Transformers: The Shard of life 4
By Aiden N. Whitley
Tokyo, Japan
0600 Hrs
Croosbones flew into the destroyed city with a shard fragment. "Come on, where is he?" Crossbones asked himself. "Ah, there you are!" he said while flying down and transforming. "Time to see these shards in action." Crossbones then implanted the shard fragment into the body of Stealthraid! Within moments Stealthraid's arm along with various other parts reconnected themselves to him and he was alive again! ''Who are you!" said Stealthraid while activating an arm mounted missle launcher. "Don't worry, It's just me, your old team mate, Crossones." said Crossbones. "What happened. My memory only goes back to me fighting some humans before it all went black." said Stealthraid confused. "You were killed by those humans." ''I was?" "Unfortunately yes. But I have brought you back to life!" ''How?" "With the shard fragment that you died getting.'' ''I see. Well how's that going?" "There are only two left, both in the hands of the Autobots. Myself, Razorwind and Minesweeper were dispatched to retrieve them but I thought that you should come too." "Well then, let's finish the mission!" They then transformed and flew away.
Richmond, Virginia
1600 Hrs
A stray dog was wandering just outside of the now Autocon base. "Hello there." said Death Hand. "Are you lost or something?" asked Death Hand. "Well don't worry, you won't be lost for much longer." he then used his shoulder mounted turret to shoot and kill the dog. "Death Hand! What did we say about needless killing?" asked Timelapse. "Oh shut the hell up. I'm still going through some emotional trauma regarding K9. And I still want to know who did it by the way!'' shouted Death Hand. "But that doesn't mean you have to kill random stray animals like that." said Timelapse. "Think of it as stress relief. I'm holding an interrogation session in about ten minutes to find out who killed K9, and lucky for you you're not a suspect.'' said Death Hand. ''Well who are your suspects then?'' asked Timelapse. "Arrowhead, Blue Lightning and Valentino. Especially Valentino." replied Death Hand. "So should I just wrangle them up or something?'' asked Timelapse. "No, I've got Ulysses doing that." replied Death Hand. Ulysses was racing through the halls of the base checking up on everyone. "Hello, how are we doing in here?" asked Ulysses. "Not great, just thinking about my monumental screw up in Egypt." said Cement Lament. "Oh cheer up buddy ol' pal ol' friend. No point in moping about the past! Interrogation is in ten minutes in the main hall. See you then!" said Ulysses while driving away. "Hello Recykill, just here to say that interrogation is in ten minutes. Be there or be square!" "Alright then." He then continued to the next room. "Hello Postal, How are you today?'' Ulysses asked encouragingly. ''Pretty bored. Turns out that throwing knives at birds gets pretty boring after about fifteen birds or so.'' replied Postal Apocolypse. "Well that's morbid, anyway see you in the main hall in ten minutes!" And then the next room. "Hello G-Force, how do you do?" "Still trying to just take in all that's happened in the past couple days." "Well hurry up on that. Ten minutes till interrogation, ta-ta" Eventually he made it to the rooms for Valentino Blue Lightning and Arrowhead. He arrived in Valentino's room first. "Hello Valentino, are you ready to face the music! Or Death Hand in this case." "Definetly because I didn't do it." said Valentino. "Well we'll see about that. Just hurry up and get to the main hall in about five minutes, ok? See ya!" Next was Arrowhead. "Hello my suspiciously bladed friend. You've got five minutes." "Ok, wait what do you mean suspicious?" asked Arrowhead. He drove back to the main hall and saw that everyone was there. "Oh, good you're all here, splendid!''. Death Hand then entered the room. "I think we all know why this is happening. Someone killed K9 and I want to know who. You three are my top suspects, especially you!" he said while pointing to Valentino. "Hey you can be as suspicous as you want but it wasn't me." said Valentino. "Of course someone guilty always tries to draw attention from themselves. Now all I want is for someone to come clean and say you did it. I won't harm you because of our truce but I will have very negative feelings of you from now on." There was a pause before...''It was me.'' said Blue Lightning. "Really? I never thought of you as the killing type, but as long as you're not lying then I guess we have finally found the murderer." said Death Hand. "You may all return to your areas as this interrogation is over." ordered Cytrax.
