack was made.
Just off the border of the great Autobot City and Metroplex, Hot Rod, Arcee
and Springer were looked at the sunset.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" asked Arcee as the sun slowly disappeared under the
horizon. The other two Autobots nodded in agreement.
Suddenly, the peace was broken by the wailing of sirens. The three turned
around and saw Red Alert appear over the horizon behind them.
The sleek red and white car transformed into its robot mode and stopped the
sirens. "Back to the base you three, we've got trouble."
Space, the shuttle named Sky Lynx was flying was fast as he could to reach
the planet Micros.
"This is really bad isn't it Prime?" asked a grey and yellow coloured bot
named Landmine.
"Yes Landmine," replied Optimus, "unfortunately, the Decepticons have us at
a disadvantage."
"If so, the Decepticons have won the battle." Said Cliffjumper.
"I know, yet we must do what we can." Said Optimus before standing up and
looking at the main control panels which made up the command section of Sky Lynx.
"ETA to Micros."
"Another fifteen terran minutes." Replied Sky Lynx.
"I hope we make it in time Op." Said Jazz as he continued shining his blaster.
Earth, Hot Rod, Arcee and Springer had returned to the Autobot City and joined
the meeting.
"And so, the Decepticons have resurfaced once more." Concluded Ultra Magnus.
"We must help the people of Micros." Said Grapple.
"I know, yet, we are at a disadvantage. The way to Micros will take at least
2 terran days." Said Ultra Magnus.
"Then, there's nothing we can do?" asked Arcee. Ultra Magnus nodded a reply.
"This is bad, very bad." Said Hot Rod softly.
The battle between the Decepticons and the combined forces of the Micromasters
and the Autobots continued to rage on without a clear winner.
The Targetmasters and Quickswitch continued their attack on the two new Decep-
ticons and the three unknown monsters.
"This is getting us nowhere." Said Crosshairs as he squeezed off a few shots
at one of the monsters.
"I know," replied Pointblank, "but do you have a better idea?"
"I might." Muttered the other Autobot before resuming his attack.
Meanwhile, the three monsters had triple-teamed Quickswitch and even with his
six formations, he was still in deep trouble.
Dreadwind closed in on Pointblank and fired multiple missiles at him. Point-
blank immediately transformed into his vehicular mode while his Nebulan partner
attached himself to the top of the Autobot.
"You are delaying the inevitable." Said Dreadwind as Pointblank managed to
avoid all the missiles.
"I won't give up until my last circuit is destroyed you con." Said Pointblank
as he swerved to avoid a volley of laserfire.
Crosshair had his hands full fighting the other Decepticon, Darkwing. "You're
getting on my nerves con."
"Says you Autoslag." Chided Darkwing as he easily avoided the Targetmaster's
laser blast.
"This is not good. We've got to improvise." Said Crosshair's binary-bonded
partner.
Crosshair nodded a reply and transformed into his all-terrain vehicular mode.
"Hope we can get in close enough to give him a good, solid blast." Said Crosshair
as he drove towards his target.
Racing in at his top speed, Crosshair was just with range for a good, solid
blast when a missile from Darkwing sent the overeager Autobot flying into the
air. "Oof!" groaned Crosshair upon striking the ground.
"You're dead Autoflop." Said Darkwing just as a blast struck him. Darkwing
struck the ground in his robot form and turned his head to see who attacked him.
"Don't move." Said Sureshot. Then, the third Targetmaster looked at his fallen
comrade and asked, "Are you alright?"
"Yeah," replied Crosshair as he got up, "you sure took your time."
"Sorry, took a long time to make a good shot." Said Sureshot.
"Rasafara rasafara." Mumbled Crosshair as he slowly walked towards the fallen
Decepticon.
Meanwhile, the space shuttle known as Sky Lynx reached the planet Micros. The
away team stared in awe as Fortress Maximus was engaged in battle with Scorponok.
"Status!" said Optimus in his usual authoritative manner.
"Targetmasters and Headmasters are engaged in battle with the Decepticon
troops. Rescue division is helping the Micromaster Rescue Squad save civilians.
The remaining Micromaster attack squads are battling the Decepticon attack forces."
Reported Fortress as he continued his battle with the Decepticon base.
"Understood, we're on our way to help them." Replied Optimus as he nodded to
his troops.
"We're gone." Said Jazz as the Autobots jumped out of the shuttle and towards
the battleground below.
Galvatron noticed the small band of Autobot reinforcements leave the newly
arrived shuttle. Immediately, he felt Optimus Prime's presence.
"Prime, it's time to settle our feud." Muttered the Decepticon leader. "Cyclonus,
Scourge, follow me, we're going to meet Optimus's forces head on."
"Yes my lord!" acknowledged Cyclonus as Scourge rounded up his sweeps.
The large attack force left the Decepticon base for the battleground.
"Go Galvatron, and may Primus strike you down." Said Lord Zarak as he continued
his battle with Fortress Maximus.
Quickswitch flew into a building and helplessly looked on as it fell onto him.
"Oof!" Quickswitch's voice was muffled by the debris.
"It's time we ended your miserable existence Autobot." Said the bat-like monster
as he aimed his blaster at where Quickswitch laid buried. Just as he was about
to fire, an energy blast shot passed him. The monster looked behind him and saw
Jazz, Cliffjumper and Sandstorm charging towards him and his teammates.
"Not so fast monsters." Said Cliffjumper as he shot a burst of glass-gas.
The three monsters scattered as Sandstorm helped Quickswitch out from under
the rubble.
"You okay?" asked Sandstorm and Quickswitch nodded his head as a reply. Also,
the remaining Autobots had arrived on the scene.
"Looks like you're outnumbered." Said Getaway as he, Joyride and Slapdash
transformed into their robot mode.
"He's right." Said the skull-headed monster.
"No problem," said the bat-like monster, "time to show them our true powers."
The other two monsters nodded and the three of them jumped into the air.
"Pretenders! Separate!" shouted the three in unison.
The 'backpacks' of the three monsters immediately opened up and three humanoids
'jumped' out of the monsters. The three landed in the middle of the Autobot
forces. They were Transformers as well.
The blue robot said, "I am Bomb-burst!" and the bat-like monster appeared
behind him.
The black and pink robot shouted, "I am Skullgrin!" and the skull-headed monster
appeared behind him.
Finally, the last robot, a pink and blue robot shouted, "I am Submarauder!"
and the fish-like monster appeared behind him.
"We are the Pretenders!" shouted the three in unison.
"Pretenders?" asked Goldbug as the others shook their heads.
"Bomb-burst!" the Decepticon turned his head to see the owner of the familiar
voice. It was Cloudburst. "I recognized your stench anywhere." Said the red
Autobot.
"Ah! Nice to see you again... partner." Said Bomb-burst and the other Autobots
looked at Cloudburst in shock.
"You know this con?" asked Sandstorm.
"Know him? I live to kill him." Said Cloudburst in anger.
"Then come and get me." Said Bomb-burst as Cloudburst rushed at him and the
battle begun anew.
END OF EPISODE 1