Transformer: The Shard of Life 3
By Aiden N. Whitley
Tokyo, Japan
1800 Hrs
An aircraft carrier had entered the port in Tokyo. The aircraft carrier was War Machine! War Machine then transformed! The transformation took a few minutes because of how large War Machine was. "Decepticons, get the shard!" ordered War Machine as he released twenty different Decepticons! The Decepticons were wreaking havoc in the city! "Stealthraid, get the shard. It's on top of the tower." ordered War Machine. "Understood." said Stealthraid as he transformed into a stealth bomber and flew to the top of Tokyo tower. He then transformed and got the shard! "Got it!" said Stealthraid. "Good, now get back!" ordered War Machine. But soon as Stealthraid transformed he was shot by two missiles from the Japanese military! The missiles sent him crashing into a building, causing one of his arms to break off! He then crashed to ground. "You human scum!'' he yelled while facing off the same group that shot him. But he quickly got outmatched and had to call for backup. "Stealthraid requesting immediate assistance!" Hearing his call came a A-10 Warthog jet! "Ah yes, Razorwind." said Stealthraid as the jet transformed and landed, beginning it's assault on the humans. "Give me the shard!" ordered Razorwind. "Alright then, you take it and I hold them off." replied Stealthraid as he gave him the shard. Razorwind then transformed and flew away as Stealthraid fought off the military for about ten seconds before getting killed. He then flew up to War Machine who was using Tokyo tower as a baseball bat to destroy the military and the city. "War Machine, I got the shard but Stealthraid died in the process." said Razorwind. "A minor death in the grand scheme of things. We have the shard and that is all that matters. Decepticons, destroy the city and return to me!" ordered War Machine. The Decepticons then destroyed the city and returned back to War Machine as he transformed and they all docked onto him as they headed for their next destination!
Under the English Channel leading to France
1500 Hrs
The Autobots were taking an underwater tunnel connecting England to France. ''This is taking too long!'' said an annoyed Valentino. ''Well do you have any better ideas then just driving there?" asked Slapshot. "Yes, actually I do." "Well what is it then?'' asked Blue Lightning. ''I say we do some more hijacking." said Valentino. "What do you propose we take this time?" asked Timelapse. "A plane! Specifically a cargo plane. It should fit us pretty well." "Leave that to us." said Weedwacker. "Oh no, we're doing this one my way." said Valentino. "And what exactly is your way hmm?'' asked Weedwacker. ''It's quicker than yours, that's for sure." "Hey we got that ship!" ''You took your sweet time though." ''Everyone calm down! The plan is to find a french military base and take their cargo plane, got it?" said Blue Lightning. "Yes." said the Autobots. "Good, let's do it then." The Autobots then made it to France and made their way to a french military base. "Alright then, everyone follow my lead." said Valentino. A few minutes later Valentino dove into the building and fired several warning shots into the roof before pulling out his other tommy gun and firing that as well. "Remember to not kill the humans!" said Blue Lightning as he fired his EMP gun into the ground creating a shock wave effecting all of the electronics in the building. Then Caretaker jumped in and threw one his tires. Then the brothers entered the room and rushed through as Timelapse and the minicons did the same. As the Autobots made it outside Chopper and Arrowhead were dealing with the military outside. "Well that was easy." said Chopper. "Everyone get on now!" ordered Arrowhead. "You heard him, get on!" said Blue Lightning. The Autobots then got on the plane. "Everyone off the plane now!" Valentino ordered the crew of the plane with his guns out. "Weedwacker, Sho-gun, you two are flying." ordered Blue Lightning. ''Got it." they both said before entering the cockpit. "All right then everyone, our next stop is Egypt. So just sit back and relax and Kidd will get you some refreshments or something." said Weedwacker. "Hey I'm not doing that!" said Kidd. "It was a joke, calm down."said Weedwacker. "Well I say we sing a little tune to pass the time. Any propositions?" asked Caretaker. ''There was this one about beer that goes a little something like '99 Bottles of beer on the wall. 99 Bottles of beer! Take one down, pass it around. 98 Bottles of beer on the wall!' And it just kinda keeps going down to zero." said Valentino. "Alright then, sounds fun let's do it." said Slapshot. ''And a one, and a two, and a one two three four" All of the Autobots then began singing except Timelapse. "This ride is going to be hell." Timelapse said to himself.
