Author's Notes: We again reach the conclusion of a story; or I should actually say the two-part conclusion, this chapter marks the second last chapter of MTMTE. With Chapter Seven the story will end and make way for the next exciting adventure set on Earth 929, and boy does this story end with a BANG. I trust you'll love all the action and intrigue in this and the final chapter to come... I also trust I'll get more reviews for this chapter since it is so actiony. I also regret that soon Saturday Morning Cartoon Nostalgia will no longer be capable; ah well, I'm sure we'll get to see commercial bumper style fun at some point in the near future. SMIRKS And now...
Six lime green and purple construction vehicles race across the ground while the Transformers logo floats in the sky; they transform and combine to become the mighty Devastator! "We now Return to the Transformers."
Jetfire launched the Autobots from his cargo bay rather then risk landing; most of them transformed instantly and unleashed parachutes from hidden compartments for safe landings, Hound however couldn't transform with us inside of him. Fortunately Rogue and I were gifted with flight and we leapt clear glancing down at the location of the Decepticon base; it was rather ironic just how close to New York we were, although I'd hazard we were most likely somewhere in New Jersey although the New York City sky line was clearly visible from this altitude.
"Inbound Decepticons." Trailbreaker called out; I glanced up to see Dirge, Thrust, Ramjet, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Blitzwing and Starscream en-route, several Autobots began to fire even though at this range they couldn't really hit the Decepticons. Windcharger, Gears and Huffer dove for cover as the first wave reached target range; Rogue and I were forced to dodge airborne enemies as we zipped closer to the ground, I really didn't know what we should be doing here.
"I think it'd be easier if you didn't get in our way humans." Swoop called out as he hovered up to us in Pteranodon mode; I shrugged, but didn't offer a word to the contrary as I zipped down level with Prime's upper body.
"You wouldn't happen to have human sized laser pistols or something?" I wondered with a smirk. "I'm not exactly equipped with Cybertronian offensive measures." I added.
"Didn't you kill Reflector?" Brawn asked with a light chuckle; I shook my head.
"That required a huge effort; dense gravity fields don't come cheaply, besides Cyclops and Phoenix got two thirds of the group anyway." I countered; Brawn chuckled and tossed me a pistol, it looked small enough for human hands, but upon closer inspection I discovered that some connectors were missing.
"One of Wheeljack's experimental weapons; we were going to test it with Buster, but now's a better time then any." Brawn returned; I grinned eagerly and rose back into the air, Thundercracker was in range, taking careful aim I opened fire. The results were much to be desired; apparently this weapon didn't pack enough oomph to do anything less then sting.
"Human germ!" Thundercracker screamed the air rumbling with a large thunder-like noise as he drew closer, my teeth rattled in my skull; power reserves may have been less then stellar, but with that Energon Cube pick-me up I was more then capable of shifting the tides of battle in my favor.
"I've got the touch." I quipped jacking into the pistol; there was a humming scream as it reached full power and then I fired a second shot nigh-point blank range.
"YAH!" Thundercracker screamed as his wing sheared off and fell one way while the rest of him went the opposite.
"Nice aim Sugah; I think we aren't needed for this fight though." Rogue pointed out joining me and indicating the massive fire fight that erupted all around; Jetfire was dog fighting with Starscream, but the air commander was proving hard to hit.
"Prime and a few others are headed inside; let's go join them, the Matrix is still calling me after all." I returned feeling the unmistakable pull though faintly at this altitude; I'd been experiencing it in truth since coming in contact with Prime, it was kind of like a tingle down my spine or maybe the elusive sound of a distant door bell.
"Uh-oh." Rogue remarked as we drew closer to the entrance to discover Shrapnel, Kickback and Bombshell waiting with hordes of drones. "The Insecticons are in our way." She stated unwittingly echoing a phrase from my childhood; I smirked at the familiar line of dialogue and couldn't help myself.
"Correction; they're our way in." I returned producing a tiny looking device from my pocket; I'd stumbled upon it back at the Statue of Liberty before leaving after Windcharger, it was a misfired Cerebro Shell.
"What's that do?" She asked curiously; I smirked and disconnected from the pistol long enough to interface with the shell.
"Watch and learn baby." I returned boldly; she looked a little offended at the derogatory moniker, but at the moment I had my hands full trying to retain my individuality. "Assimilation protocols initiate… Loathe though I am to use these little buggers as they were meant to; in this case I feel I can make an exception."
"Who's that?" A familiar voice demanded; I smirked.