Atlanta, Georgia
1900 Hrs
"Decepticons I have returned with Stealthraid." said Crossbones as he and Stealthraid transformed and landed. "Exellent." said Minesweeper. "Good to see you alive and well." said Razorwind. "Who are they?" asked Stealthraid. "Ah yes, the Defecticons. Why don't you all introduce yourselves." said Crossbones. ''Fine then, I'll start, My name is Spiderblade, I'm surprised you don't recognize me but whatever. This is my team." said Spiderblade. "I'm Highbeams, the teams doctor." "I'm Bi-saw, infiltration and stealth are my strong suits." ''And I'm Hooligan, and that's all you need to know about me." "And together we are the Defecticons!'' they all said in unison. "What does that mean, Defecticon?'' asked Stealthraid. ''We were once all Autobots who defected to the Decepticons." said Highbeams. "It's pretty simple really." said Hooligan. "Yeah the name kind of says it all." said Bi-saw. "And we have the same mission as you four so we will be working together for the duration of this mission." said Spiderblade. "Speaking of the mission, I believe that we must locate the Autobot base. I will dispatch my drones to do so. Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, Ratbat, Launch, Find the Autobot base and spy on them. Once you are done return to me and share the intel you've gathered. Now go!" ordered Minesweeper as the three drones flew off in search of the Autobot base. "Now do any of you have an Earth based vehicle form?'' asked Crossbones. "No.'' replied Spiderblade. "Get some. They are actually better than I orginally anticipated." "Alright then, we'll get on that." said Spiderblade. "Everyone, search for a vehicle to scan!" ordered Spiderblade. They then began searching.
Richmond, Virginia
0500 Hrs
Ulysses picked up Kidd as a boombox and clicked a button which played the sound of a trumpet. "Rise and shine everyone!'' said Ulysses, waking everyone up. "You may leave now." said Ulysses. "Yeah whatever." said Kidd while transforming and walking away. ''Ulysses, why did you wake us up so early?" asked Slapshot. "I'm just trying to set us on a new schedule." said Ulysses. "Why do we need a schedule?" asked Slapshot. "Any good team is well organized, and what better way to be organized than a sleep schedule!" said Ulysses enthusiastically. "You are way too excited about a sleep schedule.'' said Slapshot. "So what's on the activities list?" asked Snapshot. "I'm gonna do some target practice...on squirrels." said Postal Apocolypse. "Would you please stop killing things?'' asked Timelapse. "Cytrax promised me some killing privelages on things like birds and squirrels. Be grateful I'm only killing those things." said Postal Apocolypse while walking away. "You come back here!" ordered Timelapse while chasing after him. "So basically nothing is on the activities list." said Snapshot. "Just come up with that yourself." said Recykill. "I'm going to practice transforming my hand into various new weapons." said Death Hand. "I say we all work on our social skills with each other!" offered Blue Lightning. ''Eh what the hell, might as well." said Cytrax while everyone else left the main hall and did their own thing. As Kidd left the hall though he saw something through the window. "What is that?" he asked himself. As he said that though the object flew through the window and kiddnapped him!
The drones had returned to Minesweeper. ''What information have you gathered?" asked Minesweeper. Laserbeak and Ratbat had gathered footage and coordinates of the base. "Buzzsaw, what did you get?'' asked Minesweeper. Buzzsaw then revealed that she had captured Kidd! "Well done Buzzsaw! Give me the Autobot." ordered Minesweeper to which Buzzsaw obliged and gave him Kidd. "What is the meaning of this? Unhand me!" commanded Kidd. "Not an option.'' said Minesweeper. "I'm detecting a large amount of energy within the Autobots spark chamber." said Minesweeper. "Well can you identify it?'' asked Razorwind. "Buzzsaw, try to match the energy signature." ordered Minesweeper. Within seconds there were results. "Buzzsaw says that the energy signature matches that of Stealthraid." said Minesweeper. "He must have a shard then because I put one inside of Stealthraid." said Crossbones. "We require a surgeon to remove the shard." said Minesweeper. ''Guess we're waiting for Highbeams then." said Stealthraid. A few minutes later they returned. "Ah good, you're back. Any new vehicle forms?" asked Crossbones. They all transformed with Bi-saw becoming a motorcycle, Hooligan becoming a black SUV, Highbeams becoming a Beetle and Spiderblade becoming an Excavator with a Bulldozer attachment and treads, giving him four arms and two legs! They then transformed back. "Yes we did." said Spiderblade. "Highbeams, we need you." said Razorwind. "For?" asked Highbeams. "Surgery." said Minesweeper. "There is a shard inside of this here Autobot and we need you to get it out." said Crossbones. "Should be easy.'' said Highbeams. ''Oh no you don't! The rest of us we kill you for doing that!" said Kidd. "Sure buddy, now stay still. The more you struggle the more painful it's going to be.'' said Highbeams while activating a surgical laser. "Now just a nice fine line down the center should do it." he said while making the line. ''And...there we go. His chest plate should come off now revealing any shards in him." said Highbeams. "Let me do the honor of removing the shard.'' said Hooligan. "No! We need a gentle touch to do this." said Highbeams. "So that would be who exactly?" asked Hooligan. "Someone small for sure so that narrows it down to Bi-saw and Minesweepers drones." said Highbeams. "Well I don't trust those drones to get it right so I'll do it." said Bi-saw. ''Oh you best back up now or else!'' threatened Kidd. "Yeah sure." said Bi-saw as he plucked the shard out which ended up killing Kidd! "Just one left." said Spiderblade. "We need a plan as to how we get it." said Razorwind. "Any ideas?" asked Stealthraid. "I shall set a trap. A line of mines surrounding the base and as soon as I trigger them the place will go down. Stealthraid can then bomb the place from above to finish off any survivors. And then we search the rubble for the shard.'' said Minesweeper. Then Laserbeak flew up to Minesweeper. "What is it?" he asked. Laserbeak then showed footage of the main hall with both the Autobots and the Decepticons together. "Hmm? Very interesting.'' said Minesweeper. "What is it?" asked Crossbones. "Your former team is currently with the Autobots and they are showing zero signs of hostility towards eachother." said Minesweeper. "What? But why?" asked Crossbones. "That we do not know as of now, but we must set up the trap for them regardless, we will just use less firepower." said Minesweeper. "Alright, but I'm going try to have them give them back to us. It is possible that they are being held hostage. Let's go!'' ordered Crossbones. They then all transformed and headed for the base.
