Transformers the Shard of Life 2

by riddlerx

This is the second of five stories in the Transformers and the Shard of life universe. For all of the back story of this universe read the first one. Enjoy!

Transformers: the Shard of Life 2

By Aiden N. Whitley

Six meteorites were heading towards Earth. But the meteorites were actually transformers! The first two landed near someones garage. The third landed in Texas near a monster truck rally. The next two landed in a construction site. And the last landed in a land fill. ''Ah, finally made it to Earth. Now, time to scan a vehicle mode.'' the one in Texas then scanned the monster truck Grave Digger. "This one's nice." he said. He then transformed and drove away. ''Weedwacker, scan a vehicle mode, quick! There might be humans nearby." ''I'm trying to find a good one! Uh, like that!" said Weedwacker. He then scanned a lawnmower. "I'll scan this." the other one then scanned a four wheeler. "Alright let's get out of here before anyone notices." said Weedwacker. They then both transformed and left. The next two were also busy trying to find a vehicle mode as well. "Just hurry up and scan something!'' "Nothing around here is any good to scan." "Look, I'm going to scan that over there. Just hurry up.'' He then scanned a cement mixing truck. "Fine then, I'll go with this." The other one then scanned a Ford F150. "Alright, let's meet up with the others." said the Mixing truck. They then also transformed and left. The final transformer that landed was still in the land fill. "I hope the rest of this planet isn't like this. Anyway, there should be something to scan around here." he then searched the area before finding a rusty car. "If this is as good as it gets then I guess I'll take it." he then scanned the car and drove away.

Nashville, Tennessee

1800 Hrs

The Autobots had teleported with the space bridge to Tennessee. "Whoa! Why don't you do that more often?" asked Valentino. "It is a pain trying to recharge for another teleportation. It really drains me of energy." responded Timelapse. "In any case, we have to get moving. The Decepticons can not catch up with us." ordered Blue Lightning. "Yeah, let's go." said Slapshot. The Autobots then transformed and started to drive on to a nearby highway. "This highway should take us partially to Rio. We're going to have to do some improvising once the highway ends," said Blue Lightning.

Richmond, Virginia

1800 Hrs

"Time for another boring day at school, can't wait." said Jordan with a sigh. Just then a recycling truck pulled up to Jordan's house. "Oh crap! That's not Recykill is it?" asked Jordan to himself. And soon enough Recykill did, in fact, transform! "Mom, get out of the house!" yelled Jordan. ''What's wrong?" asked his mom. "Just get out! I don't have time to explain!" yelled Jordan. Then Recykill jumped through the house and into the back yard. "What is that!?" Jordan's mom asked. ''In short, an alien! What do want now?'' asked Jordan. Recykill then shot and killed his mom. "No!" Jordan yelled. "I tell you anything, give you anything!" "Oh, I'm not here to ask questions. I have different orders." said Recykill as he activated his arm blade. "The next shard is in Rio!" said Jordan. "I already know that. I know where all the shards are. You and your family are effectively useless to the Decepticons now." Recykill then killed Jordan. "Now then, onward to London."

Asheville, Kentucky

1900 Hrs

The Decepticons were about to get on to the same Highway as the Autobots, before getting intercepted by the cement mixing truck and F150. "There they are! Heavy Loader, hurry up!'' said the cement mixing truck. "Decepticons, lure them into an alley way." ordered Cytrax. The Decepticons then transformed. "Who are you two?'' asked Cytrax. "We are Decepticon reinforcements for you. This is Heavy Loader and I'm Cement Lament." said Cement Lament. "Well then, I guess you're coming with us to Rio.'' said Cytrax. "I guess so." said Cement Lament. The Decepticons then transformed and got on the highway.