"Hello Bombshell, now be a good little bug and let us in to say hi to Megatron." I ordered; Bombshell's inner voice screamed as my nanoprobes coursed energies through the established neural link, his drones began to act randomly assaulting Autobot and Insecticon alike. Finally he collapsed unconscious; Shrapnel and Kickback eyeing him with actual concern, most likely because they didn't know who had done that.
"Human you have made a grievous error." Soundwave's monotone interjected before I could disconnect from the cerebro shell; I felt an invasive essence assaulting my mind, and screamed, Rogue grabbed me before I lost all control and plummeted from the sky. Soundwave tried to find out what I knew, as well as tried to use Bombshell's device to gain control of me, but a third presence instantly assailed him.
"You leave my Daddy alone Decepti-trash!" Amy screamed mentally; I smiled gratefully as the cerebro shell lost all power and exploded in my hand, shaking my head I sent my daughter a grateful message of thanks and then turned my smile on Rogue.
"I'm ok Lisse; now let's get down there and inside before Soundwave has time to analyze anything he might have gotten from our brief neural link." I insisted diving to where Prime was forcing his way inside the complex; the Decepticon's base was a bunker for the most part, covered in a fine stealth mesh of Cybertronian design, it was actually blocking my sensors.
"We gotta get in there." Prowl was saying as we joined them.
"Leave that to Me Grimlock." The Dinobot leader returned shifting alongside Slag into beast mode; being up close and personal to a Dinobot was certainly something else, their alternate forms were the size of real live dino's after all considering they got them back in the prehistoric past. "Let's munch some metal Slag." He exclaimed charging head first into the Insecticon Drones still attempting to guard the entrance, Slag's tri-horned head gutted numerous drones and his incendiary breath weapon melted a few others to slag… No pun intended.
"Megatron; the Autobot assault is proving effective, if we are to harness the energies of the Engine, you must activate it now." Soundwave alerted turning from the main monitor; the Constructicons all turned to see what Megatron would do, he glanced at the engine thoughtfully and then picked it up.
"Connect me to the engine quickly, we may need Devastator soon." He ordered; Scrapper nodded and quickly began to attach numerous wires to hidden energy transference ports located on Megatron's armored chassis. "Send the Cassettes and Shockwave to bolster our defenses." He added indicating Soundwave with his head.
"Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, Ratbat, eject. Operation; Defensive Warfare." Soundwave ordered once more unleashing his hordes of Cassetticons; Buzzsaw leapt from his perch atop Soundwave's shoulder and let out a metallic cry. The five of them left; Soundwave then activated internal communications. "Shockwave; get off your skid plate and get to work." He called; in the repair bay Shockwave's lone optic flicked online, his injuries were no longer extensive, but he was still scorched from the fight over the SHIELD helicarrier and he was also missing a few armor parts.
"Logic dictates that the Autobots must not prevent our ascension." He stated coldly his laser arm building with power as he stomped out of the room.
"Insecticons do not let the Autobots win, win!" Shrapnel cried ordering his remaining drones into the air; Grimlock tried to bite him, but he zipped out of the way and unleashed a crackling of electrical energies.
"Get a kick out of this Prime!" Kickback exclaimed sounding rather corny; he lashed out with his hind legs and managed to dent Prime's chest sending him flailing backwards, Hound opened fire and managed to clip one of his wings, but the Insecticon managed to climb high with the aid of his legs and the side of the Decepticon base's wall.
"They just left the front door wide open." Bluestreak remarked with a smirk. "Let's get inside!" He cried out; Prime nodded and shifted back into truck mode, his trailer split down the middle and opened up fully into battle station mode. Roller zipped off the ramp and began to fire a smaller version of Prime's own rifle sending Insecticons exploding out of the air; the twin cannon pod rose up and targeted Shrapnel drawing a bead on him and then firing, the Insecticon leader crashed into Kickback and both of them crashed into the side of the building.
"Autobots Roll!" Prime shouted de-coupling from his trailer's battle station form and bursting through the main entrance; Bluestreak, Trailbreaker, Hound, Prowl, Bumblebee, Gears and Grimlock followed after him, Al and Rogue took one final look at the other Autobots still fighting outside and then quickly followed suit.
"Ah just hope there aren't any bigger problems inside." Rogue remarked; Al smirked secretively, the Constructicons would definitely count as a bigger problem.
When I first saw what the inside of the Decepticon base looked like I was clearly impressed; the interior proved to match something out of an alien world, with numerous amounts of machinery, and assorted other devices, piping and electrical cabling that seemed to go off into nowhere and everywhere at once. The walls were solid silver; or at least shone with the gleam of well polished steel and the size was definitely more suited for Cybertronians, the Autobots were driving straight down the center of the room heading for the opposite entranceway. Without warning a blast of purple energy exploded from an entrance off to the side shrouded in shadows blowing the tires out from under Bluestreak who skidded into a bank of some kind of equipment and crashed.