Baltimore, Maryland
0700 Hrs
The Decepticons were heading to Bethany beach to get picked up by War Machine to take them to Egypt. "So since you and I are going to be together for a while why don't you tell me a little about yourself?" asked Cytrax. "Fine, but this will not make us friends in any sense of the word, got it?'' asked Crossbones. ''Sure, not like I was trying or anything." "Good." "So why are you so close to Megatron?'' "Because I can get the job done and currently have a 100% success rate on my missions." ''Any stand out missions?'' asked Cytrax. "I'd say my second. The first was uneventful by comparison.'' ''And what happened on your second? "I was tasked to eliminate a small group of Autobots. There were six in total so I was given a small team from War Machine to help me. Most were generic but three stood out. Razorwind, Stealthraid and Minesweeper. All of them should still be on War Machine as we speak." "Well it should be fun meeting them." said Cytrax sarcastically. "We killed all but one, and he surrendered. Spiderblade his name was. ever since then Megatron has held me in high regard." "Great story and all but we are almost at the port so we need to focus so chop chop!'' said Ulysses while driving by. "Right we need to keep moving!" ordered Crossbones.
Somewhere in the Middle East
2200 Hrs
"32 Bottles of beer on the wall. 32 Bottles of beer! Take one down, pass it around. 31 Bottles of beer on the wall! 31 Bottles of-" "Stop singing already! That song is burning its way through my mind and I am not going to have to listen to it for another second! Do any of you even know what beer is? Because I sure as hell don't!" shouted Timelapse. "OK then, I think we found the breaking point for him.'' said Slapshot. "Hey Weedwacker, how much longer?" asked Snapshot. "I don't know! You said Egypt was in a desert but this whole damn place is a desert!" said Weedwacker. ''Yeah he's right. Checking the map and it looks like this part of the world is all desert." said Kidd. "Fantastic, we're lost and Timelapse is losing it. Could this get worse?" asked Valentino. "Hey guys, we got a plane coming up on us and looks like military." said Weedwacker. "Be on guard. It may be aggressive." said Sho-gun. "I just had to say something!'' said Valentino. ''Can you identify the plane?" asked Chopper. "I don't know the names of the planes used here!" said Weedwacker. "Well what does it look like?'' asked Arrowhead. "It's big, grey, has missiles and guns, two giant thrusters on the back and the cockpit is painted with a face of an animal." said Weedwacker. ''That sounds like a Warthog plane." said Arrowhead. ''Well do we know any Warthogs?" asked Caretaker. "Not that I'm aware of." said Blue Lightning. "Uh guys, it's getting closer!'' shouted Weedwacker. ''Is it acting aggressively?" asked Arrowhead. "I mean it is getting closer but other than that no." But then the Warthog transformed and landed on the plane! "Guys it's a Decepticon! I saw the insignia!'' shouted Weedwacker. The Decepticon was Razorwind! Razorwind shot out the first engine on the plane before taking off the wing with a missile, causing it to fly back and take off the back end of the plane! He then took out the other engine and flew off the plane! "We're going down, we're going down!" shouted Weedwacker. "This not how I'm dying! he's going down with us!" said Valentino. Razorwind then crashed through the center of the plane, splitting it in half! ''Oh shiiiii-!" shouted Valentino as he fell out of the plane. "Minicons grab onto me, now!" ordered Caretaker as he too fell out of the plane! "Everyone hold onto something!" shouted Arrowhead. "I'm taking him out myself!'' said Blue Lightning as he jumped out of the plane and fired but missed with his EMP gun before throwing one of his daggers back the plane and teleporting back to it. " It was worth a shot." said Blue Lightning. Slapshot, Timelapse and Chopper were on one end of the plane as Blue Lightning Snapshot and Arrowhead were on the other, everyone using their weapons to anchor themselves as Razorwind transformed and flew away. The two halves broke away and went in opposite directions. "Mission successful. The Autobots are out of the picture, heading to Australia now. See you then." reported Razorwind before flying to Australia. "War Machine acknowledges. Arriving in port for pick up. Recykill report.'' ordered War Machine. ''Just saw the plane go down, he wasn't lying." said Recykill. "Good, Decepticons it is time to mobilize." said War Machine.