Austin, Texas

1900 Hrs

"OK, I'm lost. I'm gonna have to ask for directions. This is going to be awkward.'' He then drove up to a small group of people. "Hey, do any of you know how to get to Rio?" "Oh my god it's Grave Digger!" "Can we have an autograph?'' 'Grave Digger? What the hell is that?' He thought to himself before asking again. "I'm not here for autographs, just tell me how to get to Rio." Just then a four wheeler and lawn mower drove up and transformed. "Get out of here! Go on, get!" said the Four wheeler while brandishing two katanas. The humans left screaming. "Those humans wouldn't have been of any use. We know how to get to Rio, just follow our instructions." said Weedwacker. ''I mean, if you say so. By the way, my name is Caretaker, and yours?" asked Caretaker. "I'm Weedwacker." said Weedwacker. "And I'm Sho-gun." said the four wheeler. "Well, now that we've introduced ourselves, I say we get moving." said Caretaker. "Agreed." said Sho-gun. Then he and Weedwacker got into Caretaker and started to give him directions to Rio.

The Autobots were cruising down the highway. "Now this is some smooth sailing." said Valentino. "Wait! I sense the Decepticons are near.'' said Timelapse. "Now how could that be? We have how many miles on them?" said Valentino. "Just be cautious." said Timelapse. ''Just in case, I'm scanning a new vehicle." said Blue Lightning. He then scanned a nearby blue SUV. His car then transformed into the SUV. "Looks like Timelapse was right. The Decepticons are merging onto the highway!" said Arrowhead. Then Cytrax, Death Hand, Heavy Loader and Cement Lament all merged onto the highway ahead of the Autobots. "Cytrax, it's the Autobots!" said Cement Lament. "Slow them down, kill them if possible!'' ordered Cytrax. Cement Lament then transformed the cement mixing drum on his back into a cannon and started to fire at the Autobots! "I'm going for Blue Lightning!'' said Heavy Loader. He then transformed and activated a hand cannon which he started to fire at Blue Lightning with. Blue Lightning then transformed and pulled out his daggers and threw one them at Heavy Loader before teleporting to him and stabbing him with the other. They continued to slice and shoot each other before making there way on to a bridge. Blue Lightning then tackled Heavy Loader through the bridge and on to a lower level. The two of them fell and crashed on to the ground. Blue Lightning then threw one of his daggers but missed, hitting a support pillar instead. But he still teleported to it to dodge another shot from Heavy Loader. Once teleported he slashed him with both daggers before kicking him and pulling out a new weapon. An EMP gun. He shot the gun which partially deactivated Heavy Loader. He then combined his daggers into a sword and stabbed him through the shoulder before spinning around to his back and slicing his arm off and then stabbing him through the chest, killing Heavy Loader! Meanwhile, on the main highway, Cytrax and Cement Lament separated from Death Hand as Slapshot and Snapshot chased him as the rest of the Autobots went after Cytrax. Snapshot transformed and set up his sniper while stopping traffic for Slapshot. Snapshot was firing at Death Hand, but Death Hand transformed and did a back flip to dodge and jumping over the next. Eventually Slapshot transformed and engaged Death Hand! Slapshot activated his hand cannon and fired at Death Hand. But he picked up a car to block the shot before throwing it at Slapshot. Slapshot dodged the car but was tackled by Death Hand. Death Hand then pinned Slapshot down and started to punch Slapshot in the face before activating a sword to stab Slapshot! Slapshot managed to barely hold back the sword before Snapshot shot Death Hand in the back. Slapshot then kicked him away and started to shoot him. Death Hand was getting shot from two directions now so Rotor showed as backup and fired several missiles at the Autobots before transforming. The tables had turned in the Decepticons favor as the Autobots were getting out gunned. Then on a nearby hill, the transformer from the land fill drove up and transformed to look at the battle from a distance. He then transformed again and started to drive towards the battle. "Slapshot, we're going to have to retreat!" said Snapshot. "I think you're right." said Slapshot. Then the car from the land fill made his way to the fight and transformed. He then activated shoulder mounter turrets and swords on his hands. The car then turned the tide of the battle by attacking the Decepticons with a barrage of bullets before getting in close and jumping in the air to preform a jump stab into Death Hand. He then climbed onto Death Hands back to fire at Rotor. Death Hand pulled him off of his back and slammed him to the ground before the brothers from before shot him as well. "Death Hand we have to retreat!" said Rotor. ''I hate that your right." said Death Hand before they both transformed and left. "Thank you for saving us. What's your name?" asked Snapshot. "Ulysses." the car responded before driving away. "Ulysses huh, never heard of him." said Slapshot. "We should meet back with the others." said Snapshot. They then transformed and drove back to the main highway. ''Did you get them?" asked Slapshot. "Nope, they got off onto a different road and we couldn't follow them." said Valentino. "Where's Blue Lightning?" asked Snapshot. "He fought Heavy Loader and fell through the highway. Haven't seen him since.'' said Chopper. "Guys, I spotted him." said Arrowhead. "Ah, he's alive, good." said Slapshot. "Alright Autobots, let's keep moving." ordered Blue Lightning.