"Bluestreak!" Prowl cried as the group screeched fully to a halt; except for Grimlock who had turned to face the source of that blast a low growl emanating from his throat.
"Logic dictates that as you are the inferior mechanoids you shall fall." Shockwave's emotionless tone sated as he emerged from the shadows his right arm cannon glowing with unspent energy, he also looked like he still needed repairs; despite the danger he posed, although he was currently outnumbered.
"I see you bring humans into battle now, really Prime what kind of machine are you?" He noted shifting aim towards me and Rogue. "Surrender or they shall be vaporized." He ordered; the Autobots transformed as one weapons uncertainly held in weak grips, optics flickered between us and Shockwave.
"Allow me to introduce myself." I stated climbing almost up to the ceiling as energy began to crackle at my fingertips. "They call me Kilowatt!" I exclaimed targeting the opened armor plating and sending massive amounts of energy into unprotected circuits; Shockwave thrashed at the unexpected assault and collapsed to the floor in stasis.
"Never send your injured as a front line." I quipped in a cold tone; I hadn't wanted to show the genuine fear I felt for Rogue, I was immune to that kind of threat, but she was not.
"You are hopeless." Rogue remarked kissing me on the cheek as she joined me, I grinned at that and then turned to Prime and the others.
"Let's move people we've still got to stop Megatron before he uses the Engine." Prime reminded striding purposefully through the entranceway they'd been going for in the first place; naturally we all followed, except Gears who remained behind to watch over Bluestreak until help could get in. The next room we entered wasn't much of a room; more like a large hallway, after another six or seven rooms with diverging pathways and more similarities with the first room then the second we reached the central command nexus of the Decepticon headquarters. The welcoming party was much to be expected; Soundwave stood to the left of Megatron, Scrapper, Scavenger, Mixmaster, Long Haul, Bonecrusher and Hook were closer to the entrance seemingly waiting for us and Megatron stood in the direct center of the room connected via cables to the Infinity Engine, or at least what I assumed to be the item in question.
"Greetings Prime; how good of you to come." Megatron stated mockingly. "It saves me the trouble of hunting you down; and now you get to witness my grand ascension as I tap into the limitless powers of this marvelous device in order to gain ultimate power." He elaborated his right hand clenching as he raised the arm slightly a sneer crossing his lips.
"This is not good." I muttered softly aside to Rogue; she glanced around noting the unease of the Autobots and also discovering that there were others in the room, to which she pointed out to me.
"Return the Infinity Engine to us Megatron; you have no idea the ramifications of your actions, it could destroy you just as easily empower you." Prime returned confidently; despite the lack of conviction that flashed briefly in his optics, Megatron scoffed at this warning with typical cliché villain stance.
"An empty threat Prime." He snapped his optics gleaming with the barest hint of madness as he sensed the utter fulfillment of his life's ambitions within his grasp. "Constructicons, deal with this nuisance; however leave Prime alive to bear witness to my triumph." He ordered with a casual air to his tone; Scrapper smiled darkly or at least approximated the gesture and the Constructicons quickly became Devastator.
The sheer size of this behemoth up close and live was enough to send shivers even down my spine; it was far different then seeing him on the television screen a few weeks back at Starlight Mansion, the Autobots present immediately opened fire hoping to keep the giant pinned. Rumble, Frenzy, Ratbat and Ravage revealed themselves then proving to be a further distraction; and Soundwave clearly felt that he wouldn't be needed as he crossed his arms over his chest manifold and watched in silent glee.
"Devastator crush Autobots!" The combined giant exclaimed ever the obvious when it came to limited vocabulary; Grimlock charged heedless of the danger and instantly began to attack him, the Dinobot was clearly a semi-match for the mighty Constructicon menace.
"Find cover and hide." I pleaded turning to Rogue; she shook her head.
"No way Sugah." She shot back intending to help me no matter what; I sighed and clasped her hand with my own.
"Please Lisse; you can't heal like I can and I don't know what I'd do if you were severely hurt or killed now." I pleaded further; she sighed this time and offered a quick kiss on the lips.