Richmond, Virginia
0700 Hrs
Ulysses was spying on Death Hand through a window. "Ulysses, what are doing?" asked Valentino. "Oh uh I'm uh- doing nothing really." said Ulysses with a dumb smile and hands behind his back. "Really? cause it looks like your spying on Death Hand." said Valentino. "Maybe!" "Any reason why?" ''It's quite simple really, shear, absolute boredom!" ''That's a weak justification but whatever. Carry on I guess." Valentino then walked away. "Pesky Autobot! Anyway back to-" as Ulysses said that an alarm went off! "Woah!" "Everyone report to the main hall!" ordered Blue Lightning over the speakers. ''Kidd has gone missing, I repeat Kidd has gone missing!" said Cytrax. Everyone then entered the main hall where Crossbones was waiting just outside the entrance to the base. "Hello Autobots. I am here to reclaim the Decepticons that you have taken hostage. Release them now and we will use minimal force." ordered Crossbones. "Slight problem with that, Crossbones! There are no Decepticons being held hostage." said Cytrax. "Are you not a Decepticon?" asked Crossbones. "As a matter of fact I'm not, and neither is my team!" said Cytrax. "So you've defected have you? Well then I won't have any regrets for what I'm about to do." said Crossbones. "Activating operation unwelcome guests." said Minesweeper while triggering the mines to detonate! "The place is coming down! everyone evacuate now!'' ordered Blue Lightning. Everyone then started to run for any exits as Stealthraid flew overhead and preformed a bombing run on the base! "Everyone head for an exit! I'll use my sheild to hold up the rubble for you!" shouted Arrowhead. Everyone was almost out of the building when the bombs landed and destroyed everything else! Everyone managed to escape though before it was too late! Everyone exept Arrowhead. The Decepticons did not see the Autocons escape though. "Search the rubble for any shards or survivors." ordered Minesweeper as Laserbeak, Ratbat and Buzzsaw searched. Eventually they found Arrowhead unconcious and so they carried the body to Minesweeper. "Only one body?'' asked Minesweeper. The drones then nodded their heads. "Interesting." replied Minesweeper. "Wake up Autobot!" shouted Crossbones. "Where are your friends. We know they got away so where are they?" asked Crossbones. "Don't know. We didn't really have a back up base." said Arrowhead. "Exept you do. Razorwind, Stealthraid, head to the Decepticon base where Cytrax was stationed, they might be heading there." ordered Crossbones. They then transformed and headed for the base. Crossbones then fired a crossbow bolt into Arrowheads face which exploded and killed him. ''They took the shard with them. Decepticons let's move out!" ordered Crossbones.
The Autocons had managed to evade detection and were hiding behind a factory. "Can someone please explain what the hell that was?" asked G-Force. "It seems that Crossbones might be hunting us." said Cytrax. "He now knows that we aren't Decepticons so that doesn't help." said Recykill. "Well we need to just stay calm and think, what should we do next, ok?'' asked Blue Lightning. "We need a back up base." said Timelapse. "I think I know where we can go." said Cytrax. "I know what you're thinking and I agree." said Death Hand. "So where is it?'' asked Valentino. "The Decepticon base." said Cytrax. "Well it's our best shot I guess." said Chopper. "Autocons, roll out!" shouted Blue Lightning as they all transformed and headed for the Decepticon base.