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

2000 Hrs

"War Machine, you ready to pick us up?" asked Recykill. "Ready and waiting by the docks." responded War Machine. "Good, we're coming in." The four Decepticons then boarded War Machine and continued on there way to London.

Rio, Brazil

0700 Hrs

Cytrax and Cement Lament had entered the city with the Autobots hot on their heels. ''Cytrax, it's the Autobots!" said Cement Lament. "Transform and hold them off." ordered Cytrax as he transformed himself. Cement Lament then transformed with his cement mixing barrel becoming a giant arm cannon. He then slammed the cannon into the ground, creating a shock wave that popped the tires for the Autobots on the ground. Valentino's front tires came off from the blast so he skidded out and did a stylish flip to transform and start firing at the Decepticons. Snapshot and Slapshot also transformed and started to also fire at the Decepticons. Meanwhile Death Hand and Rotor were going for the shard. Death Hand had begun to climb the statue as Rotor flew to the top. "Chopper, I have eyes on Rotor. Do you see any other Decepticons near or on the statue?" asked Arrowhead. "Circling now and so far I'm not seeing anyone.'' said Chopper. Rotor then landed on the head of the statue. "I've almost got the shard." said Rotor. But then Chopper flew up from behind and grabbed his foot and dropped him onto the arm of the statue. Chopper then landed on the arm to confront Rotor. Chopper punched Rotor in the face. But Rotor used the momentum to spin around and sweep Choppers legs out before tackling him off the statue! The two of them were in free fall, grappling and punching each other before Chopper back handed Rotor off of him to transform and fly away as Rotor did the same. Back with Cement Lament and Cytrax, Blue Lightning had finally showed up and went straight for Cytrax! "You cycloptic freak!'' he yelled as he transformed and lept at Cytrax with both daggers out! But Cytrax caught and tossed aside Blue Lightning. "The feeling is mutual.'' Cytrax responded. He then readied his machine gun, but Blue Lightning sliced it off with his daggers, which then made Cytrax spin around and smack him with his missile launcher, causing him to drop it. Cytrax then grabbed Blue Lightning and elbowed him in the face twice! Blue Lightning then combined his daggers into a sword and slashed Cytrax across the chest! As he went for a second slash Cytrax caught the blade and tossed it aside. But Blue Lightning thought quickly and whipped out his EMP gun and shot Cytrax in the shoulder before tackling him down a hill, crashing through several small buildings along the way before Cytrax kicked Blue Lightning off and over himself. With Blue Lightning off, Cytrax punched him in the face and kicked him! He then took the tank treads off his head started to use them as whips! He managed to hit Blue Lightning twice before he jumped over one of the whips and teleported back to his sword, up the hill and ending their battle. Then Caretaker crashed through a building and threw one his tires at Cytrax, hitting him in the face! But as he went for a punch with other tire, Cytrax grabbed his arm and suplexed him before whipping him in the face, causing him to fall backward, down the hill. Then Sho-gun lept onto Cytrax and stabbed him in the back before getting grabbed and tossed down the the hill. And finally Weedwacker came at him but got whipped in half. Meanwhile Cement Lament was fighting Valentino, Snapshot and Slapshot all by himself. Valentino turned his hat brim into a saw and went for a jump slash, but got smacked away by Cement Laments cannon, which he then shot at Slapshot with before getting hit by Snapshots sniper. Cement Lament then grabbed his sniper and headbutted him before tossing him away while Valentino slashed Cement Laments back! Cement Lament then fired his cannon at Snapshot to propel his elbow backward, into Valentino's gut and hitting him with the back of his cannon, knocking him away. He then spun around and hit Slapshot with his cannon and then shooting him, and then turned around to uppercut Snapshot with his cannon before slamming it down, creating another shock wave and finally spinning around while firing, causing the three Autobots to fly backwards and ending the battle. Back on the statue, Death Hand had finally made it to one of the arms of the statue before shooting a missile at Chopper, taking him out of the sky! But before he hit the ground he used his shuriken to catch himself and start to climb up the statue. Arrowhead had finally noticed Death Hand and transformed to swoop in and stab his shoulder with his katanas! But Death Hand caught Arrowhead and threw him through the hair of the statue before climbing to the top and grabbing the shard! "Cytrax, I got the shard. What now?" asked Death Hand. "Now we get back to base." ordered Cytrax. the Decepticons then all transformed and retreated back to their base. "Autobots, we lost the shard But not the war! We still have one shard with us. The next shard is in London. Timelapse, do you think you can get us there?'' asked Blue Lightning. "That would just about put me in a coma if I did that!" "The fate of the war is resting on this!" ''I guess I can try, but I need rest first, and to be as close to it as we can get." "Very well, we're heading back to base so you can rest. Autobots, roll out!'' ordered Blue Lightning as the Autobots transformed and headed back to base. "Wait! We need to check up on that guy who attacked Cytrax." said Slapshot. "Oh yeah, good call." said Blue Lightning. They all then drove to the site where the fight had happened. "Are you still alive?'' asked Blue Lightning. ''Autobots search the area form any survivors, I think I saw two minicons also attack Cytrax." ordered Blue Lightning. "I think I found one!'' shouted Snapshot. "What's your name?" asked Snapshot. "I am Sho-gun. I was joined by- wait a minute who are you?!" asked Sho-gun. "We are a team of Autobots trying to- wait a second your not like a a Decepticon spy or something are you?" asked Slapshot. "What? No! That's nonsense! I was sent as backup for a team of Autobots looking for the shard fragments. I was joined by Weedwacker and Caretaker. Those were the ones who attacked Cytrax, including myself.'' said Sho-gun. "Well then, is it OK if you come with us back to base along with your little team once we find them?'' asked Slapshot. "Of course.'' replied Sho-gun. ''Good." The Autobots then found the other two and headed back to base.