Still somewhere in the Middle East
0600 Hrs
Two men riding camels had found an unconscious Valentino passed out in the desert and were investigating. Then Valentino woke up as one of the camels licked his face. "What the- Whoa! Who are you?" asked Valentino. The two camels backed up. "I said who are you?" as he said that he reached for one of his guns only to find out that it was missing! "What the- where's my gun?" The two men then commanded their camels to run away and so they did. ''Where the hell am I? And where are my weapons? And where is everyone? I have so many questions!" Valentino looked around and saw nothing but desert as far as the eye could see. "Ah there's one of my guns." He saw one of his guns near the horizon. "We really should have gotten those radios for long range communication. Welp, I guess I'll just head in a general direction and see where that leads me." He then transformed and drove away. Meanwhile Caretaker had also landed. "Well that could have been worse I suppose." said Caretaker. "How? How could this be worse? We are in the middle of some random unidentifiable desert, in a part of this world that is almost entirely random unidentifiable deserts!" shouted Kidd. "Hey Weedwacker, do you know where we are?" asked Caretaker. "Well, judging by where the plane was before the attack and the speed and trajectory we were going, the angle in which we fell, the speed in which we fell, let me check the wind real quick...yup, it all matches up, we're in Jordan." said Weedwacker. "Jordan? We're not in Jordan, Jordan's back in Virginia." said Kidd. "I'm sorry but what Jordan are you referring to? We are in the country known as Jordan." said Weedwacker. "Well where to next?'' asked Caretaker. "That I do not know." "We will need some type of map or sign to figure that out.'' said Sho-gun. ''Well let's get searching then. Hop in.'' said Caretaker as he transformed and then they all drove away. The first half of the plane was about to crash. "Everyone brace yourselves!" shouted Chopper as the plane crashed! Timelapse teleported away at the last second though, to avoid the crash. The crash badly damaged Chopper and Slapshot though. Chopper had his right arm get sliced off by debris while Slapshot lost almost all of his car parts! "Holy mother of-'' groaned Slapshot. ''At least we're alive." replied Chopper "We need new vehicle modes, we can't transform the way we are now." said Slapshot. "Yeah I lost my rotor blades and arm in the crash.'' said Chopper. "Wait a second where's Timelapse?" asked Slapshot. He then teleported back. "Don't worry I'm fine. Oh my, you on the other hand are not.'' said Timelapse. "You don't say." said Slapshot sarcastically. "Look we need new vehicle modes so let's try to find some." said Chopper. They then began their search for new vehicle forms. The last piece of the plane was about to crash. "Tuck and roll!" ordered Arrowhead. Snapshot did just that as Blue Lightning also teleported and Arrowhead turned his wings into a shield and used that to absorb the impact. ''Alright then, where are we?" asked Snapshot. "In a desert." said Blue Lightning. "Thanks I appreciate it." he replied sarcastically. "Weedwacker mentioned the Middle East, maybe we're there." said Arrowhead. "All I know is that we were going to a desert and we're in a desert so it's probably around here somewhere." said Snapshot. "Well then let's get searching." said Blue Lightning before they began searching for the next shard fragment.
Bethany Beach, New Jersey
1900 Hrs
War Machine had arrived and was ready to pick up the Decepticons and take them to Egypt. The first to get on was Crossbones and Rotor followed by Cytrax and Death Hand. But as Cement Lament started to board a man working at the port stopped him. "Hey, you're not authorized to get on." Then Cement Lament transformed and fired a warning shot for intimidation. "I think that you'll find I am, in fact authorized! So I recommend that you let me and my friends here get on without any trouble." said Cement Lament as Ulysses drove on as well. "Decepticons, our next stop is Egypt." said War Machine. "I am going to check up with Recykill.'' said Cytrax. "You are no longer permitted for that. I'll contact him." said Crossbones. Cytrax then mumbled angrily to himself. ''This is Crossbones, how is your progress?" "We've been seeing signs for these things called the pyramids of Giza and we think they're the right place." said Recykill. "Good. I like to hear that progress is being made. Report back when you get more information." said Crossbones. "Get ready for a long trip." said Rotor. "So why don't I introduce all of you to my personal team." said Crossbones. "Your team is not available currently." said War Machine. "What! Why?" asked Crossbones. "Razorwind and Minesweeper are heading to Australia whilst Stealthraid is dead." said War Machine. "Who killed him?" asked Crossbones. "The Japanese military." "Was it for a good cause at least? Or was it fruitless.'' "He died getting the shard in Japan." "Well at least it wasn't in vain." "Enough sob stories, we need to remain focused!" said Death Hand.