Cincinatti, Ohio
Stealthraid and Razorwind had made it to the Decepticon base first and found Rotor there. "Hello Rotor." said Razorwind while he and Stealthraid transformed. "What do you want?" asked Rotor. "Just the answers to a few questions." said Razorwind. "Like?" asked Rotor. ''Like where are your fellow Decepticon team mates?" shouted Stealthraid. "I don't know where they are." replied Rotor. "Playing hard to get I see. No matter, you'll crack eventually." said Razorwind. "All I know is I went on a scouting trip and when I came back they were gone so I've just been waiting for them to come back." said Rotor. "A likely story, if we hadn't seen your team being all buddy buddy with the Autobots that you were previously trying to kill!" said Razorwind. "So just be honest or else!" shouted Stealthraid. "Your friend here is being a little loud, could tone him down a bit?" asked Rotor. "Stop stalling!" Stealthraid shouted again. "You're beating around the bush and you know it. Just be honest and we won't torture you." said Razorwind. "I'm telling the truth." "You're making an aliby." said Razorwind. "Should I start the torture process?" asked Stealthraid. "Sure." said Razorwind. ''Good, now hold still." said Stealthraid as he activated an under arm blade and stabbed Rotor! "Will you tell the truth now?" asked Razorwind. "I will tell you this, I made a promise and I'm keeping it!" said Rotor. "Fine then, your choice." said Razorwind as Stealthraid stabbed him again! "You are a determined one aren't you. You've got quite the spirit to withstand Stealthraid like this. But you won't last forever.'' said Razorwind. "I just love the taste of freshly spilled energon!'' snarled Stealthraid. "Since when?" asked Razorwind. "It's a recent taste I've aquirred." replied Stealthraid. "Sick freak!" said Rotor while spitting. ''You have just sealed your fate!" threatened Stealthraid. "One last time, What is your team up to and why are they with the Autobots?'' asked Razorwind. "I'll see you in the Allspark." said Rotor. "Kill him." ordered Razorwind. ''With pleasure!" Stealthraid sneered while delivering one final stab, killing Rotor. Stealthraid then started to lick the energon off of his blade. "You are different then when I last saw you." said Razorwind. "Things change over time.'' replied Stealthraid. "Let's report the results of this little expierience." said Razorwind as they both transformed and flew away.
The Autocons had almost arrived at the Decepticon base. "I'm gonna scan a new vehicle. I've been needing one ever since Egypt." said Slapshot while scanning a black Jeep Patriot. "That's better." "Autocons, we have arrived." said Cytrax. They then transformed and entered the base only to see a dead Rotor. "What!" shouted Cytrax as he rushed over to check on him. "He's dead." said Cytrax. "It was probably Crossbones!" said Death Hand. "I can't wait to kill him!" said Postal Apocolypse. "But why? What does this achieve?" asked Cement Lament. "It serves as a threat." said Cytrax. "Well what's the play? Do we stay here or what?'' asked Chopper. "This base is compromised. They might have rigged it to blow or set up cameras. It's too risky to stay." said Cytrax. "We must establish a new base then." said Blue Lightning. "Indeed. But where is the question." said Cytrax. "Somewhere far from here, remote and secluded." said Blue Lightning. "The mid west of this country should do." said Timelapse. "So we're going on a road trip!" said Ulysses. ''This is not the time to be happy. One of our previous team mates is dead!" said Cytrax. "I'm just trying to lighten the mood a little." said Ulysses. "Well we're moving so transform and move out!" ordered Cytrax. As they left though Laserbeak spyed on them through the window and recorded their conversation and flew away.
Richmond, Virginia
0900 Hrs
Razorwind and Stealthraid had met back up with the others. "So what information have you gathered?" asked Crossbones. "Well the Autobots weren't there, but Rotor was." said Razorwind. "Is that all?" asked Spiderblade. "Well we tortured him for information." said Razorwind. "But that didn't work so we just killed him." said Stealthraid. "My drones have returned." said Minesweeper. Laserbeak shared the conversation with the rest. "So they were there." said Crossbones. "Missed them by that much." said Hooligan. "If they're heading west then so are we!" ordered Crossbones.
St. Louis, Missouri
2000 Hrs
The Autocons had made it to St. Louis and were ready to take a rest for the night. About an hour later the Decepticons had also arrived! Bi-saw was going through the alley ways when Stealthraid transformed and landed just outside the alley way that Bi-saw was in. "Hey, you're supposed to stay up and watch. What are you doing down here?" asked Bi-saw. Stealthraid then turned around and said "Energon!" And began to chase Bi-saw through the alley way! He went for various different attacks, at one point even launching several bombs at Bi-saw! But Bi-saw jumped into a building and kept running. Stealthraid had transformed and just flew through the building before transforming again to land and continue the chase! "This is Bi-saw requesting immediate assistance!" requested Bi-saw. Then Hooligan and Highbeams showed up and transformed to see Stealthraid attempting to kill Bi-saw! Then a giant spider showed up and transformed. It was Spiderblade! "What is going on here?" asked Spiderblade. "It looks like Stealthraid lost it." said Hooligan. "Can you make him stop!" shouted Bi-saw. "Stealthraid! What do you think you're doing?" asked Spiderblade. "Energon!" shouted Stealthraid before lunging at Spiderblade! "Crossbones, Razorwind, Minesweeper, Help us out here!" ordered Spiderblade. "I'll hold him off." said Hooligan while pulling out two pistols and shooting at Stealthraid. "What is the meaning of this?" asked Crossbones as he landed. ''Your friend here just attacked us unprovoked!" said Spiderblade. "That doesn't make any sense." said Crossbones. "He was acting strangely during the interrogation with Rotor. He said that he had a new found taste for fresh energon." said Razorwind. "Highbeams get over here." said Minesweeper. "What is it?" asked Highbeams. "I have a theory that this is happening do to the shard." said Minesweeper. "But that doesn't make any sense. The Autobot with his shard wasn't acting like this.'' said Highbeams. "I believe that it is because we brought him back to life with the shard." said Minesweeper. "So you're saying that I caused this?" asked Crossbones. "Possibly." replied Minesweeper. Hooligan then went flying into a building thanks to Stealthraid. ''He packs a punch." groaned Hooligan in the rubble. Then Stealthraid snatched Bi-saw off the ground and bit into his neck, sucking the energon out of him! Before anyone could do anything Bi-saw was sucked dry and tossed aside. "Everyone fire!" ordered Spiderblade while pulling out two arm cannons and firing them at Stealthraid. As they started shooting though Stealthraid transformed and flew away. "That is not the same Decepticon you once knew." said Spiderblade. "We have to get the shard out of him." said Highbeams. "I shall begin work on a plan." said Minesweeper. "Decepticons, we have a new threat to deal with. Let's get rid of it!" said Crossbones. Meanwhile the Autobots heard all of the commotion and left the area.