Cincinatti, Ohio

0100 Hrs

The Decepticons had made it back to their base and transformed. "That went well." said Cytrax. "But we lost Heavy Loader!" said Cement Lament. ''Survival of the fittest. He clearly wasn't ready for the big leagues." replied Cytrax. Just then a car drove into the base and transformed. ''Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Ulysses and I'm here to join your team!" said Ulysses with a dumb smile, his voice sounded as if it was coming out of a radio from the 1930's. "You're that guy that nearly got me and Rotor killed back on the highway!'' shouted Death Hand. "What!'' shouted Cytrax. "Allow me to explain." "Why the hell would I let you join my team if you tried to kill some of them!" ''I said allow me to explain, did I not?'' "What possible explanation could you have!" ''You see I'm not affiliated to either Autobots or Decepticons. But I do always join which ever side is winning. And since your team just got another shard fragment and beat the Autobots, I'd say that sounds like winning." "On the contrary." said a voice from above. A V-22 Osprey helicopter then flew into the base and transformed. "Lord Megatron has been accessing your teams performance and has deemed it to be lack luster. So he appointed me as the new leader of your team.'' "And you are?" asked Cytrax. "Crossbones." "Crossbones Eh. Well if you think that you can just show up out of nowhere and steal my team away then you-'' ''Who's that?" Crossbones asked while cutting off Cytrax. "I'm Ulysses.'' said Ulysses while bowing. "Where's your insignia?'' asked Crossbones. ''My what?" ''Your Decepticon insignia, what else?" ''Well you see, I just joined the the Decepticons about five minutes ago so I haven't had a chance to get one yet." "Five minutes! By the way why is half of your team missing?" asked Crossbones. "There getting the next shard fragment in London.'' answered Cytrax. "Your team's a mess. You should consider yourself lucky for having me.'' "I have my doubts." said Cytrax. "War Machine come in, It's Crossbones, your new leader. Inform every Decepticon you have on board that I'm calling the shots now. And also once you drop off your Decepticons in London then go to Tokyo to get the next shard.'' ''I already ordered him to do that!" said Cytrax, now frustrated. ''I'm reinforcing command around here. Now, Our next stop is Egypt for the next and possibly last fragment." said Crossbones.