Somewhere in Jordan
0800 Hrs
Valentino was completely lost in the desert, looking for anything. "And I thought that South America was under developed but this place is on a whole other level. There's not even any people or places or really anything of note." Then one of his front tires started to come off. "Oh great! Guess I'm walking." He then transformed and continued his aimless walk. "Alright, I can confirm one thing.'' said Weedwacker. "And that is?" asked Sho-gun. ''There are some structures in this desert called the pyramids of Giza and they seem to fit the bill of what we're searching for." "Well that's great! Which way is it?" asked Caretaker. "South west." said Weedwacker. So they started heading in that direction. "I've spotted a town!" yelled Timelapse as he ran back to the other two. ''So your scouting trip was successful then? What did I say, I told you that it would work!'' said Chopper. ''Did you see any good vehicles to scan?" said Slapshot. "I mean, not really." Said Timelapse while shrugging his shoulders. "I'll take anything." said Chopper. "Nothing was big enough for you that I could see." said Timelapse. "Once we get to Caretaker he can repair us, but until then we're kind of stranded." said Slapshot. "I'm checking out this town." said Chopper. "I'm going with him.'' said Slapshot. "OK, guess we're doing this.'' said Timelapse. They then went to the town. "You were not joking, these vehicles suck!" said Slapshot. "I told you." said Timelapse. "I found a mini bus!'' yelled Chopper. "Really!" said Slapshot. "I'm scanning this one." said Chopper. He then scanned it and transformed. "Alright, put all of my helicopter parts in me. That sounded really weird." "OK let's go." said Slapshot. They then continued heading to where they thought was the right direction.
Egypt
0800 Hrs
"There it is!" said Recykill. "We found the pyramids." said G-Force. ''Oh man I love this desert! Haven't been here in a while." said Sand Drifter. "Wait, you've been here before?" asked Recykill. "Technically it was Iraq but it's close enough. The humans were having some war and we scanned the vehicles being used and headed to America." said Sand Drifter. "Wow, thrilling. You saw a war and ran." said Postal Apocalypse. They then transformed with G-Force landing on the pyramids, searching for the shard. "Ah, there it is!" He said as he flew towards the shard. As he reached out to grab it he got shot in the shoulder causing him to fall off the pyramid and transform. It was Snapshot, Arrowhead and Blue Lightning!
"Arrowhead go high and deal with G-Force. Snapshot provide cover fire. I'm going for the shard!" ordered Blue Lightning. He then threw a dagger at the pyramid to teleport to it. "K9, get the shard." ordered Recykill. The two were racing to the top of the pyramid to get the shard! Snapshot was going against both Recykill and Sand Drifter in a gun fight before he heard someone yelling from behind. "Don't worry everybody. The cavalry, A.K.A. me, is here!" yelled Valentino. " Holy crap he's actually alive!" said Snapshot. Valentino then caught up to Snapshot. "Alright so I take it that the shard is up there, right?'' said Valentino. "Yep." "And we're currently fighting them to stall for him, right?" "Basically." "OK then, now that I'm all caught up let's get shooting!" But after a minute of shooting G-Force flew overhead and fired three missiles at them to make them stop. He then shot Arrowhead out of the sky with the next. As Arrowhead fell he transformed and used his wing shield to soften the impact. But as he got up Postal Apocalypse dove in to stab him, but he blocked. But in a flash, Postal Apocalypse whipped around and kicked him in the face, knocking him back before throwing his knives at Arrowhead, to which he blocked. Back on the pyramid Blue Lightning caught up with and stabbed K9 in the side before slicing him in half! But then G-Force transformed and tackled him off the pyramid and into some nearby ruins where they crashed into! But G-Force just transformed and left, leaving Blue Lightning behind. "Oh no, don't worry about me, I'll get back eventually." he said to himself. "I spotted Caretaker!" said Snapshot. Caretaker had finally made it to the battle! He then transformed as the minicons hopped of. "Alright what's the situation?" asked Caretaker. "The shard is on top of that pyramid and we're currently fighting them to get it." said Snapshot. ''Oh OK, so the usual." "Basically.'' "So is anyone injured?" "Yeah, me!" shouted Valentino. "Alright what happened?" "Missile in the shoulder." "Oof, this might take a little while. Minicons, distract and provide cover!" "We are so gonna die." said Kidd. "You maybe but not me." replied Weedwacker. "Let's go!" said Sho-gun. ''This is not gonna end well, I can feel it." said Kidd. Just then the rest of the Decepticons arrived! "God dammit!" said Weedwacker. "Told you. Now let's get outta here!" said Kidd as he ran back. "I've got the shard. Decepticons cover me!" ordered Crossbones as he transformed onto the pyramid. But Blue Lightning then teleported onto the pyramid. "Who are you?" asked Blue Lightning. "The leader of these Decepticons, you?" "Leader of these Autobots." "How fitting that the leaders duke it out." Crossbones then activated two arm mounted crossbows as Blue Lightning teleported up to him and stabbed him before kicking him. Crossbones spun around and smacked him down the pyramid as Timelapse teleported onto the pyramid to smack him right off! Then Slapshot and Chopper finally arrived! "Caretaker, we've got a patient for you!" shouted Slapshot. Then Chopper