"For luck." She whispered in my ear before dashing off; the Autobots and Decepticons were fighting apparently oblivious to our presence, ducking low to the ground I hovered closer to Megatron intent on doing some rewiring. As the battle raged all around my mind lost all focus on the outside world and a single unerring determination plagued me; this was the culmination of all those restless nights, I had to stop Megatron lest the Earth be destroyed, but as I neared the pedestal like raise in the floor where he was standing the ceiling suddenly caved in as Jetfire came crashing to the ground.
A red haired woman in a two piece bikini made out of silver floated into the room after him energy crackling all about her; two small earrings could just be made out from this distance as the only other article of clothing or accessory she was wearing, it took me a second to realize who this was, but that didn't help much to explain her sudden presence.
"How in the hell did she get here and why now?" I blurted forgetting my nearness to Megatron; his gaze fell upon me with a rage that belied the situation he currently found me in.
"YOU!" He cursed. "I thought you perished, well no matter; pathetic flesh creature did you truly think to take me unawares." He exclaimed in a bragging tone of voice; his finger inched forwards slightly and he depressed a switch on the engine's casing, energy began to course through the wires into his body. "Your ploy is a failure; now witness my grand ascension to that of a God!" He proclaimed laughing manically as his body began to absorb every ounce of energy being generated by the engine; I felt a strong sense of unease at that, something about the way he'd turned it on looked wrong some how.
"Accursed machines! You will all feel the wrath of Circuit Breaker!" The woman cried distracting me slightly; Megatron's face was twisted into a permanent smirk of triumph, and then it hit me. Stray memories of a blueprint my sub-conscious mind had culled from the data banks of Teletran-One weeks earlier when I'd interfaced with him, I didn't even know I'd taken them. Megatron had turned the engine on, but he'd forgotten to recalibrate it from Wheeljack's last test; it was building up too much energy too fast and there was no way to stop it… Unless.
I took a step toward the Decepticon leader; who seemed to be oblivious to my presence yet again, the amount of energy being generated was building up some kind of invisible field that was creating a sort of denser gravity well or something, it became harder and harder to reach the center of the maelstrom. Without warning a mechanical squawk deafened my ear drums and twin laser beams pierced the air striking into my flesh; I was hurled backwards and crashed into the wall, Buzzsaw flittered down from the ceiling and glared at me also recognizing me.
"Stupid." I gurgled spitting blood from my mouth; and then my world went dark as I lost consciousness, Buzzsaw had pierced my heart with his well placed shot forcing me into stasis.
"Greetings traveler, this is an unexpected turn indeed." An ancient voice remarked; I whirled to face an ancient Cybertronian, he was standing upon the plant Cybertron itself and I could see the entire world gleaming as though a jewel in space. It shone with a golden hue; the golden age of Cybertron represented within the unconscious landscape of my mind, or something to that effect, I was also surprised to recognize the unit before me despite his never appearing in the old Comic books.
"Alpha Trion?" I gasped clearly confused by his presence here and now; also why my stasis lock felt different.
"No child of God; I have no true form you would comprehend, I chose this from your memories to better communicate with you." Trion corrected with a warm smile; I felt a tingle of pure joy racing through me, I was right, my hypothesis rang with truth.
"Primus." I whispered in complete awe; the creator God of Cybertron smiled even broader as he looked down upon me, and then a frown marred his features.
"Megatron has acted rashly; you have been injured, but if you were to allow me to access the physical realm via your body the fate of Earth may yet be re-written." Primus informed; I couldn't believe what he was asking of me, and why me? I mean sure I was probably more susceptible because of my ties to God, but Prime carried the Matrix; surely he was more worthy to house the essence of his own creator.
"All valid observations; however if I was to use Prime it would ultimately alert Unicron to my interference and he would step up his plans for destroying Cybertron, the Autobots and Decepticons are not yet ready to face my adversary as their destiny is written." He informed reading my thoughts effortlessly; I looked deep into the blue optics of Alpha Trion and contemplated what this would mean, still if we saved Earth now only to have it lost to Unicron later it would indeed prove detrimental to the success of my own mission here.
"I would be honored to act as your avatar in this instance Primus." I returned at last reaching the only logical conclusion; Alpha Trion's image smiled sorrowfully and then raised his left hand towards me.
"I can not foresee what dangers this may pose human; yet it must be done, prepare to accept the essence of a God as best as you are able." He informed; I nodded and shut my eyes, then I saw and heard no more.
To Be Continued; Impressive no? R&R and let me know how you thought of this chapter; and what you think might be the result of this merger of a Cybertronian God and a Human Man.
Once again the tractor trailer comes screaming down the road; it transforms and reveals the awe inspiring form of Optimus Prime standing with The Transformers logo behind him. "We will Return to The Transformers After these Messages."