Richmond, Virginia

0200 Hrs

The Autobots had made it back to base and were ready to question their new team mates. ''Alright then, so, you're Caretaker, you're Weedwacker and you're Sho-gun. Have I got that right?'' asked Blue Lightning. "Basically." replied Caretaker. "So what is your business here?" "Reinforcements for you guys. I'm a medic so that's why I'm here and I'm not quite sure about the other two." said Caretaker. "Stealth operations." said Weedwacker. "Stealth you say? Well we need to get to London and fast. Do you think you can hijack a ship perhaps?" asked Blue Lightning. ''Oh yeah, we've done stuff like that before back on Cybertron. Should be easy. Something tells me that human ships are less advanced." said Weedwacker. "We just need to get within a hundred mile radius of London so that Timelapse can teleport us there." said Blue Lightning. "But what if the Decepticons are already there? Think about it, half of them weren't in Rio so maybe they split up their forces to cover more ground." said Slapshot. "Then we'll need to act quickly. Fortunately we're near a shore line so let's get going." said Blue Lightning. The Autobots then transformed and headed to the shore line to hijack a ship.

Atlantic Ocean

0800 Hrs

"This is Recykill, do you hear me?" ''Yeah I hear you.'' responded Postal Apocalypse. "We're nearing London. Still on War Machine but we're closing in." "Can't wait." "Recykill signing off for now." "This shard should be easy! No Autobots to get in the way." said Sand Drifter. "Still, do not let your guard down. Those Autobots are surprisingly tricky to deal with." responded G-Force. "Shut up! We'll arrive within two hours." said War Machine. "Good.'' said Recykill.

Virginian shore line

0300 Hrs

"Alright, you know what to do. Go get us a ship." ordered Blue Lightning. "Make sure it's big." said Slapshot. The two minicons then started to sneak through a shipping yard to find a ship. "Remember, don't harm the humans." said Weedwacker. ''I can make exceptions." replied Sho-gun. Weedwacker then face palmed. "What ever, let's just keep on sneaking." And so they did. Slinking in and around shipping containers before eventually finding a ferry. "Jackpot. Look, there's already a ton of cars on it, they can fit no problem." said Weedwacker. "Time to cancel someones cruise.'' said Sho-gun. They then snuck onto the ferry and slowly made their way to the captains quarters. "Alright so the plan is to knock out the captain, kick everyone off the ship to make room and contact the team to drive so we can begin our journey to London, got it?'' asked Weedwacker. "I do." ''Good. Let's do it.'' They then knocked on the door. "Who is it?" asked the captain. "Um, room service." said Weedwacker. "there's no room service on this ship, is this some kind of prank?'' "Whatever." said Weedwacker before busting through the door. ''Give us control of the ship or else!" commanded Sho-gun while pulling out two short swords and pointing them at the captain. "My friend here is less merciful then I am so I recommend that you do what he says." The captain then reached under his desk and pushed a button. "What was that?" asked Weedwacker. "What was what?" replied the captain. "That button you just pushed. I saw you, you're not slick." Then four security guards entered the room. "I suppose this is one of your exceptions." said Weedwacker. "Definitely." replied Sho-gun. "Well then, let's make an exception." The two of them then attacked the guards, with Weedwacker combining his legs to form the lawn mowers blade and jumping in the air to cut the guards while Sho-gun used his swords and flamethrower. Eventually the guards were dead. "So, I ask again, May we have control of the ship?" asked Weedwacker. "Think of what you just saw as a demonstration of what we can do to you!'' threatened Sho-gun. "Alright alright! You can have the ship." "Good boy." said Weedwacker while patting the captains head. "First things first, let's get everyone off this ship." said Weedwacker. ''You, come here and tell everyone to get off!" ordered Sho-gun. "Fine, just don't kill me." said the captain. "There's been a complication with the ships controls so the ferry ride for today is closed. You will all get your refunds in full." the captain then walked away from the microphone. "There, how was that?'' asked the captain. "Do you want a treat or something? You did fine. Now get you and your crew off too." ordered Weedwacker. "Fine then, I'm going." the captain then gathered his crew and left the ship. "Well that could have gone smoother but whatever. We got a ship, I'll radio the others to come aboard." said Weedwacker. "You're clear to get on the ship." said Weedwacker. "Huh, they actually did it. I'm surprised." said Valentino. "Let's go." said Slapshot. The Autobots then boarded the ferry and began their ride to London.