transformed from his bus into robot mode while Slapshot carried his helicopter parts. "You think you can fix me?'' asked Chopper. "This will take some time but yeah." said Caretaker. "Where's K9?'' asked Death Hand. "Last time we saw him he was running for the pyramid." said Recykill. Death Hand then ran for the pyramid to find his pet. But when he arrived all he saw was K9's body in two pieces. "What! Who did this?!" shouted Death Hand. He then transformed his hand into a fusion cannon from Cybertron and the first Autobot he saw was Weedwacker, so he shot him! "Aaah!" screamed Weedwacker. "Did you kill K9?" asked Death Hand. ''No." replied Weedwacker. "Do you know who did?" "Also no. Your dog was dead when I got here." "Then you are useless to me alive." He then blew up Weedwacker with another shot! "How about you?'' said Death Hand while pointing towards Sho-gun. "You dare threaten me and kill Weedwacker! I shall not back down!" said Sho-gun. "So be it." And with one shot Sho-gun was dead. "Oh no! Everyone, we've got an issue! Death Hand's dog is dead and he is pissed about it!" Shouted Kidd. "Cement Lament, Get him off the pyramid.'' ordered Cytrax. "You got it.'' said Cement Lament as he transformed into a Cybertronian Howitzer and shot Timelapse off. "And there's your arm." said Caretaker as he finished up. Then the helicopter parts and bus parts combined and turned Chopper into a triple changer like Cement Lament. "Alright, I'm going for the shard!" said Chopper as he transformed into a bus which then transformed into a helicopter! He then flew to the top of the pyramid before transforming to land on top of it. But as he transformed he was intercepted by Rotor! The two tumbled down to the bottom of the Pyramid. "Nice new trick." said Rotor condescendingly before firing a missile. Chopper then turned his rotor blades into a shield to block the shot. Rotor the jumped over Chopper while grabbing his head and suplexing him! Chopper then got up and smacked Rotor with his shield, causing him to flip backwards. With the momentum though, Rotor transformed and fired several more missiles at Chopper, sending him flying back into some ruins. "The shard is ours." said Rotor before flying away to get the shard. Postal Apocalypse and Arrowhead were still having their sword duel before Arrowhead decided to fly away. "Cowardice Autobot!" said Postal Apocalypse. Arrowhead then flew towards Sand Drifter and stabbed him in the shoulder before slicing off his arm and firing two missiles, killing Sand Drifter. "Cement Lament continue to guard the pyramid. I'm going in close!" ordered Cytrax. "You got it." replied Cement Lament before turning his cannon towards the pyramid, ready to fire. Cytrax decided to target Caretaker as he was an easy target. He fired a missile into Caretaker shoulder, destroying on of his tires! Cytrax then tackled him down before pinning him and grabbing his throat with the hand mounted with a machine gun. He then fired the machine gun point blank into Caretaker face, blinding him. Cytrax then tossed him into some ruins before firing a missile into his neck, blowing his head off! As Rotor made it to the top of the pyramid he was shot by Cement Lament mistaking him for Chopper. As Rotor was shot he spun around and knocked the shard fragment off the tip of the pyramid as it tumbled down and into the hands of Crossbones! "Decepticons, we have the shard!'' said Crossbones. Just then Blue Lightning teleported to Crossbones and kicked him in the face! "You might have it now but you're not keeping it!" said Blue Lightning. "Let's see if you can back up your empty threats!'' said Crossbones. Blue Lightning went for a stab but was knocked aside and headbutted before getting kicked in the knee! And with an uppercut Blue Lightning was sent flying back! But he recovered by catching himself before he hit the ground. He then combined his daggers into his sword. Blue Lightning then went for a jump stab but Crossbones side stepped it and the sword got stuck in the ground. Crossbones then kicked away Blue Lightning before shooting two crossbow bolts at Blue Lightning which then exploded!. Crossbones then picked up Blue Lightning's sword and tried to stab him with it! But Blue Lightning instead teleported to the hilt of the sword and sliced Crossbones! But Crossbones used the momentum of the slice to back flip and transform before flying away and kicking Blue Lightning one last time. "Decepticons we're leaving." ordered Crossbones. And then all of the Decepticons left. "Autobots let's go. The next shard is in Australia." ordered Blue Lightning. "Can you slow down for second please because we suffered three casualties in one battle!'' said Snapshot. "I know but we unfortunately do not have time to mourn until our mission is complete." replied Blue Lightning. "You know I'm starting to have second thoughts about this mission, does anyone else agree?" asked Snapshot. "I know I am." said Slapshot. "Not gonna lie, this whole cross continental scavenger hunt, where every single battle could kill us, It's not my style." said Kidd. ''You already know I'm fine with stopping right here. Never was the hero type." said Valentino. "I'll continue this mission." said Arrowhead. "Me too." said Chopper. "And you Timelapse?" asked Blue Lightning. "I know what is best for this team and I'm joining Snapshot." said Timelapse. "Fine then. Me, Chopper and Arrowhead will get the last fragment and you all can wait back at the base." said Blue Lightning. "Fine then. Let's head back." said Snapshot as he and the other Autobots transformed and split up.