The Ozone Layer
2200 Hrs
Stealthraid flew to the ozone layer and hacked into a satelite. In his viewing he found out where all of the previous battles took place and immedietly flew towards Egypt. Once he landed he collected the bodies of of Sho-gun, Weedwacker, Caretaker, K9 and Sand Drifter. He then bit them all on the neck and within moments they all came back as Terracons just like Stealthraid! He then commanded them to go to America. He then transformed and flew to America. As he flew across America he collected the bodies of Heavy Loader, Kidd, Arrowhead and Rotor and turned them into Terracons as well! Meanwhile the Decepticons were debating as to what to do about Stealthraid when suddenly Bi-saw also came back as a Terracon, transformed and left. "What was that?" asked Hooligan. "I've heard of this before, in old stories. Cybertronians coming back from the dead. I thought it was just that though, a story." said Highbeams. "Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction." said Minesweeper. "Well what are they?" asked Razorwind. "Terracons." said Highbeams. "Undead cybertronians, brought back through various means. In this case it was Stealthraid." said Minesweeper. "Are you saying that I just caused a Terracon apocolypse?" asked Crossbones. "Possibly." replied Minesweeper. "Well how do we stop it?" asked Spiderblade. "We must remove the shard from inside of Stealthraid." said Minesweeper. ''If you kill the original host then the rest will fall soon after." said Highbeams. "So how does it spread?" asked Spiderblade. "I believe with a bite." said Minesweeper. "If you are bitten by a Terracon then you're gone." said Highbeams. "Look, I hate to say it but we might need some back up here." said Hooligan. "Should we call for war Machine then?" asked Spiderblade. "No, too risky. If he or his crew gets bit then we will stand no chance." said Highbeams. "I've analyzed our options and our best choice is to form a temporary alliance with the Autobots." said Minesweeper. "That's crazy!" exclaimed Crossbones. "I think he's right though. The Autobots are quite skilled in combat, not to mention that they have some former Decepticons with them as well." said Highbeams. "Well if it's our best option then let's just get it over with. I personnaly do not want to become a Terracon." said Razorwind. "Alright, if we have no other option then I guess we'll form a temporary alliance. Decepticons move out!" ordered Crossbones. Meanwhile Stealthraid and his fellow Terracons had met up and were ready to start spreading!
Omaha, Nebraska
0600 Hrs
The Autocons had continued their journey out west when suddenly..."I've spotted Minesweeper's drones!" said Chopper. "Oh great what now?" said an annoyed G-Force. The drones landed on the road just ahead of them and spread their wings to stop the Autocons. "Autocons stop! They seem to be non-aggresive." ordered Blue Lightning. "Be on high alert though, it could be a trap." said Cytrax. "Laserbeak then played a recording. "Hello Autobots. This is a pre-recorded message asking for your assistance. I may have accidently started a Terracon apocolypse and we require your help stop it. You can meet us back at St. Louis. See you then." the recording then ended and the drones flew away. "So do we listen to them?'' asked Slapshot. "This reeks of trap." said Death Hand. "True, but if they are telling the truth then we must stop a possible Terracon uprising!" said Blue Lightning. "But what are the chances that they did accidently start a Terracon uprising. That to me sounds as far fetched as stories come." said Cement Lament. "Timelapse, my dear acquaintance, could you be dear and use your time powers to help us out here?" asked Ulysses. "Sure." said Timelapse before time traveling into the future to see what happens if they don't help. A few moments later he returned. "So what did you see?" asked Blue Lightning. "We have to help them!" said a very frightened Timelapse.