Portsmouth, England

1100 Hrs

''We are arriving in Portsmouth. You're going to have to make it the rest of the way yourself." said War Machine while docking. "OK so, we'll rondevous with Postal Apocalypse in London and get the shard." said Recykill. ''So who's carrying the dog?'' asked Sand Drifter. "He's not fitting in my cockpit." said G-Force. Then he and Sand Drifter looked at Recykill. "Fine, I'll carry the dog.'' said Recykill. "Let's keep that thing safe. If it gets hurt or dies then Death Hand will tear us apart!" exclaimed Sand Drifter. "So I'm a dog sitter now, great." said Recykill while groaning. "So now that we got the whole dog situation covered, I say we get going." said G-Force. "Right let's not get distracted. Decepticons, move out!" ordered Recykill. They then transformed and headed north to London.

English Channel

1200 Hrs

"Timelapse are we close enough to teleport yet?'' asked Blue Lightning. "Close enough. Everyone huddle in and get ready for teleportation." said Timelapse. Everyone then huddled up with Timelapse. "In three, two, one!" said Timelapse before they all teleported onto the mainland. ''We're on land right?" asked Valentino before looking down. "Ah yes! I was really starting to get sick of that boat." "Alright Autobots, We're close to London so let's transform and go!" ordered Blue Lightning. they then transformed and left for London.

London, England

1300 Hrs

A mail truck was driving through the streets before turning a corner that led to Big Ben and transforming! Then the rest of the Decepticons showed up and transformed. "It's about time. I've been waiting for backup for months now!'' said Postal Apocalypse. "Well we're here now so let's get the shard." said Recykill. As he said that though the Autobots showed up! ''How are they here?'' asked Sand Drifter. "They won't be for long.'' Said Postal Apocalypse while activating bladed gauntlets on both arms. "Wait a second. There's more of them, where'd they come from?'' asked Recykill. "I'm going for the shard, you guys Uh," G-Force paused. "Good luck." he said before flying away. "Great, four versus, like what a dozen!'' said Sand Drifter. "I don't mind those odds." said Postal Apocalypse. ''Alright then, let's do this and hopefully not die. Decepticons attack!'' ordered Recykill.