Somewhere in the Sahara desert
1100 Hrs
"Decepticons transform, It's time for a meeting.'' ordered Crossbones. So they all transformed. "I have held this meeting to inform all of you that everyone here is no longer apart of this operation except for me." said Crossbones. "What?!" shouted Cytrax. ''You can't just do that!" shouted Death Hand. ''Yes I can and I have." "Why though?" asked Cement Lament. "This team is beyond saving at this point.'' said Crossbones. "And what exactly does that mean?" asked Cytrax angrily. "You couldn't deal with a lone Autobot, You ended up shooting your own team mate, You got distracted by your emotions and you didn't even participate in the battle!" shouted Crossbones. "I was just waiting to see who would win." replied Ulysses. "And you can help solidify a victory by actually doing something!'' shouted a now very angry Crossbones. "Aren't you in charge now though? So what does that say about you?'' asked Cytrax. "From what I saw you were the one over riding my commands! Now give me the shard you got in Rio." commanded Crossbones. "Why should I?" asked Death Hand. "Because there is no point in you having it anymore. Now give it!" ''No." said Death Hand. "What!" ''You heard me. I said no." ''I will give you one more chance before I come over there and pry it from your body!" threatened Crossbones. "No!" ''That's it!'' Crossbones then fired a crossbow bolt at Death Hand which Cytrax jumped in front of to take the shot! "Just give it to him." sighed Cytrax. "Alright then, fine. Here you go, happy now?" asked Death Hand condescendingly. "Yes. Now you may do what you wish until further notice." said Crossbones before transforming and flying away. "Decepticons let's head back to base.'' said Cytrax. The remaining Decepticons then transformed and headed back to port.
Libya
1200 Hrs
The five Autobots were heading to Morocco so that they could head back to their base in Virginia. "Do you think they'll get it?" asked Slapshot. "Don't know, and frankly don't care." said Valentino. "Timelapse, you mentioned you knew what was best for the team. What did you mean by that?" asked Snapshot. "As you know I can partially see into the future so I know what's best for this team going forward, and this move is." replied Timelapse. "Well do you know if they get the last shard?" asked Slapshot. "Unfortunately no." "Well then let's keep moving!" ordered Snapshot.
Algeria
1200 Hrs
The Decepticons were also heading to Morocco. "Decepticons, when we arrive back at our base I'm starting a mandatory meeting for all of you, understand?" asked Cytrax. "Yes sir!" they all responded. "Good, this meeting is crucial so pay very close attention when it starts." "What's the meeting about?" asked Death Hand. "Our allegiances." replied Cytrax. "I'm not sure I understand." said Death Hand. ''You will." They then continued on their way.
Qatar
1500 Hrs
The three Autobots were on their way to Australia when they reached the ocean. "Alright, guess I'm scanning a new vehicle." said Blue Lightning as he scanned a speed boat and transformed. "So how are we going to deal with our little mini-revolution going on?" asked Arrowhead. "We'll just talk it out and settle it diplomatically." replied Blue Lightning. ''And if that doesn't work?" asked Chopper. "It'll work. They're just a little frustrated is all. They are still Autobots on the inside, I know it." said Blue Lightning. They then went overseas to Australia.