St. Louis, Missouri
0900 Hrs
The Autocons had arrived and were searching for the Decepticons. "Did they say where to meet them or did I miss that part?" asked Valentino. "Nope, all they said was to meet them here, and well, we're here." said Slapshot. "I'm telling you it's a trap." said Death Hand. "Well there's no way to be certain with out trying first." said Blue Lightning. "I for one I'm very excited! Day to day life was getting boring anyway!" said Ulysses. "Why are you always so excited about the most boring things?" asked Snapshot. "Well when I first landed here on Earth I heard some random radio chatter and one of the things said really appealed to me!" said Ulysses. "And that was?'' asked Snapshot. "It said that you're never fully dressed with out a smile!" said Ulysses. "Well that explains a lot." said Snapshot. "Exactly!" said Ulysses. "Hey, I think I've spotted something." said G-Force. "Well what is it?" asked Blue Lightning. "It appears to be the Decepticons." replied G-Force. "Well let's get going then!" said Recykill. "Postal just remember that for the time being they are our allies, not our enemies, so no stabbing or killing or anything like that, ok?" ordered Cytrax. "Fine, but as soon as this whole alliance is done then they're dead meat!" replied Postal Apocolypse. "Alright but emphasis on after." said Cytrax. ''Autocons, transform!" ordered Blue Lightning. They then transformed and began to search the area. "Over here you idiots!" shouted Hooligan. "Talk about a warm welcome." said Valentino. Hooligan then led inside an abandoned warehouse where the Decepticons were hiding. "Hello Autobots." said Crossbones. "We are actually not Autobots anymore." said Chopper. "Oh? And what are you then?" asked Crossbones. "We are now called the Autocons!" replied Chopper. "Dumb names aside let me give you a quick summary of recent events. I used one of the shard fragments to bring back a deceased Decepticon to help in battle. He unfortunatley recently became a full blown Terracon and might have turned one of our own into a Terracon as well and could be spreading his little army as we speak." said Crossbones. "We must remove the shard to end the apocolypse before it starts." said Minesweeper. "So you need our help why exactly?" asked Death Hand. "Extra firepower.'' replied Razorwind. "And was War Machine busy or something?" asked Recykill. "If we used War Machine and he got bit then he would become a Terracon and he would be nye unstopable." said Highbeams. "Alright, that makes sense." said G-Force. "So do you know where you're Terracon has run off to?" asked Cytrax. "First of all his name is Stealthraid, and second of all no, but we do have our drones out looking for him though." replied Crossbones. "What was his last known location?" asked Cytrax. "Just outside where we are before he flew away." said Spiderblade. "Wait he can fly?'' asked Valentino. "Indeed. His vehicle mode is a stealth bomber." said Minesweeper. "Well it could be worse I suppose!" said Ulysses. ''What's the plan then?" asked Blue Lightning. "That's the other reason why you're here. We currently have no plan and so we require help with that as well." said Razorwind. "Oh swell, let's get planning then." said Recykill.
Houston, Texas
1000 Hrs
Stealthraid was entering the NASA base that was located there and raided it! His fellow Terracons helped kill all of the staff and engineers. Once everyone was dead then they got to work and started to use the technology to build a device called a space bridge! Stealthraid's plan was to make a space bridge that led to Cybertron so that he could turn all of the dead cybertronians into Terracons and bring them all back to Earth!
St. Louis, Missouri
1100 Hrs
Ratbat had returned from her spying trip trying to locate Stealthraid. "Ratbat, what information have you gained?'' asked Minesweeper. Ratbat then played footage of Stealthraid along with the other Terracons. "How is this possible! I thought Heavy Loader had died." said Cement Lament. "Same goes for the others, look." said Timelapse. "They're all previously killed members of each of our teams." "So Stealthraid has already begun to spread his little infection of sorts, swell." said Highbeams with a sigh. "It also looks like he's building something." noticed Blue Lightning. "Any ideas as to what it could be?" asked Slapshot. "I don't know, why don't we ask the guys who were personnel friends with him." said Valentino. "I haven't got the faintest clue what he's building, I'm a warrior not a construction worker." said Razorwind. "Does anyone here have any expierience in the field of construction?" asked Crossbones. "I do." said Spiderblade. "Good, so can you identify what he's building then?" asked Crossbones. "He's building something in space, that's for sure. The footage is too low quality for me to make out any schematics but I think I have a general idea as to what it is." "Well what is it then?" asked Death Hand. "It might be some type of space bridge." The room fell silent for a moment. "Why would he make that?" asked Recykill. "Why else, to gain access to his biggest possible army. The thousands of dead soldiers on Cybertron!" answered Cytrax. "Of course! Wait a second, that's really bad isn't it?" asked Ulysses. "Obvioulsy. If we don't stop him before he gets to Cybertron then I fear nothing will!" said Cytrax. "Then we need to get there as soon as possible." said Chopper. "Ratbat, where was this footage taken?" asked Minesweeper. Ratbat then showed the coordinates. "Houston Texas, there is a NASA base located there." said Minesweeper. "Well then let's roll out!" ordered Blue Lightning. They then all transformed and headed for Houston!