"Autobots, we have to stop G-Force. Any volunteers?" asked Blue Lightning. "We'll get the shard, as per usual." said Chopper and Arrowhead. "I'm going with you guys." said Kidd. "Oh I thought he was asleep or something." said Slapshot. "You wanna tango with G-Force? That's suicide for you." said Valentino. "I can handle myself." said Kidd. "Guys hurry up with the plan, they're coming!" said Snapshot. "OK fine, you can go with them. But it's not my fault if you die." said Blue Lightning. "Don't say I didn't warn you.'' said Valentino. "See you soon with the shard." said Kidd as got on Chopper before flying away with Arrowhead. "Now as for them, everyone split up and pick an opponent. We outnumber them so don't be afraid to start ganging up on one.'' ordered Blue Lightning. "Me and Caretaker will handle Sand drifter." said Timelapse. "We'll take on Recykill" said the brothers. "We got the dog!" said Weedwacker and Sho-gun. "I guess that leaves us with him." said Valentino while pointing to Postal Apocalypse.

The two minicons went for K9. K9 pounced on Sho-gun before stabbing Weedwacker in his legs and firing his tail mounted gun, shooting his legs off! Sho-gun then sliced K9 twice before getting pounced on again and viciously clawed at! Sho-gun stabbed K9 in the neck and kicked him off and getting up. "I'm going in close, you cover me.'' ordered Blue Lightning. "Easy enough." said Valentino. Blue pulled out his daggers and went for a stab. But Postal Apocalypse parried the attack and kicked him aside before getting shot at by Valentino. He blocked the shot with his arms and fired several small knives at Valentino. Blue Lightning went for a back stab, but Postal Apocalypse spun around and knocked the dagger out of his hand. Blue Lightning also spun around and tried to stab him in the gut before the dagger got caught in Postal Apocalypses gauntlets. But then Blue Lightning shot him with the EMP gun and kicked him away! Postal Apocalypse recovered and activated his arm swords. "We're not built for combat, why did we team up?" asked Caretaker. ''I don't know. I guess we just match up really well with each other. But in hindsight, yeah not my smartest idea." said Timelapse. Sand Drifter was pelting them with bullets so they took cover behind a building and a double Decker bus. "Come on Autobots, I never thought of you guys as the cowardice type.'' taunted Sand Drifter. ''That's it, I'm going for him!" shouted Caretaker before throwing the bus at Sand Drifter! "Holy sh-" Sand Drifter then jumped out of the way before getting tackled by Caretaker. Sand Drifter shot at Caretakers eyes, partially blinding him before Timelapse jumped up from behind Caretaker and smacked Sand Drifter with his staff twice, knocking him away. Sand Drifter used the momentum to transform and drive while shooting at them, tripping them up and popping Caretakers tires before skidding and transforming back in to robot mode to continue shooting. "Been a while." said Recykill. ''Couldn't have been any sooner. Snapshot cover me!" said Slapshot. "Our last fight was too short. Let's make this one last!" said Recykill. The two then charged at each other! Recykill activated his blade and slashed Slapshots arm to the side before shooting his eyes and stabbing him the chest and using him a shield from Snapshots sniper! Recykill then tossed Slapshot at Snapshot before tackling them both! He punched Slapshot twice before kicking away Snapshots sniper throwing Slapshot away. Snapshot managed to land a shot before Recykill pulled his sniper away and smacked him with it! G-Force had made it to the top of the clock tower and flew inside. "Now then, where is that shard?" he asked himself. Then Chopper and Arrowhead came in as well. "Oh great." G-Force groaned. "Kidd, find the shard, we'll hold him off." ordered Chopper. "Easy enough. See you in a couple minutes with the shard." replied Kidd. Arrowhead flew at G-Force with his katanas out and went for a stab as G-force activated his arm blades and parried before blocking the next hit. Arrowhead kicked his knee before landing a stab in his side! G-Force whipped around though and shot him in the face before firing two missiles at Chopper, knocking him out of the tower! Then Arrowhead went for a few slashes but G-Force dodged them. Sho-gun was warding off K9 using his flamethrower, waiting for Weedwacker to recover. Eventually K9 pounced again, but this time Sho-gun ducked. But as Sho-gun turned around he was shot by K9's single missile, taking him out of the battle. Recykill slammed Snapshot into a double Decker bus! "Well then, that's