Chapter 6

"Battle Cry: Part I"

Explosions rumbled through Ocean City. Humans and Autobots shouted out commands to get to the control center and such. They ran through the corridors of the base, stumbling from the shaking area. Terracons crashed into the outer walls of the Ocean base, trying to break through.

"Optimus!" Rad's voice called through the com-link of the Autobot leader, "Optimus! Megatron's coming through a warp gate on the west side!"

"Got it, Rad," Optimus answered.

"Other warp gates are opening on the south, east, and north of the base, too! And...there seems to be another gate opening on the north-west side...but, for who?"

"They must have a new soldier..." Optimus turned to his men as they took cover behind a piece of the outside of the city, "Get ready men! The Decepticons are surrounding the city. There's also a new Decepticon here!"

Forte walked down a hall, inside. Everyone but her were rushing around. It seems that Optimus wanted her to go talk to Skyblast. She had told him about her experiences when she passed out. Optimus was unable to explain it, and he figured that an Omnicon of more strategic standards would know.

Forte entered a room where Skyblast sat at a large computer.

"Optimus told me you needed to talk to me," Skyblast turned to the short femme.

"Yes," Forte walked up and took a seat in front of him. "I wanted to know why I'm seeing space when I pass out."

"Well, everyone sees that."

"I'm talking about the universe space. When I lose consciousness, it's like my eyes open up, but I'm seeing the dark outer space and its stars. It's like I'm just floating there. Each time I do this, I see that scene for a more lengthy time. But it's still a short moment."

Skyblast nodded. He then questioned, "Are you sure it's not a dream of some kind?"

"It can't be," Forte shook her head a bit.

"And it's like your optics are reopening, but to a different scene?"

"Yeah. I don't understand it."

"I'll look into it," Skyblast turned back to his computer. A rumbling boom echoed. "You might want to go ahead and help out Optimus. Sounds like it's getting rough out there."

Forte stood and smirked. She walked out of the door saying, "Isn't it always?"

"Shock...Blast!" a purple Transformer released a large energon blast at Iron Hide and Kicker as they jumped out of the way.

Jet Fire quickly flew up behind the Decepticon and attempted a punch. The Autobot was caught by his throwing arm and kicked out of the air.

"Man," Hotshot took cover behind a tower, "This Shockblast guy is crazy!" He ran from his cover and began firing upon the now-known-as Snowcat.

Optimus and Megatron clashed together and gripped each other's hands, pressing their weight against them. Their feet dug into the metal floor that they fought on.

"I'll kill you yet, Optimus," Megatron grinned as he looked into his opponent's yellow optics. "And that little femme of your's."

"You won't take a single life here, Megatron!" Optimus kneed his rival in the stomach and pushed him to the ground.

He kicked Megatron's face, leaving a well-made dent in his cheek. Megatron roared out and grabbed Optimus' arm. He stood just as Optimus was about to punch him, but dodged the attack and slammed his fist into the Autobot's face mas. Optimus yelled out in pain, his mask unattached on one side. He lunged for Megatron, growling out in anger. Megatron landed another fist on his long time rival's face. He then grabbed Optimus' neck and pushed him against a wall.

Snowcat yoddled in glee as he dodged Hotshot's blasts of energon. He then shot two cannons at his yellow enemy. "You Autobots are in for it now!"

The cannon ammo exploded in mid air.

"What? Who did that?" Snowcat looked around frantically.

Forte snuck up behind Hotshot, "You okay?"

"Uh...yeah. But who..." Hotshot pointed toward Snowcat.

Forte only shrugged. Jet Fire ran up behind Snowcat and kicked at his head, knocking the Decepticon to the metal floor.

"Oh." Hotshot stood and ran to help Iron Hide and Kicker.

Looking around, Forte tried to find a Decepticon of her own to battle.

Where was Demolisher?

Up above, on a tower, Demolisher began to beat his chest and let out an angry cry.

He jumped down and landed next to the femme who gasped and tried to get out of the way. Instead, Demolisher grabbed the small femme's arm and pulled her toward his fist. Forte caught grip on the floor and pushed herself to the side, dodging the attack. All in one fluid motion, she spun around and took her gun from her subspace pocket and faced Demolisher. Her gun aimed at point blank range, only inches from his face.

Iron Hide jumped out of the way of a giant purple laser. Kicker had his own problems with the Terracons. Shockblast laughed a the sorry performance that Iron Hide made. All the young Autobot would do was jump, roll, and anything else he could do to dodge the arial attacks of Shockblast.

Shockblast laughed again, "You're such weak Autobt. Give me a challenge!"

"Then come down here!" Iron Hide shot at the Decepticon, and Shockblast grunted as he quickly moved over a bit.

"Fine," Shockblast dove down and drop-kicked the young Autobot. "You Autobots are finished! I'll make sure of it!" Shockblast laughed maniacally as Iron Hide struggled to get out from under his foot.

And no one really knew...that all of the pieces were falling into place...