Morocco
13:30 Hrs
The Autobots had made it to a port in Morocco. "Alright then, Guess we're hijacking another ship." said Snapshot. ''Should be fun!" said Valentino. ''That won't be entirely necessary.'' said a voice from behind. As the Autobots turned around they saw the Decepticons! "Oh great, you wanna fight again?" said Snapshot as he and the other Autobots transformed. "No, I'm instead here to leave and go back to America." said Cytrax as the Decepticon transformed. "Well that can't be all can it? You surely have something nefarious planned don't you?'' asked Snapshot. "No, actually. We were just removed from the shard operation and have no further orders." replied Cytrax. "Still, you will have orders eventually.'' said Snapshot. "I guess it's time for our meeting." said Cytrax. ''Meeting? What Meeting?" asked Snapshot. "None of your business." replied Cytrax. "Now Decepticons, I have called this meeting to say that I am officially resigning from the Decepticons and am offering all of you the same opportunity.'' said Cytrax. There was a gasp with a pause followed by murmurs from the Decepticons. "You're not joining the Autobots are you?" asked Rotor. "Not necessarily." replied Cytrax. "I'll follow your command until I die." said Death Hand. "Well I for one am completely fine with leaving. Factions and alliances aren't really my thing anyway." said Ulysses. "I trust in your judgement Cytrax.'' said Cement Lament. "Fine, I'll come." said G-Force while shrugging. "Might as well." said Recykill. "Can I still kill things?'' asked Postal Apocalypse. "Wildlife, but that's it!" replied Cytrax. ''Good enough." said Postal Apocalypse. "And you Rotor?" asked Cytrax. "I'm sorry but I can't. My allegiance is to the Decepticons. But I do respect your decision I must decline." said Rotor. ''Understandable." replied Cytrax. ''But I will not share the news of this." said Rotor. "Thank you." said Cytrax. "Let's split up as to not cause any suspicion.'' said Rotor. "All right. Farewell." said Cytrax. "Goodbye.'' said Rotor as he transformed and flew away. "Now as for our relationship, I believe we need a truce.'' offered Cytrax. "We'll think about back at our base." said Snapshot. "Fair enough. See you in America. Oh and also, we have commandeered several ships here, so take your pick." said Cytrax as he and his fellow former Decepticons transformed and got on a ship before sailing away. "Well that was a lot to digest.'' said Valentino. "I need to rest on the ship for a bit. My head is starting to hurt from all of those revelations.'' said Snapshot. ''Of course. Let's pick one and go!" ordered Slapshot. So they picked a ship and sailed back to America.
Sydney, Australia
1900 Hrs
The Autobots had arrived in Australia to get the last shard. But as they arrived they saw a terrible sight! "We have a problem. War Machine is here!" reported Arrowhead. ''Anything else? asked Blue Lightning. "Yeah, Razorwind.'' said Arrowhead. "Fantastic." said Blue Lightning with a sigh. "Razorwind, it's the Autobots!" ''I thought I killed them! Minesweeper, deal with them!" ordered Razorwind. "Should be easy enough. Laserbeak,Buzzsaw, Ratbat, launch, Kill them!" ordered Minesweeper. "Who's that?" asked Blue Lightning. ''Razorwind keeps calling him Minesweeper. Chopper you know about him?" asked Arrowhead. ''Yep, Minesweeper is a tactician and a master of setting traps for his opponents. And those things he just sent out are his pets." said Chopper. "Shoot them out of the sky!" ordered Minesweeper. "When is he coming?'' asked Razorwind. "In 15 minutes." replied Minesweeper. "You guys deal with the pets, I've got their master!'' ordered Blue Lightning as he charged forward with his daggers. "Activating operation clothesline." said Minesweeper as a horizontal line of explosions were triggered by Blue Lightning and he was stunned from the blast. ''Ah, you're early.'' said Razorwind. "Of course I am.'' said Crossbones as he transformed. "Looks like the team is back together again." said Crossbones. "Except for Stealthraid." replied Razorwind. ''Of course, how could I forget. But regardless I'm getting the shard." said Crossbones as he started to climb the Sydney opera house! ''Foolish move Autobot. You underestimate my fore planning skills." said Minesweeper. ''That may be so, but I'm not so easily defeated!'' said Blue Lightning while throwing a dagger. But Minesweeper simply side stepped the dagger. "Predictable. You have shown me nothing out of the ordinary in the Autobot combat handbook." said Minesweeper. "I bet you won't see this coming though." said Blue Lightning as he teleported