Houston, Texas
1200 Hrs
Stealthraid had assigned the Terracons to act as guards while he remotely controled satelites to build the space bridge. Construction was almost complete when the Autocons arrived and transformed! "Alright all we have to do is stop the construction and get the shard out of Stealthraid, once it is removed he'll drop dead along with the others." ordered Spiderblade. ''Got it." they all responded. "Myself, Razorwind and Crossbones will deal with Stealthraid, everyone else pick an opponent and don't get bit, if you do then you're basically dead. Alright good luck!" "So how many Terracons are there exactly?" asked Valentino. ''About a dozen, give or take." replied Highbeams. "Oh goodie." "Well everyone, I say we take this little moment of quiet to think about all of the good things that have happened along the way as we dive into-" Ulysses was cut off by everyone charging towards the base. "That works too I guess."said Ulysses as he to entered the charge!
The Terracons noticed the charge and entered a defensive position to guard Stealthraid so that the space bridge could finish construction. Heavy Loader gave instructions to Kidd in Cybertronian before Kidd ran away. Then the battle began! It was mostly shooting at first with the Terracons being blasted apart! "So are they dead again already?" asked Hooligan. Then the various parts and pieces started to come together and reassemble and after just a few seconds the Terracons were fully repiared! "I'm gonna take that as a no." said Slapshot. Just then a Harrier Jet began to rise in the sky and fired several missiles before unleashing a barrage of bullets to accompany them! The rest of the Terracons joined in as well with Bi-saw leaping into the air to do a downward strike on Death Hand! But Death Hand caught him by the throat and stabbed straight through him before turning his hand into a cannon and firing, scattering pieces of Bi-saw everywhere! But the parts just came back together. "So how do we keep them destroyed for more than two seconds?" asked Death Hand. "Kill the main host and they all die, permenantly." replied Highbeams. "So we're basically just stalling for them to deal with Stealthraid?" asked Cement Lament. "Precisely." replied Highbeams. "Well today's my lucky day then!" said Postal Apocalypse. "And why's that?" asked Timelapse. "I get to kill something as much as I want with no consiquence." replied Postal Apocalypse. "Well get to it then." replied Timelapse. Then the Harrier Jet transformed! But this was no ordinary transformation, each part was not smoothly shifting into place like usual, instead each piece was almost tearing itself apart and then reconfiguring itself somewhere else and in a different shape. As the transformation was complete almost no jet parts were visible, only the wings and thrusters. "That's Kidd!'' Timelapse shouted, immediatly recognizing his former Minicon. Kidd then preformed an arial assualt, raining down missiles from above. "Someone get him out of the sky!" ordered Cytrax. "I'm on it." said G-Force while flying after Kidd. Bi-saw, meanwhile, attacked Recykill only to get knocked away and into the fire of Hooligan, shooting him away. "Stealthraid, stop right now!" ordered Crossbones. Stealthraid replied with several bombs being launched at their face before transforming and flying away. "After him!" ordered Spiderblade. "How are you going to follow us after him, you can't fly." said Crossbones. "How about you carry me.'' said Spiderblade while pointing to Razorwind. "Sure, I can do that it's just going to slow me down." replied Razorwind. "Fine let's go then." said Spiderblade. They then flew after Stealthraid. Also in the skies was the battle between Kidd and G-Force. Eventually G-Force's supeior arial expierience helped him shoot Kidd out of the sky with a missile. The crash sent Kidd flying into another vehicle, this time an SUV. As G-Force landed the SUV began to transform in the same violent manner as the jet. As the transformation ended Death Hand was pounced on by K9! "Oh no. I can't fight you." said Death Hand as his former pet pounced again only to be caught midair by Laserbeak. "Thank you." said Death Hand while waving to Laserbeak. "Time for a rematch!" said Postal Apocalypse while approaching Arrowhead. They both readied their blades and began to duel! Blue Lightning drew out and threw out his daggers towards Kidd before teleporting and electrocuting him! He removed the daggers and combined them into his sword before delivering a slash that sent Kidd flying out of the new body and into another, as he landed in a control center and combined with all of the computers in the room! Then three electrified cables shot out the room and towards Blue Lightning, who managed to dodge as they returned back into the room as Kidd exited and sent out six more cables! "Hey Ulysses, you mind actually doing something and dealing with him?" asked Snapshot. "Sounds perfectly reasonable to me!" he replied while activating hand blades along with a second set of arms that also had blades! "Wait a second you have had four arms this entire time and didn't tell us?" asked Recykill. "The opportunity never presented itself!" replied Ulysses. "Whatever just deal with him.'' said Recykill. "Will do!'' replied Ulysses. He then raced up to Kidd while slashing away his cables before reaching him and stabbing Kidd's shoulder and slicing off an arm! Kidd then evacuated the body before it got destroyed and ran away to find a new one. Stealthraid had flew to space to see his space bridge. "Activate space bridge." ordered Stealthraid. Weedwacker then activated the space bridge. But as he flew towards the space bridge he was intercepted by Razorwind! Then