that. Now for the shard." said Recykill while looking up at the tower. He then started to climb the tower. Sand Drifter was yet again pelting Timelapse and Caretaker with bullets. "OK, new plan. You stay here and I'll deal with him.'' said Timelapse. ''What are you going to do?" asked Caretaker. "It's hard to explain so just watch.'' Timelapse then tossed a car at Sand Drifter as a distraction to get in close, in which he tackled him to the ground and pinned him down. He raised his staff which started to glow and vibrate as he stabbed it into the ground and then from Caretakers point of view, they were gone! ''What in tarnation?" Caretaker asked himself. Timelapse had actually time traveled and took Sand Drifter with him! "What the- where are we?" asked Sand Drifter. "More like when are we, am I right?" said Timelapse. "Are you saying we just time traveled?" "Basically. This is London back in the steam era." "Well that doesn't change anything. I'm still going to kill you!" He then lunged at Timelapse before he stabbed the ground again. They were now in the 1300's. Timelapse knocked away his attempted lunge, sending him into a cottage. He then smacked him with his staff, breaking off a turret. Sand Drifter then lept onto his back and started to shoot there next before they time traveled back to the modern day where Timelapse grabbed his foot and tossed him into a building. "Wait a second. What did you just do?'' asked Caretaker. "Well, my name is Timelapse. You figure it out." he said before walking away. "Wait, what?'' said Caretaker. Blue Lightning slashed Postal Apocalypse while Valentino shot his back. Blue Lightning then fired his EMP gun to stun him before stabbing him with his sword! Postal Apocalypse then stabbed him and knocked him away before firing more small knives at Valentino, causing him to drop his guns. "Alright then, you wanna do melee do ya? Well then let's dance!" said Valentino while turning his hat brim into a saw and entering a boxing position. "Come on then, try me. I dare you, I double dare you!" taunted Valentino. "If you insist." said Postal Apocalypse with a grin. Valentino then went for a punch, but Postal Apocalypse dodged it and stabbed his shoulder before coming down with a slash, slicing his arm off! "Holy Hell! What was that!" screamed Valentino. "You insisted and I obliged." Valentino then went for a hat slash but was kicked away. Blue Lightning then got up and teleported to Valentino and did an uppercut slash! But Postal Apocolypse dodged the next slash and sliced him before kicking him away. Back at the tower, Recykill had made it to the top and entered. "Kidd hide! Take cover!" ordered Chopper. But as Kidd took cover behind a cog, he found the shard! So as the others were fighting he grabbed the shard. But a misfired missile hit the cog Kidd was hiding behind and sent both he and the shard flying into another cog, where the shard implanted itself inside of Kidd. Just then all of the gears and cogs started getting attracted to Kidd like a magnet and they started to combine with him, making him bigger! Eventually all of the parts of the clock had combined with Kidd. ''Whoa, would you look at that. Who's small now!" said Kidd. He turned one cog on each hand into brass knuckles and punched Recykill to the other side of the room! G-Force started to fly around while firing to dodge his attacks as Recykill recovered and also started firing. "Stop flying around you little nuisance!" said Kidd while swatting at G-Force. He eventually punched Recykill out of the tower and onto a nearby building. G-Force then fired his missiles at one of Kidd's legs, causing him to trip and start to fall out of the tower. Right before he fell though he threw Big Ben at G-Force but missed and almost hit Recykill. As he fell he caught himself with one of his arms before that too got blown off by G-Force! As he fell and hit the ground all of his extra parts fell off and shattered as he was tossed away by the momentum. "I'm alive. Hey guys don't worry, I'm alive!" said Kidd. "Not for long!" said Postal Apocalypse rolling around the corner before Slapshot tackled him. "Kidd run!'' ordered Slapshot. "Autobots fall back! We got the shard! I don't want any deaths here." ordered Blue Lightning. "Ironic, considering we're trying to kill you.'' said Postal Apocalypse while tossing away Slapshot. The Autobots then transformed and left the area. "Our next shard is in Egypt." said Blue Lightning. ''Well you heard him. Egypt is our next stop." said Recykill. The Decepticons then also transformed and took a different route to get to Egypt.