to his thrown dagger which was heading straight for Crossbones! "Touche Autobot, touche." said Minesweeper. Blue Lightning crashed into Crossbones and threw the roof of the opera house. "You!" "You!" "I will get that shard one way or another!" said Crossbones. "Then you'll have to go through me!" said Blue Lightning. "No matter Autobot. The shard is ours!'' said Razorwind as he grabbed the shard. "See you later Autobot." said Crossbones as he transformed and flew away along with War machine and Minesweeper. "Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, Ratbat, Return.'' ordered Minesweeper who transformed into a MRAP. "Let's head back to base." ordered Blue Lightning as they transformed and left.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
0700 Hrs
The Autobots had made it back to America and began their drive back to their base in Virginia. Once they made it back to the base the former Decepticons came in right after them. "Whoa! How did you know about this location?" asked Snapshot. ''We just followed you here." replied Cytrax. "Fair enough." said Snapshot. "So when should the rest of you arrive?" asked Cement Lament. "Allow me to check in with them.'' said Timelapse. "Blue Lightning, Chopper, Arrowhead, how much longer till you get back?" asked Timelapse. "Soon. We just arrived at Myrtle Beach.'' said Blue Lightning. "Well there's your answer." said Timelapse. At Myrtle Beach Blue Lightning transformed from his new speedboat and scanned another blue SUV and drove off to the base. ''This is going to be an interesting meeting." said Valentino. "Definitely." said Death Hand. "I was always fond of the Autobots.'' said Ulysses while stroking his chin. The former Decepticons all looked at him. "What? A man can day dream with out getting the stink eye can't he?" asked Ulysses. They all turned away. "I thought so." said Ulysses. "Don't mind him. He's a little...unique." said Recykill. "Just cause my voice sounds like it's from the 30's doesn't mean I am too!" shouted Ulysses. "Whatever." said Recykill. ''They're coming!" shouted Slapshot. "Ooh boy, gonna have to resist the urge to just-" Said Postal Apocalypse while doing a stabbing motion. "Everyone just put your weapons away. Let's try to make this civil." ordered Cytrax. Then the last three Autobots entered the base and transformed, surprised to see the the Decepticons there as well. "What are you doing here!" commanded Blue Lightning while brandishing his daggers. "We are here to discuss a truce between our two teams." said Cytrax. "Please elaborate.'' said Blue Lightning. "You see my team of Decepticons and I have collectively decided to leave the Decepticons and be our own thing and we wanted to make a truce with you and your team." explained Cytrax. "He hasn't done anything out of the ordinary ever since he announced this has he?'' asked Blue Lightning. "Believe it or not he hasn't." answered Slapshot. "Well then, as long as you do nothing shady or suspicious then we can make a truce." said Blue Lightning. "Thank you. We appreciate it." said Cytrax. "I've even got a name for us!" said Ulysses. "And what's that?" asked Cytrax. ''The Autocons!" said Ulysses while striking a dramatic pose. "So I guess we're a team now?" asked Arrowhead. "I guess so.'' answered Chopper. "Well then, Autocons, Roll out!" shouted both Cytrax and Blue Lightning at the same time.
Decepticon HQ A.K.A. The Nemesis
0900 Hrs
"Lord Megatron, you've summoned us?" asked Crossbones, Razorwind and Minesweeper. "Yes I have. I have summoned you here to tell you that your former team has gone off the radar and that you and your team are now tasked with getting the last two shard fragments." said Megatron. "Lord Megatron this is an honor and we will not fail you." said Crossbones. "You will also have backup from a newly formed team of former Autobots turned Decepticons that I personally refer to as the Defecticons. Allow me to introduce them to you." said Megatron as four Decepticons entered the room. "It's you!" said Crossbones in shock. "Indeed it is I, Spiderblade. Along with Hooligan, Highbeams and Bi-saw." said Spiderblade. "Lord Megatron, not that I do not trust your judgement but are you sure that their reconditioning is complete?" asked Minesweeper. "Of course I'm sure!" Megatron snapped. "Understood Lord Megatron." said Minesweeper. "Your orders are simple. Get the last two shard Fragments, and find out the location of the last team I dispatched, understood?" Megatron yelled. "Yes lord Megatron. ''Good. Now get going." ordered Megatron. All of the Decepticons then transformed and headed to Earth.