Crossbones transformed and landed with the others on the space bridge. "OK everyone, this is it, if we don't stop this here and now then we're all doomed, so let's finish this!" shouted Crossbones. "Energon!" Stealthraid snarled back as he charged towards Crossbones, Razorwind and Spiderblade. Back on Earth Postal Apocalypse had sliced off Arrowhead arms! "Well that's that." he said before Arrowheads arms reattached themselves! He then sliced off Arrowheads leg before it reattached itself as well. The battle consisted almost entirely of Postal Apocalypse repeatedly slicing off various parts of Arrowhead before they reattached and the cycle continued. Meanwhile Kidd had found a new vehicle. As everyone was battling as a space ship started to transform! "He's a space ship now?" asked G-Force. "Apparently." replied Timelapse. "Alright everyone focus fire on that space ship!" ordered Cytrax. Back on the space bridge the opponents had begun fighting with Spiderblade transforming into a spider and firing two cables that lassoed around Stealthraid's arms to pin him down as Crossbones tackled him to the ground and began prying off his armor to reach the shard inside. But Stealthraid activated his arm blade and stabbed him in the shoulder before kicking him away as Razorwind came in from the side. But Stealthraid activated his bombs and smacked with his bombs as they exploded! Stealthraids armor then returned to him and reattached itself, leaving him undamaged. Spiderblade then fired two more cables, wrapping around his body before electrocuting him! But the electrocution had almost no effect as Stealthraid used the cables to pull him closer and started to spin Spiderblade around before smacking Razorwind with Spiderblade! Crossbones fired two bolts into Stealthraid's back which then exploded, leaving him temporarely stunned. Crossbones then charged in as Stealthraid recovered and fired a missile. Crossbones dodged the missile and and fired two more bolts at Stealthraid's feet which also then exlpoded, stunning him once more as Crossbones closed the gap between them. Razorwind had recovered as Spiderblade transformed back into his robot mode and they both provided supporting fire to keep him stunned for Crossbones. As Crossbones arrived though Stealthraid stabbed him! He then tossed him away. Razorwind flew in close while activating pincer blades and using them to grab Stealthraid's arms and hold them down as Spiderblade also got in close and tackled him down. "Spiderblade!" Stealthraid snarled. "So now you remember me." said Spiderblade as he tried to rip off his armor to reach the shard, using his extra arms to hold him down. But Stealthraid activated his thrusters and began to fly away as his armor fixed itself back onto him. Razorwind then shot out his thrusters with two missiles making him crash land. Spiderblade then shot two more cables to hold down his arms as Crossbones tried yet again to remove the shard. As he was prying off the armor Stealthraid stabbed him in the neck! But Crossbones managed to rip out the shard and toss it away as Stealthraid fired one last missile, killing Crossbones. "Destroy the shard, now!" ordered Spiderblade as Razorwind used the thrusters on his back to fire two balls of fire, incinerating the shard and killing Stealthraid, again. Back on Earth all of the Terracons all dropped dead seconds after the shard was destroyed, ending the battle. "Wait, so it's over?" asked Valentino. "I believe so." replied Timelapse. Everyone then started to celebrate. "I know that this a happy moment and all but we still have a space bridge to deal with." said Chopper. "Oh yeah." said Valentino. "Alright how do we destroy it.'' asked Slapshot. "Let's ask Spiderblade, he's on the damn thing." said Hooligan while activating a radio. "Hey Spiderblade, how do we destroy this thing?" asked Hooligan. "It won't be easy but I think I can do it. Space bridges usually have some sort of mechanism that can deactivate it. Unfortunately deactivating a space bridge is very dangerous as the sudden change in the space around it not being warped anymore causes an explosion of cosmic proportions." said Spiderblade. "So is that a yes or a no?" asked Hooligan. "Yes but it's basically a suicide mission." replied Spiderblade. "Is there anyone here who can deactivate a space bridge?" asked Hooligan. There was no response from anyone on Earth as Spiderblade spoke up. "Sounds like it's up to me then." said Spiderblade. "To everyone back on Earth let this day be known as the day that the Defecticons disbanded as both Bi-saw and myself are both dead as of tomorrow. I recomend that you all take cover as I do not know how big the blast radius will be and wether or not it will reach Earth, so be careful. Highbeams, Hooligan, I want you two to join the Autocons. Goodbye eveyone." The space bridge then formed a small black hole which quickly imploded, destroying the space bridge along with Spiderblade. The rest of the group mourned for an hour before stopping. "So are you still going to try to kill us?" asked Blue Lightning. "Not for now, we'll report to Megatron that there were...complications with the mission. Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, Ratbat, return!" ordered Minesweeper. "Goodbye for now, maybe." said Razorwind as he and Minesweeper transformed and left. "So welcome to the most prestigious group of defected Cybertronians, the Autocons!" said Ulysses while striking a dramatic pose. "Well this should be interesting." said Hooligan. "I for one am excited!" replied Highbeams. "Well then, our new base shall be Cytrax's old base." said Blue Lightning. "Let's go then. Autocons, roll out!" ordered Cytrax as they all transformed and headed back to base.
